Re: [expert] 9.0 to 9.1

[mycal62]

I would like to say that I was very pleased with version 8.0 .  I also 
found that other .1 versions like 7.1 , 8.1 did not function very well 
and did not fully work.

BUT 

9.1 has been and is my favorite version to date.  It is perfectly stable 
for me on three different boxes.

My home box is an epox 8kta3pro based athlon 1700+ ati tnt 2 32 mg 
video, soundblaster live system,
everything works perfectly. my sony vaio pcg-fx215 laptop is also 
perfect. my work box is used in  a
information management production environment,  running an asus mb, and 
is similar to my home box ,
but it's also just dandy. YMMV, still even though some things are a bit 
different and this is a list to help fix problems, MDK 9.1 is very good 
and an improvement for many of us out here in the real world, and is 
much better than XP or any other win products. So I had to learn a 
couple of new steps, at least my hardware works under MDK 9.1 ( my tv 
card at home will even display better in MDK )

instead of just complaining , why not say hey this is my problem with 
this hardware, how do I fix it?

Mike

Lorne wrote:

On Monday 02 June 2003 12:30 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:

 

I don't want to say this, but I have to say it because it is the truth.
For users of 8.2 or maybe even 9.0 there is no cogent reason to upgrade
to 9.1, if you are seeking a stable production system.  

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Re: [expert] 9.1 comming?

[mycal62]

So young So angry!

Damn that rap music!

Pierre Fortin wrote:
On Sun, 16 Mar 2003 01:29:01 +0100 Steffen Barszus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
[lots snipped]


On Sunday 16 March 2003 00:28, Pierre Fortin wrote:

That's plain wrong thinking...  if Mdk wants to limit their sales to
just those who test/run Cooker, I might agree...  BUT...  they want to
sell as much as they can, and they really have no way of telling how
people will use the distro.  If there are some applications that won't
even *start*, what does that say for Mdk QA???  After all, the distro
is named "Mandrake Linux", not "Linux By A Rag-tag Bunch of
Cooker/Wannabe Testers Who Didn't Have the Time or Inclination to Test
All the Applications: Good Luck!"...
If you are long enoushould know that it can running flawless and do not
even start on another machine. So testing on some given machines would
not mean it does work for you. (for whatever reason) That is why you
should test it if you want have running it. So the statement you are
doing is not valid.


Why do some people insist on replying, just to make some orthogonal,
ephemeral points?
I am talking about PROGRAMS THAT WILL *NOT* RUN ON ***ANY*** MACHINE
BECAUSE THEY HAVE *NOT* BEEN COMPILED OR LINKED PROPERLY(PERIOD)!

as stated above . What is needed is a good bugreport from you. 


And it got IGNORED! Not just once...  All that was left to do was to
rebuild the RPM *correctly* and release it as an UPDATE... 


For 9.0, I reported it, was even blamed for building it wrong, pointed
out I just installed it, got the impression it would be fixed, not!
You wouldn't be blamed for building it wrong if you are reporting it to 
cooker. Reporting it to cooker is what is needed.


Right...  on a RELEASED distro...  oh, phooey... just go read the archives
from shortly after 9.0 was released.

Invalid statement. They don't put not working apps in mandrake, the only
thing is they can't know if it is working for you.


BUT THEY ***CAN*** KNOW IF IT WON'T WORK FOR *ANYONE*!!! NO?







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Re: [expert] Liquid Style on 9.0 with KDE3.1

[mycal62]

Hi Jack,

tried it on my system as you  outlined and it compiled and installed 
fine except for the transparent menus :-(

athlon xp 1700+  epox 8kta3pro MB kde 3.1 on a Mdk 9.0 system

did the transparent menus work for you ?

Jack Coates wrote:

On Tue, 2003-03-11 at 02:47, James Conner wrote:
...
 

