Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 08:08, Robert Goshko wrote: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 10:18, Jack Coates wrote: > > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 06:36, Luca Olivetti wrote: > > > Luca Olivetti wrote: > > > > > > > I can lock my 9.0 box at will, just capturing video or trying to use > > > > full duplex audio (when the load is high). > > > > > > BTW, minutes after writing this, my 3 years old son managed to freeze X > > > (no, not the whole system, I was running mozilla remotely with no > > > problem), but that's bound to happen with nvidia drivers :-\ > > > > > > Bye > > > > my four year old is the number one source of failure since I upgraded my > > power supply, he's a big fan of pushing buttons and pulling cords. > > My 16 month old like the nice power button with the green light on it... > it goes on and off and on and off step away from the machine. > > My 4 and 6 year olds both have their own machines ;) Rob, I'm actually saving a little Libretto I have for my 2 year old when he gets just a tad bigger... right size for father son coding sessions *grin* James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
I run Win4Lin 4 here. Just curious.. what can't you get running? I use it mostly for the occasional doc that OOo can't open as well as PSP and DreamWeaver. James On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 07:05, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 08 Feb 2003 5:10 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > > If I > > wouldn'tn have to interact with the accounting system I wouldn't have to > > boot back into windows at all. > > Have you considered win4lin for that need? Not everything works under it, but > if your does the feeling of release is great. You run your windows app > without having to re-boot. You get the windows functionality for that > purpose, but with linux stability - and if it does go down, you can exit > without bringing down your whole workstation. > > It's not free, but there's a money-back guarantee, I understand. > > Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake RPM updates
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:46, Michael Adams wrote: > I am making a guess that we are talking home use here? > > With todays modern hard disks, space is quite cheap (under $5US/Gbyte). How > about a three version install. (4-6GB each and 2 /home partitions on a 40GB > no problems). With jpg's, mp3's, ogg's etc on a seperate disk or backed up to > CD-R. You can have: > - Your stable version > - Your fiddle version (Stable with custom mods, new add-ons, and experiments) > - Mandrakes upcoming release/ bleeding edge/ whizzbang version. > This is my aim soon as i buy the disk. I think Tom does this well. He has > full cooker as one version IIRC. Hard Drives are cheap... if it's the other guy buying it. (and those dang IDE monsters don't fit in my laptop.) I for one would like to be productive WITH my software not TO my software. Heck with a one year life and a new version every 6 months, I rarely get a chance to do just that. In the past I agree the advances were made so fast that you did have to publish or perish when it came to new software. Now, maybe the original posters concept has more merit. 9.1 is about to come out and 9.0 is really just starting to get stable. (the bain of 0 versions.) I'm really not sure what the answer is here. But this I do know. IF Mandrake is going to be on the Desktop of business everywhere (Which it is more than qualified to do.), something has to give. It could well be time to consider the idea of a distro a year. Heck Debian hasn't released in how many years? OpenBSD releases what every 18 to 24 months? Or maybe a concept like FreeBSD. 3 branches Stable Release and Current ... or in other terms It works well enough for production. We think it's ready, and good luck.*grin* James > > Unfortunately bleeding edge software is often created for the latest greatest > version kernel/compiler/window manager. > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:31, Robert Wideman wrote: > > >> This is probably a difficult ask. But what I would like to see > > >> is a longer time between versions (eg. 12+ months) for the regular > > >> desktop edition, and a simple, reliable method for updating > > >> packages in the meantime for those who want to (for all those > > >> things that don't qualify for Mandrake's Update facility). > > > > I totally agree with this. I cant stand the fact that an OS is released > > even every 2 years. I think they should stick with updates as opposed to > > version release and just do the updates. But then again i have heard about > > ppl having NO problems with release UPGRADES. I havent tried it myself. I > > dont believe in OS upgrades (then again that is a MS issue). > > > > >> I often grab things from cooker - generally source RPMs - to > > >> install myself. But as time goes by, depencancy issues and library > > >> incompatibilities increase until I give up and simply wait for the > > >> next Mandrake upgrade. It would be nice if this was different. > > > > I will have to try this out myself on the updates and such. But i > > personally wait till they come out from the stable releases unless it is > > something like DVDRip or something like that that is bleeding edge new. > > > > Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Syncing Handspring Visor Deluxe?!
On Monday 10 February 2003 08:44 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:04, Rob Blomquist wrote: > > I am not new to linux, but new to Mandrake and USB stuff. > > > > I am having a problem consistantly syncing my visor using > > KPilot/JPilot and anything else. Basically, I have attempted to > > follow every step to perfection, and I will sync 1 out of 20 > > times attempting, but I keep failing. > > oh yeah, that means the connectizoid has come defroozled from the > left side. Tighten it up and all will be well. Ah, yes, oh master, I see the connectizoid is dangling by a participle, let me froozle it and life will be grand. > > I can't imagine that there is no one else with these problems, > > and I am curious how they can be solved. > > Tell us which problems and you might get a useful answer. Some > things to consider: > > 1) USB devices don't exist in Linux until there's a signal on the > bus; there isn't one with Visor/Clie/&c until you press hotsync. 2) > look in the log file after pressing the button and you'll find out > whether the kernel is recognizing that something happened and > loading the proper module without errors. You'll also see what port > the thing's going to show up at. > 3) user-space programs won't work until the above is straightened > out. I have created /dev/ttyUSB0 and ttyUSB1, set them to 666, then symlinked ttyUSB1 to /dev/pilot. In KPilot, I have set the program to use /dev/pilot at 9600 baud. I hook up the hotsync block to the USB port, push the hotsync button, the Visor wakes, KPilot wakes, giving a desktop icon, I click it, and (Log file from KPilot) Version: KPilot 4.3.6 (3_1_BRANCH) Version: pilot-link 0.11.3 Version: KDE 3.1.0 Version: Qt 3.1.1 HotSync Log 21:26:39 Trying to open device... 21:26:39 Device link ready. 21:27:07 Can't accept Pilot (Connection timed out) Now, in /var/log/messages the following is being recorded: Feb 10 21:26:35 timmy2 kernel: hub.c: USB new device connect on bus2/3, assigned device number 20 Feb 10 21:26:35 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor converter detected Feb 10 21:26:35 timmy2 kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: Number of ports: 2 Feb 10 21:26:35 timmy2 kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: port 1, is for Generic use and is bound to ttyUSB0 Feb 10 21:26:35 timmy2 kernel: visor.c: Handspring Visor: port 2, is for HotSync use and is bound to ttyUSB1 Feb 10 21:26:35 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor converter now attached to ttyUSB0 (or usb/tts/0 for devfs) Feb 10 21:26:35 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs) Feb 10 21:26:38 timmy2 /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: Setup visor for USB product 82d/100/100 Feb 10 21:27:29 timmy2 kernel: usb.c: USB disconnect on device 20 Feb 10 21:27:29 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor converter now disconnected from ttyUSB0 Feb 10 21:27:29 timmy2 kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor converter now disconnected from ttyUSB1 The kernel messages are basically the same whether or not the Visor syncs. The problem that I have is that I can't figure out why KPilot syncs or fails to sync. Is there something that I am doing/have done/will do wrong? Why does it seem that I am so close to consistantly syncing yet so far away? Grasshopper -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux and lived happily ever after. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:41, Lorne wrote: > On Monday 10 February 2003 03:19 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Monday 10 Feb 2003 9:08 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > > >>Anne Wilson wrote: > > >>>On Saturday 08 Feb 2003 5:10 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > > If I > > wouldn'tn have to interact with the accounting system I wouldn't have > > to boot back into windows at all. > > >>> > > >>>Have you considered win4lin for that need? Not everything works under > > >>>it, but if your does the feeling of release is great. You run your > > >>>windows app without having to re-boot. You get the windows > > >>> functionality for that purpose, but with linux stability - and if it > > >>> does go down, you can exit without bringing down your whole > > >>> workstation. > > >>> > > >>>It's not free, but there's a money-back guarantee, I understand. > > >>> > > >>>Anne > > >> > > >>HI Anne, > > >> > > >>Actually I have tried that and one of those 'things' that didn't work > > >>was networking, and the accounting system software, which is why I was > > >>trying it in the first place. :( I "was" rather hoping it would work > > >>because I hate having to stop what I'm doing cause Winders has to crap. > > > > > > Sorry to hear that - it's so good when it does work. I haven't really > > > looked at the network problem at all - our lan is pretty light use except > > > for the internet access. I avoid using that under windows because of the > > > reduced security, so I haven't much info on what I can get going and what > > > I can't with regard to networking. > > > > > > Anne > > > > As I understand it VMWare will do what I needed Win4Lin to do but at > > quite a bit more cost. > > There is another product that will run a bunch of windows apps. I can't recall > the name of it for the life of me. It runs office, explorer, notes and some > others beautifully. It is also commercial. > > AHHH... Crossover office by codeweavers. I've not checked out what they've > done recently but a year ago when they released the first version it was > pretty darned good! > Used 1.2 when mdk9.0 came out and had to ask for my money back, sadly, as it had great difficulty installing Office 97, wasn't stable, and couldn't run Visio for beans (that was listed as bronze at the time, the Codeweavers guys get nothing but kudos from me for even undertaking the effort). I tell you, iexplore.exe running in Linux is a jarring sight. And you know something else, it was blazing fast; faster than any Win2K install I've ever seen. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Syncing Handspring Visor Deluxe?!
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 20:04, Rob Blomquist wrote: > I am not new to linux, but new to Mandrake and USB stuff. > > I am having a problem consistantly syncing my visor using > KPilot/JPilot and anything else. Basically, I have attempted to > follow every step to perfection, and I will sync 1 out of 20 times > attempting, but I keep failing. > oh yeah, that means the connectizoid has come defroozled from the left side. Tighten it up and all will be well. > I can't imagine that there is no one else with these problems, and I > am curious how they can be solved. > Tell us which problems and you might get a useful answer. Some things to consider: 1) USB devices don't exist in Linux until there's a signal on the bus; there isn't one with Visor/Clie/&c until you press hotsync. 2) look in the log file after pressing the button and you'll find out whether the kernel is recognizing that something happened and loading the proper module without errors. You'll also see what port the thing's going to show up at. 3) user-space programs won't work until the above is straightened out. > Rob -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Monday 10 February 2003 03:19 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Monday 10 Feb 2003 9:08 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > >>Anne Wilson wrote: > >>>On Saturday 08 Feb 2003 5:10 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > If I > wouldn'tn have to interact with the accounting system I wouldn't have > to boot back into windows at all. > >>> > >>>Have you considered win4lin for that need? Not everything works under > >>>it, but if your does the feeling of release is great. You run your > >>>windows app without having to re-boot. You get the windows > >>> functionality for that purpose, but with linux stability - and if it > >>> does go down, you can exit without bringing down your whole > >>> workstation. > >>> > >>>It's not free, but there's a money-back guarantee, I understand. > >>> > >>>Anne > >> > >>HI Anne, > >> > >>Actually I have tried that and one of those 'things' that didn't work > >>was networking, and the accounting system software, which is why I was > >>trying it in the first place. :( I "was" rather hoping it would work > >>because I hate having to stop what I'm doing cause Winders has to crap. > > > > Sorry to hear that - it's so good when it does work. I haven't really > > looked at the network problem at all - our lan is pretty light use except > > for the internet access. I avoid using that under windows because of the > > reduced security, so I haven't much info on what I can get going and what > > I can't with regard to networking. > > > > Anne > > As I understand it VMWare will do what I needed Win4Lin to do but at > quite a bit more cost. There is another product that will run a bunch of windows apps. I can't recall the name of it for the life of me. It runs office, explorer, notes and some others beautifully. It is also commercial. AHHH... Crossover office by codeweavers. I've not checked out what they've done recently but a year ago when they released the first version it was pretty darned good! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake RPM updates
I am making a guess that we are talking home use here? With todays modern hard disks, space is quite cheap (under $5US/Gbyte). How about a three version install. (4-6GB each and 2 /home partitions on a 40GB no problems). With jpg's, mp3's, ogg's etc on a seperate disk or backed up to CD-R. You can have: - Your stable version - Your fiddle version (Stable with custom mods, new add-ons, and experiments) - Mandrakes upcoming release/ bleeding edge/ whizzbang version. This is my aim soon as i buy the disk. I think Tom does this well. He has full cooker as one version IIRC. Unfortunately bleeding edge software is often created for the latest greatest version kernel/compiler/window manager. On Tue, 11 Feb 2003 12:31, Robert Wideman wrote: > >> This is probably a difficult ask. But what I would like to see > >> is a longer time between versions (eg. 12+ months) for the regular > >> desktop edition, and a simple, reliable method for updating > >> packages in the meantime for those who want to (for all those > >> things that don't qualify for Mandrake's Update facility). > > I totally agree with this. I cant stand the fact that an OS is released > even every 2 years. I think they should stick with updates as opposed to > version release and just do the updates. But then again i have heard about > ppl having NO problems with release UPGRADES. I havent tried it myself. I > dont believe in OS upgrades (then again that is a MS issue). > > >> I often grab things from cooker - generally source RPMs - to > >> install myself. But as time goes by, depencancy issues and library > >> incompatibilities increase until I give up and simply wait for the > >> next Mandrake upgrade. It would be nice if this was different. > > I will have to try this out myself on the updates and such. But i > personally wait till they come out from the stable releases unless it is > something like DVDRip or something like that that is bleeding edge new. > > Rob -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Directory Structure question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David E. Fox wrote on Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 07:45:24PM -0800 : > > What directory should I place the scripts in instead? So far I am just > > using /sbin. Should I instead use /usr/sbin, for example? > Someplace under /usr/local. That's because /usr is for stuff that the > system supplies. Your scripts are "local" to your system; thus you > should put them somewhere underneath /usr/local/ /usr/local/sbin would > be a good spot. That Mandrake doesn't seem to use it is really an > illusion, since it's not supposed to use /usr/local anyway. If you install from source, it should go in /usr/local. If you are packaging an rpm, it should install in /usr. I couldn't tell exactly what he was doing. Blue skies... Todd - -- MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com Mandrake: An amalgam of good ideas from RedHat, Debian, and MandrakeSoft. All in all, IMHO, an unbeatable combination. --Levi Ramsey on Cooker ML Mandrake Cooker Devel Version, Kernel 2.4.21pre4-1mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SHj5lp7v05cW2woRAlTyAKC+hrMyd19+U9gM1e/GTac5TfiyXwCgilhr BQVfKtcLbTWhwJxgVTTjSSE= =ykiR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Syncing Handspring Visor Deluxe?!
