Re: [Cooker] drakTermServ
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 17:36, Pixel wrote: > Rick Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > > Hmmm I was going to suggest maybe just yanking the 'Edit' option, but > > it's working now. Now I can't make it NOT work. That's good I guess. > > A little perspective here about UI, it took me a while to figure out > > XFdrake's 'DO' thing. I was hitting enter on each item expecting a > > menu, and I though 'DO' was supposed to be 'GO' (as in 'GO and Save', > > while Quit was just exit). > > hum, the newt version... > > can you think of a better name for the "Do" button? Hmm. Select ? It just seems like a step back to highlight an option, and then have a 'Do'. I would just make the 'highlight' be the 'DO', and remove the 'Do' button. > [...] > > > XFdrake doesn't always save the config - most often when a valid test > > file exists(?) :( > > ? can you give a scenario to reproduce this? No. My head hurts now :/ So far, out of ALL the combinations I did, the only consistant thing I can find, it that it seems like XFdrake won't save unless you test successfully. (I'm trying to set the X config, so I can try and load modules on boot properly, but since XFdrake doesn't always save the config -say, after I test again with 'vga').. So I'll give you odds aren't good that others will have this issue, but... Rick -- -- Rick Romero IT Manager Valeo, Inc. ph: 262.695.4841 Sussex, WI. fax: 262.695.4850 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] drakTermServ
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 10:17, Stew Benedict wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Rick Romero wrote: > > > Since I've rarely loaded modules properly, I'm probably messing this up, > > but I can't get it to work. > > > > I've tried /etc/modules.conf > > alias agpgart agpgart > > install agpgart > > > > That's why I suggested /etc/modules. You can just like the module by name > in that file and it will load at boot. Was that a hint? :P Sorry, I guess didn't you hear the 'whoosh'? Ok, so I tried that. It seems to work. Although now for some reason, even if I have agpgart loaded, the 815 XFdrake test still fails. I even reverted to not auto-loading the module.. I hate these Gateway machines.. Yeah, I think you should export /etc/modules. The driver loading DID work when I manually exported a modules$$IP=11.22.33.44$$ Rick -- -- Rick Romero IT Manager Valeo, Inc. ph: 262.695.4841 Sussex, WI. fax: 262.695.4850 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] drakTermServ
On Thu, 2003-08-21 at 08:50, FACORAT Fabrice wrote: > Le mer 20/08/2003 à 22:36, Pixel a écrit : > > Rick Romero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > [...] > > > > > Hmmm I was going to suggest maybe just yanking the 'Edit' option, but > > > it's working now. Now I can't make it NOT work. That's good I guess. > > > A little perspective here about UI, it took me a while to figure out > > > XFdrake's 'DO' thing. I was hitting enter on each item expecting a > > > menu, and I though 'DO' was supposed to be 'GO' (as in 'GO and Save', > > > while Quit was just exit). > > > > hum, the newt version... > > > > can you think of a better name for the "Do" button? > > No, it's the design which is bad from the beginning : > > + Graphic Card > + Monitor > + Resolution > + Options > + Test > + Save Settings > > Quit Do Yes, I would change it to: + Graphic Card + Monitor + Resolution + Options + Test + Save Settings + Quit And have no buttons. Just hitting Enter on one of those items should execute the menu. > NTW I notice that XFdrake is a lot slower now at start ... maybe we need > a splash screen or in newt mode a text saying XFdrake is starting. That's an idea. (I'll reply to the original, I need to test the 'save failure' more today.) Rick -- -- Rick Romero IT Manager Valeo, Inc. ph: 262.695.4841 Sussex, WI. fax: 262.695.4850 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] drakTermServ
