Re: [expert] New M/B problem?

1999-09-14 Thread Ramon Gandia
Donald Tingle wrote: Just installed a new M/B w/ AMD 450. Now Linux will not load gives error: Also added a SBlaster pci 16 sbin/mgetty: sbin/mgetty cannot execute binary ID "X" - respawning too fast - disable for 5 minutes This sounds like a misconfiguration or a typo in your

Re: [expert] [devel] RPM 3.0.3

1999-09-14 Thread Arandir
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Al Smith wrote: %_This is another example. Cassini was released and it needed RPM 3.0.3 to install it's apps. Guess what folks. IT DIDN"T COME WITH IT -Al Big sigh of frustration. [SIGH!] Cassini is a Beta release. That means "not stable" and full of problems. The

Re: [expert] 6.1 Helios observations

1999-09-14 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Gael Duval wrote: My question is how accurate is the upgrade logging facilities? I printed /tmp/upgrade.log and went thru it and compared it to a directory output of the RPMS in Mandrake/RPMS on the Cassini install. According to that list, there were 658 RPMS

[expert] Login Problems MAJOR!!!!

1999-09-14 Thread Shannon M. Johnston
I have just begun experiencing a major login problem with my Linux box. It seems like everything is working fine but the login prompt is slightly different. It now lists the domain name in front of the login like this: (domain.com) login: It didn't do that before. Now it won't accept any

Re: [expert] printing via Windows 95

1999-09-14 Thread Civileme
Corrections follow: In the text John Aldrich wrote: On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: Another good topic... Just turn on sharing for the printer in Windows 95. Then use the print tool to setup printing from your linux box. The computer that holds Mandrake 6.0 is on a 5-port hub.

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, David Comeau wrote: In that case, YOU fix the bugs and stop bringing them down. You sound like one of those guys that loves to stir up shit just for the love of it. I don't hear of "you" doing anything constructive. If you were to do something to help, rather than

Re: [expert] AHA1542 - problems with M6.0 - mking boot floppy,writing HD MBR, finding NE200 NIC

1999-09-14 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Philip Rhoades wrote: Is there an introduced (between RH5.2 and M6.0) bug with Adaptec 1542 controllers? I have tried installing (RH6.0 - Mandrake variety) on a couple of machines (Gigabyte motherboards, 166MHz Pentium/350 AMD, AHA1542, IBM 9Gb HD, NE2000 NIC) and I

Re: [expert] [devel] RPM 3.0.3

1999-09-14 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Al Smith wrote: This is another example. Cassini was released and it needed RPM 3.0.3 to install it's apps. Guess what folks. IT DIDN"T COME WITH IT Al, you're really starting to get annoying... sorry, no offense meant, but it's true. I mirror Cassini which *hasn't*

Re: [expert] 6.1 Helios observations

1999-09-14 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Gael Duval wrote: We have already told the users that it was really better to reinstall everything instead of upgrading. For a clean, complete upgrade, you'll have to wait for Panoramix, in Mandrake 6.2 or more. [...] Every serious Linux Distribution like

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Arandir
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Ron Stodden wrote: Confidence misplaced. 6.1 (Helios) is already released and downloadable from the mirrors. There was a nice apology on Slashdot this morning saying no, Mandrake 6.1 was not released, so refrain from slashdotting their servers until it's really

[expert] WARNING! Maximum Linux CD BAD!

1999-09-14 Thread Steve Philp
Good evening all, I hope noone minds a brief distraction from the "bugs!" discussion thread! I picked up the inaugural issue of Maximum Linux (from the fine gents that bring us Maximum PC every month) because Mandrake 6.0 was included on the cover CD. I have to admit that I've been running Red

[expert] Mandrake 6.1

1999-09-14 Thread Kirk Whiting
I checked out the Mandrake site but could not find a listing of a FTP server to download the new mandrake from (6.1b Cassini). Could someone point me in the right direction. Thanks, Kirk

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Arandir
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Al Smith wrote: %_I have done my share of assisting people on this list. So don't talk about helping people. Second of all I was insulted, I am returning the insult. And I am doing my part for the mandrake team. As I said I don't report bugs to the bug list because they

