I have seen a lot of email to the cooker about bugs in 7.1 I know that
mandrake is a business with profits in it's little dreams every night., but I
am concerned that this could lead to a Microsoft type" release or
die" mentality and it does not look good for linux if this corporate virus
continu
Submitted 09-Jun-00 by Diablero:
> I have a prob with the new kernel. I can't boot without this line in
> menu.lst:
> initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.2.15-4mdk.img
>
> If I delete this line, I had a kernel panic, unable to mount VFS root.
> And when I boot with this line,I have this in dmesg:
> RAM
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>
> Lorne Shantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I purchased a SoundBlaster Live Platinum retail package 2 weeks ago,
> > because the ISA Soundblaster no longer works with mandrake. Mine works
>
> uh?
>
> at home i got a sb awe64 pnp, which works nice. here on t
Something got broken! It used to work fine. Sound blaster awe32 pnp card
worked great. Now it doesn't work.
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>
> Lorne Shantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I'm wondering since your card is ISA and I have trouble with an ISA
> > card, if it isn't ISA in general. ?
Just did a clean install of 2526 and had the following error message
with the three packages below, but the install continued without any
foreseeable problem.
There was an error installing package: go on anyway?
gnome-libs-1.2.1-1mdk
gnome-devel-1.2.1-1mdk
gnumeric-0.54-1mdk
Nev
Hello,
i have downloaded the 2 iso-files from sunsite.uio.no and
checked the md5sums.
If i try to install Mdk 7.1 the installer aborts after
testing the resolution of x-window.
XF86_FB Problem. caught signal
I have tried the CDROM install and Network(NFS). Both failed.
Hardware: AMD K6
I downloaded with Win98 from ftp.sunet.com and windows added an extra .iso
to the end of the file (inst.iso.iso) - don't know if that made a
difference, I just renamed it and burned it without any problems.
Good luck, Mike
> Anyone having a problem getting easy cd to use the 7.1 inst.iso? I've
>
LOL!! I belive you forgot:
printf("Welcome to Windows 2000 install");
printf("Setup has detected a very large virus on");
printf("your hard driver called 'Linux'");
printf("Press 1 to erase 'Linux'");
printf("Press 2 to remove 'Linux'");
printf("Press 3 to make more room for
Okay here's the latest. As was the case of Derek, if I compile ReiserFS
in static everything work (with DAC960 as a module or static). If I put
ReiserFS in as a module it crashes with the NULL pointer error.
I'm using 2.2.16 source from the rpm. Is their anything you guys would
like me to try
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
> We're thinking of something like HelixUpdate -- but we can't come to a
That would be cool
> whole agreement at MandrakeSoft, some of us think we should only
> install only applicative stuff, some others think we should handle a
> full upgrade process this way (with the
OS wrote:
> Red Hat's Netscape used to be subtely different from Mandrake's, don't know if
> this is still the case. I have used plugger right up 'till plugger-3.2-4mdk and
> they have never caused a bus error. I have seen bus errors but not with
> plugger.
>
> Try moving the entire contents of /
On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 11:07:03PM +0200, Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> Diablero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I have download the 2 iso. I have loop-mounted in Mandrake7.1 and
> > Mandrake7.1_ext. Later it fails because it tried to look in
> > Mandrake7.1/Mandrake/RPMS2 but it's impossible t
On Fri, 09 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Let's make a "hack" menu group. When some package is in development
> (hackgimp, hackmozilla, etc. etc.) we can put those packages in there
> (with the same structure --> hackmozilla = Hack/Networking/WWW ).
>
> The advantage I see is that the menu system is alrea
Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > To clarify: the initial config file was containing the error? or you did
> > modify it?
>
> It was the original, and I used the postfix config as the second webmin
> action (the first being to lock it down to 127.0.0.1 and the address of my
> workstatio
Im using a rsync mirror from ftp.sunet.se, Fri Jun 9 22:49:30 CEST
2000
Under the installation:
1. I used the hd.img, why dos it say "Welcome to Linux-Mandrake Cooker"
and why is there no logo?
2. Local key maps is not loaded under installation(tested with danish
key map).
3. Applications from
Let's make a "hack" menu group. When some package is in development
(hackgimp, hackmozilla, etc. etc.) we can put those packages in there
(with the same structure --> hackmozilla = Hack/Networking/WWW ).
