[Cooker] Cooker hd img.?
Please bear with me ! I am soon to loose my Cable-modem connection due to relocation to interior Alaska and need some advice or ? There had been some discussion of hd img installation and problems. Is that still true? Basically in two-three weeks I will be back to model T status and would like to have a Cooker image on one of my archive partitions. I have become lost in the rsync,wget,iso, etc image methods often discussed and read about. My mind needs a clear method of moving .img from rpmfind.net or other site to my machine and the ability to show others its install methods. I usually screw this up! Re: get a(.img) from b(site) to c(my machine) and then d(install cooker) As Well as having the .img available for future inevitable reinstalls. I do not have a burner for ISO's. The elementary nature of this question is probably aggravating to this list but in the past I HAVE actually helped out though the majority of the time its "clueless" questions :) Please address me privately if desired. William Bouterse Leaving Juneau 'Talkeetna bound' Alaska
Re: [Cooker] root passwd denied
Out of curiosity I attempted to "upgrade" and selected 'poor' for security. Still no luck and with the custom boot disk and 'linux single' I get boot: linux single loading linux Error 0x10 Obviously my last rpm -Uvh of msec and custom init.sh which only set security to 'normal' should not have caused this. Console logins as root and 'su' from a users account are all affected which was not the case several months ago. I will use a rescue disk and attempt to alter the config files if necessary but was hoping for another solution !? Thanks to those who have responded. William Bouterse Michal Rokos wrote: > > Hi, > after I installed kernel-2.3.99 (from contrib) I had the same problem. > But I easily edited /etc/securetty file and root on VirtConsole works again. > My /etc/securetty has: > # > tty1 #for old kernels (without devfs support) > 1 #for ones with devfs > tty2 > 2 > ... > # > /etc/securetty sets also Mandrake's msec batch. Emmanuel Paréalso speaks; >Got the same problem.. I need to "su" before login as root! Is it a new >feature security feature disabling root passwd on console? - Original Message - > I may have seen a thread recently but it now elludes me > > I experienced this problem several months ago > with an 'oxygen' variation and now with 7.0/Cooker > > It has just occurred and even 'three-fingers' gets: > "no authorized users logged in" > I do not know which new rpm, in Cooker or contribs might > have caused this (if any). I had security set "normal" > > root password is not recognized. > I even tried ssh2 in and still no go? > > William Bouterse > Alaska >
[Cooker] root passwd denied
I may have seen a thread recently but it now elludes me I experienced this problem several months ago with an 'oxygen' variation and now with 7.0/Cooker It has just occurred and even 'three-fingers' gets: "no authorized users logged in" I do not know which new rpm, in Cooker or contribs might have caused this (if any). I had security set "normal" root password is not recognized. I even tried ssh2 in and still no go? William Bouterse Alaska
Re: [Cooker] DrakConf Probs for Me!?
Pixel wrote: > > WH Bouterse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > /usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/c/stuff/stuff.so: undefined symbol: fdio at > > upgrade your rpm I continue to be amazed. I also missed the switch of 'custom.sh' to /usr/share/msec and was looking for it in the /etc/security/msec A few days in the alaskan "bush" can alter one's techno-savvy, at least what little I manage to evidence from time to time. Yes indeed, thanks again :) William Bouterse Alaska
[Cooker] DrakConf Probs for Me!?
Recent attempt to alter msec settings in 7.0/Cooker I also cant find the custom.sh setting file I once had? I have been out of touch for a while so probably I am totally missing the obvious again? [root@mentastacenter /root]# DrakConf Can't load '/usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/c/stuff/stuff.so' for module c::stuff: /usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/c/stuff/stuff.so: undefined symbol: fdio at /usr/lib/perl5/5.00503/i386-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 169. at /usr/lib/libDrakX/c.pm line 5 BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/libDrakX/c.pm line 5. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/libDrakX/log.pm line 5. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/libDrakX/detect_devices.pm line 9. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/libDrakX/modules.pm line 6. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/libDrakX/mouse.pm line 10. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/draksec line 7. [root@mentastacenter /root]# rpm -q msec msec-0.11-1mdk [root@mentastacenter /root]# rpm -q DrakConf DrakConf-0.51-1mdk William Bouterse Alaska
[Cooker] Unpack XFree86-4.0-3mdk Failed
XFree86 #unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rstart: cpio: unlink failed - Bad file descriptor Segmentation fault (core dumped) Its interesting. All the others in Contrib XFree86-4.0-3mdk did the -Uvh okay. What next ? William Bouterse Alaska
Re: [Cooker] XFree86 4.0 Saga-Continues
>Thierry Vignaud wrote: > You want to test beta software (yes beta as XFree86-4 is (at this > moment) not as well tested as 3.3.x releases, which requires time, > people and hardware). So you should have known that there may be bugs or > problems. Yes absolutely and thats why its on my favorite (though experimental) machine. I LIKE the PROBLEMS!? Well up to a point. :) Otherwise how the heck do I learn anything !? I do on occasion compile sources and sometimes get it right, but what I am atempting to do on this List is stay with rpms so that when they become relatively flawless and when I recommend Linux_Mandrake to friends or potential clients, they will have an easier time of it as I have had an "easier" time of it. I continue to be amazed at some of the steps OBVIOUS to even myself that stump individuals with advanced graduate degrees. Right now I have two separate PHD's waiting for me to install Linux-Mandrake for them because they were scared off with their initial attempts ! The "User Friendly" idea does not have to mean "Dumbing Down" merely GUI Intuitive for the Command-Line Phobics, which I have learned "not to be" but it has taken a couple of years and thousands of mistakes!!! Anyhow I did get the newer rpms as suggested by Frederic; >"Version 4.0-2mdk is already in Cooker and corrects the xfs startup." So here is where I am at now; [root@mentastacenter bill2]# rpm -Uvh XF* error: failed dependencies: XFree86 = 3.3.6-8mdk is needed by XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.6-8mdk So I can attempt the '--force --nodeps' technique or? A Loyal Linux-Mandrake User and Advocate William Bouterse Alaska
