Setting the clock

2003-03-27 Thread Alex Horvath
Silly question, but how do I set the clock on the computer. I have tried hwclock, but I get an error saying "unable to open /dev/adb read/write : : No such file or directory" Also, ntpd doesn't seem to work. I have servers configured, but the time never changes. Also, it there a way to

Re: Setting the clock

2003-03-27 Thread Alex Horvath
permissions for the clock so that you can access it at a later point, or have it execute on connect to your ppp account. - Original Message - From: Alex Horvath To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, March 27, 2003 4:42 PM Subject: Setting the clock Silly question

DHCP questions

2003-03-27 Thread Alex Horvath
hi all, first, PPC 8500 w/ 2 nic, eth0 net, eth1 loc. not quite at routing yet, still trying to set up dhcp. First thing, I have dhclient working, and it can get an address from my current router192.168.0.1 (it grabs 192.168.0.238). If I disconnect it (i.e. halt the machine, disconnect the

Install parameters

2003-03-22 Thread Alex Horvath
Stew, RC1, trying to do an FTP install. PowerComputing Powercentre 120, 112MB RAM, 2GB HD, onboard net. First, I can't even get the installer to work properly unless I specify root=/dev/ram3 second, if I do that, I get corrupted video. Third, if I put install-text before or after the

Re: Keeping up to date

2003-03-16 Thread Alex Horvath
own (local) ftp-server, and update the day after (after creating new hdlist-file). Bob (not Stew) -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Alex Horvath Verzonden: woensdag 12 maart 2003 23:51 Aan: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Onderwerp: Keeping up to date

Re: Nightmare installation on G3 beige

2003-03-16 Thread Alex Horvath
Stew, how difficult would it be to add hfs or FAT32 support to the installer so you could install off a hard disk in the machine ? I currently use FTP install, but it would be a lot faster to d/l the ISO, mount it, copy the files to the local drive and install from there. Just a though. BTW,

Keeping up to date

2003-03-12 Thread Alex Horvath
Stew, I installed Cooker Beta 2, and would like to know how to keep it current (I assume that there are incremental builds between ISOs). Can you give me a play-by-play on how to keep the system up to date ? I have seem URPMI on the lists, along with some talk of mirrors, but I don't know what

Re: Crash on install

2003-03-01 Thread Alex Horvath
, and it wrpas around to the right side. Installer still works, just a little goofy lookin'. Again, any ideas ? AH - Original Message - From: Alex Horvath [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 8:40 PM Subject: Crash on install Hi All, Trying to install

Re: X Font error

2002-12-25 Thread Alex Horvath
? - Original Message - From: Stew Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, December 24, 2002 13:29 Subject: Re: X Font error On Wed, 25 Dec 2002, Alex Horvath wrote: Hi All. installed mdk-ppc 8.2 from ISOs, and I have a couple of problems. 1st, major, sice i can't

Re: X Font error

2002-12-25 Thread Alex Horvath
for this ? Thanks, and merry Christmas! AH - Original Message - From: Alex Horvath [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 25, 2002 17:10 Subject: Re: X Font error Stew, I had this configuration working before. Could you please list what I should have for bootx

X Font error

2002-12-24 Thread Alex Horvath
Hi All. installed mdk-ppc 8.2 from ISOs, and I have a couple of problems. 1st, major, sice i can't do much now: When I try to start X, I get the following error: Fatal server error Could not open default font 'fixed' XIO fatal IO error 104 (connection reser by peer) on X server :0.0 after 0

Re: 8.2-cooker

2002-11-26 Thread Alex Horvath
Stew, where do you get the files to update ? I see you reference a file://, do I donwload files from somewhere using MacOS and put them in a directory that can be read by linux ? or do i download them in linux ? Thanks, AH - Original Message - From: Stew Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED] To:

[Cooker-PPC] Installing Java

2002-11-16 Thread Alex Horvath
How do i install java on Mandrake-ppc ? I got the .bin file, but reading the installation readme says that it has only been tested on i586 systems. Any suggestions ? Thanks, AH

[Cooker-PPC] FORCING numlock on ALL THE TIME!

2002-11-16 Thread Alex Horvath
How does one do this, if possible ? AH

Re: [Cooker-PPC] Mounting an HFS partition at boot

2002-11-10 Thread Alex Horvath
No, I want it RW - Original Message - From: Bob Sloots [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 10, 2002 4:27 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker-PPC] Mounting an HFS partition at boot On Sunday 10 November 2002 17:42, you wrote: Hi All. Funny thing. I have a MacOS

[Cooker-PPC] What other mouse types, not IMPS/2

2002-11-06 Thread Alex Horvath
Title: Re: Mouse Problems what other protocols are available, other than IMPS/2 ? Thanks, AH

Re: [Cooker-PPC] Changing display mode

2002-11-05 Thread Alex Horvath
] Changing display mode On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Alex Horvath wrote: Could it have something to do with my mouse ? If I try to change it from inside X, using the control centre, the display blanks, then when it comes back, it gives me an error about IMPS2 not being a correct mode. Any

Re: [Cooker-PPC] Changing display mode

2002-11-05 Thread Alex Horvath
PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker-PPC] Changing display mode On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Alex Horvath wrote: Hi All I have a Supermac j900 running Mandrake 8.2PPC. I've got an ATI Xclaim VR (Rage II) and an Apple 17 Monitor. The current display mode

Stefan Mintier

2002-11-05 Thread Alex Horvath
PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 2:12 PM Subject: Alex Horvath Alex I too have a UMAX s900 and have had trouble with configuring my adb mouse among other things. I was wondering if I could correspond with you about configuring my machine? my E-mail address is [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank

Re: [Cooker-PPC] Changing display mode

2002-11-05 Thread Alex Horvath
to do anymore. Thanks, AH - Original Message - From: Stew Benedict [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 05, 2002 8:07 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker-PPC] Changing display mode On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Alex Horvath wrote: Stew, the error I get from Mandrake

[Cooker-PPC] ATI XClaim VR Modelines

2002-11-05 Thread Alex Horvath
, 5 Nov 2002, Alex Horvath wrote: Stew, the error I get from Mandrake Control Center is: (EE)Mouse1: Unknown protocol imps2 (EE) Preinit failed for input device Mouse1 Also, of I use /dev/usbmouse, the mouse stops working. I'm currently using /dev/input/mice. The default

[Cooker-PPC] Changing display mode

2002-11-04 Thread Alex Horvath
Hi All I have a Supermac j900 running Mandrake 8.2PPC. I've got an ATI Xclaim VR (Rage II) and an Apple 17" Monitor. The current display mode is 800x600 (i think the refresh is 75). I'd like to change the display mode to 1024x768 @75 or 85, but I can't seem to do it. I figured out

Re: [Cooker-PPC] Changing display mode

2002-11-04 Thread Alex Horvath
PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 7:39 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker-PPC] Changing display mode On Mon, 4 Nov 2002, Alex Horvath wrote: Hi All I have a Supermac j900 running Mandrake 8.2PPC. I've got an ATI Xclaim VR (Rage II) and an Apple 17 Monitor

[Cooker] Changing display mode

2002-11-03 Thread Alex Horvath
Hi All I have a Supermac j900 running Mandrake 8.2PPC. I've got an ATI Xclaim VR (Rage II) and an Apple 17" Monitor. The current display mode is 800x600 (i think the refresh is 75). I'd like to change the display mode to 1024x768 @75 or 85, but I can't seem to do it. I figured out