Re: [expert] ATI and XF86Config-4
I just installed 8.2 on a system with the ATI All-IN-Wonder 128 (Rage Pro). No problems at all. I did the install, not the upgrade and chose the XFree-4.2 3D-Accelerated version. I suggest that you do the fresh install, not the upgrade. Save your config files and don't reformat. Good luck! -sen On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Gary A. Garibaldi wrote: > I upgraded today to LM 8.2 and now I can not use XFree 4.2 with ATI Mach64 > Rage Pro. It worked good under LM 8.1 and XFree 4.1. I would like to know if > any one has been able to configure this video card using XFree 4.2 and LM > 8.2. When I try to configure I using mandrake control center I keep getting > a SEG 11, no mater how I modify the settings. Thanks in advance. > > Gary > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ATI All-In-Wonder 128 Pro 16MB 2xAGP, can't get installed
Well, I have the same card, running with a Gateway 17" monitor and Mandrake 8.1 at home. I haven't yet tried 8.2. I can send you a copy of my XF86Config file later if you wish. Send me your private e-mail if you want me to do this. -Cheers, -sen [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 26 Mar 2002, Chad wrote: > Greetings all, > > I have been stumped at this problem for a substantial amount of time. I've > searched through Google, Yahoo, the expert & newbie mailing list archives > and anything else I can think of. > > My hardware: Biostar M7VIB, AMD Athlon 1.4 GHz (266 FSB), 512 MB RAM, ATI > All-In-Wonder Rage Pro 128 16MB 2xAGP, 3 HDD's (160 GB total), a Promise > Ultra 100 IDE controller for disks /dev/hda - hdd, onboard IDE controller > for /dev/hde (boot drive) - hdh, Dell Ultrascan 21FS 21" monitor. > > > My Problem: Back in the day, I was running MDK 7.2 on this hardware and > MAYBE 8.0. I have tried upgrading to 8.1 & now 8.2. The problem has always > been with the video. > > On my most recent run through with MDK 8.2, everything goes fine until I > reach the video setup (in Expert/Install mode). It gives me the choice of > Xfree86 4.2.0 w/ 3D, 4.2.0 w/o 3D or 3.3.6. If I choose either of the > 4.2.0's and go with the correct monitor, Dell Ultrascan 21FS, it apparently > succeeds in finding the right video card, then I choose a conservative > resolution (16-bit, 800x600). If I go to test, the screen blanks and the > light that *blips* when I use the brightness or contrast control starts > flashing. Nothing is displayed on the monitor ever again, until a reboot. > I have tried dropping down using C-A-F1 through F8, C-A-DEL, C-A-BS, pushing > all the keys, crying on the keyboard, etc. It doesn't make a sound, a beep > or anything. The screen is blank and it will stay that way for up to an > hour (after which I rebooted). > > If I try the 3.3.6 version, I get an error of "XFree86- rpm not found". I'm > using the downloaded 3 CD set for MDK 8.2. MDK 8.1 gave the same type of > problem. > > I know the video card is good. It works full featured when I boot into > Win98 & Win2k. > > Any suggestions? If you need more info, I would be happy to provide it. > > Thanks, > Chad > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] setting up home network
I have this kind of setup with only one nic in each machine. But I have a static connection to the internet. Maybe with DHCP you want one card for the local lan and another for the DHCP. In any event, here is my setup, including WIN XP. I have a multiport switch which is connected to the cable modem. All other machines including the one on the internet are connected to the switch.I use Bastille-linux as the firewall on the machine with an internet address (in my case it is static, but DHCP should work in the same way with the appropriate line in /etc/Bastille/bastille-firewall.cfg uncommented). Here is how my setup works. Suppose my /etc/hosts file on all linux machines looks like 127.0.0.1 localhost 122.133.144.155 ip-host 10.0.0.2 host2 10.0.0.3 host3 10.0.0.4 win-host The corresponding file in Win XP is C:\WINDOWS\system32\Drivers\etc\hosts (Just search on hosts) Here I have ip-host is the machine on the internet, host2, host3, are other linux machines, and win-host is the XP machine. All are connected with cat 5 cable to the ethernet switch which is connected to the cable modem. I set up all local machines to use ip-host as the default gateway. Also, I have a simple cache DNS on ip-host (this may not be necessary, but is left over from when I did not use a firewall). Probably, the DHCP connection will automatically provide DNS to all machines--I don't know. Then, on host2, host3, in /etc/rc.d/rc.local, I add the command: /sbin/route add -host 122.133.144.155 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host 10.0.0.2 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host 10.0.0.3 dev eth0 /sbin/route add -host 10.0.0.4 dev eth0 Now, all machines can use ssh, netscape, etc to the internet. Suppose your WIN XP machine is win-host Go into the Network Places part of Control-panel and set the IP address to be 10.0.0.4 Set the gateway to be ip-host (or its number). Test the setup by going to the Command Prompt and typing ping ip-host I this gives you back some repeated lines ending with TTL=255 you are in business. Then, e.g. try ping www.nytimes.com and you'll see what I mean. My first guess for 2 nics and DHCP would be to have ip-host as 10.0.0.1 and repeat the above setup. Good luck, sen hub On 11 Mar 2002, Darren King wrote: > Right now, I am using a mandrake 8.0 machine to connect to the internet > using dhcp (@home cable). I want to set up a network so my windows xp > (gaming machine) can connect to the internet through my linux machine. I > want to hide the windows machine behind the linux one to keep it safe. > > Do I have to have 2 NIC's in my linux machine? 1 going to the hub and > one to the cable modem to do this? are there any good docs on how to > set this up? > > Darren > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] remote cups printing
Hello, In Mandrake 8.0, I had no problem with remote printing via cups. After upgrading to 8.1, I can't print from remote hosts. Local printing is fine. I don't even know what the queue is called. I have a simple default setup on the parallel port on my new system. Is it on /dev/lp0 or /dev/lp1? Is this related to the devfs? Is the printer lp or lp0? Any ideas will be appreciated. TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Changes in Kernel Ip Routing Table
I put the commands at the end of /etc/rc.d/rc.local I'm sure there is a way using the network management tools. -Cheers, -sen On Thu, 28 Feb 2002, [iso-8859-1] Francisco Suárez wrote: > Hello: > > I have a question. I'm doing tests with route add command, but when I reboot > the computer theese changes not appear. I'm looking for the config files > (proc/net/route), but this file is readonly. My question is: How can I Store > de changes in disk? > > > Thanks in advance > > _ > MSN Photos es la manera más sencilla de compartir e imprimir sus fotos: > http://photos.latam.msn.com/Support/WorldWide.aspx > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Slow xemacs in 8.0
Hello, I recently upgraded an 8.0 box PII-300 to 8.1 on a P4-2GHz. There are two problems. 1. When I try to load xemacs, it takes around 20 seconds to come up. This did not happen with 8.0 and it does not happen with emacs. 2. When I try to play some mpeg-1 files with mtv the video is jerky as if it was captured with a slow disk. Again, this does not occur in 8.0 on other systems. It makes me want to return to 8.0. Any ideas? TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] installation problems in 8.0
I have had the following problems in installing 8.0 1. the mkbootdisk is skipped (I have no choice in the matter) 2. there is no choice to boot either of Win98 and linux. Lilo sets things up to only boot linux. I know how to fix the above things, but IMHO the installation should give the installer the choices. 3. I have a Creative Soundblaster 512 PCI soundcard. lsmod shows the correct sound module but there is no sound. I don't know how to fix this. Any ideas? TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Some X expert please
Hello, I'm hoping that there is someone who can help. I sent this message several times and got some suggestions which did not work. After a system crash I lost the capability to start X. I get the error messages failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' could not open default font 'fixed' I know that X can run because in the boot sequence it runs the graphical boot screen. There must be some file somewhere that needs to be adjusted or removed. It won't load X as root or any user. I even reinstalled the X packages to no avail. Next step is to just reinstall the whole damn thing. Anyone have any ideas about what and where to fix the font path 'unix/:-1' ? TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] power loss and now no X
