Re: [expert] xircom 10/100/56 and m8.1

2002-01-27 Thread Harm Bathoorn
On Sunday 27 January 2002 02:25, you wrote: Can't seem to get my Xircom RBEM56G-100BTX 10/100/56k pcmcia card to work.. The pcmcia howto (http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/doc/PCMCIA-HOWTO) says that I should use the tulip driver. When I do so in hardrake autoprob I get a failure and

Re: [expert] xircom 10/100/56 and m8.1

2002-01-27 Thread Harm Bathoorn
On Sunday 27 January 2002 10:58, you wrote: Do a 'cardctl info' to see if it gets recognized as it should. Ummh sorry, that should've been 'cardctl ident' -- Harm Bathoorn. Sudden Death!! Microsoft Office demands it's serial-code AGAIN!! Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Bruce Endries
What are you looking for in a case? I have been assembling computers for 10 years now, and have used a lot of different kinds. Currently, for a normal mid-tower case, of good quality and reasonable in price, I am using In-Win's S700 case with the 300w power supply (to support the Athlon).

[expert] URGENT kernel location

2002-01-27 Thread richard
Hi all I urgently need a copy of kernel-2.4.16- mdk.i586.rpm, all I can find on cooker is 2.4.17-10mdk, I lost the rpm I had when I had to rebiuld after trying to get abiword working. can some one point me to a site that has the rpm on, I could if the worst happens always down load the tarball

Re: [expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Steve
Lian-Li cases are really awesome. They're made of aluminum, they're light, no sharp edges, and very high quality. Bruce Endries wrote: What are you looking for in a case? I have been assembling computers for 10 years now, and have used a lot of different kinds. Currently, for a normal

[expert] Xircom Modem/Network PCMCIA card

2002-01-27 Thread Jerry L. Kazdan
I am running Mandrake 8.1 and am attempting to install a Xircom combo Modem/Network Card: Xircom RBEM56G-100BTX [According to http://www.xircom.com/cda/page/0,1298,0-0-1_20-476,00.html this uses the Linux driver XIRC2PS_CS (see also http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ ] With the

Re: [expert] Getting rid of a banner page

2002-01-27 Thread Theo Brinkman
The printer is an HP DeskJet 855c slung off the lpd print server built into my SMC Barricade 7004ABR. I have to use the 600c driver from HP while it's on the barricade, or it doesn't work. At some point, I remeber turning on the banner page, but I can't for the life of me remember where, or

Re: [expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Harold Hartley
Anyone know where I can find a case that holds 2 motherboards.. thanks Harold [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday 27 January 2002 09:47 am, you wrote: Lian-Li cases are really awesome. They're made of aluminum, they're light, no sharp edges, and very high quality. Bruce Endries wrote: What are you

[expert] kernel-2.4.17.10mdk and iptables-1.2.5

2002-01-27 Thread Jan Wilson
Using Mdk 8.1 on an AthlonXP 1600, 1.5 GB RAM. I am using this as an LTSP server, so I need a recent kernel to try to avoid nfs problems, etc. I built kernel-2.4.17.10mdk from .src.rpm, and got enough other stuff upgraded that the enterprise kernel works. However, I get the same error message

Re: [expert] Getting rid of a banner page

2002-01-27 Thread Larry Sword
Theo Brinkman wrote: The printer is an HP DeskJet 855c slung off the lpd print server built into my SMC Barricade 7004ABR. I have to use the 600c driver from HP while it's on the barricade, or it doesn't work. At some point, I remeber turning on the banner page, but I can't for the life

Re: [expert] What firewall to use in MDK 8.1

2002-01-27 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 07:26:23 -0700 Lee Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: I made the statement that none of my UDP ports are blocked. Most are showing closed but there are a couple showing open. I would have expected that the default policy would be DENY but

Re: [expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Michael Leone
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 11:16, Harold Hartley wrote: Anyone know where I can find a case that holds 2 motherboards.. thanks Why would you need 2 motherboards in one case? If you really need multiple systems in a small space, why not rack mounted systems? --

Re: [expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Harold Hartley
I live in a nursing home and don't have the kind of money for a rackmount system as I wish I did.. Harold On Sunday 27 January 2002 01:35 pm, you wrote: On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 11:16, Harold Hartley wrote: Anyone know where I can find a case that holds 2 motherboards.. thanks Why would