On Wed, 2003-08-20 at 11:47, Stew Benedict wrote: > On Wed, 20 Aug 2003, Rick Romero wrote: > > > DAMNIT! Yep, that's it. Editing within the drakTermServ doesn't work > > (I expected the data to move back into the 'input area'), and I couldn't > > save the client with the new 'local config', so I edited the dhcpd.conf > > manually :( > > > > Hmmm I was going to suggest maybe just yanking the 'Edit' option, but > > it's working now. Now I can't make it NOT work. That's good I guess. > > Maybe you had a child entry highlighted when you selected edit? I believe > it only copies over when the client name is highlighted. Probably need to > re-look at that. > > > A little perspective here about UI, it took me a while to figure out > > XFdrake's 'DO' thing. I was hitting enter on each item expecting a > > menu, and I though 'DO' was supposed to be 'GO' (as in 'GO and Save', > > while Quit was just exit). > > > > I'll leave that to the XFdrake guru. > > > Anyways, so I can now write to the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file - > > sometimes ;) > > > > I successfully changed to VGA -640x480, and all is well. > > > > Now, I'm having issues with the I810 chipset. I have to manually insmod > > agpgart to get the i810 video to work. > > > > You should be able to have a custom modules.conf for the client machine. > That should have also been one of the mount points. Maybe I need to do the > same for /etc/modules to allow force loading when needed? Since I've rarely loaded modules properly, I'm probably messing this up, but I can't get it to work. I've tried /etc/modules.conf alias agpgart agpgart install agpgart I'm not sure what I should be putting in that conf, I've always just stick the insmod line in my rc.local ;) Would there be a reason to export rc.local while we're at it? I think maybe export the /etc/modules too. Although I did throw agpgart into there it didn't seem to take on the client machine, but neither does the scsi_hostadapter module that's in there for my server... Rick -- -- Rick Romero IT Manager Valeo, Inc. ph: 262.695.4841 Sussex, WI. fax: 262.695.4850 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] drakTermServ
On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 21:22, Stew Benedict wrote: > On Tue, 19 Aug 2003, Rick Romero wrote: > > > > > Hey all, > > > > I did an FTP install of cooker (yeah I know, but it's working ;) on > > Friday - Everything is up and running smoothly. > > > > Now I'm trying out the Draktermserv stuff, and I'm having a client > > problem. > > > > I can boot the (fat) client off my Cooker box, but X doesn't come up > > right- the screen is scrambled as if the frequency is wrong. > > I granted the client 'root' privs, and I ran XFdrake, but it doesn't > > seem to create/change /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 > > > > I also get "INIT: Id 'x' is respawning too fast disabled for 5 mins" > > messages. > > > > Now I do have a /etc/X11/XF86Config-4$$CLIENT$$ on the main box -where > > CLIENT is NOT replaced with an ip address. > > > > I tried manually modifying XF86Config-4 on the client machine, but I > > can't save it. Turns out anything I try to write to /etc/X11 I get a > > 'read only filesystem' error. I am root on the client, and the rootfs > > is mounted to / [rw]. > > > > Help! So close! :) > > > > If you enabled local config, strategic mount points for the configuration > files should have been added to /etc/exports to allow the client to edit > the necessary files. Can you check this file to see if there are rw > mount points for the config files? The rest of / should still be ro. > > $$CLIENT$$ files are generic to all clients. Specific client files will > have the client IP. DAMNIT! Yep, that's it. Editing within the drakTermServ doesn't work (I expected the data to move back into the 'input area'), and I couldn't save the client with the new 'local config', so I edited the dhcpd.conf manually :( Hmmm I was going to suggest maybe just yanking the 'Edit' option, but it's working now. Now I can't make it NOT work. That's good I guess. A little perspective here about UI, it took me a while to figure out XFdrake's 'DO' thing. I was hitting enter on each item expecting a menu, and I though 'DO' was supposed to be 'GO' (as in 'GO and Save', while Quit was