Re: [Cooker] [OT] DansGuardian Licensing (was: MNF and licencingissues, who do I ask?)

2002-12-18 Thread Eric Fernandez
Eric Fernandez wrote: I totally agree with you. The first sentence shows " For all non-commercial use DansGuardian 2 can be downloaded under the GPL <http://www.fsf.org/licenses/gpl.html>" This is a complete non-sense : the first part introduces a restriction, which is incom

Re: [Cooker] [OT] DansGuardian Licensing (was: MNF and licencingissues, who do I ask?)

2002-12-18 Thread Eric Fernandez
Ben Reser wrote: Frankly, I think this guy is smoking crack. What he's saying is that you can't download it from his site for commercial use unless you pay him a fee. If I download it from another site then I can use it for commercial purposes as much as I like. After a discussion with RMS app

Re: [Cooker] [OT] MNF and licencing issues, who do I ask?

2002-12-18 Thread Eric Fernandez
Ben Reser wrote: On Wed, Dec 18, 2002 at 08:58:40AM +, Eric Fernandez wrote: IMO : the code source is GPL, so you can use it, fork it sell it, etc.. using the terms of the GPL, which are : you have to display the authors of the program and clearly indicate the changes that you made

Re: [Cooker] [OT] MNF and licencing issues, who do I ask?

2002-12-18 Thread Eric Fernandez
Ben Reser wrote: e) On the license page which I've already provided the URL to several times above... you say that if I decide to as a VAR sell MNF to my clients that I must conform "to all of MandrakeSoft's intellectual rights and trademark protections listed in the product (this includes remov

Re: [Cooker] Offensive message in KDE

2002-12-09 Thread Eric Fernandez
Philippe Coulonges wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 In KDE 3.1 in french, when opening an FTP connexion, you can read in the progression window (default size) "Ouverture d'une conne", the remaining of the message being cut. Anybody speaking french may see it's not the grea

Re: [Cooker] kernel-2.4.20.1mdk-1-1mdk miscue

2002-12-04 Thread Eric Fernandez
Charles A Edwards wrote: [root@localhost charles]# rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.20.1mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm Preparing...### [100%] 1:kernel-2.4.20.1mdk ### [100%] mke2fs 1.32 (09-Nov-2002) mke2fs 1.32 (09-Nov

[Cooker] Disk performance decrease with kernel-2.4.20.0.5mdk

2002-12-03 Thread Eric Fernandez
I have a computer with the i845g chipset. Since the 2.4.20 kernel, that chipset is supported and I can activate udma mode and 32 bit transfer using hdparm. With kernel-2.4.20.0.3mdk, performance (tested with hdparm -tT) was excellent, 23k/s. Unfortunately, with the new kernel-2.4.20.0.5mdk perf

Re: [Cooker] supermount or alternate fs mounter ?

2002-10-29 Thread Eric Fernandez
Alan Hughes wrote: The problem is that AFAIK other auto mounters are user-space applications that work by periodically checking to see if a mount point is no longer used, and if so then unmounting it. Typically this check occurs at 30 second intervals (although I understand that most allow you to

Re: [Cooker] supermount or alternate fs mounter ?

2002-10-29 Thread Eric Fernandez
Robert Denier wrote: You may want to check this but I think supermount -i disable will magically change fstab to get rid of supermount options. (Remember if you mess up fstab your machine may not boot.) Clearly you now have to mount everything by hand, but considering I use a cd at most every

[Cooker] supermount or alternate fs mounter ?

