[expert] Hijacking threads

2003-11-13 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi!

I took a look about netetiquete and never wonder about hijacking, but how
can you know I hijacked a thread?  I use pine.  I looked at Mandrake
mailing-list repository and find my e-mail well addressed to the
respective threads though.

Moreover, please, how to reply a e-mail which content says nothing about
the subject, thus needing change subject, but avoiding hijacking?

Greg Meyer wrote:
Whichever comes sooner, when people stop hijacking threads on this
mailing list or when hell freezes over.  Ooops, I'm sorry, was that
sarcastic :-) 

Cheers,

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[expert] Apologies - Hijacking threads

2003-11-13 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

Ok, I found out what a mess I did about hijacking.  My fault, pardon for 
that.  Hope it'll never happen again :-).

Cheers,

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Re: [expert] Hijacking threads

2003-11-13 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
You should apologise yourself, you quite right.  I see the point.
Thanks.
Greg Meyer wrote:
On Thursday 13 November 2003 06:34 am, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:

Hi!

I took a look about netetiquete and never wonder about hijacking, but how
can you know I hijacked a thread?  I use pine.  I looked at Mandrake
mailing-list repository and find my e-mail well addressed to the
respective threads though.
Moreover, please, how to reply a e-mail which content says nothing about
the subject, thus needing change subject, but avoiding hijacking?
There is a message ID in the headers which is included in the In-Reply-To: 
field that most mail clients use to thread messages.  Some mail clients 
thread by subject though, so they escape this.

If the subject of a thread drifts, it is proper, and even desired, to change 
the subject to reflect what the discussion has become.  This is so mail 
filtering and scoring routines can properly deal with the messages.

Many posters, apparently in an effort to save themselves the time it takes to 
post a new message, simply reply to any message, delete the whole thing and 
change the subject.  This is annoying, because my mail client threads by the 
message ID, so in a thread about postifx mail headers, you get this (please 
excuse my ascii art):

Re: [expert] Postfix Headers
 |-Re: [expert] Postfix Headers
 |  |-[expert] Public downloadable 9.2 iso images
 |-Re: [expert] Postfix Headers
|-Re: [expert] Postfix Headers
   |-Re: [expert] Postfix Headers
I think people are supposed to ignore these posts in order to encourage the 
offender to repost properly.  I unfortunately let myself be rude instead, for 
which I apologize.
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Re: [expert] Hijacking threads

2003-11-13 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Oh sorry Greg!  I thought I wrote:

You *shouldn't* apologise yourself.  What a mess I'm doing.  I beg your 
pardon for that. :-)

Greg Meyer wrote:
On Thursday 13 November 2003 07:29 am, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:

You should apologise yourself


I thought I did, but if it was not clear, I apologize for being rude.

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[expert] Modem for Mandrake 9.1

2003-11-11 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List!

I'm looking for recommendations of hard/soft modem for Mandrake Linux 
9.1.  A link would help a lot also.

I had problems with Lucent and Pctel (softmodem).

Any suggestion?

Thanks in advance.

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[expert] mozilla mail password

2003-10-30 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I don't know why or how but when I decided to use mozilla mail asking me 
may password to mail account (IMAP) it's simply became unavailable!

How heck I can tell to mozilla to pop-up password screen asking me access?

I installed thunderbird and it just fine, but now I didn't check to 
remember my password.

BTW, I tried password manager in Mozilla, but, you guess, nothing 
happened.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

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Re: [expert] missing kde features

2003-10-30 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Guy McArthur wrote:
 Here's a couple KDE features I miss.

 a) Konqueror starting up with the sidebar by default (in
 file manager mode).

f-9, then save the profile.

 b) the most-frequently used 
 applications at the top of the K menu.


 If anyone knows how to enable those features, please let me
 know.

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Re: [expert] Big Disks, Old Mobos and Autotranslation???

2003-10-12 Thread alan
On Mon, 13 Oct 2003, Felix Miata wrote:

 Rob Blomquist wrote:
  
  The box is running RH 7.1, so you can see that its been up for awhile.
  
  The drives on the box are an 850 Mb drive, Make and Model Unknown, a Maxtor 15
  Gb disk, and a CD-ROM.
  
  The 850 is the bootable disk containing the OS, the other 2 drives are mounted
  to that disk, so the 80 Gb would not have to be booted.
  
  I am currently uploading Knoppix (why did I ever delete that iso?), and I will
  try running it and see what happens if the BIOS is set to not show the drive.
 
 Any modern Linux will see 850MB, 15GB,  80GB drives as long as the
 cabling and jumpers are correct.

But it may not be able to boot it if it is the drive with /boot on it and 
/boot is past where the motherboard can see.

I solved the problem by buying a Promise IDE-133 controller.  It has its 
own bios for the drives.  A good way to bypass flaky ide controllers.

They are about $50 or so from Office Despot.  They are near the hard 
drive.  I seem to remember them in a Western Digital box.


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[expert] version of CLISP

2003-09-24 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

Please, help!  What CLISP version should I have to get to make 
maxima-runtime-clisp-5.9.0-2mdk works?

Any CLISP package I got gave me:
/usr/lib/clisp/base/lisp.run: initialization file was not created by this 
version of LISP (or CLISP).

Any tip would very welcome.

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Re: [expert] 9.2 pre-orders

2003-09-22 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Charlie M. wrote:
 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
 Hash: SHA1

 September 22, 2003 12:12 pm, Vincent Danen wrote:
  On Mon Sep 22, 2003 at 10:11:37AM -0700, James Sparenberg 
wrote:
 One side,

 This statement by RH was made before the
 release of 9  9 is in the stores all that was
 dropped was the less profitable high end boxed
 sets. (those costing $100.00 US +)  the lower end
 boxed sets are still on the shelves.
   
Ahhh... ok, thanks for the clarification, James.  So
they cheap boxes are still being produced, just not
the more expensive ones.
   
Interesting.
  
   It seems that the low end boxes move.  The high end
   boxes mostly get back routed through the channel.  (the
   go to the stores, they come back.)  It seems thought
   there is room for one more version a disk only set. 
   Cheaper to produce, and a lot of people (a lot not all)
   don't need / want the book.  Advantage here.  The book
   is, the most expensive part to produce.  Heck include a
   gift Certificate for the book through the mail or
   just put it on a documentation disk that can be
   read/printed from winders.
 
  Agreed on the book part and, IIRC, it comes on the CDs or
  at least it's available online.
 
  Here's an idea tho... I was recently in a local bookstore
  that caters to *NIX junkies and saw some Yellowdog
  packages there.  The cool thing is, tho, that they came
  in a regular DVD case, just like a movie.  I'm wondering
  if there is a place for the powerpack (DVD-only) being
  produced in this way. No manual, no CDs, just the one DVD
  and your registration card.

 YES!

 Sorry for shouting but I know at least ten people here in
 Edmonton that would jump at that if it were available. 2
 would buy from Mandrake store if they could, the others
 either don't use credit cards on-line or don't use credit
 cards at all.

 I've said it before; some of my friends are as weird as I.

 Regards;
 Charlie

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Re: [expert] 9.2 pre-orders

2003-09-22 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Alan Shoemaker wrote:
 Charlie M. wrote:
  -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
  Hash: SHA1
 
  September 22, 2003 12:12 pm, Vincent Danen wrote:
   On Mon Sep 22, 2003 at 10:11:37AM -0700, James
   Sparenberg

 wrote:
  One side,
 
  This statement by RH was made before the
  release of 9  9 is in the stores all that was
  dropped was the less profitable high end boxed
  sets. (those costing $100.00 US +)  the lower end
  boxed sets are still on the shelves.

 Ahhh... ok, thanks for the clarification, James. 
 So they cheap boxes are still being produced,
 just not the more expensive ones.

 Interesting.
   
It seems that the low end boxes move.  The high end
boxes mostly get back routed through the channel. 
(the go to the stores, they come back.)  It seems
thought there is room for one more version a disk
only set. Cheaper to produce, and a lot of people (a
lot not all) don't need / want the book.  Advantage
here.  The book is, the most expensive part to
produce.  Heck include a gift Certificate for the
book through the mail or just put it on a
documentation disk that can be read/printed from
winders.
  
   Agreed on the book part and, IIRC, it comes on the CDs
   or at least it's available online.
  
   Here's an idea tho... I was recently in a local
   bookstore that caters to *NIX junkies and saw some
   Yellowdog packages there.  The cool thing is, tho, that
   they came in a regular DVD case, just like a movie. 
   I'm wondering if there is a place for the powerpack
   (DVD-only) being produced in this way. No manual, no
   CDs, just the one DVD and your registration card.
 
  YES!
 
  Sorry for shouting but I know at least ten people here in
  Edmonton that would jump at that if it were available. 2
  would buy from Mandrake store if they could, the others
  either don't use credit cards on-line or don't use credit
  cards at all.

whoops!  i forgot to mention that there are options other than 
using a credit card for payment on mandrakestore.  i quote 
the first page of the checkout sequence, Please note that 
orders paid by bank transfer, check or PayPal are processed 
once/twice a week upon receipt of the payment in our 
accounts., which show three alternate payment options other 
thgan credit cards for customers to use. :)

 
  I've said it before; some of my friends are as weird as
  I.
 
  Regards;
  Charlie

 guys$54 check it out.

http://www.mandrakestore.com/mdkinc/index.php?PAGE=tab_0/menu_2.phpid_art=277LANG_=en#GOTO_277

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[expert] I cannot see what I write here

2003-08-28 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

It's more a test.  I know that my e-mail to this list is going because I
got answers but I cannot see back what I sent!  Hope to be wrong... Let's
see.

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Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here

2003-08-28 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thanks Carroll, I got my own message too.

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, Carroll Grigsby wrote:

 On Thursday 28 August 2003 08:50 am, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:
  Hi List!
 
  It's more a test.  I know that my e-mail to this list is going because I
  got answers but I cannot see back what I sent!  Hope to be wrong... Let's
  see.
 
  Cheers,
  --
  Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
  --
 
 It comes in here. (You should get two copies of this -- one direct and one via 
 the list.)
 -- cmg
 
 

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Re: [expert] I cannot see what I write here

2003-08-28 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Sure!

J.C. Woods wrote:
So are we all happy now?



