Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could not find mime type",kde3.0.3
civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WD drives of the generation you are using do not calculate that same > CRC for comparison--they store it in their big 600-byte sectors along > with the 512 bytes of data. They may calculate the first in a series > of writes, but not all. > >The drive is safe enough run at udma2 (33Mhz and 32 byte CRCs) or > > If you cannot put a better drive in that box, a 40-pin cable could > make a big difference for the safe operation, to force 33MHz or lower > transfer speed. Thanks! I had already read that WD and UDMA5 give problems but my hard drive WD400BB-32CXA was bought in april 2002. Were can I find the generation info that my drive has no good CRC checking at UDMA3,4,5? I searched the Western Digital website (wdc.com) but they don't give that kind of information. Do the new WD400BB drives do correct CRC checking? You say "They may calculate the first in a series of writes, but not all.": where can I find that kind of insight info, I searched the net but apart from some of your postings haven't found much else. I don't have a 40-pin cable. If I use the hdparm command hdparm -k1 -d1 -X66 /dev/hda (66:UDMA2), would this give the same effect? Can changing the UDMA setting with hdparm give problems/errors? I also downloaded from the WDC website Data Lifeguard Tools that can change the udma setting on the hard drive itself. If I used this to change the UDMA to 2, would my linux have no problems with this (I'm a a little scared to use hdparm or WDC tools, in "man hdparm" they state "Use with extreme caution! This feature includes zero protection for the unwary, and an unsuccessful outcome may result in severe filesystem corruption!") ? How can I prevent CRC errors? Can an IDE-cable suddenly become bad, or experience interference, I read about twisted cables, ... "The HDD should NOT be mounted near the power supply due to fan issues. The fan in the supply causes the HDD to misinterpret CRC-checksums and produces CRC-errors. Also, high-speed CD drives should not be near the HDD" : fan causing CRC-errors? CD drives ? How much slower is UDMA2 than UDMA5? (hdparm -t), You said somewhere that the performance does not differ much? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] slow boot
I have a Toshiba laptop- Satellite 1750 .It uses a built in Crystal audio cs4281 which worked well under 8.2,now when i boot up it stalls for 2-5 minutes. the only error message I can find is: /var/log/kernel/warnings:Feb 11 00:19:49 mobile kernel: cs4281: Unable to locate any cs4281 device with valid IDs 0x1013-0x6005 at some later point the sound initializes properly and works.Can someone give me any hints on where to look to eliminate the delay. I have had this problem with the 2.4.19-16 ,and -24 kernels,both stock and locally compiled from Mandrake sources. Ray Warren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Syncing Handspring Visor Deluxe?!
I ran into the same problem. kpilot daemon interferes with jpilot's sync, so I turned off kpilot daemon and jpilot seems to work better. Still having problems though. Almost always never works on the first sync. I never have gotten kpilot working properly. I have a handspring visor deluxe as well. Rob Blomquist wrote: 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] more msec woes
Yep. ll /etc/cron.daily/msec lrwxr-xr-x1 root root 27 Jan 18 13:15 /etc/cron.daily/msec -> /usr/share/msec/security.sh* ll /etc/cron.hourly/msec lrwxr-xr-x1 root root 14 Jan 18 13:15 /etc/cron.hourly/msec -> /usr/sbin/msec* ps -ef | grep cron root 1276 1 0 Jan24 ?00:00:00 crond cory 2020 1981 0 06:50 pts/000:00:00 grep cron running them manually doesn't help. Cory Todd Lyons wrote: . 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 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] Mandrake Newbie
Hi all, I use FreeBSD for all my server applications, and Mandrake for my desktop. I have two questions. #1 After my laptop suspends, when it wakes up I loose my USB mouse, I looked through the archives but could not see any info on this. #2 How do I hibernate, I would like to be able to hibernate instead of shutdown and rebooting. The system is an Acer Travel mate 507DX Celeron 466 with 96Mb ram and 4.3Gb Hdd. I am running V9.0 of Mandrake. Any help greatly appreciated (even if it is an RTFM (just tell me what part) Regards, Kat. (who is loving Mandrake) --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Radeon 8500LE PBA in MDK9
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Dilluns 10 Febrer 2003 23:57, en Jeferson Lopes Zacco va escriure: > 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... Mine's a 9000 128Mb. Using Ati's 2.5.1 driver it suddenly stops sending data to the (analog) monitor. No idea about why 8-( - -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain AOL quini2k, ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SQ4Cok8j9RhtetwRAt3QAJ9c9bMmK68ej4fAHQI8cw/XFEIBywCcC5tw 12tJSIEmZj7p+BR/wVOT5vo= =gHzR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Syncing Handspring Visor Deluxe?!
Rob Blomquist wrote: > > 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. > FWIW, here is how I got my Visor Platinum to work w/mdk 8.1. I had sent these steps to someone else who was having problems at that time - I'll jut quote the steps here that I sent to him. Note that the first step listed is crucial. > > Have you tried pushing the sync button on the cradle before > starting the sync process on your computer? > > It looks like you might be using devfs(?). That has proven > troublesome here. Also, I have only gotten jpilot to work > reliably and the gnome-pilot & gnome-pilot-conduits settings > have seemed pretty much irrelevant. > > On my Mandrake 8.1 laptop I ended up disabling devfs and > manually loading the drivers at boot time to get my > HandSpring to work consistently. > > Here is how my box is configured: > > /etc/sysconfig/usb > # -*- Mode: sh -*- > > USB=yes > > VISOR=yes > > /etc/modules > # /etc/modules: kernel modules to load at boot time. > > # load usb & visor modules > usbcore > usb-uhci > usbserial > visor > > (Adjust for usb-uhci/usb-ohci on the line above as needed > for your usb chipset.) > > If you _do_ use devfs you may want to check the following. I > never got devfs to work but was told by more than one person > that these entries were needed. OTOH, they already existed > on my system and it didn't seem to make a difference. > > /etc/devfsd.conf should contain the lines: > REGISTERusb/tts/[13579] EXECUTE > /etc/dynamic/scripts/visor.script add > $devpath > UNREGISTER usb/tts/[13579] EXECUTE > /etc/dynamic/scripts/visor.script del > $devpath > > Note that the above is only two lines. One begins with > REGISTER, the other with UNREGISTER. > > I also had to create nodes at boot time back when I had > devfs enabled. Here is the script I used then: > > #! /bin/sh > # Create usb device nodes. > mknod /dev/usb/ttyUSB0 c 188 0 > mknod /dev/usb/ttyUSB1 c 188 1 > mknod /dev/usb/ttyUSB15 c 188 15 > chmod 0666 /dev/usb/ttyUSB* > ln -f -s /dev/usb/ttyUSB1 /dev/pilot > > (note that there are 16 nodes (0 through 15), I snipped some > for brevity.) > > Hope that something here helps... > I have always found devfs unreliable - probably others have too and is why it's apparently undergoing (or at least was undergoing) intense dismemberment by Al Viro and others for the upcoming 2.6 kernel. I'm running fairly old jpilot (0.99.1-0.3mdk) and pilot-link (0.9.5-3mdk) packages too so I'd think newer versions would probably only improve support. Don't know what effect newer versions may have on the steps needed to make it work though. -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Java problems
Comment inline. On Monday 10 February 2003 10:56 am, Jack Coates wrote: > edit ~/.bash_profile > find the line beginning PATH = > put this under it: > JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2re1.4.0 > export JAVA_HOME > PATH=$PATH:$JAVA_HOME/bin > > source .bash_profile in the shell you will run java from. > > these instructions may sound familiar from the README that came with the > Sun RPM > Jack, Java as such works OK on this machine, what does not work after the KDE3.1 upgrade is the java applet in the firewall's "shell" portion of the web interface. It was working just fine under KDE3.0.5... I've set up java in konqueror and double checked to make sure, works OK on websites & etc .. > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 09:36, Ken Thompson wrote: > > On Sunday 09 February 2003 07:30 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: > > > What happens if you type java -version from the command line? Or from > > > a KDE run dialogue? > > > > > > Damon > > > > > > On Mon, 2003-02-10 at 15:16, Ken Thompson wrote: > > > > I have java installed and it was working to let me administer my > > > > firewall in KDE 3.0.5 on Mandrake 9.0. I upgraded to KDE3.1 and now > > > > it says applet is loaded but I can see nothing. On another machine > > > > running mandrake 9.1b3 and KDE3.1 I get the same thing. The java > > > > version is SUN's JRE-1.4, anyone know why or what I can change to > > > > make it work again? > > > > Ken Thompson > > > > Payette, Idaho > > > > > > [ken@localhost ken]$ 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 -- Ken Thompson Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Java problems
