[expert] Print to PDF question . . .
When I print to PDF file - where does it end up? Thx, R.Fox -- Robert Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fox Consulting Services Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Print to PDF question . . .
On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 13:03, Lee Wiggers wrote: On Fri, 07 Nov 2003 12:27:01 +0100 Robert Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I print to PDF file - where does it end up? Thx, R.Fox -- Robert Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fox Consulting Services Mine end up in home directory Lee I've check without success. Actually, I tried it from a VMWare session (WinXP) through Samba to the shared Print to PDF printer . . . It seemed to print but I can not find where the file is! Thx, R.Fox -- Robert Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fox Consulting Services Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Novell acquires SuSE!! What does this mean for Mandrake?
Would it have been better if Mandrake were acquired instead? Strange times ahead . . . Comments? -- Robert Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fox Consulting Services Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Multi-page tifs
display seems to work fine - right mouse click and choose next - and it shows the next page. Cheers, R.Fox On Mon, 2003-08-18 at 21:04, Miark wrote: The GIMP seems to handle everything under the sun. Any luck there? Miark On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 21:12:25 +0100, Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another mail, sent last Friday, that I haven't seen on the lists: I occasionally need to view a multi-page tif - a fax to email document - and embarrassingly have to take it to the awful windows imaging program to view it. Surely there is something in linux that can handle this? Anne __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Robert Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fox Consulting Services Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Apache and Mandrake 9.0
Using this site from Mandrake Forum: http://trylinuxSD.com/nuke/ I built a PHP-Nuke test system. As localhost it runs fine - but when trying to connect from the LAN - I get the following: Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.26 Server at localhost.home.net Port 80 I'm using the STANDARD security settings in Mandrake 9.0 - I've checked several things but can't find out how to change this. Any help would be appreciated! Thx, R.Fox Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Apache and Mandrake 9.0
Thanks for the tip but there is no .htaccess file there (did an ls -a) Any other suggestions? Thanks, R.Fox On Wed, 2002-10-16 at 16:50, Eli Stair wrote: On 16 Oct 2002 16:33:11 +0200 Rober Sounds like you need to edit your .htaccess in /var/www/html to allow the network you're on to load it, or delete it altogether. /eli Forbidden You don't have permission to access / on this server. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Dumb question #56
I would just like to ask about the shift in boot display philosophies. Don't get me wrong here, I'm no big fan of Aurora - and I don't care to start a flame war over pretty GUI boot vs. ugly text details . . Think about other desktop OSs - Mac OS/X, Microsnot, OS/2 - etc. Most desktop OSs shield the average user from the boot details (but maintain usually a good log of events if something goes wrong) I was a bit surprised to find Aurora missing from the latest Cooker releases and the bootsplash stuff is under construction - so I'm not sure how it'll end up looking. To be quite honest, I personally find the Suse 7.3 boot screens very professional and nice mixture of information and pretty-ness . . . I was kinda hoping that Mandrake would be going in this direction. Sorry for the rant, the question is simply now that Aurora is out, what is the intended direction for Mandrake's boot display? Aurora was not as evil as some mentioned, and Mandrake even got good reviews for 8.1 because of it . . . It was nice to have the choice in the MCC to turn it on or off (with different themes to boot!) I for one think it would be nice if the option for it was still there (maybe in contribs?) - but it appears to have mysteriously vanished from Cooker. That's my 2 euro cents here. Sorry for the interruption, continue with your normal activities and have a nice weekend! R.Fox Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Frontpage 2002 extensions on Mandrake 8.1
Does anybody know where it is documented on how to install Frontpage extensions 2002 on Mandrake 8.1? Because Mandrake does some customization already to Apache, it's not clear about the mod_frontpage and the extensions (which want to replace Apache 1.3.20 with 1.3.19) - and it screws things up . . . Any assistance would be appreciated . . . Thx, R.Fox Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Comanche for Apache
