[Cooker] konqueror netscape plugin problems under 9.0 :/
Hi all - I've done an upgrade from 8.2 to 9.0, and most of it has gone resonably well :) Sadly, the netscape plugins in konqueror aren't working :( (I've got kdebase-nsplugins installed, and the flash / real player packages from the commercial plugins source for the club members) Konqueror is detecting the plugins from the right place, and it would appear to even try and load them, but all I get is a load of disk thrashing, my machine hanging for 5-10 seconds, and konqueror returning to tell me it couldn't load the plugin (sorry I can't be more descriptive) I don't know if it makes any difference (it shouldn't) but I'm running the smp kernel. . .
RE: [Cooker] LM9.0 Download Edition (Contrib ISO?)
Maybe it's something else that can be provided as a urpmi source to the club members?. . . -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:cooker-owner@linux- mandrake.com] On Behalf Of Eric Fernandez Sent: 26 September 2002 09:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] LM9.0 Download Edition (Contrib ISO?) Actually the contrib CD has never been downloadable as an iso, but as separate packages in a contrib sub-directory in the distribution directory (there was one in the 8.2 directory) The question is if it will be available in the 9.0 directory ? Eric Olivier Thauvin wrote: This is a good question, but, did you notice there are contrib on ftp too ! What happend with contrib ? Why there are no contrib for 9.0 ? How can we'll install contrib for 9.0 in few month, when all will change ? Le Jeudi 26 Septembre 2002 07:09, Frederic Soulier a écrit : Hi I'm downloading the 3 ISOs (inst, ext i18n) right now. One question though, on the following page: http://www.mandrakesoft.com/products/90/comparison it says the download edition has 4 CDs The missing ISO on the mirrors is the Supplementatry Applications (contrib) one. Is it gonna be made available later? /Fred
Re: [Cooker] Present dropped in Mandrake's lap - embedding mcc in kcontrol
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 22:15, Brad Felmey wrote: On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 15:35, Buchan Milne wrote: I know a lot of people have requested something like this, so when I saw it, I had to report it here. It is an app that allows legacy config programs to be embedded in kcontrol. While I use Gnome myself at the moment, I know lots of users would like to see something like this. Can someone do the deed and put it into cooker? http://apps.kde.com/nf/2/info/vid/6427 http://jonsim.kdedevelopers.net/downloads/legacyconfig/ This seems to work, with some rough edges. For instance, the printerdrake and X dialogs come up outside the panel, but others work inside. Also, on diskdrake, using Aqua theme and Liquid, the bars lose their colors. I like. This will be a worthy addition. my voice caries somewhere between little and no weight here, but I'd second (or is that third?) this request - it just _works_ (X dialogs appearing inside and outside is seems to be mroe to do with draktools mcc than anything else - something that could usefully be looked at before 9.0 ;)
[Cooker] Psi Jabber Client
Hi there - I thought I'd ask for a copy of Psi http://psi.affinix.com could be included into cooker (to be hopefully included into 8.3/9.0 in the future) It's qt 3 based (so it looks great under kde 3 unlike all the other gtk clients currently included) fast, stable, small and well maintained ...and more importantly, it's default icon set is Mandrake friendly . . . ;) http://psi.affinix.com/screenshots.php
Re: [Cooker] Running cooker, good or bad?