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[expert] SVG for Linux

2003-08-28 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

First, isn't XML, SVG etc, open formats?  Why does only Adobe have 
a SVG visualiser for browsers?  
I'm playing with Amaya, but... I got nothing.

And last, Adobe SVG 3.0 plugin doesn't work with Mozilla 1.4.  
So, what can I do!

Any reply would be very welcome.  Thanks in advance.

Cheers

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[expert] gnome themes only for Root

2003-08-28 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

A weird thing.  As root, using GNOME, I can choice Grand Canyon
theme and everything looks great.  However, as a simple user I got only
default Mandrake Galaxy.

Could someone give any suggestion where should I have to change 
files attribute to let use any theme that I want.
BTW, I'm sure that's nothing wrong with /usr/share/themes/
folders.  And such problem only happens with GNOME, KDE and others are
fine.

Thanks in advance.

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RE: [expert] SVG for Linux

2003-08-28 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
I'm afraid to say that's not the solution.
I did 'mozilla example.html' and got it:

LoadPlugin: failed to initialize shared library 
/usr/lib/adobesvg/libNPSVG3.so [libgtksuperwin.so: cannot open shared 
object  No such file or directory]

Methinks libgtksuperwin.so is the culprit, since such file is not 
present in mozilla distribution since version 1.2, I guess.

I'll still look for a solution, hoping someone can anticipate me.

Cheers,

On Thu, 28 Aug 2003, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote:

 
 You might try Mozilla 1.5 beta. IIRC the SVG viewer is compiled with GCC 3.2
 so you need a version of Mozilla compiled with that to get it to work. 1.5
 is the first Mozilla to be released compiled under 3.2
 
 David
 
 -Original Message-
 From: Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Thursday, August 28, 2003 11:32 AM
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [expert] SVG for Linux
 
 
 
 Hi List!
 
   First, isn't XML, SVG etc, open formats?  Why does only Adobe have 
 a SVG visualiser for browsers?  
   I'm playing with Amaya, but... I got nothing.
 
   And last, Adobe SVG 3.0 plugin doesn't work with Mozilla 1.4.  
 So, what can I do!
 
   Any reply would be very welcome.  Thanks in advance.
 
 Cheers
 
 

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Re: [expert] Configuring apcupsd

2003-08-27 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Anne,

If you're using serial cable, better.  I wasn't able to setup a apc ups
with usb cable.  If you allow me, despite not knowing to identify your
cable type, use apcupsd version 3.8 (not 3.10 that come with MDK 9.1).  
The former version is quite less complicate to setup and so you can try by
chance in the apcupsd config file to find out which cable you have.

Other suggestion is to get apcupsd source code from apcupsd.org.  There 
you'll get apctest.  And then you may play out with apcupsd 3.10.

Sorry if I couldn't help more.

On Tue, 26 Aug 2003, Anne Wilson wrote:

 It is forecast that the UK will have considerable power outages this 
 winter, so I'm trying to get my ancient APC Backups to autoshutdown, 
 in case I'm not around to catch it.  Up to now it has just held the 
 system going long enough for me to shutdown, but that's too risky if 
 power cuts can be any time.
 
 So - I've installed apcupsd.  I've gone through the conf file, and 
 checked what I can, but the serial cable I had supplied with this 
 unit doesn't indicate type at all.  The documentation says that you 
 can run apctest to check it.  I can't find apctest, and it doesn't 
 appear on either my installed list or installable list.  I know that 
 some of you run apcupsd, so do you have the test program, and if so, 
 how did you find it?
 
 Anne
 
 

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[expert] convet pine's addressbook to mozilla

2003-08-26 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I'm trying to find some tool that allow me to convert easyly my pine's 
addressbook to mozilla/netscape addressbook, and even possible, to palm as 
well.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

Cheers,

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Re: [expert] OT Why?

2003-08-24 Thread alan
On Sun, 24 Aug 2003, Bill wrote:

 I have been using Linux now for a few years and with the latest rounds of 
 viruses I just done get it! Why are IT Mgrs still employed by companies that 
 alow them to use M$ servers? I just dont get it! First off the savings in 
 licenseing fees alone would suggest using Linux based servers. Second to 
 install a Linux based email server running mail scanning software that scans 
 for dangerous attachements is easy and free. the damn anti-virus software is 
 free and not only that it can be updated using a damn cron file. 
 
 If all businesses rather small or large ran Linux and scanned there in and 
 out going mail there wouldnt be these stupid ass viruses. Just imagin the 
 cost savings some corporations would have dumping M$ email servers for 
 Postfix or Sendmail 

The problem is not the servers.  The problem is the client.

Outlook is the problem here, not the servers.

Why companies use outlook is another issue.  They use it because they 
believe they have to. The features that they want are calendars and shared 
folders integrated into the mail client. 

Sounds like a job for Evolution!

Exchange is also a piece in this puzzle.  You want to replace that as 
well.  IMAP and ical will replace much of the functionality of Exchange 
without the data corruption problems.  

I don't see why people choose Microsoft at all.  The cost per seat is 
prohibitive, when you do the math.  The reliability is vague, at best.  
You can't replace hardware without having to reinstall the entire OS.  You 
can't mount non-MS partitions or media.  You are limited to a single 
desktop. It requires much more hardware to run.  (And lots of single 
function machines scattered about for PDCs, BDCs, WINS, etc.)

And you have to worry about law enforcement people coming in and shutting 
your company down if you are running something unauthorized.

Screw that! I'm running Linux!


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Re: [expert] a pop-up remote command

2003-08-07 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
You mean LinPopUp, don´t you?

But my problem is that I'm connected remotely, only using console, so I'm 
looking for something that could call the attention of the one using that 
box that I logon remotely.

I hope I can find something.

Thanks anyway.

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, James Sparenberg wrote:

 On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 15:51, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:
  Hi List!
  
  I look for a command that could be used to pop-up a message in a remote 
  Display, like using smbclint -M for winblows.
  
  Many thanks in advance.
  Cheers, 
 
 I use winpop for that.  Works just like the windows version and does
 opperate between linux and windows (or linux to linux) without a
 problem.  Just have to enable it on the windows end and it works.
 
 James
 
 
 
 

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Re: [expert] k3b and supermount problem

2003-08-06 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
I used xcdroast, but k3b is so cute!! I cannot helping using it, even 
without supermount.

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, R N dev wrote:

 But xcdroast works well! so i think it's just a
 configuration parameters problem. I'm trying
 to discover the problem.
 
 
 --- Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
  Well, faced the same problem.  I gave up supermount.
 
 
 
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Re: [expert] k3b and supermount problem

2003-08-05 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
I really hope that k3b can bacome smart when detecting whether 
supermount is present or not.  Maybe in version 1.0, who knows.

Besides, I noticed that supermount and k3b can have some conflict when 
mounting by k3b.

On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, R N dev wrote:

 thx anyway, if i find the soluction i'll post it
 Angelo
 
 P.S. i think k3b is very good too but supermount
 is useful.
 
 --- Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 wrote:
  I used xcdroast, but k3b is so cute!! I cannot
  helping using it, even 
  without supermount.
  
  On Tue, 5 Aug 2003, R N dev wrote:
  
   But xcdroast works well! so i think it's just a
   configuration parameters problem. I'm trying
   to discover the problem.
   
   
   --- Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   wrote:
Well, faced the same problem.  I gave up
  supermount.
   
   
   
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[expert] a pop-up remote command

2003-08-05 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List!

I look for a command that could be used to pop-up a message in a remote 
Display, like using smbclint -M for winblows.

Many thanks in advance.
Cheers, 

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[expert] Memory in dmesg.

2003-08-04 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

I start to noticed this at my dmesg output:
memory : f6986aa0
memory : f69865e0
memory : f6986620
memory : f69865a0
memory : f6986aa0

Box ok until now.
May someone tell what that means, please?

Thanks in advance,
Cheers,

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Re: [expert] k3b and supermount problem

2003-08-04 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Well, faced the same problem.  I gave up supermount.


On Sun, 3 Aug 2003, R N dev wrote:

 Hi 
 i've just updated my k3b to 0.9 version and
 i can't import session any more.
 The reason seems to be related to the device that
 cannot be mounted (that's true i've the supermount :-)
 
 any suggestion?
 
 Angelo
 
 
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Re: [expert] I Hate RPM's!!

2003-07-29 Thread alan

RPM is not your problem here.  

The warning messages you are getting are from OpenSSL.

The OpenSSL API changes between version.  It is trying to verify that the 
version you linked against is the version you are actually calling.  
(There are some very good reasons to do this.)

Upgrading OpenSSL by hand is not for the timid.

And now a real reason to hate RPM.  (This is fixable BTW.)

If you use --whatrequires to find all the things that OpenSSL is 
supposed to link against, you will get a small handful of the actual 
dependancies.  If you use -e, you will get a complete list.  (If the 
library is not listed in the spec file, the autodependancy will pick it 
up, but only the library name, not the correct package.)

And then there is the bug in obsoletes...


On Tue, 29 Jul 2003, Tru64 User wrote:

 Hi,
 
 i checked my openssl, it was version 0.9.6x
 (vulnerable)
 MandrakeUpdate, does not offer its upgrade via
 security updates.
 
 OK. So? Download openssl-0.9.7b (No rpm available)
 OK. Make one of my own (rpm -tb .tar.gz), Fine.
 
 Try installing (complains about conflicting stuff!)
 rpm -e openssl-0.9.6* ;libopenssl0-0.9.6i-1.4mdk is
 needed by a bunch of stuff. 
 So, I used rpm -i --force openssl-0.9.7b-.
 
 OK, Good. But libopenssl0-0.9.6i-1.4mdk was not
 overwritten! So? manually adjusted link for
 libssl.so.0 to point to libssl.so.0.9.7 instead of
 libssl.so.0.9.6, and likewise for libcrypto.so.0 
 
 OK. Good. Openssl upgraded.
 
 #ssh otherhost;
 OpenSSL version mismatch. Built against 90607f, you
 have 90702f
 
 Arrrggg.i will have to built my own ssh then,
 no rpm for 3.6p1 available. Try building my own:
 rpm -tb openssh-3.6p1.tar.gz
 error: x11-askpass missing.
 
