Re: [Cooker] mdk 9.0 will not run in smp mode.

[Brent Hasty]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 10:08, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 11:23, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > On Friday 04 October 2002 14:55, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
> > well I thought it had worked, booted once last night into smp mode,
> > however it will not boot smp this morning.  I double checked the noapic i
> > appended to the lilo entry for linux-smp (my default boot image) it is
> > still there, but it fails to boot into smp mode this morning :-(
> > the append line of my lilo.conf for this entry looks like this:
> >
> > append=:devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi noapic"
> >
> > is this the right place and have I done it the right way to add "noapic"
> > to the boot line?
>
> Is that really : ?
>
> I use grub now, but my lilo line was:
>
> append = "devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi noapic"
>
> So other than spaces around the = and a " instead of :, it looks ok to
> me.
>
> TTFN,
> Lonnie Borntreger
Attempted a dozen different things from grub to fdisk reinstall, still is 
being a brat about booting into smp mode.

What is the best way to get debugging information from so short into the init 
process?

Is there a way to make it go step by step, so I can at least read what is 
blasting by?

[Cooker] debugging boot time init on smp

[Brent Hasty]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 10:08, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 11:23, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > On Friday 04 October 2002 14:55, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
> > well I thought it had worked, booted once last night into smp mode,
> > however it will not boot smp this morning.  I double checked the noapic i
> > appended to the lilo entry for linux-smp (my default boot image) it is
> > still there, but it fails to boot into smp mode this morning :-(
> > the append line of my lilo.conf for this entry looks like this:
> >
> > append=:devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi noapic"
> >
> > is this the right place and have I done it the right way to add "noapic"
> > to the boot line?
>
> Is that really : ?
>
> I use grub now, but my lilo line was:
>
> append = "devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi noapic"
>
> So other than spaces around the = and a " instead of :, it looks ok to
> me.
>
> TTFN,
> Lonnie Borntreger
Attempted a dozen different things from grub to fdisk reinstall, still is 
being a brat about booting into smp mode.

What is the best way to get debugging information from so short into the init 
process?

Is there a way to make it go step by step, so I can at least read what is 
blasting by?

Re: [Cooker] gimp1_3 is not working

[Mario Vazquez]

same happens to me, and some images are not visible in the image window, but can be seen in the frames dialog.  The only ones that open well are native gimp images. 
Thanks
Mario
>From: gabor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
>To: cooker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [Cooker] gimp1_3 is not working 
>Date: 03 Oct 2002 20:51:34 +0200 
> 
>hi, 
> 
> 
>gimp1_3 is not really working... i tried to open png or jpg files, and 
>it doesn't open them saying image -something- out of bounds 
> 
>any ideas what can the problem be? 
> 
>thanks, 
>gabor 
> 
>-- 
>That's life for you, said McDunn. Someone always waiting for someone 
>who never comes home. Always someone loving something more than that 
>thing loves them. And after awhile you want to destroy whatever 
>that thing is, so it can't hurt you no more. 
> -- R. Bradbury, "The Fog Horn" 
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Re: [Cooker]

[Damian]

>
> I don't blame you for writing so poorly, as it is by evidence not your
> native langage (and neither mine), but you could at least try to spell
> correctly the names of M. Torvalds and Connectiva.
>

http://www.conectiva.com/   he spelled it correctly. conectiva is spelled
with one single N (it comes from brazilian protuguese, not english)


> By the way, M. Torvalds never writed any licence, He just used the one
> offered by M. Stallman and the Free Software Foundation. He didn't created
> Linux to help the people, but for fun. And he certainly never could have
> been rich as M. Gates by creating Linux as a proprietary product, for he
> then should had to make it alone. Linus is an emblematic figure, not the
> man who did it all.

IMO as proprietary software, Linux would have died as soon as it pissed off
Billy G.  ;o)

-- 
Damian
--
"Share your knowledge. It is a way to achieve immortality."(The Dalai Lama)

[Cooker] Memory and older Compaq Proliant hardware.

[Cooker]

Seems the memory snafu has hit once again.   The kernel used in mdk 9.0
(and of course cooker) does not allow older Proliant hardware to boot
with more than 16 megs of RAM using the usual mem= statements.

To use all your memory you will need to use the "mem=@16M"
notation, where  is total RAM minus 16 Megs.

EG:  384 megs of ram is represented as:   "mem=368M@16M"

This includes cooker and MDK 9.0 installation.  Installation fails
without this.

Cheers!

Don.  AKA Wolf @ OPN


-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of
Todd Lyons
Sent: Saturday, October 05, 2002 7:59 PM
To: List Cookers
Subject: Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

Brent Hasty wrote on Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 10:41:17AM -0700 :

> > > > > /home 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)
> > Your server is at 192.168.1.255?
> yes is there anything wrong with this ip (192.168.1.255)?

Yes.  The first and last IP of a netblock are not usable.  Since the
netmask is 255.255.255.0, that means that 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.1.255
are not usable as addresses.  They are reserved for network usage.  Your
usable addresses are from .1 to .254.  Most people use either .1 or .254
for the gateway outbound (and in recent years, most seem to be using .1)

Change your IP and that's one problem that will go away.

Blue skies...   Todd
-- 
   MandrakeSoft USA   http://www.mandrakesoft.com
Never take no as an answer from someone who's not authorized to say yes.
--Ben Reser on Cooker ML
   Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.0-0.3mdk Kernel 2.4.19-16mdk

Re: [Cooker] Who Made Terminal Services package?

[Leon Brooks]

On Friday 04 October 2002 02:13 am, Matthew C. Tedder wrote:
> Do you how I can get this information from the package without installing
> it?

rpm -qip name-of-package-file.rpm

Q for query, I for info (maintainers etc) instead of basic response, P for use 
package file instead of database.

Cheers; Leon

Re: [Cooker] Contrib: katoob

[Han Boetes]

Mohammed Sameer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
 
> thanks for offering
> attached the spec file
> i'm sure that it'll work fine on 9.0 but i don't have any ideas about
> future versions

Decent work.

You forgot the BuildRequires:

[~]% rpm -q libgtk+-x11-2.0_0
libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.0.6-8mdk
[~]% rpm -q --provides libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.0.6-8mdk
libgtk+-x11-2.0 = 2.0.6-8mdk
gtk+2.0-backend = 2.0.6-8mdk
libgdk-x11-2.0.so.0  
libgtk-x11-2.0.so.0  
libgtk+-x11-2.0_0 = 2.0.6-8mdk
[~]% rpm -qa|grep libgtk+-x11
libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-2.0.6-8mdk
libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-devel-2.0.6-8mdk
[~]% rpm -q --provides libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-devel-2.0.6-8mdk
gtk+2-devel = 2.0.6-8mdk
libgtk+2-devel = 2.0.6-8mdk
libgtk+2.0-devel = 2.0.6-8mdk
libgtk+-x11-2.0-devel = 2.0.6-8mdk
libgtk+-x11-2.0_0-devel = 2.0.6-8mdk

So the BuildRequires for gtk+2-devel would be:

  BuildRequires: gtk+2-devel >= 2.0.6

I think. But I always have to fiddle a bit with them before rpm accepts
them. :)

You don't have to add recursive dependencies. So gtk+2-devel requires
The X-libraries and therefore you don't have to specify them.

You can also apply the same trick to the specification of the Requires:
So that would make the spec more flexible to future versions. If you
know your app would also build fine with older version you can choose
something less specific. So the srpm can be build on older releases.


The %make macro is great on mandrake but doesn't work on redhat for
example. No further comment. 

You could replace this section:

%defattr(-, root, root)
%doc README ChangeLog AUTHORS COPYING TODO THANKS NEWS
%attr( 0755, root, root ) %{_prefix}/bin/*
%attr( 0644, root, root ) %{_prefix}/share/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*
%attr( 0644, root, root ) %{_prefix}/share/pixmaps/*
%attr( 0644, root, root ) %{_prefix}/share/applications/*
%attr( 0644, root, root ) %{_prefix}/share/katoob/*

With:

%defattr(-, root, root, 755)
%doc README ChangeLog AUTHORS COPYING TODO THANKS NEWS
%{_bindir}/bin/*
%{_datadir}/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*
%{_datadir}/pixmaps/*
%{_datadir}/applications/*
%{_datadir}/katoob/*

Assuming that the installer would set the permisions right or:

%defattr( 0644, root, root, 755)
%doc README ChangeLog AUTHORS COPYING TODO THANKS NEWS
%{_datadir}/locale/*/LC_MESSAGES/*
%{_datadir}/pixmaps/*
%{_datadir}/applications/*
%{_datadir}/katoob/*
%defattr( 0755, root, root, 755)
%{_bindir}/*

You can look at /usr/lib/rpm/macros for further more specific macros.

Last but not least: Use rpmlint -i to double tripple check for any
errors.



Groetjes, Han.
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Re: [Cooker] MakeCD problems: Warly, do you have a workaround?

[Leon Brooks]

On Friday 04 October 2002 01:47 am, Warly wrote:
> I found at least one reason for the ISO not being created:

> /mnt/disk/cooker//misc//parsehdlist: error while loading shared libraries:
> librpm-4.0.4.so: cannot open shared object file: No \ such file or
> directory

Yes. And, AS I POSTED HERE EARLIER ON THIS TOPIC, if you point LD_LIBRARY_PATH 
at the directory containing that library, everything else on 8.2, stuff like 
`less' and `cat', dies.

Do you have a workaround?

Cheers; Leon

Re: [Cooker] Fixing Mozilla's fonts

[Target]

Yes, those lines should do the trick.

I do agree that AA is highly overrated. At not-too-high resolution (like 
anything over 1024x768) and/or with small fonts, the end result is "chunky" 
glyphs that look godawful. In fact the default fonts in Mozilla actually 
look nice with AA disabled, but you wouldn't know it having seen them 
antialiased.

The first thing I do after any install is to configure AA in all window 
managers and apps to activate only on large fonts, or disable it completely 
if I cannot configure it like so. My eyes are damaged enough as it is.