I've been running cooker myself for a good number of months now - I can safely say, it is dangerous if you want a stable system - I've had it break my xconfig, kdm, loose my mail, and screw up other bits and pieces (through my own dumb-ass fault and cooker been broken) That said, I still run cooker... I make regular backup's of /etc and /home, and I leave mail on a seperate mailserver as a backup. Cooker is a great way of running the very latest bleeding edge software but more importantly, it's a _great_ way of learning about linux. If you spot any bugs in it, by all means report them to the list (but try and be polite about it after it's wrecked something ;¬) btw: More often than not, someone else will have spotted the problem before you, so it's often worth checking back through the archives... that's my excuse for not being able to contribute much anyway ;) On Thursday 04 Apr 2002 7:15 pm, Michael Andreen wrote: I posted this as reply to another thread, but looks like the discussion in that thread is over and noone is planning an answer, so here it is now, but not as a reply. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday 03 April 2002 10.29, Laurent Montel wrote: Perhaps you don't know but cooker is DIFFERENT from 8.2 ! When this is up.. It's been said that it's dangerous to run cooker, but how dangerous is it really? I've been idling on this mailinglist for a few months now and I can't see that it's more dangerous than always compiling and running the latest release of everything (which I tend to be doing after a while, or stealing a cooker package once in a while and get it into the stable dist), actually it seems less dangerous since you mdk guys are more experianced and follows the development of your packages better than me (I guess). So what's recommended? Running a stable release and compiling the latest software/ using a few cooker packages in the stable release or running a pure cooker system? Michael Andreen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] Slightly OT, but I don't know where else to turn...
I know this isn't the right place for this sort of question, but I've trawled mandrake.com linux-mandrake.com mandrakeexpert.com mandrakebizcases.com and havn't really found anywhere else :/ I'm hoping someone in here at least knows the address of someone that can help ;) First a little backgroung... An Open Source day is being organised in the UK in the south west by the Devon Cornwall Linux user Group (dclug), and the University of Exeter Student Linux user Group(slug) (27/04/2002 - University of Exeter - mail me for more details ;) Various talks and demonstrations are being held by various different groups of people (some just talking about open source in general, people preaching about in business, a couple about certain technologies (I think we're even having someone talk about perl )) Someone's asking about someone from suse coming down, and in the past they seem to have reacted well to the slug by supplying over a hundred slightly outdated 7.1 professional boxes) A local guy working for Redhat came when we founded the slug as well, so I'm guessing he'll be there as well since it looks like it's going to be a very sucessful day :) I'm hoping to give at least give a demo about Mandrake linux but I was wondering if there's anything else that can be usefully done to help promote it? We've got a few dowload edition 8.1 cd's kicking around (the free single cd version) and we may try and burn a few copies of the first cd of 8.2 for people to try out. Other than that, is there anything/anyone else available to help promote Mandrake? (I'm not after freebies, even though they're always nice :¬) Are there any .ps or .pdf files that could be printed out as posters? Or is there anyone from Mandrake that's based in devon or cornwall that would be able to come to the event? ;¬) Dave :)
Re: [Cooker] MDK 8.2 and StarOffice 6
i got this mail recently *** PRIVACY STATEMENT This message has been sent to you on behalf of Sun Microsystems, Inc. using MarketModel's e-mail service. This message is being sent to those of you who downloaded StarOffice beta software that is set to expire. Sun Microsystems values your online time and privacy. To stop receiving such messages, particularly those sent in these exceptional circumstances, please click here to be removed from the mailing list. If you have any questions regarding our privacy policy, please visit http://www.sun.com/privacy/ or contact [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you have any questions regarding this e-mail, please send an e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear StarOffice 6.0 Beta Software User, As beta products are designed to run for a limited period of time, the StarOffice 6.0 beta product is set to expire on Sunday, March 31, 2002. Sun is providing a free patch to extend the life of the beta software until June 3. Please visit http://www.sun.com/staroffice/so6beta_patch.html to download the StarOffice 6.0 Beta software patch. The beta patch will help you avoid interruptions to any of