Hoyt wrote:
> You could add a section to the lilo.conf file pointing to the bootable
> image; it should add the ability to boot to the "new" kernel as well as the
> old.
>
Yes, it works!
Thanks a lot, Hoyt!
You have to:
** Create a new directory EX : /mandrake
** copy everything f
On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 12:17:35AM -0700, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
> How do you fix this sound problem: MP3 files play at slow speed and then makes
>noise after 10 seconds? CDs sound good and MIDI
> seems to work. This is on a Compaq Presario Desktop with an ESS1888 soundcard.
What player do yo
I've recompiled rsync from sources on server AND client side, now it works
correctly.
Seems ther's something wrong in the 6.0 & 6.1 rpm packet...
--
Marco Ciampa
c:\winnt> secure_nt.exe
Securing NT. Insert Linux boot disk to continue..
I don't know I kinda like the ASCI Penguin just have to figure out how
to fix it so the line doesn't wrap through his little body.
Jeanette
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Möfödi wrote:
> Benjamin Sher wrote:
> >
> > Dear Steve:
> >
> > I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I
> > i
Marion Krahn wrote:
> John Connell wrote:
>
> > I have an STB Bt878 TV PCI card on my system that I would love to get
> > working in Mandrake.
>
> Hi,
> include Bt848 support in the kernel as a module, after booting you have to load
> these modules (I think it is isp or so, bttv, tuner, msp3400 i
Does the Mandrake 6.1 upgrade remove old kernel source? I am (still) trying
to get PCMCIA working on my Compaq Armada and I just did an upgrade to 6.1
from 6.0 - and the old kernel source (2.2.9) is now gone and I honestly
don't recall removing it.
Regards -
Don
I have installed all the new XFree86.3.3.5 files becouse I purchase a
new video card
that wasn't working with mdk 6.0
It's a Diamond Stealth S540Xtreme - Savage-4 Xtreme with 32mb in vram,
128bit - AGP 4X S3TC running @ 166mhz (memory) and 160mhz (engine clock)
well after installing all the new s
I am running Mandrake 6.0-1. I have an AT-2450 network card. All worked fine
until I changed the card to a 3C905B. I could not make that card work, so I
put back in the AT-2450. Now when I boot the card fails. I have to manually
load the module, then run netcfg to activate it. I did a modprobe -c
Not linux_logo though, you can always re-install it from the cd
Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ramon Gan
Hi,
try "modprobe msp3400" as root and start kwintv again. This module will bring you
support for your stereo TV-tuner.
By
Marion
John Aldrich wrote:
> Just out of curiosity...why didn't you grab an RPM for Netscape
> 4.7 They're available you know. :-)
> John
I tried to download the rpm from redhat - got everytime the error of too much users.
So I decided to go to the 'source' - netscape
Oh yes, before I forg
What's the least amount of RPM's to upgrade to convince Mandrake Update to
continue the 6.0 to 6.1 upgrade for me?
--
Scott Brightwell
Did anyone else get the RH security advisory re:lpr lpd permissions ?
Does Mandrake follow up with mdk-versions on this or is it a non-issue
with this distribution?
Will installing such updates from redhat cause probs as in the Oct-Gnome
release?
"There are two problems in the lpr and lpd prog
Hi all,
I've just replaced my CDROM reader by a DVD reader (Pionneer
103S) and now I'm not able any more to play any audio CD. Even
when logged as root (and I did not mount the cdrom before !).
When I launch my favorite CD player it tells me: "Can't open
/dev/cdrom"
In /var/log/messages, I'v
I have problems with the nfs mounts speeds when the NFS server is a SUN
workstation.
In fact I have problems since two years ago (RedHat 4.2, RH5.0, RH5.1) and I
hoped that the kernel 2.2.x would solve them. But even when on Mandrake 6.1 it
goes faster, I think it is not enought;
--
Don't have a clue what's wrong with the PCMCIA implementation on 6.1
(pcmcia-cs-3.1.0) nor do I care to know.
I fixed it by stripping out everything from 3.1.0 and downloading and
installing pcmcia-cs-3.1.1
Don
Marion Krahn wrote:
> Hi,
> Which tabletts run under Linux, maybe the Mediax Pro3?
