[expert] motherboard recommendations

Just a quick question for my knowledgeable compatriots. My ASUS A7V is going tits up and I will need to replace it. I've heard civileme many times blaspheme against it so I was thinking of getting something different, but really don't know what to get. It needs to work with an Athlon Slot A

[expert] reiser partitions

If I am running 7.2 and all my partitions are formatted as reiser, can I not format some of them (/home for example) during installation of 8.1 so that I can keep the existing files without having to back them up. I seem to remember reading somewhere that the reiser format has changed during

RE: [expert] reiser partitions

well, to be on the safe side, why not make a tar file of your whole /home directory.. tar -cvvf home.tar home/ do that from your root (/) directory and it will create a file called home.tar that contains everything in your /home directory... copy that to your /mnt/windows fat partition if

[expert] tar.gz???

Hi all, this is going to sound like a dumb question, but believe it or not, I have never done this before.. I want to create .tar.gz files... to create a tar, I use tar -cvvf foo.tar foo/ to tar the foo directory (taken long ago from the readme) if I want to make that a tar.gz file, I

Re: [expert] tar.gz???

So sprach »Franki« am 2001-10-03 um 17:45:47 +0800 : so I would do what??? You'd do: a) read the man page b) read the info page c) read the output of tar --help d) do one of the following: d1) tar cfvz foo.tar.gz foo/ d2) tar cfv foo.tar.gz --gzip foo/ d3) tar cfv foo.tar.gz --use=gzip foo/

Re: [expert] Fun with printer drivers...

Hi, Dave. I've found it's better to run printerdrake --expert than to run kups. Use this tool and your printer driver should show up (that is how it happened with me and my Lexmark Z82). On Wednesday 03 October 2001 01:25 am, David Guntner wrote: Ok, I've installed 8.1. During setup, I

RE: [expert] tar.gz???

I knew there were heaps of ways to do it, I just didn't know what was best... Mr Steve suggested this: I'd use tar -cwf foo.tar/ | bzip2 -9 for the best compression, so this is my new friend... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: Alexander Skwar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: [expert] tar.gz???

So sprach »Franki« am 2001-10-03 um 18:34:53 +0800 : I knew there were heaps of ways to do it, I just didn't know what was best... You didn't ask about the best. You asked about gzip, not bzip2 which are not compatible. Mr Steve suggested this: Who? I'd use tar -cwf foo.tar/ | bzip2

Re: [expert] last dumb question of the night,, :-) scp over ssh?

So sprach »Franki« am 2001-10-03 um 19:54:39 +0800 : or do I have to use scp in and off itself regardless of wether I have a ssh session going anyway?? Hm, I've never used sftp myself, so I don't know how to use it. However, scp is used by itself meaning you'll need to type in your password

RE: [expert] last dumb question of the night,, :-) scp over ssh?

yes, I know that, I can read thanks,, :-) but won't that ask for authorisation again?? (thats what I meant when I asked if I could do it from within an existing ssh session. guess it doesn't matter, I dick around with it till I work something out.. maybe write a couple of shell scripts to

RE: [expert] last dumb question of the night,, :-) scp over ssh?

thankyou, that answers my question.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: Alexander Skwar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2001 8:21 PM To: Franki Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] last dumb question of the night,, :-) scp over ssh? So sprach »Franki«

[expert] Problems Shutting Down

Hi, i have a very anoying problem that stops my computer shutting down currectly when using the 8.0 scripts,.. it seems that about 75% of the time the usbd / and or gdm segfault this causes the scripts to hang (at an early stage), so the filesystems are never unmounted,.. does anyone now why

[expert] FTP Clients and d/l Speeds

When downloading a file on my LM8.0 box I can't get over 45Kps. I can connect to the same site on my win box using WSFTP and get 300-400 Kps. I tried lftp and get the same speed. Is there something I need to tweak to get the higher rate? Or is there something I am missing? Thanks! David Want

[expert] Excessive Mem/CPU Usage in 8.1

Is anyone else experiencing excessive memory CPU usage with 8.1? Especially in the memory. I did a fresh 8.1 install and my memory is constantly being used while running minimal apps. I have 512MB RAM and a 400-some-odd-MB swap file. My monitoring apps show the physical memory as being

Re: [expert] tar.gz???

d1) tar cfvj foo.tar.bz2 foo/ d1a) Note: j is a new option. Old tar's used y as the bzip2 switch Actually, the tar in Mandrake 7.2, uses I for bzip2. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida

[Fwd: Re: [expert] Best FS to use for / ?]

Original Message Subject: Re: [expert] Best FS to use for / ? Date: Tue, 02 Oct 2001 21:00:15 -0700 From: Ken Hawkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I hope this is helpful... I have been using MDK7.2 on both my

Re: [expert] tar.gz???

So sprach »Michael D. Viron« am 2001-10-03 um 10:12:00 -0500 : d1) tar cfvj foo.tar.bz2 foo/ d1a) Note: j is a new option. Old tar's used y as the bzip2 switch Actually, the tar in Mandrake 7.2, uses I for bzip2. Oh, yes, that's right. Forgot about this one. Thanks for pointing this out!