the StarOffice 6..0 Beta applications you may be using. The patch will keep your software running and ease the transition from the beta product to the final retail product, planned for release in May. Again, the patch download can be found at http://www..sun.com/staroffice/so6beta_patch.html. Thank you. The StarOffice Team Copyright 2002 Sun Microsystems, Inc. All rights reserved. Sun, Sun Microsystems, and StarOffice, are trademarks or registered trademarks of Sun Microsystems, Inc. in the United States and other countries. Powered by MarketModels it says in it May, which will be quite a wait for the pro power pack editions... On Wednesday 20 March 2002 3:25 pm, you wrote: On Wednesday 20 March 2002 13:28, you wrote: So is MDK paying the license fee then? No comment On Tue, 2002-03-19 at 23:38, Gwenole Beauchesne wrote: Hi, only a short question. Will Mandrake really put a full version of StarOffice 6.0 in there PowerPack or ProPack or would it be a BETA Version??? Final version, of course. Sun will announce StarOffice 6.0 soonish this week. Bye, Gwenole. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [Fwd: Re: [Cooker] Frustration]
I'd have thought it was fairly obvious why the releases have to be rushed out - as soon as it's announced that a product it going into beta phase, who in their right mind would buy the old, out dated release??! fairly few I'd imagine... There isn't an OS out there that can afford to hang around squashing all the bugs (well, apart from slackware, and do we really want to move to their 2 yr dev cycle and let mdk go bankrupt in the mean time? ;) Financially for mandrake, it would be a disaster to leave it much longer... 8.2 is already one of the most stable mdk distro's ever (a hard feat for a distro that prides itself on being bleeding edge) - and in the coming weeks, it's only going to get better as the last few bugs are fixed. With rpmdrake now doing updates through proxies, it's also relatively idiot proof to keep a machine upto date now I'm guessing in maybe a month or two, a freq will be released, and that'll be the 8.x line closed off with a super stable distro - you could ask why didn't they wait, but if we're really honest about it, i doubt that many people are going to notice the last few bugs (as shown by how silent the cook list has been for the last few days...) On Tuesday 19 March 2002 1:25 am, you wrote: (Posted from my corporate Windows machine because mail from my Mandrake / Evolution personal account is silently rejected by the cooker list... Why? ARRRGH.) ~snip~ ws how many other things before it will be usable. Sigh. What was the rush for 8.2 release??? I still haven't seen a good explanation of that. Disappointed... Torrey Hoffman [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] So when can we pre-order?
heh - cool :) I know now to get it from the mdk store as well :) I had been getting my copy from pc world here in the uk, but if you guy get more money if I go direct, I suppose I can cope with a few days delivery :¬) On Tuesday 12 March 2002 3:48 pm, you wrote: On Tue, 12 Mar 2002 15:39:34 +0100, David Barker wrote: Does anyone know if is there any chance we can pre-order 8.2 packs? I know you'll all be wanting to shift the old 8.1's from warehouses and as such they won't be advertised for a while, but I'd love to put my name down for the 8.2 boxes... :) It is planned and should be available soon on mandrakestore.com (sorry, I don't have date yet..) So, you just need to check mandrakestore.com everyday :))
[Cooker] So when can we pre-order?
Does anyone know if is there any chance we can pre-order 8.2 packs? I know you'll all be wanting to shift the old 8.1's from warehouses and as such they won't be advertised for a while, but I'd love to put my name down for the 8.2 boxes... :) Dave :)
[Cooker] urpmi through proxies?
Can I use urpmi through http proxies yet? I've tried setting it up in rpmdrake, but with no success :¬(
Re: [Cooker] urpmi through proxies?
Turn's out Teemu Torma was right - it was just a case of rtfm... I'm using curl with a few exported variables. Urpmi now works fine as does rpmdrake :) I don't suppose there's any chance of rpmdrake being updated b4 release to either remove the option to set proxies (since it doesn't work as it is) or to have it updated to actually work. It's just a little confusing as it is... On Friday 08 March 2002 1:56 pm, you wrote: Getting urpmi to work through an http proxy is rather easy, once you know how to do it :) This only works using wget, not curl. either edit the /etc/wgetrc file or create a $HOME/.wgetrc file and put the following lines in it: http_proxy = proxyaddress:port use_proxy = on proxy_user = userid proxy_passwd = passwd This will allow wget to do http transfers through an authenticating http proxy server. It does not work with rpmdrake or grpmi for some reason, but does work fine with urpmi Scott On Fri, 2002-03-08 at 07:45, David Barker wrote: Can I use urpmi through http proxies yet? I've tried setting it up in rpmdrake, but with no success :¬(
Re: [Cooker] urpmi through proxies?