At 05:58 PM 10/4/02 +, you wrote:
>I came upon a review of Dolphin at
>http://www.ratedpc.com/review.asp?id=63&page=2 and it tells how to fix the 
>fonts
>in Mozilla and Galeon. It says:
>
>"In all this, I realized that Galeon and Mozilla have extremely ugly and 
>blurry
>(so called anti-aliased) fonts. So I needed to get rid of those. Another 
>search
>on Google revealed that I need to modify the
>/usr/lib/mozilla-1.1/defaults/pref/unix.js lines 217-239 as follows:"
>
>pref("font.FreeType2.enable", true);
>pref("font.freetype2.shared-library", "libfreetype.so.6");
>// if libfreetype was built without hinting compiled in
>// it is best to leave hinting off
>pref("font.FreeType2.autohinted", false);
>pref("font.FreeType2.unhinted", false);
>// below a certian pixel size anti-aliased fonts produce poor results
>pref("font.antialias.min", 16);
>pref("font.embedded_bitmaps.max", 100);
>pref("font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.min", 64);
>pref("font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.gain", "0.8");
>
>Will this work?  I think it's strange that this clip that I'm supposed to 
>insert
>is less than the 22 lines of 217-239.  I would really like to see Mozilla and
>Galeon look decent, though.
>
>I'm not subscribed to cooker, so please cc any replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>Thanks!
>
>Mike

Re: [Cooker] Contrib: katoob

[Mohammed Sameer]

My Inbox Happily Received This From Han Boetes @ Sun, 6 Oct 2002 04:28:52 +0200

> Mohammed Sameer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> 
> > I'm the Main developer for katoob and I wanted to contribute an RPM to
> > Mandrake Linux.
> > I'm using mandrake 9.0 and I've adapted the spec file for it, Included
> > the 3 icons for the menu, the menu entry. and it works good
> > on my box.
> > I've uploaded the SRPM to the FTP server "ftp://ftp.linux-mandrake.com/incoming";.
> > I was wondering if it can be included into the Cooker distro. ?
> 
> If you want you can send me the spec and I will audit it for you. After
> that updating to new versions should be easy.

thanks for offering
attached the spec file
i'm sure that it'll work fine on 9.0 but i don't have any ideas about future versions

-- 

-- Katoob Main Developer
Linux registered user # 224950
ICQ # 58475622
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Re: [Cooker] Contrib: katoob

[Han Boetes]

Mohammed Sameer ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:

> I'm the Main developer for katoob and I wanted to contribute an RPM to
> Mandrake Linux.
> I'm using mandrake 9.0 and I've adapted the spec file for it, Included
> the 3 icons for the menu, the menu entry. and it works good
> on my box.
> I've uploaded the SRPM to the FTP server "ftp://ftp.linux-mandrake.com/incoming";.
> I was wondering if it can be included into the Cooker distro. ?

If you want you can send me the spec and I will audit it for you. After
that updating to new versions should be easy.




Groetjes, Han.
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[Cooker] Fixing Mozilla's fonts

[mblevy]

I came upon a review of Dolphin at
http://www.ratedpc.com/review.asp?id=63&page=2 and it tells how to fix the fonts
in Mozilla and Galeon. It says:

"In all this, I realized that Galeon and Mozilla have extremely ugly and blurry
(so called anti-aliased) fonts. So I needed to get rid of those. Another search
on Google revealed that I need to modify the
/usr/lib/mozilla-1.1/defaults/pref/unix.js lines 217-239 as follows:"

pref("font.FreeType2.enable", true);
pref("font.freetype2.shared-library", "libfreetype.so.6");
// if libfreetype was built without hinting compiled in
// it is best to leave hinting off
pref("font.FreeType2.autohinted", false);
pref("font.FreeType2.unhinted", false);
// below a certian pixel size anti-aliased fonts produce poor results
pref("font.antialias.min", 16);
pref("font.embedded_bitmaps.max", 100);
pref("font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.min", 64);
pref("font.scale.tt_bitmap.dark_text.gain", "0.8");

Will this work?  I think it's strange that this clip that I'm supposed to insert
is less than the 22 lines of 217-239.  I would really like to see Mozilla and
Galeon look decent, though.

I'm not subscribed to cooker, so please cc any replies to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thanks!

Mike

[Cooker] Contrib: katoob

[Mohammed Sameer]

Hi all,
I'm the Main developer for katoob and I wanted to contribute an RPM to
Mandrake Linux.
I'm using mandrake 9.0 and I've adapted the spec file for it, Included
the 3 icons for the menu, the menu entry. and it works good
on my box.
I've uploaded the SRPM to the FTP server "ftp://ftp.linux-mandrake.com/incoming";.
I was wondering if it can be included into the Cooker distro. ?

-- 

-- Katoob Main Developer
Linux registered user # 224950
ICQ # 58475622
With Great Power, Comes Great Responsibilities.



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Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Todd Lyons]

Brent Hasty wrote on Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 10:41:17AM -0700 :

> > > > > /home 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)
> > Your server is at 192.168.1.255?
> yes is there anything wrong with this ip (192.168.1.255)?

Yes.  The first and last IP of a netblock are not usable.  Since the
netmask is 255.255.255.0, that means that 192.168.1.0 and 192.168.1.255
are not usable as addresses.  They are reserved for network usage.  Your
usable addresses are from .1 to .254.  Most people use either .1 or .254
for the gateway outbound (and in recent years, most seem to be using .1)

Change your IP and that's one problem that will go away.

Blue skies...   Todd
-- 
   MandrakeSoft USA   http://www.mandrakesoft.com
Never take no as an answer from someone who's not authorized to say yes.
--Ben Reser on Cooker ML
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Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Todd Lyons]

Brent Hasty wrote on Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 01:29:32AM -0700 :
> 2 issues 
> 
> fist all my terminals are using the eepro100 ic with pxe.  how do I set the 
> server up to boot the terminals using these nics with pxe?

What do you want to know.  I have PXE setup at the office serving 8.2,
9.0, and Cooker net installs.  I used Erwan's pxe server rpms and
whatever else it pulled in, then configured them.  The config files are
very well documented.

The only gotcha I came across is that the tftp server is set to use
/var/lib/tftpboot instead of /tftpboot.  And since it's chrooted, you
can't symlink to the network.img, you have to put a copy of it.  A
simple oneline command in my rsync script (for cooker) took care of
keeping it current.

Blue skies...   Todd
-- 
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Mandrake: An amalgam of good ideas from RedHat, Debian, and MandrakeSoft.
All in all, IMHO, an unbeatable combination.   --Levi Ramsey on Cooker ML
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Re: [Cooker] VIA EPIA 800 C3 processor

[Todd Lyons]

rowland wrote on Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 05:22:20PM +0100 :
> On Saturday 05 October 2002 1:45 pm, you wrote:
> I cannot get it to work, but have now been told on linitx.com forum that the 
> reason is the kernel in 9.0 is for an i686, is this right ?

No, it was compiled *ON* an i686 *FOR* i586.

Blue skies...   Todd
-- 
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UNIX was not designed to stop you from doing stupid things, because 
  that would also stop you from doing clever things. -- Doug Gwyn
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Re: [Cooker]

[Austin Acton]

This is hilarious.
You have to be joking!
Shit, this whole censorship thing is a pain in the ass.
Austin


On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 13:21, marcos colome wrote:
> 
> You should inform your developers or any other person that is helping you, that they
> 
> must not use bad expression thru the internet. I was testing Mandrake 9.0 in order
> 
> to recommend it for my office, but one of you developers instead of helping others
> 
> they are trying to show that they know too much, and using offensive languages  will 
>not resolve any problem, or pretend to be very important and that  they have many 
>knowledge about computers  will not bring cash to the company. I have two
> 
> PHD in sciences and I always listen another person, and I always think that the
> 
> one in front of me have more knowledges than me.They are mistaken,  there are too 
>many Linux distribution on the earth. When I have called Suse they are very nice and 
>educated people and they help their customers,  after this incident I have decided to 
>use all Suse products for my office,and Red Hat as a second alternative. I could have 
>recommended  Mandrake to many others medical and law firms to use Mandrake, and 
>others small business and friends of mine, called those Germans at San Francisco and 
>you will see how they treat their potential customers. I already tested Suse 8.1, and 
>I  already placed several orders for their professional version. You should be more 
>careful  with the kind of people your are selecting outside or inside your business, 
>as  I told you before Linux is not a Lone Ranger anymore there are hundreds of 
>distribution outside in the market to select and the competition is tough, and it is 
>a very hard to made a selection because they are all good, the on
 l!
> y difference between one bank and another bank is the type of service that they 
>provide and they customer service manners, because they all sell the same products, 
>and it is the same case with Linux, The Linux community is big and they are try to 
>help and there are thousands of books about Linux and Unix and it is different to 
>Microsoft that it is a closed and selfish system. Mr. Trovaldis created Linux in 
>order to be used by the people,  He could have earned more money than Bill Gates or 
>Microsoft but he preferred to create a Public license, I admire him and not Bill 
>Gates, in Europe most of the desktop and servers are running Linux, and
> 
> Brazil is using conectiva or , it is a very good idea to learn from others peoples, 
>Mandrake is a very old company compare to Redhat, Suse or Caldera, but
> 
> you have progressed a lot in a few years, but do not let a tiny intelectual to affect
> 
> your business
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> -
> Do you Yahoo!?
> Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos, & more
> faith.yahoo.com

Re: [Cooker]

[Ron Stodden]

marcos colome wrote:
> You should inform your developers or any other person that is helping 
> you, that they
> 
> must not use bad expression thru the internet. I was testing Mandrake 
> 9.0 in order
> 
> to recommend it for my office, but one of you developers instead of 
> helping others
> 
> they are trying to show that they know too much, and using offensive 
> languages 

Huh?What are you talking about?   I have scanned this entire thread 
and there ia NO bad language.

You must have made some posting mistake and should publicly apologise.

A subject would have helped also.

-- 
Ron. [Melbourne, Australia]
IMPORTANT!  troels... for ML 9.0 now available. See my web site:
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Re: [Cooker] 8.2 -> 9.0 = NV/X troubles!

[Tim Stoop]

Op Saturday 05 October 2002 22:09, schreef Michael Holt:
> Why all the bad words about nvidia?  I'm using their drivers for my
> GeForce3 card and it works great - no problem at all setting it up or
> using it.  I love my q3a and rtcw (3d games) - which both work without a
> hitch.  Is there something better out there?  Let me know, eh?

Hm, I never said anything bad about their drivers (I'm the OP), I just noted 
that an update from 8.2 with those drivers to 9.0 without those drivers 
(download-edition) failed because of them. After installing the 
nvidia-drivers, all went well.

But I know how to install them. Most desktop-people who just want a working 
system, even after an upgrade, don't know...

