Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

I don't have the optimisations enabledI have tried everything to get it going...it's been frusterating to the nth degreeI have a standard floppy...like I said it works fine in 7.0 after doing the fix (cd /dev && rm cdrom && ln -s scd0 cdrom) no problems at allbut install 7.1 and it ref

[expert] Fwd: information about iso..

A friend of mine who usually uses SuSE had some troubles with downloading an ISO and trying to install 7.1. By the date of the ISO, I would guess he got a beta ISO? Anyone have some wisdom I can send to him to get him to get it to install properly? I haven't run into this problem myself so I'm

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

"Jim P." wrote: > > I saved and printed your message and the next time I decide to abuse myself > with 7.1 I'll give that a try. I have reinstalled 7.0 because I got tired > of not having a working cd... > > Jim > The information that it works in 7.0 and doesn't in 7.1 is suggestive of somethi

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

"Jim P." wrote: > > I saved and printed your message and the next time I decide to abuse myself > with 7.1 I'll give that a try. I have reinstalled 7.0 because I got tired > of not having a working cd... > > Jim > > - Original Message - > From: "John Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To:

Re: [expert] Printing over LAN

On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 04:27:42PM -0400, Breno F Basilio wrote: > I was wondering if it is possible to print from Linux over a LAN to a ¨Windows¨ > printer attached to a Windows machine. I have an HP DeskJet 820 Cse ¨For > Windows¨ attached to a Windows machine on my LAN, but I can´t seem to be

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

Civileme wrote: > > Actually, nw that you have that much of the install, login as root and use Kpackage >to > draw the rest from the ext disk. > > I would love to know what dmesg says... That CD problem is NOT a common report, and > they have a lot of trouble fixing what they cannot duplicate.

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

Pierre Fortin wrote: > Civileme wrote: > > > > Do the first CD in GRAPHICAL install and when it calls for the second, click OK > > The installation will complete without installing anything from the second CD. > > "OK" just gives the same dialog; only Cancel is valid here. > > The install proceed

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

Civileme wrote: > > Do the first CD in GRAPHICAL install and when it calls for the second, click OK > The installation will complete without installing anything from the second CD. "OK" just gives the same dialog; only Cancel is valid here. The install proceeds; but suffers from a MAJOR flaw IM

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

"Jim P." wrote: > CDROMS are a big problem for 7.1. I have been dealing with a simular issue > for a month...still no help...I have been begging mdk support and all the > lists for help, and ya know what...most of the time no one even > respondsI have found red hat 6.2 to be a viable option

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

"Jim P." wrote: > IDE devices seem to be a major problem with 7.1 I have been seeking help > with a cdrom/burner for over a month...and it still doesn't workmandrake > support has been 0 help as wellI keep saying it's a bug...but seems that > word is only associated with mickeysoftbut

[expert] Printing over LAN

I was wondering if it is possible to print from Linux over a LAN to a ¨Windows¨ printer attached to a Windows machine. I have an HP DeskJet 820 Cse ¨For Windows¨ attached to a Windows machine on my LAN, but I can´t seem to be able to print to it from Linux over the network. I add the printer using

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: > IDE devices seem to be a major problem with 7.1 I have been seeking help > with a cdrom/burner for over a month...and it still doesn't workmandrake > support has been 0 help as wellI keep saying it's a bug...but seems that > word is only associated with mi

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

What types of problems are we talking about Jim? I haven´t had any problems at all with my HDs, CDROM, and burner under 7.0 or 7.1. My HDs are UDMA66 and the CDs are regular IDEs. Let me know, maybe I can help. B On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: > IDE devices seem to be a major problem with 7.1 I

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

IDE devices seem to be a major problem with 7.1 I have been seeking help with a cdrom/burner for over a month...and it still doesn't workmandrake support has been 0 help as wellI keep saying it's a bug...but seems that word is only associated with mickeysoftbut it's a bug they NEED to

[expert] BUG in netconf

Title: I don't know what when wrong with the original message.  (I'm using Outlook 98, maybe that should be my first clue).  But here it is: There is a bug in netconf. Please follow the description of the problem below. I want to forward traffic between my two subnets, 192.168.1.0/24 (subne

[expert] DISPLAY variable Java?

