[expert] CD ROM FLOPPY access problem, need help
Hi all: I know this must have been coverd before, but I can not locate the answer. While in root, I clicke on Harddrake. It failed to launch, went to a black screen with a white rectangle in the center, I was forced to kill X to regain control. I rebooted now I am locked out of my CD ROM and Floppy. Even root is locked out. Can some kind soul point out what must be changed in the configureation files to give me back control. Thanks for your help. -- Ralph F. De Witt It said uses Windows 98 or better so I installed Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Proud user of Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Powerpack Deluxe Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234
Re: [expert] Printing with Konqueror & Kmail
Robert Barry wrote: > When I print with Konqueror and Kmail the default is A4. How do I switch the > default to Letter? I looked and looked, but I didn't see how, so I must be > overlooking something too simple. > > Thanks, > > Robert That's probably the default you have set for the printer. Click on the printer icon in KDE and set the size paper you wish as default and save. -- Sword'sEdge VoiceMail/Fax: (858) 860-6406 x1587
Re: [expert] 2.4 and ReiserFS
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000, Andrew George wrote: > On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 09:57, Tom Massey wrote: > > On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Vidyut Luther wrote: > > > you can't have / as a reiserfs filesystem. everything else can be. If you > > > go to the resierfs website, the install docs say so explicitly. > > > > You can have / as reiser, and you can do it with kernel 2.4. When > > compiling 2.4 just turn off 'High memory support' in the 'Processor type > > and features' section. Works for me anyway. > > I always thought the way around it was to make an initial ramdisk with > mkinitrd This should probably work yes. Must admit I haven't played with it much - it's too much of a pain getting the NVIDIA drivers working with a 2.4 kernel I think. I do know that you can get the hack kernel (2.4.whatever) from Mandrake 7.2 to boot with a Reiser FS system just by turning off high memory support and recompiling though. I've also tried a few other 2.4.x test kernels, and they work the same way with Reiser FS.
Re: [expert] 2.4 and ReiserFS
Seems things have changed a bit.. but here is QA from reiserfs homepage FAQ Q. Can reiserfs be used as a root partition? A. Yes, but you must mount /boot with the -notail option. On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, A V Flinsch wrote: > On Saturday 23 December 2000 13:08, you wrote: > > you can't have / as a reiserfs filesystem. everything else can be. If > > you go to the resierfs website, the install docs say so explicitly. > > > > Is this a 2.4 thing? My current fstab is: > > /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98 vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 > /dev/hda3 /usr/oracle reiserfs defaults 1 2 > /dev/hdb1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 > /dev/hdb5 / reiserfs defaults 1 1 > /dev/hdb6 /mnt/isoreiserfs defaults 1 2 > /dev/hdb7 /root reiserfs defaults 1 2 > /dev/hde1 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2 > > As you can see / is a reiserfs partition. The only thing that is not is > /boot > > > -- Vidyut Luther Linuxpowered, Inc [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxpowered.com 732-371-9583
RE: [expert] Desktop device icons, folders, etc, don't work
On 24-Dec-2000 Praedor Tempus wrote: [snip] > Could someone please use an editor and view the device kdelnk in their > Desktop directory (preferably from KDE 2.0, 2.0.1 or 2.1) and post the > contents? Specifically, if you have a functional floppy, zip, or > harddrive device icon on your desktop, please post the text contained in > the kdelnk for in it Desktop/. > > For my non-functional Zip Drive kdelnk, for instance, it reads: > > [Desktop Entry] > Dev=/mnt/zip > FSType=supermount > Icon=3floppy_mount > MountPoint=/mnt/zip > Type=FSDevice > UnmountIcon=3floppy_unmount [snip] Sure. Note that I don't use the KDE environment, but I did install the whole thing so that I could use all the KDE apps from the Enlightenment WM. So the kde config files I'm posting are *unaltered* from the initial install of 7.2 and may be of some use to you. The following are under ~/Desktop. $ less CD-ROM [Desktop Entry] Icon=cdrom_unmount Type=Link URL=/mnt/cdrom $ less Floppy.kdelnk [Desktop Entry] Icon=3floppy_unmount Type=Link URL=/mnt/floppy peace, dave.
Re: [expert] nekid mandrake?
Al, I really haven't found configuring a mandrake box for server duties and making it secure anything of a nightmare. If you're layering your security it's just a matter of getting everything in place, closing all the right doors, setting up the firewall and getting your portsentry and other odds and ends active and running. All the usual server stuff. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## # On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 Al Baker spake passionately saying: > It's not like Linux, specifically Mandrake, makes a > BAD server, you can make a nice fast server with the > right know how. OpenBSD just provides instant > out-of-the-box security w/o the configuration > [nightmares] you might go through to achieve the same > on Mandrake. I choose mandrake over *BSD (Free/Open) > because I like the larger support/innovative > community, and I like LooknFeel of administering my > box with Mandrake. Someday I'll fire up a BSD, but > Mandrake is sufficient. > > > --- Monte Milanuk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 04:51:36PM -0700, Tom > > Schutter wrote: > > > As much as I like Mandrake, it is not the right > > tool for your job. > > > Use OpenBSD. Installing it without X is trivial, > > and its security > > > is much better than Linux. > > > > > > http://www.openbsd.org > > > > > > > Agreed. For the ultimate in security, OpenBSD is > > king. Perhaps I > > rephrase the question: For a box w/o X on it, be it > > a server, a > > compute server, a log server, firewall, Beowulf > > node, whatever, what > > benefit does Mandrake have once you take away all > > the pretty gui tools? > > > > *Note* To those who are lighting off their > > flamethrowers because I > > question Mandrake like this, keep in mind: It's just > > that: questioning. > > I'm not trying to trash Mandrake, or any other > > distro. I'm just > > trying to ascertain pluses and minuses for a given > > scenario. > > > > TIA > > > > Monte > > > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > > > > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ >
Re: [expert] Why is Netscape 6.0 so slow?
If that is true why does Nutscape 6.0 load the Java VM (again this is on the win2k version, my linux workstation is scrubbed so I cannot compare)? It might not be the renderer but some part of Nutscape is using the Java VM. Also its renderer is not even in the same ball park as NS 4.75 let alone IE. Its slow crap. I'd much rather use Konquerer or IE or Opera or plane old 4.75. It renders pages far better then standard NS though but its still very buggy and very slow. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 12/24/2000 at 11:57 AM Mike MacCana scribbled: >Netscape 6s rendering engine is NOT written in Java. This is complete bullshit. Its >written in XUL, a DTD for XML. Yes, Netscape 6s UI is slow [its rendering is faster >than IE], and requires RAM. Mozilla 0.6 seems *much* faster in the UI department. If >you want fast HTML rendering with full standards support, go for >Mozilla 0.6, Galeon, or the Mozill KPart announced last week. > >Mike > >Scott Tyson wrote: > >> Netscape 6.0 rendering engine is written in Java. When you load a Java based >program it must load the Java Virtual Machine which is not fast and eats about 25-32 >megs of ram (at least on a win2k workstation it does). If you don't have 128+ megs >of >RAM Nutscrape 6.0 will be almost intolerable when it comes to speed. >> >> *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** >> >> On 11/25/2000 at 10:32 PM Eduardo Mazoni Andrade Marcal Mendes scribbled: >> >> >Hello >> > I have installed Netscape 6.0 only to be convinced that it is the >> >worse nightmare ever. I am running in P 1333 with 32 MB. Old netscape >> >would run without a trouble but this new one it is so slow that I can go >> >for a drink before the whole thing is loaded. What do netscape >> >developers have in mind when releasing such a piece of software? >> >Perhaps I am doing something so wrong and it is not netscape's fault. >> >Please help me out! >> > >> >Many thanks >> > >> >Eduardo > >-- >-- >Mike MacCana Support Consultant > C Y B E R S O U R C E > Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000 >Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998
Re: [expert] nekid mandrake?
