Re: [Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-07 Thread Bob Drzyzgula
On Sat, Sep 07, 2002 at 01:26:32PM +0200, Buchan Milne wrote: > > On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Igor Izyumin wrote: > > > That would be a very bad thing. CDROMs have to be SCSI [or emulated] for CD > > copying programs to work, and few people want to use their CD burner for > > reading CDs. Far from tru

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-07 Thread Buchan Milne
On 7 Sep 2002, Adam Williamson wrote: > On Sat, 2002-09-07 at 12:26, Buchan Milne wrote: > > > Needing to be able to do CD-to-CD copies is normally illegitemate use of > > a CD-RW drive, and IMHO, legitemate use should take preference (being able > > to backup data on the hard disk or master CD

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-07 Thread Adam Williamson
On Sat, 2002-09-07 at 12:26, Buchan Milne wrote: > Needing to be able to do CD-to-CD copies is normally illegitemate use of > a CD-RW drive, and IMHO, legitemate use should take preference (being able > to backup data on the hard disk or master CDs, or write ISO images, as > opposed to being ab

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-07 Thread Pixel
Buchan Milne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > 2)It should be easy for a user to use ide-scsi on a CD-ROM/DVD-ROM drive, > so that they can set it that way, and set it back if they have problems. > > Since Pixel (apparently, I still haven't been able to test) added this to > drakconf, this is the cu

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-07 Thread Buchan Milne
On Fri, 6 Sep 2002, Igor Izyumin wrote: > On Friday 06 September 2002 03:24 am, Buchan Milne wrote: > > There are sometimes issues when using ide-scsi on non-burners. I have > > had some problems, it seems that I can't use supermount on my writer if > > I use ide-scsi on my dvd/cdrom, so I don't

Re: [Cooker] suggestion for systems with VIA sound chips

2002-09-07 Thread Pixel
Levi Ramsey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > There is a problem which exists on many systems with VIA 82C686 sound chips > where X causes the sound to become crackly. This behavior can be fixed > by adding the following to the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4: > > Option "PciRetry" "t

[Cooker] suggestion for systems with VIA sound chips

2002-09-06 Thread Levi Ramsey
There is a problem which exists on many systems with VIA 82C686 sound chips where X causes the sound to become crackly. This behavior can be fixed by adding the following to the Device section of /etc/X11/XF86Config-4: Option "PciRetry" "true" Would it be possible for DrakX to, if it de

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for future 9.1 installer: make it more failure-proof(will make debugging cooker easier)

2002-09-06 Thread Aleksander Adamowski
Igor Izyumin wrote: >Also, can we have a "retry" button when a package fails to install? I often >get problems with packages when installing over the network or on old CDROMs, >and it would really help. Currently, there is only an option to cancel or >continue. Is it really that hard to imp

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for future 9.1 installer: make it more failure-proof (will make debugging cooker easier)

2002-09-06 Thread Igor Izyumin
Also, can we have a "retry" button when a package fails to install? I often get problems with packages when installing over the network or on old CDROMs, and it would really help. Currently, there is only an option to cancel or continue. Is it really that hard to implement? -- -- Igor

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-06 Thread Igor Izyumin
On Friday 06 September 2002 03:24 am, Buchan Milne wrote: > There are sometimes issues when using ide-scsi on non-burners. I have > had some problems, it seems that I can't use supermount on my writer if > I use ide-scsi on my dvd/cdrom, so I don't think ide-scsi should be the > default for CDROMs

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for future 9.1 installer: make it more failure-proof (will make debugging cooker easier)

2002-09-06 Thread Pixel
"David Bolin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Also during beta4 I had a very similar problem with > my USB compactflash/smartmedia card reader plugged in. Failed the install, > unplugged the reader and tried again and install went off without a hitch. this should be ok now (in rc1, and the rc2-

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for future 9.1 installer: make it more failure-proof (will make debugging cooker easier)

2002-09-06 Thread David Bolin
I saw this bug while I was installing, and the installation failed(fresh install), I really don't know if this had anything to do with the cause, but I tried once again to do the install and it succeeded. The only thing that I did different was remove a DVD that I had forgotten to remove from

[Cooker] Suggestion for future 9.1 installer: make it more failure-proof (willmake debugging cooker easier)

