[expert] LM 7.0 loses the clock setting
Hello, I have LM 7.0 installed on my notebook computer. All of a sudden I noticed that when I boot the clock which is displayed on the KDE panel is 5 hours behind EST. I set it then on reboot the same thing. I thought maybe the internal clock battery is going bad. But when I enter the BIOS setup at startup, the cock is correct, but it changes when it boot into linux. And it is off exactly 5 hours. I did set it back in the DrakeConf. But on the next reboot it is back by 5 hours. Any ideas? Thank you. M.S. M. R. Salehpour, Ph.D., DABR Associate Professor / Chief Physicist Rad. Onc. / ECU School of Medicine Dir. Medical Physics Grad. Program Dept. of Physics and Astronomy East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (252) 816-2900
Re: [expert] LM 7.0 loses the clock setting
> >Ummm GMT-5=EST? > >Could you be set on Universal time? > >Civileme > > GMT is universal time. I need to figure out a way to tell that the hardware clock is not set to universal (or GMT) time but instead to the local time. A work around could be to actually set the hardware clock to universal time then on boot LM 7.0 takes that time and subtracts 5 hours and I will be ok, except this a dual boot machine and Win98 is taking the hardware clock to be the local time. Any ideas? Best regards; M.S.
[expert] [SOLVED] LM 7.0 loses the clock setting
Well, finally I solved it, or found a work around to the clock problem. In /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit there is the following line: CLOCKFLAGS="--hctosys" I changed that line to say: CLOCKFLAGS="--hctosys --localtime" This would tell the system that the hardware clock is set to local time and there is no need to convert it to local time. I hope this helps others. regards; M.S. >>Ummm GMT-5=EST? >> >>Could you be set on Universal time? >> >>Civileme >> >> > >GMT is universal time. I need to figure out a way to tell that the >hardware clock is not set to universal (or GMT) time but instead to >the local time. A work around could be to actually set the hardware >clock to universal time then on boot LM 7.0 takes that time and >subtracts 5 hours and I will be ok, except this a dual boot machine >and Win98 is taking the hardware clock to be the local time. > >Any ideas? > >Best regards; > >M.S.
Re: [expert] Getting Trident Cyber 3D DVD on-board video workingin X11
>Has anyone been able to get a Trident Cyber 3D DVD working in Linux? It is >an on-board video chip. > >Hoyt I have a notebook which has a Trident Cyber 3D DVD and runs LM 7.0 fine. I did not do anything special the 7.0 installer found it and configured it. M.S. M. R. Salehpour, Ph.D., DABR Associate Professor / Chief Physicist Rad. Onc. / ECU School of Medicine Dir. Medical Physics Grad. Program Dept. of Physics and Astronomy East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (252) 816-2900
[expert] Wrong RAM size in Mandrake 6.0
Hello; I have an IBM ThinkPad 380 with 80MB of ram. When the system boots up and check the ram it indicates 80MB. But when Linux boot up it reports 65MB!! What is going on? Thank you for any help M. R. Salehpour, Ph.D., DABR Associate Professor / Chief Physicist Dir. Medical Physics Grad. Program Rad. Onc. / ECU School of Medicine Greenville, NC 27858 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (252) 816-2900
[expert] [OFF] Mandrake 6.1
Hello all; I understand that Mandrake 6.1 is due to be released soon (if not already). I just bought my copy of powerpack 6.0 two weeks ago. Does anybody know if MandrakeSoft has any upgrade policy or I have to pay another $50 to purchase the the new and improved version? Thank you M.S. M. R. Salehpour, Ph.D., DABR Associate Professor / Chief Physicist Dir. Medical Physics Grad. Program Rad. Onc. / ECU School of Medicine Greenville, NC 27858 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (252) 816-2900
[expert] Update: Mandrake Support
Hello all; Just an update to my previous post about mandrake support. I am glad to report that I did receive answers to my e-mail to mandrake support. And unlike Microsofts technical support answers, they were all correct and worked. Thank you Mandrake support. M.S. M. R. Salehpour, Ph.D., DABR Associate Professor / Chief Physicist Dir. Medical Physics Grad. Program Rad. Onc. / ECU School of Medicine Greenville, NC 27858 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (252) 816-2900
[expert] FTP installation of Cassini
Hello all; I am trying to do an FTP installation of 6.1b. Everything goes ok all the way to the point that says "loading the second stage ramdisk". Then it terminates and gives the message "can not create /modules/modules.cgz Read only file system" "install exited abnormally" Since it did retrieve the ".../base/stage2.img" correctly but could not load it correctly into the ramdisk space, my guess would be that the stage2.img is corropted! Am I right?? I did try two different mirror site with the same result. Regards; M.S. M. R. Salehpour, Ph.D., DABR Associate Professor / Chief Physicist Rad. Onc. / ECU School of Medicine Dir. Medical Physics Grad. Program Dept. of Physics and Astronomy East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (252) 816-2900
Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?
