[expert] ide cd burner
ok my delema is i have a cd burner that is connected via pcmcia card and it registers as a ide adapter, is there any way i can use it as linux has programs that only use scsi based cd burners. also another isue is no matter which file tool i use like nautilus or such if i go to the directory /mnt the program freezes unless i brows via typing it in address bar and click on the memorized shortcuts that scroll up Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Clock timer configuration lost.
What does it mean when probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard. scrolls up in my logs at random intervals between once every 10 seconds to once every 45 minutes on a motherboard (GA-5AX) that doesn't have a VIA chipset on a fresh installation of Mandrake Linux 8.0? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to upgrade to Xfree 4.1?
You can get the advice how to upgrafe to Xfree 4.1 at http://www.xfree86.org/4.10/README4.html#10 - Original Message - From: Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, September 01, 2001 5:20 PM Subject: Re: [expert] How to upgrade to Xfree 4.1? -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 01 September 2001 08:46, emammendes wrote: [snip] How can I do the upgrade and not lose the possibility of coming to 4.03 if something goes wrong? Which files do I need to save in order to saefly return to the previous setup? Can't help you there. Please tell me each rpms to I have to download and from where. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 has a comprehensive list of Cooker mirror sights. Getting XFree86*4.1.0*.rpm is a good place to start!!! - -- Sat Sep 1 09:16:22 2001 Seq. TimestampUptime - 1: Mon Jul 16 16:28:17 2001 - 43 07:21:59 - 2.4.6-3mdk 2: Thu May 17 01:44:04 2001 - 35 15:31:51 - 2.4.3-20mdk 3: Thu Jun 21 17:33:18 2001 - 10 05:29:02 - 2.4.3-20mdk 4: Sun Jul 1 23:03:05 2001 - 7 10:13:18 - 2.4.3-20mdk 5: Wed Jul 11 15:11:11 2001 - 5 01:16:26 - 2.4.6-3mdk 6: Wed Aug 29 01:03:51 2001 - 3 07:51:24 - 2.4.9 7: Tue Jul 10 02:55:19 2001 - 1 09:18:42 - 2.4.3-20mdk 8: Wed Jul 11 12:14:35 2001 - 0 02:20:37 - 2.4.6-3mdk 9: Tue Aug 28 23:51:59 2001 - 0 01:11:17 - 2.4.6-3mdk 10: Wed Jul 11 14:39:19 2001 - 0 00:31:20 - 2.4.6-3mdk 11: Sat Sep 1 08:55:55 2001 - 0 00:20:27 - 2.4.9 -- 12: Wed Jul 11 14:35:45 2001 - 0 00:03:01 - 2.4.6-3mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7kO6ljTz5dS9Us5wRAomiAJ9Fb8JbAN36tfdkm0mcdrVHQvSLPACfeVSV Ui/pM+caTRxdrM9gVZggofg= =pJk0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Sager Notebooks
I'm looking to buy a notebook to use as Linux-only. The Sager NP2250 is the model I'm most impressed with but wonder if it would be a good choice for installing Mandrake. I have a home network (10/100 ethernet) with 5 stations and am using Mandrake as my NAT/Firewall computer for internet sharing via DSL. I would be using the notebook mostly at home on the LAN but am looking into the notebook so I can use the great Unix Astronomy program XEPHEM when I'm out star gazing. Thanks for any recos or experiences to share. Ken Here's the NP2250 hardware info: System ChipSIS 630S Chipset LCD Screen 14.1 TFT XGA:LG / LP141X5 Video Memory 8/16/32MB Share Memory Architecture (SMA) Video Control Chip SIS 630S Ultra-AGP Video-In Control Chip None Audio Control Chip SIS 630S Integrated I/O Control Chip SMSC-FDC 37N869 Integrated LAN ChipSIS 630S Integrated IEEE1394 Control Chip None Infrared Chip SMC PCMCIA Contorl ChipTI PCI1410PGE Touch Pad ALPS 56AAA1793B Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] GRUB, stage1, freeze
howdy. got a bit of a problem, hope someone can help me out. i'm using 7.2, the install was getting a bit large as i keep experimenting and breaking things, so i decided to reinstall. i formated / and did a fresh install. changed to ReiserFS for / -- i am currently using Reiser for all my other partitions and wanted to get that in line. all is good, reboot. go into windows to make sure it is still ok, that boots fine. boot into linux and go to installing other things. make some messes as i can't get Eterm to install. reboot a few times, all is good. then, i reboot, i get stage 1 then nothing. ok, i'm checking the grub documentation on my other computer. it list error messages, but i'm not getting any, just stage 1 and freeze. so i try to boot from my boot disk i had just made in the install. well, it doesn't work. me not happy. *sigh* me figures me messed something up, so me does total install all over again, formated / again. this time try to boot after install. same thing. stage 1 freeze. however, the boot disk i made this time does work, and i made a few more, so i can get to the system. it works fine, i am burning a CD even now. i was using 7.2 and GRUB on this same box before -- only differences: 1. / was ext2 not reiser (but the reiser booted fine at first, could that be the problem?) 