[Cooker] whick Kpppp with 2.4.0

2000-12-04 Thread Michael Powell PhD
ere a command-line dial-up-the internet hehehe already tried minicom -- Michael Powell PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] Scyld Beowulf Cluster on Linux-mandrake 7.2 Linux reg#83815

[Cooker] 2.4.0 ppd & kppp

2000-11-30 Thread Michael Powell PhD
>From the quill of Michael Powell PhD November 30, 2000 14:38 EST writes: Does anyone know if there is a kppp 2.4.0 to work with the hack-kernel. Everything else works fantastic, but I can't connect to my ISP the log show that as soon as it gets a connect it re-dials, without establis

[Cooker] Re: [CHRPM] everybuddy-0.1.5-2mdk

2000-11-30 Thread Michael Powell PhD
>From the quill of Michael Powell, PhD. on Wednesday 29 November 2000 04:30 am, wrote: Thats all fine and great but everybuddy ties up port 21 the same as your ftp and other things. the gaim program communicates with aol.oscar on port 5096. Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: [Cooker] Mandrake 7.2 package problems

2000-11-30 Thread Michael Powell PhD
>From the quill of Michael Powell, PhD. on Wednesday 29 November 2000 12:59 pm, wrote: I still think rdate (-s) (-p) 192.5.41.40 is much cleaner and easier. the -s set your system clock and -p prints to the terminal window Michael [EMAIL PROTEC

[Cooker] strace

2000-11-30 Thread Michael Powell PhD
just for kicks I did an strace on cdrecord, and found that I didn't have any of the files it thinks it needs, not even the /usr/lib/i686. I can burn anything but this caught my attention. Is this normal or have my brains leaked out? [root@localhost /root]# strace cdrecord execve("/usr/bin/c

[Cooker] weird stuff

2000-11-09 Thread Michael Powell PhD
fb1f0279e21538a6389777f075e3e554 pcmcia.img None of them match! It's interesting that the date on the MD5SUM is Oct 1, and the files are Oct 27, yet noone has (pressumably) reported this and/or it has not been remmedied! Michael Powell PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Cooker] MandrakeUpdate in 7.2

2000-11-09 Thread Michael Powell PhD
rrent Linux uptime: 2 days 18 hours 3 minutes. -- How did you get the uptime in the signature or is it a seperate command? Michael Powell PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Cooker] locking

2000-11-05 Thread Michael Powell PhD
maybe I missed class that day, but: after installing 7.2 as customized/workstation no server, I get this error message as "root" trying to access /mnt/anydevice error *you do not have sufficient access to this device...inode/directory LOCKED! I can't find what is locking it in the first place and

Re: [Cooker] mnt problems under KDE2 and MDK 7.2

2000-11-03 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Chris Cable wrote: > > Has any one else encountered this problem? When you browse to the /mnt > folder in konquerer the system just hangs. I thought at first it was the > internal zip but inserting a zip prior doesn't seem to help. I have a CD, > CDR and internal ZIP. > > Thanks > Chris > > ___

[Cooker] cdrecord?

2000-10-31 Thread Michael Powell PhD
I am trying to burn the Mandrake72-inst.iso with Cdrecord 1.9 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2000 Jörg Schilling never had trouble burning before, now using 7.2rc1 using CMD cdrecord -eject -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0 /home/Mandrake72-inst.iso it writes a few sectors and errors out +++

Re: [Cooker] ide-scsi hack

2000-10-27 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > I have mem-256M and hdd-ide-scsi in all instances of grub/menu.lst > > mem works fine but every re-boot I have to manually modprobe > > ide-scsi and run cdrecord --scanbus , then my CDR/W'er > > appearsweird > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > I had the same thing. W

Re: [Cooker] ide-scsi hack

2000-10-27 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > Joshua Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > There was a symbolic link that could be used to fool Linux into thinking > > an ide burner was a scsi burner. > > Was it... > > > > ln -s /dev/hdd /dev/sd0 > > No no, the only link would be from /dev/cdrom (or cdro

Re: [Cooker] Re: LM 7.2-rc

2000-10-22 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Ron Stodden wrote: > root wrote: > > > > I downloaded these iso's burned them, loaded them and the instsall > > provess won't get past the "timeZone" query, it just flashes a windows > > saying error in time zone data, What is up with that, Please help! > > You did of course run md5sum for each C

Re: [Cooker] Problems with ide-scsi

2000-10-16 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Udo Weber wrote: > > Hi, > since a long time I try to configure the CD-burning on Mandrake, > I don't have success until now. I tryed this on two completly different > systems - always the same. > Always when I try to burn, eg. with X-cd-roast, I get following error: > >

Re: [Cooker] Experiences with odyssey-rc

2000-10-16 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Pixel wrote: > > Craig Van Degrift <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > As noted in an earlier message on Beta-3, my Matrox's 8MB is still not > > recognized. This limits the resolution of the installed system and fouls up > > the behavior of the X configuration options in DrakConf. > > can you g