Anyone try this one out? I would be great to see it in 8.0 Final! http://www.covalent.net/projects/comanche/
Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 CVS at nebsllc.com
Close but no cigar! I tried to update using the entire directory of kde2.1 and the command "urpmi *.rpm" There were several other dependances which needed to be fulfilled . . . unfortunately, it asked for a package called qt2-2.3.7-develop which I can't seem to find - another dead end. I appreciate people like Chris making the extra effort to bring us something cool before it's officially released, but a bit of step-by-step instructions showing how he got it to work would be of great help! My two cents worth . . . Oh well, I'll wait for the next Mandrake release, this is burning up more time than I expected . .. Cheers, Robert At 08:10 17/01/2001 +, you wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Christ, Thanks for the RPMs! Packaging-wise they seem faultless... why isn't artsd started in startkde though? Regards, Michel Salim On Tuesday 16 January 2001 21:59, you wrote: On Tuesday 16 January 2001 14:03, Anthony Moulen wrote: I don't know if anyone else has had this problem but I couldn't get the screen savers to unlock with this version of the KDE 2.1 RPMs. So I went into my KDE 2.1 Beta 1 source tree and recompiled kcheckpass with PAM support. Installed this version of kcheckpass and things appear to be working. I can't confirm that this alone was the cause but it did correct the problem. I also compiled in shadow support so it could have been either one of these missing components that caused the problem with the screensavers. Other than that, the new CVS RPMS seem to be working well for me. And I love the fact that they put back the lock and logout icons on the task bar. This is something I have been sorely missing. 2 questions: 1) have you rebooted your machine yet? (not that you need to but I ask as I am trying to trace another users problem down?) 2) I do know that there is an issue with checkpass as I am having gthe same problem here. I think a makefile changed. -Chris Get your free domain name and domain-based e-mail from Namezero.com. New! Namezero Plus domains now available. Find out more at: http://www.namezero.com - -- Hartley's First Law: You can lead a horse to water, but if you can get him to float on his back, you've got something. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjplU44ACgkQJGJajIpyEn6F7QCglZiWFcjOpXnGZWQBT2OCqTse c2MAnRowRF8j3mrjKVTBJAo3PILzYSe1 =APFi -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 CVS 20010115 RPM's Available
What's the ORDER of loading these RPMs and what are the recommended parameters? -ivh? -Uvh? Thanks, Robert At 07:30 16/01/2001 -0500, you wrote: I just spoke with the customer service rep at New England Business Services, LLC. New England Business Services has no way to accept credit cards - they primarily deal in a Business to Business manner and invoicing is done. This is why international sales where not done. The people at New England Business Services, decided this was the cleanest. They are willing to make an exception: Of course if someone overseas where to go to: http://ircalc.usps.gov/ And Calculate out a the rate for the country you are in, add $1.00 to the Priority Global rate (Large flat rate envelope). And mail that in US funds they say they would be happy to help you. They will not accept any payment not in US funds. For more info, or questions you can contact them directly at [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Chris On Tuesday 16 January 2001 07:22, Buchan Milne wrote: Christopher Molnar wrote: Also, New England Business Services, LLC, at http://www.nebsllc.com , is making a limited number of KDE 2.1 update CD's available to U.S. customers. Advance ordering is required and the profit from these CD's helps defray the expenses of creating and distributing updates. -Chris Any options for those of us not in the states? We have the slowest connections, so deserve to at least be able to buy stuff ! No, really, thanks for all the RPMs, it would be nice if we could save our bandwidth though.
Re[2]: [expert] 7.2 - Two little annoyances . . . on A7V w/ATA100
BootMagic finds the /dev/hde6 partition (logical) fine - but I only get LI during lilo bootup and I have to use a boot floppy instead. I've tried to re-partition using a /boot partition and guarantee it is below the 1024 limit with no success. Bummer. Robert Fox At 18:13 09/01/2001 -0700, you wrote: Robert Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is my lilo.conf - thanks anyway! boot=/dev/hde6 map=/boot/map I don't remember if you got this fixed or not. If not, does partition magic know to get your boot image from /dev/hde6? rc Rusty Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116 Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825 ** (`..- F O X Consulting Services -..) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
[expert] Warning: /dev/hde is not on the first disk . . . . LILO problem!