I have a webserver (LM7.0, Apache 1.3.12, JServ 1.1.1, GNUJSP 1.0, Sun JDK 1.2.2) that gets the following error on ant attempt to generate a dynamic image... works on Windoz 9x(Apache 1.3.12, Jserv1.1.1 GNUJSP1.0 and Sun JDK1.2.2) and SCO Unix (Netscape Enterprise, Skunkware JDK1.2.2). I know it

[expert] hydrogen2

Since there's a request for beta testers, I'm downloading hydrogen2 to try on my SparcStation2. Any known issues? I ask because the RedHat 6.2 distro would start loading then would panic because it could not mount the root partition. The Sparc is currently running Solaris 2.5.1 which I don't

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > Further, it's said that you have to have a special cable for DMA > transfers. I don't know this from personal experience, again, not > having the hardware to test. > John You do. An ATA/66 cable has the same 40 pins as any other IDE cable, but h

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

I was getting ready to re-install 6.1; but I'll give this a try... the gotcha is that I have to babysit this install; at least I can enlist the help of my stapler again... The down side of what I've done so far is that every attempt was not given an OK or Cancel, so the system was not bootable;

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: > In what way could the hard drive not be up to spec? The original post said > the problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0. > > Not trying to butt in, but I also have an IDE device which did work with > 7.0 but does not with 7.1. > Hmm...Ok. My bad. I didn't see

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 11:20:14AM +0200, Patrick Erler wrote: > hallo MANDRAKE! > > i access my router with X from my pc. for this, i start xdm at the > router. when i do this, at the router itself starts an x-session with > graphical login and stuff... i don't see this, because the router has

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

Pierre Fortin wrote: > I've reported this to "bugs" but don't expect any response from there... > > I successfully installed 7.1 on my desktop with some issues; but none like > trying to install 7.1 on my Tecra500CDT where the install process proceeds quite > nicely through the first CD... > > Th

Re: [expert] BUG in netconf

Bill Shirley wrote: Shows an invalid encryption error. Try your message in plain ASCII Civileme

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

Norvell Spearman wrote: > In what way could the hard drive not be up to spec? The original post said > the problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0. > > Not trying to butt in, but I also have an IDE device which did work with > 7.0 but does not with 7.1. > > ---Norvell Spearman > > John Aldrich w

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

Just tried that. It starts up some sort of plan Jane X console with one open Xterm. If you try to start X from the term window it starts X on the host machine, not on the X server machine. It was worth the try. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > VNC is nice as you can start a desktop at one site an

[expert] problems with drakeconf

hallo MANDRAKE! when i try to install several packages (for instance kutils or ktoys, there is no pattern to see right now), nothing happens. ps -x after pressing install brings 1762 pts/7Z 0:00 [urpmi ] did someone experience this too? PAT -- vcard/LDAP/PGP: http://dresden-onlin

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

Philippe Wautelet wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a WD136BA hard disk on my hpt366 controller. If I try to use > DMA for disk access, my system freezes. This problem didn't exist with > Mandrake 7.0, but it appeared when I installed 7.1. I tried to upgrade > my bios. Nothing changed. After that, I comp

[expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

I've reported this to "bugs" but don't expect any response from there... I successfully installed 7.1 on my desktop with some issues; but none like trying to install 7.1 on my Tecra500CDT where the install process proceeds quite nicely through the first CD... Then... the prompt to change CDs...

