[expert] Slocate out of control
Hi, all. I'm having a problem, and I think it's with slocate. Every so often, my hard drive will go nuts and just start grinding uncontrollably, taking up all my system resources and forcing a hard shutdown (with the attendant problem of fsck having to fix everything on boot-up). Is there some way to get slocate to behave itself so it doesn't lock up my system? TIA.
Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo
sorry to seem so dense, I ai'nt no expert, just trying to learn what this symptom means so if I ever have it happen to me I can clear it up. I now boot with a graphical lilo and use LM 8.0 after using both the text mode and aurora - lilo and grub in 7.2 and Boot Magic and lilo in 7.0. your dmesg file would still be interesting, and may give a clue. also, the person logged in last (what desktop? what window mangler, whether it was a windows boot? did ME run it's magic restore utility? did you do ANYTHING different in relation to the different startups? - Original Message - From: "David Boles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, May 27, 2001 5:02 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > I am going to write at the top of this so that I might clear up > somethings. > > I balmed Aurora Because: > > Always I would get the "pick one of me to load graphic" > > SOMETIMES the graphic with all of the names would load, sometimes it > would crash with NO graphic displayed. > > SOMETIMES the graphic would load, several lines of text would be > displayed below the graphic and then a crash. Since I can not see what > was happening I don't know what failed. > > So, from Mandrake Control Center I set LiLo Text for the boot menu. > > SOMETIMES I would get the text Lilo "pick one" menu. SOMETIMES I would > get the graphic "pick one" menu. > > In LiLO text, after the graphic with the names, SOMETIMES I would get a > text by line boot SOMETIMES it would go back to the graphics boot. > > I am sorry for the SHOUTING it was meant as to drive home the points. I > had no problems with any previous L-M versions. I picked Aurora/my system > to blame for this problem On a fresh install, as in format and install > again, Aurora MIGHT work once, twice or not at all. A boot from the 'boot > disk', which does NOT have Aurora, works with not problem. > > > - Original Message - > From: etharp > To: "David Boles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:30:42 -0400 > Subject : Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > > > I wonder if what your problem might reallly be, is in a service that is nis > > configured, maybe looking for a server on the network that is not available > > yet or something, why not post you dmseg file? > > > > > > On Sunday 27 May 2001 11:45, you wrote: > > > - Original Message - > > > From: Alan Shoemaker > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:58:42 -0700 > > > Subject : Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > > > > > > > David Boles wrote: > > > > > I really don't want to hurt anyones feelings, but... > > > > > > > > > > I have had nothing but problems with L-M 8.0 and the new > > > > > Aurora. Or maybe it is the Mandrake Control Center and the > > > > > way it controls Aurora. > > > > > > > > > > Please . How do I remove Aurora and just configure L-M 8.0 > > > > > for "just plain old LiLo" like is was before L-M 8.0 Not > > > > > to be a smart A$$, I don't really want any "hardware > > > > > configuration questions" I just would like to go back to a > > > > > plain boot, actually lately it has been reboot after > > > > > reboot, startup. I have tried everything that I can think > > > > > of to try. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > Davidthere's a desktop icon labeled Mandrake Control > > > > Center. Click it and choose Boot and then Boot Config. > > > > There's a check box to uncheck to turn off Aurora and a > > > > button provided (upper right corner) for configuring lilo. > > > > > > Thanks Alan, but I was aware of the feature. It does not seem to work > > > completely, at least not here. LiLo, or what ever, still loads the > > > graphic with the names and sometimes it finishes in text and sometimes it > > > finishes in graphics. > > > > -- > David Boles > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
[expert] Re: In But Not Out Of Loop
SoloCDM wrote:
>
> On Sun, 27 May 2001, Pierre Fortin wrote:
>
> % Date: Sun, 27 May 2001 10:05:01 -0400
> % From: Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> % To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> %
> % SoloCDM wrote:
> % >
> % > Every time I have a bash while, for or any other type of loop,
> % > with numbers processed and saved to a variable, the numbers are
> % > not in the variable outside the loop. Although, the numbers are
> % > capable of use and manipulation in the variable, for reassigning
> % > the variable or recall, anytime before the loop ends. How can the
> % > variable's content be available outside the loop?
> %
> % bash allows access to in-loop defined/updated variables outside loops EXCEPT
> % those defined/updated inside functions; is this your problem?