Ok, here goes: Asus A7V MB, IBM 30 Gig on Promise ATA controller, IBM 20 Gig on onboard controller. Everything boots from the Promise controller (ATA/100) including BootMagic. LM 7.2 installed flawlessly on the /dev/hde device (same one) but when I do lilo -v , I get a Warning: /dev/hde is not on the first disk. The documentation says: "The specified partition is probably not on the first disk. LILO's boot secotr canonly be booted from the first disk unless some special boot manager is used." I'm assuming the "spacial boot manager" would be BootMagic - which finds the Linux partition and tries to boot it - in which I only get LI. How do I force Linux to NOT see the /dev/hde as the second drive but as the first - and visa-versa for the /dev/hda? Help! Thx, Robert Fox ** (`..- F O X Consulting Services -..) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
Re: [expert] kernel-2.4.0 bootup problem
Specifically mod-utils . . . and what else? According to the following URL: http://home.tampabay.rr.com/jandr/Mandrake.htm That is all which is needed. What other updated packages are necessary? I am also have the problems with finding modules! Oh, and what need to be done for Aurora to work with the new kernel? Thx, Robert Fox At 09:48 07/01/2001 -0500, you wrote: ** Reply to message from Praedor Tempus [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sat, 6 Jan 2001 21:06:35 -0700 OK, fixed the one problem with kernel panic: I compiled IDE/ATA support into the kernel instead of the default as a module. Now the kernel installs and works but no sound. I get an error during bootup about not being able to load aumix - and sound in kde is toasted with 2.4.0. Everyone complaining about not being able to find modules does realize modules have moved in 2.4 and requires some updated packages, specifically mod-utils? Instead of updating everything I went and compiled everything I needed directly into the kernel and I've been running fine since. John LeMay Jr. Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC, LLC. ** (`..- F O X Consulting Services -..) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
Re: [expert] reiser FS support
2.4 doesn't have support for Reiserfs - but a patch is available. Check out: http://home.tampabay.rr.com/jandr/Mandrake.htm for more details. Robert Fox At 11:17 07/01/2001 -0500, you wrote: I comiled a new kernel for my Mandrake 7.2 System and the kernel didnt have support for reiser FS on my computer. Im not sure if I missed soemthing or not , but then I installed your kernel devolpment update, (which I know you do not suport) but the update didnt support the Reiser FS either. Is there something I can do to change this? Or when you offer the 2.4 kernel as a normal update will it have support for reiserFS? Thank you, Joshua A. Roller Technical Support [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ka.Net Internet Services - 502.992.0324 ** (`..- F O X Consulting Services -..) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
[expert] 7.2 - Two little annoyances . . . on A7V w/ATA100
Ok here goes: I have an IBM 30Gig ATA./100 drive on an Asus A7V MB - below is my partition file from the system. Problem #1: During install I passed the ide parms for the ATA/100 drive and all installed well. I installed the lilo bootloader on /dev/hde6 (root) partition and edited the lilo.conf with the necessary append info. I am using BootMagic 2.0 to boot the system, but I only get LI during start, so I have to use the bootdisk and pass the ide parms EVERY boot up . . . I don't care so much about booting from the bootdisk, but I hate having to type the ide parms everytime I want to boot LM 7.2! Ideally I would like to boot from the HD using BootMagic and NOT have to type the ide parms everytime. Problem #2: When I boot from the floppy, I tried to add the ide parms in the append line, but it is ignored during boot unless I manually type them in . . . and I can't get Aurora to start when I boot from the floppy either (with vga=788 added on the lilo.conf on the floppy) Any help would be gratefully appreciated!! Thanks up front! Partitions: major minor #blocks name 3 0 20094480 hda 3 1 11592 hda1 33 0 30018240 hde 33 13076416 hde1 33 2 1 hde2 33 53076416 hde5 33 63582463 hde6 33 7 248976 hde7 33 83068383 hde8 33 93076416 hde9 33106144831 hde10 34 0 1073741823 hdg ** (¯`·.¸¸.- F O X Consulting Services -.¸¸.·´¯) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