Ken, I notice you have cableone which I assume that means you have a cablemodem? I live in Boise and have the same service The reason I bring that up is that I'm curious if you could download Mozilla/Netscape with the Java JRE and see if that applet works in that browser. With a cablemodem, that shouldn't take too long. Also, is there any chance that you could go back to 3.05 and compare the output of the java consoles? Best regards, David -Original Message- From: Ken Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Java problems Comment inline. On Monday 10 February 2003 10:56 am, Jack Coates wrote: > 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, Java as such works OK on this machine, what does not work after the KDE3.1 upgrade is the java applet in the firewall's "shell" portion of the web interface. It was working just fine under KDE3.0.5... I've set up java in konqueror and double checked to make sure, works OK on websites & etc .. > 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 -- Ken Thompson Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Java problems
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 08:12, Ken Thompson wrote: > Comment inline. > On Monday 10 February 2003 10:56 am, Jack Coates wrote: > > 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, > Java as such works OK on this machine, what does not work after the KDE3.1 > upgrade is the java applet in the firewall's "shell" portion of the web > interface. It was working just fine under KDE3.0.5... > I've set up java in konqueror and double checked to make sure, works OK on > websites & etc .. I don't know what might have changed, as I don't use KDE. I find it very implausible that upgrading KDE screwed up your $PATH. The snippet you posted here: ... > > > > > > [ken@localhost ken]$ 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.. shows a pathing problem. That's typically not an issue for java running in a browser because you've told the browser where to find java; so I don't know what you're running into with this particular applet; however, I would certainly want to look at konq's equivalent of Help | About Plugins and make sure that the java you're using is the one you think it is. $PATH is a problem when running java programs from bash as in the snippet you posted. ... -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] UT2003 help?
-Posted this to newbie first- Anyone else having problems with this game under v9.0? I can play it just -so- long then, always...it segfaults out. Whats puzzling is that this game, running under 9.0 on my 2 sons computers runs for hours flawlessly. We all use Nvidia Geforce cards. One is running the 4191 drivers, 2 are using the 3123 drivers. All are AMD cpu equipped. Here is the error message: [darklord@darkforce darklord]$ ut2003 Xlib: extension "XiG-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD" missing on display ":0.0". Backtrace: [ 1] /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 [0x40d9ae55] Signal: SIGSEGV [segmentation fault] Aborting. I've applied all 4 patches that I could find to update UT2003 (this is the full retail game but it does it with the demo as well). Thanks. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UT2003 help?
haven't played it, but... three machines with same OS, same video card, same video driver, one of them keeps crashing? Sounds to me like the one machine is a) the one with the different video driver, or b) overheating. On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 08:29, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > -Posted this to newbie first- > > Anyone else having problems with this game under v9.0? I can play it just -so- > long then, always...it segfaults out. Whats puzzling is that this game, > running under 9.0 on my 2 sons computers runs for hours flawlessly. We all > use Nvidia Geforce cards. One is running the 4191 drivers, 2 are using the > 3123 drivers. All are AMD cpu equipped. > > Here is the error message: > > [darklord@darkforce darklord]$ ut2003 > Xlib: extension "XiG-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD" missing on display ":0.0". > > Backtrace: > [ 1] /lib/i686/libpthread.so.0 [0x40d9ae55] > Signal: SIGSEGV [segmentation fault] > Aborting. > > I've applied all 4 patches that I could find to update UT2003 (this is the > full retail game but it does it with the demo as well). > > Thanks. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UT2003 help?
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 10:29 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > -Posted this to newbie first- > > Anyone else having problems with this game under v9.0? I can play > it just -so- long then, always...it segfaults out. Whats puzzling > is that this game, running under 9.0 on my 2 sons computers runs > for hours flawlessly. We all use Nvidia Geforce cards. One is > running the 4191 drivers, 2 are using the 3123 drivers. All are AMD > cpu equipped. > > Here is the error message: > > [darklord@darkforce darklord]$ ut2003 > Xlib: extension "XiG-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD" missing on display > ":0.0". I get that too, I don't think it's fatal. > I've applied all 4 patches that I could find to update UT2003 (this > is the full retail game but it does it with the demo as well). hmmm, maybe it's that old memory thing. I recall in earlier kernels like the one in 9.0 mine would slow down at times real bad. I don't guess mine ever crashed, but using mem=nopentium helped my issues out (amd system). you might try that. hth, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Syncing Handspring Visor Deluxe?!
On Mon, Feb 10, 2003 at 08:04:12PM -0800, 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. I starting having this exact trouble with my Visor Deluxe when I upgraded to 9.0 (it worked beautifully on 8.1 every time). I have disabled devfs, there's no kpilotd running, and syncing is still unreliable. But I've finally been able to get it to work with jpilot on at least one out of every four attempts, better than one out of twenty. The steps below assume you've got jpilot configured to talk to the correct device (/dev/ttyUSB1 in my case, though /dev/usb/ttyUSB1 should be the same), the device has the correct permissions, etc. 1. Manually remove the usbserial and visor modules if they're loaded: rmmod visor rmmod usbserial 2. Start a "local sync" on the Visor. 3. 'tail -f /var/log messages' and wait until you see something like this message come out (make take 10 seconds): Feb 11 10:32:10 x kernel: usbserial.c: Handspring Visor / Palm 4.0 / Clii 4.x converter now attached to ttyUSB1 (or usb/tts/1 for devfs) 4. Start jpilot and press the "Sync" button. 5. If jpilot seems to hang, close it, cancel the sync on the Visor, and go to step 1. It's pretty annoying but I'm too lazy to debug the pilot-link library to try to figure out if it's the cause, or if it's a driver problem. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] problems with 2.4.19-24mdk
I recently upgraded to the 2.4.19-24mdk kernel (complied from the srpm) and am having a rather annoying problem. About every 10-15 minutes, the system resets itself and starts up again. I have looked at all of the logs and can not really find anything unusually, expect for a series of '^@' right at when the machine resets. I have tired the i586 kernel from Mandrake and I get the same results. Any ideas? Jayce Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Sun Feb 09, 2003 at 05:09:06PM -0600, Vox wrote:
> > succession without a burp. Very odd. I usually find cooker to be
> > quite stable, but I tend to go this cycle: install release version,
> > wait until after cooker has settled down (gcc/glibc upgrades), track
> > cooker during the beta period, do a fresh install when the release
> > is out. I have to have a semi-stable system, and don't sync with
> > cooker daily... so I tend to take this route. Upgrades are really
> > simple even with a fresh install.
