Re: [expert] How do you upgrade?

2003-11-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 21:06, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 17 November 2003 11:48 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: OK, my #1 problem with running Linux is dealing with upgrades. With the upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1, the Mandrake upgrade worked pretty well, seeming to upgrade the stuff that needed,

Re: [expert] Gnome and a dialer app?

2003-11-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 09:48, anton wrote: I'm using kppp in Gnome. It takes an age to start, and won't minimise into the bottom panel (or if it can then I'd like to know how...), but can't see anything else even remotely as good. I think my experiment with gnome will probably end quite

Re: [expert] Linuxconf

2003-11-18 Thread Mark Williamson
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 14:52, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 17 November 2003 10:40 pm, Glenn Burkhardt wrote: snip What a horrible shame! It's really the only front end for a lot of network configuration. What are the problems? I didn't find any bug reports on Cooker Bugzilla or

[expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread elPunishar
hi everybody, i noticed that my 1 gig of ram is getting filled up real quick, which may be okay since i'm running a lot of programs. BUT it doesn't come down again even when i close the programs... memory use just grows and grows (slow but steady), then beginns to fill up the swap space... i

Re: [expert] SOUND! Where is it?

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Adams
On Mon, 17 Nov 2003 18:37:43 -0800 Eric Huff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is maddening. It is enough, literally, to drive me to uninstall MDK 9.2 and go SuSE 9.0. I have no sound in 9.2 on my desktop. Has anyone run into this and found a fix? I tried installing the 9.1

Re: [expert] SOUND! Where is it?

2003-11-18 Thread KevinO
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Michael Adams wrote: BTW what is Pcm as this needs to be up as well for Xmms. Pulse Code Modulation (digital audio) - -- KevinO AMAZING BUT TRUE ... If all the salmon caught in Canada in one year were laid end to end across the Sahara Desert,

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 9:30 am, elPunishar wrote: hi everybody, i noticed that my 1 gig of ram is getting filled up real quick, which may be okay since i'm running a lot of programs. BUT it doesn't come down again even when i close the programs... memory use just grows and grows (slow but

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread elPunishar
On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 9:42 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 9:30 am, elPunishar wrote: hi everybody, i noticed that my 1 gig of ram is getting filled up real quick, which may be okay since i'm running a lot of programs. BUT it doesn't come down again even when i close the

Re: [expert] How do you upgrade?

2003-11-18 Thread Angelo Naselli
--- Rob Blomquist [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [...] With the upgrade from 9.0 to 9.1, the Mandrake upgrade worked pretty well, seeming to upgrade the stuff that needed, leaving alone the stuff that didn't. I cannot say the same thing because i had some porblem with kde menus, but i came from

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 07:43, elPunishar wrote: On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 9:42 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 9:30 am, elPunishar wrote: hi everybody, i noticed that my 1 gig of ram is getting filled up real quick, which may be okay since i'm running a lot of programs.

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 11:43 am, elPunishar wrote: On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 9:42 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 9:30 am, elPunishar wrote: hi everybody, i noticed that my 1 gig of ram is getting filled up real quick, which may be okay since i'm running a lot of

Re: [expert] problem with pio mode

2003-11-18 Thread Angelo Naselli
So there isn't any problem is it? I saw this thing because of a system that seems to be slower and with more hd access so i assumed the message ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx as something wrong on my system. --- James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Linuxconf

2003-11-18 Thread Timothy Brown
I really wish it still worked becasue while I do know enough to not use it. It just makes life easier Tim Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 17 November 2003 10:40 pm, Glenn Burkhardt wrote: On Monday 17 November 2003 12:15 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 17 November 2003 11:13 am, Timothy

[expert] GCC

2003-11-18 Thread Jarmo
Anybody know reasom,why gcc-3.3.2 was downgraded in 9.2 into 3.3.1? In 9.1 it was 3.3.2. Jarmo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 18 November 2003 06:08 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: I have read about some problems when using more than 768 Mb ram and the advise has always been passing mem=860 at the lilo prompt or in lilo.conf. Or use the Enterprise kernel. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book,

Re: [expert] GCC

2003-11-18 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jarmo wrote: Anybody know reasom,why gcc-3.3.2 was downgraded in 9.2 into 3.3.1? In 9.1 it was 3.3.2. It wasn't. 9.1 has 3.2.2. -- Stew Benedict Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] GCC