[Cooker] XFree86 4.0 Saga-Continues
Since my original post which did generate some feedback, I am now to the point of: Has anyone successfully installed the mdkrpms from the Contrib sites? (With no probs?) My X system is totally screwed up and trying the 'XF86Config' from the command line did not "do it" for me. I am about ready to rpm -e all the ones in question and re-introduce the 3.3x ones if no one else has any ideas. BTW the command line, 'xfs -port -1 &' 'xfs -port -7100 &' etc. did not work for me either At one point Frederic Lepied wrote "I'm going to upload an updated set of packages which corrects this problem." ? I assume this means to be patient if I can't properly compile things myself (which is true) and some of these issue will be taken care of by the MandrakeSoft Coding Gurus !:) William Bouterse Alaska
[Cooker] autoirpm
[root@mentastacenter bill2]# rpm -Uvh autoirpm-0.3-2mdk.i586.rpm autoirpm ## Died at /usr/sbin/autoirpm.uninstall line 8. execution of script failed This paticular message is a new one for me ! William Bouterse Alaska
Re: [Cooker] hackgimp and sane good job
geoffrey lee wrote: re:xsane > gtk based program it seems...have you ever tried it out before? > > geoff. I have used xsane with several versions of Mandrake and RH for over 2 years. It works very well for me with gimp and vintage ScanMaker E3 with scsi. The features in the latest versions are quite impressive.!!! It is by far the best scanning/gimp package I have used in Linux. This has been with gimp 1.0x and not 1.1x though I hope to investigate that in the near future. William Bouterse Alaska
Re: [Cooker] XFree86 4.0
Hangs on reboot at 'Starting X Font Server' with :(su) session opened for user xfs by (uid=0) :_FontTrans :SocketINETCreateListener: Unable to get service for -1 :_FontTransMakeALLCOTSServerListeners: failed to create listener for tcp :FontCachInitialize:hi=1048576, lo=786433 bal=70 HOWEVER, I am able to remotely login and run Xsessions !!! Causes of the problem and solutions would be appreciated. I have read some of the earlier posts but am not exactly clear on what steps to take next? See below for steps taken to this point. > > Nitin Raja Bhatia wrote: > > > > use the --nodeps > > Okay so far so good even with boocoo messages > Will scream for help if the water gets too deep :>) > > [root@mentastacenter bill2]# rpm --force --nodeps -Uvh XFree* > XFree86-libs > ## > warning: /etc/X11/fs/config created as /etc/X11/fs/config.rpmnew > XFree86-xfs > ## > moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults to /etc/X11/app-defaults linking > to > ../../../../etc/X11/app-defaults > moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/lbxproxy to /etc/X11/lbxproxy linking to > ../../../../etc/X11/lbxproxy > moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/proxymngr to /etc/X11/proxymngr linking to > ../../../../etc/X11/proxymngr > moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rstart to /etc/X11/ linking to > ../../../../etc/X11/rstart > moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver to /etc/X11/ linking to > ../../../../etc/X11/xserver > moving /etc/X11/xdm/authdir to /var/state/xdm linking to > ../../../var/state/xdm > mv: /etc/X11/xdm/authdir/*: No such file or directory > warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.dir created as > /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.dir.rpmnew > XFree86 > ## > cannot remove /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/codeconv - directory not empty > > cannot remove /usr/X11R6/lib/modules - directory not empty > XFree86-100dpi-fonts > ## > XFree86-75dpi-fonts > ## > XFree86-Xnest > ## > XFree86-Xvfb > ## > XFree86-devel > ## > XFree86-doc > ## > XFree86-server > ## William Bouterse Alaska
Re: [Cooker] XFree86 4.0
Nitin Raja Bhatia wrote: > > use the --nodeps Okay so far so good even with boocoo messages Will scream for help if the water gets too deep :>) [root@mentastacenter bill2]# rpm --force --nodeps -Uvh XFree* XFree86-libs ## warning: /etc/X11/fs/config created as /etc/X11/fs/config.rpmnew XFree86-xfs ## moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults to /etc/X11/app-defaults linking to ../../../../etc/X11/app-defaults moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/lbxproxy to /etc/X11/lbxproxy linking to ../../../../etc/X11/lbxproxy moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/proxymngr to /etc/X11/proxymngr linking to ../../../../etc/X11/proxymngr moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/rstart to /etc/X11/ linking to ../../../../etc/X11/rstart moving /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xserver to /etc/X11/ linking to ../../../../etc/X11/xserver moving /etc/X11/xdm/authdir to /var/state/xdm linking to ../../../var/state/xdm mv: /etc/X11/xdm/authdir/*: No such file or directory warning: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.dir created as /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/fonts.dir.rpmnew XFree86 ## cannot remove /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/codeconv - directory not empty cannot remove /usr/X11R6/lib/modules - directory not empty XFree86-100dpi-fonts ## XFree86-75dpi-fonts ## XFree86-Xnest ## XFree86-Xvfb ## XFree86-devel ## XFree86-doc ## XFree86-server ## William Bouterse Alaska
[Cooker] hackgimp and sane good job
Did the -Uvh thing for hackgimp-1.1.18-2mdk and sane-1.0.2-1mdk They all installed flawlessly, Good job. Now to see if Xsane integrates properly. Has anyone considered an mdk rpm for it? I'm "code challenged" or would attempt it. http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane/sane-xsane.html The developer is a helpful sort of person! William Bouterse Alaska
Re: [Cooker] XFree86 4.0
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > Alex Adriaanse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Will XFree86 4.0 be included with the next version of Mandrake? > > Right now we have only in the contrib. XFree86 change a lot of > things. Getting the XFree 4 rpms from Contrib/Cooker 3/13/00 Attempting the basic rpm -Uvh with my hybrid Cooker... [root@mentastacenter bill2]# rpm -Uvh XFree* error: failed dependencies: libGLU.so.1 is needed by fsv-0.9-1mdk libGLU.so.1 is needed by pygtk-glarea-0.6.2-8mdk libGLU.so.1 is needed by Mesa-demos-3.1-7mdk libGLU.so.1 is needed by perl-PDL-2.003-5mdk libGLU.so.3 is needed by qt-qgl-1.44-15mdk libGLU.so.3 is needed by xscreensaver-gl-3.18-3mdk libGLU.so.3 is needed by xlockmore-4.15-3mdk libGLU.so.3 is needed by xtraceroute-0.8.14-8mdk libglut.so.3 is needed by Mesa-demos-3.1-7mdk XFree86=3.3.6-8mdk is needed by XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.6-8mdk Any thoughts? William Bouterse Alaska
