[expert] ATI Radeon
Hi, I have have a ATI Radeon 32 MB. Tried to activate hardware acceleration, but failed. Load module agpgart -> success Load module radeon -> success Load glx and dri within the module section of XF86Config-4 glxinfo says: Direct rendering "yes" I fired up tuxracer -- without any failure messages -- and ... slow, as slow can be. I am using XFree86-4.0.3 and choose experimental support for my graphic card. Can anyone give me a hint? Thanks in advance, Andreas -- Andreas Grytz | http://www.linux-community.de Stefan-George-Ring 24 | Tel: +49 (0) 89 993411-0 D-81929 München | Fax: +49 (0) 89 993411-99
Re: [expert] 8.0 install fails, kernel panic.
Hi Tnx Civileme...got 8.0 running...hde became hdchdparm -t shows 31MB/s not bad. But there's loud a much to configure...Ofcource bigger prog.But I have spare time,-) First thing is to get proper fonts to kwriteAt this age it is hard to read small text and especially when fonts are more or less unvisible. What about ata 100 controllerI have HPT 370,not PROMISEOr is it same? I found from kernel HPT 34x and HPT 366 but not 370.Looked kernel 2.4.5 also and didn't see 370 there either. Propably that's why I have difficulties with my hd. Again tnx...Now it's up to me to configure rest...until have to ask again-) greetings jarmo
Re: [expert] How (or can) I
What if you boot into X directly (runlevel 5)? Will the command in rc.local work then? Maybe not. I wonder how to script a login session. Maybe then you could run startx and then run your program. -- Stephen On Wednesday 27 June 2001 04:11 pm, Mike Rambo wrote: > David Joham wrote: > > You can always put in custom startup information in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. > > > > Would that solve your problem? > > > > David > > I've tried everything along that line that I can think of. I can't find > anything that will work. Basically, an X session has to be started and > logged in to accept connections as the correct user to start the > Wine/Faircom combination. Only then will Wine actually start. I can get > Wine to start automatically when I manually log into the GUI but I > cannot start the X session (already logged in) automatically. > > > -Original Message- > > From: Mike Rambo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:52 PM > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: [expert] How (or can) I > > > > make Wine start at boot time. I need to run a database server we > > normally run as an NT service. This database server (Faircom - required > > for some library automation software) runs as an NT service but will > > also work pretty well running under Wine on a Linux server. I'd like to > > have this start automagically at boot time so user intervention is not > > required. > > > > The closest I've gotten so far is to use Xvnc but I haven't been able to > > get it to work without some kind of intervention (when I check the app > > from another machine using vncviewer it is always waiting for me to > > click the mouse to place the app on the virtual screen). Is there a way > > around this behavior? > > > > As an alternative, how does Mandrake 8 accomplish automatic logins as a > > specific user and can the same be accomplished with Mdk 7.1 (which is > > what this server runs)? If I could get the machine to log in > > automatically as the user needed to run the database server I could have > > the screensaver kick in a minute later with password protection enabled. > > > > -- > > Mike Rambo > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Bad fonts after updating to MandrakeFreq
I reinstalled 8.0 just to get the anti-aliased fonts in KDE back. None of the suggestions really worked well. Maybe installing mandrakefreq instead of upgrading was my mistake. Anyway, with separate home and usr/local partitions, reinstalling isn't that painful... -- Stephen On Wednesday 27 June 2001 04:01 am, Oscar wrote: > Try this: > - Uninstall abisuite if you don't use it > - edit /etc/X11/fs/config and change the line: > /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 > to: > /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1:unscaled > In my system it's the only fix that works. > Salu2. > Oscar. > (if neccesary, turn off anti-aliasing). > > Stephen Boulet wrote: > > Has anyone gotten bad fonts after upgrading to MandrakeFreq for LM8? How > > can you fix this. > > > > I have anti-aliasing turned on, and am using NVidia's drivers for the > > geforce2. > > > > -- Stephen
RE: [expert] Linux Fragmentation -- Is the Unthinkable already here?
Sigh... Why do you fall for this FUD? Different distros have been around for a long time without major incident. The writer is helping Microsoft more than anyone else. He has fallen prey to their mindset. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Benjamin Sher Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 10:30 AM To: Expert; Newbie Subject: [expert] Linux Fragmentation -- Is the Unthinkable already here? Dear friends: "If Microsoft were to cook up a plan to cause Linux to disappear in a virtual Tower of Babel it could scarcely be more effective than that which has been adopted by distributions on their own, voluntarily."