Underneath the glitz and glamor of Mandrake beats the stout heart of Linux. Without X I can't think of anything worth mentioning that would be any different be it RedHat, Mandrake, Slackware... et. al. Linux is Linux when you turn back the covers and look at the bare mattress. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## # On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 Monte Milanuk spake passionately saying: > On Wed, Dec 20, 2000 at 04:51:36PM -0700, Tom Schutter wrote: > > As much as I like Mandrake, it is not the right tool for your job. > > Use OpenBSD. Installing it without X is trivial, and its security > > is much better than Linux. > > > > http://www.openbsd.org > > > > Agreed. For the ultimate in security, OpenBSD is king. Perhaps I > rephrase the question: For a box w/o X on it, be it a server, a > compute server, a log server, firewall, Beowulf node, whatever, what > benefit does Mandrake have once you take away all the pretty gui tools? > > *Note* To those who are lighting off their flamethrowers because I > question Mandrake like this, keep in mind: It's just that: questioning. > I'm not trying to trash Mandrake, or any other distro. I'm just > trying to ascertain pluses and minuses for a given scenario. > > TIA > > Monte > > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com > >
Re: [expert] Java Woes...
java does not have to be installed on the machine for java or javascript to work in Netscape. However, java and javascript have to be enabled (turned on) in the browser preferences. This goes for both netscape AND konqueror. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## # On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] spake passionately saying: > Ok... So I've d/l'ed and installed Java from Sun's site. I still cannot get > Java to work under Netscape!!! HLLLPPP > > >
Re: [expert] How does one get konqueror to work with java?
All you have to do to get Konqueror to execute javascript embeded in an HTML document is enable it in the preferences. That's all there is to it. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## # On Wed, 20 Dec 2000 J . A . Magallon spake passionately saying: > > On 2000.12.19 Praedor Tempus wrote: > > > > I need javascript. The pages I am unable to use at my university are an > > ordering site for DNA sequencing - it uses javascript up the ying-yang. Not > > even the latest Mozilla can deal with it and Konqueror fails just as > > miserably. No error messages, nothing, just...nothing happens. The other > > site I am unable to use properly is an Outlook web interface to my local > > school email account. None of the interface "button" work and I am unable to > > view my email. It is also a javascript issue. > > > > Would this be something like the good all days when HTML was a standard until > M$IE and Netscape worked their own extensions ? Perhaps those sites have > somthing > embedded (some extension) in their JS that is M$ specific, and k and moz follow > strictly the standard. > >
Re: [Fwd: Re: [expert] Starting Fetchmail]
Dan, Have you thought about adding the command to launch fetchmail to /etc/ip-up.local? I was just sitting here reading your post and I thought of that. That is where the command to start my firewall is, and the firewall starts each and every time a connection is made to the internet. So, when ip-up.local is executed the firewall is started. I don't see why that method wouldn't work for your application. -- Mark ### ## ...it's not a bug, it's a feature ## Registered Linux User # 182496 ## # On Sat, 23 Dec 2000 Daniel Anderson spake passionately saying: > > > Original Message > Subject: Re: [expert] Starting Fetchmail > Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 19:56:07 -0500 > From: Daniel Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Hi mark, > I used fetchmailconf to set it up to poll my isp's pop server every > two hours,and have been starting it with a link in the KDE autostart > folder,has been working fine for a few weeks.What i'm wanting to do is > start it without logging in,if that is possible.This machine is running > as a server on my home network,and I'm using postfix locally on the > network and a pop server from which I retreive my mail after it has been > downloaded. > > Thanks > Dan > > > Mark Weaver wrote: > > > > Dan, > > > > What you first have to do is make sure that fetchmail is checked to start > > automatically in Drakeconf->Startup Services. When you've done that restart > > your system. > > > > Then is you wish to run fetchmail from a terminal window you can issue this > > command; > > > > fetchmail -u username mail.yourhost.com > > > > If you wish to run fetchmail as a daemon issue the command this way: > > > > fetchmail -d 150 -u username mail.yourhost.com > > > > If you wish to setup fetchmail once and for all then on the command line > > issue this command: > > > > fetchmailconf > > > > This will open a fetchmail configuration utility that will allow you to > > create a .fetchmailrc file that will be read and executed when ever you start > > your machine and connect to the internet, and/or open a terminal window and > > issue just a plain fetchmail command to either awaken or initiate the > > fetchmail process. > > > > Mark > > > > On Saturday 23 December 2000 21:17, you wrote: > > > Hi, > > > Can someone tell me how to start fetchmail when booting? I added the > > > line "/usr/bin/fetchmail" to rc.local,but that didn't work.I can click > > > on rc.local after booting and it starts then.Any suggestions would be > > > greatly appreciated.I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.1 > > > > > > Dan >
Re: [expert] webmin wont work
Hmm, I've been using Webmin all this time without SSL, and I can't seem to make it work WITH ssl... I have to use http://localhost:1 to connect. How do I enable SSL for Webmin? Bob
[expert] Desktop device icons, folders, etc, don't work
As a user, if you are running KDE 2.1 and try to create a new device or folder on your desktop, it appears not to work. You can create the icon just fine but it wont work when you select it. Could someone please use an editor and view the device kdelnk in their Desktop directory (preferably from KDE 2.0, 2.0.1 or 2.1) and post the contents? Specifically, if you have a functional floppy, zip, or harddrive device icon on your desktop, please post the text contained in the kdelnk for in it Desktop/. For my non-functional Zip Drive kdelnk, for instance, it reads: [Desktop Entry] Dev=/mnt/zip FSType=supermount Icon=3floppy_mount MountPoint=/mnt/zip Type=FSDevice UnmountIcon=3floppy_unmount I believe there MUST be some entries missing and no matter what one does with "Open With" and/or "Remember application association for this file", proper corresponding entries are not made to the kdelnk file. If I could see one that actually works, perhaps I could manually add the requisite entries to my desktop devices and get them to work.