On Friday 08 March 2002 4:02 pm, you wrote: ÷ ðÔÎ, 08.03.2002, × 17:23, David Barker ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ: Turn's out Teemu Torma was right - it was just a case of rtfm... I'm using curl with a few exported variables. Urpmi now works fine as does rpmdrake :) I don't suppose there's any chance of rpmdrake being updated b4 release to either remove the option to set proxies (since it doesn't work as it is) or to have it updated to actually work. It's just a little confusing as it is... rpmdrake edits ~/.wgetrc so it sets proxies for wget so it does work. it does? I'm running beta 4 atm, clean install and yet /root/.wgetrc is empty (it exists, just 0 bytes) What it does not do is to set proxy user/pass (see recent thread). the proxy here doesn't need one... the lan is set up so that any traffic heading out through the gateway to a port 80 gets redirected to a page saying to use the proxies for web access... I don't know if that would make a difference (I don't think it does), but I thought I'd include that for completness sake Also, the latest version of rpmdrake forces urpmi to use wget even if curl is available. ?... I'm _certain_ mine was using curl... Or do you mean a version after b4? Either way, I don't think it matters too much as long as it's working as will be fine in the final :-) To force wget on command line either uninstall curl or use urpmi --wget ... I am still not sure how is it going with mirror list in rpmdrake because it is (has been) using libcurl and not command so it must still have problems with proxies that need authentication. It should work with proxies without authentication because it does set proxy when calling libcurl. -andrej
Re: [Cooker] urpmi through proxies?
On Friday 08 March 2002 8:48 pm, you wrote: ÷ ðÔÎ, 08.03.2002, × 23:32, David Barker ÎÁÐÉÓÁÌ: rpmdrake edits ~/.wgetrc so it sets proxies for wget so it does work. it does? I'm running beta 4 atm, clean install and yet /root/.wgetrc is empty (it exists, just 0 bytes) Have you ever defined proxy in rpmdrake? yup - many times defined undefined and redefined again... Since it's using curl it's not too suprising... I'll try the newer version soon and drop a note to say how it went Also, the latest version of rpmdrake forces urpmi to use wget even if curl is available. ?... I'm _certain_ mine was using curl... Or do you mean a version after b4? I mean the latest version. ahhh!... Like I said, I'll try it out asap :) cheers for the help :)
Re: [Cooker] amd xp tyan mb panic
I've had problems as well with my tiger board - (mine come during the install tho...) I get around the install problems by passing the kernel ide=nodma - it's possible your box doesn't like one of your hd/cdrom drives... If you can mail more details I might be able to help some more... On Thursday 07 March 2002 4:25 am, you wrote: Is there any know problems with amd xp cpus or tyan tiger mp motherboards? I can get thru the install ok but on reboot 8 out 10 times I get a kernel panic right after the ide detection. Ray
Re: [Cooker] nvidia woes the philips webcam (was: beta 4 install notes)
well, it turns out the card wasn't pushed in all the way - why it would work with the nv driver and not nvidia's is beyond me though...
Re: [Cooker] amd xp tyan mb panic
On Thursday 07 March 2002 1:50 pm, you wrote:
I just got this box it has 2 cdroms.
one cdr and one dvd drive
mine's a combo drive, (hence relatively recent and you'd have thought it
wouldn't have problems (it worked fine with my older intel smp board...)