Re: [expert] printing via Windows 95

1999-09-14 Thread Jason Bodnar
Send your /etc/printcap to the list. Unfortunately, I just blew mine away that was set up for samba printing in favor of a network printer hooked up to an Intel NetportExpress. (You can get one on onsale for about $40.) But, if I see your file I may be able to spot something. At 08:57 PM 9/14/99

[expert] Rogers@home

1999-09-14 Thread Daniel Knapp
Does anyone know how to set up Rogers@home cable modem service. I have been able to set up my ethernet card (using tulip), but as of yet, have been unable to get my ethernet card to connect (through the Lancity cable modem) to the internet. I am using Mandrake Linux 6.0. Thank you, daniel

Re: [expert] AHA1542 - problems with M6.0 - mking boot floppy,writing HD MBR, finding NE200 NIC

1999-09-14 Thread Philip Rhoades
Vincent, Since there is no further info to add I am replying directly to you rather than the lists - if we can make any progress I will send another note to the list. Is there an introduced (between RH5.2 and M6.0) bug with Adaptec 1542 controllers? I have tried installing (RH6.0 - Mandrake

Re: [expert] Enlightenment

1999-09-14 Thread Arandir
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi!, I%m running Venus and want to try Enlightenment. I installed the rpm but don%t know how to enable it to load. I tryied with desktopcfg to switch but it%s not a valid option. Any help would be apreciated. 1) Copy any .xinitrc or

Re: [expert] Mandrake 6.1

1999-09-14 Thread Bob Jackson
Kirk Whiting wrote: I checked out the Mandrake site but could not find a listing of a FTP server to download the new mandrake from (6.1b Cassini). Could someone point me in the right direction. E, I just cop[ied this off Mandrake.com august 31

Re: [expert] Is there a linux offline news reader

1999-09-14 Thread Olivier Perron
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Olivier Perron wrote: well this a little bit off topic, but anyway: does an offline news reader for linux/unix exist ? (Something like Free Agent which unfortunately only exist for ms-windows) Reading news "offline" is very uncommon under linux and similiar OS.

Re: [expert] Is there a linux offline news reader

1999-09-14 Thread Olivier Perron
well this a little bit off topic, but anyway: does an offline news reader for linux/unix exist ? (Something like Free Agent which unfortunately only exist for ms-windows) Thanks for your answers. Olivier. I found this yesterday in a german unix newsgroup: Schau dir mal

Re: [expert] 6.1 Helios observations

1999-09-14 Thread Gael Duval
Vincent Danen wrote: Sorry.. maybe this should be in Cassini mailing list? Not subscribed to that, so I'll post here... Just upgraded to 6.1... thanx for your help, Axalon, with the hdd install... it worked after much mucking around... =) My question is how accurate is the upgrade

Re: [expert] Is there a linux offline news reader

1999-09-14 Thread Erik Wasser
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Olivier Perron wrote: well this a little bit off topic, but anyway: does an offline news reader for linux/unix exist ? (Something like Free Agent which unfortunately only exist for ms-windows) Reading news "offline" is very uncommon under linux and similiar OS.

[expert] 700MB CD-R copying

1999-09-14 Thread Auntie Christ
Has anyone had any experiences with copying the new 80minute/700MB CD-Rs? I have been trying to copy with no success. I get unspecified write errors. I had no problems at all the the normal 650MB CD-Rs. I am using xcdroast and Mandrake 6.0. The machine is an AMDK6 300MHz Thanks - rb

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Al Smith
Prove it. -Al I definitely agree with David. Did you know that most of the bugs in the Red Hat release are fixed in Mandrake? Did you know that the guys at Mandrake Linux included more updated packages? Did you also care to know that every single one of them runs like 10% to 15%

Re: [expert] 6.1 Helios observations

1999-09-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: Every serious Linux Distribution like Debian or RedHat can be upgraded from its predecessor without any problems since many years. Yep. But Mandrake is just one year old... And even RedHat 6.0 was NOT a suitable upgrade to 5.2! :-) John

Re: [expert] Adding mailboxes

1999-09-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: No, my point was (I should have said more clearly), that when adding an account, either through linuxconf, or by adduser, mailboxes *aren't* created for some reason on my machine. It's weird, but so is a lot of stuff about this machine. It's an upgrade from