[expert] gnome 1.4 desktop

2002-01-27 Thread richard
Hi all, I'm finding that Galeon crashes frequently, well I'm assuming this is the cause as the core seems stable. After afew crashes I'm uable to get more than 1 workplace, I'm using gnome with sawfish as the window manager, I've checked with gnome config tool and the number of workplaces is set

Re: [expert] gimp xsane

2002-01-27 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 19:48:19 +0100 jipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Le Samedi 26 Janvier 2002 16:43, vous avez écrit : On Sat, 26 Jan 2002 09:49:06 +0100 jipe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi all! i'm using gimp-1.2.2 xsane-0.79 with sane-1.0.5 create a symlink in

Re: [expert] What firewall to use in MDK 8.1

2002-01-27 Thread David Stevenson
Have you added the line: iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -p udp --dport 139 -j DROP to your iptables script. Dave. On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 13:42:41 -0500 daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 07:26:23 -0700 Lee Roberts [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder:

[expert] sound problems continue

2002-01-27 Thread Praedor Tempus
I just cannot figure this out. I have an IBM ThinkPad 1412, Celeron 366, 96MB Ram, ESS Solo1 soundcard. The sound NEVER works if I just install default Mandrake kernels. It loads modules, even the correct modules, but sound never comes - so I always build my own kernels with the solo1

[expert] sound problems continue

2002-01-27 Thread Praedor Tempus
I just cannot figure this out. I have an IBM ThinkPad 1412, Celeron 366, 96MB Ram, ESS Solo1 soundcard. The sound NEVER works if I just install default Mandrake kernels. It loads modules, even the correct modules, but sound never comes - so I always build my own kernels with the solo1

[expert] kernel-2.4.17-10mdk problems

2002-01-27 Thread Praedor Tempus
I am running Mandrake 8.1 with updates on an IBM Thinkpad 1412. I downloaded and built the source rpm for the Mandrake kernel-2.4.17-10mdk. There were no errors, no apparent problems. It will not, however, boot. At bootup, it panics - cannot mount root fs at 01:00. I have a 2.4.17 kernel

Re: [expert] sound problems continue

2002-01-27 Thread Michael Leone
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 15:28, Praedor Tempus wrote: I get sound working temporarily with kernel-2.4.8-34.1mdk and with kernel 2.4.17 from kernel.org (cannot get the Mandrake 2.4.17 kernel to work even though I can get it to build - always with the kernel panic: VFS unable to load root fs

[expert] galeon/KDE sticky mouse -- bug or feature?

2002-01-27 Thread Pierre Fortin
Finally figured out why galeon's scrolling would on occasion follow my mouse movement even though no button was down... To reproduce, grab galeon's scrollbar by left-clicking on it, and before releasing the button, move the pointer into any of the top menu/tool bars and release it there... then

Re: [expert] kernel-2.4.17-10mdk problems

2002-01-27 Thread Praedor Tempus
I'll take it...although I did specify the append= devfs=nomount option in lilo.conf. I tried turning it on and off for the mandrake kernel. I have it off for the kernel.org kernel - haven't tried turning it on. In any case, the basic kernel starts fine. I'd like to try the patch,

Re: [expert] kernel-2.4.17-10mdk problems

2002-01-27 Thread Michael Leone
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 15:37, Praedor Tempus wrote: I am running Mandrake 8.1 with updates on an IBM Thinkpad 1412. I downloaded and built the source rpm for the Mandrake kernel-2.4.17-10mdk. There were no errors, no apparent problems. It will not, however, boot. At bootup, it panics -

Re: [expert] What firewall to use in MDK 8.1

2002-01-27 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:22:15 -0500 David Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Have you added the line: iptables -A INPUT -i ppp0 -p udp --dport 139 -j DROP to your iptables script. Dave. as a matter of fact, yes...i did try that but it didn't seem to

Re: [expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Jason Guidry
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 10:16, Harold Hartley wrote: Anyone know where I can find a case that holds 2 motherboards.. thanks ok, I don't work for super micro, I really am a band director in texas. but they do have a case that will hold two mobos...