> %
> % Example:
> %
> % #!/bin/bash
> %
> % i=1
> % j=10
> % li=5
> %
> % myloop() {
> % li=$li*$li # Note: li takes from global but does not affect global
> % lj=8# Note: lj is not defined globally
> % }
> %
> % echo -n "i:k:li = "
> % while [ $i -le $j ]; do
> % let k=${i}*$li
> % echo -n "$i:$k:$li "
> % let i=$i+1
> % done
> % echo
> % echo "Note: k not defined outside the loop but is available here..."
> % echo "i,j,[k],(li) at loop exit: $i $j [$k] ($li)"
> %
> % for n in 1 2 3; do
> % let n=$n*$li
> % echo "li defined outside function gives: $n"
> % done
> %
> % # this loop gives errors 'cuz lj defined inside function
> % for n in 1 2 3; do
> % let n=$n*$lj
> % echo "lj defined INside function gives: $n"
> % done
> %
> % Which gives:
> %
> % # ./numtst
> % i:k:li = 1:5:5 2:10:5 3:15:5 4:20:5 5:25:5 6:30:5 7:35:5 8:40:5 9:45:5 10:50:5
> % Note: k not defined outside the loop but is available here...
> % i,j,[k],(li) at loop exit: 11 10 [50] (5)
> % li defined outside function gives: 5
> % li defined outside function gives: 10
> % li defined outside function gives: 15
> % ./numtst: let: n=1*: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "*")
> % lj defined INside function gives: 1
> % ./numtst: let: n=2*: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "*")
> % lj defined INside function gives: 2
> % ./numtst: let: n=3*: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "*")
> % lj defined INside function gives: 3
> %
> % Error is due to n=$n*
>
> Even though you don't call the function myloop, the definition for let
> in the man bash misleads a person into believing a true/false or 1/0
> will be the outcome. But, you're saying that let will allow the
> variable value to carry outside the loop or subshell . . . correct?
Sheesh... gotta learn to be more careful... sorry. No, "let" is needed to do
numeric manipulation;
otherwise it does text concatenation, like this:
i=1
let i=$i+1 # or: let i++ # no "$" in this case.
i=$i+1
echo $i
gives:
2+1 (text instead of number '3')
sigh... man bash says:
Variables local to the function may be declared with the local builtin
command. Ordinarily, variables and
their values are shared between the function and its caller.
^^
OK... just add "myloop" immediately following each "for" and you'll get:
# ./numtst
i:k:li = 1:5:5 2:10:5 3:15:5 4:20:5 5:25:5 6:30:5 7:35:5 8:40:5 9:45:5 10:50:5
Note: k not defined outside the loop but is available here...
i,j,[k],(li) at loop exit: 11 10 [50] (5)
li defined outside function gives: 25
li defined outside function gives: 1250
li defined outside function gives: 1171875
lj defined INside function gives: 8
lj defined INside function gives: 16
lj defined INside function gives: 24
So, it would appear that any variable is global throughout a shell unless
explicitly made local with "local" (there is no "global" in bash according to
the man).
Why don't you post a code sample which is giving you trouble...?
Pierre
[expert] Re: [newbie] Re: Reply-To header needed
>> Skip, no offence, but it's not up to you what goes in the headers and >> what doesn't, if you're following the RFC rules. Regardless, your >> reason for offering what should and shouldn't be done has proven in >> the past as a bad solution. The choice to choose what should or >> shouldn't be done is up to the end-users. No, certainly it's not up to me. It's up to the administrators of the list. I was merely offering my opinion, based upon lots of experience (mostly as an email user) over the years, on many different mailing lists. I've never seen anybody forward a reply to a list with an embarassed prefix attached that they inadvertently sent to just the original sender. On the other hand, I have seen plenty of times where people have apologized to a list for having accidentally sent an inappropriate message to the list that was intended just for one person. -- Skip Montanaro ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (847)971-7098
Re: [expert] SYS MAIL
On Mon, 28 May 2001, Chris Spackman wrote: > On my machine, it is postfix. Make sure it is running. The only change i had > to make was to get roots mail delivered to my normal account. That was an > option in one of the postfix config file (in /etc/postfix/ iirc). It says > something like: > > # who gets roots mail > # root = marc > > uncomment, change the name and you are set. can also put in in /etc/postfix/aliases.