Re: [expert] 6.1 Helios observations

1999-09-14 Thread Al Smith
Funny talking about 6.2 and 6.1 isn't even out of the gates yet and 6.0 is full of bugs... -Al Harald Schreiber wrote: Gael Duval [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [] We have already told the users that it was really better to reinstall everything instead of upgrading. For a

Re: [expert] Adding mailboxes

1999-09-14 Thread Mike Hill
I have verified on a system I work on that mail is stored in /var/spool/mail in a file based on the users name, and if they use POP3 to pull their mail that no directories or files are created in their home directory. If they telnet into their account and use pine to get their mail, obviously

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Rudd-O
I definitely agree with David. Did you know that most of the bugs in the Red Hat release are fixed in Mandrake? Did you know that the guys at Mandrake Linux included more updated packages? Did you also care to know that every single one of them runs like 10% to 15% faster on a pentium just

[expert] 700MB CD-R copying

1999-09-14 Thread Al Smith
I think it's because most CD-R's can't handle the 700MB disks. But it also might be a limitation in cdrecord. -Al Has anyone had any experiences with copying the new 80minute/700MB CD-Rs? I have been trying to copy with no success. I get unspecified write errors. I had no problems at all

Re: [expert] 6.1 Helios observations

1999-09-14 Thread Gael Duval
Al Smith wrote: Funny talking about 6.2 and 6.1 isn't even out of the gates yet and 6.0 is full of bugs... full of bugs? really? I don't see so much excepted the famous "can't unmount /" at shutdown, which has been fixed. I'd like you guys not to keep on bashing us like that: it's totally

[expert] Enlightenment

1999-09-14 Thread jorge_carminati
Hi!, I%m running Venus and want to try Enlightenment. I installed the rpm but don%t know how to enable it to load. I tryied with desktopcfg to switch but it%s not a valid option. Any help would be apreciated. Jorge Carminati.

Re: [expert] DHCP SMB

1999-09-14 Thread Mike Hill
Alaint, I had problems awhile back when I first setup my roadrunner cable modem with Mandrake 6.0 Pump failed to obtain an IP on bootup but changing the /sbin/ifup call to dhcpcd fixed it. (as you have done also). Then about 3 weeks ago my system stopped getting an I.P. again. Roadrunner here

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Ron Stodden
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: Have you seen a press release for 6.1 Yet? And why not, because it's not ready obviously. I said "6.1 (Helios) is already released and downloadable from the mirrors." Well, I'm sorry, but that seems to be a true statement. If you doubt it, look up "released" in

Re: [expert] stdio.h

1999-09-14 Thread Fred Frigerio
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer wrote: On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Fred Frigerio wrote: Where are the standard headers? /usr/include I did a full install and they are not there. I also installed the compilers (qhich did not get installed by default) but to no avail. Does anybody know in which RPM

Re: [expert] [devel] RPM 3.0.3

1999-09-14 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
[root@Homie RPMS]# rpm -q rpm rpm-3.0.3-31mdk [root@Homie RPMS]# ls -l ~ftp/pub/mirrors/cassini/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/rpm* -r--r--r--1 505 505 1021025 Aug 24 10:21 /home/ftp/pub/mirrors/cassini/i586/Mandrake/RPMS/rpm-3.0.3-31mdk.i586.rpm -r--r--r--1 505 505221011

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Al Smith wrote: Prove it. Did you know that most of the bugs in the Red Hat release are fixed in Mandrake? Maybe "most" is exaggerated, but Mandrake 6.0 fixed a number of RH 6.0 bugs. Consult the RPM changelogs for details. Yes, I know, it also introduced a couple

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Paul Ashton
Is there any chance that pcmcia installs will work in 6.1? Paul

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Lee Burnside
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, your Nibs wrote: And for those that did assist me in any problems that I may of have, I have thanked and helped them in return. So unless you know me or how I respond or act on things, don't comment on me or make accusations. That will be one thing that WILL get you landed

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: Is there any chance that pcmcia installs will work in 6.1? iirc, a "bugfix" pcmcia image was released shortly after Mandrake 6.0 was released... John

[expert] Is there a linux offline news reader

1999-09-14 Thread Olivier Perron
Hi, well this a little bit off topic, but anyway: does an offline news reader for linux/unix exist ? (Something like Free Agent which unfortunately only exist for ms-windows) Thanks for your answers. Olivier.

