Re: [Cooker] 2.6.0-test4 won't boot on any of my Athlon boxes.

2003-09-01 Thread Edward Tandi
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 09:49, John Allen wrote: > I just get BIOS data check followed by a blank screen, and the reset button is > required to reboot. > > Anyone got 2.6.0 booting on an Athlon. > > PS: Yes I've used combinations of noapic, pci=noacpi and, acpi=off Works nicely for me on the Asus

Re: [Cooker] Flash plugin

2003-08-14 Thread Edward Tandi
> > > Adam Williamson wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 09:44, Gwenole Beauchesne wrote: > > > > > >>On Sun, 10 Aug 2003, Edward Tandi wrote: > > >> > > >>>error: Failed dependencies: > > >>>libstdc++-libc6.2-2.

[Cooker] Flash plugin

2003-08-14 Thread Edward Tandi
Does anyone have the flash plugin working? I get the following error: error: Failed dependencies: libstdc++-libc6.2-2.so.3 is needed by flash-plugin-6.0.79-1 Is libc6 still supported? Ed-T.

Re: [Cooker] gdm and generate session

2003-08-14 Thread Edward Tandi
On Sun, 2003-08-10 at 14:03, Tibor Pittich wrote: > hello > > i have fresh install mdk 9.2beta2 and i there is problem with gdm. Yes, I too had this. The work-around is to install kdm. Unfortunately, installing kdm also ends up installing much of kde. Ed-T. > problem is simple, directory /etc/X

RE: [Cooker] 2.6 kernel

2003-07-17 Thread Edward Tandi
EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Edward Tandi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: woes with 2.6.0-test1 and xscreensaver/xlock Date: 16 Jul 2003 22:00:59 +0100 On 2003.07.16 20:56, Nuno Monteiro wrote: > > [bla bla bla snipped] Replying to myself: Ok, I figur

Re: [Cooker] 2.6 kernel

2003-07-16 Thread Edward Tandi
On Wed, 2003-07-16 at 13:22, Olivier Thauvin wrote: > Le Mercredi 16 Juillet 2003 12:00, Guillaume Rousse a écrit : > > The Linux kernel team would like distribution vendor to propose 2.6 kernel > > as an alternative during install, to fasten debugging. Is this possible for > > 9.2, for expert inst

Re: [Cooker] 2.5 Mandrake Kernel

2003-06-14 Thread Edward Tandi
On Fri, 2003-05-16 at 22:35, David Walser wrote: > MEISCH,CORY (HP-Vancouver,ex1) wrote: > > Maybe must is too strong of a word. That's just what I did. I'm not an > > expert, nor claim to be. What version of the kernel are you trying to > > compile? > > I've tried 2.5.69 as well as 2.5.67 and 68

Re: [Cooker] New Nvidia drivers for Linux (4349)

2003-04-01 Thread Edward Tandi
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 09:22, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 01 April 2003 10:13, Edward Tandi wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 01:19, Francisco Alcaraz wrote: > > > I have had a lot of problem with this new

Re: [Cooker] New Nvidia drivers for Linux (4349)

2003-04-01 Thread Edward Tandi
On Tue, 2003-04-01 at 01:19, Francisco Alcaraz wrote: > I have had a lot of problem with this new release. One of the times I lost the > 3d; the second try I get a switched off screen. > > At the moment I have returned to textar Nvidia rpms. > > Could anyone be so kind as to explain all the step

Re: [Cooker] New Nvidia drivers for Linux (4349)

2003-03-31 Thread Edward Tandi
Oliver, The source is still there. You need to use the --extract-only option. It would appear that NVidia have done a good job in making the install much easier for the average user. I use a custom kernel, and it built/installed a new module without problem. Ed-T. On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 22:41, vi

Re: [Cooker] wish list for 9.2

2003-03-31 Thread Edward Tandi
On Mon, 2003-03-31 at 12:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Quoting Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > of "If you want to ensure your hardware works, you *must* test beta1". > > > > Buchan > > Agree. I posted a similar message just after the final release. Maybe the more > efficient way is to :

Re: [Cooker] wish list for 9.2

2003-03-30 Thread Edward Tandi
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 19:39, Per Øyvind Karlsen wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Sunday 30 March 2003 20:25, Steffen Barszus wrote: > > On Sunday 30 March 2003 19:31, Edward Tandi wrote: > > > On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 13:03, Duncan wrote: &g

Re: [Cooker] wish list for 9.2

2003-03-30 Thread Edward Tandi
On Sun, 2003-03-30 at 13:03, Duncan wrote: > On Sat 29 Mar 2003 20:23, Leon Brooks posted as excerpted below: > > On Sunday 30 March 2003 09:00, Edward Tandi wrote: > > > On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 17:46, webudo2 wrote: > > >> A bugfree released MDK 9.2 > > >

Re: [Cooker] wish list for 9.2

2003-03-29 Thread Edward Tandi
On Sat, 2003-03-29 at 17:46, webudo2 wrote: > A bugfree released MDK 9.2 - with all bugs resolved known from cooker and > bugzilla Hooray! I'll vote for that. What about all those RPM requests in MadrakeClub? We should have all of them too! Ed-T.