just exit). Anyways, so I can now write to the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file - sometimes ;) I successfully changed to VGA -640x480, and all is well. Now, I'm having issues with the I810 chipset. I have to manually insmod agpgart to get the i810 video to work. Doing that, I can go into XFdrake and test successfully. It looks like choosing 'test' prevents XFdrake from asking if you want to save. From this point on, I can't seem to overwrite my VGA /etc/X11/XF86Config-4. I manually copied XF86Config.test to XF86Config-4, and X starts up with the i810 driver. So my last issues are: XFdrake doesn't always save the config - most often when a valid test file exists(?) :( agpgart.o isn't built into the kernel, and doesn't load as a module automatically. Hey how about OpenMosix ;) Rick -- -- Rick Romero IT Manager Valeo, Inc. ph: 262.695.4841 Sussex, WI. fax: 262.695.4850 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Fwd: problem with ps2pdf
That's what I just posted about.. The XML file /usr/share/apps/kdeprint/filters/ps2pdf.xml has '-c .setpdfwrite' in it. Remove that, and it'll probably work fine. At least that fixed my kprinter (print to pdf) issue. Rick On Tue, 2003-08-19 at 16:31, Guillaume Rousse wrote: > The original one seems the have been lost in cyberspace... > -- > Guillaume Rousse > Technology is dominated by those who manage what they do not understand > -- Murphy's Laws on Technology n°3 > > __ > From: Guillaume Rousse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: Till Kamppeter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: problem with ps2pdf > Date: Mon, 18 Aug 2003 18:28:08 +0200 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] these]$ make these.pdf > ps2pdf these.ps these.pdf > Error: /undefinedfilename in (.setpdfwrite) > Operand stack: > > Execution stack: >%interp_exit .runexec2 --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- 2 %stopped_push --nostringval-- --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- false 1 %stopped_push --nostringval-- > --nostringval-- > Dictionary stack: >--dict:1053/1123(ro)(G)-- --dict:0/20(G)-- --dict:68/200(L)-- > Current allocation mode is local > Last OS error: 2 > ESP Ghostscript 7.07.1: Unrecoverable error, exit code 1 > make: *** [these.pdf] Erreur 1 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] these]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/ps2pdf > ghostscript-7.07-0.3mdk -- -- Rick Romero IT Manager Valeo, Inc. ph: 262.695.4841 Sussex, WI. fax: 262.695.4850 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] kprinter
One more thing I noticed from my Cooker install from Friday 8/15, I wasn't able to print pdf's right off the bat. I installed Cooker on a fresh partition, and mounted my home directory. Using krpinter, I couldn't use the PDF option without getting an error. kprinter was setup to call gs with a -c .setpdffile (?? I forget the filename), but it looks like gs doesn't use a '-c' so I removed the reference to '-c .setpdffile' from the xml config file, and it works like a charm. Hope somebody understands that ;) Rick -- -- Rick Romero IT Manager Valeo, Inc. ph: 262.695.4841 Sussex, WI. fax: 262.695.4850 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] drakTermServ
Hey all, I did an FTP install of cooker (yeah I know, but it's working ;) on Friday - Everything is up and running smoothly. Now I'm trying out the Draktermserv stuff, and I'm having a client problem. I can boot the (fat) client off my Cooker box, but X doesn't come up right- the screen is scrambled as if the frequency is wrong. I granted the client 'root' privs, and I ran XFdrake, but it doesn't seem to create/change /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 I also get "INIT: Id 'x' is respawning too fast disabled for 5 mins" messages. Now I do have a /etc/X11/XF86Config-4$$CLIENT$$ on the main box -where CLIENT is NOT replaced with an ip address. I tried manually modifying XF86Config-4 on the client machine, but I can't save it. Turns out anything I try to write to /etc/X11 I get a 'read only filesystem' error. I am root on the client, and the rootfs is mounted to / [rw]. Help! So close! :) Thanks Rick -- -- Rick Romero IT Manager Valeo, Inc. ph: 262.695.4841 Sussex, WI. fax: 262.695.4850 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] Keyboad / Typing issues 9.0 RC2