2002-09-06 Thread Aleksander Adamowski
Hi! I were trying to hunt for that dreaded mkinitrd bug in RC1. First, I've tried to conduct an upgrade from 9.0 beta4 to 9.0 RC1 on my machine at home during the weekend, but during the packages installation process there was a power outage. I've continued the upgradeafter the power had been

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-06 Thread dcd
Hi, Thanks I need to upgrade again, my version of mcc doesn't have that yet. Yes, in the past I've done similar mod's to my machine but it doesn't always work. Usually happens when it's for someone else and it's not easy to get newbies to modify the system via command line if it didn't work

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-06 Thread Buchan Milne
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 dcd wrote: | Hi, |Not sure where this should be addressed to but here goes. | | I've been using mandrake for a while now myself and the most common | complaint I get from other new users | is as follows |It recognised my cdburner (and called

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-05 Thread dcd
Yes , Misunderstood. I am talking about the additional cdrom(s) that may be on the system I agree the burners have been installed under scsi-ide and work well However many people still have cdrom's or dvd's that they want to record from and these are not set up as scsi-ide and therefor not

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-05 Thread Richard Houser
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 dcd wrote: | Hi, |Not sure where this should be addressed to but here goes. | | I've been using mandrake for a while now myself and the most common | complaint I get from other new users | is as follows |It recognised my cdburner (and called

[Cooker] Suggestion cdrom recognition

2002-09-05 Thread dcd
Hi, Not sure where this should be addressed to but here goes. I've been using mandrake for a while now myself and the most common complaint I get from other new users is as follows It recognised my cdburner (and called it scsi-ide) But I cant get any of the cdburning programs to recogn

[Cooker] suggestion

2002-09-04 Thread Michel PRILLOT
hi, It will be nice if during re-boot after system hang or crash, some lock file are being deleted, cleaned or cleared (ie: '/var/lock/subsys/dm' after X11 crash or hang..) -- Mandrake Linux release 9.0 (Cooker) for i586 Linux mars.recif.vpn 2.4.19-5mdk #1 Fri Aug 23 21:57:59 CEST 2002 i68

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for the forum - Mail send Web read

2002-08-20 Thread Adam Flinton
Ben Reser wrote: >On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 06:30:56PM +0100, Adam Flinton wrote: > > >>Could it be possible for people to be able to post into the mailing list but >>not to get sent the mails & then to read the posts via the website? >> >> > >email [EMAIL PROTECTED] >with help in the body of

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for the forum - Mail send Web read

2002-08-20 Thread Ben Reser
On Mon, Aug 19, 2002 at 06:30:56PM +0100, Adam Flinton wrote: > Could it be possible for people to be able to post into the mailing list but > not to get sent the mails & then to read the posts via the website? email [EMAIL PROTECTED] with help in the body of your message. There is a command to s

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-20 Thread Buchan Milne
Adam Flinton wrote: >>From the KMail FAQ: > > Why aren't my filters applied to incoming messages of IMAP accounts? > > Because KMail currently doesn't support this. You should use > server-side filtering (ask your admin for how to install filters on the > server and in which format),

[Cooker] Suggestion for the forum - Mail send Web read

2002-08-19 Thread Adam Flinton
Dear All, I like posting via smtp & I like reading others posts on the website (esp because you gett a nntp-like conversation tree). Suggestion: Could it be possible for people to be able to post into the mailing list but not to get sent the mails & then to read the posts via the website? i.e.

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-18 Thread Sitsofe Wheeler
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Buchan Milne wrote: > > I don't think he is alone in this i.e. wanting a Linux mail / internet > > services server but keeping the Windows clients at least so that any move is > > a steady migration. Quite simply given the volume of cr*p that comes into > > many people's inbo

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-16 Thread Buchan Milne
Adam Flinton wrote: > > I would say most. The friend of mine who suggested it has at present Win2K + > Exchange + Windows desktop users. > > He (& the company he works for) would like to move to LDAP for the address > book etc + Postfix + IMAP. What is stopping this is the inability of the > W

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-16 Thread David Walser
--- Adam Flinton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He (& the company he works for) would like to move > to LDAP for the address > book etc + Postfix + IMAP. What is stopping this is > the inability of the > Windows mail clients to filter IMAP messages. Tell him to check out cyrus-imapd, it has someth