Following earlier suggestions, I tried to run service xfs start, but it made no difference. I even removed all the XFree86* rpm's and reinstalled them. Again no difference. Here are the error messages. Any ideas? Do I have to do a complete reinstall? TIA, -sen _FontTrans*. . . Connect: Can't connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' Fatal server error cuould not open default font 'fixed' > Hello, > My system lost power last night, and now I can't get X to run. Says > something like "can't find fixed fonts." > > Is there a simple fix, or do I have to reinstall X again? > > TIA, > -sen > > > > -- --- | Sheldon E. Newhouse|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Mathematics Department || | Michigan State University | telephone: 517-355-9684| | E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA | FAX: 517-432-1562| --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] power loss and now no X
Hello, My system lost power last night, and now I can't get X to run. Says something like "can't find fixed fonts." Is there a simple fix, or do I have to reinstall X again? TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] man pages
OK, It's just setting MANPATH. I now feel better. I guess after upgrading many systems, I just expected, say a link from /usr/share/man to /usr/man Thanks for the info. -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] man pages
OK, I found it there. I was a bit disappointed that the old commands 'man' give nothing. E.g. 'man find' produces nothing. I saw that one can get the man pages from the desktop. But for remote logins that is not too useful. What does one use to replace the 'man' command with remote logins? TIA, -sen Fri, 7 Sep 2001, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > Moved to: > > /usr/share/man > > Ric > > Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote: > > >Where have the man pages gone? e.g. /usr/man etc? > > > >TIA, > > -sen > > > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > message.footer > > > > Content-Type: > > > > text/plain > > Content-Encoding: > > > > 8bit > > > > > > > > -- --- | Sheldon E. Newhouse|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Mathematics Department || | Michigan State University | telephone: 517-355-9684| | E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA | FAX: 517-432-1562| --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] man pages
Where have the man pages gone? e.g. /usr/man etc? TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] postscript printing problems
Hello, I am using Mandrake 8.0. When I print a postscript file with graphics as well as text, pages subsequent to the page with graphics all print on the same page. The form feed does not seem to work. I tried this on several Mandrake 8.0 installations and the problem seems to be there. With Redhat 7.1 there is no problem. Any ideas? TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake 8.0-ppc on RS6000 44P Model 170
If you have a floppy drive, try to do the floppy install. Check the Of course, you have to be able On Mon, 3 Sep 2001, Roger Munoz wrote: > Hello > > > I would like to install mandrake linux 8.0 for ppc on a rs6000 44p model > 170 but the cdrom is not bootable. Is there a way to get mandrake to > boot up via cdrom. I have tried setting to the firmware to boot up off > the cdrom but to no avail. I am at my wits end it trying to get linux on > the rs6000. It looks like you guys are my only hope. > > If you can help i would gratefully appreciate it. > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Roger Munoz > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- ------- | Sheldon E. Newhouse|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Mathematics Department || | Michigan State University | telephone: 517-355-9684| | E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA | FAX: 517-432-1562| --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems witth adding user
I would simply remove /etc/ptmp (that is what you meant, right?) If you are worried about removing it, simply move it to another name first to be safe. mv /etc/ptmp /etc/ptmp.orig and see if that fixes your problem. -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] burning multi-write CDRW's with ide drive
Hello, Anyone able to burn multi-write CDRW's with an ide RW drive in Mandrake 8.0? I can burn CD-R's just fine, but CDRW disks fail each time. cdrecord -scanbus reports the drive at address 0,0,0 and that is what I try to use. TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] bus errors in netscape-communicator-4.77-4mdk
Hello, I have several machines with Mandrake 8.0. On the newer ones, netscape works fine, but on the older PII-300 I am getting bus errors and netscape won't load. This is with the standard netscape-comminicator-4.77-4mdk which is shipped with the system. Any ideas? TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with Bastille Firewall
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001, root wrote: > The configuration for it is in: > /etc/Bastille > There is a utility to set it up. I dont remember the name, look in /sbin I > think it is there. There is also a "graphic" utility. As for turning it on or > off, there is a script in /etc/rc.d/init.d just for that. What is the name of this script? I don't see one in /etc/rc.d/init.d TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lilo problem?
Ok, you have /boot/vmlinuz as the image for both kernels. You should have the two different images listed separately. Try putting a different image e.g. image=/boot/vmlinuz-new in your /etc/lilo.conf file where /boot/vmlinuz-new is a link to your new kernel image. -sen On Mon, 13 Aug 2001, Lonnie Cumberland wrote: > > > > > > lilo.conf > > > > > --- > > > boot=/dev/sda > > > map=/boot/map > > > install=/boot/boot.b > > > vga=normal > > > 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/sda5 > > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > > append=" hdc=ide-scsi ide0=noautotune ide1=noautotune > > ide2=noautotune > > > ide3=noautotune mem=128M" > > > read-only > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > > label=failsafe > > > root=/dev/sda5 > > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > > append=" hdc=ide-scsi failsafe" > > > read-only > > > other=/dev/fd0 > > > label=floppy > > > unsafe > > > image=/boot/vmlinuz > > > label=ic-linux > > > root=/dev/hde6 > > > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > > > append="hdc=ide-scsi ide0=noautotune ide1=noautotune ide2=noautotune > > ide3=noautotune" > > > read-only > > > > > - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lilo problem?
age you have to manually use the "tab" key when the lilo: prompt appears. After you decide which image you want to actually be the default, simply edit the /etc/lilo.conf file to put the corresponding lines in the proper position. -sen > I have included a copy of the LILO.CONF from my Mnadrake 7.2 so that you can > take a look at, ok. > > lilo.conf > --- > boot=/dev/sda > map=/boot/map > install=/boot/boot.b > vga=normal > 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/sda5 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append=" hdc=ide-scsi ide0=noautotune ide1=noautotune ide2=noautotune > ide3=noautotune mem=128M" > read-only > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=failsafe > root=/dev/sda5 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append=" hdc=ide-scsi failsafe" > read-only > other=/dev/fd0 > label=floppy > unsafe > image=/boot/vmlinuz > label=ic-linux > root=/dev/hde6 > initrd=/boot/initrd.img > append="hdc=ide-scsi ide0=noautotune ide1=noautotune ide2=noautotune >ide3=noautotune" > read-only > - > > does anyone have any ideas? > > Cheers, > Lonnie > > Lonnie Cumberland > OutStep Technologies Incorporated > > URL: http://www.outstep.com > EMAIL: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > : [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- --- | Sheldon E. Newhouse|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Mathematics Department || | Michigan State University | telephone: 517-355-9684| | E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA | FAX: 517-432-1562| --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] modules and NetGear ethernet card
Did you try the tulip.o module. That is what works on my Netgear card. I have not tried this on Mandrake 8.0, but on the other systems I run, a simple modprobe tulip.o worked. -sen On Thu, 9 Aug 2001, Rusty Carruth wrote: > > A friend of mine bought some NetGear ethernet cards, FA311 Fast > Ethernet PCI card, to be precise, and I'm trying to get one to > work on his linux box. > > Its LM7.2 on the box, on a PII/200 w/32M ram. > > The card comes with a disk with instructions on how to > make it work for Red Hat, so I tried them and it almost > worked - I had to use a different compile command > than I'd expected. Then I copied the .o to the > appropriate place in my /lib/modules directory and > rebooted. > > And got loads of 'undefined' references. > > SO, it looks like its finally time to get the module creation > process understood. > > 1 - where do I go look for docs on that. > > 2 - has anyone made the NetGear FA311 card work under Mandrake? > How? > > thanks! > > rc > > > Rusty E. Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE ___ > FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116 \e/ > Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825V > ICBM: 33 20' 44"N 111 53' 47"W http://tuxedo.org/~esr/ecsl/index.html > > -- --- | Sheldon E. Newhouse|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Mathematics Department || | Michigan State University | telephone: 517-355-9684| | E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA | FAX: 517-432-1562| ---
[expert] How is 8.0 on laptops?
