[expert] Problems with 6.1 to 7.0 upgrade

2000-01-16 Thread Stephen Boulet
I've encountered several problems with the upgrade. 1) I have a logitech firstmouse+. I had scrolling working in netscape, xemacs, and via imwheel (which is running) lots of other things. 2) where'd the 24 bit large icons go? 3) colors in the netscape toolbar are black in white. I'm running 24

Re: [expert] Problems with 6.1 to 7.0 upgrade

2000-01-17 Thread Stephen Boulet
On Sun, 16 Jan 2000, you wrote: Stephen Boulet wrote: I've encountered several problems with the upgrade. 1) I have a logitech firstmouse+. I had scrolling working in netscape, xemacs, and via imwheel (which is running) lots of other things. It works now. I'm not sure why it didn't

Re: [expert] sndconfig/pnpdump probs

2000-01-17 Thread Stephen Boulet
What sound card do you have? You could try starting the module that runs your card by hand. -- Stephen On Mon, 17 Jan 2000, you wrote: Hello all! I am haveing a rough time getting my soundcard configed here. when I run sndconfig it tells me it found my card ,great one would think BUT it

[expert] Problems booting win98 after upgrade

2000-01-21 Thread Stephen Boulet
I upgraded to Mandrake 7.0 and am having problems booting into windows 98. I'm getting the message: Invalid system disk. Replace the disk, then hit any key. I have two disks: /dev/hda and /dev/hdb. root is hda1, and the win98 partition is on hdb1. My lilo.conf is: boot=/dev/hda vga=normal

[expert] Problems starting httpd

2000-01-26 Thread Stephen Boulet
Here's the error I get when trying to start httpd: [root@tolstoy /root]# /usr/sbin/httpd Syntax error on line 1 of /etc/httpd/conf/addon-modules/midgardphp3.conf: Cannot load /usr/lib/apache/midgardphp3.so into server: /usr/lib/libgd.so.1: undefined symbol: png_set_dither Anyone know what

[expert] Mount broken for cdrom

2000-01-30 Thread Stephen Boulet
Using scsi emulation, I usually mount my cdrw on /dev/sr0. Here's my /etc/fstab entry: /dev/sr0/mnt/cdrom auto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 Now I can't mount; when I try, it just hangs there. Trying kill -9 on the process doesn't kill it either. Any help appreciated.

Re: [expert] Vmware on LM6.1 SMP

2000-01-30 Thread Stephen Boulet
This is what I did. I downloaded the source (not the source rpm!) from kernel.org, but I used the .config from the Mandrake kernel source rpm that I'd previously saved. I used that as a basis for a kernel that I compiled myself for my dual celeron board. Works fine. -- Stephen On Sun, 30 Jan

Re: [expert] Compile Kernel

2000-01-31 Thread Stephen Boulet
Not too hard. Once you've run make menuconfig from /usr/src/linux, do something like: cp .config ../myKernelConfig Since that would put it one directory up, you can then copy it back into the linux directory next time you need to recompile. -- Stephen On Sat, 29 Jan 2000, you wrote: How do

[expert] English installaion and European characters

2000-02-09 Thread Stephen Boulet
This is something I've been wondering about. I have an english install of Mandrake 7, and an american keyboard. How do I write german and french characters in programs like xemacs, kmail? Merci bien und vielen Dank fuer die Hilfe. -- Stephen

Re: [expert] screen blanking in X?

2000-02-09 Thread Stephen Boulet
You can type the command: xset s on If you're running KDE, you should be able to put that in a file, make it executable (chmod +x file), and then put it in the Autostart folder. -- Stephen On Tue, 08 Feb 2000, you wrote: I'm not really sure what happened to make it stop screen blanking in

[expert] SBLive driver in which RPM?

2000-02-16 Thread Stephen Boulet
Much thanks to the Mandrake team for doing such a fine job with Lothar and the SBLive autodetection. I downloaded the smp kernel, source, headers, and the new lothar, lothar-soundconfig and -etherconfig from the cooker RPM sets. Running Lothar got the sound right the first time. But which RPM

Re: [expert] Xterm background colour

2000-02-16 Thread Stephen Boulet
You could use konsole instead. ;) Or better yet, download "powershell" (search Freshmeat). It's a very smart program that lets you have multiple terms, each accessed by a tab. I *love* this program. -- Stephen On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, you wrote: How do I get a nice BLACK background to Xterms in

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 RAM issue.

