Re: [expert] I'm in big trouble
On Fri, 5 Sep 2003 22:40:50 +0100, you wrote: >I was installing 9.1 on David's box while he was out. It has booted >to the point of the blue wave, then it can't get the display up. > >I tried going to init 3, then running XFdrake as root, the menu comes >up, but I can't find any way to change any part of the configuration. >I have to set it to a generic lcd screen. > >I have to get this fixed before he gets home, or I'll be divorced >What do I do now? > >Anne If you are installing 9.1 with an LCD monitor, the appropriate driver for the video card may not be present. For instance, I have an Nvidia video card and a Viewsonic LCD; I had to download Nvidia's driver before I could get KDE to load onscreen. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Illuminati Tesuque, NM, Chapter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Abit KT7 RAID MB (VIA chipset)
On Fri, 28 Feb 2003 00:19:24 +, you wrote: >in the hpt bios I noticed some strange config. WD80GB can be set upto >UDMA2 only. DTLA 60GB can be set upto UDMA5 max, DTLA 10GB can be set >upto UDMA2 max. So it seems strange that the WD can not go upto a >faster speed as its ata100 hpt etc. The UDMA setting is controlled by the manufacturer's software utility. I don't work with WD drives but I'll bet yours is set to UDMA2. Go to WD's Web site and there is probably a utility you can download to change the UDMA setting. IBM's utility runs under PCDOS on a single boot floppy. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NVIDIA Driver help needed Mandrake9 installation
On Sun, 15 Dec 2002 17:34:38 -0800, you wrote:
>What I do not understand is if etc/modules should say nvidia and not NVdriver
>and the XF86Config-4 Module should say Load "GLX" and it points to the
>libglx.so file why does it appear to work and yet not work when the new rpms
>are installed. Should I change the XF86CONFIG-4 Module section and the
>etc/module file to nvidia?
>
>Confused.
Re your last sentence, yes. Then do "modprobe nvidia".
I got it working from the following advice:
Load drivers
Vi edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file.
In the Module section,
Remark out Load "glx"
Instead, right under the line Load "dbe", add:
Load /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/extensions/libglx.so
In the Driver section,
Replace driver "nv" (or "NVdriver") with "nvidia"
Save file
Run modprobe nvidia
If you are using an AGP card,
In the Screen section add this line:
Option "NvAgp" "1"
("0" will disable AGP)
Good luck,
Steve
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Re: [expert] Best way to backup.
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 08:45:42 -0400, you wrote: >On Thursday 17 October 2002 10:55 pm, Steve Browne wrote: >... >> dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb >> >> This works for me on an ext2 system. Not sure about ext3 and the >> others. Warning: depending on your CPUs and drive sizes, the transfer >> can take a LONG time. Like, five hours. > >Have you tried increasing the buffer size? >Something like "dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=8M" >This should help, granted it won't do lots if you have 5400 RPM drive, with >ISA IDE and a 486. I'll try that. Thanks. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Best way to backup.
On Thu, 17 Oct 2002 20:47:22 -0400, you wrote: >Hi list, > > I have complex configurations on a few servers - MDK 8.1, 8.2 - >and I am now at the stage to setup a backup procedure that would enable me >to save the images of each server on a second hard drive on the same >machine. In case of failure, I would like to be able to restore the >original server setup. > > What is the best way to reach that objective. In older days of >Unix, we used the instruction DUMP and RESTORE. Is this valid in Linux or >is there a better way. > >Thanks > > >Groupe Richard Laframboise Consultants Inc. >St-Eustache, Qc >Canada That is exactly what I do: use two identical sized hard drives and clone one to the other. The native Linux command is dd dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb This works for me on an ext2 system. Not sure about ext3 and the others. Warning: depending on your CPUs and drive sizes, the transfer can take a LONG time. Like, five hours. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] how to test CPU-temperature, fan etc. ?
On Thu, 10 Oct 2002 16:17:38 +0200, you wrote: >hi, >does anyone have knowledge about progs or scripts, which are able to find out, >which temperature the CPU have and perhaps RAM or other things ? > >thanks and bye >hans Install gkrellm. It's on your installation CDs. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Spanish question mark
On 30 Sep 2002 21:28:52 -0300, you wrote: >Hi! I've Mandrake 9.0 with USA international (with accents) keyboard >layout. I can type all the spanish specific symbols, except the opening >question mark (this one: '¿'). > >Anybody know the key combination to generate this symbol? > >Toshiro. > The extended ASCII code is 168. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Modifying $PATH in KDE3 terminal
My $PATH as root in runlevel 3 is fine, but as user in KDE3 in a terminal window there are errors. Such as /usr/local... I use /home instead of /usr/local. Such as /usr//bin (two slashes). How do I correct this $PATH ? I see nothing in /etc/profile or /etc/profile.d which lists the directories. I have no .profile in my /home/steve directory. There is nothing in .bash_profile or .bashrc which lists the directories of $PATH. Where else should I look, or is there a runlevel 3 command (as root) to reset user steve's $PATH ? Thank you. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Changing Desktop Manager?