Re: [expert] kmail
On Sunday 27 May 2001 06:18 pm, Randy Donohoe wrote: > I'm having trouble getting kmail on LM 8.0 to retrieve mail. I have my pop3 > set up but when I click check mail I either get nothing or sometimes on the > progress bar it says "preparing transmission..". What have I forgot > to do? Randy Donohoe Check for spelling errors and make certain that you didn't get the smtp and pop server names switched. Re-enter your password. I.e, the usual stuff. Hoyt
[expert] kmail
I'm having trouble getting kmail on LM 8.0 to retrieve mail. I have my pop3 set up but when I click check mail I either get nothing or sometimes on the progress bar it says "preparing transmission..". What have I forgot to do? Randy Donohoe
Re: [expert] Update to 8.0...
On Sunday 27 May 2001 05:18 pm, Julia A. Case wrote: Julia, First thing to do is to make sure you have the kernel-sources RPM installed. (Sorry if you already double-checked that, but ya gotta start somewhere.) > Now I can't rebuild the kernel, I tried running make menuconfig and I get > a lot of missing .h files... What rpms should I verify are installed? > > Julia
Re: [expert] SYS MAIL
On Sun, May 27, 2001 at 02:58:27PM -0500, Craig Woods wrote: > Hello, > > Since I have not posted for quite some time, let me give a > congratulations to all the hard working people at Mandrake. Your LMDK > 8.0 is a complete success. You worked your butts off, and it shows. > Thanks to all. > > If I could get some direction on a simple matter, I would be most > appreciative. What service and/or daemon runs system mail? This is the > mail written to root about cron jobs, and other system info. I have > noticed that I am not getting this mail, and there is no > "/var/spool/mail/root" file being created. I tried a "touch" to create > this file but still no data is being written to it. I can not seem to > locate a man page or any other documentation about this internal mail > process. Thanks for any help or pointers > > Craig Woods On my machine, it is postfix. Make sure it is running. The only change i had to make was to get roots mail delivered to my normal account. That was an option in one of the postfix config file (in /etc/postfix/ iirc). It says something like: # who gets roots mail # root = marc uncomment, change the name and you are set. Also are you sure the cron jobs are set up correctly to send mail to root? -- Chris and Yoshiko Spackman www.openhistory.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] (English) [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Japanese) "I will not be pushed, filed, stamped, indexed, briefed, debriefed, or numbered. My life is my own." -The Prisoner PGP signature
[expert] full-screen problems with vmware?
I finally got my cooker setup fairly stable. Installed vmware 2.0.4 with no problems. Installed win98 guest. Again, no problems. Until... I tried switching to a full-screen. The screen goes blank, with some colored garbage along the top. This was with 4.0.3 (came by default). Made sure backing store was on. Installed 3.3.6 server and retried experiment. Same thing. I have a voodoo3/2000, and this all worked flawlessly under mdk 7.2. I've been groveling through 2-3 months of email on the mailing list archive, but I'm not sure I've found my specific issue yet. Any ideas?
Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo
David Boles wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Alan Shoemaker > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:58:42 -0700 > Subject : Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > > > David Boles wrote: > > > I really don't want to hurt anyones feelings, but... > > > > > > I have had nothing but problems with L-M 8.0 and the > > > new Aurora. Or maybe it is the Mandrake Control Center > > > and the way it controls Aurora. > > > > > > Please . How do I remove Aurora and just configure L-M > > > 8.0 for "just plain old LiLo" like is was before L-M > > > 8.0 Not to be a smart A$$, I don't really want any > > > "hardware configuration questions" I just would like > > > to go back to a plain boot, actually lately it has > > > been reboot after reboot, startup. I have tried > > > everything that I can think of to try. > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Davidthere's a desktop icon labeled Mandrake Control > > Center. Click it and choose Boot and then Boot Config. > > There's a check box to uncheck to turn off Aurora and a > > button provided (upper right corner) for configuring > > lilo. > > Thanks Alan, but I was aware of the feature. It does not > seem to work completely, at least not here. LiLo, or what > ever, still loads the graphic with the names and sometimes > it finishes in text and sometimes it finishes in graphics. Davidok, then uninstall any aurora rpms. Also make any vga= line in lilo say vga=normal (after any changes do an /sbin/lilo as root). -- Alan
Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo
I am going to write at the top of this so that I might clear up somethings. I balmed Aurora Because: Always I would get the "pick one of me to load graphic" SOMETIMES the graphic with all of the names would load, sometimes it would crash with NO graphic displayed. SOMETIMES the graphic would load, several lines of text would be displayed below the graphic and then a crash. Since I can not see what was happening I don't know what failed. So, from Mandrake Control Center I set LiLo Text for the boot menu. SOMETIMES I would get the text Lilo "pick one" menu. SOMETIMES I would get the graphic "pick one" menu. In LiLO text, after the graphic with the names, SOMETIMES I would get a text by line boot SOMETIMES it would go back to the graphics boot. I am sorry for the SHOUTING it was meant as to drive home the points. I had no problems with any previous L-M versions. I picked Aurora/my system to blame for this problem On a fresh install, as in format and install again, Aurora MIGHT work once, twice or not at all. A boot from the 'boot disk', which does NOT have Aurora, works with not problem. - Original Message - From: etharp To: "David Boles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 27 May 2001 16:30:42 -0400 Subject : Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > I wonder if what your problem might reallly be, is in a service that is nis > configured, maybe looking for a server on the network that is not available > yet or something, why not post you dmseg file? > > > On Sunday 27 May 2001 11:45, you wrote: > > - Original Message - > > From: Alan Shoemaker > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:58:42 -0700 > > Subject : Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > > > > > David Boles wrote: > > > > I really don't want to hurt anyones feelings, but... > > > > > > > > I have had nothing but problems with L-M 8.0 and the new > > > > Aurora. Or maybe it is the Mandrake Control Center and the > > > > way it controls Aurora. > > > > > > > > Please . How do I remove Aurora and just configure L-M 8.0 > > > > for "just plain old LiLo" like is was before L-M 8.0 Not > > > > to be a smart A$$, I don't really want any "hardware > > > > configuration questions" I just would like to go back to a > > > > plain boot, actually lately it has been reboot after > > > > reboot, startup. I have tried everything that I can think > > > > of to try. > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > Davidthere's a desktop icon labeled Mandrake Control > > > Center. Click it and choose Boot and then Boot Config. > > > There's a check box to uncheck to turn off Aurora and a > > > button provided (upper right corner) for configuring lilo. > > > > Thanks Alan, but I was aware of the feature. It does not seem to work > > completely, at least not here. LiLo, or what ever, still loads the > > graphic with the names and sometimes it finishes in text and sometimes it > > finishes in graphics. > -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Update to 8.0...
Now I can't rebuild the kernel, I tried running make menuconfig and I get a lot of missing .h files... What rpms should I verify are installed? Julia -- [ Julia Anne Case ] [Ships are safe inside the harbor, ] [Programmer at large] [ but is that what ships are really for.] [ Admining Linux ] [ To thine own self be true. ] [ Windows/WindowsNT ] [ Fair is where you take your cows to be judged. ]
[expert] SYS MAIL
Hello, Since I have not posted for quite some time, let me give a congratulations to all the hard working people at Mandrake. Your LMDK 8.0 is a complete success. You worked your butts off, and it shows. Thanks to all. If I could get some direction on a simple matter, I would be most appreciative. What service and/or daemon runs system mail? This is the mail written to root about cron jobs, and other system info. I have noticed that I am not getting this mail, and there is no "/var/spool/mail/root" file being created. I tried a "touch" to create this file but still no data is being written to it. I can not seem to locate a man page or any other documentation about this internal mail process. Thanks for any help or pointers Craig Woods
[expert] LibGTK+ problem in Mdk8
It seems the libgtk+1.2 rpm provides libgtk+1.2 in Mandrake 8.0, but fails to list libgtk+ as something it provides as well. Attempts to install software relying on the presence of libgtk+ fail because of this. In this particular case, I'm trying to install fsv-0.9-4mdk.rpm from the contribs. It lists a dependancy on libgtk+ >= 1.2.1 as being unsatisfied. Can someone package an updated libgtk+ with the correct provides information included, even if it's in the unsupported area since this isn't a "security" issue.
