Re: [expert] adding icons
My bad. I think I downloaded the file for Windows XP. It is .zip not .tar.gz. No wonder I can't install. I will try again. Sorry. Norman James Sparenberg wrote: go to the kcontrol center. click on look and feel then icons. click on the folder at the bottom and surf to the still gzipped file I want to install. Then click on install new icon theme wait a few seconds.. and the theme is available. James On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 23:10, Norman Zhang wrote: I have downloaded the crystal icons from www.kde-look.org. Now I tried to install the icons using Configuration\KDE\Look N Feel\Icons\Theme\Install New Themes... but can't install the icons. There are only *.ico files from downloaded file. I can see the icons in preview but cannot use them :( I followed the exact instructions given Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] adding icons
Don't remember the instructions they give but what I do is this. go to the kcontrol center. click on look and feel then icons. click on the folder at the bottom and surf to the still gzipped file I want to install. Then click on install new icon theme wait a few seconds.. and the theme is available. James On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 23:10, Norman Zhang wrote: > Hi, > > I have downloaded the crystal icons from www.kde-look.org. Now I tried > to install the icons using Configuration\KDE\Look N > Feel\Icons\Theme\Install New Themes... but can't install the icons. > There are only *.ico files from downloaded file. I can see the icons in > preview but cannot use them :( I followed the exact instructions given > on the web site and by others but just can't get it to work. Is this a > problem with LM9.0? Or am I missing some packages? Your help is greatly > appreciated. > > Regards, > Norman > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] adding icons
Hi, I have downloaded the crystal icons from www.kde-look.org. Now I tried to install the icons using Configuration\KDE\Look N Feel\Icons\Theme\Install New Themes... but can't install the icons. There are only *.ico files from downloaded file. I can see the icons in preview but cannot use them :( I followed the exact instructions given on the web site and by others but just can't get it to work. Is this a problem with LM9.0? Or am I missing some packages? Your help is greatly appreciated. Regards, Norman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rpm signature using sudo
On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 06:02 PM, bascule wrote:
hmm, thanks for that vincent,
glad i asked 'cos i wasn't expecting that answer :-)
i'll pay greater attention next time i get a 'key' warning using urpmi
and see
if i can't find the root! cause - (i slay me sometimes!)
=) So I assume you've got it figured out now why it wasn't working for
you before?
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Re: [expert] Virtual Terms
Well, it mysteriously started working. I don't know what I did or what happened to get it fixed. I'm using a Voodoo3 2000 card that will be upgraded as soon as funds become available(probably after the first of the year). Thanks for checking back with me on it. Jim On Thursday November 14, 2002 04:31 pm, James T. Nelson III wrote: > Did you ever get this resolved? I had the same issue when I was using a > Voodoo3 card. If I ran an openGL game, after I exited the game, > everything worked fine, except switching to another virtual console. > The problem went away when I upgraded my video card recently. > > Jim > > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 23:59, James Conner wrote: > > On Tuesday October 15, 2002 06:43 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: > > > James Conner wrote on Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 02:43:04PM -0500 : > > > > I installed MDK9 a week ago. I used another distro previously for > > > > over 2 years. I really like MDK. One feature that the other distro > > > > had was being able to use ++ to ++ to > > > > go to full screen terminals. When I use those keys currently I get a > > > > change in resolution not the desired terminal. I've been told that > > > > MDK9 should have set this up automagically on install, but it didn't > > > > seem to do that with mine. Any > > > > > > Yes it does drop to a text terminal when you press that key > > > combination. Send the results of ps -ax to the list. > > > > > > Blue skies... Todd > > > > -- 10:01pm up 17 days, 3:54, 6 users, load average: 0.04, 0.11, 0.14 Running Mandrake 9.0 - Linux - because life is too short for reboots... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to workin linux????
I may maybe not have run across something that has a lot to do with the "problem" and the fact that some have the problem some don't. I've been know for my ability to lose dongles for quite some time. With dongles being almost as expensive as the full pcmcia nic I just keep buying new nic's ... So today ... when I did it again. I bit the bullet and bought a dongle free nic. Same manf as my other nic and it didn't work... took it backchanged model still doesn't work. Guess what the problem turns out to be! The new dongle free nics are 32 bit my dongled nics where always 16 bit. EVEN though the website says my laptop supports 32 bit nics it turns out that not all versions (there where 7!) of this model have 32 bit support... sheesh. (called compaq) Could it be that these wireless cards are 32 bit cardbus and the laptop isn't? In the windows world the drivers apparently cheat and run the 32 bit card as if it was 16 bit. But here it doesn't work. (didn't in NT either but compaq claims XP would.. like I care.) Just a thought. James On Wed, 2002-11-13 at 09:45, Michael Holt wrote: > You know, I noticed this thread but thought it was for something else > (duh!) > > Anyway, I'm using an MA401 wireless card right now on my thinkpad and it's > worked on mandrake 8.2 as well as mandrake 9.0 right from install. I also > installed slackware 8.1 a couple of weeks ago to try it out and it worked > in there just as well. I used the