Re: [Cooker] Danger: Magazine with 9.2 with problematic kernel

2003-11-10 Thread Bruno Prior
Buchan Milne wrote: Sure, for the Radeon 7500, there is no excuse (but AFAIK it should work fine out-the-box on 9.2), but for newer Radeon's, there isn't much we can do, since no free software driver supports them yet. That's not absolutely the case. The Vesa driver supported my Radeon 9600

Re: [Cooker] Danger: Magazine with 9.2 with problematic kernel

2003-11-10 Thread Bruno Prior
Buchan Milne wrote: Sorry, I was not aware it was this bad (DrakX not using vesa if it does not know the card). It selected Vesa for me straight off, but seems not to have suggested it to the guy who had the problem. Don't know why. BTW, you may have missed a lot of threads on cooker here where I

Re: [Cooker] Danger: Magazine with 9.2 with problematic kernel

2003-11-09 Thread Bruno Prior
sionii wrote: The LINUX FORMAT magazine carried a very prominent warning about LG on their website following the publication of their issue with 9.2 as a cover disc. And when was the last time you checked a magazine website before installing a package included on a CD or DVD? Most people won't go

Re: [Cooker] Danger: Magazine with 9.2 with problematic kernel

2003-11-09 Thread Bruno Prior
Buchan, As was explained earlier in this thread, plenty of people have 9.2 now, because it is being included with various linux magazines. I don't know about the Spanish one, but the Linux Format DVD looks pretty official to me - there is a full-page advert for MandrakeClub in the same issue,

Re: [Cooker] ADSL + postfix default config = open relay?

2003-10-28 Thread Bruno Prior
Luca Berra wrote: mandrake postfix in default configuration does not allow receiveing mail, so it would not allow you to forward mail coming from local network. Oh, this setting was added in mandrake 9.0 in case you wondered. That probably explains it. Mine is probably a configuration file carried

[Cooker] ADSL + postfix default config = open relay?

2003-10-27 Thread Bruno Prior
the appropriate list of trusted clients), or at least flag up a warning, to stop other people making this mistake? Cheers, Bruno Prior

Re: [Cooker] ADSL + postfix default config = open relay?

2003-10-27 Thread Bruno Prior
Buchan, Maybe I got the wrong end of the stick, but I thought the relevant notes in main.cf were: # TRUST AND RELAY CONTROL # The mynetworks parameter specifies the list of trusted SMTP # clients that have more privileges than strangers. # # In particular, trusted SMTP clients are allowed to

Re: [Cooker] Promise PDC 20276

2003-06-21 Thread Bruno Prior
If the PDC20276 is your secondary IDE controller, do an install to a disk on you primary controller with the PDC20276 disabled in BIOS (may not be necessary). Recompile the kernel with CONFIG_PDC202XX_FORCE=y. Once you can boot with a kernel compiled with this option, you will be able to

[Cooker] Mandrake 9.1, 3Com OfficeConnect XJack card and atmelwlandrivers

2003-04-03 Thread Bruno Prior
, but there really ought to be a more elegant solution. Cheers, Bruno Prior --- Compile errors: ld -r -o /usr/src/apps/atmelwlandriver/objs/pcmf504.o fastvnet_cs.o card.o command.o interrupt.o mgmt.o rx.o tx.o vnet.o vnetlinux.o nm /usr/src/apps/atmelwlandriver/objs/pcmf504.o |sort -u /usr/src

Re: [Cooker] [Bug 3606] [kernel-source] New: kernel has too manypatches, should be closer to standard kernel

2003-03-31 Thread Bruno Prior
an opportunity to harness community input. Cheers, Bruno Prior Vincent Meyer, MD wrote: On Sunday 30 March 2003 02:49 pm, simon wrote: I know this is not a Real bug report, but I'm starting to get very unsure of the kernel source supplied with mandrake. I know this kernel has hundreds of patches

Re: [Cooker] dvb on kernel

2003-03-20 Thread Bruno Prior
to the TODO list for 9.2. Cheers, Bruno Prior

Re: [Cooker] Installation Problem

2003-03-20 Thread Bruno Prior
-ROM drive and wanted to disable DMA on that IDE channel, ide0=nodma had no effect, but ide=nodma worked. Maybe nodma can only be applied across the board to all IDE channels. You could try it. Cheers, Bruno Prior

Re: [Cooker] Re: whose bright idea?

