Re: [expert] some 7.2 problems!

2000-11-05 Thread pgeorges
alann a écrit : Now, to the problems.. First, booting into runlevel 5, REGARDLESS OF WHAT WM I CHOOSE, Window Maker starts.. Did you choose autologin ? In home directory of the user to auto log, do you have files like .xsession and .xinitrc ? If yes, have a look at them and you'll

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.0-test10

2000-11-05 Thread J . A . Magallon
On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 02:32:38 Jason Straight wrote: I know this isn't Mandrake specific, at least I think not - but I tried to compile and run the 2.4.0test10 kernel (which I have compiled my own 2.4.0's from test3 without problems) and it get's to Uncompressing kernel ...ok booting linux

[expert] Recommendations.

2000-11-05 Thread Dom Savage
Hi Guys, Could do with some recommendations. Trying to resurrect an old machine here and put it to some practical use as a print/email server. I've just put in a new un-partitioned/formatted 20 gig drive, and thought for once, I'd try and put the partitions in the right order! The problem is,

Re: [expert] LM 7.2 Installation Fails at mkbootdisk/install boot loader

2000-11-05 Thread Tony K. Olsen
"Tony K. Olsen" wrote: I do not wish to download any more 680MB files if I can help it :-) You neglect to assure us that the downloaded iso images matched their md5sum. It is essential to check this. If the md5sums do not match, you do not have to re-download another 680 MB. Just use rsync

[expert] Bug in Tetex / terminfo

2000-11-05 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi Folks, while trying to fine-tune the tetex environement, I noticed that texconfig couldn't find the linux-termcap entries. This is due to the fact that /usr/lib/terminfo has moved to /usr/share/terminfo. 2 Ways of fixing this. Or you symlink the /usr/share/terminfo directory to the /usr/lib

[expert] Mandrake 7.2 - Problem with kmail ...

2000-11-05 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi Folks, anyone here who has a hint on that ? Tryining to use kmail, it tryes to start, but wont display. ~#ps auxwww | grep kmail smurphy 10372 0.8 3.3 20372 6596 ?S13:53 0:01 kmail -caption KMail -icon kmail.png -miniicon kmail.png smurphy 10373 0.3 4.4 21208 8816 ?

Re: [expert] Recommendations.

2000-11-05 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, Nov 05, 2000 at 12:07:38PM +, Dom Savage wrote: Hi Guys, Could do with some recommendations. Trying to resurrect an old machine here and put it to some practical use as a print/email server. I've just put in a new un-partitioned/formatted 20 gig drive, and thought for once, I'd

[expert] 7.2 doesn't boot after install on Abit BP6

2000-11-05 Thread Stephen Boulet
I have the dual celeron motherboard from Abit, the BP6, with a matrox millinium II 4MB graphic card. I burned 7.2 disks 1 and 2 and checked the md5sums. I elected to erase my current hard drive entirely, and have the recommended install. The install works fine. But after it's finished and I

[expert] Permission denied

2000-11-05 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Can someone please tell me how to get permission to enter /mnt/cdrom, /mnt/cdrom2, and /mnt/floppy: When I try to enter as "root" it keeps saying inode/directory LOCKED!! I've tried chmod on the /mnt/XXX and /dev/XXX, but nothing seems to help. How can "root be not allowed to access these mount

[expert] How do you get Konqueror to use java?

2000-11-05 Thread pnelson
I have just upgraded to Mandrake 7.2 and I love KDE2, especially Konqueror. However, I can't get Konqueror to recognize ANY java JDK that I install. I have tried Kaffe, Sun's jdk1.3, and IBMjava2. No matter what I put in the path to the jdk, I don't get any java action. Anyone have any hints,

Re: [expert] Promise ATA-100

2000-11-05 Thread JASON SNYDER
If I read the docs correctly, then in order to set a drive to Utra66 mode you need to put in "-X68" not "-X66". The command you gave is supposed to set the drive to Utra33 mode. Dovydas Kulvinskas wrote: Gary Morgan wrote: kernel 2.4.0 does but its only in testing phase right now try

[expert] ami or ami-applet

2000-11-05 Thread TK Kim
Hi, I am trying to use ami or ami-applet in order to be able to write emails in Korean language, but when I open up the property of ami, it's all written in Korean and I can't read a word since my installation locale is in English. So, my question is; How do I enable the display of menu or

Re: [expert] How do you get Konqueror to use java?

2000-11-05 Thread pgeorges
pnelson a écrit : I have just upgraded to Mandrake 7.2 and I love KDE2, especially Konqueror. However, I can't get Konqueror to recognize ANY java JDK that I install. I have tried Kaffe, Sun's jdk1.3, and IBMjava2. No matter what I put in the path to the jdk, I don't get any java action.

