[expert] MultikeyBoard Setting
Hi i am using mandrake 9.1 and am trying to use two keybaords at a time. I have set my keyboard to US English and Bengali and CtRL +Alt for switching between them. But when i use Gedit, there's no display when i try to type in Bengali. Although, it types well when i select only Bengali. Why is it so? Anybody have some clue. Regards Saurav Do you Yahoo!? Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM).
[expert] OT LTSP + Mandrake = MDK on Steroids.
Thought this might be of interest to some. How to turn dozens of "ancient" computers into Modern boxes using LTSP and Mandrake 9.1 James http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/06/11/204.shtml?tid=23 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] ACPI support in Mandrake 9.1
Greetings, I've enabled ACPI support on my Toshiba Tecra 9000 running Mandrake 9.1. It seems to work reasonably well, but I can't figure out how to put the machine into suspend/hibernation. The Klaptop applet says "Currently ACPI Suspend/standby is not supported". I'm wondering if this is something I can fix, by patching the kernel or otherwise. Anyone who can help? Thanks, -- --- Per-Olof Litby Phone: +46 8 631-1463 Regional Mgr - Nordic/Baltic Fax:+46 8 631-1005 Java Web Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems --- Calendar URL below (Sun only) http://namefinder.germany/nfcal.cgi?-s+23213 --- I've got this great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ACPI support in Mandrake 9.1
Il ven, 2003-06-13 alle 09:58, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > The Klaptop applet says "Currently ACPI Suspend/standby is not > supported". I'm wondering if this is something I can fix, by patching > the kernel or otherwise. > > Anyone who can help? > > Thanks, I have the same problem, reading some documentation I discovered we should use APM for this (using ACPI for battery and cpu monitoring at the same time) ... at the moment I can give you this hint only ... still working on it. If someone else has better information please to hear from :) Cesare Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Cpu Frequency Scaling
Hi all, I installed a Bamboo on my Acer Aspire 1300XC Laptop a couple of weeks ago and everything runs more than fine :) I managed to manage battery status enabling acpi appending an instruction to the kernel in lilo.conf (by default is set acpi=off it was enough to set it on). I would like to enable cpu frequency scaling,to sabe batteries and to lower cpu temperature, which should be already compiled in the standard 2.4.21-0.13mdk kernel shipped with bamboo. In spite of this I can't find any /proc/cpufreq is there anyting to do to enable this kernel feature? I have an Athlon XP Powernow! 1400+ processor module powernow-k7 up and running any hint? someone had the same problem? I hope this isn't a question to be posted in the newbie mailing list ... if so please be patient and tell me :) I'm quite a newbie in the mandrake mailing lists as well :) Thanks Cesare Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ACPI support in Mandrake 9.1
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 00:58, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > Greetings, > > I've enabled ACPI support on my Toshiba Tecra 9000 running Mandrake 9.1. > It seems to work reasonably well, but I can't figure out how to put the > machine into suspend/hibernation. > > The Klaptop applet says "Currently ACPI Suspend/standby is not > supported". I'm wondering if this is something I can fix, by patching > the kernel or otherwise. > > Anyone who can help? > > Thanks, 2 possibles here. One your box doesn't support acpi.. Mine doesn't.. but to test suspend try from a command line pmsuspend. This is the acpi command to suspend the box. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] OT LTSP + Mandrake = Mandrake on Steroids.
Thought this might be of interest to some. How to turn dozens of "ancient" computers into Modern boxes using LTSP and Mandrake 9.1 James http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/06/11/204.shtml?tid=23 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.21.0.18mdk-1-1 - IRQ Balancing still not fixed...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Thats the output from a Dual HT capable 2.4Ghz Xeon. HT isnt running though for other reasons. This is the same system running 2.4.21-rc6-ac2 (again, HT isnt working so these are physical processors): [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/interrupts CPU0 CPU1 0:29428672943185IO-APIC-edge timer 1: 1 1IO-APIC-edge keyboard 2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade 14: 1 1IO-APIC-edge ide0 16: 26 10 IO-APIC-level aic7xxx 17: 8 7 IO-APIC-level aic7xxx 28: 295254 296494 IO-APIC-level eth0 29: 294162 294096 IO-APIC-level eth1 30: 43404 43517 IO-APIC-level aacraid NMI: 0 0 LOC:58857565885847 ERR: 0 MIS: 0 [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# uname -a Linux mail1 2.4.21-rc6-ac2 #12 SMP Wed Jun 4 13:58:30 BST 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# The system in question is a Dell PowerEdge 2650 server, dmesg below. [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# dmesg Linux version 2.4.21-rc6-ac2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 3.2.2 (Mandrake Linux 9.1 3.2.2-3mdk)) #12 SMP Wed Jun 4 13:58:30 BST 2003 BIOS-provided physical RAM map: BIOS-e820: - 000a (usable) BIOS-e820: 0010 - 7fff (usable) BIOS-e820: 7fff - 7fffec00 (ACPI data) BIOS-e820: 7fffec00 - 7000 (reserved) BIOS-e820: fec0 - fec1 (reserved) BIOS-e820: fee0 - fee1 (reserved) BIOS-e820: fff8 - 0001 (reserved) 1151MB HIGHMEM available. 896MB LOWMEM available. found SMP MP-table at 000fe710 hm, page 000fe000 reserved twice. hm, page 000ff000 reserved twice. hm, page 000f reserved twice. On node 0 totalpages: 524272 zone(0): 4096 pages. zone(1): 225280 pages. zone(2): 294896 pages. Intel MultiProcessor Specification v1.4 Virtual Wire compatibility mode. OEM ID: DELL Product ID: PE 0121 APIC at: 0xFEE0 Processor #0 Pentium 4(tm) XEON(tm) APIC version 20 Processor #2 Pentium 4(tm) XEON(tm) APIC version 20 I/O APIC #4 Version 17 at 0xFEC0. I/O APIC #5 Version 17 at 0xFEC01000. I/O APIC #6 Version 17 at 0xFEC02000. Processors: 2 xAPIC support is present Enabling APIC mode: Flat. Using 3 I/O APICs Kernel command line: auto BOOT_IMAGE=2421rc6ac2 ro root=801 devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi acpi=off ide_setup: hda=ide-scsi Initializing CPU#0 Detected 2392.318 MHz processor. Console: colour VGA+ 80x25 Calibrating delay loop... 4771.02 BogoMIPS Memory: 2069080k/2097088k available (1493k kernel code, 27624k reserved, 551k data, 112k init, 1179584k highmem) Dentry cache hash table entries: 262144 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes) Inode cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 8, 1048576 bytes) Mount cache hash table entries: 512 (order: 0, 4096 bytes) Buffer cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) Page-cache hash table entries: 524288 (order: 9, 2097152 bytes) CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K CPU: L2 cache: 512K CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0 Intel machine check architecture supported. Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. CPU: After generic, caps: bfebfbff CPU: Common caps: bfebfbff Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done. Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K CPU: L2 cache: 512K CPU: Physical Processor ID: 0 Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. CPU: After generic, caps: bfebfbff CPU: Common caps: bfebfbff CPU0: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz stepping 07 per-CPU timeslice cutoff: 1462.89 usecs. task migration cache decay timeout: 10 msecs. enabled ExtINT on CPU#0 ESR value before enabling vector: 0040 ESR value after enabling vector: Booting processor 1/2 eip 2000 Initializing CPU#1 masked ExtINT on CPU#1 ESR value before enabling vector: ESR value after enabling vector: Calibrating delay loop... 4784.12 BogoMIPS CPU: Trace cache: 12K uops, L1 D cache: 8K CPU: L2 cache: 512K CPU: Physical Processor ID: 3 Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#1. CPU: After generic, caps: bfebfbff CPU: Common caps: bfebfbff CPU1: Intel(R) Xeon(TM) CPU 2.40GHz stepping 07 Total of 2 processors activated (9555.14 BogoMIPS). WARNING: No sibling found for CPU 0. WARNING: No sibling found for CPU 1. ENABLING IO-APIC IRQs Setting 4 in the phys_id_present_map ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 4 ... ok. Setting 5 in the phys_id_present_map ...changing IO-APIC physical APIC ID to 5 ... ok. Setting 6 in the phys_id_present_map ...changi
Re: [expert] ACPI support in Mandrake 9.1
1) My machine should support it; it works perfectly in Windows, both suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk. 2) What is the path to pmsuspend? /POL On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 10:16, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 00:58, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web > Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > > Greetings, > > > > I've enabled ACPI support on my Toshiba Tecra 9000 running Mandrake 9.1. > > It seems to work reasonably well, but I can't figure out how to put the > > machine into suspend/hibernation. > > > > The Klaptop applet says "Currently ACPI Suspend/standby is not > > supported". I'm wondering if this is something I can fix, by patching > > the kernel or otherwise. > > > > Anyone who can help? > > > > Thanks, > > 2 possibles here. One your box doesn't support acpi.. Mine doesn't.. > but to test suspend try from a command line pmsuspend. This is the acpi > command to suspend the box. > > James > > > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- --- Per-Olof Litby Phone: +46 8 631-1463 Regional Mgr - Nordic/Baltic Fax:+46 8 631-1005 Java Web Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems --- Calendar URL below (Sun only) http://namefinder.germany/nfcal.cgi?-s+23213 --- I've got this great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ACPI support in Mandrake 9.1
So, having acpi and apm active at the same time ... have you actually done this? /POL On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 10:18, Nisco wrote: > Il ven, 2003-06-13 alle 09:58, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web > Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > > > The Klaptop applet says "Currently ACPI Suspend/standby is not > > supported". I'm wondering if this is something I can fix, by patching > > the kernel or otherwise. > > > > Anyone who can help? > > > > Thanks, > > I have the same problem, reading some documentation I discovered we > should use APM for this (using ACPI for battery and cpu monitoring at > the same time) ... at the moment I can give you this hint only ... still > working on it. > > If someone else has better information please to hear from :) > > Cesare > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- --- Per-Olof Litby Phone: +46 8 631-1463 Regional Mgr - Nordic/Baltic Fax:+46 8 631-1005 Java Web Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems --- Calendar URL below (Sun only) http://namefinder.germany/nfcal.cgi?-s+23213 --- I've got this great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Rob Blomquist wrote: > Yeah, but cdrom.img is only 1.4Mb in size, hardly enough to do much damage. > Think about what is sitting in the first 1.4Mb of the hard drive, starting at the beginning of the disk itself, not at the beginning of a partition... - -- KevinO Hickory Dickory Dock, The mice ran up the clock, The clock struck one, The others escaped with minor injuries. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+6ZE3jBS1mMJB+bQRAhh3AJwM8DewBBTBzuvnmpmUnYsOrnPJewCgp7rl +m7dWfJ0ym/EEM7CeGjIn5Q= =SRw/ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] SpamAssassin 2.5
On Friday 13 June 2003 05:09, Jack Coates wrote: > is there some reason why there's no 2.5 SA RPM for Mandrake? Not even > in Club, which is surprising. I'm about ready to get off my duff and > do it myself, but first: > > is someone else working on it? > > has someone else given up because it wasn't feasible? I have rebuilt the cooker version 2.54 on my 9.1 box and it works like a charm. Teemu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ACPI support in Mandrake 9.1
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 02:12, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > 1) My machine should support it; it works perfectly in Windows, both > suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk. This doesn't mean acpi... it could be apm > > 2) What is the path to pmsuspend? > > /POL > Package is suspend-scripts and its /usr/sbin/pmsuspend. > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 10:16, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 00:58, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web > > Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I've enabled ACPI support on my Toshiba Tecra 9000 running Mandrake 9.1. > > > It seems to work reasonably well, but I can't figure out how to put the > > > machine into suspend/hibernation. > > > > > > The Klaptop applet says "Currently ACPI Suspend/standby is not > > > supported". I'm wondering if this is something I can fix, by patching > > > the kernel or otherwise. > > > > > > Anyone who can help? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > 2 possibles here. One your box doesn't support acpi.. Mine doesn't.. > > but to test suspend try from a command line pmsuspend. This is the acpi > > command to suspend the box. > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > __ > > > > 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] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 01:54, KevinO wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Rob Blomquist wrote: > > Yeah, but cdrom.img is only 1.4Mb in size, hardly enough to do much damage. > > > Think about what is sitting in the first 1.4Mb of the hard drive, starting at > the beginning of the disk itself, not at the beginning of a partition... > > - -- > KevinO Yep 3D full motion video game with 16 million colors... all in 1.2 megs... called battle chess. circa 1988 (BTW it is comperable to a lot of current games.) James > > Hickory Dickory Dock, The mice ran up the clock, The clock struck one, The > others escaped with minor injuries. > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > > iD8DBQE+6ZE3jBS1mMJB+bQRAhh3AJwM8DewBBTBzuvnmpmUnYsOrnPJewCgp7rl > +m7dWfJ0ym/EEM7CeGjIn5Q= > =SRw/ > -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: [expert] ACPI support in Mandrake 9.1
