Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 18:10, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: > If you tried it you would know whether or not it's working in a few > seconds. If it's not working just hit "Ctrl+c" to kill it. I just tried it, renaming the rc1 iso to rc2. Here's the command (I left '--progress' in just to be safe though I gathered -P does the same) I typed: rsync -Pv --stats --progress ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD1.i586.iso Didn't work! Iwas going to moan about it but then read Greg's link & saw the missing space and period at the end. " rsync -Pv --stats --progress ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD1.i586.iso ." does start up. CTRL-C'ed it due to my data limits, pity you don(t get to see an estimate of the total dload. NIce way of dloading this, I didn't know rsync could do that. Thanks for showing, this is going to save a lot of bandwidth in time to come. Good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 18:10, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: If you tried it you would know whether or not it's working in a few seconds. If it's not working just hit "Ctrl+c" to kill it. I just tried it, renaming the rc1 iso to rc2. Here's the command (I left '--progress' in just to be safe though I gathered -P does the same) I typed: rsync -Pv --stats --progress ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD1.i586.iso Didn't work! Iwas going to moan about it but then read Greg's link & saw the missing space and period at the end. " rsync -Pv --stats --progress ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD1.i586.iso ." does start up. CTRL-C'ed it due to my data limits, pity you don(t get to see an estimate of the total dload. NIce way of dloading this, I didn't know rsync could do that. Thanks for showing, this is going to save a lot of bandwidth in time to come. Good luck, HarM I'm sorry. I must have forgotten the period. That makes it download to the directory in which you are currently working. The -P is the equivalent of --partial --progress according to "man rsync". It keeps partial files it has started to download but for some reason or another has the download interrupted and show you the progress of the sync. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 03:10:00 up 4 days, 14:26, 1 user, load average: 0.13, 0.46, 0.41 ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound
Hi Trish, I have a sound card that played midis perfectly in mdk 7.2, but never since. It still does in Windows, on the rare times I use it. When I want to play midis in linux now, I use Timidity. This has both a command line interface, and gui interfaces available. TImidity translates the midi on the computer, so, so long as you also have the patches installed, you will more-than-likely get better sound than if the sound card had done it all. Brian. (from Adelaide) From: Patricia Fraser <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound Date: Thu, 11 Sep 2003 14:26:16 +1000 Hi all, Now that I've got alsa working with my CD, I've gone off to search ways to get MIDI working. I have a sneaking fondness for playmidi and have quite a collection of MIDI files; I'd hate to have to give 'em up! Alas! although I've progressed past utter silence and incomprehension from various apps, I've managed to lock the computer up *hard*, twice! /dev/sound has a couple of likely-looking devices: midi1 and dmmidi1, and sequencer and sequencer1. these are linked to by the standard devices. However, if I use either midi1 or sequencer as the output device, I get lockup. I haven't dared try the others yet! lsmod shows in the relevant part: snd-seq-midi5024 0 (autoclean) (unused) snd-seq-oss31104 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 5640 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss] snd-seq42608 2 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-mpu401 1984 0 snd-pcm-oss43556 0 snd-mixer-oss 14488 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-via82xx14092 0 snd-ac97-codec 40160 0 [snd-via82xx] snd-pcm77536 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-via82xx] snd-timer 18376 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd-mpu401-uart 4396 0 [snd-mpu401 snd-via82xx] snd-rawmidi17600 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-mpu401-uart] snd-seq-device 5832 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq snd-rawmidi] snd-page-alloc 7732 0 [snd-via82xx snd-pcm] snd40868 0 [snd-seq-midi snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-mpu4ss snd-mixer-oss snd-via82xx snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer snd-mpu401-uart snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device] soundcore 6276 0 [snd] and, based on stuff I found on the alsa wiki, /etc/modules.conf reads: probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi probeall usb-interface usb-uhci ehci-hcd above snd-via82xx snd-pcm-oss alias eth0 8139too alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx alias snd-card-1 snd-mpu401 options snd-card-1 port=0x330 irq=7 alias sound-slot-1 snd-card-1 alias sound-service-1-0 snd-mixer-oss alias sound-service-1-1 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-3 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-service-1-8 snd-seq-oss alias sound-service-1-12 snd-pcm-oss So: does anyone have any ideas of things I could try? Have I maybe loaded too many things? Other than this, alsa is working jest *fine*. 8-) -- Trish Fraser, Sunbury, Australia Linux user #283226 counter.li.org andromeda up 19 days and counting kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ E-mail just got a whole lot better. New ninemsn Premium. Click here http://ninemsn.com.au/premium/landing.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Re: Desktop Entries
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Or even better... He can stop running X (or even installing X) on his server(s) ;-) KevinO John Haywood wrote: > I went through 3 months of constantly losing the Apps menu, and fixing it, > until I found the culprit - or at least enough of the culprits to fix the > issue. > > Quick fix: > > log out of Xwindows > cd ~ > mv .kde kdestuffed (or whatever epiphet feels good!) > startx > > > You will then have a generic, first time log in again > > Now log out of Xwindows and start copying stuff selectively from the old > kdestuffed to the newly created .kde. > > Stuff you most probably want lives in the share folder, and its subfolders > including the kmail resources ad configs, knode, etc etc. > > Remember to copy the resources and configs, so that if the thing goes belly up > again, you can just erase the whole .kde folder and start again. > > In my case, I was using xscreensaver as my screensaver (duh!) by disabling the > inbuilt kde saver, (cause the random module never worked for me) by making a > link in the .kde/Autostart directory. Once I had recreated all my kde > settings and left this out, all is well with the menus again!! > > hth > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com - -- KevinO "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" - -- Lily Tomlin -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/YCfDWOfRC7Rnmv8RAtjOAJ9bOB667W2GQNZl+6gXh4bwqGM8ZwCfePue zxfj9LYbBEwnh/P0B5FxrR4= =g+um -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
OT- was Re: [expert] CLI for monitoring
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: > I didn't want to sound over-critical, but if no-one tells you there's > a problem you wouldn't know. I'll pop back and have another look. > Thanks for being cooperative. > Thank you for the constructive advice! The site is badly in need of attention. Sections to finish, more links to add, etc... - -- KevinO "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" - -- Lily Tomlin -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/YC1NWOfRC7Rnmv8RAn+oAJ9PbcVZvq3V3QdeoU37SE+kcOyldACeMEGe niKimXte1S5gHdoeBQ9CpnE= =IEqQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Permissions don't stick
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 4:07 am, Bill Mullen wrote: > Two comments: > > 1) The problem most people have with msec and permissions isn't > that it somehow doesn't "allow" them to make a change, but that > when the msec cron job runs later, it detects whatever change was > made (by comparing current permissions on the files/dirs that come > under its purview to the values it expects to find), and "corrects" > any differences it uncovers; this is why those changes don't appear > to "stick". But that isn't what's going on in this case, anyway, > AFAICT. > > 2) What govern the permissions changes at login for such devices > are the relevant entries within the /etc/security/console.perms > file. This file controls the temporary resetting of ownership and > permissions on various devices to the UID of the logged-in user, > and also the settings they will revert to when that user logs out. > > The format of the file is explained in the comments at the top of > the file itself, and further info is in the "console.perms" man > page. I would think that to prevent the switch of the v4l device's > ownership to that of the user, you would want to comment out this > line near the bottom: > > 0600 0600 root.sys > > Your line may differ, as this is from my 9.0 system. Reboot, and > hopefully then the device will stay owned by root, even after you > log in as anne. > > HTH! Hi, Bill. Based on what you had said, I changed the line to 0750 0750 root.video When I rebooted I found that the group had been changed to video - small progress - but the owner was still anne. Perhaps I should have done more exactly what you said, and commented the line out. I'm going to try that. If it then allows me to make the change, should I then uncomment it again? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Permissions don't stick
On Wednesday 10 Sep 2003 10:05 pm, HaywireMac wrote: > On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:33:01 +0100 > > Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > But msec originally allowed me to change it to owner anne. Why > > would it not let me put it back to root? I have tried as user, > > but it wasn't allowed - fair enough. As root the change was > > accepted - until I logged out and in again. Then anne owned it > > again. > > You can override msec in /etc/security/msec/perm.local, and all > will be well. > This file doesn't exist in mine. Did you have to create it? If not, that implies that something is missing in the way mine is set up. > As an example, I have this in mine: > > /home/mp3/ root.users 777 > > Interesting question, tho. I guess it just likes Anne better than > Root, I know I do. ;-) Not enough to do as it's told, though Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Permissions don't stick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anne Wilson wrote: > This file doesn't exist in mine. Did you have to create it? If not, > that implies that something is missing in the way mine is set up. It is not there by default. You create it if you want to override msec's behavior in some way. - -- KevinO "If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library?" - -- Lily Tomlin -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/YC/KWOfRC7Rnmv8RAu2FAJ9Mqle4SlsjyKBVgxAesJ8DHsGurQCdFHVw HxKFY1D5+Dkr9/7R7IVKh78= =63A5 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Permissions don't stick
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 9:18 am, KevinO wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > This file doesn't exist in mine. Did you have to create it? If > > not, that implies that something is missing in the way mine is > > set up. > > It is not there by default. You create it if you want to override > msec's behavior in some way. Thanks, Kevin. I'll do that. BTW, I did look at your web site - no difficulty in reading it now Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Permissions don't stick