Re: [expert] No telnet into my 7.2 box?

2000-11-05 Thread Bernard Pidoux
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : 'lo all, I've recently installed MDK 7.2 on my box (went for the newbie install version, to see what all it does), and tried to telnet into it, no dice, its not listening to the telnet session. I read some FAQs, did what they said (specifically setting up services) and

Re: [expert] Playing MIDI files

2000-11-05 Thread Ronnie Whipp
Tom Massey wrote: Ronnie Whipp wrote: BUT, it would be nice to be able to replay thru Linux. Have you tried 'playmidi' in a terminal? I hadn't, but have now! Thanks very much. Playmidi seems to work OK, but 'can' ignore short term tempo changes, which are unfortunately necessary at

[expert] ifup on 7.2

2000-11-05 Thread Luis Chardon
I just installed 7.2 and after I configure my dialup connection using linuxconf when I do a ifup ppp0, the script gets in a loop. After I check the /var/log/messages, I see that there is an modprobe error saying that it couldn't find module char-major-108. I can connect using kppp, and I

Re: [expert] LM 7.2 Installation Fails at mkbootdisk/install boot loader

2000-11-05 Thread Ron Stodden
"Tony K. Olsen" wrote: I think the problem was in the burning stage -- not quite sure why (4 coasters made so far). The md5sum checks out (using BeOS for md5sum/ cdrecord). Until I get a Linux distribution working on this machine I am unable to use rsync as there is no BeOS version at

[expert] Gnome Wheel scrolling problems [illogical]

2000-11-05 Thread Nicky Peeters
I know this is a stupid problem , but it's such an illogical one ( according to Mr. Spock ) : I have a LogitechMouseManPlusPS/2 , X is configured right. So normally al GTk stuff should use my wheel to scroll. KDE2 does it. Well , some GTK apps do it , and some don't. My mdk7.0 did it. Apps that

Re: [expert] mdk 7.2 and lots o' questions / experiences

2000-11-05 Thread Nicky Peeters
On Sunday 05 November 2000 20:25, you wrote: Something else that I have been having fun with is trying to get hiccup free mp3 playback. I had some hiccup problems when i bought my new pIII 450 ( yeah, it's old now ;) with mdk7.0. I fixed all mp3 problems with enabling dma for all drives

[expert] Mandrake 7.2 boot problems

2000-11-05 Thread Jeff Malka
I had a working Mandrake 7.1 system. Decided to upgrade to 7.2 I let it format my / partition but not my /home, /opt and /user/local which are on separate partitions. All seemed to go smoothly. On bootinto to linux Mandrake 7.2 however, the boot stops immediately after lilo (or is it grub)

Re: [expert] Gnome Wheel scrolling problems [illogical]

2000-11-05 Thread Nicky Peeters
On Sunday 05 November 2000 21:56, I wrote: I know this is a stupid problem , but it's such an illogical one ( according to Mr. Spock ) It was a stupid problem , but i solved it ... it seems that imwheel blocks some gtk apps with its default bindings, so i killed imwheel and all apps worked.

RE: [expert] pop-3

2000-11-05 Thread Phil Connor
I can send maill out from outlook thru my linux box all day. Pinging rdcomputersolutions.net results in an "unknown host" ps (i am a windows computer expert not linux. I am learning linux :) ) Useing a simple tool such as ping help to toubleshoot your problem. pinging you again only this

Re: [expert] mdk 7.2 and lots o' questions / experiences

2000-11-05 Thread JASON SNYDER
I thought that I selected drive optimization when I installed the system, but when I went back and checked, that didn't seem to be the case. I put in the command hdparm -u1 -m16 -c1 -d1 /dev/hda and hdparm -u1 -c1 -d1 /dev/hdc in on the prompt, ran a few simple tests and added that to my

Re: [expert] How do you get Konqueror to use java?

2000-11-05 Thread pnelson
Thanks for the info about Konqueror Java being broken in mdk7.2. Has anyone gotten java to work with Konqueror in mdk7.2? Or is do we have to wait for a fix? Pascal On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 20:09:44 +0100, pgeorges said: pnelson a écrit : I have just upgraded to Mandrake 7.2 and I love

Re: [expert] Problems (bugs) in kde2 in Mandrake 7.2?

2000-11-05 Thread philomena
For your clock problem: "R-clk on the clock, you need    %I:%M:%S %p    for Time format on  the Time Dates tab.  If you choose USA and US English on the  Locale tab, the format above should have been entered for you." I had same issue and this fixed it - I had "Default" as the country setting

[expert] US Dvorak keyboard missing from KDE keyboard selector - Where is it?