I installed LM-8.2 without KDE 2.2, then installed the Mandrake RPMs for KDE 3.3. Mandrake defaulted to an autologin with the Gnome Desktop Manager. I fixed that by going to /etc/sysconfig/desktop and revising to DISPLAYMANAGER=kdm Now, however, if I log out of KDE, the system still defaults to the Gnome DM. How do I change that? Thank you. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?
On 19 May 2002 00:25:02 -0400, you wrote: >On Sat, 2002-05-18 at 22:11, KevinO wrote: >> IBM > >I heartily second this. I set up a web company on IBM's over three >years ago, and they've been running 24/7 ever since. Last week the >technical director told me it was one of the best things I ever did; >he's sold on the hardware. The irony is, I recently read that IBM is getting out of the hard drive business. I don't know if that means selling off that arm, or stopping production. Anybody know more? Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Xine error message
On Mon, 13 May 2002 16:12:17 -0400, you wrote: >On Mon, 13 May 2002 13:22:36 -0600 >Steve Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Mon, 13 May 2002 19:16:37 +0200, you wrote: >> >> >Stephen, >> >Are you trying to run an encripted dvd? >> > >> >The plugin for those dvd are not supported by Mandrake, due to the >> >possibitity of legal problems in some countries (e. USA), you can find >> >the appropriates rpms for 8.2 in http://plf.zarb.org/ >> > >> >Also you could find there the rpms for the 0.9.9 xine release, that has >> >been improved and debuged a lot; also some other plugins for xine are there. >> > >> >Francisco Alcaraz >> >Murcia (Spain) >> >> I don't believe it is encrypted (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, Region 2). Are >> you saying that the error message >> "xine engine error >> There is no available input plugin available to handle 'xine-ui >> version 0.9.8'." >> means that xine can't find the DVD, or is a piece of the software >> missing? > >The error you are getting is Not that you receive when trying to play encrypted DVDs. > >You may not have all the necessary rpms installed. > >What is the output from: > # rpm -qa |grep xine > > >Charles xine-aa-0.9.8-4mdk xine-alsa5-0.9.8-4mdk xine-arts-0.9.8-4mdk xine-dvdnav-0.9.9-1mdk xine-esd-0.9.8-4mdk xine-oss-0.9.8-4mdk xine-plugins-0.9.8-4mdk xine-ui-0.9.8-3mdk xine-ui-aa-0.9.8-3mdk xine-xv-0.9.8-4mdk xine_d4d_plugin-0.3.0-4plf libxine0.9.8-0.9.8-4mdk libxine0.9.8-devel-0.9.8-4mdk Most of these came with the 8.2 "download" CDs. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Xine error message
On Mon, 13 May 2002 19:16:37 +0200, you wrote: >Stephen, >Are you trying to run an encripted dvd? > >The plugin for those dvd are not supported by Mandrake, due to the >possibitity of legal problems in some countries (e. USA), you can find >the appropriates rpms for 8.2 in http://plf.zarb.org/ > >Also you could find there the rpms for the 0.9.9 xine release, that has >been improved and debuged a lot; also some other plugins for xine are there. > >Francisco Alcaraz >Murcia (Spain) I don't believe it is encrypted (CANNIBAL HOLOCAUST, Region 2). Are you saying that the error message "xine engine error There is no available input plugin available to handle 'xine-ui version 0.9.8'." means that xine can't find the DVD, or is a piece of the software missing? Regards, Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Xine error message
I'm trying to get xine working in 8.2. I'm not sure it is finding the DVD drive though I have created the appropriate sym links. Xine gives me the following error message: "xine engine error There is no available input plugin available to handle 'xine-ui version 0.9.8'." Since I've installed 'xine-plugins' I have no idea what this message means. Do you? Thanks, Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] again - opera and netscape?