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Paul Ashton wrote: Is there any chance that pcmcia installs will work in 6.1? Paul I Imagine so, but I'm not a mathimatition (obviously not an english major either) -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Paul Ashton
Is there any chance that pcmcia installs will work in 6.1? I Imagine so, but I'm not a mathimatition (obviously not an english major either) I only ask, because it has never worked in at least the last 6 months, though I did manage to hack the pcmcia disk to get it to work. Paul

Re: [expert] Is there a linux offline news reader

1999-09-14 Thread tom950
Free Agent works pretty well under the latest Wine. At 01:16 PM 9/14/99 +0200, you wrote: Hi, well this a little bit off topic, but anyway: does an offline news reader for linux/unix exist ? (Something like Free Agent which unfortunately only exist for ms-windows) Thanks for your answers.

Re: [expert] [devel] RPM 3.0.3

1999-09-14 Thread Rudd-O
Be patient and report it to either this distlist (you've done that) or to submit a bug in their web site. Al Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: This is another example. Cassini was released and it needed RPM 3.0.3 to install it's apps. Guess what folks. IT DIDN"T COME WITH IT -Al --

RE: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Darin
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: Quite true! I issued the same remark on the french list and I got the reply that :"Not every body uses KDE after all..." (dixit) Personnaly, i'd rather wait a few days and get the final release of KDE rather get a pre-something Too bad KDE 1.1.2

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Paul Ashton
Is there any chance that pcmcia installs will work in 6.1? iirc, a "bugfix" pcmcia image was released shortly after Mandrake 6.0 was released... Didn't work, nor does/did the one in cassini. I posted a detailed report about the problem (and solution) here:

Re: [expert] Adding mailboxes

1999-09-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: Check free space on / partition with /usr/bin/df Has given me puzzling troubles in the past... Nope...that's not it. :-) Trust me. I reported it to xfree86 team and they basically came back and said "Known bug, haven't been able to squash it" Then today,

Re: [expert] support of kickstart by mandrake.

1999-09-14 Thread Eric Doutreleau
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Eric DOUTRELEAU wrote: Have a look at the documents in cassini, they should all be uptodate. If you find anything thats still missing please say so. Well i have found a cassini distrib. The file README.ks and sample.ks

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Darin
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: Vincent Danen wrote: But you're coming damn-near to assuming Mandrake is going to pull a Mickeysoft and release 6.1 without fixing the bugs first. Confidence misplaced. 6.1 (Helios) is already released and downloadable from the mirrors. And

Re: [expert] Is there a linux offline news reader

1999-09-14 Thread Tom Berger
Olivier Perron wrote: Hi, well this a little bit off topic, but anyway: does an offline news reader for linux/unix exist ? (Something like Free Agent which unfortunately only exist for ms-windows) Thanks for your answers. Olivier. knewsexpress which will be included in 6.1. Works ok

[expert] Routing + multiple nics

1999-09-14 Thread hamkas
how do u configure the routing table to move all traffic from one nic to the other and vice versa? I'm setting up a network traffic system where we need to capture data going from our WAN to our LAN and vice versa. In short the linux box is only suppose to route between eth0 and eth1 while

Re: [expert] Is there a linux offline news reader

1999-09-14 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Erik Wasser wrote: Reading news "offline" is very uncommon under linux and similiar OS. Normally you install a local newsserver and read the news from localhost. My favorite for doing it in this way is inn (newsserver) and tin (for reading) For a beginner, I prefer

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: %_See I object to this statement. All they did was re-package the RPM's with the name mandrake. They really didn't do anything except maybe re-write the install, that's it. I don't know why people are praising them. They can't even fix the bugs. Perhaps

[expert] support of kickstart by mandrake.