-- 
Regards,
Tim Stoop

PGP public key: finger [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Random quote/fortune:
[A computer is] like an Old Testament god, with a lot of rules and no mercy. 
-- Joseph Campbell

Re: [Cooker] Can't connect with sshd? (fixed?)

[Tim Stoop]

Op Saturday 05 October 2002 20:47, schreef Ben Reser:
> You weren't using a 2.2 kernel on the machine and ipchains?  Had the
> machine been upgraded prior to that? 

Nope, it was a 2.4.18-6mdk (last number I'm not 100% sure of, but the first 
three are absolutly correct) with iptables as firewall. I know for sure 
because I recompiled the kernel a few times but kept switching back to the 
Mandrake one. Also, I tried fiddling with iptables a few times (command line, 
not in a script) and I always failed :)

> THe reason I ask is because I'm
> wondering if your connection sharing got lost because when you upgraded
> you switched from ipchains to iptables.  That's the only thing I can
> come up with as to why that would happen...

I don't know why, but it was definatly gone. I always connect my laptop to the 
main server by crosslink and after the upgrade, I didn't even get a ip from 
the server (dhcp). I checked the laptop a few times and restarted the network 
on the laptop a few times, but it didn't help. After fixing mcc (it needed a 
patch, because the dutch version of mcc wasn't working) I looked at 
"Connection sharing" and it told me it wasn't configured yet. I configured it 
and it worked, but I wasn't able to connect from the laptop with ssh. I'm 
afraid I didn't try outgoing ssh from server to laptop. But all other things 
worked, I got my mail from Internet.

Strange, huh?

-- 
Regards,
Tim Stoop

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Random quote/fortune:
"Consequences, Schmonsequences, as long as I'm rich." -- Looney Tunes, Ali 
Baba Bunny (1957, Chuck Jones)

Re: [Cooker] Probable ghostscript bug in 9.0

[Ron Stodden]

Till Kamppeter wrote:

> That is a problem of "plugger", this program which can make a Netscape 
> plug-in from any X application. It seems to restart the application when 
> the user closes it.

Strange behaviour.  Thanks.  Good detective work.

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Re: [Cooker]

[Philippe Coulonges]

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Le Samedi 05 Octobre 2002 19:21, marcos colome a écrit :

> I have two
>
> PHD in sciences 

If it's true, it's amazing. Could you also learn some english, it would make 
your messages more readable.

I don't blame you for writing so poorly, as it is by evidence not your native 
langage (and neither mine), but you could at least try to spell correctly the 
names of M. Torvalds and Connectiva.

By the way, M. Torvalds never writed any licence, He just used the one offered 
by M. Stallman and the Free Software Foundation. He didn't created Linux to 
help the people, but for fun. And he certainly never could have been rich as 
M. Gates by creating Linux as a proprietary product, for he then should had 
to make it alone. Linus is an emblematic figure, not the man who did it all.

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Re: [Cooker] 8.2 -> 9.0 = NV/X troubles!

[Buchan Milne]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Michael Holt wrote:

> On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Tom Brinkman uttered these words of wisdom:
>
> Why all the bad words about nvidia?

Probably because some of us who run cooker on NVidia boxen who need
working OpenGL are tired of recompiling kernel modules every time we
upgrade our kernel.

And it's not just NVidia, it's also now Ati, and also the winmodem
drivers.

>  I'm using their drivers for my
> GeForce3 card and it works great - no problem at all setting it up or
> using it.  I love my q3a and rtcw (3d games) - which both work without a
> hitch.  Is there something better out there?  Let me know, eh?

Agreed, but see how fun it is to keep up with the cooker kernel for 6
months and let me know ...

I still need to get ariound to writing a script I can run from cron for
rebuilding all the kernel modules I need (NVidia, Lucent Winmodem) every
time kernel-source has been updated ...

Buchan

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RE: [Cooker] 8.2 -> 9.0 = NV/X troubles!

[Robert Denier]

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Michael Holt

>Why all the bad words about nvidia?  I'm using their drivers for my 
>GeForce3 card and it works great - no problem at all setting it up or 
>using it.  I love my q3a and rtcw (3d games) - which both work without a 
>hitch.  Is there something better out there?  Let me know, eh?

To be fair, nvidia's drivers work fine for me also..  I've got some
kind of geforce mx400.  I needed Nvidia's drivers since I couldn't
figure out how to get the card to properly use the dvi port with
the stock open source drivers.

I'm guessing that the main contempt against nvidia's drivers is they
are not open source, and if you have a problem with them your more
or less stuck until they release a new version that, hopefully, fixes
the problem.  I'm also guessing that the reason they are not open
source is to try to keep various design methodologies secret from
competition who might use that information to improve their own
products and cost Nvidia money..

I plan on building a simple linux machine around an nforce motherboard
soon.  We shall see how that batch of drivers works as well I guess.

-Robert

Re: [Cooker] 8.2 -> 9.0 = NV/X troubles!

[Michael Holt]

On Fri, 4 Oct 2002, Tom Brinkman uttered these words of wisdom:

>   I've got the same hardware as the original poster. 1.4 Tbird (oc'd to 
>1.55), 512MB RAM, NVidia GeForce2 DDR.  Never had a problem as was 
>described, I normally don't use the closed source nvidia crap. Tho I 
>have tested them (3123) as recently as a few days ago. Even compiled a 
>'sacrifice' kernel so that my regular one (2.4.19-16k7, LM 9.0) 
>couldn't be tainted.  The only problem I did have was gettin nvidia's 
>B$ uninstalled (drivers were compiled from their src.rpms).
>
>The XFree 'nv' driver does support 3d accel as of XF 4.2.1. It 
>appears this is due to some help from VA Linux and SGI.  Back to the 
>untainted kernel and the 'nv' driver,

Why all the bad words about nvidia?  I'm using their drivers for my 
GeForce3 card and it works great - no problem at all setting it up or 
using it.  I love my q3a and rtcw (3d games) - which both work without a 
hitch.  Is there something better out there?  Let me know, eh?

Mike


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Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Stew Benedict]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:

> On Saturday 05 October 2002 01:29, Brent Hasty wrote:
> is there more documentation lurking about somewhere other than the help 
> button in drakTermServ?
> 

There's a piece I did on mandrakeforum, and the individual packages all
have docs.  What I would do is try mounting your nfs shares from a normal
machine, not a terminal-server client, then you'll at least isolate
whether the issue is at the client or server end.

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Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Brent Hasty]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 01:29, Brent Hasty wrote:
is there more documentation lurking about somewhere other than the help 
button in drakTermServ?


> 2 issues
>
> fist all my terminals are using the eepro100 ic with pxe.  how do I set the
> server up to boot the terminals using these nics with pxe?
>
> second is when booting the terminals (using a boot flopy) it fails at
> mounting the root filesystem.  I have 5 partitions /, /usr, /var, /home,
> /tmp
>
> my exports lists the
>
> / (ro,all_squash)
> /home 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)
>
> do i need to modify my exports to reflect all system partitions?
> am i overlooking a step to give the terminals permission to mount the
> shared resources?

Re: [Cooker] USB Sony camera pbl in mdk9

[Frederic Crozat]

Le Sat, 05 Oct 2002 14:12:20 +0200, Pbt a écrit :

> I had to modify /etc/dynamic/scripts/visor.script to make work my sony
> Clie too with :

You don't have to modify the visor script : pam takes care of changing
ownership of /dev/usb/ttyUSB*
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Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Brent Hasty]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 06:53, Larry Nguyen wrote:
> On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 13:21, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > > > I am using a drakTermServ created boot floppy to get this far with
> > > > tthe eepro100
> > > >
> > > > when I #] service clusternfs start  I get
> > > > Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.mountd):   [  OK
> > > >  ] Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.nfsd): [ 
> > > > FAILED ]
> > > >
> > > > so i guess now the question is how do I get rpc.nfsd working?
> > >
> > > Stop and restart the service.
> > >
> > > Stew Benedict
> >
> > that worked but the terminal still does not mount its root filesystem.
>
> Well, below is how I got mine to work.
>
> 1. I *do not* use .255 because it is a broadcast address.
> 2. I *do* have portmap service started because nfs needs it AFAIK.
>
> -Larry
I moved to .254 that is ok
I turned off portmap, terminal still not mounting its root filesystem
I went into a terminal and set msec 2, still not mounting /

Re: [Cooker] Matrox G450 Xinerama seems very broken in current XFree

[Ben Reser]

On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 11:56:01AM -0400, Dirk Lison wrote:
> turn of the use of the font server in your /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4):
> 
> ### here is a part of my config file ###
> 
> # turn off local font server to make kde3 in Xfree 4.2.0 working
> #FontPath   "unix/:-1"
>FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
>FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
>FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
>FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
>FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
>FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
>FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
>FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"
> 
> ##end#

And I can confirm that this fixes my problem and has for several months
now...

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Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Larry Nguyen]

On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 13:21, Brent Hasty wrote:

> > > I am using a drakTermServ created boot floppy to get this far with tthe
> > > eepro100
> > >
> > > when I #] service clusternfs start  I get
> > > Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.mountd):   [  OK  ]
> > > Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.nfsd): [  FAILED
> > >  ]
> > >
> > > so i guess now the question is how do I get rpc.nfsd working?
> >
> > Stop and restart the service.
> >
> > Stew Benedict
> that worked but the terminal still does not mount its root filesystem.
> 

Well, below is how I got mine to work.

1. I *do not* use .255 because it is a broadcast address.
2. I *do* have portmap service started because nfs needs it AFAIK.

-Larry

Re: [Cooker] 9.0: firewall too strict

[Ben Reser]

On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 09:04:23AM -0400, o beckles wrote:
> I don't run Mandrake as a server and so all of the services are 
> unchecked.  However, that setting also kills client apps so I have to 
> research the applications and their ports and key them in at the bottom, 
> which does not always work.
> 
> One example is rdesktop which is documented to only use one port but 
> adding that port/tcp and port/udp does not help any.
> 
> To me that equates to a default setting of high when compared to other 
> firewalls programs.

What program are you using to configure this?

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Re: [Cooker] Can't connect with sshd? (fixed?)

[Ben Reser]

On Sat, Oct 05, 2002 at 12:45:31PM +0200, Tim Stoop wrote:
> 8.2, normal install, nothing fancy (or Opera 6.03 should be considered fancy, 
> about the only non-Mandrake-rpm I installed on that machine).

You weren't using a 2.2 kernel on the machine and ipchains?  Had the
machine been upgraded prior to that?  THe reason I ask is because I'm
wondering if your connection sharing got lost because when you upgraded
you switched from ipchains to iptables.  That's the only thing I can
come up with as to why that would happen...