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 11:56, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 02:12, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web > Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > > 1) My machine should support it; it works perfectly in Windows, both > > suspend-to-RAM and suspend-to-disk. > This doesn't mean acpi... it could be apm It's ACPI, as the Windows device manager shows. I can tell the difference - as ex-Microsoft product manager for Windows 2000. :-) > > > > 2) What is the path to pmsuspend? > > > > /POL > > > Package is suspend-scripts and its /usr/sbin/pmsuspend. Ah. I don't think I have installed that package - will go ahead and do that and see if it works. Thanks, -- --- Per-Olof Litby Phone: +46 8 631-1463 Regional Mgr - Nordic/Baltic Fax:+46 8 631-1005 Java Web Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems --- Calendar URL below (Sun only) http://namefinder.germany/nfcal.cgi?-s+23213 --- I've got this great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mdk 9.1 & processors (was Pentium 4)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 12 June 2003 06:28 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Thursday 12 June 2003 03:19 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > I am seriously looking at an Epox 87RD+ nvidia nforce2 board. It has > > EXCELLENT specs and an truly excellent price...but now I am given pause. > > I have no problem downloading an NVIDIA driver (I use the binary NVIDIA > > driver for my GeForce4 Ti4200) to get my mobo working in linux. Is there > > anyone on the list using an nforce2 board? Is all OK with the Nvidia > > driver? > > I think it will all work okay if you use the nvidia driver. if you do not, > there are problems with the open nvnet and ide drivers, and I believe the > agp stuff is not quite up to par either. If you don't have a problem with > the binary drivers, than the nforce2 should work nicely. It just won't be > an out of the box setup like a KT400 board is, there'll be more work to do. Hmmm. Am I to understand that the OSS support is good enough to allow for bootup on one of these boards before installing the nvidia driver? I assume this is the case as how could one even use the board and install the nvidia driver if one can't at least boot up and, to some extent, use the HDDs, video, etc? praedor - -- The First Amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is essential to the welfare of the public. - --Justice Hugo Black GnuPG fingerprint: D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6a4haKr9sJYeTxgRAi1UAKCcjxQbvPoiryTYzMzYGJFqXphIhQCfRK3Y 8QPBh5zb+ChQoCKYBQsd+44= =aUe8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:12, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 16:58, Technoslick wrote: > > I brought up some issues here with a particular S3 video card that > > refused to work well under Mandrake 9.1 and XFree86 4.3.0. It was rather > > lengthy and probably best searched through the archive than repeat it > > here. Your welcome to ask me off-line,though. > > > > As for your particular chip/video card, I can tell you that I have it > > working just fine under RedHat 9.0 with 4.x.x. (can't remember what the > > exact version is, but I believe its 4.3.0) It's a Jaton AGP-71 with 4 MB > > RAM using the S3 Trio 3D chip. With an older Dell 17" connected to it, > > 1024x768x16 bit seems to work at its best. I don't recall if I tried > > this card under any version of Mandrake. Some S3 video cards will work > > in RedHat that won't work at all or well enough in Mandrake. Most would > > tell you that your better off replacing the card. > > > > T > > Brian, > >You might also search bugzilla at > > http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/buglist.cgi?short_desc_type=allwordssubstr&short_desc=&product=XFree86&long_desc_type=substring&long_desc=S3&bug_file_loc_type=allwordssubstr&bug_file_loc=&bug_status=NEW&bug_status=ASSIGNED&bug_status=REOPENED&bug_status=NEEDINFO&emailassigned_to1=1&emailtype1=substring&email1=&emailassigned_to2=1&emailreporter2=1&emailcc2=1&emailtype2=substring&email2=&bugidtype=include&bug_id=&votes=&changedin=&chfieldfrom=&chfieldto=Now&chfieldvalue=&cmdtype=doit&order=Bug+Number&field0-0-0=noop&type0-0-0=noop&value0-0-0= > > as you see there are 3 threads one of them might have the data you need. James, Thanks for the link, man! I read through the posts and slapped my head silly for not thinking to try the RedHat version of the Savage driver. After all, the card works in RedHat 9.0. It worked in Knoppix. It just stands to reason that I have to use a different distro's driver and maybe make some system adjustments, as "kb" has also suggested. It's too late for me to test this out as the card is permanently relegated to other duties, but I have bookmarked the URL and printed it out for future reference. Thanks again. T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:19, kb wrote: > On Thursday 12 June 2003 05:18 pm, Brian Schroeder wrote: > > > There was a thread recently about running XFree 4.3 on the S3 Trio 3D, so > > I'm hoping one of those people may be able to help me get it working. > > I'm using 9.0 and had to set it up for it. I had the same problems with 8.0, > 8.1 and 8.2. As I recall the /etc/X11/XF86Config file had to edited manually > to include a different set of timings and then reset the /etc/X11/X link to > point to XFree86. I/m going to set up 9.1 next week when I get time. Then > I'll give you a rundown. Please do! Even though I no longer have the need to deal with this problem, I really would like to find out what can be done to resolve the in Mandrake. I am likely to run into more systems running S3 in the future. TIA, T Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] filesystem for Linux and Windows XP
Hi to all, i wanna use both mandrake and linux mandrake, but i do not know which filesystem is best. Because i am using ntfs, but linux can only read ntfs, and fat32 is too old and primitive. David Hláčik e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] web: http://boss.pod.cvut.cz FTP: ftp://pod:[EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 139 707 808 mobil: +420 776 028 545 / +421 908 479 728 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] New Con Kolivas 2.4.21-rc7 kernel patch
Adrian, Here's a link- Noticed he's now up to rc8. I'm running rc7, and it's really good so far. One thing- I recompiled, and added the supermount patch in, but still can't get it to work. It's probably my own mistake or lack of using the correct procedure. Also, the first time, when I used "make install" at the last step, the kernel scriptreally messed up my installation. I wound up having to reinstall Mandrake. The next time I compiled, after "make modules_install," I did "cp System.map" and cp bzImage to /boot from my /home kernel compiling directory I have created. That worked better- I manually named my image and System.map -2.4.21-ck1. I think not compiling in /usr/src somehow fooled the kernel script, and caused the foul-up, and doing it manually the second time, and renaming to "bzImage-2.4.21-ck1" fixed that problem. Robert http://members.optusnet.com.au/ckolivas/kernel/index2.html On Thursday 12 June 2003 13:20, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: > Ummm... Where can I get such patches? Sounds interesting... > > Best regards, > Adrian > - Original Message - > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine
I just tried installine WineX on my 9.1 box last night for the 3rd time. Was following the instructions on http://www.geocities.com/desktopmandrake/wine.htm Unfotunately I kept getting the "no socket file" error every time I tried to start it. A quick google search showed that typing "wineserver" before launching wine might help. Sure enough it did. However it wasn't with problems... Starcraft locked up in Battle net after I joined a game and started to download a map. Counter-Strike (Retail) locked up after the main screen came up. A couple questions for ya all: Have any of you had lockups with WineX like I did? If so, how did u resolve them? How is the purchased RPM on Mandrake 9.1? I thought I remember hearing that the compiled version was best for Mandrake 9.1? Any other input about Wine/WineX on Mandrake 9.1 appreciated ! =) -Original Message- From: Jim C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Wanted to try wine I've never run a windows emulator before and I wanted to see if I could get some Blizzard (StarCraft, WarCraft etc...) games to run under Mandrake 9.1 What I discovered is that 9.1 comes with only 1 emulator (that I've found so far) and it is a freakin Alpha. We were not amused. So. What is the best way to do this? -- Jim C. -- Jim C. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] UPSs
I'm looking for recommendations to present to management for reliable and relatively inexpensive UPSs for a single Linux server. Thanks in advance for all help, Joe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Distributed computing package
What about integrating some distributed computing system into Mandrake? There are a couple of open-source systems that generalize over the [EMAIL PROTECTED] setup: http://boinc.ssl.berkeley.edu http://qadpz.sourceforge.net I -and, I guess, many other users- would be happy to give my idle computing power -and I have several Mandrake machines running most of the time- to Mandrake in exchange of, say, Club membership, Mandrake packages. (Or cash) Would it be very hard for Mandrake to sell all those petaflops commercially? I've been Goggling around and I've found .15$/hour for a new Compac (http://www.tech-report.com/onearticle.x/4467) and 7500$/year for a 400Mhz PII (http://www.mithral.com/pressroom/archive/2000-11-SciAm.html). I mean, all of us want Mandrake (the company) to survive financially, but many aren't ready to actually pay them. This would be a way to give back that would not actually cost a penny to users. (at least, for those users to whom the company or Daddy pay the electric bill) Even if the cash cow is not feasible -and I can't think why not- it would be nice to have some OS distributed computing effort integrated on Mandrake. That would mean *so* much computing power... = -- Ezequiel Martín Cámara http://www.geocities.com/ezequielmartin http://www.radicalparty.org ___ Yahoo! Sorteos - http://loteria.yahoo.es Juega a la Lotería Primitiva sin salir de casa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] filesystem for Linux and Windows XP
On Friday 13 June 2003 07:58 am, David Hláčik wrote: > Hi to all, i wanna use both mandrake and linux mandrake, but i do not know > which filesystem is best. Because i am using ntfs, but linux can only read > ntfs, and fat32 is too old and primitive. > Mandrake can read ntfs, and there are utilies that allow windows to read ext3, so if you only need to be able to see the contents of the other partitions, then ntfs and ext3 should work fine. If you want to share data, like word docs and mp3's, set up a shared fat32 partition that both os's can read and write from. The primitive nature of fat32 should not affect the performance of XP sincet eh os and it's programs are still running off an ntfs partition and only shared data resides on fat32. This is the safest way. -- Greg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Acrobat Reader installation fails
Greetings, I've attempted to install Acrobat Reader on my 9.1 system, and I get the following error - apparently the installer expects to use a command that isn't available. See below. Can anyone help out? Enter installation directory for Acrobat 5.0.5 [/usr/local/Acrobat5] Installing platform independent files ... Done Installing platform dependent files ... Done ./INSTALL: line 219: ed: command not found ERROR installing /usr/local/Acrobat5/bin/acroread -- --- Per-Olof Litby Phone: +46 8 631-1463 Regional Mgr - Nordic/Baltic Fax:+46 8 631-1005 Java Web Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems --- Calendar URL below (Sun only) http://namefinder.germany/nfcal.cgi?-s+23213 --- I've got this great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
On Friday 13 Jun 2003 2:04 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations to present to management for > reliable and relatively inexpensive UPSs for a single Linux server. > > Thanks in advance for all help, > Joe Joe, I think you can't beat APC for reliability. On this box I have a Back-UPS 400 which is around 10 years old, and it still rescues me from time to time. It was originally on the server at work, but was retired due to age around 5 years ago, being replaced by a newer version of the same model. I followed a long thread on another mailing list recently, and many other people said the same sort of thing. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Acrobat Reader installation fails
On Friday 13 Jun 2003 1:11 pm, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > Greetings, > > I've attempted to install Acrobat Reader on my 9.1 system, and I > get the following error - apparently the installer expects to use a > command that isn't available. See below. > Hi, P-O. Did you use the version on the Mandrake disks? It installed on mine without any problems. If you used a different one, I suggest that you try the included version. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Acrobat Reader installation fails
Strange, There's no Acrobat reader package listed among the packages on the Mandrake CDs. Are you thinking of GhostView? /POL On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 14:27, Anne Wilson wrote: On Friday 13 Jun 2003 1:11 pm, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > Greetings, > > I've attempted to install Acrobat Reader on my 9.1 system, and I > get the following error - apparently the installer expects to use a > command that isn't available. See below. > Hi, P-O. Did you use the version on the Mandrake disks? It installed on mine without any problems. If you used a different one, I suggest that you try the included version. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- --- Per-Olof Litby Phone: +46 8 631-1463 Regional Mgr - Nordic/Baltic Fax:+46 8 631-1005 Java Web Services Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sun Microsystems --- Calendar URL below (Sun only) http://namefinder.germany/nfcal.cgi?-s+23213 --- I've got this great ambition to die of exhaustion rather than boredom. ---
Re: [expert] ACPI support in Mandrake 9.1
Il ven, 2003-06-13 alle 11:14, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) ha scritto: > So, having acpi and apm active at the same time ... have you actually > done this? > > /POL Not yet, as soon as I manage to do it I will inform the mailing list :) Cesare Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:23, James Sparenberg wrote: > Let me see if I can ping some of my FreeBSD friends and see if this > means anything to them. One question are the sshd_config files the > same? > According to 'diff' the config files are identical (scratching head) > > > > One more question I've not figured out how to mount the remote FS so > > normal users can access it. Only been able to mount and access as local > > root. Tried running shfsmount as normal user and I get: > > > > $ shfsmount [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt/gfx > > /mnt/gfx: Operation not permitted > > > > drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 Jun 12 16:38 gfx > > > The only way I've found is to make shfsmount and shfsumount run suid > root. I suppose doing sudo on these would also work. Also make sure > the user owns /mnt/gfx I've had better luck if my users create their > mount directory inside their home directory. > > Other thing do shfsmount [EMAIL PROTECTED]/home/uname /mnt/somedir the > /home/uname mounts only the users home dir instead of the full file > system... much nicer. Note that there is no space between domanin and > the first / . Works here... don't like the syntax but it works. I've also noticed it does not like to follow symlinks on the remote system, you get that too? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Acrobat Reader installation fails
On Friday 13 Jun 2003 1:39 pm, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > Strange, > > There's no Acrobat reader package listed among the packages on the > Mandrake CDs. Are you thinking of GhostView? > Ah - I have the Power Pack, so it could be on the Commercial disk - but it seems unlikely, as Reader is normally free. It's more likely to be contribs, I think. I have acroread-5.0.6-2mdk and acroread-nppdf-5.0.6-2mdk installed. I suggest that you search the mirrors. If you are a club member, go to the club download page and try there. HTH Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Signatures on packages....