[expert] xtraceroute doesn't work
I had xtraceroute-0.8.14-20mdk installed with Mandrake 8.0 but it wouldn't work. I then upgraded my glibc to 2.2.3 and xtraceroute to the cooker version 0.8.14-21mdk (I didn't upgrade glibc just for this). It still doesn't work. What happens: I run "xtraceroute" from a konsole as superuser (same thing happens if I run it as user) and for a brief moment I get a window appear for a new trace but before it can become usable, it vanishes and I am left with this message on my konsole: Found a hosts.cache with 0 entries. Found a site_hosts.cache with 0 entries. Can't open the database file /root/.xt/user_hosts.cache!(In mode r) Can't open the database file /usr/share/xtraceroute/networks.cache!(In mode r) Found a site_networks.cache with 0 entries. Can't open the database file /root/.xt/user_networks.cache!(In mode r) Can't open the database file /root/.xt/user_generic.cache!(In mode r) Known countries: 239 Built-in database: 87 drmRadeonTextureBlit: return = -22 offset=0x0120 pitch=0x20 format=5 image width=1024 height=512 blit width=1024 height=512 data=0x4331e008 Does anyone know what the problem is here? I am trying to run xtraceroute for the first time so ~/.xt/ doesn't exist yet, so of course xtraceroute can neither find nor read anything within this directory. Does anyone have any idea or suggestions on how to get xtraceroute working?
[expert] S/Wan VPN setup
Does anyone have any experience with this? I just recently got set up to use VPN so that I can work from home and I'd like to continue using Mandrake for work.. Thanks. Darin -
Re: [expert] How (or can) I
** Reply to message from Mike Rambo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Wed, 27 Jun 2001 16:11:44 -0400 > Basically, an X session has to be started and > logged in to accept connections as the correct user to start the > Wine/Faircom combination. How about using the new(er) autologon feature? I believe 7.2 offered this. John LeMay Jr. Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC, LLC.
Re: [expert] How (or can) I
David Joham wrote: > > You can always put in custom startup information in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. > > Would that solve your problem? > > David > I've tried everything along that line that I can think of. I can't find anything that will work. Basically, an X session has to be started and logged in to accept connections as the correct user to start the Wine/Faircom combination. Only then will Wine actually start. I can get Wine to start automatically when I manually log into the GUI but I cannot start the X session (already logged in) automatically. > -Original Message- > From: Mike Rambo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:52 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] How (or can) I > > make Wine start at boot time. I need to run a database server we > normally run as an NT service. This database server (Faircom - required > for some library automation software) runs as an NT service but will > also work pretty well running under Wine on a Linux server. I'd like to > have this start automagically at boot time so user intervention is not > required. > > The closest I've gotten so far is to use Xvnc but I haven't been able to > get it to work without some kind of intervention (when I check the app > from another machine using vncviewer it is always waiting for me to > click the mouse to place the app on the virtual screen). Is there a way > around this behavior? > > As an alternative, how does Mandrake 8 accomplish automatic logins as a > specific user and can the same be accomplished with Mdk 7.1 (which is > what this server runs)? If I could get the machine to log in > automatically as the user needed to run the database server I could have > the screensaver kick in a minute later with password protection enabled. > > -- > Mike Rambo > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Please fix multiple address system!
Don't waste your time asking... this has been a problem for MANY months... there have been some tweaks to the mailer; but this behaviour resists resolution. The workaround is to send individual messages to each list. Pierre Randy Kramer wrote: > > Benjamin, > > I'm curious -- I received two copies of your message "Linux > Fragmentation -- Is the Unthinkable already here?" which seems > appropriate since I am subscribed to both the newbie and expert list and > you sent the message to both lists. > > Is this different than the behavior you are seeing, or are we talking > about different subjects? > > Randy Kramer > > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > When will Mandrake fix their multiple address system: Every time I send a > > message to both Expert and Newbie lists, both messages end up being sent to > > one and only one address. That is very annoying. Please correct this bug > > that's been around for months.
RE: [expert] How (or can) I
You can always put in custom startup information in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. Would that solve your problem? David -Original Message- From: Mike Rambo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 1:52 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] How (or can) I make Wine start at boot time. I need to run a database server we normally run as an NT service. This database server (Faircom - required for some library automation software) runs as an NT service but will also work pretty well running under Wine on a Linux server. I'd like to have this start automagically at boot time so user intervention is not required. The closest I've gotten so far is to use Xvnc but I haven't been able to get it to work without some kind of intervention (when I check the app from another machine using vncviewer it is always waiting for me to click the mouse to place the app on the virtual screen). Is there a way around this behavior? As an alternative, how does Mandrake 8 accomplish automatic logins as a specific user and can the same be accomplished with Mdk 7.1 (which is what this server runs)? If I could get the machine to log in automatically as the user needed to run the database server I could have the screensaver kick in a minute later with password protection enabled. -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] How (or can) I
make Wine start at boot time. I need to run a database server we normally run as an NT service. This database server (Faircom - required for some library automation software) runs as an NT service but will also work pretty well running under Wine on a Linux server. I'd like to have this start automagically at boot time so user intervention is not required. The closest I've gotten so far is to use Xvnc but I haven't been able to get it to work without some kind of intervention (when I check the app from another machine using vncviewer it is always waiting for me to click the mouse to place the app on the virtual screen). Is there a way around this behavior? As an alternative, how does Mandrake 8 accomplish automatic logins as a specific user and can the same be accomplished with Mdk 7.1 (which is what this server runs)? If I could get the machine to log in automatically as the user needed to run the database server I could have the screensaver kick in a minute later with password protection enabled. -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
Thank you for your answer, Maxim. However, your indication do not solve the problem. This may help: I have observed that, before adding your parameters, when I do "ls cdrom" the floppy's LED switchs on. Any idea? thanks. Oscar. El Mié 27 Jun 2001 20:52, escribiste: > * Stardate: 2001-06-27 18:47 > > * Incoming subspace signal from Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > > Hi. > > I recently upgrade to MandrakeFreq, kernel 2.4.5-5mdk > > I have a problem with cdrom units. > > I can read from cdrom, but when I change cdrom, I can't read the new (or > > the same) cdrom. It says "Input/output error", and I can see in > > /var/log/messages: kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media. > > I can't remount the mountpoint (ad ex: mount /mnt/cdrom) but I can mount > > the device (mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom), so may be it's a problem with > > "supermount"? > > Anybody can help? > > Thanks > > Salu2, > > Oscar. > > There seems to be a problem with the supermount options in fstab, I have > had continuous problems with that. Currently I have these lines that work > (after a lot of experimenting) in fstab. > > /mnt/cdrom/mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/sr0,rw,user,exec 0 >0 > /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/sr1,rw,user,exec 0 >0 > > Except, since LM 8.0, I cannot read links from cdroms anymore. > With the option 'unhide', I can read links, but then I have to mount > without supermount. > > Maybe this has something to do with your problem also. I remember getting > the same error messages.