Re: [Cooker] OT - Anyone building/testing the 2.5 kernel?

2003-03-23 Thread Edward Tandi
On Sun, 2003-03-23 at 17:43, Levi Ramsey wrote: > On Sat Mar 22 23:28 -0600, Paul Misner wrote: > > I'm interested in looking at the 2.5 kernel, but I'm not an experienced kernel > > hacker, and I'm having a hard time getting everything set up properly. I > > understand from an article in the Li

[Cooker] 9.1 Beta 3 kernel source

2003-02-05 Thread Edward Tandi
I am trying to compile NVidia drivers for Beta 3. Unfortunately, It won't compile with the standard headers, and when I use stock kernel source, I get module symbol errors (because the module versioning is different). Incidentally, I cannot "make menuconfig" on standard kernel source because the

Re: [Cooker] 9.1 Beta 3 Install Fails on Athlon Machine

2003-02-05 Thread Edward Tandi
> I am trying to install Beta 3 on a machine with an Asus A7V8X > motherboard and a Athlon XP 1500 processor. > > I have tried both graphical and text mode and it only gets as far as > uncompressing the kernel. It then hangs. I have also tried the > mem=nopentium option. > > I have this machine w

Re: [Cooker] 9.1 Beta 3 Install Fails on Athlon Machine

2003-02-04 Thread Edward Tandi
On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 23:59, Thomas Backlund wrote: > From: "Edward Tandi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > | I have just tried the CD too. It fails also, so I have just wasted a > | fine 700MB CD. Why Mandrake has the inability to produce 650MB ISO > | images dispite the ove

Re: [Cooker] 9.1 Beta 3 Install Fails on Athlon Machine

2003-02-04 Thread Edward Tandi
nyone know how to get a clean install working with a user-supplied kernel? Ed-T. On Tue, 2003-02-04 at 22:44, Edward Tandi wrote: > I am trying to install Beta 3 on a machine with an Asus A7V8X > motherboard and a Athlon XP 1500 processor. > > I have tried both graphical and text mode

[Cooker] 9.1 Beta 3 Network Install Fails on Athlon Machine

2003-02-04 Thread Edward Tandi
I am trying to install Beta 3 on a machine with an Asus A7V8X motherboard and a Athlon XP 1500 processor. I have tried both graphical and text mode and it only gets as far as uncompressing the kernel. It then hangs. I have also tried the mem=nopentium option. I have this machine working fine with

[Cooker] Mandrake Broke?

2003-01-15 Thread Edward Tandi
Could it be? http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=192 What does it mean?

Re: [Cooker] kernel and gcc3.2, a good match?

2002-11-20 Thread Edward Tandi
On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 21:42, Lonnie Borntreger wrote: > On Wed, 2002-11-20 at 14:55, Edward Tandi wrote: > > I too had problems with gcc3.2 on my twin Athlon MP system. The kernel > > warns about: > > > > kernel: Advanced speculative caching feature present >

Re: [Cooker] kernel and gcc3.2, a good match?

2002-11-20 Thread Edward Tandi
I too had problems with gcc3.2 on my twin Athlon MP system. The kernel warns about: kernel: Advanced speculative caching feature present kernel: Disabling advanced speculative caching So, it might just work now, but at the time, it crashed for me under I/O load and sometimes while using X. Like

Re: [Cooker] Gnomba does not mount shares properly in 9.0

2002-10-16 Thread Edward Tandi
might encounter the same difficulty, you need to tick the "Using Samba 2.0.6 or greater" setting in the options->preferences->advanced-options panel. Yes I am feeling a bit silly. It would of course be nice to have this option checked by default. Ed-T. On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 16:

[Cooker] Gnomba does not mount shares properly in 9.0

2002-10-13 Thread Edward Tandi
I have just done a fresh 9.0 install on my laptop and I have a problem with gnomba. Neither double-clicking on the share in the GUI, nor the "Mount Share" from the "Actions" menu work. There is no error, just nothing shows up. There is nothing wrong with smbmount because I can manually mount the

Re: [Cooker] Alternate Window Manager for Gnome2?

2002-08-21 Thread Edward Tandi
creen? it's a gnome decision not a > mandrake one. Foo. Is this problem setting the window manager, or just an Enlightenment thing? Any suggestions regarding other window managers? Ed-T. > bye, > gabor > > On Tue, Aug 20, 2002 at 11:43:20PM +0100, Edward Tandi wrote: >

[Cooker] Alternate Window Manager for Gnome2?