Harald;
I do undrestand your frustrations. When one likes something or loves
it (as we all do linux) one get frustrated to see little bugs are
lingring here and there. But we have to realize that most people who
work on linux distributions do not do it for financial rewards. It is
more a labor of love. So please be patient with these guys and do not
call them names.
How often do we get speedy bug fixes from Microsoft??
Happy linuxing.
Regards;
M.S.
>Harald Schreiber wrote:
> >
> > Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Have a look at
> > http://www.mail-archive.com/expert@linux-mandrake.com/msg02325.html
> >
> > There you can see that I have sent a bug report to this mailing list
> > regarding missing header files in package inn-devel. The bug
> > report is dated July, 28th, 1999, nearly six weeks ago.
> > All I got was a silly answer by Chmouel Boudnah from which I learned
> > that he is too stupid to read my bug report. By the way,
> > Red Hat has fixed this problem in RedHat 6.1 Beta (Lorax).
> >
> > And have a look at
> > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/bugs/db/ix/full.html
> >
> > As you can see not a single bug report has been resolved in the
> > last two weeks. I think it is ridiculous to release a new
> > Distribution within the near future without processing the
> > bug reports of the users. This is the release policy of
> > playing kiddies, but not of a serious Linux distributor.
>
>Please stop bashing us like that, it's useless - we are currently
>building all the distribution ("Mandrake based on Red Hat" is totally
>outdated) and have many projects for the future release. Chmouel and
>the other programmers here do a great job for the distribution, work
>80 hours a week and many packages are better than in other Linux
>distributions. Making a Linux distribution is a really hard work but
>we improve everyday, and nevertheless, most bugs are fixed. I believe
>the 6.1 release will know a great success.
>
>Thanx.
>
> Gael.
>--
>< Gael DUVAL - [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
>< Mandrake 6.1beta on http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cassini>
[expert] Defragmenting a Hard Disk
Hello; When I run fschk on a hard disk partition I get 3% non-contiguous disk usage. I was wondering how I can defragment this disk in Mandrake? Thank you. M.S. M. R. Salehpour, Ph.D., DABR Associate Professor / Chief Physicist Rad. Onc. / ECU School of Medicine Dir. Medical Physics Grad. Program Dept. of Physics and Astronomy East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (252) 816-2900
Re: [expert] KDE event sounds not playing
Thank you Steve for the suggestion. I checked only kwmsound is running. How do I enable kaudioserver and maudio? Thank you. M.S. >ms wrote: > > > > Hello all; > > > > After trying unsuccessfully to configure the sound on my IBM ThinkPad > > 380ED under Mandrake 6.1, I decided to byte the bullet and purchase the > > OSS. So I bought it and installed it. It works very nicely. I can select > > all audio files (i.e .wav files) that came standard with Mandrake 6.1 > > and play them via "media player" app. > > > > However when I go under the "K" menu and select Settings->Sound->System > > Sounds and select any of the .wav files there and click the "Test" > > button nothing happens. This is the case with "enable system sounds" > > enabled or disabled. The same .wav file however when clicked in KFM > > plays fine with "media player" or "X amp". > > > > Any ideas as what might or might not be going on? > >Check the process list to ensure that kaudioserver, maudio and kwmsound >are running. > >-- >Steve Philp >Network Administrator >Advance Packaging Corporation >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] .ram files and KDE
Hello all; I have installed RealPlayer G2 on Mandrake 6.1. Everything works as far as I can tell. I have however decided to have my .ram files defined so when I click on the in KFM, KDE automatically start RealPlayer and run the file. I have defined the global mime types and associated global application. Now when I click on the *.ram files, RealPlayer starts but just sits thjere and does not execute the file. If however I select the run dialog and ask kfm to run the file with realplayer it works. Has anyone done anything similar? What am I doing wrong? Thank you. M.S. M. R. Salehpour, Ph.D., DABR Associate Professor / Chief Physicist Rad. Onc. / ECU School of Medicine Dir. Medical Physics Grad. Program Dept. of Physics and Astronomy East Carolina University Greenville, NC 27858 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (252) 816-2900
[expert] New Mandrake Kernel is SMP only
Hello; I just downloaded the updated Kernel 2.2.13-22mdk. However this seems to be a "SMP" version. I checked there is another one on the FTP server which claims that it is SMP (2.2.13-22mdksmp). But they booth boot with a banner which proclaims they are both SMP. My OpenSound module fails to load claiming that I need a SMP version of OSS. When I downloaded the SMP version from www.opensound.com, I'll get the message that my kernel does not have loadable module installed. Any Ideas? Thanks. M.S.