2000-02-21 Thread Stephen Boulet
On Mon, 21 Feb 2000, you wrote: seanc wrote: Install detects 128 mb of ram. top/free report only 64. Reinstalled. Same deal. Where is this setting kept and how can I change it? This is my workstation / game-box so it runs windoze too and it likes and uses all 128 mb. Oh yeah

Re: [expert] applying pre-patch to kernel

2000-03-11 Thread Stephen Boulet
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote: Hi, This is not a question related to Linux Mandrake but I hope someone on this list can help me. I have some problems with applying a pre-patch from Alan Cox to Kernel 2.2.14. I downloaded the source tarball. Unpacked it in /usr/src. Now I wanted to

Re: [expert] Kernel Compilation

2000-03-12 Thread Stephen Boulet
I *think* that the link the system.map points to is updated when you run make install (somewhat automated kernel install). Check the timestamp of the files in /boot, and check to see if the link itself is pointing to the right one. -- Stephen On Sat, 11 Mar 2000, you wrote: There are two files

Re: [expert] Best audio/video cards for Linux??

2000-03-29 Thread Stephen Boulet
Aren't there problems with SBLive and 1) smp 2) unreal tournament 3) both at the same time? ;) -- Stephen Vern, For a good price/performance you may want to look into the Creative Labs Blaster Banshee (PCI). I believe they can be had for 60$ US and the 2D and 3D support in Linux is

[expert] ftpd gives connection refused

2000-04-01 Thread Stephen Boulet
I'm having trouble getting ftpd from the wu-ftpd rpm to work; I get the "connection refused" message when trying to log in from a mac client that I can ping, or even when trying to run the ftp command from my user account (spboulet). Any help appreciated. -- Stephen Here's my /etc/ftpaccess

Re: [expert] ftpd gives connection refused

2000-04-01 Thread Stephen Boulet
Unfortunately, this didn't help. :( Any other suggestions? -- Stephen On Sat, 01 Apr 2000, you wrote: Stephen Boulet wrote: I'm having trouble getting ftpd from the wu-ftpd rpm to work; I get the "connection refused" message when trying to log in from a mac client that I

Re: [expert] ftpd gives connection refused

2000-04-01 Thread Stephen Boulet
, check the port is being listened to netstat -ln|grep ':22' and that ipchains isn't blocking it ipchains -L -nvx |grep ':22' On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Stephen Boulet wrote: Unfortunately, this didn't help. :( Any other suggestions? -- Stephen On Sat, 01 Apr 2000, you wrote

[expert] Voodoo3, mandrake 7.0, and UT crashes

2000-05-21 Thread Stephen Boulet
I've gotten a voodoo3 2000, and am running mandrake 7.0 with the latest Unreal Tournament (4.13a). UT sometimes works, but sometimes crashes while in the "console" mode (not in a map). Is this a known 3dfx issue, and is there a solution for it yet? The crash is nasty, forcing me to telnet into

[expert] ldconfig problem

2000-06-02 Thread Stephen Boulet
Hello all. When I run ldconfig, I get the following output, which I'm hoping someone can tell me how to fix: [root@tolstoy /root]# ldconfig ldconfig: warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.3 is not a symlink ldconfig: warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/libGLU.so.1 is not a symlink ldconfig: warning:

[expert] Font size in 7.1

2000-06-07 Thread Stephen Boulet
I just upgraded from 7.0 to 7.1, and I'm noticing that font sizes in apps like kmail are quite larger than they were in 7.0. Can someone explain what's going on, and if font sizes are set globally somewhere? Thanks. -- Stephen

[expert] XFree 4 vs 3.3.6 in 7.1

2000-06-09 Thread Stephen Boulet
I selected the option of trying out xfree 4 in my upgrade to 7.1. Does anyone know how to choose between the two from the console? -- Stephen

