[Cooker] [Bug 3612] [Installation] can't install from a firewire CD-ROM
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3612 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-18-09 19:20 --- [nplanel] wrote: you're right: sbp2. Journal with cut-n-paste is here: http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/vx88 -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: NEW creation_date: description: Sony VAIO VX88, installer cannot load stage two from the firewire (iLink) DVD-R/CD-RW. Last error is that it's missing sb2. Drive works fine after a successful network install. Problem existed in 9.0 as well. Expert mode cannot be used to bypass the problem. It wouldn't be so annoying if disk two had network.img as the El Torito boot image HINT HINT HINT. thanks, Jack
[Cooker] [Bug 3612] [Installation] can't install from a firewire CD-ROM
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3612 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-01-09 12:42 --- Sorry, I do not have time at this point; can someone else with a Sony laptop do this? thanks, Jack On Fri, 2003-08-29 at 09:28, [qa] wrote: -- Configure bugmail: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/userprefs.cgi?tab=email --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: NEW creation_date: description: Sony VAIO VX88, installer cannot load stage two from the firewire (iLink) DVD-R/CD-RW. Last error is that it's missing sb2. Drive works fine after a successful network install. Problem existed in 9.0 as well. Expert mode cannot be used to bypass the problem. It wouldn't be so annoying if disk two had network.img as the El Torito boot image HINT HINT HINT. thanks, Jack
[Cooker] [Bug 3613] [Installation] New: live_update broken
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3613 Product: Installation Component: stage1 Summary: live_update broken Version: 1.809 Platform: PC OS/Version: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] live_update & livedrake are hopelessly borked (livedrake a little less so): 1) it dies if you don't use /mnt/cdrom for the CD-drive. 2) it tries to run /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/live_install, which doesn't exist -- should be Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/live_install2 3) live_install2 won't run because of a Perl libraries issue -- it can't find install2.pm, because that library doesn't exist. There is an install2 and an install2.pm.gz... I tried copying install2 to /usr/lib/perl5/site-lib/install2.pm, but then it failed because it tries to source a bunch of stuff from its working directory. I quit here. --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
[Cooker] [Bug 3612] [Installation] New: can't install from a firewire CD-ROM
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=3612 Product: Installation Component: hardware Summary: can't install from a firewire CD-ROM Version: 1.809 Platform: PC URL: http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/vx88 OS/Version: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sony VAIO VX88, installer cannot load stage two from the firewire (iLink) DVD-R/CD-RW. Last error is that it's missing sb2. Drive works fine after a successful network install. Problem existed in 9.0 as well. Expert mode cannot be used to bypass the problem. It wouldn't be so annoying if disk two had network.img as the El Torito boot image HINT HINT HINT. thanks, Jack --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
[Cooker] [Bug 2532] [acpi] some acpi modules not working on dell inspiron 8100
http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2532 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-03-06 16:50 --- On Thu, 2003-03-06 at 06:10, aw280 wrote: does the Dell Inspiron 8100 actually support APM at all? (Quick Google check -- yes, it does.) I ask because many recent Sony, H-Paq, and Toshiba models do not. I understand your position, but realize that the industry is moving to ACPI and the option being presented will increasingly be not "one Linux power management scheme vs another" but "Linux vs Windows". But any way, yes the problem should be reported on acpi-sppt, which is linked from the Sourceforge page. --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: Laptop is a dell inspiron 8100 with latest (A14) bios + Mandrake-9.1 rc1 + kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.10mdk-1-1mdk. No problems with acpi during install and the /proc/acpi entries for the components compiled into kernel were all created. Acpi modules had to be loaded by hand and some showed errors in /var/log/messages such as: Feb 28 11:47:22 ef kernel: ACPI: Battery Slot [BAT0] (battery absent) Feb 28 11:47:22 ef kernel: ACPI-0188: *** Warning: Buffer created with zero length in AML Feb 28 11:48:22 ef kernel: ACPI: Thermal Zone [THM] (25 C) Feb 28 11:49:32 ef kernel: ACPI-0188: *** Warning: Buffer created with zero length in AML Feb 28 11:49:32 ef kernel: -0072: *** Error: ut_allocate: Attempt to allocate zero bytes But all modules appear to be loaded: # /sbin/lsmod Module Size Used byNot tainted thermal 8224 0 (unused) fan 2528 0 (unused) button 3724 0 (unused) processor 10872 0 [thermal] ac 2816 0 (unused) battery 7008 0 (unused) All entries for the modules are also created in /proc/acpi but not everything is working, for example the battery. When the laptop is connected to a power outlet: # cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state state: on-line # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: unknown present rate:0 mA remaining capacity: 0 mAh present voltage: 0 mV When the laptop is running on the battery: # cat /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/AC/state state: off-line # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/state present: yes capacity state: ok charging state: unknown present rate:0 mA remaining capacity: 0 mAh present voltage: 0 mV Also 'info' under /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1 appears to be 'dead': # cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info present: yes design capacity: 0 mWh last full capacity: 0 mWh battery technology: non-rechargeable design voltage: 0 mV design capacity warning: 0 mWh design capacity low: 0 mWh capacity granularity 1: 0 mWh capacity granularity 2: 0 mWh model number: serial number: battery type: OEM info: Judging from the entries in /var/log/messages the Dell ACPI BIOS appears to be ok. At least it says 'ACPI BIOS passes blacklist': Feb 28 11:28:48 ef kernel: ACPI: RSDP (v000 DELL ) @ 0x000fde50 Feb 28 11:28:48 ef kernel: ACPI: RSDT (v001 DELLCPi R 10194.02588) @ 0x000fde64 Feb 28 11:28:48 ef kernel: ACPI: FADT (v001 DELLCPi R 10194.02588) @ 0x000fde90 Feb 28 11:28:48 ef kernel: ACPI: DSDT (v001 INT430 SYSFexxx 0.04097) @ 0x Feb 28 11:28:48 ef kernel: ACPI: BIOS passes blacklist Feb 28 11:28:48 ef kernel: ACPI: MADT not present Feb 28 11:28:48 ef kernel: Dell Inspiron with broken BIOS detected. Refusing to enable the local APIC. Can the broken APIC have anything to do with it? Should I report these problems 'upstream'?
