Re: [expert] adding scsi tape drive
g wrote: Michael Noble wrote: Sorry I forgot, I am using Mandrake 9.0 and Adaptec Ultra160 (29160). i am 'old to unix, new to linux', and not up on a solution to your problem. i should have added forgetful too. i just got in from a late night party and thought i would send you this before i crash for a few. know a good way to make a group of people look at you like you just tripped out? simple. just say out loud, 'damn. how forgetful can i be?'. your problem crossed my mind and i thought, 'without kudzu, what do you do? mandrake 8.1 had kudzu, 9 does not. 'so how does one set up hardware in mandrake?' then it hit, 'hardware. mandrake. harddrake. man harddrake'. it may also be in 'linux manual' on desktop. i have been skipping around reading about a few other things, security, msec. but i would guess that harddrake would be cover also. i would also guess that new hardware installation has been asked about so much that most have tired of replying and why you have not had any reply to your question. :) hth. peace out. tc,hago. g . -- think green... save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. send email... text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code attachments =+= if you are proud to be an american, then buy "made in america". Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] adding scsi tape drive
On Thursday 13 February 2003 10:51 pm, g wrote: > Michael Noble wrote: > > I have just added a scsi card (adaptec) and a DDS4 4mm dat drive. > > How do I get Linux to know the tape drive is installed and talking > > to it? > > mike, > > please excuse delay in replying. isp and i are having growing pains. > > anyway, you make no mention of what version of what distrib you are using. > > so, presuming that you are using a recent version of mandrake, your > scsi card and dat drive should be recognized buy kudzu at boot up. > > if not, then you may have config problems. > > > peace out. > > tc,hago. > > g > . Kudzu is not installed by default any more (not in 9.0 anyway) and harddrake might take care of it these days Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] running applications remotely
Hi all.
I have a Mac running OS X, and also it has an X server on it.
I want to know how I can run applications from my mandrake box on the
Mac.
thanks for any help :)
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[expert] How to use/share cups printers with vmware3.2
I am using Mandrake 9.0 and vmware 3.2. On a virtual disk I have installed Win98 as guest system. Filesharing through vmware-smb works well. But I cannot use the cups printers. They are shown on my guest system but I cannot connect to them ( I am using a HP 6P on parallel port and 2 other HP printers on USB port. Any hint is appreciated W. Kasberg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] running applications remotely
Easiest way I can think of is to use the vnc client for Mac and do it that way. James On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 05:38, Azrael wrote: > Hi all. > I have a Mac running OS X, and also it has an X server on it. > I want to know how I can run applications from my mandrake box on the > Mac. > > thanks for any help :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] running applications remotely
If you have the X server running, you can telnet/ssh to your Mandrake machine, export the display with the following command (assumes you're using bash): export DISPLAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0 (xxx... is the IP of your Mac) and just run commands from the Mandrake session, like "evolution". Sounds like you already have your X server set up, but I use OroborOSX on my iBook (http://oroborosx.sourceforge.net/) for this purpose. - Kathy On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 08:38, Azrael wrote: > Hi all. > I have a Mac running OS X, and also it has an X server on it. > I want to know how I can run applications from my mandrake box on the > Mac. > > thanks for any help :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] running applications remotely
and to get the whole desktop, login with XDMCP -- scroll down to the end of http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/remote-x-cygwin-howto for details. On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 07:06, K Montgomery wrote: > If you have the X server running, you can telnet/ssh to your Mandrake > machine, export the display with the following command (assumes you're > using bash): > > export DISPLAY=xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx:0 > > (xxx... is the IP of your Mac) > > and just run commands from the Mandrake session, like "evolution". > > Sounds like you already have your X server set up, but I use OroborOSX > on my iBook (http://oroborosx.sourceforge.net/) for this purpose. > > - Kathy > > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 08:38, Azrael wrote: > > Hi all. > > I have a Mac running OS X, and also it has an X server on it. > > I want to know how I can run applications from my mandrake box on the > > Mac. > > > > thanks for any help :) > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Thursday 13 February 2003 10:07 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 20:58, Lorne wrote: > > On Thursday 13 February 2003 04:13 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > _ > > > >_ > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > Win4lin and VmWare both have "trial" versions available through the > > > club and I believe their sites as well. > > > > > > James > > > > Thanks. I actually have vmware. It isn't for me. I know lots like it. It > > just adds so much overhead that I can't stand it. Then the crap you have > > to deal with on devices like etherenet etc. It is just easier to have a > > KVM switch and just jump back and forth. Win3lin is supposed to be fast > > though. > > Disagree with me and DIE Kill!! Die!! Er, sorry, wrong list :-) I LOL!!! > did that for a long time and it was better than VMWare. However, I had > to give the work laptop back when I changed jobs and had to minimize the > number of computers overall when I moved (noise considerations, mainly). > Still if you have more computers than you know what to do with a KVM is > a heck of a lot nicer than multi-booting or virtualizing hardware any > day. But if you only carry the one laptop and need to use tools in > multiple OSs, VMWare can't be beat. > Now that I can't argue with! Besides I sure don't want to be killed or die. ;) Have you tried that win4lin? It sounds like a way for me to get one step closer to putting mickeysoft further behind me at home. Well a dedicated box anyhow. It might work even better for you, since the performance hit you take with vmware. > > Don't you have to be like Silver or something? I gave them 50.00 or so > > and that wasn't enough to get me anything. Well I guess I get to vote. :) > > I'm silver, but I just download the ISOs and it ain't on there. > Theoretically I might could find it in the commercial apps section, but > I haven't had a need to go looking. I begining to worry a little about the viability of the company. Has it been quieter (from the employees) than normal in the lists or is it just my imagination? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] TyanThunder Pro-CPU heat and hardware integrity
Hey everyone, I am not sure this is supposed to be in the expert list, but since it's more hardware related I sent it here. I just got a Tyan Thunder Pro system with two Athlon 2000+ CPUs. The power supply I was provided was an ATXGES one, and I just trusted the OEM supplier to have ensured it was the right one for the board. Little did I know. As soon as I connected it, I heard a bang, and there you are, nothing seemed to work. I went to the store to get a replacement and an explanation, and they didn't know what it was until I read on the net that while the Thunder version does need an ATXGES, the Thunder Pro is incompatible (although it has the ATXGES connector), thus it should not be powered by an ATXGES. They replaced the power supply and handed the rest of the system back to me, as is. Since this is going to be a production server, I need to know if the hardware got damaged... After a memory test (the one supplied on the Mandrake Linux CD), memory seems fine. Both CPUs seem to be recognized. POST seemed fine, and I installed the SMP kernel and Mandrake Linux and it boots and seems to work. My first question is: What else can I do to make sure nothing got damaged? Second, I installed lm_sensors and gkrellm, and I get a 72 degC on the case heat and the CPU2, while I get 76-77 degC on the CPU1. Do you have any such results from the Tyan Thunder boards, and could you tell me if it's normal? I find it awefully high, and I opened the case, and it seems to me more like 30 degC in the case... Why is CPU1 so much higher than CPU2? is it a configuration thing of lm_sensors (I ran sensors-detect of course), i.e. just an error reading, or is it that one of the CPUs or the motherboard is busted... How could I test them? Thanks a lot for any advice on the matter, gikoreno ___ Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com The most personalized portal on the Web! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Thursday 13 February 2003 10:25 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > Don't really know what my level is... I just send em some every month. > (silver standard something like that.) Any who the link is > > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=search&query= > > and it's a 30 day trial > You are absolutely correct! There it is in living color. I just expired last week so can't get it. I've sent comments/concerns and won't be renewing until I get a reply. I'm not holding my breath. :) thanks for pointing that out though. It does look like they are getting better and better at treating the contributing members a little better. When I first joined it was pretty bad. > James > > > I'm silver, but I just download the ISOs and it ain't on there. > > Theoretically I might could find it in the commercial apps section, but > > I haven't had a need to go looking. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] running applications remotely
To let you all know, i worked out how to do it.