I am not new to linux, but new to Mandrake and USB stuff. I am having a problem consistantly syncing my visor using KPilot/JPilot and anything else. Basically, I have attempted to follow every step to perfection, and I will sync 1 out of 20 times attempting, but I keep failing. I can't imagine that there is no one else with these problems, and I am curious how they can be solved. Rob -- Rob Blomquist Kirkland, WA On the side of the software box, in the 'System Requirements' section, it said 'Requires Windows 95 or better'. So I installed Linux and lived happily ever after. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] more msec woes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 . wrote on Sun, Feb 09, 2003 at 01:53:46AM -0600 : > I have to say msec is the single most frustrating piece of mandrake. > I have severla mandrake machines, and on all but one the > /etc/security/msec/perm.local file will successfully change the > permissions and ownership of files listed in it. For some reason, on > this one single box it seems to be ignored. I've gone so far as copy > the file from a working machine. Anyone else run into this problem and > solve it? ls /etc/cron.daily ls /etc/cron.hourly There should be a symlink to msec. Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Security is like an onion. It's made | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | made up of several layers and makes | | http://www.mandrakelinux.com | you cry. --Howard Chu| Mandrake Cooker Devel Version, Kernel 2.4.21pre4-1mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SHKWlp7v05cW2woRAsBGAKCGj+8UzFnlvdEYTiBcNYdjjcG73ACffVaG BWImSMyI79x9d+5CPbsFM6Y= =Tc9v -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Directory Structure question
> What directory should I place the scripts in instead? So far I am just > using /sbin. Should I instead use /usr/sbin, for example? Someplace under /usr/local. That's because /usr is for stuff that the system supplies. Your scripts are "local" to your system; thus you should put them somewhere underneath /usr/local/ /usr/local/sbin would be a good spot. That Mandrake doesn't seem to use it is really an illusion, since it's not supposed to use /usr/local anyway. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Java problems
You might want to check out the sun java page. There is some documentation about java that is compiled with the newer gcc, at least newer than 2.96. Seems that it is broke, and until sun releases a newer java version, we are stuck with java that does not totally work when compiled with the newer gcc's. drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net Art is the illusion of spontaneity Ken Thompson wrote: On Sunday 09 February 2003 07:30 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: What happens if you type java -version from the command line? Or from a KDE run dialogue? Damon On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 15:16, Ken Thompson wrote: I have java installed and it was working to let me administer my firewall in KDE 3.0.5 on Mandrake 9.0. I upgraded to KDE3.1 and now it says applet is loaded but I can see nothing. On another machine running mandrake 9.1b3 and KDE3.1 I get the same thing. The java version is SUN's JRE-1.4, anyone know why or what I can change to make it work again? Ken Thompson Payette, Idaho [ken@localhost ken]$ java -version bash: java: command not found [ken@localhost ken]$ su Password: [root@localhost ken]# java -version bash: java: command not found [root@localhost ken]# = Java is in /usr/java/j2re1.4.0.. SUN binary RPM.. 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] adding scsi tape drive
I have just added a scsi card (adaptec) and a DDS4 4mm dat drive. How do I get Linux to know the tape drive is installed and talking to it? Thanks, Mike -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Mandrake RPM updates
>> This is probably a difficult ask. But what I would like to see >> is a longer time between versions (eg. 12+ months) for the regular >> desktop edition, and a simple, reliable method for updating >> packages in the meantime for those who want to (for all those >> things that don't qualify for Mandrake's Update facility). I totally agree with this. I cant stand the fact that an OS is released even every 2 years. I think they should stick with updates as opposed to version release and just do the updates. But then again i have heard about ppl having NO problems with release UPGRADES. I havent tried it myself. I dont believe in OS upgrades (then again that is a MS issue). >> I often grab things from cooker - generally source RPMs - to >> install myself. But as time goes by, depencancy issues and library >> incompatibilities increase until I give up and simply wait for the >> next Mandrake upgrade. It would be nice if this was different. I will have to try this out myself on the updates and such. But i personally wait till they come out from the stable releases unless it is something like DVDRip or something like that that is bleeding edge new. Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Directory Structure question
I am already in contact with him. He has been a great help. :-) I've actually found the information I was looking for here: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/basics/index.html#fad I am not sure whether or not he monitors this list, but Buchan Milne would probably be a great person to ask about this. If he does not post here, you can find his contact info at http://ranger.dnsalias.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake RPM updates
This is probably a difficult ask. But what I would like to see
is a longer time between versions (eg. 12+ months) for the regular
desktop edition, and a simple, reliable method for updating
packages in the meantime for those who want to (for all those
things that don't qualify for Mandrake's Update facility).
I often grab things from cooker - generally source RPMs - to
install myself. But as time goes by, depencancy issues and library
incompatibilities increase until I give up and simply wait for the
next Mandrake upgrade. It would be nice if this was different.
I'm not really expecting all this to happen, but at least I have
got it off my chest.
Brian.
From: Vincent Danen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake RPM updates
Date: Fri, 7 Feb 2003 10:44:32 -0700
On Fri Feb 07, 2003 at 02:14:34PM +0800, Franki wrote:
> I totally agree.. Vincent made a statement that mdk was a desktop OS..
and
> that as such had no obligations to be a server..
Having said that, Corporate Server 2.1 is now available, and it is a
server OS. The support timeframe will likely be 3-4 years, possibly
more. I'm not 100% sure on this yet (not my call).
I understand doing updates yourself is a bore and PITA (oh boy do I
know!), and reinstalling a server every 18mos is also a nuisance.
Corporate Server will alleviate this. It will have 12-18mos between
versions, so will be a much slower pace than the main distrib (Mandrake
Linux), and should certainly meet your needs.
There is a PR on the mandrakesoft.com website about it; I don't have
the URL handy at the moment.
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Re: [expert] kernel 2.4.19-24 and removable media bug?