2002-08-21 Thread Edward Tandi
I've installed 9.0b3 on my Vaio laptop. Installs without a problem this time. Great work. I'm not too impressed by Gnome 2 though. I'm used to using the Enlightenment window manager. Does anyone know how to set an alternate window manager for Gnome 2? It looks like Gnome 2 needs to mature. I too

Re: [Cooker] where did ncompress go?

2002-05-06 Thread Edward Tandi
Geoffrey Lee wrote: >>>I've removed a bunch of months ago since: >>> >>>- it's not free software or it had patents problems >>> >>>- zcat can uncompress .Z files >>> >>OK... then anonftp and clips need to be adjusted to use zcat instead... >> > >Or maybe we can just drop support for Z

Re: [Cooker] Poor Visual Quality of OpenOffice.org 1.0

2002-05-05 Thread Edward Tandi
Yes, I have observed this with all versions of OpenOffice that I have tried. I think one of the things SUN do with StarOffice is give it some decent TrueType fonts (compare under <*Office>/share/fonts/truetype/). Unfortunately, due to copyright on fonts etc, good fonts costs money which is pro

Re: [Cooker] wish: faster booting

2002-03-09 Thread Edward Tandi
While we are on the subject, Fortunately, kernel 2.4.17 automatically switches on the UDMA modes for me. Is there any way of speeding up the "Checking for new hardware" bit. It is the slowest individual task that occurs during booting (about 4-5 seconds). Ed-T. Hoyt wrote: >On Saturday 09 Ma

Re: [Cooker] Gnome/Desktop mouse settings

2002-03-04 Thread Edward Tandi
:58 schreef Edward Tandi: andre wrote: > >Op zo 03-03-2002, om 19:35 schreef Edward Tandi: > >All, > >I have a minor niggle with the mouse speed settings using >Gnome/Enlightenment. Because I use a high resolution, I need to increse >

[Cooker] xmovie in 8.2 beta 3

2002-03-03 Thread Edward Tandi
All, In Mandrake 8.0, xmovie was superb. I get an error when trying to open mpeg 2 (SVCD) files -no supported codecs. It also reports the following error when trying to open quicktime (.mov) files: Trying to load external codec quicktime_codec_SVQ1.so Can't load the codec quicktime_codec_SVQ1.

Re: [Cooker] Gnome/Desktop mouse settings

2002-03-03 Thread Edward Tandi
andre wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED]"> Op zo 03-03-2002, om 19:35 schreef Edward Tandi: All,I have a minor niggle with the mouse speed settings using Gnome/Enlightenment. Because I use a high resolution, I need to increse the mouse speed to maximum to be able to cover the whol

Re: [Cooker] word perfect 8.0

2002-03-03 Thread Edward Tandi
R P Herrold wrote: >On Sun, 3 Mar 2002 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>to keep it from crashing occasionally. That 's running it >>under windows, not wine. I almost got wp9 for windows to >>run under wine several months ago. That's sad because I've >>always liked WordPerfect, but version8 for win

[Cooker] Gnome/Desktop mouse settings

2002-03-03 Thread Edward Tandi
All, I have a minor niggle with the mouse speed settings using Gnome/Enlightenment. Because I use a high resolution, I need to increse the mouse speed to maximum to be able to cover the whole screen relatively easily. However, although the setting itself is kept, it is not actioned the next

Re: [Cooker] Belated beta 3 report

2002-03-03 Thread Edward Tandi
David Barker wrote: >On the whole, beta 3's been great (it's my desktop production machine) > >Other than the already talked about dcop stuff, the only other things I've >noticed are a lack of philips webcam drivers (they were in 2.4.8, they're >still in the latest kernel releases, just not in

Re: [Cooker] More 8.2beta3 feedback

2002-02-24 Thread Edward Tandi
Schlomo, I too had the network config hang and the cursor thing, yes it did this on my PCG-Z600NE. You need to switch the hardware cursor off using 'Option "sw_cursor"' in the XFconfig-4 file. Works fine after that. Ed-T. Schlomo Schwartz wrote: >I finished an 8.2beta3 pcmcia install over N

[Cooker] Installation on Laptops

2002-02-19 Thread Edward Tandi
ny ideas as to why? All other applications so far seem OK. Again, I can't get the sound working (SiS 7018). Guys, this has to get better. Edward Tandi. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com

[Cooker] Installation on Laptops

2002-02-18 Thread Edward Tandi
ny ideas as to why? All other applications so far seem OK. Again, I can't get the sound working (SiS 7018). Guys, this has to get better. Edward Tandi. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com