Fw: Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo
Sure --- Forwarded Message --- From: Digital Wokan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: David Boles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sun, 27 May 2001 11:55:34 -0400 Subject: Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo Damn. Oddly enough, I thought I replied to the list. I thought it was just slow again. Can you forward that to the list so everyone (including Mdksft) can see. David Boles wrote: > > Thank you! > > - Original Message - > From: Digital Wokan > To: David Boles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sun, 27 May 2001 11:20:00 -0400 > Subject : Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > > > David, these are the RPM's you wish to yank right the heck out of your > > system (just like I did after one too many times watching Kudzu become > > castrated by the lack of a text screen to use)... > > > > rpm -e Aurora Aurora-Monitor-NewStyle-Categorizing-WsLib > > > > Hopefully, MandrakeSoft will make this an option during installs, just > > like the option to boot straight into a GUI or *NOT*. > > > > > > David Boles wrote: > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: Alan Shoemaker > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Sent: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:58:42 -0700 > > > Subject : Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > > > > > > > David Boles wrote: > > > > > I really don't want to hurt anyones feelings, but... > > > > > > > > > > I have had nothing but problems with L-M 8.0 and the new > > > > > Aurora. Or maybe it is the Mandrake Control Center and the > > > > > way it controls Aurora. > > > > > > > > > > Please . How do I remove Aurora and just configure L-M 8.0 > > > > > for "just plain old LiLo" like is was before L-M 8.0 Not > > > > > to be a smart A$$, I don't really want any "hardware > > > > > configuration questions" I just would like to go back to a > > > > > plain boot, actually lately it has been reboot after > > > > > reboot, startup. I have tried everything that I can think > > > > > of to try. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > > > > > Davidthere's a desktop icon labeled Mandrake Control > > > > Center. Click it and choose Boot and then Boot Config. > > > > There's a check box to uncheck to turn off Aurora and a > > > > button provided (upper right corner) for configuring lilo. > > > > > > Thanks Alan, but I was aware of the feature. It does not seem to work > > > completely, at least not here. LiLo, or what ever, still loads the > > > graphic with the names and sometimes it finishes in text and sometimes it > > > finishes in graphics. > > > > > > -- > > > David Boles > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > David Boles > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] ifup in LM 8.0
Hi, I recently installed mandrake 8.0 on my box. After I configured the ppp dialup connection using linuxconf, I do an ifup ppp0 and it does not connect. After I do the command, it hangs up for some 15 seconds and then returns an error code 6, which on the pppd man page says that it is unable to lock the serial device. I tried to debug the scripts to see where it exactly is getting stuck and it is at the moment it calls ppp-watch. If I do the connection with kppp, it works, so the modem is ok. Also minicom can open the modem and call any number. This was working on 7.2. Thanks in advance. Luis
[expert] Anyone with M8.0 playing heretic2
This is driving me mad! (OK, not really, it is just a frickin' game) I have heretic2 from Loki. I also have M8.0 installed on my Athlon 700 system. Under 7.2, same system, I could play heretic2 without problems - WITH soundfx. Since installing 8.0, I can play heretic2 but it is without soundfx. I cannot get soundfx to work, period. Artsd wont release the sound device to the game and trying to run the game without artsd running causes it to crash. This suggests to me that something in 8.0 has altered with regard to sound and sound devices such that it is not really compatible with heretic2, myth2, or terminus (those are the only linux games I presently have so are all I can comment on). Is there anyone in the list running Mandrake 8.0, preferably on an Athlon, who actually has any one of these games AND has soundfx working? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain.
Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo
- Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:58:42 -0700 Subject : Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > David Boles wrote: > > I really don't want to hurt anyones feelings, but... > > > > I have had nothing but problems with L-M 8.0 and the new > > Aurora. Or maybe it is the Mandrake Control Center and the > > way it controls Aurora. > > > > Please . How do I remove Aurora and just configure L-M 8.0 > > for "just plain old LiLo" like is was before L-M 8.0 Not > > to be a smart A$$, I don't really want any "hardware > > configuration questions" I just would like to go back to a > > plain boot, actually lately it has been reboot after > > reboot, startup. I have tried everything that I can think > > of to try. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Davidthere's a desktop icon labeled Mandrake Control > Center. Click it and choose Boot and then Boot Config. > There's a check box to uncheck to turn off Aurora and a > button provided (upper right corner) for configuring lilo. Thanks Alan, but I was aware of the feature. It does not seem to work completely, at least not here. LiLo, or what ever, still loads the graphic with the names and sometimes it finishes in text and sometimes it finishes in graphics. -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Where is : wish ?