same card in my old toshiba laptop. > > Could it be that there is something else wrong? Maybe a bad card? I just > plug mine in to the pcmcia slot and boot the computer and do the install - > the card is recognized and it installs with no problem. Again, it's a > Netgear MA401. > > Mike > > > Friday, [EMAIL PROTECTED] mused: > > > I've tried linux-wlan-ng-pre4/5/6 and I still can't get my wireless card to > > work. It's a Netgear MA401. I followed the directions in the README file and > > added alias wlan0 prism2_cs to /etc/modules.conf but I can't get the beast to > > work! The default install did not associate the card with the AP even though > > the README file assured me that it would associate to any nearby AP. lsmod > > shows that the drivers (prism2_cs and p80211) were installed. After > > configuring the appropriate files in /etc/wlan plus /etc/pcmcia/network.opts, > > the card still will not associate with the AP even though I do have the > > correct SSID in the config files. Plus, the nameserver info that I entered > > into /etc/pcmcia/network.opts never got written to /etc/resolv.conf nor did > > wlan0 get configured with an IP address. But, I was able to assign an IP > > address to wlan0 with Linuxconf (I know, this isn't the right way to do it). > > > > I tried to get the card to work using a file and with instructions, on how to > > use the orinoco driver, that someone had provided and that didn't get it > > going either. > > > > The card works when booted into Windows 2000. > > > > So, I have to ask: why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work > > under linux? > > > > Mandrake Linux 9.0. > > > > -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Virtual Terms
Did you ever get this resolved? I had the same issue when I was using a Voodoo3 card. If I ran an openGL game, after I exited the game, everything worked fine, except switching to another virtual console. The problem went away when I upgraded my video card recently. Jim On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 23:59, James Conner wrote: > On Tuesday October 15, 2002 06:43 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: > > James Conner wrote on Tue, Oct 15, 2002 at 02:43:04PM -0500 : > > > I installed MDK9 a week ago. I used another distro previously for over 2 > > > years. I really like MDK. One feature that the other distro had was > > > being able to use ++ to ++ to go to full > > > screen terminals. When I use those keys currently I get a change in > > > resolution not the desired terminal. I've been told that MDK9 should > > > have set this up automagically on install, but it didn't seem to do that > > > with mine. Any > > > > Yes it does drop to a text terminal when you press that key combination. > > Send the results of ps -ax to the list. > > > > Blue skies... Todd > > > > PID TTY STAT TIME COMMAND > 1 ?S 0:05 init [5] > 2 ?SW 0:00 [keventd] > 3 ?SW 0:00 [kapmd] > 4 ?SWN0:00 [ksoftirqd_CPU0] > 5 ?SW 0:34 [kswapd] > 6 ?SW 0:00 [bdflush] > 7 ?SW 0:00 [kupdated] > 8 ?SW<0:00 [mdrecoveryd] >12 ?SW 0:00 [kjournald] > 126 ?S 0:00 devfsd /dev > 216 ?SW 0:00 [khubd] > 369 ?SW 0:00 [kjournald] > 370 ?SW 0:00 [kjournald] > 373 ?SW 0:00 [kjournald] > 374 ?SW 0:00 [kjournald] > 838 ?SW 0:00 /sbin/dhcpcd -h herithibald -Y -N eth0 > 872 ?SW 0:00 /sbin/dhcpcd -h herithibald -Y -N eth0 > 919 ?SW 0:00 portmap > 933 ?S 0:59 syslogd -m 0 > 941 ?S 0:14 klogd -2 > 985 ?SW 0:00 rpc.statd > 1113 ?S 1:07 xfs -port -1 -daemon -droppriv -user xfs > 1718 ?S 0:00 /usr/sbin/apmd -p 10 -w 5 -W -P /etc/sysconfig/apm-sc > 1760 ?SW 0:00 /usr/bin/kdm -nodaemon > 1762 ?S 0:00 /usr/sbin/atd > 1784 ?SW 0:00 saslauthd -a pam -T > 1802 ?SW 0:00 xinetd -stayalive -reuse -pidfile /var/run/xinetd.pid > 1896 ?S 0:00 cupsd > 2019 ?SW 0:00 rpc.rquotad > 2029 ?SW 0:00 [nfsd] > 2030 ?SW 0:00 [nfsd] > 2031 ?SW 0:00 [nfsd] > 2032 ?SW 0:00 [lockd] > 2033 ?SW 0:00 [rpciod] > 2034 ?SW 0:00 [nfsd] > 2035 ?SW 0:00 [nfsd] > 2036 ?SW 0:00 [nfsd] > 2037 ?SW 0:00 [nfsd] > 2038 ?SW 0:00 [nfsd] > 2050 ?SW 0:00 rpc.mountd > 2065 ?SW 0:00 rwhod > 2066 ?S 0:00 rwhod > 2137 ?SW 0:00 /usr/bin/prelude_report -qd -P /var/run/prelude_repor > 2148 ?S 0:49 /usr/bin/prelude -qd -P /var/run/prelude.pid -i eth0 > 2149 ?SW 0:00 /usr/bin/prelude_report -qd -P /var/run/prelude_repor > 2150 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/prelude -qd -P /var/run/prelude.pid -i eth0 > 2151 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/prelude -qd -P /var/run/prelude.pid -i eth0 > 2367 tty1 SW 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty1 > 2368 tty2 SW 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty2 > 2369 tty3 SW 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty3 > 2370 tty4 SW 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty4 > 2371 tty5 SW 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty5 > 2372 tty6 SW 0:00 /sbin/mingetty tty6 > 7239 ?S< 5:31 /etc/X11/X -deferglyphs 16 -dpi 100 -auth /var/run/xa > 7241 ?SW 0:00 -:0 > 7300 ?SW 0:00 /bin/sh /usr/bin/startkde > 7410 ?S 0:00 kdeinit: Running... > 7413 ?S 0:01 kdeinit: dcopserver --nosid > 7416 ?S 0:00 kdeinit: klauncher > 7418 ?S 0:01 kdeinit: kded > 7428 ?S 0:00 /usr/bin/artsd -F 10 -S 4096 -s 60 -m artsmessage -l > 7430 ?S 0:00 kdeinit: knotify > 7431 ?S 0:00 kwrapper ksmserver --restore > 7433 ?S 0:00 kdeinit: ksmserver --restore > 7434 ?S 0:14 kdeinit: kwin -session 107729f5520001033865859002 > 7436 ?S 0:09 kdeinit: kdesktop > 7439 ?S 0:22 kdeinit: kicker > 7447 ?S 0:00 kdeinit: kwrited > 7451 ?S 0:00 kalarmd --login > 7498 ?S 0:00 kdeinit: kio_uiserver > 7509 ?S 0:05 kvirc -m > 7510 ?S 0:00 kvirc -m > 7513 ?SW 0:00 /usr/bin/esd -terminate -nobeeps -as 2 -spawnfd 18 > 7516 ?S 0:04 kdeinit: konsole -icon konsole.png -miniicon konsole. > 7518 pts/1S 0:00 /bin/bash > 7550 ?S 0:22 kmail -caption KMai
Re: [expert] LSI53C1030 SCSI