Re: [expert] kernel-2.4.17-10mdk problems

2002-01-27 Thread Praedor Tempus
Uh, I guess I'm now confused...if the mandrake kernel has the patch and the kernel.org kernel doesn't...and the Mandrake kernel refuses to boot (panics) but the kernel.org kernel boots up fine, then it would seem that this patch cannot do anything to help the Mandrake kernel. The Mandrake is

Re: [expert] kernel-2.4.17-10mdk problems

2002-01-27 Thread mandrake
Man, it just seems like you're wasting a lot of time working on this when you've got a fully functioning 2.4.17 kernel that you've successfully built from source. I don't know what these patches are that you're worried about, but IIRC, they have some security enhancements/fixes? How many users

Re: [expert] gnome 1.4 desktop

2002-01-27 Thread Jason Guidry
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 13:20, richard wrote: Hi all, I'm finding that Galeon crashes frequently, well I'm assuming this is the cause as the core seems stable. After afew crashes I'm uable to get more than 1 workplace, I'm using gnome with sawfish as the window manager, I've checked with

Re: [expert] gnome 1.4 desktop

2002-01-27 Thread richard
thanks I'll upgrade galeon to 1.0.1, I assume the rpms are on cooker ?? richard On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 22:05, Jason Guidry wrote: On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 13:20, richard wrote: Hi all, I'm finding that Galeon crashes frequently, well I'm assuming this is the cause as the core seems

Re: [expert] gnome 1.4 desktop

2002-01-27 Thread Jason Guidry
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 16:27, richard wrote: thanks I'll upgrade galeon to 1.0.1, I assume the rpms are on cooker ?? perhaps, but I'd just assume stop by http://galeon.sourceforge.net/ you can get info on dependencies, as well as pick up some new themes and spinners. =) oh, and tell the

Re: [expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Harold Hartley
I live in a nursing home and limited on funds for rackmounts gear.. And limited on space in my room... I do remember about 2 or 3 years ago there were cases that held 2 motherboards.. I want to have a second system so I don't wreck my linux box I use daily and have a linux box for trying

Re: [expert] gnome 1.4 desktop

2002-01-27 Thread richard
Hi , galeon 1.0.2 is now installed looks like its missing a few things as the mandrake page looks horrible, with missing icons...find those later ? Back to the original question, on the bottom tool bar ( which gnome call their panel), there is normally 4, or what ever amount is selected ,

Re: [expert] Cd burn

2002-01-27 Thread Geoff Thomas
I change devfs=mount to devfs = nomount in lilo.conf and now it works. GT - Original Message - From: Simon Naish [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2002 4:13 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Cd burn This may be a silly question but have you tried cdrecord

Re: [expert] Cd burn

2002-01-27 Thread Geoff Thomas
Thanks for the help. It now works perfectly. GT - Original Message - From: Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2002 5:40 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Cd burn I totally lost my cdburner in 8.1, but managed to get it back and working again by

[expert] Problems with gkrellm plugin, GKrellWeather and Message.pm -- fix before 8.2?

2002-01-27 Thread mandrake
This has been going on for quite some time, and we've finally tracked it down. When running gkrellm and the GKrellWeather plugin, it fails on the following: 400 FTP return code 500 at /usr/X11R6/bin/GrabWeather line 49. which eventually tracks the troublemaker down to

Re: [expert] Good audio recording program?

2002-01-27 Thread D. R. Evans
On 26 Jan 02, at 9:48, William Bouterse wrote: Have you considered SoundStudio? http://prdownloads.sourceforge.net/studio/SoundStudio-1.0.6.tar.gz It has always worked for me since LM 6.x, though I must admit I have never tried it under KDE and 'aarts' as I use other WM's It

Re: [expert] Superblocks corrupted

2002-01-27 Thread Brian Parish
As I'm no expert, this is the sort of circumstance in which I boot from the install CD, select expert and upgrade, choose to install nothing and let it fix the problem. It will almost certainly give you a bootable system in 10 - 20 minutes. No science, but it will probably work. cheers Brian

Re: [expert] gnome 1.4 desktop

2002-01-27 Thread Dave Sherman
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 17:46, richard wrote: Hi , galeon 1.0.2 is now installed looks like its missing a few things as the mandrake page looks horrible, with missing icons...find those later ? Maybe a missing library, or library version problem? Hard to say unless we see a specific error

[expert] urpmi problems

2002-01-27 Thread NDPTAL85
For some reason whenever I add a source to my urpmi database it becomes corrupted in a way that won't let me update it. For example no matter which Cooker source I add, whenever I use urpmi.update to update it I get this back: [root@Dreadnaught ndptal85]# urpmi.update the entry to update is

Re: [expert] urpmi problems

2002-01-27 Thread Steve Kieu
I got it ; I think we should file a bug report to mdk; its MandrakeUpdate for 8.1 is really buggy. I have to reinstall from scratch and now I still can not update, (If I use it is back). Just use it to install packages from cdrom ; --- NDPTAL85 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For some reason

Re: [expert] OT! for paranoiacs only ;-))))

2002-01-27 Thread gnerd
BWAHAHAHAHAHAHA! Classic *nix humor! And yikes! I actually agree with the dreaded Woods! ;-) It's great! Mike J. Craig Woods wrote: Ralph F. De Witt wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 26 January 2002 12:43, you wrote: hi! have a look here!

