Re: [expert] auto_inst.cfg.pl generation confusion
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (bascule) writes: > the 486 version doesn't, it also produces error messages in the > 'simulated' install routine at the 'setup filesystem' point, is someone > here familiar with this and able to help me? as far as i remember, the 7.0 g_auto_install was broken (don't even remember if i gave a fix for this). in 7.1 it's kind of working, at least it works nicely under 7.1 (it has some pbs running on a 7.0, partly fixed with mandrake.com/en/heliumlast.php3)
Re: [expert] Auto Install
John Rundgren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hey...Thanks a lot...That at least got the install running > > But, after the disk partitioning, when it attempts to locate installable > packages, it just errors out with the following: > > "Warning: Nothing found while parsing > /tmp/test-perl-install/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.cdrom1.cz2 at pkgs.pm line 434" can you try "extract_archive /tmp/test-perl-install/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.cdrom1.cz2" and see what happen?
Re: [expert] Auto Install
Jeff Groves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is it possible to configure the auto-install script to replace the standard > packages with ones of your own choosing? well, put it in default_packages in auto_inst.cfg.pl!
Re: [expert] Auto Install
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Rundgren) writes: > So, I wonder if anyone has been able to use this? Is anyone from Mandrake > aware of this? yeah, we are ;p see mandrake.com/en/heliumlast.php3 Error scenario: g_auto_install segmentation faults When: While running g_auto_install. Why: The ld-linux dynamic loader changed in 7.1. Solution: Copy this g_auto_install to /tmp, then mount the installation CD-ROM to /mnt/cdrom and run ../perl /tmp/g_auto_install in the directory /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/mdkinst/usr/bin/perl-install. This will allow you to properly generate the auto_inst.cfg.pl file for automatic installation. Please note that the g_auto_install program is more for power users and many people will not have to worry about applying this patch to their own system. [...] > > and in trying to utilize the referenced perl script, I just get > segmentation > > faults and it never completes. > > I also get seg faults.
Re: [expert] Tr: Grub disappeared !
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Now everything is fine but grub disappeared and I'm back with lilo ? > Is there any way to use grub again (without reinstalling everything of course ?) use drakboot --expert
Re: [expert] how do i run the 7.0 drakx installer from an existing installation?
"Joseph Cheek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i want to test some custom changes. in particular, i want to force it to
> install a custom kernel, rather than kernel-{linus|smp|fb|secure|younameit}.
>
> do i just chroot /my/root/dir /usr/bin/perl-install/install2 or is there
> more to it?
>
> what does the environment var PERL_INSTALL_TEST do, and to what do i set it?
first of all, you'd better post on cooker, i'm more responsive there :)
then read www.mandrake.com/drakx/README
what really do u wanna test? there is ./g_auto_install that may suits your
need...
cu Pixel.
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.02 is messed up.
"Sean Armstrong" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Maybe you enjoy a subpar product. This problem began with Oxygen, has > continued through with Air and 7.02. That is three distributions that have > had the same problem. The bug was not present in any Mandrake dist. BEFORE > 7.0. I've been talking on the Mandrake lists and to Mandrake themselves > about this problem since the relese of Oxygen. 7.02 is just as good as BETA. > If you wish to use a subpar product feel free. But I do not think this > enhances the image of Linux, but rather, brings it down. Mandrake was in > such a hurry to get out from under the shadow of Redhat that they rushed an > unfinished product to market. I'm not the only one that has come across this > 'failure to initialize cdrom' issue. If the installers for Mandrake 6.1 can > initialize this cdrom, then they ought include someof that cosde to overcome > the problem. this is not that easy. To nicely fulfill the installation, the install kernel has to be in a really special shape. the other pb is that we don't have any such 'failure to initialize cdrom' error here. if we had, we could test... as for rushing out, we can't do much thing when the kernel is against us, even more when we can't reproduce. The pb is the same with some scsi cards... People don't understand that the kernel is a moving thing and it *breaks* things when it evolves. It's necessary!
Re: [expert] Does Mandrake have false or misleading advertisement?
Marcos Dione <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Tue, 14 Mar 2000, Dev Null wrote: > > > I can't remember the name of one of them, I think it was the "Complete" edition. > > It showed on the back 3 or 4 different books (Linux how-to) and labeled them as > > "Linux Library". > > f**kers, may be that's why they didn't included the HOW-TO's as an > rpm... nono, no howto on 1st cd was an error :( (cuz room was needed) tis on contrib though...
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 on Dell PowerEdge with RAID
Joe Walton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > The problem is when I reboot I cannot mount the drive and I get the > following error: cannot open root dev 8:05 unable to mount root fs on > 8:05. it should work, but initrd is mandatory. Is the boot process using one?