I tried logging in as root (vs su -) but still getting the same "Bad Signature" error. Thing is, if there was no sig, wouldn't it say instead of just saying "bad sig" ??? What should I do? Must I ignore it now? Seems strange that they would have that error come up if it was "normal" -Original Message- From: Jack Coates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:19 AM To: Mandrake Expert List Subject: Re: [expert] Signatures on packages login as root instead of using sudo or MandrakeUpdate as a user -- the keys are in root's keyring. Or find them on the web and add them to your own ring. On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 04:59, Tango Echo wrote: > Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I'm still getting > the error after following your instructions... The > gnu pg seemed to install fine. I'm also running mdk > 9.1 BTW. Any other ideas?? > > > -Original Message- > From: James Sparenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 6:38 PM > To: Expert List > Subject: Re: [expert] Signatures on packages > > > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 05:52, Tango Echo wrote: > > Guys, Please don't flame me for cross-posting. I'm > > only doing so becuase I did not receive a solution > > from the Newbie List (maybe got overlooked). Below > is > > my problem... Thanks in advance... > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > I have recently decided to install the package > > chkrootkit after hearing it can be a useful tool > with security. > > However when I do so I receive an error: > > > > The following packaages have bad signatures: > > ../chkrootkit-0.39-1mdk.i586.rpm > > > > I have been told I need the "keys for the contrib packages". I'm > > not sure this is accurate. But I am sure that I do not want any > > errors like this when installing chkrootkit (plz dont' tell me to > > just ignore it) Thanks in advance > > > > the package gnupg-1.2.2-1.1mdk for 9.1 supplies the > contrib and main signatures for MDK. Do a rpm -Uvh > --force gnupg-1.2.2-1.1mdk.i586.rpm to get it back.. > IF you are on 9.1 ... if you are on say 9.0 then that > is the reason it's complaining about the signature. > It's different between any two distro's. Grab the one > for the distro you are on. > > James > > > > he distro you are on. > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Signatures on packages....
James Sparenberg wrote: On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 07:43, Rolf Pedersen wrote: [..] On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 04:59, Tango Echo wrote: Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I'm still getting the error after following your instructions... The gnu pg seemed to install fine. I'm also running mdk 9.1 BTW. Any other ideas?? [..] I believe you will find that certain contrib packages are not signed and you will have to install without a signature, if you want the package. When rpm reports a missing key, such as when you verify a package with rpm -K (package).rpm, you should be able to search around to find it. Various contributors have their own gpg keys. There are public keyservers that *might* contain the needed key or you could rpm -qp --changelog (package).rpm to see who contributed the package and search on the cooker archives for clues to the sources of that key. For instance, Oden Eriksson packages chkrootkit. You can find links to his key and that of Han Boetes, who packages abcde, in the following post to cooker: http://www.mail-archive.com/[EMAIL PROTECTED]/msg106798.html You can wget the file and gpg --import (file) as root. I don't have problems doing this from a su root commandline but YMMV. See man gpg. Rolf Rolf, You're right, but my understanding from Warly during the various beta and rc cycles was that anything in release contrib is resigned with MDK's sig before release. (at least there where a lot of people checking this point for him.) with cooker contrib yes... this is a problem. (and people are always noting bad sigs there.) However nothing new gets added to release contrib does it? It would seem that updates would go into update not straight into contrib. But maybe I'm mistaken. James Things are in a state of flux and what was true not so long ago becomes irrelevant at a disquieting rate. However, my understanding has been that contrib/ are unsupported. I don't have a boxed set, so my experience is with mirrored sources. I mirrored contrib/ from cooker at the time of the release of 9.1 isos and a couple of times since to try to resolve a mismatch between the packages and the posted hdlist. [*] I just rsynced contrib/ from carroll to make sure I was dealing with current sources. Without checking every package, I see no evidence that contrib/ packages are signed by the Mandrake gpg key. My impression is that more packages are unsigned than are signed. The only test for this that I know of is demonstrated below, first for a package from the CD1 iso, then for two contrib/ packages, one unsigned (AFAICT) and one signed by a contributor: [EMAIL PROTECTED] RPMS]# rpm -K -vv mozilla-1.3-1mdk.i586.rpm D: Expected size: 10633778 = lead(96)+sigs(241)+pad(7)+data(10633434) D: Actual size: 10633778 mozilla-1.3-1mdk.i586.rpm: MD5 sum OK: 67303eb2e0a713bc35156ef7297da9e5 gpg: Signature made Fri 14 Mar 2003 02:56:58 AM PST using DSA key ID 70771FF3 gpg: Good signature from "Mandrake Linux <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. Primary key fingerprint: ED65 5537 C36E EE0E 309A BA84 E789 8AE0 7077 1FF3 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RPMS]# rpm -K -vv hddtemp-0.3-0.beta4.1mdk.i586.rpm D: Expected size:29570 = lead(96)+sigs(160)+pad(0)+data(29314) D: Actual size:29570 hddtemp-0.3-0.beta4.1mdk.i586.rpm: MD5 sum OK: 551663fc5c59edba28ef0467f03b5770 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RPMS]# rpm -K -vv abcde-2.0.3-3mdk.i586.rpm D: Expected size:43371 = lead(96)+sigs(241)+pad(7)+data(43027) D: Actual size:43371 abcde-2.0.3-3mdk.i586.rpm: MD5 sum OK: 832041e31286051c8f001b22d1b0a968 gpg: Signature made Fri 27 Dec 2002 08:48:21 AM PST using DSA key ID 79F13BC3 gpg: Good signature from "Han Boetes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" gpg: WARNING: This key is not certified with a trusted signature! gpg: There is no indication that the signature belongs to the owner. Primary key fingerprint: A5C4 9A4D 127C EDBB 5D30 DEB7 6770 FF08 79F1 3BC3 WRT today's discussion on cooker Olivier Thauvin had this to say: Le Jeudi 12 Juin 2003 18:26, Per Øyvind Karlsen a écrit : >> when uploading them yourself(not upping them to ftp.linux-mandrake.com) you >> should'nt sign them, as you see, noone else does this, and when people are >> installing your packages they'll get warnings about it because the package >> has both your signature and the mandrakesoft, while they have only the >> mandrakesoft signatures.. Nop, contrib are not resign by mdk. Then poeple get only personnal signature. -- Linux pour Mac !? Enfin le moyen de transformer une pomme en véritable ordinateur. - JL. Olivier Thauvin - http://nanardon.homelinux.org/ http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker&m=105543573712319&w=2 [*] I don't believe, either, that there are, normally, changes to contrib/ after release. The synthesis.hdlist was not in sync for some pa
Re: [expert] OT LTSP + Mandrake = Mandrake on Steroids.
James Sparenberg wrote: Thought this might be of interest to some. How to turn dozens of "ancient" computers into Modern boxes using LTSP and Mandrake 9.1 James http://newsforge.com/newsforge/03/06/11/204.shtml?tid=23 Thanks, James. Not much technical info here, but it brought a smile to my face -- always a Good Thing. -- Dave Sherman MCSE, MCSA, CCNA "Windows NT was supposed to hit Unix hard (it did - like a bug hitting a windshield)" - Andrew Grygus, aaxnet.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Acrobat Reader installation fails
Just install the ed editor. I havent upgraded to 9.1 yet but its in 9.0 and probably is in 9.1. Its been on the disks for years, but isnt installed by default. Gene On Friday 13 June 2003 07:11, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > Greetings, > > I've attempted to install Acrobat Reader on my 9.1 system, and I get the > following error - apparently the installer expects to use a command that > isn't available. See below. > > Can anyone help out? > > > > Enter installation directory for Acrobat 5.0.5 [/usr/local/Acrobat5] > > Installing platform independent files ... Done > > Installing platform dependent files ... Done > ./INSTALL: line 219: ed: command not found > ERROR installing /usr/local/Acrobat5/bin/acroread Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 09:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I'm looking for recommendations to present to management for > reliable and relatively inexpensive UPSs for a single Linux server. > Reliable and inexpensive are somewhat relative.. ;-) I use the APC Back-UPS pro series here with apcupsd and have been happy with its performance.. You really need to evaluate the power requirements of the box, how much battery run time you need, etc... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
On 13 Jun 2003 09:18:03 -0400 Brian V Bonini <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You really need to evaluate the power requirements of the box, how > much battery run time you need, etc... Also be aware of any need for a line conditioner which will maintain the current voltage at a constant level. Not all UPS models will provide this. Running my network in and older home with older wiring that is my primary reason for using UPS. If I did not have them every time there was a voltage drop when the ac or someother high wattage unit started all my system would spontaneously reboot. BTW I personally use a couple of mid-range APC units and a Tripp-Lite unit. Both brands are excellent. Charles -- The best way to preserve a right is to exercise it, and the right to smoke is a right worth dying for. - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel- 2.4.21-0.1mdk - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] ACPI support in Mandrake 9.1
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 05:46, Nisco wrote: > Il ven, 2003-06-13 alle 11:14, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web > Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) ha scritto: > > So, having acpi and apm active at the same time ... have you actually > > done this? > > > > /POL > Not yet, as soon as I manage to do it I will inform the mailing list :) > > Cesare > the kernel modules won't load at the same time. ACPI suspend-to-ram doesn't work yet, but a swsusp suspend-to-disk version is in the mandrake kernel. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Signatures on packages....
gpg --list-keys if they keys are in the keyring, then the package isn't signed. On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 05:53, Tango Echo wrote: > I tried logging in as root (vs su -) but still getting > the same "Bad Signature" error. Thing is, if there > was no sig, wouldn't it say instead of just saying > "bad sig" ??? What should I do? Must I ignore it now? > Seems strange that they would have that error come up > if it was "normal" > > > -Original Message- > From: Jack Coates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 9:19 AM > To: Mandrake Expert List > Subject: Re: [expert] Signatures on packages > > > login as root instead of using sudo or MandrakeUpdate > as a user -- the keys are in root's keyring. Or find > them on the web and add them to your own ring. > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 04:59, Tango Echo wrote: > > Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, I'm still > getting > > the error after following your instructions... The > > gnu pg seemed to install fine. I'm also running mdk > > 9.1 BTW. Any other ideas?? > > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: James Sparenberg > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Wednesday, June 11, 2003 6:38 PM > > To: Expert List > > Subject: Re: [expert] Signatures on packages > > > > > > On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 05:52, Tango Echo wrote: > > > Guys, Please don't flame me for cross-posting. > I'm > > > only doing so becuase I did not receive a solution > > > from the Newbie List (maybe got overlooked). > Below > > is > > > my problem... Thanks in advance... > > > > > > > > > > > > Hi all, > > > > > > I have recently decided to install the package > > > chkrootkit after hearing it can be a useful tool > > with security. > > > However when I do so I receive an error: > > > > > > The following packaages have bad signatures: > > > ../chkrootkit-0.39-1mdk.i586.rpm > > > > > > I have been told I need the "keys for the contrib > packages". I'm > > > not sure this is accurate. But I am sure that I > do not want any > > > errors like this when installing chkrootkit (plz > dont' tell me to > > > just ignore it) Thanks in advance > > > > > > > the package gnupg-1.2.2-1.1mdk for 9.1 supplies the > > contrib and main signatures for MDK. Do a rpm -Uvh > > --force gnupg-1.2.2-1.1mdk.i586.rpm to get it back.. > > IF you are on 9.1 ... if you are on say 9.0 then > that > > is the reason it's complaining about the signature. > > It's different between any two distro's. Grab the > one > > for the distro you are on. > > > > James > > > > > > > > he distro you are on. > > > > James > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to > Outlook(TM). > > http://calendar.yahoo.com > > > > > > > __ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine
Thanks for the refs to the URLs, Joham. I have nearly got Photoshop 5.5 working - I think! - using the latest SourceForge Wine MDK RPM. Once I'm successful with that I would like to get InDesign 1.5 sorted - the list of working applications suggests that INDD 2.0 does work. There was a great deal of difference between the Wine packaged with MDK9.1 and 20030508 which I have now loaded. Reading the docs. do I need anything else? What about winesetuptk-0.6.1-b.i586.rpm, cvsup-glibc2.3.tar.gz & dcom95.exe? My reading would indicate that none of these is necessary. Thanks once again, Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Running "updatedb" crashes my comp!