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-16 Thread Igor Izyumin
On Friday 16 August 2002 10:24 am, Adam Flinton wrote: > I don't think he is alone in this i.e. wanting a Linux mail / internet > services server but keeping the Windows clients at least so that any move > is a steady migration. Quite simply given the volume of cr*p that comes > into many people's

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-16 Thread Adam Flinton
- Original Message - From: "Igor Izyumin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail > How many people use procmail and don't run an email server? I think thi

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-16 Thread Buchan Milne
Adam Flinton wrote: > Dear All, > > A suggestion for a drake.Procmail. I know there is a system wide thing > with the latest webmin but... > > Given that Mandrake can be used as both client & server & with the new VNC > thing Do you mean the terminal server. It most definitely is not VNC.

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-16 Thread Adam Flinton
- Original Message - From: "Igor Izyumin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, August 16, 2002 4:15 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail > How many people use procmail and don't run an email server? I think thi

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-16 Thread Buchan Milne
Igor Izyumin wrote: > On Friday 16 August 2002 09:09 am, Adam Flinton wrote: > >>It is a hole in the current set up as you are not about to teach a normal >>user how to write procmail rules. It must be simple even if that means >>losing some of the capabilities of procmail. Look at the MS Outlook

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-16 Thread Igor Izyumin
On Friday 16 August 2002 09:09 am, Adam Flinton wrote: > It is a hole in the current set up as you are not about to teach a normal > user how to write procmail rules. It must be simple even if that means > losing some of the capabilities of procmail. Look at the MS Outlook & > Outlook express rule

[Cooker] Suggestion for a Drake - procmail

2002-08-16 Thread Adam Flinton
Dear All, A suggestion for a drake.Procmail. I know there is a system wide thing with the latest webmin but... Given that Mandrake can be used as both client & server & with the new VNC thing it can approximate to say citrix or similar the problem a friend of mine has who is looking at Linux

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion: LISa / resLISa as a startup service

2002-08-14 Thread Mark Piper
Bottom line --- it's very difficult to be able to get to a windows computer on the same subnet, graphically, from KDE. This is one reason why many people never are able to use windows file sharing adequately. On Wed, 2002-08-14 at 12:52, Buchan Milne wrote: > Mark Piper wrote: > > Konqueror us

[Cooker] Suggestion: LISa / resLISa as a startup service

2002-08-13 Thread Mark Piper
Konqueror uses these for its (very nice) LAN browsing. However, they're not included in the boot-up services (or perhaps they could be in the KDE init scripts.) Furthermore, reslisa (which is supposed to be per user) does not have its setuid bit on, so it cannot be run by a normal user. Is the

RE: [Cooker] Suggestion for install routine

2002-08-10 Thread Devin B. Hedge
ose a base installation, or a patched installation. Devin. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jake R. Magee Sent: Saturday, August 10, 2002 12:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for install routine On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 00

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for install routine

2002-08-10 Thread Jake R. Magee
On Sat, 2002-08-10 at 00:51, Damon Lynch wrote: > Hi again Mandrake developers, > > Here is a possible option during install: > > "Would you like to save all the packages from the installation CDs on > your hard drive (will use x.x GB)?" > > With massive hard drives these days it is often conve

[Cooker] Suggestion for install routine

2002-08-09 Thread Damon Lynch
Hi again Mandrake developers, Here is a possible option during install: "Would you like to save all the packages from the installation CDs on your hard drive (will use x.x GB)?" With massive hard drives these days it is often convenient to save the contents of the CDs locally and get rpmdrake t

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion: Better Japanese-Input

2002-08-02 Thread H. Narfi Stefansson
On Friday 02 August 2002 08:38, utuhiro wrote: > Mandrake's kinput2 is not easy to use. > > In Mandrake: > XIM ON: shift+space > XIM OFF: shift+\ > How to input Japanese "n": type "n" > > Most distributions: > XIM ON: shift+space > XIM OFF: shift+space > How to input Japanese "n": type "nn" 1)