> Maybe the Texstar rpms are causing it in my case, and I should try the > Mandrake version. Robert Crawford No, I have the mandrake rpms for kde 3.1 and with the 2.4.19-24 kernel I have the same kfmclients error problems (not with the original 9.0 kernel). Also I can't open any cdrom nor floppy from the removable media icon. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) > > On Monday 10 February 2003 01:18 pm, Robert Goshko wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 09:02, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Monday 10 February 2003 10:33 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I have upgraded the kernel of my laptop (not my main computer because > > > > the problems with nvidia modules). Supermount is now fine, but the > > > > removable media icon crashes everytime I try to open a cdrom or a > > > > floppy. > > > > I must say that I am using Mandrake 9 with the new kernel and kde 3.1 > > > > from club. > > > > > > > > Is this a general problem or just mine? > > > > > > > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > > > > > I think that is a KDE bug not a kenel bug. I am getting all kinds of > > > kfmclient errors when accessing devices through the desktop icons. > > > > I get the same kind of problem with KDE 3.1 as well both on 9.0 and > > 9.1b3, KDE 3.0.3 was fine with a 2.4.20-2 kernel. > > > > -- > > ...Rob > > > > -- Putting the K in quality for 10^-2 centuries. > > > > = > > Robert Goshko Axis Computer Consulting Services, Inc > > President Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada > > http://www.axis-dev.ca/ Supporting the Revolution In Your World > > = > > Registered Linux User #260513GNU/Linux i686 2.4.20-2mdk-725ca > > > > 11:17am up 5:07, 4 users, load average: 1.88, 1.81, 1.56 -- Francisco Alcaraz Ariza Departamento de Biología Vegetal Universidad de Murcia E-30100 Murcia España (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Radeon 8500LE PBA in MDK9
Hi all.. I can't get any driver (thanks god for the vesa driver!) to work. I've got a Sapphire 8500LE, and the drivers that come with MDK9 fail with an error that the Rage Theather chip isn't initialized, nad that the module radeon_drv is unresolved... I tried the ATI binary drivers , the latest incarnation which is said to work with PBA cards... it compiles fine ( what a mess ATI did though.. if it's RPM why don't they just offer the drivers pre-compilde for all the major distros? too lazy for testing anything but RHs?) But even then the drivers fail if GLX extensions are enabled, the X-server just crash. It runs fine without GLX - but then , no games, no 3D stuff... Any thoughts? has someone with a Sapphire card - or other PBA card - managed to get 3D accleration working in MDK9? I heard people with Slackware had no problems. I think the problem may be in MDK's kernel or the Xfree version - ATI seems to have tested their driver in X 4.2.0 only. TIA Wooky -- "Discussing this document with a US citizen may be an offence." From the disclaimer of "Security Holes Fixed in Linux 2.4.19", by RH Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 10 Feb 2003 9:08 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 08 Feb 2003 5:10 am, Mark Weaver wrote: If I wouldn'tn have to interact with the accounting system I wouldn't have to boot back into windows at all. Have you considered win4lin for that need? Not everything works under it, but if your does the feeling of release is great. You run your windows app without having to re-boot. You get the windows functionality for that purpose, but with linux stability - and if it does go down, you can exit without bringing down your whole workstation. It's not free, but there's a money-back guarantee, I understand. Anne HI Anne, Actually I have tried that and one of those 'things' that didn't work was networking, and the accounting system software, which is why I was trying it in the first place. :( I "was" rather hoping it would work because I hate having to stop what I'm doing cause Winders has to crap. Sorry to hear that - it's so good when it does work. I haven't really looked at the network problem at all - our lan is pretty light use except for the internet access. I avoid using that under windows because of the reduced security, so I haven't much info on what I can get going and what I can't with regard to networking. Anne As I understand it VMWare will do what I needed Win4Lin to do but at quite a bit more cost. -- Mark --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 & 9.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Samba hide "." prefixed dirs?
This time Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes: > On Monday 10 Feb 2003 3:52 pm, J. Grant wrote: >> Hi, >> >> > If you mean you don't want them seen on the windows box, it's the show >> > hidden files setting in windows explorer. >> >> I did think there was an smb.conf option as well as this explorer option. >> >> I'm sure I saw it before, now when I need it I can't find it! >> > I had the same feeling, but couldn't find it. Trust me - if you go into the > folder properties and unselect 'show hidden file' all will be well. I had to > do that :) How about sticking: hide dot files = yes in your [general] section? That works better :) Vox -- Think of the Linux community as a niche economy isolated by its beliefs. Kind of like the Amish, except that our religion requires us to use _higher_ technology than everyone else. -- Donald B. Marti Jr. msg65840/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Monday 10 Feb 2003 9:08 pm, Mark Weaver wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 08 Feb 2003 5:10 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > >>If I > >>wouldn'tn have to interact with the accounting system I wouldn't have to > >>boot back into windows at all. > > > > Have you considered win4lin for that need? Not everything works under > > it, but if your does the feeling of release is great. You run your > > windows app without having to re-boot. You get the windows functionality > > for that purpose, but with linux stability - and if it does go down, you > > can exit without bringing down your whole workstation. > > > > It's not free, but there's a money-back guarantee, I understand. > > > > Anne > > HI Anne, > > Actually I have tried that and one of those 'things' that didn't work > was networking, and the accounting system software, which is why I was > trying it in the first place. :( I "was" rather hoping it would work > because I hate having to stop what I'm doing cause Winders has to crap. Sorry to hear that - it's so good when it does work. I haven't really looked at the network problem at all - our lan is pretty light use except for the internet access. I avoid using that under windows because of the reduced security, so I haven't much info on what I can get going and what I can't with regard to networking. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] PHP 4.3.0 and Horde 2.2 - Problems with GETTEXT
Horde requires gettext support and as it seems that gettext is in
libphp_common430 on the php version available from COOKER, Horde doesn't
find it
-- From Horde/test.php --
$gettext = load_extension('gettext');
-
How can I get Horde to use the libphp_common gettext? I'm not in the mood
to start compiling PHP myself as it's so far worked marvelously from RPM.