Now I had to get Mofset's Liquid.  I looked for an updated rpm and it didn't 
exist, so I went to his web site to get the tarball.  He claims on his web 
site( http://www.mosfet.org/liquid.html ) that "Mandrake uses a non-standard 
directory structure that breaks KDE software installation when compiling from 
source. Specifically, it uses a non-standard directory for the configuration 
files that control what shows up in the KDE Control Center, in the menus, and 
mimetypes. "  Well, not to be detered, I installed it anyway.  It didn't 
work.  I did some digging and found it installed it in /opt/kde instead of 
/usr.  I uninstalled it and did the following:
make distclean
./configure --prefix=/usr
make
make install
It showed up in the Control Center and worked fine.  I sent Mofset an e-mail 
stating my success and how I did it.  He replied that before he changes his 
web site to reflect this, he needs to make sure it's not an isolated case.  
So my question is has anyone done this and had any success?  If not, is 
anyone here willing to try this and report on its success or failure?

Jim
   

In this month's Linux Journal, there's an article about KDE's Desktop
Sharing which makes it very clear what one needs to do to compile
software for KDE on Mandrake. It agrees with your process. Perhaps
Mosfet should consider a subscription?
 



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[expert] voice messaging

[mycal62]

are there any voice messenger clients for linux like msn messenger?

or any tools to talk to another pc via the internet?

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~~

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Re: [expert] Mozilla and Netscape Profiles

[mycal62]

hi ,

did you try looking in : file:/usr/local/netscape/defaults/profile

Only thing I could find.

what is the exact problem you are having?  I've just gone through a bit 
of a pain to get my  netscape 7 working properly after a new install.   
I had to create a new profile , delete the default profile and rename 
the new one to default to make it work. it was doing a lot of weird 
stuff, but now all works perfect,
and I have all the old bookmarks, and messages and such.

Mike McNeese




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[expert] 9.1 beta screenshots please?

[mycal62]

Hi  all,

any of you with a running 9.1 beta willing to send some screenshots?

I would like to see what it looks like before I attempt a test on a 
spare drive.

Thanks in advance.

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Re: [expert] I know this is a repeted question on cloning but...

[mycal62]

Thanks Jack , I think you have almost got me there, just a couple of 
questions remain.

Jack Coates wrote:

If it were me, I'd mkfs those partitions first. It's your funeral
though, might as well try it and see how badly things get hosed up by
that handful of 8.2 binaries that don't get replaced by 9.0 binaries.


I already have 9.0 on BOTH installs  it's just one doesn't work properly 
and I wanted to replace
it with the one that does.  so this really isn't necessary right?

mtab is dynamically generated, leave it alone.



understood , won't touch it.



should be /mnt/aroot/etc/lilo.conf if following my prev. example... When
you just run "lilo" it assumes you want to work on the current root
filesystem, which in this case is /dev/hdb. You need the switches to
tell it that you want to modify /dev/hda instead.
 

what is /aroot ?

lilo is on the hda install and reads from /boot on the hda install  as 
that's where the mbr is.

If I copy over the hdb install to hda, I loose lilo since it's not been 
installed on the second OS ( hdb )
even if I copy /boot from hda and restore it to hda after the change, 
I'll still need to install lilo and adjust it right?

also the OS on hda is already quite hosed. I wanted to replace it with 
the working version to save me setting up everything all over again with 
a re-install . In fact it won't boot into X now, so it probably won't 
hurt whatever I do.

If I can get everything switched over while I'm on hdb and make all 
adjustments manually before trying to boot
hda maybe it will atcually work !

Thanks in advance for your answers.


 

thanks for the help.

Mike McNeese 
Springdale, 
Arkansas USA

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Jack Coates wrote:

   

boot to 9.0 on hdb
init 1
cd /
mkfs all the partitions you want to replace on hda
mount those partitions under /mnt/aroot, /mnt/ausr, /mnt/ahome, &c.
cp -a each of the directories from root to the new location: e.g.
	cp -a /boot /mnt/aroot/
don't copy /tmp.
vi /mnt/aroot/etc/fstab and make sure it makes sense.
Not sure how to get grub to boot, but it's probably easier than lilo.
IIRC, you need something like:
	vi /etc/lilo.conf and change any hdb references to hda
	/sbin/lilo -r /mnt/aroot -b /dev/hda

If you get errors, abort and figure out why. Make sure you have a rescue
CD handy. If it breaks, it wasn't me.

