[Cooker] BM

2000-07-20 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
This has probably been asked already, but wtf does "BM" mean on the changelogs?

RE: [Cooker] ANNOUNCE: kde upgrade

2000-07-14 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Kmail hangs on me if it has a large attachment in a message. How do I decode a message where the attachment is part of the text, beginning "Begin 600". I can't remember if it is UUENcode or MIME encode Thanks Alex -Original Message- From: frank [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 14

RE: [Cooker] ANNOUNCE: kde upgrade

2000-07-14 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
I have a couple of questions as I still have some issues with KDE2 I do like it, but things still crash a bit too often. Konqueror won't take me to Mandrake's website! Falls at the language switch hurdle and leaves me staring at a blank page. Nutscrape does it fine. Also, an auto download scr

[Cooker] Hackkernel 2.4.0-0.9mdk

2000-07-13 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Hello Further to my previous e-mail (Which went unanswered) I have a problem with this kernel: I have installed the kernel and amended grub accordingly. (It is running as the linux-up option) I have the initrd image which preloads reiserfs (Which is my filing system) I then get a VFS kernel p

RE: [Cooker] KDE 2

2000-07-12 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
) and log in.  Copy the files back and reboot.   All will be well. -Original Message-From: NEPOTE Charles (Neuilly Gestion) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: 11 July 2000 4:41To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'Subject: RE: [Cooker] KDE 2 > -Message d'origine----- &

RE: [Cooker] KDE 2

2000-07-11 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
oying. Wouldn't go into X at all. -Original Message- From: Christopher Molnar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 11 July 2000 1:49 To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [Cooker] KDE 2 On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Alex Boag-Munroe wrote: > Installed KDE 2 over the weekend, an

RE: [Cooker] Konzole still not working...

2000-07-11 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
OK, here's the deal: Reinstalling XFree doesn't do it. Do you have access to any "working" machines with which you can get these fonts from? If not, I can zip em and send em to you. You then copy them over, and it works. Let me know Alex -Original Message- From: Alen Salamun [mailto

[Cooker] "c"ooker test, with a cc to "C"ooker test

2000-07-10 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Just a test

RE: [Cooker] Postings

2000-07-10 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
That's what I thought, I'm glad you mentioned it. And no, it doesn't make any bloody difference whether you use a c or a C!!! Read the RFC document on e-mail addresses and domain names. (Not sure which one it is). SO. Why do cooker, or Cooker postings take so damn long to appear? -Origin

RE: [Cooker] Grub

2000-07-10 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
an do it with? Help would be greatly appreciated Thanks Alex -Original Message- From: Pixel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10 July 2000 3:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Grub Alex Boag-Munroe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Does anyone know if it is possible to

[Cooker] Grub

2000-07-10 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Does anyone know if it is possible to make Grub boot off of a CD? Ta Alex

[Cooker] Postings

2000-07-10 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Why are postings taking a stupidly long time to appear on the list???

RE: [Cooker] Konzole not working (7.0-7.1 upgrd)

2000-07-10 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Ah ha! U need to obtain the /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc folder (Or something like that, off top of my head and all) from an XFree86 3.3.6 system and copy it over your own. I presume u are using Xfree 4.0? It is basically a stuffed font, and putting those fonts back fixes it Ta Alex -Or

[Cooker] KDE 2

2000-07-10 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Hello, Installed KDE 2 over the weekend, and, I must say, look out Windoze. IE was my favourite browser until I saw Konqueror. Nice innit? Well, thats it for the bootlicking, now for my issues... 1. I cannot run simple things like XKill. Just says it can't run it. If I type it in at the co

[Cooker] Hackkernel 2.4.0-0.8mdk

2000-07-10 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
HELP! I have compiled the above kernel, and made my initrd with a preload of reiserfs. However, it complains that supermount is not supported by the kernel, nor is reiserfs. Has anyone else come across this? Many thanks in advance Alex

[Cooker]

2000-07-06 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Would anyone be sooo kind as to tell me how to get my scroll wheel working, start to finish? Please? Thanks Alex (It is a Microsoft IntelliEye Explorer)

RE: [Cooker] AMD Athlons and their motherboards. Oh, Aureal Vort exesas well.

2000-07-05 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Hi Civileme, It is a Seagate 8.6GB, UDMA 33. -Original Message- From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 July 2000 6:04 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] AMD Athlons and their motherboards. Oh, Aureal Vortexesas well. Alex Boag-Munroe wrote: > > Hi all, >

RE: [Cooker] AMD Athlons and their motherboards. Oh, Aureal Vort exes as well.

