RE: [expert] urpmi --auto-select Couple of new questions abouturpmi and installing big apps...

2002-12-02 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Frank, No need for scripts, their is a directory you can copy across some of the files and it will update, I did it 3 weeks ago. I think it is /etc/urpmi, I will check tonight when I get home. But you copy the config file and the lists, then do an update. Tony. -Original Message- From:

Re: [expert] IP alias. How?

2002-12-02 Thread Alexander Volovics
On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 02:50:55AM +0800, Franki wrote: I prefer to just add them to /etc/sysconf/network-scripts like you said. works great. Thanks for the reply. Got it working now. That's what I did. you can set it up permanently using linuxconf (install linuxconf then run netconf in a

RE: [expert] problems with msec daily

2002-12-02 Thread Franki
I am gettng that same error, but mine is worse.. bzcat: Can't open input file ./newaliases.1.bz2: No such file or directory. bzcat: Can't open input file ./mailq.1.bz2: No such file or directory. bzcat: Can't open input file ./lpr.1.bz2: No such file or directory. bzcat: Can't open input file

Re: [expert] IP alias. How?

2002-12-02 Thread James Sparenberg
On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 00:38, Alexander Volovics wrote: On Mon, Dec 02, 2002 at 02:50:55AM +0800, Franki wrote: I prefer to just add them to /etc/sysconf/network-scripts like you said. works great. Thanks for the reply. Got it working now. That's what I did. you can set it up

RE: Re: [expert] USB card reader support on 9.0 ?

2002-12-02 Thread falcaraz
Perhaps some installation problems? I have tested this in two different computers and I hadn't any problem, sda1 is created as soon as I plug the usb cable with the camera in postion to download images. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: Munagala Ramanath

RE: Re: [expert] USB card reader support on 9.0 ?

2002-12-02 Thread falcaraz
Perhaps some installation problems? I have tested this in two different computers and I hadn't any problem, sda1 is created as soon as I plug the usb cable with the camera in postion to download images. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: Munagala Ramanath

[expert] Switchin network configuration with 9.0: easy

2002-12-02 Thread falcaraz
Dear friends, I used to use drakprofile to change the network configuration in my laptop from my house (conected to muy desktop computer and sharing the modem-cable conection using ip masquering) and my work (a lan direct-conection). But drakprofile can't run under 9.0, in fact it has dissapeared

[expert] BUG: Kpaint is broken (think memory-leak)

2002-12-02 Thread Steffen Barszus
Hi! Did anyone expierienced that problem too ? If I start kpaint the whole kde getting fast slower till nearly unusable. If I xkill kpaint, there is a crash of kpaint after 20 s and when the slowness disappear. First discovered that on pasting an image in it. Seems to be an open bug on kde.

Re: [expert] grip

2002-12-02 Thread Alex Bennee
On Sat, 2002-11-30 at 10:14, villoing wrote: How can I make informations contained in each track of a cd recognizeable by grip ? IIRC it should work out of the box. Otherwise check you DiskDB settings actually have cddb server to contact. You may want to change the command line to encode

RE: [expert] problems with msec daily

2002-12-02 Thread David Relson
At 03:16 AM 12/2/02, Franki wrote: I am gettng that same error, but mine is worse.. bzcat: Can't open input file ./newaliases.1.bz2: No such file or directory. bzcat: Can't open input file ./mailq.1.bz2: No such file or directory. bzcat: Can't open input file ./lpr.1.bz2: No such file or

RE: [expert] urpmi --auto-select Couple of new questions abouturpmi and installing big apps...

2002-12-02 Thread Franki
yeah, I imagine that is /var/lib/urpmi and /etc/urpmi will that change anything else??? my machines don't all have the same packages installed and I don't want to mess with the rpm database... is it safe to do this?? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] Checking if a directory is empty

2002-12-02 Thread Timothy Brown
List, I need to write a script that checks if a directory is not empty and if is not empty then it will send an email to someone using sendmail. Does anyone have any ideas? Tim Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Need Mozilla java plugin

2002-12-02 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
When I start my LEAF Firewall bandwidth monitor, mozilla says: This page contains information of a type (application/x-java-vm) that can only be viewed with the appropriate plug-in. When I use old netscape 4x everything works fine. How can I solve this ? -- Best regards, M@X. * Climate

[expert] Journaled FS Freezes System

2002-12-02 Thread Albert E. Whale
I have received Kernel Panics and Mangled Filesystems from using the ext3 filesystem on Adaptec 2940 Controllers. I would like to know three things: 1. Is anyone else having Reliability issues with the Journaled Filesystems? 2. Which Journaled Filesystems can I Reliably use on an Internet

Re: [expert] Journaled FS Freezes System

2002-12-02 Thread Tom
On Monday 02 December 2002 11:55 am, you wrote: I have received Kernel Panics and Mangled Filesystems from using the ext3 filesystem on Adaptec 2940 Controllers. Physically check the SCSI system out. You may have termination problems. Do you have a log of the panic messages? I would like

[expert] Disable power-managment hi-jacking of Ctrl-Alt-Backspace?