On 13 May 2002 06:57:22 -0500, you wrote: >For what it's worth, I am running Mandrake 8.1, and both Opera 6 and >Mozilla (any version) work fine together. > >However, to help you solve your problem, I would guess that you >installed the dynamically-linked Opera, which uses the standard shared >libraries on your Linux system. It is possible there is a library >version problem between Netscape and Opera. My suggestion would be to go >to the Opera website and download the *statically compiled* version. >This version will include all libraries in its own binary, so Opera will >not need to access the system shared libraries, thus Netscape can use >its shared libraries installed in the system, and Opera will use its own >that are compiled right into the binary. > >Hope this helps, >Dave There is a newsgroup, opera.linux If your ISP carries it, you might find the problem discussed there. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] access to CD-RW
On Sun, 12 May 2002 06:42:23 -0400, you wrote: > > >nDiScReEt said onto me: >-- > > |> /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/hdd,fs=auto,--,user 0 0 > | > |If this is a cd-rw, you have to point it to /dev/scd0 not /dev/hdd. > | > >I also tried it as > >/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount >dev=/dev/scd0,fs=iso9660,ro,--,user,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 > >(and any other combination w/scd0 that I could think off) > >No dice. DrakConf sees the drive as /dev/hdd. I don't know why. It used to be seen >correctly. Any other ideas? I'm having the same problem, so I hope you get an answer. It has something to do with missing symbolic links. You could try asking this in the newsgroup alt.os.linux.mandrake; I often get quick answers there. Good luck, Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lm_sensors broken in 8.2
On Tue, 07 May 2002 07:51:33 -0500, you wrote: >Is lm_sensors broken in 8.2? No, I just finished configuring it for gkrellm. The modules are compiled in the default installation kernel. You need to run, from the command line, "sensors-detect" and then add the indicated lines to /etc/rc.modules and /etc/modules.conf Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] command for making a rpm
On Wed, 13 Mar 2002 10:29:53 -0500, you wrote: >On Wednesday 13 March 2002 09:49 am, you wrote: > >But what I have is a filename.tar.gz and would like to make it into a rpm. >A while back I knew you could type the [command] filename.tar.gz and it would >then be a rpm. > >So I assume the command that you just mentioned [rpm -tb x.tar.gz] would >still work like I just quoted. > >Harold There is a program called "Alien" which will do this. You will have to rebuild Alien's rpm from the source code, which you can find at: http://kitenet.net/programs/alien/ Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] galeon-1.0 and mozilla-0.9.6
On Wed, 28 Nov 2001 02:00:48 +0600, you wrote: >i hate rpms, i'm builidng from source, anyone built this successfully ?? For dependencies you'll need: mozilla-devel 0.9.6 libxml-devel 1.8.14 GConf-devel 1.0.4 oaf-devel 0.6.6 gnome-vfs-devel 1.0.1 gdk-pixbuf-devel 0.10.1 libglade-devel 0.13 Good luck! You sure you don't like rpms? Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] galeon-1.0 and mozilla-0.9.6
On Tue, 27 Nov 2001 23:11:19 +0600, you wrote: >has anyone successfully build galeon-1.0 from mozilla-0.9.6?? > >mark Someone said that if you have mozilla-0.9.6 you can install galeon 1.0-1 from the i386.rpm (without rebuilding from source). If this works, let me know. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mozilla upgrade bbqs galeon?
On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 11:38:15 -0500, you wrote: >On Mon, 26 Nov 2001 09:48:37 -0500 >Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Monday 26 November 2001 09:35 am, Bill Witherspoon wrote: >> > Is anyone else experiencing problems? >> > I upgraded to mozilla-0.9.6-1mdk (from src.rpm), and Galeon >> > 0.12.7-1 segfaults on start up. Tried Galeon 0.12.8-1 (both from >> > source) with the same problems. >> >>I used the Red Hat rpm for mozilla 9.6 (to avoid the libpng3 >> deps) and galeon-1.0-1. Works fine, I believe you're problem is a >> mismatch between mozilla and galeon versions. >> >>Konqueror is still a better browser tho ;> > >You're right, of course. >I'd like a working Galeon tho. Do you think I should do some forcing with the rpms >you used? > >Bill. Galeon 1.0 is out; the homepage is http://galeon.sourceforge.netI downloaded the source rpm and tried to rebuild it, but it needs devel dependencies not included in Mandrake 8.1. So I'm sticking with the "old" 0.12 until Mandrake cooker offers 1.0. It is getting more and more difficult to upgrade just a part of a release because of all the changing dependencies. So why bother? Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] AbiWord hoses KDE desktop