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 9:18 am, KevinO wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > This file doesn't exist in mine. Did you have to create it? If > > not, that implies that something is missing in the way mine is > > set up. > > It is not there by default. You create it if you want to override > msec's behavior in some way. Well, I did that, rebooted, and it made no difference. This is crazy. Imust be missing something. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 5:26 am, Patricia Fraser wrote: > Hi all, > > Now that I've got alsa working with my CD, I've gone off to search > ways to get MIDI working. I have a sneaking fondness for playmidi > and have quite a collection of MIDI files; I'd hate to have to give > 'em up! > Hi, Trish. I'm no expert at this, but I play midi files with kmidi - note that with kmid I get nothing at all. Have you tried kmidi? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Adding a header to KMail
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 08:12 pm, deedee wrote: > I'd like to add an "Approved: " header to messages approving bounced > posts to a mailing list that is managed with Majordomo. > > Is that possible with KMail? Anyone know how to do it? > From the KMail menu Settings -> Configure Kmail Select Composer on the left, then the Headers tab -- Alex / KC2IVL ft100 software for Linux http://www.qsl.net/kc2ivl "Good judgment comes from experience, and a lot of that comes from bad judgment" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound
Hi Anne, > Hi, Trish. I'm no expert at this, but I play midi files with kmidi - > note that with kmid I get nothing at all. Have you tried kmidi? I've tried KMidi, KMid, playmidi with the -e switch (since otherwise it says no playback device) - and they all lock the system completely. (KMail complains bitterly when it can't clean up properly!) I've also discovered that I'm getting kernel errors: MPU-401 device not found or device busy. So now I'll do some more hardware research, in case this box has a cut-down version of the on-board audio. Everything I've looked at so far says that the AC-97/VIA8235 sound has the MPU401, but... Google, here I come... 8-) -- Trish Fraser, Sunbury, Australia Linux user #283226 counter.li.org andromeda up 1 days and counting kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] root-tail
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 10:19 am, many eyes noted that HaywireMac wrote: > On Sat, 6 Sep 2003 15:24:32 -0700 (PDT) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: > > Awesome! That did it - instead of 'nohup -b' I did 'top -b' and it > > does exactly what I was hoping for. > > Does it show you all running processes?? No matter which way I try it, > it just shows me a few of my users processes and *postfix* (?!). It only shows as many processes as your screen size can hold. -- The River moves, moon travels rock, Streams unreal, clouds there among the flowers. Sails go: They can't know where. Tu Fu This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] root-tail
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 19:48:00 +1000 Charlie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > It only shows as many processes as your screen size can hold. Well, I'm at 1280x960, and it sure ain't occupyin' much space, LOL! I even tried to increase the geomety of the root-tail display, all it did was "spread" the same info out over the larger area... -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ When you die, you lose a very important part of your life. -- Brooke Shields Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nvidia, accelerated 3D support... I'm lost
On Wed, 10 Sep 2003 21:24:47 -0500 "J.C. Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > > To the original poster, François, and to Charlie. There is a lot of > confusion about using the Geforce4 MX 440 in Mandrake or, for that > mattter, any other Liunx OS using the 2.4.x kernel. I've got me a GF4 Ti, does that not use 8x? Seems to work fine with both stock and Nvidia drivers. -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Circumstances rule men; men do not rule circumstances. -- Herodotus Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound
Patricia Fraser wrote: Hi all, Now that I've got alsa working with my CD, I've gone off to search ways to get MIDI working. I have a sneaking fondness for playmidi and have quite a collection of MIDI files; I'd hate to have to give 'em up! Alas! although I've progressed past utter silence and incomprehension from various apps, I've managed to lock the computer up *hard*, twice! [..] 8-) Not having used midi much, I can only say there was a Mandrake Club article that explained how to set up midi in 9.1 and, when I followed it, I was able to play some midi streams. Here is that article: http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=979&mode=nocomments Rolf Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Permissions don't stick
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 10:16 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 9:18 am, KevinO wrote: > > Anne Wilson wrote: > > > This file doesn't exist in mine. Did you have to create it? > > > If not, that implies that something is missing in the way mine > > > is set up. > > > > It is not there by default. You create it if you want to override > > msec's behavior in some way. > > Well, I did that, rebooted, and it made no difference. This is > crazy. Imust be missing something. > > Anne It seems that msec does in fact change the ownership to root, every hour - which is what I need. However, the permissions that it sets (640)are wrong for this app (660), and also the changes msec made are lost if I log out. What could possibly be overwriting them? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 09:12 pm, many eyes noted that Patricia Fraser wrote: > Hi Anne, > > > Hi, Trish. I'm no expert at this, but I play midi files with kmidi - > > note that with kmid I get nothing at all. Have you tried kmidi? > > I've tried KMidi, KMid, playmidi with the -e switch (since otherwise it > says no playback device) - and they all lock the system completely. (KMail > complains bitterly when it can't clean up properly!) > > I've also discovered that I'm getting kernel errors: MPU-401 device not > found or device busy. So now I'll do some more hardware research, in case > this box has a cut-down version of the on-board audio. Everything I've > looked at so far says that the AC-97/VIA8235 sound has the MPU401, but... > Google, here I come... > > 8-) I haven't followed this thread, and I could be way off line, but if you run top before lockup, can you see if something is working in the background? Recently i was working trying to get sound working on a system and used all the troubleshooting commands and discovered that aplay was working in the background. [see man aplay] It was consuming a lot of CPU fuel. It also sounds like that from the "device busy" messages. Might have nothing to do with your problem. Charlie. -- The River moves, moon travels rock, Streams unreal, clouds there among the flowers. Sails go: They can't know where. Tu Fu This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1Beta Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?
Greg Meyer wrote: > On Saturday 06 September 2003 06:47 am, Stefano Pogliani wrote: >> Would it be ok now to migrate to KDE 3.1.3 for MDK 9.1 or is it still >> "unstable" ? >> In case of "yes", which is the most stable source : TexStar or the Mdk >> Club ? >> > I am using Texstar's packages and they work great. Unfortunately, I think > the qa on them is better than those packages available from Club. And where do I get these packages? -- Alex Fisher OpenOffice.org Marketing Project Community Contact, Australia Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I need a sound editor for mp3 and or wav files
lorne wrote: On Wednesday 10 September 2003 07:05 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: What I'm trying to say is that I get >no package named hackaudacity. It isn't in most contrib sites. It must ONLY be at mandrake. ?? Oh, sorry. That's weird. I don't see it on a couple of mirrors I looked at. What I did when 9.1 came out was save my local cooker contrib/ mirror which should have been the same as the release. Maybe something has changed. If you want, I put a copy here: http://home.mindspring.com/~rolfpedersen/hackaudacity-1.1.0-4mdk.i586.rpm Thanks man. I appreciate it. Man it is s easy to get into dependencies hell! I do rpm -ivh hackaudacity-1.1.0-4mdk.i586.rpm and get: error: failed dependencies: libwx_gtk-2.3.so.1 is needed by hackaudacity-1.1.0-4mdk No problem, let's go find it. It is in a file called wxGTK-2.3.2-11.i386.rpm, so I think, well why not. I get: error: failed dependencies: OpenGL is needed by wxGTK-2.3.2-11 iconv is needed by wxGTK-2.3.2-11 wxwin-afm = 2.3.2 is needed by wxGTK-2.3.2-11 wxwin-common = 2.3.2 is needed by wxGTK-2.3.2-11 ARRG!!! hahahaha... I guess what I should do is concentrate on finding out why on earth two of the two editors I have installed refuse to recognize my /dev/dsp. ??? It makes no sense. ALL of the other numerous programs play audio with no problems at all. Yeah, that can be frustrating. Hmmm, looking at my sources, somehow, although there is at least one 9.1 package, most of what I am seeing are 9.0 contrib/ packages. I don't know how that happened but, if you want, I put the 9.0 version of wxGTK2.3_1-2.3.2-7mdk.i586.rpm, which installs when I 'urpmi hackaudacity' on my, otherwise, 9.1 setup, here: http://home.mindspring.com/~rolfpedersen/wxGTK2.3_1-2.3.2-7mdk.i586.rpm Sorry for the confusion! If you 'rpm -ivh' with both packages in one command and it installs, the executable is still audacity and starts by typing 'audacity' at the prompt. Rolf Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I need a sound editor for mp3 and or wav files
David E. Fox wrote: Oh, sorry. That's weird. I don't see it on a couple of mirrors I looked at. What I did when 9.1 came out was save my local cooker I concur - audacity is good for mp3/wav editing - provided you have enough spare disk space. If you don't, don't try to save the project as a project file in your home directory. I use /tmp for most everything for that, since I don't have a lot of room left in /home and /tmp has several gigs available (editing roughly an hour's length of wav file will need close to 2.1 gigs of space). But what's 'hackaudacity'? What I remember is that hackaudacity was a patched version of audacity to workaround a certain bug. If you see my other note to lorne, it appears I somehow mirrored a mixture of 9.0 and 9.1 contrib/ and hackaudacity was part of 9.0, not 9.1. Rolf David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound
Hi Rolf, > Not having used midi much, I can only say there was a Mandrake Club > article that explained how to set up midi in 9.1 and, when I followed > it, I was able to play some midi streams. Here is that article: > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=979&mode=nocomments Hah! that works like a charm. Now, I can listen while I figure it out for real - although if it works for Kmidi, maybe it will work for TiMidity... I might copy all the instrument patches across and give it a whirl... Thanks for all the suggestions, folks! I'll narrow it down in the end. 8-) -- Trish Fraser, Sunbury, Australia Linux user #283226 counter.li.org andromeda up 3 days and counting kernel 2.4.21-0.13mdk Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SCSI card not recognised by MD9.1 - ??similar to [expert] Re: SCSI, Scanner... How?