Re: [Cooker] RC2, first impression (video card problems)
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 09:24, jokerman64 wrote: ... > > > > Voodoo3s play all GL and SDL games very nicely, Quake and all its > > variants are fine, Descent3 is great. However, some game authors will > > write their games specifically for a certain video card. They might say > > that it's to "utilize many super-nifty whiz-bang features of the card > > that aren't exposed through OpenGL", I might say it's to repay > > investments and prototype boards from the video card manufacturer, but > > the end result is that 3dfx doesn't apply in that game of kickback any > > more. So, if you want to run Unreal Tournament on Linux, you must > > purchase an NVidia card and use whatever drivers it requires. > It can't play UT 2003 That's what I said, yes. So, if you want to run Unreal Tournament on Linux, you must > > purchase an NVidia card and use whatever drivers it requires. Clear? By the way, if you want to play Age of Empires, you'll need to buy a copy of Windows too. Games publishers set hardware and software requirements. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] RC2, first impression (video card problems)
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 06:30, Luca Olivetti wrote: > N Smethurst wrote: > > > too. However, I guess this would be politically incorrect so it will never > > happen, despite the fact that the users want drivers that work. > > So you should look elsewhere but nvidia (In fact I'm so pissed off at > the constant crashes with nvidia binary driver that I'll stay far away > from nvidia products, pity that it seems that ATI is following the same > trend). > BTW: anyone has a suggestion for a good (and possibly cheap) graphic > card, that run out of the box with open source (ie. peer reviewed) > drivers and has enough horsepower to play tuxracer? > The Voodoo3 may be old, but it has great Linux support (well, as good as any 3d card, which is really to say crappy, but at least the support is in XF86 & the kernel instead of a binary mystery package) still has competitive frame rates, and is available for about $20 off of ebay. Voodoo3s play all GL and SDL games very nicely, Quake and all its variants are fine, Descent3 is great. However, some game authors will write their games specifically for a certain video card. They might say that it's to "utilize many super-nifty whiz-bang features of the card that aren't exposed through OpenGL", I might say it's to repay investments and prototype boards from the video card manufacturer, but the end result is that 3dfx doesn't apply in that game of kickback any more. So, if you want to run Unreal Tournament on Linux, you must purchase an NVidia card and use whatever drivers it requires. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] XFuture (was: Xfree 4.3 and RandR)
On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 02:40, Götz Waschk wrote: > Am Dienstag, 4. März 2003, 11:36:14 Uhr MET, schrieb Steffen Barszus: > > I don't know if there is anything like this. But for sure it is not possible > > to use things like xv or OpenGL on remote workstations. For this you have to > > sit on the very same machine. > > Who said that? glx can use a remote display, I'm not sure about xv, > but I guess that's similar. > is that new? Didn't work in 4.2... -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Update function
On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 02:22, James Sparenberg wrote: ... > > Goal... see what happens over current cooker... if it works... see what > happens over 9.0 the second may take a little longer... I'll have to > install 9.0 first. > I'll test over 9.0, I still have it since I'd have to make another El Torito disk to install an RC (per the bug text) -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Update function
On Tue, 2003-03-04 at 01:27, Buchan Milne wrote: ... > >>>>well heck, if it works on Mandrake it oughta be worth looking at for > >>>>those systems! Oh yeah, it doesn't work on Mandrake. > >>>>http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516 > >>>>Oh well. > > > Why doesn't someone > 1)Assign the bug to the right product (Installation rather that > MandrakeUpdateRobot, which I am sure is not the right product for it) > 2)Vote for it or confirm it. > I'm unfamiliar with bugzilla and thought I was doing so by responding to it and posting in my information. Now that RC2 is out, it won't do any good to confirm until it's been tested on RC2. > It is probably way too late for this, someone should have confirmed this > bug during beta at the latest (when Pixel was complaining he was bored ..) > > Regards, > Buchan ... -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Update function
On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 15:12, obennett wrote: > I think I'm gonna start testing the upgrade function on 9.0, 9.1 RCs and maybe > Debian and gentoo(?). Good idea or no. Maybe I should just test on rpm based > distributions. Is it working reasonably well for me to be able to do this. well heck, if it works on Mandrake it oughta be worth looking at for those systems! Oh yeah, it doesn't work on Mandrake. http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516 Oh well. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Xfree 4.3 and RandR
On Mon, 2003-03-03 at 04:06, andre wrote: > On Monday 03 March 2003 13:05, Steffen Barszus wrote: > > I feel that this RandR feature is a must have. A lot of people was > > complaining about it a long time. > > RandR is something you complain about if you don't have it and never use if > you have it yeah, nobody has a different sized monitor when they plug their laptop into a docking station or video projector, and nobody minds keeping multiple XF86Config-4 files around, so no one wants anything like RandR. In other news, developers keep wasting time on these damned Gnome and KDE desktop environments -- don't they realize that everyone wants light-weight desktops? back to your regularly scheduled programming, -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] ACPI Commands