On mac running x server:
/path/to/xhost +
ssh to linux box
export DISPLAY=mac-ip-addy:0
run-application
Thanks for all the answers!!!
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 14:24, James Sparenberg wrote:
> Easiest way I can think of is to use the vnc client for Mac and do it
> that way.
>
> James
>
>
> On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 05:38, Azrael wrote:
> > Hi all.
> > I have a Mac running OS X, and also it has an X server on it.
> > I want to know how I can run applications from my mandrake box on the
> > Mac.
> >
> > thanks for any help :)
>
>
>
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Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 08:26, Lorne wrote: ... > > did that for a long time and it was better than VMWare. However, I had > > to give the work laptop back when I changed jobs and had to minimize the > > number of computers overall when I moved (noise considerations, mainly). > > Still if you have more computers than you know what to do with a KVM is > > a heck of a lot nicer than multi-booting or virtualizing hardware any > > day. But if you only carry the one laptop and need to use tools in > > multiple OSs, VMWare can't be beat. > > > Now that I can't argue with! Besides I sure don't want to be killed or die. ;) > Have you tried that win4lin? It sounds like a way for me to get one step > closer to putting mickeysoft further behind me at home. Well a dedicated box > anyhow. It might work even better for you, since the performance hit you take > with vmware. > P3-M/800, 384M RAM. Performance was fine with W98 in the virtual, poorer with W2K in the virtual of course but then W2K is dog slow on regular hardware too. > > > Don't you have to be like Silver or something? I gave them 50.00 or so > > > and that wasn't enough to get me anything. Well I guess I get to vote. :) > > > > I'm silver, but I just download the ISOs and it ain't on there. > > Theoretically I might could find it in the commercial apps section, but > > I haven't had a need to go looking. > > I begining to worry a little about the viability of the company. Has it been > quieter (from the employees) than normal in the lists or is it just my > imagination? That's most likely pre-release workload. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] domain authentication using browser
Hey, I have a intranet website that I occasionally need to use, which does windows domain authentication. If I view it with IE, it pops up a UID/PWD/Domain auth window. Ditto for co-workers using Moz on Windows. Moz/Galeon on Linux gives: "Error: Access is Denied." This smells like browser detection, so I switched to Konq and set the ID string to IE on Windows. That gives me: An error occured while loading https://[intranet.company.com]: Unknown Authorization method! So, I've got a site that is looking for the NT domain authentication ticket. I'm guessing that I need to have Samba do something along the lines of authenticating with the domain, but I don't know how to get Konq to present the proper authentication while accessing the IIS server. Any ideas? -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] TyanThunder Pro-CPU heat and hardware integrity
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 08:26, gikoreno wrote: > Hey everyone, > > I am not sure this is supposed to be in the expert list, but since it's more >hardware related I sent it here. > > I just got a Tyan Thunder Pro system with two Athlon 2000+ CPUs. > The power supply I was provided was an ATXGES one, and I just trusted the OEM >supplier to have ensured it was the right one for the board. > Little did I know. As soon as I connected it, I heard a bang, and there you are, >nothing seemed to work. I went to the store to get a replacement and an explanation, >and they didn't know what it was until I read on the net that while the Thunder >version does need an ATXGES, the Thunder Pro is incompatible (although it has the >ATXGES connector), thus it should not be powered by an ATXGES. They replaced the >power supply and handed the rest of the system back to me, as is. > yikes! That must have gotten your attention. > Since this is going to be a production server, I need to know if the hardware got >damaged... After a memory test (the one supplied on the Mandrake Linux CD), memory >seems fine. Both CPUs seem to be recognized. POST seemed fine, and I installed the >SMP kernel and Mandrake Linux and it boots and seems to work. > > My first question is: What else can I do to make sure nothing got damaged? A stress test like Linpack might be a good idea, or even the production load with an artificial amount of the expected traffic. > > Second, I installed lm_sensors and gkrellm, and I get a 72 degC on the case heat and >the CPU2, while I get 76-77 degC on the CPU1. > First use sensors from the command line, gkrellm might be looking at the wrong fields. Next try experimenting with different chipset modules. Sometimes lm_sensors will autodetect and load modules that are wrong, but seem to work. Except for the fact that they spit out bogus information, of course :-) > Do you have any such results from the Tyan Thunder boards, and could you tell me if >it's normal? I find it awefully high, and I opened the case, and it seems to me more >like 30 degC in the case... Why is CPU1 so much higher than CPU2? is it a >configuration thing of lm_sensors (I ran sensors-detect of course), i.e. just an >error reading, or is it that one of the CPUs or the motherboard is busted... How >could I test them? > > Thanks a lot for any advice on the matter, > > gikoreno > > ___ > Join Excite! - http://www.excite.com > The most personalized portal on the Web! > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Samba printing
I have a win98 box that needs to print to my local printer. I tried setting it up under samba to use the cups printers, but couldn't get it to work. Then Stephen Kuhn told me to load the windows printer driver onto the box, print nothing until it had finished all its rebooting schemozzle, then print a test page (having swapped the driver line in smb.conf). It worked fine. I don't need to use the printer very often from that box, but now it seems that it simply isn't working any more. Today I uninstalled it, re-installed it, but still I get 'Windows was unable to print this page. Do you want to start the troubleshooted?" It worked once, so why not now? Relevant part of smb.conf follows: [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba browseable = no # to allow user 'guest account' to print. guest ok = yes writable = no printable = yes create mode = 0700 # = # print command: see above for details. # = print command = lpr-cups -P %p -o raw %s -r # using client side printer drivers. ; print command = lpr-cups -P %p %s # using cups own drivers (use generic # PostScript on clients). # The following two commands are the samba defaults for printing=cups # change them only if you need different options: ; lpq command = lpq -P %p ; lprm command = cancel %p-%j [print$] path = /var/lib/samba/printers browseable = yes read only = yes write list = @adm root Any ideas, please? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] TyanThunder Pro-CPU heat and hardware integrity