HTH,
Jack

On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 08:04, mycal62 wrote:


 

HI .

I'm trying to move my Mdk 9.0 install on hdb to hda.

To be as clear as I can ,  I installed 9.0 on a 6.4 wd drive ( hdb ) as 
a test install to see if I could get everything to work. I did and now 
have a very nice 9.0 install even with vmware working.

on hda ( 60 gig Maxtor ) I had mdk 8.0. Since I got 9.0 working I wanted 
to logically move to the larger and faster drive
hda. so I simply moved over my home partition from hdb to hda through 
file manager ( super user mode ) and installed 9.0 on hda. It installed 
fine , and my home settings worked fine. The problem I have run into is 
that while I have the printer, etc. all working fine on hdb ( old wd 
drive ) the new install on hda doesn't work right.

what I would like to do is copy the install  on hdb ( /  less  the /boot 
partition ) to the new hda install (ext2) .

will I have to delete the contents of hda5 ( / ext3 ) first, saving the 
/boot to put back later?
( I know I'll have to adjust some things after this though I 
don't know what exactly
   perhaps fstab  )
Or can I simply use the file manager and copy over these partitions as I 
did  /home ?

I don't think so , but how can I do this ?


hdb5=/  ext3 4023mb want to copy/move to hda5
hdb6=swap
hdb7=/home ext2 1922mb

hda1=/mnt/windows  vfat 6991mb
hda5=/  ext2 9891mb-destination for hdb5
hda6=swap
hda7=/home ext2 10786
hdb8=/backup ext2 28398




  

   

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Re: [expert] I know this is a repeted question on cloning but...

[mycal62]

let me get this straight.

all I want to copy are the partitions on /

they already exist on hda5 and are mounted under /80  on the hdb install ,

so if I do a ( for example ) :

boot to 9.0 on hdb
init 1
cd /
cp -a /bin /mnt/80/bin  

this will copy bin on hdb5 to hda5 and write over the old files that are 
there now?

and if I do the same for  /dev, /etc, /initrd, /lib, /sbin, /usr, /var

it will copy these to the new location ?

then all I have to do is  mcedit /etc/fstab , and mtab and fix the 
entries and then adjust lilo.conf, rerun lilo

and reboot?

also what does this mean and is it needed here ?

vi /etc/lilo.conf and change any hdb references to hda
	/sbin/lilo -r /mnt/aroot -b /dev/hda


thanks for the help.

Mike McNeese 
Springdale, 
Arkansas USA

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MDK 9.0 kernel 2.4.19-16 Registered Linux User #248955

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Jack Coates wrote:

boot to 9.0 on hdb
init 1
cd /
mkfs all the partitions you want to replace on hda
mount those partitions under /mnt/aroot, /mnt/ausr, /mnt/ahome, &c.
cp -a each of the directories from root to the new location: e.g.
	cp -a /boot /mnt/aroot/
don't copy /tmp.
vi /mnt/aroot/etc/fstab and make sure it makes sense.
Not sure how to get grub to boot, but it's probably easier than lilo.
IIRC, you need something like:
	vi /etc/lilo.conf and change any hdb references to hda
	/sbin/lilo -r /mnt/aroot -b /dev/hda

If you get errors, abort and figure out why. Make sure you have a rescue
CD handy. If it breaks, it wasn't me.

HTH,
Jack

On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 08:04, mycal62 wrote:
 

HI .

I'm trying to move my Mdk 9.0 install on hdb to hda.

To be as clear as I can ,  I installed 9.0 on a 6.4 wd drive ( hdb ) as 
a test install to see if I could get everything to work. I did and now 
have a very nice 9.0 install even with vmware working.

on hda ( 60 gig Maxtor ) I had mdk 8.0. Since I got 9.0 working I wanted 
to logically move to the larger and faster drive
hda. so I simply moved over my home partition from hdb to hda through 
file manager ( super user mode ) and installed 9.0 on hda. It installed 
fine , and my home settings worked fine. The problem I have run into is 
that while I have the printer, etc. all working fine on hdb ( old wd 
drive ) the new install on hda doesn't work right.

what I would like to do is copy the install  on hdb ( /  less  the /boot 
partition ) to the new hda install (ext2) .

will I have to delete the contents of hda5 ( / ext3 ) first, saving the 
/boot to put back later?
 ( I know I'll have to adjust some things after this though I 
don't know what exactly
perhaps fstab  )
Or can I simply use the file manager and copy over these partitions as I 
did  /home ?