1999-09-14 Thread Eric DOUTRELEAU
Hello I'm wondering if Mandrake support the use of kickstart for installation. -It's broken in 6.0 release. I don't have tested the 6.1 yet -The documentation is not updated in the doc directory. It s still the old RH5.2 documentation. RH had made some changes for RH6.0 release. Then the

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Lee Burnside
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Al Smith wrote: Listen you neanderthal I do, do something constructive, I use the damn OS. I don't like it when I see and hear things get reported and nothing happens. This has been a gripe for months on this list. And for you even thinking I work for MS is low, makes me

Re: [expert] Adding mailboxes

1999-09-14 Thread Steve Philp
Andrew Mitchell wrote: "Manuel Amador (Rudd-O)" wrote: Oh, and mailboxes ARE created every time a user account is created, since the mail subsystem uses the user information to authenticate, route and locate e-mail messages. That has been the same since the 1970's with UNIX, and has

Re: [expert] Boot Managers

1999-09-14 Thread Tom Berger
Felipe Almeida wrote: I'm planing to install OS/2 in a computer with Linux and Windows. What is the best boot manager to use? The one that came with OS/2 or LILO? I read at some place that there is a boot manager for Windows based systems also. Which one should I use? It's more

RE: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Marc . MOURIER
Quite true! I issued the same remark on the french list and I got the reply that :"Not every body uses KDE after all..." (dixit) Personnaly, i'd rather wait a few days and get the final release of KDE rather get a pre-something Too bad -Message d'origine- De: Ron Stodden

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Ron Stodden wrote: But you're coming damn-near to assuming Mandrake is going to pull a Mickeysoft and release 6.1 without fixing the bugs first. Confidence misplaced. 6.1 (Helios) is already released and downloadable from the mirrors. And this without

Re: [expert] Is there a linux offline news reader

1999-09-14 Thread Rudd-O
Yes, that should be the right (and scalable) way to do it, if there is such a thing as The Right Thing (TM). Erik Wasser [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Olivier Perron wrote: well this a little bit off topic, but anyway: does an offline news reader for linux/unix exist

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Ron Stodden wrote: Vincent Danen wrote: But you're coming damn-near to assuming Mandrake is going to pull a Mickeysoft and release 6.1 without fixing the bugs first. Confidence misplaced. 6.1 (Helios) is already released and downloadable from the mirrors.

Re: [expert] Is there a linux offline news reader

1999-09-14 Thread Harald Schreiber
"Olivier Perron" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, well this a little bit off topic, but anyway: does an offline news reader for linux/unix exist ? (Something like Free Agent which unfortunately only exist for ms-windows) Thanks for your answers. Olivier. I found this yesterday in a

Re: [expert] Routing + multiple nics

1999-09-14 Thread Ji-Haw, Foo
you have to enable ip forwarding when you recompile your kernel. check that in your make config. regards, Foo Ji-Haw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) T-Nova raum 6067 extension 3466 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, September 14, 1999 11:33 AM

RE: [expert] Boot Managers

1999-09-14 Thread Marc . MOURIER
Hello ! I am presently using OS/2 Boot manager for a PC with Win95 and Linux...it calls either Win$ or Lilo... that one handles Linux afterwards...everything works quite well!!! Happy Boot! -Message d'origine- De: Felipe Almeida [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Date: mardi 14 septembre 1999

Re: [expert] Adding mailboxes

1999-09-14 Thread Rudd-O
Check free space on / partition with /usr/bin/df Has given me puzzling troubles in the past... John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: No, my point was (I should have said more clearly), that when adding an account, either through linuxconf, or by adduser,

[expert] ircd requested

1999-09-14 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
Topic says it all. Now is your time to get input on which gets packaged.. -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon

Re: [expert] Slashdot Article

1999-09-14 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: David Rodgers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, September 13, 1999 9:20 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Slashdot Article great so now we all went from brilliant to mental patients It said mildly autistic, not mildly sarcastic. Hoyt

Re: [expert] support of kickstart by mandrake.

1999-09-14 Thread Eric Doutreleau
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Eric DOUTRELEAU wrote: Hello I'm wondering if Mandrake support the use of kickstart for installation. Yes -It's broken in 6.0 release. I don't have tested the 6.1 yet Please explain? It works here Well it

[expert] [devel] RPM 3.0.3

1999-09-14 Thread Al Smith
This is another example. Cassini was released and it needed RPM 3.0.3 to install it's apps. Guess what folks. IT DIDN"T COME WITH IT -Al I have downloaded a number of the 6.1 RPMs. They appear to require RPM 3.0.3 I cannot however find the source for RPM 3.0.3 anywhere, especially

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread David Comeau
In that case, YOU fix the bugs and stop bringing them down. You sound like one of those guys that loves to stir up shit just for the love of it. I don't hear of "you" doing anything constructive. If you were to do something to help, rather than complain (and by the way, pointing out a bug is not