2. my ide cdrom, hdc, seems to be dead. i booted from it for the first install, but then it died and i had to boot from a floppy and use the scsi cd burner to do my install. i don't know if either of those would have anything to do with the problem, but otherwise my system is exactly the same. menu.lst below: - timeout 10color black/cyan yellow/cyan i18n (hd0,10)/boot/grub/messages keytable (hd0,10)/boot/us.klt altconfigfile (hd0,10)/boot/grub/menu.once default 0 title Mandrake Linux 7.2 kernel (hd0,10)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17-21mdk root=/dev/hda11 mem=188M initrd (hd0,10)/boot/initrd-2.2.17-21mdk.img title failsafekernel (hd0,10)/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17-21mdk root=/dev/hda11 mem=188M failsafe initrd (hd0,10)/boot/initrd-2.2.17-21mdk.img title Windows98se root (hd0,0) makeactive chainloader +1 title floppy root (fd0) chainloader +1 / is partition hda11 which is the same as hd0,10 in grub lingo, right? help? thanks to all Adrian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] GRUB, stage1, freeze
i was using 7.2 and GRUB on this same box before -- only differences: 1. / was ext2 not reiser (but the reiser booted fine at first, could that be the problem?) Have you got reiserfs support compiled into your kernel? If not, this is likely the problem. 2. my ide cdrom, hdc, seems to be dead. i booted from it for the first install, but then it died and i had to boot from a floppy and use the scsi cd burner to do my install. Not sure there, although it does sound like your hunch is correct, and that it has just died. +---+ | Craig Sprout | Never ascribe to malice that | | Billings, MT | which is adequately explained | | http://www.mtsprouts.net | by incompetence. -Napoleon | +---+ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Security Update
Has anyone been able to access the 8.0 Security Updates using Software manage? I know I have not been able to. I can access Cooker via the software manager but it gives me no sites under security updates. I ended up downloading and installing with Fvh -- Thank you. - Gary A. Garibaldi Linux-Mandrake 8.0 Registered Linux User: 188550 La-dee-dee, la-dee-dah. 1:30pm up 1:16, 1 user, load average: 2.22, 2.11, 1.97 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Pure install from hd (no boot floppy) how?
Hi all, I have an older p200 asus system (with name brand components) that the MDK 8.1 beta install program has some problem with, as do other versions of the MDK install (7.2 onward). After it starts reading the media (cd rom, or hd where ever I have mdk) I get error in exec of stage2 :-( FATAL ERROR IN STAGE1: Not a directory I can't recover from this You may reboot your computer To get MDK 8 installed i had to stick that drive in my other computer for the install. No matter what method I choose it will crash during install. I've tried 1) copy to hard drive option, then rawwrite hd.img to floppy and boot etc (stage1 error). 2) copy to hd, use autoboot.bat option (8.1 beta has no autoboot, but tried on older mkd, it has problems reading my cd) 3) make cd boot disk, then install from cd (stage1 error) 4)boot from cd, (stage1 error) So what I want to do is just install mandrake without any other media being involved (copy to hard drive straight install from hd, no floppy or cd necessary) and that should do the trick. But I don't know how to do this...i've glanced at the contents of the boot cds but don't see anyway to run any kind of install manually. I was thinking I could boot into mandrake, then try to install on another partitionbut don't know how to start the isntall w/o floppy etc...anyone know how? Thanks for any help, this is a machine i use for devel and I really hope i can figure out a way to get this installed, without yanking the driving or randomly swapping components. Ty __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Pure install from hd (no boot floppy) how?