Why? I've never had this behavior before out of a Mandrake setup. As root, I can type in "updatedb" at a shell, and it will run for 2-3 mins, as per usual, then suddenly, monitor goes black, and machine spontaneously reboots. I have an 80 gig HD. and usually...some kind of damage is done. This folks, is off a fresh (re)install after the last episode caused major damage. I figured it was doing it then because the db was corrupted or something. Anyone have any ideas? This is terrible. :-( -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 11:49 am, Rob Lindsay wrote: > Thanks for the refs to the URLs, Joham. > > I have nearly got Photoshop 5.5 working - I think! - using the latest > SourceForge Wine MDK RPM. Once I'm successful with that I would like to get > InDesign 1.5 sorted - the list of working applications suggests that INDD > 2.0 does work. > > There was a great deal of difference between the Wine packaged with MDK9.1 > and 20030508 which I have now loaded. > > Reading the docs. do I need anything else? > > What about winesetuptk-0.6.1-b.i586.rpm, cvsup-glibc2.3.tar.gz & > dcom95.exe? You may or may not make use of them though I would think that winesetuptk and dcom95.exe would be good ideas at a minimum. The former should make setting up wine easier via a tk-based graphical interface (I've used it and like it). The latter will likely provide some windoze 95 functionality that would improve chances of running some apps, particularly in the absense of a windoze installation. The cvsup app would allow for cvs updating. praedor - -- Patriotism as practiced in the USA is blindly accepting, noncritical, and silently following along. It is very fascist in form, not democratic at all. - --Ani DeFranco -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6dqxaKr9sJYeTxgRAqjRAJwJ1iJaerhUVz+K5TZlkkRtfDbkAACgp0lQ NTxqVCaseFO5uykJzXUxq5M= =yhgy -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 06:50 am, Tango Echo wrote: > I just tried installine WineX on my 9.1 box last night > for the 3rd time. Was following the instructions on > > http://www.geocities.com/desktopmandrake/wine.htm > > Unfotunately I kept getting the "no socket file" error > every time I tried to start it. A quick google search > showed that typing "wineserver" before launching wine > might help. Sure enough it did. However it wasn't > with problems... Starcraft locked up in Battle net > after I joined a game and started to download a map. > Counter-Strike (Retail) locked up after the main > screen came up. A couple questions for ya all: > > Have any of you had lockups with WineX like I did? If > so, how did u resolve them? [...] I haven't tried battlenet so I cannot comment on it specifically, nor have I tried Counter-Strike. Starcraft itself has never locked on me at all. I HAVE had wine-based lockups and there isn't much to do about them, often, except to...gulp...hard reboot just like you are using windoze. If you have a second computer/laptop that can access the locked up system via wireless or local lan, then you can ssh in and kill wine and fix things that way. I have only dialup access at home but also have an ethernet card in my system and a crossover cable. With this, I can directly connect my laptop to my desktop if wine hard locks on me and kill wine. You may still be able to fix things without anything drastic by trying Ctrl-F2 (or F3, F4, etc) to get a login prompt for another session. Login and do a "killall wine" or run top and see if you can see the wine PIDs to kill them specifically. This is how I usually do it - the hard lockups that don't allow any keyboard use are, thankfully, rather rare but they do occur. So...wine not only gives you the ability to run many windoze apps, it can also give you the full windoze experience by locking up your system too. An unfortunate side-effect, me thinks, of such things as DRI/direct access to graphics, etc. praedor - -- Patriotism as practiced in the USA is blindly accepting, noncritical, and silently following along. It is very fascist in form, not democratic at all. - --Ani DeFranco -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6dyhaKr9sJYeTxgRAjWSAKCRX0urTkcGow42joNOnDHoCSXOKwCgiB3I nH7DWVNsL2OI/YL4aouHdWE= =59P3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 06:50 am, Tango Echo wrote: > I just tried installine WineX on my 9.1 box last night > for the 3rd time. Was following the instructions on > > http://www.geocities.com/desktopmandrake/wine.htm > > Unfotunately I kept getting the "no socket file" error > every time I tried to start it. A quick google search > showed that typing "wineserver" before launching wine > might help. Sure enough it did. However it wasn't > with problems... Starcraft locked up in Battle net > after I joined a game and started to download a map. > Counter-Strike (Retail) locked up after the main > screen came up. A couple questions for ya all: You may be better served, if using winex, by going to the Transgaming website and actually doing a search for your game(s) and seeing what people have said. Often, you will read whether or not certain functions in the game are DOA or not, what special tricks are required to get a game working, etc. All may not be lost yet. Battlenet, as I understand it, has been a problem for quite some time with all wine variants, by the way. There may be tricks to get it working but you will want to search Transgaming's site, or even post a question for that game (each game has its own message list and there is also a broader technical service list you could try as well if you don't find any answers elsewhere). praedor - -- Patriotism as practiced in the USA is blindly accepting, noncritical, and silently following along. It is very fascist in form, not democratic at all. - --Ani DeFranco -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6d1raKr9sJYeTxgRAo1YAKCDtwZ4OgR8gD/hblSRTKBLuLUCHACeNfPZ ssPw0+jRPH7ICmmEKrTI2nc= =GxB5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?
030612 Vox wrote: > On September 1993 plus 3569 days DAVID JOHAM wrote: > rm -rf /path/to/some/dir /* > Yup...that's a space between the last dir and the last slash... > it wasn't fun to recover...the box was in a different country :) i make it a strict rule before any command of the form 'rm -rf *' first to do 'd', then to do 'pwd', then to sit >= 10 sec with my arms folded behind my back repeating the mantra: "that's where i am, that's what i want to remove". even so, i'm sure that one day ... -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban & Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine
You're probably running an old version of winex. MDK 9.1 uses NTPL (a new and improved threading system) that older wine systems can't handle. The symptoms your seeing (especially the lockups) are common when you are running an old wine with a newer distribution. If you have a subscription to Transgaming, try downloading the latest version (3.something) and trying again. I'm guessing your luck will improve... David -Original Message- From: Tango Echo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 5:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine I just tried installine WineX on my 9.1 box last night for the 3rd time. Was following the instructions on http://www.geocities.com/desktopmandrake/wine.htm Unfotunately I kept getting the "no socket file" error every time I tried to start it. A quick google search showed that typing "wineserver" before launching wine might help. Sure enough it did. However it wasn't with problems... Starcraft locked up in Battle net after I joined a game and started to download a map. Counter-Strike (Retail) locked up after the main screen came up. A couple questions for ya all: Have any of you had lockups with WineX like I did? If so, how did u resolve them? How is the purchased RPM on Mandrake 9.1? I thought I remember hearing that the compiled version was best for Mandrake 9.1? Any other input about Wine/WineX on Mandrake 9.1 appreciated ! =) -Original Message- From: Jim C [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 12:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Wanted to try wine I've never run a windows emulator before and I wanted to see if I could get some Blizzard (StarCraft, WarCraft etc...) games to run under Mandrake 9.1 What I discovered is that 9.1 comes with only 1 emulator (that I've found so far) and it is a freakin Alpha. We were not amused. So. What is the best way to do this? -- Jim C. -- Jim C. __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?
Partition tables are very small things. :) -Original Message- From: Rob Blomquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 12, 2003 10:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root? On Thursday 12 June 2003 02:20 pm, Jason Guidry wrote: > Rob Blomquist wrote: > >># cat cdrom.img > /dev/hda > > > > Rank me as a newbie if you must, but I am really curious how that would > > mess things up? > > consider yourself ranked. that command would write the contents of file > X (cdrom.img in this case) onto the primary master, I'm gonna guess in > his case it was his main hard drive. Yeah, but cdrom.img is only 1.4Mb in size, hardly enough to do much damage. -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cpu Frequency Scaling
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Divendres 13 Juny 2003 10:13, en Cesare va escriure: > I would like to enable cpu frequency scaling,to sabe batteries and to > lower cpu temperature, which should be already compiled in the standard > 2.4.21-0.13mdk kernel shipped with bamboo. In spite of this I can't find > any > > /proc/cpufreq What does "cat /proc/acpi/processor/performance" show? (maybe the path is different in yours) 8-? Mine show the P3-M abilities, 1200 and 800 mhz: - [EMAIL PROTECTED] /]# cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/performance state count: 2 active state:P1 states: P0: 1200 MHz, 2 mW, 500 uS *P1: 800 MHz, 1 mW, 500 uS - It is allways working at 800 mhz unless more cpu power is needed thanks to a program called autospeedstep http://gpsdrive.kraftvoll.at/speedstep.shtml Hope that helps ;) - -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain AOL quini2k, ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6eqgok8j9RhtetwRAlWYAJ0Ydr+yq3U9+hTGA4iJAt8uQf1o7QCghB9K vCS8Z0yZU/rBqH6m8aphrUk= =R8NU -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 2.4.21.0.18mdk-1-1 - IRQ Balancing still not fixed...
On Fri Jun 13, 2003 at 09:46:51AM +0100, Mark Watts wrote:
> Thats the output from a Dual HT capable 2.4Ghz Xeon. HT isnt running though
> for other reasons.
>
> This is the same system running 2.4.21-rc6-ac2 (again, HT isnt working so
> these are physical processors):
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/interrupts
>CPU0 CPU1
> 0:29428672943185IO-APIC-edge timer
> 1: 1 1IO-APIC-edge keyboard
> 2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 14: 1 1IO-APIC-edge ide0
> 16: 26 10 IO-APIC-level aic7xxx
> 17: 8 7 IO-APIC-level aic7xxx
> 28: 295254 296494 IO-APIC-level eth0
> 29: 294162 294096 IO-APIC-level eth1
> 30: 43404 43517 IO-APIC-level aacraid
> NMI: 0 0
> LOC:58857565885847
> ERR: 0
> MIS: 0
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# uname -a
> Linux mail1 2.4.21-rc6-ac2 #12 SMP Wed Jun 4 13:58:30 BST 2003 i686 unknown
> unknown GNU/Linux
Similar to here, except I'll use the kernel we're talking about:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: vdanen]$ cat /proc/interrupts
CPU0 CPU1
0:33562933356385IO-APIC-edge timer
1: 5745 5793IO-APIC-edge keyboard
2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
5:27385432739594 IO-APIC-level eth0, EMU10K1
8: 196785 195978IO-APIC-edge rtc
10:24719962465323 IO-APIC-level [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:5:0
11: 37080 36913 IO-APIC-level ide2, usb-ohci
12: 22373 22301IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse
14: 76134 76333IO-APIC-edge ide0
15: 12652 13776IO-APIC-edge ide1
NMI: 0 0
LOC:67128836712882
ERR: 0
MIS: 0
[EMAIL PROTECTED]: vdanen]$ uname -a
Linux logan.linsec.vx 2.4.21-0.18mdkenterprise #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 11:44:12 MDT
2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
That looks fairly balanced to me.
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Re: [expert] filesystem for Linux and Windows XP
I barely use windows any more, but in some cases it's necessary. I'm thinking about purchasing VMware. It's no freeware, but I know it's worth the money *wink* I can access the files on ext3 through samba file sharing. It looks like you're working on 2 different computers (with the same hardware), with a network in between. Maybe this is a better solution for you ? This way you don't need to reboot for changing OS, and you can run your mandrake all the time :-) Steven On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 14:09, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Friday 13 June 2003 07:58 am, David Hláčik wrote: > > Hi to all, i wanna use both mandrake and linux mandrake, but i do not know > > which filesystem is best. Because i am using ntfs, but linux can only read > > ntfs, and fat32 is too old and primitive. > > > Mandrake can read ntfs, and there are utilies that allow windows to read ext3, > so if you only need to be able to see the contents of the other partitions, > then ntfs and ext3 should work fine. If you want to share data, like word > docs and mp3's, set up a shared fat32 partition that both os's can read and > write from. The primitive nature of fat32 should not affect the performance > of XP sincet eh os and it's programs are still running off an ntfs partition > and only shared data resides on fat32. This is the safest way. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lilo ??& install 9.1
I think the MBR can't be of any trouble, because it is completely overwritten by the bootloader (as far as I know) It's only a small space, where a link to the rest of the booting files resides. Is it really possible to manipulate the MBR so that it can cause troubles with other OS' ? I know some windows-versions rewrote the MBR on startup, but I never experienced this with win2k. (I used lilo as bootloader) according to my personal experiences, winXP sucks bigtime. The only 'good' windows versions I know are NT and 2000 (NT, btw, wasn't developed by MS but bought from some other company, and 2k was NT + some extra features) Again, I could be wrong, but that's why I write this and hope for replies :-) Steven On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 22:07, richard bown wrote: > Hi all > > I've had a real bad experience using a hard drive that previously had > winxp on it. > I ran very low on HD space so I took the 60GB HD out of the winxp > machine , installed as hdc and backed up what files I needed off that > drive. > next step was to delete the ntfs partitions and repartition with ext3, > All apparently went well, and I transfered wanted files from hda to hdc. > > Checked everything was all right, and all the files moved across were in > a partiton on hdc. > the next step was to reinstall the system on to the 60GB drive(was hdc), > and to use just 1 HD on this machine. > So fresh install of 9.1 and this is were things went horribly wrong, > on boot up no partitions had been written, tried to repair and failed, > tried using the rescue facility ...that failed. > > So again another fresh install and this time made a boot floppy as well. > again on reboot failure, so used the rescue facility to rerun the boot > loader, > Tried another bootup , same again reran the boot sector loader from > rescue and this time the next reboot was successful.. > After speaking to a few people I'm not the only person to have had > problems with drives after winxp was installed on them. > I suspect this may be a gates measure to deliberately make it awkward > to change OS's once winxp has been installed, microsoft have done this > before. > > Maybe ,and this is the point I'm trying to make, the developers need to > look at the lilo or grub, to assume the MBR to contain hostile material > and delete it before installing. > > If a newbie had decided to kick winxp off their machine and move to > linux, I feel they would give up trying to install linux and go back to > winblows. > > regards > Richard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cpu Frequency Scaling
Il ven, 2003-06-13 alle 17:15, Joan Tur ha scritto: > > /proc/cpufreq > What does "cat /proc/acpi/processor/performance" show? ]# cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/performance and ]# cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/info processor id:0 acpi id: 1 bus mastering control: yes power management:yes throttling control: no performance management: no limit interface: no Reading /usr/src/linux/Documentation/cpufreq it tells me under "supported architectures": AMD Elan: SC400, SC410 Speed Limits Detection: Not implemented. You need to specify the minimum and maximum frequency in the boot parameter mmm... I know this mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1400+ has minimum speed 50 and maximum 120 but I don't know if the supported AMD family is the same. Your kind of processor has an automatic speed detection, mine not in any case ... I have to set the parameters manually. What does your "cat /proc/sys/cpu/0/speed" looks like? Hopefully trying to set the frequency won't hurt my hardware (Fear!) Thanks for the info and the links Cesare Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 07:29, Philip Webb wrote: > 030612 Vox wrote: > > On September 1993 plus 3569 days DAVID JOHAM wrote: > > rm -rf /path/to/some/dir /* > > Yup...that's a space between the last dir and the last slash... > > it wasn't fun to recover...the box was in a different country :) > > i make it a strict rule before any command of the form 'rm -rf *' > first to do 'd', then to do 'pwd', then to sit >= 10 sec > with my arms folded behind my back repeating the mantra: > "that's where i am, that's what i want to remove". > > even so, i'm sure that one day ... Yep, Vox, it's most likely to happen the day a 2 year old madly banging on a keyboard just so happens to hit the keyboard in that certain order and . pooof it kept going till it locked itself up. I know ... my son did. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 05:53, Brian V Bonini wrote: > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:23, James Sparenberg wrote: > > Let me see if I can ping some of my FreeBSD friends and see if this > > means anything to them. One question are the sshd_config files the > > same? > > > > According to 'diff' the config files are identical (scratching head) No answer back from anyone with an idea. grrr. > > > > > > > One more question I've not figured out how to mount the remote FS so > > > normal users can access it. Only been able to mount and access as local > > > root. Tried running shfsmount as normal user and I get: > > > > > > $ shfsmount [EMAIL PROTECTED] /mnt/gfx > > > /mnt/gfx: Operation not permitted > > > > > > drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 Jun 12 16:38 gfx > > > > > > The only way I've found is to make shfsmount and shfsumount run suid > > root. I suppose doing sudo on these would also work. Also make sure > > the user owns /mnt/gfx I've had better luck if my users create their > > mount directory inside their home directory. > > > > Other thing do shfsmount [EMAIL PROTECTED]/home/uname /mnt/somedir the > > /home/uname mounts only the users home dir instead of the full file > > system... much nicer. Note that there is no space between domanin and > > the first / . Works here... don't like the syntax but it works. > > I've also noticed it does not like to follow symlinks on the remote > system, you get that too? Yes and it's expected. You get the same thing if you mount say another Linux from a multiboot box. If you have a link on that box to say, /usr/home/somefile from /var/mylinks the link is still there... but /usr/home/somefile doesn't exist on your box. In Linux /home is the home dir not /usr/home to start with. Hardlinks will still work and some relative ones but full path links that normally go across partitions get broken. > > > > __ > > 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] Cpu Frequency Scaling
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Es Divendres 13 Juny 2003 18:46, en Nisco va escriure: > Il ven, 2003-06-13 alle 17:15, Joan Tur ha scritto: > > > /proc/cpufreq > > > > What does "cat /proc/acpi/processor/performance" show? > > ]# cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/performance > > > and > > ]# cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/info > processor id:0 > acpi id: 1 > bus mastering control: yes > power management:yes > throttling control: no > performance management: no > limit interface: no Last two are "yes" in mine... > Reading /usr/src/linux/Documentation/cpufreq it tells me under > "supported architectures": > > AMD Elan: > SC400, SC410 > > Speed Limits Detection: Not implemented. You need to specify the > minimum and maximum frequency in the boot parameter > > mmm... I know this mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1400+ has minimum speed > 50 and maximum 120 but I don't know if the supported AMD family > is the same. You can try to make it work... > Your kind of processor has an automatic speed detection, mine not in any > case ... I have to set the parameters manually. Yes, I see. > What does your "cat /proc/sys/cpu/0/speed" looks like? - --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] quini]# ls /proc/sys abi/ debug/ dev/ fs/ kernel/ net/ proc/ vm/ - --- No "cpu" dir in /proc/sys 8-? > Hopefully trying to set the frequency won't hurt my hardware (Fear!) Hope not ;) > Thanks for the info and the links > > Cesare You're welcome ;) - -- Joan Tur. Eivissa-Spain AOL quini2k, ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6gWHok8j9RhtetwRAowFAJ0SjnNlJzjvq1s83uo4tO5xMziEjACfZB6/ dseKseiSe1MTvfEsAEd5u9M= =C7WV -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] filesystem for Linux and Windows XP
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 08:39, Steven Broos wrote: > I barely use windows any more, but in some cases it's necessary. > I'm thinking about purchasing VMware. It's no freeware, but I know it's > worth the money *wink* Note here. If you don't need a winders product newer than ME (Munged Edition) Win4Lin is a LOT cheaper and very reliable. 5.0 even does directX. James > I can access the files on ext3 through samba file sharing. It looks > like you're working on 2 different computers (with the same hardware), > with a network in between. > > Maybe this is a better solution for you ? This way you don't need to > reboot for changing OS, and you can run your mandrake all the time :-) > > Steven > > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 14:09, Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Friday 13 June 2003 07:58 am, David Hláčik wrote: > > > Hi to all, i wanna use both mandrake and linux mandrake, but i do not know > > > which filesystem is best. Because i am using ntfs, but linux can only read > > > ntfs, and fat32 is too old and primitive. > > > > > Mandrake can read ntfs, and there are utilies that allow windows to read ext3, > > so if you only need to be able to see the contents of the other partitions, > > then ntfs and ext3 should work fine. If you want to share data, like word > > docs and mp3's, set up a shared fat32 partition that both os's can read and > > write from. The primitive nature of fat32 should not affect the performance > > of XP sincet eh os and it's programs are still running off an ntfs partition > > and only shared data resides on fat32. This is the safest way. > > > > __ > > 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] 2.4.21.0.18mdk-1-1 - IRQ Balancing still not fixed...