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Re: [Cooker] 9.0: firewall too strict

[steve ide]

It's better a firewall strict than a sieve
remember when you install you can open your network to everyone.


J. Greenlees a écrit:

> o beckles wrote:
>
>> How?
>>
>> I don't run Mandrake as a server and so all of the services are 
>> unchecked.  However, that setting also kills client apps so I have to 
>> research the applications and their ports and key them in at the 
>> bottom, which does not always work.
>
>
> actually, insert the lines opening the system for the apps at the top 
> of the list.
> 1 it makes it easier to find when testing the settings
> 2 I beleive that the first configuration for a port overrides any 
> subsequent configuration, so at the top the apps get through while at 
> the bottom they don't
>
>>
>>
>> One example is rdesktop which is documented to only use one port but 
>> adding that port/tcp and port/udp does not help any.
>>
>> To me that equates to a default setting of high when compared to 
>> other firewalls programs.
>>
>> Ben Reser wrote:
>>
>>> On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:10:27PM -0400, o beckles wrote:
>>>  
>>>
 Are there any plans to allow different levels of protection in the 
 firewall?  Right now the iptables rules are too strict to function 
 properly on a windows network without manually adjusting the rules.
   
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Huh?  You can adjust them however you want?
>>
>>
>
>
>

Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Brent Hasty]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 11:06, Stew Benedict wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > try hitting reply all
>
> I know how to reply, I was just commenting that your return address seems
> to be different than almost every other message I see on the list, where
> "Reply To:" points to the list. Nevermind, it's no big deal.
>
> > I am using a drakTermServ created boot floppy to get this far with tthe
> > eepro100
> >
> > when I #] service clusternfs start  I get
> > Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.mountd):   [  OK  ]
> > Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.nfsd): [  FAILED
> >  ]
> >
> > so i guess now the question is how do I get rpc.nfsd working?
>
> Stop and restart the service.
>
> Stew Benedict
that worked but the terminal still does not mount its root filesystem.

Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Stew Benedict]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:

> > > So where do I go to begin to make this work?
> >
> > Your server is at 192.168.1.255?
> >
> > Stew Benedict
> yes is there anything wrong with this ip (192.168.1.255)?
> 

.255 is generally used as broadcast address, no?

Stew Benedict

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Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Stew Benedict]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:

> try hitting reply all
> 

I know how to reply, I was just commenting that your return address seems
to be different than almost every other message I see on the list, where
"Reply To:" points to the list. Nevermind, it's no big deal.

> I am using a drakTermServ created boot floppy to get this far with tthe 
> eepro100
> 
> when I #] service clusternfs start  I get
> Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.mountd):   [  OK  ]
> Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.nfsd): [  FAILED  ]
> 
> so i guess now the question is how do I get rpc.nfsd working?
> 

Stop and restart the service.

Stew Benedict

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Re: [Cooker] Serious problems installing 9.0

[Maxim Heijndijk]

* Stardate: 2002-10-04 13:39
* Incoming subspace signal from "Danny Tholen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" :

> > I have similar problems with installing 9.0. I have downloaded all three
> > isos and checked them with md5sum, they were OK. I burnt them on CDR.
> > After the failed install I redownloaded the first iso and burnt it on a
> > different brand CDR. I did the install from 2 different CDROM-Drives, text,
> > expert vgalo, and normal install. So, I'm pretty sure the iso's weren't
> > corrupt or the CDR's bad.I have installed 8.2 afterwards, no problem with
> > that. So I don't think it's my hardware.
> It can still be your hardware ofcourse 8.2 != 9.0, and 9.0 works for other people.

Some people think it's my VIA CyrixIII processor. How can I be sure ?

Install detects an usb-storage device while I have no such device.

> > Is there a possibility GTK 2 is backported to 8.2 ? I need the new ROX
> > RPMS, so I can build some other ROX-related RPMS. I think I have to stick
> > with 8.2, which is really bad, because I cannot build RPMS for 9.0 now.
> You can probably find it on mandrakeclub, because gnome2 for 8.2 is there as well.

Are you sure ? Can't find gnome2 there.

> > Something from the logs (where can I send these logs ?):
> send full logs to list, or perhaps to Pixel?

Log is too big for this list.

> Well, obviously something goes wrong. Are you trying to do an upgrade or is it a 
>clean install?

Clean install.

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[Cooker]

[marcos colome]

You should inform your developers or any other person that is helping you, that they
must not use bad expression thru the internet. I was testing Mandrake 9.0 in order
to recommend it for my office, but one of you developers instead of helping others
they are trying to show that they know too much, and using offensive languages  will not resolve any problem, or pretend to be very important and that  they have many knowledge about computers  will not bring cash to the company. I have two
PHD in sciences and I always listen another person, and I always think that the
one in front of me have more knowledges than me.They are mistaken,  there are too many Linux distribution on the earth. When I have called Suse they are very nice and educated people and they help their customers,  after this incident I have decided to use all Suse products for my office,and Red Hat as a second alternative. I could have recommended  Mandrake to many others medical and law firms to use Mandrake, and others small business and friends of mine, called those Germans at San Francisco and you will see how they treat their potential customers. I already tested Suse 8.1, and I  already placed several orders for their professional version. You should be more careful  with the kind of people your are selecting outside or inside your business, as  I told you before Linux is not a Lone Ranger anymore there are hundreds of distribution outside in the market to select and the competition is tough, and it is a very hard to made a selection b!
ecause they are all good, the only difference between one bank and another bank is the type of service that they provide and they customer service manners, because they all sell the same products, and it is the same case with Linux, The Linux community is big and they are try to help and there are thousands of books about Linux and Unix and it is different to Microsoft that it is a closed and selfish system. Mr. Trovaldis created Linux in order to be used by the people,  He could have earned more money than Bill Gates or Microsoft but he preferred to create a Public license, I admire him and not Bill Gates, in Europe most of the desktop and servers are running Linux, and
Brazil is using conectiva or , it is a very good idea to learn from others peoples, Mandrake is a very old company compare to Redhat, Suse or Caldera, but
you have progressed a lot in a few years, but do not let a tiny intelectual to affect
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Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Brent Hasty]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 09:29, Stew Benedict wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > On Saturday 05 October 2002 05:40, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > > On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > > > 2 issues
> > >
> > > 1 issue - your mailer borks the "Reply To:" :)
> > >
> > > > fist all my terminals are using the eepro100 ic with pxe.  how do I
> > > > set the server up to boot the terminals using these nics with pxe?
> > >
> > > Sorry.  Several people have asked about PXE.  I know Erwan did some PXE
> > > work for the clustering project, and I read the docs, but I don't have
> > > PXE capable hardware to implement/test.  Patches welcome :)
> > >
> > > > second is when booting the terminals (using a boot flopy) it fails at
> > > > mounting the root filesystem.  I have 5 partitions /, /usr, /var,
> > > > /home, /tmp
> > > >
> > > > my exports lists the
> > > >
> > > > /   (ro,all_squash)
> > > > /home   192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)
> > > >
> > > > do i need to modify my exports to reflect all system partitions?
> > > > am i overlooking a step to give the terminals permission to mount the
> > > > shared resources?
> > >
> > > That should be OK as you list.  I'm assuming the subnet is correct for
> > > you network.  Any messages at the client or server end? Is clusternfs
> > > running on the server?  You shouldn't have to mount all the partitions
> > > specifically, it's only done for /home for rw access.
> > >
> > > Stew Benedict
> >
> > in the control center under services it shows that clusternfs is running
> > (started at boot)
> >
> > the dmesg printed to screen on a terminal as booting ends with these
> > errors:
> >
> > SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
> > Mounting root filesystem 192.168.1.255:/ at /sysroot
> > If this appears to hang, check that the server of 192.168.1.255:/ is able
> > to reverse map my IP address 192.168.1.12 to obtain my hostname
> > client_192_168_1_12
> > mount: nfsmount filed: Bad file number
> > nfs: mount program didn't pass remote address!
> > mount: mounting 192.168.1.255:/  on sysroot failed: Invalid argument
> > sucessfully obtained IP address via wired link [eth0]
> > FATAL ERROR: failed to mount root filesystem
> > ~reboot~
> >
> > so it sounds like the terminal is not getting told whear to acess its
> > /sysroot on the server, the ip address of the server, and is not being
> > given permission to mount it.
> >
> > So where do I go to begin to make this work?
>
> Your server is at 192.168.1.255?
>
> Stew Benedict
yes is there anything wrong with this ip (192.168.1.255)?

Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Brent Hasty]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 09:23, Stew Benedict wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > On Saturday 05 October 2002 05:40, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > > On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > > > 2 issues
> > >
> > > 1 issue - your mailer borks the "Reply To:" :)
> > >
> > > > fist all my terminals are using the eepro100 ic with pxe.  how do I
> > > > set the server up to boot the terminals using these nics with pxe?
> > >
> > > Sorry.  Several people have asked about PXE.  I know Erwan did some PXE
> > > work for the clustering project, and I read the docs, but I don't have
> > > PXE capable hardware to implement/test.  Patches welcome :)
> > >
> > > > second is when booting the terminals (using a boot flopy) it fails at
> > > > mounting the root filesystem.  I have 5 partitions /, /usr, /var,
> > > > /home, /tmp
> > > >
> > > > my exports lists the
> > > >
> > > > /   (ro,all_squash)
> > > > /home   192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)
> > > >
> > > > do i need to modify my exports to reflect all system partitions?
> > > > am i overlooking a step to give the terminals permission to mount the
> > > > shared resources?
> > >
> > > That should be OK as you list.  I'm assuming the subnet is correct for
> > > you network.  Any messages at the client or server end? Is clusternfs
> > > running on the server?  You shouldn't have to mount all the partitions
> > > specifically, it's only done for /home for rw access.
> > >
> > > Stew Benedict
> >
> > well hopefully I will soon be retiring this old hp kyak terminal server
> > based on 8.2 and ltsp.  I will then be running under mdk9.0 and kde3 with
> > all its new goodies.  what do you mean by borks and how do I fix it?
>
> Your email doesn't have the cooker list "Reply To:" that most of the posts
> do.  I guess it depends on your mail client.  Generally you just leave the
> "Reply To:" setting alone.
>
> > is it possiable to get the eepro100 to net boot off of the terminal
> > server, as though using a boot rom rather than pxe?
>
> If you're getting to the point of nfs mounting, it sounds like you are
> able to boot the eepro100, or you're using a different card for that?
> I had one 3com card here that would do the initial boot, but then would
> fail asking for the IP a second time.  Erwan told me that it was because
> it was trying to talk to a pxe server, which didn't exist. (I may not have
> the terminology exactly right here).
>
> > I will see about the possiability of patches, but it would be a learning
> > project for me to do.
> >
> > how do i check the status of cluseter-nfs?
>
> It's started by a normal initscript, just like nfs-server.  Should be 2
> processes running:
>
> [root@larry root]# service clusternfs start
> Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.mountd):   [  OK  ]
> Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.nfsd): [  OK  ]
>
> On occasion rpc.nfsd doesn't start the first try.
>
> Stew Benedict
try hitting reply all

I am using a drakTermServ created boot floppy to get this far with tthe 
eepro100

when I #] service clusternfs start  I get
Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.mountd):   [  OK  ]
Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.nfsd): [  FAILED  ]

so i guess now the question is how do I get rpc.nfsd working?