did you try removing all hardware not absolutly necessary for an install? like sound cards /network carts and stuff, add them later.. I had a system that would not install with the sound card in... I took everything out of the PC, loaded linux put the cards back in and set them up, worked fine.. Also, if its a possible hardware issue, it mighten hurt to download the latest motherboard bios, Asus are pretty good at supplying newer bios's for old boards so you might be in luck... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Kevin Rich Sent: Sunday, 2 September 2001 4:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Pure install from hd (no boot floppy) how? Hi all, I have an older p200 asus system (with name brand components) that the MDK 8.1 beta install program has some problem with, as do other versions of the MDK install (7.2 onward). After it starts reading the media (cd rom, or hd where ever I have mdk) I get error in exec of stage2 :-( FATAL ERROR IN STAGE1: Not a directory I can't recover from this You may reboot your computer To get MDK 8 installed i had to stick that drive in my other computer for the install. No matter what method I choose it will crash during install. I've tried 1) copy to hard drive option, then rawwrite hd.img to floppy and boot etc (stage1 error). 2) copy to hd, use autoboot.bat option (8.1 beta has no autoboot, but tried on older mkd, it has problems reading my cd) 3) make cd boot disk, then install from cd (stage1 error) 4)boot from cd, (stage1 error) So what I want to do is just install mandrake without any other media being involved (copy to hard drive straight install from hd, no floppy or cd necessary) and that should do the trick. But I don't know how to do this...i've glanced at the contents of the boot cds but don't see anyway to run any kind of install manually. I was thinking I could boot into mandrake, then try to install on another partitionbut don't know how to start the isntall w/o floppy etc...anyone know how? Thanks for any help, this is a machine i use for devel and I really hope i can figure out a way to get this installed, without yanking the driving or randomly swapping components. Ty __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] How to upgrade to Xfree 4.1?
I need to upgrade Xfree 4.03 in order to get multiple Xs on my onboard i810e. How can I do the upgrade and not lose the possibility of coming to 4.03 if something goes wrong? Which files do I need to save in order to saefly return to the previous setup? Please tell me each rpms to I have to download and from where. Many thanks Eduardo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to upgrade to Xfree 4.1?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 01 September 2001 08:46, emammendes wrote: [snip] How can I do the upgrade and not lose the possibility of coming to 4.03 if something goes wrong? Which files do I need to save in order to saefly return to the previous setup? Can't help you there. Please tell me each rpms to I have to download and from where. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 has a comprehensive list of Cooker mirror sights. Getting XFree86*4.1.0*.rpm is a good place to start!!! - -- Sat Sep 1 09:16:22 2001 Seq. TimestampUptime - 1: Mon Jul 16 16:28:17 2001 - 43 07:21:59 - 2.4.6-3mdk 2: Thu May 17 01:44:04 2001 - 35 15:31:51 - 2.4.3-20mdk 3: Thu Jun 21 17:33:18 2001 - 10 05:29:02 - 2.4.3-20mdk 4: Sun Jul 1 23:03:05 2001 - 7 10:13:18 - 2.4.3-20mdk 5: Wed Jul 11 15:11:11 2001 - 5 01:16:26 - 2.4.6-3mdk 6: Wed Aug 29 01:03:51 2001 - 3 07:51:24 - 2.4.9 7: Tue Jul 10 02:55:19 2001 - 1 09:18:42 - 2.4.3-20mdk 8: Wed Jul 11 12:14:35 2001 - 0 02:20:37 - 2.4.6-3mdk 9: Tue Aug 28 23:51:59 2001 - 0 01:11:17 - 2.4.6-3mdk 10: Wed Jul 11 14:39:19 2001 - 0 00:31:20 - 2.4.6-3mdk 11: Sat Sep 1 08:55:55 2001 - 0 00:20:27 - 2.4.9 -- 12: Wed Jul 11 14:35:45 2001 - 0 00:03:01 - 2.4.6-3mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7kO6ljTz5dS9Us5wRAomiAJ9Fb8JbAN36tfdkm0mcdrVHQvSLPACfeVSV Ui/pM+caTRxdrM9gVZggofg= =pJk0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] CUPS in MDK8.1b2
Ok, just installed Mandrake 8.1b2. Looks good so far, let's see if CUPS works for a change...Hey, where'd all the printer drivers go? There USED to be a printer driver for the Lexmark Z51, but it's gone. Sigh. -- Mitch Thompson, San Antonio TX Key fingerprint = BBDA 3A2A 4483 BD0D 7CED B8A9 D183 C8F6 B0AF 66AE My other computer is YOUR Windows 2000 Server box. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Beta 2 id error
After upgrding to beta 2, everytime I pull up a console, I get the following error: id: cannot find name for group ID 501 I've checked, and this is actually a user id - the user in question can still log on fine, but it annoying... ...any ideas how to fix it? cheers Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] jpg/gif screen capture?