So, does anyone know why it si balanced sometimes and not other times?
Does it depend on the overall load of the machine? On the hardware? On
the astrological ascendent of the sys admin?
Guillaume.
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 11:26, Vincent Danen wrote:
> On Fri Jun 13, 2003 at 09:46:51AM +0100, Mark Watts wrote:
>
> > Thats the output from a Dual HT capable 2.4Ghz Xeon. HT isnt running though
> > for other reasons.
> >
> > This is the same system running 2.4.21-rc6-ac2 (again, HT isnt working so
> > these are physical processors):
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cat /proc/interrupts
> >CPU0 CPU1
> > 0:29428672943185IO-APIC-edge timer
> > 1: 1 1IO-APIC-edge keyboard
> > 2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
> > 14: 1 1IO-APIC-edge ide0
> > 16: 26 10 IO-APIC-level aic7xxx
> > 17: 8 7 IO-APIC-level aic7xxx
> > 28: 295254 296494 IO-APIC-level eth0
> > 29: 294162 294096 IO-APIC-level eth1
> > 30: 43404 43517 IO-APIC-level aacraid
> > NMI: 0 0
> > LOC:58857565885847
> > ERR: 0
> > MIS: 0
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# uname -a
> > Linux mail1 2.4.21-rc6-ac2 #12 SMP Wed Jun 4 13:58:30 BST 2003 i686 unknown
> > unknown GNU/Linux
>
> Similar to here, except I'll use the kernel we're talking about:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: vdanen]$ cat /proc/interrupts
>CPU0 CPU1
> 0:33562933356385IO-APIC-edge timer
> 1: 5745 5793IO-APIC-edge keyboard
> 2: 0 0 XT-PIC cascade
> 5:27385432739594 IO-APIC-level eth0, EMU10K1
> 8: 196785 195978IO-APIC-edge rtc
> 10:24719962465323 IO-APIC-level [EMAIL PROTECTED]:1:5:0
> 11: 37080 36913 IO-APIC-level ide2, usb-ohci
> 12: 22373 22301IO-APIC-edge PS/2 Mouse
> 14: 76134 76333IO-APIC-edge ide0
> 15: 12652 13776IO-APIC-edge ide1
> NMI: 0 0
> LOC:67128836712882
> ERR: 0
> MIS: 0
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]: vdanen]$ uname -a
> Linux logan.linsec.vx 2.4.21-0.18mdkenterprise #1 SMP Wed Jun 4 11:44:12 MDT
> 2003 i686 unknown unknown GNU/Linux
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> That looks fairly balanced to me.
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Re: [expert] Cpu Frequency Scaling
Hopefully you've already done this, but... [EMAIL PROTECTED] jack]$ lsmod | grep processor processor 10904 0 [thermal] On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 09:46, Nisco wrote: > Il ven, 2003-06-13 alle 17:15, Joan Tur ha scritto: > > > > /proc/cpufreq > > What does "cat /proc/acpi/processor/performance" show? > > > ]# cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/performance > > > and > > ]# cat /proc/acpi/processor/CPU0/info > processor id:0 > acpi id: 1 > bus mastering control: yes > power management:yes > throttling control: no > performance management: no > limit interface: no > > Reading /usr/src/linux/Documentation/cpufreq it tells me under > "supported architectures": > > AMD Elan: > SC400, SC410 > > Speed Limits Detection: Not implemented. You need to specify the > minimum and maximum frequency in the boot parameter > > mmm... I know this mobile AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1400+ has minimum speed > 50 and maximum 120 but I don't know if the supported AMD family > is the same. > > Your kind of processor has an automatic speed detection, mine not in any > case ... I have to set the parameters manually. > > What does your "cat /proc/sys/cpu/0/speed" looks like? > > Hopefully trying to set the frequency won't hurt my hardware (Fear!) > > Thanks for the info and the links > > Cesare > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Acrobat Reader installation fails
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 05:49, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 13 Jun 2003 1:39 pm, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java Web > Services - Nordic/Baltic - Sun Microsystems) wrote: > > Strange, > > > > There's no Acrobat reader package listed among the packages on the > > Mandrake CDs. Are you thinking of GhostView? > > > Ah - I have the Power Pack, so it could be on the Commercial disk - > but it seems unlikely, as Reader is normally free. It's more likely > to be contribs, I think. It's in commercial because it doesn't fall under an OSS license. (Free to use but danged if will tell you how it works.) > I have acroread-5.0.6-2mdk and > acroread-nppdf-5.0.6-2mdk installed. I suggest that you search the > mirrors. If you are a club member, go to the club download page and > try there. > > HTH > > 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: [expert] UPSs
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 06:18, Brian V Bonini wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 09:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I'm looking for recommendations to present to management for > > reliable and relatively inexpensive UPSs for a single Linux server. > > > > Reliable and inexpensive are somewhat relative.. ;-) > > I use the APC Back-UPS pro series here with apcupsd and have been happy > with its performance.. > > You really need to evaluate the power requirements of the box, how much > battery run time you need, etc... Note for the above comment... If money is a consideration. Don't put your monitor on UPS. You'll last longer during an outage with a smaller ups. But to the original question. I've had great luck with ACP myself. current one is 4 years old and it survived the California Blackouts without losing any data. James > > > > __ > > 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] Running "updatedb" crashes my comp!
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 07:06, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Why? > > I've never had this behavior before out of a Mandrake setup. > > As root, I can type in "updatedb" at a shell, and it will run for 2-3 mins, as > per usual, then suddenly, monitor goes black, and machine spontaneously > reboots. > > I have an 80 gig HD. > > and usually...some kind of damage is done. > > This folks, is off a fresh (re)install after the last episode caused major > damage. I figured it was doing it then because the db was corrupted or > something. > > Anyone have any ideas? This is terrible. :-( Dark, Sounds like somehow slocate didn't install right. Are there any error messages in /var/log/messages or possibly but less likely /var/log/kernel/errors left behind. Also what is in /var/lib/slocate? you may need to remove what is there (or move it aside) before trying, if you dare, again. (btw mine works.. not that this helps you at all.) James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:05, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 05:53, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:23, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Let me see if I can ping some of my FreeBSD friends and see if this > > > means anything to them. One question are the sshd_config files the > > > same? > > > > > > > According to 'diff' the config files are identical (scratching head) > > No answer back from anyone with an idea. grrr. Been experimenting some more, so far it seems to be an issue with this one FreeBSD box only. Everything else I've tried connecting to is fine. Totally got rid of known_hosts on nothing ends to be sure nothing weird was going on there. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Running "updatedb" crashes my comp!