[expert] 7.1 and SBLive config error

2000-06-09 Thread Stephen Boulet
Running 7.1 with a SBLive, I can hear Linus' test audio message, but the second test (a midi file, I think) fails with: sox: Can't open output file'/dev/dsp': No such device Any help on this one? Thanks. -- Stephen

[expert] ATA-66 and Abit BE6-II

2000-06-09 Thread Stephen Boulet
Just wanted to check this out before purchasing: Can I have one 20 gig ATA-66 Maxtor hard drive on a BE6-II board as my only hard disk? Thanks. -- Stephen

[expert] test3Dfx works only as root in 7.1

2000-06-11 Thread Stephen Boulet
The /usr/bin/test3Dfx program works as root, but when run as a user, I get: test00: Clear screen to blue 2.60.00.0415 Resolution: 640x480 Press A Key To Begin Test. gd error (glide): Can't find or access Banshee/V3 board gd error (glide):

Re: [expert] .config files for the kernels in the kernel*mdk.*.rpm files?

2000-06-11 Thread Stephen Boulet
I just have to say that I totally agree. The most painful way to do it is to download the kernel source rpm, install it, grab the .config, then uninstall it. Then download the source from ftp.kernel.org, and copy your .config there. The reason I did all this, instead of just using the source

Re: [expert] Font size in 7.1

2000-06-11 Thread Stephen Boulet
No, both are installed. -- Stephen On Thu, 08 Jun 2000, you wrote: You used to have 75dpi fonts and how you have 100dpi fonts? (Just a guess . . . there are packages for each; you could un-install the 100dpi fonts and install the 75dpi fonts. Stephen Boulet wrote: I just upgraded

Re: [expert] Invisible mouse pointer with XFree 4.0

2000-06-14 Thread Stephen Boulet
I had this problem before. It stemmed from my 7.1 beta install detecting only half of my video RAM. But this may or may not be your problem. ;) I edited the XFree86-4 config file by had with the correct amount of RAM and it worked fine. -- Stephen Bonne chance. On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you

[expert] XF86Setup core dumps

2000-06-18 Thread Stephen Boulet
I have no idea why ths happens, but XF86Setup core dumps when run from the console in 7.1 (it worked fine in 7.0). Running: XFree86 3.3.6 on a voodoo3 2000 smp kernel (dual celerons) Any help much appreciated. -- Stephen

[expert] qt-1.44-23mdk.i586.rpm upgrade dependencies

2000-06-25 Thread Stephen Boulet
I downloaded the upgrade to qt for Mandrake 7.1, and there are a bunch of dependency messages: [root@tolstoy erase]# rpm -U qt-1.44-23mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: libqt.so.1 is needed by kvncviewer-0.0.3-3mdk libqt.so.1 is needed by kmp3-1.0pre3-1mdk

[expert] kernel-secure is an smp kernel?

2000-06-25 Thread Stephen Boulet
Is the new kernel-secure kernel an smp compatible? If not, it would be great if the powers-that-be would make one available for we folks with dual-processor systems. :) --Stephen

[expert] locate command segfaults

2000-07-01 Thread Stephen Boulet
My locate command segfaults. I'm running a 7.1 installation. Anyone have any clue what could be happening? Thanks. -- Stephen

[expert] Gnucash 1.4.1

2000-07-01 Thread Stephen Boulet
Has anyone gotten the new version of gnucash to install, or the source rpm to build? I get these errors: [root@tolstoy spboulet]# rpm -i gnucash-1.4.1-1.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: libguile.so.4 is needed by gnucash-1.4.1-1 libreadline.so.3 is needed by gnucash-1.4.1-1

[expert] locate command core dumps

2000-07-01 Thread Stephen Boulet
I have a mandrake 7.1 setup, and ever since I upgraded, "locate" core dumps. I do run "updatedb" 3x a week via cron. Anyone have any idea why this happens? I also mentioned earlier that XF86Setup core dumps too. Thanks. -- Stephen

[expert] locate command core dumps

2000-07-01 Thread Stephen Boulet
I have a mandrake 7.1 setup, and ever since I upgraded, "locate" core dumps. I do run "updatedb" 3x a week via cron. Anyone have any idea why this happens? I also mentioned earlier that XF86Setup core dumps too. Thanks. -- Stephen