Hello, I am thinking of upgrading the RedHat 6.1 on my laptop to Mandrake 8.0. However, with the RH I could not get X working properly without a lot of trouble. The laptop is a Gateway 9300XL. It supports the same X as the Dell inspiron 7500. Anyone out there running Mandrake 8.0 on one of these laptops? Did you get X working? TIA, -sen
[expert] kdvi-second try
Hi, Sorry for the junk in the previous post. I had a mailer daemon problem and inserted it into pine which I found doesn't like new lines. Here are the date from trying kdvi Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display "pokie.tcimet.net:12.0". QObject::connect: No such slot KViewPart::slotSave() QObject::connect: (sender name: 'file_save_as') QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'kviewerpart') TIA, -sen
[expert] kdvi problems in 8.0
Hello, -- Anyone get kdvi to work in Mandrake 8.0. It worked just fine in 7.2. --- | Sheldon E. Newhouse | e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Here is what I get | Mathematics Department | | | Michigan State University | telephone: 517-355-9684 | Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display "pokie.tcimet.net:10.0". | E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA | FAX: 517-432-1562 | QObject::connect: No such slot KViewPart::slotSave() --- QObject::connect: (sender name: 'file_save_as') QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'kviewerpart') KCrash: crashing crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = kviewshell path = Of course, the DISPLAY variable is wrong, and the dvi file is not displayed. Any ideas? TIA, -sen
[expert] kdvi problems in 8.0
Hello, Anyone get kdvi to work in Mandrake 8.0. It worked just fine in 7.2. Here is what I get Xlib: extension "RENDER" missing on display "pokie.tcimet.net:10.0". QObject::connect: No such slot KViewPart::slotSave() QObject::connect: (sender name: 'file_save_as') QObject::connect: (receiver name: 'kviewerpart') KCrash: crashing crashRecursionCounter = 2 KCrash: Application Name = kviewshell path = Of course, the DISPLAY variable is wrong, and the dvi file is not displayed. Any ideas? TIA, -sen
[expert] kernel compiling
I haven't kept up with the recent developments, but in the old days, one would only need the .config file that is used to make the kernel that is shipped with the distribution. Is this available somewhere? -sen pablito writes: > is there some program that compiles the kernel source and produces the > vmlinuz and initrd files that the regular kernel has? I've followed the > directions in the readme file and end up with a bzImage file. There are > instructions for making an initrd file from scratch but surely there must be > some script file somewhere that does that. > > >
[expert] problem with InteractiveBastille
Hello, I am trying to configure iptables. When I run InteractiveBastille, it bombs out with the following error message. InteractiveBastille Using Tk user interface module. Only displaying questions relevant to the current configuration. Can't locate Bastille_Tk.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /usr/lib /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/ /usr/lib/Bastille) at /usr/sbin/InteractiveBastille line 270. Any ideas? TIA, -sen
[expert] ip_masq in 8.0 ?
Hello, What has happened to ip_masquerade in 8.0? I can't find the modules. Is there a substitute? Do I have to make a new kernel and build the modules myself? TIA, -sen
[expert] Problems upgrading XFree86
Hi, I updated XFree86 to 4.1 from cooker, (as well as Mesa, Glide_V3-DRI-cvs-3mdk, and the SDL), however, I still do not get direct rendering. When I run dri games I get indirect rendering. Is there something I missed? Sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] passwd verification problem.
Hi,
I'm writing a program where I need to validate a users password.
Right now I'm using crypt and code like the following:
pentry is a pointer to a passwd struct obtained by using the users
userid.
err is in a int initialized to 0;
userpass is a c string containing the users plaintext password.
if ( pentry == NULL ) {
perror("I couldn't get your encrypted password.");
return err;
}
salt[0] = pentry->pw_passwd[0];
salt[1] = pentry->pw_passwd[1];
salt[2] = '\0';
usercrypt = crypt(userpass, salt);
if ((err = strcmp(usercrypt, pentry->pw_passwd)) == 0) {
the strcmp always returns unsuccessful even though I know the passwd I
put in when I try it is correct. Is there something funky I have to do b/c
I'm using shadow passwd's and pam? The pw_passwd shows up in the debugger
as "x" instead of the encrypted version of the passwd.
I could use another set of eyeballs :)
Thanks.
--
===
"... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and
violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... "
- Buddha
For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout:
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[expert] lilo problems
In creating a boot disk with mcc, it asks where I want my boot device. I have a scsi disk /dev/sda with my root partition on /dev/sda5. I also have an ide disk /dev/hdd1 which is used only for storage. The current loader has /dev/hdd as default. It does not work (no surprise here). I suppose I should set it as /dev/sda or /dev/sda5. Which one and why? TIA, -sen --- | Sheldon E. Newhouse|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Mathematics Department || | Michigan State University | telephone: 517-355-9684| | E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA | FAX: 517-432-1562| ---
Re: [expert] inetd ?
Well, I just had to start xinetd in /etc/rc.d/init.d Is this written in the documentation somewhere? If not, it should be. Also, I really miss an index in the manuals included with the distribution. -Cheers, -sen
[expert] inetd ?
Hello, I just installed 8.0 and can't telnet into the host. I am running both the telnet server and client. It gives me a "connection refused." I looked for /etc/inetd.conf and there is none. What should I do? TIA, -sen
[expert] rescue of scsi
Hello, I seem to have a corrupted bootloader, so I booted up the installation cdrom with linux rescue The aic7xxx.o module gets loaded, but I don't know how to mount my root partition and re-run lilo. The partition is on /dev/sda5 I tried mount -t ext2 /dev/sda5 /tmp lsmod shows that aic7xxx is there. But it tells me it does not recognize /dev/sda5 as a valid block device and suggests insmod driver. Any ideas? TIA, - sen
[expert] Motherboard and CPU recommendations
Hi, I'm looking at getting an ABit KT7A and AMD 1.3 GHz (both 266mhz fsb) Now, I know that there have been problems with via chipset boards in linux. However, this is a second revision of the board, and I'm always running the latest kernel. Can anyone comment on whether these are ok under linux now? Thanks. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] group passwords
Hi, I have a question regarding the gpasswd and newgrp commands. I created a new group called test, then set the group administrator to be my local userid, (call it foo). Then from my foo account I did gpasswd test and changed the group passwd. Then I added the user user1 to the group test. From user1's account I can newgrp test and change my primary group to test without supplying the password. However, if I try to `newgrp test` from any account that is not a member of the group it fails even if I supply the correct group password. Am I misinterpreting the usage of newgrp? I thought that I could change to a group that I am not in if I have the group password. What's wrong or am I doing something incorrect? Sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] compiling the 2.4.4 kernel
Hi, I ran into this error while compiling version 2.4.4 of the kernel: look like there was a problem, the default vmlinuz version is not the same of the initrd Then it errors. Anyone have any idea how to fix this? Do I have to have an updated mkinitrd package? Cheers, Sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] kernel patches
Hi, I'm wondering if someone here knows what patches were applied to the kernel in mandrake 7.0 . rpm -q reports kernel-2.2.14-15mdk I'm owndering b/c I'm in the middle of trying to debug some bad nfs problems with auspex and netapps. -- Cheers, Sheldon Lee-Wen Systems Analyst Design Environment Solutions Ottawa West Metro II Nortelnetworks Phone: (613) 765-6536 ESN: 39+56536 Mailstop 117/D1/C03 Ottawa, Ontario Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] kvoice and 7.2
> Kvoice writes the greeting.wav in the temp directory and it plays fine with > another audio player but for some reason kvoice is not connecting with the > audio server and doesn't play it. When someone calls in and the modem probably because the sound server in kde1 and in kde2 are different and not compatible. -- Cheers, Sheldon Lee-Wen
[expert] apt
Hi, I was wondering that now that apt has RPM support if there are any plans to incorporate apt and dselect into Mandrake? This, in my estimation would be the last good reason to switch to debian. The reason I'm asking is that redhat and mandrake esp. have great install programs with really nice tools. However, maintainability is a s.o.b. This is debian's great strength and it would be nice to have an OS that's both easy to install and easy to maintain. Anyone else like to see apt on mandrake? Cheers, Sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] Changing X resolutions fails in runlevel 5, but not 3
On March 9, 2001 11:51 pm, you wrote: > It ain't a hardware thing, and the 3dfx already has a heatsink. > Various 16 bit resolutions and configured and I have Q3 UT SOF > etc. all working fine in runlevel 3. I recently noticed the same thing, whenever i'd start railroad tycoon X would crash, this only happened in run level 5. I changed to using gdm instead of kdm and it seemed to fix it,s o it looks like a bug with kdm. Try changing to gdm and tell me if that fixes it. (Although I'm on RH7 now. Got sick of waiting for KDE2.1 updates) > > Thnaks anyway, > > Mike > > On Fri, 9 Mar 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Friday 09 March 2001 06:01 pm, Mike MacCana wrote: > > > I have a 3DFX Voodoo 3 2000. In runlevel 5, whenever I attempt tp > > > change to another configured reolution, X changes to that resolution > > > and them promptly hangs. I can't even go to another virtual terminal to > > > kill it. > > > > > > In runlevel 3, all is love (ie, its AOK) > > > > > > Any ideas? > > > > > > Mike > > > > Well other than that the motherboard, it's chipsets, and the monitor, > > etc. down to the power supply and the oulet it's plugged into (hopefully > > on an UPS), and how well it's all configured from the bios on up, all > > have somethin to do with what you see on the screen, no ;>> > > > >I've got a 3 yr. old V3-2k pci on an BX motherboard oc'd 135%, > > with X at 1024x768x16 and a very el cheapo ($150) 17" MagView. I just > > tried C-A- +/- and it switched resolutions just fine. KDE2.1, > > XF-4.0.2, LM7.2, 2.4.2 > > > > The only thing I can think of that might help is the first thing to > > do with a Voodoo3 is to take one sheet metal screw and use it to attach a > > $2 cpu fan to it's heatsink. Other than that, I doubt the Vcard is the > > culprit. Prob'ly the next most important factor is to not try'an run any > > 3dfx card with X at any resolution more than 16bpp. > > -- > > Dale Earnhardt, the greatest stock car driver ever, > > he's won his 8th and His Greatest Championship > > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
RE: [expert] recommendations for LM
Hi, My recommendations for LM, move mandrake update to apt now that apt has rpm compatability. I'd love to just do something like apt-get update , or however it works :) Sheldon.