2002-12-02 Thread Alex Bennee
Hi, Until today my box (MDK 9.0) had been running fine. Now it locks up hard at random points during the day requiring a power-cylcle to get it out of this state. I suspect that apmd may be the culprit but its hard to tell as I get no indication in the logs. One thing I have noticed though is the

Re: [expert] Journaled FS Freezes System

2002-12-02 Thread Albert E. Whale
I'm getting an SCB Parity error on DevQ(0:1:0) I am beginning to suspect the Controller Card. Although I've used Adaptec for more than five years now. Maybe the controller has met it's match. Tom wrote: On Monday 02 December 2002 11:55 am, you wrote: I have received Kernel Panics and

RE: [expert] urpmi --auto-select Couple of new questions abouturpmiand installing big apps...

2002-12-02 Thread James Sparenberg
On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 04:03, Franki wrote: yeah, I imagine that is /var/lib/urpmi and /etc/urpmi will that change anything else??? my machines don't all have the same packages installed and I don't want to mess with the rpm database... is it safe to do this?? Being a lazy cuss I ran

Re: [expert] Journaled FS Freezes System

2002-12-02 Thread Tom
On Monday 02 December 2002 12:28 pm, you wrote: I'm getting an SCB Parity error on DevQ(0:1:0) I would check the devices on the bus and make sure that the devices all agree to either use (or not use) parity. If you have a mix, one needing parity and another not needing parity, then that could

Re: [expert] Need Mozilla java plugin

2002-12-02 Thread James Sparenberg
Open mozilla as root (have to in order to be able to install javavm) go to http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html and click the java runtime environment link. from there follow the instructions and you can get it installed. James On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 06:26, Maxim Heijndijk wrote: When I

Re: [expert] Disable power-managment hi-jacking ofCtrl-Alt-Backspace?

2002-12-02 Thread James Sparenberg
Alex, Had a box myself that started doing this a couple of months ago. Turned out I had a bad block (sector? Transistor? not sure of the term) appear in my memory but it was high up in the list. As long as my box was sitting idle no problem. But once I started doing something and memory

[expert] Files encoded via oggenc are too fast

2002-12-02 Thread Mohammed Sameer
Hi all, today i was converting some raw PCM files to ogg files when i noticed that the resulting files plays too fast, i asked one of my friends to encode them for me and they were fine! Mandrake 9.0 # cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : CyrixInstead cpu family : 6

RE: [expert] Journaled FS Freezes System

2002-12-02 Thread Franki
I've only used reiserfs and ext3 for any length of time.. both have been exceptionally reliable thus far.. although i have settled on ext3 for everything nowdays.. I have not used a 2940 with them before though.. Were I you, I'd be trying to find out what caused the kernel panic.. a driver

[expert] Video questions

2002-12-02 Thread Michael Simmons
Does anyone know how to fix vsync problems with bttv? Have an STB PCI TV card that initial tunes in correctly but after some amount of time gets out of sync. Only seems to happen on some channels. What config changes have to be done to run a console on one monitor/video card and X on a dual

[expert] how to open asf files (stream) in mozilla.

2002-12-02 Thread Emerson de Mello
Hi, I'd like open asf files (MS videos) in mozilla. How I can make this? I know that mplayer he opens the videos, but with STREAM I don't obtained success. The MDK9 have the plugger, I used it but I don't obtained success again. Thank you, Emerson BRAZIL

Re: [expert] how to open asf files (stream) in mozilla.

2002-12-02 Thread villoing
I had (and still have...) the same problem. I was told to install crossover which allows to you MS plugins such as media player. But it doesn't run here (for example when I try it on a site such as www.fabchannel.com). yet, other plugins (Quiktime, shockwave, realplayer) are running well...