2002-10-29 Thread Eric Fernandez
I don't know if it has been discussed here, but since there are so many problems with supermount, why to not use an alternative ? Like autofs ? Is there any technical reason to stick to supermount ? Eric

Re: [Cooker] rpmdrake

2002-10-23 Thread Eric Fernandez
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: Eric Fernandez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Right, but what is the relationship between the language and the GUI concept ? I can understand the changes : they wanted to integrate rpmdrake to the whole control center, which is a good idea. Actually, the t

Re: [Cooker] rpmdrake

2002-10-23 Thread Eric Fernandez
Gary Greene wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 22 October 2002 06:55 pm, Stephen Pickering wrote: rpmdrake should return to the original single installer / uninstaller with options to force install/remove only (for the unexperienced). First, Guillaume has st

[Cooker] Font size in K logon manager screen sometimes wrong at startup

2002-10-15 Thread Eric Fernandez
I have a problem since mandrake 8.0 with KDM. When the login screen appears, sometimes the font is smaller than it should really be. I have to restart X, sometimes several times, before obtaining the correct font size. And if I logon in KDE with these smaller fonts, all the KDE desktop has sma

[Cooker] Some cosmetic suggestions for the installer

2002-10-10 Thread Eric Fernandez
Now that cooker is in full development, there are some ergonomic and cosmetic remarks : At the installation, the menus are not so convenient : - to choose a user : you have to enter name, nickname and password, the icon and then type "accept" or terminate. First, the user icon is not very c

Re: [Cooker] 9.0 and i845

2002-10-07 Thread Eric Fernandez
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: >As far as what I can see, here are the information I've collected >about 9.0 and i845: > >- official Linux support for the dma stuff of i845 appeared > sometime in the 2.5.something branch > >- it was hacked together in our 2.4 for 9.0 by Juan, it worked > sometime

[Cooker] synthesis.hdlist2.cz not updated in contrib/cooker

2002-10-03 Thread Eric Fernandez
The synthesis file in the contrib of 9.0 has been correctly updated to the current version, but the contrib of cooker has still the 21st Sep version and is not updated. This is not a big problem, but I just wanted to warn ! Eric

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 9.0 and I845G and DMA

2002-10-01 Thread Eric Fernandez
Wes Kurdziolek wrote: >I remember seeing a message on lkml that this is fixed in 2.4.20-pre7. > >On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 11:12, Ibukun Olumuyiwa wrote: > > >>No, I don't have a solution to the DMA problem yet. I remember trying >>hdparm, but not even hdparm could enable DMA on the hard drive (try

Re: [Cooker] supermount and usb-uhci

2002-10-01 Thread Eric Fernandez
I have got also problems downloading pictures from my usb camera (canon powershot a40). The camera is correctly set up and I can access the image directory with konqueror. But sometimes it hangs during the copy and I have to do it again. Eric Borzenkov Andrey wrote: >I am really sorry but from

Re: [Cooker] Creating ISO from cooker mirror

2002-09-30 Thread Eric Fernandez
Trent M. Gunnarson wrote: Thanks for the link, I've used that info and created usable ISO images but in my situation, even >the install scripts are different than the downloadable ISO. Now before you >start asking questions, I'll tell you what I did to create my local mirror >and then the IS

Re: [Cooker] Creating ISO from cooker mirror

2002-09-30 Thread Eric Fernandez
Trent M. Gunnarson wrote: >Would someone please create a script that would create a set of ISO images >from the cooker and contrib archives ? Warly has done a great job with mkcd >but judging by the lack of documentation and confusion regarding use of the >script, something could be done to m

Re: [Cooker] buying new fans for RaQ3

2002-09-30 Thread Eric Fernandez
Kim Schulz wrote: >hi >Does anyone know of a good place to buy new Fans for the RaQ3 model? >Preferebly in Denmark, Scandinavia or central Europe? My RaQ's are >starting to get too hot and teh Fans have started to make more noice >than normal. > I do not think this is the corrct mailing list,

Re: [Cooker] LM9.0 Download Edition (Contrib ISO?)

2002-09-27 Thread Eric Fernandez
> > >Not exactly: urpmi examines if /mnt/cdrom needs to be mounted. In >case of supermount, /mnt/cdrom is seens as always mounted. But >there are performance issues when accessing many files on a >supermounted cdrom so it's useful to umount it and mount it as a >plain normal iso9660 filesystem. >

Re: [Cooker] LM9.0 Download Edition (Contrib ISO?)