- Original Message - From: "Jack Coates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, February 14, 2003 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [expert] TyanThunder Pro-CPU heat and hardware integrity > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 08:26, gikoreno wrote: > > Hey everyone, > > > > I am not sure this is supposed to be in the expert list, but since it's more hardware related I sent it here. > > > > I just got a Tyan Thunder Pro system with two Athlon 2000+ CPUs. > > The power supply I was provided was an ATXGES one, and I just trusted the OEM supplier to have ensured it was the right one for the board. > > Little did I know. As soon as I connected it, I heard a bang, Well, that's why they called it a Thunder Pro, obviously, the only motherboard with guaranteed exploding processors. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [Fwd: [newbie] Creating a GDM greeter theme]
hi, take a look at www.kde-look.org and search for splash screens... bye Clovis. Terry Sheltra escreveu: Hello all, I sent this to the newbie list a few days ago, and got no response from anyone. So I thought I'd try here on the expert list. If anyone out there has any suggestion for this, please respond to me off-list, as I'm not subscribed to the list. Thanks! Original Message Subject: [newbie] Creating a GDM greeter theme Date: Sun, 09 Feb 2003 01:24:45 -0500 From: Terry Sheltra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] I was thinking of trying my hand at creating a GDM greeter theme. Anyone out there know of any websites that have some sort of HOW-TO on how to do this? Even a google search doesn't reveal anything. Any help would be appreciated. Thanks compadres! ___ Busca Yahoo! O serviço de busca mais completo da Internet. O que você pensar o Yahoo! encontra. http://br.busca.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Lorne wrote on Tue, Feb 11, 2003 at 08:28:42PM -0700 : > > > > 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. How about sql-ledger? May be overkill for what you want though. 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 2.4.21pre4-5mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+TT8xlp7v05cW2woRAm/iAKCQQFj0yOa08Xnw6wZEVSKrnjbfJACdFxQ6 I5F05uvGGyLDtfp8/ASr+HQ= =SBT8 -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 Friday 14 February 2003 10:15 am, Jack Coates wrote: > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 08:26, Lorne wrote: > ... > > > > did that for a long time and it was better than VMWare. However, I had > > > to give the work laptop back when I changed jobs and had to minimize > > > the number of computers overall when I moved (noise considerations, > > > mainly). Still if you have more computers than you know what to do with > > > a KVM is a heck of a lot nicer than multi-booting or virtualizing > > > hardware any day. But if you only carry the one laptop and need to use > > > tools in multiple OSs, VMWare can't be beat. > > > > Now that I can't argue with! Besides I sure don't want to be killed or > > die. ;) Have you tried that win4lin? It sounds like a way for me to get > > one step closer to putting mickeysoft further behind me at home. Well a > > dedicated box anyhow. It might work even better for you, since the > > performance hit you take with vmware. > > P3-M/800, 384M RAM. Performance was fine with W98 in the virtual, poorer > with W2K in the virtual of course but then W2K is dog slow on regular > hardware too. > > > > > Don't you have to be like Silver or something? I gave them 50.00 or > > > > so and that wasn't enough to get me anything. Well I guess I get to > > > > vote. :) > > > > > > I'm silver, but I just download the ISOs and it ain't on there. > > > Theoretically I might could find it in the commercial apps section, but > > > I haven't had a need to go looking. > > > > I begining to worry a little about the viability of the company. Has it > > been quieter (from the employees) than normal in the lists or is it just > > my imagination? > > That's most likely pre-release workload. Good point. I didn't think of that. I've not had time to even think of 9.1 yet. dang it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Visor woes Continue
Please feel free to ignore this if your tired of this question or if you are very kind send me the info to my email address. I have been using a serial cradle with my Handspring Visor but it is incredibly slow. After the recent discussions here I decided to try USB again. I am lost. How can you go about linking /dev/visor or /dev/pilot to a device that doesn't exist until you sync. Also how can you make sure HOTPLUG is enabled and functioning. I have monitored /dev/usb/tty/ and during a sync operation I don't see any devices being created. I tried to disable devfs in Mandrake Control Center but it continues to run. I did this to try using some of the suggestions put forth on this list. Basically I'm lost. Start from the beginning or send me to some site other than the Visor/Linux site. Been there and tried it all. Using ML 9.0. Thanks, Clif Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Xnest questions
I am playing around with Xnest, and what I am looking for is a gui app that will allow me to, connect via xdmcp to the host of my choice, in a nested window. I know I can type 'Xnest -query host :2' and it will work, but I want to know if there is a small gui app that I can click on, and it'll ask "local, remote (enter ip here)" or something similar... if there already is one, that is.. if not, then I might have found myself a small project :) -- Chuck Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Xnest questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 G'afternoon, Chuck...everyone else... On Thursday 13 February 2003 12:58 am, Chuck Burns wrote: > I am playing around with Xnest, and what I am looking for is a gui app that > will allow me to, connect via xdmcp to the host of my choice, in a nested > window. I know I can type 'Xnest -query host :2' and it will work, but I > want to know if there is a small gui app that I can click on, and it'll ask > "local, remote (enter ip here)" or something similar... if there already is > one, that is.. if not, then I might have found myself a small project :) In case your findings come to you off this list, could you please forward any information you may find about this? I've begun playing with Xnest, too, and would like to have a gui tooie. 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: Art is a lie which makes us realize the truth. -- Picasso -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+TVykaE1ENZP1A28RAnzxAJ4nmZJ7hfcezGbMUa63SSgmh5WJ4QCaA610 RAboDHHqaM4kCmxoH4DzSiw= =InJU -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Xnest questions
On Friday 14 February 2003 3:16 pm, Dave Laird wrote: *snipped stuff about xnest gui* > > In case your findings come to you off this list, could you please forward > any information you may find about this? I've begun playing with Xnest, > too, and would like to have a gui tooie. 8-) > > Dave certainly. And here's another question I would like to pose... Let's just say I have an old box, and I want to run gdm on it, so I can xdmcp into it.. BUT! here's the kicker.. I dont want X to run on the box locally... IOW, I don't want X to take up a VT on the system, ONLY be a remote X server.. anyone have any ideas here? :) -- Chuck Burns <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Visor woes Continue
