Re: [expert] Kaudioserver hang in 2.2.9 kernel

1999-06-10 Thread Ronan Demoment
I have also the same problem and I tried to remove the /sbin/update in inittab but it didn't solve the problem. I also tried kernels 2.2.5 and 2.2.9. I have an SBAWE32 which is very similar to SBAWE64. Maybe it cames from that soundcard. Does anyone has the same problem with another soundcard?

Re: [expert] esound and the play command

1999-06-10 Thread Andrew Mitchell
Try checking the permissions on /dev/dsp . I was having problems with esd and decided to verify the files in the dev package, and found that most of them were wrong, with some being owned by users that hardly use the system, for some reason. Jeremy Lunn wrote: Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote:

Re: [expert] Kaudioserver hang in 2.2.9 kernel

1999-06-10 Thread Steven J Mackenzie
Ronan Demoment wrote: I have also the same problem and I tried to remove the /sbin/update in inittab but it didn't solve the problem. I also tried kernels 2.2.5 and 2.2.9. I have an SBAWE32 which is very similar to SBAWE64. Maybe it cames from that soundcard. Does anyone has the same

Re: [expert] esound and the play command

1999-06-10 Thread Ronan Demoment
Andrew Mitchell wrote: Try checking the permissions on /dev/dsp . I was having problems with esd and decided to verify the files in the dev package, and found that most of them were wrong, with some being owned by users that hardly use the system, for some reason. maybe is the sound problem

Re: [expert] Kaudioserver hang in 2.2.9 kernel

1999-06-10 Thread Jerome ALET
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Ronan Demoment wrote: I have also the same problem and I tried to remove the /sbin/update in inittab but it didn't solve the problem. I also tried kernels 2.2.5 and 2.2.9. I have an SBAWE32 which is very similar to SBAWE64. Maybe it cames from that soundcard. Does

Re: [expert] esound and the play command

1999-06-10 Thread Jeremy Lunn
On Fri, 11 Jun 1999, you wrote: Try checking the permissions on /dev/dsp . I was having problems with esd and decided to verify the files in the dev package, and found that most of them were wrong, with some being owned by users that hardly use the system, for some reason. I am the only user

[expert] FWD: suggested solution for postgresql problem

1999-06-10 Thread Tom Berger
Hi! Wayne Larmon has fixed his troubles with postgresql and thankfully told me about it. Since this might help others, too, here is his mail: [begin quote] The "postgresql install is incomplete (missing files in /var/lib/pgsql/)" problem was discussed in comp.os.linux.setup under the thread

Re: [expert] Kaudioserver hang in 2.2.9 kernel

1999-06-10 Thread Thomas J. Hamman
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Ronan Demoment wrote: I have also the same problem and I tried to remove the /sbin/update in inittab but it didn't solve the problem. I also tried kernels 2.2.5 and 2.2.9. I have an SBAWE32 which is very similar to SBAWE64. Maybe it cames from that soundcard. Does anyone

Re: [expert] obviously not very ...

1999-06-10 Thread Andrea Celli
Thank for your assistance. As i wrote to mail list, I found "a" solution using an old boot.img (mandrake-5.2) to boot and the new CD to install. It works fine. Chmouel Boudjnah wrote my suggesting/asking me to try a experimental boot.img: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:/pub/chmou/boot-1805.img this

[expert] Oracle 8 + Mandrake 6 -- compatible ?

1999-06-10 Thread Lang Zhi
Is Oracle 8.05 run on Mandrake 6 ? Oracle had release patch for glib2.1 for RedHat 6 and you need to install the compatible bin-utils rpm etc .. to make it work. Did i need to install those compatible-bin-utils on Mandrake 6 too? Can those rpm work on Mandrake 6 without problem ? thanks . -lz

[expert] Another problem!

1999-06-10 Thread Carl St-Jacques
Hi! Under M5.3 i create a file /etc/shutdown.allow to allow only some users to shutdown my server. But M6 don't use this file... so everyone can ctrl+alt+del? I can use inittab to trap the ctrl+alt+del..but! Carl St-Jacques

Re: [expert] Oracle 8 + Mandrake 6 -- compatible ?

1999-06-10 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Lang Zhi wrote: Is Oracle 8.05 run on Mandrake 6 ? Oracle had release patch for glib2.1 for RedHat 6 and you need to install the compatible bin-utils rpm etc .. to make it work. In this case, it should work on Mandrake 6, too - we're almost 100% compatible with RH 6.