when it boots to the disk chose f1 this will give you more options for install then chose the expert install this will bring up the screen for you to be able to load scsi modules from there it will go on to a normal install. James On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 10:22, Gareth Hash wrote: > Hello > > I believe I have found the correct drivers for the LSI Logic 1030 > SCSI adapter and I have it on diskette. However I could not get > Mandrake 9.0 to prompt me for it. If there is an easier way or if the > drivers for which I am looking have a different name in the default > Mandrake install, please let me know. > > Thank you for your advice. > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] re: How to recover RPM database?
Try this instruction page. http://hermes.afaa.asso.fr/users/pascal/linux/rpm-rebuilddb and if it doesn't come up (it should) I mirror it here. http://myopencountry.com/cgi-bin/view/howto/RPMDatabase James On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 07:40, Will Merkens wrote: > Subject: > [expert] How to recover RPM database? > From: > David Guntner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: > Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:38:04 -0800 > To: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I'm getting an error when I try to run rpm on anything. The message I get is: > > rpmdb: region error detected; run recovery. > error: db4 error(-30981) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run > database recovery > error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30981) > > > There doesn't seem to be a recover option for rpm. "rpm --rebuilddb" gets > that same error message. Anyone know what needs to be done to repair the RPM > database? > > in /var/lib/rpm there are a couple of files __db.001 __db.002, erase them then try >again to rebuild -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound
Pradeor, I've done multiple installs on my laptop. (just testing some stuff before I settled down to do work conclusion Blue bytes ) (pun intended) and since installing more ram, I needed a larger "suspend" partition. I lost sound during one of the installs myself for some odd reason. Another had sound but in MCC sound card had no info. Now I keep these two lines from modules.conf handy. alias sound-slot-0 maestro above snd-es1968 snd-pcm-oss Now Mine is a compaq not an IBM but it does have the same sound card. I'd also recommend going to IBM's site as they have some pretty extensive docs on Linux on the ThinkPad. James PS ... to anyone who uses pre DDR ram on their laptop or desktop. check out the prices on RAM . I found a high of $112.00 US for ram on this puppy (Compaq M700) and was able to buy it for $50.00 Pre DDR ram is at rock bottom again so it's a good time to max out. On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 10:10, Praedor Tempus wrote: > I have an IBM Thinkpad with an ESS Solo1 sound "card". It has worked fine > with most previous Mandrake kernels up to 2.4.18. I recently built and > installed the Mandrake 2.4.19 kernel (with the correct sound settings > selected in xconfig) and find it has totally croaked my sound. > > There is no /dev/dsp, no sound-slot-0, no sound-card-0, nothing. If I try to > run DrakConf and then run the harddrake to resetup the sound card, it fails > because it cannot find sound-slot-0. I have done a system search and > naturally this module doesn't exist. > > I have always used Alsa sound on my thinkpad and it has worked. Now that alsa > has been blended into the kernel, it no longer works. What does it take to > get sound working? > > There are no sound modules getting loaded at all during bootup. "Running > lspci -v" produces this for my soundcard > : > 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive > (rev 02) > Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 1002 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 > I/O ports at 7800 [size=64] > I/O ports at 7850 [size=16] > I/O ports at 7870 [size=16] > I/O ports at 7890 [size=4] > I/O ports at 78a4 [size=4] > Capabilities: > > Yup, there it is. It's just that Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 doesn't see it. > > What arcane trick is now necessary to get sound working again? > > praedor > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] any thoughts on this rpm error?
Try installing (re-installing?) the rpm-helper package... (current cooker version is 'rpm-helper-0.7.1-1mdk.noarch.rpm'.) Of course, you might wind up installing a whole new set of 'rpm*' rpms, which has bitten me in the a$$ on at least one occasion... :) -Jason On Thursday 14 November 2002 01:00 pm, Miark wrote: > I've come across this same message twice in the last week. I chalk it > up to a bad package, but I'm not certain. > > Miark > > > > On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 01:19:12 -0600 > > "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # rm -rf /var/tmp/ > > [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -ivh --allfiles --replacefiles --force > > /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm > > Preparing...### > > [100%] > >1:freeswan ### > > [100%] > > warning: created %_tmppath directory /var/tmp > > /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.84265: /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-service: No such file > > or directory > > error: execution of %post scriptlet from freeswan-1.98b-1mdk failed, exit > > status 127 > > [root@rwideman2 share]# > > [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -qa | grep freeswan > > freeswan-1.98b-1mdk > > [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -e /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm > > error: package /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed > > > > > > Robert Wideman -- = Tourist, Rincewind decided, meant "idiot". (The Colour of Magic) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Blanker
Hi, Could someone please tell me how to disable the console blanker. I have tried the following: setterm -blank 0 echo -e "\33[9;0]" These do not work. I am using a laptop running KDE and Mandrake Version 9. I have also tried disabling power management again without success. Thanks in advance Greg _ Add photos to your messages with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to recover RPM database?
