[Cooker] 9.0b2 autofs problem
Im not sure if this is a bug or not, but it is a problem I have ran into. Autofs is started and stopped at boot and shutdown. I now realize that I dont need to mount a /net point. The problem was that shutdown would lockup every time because umount /net would fail. I found that /etc/auto.master is where the config file is and commented the line /net /etc/auto.net --timeout=60 . What I was wondering is shouldn't umount /net timeout after 60 seconds, milliseconds or whatever it is? at shutdown or do i misunderstand something. It never would for me, no matter how long I waited. thanks jake and thanks to aurelienb for helping me find the problem.
Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for install routine
On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 00:51, Damon Lynch wrote: Hi again Mandrake developers, Here is a possible option during install: Would you like to save all the packages from the installation CDs on your hard drive (will use x.x GB)? With massive hard drives these days it is often convenient to save the contents of the CDs locally and get rpmdrake to use these packages, and not from the CDs. That's what I do now. It would save a bit of messing around if this step was automated during install. Furthermore you could also ask: When security updates and bug fixes are downloaded, should these packages be stored locally after installation for possible future use? This would be great for us on a slow connection, so that if we have to reinstall or install on a different computer we can already have the updates and not have to re-download again. You could ask that question when a source is setup.
Re: [Cooker] flash and konqueror
On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 19:57, Elliott Martin wrote: On Saturday 10 August 2002 6:39, Blindauer Emmanuel wrote: What is exactly needed for having flash inside konqueror? i have mozilla installed , libflashplayer.so and ShockwaveFlash.class in /usr/lib/mozilla-1.1b/plugins does someone have same problem or a solution ? I'm using cooker, updated at 12h GMT with latest packages. i didn't see any follow ups on this, but i am having the same problem after doing the exact same thing. Well, I have never been able to get flash (or java either really) to work with konqueror. Not even with the newest version. I have given up and decided that it just wont work with konq. I have moved to mozilla instead. I really like(d) konqueror, but it needs some polishing up around the edges (and be update more often). but who am i to complain... i couldnt even begin to make a web browser :-).
Re: [Cooker] mkcd and creating the larger ISOs
Im not a expert, especially at linux yet, but i know windows and a good bit about cd burning (under win, not lin). Yes, make sure they are 700MB cds. Over burnt cds can really make things hard And make sure they are CD-R's, not RW this can cause problems and is easily overlooked sometimes. The speed (age) of a burner should not matter. I still can still burn any cd including 700MB iso with my old 1x/2x Sony cd writer (not rewrite either :-) I think that maybe the software you are using is not setup correctly or something. I use Nero. To burn a 700MB iso correctly in Nero, the CD MUST be finalized or there will be problems (not enough room). Infact Nero will require the cd to be finalized. (The old 650 iso did not require finalize if a 700MB blank was used.) I believe this is how that goes, I maybe wrong so don't get to mad. A cd-R (to make this simplier) can be finalized or not finalized (cant remember the word for this) the difference is a finalized cd cannot be written on again (even if only 10MB is used or 700) and a toc is written that does not take up much room at all. A non-finalized cd can be re-written to (only if sufficient room is available) and a toc (im pretty sure) AND a extra section (to end the session i think, because multiple burns create multiple sessions [some older cdrom drives cannot see multiple sessions but this has nothing to do with iso's] ) that takes up about 13MB extra. * I have no experience YET with linux burning software (i hope to soon) the following is only spectulation * If the cd is a cd-R and is 700MB (and this is not a manufactoring defect of somesort) maybe the software will let you burn a 700MB iso without finalizing. Which will cause more that 700MB to be written and cause all of the problems (maybe). The 1000 x 1000 toc thing can also be the problem, (newer software should auto detect 1024) older versions of Nero had this problem, it would ask and you would have to know to use 1024 instead of 1000. These problems should not be burner problems (unless the burner is going bad). Is the burner fully compatible with the software? I hope this will help. And i assume that this is not old cdrom drive problems, try the cd in different drives to test. Old cdrom drives can not read burnt cds, and some might just have problems with cds over 650MB... Jake r Magee
[Cooker] 9.0b1 Nvidia Geforce3 dpi problem
I have a geforce 3 ti200 card and the default dpi is 135x135, which is horrible. I have tried installing the newest nvidia drivers, but it still doesnt change the dpi to 75x75. Is something not auto-detecting? The drivers are installed correctly and everything else seems to be fine.
[Cooker] 9.0b1 Eterm 0.9.1
Why is the newest version of Eterm(0.9.1) not included? Or did I somehow install something wrong?
[Cooker] 9.0b1 Dial-up Modem bug
During install, if both the modem and local network(nic) are configured, and a gateway is entered for the nic, the modem internet connection (kppp) wont work even if it is chosen as the default. To fix the problem, I have to edit /etc/sysconfig/network and delete the Gateway(last) line and restart the network service or reboot.