> Marion
Look under /usr/X11R6/lib/modules. Here you will find the modules for
tablets that setup in XF86Config.
I don't think the Mediax Pro3 is listed but it may work with one of the
others that are compatible
Marion Krahn wrote:
> Hi,
> try "modprobe msp3400" as root and start kwintv again. This module will bring you
> support for your stereo TV-tuner.
>
> By
> Marion
Did it -- nada, a few little crackles out of the speakers is all.
John
Howdy
I have Mdk 6.1 and use WindowMaker, i have one litle problem
that irritates me. When i open some applications
(Like GQview) there is a icon on
bottom of the screen that i cant remove, and if i succesesful
in removing the icon, it allways come back when i restart
the program. To remove the i
Can someone point me to the correct hot-to to add a partition to an existing
system or increase the size of one of my existing partitions. I currently
have hda1->4 and fdisk tells me I'll need to delete a current partition and
add en extended partition to get to hda5. I've got ~3GB unallocated d
vanco:
Is there a fix yet for the PCMCIA images to install mandrake via ftp
with PCMCIA support. The install images dated sept 8 (bootnet.img) do
not seem to work with a Linksys 10BaseT PCMCIA card and crash on second
stage install. This seems to be indigenouse to RH/Mandrake not SuSe,
Caldera, o
In a word... DON'T.
Run a 6.1 install without formatting your partitions. Much much cleaner than
trying an upgrade that is very likely to break a lot of things.
Civileme
Scott Brightwell wrote:
> What's the least amount of RPM's to upgrade to convince Mandrake Update to
> continue the 6.0 to
I am going to burn the 6.1 ISO image tonight under windows with easy cd
creator and need to know if the iso is bootable or if I need to make any
changes?
Aaron Winters, Electronic Imaging Manager.
Garner Printing, http://camalott.com/~garner
http://camalott.com/~kaw
Hi
Is there an equivalent to a "dump" utilty that is packaged with 6.0?
Thanks for an comment.
Mark
At 12:43 PM 10/20/99 -0400, Vanco, Donald wrote:
>Can someone point me to the correct hot-to to add a partition to an existing
>system or increase the size of one of my existing partitions. I currently
>have hda1->4 and fdisk tells me I'll need to delete a current partition and
>add en extended p
"Vanco, Donald" wrote:
> Can someone point me to the correct hot-to to add a partition to an existing
> system or increase the size of one of my existing partitions. I currently
> have hda1->4 and fdisk tells me I'll need to delete a current partition and
> add en extended partition to get to hd
> -Original Message-
> From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 1:43 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake Update from 6.0 to 6.1
>
>
> In a word... DON'T.
>
> Run a 6.1 install without formatting your partitions. Much
> much
> Is there a fix yet for the PCMCIA images to install mandrake via ftp
> with PCMCIA support.
Just to be clear - I was able to load via an IDE CD-ROM - the PCMCIA
support was just for post install.
> The install images dated sept 8 (bootnet.img) do
> not seem to work with a Linksys 10Base
Check your mixer. Is the input set to line?
-sen
John Connell writes:
> Marion Krahn wrote:
>
> > Hi,
> > try "modprobe msp3400" as root and start kwintv again. This module will bring you
> > support for your stereo TV-tuner.
> >
> > By
> > Marion
>
> Did it -- nada, a few little c
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Marion Krahn wrote:
> It is kind of you to offer your help on this matter. I have installed kwintv and
> the video portion works beautifully. I still cannot figure out how to get the
> sound to work. I am fairly new to the linux scene so please bear with me :) Thi
> -Original Message-
> From: Steve Philp [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> R_Yeo wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> > I'm running Mandrake 6.0 and KDE. One thing I miss
> is having a console
> > like in a Solaris machine I have at work. All error
> messages are sent
> > there, and we usually kee
I'm getting the problem on all the players. This includes xmms & kmpg. Is it
something with the drivers?
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Sylvain GIL <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 2:32 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Sound - How t
> disk drake?
Disk Druid?