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 14:00, Clif Caldwell wrote: > Please feel free to ignore this if your tired of this question or if > you are very kind send me the info to my email address. > > I have been using a serial cradle with my Handspring Visor but it is > incredibly slow. After the recent discussions here I decided to try > USB again. I am lost. How can you go about linking /dev/visor or > /dev/pilot to a device that doesn't exist until you sync. Also how can > you make sure HOTPLUG is enabled and functioning. I have monitored > /dev/usb/tty/ and during a sync operation I don't see any devices being > created. If you don't use devfs, the you will be able to see your USB devices before hotsyncing, then you can create the link. > I tried to disable devfs in Mandrake Control Center but it continues to run. > I did this to try using some of the suggestions put forth on this list. I you use LILO, edit your /etc/lilo.conf file, for the selection you use, add the line: append="devfs=nomount" Don'f forget to /sbin/lilo, or you can add devfs=nomount at the lilo prompt if you wish. If you use GRUB, sorry, I have never used it so I would be lost. Once you have this, then you can do: ln -s /dev/ttyUSB1 /dev/pilot Also add visor=yes to your /etc/sysconfig/usb file. It does work, I have my Visor Prism syncing via USB with Evolution, although it did seem to take for ever to get it all working, and versions of Evolution > 1.0.8 and < 1.2.1 syncing does not work, I have used it with both 1.2.1 and 1.2.2. Hope this helps. -- ...Rob -- Light travels faster than sound; this is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak. = Robert Goshko Axis Computer Consulting Services, Inc President Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada http://www.axis-dev.ca/ Supporting the Revolution In Your World = Registered Linux User #260513GNU/Linux i686 2.4.21pre4-1mdk-725ca 14:16:01 up 7:28, 5 users, load average: 1.47, 1.46, 1.17 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[expert] mozilla and printing
Okay,
I was sure this was discussed here before, but I can't find it. I use 9.0 and
mozilla. I am using cups printing. From Kmail I can print just fine. But from
within Mozilla I can not. It has a funky lpr syntax and I don't know how to
configure this so I can print to my remote smb printer. Any help appreciated.
here is the default syntax: PostScript/default. Then in properties it is: lpr
${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
>From within Kmail it is simply name: HP4 and print system currently in use:
Cups
My mozilla install is as done by default by Mandrake during initial setup.
Nothing modified. Well I tried, but it didn't help. :)
I'm thinking something is messed up in the base install since nothing else
shows up in the drop down other than the postscript default. It seems there
should be some other choices. I'm sure it is something simple. I had tried to
modify the config file to no avail.
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Re: [expert] Visor woes Continue
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Clif Caldwell wrote on Fri, Feb 14, 2003 at 04:00:17PM -0500 : > Please feel free to ignore this if your tired of this question or if > you are very kind send me the info to my email address. No problem, but please next time, don't reply to an existing message to start a new thread. There is a header named "In-Reply-To:" and you pressing the reply button makes every thread aware reader put your new message at the end of an existing thread (or worse, in the middle). Just press New Message and type in the listname. > I have been using a serial cradle with my Handspring Visor but it is > incredibly slow. After the recent discussions here I decided to try > USB again. I am lost. How can you go about linking /dev/visor or > /dev/pilot to a device that doesn't exist until you sync. Also how can The symlink can exist and point to nothing. That's ok, but not necessarily desirable. > you make sure HOTPLUG is enabled and functioning. I have monitored > /dev/usb/tty/ and during a sync operation I don't see any devices being > created. Something is getting created, you just have to figure out which ones. Kill the running devfsd daemon and then start it in debug mode to see what it's doing. In debug mode it won't daemonize, but will print everything to stdout. killall devfsd devfsd -d /dev Blue skies... Todd - -- Never take no as an answer from someone who's not authorized to say yes. --Ben Reser on Cooker ML Mandrake Cooker Devel Version, Kernel 2.4.21pre4-5mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+TWQglp7v05cW2woRAh0CAJ9j0amAU8MLX/RWuhKObxBHyuvCRQCdGXDh cXNLZt2je/Kizug8iAgF9No= =+a0V -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
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 J. Grant wrote on Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 06:38:03PM + : > > mdk9 does not use UDMA5 by default. Your HD/BIOS initalise themselves > to what they consider to be the fastest stable speed and setttings etc > less /etc/sysconfig/harddisks > You can override what mdk9 has in that file to change stuff, default is > often very slow. Default is everything commented out, so it's whatever the kernel natively recognizes. hdparm is only necessary if the kernel doesn't quite recognize the ide controller chipset and you want to try to wring every bit of performance you can out of it. Blue skies... Todd - -- Never take no as an answer from someone who's not authorized to say yes. --Ben Reser on Cooker ML Mandrake Cooker Devel Version, Kernel 2.4.21pre4-5mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+TWVDlp7v05cW2woRAnB1AJ9ddMvLus0DTyKfhKrqXiBr5eZOqACgqT88 PqgesfskaO+njgl4gAldQuk= =+bTO -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.19 ping problem
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 David Relson wrote on Wed, Feb 12, 2003 at 04:40:35PM -0500 : > > About a month ago, I updated from Mandrake 8.2 to Mandrake 9.0 (with kernel > going from 2.4.18-6mdk to 2.4.19-16mdk) and changed ISPs from DirecTV to > DigitalRealm (with attendant change in DSL modem). Since then I have > noticed that my script hangs fairly reqularly - sometimes once a day, > sometimes several times a day. Shot in the dark here: cat /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_ecn Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Security is like an onion. It's made | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | made up of several layers and makes | | http://www.mandrakelinux.com | you cry. --Howard Chu| Mandrake Cooker Devel Version, Kernel 2.4.21pre4-5mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+TWc+lp7v05cW2woRAsqQAKCC3/Ik+6PAb1bI1NFJNGyJw1hh5ACguV45 G5pJM7WzSTpPG9OV1NkkPHM= =XoTP -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Xnest questions