[Cooker] package README
geoffrey lee wrote: > > hi, > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Camille Begnis > > Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 8:19 PM > > To: cooker liste > > Subject: [Cooker] Feature freeze mdk-rpm now online > > > > > > Hi all, On a more mundane note; For more times than I can count over the last few months I have gotten these messages when doing the 'rpm -Uvh' thing! I have generally ignored them because the new rpm usually works1 However just curious !? 'package README no listed in the file index' William Bouterse
[Cooker] hackgimp and sane
hackgimp-1.1.18 + dev + libgimp all installed over 1.1.17 but it took a --force and --nodeps this time. Attempting to rpm -Uvh sane-1.0.2-1mdk* gives me... "libgimp.so.1 is needed by sane-1.0.2-1mdk" What would be the next step for me? (yeah I know quite hacking around with non-standard rpms) :>) I have been impressed with the stability and features of the latest gimp-mdk rpms! William Bouterse Talkeetna, Alaska bound Presently of Juneau
Re: [Cooker] [NEWS] Lothar 0.6.2
Alexandre Dussart wrote: > > Hi, > > New version of Lothar available. > > Lothar 0.6.2 I am spacing it? No new lothar at cooker sites that I can find. Or Whats happening to my cognitive abilities? Where is lothar? William Bouterse
[Cooker] gimp 1.1.17mdk.rpm
>From the contrib page I have been using gimp-1.1.17-1mdk.rpm for a couple weeks now and am quite happy with it. However I have noticed something. Leaving it on for 5 days straight now but no active gimp proceedures running cpu usage of 90+% seems to be holding steady for gimp as far as 'top' shows. I even tried having framemaker up and an active netscape browser window, which did drop gimp to 50% briefly then back to 90%. Surprisingly this did not crash my machine which shows the progress you all have made in helping out the stability of netscape. I have not thought to check this with the other versions of gimp i.e. 1.0.4 So am curious if it is a basic gimp trait or one the 1.1x versions show.? William Bouterse
Re: [Cooker] messages installing linuxconf-1.17r4-2mdk
"Brian J. Murrell" wrote: > > I got a bunch of messages while upgrading my linuxconf package much like > I got when I tried to upgrade my netscape communicator package(s): Brian, at your lead I did the upgrade as well. Installing both the regular and dev packages #rpm -Uvh linuxconf* linuxconf ### linuxconf-devel # 'package Makefile not listed in file index' 'package Readme not listed in file index' I have often gotten these two paticular messages at various time expecially the 'Readme' one. However I don't appear to have gotten any of the ones you did !? William Bouterse Juneau Alaska but heading to Talkeetna soon
Re: [Cooker] rpm and spec
Pablo Saratxaga wrote: > > Kaixo! > > On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 09:28:59AM -0900, WH Bouterse wrote: > > > "cannot remove /usr/lib/rpm directory no empty" > > I get these now and them with other rpm -Uvh > > That is due to an rpm pckage owning a given directory, and its update > not owning it (but it can contain it, by having some dir or file under it); > then if some file from some other package prevents the deletion of the > directory the message above is shown. > > > but had not seen it with rpm upgrade before. > > > > "No worries?" or did I goof it!? > > No worries, but that is an ugly message that should be avoided. > > Can you do an 'rpm -qf /usr/lib/rpm' please ? message I get reads; '/usr/lib/rpm is not owned by any package' This is rpm -3.0.4-0.4mdk William Bouterse Alaska Inhabitant
Re: [Cooker] fsv-0.9-1mdk.rpm
Thanks for the Help ! So now I have; non-installable fsv-0.9-1.i386.rpm on LM 7.x/cooker with Mesa-3.1-7mdk, due to missing libMesaGL.so.3 and libMesaGLU.so.3 fsv-0.9-1mdk.rpm installs but performs poorly with the 233mmx and 4mg video On older P 120 machine with LM6.1 and Mesa-3.0.99-4mdk and fsv-0.9-1.i386.rpm and 8 mgs video, it works okay just slow and awkward but as expected on the older slower machine. Can anyone tell me if this fsv is in fact functional and useful on a faster machine with better 3dfx rendering? Its potential is interesting and if it can actually do what it promises it might be a fine addition as a file manager or at least a great presentation tool to potential new users!? William Bouterse Don Head wrote: > > I hope this is what you were looking for.. > > On a system with the libraries: > > rpm -qf /path/to/lib > > .. will report the package it came from. > > Does that help? > > Don Head > Linux Mentor > Wave Technologies, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [AIM - Don Wave][ICQ - 18804935] > [IRC - EFnet, #WaveTech, Don-Wave] > > -Original Message- > From: WH Bouterse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, March 01, 2000 3:58 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [Cooker] fsv-0.9-1mdk.rpm > > The fsv-0.9-1.i386.rpm works (albiet slowly) > on my oldest, slowest machine with LM-6.1 and extras > > The fsv-0.9-1mdk rpm from contribs on my faster machine > with LM7.0x/Cooker does not perform as well. > It gave no error messages while installing. > > My initial attempt to install the non-mdk rpm > on the newer machine gave some errors re : > libMesaGL.so.3 and libMesaGU.so.3 missing > > So the older machine has those,The newer machine does not. > The older machine has a better video card with 8mgs > The newer machine has 4mgs.(Silly isn't it!) > > Question 1# Refresh my memory (again) how to locate the > package(s) containing the missing libs. An 'rpmfind' turned > up a SUSE rpm and I wasnt sure whether to go ahead? > > When packages are installed on the newer machine > I will first test then uninstall the mdk rpm, > and install the i386rpm to see if the 3d style rendering > works and if not will know the video card "can't cut it" > > This file viewer is very "eye-catching" and "snazzy" and > if it really works could be another enticement to lure > away potential converts from the "DarkSide". Whether functionally > useful on a faster machine remains for others with more > horsepower to decide. > > William Bouterse > presently of Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] fsv-0.9-1mdk.rpm