2002-09-26 Thread Eric Fernandez
Actually the contrib CD has never been downloadable as an iso, but as separate packages in a contrib sub-directory in the distribution directory (there was one in the 8.2 directory) The question is if it will be available in the 9.0 directory ? Eric Olivier Thauvin wrote: >This is a good que

Re: [Cooker] rc3 : changing the name of a file/folder located onKDE's Desktop does not display the new name

2002-09-24 Thread Eric Fernandez
Right. A simpler way is to move the folder to another one, and then put it back to the desktop. Icon and name are then updated. This is a very annoying bug. Even if it is a problem with KDE and not Mandrake, it is such kind of issues that make newbie people think that "Linux is not as good as W

Re: [Cooker] RC2 Kernel 2.4.19 and Intel I485G chipset

2002-09-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
Me neither it does not work with rc3. Would be nice if it could be fixed for the final. Thanks. Eric Fernandez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Got same problem with i845 ( Dell dimension 4500). A fix >was tried in kernel mdk-13 but still don't work on my box >(maybe someone was suce

Re: [Cooker] 9.0rc3

2002-09-19 Thread Eric Fernandez
Could it be problem with your burned image of the install disk ? Ron Stodden wrote: > Re: The cooker version of: > Mandrake Linux Cooker-i586 20020919 12:04 > > The installer defines this as 9.0 RC 3, but it will not install: > > Expert, Install, No package selection. > > "There was an error ins

[Cooker] flightgear 8.0 on RC3 : display problem

2002-09-19 Thread Eric Fernandez
I know this is minor, but the new flightgear 0.8.0 package in contribs has a display problem : the panel instruments does not contain instruments ! It seg faults a lot (system with Radeon 7500 mobility) too. This has been tested on RC3. Eric

Re: [Cooker] Problem with DMA

2002-09-11 Thread Eric Fernandez
I have been reported this bug since the first beta, but we had no feedback. It seems that this problem is difficult to correct, since the IDE code is completely rewritten for the 2.5 kernel (and subsequently the future 2.6). It seems that there are patches from Alan Cox, or Andre Hedrick on ht

[Cooker] RC1 : once again, the same problem with i845g chipset !!!

2002-09-06 Thread Eric Fernandez
There is still a problem with the i845G chipset and this new 2.4.19 kernel, preventing hdparm to setup the UDMA5 mode for hard drive (HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted). Moreover, there is an error message at boot : PCI: Device 00:1f.1 not available because of resource collisions Thi

Re: [Cooker] beta3 install BUG : usbmouse and devfs

2002-08-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
Did not try that. Thanks for the tip. Eric David Sansome wrote: >Same here, except unplugging the mouse and then plugging it again works. > >David Sansome > >On Tue, 2002-08-20 at 09:04, Eric Fernandez wrote: > > >>Fresh install of beta 3, with a Logitech USB mo

[Cooker] beta3 install BUG : i845g and resource collision/hdparm issue

2002-08-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
There is still a problem with the i845G chipset and this new 2.4.19 kernel, preventing hdparm to setup the UDMA5 mode for hard drive (HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted). Moreover, there is an error message at boot : PCI: Device 00:1f.1 not available because of resource collisions Thi

Re: [Cooker] feature request - multiple X sessions through kdm/gdm

2002-08-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
There is still a problem with the i845G chipset and this new 2.4.19 kernel, preventing hdparm to setup the UDMA5 mode for hard drive (HDIO_SET_DMA failed: Operation not permitted). Moreover, there is an error message at boot : PCI: Device 00:1f.1 not available because of resource collisions Thi

[Cooker] beta3 install Request : usb group 43

2002-08-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
Please create a usb group corresponding to the group ID 43. It would help the users of digital cameras, because they need to belong to that group 43 to have access, as users, to their digital camera. Thanks Eric

[Cooker] beta3 install BUG : SB Live not correctly configured

2002-08-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
My SB Live sound card is detected, but wrong modules are loaded at boot. /etc/modules.conf contained after install : alias sound-slot-0 snd-cmipci which is wrong. Should be : alias sound-slot-0 snd-emu10k1

[Cooker] beta3 install BUG : usbmouse and devfs

2002-08-20 Thread Eric Fernandez
Fresh install of beta 3, with a Logitech USB mouse optical + wheel. That mouse is correctly detected at install, but is not working at boot. The /dev/usbmouse symbolic link is correctly created at boot, but it has not target. It points to dev/input/mouse0, but this file is missing. I run moused

[Cooker] dri drivers for ATI r200 ?