>
> That's more or less how I do it too, without the fresh install. I
> track cooker daily until release...then wait out the first 2 or 3
> weeks after cooker re-opening and keep going on the daily tracking
> until the glibc/gcc/whatever changes start, then I stop till I don't
> get any "need to uninstall this to continue" and go back to daily
> tracking. So far, my box has been behaving well :)
More adventurous than I... =) Sounds like a good plan tho... I may decide
to continue tracking cooker over the long term this time around... we'll
see. I usually do the base install for a while to test security updates
live... if I can get this UML stuff to work properly, I may not need to do
that anymore (use UML containers instead of testing "live").
> > Soon I'll be setting up CVS so I can commit the entire /etc
> > directory to CVS then on an upgrade I can do stuff like "cvs co" or
> > "cvs diff" to find the differences. Should be an interesting
> > project.
>
> I've done that when admining the local LUG box with 3 other people,
> that way we could track down and shoot whoever mungled the box ;) It
> works well, for the most part, once you get used to it.
I'm thinking of an easy way to do upgrades... and of course, sanity checks.
Ie. think of this prior to an upgrade:
cd /etc
cvs commit
[reboot_installclean]
cd /etc
cvs diff
[check for anything major]
cvs co
Somewha abbreviated, but you get the idea. I think it would work awesome...
one would just have to get used to the many CVS/ directories. =)
> >> Uhm...I've heard you can run EverCrack on WineX and play well, with
> >> a few details (some sounds or some crap like that...I don't play
> >> EverCrack :) google is your friend :)
> >
> > If I'm going to sit down and play EQ, i want it to work 100%... =)
> > I've
>
> Bah, you addicts are all the same :P
Well, I wish I was more of an addict. I don't think I've played in two
weeks... Starting to forget I even have it installed... =)
> > tried WineX, and while it's ok, doesn't really play to well on my
> > workstation with it's odd dual-head setup (2MB PCI video card and a
> > 16MB AGP). It's caused strange issues for me in the past. So I've
>
> Youch, I didn't know you could play EverCrack with such small
> vidcards...hell, I thought you couldn't play tuxracer with them :)
I doubt the 2MB card would do any good... IIRC, it's a 2D card as well. The
AGP card should be ok tho. My workstation is definitely not a gaming
machine... (well, it would make a killer gaming machine if I got larger LCDs
and a proper dual-head AGP card with gobs of memory). I kinda just use this
machine for work... =)
> > got one machine that is a f/t cooker machine that dual-boots win2k.
> > It's helpful for the odd time i need to run win software (not often)
> > or testing stuff like samba.
>
> I haven't had the misfortune of using a winbox in 6+ years :)
Lucky you.. =)
> > I play WC3 and D2 on my mac, so I'm not worried about that... =)
>
> I want an a-book! :P
I'm telling ya... Apple makes some sweet hardware. It's a shame it's so
bloody expensive. =(
> > WineX is alright, and it's been cool to play with, but when I play
> > on my Linux workstation, which isn't often, I usually play the older
> > Loki games I've got... except SimCity3000 doesn't want to run on
> > cooker for some reason... haven't explored that one yet tho.
>
> Unfortunately, Loki lived and died during my financial crisis, so I
> never managed to get any of their games :/ I hope somebody comes up
> with a working business doing linux games soon, tho, so I can get
> rid of winex :)
I hear ya. Much nicer to play stuff native. Heck, people should just start
building games for Win/Mac/Linux.
Hmmm... speaking of which, I'm still waiting for NeverWinter Nights for
Linux (the client). I'm starting to get a little irked with Bioware... I
bought the damn game thinking the Linux client was coming soon, and have
played a total of 30mins on it. I'm starting to think about asking for my
money back, unfortunately it's been so long I doubt they would do it. =(
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Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Sun Feb 09, 2003 at 03:28:24PM -0800, Jack Coates wrote:
> > I'll be setting up CVS so I can commit the entire /etc directory to CVS then
> > on an upgrade I can do stuff like "cvs co" or "cvs diff" to find the
> > differences. Should be an interesting project.
>
> I've always wanted to do that... I know people that do it for ~ and
> consequently have 10 years of history in their .bash_profile :-) One of
> these days.
Well, I don't much care about putting my homedir into CVS... it's such a
mess as it is, I think putting it into CVS would be an utter waste. /etc is
a very different story, however.
> > workstation, which isn't often, I usually play the older Loki games I've
> > got... except SimCity3000 doesn't want to run on cooker for some reason...
> > haven't explored that one yet tho.
>
> Got and like a lot of Loki games, but haven't been able to play them
> since I bought this laptop as the video is not really up to snuff. It
> plays Civ2:CTP well enough, but I really don't have the hours and hours
> to burn on that game like I did before I had a life :-)
I hear ya. I also have Civ2:CTP... can't say I've played it too much tho.
I really need to stop working so much so that I can play some of these games
I've amassed... =)
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Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could not find mime type",kde3.0.3
On Monday 10 February 2003 11:05 pm, vatbier wrote: > civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > WD drives of the generation you are using do not calculate that same > > CRC for comparison--they store it in their big 600-byte sectors along > > with the 512 bytes of data. They may calculate the first in a series > > of writes, but not all. > > > >The drive is safe enough run at udma2 (33Mhz and 32 byte CRCs) or > > > > If you cannot put a better drive in that box, a 40-pin cable could > > make a big difference for the safe operation, to force 33MHz or lower > > transfer speed. > > Thanks! > I had already read that WD and UDMA5 give problems but my hard drive > WD400BB-32CXA was bought in april 2002. Were can I find the generation > info that my drive has no good CRC checking at UDMA3,4,5? I searched the > Western Digital website (wdc.com) but they don't give that kind of > information. Do the new WD400BB drives do correct CRC checking? > > You say "They may calculate the first in a series of writes, but not > all.": where can I find that kind of insight info, I searched the net > but apart from some of your postings haven't found much else. > > I don't have a 40-pin cable. If I use the hdparm command > hdparm -k1 -d1 -X66 /dev/hda (66:UDMA2), would this give the same > effect? Can changing the UDMA setting with hdparm give problems/errors? > I also downloaded from the WDC website Data Lifeguard Tools that can > change the udma setting on the hard drive itself. If I used this to > change the UDMA to 2, would my linux have no problems with this (I'm a > a little scared to use hdparm or WDC tools, in "man hdparm" they state > "Use with extreme caution! This feature includes zero protection for > the unwary, and an unsuccessful outcome may result in severe filesystem > corruption!") ? > > How can I prevent CRC errors? Can an IDE-cable suddenly become bad, or > experience interference, I read about twisted cables, ... > "The HDD should NOT be mounted near the power supply due to fan issues. > The fan in the supply causes the HDD to misinterpret CRC-checksums and > produces CRC-errors. Also, high-speed CD drives should not be near the > HDD" : fan causing CRC-errors? CD drives ? > > How much slower is UDMA2 than UDMA5? (hdparm -t), You said somewhere > that the performance does not differ much? The X66 is safe to use as you have described it. What is dangerous is overdriving. Win98 isn't going to give you more than what it has drivers for, so the DataLifeguard should not be necessary. Also, IIRC, DataLifeGuard phones home and gives you warning if your drive is about to fail (and it works on non-WDs too). Yes you are not going to find much info on the WD drive and their strategy to produce cheap drives ... These days they say they are fully compatrible with advanced UDMA, but offer no details, which is itself suspicious. The last time I exchanged emails with Andre Hedrick, we were still experiencing problems, but I have been out of the loop for some time. I wrote a program for 8.0/8.1 called drakopt which exhaustively tested options under hdparm for a given rig of drives, and set up the optimization. On some of the rigs the Crashtesters had, when the drive was set to highest rated speed and another drive was on the same channel there would be crosstalk errors. That was not supposed to happen either; only one drive on an IDE channel is supposed to be on at a time, but it was happening when one of a pair was a WD. (As an aside from this, if you have enough IDE channels to do it, put one hard drive per channel and use the other (slave) side for CDROM or Zip or whatever, not only to avoid crosstalk but for efficient operation.) As for the variance of speed, consider this... The PCI bus is 33MHz and 32 bits wide--the data transfer cable for IDE is 16 bits wide and up to 133Mhz, already twice what the PCI bus can handle, so the "speed" has to be burst mode cause there are controllers for IDE at 133MHz which plug into the PCI bus. Overwhelmingly, the consideration has to be with the disk itself, where data spins on or off of it at 1/60 the rate of the interface, approximately. Buffering helps, and lookahead helps, and elevator tuning helps (yes check out man elvtune), but the mechanical end of things is very slow compared to the rest of it. To increase disk speed, the most productive approaches are: *Increase spin rate *Software or hardware driven striping (RAID0 RAID4 RAID5) with multiple disks, especially if chunk size is controlled so that the switch to a different drive most frequently occurs when the first drive would need to step. The pinout on IDE cables is available here: http://www.howstuffworks.com/ide3.htm Of course with like 30 nanoseconds pulse width and data transfer on rising and falling edges, we are talking about something where a secondary cosmic ray is a significant noise source. Not much charge moves on those cables at the interface voltage in th
Re: [expert] UT2003 help?