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 01:21, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Friday 14 February 2003 3:16 pm, Dave Laird wrote: > *snipped stuff about xnest gui* > > > > In case your findings come to you off this list, could you please forward > > any information you may find about this? I've begun playing with Xnest, > > too, and would like to have a gui tooie. 8-) > > > > Dave > certainly. And here's another question I would like to pose... Let's just say > I have an old box, and I want to run gdm on it, so I can xdmcp into it.. BUT! > here's the kicker.. I dont want X to run on the box locally... IOW, I don't > want X to take up a VT on the system, ONLY be a remote X server.. anyone have > any ideas here? :) http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/remote-x-cygwin-howto -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Xnest questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good afternoon, Jack... On Friday 14 February 2003 02:08 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > certainly. And here's another question I would like to pose... Let's > > just say I have an old box, and I want to run gdm on it, so I can xdmcp > > into it.. BUT! here's the kicker.. I dont want X to run on the box > > locally... IOW, I don't want X to take up a VT on the system, ONLY be a > > remote X server.. anyone have any ideas here? :) > > http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/remote-x-cygwin-howto You always ask such *GOOD* questions. 8-) Let me look at it later on this evening and I'll see what I can come up with, as I did just that a long, long time ago. I just don't remember what I did. 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: The bureaucracy is expanding to meet the needs of an expanding bureaucracy. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+TW3daE1ENZP1A28RAlUxAJ4v89D94J7o/dIg0wPMaAb+4rd4mgCfX1yM dNFUREPUGG9O760WDL/t/BE= =fHxx -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Xnest questions
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 14:29, Dave Laird wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Good afternoon, Jack... > > On Friday 14 February 2003 02:08 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > > > certainly. And here's another question I would like to pose... Let's > > > just say I have an old box, and I want to run gdm on it, so I can xdmcp > > > into it.. BUT! here's the kicker.. I dont want X to run on the box > > > locally... IOW, I don't want X to take up a VT on the system, ONLY be a > > > remote X server.. anyone have any ideas here? :) > > > > http://www.monkeynoodle.org/comp/remote-x-cygwin-howto > > You always ask such *GOOD* questions. 8-) Let me look at it later on this > evening and I'll see what I can come up with, as I did just that a long, long > time ago. I just don't remember what I did. 8-( ... er, whuh? I didn't ask the question, I posted the answer :-) Read the URL, it's how to do what he asked. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Xnest questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good afternoon, Jack... On Friday 14 February 2003 02:35 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > er, whuh? I didn't ask the question, I posted the answer :-) Read the > URL, it's how to do what he asked. Did I do *that* in front of millions? Egad. Oh, about those autographed pictures of George Bush, Jr. you ordered, they are in now. 8-) hehehe. Sorry. It's Friday and I'm multi-tasking too many processes at the same damned time. 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: "Life would be much simpler and things would get done much faster if it weren't for other people" -- Blore -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+TXc3aE1ENZP1A28RAlU3AJ9S/KYJoCOdH+Gm5/h/nKqvLJCkhACeK4s6 t/YroPRxm0OJ3F1joBfwMH4= =FSu4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] running applications remotely
On Fri Feb 14, 2003 at 06:24:37AM -0800, James Sparenberg wrote:
> Easiest way I can think of is to use the vnc client for Mac and do it
> that way.
ssh -X linux_boxen
make sure you use an xterm or something within X, and not something like
Terminal.app (although this depends if you're using Apple's X... I've not
tried it yet but the distinction may be less fuzzy with Apple's X).
That's how I run Komodo on my mac when I need to... as it's Linux-only and
x86-only (so can't even run it in mandrake/ppc, more's the pity).
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Re: [expert] running applications remotely
This time Vincent Danen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> becomes daring and writes: > On Fri Feb 14, 2003 at 06:24:37AM -0800, James Sparenberg wrote: > >> Easiest way I can think of is to use the vnc client for Mac and do it >> that way. > > ssh -X linux_boxen make it even nicer: ssh -x user@linux_boxen appyouwanttorun I have several apps (kde games mostly...don't have kde on my cooker box, but mom uses kde in her 9.0 box) in my menus that way :) 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. msg66023/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] mozilla and printing
Lorne wrote:
Okay,
I was sure this was discussed here before, but I can't find it. I use 9.0 and
mozilla. I am using cups printing. From Kmail I can print just fine. But from
within Mozilla I can not. It has a funky lpr syntax and I don't know how to
configure this so I can print to my remote smb printer. Any help appreciated.
here is the default syntax: PostScript/default. Then in properties it is: lpr
${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
From within Kmail it is simply name: HP4 and print system currently in use:
Cups
What I know about the mozilla print command is that you can change it to
what you want but it won't be saved for the next session, so you have to
change it each sesssion. There is a bug about this at mozilla bugzilla.
For instance, I can change this to kprinter --stdin and get the
kprinter dialog to choose printers and parameters. I don't know about
printing to a remote smb printer but maybe that is accessible in
kprinter for you or maybe it is a matter of adding --stdin to the end of
the print command that works for you on the command line.
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Re: [expert] Xnest questions
On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 01:21, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Friday 14 February 2003 3:16 pm, Dave Laird wrote: > *snipped stuff about xnest gui* > > > > In case your findings come to you off this list, could you please forward > > any information you may find about this? I've begun playing with Xnest, > > too, and would like to have a gui tooie. 8-) > > > > Dave > certainly. And here's another question I would like to pose... Let's just say > I have an old box, and I want to run gdm on it, so I can xdmcp into it.. BUT! > here's the kicker.. I dont want X to run on the box locally... IOW, I don't > want X to take up a VT on the system, ONLY be a remote X server.. anyone have > any ideas here? :) I do this with VNC all the time. My desktop runs tight vnc but only inits to run level 3 ... then from work etc I can get into it no problem. PS rfbdrake and Remote Desktop Connection both provide access this way ... and it's a heck of a lot less bandwidth hungry than normal X. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: [expert] Best Mandrake yet!!!