The fsv-0.9-1.i386.rpm works (albiet slowly) on my oldest, slowest machine with LM-6.1 and extras The fsv-0.9-1mdk rpm from contribs on my faster machine with LM7.0x/Cooker does not perform as well. It gave no error messages while installing. My initial attempt to install the non-mdk rpm on the newer machine gave some errors re : libMesaGL.so.3 and libMesaGU.so.3 missing So the older machine has those,The newer machine does not. The older machine has a better video card with 8mgs The newer machine has 4mgs.(Silly isn't it!) Question 1# Refresh my memory (again) how to locate the package(s) containing the missing libs. An 'rpmfind' turned up a SUSE rpm and I wasnt sure whether to go ahead? When packages are installed on the newer machine I will first test then uninstall the mdk rpm, and install the i386rpm to see if the 3d style rendering works and if not will know the video card "can't cut it" This file viewer is very "eye-catching" and "snazzy" and if it really works could be another enticement to lure away potential converts from the "DarkSide". Whether functionally useful on a faster machine remains for others with more horsepower to decide. William Bouterse presently of Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] Change Log
David Faure wrote: > > On Wed, Mar 01, 2000 at 11:27:35AM +1100, Ron Stodden wrote: > > > I have been using > > > ftp://sunsite.uio.no/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake-devel/contrib/ > > > > Unfortunately, that site will not accept kfm as a browser. > > Really ? Sounds like a bug to me... > What does kfm print in the terminal (started from there) ? > You shold see FTP commands there, and probably an error message... I tried both kfm and konqueror. They both ended up going there and bringing up a blank screen. The terminal window message was... kio_ftp: hunting for path '/pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake-devel/contrib' kio_ftp: cwd /pub/unix/Linux/Mandrake-devel/contrib kio_ftp: resp> 250 CWD command successful. kio_ftp: type A kio_ftp: resp> 200 Type set to A. kio_ftp: PASV kio_ftp: resp> 227 Entering Passive Mode (129,240,148,16,107,188) kio_ftp: list kio_ftp: resp> 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls. kio_ftp: Starting of list was ok kio_ftp: = COMPLETED LIST kio_ftp: ... closing kio_ftp: resp> 226 Transfer complete. kio_ftp: === BYE === Does this help? Netscape went there fine 1? William Bouterse Presently of Juneau Ak
Re: [Cooker] ghostscript 6.0 is out
Thanks for the help and info ghostscript-5.50-4mdk shostscript-fonts ghostscriptBoth all appear to have installed correctly on both my 7.0/cooker and LM 6.1 machines. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Do upgrade one by one, there is an error for ghostscript-5.50-4mdk.i586.rpm, try > checking the package (rpm --checksig --nogpg) and upload it again maybe ? the --checksig --nogpg gave an 'AOkay' So I did a --force --nodeps and it installed quietly > There is a problem when upgrading ghostscript-fonts, it will not > remove the directory, but it is not really problematic. > > Is it appropriate SOP to ignore 'cannot remove' messages or > > Yes, ignore it. > > > > I am also still slightly confused re: the other ghostscript rpms, i.e.; > > ghostscript-Both > > ghostscript-PrintOnly > > ghostscript-SVGALIB > > ghostscript-X-5.50 > > These packages are different version of ghostscript executable with different > drivers included: > Both is printer drivers, X drivers and SVGALIB drivers. > PrintOnly is printer drivers. > SVGALIB is printer drivers and SVGALIB drivers. > X is printer drivers and X drivers. > These packages are in conflict together, this means you should have only one > of these packages installed. > > So upgrade the version you have only. > > François. Thanks alot people My hats off to a great group! William Bouterse
Re: [Cooker] ghostscript 6.0 is out
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Try getting the cooker (development version of Linux-Mandrake distribution) > version of ghostscript, it is 5.50 (the GNU one) including driver for > HP850. This means the next version of Linux-Mandrake will have it. I tried this out on my hybrid cooker/7.0 machine. To install basic ghostscript and ghostscript-font rpms, I did rpm -Uvh ghostscript* 'ghostscript-5.50-4mdk.i586.rpm does not appear to be an RPM package' ghostscript # ghostscript-fonts ### cannot remove /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript So it seems they go ahead and install okay? Does the first error message appear for everyone? Is it appropriate SOP to ignore 'cannot remove' messages or 'rm -rf usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript' first then 'rpm -Uvh' ? I am also still slightly confused re: the other ghostscript rpms, i.e.; ghostscript-Both ghostscript-PrintOnly ghostscript-SVGALIB ghostscript-X-5.50 In the piecemeal stumbling method of upgrading that I do I usually go ahead and try and cram everything in but thought I would ask first this time !!! William Bouterse Presently of Juneau Ak
[Cooker] DrakConf
I attempt to rpm -Uvh DrakConf-0.34-2mdk I get the "DrakConf-0.34-12mdk is newer" message. Should I go ahead and --force ? William Bouterse
[Cooker] rpm and spec
I got the spec rpm installed alright with latest 2/28 version from cooker, the earlier one refused to obey Still gave the "does not appear to be an rpm" but installed anyway!? The rpm -Uvh rpm* following got the rpm-3.0.4-0.4mdk group installed afterwards but... "cannot remove /usr/lib/rpm directory no empty" I get these now and them with other rpm -Uvh but had not seen it with rpm upgrade before. "No worries?" or did I goof it!? William Bouterse
[Cooker] My Turn To Gripe re SPAM
Okay I guess I must speak out about this too :\ Of all the lists I subscribe to the Mandraksoft related ones seem to garner the award for most SPAM per week. I have become an outspoken supporter of Linux_Mandrake and it is somewhat embarassing to try and answer others questions about the amount of SPAM they encounter on Lists from this professional and efficient Linux version. More than one subscriber to this list has claimed to have sent in a solution to this problem. Including some of the developers. How about trying out their expertise and seeing if indeed we can stop this CRAP! Thanks, other than SPAM filtering you all are doing a FANTASTIC job !!! :o) William Bouterse (presently of Juneau Alaska)
Re: [Cooker] Re: Re netscape-*-4.72-1mdk
Yep sorry about that meant to say -Uvh That was over a decent working netscape 4.70-6mdk It saved settings fin,e mptv, realplayer etc similiar to; > ... and as I expected, my bookmarks, settings, and the real >player setup were kept intact. now I've got NutScrape 4.72 So >what's the fuss about ?? -- >.. Tom Brinkman, I have actually had decent success with the last Opera release as well. Would like to try that cvs semi-stable version of Mozilla. The M13 tgz was much worse than M12 on my machine "Brian J. Murrell" wrote: > > from the quill of WH Bouterse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on scroll > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Well from "clueless in Juneau" > > > > The netscape 4.72-1mdk common and communicator rpms > > installed and ran okay on my test hybrid 7.0/cooker > > Installed or upgraded? Did you have a common/communicator RPM on there > before you put 4.72 on? Was your rpm argument a "-i" or a "-U"? > William Bouterse (presently of Juneau Alaska)