So sprach [EMAIL PROTECTED] am Sun, May 27, 2001 at 01:22:16PM +0200: > make xconfig > > give me this error : make : wish: Command not found > > I did not find where is thi package urpmf knows where it is. [askwar@teich askwar]$ urpmf wish tk:/usr/bin/wish tk:/usr/bin/wish8.3 tk:/usr/share/man/man1/wish.1.bz2 swig:/usr/lib/swig1.3/tcl/wish.i tix:/usr/bin/tixwish tix:/usr/bin/tixwish4.1.8.3 tix:/usr/share/man/man1/tixwish.1.bz2 blt:/usr/bin/bltwish blt:/usr/bin/bltwish2.4 blt:/usr/bin/bltwish24 pilot-link-tcl:/usr/bin/piwish1.0.8.3 tclx:/usr/bin/wishx AfterStep:/usr/X11R6/share/afterstep/feels/feel.Windowish alsaplayer:/usr/share/doc/alsaplayer-0.99.32/wishlist.txt php-devel:/usr/src/php-devel/extensions/calendar/jewish.c php-manual_en:/usr/share/doc/php-manual_en-4.0.4pl1/function.jdtojewish.html php-manual_en:/usr/share/doc/php-manual_en-4.0.4pl1/function.jewishtojd.html Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.iso-top.de iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 1 day 17 hours 57 minutes
Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo
- Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sat, 26 May 2001 17:58:42 -0700 Subject : Re: [expert] Aurora Vs LiLo > David Boles wrote: > > I really don't want to hurt anyones feelings, but... > > > > I have had nothing but problems with L-M 8.0 and the new > > Aurora. Or maybe it is the Mandrake Control Center and the > > way it controls Aurora. > > > > Please . How do I remove Aurora and just configure L-M 8.0 > > for "just plain old LiLo" like is was before L-M 8.0 Not > > to be a smart A$$, I don't really want any "hardware > > configuration questions" I just would like to go back to a > > plain boot, actually lately it has been reboot after > > reboot, startup. I have tried everything that I can think > > of to try. > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Davidthere's a desktop icon labeled Mandrake Control > Center. Click it and choose Boot and then Boot Config. > There's a check box to uncheck to turn off Aurora and a > button provided (upper right corner) for configuring lilo. Thanks Alan, I knew about that, but for some reason that only removes PART of what I see I think that it 'stalls' when it tries to show the graphic with all of the names. -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] In But Not Out Of Loop
SoloCDM wrote:
>
> Every time I have a bash while, for or any other type of loop,
> with numbers processed and saved to a variable, the numbers are
> not in the variable outside the loop. Although, the numbers are
> capable of use and manipulation in the variable, for reassigning
> the variable or recall, anytime before the loop ends. How can the
> variable's content be available outside the loop?
bash allows access to in-loop defined/updated variables outside loops EXCEPT
those defined/updated inside functions; is this your problem?
Example:
#!/bin/bash
i=1
j=10
li=5
myloop() {
li=$li*$li # Note: li takes from global but does not affect global
lj=8# Note: lj is not defined globally
}
echo -n "i:k:li = "
while [ $i -le $j ]; do
let k=${i}*$li
echo -n "$i:$k:$li "
let i=$i+1
done
echo
echo "Note: k not defined outside the loop but is available here..."
echo "i,j,[k],(li) at loop exit: $i $j [$k] ($li)"
for n in 1 2 3; do
let n=$n*$li
echo "li defined outside function gives: $n"
done
# this loop gives errors 'cuz lj defined inside function
for n in 1 2 3; do
let n=$n*$lj
echo "lj defined INside function gives: $n"
done
Which gives:
# ./numtst
i:k:li = 1:5:5 2:10:5 3:15:5 4:20:5 5:25:5 6:30:5 7:35:5 8:40:5 9:45:5 10:50:5
Note: k not defined outside the loop but is available here...
i,j,[k],(li) at loop exit: 11 10 [50] (5)
li defined outside function gives: 5
li defined outside function gives: 10
li defined outside function gives: 15
./numtst: let: n=1*: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "*")
lj defined INside function gives: 1
./numtst: let: n=2*: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "*")
lj defined INside function gives: 2
./numtst: let: n=3*: syntax error: operand expected (error token is "*")
lj defined INside function gives: 3
Error is due to n=$n*
HTH,
Pierre
Re: [expert] How do I add keybindings to KDE?