Thanks, Anne, Ronald and Pierre. On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 13:27, Pierre Fortin wrote: > > > > > I've tried modifications to /etc/modules.conf and modules with > > My /etc/modules.conf contains this line: > probeall scsi_hostadapter aha152x ide-scsi > That's slightly different from the line I was using that didn't work. I'll give it a go. DougB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I need a sound editor for mp3 and or wav files
On Wednesday 10 September 2003 10:26 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > libwx_gtk-2.3.so.1 is needed by hackaudacity-1.1.0-4mdk I used urpmi, which also failed, but... urpmf then showed me that the only versions of libwx_gtk Mandrake has are 2.4.*, which is why it failed. OOH!. Just learned something new. Thank you! > dunno if hackaudacity is different, but I just loaded audacity and had > the same problem. So I closed it and tried again with soundwrapper > audacity, which worked. > Okay, help an old fart out soundwrapper audacity? Is this a different program or a different way of launching it? > If a program is really obstinate and you use artsd, try artsdsp -m > program (this works real well for games). I'm sure I don't just type artsd, or artsdsp -m at the bash prompt right? I tried that but I'm sure I need to remove something or ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SCSI card not recognised by MD9.1 - ??similar to [expert] Re: SCSI, Scanner... How?
On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 13:26, Anne Wilson wrote: > > can I ask if 'onto the > scanner database' implies that you have actually had it working? I > have a CanoScan FS2710 which is recognised, but I get a 100% freeze > when I try to use it. > > Anne Yes, I was able to use it in Xsane-Gimp to scan 35mm colour negative and slide film. I've done some superficial checking on the adjustments for film type and gamma and they seem to work OK. Haven't checked on modifying the resolution yet. One thing - getting it onto the scanner database seemed to need two passes of Scannerdrake. The first time it said OK, you can now use the scanner, but in fact, on re-running, it wasn't saved on the database. The second time, Add a scanner manually, select 2700F from Canon, click and hold on choose device to select /dev/sg1 did the trick (Maybe I should have gone straight to this in the first place - I haven't checked). Don't know if that would be any use to you. Thanks for your help in getting me here! DougB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I need a sound editor for mp3 and or wav files
On Thursday 11 September 2003 06:36 am, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > lorne wrote: > Yeah, that can be frustrating. Hmmm, looking at my sources, somehow, > although there is at least one 9.1 package, most of what I am seeing are > 9.0 contrib/ packages. I don't know how that happened but, if you want, > I put the 9.0 version of wxGTK2.3_1-2.3.2-7mdk.i586.rpm, which installs > when I 'urpmi hackaudacity' on my, otherwise, 9.1 setup, here: > http://home.mindspring.com/~rolfpedersen/wxGTK2.3_1-2.3.2-7mdk.i586.rpm > Sorry for the confusion! If you 'rpm -ivh' with both packages in one > command and it installs, the executable is still audacity and starts by > typing 'audacity' at the prompt. > Rolf That is pretty cool. I downloaded the above and it installed with no complaints. I removed audacity and installed hackaudacity. On startup it says "audio I/O error". I kind of expected this. Same thing with the old audacity, if you go to preferences to select an audio device the list is empty. I am sorely tempted to try a mickeysoft trick. Reboot and see if it is some sort of glitch. :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound
On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 2:41 pm, Patricia Fraser wrote: > Hi Rolf, > > > Not having used midi much, I can only say there was a Mandrake > > Club article that explained how to set up midi in 9.1 and, when I > > followed it, I was able to play some midi streams. Here is that > > article: > > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/article.php?sid=979&mode=nocomments > > Hah! that works like a charm. Now, I can listen while I figure it > out for real - although if it works for Kmidi, maybe it will work > for TiMidity... I might copy all the instrument patches across and > give it a whirl... > > Thanks for all the suggestions, folks! I'll narrow it down in the > end. > > 8-) When you've time, Trish, could you write up the link on the TWiki sound page? Thanks Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I need a sound editor for mp3 and or wav files
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 07:13, lorne wrote: > On Wednesday 10 September 2003 10:26 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > > > libwx_gtk-2.3.so.1 is needed by hackaudacity-1.1.0-4mdk > > I used urpmi, which also failed, but... urpmf then showed me that the > only versions of libwx_gtk Mandrake has are 2.4.*, which is why it > failed. > > OOH!. Just learned something new. Thank you! > > > dunno if hackaudacity is different, but I just loaded audacity and had > > the same problem. So I closed it and tried again with soundwrapper > > audacity, which worked. > > > Okay, help an old fart out soundwrapper audacity? Is this a different > program or a different way of launching it? > APPLICATION LEVEL : play, esdplay, sox, &c. SOUND DAEMON LEVEL (*d): esd, artsd, nsd -- optional but very nice. DRIVER LEVEL (modules): OSS or ALSA, /dev/sound/ entries HARDWARE LEVEL (cards): whatever-sound-chip-you've-got basically, some sound-related applications try to access the driver level directly, which the daemon typically blocks them from doing. soundwrapper is a script that intercepts that access and reformats it to go through the daemon. You can test it from a terminal by typing soundwrapper audacity, and if it works you can change your menu shortcut with menudrake (run as root). > > If a program is really obstinate and you use artsd, try artsdsp -m > > program (this works real well for games). This is when the program expects certain hardware features -- the -m tells artsd to emulate those features. > > I'm sure I don't just type artsd, or artsdsp -m at the bash prompt right? I > tried that but I'm sure I need to remove something or ? > If you use KDE, you're probably using artsd. Use your favorite process viewer, such as pstree to figure out what's running. I'm also a big fan of treeps, but I think it needs to be compiled from source. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I need a sound editor for mp3 and or wav files
lorne wrote: On Thursday 11 September 2003 06:36 am, Rolf Pedersen wrote: lorne wrote: Yeah, that can be frustrating. Hmmm, looking at my sources, somehow, although there is at least one 9.1 package, most of what I am seeing are 9.0 contrib/ packages. I don't know how that happened but, if you want, I put the 9.0 version of wxGTK2.3_1-2.3.2-7mdk.i586.rpm, which installs when I 'urpmi hackaudacity' on my, otherwise, 9.1 setup, here: http://home.mindspring.com/~rolfpedersen/wxGTK2.3_1-2.3.2-7mdk.i586.rpm Sorry for the confusion! If you 'rpm -ivh' with both packages in one command and it installs, the executable is still audacity and starts by typing 'audacity' at the prompt. Rolf That is pretty cool. I downloaded the above and it installed with no complaints. I removed audacity and installed hackaudacity. On startup it says "audio I/O error". I kind of expected this. Same thing with the old audacity, if you go to preferences to select an audio device the list is empty. I am sorely tempted to try a mickeysoft trick. Reboot and see if it is some sort of glitch. :) Try what Jack suggested: start by typing 'soundwrapper audacity' Another thing that impacts how sound apps access the sound server is the timeout setting in kcontrol > Sound > Sound System. I always set that to 1 sec so that "arts unaware" apps will not have to wait the default 30 seconds to use the sound server. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] I see...