Re: Update: [expert] Errors: Install using pcmcia ethernet card fails to load module
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Hi again, > > I have created a pcmcia.rdz image that works for the 8390; email me if you > want me to send it to you. The upshot was I started with the original pcmcia > image, and changed the /etc/config line 25 to remove the "net/" prefix from > the 8390. yeah, much better solution. I've put a new one with this, thanks. in cooker i've modified the insmoder to protect against those problems. > Output from this on insert of card shows it detects and loads. However, the > very next thing is this: > > > <6>eth0: NE2000 Compatible: io 0x300, irq 3, hw_addr 00:40:33 etc. > <30>Mar 10 23:10:54 cardmgr[17]: executing: './network start eth0' > <30>Mar 10 23:10:54 cardmgr[17]: + cat: not found > <30>Mar 10 23:10:54 cardmgr[17]: + ./network: /sbin/ifconfig: not found > <30>Mar 10 23:10:54 cardmgr[17]: + sed: not found as far as i remember this is no big deal. Doesn't it work?
Re: Update: [expert] Errors: Install using pcmcia ethernet card fails to load module
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Well, I decided to see if I could get ahead of the game in case some white > knight sent me a working 8390.o. Here's what I found. > > The pcmcia disk has a file called pcmcia.rdz. This file is a gzipped ext2 > filesystem. I copied it off, unzipped it, and mounted it via loopback. On this > filesystem there's a file modules.cgz. This is a gzipped cpio archive. In it, > among other things, is 8390.o! > > So, when I get all the aforementioned errors resulting from not finding > /tmp/pcmcia/modules/net/8390.o, it's not because that file got dropped > somewhere, but somehow the boot floppy is not mounting these things where the > install script can find them. nope, the problem is the nasty directory "net" that shouldn't be there. > > Any additional insights very welcome. I'd really like to try mdk7 but if I can > make rh61 work and not this, I can't carry on too much longer. Eventually I > need to get some useful work done. well see www.linux-mandrake.com/en/airlast.php3, i've just put a patched floppy with the 8390.o in net directory as it should be. I'm not quite sure it's gonna work, so please tell me there's still some pb hope it helps, cu Pixel.
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
"John D. Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anybody know exactly what the HD optimization check mark during the > filesystem setup in the install do? Would this have anything to do with > it? I was thinking that all it would do is use hdparm... that's true. % grep -r hdparm /etc/rc.d and see
Re: [expert] LM 7.0 SCSI Install
Jean-Louis Debert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > "S. Newhouse" wrote: > > The scsi support is loaded as a module right after boot time. > > Sorry, this is _not_ possible, never has been with linux, > with drivers needed at _boot_ time. false > For linux to boot you need _at least_ the driver for the > physical device _and_ the filesystem for your root device > to be built into the kernel (_not_ as a module). false > I am not making this up, read again the documentation > about kernel modules in the kernel source tree ... > > > I have installed several versions of Mandrake on sytems with > > only scsi disks. They work just fine without rebuilding > > the kernel. > > It just shows that the install selected a kernel _with_ > SCSI support built-in. false > This will work, but since there are > far less distribution kernels than possible scsi adapters, > there might be _a lot_ of drivers in that kernel, the install kernel is currently 391728 bytes. Is that big? > and it > might be a little bloated (not to say anything of possible > autoprobing hangs ...) so it is _always_ a good idea to > re-compile your own kernel after install, so that to have > only drivers you actually use. not a good idea. Here is how a kernel *without scsi boot on an scsi disk: - the bios knows how to handle scsi, it loads the first sector of the disk, aka lilo - lilo loads its second stage using the bios - lilo loads the kernel using the bios - lilo loads the initrd using the bios - lilo gives the hand to the kernel. The initrd is loaded in memory at that time and accessible by the kernel - the kernel uses the initrd as its root - the initrd loads the scsi module and leaves - the kernel mounts the real root cu Pixel.
Re: [expert] Severe Dissappointment with upgrade to Mandrake 7.0 from 6.1
"Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > - There's no "back" button (I know this was mentioned before). If you make > a mistake, you must give the machine the 3 finger salute. you can click on the green lights on the left > > - The formatting option does a quick format, not a detailed format. I like > the increase in speed, but am I sacrificing anything for that feature? quick format? what's it? it is normal mke2fs that's used! > > - If you have a partition table already set up, the install won't give you > the option to "check for bad blocks", and I was in "expert" mode. you kidding? i added it myself, so you must be testing oxygen ?... > I got to > this point (of having a partition table with no formatting or bad block > checks) because I 3 fingered a previous install of LM7.0 gone sour. I find > the RedHat partition program (a girl's name which escapes me now) worked > better for me. At least give the "expert" users the choice of which > partition program to use. i don't understand what you speak about here > > - Why do I still get, on booting the CD, the ability to pick "expert" on the > lilo line? It doesn't seem to do anything. it doesn't do much, true. > > - This is nit-picking, but the install asked if I wanted to create an > emergency floppy. I had only hard drives and a CD drive installed. floppy detection is not there yet :(
Re: [expert] Minimalistic Mandrake version. How?