Re: [expert] 7.2 - Two little annoyances . . . on A7V w/ATA100
Did that - thanks anyway. I do get a warning though: Warning: /dev/hde6 is not on the first disk This much I know - I have two HDs - one on the ATA/100 controller (30Gig) and the other on the onboard ATA/66 controller (20gig) The main boot drive is the ATA/100 (where BootMagic and Win98/Win2K and Linux are installed) - the other drive is not partitioned yet and is not used at present - but the BootMagic comes up after bootup and the other OSs boot fine, just when I choose the Linux boot I get LI from Lilo. Thx, Robert Fox At 21:41 06/01/2001 +, you wrote: Hi Robert, after you edited lilo.conf did you run /sbin/lilo before you rebooted. What lilo does is store its infomation in the boot sector so when changes are made to the conf file they need to be update on the boot sector as well and that is why you run /sbin/lilo (as root). Hope this helps Mark Hillary - Original Message - From: "Robert Fox" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 7:12 PM Subject: [expert] 7.2 - Two little annoyances . . . on A7V w/ATA100 Ok here goes: I have an IBM 30Gig ATA./100 drive on an Asus A7V MB - below is my partition file from the system. Problem #1: During install I passed the ide parms for the ATA/100 drive and all installed well. I installed the lilo bootloader on /dev/hde6 (root) partition and edited the lilo.conf with the necessary append info. I am using BootMagic 2.0 to boot the system, but I only get LI during start, so I have to use the bootdisk and pass the ide parms EVERY boot up . . . I don't care so much about booting from the bootdisk, but I hate having to type the ide parms everytime I want to boot LM 7.2! Ideally I would like to boot from the HD using BootMagic and NOT have to type the ide parms everytime. Problem #2: When I boot from the floppy, I tried to add the ide parms in the append line, but it is ignored during boot unless I manually type them in . . . and I can't get Aurora to start when I boot from the floppy either (with vga=788 added on the lilo.conf on the floppy) Any help would be gratefully appreciated!! Thanks up front! Partitions: major minor #blocks name 3 0 20094480 hda 3 1 11592 hda1 33 0 30018240 hde 33 13076416 hde1 33 2 1 hde2 33 53076416 hde5 33 63582463 hde6 33 7 248976 hde7 33 83068383 hde8 33 93076416 hde9 33106144831 hde10 34 0 1073741823 hdg ** (`..- F O X Consulting Services -..) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 ** ** (`..- F O X Consulting Services -..) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
Re: [expert] 7.2 - Two little annoyances . . . on A7V w/ATA100
Here is my lilo.conf - thanks anyway!
boot=/dev/hde6
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=791
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
timeout=50
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hde6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" hdg=ide-scsi ide3=0x9000,0x8802 ide2=0x9800,0x9402
ide1=autotune ide0=autotune"
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux-nonfb
root=/dev/hde6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" hdg=ide-scsi ide3=0x9000,0x8802 ide2=0x9800,0x9402
ide1=autotune ide0=autotune"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/hde6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" hdg=ide-scsi ide3=0x9000,0x8802 ide2=0x9800,0x9402
ide1=autotune ide0=autotune"
read-only
other=/dev/hde1
label=windows
table=/dev/hde
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
Cheers,
Robert Fox
At 22:16 06/01/2001 +, you wrote:
Make sure that the option lba32 is in your /etc/lilo.conf file.
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001, Robert Fox wrote:
Did that - thanks anyway. I do get a warning though:
Warning: /dev/hde6 is not on the first disk
This much I know - I have two HDs - one on the ATA/100 controller (30Gig)
and the other on the onboard ATA/66 controller (20gig)
The main boot drive is the ATA/100 (where BootMagic and Win98/Win2K and
Linux are installed) - the other drive is not partitioned yet and is not
used at present - but the BootMagic comes up after bootup and the other
OSs
boot fine, just when I choose the Linux boot I get LI from Lilo.
