Re: [expert] SLOW boot
APMD? Advanced Power Managment Daemon. It's used for laptop batteries - you can disable it if you into DrakConf from your desktop and select 'startup services'. Mike > My boot proceeds pretty well until it gets to the starting AMD stage. What > is AMD and why would it take over 1 minute at times? Sometimes it is > instantaneous or nearly so. > > -- > Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ > 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 > "Hierro candente, batir de repente" > >
Re: [expert] SLOW boot
Gil Baron W0MN wrote: > > My boot proceeds pretty well until it gets to the starting AMD stage. What > is AMD and why would it take over 1 minute at times? Sometimes it is > instantaneous or nearly so. AMD is Auto Mounter Daemon. This can be activated or not at install time, then you can activate it or not using linuxconf. -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] Tape Backup
Gary Morgan wrote: > > Can I use "dump" to backup more than one file system to the same tape? You can always backup several things on the same tape, whatever the utility knows how to do, by using the "non-rewinding" device (look for a device whose name begins with "n"). By the way, you mailer is screwed up: it produces unusable "To" and "Reply to" addresses in the headers... -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] SLOW boot
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Gil Baron W0MN wrote: > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 22:22:31 -0500 > From: Gil Baron W0MN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: AA/MandrakeExpert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [expert] SLOW boot > > My boot proceeds pretty well until it gets to the starting AMD stage. What > is AMD and why would it take over 1 minute at times? Sometimes it is > instantaneous or nearly so. > According to the manpage of amd, it is an automatic filesystem mounter, that fakes itself as an nfs server, I have had similar symtoms in the past, but stopped using amd. The mere act of faking an nfs server is probably the reason for it's erratic behavior, as conditions such as network connectivity, and other such variables become hard to juggle. Another possible cause is an error in /etc/hosts, as it heavily relies on this file. My recommendation is to disable it entirely. > -- > Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ > 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 > "Hierro candente, batir de repente" > -- Regards, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jul 17
Re: [expert] SUCCESS believe it or not
Gil Baron W0MN wrote: > > My nightmare may be coming to and end. > I did a reinstall of Version 7.0 and then an upgrade to version 7.1. The X > comes up now and I have a 640 x 480 system. The network works also, on the > cable modem too! Did you ever try the frame buffer X server ??? Since your card is fairly recent, it should work (it only needs a card with a VESA 2.x BIOS) and it would give you access to all video modes supported by the card's BIOS (you'd have the resolution but not the acceleration AFAIK). > > My other system VOODOO BANSHEE is supported in version 7 but fails in > > version 7.1. GO figure. I repeat, I also have a Voodoo Banshee and I had no problem whatsoever when installing 7.1. So it must be something specific to your system. Did you activate VGA IRQ in your BIOS ? -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] Lap-top
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:31:35 -0600 > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Lap-top > > > > I was just wondering if anyone has successfully done an ftp install of > mandrake 7.1 on a laptop. The only version of anything I have been acle to > install was RedHat 5.2 (via ftp) but for somereason it dies on me after > retrieving the second stage. I am using a Linksys combo PCMCIA card and was > wondering if the problem *might* be the card (even though it does actually > connect via ftp to retrieve the second stage) Any suggestions are greatly > appreciated. > > Lonny Selinger > > I am forced to deal with a sony vaio that has a USB floppy, and past the first disk, the floppy drive no longer works, as soon as the kernel is loaded, I just copied the install files to a dos partition, then did a loadlin style install. However, I was lucky enough to get my hands on a toshiba laptop that has an external non-usb floppy, and built-in ethernet, and that worked without problems, it has some intel eepro100 chip in it. I made a local mirror of the Mandrake install files on my fileserver, and installed it without problems. If you suspect you typed in something wrong for the ftp, look at the system logs in /var/log, that helped me debug quite a bit of ftp installs. Good Luck!. - - Regards, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jul 17
Re: [expert] Inodes...
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: > Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:34:40 -0400 > From: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Expert Linux List' <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [expert] Inodes... > > I wonder if someone could tell me what they are. This may sound a little > silly, but it's something that's been on my mind the last couple of > days. It strikes me that they might be the Linux equivalant of an MS > cluster. Is that right? >From what I can scavenge out of ext2fs.h and some experience, Inodes are the basic building blocks for the ext2 and similarly structured filesystems. Each ext2 indoe has the following entries: file mode, owner uid, size in bytes, access time, creation time, modification time, deletion time, group id, links count, blocks count, file flags, directory acl, fragment address. Normally, large files can be split across multile inodes, if you do a 'stat filename' you can get the inode number of the file, the blocks of inodes used, and how many links are refererencing to it. An inode can be a directory, a named pipe, a device file(linked to the kernel) and even a network socket(i think). The link count to the inode is a way of telling whether or not it is free. In C, if you delete a file, you must first unlink() it, that sets the link sounter to 0, meaning deleted, if the link count was 1. The only way I can remember to make the link counter not equal to 1, is if that file is a directory, or a hard link is made to it. If you are at all interested in filesystems, inodes are the way that ext2 works. However, if you wish to deal with something like Reiserfs, you are looking at a Balanced tree algorithm, where the files themselves are stored in the tree. -- Regards, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jul 17
Re: [expert] SLOW boot
How about auto mount demon. Your machine tryes mount something (NFS or something else) what it coudn't see. Check Your configuration about those points. Gil Baron W0MN wrote: My boot proceeds pretty well until it gets to the starting AMD stage. What is AMD and why would it take over 1 minute at times? Sometimes it is instantaneous or nearly so. -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 "Hierro candente, batir de repente" -- Eero Suomi Lohjan kaupunki Kalevankatu 4 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Inodes...
Inodes are data structures that define a file's existance. An inode contains information on the file's length, access, inode-change and data-modification times, owner and group id's, access privileges, number of links, and pointers to data blocks that contain the file itself, but they do not contain the file's name. (This was from a Unix course I took at my company last year.) The command 'stat' prints out the contents of an inode in a human-readable format. Try 'man stat' for more info. Scott Boyd On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, you wrote: > I wonder if someone could tell me what they are. This may sound a little > silly, but it's something that's been on my mind the last couple of > days. It strikes me that they might be the Linux equivalant of an MS > cluster. Is that right? > -- -- www.fastlane.net/~sdboyd/ --- A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to it's head.