 Duh!! Downloaded that from some site:
 one more try: error: failed build dependencies:
 XFree86-imake is needed by openssh-3.6p1-2
 
 Can't locate XFree86-imake rpm!!
 Gave up making openssh rpm, I will perform manual
 install:
 ./configure --with-tcp-wrapper
 Error; libwrap not found (I have tcp-wrapper rpm
 installed though!!)
 Google for libwrap library, found an rpm for it:
 rpm -ivh libwrap-7.6.30.i386.rpm ; Error:error: failed
 dependencies:
  tcp_wrappers  7.6-28 conflicts with libwrap-7.6-30
 
 So, now I have to uninstall tcp_wrappers to install
 libwrap
 (If you are still reading, do you even remember the
 original problem?)
 
 Why are things this complicated
 
 _Thanks 
 
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[expert] about wine

2003-07-25 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List, after putting Kazaalite working via wine (thanks JLB), I 
wondering about msmoney.  However it asks for MSIE, so could someone tell 
where I'd get MSIE (for win 98) install drivers?
Or maybe, any idea of getting iexplore working via wine.

BTW, I don't have windows, just faking it.

Many thanks in advance,
Cheers,

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[expert] Video Woes

2003-07-25 Thread Alan Carbutt
Hi list,

I have a weird one.  I'm running Mandrake 9.1 on my workstation and I
have noticed that all of my video (.avi, .mpeg, etc. files) that are
played through mplayer, xine and noatun are coming out in black and
white.  When I play them in aviplayer, they are in color.  Any hints as
to what I can do to bring back the color?

Thanks,
-- 
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Systems Administrator/Programmer
Adams State College
719-587-7741
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[expert] kbd and X lock and crash

2003-07-24 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

We have a computer with MDK 9.1 which can be accessed via xdmcp (server).  
Now its kbd is locked, X crashed but we still can access it via xdmcp.  Is
there a way of restoring mouse, kbd and X function without rebooting it?

Many thanks in advance.

Cheers,
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Re: [expert] kbd and X lock and crash

2003-07-24 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi!

Well, first option worked fine.

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 This is a multi-part message in MIME format...
 
 =_1059072457-5877-2499
 
 a couple of possibilities:
 
 1. telnet or ssh into the box and as root, do a ps ax |grep dm,
 notice the command options listed, kill the display manager (gdm,
 kdm, mdkkdm, whatever) and restart it as it was listed in the ps
 output.
 
 2. from your remote login try running the displaymanager command
 with the --restart option (gdm --restart, kdm --restart, etc.),
 or possibliy with a single dash.  see if there is a manpage for
 the dm that will list the options, or a --help option.  the
 problem with this - if you're logged into an X session you'll
 probably get blown away when the dm restarts and if it doesn't
 work, you're SOL.
 
 there are probably many other ways that someone else can
 enlighten us all on *s*
 
 
 
 
 --- Original Message ---
 From: Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [expert] kbd and X lock and crash
 
 
 Hi List!
 
 We have a computer with MDK 9.1 which can be accessed via xdmcp
 (server).=
 =20=20
 Now its kbd is locked, X crashed but we still can access it via
 xdmcp.  Is
 there a way of restoring mouse, kbd and X function without
 rebooting it?
 
 Many thanks in advance.
 
 Cheers,
 ---
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 ---
  Laborat=F3rio de F=EDsica Biol=F3gica
   Instituto de Biof=EDsica Carlos Chagas Filho
Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
 
 
 
 
 
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Re: [expert] kbd and X lock and crash

2003-07-24 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thank you very  much!

On Thu, 24 Jul 2003 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 This is a multi-part message in MIME format...
 
 =_1059072457-5877-2499
 
 a couple of possibilities:
 
 1. telnet or ssh into the box and as root, do a ps ax |grep dm,
 notice the command options listed, kill the display manager (gdm,
 kdm, mdkkdm, whatever) and restart it as it was listed in the ps
 output.
 
 2. from your remote login try running the displaymanager command
 with the --restart option (gdm --restart, kdm --restart, etc.),
 or possibliy with a single dash.  see if there is a manpage for
 the dm that will list the options, or a --help option.  the
 problem with this - if you're logged into an X session you'll
 probably get blown away when the dm restarts and if it doesn't
 work, you're SOL.
 
 there are probably many other ways that someone else can
 enlighten us all on *s*
 
 
 
 
 --- Original Message ---
 From: Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [expert] kbd and X lock and crash
 
 
 Hi List!
 
 We have a computer with MDK 9.1 which can be accessed via xdmcp
 (server).=
 =20=20
 Now its kbd is locked, X crashed but we still can access it via
 xdmcp.  Is
 there a way of restoring mouse, kbd and X function without
 rebooting it?
 
 Many thanks in advance.
 
 Cheers,
 ---
 Alan Wilter S. da Silva
 ---
  Laborat=F3rio de F=EDsica Biol=F3gica
   Instituto de Biof=EDsica Carlos Chagas Filho
Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ
 Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
 
 
 
 
 
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[expert] applets for KDE

2003-07-22 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I'm looking for applets that could monitor net and processors use for KDE 
like thats in GNOME.

Can someone indicate me if they exist?

Cheers,

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[expert] smb:// in Nautilus

2003-07-21 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

I did a very clean MDK 9.1 installation.  After installed some packages I 
still note that smb:// in Nautilus doesn't make any effect!  But with 
xsmbrowser I can navigate over others win/Linux box via Samba.

Can someone give me any help at this point?

TIA
Cheers,

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Re: [expert] Linux webcam using camsteam

2003-07-10 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Bill Beauchemin wrote:
 If you want to see how linux works with a webcam and
 camsteam check out pupcam.beautiegoldens.com Im running
 this off a laptop. it is the whelping of puppies from my
 champion golden retriever.we are now working on number 4 of
 9 that are due

wow!  i read this, brought up your site in konqueror and 
immediately witnessed the birth of the litter, what 
incredible timing!!  congrats on the pups! :)
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[expert] rsh and passwd:

2003-07-08 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List,


With MDK 9.1 in two boxex, when using rsh I'm prompted to passwd:, i.e., 
it's not rlogin automatically (after set .rhosts etc.).  During 
installation I set security HIGH, could it be the source of this issue?
I need rsh to run lam-mpi.

Any help here would be welcome.

Cheers,

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[expert] rpm db problems

2003-06-30 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I had a problem with rpmdrake and now not even rpm --rebuilddb is working.

Any other suggestion?  I cannot reboot the computer.

Thanks in advance,

Cheers,

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[expert] Building RPMs for NVIDIA

2003-06-24 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I have to compile my own linux kernel and I can build a RPM to install in
others boxes.  However, NVIDIA drivers seems to not allow me anymore to
rebuild RPMs as it used to be.  It's not practical to compile a kernel at
every box, just to install nvidia drivers from NVIDIA*.run.  Moreover, I 
find a /usr/src/RPM/SPECS/NVIDIA_kernel.spec.  So, could someone help me 
about how to build a RPM for Nvidia drivers from my linux kernel-source 
customised?

TIA
Cheers,

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Re: [expert] clustering

2003-06-23 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
OpensMosix is simply fantastic.  Kind of thing that could came in MDK 
distribution, perhaps in future.

Imagine your computer with multiprocessors, doing tar/backup, video
encoding, playing game etc. all the same time.

Or many computational simulations (as you do here at University) 
distributed automagically over the private net.  

The grid concept is a little bit further.

Cheers,


On Sun, 22 Jun 2003, Jim C wrote:

 
 
 Olaf,
 
If I'm understanding you right then,  OpenMosix is a kind of Grid
 Computing for Linux?
   
 
 It's been a while since I messed with OpenMOSIX.
 OpenMOSIX is basically just a kernel patch and subsequent setup of a 
 config file here or there.  The kernels at the site are RedHat kernels 
 but I've never had any trouble with them. 
 
 I was able to install and get it working but I was never able to 
 understand what good it was doing.  Even if I set the process migration 
 threshold (i.e. the percentage of CPU load at which new process would be 
 started on other systems instead of locally) I was unable to discern any 
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[expert] setting up a apcupsd slave

2003-06-18 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

MDK 9.1 and apcups 3.10.5.  After a while I got my master apcupsd working.
Had to set: NISIP 127.0.0.1 in apcupsd.conf file.

Trying something similar to a slave box, via ethernet, I got:

FATAL ERROR in apcaccess.c at line 278
tcp_open: cannot connect to server localhost on port 3551.
ERR=Connection refused

My slave apcupsd.conf file is:

## apcupsd.conf v1.1 ##
UPSCABLE ether
UPSTYPE backups
LOCKFILE /var/lock
BATTERYLEVEL 10
MINUTES 3
TIMEOUT 60
ANNOY 30
ANNOYDELAY 30
NOLOGON disable
NETSERVER on
NISIP 127.0.0.1
NISPORT 3551
EVENTSFILE /var/log/apcupsd.events
STATTIME 0
STATFILE /var/log/apcupsd.status
LOGSTATS off
DATATIME 0
UPSCLASS netslave
UPSMODE net
NETACCESS true
NETTIME 10
NETPORT 
MASTER 192.168.0.10
USERMAGIC abcdefghijklmnop1

Did someone got a slave box configured and working?
BTW, under MDK 8.0, I never had problem.

Any help would be appreciated.

TIA,
Cheers,

---
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---
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Re: [expert] I Found my Martians

2003-06-17 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
I'm getting martians on my box :

martian source 255.255.255.255 from 127.0.0.1, on dev eth0

my ifconfig is:

eth0  Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:18:E5:70:46
  inet addr:xxx.xxx.76.138  Bcast:xxx.xxx.76.255
Mask:255.255.255.0
  EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:65280/232
  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
  RX packets:1862164 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:827069 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:429430
  collisions:0
  RX bytes:1516624543 (1446.3 Mb)  TX bytes:232470269 (221.7 Mb)

eth0:1Link encap:Ethernet  HWaddr 00:E0:18:E5:70:46
  inet addr:192.168.0.10  Bcast:192.168.0.255  Mask:255.255.255.0
  UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

loLink encap:Local Loopback
  inet addr:127.0.0.1  Mask:255.0.0.0
  EtherTalk Phase 2 addr:0/0
  UP LOOPBACK RUNNING  MTU:16436  Metric:1
  RX packets:179265 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0
  TX packets:179265 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
  collisions:0
  RX bytes:176217972 (168.0 Mb)  TX bytes:176217972 (168.0 Mb)

I cannot find /etc/security/msec/level.local !