assuming pmsuspend is related to the suspend.sh script from swsusp page, you should look at the /etc/suspend.conf (or whatever it's been renamed) and tell it that you want to restart sound during the cycle. Jack On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 11:30, Sascha Noyes wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I'm seriously impressed with swsuspend. I added resume=/dev/hda8 to my boot > entry, rebooted and then suspended my Presario 732US to disc. Everything came > back up (usb mouse also) The only problem I had was with not having any sound > anymore. Any tips on how to debug this? > > Thanks, > Sascha Noyes > > On Thursday 27 February 2003 12:26 pm, MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > > Cool. It almost works. I added resume=/dev/hda7 to the append statement in > > lilo. Upon reboot got message at startup "resume machine: this is normal > > swap space". After completing the reboot, ran pmsuspend again. It dropped > > out of Gnome and wrote to disk and shut off the machine. After powering the > > laptop back on, it looked like it was writing back into RAM but then I lost > > X and could not get to a prompt. I just have a bunch of lines at the top of > > the screen. Going to remove the resume portion and say it "almost" works... > > > > Cory > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Adam Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 8:57 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: RE: [Cooker] ACPI Commands > > > > On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 16:50, MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > > > I have an Omnibook XE4500 and I tried the pmsuspend. I get the message > > > to add resume=/dev/hda7 (swap partition) and then that's all. > > > > So...er...why do you assume you should ignore it, like the other guy did? I > > don't understand. :). Do it, reboot, then run pmsuspend again... > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+Xmd3gzJdfX+cTW8RAicyAJ0QQFz1MfcR8bNH0iLwaEWBvEqcpgCgnGkE > zRXvlldFDC85qHGeufn+Cew= > =JSR+ > -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
RE: [Cooker] ACPI Commands
be aware that you probably have a corrupted swap partition if you have to reboot without resume=/partition or noresume. free, see if you have swap, if not then mkswap /partition and swapon -a. Jack On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 09:26, MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > Cool. It almost works. I added resume=/dev/hda7 to the append statement in > lilo. Upon reboot got message at startup "resume machine: this is normal > swap space". After completing the reboot, ran pmsuspend again. It dropped > out of Gnome and wrote to disk and shut off the machine. After powering the > laptop back on, it looked like it was writing back into RAM but then I lost > X and could not get to a prompt. I just have a bunch of lines at the top of > the screen. Going to remove the resume portion and say it "almost" works... > > Cory > > > -Original Message- > From: Adam Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 8:57 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [Cooker] ACPI Commands > > > On Thu, 2003-02-27 at 16:50, MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > > I have an Omnibook XE4500 and I tried the pmsuspend. I get the message > > to add resume=/dev/hda7 (swap partition) and then that's all. > > So...er...why do you assume you should ignore it, like the other guy did? I > don't understand. :). Do it, reboot, then run pmsuspend again... -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
RE: [Cooker] ACPI Commands
still works for me -- however, the 'Net has been very slow the last 24 hours or so. Haven't troubleshot if it's just my setup or ISP or backbone or the whole world yet. On Wed, 2003-02-26 at 09:28, MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > Thanks for the commands. BTW, the link to the webpage given by Jack to handy > ACPI client: http://grahame.ucc.asn.au/acpi.shtml seems dead. Anyway, tried > the commands. Did something but I'm not sure what. My usb devices no longer > worked and the whole system seemed jerky. It also logged me out of root. > So, having not worked, I rebooted. I guess I can just live with the battery > monitor for now. > > Cory > > -Original Message- > From: Adam Williamson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2003 4:53 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [Cooker] ACPI Commands > > > On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 23:30, MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > > Someone who is more familiar with ACPI than me, can you post some > > commands to see if ACPI works correctly? On the ACPI stuff that I have > > read there is acpiclt applet that has come control over ACPI but it's > > not included or I can't seem to find it. I have acpid running and all > > the modules, minus the Toshiba one. I have battery status and it knows > > when AC is plugged in. Aside from that, I'm not sure how to test any > > other ACPI functionality... > > Oops - echo 5 > /proc/acpi/sleep is soft-off. echo 4 > /proc/acpi/sleep is > suspend-to-disk. Sorry. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] ACPI Commands
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 15:30, MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote:
> Someone who is more familiar with ACPI than me, can you post some
> commands to see if ACPI works correctly? On the ACPI stuff that I have
> read there is acpiclt applet that has come control over ACPI but it's
> not included or I can't seem to find it. I have acpid running and all
> the modules, minus the Toshiba one. I have battery status and it knows
> when AC is plugged in. Aside from that, I'm not sure how to test any
> other ACPI functionality...
>
> tia,
> Cory
handy ACPI client: http://grahame.ucc.asn.au/acpi.shtml
install acpid package and then have a look under /etc/acpi/actions and
/etc/acpi/events. With any luck you'll have some scripts there:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] jack]$ cat /etc/acpi/events/power
# change screen brightness and CPU speed
event=ac_adapter .*
action=/etc/acpi/actions/powerchange
# shut down when power button is pressed
event=button/power.*
action=/sbin/halt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] jack]$ cat /etc/acpi/actions/powerchange
#!/bin/sh
#
# Do things, depending on the status of the ac_adapter
status=`sed "s/state: *//" /proc/acpi/ac_adapter/ACAD/state`
case $status in
"on-line" ) echo 8 >/proc/vaio/lcd
exit 0
;;
"off-line" ) echo 4 >/proc/vaio/lcd
exit 0
;;
esac
echo "Something bad happened!"
exit 1
--
Jack Coates
Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Re: [galeon] Galeon 1.3.2 usability in RC1
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 08:30, Adam Williamson wrote: ... > What do you mean, "before its own developers release it"? Galeon has had > three 1.3.x releases, 1.3.0, 1.3.1 and 1.3.2. They're on all the > relevant pages at http://galeon.sourceforge.net, they're announced to > the main release tracking news sites, etc etc etc. Sure, it's a > development branch. Boo fucking hoo. It's the only one that works with > GTK2+ Mozilla, and it's bloody silly to keep using an antiquated version > of Mozilla just so the "stable" branch of Galeon will work. Move on, > shut up. Your opinion has been duly noted and filed in the proper receptacle. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Removing basesystem?