2003-03-10 Thread Bruno Prior
quoted would be for 9.1 to do the same as the previous releases, e.g. single-click. Cheers, Bruno Prior Jean-Michel Dault wrote: Not the general case, but most laptops these days come with a touchpad and have the same issues. And the trend is for corporations to provide a laptop to each

Re: [Cooker] Re: whose bright idea?

2003-03-10 Thread Bruno Prior
Windows can be changed to single-click very easily, as most of our Windows users at work have done. What makes you so sure that 100% of people on Windows use double-click? Messing with your settings is a major activity for most computer users at work. Completely agree with your second point,

Re: [Cooker] courier-imap shared folder

2003-03-09 Thread Bruno Prior
, and I will be happy to share what little experience I have with you. Would be a start to describe what you have tried so far to get shared folders working. Cheers, Bruno Prior bernard Varaine wrote: I know it is not a support list but does anyone managed to get shared folders working

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 9.1 Should be Delayed

2003-03-06 Thread Bruno Prior
it be sensible to go beta shortly after the previous version was released? Cheers, Bruno Prior

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 9.1 Should be Delayed

2003-03-05 Thread Bruno Prior
this. Let's hope Mandrake listen. Cheers, Bruno Prior Timothy R. Butler wrote: According to what I understand, Warly is reporting that Mandrake Linux 9.1 will be finalized no later than March 14. In my opinion, this could very well be a death sentence for MandrakeSoft.

Re: [Cooker] Why can't I set a hostname on a dhcp network

2003-03-04 Thread Bruno Prior
final release (which is being rushed through much too quickly again). Cheers, Bruno Prior

Re: [Cooker] raidstuff+install

2003-02-21 Thread Bruno Prior
various setups. Building RAID into the kernel would cut the Gordian knot. Cheers, Bruno Prior Oden Eriksson wrote: torsdagen den 20 februari 2003 13.57 skrev Oden Eriksson: Hi. Nice job with the text mode network install (9.0), it automatically found my old md arrays on some old drives I had

[Cooker] RAID init on beta3

2003-02-11 Thread Bruno Prior
this circumstance. Cheers, Bruno Prior

Re: [Cooker] [Bug 880] [kernel] Can't boot because of HighPoint HPT370 RAID

2003-02-05 Thread Bruno Prior
Passing acpi=off at the install bootprompt solved this problem. No idea why. Why would one want acpi for the install? And how would one work this out other than by trial and error and experience of typical Mandrake weaknesses? Cheers, Bruno Prior Bruno Prior wrote: We just tried to install

Re: [OT] Bloody British Empire Games (was: [Cooker] win32 for 9.1?migration tools)

2003-02-04 Thread Bruno Prior
adopted as an international sport through the influence of the former dominions of the Bloody French Empire. Cheers, Bruno Prior Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: Vincent Meyer, MD [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I think we Americans are genetically programmed to be unable to understand Cricket. I spent two

Re: [Cooker] [Bug 880] [kernel] Can't boot because of HighPoint HPT370 RAID

2003-02-04 Thread Bruno Prior
, in the hope the ac patch will help. Bruno Prior [Bug 880] wrote: https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=880 --- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 2003-02-02 05:35 --- To follow up: 9.1 beta3 is installed and booting from a drive on the hpt372 controller on Iwill XP 333-R

[Cooker] dabusb drivers in kernel source package need updating

2002-12-30 Thread Bruno Prior
to be updated with the driver package at the above location. Might be a nice idea to package up the applications too, although they come precompiled, and I couldn't find anything about their license terms (the drivers are GPL). Cheers, Bruno Prior