Re: [Cooker] Re netscape-*-4.72-1mdk
Well from "clueless in Juneau" The netscape 4.72-1mdk common and communicator rpms installed and ran okay on my test hybrid 7.0/cooker No messages of any kind !? So far so good at that machine anyway ! William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] Another Cooker ISO issue
Here in Juneau we have cable modem access so downloading massive files quickly is not so much a problem. However; We may be relocating to the interior in a more remote area which has only a 2.2kps connection if you are lucky. Others who are much more knowledgable than I are in this same situation so I was wondering... Is there, or would there be, anyway to get an ISO Cooker image burned to CD perhaps like once a month or two upon request, or... ? I know one can get cheap LM 7.0 etc from various companies but not ones closer to the "Edge". I personally would even be willing to consider some sort or subscription service whereby for a monthly or annual fee, I would be sent the latest updates, contribs. etc. Is this possible, or maybe even actually taking place as I speak but not generally known? Having to go "Cold Turkey" from my ability to actively and rapidly interract with Mandrake releases is something I can deal with if necessary, but am hoping there are methods available to "compensate for the loss" Basically I guess the issue is, "how can I downgrade yet continue to upgrade?" Excuse the ramblings. William Bouterse (presently of) Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] GIMP 1.1.7
geoffrey lee wrote: > > yo! > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Friday, February 25, 2000 10:26 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [Cooker] mozilla > > > > > > Pablo Saratxaga wrote: > > > > > Kaixo! > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 25, 2000 at 02:22:34PM +0100, Stefan van der Eijk wrote: > > > > > > > > mozilla-5.0-0.13.1mdk for M13 release 1, and > > mozilla-5.0-0.13.2mdk,... > > > > make that mozilla-5.0-0.m13.1mdk for M13 release 1, and > > > > > > Why not 0.M13 ? M13 is more meaningful than m13 (at least for me) > > > > > > > How about CVS versions? > > > > > > Should we release CVS versions ? > > > I think milestones are out often enough that we don't need to > > put out CVS > > > versions. (and people that really want them knows how to get > > the CVS sources, > > > how to make a tarball out of them, and type rpm -b ...) > > > > > > > Any suggestions on how to name them? mozilla-5.0-0.cvs2225? > > > > > > > > Stefan > > > > > > -- > > > Ki ça vos våye bén, > > > Pablo Saratxaga > > > > > > http://www.ping.be/~pin19314/ PGP Key available, key I have been experimenting with GIMP 1.1.7 from the contrib directory and find it very stable and usable! Is there something I can do to try and crash it !? Are there obvious bugs I haven't been bitten by yet? It seems to work as well or actually better than the 1.0.4 release. Am I missing something (as usual) or is the fact that it is 1.1x and not 1.even.x precludes it from inclusion in lets say 'Cooker' which appears to be at least as stable as its predecessor 7.x ?? Heck even kde2 seems to be working pretty dang well for me and I am not usually a KDE fan. Just wondering William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] DrakConf
Well its good to know in a way that a problem I initially experienced with cooker-DrakConf several weeks ago was not entireley my "cluelessness"!:0 Thanks William Bouterse Pixel wrote: > > mousedrake has been removed from DrakConf cuz it makes the box freeze in some > cases. It should be better called in console.
[Cooker] DrakConf
Using DrakConf-0.34-12mdk for the first time in a couple of weeks I noticed that the 'mousedrake'? button is missing. I do have /usr/bin/mousedrake And 'mouseconfig' works as well. Is it hiding out somewhere on my machine? Somewhere in the Alaskan bush perhaps?:) I was going to do an rpm -e and then reinstall but thought I would ask first. William Bouterse
[Cooker] menu needs libpopt.so.0
'menu-2.1.5-2mdk needs libpopt.so.0' Now what did I miss this time. Three days away from the techno-world and I become even more clueless:) I thought I checked everything !? in rpmfind.net-cooker. Also ChangeLog-List? WH Bouterse
Re: [Cooker] icewm-1.0.2mdk
Thanks ! Sorry I missed that one :o/ Pixel wrote: > > WH Bouterse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Attempting to rpm -Uvh icewm* > > > > gives me missing '/usr/sbin/install-menu' ? > > I have no such item in /usr/sbin > > this is a some new stuff added by fredl, you need package menu
[Cooker] icewm-1.0.2mdk
I must be forgetting something? grabbed the rpms from rpmfind.net -cooker Attempting to rpm -Uvh icewm* gives me missing '/usr/sbin/install-menu' ? I have no such item in /usr/sbin I have had clean upgrades through several levels of L-M 7.0x/cooker with this paticular WM and have not had this happen ? William Bouterse
[Cooker] Re: drakx testors
geoffrey lee wrote: > > geoffrey lee (snail talk) > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -Original Message- > > From: Axalon Bloodstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, February 14, 2000 5:30 PM > > To: cooker list > > Subject: Re: [Cooker] Afterstep..who is the maintainer? > > > > > > On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, geoffrey lee wrote: On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, WH Bouterse wrote: > Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > as soon as we > > finger something out for the space problem we'll let you know (aka, plead > > for drakx testers ;) > > Is this an "inter-office" effort or a call to cooker-people? to the cooker and devel lists.. > What do we do if "user" input is needed? (i.e. can we help?) > > William Bouterse > Juneau Alaska > I am running hybridized Linux-Mandrake 6.1-7.0x/Cooker Can I core-dump something for you? :>) WH Bouterse
[Cooker] webmin and ssl
I remember seeing the openssl and/or SSLeay? rpms that work with webmin-0.77-1mdk of "Cooker-Contrib" to get it to do the https "thing". Anyone got these working properly together? (And point me to their location?) Using hybridized Cooker/L-M7.0x Thanks William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] [ERRATA] Lothar segfault fixed
Works for me ! :o) Good Work!! A couple questions; I noticed the Soundcard Icon doesn't show anything on my setup? The Disk Icon recognizes my Maxtor and ID# but not the 12-13 gigs.? Is this all normal? Anyhow Looking good these days, the GUI will be a great help to "show and tell" for potential new "converts" !!! William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] [NEWS] Lothar updates...