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 01:31 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > haven't played it, but... > > three machines with same OS, same video card, same video driver, one of > them keeps crashing? Sounds to me like the one machine is a) the one > with the different video driver, or b) overheating. Hi Jack. Thanks for the reply. Well, actually - its using the 3123 driver just like one of the other comps. Overheating - well, I checked in BIOS after a few hours and its reporting 50 c. AFAIK, that should be fine, right? Also, its not the whole system that is crashing, just this one game that segfaults back to the desktop (I start it from a term.). The system itself sets for hours with no problems - never crashed like that. Any other ideas? Thanks again! -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UT2003 help?
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 01:36 pm, s wrote: > > [darklord@darkforce darklord]$ ut2003 > > Xlib: extension "XiG-SUNDRY-NONSTANDARD" missing on display > > ":0.0". > I get that too, I don't think it's fatal. Right. According to the readme in one of the patches, its expecting Xi Graphics stuff - which of course, is not there. Like you said, its not fatal and not my real problem. > hmmm, maybe it's that old memory thing. I recall in earlier kernels > like the one in 9.0 mine would slow down at times real bad. I don't > guess mine ever crashed, but using mem=nopentium helped my issues out > (amd system). you might try that. > > hth, > -s Tried that once on someone else's suggestion already - didn't help. A post from the Linux Game Tome says that if you have your own computers name in /etc/hosts that it causes problems. I do have that, can change it, but then I get system slowdown (windows won't open fast). Can't tell it helped either. Also, one said that it was a glibc problem, and a symbolic link was needed between /lib/i686/libpthread-0.9.so and /lib/libpthread.so.X? There is a file by the name of libpthread-0.9.so in each directory already but they are not the same size. I tried linking with libpthread.so.0 (not sure what to use?) but it didn't help. Any thoughts are greatly appreciated! :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ 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 Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 06:57:44AM -0600 : > > running them manually doesn't help. Look in /var/log/security.log. There should be the output of the msec programs, rotated once a month by default. Look for some kind of error. Also look in /var/log/daemons/info and /var/log/daemons/errors and /var/log/daemons/warnings. Blue skies... Todd - -- ...and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger, those who attempt to poison and destroy my binaries, and you will know my name is root, when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Mandrake Cooker Devel Version, Kernel 2.4.21pre4-1mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SVbjlp7v05cW2woRAsGIAJ4/CP+Zg8EDqmzkcL/H/kkYM6TH1ACcCTXS 0y4BbFkhGG3jtrWz7IpYdSk= =pnPH -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Newbie
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 05:47, Katinka Mills wrote: > Hi all, > > I use FreeBSD for all my server applications, and Mandrake for my desktop. I > have two questions. > > #1 After my laptop suspends, when it wakes up I loose my USB mouse, I looked > through the archives but could not see any info on this. Just curious if you do ctrl-alt-f1 then crtl-alt-f7 does the mouse reappear? Does this for my ps2 is why I ask. > > #2 How do I hibernate, I would like to be able to hibernate instead of > shutdown and rebooting. > > The system is an Acer Travel mate 507DX Celeron 466 with 96Mb ram and 4.3Gb > Hdd. I am running V9.0 of Mandrake. > > Any help greatly appreciated (even if it is an RTFM (just tell me what part) > > Regards, > > Kat. (who is loving Mandrake) > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003 > > > > __ > > 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] Mandrake Newbie
yes the mouse always reappears. you can use apmd suspend feature to hybernate. On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 05:47, Katinka Mills wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I use FreeBSD for all my server applications, and Mandrake for my desktop. I > > have two questions. > > > > #1 After my laptop suspends, when it wakes up I loose my USB mouse, I looked > > through the archives but could not see any info on this. > > Just curious if you do ctrl-alt-f1 then crtl-alt-f7 does the mouse > reappear? Does this for my ps2 is why I ask. > > > > #2 How do I hibernate, I would like to be able to hibernate instead of > > shutdown and rebooting. > > > > The system is an Acer Travel mate 507DX Celeron 466 with 96Mb ram and 4.3Gb > > Hdd. I am running V9.0 of Mandrake. > > > > Any help greatly appreciated (even if it is an RTFM (just tell me what part) > > > > Regards, > > > > Kat. (who is loving Mandrake) > > > > --- > > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > > Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003 > > > > > > > > __ > > > > 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] fyi, new gnome 2.2 is out, lots of cool updates
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 12:02, synrat wrote: > I tried insalling it from cooker, but that only killed my existing gnome > setup. > Didn't you know cooker is only for developers... users should stay out. (At least according to the flame I got because I commented on a bug report with conformation information.) and yes I'm a bit peeved at the moment. sorry. James > On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Robert Wideman wrote: > > > Gnome 2.2 Released > > GNOMEPosted by timothy on Wednesday February 05, @03:44PM > > from the dadburn-that-slippery-gnome dept. > > heydrick writes "This message confirms that Gnome 2.2 is officially > > released. And a month ahead of the originally planned six-month release > > cycle. Check out the Gnome 2.2 Start Page and use a mirror to download." > > http://www.gnome.org/start/2.2/ > > ( Read More... | 228 of 375 comments ) > > > > > > > > > __ > > 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] fyi, new gnome 2.2 is out, lots of cool updates
it's not only for developers, but also for testing. I use pretty much everything from cooker, including the latest kde, which I update very day. most things are rock stable, but gnome 2.2 didn't even start. Not that I care, I use fluxbox anyway :). I just wanted to warn the others to wait for a more stable release from Mandrake. On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 12:02, synrat wrote: > > I tried insalling it from cooker, but that only killed my existing gnome > > setup. > > > Didn't you know cooker is only for developers... users should stay out. > (At least according to the flame I got because I commented on a bug > report with conformation information.) and yes I'm a bit peeved at the > moment. sorry. > > James > > > On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Robert Wideman wrote: > > > > > Gnome 2.2 Released > > > GNOMEPosted by timothy on Wednesday February 05, @03:44PM > > > from the dadburn-that-slippery-gnome dept. > > > heydrick writes "This message confirms that Gnome 2.2 is officially > > > released. And a month ahead of the originally planned six-month release > > > cycle. Check out the Gnome 2.2 Start Page and use a mirror to download." > > > http://www.gnome.org/start/2.2/ > > > ( Read More... | 228 of 375 comments ) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __ > > > > 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] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could notfind mime type",kde3.0.3
On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 07:57, civileme wrote: > pair was a WD. (As an aside from this, if you have enough IDE channels to do > it, put one hard drive per channel and use the other (slave) side for CDROM > or Zip or whatever, not only to avoid crosstalk but for efficient operation.) Hi civilme, Is this true when the slave does not function in DMA mode, or at a much lower DMA mode? I've heard that IDE defaults to the mode of the slowest device on the channel. What is you experience with this? Thanks very much, Damon -- Damon Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UT2003 help?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Ronald J. Hall wrote on Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 02:57:47PM -0500 : > > Also, one said that it was a glibc problem, and a symbolic link was needed > between /lib/i686/libpthread-0.9.so and /lib/libpthread.so.X? There is a file > by the name of libpthread-0.9.so in each directory already but they are not > the same size. I tried linking with libpthread.so.0 (not sure what to use?) > but it didn't help. Wild shot in the dark here. cd /lib mv i686 i686.nouse ldconfig Then see if it still does it (probably requires a runlevel change, maybe even a reboot). This will make it use the i586 optimized glibc instead of the i686 optimized glibc. Good luck. Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | Sometimes you get experience.| | http://www.mandrakelinux.com |--unknown origin | Mandrake Cooker Devel Version, Kernel 2.4.21pre4-1mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SWAplp7v05cW2woRApjYAKCx6Lx2qLjPmixQVEUZZ/17kMuiLwCgoX62 3klAGzuMZiM6E8O93KN54PI= =AXYf -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could not find mime type",kde3.0.3