I don't think so , but how can I do this ?


hdb5=/  ext3 4023mb want to copy/move to hda5
hdb6=swap
hdb7=/home ext2 1922mb

hda1=/mnt/windows  vfat 6991mb
hda5=/  ext2 9891mb-destination for hdb5
hda6=swap
hda7=/home ext2 10786
hdb8=/backup ext2 28398




   


Mike McNeese 
Springdale, 
Arkansas USA

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MDK 9.0 kernel 2.4.19-16 Registered Linux User #248955

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[expert] I know this is a repeted question on cloning but...

[mycal62]

HI .

I'm trying to move my Mdk 9.0 install on hdb to hda.

To be as clear as I can ,  I installed 9.0 on a 6.4 wd drive ( hdb ) as 
a test install to see if I could get everything to work. I did and now 
have a very nice 9.0 install even with vmware working.

on hda ( 60 gig Maxtor ) I had mdk 8.0. Since I got 9.0 working I wanted 
to logically move to the larger and faster drive
hda. so I simply moved over my home partition from hdb to hda through 
file manager ( super user mode ) and installed 9.0 on hda. It installed 
fine , and my home settings worked fine. The problem I have run into is 
that while I have the printer, etc. all working fine on hdb ( old wd 
drive ) the new install on hda doesn't work right.

what I would like to do is copy the install  on hdb ( /  less  the /boot 
partition ) to the new hda install (ext2) .

will I have to delete the contents of hda5 ( / ext3 ) first, saving the 
/boot to put back later?
 ( I know I'll have to adjust some things after this though I 
don't know what exactly
perhaps fstab  )
Or can I simply use the file manager and copy over these partitions as I 
did  /home ?

I don't think so , but how can I do this ?


hdb5=/  ext3 4023mb want to copy/move to hda5
hdb6=swap
hdb7=/home ext2 1922mb

hda1=/mnt/windows  vfat 6991mb
hda5=/  ext2 9891mb-destination for hdb5
hda6=swap
hda7=/home ext2 10786
hdb8=/backup ext2 28398

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Re: [expert] anyone have Hp 820cse working in MDK9?

[mycal62]

have tried these as well and nothing. only has a parallel port.

something else is obviously messed up , I just can't figure it out.

may go in and remove all all of cups and related stuff and go back with 
the earliest cups and drivers  
I can get to work with 9.0 .

thanks anyway  

I'm assuming , you don't have this model  ' 820cse '  running since you 
said yours has usb port.

I was looking for someone who has this EXACT printer working in MDK 9.0, 
not general printer help.

thanks for trying though. ;-)

Ron Stodden wrote:

mycal62 wrote:


thanks for the reply, but your suggestions failed. :-(



Then use the KDE Control Center > System > Printer or printerdrake to 
remove your printer (software).

Then install it again as a new printer with the appropriate driver.

If you are using cups, you can also try as root:

service cups stop

then:

service cups start

My HP printer has both parallel and USB interfaces, so you can try 
using the other interface and install it as a new printer (all 
diffferent software).



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Re: [expert] anyone have Hp 820cse working in MDK9?

[mycal62]

thanks for the reply, but your suggestions failed. :-(

Ron Stodden wrote:


mycal62 wrote:


Hi all ,

quick question, does anyone have a hp 820cse working in mandrake 9.0 ?

I had my working when I first installed MDK 9 but it won't work now .
I know it still works as i moved it to another box ( 98lite ) and it 
works fine.
I did the usual updates ( no cooker ) , maybe this broke it ?
since it's my only printer, I would like to get it working in 9.0 ,
especially now that I have everything else working well in 9.0.


Have you tried enabling your disabled (software) printer through the 
K-menu MCC, System, printer, select your printer and try the icons, 
then print a test page.Remove any stalled print jobs in the job list.

