Re: [expert] FONTS im getting tired of this

2001-07-06 Thread polaris9
On Sat, 7 Jul 2001 00:12:48 +0200 Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, it's my experience, but I had problems with fonts until in > /etc/X11/fs/config I changed the line: > /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1, > to this: > /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1:unscaled, > (And I don't have installed abisu

Re: [expert] FONTS im getting tired of this

2001-07-06 Thread Glenn Johnson
On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 11:40:34AM +0100, Nick Thompson wrote: > Konqueror will use the fonts specified in the web page or its > associated style sheet (CSS). You will need to find a solution that > overrides this. Maybe you could set up your own style sheet, or > possible use the accessability s

[expert] kde 2.2 beta killed kdm and sound

2001-07-06 Thread Praedor Tempus
I upgraded from kde 2.2 alpha to the latest beta from cooker. All works fine, and kde looks great but on both my laptop and desktop systems, kdm has been killed. It wont run and doesn't start up after bootup. I am still looking for error messages to indicate why but so far I haven't found an

Re: [expert] kmod

2001-07-06 Thread Ron Stodden
Neal Lippman wrote: > Here is my /etc/modules: > > # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. > # > # This file should contain the names of kernel modules that are > # to be loaded at boot time, one per line. Comments begin with > # a `#', and everything on the line after them are ign

Re: [expert] One-time passwd -- how?

2001-07-06 Thread John LeMay
On Friday 06 July 2001 20:10, you wrote: > On Fri, Jul 06, 2001 at 05:38:03PM -0400, Michael Scottaline wrote: > > No! You're missing the point. This works in a small network, but what > happens if you want to change lots of people's passwords? Simply use a > random password generator, print out e

Re: [expert] Are PCI interrupts allowed to be shared in 8.0/kernel2.4+

2001-07-06 Thread etharp
do you have any devices on the USB ? On Friday 06 July 2001 19:48, Kevin Krieser wrote: > My experience is it depends. > > My sound card, a SB AudioPCI couldn't share an IRQ with anything with LM 8, > or RH 7.1, though it did under 7.2. > > My Advansys SCSI card, which shared an IRQ with USB and

Re: [expert] kmod

2001-07-06 Thread Neal Lippman
I am using /dev/scd0. My understanding of loadable modules is that when I try to mount the CD drive via /dev/scd0, the kernel should detect that the driver is missing and, via kmod, autoload sr_mod. That doesn't happen, however - so I need to manually load the module which I do via /etc/modul

RE: [expert] Are PCI interrupts allowed to be shared in 8.0/kernel2.4+

2001-07-06 Thread Kevin Krieser
My experience is it depends. My sound card, a SB AudioPCI couldn't share an IRQ with anything with LM 8, or RH 7.1, though it did under 7.2. My Advansys SCSI card, which shared an IRQ with USB and something else under 7.2 gave me problems, as did my Adaptec 2940 card. And my second Linksys card

[expert] Are PCI interrupts allowed to be shared in 8.0/kernel2.4+

2001-07-06 Thread JR Lefty
Reposting Still need to know if shared PCI interrupts are a problem in the 2.4 kernels.. The 2.2 kernels allowed shared PCI interrupts on my machine.. > To all, > > This is a continuation of the bttv problem I mentioned in an earlier > posting. The source of the problem was the fact th

RE: [expert] upgraded to XFree86-4.1.0

2001-07-06 Thread Steve Kieu
I fisrt upgrade to 4.1.0; when installing it asked perl (strict) required. thought it should be fine without it I use nodeps ; it goes well no problem. Then I try to build from source rpm. all go well (you have to have the latest Glide header and library from source forge, ) and install new rpm

Re: [expert] FONTS im getting tired of this

2001-07-06 Thread Oscar
Ok, it's my experience, but I had problems with fonts until in /etc/X11/fs/config I changed the line: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1, to this: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1:unscaled, (And I don't have installed abisuite). My fonts are now clean. Salu2, Óscar. El Vie 06 Jul 2001 12:14, escribis

Re: [expert] One-time passwd -- how?

2001-07-06 Thread Michael Scottaline
x <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I can't seem to find it in the passwd man page and I know this is possible > (at least in HP-UX), but I've previously been able to set a one-time > password for new users (or if they'd forgotten their passwd) where upon > logging in, they'd be prompted to cr

Re: [expert] One-time passwd -- how?