Toshiro wrote: El mar, 12-11-2002 a las 16:50, Todd Lyons escribió: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Guntner wrote on Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:38:04AM -0800 : There doesn't seem to be a recover option for rpm. "rpm --rebuilddb" gets that same error message. Anyone know what needs to be done to repair the RPM database? I've seen others say this: rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__* ^^ \_ Did you really mean that (the underscores) or was it a typo? Toshiro $ rpm -ql rpm [..] /var/lib/rpm/__db.001 /var/lib/rpm/__db.002 /var/lib/rpm/__db.003 /var/lib/rpm/__db.004 These last files, iianm, are used as lock files when rpm is running. If rpm crashes or is exited uncleanly and they get left, they can screw up any rpm-related program. If rpm is not running, delete any of these files and rpm --rebuilddb to solve a number of package manager failures. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rpm signature using sudo
hmm, thanks for that vincent, glad i asked 'cos i wasn't expecting that answer :-) i'll pay greater attention next time i get a 'key' warning using urpmi and see if i can't find the root! cause - (i slay me sometimes!) bascule On Thursday 14 Nov 2002 11:02 pm, Vincent Danen wrote: > On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 03:35 PM, bascule wrote: > > using urpmi via sudo, will the key checking be done as root or as the > > user > > runing sudo, that would explain some messages i get about 'bad' keys > > since i > > haven't got the mandrake ones installed as user, just wanted to check > > the > > behaviour here > > IIRC, and I've not looked to confirm this, it *should* be done as root. > Actually, I know this is the case, now that I come to think of it. > > sudo basically runs urpmi as root. To that end, it will be using > root's environment, not the user environment. > -- "You're very sure of your facts, " he said at last, "I couldn't trust the thinking of a man who takes the Universe - if there is one - for granted. " Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mozilla quickstart in Mandrake ???
On Thursday November 14 2002 05:35 pm, Sandeep Khanna wrote: > Hey, I am sorry if my signature hurts your eyes. What did you say > about tampering the reply-to: header? I never did any stunts with > that. What are you talking about? > > Sandeep In your mailer, instead of leaving 'reply to' blank, you entered your email address ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). This overides auto replies comin to the list. You're not the only one, on this list or many other lists doin this. Tryin to stop people from makin this mildy rude mistake is like discouraging HTML (very rude). Same thing with not limiting characters per line to =<72. Usually it's just an unawareness of the consequences by (new) users. It's been netiquette since before there was a Net, to limit sigs to no more than 4 lines (including blank ones), and no banners, ASCII art or not. More current netiquette is just to say who you are and maybe where from. Preferably on one line. Specially now that small screen hand held wireless devices are popular, and more'n more people are connected worldwide, but pay for d/l size and/or connect time. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to recover RPM database?
El mar, 12-11-2002 a las 16:50, Todd Lyons escribió: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > David Guntner wrote on Tue, Nov 12, 2002 at 10:38:04AM -0800 : > > > > There doesn't seem to be a recover option for rpm. "rpm --rebuilddb" gets > > that same error message. Anyone know what needs to be done to repair the RPM > > database? > > I've seen others say this: > > rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__* ^^ \_ Did you really mean that (the underscores) or was it a typo? Toshiro Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mozilla quickstart in Mandrake ???
Hi, Seth Zirin wrote: On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 15:04, Sandeep Khanna wrote: Does anyone know if there is quickstart/turbo feature in Mozilla for Linux just like in Windows? If yes, how do we use it? We wait patiently when we launch mozilla the first time after we login and then keep at least one mozilla window opened or minimized until we logout. For future reference, proper etiquette for this mailing list is to refrain from tampering with the Reply-To: header and to refrain from appending signatures that are longer than your message. Hey, I am sorry if my signature hurts your eyes. What did you say about tampering the reply-to: header? I never did any stunts with that. What are you talking about? Sandeep Seth 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
Re: [expert] mozilla quickstart in Mandrake ???
On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 15:04, Sandeep Khanna wrote: > Does anyone know if there is quickstart/turbo feature in Mozilla for > Linux just like in Windows? If yes, how do we use it? We wait patiently when we launch mozilla the first time after we login and then keep at least one mozilla window opened or minimized until we logout. For future reference, proper etiquette for this mailing list is to refrain from tampering with the Reply-To: header and to refrain from appending signatures that are longer than your message. Seth Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake update
On Thursday 14 November 2002 02:00 pm, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > hoyt wrote: > > Is it possible to change the default behavior to _keep_ the > > packages? > > > > That sure would save me bandwidth with multiple machines. > > > > Hoyt > > with urpmi, use the command line switch --noclean Thanks Allan. I knew I was forgetting something simple. :-) I wasn't sure whether the original question was from someone using urpmi at the command line or the Mandrake Control Center. I'll do better next time. ;-) Regards; -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org "There... I've run rings 'round you logically" -- Monty Python's Flying Circus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] mozilla quickstart in Mandrake ???