RE: [expert] problems with msec daily

2002-12-02 Thread Robert Wohlfarth
On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 03:16, Franki wrote: I am gettng that same error, but mine is worse.. bzcat: Can't open input file ./newaliases.1.bz2: No such file or directory. bzcat: Can't open input file ./mailq.1.bz2: No such file or directory. bzcat: Can't open input file ./lpr.1.bz2: No such

Re: [expert] Need Mozilla java plugin

2002-12-02 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
* Stardate: 2002-12-02 09:42 * Incoming subspace signal from James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] : Open mozilla as root (have to in order to be able to install javavm) go to http://plugindoc.mozdev.org/linux.html and click the java runtime environment link. from there follow the instructions

[expert] javascript in konqueror

2002-12-02 Thread Aleksey Y Naumov
Hi experts, Can anyone share how to get javascript to work in konqueror (KDE 3.0.4)? I downloaded Blackdown's JDK-1.3.1 and installed the j2re part of it (runtime environment, I assume). After linking the plugin it provides -- plugin/i386/mozilla/javaplugin_oji.so into Mozilla's plugin directory

Re: [expert] javascript in konqueror

2002-12-02 Thread kwan
On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Aleksey Y Naumov wrote: Hi experts, Can anyone share how to get javascript to work in konqueror (KDE 3.0.4)? I downloaded Blackdown's JDK-1.3.1 and installed the j2re part of it (runtime environment, I assume). After linking the plugin it provides --

[expert] Help needed in copying files from DVD/CD to Harddisk

2002-12-02 Thread Ralph De Witt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi: I have just done a new install of Mandrake 9.0 on a MSI KT3 ULTRA2 motherboard. I am having some problems with the DVD/CDrom. When I try to copy files from the CD to the hard drive the system is loosing files and directories from the cd and a

[expert] devfs Issue

2002-12-02 Thread FRLinux
Hello, I've been playing around devfs on Mandrake 9.0 and yet cannot make it work the expected way. The goal is to get a winmodem recognised as /dev/ttyHSF0. It is an integrated device on a Sony Vaio (connexant chipset). All works well without devFS but i have decided to make it work with it.

Re: [expert] Help needed in copying files from DVD/CD to Harddisk

2002-12-02 Thread FRLinux
Hello, When I try to copy files from the CD to the hard drive the system is loosing files and directories from the cd and a refresh of the cd does not show them. Funily (or not) enough, i got the same problem yesterday after having installed my Mandrake 9.0 on a VIA system (don't think it's

Re: [expert] Help needed in copying files from DVD/CD to Harddisk

2002-12-02 Thread Ralph De Witt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 December 2002 04:03 pm, FRLinux wrote: When I try to copy files from the CD to the hard drive the system is loosing files and directories from the cd and a refresh of the cd does not show them. Funily (or not) enough, i got the

Re: [expert] devfs Issue

2002-12-02 Thread Bryan Whitehead
FRLinux wrote: Hello, I've been playing around devfs on Mandrake 9.0 and yet cannot make it work the expected way. The goal is to get a winmodem recognised as /dev/ttyHSF0. It is an integrated device on a Sony Vaio (connexant chipset). All works well without devFS but i have decided to make it

Re: [expert] javascript in konqueror

2002-12-02 Thread Aleksey Y Naumov
This one fails for me: http://stat.ethz.ch/R-alpha/R-devel/doc/html/search/SearchEngine.html Doing a search or clicking on links in Keywords by topic does nothing in konqueror, but works in Mozilla. Thanks, Aleksey On Mon, 2 Dec 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 2 Dec 2002, Aleksey Y

Re: [expert] Dual athlon problem with kernel 2.2

2002-12-02 Thread Paul Fotheringham
Hi there, I have now managed to resolve a problem that I originally emailed to the list about a year ago and thought, for the sake of completeness, I would give the solution. The original email is appended below and was about the failure of 2.4 series kernels to boot properly on an Asus

Re: [expert] devfs Issue

2002-12-02 Thread James Sparenberg
Ok this isn't exactly a solution. But rather a question. Does anything get created via the tarball in /etc/devfs/conf.d? In this directory I have a number of conf files for devices specific to my computer. /etc/devfsd.conf reads this to understand how to configure devices for your box when it

[expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread James Sparenberg
OK, Still having fun with WindowMaker. As you may or may not know I've been unable to use Windowmaker on any of my 9.0 boxes because it's unable to load the Mandrake menu system. Today MandrakeOnline had an update which I grabbed... installed then wiped out ~myhome/GNUStep so as to start

Re: [expert] Help needed in copying files from DVD/CD to Harddisk

2002-12-02 Thread H. Narfi Stefansson
On Monday 02 December 2002 18:12, Ralph De Witt wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 02 December 2002 04:03 pm, FRLinux wrote: When I try to copy files from the CD to the hard drive the system is loosing files and directories from the cd and a refresh of the cd