Re: [Cooker] Root and /

[Peter Ruskin]

On Saturday 05 Oct 2002 17:37, Bob Walker wrote:
> According to Version 2.2 of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS),
> /root is not a requirement - it is optional. However, if the root
> directory is used, it must be in /. 'root' CAN exist as a link to a
> directory or as a mounted partition.
>
> bob
>
There.  Thanks Bob.  So there is no reason why /root should not be on a 
separate partition - just as I thought.  Pixel, can you now change the 
installer to allow this?

> On Saturday 05 October 2002 03:46 am, Peter Ruskin wrote:
> > On Friday 04 Oct 2002 02:43, Dave Seff wrote:
> > > Why must /root be on the same file system as / ?
> > >
> > > I keep mine separate as not to wipe out ssh keys and other
> > > things. I can change it after the initial install  and all is
> > > fine, but the installer complains.
> > >
> > >
> > > Just wondering.
> > > -Dave
> >
> > I asked this and Pixel responded by requesting a good reason for
> > allowing /root to have its own partition.  My reason is that it is
> > root's home and I don't want it wiped when I reinstall.  I've
> > always worked like that.  Who decided that it's taboo?
> >
> > /root on my 9.0 machine is now on its own partition, just as in my
> > other unices.  I have yet to see a good reason given for
> > disallowing this on install - to me it's draconian interference.
> >
> > Peter

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Re: [Cooker] missing contrib packages on sunsite.uio.no

[Gary Greene]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 02:21 am, Han Boetes wrote:
> This is the typical: ``It doesn't work'' bug report that is impossible
> to answer. You give your version of the error message.
>
> Now all we can do is guess.
>
> Have a good read here:
>
>   http://www.mozilla.org/quality/bug-writing-guidelines.html

I've given all the data I can about this, Han. If you re-read my email, you'll 
note that it states that some packages couldn't download and that the 
culprits are the list of rpms that I put on there. I haven't checked 
physically on the mirror for the packages themselves yet, however I thought 
by now the hdlist2 problem was solved since other packages were downloaded 
fine by urpmi. And BTW, I know how to write good bug reports, but as stated 
before, there really isn't anything else that I could give data on.

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#Virtual Nerve Node Driver v0.4.1 (EXPERIMENTAL) R/W FS module   
#Insmod Adaptive Technology Device module..[ OK ]
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Re: [Cooker] Unable to boot after sucessfull install

[Maxim Heijndijk]

* Stardate: 2002-10-05 12:00
* Incoming subspace signal from "Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" :

> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Maxim Heijndijk wrote:
> 
> > * Stardate: 2002-10-04 21:48
> > * Incoming subspace signal from "Maxim Heijndijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" :
> >
> > > I have discovered that the error messages start after the installation of the 
>packages. Something with a USB-storage kernel module. I don't have a 
>USB-storage-device. After that there are lots of "no such file or directory" errors.
> >
> > So, I tried another boot-image. cdrom.img-2.2.14-BADZ2 worked, but did
> > not detect my USB mouse. Finally cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ5 worked, the
> > install went OK, no probeall usb-storage stuff in the logs, this must be
> > the problem.
> >
> > BUT... when I try to boot the from the newly installed
> > partition, the kernel hangs at "Freeing unused kernel memory". Sigh...
> > when is this gonna end ?
> >
> 
> When you give decent informatio on exactly what you are doing.

Much information is in this thread: "subject: Serious problems installing 9.0". I did 
nothing special. I tried to install LM 9.0 final and got a plethora of errors. After 
that I tried to install with one of the alternative boot images, that went well. Now I 
can't boot the system. the kernel hangs on "Freeing unused kernel memory".

I tried to upload the entire report.bug, but it is too big for this list, it doesn't 
get posted. I don't know really which information to post anymore, I've seen so many 
errors.

> This seems to be non-Intel and non-AMD CPU (Cyrix or VIA). What release
> are you using? If yo are not using 9.0 final, please do us all a favour,
> and try that first, since there were Cyrix/VIA fixes very late (post-RC2
> IIRC).

It is a Cyrix CPU. I'm using 9.0 Final. If I knew for sure the problem lies with the 
CPU I would buy another one, to get rid of this nuisance.

>From report.bug:


* lspci

agpgart : VIA Technologies|VT82C691 [Apollo PRO] [NOT_DEFINED]
unknown : VIA Technologies|VT82C598 [Apollo MVP3 AGP] [NOT_DEFINED]
unknown : VIA Technologies|VT82C686 [Apollo Super] [NOT_DEFINED]
unknown : VIA Technologies|VT82C586 IDE [Apollo] [NOT_DEFINED]
usb-uhci: VIA Technologies|VT82C586B USB [NOT_DEFINED]
usb-uhci: VIA Technologies|VT82C586B USB [NOT_DEFINED]
unknown : VIA Technologies|VT82C686 [Apollo Super ACPI] [NOT_DEFINED]
snd-emu10k1 : Creative Labs|SB Live! (audio) [NOT_DEFINED]
emu10k1-gp  : Creative Labs|SB Live! (joystick) [NOT_DEFINED]
ne2k-pci: Realtek|RTL-8029(AS) [NOT_DEFINED]
Card:RIVA TNT2  : nVidia Corporation|Vanta [NOT_DEFINED]
unknown : Virtual|Hub
unknown : Virtual|Hub
Mouse:USB|Wheel : Logitech Inc.|Mouse [Human Interface Devices|Boot Interface 
Subclass|Mouse]

>From the normal (cdrom.img) install:


* cpuinfo

processor   : 0
vendor_id   : CentaurHauls
cpu family  : 6
model   : 5
model name  : VIA Samuel
stepping: 3
cpu MHz : 666.233
cache size  : 128 KB
fdiv_bug: no
hlt_bug : no
f00f_bug: no
coma_bug: no
fpu : yes
fpu_exception   : yes
cpuid level : 1
wp  : yes
flags   : fpu de tsc msr mce cx8 mtrr pge mmx 3dnow
bogomips: 1330.38

>From the alternative (cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ5) install, differences only:


* cpuinfo

model   : 6
cpu MHz : 666.270
sep_bug : no
flags   : fpu de tsc msr mce cx8 mtrr pge mmx 31
bogomips: 1327.10

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Re: [Cooker] mdk 9.0 will not run in smp mode.

[Lonnie Borntreger]

On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 11:23, Brent Hasty wrote:
> On Friday 04 October 2002 14:55, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
> well I thought it had worked, booted once last night into smp mode, however 
> it will not boot smp this morning.  I double checked the noapic i appended to 
> the lilo entry for linux-smp (my default boot image) it is still there, but 
> it fails to boot into smp mode this morning :-(
> the append line of my lilo.conf for this entry looks like this:
> 
> append=:devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi noapic"
> 
> is this the right place and have I done it the right way to add "noapic" to 
> the boot line?

Is that really : ?

I use grub now, but my lilo line was:

append = "devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi noapic"

So other than spaces around the = and a " instead of :, it looks ok to
me.

TTFN, 
Lonnie Borntreger

[Cooker] 9.0 and i845

[Guillaume Cottenceau]

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 in the beta/rc period, but broke again for the final :-(

- so the 9.0 has a very poor disk performance with i845
  (something like 2 MB instead of 40 MB)

- we need to issue a fixed kernel about that, Juan will work on
  it but now he's busy with acpi stuff (or apic, I always mix
  them, thanks for the anagram), he'll do that next


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Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Stew Benedict]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:

> On Saturday 05 October 2002 05:40, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > > 2 issues
> >
> > 1 issue - your mailer borks the "Reply To:" :)
> >
> > > fist all my terminals are using the eepro100 ic with pxe.  how do I set
> > > the server up to boot the terminals using these nics with pxe?
> >
> > Sorry.  Several people have asked about PXE.  I know Erwan did some PXE
> > work for the clustering project, and I read the docs, but I don't have PXE
> > capable hardware to implement/test.  Patches welcome :)
> >
> > > second is when booting the terminals (using a boot flopy) it fails at
> > > mounting the root filesystem.  I have 5 partitions /, /usr, /var, /home,
> > > /tmp
> > >
> > > my exports lists the
> > >
> > > / (ro,all_squash)
> > > /home 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)
> > >
> > > do i need to modify my exports to reflect all system partitions?
> > > am i overlooking a step to give the terminals permission to mount the
> > > shared resources?
> >
> > That should be OK as you list.  I'm assuming the subnet is correct for you
> > network.  Any messages at the client or server end? Is clusternfs running
> > on the server?  You shouldn't have to mount all the partitions
> > specifically, it's only done for /home for rw access.
> >
> > Stew Benedict
> in the control center under services it shows that clusternfs is running 
> (started at boot)
> 
> the dmesg printed to screen on a terminal as booting ends with these errors:
> 
> SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
> Mounting root filesystem 192.168.1.255:/ at /sysroot
> If this appears to hang, check that the server of 192.168.1.255:/ is able to 
> reverse map my IP address 192.168.1.12 to obtain my hostname 
> client_192_168_1_12
> mount: nfsmount filed: Bad file number
> nfs: mount program didn't pass remote address!
> mount: mounting 192.168.1.255:/  on sysroot failed: Invalid argument
> sucessfully obtained IP address via wired link [eth0]
> FATAL ERROR: failed to mount root filesystem
> ~reboot~
> 
> so it sounds like the terminal is not getting told whear to acess its 
> /sysroot on the server, the ip address of the server, and is not being given 
> permission to mount it.
> 
> So where do I go to begin to make this work?
> 

Your server is at 192.168.1.255?  