[expert] bootp
Hi, I have some machines that can only operate via bootp. However, I can't seem to find a current package for bootp. I did find bootparamd but the man page is really not that helpful and there seems to be nothing on linuxdoc. Does anyone know how to go about this? It's my first foray into bootp. Thanks -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] Summary: How to move /usr to another partition
Hi, I think you should be able to do this: 1. Make the new partition of sufficient size. /dev/hd? whatever, 2. init 1 3. mount /dev/hd? /mnt 4. mv /usr /mnt (I'm not 100% sure this will preserve softlinks) 5. umount /mnt 6. umount /usr 7. mount /dev/hd? /usr 8. edit /etc/fstab to reflect the change. 9. init ? ? stands for whatever is appropriate. no reboot. === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of jons world domination laser " - Jonisattva For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] login manager background
> But I can't remember what the file is I just know after modifying it > ages ago, and upgrading to 2.01, it works now. /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 And the section should look like this: if [ -x $KDEDIR/bin/kdmdesktop ];then /usr/bin/kdmdesktop # Commented above line and added next line because of kdedesktop issues # fixes background. # /usr/X11R6/bin/xsetroot -solid "#99" else /usr/X11R6/bin/xsetroot -solid "#99" /usr/X11R6/bin/xconsole -geometry 480x130-0-0 -daemon -notify -verbose -fn fixed -exitOnFail fi === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] Kernel upgrade to 2.2.16 WRECKED USING UPDATEMGR
On January 3, 2001 10:03 pm, you wrote: > Hi guys, > I did a stupid thing. I tried to update the Kernel from 2.2.X to > 2.2.16 using the Update manager. Little needs to be said -- it didn't work. > In fact my system won't boot anymore. I get a System Panic can't mount root > fs on 08:05. Anyway I need to back out of the Kernel upgrade. Does update > manager move the old Kernel and system.map ..etc to backups or does it > overwrite everything...? > > I know I need to run a recovery shell. I'm using 'tomsrtbt ver 2.0.37' I > can boot with a floppy but I can't seem to mount the root (/) sda5 disk > where my original Linux is stored. Any help beyond this point would be > great, especially when I finally get the /boot mounted what do I do to > repair the flubbed-up Kernel upgrade? Anyone have any answers...? Did you make a boot disk on install? If you did, boot off of this disk and then reinstall the 7.2 kernel RPMS. If not, mount the root file system somewhere else and possibly copy over the appropriate files by hand. > > Fernando Proietto > Linux 7.1 > PII-350-128M -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
expert@linux-mandrake.com
On December 17, 2000 12:27 pm, you wrote: > On Monday 18 December 2000 06:11, you wrote: > > Has anyone tried these? > > Any problems? > > Well, i installed these 7.2 KDE2.1beta1 rpms and still have no problems > after using it one day :) So, they seem fine to me. I uninstalled all old > rpms and then installed the new one and i'm happy now :) Umm. A couple initial problems I discovered. For 1 I can't find the theme manager. Second there are intermitten probs logging in and out. I did find that if I moved out the .kde directory that these problems went away. Also, the bookmark manager and tool bar doesn't work for konquorer. I tried importing my netscape bookmarks and the bookmarks toolbar won't even show up. Although, I did notice that konqy is faster and renders pages better than before. Cheers, Sheldon. === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
expert@linux-mandrake.com
Has anyone tried these? Any problems? > I really appreciate the time and efforts by Chris Molnar to provide > these non-cooker, 7.2 compatible KDE2 upgrades. BTW, they're also > available here: > ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/unstable/distribution/2.1beta1/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/ > (260 user limit) Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Accessing Voodoo board.
On December 9, 2000 02:47 pm, you wrote: > > Sheldon Lee Wen wrote: > > You got the 3dfx kernel module driver to work with 4.0.1? > > I tried it and it would work, but after I exited from a game X would be > > hosed. I got weird screen artifacts. > > > > Hmm. I sounds like the module isn't loaded. Try an lsmod and > > see if it is loaded. If not do a modprobe 3dfx. If it is try removing > > the module (rmmod 3dfx) reloading it with the modprobe. > > > > Did you install the latest version of the Glide package? > > > > What is the module alias for 3dfx.o? 3dfx, just "modprobe 3dfx" === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Kernel Options - Frame Buffer and Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
Are you using the 3dfx.o kernel module with XFree 4.0.1? or with the custom X server on the website? Anthony Russello wrote: > > I just recently swapped a Voodoo3 3500TV AGP into my Linux machine (quite > a waste seeing as how there don't seem to be any TV tuner drivers for the > card, but it was a spare), what I did was follow the instructions found at > http://linux.3dfx.com I believe. > > Downloaded the three RPM files they had, then ran the installs as their > website specified, worked like a charm. > > Thanks > > > Quick question for any MDK 7.2 users who have Voodoo 3 3000 AGP video > > cards. If so, what options did you compile into the default kernel source to > > use the video frame buffer? > > > > I see support for other video cards in the kernel source but nothing for > > the Voodoo series. > > > > TIA. Cheers. > > -- > >___ > > (_B_)__ > > ~(@ @)~ > > +-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-+ > > | "I played before the greatest fans in baseball, the Boston| > > | fans, and I know what you're going to say about that: Old | > > | Teddy Ballgame loved those fans, all right." --- Ted Williams | > > ++--+ > > | Tony K. Olsen | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > ++--+ > > > > > > > > There's plenty of semicolons to go around > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Accessing Voodoo board.
On December 5, 2000 05:14 pm, you wrote: > > I've have being trying to get my Voodoo 3 working under XFree86-4.0.1 > with the Glide drivers. > > I compiled and installed Device3Dfx-2.3-5. I then removed the > Glide_V3-DRI packages and installed the Glide_V3-2.60 packages. Now, > when I attemp to run the test files that come with the Glide packages I > get a segmentation fault . You got the 3dfx kernel module driver to work with 4.0.1? I tried it and it would work, but after I exited from a game X would be hosed. I got weird screen artifacts. Hmm. I sounds like the module isn't loaded. Try an lsmod and see if it is loaded. If not do a modprobe 3dfx. If it is try removing the module (rmmod 3dfx) reloading it with the modprobe. Did you install the latest version of the Glide package? === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] kde 2.0.1
Why are there no kde 2.0.1 packages? I know there are ones in cooker, but if I'm correct, those are linked against qt2.2.2, which is linked against glibc-2.2 which alot of stuff depends on and the update tool isn't exactly as swift as apt (and I don't want to update to everything in cooker that depends on glibc). -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] Can't get VMware to configure on my system.
Hi, I've found in the past that Mandrake has shipped the kernel source and headers configured for the uni-processor kernel. Then, when you go to use vmware on an smp system you get errors installing it about mismatched headers. What you need to do is get the .config from /usr/share/doc/kernel-smpxx/ somewhere in there is the config file. Copy it to /usr/src/linux/.config and then do a "make dep clean; make " >Could someone who is running an SMP kernel under mandrake 7.1 please >email me a copy of your unmodified .config file from you >/usr/src/linux directory. I am gonna try one more time to rebuild the >dependancies and C header files to match my SMP kernel. I have still had >no luck getting the VMware to configure on my system still. >Send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] Can't get VMware to configure on my system.