Hi Everybody, Does anyone know if there is quickstart/turbo feature in Mozilla for Linux just like in Windows? If yes, how do we use it? --Sandeep -- Sandeep Khanna Graduate Student in Computer Science, Villanova University Contact Number: (Home) 1-610-964-1320 (Office) 1-877-946-4622 Ext (106) (Cell) 1-267-253-6808 Quote of the day: Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth. --Joan Chittister Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] RPM database wierdness
I have noticed a wierd problem with RPM on both my home and work machines since upgrading to mdk9.0. After the machine has been up for a while, all rpm operations hang. This includes rpm -q and rpm --rebuilddb as well as rpm -U, rpm -e etc. rpm -qa and rpm --rebuilddb normally get part way through before hanging. In each case, I have been able to kill all other running rpm processes, and there has been no related error, so far as I can tell, in /var/log/messages. The only way I have found to fix it is to reboot (just as you would to fix a windows problem). Rpm then works for a while, and then stops again. It's rather frustrating. Brian. _ Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rpm signature using sudo
On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 03:35 PM, bascule wrote:
using urpmi via sudo, will the key checking be done as root or as the
user
runing sudo, that would explain some messages i get about 'bad' keys
since i
haven't got the mandrake ones installed as user, just wanted to check
the
behaviour here
IIRC, and I've not looked to confirm this, it *should* be done as root.
Actually, I know this is the case, now that I come to think of it.
sudo basically runs urpmi as root. To that end, it will be using
root's environment, not the user environment.
I know this because when I build updates, root has the private key to
sign packages, and using sudo, I sign the packages with that key. The
user doesn't even have the public key (which is a nuisance, but a
different story). So when I want to verify a package, if I just do
"rpm -K *.rpm", I get unknown sigs. If I do "sudo rpm -K *.rpm",
they're verified correctly.
I suspect the same should be for urpmi. IIRC, urpmi shouldn't do
anything strange or different to inherit info from the user executing
sudo.
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[expert] Scripts or software to add many new users
Hello, We are managing hundred of users on a network based on Netscape Exchange Server (mail, news and web). In a few weeks, we would like to change to a linux server (Mandrake of course!) As we don't want to create by hand each existing user, is there a script or a software that will automatically: -create a new account (possibly from a list of existing logins/passwords) -apply the new user to adequate groups -create a file with his login as name -create a virtual host to his file in the apache configuration -apply a DocRoot in proftp configuration -create a user and his database with his login/password in mysql -copy a phpmyadmin with adequate configuration -and few other little things... Any ideas? Thanks Patrick Atlas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] rpm signature using sudo
using urpmi via sudo, will the key checking be done as root or as the user runing sudo, that would explain some messages i get about 'bad' keys since i haven't got the mandrake ones installed as user, just wanted to check the behaviour here bascule -- 'And trust no-- Trust practically no-one. All right? Except trustworthy people.' (Jingo) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake update
On Thursday, November 14, 2002, at 01:31 PM, hoyt wrote:
I would like to know to which directory are the updates stored to.
So i
reuse them if need be.
Hi Marek;
They're hiding in
file:/var/cache/urpmi/rpms
after download; but it clears after they're installed, so you'd have
to
copy
them somewhere else before that happens to save downloading them
again.
You
have to get there as root (su) to achieve anything of course.
Regards;
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Is it possible to change the default behavior to _keep_ the packages?
That sure would save me bandwidth with multiple machines.
Why don't you have one machine rsync the updates you're interested in
(ie. rsync updates/9.0) and then have all machines install from that
source?
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[expert] ALSA kernel question
Title: ALSA kernel question Hi All, How do you update the ALSA0.9_RC2 kernel module to ALSA0.9_RC5. I updated the non-kernel drivers to RC5 but the kernel was not touched. How do I update this. Thanks in advance. Craig
Re: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound
On Thursday 14 November 2002 01:33 pm, Miark wrote: > I have the same problem with the ESS sound in my CTX laptop. It worked fine > in previous versions of Mandrake, but it's dead in 9.0. In the past I've > used sndconfig to get it working. In 9.0 sndconfig just hangs. > > What happens when you try sndconfig? I tried building the 2.4.19 mandrake kernel with the appropriate sound drivers compiled into the kernel - it fails. 2.4.19 is broken in a number of ways. If you want sound, I suggest you do what I am doing - go back to a proper kernel, a functional kernel - and go back to 2.4.18. Supermount worked properly, sound worked properly, etc. None of the garbage that one must tolerate with the 2.4.19 kernel. praedor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake update
hoyt wrote: > - Original Message - > From: "Charlie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:41 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake update > > > On Thursday 14 November 2002 10:53 am, Marek wrote: > > > Hi > > > > > > I would like to know to which directory are the updates > > > stored to. So i reuse them if need be. > > > > Hi Marek; > > > > They're hiding in > > > > file:/var/cache/urpmi/rpms > > > > after download; but it clears after they're installed, so > > you'd have to > > copy > > > them somewhere else before that happens to save > > downloading them again. > > You > > > have to get there as root (su) to achieve anything of > > course. > > > > Regards; > > -- > > Charlie > > Is it possible to change the default behavior to _keep_ the > packages? > > That sure would save me bandwidth with multiple machines. > > Hoyt with urpmi, use the command line switch --noclean -- Alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mozilla Xft binaries anyone ???