Any help?!

TIA
Cheers,


On Tue, 17 Jun 2003, Greg Meyer wrote:

 On Tuesday 17 June 2003 09:32 am, Mark Watts wrote:
   Now to figure out how to either get my machine to ignore them, or get the
   print server to stop sending them.
 
  echo enable_log_strange_packets(no)  /etc/security/msec/level.local 
  /etc/cron.hourly/msec

 Thanks Mark.  You just saved me some time and trouble.


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Re: [expert] 9.1 kernel 2.4.21 vs cooker 2.4.21

2003-06-16 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List!


I need to compile linus kernel 2.4.20 with openmosix patched. That's not
problem.

My problem is my new mobo with Via KT400 and net chip Broadcom BCM4400.
Where does MDK get such patchs?

Thanks for any help.

Cheers,



on Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Praedor Atrebates wrote:

 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
 Hash: SHA1

 The official release of 2.4.21 was announced today from kernel.org.  The 9.1
 kernel I have right now is 2.4.21-0.13mdk.  The cooker kernel is 2.4.21-1mdk
 but when it is installed, it becomes 2.4.21-0.1mdk.  Does this mean that the
 0.13mdk kernel is more developed than the 0.1mdk kernel or is the 0.1mdk
 kernel actually the Mandrake equivalent to the official 2.4.21 release?

 I am primarily interested in IDE performance enhancements in the 2.4.21 kernel
 but if those enhancements are already in the 0.13mdk kernel, then I wont
 bother with the cooker kernel.  Are there any beneficial changes in the
 0.1mdk kernel vs the 0.13mdk kernel?

 praedor

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 dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is
 essential to the welfare of the public.
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Re: [expert] 9.1 kernel 2.4.21 vs cooker 2.4.21

2003-06-16 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thanky Greg!  However, it's not a sort of thing that I may download by
urpmi, is it?

Cheers,

On Mon, 16 Jun 2003, Greg Meyer wrote:

 On Monday 16 June 2003 08:23 am, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:
  Hi List!
 
 
  I need to compile linus kernel 2.4.20 with openmosix patched. That's not
  problem.
 
  My problem is my new mobo with Via KT400 and net chip Broadcom BCM4400.
  Where does MDK get such patchs?
 
 You can extract all the patches they use and inspect them.  They would be part
 of the kernel SRPM (NOTE:  Not the kernel-source RPMS, but the kernel SRPM).
 Install it and then all the sources and patches will be installed to
 /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES.



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Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.21

2003-06-13 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
BTW, I use openmosix kernel, which is based in linus kernel, with some
boxes.  Now I got a new computer, kernel in MDK 9.1 works pretty fine with
via KT400 chipset, however, openmosix does not work at all. Is MDK 9.1
linux kernel patched for this chipset?  And will linus 2.4.21 be?
How may check this?  Maybe in some Changelog?

Many questions... any help would very appreciated.

Cheers,

On Fri, 13 Jun 2003, Praedor Atrebates wrote:

 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
 Hash: SHA1

 It is now official that kernel 2.4.21 is out in the wild in final form.  Is
 there a mandrake src rpm (ie, kernel-source) that is essentially the final
 released version of 2.4.21 with usual Mandrake mods?  Perhaps in cooker?  I
 just want to know if the available kernel is essentially equivalent to the
 final version such that it is worth while to download, build, and actually
 use?

 praedor
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 dissemination of information from diverse and antagonistic sources is
 essential to the welfare of the public.
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Re: [expert] Evolution 1.4

2003-06-11 Thread alan
On 11 Jun 2003, James Sparenberg wrote:

 On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 02:32, Guy Van Sanden wrote:
  Hello Everyone
  
  Evolution 1.4 is released (by Ximian)
  Has anyone seen RPMS for it yet (except form Ximian, those often break
  stuff).
  
  Kind regards
  
  Guy
 
 Not that I know of ... but if anyone will be the first I'm betting it
 will be texstar's repository.

There is a beta version in Rawhide.  I would not reccomend it though.  It 
is *not* very stable from what I have seen.  (None of the Evolution 1.4 
versions are ready for general use, as far as I am concerned.  Too many 
weird problems.)



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Re: [expert] new server, old users

2003-06-10 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi!

Thank you for your script.  I had to do some modifications, as follow:

#!/bin/bash

# kwan:x:500:1000:Kwan Lowe:/home/kwan:/bin/bash
IFS=$'\n'

for item in `cat /etc/passwd`; do
USERNAME=`echo $item | cut -d: -f1`
USERID=`echo $item | cut -d: -f3`
GROUPID=`echo $item | cut -d: -f4`
COMMENT=`echo $item | cut -d: -f5`
USERDIR=`echo $item | cut -d: -f6`
USERSHL=`echo $item | cut -d: -f7`
echo groupadd -g ${GROUPID} ${USERNAME}
echo useradd -u ${USERID} -g ${GROUPID} -c \${COMMENT}\ -d 
${USERDIR} -s ${USERSHL} ${USERNAME}
done

Now I wonder how can I do to set password automatically.

On 9 Jun 2003, Kwan Lowe wrote:

 On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 19:25, Mark Williamson wrote:
  Hi Kwan,
 
  Nice looking script, but did you try it? But it seems to have problems,
  getting the fields mixed up..
 

 Nope, just wrote it on the spot.. Sorry...
 Lemme see..Try this...



 #!/bin/bash

 # kwan:x:500:1000:Kwan Lowe:/home/kwan:/bin/bash
 IFS=$'\n'

 for item in `cat /etc/passwd`; do
 USERNAME=`echo $item | cut -d: -f1`
 USERID=`echo $item | cut -d: -f3`
 GROUPID=`echo $item | cut -d: -f4`
 COMMENT=`echo $item | cut -d: -f5`
 USERDIR=`echo $item | cut -d: -f6`
 USERSHL=`echo $item | cut -d: -f7`

 echo useradd -u ${USERID} -g ${GROUPID} -c ${COMMENT} \
  -d ${USERDIR} -s ${USERSHL}
 ${USERNAME}
 done






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[expert] new server, old users

2003-06-09 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I'll set up a new server (MDK 8.0 - 9.1)  and I would like to
keep the same users, but without cloning or copying /home folders.  I
know I can copy /etc/passwd file.  But I don't know how to regenerate
automatically new /home/users folders (from /etc/skel ?) without using
userdrake (or similar).  I would like to keep gid and uid numbers.

Is there a way, how-to, or tip to do it.

Many thanks in advance for any help.

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[expert] Evolution Browser

2003-06-09 Thread Alan Carbutt
I was wondering if anyone has been able to change which browser opens up
on clicking a link in an e-mail.  Currently my evolution opens up
mozilla.  I was just wondering if it was configurable.

Thanks,
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[expert] Change Subject!!! Saving monitor power - kbd layout

2003-06-08 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List!

I installed MDK 9.1 in a computer with us intl keyboard layout and
noted that, in console mode, when combining ´ + c I don´t get ç (for
portuguese and french words, for instance).  However, under X, it´s ok.

I never had this problem with MDK 8.0 and MDK 8.1.

PS:  Despite this minor problem, I was never so happy with MDK as with
9.1.  I installed it everywhere.  From laptop to workstations, everything
works! Canon cam, dvd, tv card, 3d accel (nvidia and voodoo) etc.
Thanks MDK!



On Sun, 8 Jun 2003, charlie wrote:

 On Sun, 8 Jun 2003 08:01 am, Russell W. Behne sent this :-
  When asked during the install what keyboard to use I selected
  U.S./international as I always do. (I do this so that I can easily type
  European characters like the German umlaut and esset characters.)

 I have installed the US International keyboard and it threw up wrong
 characters in Mandrake 9.0 So just use US keyboard.

 But if you want to try another keyboard configuration to see if that will
 change anything, go onto the Big K on the panel, then Configuration, then
 Mandrake Control Centre, then hardware and you can change your keyboard there
 and see if that makes any change.

 There is even a German keyboard layout there, with or without Dead keys. That
 might help also. I am uncertain if it was Mandrake, but there was an option
 to use dead keys even on the US keyboard in an install. But I never tried it.

 HTH

 Charlie.



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[expert] Saving monitor power

2003-06-06 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I have some nodes running MDK 8.0/8.1 without X but with monitors
(just terminals).

I would like to know, if possible, how to set them to switch off
monitors (saving power) after a while of inactivity.

TIA
Cheers,

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Re: [expert] Saving monitor power

2003-06-06 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thanks people, I'll give it a shot.

On Fri, 6 Jun 2003, KevinO wrote:

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 On Thursday 05 Jun 2003 5:31 pm, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:
 
 Hi List!
 
I have some nodes running MDK 8.0/8.1 without X but with monitors
 (just terminals).
 
I would like to know, if possible, how to set them to switch off
 monitors (saving power) after a while of inactivity.
 
 TIA
 Cheers,
 
 It's a while since I had 8.x, so I can't give you specifics.  However,
 I do remember that somewhere on the menu I found an entry for power
 control (can't remember exactly what it was called).  I used x, but
 had the monitor blanking (as does this under 9.0) just as you
 describe.
 
 Anne
 
 
  I believe it's in Kcontrol under Energy I think It's Power Control in9.0..
  Might be just a bit different in 8.x but you can also go to he XFree86Config-4
  and either uncomment the Option 'DPMS' or add it as needed.
  Hope I'm right G my memory of 8.x is a bit rusty.
 
 
  
 
 This is correct but only applies if you are running X, which he isn't.

 The setterm command will work as far as blanking the screen but I doubt if it
 will power down the monitor.

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Re: [expert] Win4Lin version 3 problem on Mdk 9.1

2003-05-29 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
If your windows is 98, forget it, I think M$ is not supporting it anymore.

On 28 May 2003, Gerard Godin wrote:

 Hi,

 I installed my copy of win4lin 3 on mdk 9.1 and though everything works
 fine, I can't seem to be able to use the Windows Update through ie.