Re: [expert] X 4, PPP, and Emu10k1

2000-07-02 Thread Stephen Boulet
On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, you wrote: I have 3 large issues with Mandrake 7.1 I need help with... First, how do I enable XF86 4? I selected to install it (yes, with expert installation) when it asked, but it seems that I'm running 3.3.6 (at least, rpm -q XFree86 reports so). I need XF86 4 for

Re: [expert] locate command core dumps

2000-07-04 Thread Stephen Boulet
Yes, the cooker version fixed the problem. Thanks! Now, if the XF86Setup command wouldn't core dump... One suggestion for the next version of DrakConf would be to let you put in multiple video modes. -- Stephen On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, you wrote: Stephen Boulet [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I

[expert] XFree 4.01 fails for geforce2

2000-07-24 Thread stephen boulet
I did a fresh install of mandrake 7.1, upgraded to XFree 4.01 from cooker, downloaded NVidia's tarballs from nvidia.com and installed. This is the error message I get, and the screen section from the XF86Config-4 file follows after: (II) NV: driver for NVIDIA chipsets: RIVA128, RIVATNT,

Re: [expert] XFree 4.01 fails for geforce2 - success

2000-07-25 Thread Stephen Boulet
I got this working after reading this mini-howto. It was written for the Debian distribution, but it's actually easier for Mandrake. Just install the latest XFree from cooker, and then pick up the installation instructions from there. http://games.luv.asn.au/lsd/nvidia-mini-howto.html --

[expert] Running an X app from remote host

2000-07-26 Thread stephen boulet
I'm trying to run an X app from a remote box locally. Here are my steps: 1) xhost +remote-host-ip 2) telnet to remote-host-ip 3) export DISPLAY = local-host-ip Then, when I try running kmail: kmail: cannot connect to X server local-host-ip What might I be doing wrong? -- Stephen

Re: [expert] Running an X app from remote host

2000-07-26 Thread Stephen Boulet
3) export DISPLAY = local-host-ip:0 Thanks to those who replied. This did the trick. Another way is to use ssh x-forwarding, you can use the ssh from www.ssh.com, or openssh, but X-forwarding is broken on Openssh in LM7.1, you must manually do "xauth merge /tmp/ssh-/cookies" where

Re: [expert] Change X-Resolution Fails

2000-07-27 Thread Stephen Boulet
I have the same problem. Unfortunately, not using XFree 4.01 is not really an issue, since I have a Geforce2 card. Just how do you change the resolution in XFree 4? Aren't you able to change both the resolution and the color depth without restarting X? -- Stephen On Wed, 26 Jul 2000, you

[expert] How do you start qmail admin?

2000-07-29 Thread Stephen Boulet
Can anyone who uses qmailadmin tell me how to start it once it's installed? -- Stephen

Re: [expert] How do you start qmail admin?

2000-07-29 Thread Stephen Boulet
Thanks. I was able to get the logon screen, but which password should I set to let me get past the logon screen? -- Stephen On Sat, 29 Jul 2000, you wrote: At 01:27 PM 7/29/00 -0500, Stephen Boulet wrote: Can anyone who uses qmailadmin tell me how to start it once it's installed? just

[expert] Mail server names MX settings

2000-08-02 Thread Stephen Boulet
Can someone tell me how to edit my MX settings for my domain registrar? Say my firewall/web server/mail server box is named "homer", and my domain is thesimpsons.net. I have entries for "Host Name" and "Mail Server" that I need to fill out with my domain registrar, and I will be using Postfix as

[expert] Setting resolution for X 4.0.1

2000-08-07 Thread Stephen Boulet
How do I tell XFree 4.0.1 to start in 1152x864 mode? It's already in my config file. Is there an option to startx? Thanks. -- Stephen

[expert] qt-copy

2000-08-07 Thread Stephen Boulet
Where can I download qt-copy, which I understand is needed to compile the kde2 snapshots? -- Stephen

Re: [expert] qt-copy

2000-08-09 Thread Stephen Boulet
Nope, not there. I have the latest beta rpm qt, but compiling kde2 snapshots usually fail with that, especially kdemultimedia and kdenetwork. Anyone know where to get qt-copy that would let you compile the kde2 snapshots? -- Stephen On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, you wrote: Try search at

Re: [expert] Kmail and threading...