Re: [expert] tar.gz???

Hi, the tar program has a filter built into it that lets it zip using either gzip/bzip2 (and I think zip also, but can't remember) at the same time that it is creating the archive; to do so, type the following: $ tar -cvzf foo.tar.gz foo OR $ tar -cvjf foo.tar.bz2 foo the first line, using

Re: [expert] FTP Clients and d/l Speeds

Hi, I would check to make sure that you aren't reading incorrectly; what Imean is, that SOUNDS fine, when you consider that 1 kbyte = 8 kbits; IIRC, by default WSFTP uses kbits (but it can be changed); also, USUALLY kbytes is denoted with an uppercase B (i.e. kB or KB) whereas kbits is with a

Re: [expert] last dumb question of the night,, :-) scp over ssh?

I have a linux box at home that I test things like amavis before moving it to other boxes... I have started an ssh sessionn with the -X and -C flags, for compression and X... up until now, I have been using putty and iXplorer to copy files back and forth over ssh between hosts... now

[expert] Internet Connection

I am trying to run the Internet Connection wizard on freshly installed 8.1   I have 2 NICS installed.  Eth0 is 192.168.0.1 and Eth1 is a PUBLIC IP address.  It was working fine before, but I now notice that I have additional tabs for IPSEC.  Specifically, ipsec0 through ipsec4.  (Yes, I am

Re: [expert] FTP Clients and d/l Speeds

well... I think that I don't do a FTP download in ages, but... in the LM aren't you receiving your speed in KBYTES per second? Your speed looks 8x slower in LM, seems very strange... but since a byte has 8 bits... HTH orlando David Paik wrote: When downloading a file on my LM8.0 box I

Re: [expert] whats software update really called?

Try MandakeUpdate Salu2 :-) óscar. El Mar 02 Oct 2001 19:24, escribió: Hi all, I want to be able to ssh -X into my servers and start software manager, but I don't know the name of software update,, I know its not rpmdrake as that is the package manager, I want to start the gui software

Re: [expert] 8.1 final

I downloaded 3 times the cd's from ftp.simauria.upv.es... 6 CD-R are now in the trash. The problem was: the files in the server are corrupted. I downloaded the ISOs from another mirror (slow, but secure) Now I have LM8.1 running :-) Salu2 óscar. El Mié 03 Oct 2001 06:52, escribió: Are you

[expert] PLEASE HELP, menudrake is crashing, update-menus and install-menu wont stop running.

Right whenever I log on update-menus and install-menu run. They also fail to do anything, I cant find why. Gnome is fine and has successfully made the menu install that first showed the problem up. I'm pretty much at my wits end. This is what is running when I log on. update-menus -u

RE: [expert] Excessive Mem/CPU Usage in 8.1

what does top say is using the most memory and CPU?? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jason M. Kikta Sent: Wednesday, 3 October 2001 10:16 PM To: Mandrake Expert Subject: [expert] Excessive Mem/CPU Usage in 8.1 Is

Re: [expert] speedtouch usb

At 12.17 02/10/2001 +0100, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Does mandrake 8.1 have 'out fo box' support for the alcatel speedtouch USB adsl modem? On Mandrake's homepage there is the HCL and it states that the modem is supported and tested. This evening I have

Re: [expert] Best FS to use for / ?

I use reiser for all my partitions (/, /usr, and /home). And I've actually had a lot of crashes and lockups due 1st to a hard drive that was failing, then a flakey disk controller, playing with a lot of beta drivers and software, kernel mods etc. Since going to reiserfs, the system has always

[expert] pcmcia comapct flash adapter umount problem.

Hi, I have gotten access to my CompactFlash card through a pcmcia CF card adapter. It works fine, but I have one problem: To keep the system from adding new ide interfaces and exhausting irq's it seems necessary to umount the cf card before ejecting it. While I understand this is good

[expert] Graphical login not working after usb mouse configuration...

Hi all, I just configured a Logitech Pilot Wheel mouse on usb after I just couldn't get it to work as PS/2 (with the included adaptor). I did so using the LM 8.1 CD1 and making an expert update without installing any new packages. As well, I did the standard X configuration (SiS 630 AGP card)

[expert] 8.1 Final MDK is a no go...

Mandrake staff, First off let me congratulate you on a very nice release (8.1). I have loaded it on one of my older boxes, and it works very nicely. My question is about installing it on a newer box. This machine is a Tyan M/B (S2390B) with KT133 (VIA 686B Southbridge), Athlon 1.33GHZ, 768M

Re: [expert] 8.1 Final MDK is a no go...