-id
On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 03:06:37PM +, WH Bouterse wrote:
> I recently did a Linux-Mandrake 6.1 upgrade from an ISO image on a
> burned CD from the LInux-Mandrake site over a MacMillan Mandrake 6.0
>
> Could the Mandrake Folks have a quiet chat to Macmillan about their
> confusing labeling of
On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 03:14:52PM +, WH Bouterse wrote:
> Did anyone else get the RH security advisory re:lpr lpd permissions ?
Saw it in my MandrakeUpdate run.
> Does Mandrake follow up with mdk-versions on this or is it a non-issue
> with this distribution?
Yup, run MandrakeUpdate and t
Dear Alwyn and friends:
This is a key issue. I am a newbie. Could you or someone please spell
this command out precisely. What does xhost + localhost reall mean? Do
you have to enter this as a command in xterm or what? Please be specific
and illustrate it with a real example. I am tired of having
At 04:42 PM 10/20/99 -0400, Ian Douglas wrote:
>> disk drake?
>
>Disk Druid?
i don't think so. disk druid is the fdisk replacement. disk drake (if i'm
remembering it right) is a new, not-quite-ready yet perl/gtk program to allow
resizing of partitions.
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/diskdrake/
On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 01:07:54PM -0500, Aaron W. wrote:
>I am going to burn the 6.1 ISO image tonight under windows with easy cd
> creator and need to know if the iso is bootable or if I need to make any
> changes?
Should be bootable.
--
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging
Strongly suggest that you tune into the chatter on linuxtoday.com or
sites of similar strains. Considering that all tier one vendors are now
supporting Linux especially the server market, you can even get a server
or desktop unit from Dell now, I don't think that Linux falls into the
poor mans ser
"S. Newhouse" wrote:
> Check your mixer. Is the input set to line?
>
> -sen
>
> John Connell writes:
> > Marion Krahn wrote:
> >
> > > Hi,
> > > try "modprobe msp3400" as root and start kwintv again. This module will bring
>you
> > > support for your stereo TV-tuner.
> > >
> > > By
> >
Ian Douglas wrote:
> > disk drake?
>
> Disk Druid?
>
> -id
DiskDrake
http://www.linux-mandrake.com/diskdrake
I still don't know if the ext2resize is data-destructive at this time.
It was at one time.
Civileme
Try editing the Icon
so the executable is "kdesu -c MandrakeUpdate"
I've done that for a lot of the ones I want to run as root on the desktop
Andrew
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> I've just noticed that in order for MandrakeUpdate to work as normal
> user, you have to
> do an
> xhost +local
Hi,
I noticed after a while of my box being up that ld-linux.so.2
seems to increase largely in memory and cpu usage. It keeps creeping up
in size. Is this a memory leak? Is there a fix?
Sheldon.
--
==
Sheldon Lee
John Connell writes:
> "S. Newhouse" wrote:
>
> > Check your mixer. Is the input set to line?
> >
> > -sen
> >
>
> Mixer is set to "Line In."
> John
Try line1
-sen
Benjaminyou don't have to do it that way. Just run concurrent
xsessions. To do so just press ctl-alt f2 and log into the console as
root. Then type startx -- :1 and you'll end up in a second xsession as
root. When you're done being root, just do a ctl-alt f7 to get back to
your original xse
Dear Andrew:
Sorry but kdesu -c MandrakeUpdate does NOT work, not in my case, at any
rate. In fact, update just sits there and won't even launch.
Benjamin
--
Benjamin and Anna Sher
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> What does xhost + localhost reall mean?
XHOST(1) XHOST(1)
NAME
xhost - server access control program for X
SYNOPSIS
xhost [[+-]name ...]
DESCRIPTION
The xhost program is used to add and del
You're actually better off using something like sudo. Try to spend as
little time as possible logged in as root because sooner letter you're
going to do rm *.* by accident.
At 12:51 AM 10/21/99 +, you wrote:
>Benjaminyou don't have to do it that way. Just run concurrent
>xsessions. To d
Sheldon Lee Wen wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
>I noticed after a while of my box being up that ld-linux.so.2
> seems to increase largely in memory and cpu usage. It keeps creeping up
> in size. Is this a memory leak? Is there a fix?
huh? ld-linux is the 'interpreter' which ELF executables ask the k
Dear Alan:
Thanks for the advice. Appreciate it.