[Cooker] Suggestion: Better Japanese-Input

2002-08-02 Thread utuhiro
Mandrake's kinput2 is not easy to use. In Mandrake: XIM ON: shift+space XIM OFF: shift+\ How to input Japanese "n": type "n" Most distributions: XIM ON: shift+space XIM OFF: shift+space How to input Japanese "n": type "nn" -- Mandrake use only Wnn as Japanese IME, but Canna is also good.(I th

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for application to pick up in the cooker

2002-06-29 Thread Ben Reser
On Thu, Jun 27, 2002 at 03:27:22PM +0200, Henrik (Mauritz) Johnson wrote: > I would like to suggest picking up the application tora in Mandrake. I > know it is a shameless plug since I'm the author, but it is already in > RedHat and will be in Debian Woody and Gentoo (And I think one of > Turbo

[Cooker] Suggestion for application to pick up in the cooker

2002-06-29 Thread Henrik (Mauritz) Johnson
I would like to suggest picking up the application tora in Mandrake. I know it is a shameless plug since I'm the author, but it is already in RedHat and will be in Debian Woody and Gentoo (And I think one of Turbolinux database offerings) and also featured on SuSE:s website even though it is n

Re: [Cooker] suggestion for future distributions

2002-04-10 Thread Robert martin
how about this " have the windows "installer" do a brute force export from the registry? and then scan it for known stuff and then drop it into a list green = supported yellow =might be supportted orange = non open drver must be downloaded gray = win thunks not needed for linux red = not supported

Re: [Cooker] suggestion for future distributions

2002-04-10 Thread Keith Antoine
On Wednesday 10 April 2002 08:29 am, Tech At Mathco Dot Com wrote: > the laptop that I was thinking about getting has a, and I quote from the > tech specs > "MODEM INTEGRATED IN ac-97 2.1 COMPLIANT MODEM CONTROLLER > CONTROLLER CORE LOGIC supports up to 56K" > > Not sure if it would help to say if

Re: [Cooker] suggestion for future distributions

2002-04-10 Thread Todd Lyons
Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote on Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 08:57:16PM +0200 : > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:15:15PM -0500, Tech At Mathco Dot Com wrote: > > Would it not be nice if there was a peice of software that checked out > > the computer first to see if it was fully compatible with Mandrake, > > I kno

Re: [Cooker] suggestion for future distributions

2002-04-10 Thread Tech At Mathco Dot Com
rom: "Marc Lijour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, April 09, 2002 9:31 PM Subject: Re: [Cooker] suggestion for future distributions > Le Avril 9, 2002 02:57 PM, vous avez écrit : > > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:15:15PM -0500, Tech At Mathco Dot

Re: [Cooker] suggestion for future distributions

2002-04-09 Thread Marc Lijour
Le Avril 9, 2002 02:57 PM, vous avez écrit : > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:15:15PM -0500, Tech At Mathco Dot Com wrote: > > Would it not be nice if there was a peice of software that checked out > > the computer first to see if it was fully compatible with Mandrake, > > I know that some notebooks f

Re: [Cooker] suggestion for future distributions

2002-04-09 Thread Liam R. E. Quin
On Tue, 2002-04-09 at 17:03, Levi Ramsey wrote: > I'm not sure if Linmodem drivers are in the Cooker kernel, but you can > download and patch the kernel source... For what it's worth, my Lucent winmodem (Acer Travelmate 602TER laptop) works fine using the ltmodem module and a stock Mandrake kerne

Re: [Cooker] suggestion for future distributions

2002-04-09 Thread Levi Ramsey
On Tue Apr 09 20:57 +0200, Keld Jørn Simonsen wrote: > On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:15:15PM -0500, Tech At Mathco Dot Com wrote: > > Would it not be nice if there was a peice of software that checked out > > the computer first to see if it was fully compatible with Mandrake, > > I know that some not

Re: [Cooker] suggestion for future distributions

2002-04-09 Thread Keld Jørn Simonsen
On Tue, Apr 09, 2002 at 01:15:15PM -0500, Tech At Mathco Dot Com wrote: > Would it not be nice if there was a peice of software that checked out > the computer first to see if it was fully compatible with Mandrake, > I know that some notebooks for example only has winmodems built in > and that mak

