RE: [expert] VMWare 3.0 and mdk 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread Baines, Dominic
VMware and mdk8.2 have similar problems with RedHat 7.2 in that the modules do not 'appear' to be present. Make sure you have the current kernel source libraries installed and rerun vmware-config.pl pointing to that directory. Worked for me... If you include a capture of the errors I'll see if

[expert] Hi everyone mandrake 8.0 to 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread peter99
Hi everyone. First of all, I'm new at this. Not Linux, just taking part in this chat. I have been a Linux fan for many years. I own a computer business were everything is Linux oriented. Consulting, networking, you name, from personnel to small and large business. I use Slackware,

Re: [expert] Hi everyone mandrake 8.0 to 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread Ádám Csongor
Hi You experts made me sick. The only things you talk about is bitching about Mandrake 8.2, My point : I_AM_SICK_OF_FLAME. That's all :)) It is not fair to send a whole mailing list to hell, and then leave. You shouldn't throw the stone and hide the hand. Greetings Csongor --

Re: [expert] 8.2: Upgrade or clean install?

2002-03-25 Thread Sadin Nurkic
On this note, is there a page or a list somewhere of known issues with 8.2, i.e. This wont work with that, This is better than that in 8.2 so use this etc... There are a lot of packages included and its hard making everything perfect so I in no way expect things to work good :) just wondering if

Re: [expert] XFree 4.2.0 (repost)

2002-03-25 Thread Luke Vandervort
I had that problem starting with 8.0. I could'nt resolve it either. I would manually edit both files and the op system would ignore my entries... go figure, I finaly gave up and got a video card mandrake could work with ... Ezra On Sunday 24 March 2002 07:45 pm, you wrote: This brings up a

Re: [expert] 8.2: Upgrade or clean install?

2002-03-25 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
hi david --- David Guntner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've downloaded the 8.2 ISO files and will be burning them to a CD when I get a chance (once the 8.2 Powerpack box set is in the store, I'll be picking that up). I'm currently running 8.1. Has anyone here done an upgrade install

Re: [Fwd: Re: [expert] Am I the ONLY one or does 8.2 REALLY Stink??????????]

2002-03-25 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
hmmm I mean, here this guy that Dianne responded to has only sent three messages to the expert list since January 12; Hey careful about bringing the Countess Montessa into this fray. Royalty is above that kind of thing My only response to that is that she has

[expert] LM8.2 Alcatel Speedtouch USB

2002-03-25 Thread Nick Thompson
I have installed LM8.2 over the weekend and so far everything works great. Well I think so, but the logs are not so sure... During bootup my ADSL link is brought up (takes ~30seconds though, but this is the same time as under 8.1) but the boot output says Checking internet connections to

Re: [expert] cannot set DMA to my HD.

2002-03-25 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi Dianne, Thank you very much for your attention. I got a solution: I used via82cxxx.c version 3.26 (from kernel source MDK 8.1), recompiled the kernel and voilà, it works, now 'hdparm -tT (and -i) /dev/hda' gives: Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 0.50 seconds =256.00 MB/sec

Re: [expert] Beowulf presentation

2002-03-25 Thread kwan
On Sun, 24 Mar 2002, msh wrote: Thanks, I have to configure a cluster in a few weeks and develop image processing software to run on it for near real-time medical image reconstruction. Cool. I have example code that may be useful. It helps to know someone else has already done it and

Re: [expert] cannot set DMA to my HD.

2002-03-25 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
cool! good to know your problem is solved ... and you posted your solution which is good for everyone who might encounter the same problem =) cheers! --- Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Dianne, Thank you very much for your attention. I got a solution: I used

Re: [expert] M$ has done it again. Good thing we have Linux.

2002-03-25 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List! Very well put! I had my problems with MDK 8.1, but I solved (*with* an amazing help of this list). I am really really happy with GNU/Linux/Mandrake. On Sat, 23 Mar 2002, Gérard Perreault wrote: Lots of mail about MDK 8.2 not working well. Don't know why. Maybe those people

Re: [expert] Why Linux?