Hi, I've found in the past that Mandrake has shipped the kernel source and headers configured for the uni-processor kernel. Then, when you go to use vmware on an smp system you get errors installing it about mismatched headers. What you need to do is get the .config from /usr/share/doc/kernel-smpxx/ somewhere in there is the config file. Copy it to /usr/src/linux/.config and then do a "make dep clean; make " >Could someone who is running an SMP kernel under mandrake 7.1 please >email me a copy of your unmodified .config file from you >/usr/src/linux directory. I am gonna try one more time to rebuild the >dependancies and C header files to match my SMP kernel. I have still had >no luck getting the VMware to configure on my system still. >Send to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Kernel Options - Frame Buffer and Voodoo 3 3000 AGP
Are you using the 3dfx.o kernel module with XFree 4.0.1? or with the custom X server on the website? Anthony Russello wrote: > > I just recently swapped a Voodoo3 3500TV AGP into my Linux machine (quite > a waste seeing as how there don't seem to be any TV tuner drivers for the > card, but it was a spare), what I did was follow the instructions found at > http://linux.3dfx.com I believe. > > Downloaded the three RPM files they had, then ran the installs as their > website specified, worked like a charm. > > Thanks > > > Quick question for any MDK 7.2 users who have Voodoo 3 3000 AGP video > > cards. If so, what options did you compile into the default kernel source to > > use the video frame buffer? > > > > I see support for other video cards in the kernel source but nothing for > > the Voodoo series. > > > > TIA. Cheers. > > -- > >___ > > (_B_)__ > > ~(@ @)~ > > +-oOOo-(_)-oOOo-+ > > | "I played before the greatest fans in baseball, the Boston| > > | fans, and I know what you're going to say about that: Old | > > | Teddy Ballgame loved those fans, all right." --- Ted Williams | > > ++--+ > > | Tony K. Olsen | mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] | > > ++--+ > > > > > > > > There's plenty of semicolons to go around > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] How can I get rid of Aurora?
On November 25, 2000 09:14 pm, you wrote: > > I've recently upgraded to Mandrake 7.2, so far I'm impressed.. > > However I have no taste for Aurora at boot time, I know that getting rid > of Aurora is as simple as editing the rc.sysinit file but I dont feel > confident enough to reverse-engineer that code. Is there any feature or > app that will allow me to disable Aurora? shouldn't "rpm -e Aurora" or something like that do it? > > Stef Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?
/usr/share/doc/kernel-2.2.17/kernel-2.2.17-21mdk-i586.config /usr/share/doc/kernel-smp-2.2.17/kernel-2.2.17-21mdk-i586-smp.config Alex Yung wrote: > > Thanks Andrew. I was under the impression that installing the kernel > source would also include the SPEC file. This is how Debian works. > Thanks again. > > On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Andrew George wrote: > > On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:57, you wrote: > > > There is nothing wrong with the MDK kernel. I have to recompile the > > > kernel because of the WinModem in my boss' laptop. If you follow up on the > > > WinModem HOWTO, it suggested the kernel re-compilation. If I want to get > > > myself fire, I would suggest what sprach skidley said. > > > > > > Alexander Skwar wrote: > > > > So sprach skidley am Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 02:44:02PM -0400: > > > > > I hate kernel rpms and think thye shouln't exist as rpm, it sucks, get > > > > > the tarball and do a "real" kernel compile. > > > > > > > > Any particular reason why you don't like the enhancements and bugfixes > > > > done by the Mdk people? Also, what's bad about using a compiled kernel > > > > that's also used by a lot of other people, and thus may create more > > > > bugreports? > > > > > > > > Alexander Skwar > > Grab the Kernel srpm and install it...it should have everythign you need > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Xfree864 Voodoo3 and 3Dfx.o
Hi, I have a clean, normal installation. I just "upgraded" from mdk7.0 and I want to play myth2. So I downloaded the kernel module driver from linux.3dfx.com, compiled, replaced glide with the glide from the website and installed myth2. Myth2 runs great. However, the problem is (this may not be new to you but this is my first time using XFree4) that when I exit the game X is all screwed up. This same thing happens if I log into the console and do startx -- :1 vt9 or some such thing. It's really screwy. Anyone know what's going on and how I can fix it? Do I have to turn off XFree4's tdfx and dri modules? I'm also assuming the config file is /etx/X11/XF86Config-4 is that correct? Cheers, Sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] kde2 rpm's
Does anyone know if the kde2 rpms in cooker can be redirected to /opt/kde2 instead of /usr?
[expert] filtering the list
While you are filtering Mallard, PLEASE filter those GOD DAMN out of office replies! -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: Re Re Re [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL!HowdoIsetthedefault editor soI can TRASH IT?
Mallard wrote: > > "Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: > > > > How do I filter out Mallard's hot wind using qmail? > > > > Go to your options menu and set it to move messages with "Mallard" in > them to another mail directory. That should do it. yup - under netscape edit->message filters->new-> ... you get the idea. > If everyone ignores the GEEKYNESS of Linux, maybe LINUX WILL GO AWAY! not bloody likely. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] cdburning
Hi, Question. In alot of burning frontends they recognise my scsi-3 burner but not my ide cdrom drive for the reader. Any idea how I can configure the system so that it'll be recognised? I belive that most of them are getting the device information from cdrecord -scanbus Cheers, Sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] program
Ralph wrote: > > Hey All, > I use grip to make my mp3's. Is there a program for Linux > that will convert them back so I can burn cd's to work in reguler > cd players?? Hmm. I'm not sure but checkout sox, or there is a gui tool called eroaster: http://eclipt.uni-klu.ac.at/projects/eroaster/ that will do it. > > Thank you, > Ralph > -- > WHEREVER YOUR HEAD GOES YOUR ASS WILL FOLLOW !! -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] rpm's
Hi, I made rpm's for kisocd-0.6.3-1 both src and binary. Anyone want them, or is there a place I can upload them? Sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] cdrecorder proggys
Hi, OK. I got the suggested CD burner (yamaha 8424sz SCSI-3) and now I'm looking for what you guys think is the best burner software. preferable for KDE but it doesn't have to be. Cheers, Sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] Enable wheel mouse in 7.1?
checkout: http://www.ics.mq.edu.au/~robbie/linux/itouch.html Ralph Day wrote: > > Check the Newbie list archives. This has been discussed a few times there. > > - Ralph > > - Original Message - > From: "Joe Chen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2000 12:04 AM > Subject: [expert] Enable wheel mouse in 7.1? > > > Hi, > > > > Can anyone there tell me how to enable the wheel mouse in 7.1? I just > > installed a GPL version of Madrake 7.1 and still can not figure out how to > > make the wheel mouse work. > > > > -- Joe > > > > > > --- > > FREE! The World's Best Email Address @email.com > > Reserve your name now at http://www.email.com > > > > -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL! a littlemorecoddling?
> If we want the developers to help us like they did a year ago when Denis, > Steve, Civileme, Axalon, Jean-Michael, Ramon, Dave, Brian, and others like > them, were watching the list and responding then we have to change our > collective attitudes. The power users and guru's are lurking in the shadows > watching this list but they are silent as are many of the sys admins and > networking guru's who used to be very active. Unfortunately a lot of us are really busy too. We help when we can, with what we can off the top of our heads. Sheldon.
Re: [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL! How do I set the defaulteditor so I can TRASH IT?
Ditto for everything that Ellick said. I do EVERYTHING in vi, including programming, etc. It's fast, reliable, works over telnet, etc. You are most surely asking for flames if you are posting that kind of stuff here. Alot of us, incl. me are unix/linux sysadmins. When you are doing remote administration of 2000+ machines you don't want to log and and do export DISPLAY=xxx:0; your_favorite_editor and wait for X to load it over the network, then bother with the god damn mouse to edit one friggin line in a config fire. NOT to mention file->open->annoying dialog box crap. Talk about what is crap! geesh. If you can't stand the fire, get out of the kitchen Ellick Chan wrote: > > On Mon, 14 Aug 2000, Mallard wrote: > > > Why did Mandrake pick the most geekyist editor for a setup that is > > suposto be easy for users? > > It's the unix tradition :) > > > > > Anyone else seen this joke of a program? > > > Yes, and I use it almost daily > > > With Vim all you have to do is spend a half hour trying to get it give > > you help, then scroll all the way to the bottom of a super long > > whoopy-do list of usless keyboard commands that you will forget a day > > after you use them. Please get rid of it! > > > > It's a bit strange at first, but when you use it a lot, it is very > logically designed. > > > thinking? Do they live on this planet? Why does Mandrake support this? > > Trash it! > > > Can't, vi should be a minimal part of every Linux distro, it is standard > on any Unix system. > > > I don't know who thinks this is some great thing, WOW! It has zillions > > of features! It's not 1982 anymore, we have word processors that have a > > better human interface than terminals did, get a life geeks! (directed > > at the guys who wrote and keep updating "vi" and "vim") > > > It's the only editor that behaves right on weird terminals such as the > crappy Micro$oft telnet. > > > Why not make the default editor a nice simple one, like maybe pico, > > where the commands are shown. I can't see anyone using a command line > > editor for much else than a few simple changes, there are better simple > > editors in KDE and such. Damn that really pissed me off, and on top of > > that you guys changed from "vi" (same stupid geeky crap) to "vim" (worse > > geeky crap) in 7.1 did someone request this? I want to know who! > > > That may be ok for beginners, but a hard core sys admin wants vi. > > > Sorry for the bandwith waste, had to get this off my chest. Anyone else > > feel like I do about this? > > > This post is asking for a flame when put on expert groups, but I see the > purpose of an easier editor for beginners. However, Mandrake has a large > audience to satisfy, including hard core UNIX people. Vi has established > itself as the standard editor, and it is not easily going to be displaced. > > -- > Regards, > > Ellick Chan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aug 14 -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] A mess of questions!
