Re: How to Change resolution?

2001-09-19 Thread Derrik Pates
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Russell Hires wrote: > I'm wondering how to change the resolution for kde. What happens is that > I boot into Linux, and the resolution starts at 800x600, but when kde > comes up, the resolution changes to 1152x870. Where is this information > kept? (As in, what config file?)

How to Change resolution?

2001-09-19 Thread Russell Hires
Hello everyone, I'm wondering how to change the resolution for kde. What happens is that I boot into Linux, and the resolution starts at 800x600, but when kde comes up, the resolution changes to 1152x870. Where is this information kept? (As in, what config file?) I'm temporarily with a smaller mon

Re: rsync.penguinppc.org

2001-09-19 Thread Kevin van Haaren
At 7:30 PM -0700 9/19/01, Tom Rini wrote: On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 07:02:05PM -0500, Kevin van Haaren wrote: is rsync.penguinppc.org actually serving up files? I'm trying to rsync the benh kernel and it's timing out on me. I'm using a command line of: rsync -arvz rsync.penguinppc.org::lin

Re: rsync.penguinppc.org

2001-09-19 Thread Kevin van Haaren
At 7:30 PM -0700 9/19/01, Tom Rini wrote: On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 07:02:05PM -0500, Kevin van Haaren wrote: is rsync.penguinppc.org actually serving up files? I'm trying to rsync the benh kernel and it's timing out on me. I'm using a command line of: rsync -arvz rsync.penguinppc.org::lin

Re: rsync.penguinppc.org

2001-09-19 Thread Tom Rini
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 07:02:05PM -0500, Kevin van Haaren wrote: > is rsync.penguinppc.org actually serving up files? I'm trying to > rsync the benh kernel and it's timing out on me. I'm using a command > line of: > > rsync -arvz rsync.penguinppc.org::linux-2.4-benh . And? One of the mirro

Re: openmotif not avail for ppc?

2001-09-19 Thread Josh Huber
Laurent de Segur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Things are not as simple for me as they are for you apparently. Ah, I hate that :) > Entering 'fakeroot apt-get -b source openmotif' breaks just after > building the docs with the compile error message: Ok, I lied, but it shouldn't matter. I actua

Problem resizing windows horizontally

2001-09-19 Thread Laurent de Segur
Hi, I have recently been experiencing a very annoying problem (since I updated XFree to 4.1 in testing) with X running Sawfish default theme. In this window style (and a couple of others), there is no right border on the window frame, and resizing is done, I believe by selecting the window at the

OWN YOUR OWN SPORTSBOOK AND CASINO!

2001-09-19 Thread mervinsmith
Title: Untitled Document YOUR OWN INTERNET SPORTSBOOK & CASINOFOR $16,500!!! Internet Empire Entertainment. Has assembled and packaged the most cost effective turnkey program for you. The online gaming industry is expected to surpass 10 billion dollars in wagering by the year 2002. Let Interne

Re: openmotif not avail for ppc?

2001-09-19 Thread Laurent de Segur
Josh, Things are not as simple for me as they are for you apparently. Entering 'fakeroot apt-get -b source openmotif' breaks just after building the docs with the compile error message: make[3]: Entering directory `/home/laurent/openmotif-2.1.30/work/motif/config/imake' gcc DefaultGcc2PpcOpt -fs

rsync.penguinppc.org

2001-09-19 Thread Kevin van Haaren
is rsync.penguinppc.org actually serving up files? I'm trying to rsync the benh kernel and it's timing out on me. I'm using a command line of: rsync -arvz rsync.penguinppc.org::linux-2.4-benh . Thanks, Kevin

Re: catdoc

2001-09-19 Thread Daniel Jacobowitz
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:31:24PM +0100, Colin Watson wrote: > Hi, > > What's with the "add_exe_path does not link" error recorded in > voltaire's build logs for catdoc? I just tried building catdoc on > voltaire and it built fine, with no mention of add_exe_path anywhere > that I noticed. Should

Re: openmotif not avail for ppc?

2001-09-19 Thread Josh Huber
Hi. Next time, could you not send HTML to the lists? "Laurent de Segur" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It seems that the openmotif debian package is available only for x86 > architecture, but doesn't seem to be present in the ppc side (on > main/testing/unstable.) I went to visit the openmotif.or

Re: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386)

2001-09-19 Thread Mike Fedyk
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:02:09AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > Mike Fedyk wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:21:37AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > > Laurent de Segur wrote: > > > > > > > It's too bad that the XFS module (at least on ppc) is not part of > > > > the pre-compiled kernel im

Re: xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-2 fails where 4.0.2-7puetzk worked

2001-09-19 Thread Adam Di Carlo
Michael Schmitz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > > should have read X -probeonly (where did that go?), sorry. > > > > That crashes it as well. I just tested with xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-5 > > and -6, same results. > > > > I'll try your kernel patch -- should I also perhaps try the 2.4 kernel? > >

openmotif not avail for ppc?

