Re: [expert] Q: Powerpack Ed. download from the Club

2003-11-06 Thread Dean S. Messing
Comments are interspersed Wobo wrote: : Dean S. Messing schrieb am Wed, 5 Nov 2003 17:58:40 -0800 (PST): : : : When downloading the Powerpack Ed. from the Club do I need to : also d/l the 3 distribution CDs (making six CDs total)? : : I ask because I only downloaded the 3

[expert] Q: Powerpack Ed. download from the Club

2003-11-05 Thread Dean S. Messing
. Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[expert] infamous ldm_validate_partition_table() bug still alive!

2003-07-18 Thread Dean S. Messing
is tickling the bug. Any help will be appreciated. Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America

[expert] gcc-3.2.1-2mdk.src.rpm (cooker) has a build bug

2003-01-02 Thread Dean S. Messing
anything mentioned. I just went over to the cooker archives for Dec. and see nothing about this. Any help will (of course) be appreciated. Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms Visual Optimization Lab

[expert] Re: Corrupted RPM database (need help) (solved)

2002-12-31 Thread Dean S. Messing
and allowed me to do rpm --rebuilddb sucessfully. Again, thanks for your help. I've bookmarked the links you sent. Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems

[expert] Corrupted RPM database (need help)

2002-12-30 Thread Dean S. Messing
site. I have no idea how the DB got corrupted. System: Mdk 9.0 will all applicable updates as of 27th Dec 2002. rpm -q rpm: rpm-4.0.4-19mdk Thanks in advance. I hope someone here can save my bacon! Dean S. Messing Display

Re: [expert] test command

2002-12-20 Thread Dean S. Messing
. namely \0 in memory). So `test' is saying to itself I have no arg2 to test against. Formally, arg2 does not exist == arg2 is not a string. Hence you get an automatic false. Likewise for -z and no following argument. Dean S. Messing

[expert] Re: Fetchmail 6.1.0-0.1mdk

2002-11-18 Thread Dean S. Messing
else. In your case here is what I would suggest (as root) if you want to run version 6.1.0: At the Commandline: Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems

Re: [expert] Making device node

2002-11-18 Thread Dean S. Messing
root root 32 Nov 18 11:26 st0m - scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/mtm lr-xr-xr-x1 root root4 Nov 15 18:45 in /dev. I presume you have also installed the `mt-st-0.7-1mdk' for controlling your tape drive? Dean S. Messing

[expert] help: unwanted screen clear during boot

2002-11-02 Thread Dean S. Messing
.: it doesn't help that I'm illiterate in Perl. If anyone would care to tell me what to do I'd be much obliged. Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems Technologies Dept

[expert] Re: Digest for list expert

2002-07-25 Thread Dean S. Messing
Dean S. Messing Center for Displayed Appearance Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy

RE: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread Dean S. Messing
Brian D. Klar writes: :: I have a Matrox G450. All I can say is I dl'ed the :: Matrox drivers, and powerdesk from their site. :: Then I had two separate desktops. With a fast :: config change, I could have xinerama as you stated :: two monitors merged to one large desktop. :: KDE is my DE.

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread Dean S. Messing
:: Dean, :: :: You need to recompile the kdelibs package. When you are recompiling = :: it,=20 :: ensure that --enable-xinerama is passed to the configure script. :: :: If that does not help, contact me off the list and I will try to help = :: you. :: :: Balaji Finally! A definite

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread Dean S. Messing
Thanks Teemu, for your comments. Teemu Torma writes: :: I am running 8.2 with xinerama, and it worked out of the box with kde :: 3.0.2 packages. The X configurator asked me if I wanted xinerama :: version or just plain screen (Matrox G550). :: :: The boxes are of course grayed out if

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-12 Thread Dean S. Messing
Larry Sword writes: :: Have you looked at the docs: :: file:///usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/Xinerama-HOWTO.html :: :: Maybe you need to edit your /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file as explained in :: the HOWTO in order to start the xinerama extensions. I have read the HOWTO (several times). (a)