On Friday, 13 June 2003 19:31, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 07:06, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > Why? > > > > I've never had this behavior before out of a Mandrake setup. > > > > As root, I can type in "updatedb" at a shell, and it will run for 2-3 > > mins, as per usual, then suddenly, monitor goes black, and machine > > spontaneously reboots. > > > > I have an 80 gig HD. > > > > and usually...some kind of damage is done. > > > > This folks, is off a fresh (re)install after the last episode caused > > major damage. I figured it was doing it then because the db was corrupted > > or something. > > > > Anyone have any ideas? This is terrible. :-( > > Dark, > >Sounds like somehow slocate didn't install right. Are there any > error messages in /var/log/messages or possibly but less likely > /var/log/kernel/errors left behind. Also what is in /var/lib/slocate? > you may need to remove what is there (or move it aside) before trying, > if you dare, again. (btw mine works.. not that this helps you at all.) > > James If you want/are running cooker, update the normal updates first after the fresh install, then cooker. I had some issues but came right. Running smoothly now. My 2 cents Regards Steve Cox Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:31, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 06:18, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 09:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I'm looking for recommendations to present to management for > > > reliable and relatively inexpensive UPSs for a single Linux server. > > > > > > > Reliable and inexpensive are somewhat relative.. ;-) > > > > I use the APC Back-UPS pro series here with apcupsd and have been happy > > with its performance.. > > > > You really need to evaluate the power requirements of the box, how much > > battery run time you need, etc... > > Note for the above comment... If money is a consideration. Don't put > your monitor on UPS. You'll last longer during an outage with a smaller > ups. > > But to the original question. I've had great luck with ACP myself. > current one is 4 years old and it survived the California Blackouts > without losing any data. > BTW: The APC site will let you plug in some generic info, processor type/speed, monitor size, etc.. and make recommendations and provide battery run times for various models based on your power needs. I'm running an pro 1100 serial and have 2 printers a 21" monitor, computer, cable modem, router, printserver and zip drive running off it. It will run the computer, monitor, and router/modem for about 30 minutes but I've got apcupsd set up to just shut the system down after like 10 minutes of no power. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 10:40, Brian V Bonini wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:05, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 05:53, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:23, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > Let me see if I can ping some of my FreeBSD friends and see if this > > > > means anything to them. One question are the sshd_config files the > > > > same? > > > > > > > > > > According to 'diff' the config files are identical (scratching head) > > > > No answer back from anyone with an idea. grrr. > > Been experimenting some more, so far it seems to be an issue with this > one FreeBSD box only. Everything else I've tried connecting to is fine. > Totally got rid of known_hosts on nothing ends to be sure nothing weird > was going on there. Are there any errors / messages during a normal ssh2 session? James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Was Problems after bios upgrade ... almost there but no sound
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have inched up my clock freq now to 133MHz so that my Athlon XP2700+ is up to XP2100+ speed. To do this I had to remove my soundcard, otherwise the system wouldn't even post to bios. To refresh: I have an MSI KT333 Ultra and recently upgraded my Duron 1100 to an Athlon XP2700+. My system didn't recognize this chip, thought it was an XP1500+ and set it accordingly. If I forced the clock freq to 133MHz instead of 100MHz, the system refused to even try to boot. I inched the clock from 100 up to 120 at which point bootup problems started. As per recommendations from people on this list, I started by removing my soundcard (Soundblaster 16 PCI 128). My system booted up fine. I then rebooted, went into bios and enabled the onboard sound system: AC'97 VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller]. Upon rebooting to linux...no sound. The system hasn't even detected that something is different (apparently). I started Harddrake and tried running the soundconfig tool. It identifies the card properly and indicates the sound module should be snd-via82xx. It isn't using that driver and is insisting, nonetheless, in using snd-es1371. Question: Does anyone have an MSI KT333 Ultra or similar motherboard with a similar/the same onboard soundsystem working in linux/Mandrake? How have you got the modules setup? WHICH modules are you using? praedor - -- The First Amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is essential to the welfare of the public. - --Justice Hugo Black GnuPG fingerprint: D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6hjFaKr9sJYeTxgRAhweAKCEdRWLKyCjNJird+IfPJITCSqdDgCggbwq 0Y9vwS1BDwQs1a3NhJ6hpM8= =TQum -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 11:16, Brian V Bonini wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:31, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 06:18, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 09:04, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > I'm looking for recommendations to present to management for > > > > reliable and relatively inexpensive UPSs for a single Linux server. > > > > > > > > > > Reliable and inexpensive are somewhat relative.. ;-) > > > > > > I use the APC Back-UPS pro series here with apcupsd and have been happy > > > with its performance.. > > > > > > You really need to evaluate the power requirements of the box, how much > > > battery run time you need, etc... > > > > Note for the above comment... If money is a consideration. Don't put > > your monitor on UPS. You'll last longer during an outage with a smaller > > ups. > > > > But to the original question. I've had great luck with ACP myself. > > current one is 4 years old and it survived the California Blackouts > > without losing any data. > > > > > BTW: The APC site will let you plug in some generic info, processor > type/speed, monitor size, etc.. and make recommendations and provide > battery run times for various models based on your power needs. > > I'm running an pro 1100 serial and have 2 printers a 21" monitor, > computer, cable modem, router, printserver and zip drive running off it. > It will run the computer, monitor, and router/modem for about 30 minutes > but I've got apcupsd set up to just shut the system down after like 10 > minutes of no power. question here. > Is there anyone here capable of writing up how they got apcupsd working (hookups as in wiring/ configs etc.) so we could add this to the twiki? I know I for one had lousy luck (but that may be because this box is running a 7.2 firewall on an older AMD k-6) The howto at tldp.org is a bit long in the tooth and definitely not MDK specific (actually most of them tend to be RH or Debian based.) Calling all Volunteers! *grin* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] EXCELLENT Linux laptop resource
Hi all! I stumbled across this today while searching for some information on my ancient Gateway Handbook 486 laptop. Given the number of posts on the list about installing Linux on various laptops, I figured this page would be of use to some people: http://www.linux-laptop.net/ Have fun! Jon 8^) - I don't need no one to tell me about heaven, 'cause I look at my daughter and I believe; I don't need no proof when it comes to God and Truth, 'cause I can see the sunset and I perceive. -- "Heaven", Live Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Was Problems after bios upgrade ... almost there but no sound
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 01:32 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > I have inched up my clock freq now to 133MHz so that my Athlon XP2700+ is > up to XP2100+ speed. To do this I had to remove my soundcard, otherwise > the system wouldn't even post to bios. > > To refresh: > I have an MSI KT333 Ultra and recently upgraded my Duron 1100 to an Athlon > XP2700+. My system didn't recognize this chip, thought it was an XP1500+ > and set it accordingly. If I forced the clock freq to 133MHz instead of > 100MHz, the system refused to even try to boot. I inched the clock from > 100 up to 120 at which point bootup problems started. > > As per recommendations from people on this list, I started by removing my > soundcard (Soundblaster 16 PCI 128). My system booted up fine. I then > rebooted, went into bios and enabled the onboard sound system: > AC'97 VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller]. Upon rebooting to linux...no sound. [...] Ahem...for the moment, nevermind. I twiddled and force the system to use the via82xx module and it seems to work fine...we'll see if it REALLY works with a little messing around since it is sharing an IRQ with my USB subsystem (and hence, my printer). I've had problems with this in the past, particularly since I've had to disable ACPI (or is it APCI? Whichever one involves system resource checking). praedor - -- The First Amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is essential to the welfare of the public. - --Justice Hugo Black GnuPG fingerprint: D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6hoFaKr9sJYeTxgRAhfYAJ9WmI0KzW18VqFGsa/H2u9xrqokmQCgg5Tz BSlrZsADJ+LBfdJk7KNUtQQ= =iXWA -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 James Sparenberg wrote: > Is there anyone here capable of writing up how they got apcupsd > working (hookups as in wiring/ configs etc.) so we could add this to the > twiki? I know I for one had lousy luck (but that may be because this > box is running a 7.2 firewall on an older AMD k-6) It has been a while since I have set this all up so I am in no position to write up another how-to for it. I suggest starting here : http://www.apcupsd.com/ when looking for latest instructions. We have two APC SmartUPS Net uinits here, a 1000VA and a 1400VA. The larger one in hooked up using one of APC's special 'serial' cables to a Mandrake 7.0 box working as the master and supplies power to 5 slaves including MDK 8.0, MDK 8.2, MDK 9.0. The smaller UPS is 'serial' connected to a MDK 8.1 box that is the master and has two slaves -- a Smoothwall firewall box and a Solaris box. Everything works fine. I did have to change a battery last winter in the 1400 and to reset the battery status in the UPS I resorted briefly to running powerchute. The MDK 7.0 box currently has 672 days continous uptime - -- KevinO Hickory Dickory Dock, The mice ran up the clock, The clock struck one, The others escaped with minor injuries. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+6h0ljBS1mMJB+bQRAhaWAJ97tSAykn2PVYXHWNLMLarcMe3qbQCg5nN5 rOajhSD8j4qoCHuC/TAtdHs= =R9Sr -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine
Yeah, fortunately I was able to break out of both lock ups with a CTRL+ALT F1, login as root, and kill all wine processes... You mentioned that Battle net has been a problem for a while, and I also recall talk about Broodwars being a pain. Well, I was doing both, so I guess this behavior was expected. Maybe I"ll try looking up the comments like you said... But as I under stood it, Starcraft + latest WineX was basically brainless: Install RPM (assuming you have subscribed), and run Starcraft Guess I've been misinformed? -Original Message- From: Praedor Atrebates [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 10:16 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 06:50 am, Tango Echo wrote: > I just tried installine WineX on my 9.1 box last night > for the 3rd time. Was following the instructions on > > http://www.geocities.com/desktopmandrake/wine.htm > > Unfotunately I kept getting the "no socket file" error > every time I tried to start it. A quick google search > showed that typing "wineserver" before launching wine > might help. Sure enough it did. However it wasn't > with problems... Starcraft locked up in Battle net > after I joined a game and started to download a map. Counter-Strike > (Retail) locked up after the main screen came up. A couple questions > for ya all: > > Have any of you had lockups with WineX like I did? If > so, how did u resolve them? [...] I haven't tried battlenet so I cannot comment on it specifically, nor have I tried Counter-Strike. Starcraft itself has never locked on me at all. I HAVE had wine-based lockups and there isn't much to do about them, often, except to...gulp...hard reboot just like you are using windoze. If you have a second computer/laptop that can access the locked up system via wireless or local lan, then you can ssh in and kill wine and fix things that way. I have only dialup access at home but also have an ethernet card in my system and a crossover cable. With this, I can directly connect my laptop to my desktop if wine hard locks on me and kill wine. You may still be able to fix things without anything drastic by trying Ctrl-F2 (or F3, F4, etc) to get a login prompt for another session. Login and do a "killall wine" or run top and see if you can see the wine PIDs to kill them specifically. This is how I usually do it - the hard lockups that don't allow any keyboard use are, thankfully, rather rare but they do occur. So...wine not only gives you the ability to run many windoze apps, it can also give you the full windoze experience by locking up your system too. An unfortunate side-effect, me thinks, of such things as DRI/direct access to graphics, etc. praedor - -- Patriotism as practiced in the USA is blindly accepting, noncritical, and silently following along. It is very fascist in form, not democratic at all. - --Ani DeFranco -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6dyhaKr9sJYeTxgRAjWSAKCRX0urTkcGow42joNOnDHoCSXOKwCgiB3I nH7DWVNsL2OI/YL4aouHdWE= =59P3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- 7DWVNsL2OI/YL4aouHdWE= =59P3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine
Very Interisting about the NTPL - I was not aware. However, I when I did a compile of the CVS it was the most recent. That is unless that link told me to download from a directory other then the most recent release... I"m really considering subscribing to Transgaming for at least the 3 mo period - but I'm still VERY concerned about the references I heard to the RPM not working with 9.1... Not to go OT, but is the NTPL responsible for the unstability in 9.1? I've heard a lot of complaints, and have seen a few things go wrong on my end too (NOT insulting the release, just wondering). TIA === You're probably running an old version of winex. MDK 9.1 uses NTPL (a new and improved threading system) that older wine systems can't handle. The symptoms your seeing (especially the lockups) are common when you are running an old wine with a newer distribution. If you have a subscription to Transgaming, try downloading the latest version (3.something) and trying again. I'm guessing your luck will improve... David __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). http://calendar.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Acrobat Reader installation fails
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: > Hi, P-O. Did you use the version on the Mandrake disks? It installed > on mine without any problems. If you used a different one, I suggest > that you try the included version. > Two of our MDK 9.1 boxes have Acrobat 5.05 installed and running, using the tar.gz file : linux-505.tar.gz This file was obtained from: http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep2.html It looks like version 5.06 in the current one now. The follow the instructions that are included in the tar file. - -- KevinO Hickory Dickory Dock, The mice ran up the clock, The clock struck one, The others escaped with minor injuries. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+6iAWjBS1mMJB+bQRAjWrAKCFm85Ehrki+r6jTIYnVz8IvSlMUwCg08TH wCfHHEgCYOrBsmV7aeUqlwY= =GE5M -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:00, Tango Echo wrote: > Very Interisting about the NTPL - I was not aware. > However, I when I did a compile of the CVS it was the > most recent. That is unless that link told me to > download from a directory other then the most recent > release... I"m really considering subscribing to > Transgaming for at least the 3 mo period - but I'm > still VERY concerned about the references I heard to > the RPM not working with 9.1... If it makes you feel better I installed the Transgaming WineX the other day (Reader Rabbit for my son if you must know) and it went in/on without a hitch. They just recently introduced the fix for 9.1 and RH 9 James > > Not to go OT, but is the NTPL responsible for the > unstability in 9.1? I've heard a lot of complaints, > and have seen a few things go wrong on my end too (NOT > insulting the release, just wondering). > > TIA > > > === > > You're probably running an old version of winex. MDK > 9.1 uses NTPL (a new and improved threading system) > that older wine systems can't handle. The symptoms > your seeing (especially the lockups) are common when > you are running an old wine with a newer distribution. > > If you have a subscription to Transgaming, try > downloading the latest version (3.something) and > trying again. I'm guessing your luck will improve... > > > David > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > http://calendar.yahoo.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] filesystem for Linux and Windows XP
