Re: [expert] Dual processor MB ?
I've actually got an ABit BP6 (not that I've put it to any good use yet! bad me! but I'll be running seti@home soon! one day.) Abit actually came out with a version of Linux that makes the most of that board. It's called Gentus Linux... Although, I just did a search on Google about it and it seems it's been stealing code? my 1c (downgraded since the australian dollar became the australian peso!) Oleg Godeanu wrote: Depends what are you doing with your machine ... I've got several dual PPro (these should run very cheap these days). Also, ABIT has a dual - Celeron MB - BP6. Also, a dual P3 might be OK ... If more cache is more important for your apps than raw MHz, try sticking to P3 = 600. I think P3 - 600B were the last "regular" P3-s to host 512KB L2 Cache (at 1/2 the speed of the core). Unless you want to spend really BIG bucks and get yourself Xeon MB + processors (don't do it if it's for fun only). For more, check (and subscribe) Linux SMP mailing list - [EMAIL PROTECTED] It might still be that clustering single CPU machines would lead to better performance... Oleg On Tuesday, April 10, 2001 1:44 AM, Joan Tur [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Hallo! I'm thinking about upgrading my CPU (K6-3-400) and, as i'm using linux 95% of my time i suppose it's better a dual processor architecture, isn't it?? If so... what MB should you suggest? And what processor/speed ?? Thanks ;) Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 -- Elice Wu | Telphone: +61 2 8219 5400| _--_|\ 241 Commonwealth St | Fascimile: +61 2 8219 5499 | / \ Surry Hills NSW 2010 | Extension: 465 | \_.--._* Australia| Web: http://www.viator.com | v
Re: [expert] key layout problems, backspace broke
but if you press the apostrophe and THEN the space, does the apostrophe appear? if thats the case, then you've chosen international keyboard layout Kevin Rich wrote: Hi, A few days ago I had to kill X the hard way CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE and upon restart my backspace key doesnt do the backspace thing anymore..i have to use CTRL H.:( Also I cant us my apostophere key either... nothing happens when i press it... Ive tried changing keyboard layout in Drakconf, then switching back to US, and even upgraded to xfree 4.02 but still same problem... Where the heck does one go to fix these kinds of settings? I assume theres a file buried somwhere or...? thanks very much... __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text -- Elice Wu | Telphone: +61 2 8219 5400| _--_|\ 241 Commonwealth St | Fascimile: +61 2 8219 5499 | / \ Surry Hills NSW 2010 | Extension: 465 | \_.--._* Australia| Web: http://www.viator.com | v
Re: [expert] linux's installation
I'm not sure about this, but maybe you need drives on hda, and hdb instead of hda and hdc? Collins Richey wrote: On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 08:00:10 -0500 Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been having a heck of a time trying to install Mandrake 8b on my PII with 2 hd's. hda (was) all win, while hdc was all linux. I have tried with Mandrake 8b and Redhat 7.1b, and get the same ending. It appears that they do not like to be installed on the second drive properly. You must have some other problem. I have very non-standard setup (CDROMs on hda b, and IDE drivex on hdc (windows) and hdc (linux). I have both MDK 7.2 8.0 on hdd (the secondary). No install problems related to disk placement. -- Collins Richey Denver Area -- Elice Wu | Telphone: +61 2 8219 5400| _--_|\ 241 Commonwealth St | Fascimile: +61 2 8219 5499 | / \ Surry Hills NSW 2010 | Extension: 465 | \_.--._* Australia| Web: http://www.viator.com | v
[expert] Blinking cursor
KDE 2.0 un-updated install of Mandrake 7.2 (ie, straight off the install disks) My cursor constantly blinks. And I don't mean the "I" cursor that appears when you're typing somewhere. I mean the mouse cursor. And it's especially annoying when I've moved the mouse onto something that has a tool tip. The bits of text blink in and out with the mouse cursor! I've read the KDE bug logs and they say they are aware of the problem, but seem to not have done any patch/fix for it. Would anyone here happen to know how to SOLVE this problem? thanks. -- Elice Wu | Telphone: +61 2 8219 5400| _--_|\ 241 Commonwealth St | Fascimile: +61 2 8219 5499 | / \ Surry Hills NSW 2010 | Extension: 465 | \_.--._* Australia| Web: http://www.viator.com | v -- The program isn't debugged until the last user is dead.