Re: [expert] SLOW boot
I have an AMD CPU and freaked when I saw AMD in the boot. My guru laughed and sent this terse message: "AMD is a daemon running on your system, nothing to be concerned about." Pj At 10:22 PM 7/17/00 -0500, you wrote: >My boot proceeds pretty well until it gets to the starting AMD stage. What >is AMD and why would it take over 1 minute at times? Sometimes it is >instantaneous or nearly so. > >-- >Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ >44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 >"Hierro candente, batir de repente" > > >
[expert] SLOW boot
My boot proceeds pretty well until it gets to the starting AMD stage. What is AMD and why would it take over 1 minute at times? Sometimes it is instantaneous or nearly so. -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 "Hierro candente, batir de repente"
Re: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install problem help
Submitted 16-Jul-00 by Gil Baron W0MN: > This time try XF86Setup > I get Server specification missing in card database. Trident Cyber > 9320 (generic) (line 2537) > Segmentation fault cored dumped > > I get the same error about the card data base if I use XF86Setup. *Try* XFDrake (yes, it works from the cli as well). This is intended to replace XF86Setup and its kin. -- _ _|_|_ ( ) *Anton Graham /v\ / <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> /( )X (m_m) GPG ID: 18F78541 Penguin Powered!
[expert] Tape Backup
Can I use "dump" to backup more than one file system to the same tape? The books I have on Linux barely touch the subject of tape backups. Does anyone know of a good reference book or website? TIA, Gary Morgan
[expert] NTP Query
I am perplexed by a problem I am seeing with NTP. I have a Redhat 6.0 system that works as expected. I have a Mandrake 7.1 system (which is being primed to take over from the Redhat one) with an identical NTP configuration that doesn't seem to work. The ntpq peers command on the Redhat system gives: ntpq> peers remote refid st t when poll reach delay offsetdisp == *10.99.88.36 203.21.84.4 3 u 188 512 37777.857.3566.96 while on the Mandrake system: ntpq> peers remote refid st t when poll reach delay offsetdisp == lancelotcougar.esec.com 3 u 12 1024 37773.87 -8.589 3027.33 Plus: ntpq> lassociations ind assID status conf reach auth condition last_event cnt === 1 18172 9014 yes yes noneinsane reachable 1 The names in the 2nd case are correct for the IPs in the first one. A connection is obviously being made, and ntpdate works. But there is no "*" in the listing from the Mandrake machine. What could be causing this? Brian. -- -- Brian Schroeder | ,-_|\ Origin Energy Resources Ltd | Only 2 things are infinite, / \ Adelaide Australia | the universe and human stupidity, \_,-*_/ GPO Box 2576 Adelaide 5001 | and I'm not sure about the former. v PH +61 8 8217 5782 | ALBERT EINSTEIN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] SUCCESS believe it or not
My nightmare may be coming to and end. I did a reinstall of Version 7.0 and then an upgrade to version 7.1. The X comes up now and I have a 640 x 480 system. The network works also, on the cable modem too! I guess the decision now is live with VGA (really hard to use) or wait for support for the VIPER II, (does any of the experimental stuff support it yet ? ) or buy a new video card. I think I will wait until beta or released supports it. Thanks for all the help here. > -Original Message- > From: Gilbert Baron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 12:37 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install > problem help > > > I am trying to use version 3.3.6. There are two problems. My video card > VIPER II is not supported and the data base of cards is bad when > it tries to > find mine it core dumps. > > My other system VOODOO BANSHEE is supported in version 7 but fails in > version 7.1. GO figure. > > ALL with version 3.3.6. > > Has anyone used the ATI ALL IN Wonder 128? > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 11:28 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install > problem help > > > > > Maybe I missed this but what version of XFree86 server are you running? I > had a 1 day nightmare trying to use XFree 4 I un-installed > the RPM and > dove for 3.3.6 (or which ever version the other one was) and had no > problems with it. > > Lonny Selinger > Systems Adminstration > EDS Canada > > -- Linux is user friendly ... its just picky about who it makes friends > with. > >
Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
No problem with the All in Wonder Pro with 7.0 (Air) with corresponding X. Don't know about the 128. The only thing I can't get to work yet, is something that the programmers are working on as we speak...TV Out, and DVD. The work on this is coming along nicely, however it has not progressed along well enough for me to try it yet. The drivers work great in X and in console. The Mesa and XATITV works great ... get the latest version update after installation. Minor bugs in version that ships with 7.0, corrected for the most part in upgrade. I love it! Bambi Gilbert Baron wrote: > > Has ANYONE used the ATI All In Wonder card. I am interested in that card. > Does it run in 1024 x 768 and does it work in Version 7.1. > TIA > > -Original Message- > From: Gil Baron W0MN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 9:24 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [expert] Good vidoe card to use > > The banshee works fine in 7.0. In 7.1 they regressed and I get the same sad > situation that at the Configure X step the message about not finding the > package and I cannot configure it. > > > -Original Message- > > From: bobby dowling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 8:00 AM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use > > > > > > > > The banshee should work fine in XFree86 3.3.6 or 4 > > > > >From: "Gil Baron W0MN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >To: "AA/MandrakeExpert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >Subject: [expert] Good vidoe card to use > > >Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:10:28 -0500 > > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > > >Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id > > >MHotMailBB3C44190066D82197ACD847542337610; Mon Jul 17 05:16:26 2000 > > >Received: (from sympa@localhost)by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com > > >(8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA09913for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 > > >07:16:24 -0500 > > >Received: from mail.rdc1.il.home.com (ha1.rdc1.il.home.com > > [24.2.1.66]) by > > > mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id > > HAA07979 for > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:10:29 -0500 > > >Received: from cb621265a ([24.6.0.62]) by mail.rdc1.il.home.com > > (InterMail > > > vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id > > ><2717121029.WGFV11071.mail.rdc1.il.home.com@cb621265a> for > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 05:10:29 -0700 > > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 17 05:19:33 2000 > > >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > > >X-Msmail-Priority: Normal > > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) > > >Importance: Normal > > >X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 > > >X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >X-Sequence: 73 > > >Precedence: list > > > > > >Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on > > >the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone > > recommend a > > >GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. > > >I am not sure I am ready to buy a new card but I don't want to > > make another > > >error. > > >Thanks, and if you have actually used the card and it works in 7.1 and if > > >possible with X 4 that would be the best. > > > > > > > > >-- > > >Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ > > >44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 > > >"Hierro candente, batir de repente" > > > > > > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > > > >
[expert] ICQ-Masq module
Hey, I just upgraded to the mandrake2.2.16mdksecure kernel, and my icq-masq module started complaining about being compiled for the wrong kernel. I can't find the secure kernel source anywhere, so I recompiled it with the 2.2.16mdk kernel source, and although it compiled, it won't run under mdksecure. Does anyone know either how to trick it into working, or how to get the mdksecure source so I can compile things with it? I'm tired of ICQ dropping offline, and not being able to send files since I started using 2.2.16. thanks all Sam
[expert] Support for Panasonic's 9.4GB DVD-RAM in Linux, UNIX Environments
Hi All, fyi, if your interested ;-) http://www.newsalert.com/bin/story?StoryId=CoxkeWbKbytiWndG&FQ=Linux&Nav=na-search-&StoryTitle=Linux Originally spotted on Linux Today. *BFN* Greek Geek :-) When asked by an anthropologist what the Indians called America before the white men came, an Indian said simply "Ours." -- Vine Deloria, Jr.
Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on > the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone recommend a > GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. > I am not sure I am ready to buy a new card but I don't want to make another > error. > Thanks, and if you have actually used the card and it works in 7.1 and if > possible with X 4 that would be the best. Well, I put a brand new Vodoo3 2000 in my homebuilt Duron system. It installed without a hitch and is working flawlessly. I think there are some tuning tricks I can do when I get time, for accelerated 3d rendering. They are already documented in the cooker archives--(author is Guillaume Cottenceau). As for wheel mouse support, you do not need all of 7.1 for that. Again, the cooker archives have many threads about it when it was being added, and how to load/use it etc. Civileme
Re: [expert] Linux and NT Together
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, Charles Curley wrote: > On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 11:03:37PM -0500, Gary wrote: > > > On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > Linux can access more than 80 different types of file systems, including > > any NT without problems. > > Does that include W2K NTFS, which is different from W NT 4 NTFS? for > example, does it correctly handle sparse files and reparse points? Microsoft has said that NT4 is able to mount NTFS5 filesystems, but is not able to recognize or use any of the new features. I'm willing to bet the same goes for Linux, too. My one experience: I recently had to rescue a Windows 2000 NTFS volume. The user wanted to move away from Win2000, and at the time, was the only one who had it installed. We were able to retrieve files off it in two ways: NTFS for DOS, made by System Internals - http://www.sysinternals.com - was able to read the volume, as were NTFS drivers for FreeBSD 4.0-RELEASE. I did try to mount it under Linux, without success, but I was also using 2.3.99, which may have been the problem. Try it with a stable kernel; you'll likely have better results. Again, I'd not use the writeable drivers on any volume I cared about. -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[expert] Lap-top
I was just wondering if anyone has successfully done an ftp install of mandrake 7.1 on a laptop. The only version of anything I have been acle to install was RedHat 5.2 (via ftp) but for somereason it dies on me after retrieving the second stage. I am using a Linksys combo PCMCIA card and was wondering if the problem *might* be the card (even though it does actually connect via ftp to retrieve the second stage) Any suggestions are greatly appreciated. Lonny Selinger
Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
I used to use the All In Wonder under SuSE 5.3 two years ago. It worked perfectly. Harry Gilbert Baron wrote: > > Has ANYONE used the ATI All In Wonder card. I am interested in that card. > Does it run in 1024 x 768 and does it work in Version 7.1. > TIA > > -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
[expert] Inodes...
I wonder if someone could tell me what they are. This may sound a little silly, but it's something that's been on my mind the last couple of days. It strikes me that they might be the Linux equivalant of an MS cluster. Is that right? -- Mark I love my Linux box... REASON #1 -- ...it isn't Windows! Registered Linux user #1299563
RE: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
Has ANYONE used the ATI All In Wonder card. I am interested in that card. Does it run in 1024 x 768 and does it work in Version 7.1. TIA -Original Message- From: Gil Baron W0MN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 9:24 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Good vidoe card to use The banshee works fine in 7.0. In 7.1 they regressed and I get the same sad situation that at the Configure X step the message about not finding the package and I cannot configure it. > -Original Message- > From: bobby dowling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 8:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use > > > > The banshee should work fine in XFree86 3.3.6 or 4 > > >From: "Gil Baron W0MN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "AA/MandrakeExpert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [expert] Good vidoe card to use > >Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:10:28 -0500 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id > >MHotMailBB3C44190066D82197ACD847542337610; Mon Jul 17 05:16:26 2000 > >Received: (from sympa@localhost)by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com > >(8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA09913for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 > >07:16:24 -0500 > >Received: from mail.rdc1.il.home.com (ha1.rdc1.il.home.com > [24.2.1.66]) by > > mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id > HAA07979 for > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:10:29 -0500 > >Received: from cb621265a ([24.6.0.62]) by mail.rdc1.il.home.com > (InterMail > > vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id > ><2717121029.WGFV11071.mail.rdc1.il.home.com@cb621265a> for > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 05:10:29 -0700 > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 17 05:19:33 2000 > >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > >X-Msmail-Priority: Normal > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) > >Importance: Normal > >X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 > >X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >X-Sequence: 73 > >Precedence: list > > > >Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on > >the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone > recommend a > >GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. > >I am not sure I am ready to buy a new card but I don't want to > make another > >error. > >Thanks, and if you have actually used the card and it works in 7.1 and if > >possible with X 4 that would be the best. > > > > > >-- > >Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ > >44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 > >"Hierro candente, batir de repente" > > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >
RE: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install problem help
I am trying to use version 3.3.6. There are two problems. My video card VIPER II is not supported and the data base of cards is bad when it tries to find mine it core dumps. My other system VOODOO BANSHEE is supported in version 7 but fails in version 7.1. GO figure. ALL with version 3.3.6. Has anyone used the ATI ALL IN Wonder 128? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 11:28 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install problem help Maybe I missed this but what version of XFree86 server are you running? I had a 1 day nightmare trying to use XFree 4 I un-installed the RPM and dove for 3.3.6 (or which ever version the other one was) and had no problems with it. Lonny Selinger Systems Adminstration EDS Canada -- Linux is user friendly ... its just picky about who it makes friends with.