Dear friends: Can anyone suggest a screen capture program that uses the jpg or gif image format? KDE's screen capture utility uses the .png format. Could be a KDE or Gnome or X11 application. Any suggestions? Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Beta 2 id error
On Saturday 01 September 2001 08:54 pm, you wrote: After upgrding to beta 2, everytime I pull up a console, I get the following error: id: cannot find name for group ID 501 I've checked, and this is actually a user id - the user in question can still log on fine, but it annoying... ...any ideas how to fix it? cheers As you mention... you did an upgrade to beta 2, most probable you had an account /home/xxx (admin) or whatever and is using ID 501 most of the time is ID 500 so you probable have both 500 and 501, I suggest you use 'linuxconf' and check user accounts, while there you might even rename or delete the old account ID 501 and leave active most likely ID 500 First start 'linuxconf' go to Users, then click on users accounts and find out who is using account 501 ( I almost certain is an old account) and if you no longer use it delete it! -- SedeComp Comunicaciones Internet Solutions MandrakeSoft's VAR and System Integrator mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP key available on:http://www.keyserver.net/en/ |--| Current Linux kernel 2.4.8-12mdkenterprise uptime: 0 hours 35 minutes. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Signing email in KDE 2.2 / KMail 1.3
Hi, Since I pulled the precompiled binaries from Cooker, I thought I'd ask here first: in the composer window, the Sign Email icon is shaded out. This is even though Configure|Composer|Automatically sign messages using PGP and Configure|Security|Encryption Tool| PGP|GPG have been selected. Any thoughts? Thanks, Ron -- Sun Sep 2 01:06:12 2001 Seq. TimestampUptime 1: Mon Jul 16 16:28:17 2001 - 43 07:21:59 - 2.4.6-3mdk 2: Thu May 17 01:44:04 2001 - 35 15:31:51 - 2.4.3-20mdk 3: Thu Jun 21 17:33:18 2001 - 10 05:29:02 - 2.4.3-20mdk 4: Sun Jul 1 23:03:05 2001 - 7 10:13:18 - 2.4.3-20mdk 5: Wed Jul 11 15:11:11 2001 - 5 01:16:26 - 2.4.6-3mdk 8: Sat Sep 1 08:55:55 2001 - 0 16:10:09 - 2.4.9 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CUPS in MDK8.1b2
On Saturday 01 September 2001 20:28, Mitch Thompson wrote: Ok, just installed Mandrake 8.1b2. Looks good so far, let's see if CUPS works for a change...Hey, where'd all the printer drivers go? There USED to be a printer driver for the Lexmark Z51, but it's gone. Sigh. The network failed to load and execute during install--run printerdrake after you get the network up and you should be surprised. Of course the next beta will fix the network bug which had a domino effect on rprinting systems Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CUPS in MDK8.1b2
On Saturday 01 September 2001 20:28, Mitch Thompson wrote: Ok, just installed Mandrake 8.1b2. Looks good so far, let's see if CUPS works for a change...Hey, where'd all the printer drivers go? There USED to be a printer driver for the Lexmark Z51, but it's gone. Sigh. But speaking specifically of the Z51, the driver for it lacked acceptable quality and we still don't have a Z51 to test it. When we get enough complaints that it doesn't work, with either driver they could disappear, but that hasn't happened in this case. In fact a working install of the CUPS system (or of PDQ) will show it if you run printerdrake in expert mode. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Beta 2 id error
On Saturday 01 September 2001 21:54, John Haywood wrote: After upgrding to beta 2, everytime I pull up a console, I get the following error: id: cannot find name for group ID 501 I've checked, and this is actually a user id - the user in question can still log on fine, but it annoying... ...any ideas how to fix it? cheers make a group of the same name and number as the user--this is normally how we handle user accounts. And send me a copy of /root/dedebug.log so we can figure out how this happened. Most likely you had the same user under a different number and it is an update artifact, which isn't likely to be fixed this time, but we need to know for sure. making a fixed Update is a task similar to making the whole distro. NO one seems to work well with update programs to move from one distro to the next, which is why I keep a separate /home directory and just don't format it during a new install. Civileme Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] jpg/gif screen capture?
Can anyone suggest a screen capture program that uses the jpg or gif image format? KDE's screen capture utility uses the .png format. You could try changing the extension when you use ksnapshot - it comes up with a default filename with a png extension; simply change that to a file with a .jpg extension. I was doubtful, but sure enough, the image saved is a JPEG file. I'm currently running 2.2beta something. Another approach would be to use xwd (X window dump) and then translate the output to jpg with cjpeg and pbmplus utilities which can darn near translate any graphic format to another graphic format by putting the various conversions in a pipeline - something like 'xwdtoppm | pnmtogif' would convert it to GIF. PNG is a good graphics format, btw. gif is pretty much (thankfully. be- cause of aggressive license patent issues) on the way out. Benjamin David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