 Has anyone encountered this situation before?

 I'm hoping that I won't have to upgrade to version 5, for the little
 that I need Windows for, I'd rather not spend extra money. :)

 Thanks in advance for any advice and help


 Gerard






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[expert] fbtv under non-fb console

2003-04-04 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I use GDM, and when booting in fb mode, changing user via GDM make
my console (ctrl+alt+Fx) lost.  It looks like that my GDM is restarting X.

Anyway.  I just use fb mode to watch, sometimes, tv on console.
Is there a way of booting in non-fb mode and have the option to wacth tv,
via fbtv, in console mode?

Cheers,

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Re: [expert] Enlarging Swap

2003-04-02 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Ok, 2 swap partitions worked well.  But I didn't try yet to give a
'pmsuspend'.  To make it available I should set 'resume=/dev/hdxx' in my
lilo.conf append.  And so, that's why I'm afraid!  2 swaps can cover all
512 mem RAM, but not one alone.

On Tue, 1 Apr 2003, David E. Fox wrote:

  Now that I have created (add) another swap partition to have memory enough
  to suspend to HD, my doubt is what should I have to put in lilo append?

 I don't think that's an issue. How much total RAM do you have?

 IMHO you can just add both swap partitions in /etc/fstab and have them
 autoattach on boot. Is one of the partitions not going to be always
 available or something like that?

 One doesn't necessarily have to have one partition that is big
 enough -- linux can easily use as many swap areas as you might need.

Cheers,

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Re: [expert] acpi and resume on a Toshiba Satellite 4090

2003-04-01 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
On 30 Mar 2003, James Sparenberg wrote:

I'll do a double check at home.  All that said, you're using 'pmsuspend',
right?

 Yes... if I leave it commented out ... it goes to ram... (verified by
 removing power suspend is lost.) If I comment it in it goes to
 disk.. Perhaps a setting in your BIOS.  As long as you don't have a bios
 like mine you might be able to change it.

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Re: [expert] Enlarging Swap

2003-04-01 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
That's lead to another question.  I'm just using swap for suspend tests.
Now that I have created (add) another swap partition to have memory enough
to suspend to HD, my doubt is what should I have to put in lilo append?
To complicate a little more, none of my swap partitions has alone space
enough to cover RAM, but both together do.
Answering myself, I think that I had to put at least one swap partition
big enough and set it at lilo, right?

Cheers,

On 30 Mar 2003, James Sparenberg wrote:

 On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 16:37, Jim C wrote:
  I'm a little confused here.  Shouldn't adding memory to a box mean you
  don't need as much swap?

 My understanding is that in a way you are right, in a way not. (Hows
 that for a definitive answer.)  More ram decreases the likely hood of
 needing to use swap but the old rule of thumb 2x ram=swap still is
 applied.  I will be honest in saying that above about 256M or ram  the
 only thing I use swap for is suspend space based on what I do.  In fact
 I did pull a real boner about 6 months ago and built a box with 768M ram
 and forgot to create a swap partition.  It ran pretty well for a long
 time... we noticed it when it went into an infinite loop one day.
 (programing loop.) and it was trying to page.  Put an old 2gig in it as
 a swap drive just in case but it really didn't improve things at all
 except when the infinite loop is run.

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Re: [expert] acpi and resume on a Toshiba Satellite 4090

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
On 30 Mar 2003, James Sparenberg wrote:

   SWSUSP_FORCE_SUSPEND_MODE=0 2

 If I'm reading the code in the suspend script right.  If you don't
 uncomment the above mentioned line pmsuspend does the suspend to
 ram.  BUT. I wouldn't take my word as gospel.

Hi James!  Sorry to say but at my config it is commented, and it's still
going to HD.

Have you tried to suspend to RAM with your box/laptop?

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Re: [expert] Enlarging Swap

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thank you David!

I'm afraid to hear exactly what you said.  I Take a
part of NTFS partition to give me more swap, but I deactivated the
original one.  So can I mount both (at different HD) and System will see
them as just one?  That would be great!

Cheers,

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, David E. Fox wrote:


  - Is there any other way of resizing ReizerFS and Swap partitions
  without using another HD?

 AFAIK no with Reiserfs. I never tried it, but it's not really an issue
 if you can save off the orig data in the partition somewhere and then
 remake the partitions, and restore. I've done that a number of times.

 Swap partitions don't have to be resized. You can simply add a new
 one.

 (preferably on another disk, if possible)



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Re: [expert] Pctel HSP56 MR and MDK 9.1

2003-03-31 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thank you Joeb!

I tried boot linux with acpi=off and modem worked!!!
With pci=noacpi = modem didn't work.

Hope your tip works for me.  I try it latter at home.

BTW, if I put insmod at, e.g., /etc/rc.local it should start modem
modules automatically, shouldn't it?

Moreover, I installed pctel stuff compiled by my own in MDK 9.0
and it worked without problems.  Apparently, same happened to MKD 9.1, I
can even see them with lsmod and link appears at /dev/modem.

Thus, I still believe it is a ACPI issue but I'll try your
formula.

On Sun, 30 Mar 2003, Joeb wrote:

 Your pctel modem will still work, but it won't be automatic.  This is
 because when you insmod it (or it is done through modules.conf), the
 kernel thinks it was compiled with gcc 2.x and refuses to insert it
 (Mandrake definitely is using gcc 3.2.2).  I've looked through the
 code for the modem, but haven't been able to determine where the
 problem is.  It appears to not be in the .c code but in an assembler
 module.

 Anyway, to get it to work, you will manually need to open a terminal
 window and as root (su) type:  insmod -f pctel followed by an insmod
 -f ptserial.  That will insert both of them with some errors about a
 tainted kernel, but they will work after that.  The only down side is
 that you will need to do this each time you reboot.

 Jan's pctel website has a section in one of the FAQs that talk about
 doing this (Redhat 8.0 and 9 have the same problem).  Hopefully, there
 will be a new version of the driver that fixes the problem (anyone
 reading this know how to get insmod or the kernel to ignore the
 compiler check?).

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Re: [expert] acpi and resume on a Toshiba Satellite 4090

2003-03-30 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
On 29 Mar 2003, James Sparenberg wrote:

   I /etc/sysconfig/  the file suspend  have you tried to uncomment
 the last line

 SWSUSP_FORCE_SUSPEND_MODE=0 2

 This uses your swap partition to suspend to hdd.  I've tried it on my
 box and it worked like a charm... bit slow on the shutdown and resume
 but it works

 Oh yeah... you also need to add to the append line in your lilo.conf

 append=all the stuff you already have resume=/dev/hdaX  where X is the
 partition number for your swap partition.  Run lilo and then try the
 command pmsuspend.


Hi List!

My MDK 9.1 box works with acpi and I can suspend to HD.  But what I realy
like is to suspend to RAM (in disk it take too much time), like I can in
Winblows XP.
Is it possible?  How?

Many thanks in advance,

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[expert] Enlarging Swap

2003-03-30 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List!

I got more Mem to my box and now my swap partition is not adequated.
My main partition is ReiserFS.  I could use DiskDrake to resize fat32 bits
in the past (amazing tool!).

Two question:
- Is it true that Diskdrake at MDK 9.1 can resize NTFS partitions?
- Is there any other way of resizing ReizerFS and Swap partitions
without using another HD?
TIA
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[expert] Pctel HSP56 MR and MDK 9.1

2003-03-30 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

My mobo chipset is Via KM266.  I got Pctel winmodem to work with
MKD 9.0 (stock kernel).  Now I upgraded to MDK 9.1 (a dream!).  Rebuild
the modules for pctel but modem does not work anymore.

Does someone else have this issue?  I'm thinking if it could be a
drawback due to acpi which now is working well.

Any suggestion, commentary or help would be very welcome!

Cheers,
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[expert] uprmi do just download rpms

2003-03-28 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

If possible, is there a way of using urpmi do download rpms but not
install'em necessarily?

Where urpmi puts rpms downloaded to install?

I have modem at home.  I intend to use fast Internet connection at College.

Many thanks in advance,

Cheers,

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Re: [expert] Nvidia Kernel Driver

2003-03-27 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Take it easy guys :-)  We wait MDK 9.1, we can wait Nvidia drivers update
for 9.1 a little bit.

On Wed, 26 Mar 2003, Rob Blomquist wrote:

 On Wednesday 26 March 2003 09:54 am, Jay wrote:
  Anyone else having problems building the Nvidia Kernel Driver RPM
  for 9.1?

 Yep. I have a Chaintech G4 440MX detected and ran flawlessly under 9.0
 that would not work with the 9.1 kernel drivers, so I was stuck in
 console.

 -10 for Mandrake releasing a version with out testing the NVidia
 drivers better.

 +5 for keeping the 9.0 kernel around.

 Rob


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Re: [expert] Nvidia Kernel Driver

2003-03-27 Thread alan
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Birkoff wrote:

 You have to download the sources for the kernel and glx from nvidia and 
 compile yourself. also under some circumstances you have to modify the 
 sources (the Makefile if i remember corectly).

I have not tried building this for Mandrake 9.1 yet.

If Mandrake has backported the nptl thread library into the kernel and 
glibc like Redhat 9.0 does, then it is not going to work.

The nptl threads from the 2.5.x kernel use segment registers that the 
nVIDIA driver's opengl code uses.  The collision is double-plus ungood.

If it is a similar issue (and like I said, I don't know if Mandrake has 
done this in 9.1) then you will have a problem.

I will be ordering my copy of 9.1 after payday.



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Re: [expert] Nvidia Kernel Driver

2003-03-27 Thread alan
On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, J.P. Pasnak wrote:

 
 alan said:
 
  On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Birkoff wrote:
 
  You have to download the sources for the kernel and glx from nvidia and
  compile yourself. also under some circumstances you have to modify the
  sources (the Makefile if i remember corectly).
 
  I have not tried building this for Mandrake 9.1 yet.
 
 
 I have.   It works.

Good.  I will be migrating a couple of systems to it then.



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Re: [expert] Just a curiosity.

2003-03-27 Thread alan
On 27 Mar 2003, James Sparenberg wrote:

 Just curious here.  Why is it since MDK is no longer a cleaned up Red
 Hat with KDE but a real distribution in it's own right.  Why is it that
 there is still a file called redhat-release in /etc?  