[Cooker] even our beta's are better than MS ME

2000-10-16 Thread Michael Powell PhD
I went to a birthday party and the host had just bought MS ME and a friend of his bought one at the same time first I ask for a copy to put on my wife's computer. He told me he couldn't barely get it to install and that he had to search the web for drivers, and it still doesn't work right. I told

Re: [Cooker] rebuttal

2000-10-16 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Robert L Martin wrote: > > okay folks knives down. > If i remember the faqs for this list English is requested. I think that > NON-english phrases should be limited to > 1 sig lines > 2 questions that can't be properly asked in english by the sender > 3 quote headers > 4 direct dumps of non-engli

Re: Is this cooker here, or misc.whatever.anything ? (was [Cooker] rebutal)

2000-10-16 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Guillaume Rousse wrote: > > Also sprach Robert L Martin : > > i have one word for you ADOLF > And one Goldwin point for Mr Martin... > > Maybe we could stop this pathetic stereotypes exchange here ? > > -- > Guillaume Rousse > > Murphy's law : If anything can go wrong, it will. > O'Tool's comm

Re: [Cooker] rebutal

2000-10-15 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Tim McKenzie wrote: > > Michael Powell PhD wrote: > > > > > > can we desist with the sprach crap and speaky english! > > -- > > That's right everyone... Make sure you "speaky" english... LOL. My dear > "doctor" will you please op

Re: [Cooker] Suggestions for new softwares.

2000-10-14 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Meir Faraj wrote: > > On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, you wrote: > > Also sprach Geoffrey Lee : > > > Can't remember which on but there is a jdk on the commercial disk. > > > > Sun jdk1.2.2 > so you've to put the 1.3 now ;-) ++ can we desist with the sprach crap and speaky en

Re: [Cooker] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate

2000-10-14 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Joshua Jackson wrote: > > Just verifying... > > ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-iso/7.2beta/i586/ > .odyssey-rc-inst.iso.PwaqIc 413152 Kb > .odyssey-rc-inst.iso.T.aGtc 530976 Kb > odyssey-rc-ext.iso537090 Kb > > Ummm... > Does the .sta

Re: [Cooker] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate

2000-10-14 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Jason Straight wrote: > > Yeah, it's only too bad you can never freakin dl an iso from rpmfind. > They kick off iso dl'ers > > On Fri, 13 Oct 2000, you wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate > > > (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=2000101309

Re: [Cooker] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate

2000-10-14 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Warly wrote: > > Warly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > > Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate > > > (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20001013094022) > > > > > > Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate is available for > > > download. You can grab i

Re: [Cooker] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate

2000-10-14 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate > > (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20001013094022) > > Cool! > > Both Iso's have appeared here yet: > > ftp://ftp.rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake/iso/7.2beta/i586/ > > -- > Guilla

[Cooker] Re: [Frozen-CHRPM] gnupg-1.0.3-1mdk

2000-10-14 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > --=-=-= > Name: gnupgRelocations: (not relocateable) > Version : 1.0.3 Vendor: MandrakeSoft > Release : 1mdk Build Date: Thu Oct 12 20:57:25 2000 > Install date: (not insta

Re: [Cooker] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate

2000-10-14 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Warly wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate > > (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20001013094022) > > > > Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate is available for > > download. You can grab it soon from your usual mirror, or > > get the offici

Re: [Cooker] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate

2000-10-14 Thread Michael Powell PhD
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate > (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20001013094022) > > Linux-Mandrake 7.2 release candidate is available for > download. You can grab it soon from your usual mirror, or > get the official list at http://www.linux-ma

Re: [Cooker] hackkernel and hard disk optimization problem

2000-10-13 Thread Michael Powell PhD
pgeorges wrote: > > Be careful while booting kernel 2.4 and using disk optimisations like > > /sbin/hdparm -X66 -d1 -u1 -m16 -c3 /dev/hda > > After some nice messages like 'DMA intr lost' and so on, it corrupted > badly my filesystem. > > I think with alpha kernels, a good choice is to be real

Re: [Cooker] Where are the ISOs for 7.2-RC1???

2000-10-11 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Jason Straight wrote: > > rc = release candidate - which has been for days now the current version of > 7.2. There are no iso's available as of yet though on ftp sites, still > 7.2beta3. You can download the newest from ftp sites from the 7.2beta dir > which is different than cooker and use the 7

[Cooker] no ppp in hackkernel

2000-10-09 Thread Michael Powell PhD
just wondering why there is NO ppp suport in kackkerel? mikey [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [Cooker] login problem

2000-10-09 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Robin Turner wrote: > > root wrote: > > > Its NOT KDE2 its KDE 1.99 KDE will official release OCtober 16th 2000 > > KDE 1.99 is also known as "KDE2 final beta", as a quick glance at any KDE > FTP site will tell you - they have two directories, but one is a simlink > to the other. > > Robin FI

Re: [Cooker] A little rsync help?

2000-10-09 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Antony Suter wrote: > > root wrote: > > > > The complete address is > > rsync -av > > rsync://rpmfind.net/Linux/mandrakecooker/cooker/i586/mandrake/RPMS > > > > mikey > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > No the address is:- > rsync://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-devel/cooker/i586/Mandrake/RPMS > > -- > - An

Re: [Cooker] [OT] frozen electrons!