The advantage I see is that the menu system is already put into these
packages, and keeping t
Diablero <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I have download the 2 iso. I have loop-mounted in Mandrake7.1 and
> Mandrake7.1_ext. Later it fails because it tried to look in
> Mandrake7.1/Mandrake/RPMS2 but it's impossible to do. Why not have copy the
> hdlist in the second CD ? Please remember it and d
problem is, newbies don't even know they could get better performance.
Nicholas Webb wrote:
>
> I noticed this too. Ultra66 drives need 'Use DMA by default' too, and
>
> without it they do not run to their full potential (or even close 4MB/sec
>
> vs 20MB/sec on my system). So I guess the ne
OS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hello,
>
> Installation of bash-2.04-5mdk fails because it is looking for sash in /bin.
> However sash-3.4-3mdk puts it into /sbin
flepied built another bash today, to adress the /usr/lib <> /lib problem
at bootup (6mdk).
maybe it'll fix that.
--
Guillaume Co
I have a prob with the new kernel. I can't boot without this line in
menu.lst:
initrd (hd0,0)/boot/initrd-2.2.15-4mdk.img
If I delete this line, I had a kernel panic, unable to mount VFS root.
And when I boot with this line,I have this in dmesg:
RAMDISK: ext2 filesystem found at block 0
RAMDISK:
James Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Is the Mandrake Update feature going to be used more with 7.1 than it was
> with 7.0?
Mainly, it's for security holes.
We're thinking of something like HelixUpdate -- but we can't come to a
whole agreement at MandrakeSoft, some of us think we should
Jason Jeremias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Well for me the fact that Mandrake won't boot after I install using
> ReiserFS on my Mylex Raid Controller thats a major flaw.
Sure, because you would like the best for your box! It's perfectly
understandable.
> I've installed 7.1 of 5 different mach
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> What happened to glade?
>
> 7.0 had it.
>
> It looks to be completely missing from 7.1
On the Extension-CD (glade-0.5.5-8mdk.i586.rpm).
You probably have had only the Installation-CD.
--
Guillaume Cottenceau
Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > To clarify: the initial config file was containing the error? or you did
> > modify it?
>
> It was the original, and I used the postfix config as the second webmin
> action (the first being to lock it down to 127.0.0.1 and the address of my
> workstatio
"Jonathan Prigot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> XFree86-4.0 and Mozilla? I downloaded the ISO's yesterday and burned them but I
> can't seem to find either of these packages.
XF4's package is named "XFree86-server-4.0"
--
Guillaume Cottenceau
I noticed this too. Ultra66 drives need 'Use DMA by default' too, and
without it they do not run to their full potential (or even close 4MB/sec
vs 20MB/sec on my system). So I guess the newbies will either have to
learn to recompile their kernels, or live with the rather poor
performance.
_
David Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On Fri, 09 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> > Where have you put the RPMS2 directory, CD2 has to be copied where CD1 has been.
> > So if you do something like "ls /Mandrake" you should get :
> > RPMS RPMS2 base mdkinst
>
> Uh, my local copy is built from a
I have done a install by ftp.
First thing:
I have download the 2 iso. I have loop-mounted in Mandrake7.1 and
Mandrake7.1_ext. Later it fails because it tried to look in
Mandrake7.1/Mandrake/RPMS2 but it's impossible to do. Why not have copy the
hdlist in the second CD ? Please remember it and do i
Hello,
Installation of bash-2.04-5mdk fails because it is looking for sash in /bin.
However sash-3.4-3mdk puts it into /sbin
Created a symbolic link to /sbin/sash in /bin and installed bash-2.04-5mdk with
--nodeps. Following the 80 #'s the following was output:
Stand-alone shell (version 3.4)
Red Hat's Netscape used to be subtely different from Mandrake's, don't know if
this is still the case. I have used plugger right up 'till plugger-3.2-4mdk and
they have never caused a bus error. I have seen bus errors but not with
plugger.
Try moving the entire contents of /usr/local/netscape/pl
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> John Grange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
> >
> > > John Grange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > > i have a very strange request, could i get access to my srpm on
> > > > /incoming on the mandrakesoft ftp site, i need the spec f
When i try to upgrade some (but not all new) rpm's in the cooker i get a core dump.
Don't know why. It seems allways to happen after
D:Getting list of mounted filesystems
if i use rpm -Fvh -vv
(attached is the output of the command above, if you what the coredump please say so)
I don't know if this was by design but...