On Tuesday 11 Feb 2003 8:36 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 07:57, civileme wrote: > > pair was a WD. (As an aside from this, if you have enough IDE channels > > to do it, put one hard drive per channel and use the other (slave) side > > for CDROM or Zip or whatever, not only to avoid crosstalk but for > > efficient operation.) > > Hi civilme, > > Is this true when the slave does not function in DMA mode, or at a much > lower DMA mode? I've heard that IDE defaults to the mode of the slowest > device on the channel. What is you experience with this? > There's an old saying The faster the master, The slower the slave It wouldn't matter which way round if you were right. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could not find mime type",kde3.0.3
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good afternoon, Anne... On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:53 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > There's an old saying > > The faster the master, > The slower the slave > > It wouldn't matter which way round if you were right. Actually about six months back or so I did a relative speed test using a series of different UDMA drives on an enhanced system under various O/S platforms to see if anything had changed since the last time. Under *certain* conditions, that axiom no longer applies. However, I also willingly admit, despite doing a *lot* of skull-banging, I haven't figured out why, or for that matter, what has changed in how hard drive parameters are recognized under Linux. For example, under Mandrake using a fast high-speed 40 gigabyte drive, in approximately 40% of the time it was recognized by Mandrake as a fast drive, and deployed appropriately. If the slave was *also* a UDMA drive, it, too, was configured correctly. Even a lowly Iomega Zip Drive was configured as a fast access drive. Go figure, sez I. I even tried it using several different brands of drives, since I was neither scientific nor exacting about it. When it worked it was a thing of marvel. However, just now having stuck my foot so nicely into my mouth, I couldn't then account for the other 60% of the time when one or both drives were recognized and configured as pokey slow EIDE drives. I repeated this test four or five times, and even had a fast drive be recognized two *different* ways several times. I know instinctively it is in the libraries somewhere, but I don't have a clue. FWIW, I was able to replicate the same test results using Micro$oft Windoze 98 and backwards a time or two. For the most part, Windows 98 Second Edition and upwards recognizes the drive geometry correctly every time. Can I buy an axiom now? Dave - -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 01/20/2003 Usenet News server: news.kharma.net Musicians Calendar and Database access: http://www.kharma.net/calendar.html An automatic & random thought For the Minute: Reality is for people who lack imagination. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SWccaE1ENZP1A28RApucAKCt/8hp17uC1Z7XvEXAbOcOdG/vaQCcDXAK kRoHv4eh7qTWjLR+GL/C9Lc= =VQIe -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
This time Vincent Danen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes: > On Sun Feb 09, 2003 at 05:09:06PM -0600, Vox wrote: > >> > succession without a burp. Very odd. I usually find cooker to be >> > quite stable, but I tend to go this cycle: install release version, >> > wait until after cooker has settled down (gcc/glibc upgrades), track >> > cooker during the beta period, do a fresh install when the release >> > is out. I have to have a semi-stable system, and don't sync with >> > cooker daily... so I tend to take this route. Upgrades are really >> > simple even with a fresh install. >> >> That's more or less how I do it too, without the fresh install. I >> track cooker daily until release...then wait out the first 2 or 3 >> weeks after cooker re-opening and keep going on the daily tracking >> until the glibc/gcc/whatever changes start, then I stop till I don't >> get any "need to uninstall this to continue" and go back to daily >> tracking. So far, my box has been behaving well :) > > More adventurous than I... =) Sounds like a good plan tho... I may decide > to continue tracking cooker over the long term this time around... we'll > see. I usually do the base install for a while to test security updates > live... if I can get this UML stuff to work properly, I may not need to do > that anymore (use UML containers instead of testing "live"). I use my mom's computer for testing stuff that should work on release :) I keep her box on current-release always, and keep mine on cooker...that way she gets a stable system and I have a stable release to test stuff on. The rest of the computers here at home either have cooker or debian of some kind (it depends on who lost the coin flip...loser gets to install the box and chose the distro...installer admins the box...and my roommate is a debian user :) Tho the UML idea sounds good to me...I may have to test that one of these days :) >> > Soon I'll be setting up CVS so I can commit the entire /etc >> > directory to CVS then on an upgrade I can do stuff like "cvs co" or >> > "cvs diff" to find the differences. Should be an interesting >> > project. >> >> I've done that when admining the local LUG box with 3 other people, >> that way we could track down and shoot whoever mungled the box ;) It >> works well, for the most part, once you get used to it. > > I'm thinking of an easy way to do upgrades... and of course, sanity checks. > Ie. think of this prior to an upgrade: > > cd /etc > cvs commit > [reboot_installclean] > cd /etc > cvs diff > [check for anything major] > cvs co > > Somewha abbreviated, but you get the idea. I think it would work awesome... > one would just have to get used to the many CVS/ directories. =) Yup, that should work nicely...and being able to go rollback a commit or two to fix mistakes is a good thing too :) >> >> Uhm...I've heard you can run EverCrack on WineX and play well, with >> >> a few details (some sounds or some crap like that...I don't play >> >> EverCrack :) google is your friend :) >> > >> > If I'm going to sit down and play EQ, i want it to work 100%... =) >> > I've >> >> Bah, you addicts are all the same :P > > Well, I wish I was more of an addict. I don't think I've played in two > weeks... Starting to forget I even have it installed... =) hehehe be thankful you don't have the time to become truly addicted...you may end up like the guy who killed himself because he lost everything he had to be able to pay his evercrack addiction :) >> > tried WineX, and while it's ok, doesn't really play to well on my >> > workstation with it's odd dual-head setup (2MB PCI video card and a >> > 16MB AGP). It's caused strange issues for me in the past. So I've >> >> Youch, I didn't know you could play EverCrack with such small >> vidcards...hell, I thought you couldn't play tuxracer with them :) > > I doubt the 2MB card would do any good... IIRC, it's a 2D card as well. The > AGP card should be ok tho. My workstation is definitely not a gaming > machine... (well, it would make a killer gaming machine if I got larger LCDs > and a proper dual-head AGP card with gobs of memory). I kinda just use this > machine for work... =) I'm not much of a gamer either...my last real heavy addiction was the original Diablo...that thing I used to play 5hr a day on bnet...but I've been lucky enough not to get hooked on newer stuff :) >> > got one machine that is a f/t cooker machine that dual-boots win2k. >> > It's helpful for the odd time i need to run win software (not often) >> > or testing stuff like samba. >> >> I haven't had the misfortune of using a winbox in 6+ years :) > > Lucky you.. =) Smart me, my contract for clients explicitly declares that winboxes are against my religion ;) >> > I play WC3 and D2 on my mac, so I'm not worried about that... =) >> >> I want an a-book! :P > > I'm telling ya... Apple makes some sweet hardware. It's a sham
Re: [expert] fyi, new gnome 2.2 is out, lots of cool updates
This time James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes: > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 12:02, synrat wrote: >> I tried insalling it from cooker, but that only killed my existing gnome >> setup. >> > Didn't you know cooker is only for developers... users should stay out. > (At least according to the flame I got because I commented on a bug > report with conformation information.) and yes I'm a bit peeved at the > moment. sorry. The problem isn't the user as much as the box...cookers hate mixed boxes (stable+some cooker packages)...it makes for a messy life in cookerland. 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. msg65893/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
RE: [expert] Mandrake Newbie