# This report has been generated by detect 0.9.34 # Lothar still core dumps whether isa skip or not It does start to bring up a window this time before crash. # This report has been generated by detect 0.9.34 CPU: GenuineIntel: Pentium MMX:233:HAS_FPU:HAS_MMX:NO_3DNOW: 466.94:f00f MEMORY:95408:3992:71684:2668:29004:111060:136544 DISK:ATAPI/IDE:/dev/hda:Maxtor 91366U4:0:0:0:0 FLOPPY:Floppy Drive Controller:1.44MB 3"5:/dev/fd0 CDROM:ATAPI/IDE:FX120T:/dev/hdb VIDEO:PCI:Cirrus Logic:GD 5464 [Laguna] ETHERNET:ISA:Xerox Corporation:SN2000:ne MOUSE:PS/2:unknown:/dev/psaux OTHER:PCI:430VX - 82437VX TVX [Triton VX]:Intel Corporation OTHER:PCI:82371SB PIIX3 ISA [Natoma/Triton II]:Intel Corporation OTHER:PCI:82371SB PIIX3 IDE [Natoma/Triton II]:Intel Corporation some "core stuff" # %02x %02x - bit %02x, goodaddress %d^@ *** %02x ^@# computed csum is %02x^@ *** csum *** %02x ^@# WARNING: serial identifier mismatch for board %d: expected 0x%02X, got 0x%02X ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@read_alternative: Illegal StartDep_TAG length %d. ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Callbacks were not initialized - aborting application ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@# WARNING: Making Board %d serial identifier the resource data version ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@# WARNING: Board %d resource data identifier has checksum error too ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Fatal error callback was not set - aborting application ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@# reserved %ld-%ld (%s) ^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Callbacks were not initialized - aborting application ^@# IRQ ^@rt^@/proc/pci^@%s ^@%d^@pci^@IRQ^@/proc/bus/pci/devices^@ ^@r^@/proc/interrupts^@%*[^ ] ^@%d%*[^ ] ^@/proc/dma^@/proc/ioports^@%x-%x%*[^ ] ^@/etc/isapnp.gone^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Garbage in %s file on line %d: %s^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@^@Callbacks were not initialized - aborting application William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] [NEWS] Lothar updates...
>All is available here: >ftp:/ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/lothar/RPMS/i586 (rpms for i586) >ftp:/ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/lothar/SOURCES(for sources n tar.bz2) >ftp:/ftp.mandrakesoft.com/pub/lothar/SRPMS (source rpm) >Please test them, and reports any bugs/suggestion/corrections here. >Thanks, > Alex. Can't find 'em anywhere? As of 1100 9 Feb Ak time William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] [NEWS]Lothar 0.6 available
I blew it ! the report.txt file was there all along lothar still core-dumps for me though # This report has been generated by detect 0.9.33 CPU: GenuineIntel: Pentium MMX:233 MEMORY:95408:2676:84144:4320:32348:120844:136544 DISK:ATAPI/IDE:/dev/hda:Maxtor 91366U4:0:0:0:0 FLOPPY:Floppy Drive Controller:1.44MB 3"5:/dev/fd0 CDROM:ATAPI/IDE:FX120T:/dev/hdb VIDEO:PCI:Cirrus Logic:GD 5464 [Laguna] :SVGA:256:(null):(null) ETHERNET:ISA:Xerox Corporation:SN2000:ne MOUSE:PS/2:/dev/psaux Port: /dev/lp0 (dos: LPT0) Type: Parallel >WH Bouterse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > tried it as user with root password > tried it as root > both from; > commandline 'lothar' > and from gnome menu > > All attempts whether skipping isa detect; > > gets to "creating tree - done", then core dumps... I guess I need a "Wake-up call" to remind me a text file is being generated even if lothar core-dumps. :o/ William Bouterse
Re: [Cooker] [NEWS]Lothar 0.6 available
>What's detect output?: root@mentastacenter lothar# detect detect 0.9.33 > tried it as user with root password > tried it as root > both from; > commandline 'lothar' > and from gnome menu > and from kde terminal and xterm > All attempts whether skipping isa detect or choosing isa detect > gets to "creating tree - done", then core dumps... Call report function...wait please... 'Yep thats it folks as it jumps back to' root@mentastacenter lothar# I have a working Vibra 16 Creative Tech '94 and ISA NIC ne.o clone which both work well. Would removing the device cards in question, rebooting, then shutdown, add cards, rebooting, trying again help any? Any other info needed? William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] [NEWS]Lothar 0.6 available
tried it as user with root password tried it as root > both from; commandline 'lothar' and from gnome menu All attempts whether skipping isa detect; gets to "creating tree - done", then core dumps... Do you want our "specimen's?" i.e. core files? William Bouterse
[Cooker] XSane for Mandrake?