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 20:01:33 +0600, you wrote: >uninstall libpng3 with the --nodeps option, then link ln -s >/usr/lib/libpng2.so libpng3.so, that'll get it working even though this is a >shitty fix > >mark So you are saying that libpng3 messes up the KDE desktop? That doesn't seem to be right, because when I removed AbiWord (rpm -e abiword) and relogged in, the KDE desktop was back to normal even though I have left libpng3 installed. The fault is with AbiWord OR its interaction with libpng3. BTW, AbiWord was working fine with libpng3. Further thoughts? Thanks. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] AbiWord hoses KDE desktop
On Fri, 16 Nov 2001 08:09:59 +0100, you wrote: I've tried installing the latest Mandrake cooker RPM of AbiWord (the one requiring libpng3). It installs correctly, but wipes out the links to many of the KDE programs on my desktop. For instance, I can no longer lnk to KOffice. Why should this happen? Installing one program SHOULDN'T interefere with another program. Thank you, Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Promise & 'LI' at boot
On Fri, 14 Sep 2001 23:56:31 -0400 (EDT), you wrote: >> >Hallo! >> > >> >I've changed my K6-III-400 for a Gigabyte 7DXR with a Promise controller & >> >1200 Athlon. My system is on a scsi hd and ide has to boot first in order >> >for win to boot so i've put lilo on hde. >> > >> >But i get 'LI' on startup. I've checked the mail archive and found no >> >sollution for this. Now i'm using a floppy disk to boot. Lilo returns "LI" on bootup if you have changed your hard disk configuration, because the parameters in lilo.conf are no longer valid. Since you have a "rescue" floppy boot disk, once the system has finished booting, type from the command or Xterm line, "lilo". That will reconfigure lilo. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Switched to ATI Xpert2000; now Xwindows won't start
I switched my video card from an ATI Xpert98 (8Mb PCI) to an Xpert2000 (32Mb AGP). Prior to this, Mandrake 8.0 was running fine. Now Xwindows won't start. First I get an error message during the GUI bootup at the point of running harddrake: "Checking for new hardware: Failed to open terminal." Then MDK tries to open Xwindows, fails, and defaults to the command liner interface. The Xlog file ends: (II) Primary Device is: PCI 01:00:0 (--) Assigning device section with no busID to primary device (EE) No devices detected. I have interchangeable hard disk drives for different OSs and databases, so I can report that the system runs fine under WindowsME. It's not the hardware; it's Mandrake 8.0. Good suggestions are appreciated. Thanks. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras"
[expert] Precompiled kernel in 8.0 has AGP enabled?
I've just switched from an ATI Xpert 98 (8Mb. PCI) to an Xpert 2000 (32Mb. AGP) video card. Now Xwindows won't start, although I've run Xconfigurator and everything seems properly set. The XFree86.log ends with the statement: (EE) No devices detected. This makes me wonder if the precompiled kernel provided has AGP enabled or as a module, or not loaded. Does anyone know for sure? Thanks. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras"
[expert] Config file provided with Mandrake 8.0?
Here's a question that should affect a lot of people. Suppose I want to recompile the kernel, 2.4.3-xxx, that came with Mandrake 8.0. Suppose I just want to change ONE item, enabled, disable, load as module. When I "make config" on the supplied kernel, this configuration file called up does NOT seem to be the one MandrakeSoft used to prepare the supplied kernel. It appears to be a generic configuration file from the Linux kernel team. So I have to go through 1,000 questions, only half of which I understand. Is there a Mandrake configuration file hiding somewhere? Or, if I recompile from this existing configuration file and change only ONE default, will this 99.999% compile back to the Mandrake kernel? Is there a MANDRAKE config file I can download? Thanks for ironing this out. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Veritas odit moras"
Re: [expert] Epson Stylus 800+ ESC2 as default printer?
On Wed, 14 Feb 2001 19:18:28 +1000, you wrote: >On Tuesday 13 February 2001 11:02, you wrote: >> I still use for my text printing an Epson Stylus 800+ ESC2 black and >> white inkjet printer. I don't see it listed in the CUPS roster. How >> can I set it up? > >Try one of the other Epson printers, the LQ 850 for example. Thanks, but I solved it. I went to www.cups.org and used their online driver builder to create Epson_Stylus_800-st800.ppd. I then downloaded it to /usr/share/cups/model/Epson where all the other Epson drivers are. DrakeConf still wouldn't see it in the printer setup utility, so I cp st800.ppd to LQ-850-lq850.ppd (overwriting the original) and then called it an LQ 850 in the DrakeConf setup. Works! Regards, Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero."
Re: [expert] Netscape 6 -- Segmentation Fault
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:42:43 -0600, you wrote: >However, I did manage briefly to see my plugins in Netscape 6 (by typing >about:plugins in the location bar). I saw ALL of my Netscape 4.76 >plugins (which I had copied to /usr/local/netscape) EXCEPT for the >RealPlayer plugin. > >Would appreciate any and all help. > >Yours, > >Benjamin Netscape 6 is an absolute memory hog, which is why I am avoiding it. Do you have enough memory installed? Why not go back to 4.75? Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero."