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 08:31, Lorne wrote: > On Thursday 13 February 2003 10:25 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Don't really know what my level is... I just send em some every month. > > (silver standard something like that.) Any who the link is > > > > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=search&query= > > > > and it's a 30 day trial > > > You are absolutely correct! There it is in living color. I just expired last > week So very sorry to hear of your recent demise. Tell me How are your writing this... does heaven have broadband? (extremely large cheessy grin) > so can't get it. I've sent comments/concerns and won't be renewing until > I get a reply. I'm not holding my breath. :) > > thanks for pointing that out though. It does look like they are getting better > and better at treating the contributing members a little better. When I first > joined it was pretty bad. > > > James > > > > > I'm silver, but I just download the ISOs and it ain't on there. > > > Theoretically I might could find it in the commercial apps section, but > > > I haven't had a need to go looking. > > > > __ > > 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 Fri, 2003-02-14 at 08:31, Lorne wrote: > On Thursday 13 February 2003 10:25 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Don't really know what my level is... I just send em some every month. > > (silver standard something like that.) Any who the link is > > > > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=search&query= > > > > and it's a 30 day trial > > > You are absolutely correct! There it is in living color. I just expired last > week So very sorry to hear of your recent demise. Tell me How are your writing this... does heaven have broadband? (extremely large cheessy grin) > so can't get it. I've sent comments/concerns and won't be renewing until > I get a reply. I'm not holding my breath. :) > > thanks for pointing that out though. It does look like they are getting better > and better at treating the contributing members a little better. When I first > joined it was pretty bad. > > > James > > > > > I'm silver, but I just download the ISOs and it ain't on there. > > > Theoretically I might could find it in the commercial apps section, but > > > I haven't had a need to go looking. > > > > __ > > 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 Fri, 2003-02-14 at 08:31, Lorne wrote: > On Thursday 13 February 2003 10:25 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Don't really know what my level is... I just send em some every month. > > (silver standard something like that.) Any who the link is > > > > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?name=Downloads&d_op=search&query= > > > > and it's a 30 day trial > > > You are absolutely correct! There it is in living color. I just expired last > week So very sorry to hear of your recent demise. Tell me How are your writing this... does heaven have broadband? (extremely large cheessy grin) > so can't get it. I've sent comments/concerns and won't be renewing until > I get a reply. I'm not holding my breath. :) > > thanks for pointing that out though. It does look like they are getting better > and better at treating the contributing members a little better. When I first > joined it was pretty bad. > > > James > > > > > I'm silver, but I just download the ISOs and it ain't on there. > > > Theoretically I might could find it in the commercial apps section, but > > > I haven't had a need to go looking. > > > > __ > > 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] Xnest questions
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 20:43, James Sparenberg wrote: ... > I do this with VNC all the time. My desktop runs tight vnc but only > inits to run level 3 ... then from work etc I can get into it no > problem. > > > PS rfbdrake and Remote Desktop Connection both provide access this way > ... and it's a heck of a lot less bandwidth hungry than normal X. > ... ooh boy, a religious war! heh-heh :-) Actually VNC does use less bandwidth, but X is still more responsive for me, even over relatively low-bandwidth high-latency links, because X isn't doing the screen scrape and poll-my-mouse crud. Now if you're using a pixmapped theme and the pixmaps are all on the other end of a modem... -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mozilla and printing
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 15:56, Rolf Pedersen wrote:
> Lorne wrote:
> > Okay,
> >
> > I was sure this was discussed here before, but I can't find it. I use 9.0 and
> > mozilla. I am using cups printing. From Kmail I can print just fine. But from
> > within Mozilla I can not. It has a funky lpr syntax and I don't know how to
> > configure this so I can print to my remote smb printer. Any help appreciated.
> > here is the default syntax: PostScript/default. Then in properties it is: lpr
> > ${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME:+'-P'}${MOZ_PRINTER_NAME}
> >
> >>From within Kmail it is simply name: HP4 and print system currently in use:
> > Cups
> >
>
> What I know about the mozilla print command is that you can change it to
> what you want but it won't be saved for the next session, so you have to
> change it each sesssion. There is a bug about this at mozilla bugzilla.
> For instance, I can change this to kprinter --stdin and get the
> kprinter dialog to choose printers and parameters. I don't know about
> printing to a remote smb printer but maybe that is accessible in
> kprinter for you or maybe it is a matter of adding --stdin to the end of
> the print command that works for you on the command line.
>
>
If MDK ever gets a regular ask-for-a-feature feature, I'm going to ask
for a way to set the default print commands of all environments from the
control center. I'm a big fan of xpp and CUPS -- I print to xpp as if it
were lpr, and it pops up a dialogue showing what printers are available
on this LAN and some options like number of copies.
--
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Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture...
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Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could not find mime type",kde3.0.3
J. Grant wrote:
> > Mandrake 9.0 uses UDMA5 automatically (without program hdparm),
> > is this configured on booting are is it written at installation of
> > ML9.0 in some configuration file?
> mdk9 does not use UDMA5 by default. Your HD/BIOS initalise themselves
> to what they consider to be the fastest stable speed and setttings etc
> less /etc/sysconfig/harddisks
> You can override what mdk9 has in that file to change stuff, default
> is often very slow.
Everything in that file is commented out, ah now I understand Todd's
reply ("Default is everything commented out, so it's whatever the kernel
natively recognizes. hdparm is only necessary if the kernel doesn't
quite recognize the ide controller chipset and you want to try to wring
every bit of performance you can out of it. Todd")
> > What program in Mandrake 9.0 is responsible for this, or is it just
> > the kernel that figures out what the highest UDMA setting is?
> man hdparm
No, hdparm is not installed in my freshly installed Mandrake 9.0 yet
dmesg shows:
"Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 7.00alpha2
ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with
idebus=xx
VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 89
VP_IDE: chipset revision 6
VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later
VP_IDE: VIA vt8233 (rev 00) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci00:11.1
ide0: BM-DMA at 0xfc00-0xfc07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio
ide1: BM-DMA at 0xfc08-0xfc0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:pio
hda: WDC WD400BB-32CXA0, ATA DISK drive
hdc: LITE-ON LTR-24102B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive
ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14
ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15
hda: 78165360 sectors (40021 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=4865/255/63,
UDMA(100)"
for hda it reports UDMA(100), the ide controller chipset is recognized
as VIA vt8233 (rev 00) IDE UDMA100 controller.