Failing that, as root in a terminal run printerdrake, double click on 
your printer and reselect the driver choice and the options, then 
print a test page.



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[expert] anyone have Hp 820cse working in MDK9?

[mycal62]

Hi all ,

quick question, does anyone have a hp 820cse working in mandrake 9.0 ?

I had my working when I first installed MDK 9 but it won't work now .
I know it still works as i moved it to another box ( 98lite ) and it 
works fine.
I did the usual updates ( no cooker ) , maybe this broke it ?
since it's my only printer, I would like to get it working in 9.0 ,
especially now that I have everything else working well in 9.0.

any help is greatly appreciated.

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Re: [expert] Error building NVIDIA rpm

[mycal62]

I found the 2.4.19-16 headers rpm and installed the nvidia rpms just fine .

would you like me to send  it to you?


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Re: [expert] I am in KDE HELL

[mycal62]

I must agree with this estimation.

I have a perfect 8.0 install that has everything working PERFECTLY !

I now have a 9.0 install that seems to also work perfectly. ( seems to 
so far that is ;-) )

But I couldn't get 8.2 to work on my "crappy hardware"  ;-) ;-) ;-)

It's not the hardware it's the OS.  Obviously , not ALL Mandrake 
versions work with all hardware configurations.

though some may not like this opinion, it seems to be a fact of life.

My 2 cents

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Damian Gatabria wrote:

El Dom 15 Dic 2002 21:25, James Sparenberg escribió:
 

On the installs I've done.  7 boxes  supermount works fine, on my
laptop only am I having trouble.  Seems that the supermount problems are
related to hardware, not a generality (BTW the other boxes I've put
it on don't have cdroms )

James
   



James, several people have already said supermount's problems 
in 9.0 can be blamed on crappy hardware.

I have seen this excuse several times already, but i just
can't buy it. Mandrake 9.0 includes a kernel whose Supermount
does not work in my box. This would be, according to the many
people that say so, my crappy hardware's fault.

But why does it work OK with 8.2, then?

I would be more inclined to say "Mandrake 9's stock
kernel has bugs that arise only on certain kinds of
hardware" more than "it's a hardware related problem",
as the latter gives the idea that the hardware is to blame,
which it is not.


Damian


 



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Re: [expert] second mouse ?

[mycal62]

I used the info below to get my usb mouse working in Mdk 8.2 :


The following lines in my XF86Config-4 file allowed me
to use both a USB mouse and the mousepad in my laptop
with mandrake 8.2.
However it doesn't work in mandrake 9, only the usb
mouse works.


I believe you

> >need to add a line to your "Server Layout" section.  You will already
> >have a line for "Mouse1", just add a line for "Mouse2" and use the
> >"SendCoreEvents" as below.
> >
> >
> >Section "ServerLayout"
> >Identifier "layout1"
> >InputDevice "Keyboard1" "CoreKeyboard"
> >InputDevice "Mouse1" "CorePointer"
> >InputDevice "Mouse2" "SendCoreEvents"
> >Screen "screen1"
> >EndSection
> >
> >	This will have Mouse2 just send it's events to Mouse1, and let both of
> >them work.
> >
> >Jim F
> >
> >On Fri, 2002-10-18 at 06:33, Bruno Maggi wrote:
> >> Hi,
> >> The following lines in my XF86Config-4 file allowed me
> >> to use both a USB mouse and the mousepad in my laptop
> >> with mandrake 8.2.
> >> However it doesn't work in mandrake 9, only the usb
> >> mouse works. Anybody has had the same problem?
> >>
> >> Section "InputDevice"
> >>
> >> Identifier "Mouse1"
> >> Driver "mouse"
> >> Option "Protocol" "IMPS/2"
> >> Option "Device" "/dev/usbmouse"
> >> Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"
> >>
> >> # Option "Emulate3Buttons"
> >> # Option "Emulate3Timeout""50"
> >> # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button
> >> Logitech mice
> >> # Option "ChordMiddle"
> >>
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >>
> >> Section "InputDevice"
> >>
> >> Identifier "Mouse2"
> >> Driver "mouse"
> >> Option "Protocol" "PS/2"
> >> Option "Device" "/dev/psaux"
> >> Option "Emulate3Buttons"
> >> Option "Emulate3Timeout" "50"
> >>
> >> # ChordMiddle is an option for some 3-button
> >> Logitech mice
> >> # Option "ChordMiddle"
> >>
> >> EndSection
> >>
> >>