[expert] Firewall issues with Mandrake 8.0
Hi all! I was running Mandrake 7.1 and my firewall was in ipchains and everything worked fine, since then I've installed mandrake 8.0 and now I run iptables and now my firewall works for about a day or less, then I have to down the external interface and up again and then it works again for about a day or so. Does anyone knows what could cause this?? Or where I should look for the problem in the logs? BTW I am running firestarter for the firewall since I am not familiar with iptables syntax, I've also tried using InteractiveBastille with no luck, after spending 30 minutes anwering questions IP masquering was not working. Please help. Adriano
Re: [expert] kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
Yeah, I've noticed that as well and it's annoyed me enough that I actually got off my lazy arse and modified my /etc/fstab. It had the same cdrom entries as yours, but I just went back to the old way and stuck this line back in: /dev/hdc/mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto 0 0 It doesn't automount, but I'm not a big fan of that anyway and I usually disable it pretty early on. Cheers, -Charlie On Wed 27 Jun at 20:52:03 +0200 [EMAIL PROTECTED] done said: > * Stardate: 2001-06-27 18:47 > * Incoming subspace signal from Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > > There seems to be a problem with the supermount options in fstab, I have had >continuous problems with that. > Currently I have these lines that work (after a lot of experimenting) in fstab. > > /mnt/cdrom/mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/sr0,rw,user,exec 0 >0 > /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/sr1,rw,user,exec 0 >0 > > Except, since LM 8.0, I cannot read links from cdroms anymore. > With the option 'unhide', I can read links, but then I have to mount without >supermount. > > Maybe this has something to do with your problem also. I remember getting the same >error messages. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] If pro is the opposite of con, what is the opposite of progress?
[expert] build unstripped version glibc
Hello all, I am using Mandrake 7.2 with gcc 2.95.3 and glibc 2.1.3. I downloaded glibc-2.1.3-18.3 src. Is there anyone who can tell me how to build an unstripped version of glibc using this rpm? I mean what I need to change in the spec file. Thanks, Wayne
Re: [expert] Oddities in xwindows
At 10:30 AM 6/27/2001 -0700, Julia A. Case wrote: >When using a terminal in XWindows (konsole) I get the following >strangeness... When >I open mutt and load a folder the percentage count starts going across the >screen >(26272829 and so on)... This only happens in X not a regular terminal so >I don't >think it is a mutt problem... This also happened in both Mandrake 7.2 and 8.0 IIRC, Konsole sets xterm as your TERM environment variable. You might try this: 'export TERM=linux' Then fire up mutt and see what happens. HTH! --- Craig Sprout Network Administrator Crown Parts and Machine, Inc. http://www.crownpartsandmachine.com
Re: [expert] Please fix multiple address system!
Benjamin, I'm curious -- I received two copies of your message "Linux Fragmentation -- Is the Unthinkable already here?" which seems appropriate since I am subscribed to both the newbie and expert list and you sent the message to both lists. Is this different than the behavior you are seeing, or are we talking about different subjects? Randy Kramer Benjamin Sher wrote: > When will Mandrake fix their multiple address system: Every time I send a > message to both Expert and Newbie lists, both messages end up being sent to > one and only one address. That is very annoying. Please correct this bug > that's been around for months.