I see Microsnot screwed the pooch again and hasnt fixed there friggin os! I just got a notice from f-prot that Three new vulnerabilities affecting Microsoft Windows were identified by Microsoft on 10 September 2003. I dont think we need to worry about getting people to change over to Linux if M$ keeps screwin up like this. LOL M$ is doing a fine job doin it on there own. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Adding a header to KMail
On 9/11/2003 6:18:12 AM EDT, A V Flinsch wrote: >On Wednesday 10 September 2003 08:12 pm, deedee wrote: >> I'd like to add an "Approved: " header to messages approving bounced >> posts to a mailing list that is managed with Majordomo. >> >> Is that possible with KMail? Anyone know how to do it? >> >From the KMail menu >Settings -> Configure Kmail > >Select Composer on the left, then the Headers tab Thanks for your reply, Alex. I saw that, but I have no idea what I need to enter. Will just putting in "Approved" work? I read the Help, but it didn't really explain much. I've never fiddled with headers on e-mail and am not clear about what I should input. I assume under "Name" I should put "Approved", but what goes in value? Is it asking me for the actual value, or is it asking me to define how the value will look, as in a string or integer? The password changes depending on which mailing list the post bounced from. Also, I'm not interested in having the header for all my mail, just when I need it for mailing list approvals. I found the following in your headers. Did you add that (or did your ISP) :^)? X-Test-xxx: I Told you so! If you did it, what did you put under name (did you put in the colon or did KMail add it)? I assume the "I Told you so!" was what you put under value, is that correct? For it to work with Majordomo, I need the header to read as follows: Approved: password Thanks, deedee -- Visit "WordStar & GNU/Linux" http://www.wordstar2.com Also, see the WordStar Users Group http://www.wordstar2.com/cbabbage/wordstar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: Re: USB key drives and linux
James Sparenberg wrote: > > Try in the kcontrol program LookNFeel-Behavior-Devices and see if > that is checked and if this kind of device is checked to run. It's > possible that texstars system has different defaults than MDK's > > James > Jepp, thank you, all devices but harddrives were set to show up on the desktop. I didn't realize it was a harddrive, but then again it actually IS a harddrive /Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?
Alex Fisher wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 06 September 2003 06:47 am, Stefano Pogliani wrote: Would it be ok now to migrate to KDE 3.1.3 for MDK 9.1 or is it still "unstable" ? In case of "yes", which is the most stable source : TexStar or the Mdk Club ? I am using Texstar's packages and they work great. Unfortunately, I think the qa on them is better than those packages available from Club. And where do I get these packages? Go here http://www.zarb.org/~nanardon/ and set up your urpmi sources. Make sure you get the Texstar resource. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 12:10:00 up 4 days, 23:26, 1 user, load average: 0.42, 0.39, 0.27 ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?
Don't know if it's "just me" but...I installed the the Club 3.1.3 rpms on my desktop, and the texstar rpms on my laptop. The texstar KDE 3.1.3 system is gawd-awful slow on my laptop, much slower than the original KDE that came with 9.1, at least with regards to initial startup. Takes a LNG time for my desktop to finally come up (Thinkpad 1412, Celeron 366, 128MB RAM). My desktop is lightening fast (Athlon XP2700+, 256MB RAM, NVIDIA Ti4200) and of course KDE starts quickly, at least as fast as the previous KDE version. I HAVE run into an intermittent problem, however, and I assume it is a memory leak in the OpenGL screensavers. I would set one of the nifty new OpenGL screensavers to work and it would be fine for a while (a day, a couple days) but then I would find the system locked up hard. No keyboard inputs possible and the system would not accept a network connection so I could try to kill X remotely. I have had to hard reboot. I have since switched to just "blank screen" and have thus far not had any problems...of course, I could go home today and find my system locked up again but in any case, none of this occurred until after I updated my KDE. praedor --- Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Alex Fisher wrote: > > >Greg Meyer wrote: > > > > > > > >>On Saturday 06 September 2003 06:47 am, Stefano > Pogliani wrote: > >> > >> > >>>Would it be ok now to migrate to KDE 3.1.3 for > MDK 9.1 or is it still > >>>"unstable" ? > >>>In case of "yes", which is the most stable source > : TexStar or the Mdk > >>>Club ? > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>I am using Texstar's packages and they work great. > Unfortunately, I think > >>the qa on them is better than those packages > available from Club. > >> > >> > > > >And where do I get these packages? > > > > Go here http://www.zarb.org/~nanardon/ and set up > your urpmi sources. > Make sure you get the Texstar resource. > > -- > Brant Fitzsimmons > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ___ > > Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | > http://counter.li.org/ > AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel > 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk > KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client > Uptime: > 12:10:00 up 4 days, 23:26, 1 user, load average: > 0.42, 0.39, 0.27 > ___ > > "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is > ridiculed. > Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is > accepted as being > self-evident." > -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: KDE 3.1.3 for 9.1 : go or no-go ?
Praedor Tempus wrote: Don't know if it's "just me" but...I installed the the Club 3.1.3 rpms on my desktop, and the texstar rpms on my laptop. The texstar KDE 3.1.3 system is gawd-awful slow on my laptop, much slower than the original KDE that came with 9.1, at least with regards to initial startup. Takes a LNG time for my desktop to finally come up (Thinkpad 1412, Celeron 366, 128MB RAM). My desktop is lightening fast (Athlon XP2700+, 256MB RAM, NVIDIA Ti4200) and of course KDE starts quickly, at least as fast as the previous KDE version. I HAVE run into an intermittent problem, however, and I assume it is a memory leak in the OpenGL screensavers. I would set one of the nifty new OpenGL screensavers to work and it would be fine for a while (a day, a couple days) but then I would find the system locked up hard. No keyboard inputs possible and the system would not accept a network connection so I could try to kill X remotely. I have had to hard reboot. I have since switched to just "blank screen" and have thus far not had any problems...of course, I could go home today and find my system locked up again but in any case, none of this occurred until after I updated my KDE. praedor --- Brant Fitzsimmons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Alex Fisher wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Saturday 06 September 2003 06:47 am, Stefano Pogliani wrote: Would it be ok now to migrate to KDE 3.1.3 for MDK 9.1 or is it still "unstable" ? In case of "yes", which is the most stable source : TexStar or the Mdk Club ? I am using Texstar's packages and they work great. Unfortunately, I think the qa on them is better than those packages available from Club. And where do I get these packages? Go here http://www.zarb.org/~nanardon/ and set up your urpmi sources. Make sure you get the Texstar resource. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Are you sure the lockups can be attributed to KDE? You said you tried the OpenGL screensavers so it appears that you have installed the nVidia drivers from nVidia. I had strange lockups all the time until I re-installed 9.1 and didn't re-install the nVidia drivers. I haven't even tried the drivers again because of the newfound stability I am experiencing. Same KDE, no lockups. I'm only forced to shutdown when a thunderstorm comes through. Maybe you could try the original drivers that come with Mandrake to rule out the possibility of a video problem. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 13:50:00 up 5 days, 1:06, 1 user, load average: 0.41, 0.34, 0.16 ___ "All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident." -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: SCSI card not recognised by MD9.1 - ??similar to [expert] Re: SCSI, Scanner... How?