Because some install programs look for that file to determine what version 
to actually install.



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Re: [expert] No sound in 9.1?

2003-03-27 Thread Alan Shoemaker
David Guntner wrote:
 I've done a clean install of 9.1 on the machine which used
 to run 9.0.  In 9.0, I had sound.  In 9.1, only silence. 
 No hardware has changed, so I'm kind-of hard pressed to
 figure out why I can't get any sound out of 9.1.

 Anyone run into anything like this, and if so, how did you
 solve it?

 Any help/pointers/clues/RTFMs would be appreciated.

--Dave

i just experienced a similar problem.  the cause was that kmix 
was showing incorrect settings. the pcm slider was showing 
100% but when i ran aumix it showed pcm at 0%.  i changed the 
slider settings using aumix and the sound problem was fixed.
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Re: [expert] upgrading

2003-03-26 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
On Tue, 25 Mar 2003, Adrian Golumbovici wrote:

 Actually from 8.0 to 9.0 (inclusive) I never had a problem with CD upgrades
 breaking anything. :/ Of course I always upgraded my server only with
 releases. If you use beta's and rc's, you are bound to get broken stuff...
 Also, you might want to use the md5 signatures just in case. It can happen
 that some images will be broken after download.
 

Pardon List, I should say upgrading via urpmi.  Via CD it works but take
too much time on my old pc.

  I can say from my personal experience that it won't work from 8.1 to 9.0
  or 9.1.

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Re: [expert] suspend mode to save energy

2003-03-25 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Some results from some tests.

First I tried apm -s in MDK 9.0.  I got something like APM not support in
kernel.

Ok, I recompiled a kernel setting ACPI at least (now I don't remember
about APM).

New kernel still give the same APM not ...

I'll wait new MDK 9.1.  It's just for fun.

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[expert] rpmdrake and supermount

2003-03-25 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

Once, here, I heard complains about how slow rpmdrake got under MDK 9.0
series.

I found out that if I use supermount rpmdrake take a long time to get up,
while without supermount (i.e. just umount supermount devices) rpmdrake
get up instantly!

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[expert] suspend mode to save energy

2003-03-24 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

My new computer does not show anything about APM in bios, but I
have ACPI.  Under Winblows XP I can put my system in suspend.

I wonder how can I do the same thing under MDK 9.0?  Which
command?
Maybe, first, I must see if I'm able to do it, but how can I check
it?

Any clues would be very wellcome!

Cheers,

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Re: [expert] suspend mode to save energy

2003-03-24 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thank you Ralph.

I think something like that could be happening.

I hope to not have problems compiling kernel, but after that, which
commands should I have to do to put my computer in suspend?

On Mon, 24 Mar 2003, Ralph Crongeyer wrote:

 A stoc mandrake 9.0 kernel does not have support for ACPI compiled in. You
 have to recompile your kernel and add ACPI support.

 Ralph

 On Monday 24 March 2003 01:24 pm, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:
  Hi List!
 
  My new computer does not show anything about APM in bios, but I
  have ACPI.  Under Winblows XP I can put my system in suspend.
 
  I wonder how can I do the same thing under MDK 9.0?  Which
  command?
  Maybe, first, I must see if I'm able to do it, but how can I check
  it?
 
  Any clues would be very wellcome!
 
  Cheers,




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Re: [expert] Anyone using vcr on mdk9?

2003-03-18 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi Grant,

I got mplayer and mencode.  Mencoder works gracefully.  But I recommend to
compile from scratch.

On Tue, 18 Mar 2003, J. Grant wrote:

 Hi,

 I was tempted by the lure of a digital video recorder.

 I found this http://www.geocities.com/slothmud/VCR-HOWTO-3.html
 It seems great, my tv card is working fine with xawtv, so i checked vcr
 out.  However, there are so many deps, I cant even get the avifile src
 on this site to build, (seems automake files are corrupted).  main
 avifile.sf.net does not build either, until i install some other libs
 etc. Fianlly failed with

 make[3]: *** No rule to make target `pci_db2c.awk', needed by
 `pci_dev_ids.c'.  Stop.

 http://www.stack.nl/~brama/vcr/index.html?page=download

 I downloaded the avifile rpms from plf, but they need even more
 Has anyone used vcr with mdk9 ? Are there any rpms floating around?

 Seems even the extra rpms I installed are now out of date too:

 win32-codecs-1.0-1plf
 xine-win32-0.9.13-8plf

 Has anyone got it to build from scratch ?

 Cheers

 JG




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Re: [expert] GETTING SB-Live Platinum TO work

2003-03-17 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi Ken,

I definitly suggest you get last Alsa drivers and follow its
how-to, if haven't yet.

http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=Creative+Labscard=Soundblaster+Live+Platinumchip=EMU10K1module=emu10k1

I have SBLive value and that worked to me.

Anne, are you sure that your soundcard it isn't SB *Audigy* Platinum?

SB Audigy Platinum != SB Live Platinum

Cheers,

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Anne Wilson wrote:

 On Sunday 16 Mar 2003 10:04 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
  Quoting Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]:
   On Sunday 16 March 2003 02:15 pm, Anne Wilson wrote:
On Sunday 16 Mar 2003 2:08 pm, Ken Thompson wrote:
 Hi all,
 I just installed a SB-Live Platinum in LM9.0 and now I have no sound
  
   at
  
 all. I get this error message just after boot up and trying the
  
   test
  
 sound in the KDE control center:
 Sound server informational message:
 Error while initializing the sound driver:
 device /dev/dsp can't be opened (No such file or directory)
 The sound server will continue, using the null output device.
 =
 After using modprobe emu-10k1 and lsmod here's the output:
 Module  Size  Used byNot tainted
 snd-emu10k156592   0  (unused)
 snd-pcm55808   0  [snd-emu10k1]
 snd-timer   9964   0  [snd-pcm]
 snd-util-mem1280   0  [snd-emu10k1]
 snd-rawmidi12864   0  [snd-emu10k1]
 snd-seq-device  3836   0  [snd-emu10k1 snd-rawmidi]
 snd-ac97-codec 25508   0  [snd-emu10k1]
 snd-hwdep   3840   0  [snd-emu10k1]
 snd24804   0  [snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm snd-timer
 snd-util-mem snd-rawmidi snd-seq-device snd-ac97-codec snd-hwdep]
 soundcore   3780   0  [snd]
 ===
 Before the modprobe command there are no sound modules loaded at
  
   all.
  
 MCC seems to want OSS sound drivers with Audigy as an alternative
  
   but I
  
 don't see either of them on the CD.
 I know this has come up before but can't seem to locate the
  
   article,
  
 anybody have a fix??
 PS
 After the modprobe I don't get the error message shown above but
  
   still
  
 have no sound.
   
Ken, Can't help much on the tech side, but I can confirm that the
  
   card
  
works with 9.0.  I haven't succeeded in getting the front panel to
  
   work,
  
yet, though.
   
Anne
  
   Thanks Anne, I guess this is just the excuse I needed to try 9.1 RC2
   G.
   --
   Ken Thompson
   Payette, Idaho - USA
 
  Ken, very often, problems of that kind were due to aRts server and ALSA
  drivers. Strangely, I have it working with my SBLive Player, and some other
  people have trouble with it. You may want to kill it, or to remove it at
  startup (with KDE control). Try killing it to see if you have sound.
  BTW, 9.1 RC2 is now very outdated (probably 99% of packages have been
  already updated. If you want to try, I recommend you to install it and then
  to update to the latest cooker, or to download the arborescence (won(t take
  much more time than updating the whole distro).

 I don't know how relevant this is, but in case it helps -

 My Audigy card worked with 9.0 out-of-the-box.  The front panel didn't.

 Following your post, I ran lsmod and found that emu-10k-1 wasn't loaded.  A
 mod called audigy was, though.  I then ran modprobe emu10*, and it loaded
 emu10k1-gp.

 I am listening to a cd as I work, and have noticed no difference since I
 loaded that module.  I have always listened using xmms.

 HTH

 Anne



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Re: [expert] GETTING SB-Live Platinum TO work

2003-03-17 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
I thought I little bit more and I believe you right.  I messed things with
Alsa in which Live and Audigy has different modules.

On Mon, 17 Mar 2003, Anne Wilson wrote:

 On Monday 17 Mar 2003 12:36 pm, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:
  Anne, are you sure that your soundcard it isn't SB *Audigy* Platinum?
 
  SB Audigy Platinum != SB Live Platinum

 Yes, it's Audigy Platinum - I had SB Live Platinum before it.  I understood
 that the Audigy uses the same emu10k1 driver.  The emu10k1-tools are supposed
 to work with it too, though I haven't managed it yet.

 Anne


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Re: [expert] LT Win Modem on Notebook Computer

2003-03-13 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
I know that PCTel and LT winmodem works well with any MDK.  But I always
use tarball files and informations from linmodem, like Praedor.

BTW, the problem you face with pccard and winmodem I had with sound in my
mobo.  When using modem, my sound switched off (but system didn't lock
up).  And that seems to be a common issue with Via.  However, I handled
kppp to stop sound deamon (alsa) e restart after logon, all worked
gracefully.

Maybe, if you turn off or modem (modules) or pccard for a while, you can
avoid lock up.

On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, Praedor Atrebates wrote:

 As for mostly works, it works fine unless I stick in a pcmcia nic card
 (don't know yet about wlan card but imagine it is the same). If I do this
 then they system locks up - some irq conflict that I have never been able to
 fix by any means.  This is a specialized use of a nic and modem but just in
 case you seek to connection-share, you MIGHT run into a similar problem.

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Re: [expert] Extra USB internal connection on mobo

2003-03-13 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
On Wed, 12 Mar 2003, et wrote:

 there are/were a bunch of different pinouts for that connection, best to get
 with the MObo book to check pinouts. or go ahead and frie the box t see if it
 works, adn get back with us about it...

Well, I did something like that in old mobo with a different pin layout.
Using manual, electronic schemes and a multimeter.  That worked out.

I'm really thinking about doing that again and believe it will work again.

If so, I'll let you all know about it.  I was just wondering if someone
else had tried it yet.