2003-11-18 Thread Jarmo
On Tuesday 18 November 2003 14:41, Stew Benedict wrote: On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jarmo wrote: Anybody know reasom,why gcc-3.3.2 was downgraded in 9.2 into 3.3.1? In 9.1 it was 3.3.2. It wasn't. 9.1 has 3.2.2. Sorry...Missunderstanding...My BAD BAD English... In 9.1 it is 3.3.2 In 9.2 it is

Re: [expert] GCC

2003-11-18 Thread Stew Benedict
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jarmo wrote: On Tuesday 18 November 2003 14:41, Stew Benedict wrote: On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jarmo wrote: Anybody know reasom,why gcc-3.3.2 was downgraded in 9.2 into 3.3.1? In 9.1 it was 3.3.2. It wasn't. 9.1 has 3.2.2. Sorry...Missunderstanding...My BAD BAD

Re: [expert] Linuxconf

2003-11-18 Thread Glenn Burkhardt
Now I'll have to beat the Sparenberg drum - this clearly deserves a bug report. I can't do it yet, since I've just ordered my 9.2 boxed set, and don't have 9.2 installed on any systems. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] GCC

2003-11-18 Thread Thomas Backlund
From: Jarmo [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday 18 November 2003 14:41, Stew Benedict wrote: On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jarmo wrote: Anybody know reasom,why gcc-3.3.2 was downgraded in 9.2 into 3.3.1? In 9.1 it was 3.3.2. It wasn't. 9.1 has 3.2.2. Sorry...Missunderstanding...My BAD BAD

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 18 November 2003 12:31 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Tuesday 18 November 2003 06:08 am, Adolfo Bello wrote: I have read about some problems when using more than 768 Mb ram and the advise has always been passing mem=860 at the lilo prompt or in lilo.conf. Or use the Enterprise

Re: [expert] GCC

2003-11-18 Thread Jarmo
On Tuesday 18 November 2003 15:39, Thomas Backlund wrote: so it's definately 3.2.2 SORRY GUYS.. Too much reading...Have to cut whole forrest to see trees...;-) Or wash my glasses Damn me. The point why I started to look,was that I can't get lm-sensors 2.8.0 compiled...Yes I know

Re: [expert] Which Mandrake to Buy?

2003-11-18 Thread Eric Fernandez
Lawson, Jim wrote: I think 120 a year is high. I would like to see this at 80. 120 is the silver level, 60 is for standard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] GCC

2003-11-18 Thread Jarmo
On Tuesday 18 November 2003 16:01, Jarmo wrote: The point why I started to look,was that I can't get lm-sensors 2.8.0 compiled...Yes I know there is rpm...But I have so exotic mb... Asrock K7S8X with sis cipset,exept sensors are winbonds... No worry anymore.Downloaded lm-sensors 2.8.1 as well

RE: [expert] Which Mandrake to Buy?

2003-11-18 Thread Lawson, Jim
What is the difference? Does silver offer anything more? -Original Message- From: Eric Fernandez [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 8:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Which Mandrake to Buy? Lawson, Jim wrote: I think 120 a year is high. I would

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Jack Coates
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 01:30, elPunishar wrote: hi everybody, i noticed that my 1 gig of ram is getting filled up real quick, which may be okay since i'm running a lot of programs. BUT it doesn't come down again even when i close the programs... memory use just grows and grows (slow but

Re: [expert] Re: Sound configuration on Dell Inspiron 3200?

2003-11-18 Thread Jack Coates
On Mon, 2003-11-17 at 21:41, Rob Blomquist wrote: On Monday 17 November 2003 9:22 am, Björn Lundin wrote: James Sparenberg wrote: Rob draksound AFAIK is only effective on PCI type cards. Since your is ISA, using the old standby of sndconfig (just urpmi sndconfig) This should bring

[expert] strange network (vnc) problem

2003-11-18 Thread - netmaniac -
When I try to log into my vnc server using vnc viewer (both boxes use mdk 9.1) the screen appears but suddenly closes itself after a few seconds. This is the server log (most relevant part only): 18/11/2003 11:40:10 Got connection from client 192.168.1.18 18/11/2003 11:40:10 Protocol version

Re: [expert] Which Mandrake to Buy?

2003-11-18 Thread Eric Fernandez
Lawson, Jim wrote: What is the difference? Does silver offer anything more? Silver members could download the isos of the powerpack through bittorrent. However, standard members have the download edition + access to all commercial packages, so you have exactly the equivalent of a powerpack.