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 07:47, Alexander Skwar wrote: > Hi! > > After quite some time, I now wanted to do a urpmi --auto-select again, > to get my system to the current Cooker state. > > urpmi shows me: > > Die folgenden Pakete müssen entfernt werden, um die Aktualisierungen > durchführen zu können: > basesystem-9.0-3mdk > gstreamer-audiofile-0.4.2-4mdk > libgnomeprint2.0_0-1.116.0-2mdk > libmysql10-devel-3.23.53-5mdk > libpgperl-7.2.3-2mdk > libpgsqlodbc0-7.2.3-2mdk > mozilla-xmlterm-1.1-10mdk > postgresql-tk-7.2.3-2mdk > > Why does urpmi want to remove basesystem? > no idea, but it does sometimes act a bit flaky. Most likely it wants to replace it with something else, probably basesystem-9.1-rc1-minor-version-mdk. Personally, I would download some of the other packages and urpmi them one-by-one, then see if the problem went away or added some explanatory symptoms. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Re: [galeon] Galeon 1.3.2 usability in RC1
On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 01:58, Ben Reser wrote: ... > As someone has already quoted earlier in the bugzilla discussion, > from the Galeon news page: > http://galeon.sourceforge.net/news/ > >>>>> > The 1.3.x branch is a development branch and not designed to replace > 1.2.x for the typical user who wants a browser that works. Having said > that, we're grateful for all the brave souls who try it out; we need > your feedback to make galeon as good as possible! > <<<<< ... as far as I'm concerned, this is the end of the argument -- shipping software before its own developers release it in a desktop-oriented distribution is the wrong move in my opinion. If the released version won't build the way that you want it to, then don't ship the program at all -- put it in contrib. I will probably be holding back from 9.0 -> 9.1 upgrade until this is resolved as I do use Galeon as my primary browser; however, I will also investigate Mozilla as its usability and speed have been improving, and it's always been slightly more stable than Galeon anyway. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
[Cooker] [Bug 2372] [kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.10mdk] New: kernel install script breaks existing mounts
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2372 Product: kernel-2.4.21.0.pre4.10mdk Component: libsasl2-plug-ntlm Summary: kernel install script breaks existing mounts Version: 1-1mdk Platform: PC OS/Version: All Status: UNCONFIRMED Severity: normal Priority: P2 AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Sony Vaio VX88 has a memory-stick slot. I mount a memory stick in it under a hidden directory in my ~ and put my GPG and FPM directories there. installing kernel-2.4.21.0-pre4.10mdk results in the mount point in my ~ being erased and my /etc/fstab line changing from: /dev/sda1 /home/jack/.crypto vfat user,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,noexec,sync,umask=0266 1 2 to: /dev/sda1 /mnt/memory_card auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,exec 0 0 This is uncool behavior: if an fstab entry exists for the device, PLEASE DO NOT CHANGE IT. --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
[Cooker] [Bug 2136] [xmms-alsa] XMMS alsa plugin does not work
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2136 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-23 17:50 --- a whole lot of lsmod, rpm -q --whatprovides /lib/modules/[kernel-version]/[path-to-what-you-saw-in-lsmod], and Google. I should point out that sound on my system is FUBAR'd since installing 2.4.21 on 9.0, it can't make up its mind between OSS and ALSA and keeps loading a few modules from one, a few from another... On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 09:39, txe_stc wrote: --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: Symptoms: On installing and selecting the XMMS-alsa output plugin, XMMS will produce an 'error opening alsa device: No such file or directory' dialog box, then stops without playback. Sound works correctly if the OSS output plugin is selected. Configuration: Mandrake 9.1 RC 1 Desktop: Gnome 2.2 Athlon XP+ 2200 Soundcard Creative Soundblaster Audigy (The lspci -v output for this device is: 00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03) Subsystem: Creative Labs SB0090 Audigy Player Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 I/O ports at d400 [size=32] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 )
Re: [Cooker] Re: [Bug 1659] [initscripts] /etc/ppp/ip-down notchecking before editing /etc/resolv.conf
On Sun, 2003-02-23 at 02:05, Todd Lyons wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Jack Coates wrote on Fri, Feb 21, 2003 at 04:13:15PM -0800 : > > > > Right. The DHCP server knows things that I want it to tell me: gateway > > and local DNS servers, for instance. However, that doesn't mean I want > > it to erase things that I want to keep around, especially if it doesn't > > have any better suggestions (e.g. search, which is simply erased if the > > DHCP server didn't specify anything). > > Which dhcp client are you using? I thought it returned the config to > its state before it obtained the IP address. Or am I think of ppp? > > Blue skies... Todd dhcpcd-1.3.22pl4-1.1mdk -- I think that's PPP you're thinking of. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
[Cooker] [Bug 2137] [alsa-utils] alsamixer produces error
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2137 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-22 18:10 --- lsmod to make sure that the ALSA modules are even loaded. On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 08:03, txe_stc wrote: --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: Symptoms: First install the alsa-utils-0.9 package. From a command line enter: 'alsamixer'. Command returns: alsamixer: function snd_ctl_open failed for default: No such file or directory This was tried both as root and as a normal user. Configuration: Mandrake 9.1 RC 1 Desktop: Gnome 2.2 Athlon XP+ 2200 Soundcard Creative Soundblaster Audigy (The lspci -v output for this device is: 00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03) Subsystem: Creative Labs SB0090 Audigy Player Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 I/O ports at d400 [size=32] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 )
[Cooker] [Bug 2136] [xmms-alsa] XMMS alsa plugin does not work
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2136 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-22 18:10 --- well, did you try it while using ALSA instead of OSS as the sound driver? On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 07:33, txe_stc wrote: --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. --- Reminder: --- assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] status: UNCONFIRMED creation_date: description: Symptoms: On installing and selecting the XMMS-alsa output plugin, XMMS will produce an 'error opening alsa device: No such file or directory' dialog box, then stops without playback. Sound works correctly if the OSS output plugin is selected. Configuration: Mandrake 9.1 RC 1 Desktop: Gnome 2.2 Athlon XP+ 2200 Soundcard Creative Soundblaster Audigy (The lspci -v output for this device is: 00:0f.0 Multimedia audio controller: Creative Labs SB Audigy (rev 03) Subsystem: Creative Labs SB0090 Audigy Player Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 64, IRQ 5 I/O ports at d400 [size=32] Capabilities: [dc] Power Management version 2 )
Re: [Cooker] ACPI Testing
On Sat, 2003-02-22 at 00:10, Randy Welch wrote: ... > > If you had a modern laptop, you'd be happy to get that because it > > wouldn't happen without ACPI :-) > > > > What's classed as a modern laptop? ;-) > > I have an A22p that won't suspend with ACPI loaded up ( and I have to > load it up by hand ). And it's ACPI capable W2K uses ACPI on the machine. The hardware vendors have announce intent to scuttle APM in favor of ACPI, and many new laptops (such as anything produced by Sony since last summer) don't have any APM support at all. IBMs still offer the option. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Re: [Bug 1659] [initscripts] /etc/ppp/ip-down not checking before editing /etc/resolv.conf
