Re:[Cooker]Internet Connection using a cable-modem
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Vincent Danen wrote: On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Ray Strode wrote: As I understand it, you can NOT use DHCP with a cable modem. You MUST use a static IP address and then it will work. I used to use RoadRunner with Linux (Now I just get access through the network) and it did require DHCP, but it had it's own dhcp client and login script... I dunno about @HOME tho. Most cable modems do _not_ have static IPs. They may stay the same for months at a time, but they could change. I use @home and have to use DHCP. :) and i use @home and have to us static, no dhcp in my hood woohoo! -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
Re: [Cooker] make 7.0 cd ?
On Thu, 23 Dec 1999, Hoyt wrote: - Original Message - From: Axalon Bloodstone [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 23, 1999 4:48 AM Subject: Re: [Cooker] make 7.0 cd ? mkisofs -R \ -o /output/dir/oxygen.iso \ -b images/gi_cdrom.img \ -c images/.catalog \ /tmp/r \ /mnt/disk I would suggest adding -J, allowing MS Windows (helping many Newbies?) to browse the CD with long file names shown. This should also help with browsing the HTML FAQ files from Windows (the 8.3 filenames break the HTML links in the docs.) Yeah sure it looks nice, but it screwed up the installer on some machines. which is why we quit doing it. And as long as I am on it, some "ease of use" suggestions: The text files in /dosutils should be named *.TXT. Linux won't care and it's easier to open and read the text files from Windows (just click on them rather than right click, then OPEN WITH . . .) Include some help files in /dosutils (newbies don't know to look in /docs) that address common questions of Windows users; perhaps a small HTML FAQ for Windows converts. I'll volunteer to do the docs if you need.. With new converts every day, we should do more to make the transition smoother and add value to the Mandrake distro. Hoyt -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon
[Cooker] First looks on 7.0... WOW!
I installed oxygen on an Intel 440BX server board. This has all the peripherals onboard. I was amazed how easy everything went. Did an FTP install in less than 20 minutes. It detected my Symbios SCSI card, Intel 82557 network card, and the CLGD5480 video card. With 6.1, I had to tweak X settings, because I had garbage on my monitor, screen was not centered, etc. With 7.0, I did not set anything! The GUI install is the best of its class. I was showing 6.1 to a big customer last week, he liked it, but I had negative comments about having to mount/umount the CD all the time, not being able to change the X resolution easily, and keyboard mpping problems (French Canadian keyboard). Everything is fixed in Oxygen! I can't believe it! Right now, I am burning the ISO image, and I will install it later on an IBM Thinkpad, where I pulled my hair configuring X and soundcard. Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Oxygen problems
root [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: root [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a couple problems right now. First is DHCP times out on my ethernet card to my cable modem at boot up but if I run netconf it starts it up. Second when any user besides root types startx it starts up witha mouse cursor on the screen and it sits there, when I hit what security level ? ctrl-alt-F1 its last out put was something like"adding localhost to users" or something like that? A nd last but not least when I try to compile the 3DFX drm module against this kernel 2.2.14-mdk11 it gives alot of errors and fails. what error messages ? Don't use it... DRI / DRM usage with XFree 3.9 is intended for hacker only... At the moment you will have some speed loss over a simple dev3dfx usage... ( This is what i've experimented ) and the X 3.9 isn't enough stable for certain kind of usage... You can already use your voodoo 1/2/3 with glide and dev3dfx ( information on http://linux.3dfx.com ) --Chmouel Security level low. Huu, i've already seen this bug sitting somewhere, have u done an install or upgrade ? -- -- Yoann, http://www.security-addict.org It is well known that M$ products don't call free() after a malloc(). The Unix community wish them good luck for their future developments.
Re: [Cooker] i1810 and Gforce cards.
Chmouel Boudjnah [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: plese everyone who have a i1810 card or a gforce can do a test with the last XFree ? and let us know if they working with the SVGA server. What do you mean by last ? Experimental snapshot or 3.3.5 ? -- -- Yoann, http://www.security-addict.org It is well known that M$ products don't call free() after a malloc(). The Unix community wish them good luck for their future developments.