> #2. Since I am using NAMED from BIND, is there any need of having the YPBIND > package installed? No ypbind is for NIS. > > #3. I posted this one last week and got 0 replies. Probably b/c you are asking too many things at once. You may have better success if you post each seperate problem seperately. Sorry. I don't know the answer to the rest. > How do you do port forwarding > with the new ipchains? The IPCHAINS howto was written prior to the new format. > Specifically, how do you use ip_portfw and ip_autofw? Aren't those the old tools for the 2.0.x kernels? I think you can do it all just with ipchains. Not sure though I only looked at it once. === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] ICQ for Linux
What about kicq-1.0.0 ? I use it and it seems pretty good. Alexander Skwar wrote: > > On Wed, Aug 09, 2000 at 10:31:13AM -0400, Austin L. Denyer (SysAdmin.) as root wrote: > > Does anyone know of a good ICQ client for Linux? I'm running LICQ at > > Hmm, LICQ is supposed to be quite good. Nonethesless, I use GnomeICU as it > integrates best with Gnome because of a very neat panel applet. > > Alexander Skwar > -- > Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx > Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys > ICQ:7328191 -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] Compiling kernels.
I don't think make oldconfig is what this person is after. From: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-HOWTO.html `make oldconfig' will attempt to configure the kernel from an old configuration file; it will run through the `make config' process for you. If you haven't ever compiled a kernel before or don't have an old config file, then you probably shouldn't do this, as you will most likely want to change the default configuration. > I think make oldconfig I what your after. (Someone else please conferm > this) > > Cheers, > Scott -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] cdr or cdrw suggestions
Hi, I'm looking to pick up a CD-R or CD-RW drive soon and I'm looking for suggestions on a really nice and fast unit. I know it's best to go for scsi so that's what I'm looking at. Any suggestions on models from those of you with scsi burners? Cheers, Sheldon -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] dyndns update script
Hi,
I put together a quick script that will use the dyndns
ddns client to update a dyndns dynamic hostname (although
you could modify it to use something else and update a static
one too.) It does two things. 1st it checks to see if the
ip dns has matches the ip your service provider gave you
or dhcp has assigned you. It also checks to see how long it
has been since the last time you updated your dyndns entry.
(recall dhs's policies on updating you entry). If it has
been longer than 25 days or you ip has changed then it
updates it.
I added modified this section of my ifup script (starting line 117)
to look like this:
if [ -n "$DHCP" ];then
echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE via dhcpcd..."
if /sbin/dhcpcd $DEVICE -h $HOSTNAME ; then
echo " done."
echo -n "Checking Dynamic DNS Configuration... "
/root/bin/up-dyndns $DEVICE #this is the script!
else
echo " failed."
exit 1
fi
Hope this can help someone :)
Sheldon.
--
===
"... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and
violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... "
- Buddha
For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout:
http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican
===
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Net::hostent;
use Socket;
use Env qw(HOSTNAME);
#
# User Configuration Variables #
#
$command = "/usr/sbin/ddns --modify";
$config = "/etc/dyndns.conf";
$ifconfig = "/sbin/ifconfig";
#
# Do NOT Edit below here unless you #
# know what you are doing! #
#
$host = $ENV{HOSTNAME};
$DEVICE = $ARGV[0];
if ($DEVICE eq "") { die "Usage: up-dyndns \n"; }
unless ($h = gethost($host)) {
warn "$0: no such host: $host\n";
}
# Processing config file
open (INPUT, "$config") || die "Unable to open $config for reading.\n";
$day_data = ;
chop $day_data;
($temp,$date) = split('=',$day_data);
($last_day,$last_month,$last_year) = split('/',$date);
close (INPUT);
# Get our IP according to dns.
$dns_IP = inet_ntoa($h->addr);
# Get our actual IP according to ifconfig
open(IFCONFIG,"$ifconfig $DEVICE |") || die "Unable to get local IP address for
$DEVICE.\n";
$line = ;
$line = ;
($temp,$line) = split(':', $line);
$line =~ s/\s//g;
$line =~ s/[A-Z]|[a-z]//g;
$actual_IP = $line;
close (IFCONFIG);
# Find out how long it has been since we updated dyndns.
$age = &find_age($last_day,$last_month,$last_year);
# Update dyndns and out config file if necessary.
if ( ($dns_IP != $actual_IP) || ( $age >= 25 ) )
{
print STDOUT "Updating Dynamic DNS from: $age days ago, Address: $dns_IP to
$actual_IP \n";
# update dyndns ip address
open(OUPUT,"$command |") || die "Unable to execute ddns.\n";
#@output = ;
#print "@output\n";
close (OUTPUT);
# update date in conf file
($sec, $min, $hour, $now_dd, $now_mm, $now_, $wday, $yday, $isdst) = localtime;
$now_ += 1900;
$now_mm++;
open (OUTPUT, ">$config") || die "Unable to open $config for writing.\n";
print OUTPUT "DATE=$now_dd/$now_mm/$now_\n";
close (OUTPUT);
}
else { print STDOUT "Dynamic DNS OK\n"; }
# Subroutine to grab $mm and $dd and calculate the number of days since the last
update
sub find_age
{
$ = @_[2];
$mm = @_[1];
$dd = @_[0];
# Get the current date.
($sec, $min, $hour, $now_dd, $now_mm, $now_, $wday, $yday, $isdst) = localtime;
$now_mm++;
$now_ += 1900;
$find_age=0;
$find_age=$find_age + $now_dd - $dd;
if (($now_mm > $mm || ($now_mm == $mm && ($now_dd - $dd) >= 0)) && (int($find_age +
0.5 + ($now_mm - $mm) * 30.41667) <= 365) && $now_) * 12) + $now_mm) -
((($) * 12) + $mm)) < 12) { $find_age = int($find_age + 0.5 + ($now_mm - $mm) *
30.41667); } #less than a year
else { $find_age = int($find_age + 0.5 + ($now_mm + (($now_ - $) * 12) -
$mm) * 30.41667); }
if ($mm == 2 && $now_mm != 2) { $find_age = $find_age - 2; } #month of February
return $find_age;
}
DATE=31/7/2000
[expert] oops forgot a file for dyndns
Here is the conf file.. pretty simple. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican === DATE=31/7/2000
[expert] dyndns update script
Hi,
I put together a quick script that will use the dyndns
ddns client to update a dyndns dynamic hostname (although
you could modify it to use something else and update a static
one too.) It does two things. 1st it checks to see if the
ip dns has matches the ip your service provider gave you
or dhcp has assigned you. It also checks to see how long it
has been since the last time you updated your dyndns entry.
(recall dhs's policies on updating you entry). If it has
been longer than 25 days or you ip has changed then it
updates it.
I added modified this section of my ifup script (starting line 117)
to look like this:
if [ -n "$DHCP" ];then
echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE via dhcpcd..."
if /sbin/dhcpcd $DEVICE -h $HOSTNAME ; then
echo " done."
echo -n "Checking Dynamic DNS Configuration... "
/root/bin/up-dyndns $DEVICE #this is the script!
else
echo " failed."
exit 1
fi
Hope this can help someone :)
Sheldon.