2000-07-03 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
on an included CD. Charles - Original Message - From: "Alex Boag-Munroe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, July 03, 2000 8:33 AM Subject: [Cooker] AMD Athlons and their motherboards. Oh, Aureal Vortexes as well. > Hi all, > &

[Cooker] AMD Athlons and their motherboards. Oh, Aureal Vortexes as well.

2000-07-03 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Hi all, I was wondering, has anyone experienced this problem? I have a 1Ghz Athlon with a choice of two motherboards. One is an AOpen KX133 board. This all works fine, except when I install the Aureal Vortex 2 driver onto my system, any attempt at playing a sound locks the system solid. (I kn

RE: [Cooker] 192mb ram not detected

2000-07-03 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
> > append="hdc=ide-scsi" > > > > then make it look like > > > > append="hdc=ide-scsi mem=191m" > > > > Otherwise, create the append line > > > > append="mem=191m" > > Don't forget the space, ie, append=" mem=191m"

RE: [Cooker] Netscape 6.0 and good?

2000-07-03 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
I'm sure you have seen by now all the other people who have mailed this list claiming problems similar to those that the chap whose head you had for lunch below is experiencing. Just because you don't have the problems does not mean that problems do not exist. In todays world of PCs no two machi

RE: [Cooker] Netscape 6.0 and good?

2000-07-03 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
-Original Message- From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 July 2000 1:02 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Netscape 6.0 and good? David BAUDENS wrote: > > Alex Boag-Munroe écrivit : > > > 4.73 is stable? I would suppose that depends on you

RE: [Cooker] Netscape 6.0 and good?

2000-07-03 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
When are people going to get their thumbs out of their arses and start doing some serious developing for Linux? It's doing my head in hearing "Well, more people use Windows, so we will make our Windows version a better product". ARRGH! Linux needs a better browser, like Mozilla. Windows has IE

RE: [Cooker] Netscape 6.0 and good?

2000-07-03 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
-Original Message- From: David BAUDENS [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 01 July 2000 12:35 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Netscape 6.0 and good? Alex Boag-Munroe écrivit : > 4.73 is stable? Yes, it is. * Well it ain't for me, and the previous version was fine.

RE: [Cooker] Secure FTP

2000-07-03 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
d sftpserv is run. >From within sftp, all of the normal ftp commands are present: open, close, get, put, pwd, cd, ls, lcd, quit, etc. There's also exec, which runs a program on the remote end." =-= kk1 >From: Alex Boag-Munroe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTE

RE: [Cooker] Netscape 6.0 and good?

2000-06-30 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
4.73 is stable? AhemI don't call having to delete your Netscape folder every week because Netscape keeps hanging stable. 4.7 was stable. Such a shame there is no IE port for Linux. I know we don't like MS, but you have to admit, they do have a nice browser. -Original Message- From

[Cooker] Secure FTP

2000-06-30 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
I have secure http and ssh, is there a way to have secure ftp? Ta Alex begin 600 winmail.dat M>)\^(AD+`0:0"``$```!``$``0>0!@`(Y`0```#H``$(@`<` M&$E032Y-:6-R;W-O9G0@36%I;"Y.;W1E`#$(`06``P`.T`<&`!X` M#``$`!<`!0`G`0$@@`,`#@```-`'!@`>``P`!``7``4`)P$!"8`!`"$```!# M0SDS.49",S8U-$5

RE: [Cooker] Netscape 6.0 and good?

2000-06-30 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Nutscrape is crap. Are there any decent *working* alternatives? -Original Message- From: Geoffrey Lee [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 30 June 2000 4:38 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [Cooker] Netscape 6.0 and good? > -Original Message- > From: bobby dowling [mailto:[EMAI

RE: [Cooker] Flashing keyboard light

2000-06-30 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Could be a virus, a dodgy keyboard cable, or dodgy keyboard controller. -Original Message- From: Jim Bradley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 29 June 2000 6:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] Flashing keyboard light The keyboard lights (Num Lock, Caps Lock, Scroll Lock) on my c

[Cooker] Kernels

2000-06-30 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Hello Can anyone tell me where stuff gets put once Cooker has finished with it? I am trying to find kernel 2.2.16, but can find a Mandrake RPM anywhere! Help!! begin 600 winmail.dat M>)\^(@,*`0:0"``$```!``$``0>0!@`(Y`0```#H``$(@`<` M&$E032Y-:6-R;W-O9G0@36%I;"Y.;W1E`#$(`06``P`.``

RE: [Cooker] Kernel panic w/ 2.2.16-10mdk

2000-06-29 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
To recover it you will need to boot from the Mandrake CD (Unless you have a disk) then type F1 then rescue. At the prompt, type modprobe reiserfs Then mount your / partition using mount -t -a reiserfs /dev/ /mnt/disk Then type chroot /mnt/disk Uninstall the kernel RPMs on the disk and load the