Re: [expert] SOUND! Where is it?

2003-11-18 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Unfortunately the mute/unmute trick with aumix didn't work for me. All I get is very faint static over the speakers whenever I manipulate the volume sliders (pretty much any of them). If I crank up my speaker volume to max and try to test

RE: [expert] Linuxconf

2003-11-18 Thread Tango Echo
-Original Message- From: Charlie M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Linuxconf -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Monday 17 November 2003 9:13 am, Timothy Brown wrote: List, Please don't flame

Re: [expert] Linuxconf

2003-11-18 Thread Timothy Brown
Well I long time ago I used it but for the last few years I have been using Mandrake I have used 8.2-9.2 Tim Tango Echo wrote: -Original Message- From: Charlie M. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 17, 2003 11:23 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Linuxconf

RE: [expert] Linuxconf

2003-11-18 Thread Tango Echo
Lol, ok... Guess I should be dispelling my impression that the Red Hat community support group consists of flames and RTFMs. Huh, must've been my experiences on Dalnet. -Original Message- From: Timothy Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 11:37 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: [expert] Linuxconf

2003-11-18 Thread Timothy Brown
lol :) Tango Echo wrote: Lol, ok... Guess I should be dispelling my impression that the Red Hat community support group consists of flames and RTFMs. Huh, must've been my experiences on Dalnet. -Original Message- From: Timothy Brown [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Holt
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 06:35, Jack Coates wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 01:30, elPunishar wrote: hi everybody, i noticed that my 1 gig of ram is getting filled up real quick, which may be okay since i'm running a lot of programs. BUT it doesn't come down again even when i close the

[expert] Samsung LCD monitor

2003-11-18 Thread Daniel Axtell
Hello, I'm trying to set up a LM 9.2 box with a Samsung 173V LCD monitor. The graphics card is an onboard SiS Savage 8 chip. XFree86 runs OK, but when I reboot I frequently get a black screen. When I unplug the monitor for a few seconds and get a no signal message, then plug it in,

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Jack Coates
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 09:50, Michael Holt wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 06:35, Jack Coates wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 01:30, elPunishar wrote: hi everybody, i noticed that my 1 gig of ram is getting filled up real quick, which may be okay since i'm running a lot of programs.

Re: [expert] SOUND! Where is it?

2003-11-18 Thread Tim Sawchuck
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 10:46:15 -0500 Praedor Atrebates [EMAIL PROTECTED] scribed on electronic parchment: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Unfortunately the mute/unmute trick with aumix didn't work for me. All I get is very faint static over the speakers whenever I manipulate

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Holt
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 10:11, Jack Coates wrote: Curious, I have 512M ram and 256M swap - top shows I'm using 198M of mem and none of my swap - I've been running my computer all morning and I've got a few apps open. Why would 80% of 1G of memory be normal? well, it's normal for me :-)

[expert] Powerpack Md5sums

2003-11-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
I need the md5sums for the powerpack edition downloaded from bittorrent. Who's got em? And no I don't care about the theoretically infallible bittorrent checksums, I just want to check the iso's myself. LX -- °°° Linux Mandrake 9.1 Kernel

Re: [expert] SOUND! Where is it?

2003-11-18 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thanks. Actually, I DO suspect apic/apci (I can never keep the two straight). If I disable APIC in the kernel, then 9.2 will not bootup. It freezes shortly after starting the bootup process. This was true during install as well. I had to turn

Re: [expert] Samsung LCD monitor

2003-11-18 Thread Markus Ueberall
On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Daniel Axtell wrote: XFree86 runs OK, but when I reboot I frequently get a black screen. When I unplug the monitor for a few seconds and get a no signal message, then plug it in, everything is OK. I noticed a similar behavior on a different box when I was installing

[expert] java in my path?

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Holt
Hey, I need to know where to go to add the java binary to my path - who do I modify? -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com

RE: [expert] Powerpack Md5sums

2003-11-18 Thread JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)
http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=1302 The powerpack ones are at the bottom of the page I believe. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lyvim Xaphir Sent: Tuesday, November 18, 2003 10:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 10:18, Michael Holt wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 10:11, Jack Coates wrote: Curious, I have 512M ram and 256M swap - top shows I'm using 198M of mem and none of my swap - I've been running my computer all morning and I've got a few apps open. Why would 80% of 1G

Re: [expert] java in my path?