--
===
"... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and
violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... "
- Buddha
For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout:
http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican
===
#!/usr/bin/perl
use Net::hostent;
use Socket;
use Env qw(HOSTNAME);
#
# User Configuration Variables #
#
$command = "/usr/sbin/ddns --modify";
$config = "/etc/dyndns.conf";
$ifconfig = "/sbin/ifconfig";
#
# Do NOT Edit below here unless you #
# know what you are doing! #
#
$host = $ENV{HOSTNAME};
$DEVICE = $ARGV[0];
if ($DEVICE eq "") { die "Usage: up-dyndns \n"; }
unless ($h = gethost($host)) {
warn "$0: no such host: $host\n";
}
# Processing config file
open (INPUT, "$config") || die "Unable to open $config for reading.\n";
$day_data = ;
chop $day_data;
($temp,$date) = split('=',$day_data);
($last_day,$last_month,$last_year) = split('/',$date);
close (INPUT);
# Get our IP according to dns.
$dns_IP = inet_ntoa($h->addr);
# Get our actual IP according to ifconfig
open(IFCONFIG,"$ifconfig $DEVICE |") || die "Unable to get local IP address for
$DEVICE.\n";
$line = ;
$line = ;
($temp,$line) = split(':', $line);
$line =~ s/\s//g;
$line =~ s/[A-Z]|[a-z]//g;
$actual_IP = $line;
close (IFCONFIG);
# Find out how long it has been since we updated dyndns.
$age = &find_age($last_day,$last_month,$last_year);
# Update dyndns and out config file if necessary.
if ( ($dns_IP != $actual_IP) || ( $age >= 25 ) )
{
print STDOUT "Updating Dynamic DNS from: $age days ago, Address: $dns_IP to
$actual_IP \n";
# update dyndns ip address
open(OUPUT,"$command |") || die "Unable to execute ddns.\n";
#@output = ;
#print "@output\n";
close (OUTPUT);
# update date in conf file
($sec, $min, $hour, $now_dd, $now_mm, $now_, $wday, $yday, $isdst) = localtime;
$now_ += 1900;
$now_mm++;
open (OUTPUT, ">$config") || die "Unable to open $config for writing.\n";
print OUTPUT "DATE=$now_dd/$now_mm/$now_\n";
close (OUTPUT);
}
else { print STDOUT "Dynamic DNS OK\n"; }
# Subroutine to grab $mm and $dd and calculate the number of days since the last
update
sub find_age
{
$ = @_[2];
$mm = @_[1];
$dd = @_[0];
# Get the current date.
($sec, $min, $hour, $now_dd, $now_mm, $now_, $wday, $yday, $isdst) = localtime;
$now_mm++;
$now_ += 1900;
$find_age=0;
$find_age=$find_age + $now_dd - $dd;
if (($now_mm > $mm || ($now_mm == $mm && ($now_dd - $dd) >= 0)) && (int($find_age +
0.5 + ($now_mm - $mm) * 30.41667) <= 365) && $now_) * 12) + $now_mm) -
((($) * 12) + $mm)) < 12) { $find_age = int($find_age + 0.5 + ($now_mm - $mm) *
30.41667); } #less than a year
else { $find_age = int($find_age + 0.5 + ($now_mm + (($now_ - $) * 12) -
$mm) * 30.41667); }
if ($mm == 2 && $now_mm != 2) { $find_age = $find_age - 2; } #month of February
return $find_age;
}
Re: [expert] Vmware??? How to use it.
Mark Weaver wrote: > > Hi List, > > Yesterday I saw something in one of the posts about Vmware and decided to > go and get it. It's installed and working, but I have No idea how to use > it, nor where the documentation is for it. The `man' page is really no > help at all. Anyone have any suggestions on where to find info for this? You can download the docs from their web page. Basically you make a configuration with their "wizard" and then once you turn it on it's like booting a new machine w/ an empty hard drive. You can boot from a floppy or put in a bootable cd to boot from a cd. Just install an OS under it and away you go. > > -- > Mark > > ** Registered Linux user # 182496 ** > > -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] high securiy server
I believe that you can change the security level from drakconf. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] sysrq keys
Hi, Just wondering from you mandrake guys in the magic sysrq keys option was enabled for the stock kernel on LM7.0 Is so is there anything that needs to be done configuration wise to enable it? Thanks. Sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] Dial on Demand
[snip] > Why don't you contribute your stuff about DoD to the > mandrakeuser.org and merge it with the stuff Tom has already > gathered there? > > We try to show the MUO as a part of our support system and it > would be great if this site would get more of the excellent > solutions I often see on this list. > > I'm sure Tom would appreciate it. Sure if you could get him to actuall post the stuff you send him. I've sent him things a few time (in feb) and they still aren't posted so I stopped trying. === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] glibc 2.1.3
Hi,
Being adventurous I upgraded my glibc to 2.1.3 from the
cooker rpms. Anyhow, now that I'm trying to compile I'm
getting the message:
gcc -c -I. -I. -I../../include -I../../include -g -O2 -Wall -fPIC
-D__WINE__ -D_REENTRANT -I/usr/X11R6/include -o registry.o registry.c
perl: warning: Setting locale failed.
perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings:
LANGUAGE = "en",
LC_ALL = "en",
LANG = "en"
are supported and installed on your system.
perl: warning: Falling back to the standard locale ("C").
Any clues ?
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===
"... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and
violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... "
- Buddha
For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout:
http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican
===
Re: [expert] High definition console 2
> - Emacs and the fb impact performances. Specifically, do we > want to load emacs just to see two windows side by side? what > would the VI guys say? - we say something like windows who need windows? gui's are for sissys. ;) sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
[expert] what I want
Hi, I'd basically like to see all of the packages updated. There are some packages that seem never to have gotten updates. I'd like to see all of the helix-gnome stuff. I'd like to see some of the linux4kids stuff. realplayer, java 1.2.2, updated xmms stuff and all the plugins (pretty much) and all of the skins (pretty much). Definately a solid dist of the kdevelop tools, the new gdb and insight, blender, more themes, Geheimnis, Acroread4, portsentry, logcheck, hostsentry. You know lots of stuff. Well, you asked. :) Sheldon. -- == "Comments are a very useful outlet for those pissed off emotions you can get when coding. While there's no-one there to take it out on at 3AM, you know that at some point in the future you're going to give someone a really bad day." Satisfaction guaranteed. - nlvp (slashdot poster) For a kick ass OPL'd FRPG visit http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ==
Re: [expert] could not open default font 'fixed' --help
Or possibly did you recently add any font's such as true type fonts during your last x session? Civileme wrote: > > giancarlo wrote: > > > > Hi > > > > Suddently my XWindowns stopped to work. When I do startx I recive the > > follow message: > > > > -FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 > > failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' > > Fatal server error: > > could not open default font 'fixed' > > > > What I did. I reinstall the follow rpm pakages; > > XFree86-3.3.6-4mdk.i586.rpm > > XFree86-Xnest-etc > > XFree86-Xvfb-etc > > XFree86-xfs-etc > > > > but it didn't work. What so now? Thanks a lot. > > -- > > João Carlos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > ICQ - 33.965.439 > > usuário Linux # 106644 > > Somehow your /tmp was scrubbed, removing files pointed to by > links--the files are sockets but the links say they are there and > of course they are gone. > > Check /tmp for directories and files > > I think (tm) you might be able to restore service by running > Xconfigurator or by running X without the font server. Then run > > /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart > > This structure was changed in 7.1 so the sockets reside in > /root/tmp and are not subject to this sort of deletion. > > Civileme -- == "Comments are a very useful outlet for those pissed off emotions you can get when coding. While there's no-one there to take it out on at 3AM, you know that at some point in the future you're going to give someone a really bad day." Satisfaction guaranteed. - nlvp (slashdot poster) For a kick ass OPL'd FRPG visit http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ==
[expert] hydrogen
Hi, I've got a question. In the 7.1 beta XFree86 4.0 is included. Does anyone have the status on: a) It's stability b) If it's DRI or not. I 'm guessing not b/c I'm assuming they are using a 2.2.x kernel. c) How will it work with a voodoo3. I know that there are special drivers for a voodoo3 for dri but what about non-dri - assuming there is no dri stuff. Also, if it IS dri then am I correct that the only version of glide that works with the DRI drivers is version 3 which isn't compatible with V2 so I if this were the case, be able to play myth2, quakeIII, etc. Cheers, Sheldon.