2000-08-21 Thread Stephen Boulet
Yes, I've tried it out in kde2 beta 3. If you want to give that a try, you might want to wait a couple of days, since the fourth beta might be available by Tuesday. -- Stephen On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote: On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote: Can anyone tell me, does Kmail do threading like

[expert] netscape upgrade and XNLSPATH

2000-08-24 Thread Stephen Boulet
I upgraded to the newest netscape. When I try launching it, I get: netscape-communicator: locale `en' not supported by Xlib; trying `C'. netscape-communicator: locale `C' not supported either. Perhaps the $XNLSPATH environment variable is not set correctly? Warning: Cannot convert

Re: [expert] KDE 2 beta 4 problems.

2000-08-24 Thread Stephen Boulet
You've pretty well summed up my experiences with it too, but I feel that it works better for others though. For example, for both beta 3 and beta 4, calling up kcontrol I get an instant program crash. Could it be that kcontrol is so broken that it crashes when launched at this stage of the beta

Re: [expert] Printer recommendations

2000-08-24 Thread Stephen Boulet
My wife's Epson sytlys color 800 works great under LM7.1 (using the parallel port). -- Stephen On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, you wrote: Hi Everyone, I'm shopping for a good color printer. Anyone got any recommendations? Models to avoid (cough winprinters)? You'd think with the booming

[expert] iso on on computer, cd burner on another

2000-08-27 Thread Stephen Boulet
I would like to burn an iso on one linux computer with a burner on another. There's not enough space for the iso on the box with the burner. How can this be done? -- Stephen

[expert] What's the tool for configuring XFree 4.0?

2000-09-01 Thread Stephen Boulet
Can someone remind me of the tool to configure XFree 4.0? I remember that it's an option you pass to something. Thanks! -- Stephen

[expert] xterm segfaults, konsole can't load

2000-09-01 Thread Stephen Boulet
Anyone have any idea what's wrong with this? eterm and gnome terminal both work, but not these two. I'm running XFree 4.0.1 with a geforce2 card. [stephen@mozart stephen]$ konsole QFont::load: Internal error Aborted [stephen@mozart stephen]$ xterm Segmentation fault -- Stephen

Re: [expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 beta (Ulysses) iso is out

2000-09-02 Thread Stephen Boulet
Same old story. :( I can download the beta (not as an iso), but have no idea how to divide it into two iso images for an install. Isn't this documented *anywhere*? -- Stephen On Sat, 02 Sep 2000, you wrote: On Sat Sep 02, 2000 at 04:16:35PM -0700, Mike Tracy Holt wrote: I can't find

RE: [expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 beta (Ulysses) iso is out

2000-09-02 Thread Stephen Boulet
Found one! ftp://rufus.w3.org/linux/8/Mandrake/iso/7.2beta/i586/ -- Stephen On Sat, 02 Sep 2000, you wrote: = Original Message From Vincent Danen [EMAIL PROTECTED] = On Sat Sep 02, 2000 at 04:16:35PM -0700, Mike Tracy Holt wrote: I can't find the files yet - can someone post an

RE: [expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 beta (Ulysses) iso is out

2000-09-02 Thread Stephen Boulet
There are iso images out there (I found one that I just posted). But also there is the beta directory with all the files on it. You can also find cooker directories out there. If you download the cooker directory, you'll get all the files that go in the distribution. Only trouble is, that

[expert] cron hourly job errors

2000-09-03 Thread Stephen Boulet
My mail spool for root is filled with these messages: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Cron root@mozart run-parts /etc/cron.hourly X-Cron-Env: SHELL=/bin/bash X-Cron-Env: PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin X-Cron-Env: MAILTO=root X-Cron-Env: HOME=/

Re: [expert] ps restrictions

2000-09-03 Thread Stephen Boulet
You could do: ps -u username -- Stephen On Sun, 03 Sep 2000, you wrote: Is there a way to make ps only show your processes when you type "ps aux"? I think I had it going before, but forgot what I did. I think this is useful as it disallows normal users to spy on each other by not letting

RE: [expert] What's the tool for configuring XFree 4.0?