Stew Benedict

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Re: [Cooker] 9.0: firewall too strict

[J. Greenlees]

o beckles wrote:

> How?
>
> I don't run Mandrake as a server and so all of the services are 
> unchecked.  However, that setting also kills client apps so I have to 
> research the applications and their ports and key them in at the 
> bottom, which does not always work.

actually, insert the lines opening the system for the apps at the top of 
the list.
1 it makes it easier to find when testing the settings
2 I beleive that the first configuration for a port overrides any 
subsequent configuration, so at the top the apps get through while at 
the bottom they don't

>
>
> One example is rdesktop which is documented to only use one port but 
> adding that port/tcp and port/udp does not help any.
>
> To me that equates to a default setting of high when compared to other 
> firewalls programs.
>
> Ben Reser wrote:
>
>> On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:10:27PM -0400, o beckles wrote:
>>  
>>
>>> Are there any plans to allow different levels of protection in the 
>>> firewall?  Right now the iptables rules are too strict to function 
>>> properly on a windows network without manually adjusting the rules.
>>>   
>>
>>
>> Huh?  You can adjust them however you want?
>

Re: [Cooker] Root and /

[Bob Walker]

According to Version 2.2 of the Filesystem Hierarchy Standard (FHS), /root is 
not a requirement - it is optional. However, if the root directory is used, 
it must be in /. 'root' CAN exist as a link to a directory or as a mounted 
partition.

bob

On Saturday 05 October 2002 03:46 am, Peter Ruskin wrote:
> On Friday 04 Oct 2002 02:43, Dave Seff wrote:
> > Why must /root be on the same file system as / ?
> >
> > I keep mine separate as not to wipe out ssh keys and other things. I
> > can change it after the initial install  and all is fine, but the
> > installer complains.
> >
> >
> > Just wondering.
> > -Dave
>
> I asked this and Pixel responded by requesting a good reason for
> allowing /root to have its own partition.  My reason is that it is
> root's home and I don't want it wiped when I reinstall.  I've always
> worked like that.  Who decided that it's taboo?
>
> /root on my 9.0 machine is now on its own partition, just as in my other
> unices.  I have yet to see a good reason given for disallowing this on
> install - to me it's draconian interference.
>
> Peter

Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Stew Benedict]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:

> On Saturday 05 October 2002 05:40, Stew Benedict wrote:
> > On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > > 2 issues
> >
> > 1 issue - your mailer borks the "Reply To:" :)
> >
> > > fist all my terminals are using the eepro100 ic with pxe.  how do I set
> > > the server up to boot the terminals using these nics with pxe?
> >
> > Sorry.  Several people have asked about PXE.  I know Erwan did some PXE
> > work for the clustering project, and I read the docs, but I don't have PXE
> > capable hardware to implement/test.  Patches welcome :)
> >
> > > second is when booting the terminals (using a boot flopy) it fails at
> > > mounting the root filesystem.  I have 5 partitions /, /usr, /var, /home,
> > > /tmp
> > >
> > > my exports lists the
> > >
> > > / (ro,all_squash)
> > > /home 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)
> > >
> > > do i need to modify my exports to reflect all system partitions?
> > > am i overlooking a step to give the terminals permission to mount the
> > > shared resources?
> >
> > That should be OK as you list.  I'm assuming the subnet is correct for you
> > network.  Any messages at the client or server end? Is clusternfs running
> > on the server?  You shouldn't have to mount all the partitions
> > specifically, it's only done for /home for rw access.
> >
> > Stew Benedict
> 
> well hopefully I will soon be retiring this old hp kyak terminal server based 
> on 8.2 and ltsp.  I will then be running under mdk9.0 and kde3 with all its 
> new goodies.  what do you mean by borks and how do I fix it?
> 

Your email doesn't have the cooker list "Reply To:" that most of the posts
do.  I guess it depends on your mail client.  Generally you just leave the
"Reply To:" setting alone.

> is it possiable to get the eepro100 to net boot off of the terminal server, 
> as though using a boot rom rather than pxe?
> 

If you're getting to the point of nfs mounting, it sounds like you are
able to boot the eepro100, or you're using a different card for that?
I had one 3com card here that would do the initial boot, but then would
fail asking for the IP a second time.  Erwan told me that it was because
it was trying to talk to a pxe server, which didn't exist. (I may not have
the terminology exactly right here).

> I will see about the possiability of patches, but it would be a learning 
> project for me to do.
> 
> how do i check the status of cluseter-nfs?
> 

It's started by a normal initscript, just like nfs-server.  Should be 2
processes running:

[root@larry root]# service clusternfs start
Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.mountd):   [  OK  ]
Starting ClusterNFS (rpc.nfsd): [  OK  ]

On occasion rpc.nfsd doesn't start the first try.

Stew Benedict

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Re: [Cooker] mdk 9.0 will not run in smp mode.

[Brent Hasty]

On Friday 04 October 2002 14:55, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
well I thought it had worked, booted once last night into smp mode, however 
it will not boot smp this morning.  I double checked the noapic i appended to 
the lilo entry for linux-smp (my default boot image) it is still there, but 
it fails to boot into smp mode this morning :-(
the append line of my lilo.conf for this entry looks like this:

append=:devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi noapic"

is this the right place and have I done it the right way to add "noapic" to 
the boot line?

> I had to add "noapic" to the boot line to get my dual athlon to work.  I
> also have "mem=nopentium", but I think that is video related, not smp.
>
> TTFN,
> Lonnie Borntreger
>
> On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 15:09, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > I have a msi k7d-master mobo and dual athlon 1ghz mp processors, I have
> > installed the full release (pending the arrival of my preordered dvd
> > powerpack) things went smoothly, untill it booted for the first time. 
> > while initilazing the kernel around the acpi functions the bootstrapping
> > process loops and the computer resets. I have tried stripping it down to
> > the base of components, just mobo, ram and vid card.  still no smp boot. 
> > I have tried playing with the acpi settings in the bios still no smp
> > boot.  It will boot in single processor mode, how and where can I chek
> > the log to see exactly what it going on when trying to boot in smp mode
> > and the computer resets. how do I get dual processor mode working?

Re: [Cooker] 8.2 -> 9.0 KMail-ab acts wierd

[Bjørn]

Lørdag den 5. oktober 2002 14:12 skrev Tim Stoop:
> Hi people,
>
> 9.0 is great, but it has some glitches that aren't really comfortable. I
> hope we can fix those.
>
> KMail Addressbook is acting wierd. For starters, after the update, instead
> of the field "Full name", "Email-address" and "Telephone", it uses the
> fields "Save as", "Email-address", "Telephone". This looks really wierd,
> but is easily fixed by the user by selecting the correct fields to be
> displayed.
>
> But the next is a bit more daunting. All the visible fields are minimised
> in their length. They only show a few charcters each. Except for the last,
> which is streched for miles (it seems). Rearranging doesn't work, yes, you
> can change their size and location, but the positions aren't saved. Also,
> when you move the last colom to the front, all other coloms are strechted
> as long as the last colom was! You can correct it, but at next start-up,
> it's all back to "default".
>
> Is this an error in kab, or did something go wrong while packaging it?
>
> If you need any more info, just ask, I'm very willing to help.
I have the same problems. And i cannot add e-mailaddresses to the Addressbook 
nothing happens when I choose Add to Addressbook
Bjørn Fahnøe

Re: [Cooker] VIA EPIA 800 C3 processor

[rowland]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 1:45 pm, you wrote:
I cannot get it to work, but have now been told on linitx.com forum that the 
reason is the kernel in 9.0 is for an i686, is this right ?
rowland penny

> On Saturday 05 October 2002 10:57 am, you wrote:
> dont bother, it does the same for me, tried fresh install, upgrade over 8.2
> and just packages upgrade, but I get the same answer as bernard everytime ,
> now trying upgrading kde etc seperatlly to see where the problem lies
> rowland penny
>
> > On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Bernard Varaine wrote:
> >
> >
> > Please try final, IIRC there were a number of issues that were resolved
> > relating to non-intel and non-AMD CPUS between RC2 and final.
> >
> > > just bought a VIA EPIA 800 to build a small Linux box but I am getting
> > > errors when trying to install 9.0 RC2.
> > >
> > > Install seems to run smoothly, (just one error one copying to Xfree
> > > files) goes to setting up network and recognise the onboard NIC, setup
> > > users but then when displaying the services to choose the one you want
> > > to activate on boot there is none..
> > > If you say OK the install them come with an error on mkinitrd..
> > >
> > > Anyone out there have tried an install on same motherboard/processor..
> > >
> > > regards
> > >
> > > Bernard

Re: [Cooker] Matrox G450 Xinerama seems very broken in current XFree

[Dirk Lison]

turn of the use of the font server in your /etc/X11/XF86Config(-4):

### here is a part of my config file ###

# turn off local font server to make kde3 in Xfree 4.2.0 working
#FontPath   "unix/:-1"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/misc"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/cyrillic"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/:unscaled"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/Type1"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi"
FontPath"/usr/lib/X11/fonts/truetype"

##end#


Luis Alves wrote:

> I corfim that this problem still exists on v9 on Mandrake.
> Anyone has a work arround for this problem.
>
> Brad Felmey wrote:
>
>> In the current X, if Xinerama is enabled, GNOME apps hang (gnomecc,
>> evolution, etc), and kde3 hangs kicker & konqueror (possibly more).
>> Disabling Xinerama makes everything happy and work just fine. This was
>> tested with the shipping mga drivers and also the Matrox proprietary
>> drivers & hal. No difference at all was noted.
>>
>> I'll be glad to provide whatever troubleshooting legwork is requested.
>>
>> Can anyone else with a G450 confirm this?
>>  
>>
>
>
>

Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Brent Hasty]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 05:40, Stew Benedict wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > 2 issues
>
> 1 issue - your mailer borks the "Reply To:" :)
>
> > fist all my terminals are using the eepro100 ic with pxe.  how do I set
> > the server up to boot the terminals using these nics with pxe?
>
> Sorry.  Several people have asked about PXE.  I know Erwan did some PXE
> work for the clustering project, and I read the docs, but I don't have PXE
> capable hardware to implement/test.  Patches welcome :)
>
> > second is when booting the terminals (using a boot flopy) it fails at
> > mounting the root filesystem.  I have 5 partitions /, /usr, /var, /home,
> > /tmp
> >
> > my exports lists the
> >
> > /   (ro,all_squash)
> > /home   192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)
> >
> > do i need to modify my exports to reflect all system partitions?
> > am i overlooking a step to give the terminals permission to mount the
> > shared resources?
>
> That should be OK as you list.  I'm assuming the subnet is correct for you
> network.  Any messages at the client or server end? Is clusternfs running
> on the server?  You shouldn't have to mount all the partitions
> specifically, it's only done for /home for rw access.
>
> Stew Benedict
in the control center under services it shows that clusternfs is running 
(started at boot)

the dmesg printed to screen on a terminal as booting ends with these errors:

SIOCADDRT: Network is unreachable
Mounting root filesystem 192.168.1.255:/ at /sysroot
If this appears to hang, check that the server of 192.168.1.255:/ is able to 
reverse map my IP address 192.168.1.12 to obtain my hostname 
client_192_168_1_12
mount: nfsmount filed: Bad file number
nfs: mount program didn't pass remote address!
mount: mounting 192.168.1.255:/  on sysroot failed: Invalid argument
sucessfully obtained IP address via wired link [eth0]
FATAL ERROR: failed to mount root filesystem
~reboot~

so it sounds like the terminal is not getting told whear to acess its 
/sysroot on the server, the ip address of the server, and is not being given 
permission to mount it.