2001-09-19 Thread Laurent de Segur
Hi everyone,   It seems that the openmotif debian package is available only for x86 architecture, but doesn't seem to be present in the ppc side (on main/testing/unstable.) I went to visit the openmotif.org web site, and there, you can only get an RPM (yuk!) for the ppc platform (and debian p

Re: flash and video on powerpc world

2001-09-19 Thread Damien GUIHAL
Le Wed, 19 Sep 2001 13:59:13 +0200 Jaume Teixi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a ecrit: > hi, > > so wich flash player and wich video (.mpeg .avi etc) player are for powerpc world ? > > bests, >jaume teixi. > > > -- > To UNSUBSCRIBE, email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with a subject of "unsubscribe". Troub

Re: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386)

2001-09-19 Thread Derrik Pates
On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Sven wrote: > Is it really just coincidence, or is dist-upgrade doing something particular > that reiserfs don't like ? Or maybe it is just that it is the only app that > really is very disk intensive, unpacking files, replacing files, etc, ... It may just be broken (again).

Re: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386)

2001-09-19 Thread thomas graichen
Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Besides ext3, which other journaled FSes support data journaling? > I know not ReiserFS... I think IBM's JFS does. Can XFS? afaik only ext3 - all others are metadata only t -- thomas graichen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ... perfection is reached, not when ther

Re: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386)

2001-09-19 Thread Colin Walters
Sven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > and BTW, having the /var/lib/dpkg/status file corrupted is a big > mess, is there any way to rebuild it without resinstalling all > packages (guessed at from a ls of /usr/share/doc ...) There are backups in /var/backups. You could probably just use the backup s

Re: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386)

2001-09-19 Thread Colin Walters
Mike Fedyk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Besides ext3, which other journaled FSes support data journaling? > > I know not ReiserFS... I think IBM's JFS does. Can XFS? XFS doesn't support data journaling, and I don't think there are any plans to in the near future; the developers are focusing ma

Re: XFS Install

2001-09-19 Thread Ethan Benson
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 01:52:14PM +0200, Jens Schmalzing wrote: > > Right now, I have open ITPs for two packages, but when I finish those > and nobody beats me to it, I will package patches for -xfs and -benh > kernels. This is *not* an ITP, so go for it yourself if you feel like > it. good, th

Re: framebuffer questions

2001-09-19 Thread Michel Dänzer
Bruce McIntyre wrote: Hello, I'm a little confused about how fb.modes relates to the operation of fbset in the console, and how I might be able to convince X that certain modes are available. In the console, for instance, fbset -g 832 624 832 624 8 results in a mode with correct timings and

catdoc

2001-09-19 Thread Colin Watson
Hi, What's with the "add_exe_path does not link" error recorded in voltaire's build logs for catdoc? I just tried building catdoc on voltaire and it built fine, with no mention of add_exe_path anywhere that I noticed. Should I upload this? (Weirdly, there's an open bug report about catdoc 0.91.4-

Re: XFS Install (was: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2(Linux-i386))

2001-09-19 Thread Kevin van Haaren
At 2:07 PM +0200 9/19/01, Michel Dänzer wrote: Kevin van Haaren wrote: >Are you using one of the PPC trees as a basis? PPC isn't fully merged >into Linus' yet AFAIK. No, I wasn't sure I could apply an XFS patch against a PPC tree, or a PPC patch against an XFS patched source so I avoided i

framebuffer questions

2001-09-19 Thread Bruce McIntyre
Hello, I'm a little confused about how fb.modes relates to the operation of fbset in the console, and how I might be able to convince X that certain modes are available. In the console, for instance, fbset -g 832 624 832 624 8 results in a mode with correct timings and no distortion. When I descr

Re: XFS Install (was: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2(Linux-i386))

2001-09-19 Thread Michel Dänzer
Kevin van Haaren wrote: > >Are you using one of the PPC trees as a basis? PPC isn't fully merged > >into Linus' yet AFAIK. > > No, I wasn't sure I could apply an XFS patch against a PPC tree, or a > PPC patch against an XFS patched source so I avoided it. Or is there > a PPC tree with XFS applie

Re: Power Mac G4 Sound Support on Potato r0 ?