2000-09-03 Thread Stephen Boulet
On Sun, 03 Sep 2000, you wrote: There is a new configuration tool for XFree86 v4.x, it's called 'xf86cfg' and is located in the xc/programs/Xserver/hw/xfree86/xf86cfg directory of the source code. If you have gotten an RPM of XFree86 v4.x and this is not included; the RPM builder has made a

Re: [expert] cron hourly job errors

2000-09-03 Thread Stephen Boulet
l 22 05:27 /etc/cron.hourly/inn-cron-nntpsend* The directory /var/run/news/ is empty, and the permissions on /var/run/news are drwxr-xr-x. Anyone know why this should fail? -- Stephen On Sun, 03 Sep 2000, you wrote: On Sun, Sep 03, 2000 at 10:25:10AM -0500, Stephen Boulet wrote: My mail spoo

Re: [expert] iso burn

2000-09-04 Thread Stephen Boulet
On Sun, 03 Sep 2000, you wrote: Cool. Is there a way to do a test run - do everything but turn the laser on? I have a USB Que drive and it loves to choke on anything above 2X - mac and windows anyway. There's nothing stopping you from using: speed=2 instead of 4... -- Stephen

[expert] Problems with xf86cfg

2000-09-04 Thread Stephen Boulet
Just tried using this program to set my XFree 4 config file. I get the graphical setup utility. When I right-click on any of the icons, I get a menu, but it doesn't let me select any of the choices. Anyone know how to work around this? -- Stephen

Re: [expert] Write to NTFS?

2000-09-05 Thread stephen boulet
Configure your NFS partition via Webmin. It makes it much easier; you can set the permissions to the file there (read only, rw, etc.). Also, you can limit who sees the volume. One gotcha is that you normally can't mount a NFS volume as root. But using webmin on the computer with the volume,

[expert] Using wget to mirror

2000-09-13 Thread stephen boulet
I was thinking of making the following a cron job and wanted to check the syntax: wget --mirror \ ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker \ -o /home/stephen/cookerlog Can someone tell me how I tell wget where to put the cooker directory? Thanks. -- Stephen Keep in touch with

[expert] Installing using hd.img

2000-09-13 Thread stephen boulet
I'm trying to figure out how to make an installation using a local copy of a distribution. For Mandrake (and Redhat, etc.), there is an "images" directory at the top of the install CD. In this directory there is the file "hd.img". Suppose I have a copy of the distribution on /dev/hda10, a

[expert] NVidia_kernel rpm install fails

2000-09-13 Thread stephen boulet
Using the 7.2 beta as a base, I'm trying to get the NVidia_kernel rpm to work for my Geforce2 card. It builds fine, but this is the message I get when trying to install it: [root@mozart /root]# rpm -i /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/NVIDIA_kernel-0.9-5.i686.rpm agpgart: Unsupported Via chipset, you

Re: [expert] 7.1 install - security packages.

2000-09-14 Thread stephen boulet
Go to linux-mandrake.com, and click on the "crypto" link on the side of the page: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fcrypto.php3 These are mirrors of the rpms. Download and install the ones you want. All the initial install does is give you this list of apps, and you choose which ones you want.

Re: [expert] Ulysses beta 2

2000-09-17 Thread Stephen Boulet
I must have the worst luck with the kde2 betas. I just installed the packages from cooker, and I don't get even get kicker. When I launch apps, for example netscape, the app launches, but there is no window around it, and the app can't be moved across the desktop. Earlier I tried just the

[expert] kdebase rpm install error on kde beta 2

2000-09-18 Thread Stephen Boulet
I get this message when I try to install kdebase for the second beta: unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/share/apps/kdm/pics/users: cpio: unlink Anyone know what it means? -- Stephen Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Helix update Mandrake update

2000-09-28 Thread Stephen Boulet
On Wed, 27 Sep 2000, you wrote: Hi, I just asked Helix Update to update a few apps, it chose to do the lot, so I thought well why not? 30 or so megs of download later (I use a modem, not a DSL / cable connection) it politely informed that there was a conflict with one of the RPMs and