[Cooker] suggestion for future distributions

2002-04-09 Thread Tech At Mathco Dot Com
Would it not be nice if there was a peice of software that checked out the computer first to see if it was fully compatible with Mandrake, I know that some notebooks for example only has winmodems built in and that makes them not usable for Linux unless they are "Linmodems".   Just a thought

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion - devtools group

2002-03-13 Thread Bryan Paxton
On Wed, 2002-03-13 at 02:16, Kevin Krumwiede wrote: > I love the way access to network utilities is controlled by assigning them > to the ntools group. I think the same should be done with development > tools. > > Krum > Thank you :) It does (or at least it's supposed to, I'm not touching the

[Cooker] Suggestion - devtools group

2002-03-13 Thread Kevin Krumwiede
I love the way access to network utilities is controlled by assigning them to the ntools group. I think the same should be done with development tools. Krum

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion: Mandrake Naming Layout Change

2002-02-20 Thread Steve Fox
On Tue, 2002-02-19 at 05:43, Bill Greenwood wrote: > > transfugdrake would be: mdktransfuge > drakconf would be: mdkconf, or maybe: mdkctrlcntr > drakfirsttime would be: mdkfirsttime > We already have: mdkonline Alternatively, prefixing all of them with drak would work and require less work. The

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion: Mandrake Naming Layout Change

2002-02-19 Thread newslett
Fantastic idea. I always wondered why there were naming discrepancies with the mdk configuration tools. And I also agree that ALL mandrake configuration tools should be in MCC. It would make it so much easier, especially since some tools are redundant within the KDE/Gnome setup tools. One

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion: Mandrake Naming Layout Change

2002-02-19 Thread Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek
Alexander Skwar wrote: >»Bill Greenwood« sagte am 2002-02-20 um 00:43:11 +1300 : > >>Any other thoughts on this? >> > >Good idea! This would allow users to type mdk to see what >Mandrake tools are available. > Yes, I have problems finding Mandrake config tools myself. It would be great if they

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion: Mandrake Naming Layout Change

2002-02-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Bill Greenwood« sagte am 2002-02-20 um 00:43:11 +1300 : > Any other thoughts on this? Good idea! This would allow users to type mdk to see what Mandrake tools are available. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://w

[Cooker] Suggestion: Mandrake Naming Layout Change

2002-02-19 Thread Bill Greenwood
I suggest that each of the Mandrake tools have a small change in their naming layout for the directory listing, and for other reasons. The way it is right now, each of the tools are laid out in their name just a little different, which makes it hard to easily spot a Mandrake Tool. And sometim

[Cooker] [Suggestion] BETA Upgrade options

2002-01-29 Thread Michail Manegakis
I didn't download the beta version, I just saw the screenshots. And what I saw is that when upgrade is chosen, it is not clearly stated what that means. Will upgrade do what the previous version did? Will "upgrade only packages" upgrade just the appz and leave the version intact? What?   Ple

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion... no more vimlinuz@

2001-11-27 Thread Silvan Pagan
On Tuesday 27 November 2001 07:56 am, you wrote: > > le mar 27-11-2001 à 12:48, Borsenkow Andrej a écrit : > > > > true. I think it's impossible for a script to guess the old kernel > > > real > > > > filenames, Well, it's not so much that the script needs to guess the old kernel real filenames

RE: [Cooker] Suggestion... no more vimlinuz@

2001-11-27 Thread Fabrice FACORAT
le mar 27-11-2001 à 13:56, Borsenkow Andrej a écrit : > > > le mar 27-11-2001 à 12:48, Borsenkow Andrej a écrit : > > > > true. I think it's impossible for a script to guess the old kernel > > > real > > > > filenames, > > > > > > readlink(vmlinuz) as long as it follows conventions. If not, break

RE: [Cooker] Suggestion... no more vimlinuz@

2001-11-27 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
> le mar 27-11-2001 à 12:48, Borsenkow Andrej a écrit : > > > true. I think it's impossible for a script to guess the old kernel > > real > > > filenames, > > > > readlink(vmlinuz) as long as it follows conventions. If not, break and > > create explicit name ... hey, but then it does create expli

