Re: [expert] Sym Link

1999-07-16 Thread James Capone
Well I have Both 5.3 and 6.0 running. I want to get 6.0 to the Point I know I want it at. I tried to do a Upgrade and it did not work. Kept failing. But I have 2 separate Partitions for each 5.3 and 6.0 So If I do the ln -sf /dev/cua1 /dev/modem it should work correct. I do not want to do it unl

Re: [expert] Printing Problem

1999-07-16 Thread Axalon
Ah sorry, edit /usr/bin/smbprint and change the logfile from /dev/null to something useful. On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Civileme wrote: > U, no error logs. Everything appears to work fine, but the well is dry > at the output end. > > If I had error logs, I would likely be reading source code.

[expert] fw: Majordomo results

1999-07-16 Thread Rich
Will someone please explain to me how to get off this mailing list.please.please...pleaseplease > ** Original Subject: Majordomo results > ** Original Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ** Original Date: Fri, 16 Jul 1999 23:57:23 -0400 > ** Original Message follows... >-- >>>

Re: [expert] Printing Problem

1999-07-16 Thread Civileme
U,   no error logs.  Everything appears to work fine, but the well is dry at the output end. If I had error logs, I would likely be reading source code.  I was hoping someone could suggest a place to start. Civileme Axalon wrote: On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Civileme wrote: > Here is the setup >

Re: [expert] crashing update

1999-07-16 Thread Axalon
My firewall has been rock solid for about aweek now, 2.2.10-32mdkfb On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, syntholik wrote: > I forgot to mention It is running ipchains (latest version, the box is down > so I cannot check at the moment) > > that is about the only software that I can think of which would have >

Re: [expert] Printing Problem

1999-07-16 Thread Axalon
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Civileme wrote: > Here is the setup > > I have a 486 box driving a Winprinter with (what else could it be?) > windows which is on my LAN. > > Mucho many Win95 and Win98 WinWorkboxes print to that printer. So also > did a lone LinWorkbox running Festen. > > Nothing m

Re: [expert] Do I enable sound support in kernel for a isa pnp SB16(? IRQ,DMA)

1999-07-16 Thread Axalon
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Sergio Korlowsky wrote: > "Aaron W." wrote: > > >I am running LM 6 and have a isa pnp SB16. If I enable sound support and > > the SB driver it needs the irq, dma and soforth information. I do not know > > since it is pnp. What is the proper way to set this up? > > > >

Re: [expert] UDMA timeout

1999-07-16 Thread Axalon
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Thierry Vignaud wrote: > Mauro Tortonesi wrote: > > > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Marco Fioretti wrote: > > > > > hda: timeout waiting for DMA > > > hda: irq timeout: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest > > > Error } > > > hda: irq timeout: error=0x84 { DriveStat

Re: [expert] DHCP and Ethernet

1999-07-16 Thread Axalon
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have the SMC EtherEZ (ISA) card. I know that under the net > modules, smc-ultra.o is supposed to work for the EtherEZ. On > boot, Linux says it's "delaying initialization of eth0" (which I have > set to the SMC Ultra), then [ FAILED ] next

Re: [expert] 2.2.10 random crashing

1999-07-16 Thread syntholik
also where is that 33mdk patch? I only see 2.2.9 patches

Re: [expert] 2.2.10 random crashing

1999-07-16 Thread syntholik
just straight 2.2.10. I didnt apply any patches.. where there known issues with 2.2.10? I was glancing at some of the -ac patches.. think I should go with the mdk patch? (I only wanted to patch if there was a known problem that could cause these crashes) > > > has anyone had any istability proble

[expert] re Sound under KDE

1999-07-16 Thread mike montgomery
I posted this a while back. Mabey it will work for you? I had this problem with my sound card and kde . My sound card is a cs4232 and sndconfig never worked for me. I resolved it by loading the correct sound modules that I found listed in the documentation listed in /usr/src/linux-x.x.x/Documenta

Re: [expert] 2.2.10 random crashing

1999-07-16 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, syntholik wrote: > has anyone had any istability problems with 2.2.10? Which 2.2.10? I hope 33mdk fixed most problems... LLaP bero

[expert] crashing update

1999-07-16 Thread syntholik
I forgot to mention It is running ipchains (latest version, the box is down so I cannot check at the moment) that is about the only software that I can think of which would have anything to do with this

[expert] 2.2.10 random crashing

1999-07-16 Thread syntholik
has anyone had any istability problems with 2.2.10? I have noticed intermittant crashes as frequent as once a day, to once a week. The following hardware is currently in the system: ultra2 scsi baracuda 9LP bt958 adapter 8 ide drives with a promise ide controller (ultra33) isa video card (will tr

[expert] Printing Problem

1999-07-16 Thread Civileme
Here is the setup I have a 486 box driving a Winprinter with (what else could it be?) windows which is on my LAN. Mucho many Win95 and Win98 WinWorkboxes print to that printer. So also did a lone LinWorkbox running Festen. Nothing mysterious. SMB shared printer. The Festen box had Samba