Cheers,

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[expert] Extra USB internal connection on mobo

2003-03-12 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I bought a mobo K7VM2 from ASRock and I must say that I'm satisfied.
Although I still have two minor problems that I'll discuss in another
opportunity.

This mobo offers 6 usb slots.  Four is present.  Since some new cases has
sound/usb connections in front face, and it seems that the pin plug to the
internal usb slot on mobo is a standard (5+4 pins = .), I wonder if I
could use a USB module with 2 ports from a old Asus mobo which has the
same features present in the module of modern case, yet it'll be in the
back case.

Any thoughts would be welcome.

Cheers,

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Re: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux won'tboot and also installer doesn't work anymore

2003-03-07 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi Adrian,

Try this, take out your new memory, go to Linux, install
entreprise kernel (it supports large memory) from MDK cds, then check lilo
if new kernel is their, reboot your system, check if can loggin the new
kernel, then halt your system, put back your new memory then power on and
see if the new kernel will work well.

Cheers,

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Adrian Golumbovici wrote:

 Forgot to mention. Starting the rescue I can go to console and do whatever
 the rescue stuff allows you to do. :) But since it freezes so early I also
 cannot find anything in the logs related to it and dunno what could I change
 (if anything) so I would make the system boot. Funny stuff is also that the
 installer also freezes my PC the second I start it. :/

 Best regards,
 Adrian

 - Original Message -
 From: Adrian Golumbovici [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Sent: Friday, March 07, 2003 11:30 AM
 Subject: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux won't
 boot and also installer doesn't work anymore


  :/
  I just bought another 512MB DDR PC333 module for my PC and now my linux
  won't boot anymore. I tried an update from CD, installer doesn't work
  either. Memory just went through a 3 hours memtest86 and no error found.
  Windows handles it OK (I have a dual boot with Win2k pro). It just loads
  lilo, but when selecting linux it goes into a black screen and doesn't
 react
  to any commands. The Scroll lock and Caps lock leds are blinking
  continuously. :(
 
  At first I thought my installation is broken and tried to start the linux
  install from CD again and do an upgrade so it would reinstall the kernel.
  When starting the installer same problem. It loads the first screen OK,
 but
  whatever option for the installer I select it still freezes with those
 leds
  blinking. :( I even tried passing mem=1024M as parameter just to make
 sure,
  but still no go. :( I thought the current releases of the kernel handled
 OK
  up to 1Gig of ram. As far as I remember you needed compiled support in it
  only for 1G ram. Also as far as I remember having more memory than linux
  kernel can handle produced no freeze. It just showed and used less than
 you
  have. :( Please help. :(
 
  Best regards,
  Adrian
 
 
 


 
 


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Re: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux won'tboot and also installer doesn't work anymore

2003-03-07 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Yes, I agree it doesn't seem right.  So, what's your mobo?  Did you check
any unusual parameter in bios (e.g. for 0S/2 memory?).  Do you run
winblows too? Other possibility is a possible incompatibility between your
memories, I suppose.  Are they equal models?

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Adrian Golumbovici wrote:

 I will try now to boot the existing system by pulling one module out, rpm
 the enterprise kernel and then put it back in and see if it boots. but even
 if this is the solution it still doesn't seem right. :/

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Re: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux won'tboot and also installer doesn't work anymore

2003-03-07 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi Adrian, man you got me, I have clue no longer but testing another
memory module taken borrowed from a friend or somenthing.

I hope you can solve your problem.

Good luck.

Cheers,

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Adrian Golumbovici wrote:

 ASUS A7V8X motherboard. I didn't change anything in config between the
 installation of new module and linux not functioning anymore.
 I do run winblows 2000 professional (dual boot) as it is the only way to
 play some games for now. I am still fiddling with wine and winex so I can
 throw windoze away, but untill my radeon 9700 pro and my mobo will have
 appropriate drivers which would allow me to rund opengl and dri games I have
 to stick with the M$ fscked OS. :(
 The modules of memory are both 512MB PC333 DDR at CL 2.5
 The only difference is that one is noname and one is Samsung. They are in
 theory compatible (same speed, both have EEPROM with the module related info
 and both CL2.5). That meaning I can run anything I want in winbloze without
 no crash (also if I start all the applications I can think of just to make
 the memory fill) and running memtest86 installed on a floppy for 3.5 hours
 (3 complete test cycles) didn't show any errors and no crash or freeze. I
 also swapped the modules in the slots untill I ran out of combinations and
 still no crash in windows or error in tests, but still no go with linux
 (including installer). :(

 Best regards,
 Adrian

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Re: [expert] new memory 512MB module (total 1024MB) and linux won'tboot and also installer doesn't work anymore

2003-03-07 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Maybe Joerg had point the right problem.  I was just wondering if you
could get a 1Gb memory module to test and could so discard any possibility
of being the mobo the origin of your problems.

On Fri, 7 Mar 2003, Adrian Golumbovici wrote:

 Also I checked and mem=960M doesn't help and the enterprise kernel has same
 problem. I tried lowering the mem value even further and with 900 didn't
 work. With 800 it worked (both distro kernel and enterprise). :/

  Here is an answer I got from someone trying to help. If there is a fault
 in
  high-mem maybe someone could fix this before the release?
 
  On the other hand, Joerg since you seem to know more about this problem,
  could you post it as a bug in the mandrake bugzilla?
 
  I would really like to see this thing fixed before the release or this
  release will be useless to me. :(
 
  Thanx Joerg for the info.
 
   Hi Mate,
  
   the problem is known (Well, to me at least).
   Give at the command line mem=960M and the problem should go away. It's
 the
   High-mem stuff that is faulty. I did circumvent that problem in the past
   this way. I had recompiled my own kernel, but don't know what patch I
   added by that time to fix it (Having a Netserver LH4 with 2 GByte of Ram
   and Raid5).

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Re: [expert] ALSA + vt8233 = noisy in background

2003-03-06 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thank you James. I was afraid to hear that and anxious as I am I got a SB
live that works fantastically, even with ALSA.  BTW, I miss my SB AWE32
and its midi capabilities, but it was ISA, so...

Cheers,

On 5 Mar 2003, James Sparenberg wrote:

 On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 07:19, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:
  Hi List!
 
  I got Alsa 0.9 rc8 working on my MDK 9.0 but when running xmms, or any
  other that needs decoding, I got a crap noisy in background.  That also
  happened with alsa rc6 which came with MDK 9.0.

 You might want to wait for a new cooker kernel and try your luck there
 or do what they are doing and upgrade to the latest alsa (I believe it
 is alsa rc8a) Seems people are having better luck with this one.

 James

 
  My sound hw is Via 8233 AC'97.
 
  I tried OSS (commercial) just to check my hardware and I must say it
  worked gracefully.
 
  So I ask specially to the ones who has such sound hw (in my came with via
  KM266 chipset) with alsa if they observed this problem and if they were
  able to fix it.
 
  Many thanks in advance.
 
  Cheers,
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  ---
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Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho
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[expert] Midi with SBlive

2003-03-06 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I checked in google and got some documents about midi(/dev/sequencer)
working with SBLive, but somes old and others a little bit generic.

I wonder if among Mandrake users somone has SBLive Midi (using
ALSA) configured and working, I mean, one can use 'playmidi test.mid' or
kmid and gets sounds.

I use MDK 9.0 and compiled Alsa rc 0.8a with --with-sequencer=yes
--with-oss=yes --with-cards=emu10k1 options, based on:
http://www.alsa-project.org/alsa-doc/doc-php/template.php3?company=Creative+Labscard=Soundblaster+Live+Valuechip=EMU10K1module=emu10k1

Ok, kmidi can do the job but it's not the same.  SB AWE always work with
midi without restraints.

Many thanks in advance.

Cheers,

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[expert] ALSA + vt8233 = noisy in background

2003-03-05 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List!

I got Alsa 0.9 rc8 working on my MDK 9.0 but when running xmms, or any
other that needs decoding, I got a crap noisy in background.  That also
happened with alsa rc6 which came with MDK 9.0.

My sound hw is Via 8233 AC'97.

I tried OSS (commercial) just to check my hardware and I must say it
worked gracefully.

So I ask specially to the ones who has such sound hw (in my came with via
KM266 chipset) with alsa if they observed this problem and if they were
able to fix it.

Many thanks in advance.

Cheers,
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Re: [expert] 8.2 - 9.0, msec ran and now cups unable to bind socket

2003-03-04 Thread Alan
On Wed, 2003-03-05 at 01:12, David Whiting wrote:
 Hi,
 
 I've just upgraded from 8.2 to 9.0 (just as everyone else is getting exited
 about 9.1 :-) and have a printing problem.  msec_find ran this morning
 and now cups is unable to bind to socket 631.  I am not sure if this is
 a coincidence but I remember seeing previous posts about woes with msec.
 I have tried to google the error message but have not found anything
 that worked.  I have tried assigning a higher port in
 /etc/cups/cups.conf but that did not work.  I tried:
 
 Port 1631
 Listen localhost:1631
 
 I am running at standard level security.  As I said, I recall seeing
 similar posts in the past but can't quite find the solution.
 
 Any ideas?

This may sound unrelated, but bear with me...

Are there any kernel panic messages in /var/log/messages?

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[expert] Zip disk question

2003-03-04 Thread Alan
I upgraded a system from 8.0 to 9.0.

Now I cannot find the Zip disk device.  My old /dev/zip symlink has been
blown away and I cannot find the scsi-ide device it is supposed to be.

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[expert] ATX power source x Linux Power Down

2003-03-03 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List!

I bought a mobo with via chipset KM266.  Under WinXP power down
works ok and my computer switch off.

However, under Linux,  shutdown process stop in the screen with
Power down... message.  I know I can safely press switch off power
button but if it could do it automatically...

My mobo (K7VM2 ASRock) has ACPI support.  I tried append
acpi=off at lilo, not worked.

Maybe does someone have any tip?  Many thanks in advance.

Cheers,
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Re: [expert] ATX power source x Linux Power Down

2003-03-03 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thank you very much Rolf for your prompt answer.

I'll try it at home later.  BTW, it's MDK 9.0.

Cheers,

On Mon, 3 Mar 2003, Rolf Pedersen wrote:

 Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote:
  Hi List!
 