Re: [expert] reconfiguring disk
> You say that you don't need PM anylonger. What about resizing used partitions? [snip] Well we certainly won't when 2.4 comes out. It includes a LVM (logical volume manager) that'll let you extend a "partition" (read logical volume) over multiple disks if need be and will let you dynamically resize "partitions", LV's (assuming the filesystem you put on it will allow it to be resized). etx2 has basic support for this and I expect to see more as time goes on. -- == "Comments are a very useful outlet for all of those really pissed off emotions you can have coming your way when coding. Whilst there's no-one there to take it out on at 3 in the morning, you just know that at some point in the future you're going to have given someone a really bad day." Satisfaction guaranteed. - nlvp (slashdot poster) ==
Re: [expert] reconfiguring disk
> 4 should work, because 3.0 did. Actually, I don't know if it worked for PM3.0 did NOT have linux support. It recognized linux partitions for what they were but you could not manipulate linux ext2 partitions. PM4.0 supposedly had linux ext2 support but I'm warning you as one who has tried it not to use it. It is VERY good at mangling your files. Just try it on a partition that holds a relatively large file. It's very risky at best, especially if you run VMWare, count on your vmdisk being totally hosed. Sheldon -- == "Comments are a very useful outlet for all of those really pissed off emotions you can have coming your way when coding. Whilst there's no-one there to take it out on at 3 in the morning, you just know that at some point in the future you're going to have given someone a really bad day." Satisfaction guaranteed. - nlvp (slashdot poster) ==
[expert] useful/missing softlinks
Hi, Just to let you mandrake guys know that you are missing some useful softlinks that really should be there: librpmbuild.so.0 -> librpmbuild.so librpm.so.0 -> librpm.so and in /etc/X11R6/lib/ libglut.so -> libglut.so.3.7.0* libMesaGL.so -> libGL.so.1.2.0* libMesaGLU.so -> libGLU.so.1.2.0* Alot of programs assume you have mesa installed as libMesa** I believe that that's the way mesa installs if you compile it from source. (At least last time I did it a while ago it did). Sheldon. -- == "Comments are a very useful outlet for all of those really pissed off emotions you can have coming your way when coding. Whilst there's no-one there to take it out on at 3 in the morning, you just know that at some point in the future you're going to have given someone a really bad day." Satisfaction guaranteed. - nlvp (slashdot poster) ==
Re: [expert] You people just don't get it
John Aldrich wrote: > > On Wed, 12 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > > > What I meant is that novice users use the distro too, and they are not > > so smart in figuring out, > > what is not working correctly...And that is... > > > MY question is, what the heck would a NOVICE be doing > setting up a server If you're a NOVICE, you should call > in an expert to help you set it up, or to set it up FOR You > and show you which switches to pull and which buttons to > push for what effect. > John Or at least RTFM sufficiently. I was a newbie once and got to where I am mostly by reading all avaliable documentation first. (usually :) ) -- == "Comments are a very useful outlet for all of those really pissed off emotions you can have coming your way when coding. Whilst there's no-one there to take it out on at 3 in the morning, you just know that at some point in the future you're going to have given someone a really bad day." Satisfaction guaranteed. - nlvp (slashdot poster) ==
Re: [expert] Office Suite for Linux
> Well, now that Adobe owns it, the UI might improve -- they're on version > 6, is that what you have installed? Whatever version there is for linux. I think it's 5.5.6 beta 2. Anyhow, for some reason yesterday it stopped working. My luck eh. Sheldon.
Re: [expert] Office Suite for Linux
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > It might have been a virus but there is a much more direct > reason: > During editing a Word doc Word doesn't erase parts you erase and > replaces them with the new text. It just adds the new text and > hides the old. If you look at a doc which has been edited > several times you'll see all the old contents in it (if you look > at it with a "normal" editor. That behaviour caused some > embarrassing moments. That makes sense. It was a file that I had had for a long time, many years, so I'm not surprised. Sheldon. -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
Re: [expert] Office Suite for Linux
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: > Hmn... well, you might try Adobe Framemaker (as I mentioned earlier on > the list). Apparently there is now a Linux beta available (and as a note > to others: Framemaker was originally a Unix app, it was ported to > Windows) and it already runs in Solaris. > > It's *excellent* for large documents. I've already got it installed. I've used it before when I worked at Nortel. However, it's VERY not-user-friendly. I think the UI sucks. Although, it does produce VERY nice output. Cheers, Sheldon. -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
Re: [expert] Office Suite for Linux
> Interface (API), and should run just as fast (maybe faster?) as they > do under an MS API implementation. I just installed a cvs snapshot of wine (last night) that was made into a stripped rpm. I must say that while it still isn't stable it is damn fast. It is at least as fast as running under windows. I ran starcraft and msword. However, like I said its still really unstable. Sheldon. -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
Re: [expert] Office Suite for Linux
"Stephen", Yes, I have used word for large files and I've used it since msword version 6.0 I'm the author of an open content FRPG, http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican it's split into two word docs which combined total ~412 pages. I've never had msword choke on them. I've had msword for some reason grow the file size without reason. Once the file size grew to 63MB. I had to cut and paste everything to a new file (and then spend hours reformatting) and the size went down to ~20MB. However, now that I've moved to LInux I'm looking for something just as good for Linux so I an port my document over. I'd REALLY like it if it had an open, sane file format but I think right now that would be asking too much. (Hopefully KWord will mature to the point where I can import my docs to a reasonable extent). Cheers, Sheldon. -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
Re: [expert] Office Suite for Linux
Is there a download/trial version of Applixware I might try? I don't think I'll ever get wpoffice2000 unless they offer a download/trial version so I'm looking for other options. Thus spake Deryk Barker: > > Thus spake Sheldon Lee Wen ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > > > > Sun has released a preview of 5.2 (~80-100 MB and available for Windoze and >Linux). > > > > Yes and it chokes on large complex msword docs. > > > > I wonder how good CorelOffice2000 is? Last time I used corel wp > > to import a word doc it choked too, but that was a much older > > version. > > I've been happily using Applixware for some 18 months. It's imported > Word-7 Excel-7, Lotus 123 and even a 120+ overhead Powerpoint 7 > presentation. > > -- > |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| > |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | > |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | > |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. | -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
Re: [expert] kppp prevents other X apps from opening
I had the same problem with an isp that assigned me an invalid hostname on connection. If I opened an xterm before I dialed and then once connected used the xterm to set my hostname back to what it was then everything "unfroze." Wierd I know. Civileme wrote: > > Stephen F. Bosch wrote: > > > > Okay, my turn to ask questions: > > > > I am setting up a machine for someone else who will only have dialup > > access to the internet. I have managed to configure the modem without > > any trouble; kppp can dial in, connect, and authenticate, and I can even > > > > surf and ping and all that good stuff. > > > > Here's the *strange* part: > > > > Once connected, I can't *open* anything. Nix. Nada. I can't open > > anything on the Kpanel, I can't open apps from the Kmenu... the system > > is paralyzed. All I can do, it seems, is disconnect kppp. > > > > No error messages of any kind. > > > > If I have Netscape open when I connect, I can surf normally. If I don't > > have Netscape open, I'm SOL -- because it won't open. > > > > After I disconnect -- bingo, I can open apps again. > > > > Peculiar, no? > > > > -Stephen- > > > > > > > > > Your .kde might be corrupt--does this occur for ALL users or one user? > > There are workarounds such as configuring ppp from DrakConf->Networking > and deleting the kppp and its icons if it is specific to kppp. More > likely though, is a problem with ~/.kde. Depending on security level, > there might be something in some of the configuration or options files. > > The fast test, if it is a ~/.kde problem is to rename ~/.kde to > something else and let it be regenerated by ctrl-alt-backspace and > logging in as the same user. If kppp then works, you know where the > problem lies and you can retest as you put in every customized setting. > If the same behavior evinces, then that is not the problem and you can > delete the newly formed ~/.kde and rename the old one back to restore > customizations. > > Other places to look? /etc/ppp/options /etc/ppp/ifup-ppp > > Civileme -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
Re: [expert] Office Suite for Linux
> Sun has released a preview of 5.2 (~80-100 MB and available for Windoze and Linux). Yes and it chokes on large complex msword docs. I wonder how good CorelOffice2000 is? Last time I used corel wp to import a word doc it choked too, but that was a much older version. -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
Re: [expert] Can't Break X Autostart
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: [snip] > If you don't use "init", lilo doesn't know what to do with the parameter. Yes it does. I use "linux 3" at the lilo prompt all the time. No problems. -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
Re: [expert] NIS problems
> 2) After the server is found I log off and try to log on with the > username/password entries of the server's maps. I do not get an > authentication failure, which means that the entries were found, the > username/password form disappears for a couple of seconds but then appears > again. I never manage to log in. Why I cannot? The user configuration files > found on the server were not suitable for the client? > What do I have to make sure, in order not to get that problem? What do you get from doing a "ypmatch username passwd"? Also could it be that the problem is not with nis? try to log in via the console and see if you get any error output. Also check your /var/log/messages to see what the output is then let me know. It's been a while since I did nis stuff but I'll see what I can do. -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
Re: [expert] Joystick/SB AWE32 Game Port
I've had the same problem. If someone can find a solution please post it. -- == "Definitions involving chicken heads no longer apply." -Jon katz ==