So where do I go to begin to make this work?

Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Brent Hasty]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 05:40, Stew Benedict wrote:
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > 2 issues
>
> 1 issue - your mailer borks the "Reply To:" :)
>
> > fist all my terminals are using the eepro100 ic with pxe.  how do I set
> > the server up to boot the terminals using these nics with pxe?
>
> Sorry.  Several people have asked about PXE.  I know Erwan did some PXE
> work for the clustering project, and I read the docs, but I don't have PXE
> capable hardware to implement/test.  Patches welcome :)
>
> > second is when booting the terminals (using a boot flopy) it fails at
> > mounting the root filesystem.  I have 5 partitions /, /usr, /var, /home,
> > /tmp
> >
> > my exports lists the
> >
> > /   (ro,all_squash)
> > /home   192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)
> >
> > do i need to modify my exports to reflect all system partitions?
> > am i overlooking a step to give the terminals permission to mount the
> > shared resources?
>
> That should be OK as you list.  I'm assuming the subnet is correct for you
> network.  Any messages at the client or server end? Is clusternfs running
> on the server?  You shouldn't have to mount all the partitions
> specifically, it's only done for /home for rw access.
>
> Stew Benedict

well hopefully I will soon be retiring this old hp kyak terminal server based 
on 8.2 and ltsp.  I will then be running under mdk9.0 and kde3 with all its 
new goodies.  what do you mean by borks and how do I fix it?

is it possiable to get the eepro100 to net boot off of the terminal server, 
as though using a boot rom rather than pxe?

I will see about the possiability of patches, but it would be a learning 
project for me to do.

how do i check the status of cluseter-nfs?

Re: [Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Stew Benedict]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Brent Hasty wrote:

> 2 issues 
> 

1 issue - your mailer borks the "Reply To:" :)

> fist all my terminals are using the eepro100 ic with pxe.  how do I set the 
> server up to boot the terminals using these nics with pxe?
> 

Sorry.  Several people have asked about PXE.  I know Erwan did some PXE
work for the clustering project, and I read the docs, but I don't have PXE
capable hardware to implement/test.  Patches welcome :)

> second is when booting the terminals (using a boot flopy) it fails at 
> mounting the root filesystem.  I have 5 partitions /, /usr, /var, /home, /tmp
> 
> my exports lists the 
> 
> / (ro,all_squash)
> /home 192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)
> 
> do i need to modify my exports to reflect all system partitions?
> am i overlooking a step to give the terminals permission to mount the shared 
> resources?
> 

That should be OK as you list.  I'm assuming the subnet is correct for you
network.  Any messages at the client or server end? Is clusternfs running
on the server?  You shouldn't have to mount all the partitions
specifically, it's only done for /home for rw access.

Stew Benedict

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Repost: [Cooker] 8.2 -> 9.0 KMail-ab acts wierd [addendum]

[Tim Stoop]

The first one didn't arrive?

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Subject: Re: [Cooker] 8.2 -> 9.0 KMail-ab acts wierd [addendum]
Date: Sat, 5 Oct 2002 14:38:31 +0200
From: Tim Stoop <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Op Saturday 05 October 2002 14:12, schreef Tim Stoop:


For info: It's about an upgraded system, from ml8.2 to ml9.0.

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[Cooker] samba problems

[Robert Rossana]

I have been seeing samba problems in 9.0 but none seem to match my experience.  
I am unable to access one of the two shares from a VMware virtual machine 
(the fact that I see this in VMware is unimportant - the same thing happens 
when I access the shares from another machine).  I start samba at startup and 
service smb status shows the smb and nmb daemons running, reporting their 
process ids.  I do not use the samba that comes with VMware.  This happens 
when I run Shorewall, with the right ports open, or when Shorewall is stopped 
before I see the problems.

I can access the work share but not the rjr share.  When I try to access rjr 
windows explorer hangs and I need to kill it.  When I shut down the machine 
(not VMware but my athlong box) I get the following error.

Shutting Down SMB Services: /etc/rc6.d/K09smb: line 253 kill (###): no such 
process.  

It then has trouble unmounting partitions telling me that devices are busy.  
The relevant parts of smb.conf are given below.  Strangley, sound is turned 
off in KDE after this happens.  Help appreciated.

Bob

# Global parameters
[global]
workgroup = ROSSANA
server string = Samba Server Version %v
interfaces = eth0 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0
printcap name = /etc/printcap
load printers = yes
encrypt passwords = Yes
printing = cups
client code page = 850
os level = 33
preferred master = yes
character set = ISO8859-1
log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m
max log size = 50
socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192
dns proxy = No
hosts allow = 192.168. localhost

[homes]
comment = Home Directories
read only = No
browseable = No

[WORK]
path = /home/rjr/projects
read only = No

[RJR]
path = /home/rjr
read only = No

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Re: [Cooker] Matrox G450 Xinerama seems very broken in current XFree

[Luis Alves]

I corfim that this problem still exists on v9 on Mandrake.
Anyone has a work arround for this problem.

Brad Felmey wrote:

>In the current X, if Xinerama is enabled, GNOME apps hang (gnomecc,
>evolution, etc), and kde3 hangs kicker & konqueror (possibly more).
>Disabling Xinerama makes everything happy and work just fine. This was
>tested with the shipping mga drivers and also the Matrox proprietary
>drivers & hal. No difference at all was noted.
>
>I'll be glad to provide whatever troubleshooting legwork is requested.
>
>Can anyone else with a G450 confirm this?
>  
>

Re: [Cooker] 8.2 -> 9.0 KMail-ab acts wierd [addendum]

[Tim Stoop]

Op Saturday 05 October 2002 14:12, schreef Tim Stoop:


For info: It's about an upgraded system, from ml8.2 to ml9.0.

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Re: [Cooker] 9.0: firewall too strict

[o beckles]

How?

I don't run Mandrake as a server and so all of the services are 
unchecked.  However, that setting also kills client apps so I have to 
research the applications and their ports and key them in at the bottom, 
which does not always work.

One example is rdesktop which is documented to only use one port but 
adding that port/tcp and port/udp does not help any.

To me that equates to a default setting of high when compared to other 
firewalls programs.

Ben Reser wrote:

>On Fri, Oct 04, 2002 at 09:10:27PM -0400, o beckles wrote:
>  
>
>>Are there any plans to allow different levels of protection in the 
>>firewall?  Right now the iptables rules are too strict to function 
>>properly on a windows network without manually adjusting the rules.
>>
>>
>
>Huh?  You can adjust them however you want?
>
>  
>

Re: [Cooker] MakeCD problems

[Warly]

Oden Eriksson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> On torsdagen den 3 oktober 2002 19.47 Warly wrote:
>
> [megasnip]
>
> at what exact point has mkcd actually worked?

Well, at least it created all the mandrake distro since 7.1

> and if so..., what is the exact requirements to make it work?

There must be some kind of mystery here...

-- 
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Re: [Cooker] VIA EPIA 800 C3 processor

[rowland]

On Saturday 05 October 2002 10:57 am, you wrote:
dont bother, it does the same for me, tried fresh install, upgrade over 8.2 
and just packages upgrade, but I get the same answer as bernard everytime , 
now trying upgrading kde etc seperatlly to see where the problem lies
rowland penny
> On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Bernard Varaine wrote:
>
>
> Please try final, IIRC there were a number of issues that were resolved
> relating to non-intel and non-AMD CPUS between RC2 and final.
>
> > just bought a VIA EPIA 800 to build a small Linux box but I am getting
> > errors when trying to install 9.0 RC2.
> >
> > Install seems to run smoothly, (just one error one copying to Xfree
> > files) goes to setting up network and recognise the onboard NIC, setup
> > users but then when displaying the services to choose the one you want
> > to activate on boot there is none..
> > If you say OK the install them come with an error on mkinitrd..
> >
> > Anyone out there have tried an install on same motherboard/processor..
> >
> > regards
> >
> > Bernard

[Cooker] 8.2 -> 9.0 KMail-ab acts wierd

[Tim Stoop]

Hi people,

9.0 is great, but it has some glitches that aren't really comfortable. I hope 
we can fix those.

KMail Addressbook is acting wierd. For starters, after the update, instead of 
the field "Full name", "Email-address" and "Telephone", it uses the fields 
"Save as", "Email-address", "Telephone". This looks really wierd, but is 
easily fixed by the user by selecting the correct fields to be displayed.

But the next is a bit more daunting. All the visible fields are minimised in 
their length. They only show a few charcters each. Except for the last, which 
is streched for miles (it seems). Rearranging doesn't work, yes, you can 
change their size and location, but the positions aren't saved. Also, when 
you move the last colom to the front, all other coloms are strechted as long 
as the last colom was! You can correct it, but at next start-up, it's all 
back to "default".

Is this an error in kab, or did something go wrong while packaging it?

If you need any more info, just ask, I'm very willing to help.

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Random quote/fortune:
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[Cooker] USB Sony camera pbl in mdk9

[Pbt]

With a Sony camera, when i plug it (USB) : a directory is created
(/mnt/memory_card) but it doesn't mount the device into !

So i have to mount it handly ( mount -t vfat /dev/sdb1 /mnt/memory_card
).

Is it a bug in /etc/dynamic/scripts/camera.script or something else?