Re: [Cooker] Oxygen results
Vincent Danen [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 24 Dec 1999, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: I didn't like the auto-LILO config. Is there a way we can have it test if a previous version of LILO is installed? My system is multi-boot between on recommended install you have lilo auto setup, but you can switch back to expert with the button on the right of the screen and have a customized lilo install (a really one). You can switch back and forth? Hmmm... I didn't notice that. Thanks for the tip. I'll have to try it again (makes for a better review). you can also switch to Cutomized which ask about lilo setup, but has less weird options. Win98, Mandrake 6.1, and the new 7.0, but it wiped out my original LILO config. Not a huge deal, but annoying anyways. I did like how it auto-added Win98 to the boot menu, however. that because you are in the recommended install, a newcomer to linux has not a existing lilo configuration. I kinda figured that was the reason for it. i automagically recognize the bootload (blank,windoze,pqmagic,lilo...). one thing i don't know is wether an existing lilo should overwritten in Recommended. The problem with lilo is that is very hard to take the existing configuration and add new configuration to it.
[Cooker] 2 more tests with Oxygen
Hi again, I did an installation on another machine, plus an upgrade on an IBM Thinkpad. Here are the results. It's Christmas, so I gotta leave for a few days. I'll show Linux to Mom, and see if it's user friendly enough for her ;-) Install using gi_hd on a PIII Clone. Did an expert installation, everything went fine. When I reboot, I have several surprises: - Strange bug: it booted with kernel 2.2.13-1mdklinus. I think the gi_hd image has not been updated yet. - SIS 6326 AGP (8 megs) was detected and configured. But there were many distortions on graphics, until I put Option "noaccel" in the config file. I managed to get a good quality in 1024x768 in 24 bits. That's not bad at all, considering that under M6.1, it was impossible to get anything out of this card. - Adaptec 7980 detected and configured automatically - Yamaha YMF724 soundcard not supported (sndconfig message) Upgrade with Oxygen ISO on a Thinkpad 390. - Kudzu detected my NeoMagic MagicMedia256AV. However, the driver only seems to support 8-bit audio. - XFree was perfectly configured Merry Christmas to all! =) Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re:[Cooker]Internet Connection using a cable-modem
On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: I use @home and have to use DHCP. :) and i use @home and have to us static, no dhcp in my hood woohoo! Dang... I would *much* rather use a static IP instead of DHCP... sigh Wouldn't have to pay so much to have someone else forward my domain name to my machine! (Then again, this is a good excuse not to learn and use bind for my own DNS servers... hehe) Vincent Danen, ICQ: 54924721 . telnet://bbs.freezer-burn.org BBBS/LiI . Internet Rex for Linux Beta . Freezer Burn BBS Linux Information and other Goodies at Freezer Burn: www.freezer-burn.org
Re: [Cooker] Oxygen results
- Original Message - From: Vincent Danen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 24, 1999 9:15 AM Subject: Re: [Cooker] Oxygen results On 24 Dec 1999, Pixel wrote: Do you recognize OS/2, BeOS, DOS, and so on? Other OS's as well? I'd like to know because if it does, I'll add that info to my review. It recognized the BeOS on my system, but assigned it the grey color. Booting to BeOS was not avilable as a LILO option, but not difficult to set up by hand although I use the BeOS bootman.
Re: [Cooker] Oxygen results
On 24 Dec 1999, Pixel wrote: You can switch back and forth? Hmmm... I didn't notice that. Thanks for the tip. I'll have to try it again (makes for a better review). you can also switch to Cutomized which ask about lilo setup, but has less weird options. Yeah, I took the recommended route for my review (I'd be using expert for myself) because that's what most newcomers to Linux would use. that because you are in the recommended install, a newcomer to linux has not a existing lilo configuration. I kinda figured that was the reason for it. i automagically recognize the bootload (blank,windoze,pqmagic,lilo...). Do you recognize OS/2, BeOS, DOS, and so on? Other OS's as well? I'd like to know because if it does, I'll add that info to my review. one thing i don't know is wether an existing lilo should overwritten in Recommended. The problem with lilo is that is very hard to take the existing configuration and add new configuration to it. Well, as it stands right now, it overwrites the existing lilo. Would be nice to be prompted to do so if it finds an existing lilo, but I can understand how "merging" the two would be a little difficult... Vincent Danen, ICQ: 54924721 . telnet://bbs.freezer-burn.org BBBS/LiI . Internet Rex for Linux Beta . Freezer Burn BBS Linux Information and other Goodies at Freezer Burn: www.freezer-burn.org
[Cooker] Problems with upgrade.