Thx,
Robert Fox
At 21:41 06/01/2001 +, you wrote:
Hi Robert, after you edited lilo.conf did you run /sbin/lilo before you
rebooted. What lilo does is store its infomation in the boot sector so
when
changes are made to the conf file they need to be update on the boot
sector
as well and that is why you run /sbin/lilo (as root).
Hope this helps
Mark Hillary
- Original Message -
From: "Robert Fox" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Saturday, January 06, 2001 7:12 PM
Subject: [expert] 7.2 - Two little annoyances . . . on A7V w/ATA100
Ok here goes:
I have an IBM 30Gig ATA./100 drive on an Asus A7V MB - below is my
partition file from the system.
Problem #1: During install I passed the ide parms for the ATA/100 drive
and all installed well. I installed the lilo bootloader on /dev/hde6
(root) partition and edited the lilo.conf with the necessary append
info. I am using BootMagic 2.0 to boot the system, but I only get LI
during start, so I have to use the bootdisk and pass the ide parms EVERY
boot up . . . I don't care so much about booting from the bootdisk, but I
hate having to type the ide parms everytime I want to boot LM
7.2! Ideally I would like to boot from the HD using BootMagic and NOT
have to type the ide parms everytime.
Problem #2: When I boot from the floppy, I tried to add the ide parms in
the append line, but it is ignored during boot unless I manually type them
in . . . and I can't get Aurora to start when I boot from the floppy
either
(with vga=788 added on the lilo.conf on the floppy)
Any help would be gratefully appreciated!!
Thanks up front!
Partitions:
major minor #blocks name
3 0 20094480 hda
3 1 11592 hda1
33 0 30018240 hde
33 13076416 hde1
33 2 1 hde2
33 53076416 hde5
33 63582463 hde6
33 7 248976 hde7
33 83068383 hde8
33 93076416 hde9
33106144831 hde10
34 0 1073741823 hdg
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[expert] KDE Weirdness . . . .
I've become a convert from Gnome to KDE since the 2.0 release - my only complaint is a strange issue I have sometimes. When I run a Gnome based program (ie: Gnapster) under KDE - sometimes the entire GNOME desktop icons appear on top of KDE icons and I can't get rid of them - even after logoff and re-login. The only solution is to blow away my .kde and Desktop directories and start fresh - which means all my custom config is lost . . . . Any tips would be nice . . . Robert ** (¯`·.¸¸.- F O X Consulting Services -.¸¸.·´¯) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
[expert] LM7.2 Stability and DHCP/DNS issues
I have the following configuration: Main machine: 3Com 3c905 10/100 board, Win2K with Internet sharing enabled and ISDN dialup to Internet Second machine: Realtek 8139 10/100, Linux Mandrake 7.2 using DHCP to connect to main machine and surf . . Problem: If the main machine is off and I boot the Linux box, there is the expected long stall during boot trying to find the DHCP host . . . but the machine boots. If the main machine is on, but not connected to the Internet - the Linux box boots no problems, but seems to hang sporatically until I connect to the Internet with the main machine (over ISDN). If the main machine is already connected to the Internet while I boot the Linux box - everthing works without problem. It appears that the Linux box has problems when the Main box is not connected to the Internet - which would imply a DNS issue. Someone already suggested I set up a DNS caching server on the Linux box . . . but, what i don't understand is - WHY would the Linux box hang (literally) - no keyboard response, not activity except mouse movement - when the main system is offline from the internet? Why would a DNS lookup stall a machine? Why doesn't it simply timeout after a reasonable timeframe and continue working? Any suggestions would be helpful . . . Thx, Robert Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] LM 7.2 DHCP stability . . .
