Re: Via chipset KT133 and system instability

2002-12-25 Thread Pam R
On Tuesday 24 December 2002 22:35, Net Llama! wrote: On 12/24/02 08:56, Jerry McBride wrote: [snip] Turn off box, remove cover, unplug video card, run pencil eraser across card I hope you don't mean the eraser. That's the best way to completely wreck all the sockets. Its the graphite in

Re: Happy Christmas

2002-12-25 Thread Tim Wunder
On Wednesday 25 December 2002 12:15 am, someone claiming to be [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, list, it's Christmas here in Pittsburgh, so I'm allowed to wish you all a happy Christmas and to pray God's blessings on you and yours. Here's my wish for love, joy, peace, patience, kindness,

Debian - was Re: Server Distros

2002-12-25 Thread Collins
On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 22:18:24 -0800 Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: David A. Bandel wrote: This is not a recommendation, and particularly _not_ for inexperienced folks: Lately, despite my distaste for the GNU zealots, I've returned to using Debian. There's an installer for XFS

Re: Server Distros

2002-12-25 Thread ronnie gauthier
The first linux install I did was debian hamm version. Took about 8 tries, once in I never knew what a dependicy problem was until I went over to COL. The debain updater was great, pick an app and all needed libs.etc. were included. I really missed that with COL. On Tue, 24 Dec 2002 20:18:15

Re: Debian - was Re: Server Distros

2002-12-25 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins wrote: Here's an invitation for you debian types in the group. How's about an SxS HowTo (or multiples) on working with debian and updates (the complete idiot's guide to debian). sites and sources for upgrades http://www.debian.org/distrib/packages a really simple primer on

SOLVED! Re: Via chipset KT133 and system instability

2002-12-25 Thread Tim Wunder
On Wednesday 25 December 2002 02:40 am, someone claiming to be Pam R wrote: On Wednesday 25 December 2002 04:20, Tim Wunder wrote: On Tuesday 24 December 2002 05:36 pm, someone claiming to be Net Llama! wrote: Maybe its the mobo? It's on the list of potential culprits. We'll see...

Re: Via chipset KT133 and system instability

2002-12-25 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/25/02 00:13, Pam R wrote: On Tuesday 24 December 2002 22:35, Net Llama! wrote: On 12/24/02 08:56, Jerry McBride wrote: [snip] Turn off box, remove cover, unplug video card, run pencil eraser across card I hope you don't mean the eraser. That's the best way to completely wreck all the

Re: Scanners

2002-12-25 Thread Collins
On Mon, 23 Dec 2002 23:25:03 -0800 Ken Moffat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Collins wrote: My wife's scanner software (old UMAX 610P) is ailing - looks like another #$@! Win98 reinstall to cure it, so I'm starting to look at the possibility of another el cheapo scanner for my linux system,

Re: [gentoo-user] if you see a fat man

2002-12-25 Thread Anupam Kapoor
here is one from lkml, by Richard B. Johnson: T`Was the night before payday and all through the house, Not a computer was working as I clicked the mouse; The screen turned blue and out slewed some text, Showing register dumps and addresses in hex; The disk-light was

Re: Scanners

2002-12-25 Thread Ken Moffat
Collins wrote: Now for USB support. My box has USB connectors, but I've never had any USB devices, so which kernel parameters under the USB tab (or elsewhere?) should I select to attach the 1660? Any reason these can't be builtin? (I hate modules!) A newer kernel might have hotplug

Re: Scanners

2002-12-25 Thread Joel Hammer
I used to hate modules, until I gave up on modprobe and the like. I now love modules. Basically, when you want to install new hardware which needs new modules, either ask the group or just make xconfig and check off what you need as modules, and make modules and make modules install. You don't

Re: Happy Christmas

2002-12-25 Thread Rick Forrister
On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 00:15:28 -0500 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, list, it's Christmas here in Pittsburgh, so I'm allowed to wish you all a happy Christmas and to pray God's blessings on you and yours. Here's my wish for love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, gentleness, and goodness for you.

Re: Printer

2002-12-25 Thread Joel Hammer
Have you tried just logging on with smbclient to this share and seeing what kind of error messages you get? Remember, printing in this situation is really just this command: cat file | smbclient //server/printingshare PasswordStuff -c 'print -' Joel On Tue, Dec 24, 2002 at 04:43:31PM -0500,

Re: Via chipset KT133 and system instability

2002-12-25 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
My understanding that using the pencil eraser was done to clean the contacts, not give it extra conductivity. We used the eraser on boards that were exposed to chemicals that created Silver sulfide deposits blackening the contacts. from Net Llama!: [8-] Graphite is an insulator, not

Re: Via chipset KT133 and system instability

2002-12-25 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/25/02 15:41, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: My understanding that using the pencil eraser was done to clean the contacts, not give it extra conductivity. We used the eraser on boards that were exposed to chemicals that created Silver sulfide deposits blackening the contacts. from Net Llama!:

Re: Via chipset KT133 and system instability

2002-12-25 Thread ronnie gauthier
If you need to use an eraser a soft artgum has no abrasive. On Wed,25 Dec 2002 15:59:44 -0800 - Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote the following Re: Re: Via chipset KT133 and system instability On 12/25/02 15:41, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: My understanding that using the pencil eraser was done

XFS checks on boot

2002-12-25 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
I've installed Gentoo on a partition on one of my systems and 've noticed that Gentoo runs a file system check when it starts. My system is all xfs and Gentoo runs fsck - not very useful for this system. I assume I need to edit the /etc/init.d checkfs and checkroot scripts to put in the xfs