Re: [expert] kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
* Stardate: 2001-06-27 18:47 * Incoming subspace signal from Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > Hi. > I recently upgrade to MandrakeFreq, kernel 2.4.5-5mdk > I have a problem with cdrom units. > I can read from cdrom, but when I change cdrom, I can't read the new (or the > same) cdrom. It says "Input/output error", and I can see in /var/log/messages: > kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media. > I can't remount the mountpoint (ad ex: mount /mnt/cdrom) but I can mount the > device (mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom), so may be it's a problem with > "supermount"? > Anybody can help? > Thanks > Salu2, > Oscar. There seems to be a problem with the supermount options in fstab, I have had continuous problems with that. Currently I have these lines that work (after a lot of experimenting) in fstab. /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/sr0,rw,user,exec 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/sr1,rw,user,exec 0 0 Except, since LM 8.0, I cannot read links from cdroms anymore. With the option 'unhide', I can read links, but then I have to mount without supermount. Maybe this has something to do with your problem also. I remember getting the same error messages. -- Best regards, M@X. * Climate Control Psychedelic Soundscapes - http://go.to/cchq/ * Linux Shell Scripts & RPM Software Packages - http://go.to/conmen/
[expert] BT Openworld usb modem
I believe this is the alcatel modem, just wanted to know if people had got it to succsefully work under mandrake 8.0, i havent got one yet just in case, and ive heard alot about module issues with 2.4 kernels. Thanks Guys Tom -- Imperial College, Department Of Computing email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] tel: 020 785 22277
Re: [expert] RPM Upgrade
Scott Taylor wrote: > > I can't find it. Does anyone know where to get it or how I can upgrade RPM > for my Linux 7.1 server? > > Thanks. > > Scott. If I understand correctly you want to upgrade RPM itself (perhaps you're seeing errors of being unable to open packages because your version of RPM is too old??). According to info I found a couple months back on mandrakeuser.org you need the version of RPM that shipped with mdk7.2 to update mdk7.1. I upgraded to this version back then and it has solved the problem for me. You can get the newer mdk7.2 RPM rpm's from most any mandrake mirror. Be sure to 'rpm --rebuilddb' after you upgrade. Hope this helps. -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Fwd: Problems with USB - ACER 620U scanner
Excuse me for re-sending this mail. It's very important for me. Thanks. Salu2, Oscar. -- Mensaje Reenviado -- Subject: Problems with ACER 620U scanner Date: Mon, 25 Jun 2001 20:40:13 +0200 From: Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi. I have a problem with the USB scanner AcerScan 620U. I've read and followed the steps in http://sourceforge.net/projects/snapscan. When I connect the USB scanner, it is detected but is not calimed by any active driver: :-| Jun 25 20:08:32 caret kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 2 Jun 25 20:08:32 caret kernel: usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x4a5/0x2060) is not claimed by any active driver. Jun 25 20:08:48 caret kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 2 Jun 25 20:08:53 caret kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 3 Jun 25 20:08:53 caret kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x4a5/0x2060) is not claimed by any active driver. :-) Then I do: insmod scanner, and it seems to work: Jun 25 20:10:09 caret kernel: usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner Jun 25 20:10:09 caret kernel: scanner.c: USB Scanner support registered. Jun 25 20:10:17 caret kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 3 Jun 25 20:10:23 caret kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/1, assigned device number 4 Now, following the steps, I upload the firmware: ./acerfirm /dev/usb/scanner0 u96v057.bin Then the scanner starts flashing it's LED (it works, it works!) :-D Now, I would like to scan a photo. Ups! (mi gozo en un pozo): :-< Jun 25 20:14:48 caret kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Jun 25 20:14:48 caret kernel: scanner.c: write_scanner: NAK received. jun 25 20:14:48 caret su(pam_unix)[22882]: session closed for user root Jun 25 20:14:48 caret modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-81 Jun 25 20:14:49 caret last message repeated 4 times Jun 25 20:15:49 caret kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Jun 25 20:15:49 caret kernel: scanner.c: write_scanner: NAK received. Jun 25 20:16:49 caret kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Jun 25 20:16:49 caret kernel: scanner.c: write_scanner: NAK received. Jun 25 20:17:49 caret kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Jun 25 20:17:49 caret kernel: scanner.c: write_scanner: NAK received. Jun 25 20:18:49 caret kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Jun 25 20:18:49 caret kernel: scanner.c: write_scanner: NAK received. Jun 25 20:19:49 caret kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Jun 25 20:19:49 caret kernel: scanner.c: write_scanner: NAK received. Jun 25 20:20:49 caret kernel: usb_control/bulk_msg: timeout Jun 25 20:20:49 caret kernel: scanner.c: write_scanner: NAK received. - Now xscanimage is died. The RXVT is died, too. :-( Can anybody help? Thank you! Salu2, Oscar.
[expert] Oddities in xwindows
When using a terminal in XWindows (konsole) I get the following strangeness... When I open mutt and load a folder the percentage count starts going across the screen (26272829 and so on)... This only happens in X not a regular terminal so I don't think it is a mutt problem... This also happened in both Mandrake 7.2 and 8.0 Thanks, 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] RPM Upgrade
I can't find it. Does anyone know where to get it or how I can upgrade RPM for my Linux 7.1 server? Thanks. Scott.
[expert] kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media.