2002-03-25 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi, I found really great only the fact that Linux is running on Apple machine. But I answer with your question with this other one?: What would be of our modern society if Maxwell haven't created the now called his name's equation? GNU/Linux is not only for servers. I

Re: [expert] pppd shutting down

2002-03-25 Thread daRcmaTTeR
Mike Rambo wrote: I have a machine set up at to facilitate sharing of a dial up connection for my home network. I am finding that pppd will suddenly die completely or sometimes just become unresponsive requiring a restart. The box is an older one still running mdk7.1 (yeah I know it's older

Re: [expert] Turning Mandrake in a powerfull web proxy server + firewall

2002-03-25 Thread daRcmaTTeR
faisal gillani wrote: Hello there I have just downloaded mandrake 8.2 linux .. i basically run windows 2000 server on my network but i wana give Linux mandrake a try everything is going fine but i ma stuck on one thing .. that is ppp dailup connection how can i dailup from command mode

Re: [expert] 8.2: Upgrade or clean install?

2002-03-25 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Monday 25 March 2002 05:36 am, Sadin Nurkic wrote: On this note, is there a page or a list somewhere of known issues with 8.2, i.e. This wont work with that, This is better than that in 8.2 so use this etc... There are a lot of packages included and its hard making everything perfect so I

Re: [expert] Hi everyone mandrake 8.0 to 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread Michael Holt
5:40pm... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ran for the door shrieking: Hi everyone. First of all, I'm new at this. Not Linux, just taking part in this chat. I have been a Linux fan for many years. I own a computer business were everything is Linux oriented. Consulting, networking, you name, from

Re: [expert] Hi everyone mandrake 8.0 to 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: So first I monitored the chat on expert and newbie. You experts made me sick. The only things you talk about is bitching about Mandrake 8.2, no positive comments just nothing else to do but bitching. err, how long did this monitoring last? 3

Re: [Fwd: Re: [expert] Am I the ONLY one or does 8.2 REALLYStink??????????]

2002-03-25 Thread Damian
El lun, 25-03-2002 a las 08:10, Dianne Marie Montesa escribió: hmmm I mean, here this guy that Dianne responded to has only sent three messages to the expert list since January 12; Hey careful about bringing the Countess Montessa into this fray. Royalty is

Re: [expert] Hi everyone mandrake 8.0 to 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread Damian
I'm now going to pull the plug on expert because you people are a joke. hmm.. good. more bandwidth for us!! ;o) hehehe Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Problems with aviplay and Mandrake 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread Damian
El lun, 25-03-2002 a las 07:42, Martin Reinecke escribió: Hi, I'm experiencing a problem when using aviplay under Mandrake 8.2: whenever trying to play a file, the computer appears to do something (CPU usage increases, the disk is accessed), but the actual movie window does not appear.

Re: [Fwd: Re: [expert] Am I the ONLY one or does 8.2 REALLY Stink??????????]

2002-03-25 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 25 Mar 2002 03:10:01 -0800 (PST) Dianne Marie Montesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: hmmm I mean, here this guy that Dianne responded to has only sent three messages to the expert list since January 12; Hey careful about

Re: [expert] 8.2: Upgrade or clean install?

2002-03-25 Thread Praedor Tempus
I'd agree. Save any special configs and do not reformat/destroy your /usr/local (if you can avoid it - ie, have it on its own partition) nor your /home (if you have things you want to keep). You may want to delete your ~/.kde directory and .kderc just to avoid any wierdness that might pop up

Re: [expert] new user and NIS

2002-03-25 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi, First, I thank everyone who tried to help me. Second, I got a solution by my own: I simply remmbered that NIS doesn't work with shadow password, so I 'pwunconv' and ran 'make' at /var/yp folder. Alas! Now every user can log on every terminal. On Fri, 22 Mar 2002, Sven Heinicke

Re: [expert] 8.2 and Sony Vaio FX200 [OT}

2002-03-25 Thread Al Niessner
Yeap, that was another glitch I did not notice until late yesterday. Seems as though those lost cdrom boots also moved me forward to the year 2036. It is fixed now though. Thanks for pointing it out though. Al Niessner On Fri, 2002-03-22 at 18:07, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Friday 07 November

Re: [Fwd: Re: [expert] Am I the ONLY one or does 8.2 REALLYStink??????????]

2002-03-25 Thread J. Craig Woods
Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: = This email is for the above named person/s only. Usual legal bullshit covering my own ass applies. Be prepared to get fucked if you dare misuse the above information. If you receive this message in error, your existence in this world must also be an error.