Re: [expert] kernel panic, can not mount root fs
(I'm not saying that you necessarily have to re-install, but I have no further suggestions as to how to recover your linux data) There's no need to add any extra partitions between Windows and Linux partitions. You just need to make sure that when you do your install, that you install Windows first. It is not necessary to partition your drive first, but you can. I've done it both ways: partitioning before, and after windows install, and both were successful. After you do the install, make sure you've defragged the disk in windows, and then you can partition during your linux install. I strongly recommend, after you install linux, that you reboot back into windows to make sure that it has properly recognised the space you allocated to it in its partition. That's the only problem with Windows, is that it may not recognise the partitions. It took over a year before windows would recognise the new partitions when it happened to me. go figure. well i agree windows has screwed up your partitions, you may be able to use partition commander to repair the damage, but as for salvaging your data, most likely only windows data can be salvaged, im unsure how to salvage data from linux partitions, the cause seems to be that when windows was writing to a partition it misread the data table and over extended the partition it was writing to ontop of another partition which happens to be your /root partition. maybe you should add a small extended partition between your linux and windows partitions. that way you may have a small buffer of protection against windows write errors like the one you encountered, another thought is using vmware, however if you intend to log online with windows using a virtual machine such as vmware would be a bad idea. have fun! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sounds to me like Windows didnt recognise your partitions properly, and installed over the root partition of Linux. I've had this happen to me before. The only solution that I found was to re-install the whole lot, both OS's, making sure that windows recognised the partitions that were allocated to it. -- Elice Wu | Telphone: +61 2 8219 5400| _--_|\ 241 Commonwealth St | Fascimile: +61 2 8219 5499 | / \ Surry Hills NSW 2010 | Extension: 465 | \_.--._* Australia| Web: http://www.viator.com | v
Re: [expert] sound - playing music cds
I've got Mandrake 7.2 and am having absolutely no problems playing music CDs. Admittedly, I've got automount on, so I dont know if that makes a difference. You'd have to mount the CDRom if you havent got automount. I just use CD Player (kscd 1.3.0) that I find in the KDE app menu. GRip also plays CDs. Brian Schroeder wrote: If this problem is the same as mine, then I'm afraid the answer is nothing as simple as has been suggested so far. I have the same problem (midi files don't play either!) with LM 7.2 on my machine. Everything works fine in Windows, but not in Linux, and, like most people on this list, I want linux to work better than windows, not worse! Since presenting this problem to the list, I have received little response - so indicating that it is not an easy one! Any Mandrake people listening? got any ideas? Brian Schroeder From: Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] sound - playing music cds Date: Sun, 4 Mar 2001 00:01:46 -0700 On Saturday 03 March 2001 09:17 pm, you wrote: Since sound worked for me (ESS-solo card) automagically on 7.2 installation and I get lots of system sounds from XFCE, KDE, etc., I never thought twice about it. When I put in a music CD and select one of the various players, the CD spins, but there is no sound. What's the trick? I would look a teo things first, a) make sure the connector cable from the CDROM to the sound card is installed and b) open aumix or compatible and make sure the CD input level is turned up and that it's not muted. -- Ken Thompson Electrocom Computer Services Payette, Idaho 83661 (208) 642-11701 Web: http://www.nwaa.com Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. -- Elice Wu | Telphone: +61 2 8219 5400| _--_|\ 241 Commonwealth St | Fascimile: +61 2 8219 5499 | / \ Surry Hills NSW 2010 | Extension: 465 | \_.--._* Australia| Web: http://www.viator.com | v