Hi, nDiScReEt wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 14 November 2002 2:28 pm, Sandeep Khanna wrote: Hi Everybody, Is it just me or is anybody else experiencing this too! A few days back I was concerned, but, now I am alarmed seeing that my mozilla on Mandrake 9.0 is slow as a snail in all aspects.browsing, scrolling, starting, etc. Last week we installed Redhat 8.0 on my friends laptop with the same configuration as mine. Mozilla on Redhat was blazing fast !!! I also used the pre-compiled binary (http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.2b/mozilla-i686-pc-li nux-gnu-1.2b.tar.gz) from Mozilla.org and found that it was very very fast too! What is happening here? Anyone know of any other mozilla pre-compiled binary for Mandrake 9.0. I am also looking for some good Xft enabled binaries for Mozilla. Anyone?? I have tried Texstar's binary. But, it does not start and gives and error saying "Illegal Hardware instruction" !! --Sandeep Chances are you need to clear your Cache. Once that is achieved, you should experience the same results as mentioned on your other friends' computers. Hey, Tried that. The performance is still the same. But, anyways, why should I keep on cleaning the cache all the time !! This is something mozilla should do on it's own self regularly. Internet Explorer does not behave like this if it's cache become big !! I feel that Mozilla on Mandrake 9.0 was compiled poorly with bad optimization flags or something seriously wrong is going around. The main thing is this is spoiling Mozilla's reputation badly as a BIG, BLOATED, SLOW browser. If Mozilla is out who else is there to stand the competiton against M$ I.E. ? --Sandeep - -- - Altoine B Maximum Time Unlimited Chicago Based and Operated - Drew's Law of Highway Biology: The first bug to hit a clean windshield lands directly in front of your eyes. - 2.4.19-19nds Mandrake Linux release 9.1 (Cooker) for i586 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE91AzaxjybQmhmUgYRAp5QAJ49YJVZbUckWm7gs4jdch+9NaEOgwCfTq8v rngXtHC4E/gPPfmRNhDq+Pk= =ng/7 -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- Sandeep Khanna Graduate Student in Computer Science, Villanova University Contact Number: (Home) 1-610-964-1320 (Office) 1-877-946-4622 Ext (106) (Cell) 1-267-253-6808 Quote of the day: Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth. --Joan Chittister Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake update
- Original Message - From: "Charlie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, November 14, 2002 1:41 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake update > On Thursday 14 November 2002 10:53 am, Marek wrote: > > Hi > > > > I would like to know to which directory are the updates stored to. So i > > reuse them if need be. > > Hi Marek; > > They're hiding in > > file:/var/cache/urpmi/rpms > > after download; but it clears after they're installed, so you'd have to copy > them somewhere else before that happens to save downloading them again. You > have to get there as root (su) to achieve anything of course. > > Regards; > -- > Charlie Is it possible to change the default behavior to _keep_ the packages? That sure would save me bandwidth with multiple machines. Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mozilla in Mandrake 9 is SHLOWWW !!!!
Hi Everybody, Is it just me or is anybody else experiencing this too! A few days back I was concerned, but, now I am alarmed seeing that my mozilla on Mandrake 9.0 is slow as a snail in all aspects.browsing, scrolling, starting, etc. Last week we installed Redhat 8.0 on my friends laptop with the same configuration as mine. Mozilla on Redhat was blazing fast !!! I also used the pre-compiled binary (http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.2b/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.2b.tar.gz) from Mozilla.org and found that it was very very fast too! What is happening here? Anyone know of any other mozilla pre-compiled binary for Mandrake 9.0. I am also looking for some good Xft enabled binaries for Mozilla. Anyone?? --Sandeep -- Sandeep Khanna Graduate Student in Computer Science, Villanova University Contact Number: (Home) 1-610-964-1320 (Office) 1-877-946-4622 Ext (106) (Cell) 1-267-253-6808 Quote of the day: Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth. --Joan Chittister Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mozilla Xft binaries anyone ???
Hi Everybody, Is it just me or is anybody else experiencing this too! A few days back I was concerned, but, now I am alarmed seeing that my mozilla on Mandrake 9.0 is slow as a snail in all aspects.browsing, scrolling, starting, etc. Last week we installed Redhat 8.0 on my friends laptop with the same configuration as mine. Mozilla on Redhat was blazing fast !!! I also used the pre-compiled binary (http://ftp.mozilla.org/pub/mozilla/releases/mozilla1.2b/mozilla-i686-pc-linux-gnu-1.2b.tar.gz) from Mozilla.org and found that it was very very fast too! What is happening here? Anyone know of any other mozilla pre-compiled binary for Mandrake 9.0. I am also looking for some good Xft enabled binaries for Mozilla. Anyone?? I have tried Texstar's binary. But, it does not start and gives and error saying "Illegal Hardware instruction" !! --Sandeep -- Sandeep Khanna Graduate Student in Computer Science, Villanova University Contact Number: (Home) 1-610-964-1320 (Office) 1-877-946-4622 Ext (106) (Cell) 1-267-253-6808 Quote of the day: Failure is the foundation of truth. It teaches us what isn't true, and that is a great beginning. To fear failure is to fear the possibility of truth. --Joan Chittister Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound
Hey, guess what! I tried it again, and this time sndconfig worked! In 8.2, sndconfig worked instantaneously. In 9.0 it takes a long time. I guess what I did before was kill sndconfig before it had a chance to finish. This time I just left it, and when I came back 15 minutes later, it found the ESS card. Sucks that it took so long, but at least it works. Miark On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:28:00 -0500 Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 14 November 2002 01:33 pm, Miark wrote: > > I have the same problem with the ESS sound in my CTX laptop. It worked fine > > in previous versions of Mandrake, but it's dead in 9.0. In the past I've > > used sndconfig to get it working. In 9.0 sndconfig just hangs. > > > > What happens when you try sndconfig? > > I'm currently rebuilding the frickin kernel again, this time with the frickin > drivers (alsa and the solo 1 driver) built into the frickin kernel - no > modules - so I cannot test it yet. After the build and reboot, I'll give > sounddrake another shot and when it fails, I'll try sndconfig and let you > know that my system locks up. > > praedor > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake update