Re: [expert] rpm --rebuilddb core dumps, and (at one time) rpm -a-q gave reasonable output. ARGH

2002-03-25 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Sat, 2002-03-23 at 00:04, daRcmaTTeR wrote: Well, I tried using the other subject, and have heard silence since then. So, I'l ltry with a new subject. H E L P! Im dead in the water as far as RPM goes. Um, never mind. Turned out to be a problem with reiserfs... rc

Re: [expert] pppd shutting down

2002-03-25 Thread civileme
daRcmaTTeR wrote: Mike Rambo wrote: I have a machine set up at to facilitate sharing of a dial up connection for my home network. I am finding that pppd will suddenly die completely or sometimes just become unresponsive requiring a restart. The box is an older one still running mdk7.1

RE: [expert] Problem with a Dell Pentium Pro

2002-03-25 Thread Edvard Wikström
You were right Civileme, as soon as I changed to the nonframebuffer image I got the screen back at boot. Yes, it is a Matrox card, I got the three small bars (I hope you meant left instead of right) at the left corner and the graphics at the package section. So it must be something strange.

Re: [expert] Why Linux?

2002-03-25 Thread David
snip \\\ \\\If your not running a server, or doing a task that requires linux \\\specifically, why are you using it? \\\ snip I like my computer to do what I tell it to, unlike what happens with that _other_ OS thats so popular today. Dave --

Re: [expert] I am sorry

2002-03-25 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sat Mar 23, 2002 at 03:17:11AM -0800, Robin wrote: [...] Here comes the little _but_. I can't say that I like the boot splash. I know that if I unselect bootsplash during installation, 8.2 would boot up normally with service on the left and OK on the right. When I remove bootsplash after

[expert] No sound after 8.2 install

2002-03-25 Thread Stephen Boulet
Sound worked fine with my SBLive! card and LM 8.1. With 8.2, no sound. An lsmod showed a surprisingly large number of sound modules loaded, mostly alsa related. Have others had trouble with sound and 8.2? -- Stephen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[expert] Apache on 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread Laura Conrad
I just upgraded my machine from 8.1 to 8.2, and now whenever I try to access a page on the webserver I get something like: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. It worked fine on 8.1. Is there something I need to change in the apache configuration files? -- Laura

Re: [expert] No sound after 8.2 install

2002-03-25 Thread Laura Conrad
Stephen == Stephen Boulet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Stephen Sound worked fine with my SBLive! card and LM 8.1. With 8.2, no sound. Stephen An lsmod showed a surprisingly large number of sound modules loaded, Stephen mostly alsa related. Stephen Have others had trouble with

[expert] Hancom Office on MdkClub full or demo?

2002-03-25 Thread Brad Felmey
Anyone have any idea? -- Brad Felmey Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Apache on 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread Laura Conrad
Charlie == Charlie Bebber [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Charlie You might check your log files (/var/log/httpd IIRC). You'll probably Charlie find your answer in your error-log or something similar. It says: [Mon Mar 25 17:56:06 2002] [error] [client 209.245.100.140] client denied by

Re: [expert] Apache on 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread Larry Sword
Laura Conrad wrote: I just upgraded my machine from 8.1 to 8.2, and now whenever I try to access a page on the webserver I get something like: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. It worked fine on 8.1. Is there something I need to change in the apache

[expert] LM 8.2 xinetd leafnode

2002-03-25 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, just installed LM 8.2 and wanted to use leafnode. xinetd is running and leafnode installed all right. But of course I cannot connect to leafnode. I do not have any idea about xinetd, because I always used inetd before. It seems that xinetd is preventing leafnode from running. Can

RE: [expert] I am sorry

2002-03-25 Thread Doug Gough
Guess I'm going to give my 2 cents worth (2 US cents equals 4 Canadian cents...ouch). I've been using Mandrake since early onI can't remember the exact version..and have always been amazed at its simplicity and stability. Especially considering the junk I've given it to run on. Old

Re: [expert] Why Linux?

2002-03-25 Thread Luke Vandervort
Hi, I hope nobody minds if I jump in on this Why do I use linux? Easy! 1.) Multitasking that really Works (go ahead and try and format a floppy in ANY windows version and then try and do something else ) 2.) Low cost. I am constantly on a budget and need to squeeze every penny.