2001-07-06 Thread x
That's really interesting -- what version of Mandrake are you running? I've got 8.0 here on a test box and when I issue this command, set the maximum password age to zero, and log in as that user, it simply gives me a warning saying that my password's going to expire in 0 days. When I set the '-

RE: [expert] upgraded to XFree86-4.1.0

2001-07-06 Thread Franki
I have that problem with perl as well,,, installing modules and stuff... I think in my case its C thats the problem not perl anyway,, I don't understand what it means by setting the local or how to do it... (it still works the way it is,, but the screen scrolls dozens of locale errors,,,

Re: [expert] One-time passwd -- how?

2001-07-06 Thread Pierre Fortin
x wrote: > > I can't seem to find it in the passwd man page and I know this is possible > (at least in HP-UX), but I've previously been able to set a one-time > password for new users (or if they'd forgotten their passwd) where upon > logging in, they'd be prompted to create a new password. > >

Re: [expert] quota problems with Mandrake 8.0

2001-07-06 Thread Jan Dittberner
Jan Dittberner schrieb: > Running quotacheck on these devices doesn't create the needed files > aquota.users and aquota.group. the problem seems to lie in the RedHat patch for the quota package. I compiled the quota utilities without this patch and they work. Jan Dittberner

[expert] LM8.0 rpmdrake behaviour

2001-07-06 Thread Jason Chaffey
Hi, everyone. I am just wondering about something that is going on with rpmdrake. My boss just came by asking about the effect the fetchmail update might have on a problem that we have with kmail. (email with attachments get lost in the aether when sent by kmail, but work fine when sent with mutt

[expert] One-time passwd -- how?

2001-07-06 Thread x
I can't seem to find it in the passwd man page and I know this is possible (at least in HP-UX), but I've previously been able to set a one-time password for new users (or if they'd forgotten their passwd) where upon logging in, they'd be prompted to create a new password. That's kind of a thick s

[expert] Pcmcia Network adapter configured but can't be initalizated

2001-07-06 Thread Pere Castañer
I use Mandrake 8.0 in a laptop. I'va a native SiS900 Network adapter configured but I need to configure a pcmacia Network adapter. It is a Conceptronic CON100TC cardbus 32 Adapter but is an Realtek 8139 Fast ethernet chip. In fact Hard drake detect it as:

[expert] MandrakeUpdate

2001-07-06 Thread Kernell32
Ok this is getting too much now let me ask you a SERIOUS question . Who got MandrakeUpdate working constantly ??? I didnt! Not in Mandrake8 and not in SNF either since MandrakeUpdate is one of my favoured features of MDK i m a little upset about this i use Mandrake over 1 year now i started wit

[expert] Re: mailing list trouble

2001-07-06 Thread Julia A. Case
Quoting Julia A. Case ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > All of a sudden I stopped getting email from the list... I sent a few messages and > have recieved private responses so I know my email is getting to the list, but I'm > just not getting anything from it. > Well, I'm getting email from the list agai

Re[4]: [expert] Moving linux to a different, larger drive

2001-07-06 Thread Rusty Carruth
"M. Osten" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > RC wrote: > > ...I *do* know that cp has a > > tendency to FOLLOW softlinks (and COPY, not reproduce, hard links), > ... > cp -a maybe its just on Solaris that cp -a follows links. Hmm... Yup, that's the problem. Solaris copy even read from pipes! (Unl

Re: Re[2]: [expert] Moving linux to a different, larger drive

2001-07-06 Thread M. Osten
> Whether or not that is true I don't know, but I *do* know that cp has a > tendency to FOLLOW softlinks (and COPY, not reproduce, hard links), whereas > tar does not, so tar (and cpio, if you prefer it to tar) is better there. cp -a . --- |o_o | |:_/ | Michael Osten

[expert] Problems upgrading XFree86

2001-07-06 Thread Sheldon Lee Wen
Hi, I updated XFree86 to 4.1 from cooker, (as well as Mesa, Glide_V3-DRI-cvs-3mdk, and the SDL), however, I still do not get direct rendering. When I run dri games I get indirect rendering. Is there something I missed? Sheldon. -- ==

Re: [expert] kmod

2001-07-06 Thread Ron Stodden
Neal Lippman wrote: > > I have just wasted many hours trying to figure out why my CDRW, configured > for scsi emulation, would not let me mount a cd for reading, ... What device are you using to mount for a CD read? /dev/scd0, I hope. If so, in 8.0 lsmod will show that scsi_mod has been loade