2000-11-05 Thread pnelson
I use the US Dvorak keyboard, but my wife uses QWERTY. In the past it has been trivially easy to set up Mandrake/KDE for switching between Dvorak and US QWERTY. But in MDK7.2 there doesn't seem to be a Dvorak selection in the keyboard layout list. Where did it go? How can I get it back? Dvorak

RE: [expert] No telnet into my 7.2 box?

2000-11-05 Thread Bill Shirley
Good point. He should get /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny setup BEFORE he enables telnet access. But that is not his problem right now. He said it's not listening. No server there. If it were there he might get a connection refused. Bill You should also check the /etc/hosts.allow

Re: [expert] g++

2000-11-05 Thread Bernard Pidoux
Kang-Ling a écrit : where can I get a g++ package for MDK 7.2? You have it already in your gcc RPMs. Simply put the following in your Makefile : CC = gcc CPP = gcc -E CXX = g++ LD = gcc Bernard, f6bvp http://www.egroups.fr/group/amsat-france Keep in touch with

[expert] What is it with libstdc++?

2000-11-05 Thread Praedor Tempus
Trying again to build mandrake kde src rpms, I run into an annoying error. It craps out saying it can't tell if my STL is sgi-like or like anything. I have libstdc++-2.95.2-12mdk, libstdc++-devel-2.95.2-12mdk, and libstdc++-compat-2.95.2-12mdk. libstdc++ rpms are supposed to provide the

[expert] pppd question

2000-11-05 Thread David Boles
First - I don't really belong here. I am NOT an expert. But I do need expert advice/answers What is the difference between Linux-Mandrake 7.1 and its pppd files/KDE files and the same files that come with Linux-Mandrake 7.2 isos? I had pppd "dial on demand" working in L-M 7.1 with the

Re: [expert] Problems (bugs) in kde2 in Mandrake 7.2?

2000-11-05 Thread Nicky Peeters
On Sunday 05 November 2000 23:06, you wrote: Just installed Mandrake 7.2 (not the WalMart version) and am having some problems with the kde2. To begin with: 1) I accidentally added the command line applet to the panel and there seems to be no way to remove it! Right clicking on

[expert] SMP

2000-11-05 Thread Roland Serman
how do I switch from single processor Kernal to the SMP Kernal. -- Roland Serman NT Systems Administrator Electronic Data Systems Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] Mandrake 7.1 upgrade to 7.2 problems - specifically the r

2000-11-05 Thread tommiy
I just upgraded from 7.1 to 7.2 and notice that all my icons etc for gnome are missing...these I will have to examine further but have seen others suggesting fixes for this. However I seem to have one problem that I haven't seen anyone complaining about. If I start X and open a terminal

Re: [expert] Problems (bugs) in kde2 in Mandrake 7.2?

2000-11-05 Thread Andrew George
On Monday 06 November 2000 11:23, you wrote: On Sunday 05 November 2000 23:06, you wrote: Just installed Mandrake 7.2 (not the WalMart version) and am having some problems with the kde2. To begin with: 1) I accidentally added the command line applet to the panel and there

RE: [expert] No telnet into my 7.2 box?

2000-11-05 Thread Chardón
Same happened here and it worked after installing the telnet-server-0.16-4mdk package... Luis --- Harry Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 05 Nov 2000 15:20:16 Bill Shirley wrote: Make sure you have the telnet-server installed: [root@elmo /root]# rpm -qa | grep telnet

Re: [expert] Problems (bugs) in kde2 in Mandrake 7.2?

2000-11-05 Thread Ken Thompson
2) the clock on the panel shows time in 24hrs and its config has no way that I can find to change it to 12 hr. Is there a way? Jeff, Can't help with the other two questions, but if you look in Date and Time Format and use country specific settings (America, North - USA) the clock will show

[expert] could not open default font fixed

2000-11-05 Thread Larry Blodgett
When I try to start KDE with startx I get Fatal server error: could not open default font "fixed" This seem to happen out of the blue. Please help. I think it may be xfs or XFree86-xfs-3.3.6-14mdk.i586.rpm I have forced it to reinstall but no help. -- Thanks, Larry Blodgett ([EMAIL

Re: [expert] could not open default font fixed

2000-11-05 Thread Mandrake
I've seen this problem when xfs is not running. Make sure it is up before running X. Also check for this line FontPath "unix/:-1" in the /etc/X11/XF86Config that tells X to look for fonts using xfs. If you don't have xfs installed, install it and run /etc/init.d/xfs start