Re: [expert] Do I enable sound support in kernel for a isa pnp SB16 (? IRQ,DMA)

1999-07-16 Thread Sergio Korlowsky
"Aaron W." wrote: >I am running LM 6 and have a isa pnp SB16. If I enable sound support and > the SB driver it needs the irq, dma and soforth information. I do not know > since it is pnp. What is the proper way to set this up? > > Aaron Winters, Electronic Imaging Manager. > Garner Printing,

[expert] more info on updatedb

1999-07-16 Thread Bug Hunter
I did an strace on updatedb. it hangs in a permanent loop doing these 3 calls, after perhaps 10 - 15 minutes (strace slows things down dramatically). lseek(4,0,SEEK_SET) = 0 lseek(4,0,SEEK_CUR) = 0 getdents(4,0 28 12 28 /* 2 entries*/,3933) = 28 When I get the round tuit, I'll investiga

Re: [expert] Do I enable sound support in kernel for a isa pnp SB16(? IRQ, DMA)

1999-07-16 Thread Bug Hunter
Usually under Redhat and (I'm assuming) Mandrake, go into a bash shell and run "sndconfig". It is typically smart enough to do the PNP stuff. if not, and it is a dual boot, boot into Windows. Typically the values Windows gives to the PNP devices is the same they boot up with. Sometimes yo

Re: [expert] Do I enable sound support in kernel for a isa pnp SB16 (? IRQ,DMA)

1999-07-16 Thread Civileme
Trial and testing usually works. I have set up sound cards that were identified as one type by the system using a DIFFERENT driver and just setting the settings til I hear Linus's voice on the test. VERY kludgy, but it works. Lacking success there, I look at the configuration files, make my own,

Re: [expert] Sym Link

1999-07-16 Thread Dan Brown
"James J. Capone" wrote: > It is for 5.3 (Venus) It's still better to link to /dev/ttyS1, for if/when you upgrade to kernel 2.2.x, but either way, it's quite possible (and the norm, in fact). Running modemtool will also do this. -- Dan Brown, KE6MKS, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Meddle not in the

[expert] Workarounds for emacs, xemacs and xrdb

1999-07-16 Thread Steven
Short story: Problem: Mandrake puts a .Xdefaults file in each user account home directory. The entries for emacs don't work. There is no problem with the RedHat emacs rpms. Reason?: On RedHat the emacs executable is 'emacs', and it picks up the Xdefaults intended for it. On Mandrake, 'emacs' is

Re: [expert] pcmcia dies with 2.2.9-27mdk update

1999-07-16 Thread Brett Jones
Axalon wrote: > > On Thu, 15 Jul 1999, Brett Jones wrote: > > > With the stock LM 6.0 kernel I get the damn umount trouble, but with the errata > > kernel (2.2.9-27mdk) and the packages that go with it the pcmcia dies and I > > lose my modem and net card. I just tried the 2.2.10 stuff from the c

Re: [expert] Do I enable sound support in kernel for a isa pnp SB16 (? IRQ,DMA)

1999-07-16 Thread Thierry Vignaud
"Aaron W." wrote: > >I am running LM 6 and have a isa pnp SB16. If I enable sound support and > the SB driver it needs the irq, dma and soforth information. I do not know > since it is pnp. What is the proper way to set this up? If your bios support it, use it to initialize the card ('pnp os

[expert] DHCP and Ethernet

1999-07-16 Thread backbeat
I have the SMC EtherEZ (ISA) card. I know that under the net modules, smc-ultra.o is supposed to work for the EtherEZ. On boot, Linux says it's "delaying initialization of eth0" (which I have set to the SMC Ultra), then [ FAILED ] next to that... When I try "ifconfig smc-ultra" or "ifconf

Re: [expert] Do I enable sound support in kernel for a isa pnp SB16 (? IRQ, DMA)

1999-07-16 Thread Kirk Whiting
use sndconfig from the command line it should set it up for you. Kirk On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, you wrote: > I am running LM 6 and have a isa pnp SB16. If I enable sound support and > the SB driver it needs the irq, dma and soforth information. I do not know > since it is pnp. What is the proper way

Re: [expert] Do I enable sound support in kernel for a isa pnp SB16 (? IRQ,DMA)

1999-07-16 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
"Aaron W." wrote: > >I am running LM 6 and have a isa pnp SB16. If I enable sound support and > the SB driver it needs the irq, dma and soforth information. I do not know > since it is pnp. What is the proper way to set this up? You have to run the ISA PNP tools to get a formatted "dump" of