On Thursday 11 September 2003 10:29 am, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: > On Wed, 2003-09-10 at 13:26, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > > > > can I ask if 'onto the > > scanner database' implies that you have actually had it working? I > > have a CanoScan FS2710 which is recognised, but I get a 100% freeze > > when I try to use it. > > > > Anne > > Yes, I was able to use it in Xsane-Gimp to scan 35mm colour negative and > slide film. I've done some superficial checking on the adjustments for > film type and gamma and they seem to work OK. Haven't checked on > modifying the resolution yet. > > One thing - getting it onto the scanner database seemed to need two > passes of Scannerdrake. The first time it said OK, you can now use the > scanner, but in fact, on re-running, it wasn't saved on the database. > The second time, Add a scanner manually, select 2700F from Canon, click > and hold on choose device to select /dev/sg1 did the trick (Maybe I > should have gone straight to this in the first place - I haven't > checked). > Don't know if that would be any use to you. > > > Thanks for your help in getting me here! > > DougB Doug, I forgot to ask did you do a "depmod -a" after making all the changes? Just a thought -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] md5sum
I downloaded 9.2rc2 ISO's into a directory. Downloaded the file 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc into the same directory. Tried to do a md5sum --status. Didn't work. Tried md5sum --check. Didn't work. md5sum with each rc2 CD gives me a letter/number combination. However I have nothing to check it against. I think my problem is that I do not know what to do with the 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc file. How do you open it or use it? I remember that when I did the 9.1 ISO's a simple md5sum command checked all three CD's at once. What am I missing? I have read the md5sum help and info files. Thaks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] md5sum
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 11, 2003 12:39 pm, Gary Montalbine wrote: > I downloaded 9.2rc2 ISO's into a directory. Downloaded the file > 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc > into the same directory. Tried to do a md5sum --status. Didn't work. > Tried md5sum --check. Didn't work. md5sum with each rc2 CD gives me a > letter/number combination. However I have nothing to check it > against. I think my problem is that I do not know what to do with the > 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc file. How do you open it or use it? I remember > that when I did the 9.1 ISO's a simple md5sum command checked all > three CD's at once. What am I missing? I have read the md5sum help > and info files. > > Thaks, > Gary Try this Gary; Open a terminal, navigate to the directory where the ISOs and .asc file are. At the command prompt type this: md5sum -c 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc You won't see much until it's done a disk but the processor will "grunt." A LOT. HTH Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-7mdk 12:44:01 up 1 day, 12:39, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.37, 0.37 How often I found where I should be going only by setting out for somewhere else. -- R. Buckminster Fuller -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YMMCG11CaRuZZSIRArmIAKCS7dTn01I/iWSHG45C4mhmHiqlzwCfRRaw U+09ex6qBdDM5V2ZZSjTb6Q= =VtDz -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] md5sum
From: "Gary Montalbine" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > I downloaded 9.2rc2 ISO's into a directory. Downloaded the file > 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc > into the same directory. Tried to do a md5sum --status. Didn't work. Tried > md5sum --check. Didn't work. md5sum with each rc2 CD gives me a > letter/number combination. However I have nothing to check it against. I > think my problem is that I do not know what to do with the > 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc file. How do you open it or use it? I remember that > when I did the 9.1 ISO's a simple md5sum command checked all three CD's at > once. What am I missing? I have read the md5sum help and info files. > md5sum -c 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc thomas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nvidia, accelerated 3D support... I'm lost
Hello Le jeu 11/09/2003 à 04:24, J.C. Woods a écrit : > Charlie M. wrote: > > >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > >Hash: SHA1 > > > >September 10, 2003 03:49 pm, Molotov wrote: > > > > > >>Hello list > >> > >>Sorry if I'm disturbing you with an already-solved problem. This is > >>about 3D acceleration support with mdk 9.1 and a GeForce 4 MX 440. > >> > >>François > >> > >> > > > >If you ran the NVidia installer while running X you'll have trouble. If > >you ran it as user you'll have trouble. If you install a new kernel > >after running it you have to run it against the running (new usually) > >kernel for it to actually work. [...] > >There's one little "gotcha" in all of the above though. You have to > >install the kernel source for the kernel you're running *first!* That > >should take care of that. Whenever you upgrade the kernel install the > >source for the new one, boot the new kernel in run-level 3 (console) > >and run the NVidia run file again. You can then edit lilo to start in > >graphical mode again. > > > >It should always work that way. > > > >HTH > >Charlie > > > > > To the original poster, François, and to Charlie. There is a lot of > confusion about using the Geforce4 MX 440 in Mandrake or, for that > mattter, any other Liunx OS using the 2.4.x kernel. I have posted about > this issue more than once but here it goes again. If your Geforce4 MX > 440, or any other video board, i.e. Radeon, is using AGP 8X then you > are using AGP 3.0, and are no longer using AGP 2.0. AGP 3.0 is *NOT* > supported in any 2.4.x kernel that I know of. [...] Thanks for your answers. In fact, I'm still in trouble, as: - I ran the installer as root - in console mode (no X running of course) - as far as I know I'm not using AGP 8X The first time, it complained about tasks it wasn't able to execute, but I'm so stupid that I didn't write it down. But I tried it 3 or 4 times, after installing the kernel sources from the CD, and got then no errors. But all I get is a system freeze when I start X with driver='nvidia'. If you have an idea of what to look at, feel free ;-) Thanks again and best regards François -- A bas il choublanquisme fascistique ! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] md5sum
Try this Gary; Open a terminal, navigate to the directory where the ISOs and .asc file are. At the command prompt type this: md5sum -c 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc You won't see much until it's done a disk but the processor will "grunt." A LOT. HTH Charlie - -- It worked. Except two out of the three CD's were bad. Maybe I can learn how to use resync now. Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] md5sum
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 11, 2003 01:15 pm, Gary Montalbine wrote: > > Try this Gary; > > > > Open a terminal, navigate to the directory where the ISOs and .asc > > file are. At the command prompt type this: > > > > md5sum -c 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc > > > > You won't see much until it's done a disk but the processor will > > "grunt." A LOT. > > > > HTH > > > > Charlie > > - -- > > It worked. Except two out of the three CD's were bad. Maybe I can > learn how to use resync now. > > Thanks, > Gary Is it the disks or is it a left over from a bad .asc file that Warly planted on us by accident the first night we started running bit torrent to ease the mirror log-jam? If it's the disks just run rsync as you say. If it's the .asc file try one from a different mirror. They should all have caught up by now but. I posted a link (yesterday? the day before? last week? too often? ;->) to Greg Meyer's page that will teach you how, plus I and others have posted examples recently. It ain't a hard thing to do Gary. :-) Here's another example, just "fill in the blanks," be sure you have write permissions in that directory or that you run it as super user, then hit enter. eg..: rsync -Pv --stats --progress ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD#.i586.iso /targetdirectory/diskname and number Hint: after you enter the information to the point that you're "in the target directory" in the command above, just hit the "Tab" button to use auto-complete. Saves wear and tear on keyboards. And fingers. HTH Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-7mdk 13:19:59 up 1 day, 13:15, 1 user, load average: 1.06, 0.44, 0.31 In Memphis, Tennessee, it is illegal for a woman to drive a car unless there is a man either running or walking in front of it waving a red flag to warn approaching motorists and pedestrians. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YM5NG11CaRuZZSIRAgbrAKCZLZ/Bhm03It6UEckVsBT4Ep/N4ACdFRJP 4HdKLs12x7Gmwh7dA/JMTiQ= =ftZs -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] root-tail
>> Does it show you all running processes?? No matter which way I try it, >> it just shows me a few of my users processes and *postfix* (?!). top requires read permissions in /proc, so if your msec level is set too high you will only be able to read your own information. You can also specify the number of processes to show by playing with the toprc file, though it's more likely the /proc permissions. BTW, if you're using KDE you might want to check out a program called Karamba or SuperKaramba. It lets you easily monitor processes on your KDE root window. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] root-tail
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 15:39:27 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: > top requires read permissions in /proc, so if your msec level is set > too high you will only be able to read your own information. You can > also specify the number of processes to show by playing with the toprc > file, though it's more likely the /proc permissions. When I run top in a normal term, it shows me all running processes, including root. When I do top -b > file, the file shows me all running processes, including root. It is something to do with root-tail, but I can't figure out what it is... :-( -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org ++ Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ God is the tangential point between zero and infinity. -- Alfred Jarry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Soyo Dragon plus MB
Anyone on this list have one of these boards, and if yes, then have you ever recorded anything using the "line-in" jack? I've got some older (20+ years) cassettes that I'm trying to convert to .ogg using Gramofile and oggenc. I've got a cassette player with separate line (r/l) stereo jacks, that goes into a 1/8th inch mini-plug (yes, it has 2 bands). This setup works great/records fine on my sons comp with a SB Xgamer Live card. Anyways, I can't get anything to come thru the line-in on my Soyo MB. I've tried kmix and aumix, but nothing comes thru. I can record thru the mic jack but thats not very good quality (only 1 channel too). I tried running the tape player thru a surround sound amp, just in case it needed a boost (pre-amped) but that didn't help either. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks! -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Failed downloads of RC2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 9, 2003 11:52 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Wednesday 10 September 2003 02:56, Tom Brinkman wrote: > >HarM, post the link you posted to the 'other' list ;) > > Here it is: > > http://people.zeelandnet.nl/triade/grounding.html > > have fun:o) You pulled a Charlie! LMAO Looks as though you drive about as well as I would. Boat huh? I suppose if it ain't the size of a super carrier it's a freakin' dingy to you "old salts?" I'll pass, I'm a Red Mountain boy by ancestry and temperament, there's not much call for flotation devices in the desert. > >No damn boat, pretty good size ship! Maybe you could contract > > some dredging as an affiliate venture? > > How about a nice old fashioned tug with a big chimney? > > > -- > > Tom Brinkman > > Good luck, > HarM Peace; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-7mdk 15:14:49 up 1:33, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.39, 0.34 Freedom is nothing else but the chance to do better. -- Camus -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YObwG11CaRuZZSIRAuBxAJ9QcCclxaVlZkxTeTDaGx7VbkO6XACfbbgv 5ua75yJm3Br38rgK7qYgQXE= =0ciE -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: Desktop Entries
Hi, >> I tried kmenuedit and menudrake in the console. kmenuedit does show any >> entries. But menudrake has the regular application groups and shortcuts >> showing on the left pane. So it is safe to add them to the system menu >> again? I'm doing cautiously as this is my working file server 8( Please >> advise. > > Quick fix: > log out of Xwindows > cd ~ > mv .kde kdestuffed (or whatever epiphet feels good!) > startx > > You will then have a generic, first time log in again > > Now log out of Xwindows and start copying stuff selectively from the old > kdestuffed to the newly created .kde. > > Stuff you most probably want lives in the share folder, and its subfolders > including the kmail resources ad configs, knode, etc etc. I was get the applications menu to reappear after I loaded the default in menudrake. However the kcontrol (KDE Control) menu show empty options. I can't find the options to for reconfiguration. I tried killing .kde but same thing happens. May I ask how do I get those options reappear? Regards, Norman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] compiling kernel- what is 'vmlinuz' file?