"Zilvinas Atkociunas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all, > > Does someone know an any easy way to install minimalistic Mandrake version > (without X and so on. Just basic daemons are needed) ? > It is somehow inconvenient to manualy deselecting individual packages, then > checking if all dependencies are ok... just select the minimum in custom+server
Re: [expert] Serial Mouse
"Leonardo T. de Carvalho" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello. > I'm having SEVERE troubles on getting my serial mouse > working under Mandrake 7.0 > I have a set of 12 PC's (With SiS motherboards 8o<) > using Mandrake 6.1 on my network. With 2 of them the install > couldn't get the serial mouse. They detect a PS/2 port (which > is off) and my pointer don't move. So I give it up... > On the text mode, (boot: linux text) the installer don't > put my make(!!!) installed... (WEIRD!) > Can someone help on the mouse thing? > try the stuff from www.mandrake.com/en/airlast.php3
[expert] floppy boot fails whereas cdrom boot works
Ian Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > But the bootable floppy image on my CD didn't seem to work. Don't know if > they're all like that though. strange, strange, how did you make this floppy? rawrite? are you sure the floppy is good. the weird thing is that it seems to happend to quite a lot of people... it really don't know what is the problem. i can't reproduce it here, so if somebody has any idea what the problem is :(
Re: [expert] UDMA66
Bart³omiej Muryn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Axalon, > even when having HPT66 onboard (ABIT) controller? especially when having HPT366, doesn't work for promise
Re: [expert] weirdness with v7.0
Ian Douglas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Despite having 2 PCI 21041 Ethernet cards, neither the new or old tulip > driver will detect the cards, which is something I *have* to overcome... you should also try de4x5.o
Re: [expert] Cheap Bytes release
alann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Is Mandrake 7 REALLY based on Debian?? no!
Re: Fw: [expert] kdm segmentation fault problem with 7.0
"Hamish Currie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I sent this to the list over the weekend however it never showed up > Sorry if you get two copies. Thanks for lookling at this. Sorry about the > length of the post. sorry, it doesn't help :( maybe a hardware problem, or a problem appearing only on certain kind of hardware?
Re: [expert] Problems with 6.1 to 7.0 upgrade
Mark Robinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Netscape breaks in more than 16bit colour. nope, it breaks in 24bpp but works well in 32bpp. it's a motif problem.
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0
"James Zavesky" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Can't get it to recognize the DPT RAID controller isn't it the eata.o module? what is the problem?
[expert] Kde & Template/Autostart
Hi, Is there anybody here who uses the Template or/and Autostart folders in KDE? (otherwise we're gonna remove them!) cu Pixel.
Re: [expert] Important: Intel 810 Chipset and Mandrake
"Patrick Putteman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > My boss is pulling is hairs out because of the NT crashes, but I don't = > want to dismantle his PC before being sure that linux will run on an = > I810 chipset with 128megs of ram, 18GB hdd and a celeron466... so, to = > all of you... will it? > short answer: it won't :( even with framebuffer. Only XF86_VGA16. It is the most dreadfull card!
Re: [Fwd: [expert] MandrakeUpdate as normal user]
Rickard Åberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> It's not the mirror, it's the same for both users...
> This is what the output say when I run it as a user:
>
> failed to open /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm
>
> Password:
> Gtk-CRITICAL **: file gtkmain.c: line 533 (gtk_main_quit): assertion
> `main_loops != NULL' failed.
> Password: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
>
don't you have a ~/.Xauthority file?
in gsu, there is:
setenv("XAUTHORITY", strconcat(getenv("HOME"), "/.Xauthority"), 0);
[expert] Re: [devel] Still need help
Jeff Groves <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Thanks for the help. I found the Mandrake install stuff and checked it out > via CVS. > > However, I am missing some include files when I try to compile. The > install build process is pretty complicated and I can't figure out where > everything is located. > > I did the following: > > cd gi/install > make > > And get these error messages: > > devices.c:26: pci-probing/priprobe.h: No such file or directory > install.c:53: pcmcia-probing/pcmcia-probe.h: No such file or directory > hd.c:18: libfdisk/libfdisk.h: No such file or directory > install2.c:70: libfdisk/libfdisk.h: No such file or directory > > Where can I find these header files? alas not everything is in CVS. To have all needed, download the directory contrib/others/src/gi from cooker's contrib.