It locks up or kernel panics right after harddrive detection during
boot.
as best I can tell, for whatever reason, the kernel's drivers seem to corrupt
stuff from ide from some unknown reason... On mine, since it's got problems
with the cd drive, when I start the install process, when it loads the
ramdisc from cd, the ramdisc image must be corrupted, so it can't mount it
hence bombs out :/
I also get lock ups during operation if it does boot.
in my /var/log/syslog I get things like:
Mar 7 01:06:09 sn693 rawdevices: failed
Mar 7 01:06:18 sn693 kernel: hdb: dma_intr: status=0x71 { DriveReady
DeviceFault SeekComplete Error }
Mar 7 01:06:18 sn693 kernel: hdb: dma_intr: error=0x10 { SectorIdNotFound },
LBAsect=79215, sector=79152
Mar 7 01:06:18 sn693 kernel: hda: DMA disabled
Mar 7 01:06:18 sn693 kernel: hdb: DMA disabled
Mar 7 01:06:18 sn693 kernel: ide0: reset: success
kinda worrying, especially for a board that's supposedly tested by mandrake
itself.. I'm guessing your box/hd's has problems messing with the dma
hence the lockups...
How can I get ide-nodma set as default during boot and then get it
turned back on for the harddrive?
in /etc/lilo find a section similar to this:
image=/boot/vmlinuz-smp
label=linux-smp
root=/dev/hdb1
initrd=/boot/initrd-smp.img
append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi mem=nopentium
vga=791
read-only
change the append line to something like this
append=devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi mem=nopentium ide=nodma
mem=nopentium is useful on dual amd boards if you plan to use opengl agp
cards otherwise don't worry about it - the hdc= bit is so I can use the cdr -
you'll have something similar for yours
make sure you've installed hdparm drivetweak-kde - drivetweak-kde will then
let you play with the ide settings to your heart's content :)
Is there another option of amd smp motherboards that you have found?
asus has just come out with one relativly recently - I don't know what's it's
like, or how stable, but it'll be based on the same chipset and may suffer
from the same problems as the tyan. The tiger is a relatively stable board,
and because it's been around for longer, it's usually easier to find out info
about some of it's problems/issues ;)
I've also read in a couple of places that the redhat 7.2 kernel seems to
handle better with dual amd tyan boards (thunder/tiger) - if you're out to
use the board as a server, it might be worth considering until mdk becomes a
little more stable :) (sorry guys - I'm a big fan of mandrake as is everyone
else here, but it's def got some issues with some people's tyan boards...)
Ofcourse, it could be nothing to do with the ide/dma and all of this could be
wrong, it's just a got feeling... :)
Thanks Ray
I've had problems as well with my tiger board - (mine come during the
install
tho...) I get around the install problems by passing the kernel
ide=nodma -
it's possible your box doesn't like one of your hd/cdrom drives... If
you can
mail more details I might be able to help some more...
On Thursday 07 March 2002 4:25 am, you wrote:
Is there any know problems with amd xp cpus or tyan tiger mp
motherboards?
I can get thru the install ok but on reboot 8 out 10 times I get a
kernel panic right after the ide detection.