I just installed Mandrake 7.1 last night. I have an AMD Athlon system based on
the Viper chipset. I turned on hard drive optimizations during the install and
when the system booted for the first time it hung hard while trying to turn on
the optimizations.
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>
> > Hi again,
> >
> > Will be soon Mandrake 7.1-2 distibution ?
>
> What for?
>
> The 7.0-2 was made because the 7.0 had a big flaw which made it dangerous.
> Now that many CD's of the 7.1 are being manufactured (because no major
> fl
Is the Mandrake Update feature going to be used more with 7.1 than it was
with 7.0?
-Original Message-
From: Guillaume Cottenceau [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, June 09, 2000 1:03 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [Cooker] will be Mandrake 7.1-2 distibution ?
[EMAIL PROTEC
Eric <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I made it to the package selection screen. i found that it wouldn't let
> me install everything I wanted. Even though I had 2 gig of /usr. I went
> back to the filesystem screen and deleted /home, resized /usr to 2.2 G
> and then recreated /home. I reformatted a
"Guy T. Rice" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Umm, okay, but how did you fix it? Do you need to remake the RPM (with a
> corrected spec file) or simply rename the RPM? Won't renaming the RPM
> cause other problems (like package X depends on package Y but we just
> renamed package Y to Z)? Of cou
Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Guillaume,
>
> Huh? Gratitude that someone in MandrakeSoft cares enough to try and
> keep people outside informed.
My question was addressing the big delay for your reaction to this
message. I thought it had sort of a connection with the release of th
John Grange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Guillaume Cottenceau wrote:
>
> > John Grange <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> >
> > > i have a very strange request, could i get access to my srpm on
> > > /incoming on the mandrakesoft ftp site, i need the spec file, as i lost
> > > alot of information in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Hi again,
>
> Will be soon Mandrake 7.1-2 distibution ?
What for?
The 7.0-2 was made because the 7.0 had a big flaw which made it dangerous.
Now that many CD's of the 7.1 are being manufactured (because no major
flaw was discovered since the beta3) it would be too
On Fri, 09 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Where have you put the RPMS2 directory, CD2 has to be copied where CD1 has been.
> So if you do something like "ls /Mandrake" you should get :
> RPMS RPMS2 base mdkinst
Uh, my local copy is built from an rsync of sunet.se, not the cd
images. And none o
> What happened to glade?
>
> 7.0 had it.
>
> It looks to be completely missing from 7.1
>
no it is not see
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/mandrake/7.1/Mandrake/RPMS/glade-0.5.5-8mdk.i5
86.html
> Eric
>
What happened to glade?
7.0 had it.
It looks to be completely missing from 7.1
Eric
On Fri, 09 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > > Yes, /etc/postfix/main.cf was read as broken by webmin-0.80 apparently
> > > because the hostname wasn't loaded into the file--just left for a
> > > default which may not have been read correctly by webmin.
>
> uh?
>
> on
Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> "Kenneth Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Does anybody have the elsa gladiac gforce 2 gts? I just got mine today, =
> > and I am going to download beta3 soon. Will it work? If so, where can =
> > I obtain the driver? Or will the gfor
I reported this error (sounds like similar install steps, and it's the same
error message) during the 7.1 betas and did not get a response. Never did
figure out the problem. Here's my report:
System:
Compaq Prolinea 575 (Pentium 75)
80MB RAM (Wow!)
500MB Hard Drive (I know, small..)
3COM 3C5
Jonathan,
> XFree86-4.0 and Mozilla? I downloaded the ISO's yesterday and burned them but I
> can't seem to find either of these packages.
True. I can only speak for mozilla:
Mozilla (M13 I beleive) is in the contribs. We're (Geoff & I)
are currently working on mozilla. We're building packages
"Kenneth Kline" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Does anybody have the elsa gladiac gforce 2 gts? I just got mine today, =
> and I am going to download beta3 soon. Will it work? If so, where can =
> I obtain the driver? Or will the gforce 256 driver on nvidia page work =
> ok with it?
the basic
Below are currently discussed toppics on "linuxpole.com" (our experimental
public forum):
Policy: Guns versus Butter
Install: Automated Install
Install: Upgrade - what should it do?
Doc: What makes a documentation "good" or bad?