all the kernel compile howtos i've read refer to the bzimage file that is created in ../i386/boot/ as the image to boot and indeed that works for me, however after a compile there is a much larger 'vmlinuz' file in /usr/src/linux/ what is this, i can't help noticing that is the same name as the image file link in /boot that the mandrake kernel rpms install bascule -- FABRICATI DIEM, PVNC. -- The motto of the Ankh-Morpork City Watch (Terry Pratchett, Guards! Guards!) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Questions for the willing (MandrakeSoft)
At 21.00 08/09/2003, you wrote: It's 2.4.22 based with selected patches from 2.4.23-pre + mandrake specific patches... (current patchset is ~520 patches) as for the 2.6 series, there is a 2.6-test4 kernel in contribs for those who want to try it out ... Could you post the exact link? I haven't found anything. I also read in another post that is possible to apply MDK patches to an already patched kernel (the question regarded OpenMosix). Which is the name of the file with the patches? Thanks Olaf Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] AntiVir Personal Edition
Today I stumbled across anti-virus software from H+BEDV (a German company) for Linux. It's free for personal use, and was wondering if anyone here had used it, and if so what you think about it. Miark PS You can sign up for a free license at http://www.hbedv.com/private/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Postfix help
Hi All, I have been using postfix for sometime now, but am definitely not an *expert*. Anyhow, my problem is that I'm seeing more and more 'undeliverable' messages from ISPs that won't accept direct connections from a dynamic IP (I'm on a cable modem). I'm trying to setup postfix to relay through my ISP, but they use SASL for authentication. I have the relayhost variable set in my main.cf, but I get immediately rejected because I'm not authenticating (I assume). Can anyone point me in the right direction? TIA, Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] AntiVir Personal Edition
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:05:55 -0400 Miark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Today I stumbled across anti-virus software from H+BEDV > (a German company) for Linux. It's free for personal use, > and was wondering if anyone here had used it, and if so > what you think about it. > > Miark > > PS You can sign up for a free license at >http://www.hbedv.com/private/ > > > I have used it for about 7 months now and like it very much, simple and easy to use. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Sep 11 21:28:43 EDT 2003 21:28:43 up 19:35, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.08, 0.06 "Disinformation Agency Can't Convince Staff It's Closed" -- SatireWire Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] AntiVir Personal Edition
I've been using it for about 3 years now via Amavis as the virus scanner of all my email. Works great and the current version can be set to go out and check for updates automatically. In the past you had to download the virus definition files manually and install them. BTW, Vexira Antivirus also uses the H+BEDV scan engine with their own user interface. Avi On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 07:05 PM, Miark wrote: Today I stumbled across anti-virus software from H+BEDV (a German company) for Linux. It's free for personal use, and was wondering if anyone here had used it, and if so what you think about it. Miark PS You can sign up for a free license at http://www.hbedv.com/private/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] AntiVir Personal Edition
*** Avi Schwartz Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:51:51 -0500 : > I've been using it for about 3 years now via Amavis as the virus > scanner of all my email. Works great and the current version can be > set to go out and check for updates automatically. In the past you > had to download the virus definition files manually and install them. A question to help me understanding: Do you use this AntiVir to check mails which are forwarded to a Windows machine in your network? Or do you check mails in general although you are using Linux? Does this AntiVir for Linux check for Linux virii? If so, which? OK, 4 questions. wobo -- "... and anyway, html can't carry a virus." (Aug 2001, Usenet) --- GnuPG Public Key on http://www.wolf-b.de/misc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] AntiVir Personal Edition
I am checking all emails going into my mail server and the reason is not because of Linux viruses but because my wife needs to use Windows to access her office via software that is not available for Linux. Also, at work they use Windows so it will be nice if my mail server will not infect her machine while she checks her email remotely :-) As for Linux viruses, there are rumored to be one or two of them, but I don't know of anyone that was infected by them. Avi On Thursday, September 11, 2003, at 09:06 PM, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: *** Avi Schwartz Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:51:51 -0500 : I've been using it for about 3 years now via Amavis as the virus scanner of all my email. Works great and the current version can be set to go out and check for updates automatically. In the past you had to download the virus definition files manually and install them. A question to help me understanding: Do you use this AntiVir to check mails which are forwarded to a Windows machine in your network? Or do you check mails in general although you are using Linux? Does this AntiVir for Linux check for Linux virii? If so, which? OK, 4 questions. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I need a sound editor for mp3 and or wav files
On Thursday 11 September 2003 08:00 am, Jack Coates wrote: > On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 07:13, lorne wrote: > > On Wednesday 10 September 2003 10:26 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > > > > > > libwx_gtk-2.3.so.1 is needed by hackaudacity-1.1.0-4mdk > > > > I used urpmi, which also failed, but... urpmf then showed me that the > > only versions of libwx_gtk Mandrake has are 2.4.*, which is why it > > failed. > > > > OOH!. Just learned something new. Thank you! > > > > > dunno if hackaudacity is different, but I just loaded audacity and had > > > the same problem. So I closed it and tried again with soundwrapper > > > audacity, which worked. > > > > Okay, help an old fart out soundwrapper audacity? Is this a different > > program or a different way of launching it? > > APPLICATION LEVEL : play, esdplay, sox, &c. > SOUND DAEMON LEVEL (*d): esd, artsd, nsd -- optional but very nice. > DRIVER LEVEL (modules): OSS or ALSA, /dev/sound/ entries > HARDWARE LEVEL (cards): whatever-sound-chip-you've-got > > basically, some sound-related applications try to access the driver > level directly, which the daemon typically blocks them from doing. > soundwrapper is a script that intercepts that access and reformats it to > go through the daemon. You can test it from a terminal by typing > soundwrapper audacity, and if it works you can change your menu shortcut > with menudrake (run as root). > Yep! You are genius! Thanks so much. Now let me ask why I need to do this... Is this because of a bug or the way the application was designed, or is it like a gnome product that I'm trying to use in KDE? Thanks to EVERYONE for all the help. I do believe I finally have an editor to cut the screech out of my songs. :) I"m not a happy camper and I didn't even have to stoop to using mickeysoft stuff! WOO HOO!!! > > > If a program is really obstinate and you use artsd, try artsdsp -m > > > program (this works real well for games). > > This is when the program expects certain hardware features -- the -m > tells artsd to emulate those features. > > > I'm sure I don't just type artsd, or artsdsp -m at the bash prompt right? > > I tried that but I'm sure I need to remove something or ? > > If you use KDE, you're probably using artsd. Use your favorite process > viewer, such as pstree to figure out what's running. I'm also a big fan > of treeps, but I think it needs to be compiled from source. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I need a sound editor for mp3 and or wav files