RE: [Cooker] Suggestion... no more vimlinuz@

2001-11-27 Thread Fabrice FACORAT
le mar 27-11-2001 à 12:48, Borsenkow Andrej a écrit : > > true. I think it's impossible for a script to guess the old kernel > real > > filenames, > > readlink(vmlinuz) as long as it follows conventions. If not, break and > create explicit name ... hey, but then it does create explicit name > cu

RE: [Cooker] Suggestion... no more vimlinuz@

2001-11-27 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
> true. I think it's impossible for a script to guess the old kernel real > filenames, readlink(vmlinuz) as long as it follows conventions. If not, break and create explicit name ... hey, but then it does create explicit name currently ... so, final suggestion - when installing new kernel check

RE: [Cooker] Suggestion... no more vimlinuz@

2001-11-27 Thread Fabrice FACORAT
le mar 27-11-2001 à 08:34, Borsenkow Andrej a écrit : > > The make copied my new bzImage, initrd and System.map to /boot and set > up > > an > > entry in LILO. That had never happened before. > > > That is what make install does. You have to do make modules_install > before because make instal

RE: [Cooker] Suggestion... no more vimlinuz@

2001-11-26 Thread Borsenkow Andrej
> The make copied my new bzImage, initrd and System.map to /boot and set up > an > entry in LILO. That had never happened before. That is what make install does. You have to do make modules_install before because make install tries to create initrd and it obviously needs existing modules for t

[Cooker] Suggestion... no more vimlinuz@

2001-11-26 Thread Silvan Pagan
I haven't gotten back to playing with cooker stuff yet, having just re-installed from scratch, but I had a weird series of circumstances (unrelated to the fresh install...) that resulted in quite a mess today, and from this comes a suggestion... I was re-compiling my freshly re-installed stock

[Cooker] Suggestion Modify /etc/fstab defaults for WINE

2001-07-17 Thread Hoyt
You might want to add the "quiet" mount option to the MS Windows partition in /etc/fstab for WINE. WINE itself suggests this. It could be done as part of the WINE installation or as a default entry. Also a WINE mime-type would be nice, similar to what Codeweavers installs. As WINE closes in o

[Cooker] Suggestion: New kde package with extra themes

2001-05-21 Thread Jose
Just like Gnome, for the next release of Mandrake, containing styles and theme. Good idea?

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for 8.1 - Modem+Ethernet config

2001-04-30 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Claudio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hi all! > I'm installing quite a lot mdk-8.0 in these days, so I'm saying "it would be > nice if...", a kind of "wish list" for 8.1 maybe :o) > First thing is that you could revisit "network installation" step. I mean: > some users have both modem and eth,

[Cooker] Suggestion for 8.1 - Modem+Ethernet config

2001-04-29 Thread Claudio
Hi all! I'm installing quite a lot mdk-8.0 in these days, so I'm saying "it would be nice if...", a kind of "wish list" for 8.1 maybe :o) First thing is that you could revisit "network installation" step. I mean: some users have both modem and eth, but installer goes on after dialup configurat

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for initscripts

2001-04-09 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Blue Lizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > /chmou feel this means he relinquish his territory (kernel) to kde/qt. / > /chmou is lonely and afraid. must hold on / > /blue drinks a beer and scratches his hind quarters/ > /blue then remembers he can't have beer on passover. The barley./ Yup BT

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for initscripts

2001-04-08 Thread Blue Lizard
> (and BTW: i don't see why QT or KDE need to include any kernel stuff > :-( ). /chmou feel this means he relinquish his territory (kernel) to kde/qt. / /chmou is lonely and afraid. must hold on / /blue drinks a beer and scratches his hind quarters/ /blue then remembers he can't have beer on

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for initscripts

2001-04-08 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Sunday 08 April 2001 17:51, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > For some time now 'linux' and 'asm' have been banished by Mandrake > > from /usr/include. However, if I want to build stuff from source, > > many apps expect them to be there, for example QT-2.3.