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of synrat > Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2003 4:08 AM > To: Expert List > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake Newbie > > > yes the mouse always reappears. > > you can use apmd suspend feature to hybernate. It still uses power :o( I want the ability to dump the ram to HDD then power down. Upon powering up the laptop takes the ram file on the HDD and puts it back into ram Can this be done ? Regards, Kat. > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 05:47, Katinka Mills wrote: > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I use FreeBSD for all my server applications, and Mandrake > for my desktop. I > > > have two questions. > > > > > > #1 After my laptop suspends, when it wakes up I loose my USB > mouse, I looked > > > through the archives but could not see any info on this. > > > > Just curious if you do ctrl-alt-f1 then crtl-alt-f7 does the mouse > > reappear? Does this for my ps2 is why I ask. Whooo Thanks, it works great :o) > > > #2 How do I hibernate, I would like to be able to hibernate instead of > > > shutdown and rebooting. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Syncing Handspring Visor Deluxe?!
> I starting having this exact trouble with my Visor Deluxe when I > upgraded to 9.0 (it worked beautifully on 8.1 every time). I have > disabled devfs, there's no kpilotd running, and syncing is still > unreliable. Following up with what Mark was saying I went to the pilot link homepage, and with much further discussion, I see they are touting their 0.11.7 tarball and rpm. Apparently, they found some bugs, and I am wondering if that is what is my problem. I found 0.11.7 as pilot-link-0.11.7-1mdk.i586.rpm which is currently in the cooker. I also find that this rpm and the source code are requiring libc.so.6, part of the glibc 2.3 package, so I attempted to install it as an rpm: # rpm -Uvh glibc-2.3.1-7mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: initscripts < 6.91-18mdk conflicts with glibc-2.3.1-7mdk glibc = 2.2.5 is needed by locales-2.3.1.3-7mdk glibc = 2.2.5 is needed by locales-2.3.1.3-7mdk glibc = 2.2.5-16mdk is needed by glibc-devel-2.2.5-16mdk initscripts is just what it sounds like, and I am not sure if I want to mess with it. I am not sure what locales is, as I have not heard of that package or its importance. I am asking the assembled, should I force the installation of glibc? Should I just keep the upgrade going, upgrading initscripts and locales? Or should I wait for 9.1 to come out, and hope that the package pilot-link 0.11.7 is on it? Or should I continue pounding away, even if others are having a bad time with it? I have also been unsucessfully messing with the 2.4.20 kernel, and I have noted that there is something in the USB drivers about slow connecting USB devices. Maybe the Visor is one? And I wonder if the 2.4.19-16mdk kernel has it configured for slow devices? Rob Grasshopper in the linux world. -- 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] Mandrake Newbie
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 16:00, Katinka Mills wrote: > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of synrat > > Sent: Wednesday, 12 February 2003 4:08 AM > > To: Expert List > > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake Newbie > > > > > > yes the mouse always reappears. > > > > you can use apmd suspend feature to hybernate. > > It still uses power :o( > > I want the ability to dump the ram to HDD then power down. > > Upon powering up the laptop takes the ram file on the HDD and puts it back > into ram > > Can this be done ? I've heard (I think) Jack talk about a suspend to swap program that might do this but I'm not sure. I'm just trying to find a kernel from MDK that has a working apmd (beyond the stock 9.0 kernel that is.) James > > > Regards, > > Kat. > > > > > On Tue, 11 Feb 2003, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 05:47, Katinka Mills wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > > > I use FreeBSD for all my server applications, and Mandrake > > for my desktop. I > > > > have two questions. > > > > > > > > #1 After my laptop suspends, when it wakes up I loose my USB > > mouse, I looked > > > > through the archives but could not see any info on this. > > > > > > Just curious if you do ctrl-alt-f1 then crtl-alt-f7 does the mouse > > > reappear? Does this for my ps2 is why I ask. > > Whooo Thanks, it works great :o) > > > > > > > #2 How do I hibernate, I would like to be able to hibernate instead of > > > > shutdown and rebooting. > > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003 > > > > __ > > 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] fyi, new gnome 2.2 is out, lots of cool updates
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 13:13, Vox wrote: > This time James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > becomes daring and writes: > > > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 12:02, synrat wrote: > >> I tried insalling it from cooker, but that only killed my existing gnome > >> setup. > >> > > Didn't you know cooker is only for developers... users should stay out. > > (At least according to the flame I got because I commented on a bug > > report with conformation information.) and yes I'm a bit peeved at the > > moment. sorry. > > The problem isn't the user as much as the box...cookers hate mixed > boxes (stable+some cooker packages)...it makes for a messy life in > cookerland. Yeah... and then they want the bugs to go to bugzilla for 9.1beta's and chew you out for talking about a bug. Saying to upgrade, then when you explain that you are running the latest from cooker they flame you offline... sorry all, bad day I've been listening to the shrub again. James > > Vox Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could notfind mime type",kde3.0.3
I've had similar results but specifically when it's a maxtor drive and a non maxtor in the slave position. They didn't play nice at all. Now if I had the Maxtor paired up with another one running the same DMA level... no problem. James On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 13:11, Dave Laird wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Good afternoon, Anne... > > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:53 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > There's an old saying > > > > The faster the master, > > The slower the slave > > > > It wouldn't matter which way round if you were right. > > Actually about six months back or so I did a relative speed test using a > series > of different UDMA drives on an enhanced system under various O/S platforms to > see if anything had changed since the last time. Under *certain* conditions, > that axiom no longer applies. However, I also willingly admit, despite doing a > *lot* of skull-banging, I haven't figured out why, or for that matter, what > has > changed in how hard drive parameters are recognized under Linux. > > For example, under Mandrake using a fast high-speed 40 gigabyte drive, in > approximately 40% of the time it was recognized by Mandrake as a fast drive, > and > deployed appropriately. If the slave was *also* a UDMA drive, it, too, was > configured correctly. Even a lowly Iomega Zip Drive was configured as a fast > access drive. Go figure, sez I. I even tried it using several different brands > of drives, since I was neither scientific nor exacting about it. When > it > worked it was a thing of marvel. > > However, just now having stuck my foot so nicely into my mouth, I couldn't > then > account for the other 60% of the time when one or both drives were recognized > and configured as pokey slow EIDE drives. I repeated this test four or five > times, and even had a fast drive be recognized two *different* ways several > times. I know instinctively it is in the libraries somewhere, but I don't have > a > clue. > > FWIW, I was able to replicate the same test results using Micro$oft Windoze 98 > and backwards a time or two. For the most part, Windows 98 Second Edition and > upwards recognizes the drive geometry correctly every time. > > Can I buy an axiom now? > > Dave > - -- > Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project > Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 01/20/2003 > Usenet News server: news.kharma.net > Musicians Calendar and Database access: http://www.kharma.net/calendar.html > > An automatic & random thought For the Minute: > Reality is for people who lack imagination. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+SWccaE1ENZP1A28RApucAKCt/8hp17uC1Z7XvEXAbOcOdG/vaQCcDXAK > kRoHv4eh7qTWjLR+GL/C9Lc= > =VQIe > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Monday 10 February 2003 09:48 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > 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). > What a stinking shame uncle billy and his gang of thieves can get away with not being required to play fair. What a daunting task these guys have, having to reverse engineering everything. Incredible job and I hope they keep making ground. Sorry to hear they are still having problems. I'm sure they are still working hard on it. > 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. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:21 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > 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. > Any chance you have Microsoft money working? Codeweaver couldn't make it work.. If I could get either Microsoft money working or find a simple money manager for linux I liked, I'd be 98% free of microsoft. At home anyways. :) Now if I can just land that gig working on unix at work.. > 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] UT2003 help?