Sorry if this topic has been covered already. I am trying to upgrade a Mandrake 6.1 system to Oxygen 7.0 Beta. The drakX upgrade procedure gives me an error in a box after it finds programs to upgrade: An Error Occured: error resting /tmp/hdimage/etc/mtab -- Arthur H. Johnson II http://linux.tucows.com Linux Tucows Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sometimes when I get up in the morning, I feel very peculiar. I feel like I've just got to bite a cat! I feel like if I don't bite a cat before sundown, I'll go crazy! But then I just take a deep breath and forget about it. That's what is known as real maturity. -- Snoopy
[Cooker] new version and iso
I've just made a new iso. It fixes a few things: - install-boot logo: switch to text for cards not able to output strings in video mode (S3virge, i740) - cyrillic fonts displayed at install - nicer kdm (cute icons for users added by default) - new kernel - new XFree86 (patch for i810 and GeForce added) - more i18n - other things i can't remember happy testing and merry christmas, cu Pixel. PS: the iso has just been made and should the mirrors soon...
[Cooker] Last Major Problem with Oxygen
Last problem I have is I can't use X with anyone besides root. I see the message "localhost being added to access control list" when hit Ctrl-Alt-Backspace. Chmouel had me try this last night: -$ echo "xhost +localhost" ~/.xinitrc -$ echo "xterm" ~/.xinitrc -$ xinit and it did give me a xterm. But he must of went to sleep last night before he could finish helping. Anyone else have any Ideas? Thanks and Happy Holidays Keith
[Cooker] mirror missing images directory
I was going to burn a CD this morning, after updating my mirror, but find that the /oxygen/images directory is missing from the mirror. I didn't look at other mirror sites, but this might be a big problem. I was at the rpmfind.net mirror site. Jim Bradley -- Maryville, MO USA ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [Cooker] Oxygen problems
Vandoorselaere Yoann wrote: root [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: root [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I have a couple problems right now. First is DHCP times out on my ethernet card to my cable modem at boot up but if I run netconf it starts it up. Second when any user besides root types startx it starts up witha mouse cursor on the screen and it sits there, when I hit what security level ? ctrl-alt-F1 its last out put was something like"adding localhost to users" or something like that? A nd last but not least when I try to compile the 3DFX drm module against this kernel 2.2.14-mdk11 it gives alot of errors and fails. what error messages ? Don't use it... DRI / DRM usage with XFree 3.9 is intended for hacker only... At the moment you will have some speed loss over a simple dev3dfx usage... ( This is what i've experimented ) and the X 3.9 isn't enough stable for certain kind of usage... You can already use your voodoo 1/2/3 with glide and dev3dfx ( information on http://linux.3dfx.com ) --Chmouel Security level low. Huu, i've already seen this bug sitting somewhere, have u done an install or upgrade ? -- -- Yoann, http://www.security-addict.org It is well known that M$ products don't call free() after a malloc(). The Unix community wish them good luck for their future developments. Yes I'm aware of thw whole 3dfx situation I was using the dri very happily over Mandrake 6.1. But maybe I will have to goo back to the old 3dfx drivers. Thanks Keith
Re: [Cooker] Problems with upgrade.
You are trying to upgrade from the same partition that you are installing. There is a fix, look in this list archives. On Fri, 24 Dec 1999, you wrote: Sorry if this topic has been covered already. I am trying to upgrade a Mandrake 6.1 system to Oxygen 7.0 Beta. The drakX upgrade procedure gives me an error in a box after it finds programs to upgrade: An Error Occured: error resting /tmp/hdimage/etc/mtab -- Arthur H. Johnson II http://linux.tucows.com Linux Tucows Manager [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Sometimes when I get up in the morning, I feel very peculiar. I feel like I've just got to bite a cat! I feel like if I don't bite a cat before sundown, I'll go crazy! But then I just take a deep breath and forget about it. That's what is known as real maturity. -- Snoopy -- "Anyone who is capable of getting themselves elected President should on no account be allowed to do the job." --Some wisdom from the Book