HOWEVER, there is an Update button on Mandrake's Desktop. It must be
there for a purpose. Indeed, when you click on it, it opens up sends
down various rpms for your select, asks you for your root password,
reviews the packages and then clams shut.
>>> "Benjamin" == Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Benjamin> Dear Alwyn and friends: This is a key issue. I am a
Benjamin> newbie. Could you or someone please spell this command
Benjamin> out precisely. What does xhost + localhost reall mean?
Benjamin> Do you have to ente
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Sergio Korlowsky wrote:
> well after installing all the new stuff finally worked! ;-)
> well... Now I get the login GUI ok, but when X starts puts me in a xterm
> intead of
> the KDE desktop, I have to manually type 'kde' for kde to start. but if
> I close the xterm,
> kde cl
Benjamin Sher wrote:
>
> Dear Alan:
>
> Thanks for the advice. Appreciate it.
>
> HOWEVER, there is an Update button on Mandrake's Desktop. It must be
> there for a purpose. Indeed, when you click on it, it opens up sends
> down various rpms for your select, asks you for your root password,
> r
On Thu, Oct 21, 1999 at 02:02:28AM +, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear Alan:
>
> Thanks for the advice. Appreciate it.
>
> HOWEVER, there is an Update button on Mandrake's Desktop. It must be
> there for a purpose. Indeed, when you click on it, it opens up sends
> down various rpms for your selec
Dear Benjamin.
Is the KDESU package installed on your system?
Try typing rpm -q kdesu at a console and see what you get coming back
Andrew
(actually I've noticed that kdesu lets you run a window as root and not run
into the windows authority problemI prefer that to the Xhosts solution
because
Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear Alan:
>
> Thanks for the advice. Appreciate it.
>
> HOWEVER, there is an Update button on Mandrake's Desktop. It must be
> there for a purpose. Indeed, when you click on it, it opens up sends
> down various rpms for your select, asks you for your root password,
> revie
works fine for me as root and also as a normal user.
Lyndon Lininger Sr.
- Original Message -
From: Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 9:02 PM
Subject: Re: [Fwd: [expert] MandrakeUpdate as normal user]
> Dear Alan:
>
> Thanks f
Dear Mike:
Thank you so very much for your help. Really appreciate it and will try
it out.
Thank you again.
Benjamin
--
Benjamin and Anna Sher
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Hello,
I just installed Mandrake 6.1 on a Dell Dimension PIII-600 which had Win98
pre-installed and an Adaptec 2940U2 scsi card. There were a couple of
problems.
1. The system would not boot off the cdrom (set the BIOS to boot off
the cdrom, but that did not matter). I had to make a floppy
Dear Barry:
Excellent instructions and I am considering implementing it:
1) Does this in any compromise my security? I am on the Internet all the
time when my computer is on (I have ADSL broadband and am, technically
speaking, considered to be on a LAN by Bellsouth event though I am a
single use
Andrew,
> huh? ld-linux is the 'interpreter' which ELF executables ask the kernel
> to launch to get them running. How do you get a process called
> ld-linux.so.2? I'd be interested in seeing your 'ps auxfw' output.
color me crazy but it's there.
>
> Anyway, you should be studying...
I am.
> huh? ld-linux is the 'interpreter' which ELF executables ask the kernel
> to launch to get them running. How do you get a process called
> ld-linux.so.2? I'd be interested in seeing your 'ps auxfw' output.
It also appears sometimes with me, and when it appears, it really slows down
the syst
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Vanco, Donald wrote:
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Wednesday, October 20, 1999 1:43 PM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake Update from 6.0 to 6.1
> >
> >
> > In a word... DON'T.
> >
> > Run a
I use XEmacs for my HTML. It had auto-indent, color to designate
different tags, and a bunch of other features that help to produce
very clean code.