On Sunday 27 May 2001 02:16 am, s wrote: > Isn't there a section/subsection for that in the Control Panel? Yes, but it only allows you to modify existing actions, not add new ones -- unless I missed something. Hoyt
Re: [expert] cdrom/cdr problems
More info: The disks burned with LM8 are unable to read in windows also, but i am able to burn and read disks in windows, as well as read the disks burned in windows in LM. Sounds like a problem burning the disks in LM, as opposed to a hardware problem. The burning software (gcombust, eroaster) gives error messages. On 26 May 2001 12:09:00 -0500, rob wrote: > I am having a problem accessing cdrs that i have burned in LM8. I have > used gcombust which worked fine in 7.2. A disk burned with with gcombust > on 7.2 works fine. Burning with gcombust seems to be working fine with > the burbs completeing without error messgaes. The problem happens when I > attempt to access the burned cd. the message I get when attempting to > access the disk in konqueror is "to access file:mnt/cdrom/. You do not > have access rights" Same message when I attempt to access it as root. > The disk was burned as root. I would to know what the file permissions > should be on /dev/cdrom , /dev/cdrom2/ (the cr burner in scsi em). Any > other suggestions would be great > > > thank rob > >
Re: [expert] Where is : wish ?
On Sun, 27 May 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi, > > I have installed the kernel Mandrake 8.0 > > cd /usr/src/linux > > > make xconfig > > give me this error : make : wish: Command not found > > I did not find where is thi package get tcl and tk packages.
[expert] Where is : wish ?
Hi, I have installed the kernel Mandrake 8.0 cd /usr/src/linux make xconfig give me this error : make : wish: Command not found I did not find where is thi package make menuconfigis OK Thanks Best Regards Pierfrancesco Tateo
[newbie] Fwd: xawdecode
Dear folks I put one message like this two weeks ago but not answer. I am trying again: I am trying to install xawdecode under MDI 8.0; , tar, make and make install don't gives me any error, but when I try to run I just have sound and the programme closes immediately: " File /root/.xawdecode/yuvtab10_6 not found. My tv-card runs fine, so the problem seems to be related with the installation of decode tables or so on. Has anybody any idea?; Is there any web page for this package? I haven't be able to find it Thanks in advance Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) ---
[expert] Internal DNS problems
Hi, I had my internal networking just find and did not yet set up an internal DNS. But after installing icecast and tried to launch it my troubles began. Icecast wants port 8000, same as Junkbuster, so I turned off Junkbuster to try out Icecast. Just after Icecast started, Netscape could not find my internal webserver using it FQDN "lucifuge.harrisherd.com". Now lucifuge, errors out, "name not in DNS" even when I use the IP address along with any subdirectories e.g., "192.168.1.1/otto" it translates to "lucifuge.harrisherd.com/otto" and errors out. I have completely removed Icecast and tried to set up bind, and still no luck. Any suggestions on where to look? Seems Icecast made a DNS change somewhere, but I cant find it. TIA Bruce
Re: [expert] Wrong memory detection
Sarang Lakare wrote: > Hi, > > I am having problems with correct memory detection on two machines. Both > machines have 1.5GB and LM8.0 on both of these detects 1.0GB. On one of the > machines, 7.2 was installed earlier and it detected 1.5GB correctly. > > 1. ASUS K7V (VIA) Motherboard > > 2. SGI Zx10 workstation > > I have tried appending mem=1536, mem=1500 etc but no help. Any ideas? > > Who is to blame? the linux kernel or the hardware vendor? > > thnaks! > sarang > You need an M afterwards: mem=1536M Woody -- Woody ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) --- Gatewood Green Web Developer http://www.linux.org/ The first stop for Linux info on the Net Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- All opinions expressed by me are my own and not necessarily endorsed by Linux Online, Inc. or Linux Headquarters, Inc.
Re: [expert] How do I add keybindings to KDE?
Isn't there a section/subsection for that in the Control Panel? -s On Saturday 26 May 2001 09:34 pm, you wrote: > How do I add keybindings to KDE? > > I can see where they are configured in the KDE Control Center, but don't > see where you can add commands like launching apps with certain key > combinations. > > Hoyt