2000-10-09 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Leon Brooks wrote: > > > >> Graham Percival wrote: > >>> Millions of electrons died to bring me this message. Was it worth it, > >>> Warren Doney? > > Electrons don't DIE or MOVE! > > They do die. Vacuum anomalies can result in an anomalous positron wiping out an > ``innocent bystander'' norma

Re: [Cooker] Beta???

2000-10-04 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
"RedHog (Egil Möller)" wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Duane Mohney") writes: > > > I don't know that <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> is so upset about, it was very > > clear when I downloaded the ISO's that this was not a stable version. > > > > I am very happy with what I see so far, however I am a bit dissap

Re: [Cooker] zero-reboot install

2000-10-04 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Pixel wrote: > Leon Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I'm sure Mandrake would like, as a feather in their caps, to be able to claim > > ``zero reboot'' Linux, that is, you start your machine up once for installation > > and *never* shut it down. > > alas, this is *very* hard to achieve, un

[Cooker] In case anyone missed this

2000-10-04 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
The BEST! tip I have gotten is to set: hdparm -X66 -d1 -u1 -m16 -c3 /dev/hda[from any terminal] To see the drastic change first do a: hdparm -Tt /dev/hda then do the above command and repeat! now try netscape or gFTP and see the dramatic increase in overall system performance, as we

Re: [Cooker] MY NAME DELISTED PLEASE

2000-10-04 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Alexander Skwar wrote: > On Wed, Oct 04, 2000 at 08:23:17AM +0800, Leon Brooks wrote: > > A digest would be nice, but I don't think anyone has the spare time to do that. > > echo set digest | mail -s "digest" [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Replace by cooker > > > If you want to remove yourself, instruct

[Cooker] kde 2.0 Oct 16th

2000-10-03 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
I bet when KDE 2.0 is released on the 16th everything will work better!

Re: [Cooker] Aurora

2000-10-02 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > "Khawar Zia" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > hey, > > > > Btw how do u turn on aurora. I don't see any graphical boot up. I have a s3 > > virge 3d 2000. > > You need to boot with a Framebuffer kernel, and framebuffer-supported > videocard. > > -- > Guillaume C

Re: [Cooker] xchat and KDE

2000-09-20 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > Dr Michael Powell PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > > > > > "Matthew R. Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > > > > > I have know Idea

Re: [Cooker] xchat and KDE

2000-09-19 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > "Matthew R. Sprague" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > I have know Idea why this happens but here goes.. > > Fresh install of Mandrake 7.2 > > Start KDE > > Start xchat for the first time > > Gives warning about default dcc get directory >

Re: [Cooker] Installation problem

2000-09-18 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > Dr Michael Powell PhD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > > Dear Sir, > > You are always yapping about posting in 'text mode' whats the > > problem anyway? stuck on pine(Kmail) or Elm wake up the rest

Re: [Cooker] Info files problems in general

2000-09-18 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Dr Michael Powell PhD wrote: > > Francis Galiegue wrote: > > > > I'd appreciate if you could tell me which packages are troublesome when > > installing info files (no dir entry and so on), so that I can fix them all. > > > > Preferably, directly t

Re: [Cooker] Kde2 problems

2000-09-18 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Christopher Molnar wrote: > > I appologize for not getting back to you all sooner, I was busy doing some > builds :-) > > I am putting the answeres into the message below: > > On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, Zeljko Vukman wrote: > > 1. I still have problems with adding icons to desktop. I get message > >

Re: [Cooker] Info files problems in general

2000-09-18 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Francis Galiegue wrote: > > I'd appreciate if you could tell me which packages are troublesome when > installing info files (no dir entry and so on), so that I can fix them all. > > Preferably, directly to me - traffic on the list is high enough :) > > -- > Francis Galiegue, [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

Re: [Cooker] Installation problem

2000-09-18 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > "James Angi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > > > > > > > > please don't post in HTML. > > -- > Guillaume Cottenceau -- Distribution Developer for MandrakeSoft > http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~gc/ Dear Sir, You are always yapping about posting i

[expert] device icons

2000-09-17 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Hi; Can anyone tell me why the device icons (CD's, floppy, zip). Only appear if your logged in as a user other than root. This is a fresh install, and have exhausted normal means of finding this problem. LM 7.2 beta 2 All it says is missing template files, but it finds them in, other t

Re: [Cooker] 7.2Beta excellent

2000-09-17 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
Nick Webb wrote: > > Everyone take a bow. I just installed 7.2Beta . . . everything installed > perfectly and now works perfectly. > > There is only one small problem. On my KDE desktop none of the links > work (ie for the cdrom, netscape, zip, etc.). > > Keep up the good work! > > -- > **--

[Cooker] CD-burners

2000-04-07 Thread Dr Michael Powell PhD
I installed a Mitsubishi CD-2801 Burner, re-booted and the system found it. But, I can read from it or mount it (cdrom2 is not a valid block device) I need the correct line to put it in fstab, and the correct entry in the linux.conf file so everyone is happy happy.