Re: [expert] fstab entry for supermount
Thanks. That's what I needed. I can now navigate to /mnt/zip or /mnt/floppy or /mnt/cdrom with konqueror and see the contents. What I still CANNOT DO is create a cdrom device, floppy device, or zip device on my desktop and use those to navigate the devices. It doesn't work. On Saturday 23 December 2000 20:02, you wrote: > On 24-Dec-2000 Praedor Tempus wrote: > > In trying to fix my problem with desktop devices not working, I altered > > my fstab for cdrom, zip, and floppy to eliminate the supermount and made > > them the old-fashioned manual mount devices. I would like to go back to > > supermount but cannot recall the syntax and there is no backup fstab > > with the supermount entries in them. > > If it's any help, here's the unaltered supermount fstab entries from last > week's 7.2 install: > > /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 > > peace > dave > > > - > 23-Dec-2000 > 22:02:16 > -
[expert] kernel recompiling
Hello all, I compilied my kernel, all went fine. When I come to reboot into the new kernel, I get the following error: no setup signature found... I searched the net/usergroups and found several people with this message but no one explained what they did to fix the problem any help, moe __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. http://shopping.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] fstab entry for supermount
> supermount but cannot recall the syntax and there is no backup fstab with the > supermount entries in them. /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660 dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 > So. I now have the Trash and Home directory icons working on my desktop. I > need to now try AGAIN to create my harddrive, zip, cdrom, and floppy devices > and try to get THEM working. It is, indeed, an interesting problem. Have you tried making a folder icon for something like /home/praedor ? I have and can't get even that sort of thing to work. Cheers --- Larry
RE: [expert] fstab entry for supermount
On 24-Dec-2000 Praedor Tempus wrote: > In trying to fix my problem with desktop devices not working, I altered > my fstab for cdrom, zip, and floppy to eliminate the supermount and made > them the old-fashioned manual mount devices. I would like to go back to > supermount but cannot recall the syntax and there is no backup fstab > with the supermount entries in them. If it's any help, here's the unaltered supermount fstab entries from last week's 7.2 install: /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 peace dave - 23-Dec-2000 22:02:16 -
[expert] Power down TFT screen
Hallo! I've got a problem with the TFT screen of my laptop. It powers down after 2 minutes of inactivity (right) but a bit later the screen "powers on" without showing anything (i just see it's on), and if i touch any key it powers down and it doesn't work any more. The only thing i can do is to go into a console (CTRL+ALT+Fx), log in as root, and, using "top" kill "X" and restart again. And of course all the programs that were running are shut down in a wrong way. Any idea? The laptop's made is "Ahead" (Notebook Computer Model 3220. Made in Taiwan). -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783
Re: [expert] What the...? Was: fstab entry for supermount
On Saturday 23 December 2000 19:44, you wrote: [...] > So. I now have the Trash and Home directory icons working on my desktop. > I need to now try AGAIN to create my harddrive, zip, cdrom, and floppy > devices and try to get THEM working. Spoke too soon. Trash is no longer working
[expert] fstab entry for supermount
In trying to fix my problem with desktop devices not working, I altered my fstab for cdrom, zip, and floppy to eliminate the supermount and made them the old-fashioned manual mount devices. I would like to go back to supermount but cannot recall the syntax and there is no backup fstab with the supermount entries in them. As for the problem with the devices and directories...I deleted .kde, .kderc, and my Desktop directory and then restarted kde 2.1. It recreated my Home, and Trash icons. They did not work when selected. Instead I would get the "Open with" dialog box. I selected "Home directory" as instructed in another message. It worked. It does NOT work if I create the item myself via the desktop menu with Create new...-> CDROM, Floppy, etc, device. So. I now have the Trash and Home directory icons working on my desktop. I need to now try AGAIN to create my harddrive, zip, cdrom, and floppy devices and try to get THEM working.
Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 desktop problems
Just tried what you suggest. Nothing happens. On Saturday 23 December 2000 12:59, you wrote: > Praedor Tempus wrote: > > I am unable to create functional cdrom, floppy, zip, hdd devices, nor > > functional trash or autostart folders on my desktop. > > > > Any device I create doesn't do anything when selected. The devices are > > all supermount devices and I can get to them via an xterm. > > > > Trash and Autostart, when selected, will not open. Konqueror will not [...] > > When you create the new cdrom or floppy devices and then attempt to open > them do you get the popup window asking for "open with:"? If you do then > scroll down and chose the "Home Directory".
Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 desktop problems
Yes! I do get that message, at least for Home, Startup, and Trash. I get nothing for the devices. I see (VERY briefly) konqueror with the spinning disk icon in the task bar in panel, then it vanishes and nothing comes of it. Again, I CAN access the devices from an xterm. On Saturday 23 December 2000 12:59, you wrote: > Praedor Tempus wrote: > > I am unable to create functional cdrom, floppy, zip, hdd devices, nor > > functional trash or autostart folders on my desktop. > > > > Any device I create doesn't do anything when selected. The devices are > > all supermount devices and I can get to them via an xterm. > > > > Trash and Autostart, when selected, will not open. Konqueror will not > > open them. After trying (by selecting them on my desktop) and checking > > .xsession-errors, it contains: > > > > Syntax Error: Unknown command '/home/patrick/Desktop/Autostart' > > Syntax Error: Unknown command '/home/patrick/Desktop/Trash' > > > > How stupid can konqueror be? No matter how I create them konqueror will > > not open them when I select them...but it WILL open them if I get to them > > via my Home folder (which I had to copy from the panel to the desktop - > > it behaved the same way as Trash and Autostart otherwise). > > > > How does one create devices and functional folders that konqueror will > > open on the desktop? > > When you create the new cdrom or floppy devices and then attempt to open > them do you get the popup window asking for "open with:"? If you do then > scroll down and chose the "Home Directory". > > > -- > Sword'sEdge > VoiceMail/Fax: (858) 860-6406 x1587
Re: [expert] Re: What the...?