2003-11-18 Thread Jack Coates
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 11:16, Michael Holt wrote: Hey, I need to know where to go to add the java binary to my path - who do I modify? just you: edit ~/.bash_profile JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.0_01/ export JAVA_HOME PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin everyone -- edit /etc/profile and add the same. --

Re: [expert] problem with pio mode

2003-11-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 03:32, Angelo Naselli wrote: So there isn't any problem is it? I saw this thing because of a system that seems to be slower and with more hd access so i assumed the message ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx as something

Re: [expert] GCC

2003-11-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 05:10, Jarmo wrote: On Tuesday 18 November 2003 14:41, Stew Benedict wrote: On Tue, 18 Nov 2003, Jarmo wrote: Anybody know reasom,why gcc-3.3.2 was downgraded in 9.2 into 3.3.1? In 9.1 it was 3.3.2. It wasn't. 9.1 has 3.2.2. Sorry...Missunderstanding...My BAD

Re: [expert] GCC

2003-11-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 06:23, Jarmo wrote: On Tuesday 18 November 2003 16:01, Jarmo wrote: The point why I started to look,was that I can't get lm-sensors 2.8.0 compiled...Yes I know there is rpm...But I have so exotic mb... Asrock K7S8X with sis cipset,exept sensors are winbonds... No

Re: [expert] problem with pio mode

2003-11-18 Thread Thomas Backlund
From: James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 03:32, Angelo Naselli wrote: So there isn't any problem is it? I saw this thing because of a system that seems to be slower and with more hd access so i assumed the message ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO

Re: [expert] problem with pio mode

2003-11-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 12:02, Thomas Backlund wrote: From: James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 03:32, Angelo Naselli wrote: So there isn't any problem is it? I saw this thing because of a system that seems to be slower and with more hd access so i assumed the

Re: [expert] urpmi questions

2003-11-18 Thread Jason Williams
Last question. Is there a way to get a package description of the available packages through urpmi? I swear I was able to do so, but dont recall how to do it now. :/ On a side note, anyone have any thoughts on whether 9.1 or 9.2 is better suited for production right now? Jason At 08:37 AM

Re: [expert] urpmi questions

2003-11-18 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 12:07, Jason Williams wrote: Last question. Is there a way to get a package description of the available packages through urpmi? I swear I was able to do so, but dont recall how to do it now. :/ urpmi urpmc and then use it to find what's available. (Only in 9.2 att

Re: [expert] java in my path?

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Holt
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 11:37, Jack Coates wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 11:16, Michael Holt wrote: Hey, I need to know where to go to add the java binary to my path - who do I modify? just you: edit ~/.bash_profile JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.0_01/ export JAVA_HOME

Re: [expert] urpmi questions

2003-11-18 Thread Jason Williams
At 12:17 PM 11/18/2003 -0800, you wrote: urpmi urpmc and then use it to find what's available. (Only in 9.2 att but the src rpm does build on 9.1) Ok...grabbed urpmc. I currently dont have any samba or LDAP installed. However, in playing with urpmi, I see there are quite a few packages available

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Holt
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 11:36, James Sparenberg wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 10:18, Michael Holt wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 10:11, Jack Coates wrote: Curious, I have 512M ram and 256M swap - top shows I'm using 198M of mem and none of my swap - I've been running my computer all

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 11:43:06 +, elPunishar [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] garbage collection ?: what i meant was: the process of using up all avalable memory is much slower than on windows. the machine runs a LOT faster than on

Re: [expert] How do you upgrade?

2003-11-18 Thread Vox
On September 1993 plus 3729 days Rob Blomquist wrote: So the big question is how do you upgrade? Or maybe you don't. Or maybe you use urpmi to pull off an upgrade that does not interfere. I wanna know, cause I love linux, but I don't want to be a slave to my computer. I urpmi...I've been

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:35:46 -0800, Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] garbage collection ?: Ok, now I'm seeing what you guys are saying. I did cat /proc/meminfo and got similar results. Then I started vmware+WinXP and this was

Re: [expert] urpmi questions

2003-11-18 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 18 Nov 2003 8:07 pm, Jason Williams wrote: Last question. Is there a way to get a package description of the available packages through urpmi? I swear I was able to do so, but dont recall how to do it now. :/ In 9.1, using the gui, there's a check-box for 'maximum information'

Re: [expert] Linuxconf

2003-11-18 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 18 November 2003 08:29 am, Glenn Burkhardt wrote: Now I'll have to beat the Sparenberg drum - this clearly deserves a bug report. I can't do it yet, since I've just ordered my 9.2 boxed set, and don't have 9.2 installed on any systems. A bug report probably will get ignored because