I think it is this part of the kernel that is responsible for it:
"usr/src/linux-2.4.19-16mdk/drivers/ide/pci/via82cxxx.c"
> > I think this utility is also on the DataLifeGuard floppy disk
> > dlgudma.exe - Data Lifeguard Ultra ATA Management
> I'm not sure why are considering this program as it will never work
> on GNU/Linux or GNU/Wine.
No, it is a booting floppy disk, the utility changes the UDMA setting
on the hard disk itself.
> > Did the corruption occur with these messages in syslog:
> > "EXT3-fs error (device ide0(3,2)): ext3_new_block: Allocating block
> > in system zone - block = 294914" ? What do these messages mean?
> Did you install with a search for badblocks?
No, but on my new install of ML9.0 I did, install didn't tell if it
found any badblocks.
> e2fsck -f -c /dev/hdX can do it for you now, make sure you are in
> single user mode though and your HD is mounted ro.
I already reinstalled ML9.0, but I tried on this new install
"e2fsck -f -c /dev/hda2": and it returned a bunch of errors. And this
is after a fresh install. I'll complain about this in another thread.
vatbier
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Re: [expert] adding scsi tape drive
tc,hago harddrake2 does see the scsi contoller, where I am having difficulty is setting up the device files in /dev for the tape drive. As for baking up there are many ways to do that g(tar) is very good. Have not looked at dump or or some of the others that are offered on MD 9.0. I wish I could just do boot -r and let the system scan and setup the new device files, but...that is not an option. At this point I am about to reload the system while the scsi card and tape drive are in the system. I really do not want to as I would have to put everything back that has been setup and without a backup method it makes that kinda difficult, but I have done it before. Thanks for all of your help. Mike On Thu, 2003-02-13 at 22:44, g wrote: > Michael Noble wrote: > > Sorry I forgot, I am using Mandrake 9.0 and Adaptec Ultra160 (29160). > > What I am trying to find out is how to make the device files for an > > DAT Tape drive attached to the SCSI card so that I can do backups. > > I really do not want to have to reload Mandrake to do it, but at this > > point it seems about the only solution. This rebuild also comes from > > the fact that I am trying to move the mouse from USB to PS2 and have > > not found any way to do it without a rebuild. > > > > If you can give any help, it would be appreciated. > > md 9.0, aha-2945, conner ctt8000s tr4, is what i have set up on 1 of my boxes. > diff is that i had them installed before i installed md 9. > > i just finished doing a little checking on kudzu, only to find that kudzu is not > in md 9.0. :( > > one more reason that i dislike all this gui crapola that is being used during > boot. otherwise, i would have noted kudzu missing during boot. > > i am 'old to unix, new to linux', and not up on a solution to your problem. > therefore, i am posting this back to list as i feel sure that there will be > someone who can give you info that you need. > > now, if you need some scripts for doing your tape backups, check 'expert' > archives for where i posted a reply to mark weaver. > > Date: 30 Dec 2002 11:41:11 > Subject: Re: [expert] A bit OT: Help needed - reaching the edge... > > mark and a few others that i have passed scripts along to have found much > success with cpio. i well imagine that you will find same. > > > peace out. > > tc,hago. > > g > . > -- > think green... >save a tree, save a life, save time, save bandwidth, save storage. > send email... text/plain - disable pgp/gpg/geek code attachments > =+= > if you are proud to be an american, then buy "made in america". > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Michael Noble mailto: [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 notfind mime type",kde3.0.3
e2fsck -f -c /dev/hdX can do it for you now, make sure you are in single user mode though and your HD is mounted ro. I already reinstalled ML9.0, but I tried on this new install "e2fsck -f -c /dev/hda2": and it returned a bunch of errors. And this is after a fresh install. I'll complain about this in another thread. If they were badblock errors your HD has failed, replace it and your problems might go away. JG Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] adding scsi tape drive
FYI, Dell Linux mailing lists are really good reading for this type of thing. The reason why i say this is b/c this is 50% of the discussion on them. How i know? I used to be in Linux Server Support. Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Xnest questions
On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 21:16, Jack Coates wrote: > On Fri, 2003-02-14 at 20:43, James Sparenberg wrote: > ... > > I do this with VNC all the time. My desktop runs tight vnc but only > > inits to run level 3 ... then from work etc I can get into it no > > problem. > > > > > > PS rfbdrake and Remote Desktop Connection both provide access this way > > ... and it's a heck of a lot less bandwidth hungry than normal X. > > > ... > > ooh boy, a religious war! heh-heh :-) Actually VNC does use less > bandwidth, but X is still more responsive for me, even over relatively > low-bandwidth high-latency links, because X isn't doing the screen > scrape and poll-my-mouse crud. Now if you're using a pixmapped theme and > the pixmaps are all on the other end of a modem... Of course a religious war. Whatdya expect form an old alterboy! *grin*. The reasons you don't like VNC is why IMHO MDK had the wisdom to switch to tightVNC. It doesn't do the poll-my-mouse crud (The concept is the mouse is on the local box why draw it twice. So they use a 1x1px spot on the screen at the tip of your local mouse. I've used it over a 56k connection with iceWM as the wm and it was a bit clunky but faster than pcNowhere on Broadband and screen updates paints and lauches where much faster. James > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] ML9.0: patch VIA to enable UDMA100 not installed but yet reporting UDMA100, Cycle time 120 ns???