Ray
Re: [Cooker] nvidia woes the philips webcam (was: beta 4 install notes)
On Wednesday 06 March 2002 7:26 pm, you wrote: On Wednesday 06 March 2002 13:20, you wrote: anyone read this? ofcourse, but a lot of things get reported double (hint:) heh - and you're the second person to reply to this :) I rarely post to the cooker list since most people have usually covered the problem... I just thought since I was prob one of the early ones to get hold of the beta 4 iso's i might try posting to lend a hand. And since there is a lot of traffic, some posts get ignored. and even more so when you post after everyone else has gone home/to bed ;-) I don't really mind tbh, it would just be nice to have someone occasion say thanks or fixed :) (but I realise at the moment people are a little busy for things like that ;) I know some people on the list have been having problems with the philips webcam drivers as well, hence I was interested with a follow up :) Maybe it helps if you post 1 subject per email. I did think that after I posted, and it's a fair point - the subject line could have probably been more constructive as well ;) I post just as much as to get tips from other cooker users though (for instance, someone else was good enough to reply after an earlier problem I've had with dma on my tyan mboard) - yes, the forums may be a more appropriate place for such discussion, but since it's problems that occured when upgrading with cooker, the cooker list seemed better I will comment on a few things. drakconf looks like it's shaping up well, but clicking on add/remove software for rpmdrake spits out an error and drakconf dies known, more people reported it. I noticed ta - someone mailed me back with the quick fix to get it going again I'm also having problems installing the nvidia drivers... I know it's nothing to do the mandrake, but I doubt I'm the only one with an nvidia card ;) Other people (me) have it working fine:) heh - god damn you ;-) I've tried installing from src.rpm (with --rebuild) tar-balls - each time it says the installation went fine, but after editing XF86Config-4 and restarting X, my machine appears to hang (there's some HD activity, but X won't restart and I can't get to a console) Has anyone else had any luck? The drivers that ship are ok but they've got timing issues with my monitor whilst the nvidia drivers have always been great This is way to little to go on. Is the NVDriver module loaded succesfully before you boot X? What is your XF86Config-4? Are you using agp? What is in /proc/nv/card/0? What is in syslog and XFree.0.log? By the time you did all this you probably know what is wrong and will not have to post the problem:) I've done all that over and over... NVDriver is loaded before X starts and /proc/nv/card/0 shows my card it's details - but after X starts everything goes blank and freezes (hence the log's don't seem to get flushed to disk). Posting in the nvidia forums seem to indicate that it could be a devfs problem, but I don't buy that (since I've had them working on devfs box's b4) I'm guessing that it's permissions somewhere like /dev but that's only a guess and don't really have enough time to start digging around It's not really a fair test though since I'm trying to install them on a machine that's been through most of the beta installs - I'm going to format and try from scratch with beta 4. Sadly my machine tends to compilcate things by using smp, so I thought I'd post to see if I could get any helpful comments from other smp mdk cooker users that may have had the same problem figured out how to avoid a re-install :)
[Cooker] beta 4 install notes
Did an upgrade from b3, everything during the installation was fine (apart from having to force nodma - see an earlier posting to the list by me for details) kde seems to be ok (dcop is happy :) the smp kernel seems to have problems with my webcam (it's a philips webcam) - all is well in the uniprocessor kernel [root@sn693 root]# insmod pwc Using /lib/modules/2.4.18-2mdksmp/kernel/drivers/usb/pwc.o.gz /lib/modules/2.4.18-2mdksmp/kernel/drivers/usb/pwc.o.gz: unresolved symbol video_register_device_Rsmp_3b8261f0 /lib/modules/2.4.18-2mdksmp/kernel/drivers/usb/pwc.o.gz: unresolved symbol video_unregister_device_Rsmp_655bb6e6 [root@sn693 root]# drakconf looks like it's shaping up well, but clicking on add/remove software for rpmdrake spits out an error and drakconf dies [root@sn693 root]# drakconf modprobe: Can't locate module floppy nb page : 5 Can't use an undefined value as an ARRAY reference at /usr/X11R6/bin/drakconf.real line 555, VERS line 4. [root@sn693 root]# I'm also having problems installing