On Friday 13 Jun 2003 6:16 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 08:39, Steven Broos wrote: > > I barely use windows any more, but in some cases it's necessary. > > I'm thinking about purchasing VMware. It's no freeware, but I > > know it's worth the money *wink* > > Note here. If you don't need a winders product newer than ME > (Munged Edition) Win4Lin is a LOT cheaper and very reliable. 5.0 > even does directX. > Even the infamous 98 doesn't seem as unstable Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Acrobat Reader installation fails
On Friday 13 Jun 2003 6:23 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 05:49, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 13 Jun 2003 1:39 pm, Per-Olof Litby (Reg'l Mgr - Java > > Ah - I have the Power Pack, so it could be on the Commercial disk > > - but it seems unlikely, as Reader is normally free. It's more > > likely to be contribs, I think. > > It's in commercial because it doesn't fall under an OSS license. > (Free to use but danged if will tell you how it works.) > Of course - duh! Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 02:00 pm, Tango Echo wrote: > Very Interisting about the NTPL - I was not aware. > However, I when I did a compile of the CVS it was the > most recent. That is unless that link told me to > download from a directory other then the most recent > release... I"m really considering subscribing to > Transgaming for at least the 3 mo period - but I'm > still VERY concerned about the references I heard to > the RPM not working with 9.1... > > Not to go OT, but is the NTPL responsible for the > unstability in 9.1? I've heard a lot of complaints, > and have seen a few things go wrong on my end too (NOT > insulting the release, just wondering). The rpm for 3.0-1 (the latest version) works fine in Mandrake 9.1. It is what I use. As for Starcraft and battlenet, here is a blurb from the specific game page at Transgaming: - - Demo and full game both work perfectly in single player mode. There are visual issues with Battle.net. Multiplayer over UPD (tcp/ip) lan works perfectly. Requires v1.09. Here's another posters comment: bnet speed by argpirate on Sunday May 4, 2003 @ 7:53PM i know this may be very pointless and their exists a high chance of never getting help but, is there a way to make starcraft preform better on bnet. in single player in runs like a dream but in bnet it plays like crap. the patch installed fine. the menus are gay but usable. the game itself though is not playable on bnet. anyway to fix this? I'm running suse 8.2 - --- Finally, here's a few more with a possible resolution, though not without some "cost". The last message down has a "fix" for playing on battlenet that you could try: - -- WineX Version: 3.0 Distribution: Redhat 7.3 Video Card: Matrox 400. Driver: mga Sound Card: es1371. Driver: alsa Game Title: Broodwar I got Broodwar installed and working nicely in single player mode. Just needed to kill esd to get sound working. Kudos on that one! But multiplayer doesn't work for me. Specifically, battlenet freezes up on the "accessing account" popup. The cancel button is unclickable at that point so I have to killall wine to get rid of it. This happened on the clean installed version 1.05, the 1.09 I copied over from doze, and 1.10 when I ran Broodwar under windoze thinking the updater might be the culprit. Pretty much renders the game useless to me under WineX as I only play on battlenet. I've scanned the forum but haven't seen anyone else with this problem. A run with -debugmsg +err yielded some output I couldn't use to determine a course of action. winex3 --debugmsg +err StarCraft.exe fixme:ver:GetVersionExA OSVERSIONINFOW is too large (possibly OSVERSIONINFOEXW) fixme:ver:GetVersionExA OSVERSIONINFOW is too large (possibly OSVERSIONINFOEXW) fixme:console:SetConsoleCtrlHandler (0x4cf850,1) - no error checking or testing yet err:win32:_EnterSysLevel (0x409c1214, level 2): Holding 0x40a6292c, level 3. Expect deadlock! fixme:ddraw:Main_DirectDraw_SetCooperativeLevel (0x4037cf84)->(00010021,0013) fixme:dsound:IDirectSoundImpl_SetCooperativeLevel (0x4037ec84,00010021,2):stub fixme:ver:GetVersionExA OSVERSIONINFOW is too large (possibly OSVERSIONINFOEXW) fixme:ver:GetVersionExA OSVERSIONINFOW is too large (possibly OSVERSIONINFOEXW) fixme:ver:GetVersionExA OSVERSIONINFOW is too large (possibly OSVERSIONINFOEXW) fixme:ras:RasEnumConnectionsA (0x478b008c,0x406a28e0,0x406a28f4),stub! fixme:ras:RasEnumConnectionsA RAS support is not implemented ! Configure program to use LAN connection/winsock instead ! fixme:winsock:WS_bind Setting WS_SO_REUSEADDR on socket before we binding it X Error of failed request: BadMatch (invalid parameter attributes) Major opcode of failed request: 12 (X_ConfigureWindow) Serial number of failed request: 188 Current serial number in output stream: 189 Re: Battletnet unusable with WineX3 and Broodwar (1.05->1.10) by [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Thursday May 15, 2003 @ 2:12PM I was having the exact same problem with red hat 9 on esound, kernel 2.4.20-8, Intel 845G video card with DRI disabled on XFree86 4.3. Your workaround works for me just as you've described it, it is very annoying however, since the 1 player mode works perfectly. The only thing I noticed is that while playing a game online on battle.net, the game gets progressively slower after a while, to the point where it is unplayable. And I don't know why this is. Re: Battlenet unusable with WineX3 and Broodwar (1.05->1.10) by gothmogged on Wednesday April 23, 2003 @ 11:21AM After much experimentation I was able to get into battlnet. battlenet It turns out the key is turning off fullscreen mode and DXGrab. Which makes play slightly annoying as I have to manually shift to a higher resolution and cope with desktop scrolling when the mouse leaves the wine window. The menus in battlenet are
Re: [expert] UPSs
thanks all who responded. between 2 mailing lists, there were 7 votes for APC, 1 for Tripp-Lite... if anyone's interested. joe --- Original Message --- From: KevinO <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] UPSs >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >James Sparenberg wrote: >> Is there anyone here capable of writing up how they got apcupsd >> working (hookups as in wiring/ configs etc.) so we could add this to the >> twiki? I know I for one had lousy luck (but that may be because this >> box is running a 7.2 firewall on an older AMD k-6) > >It has been a while since I have set this all up so I am in no position to >write up another how-to for it. I suggest starting here : > >http://www.apcupsd.com/ > >when looking for latest instructions. > >We have two APC SmartUPS Net uinits here, a 1000VA and a 1400VA. The larger >one in hooked up using one of APC's special 'serial' cables to a Mandrake 7.0 >box working as the master and supplies power to 5 slaves including MDK 8.0, >MDK 8.2, MDK 9.0. The smaller UPS is 'serial' connected to a MDK 8.1 box that >is the master and has two slaves -- a Smoothwall firewall box and a Solaris box. > >Everything works fine. I did have to change a battery last winter in the 1400 >and to reset the battery status in the UPS I resorted briefly to running >powerchute. > >The MDK 7.0 box currently has 672 days continous uptime > >- -- >KevinO > >Hickory Dickory Dock, The mice ran up the clock, The clock struck one, The >others escaped with minor injuries. > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org > >iD8DBQE+6h0ljBS1mMJB+bQRAhaWAJ97tSAykn2PVYXHWNLMLarcMe3qbQCg5nN5 >rOajhSD8j4qoCHuC/TAtdHs= >=R9Sr >-END PGP SIGNATURE- > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine
w00t!! My daughter's been pining for Reader Rabbit ever since I smacked down Win2K on the kiddy box. My son is addicted to Rocks'n'Diamonds though :-) On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:08, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:00, Tango Echo wrote: > > Very Interisting about the NTPL - I was not aware. > > However, I when I did a compile of the CVS it was the > > most recent. That is unless that link told me to > > download from a directory other then the most recent > > release... I"m really considering subscribing to > > Transgaming for at least the 3 mo period - but I'm > > still VERY concerned about the references I heard to > > the RPM not working with 9.1... > > If it makes you feel better I installed the Transgaming WineX the other > day (Reader Rabbit for my son if you must know) and it went in/on > without a hitch. They just recently introduced the fix for 9.1 and RH 9 > > James > > > > > Not to go OT, but is the NTPL responsible for the > > unstability in 9.1? I've heard a lot of complaints, > > and have seen a few things go wrong on my end too (NOT > > insulting the release, just wondering). > > > > TIA > > > > > > === > > > > You're probably running an old version of winex. MDK > > 9.1 uses NTPL (a new and improved threading system) > > that older wine systems can't handle. The symptoms > > your seeing (especially the lockups) are common when > > you are running an old wine with a newer distribution. > > > > If you have a subscription to Transgaming, try > > downloading the latest version (3.something) and > > trying again. I'm guessing your luck will improve... > > > > > > David > > > > __ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > > http://calendar.yahoo.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 -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... http://www.monkeynoodle.org/resume.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] EXCELLENT Linux laptop resource
On Friday 13 Jun 2003 7:35 pm, Jonathan I. Nori wrote: > Hi all! > > I stumbled across this today while searching for some information > on my ancient Gateway Handbook 486 laptop. Given the number of > posts on the list about installing Linux on various laptops, I > figured this page would be of use to some people: > > http://www.linux-laptop.net/ > Just one of the links you will find on the community TWiki pages :-) http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeReferences Another one you might like to try is http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/ Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Kernel 2.4.21
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It is now official that kernel 2.4.21 is out in the wild in final form. Is there a mandrake src rpm (ie, kernel-source) that is essentially the final released version of 2.4.21 with usual Mandrake mods? Perhaps in cooker? I just want to know if the available kernel is essentially equivalent to the final version such that it is worth while to download, build, and actually use? praedor - -- The First Amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is essential to the welfare of the public. - --Justice Hugo Black GnuPG fingerprint: D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6icGaKr9sJYeTxgRAs3UAJ9U1BRMvJCyEz+KPJFxHu1z54ecQwCeKDBT xZF9KCbj4uMp4P+j6QnaTcA= =sI2n -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] kernel error
I just rebuild kernel and when I run lilo it says "skipping" what 's the matter? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lilo ??& install 9.1
Its all very well Steven but., I 've installed many times all the way from Redhat 4.5 upwards, the first version of Mandrake was 7.0 then onward to MDK9.1. Not only on my machines,also on other peoples to get them started on Linux, and on numerous HD's with all sorts of variations of windows and OS2. The only times I've had lilo or grub fail has been due to a kernel I've compiled and made a few mistakes . The install of MDK9.1 is as close to idiot proof as you can get, and the developers should be proud of their work, but for 3 installs to fail to boot on a system which had only been running well on MDK9.1, with only one change the HD, makes me very suspicious. When I find others have have problems installing on a HD which previously had windowsXP on it, points the finger towards microsoft. I did consider the possibility of a virus on the MBR , but I had Macfee running on the windows machine before I used the HD on this machine, and it showed no trace of any infection. All I'm suggesting is the developers take a look at the bootloader on the Distro and see if it can be made more aggressive. Richard On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 16:49, Steven Broos wrote: > I think the MBR can't be of any trouble, because it is completely > overwritten by the bootloader (as far as I know) > It's only a small space, where a link to the rest of the booting files > resides. > Is it really possible to manipulate the MBR so that it can cause > troubles with other OS' ? I know some windows-versions rewrote the MBR > on startup, but I never experienced this with win2k. (I used lilo as > bootloader) > > according to my personal experiences, winXP sucks bigtime. The only > 'good' windows versions I know are NT and 2000 (NT, btw, wasn't > developed by MS but bought from some other company, and 2k was NT + some > extra features) > > Again, I could be wrong, but that's why I write this and hope for > replies :-) > > Steven > > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 22:07, richard bown wrote: > > Hi all > > > > I've had a real bad experience using a hard drive that previously had > > winxp on it. > > I ran very low on HD space so I took the 60GB HD out of the winxp > > machine , installed as hdc and backed up what files I needed off that > > drive. > > next step was to delete the ntfs partitions and repartition with ext3, > > All apparently went well, and I transfered wanted files from hda to hdc. > > > > Checked everything was all right, and all the files moved across were in > > a partiton on hdc. > > the next step was to reinstall the system on to the 60GB drive(was hdc), > > and to use just 1 HD on this machine. > > So fresh install of 9.1 and this is were things went horribly wrong, > > on boot up no partitions had been written, tried to repair and failed, > > tried using the rescue facility ...that failed. > > > > So again another fresh install and this time made a boot floppy as well. > > again on reboot failure, so used the rescue facility to rerun the boot > > loader, > > Tried another bootup , same again reran the boot sector loader from > > rescue and this time the next reboot was successful.. > > After speaking to a few people I'm not the only person to have had > > problems with drives after winxp was installed on them. > > I suspect this may be a gates measure to deliberately make it awkward > > to change OS's once winxp has been installed, microsoft have done this > > before. > > > > Maybe ,and this is the point I'm trying to make, the developers need to > > look at the lilo or grub, to assume the MBR to contain hostile material > > and delete it before installing. > > > > If a newbie had decided to kick winxp off their machine and move to > > linux, I feel they would give up trying to install linux and go back to > > winblows. > > > > regards > > Richard > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- richard bown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?
On September 1993 plus 3572 days James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 07:29, Philip Webb wrote: >> 030612 Vox wrote: >> > On September 1993 plus 3569 days DAVID JOHAM wrote: >> > rm -rf /path/to/some/dir /* >> > Yup...that's a space between the last dir and the last slash... >> > it wasn't fun to recover...the box was in a different country :) >> >> i make it a strict rule before any command of the form 'rm -rf *' >> first to do 'd', then to do 'pwd', then to sit >= 10 sec >> with my arms folded behind my back repeating the mantra: >> "that's where i am, that's what i want to remove". >> >> even so, i'm sure that one day ... > > > Yep, > >Vox, it's most likely to happen the day a 2 year old madly banging on > a keyboard just so happens to hit the keyboard in that certain order and > . pooof it kept going till it locked itself up. I know ... my son > did. My nephew used to do that to my mom's computer about 3 times a month...either lock the box up completely lock the box up or just kill her evolution...mom got very scared the first time he locked it up...she hadn't managed a lockup in 3 years (damn, I hate losing that kind of uptime) :) Now (he's 3.3yo), he loves playing in that computer when he visits my parents...I think I'll have to find him some edutainment stuff :) 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. pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine
On Friday 13 June 2003 21:18, Jack Coates wrote: > > If it makes you feel better I installed the Transgaming WineX the other > > day (Reader Rabbit for my son if you must know) and it went in/on > > without a hitch. They just recently introduced the fix for 9.1 and RH 9 excuse me, but, what version of WineX did you actually successfully install and got working? thesubscription one or the free cvs one? tia, -- Piero Piutti Powered by Kmail 1.5.2 - KDE 3.1.2 - Mandrake Linux 9.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.21
There seems to be one on the cooker servers: kernel-source-2.4.21-1mdk.i586.rpm Also the boot kernel and compiled one. Best regards, Adrian - Original Message - From: "Praedor Atrebates" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Expert List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 13, 2003 9:33 PM Subject: [expert] Kernel 2.4.21 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It is now official that kernel 2.4.21 is out in the wild in final form. Is there a mandrake src rpm (ie, kernel-source) that is essentially the final released version of 2.4.21 with usual Mandrake mods? Perhaps in cooker? I just want to know if the available kernel is essentially equivalent to the final version such that it is worth while to download, build, and actually use? praedor - -- The First Amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is essential to the welfare of the public. - --Justice Hugo Black GnuPG fingerprint: D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6icGaKr9sJYeTxgRAs3UAJ9U1BRMvJCyEz+KPJFxHu1z54ecQwCeKDBT xZF9KCbj4uMp4P+j6QnaTcA= =sI2n -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: [expert] Running "updatedb" crashes my comp!
