Re: [Cooker] 9.0 rc3 problems with upgrade from 8.2

2002-09-27 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
"J. Greenlees" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > seems logical to assume that with larger dirtibution size and > better compression used in the packages that the time taken will > be substantially larger, no a mathematical progression but more a > logarythmic progression. the install is doing more wo

Re: [Cooker] 9.0 rc3 problems with upgrade from 8.2

2002-09-26 Thread J. Greenlees
> > > >But I multiplied by three to account for this? > >Merci beaucoup, >Don Parsons > > hmm 590.9 mb for mandrake 6.1 on cd. ( just put old cd in drive and checked the size ) 2100 mb or thereabouts for mandrake 9 download edition, substantially more than three times in size, plus the higher c

Re: [Cooker] 9.0 rc3 problems with upgrade from 8.2

2002-09-26 Thread Donald F Parsons
On 26 Sep 2002 17:46:34 +0200 Guillaume Cottenceau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Donald F Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > i) resolv.conf can not be written. Happened with both rc2 and rc3. > > Work around: go to text console 2 and rm /mnt/etc/resolv.conf > > and repeat network

Re: [Cooker] 9.0 rc3 problems with upgrade from 8.2

2002-09-26 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
Donald F Parsons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i) resolv.conf can not be written. Happened with both rc2 and rc3. > Work around: go to text console 2 and rm /mnt/etc/resolv.conf and > repeat network configuration. For some reason resolv.conf is link > to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf on my

Re: [Cooker] 9.0 rc3 problems with upgrade from 8.2

2002-09-26 Thread Guy.Bormann
> Why is install about 8 times longer than it should be? Dependency checks I guess, causing a roughly exponential increase in time instead of your linear extrapolation. In the pre-configured cases, the RPMS could be installed using --nodeps if that is not already done and fixing the dependency inf

[Cooker] 9.0 rc3 problems with upgrade from 8.2

2002-09-25 Thread Donald F Parsons
i) resolv.conf can not be written. Happened with both rc2 and rc3. Work around: go to text console 2 and rm /mnt/etc/resolv.conf and repeat network configuration. For some reason resolv.conf is link to /etc/ppp/resolv.conf on my 8.2 Oh, I see problem, the absolute links are i

Re: [Cooker] 9.0 rc3 install ntfs partition

2002-09-25 Thread Pixel
Steven Tardy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > choosing recommended install, sees ntfs partition as ext3. > install will not finish partitioning/fscking disk. known fixed bug :)

[Cooker] 9.0 rc3 install ntfs partition

2002-09-25 Thread Steven Tardy
during installation using mandrake 9.0 rc3. choosing recommended install, sees ntfs partition as ext3. install will not finish partitioning/fscking disk. choosing expert install, sees ntfs partition as ntfs. everything works ok. also there is no

Re: [Cooker] 9.0 rc3 = ?

2002-09-24 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Tue, 24 Sep 2002 14:48:13 -0230 "skidley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Interesting the i18n cd of 9.0 rc3 on sunsite.uio.no has a date of sep > 24 now And 1&2 are the 23d. When all mirrors are have been updated expect a name change. Charles --- If a computer can

[Cooker] 9.0 rc3 = ?

2002-09-24 Thread skidley
Interesting the i18n cd of 9.0 rc3 on sunsite.uio.no has a date of sep 24 now -- "I mean they are gonna kill ya so like if ya give em a quick, short, sharp, shock they won't do it again. Dig it! I mean he got off lightly cuz I would have given him a thrashing. I only hit him once. It was only a

[Cooker] 9.0 RC3 cosmetic bug in framebuffer

2002-09-21 Thread Joseph Braddock
When booting RC3 with the framebuffer on, everything starts off fine, but part way through the boot sequence, the text displayed in the boot window goes from being graphical, to black (looks like the screen was cleared, but in the boot window only, not the entire screen). As more services start,

[Cooker] 9.0 RC3: mtink / Only Works For root

2002-09-21 Thread Jure Repinc
I just tried mtink which is a utility to monitor ink levels of Epson prnters. And it doesn't work for non root users. I know it worked before but in this RC3 it doesn't and is practically useless for users who are not root. -- Live long and prosper!

Re: [Cooker] 9.0 RC3: GTXP Default Sound Volumes

2002-09-21 Thread Ben Reser
On Sat, Sep 21, 2002 at 04:32:34PM +0200, Jure Repinc wrote: > I just installed Mandrake 9.0 RC3 on fresh and the first thing I noticed > is that there are no sounds while KDE is starting up. I checked the > volumes with KMixer and they were all set to 0. I have Hercules Game > Theater XP. Here

Re: [Cooker] 9.0 RC3: GTXP Default Sound Volumes

2002-09-21 Thread Jure Repinc
Brian Craft wrote: > Open the KDE Control Center/Look N Feel/System Notifications/KDE System > Notifications/KDE is Starting up and KDE is Exiting and put a checkmark in > the startup and exit sounds. These sounds are enabled by default for all users. But you missed my point. The point is th

Re: [Cooker] 9.0 RC3: GTXP Default Sound Volumes

2002-09-21 Thread Brian Craft
On Saturday 21 September 2002 10:32 am, Jure Repinc wrote: > I just installed Mandrake 9.0 RC3 on fresh and the first thing I noticed > is that there are no sounds while KDE is starting up. I checked the > volumes with KMixer and they were all set to 0. I have Hercules Game > Theater XP. Here is c

[Cooker] 9.0 RC3: GTXP Default Sound Volumes

2002-09-21 Thread Jure Repinc
I just installed Mandrake 9.0 RC3 on fresh and the first thing I noticed is that there are no sounds while KDE is starting up. I checked the volumes with KMixer and they were all set to 0. I have Hercules Game Theater XP. Here is copy&paste from HardDrake: Vendor: Cirrus Logic Alternative driv