Have you tried hitting CTRL-ALT-F1 to F4. When I installed 8.1, I figured out that they display messages from the install process and one of them gives you a prompt. /curtis On Wed, 2001-10-03 at 14:19, J. C. Woods wrote: Mandrake staff, First off let me congratulate you on a very nice

RE: [expert] quake3 and mandrake 8.0 / 8.1

Title: RE: [expert] quake3 and mandrake 8.0 / 8.1 If you recompiled your kernel you will most likely need to download the nvidia drivers ( I assume that is what you are using ) and recompile them. Rich -Original Message- From: Guy McArthur [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

Re: [expert] quake3 and mandrake 8.0 / 8.1

On Wednesday 03 October 2001 23:18, you wrote: well did a fresh install of Mandrake 8.1 (Last verision, downloaded the ISO.) and Quake3/Team Arena etc. and it doesn't work. Might be due to the Kernel. Using 2.4.10 because I wanted to have the improved SB_5.1 Live sound drivers running.

Re: [expert] quake3 and mandrake 8.0 / 8.1

Hi Richard, if you would have read the first Mail request, you would see that it's not a NVIdia driver problem. I can play everything else (NVIDIA Driver is running fine - UT, Teminus, Tribes II make me feel it does.) I think it has something to do with the sound driver - but I didn't check

Re: [expert] 8.1 Final MDK is a no go...

This happened to me with a buggy cdrom. Are you sure your cdrom can read the data on cd right ? Are you sure your cd's were written correct, like, have you done an md5 check? Onur Kucuk JCW Mandrake staff, JCW First off let me congratulate you on a very nice release (8.1). I have JCW loaded

[expert] How to choose ALSA over OSS?

Hello!!! I have an Ensoniq 1373 soundcard (es1371 driver). I had two installs of Mandrake 7.2 on the same computer and for some reason one had ALSA and one didn't. I have now installed Mandrake 8.0 and that uses OSS, and not ALSA. Where in the install program or Mandrake Control Centre, can I

Re: [expert] tar.gz???

So sprach »[EMAIL PROTECTED]« am 2001-10-03 um 12:40:40 -0400 : $ tar -cvzf foo.tar.gz foo OR $ tar -cvjf foo.tar.bz2 foo OR $ tar cfvZ foo.tar.Z foo This will create a compressed tar file. Best compression is achieved with bzip2 - worst with compress. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote:

Re: [expert] Out of inodes

On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:21, Dave Salovesh wrote: My /var partiton is out of inodes on my DNS server. I know why, more or less - I didn't configure it to have any mail abilities, but I forgot to tell something somewhere about that and now /var/log/mail has ~260,000 files telling me it can't

Re: [expert] 8.1 final

I downloaded 3 times the cd's from ftp.simauria.upv.es... 6 CD-R are now in the trash. The problem was: the files in the server are corrupted. I downloaded the ISOs from another mirror (slow, but secure) Did you run a checksum on the iso files before burning the CDs ? md5sum *.iso

[expert] Announcement only mailing list

What's my best bet for an announcement only mailing list running on Mandrake? Preferably with a Web front end for management from Windows and compatible with Postfix. Of course authentication and users able to remove themselves is a must too. I don't mind paying for it if it comes with support.

Re: [expert] Excessive Mem/CPU Usage in 8.1

Not at all, in fact I'm using less memory then with 8.0. I also have 512 meg and still have 125 meg free. I have not even touch my swap file. Gary On Wednesday 03 October 2001 17:40 pm, you wrote: On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Jason M. Kikta wrote: Is anyone else experiencing excessive memory

Re: [expert] Graphical login not working after usb mouse configuration...

Is it possible that you have your PS/2 port disabled in cmos? Joe On Wednesday 03 October 2001 03:52 pm, you wrote: snip P.S: the pilot mouse did work using PS/2 adaptor on an older machine, but it doesn't on this one, does anyone know what I could do or where to report it? Thanks...

Re: [expert] Excessive Mem/CPU Usage in 8.1

Dear Jason, Which filesystem are you running (ext2, ext3, Reiserfs, XFS, or ?)? Is it the same filesystem you were running previously before you upgraded to 8.1? I've heard some people say that it can make a huge difference. - Robert Storey On Wed, 3 Oct 2001, Jason M. Kikta wrote: Is

Re: [expert] Out of inodes

On Thursday 04 October 2001 00:34, you wrote: On Thu, 4 Oct 2001 09:21, Dave Salovesh wrote: My /var partiton is out of inodes on my DNS server. I've tried variations of rm and rmdir, but they all fail for one reason or another - too many arguments for rm, for one thing, and various

[expert] Kernel Panic:VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:05 problem

Hi all people, Have any guy on the list encountering the same problem in installing Mandrake 8.0 I tried several days to install Mandrake 8.0 but met with frustration. My partition table is as follows: (It is a blank hard disc of 3.3G for running Linux-Mandrake 8.0 only) - Native partition

Re: [expert] U.S. Robotics PCI controler-based faxmdem

Michael McLay wrote: On Wednesday 03 October 2001 02:28 am, you wrote: Michael McLay wrote: lspci -v -s xx:xx.x . Write down the io and IRQ being used. Then run setserial: . setserial /dev/ttyS4 port 0x irq ## . spellcheck_broken This, combined with one of the other