Re: [Cooker] Saving Mandrake - a Users Perspective

2002-12-28 Thread Bruno Prior
to bring in enough cash in the short term to allow them to progress such a business model. Cheers, Bruno Prior SI Reasoning wrote: On Fri, 2002-12-27 at 06:03, Jason Straight wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 27 December 2002 01:43 am, SI Reasoning wrote: This would

Re: [Cooker] Saving Mandrake - a Users Perspective

2002-12-28 Thread Bruno Prior
with their revenue streams. They need to provide some means to escalate support issues from MandrakeExpert to Mandrakesoft employees, and charge significantly more for such support. In return, such escalated incidents need to guarantee decent response times. Cheers, Bruno Prior

Re: [Cooker] Saving Mandrake - a Users Perspective

2002-12-28 Thread Bruno Prior
$AUD1,114 p.a. but can afford to pay $AUD936 p.a.? Cheers, Bruno Prior Ron Stodden wrote: Bruno, your figure is quite erroneous. While desirable, membership for many is just not feasible. As explained in my previous message, which you appear to have missed, the real cost of a silver club

Re: [Cooker] Saving Mandrake - a Users Perspective

2002-12-28 Thread Bruno Prior
need, and the satisfaction of knowing you are not letting your Kiwi/Aussie phone companies rip you off. Cheers, Bruno Prior Jason wrote: And in NZD (New Zealand Dollars) it is even higher, so yes, that IS a lot of money to many and yes I think there are MANY (millions even) users who would

Re: [Cooker] [Bug 598] [XFree86-server] New: Radeon 7500 hardwareacceleration not working

2002-12-16 Thread Bruno Prior
Thanks for the information. Thought you might be interested in the following correspondence: Original Message Subject: Re: Mandrake 9.0 + XFree86 + Radeon 7500 Date: Mon, 16 Dec 2002 16:52:32 + From: Bruno Prior [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Frederic

Re: [Cooker] [Bug 598] [XFree86-server] New: Radeon 7500 hardwareacceleration not working

2002-12-12 Thread Bruno Prior
showed up on the Cooker list. Where can I find the rest of the correspondence? Cheers, Bruno Prior Stephen Pickering wrote: Stephen Pickering wrote: [Bug 598] wrote: Hi guys, I have someone at mandrakeexpeert, paid incident, that has a problem with a Radeon 7500, the card does not work

Re: [Cooker] Install of 9.0 - raid ?

2002-09-30 Thread Bruno Prior
Thomas Backlund wrote: Funny, I have no problem what so ever with the soft raid, and I have 3 systems set up this way, 2 with scsi disks, and one with ide disks... my setup: RAID -1 /dev/md0 - /boot (sda1,sdb1 or hda1,hdc1) /dev/md1 - / (sda6,sdb6 or hda6,hdc6)

Re: [Cooker] Install of 9.0 - raid ?

2002-09-30 Thread Bruno Prior
Wes Kurdziolek wrote: When I did an MDK 9.0 install that resembled this (ext3 /boot, RAID-0 /, /usr, /usr/local, /var/, and /tmp -- yes, performance is critical), the system failed to come up after rebooting b/c the raid0 module was not included in the initrd and/or not loaded by the

Re: [Cooker] MPG123 issues in 8.2

2002-09-30 Thread Bruno Prior
to handle them, or needs a library to handle them, which is on your RedHat machine, but not on your Mandrake machine? id3lib, perhaps? Just guessing. Cheers, Bruno Prior

Re: [Cooker] Install of 9.0 - raid ?

2002-09-29 Thread Bruno Prior
into the default kernels, or provide alternative kernels with it built in. After all, this sort of thing is already done for SMP, enterprise, security etc. RAID is just as fundamental, and it is time Mandrake sorted it out. Yours sincerely, Bruno Prior