Hi. I recently upgrade to MandrakeFreq, kernel 2.4.5-5mdk I have a problem with cdrom units. I can read from cdrom, but when I change cdrom, I can't read the new (or the same) cdrom. It says "Input/output error", and I can see in /var/log/messages: kernel: VFS: busy inodes on changed media. I can't remount the mountpoint (ad ex: mount /mnt/cdrom) but I can mount the device (mount /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom), so may be it's a problem with "supermount"? Anybody can help? Thanks Salu2, Oscar.
[expert] Cyrillic in Kword -- How, please?
Dear friends: I added Russian to my list of Keyboards in KDE 2.1.1. Works great. I can go to a Russian site and type in search keywords, etc in Russian. Now, if I can do this, how do I write in Russian in Kword or any other KDE application? Kword does not include any Cyrillic fonts in its list of fonts. How do I make this blessed event happen, please? Would really appreciate your help. Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Unresolved symbols in custom muilt kernel
On Tuesday, Jun 26, 2001, Steve Kieu wrote: > edit /etc/lilo.conf, choose the new kernel image; I > dont use initrd. > > Run lilo > > Restart > > Now it spits a lot of unresolved symbols and can not > insmod any modules at all. Maybe you should be using initrd? Couldn't hurt to try it... -- Paul Cox Kernel: 2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pcox - Uptime: 3 days 9 hours 30 minutes.
[expert] ýnstalling a compiled kernel
Hi all.. How can I install a compiled kernel (for example kernel from linus in the second installation cd) without using LILO? I am not using any boot manager I boot up with a bott disk. Thanks _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[expert] Please fix multiple address system!
Dear friends: When will Mandrake fix their multiple address system: Every time I send a message to both Expert and Newbie lists, both messages end up being sent to one and only one address. That is very annoying. Please correct this bug that's been around for months. Thank you. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Linux Fragmentation -- Is the Unthinkable already here?
Dear friends: "If Microsoft were to cook up a plan to cause Linux to disappear in a virtual Tower of Babel it could scarcely be more effective than that which has been adopted by distributions on their own, voluntarily." This is from an article by Dennis E. Powell in Linuxtoday (June 27, 2001) (www.linuxtoday.com) entitled "Separated by a Common Operating System". What do our experts (and newbies) think? If this is true, then is Linux not in deep trouble? A longer quote from the article follows: " This column started out in the hope of comparing Progeny with SuSE; that fell apart when I realized that Progeny's take on things, inherited from the Debian to which I understand it remains true, is just too different from the RPM-based-distributions' way of doing things for me to learn it in a short time. What I went on to discover, though, is that the lumping together of RPM-based distros really can't be done, either. They are beset by incompatibilities such that they might as well be different operating systems (with some exceptions for people who compile their own stuff, presuming that they remember to install the -devel version of everything, which is also ridiculous). Knowledge of one distribution has little to do with any other distribution. This sort of thing occasionally results in indignant howls, as when Red Hat shipped gcc-2.96. Usually, though, it goes largely unnoticed. But it has its effect, and that is confusion among prospective users. Not long ago, if you got a Linux distribution you got Debian, Slackware, or something else, and the something elses were largely interchangeable as to what they installed -- the differences were in installation and configuration tools, the newness of the stuff included, and what applications were provided. Upgrading was fairly simple, because an RPM for one would probably work for all. And Linux desktop use grew." "Now incompatibilities are being introduced hand over fist, as distributions fight for a bigger and bigger piece of a diminishing pie, until oneday one will own all of nothing. Does this do anything useful for the distributions, users, Linux, anybody? Well, no. And while I've singled SuSE out because it's the one where I've most recently encountered this nonsense, no distribution is exempt. If Microsoft were to cook up a plan to cause Linux to disappear in a virtual Tower of Babel it could scarcely be more effective than that which has been adopted by distributions on their own, voluntarily." Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Installing the framebuffer
On Wed, Jun 27, 2001 at 04:39 -0400, Brian Hartman wrote: > Hi, all. > > The person I sent the last message from has another question: How do you > install the framebuffer service and configure X to use it? TIA for any help > you can provide. In short: rpm -qa|grep 'SVGA' #comes up with the name of the rpm-file rpm -e name-of-the-rpm-file Now you have deinstalled the SVGA server. Now put in your Mandrake CD (can't remember number 1 or2) (if you don't use supermount you'll have to mount the cdrom) cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS # for the 1. CD cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS2 # for the 2. CD ls *FBD* # comes up with the full name of the rpm-file rpm -ivh name-of-the-rpm-file Now the server is installed. 3 more things to do: 1. Alter your lilo.conf in the line it asks for the vga-mode: vga=791 # this is for a nice frqamebuffer mode on a 1024x768 screen 2. After deinstalling the SVGA server your link /etx/X11/X points to nothing rm /etc/X11/X ln -s /etc/X11/X /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_FBDev # sets the link again 3. Alter your XF86Config This depends on the monitor you have, the default resolution and colordepth you want to have. In the easy case you just have to change your section "Screen" so that where before was "Driver SVGA (or something)" you type "Driver fbdev" Again, this is it in short terms. I did that on an IPC notebook with a SiS chip. Before I had problems to setup X and when I finally succeeded every time I switched to text console from X the machine froze and I had to reboot(!). Now, with the FBDev it runs very fast and smooth. wobo -- GPG-Fingerprint: FE5A 0891 7027 8D1B 4E3F 73C1 AD9B D732 A698 82EE For Public Key mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: GPG-Request --- ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html
[expert] Turkish Fonts
Hi, since my question is about Turkish fonts. Therefore it's better to write the rest of my email in Turkish. Türçe karakteri kullanan arkadaþlar ben ö ve ü harfleriyle yazabilmeme raðmen þ,ð ve ý harflerini yazamýyorum. Yardýmcý olursanýz sevinirim. Mandrake 8.0 kullanýyorum. Bu arada HP610 printiri tanýtmak için hangi driveri seçmek lazým ben HP tarafýndan çýkartýlaný denedim ama marginlerde hata var.