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On Fri, 13 Dec 2002, Jason Greenwood wrote:

 

I wrote to the list yesterday with a similar problem with no response... =(

rodrigo wrote:

   

Dear Experts...
 I have been trying to install a second mouse in my laptop
 It comes with a touch-pad-mouse, and I like a second one 
(usb-mouse...), but
tools like "mousedrake", Harddrake2, ... found just one of them ...
 Can I have both mouses working at the same time ?
 


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Re: [expert] Nvidia driver chaos!

[mycal62]

Yes a windows reinstall , even on top of the old one will distroy lilo.

but getting back to lilo is very easy!

if you made a mandrake boot disk during install , or can make one now, 
do so .

have it handy, and go ahead and reinstall windows. ( just do it on top - 
don't need to format nothin' )

once your done and windows is back up and running, simply reboot with 
the mandrake disk in the floppy drive
and boot from that. when it shows this boot: type   linux single 
and hit enter.

when it boots up you will be in console mode. at the login type root and 
enter password.

now just typelilo   and enter .  

That's it !!!  

now lilo is back and you can dual boot again.

If you want to know how to triple or quadruple boot mail me off list.

Mike McNeese

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flacycads wrote:


My Linux question: When I reinstall windowsSE on a dual boot Linux box, will 
that overwrite my Linux MBR, and what should I do to prevent, or correct 
that? Or, will I have to reinstall Mandrake 9.0 after I reinstall windows 98 
to get the original lilo mbr reinstalled? Is there a simple procedure for 
copying the lilo config file, and then replacing the new win98 mbr with lilo? 
I'm not a linux expert, and am unclear on this.

Many thanks,
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Re: [expert] A win-processor!?!?!?

[mycal62]

before you get a hammer,  consider this,

I run a xp 1700+ processor , and have run 8.0, 8.2, and 9.0 all without 
any difficulty or special configuring.
I run an nvidia tnt2 32 mg agp video card, and have run several others 
though no voodoo card though, so don't know.
I would guess it's another problem though not the cpu. ( 9.0 was a bit 
harder to get working though )



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Re: [expert] 8.1 - very unstable

[mycal62]

I posted earlier, and just wish to mention, that in all fairness,
some people will have issues which will be unresolveable, despite buying
a distro,
having New hardware and having some experience with Linux.

I have always paid for a boxed set including mandrake 7.0, 7.1, 7.2,
8.0, and 8.1,
as well as a dozen other distros including suse and redhat. 

I await 8.2 as I could not successfully install 8.1 on a new MB/ 1000
Mhz athlon
New Hard drive / Mem/ etc. 

Otherwise , why would people repeatedly say "your mileage may vary" on
so many things. 

Don't misunderstand, I am an almost exclusive Mandrake man Period ! 
Only keep the windows junk on a seperate box for One application 
which Will never run in linux. ( No it really never will ) 

Mandrake Is absoulutely awesome, and The best of the pack, however it's
not perfect yet,
nor does it work with all hardware configurations out here- Yet ;-) 

 I really wanted to install 8.1 but it simply was too flaky to keep. 
Yes support Linux ( esp. Mandrake! ) by all means Pay for cd's that will
help.
But let's be candid and and admit we are all waiting for a distro with
everything
that's just right, otherwise we would not upgrade.

end of rant. 

Mike McNeese
Springdale Arkansas USA

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Re: [expert] How do I install kde 3.0 beta 1 in 8.0

[mycal62]

thanks again .

Got kde 3 runnings but most things don't work of course. 

on the point to update 2.1.1 ( not 2.2.1 as you mentioned ) I have never
gotten kde to successfully udgrade to 2.2.anything. the current version
is 2.1.1 not 2.2.1. 

everytime I have tried it shows a dep for a lib-file which I can't find
anywhere . 

maybe I'll just wait till 8.2 comes out and reinstall. 

would like to stay up-to-date but stock 8.0 works ssso well! 

thanks again for trying to help me though.