2002-08-02 Thread Eric Fernandez
Will the dri drivers for ATI R200 (Radeon 8500 series) be available in mandrake 9.0 to enable the accelerated 3D ? I know they are still in heavy development, but it is better than nothing ? Thanks Eric Fernandez

[Cooker] some bugs in 7.2 final

2000-11-01 Thread Eric Fernandez
perfectly : mouse, CD writer in scsi0, and zip usb when mounted was in scsi1, correctly working (module usb-storage was correctly loaded when needed). Perhaps a conflict between modules ? Eric Fernandez-Bellot CNRS-CGM Gif-sur-Yvette, France

Re: [Cooker] Beta3 Install on machine with Voodoo 3 card.

2000-09-25 Thread Eric Fernandez
points, they are not correct anymore ! Eric Fernandez

[Cooker] some bugs

2000-09-25 Thread Eric Fernandez
I have tried ulysse beta 3 and i would like to report some problems : - minor bugs : - kcontrol center does not run from the icon on the KDE panel. The shortcuts adds a "%c" to the command kcontrol that is invalid. - when using a zip drive, the mount point /mnt/zip is incorrectly

Re: [Cooker] usb devices

2000-09-14 Thread Eric Fernandez
> > Hi > > I have tried to install 7.2beta-1 with a USB mouse and a USB iomega > > ZIP 250. During installation, my USB devices are recognized correctly > > (the mouse does not work however, but it works after > > installation). For the Zip drive, a /mnt/zip is created, and in fstab > > an entry

[Cooker] usb devices

2000-09-13 Thread Eric Fernandez
, supermount, is created. The problem is that i have no access to my drive (i/o error). Is it due to the presence of both USB mouse and zip ? How can i test whether the device /dev/sda4 is the good one ? Eric Fernandez-Bellot CNRS-CGM Gif-sur-Yvette, France

[Cooker] bug in mandrake update

2000-09-10 Thread Eric Fernandez
mandrake update, and i wanted to go back to the normal kernel. With rpm -e, the new kernel was removed corrctly, and the old one was correctly configured, but after that kernel-smp was not proposed anymore by mandrake update. Is there any database that is not correctly updated ? Eric Fernandez

Re: [Cooker] XFree4 and XFdrake

2000-05-12 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi ! Yesterday i reported a problem to run XFdrake --xf4. Unfortunately, i could not reproduce the bug today ! It worked perfectly, i do not understand what the problem was ! sorry... A remark : if i try to compile a CVS version of freeciv, it does not find the gtk-configure script (to check t

Re: [Cooker] XFree4 and XFdrake

2000-05-11 Thread Eric Fernandez
, or under text mode, if i run XFdrake --xf4, the application closes. I remember two messages (in french it was something like 'deja fait') and after an error message (i will give you tomorrow the exact message), and it does not reconfigure X to use the Xfree86 4 server. Eric Fernandez-Bellot CNRS-CGM Gif-sur-Yvette, France

[Cooker] XFree4 and XFdrake

2000-05-11 Thread Eric Fernandez
Hi ! A problem using XFdrake with XFree86 4 : After installation of mdk with XFree86 4, display is really faster. Problem : if i use XFdrake to change color depth or resolution, the XFree 3.3.6 server replaces the version 4. Using XFdrake --xf4 does not work. I have the iso beta 1. Eric

[Cooker] partitioning bug in DrakX ?

2000-05-04 Thread Eric Fernandez
le that indicates which server to use ? How to switch between both server versions ? 3) If i change the PATH variable in /etc/profile file, the changes are not considered after relogging. In which file the PATH variable is finally defined ? Thanks Eric Fernandez

[Cooker] MF8617T bug !

2000-05-02 Thread Eric Fernandez
owever, it works correctly by choosing a compatible monitor (MF8617 ES) (and in this case XF86Setup runs correctly). Eric Fernandez

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