On Thursday 11 September 2003 08:02 am, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > lorne wrote: > > On Thursday 11 September 2003 06:36 am, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > >>lorne wrote: > >> > >> > >>Yeah, that can be frustrating. Hmmm, looking at my sources, somehow, > >>although there is at least one 9.1 package, most of what I am seeing are > >>9.0 contrib/ packages. I don't know how that happened but, if you want, > >>I put the 9.0 version of wxGTK2.3_1-2.3.2-7mdk.i586.rpm, which installs > >>when I 'urpmi hackaudacity' on my, otherwise, 9.1 setup, here: > >>http://home.mindspring.com/~rolfpedersen/wxGTK2.3_1-2.3.2-7mdk.i586.rpm > >>Sorry for the confusion! If you 'rpm -ivh' with both packages in one > >>command and it installs, the executable is still audacity and starts by > >>typing 'audacity' at the prompt. > >>Rolf > > > > That is pretty cool. I downloaded the above and it installed with no > > complaints. I removed audacity and installed hackaudacity. > > > > On startup it says "audio I/O error". I kind of expected this. Same thing > > with the old audacity, if you go to preferences to select an audio device > > the list is empty. I am sorely tempted to try a mickeysoft trick. Reboot > > and see if it is some sort of glitch. :) > > Try what Jack suggested: start by typing 'soundwrapper audacity' > Another thing that impacts how sound apps access the sound server is the > timeout setting in kcontrol > Sound > Sound System. I always set that > to 1 sec so that "arts unaware" apps will not have to wait the default > 30 seconds to use the sound server. Yup, that is it! I'm not happily editing files! :) Very happy now. Thanks for all of your help. I REALLY appreciate it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Soyo Dragon plus MB
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 13:35, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Anyone on this list have one of these boards, and if yes, then have you ever > recorded anything using the "line-in" jack? > > I've got some older (20+ years) cassettes that I'm trying to convert to .ogg > using Gramofile and oggenc. > > I've got a cassette player with separate line (r/l) stereo jacks, that goes > into a 1/8th inch mini-plug (yes, it has 2 bands). This setup works > great/records fine on my sons comp with a SB Xgamer Live card. > > Anyways, I can't get anything to come thru the line-in on my Soyo MB. I've > tried kmix and aumix, but nothing comes thru. I can record thru the mic jack > but thats not very good quality (only 1 channel too). > > I tried running the tape player thru a surround sound amp, just in case it > needed a boost (pre-amped) but that didn't help either. > > Anyone have any ideas? Thanks! One thought here. If you open aumix there are a bunch of green squares and one red square. Now give that in aumix a checkmark next to mute all means that it isn't muted. I took a gable on this thought and it seems to be true. Red means go and green means stop. So if the box next for for example Mic is red it's ready to recieve input etc etc. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] compiling kernel- what is 'vmlinuz' file?
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 15:05, bascule wrote: > all the kernel compile howtos i've read refer to the bzimage file that is > created in ../i386/boot/ as the image to boot and indeed that works for me, > however after a compile there is a much larger 'vmlinuz' file in > /usr/src/linux/ what is this, i can't help noticing that is the same name as > the image file link in /boot that the mandrake kernel rpms install > > bascule I could well be wrong but I've been told that that is a large unstripped debug kernel for developers. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] md5sum
Charlie M. wrote I posted a link (yesterday? the day before? last week? too often? ;->) to Greg Meyer's page that will teach you how, plus I and others have posted examples recently. It ain't a hard thing to do Gary. :-) Here's another example, just "fill in the blanks," be sure you have write permissions in that directory or that you run it as super user, then hit enter. eg..: rsync -Pv --stats --progress ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD#.i586.iso /targetdirectory/diskname and number Hint: after you enter the information to the point that you're "in the target directory" in the command above, just hit the "Tab" button to use auto-complete. Saves wear and tear on keyboards. And fingers. HTH Charlie It worked but didn't. Rsync seemed to work. However the files were not corrected. I ended up downloading them again. File sizes were the same as the bad ones. Thanks for your help. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Soyo Dragon plus MB
On Thursday 11 September 2003 10:46 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > One thought here. If you open aumix there are a bunch of green squares > and one red square. Now give that in aumix a checkmark next to mute all > means that it isn't muted. I took a gable on this thought and it seems > to be true. Red means go and green means stop. So if the box next for > for example Mic is red it's ready to recieve input etc etc. > > James Yeah, noticed that check mark - seems a bit "bass ackwards", don't it? Well...like I mentioned in the message I *can* record using the mic input with aumix - no problem there. Gramofile finds it, hey bingo instant recording, albeit in one channel and low gain. I can use the same software and tape player/cables on my sons' comp, with a SB live card and the line-in works great. I dunno - reckon I have a bad jack on my MB? I've never had a reason to use it before. Just thought I'd try to save those 20+ yr old cassettes that I can't find CDs for (or online copies). Thanks for your input! :-) PS one nice thing you can do with gramofile is set it to record, have aumix or any other mixer open, and click/unclick on aumix buttons until you do get sound in gramofile - it runs in a terminal but has volume meter output for R and L channels. Rezound does this too, but its pure GUI (very nice too!) Thats how I found the mic, I plugged the mini-jack into it, and pushed buttons until I got input/output. Nothing works with the line-in jack though! :-( -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I need a sound editor for mp3 and or wav files
On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 19:30, lorne wrote: > ...> > > APPLICATION LEVEL : play, esdplay, sox, &c. > > SOUND DAEMON LEVEL (*d): esd, artsd, nsd -- optional but very nice. > > DRIVER LEVEL (modules): OSS or ALSA, /dev/sound/ entries > > HARDWARE LEVEL (cards): whatever-sound-chip-you've-got > > > > basically, some sound-related applications try to access the driver > > level directly, which the daemon typically blocks them from doing. > > soundwrapper is a script that intercepts that access and reformats it to > > go through the daemon. You can test it from a terminal by typing > > soundwrapper audacity, and if it works you can change your menu shortcut > > with menudrake (run as root). > > > Yep! You are genius! Thanks so much. Now let me ask why I need to do this... > Is this because of a bug or the way the application was designed, or is it > like a gnome product that I'm trying to use in KDE? Glad I could help -- the reason why is one of those Linux things. Everything is an evolutionary battle between several ways to do things, and while it may eventually lead to one killer app like ssh, in the meantime the cooperation takes some effort. > > Thanks to EVERYONE for all the help. I do believe I finally have an editor to > cut the screech out of my songs. :) I"m not a happy camper and I didn't even > have to stoop to using mickeysoft stuff! WOO HOO!!! > ... > -- > Jack Coates > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Apache 2
I have started playing around with the apache server. I am using the stock apache 2 that came with mandrake 9.1 with the shorewall running. I tried to connect the localhost with the following: mozilla http://localhost/ mozilla http://192.168.25.10/ None of the commands seems to attach to the apache server. I tried tlenet tot he server on port 80 and it comes by with connection refuse. I tried stopping the httpd servers and only httpd-perl stops. When I start it up httpd2 is started, but it seems to immediately die. I check for the process and it does not show up. the httpd error log appears with the following: [Thu Sep 11 19:51:10 2003] [notice] suEXEC mechanism enabled (wrapper: /usr/sbin/apache2-suexec) [Thu Sep 11 19:51:11 2003] [notice] Digest: generating secret for digest authentication ... [Thu Sep 11 19:51:11 2003] [notice] Digest: done [Thu Sep 11 19:51:12 2003] [error] Cannot allocate shared memory: (17)File exists Does anyone have any suggestions on this. I tried a cursor search and nothing has appeared so far. -- Joseph Loo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] compiling kernel- what is 'vmlinuz' file?
well that makes sense, thanks now i don't suppose you know why a 2.4.19-35 kernel would run an opengl screensaver like molasses while an earlier 2.4.19-16 is as smooth as silk? :) oh well maybe 9.2 will make it go away! bascule On Friday 12 Sep 2003 3:48 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Thu, 2003-09-11 at 15:05, bascule wrote: > > all the kernel compile howtos i've read refer to the bzimage file that is > > created in ../i386/boot/ as the image to boot and indeed that works for > > me, however after a compile there is a much larger 'vmlinuz' file in > > /usr/src/linux/ what is this, i can't help noticing that is the same name > > as the image file link in /boot that the mandrake kernel rpms install > > > > bascule > > I could well be wrong but I've been told that that is a large unstripped > debug kernel for developers. > > James -- I reckon that Stonehege was build by the contemporary equivalent of Microsoft, whereas Avebury was definitely an Apple circle. (alt.fan.pratchett) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] compiling kernel- what is 'vmlinuz' file?