RE: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install problem help
Maybe I missed this but what version of XFree86 server are you running? I had a 1 day nightmare trying to use XFree 4 I un-installed the RPM and dove for 3.3.6 (or which ever version the other one was) and had no problems with it. Lonny Selinger Systems Adminstration EDS Canada -- Linux is user friendly ... its just picky about who it makes friends with.
Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
I've also found the Matrox G200 to work pretty decently under both x3.6 and 4. I bought some cheap little 4meg deal, and it's doing fine apart from the fact that the card can't support anything higher than 1024x768 at 32bit color ;) Sam - Original Message - From: "Gil Baron W0MN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "AA/MandrakeExpert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 6:10 AM Subject: [expert] Good vidoe card to use > Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on > the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone recommend a > GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. > I am not sure I am ready to buy a new card but I don't want to make another > error. > Thanks, and if you have actually used the card and it works in 7.1 and if > possible with X 4 that would be the best. > > > -- > Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ > 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 > "Hierro candente, batir de repente"
[expert] LILO 0,1 LI Help
I looked through the newbie archives, 'cause I'm sure this has happened to people before, but couldn't find an answer that works. I'm loading MD 7.1 on a megaraid array and everything works great- except when it reboots, I get LI followed by (very) quickly scrolling 0's and 1's. Not sure what the prob is, I was using RH 6.1 w/ no probs, but really liked Mandrake 7.1 on my laptop so decided to put it on my main box. The array is 6 4 gig drives, raid 0. Any help would certainly be appreciated! Jerry
Re: [expert] ssh vs openssh
On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Ben Sugerman wrote: > I would like to install ssh on Mdk 7.1, but the 2.0 sounce code fails in > mid-compile with a complaint that it can not find -ltermcap. I tried using the > rpm for redhat but it makes a number of complaints during the initialization of > the host keys, etc. I've tried installing the openssh rpms from Mandrake, but > it seems to leave out a *lot* of useful files, like ssh itself!!! > > Anyone played around with this and have some ideas on the easiest way to > proceed? 1001 [root@myplace ~]# rpm -qa |grep ssh openssh-2.1.0p2-1mdk openssh-clients-2.1.0p2-1mdk openssh-askpass-2.1.0p2-1mdk openssh-server-2.1.0p2-1mdk 1002 [root@myplace ~]# rpm -ql openssh-clients-2.1.0p2-1mdk /etc/ssh/ssh_config /usr/bin/slogin /usr/bin/ssh /usr/bin/ssh-add /usr/bin/ssh-agent /usr/man/man1/slogin.1.bz2 /usr/man/man1/ssh-add.1.bz2 /usr/man/man1/ssh-agent.1.bz2 /usr/man/man1/ssh.1.bz2 *NEW* OpenSSH 2.1.1p4 released July 16, 2000 http://www.openssh.com Thanks... Dan.
RE: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
I have a Diamond Viper 550. It is supported fine with the latest 3.3.6 version of X. I retrospect I would chose one of the Matrox G series for dual head and game support. Jon H. -Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 7:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on > the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone recommend a > GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. > I am not sure I am ready to buy a new card but I don't want to make another > error. > Thanks, and if you have actually used the card and it works in 7.1 and if > possible with X 4 that would be the best. > TNT-based cards should work well. Try a GeForce or GeForce II. John
RE: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install problem help
> -Original Message- > From: Joerg Mertin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 7:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install > problem help > > > > Incredible. Bad boys are all around. Please remember you are on the > Experst Mailing List. So, an Expert should know how to resolve a problem > when he's unable to get X working. > But if I posted on Newbies I would not find the expoerts that can help!!! > Start in Runlevel 3, type in X --probeonly and check if the Graphic-Card > is recognised. If not, you'll have a probpem, but as you stated Mandrake Card not recognized. > 7.0 did work Fine, I think this version should work too. My bet is that > you should just copy the /etc/X11/XF86Config.old file to > /etc/X11/XF86Config and your X-Windows Session should work. If you're > missing that file, have a look at the different XFree-Pages existing for > example configurations. The above did not work. I don't remember the exact error but it does not work. Something about not finding or not able to start server. > > > On Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 05:50:26PM -0500, Gil Baron W0MN wrote: > > I tried that several tines. I have tried a downloaded XF86 rpm > and the one > > on the CD. It seems obvious to me that the problem is something > missing from > > the Card Data base and I have no idea how to get it or fix it. > > The message is a dead give e away it seems and the fact that it > works for > > others. I am almost certain I could fix it if I went out and got an ATI > > OLDER video card, but I won't do that. > > I should not have to do that. If new great hardware is not > supported it is > > going to be a tough sell. At lest that is my take on the > problem. It is NOT > > the xf86 rpm except as it has to do with the card data base > (assuming that > > may be part of it) so I think it needs to be fixed. > > > > Unfortunately this so called free OS is not so free since after > buying the > > first version in the retail box they do not want to support you when the > > upgrades cone along. I see no reason to buy another package just to get > > these two things I need. > > IS NOT THAT supposed to be part of the glory of this system? > > > > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 4:30 PM > > > To: AA/MandrakeExpert > > > Subject: Re: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver > 7.1 Install > > > problem help > > > > > > > > > It sounds a little like the server file didn't install > properly. Have you > > > tried removing the particular file and reinstalling it. That > would be the > > > XF86..rpm. You may want to just bring up your system on a generic > > > video driver and try reinstalling all the X drivers using > kpackage. Then > > > try and reconfigure your display. > > > > > > -- > > > Mark > > > > > > I love my Linux Box... > > > REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. > > > Registered Linux user # 182496 > > > > > > On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Gil Baron W0MN wrote: > > > > > > > I posted here as this is obviously not a problem for a beginner > > > > > > > > > > > > This time try XF86Setup > > > > I get Server specification missing in card database. > Trident Cyber > > > > 9320 (generic) (line 2537) > > > > Segmentation fault cored dumped > > > > > > > > I get the same error about the card data base if I use XF86Setup. > > > > > > > > > > > > I guess Mandrake Linux may not be for me. I tried this on two > > > machines and > > > > the same error is the result. > > > > > > > > Machines > > > > P3500 with 15 gig and 20 gig drives. 256 Meg memory. Viper II > > > video. (This > > > > works during setup until the failure). Linux on the > > > > 15 gig drive. The boot partition is at the front of the drive. > > > It is the 2nd > > > > drive in dos. This is NOT a large drive problem. > > > > > > > > > > > > REMEMBER THAT VERSION 7 WORKS PERFECTLY. I am upgrading to get > > > wheelmouse > > > > support and support for my video card. > > > > > > > > > > > > Can anyone help. this has been a 3 week NIGHTMARE. > > > > > > > > > > > > PII 300 with 6 gig drive and 2.1 gig drive. Linux on the 6 gig > > > which is C in > > > > dos. Proves it is not a large drive problem. 64 Meg memory. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ > > > > 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 > > > > "Hierro candente, batir de repente" > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Whom the mad would destroy, first they make Gods. > -- Bernard Levin > > | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED](Home)| > | in Neuchâtel/Schweiz : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Work)| > | Stardust's LiNUX System : http://www.solsys.org | > | PGP 2.6.3in Key on Demand : Data, Voice & Fax: +41(0