Re: [expert] URL for moina
Sorry about that post. My kmail bookmarks for my home address and the expert mailing list are side-by-side... On Tuesday 26 June 2001 11:32 pm, Stephen Boulet wrote: > http://www.santafefish.com
[expert] LILO (or grub?) issues
Hi: I have had LM 6.1 running for some time and I finally decided to install LM 7.2 on a second disk, while keeping LM 6.1 on the first disk. What is now left is to tidy up things so I can keep booting into either version until I am satisfied that I can do away with LM 6.1. My current setup is as follows: LM 6.1 is on hda (/ is on /hda3) and LM 7.2 is on hdb (/ is on /hdb6). Since the installation of LM 7.2, I can only boot into 7.2. However I have a boot diskette of LM 6.1 so that, if I want to, I can simply boot into 6.1. Before doing some irreversible things, I thought I would check things out first. So here are a few quick questions: 1) During the install I was never asked to choose between LILO or GRUB. In fact I have both a lilo.conf and a grub/menu.lst file if that means anything. However I prefer using LILO since I am somewhat familiar with it. How do I know which boot loader was used during the installation? There is no LILO prompt as there was on LM6.1 (rather I see "stage1 stage2" before a menu appears), does this mean grub has been used. If that is the case I guess I can still run LILO with an appropriate configuration file? Subquestion here: when I do an fdisk /dev/hdb and look at the partitions there is an asterisk (*) in front of the boot partition (/dev/hdb1). I thought I had asked for installation on the master boot record, not on the second disk boot partition. (Thinking now about it, I think I toggled that asterisk myself when I partitioned the disk before installing LM7.2). Anyhow if I run LILO again with boot=/dev/hda, do I need then to toggle that asterisk off? 2) Supposing I can use LILO, I would like to modify the appropriate lilo.conf file to be able to boot into either LM6.1 or LM7.2. I see no problem in running lilo in either my 6.1 or 7.2 system, however there are some points I would like to clear before doing this: a) The global parameters in either lilo.conf file (both files are listed at the end of this message) include the following: map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b keytable=/boot/us.klt message=/boot/message The directory /boot is different between the LM6.1 and LM7.2 systems. How do I deal with this? Or do I simply ignore it? I looked at the /boot directories and the relevant files are clearly different (different sizes) and, in one case, the file us.klt is inexistent (under LM 6.1). Is it a matter of just using it as is and, no matter from which system I run lilo, it will just work as long as the image files can be found!!! b) As for the image files, I suppose it is only a matter of mounting the "foreign" disk and its boot partition so that it can be seen from whatever system (6.1 or 7.2) from which I am running LILO. 3) Minor question: what is this "menu-scheme" line and what use does it have? 4) Is there an installation log kept somewhere? I would like to have a look at it. 5) I did a "complete" installation and yet emacs is not there. Is this normal? Sorry for the lenght of the message and thanks for any help (however minimal it may appear to you), Serge Pineault This is the lilo.conf file created after the LM 7.2 installation on hdb * boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label=linux root=/dev/hdb6 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label=failsafe root=/dev/hdb6 append=" failsafe" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy unsafe * This is my lilo.conf file for the LM 6.1 system * boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 other=/dev/hda1 label=win table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk label=linux root=/dev/hda3 read-only
RE: [expert] Linux'ifying Hotmail
There is a perl scritpt that uses curl to retrieve hotmail and forward it to a pop account. It's called gotmail and can be found on freshmeat. Andy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian J. Burke Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 9:57 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Linux'ifying Hotmail Someone posted this to the KDE-USER mailing list a while ago and the consesus was that it can't be done with hotmail. The _only_ utility that can read mail remotely from hotmail is. (drum roll please) .. MS Outlook Express... Go figure. On Tuesday 26 June 2001 18:56, Robert B wrote: > I'm able to access yahoo email account with Kmail, but I've never tried > hotmail. > > Robert > > On Tuesday 26 June 2001 01:57 pm, Oscar wrote: > > The easiest is to use it as webmail (www.hotmail.com) > > I don't know how to configure mail clients for this kind of account. > > Salu2, > > Oscar. > > > > El Mar 26 Jun 2001 01:04, escribiste: > > > Hi again-again, > > > > > > at the moment, I use 'the other operating system' for my email. > > > > > > I have LM8.0 and a Hotmail account I want to use. > > > > > > Does anyone know the/an easy way to do it? > > > > > > Thanks again-again > > > > > > Andy Weir > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [expert] Where is the password screensaver