On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 20:52, James Sparenberg wrote: ... > > > > > > This is because it's really annoying to sign onto a new LAN and have X > > > > apps unable to find themselves because your search line has been > > > > overwritten by a braindead DHCP server. > > > > > > The DHCP server has no ability to write anything to your machine. The > > > DHCP client is doing it because you let it (the thing I said above will > > > make it not). > > > > Right. The DHCP server knows things that I want it to tell me: gateway > > and local DNS servers, for instance. However, that doesn't mean I want > > it to erase things that I want to keep around, especially if it doesn't > > have any better suggestions (e.g. search, which is simply erased if the > > DHCP server didn't specify anything). > > > Jack, > >Don't know if this will help but as I have proftpd and evolution as > two prime examples of the braindead X apps you spoke of I did this, in > my /etc/hosts file I changed > > 127.0.0.1 localhost (the MDK default that screws up everything *grin*) > > to > > 127.0.0.1 jamlap.linuxpda.biz jamlap > localhost.localdomain localhost > > > That way no matter what DHCP etc do my box always resolves to 127.0.0.1 > and evo and proftpd are happy as heck. > > James Hey James, [EMAIL PROTECTED] jack]$ cat /etc/hosts 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost chupacabra 127.0.0.1 chupacabra.monkeynoodle.org but the resolv.conf thing would still be pretty pimpin', no? Or is that l33t :-) -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] ACPI Testing
On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 19:48, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 22:45, Buchan Milne wrote: > > > Do not know. I am using acpi on my IBM 600X, which seems to work ok, > > except that I do not see any benefit over APM (bseides the fact that I can > > view temperatures and charge in mWh). Am I supposed to see my machine > > suspend automatically (it does not)? All my normal devices (PCMCIA NIC, > > winmodem, USB port etc) work, but I was hoping for a bit more ... > If you had a modern laptop, you'd be happy to get that because it wouldn't happen without ACPI :-) > No. That's what acpid is for. It can trigger ACPI events when certain > things happen, as apmd (allegedly...) can for APM. This presupposes you > can get suspending to work at all, of course. :) > > > Maybe I should go back to apm, then at least I can use apmiser to throttle > > the CPU (which I am not sure acpi does at present). > If your hardware supports APM, I'd use APM until the 2.6 kernel is available. That's where the real ACPI development will take place, AFAICT everything in 2.4 is backports that seem to be done as afterthoughts. > It ought to be possible. Investigate > /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/throttling . It is possible, but you'll want a daemon to maximize usage rather than echo-ing values into /proc. See autospeedstep or cpufreq. > > I get the feeling if someone would just write some damn *documentation* > for the current ACPI implementation we'd find out all sorts of cool > things it does. As it stands, anyone who isn't a developer is fumbling > around in the dark... seriously. The ACPI support mailing list is occasionally illuminating, the swsusp mailing list more so. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Re: [Bug 1659] [initscripts] /etc/ppp/ip-down not checking before editing /etc/resolv.conf
On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 15:54, David Walser wrote: > Jack Coates wrote: > > feature request for some future distribution: It would be grand if > > resolv.conf modifications supported an "always-on" set of DNS options in > > case the stuff provided by the local LAN is fubar or doesn't have zones > > you want. > > > > in /etc/sysconfig/network one would add something like > > ALWAYS_ON_DNS=a.b.c.d > > ALWAYS_SEARCH_DNS=myzone.tld > > > > the DHCP client would then write its new resolv.conf, after which > > nameserver $ALWAYS_ON_DNS would be appended. If no search domain has > > been specified by the DHCP server, then search $ALWAYS_SEARCH_DNS will > > also be appended. > > Is having resolv.conf not replaced when you make a DHCP connection what > you want? No. > Are you aware of the possibility of adding the line: > PEERDNS=no > > to /etc/sysconfig/network > ? > Yes. > > This is because it's really annoying to sign onto a new LAN and have X > > apps unable to find themselves because your search line has been > > overwritten by a braindead DHCP server. > > The DHCP server has no ability to write anything to your machine. The > DHCP client is doing it because you let it (the thing I said above will > make it not). Right. The DHCP server knows things that I want it to tell me: gateway and local DNS servers, for instance. However, that doesn't mean I want it to erase things that I want to keep around, especially if it doesn't have any better suggestions (e.g. search, which is simply erased if the DHCP server didn't specify anything). -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Effects of freeze (Mailclient and list reply)
On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 12:06, Steffen Barszus wrote: > On Friday 21 February 2003 20:35, Jack Coates wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 11:24, Steffen Barszus wrote: > > ... > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Stupid fecking reply-to: settings screwing up mailing lists really > > > > really bugs me... if you didn't want my reply to go to the mailing > > > > list, why did you bother sending your message to the mailing list? > > > > > > why don't you just configure your mailclient right if it get that much on > > > your nerves ? I guess Ximian evolution should be able to handle > > > mailinglists right. ( <== no rant or flame its a suggestion) > > > > I'm open to suggestion, but I don't see an "override the requested > > Reply-To: with the mailing list address" option. I could Reply-All to > > every email I receive, but then I'm getting on the nerves of the people > > who don't filter out duplicate emails (usually the ones who set > > Reply-To: in the first place). > > On Kmail I filter the mailinglist in a folder for that mailinglist. A > right-click on that folder offers me a preferences menu and there I can tell > "This folder contains a mailinglist" and fill in a reply-to for that > mailinglist. After that is configured I can press "L" for List-reply. This > should be possible in a similar way for all Linux-mail-clients. Since I have > no evolution at hand I can't say how to do the same in that app. Maybe > someone other can jump in here ? Ah. In Evolution it's right-click the message and choose Reply to List. A fine workaround, though in either case (Evo or Kmail) the workflow is unacceptable: 1) decide to reply. 2) click reply. 3) write message. 4) click send. 5) realize that it didn't go to the list. 6) investigate why in "Sent". 7) start a new reply using To-List workaround. 8) copy and paste from Sent into a new mail message. Steps 5 through 8 of course very rarely get done, in which case the answer doesn't get archived, the conversation thread is not public, and the usefulness of the mailing list is decreased. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Effects of freeze