[expert] printing via Windows 95

1999-09-14 Thread Tom Berger
Hi! I have a tiny TCP/IP ether-network over here, consisting of my Linux box and my wife's Windows 95 (no comments, please ;)). The printer is attached to the Win95 box. The Win95 box has a telnet/ftp and a VNC server running. What I currently do when I want to print is: - uploading the file

Re: [expert] 6.1 Helios observations

1999-09-14 Thread Harald Schreiber
Gael Duval [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: [] We have already told the users that it was really better to reinstall everything instead of upgrading. For a clean, complete upgrade, you'll have to wait for Panoramix, in Mandrake 6.2 or more. [...] Every serious Linux Distribution like Debian

Re: [expert] support of kickstart by mandrake.

1999-09-14 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Eric DOUTRELEAU wrote: Hello I'm wondering if Mandrake support the use of kickstart for installation. Yes -It's broken in 6.0 release. I don't have tested the 6.1 yet Please explain? It works here -The documentation is not updated in the doc directory. It s

Re: [expert] Boot hang with 2 eth cards

1999-09-14 Thread hamkas
oh yeah i forgot... for certain cards the settings are hardwired eg 3c509 u need a diagnistics software to change the settings. hope this helps... alann [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 09/14/99 09:06:19 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Hamka B Hj

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Max Klohn
Hi all, Congrats for the distro, guys. I fully adopted it. Speaking of bugs, I still see very noticeable clock derives in the different machines I have installed Mandrake 6.0. I am _not_ running timed. That question was already raised but I haven't seen a definitive fix proposed Anyone got a

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Darin
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, you wrote: I recently read a post from Gael, requesting that we stop bashing them about the bug reports. Well unfortunately I cannot do that. Not until the problem/problems get resolved. The developers have to understand that if a product has bugs in it, that those bugs

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Al Smith
I have done my share of assisting people on this list. So don't talk about helping people. Second of all I was insulted, I am returning the insult. And I am doing my part for the mandrake team. As I said I don't report bugs to the bug list because they don't get answered, I go to the creator's

Re: [expert] Boot hang with 2 eth cards

1999-09-14 Thread Ji-Haw, Foo
Try a modprobe before you add it into the lilo. If your NIC a PnP? Is it possible that the card has shifted its params to another set of IO IRQ when it became a 2nd NIC? regards, Foo Ji-Haw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) T-Nova raum 6067 extension 3466 - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Rudd-O
Good post. I suffer from 15 minutes of delay every week. Max Klohn [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Hi all, Congrats for the distro, guys. I fully adopted it. Speaking of bugs, I still see very noticeable clock derives in the different machines I have installed Mandrake 6.0. I am _not_

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Al Smith
See I object to this statement. All they did was re-package the RPM's with the name mandrake. They really didn't do anything except maybe re-write the install, that's it. I don't know why people are praising them. They can't even fix the bugs. -Al David Comeau wrote: Very true. I,

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Al Smith
Listen you neanderthal I do, do something constructive, I use the damn OS. I don't like it when I see and hear things get reported and nothing happens. This has been a gripe for months on this list. And for you even thinking I work for MS is low, makes me think you use a Macintosh -Al In that

Re: [expert] printing via Windows 95

1999-09-14 Thread Ron Smith
Another good topic... Just turn on sharing for the printer in Windows 95. Then use the print tool to setup printing from your linux box. The computer that holds Mandrake 6.0 is on a 5-port hub. Two of the computers on the hub are running Windows 98, one is running Windows 95, and then there

Re: [expert] Boot hang with 2 eth cards

1999-09-14 Thread alann
"Ji-Haw, Foo" wrote: Try a modprobe before you add it into the lilo. If your NIC a PnP? Is it possible that the card has shifted its params to another set of IO IRQ when it became a 2nd NIC? regards, Foo Ji-Haw ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) T-Nova raum 6067 extension 3466 Both of the cards

Re: [expert] Is there a linux offline news reader

1999-09-14 Thread alann
Harald Schreiber wrote: P A N - A Newsreader for X: http://www.superpimp.org/ ftp://source.rebelbase.com/pub/pan/pan-0.4.9.tar.bz2 Translation: "pan" is a real offline newsreader for GNOME/gtk+. I don't use it. So I can't give you any comments on it. Regards Harald -- I've got