Craig Sprout wrote: > > BAUDRILLARD ETIENNE wrote: > > > > Hello everybody, > > > > I thought the screensaver password was the same as the user password. But > > I'm on a PC where it is not right. > > Is there a special place to change it ? I know the password root of this PC > > but not the screensaver password. > > The screensaver password /should/ be the user's password. If you don't > know the password, you should be able to drop to a console > [CTRL]-[ALT]-[F1] and from there, you can log in as root, and kill the > screensaver process. That's the brute force approach. > > -- > Craig Sprout > Network Administrator > Crown Parts and Machine, Inc. > http://www.crownpartsandmachine.com/ I experimented this on KDE only... And turnet to use xlock, it works! =o) But see if the PAM is working properly. Good luck -- Leonardo T. de Carvalho Ibiz Tecnologia Frase aleatória: "It's great to be smart 'cause then you know stuff. "
[expert] Printing is slow with CUPS
I've finally managed to get my systems printing through a shared CUPS printer, but it takes about 5 minutes for an e-mail message shorter than this one to print from Mozilla. Also, stuff in the 'Options...' window of qtcups always resets to localhost, even though I have to put in the IP address of the print server for it to actually print. What can I do to fix either of these problems? - Theo
[expert] NIC Help
I have a Toshiba Satellite 2805-S402 that seems to be having problems with its built-in NIC under Mandrake 8.0. Everything works OK for a while, but then I start getting the following messages: eepro100: wait_for_cmd_done timeout! eth0: Transmit timed out: status 0050 0c80 at 6488/6516 command 200c000 It's a brand-new model that was released AFTER M8.0, so I'm not too surprised that there seem to be a couple driver issues, but this one is starting to annoy me, as (currently) the only way I can successfully download something larger than 1-2MB is to sit at a console window and restart networking everytime I see the first error message. Any recommendations? Update an RPM? (which one?) Make some changes to /etc/modules.conf? Post some additional information? Anything? - Theo
RE: Out of Office AutoReply: [expert]
All, sorry about this, I'm turning it off. It seems I'm not so good at usind M$ Outlook! Luis -Original Message- From: Lyric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 26, 2001 7:57 PM To: CHARDON,LUIS (HP-PuertoRico,ex1) Subject: Re: Out of Office AutoReply: [expert] Luis, Please turn this off or set sane limits when it comes to mailing lists. Thanks > Hi, > > I will be out of the office from June 25 through June 29. I'll be back on > the office next Monday, July 2nd. For any issues, please contact Radames > Aguayo at T819-6445. > > Luis > Current Linux kernel 2.4.3-20mdk uptime: 4 days 18 hours 18 minutes.
RE: [expert] Network sniffing, how?
I'll bet you are a lucky person! When I received my first cable modem, I only saw activity when I was on it. Powering down my machines resulted in no activity on the lights. Later I had to exchange the unit with another. After that I started seeing a lot of activity with no machines powered up. The Cable modem can communicate to a specific "node" at the remote end dependant upon the frequency (channel) selected to carry signal. ISP's frequently break up the load by putting groups of people, or areas on specific channels. It may be that you are in a sparse area, or a channel that is as of yet private to you. Try running IPTRAF and put it into promiscuous mode. Look for other machines on your subnet. If you see none, count your blessings! -JMS -Original Message- From: Mitch Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 27, 2001 6:26 AM To: Jose M. Sanchez; 'Laurent Duperval'; 'Mandrake Expert List' Subject: Re: [expert] Network sniffing, how? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: RIPEMD160 Interesting. Either my cablemodem (Toshiba) is filtering, or I am the only one on my subnet. I never see any activity except mine, and arp requests from the gateway. On Wednesday 27 June 2001 12:24 am, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > "Some" activity? > > Wow are you lucky. > > Cable modems are a shared resource. As such you basically share a fat > pipe with everyone in a several MILE radius. > > I frequently use iptraf (set to promiscuous mode) to find out who is > hogging the bandwidth. > > Since it displays the sites (it does DNS resolves for you!) people are > going to, you can see what everyone is looking at or sites that they > are going to. > > That said, I'm not a napster user, but boy they did have many people > plugging away on it. > > It's also interesting to note how many misconfigured machines ISP's > have hooked up to the headends. Doing everything from leaking NetBIOS > packets, etc. to local machines