I tried this and it doesn't work. I have tried changing owner, changing everything to rwx perms across the board, and just about anything else I could think of and nothing is working. I am simply unable to access the trashcan, startup, home, and devices on my desktop EXCEPT for printer. Anything I create on my desktop as user doesn't work. I am now going to try once again from scratch by deleting .kderc, .kde/, and my Desktop/ directory and then start KDE 2.1 yet again to see if it will create de novo all the icons on the desktop and see if THEY work. On Saturday 23 December 2000 13:08, you wrote: > Praedor Tempus wrote: > > Yesterday, whilst building XFree86-4.0.2, my system went > > nutso after it finished (not yet installed). It turned out > > that my keyboard chose that time to give up the ghost. > > > > Anyway, before I realised what the problem was, I > > reinstalled kde-2.1, deleted my .kde directory, etc, trying > > to get things working again (it was really bizarre). [...] > > Praedoras root in a console, type: > > chown -R praedor.praedor /home/praedor > > then type: > > update-menus -v > -- > Alan
Re: [expert] Supported CDRW device, but no sound with music CDs
Well, son of a gun. That worked! Is a CD audio cable for my drive/sound card (HP8100/SB128 PCI) the kind of thing I can buy or make easily? Thanks very much for your help. M. On Saturday 23 December 2000 17:41, you wrote: > If you have another OS, can you plat music CDs in that? > > If you don't, try connecting your speakers into the headphone jack at the > front of your CDROM drive rather than your soundcard. You might not have a > CDaudio cable. > > Mike > > Michael O'Henly wrote: > > Hi... > > > > I'm running Linux-Mandrake 7.2. My CD device is an HP8100 CDRW (supported > > hardware). I have no trouble using this device as a CD-ROM drive or to > > burn CDs, but I cannot play music CDs. > > > > When I launch the CD Player application, I can eject, select tracks, > > etc., so I know that I'm able to address the drive. I have no trouble > > with streaming audio or playing .wav files either, so I'm not suspecting > > a problem with the sound card (SoundBlaster 128 PCI, Esoniq 1371 driver). > > > > I've done a Google search which tuned up LOTS of similar reports but no > > solutions. > > > > Is this a recognized problem -- perhaps having to do with SCSI emulation > > on an ATAPI/IDE CDRW? > > > > Any insights here would be most appreciated. > > > > Thanks. > > > > M. > > > > -- > > Michael O'Henly > > TENZO Design > > -- > -- > Mike MacCana Support Consultant > C Y B E R S O U R C E >Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000 > Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998 -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
Re: [expert] Supported CDRW device, but no sound with music CDs
If you have another OS, can you plat music CDs in that? If you don't, try connecting your speakers into the headphone jack at the front of your CDROM drive rather than your soundcard. You might not have a CDaudio cable. Mike Michael O'Henly wrote: > Hi... > > I'm running Linux-Mandrake 7.2. My CD device is an HP8100 CDRW (supported > hardware). I have no trouble using this device as a CD-ROM drive or to burn > CDs, but I cannot play music CDs. > > When I launch the CD Player application, I can eject, select tracks, etc., so > I know that I'm able to address the drive. I have no trouble with streaming > audio or playing .wav files either, so I'm not suspecting a problem with the > sound card (SoundBlaster 128 PCI, Esoniq 1371 driver). > > I've done a Google search which tuned up LOTS of similar reports but no > solutions. > > Is this a recognized problem -- perhaps having to do with SCSI emulation on > an ATAPI/IDE CDRW? > > Any insights here would be most appreciated. > > Thanks. > > M. > > -- > Michael O'Henly > TENZO Design -- -- Mike MacCana Support Consultant C Y B E R S O U R C E Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000 Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998
Re: [expert] 2.4 and ReiserFS
On Sun, 24 Dec 2000 09:57, Tom Massey wrote: > On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Vidyut Luther wrote: > > you can't have / as a reiserfs filesystem. everything else can be. If you > > go to the resierfs website, the install docs say so explicitly. > > You can have / as reiser, and you can do it with kernel 2.4. When > compiling 2.4 just turn off 'High memory support' in the 'Processor type > and features' section. Works for me anyway. I always thought the way around it was to make an initial ramdisk with mkinitrd Andrew
[expert] Supported CDRW device, but no sound with music CDs
Hi... I'm running Linux-Mandrake 7.2. My CD device is an HP8100 CDRW (supported hardware). I have no trouble using this device as a CD-ROM drive or to burn CDs, but I cannot play music CDs. When I launch the CD Player application, I can eject, select tracks, etc., so I know that I'm able to address the drive. I have no trouble with streaming audio or playing .wav files either, so I'm not suspecting a problem with the sound card (SoundBlaster 128 PCI, Esoniq 1371 driver). I've done a Google search which tuned up LOTS of similar reports but no solutions. Is this a recognized problem -- perhaps having to do with SCSI emulation on an ATAPI/IDE CDRW? Any insights here would be most appreciated. Thanks. M. -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
Re: [expert] Why is Netscape 6.0 so slow?
> worse nightmare ever. I am running in P 1333 with 32 MB. Is that 1.3 Ghz or 133Mhz? That looks like a typo. Yes, Netscape 6 won't run on a machine with those specifications. Hell, a Linux desktop system per se needs 64. This is mainly due to X. A Win2K box needs 128 bare minimum. Try Galeon, a GNOME based version of mozilla. But I'm still surprised you can run anything besides a basic window manager with on 32Mb RAM. Mike > Old netscape > would run without a trouble but this new one it is so slow that I can go > for a drink before the whole thing is loaded. What do netscape > developers have in mind when releasing such a piece of software? > Perhaps I am doing something so wrong and it is not netscape's fault. > Please help me out! > > Many thanks > > Eduardo -- -- Mike MacCana Support Consultant C Y B E R S O U R C E Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000 Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998
Re: [expert] Why is Netscape 6.0 so slow?
Netscape 6s rendering engine is NOT written in Java. This is complete bullshit. Its written in XUL, a DTD for XML. Yes, Netscape 6s UI is slow [its rendering is faster than IE], and requires RAM. Mozilla 0.6 seems *much* faster in the UI department. If you want fast HTML rendering with full standards support, go for Mozilla 0.6, Galeon, or the Mozill KPart announced last week. Mike Scott Tyson wrote: > Netscape 6.0 rendering engine is written in Java. When you load a Java based >program it must load the Java Virtual Machine which is not fast and eats about 25-32 >megs of ram (at least on a win2k workstation it does). If you don't have 128+ megs >of RAM Nutscrape 6.0 will be almost intolerable when it comes to speed. > > *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** > > On 11/25/2000 at 10:32 PM Eduardo Mazoni Andrade Marcal Mendes scribbled: > > >Hello > > I have installed Netscape 6.0 only to be convinced that it is the > >worse nightmare ever. I am running in P 1333 with 32 MB. Old netscape > >would run without a trouble but this new one it is so slow that I can go > >for a drink before the whole thing is loaded. What do netscape > >developers have in mind when releasing such a piece of software? > >Perhaps I am doing something so wrong and it is not netscape's fault. > >Please help me out! > > > >Many thanks > > > >Eduardo -- -- Mike MacCana Support Consultant C Y B E R S O U R C E Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000 Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998
[Fwd: Re: [expert] Starting Fetchmail]
Original Message Subject: Re: [expert] Starting Fetchmail Date: Sat, 23 Dec 2000 19:56:07 -0500 From: Daniel Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi mark, I used fetchmailconf to set it up to poll my isp's pop server every two hours,and have been starting it with a link in the KDE autostart folder,has been working fine for a few weeks.What i'm wanting to do is start it without logging in,if that is possible.This machine is running as a server on my home network,and I'm using postfix locally on the network and a pop server from which I retreive my mail after it has been downloaded. Thanks Dan Mark Weaver wrote: > > Dan, > > What you first have to do is make sure that fetchmail is checked to start > automatically in Drakeconf->Startup Services. When you've done that restart > your system. > > Then is you wish to run fetchmail from a terminal window you can issue this > command; > > fetchmail -u username mail.yourhost.com > > If you wish to run fetchmail as a daemon issue the command this way: > > fetchmail -d 150 -u username mail.yourhost.com > > If you wish to setup fetchmail once and for all then on the command line > issue this command: > > fetchmailconf > > This will open a fetchmail configuration utility that will allow you to > create a .fetchmailrc file that will be read and executed when ever you start > your machine and connect to the internet, and/or open a terminal window and > issue just a plain fetchmail command to either awaken or initiate the > fetchmail process. > > Mark > > On Saturday 23 December 2000 21:17, you wrote: > > Hi, > > Can someone tell me how to start fetchmail when booting? I added the > > line "/usr/bin/fetchmail" to rc.local,but that didn't work.I can click > > on rc.local after booting and it starts then.Any suggestions would be > > greatly appreciated.I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.1 > > > > Dan
[expert] ADSL connection and local networks
I'm having trouble configuring an ADSL connection for my home network with DrakConf. I have two computers and one ADSL modem connected to a hub (AOpen 5-port Ethernet Hub). It would be better if two machines could use the modem independently. I have configured the Internet connection using DrakConf and all the routing configuration appears to be reset whenever the adsl service is started. This is no good because those computers cannot reach each other anymore. I have to do /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart in order to restore my routing configuration. I put /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart in /etc/rc.local, so I don't have to run that command manually. It doesn't seem to be the smartest solution, but it works. But the problem is that Mandrake Linux configuration tools don't seem support sophisticated LAN configurations... Is there a smarter solution that can be used by people who need point-and-click instructions? I can edit my start-up scripts, but I know many people who can't...