[expert] Epson Stylus 800+ ESC2 as default printer?
I still use for my text printing an Epson Stylus 800+ ESC2 black and white inkjet printer. I don't see it listed in the CUPS roster. How can I set it up? Thank you, Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Carpe diem, quam minimum credula postero."
Re: [expert] kernel-2.4.0 bootup problem
On Sat, 6 Jan 2001 21:06:35 -0700, you wrote: >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. Same problem with me - system couldn't find ES1370 module (Ensoniq/Soundblaster) even though I compiled it into the kernel. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] 7.2 installs without a hitch if you're not upgrading
I've just gotten past some "problems" installing Mandrake 7.2. I first tried upgrading my 7.1 installation and wound up with a buggy mess. Then I thought about it and decided to put the files I wanted to save into my /home directory, which I have as a separate partition. Then I could do a new installation while NOT reformatting the /home partition. This idea worked great; the information in /home was not erased. Then I found the newly-installed 7.2 hanging on boot with the SMP kernel. The problem turned out to be hardware; I still had one old standard IDE ribbon cable in my setup. I replaced it with a UDMA66 cable and that solved the problem. Onward! Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Computer Freezes with Mandrake 7.2 SMP Kernel
On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:27:11 -0800, you wrote: >Steve Browne wrote: >> I have essentially the same system, and the same problem. I found that >> the boot-up on the SMP kernel freezes at the point of "checking for >> new hardware." That is the point where the program "kudzu" is being >> called. I solved the problem by booting on "linux-up" (single CPU), >> then going to /etc/rc.d/rc5.d and moving S05kudzu to H05kudzu, thereby >> disabling kudzu at boot-up. In 7.2 you also should change S05kudzu in >> rc4.d and rc3.d. >> >> It means that at boot-up my system won't detect new hardware, but I >> can think of worse problems. >> >> Steve >> Stephen B. Browne >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >I also have the Abit BP6 with Intel Celerons 2x366 running at 550Mhz >overclock. Have flashed the BIOS to version RU dtd 05/22/2000. Installed >L-M version 7.2 and haven't experienced any of the problems you are >having. Maybe you will want to update your BIOS?? I'm running RU. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Computer Freezes with Mandrake 7.2 SMP Kernel
On Sat, 11 Nov 2000 16:43:48 -0700, you wrote: >> > I'm using the NJ bios and yes I am overclocking the Celerons >> at 550. But that's not the issue. The 2.2.17 kernel.org >> source code compiled on my system for smp runs just fine. >> It's the mandrake 7.2 (and the redhat 7.0) kernel sources >> that cause the problem. >> >> Tom Berkley I have essentially the same system, and the same problem. I found that the boot-up on the SMP kernel freezes at the point of "checking for new hardware." That is the point where the program "kudzu" is being called. I solved the problem by booting on "linux-up" (single CPU), then going to /etc/rc.d/rc5.d and moving S05kudzu to H05kudzu, thereby disabling kudzu at boot-up. In 7.2 you also should change S05kudzu in rc4.d and rc3.d. It means that at boot-up my system won't detect new hardware, but I can think of worse problems. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] ata100 drives
On Tue, 29 Aug 2000 11:51:40 -0400, you wrote: >I had __already__ gone thru a large batch of Google >output based exactly on the criteria suggested. >I found some reference to a patch, which is not >the question I need answered. (How the heck can >I install a patch if I can't install Linux on the >drive in the first place?) I'm not really an >"expert," but I thought that this was not a >question for the newbie list. If someone knows the >answer, I'd appreciate hearing from him or her. >Thanx. --doug You haven't mentioned the brand of the drive, but all manufacturers (as far as I know) have a software utility to set the ATA/100 drive to ATA/66 or ATA/33 if necessary. IBM, for instance, has an "ATA Switch Utility" downloadable from their Web site which creates a bootable floppy disk, so you don't need to have an OS installed to use it. Of course, you MUST have SOME OS installed or you couldn't be emailing this list. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Installation problems on IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 Harddrive
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:02:10 -0400, you wrote: >Now you guys tell me that my shiny new ATA 100 drive (that I haven't >even installed yet) is not going to work in Linux. Does anybody know >whether a newer kernel is out that will recognize it? Or if there's >a patch, or something? I.e., is there a work-around that doesn't >require me to fiddle with the drive or its settings? It will work in Linux, but not at ATA/100. I'm running at this moment an IBM 75GXP 15Gb. ATA/100 drive. Through IBM's "ATA Switch Utility" (which runs under Windows) I can set whatever speed I like. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Installation problems on IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 Harddrive