Just curious why XSane is not included with Cooker/Mandrake. Its a very well designed front end for SANE and the designer/programmer is quite helpful. I have been using it for a couple of years now and its latest incarnation is EXCELLENT !!! It makes my old Microtek E3 perform nicely. http://www.wolfsburg.de/~rauch/sane/sane-xsane.html William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] kernel rpm updates for idiots
A question brought on by recently installing L-M on a new users system, a recent convert from the "Empire". How to make a basic, no recompile "clickable" kernel from the "update" icon on desktop; whereas no compiling,pointing to /boot, sustem-map,new,old, lilo-hand editing etc. would be necessary? Are there provisions being made for this or is it entirely impossible? It took me a year or two to get this somewhat straightened out myself but to a totally new user, to tell them,,, "yes, you can click on the update rpms icon but don't say install to the kernel rpms beacause its too complicated for you right now", begins to confuse the "upgradability" issue somewhat.! Am I out in "Left field" here.!? I am not advocating "dumbing down" Linux-Mandrake but merely making the basic configuration issues a little "simpler" for new users. Thanks, William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] ftp as root
Use ssh2 if you are able. sftp works in sync with ssh2 and you must be root or su to run it. Works well for me. A little slow over modem connection due to 102x bit encryption but what the heck. Cable modem or lan isnt bad. >Would really be nice to see some how to's on how i can do a remote >xserver of >my user desktop on this computer. although security hazard, don't see >much >info around on this one I am able to use ssh2 for remote Xserver Display which slows things down a bit but gives decent security. (I am assuming) Someone correct me if I am wrong. William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] XFree86-3.3.6-7 and kde2
I presently have my hybridized L-M 7.0+Cooker+kde1+kde2 functioning in a somewhat reasonable manner. Have recently down an upgrade of the latest rpms except for kernel, kde1 and XFree86. This has been a "slash and burn" some force/nodeps, but all in all produces decent results. For example I am running L-M 6.1 on Server with Client 7.0-Cooker hybrid exporting Display kde1 and kde2 to separate XConsoles on Server at the same time as well as several resident WindowManagers on Server. Impresses the "locals" and gets them interested! :>) When attempting rpm -Uvh XFree86* I get the conflicts with files from package kdebase2-1.8.0.19991204 messages mainly /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc/ conflicts. Any suggestions? I will be attempting to upgrade the kde1 rpms as well as kde2 and wonder what the proper proceedure would be to keep both intact? Thanks William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] Cooker/Oxygen/Air
I don't usually do "straight comments" on techo-issues being the "Clue-less-One" but seeing that even staff of MandrakeSoft have a varience of opinions is a good sign in my opinion. Many of you have helped me out at one time or another, as I progressed from 6.0-6.1-7.0bOxygen-7.0Air- 7.0Air+Cooker. At times I wonder where its all heading? The least trouble to install, get printers,NIC cards, scsi-scanner,networking,sound, audio permissions to all local trusted users, seemed to be 6.0, 6.1 seemed to have some nice features though the printer-prob first time in 3 years caused me to scream. Getting a Test Machine networked to test 6.1+7.0b was lots of fun and the networking, printing both remote and local, Sound. general atitude of it all seemed very promising. I was very surprised when not only the Name, i.e. Oxygen, was changed to Air (Air without Oxygen will kill humans and of course too much Oxygen makes humans giddy); but found no mention of a "freeze" for the "stable" 7.0 and just stumbled across it from one day to the next when I could not find the Cooker RPMS. And of course a reboot has brought never-before -seen probs, but be that as it may; The Staff (you know who you are) are amongst the most helpful I have ever found, Just wish a Mandrake Convention would come to Alaska and setup shop and save us taxpayers a few $ by weaning the State off the Big M$. Anyhow I realize it was probably a marketing decision to get 7.0 out the door, but we seemed to be so close to geting the 7.0b "firmed up"?! In addition I too have wondered with RH and L-M why "everything" meant "mostly"?! I am in the process of "converting" several individuals over to dual-boot systems some of whom would have some influence in certain technological decisions being made in the coming decade with state and local agencies. I am not the only one as I read comments from many in the "arena" including other fellow penguins in Alaska. Please keep some of the goals for Linux-Mandrake not only, nice to look at and cutting edge, but reliable and flexible and May The Staff Keep Their Sense of Humor and Helpfulness Intact. Thanks You for You Patience :>) William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] kdebase2-1.80 and 1.1.2
Working with Cooker and Contribs; A reboot has given me a working version of kde2 and koffice and konquerer. Everything is not totally spiffo of course but I can access the basic functions though some icons are missing due to who knows what. All in all I am impresed, especially not being a kde proponent in the past! An interesting situation has occurred however. Logging in as a user on the machine in question I bring up kde2. Logging in from remote terminal I bring up kde1 with previous configured desktop etc, Is there a way to explain this to me and can this happen on a regular basis. I can see its usefullness when individuals make the transition. I am using the approach of upgrade from L-M 6.0 to upgrade to 6.1 to upgrade to 7.0b to 7.0 and now on to the next cooker batch of rpms. I make many mistakes but learn more each time and can explain things better to those that are interested in moving from M$ based systems to Linux. So to clarify one of my questions; are any provisions being made to enable one to run kde1 and kde2 concurrently? William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] kdebase2-1.80 and 1.1.2
Okay one from cooker and one from contribs. Are they both mutually exclusive? I did the --force routine and the old kde seems to be working. With the kde2-libs and koffice -1.80 I had to change the /opt/kde2 directory as I kept getting that strange "can't unpack" error. Upon attempting to run anything of the koffice, I get the 'dcopserver/dcopclient' error. Even 'konquerer' brout up a window and almost ran but got the 'dcop' and asorted mime-type errors. I did install anything related to kde-1.80 in the cooker/contrib directory This is flailing about in "the dark" so to speak but was just curious to see if the 7.0&Cooker hybrid would accept the contrib mdk.rpm's? Did the kmp3-1.0pre3-2 conflict with kmpg-0.5.0a-5 upon rpm'ing ever get straightened out? I still get it? Thanks. William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] Two persistent kfm bugs
A rather dumb question, (again) but... why insist on using kde? Is it user desire to use the most M$-like window manager or? With all the VERY FINE Linux WindowMangers installed on Linux_Mandrake, I was just curious? William Bouterse
[Cooker] msec/security was Shutdown
David! You said, >It's because of msec I believe.. may have been the SysVinit >package too. >find is searching for modified files which could indicate >files with >a trojan in them... personally i hate it, which is why i do >custom... I was interested in your comment about 'find' and 'custom'. I assume you mean the /etc/security/msec/init-sh/custom.sh? I ran this but I also tried the DrakConf button security-level thingy and had assumed the 'custom.sh' would cancel it out? So to partially answer my own question, then 'find' is a result of one of the security choices either in 'custom.sh' or the the other 'msec' GUI chooser button program. Or in fact do you mean by 'custom' a custom firewall/ipchains/tripwire kind of setup? I have been running a Tripwire rpm successfully with 6.1 which installed flawlessly and worked right from thestart but have not tried it with 7.0 until more "kinks" get worked out on my 7.0 system. So to any MandrakeSoft folks who might read this; Does msec make something like Tripwire redundant? Thanks to All William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [Cooker] Shutdown...
telinit 6 will take it down, at least it did for me! I had the same prob a couple weeks ago with one of the 7.0b versions but a newer version rpm cured it for me. Just wish I could remember which rpm it was!? By the way at least several people had the same problem, in earlier releases of 7.0b Try the archive list for Cooker tracked down through the linux-mandrake homepage. William Bouterse
[Cooker] Top has multiple finds?