[expert] Install problem

2000-11-05 Thread Roland Hightower
I started using mandrake when 7.0 first came out. Installed easily and I loved it. I upgraded to 7.1 when it came out. My 7.1 system works fantastic and I also have it running on another computer in the house that acts as my email server and proxy for this mandrake box and my wife's windows me

[expert] StarOffice 5.2 won't print under Mandrake 7.2

2000-11-05 Thread Mandrake-Expert_www
Hi, Has anyone noticed that StarOffice no longer prints after upgrading to Mandrake 7.2? All my other apps can print, but StarOffice only acts like it - nothing comes out. How can this be fixed? Thanks! [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL

Re: [expert] No telnet into my 7.2 box?

2000-11-05 Thread jarmo
Hi I had same problem and after hard search found..(noticed) that LM7.2 uses XINETD...also reads XINETD.CONF...so you have to edit xinetd.con or activate INET,whic uses INETD.CONF where telnet and ftp etc are configured...Anyway I managed get telnet working by activating INET in bootup. Jarmo

Re: [expert] Problems (bugs) in kde2 in Mandrake 7.2?

2000-11-05 Thread Jeff Malka
Yes but I want it in 12 hr not 24 hrs. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 9:55 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Problems (bugs) in kde2 in Mandrake 7.2?

Re: [expert] Gnome Wheel scrolling problems [illogical]

2000-11-05 Thread Jeff Malka
So if anyone has the same problems : edit the /etc/X11/imwheelrc !! Edit it in what way? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Nicky Peeters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 05, 2000 4:26 PM Subject: Re:

Re: [expert] SMP

2000-11-05 Thread Stephen Boulet
If you're running the kernel that installed when you installed mandrake, then it should have detected an extra processor. If you have one processor, I don't know whether smp is installed by default. You can always compile and install your own kernel. See the documentation for that. --

[expert] access from outside the network

2000-11-05 Thread Sridhar G
Hi, I've a network of 2 computers. The LM system is a configured as a router. My eth0 is connected to the wireless gateway. The gw supplies a private ip to the eth0 interface. Now is it possible to serve pages thro' Apache to people on the net? Cheers Sridhar = Good judgement comes from

[expert] gnu/secure linux/hard links

2000-11-05 Thread Tib
Greetings Programs! While attempting to install Mailman (mailing list distribution software) on my mandrake 7 box, it was noted in a readme that gnu needs hardlink restriction to be turned off. How do I go about doing this? Thanks in advance. EOL Tib Keep in touch with

Re: [expert] StarOffice 5.2 won't print under Mandrake 7.2

2000-11-05 Thread Dennis Robertson
On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 04:01:08AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Has anyone noticed that StarOffice no longer prints after upgrading to Mandrake 7.2? All my other apps can print, but StarOffice only acts like it - nothing comes out. How can this be fixed? Wish I knew. I hope

Re: [expert] kde control-center: ABNT-2 Keyboard Breaks Netscape]

2000-11-05 Thread Dudu
Till Kamppeter wrote: Oi, Você já tentou keyboarddrake? You already tried keyboarddrake? That's another problem, I can't run: # keyboarddrake Can't locate Gtk.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib/libDrakX /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0

[expert] Editing files in Linux 4 Windows

2000-11-05 Thread STEVEN L HAWKS
I have installed Linux 4 Windows to dual boot with Window 98 on my PC. When I try to boot into Linux I get: VFS:Cannot open root device 07:07Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 07:07 After some trial and error I was able to modify the Linux.bat file to point to the correct drive

Re: [expert] Printing in LM 7.2

2000-11-05 Thread Till Kamppeter
Go to the Mandrakeforum, I have already posted something about this problem there. http://www.mandrakeforum.com/commentShow.php3?sid=20001102140711pid=37 Till Lars Roland Kristiansen wrote: This is a multi-part message in MIME format... =_973376833-6208-283 Content-Type:

Re: [expert] Remote printing

2000-11-05 Thread Till Kamppeter
As Mandrake 7.2 has CUPS as printing system now, the things are different: /var/spool/lpd is obsolete /var/spool/cups only contains spooled jobs, no config files /etc/printcap is generated by CUPS so thet KDE and other applications find the printers The configuration

Re: [expert] Install problem

2000-11-05 Thread root
Hi, Do you have the autofs or the amd running (sometimes they are a pain in the neck)? Maybe they are mounting the drive when you insert it. Also, is you cdrw running with scsi emulation? Maybe you need to use another device file other than hd*, maybe a sr0 or something. If your cd is scsi,