RE: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
The banshee works fine in 7.0. In 7.1 they regressed and I get the same sad situation that at the Configure X step the message about not finding the package and I cannot configure it. > -Original Message- > From: bobby dowling [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 8:00 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use > > > > The banshee should work fine in XFree86 3.3.6 or 4 > > >From: "Gil Baron W0MN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >To: "AA/MandrakeExpert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Subject: [expert] Good vidoe card to use > >Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:10:28 -0500 > >MIME-Version: 1.0 > >Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id > >MHotMailBB3C44190066D82197ACD847542337610; Mon Jul 17 05:16:26 2000 > >Received: (from sympa@localhost)by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com > >(8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA09913for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 > >07:16:24 -0500 > >Received: from mail.rdc1.il.home.com (ha1.rdc1.il.home.com > [24.2.1.66]) by > > mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id > HAA07979 for > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:10:29 -0500 > >Received: from cb621265a ([24.6.0.62]) by mail.rdc1.il.home.com > (InterMail > > vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id > ><2717121029.WGFV11071.mail.rdc1.il.home.com@cb621265a> for > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 05:10:29 -0700 > >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 17 05:19:33 2000 > >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) > >X-Msmail-Priority: Normal > >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) > >Importance: Normal > >X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 > >X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >X-Sequence: 73 > >Precedence: list > > > >Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on > >the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone > recommend a > >GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. > >I am not sure I am ready to buy a new card but I don't want to > make another > >error. > >Thanks, and if you have actually used the card and it works in 7.1 and if > >possible with X 4 that would be the best. > > > > > >-- > >Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ > >44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 > >"Hierro candente, batir de repente" > > > > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com > >
RE: [expert] WinTV
Look at Hauppauge.com. Their web site explains how to setup Win TV. As far as a TV app, I like KwinTV. There is also xawtv Brian Klar - CVE -Original Message- From: don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 5:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] WinTV I was wondering if anyone knew of an RPM file for WinTV video capture card?
Re: [expert] apache startup
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, faisal wrote: > > I want my apache server to start during startup i have to start it up > manaully what to do ? > it is in standalone mode Use the "ntsysv" command, or DrakConf services configuration to make it start on boot. > I am also getting this message unable to determine local host name . Your hostname is not set right. I'll bet if you type "hostname", you'll get localhost.localdomain =) Use netconf to set your domain name right. Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on > the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone recommend a > GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. > I am not sure I am ready to buy a new card but I don't want to make another > error. > Thanks, and if you have actually used the card and it works in 7.1 and if > possible with X 4 that would be the best. > TNT-based cards should work well. Try a GeForce or GeForce II. John
Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
Gil, I have experienced the same thing with the Viper II under 7.0. No support for the card. I've had to go back to a lowly ATI LT Pro to get x-windows up and running with it. Harry Gil Baron W0MN wrote: > Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on > the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone recommend a > GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. > I am not sure I am ready to buy a new card but I don't want to make another > error. > Thanks, and if you have actually used the card and it works in 7.1 and if > possible with X 4 that would be the best. > > -- > Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ > 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 > "Hierro candente, batir de repente" -- ___ Harry Flaxman | Reg Linux User 182484 http://web.meganet.net/hflaxman ICQ # 22086907 | Reg Linux System 80769
Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
The banshee should work fine in XFree86 3.3.6 or 4 >From: "Gil Baron W0MN" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: "AA/MandrakeExpert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [expert] Good vidoe card to use >Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:10:28 -0500 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [216.71.84.35] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBB3C44190066D82197ACD847542337610; Mon Jul 17 05:16:26 2000 >Received: (from sympa@localhost)by mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com >(8.8.5/8.8.5) id HAA09913for [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 >07:16:24 -0500 >Received: from mail.rdc1.il.home.com (ha1.rdc1.il.home.com [24.2.1.66]) by > mandrakesoft.mandrakesoft.com (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id HAA07979 for > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:10:29 -0500 >Received: from cb621265a ([24.6.0.62]) by mail.rdc1.il.home.com (InterMail > vM.4.01.03.00 201-229-121) with SMTP id ><2717121029.WGFV11071.mail.rdc1.il.home.com@cb621265a> for ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; Mon, 17 Jul 2000 05:10:29 -0700 >From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jul 17 05:19:33 2000 >Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Priority: 3 (Normal) >X-Msmail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) >Importance: Normal >X-Mimeole: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.50.4133.2400 >X-Loop: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >X-Sequence: 73 >Precedence: list > >Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on >the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone recommend a >GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. >I am not sure I am ready to buy a new card but I don't want to make another >error. >Thanks, and if you have actually used the card and it works in 7.1 and if >possible with X 4 that would be the best. > > >-- >Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ >44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 >"Hierro candente, batir de repente" > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [expert] Good vidoe card to use