If this question doesn't belong to this list, then please direct me to a
more correct one :)
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Re: [expert] Directory Structure question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 10 February 2003 04:38 pm, Jim C wrote: > I am adding some touches to Mandrake's samba-2.2.7a rpm (specificly the > samba-ldap version) and I have a question about the directory structure > that Mandrake uses. Basically what we have are som Perl scripts that > were developed for Redhat and consequently are located in > /usr/local/sbin which Mandrake doesn't seem to use by default. > > What directory should I place the scripts in instead? So far I am just > using /sbin. Should I instead use /usr/sbin, for example? I am not sure whether or not he monitors this list, but Buchan Milne would probably be a great person to ask about this. If he does not post here, you can find his contact info at http://ranger.dnsalias.com - -- Greg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SCGhwDpHP6GALAARAp9cAJsFZRchVW7oMlFMN69UdE1LgUCO5ACeNQTX ttuTWtsgQoU0RvI18+11vq8= =0WpO -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Directory Structure question
I am adding some touches to Mandrake's samba-2.2.7a rpm (specificly the samba-ldap version) and I have a question about the directory structure that Mandrake uses. Basically what we have are som Perl scripts that were developed for Redhat and consequently are located in /usr/local/sbin which Mandrake doesn't seem to use by default. What directory should I place the scripts in instead? So far I am just using /sbin. Should I instead use /usr/sbin, for example? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 08 Feb 2003 5:10 am, Mark Weaver wrote: If I wouldn'tn have to interact with the accounting system I wouldn't have to boot back into windows at all. Have you considered win4lin for that need? Not everything works under it, but if your does the feeling of release is great. You run your windows app without having to re-boot. You get the windows functionality for that purpose, but with linux stability - and if it does go down, you can exit without bringing down your whole workstation. It's not free, but there's a money-back guarantee, I understand. Anne HI Anne, Actually I have tried that and one of those 'things' that didn't work was networking, and the accounting system software, which is why I was trying it in the first place. :( I "was" rather hoping it would work because I hate having to stop what I'm doing cause Winders has to crap. -- Mark --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 & 9.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
Luca Olivetti wrote: Jack Coates wrote: BTW, minutes after writing this, my 3 years old son managed to freeze X (no, not the whole system, I was running mozilla remotely with no problem), but that's bound to happen with nvidia drivers :-\ Bye my four year old is the number one source of failure since I upgraded my power supply, he's a big fan of pushing buttons and pulling cords. Oh, I have all buttons and switches disconnected, he managed to lock it up just using it, and since he has no root privileges he managed to lock it with userspace programs (yes, I just had to reboot because he did it again). I'm thinking it's time to give up on nvidia crap and go back to the nv driver (though it will be tough to explain him why he cannot play tuxracer, armagetron and cannon smash). Bye Good heavens! I, and my 6 year old grand daughter play those games with the i810 integrated vid card on my Dell Dimension. works just fine. -- Mark --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 & 9.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernel 2.4.19-24 and removable media bug?
H.. I too get kfmclient errors with kde 3.1 (Texstar's rpms) and the stock 2.4.19 Mandrake kernel. I just installed the 2.4.21-pre4 cooker kernel on a fresh 9.0 install, and it seems fine so far with kde 3.0.3. I also ran a standard kernel.org 2.4.20 kernel with the ck preemptive patch, and it worked perfect with kde 3.0.3, and was noticably snappier than either 2.4.19. or 2.4.20 without the preeemtive patch. I really like kde 3.1, but that kfm error thing is annoying. Has anyone figured it out yet? Maybe the Texstar rpms are causing it in my case, and I should try the Mandrake version. Robert Crawford On Monday 10 February 2003 01:18 pm, Robert Goshko wrote: > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 09:02, Greg Meyer wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Monday 10 February 2003 10:33 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > > I have upgraded the kernel of my laptop (not my main computer because > > > the problems with nvidia modules). Supermount is now fine, but the > > > removable media icon crashes everytime I try to open a cdrom or a > > > floppy. > > > I must say that I am using Mandrake 9 with the new kernel and kde 3.1 > > > from club. > > > > > > Is this a general problem or just mine? > > > > > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > > > > > > I think that is a KDE bug not a kenel bug. I am getting all kinds of > > kfmclient errors when accessing devices through the desktop icons. > > > I get the same kind of problem with KDE 3.1 as well both on 9.0 and > 9.1b3, KDE 3.0.3 was fine with a 2.4.20-2 kernel. > > -- > ...Rob > > -- Putting the K in quality for 10^-2 centuries. > > = > Robert Goshko Axis Computer Consulting Services, Inc > President Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada > http://www.axis-dev.ca/ Supporting the Revolution In Your World > = > Registered Linux User #260513GNU/Linux i686 2.4.20-2mdk-725ca > > 11:17am up 5:07, 4 users, load average: 1.88, 1.81, 1.56 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] File Permissions
Please excuse me ... I was looking at some old emails and realized that Todd Lyons had give me an answer to this question. I was not in my normal work environment when I got the email so I misplaced it. His answer worked ... Thanks Todd!!! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of H. Carter Harris Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] File Permissions I have been reading the Wrox book on Perl and the O'Reilly book on Apache but I'm having a lot of trouble getting the examples and exercises to work on a Mandrake system. I have also read the Apache documentation but that hasn't helped either. I'm beginning to feel like a real imbecile. What I am trying to do is get a cgi script to execute under apache. I have two pages defined under this domain. A default page with is displayed as it should be when a browser is pointed to the domain name. And a cgi page which generates the following error: "You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/cgihello.plx on this server." The permissions on the cgi-bin directory are: drwxr-xfr-x The permissions on the cgi program are: -rwxr-xr-x As you can deduct from the VirtualHost block for this domain below, the htdocs directory and the cgi-bin directory are on the same level. I considered that maybe the cgi-bin directory should be under the htdocs directory but nothing I read seemed to have such a restriction. ServerName www.domainname.com DocumentRoot /usr/www/vtest/htdocs ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/www/vtest/cgi-bin/ Options +ExecCGI Indexes MultiViews AddHandler cgi-script cgi plx pl AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all I added the AddHandler directive because the Wrox book was using .plx as the extension and I thought maybe it wasn't executing the file. I wondered if the first line of the cgi script (#!/usr/bin/perl) was not pointing to the perl program in Mandrake but I looked there and and that seems to be correct. I tried putting the ScriptAlias inside the Directory block but that gave me an error when I gracefully restated apache. Apache is version 1.3 running on version 8 of Mandrake. I would really appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance, Carter. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Samba hide "." prefixed dirs?
Go here. Its #5. http://www.faqchest.com/linux/samba-l/smb-00/smb-0011/smb00110910_17247.html This was the 2nd to last link on a search on google for "samba hide hidden"...FYI from an email "Searching 101". Rob >> -Original Message- >> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Anne Wilson >> Sent: Monday, February 10, 2003 1:28 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: Re: [expert] Samba hide "." prefixed dirs? >> >> >> On Monday 10 Feb 2003 3:52 pm, J. Grant wrote: >> > Hi, >> > >> > > If you mean you don't want them seen on the windows box, >> it's the show >> > > hidden files setting in windows explorer. >> > >> > I did think there was an smb.conf option as well as this >> explorer option. >> > >> > I'm sure I saw it before, now when I need it I can't find it! >> > >> I had the same feeling, but couldn't find it. Trust me - if you >> go into the >> folder properties and unselect 'show hidden file' all will be >> well. I had to >> do that :) >> >> Anne >> -- >> Registered Linux User No.293302 >> >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Samba hide "." prefixed dirs?