[expert] sb driver suported?

2002-01-27 Thread Steve Kieu
Hi, This is not running in mdk8.1 as the machine is too old, 486 100Mh box 18Mb RAM, and a sound card (I am not sure its type) working with sb.o driver in OSS Free (the linux kernel) . I am trying to use it with alsa but no success so far, tried using snd-card-sb8.o ; snd-card-sb16.o ,

Re: [expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Brian Parish
You can buy them almost everywhere, but the price - at least if the price here in Australia is any indication - is likely to be about 2-3 times your average quality case. Brian On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 12:57, gnerd wrote: A google search turned up a lot of reviews on these cases, but after

[expert] Why Journalled FS do I have to use??!!! I'm disturbed!!!

2002-01-27 Thread ngn
Hi folks, I'm doubting to choose two different journalled FS ( XFS or RFS ) My opinion is that XFS has the best performance in all the fields. Furthermore it has additional features due to its porting of IRIX, but I also read that for other people RFS is the best one. Also I read that RFS

Re: [expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Steve
I bought mine from http://www.mpcparts.com. I haven't checked the latest prices lately, but if you go to pricewatch you will find the vendors who sell them. gnerd wrote: A google search turned up a lot of reviews on these cases, but after three pages of review links, my ADD kicked in and I

Re: [expert] renaming large number of files.

2002-01-27 Thread J. Grant
Hello Ricardo, I was actually considering writing a bash script of this very feature today! the problem is that you cant do mv dcp_0*.jpg pics-*.jpg or the like in linux. DOS allows for ren dcp_0*.jpg pics-*.jpg but they have to be the same number or characters... I will check this out now.

Re: [expert] renaming large number of files.

2002-01-27 Thread Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas
On Mon, 28 Jan 2002, J. Grant wrote: Hi, JG, Thanks for the attention! I've 'managed' it, for the time being with 'rename' but, it does not covers all the details, i.e., on my case after long, long hours of recording audio cassettes, mastering, signal processing and etc... I've been using

Re: [expert] What firewall to use in MDK 8.1

2002-01-27 Thread David Stevenson
OK, did you reflush/restart your firewall? I am not an expert, but this is as far as my firewall knowledge goes. Dave. PS. My 139 is closed. On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 16:38:39 -0500 daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 27 Jan 2002 20:22:15 -0500 David Stevenson [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] renaming large number of files.

2002-01-27 Thread J. Grant
I just checked, and rename does not seem to support renaming files such as pic1, pic2 - pic1.jpg pic2.jpg etc? or does it? it seems to require something to swap, the from option but if I want to add at the end I can not. I think there are better ways to do this using a bash script and mv, i

Re: [expert] Good audio recording program?

2002-01-27 Thread Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas
On Sun, 27 Jan 2002, D. R. Evans wrote: I've been using gramofile (text mode) and audacity for 'tunning' on X. Storing them with cddoit (very handy), the should be 'cd_do_it_all'. And Audacity is similar do SoundStudio but faster! More than you can think of! After reading W.Bouterse, I've

Re: [expert] gnome 1.4 desktop

2002-01-27 Thread richard
Thanks Dave very simple ! now back to normal cheers richard On Mon, 2002-01-28 at 01:38, Dave Sherman wrote: On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 17:46, richard wrote: Hi , galeon 1.0.2 is now installed looks like its missing a few things as the mandrake page looks horrible, with missing

Re: [expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 17:57, gnerd wrote: A google search turned up a lot of reviews on these cases, but after three pages of review links, my ADD kicked in and I lost focus. ;-) How much are they, and where can you buy them? I've seen them advertised several places. Try:

Re: [expert] Cases

2002-01-27 Thread Ric Tibbetts
On Sun, 2002-01-27 at 17:57, gnerd wrote: A google search turned up a lot of reviews on these cases, but after three pages of review links, my ADD kicked in and I lost focus. ;-) How much are they, and where can you buy them? Just some added info on th eLian-Li cases: If you go to