I had to modify /etc/dynamic/scripts/visor.script to make work my sony
Clié too with :


- BEGIN HERE -
# License : GPL
# Purpose : script run when a new visor or palm is plugged.
#---

. /etc/dynamic/scripts/functions.script
check_activated $0

#OLD SCRIPT :
#if [ $1 = add ]; then
#ln -sf $2 /dev/pilot
#else
#rm -f /dev/pilot
#fi

if  [ $1 = add ]; then
ln -sf $2 /dev/pilot && chmod 666 $2
else
rm -f /dev/pilot
fi

call_hooks $1 visor $2 ""
- END HERE -

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Re: [Cooker] Root and /

[Peter Ruskin]

On Friday 04 Oct 2002 02:43, Dave Seff wrote:
> Why must /root be on the same file system as / ?
>
> I keep mine separate as not to wipe out ssh keys and other things. I
> can change it after the initial install  and all is fine, but the
> installer complains.
>
>
> Just wondering.
> -Dave

I asked this and Pixel responded by requesting a good reason for 
allowing /root to have its own partition.  My reason is that it is 
root's home and I don't want it wiped when I reinstall.  I've always 
worked like that.  Who decided that it's taboo?

/root on my 9.0 machine is now on its own partition, just as in my other 
unices.  I have yet to see a good reason given for disallowing this on 
install - to me it's draconian interference.

Peter
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Re: [Cooker] Can't connect with sshd? (fixed?)

[Tim Stoop]

Op Saturday 05 October 2002 02:49, schreef Ben Reser:
> What version did you upgrade from?

8.2, normal install, nothing fancy (or Opera 6.03 should be considered fancy, 
about the only non-Mandrake-rpm I installed on that machine).

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Re: [Cooker] Unable to boot after sucessfull install

[Buchan Milne]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Maxim Heijndijk wrote:

> * Stardate: 2002-10-04 21:48
> * Incoming subspace signal from "Maxim Heijndijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" :
>
> > I have discovered that the error messages start after the installation of the 
>packages. Something with a USB-storage kernel module. I don't have a 
>USB-storage-device. After that there are lots of "no such file or directory" errors.
>
> So, I tried another boot-image. cdrom.img-2.2.14-BADZ2 worked, but did
> not detect my USB mouse. Finally cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ5 worked, the
> install went OK, no probeall usb-storage stuff in the logs, this must be
> the problem.
>
> BUT... when I try to boot the from the newly installed
> partition, the kernel hangs at "Freeing unused kernel memory". Sigh...
> when is this gonna end ?
>

When you give decent informatio on exactly what you are doing.

This seems to be non-Intel and non-AMD CPU (Cyrix or VIA). What release
are you using? If yo are not using 9.0 final, please do us all a favour,
and try that first, since there were Cyrix/VIA fixes very late (post-RC2
IIRC).

Buchan

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Re: [Cooker] Where is the dictionary file of open office?

[Buchan Milne]

On Sat, 5 Oct 2002, Vox wrote:

> Carfield Yim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Hi all, I have installed the mandrake version rpm package of OpenOffice.
> > However, the package don't contain any dictionary files. Where can I
> > find the dictionary file and install?
>
>   urpmi OpenOffice.org-l10n-
>
>   Vox

Actullay, try:

# urpmi myspell

and then select your language. OpenOffice.org requires a myspell, so you
probably have one installed already, you might want to use Software
Manager to search for myspell, and choose additional dictionaries.

But, please remember that this is not a support list, and your post was
not a bug report, but seems very much like a support question. There are
more appropriate lists for that.

Regards,
Buchan

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[Cooker] KBabel crashing all over

[Michal Bukovjan]

Hi,

KBabel started crashing all over on my MDK 9.0, seemingly randomly. 
Worked OK on MDK 8.2.
Here is a stacktrace I get:

...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
(no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)...
0x41125739 in wait4 () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
#0  0x41125739 in wait4 () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
#1  0x411a2340 in sys_sigabbrev () from /lib/i686/libc.so.6
#2  0x40f87a73 in waitpid () from /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0
#3  0x406c6f55 in KCrash::defaultCrashHandler(int) ()
from /usr/lib/libkdecore.so.4

Looks like some threading problem to me.

Michal

[Cooker] setting up terminal server

[Brent Hasty]

2 issues 

fist all my terminals are using the eepro100 ic with pxe.  how do I set the 
server up to boot the terminals using these nics with pxe?

second is when booting the terminals (using a boot flopy) it fails at 
mounting the root filesystem.  I have 5 partitions /, /usr, /var, /home, /tmp

my exports lists the 

/   (ro,all_squash)
/home   192.168.1.0/255.255.255.0(rw, root_squash)

do i need to modify my exports to reflect all system partitions?
am i overlooking a step to give the terminals permission to mount the shared 
resources?

Re: [Cooker] mdk 9.0 will not run in smp mode.

[Brent Hasty]

On Friday 04 October 2002 14:55, Lonnie Borntreger wrote:
good tip, seems to be working great now, thanks ;-)

> I had to add "noapic" to the boot line to get my dual athlon to work.  I
> also have "mem=nopentium", but I think that is video related, not smp.
>
> TTFN,
> Lonnie Borntreger
>
> On Fri, 2002-10-04 at 15:09, Brent Hasty wrote:
> > I have a msi k7d-master mobo and dual athlon 1ghz mp processors, I have
> > installed the full release (pending the arrival of my preordered dvd
> > powerpack) things went smoothly, untill it booted for the first time. 
> > while initilazing the kernel around the acpi functions the bootstrapping
> > process loops and the computer resets. I have tried stripping it down to
> > the base of components, just mobo, ram and vid card.  still no smp boot. 
> > I have tried playing with the acpi settings in the bios still no smp
> > boot.  It will boot in single processor mode, how and where can I chek
> > the log to see exactly what it going on when trying to boot in smp mode
> > and the computer resets. how do I get dual processor mode working?

Re: [Cooker] Unable to boot after sucessfull install

[Maxim Heijndijk]

* Stardate: 2002-10-04 21:48
* Incoming subspace signal from "Maxim Heijndijk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" :

> I have discovered that the error messages start after the installation of the 
>packages. Something with a USB-storage kernel module. I don't have a 
>USB-storage-device. After that there are lots of "no such file or directory" errors.

So, I tried another boot-image. cdrom.img-2.2.14-BADZ2 worked, but did
not detect my USB mouse. Finally cdrom.img-2.2.19-BADZ5 worked, the
install went OK, no probeall usb-storage stuff in the logs, this must be
the problem.

BUT... when I try to boot the from the newly installed
partition, the kernel hangs at "Freeing unused kernel memory". Sigh...
when is this gonna end ?

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System is up 7 min

[Fwd: Re: [Cooker] GNOME2 bugs/remarks - SOLUTION found!]

[Michal Bukovjan]

I am resending to mailing list cooker so that others can try to
reproduce this bug. Perhaps we will be able to isolate when exactly this
bug happen.

Note the bug numbers at the end of message. Those who can reproduce,
feel free to add your comments to those bug numbers at bugzilla.gnome.org.

Thanks!

Michal

 Pu*vodní zpráva 
Pr(edme(t: Re: [Cooker] GNOME2 bugs/remarks - SOLUTION found!
Datum: Thu, 03 Oct 2002 18:33:48 +0200
From: Michal Bukovjan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Komu: Frédéric Crozat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


Frederic Crozat wrote:
  > On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 14:53:06 +0200, Michal Bukovjan wrote:
  >
  >
  >>Frederic Crozat wrote:
  >>
  >>>On Thu, 03 Oct 2002 09:07:22 +0200, Michal Bukovjan wrote:
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>
  So I finally found out what is causing the problems I describe.
  
  The guilty is:
  
  GKB Keyboard Switcher!
  
  - 100% reproducible, even for new user
  - just add it to a panel, define two keyboard layouts, define your
  switching shortcut (I did both Shifts)
  - log out and save your session, log back in
  
  Voila, your click to focus inside window is gone!
  
  Can you reproduce this, Frederic?
  >>>
  >>>
  >>>I think you're going to kill me but even with GKB Keyboard switcher, I
  >>>have a correct behaviour in metacity...
  >>
  >>I won't give up. I dived into the problem yet again and found the real
  >>cause:
  >>
  >>gkb is here really to blame. My problems occur under the following
  >>conditions:
  >>
  >>1. gkb is on panel
  >>2. the first keyboard layout set in gkb is invoked via gkb_xmmap [code]
  >>command.
  >>3. the error occurs after all subsequent session login - metacity will
  >>not focus.
  >>4. The problem is eliminated by subsequent use of another layout via
  >>setxkbmap [code] command.
  >>
  >>Here is 100% reproducible case for you French.
  >>
  >>1. Have Keyboard swithcer applet on panel.
  >>2. Choose exactly one layout, and that would be French/French keymap
  >>3. Logout and login, you have blocked focus. BUG!
  >>...
  >>4. Add a new layout, French/French xkb keymap. Delete the old one.
  >>5. Logout and login. All ok.
  >>...
  >>6. Just for fun, delete the French xkb layout and add back French/French
  >>keymap (the one invoked via gkb_xmmap. Add another layout, say US, which
  >>is invoked via setxkbmap. The US layout should be second in order.
  >>7. Logout and login. BUG! But after switching layout to US, all is ok
  >>again, even after switching back to the first French one.
  >>
  >>If you can't reproduce THIS, I am going to Paris to kill you :-) It is
  >>just several hours away from Czech republic!
  >
  >
  > I think you can book your airplane ticket..
  >
  > I'm not seing this bug when doing your testcase.. I'm wondering if it is
  > not caused by Czech locales or keyboard layout in XFree ?

Ok, Frederic, last try, and I will not bug you anymore (this bug is not
worth the air ticker to Paris, you know :-)

I am responding off list as I send two attachments.

This is complete home directory of user tester, as created by MDK9.0
(plus setups I made). Just untar it, create such user on your system and
replace the home dir, maybe play with permissions.

Then log in as this user, into GNOME session, en_US language.

There is a working and nonworking setup.

Test by clicking on the gnome-terminal button on the top panel, invoke
two gnome-terminals and try switching (raising and focusing window) by
clicking into the terminal window.

I tested by logging into both setups several times, and not working
really does not work, and working really does work :-)

[..snip..]
  >>- for some layouts, Left+Right Shift keyboard switching accelerator will
  >>not work.
  >
  > Bugzilla again :)
I filed these bugs as bugs #94775, #94776, #94777, #94779.

Have fun,

Michal






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