I WROTE THE Western Digital Data Lifeguard Utilities to a floppy disk: tested my WD400BB-32CXA0 No errors. Changed with the Ultra Management utility the UDMA setting on the disk itself from UDMA5 (100) TO UDMA2 (33): ML9.0 and ML8.2 report in dmesg: UDMA(33) Win XP reports also UDMA2. I tested in ML8.2: hdparm /dev/hda: using_dma=1(on) hdparm -Tt /dev/hda: 27,23 MB/s hdparm -I /dev/hda: DMA ... *udma2 cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns Changed back from UDMA2 (33) to UDMA5 (100) Now I got these results: hdparm -Tt /dev/hda: 27 MB/s HUH?SAME AS UDMA2 ?? hdparm -I /dev/hda: DMA ... *udma5 cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns HUH? 120ns?? SEE http://www.pcguide.com/ref/hdd/if/ide/modes.htm UDMA: " This table shows all of the current Ultra DMA modes, along with their cycle times and maximum transfer rates: Ultra DMA Cycle Time Maximum Transfer Mode (nanoseconds)Rate (MB/s) Mode 0 240 16.7 Mode 1 160 25.0 Mode 2 120 33.3 Mode 3 90 44.4 Mode 4 60 66.7 Mode 5 40 100.0 The cycle time shows the speed of the interface clock; the clock's frequency is the reciprocal of this number (see here for more on clocking.) The maximum transfer rate is four times the reciprocal of the cycle time--double transition clocking means each cycle has two transfers, and each transfer moves two bytes (16 bits). " UDMA5 should have cycle time: 40ns Why does hdparm -I /dev/hda report "cycle time: min=120ns recommended=120ns" ? Is this a bug of hdparm? Or does the cycle time in hdparm means something else? Or could it be that the UDMA5 of my hard drive gives the same speed as UDMA2? Then I found on viaarena.com this patch for ML8.2: VIA ML8.2 ATA133-100 Patch 686B-8231-8233x-8235 ver 0.91A.gz contains a patch file mdk8.2-patch-2.4.18-vpide.gz date: 20/9/02 and a readme.pdf: VIA ML8.2 ATA133-100 Patch Readme.pdf: "hdparm -t /dev/hda: sustained transfer rate of the disk reads: VT8233 Original Kernel 23,7 MB/sec rebuilt kernel with 39,75 MB/sec Patch IDE Success of kernel patching: dmesg: "VP_IDE: VIA vt8233 (rev 00) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci00:11.1 Note the data transfer for VT8233 has changed from 33 to 100" HUH MY dmesg already states UDMA100 but hdparm -t /dev/hda on my ML8.2 is only 26,67 MB/sec Hm, I remember that my ML8.2 has no original kernel, I installed a new one from cooker during the summer. So either my kernel is already patched and for some other reason only manages 26,67 MB/sec for sustained transfer rate or it isn't patched yet and incorrectly states that I have a UDMA100 driver. hdparm on my ML9.0 shows the same speeds. Does ML9.0 has this patch from VIA already included? How in Linux can I test the burst speed which should come close to the UDMA speed: 100 MB/sec (in article below: +/- 87 MB/sec) ? In this article they tested speeds in Windows "http://www.tecchannel.de/hardware/817/index.html: Client / Komponenten / VIA Chipsets slow down PCI cards: Vom 21.12.2001, Update am 04.02.2002 VIA Chipsets slow down PCI cards: a driver patch is available to boost burst speed closer to 100 MB/sec ... The speed while doing sequential transfers from the hard drive media itself is actually much lower than that. High end IDE drives max out at about 40 MBytes/s currently. AHA BUT I ONLY GET 26,67 MB/sec If you consider the overhead, these drives can only push older Ultra-ATA/66-controllers to their limits." What is a normal sustained transfer rate for UDMA5 in Linux ( what does "hdparm -t /dev/hda" return on your computer)? How in Win XP can I test the sustained transfer rate like in Linux with the command "hdparm -t /dev/hda" ? Would it be the same speed as in Linux ? vatbier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] ML9.0: Fresh install, found one file 2 GB big, "e2fsck -f -c /dev/hda2" returns errors:
I reinstalled ML9.0 (for the third time) on 9/2/03
I found just by coincidence in
/lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/drivers/scsi:
53c7,8xx.o.gz 2GB big !! I repeat 2GB big (date was normal 20/9/02)
and the partition is only 2GB big.
What happened ???
I haven't done much configuration yet to that install, last thing I did
with it was make a backup.
I guess at install something must have gone wrong.
>From my ML8.2 I did a
"e2fsck -f -c /dev/hda2" (suggested by J.Grant)
to search for badblocks.
I first changed in /etc/fstab hda2 to ro (read-only).
"e2fsck -f -c /dev/hda2" gave this:
"[root@mycom root]# e2fsck -f -c /dev/hda2
e2fsck 1.26 (3-Feb-2002)
/dev/hda2 is mounted.
WARNING!!! Running e2fsck on a mounted filesystem may cause
SEVERE filesystem damage.
Do you really want to continue (y/n)? yes
Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done
Pass 1: Checking inodes, blocks, and sizes
Pass 2: Checking directory structure
Pass 3: Checking directory connectivity
/lost+found not found. Create? yes
Pass 4: Checking reference counts
Pass 5: Checking group summary information
Free blocks count wrong for group #3 (13860, counted=13859).
Fix? no
Free blocks count wrong (132161, counted=132160).
Fix? no
Free inodes count wrong for group #0 (8528, counted=8527).
Fix? no
Directories count wrong for group #0 (527, counted=528).
Fix? no
Free inodes count wrong (145295, counted=145294).
Fix? no
/dev/hda2: * FILE SYSTEM WAS MODIFIED *
/dev/hda2: ** WARNING: Filesystem still has errors **
/dev/hda2: 118001/263296 files (0.2% non-contiguous), 393967/526128
blocks"
I pressed no when asked to fix things, when it asked to create a
/lost+found DIRECTORY I had to say yes: it created a /lost+found on
/dev/hda2 allthough in /etc/fstab it says ro.
How come that a directory could be created by e2fsck in a partition that
has read-only access?
I'm not sure what e2fsck does, I think it didn't find badblocks
("Checking for bad blocks (read-only test): done"), is this correct?
I'll have to reinstall ML9.0 ( for the 4th time, bah).
How can I be certain that it'll be installed correctly?
How many other files have been compromised? "rpm -Va" isn't sufficient
to check a complete linux installation, is it?
I don't know what the errors above mean.
And what has caused this corruption of files? Is it memory, hard disk,
IDE cable, IDE controller, UDMA, CPU, cooling, CD-Writer,...?
Did it happen at installation of ML9.0, afterwards?
In thread "ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,"could not find
mime type",kde3.0.3" I began to think it might have been the bad UDMA5
implementation of my Western Digital hard drive but now I'm not sure
wether it might be because of something else.
I tested my 512 MB memory a couple of times with memtest86 (not enough I
know), I tested with a utility from WD my hard drive: didn't found any
errors.
J.Grant replied:
"If they were badblock errors your HD has failed, replace it and your
problems might go away."
vatbier
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