[expert] Problems with installing

1999-07-16 Thread mcooper
I have been trying to install linux mandrake on my companies 4 way PPro system for about a week with a host of problems and no luck. The configuration is an AMI Galith MB, 256MB ram two 4Gb SCSI HD, two 8GB IDE HD, Diamond Stealth 2000 vid card. I am doing a NFS install because the machine does n

[expert] Do I enable sound support in kernel for a isa pnp SB16 (? IRQ,DMA)

1999-07-16 Thread Aaron W.
I am running LM 6 and have a isa pnp SB16. If I enable sound support and the SB driver it needs the irq, dma and soforth information. I do not know since it is pnp. What is the proper way to set this up? Aaron Winters, Electronic Imaging Manager. Garner Printing, http://camalott.com/~garner ht

OT -- not RE:[expert] UDMA timeout 3

1999-07-16 Thread Steven
> I really wouldn't know, it also depends on the BIOS (or rather, > how the BIOS initializes the IDE interface and the HD). My suggestion > was rather along the lines: suspenders _and_ belt. I don't know about other places, but here in the UK women (and one or two men, I suppose ;) use suspenders

RE: [expert] Sym Link

1999-07-16 Thread James J. Capone
It is for 5.3 (Venus) -Original Message- From: Gael Duval [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 16, 1999 7:33 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [expert] Sym Link "James J. Capone" wrote: > > Is it possible to symlink /dev/modem to /dev/cua1 > > This way when a

Re: [expert] Sym Link

1999-07-16 Thread Gael Duval
"James J. Capone" wrote: > > Is it possible to symlink /dev/modem to /dev/cua1 > > This way when a program calls for /dev/modem it will get /dev/cua1 it should not be /dev/cua1 anymore with 2.2.x kernel series - you must use /dev/ttyS1 instead - just do ln -sf /dev/ttyS1 /dev/modem Greets,

Re: [expert] UDMA timeout 3

1999-07-16 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Marco Fioretti wrote: > Jean-Louis, > you asked: > > > what do you get with the command: cat /proc/ide/via > > If this file does not exist at all, it almost certainly means > > that the VIA driver is not (fully) activated in your kernel." > > As a matter of fact, that file does not exist! Well

[expert] Sym Link

1999-07-16 Thread James J. Capone
Is it possible to symlink /dev/modem to /dev/cua1 This way when a program calls for /dev/modem it will get /dev/cua1 Thanks, James J. Capone

[expert] Strange behaviour of "isdnctrl addlink ippp0"

1999-07-16 Thread Harald Schreiber
Hi, I am using multilink-ppp over ISDN. I have configured a master interface ippp0 and a slave interface ippp1. I have set the dialmode of both interfaces to "manual". If I type "isdnctrl dial ippp0" the connection over the first B-channel is established normally. If I now type "isdnctrl addlink

Re: [expert] UDMA timeout 3

1999-07-16 Thread Thierry Vignaud
Marco Fioretti wrote: > > Jean-Louis, > > you asked: > > > what do you get with the command: cat /proc/ide/via? > > If this file does not exist at all, it almost certainly means > > that the VIA driver is not (fully) activated in your kernel." > > As a matter of fact, that file does not exist

Re: [expert] Sound under KDE

1999-07-16 Thread Thierry Vignaud
Al Smith wrote: > > ok, > > This seems to be a common problem that no one appears to be getting an > answer on. Well I am going to post mine again with a little more detail. > > I have a AOpen FX-3D sound card in my system. > It is properly configured using isapnp > the isapnp.conf file is co

Re: [expert] linux on a sun sparc platform

1999-07-16 Thread Fred Macinster
> with, say, RAID 5 is no problem at all for Linux. No server meister who wants > to keep his job would consider RAID 0 as was used in the Mindcraft "benchmarks." > > Non-stop computers beyond that are out of the range of Solaris and of Linux and > fall into the realm of custom programming for

Re: [expert] linux on a sun sparc platform

1999-07-16 Thread Mauro Tortonesi
On Fri, 16 Jul 1999, Duncan Hall wrote: > Hi all, > > My boss wants to move our largest servers over to Sun Solaris on the > Sparc. I'm not to keen on this as Linux has been so very good to us for > three years now. > > Is there a distrobution that will run linux on the Sparc environment? If >

[expert] UDMA timeout 3

1999-07-16 Thread Marco Fioretti
Jean-Louis, you asked: > what do you get with the command: cat /proc/ide/via? > If this file does not exist at all, it almost certainly means > that the VIA driver is not (fully) activated in your kernel." As a matter of fact, that file does not exist! > Another thing to check (this does not

Re: [expert] UDMA timeout

1999-07-16 Thread Thierry Vignaud
Mauro Tortonesi wrote: > > On Mon, 12 Jul 1999, Marco Fioretti wrote: > > > hda: timeout waiting for DMA > > hda: irq timeout: status=0x59 { DriveReady SeekComplete DataRequest > > Error } > > hda: irq timeout: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC } > > hda: DMA disabled > > ide0: reset: success