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for initscripts

2001-04-08 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Sunday 08 April 2001 16:58, Andreas Simon wrote: > On Sunday 08 April 2001 17:35, you wrote: > > For some time now 'linux' and 'asm' have been banished by Mandrake > > from /usr/include. However, if I want to build stuff from source, > > many apps expect them to be there, for example QT-2.3.0

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for initscripts

2001-04-08 Thread Andrej Borsenkow
On Sun, 8 Apr 2001, Peter Ruskin wrote: > For some time now 'linux' and 'asm' have been banished by Mandrake from > /usr/include. However, if I want to build stuff from source, many apps > expect them to be there, for example QT-2.3.0 and kde-2.1.1. > ??? Have you installed kernel-headers? bor

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for initscripts

2001-04-08 Thread Andreas Simon
On Sunday 08 April 2001 17:35, you wrote: > For some time now 'linux' and 'asm' have been banished by Mandrake from > /usr/include. However, if I want to build stuff from source, many apps > expect them to be there, for example QT-2.3.0 and kde-2.1.1. $ rpm -qf /usr/include/linux kernel-headers-

AW: [Cooker] Suggestion for initscripts

2001-04-08 Thread Sebastian Werner
Good idea, I think -Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von Peter Ruskin Gesendet: Sonntag, 8. April 2001 17:36 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: [Cooker] Suggestion for initscripts For some time now 'linux' and 'asm' h

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for initscripts

2001-04-08 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Peter Ruskin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > For some time now 'linux' and 'asm' have been banished by Mandrake from > /usr/include. However, if I want to build stuff from source, many apps > expect them to be there, for example QT-2.3.0 and kde-2.1.1. > > I've included the following lines in /

[Cooker] Suggestion for initscripts

2001-04-08 Thread Peter Ruskin
For some time now 'linux' and 'asm' have been banished by Mandrake from /usr/include. However, if I want to build stuff from source, many apps expect them to be there, for example QT-2.3.0 and kde-2.1.1. I've included the following lines in /etc/rc.d/rc/local to get round this. I would like to

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion on included packages: Ksnuffle

2001-03-13 Thread Eric MC D
ksnuffle ...rpm needs XFree-4.0.2- and last freetype. To run it on your mach. if you haven't it, download the scr file and recompile it. Did it for me. Eric MC On Tuesday 13 March 2001 11:27, you wrote: | "Claudio (sekko)" wrote: | > Hi all! | > I'm just having trouble on my LAN for some probabl

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion on included packages: Ksnuffle

2001-03-13 Thread sekko
On Tuesday 13 March 2001 11:27, you wrote: > "Claudio (sekko)" wrote: > > Hi all! > > I'm just having trouble on my LAN for some probable hackers. I'm trying > > to solve the problem with the help of a sniffer, and I fould really nice > > a program named "ksnuffle": > > > > http://www.quaking.demo

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion on included packages: Ksnuffle

2001-03-13 Thread Lenny Cartier
"Claudio (sekko)" wrote: > > Hi all! > I'm just having trouble on my LAN for some probable hackers. I'm trying to > solve the problem with the help of a sniffer, and I fould really nice a > program named "ksnuffle": > > http://www.quaking.demon.co.uk/ksnuffle.html > > It would be nice if some i

[Cooker] Suggestion on included packages: Ksnuffle

2001-03-12 Thread sekko
Hi all! I'm just having trouble on my LAN for some probable hackers. I'm trying to solve the problem with the help of a sniffer, and I fould really nice a program named "ksnuffle": http://www.quaking.demon.co.uk/ksnuffle.html It would be nice if some interested packager could include it in Man

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion (with examples) for /etc/rc.d/init.d/ scripts

2001-03-01 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Leon Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Since the last (7.2) update to BIND, I've been seeing complaints in > syslog about it being unable to write the PID file in > /var/run/named.pid - to cut a long story short, since it's now running > as user ``bind'' it no longer has write permission in /v

[Cooker] Suggestion (with examples) for /etc/rc.d/init.d/ scripts

2001-02-24 Thread Leon Brooks
Since the last (7.2) update to BIND, I've been seeing complaints in syslog about it being unable to write the PID file in /var/run/named.pid - to cut a long story short, since it's now running as user ``bind'' it no longer has write permission in /var/run/ and the killproc function in /etc/rc.