Re: [expert] Linuxconf

2003-11-18 Thread Jack Coates
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 06:57, Greg Meyer wrote: On Tuesday 18 November 2003 08:29 am, Glenn Burkhardt wrote: Now I'll have to beat the Sparenberg drum - this clearly deserves a bug report. I can't do it yet, since I've just ordered my 9.2 boxed set, and don't have 9.2 installed on any

[expert] urpmi woes

2003-11-18 Thread Jason Williams
Ok...not sure if this should go here, but so far, i've had no luck in trying to resolve my problems with urpmi. Just did a fresh install of 9.2 on one of our IBM servers. I used the easy urpmi site to setup my urpmi servers so I could install software accordingly. Also, I should mention that

Re: [expert] urpmi woes

2003-11-18 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 19 Nov 2003 12:27 am, Jason Williams wrote: Ok...not sure if this should go here, but so far, i've had no luck in trying to resolve my problems with urpmi. Just did a fresh install of 9.2 on one of our IBM servers. I used the easy urpmi site to setup my urpmi servers so I could

Re: [expert] urpmi woes

2003-11-18 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 18 November 2003 07:27 pm, Jason Williams wrote: $ urpmq -i samba3-common medium contrib uses an invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method Still gives the description, but that error is something i'd like to correct. This happens to

Re: [expert] urpmi woes

2003-11-18 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 18 November 2003 07:40 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: is a temporary issue because the list file on the mirrors is currently out of date. It does not affect the operation of urpmi. It is just an annoyance. This is really only a cooker problem. The distribution mirrors should be fine.

Re: [expert] urpmi woes

2003-11-18 Thread Jason Williams
At 12:40 AM 11/19/2003 +, you wrote: For urpmq --fuzzy you need to supply a string parameter For example urpmq --fuzzy samba Doh! Whoops...makes sense now. :) That error with medium contrib uses an invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method is a

[expert] Gnomemeeting and Pixelview PlayTV Pak camera

2003-11-18 Thread L.V.Gandhi
I have Pixelview PlayTV Pak TV tuner card which comes with camera connected to tuner card. I have to use windows for netmeeting or yahoo video conferencing because of this camera. has anybody used this camera in linux for gnomemeeting. i have mdk 9.1 in A7N8X deluxe MB and athlon 2400+ and 256

[expert] A7N8X deluxe MB and nvidia ASUS V9180 Graphic card pending problems.

2003-11-18 Thread L.V.Gandhi
I have A7N8X deluxe MB and nvidia ASUS V9180 Graphic card in a mandrake 9.1 box. I had a problem for hdd that it was accepting dma status and hence it was giving udma 2 status. This problem was solved by the kernel kernel-2.4.21.0.22mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm I have also installed the its source rpm

Re: [expert] urpmi woes

2003-11-18 Thread Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 19 Nov 2003 1:21 am, Jason Williams wrote: snip That error with medium contrib uses an invalid list file: mirror is probably not up-to-date, trying to use alternate method is a temporary issue because the list file on the mirrors is currently out of date. It does not affect

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Michael Holt
On Tue, 2003-11-18 at 13:22, Dick Gevers wrote: Okay. Is this a poker game? LOL :) Yeah, you're bringing the pizza, right? :) Running [EMAIL PROTECTED] niced at -5 'Nice' sets the schedule priority - ok, what does that mean? How does that affect your performance both overall and for the

Re: [expert] Gnome and a dialer app?

2003-11-18 Thread anton
that's right... it conflicts with initscripts and ppp it wouldn't install - I have no idea how to resolve these issues so just gave it away. Cheers anton Anton. Don't use dialup ATT myself but I think the rpm you need is called gpppwrap just do urpmi gpppwrap and try it out. James

Re: [expert] garbage collection ?

2003-11-18 Thread Dick Gevers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 19:15:17 -0800, Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about Re: [expert] garbage collection ?: LOL :) Yeah, you're bringing the pizza, right? :) Sure, if you take care of the beer whiskey, no sweat. Running [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] Fw: MDKA-2003:030 - Updated rpm packages fix database locking bug

2003-11-18 Thread Eric Huff
Begin forwarded message: Date: 19 Nov 2003 04:55:06 - From: Mandrake Linux Security Team [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: MDKA-2003:030 - Updated rpm packages fix database locking bug -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1