On Monday 10 Feb 2003 3:52 pm, J. Grant wrote: > Hi, > > > If you mean you don't want them seen on the windows box, it's the show > > hidden files setting in windows explorer. > > I did think there was an smb.conf option as well as this explorer option. > > I'm sure I saw it before, now when I need it I can't find it! > I had the same feeling, but couldn't find it. Trust me - if you go into the folder properties and unselect 'show hidden file' all will be well. I had to do that :) Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] File Permissions
I have been reading the Wrox book on Perl and the O'Reilly book on Apache but I'm having a lot of trouble getting the examples and exercises to work on a Mandrake system. I have also read the Apache documentation but that hasn't helped either. I'm beginning to feel like a real imbecile. What I am trying to do is get a cgi script to execute under apache. I have two pages defined under this domain. A default page with is displayed as it should be when a browser is pointed to the domain name. And a cgi page which generates the following error: "You don't have permission to access /cgi-bin/cgihello.plx on this server." The permissions on the cgi-bin directory are: drwxr-xfr-x The permissions on the cgi program are: -rwxr-xr-x As you can deduct from the VirtualHost block for this domain below, the htdocs directory and the cgi-bin directory are on the same level. I considered that maybe the cgi-bin directory should be under the htdocs directory but nothing I read seemed to have such a restriction. ServerName www.domainname.com DocumentRoot /usr/www/vtest/htdocs ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /usr/www/vtest/cgi-bin/ Options +ExecCGI Indexes MultiViews AddHandler cgi-script cgi plx pl AllowOverride None Order allow,deny Allow from all I added the AddHandler directive because the Wrox book was using .plx as the extension and I thought maybe it wasn't executing the file. I wondered if the first line of the cgi script (#!/usr/bin/perl) was not pointing to the perl program in Mandrake but I looked there and and that seems to be correct. I tried putting the ScriptAlias inside the Directory block but that gave me an error when I gracefully restated apache. Apache is version 1.3 running on version 8 of Mandrake. I would really appreciate any advice. Thanks in advance, Carter. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernel 2.4.19-24 and removable media bug?
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 09:02, Greg Meyer wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 10 February 2003 10:33 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have upgraded the kernel of my laptop (not my main computer because > > the problems with nvidia modules). Supermount is now fine, but the > > removable media icon crashes everytime I try to open a cdrom or a floppy. > > > > I must say that I am using Mandrake 9 with the new kernel and kde 3.1 > > from club. > > > > Is this a general problem or just mine? > > > > Thanks in advance for the help, > > > I think that is a KDE bug not a kenel bug. I am getting all kinds of > kfmclient errors when accessing devices through the desktop icons. I get the same kind of problem with KDE 3.1 as well both on 9.0 and 9.1b3, KDE 3.0.3 was fine with a 2.4.20-2 kernel. -- ...Rob -- Putting the K in quality for 10^-2 centuries. = Robert Goshko Axis Computer Consulting Services, Inc President Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada http://www.axis-dev.ca/ Supporting the Revolution In Your World = Registered Linux User #260513GNU/Linux i686 2.4.20-2mdk-725ca 11:17am up 5:07, 4 users, load average: 1.88, 1.81, 1.56 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
RE: [expert] A moment of Silence. Columbia, NOT Challanger.
good thing it never made it into space... If it followed the trekkie version, it'd end up being destroyed, partially or fully at each outting (movie). So what happened to the Enterprise?? is it at the NASA museum?? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Rankin Sent: Tuesday, 11 February 2003 1:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] A moment of Silence. Columbia, NOT Challanger. Yep, it was enterprise. "Matthew O. Persico" wrote: > On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 22:07:40 -0600, David Rankin wrote: > >Trivia: > > > >OV-98 (Drop test vehicle - never flown aside from glide tests pre STS-1) > > Wasn't this named Enterprise? I remember a big deal about Trekkers trying > to get a shuttle named after the ship in Star Trek. > > >OV-99 Challenger > >OV-102 Columbia > >OV-103 Discovery > >OV-104 Atlantis > >OV-105-Endeavor > > > > > >-- > >David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. > >Rankin * Bertin, PLLC > >510 Ochiltree Street > >Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > >(936) 715-9333 > >- Original Message - > >From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 9:23 PM > >Subject: RE: [expert] A moment of Silence. Columbia, NOT Challanger. > > > > > >>Ok, I will go along with that, except to say that its the > >>"Columbia" we > >>should be remembering.. > >> > >>Challanger happened 17 years ago. > >> > >>rgds > >> > >>Frank > >> > >>-Original Message- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James > >>Sparenberg > >>Sent: Sunday, 2 February 2003 6:55 AM > >>To: Expert List > >>Subject: [expert] A moment of Silence. > >> > >> > >>In honor of the men and women of the space shuttle challenger. > >>Please a > >>moment of silence. And an awareness of the tragic effect a "small > >>problem" can bring. > >> > >>I respectfully submit that to properly honor these men and women > >>from > >>many Nations, no replies or additional comments be made on this > >>list. > >>Please, hold your replies and your prayers in your hearts so that > >>your > >>God may see them and be with the families of those we have lost. > >> > >> > >>James Sparenberg > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >- > >--- > > > > > > > >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Matthew O. Persico > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 10:18, Jack Coates wrote: > On Sat, 2003-02-08 at 06:36, Luca Olivetti wrote: > > Luca Olivetti wrote: > > > > > I can lock my 9.0 box at will, just capturing video or trying to use > > > full duplex audio (when the load is high). > > > > BTW, minutes after writing this, my 3 years old son managed to freeze X > > (no, not the whole system, I was running mozilla remotely with no > > problem), but that's bound to happen with nvidia drivers :-\ > > > > Bye > > my four year old is the number one source of failure since I upgraded my > power supply, he's a big fan of pushing buttons and pulling cords. My 16 month old like the nice power button with the green light on it... it goes on and off and on and off step away from the machine. My 4 and 6 year olds both have their own machines ;) -- ...Rob -- "They that can give up liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1706-1790 = Robert Goshko Axis Computer Consulting Services, Inc President Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada http://www.axis-dev.ca/ Supporting the Revolution In Your World = Registered Linux User #260513GNU/Linux i686 2.4.20-2mdk-725ca 9:05am up 2:55, 4 users, load average: 1.22, 1.26, 1.26 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] Weird NFS/Memory Issue-System Locking up
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 08:04, Tru64 User wrote:
> When I issue a showmount -e "nodename" from a client,
> the server ("nodename") locks up completely, and top
> shows high memory usage (893k out og 900k).
>
> Suprisingly enough, "ps -aux" does not show any single
> process utilizing much memory...
> ps -aux|wc -l ==80processes, all either 0.0 or 0.1%
> utilization, which amounts to less than 8% overall
>
this only shows you user space processes, and
> Where is this extra memory utlized?
it's being used by the kernel, as NFS is a kernel-level network daemon
(ew, icky).
> Why is it not showing up?
use free instead, or top will show you kernel memory vs user memory.
> Why is it only doing this after a showmount -e from a
> client?
sounds like a bug, but not sure if it's kernel-level or has something to
do with user-space proggies in nfs-utils. I'd start by upgrading
nfs-utils to the latest version you can find.
>
> Only way to get out of this is a complete reboot!!!
> I am running Mandrake Linux 8.2 Kernel 2.4.28-6mdk
> (default kernel, no modifications done)
>
> would appreciate any pointers.