On Friday 13 June 2003 01:31 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > Dark, > >Sounds like somehow slocate didn't install right. Are there any > error messages in /var/log/messages or possibly but less likely > /var/log/kernel/errors left behind. Also what is in /var/lib/slocate? > you may need to remove what is there (or move it aside) before trying, > if you dare, again. (btw mine works.. not that this helps you at all.) > > James slocate.db.tmp, size 1.6mb. I renamed it, will run the command again. Wish me luck! :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.21
BTW, I use openmosix kernel, which is based in linus kernel, with some boxes. Now I got a new computer, kernel in MDK 9.1 works pretty fine with via KT400 chipset, however, openmosix does not work at all. Is MDK 9.1 linux kernel patched for this chipset? And will linus 2.4.21 be? How may check this? Maybe in some Changelog? Many questions... any help would very appreciated. Cheers, On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > It is now official that kernel 2.4.21 is out in the wild in final form. Is > there a mandrake src rpm (ie, kernel-source) that is essentially the final > released version of 2.4.21 with usual Mandrake mods? Perhaps in cooker? I > just want to know if the available kernel is essentially equivalent to the > final version such that it is worth while to download, build, and actually > use? > > praedor > - -- > The First Amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible > dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is > essential to the welfare of the public. > - --Justice Hugo Black > > GnuPG fingerprint: > D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+6icGaKr9sJYeTxgRAs3UAJ9U1BRMvJCyEz+KPJFxHu1z54ecQwCeKDBT > xZF9KCbj4uMp4P+j6QnaTcA= > =sI2n > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- --- Alan Wilter S. da Silva --- Laboratório de Física Biológica Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Was Problems after bios upgrade ... almost there but no sound
Praedor, Glad you got the FSB up to 133- have you got the multiplier setting maxed out? I assume it's set at about 133x13? If you have good cpu cooling, you might try upping the cpu voltage a hair and see if you can get closer 2600+ rating. That might be a limiting factor. I've never been able to get AC '97 to function on any linux system I've built. Strangly, on my ultra 2, I have a SB128 pci sound card that has given me no problems. Also have that same card in my Abit KX7 (same via Kt333 chipset as the MSI). I have an excellent 300w PS, running a 1700+ XP tbred "B." Not much else draining power on this rig though. You might try installing the old sndconfig console config program, and try to configure it with that instead of HardDrake- I seem to recall I had to use that with 8.2 & 9.0 to get any sound configured- it's worth a shot. If you have success with AC'97, please post back with the details. Robert On Friday 13 June 2003 14:32, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I have inched up my clock freq now to 133MHz so that my Athlon XP2700+ is > up to XP2100+ speed. To do this I had to remove my soundcard, otherwise > the system wouldn't even post to bios. > > To refresh: > I have an MSI KT333 Ultra and recently upgraded my Duron 1100 to an Athlon > XP2700+. My system didn't recognize this chip, thought it was an XP1500+ > and set it accordingly. If I forced the clock freq to 133MHz instead of > 100MHz, the system refused to even try to boot. I inched the clock from > 100 up to 120 at which point bootup problems started. > > As per recommendations from people on this list, I started by removing my > soundcard (Soundblaster 16 PCI 128). My system booted up fine. I then > rebooted, went into bios and enabled the onboard sound system: > AC'97 VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller]. Upon rebooting to linux...no sound. > The system hasn't even detected that something is different (apparently). > I started Harddrake and tried running the soundconfig tool. It identifies > the card properly and indicates the sound module should be snd-via82xx. > It isn't using that driver and is insisting, nonetheless, in using > snd-es1371. > > Question: Does anyone have an MSI KT333 Ultra or similar motherboard with > a similar/the same onboard soundsystem working in linux/Mandrake? How have > you got the modules setup? WHICH modules are you using? > > praedor > - -- > The First Amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible > dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is > essential to the welfare of the public. > - --Justice Hugo Black > > GnuPG fingerprint: > D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+6hjFaKr9sJYeTxgRAhweAKCEdRWLKyCjNJird+IfPJITCSqdDgCggbwq > 0Y9vwS1BDwQs1a3NhJ6hpM8= > =TQum > -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Running "updatedb" crashes my comp!
On Friday 13 June 2003 04:09 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > slocate.db.tmp, size 1.6mb. I renamed it, will run the command again. Wish > me luck! :-) Well, (hate replying to myself - sound psycho) but... Ran updatedb as root (single user mode), and it recreated that file, made it as far as 1.8 megs then black screen, and a spontaneous reboot. I have /var on a separate partition, 8.1 gigs, only 2.1 percent full. Any chance something to do with security (msec? quotas?) could be doing me in? Otherwise, lost and confused. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] kernel error
Sounds like you forgot to save lilo.conf after you edited it- that's what happened to me one time, and I got that message. Just go back, and save /etc/lilo.conf, then rerun lilo as root. Robert Crawford On Friday 13 June 2003 15:34, Stephlub wrote: > I just rebuild kernel and when I run lilo it says "skipping" > what 's the matter? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Was Problems after bios upgrade ... almost there but no sound
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 13 June 2003 03:11 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: > Praedor, > Glad you got the FSB up to 133- have you got the multiplier setting maxed > out? I assume it's set at about 133x13? If you have good cpu cooling, you > might try upping the cpu voltage a hair and see if you can get closer 2600+ > rating. That might be a limiting factor. > > I've never been able to get AC '97 to function on any linux system I've > built. Strangly, on my ultra 2, I have a SB128 pci sound card that has > given me no problems. Also have that same card in my Abit KX7 (same via > Kt333 chipset as the MSI). I have an excellent 300w PS, running a 1700+ XP > tbred "B." Not much else draining power on this rig though. > > You might try installing the old sndconfig console config program, and try > to configure it with that instead of HardDrake- I seem to recall I had to > use that with 8.2 & 9.0 to get any sound configured- it's worth a shot. If > you have success with AC'97, please post back with the details. [...] I tried bumping the freq to 166 and when it booted up, it didn't quite make it to bios setup. It crapped out after indicating that I had an XP 2700+ (which is correct, but useless since the system wont come up any further). The system then sits there and gives me three long beeps every 3-5 seconds or so. My ethernet card is still inserted (don't want to give it up...I need it to connect my laptop), thus I haven't tried 166MHz without the ethernet card as yet. I reset the bios (had to pull the battery and count to 5, then reinsert it as this mobo lacks the CMOS reset jumpers), bumped the clock down to 144 and it came up OK, though identifies the CPU as an XP 2100+. Basically, it sees an "overclocked" XP 2100+ which is in reality an underclocked XP 2700+. This is an odd freq so I am not sure I will stay at this freq...I must be overclocking system components (?) As for the AC'97, it is working fine thus far. I used Mandrake Control Center, ran harddrake from it, it identified my sound device and indicated it needed the snd-via82xx module. I then selected the config button and it had snd-es1971 highlighted (!). I ignored this and elected to manually select a module. I scrolled down the module list to snd-via82xx and selected it. Sound now works. I may even give another go with the mic, though I don't really use it, to see if it will work (it didn't with my sb16 PCI). praedor - -- The First Amendment rests on the assumption that the widest possible dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is essential to the welfare of the public. - --Justice Hugo Black GnuPG fingerprint: D170 2A02 B426 6AA0 5E68 3EDC 68AA FDB0 961E 4F18 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+6jJFaKr9sJYeTxgRArT+AKCo53BHJ3P4aoeyhbc09EuoWVV1PwCgr2G7 yavl/I2YBMgTQ3+H20vzJcY= =ntXK -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] filesystem for Linux and Windows XP
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:11, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Friday 13 Jun 2003 6:16 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 08:39, Steven Broos wrote: > > > I barely use windows any more, but in some cases it's necessary. > > > I'm thinking about purchasing VMware. It's no freeware, but I > > > know it's worth the money *wink* > > > > Note here. If you don't need a winders product newer than ME > > (Munged Edition) Win4Lin is a LOT cheaper and very reliable. 5.0 > > even does directX. > > > Even the infamous 98 doesn't seem as unstable > > Anne boots a ton faster too than it does native... > > > __ > > 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] Running "updatedb" crashes my comp!
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:09, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Friday 13 June 2003 01:31 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > Dark, > > > >Sounds like somehow slocate didn't install right. Are there any > > error messages in /var/log/messages or possibly but less likely > > /var/log/kernel/errors left behind. Also what is in /var/lib/slocate? > > you may need to remove what is there (or move it aside) before trying, > > if you dare, again. (btw mine works.. not that this helps you at all.) > > > > James > > slocate.db.tmp, size 1.6mb. I renamed it, will run the command again. Wish me > luck! :-) That could well be the culprit it didn't remove it can't edit it... so... it crashes. (IMHO this is a bug in slocate. ) James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] UPSs
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 14:32, James Sparenberg wrote: > question here. > > > Is there anyone here capable of writing up how they got apcupsd > working (hookups as in wiring/ configs etc.) so we could add this to the > twiki? I know I for one had lousy luck (but that may be because this > box is running a 7.2 firewall on an older AMD k-6) The howto at tldp.org > is a bit long in the tooth and definitely not MDK specific (actually > most of them tend to be RH or Debian based.) > > Calling all Volunteers! *grin* > I can do it, just had to set one a few weeks ago so it should be relatively fresh in my head. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lufsmount
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 14:27, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 10:40, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:05, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 05:53, Brian V Bonini wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2003-06-12 at 20:23, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > Let me see if I can ping some of my FreeBSD friends and see if this > > > > > means anything to them. One question are the sshd_config files the > > > > > same? > > > > > > > > > > > > > According to 'diff' the config files are identical (scratching head) > > > > > > No answer back from anyone with an idea. grrr. > > > > Been experimenting some more, so far it seems to be an issue with this > > one FreeBSD box only. Everything else I've tried connecting to is fine. > > Totally got rid of known_hosts on nothing ends to be sure nothing weird > > was going on there. > > Are there any errors / messages during a normal ssh2 session? > Nope.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Running "updatedb" crashes my comp!
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:17, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Friday 13 June 2003 04:09 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > > slocate.db.tmp, size 1.6mb. I renamed it, will run the command again. Wish > > me luck! :-) > > Well, (hate replying to myself - sound psycho) but... > > Ran updatedb as root (single user mode), and it recreated that file, made it > as far as 1.8 megs then black screen, and a spontaneous reboot. > > I have /var on a separate partition, 8.1 gigs, only 2.1 percent full. > > Any chance something to do with security (msec? quotas?) could be doing me in? > > Otherwise, lost and confused. I don't use quotas... My msec is at 2 and my locate db is 2.6 megs. I'd remove it completely and urpmi the app again. There are no unusual dependencies. (or a least none that if something was missing wouldn't really mess up your box.) If /var/log/messages is clean, I'd lean toward urpme then urpmi as the solution here. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Wanted to try wine
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:08, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:00, Tango Echo wrote: > > Very Interisting about the NTPL - I was not aware. > > However, I when I did a compile of the CVS it was the > > most recent. That is unless that link told me to > > download from a directory other then the most recent > > release... I"m really considering subscribing to > > Transgaming for at least the 3 mo period - but I'm > > still VERY concerned about the references I heard to > > the RPM not working with 9.1... > > If it makes you feel better I installed the Transgaming WineX the other > day (Reader Rabbit for my son if you must know) and it went in/on > without a hitch. They just recently introduced the fix for 9.1 and RH 9 > > James So far it seems to be running... Although my boy doesn't really do much more than click like crazy*grin* > > > > > Not to go OT, but is the NTPL responsible for the > > unstability in 9.1? I've heard a lot of complaints, > > and have seen a few things go wrong on my end too (NOT > > insulting the release, just wondering). > > > > TIA > > > > > > === > > > > You're probably running an old version of winex. MDK > > 9.1 uses NTPL (a new and improved threading system) > > that older wine systems can't handle. The symptoms > > your seeing (especially the lockups) are common when > > you are running an old wine with a newer distribution. > > > > If you have a subscription to Transgaming, try > > downloading the latest version (3.something) and > > trying again. I'm guessing your luck will improve... > > > > > > David > > > > __ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Yahoo! Calendar - Free online calendar with sync to Outlook(TM). > > http://calendar.yahoo.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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wanted to try wine
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 12:59, Piero Piutti wrote: > On Friday 13 June 2003 21:18, Jack Coates wrote: > > > > If it makes you feel better I installed the Transgaming WineX the other > > > day (Reader Rabbit for my son if you must know) and it went in/on > > > without a hitch. They just recently introduced the fix for 9.1 and RH 9 > > excuse me, but, what version of WineX did you actually successfully install > and got working? thesubscription one or the free cvs one? > Subscription version... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Was Problems after bios upgrade ... almost there butno sound
On Fri, 2003-06-13 at 13:21, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 13 June 2003 03:11 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: > > Praedor, > > Glad you got the FSB up to 133- have you got the multiplier setting maxed > > out? I assume it's set at about 133x13? If you have good cpu cooling, you > > might try upping the cpu voltage a hair and see if you can get closer 2600+ > > rating. That might be a limiting factor. > > > > I've never been able to get AC '97 to function on any linux system I've > > built. Strangly, on my ultra 2, I have a SB128 pci sound card that has > > given me no problems. Also have that same card in my Abit KX7 (same via > > Kt333 chipset as the MSI). I have an excellent 300w PS, running a 1700+ XP > > tbred "B." Not much else draining power on this rig though. > > > > You might try installing the old sndconfig console config program, and try > > to configure it with that instead of HardDrake- I seem to recall I had to > > use that with 8.2 & 9.0 to get any sound configured- it's worth a shot. If > > you have success with AC'97, please post back with the details. > [...] > > I tried bumping the freq to 166 and when it booted up, it didn't quite make it > to bios setup. It crapped out after indicating that I had an XP 2700+ (which > is correct, but useless since the system wont come up any further). The > system then sits there and gives me three long beeps every 3-5 seconds or so. > My ethernet card is still inserted (don't want to give it up...I need it to > connect my laptop), thus I haven't tried 166MHz without the ethernet card as > yet. > > I reset the bios (had to pull the battery and count to 5, then reinsert it as > this mobo lacks the CMOS reset jumpers), bumped the clock down to 144 and it > came up OK, though identifies the CPU as an XP 2100+. Basically, it sees an > "overclocked" XP 2100+ which is in reality an underclocked XP 2700+. This is > an odd freq so I am not sure I will stay at this freq...I must be > overclocking system components (?) > > As for the AC'97, it is working fine thus far. I used Mandrake Control > Center, ran harddrake from it, it identified my sound device and indicated it > needed the snd-via82xx module. I then selected the config button and it had > snd-es1971 highlighted (!). I ignored this and elected to manually select a > module. I scrolled down the module list to snd-via82xx and selected it. > Sound now works. I may even give another go with the mic, though I don't > really use it, to see if it will work (it didn't with my sb16 PCI). > > praedor > - -- Praedor If I where you I'd start looking at some of the overclocker sites. Weird thought here, but maybe some of the tricks they use to get a 2100 to run like a 2700 might get you in better shape. james Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