the nvidia drivers... I know it's nothing to do the mandrake, but I doubt I'm the only one with an nvidia card ;) I've tried installing from src.rpm (with --rebuild) tar-balls - each time it says the installation went fine, but after editing XF86Config-4 and restarting X, my machine appears to hang (there's some HD activity, but X won't restart and I can't get to a console) Has anyone else had any luck? The drivers that ship are ok but they've got timing issues with my monitor whilst the nvidia drivers have always been great thanks to the plf, xine's working great btw :) -- Dave :) Unix is not a A-ha experience, it is more of a Holy-shit experience. - Colin McFadyen in alt.folklore.computers
[Cooker] Belated beta 3 report
On the whole, beta 3's been great (it's my desktop production machine) Other than the already talked about dcop stuff, the only other things I've noticed are a lack of philips webcam drivers (they were in 2.4.8, they're still in the latest kernel releases, just not in the mdk kernel :/) Also, I've had problems installing on a tyan tiger mp box - it turns out that dma support with the amd760mp chipset is a bit broken, and ide=nodma needs passing in to get it going with my dvd/cdrw drive - I've read a couple of people talk about this in the mdk forums with exactly the same symptoms but no-ones posted the solution - maybe it wants to go in a readme, errata or in the supported hardware page? (to quote a post to http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1346lang=en) I could never get the installer to run. It keeps seg faulting on a signal 11 (Tyan Tiger MP, dual Athlon 1.2s, Matrox G550, Mandrake 8.1 download version). The kernel boots fine I get to the graphical prompt, try any combination of options Itest install, linux, just hit return, whatever, just seg faults as it tries to start up. Same problem with Mandrake 8.0, Redhat 7.1, but Redhat 7.2 works fine and I'm runnign that. Unfortunately, I want Mandrake. Still waiting for delivery of the real 8.1 CDs and will try them. -- Dave :) Unix is not a A-ha experience, it is more of a Holy-shit experience. - Colin McFadyen in alt.folklore.computers
Re: [Cooker] Belated beta 3 report
On Sunday 03 Mar 2002 5:53 pm, Edward Tandi wrote: David Barker wrote: On the whole, beta 3's been great (it's my desktop production machine) Other than the already talked about dcop stuff, the only other things I've noticed are a lack of philips webcam drivers (they were in 2.4.8, they're still in the latest kernel releases, just not in the mdk kernel :/) Also, I've had problems installing on a tyan tiger mp box - it turns out that dma support with the amd760mp chipset is a bit broken, and ide=nodma needs passing in to get it going with my dvd/cdrw drive - I've read a couple of people talk about this in the mdk forums with exactly the same symptoms but no-ones posted the solution - maybe it wants to go in a readme, errata or in the supported hardware page? I also have a twin 1.2GHz Athlon MP machine with the Tyan Tiger motherboard. I haven't quite got around to updating my server, but it is running Mandrake 8.0 with a 2.4.17 kernel patched to patch-2.4.18-pre9 (which is close to what Mandrake 8.2 beta 3 is using). Ditto here really, I was running an Abit BP6 with mdk 8.1 and then just swapped in the Tyan. HD performance has been great , I just get coruption when pulling stuff from the cdrom drive with udma enabled - I first saw the symptoms when I tried to install a copy of Unreal Tournament from CD - all the map texture files always copied corupted until I fired up hdparm and disabled dma on the cdrom (it's not even an old drive, and I know it was fine with dma under the BP6) I don't really care too much about the problem since I know how to get around it (I hardly ever use the cdrom so I'm more bothered about the lack of philips webcam drivers than a slugish cd ;¬) Newbies however are going to be doing a lot of head scratching untill they figure this out... It either needs fixing, or a little note writting about it somewhere (it's at least going to be documented in the cooker archives now :) If it get's fixed for rc1, if someone can send me a quick mail I'll happily download the iso's and test it. I don't have any DMA problems, it's all (stonkingly) fast and stable. I did however configure the kernel build options myself, and I specified both the VIA82CXXX and AMD Viper support in the IDE,ATA and ATAPI Block Devices section. Maybe you just need to build a new kernel, although I do agree it's a pain if you can't get the thing lo load in the first place! quite - a friend has done nothing but tell me to install Slackware