Re: [expert] pppd shutting down

2002-03-25 Thread ed tharp
do you have a 3com or US robotics modems? On Monday 25 March 2002 09:05, you wrote: Mike Rambo wrote: I have a machine set up at to facilitate sharing of a dial up connection for my home network. I am finding that pppd will suddenly die completely or sometimes just become unresponsive

Re: [expert] Satisfaction - AcerScan 620U

2002-03-25 Thread ed tharp
Thank you so much for this info, I too have kept booting to winders to use my acer scanner, (and since I paid $50.00 for the canner, it was worth it to me) but since your post I have ordered my powerpack for 8.2. damn will be sweet to be rid of billy's soft. I will check to see if this is

[expert] apache 8.2 cont

2002-03-25 Thread root
Not sure where Larry was heading but let's head in that direction. Laura, can you get into webmin at https://localhost:1? If you can, you might want to take a look at httpd.conf, and see if you have your directories set up with correct permissions. If you are comfy with vi, just use that on

Re: [expert] No sound after 8.2 install

2002-03-25 Thread Stephen Boulet
Does this list look excessive? There is everything but the kitchen sink in here: # clear;lsmod | grep snd | sort snd34272 1 [snd-synth-emux snd-seq-virmidi snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-pcm-oss snd-pcm-plugin snd-mixer-oss snd-card-emu10k1

Re: [expert] Apache on 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread Roger
In order to get the test-cgi script in cgi-bin to work, I had to modify the commonhttpd.conf Directory / setting to look like the 8.1 commonhttpd.conf settings: Directory / # Options -All -Multiviews Options FollowSymLinks AllowOverride None # Order deny,allow # Deny from all

Re: [expert] how does one reset the video mode of a virtual console?

2002-03-25 Thread Damian
El lun, 25-03-2002 a las 20:10, Bill Kenworthy escribió: Hi, how does one reset the video mode of a virtual console? Occaisionally I get an X crash which leaves the consoles in a weird state. X restarts ok, but all other screens show two copies of whatever console was running on it before

Re: [Fwd: Re: [expert] Am I the ONLY one or does 8.2 REALLY Stink??????????]

2002-03-25 Thread James
On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 08:05:07 -0500 daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, 22 Mar 2002 16:14:03 -0600 J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Yeah, I'm getting real sick of this M$ cloak-and-dagger assassin crap. Now

Re: [expert] LM 8.2 Evolution

2002-03-25 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Mon, 2002-03-25 at 18:40, Andreas Müller wrote: Hallo, I have a small problem with Evolution. Even with the setting to Empty Trash on exit enabled, Evolution does not delete the messages. It only works when I do it via the menue. So has anyone information about, how to solve this

Re: [expert] Problem with a Dell Pentium Pro

2002-03-25 Thread James
On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 07:55:45 -0900 civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Lorne Shantz wrote: It may also be a bad cdrom image no? civileme wrote: Edvard Wikström wrote: Hi, I posted this question at the newbie list but got no luck, they suggested to post it here instead. Here it goes.

Re: Fwd: Re: [expert] Am I the ONLY one or does 8.2 REALLY Stink??????????

2002-03-25 Thread James
On Sat, 23 Mar 2002 05:08:10 -0800 (PST) Dianne Marie Montesa [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: guys, lets get focused... we are talking about a ***newly installed mdk 8.2 system***. there are 1001+++ ways to bring a network down from one machine if you really had the intention to do so. there

Re: [expert] apache 8.2 cont

2002-03-25 Thread Laura Conrad
Dr John == root [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Dr John Not sure where Larry was heading but let's head in that direction. Dr John Laura, can you get into webmin at https://localhost:1? I don't think I have webmin installed; I've never used it. netscape hangs for a while when I try

Re: [expert] 8.2: Upgrade or clean install?

2002-03-25 Thread Raffaele Belardi
Check also whar Mandrake says about it... clean install beats upgrade: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/iupdate.html raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The rest can go bye-bye. A fresh install is much quicker than an upgrade. Always has been. An upgrade can take FOREVER.

[expert] Bootsplash question

2002-03-25 Thread Robin
Thanks for the reply. Now I know how to remove the bootsplash. Ok, stupid question number 2, since you mentioned that other bootsplash theme. Now, how do I put bootsplash back and change to different theme? You should know this one is coming, since you told it the Ayo is real sweet. ;) TIA

[expert] Logitech Clicksmart 510 ......... WAS [BUG?] [SOLVED?] opl3sa2 ISA PnP soundcard in 8.2

2002-03-25 Thread David
Did anyone see this post? I have made several posts that _I_ have not seen show up. Dave snip GIVE UP? And do what, go back to the dark side? Forget about it. There is no way! I loved my Mandrake even withOUT sound. What gets me is that the answer was right under my nose