and on out to the internet. > > Fun stuff... > > -JMS > - -- Mitch Thompson, San Antonio TX Redhat Certified Engineer #80609957760032 http://www.redhat.com/training/rhce/certification/index.html Key fingerprint = BBDA 3A2A 4483 BD0D 7CED B8A9 D183 C8F6 B0AF 66AE - -- "Time flies like an arrow, and fruit flies like a banana." -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iQIXAwUBOzm0qdGDyPawr2auFANNKQf/WzQmuDIOjGfpOSTVQz8KT1PTXpnUZaoV 5frum7hQgkZQ7bUF2XU9vpbx9OZAjFVVIfWAHpVXsnwIs1Emj7Dd15DAOCQvoH7Q wAhJsMR1Vyx6DuQKfb+jYzio5RiNqsrVjRvaTJ6cMny2F03mw5LQYP2JHOaXwSqW TffQZEkfGn6qJIijqPhuNsh+5P8WezmoxSRmXgMuUyO6thYA57QMOHaP3jStbwNJ 0bPAOms7ONenO/6+7tZGTc7PFGxmHLqanmtQTuqBBCmcWPLAwDy/vk8+Q20TpnKc WiCNmdDuLIhRgm6RCBVoMI5gELp18kcvQ4DMf5Bqm6awWhFDldYSBwf6Amb261Nh CpGrnXFL4tCjSGLL+fkCUn2jvf7Gd6hEFOVOz7nLt6U88D3Xj8VK2NMVUkdf6A+G xsfuyX+G9RDjpMPRi0jzTRE2fdp14zFR/4aKpR2Dfq6wU5Ky5HBWceSBJPpA0/Fh 6paq6Ynekapm7UaxKNpOCXEC/glWFHTPLi5bICMxESUEA3bwdxIhpVHt7yMo7ris vkAxHj9SUdMY5uWBa20Kpr+oEPMwgcIN1C3RR1UsRAP9s/TMEVsCAz5T9s1u5DSW 21fYcNX+15RzzLtoNbXpEMlfw6BQOhaQ49OnCFUOODeLG2Edr/0zLmpTNTwwPbaF i/08E+OslsXGpQ== =Iyka -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[expert] hostname questions
I am about to re-configure a simple Class C network of Win98 machines/Linux server to give the Win machines access to the internet. I'll be using Postfix as a collection/relay point to relay mail through the ISP's SMTP server when we go online. I just want to check a few details on hostname: Is it OK to give our network/server any old domain name? To the outside world we will be the domain set by our ISP, but can I set the domain in our LAN to something like smith.jones? Thanks, Tom
Re: [expert] Where is the password screensaver
BAUDRILLARD ETIENNE wrote: > > Hello everybody, > > I thought the screensaver password was the same as the user password. But > I'm on a PC where it is not right. > Is there a special place to change it ? I know the password root of this PC > but not the screensaver password. The screensaver password /should/ be the user's password. If you don't know the password, you should be able to drop to a console [CTRL]-[ALT]-[F1] and from there, you can log in as root, and kill the screensaver process. That's the brute force approach. -- Craig Sprout Network Administrator Crown Parts and Machine, Inc. http://www.crownpartsandmachine.com/
[expert] Where is the password screensaver
Hello everybody, I thought the screensaver password was the same as the user password. But I'm on a PC where it is not right. Is there a special place to change it ? I know the password root of this PC but not the screensaver password. Thanks.
Re: [expert] Info on iptables?
* Stardate: 2001-06-26 14:42 * Incoming subspace signal from Nick Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > Can anybody point me to a good source of info on setting up iptables? > Thanks, Nick. Go to http://go.to/conmen (shamelessly plugging my own page). At the RPMS page you will find a link to the homepage of gShield, from there you will find links to lots of information. -- Best regards, M@X. * Climate Control Psychedelic Soundscapes - http://go.to/cchq/ * Linux Shell Scripts & RPM Software Packages - http://go.to/conmen/
[expert] Installing the framebuffer
Hi, all. The person I sent the last message from has another question: How do you install the framebuffer service and configure X to use it? TIA for any help you can provide.
Re: [expert] Audio CDROM is invisable
Andy, I have a similar setup, and the CDs would only play from the CD ROM not the DVD ROM. It was suggested to me that the cd player is pointing to the wrong driver (/dev/cdrom) while CDRW are installed as /dev/sda# I did not proceed with this as my Compaq motherboard does not have an audio input for CD sound :-( Try a config file for the CD Player software. Hope this helps. George On Tue, 26 Jun 2001 09:12, Andy Weir wrote: > Hi for the final time (for now), > > When I try to access an audio cdrom in Konqueror, I'm locked out (data > cdrom's automount fine). > > I have two cd players (cdrom, and cdrw, on ide0 s, and ide 1 m > respectively), and I can only play the cd's with the cdplayer on the > first cdrom. > > Do I need to check some boxes, or tinker with some configuration files > or something (a shove in the right direction is probably all I need). > > Thanks (for the final time tonight/this morning) > > Andy Weir > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Bad fonts after updating to MandrakeFreq
Try this: - Uninstall abisuite if you don't use it - edit /etc/X11/fs/config and change the line: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 to: /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1:unscaled In my system it's the only fix that works. Salu2. Oscar. (if neccesary, turn off anti-aliasing). Stephen Boulet wrote: > Has anyone gotten bad fonts after upgrading to MandrakeFreq for LM8? How can > you fix this. > > I have anti-aliasing turned on, and am using NVidia's drivers for the > geforce2. > > -- Stephen > >