>
> _Thanks
>
> Richard
>
>
>
> CPU states: 0.1% user, 0.0% system, 0.0% nice,
> 99.8% idle
> Mem: 900940K av, 893528K used,7412K free,
> 0K shrd, 206196K buff
> Swap: 248968K av, 0K used, 248968K free
> 263612K cached
>
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Re: [expert] nagios-plugins-1.3.0-0.beta2.4mdk.i586.rpm
this is getting to be very common with testing and contrib channel stuff... Your best bet is to: urpmi libgd-devel and a handful of other devel rpms that I can't remember right now but will become clear as the next step fails... download the src.rpm for the nagios, nagios-www, and nagios-plugins packages and sudo rpm --rebuild *.rpm in that directory. Jack On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 07:37, maxxik wrote: > hi ppl ! > > there is my trouble : > > i cant install nagios-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm because it require > nagios-plugins-1.3.0-0.beta2.4mdk.i586.rpm which require libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) %) > >i cant rebuild nagios-plugins-1.3.0-0.beta2.4mdk.i586.rpm because i >haven't openssl-devel for openssl-0.9.6h-1mdk ... > > >any ideas ? > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Java problems
edit ~/.bash_profile find the line beginning PATH = put this under it: JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.0 export JAVA_HOME PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin source .bash_profile in the shell you will run java from. these instructions may sound familiar from the README that came with the Sun RPM Jack On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 09:36, Ken Thompson wrote: > On Sunday 09 February 2003 07:30 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: > > What happens if you type java -version from the command line? Or from a > > KDE run dialogue? > > > > Damon > > > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 15:16, Ken Thompson wrote: > > > I have java installed and it was working to let me administer my firewall > > > in KDE 3.0.5 on Mandrake 9.0. I upgraded to KDE3.1 and now it says applet > > > is loaded but I can see nothing. On another machine running mandrake > > > 9.1b3 and KDE3.1 I get the same thing. The java version is SUN's JRE-1.4, > > > anyone know why or what I can change to make it work again? > > > Ken Thompson > > > Payette, Idaho > > [ken@localhost ken]$ java -version > bash: java: command not found > [ken@localhost ken]$ su > Password: > [root@localhost ken]# java -version > bash: java: command not found > [root@localhost ken]# > = > Java is in /usr/java/j2re1.4.0.. > SUN binary RPM.. > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] A moment of Silence. Columbia, NOT Challanger.
Yep, it was enterprise. "Matthew O. Persico" wrote: > On Thu, 6 Feb 2003 22:07:40 -0600, David Rankin wrote: > >Trivia: > > > >OV-98 (Drop test vehicle - never flown aside from glide tests pre STS-1) > > Wasn't this named Enterprise? I remember a big deal about Trekkers trying > to get a shuttle named after the ship in Star Trek. > > >OV-99 Challenger > >OV-102 Columbia > >OV-103 Discovery > >OV-104 Atlantis > >OV-105-Endeavor > > > > > >-- > >David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. > >Rankin * Bertin, PLLC > >510 Ochiltree Street > >Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 > >(936) 715-9333 > >- Original Message - > >From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >Sent: Saturday, February 01, 2003 9:23 PM > >Subject: RE: [expert] A moment of Silence. Columbia, NOT Challanger. > > > > > >>Ok, I will go along with that, except to say that its the > >>"Columbia" we > >>should be remembering.. > >> > >>Challanger happened 17 years ago. > >> > >>rgds > >> > >>Frank > >> > >>-Original Message- > >>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James > >>Sparenberg > >>Sent: Sunday, 2 February 2003 6:55 AM > >>To: Expert List > >>Subject: [expert] A moment of Silence. > >> > >> > >>In honor of the men and women of the space shuttle challenger. > >>Please a > >>moment of silence. And an awareness of the tragic effect a "small > >>problem" can bring. > >> > >>I respectfully submit that to properly honor these men and women > >>from > >>many Nations, no replies or additional comments be made on this > >>list. > >>Please, hold your replies and your prayers in your hearts so that > >>your > >>God may see them and be with the families of those we have lost. > >> > >> > >>James Sparenberg > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > > > > > >- > >--- > > > > > > > >>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >>Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Matthew O. Persico > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Java problems
On Monday 10 February 2003 09:42 am, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > If you are still having problems, can you enable the java console and post > what it says here? > > David > > -Original Message- > From: Ken Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 7:17 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Java problems > > > I have java installed and it was working to let me administer my firewall > in > > KDE 3.0.5 on Mandrake 9.0. I upgraded to KDE3.1 and now it says applet is > loaded but I can see nothing. On another machine running mandrake 9.1b3 and > KDE3.1 I get the same thing. The java version is SUN's JRE-1.4, anyone know > why or what I can change to make it work again? > Ken Thompson > Payette, Idaho = Here's what I get.. Java VM version: 1.4.0 Java VM vendor: Sun Microsystems Inc. Class could not be loaded: mindbright.application.MindTerm Backtrace: java.lang.ClassNotFoundException: mindbright.application.MindTerm at java.net.URLClassLoader$1.run(URLClassLoader.java:198) at java.security.AccessController.doPrivileged(Native Method) at java.net.URLClassLoader.findClass(URLClassLoader.java:186) at org.kde.kjas.server.KJASAppletClassLoader.findClass(KJASAppletClassLoader.java:233) at org.kde.kjas.server.KJASAppletClassLoader.loadClass(KJASAppletClassLoader.java:274) at org.kde.kjas.server.KJASAppletStub$2.run(KJASAppletStub.java:163) at java.lang.Thread.run(Thread.java:536) = Ken Thompson Payette, Idaho Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Java problems
On Sunday 09 February 2003 07:30 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: > What happens if you type java -version from the command line? Or from a > KDE run dialogue? > > Damon > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 15:16, Ken Thompson wrote: > > I have java installed and it was working to let me administer my firewall > > in KDE 3.0.5 on Mandrake 9.0. I upgraded to KDE3.1 and now it says applet > > is loaded but I can see nothing. On another machine running mandrake > > 9.1b3 and KDE3.1 I get the same thing. The java version is SUN's JRE-1.4, > > anyone know why or what I can change to make it work again? > > Ken Thompson > > Payette, Idaho [ken@localhost ken]$ java -version bash: java: command not found [ken@localhost ken]$ su Password: [root@localhost ken]# java -version bash: java: command not found [root@localhost ken]# = Java is in /usr/java/j2re1.4.0.. SUN binary RPM.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Java problems
If you are still having problems, can you enable the java console and post what it says here? David -Original Message- From: Ken Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, February 09, 2003 7:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Java problems I have java installed and it was working to let me administer my firewall in KDE 3.0.5 on Mandrake 9.0. I upgraded to KDE3.1 and now it says applet is loaded but I can see nothing. On another machine running mandrake 9.1b3 and KDE3.1 I get the same thing. The java version is SUN's JRE-1.4, anyone know why or what I can change to make it work again? Ken Thompson Payette, Idaho Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Weird NFS/Memory Issue-System Locking up
When I issue a showmount -e "nodename" from a client,
the server ("nodename") locks up completely, and top
shows high memory usage (893k out og 900k).