Re: [expert] 7.2 RC1 and Nvidia driver installation

2000-10-17 Thread Stephen Boulet
I found the link very useful when using the NVidia drivers for my geforce2: http://games.luv.asn.au/lsd/nvidia-mini-howto.html It's written for debian, but works for mandrake if you keep in mind that debian uses different directories for their libraries. You did remove the Mesa libraries

Re: [expert] 7.2 RC1 and Nvidia driver installation

2000-10-17 Thread Stephen Boulet
One other thing: are you doing this as root before starting X? rmmod agpgart modprobe agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1 modprobe NVdriver I really have to learn how to have the computer do this automatically... -- Stephen On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, you wrote: Please, send your /var/log/XFreeLog, and

Re: [expert] It's party time again!

2000-10-29 Thread Stephen Boulet
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It's party time again! (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20001026040331) We are officially in post-7.2 discussion period, and looking forward for new ideas. This means that there will be less of me and Tom on the forum for a while, and You will get

Re: [expert] Linux Mandrake 7.2 starting to appear

2000-10-30 Thread Stephen Boulet
On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, you wrote: This is the time to ask: When installing the new mandrake 7.2, do you install it "on top" of the 7.1 or do you have to do something first. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854 What I'm doing now is to do a fresh install. BUT, my

[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

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. --

Re: [expert] More smp

2000-11-06 Thread Stephen Boulet
One quick tip for comiling: Do a "make -j 4" instead of just make; this will start 4 threads going. Works great for kernel compiles (but just don't do it for "make dep" or "make install". Someone benchmarked it and found that 4 or 5 threads were about optimum. -- Stephen On Mon, 06 Nov

Re: [expert] Computer Freezes with Mandrake 7.2 SMP Kernel

2000-11-11 Thread stephen boulet
Which bios version do you have? Are you overclocking? -- Stephen On Sat, 11 November 2000, Tom Berkley wrote: Using the smp installed kernel on Mandrake 7.2 on my dual Celeron BP6, after running for 1 to 10 minutes, the computer just stops functioning. The display freezes, the mouse

[expert] Geforce2, NVidia drivers, and LM 7.2

2000-11-12 Thread stephen boulet
I've been having some trouble with Mandrake 7.2 and the geforce 2. It seems like some things have changed from 7.1 to 7.2. For example, the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions is not there anymore (most FAQs tell you to rm -f /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libGL.* ). My first

Re: [expert] Geforce2, NVidia drivers, and LM 7.2

2000-11-12 Thread stephen boulet
On Sun, 12 November 2000, pgeorges wrote: stephen boulet a écrit : I've been having some trouble with Mandrake 7.2 and the geforce 2. It seems like some things have changed from 7.1 to 7.2. For example, the directory /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions is not there anymore (most FAQs

Re: [expert] Strange problem

2000-11-12 Thread stephen boulet
On Sun, 12 November 2000, Anthony Russello wrote: Well, I'm got a bizarre little problem that kind of bugs me, Currently my system is configured as follows; hda - 5.1GB - / and swap hdb - 2.1GB - /home sda - 4.3GB - /home/data sdb - 4.3GB - /backup hdc - Memorex CRW-1622 2x2x6

Re: [expert] Strange problem

2000-11-12 Thread stephen boulet
In that case, other than to suggest trying a different cable, I'm stumped. -- Stephen On Sun, 12 November 2000, Anthony Russello wrote: No, the problem is that Linux no longer sees it at all, not even during the bootup. The BIOS listed both CD-ROM drives when booting during POST,

Re: [expert] Geforce2, NVidia drivers, and LM 7.2

2000-11-12 Thread Stephen Boulet
when I moved them around. -- Stephen I did not get this directory unless I did an expert install and chose Xfree86 4.01. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 11/12/2000 at 12:46 PM stephen boulet scribbled: On Sun, 12 November 2000, pgeorges wrote: stephen boulet a écrit : I've

Re: [expert] Geforce2, NVidia drivers, and LM 7.2

2000-11-13 Thread stephen boulet
On Mon, 13 November 2000, Alexander Skwar wrote: So sprach Stephen Boulet am Sun, Nov 12, 2000 at 11:03:41PM -0600: I'm still doing modprobe agpgart agp_try_unsupported=1 modprobe NVdriver Is alias char-major-195 NVdriver in /etc/modules.conf? If not, add