2001-09-19 Thread Michael Schmitz
> >(for the sarcasm impaired: it probably doesn't work, due to Apple not > >releasing any documentation. The joy of closed hardware.) > > > >Of course, there have been reports of people fixing their sound problems > >by simply usinn aumix or a similar mixer app to turn up the volume. YMMV. > > It d

Re: ups [Re: Invitation to the 6th Linux Developers Meeting in Oldenburg]

2001-09-19 Thread Michael Schmitz
On 19 Sep 2001, Goswin Brederlow wrote: > Sorry Thanks. Michael

Re: XFS Install

2001-09-19 Thread Jens Schmalzing
Hi, Sven Luther writes: > huh ? where did you looked at it ? i just found > > ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/Release-1.0.1/kernel_patches > > which has 2.4.5 only. A number of patches against more recent kernels are at [1]. I downloaded version 2.4.10-pre8. It applied nicely (read:

flash and video on powerpc world

2001-09-19 Thread Jaume Teixi
hi, so wich flash player and wich video (.mpeg .avi etc) player are for powerpc world ? bests, jaume teixi.

Re: XFS Install (was: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386))

2001-09-19 Thread Kevin van Haaren
At 10:23 AM +0200 9/19/01, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Woody has a patch for XFS. It's against kernel 2.4.5. There is NO kernel-source package for 2.4.5. So there appears to be no way to do a debian package XFS kernel install at this time. You can build kernel packages with kernel-package fro

Re: XFS Install (was: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386))

2001-09-19 Thread Kevin van Haaren
At 12:14 PM +0200 9/19/01, Sven wrote: huh ? where did you looked at it ? i just found ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/Release-1.0.1/kernel_patches which has 2.4.5 only. That said, on the download page, you can read : XFS patches are also available in Debian-unstable ("Sid") which s

Re: XFS Install (was: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386))

2001-09-19 Thread Sven
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:23:29AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Kevin van Haaren wrote: > > > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:21:37AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > > Laurent de Segur wrote: > > > > > > Not my experience, when I looked more than a week ago, their FTP > > > site already had patches

Re: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386)

2001-09-19 Thread Sven
On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 10:14:07AM +0200, Michel Dänzer wrote: > Sven wrote: > > > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 10:14:57AM -0700, Laurent de Segur wrote: > > > What you are saying about ReiserFS is really unfortunate. When I > > > read the archive, there is no question that XFS is a lot more > > > re

Re: XFS Install (was: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386))

2001-09-19 Thread Michel Dänzer
Kevin van Haaren wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:21:37AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > Laurent de Segur wrote: > > > > Not my experience, when I looked more than a week ago, their FTP > > site already had patches for early .10-pre versions. > > OK, I spent most of the weekend trying to ge

Re: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386)

2001-09-19 Thread Michel Dänzer
Mike Fedyk wrote: > > On Wed, Sep 19, 2001 at 02:21:37AM +0200, Michel D?nzer wrote: > > Laurent de Segur wrote: > > > > > It's too bad that the XFS module (at least on ppc) is not part of > > > the pre-compiled kernel image (ReiserFS is), > > > > Not really, you still need patches (at least Alan

Re: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386)

2001-09-19 Thread Michel Dänzer
Sven wrote: > > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 10:14:57AM -0700, Laurent de Segur wrote: > > What you are saying about ReiserFS is really unfortunate. When I > > read the archive, there is no question that XFS is a lot more > > reliable than ReiserFS. On the other hand, It seems that the Linux > > commun

Re: xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-2 fails where 4.0.2-7puetzk worked

2001-09-19 Thread Michael Schmitz
> > should have read X -probeonly (where did that go?), sorry. > > That crashes it as well. I just tested with xserver-xfree86 4.1.0-5 > and -6, same results. > > I'll try your kernel patch -- should I also perhaps try the 2.4 kernel? Try the 2.4 kernel first. If that doesn't fix it, my patch w

Re: horrible system performance using ide-scsi for cdrom on tibook

2001-09-19 Thread Rob Pfile
Following up to myself (again) the rest of this story belongs in the "no duh" category. i found that cdparanoia was niced down to 19 on my desktop machine while on the laptop it was set to 0 (using grip, which allows you to set a nice value for the ripper and encoder). i think this may have been

Re: ppp mystery

2001-09-19 Thread Sven
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 11:20:42AM +1000, Bruce McIntyre wrote: > Hello all, > > Twice this has happened; after running pon, my modem negotiates a connection > with my provider as normal and the resolv.conf file is updated with what > look like correct nameserver addresses---at least they are fami

Re: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386)

2001-09-19 Thread Sven
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 03:40:44PM -0800, Ethan Benson wrote: > On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 03:03:06PM -0700, Mike Fedyk wrote: > > > > This seems to be the first main stream example of FS conversion in linux. > > not really. ext3 really isn't any different from ext2 from a format > perspective, the

Re: HFS+ (MacOS) in contrast to EXT2 (Linux-i386)

2001-09-19 Thread Sven
On Tue, Sep 18, 2001 at 10:14:57AM -0700, Laurent de Segur wrote: > What you are saying about ReiserFS is really unfortunate. When I read the > archive, there is no question that XFS is a lot more reliable than ReiserFS. > On the other hand, It seems that the Linux community is promoting heavily >