  I bought a mobo with via chipset KM266.  Under WinXP power down
  works ok and my computer switch off.
 
  However, under Linux,  shutdown process stop in the screen with
  Power down... message.  I know I can safely press switch off power
  button but if it could do it automatically...
 
  My mobo (K7VM2 ASRock) has ACPI support.  I tried append
  acpi=off at lilo, not worked.
 
  Maybe does someone have any tip?  Many thanks in advance.
 
  Cheers,
 
 What version of (Mandrake?) are you talking about?  I have had such
 problems, which seemed related, at least in part, to version, BIOS, or
 both.  For instance, at one point (~8.1), on a via kx133 board, I had to
 edit /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt, changing

 HALTARGS=-i -d -p
 [ -f /poweroff -o ! -f /halt ]  HALTARGS=$HALTARGS -p

 to

 HALTARGS=-i -d
 [ -f /poweroff -o ! -f /halt ]  HALTARGS=$HALTARGS -p

 IIRC.  It has been some time and I don't know why this worked but the
 answer turned up from a search at Google Groups.

 I don't know how related the next is as it is an AliMagik1 Iwill XP333-R
 but, in 9.0, I would get a kernel panic at power down, which was solved
 by recompiling a kernel and changing only to the following switch:
 CONFIG_APM_REAL_MODE_POWER_OFF=y
 The help for that switch says to try for a buggy BIOS that has trouble
 powering down.  After I upgraded my BIOS, with the newer cooker kernels,
 this switch is not required to be on.

 In 9.1, the default kernel switch at boot will be acpi=off (as of rc1,
 anyway), as many laptops are having trouble with the new acpi
 implementation.  For my desktop, this switch causes the kernel panic at
 power off but it works if I remove it from my boot menu.

 rolf




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Re: [expert] root password

2003-02-28 Thread Alan Carbutt
Nikos,

Even better, you can use some live CD distros like Knoppix or Linux
BBC.  BBC is far smaller than knoppix and fits on business card CD's. 
Knoppix is a full X-enabled linux that allows you to mount local
partitions on the disk drives.  These allow you to boot linux up on any
PC with a CDROM drive.  I use these guys for such emergencies.

++alan

On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 04:36, Nikos Papadopoulos wrote:
 I use Mandrake 8.2 and I have forgotten the root password or someone changed
 it. I tried to boot in single user mode, mount the disk and reset the
 password from the shadow and passwd files, but there are two HDD with
 software mirroring enabled and I could not mount the disk. What can I do in
 order to reset the root password?
 
 Regards,
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[expert] PC Chips 810

2003-02-26 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva

Hi List!

I looking for a very cheap mother-board and faced PC Chips 810
with SIS 730S chipset and ASRock K7VM2 withe VIA KM266 chipset.

Are there any serious issues about these mbs with MDK 9.0?

I'm concerned about if my Voodoo 3 3000 AGP 2x is compatible with
them.

Any help would be very appreciated.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: [expert] PC Chips 810

2003-02-26 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thank you all Steffen, Greg and Tarvid, that's helping me a lot!

On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Steffen Barszus wrote:

 Asrock K7VM2:
 S3 is not functional
 Onboard video with Xfree 4.2 only in vesa modus, some problems with tested
 memory (optosys). UDMA only with kernel  = 2.4.20

I intend to use my Voodoo 3 3000, perfect with Xfree 4.2.

I find a site about m810 at: http://radel.inet.net.nz/m810lmr.html
So I'm declining from m810.

Asus and Via let me freak a time ago.  I never used SIS but I've been
listening good things about it. So I hope the newest Via's chipset had
gotten stable, I'll bet on them again.

UDMA wouldn't be a problem at first.  Besides, I think I can update my
kernel easily.

I'll use a Duron 1.1 GHz and PC100 Ram memories.

I wish I could buy a MSI.

It seems that I'll buy ASRock though.


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Re: [expert] PC Chips 810

2003-02-26 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List!

On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, Steffen Barszus wrote:
 If I would have a
 wish I would wish me a intel bx 440 mainboard for duron ;)

Bingo!

I'm looking for a replacement for my old PII since now my motherboard
440lx was damaged.

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Re: [expert] PC Chips 810

2003-02-26 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi Civileme!

On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, civileme wrote:
 The 810 I have seen has no AGP slot at all.  The KM266 is also a problem cause
 it has the WRONG AGP slot.  Neither board has accelerated 3d viable in linux
 at this time.

I could check that ASRock supports AGP 1x,2x and 4x.  Please, since I plan
to use my Voodoo 3 3000, what do you mean with _WRONG AGP slot_?

Oh boy, as Aaron pointed out, it's really like a Russian roulette.

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Re: [expert] PC Chips 810

2003-02-26 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Thank you Civileme.



On Wed, 26 Feb 2003, civileme wrote:

 If it is within your price range (and I see similar prices here in the US),
 may I suggest the ASUS A7N266-VM?  It requires DDR memory, is micro-ATX in
 form factor, and its on-board video and audio and LAN all work under 8.2 and
 9.0.  If you taint the kernel with the proprietary NVidia Drivers, you will
 also have 3D accel suitable to all purposes and superior to the performance
 of your Voodoo 3 3000, then you can find another board for the Voodoo, cause
 the slot on the NForce board from ASUS is 8X/4X and will not fit Voodoos.

Yes, a friend of mine bought it and it's great, however, I ought to buy
DDR memory.

Maybe, if I can sell my old stuff, so I can face this budget.

Cheers,

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Re: [expert] Mandrake Out of Control?

2003-02-25 Thread alan
On 25 Feb 2003, Jack Coates wrote:

 On Tue, 2003-02-25 at 11:53, Steffen Barszus wrote:
 ...
 
  
   All the distros release the source code.
   I still think a show of community support could take that, and compile
   processor specific versions...  ;)
  
  And I think that this would be nonsense. Maybe the kernel and Multimedia apps 
  should be recompiled but thats it. How important is a athlon-xp optimized 
  'ls' ? What is so athlon-xp specific beside the special instruction sets ? 
  Which app makes really use of it ? For ix86-64 it is totally understandable, 
  but athlon-xp ?
 
 naw d00d, it'd be so l33t!!! My ls can run .233344 nano-seconds
 faster than yours on alternate Tuesdays
 
 Of course, I don't want to actually have to recompile myself, it'd be
 easier if someone else did it for me. After all, other people have so
 much more time and equipment than me.

If you want something optimized to the n-th degree for your system, you 
should be running Gentoo.

Of course, that requires learning how to boot strap your machine, a fast 
processor and a fast pipe.  (As well as a good understanding of how Linux 
works.)  Not for the faint of heart.

But this is a Mandrake list...



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Re: [expert] supermount

2003-02-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
SainTiss wrote:
 hi,

 I've just installed the kernel update, and enabled
 supermount, but when I insert a cdrom, it still doesn't
 mount automatically did I miss something here?

 Thanks

 Hans

you need to reboot the computer after doing a 'supermount -i 
enable' to get supermount to read the fstab file.
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Re: [expert] supermount

2003-02-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ronald J. Hall wrote:
 On Wednesday 05 February 2003 12:32 pm, Alan Shoemaker 
wrote:
  you need to reboot the computer after doing a 'supermount
  -i enable' to get supermount to read the fstab file.

 grin I think you can do a mount -a and get away with
 the same thing without rebooting...

maybe, but i think there may be something beyond just that 
done in the initscripts.  anyway i never saw in this thread 
anyone mentioning doing either one. :)
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Re: [expert] OT Will there be a tomorrow?

2003-01-29 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
I beg your all pardon but I could not keep my fingers away from the
keyboard after such a stupid things written below.

First, Bush (and I put him apart from USA because America, despite
elected him, is greater than that asshole) never signed Kyoto Protocol,
but USA (Clinton) had previously signed an Intention Protocol.  Kyoto was
just to formalise what many nation had agreed before, including Europe,
China and Russia, the other big polluters.
BTW, American democracy is interesting since Al Gore had more votes than
Bush and we shall never know what happen at Jeb Bush's farm (I mean,
Florida).

Second, despite all technology today, still is USA the biggest, worst,
very far, ever polluting country in all time of Human History.  This is a
fact.  USA is responsible by 25% of the world pollution and has 5% of
world population.

Bush said that a recession would be worst to the world than pollution.
But if we do not have world?

If every human on Earth lived as an American it would be necessary 4
Earths to sustain us.  Nowadays we are consuming 1.2 Earth, so, we are
destroying our world.

I regret that Bush Jr. represents such a great people and nation, but do
you know which American president had the worst I.Q.?

Bush father, who were now surpassed by his son.

Petroleum will finish someday not far from today, and then, who will be the
next? Brazil?  Which has 20% of potable water of the world, or will
America assault Antarctic?

USA has one of the cheapest gasoline among rich countries.  Bush and
Cheney came from Oil Companies.  Have you ask yourself if the reason of
this war is really against terrorism or just to keep oil prices down?

Sharon was reelect in Israel.  I'm really concerned about Americans
doing the same, i.e, keeping that jerk for another term.

Pardon Praedor, but I could not help myself considering this subject over.
However I shall not write anymore about it.

On Wed, 29 Jan 2003, Chuck Burns wrote:


 So, you think implementing a system that protects US citizens from ICMBs is a
 bad thing? Come down off your high horse.
 Also, when was the last time we broke the Geneva convention? The last war was
 in Desert Storm, and did we torture any of those Iraqi soldiers that
 surrendered without firing a shot? No, I don't think we did. We have ALWAYS
 treated enemy soldiers as well, or better, than the Geneva convention states,
 EVEN when our enemies did not, such as was the case in Vietnam, where our
 troops were tortured with electric shock.  I had a doctor-friend, who was a
 medic back in the Vietnam war, who was captured, during a VC raid on a
 hospital compound..  They beat him so severely that, to this day, he speaks
 with a weak and raspy voice almost like a whisper, because his larynx was
 nearly destroyed, but he is still a good doctor.
 We never SIGNED Kyoto, because it was nothing more than a ploy to LOOK GOOD to
 ecologists.  The WORST polluting countries are the 3rd world countries with
 NO environmental protection agencies, and the Kyoto treaty left them alone,
 so, of course we didn't sign it.

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