Re: [expert] Kaudioserver hang in 2.2.9 kernel

1999-06-10 Thread Mike Abney
Ronan Demoment wrote: I have also the same problem and I tried to remove the /sbin/update in inittab but it didn't solve the problem. I also tried kernels 2.2.5 and 2.2.9. I have an SBAWE32 which is very similar to SBAWE64. Maybe it cames from that soundcard. Does anyone has the same

Re: [expert] Lilo problem after kernel recompile

1999-06-10 Thread Sheldon Lee Wen
Just to let everyone know... I downloaded and built the lilo SRPM. It seems that on dual processor systems that lilo can hang the kernel because it ends up overwriting some of it's memory space. Lilo therefore needs to be compiled with the LARGE_EDBA option. Just thought that this

[expert] Still error with fdisk/diskdruid in M6-installation

1999-06-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Hi folks, Last week I (not only me) reported a fatal error during M6 installation concerning diskdruid/fdisk. Answer from bero and Tom indicated that the error was due to a faulty chipset. As I owned a motherboard with a chipset dated 1997 I thought, well, times go by and I've to upgrade some.

Re: [expert] Lilo problem after kernel recompile

1999-06-10 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Sheldon Lee Wen wrote: It seems that on dual processor systems that lilo can hang the kernel because it ends up overwriting some of it's memory space. Lilo therefore needs to be compiled with the LARGE_EDBA option. Thanks - I've put a new lilo in the updates directory.

[expert] Nn sound with gnome/enlight

1999-06-10 Thread bob115
I have been trying to get the sound to work with e. It works with kde but I cannot seem to get it going in gnome. I have set /dev/dsp to rwxrwxrwx ans started esd. It shows esd on the process list but will not play a sound. I am using a pnp SBAWE64 which works elsewhere.Made sure that gmix had

[expert] Re: Still error with fdisk/diskdruid in M6-installation

1999-06-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: That's just what we intended to do. hdparm -c1 -A1 -m16 -d1 Out of man hdparm: -- -d Disable/enable the "using_dma" flag for this drive. This option only works with a few combinations of drives and interfaces

Re: [expert] Printer Setup

1999-06-10 Thread Scott Sweeney
Thanks for the tips..Actually it turned out to be something much more simple than recompiling the kernel - I didn't realize that BW printing with a color cartridge sent different commands to the printer than with a BW only cartridge. Arg! Changing the filter was all I needed to do. Thanks a

[expert] What happened to /updates/test?

1999-06-10 Thread Tom Berger
Hi! The above mentioned directory is no longer available. Why? tom -- "Everybody is someone else's newbie." (Marilyn Manson, edited) Thomas 'Tom' Berger, [EMAIL PROTECTED] No UCE. No spam. 'nuff said. Questions? Answers! Go Mandrake Answers at http://aolmfaq.tsx.org

Re: [expert] Nn sound with gnome/enlight

1999-06-10 Thread bob115
On 10 Jun, Arandir wrote: On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been trying to get the sound to work with e. It works with kde but I cannot seem to get it going in gnome. I have set /dev/dsp to rwxrwxrwx ans started esd. It shows esd on the process list but will not play a

[expert] KDE Install Location

1999-06-10 Thread Arandir
I just noticed that Mandrake installs KDE to the same place that Redhat does (duh!). Putting KDE under /usr (among others) is inconvenient for me for a variety of reasons, among which are the necessity to resize partitions, and installing non-mandrake/redhat KDE rpms. I first thought I'd wait

Re: [expert] Still error with fdisk/diskdruid in M6-installation

1999-06-10 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Tom Berger wrote: Have you tried installing M6 with the RH6 boot image? Should work. Hi Tom, Just read the new version of your faq5 and tried the RH boot.img. It worked perfectly! Superb advice! I'll buy you a drink next month for that one. Now the installation worked wonderful but I

Re: [expert] Kaudioserver hang in 2.2.9 kernel

1999-06-10 Thread Roberto Angelo
mmmhh, with o with out # in /sbin/update 256 ?S 0:00 update (bdflush)g don't work I'll try another time but... Thank again --- Steven J Mackenzie [EMAIL PROTECTED] scritto: Ronan Demoment wrote: I have also the same problem and I tried to remove the /sbin/update in