Re: [expert] K-Mail and Printing
Works for me, too. Thanks! M. On Saturday 23 December 2000 16:12, you wrote: > Hey All, > for what it's worth, after reading the post about not being able to print > from Kmail I looked into it. > Mine wuld not print either so I started pushing buttons to see what would > happen. Clicked "print to file" and then back to the selected lp printer. > BINGO, the greyed out "OK" was functional and it now allows me to print > from Kmail.. Goofy Huh?? -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
[expert] K-Mail and Printing
Hey All, for what it's worth, after reading the post about not being able to print from Kmail I looked into it. Mine wuld not print either so I started pushing buttons to see what would happen. Clicked "print to file" and then back to the selected lp printer. BINGO, the greyed out "OK" was functional and it now allows me to print from Kmail.. Goofy Huh?? -- Ken Thompson Electrocom Computer Services Payette, Idaho (208) 642-7101 (888) 642-7101 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Website: http://www.nwaa.com
Re: [expert] Quake2 - won't run...??
On Saturday 23 December 2000 18:10, you wrote: Here is a site that might be able to help you out: http://www.linuxquake.com I didn't see what video card you have? If you have opengl installed and working. Did it run for you in the past and just stop? BTW I checked my quake2 dir and I have no such file either and mine runs, it must be something loaded from inside one of the quake libraries. > On Saturday 23 December 2000 09:36, you wrote: > > recursive shutdown > > Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx > > > > What does it mean? > > Apparently, that file doesn't exist.
[expert] Printing with Konqueror & Kmail
When I print with Konqueror and Kmail the default is A4. How do I switch the default to Letter? I looked and looked, but I didn't see how, so I must be overlooking something too simple. Thanks, Robert
Re: [expert] Quake2 - won't run...??
On Saturday 23 December 2000 09:36, you wrote: > recursive shutdown > Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx > > What does it mean? Apparently, that file doesn't exist.
RE: [expert] 2.4 and ReiserFS
On Sat, 23 Dec 2000, Vidyut Luther wrote: > you can't have / as a reiserfs filesystem. everything else can be. If you go > to the resierfs website, the install docs say so explicitly. You can have / as reiser, and you can do it with kernel 2.4. When compiling 2.4 just turn off 'High memory support' in the 'Processor type and features' section. Works for me anyway.
Re: [expert] 2.4 and ReiserFS
On Saturday 23 December 2000 13:08, you wrote: > you can't have / as a reiserfs filesystem. everything else can be. If > you go to the resierfs website, the install docs say so explicitly. Is this a 2.4 thing? My current fstab is: /dev/hda1 /mnt/win98 vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda3 /usr/oracle reiserfs defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb5 / reiserfs defaults 1 1 /dev/hdb6 /mnt/isoreiserfs defaults 1 2 /dev/hdb7 /root reiserfs defaults 1 2 /dev/hde1 /home reiserfs defaults 1 2 As you can see / is a reiserfs partition. The only thing that is not is /boot -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re: [expert] Re: What the...?
> > How do I make new home, startup, cdrom, etc items on my > > desktop so that they actually work? > > Praedoras root in a console, type: > > chown -R praedor.praedor /home/praedor > > then type: > > update-menus -v Does this work for you with KDE2.1? I've just started using 2.1 and it seems to work fine...until I tried what Praedor is talking about. I have the same problem but my system seems to go one better and insists that everything I try to access through an icon requires root access and runs kdesu. This includes an icon that is supposed to access my home directory :-) Scratching my head at this point. Cheers --- Larry
Re: [expert] Why is Netscape 6.0 so slow?
Netscape 6.0 rendering engine is written in Java. When you load a Java based program it must load the Java Virtual Machine which is not fast and eats about 25-32 megs of ram (at least on a win2k workstation it does). If you don't have 128+ megs of RAM Nutscrape 6.0 will be almost intolerable when it comes to speed. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 11/25/2000 at 10:32 PM Eduardo Mazoni Andrade Marcal Mendes scribbled: >Hello > I have installed Netscape 6.0 only to be convinced that it is the >worse nightmare ever. I am running in P 1333 with 32 MB. Old netscape >would run without a trouble but this new one it is so slow that I can go >for a drink before the whole thing is loaded. What do netscape >developers have in mind when releasing such a piece of software? >Perhaps I am doing something so wrong and it is not netscape's fault. >Please help me out! > >Many thanks > >Eduardo
Re: [expert] Starting Fetchmail
Dan, What you first have to do is make sure that fetchmail is checked to start automatically in Drakeconf->Startup Services. When you've done that restart your system. Then is you wish to run fetchmail from a terminal window you can issue this command; fetchmail -u username mail.yourhost.com If you wish to run fetchmail as a daemon issue the command this way: fetchmail -d 150 -u username mail.yourhost.com If you wish to setup fetchmail once and for all then on the command line issue this command: fetchmailconf This will open a fetchmail configuration utility that will allow you to create a .fetchmailrc file that will be read and executed when ever you start your machine and connect to the internet, and/or open a terminal window and issue just a plain fetchmail command to either awaken or initiate the fetchmail process. Mark On Saturday 23 December 2000 21:17, you wrote: > Hi, > Can someone tell me how to start fetchmail when booting? I added the > line "/usr/bin/fetchmail" to rc.local,but that didn't work.I can click > on rc.local after booting and it starts then.Any suggestions would be > greatly appreciated.I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.1 > > Dan
Re: [expert] Starting Fetchmail
One way is to run fetchmail as a daemon. Put this in your ~/.bash_profile fetchmail -d 300 This will run fetchmail when you're logged in, polling your mail host every 300 seconds. Be sure to put this in your ~/.bash_logout fetchmail -q On Saturday 23 December 2000 13:17, you wrote: > Hi, > Can someone tell me how to start fetchmail when booting? I added the > line "/usr/bin/fetchmail" to rc.local,but that didn't work.I can click > on rc.local after booting and it starts then.Any suggestions would be > greatly appreciated.I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.1 > > Dan -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
[expert] Starting Fetchmail
Hi, Can someone tell me how to start fetchmail when booting? I added the line "/usr/bin/fetchmail" to rc.local,but that didn't work.I can click on rc.local after booting and it starts then.Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated.I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.1 Dan
Re: [expert] Uh-oh. Helixcode has not exactly improved my Foot menu...