I have LM 7.2 on one machine using a realtek 8139 10/100 Ethernet card, the DHCP host is (unfortunately) a Win2K machine with a 3Com 3C905 10/100 card using network sharing . . . When the Linux box fires up - it finds it's address no problem - and continues happily along in the boot process. When I shutdown the DHCP host, or just disconnect the ISDN internet access from the host machine . . . the Linux box seems to hang - mouse movement works, but keyboard non-responsive and nothing opens or closes . . . can't even bring up a virtual console! When I allow the Win2K host back on the Internet - the Linux box "wakes up" and continues on like nothing happened!?!?!? What is the rule of thumb about DHCP hosts, timeouts and where can I tweak these parameters if any? Many thanks in advance . . . Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Adaptec 2940UW Mandrake 7.1 7.2 woes!!!
When I had Mandrake 7.0 - all worked fine with exactly the same equipment!!! Since 7.1 7.2 - I am having nothing but problems with bus resets and timeouts. Using latest Adaptec BIOS - also works fine with M$ OS's . . . (go figure!) Here's a snippet from dmesg: (scsi0) Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter found at PCI 0/14/0 (scsi0) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs (scsi0) Cables present (Int-50 YES, Int-68 YES, Ext-68 NO) (scsi0) Downloading sequencer code... 422 instructions downloaded scsi0 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.31/3.2.4 Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter scsi : 1 host. (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8. Vendor: IBM Model: DNES-309170W Rev: SA30 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 Detected scsi disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0 (scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. Vendor: PLEXTOR Model: CD-ROM PX-32TSRev: 1.02 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 Vendor: YAMAHAModel: CRW4260 Rev: 1.0q Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.11 sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 6x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 17916240 [8748 MB] [8.7 GB] sda: sda1 sda2 sda5 sda6 sda7 sda8 (scsi0:0:3:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0xa0, SEQADDR = 0x15d (scsi0:0:3:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0xa0, SEQADDR = 0x15d (scsi0:0:3:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0xa0, SEQADDR = 0x15d (scsi0:0:3:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0xa0, SEQADDR = 0x15d scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 8901, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 SCSI host 0 abort (pid 8901) timed out - resetting SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. (scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8. sr0: CD-ROM not ready. Make sure you have a disc in the drive. CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 1172 scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 9098, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 SCSI host 0 abort (pid 9098) timed out - resetting SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. (scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8. sr0: CD-ROM not ready. Make sure you have a disc in the drive. CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 1172 (scsi0:0:3:-1) Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0xa0, SEQADDR = 0x15d scsi : aborting command due to timeout : pid 28512, scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun SCSI host 0 abort (pid 28512) timed out - resetting SCSI bus is being reset for host 0 channel 0. (scsi0:0:3:0) Synchronous at 20.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15. (scsi0:0:0:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8. sr0: CD-ROM not ready. Make sure you have a disc in the drive. CD-ROM I/O error: dev 0b:00, sector 1588 cdrom: open failed. VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0) There is defintely a disk in the drive, but can't seem to get rid of this problem!!! No disk change is made also!! Any help would be appreciated! Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Installation problems on IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 Harddrive
UDMA 5 is ATA/100. You need to reset the drive to UDMA 4 (ATA/66), which usually is done through the drive manufacturer's proprietary software. Or perhaps you have a setting in the bios to make UDMA 4 the default. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Would that mean that UDMA 5 or ATA/100 is NOT supported in Mandrake 7.1? Just asking . . . Robert Fox ** (¯`·.¸¸.- F O X Consulting Services -.¸¸.·´¯) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
[expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?
I'm in the market for a new machine . . . . and I am seriously considering the AMD chip . . . . Could anyone point me to references which show pros and cons of each with Linux, Windows, etc? Thanks in advance. . . . Robert Fox ** (¯`·.¸¸.- F O X Consulting Services -.¸¸.·´¯) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
[expert] Adaptec patch problems . . .