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:54:15 +0200, you wrote: > >>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? I don't believe the propriertary ATA/100 controllers built into your motherboard are yet supported by Linux - if your motherboard HAS ATA/100 controllers at all. You can run a drive set at ATA/100 on an ATA/66 (or ATA/33) controller; you just won't get the higher throughput. The problem addressed here is that Mandrake wouldn't complete installation because it doesn't recognize UDMA 5. For the sake of the installation the drive should be set at UDMA 4 or less. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Installation problems on IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 Harddrive
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:45:27 -0500, you wrote: >I tried to install Linux MDK 7.1 on a Gateway 2000 with a 900 MHz >Athlon. The Bios version for the Gateway is 0AA SNP05. At boot up time >the message from the Hard Disk is: >IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 > >BTW, this is a 45 GB drive. During the installation process everything >goes fine until its time to set up the partitions then I get a message >stating that there are no valid hard drives in my machine. I've >installed MDK 7.1 on computers having UDMA Harddrives and assus >motherboards having UDMA 66 hardware built in and everything works >fine. So I'm surprised things don't work on the Gatewaye 2000. > >I've tried changing BIOS settings but nothing seemed to work. I'm also >unsure exactly what UDMA 5 is. Has anybody seen this before? Also we >tried installing windoze 2k and had basically the same problem. >However, windoze 98 installs and works fine. Since win 2k and linux are >BIOSless OS's and win 98 uses hardware BIOSes I'm guessing this is a >BIOS issue with the harddrive but I don't know what to do besides change >to a different harddrive. > >Does anybody have any suggestions? 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]
Re: [expert] Backup and restore systems
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 12:39:04 -0600 (MDT), you wrote:
>> >Your description of ghost makes me a bit nervous. I conjecture from it
>> >that ghost backs up partitions as disk images, not file by file. This has
>> >two problems.
>> {snip}
>>
>> It backs up file by file.
>
>Norton's Ghost http://www.ghost.com does NOT support windows 2000
>(just checked) and does NOT support any Linux ext2 O/S.
When you say "supports" you mean "runs under". For all my backups, hdd
to mirror hdd, in Mandrake, W2000 and W-ME, I use two floppy disks.
The one containing MSDOS 7 I boot from, then switch in the second
containg Ghost 5.0d. What's so hard about that?
>
>Like ImageCast IC3 http://www.storagesoft.com/PCDeploy.asp
>they both make a *complete* copy of the ext2 partitions. So having
>a 2 Gig partition (with only 500 MB used) means 2 Gigs is backed up
>to maybe 1.2 Gig image file.
Why an image file? Back up the partition to a smaller partition (as
long as it has enough room for the data). I am speaking on the basis
of pre-Norton Ghost 5.0d. Find a copy of 5.0 or 5.1 Ghost and try it.
Steve
Stephen B. Browne
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Re: [expert] unable to mount CDROM
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 17:15:58 -0400, you wrote: >Hi, > >After rebooting my machine (had to move the machine at a diff place), I am >not able to mount my cdrom drive. I hda problems with supermount and so i >disabled it and then I played a lot with autofs.. I dont' know if that is >causing this problem.. > >This is waht I get when I try to mount cdrom > >[root@vx15 lsarang]# mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /mnt/cdrom >mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/scd0 as a block device > (maybe `insmod driver'?) > > >I have an IDE cd burner which is at /dev/hdc and lilo/grub has the string " >hdc=ide-scsi" postfixed. I have tried mounting /dev/hdc , /dev/scd0 etc but >same results. > >Any help is appreciated. > >thanks >sarang Try running kudzu from the command line or X-terminal. It is supposed to find all your hardware and configure fstab (etc.) accordingly. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Backup and restore systems
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 06:09:18 -0600, you wrote:
>On Tue, Jul 25, 2000 at 11:30:29PM -0600, Steve Browne wrote:
>> I personally think that tape is an outdated solution. I equipped my
>> tower case with "mobile" drive docks, so I can pop HDDs in and out at
>> will. I back up Mandrake with a Win98 "rescue" floppy (MSDOS 7.0) then
>> switching to a Ghost floppy. The neat thing about Ghost is that it
>> backs up all sorts of filesystems - even Martian for all I know. So I
>> mirror the entire hard drive to a backup hard drive of the same model
>> and size.
>
>Your description of ghost makes me a bit nervous. I conjecture from it
>that ghost backs up partitions as disk images, not file by file. This has
>two problems.
{snip}
It backs up file by file.