** Reply to message from Simon Cousins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 24 Dec 2000 00:39:40 +1000 Simon, please use the command update-menus -v from a Virtual terminal as both your user and also as root. boot into x and see if your problem is resolved. Check and be sure that rpms for helixcode mc,mcserv,and gmc are all installed from helixcode NOT FROM MANDRAKE David M. Kufta Konsult. Ltd. Wilmington,Delaware http://n3meq.dynip.com/~konsult
[expert] Why is Netscape 6.0 so slow?
Hello I have installed Netscape 6.0 only to be convinced that it is the worse nightmare ever. I am running in P 1333 with 32 MB. Old netscape would run without a trouble but this new one it is so slow that I can go for a drink before the whole thing is loaded. What do netscape developers have in mind when releasing such a piece of software? Perhaps I am doing something so wrong and it is not netscape's fault. Please help me out! Many thanks Eduardo
Re: [expert] KDE2 Version 2.1 20001213 Printing problems
Yes, I have the same problem with konqueror under 2.1 as well as the apps you mentioned. On Saturday 23 December 2000 10:53, you wrote: > Hi all: > I have just finished up dating my Mandrake 7.2 to the latest KDE2 2.1 betas > from the nebsllc ftp site and I now find that I can not print from kmail > and Knode the ok button is grayed out. I have all the normal updates > applied, and have done the updatedb, rpm --rebuilddb, update-menus thing > after the install of 2.1, then even did a restart, and then restarted the > xserver several times all seems to work flawlessly excepet for this. Anyone > have any ideas as to what the problem is. Printing was working in KDE2 > 2.0.1. -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
Re: [expert] Uh-oh. Helixcode has not exactly improved my Foot menu...
On 2000.12.23 Simon Cousins wrote: > > In a fit of Xmas Cheer I have installed Helixcode's GNOME over a box running > a schweet 7.2 system, via the Lynx go-gnome technique. > > The GNOME foot menu is now a mess. Helixcode has created a bunch of > duplicate and mostly redundant menus. > > The mdk MenuDrake sees system menus only. The Helixcode menu util sees only > it's menus. Ne'er the twain shall meet. > > So I can go in with vim and edit all menus by hand back to sanity, but if > any lister had a better (ie, easier) solution, I'd be most appreciative. > Helix Gnome 1.2 is fully included in Mdk 7.2. There can be a couple of packages not in mdk, but are neglectible. Even some of the packages are more up to date and bug-safe in mdk 7.2. Helix Gnome is well suited for old distros like mdk 7.1 or rh 6.2, that included gnome 1.0, but mdk 7.2 and rh 7.0 include full gnome 1.2 out of the box. Solution to your problem: do a and rpm -e all those packages or replace them with the correspondent mdk 7.2 package. Because this can be a mess, I suggest to you to boot in runlevel 3, deinstall any package named *gnome* or *helix* and reinstall the same from mdk CDs. -- J.A. Magallon $> cd pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] $> more beer Linux werewolf 2.2.19-pre3 #1 SMP Fri Dec 22 02:38:17 CET 2000 i686
[expert] Re: What the...?
Praedor Tempus wrote: > Yesterday, whilst building XFree86-4.0.2, my system went > nutso after it finished (not yet installed). It turned out > that my keyboard chose that time to give up the ghost. > > Anyway, before I realised what the problem was, I > reinstalled kde-2.1, deleted my .kde directory, etc, trying > to get things working again (it was really bizarre). > > I finally got things worked out but now am having problems > with kde. Specifically, my desktop. CDROM, floppy, Zip, > dos partition icons do not appear. When I create them (via > create new) they don't work either. I create a new floppy > device on my desktop, all the settings appear correct but > when I select it, nothing happens. If, on the other hand, > I open an xterm and go to /mnt/floppy, lo and behold, there > is "stuff" there - the stuff on the inserted floppy. > > Same thing goes for CDROM. I can cd to the CDROM directory > and navigate via xterm but creating a device on my desktop, > it does nothing. Same for creating a new Home and Startup > folder on my desktop. > > My trash icon also doesn't work. I can move items into the > trash and it responds but 1)I cannot view what is in the > trash by clicking on the trash icon, and 2)I cannot delete > the damn trash icon to recreate it. So far the ONLY > device/icon on my desktop that works is the Printer. > > All the devices that are created, even when by me the user, > are owned by root. > > How do I make new home, startup, cdrom, etc items on my > desktop so that they actually work? Praedoras root in a console, type: chown -R praedor.praedor /home/praedor then type: update-menus -v -- Alan
Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 desktop problems
Praedor Tempus wrote: > I am unable to create functional cdrom, floppy, zip, hdd devices, nor > functional trash or autostart folders on my desktop. > > Any device I create doesn't do anything when selected. The devices are all > supermount devices and I can get to them via an xterm. > > Trash and Autostart, when selected, will not open. Konqueror will not open > them. After trying (by selecting them on my desktop) and checking > .xsession-errors, it contains: > > Syntax Error: Unknown command '/home/patrick/Desktop/Autostart' > Syntax Error: Unknown command '/home/patrick/Desktop/Trash' > > How stupid can konqueror be? No matter how I create them konqueror will not > open them when I select them...but it WILL open them if I get to them via my > Home folder (which I had to copy from the panel to the desktop - it behaved > the same way as Trash and Autostart otherwise). > > How does one create devices and functional folders that konqueror will open > on the desktop? When you create the new cdrom or floppy devices and then attempt to open them do you get the popup window asking for "open with:"? If you do then scroll down and chose the "Home Directory". -- Sword'sEdge VoiceMail/Fax: (858) 860-6406 x1587
[expert] Exporting video
Hello, my name is Pedro Del Medico and I am new in this list. I changed all my systems to Mandrake 7.2. I have a small net where there are some full computers with HD and Video Cards, but others computers are diskless (without HD) Before I changed flavor (I used RedHat before 6.1) I used to export video from the full computers to a diskless stations, but now with Mandrake I found very hard to do it, in fact, since the change I'm not been able to do it. Does any body success with this task?. Can somebody help me to do it? Thanks in advance and Best Regards -- Truly, Pedro Del Medico P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #144076
Re: [expert] What the...?