From this page: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/heliumlast.php3 I downloaded the Adaptec patch images and crated the boot disks. I booted the main disk with no problem, typed F1 at syslinux and typed 'patch' then hit return. The disk continues to boot into the install but it never asks for the patch disk (aic7xxx). I have installed the entire system with no problem but it has a bad initrd and will not boot past LILO. Only gives LI after a boot. Why wont the patch command work? Help please . . . . ** (¯`·.¸¸.- F O X Consulting Services -.¸¸.·´¯) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 and SCSI install probs
Thanks. Nice to hear I'm not alone in the world! At 11:43 PM 7/31/2000 +0200, you wrote: On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 21:49 +0200, Robert Fox wrote: I have the following: Adaptec 2940 UW Mine is a DawiControl with SymbiosLogic chip SCSI ID 3 is a Plextor PX-32TS 32X CD-ROM Mine is a Plextor UltraPlex40max As CDRW I have a Plextor PlexWriter 4/2/2 When I boot the Mandrake 7.1 CD - after the bus scan, it asks which SCSI CDROM to use, scsi0 or scsi1 I have tried both, but the follow occurs when I try scsi0 (the plextor drive) 4 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 4 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 4 sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 6x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray 7 VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0) scsi0:0:3:-1 Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0xa0, SEQADDR = 0x15d Then a timeout occurs and it says unable to read scsi0 - check that CD is in the tray Same here but later. I get over the preliminaries until partitioning and formatting is done. When it comes to choose the packages for installation I get the same timeout as you. The system work fine with other OSs including Mandrake 7.0 NO PROBLEM!! Same here. It works perfect with MDK 6.x, 7.0 and 7.1. It just dies during installation. I posted this twice here and to Mandrake directly. Never got an answer on the list, just this single "old or low-budget hardware" mail which should be ignored. I did a work-around with a harddisk-installation. OK, but that's not perfect, is it? How can I do a demo of the Ease of Installation when I have to start making a bootdisk and copying the files from a perfectly working CD-ROM to a harddisk for a start? wobo -- GPG-Fingerprint: FE5A 0891 7027 8D1B 4E3F 73C1 AD9B D732 A698 82EE For Public Key mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: GPG-Request --- ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html ** (¯`·.¸¸.- F O X Consulting Services -.¸¸.·´¯) Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com ** Currently in Europe - Contact: +49/172-9600938 GSM Mobile ** **
[expert] Mandrake 7.1 and SCSI install probs
I have installed 7.1 several times on several machines without much hassle. But my main system which worked perfectly with 7.0 won't allow me to install with 7.1 I have the following: Adaptec 2940 UW SCSI ID 3 is a Plextor PX-32TS 32X CD-ROM SCSI ID 5 is a Yamaha CDRW 4260 - (end termination) When I boot the Mandrake 7.1 CD - after the bus scan, it asks which SCSI CDROM to use, scsi0 or scsi1 I have tried both, but the follow occurs when I try scsi0 (the plextor drive) 4 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0 4 Detected scsi CD-ROM sr1 at scsi 0, channel 0, id 5, lun 0 4 sr1: scsi3-mmc drive: 6x/6x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray 7 VFS: Disk change detected on device sr(11,0) scsi0:0:3:-1 Unexpected busfree, LASTPHASE = 0xa0, SEQADDR = 0x15d Then a timeout occurs and it says unable to read scsi0 - check that CD is in the tray The system work fine with other OSs including Mandrake 7.0 NO PROBLEM!! Any help would be appreciated!! ** (¯`·.¸¸.- F O X Consulting Services -.¸¸.·´¯) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
[expert] 7.1 Gnome with KDE menus
I previously had 7.02 installed with Helix Gnome and Enlightenment 0.16 installed - and I got KDE menus in the Gnome menu. Now with 7.1 and Gnome, I see a checkbox to show KDE but noting shows up (even when I switched to KDE and then back to Gnome) Any hints? Thx, Robert Fox ** (¯`·.¸¸.- F O X Consulting Services -.¸¸.·´¯) Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com ** Currently in Europe - Contact: +49/172-9600938 GSM Mobile ** **