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:47 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 01:31 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > haven't played it, but... > > > > three machines with same OS, same video card, same video driver, one of > > them keeps crashing? Sounds to me like the one machine is a) the one > > with the different video driver, or b) overheating. > > Hi Jack. Thanks for the reply. Well, actually - its using the 3123 driver > just like one of the other comps. Overheating - well, I checked in BIOS > after a few hours and its reporting 50 c. AFAIK, that should be fine, > right? Also, its not the whole system that is crashing, just this one game > that segfaults back to the desktop (I start it from a term.). The system > itself sets for hours with no problems - never crashed like that. > > Any other ideas? Thanks again! I'd start by swapping out the ram from one of the others and seeing of the problem follows. If not, try video card and then... well you get the idea. :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could notfind mime type",kde3.0.3
On Wed, 2003-02-12 at 09:53, Anne Wilson wrote: > > It wouldn't matter which way round if you were right. > It still may matter. But I don't know - that's why I am asking :-) Supposing you have a UDMA 100 as master, and a UDMA 33 as slave. Conceivably they may both drop down to UDMA 33, and the master runs a bit faster than the slave simply because it is the master. Maybe that is not what will happen. Either way, I'm curious to know what the experts think! I've heard conflicting stories from different folks (mostly off this list). Damon -- Damon Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could not find mime type",kde3.0.3
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good evening, James... On Tuesday 11 February 2003 06:28 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > I've had similar results but specifically when it's a maxtor drive and a > non maxtor in the slave position. They didn't play nice at all. Now if > I had the Maxtor paired up with another one running the same DMA > level... no problem. Yes, I recognize that tune. Try a Sanyo-Toshiba low-speed drive and any Maxtor high-speed drive on the same IDE channel. They simply won't work, even if you call Maxtor and order one of their service & support books, which they don't even sell anymore, anyway. Dave - -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 01/20/2003 Usenet News server: news.kharma.net Musicians Calendar and Database access: http://www.kharma.net/calendar.html An automatic & random thought For the Minute: Don't let people drive you crazy when you know it's in walking distance. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+SbupaE1ENZP1A28RAjg9AJ4sf3M/ToAcQgnTv5pMnyWvdHdbnQCguPxM E1MGc1zcqrcpC3IHj4uiNqs= =A/Ne -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
This time Lorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes: > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:21 am, James Sparenberg wrote: >> 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. >> > Any chance you have Microsoft money working? Codeweaver couldn't make it > work.. If I could get either Microsoft money working or find a simple money > manager for linux I liked, I'd be 98% free of microsoft. At home anyways. :) > Now if I can just land that gig working on unix at work.. Tried GNUCash yet? I liked it when I had use for something like that (I hate to manage money, I stay away from it when I can :) 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. msg65904/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 18:50, Lorne wrote: > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:21 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > 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. > > > Any chance you have Microsoft money working? Codeweaver couldn't make it > work.. If I could get either Microsoft money working or find a simple money > manager for linux I liked, I'd be 98% free of microsoft. At home anyways. :) > Now if I can just land that gig working on unix at work.. Have you tried Kmoney or sqlLedger? There is also FreeMoney (I like the name) and EuroBudget. For just a really nice Check book style accounting system I like CBB (Check Book Balancer) > > > 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 08:12 pm, Vox wrote: > This time Lorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > becomes daring and writes: > > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:21 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > >> 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. > > > > Any chance you have Microsoft money working? Codeweaver couldn't make it > > work.. If I could get either Microsoft money working or find a simple > > money manager for linux I liked, I'd be 98% free of microsoft. At home > > anyways. :) Now if I can just land that gig working on unix at work.. > > Tried GNUCash yet? I liked it when I had use for something like that > (I hate to manage money, I stay away from it when I can :) > yea, about 6 months ago. It just didn't do it for me. I guess it is too much for this old fart. :) Mebbe I should go take another peak at it. Maybe it has changed. > Vox Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 08:25 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 18:50, Lorne wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:21 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > 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. > > > > Any chance you have Microsoft money working? Codeweaver couldn't make it > > work.. If I could get either Microsoft money working or find a simple > > money manager for linux I liked, I'd be 98% free of microsoft. At home > > anyways. :) Now if I can just land that gig working on unix at work.. > > Have you tried Kmoney or sqlLedger? There is also FreeMoney (I like the > name) and EuroBudget. For just a really nice Check book style > accounting system I like CBB (Check Book Balancer) > Ahh.. that is what I LOVE about these lists! There is always something else you haven't heard of or thought of. No, actually I don't think I have tried any of them! ?? I remember looking around and tried several some time back. thanks. I'll go take a peak right now. :) > > > 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 19:25, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 18:50, Lorne wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:21 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > 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. > > > > > Any chance you have Microsoft money working? Codeweaver couldn't make it > > work.. If I could get either Microsoft money working or find a simple money > > manager for linux I liked, I'd be 98% free of microsoft. At home anyways. :) > > Now if I can just land that gig working on unix at work.. > > Have you tried Kmoney or sqlLedger? There is also FreeMoney (I like the > name) and EuroBudget. For just a really nice Check book style > accounting system I like CBB (Check Book Balancer) > OOOps forgot KBudget and Kapitol the last one is from theKompany and supposed to be very much like M$Money. > > > > > > 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 > > > > __ > > 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] fyi, new gnome 2.2 is out, lots of cool updates
James Sparenberg wrote: Yeah... and then they want the bugs to go to bugzilla for 9.1beta's and chew you out for talking about a bug. Saying to upgrade, then when you explain that you are running the latest from cooker they flame you offline... sorry all, bad day I've been listening to the shrub again. James OK, your prescription for this affliction is simple: Write one cli statement, with one "grep", one "awk", and one "cut", returning exactly what you want from some set of data in your computer. This will take your mind off all those woes, and make you feel good. And do stay away from the shrub. Hell, look what happened to Moses... drjung -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT Network/System Administration http://www.trismegistus.net Art is the illusion of spontaneity Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Samba hide "." prefixed dirs?