More to come...
cu
Denis
--
Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > Yes, /etc/postfix/main.cf was read as broken by webmin-0.80 apparently
> > because the hostname wasn't loaded into the file--just left for a default
> > which may not have been read correctly by webmin.
uh?
on my configuration, the "myhostname" parameter
Hello David Walluck,
On Fri, 9 Jun 2000 00:28:52 -0400 (EDT) GMT your local time,
which was Friday, June 09, 2000, 11:28:52 AM (GMT+0700) my local time,
David Walluck wrote:
> On Thu, 8 Jun 2000, Civileme wrote:
>> On Thu, 08 Jun 2000, you wrote:
>> > Can someone help me here?
>> >
>> > VT 82C5
Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
> Chmouel finished his first 2.2.16 patching nightmare. Now he needs test,
well wait a new kernel soon with the pcmcia modules :p
--
MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com
Pasadena, CA USA
Anyone having a problem getting easy cd to use the 7.1 inst.iso? I've
downloaded twice from differnet mirrrors and can't get Easy CD to open
either download. Says it's not a valid disk image.
Regards,
Marc Sitkin
"Geoffrey Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> where is the update for 7.1 ??
Please wait this update need a lot of testing before.
> and how about kernel linus ?
2sec to coming.
--
MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com
Pasadena, CA USA --
Kelley Terry wrote:
>
> Sorry for posting this here but I've tried to get off the cooker mailing
> list for some time now. ( I tried emailing [EMAIL PROTECTED] but
> to no avail). If any one knows how please let me know!!
hmm... I seem to have the same problem with unsubscribing here too, I
r
Hi,
Chmouel finished his first 2.2.16 patching nightmare. Now he needs test,
particularly on these issues:
raid configuration
u66 hardware
bigmem
Feel free to help if you can. Send report on the list, with CC to Chmouel.
Thanks!
--
Guillaume Cottenceau
> XFree86-4.0 and Mozilla? I downloaded the ISO's yesterday and
> burned them but I
> can't seem to find either of these packages.
check in contribs. the mozilla in contribs is old, currently working on a
new spec :)
> --
> Jonathan M. Prigot (617-278-0794)
> Brigham and Women's Hospital
>
Jose Romildo Malaquias <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The latest version of SWI Prolog is 3.3.6, with many improvements.
We promote gprolog at present time.
--
Guillaume Cottenceau
Brook humphrey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Finally thanks Pixel (again, not sure how many times). It was due to a
> bad cdrom. I didn't even know how bad it was. Because it seemed to be
When burning CD's, be careful. At high-speed (6x, 8x), this kind of things
appear at install time with some
XFree86-4.0 and Mozilla? I downloaded the ISO's yesterday and burned them but I
can't seem to find either of these packages.
--
Jonathan M. Prigot (617-278-0794)
Brigham and Women's Hospital
900 Commonwealth Avenue, East
Boston, MA 02215-1213
ok
I've tried several times this week to install 7.1 from the network
(about 6-7 times). I'm not willing to try again until some stuff gets
fixed, anyway here are a few tips to improve it:
During the package selection process I got several "An error as occured:
Died." After going into the cons
Armisis Aieoln <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> I cant get netscape to work! in final version!
>
> ERROR: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/libradnet.so: undefined symbol: __9DLLAccess
> Cant load plugin /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/libradnet.so. Ignored.
> ERROR: /usr/lib/netscape/plugins/librarv10.so: undef
Udo Weber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> you forgot to include the pcmcia ! (/lib/modules/2.2.16-1mdk/pcmcia is empty !)
argh again thanks to noticing me :^
--
MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com
Pasadena, CA USA --Chmouel
Diablero a écrit :
>
> On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 11:01:41PM +0200, Stephane Gourichon wrote:
> > I tried urpmi.removemedia and urpmi.addmedia to reset all this, tried
> > another mirror... it downloads the hdlist correctly like in 7.0 (do I have
> > to specify the hdlist of hdlist.cz2 file ? I trie
200 PORT command successful.
150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
total 16
drwxrwxr-x 2 johanftpadm96 May 5 21:11 .
drwxrwxr-x 7 johanftpadm 8192 Jun 8 04:34 ..
226 Transfer complete.
125 bytes received in 0.05 seconds (2.50 Kbytes/sec)
ftp> pwd
257 "/pub/
Andreas Simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Msec adds an entry in /etc/crontab.