FYI, I havn't tested it yet, but my search at Toshiba's site for BIOS info, led me to 'debouce keys', which led me here: http://linux.toshiba-dme.co.jp/ML/tlinux-users/2300/2390.html There's a slew of ways to (hopefully) fix the issue, which seems to be some pieces of hardware sending 2 keyup events (Funny, it's opposite of my Wine issue where the mouse L button up is never called ;) Will report tomorrow. Question: If the patch listed DOES fix the bounce problem, wouldn't it be included in the kernel at some point? On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 14:04, J. Greenlees wrote: > actually the delay before kicking in. > my laptop has it in the bios, strange yours doesn't > only bios I have seen that is completely user unfriendly is ibm's, an > old toshiba bios had the option to delay the typomatic kickin in it. > > > Rick Romero wrote: > > >I assume you mean the 'Typmatic Rate Programming' or something like > >that. > > > >Unfortunately, the laptop doesn't have that setting, or anything close > >to that. > > > >I'll keep that in mind for the desktop (Home PC) though. > > > >On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 12:10, J. Greenlees wrote: > > > >>have you tried setting the rate in the bios higher? > >>it solved this problem for me. > >> > >>Rick Romero wrote: > >> > >>>I have a strange problem that I've actually run into on my home PC as > >>>well. > >>> > >>>I've installed Mandrake 9.0 RC2 on a new Toshiba 1405S171 laptop. > >>>Everything went PERFECTLY. Audio/Video/Networking. It all works just > >>>fine. > >>> > >>>Here's the issue. When I type at 'normal speed', the input is doubled. > >>>So if I type 'rick' I actually get 'rriicckk'. > >>> > >>>I've had this issue occur on my home PC (home built) with Mandrake 8.1, > >>>but I assumed it was my not-so-good (ok cheap) motherboard.. > >>> > >>>Has anyone heard of an issue like this? I'm not sure where else to ask, > >>>most queries I've tried end up linking to c code.. (type double bleh ;) > >>> > >>> > >>>Thanks > >>> > >>>Rick > >>> > >>> > >>> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > > > > > > > >
Re: [Cooker] Keyboad / Typing issues 9.0 RC2
I assume you mean the 'Typmatic Rate Programming' or something like that. Unfortunately, the laptop doesn't have that setting, or anything close to that. I'll keep that in mind for the desktop (Home PC) though. On Wed, 2002-09-25 at 12:10, J. Greenlees wrote: > have you tried setting the rate in the bios higher? > it solved this problem for me. > > Rick Romero wrote: > > >I have a strange problem that I've actually run into on my home PC as > >well. > > > >I've installed Mandrake 9.0 RC2 on a new Toshiba 1405S171 laptop. > >Everything went PERFECTLY. Audio/Video/Networking. It all works just > >fine. > > > >Here's the issue. When I type at 'normal speed', the input is doubled. > >So if I type 'rick' I actually get 'rriicckk'. > > > >I've had this issue occur on my home PC (home built) with Mandrake 8.1, > >but I assumed it was my not-so-good (ok cheap) motherboard.. > > > >Has anyone heard of an issue like this? I'm not sure where else to ask, > >most queries I've tried end up linking to c code.. (type double bleh ;) > > > > > >Thanks > > > >Rick > > > > > > > > > >
[Cooker] Keyboad / Typing issues 9.0 RC2
I have a strange problem that I've actually run into on my home PC as well. I've installed Mandrake 9.0 RC2 on a new Toshiba 1405S171 laptop. Everything went PERFECTLY. Audio/Video/Networking. It all works just fine. Here's the issue. When I type at 'normal speed', the input is doubled. So if I type 'rick' I actually get 'rriicckk'. I've had this issue occur on my home PC (home built) with Mandrake 8.1, but I assumed it was my not-so-good (ok cheap) motherboard.. Has anyone heard of an issue like this? I'm not sure where else to ask, most queries I've tried end up linking to c code.. (type double bleh ;) Thanks Rick