Steve
Stephen B. Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Backup and restore systems
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 02:48:58 +0100, you wrote: >What I had in mind was (1) a Linux only solution and (2) using a tape as >the backup device. The reason is that many of my company's customers >(rural telephone cooperatives) would like to become ISPs and my >supervisor wanted me to come up with a Linux solution; besides, I have >only one hard drive at home :-). Thanks. I personally think that tape is an outdated solution. I equipped my tower case with "mobile" drive docks, so I can pop HDDs in and out at will. I back up Mandrake with a Win98 "rescue" floppy (MSDOS 7.0) then switching to a Ghost floppy. The neat thing about Ghost is that it backs up all sorts of filesystems - even Martian for all I know. So I mirror the entire hard drive to a backup hard drive of the same model and size. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Backup and restore systems
On Mon, 24 Jul 2000 18:59:23 +0100, you wrote: >Mondo-Rescue (below) seems to be only for CDRs. Which is a good >procedure/application for disaster recovery when backing up with tape >using tar/gz, taper, or kdat? > >Thanks. > >---Norvell Spearman I back up from hard disk to hard disk with Ghost. It runs under MSDOS from a floppy but will back up Linux (and practically anything else). I use a version 5.0d made before Symantec bought out the program; I can't attest to the current "Norton" Ghost. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] More version 7.1 problems
On Thu, 20 Jul 2000 16:39:13 -0700, you wrote: >On Thu, 20 Jul 2000, you wrote: > > >I, too, get "folder" as my one option when I >right-click on the KDE desktop in mdk7.1 > >Pelon Create a folder called, say, NewApps. Open the folder. Now you can create an icon-link for an application, within the folder. Then move the app to the Desktop. I don't know why the procedure was changed. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Solved: Cannot start X anymore! Please help newbie
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 06:02:10 -0400, you wrote: >Don't waste your time. No sooner had I sent the message (under NT) than I >discovered the problem. Using Partition Magic 5 I discovered that star >office had filled up the main Linux partition. I therefore enlarged that >partition and now Mandrake boots up fine. [snip] Glad you found a solution, but this is "expert" mailing list. There are many Linux newsgroups where "newbies" can find help. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start
On 07 Jul 2000 12:11:04 -0700, you wrote: >Steve Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> When I boot Mandrake 7.1, the run list says at one point "clean-up >> /tmp". So /tmp is cleared out on every boot. /root/tmp is where the X >> files are that you shouldn't delete. > >yes right if you have the variable : > >CLEAN_TMP=1 > >in /etc/sysconfig/system set. That's the installation default setting. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Framebuffer/SMP
Are all precompiled SMP kernels now going to be framebuffer-enabled? I DON'T WANT framebuffer. I DO WANT SMP. There's my vote. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start
On 06 Jul 2000 11:21:29 -0700, you wrote: >John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > >> > ? ok what is the question excatly i didn't followed the thread... >> Thanks. :-) The question was why you folks put the stuff in /tmp and >> later in /root/tmp that causes X to go bad when you delete it? You > >we put nothing in /root/tmp only DrakConf has a stupid bug to leave >temporary files in ~/tmp/ When I boot Mandrake 7.1, the run list says at one point "clean-up /tmp". So /tmp is cleared out on every boot. /root/tmp is where the X files are that you shouldn't delete. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Vi editor package
On Thu, 06 Jul 2000 22:20:12 -0400, you wrote: >Anton Graham wrote: > >> Submitted 05-Jul-00 by ATL Oledog: >> > I have Redhat installed on my box, but there is no vi. What package >> > contains it? >> > >I believe there is only vim. Vi on steroids, basically. Very nice. Try >that instead. > >Sean Middleditch If you are using RedHat per se, why are you in this list? Mandrake has vi and vim. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Pseudo-graphical boot screen in kernel 2.2.17
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pseudo-graphical boot screen in kernel 2.2.17 From: Steve Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:58:14 -0600 I've installed the 2.2.17mdk kernel from the Mandrake cooker, and the only complaint I have (so far) is that the boot-up screen switches at mid-point to an SVGA mode to display the Mandrake logo at the top. I can do without the logo as I know what I'm installing, and, in fact, it doesn't work properly on my system anyway, displaying only a "ghost" image. How do I disable this in favor of the standard boot-up screen so I can concrentrate on what I'm reading? Thank you. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Pseudo-graphical boot screen in kernel 2.2.17