Gil Baron W0MN wrote: > Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on > the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone recommend a > GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. I don't know about Diamond Viper II but one thing I do know is that there is _no problem whatsoever_ with Voodoo Banshee and Mandrake 7.1 (and even previous Mandrake releases). I have one since about 1 year and a half and it has been supported in Xfree since 3.3.5 (even using 3D with the proper Mesa package). I repeat, _no problem whatsoever_ (well, in Linux, I wouldn't know about Windows 2000 :-) If you have a problem with this card it _must_ be something specific to your system (e.g. I/O port or interrupt conflict ... but if that, it can usually be overcome using BIOS setup). -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install problem help
Incredible. Bad boys are all around. Please remember you are on the Experst Mailing List. So, an Expert should know how to resolve a problem when he's unable to get X working. Start in Runlevel 3, type in X --probeonly and check if the Graphic-Card is recognised. If not, you'll have a probpem, but as you stated Mandrake 7.0 did work Fine, I think this version should work too. My bet is that you should just copy the /etc/X11/XF86Config.old file to /etc/X11/XF86Config and your X-Windows Session should work. If you're missing that file, have a look at the different XFree-Pages existing for example configurations. On Sun, Jul 16, 2000 at 05:50:26PM -0500, Gil Baron W0MN wrote: > I tried that several tines. I have tried a downloaded XF86 rpm and the one > on the CD. It seems obvious to me that the problem is something missing from > the Card Data base and I have no idea how to get it or fix it. > The message is a dead give e away it seems and the fact that it works for > others. I am almost certain I could fix it if I went out and got an ATI > OLDER video card, but I won't do that. > I should not have to do that. If new great hardware is not supported it is > going to be a tough sell. At lest that is my take on the problem. It is NOT > the xf86 rpm except as it has to do with the card data base (assuming that > may be part of it) so I think it needs to be fixed. > > Unfortunately this so called free OS is not so free since after buying the > first version in the retail box they do not want to support you when the > upgrades cone along. I see no reason to buy another package just to get > these two things I need. > IS NOT THAT supposed to be part of the glory of this system? > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Sunday, July 16, 2000 4:30 PM > > To: AA/MandrakeExpert > > Subject: Re: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install > > problem help > > > > > > It sounds a little like the server file didn't install properly. Have you > > tried removing the particular file and reinstalling it. That would be the > > XF86..rpm. You may want to just bring up your system on a generic > > video driver and try reinstalling all the X drivers using kpackage. Then > > try and reconfigure your display. > > > > -- > > Mark > > > > I love my Linux Box... > > REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym. > > Registered Linux user # 182496 > > > > On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Gil Baron W0MN wrote: > > > > > I posted here as this is obviously not a problem for a beginner > > > > > > > > > This time try XF86Setup > > > I get Server specification missing in card database. Trident Cyber > > > 9320 (generic) (line 2537) > > > Segmentation fault cored dumped > > > > > > I get the same error about the card data base if I use XF86Setup. > > > > > > > > > I guess Mandrake Linux may not be for me. I tried this on two > > machines and > > > the same error is the result. > > > > > > Machines > > > P3500 with 15 gig and 20 gig drives. 256 Meg memory. Viper II > > video. (This > > > works during setup until the failure). Linux on the > > > 15 gig drive. The boot partition is at the front of the drive. > > It is the 2nd > > > drive in dos. This is NOT a large drive problem. > > > > > > > > > REMEMBER THAT VERSION 7 WORKS PERFECTLY. I am upgrading to get > > wheelmouse > > > support and support for my video card. > > > > > > > > > Can anyone help. this has been a 3 week NIGHTMARE. > > > > > > > > > PII 300 with 6 gig drive and 2.1 gig drive. Linux on the 6 gig > > which is C in > > > dos. Proves it is not a large drive problem. 64 Meg memory. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ > > > 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 > > > "Hierro candente, batir de repente" > > > > > > > > -- Whom the mad would destroy, first they make Gods. -- Bernard Levin | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED](Home)| | in Neuchâtel/Schweiz : [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Work)| | Stardust's LiNUX System : http://www.solsys.org | | PGP 2.6.3in Key on Demand : Data, Voice & Fax: +41(0)32 / 725 52 54 | PGP fingerprint: 6D E9 7B 04 57 7B 65 42 B7 7A D0 AA 69 95 7C E1
[expert] Good vidoe card to use
Since my Diamond Viper II on one system and Maxi Gamer Voodoo Banshee on the other do not work in version 7.1 and X 3.6 or 4, can anyone recommend a GOOD FAST card that works in both Linux 7.1 and windows 2000. I am not sure I am ready to buy a new card but I don't want to make another error. Thanks, and if you have actually used the card and it works in 7.1 and if possible with X 4 that would be the best. -- Gil Baron W0MN http://members.home.net/gbaron/ 44:04:55.9 N 92:30:46.206 W 1050' NAD27 "Hierro candente, batir de repente"
RE: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install problem help
> -Original Message- > From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 17, 2000 1:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install > problem help > > > On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, you wrote: > > I posted here as this is obviously not a problem for a beginner > > > > > > This time try XF86Setup > > I get Server specification missing in card database. Trident Cyber > > 9320 (generic) (line 2537) > > Segmentation fault cored dumped > > > > I get the same error about the card data base if I use XF86Setup. > > > > > > I guess Mandrake Linux may not be for me. I tried this on two > machines and > > the same error is the result. > > > > Machines > > P3500 with 15 gig and 20 gig drives. 256 Meg memory. Viper II > video. (This > > works during setup until the failure). Linux on the > > 15 gig drive. The boot partition is at the front of the drive. > It is the 2nd > > drive in dos. This is NOT a large drive problem. > > > > > > REMEMBER THAT VERSION 7 WORKS PERFECTLY. I am upgrading to get > wheelmouse > > support and support for my video card. > > > > From your other posts, version 7 works 640x480 in 16 colors > Not true. I have two systems remember that. I am for ed to use 640 x 480 on the P3 500 but on the P2 300 I get 1024 x 768 and it works perfectly. I have a further problem, I cannot even get 640 x 480 to work in version 7.1. I can not get ANY GUI to work in 7.1 not even VGA on EITHER system. As I said 1024 x 768 works on the P2 with the Maxi Gamer graphics card and not even VGA works over there. The problem is it fails to give me ANY CHOICE WHATSOEVER at the configure x step. It should at least give me chance to take the lower level. I have tried and tried with Xconfigurator and the other termanal configurator programs but I get the message I posted about card data base information missing. This happens even trying to configure from the command line. I guess you hit the nail on the head. Why bother with 7.1 if I am not going to get any gain. Well I though at least I would get the mouse wheel support. Once you get used to the wheel it s VERY hard to do without it. > > To run 7.1 with the VGA driver, choose an "unlisted" card and > select it as the > default driver. > > Civileme > At what step do I do this. I nver saw such a choice. Are you talking during Xconfigurator?