On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 11:24, Steffen Barszus wrote: ... > > > > > > > Stupid fecking reply-to: settings screwing up mailing lists really > > really bugs me... if you didn't want my reply to go to the mailing list, > > why did you bother sending your message to the mailing list? > > > > why don't you just configure your mailclient right if it get that much on your > nerves ? I guess Ximian evolution should be able to handle mailinglists > right. ( <== no rant or flame its a suggestion) > I'm open to suggestion, but I don't see an "override the requested Reply-To: with the mailing list address" option. I could Reply-All to every email I receive, but then I'm getting on the nerves of the people who don't filter out duplicate emails (usually the ones who set Reply-To: in the first place). > But you are right, it is not the best way to handle it like he handled it. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] Effects of freeze
On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 10:22, Philip Webb wrote: > 030219 Charles A Edwards wrote: > > The freeze now in effect means that 9.1 will ship with > > xfce-3.18.16 > > ==-==-==-==-==- > > from http://www.xfce.org/ > > Current version is 3.8.18 (released Novermber 11th, 2002 > > - > > The current mdk pkg was rebuilt 8/19/02 but was last updated 4/25/02 > ^^^ ^^^ > Stupid fecking reply-to: settings screwing up mailing lists really really bugs me... if you didn't want my reply to go to the mailing list, why did you bother sending your message to the mailing list? > > > I'm a huge XFce fan, but I do not think 4 is ready for inclusion -- it is still unreleased for a good reason, as is evidenced by the ongoing changes in things like xfdeskmenu. 3.8.18 would be nice though. > -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
Re: [Cooker] [Bug 1659] [initscripts] /etc/ppp/ip-down notchecking before editing /etc/resolv.conf
feature request for some future distribution: It would be grand if resolv.conf modifications supported an "always-on" set of DNS options in case the stuff provided by the local LAN is fubar or doesn't have zones you want. in /etc/sysconfig/network one would add something like ALWAYS_ON_DNS=a.b.c.d ALWAYS_SEARCH_DNS=myzone.tld the DHCP client would then write its new resolv.conf, after which nameserver $ALWAYS_ON_DNS would be appended. If no search domain has been specified by the DHCP server, then search $ALWAYS_SEARCH_DNS will also be appended. This is because it's really annoying to sign onto a new LAN and have X apps unable to find themselves because your search line has been overwritten by a braindead DHCP server. Jack On Fri, 2003-02-21 at 09:26, rrowan wrote: > https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1659 > > > > > > --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-21 18:26 --- > It is still valid, although I have no idea if it is really a problem. It causes no >problems here. I originally reported this as a bug for two reasons. One, because it >MAY affect someone with a different setup. Who knows. Two, for consistency. If the >other scripts check for some reason, maybe this should also. > Anyway, someone who knows more about this should at least set this to a lower >priority, or possibly close it if it isn't a problem. > > > > --- You are receiving this mail because: --- > You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is. > > > > --- Reminder: --- > assigned_to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > status: UNCONFIRMED > creation_date: > description: > /etc/ppp/ip-down seems to be the only script that does not first check either >$PEERDNS or $RESOLV_MODS before editing /etc/resolv.conf. It probably should. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
[Cooker] [Bug 516] [MandrakeUpdateRobot] New: running live_update from the install CD fails
https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=516 Product: MandrakeUpdateRobot Component: MandrakeUpdateRobot Summary: running live_update from the install CD fails Version: 1.2-2mdk Platform: PC OS/Version: All Status: NEW Severity: normal Priority: P2 AssignedTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ReportedBy: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I tried to run live_update from the first Mandrake 9.0 CD, using the command /mnt/cdrom/live_update. The first error was that it couldn't find a proper shell interpreter to run it. I am trying to upgrade from Mandrake 8.2. So I then ran it using `perl /mnt/cdrom/live_update` this then brought up a window and asked whether I wanted to continue. I accepted it then crashed saying it couldn't write to a file on the CD. I can recreate the bug easiliy, if you need more information then please let me know. Regards, Phil. --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-21 18:02 --- I can confirm and provide more information: Sony Vaio VX88, currently running MDK 9.0 with 2.4.20-2mdk kernel for ACPI support. combo CDRW/DVD drive is at /mnt/disk. as root, cd /mnt/disk & ./live_update produces: gmessage Mandrake Linux live upgrade Unable to find Mandrake Linux Installation Cd-Rom in the first drive. Abort The script looks like it would work if I moved my mount point to /mnt/cdrom, but since this device isn't a cdrom and there was clearly an effort to support other options via distrib=`pwd`, I think I should report the problem. Reboot with CD in of course fails because the installer can't mount the firewire CDRW/DVD. Kernel messages show that it recognizes okay and tries to do the right thing, but doesn't have an sbp2 module to install. This is fixable via burning a new El Torito disk with the network.img as documented here (http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/vaio), but I really don't feel like dealing right now. Okay, so I symlinked /mnt/disk to /mnt/cdrom and ran live_update again, still no soap. So I manually cd Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/ ./live_install2 (not live_install as the live_update script says). and the result is: [root@chupacabra perl-install]# ./live_install2 Can't remove /mnt/disk/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/../../../usr/lib/rpm/rpmrc: Read-only file system, skipping file. Can't locate install2.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/bin/perl-install . /mnt/disk/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/../../../usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /mnt/disk/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/../../../usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /mnt/disk/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/../../../usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /mnt/disk/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/../../../usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /mnt/disk/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/../../../usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /mnt/disk/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/../../../usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /mnt/disk/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/../../../usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /mnt/disk/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install/../../../usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.1 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0/i386-linux-thread-multi /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl/5.8.0 /usr/lib/perl5/vendor_perl) at ./install2 line 31. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at ./install2 line 31. Started device management daemon v1.3.25 for /dev unknown group: "video", defaulting to GID=0 /etc/dynamic/scripts/part.script: line 1: runlevel: command not found /etc/dynamic/scripts/part.script: line 1: runlevel: command not found /etc/dynamic/scripts/part.script: line 1: runlevel: command not found /etc/dynamic/scripts/part.script: line 1: runlevel: command not found /etc/dynamic/scripts/part.script: line 1: runlevel: command not found /etc/dynamic/scripts/part.script: line 1: runlevel: command not found [root@chupacabra perl-install]# --- You are receiving this mail because: --- You are on the CC list for the bug, or are watching someone who is.