hide dot files = yes veto files /^.*/ Couple this with the Windows Explorer setting. Make sure you run the latest version of Samba as there was an issue with the veto files token not working correctly. David. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of J. Grant Sent: 10 February 2003 15:53 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: 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
Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could not find mime type",kde3.0.3
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good evening, Damon... On Tuesday 11 February 2003 07:05 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: > It still may matter. But I don't know - that's why I am asking :-) > > Supposing you have a UDMA 100 as master, and a UDMA 33 as slave. > Conceivably they may both drop down to UDMA 33, and the master runs a > bit faster than the slave simply because it is the master. Normally that is all true *EXCEPT* there is a differential factor that I just mentioned to someone else on this list about Maxtor drives running on the same IDE channel as a non-Maxtor drive, regardless whether they match or not, will not "cooperate". > Maybe that is not what will happen. Either way, I'm curious to know > what the experts think! I've heard conflicting stories from different > folks (mostly off this list). Without doing a *lot* of testing I'd hazard a guess that is as good a generalization as you could find anywhere, and probably better than some... with the possible exception of Maxtor drives and most other non-Maxtor drives, as noted previously. Another combination I remember vaguely that ran into troubles in the early testing I've done was using a Seagate EIDE slow drive on the primary and a fast Seagate on the secondary, which only worked in 16 bit mode, something else I never understood. 8-) Dave - -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 01/20/2003 Usenet News server: news.kharma.net Musicians Calendar and Database access: http://www.kharma.net/calendar.html An automatic & random thought For the Minute: Yes, but every time I try to see things your way, I get a headache. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+Sc23aE1ENZP1A28RAnoaAJ9LjF/wn/BwT6wYP4homb8WmDp0yACdEX/8 LfqkOxWCM91fBinEvxD0Dp8= =zB4Z -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 08:31 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 19:25, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 18:50, Lorne wrote: > > > On Tuesday 11 February 2003 12:21 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > 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. > > > > > > Any chance you have Microsoft money working? Codeweaver couldn't make > > > it work.. If I could get either Microsoft money working or find a > > > simple money manager for linux I liked, I'd be 98% free of microsoft. > > > At home anyways. :) Now if I can just land that gig working on unix at > > > work.. > > > > Have you tried Kmoney or sqlLedger? There is also FreeMoney (I like the > > name) and EuroBudget. For just a really nice Check book style > > accounting system I like CBB (Check Book Balancer) > > OOOps forgot KBudget and Kapitol the last one is from theKompany and > supposed to be very much like M$Money. > I didn't see any demo version or something a guy could try first. I don't mind paying, but I'd surely want more than what they offer without seeing it first. I've been burned too many times to buy on good faith. :) I'm still looking at some of the others though. Thanks again. > > > > 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 > > > > __ > > > > 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] Java problems
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 09:18 am, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > Ken, > > I notice you have cableone which I assume that means you have a cablemodem? > I live in Boise and have the same service > > The reason I bring that up is that I'm curious if you could download > Mozilla/Netscape with the Java JRE and see if that applet works in that > browser. With a cablemodem, that shouldn't take too long. Also, is there > any chance that you could go back to 3.05 and compare the output of the > java consoles? > > Best regards, > > David = I reinstalled a fresh 9.0 on the main system (athalon 1200, 256Mb mem) and the output of the java console just basically gives the version of java when I load the ssh applett from the firewall in Konqueror. No error messages. I installed from the java bin file from SUN and that un-tars to an RPM from which I installed the java. Kaffee wasn't installed on the 1200 and I removed it from the 9.1b3 machine.. It almost seems to be KDE related. Again it was/is working just fine under 9.0 and KDE 3.0.3, I had upgraded to 3.0.5 before upgrading to 3.1 and it worked there also. Not until I installed KDE 3.1 did I have any problems.. The funny thing is, I installed KDE 3.1 on a friends machine with the same java version and it put it in /usr/lib/java, on mine it goes to /usr/java. WTF?? Both my machines are in /usr/java Thanks for sticking with me on this. Oh, Yes I do have a cable modem, another story for another day == > -Original Message- > From: Ken Thompson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, February 11, 2003 9:12 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Java problems > > > Comment inline. > > On Monday 10 February 2003 10:56 am, Jack Coates wrote: > > 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, > Java as such works OK on this machine, what does not work after the KDE3.1 > upgrade is the java applet in the firewall's "shell" portion of the web > interface. It was working just fine under KDE3.0.5... > I've set up java in konqueror and double checked to make sure, works OK on > websites & etc .. > > > 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 -- Ken Thompson Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Java problems
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 09:18 am, Jack Coates wrote: > On Tue, 2003-02-11 at 08:12, Ken Thompson wrote: > > Comment inline. > > > > On Monday 10 February 2003 10:56 am, Jack Coates wrote: > > > 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, > > Java as such works OK on this machine, what does not work after the > > KDE3.1 upgrade is the java applet in the firewall's "shell" portion of > > the web interface. It was working just fine under KDE3.0.5... > > I've set up java in konqueror and double checked to make sure, works OK > > on websites & etc .. > > I don't know what might have changed, as I don't use KDE. I find it very > implausible that upgrading KDE screwed up your $PATH. The snippet you > posted here: > ... > > > > > > > > > [ken@localhost ken]$ 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.. > > shows a pathing problem. That's typically not an issue for java running > in a browser because you've told the browser where to find java; so I > don't know what you're running into with this particular applet; > however, I would certainly want to look at konq's equivalent of Help | > About Plugins and make sure that the java you're using is the one you > think it is. $PATH is a problem when running java programs from bash as > in the snippet you posted. > ... Yep, it's driving me up the wall.. One thing tha has been suggested I haven't tries yet is to use Mozilla or Netscape and see what they do. OK, just tried that and the applet loads so it looks like a Konqueror problem. -- Ken Thompson Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UT2003 help?
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 10:04 pm, Lorne wrote: > I'd start by swapping out the ram from one of the others and seeing of the > problem follows. If not, try video card and then... well you get the idea. > :) Ram is different on all 3 machines comp1 - 512 megs DDR ram (2100) comp2 - 384 megs DDR ram (1600) comp3 - 384 megs ram (not DDR) ;-( -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UT2003 help?
On Tuesday 11 February 2003 03:42 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: > Wild shot in the dark here. > cd /lib > mv i686 i686.nouse > ldconfig > > Then see if it still does it (probably requires a runlevel change, maybe > even a reboot). This will make it use the i586 optimized glibc instead > of the i686 optimized glibc. > > Good luck. > > Blue skies... Todd I'll try that and report back. BTW, this won't interfere with other RPMs that I've installed that are 686, or stuff I've compiled will it? Just a thought. Thanks for the help, Todd! :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] fyi, new gnome 2.2 is out, lots of cool updates
I tried insalling it from cooker, but that only killed my existing gnome setup. On Thu, 6 Feb 2003, Robert Wideman wrote: > Gnome 2.2 Released > GNOMEPosted by timothy on Wednesday February 05, @03:44PM > from the dadburn-that-slippery-gnome dept. > heydrick writes "This message confirms that Gnome 2.2 is officially > released. And a month ahead of the originally planned six-month release > cycle. Check out the Gnome 2.2 Start Page and use a mirror to download." > http://www.gnome.org/start/2.2/ > ( Read More... | 228 of 375 comments ) > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