Re: [expert] Netscape locks Linux
On 16 Jul 2000, at 11:20, Mark Weaver wrote: > ok...I can't help myself. Is CTL+ALT+BS a real keyboard command to recover > from a runaway process, or are you just being fecicious? Hi, This is an actual command which kills the X-Server, and it may appear more familiar to you written as: CTRL+ALT+ -Harold -- "Life sucks, deal with it!"
Re: [expert] Netscape locks Linux
Ctrl + Alt + Backspace exits from your X Window system 8-) Scott On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: > ok...I can't help myself. Is CTL+ALT+BS a real keyboard command to recover > from a runaway process, or are you just being fecicious? > > -- > Mark > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.fastlane.net/~sdboyd/ --- A computer without a Microsoft operating system is like a dog without bricks tied to it's head.
Re: [expert] LM 7.1 and Tekram DC-390 SCSI controller
Klaus Deissner wrote: > When I start the LM 7.1 installation (by booting from cdrom) it > recognizes my Tekram SCSI adapter and says something like "Scanning AMD > SCSI adapter". Here it freezes. > The same thing happens in expert mode when I manually chose "AMD SCSI" > which I think is the right option. No it is NOT. There are two AMD based SCSI drivers, and only one works correctly with the DC-390. You have to go in expert mode, reply NO when it asks about probing PCI hardware, reply YES when asked if you have any SCSI adapter, and select "tmscsim" completely at the bottom of the list. -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] CD burner Howto..
On Thu, 13 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Civileme, > > Are you saying that: > I do take responsibility for this and apologize. I was writing a response then saw yours. I thought about adding the symbolic links to your post, and pasted my draft to the reply and started to edit, then I was called away for a while. When I returned, I looked at it and decided NOT to send anything. And I thought I had hit the cancel, but a draft was saved and went out on the next mail check. Mea culpa. > alias block-major-11 ide-scsi > post-install modprobe ide-scsi [note the correct spelling of > post-install ] > > in /etc/conf.modules can effectively replace my suggested > > modprobe ide-scsi > modprobe sg > > in /etc/rc.d/rc.local? > > I suspect one still needs the lilo.conf append to indicate > which ide interface is to be treated as scsi emulation. > > Then there arises the question of shifting the modprobes for all > those ipchains masquerading filters to invoke from > /etc/conf.modules. How would that be done? > > > Civileme wrote: > > > > Ron Stodden wrote: > > > > Assuming L-M 7.1 and the new burner is an ATAPI IDE device, as root > > > you must set up hd?=ide-scsi in your lilo.conf stanza (then run lilo) > > > as well as place > > > > > > modprobe ide-scsi > > > modprobe sg > > > > > > at the end of your /etc/rc.d/rc.local. > > > Well, it is more effective to do > > supermount -i disable > > rm -f /dev/cdrom > > > > In /etc/conf.modules add the lines > > > > alias block-major-11 ide-scsi > > postinstall modprobe ide-scsi > > > > then back to the command line > > > > ln -s /dev/sr0 /dev/cdrom > > > > If you use supermount--it is best to have another link to the > > scsi_hostadapter in /etc/conf.modules. THis allows one to be supermounted > > while the "duplicate" remains unmounted and ready for the burners to detect. > > > > Anyway, this will do what Ron suggested and make the burner device visible as > > an ordinary CD drive as well.. But remember burners work on an unmounted > > drive. Mount to play, unmount to burn.
[expert] Updated LM RPMs
Hello, Is there is a site that has ALL of the latest RPMs that come with the Linux Mandrake 7.x disks? I am looking for the equivalent to Red Hat's ftp site. Looked around on linux-mandrake.com, and saw nothing. Thanks. Bob
Re: [expert] Linux file system update?
You specify a mount point from within linux. You can mount a filesystem as follows: mount /dev/hd?x /mountpoint where /dev/hd?x is the drive and the partition you want to mount (for example /dev/hda1 is the first partition on the primary master drive, /dev/hdb1 the 1st part in the primary slave drive) You can mount your partition wherever you want. A mount point is a "folder" in the linux filesystem. You can also use linuxconf to mount partitions. vern, escribió: > After adding a new hard drive to my system and creating > an ext2fs type partition, how do I add this to my file > system table?? I would like to have Mdk 7.1 to start using > this partition. I created the partition with PartitionMagic > and did not specify a mount point at the time of creation. > Do I need to go back into PartionMagic and do this?? > Any help with the above would be most appreciated!! > vern -- *Guillermo Belli-Linux User #121340* * ICQ #38321312* *http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (en construccion)*
[expert] Mandrake 7.1. Lilo overwriten & 'core dump' on shutdown
1. Having trouble with dual boot. Have tried all reasonable combinations of MS-Dos Fdisking and Mandraking. Finally got both systems installed in their own partitions. Problem: can only get Linux to boot from a floppy. I wish to avoid yet a another (nth +1) install. How can I get lilo working? Being new to Linux, I am confused, e.g., by info at www.mandrakeuser.org/admin/arecov2.tml and .../arecov2.html. I wish to have a very explicit, step-by-step process. 2. After all of this, Linux does not close gracefully! It give me something like a core dump. Here's an excerpt of some of the text that appears after many steps of close-up , including unmount of devices: oops: cpu: EIP: 0010:[
Ynt: [expert] 7.1 install on HP and IBM Thinkpad
> This HP has an IDE CD-ROM (Creative Infra 52) , and during install, it > asked for the 'Ext' CD, but did not eject the install CD.. > The button of the CD drive was also inoperative. > > > -turgut > Slm Turgut bey... Ben Mustafa YILDIZ gerçi konu ile alakasiz ama sizin ile buradada karsilasmak güzel Beni hatirladiginizi pek sanmiyorum ama tanisikligimiz sanirim 1995'e Remix BBs (Benim BBs) in zamanina dayaniyor :)) O zamanlar dosya arsivini genisletmek vede chat icin sizin bbs'inize baglaniyordum :))) Bu arada BBs'iniz ne durumda hala çalisiyormu??? Iyi Çalismalar... -Mustafa YILDIZ - [ILUG] Webmaster
[expert] Remote Backup
Hi, I have three problems I need help with... 1.) I would like to be able to have a daemon log on to a remote Linux box (within the same network), check dates of files and/or directories and copy those "changed" files and/or directories onto a specific directory on the originating Linux box. I would like this daemon to run several times throughout the day and I would like the files to be non-compressed. The reason I do not want these files or directories compressed is because I would like to switch mail servers on-the-fly. Any ideas on any X based (ideally) or console programs that would do this for me? 2.) One of the directories I wanted copied was the mail folder for 200+ users in our company. Obviously it would cause much traffic to copy the entire directory each time. I'm hoping that there is a way to check for any changes to each individuals mail file and download only that file!? 3.) When you copy an individuals mail file, are you copying any attachments also? Where are attachments kept? Thank you in advance for your help Joseph home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] work: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Linux file system update?