Re: Debian - was Re: Server Distros

2002-12-25 Thread harley7
On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 10:26:19 -0700 Collins [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's an invitation for you debian types in the group. How's about an SxS HowTo (or multiples) on working with debian and updates (the complete idiot's guide to debian). For example, it's quite simple to get a fairly

CUPS woes

2002-12-25 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
I've been making slow progress with CUPS on my local net, but things are still not right. I'll just mention the two systems that matter most. Right now, I have 1 system that can print on it's local printer using CUPS. We'll call this one system A. The other system has a local printer, but

Re: XFS checks on boot

2002-12-25 Thread Net Llama!
On 12/25/02 16:44, Brett I. Holcomb wrote: I've installed Gentoo on a partition on one of my systems and 've noticed that Gentoo runs a file system check when it starts. My system is all xfs and Gentoo runs fsck - not very useful for this system. I assume I need to edit the /etc/init.d

Re: XFS checks on boot

2002-12-25 Thread Andrew Mathews
Brett I. Holcomb wrote: I've installed Gentoo on a partition on one of my systems and 've noticed that Gentoo runs a file system check when it starts. My system is all xfs and Gentoo runs fsck - not very useful for this system. I assume I need to edit the /etc/init.d checkfs and checkroot

Re: XFS checks on boot

2002-12-25 Thread Collins
On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 19:44:50 -0500 Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've installed Gentoo on a partition on one of my systems and 've noticed that Gentoo runs a file system check when it starts. My system is all xfs and Gentoo runs fsck - not very useful for this system. I assume I

Re: XFS checks on boot

2002-12-25 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
I've posted this there too and will see what they say. I would have hoped that if the file system is not ext then the fsck would not be run by default as they do. On Wed, 25 Dec 2002 19:44:50 -0500 Brett I. Holcomb [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've installed Gentoo on a partition on one of my

Re: XFS checks on boot

2002-12-25 Thread Brett I. Holcomb
Thank you. I'll set the parameter and see what happens and I'll probably have to edit the startup script. Brett I. Holcomb wrote: I've installed Gentoo on a partition on one of my systems and 've noticed that Gentoo runs a file system check when it starts. My system is all xfs and Gentoo

Re: SOLVED! Re: Via chipset KT133 and system instability

2002-12-25 Thread m.w.chang
or you may just buy a better heatsink. heat is alwaya a problem of AMD CPU, in additional to stability problem with VIA chipsets. Running with a new Duron 1GHz and I'm (so far) stable as can be. Granted, I've only been testing it for a couple hours, but the XFree86-4.2.1 SRPMs built fine. I

Canon PowerShot G2 USB

2002-12-25 Thread Alan Jackson
On Sat, 21 Dec 2002 17:34:14 -0500 Jerry McBride [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here's what I use to load the correct usb, fs modules and ends with a mount: modprobe usbcore modprobe usb-uhci modprobe usb-storage modprobe fat modprobe vfat echo mount -t vfat /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera Well I

Re: SOLVED! Re: Via chipset KT133 and system instability

2002-12-25 Thread Tim Wunder
Yeah, already did that. Got a nice big copper Thermaltake Volcano 6cu with a 7000 RPM fan :-) On Wednesday 25 December 2002 10:15 pm, someone claiming to be m.w.chang wrote: or you may just buy a better heatsink. heat is alwaya a problem of AMD CPU, in additional to stability problem with VIA

Re: Canon PowerShot G2 USB

2002-12-25 Thread Joel Hammer
If you load each module, modprobe isn't needed. You might have have the same result with: modprobe usb-storage What do you see with cdrecord -scanbus? You could try other devices, like sda2, etc. Is the camera plugged in and powered up? I find I have to insert my nikon coolpix 2500 into the

Re: Canon PowerShot G2 USB

2002-12-25 Thread Ken Moffat
Alan Jackson wrote: Dec 25 22:26:52 earthman kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2, assigned device number 5 Dec 25 22:26:52 earthman kernel: usb.c: USB device 5 (vend/prod 0x4a9/0x3055) is not claimed by any active driver. So if it isn't /dev/sda1 I want what would it be? I'm

Re: Canon PowerShot G2 USB

2002-12-25 Thread Ken Moffat
Joel Hammer wrote: If you load each module, modprobe isn't needed. You might have have the same result with: modprobe usb-storage What do you see with cdrecord -scanbus? You could try other devices, like sda2, etc. Is the camera plugged in and powered up? I find I have to insert my nikon

Accessing a device from a windows client

2002-12-25 Thread Joel Hammer
My son wants to burn cd's. The burner is in my linux box. He wants to burn cd's from his windows laptop. He wants to use his windows software to do this. Is there a way that his windows computer could access my cdburner directly, that is, when it is not mounted? Joel

Mozilla mystery

2002-12-25 Thread Collins
I'm setting up other family members but getting varying results with mozilla: 1. Users collins,cecilia, coleen, and new (added in this order) all have the same setup, i.e. group users extra group wheel (needed for use of su on gentoo), home directory on /home/username, shell /bin/bash 2. All

Re: Happy Christmas

2002-12-25 Thread M.W. Chang
I guess linux is a better santa than M$, being open-sourced and freely available... :) Ken Moffat wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well, list, it's Christmas here in Pittsburgh, so I'm allowed to wish you all a happy Christmas and to pray God's blessings on you and yours. Here's my wish for

Fwd: Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB

2002-12-25 Thread Marvin Dickens
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: Nikon Coolpix 2500 USB Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 23:38:09 -0500 From: Marvin Dickens [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have come closest with Mandrake 8.2, have found references to the hpijs drivers, but so far don't have it