Suprisingly enough, "ps -aux" does not show any single
process utilizing much memory...
ps -aux|wc -l ==80processes, all either 0.0 or 0.1%
utilization, which amounts to less than 8% overall
Where is this extra memory utlized?
Why is it not showing up?
Why is it only doing this after a showmount -e from a
client?
Only way to get out of this is a complete reboot!!!
I am running Mandrake Linux 8.2 Kernel 2.4.28-6mdk
(default kernel, no modifications done)
would appreciate any pointers.
_Thanks
Richard
CPU states: 0.1% user, 0.0% system, 0.0% nice,
99.8% idle
Mem: 900940K av, 893528K used,7412K free,
0K shrd, 206196K buff
Swap: 248968K av, 0K used, 248968K free
263612K cached
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Re: [expert] kernel 2.4.19-24 and removable media bug?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 10 February 2003 10:33 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have upgraded the kernel of my laptop (not my main computer because > the problems with nvidia modules). Supermount is now fine, but the > removable media icon crashes everytime I try to open a cdrom or a floppy. > > I must say that I am using Mandrake 9 with the new kernel and kde 3.1 > from club. > > Is this a general problem or just mine? > > Thanks in advance for the help, > I think that is a KDE bug not a kenel bug. I am getting all kinds of kfmclient errors when accessing devices through the desktop icons. - -- Greg -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+R80pwDpHP6GALAARAvIuAJ0TnwSDpGajFAghDHBPR1gAZVDdZACgh06J GxFDVRQGrAQLtMLj3d0hYqY= =om2a -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Samba hide "." prefixed dirs?
Hi, If you mean you don't want them seen on the windows box, it's the show hidden files setting in windows explorer. I did think there was an smb.conf option as well as this explorer option. I'm sure I saw it before, now when I need it I can't find it! Cheers JG Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] nagios-plugins-1.3.0-0.beta2.4mdk.i586.rpm
hi ppl ! there is my trouble : i cant install nagios-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm because it require nagios-plugins-1.3.0-0.beta2.4mdk.i586.rpm which require libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.3) %) i cant rebuild nagios-plugins-1.3.0-0.beta2.4mdk.i586.rpm because i haven't openssl-devel for openssl-0.9.6h-1mdk ... any ideas ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] kernel 2.4.19-24 and removable media bug?
I have upgraded the kernel of my laptop (not my main computer because the problems with nvidia modules). Supermount is now fine, but the removable media icon crashes everytime I try to open a cdrom or a floppy. I must say that I am using Mandrake 9 with the new kernel and kde 3.1 from club. Is this a general problem or just mine? Thanks in advance for the help, Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] [Fwd: [newbie] Creating a GDM greeter theme]
Hello all, I sent this to the newbie list a few days ago, and got no response from anyone. So I thought I'd try here on the expert list. If anyone out there has any suggestion for this, please respond to me off-list, as I'm not subscribed to the list. Thanks! Original Message Subject: [newbie] Creating a GDM greeter theme Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 01:24:45 -0500 From: Terry Sheltra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was thinking of trying my hand at creating a GDM greeter theme. Anyone out there know of any websites that have some sort of HOW-TO on how to do this? Even a google search doesn't reveal anything. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks compadres! -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Asst. Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User #218330 Composed on a 100% Microsoft-free PC 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: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Saturday 08 Feb 2003 5:10 am, Mark Weaver wrote: > If I > wouldn'tn have to interact with the accounting system I wouldn't have to > boot back into windows at all. Have you considered win4lin for that need? Not everything works under it, but if your does the feeling of release is great. You run your windows app without having to re-boot. You get the windows functionality for that purpose, but with linux stability - and if it does go down, you can exit without bringing down your whole workstation. It's not free, but there's a money-back guarantee, I understand. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] X experts please help! - in need of proper numpad handling
hmm didn't get through last time, retrying... On Sun, 9 Feb 2003 05:15 am, civileme wrote: > On Saturday 08 February 2003 01:54 am, Will Styles wrote: > > hello. > > > > i like selecting text in kde apps using the > > keyboard(shift+arrow key) but i cannot use the > > numpad arrow keys because in Xfree86, > > shift+ acts like numlock e.g.: > > > > shift+top_arrow = 8 > > shift+bottom_arrow = 2 > > shift+left_arrow = 4 > > shift+right_arrow = 6 > > > > so everytime i go to select text in kwrite, i > > start typing numbers instead :( > > > > is there a way of configuring the numpad to work > > like it does in windows? i.e.: > > > > arrow_key = movement > > shift+arrow_key = select text, not numbers > > *please*!!! > > > > numlock+arrow_key = numbers > > shift+numlock+arrow_key = numbers > > > > other than working supermount this is the last > > thing i need before i (and everyone else in my > > office) can move to linux, so please are there > > any suggestions? > > > hello civileme, thankyou for your reply. > I just checked > > numlock comes up ON if you select that during > install. > > if you tap numlock once or select for it to be OFF > by default during > install number pad arrow keys move the cursor > and shift-numeric selects text > sounds good...will numlock+numeric give numbers as well (i need the keyboard to be as close to windows as possible for my co-workers)? do you know what config file i should edit (i don't want to reinstall a nicely-working 9.0 all over again) to get shift-numeric selecting text? > If you have numlock ON then shift plus numeric key > selects text, not produces numbers. > what i do not want is shift and numlock acting like shift and caps (cancelling each other out). shift+numeric regardless of numlock should select text. any ideas? > 9.0 has (mostly) working supermount. you need to > back off (not close) on the /mnt/cdrom directory in > Konqueror or it will not eject properly. That > is a KDE problem. > yes but konqueror is a popular browser/file manager. if it doesn't work, lmontel should patch konqueror in the RPMs :-) many thanks - Will Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 16:19, Franki wrote: > That is an awesom application... > > I just checed it out... > > Only two things I can think of that it needs for use over here.. > > 1. MySQL support.. It's just so easy to add postgres to your system.. that it should not be a problem that it does not support MySQL > 2. Australian GST support.. I am Australian and I do use SQL-Ledger to support our needs in calculating the GST, It's actually excellent for the AUD GST > > I am going to have a read thought the code and see if I can't provide those > requirements.. There has been some talk about MySQL on the SQL-Ledger mailing list.. I wouldn't bother.. > In theory, if its using DBI to access DB, then it should be possible, unless > they are using stuff specific to Pg. > > The GST is another whole ballgame, My Girlfriend is a Bookkeeper, so if she > can make me understand what is required for Aust GST.. then I will see if I > can do it.. Check out http://www.minnesota.com/~tom/sql-ledger/howtos/ it may help you with your answers with GST and MySQL questions > I am really excited, sql-ledger is an application I have been thinking about > writing for ages.. didn't know someone already had. Yes they have and it's mature now.. well debugged and tested Cheers Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