The last week or two with 6.1 evolving into 7.0b and now 7.0 I can see as many as 6-8 'finds' running during a 'top' session periodically. Theres a big hit on cpu then all quiets down and is "normal" again. I don't ever remember this happening with 6.0 or 6.1? Is it due to my 'msec' configuration or ...? Curious as its a new phenomena to me. What exactly is "find" up to? Thanks William Bouterse
[Cooker] MySQL-GPL or MySQL
Well evidently due to some new legal snafu's The formal 7.0 release now has ; MySQL_GPL-3.20.32a-1 While contribs has; MySQL-3.22.25-6 So I am really in the North now ToTo? Duh, you got me again on this one :o) Could some gifted MySQL person offer some suggestions to less evolved Mandrake users and practicioners? William Bouterse
Re: [Cooker] Re: netscape 4.70-6mdk-CookerMail
# rpm -Uvh compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.5mdk.i586.rpm # compat-glibcunpacking of archive failed on file /usr/i386-glibc20-linux: cpio: unlink failed - Is a directory 'rpm --force --nodeps -Uvh compat-glibc-5.3-2.0.7.5mdk.i586.rpm' had the same results. Also 'ivh' no luck I got the rpms from two different sites. What next? Actually Mozilla M12 is not too bad these days!;/) It's strange really, here are many people having great difficulty getting OFF the List and I have GREAT DIFFICULTY staying ON the List !!??? Ah well, thats Linux for ya, always something new lurking in the tundra. William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] Re: netscape 4.70-6mdk-CookerMail
Okay I'll quit struggling and ask: Cannot install the latest netscape 4.70-6mdkrpm on L-M7.0b-5? To my knowledge All lib-rpms are installed from 7.0b. I read about this problem somewhere else ? It's the ol-compat-glib 5.3-2.0.7.4 needed and not found. Have not had this kind of problem with netscape installs since the REALLY buggy 4.5x versions. I have been upgrading my test L-M6.1 machine The latest rpms have given me more trouble than any others for some reason? It is still working but continue to get many of the older errors I was getting from a couple of weeks ago. I continue to have VERY ERRATIC behavior with Cooker-Mail and Cooker Announcements. Some Days I get mail, others it stops completely or stalls to a dribble, half of my questions or error reports disappear into the VOID. I have had to resubscribe several times in the last several weeks? What is Happening? Am I going Nuts or is something really Wrong with the paticular mail-list system being used? I have not changed my mail-headers, etc. This am Ak Time the Archive List is down too? Hopefully a temporary glitch? Please test this Linux-Mandrake7.0 a little more before formally releasing it to the PUBLIC. William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] Xconfig Errors
Xconfigurator-4.2.10-3mdk mouseconfig-4.1-5mdk setup -2.0.6-15mdk XFree86-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-SVGA-3.3.6-4mdk This is L-M 6.1 7.0b upgrade rpm by rpm. Everything major has settled down but continuing to have Xconfigurator probs. No probs with 6.1 with screen rez and mouse #Xconfigurator --> "Xconfigurator has successfully probed PCI Cirrus Logic:GD 5464 (Laguna) X Server:SVGA Default color Depth:32 bpp Resolution:1024x768 I choose "do it myself" 16bpp:640x480--800x600--1024x768 24bpp:640x480--800x600--1024x768 (there is no 32bpp setting?) I get "there was an error executing the XServer in probing mode" So I run through 'Custom settings' again, Still get errors Quit Xconfig and Setup Do it again No Successful Probe this time and kicks me to "custom" Do the "custom settings" thing with Conservative: bpp16:640x480--800x600--1024x768 Still get errors.! Starting an Xsession gets me somewhere but mouse cursor still disappears in what seems to be a 1024x768 mode. 'mouseconfig' sees my mouse as Mouse Sytems serial It has 3 buttons but the 3button emulation box appears to have no effect either checked or unchecked Conclusions? Suggestions? Hopes: I would like to get a clean no error X install to share with my "doubting Thomas" M$ user friends to enhance their desire to "jump ship and join the rebellion" Thanks People It's looking Good! William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] MouseDrake freezes
Trying MouseDrake with several WM's I continue to find it freezes up and I have to ctrl-alt- However 'mouseconfig' works fine and recognizes mouse. 'Mouse Systems serial' The 'emulate three button' is checked I have a three button one and whether I leave it checked or unchecked it still gives me the "cursor disappearing act" at higher resolution as per previous post. mouseconfig-4.1-5mdk installed William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] Gimp and oxygen et.al.
I too feel Gimp is one of the flagship programs for Linux and find in frustrating over the last several years to bring up a scrip-fu, start it rolling and then get hit with the "missing font error". To a new user it can be very discouraging. Anyway to change this? Is Eterm installed by default? I am upgrading from 6.1 and did the -Uvh thing so is the defacto standard no Eterm? Enlightenment without Eterm is like Glaciers without snow! :-) Michael J Hammel of Graphics Muse has a decent scrip-fu which can be quite useful for business-card making etc. It is called Graphics Muse Tools http://www.graphics-muse.org/sw/sw.html Is it too late for this one? William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] Re:This Cable Modem Works Fine
The Modem itself is a ComPort 21 my ISP and Cable Modem Provider is anchorageak.net a subsidiary of gci.net I do not know their specific "protocol"? I could ask if more info is needed, just would need to know "what to ask!?" This is the provider I have often lambasted in the Linux-Mandrake "expert" group for total "cluelessless" re:Linux but at least they try. I am running a static IP and the biggest glitch of late was their tacking on some kind of net-bios filter which caused my access to crap out every 6 hours. A tech who runs L-M 6.1 at home :>) tracked down the problem and vola' its gone and I'm on steady now! BTW They are running at least one Linux DHCPD server now :>) William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] mouseconfig-4.1-5mdk
I have mouseconfig-4.1-5mdk rpm installed It's a Mouse Systems serial three button, usually works fine BUT; Attempting to access MouseDrake locks it up Also at different resolutions the curser disappears i.e. lets say #startx -bpp24 -- :3 ctrl-alt+or- The finer resolution lets say 1024x768 make it disappear or lockup This is with a PCI-CirrusLogic:GD 5464 "Laguna" svga The "setup" recognizes both the card and mouse with no prob. Ideas? Or what can I do to track this down? William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
[Cooker] no authorized user
I'm hitting the "no authorized user logged in" message on a hybrid L-M6.1 with 7.0Beta Upgrade. Looking in the archives I saw the add /etc/shutdown.allow then the 'shutdown -a' command, but it only got me to a single user shell. I still had to do a 'telinit 6' to actually shutdown and reboot. I am missing the obvious I'm sure! William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