Re: [Cooker] Install partition manager hoses Highpoint Raid array
On Wednesday 16 October 2002 03:04 pm, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > Is the mount point or type written to the partition table? > > Yes the filesystem type is part of the partition table. If you > set your partition to ext3 and format it, before rebooting into > the installer, it should fix your pb. But these were already ext3 partitions for /home and / on a working rc1 version. But even though there was no reason for the installer to mess with the partition table, it shouldnt have broken the raid array when it re-wrote the partition table. Must be some bug left in the diskdrake or ataraid/hptraid modules. I have successfully on a number of occassions written the partition table with the open source driver, so it may not be diskdrake. Jack
[Cooker] Install partition manager hoses Highpoint Raid array
During the beta cycle I was surprised to find Highpoint 370 raid support in the kernel. So instead of using the "open source" driver I tried the hptraid module. I installed to a plain disk first, then inserted the modules ataraid and hptraid. What it gave me was /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 from what I could tell in the kernel docs, it should have been /dev/ataraid/d0p1. No biggie. Then I rebooted on the installation cd, chose expert and inserted the ataraid and hptraid modules. The disk partitioning app (diskdrake?) found /dev/ataraid/d0 I made the three partitions (on raid0 array). Upon reboot the Hpt bios reports the raid array is broken and the partition table is wiped out. The raid array has to be deleted and recreated. So I used the "open source" driver and made partitions and copied the sytem over, then made a custom initrd and got /,swap, and /home on the raid array. /boot and lilo are on hda. I took the 9.0 final release and decided to try an upgrade. Again I chose expert, installed ataraid and hptraid modules. Came to the disk app and again I had /dev/ataraid/d0. The partitions were already there so I just told it ext3 and mount points thinking the partition table isnt going to be touched. But when I tried to continue it said writing partition table to disk. All I needed was to format / so it would be clean. I exited and rebooted and sure enough the raid array was broken again. Is the mount point or type written to the partition table? Jack
Re: [Cooker] Kernel bug report: SiS 5513 IDE hang
On Friday 04 October 2002 01:53 pm, Nick Murtagh wrote: > Hi > > When installing Mandrake 9, the installer hangs during > package installation. > > The motherboard has an SiS 730S chipset, including the 5513 > IDE controller. > > Booting with ide=nodma allows installation to succeed. > > After installation, ide=nodma is needed to prevent further > hangs. > > This is obviously a DMA related IDE bug :( > No error messages are produced, the kernel is locked solid. > > Is anyone else seeing this? > > Nick I have a m/b with the 645 sis chipset and 5513 ide controller and I am not experiencing any problems with it. jack
Re: [Cooker] HPT372 causing installation problems
On Thursday 12 September 2002 06:14 am, Stéphane Teletchéa wrote: > Could they be included in current kernel, or at least in the boot image for > installation, like this everything could went fine ... > > May be as a fix later for the kernel ? > I'll try it for myself on my own, and check if it helps with problems > previously reported. They are actually in the kernel: ataraid.o hptraid.o With those installed I can see the partitions on the raid 0 array. preformance is choppy but it does actually work. Diskdrake hosed the raid array during an install. During install devices are /dev/ataraid/d0p? Inserting modules in a running system makes the devices /dev/ataraid/disc0/part? which diskdrake does not recognize. The highpoint drivers may still be the best bet for now.