RE: [Cooker] Suggestion about a perl module

2001-02-23 Thread Don Head
> I wish to see the perl module GD.pm compiled in with > the distrubution. > Best regard / Fredrik (I know this e-mail is a little old, but I thought I'd respond anyway.) Last week I made an SRPM and uploaded it, it's now officially in the Contrib tree. Check your local mirror. =) perl-GD-1.32

[Cooker] Suggestion about a perl module

2001-02-06 Thread Fredrik Larsson
I wish to see the perl module GD.pm compiled in with the distrubution. Best regard / FredrikGet Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion Idea for Mandrake 7.3 or 8 depending on how it goes

2000-12-12 Thread Meir Faraj
On Tuesday 12 December 2000 04:59, you wrote: > Have anyone thought about using the Two Kernel Monte, which is basically a > kernel Module which allows Linux to load another kernel image into RAm and > restart the machine from that kernel without doing reboot? > > I think this would be ideal

[Cooker] Suggestion Idea for Mandrake 7.3 or 8 depending on how it goes

2000-12-11 Thread Russell \"Elik\" Rademacher
Have anyone thought about using the Two Kernel Monte, which is basically a kernel Module which allows Linux to load another kernel image into RAm and restart the machine from that kernel without doing reboot? I think this would be ideal way for adding enterprise level to the syste

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for Cooker

2000-11-21 Thread Daniel Serodio
Alexander Skwar wrote: > > So sprach Chris Spencer am Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:27:59PM -0600: > > Since /user/local/bin is included by default in a user's $PATH why isn't > > /usr/local/lib included in a user's $LD_LIBRARY_PATH by default as well? > > Don't know, but a better approach would be to

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion for Cooker

2000-11-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Chris Spencer am Mon, Nov 20, 2000 at 11:27:59PM -0600: > Since /user/local/bin is included by default in a user's $PATH why isn't > /usr/local/lib included in a user's $LD_LIBRARY_PATH by default as well? Don't know, but a better approach would be to add it to /etc/ld.so.conf, so that

[Cooker] Suggestion for Cooker

2000-11-20 Thread Chris Spencer
This is so obvious that I'm sure that there is a good reason why this isn't part of the distribution already, but As experienced Mandrake users know (and also according to the official Mandrake User's Guide: file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/en/mdkrefguide/install-free-installation.html) users

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion

2000-11-13 Thread Sam
ork that there's no Linux equivalent for (programming/setting up of PLC's, industrial control systems and measuring devices) Sam >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion

2000-11-13 Thread Christopher Molnar
On Sunday 12 November 2000 11:03, you wrote: > The partition table is now screwed and Mandrake wouldn't boot because the > root and home partitions now have new drive #'s. > > The problem was not caused be mandrake, but once this is fixed it will > require reinstallation. It would be nice to have

[Cooker] Suggestion

2000-11-12 Thread Sam
This got lost in the griping I did in another note, When using customized mode- Please set up the installer so that it creates a floppy for installing Mandrake with the same settings like Expert does. I'm starting to be driven nuts by Win98. I booted it up the other day and a brand new partit

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion: Mdk 7.2 installation and 32M RAM

2000-11-03 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
Christian Gennerat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Guillaume Cottenceau a écrit : > > > People with enough bandwidth to do an FTP install can either burn an ISO > > or download to do an ISO or HD install.. > > No, an FTP install can be done with another PC on the same desk as server, > only becau

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion: Mdk 7.2 installation and 32M RAM

2000-11-02 Thread Christian Gennerat
Guillaume Cottenceau a écrit : > People with enough bandwidth to do an FTP install can either burn an ISO > or download to do an ISO or HD install.. No, an FTP install can be done with another PC on the same desk as server, only because the PC to be installed don't have CD. In this case, NFS is

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion: Mdk 7.2 installation and 32M RAM

2000-11-01 Thread Pierre Fortin
Guillaume Cottenceau wrote: > > Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > [...] > > > > > Not convinced this is the real answer (I reported this as bug#691)... > > > > ftp fails and nfs works... so it would seem that the real issue is one > > > > of file transfer with local storage vs remot

Re: [Cooker] Suggestion: Mdk 7.2 installation and 32M RAM

2000-10-31 Thread Guillaume Cottenceau
Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [...] > > > Not convinced this is the real answer (I reported this as bug#691)... > > > ftp fails and nfs works... so it would seem that the real issue is one > > > of file transfer with local storage vs remote file access with its > > > inherent remote

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