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, you wrote: > After adding a new hard drive to my system and creating > an ext2fs type partition, how do I add this to my file > system table?? I would like to have Mdk 7.1 to start using > this partition. I created the partition with PartitionMagic > and did not specify a mount point at the time of creation. > Do I need to go back into PartionMagic and do this?? > Any help with the above would be most appreciated!! > Edit your /etc/fstab with your favorite editor (note: You *will* have to be "root" in order to do this, so I recommend opening a console window, SU-ing to root and use a console-based text editor.) Once you have your /etc/fstab file in the editor, specify the mount point and the correct /dev file the way the other mount points are specified. John
Re: [expert] Intellimouse is drunk!
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000, you wrote: > Well sir, > > I have been against the same type of problem many times. Althought I don't > have the awesome computer you do, I think I may be of some help. (I > hope...) > > First off you need to make sure your mouse doesn't have a switch on the bottom > that says "MS or PC" and if it does, try the other setting to see if that > helps. Also make sure your X configuration is correct. I haven't seen the > problem since I used RH 5.2, but if you didn't get the right resoultion on the > video card the mouse would not piont to where the computer thought it was. > If it's a TRUE MS Intellimouse, it doesn't have one of those switches. OTOH, if it's a "knock-off" it may very well. John
[expert] kWinTV
Does anyone know where I can find a copy of kwintv-0.7.3-1mdk.i586.rpm I have searched for several days for the file, and don't seem to locate it. tia, Don
Re: [expert] something I'm missing...
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: > Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 02:17:25 -0400 (EDT) > From: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Ellick Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] something I'm missing... > > Hm...sounds like it would weigh a ton! Does it? > > Not as much as VMware, check www.trelos.com for more info. -- Regards, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Jul 16
Re: [expert] EXPERTS are needed for NIGHTMARISH Ver 7.1 Install problem help
On Sun, 16 Jul 2000, you wrote: > I posted here as this is obviously not a problem for a beginner > > > This time try XF86Setup > I get Server specification missing in card database. Trident Cyber > 9320 (generic) (line 2537) > Segmentation fault cored dumped > > I get the same error about the card data base if I use XF86Setup. > > > I guess Mandrake Linux may not be for me. I tried this on two machines and > the same error is the result. > > Machines > P3500 with 15 gig and 20 gig drives. 256 Meg memory. Viper II video. (This > works during setup until the failure). Linux on the > 15 gig drive. The boot partition is at the front of the drive. It is the 2nd > drive in dos. This is NOT a large drive problem. > > > REMEMBER THAT VERSION 7 WORKS PERFECTLY. I am upgrading to get wheelmouse > support and support for my video card. > >From your other posts, version 7 works 640x480 in 16 colors > > Can anyone help. this has been a 3 week NIGHTMARE. > > > PII 300 with 6 gig drive and 2.1 gig drive. Linux on the 6 gig which is C in > dos. Proves it is not a large drive problem. 64 Meg memory. > > > > There isn't an answer to this nightmare right now. Your card is unsupported. Viper II has no XFree86 support Either skip the X install (the fact that it comes up with a package name and can't find it means probably there will be Xfree support soon) and install the VGA driver (which is being used on the install) for 640x480 in 16 colors (which is what you have in 7.0) or stay with 7.0 for now or jump to a different distribution for continuation of your nightmare, or look for a commercial driver for the Viper II OR IF you bought the Viper II from some store with the understanding that it would work in linux, THEN return it. Make your problem the manufacturer's problem. That is EXACTLY what you would do if your hardware didn't work under windows, isn't it? I looked at the drivers--the one you need is "not yet ported" to XFree 4.01 It IS available in 3.3.6 but it cannot support the way it has been arranged on the Diamond Viper II. You might try running Xconfigurator on 3.3.6 and then telling it you have an S3 Savage 2000 generic card. And after it builds the file /etc/X11/XF86Config, try removing all the modelines that you don't want. Also, adding options like Option VideoRam 32768 Option "sw_cursor" Option "no_accel" Now the question becomes, "How do I edit that file without a GUI?" No problem. at the command line type # joe There are other editors if you like that one not, including vi, emacs, jed, pico, cooledit. To reach them, just type their names at the command prompt. I suggest joe because you seem unfamiliar with command-line editors and that one keeps its commands listed before you on the screen. in the Devices section of the same file may help. But this card is still beyond the support you desire, unless you are willing to pay for a commercial driver and IF the driver writers have one. Changing Distros will not be likely to help you at all at this time. All the ones I know that run X use XFree86 and may include Metro-X or some basic commercial driver. To run 7.1 with the VGA driver, choose an "unlisted" card and select it as the default driver. Civileme