RE: [Cooker] Kernel panic w/ 2.2.16-10mdk

2000-06-29 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
I had this. What you have to do: Compile the kernel as normal. Once compiled, BEFORE the reboot, do the following: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.16-10mdk.img 2.2.16-10mdk --preload reiserfs Then go to /boot/grub and edit the menu.lst file and change the linux-up or linux so that it takes the imag

RE: [Cooker] attn chmouel (was /dev/dsp)

2000-06-23 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Have you downloaded the source? You'll probably find you'll need a recompile. -Original Message- From: Mike & Tracy Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 23 June 2000 12:37 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] attn chmouel (was /dev/dsp) Hello chmouel, I would like to contin

RE: [Cooker] /dev/dsp

2000-06-22 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Has anyone tried recompiling their sound drivers since the kernel update? Try deleting the sound module then remaking the modules again, it could be that the old 2.2.15 module is not being overwritten (I've had this lots with new kernels). I have an Aureal Vortex, and needed to recompile the modu

RE: [Cooker] kernel panic / initrd?

2000-06-22 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Make sure that reiserFS is a module and not compiled into the kernel, cos it breaks otherwise. -Original Message- From: Mike & Tracy Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 22 June 2000 4:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [Cooker] kernel panic / initrd? Hello cooker, I've just ins

RE: RE: [Cooker] Sumpermount lost using Kernel 2.2.16-4

2000-06-21 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
I have SCSI drives in the system, but it is a IDE drive I boot from. Thank you very much anyway :) Alex -Original Message- From: James Bradley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 June 2000 3:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: RE: [Cooker] Sumpermount lost using Kernel 2.2.16-4 > Th

RE: [Cooker] Wheel mouse support in 7.1/Cooker

2000-06-21 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
My Microsoft IntelliEye doesn't scroll. Wheel don't work. -Original Message- From: Mike & Tracy Holt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 21 June 2000 12:47 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Wheel mouse support in 7.1/Cooker I'm using the logitech trackball with the thumb marble

RE: [Cooker] Sumpermount lost using Kernel 2.2.16-4

2000-06-21 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
That's alright, I installed 2.2.16 and it screwed Lilo good and proper. Refused to boot after decompressing the kernel as well. Took a recompile of 2.2.15 and a reinstall for me to fix. Worst kernel I've seen in a while. -Original Message- From: Guillaume Rousse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: [Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and Adaptec ones too

2000-06-20 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
So how does this help me to get mine working (it doesn't at the mo, remember?) -Original Message- From: Pixel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 June 2000 8:05 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and Adaptec ones too Derek Wildstar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wr

RE: [Cooker] What are the latest support packages needed for KDE2 ?

2000-06-20 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Open SSL is in mandrake-crypto instead of mandrake-devel on your mirror site. Check http://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-crypto/7.1/ -Original Message- From: Hoyt [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 June 2000 7:28 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] What are the l

RE: [Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and Adaptec ones too

2000-06-19 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Can I get this during installation? -Original Message- From: Pixel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 19 June 2000 12:11 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and Adaptec ones too Alex Boag-Munroe <[EMAIL PROTE

RE: [Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and Adaptec ones too

2000-06-19 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Unfortunately, I was running in Expert mode, but still no joy. Finds the on board adaptec, but not interested in the DAC960 -Original Message- From: Derek Wildstar [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 17 June 2000 3:54 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and A

RE: [Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and Adaptec ones too

2000-06-16 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Oh. Well, it is an Adaptec RAID controller. www.adaptec.com Quite popular -Original Message- From: Pixel [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 16 June 2000 4:51 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and Adaptec ones too Alex Boag-Munroe <[EMAIL PROTEC

RE: [Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and Adaptec ones too

2000-06-16 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Boag-Munroe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello > > Does anyone know why I can't get Mandrake 7.1 to acknowledge my Mylex RAID > controller? It is in the list, but won't see it, it only sees my Adaptec > 2940. strange, it should work. 7.0 had a pb and patch fixed

[Cooker] Mylex RAID controllers, and Adaptec ones too

2000-06-16 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
Hello Does anyone know why I can't get Mandrake 7.1 to acknowledge my Mylex RAID controller? It is in the list, but won't see it, it only sees my Adaptec 2940. Also, I have tried installing Linux onto an Adaptec 1130U2, but again, it fails to see it. I wish to use it for a server, but it won't

[Cooker] Initio 9100 SCSI cards

2000-05-03 Thread Alex Boag-Munroe
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