as he watched my frustraion ;) I loaded my system while I was still using 2 PIIIs. (to quote a post to http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1346lang=en) I could never get the installer to run. It keeps seg faulting on a signal 11 (Tyan Tiger MP, dual Athlon 1.2s, Matrox G550, Mandrake 8.1 download version). The kernel boots fine I get to the graphical prompt, try any combination of options Itest install, linux, just hit return, whatever, just seg faults as it tries to start up. Same problem with Mandrake 8.0, Redhat 7.1, but Redhat 7.2 works fine and I'm runnign that. Unfortunately, I want Mandrake. Still waiting for delivery of the real 8.1 CDs and will try them. I have toyed with a few 2.4 kernel revisions and I wouldn't install anything that uses a kernel prior to 2.4.9 (much fun with VIA bridge problems). Good luck, tbh, I was running the stock 2.4.8 and thought it was great - I'll probably just downgrade for a while till I can be bothered to compile something newer or the webcam driver makes it back into the mdk kernel ;) -- Dave :) Unix is not a A-ha experience, it is more of a Holy-shit experience. - Colin McFadyen in alt.folklore.computers
Re: [Cooker] uninett - now it is no more funny
Dare I ask, has anyone thought about asking mirror.ac.uk to help mirror cooker other stuff? mirror.ac.uk has more than enough bandwidth - and they're probably one of the few people that wouldn't mind doing a few exta gig a day mirroring cooker :) On Monday 04 Feb 2002 6:03 am, you wrote: rsync rsync://ftp.uninett.no/Mandrake-devel/ Welcome to the FTP archive at The University of Oslo This archive is running on a GNU/Linux PC with 500GB of diskspace. Machine and disk space provided by UiO. Uninett provides the gigabit network connectivity. All transfers are logged with your host name and whatever you entered for the password. If you don't like this policy, please disconnect now. Please email suggestions and questions to [EMAIL PROTECTED] @ERROR: max connections (100) reached - try again later -- Dave :) Unix is not a A-ha experience, it is more of a Holy-shit experience. - Colin McFadyen in alt.folklore.computers
[Cooker] CDRom problems
I know this may not be technically the right place to be starting, but I thought I'd mention it here first incase it's a mdk only problem... I've got a cdrw drive that's on hdc - I can mount cd's on it fine, but trying to use files on it seems to just throw up errors... (eg - trying to install Unreal Tournament - the game seems to install file, but all the files copied to hd contain junk that's useless) I know the cd itself is fine as I've just tried it in a slackware 8.0 box (with the same cdrw) and all was well. And I know the drive is fine since it's perfectly capable of installing the likes of windows. Now here's where things get fun... I'm running a dual athlon 1600mp setup, with 256 mb ram ... Has anyone come across other problems with the 760mp chipset with regards to ide life? I've enabled the mem=nopentium option as a quick workaround to the recently discovered amd bug, but I doubt that'll make any difference. Google searches have come up blank as well :/ I'm currently running the 2.4.8smp kernel that comes with an install of 8.1 but I don't think the 2.4.17 series will have anything that'll help me... -- Dave :)
[Cooker] jabber aim transport
The jabber team have recently come up with a new aim transport, which includes better ICQ compatability limited SMS capability. Maybe whilst the licq team finish work on the v8 branch, it might be nice to include an updated jabber-aim transport? Dave :)
Re: [Cooker] PWC 8.0 drivers in the cooker kernel?
On Monday 20 August 2001 15:50, you wrote: David Barker [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi there - does anyone know if the philips webcam drivers (see http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/release.html ) have been compiled into the cooker's kernel's? (I'm looking for them in the SMP kernel, but I guess their presence in others would be greatly appreciated by other users :)) ?? http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/nda.html I know I know... ;) - it's in the kernel tree though - (just downloaded a 2.4.8 - it's in there alright... ) Its just whether or not it's available in the mdk kernels... ;)
[Cooker] PWC 8.0 drivers in the cooker kernel?
Hi there - does anyone know if the philips webcam drivers (see http://www.smcc.demon.nl/webcam/release.html ) have been compiled into the cooker's kernel's? (I'm looking for them in the SMP kernel, but I guess their presence in others would be greatly appreciated by other users :)) Dave :)