On Thursday 11 September 2003 11:42 pm, bascule wrote: > well that makes sense, thanks > now i don't suppose you know why a 2.4.19-35 kernel would run an opengl > screensaver like molasses while an earlier 2.4.19-16 is as smooth as silk? :) > oh well maybe 9.2 will make it go away! > You don't have the nvidia drivers installed? -- /g "Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read" -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I need a sound editor for mp3 and or wav files
On Thursday 11 September 2003 08:05 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > Glad I could help -- the reason why is one of those Linux things. > Everything is an evolutionary battle between several ways to do things, > and while it may eventually lead to one killer app like ssh, in the > meantime the cooperation takes some effort. haha.. ok, fair enough. What is weird, is I open the file in the editor, plays fine. Save it and that is all it takes. Almost like a byte of another file was tacked onto the first of the file, but the editor didn't even see it. ?? REAL easy fix. Once I got the sound working. Thanks again. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] md5sum
On Thursday 11 September 2003 08:02 pm, Gary Montalbine wrote: > Charlie M. wrote > > > I posted a link (yesterday? the day before? last week? too often? ;->) > > to Greg Meyer's page that will teach you how, plus I and others have > > posted examples recently. > > > > It ain't a hard thing to do Gary. :-) Here's another example, just "fill > > in the blanks," be sure you have write permissions in that directory or > > that you run it as super user, then hit enter. eg..: > > > > rsync -Pv --stats --progress > > ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD#.i586.iso > > /targetdirectory/diskname and number > > > > Hint: after you enter the information to the point that you're "in the > > target directory" in the command above, just hit the "Tab" button to > > use auto-complete. Saves wear and tear on keyboards. > > > > And fingers. > > > > HTH > > Charlie > > It worked but didn't. Rsync seemed to work. However the files were not > corrected. > I ended up downloading them again. File sizes were the same as the bad > ones. Thanks for your help. > Gary Gary, Back in version 8 and 9 I had the exact same problem! It is the mirror you are using! I don't know why mirror sites continually get bad images, but it is true. Try an rsync to another site. Eventually you will find a site that has a good copy. My experiences has been the france sites usually have good ones.?? I think I saw where someone was telling of good sites in this thread somewhere. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Permissions don't stick
On Thu, 11 Sep 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 11 Sep 2003 4:07 am, Bill Mullen wrote: > > > > The format of the file is explained in the comments at the top of the > > file itself, and further info is in the "console.perms" man page. I > > would think that to prevent the switch of the v4l device's ownership > > to that of the user, you would want to comment out this line near the > > bottom: > > > > 0600 0600 root.sys > > > > Your line may differ, as this is from my 9.0 system. Reboot, and > > hopefully then the device will stay owned by root, even after you log > > in as anne. > > Hi, Bill. Based on what you had said, I changed the line to > 0750 0750 root.video Better job would be to change both 0750's to 0660 (or 0666). This line controls permissions on the actual device nodes themselves (such as /dev/v4l/video0), and execute permissions have no purpose on a device node. But you're commenting it out anyway - just don't leave it like that, in case you want to turn it back on someday. I'd go with 0660. > When I rebooted I found that the group had been changed to video - > small progress - but the owner was still anne. Perhaps I should > have done more exactly what you said, and commented the line out. > I'm going to try that. If it then allows me to make the change, > should I then uncomment it again? No. By commenting out the line, you are preventing the change to anne at each login; if you then uncomment it, that behavior will recur. Leave it commented, reboot, change the perms to what you want them to be and they should thereafter remain as you have set them. -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "An opinion is like a branding iron. It is one thing to hold it, and another to press it into the skin of a friend." - James Lileks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
opengl screensave WAS:Re: [expert] compiling kernel- what is 'vmlinuz' file?
thanks for the reminder, it may be that i need to redo the radeon driver setup, though i'm surprised ti works at all if that's the case but i'll see :) bascule On Friday 12 Sep 2003 5:04 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Thursday 11 September 2003 11:42 pm, bascule wrote: > > well that makes sense, thanks > > now i don't suppose you know why a 2.4.19-35 kernel would run an opengl > > screensaver like molasses while an earlier 2.4.19-16 is as smooth as > > silk? > > > :) > : > > oh well maybe 9.2 will make it go away! > > You don't have the nvidia drivers installed? -- They stared at them. Staring is one of the few things frogs are good at. Thinking isn't. (Wings) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] sblive installed and usb audio
i've got my logitech quickcam pro 4000 working, after a new kernel compile and stuff, but i can't get the built in microphone to work, if i load the 'audio' module whcih i've read does usb audio stuff then i get a conflict with my sblivem the sblive mixer doesn't show up in kmix or aumix just the single slider for the cam mic, even then the mic doesn't record, does anyone have this setup, perhaps using another usb cam with built in mic? bascule -- "...[Arthur] leapt to his feet like an author hearing the phone ring..." -- Who says that the character of Arthur isn't autobiographical? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Postfix help
Am Freitag, 12. September 2003 02:27 schrieb Bill Witherspoon: > Hi All, > > I have been using postfix for sometime now, but am definitely not an > *expert*. Anyhow, my problem is that I'm seeing more and more > 'undeliverable' messages from ISPs that won't accept direct connections > from a dynamic IP (I'm on a cable modem). I'm trying to setup postfix to > relay through my ISP, but they use SASL for authentication. > > I have the relayhost variable set in my main.cf, but I get > immediately rejected because I'm not authenticating (I assume). Can > anyone point me in the right direction? > > TIA, > Bill Read /usr/share/doc/postfix-xxx/README_FILES/SASL_README and there the section "Enabling SASL authentication in the Postfix SMTP client". Martin -- H E L I X Gesellschaft für Software & Engineering mbH Hanauer Landstrasse 52 Telefon (069) 4789 35-30 D-60314 Frankfurt am Main Telefax (069) 4789 35-44 http://www.helix-gmbh.net[EMAIL PROTECTED] pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [expert] md5sum
> Back in version 8 and 9 I had the exact same problem! It is the mirror > you are using! I don't know why mirror sites continually get bad > images, but it is true. Try an rsync to another site. So, does rsync help when it is all one file? -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Join the content organization discussion: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebIndex Join the General Wiki Development discussion: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/DevelopingTheMandrakeCommunity#Discussion Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] md5sum
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 11, 2003 11:39 pm, Eric Huff wrote: > > Back in version 8 and 9 I had the exact same problem! It is the > > mirror you are using! I don't know why mirror sites continually get > > bad images, but it is true. Try an rsync to another site. > > So, does rsync help when it is all one file? I've always found that it does. I'm an impatient old fart so I'd rather run rsync for 20 to 45 minutes per disk than 4 or 5 times as long. :-) However it only helps if you already have a very ISO to begin with. For the Mandrake 9.2 RC2 ISOs I actually used old beta2 images and renamed them. If you were doing Red Hat you'd use older Red Hat images, Knoppix 3.1 renamed 3.2, and so on. Otherwise you probably won't gain anything since there would be far too much difference between the renamed file and the actual ISO you wanted. Not enough similarity to gain much on the download via ftp versus rsync I mean. To Lorne; I can't see the mirror being the problem, it's the one I sync my local cooker tree from. Sometimes I have a major slow down and a few times the connection seems to have dropped totally but it's fairly reliable. If Gary was getting incorrect md5sums from the downloads something else was likely the problem. I've used that exact method for two years now and had a hell of a lot less trouble than any other way. Regards; Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-7mdk 00:07:55 up 10:26, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.14, 0.14 The master programmer moves from program to program without fear. No change in management can harm him. He will not be fired, even if the project is canceled. Why is this? He is filled with the Tao. -- Geoffrey James, "The Tao of Programming" -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YWW6G11CaRuZZSIRAkuVAJ9hmagoCqCFe49+Zvqk0B/YcJeYKACglPKe Biu4LyrXDfTVhR7egD2zeGM= =+5qj -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] md5sum
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 September 12, 2003 12:20 am, Charlie M. wrote: Ignore the typos gang. I'm still about 5 days minus on horizontal time this week. :-) Therefore I'm stuck on stupid lately. Not permanent I hope. C. - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Cooker on kernel 2.4.22-7mdk 00:23:34 up 10:42, 1 user, load average: 0.18, 0.16, 0.18 Make a wish, it might come true. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/YWblG11CaRuZZSIRApagAJ0aPzo8ZIuj+vmepWOsgV/2maPUrwCfVB6Q bNozNrzp9ONsCjciQut2Rac= =2sHH -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
