XFree86 Problems on iMac

2002-05-01 Thread Rob Hall
Hello All, I'm hoping someone can help me out. I'm having major problems getting Xfree86 to startup on my iMac. I've recently been given the Mac and now very little about it (them) being primarily an x86 user. Info I have from /proc, 740/750 CPU at 400MHz with 128Mb RAM. I've just undertaken an

Re[2]: XFree86 Problems on iMac

2002-05-01 Thread Rob Hall
Hello Stew, Wednesday, May 1, 2002, 1:58:58 PM, you wrote: Many thanks Stew. Renaming the /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libi2c.a file worked a treat. SB Try replacing: SB Driver r128 SB Driver fbdev SB This won't give you accellerated video or anything, but perhaps a usable SB X.

Re[2]: [Cooker] please disable APIC in kernel

2002-01-30 Thread Rob Hall
Hello Neuromancer, Thursday, January 31, 2002, 1:28:47 AM, you wrote: N Thus spake SI Reasoning about Life, the Universe, and Everything: N | I disagree, N | first, this is a major problem as it completely N | freezes the box and it has to be turned off manually. N Then turn it off manually.

[Cooker] 8.2 Beta 1 Install Hard Lock

2002-01-29 Thread Rob Hall
Hello All, Just tried installing Beta 1 and suffered a hard lock when the kernel came to initiallising the APIC. System Specs:- Asus A7M266-D (AMD 760MPX chipset) Dual Athlon MP 1800+ ATI Radeon 8500LE Asus PCI USB card Netgear FA-311 Adaptec 2940 ATI TV Wonder SB Live 5.1 Player. Messages

Re: [Cooker]HELP: Athlon, k7m and Radeon

2001-04-30 Thread Rob Hall
Hello Serge, Monday, April 30, 2001, 2:58:55 PM, you wrote: S I would like to know if someone has these 3 components : S Athlon [500 MHZ] S K7M motherboard S Ati Radeon S I cannot make my X works with the Radeon...With Mandrake 8.0 . S During the configuration test i got blank screen [sleep

Re[2]: [Cooker] SCSI and 8.0 - Possible solution found: aic7xxx_old is almost good!

2001-04-24 Thread Rob Hall
Hello Blue, Monday, April 23, 2001, 11:40:08 PM, you wrote: BL The 2940 model (i do believe that's what I have...) does not support BL booting to cdrom nor does any other similar model that I have seen or BL heard of. I could not duplicate your problem for the life of me :). BL But nice to

Re[2]: [Cooker] Beta 3 Install Failure (Linux Raid DiskDrake)

2001-04-09 Thread Rob Hall
Hello Guillaume, Friday, April 06, 2001, 4:25:54 PM, you wrote: After taking a backup of the system I then decided to try and perform a fresh install of Beta 3 on the same machine. Diskdrake fails when it tries to create the raid array just before formatting should take place. The error

[Cooker] Beta 3 Install Failure (Linux Raid DiskDrake)

2001-04-06 Thread Rob Hall
Hello, Beta 3 seems to have major problems handling Linux RAID configs. I tried to upgrade a Mandrake 7.2 system (Linux RAID configured) to Beta 3 and the installer failed with an error along the lines of getlist returned empty list at the HD detection section (please note this is from memory

[Cooker] Beta 3 Services Database

2001-04-04 Thread Rob Hall
Hello, Installed Beta 3 on multiple machines, including my Toshiba Laptop, last night without a hitch. The only issue I found was that SWAT wasn't listed in the Services list and as such Xinetd refuses to initialise it. -- Best regards, Rob mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Cooker] USB prob? and Installer confusion on Beta 2

2001-03-27 Thread Rob Hall
initialising my primary display with the drivers for my secondary display:-]).. Regards, Rob Hall