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Re: [expert] How do I install kde 3.0 beta 1 in 8.0

[mycal62]

Thanks Tom that was helpful. ;-)

looked in rpms and they do install to /opt 

Now last questions  (I hope) any order to install? and since rpms go
where I want can I use package manager to install them? ( quicker than
by hand, less typing ) 

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[expert] How do I install kde 3.0 beta 1 in 8.0

[mycal62]

Ok I have dwnloded the rpms for 8.0

Now I want to try it out. 

But I don't want to break the stock kde 2.1.1 that came with 8.0
can I install it along side 2.1.1? if so how do I do that? 
I don't know how to install to say, /opt from the terminal

any help ? or know of a good article on how to do this? 

I like 8.0 very much and have it running perfectly !!! 

But ( with a sheepish smile ) I like the look of kde 2.2 and 3.0.
  especially want to try Liquid - use acqua style now.

can't get 2.2 to install on my 8.0 box . ( probably did something wrong
again. ) 

If someone knows how to get 2.2 running or 3.0 or if we go nuts maybe
even 2.1 and 2.2 and 3.0 all at the same TIME !?!?!

Ok I'll calm down. 

anyway, all help is greatly appreciated! 

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Re: [expert] CPU temperature monitoring

[mycal62]

Lee Roberts wrote:
> 
> Is there a utility for monitoring the CPU temperature? My bios has this
> information as well as info on other CPU stuff (i.e. voltages) so I'd
> like to be able to access that info from Linux. I've heard of this kind
> of stuff for Windoze.
> 
>   
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lm_sensors used in conjunction with gkrellm works very nicely for me.

the lm_sensors package you need will depend on which distro you use.
check the lm_sensors site for info here are the ref:

  this is LM_Sensors

 Gkrellm

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[expert] strange problem with /etc/rc.d/rc file

[mycal62]

HI ,

have a strange problem, 

on rebooting from win98 I get a strange message during bootup

it says for this file :< /etc/rc.d/rc :[ missing "]"  >

can the rc file be regenerated ?

Have tried to install lm_sensors which require adding lines to 
/etc/rc and /etc/modules.conf 

and the message happened after the second reboot after this mod. 

any suggestions? 

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[expert] Updating kernel 2.4.3-20

[mycal62]

Howdy,

How can I update , or install a later Kernel, when doing a new install
of LM 8.0 from the 3cd box set? The default kernel is 2.4.3-20mdk.

I wish to update it enough to use a ext3fs if possible, without updating
to 8.1. ( sorry but it won't run on my setup , though I wish it did! )

anyway , do I have to update in stages to gain ext3 support? 
and can I use ext3 on all partitions including / ? 

If not someone please tell me if I have to stay with a Reiserfs instead?

If I need to compile a special kernel to do this , please direct me to a
tutorial on how to do it that is written in average user-speak. 

Not a novice but somethings I haven't tried to do yet. 
Like compiling a kernel from scratch. 

any and all help is very much appreciated! 

Thanks in advance

Mike McNeese
Springdale, AR. USA

Linux user 248955



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Re: [expert] converting ext2 to ext3

[mycal62]

I appreciate the response,

However I don't know what tune2fs is or how to use it , even after 
reading the man page. and it makes no reference to changing ext2 to ext3.

a bit more explanation please

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[expert] converting ext2 to ext3

[mycal62]

Hi,

How do I convert my existing ext2 partitions to ext3 in LM 8.0 ?

Partitions < / ; /swap ; /home

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Re: [expert] problem with linux

[mycal62]

small rant: 

I too agree with the statement at the end of your post. 

Mandrake Is great , I on the otherhand have too often been far from great! 

anyone with half a brain can install Mandrake - ( push button - insert cd - 
click a few times and Miracles of miracles, it works. Period ! ) 

I have it running on different hardware setups no prob bob. 

No, It's not PERFECT but 8.0 is very close! 
and s much better than win-anything. 

Maybe 8.2 will be perfect? 

oh - don't listen to me I'm just a human. 

bye
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