Re: [expert] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Ron Stodden
Vincent Danen wrote: It's been available on the FTP site as a pre-release or beta (if you will) for some time now. I know. Directory 6.1b contains this.There is now a new 6.1 directory on the mirrors in addition, which Axalon tells me is not yet the real thing and changes often (so

RE: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Ken Wilson
While you're whining, all I ever get in your postings is a blank screen and some attachments. I have to see if you're a nice guy and fix your postings so they come in the body of the letter or if it's easier just to hit the delete key when I see your name in the from column. And this 'Why are

RE: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Ken Wilson
But he's giving free 'edu' accounts a bad name. People are going to be thinking they are handing them out to primary schools now. :-) Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is irrelevant (Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming') -Original Message-

RE: [expert] stdio.h

1999-09-14 Thread Ken Wilson
Go through the packages list and look at all the ones in the development groups. Make sure you've got all the libraries you are going to use installed. It's a PITA but unfortunately something you may have to do. Ken Wilson First Law of Optimization: The speed of a nonworking program is

RE: [expert] 6.1 Helios observations

1999-09-14 Thread Ken Wilson
I have to agree with you Gael. The unmount bug is the only one I've encountered that gave me a fit, and as you said, it was fixed. I might go a little further than you, why have them use another Linux distro just to give that development team a headache. They can always use Windows and see

Re: [expert] printing via Windows 95

1999-09-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi! I have a tiny TCP/IP ether-network over here, consisting of my Linux box and my wife's Windows 95 (no comments, please ;)). The printer is attached to the Win95 box. The Win95 box has a telnet/ftp and a VNC server running. What I currently do when I

Re: [expert] printing via Windows 95

1999-09-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: Another good topic... Just turn on sharing for the printer in Windows 95. Then use the print tool to setup printing from your linux box. The computer that holds Mandrake 6.0 is on a 5-port hub. Two of the computers on the hub are running Windows 98,

Re: [expert] 700MB CD-R copying

1999-09-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, you wrote: Has anyone had any experiences with copying the new 80minute/700MB CD-Rs? I have been trying to copy with no success. I get unspecified write errors. I had no problems at all the the normal 650MB CD-Rs. I am using xcdroast and Mandrake 6.0. The machine is an

Re: [expert] printing via Windows 95

1999-09-14 Thread Jason Bodnar
At 04:47 PM 9/14/99 -0600, Ron Smith wrote: Another good topic... Just turn on sharing for the printer in Windows 95. Then use the print tool to setup printing from your linux box. The computer that holds Mandrake 6.0 is on a 5-port hub. Two of the computers on the hub are running Windows

[expert] New M/B problem?

1999-09-14 Thread Donald Tingle
Just installed a new M/B w/ AMD 450. Now Linux will not load gives error: Also added a SBlaster pci 16 sbin/mgetty: sbin/mgetty cannot execute binary ID "X" - respawning too fast - disable for 5 minutes Don

Re: [expert] Re: [devel] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Harald Schreiber
Bernhard Rosenkraenzer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Al Smith wrote: I recently read a post from Gael, requesting that we stop bashing them about the bug reports. Well unfortunately I cannot do that. Not until the problem/problems get resolved. Nobody said "don't

Re: [expert] Re: [devel] Bug Reports...

1999-09-14 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Tue, 14 Sep 1999, Harald Schreiber wrote: metamail: invalid mailcap entry : application/pdf: xpdf %s So I looked at /etc/mailcap and found the above line. I reported to [EMAIL PROTECTED]: The bug tracking system at bugs.linux-mandrake.com is under construction and doesn't work

Re: [expert] Why are bugs not fixed ?

1999-09-14 Thread Al Smith
On Mon, 13 Sep 1999, Mohammad R. Salehpour, Ph.D. wrote: Harald; I do undrestand your frustrations. When one likes something or loves it (as we all do linux) one get frustrated to see little bugs are lingring here and there. But we have to realize that most people who work on linux

[expert] Why have to add host to mount nfs ?

1999-09-14 Thread Lang Zhi
Hi, Why i have to list all the hosts into /etc/hosts or use DNS in order to give clients to mount my f/s using NFS ? Is there any tweak so that i no need to add host and everyone able to mount ? FYI,i export the directory as public ( world,ro ) Thanks -lz