Aaron
I think they're looking for something that codes your html for you in a
visual environment, like Frontpage or Composer in Netscape. I agree
with you though, Emacs handles the formatting for readability and is
fine if you don't mind hardcoding as opposed to letting software produce
your code for y
Marco Ciampa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> On mar, 19 ott 1999, John Aldrich wrote:
> >On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> >> Did u have to use scsi emulation or did it just recognize it an u added a
> >> mount point. are you using roast for the writting. I have a sony cdrw ide
> >> drive an want t
Okay, here's a strange problem that's bugging me:
The ttyS3 serial port (my modem) keeps losing its uart setting. It would
occasionally do this in mdk6.0, and I put at "setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A"
in the local init script.
Now, under mdk6.1, it loses its uart setting everytime I hang up. F
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 03:14:52PM +, WH Bouterse wrote:
> > I have noticed on ocassion RH posted updates but not always subsequent
> > updates by Mandrake. This is a very "grey area" for me?
>
> As it is for alot of us. Are our asses hanging in
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear Barry:
>
> Excellent instructions and I am considering implementing it:
>
> 1) Does this in any compromise my security? I am on the Internet all the
> time when my computer is on (I have ADSL broadband and am, technically
> speaking, considered t
On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, Fabien Deschodt wrote:
>
> > huh? ld-linux is the 'interpreter' which ELF executables ask the kernel
> > to launch to get them running. How do you get a process called
> > ld-linux.so.2? I'd be interested in seeing your 'ps auxfw' output.
>
> It also appears sometimes wi
Ken Wilson wrote:
>
> I think they're looking for something that codes your html for you in a
> visual environment, like Frontpage or Composer in Netscape. I agree
> with you though, Emacs handles the formatting for readability and is
> fine if you don't mind hardcoding as opposed to letting sof
Dear Andrew:
Yes, I do have kdesu on my system:
[sher@adsl-77-232-60 sher]$ rpm -q kdesu
kdesu-0.97-1mdk
[sher@adsl-77-232-60 sher]$
Barry Marler offered a different solution to the list earlier this
evening. It seems simpler. Of course, others have also offered their
solutions. Meanwhile,
Dear Larry:
Here is my package. Same as yours:
[sher@adsl-77-232-60 sher]$ rpm -q MandrakeUpdate
MandrakeUpdate-6.1-3mdk
[sher@adsl-77-232-60 sher]$
Benjamin
--
Benjamin and Anna Sher
Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
A Wed, 20 Oct 1999, vàreu escriure:
Hi Oliver,
Did you try the SCSI emulation?
I've had many trouble with a DVD and CDPARANOIA and since I use
scsi emulation for ripping it does far better.
> Hi all,
>
> I've just replaced my CDROM reader by a DVD reader (Pionneer
> 103S) and now I'm not able a
Where can I find the "contrib" CD stuff?
I've looked on several mirrors and can't find anything relating to install
in the /MandrakeCook/contrib directory. This is only Mandrake-related
"contrib" directory I can find anywhere.
The Mandrake install source is hidden so well, you'd think it was
cl
Only problem with this approach is that you throw all local X security
out of the window, I'd
think it would be better to do maybe in a script:
xhost +localhost
do your stuff with update and as soon as your finished
xhost -localhost
to remove the security problem.
Mike Fieschko wrote:
> >>> "
Hi,
I have the above and when I insert the card, it is detected as hdlx,
with the x as partitions on the HDD. I looked in my /dev dir and it
only goes to hdhx. Someone told be to use insmod, but I lost the plot
when I was asked to input major and minor numbers for the block device.
What
Continuing the bug parade...
I was cleaning up my system tonight, removing unnecessary packages. I
removed the portmap package, but noticed that it showed up again in the
output of 'rpm -qa'.
Here's a transcript of the activity:
Script started on Wed Oct 20 21:37:50 1999
[root@tippy /root]#
Another one...
Trying to remove fonts from the xfs fontserver using the chkfontpath utility
results in a segmentation fault:
Script started on Wed Oct 20 22:05:34 1999
[root@tippy fonts]# chkfontpath --list
Current directories in font path:
1: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled
2: /usr/X11R6
I recently did a Linux-Mandrake 6.1 upgrade from an ISO image on a
burned CD from the LInux-Mandrake site over a MacMillan Mandrake 6.0
Could the Mandrake Folks have a quiet chat to Macmillan about their
confusing labeling of Mandrake? I think it could get out of control if
it keeps up.
Luckily,
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