Praedor Tempus wrote: > Yesterday, whilst building XFree86-4.0.2, my system went nutso after it > finished (not yet installed). It turned out that my keyboard chose that time > to give up the ghost. > > Anyway, before I realised what the problem was, I reinstalled kde-2.1, > deleted my .kde directory, etc, trying to get things working again (it was > really bizarre). > > I finally got things worked out but now am having problems with kde. > Specifically, my desktop. CDROM, floppy, Zip, dos partition icons do not > appear. When I create them (via create new) they don't work either. I > create a new floppy device on my desktop, all the settings appear correct but > when I select it, nothing happens. If, on the other hand, I open an xterm > and go to /mnt/floppy, lo and behold, there is "stuff" there - the stuff on > the inserted floppy. > > Same thing goes for CDROM. I can cd to the CDROM directory and navigate via > xterm but creating a device on my desktop, it does nothing. Same for > creating a new Home and Startup folder on my desktop. > > My trash icon also doesn't work. I can move items into the trash and it > responds but 1)I cannot view what is in the trash by clicking on the trash > icon, and 2)I cannot delete the damn trash icon to recreate it. So far the > ONLY device/icon on my desktop that works is the Printer. > > All the devices that are created, even when by me the user, are owned by root. > > How do I make new home, startup, cdrom, etc items on my desktop so that they > actually work? Try: /usr/bin/update-menus -vand see if this corrects the problem. -- Sword'sEdge VoiceMail/Fax: (858) 860-6406 x1587
[expert] Quake2 - won't run...??
Hi list, Recently I downloaded Quake2 and got the thing installed, but when I try to start the game per the instructions in the readme file I see this message displayed in the terminal. [root@mdw1982 quake2]# ./quake2 Added packfile ./baseq2/pak2.pak (2 files) couldn't exec default.cfg couldn't exec config.cfg Console initialized. --- sound initialization --- sound sampling rate: 11025 --- Loading ref_softx.so --- recursive shutdown Error: Couldn't load pics/colormap.pcx What does it mean? Mark
[expert] KDE 2.1 desktop problems
I am unable to create functional cdrom, floppy, zip, hdd devices, nor functional trash or autostart folders on my desktop. Any device I create doesn't do anything when selected. The devices are all supermount devices and I can get to them via an xterm. Trash and Autostart, when selected, will not open. Konqueror will not open them. After trying (by selecting them on my desktop) and checking .xsession-errors, it contains: Syntax Error: Unknown command '/home/patrick/Desktop/Autostart' Syntax Error: Unknown command '/home/patrick/Desktop/Trash' How stupid can konqueror be? No matter how I create them konqueror will not open them when I select them...but it WILL open them if I get to them via my Home folder (which I had to copy from the panel to the desktop - it behaved the same way as Trash and Autostart otherwise). How does one create devices and functional folders that konqueror will open on the desktop?
Re: [expert] 2.4 and ReiserFS
On Saturday 23 December 2000 12:08 pm, Vidyut Luther wrote: > you can't have / as a reiserfs filesystem. everything else can be. If > you go to the resierfs website, the install docs say so explicitly. Clarify ? Do you mean with a 2.4 kernel ? I'm one'a the idiots that prefers installing Linux all in one big / partition (8g), and I use RFS. Works fine with 2.2.17 and 18 Merry Christmas -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
[expert] KDE2 Version 2.1 20001213 Printing problems
Hi all: I have just finished up dating my Mandrake 7.2 to the latest KDE2 2.1 betas from the nebsllc ftp site and I now find that I can not print from kmail and Knode the ok button is grayed out. I have all the normal updates applied, and have done the updatedb, rpm --rebuilddb, update-menus thing after the install of 2.1, then even did a restart, and then restarted the xserver several times all seems to work flawlessly excepet for this. Anyone have any ideas as to what the problem is. Printing was working in KDE2 2.0.1. -- Ralph F. De Witt It said uses Windows 98 or better so I installed Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Proud user of Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Powerpack Deluxe Register Linux User 168814 ICQ #49993234
[expert] Home Networking Feedback needed
I need to get some ideas and feedback concerning the way my system is setup. Here is my current setup. A cable modem into a linksys router(ssh is the only open port), one machine acting as a server (this pc is a step away from a museum), it's a cyrix pr200 with 64mb of ram. It basicly provides print services, file storage and samba for windows clients. 1 Mandrake 7.2 client(dual boots with windows), 1 Redhat 7.0 client (not for long) and 1 windows pc (kiddy games and such). After the new year I want to revamp my whole setup here which will include some sorely needed hardware upgrades. Now I don't have a lot time for system maintance going forward so I am trying to figure out the most efficent way to set this up and this is where I need you help, thoughts and feedback. I want to be able to login at any client and have the same services available, desktop and etc. Get email, browse the web, use the standard office programs and of course play some games. Now for the maintance issue, I am tired of updating 3 systems everytime a patch is issued, or I want to upgrade a program. So I am beginning to sound like I would be an ideal canidiate for a "fat server", thin client set up. Now I am wonder if there would be any gains in this senerio. A dual processor server, 256mb of memory, maybe a scsi hard (cost will drive this decision). Set up the server to provide x service, home dir's and etc to the clients. Then do the clients with either bootable network cards, or a minimmum install(base only, no X) of Linux on the local hard drive(not sure what would work better here) and use the xserver, fonts server from the server. I really want to weigh the pros and cons of such a setup before tackling this so I can plan it out. Some questions, would having the server provide x take any load off the client when running intensive applications? Can I set up x on the server so it uses different xf86config files for each client, monitors and video cards will most likely be different, or am I back to clients. If I want to play games like Q3 and SOF, can I install one set of binaries on the server and have 2 or more clients playing 2 seperate games without stepping on each other, or should each client have it's own install. I am guessing that if I want sound, usb and such on each client I would be best with linux on those machines, since I don't see how the server could provide those services for the client. Software wise I like to set up a group calander program that I can update my visor to with my appointments, expose certian appointments for my wife to view, have her be able to enter information for me to see and accept into my scheduler, plus have the kids have there own. Any recommendations on such a program? OK I have gone on long enough, any thoughts from you guys? Thanks, Jerry S.
[expert] What the...?
Yesterday, whilst building XFree86-4.0.2, my system went nutso after it finished (not yet installed). It turned out that my keyboard chose that time to give up the ghost. Anyway, before I realised what the problem was, I reinstalled kde-2.1, deleted my .kde directory, etc, trying to get things working again (it was really bizarre). I finally got things worked out but now am having problems with kde. Specifically, my desktop. CDROM, floppy, Zip, dos partition icons do not appear. When I create them (via create new) they don't work either. I create a new floppy device on my desktop, all the settings appear correct but when I select it, nothing happens. If, on the other hand, I open an xterm and go to /mnt/floppy, lo and behold, there is "stuff" there - the stuff on the inserted floppy. Same thing goes for CDROM. I can cd to the CDROM directory and navigate via xterm but creating a device on my desktop, it does nothing. Same for creating a new Home and Startup folder on my desktop. My trash icon also doesn't work. I can move items into the trash and it responds but 1)I cannot view what is in the trash by clicking on the trash icon, and 2)I cannot delete the damn trash icon to recreate it. So far the ONLY device/icon on my desktop that works is the Printer. All the devices that are created, even when by me the user, are owned by root. How do I make new home, startup, cdrom, etc items on my desktop so that they actually work?