Re[2]: [expert] Moving linux to a different, larger drive

2001-07-06 Thread Rusty Carruth
Laurent Duperval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I typically use: > > tar -cf - . | (cd /new/directory ; tar xvf -) > > I used to do it because it was faster than using cp. Don't know if that's > still true. Whether or not that is true I don't know, but I *do* know that cp has a tendency to

Re: [expert] xhost problem

2001-07-06 Thread Laura Conrad
> "tech" == tech writes: tech> Does anyone have any suggestions as to what would stop xhost tech> allowing incoming connections for other xserver on the same tech> network. I don't know what happened, but I started having similar problems when I upgraded to Mandrake 8. My solu

Re: [expert] WebMail for Postfix

2001-07-06 Thread Jose Orlando T. Ribeiro
I´m using Emumail. http://www.emumail.com it´s free, showing an ad banner in the main pages... if you don´t want that "feature" you must register (US$400, I think)... orlando Michael Seymour said: >>I just installed LM 8.0 on my Celeron 500 w/192 megs of ram and am having no >>>problems at

Re: [expert] X over SSH.

2001-07-06 Thread Nick Thompson
Take a look a www.cygwin.com. XFree86 has been ported to this setup and works on win9x and NT. Nick. Thomas Sourmail wrote: > By the way, if there are some free X servers for W9x/Nt, I'd be happy to > know ! >

Re: [expert] X over SSH.

2001-07-06 Thread Thomas Sourmail
> Yes, Exceed (Hummingbird Co. Ltd) > http://www.hummingbird.com/products/nc/exceed/index.html Actually, I just found a list of X servers for Wxx: http://www.microimages.com/mix/prices.htm Thomas.

[expert] WebMail for Postfix

2001-07-06 Thread Michael Seymour
Hi,   I just installed LM 8.0 on my Celeron 500 w/192 megs of ram and am having no problems at all.  The system is rock stable.   I do, however, want to add a web interface to my Postfix server.  I have used NeoMail in the past with Sendmail but I can’t get it to work right with postfix

Re: [expert] X over SSH.

2001-07-06 Thread Thomas Sourmail
> So I am wondering if its possible to have X running in a ZOC Window. If it's not an X server, probably not ! > or is there some other windows package that I can use to do this?? it would > just be handy to be able to do that... Yes, Exceed (Hummingbird Co. Ltd) http://www.hummingbird.com/

[expert] X over SSH.

2001-07-06 Thread Franki
Hi guys and gals,, After always using a console over SSH for years now, I was wondering if its possible to use X over SSH... I know it is, and I have some unusual circumstances.. I use windows 2000 pro on my laptop,, (long story, but linux really doesn't like it much...) anyway, I use Zoc clien

RE: [expert] Rescue flop for Reiserfs ?

2001-07-06 Thread Adams, Jamie
I have also had problems with Reiserfs, i had random missing files as you said below, and also kept getting messages in the console re 'seek error on hda' or something similar. I quickly formatted and went back to ext2, and i havnt seen those horrible messages again (phew). >-- >From:

Re: [expert] Rescue flop for Reiserfs ?

2001-07-06 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
* Stardate: 2001-07-04 14:45 * Incoming subspace signal from civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > On Tuesday 03 July 2001 20:57, you wrote: > > Does anyone know if there is a rescue flop with wich you can check > > your reiserfs partitions. Reiserfs is not without flaws. I have > > lost libraries at

Re: [expert] FONTS im getting tired of this

2001-07-06 Thread Kernell32
Thanks for the info ill try to find a solution with the stylesheets. About Aliasing mmm i dont want to use AA cause it messes up the fonts from the terminal emulator of kde and i use that one pretty much in fullscreen mode with AA it won't show the - symbol at all and the size and type of most

Re: [expert] FONTS im getting tired of this

2001-07-06 Thread Nick Thompson
Konqueror will use the fonts specified in the web page or its associated style sheet (CSS). You will need to find a solution that overrides this. Maybe you could set up your own style sheet, or possible use the accessability stylesheet, which allows you to set base font sizes, etc. Look in kcontro

[expert] FONTS im getting tired of this

2001-07-06 Thread Kernell32
Hi i have fixed the fonts as suggested on muo and other pages yep my fonts in kde look very nice everywhere in kde, in the kde control panel i have them almost default most are helvetica and they look good on the desktop toolbars etc. really nice! Also in kmail and other kde apps nothing to com

[expert] unmount / filesystem

2001-07-06 Thread faisal gillani
Thanks for the previous answers well need help again how can i unmount the root file system then mount it agian .. thanks Faisal = *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤Allah Hafiz*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*Faisal Gillani *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ __ Do