On Wed, 5 Jul 2000 11:18:05 -0500 (CDT), you wrote: >Recompile the kernel without framebuffer support. > >-Matt Stegman ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, Steve Browne wrote: > >> I've installed the 2.2.17mdk kernel from the Mandrake cooker, and the >> only complaint I have (so far) is that the boot-up screen switches at >> mid-point to an SVGA mode to display the Mandrake logo at the top. I >> can do without the logo as I know what I'm installing, and, in fact, >> it doesn't work properly on my system anyway, displaying only a >> "ghost" image. How do I disable this in favor of the standard boot-up >> screen so I can concrentrate on what I'm reading? Thank you. >> >> Steve >> Stephen B. Browne >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> This is the precompiled SMP kernel from the Mandrake cooker. It's not SUPPOSED to have framebuffer support. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Psedo-graphical boot screen in kernel 2.2.17
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Pseudo-graphical boot screen in kernel 2.2.17 From: Steve Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:58:14 -0600 I've installed the 2.2.17mdk kernel from the Mandrake cooker, and the only complaint I have (so far) is that the boot-up screen switches at mid-point to an SVGA mode to display the Mandrake logo at the top. I can do without the logo as I know what I'm installing, and, in fact, it doesn't work properly on my system anyway, displaying only a "ghost" image. How do I disable this in favor of the standard boot-up screen so I can concrentrate on what I'm reading? Thank you. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Pseudo-graphical boot screen in kernel 2.2.17
I've installed the 2.2.17mdk kernel from the Mandrake cooker, and the only complaint I have (so far) is that the boot-up screen switches at mid-point to an SVGA mode to display the Mandrake logo at the top. I can do without the logo as I know what I'm installing, and, in fact, it doesn't work properly on my system anyway, displaying only a "ghost" image. How do I disable this in favor of the standard boot-up screen so I can concrentrate on what I'm reading? Thank you. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Applying Applications and Devices to Desktop
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000 13:36:24 +1000, you wrote: >Hi, > >I have noticed after installing 7.1 that when you right click on the >desktop, under the 'New' option only a 'Folder' can be created. Though >when you right click on a new folder you get the past options that were >available in 7.0 of creating 'Applications, Devices, etc', though they >do not go to the Desktop as .kdelnk but the 'New Folder'. > >Can anyone assist me in creating a Desktop .kdelnk for Applications and >Devices, just like what was available in 7.0. > >Thankyou, > >Simon Robertson Create a folder called "NewApps". Open that folder and create your application link icon. Move the icon out onto the Desktop. Close the NewApps folder until the next time. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Switch back to LILO from GRUB
On Sun, 02 Jul 2000 17:25:49 +1000, you wrote: >Hi, > >I made the mistake of leaving the LBA star engaged in the Boot Window >during installation. This has meant when I booted I got GRUB instead of >LILO. No matter what adjustments I have made to DrakBoot no change has >happened to bring LILO back. > >GRUB is certainly colourful, but you can not do simple commands such as >(linux 3) to get to run level three as with LILO. > >Would anyone have an idea how to get rid of GRUB and replace it with >LILO? > >Thankyou, > >Simon Robertson Just run "lilo" and reboot. If everything were as simple Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] apm
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 22:24:34 -0500, you wrote: >On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, you wrote: >> Hey, >> Can someone tell me how to cut off the apm in Mandrake 7.1 >> it drives me nuts!!! I hate it. I'm running the smp kernal. Go to /etc/rc.d/rc5.d and remove the apm symlink. Write it down in case you ever want to replace it. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Auto Install of 7.1 Skips Network
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000 06:39:07 -0400, you wrote: >Is it normal for the auto-install of 7.1 to skip the installation of my network >adapter and the configuration of TCP/IP? This seems a bit odd. The nic is a >3c59x compatible 3c905B-TX. A quick reconfig with DrakConf had everything up and >running in no time. So use the "custom" or "expert" install options. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 and BP6 hard drive optimizations
>> > Hi all, >> > I hope this doesn't cover too well trod ground but I couldn't find any >> > good answer to it in the archives. I recently decided to switch to Mandrake >> > from Red hat when 7.1 came out. One of the statements I saw sent around about it >> > was that it natively supported the HPT366 UDMA66 interface that is part of the >> > BP6 motherboard. Mandrake does successfully work and install on a drive that >> > is on that bus but the performance I'm getting is horrible, worse than the >> > drives I have on the BX chip set's native IDE interface. [snip] If you were to put this to Abit, they would first ask you whether you are using the special UDMA66 drive cables. It can make a big difference. Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Error log for boot-up?
I've just installed Mandrake 7.1, and while the single-CPU kernel boots up fine on my dual-Celeron system, the SMP kernel hangs on "checking for new hardware". Both 2.2.15-4mdksmp and 2.2.16-4mdksmp hang. Previous versions of Mandrake have not had this problem on this machine. Is there any way to enable an errorlog.text for a partial boot, so I can backtrack and see just what the kernel is looking for and can't find? I would guess it is related to the "kudzu" app, but other than that I'm stumped. Thank you, Steve Stephen B. Browne [EMAIL PROTECTED]