Re: [expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread Vincent Danen
On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 08:46 PM, James Sparenberg wrote: Still having fun with WindowMaker. As you may or may not know I've been unable to use Windowmaker on any of my 9.0 boxes because it's unable to load the Mandrake menu system. Today MandrakeOnline had an update which I

Re: [expert] Dear friends,

2002-12-02 Thread James T. Nelson III
That would actually depend on the camera, not on the storage media. On Tue, 2002-11-26 at 12:14, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have tested a camera with ComplactFlash not supported by gphoto2 (Nikon Coolpix 775 USB) and I have been able to mount the CompacFlash as an scsi driver using the

Re: [expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread James Sparenberg
No never had to before... but will try ... I'm gaim *grin* James On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 20:20, Vincent Danen wrote: On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 08:46 PM, James Sparenberg wrote: Still having fun with WindowMaker. As you may or may not know I've been unable to use Windowmaker on

Re: [expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread James Sparenberg
Initial suspicion was correct. If GNUStep directory is missing it runs when you first install. Tried also creating a new user so that MDK's firstime program ran... either way.. still no menu. dang. James On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 20:20, Vincent Danen wrote: On Monday, December 2, 2002, at

Re: [expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread Vincent Danen
On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 09:50 PM, James Sparenberg wrote: No never had to before... but will try ... I'm gaim *grin* IIRC, you've needed to do this for quite a while. Could be wrong, but I'm quite sure. Anyways, if you install the WindowMaker rpm on the commandline, you'll see

Re: [expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread Vincent Danen
On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 09:54 PM, James Sparenberg wrote: Initial suspicion was correct. If GNUStep directory is missing it runs when you first install. Tried also creating a new user so that MDK's firstime program ran... either way.. still no menu. dang. Ok... have you tried

Re: [expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread Erik Laxdal
Link /etc/alternatives/lib_cpp with /usr/bin/cpp-3.2 as root with the following command: ln -s /usr/bin/cpp-3.2 /etc/alternatives/lib_cpp This should resolve your problems with the menus. It did for me when I ran into the problem. Erik On 2 Dec 2002, James Sparenberg wrote: OK,

Re: [expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread James Sparenberg
On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 21:00, Vincent Danen wrote: On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 09:54 PM, James Sparenberg wrote: Initial suspicion was correct. If GNUStep directory is missing it runs when you first install. Tried also creating a new user so that MDK's firstime program ran...

RE: [expert] problems with msec daily

2002-12-02 Thread Franki
Hi all, I ended up getting it working, but the commands people suggested had no noticable effect.. I had to edit the symlinks by hand to get them to work.. most of the problem seems to be that mandrake added -cups to the links, when the file to link to was a link to a cups util, but the link

Re: [expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread James Sparenberg
On Mon, 2002-12-02 at 21:47, Erik Laxdal wrote: Link /etc/alternatives/lib_cpp with /usr/bin/cpp-3.2 as root with the following command: ln -s /usr/bin/cpp-3.2 /etc/alternatives/lib_cpp This should resolve your problems with the menus. It did for me when I ran into the problem.

Re: [expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread Vincent Danen
On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 10:52 PM, James Sparenberg wrote: Initial suspicion was correct. If GNUStep directory is missing it runs when you first install. Tried also creating a new user so that MDK's firstime program ran... either way.. still no menu. dang. Ok... have you tried

Re: [expert] Still problems with Windowmaker

2002-12-02 Thread Vincent Danen
On Monday, December 2, 2002, at 11:34 PM, Vincent Danen wrote: Ok... have you tried opening up a term in wmaker and then running update-menus as a user? That should give you your mdk menus. Should but unfortunately doesn't... Even after a restart of Wmaker. The error is that it can't load

[expert] urpmi says everything already installed

2002-12-02 Thread Robert Wohlfarth
There's something wrong (I think) when I try to install packages from the installation CD's. Here's a brief history of what's happening. Can anyone point me in the right direction to go next? Running Mandrake 9.0, Mandrake Control Center, Install Software. None of the packages have check marks,

RE: [expert] urpmi says everything already installed

2002-12-02 Thread Franki
Have a look on the mandrake errata at linux-mandrake.com There is something about this problem in there, with a solution... rgds Franki -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Robert Wohlfarth Sent: Tuesday, 3 December 2002 12:57 PM To: [EMAIL