>
> For systems which aren't up all day and
> use anacron instead of cron it would
> be very nice to have msec also add an entry
> in /etc/anacrontab.
i take note :)
--
-- Yoann http://www.mandrake
Chmouel Boudjnah a écrit :
>
> Stefan Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Am 2000-06-07, um 09:00:57 (-0500) schrieb Vincent Saugey:
> > > --=-=-=
> > > Name: ImageMagick Distribution: Linux-Mandrake
> > > Version : 5.2.0 Vendor: Mandr
On Thu, Jun 08, 2000 at 11:01:41PM +0200, Stephane Gourichon wrote:
> I tried urpmi.removemedia and urpmi.addmedia to reset all this, tried
> another mirror... it downloads the hdlist correctly like in 7.0 (do I have
> to specify the hdlist of hdlist.cz2 file ? I tried both, no luck), then it
> sa
On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, David Faure wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 02:47:19AM -0400, Matthew R. Sprague wrote:
> > Hey Chris I have a corrrection for your web page and a few questions about
> > your new RPM builds.
> >
> > This correction is actually for faure as he maintains the
> > http:/
Msec adds an entry in /etc/crontab.
For systems which aren't up all day and
use anacron instead of cron it would
be very nice to have msec also add an entry
in /etc/anacrontab.
Cheers
~Andreas
Kaixo!
On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 02:41:31AM +0800, Kit Ngan wrote:
> Surely 7.1 getting small bugs...
>
> 2. fonts-ttf-big5 don't correct... I have to get taipei-fonts from CLE
> http://cle.linux.org.tw
What is exactly the problem ?
> 3. I can't change the KDE's language to zh_xx... I can't see
Harry Henry Gebel wrote:
> > The program is also front-end for Spice, but you can install and make
> > circuits without it.
>
> That's true (although you can not currently print them out), but if you
> have Oregano in the distribution you should also have a spice RPM so that
> people will at leas
On Fri, Jun 09, 2000 at 02:47:19AM -0400, Matthew R. Sprague wrote:
> Hey Chris I have a corrrection for your web page and a few questions about
> your new RPM builds.
>
> This correction is actually for faure as he maintains the
> http://www.kde.org/kde1-and-kde2.html webpage.
>
On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, Matthew R. Sprague wrote:
> Does one need to uninstall older KDE2 rpm's such as 2531 before installing
> the new one's or is it ok to just rpm -i over the older ones? Keep in mind
> that I want to be able to use both KDE1 and KDE2. Using rpm -u will remove
> KDE1 packag
Matthew Porter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> when attempting to install the mandrake 7.1 final on my ibm thinkpad
> (model 1460), i experienced a lockup (with the gui installer) after
> inserting the extension cd. the hard drive continuously spun. upon
> switching to the console four (ctrl-alt-
"S T" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi,
>
>I waited until the announcement on the webpage and the files
> I downloaded were from 7.1 directories, so I'm guessing that I was using the
> final 7.1 files.
>
>First attempt was with hd.img install. Floppy booted ok, but
> the install progra
Chmouel Boudjnah a écrit :
>
> Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Already done! The Australian mirror now heads the list on your web
> > page.
> >
> > But aaarnet (in Brisbane) was an official mirror for 7.0, and
> > appeared in your web page list. Why was it dropped without any
>
David Hart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Install-expert-all groups-100%-couple of packages added in individual selection
> This is pretty bizarre, but for some undiscernable reason, when I do a
> hard drive install of the 7.1 final, none of the rpms from the second hdlist
> get installed. t
Hi folks,
Pls can you help me.
I want to install Mandrake 7.1 (official) on a 765L (IBM) Thinkpad but I
get no graphic window and if I do install it in
text mode then the install script crashed after select locals. The
select window locals has no scrollbar.
I did make following steps:
.
1.) boot:
Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
> --=-=-=
> Name: kernel Distribution: Linux-Mandrake
> Version : 2.2.16Vendor: MandrakeSoft
> Release : 1mdk Build Date: Fri Jun 09 00:06:24 2000
> Install date: (not installed)
Thanks JWD !
you helped me out of distress.
Eric MC
> -Original Message-
> From: jwd [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, June 08, 2000 1:37 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [Cooker] bash-2.04-4mdk problems
>
>
> I put in my install disk and typed rescue.
> then I did:
>
Install-expert-all groups-100%-couple of packages added in individual selection
This is pretty bizarre, but for some undiscernable reason, when I do a
hard drive install of the 7.1 final, none of the rpms from the second hdlist
get installed. the ddebug log says:
* running: extract_archiv
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