[expert] switchdesk

2000-11-14 Thread Stephen Boulet
Is the switchdesk program available anymore? Which RPM is it in? -- Stephen Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] SOF and mandrake 7.2

2000-11-16 Thread Stephen Boulet
SOF has been ported by Loki (lokigames.com). I understand that Halflife works really well under WINE. There is a Halflife linux server, but no client. -- Stephen On Tuesday 14 November 2000 14:20, you wrote: Um, how can we play SOF or Halflife under Linux? Thanks, -turgut Keep in

Re: [expert] nvidia + unreal tourney = lag

2000-11-18 Thread Stephen Boulet
On Saturday 18 November 2000 18:57, you wrote: On Saturday 18 November 2000 02:30 pm, Brent Timmer wrote: stupid question, but what is gears? It's prob'ly on your menus as 'Mesa gears', but a better way to run it is from a term. just type 'gears' That way you'll see the frames per

[expert] pilot-link errors

2000-11-21 Thread Stephen Boulet
I get this error when trying to execute jpilot or binaries like "addresses" that comes with the pilot-link RPM: pi_bind Permission denied /dev/pilot and /dev/ttyS0 are owned by the group tty, of which I'm a member. Anyone know why I get this error? Keep in touch with

[expert] Logitech extreme digital 3D joystick and SBLive card

2000-11-22 Thread Stephen Boulet
I'm having trouble getting my joystick to work. I have a Logitech wingman extreme digital 3D and a soundblaster live card. When I try to load the logitech module, I get: [root@mozart /root]# insmod joy-logitech Using /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/misc/joy-logitech.o

Re: [expert] Joysticks

2000-12-04 Thread Stephen Boulet
No. :( Has anyone been able to get a digital joystick running in LM7.2? Spence Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Joysticks

2000-12-05 Thread Stephen Boulet
I just subscribed to the joystick list (http://atrey.karlin.mff.cuni.cz/~vojtech/joystick/) If I get some answers there, I'll post them to the list. -- Stephen On Mon, 4 Dec 2000, Stephen Boulet wrote: No. :( Has anyone been able to get a digital joystick running in LM7.2

Re: [expert] Joysticks

2000-12-05 Thread stephen boulet
Very interesting. The module "emu10k1-joy" is not included in a stock LM7.2, as far as I can tell. I wonder if a kernel compile is really necessary... I guess it's time to do some compiling. -- Stephen On Monday 04 December 2000 18:29, you wrote: Has anyone been able to get a digital

Re: [expert] Sound Blaster Live!

2000-12-05 Thread Stephen Boulet
I just downloaded the emu10k1 source too and got the same result. I would appreciate it if anyone could say what's going on with this. -- Stephen Hello Everyone. After running Mandrake 7.2 for weeks i decided i wanted to try some of the newer SBlive drivers on the opensource.creative.com

[expert] Getting to the console with KDE

2000-12-07 Thread Stephen Boulet
How do you get to the console while in KDE? The normal alt-F2 doesn't work. What I'm trying to do is to start a second X session for playing Starcraft under wine with "startx -- :1". Now I need to figure how to make this 640x480 at 8 bit color. -- Stephen Keep in touch with

[expert] Reiser and building a kernel

2000-12-07 Thread Stephen Boulet
I downloaded the source to the 2.2.17 kernel, applied the patch for the reiserfs, and built it in to the kernel. But I still get a kernel panic when I try to boot my LM 7.2. Any one know how to fix this? -- Stephen Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL

[expert] Starting X at 640x480

2000-12-09 Thread Stephen Boulet
I'd like to start a second X session at 640x480. If I start it like this: startx -- :1 -bpp 8 I get the bit depth I need but not the resolution. Thanks. -- Stephen Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] Kernel-linux won't mount reiser volumes

2000-12-10 Thread Stephen Boulet
I installed the kernel-linus, only to have it panic on boot up since it couldn't mount the root partition, which is reiserfs. Anyone know how to solve this? Thanks! -- Stephen Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

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