On Thursday 14 November 2002 10:53 am, Marek wrote: > Hi > > I would like to know to which directory are the updates stored to. So i > reuse them if need be. Hi Marek; They're hiding in file:/var/cache/urpmi/rpms after download; but it clears after they're installed, so you'd have to copy them somewhere else before that happens to save downloading them again. You have to get there as root (su) to achieve anything of course. Regards; -- Charlie Edmonton,AB,Canada Registered user 244963 at http://counter.li.org Creating computer software is always a demanding and painstaking process -- an exercise in logic, clear expression, and almost fanatical attention to detail. It requires intelligence, dedication, and an enormous amount of hard work. But, a certain amount of unpredictable and often unrepeatable inspiration is what usually makes the difference between adequacy and excellence. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound
On Thursday 14 November 2002 01:33 pm, Miark wrote: > I have the same problem with the ESS sound in my CTX laptop. It worked fine > in previous versions of Mandrake, but it's dead in 9.0. In the past I've > used sndconfig to get it working. In 9.0 sndconfig just hangs. > > What happens when you try sndconfig? I'm currently rebuilding the frickin kernel again, this time with the frickin drivers (alsa and the solo 1 driver) built into the frickin kernel - no modules - so I cannot test it yet. After the build and reboot, I'll give sounddrake another shot and when it fails, I'll try sndconfig and let you know that my system locks up. praedor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound
I have the same problem with the ESS sound in my CTX laptop. It worked fine in previous versions of Mandrake, but it's dead in 9.0. In the past I've used sndconfig to get it working. In 9.0 sndconfig just hangs. What happens when you try sndconfig? Miark On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 13:10:53 -0500 Praedor Tempus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have an IBM Thinkpad with an ESS Solo1 sound "card". It has worked fine > with most previous Mandrake kernels up to 2.4.18. I recently built and > installed the Mandrake 2.4.19 kernel (with the correct sound settings > selected in xconfig) and find it has totally croaked my sound. > > There is no /dev/dsp, no sound-slot-0, no sound-card-0, nothing. If I try to > run DrakConf and then run the harddrake to resetup the sound card, it fails > because it cannot find sound-slot-0. I have done a system search and > naturally this module doesn't exist. > > I have always used Alsa sound on my thinkpad and it has worked. Now that alsa > has been blended into the kernel, it no longer works. What does it take to > get sound working? > > There are no sound modules getting loaded at all during bootup. "Running > lspci -v" produces this for my soundcard > : > 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive > (rev 02) > Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 1002 > Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 > I/O ports at 7800 [size=64] > I/O ports at 7850 [size=16] > I/O ports at 7870 [size=16] > I/O ports at 7890 [size=4] > I/O ports at 78a4 [size=4] > Capabilities: > > Yup, there it is. It's just that Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 doesn't see it. > > What arcane trick is now necessary to get sound working again? > > praedor > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] LSI53C1030 SCSI
Hello I believe I have found the correct drivers for the LSI Logic 1030 SCSI adapter and I have it on diskette. However I could not get Mandrake 9.0 to prompt me for it. If there is an easier way or if the drivers for which I am looking have a different name in the default Mandrake install, please let me know. Thank you for your advice. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your site http://webhosting.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 royally screwed my sound
I have an IBM Thinkpad with an ESS Solo1 sound "card". It has worked fine with most previous Mandrake kernels up to 2.4.18. I recently built and installed the Mandrake 2.4.19 kernel (with the correct sound settings selected in xconfig) and find it has totally croaked my sound. There is no /dev/dsp, no sound-slot-0, no sound-card-0, nothing. If I try to run DrakConf and then run the harddrake to resetup the sound card, it fails because it cannot find sound-slot-0. I have done a system search and naturally this module doesn't exist. I have always used Alsa sound on my thinkpad and it has worked. Now that alsa has been blended into the kernel, it no longer works. What does it take to get sound working? There are no sound modules getting loaded at all during bootup. "Running lspci -v" produces this for my soundcard : 00:08.0 Multimedia audio controller: ESS Technology ES1969 Solo-1 Audiodrive (rev 02) Subsystem: Acer Incorporated [ALI]: Unknown device 1002 Flags: bus master, medium devsel, latency 32, IRQ 5 I/O ports at 7800 [size=64] I/O ports at 7850 [size=16] I/O ports at 7870 [size=16] I/O ports at 7890 [size=4] I/O ports at 78a4 [size=4] Capabilities: Yup, there it is. It's just that Mandrake kernel 2.4.19 doesn't see it. What arcane trick is now necessary to get sound working again? praedor Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] any thoughts on this rpm error?
I've come across this same message twice in the last week. I chalk it up to a bad package, but I'm not certain. Miark On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 01:19:12 -0600 "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # rm -rf /var/tmp/ > [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -ivh --allfiles --replacefiles --force > /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm > Preparing...### > [100%] >1:freeswan ### > [100%] > warning: created %_tmppath directory /var/tmp > /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.84265: /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-service: No such file or > directory > error: execution of %post scriptlet from freeswan-1.98b-1mdk failed, exit > status 127 > [root@rwideman2 share]# > [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -qa | grep freeswan > freeswan-1.98b-1mdk > [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -e /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm > error: package /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed > > > Robert Wideman > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mandrake update
Hi I would like to know to which directory are the updates stored to. So i reuse them if need be. -- Marek __ / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mounted Partition Restriction
Is there a way to increase the number of partitions that can be mounted? Any one know as I am trying to mount alll the partitions on my second harddrive but with no success. -- Altoine B Maximum Time Unlimited Chicago Based and Operated If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see how bad it is with representation. 2.4.19-19nds Mandrake Linux release 9.1 (Cooker) for i586 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] re: How to recover RPM database?