[expert] FTP installations
Hello All, Happy Holidays; I got a new computer and decided to install Mandrake 6.1 via FTP. So, I have downloaded the netboot.img and PCMCIA.img files created the floppies. When I start the installation everything is fine the site is found and the initial files from "base" directory is retrieved. Then; when it is trying to create the ramdisk it crashes with a message like this: Unable to create modules/modules.cgz: because the filesyetem is read-only. What is going on? I tried several sites with the same result. Any help would be appreciated. Thank you. M.S.
[expert] LCD Panel Blinking (second Try)
Hello all; I have send this message few days ago. For some reason it did not make it. So here it is. I have installed LM 6.1 on a notebook computer which has a Trident 9397 video controller. The LCD panel blinks every 30 seconds or so. When I am in Netscape it blinks 1 to 2 times a second. So bad that it requires a reboot. Any suggestions? Thank you. M.S.
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0
I got it installed on my notebook. But I can not get it to use the PCMCIA ethernet card nor modem card. M.S. >Now that it's released, and I have burned an ISO, I'm wondering if it's >worth my while installing. I run 3 Linux servers here, and a test bed at >home. Fancy GUI's and easier installs is no reason to upgrade. New X, or >other desktp enhancements aren't either. > >What, if any compelling reason is there to upgrade a server? > >Cheers!, >-- >Richard Potter >Re/Max Team ideal Realty Inc. >Kingston, ON CANADA http://www.kingstonhouses.com
Re: [expert] ftp install?
>Sorry if I am rehashing this ... I'm installing LM 7.0 via >ftp install and all goes well until the installer tries to >retrieve mdkinst_stage2.gz - I always get the error message: >"Unable to retrieve the second stage ramdisk: Bad server >response". Can someone enlighten me as to what I am doing >wrong? I have tried every combination that makes sense to >me wrt the ftp site name and Mandrake directory location. > >Many thanks, >Chris This is the same message that I got even with 6.1. I have posted the same question here few times but did not get any response. I finally gave up and downloaded an ISO image and burned a CD.
[expert] PCMCIA modem and LM 7.0
Hello all; I have a notebook computer with PCMCIA slots. I have also a viking modem card. When I had the LM 6.0 installed everything worked fine. I could dial out with KPPP and have no problem. I installed LM 7.0 on the same computer. Now KPPP does not see the modem. I tried /dev/ttyS0-3. I get either modem doesnot respond or the modem is busy. So I reinstalled LM 6.0, and modem works fine. I reinstalled LM 7.0, it does not work. Does anybody have any idea as what is going on. By the way, pcmcia daemon is functioning properly since my ethernet card works fine when I use the laptop in the office. Thank you. M.S.
Re: [expert] PCMCIA modem and LM 7.0
>"Mohammad R. Salehpour, Ph.D." wrote: > > > Now KPPP does not see the modem. I tried > > /dev/ttyS0-3. I get either modem does not > > respond or the modem is busy. > >Mohammad, > >If I had to guess, I'd be willing to bet that /etc/pcmcia/config.opts is >messed up. By default, a PCMCIA serial device (Like your modem) tries >to install as ttyS1 or S2, depending on your laptop. If you check >config.opts, make certain that you are not excluding irq 4, or 3. >/dev/ttyS0, and ttyS2 share interrupt 4. /dev/ttyS1, and ttyS3 share >interrupt 3. (They have different i/o addresses.) > >If you comment out the appropriate 'exclude' line in config.opts, and >issue "/etc/init.d/pcmcia restart" it should work. That's the best >guess I can make with the information you've provided. > >Alan Alan; Thank you. It worked. Thanks again. Mohammad