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Re: [Cooker] Opening my /mnt directory within a kde folder freezesentire system
** Reply to message from Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 30 Jan 2000 02:32:54 -0800 > going to my /mnt directory within a kde folder freezes entire system. > > forget "kill" etconly way now is to left click and maybe run ktop, if it > isn't already open, forget it. You can always get to a console by Alt-F2 and logging in as root then doing a "ps auwx" and then killing the hung process if you can find it in the list. Alt-F7 gets you back to X. Jack Bowling Prince George, BC mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Cooker] Mail list db
Alaxon, I was wondering how I can be removed from the cooker mailing list. I'm getting about 75 emails a day, and have tryed the http removal prog. It seems that I'm out of luck for removal. Do you know who's in charge at mandrakesoft for maintaining the database for beta-testers? I would like to be removed if at all possible. Thanks in advance. Thoreau Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
[Cooker] Comments & Observations
Dear Sir: I want to let everyone who beta-tests and works for Mandrake know that they have done an excellent job with this beta. It looks like your on the right track with the issue of ease of use; that is currently buggering the hell out on linux in the arena of adoption by layman. Upon installing Mandrake 7b, their appears to be no way to backtrack in the installation process, as was with the previous clones of RedHat6.x. The choices between normal, custom(3 options), and expert ought to have a more exacting description of what each means, as in development will install every version of the kernel known to man, etc. While normal, well.. I haven't figured that out yet. I think every library ought be installed by default, as it hinders the compilation and/or install of software if it is not present. Purists may find it bloated, but as an option for a normal install- I think it would be benificial. The addition of appending lilo on install I think should be standard- for normal installations, whereas you add the amount of RAM you have on the machine. Or, perhaps for the next release of Mandrake, a prog can auto-detect RAM amount, and insert it into append, if the user permits. That would be kinky. Anyhow.. After install of Mandrake 7b, the gui under kde is lacking a selection of menu's under right-click on screen/new/folder-as it is a beta, it's to be expected. Also shortcuts to various apps and games are not accurate. File not found is a fairly common occurance. The rpm'd version of Mesa does not work with current game (Q3,for ex.) releases, and it seems that you cannot upgrade Mesa without having linked apps choke on it. Upon upgrade of Mesa, with a standard rpm, no other apps seem to be able to see it as present on the system. xmms,xscreensaver,etc. This is a problem, but it doesn't break the bank just yet. I believe lesstif lib's should be included in install... I just remember that because some apps tend to use it. The autosetting of the HD or disk or whatever upon install is quite annoying. Mandrake should use the designation set up by disk-druid, or whichever was used. If you set up another FAT partion as /mnt/d, then it should use that reference and not set up a /mnt/DOS_hddx. It a bitch to work-around when the rpm gui tends to not be able to detect the switch. Upon resetting the rpm gui to the /mnt/d, for example, where the rpm's reside, it cannot access the new source of rpms. It gives an error, and cannot install the files. A tad problematic, if you wish to use the diskdrakerpm gui thing. This is the reason why people still use slackware. If your hard drive is set up as /mnt/z, then it is forever more, until linuxconf parts it, /mnt/z. Please allow people who can partition their filesystems to be able to use the non-idiot proof setup scheme. Make is WYSIWYG if you will. The hardware management, linuxconf, res setting Drake gui is excellent. I'd like to see an expanding on the prog. The hardware detect, lothar, ran beautifully- since I beta-test for Alex.. heh, just kidding. It all ran well, and kudos to everyone on the various projects. When it comes to vid/moitor resolution though.. Corel has something to look into. They mimic and surpass win9x monitor setup and res change. Very easy, fast, low overhead. The ability to enter in your monitors hor/vert freq should be allowed via gui. I still use XF86Setup because of this. The user needs the ability to add his hardware variable via gui, if he/she wishes. The defaults are never quite accurate. Easy, yes, but not accurate or to the potential of the hardware. I'm glad Mandrake is beginning to become it's own entity with all the projects we've been working on. It's still a RH6.1 clone, but much improved.. much, much improved. I apologize for the size of this comment, but you know what they say... Thoreau Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [Re: [Cooker] Oxygen install Python miscompile]
Chmouel, Thanks for the help. I'm sure it will work. Take care. Chmouel Boudjnah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Jack Foobar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Dear SIr: > > Upon install of Mandrake 7b aka Oxygen, no matter which option you choose- > custom, upgrade, kde wkst, or otherwise, there is a python script error. > There is no way that I can see to continue the install or upgrade. I have > installed using every config, and it doesn't work. Possibly my source CD-ROM > is confusing it. Here is my hardware config: Do a image with the gi_cdrom.img --Chmouel Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
[Cooker] Oxygen install Python miscompile
Dear SIr: Upon install of Mandrake 7b aka Oxygen, no matter which option you choose- custom, upgrade, kde wkst, or otherwise, there is a python script error. There is no way that I can see to continue the install or upgrade. I have installed using every config, and it doesn't work. Possibly my source CD-ROM is confusing it. Here is my hardware config: SCSI 12X CD-ROM 6 Gig UDMA HD Floppy AGP Vid ISA SB 256 MB RAM The Mandrake source files are on the SCSI CD-ROM. I hope this helps, although you probably already are aware of it. Take care. Thoreau Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
Re: [Cooker] Kernel compile problems with cooker
On Fri, 03 Sep 1999, Andreas Spengler wrote: > Hi folks, > > after updating my Linux Mandrake 6.0 with some > of the cooker RPMS I can't compile a working kernel > anymore. I use gcc-2.95.1, but also tried the older pgcc-1.3.1 > which doesn't seem to work anymore. > > When I try to boot a newly compiled kernel the system > hangs after saying > > Uncompressing Kernel...OK, Booting Linux. The release notes for gcc 2.95 state that the 2.2.x kernels need the "make -fno-strict-aliasing" flag to compile properly. Not sure if this was fixed in the 2.95.1 drop. You may want to try it. -- Jack Bowling Prince George, BC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] gcc-2.95.1 or pgcc-1.1.3?
** Reply to note from =?iso-8859-1?Q?J=FCrgen?= Zimmermann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Fri, 27 Aug 1999 13:02:47 +0200 > Hello, > is there a reason behind the fact that both are in the main directory? > Moreover, there are still gcc-2.95 packages in contrib along with > pgcc-2.95 (which someone (Bero) identified as completely broken). > > My opinion: Go for gcc-2.95.1 and remove the others completely... Just a reminder to those who are about to compile the latest 2.2.12 kernel - Linus advises against using gcc-2.95 (.1) since there are some as yet unresolved incompatibilities. Best to use the latet egcs. ====== Jack Bowling Prince George, BC [EMAIL PROTECTED]