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

> VNC is nice as you can start a desktop at one site and go somewhere else > and pick-up where you left off. You have to preset VNC for the desktop > you want to be using. Also as stated VNC is free. Something I've never tried, but what if you don't specify a wm/de in ~/.vnc/xstartup and inst

Re: [expert] BUG in netconf

Huh.. I didn't get any of your message can you send it in plain ASCII? Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Bill Shirley wrote: > Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:16:25 -0400 > From: Bill Shirley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sub

[expert] BUG in netconf

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Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

In what way could the hard drive not be up to spec? The original post said the problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0. Not trying to butt in, but I also have an IDE device which did work with 7.0 but does not with 7.1. ---Norvell Spearman John Aldrich wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wr

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a WD136BA hard disk on my hpt366 controller. If I try to use > DMA for disk access, my system freezes. This problem didn't exist with > Mandrake 7.0, but it appeared when I installed 7.1. I tried to upgrade > my bios. Nothing changed. After that,

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 11:20:14AM +0200, Patrick Erler wrote: -> hallo MANDRAKE! -> -> i access my router with X from my pc. for this, i start xdm at the -> router. when i do this, at the router itself starts an x-session with -> graphical login and stuff... i don't see this, because the router

[expert] superstupid question

hallo MANDRAKE! as ist seems, there didn't got gnome installed at my system... because i'd like to try it out, how do i install it "the proper way" so that i can choose it when logging into my server... sorry so much questioning today, but for me it's X day today and my last contact with X happe

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

I use both VNC and X-Win32. Both work well and each has positives and negatives. I think X-Win32 is faster and will allow the remote user to pick which desktop he wants to use (if you have more than one installed). VNC is nice as you can start a desktop at one site and go somewhere else and pick

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

Also check out VNC from AT&T. It's free, it's small, and it runs on various platforms. > :~>so the question, how can i start the X-server (or client, how you > :~>like it ;) at the router in serve-mode only? > > check /etc/X11/xdm dir. > -- > --

RE: [expert] Metro-X

I checked this out this morning and the object in the Morph 3D (GL) screensaver did NOT move smoothly at any setting or speed. It seemed to jump. I have a Diamond Viper 550 with 16 Meg of memory. Jon H. > -Original Message- > From: maiplace [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, Jun

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

:~>so the question, how can i start the X-server (or client, how you :~>like it ;) at the router in serve-mode only? check /etc/X11/xdm dir. -- - Dr. Denis Havlik Mandrakesoft

[Cooker] Kernel panic w/ 2.2.16-10mdk

Hi, I don't know what happened. I installed the 2.2.16-10mdk on my machine. Since it uses grub and ReiserFS, I recreated the initrd-2.2.16-10mdk.img and edited the menu.lst. Now it won't boot, anding with a kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 03:07 This is the only kernel on the ha

[expert] starting X for remote access only

hallo MANDRAKE! i access my router with X from my pc. for this, i start xdm at the router. when i do this, at the router itself starts an x-session with graphical login and stuff... i don't see this, because the router has neither a monitor nor a keyboard... so, this xsession at the router itself

[expert] UDMA66 problem

Hi, I've got a WD136BA hard disk on my hpt366 controller. If I try to use DMA for disk access, my system freezes. This problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0, but it appeared when I installed 7.1. I tried to upgrade my bios. Nothing changed. After that, I compiled another kernel (2.3.45). Same pr

Re: [expert] W, Finger & ytalk ?'s

On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 12:16:46AM -0700, Mark wrote: > I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? (Mandrake 7.1) > > W only works as root. I want all users to see who is on. They can do this > using Finger, but I'd rather have W work as I'm so used to it. It displays > the h

[expert] x is not starting anymore

hallo Expert! suddenly xdm behaves strange. i try to login from another pc with x-win32. i start xdm at the console of the linuxbox. after that ps -x brings: =-- cut --- [root@orbit /home/ftp/pub]# ps -x |grep x 25679 ?S 0:00 xdm 25690 ?S 0:00 xdm 25712 ?S

[expert] security warnings in mdk 7.1

hallo ! its cool to have security checking conjobs to habe now (i had 6.0 before). anyway, what can i do against the following messages. which directories can i safely chmod 755 or whatever? Security Warning: World Writeable files found : - /tmp - /tmp/.X11-unix

[expert] W, Finger & ytalk ?'s

I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? (Mandrake 7.1) W only works as root. I want all users to see who is on. They can do this using Finger, but I'd rather have W work as I'm so used to it. It displays the header for W, but no username or user info. I tried changing the