RE: [expert] 2.4 and ReiserFS
you can't have / as a reiserfs filesystem. everything else can be. If you go to the resierfs website, the install docs say so explicitly. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anton Graham Sent: Saturday, December 23, 2000 12:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] 2.4 and ReiserFS Submitted 23-Dec-00 by Reggie Burnett: > How do I install the 2.4 RPM on a Reiser system and have it work? When I > boot, I get a kernel panic trying to mount / You don't... ReiserFS is conflicting with something in current 2.4 kernels. Chmoel is working on it. -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RSA key available upon request Death comes on every passing breeze, He lurks in every flower; Each season has its own disease, Its peril -- every hour. -- Reginald Heber
Re: [expert] 2.4 and ReiserFS
Submitted 23-Dec-00 by Reggie Burnett: > How do I install the 2.4 RPM on a Reiser system and have it work? When I > boot, I get a kernel panic trying to mount / You don't... ReiserFS is conflicting with something in current 2.4 kernels. Chmoel is working on it. -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> RSA key available upon request Death comes on every passing breeze, He lurks in every flower; Each season has its own disease, Its peril -- every hour. -- Reginald Heber
Re: [expert] login manager background
On Saturday 23 December 2000 07:59, you wrote: > Hi, > > Can anyone help me this is a little long but bare with me (please!)... > > When login manager loads and presents the login screen the background > behind it is configurable once you login (assuming KDE) via the control > centre and then system/login manager. > > Now there seems to be a bug coz when I try to change the login manager > background, it accepts my changes but loses them when I leave the > configuration screen. So: > > a) has anyone else experienced this > b) does anyone know where this background info is stored. Is there a config > file I could vi? > > Thanks and Merry Christmas to you all. > > helpa > > > __ > FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com > Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup I've had the same problem and have not been able to resolve it. -- Thank you. Gary A. Garibaldi Linux-Mandrake 7.2 Registered Linux User: 188550 -- 8:30am up 11:45, 1 user, load average: 2.03, 2.23, 2.35
[expert] 2.4 and ReiserFS
How do I install the 2.4 RPM on a Reiser system and have it work? When I boot, I get a kernel panic trying to mount /
[expert] login manager background
Hi, Can anyone help me this is a little long but bare with me (please!)... When login manager loads and presents the login screen the background behind it is configurable once you login (assuming KDE) via the control centre and then system/login manager. Now there seems to be a bug coz when I try to change the login manager background, it accepts my changes but loses them when I leave the configuration screen. So: a) has anyone else experienced this b) does anyone know where this background info is stored. Is there a config file I could vi? Thanks and Merry Christmas to you all. helpa __ FREE Personalized Email at Mail.com Sign up at http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup
[expert] Uh-oh. Helixcode has not exactly improved my Foot menu...
In a fit of Xmas Cheer I have installed Helixcode's GNOME over a box running a schweet 7.2 system, via the Lynx go-gnome technique. The GNOME foot menu is now a mess. Helixcode has created a bunch of duplicate and mostly redundant menus. The mdk MenuDrake sees system menus only. The Helixcode menu util sees only it's menus. Ne'er the twain shall meet. So I can go in with vim and edit all menus by hand back to sanity, but if any lister had a better (ie, easier) solution, I'd be most appreciative. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." - Robert A. Heinlein.
Re: [expert] XFree86 memory leak?
Seriously, I think I would go back to using 3.3.6 as opposed to 4.0.1. It doesn't appear that they've gotten "all" the bugs out yet. Mark On Friday 22 December 2000 21:52, you wrote: > I noticed that X seems to be slowly growing in memory usage though my > usage of X hasn't changed much. I have a habit of leaving my dedicated > Linux box in X for months at a time with 8 virtual terminals and I > typically have 12 to 25 windows / terminals open at once. I don't have > exact numbers, but it seemed that under mdk 7.1 with the older XFree86 > (3.3.x) under similar usage for 76 days X took up <= 25% of 256 MB. > Under mdk 7.2 with XFree86 4.0.1 after 32 days X is taking up 51% of 256 > MB with 17 windows / terminals open. (The percentages are reported by > top.) > > I browsed around the XFree86 site (www.XFree86.org), but I didn't find a > bug list. The closest thing that I found was a new feature list for > XFree86 4.0.2. > > One question that I have is where is the bug list for XFree86? > Another question that I have is are there known memory leaks with > XFree86?
[expert] XFree86-4.0.2
Hello List, I got 4.0.2 from XFree86.org and am trying to get it to run with LM 7.2, 2.2.17-21mdk kernel and the SiS6326 chip. It needs Option sw_cursor to get rid of the white square mouse pointer but when I boot I get a black screen with the outline of the login gui but no icons or fonts. I tried the backup xdm and got a blue screen but the same blank outline gui. When I ctrl-alt-F1, log in and go ctrl-alt-F7 I get the normal login screen and can log in as root or user, but I can't log out - it reverts to the outline login screen. If I log in this way, things work but there are corruptions in some gui interfaces and strange behaviour around the border of a term when using fetchmail, mutt etc. X -version says I am running 4.0.2. I have read the discussion about the font path set to unix/-1 but I used xf86config to configure X and the font paths are in /etc/X11/XF86Config. It almost seems like the 24 bit color problem, but I'm using 16bit. /var/log/XFree86.0.log says (EE) SIS(0):video password not initialize but I don't think that's the problem. Anyone able to help sort this out? I have had no success in the past with reporting problems to XFree86.org. Of course, I can always go back to 4.0.1. Compliments of the Season to all. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mob: 0419 535539 Pascal Users: The Pascal system will be replaced next Tuesday by Cobol. Please modify your programs accordingly.
[expert] Konqueror (FTP) and GFTP don't work anymore
... but FTP DOES work in a terminal and via tkftp. (comment: I'm uploading file "/home/gregor/testing.html" on a server in a directory "/html/"). [GFTP log] Successfully changed local directory to /home/gregor SIZE /html/testing.html 550 /html/testing.html: No such file or directory PASV 227 Entering Passive Mode (193,77,28,90,17,107). STOR /html/testing.html 503 No PORT command issued first. PASV 227 Entering Passive Mode (193,77,28,90,17,108). LIST 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for file list 226-Transfer complete. 226 Quotas off [Konqueror] responds that it cannot write to file "/html/testing.html.part". What is going on? Is there a possible file corruption somewhere? Maybe something isn't set? ... (comment: I had to manually restart my computer several times, because Linux stopped, when I was setting up my graphic card). -- Gregor @ Mandrake 7.2 -> KDE 2.0 -> Kmail 1.1.99 -> ;-)