Re: [expert] Port to Alpha
"Mark Holloway" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is anyone aware of Mandrake being ported to Alpha? yep, quite aware of it :) > Since Red Hat = > already supports Alpha I can't see it being too difficult for the = > developers.. I finally got around to replacing my (second) NT desktop at = > work with Mandrake Linux. It's amazing how much better the TCP/IP stack = > is compared to Winsock. Anyway, Mandrake is so smooth and I've got = > three Alphas that would love to have it. For the time being, I guess = > I'll just slap Red Hat on. > not for too long, hopefully! We just received a bi-alpha 264 from compaq so await a mandrake-alpha in a while...
Re: [expert] kdesu broken?
"Lord And Master;)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Thanks for the info. sure enough after changing the root's shell back to bash > all workes fine now. Now we just need someone to fix the problem! > ;) thanks, bug reported :) --- Start of forwarded message --- Subject: [FUN] bug#323: kdesu fails with tcsh as the root shell package: kdesu version: 0.97-1mdk quoting a mail on expert ml. I've finally found what the problem with kdesu is. Or at least, what the cause is: kdesu doesn't work when root uses tcsh. | > > | > > I am not able to get kdesu to work. I like the idea of the linuxconf | > > icon on my desktop, but as a non-root user haven't been able to use | > > it (I'm running Mandrake 6.1). | > > | > > Even if I run kdesu -c from the command line, it just exits after it | > > takes the password. It does start up kdesud though, and it also | > > creates the command script in /tmp. | > > | > > The closest I've gotten is that the script in /tmp is not created | > > executable (it's created -rw---). When I run su -c "/tmp/
Re: [expert] MandrakeUpdate and ftp proxy
"Olivier DUGEON - FT.CNET/BD/DAC/ARP" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Is MandrakeUpdate work with an ftp proxy? and How? I can't find any doc. > or faq. > MandrakeUpdate uses wget which -like many progs- uses the environment variables http_proxy and ftp_proxy See wget's manpage for more...
Re: [expert] Cannot compile kernel in 6.0
"Vanco, Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > make[1]: as86: Command not found pixel@kenobi:~/rpm/SOURCES>rpm -qf $(which as86) bin86-0.4-8mdk
[expert] recognising the bootloader
I need to recognise the bootloader for panoramix. Alas i have mainly lilo here ;-) So if some of you have ``exotic'' things like DOS mbr, NT's, OS2 bootmanager, System Commander... please do the following: dd if=/dev/hda of=/tmp/mbr bs=1k count=1 # for an ide device dd if=/dev/sda of=/tmp/mbr bs=1k count=1 # if you have scsi or try else and then mail me (directly!) the /tmp/mbr. Or if you know of any program doing this, please tell me! (file does not...) thanks, cu Pixel.
Re: [expert] SiS 530 Chipset
Kit Ngan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Civileme wrote: > > > I have a Shuttle HOT-599 Motherboard which carries the SiS530 Chipset. > > > > I have DLed xsis.rpm from www.suse.de, but when I expand this, the > > file I was told to read, i.e. /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/doc/README.XFCom_SiS > > is not there to be read. Does anyone have handy an XF86Config file > > that points to XSuSE or XFCom? Either the 530 or 620 chipset from SiS > > should be supported by this. > > Try XFree86 3.3.4! Surely support Sis530/620! > SiS 530/620 is same... but difference from Sis6326, even they are same > functions! > and if it works, please mail me your XF86Config and your /proc/pci file? i want to make sure your card is autodetected :) cu Pixel.
Re: [expert] using cd-record to make cd's
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > Greetings folks. I know this may sound really lame but I can't > figure it out. > > With cdrecord what is the proper way to burn multi session cd's? > I tried using the -multi -data options (I have a sony cd-r) . > And all I get is the first session and I can't fixate the cd to > see both sessions. > i've never tried yet, but look at: in man mkisofs, options -C and -M and man cdrecord option -msinfo hope you'll get through, cu Pixel.
Re: [expert] I need to move my server to a larger hard drive
Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > larger one and restore the image to the new drive. > > > Another program from them called Drive Copy does a similar thing but you > > > have both the old and the new drive installed and copy from the old to > > > the > > > new one. > > > > I'am sure there is an open source solution. Anybody could got a simple way > > to proceed ? > > (like cat /dev/hda1 >> /dev/hdb1) > > > > > Assuming you have partitioned the new drive with an identical partition, > several possibilities come to mind. Assuming hdb1 and a directory named > copy: > > mount /dev/hdb1 /copy > copy -p -x / /copy > i don't know any copy... but cp! and cp -a is better than -p for this task. cu Pixel.
Re: [expert] where is the boot.cat for making cd's
mcooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I was tring to make a bootable cd and the cat file is missing in the images > directory I just did a mirror update, and it is not there. > it's created by mkisofs. see the man page and option -b and -c