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-12 Thread Dean S. Messing
Todd Lyons writes :: Dean S. Messing wrote on Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 03:41:23PM -0700 : :: :: subset of them. Also, consideration shd be given to the :: question of Is this a big waste of time?. I mean, if the :: Mdk KDE packages are known to be compiled with xinerama support

[expert] Re: Digest for list expert

2002-07-11 Thread Dean S. Messing
I normally _strongly_ dislike including all previous text from every message in a thread in the current message. But maybe there's some wisdom in it :-) :: Where did you get your KDE rpms? From my very 1st first message: I'm running Mandrake 8.2 with stock KDE. :: If it is MDK's it

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-10 Thread Dean S. Messing
.. :: :: :: Dean S. Messing wrote: :: Balaji Ramani wrote: :: :: Open kcontrol. Under Window Behaviour you will find settings for :: :: Xinerama. :: :: :: :: Balaji :: :: When I go to K (on the panel) -- Configuration :: -- KDE -- LookNFeel -- Window Behavior

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-09 Thread Dean S. Messing
Balaji Ramani wrote: :: Open kcontrol. Under Window Behaviour you will find settings for :: Xinerama. :: :: Balaji When I go to K (on the panel) -- Configuration -- KDE -- LookNFeel -- Window Behavior and bink the Advanced tab, I see four xinerama entries: Enable

[expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-08 Thread Dean S. Messing
I'm at my wits end regarding kde and xinerama. I've got the two heads running just fine. I've got the virtual desktop running under a single KDE invocation (KDE-2.2.2) so I can slide a window across screens. But there is some very annoying behaviour that I can't seem to rid myself of. In

[expert] X 4.2.0 and font rendering problems

2002-04-02 Thread Dean S. Messing
. Thanks, Dean S. Messing Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED

[expert] Anyone got a linux (and X) driving a DVI-D LCD display?

2002-02-05 Thread Dean S. Messing
I need to purchase a video card for a system running linux Mandrake 8.1. The card needs to have DVI-D (i.e. digital DVI) output to drive a digital LCD monitor. Questions: 1) Do you have such a system running linux? (1st hand info please) 2) What video card? 3) What LCD monitor? 4) Is the

[expert] Will Mandrake 8.1 run on this system?

2001-11-13 Thread Dean S. Messing
1GHz mem:256MB(x1) HDD:30GB E-IDE CD:CD-RW video:nVIDIA GeForce2 Go 16MB LCD:15inch TFT UXGA(1600x1200) 24bit color NIC:internal 10/100Base-T + V.90 FAX modem Combo (OS:Windows XP Professinal(JP)) Thanks for any help you can provide. Dean S. Messing

[expert] Bug using emacs in Mdk 8.1

2001-10-18 Thread Dean S. Messing
I'm experiencing a strange bug which I wonder if anyone else on the experts list has seen or can verify and report on: To tickle the bug: cp /usr/share/dict/words (or any other large text file) to /tmp The file should contain a large number of lines, say, greater than 5. Now edit

[expert] Linux and DVI (Digital Video Interface)

2001-08-31 Thread Dean S. Messing
it is only necessary to drive the Matrox directly as a video card and _it_ (the Matrox) does the conversion to PCI. I don't know. If anyone uses DVI or knows the situation in general, I'd appreciate it if you'd pipe up. Thanks. Dean S. Messing

Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and G400 ..

2001-05-21 Thread Dean S. Messing
Hello Prasad. I have (I hope) a G450 in my system running Mdk 8.0, which I thought had 32 MB of RAM as well. I just started Harddrake. Like you, I have seeing it return G400 with 16MB of memory. I'm now concerned. It is a new machine and I have not tried any highspeed graphics, but I've

Re: [expert] OT - ... - no space left on device

2001-05-17 Thread Dean S. Messing
:: This really sounds like a suggestion I saw earlier, in that you are :: hiding the file with a mount. :: :: Look at /etc/fstab. :: Drop to runlevel 1. :: Start unmounting filesystems. Do a ls on the mount point after :: you have unmounted the filesystem. If it is not empty, you have