Subject: [expert] How to recover RPM database? From: David Guntner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 10:38:04 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I'm getting an error when I try to run rpm on anything. The message I get is: rpmdb: region error detected; run recovery. error: db4 error(-30981) from dbenv->open: DB_RUNRECOVERY: Fatal error, run database recovery error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - (-30981) There doesn't seem to be a recover option for rpm. "rpm --rebuilddb" gets that same error message. Anyone know what needs to be done to repair the RPM database? in /var/lib/rpm there are a couple of files __db.001 __db.002, erase them then try again to rebuild
Re: [expert] Avifile player
On Thu, 14 Nov 2002 09:28:04 +1100 Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any opinions on a good video card that doesn't use the nvidia chipset, > dual head and tvout would be nice if cheep enough. > I'm not interested in playing gamed on it. Both Matrox and ATI and offer dual head cards. I have a couple of ATI cards, none, are dual head, and I any quite happy with them. But I also have a GeForce2 and 3 and have not encountered the problem you had. As far as a dual head, especially if you do not care about 3d, I think Matrox has the better track record. Charles Fortune's real live weird band names #127: Carter the Unstoppable Sexmachine -- Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] any thoughts on this rpm error?
On Thursday 14 November 2002 02:19 am, Rob wrote: > [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -qa | grep freeswan > freeswan-1.98b-1mdk > [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -e /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm > error: package /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed freeswan-1.98b-1mdk is installed, but perhaps incorrectly. /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed, rpm -q looks at a string, not a file, and the string is not in the database. If you want to delete the package try "rpm -e freeswan-1.98b-1mdk" or "rpm -e freeswan" -- Alex / KC2IVL ft100 software for Linux http://www.qsl.net/kc2ivl "Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks
>Thanks Martin. > >I already have an Atapi CD-ROM. > >I believe (as it has been in the past), that the Adaptec AHA2940 SCSI Disk >controller is not supported in the installation. I need a solution. It is supported, I have it running but had the same problems during install tried different machines and so. Solution set the transfer rate to 20 MB/s on the controller. ( with new firmware default is 40MB/s). even have it running Raid 1 :-) /Glen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks
Thanks Martin. I already have an Atapi CD-ROM. I believe (as it has been in the past), that the Adaptec AHA2940 SCSI Disk controller is not supported in the installation. I need a solution. Martin Fahrendorf wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Am Mittwoch, 13. November 2002 22:18 schrieb Albert E. Whale: > > Can someone PLEASE explain to me why on Earth I cannot install LM 9.0 on > > a SCSI based system? It was running 8.2 fine, and my upgrade failed > > (something about the RPM Database rebuild failed, which then lead to an > > X Windows CRASH). > > > > After that I attempted Twice to Install LM 9.0. Each time fails at a > > different Point in the installation. > > > > WHY MUST I Boot off of the Floppy with a cdrom.img in order to install > > LM? > > > > Can someone PLEASE let me know why? What works differently from the > > traditional boot from CD-ROM? > > > > Hi, > > I had the same problem. The failed update attemp destroyed my rpm database. > every Install attemp faild at a other state. It seems to me like a bug in > supermount. Try to switch to a console (alt+F3 I think) and list the > content of your cdrom. there are lot of files missing. I solved it by > installing a ATAPI CD-ROM drive from my old machine and almost every thing > went through (besides a problem I had since mdk7.x with the graphical > installation). So supermount was a real Horror. I was so angry about it > that I compiled the new kernel without these crap (in my special > environment). > > Martin > > -- > > Albert E. Whale - CISSP > > http://www.abs-comptech.com > > -- > > ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists > > Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant > > Board of Directors - InfraGard - Pittsburgh, PA > > - -- > - > H E L I X Gesellschaft für Software & Engineering mbH > - > Hanauer Landstrasse 52 Telefon (069) 4789 35-30 > 60314 Frankfurt am Main Telefax (069) 4789 35-44 > - > http://www.helix-gmbh.net[EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE900WqBG198cnayKQRAhBLAJ9upvEoDp1phwr1lGf7tzRYKgQ55ACfeto+ > caE0CaW8Fi+EKH5g15pa4TE= > =jlfl > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant Board of Directors - InfraGard - Pittsburgh, PA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] any thoughts on this rpm error?
Rob wrote: # rm -rf /var/tmp/ [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -ivh --allfiles --replacefiles --force /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm Preparing...### [100%] 1:freeswan ### [100%] warning: created %_tmppath directory /var/tmp /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.84265: /usr/share/rpm-helper/add-service: No such file or directory error: execution of %post scriptlet from freeswan-1.98b-1mdk failed, exit status 127 [root@rwideman2 share]# [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -qa | grep freeswan freeswan-1.98b-1mdk [root@rwideman2 share]# rpm -e /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm error: package /root/freeswan-1.98b-1mdk.i586.rpm is not installed Robert Wideman try a --rebuilddb and then see if it still says the package is installed. it almost looks like there's something wrong with the script inside the package itself. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
