:~ xf86
:~ config seems to have a bug as well because it gets to the screen where
:~ it asks do you want to look at a list of cards and when I answer y the
:~ program exits to the mc screen.
:~
:~This happens to me on all my fresh installs of LM 7.1. I hope MDK fixes these
:problems, they are
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Man page reader
I have Explore2fs. Installed and works great under NT4. You
can see all
the files BUT, when I go to the
-Original Message-
From: Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 10:02 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Man page reader
I have Explore2fs. Installed and works great under NT4. You
can see all
the files BUT, when I go to the
Submitted 09-Jul-00 by Gilbert Baron:
I used Custom and Development.
The error occurs at the Configure X step.
This is the gui installation, as plain as I can be.
I get this error every time. Xfree code itself is there because I did a
select individual packages once just to see and it did
Maybe I'm not getting it right, but I went to your information and built
the files. I did the ifup ppp0 and it dialed. I did the ifdown ppp0
and it disconnected. I then made chat-isp and modified the options
files. I also made the isp file in peers. When I tried to invoke pppd
call isp,
Submitted 09-Jul-00 by Ivan:
Hello.
I am trying to install the latest version of nethack which requires the
qt 2.1.0 or better. When I try to install the package there is a list
of decpenancies about three miles long that will be broken. Most of
then are kde apps. They all want
-Original Message-
From: Ivan [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 11:20 PM
Subject: [expert] qt dependancy problem and usb query
Hello.
I am trying to install the latest version of nethack which
requires the
qt 2.1.0 or better. When I
:~2. The way to start the install program from a DOS prompt is broken - doesn't
work at all.
Umpf? Does here, AFAIK. Anyone else has this problem?
I have found it
On my Mustec M185 P2 266 laptop that has a windoze 98 on a 2 Gig
installed fine from cd boot disk - by default Mandrake
Hi.
(Actually,i posted this while ago,but look like it doen't appear on the
list.)
How to get i810 works in MDK 7.0 ?
Can i use the XFree RPM from 7.1 and upgrade it ? And which XFree to use,
the 3.3.6 or 4.0 one ?
Thanks
-lz
:~True. The Windows installation is typically easier than *any* linux distro,
:~even the almighty (and it is, IMHO) Mandrake.
Nop. It is not easier, but it works on more hardware. Though I have seen
2 machines where LM would install but Windows would not ;-.
:~Consider the fact that
-Original Message-
From: Oliver L. Plaine Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:01 AM
Subject: [expert] writing from win to linux
On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:28:33 -0800, Civileme wrote:
-Original Message-
From: Anton Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:16 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01
SNIP of complaining post-part
Depending on a distro to keep you on the edge and then
complaining
when they do so
-Original Message-
From: Philip Watson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:28 AM
Subject: [expert] cable modem problems
I can't seem to get my cable modem to work. I believe I have
my nic
configured right. But it still doesn't seem
-Original Message-
From: Gil Baron W0MN [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 11:57 PM
Subject: RE: [expert] XFree86 4.01
:~XFree86 4.01 just came out.
:~
:~How long will it take for MDK 7.1 RPMs to be made? I
need 'em since
Hello list,
I'm a former windoze user and quite thankful to have been able to break
the bonds from the M$ monster, but there are once in a while a program(s)
that I miss. One of those happens to be Entry Point. Does anyone know of a
program similar to this for Linux? I like to be able to read
Submitted 09-Jul-00 by Oliver L. Plaine Jr.:
Your words "singularly dangerous" makes me think I may be
"unwittingly" staggering toward the abyss? don't the floppy's write to
Linux from vfat without problem? why would this be different?
The author of the Explore2fs package states that
I moved this to newbie list where it is probably more fitting.
I got the instructions below but I do not know how to get the files I
downloaded (to my E:\linux folder to copy them to the root so that I can
proceed. Any help would be greatly appreciated. I am sure there is some
simple command but
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
OK - I have just found the CD-Writing FAQ's on the web. No doubt I will
find my answers in that.
Sorry to bother the list, although it would be better in setup if when the
CD-Writer was detected (LILO append='hdc=ide-scsi' was set automatically),
also to set
any more info ... what have you tried ... have you read the Cable-modem
HOWTO ... it was pretty straight forward
Michael
-Original Message-
From: Philip Watson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Sunday, July 09, 2000 9:12 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] cable modem
www.overclockers.com
www.overclockin.com
There's a gazillion sites but those will get you started. I think one of
those sites has a bunch of links to other good sites.
Have fun,
Matthew Zaleski
-Original Message-
From: Brian T. Schellenberger [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent:
Which cable modem provider do you have and in what part of the country?
Do they require you to use DHCP or do they allow you to have a fixed IP
address? Do you have more than one NIC? (If so which ethernet adapter
is it assigned to?) What brand and model are your NIC(s)? Is it a one
way or
On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, you wrote:
don't delete while running X server but you safely delete them before
running X (and it's what we do in the initscripts).
What should the permissions be inside /root/tmp for X stuff ?
Mine looks like this...
[root: ~/tmp]# ll -d .
drwx--2 root
Here is my take on all of this,
-- snippage quoted from thread --
I cannot install because it does not find xfree86
RPM. I amusing the
downloaded iso images and that is what I get and I am
then dead, no
xfree86,
no install.
I wish I could install this without X, I tried
"Server" and
Ever read the HOWTO HOWTO? For the DocBook unaware, there's a big hurdle to
overcome if you want to submit it. If there's a way to submit without
DocBook, I'm listening since I will have a few things to contribute or
update myself.
Hoyt
DocBook converters work quite nicely if you write in
Anton Graham wrote:
Submitted 10-Jul-00 by Sean Middleditch:
How trustworthy are these RPM's?
For example, the install on MDK 7.1 said the Xfree86 4.0 is was installing was
only a 'snapshot release.' The really upsets me if it is, because it sure as
hell wasn't advertised as being
Hello everybody
I have installed Mandrake 7.1 on a i586 (intel PIIX ide controler). The purpose of
this computer is "just" firewalling and forwarding so i would like my hard disk to
spin down after a few time but even if i specifie a spin down time of 5 seconds
(hdparm -S 1 /dev/hda), it
Hi Bob and all,
Bob, this is excellent and works really well!
Now if we could get it to initiate kppp ...so you could see
the modem traffic and see throughput without looking
at the log. Haven't put it in the rc file yet...but works really
well from the terminal so far. We are
I was wondering. What happens to the connection when the app initiating
the connection is closed or dies?
Hey Mark,
It will connect, probably not transfer any traffic, then disconnect after the idle
timeout occurs.
Also, for some reason when I tried to start the process of installing this
Hi,
I can burn CDs on my machine only as root. Thats very unconvenient. How to
let any user burn CDs? Maybe this should be default in the system.
-sarang
What is the brand/type of the reader you are trying to use? It's possible
that the drive doesn't support audio ripping (grabbing audio faster than
1x). My Plextor SCSI reader drives support high speed ripping and do appear
under the audio-read-device list. AFAIK, all burners (at least SCSI)
Has there been a change in the semantics of the list processor for the
expert list? I've noticed while trying to reply to messages that the "reply
to" is set to the submitter's email and not the expert list address. It's
creating fragmented threads when a list member replies to the sender and
Greetings, I have a curios dilemna..
I need to make binaries that Exacute under IBM's AIX ver 4.00 / 4.05. Execute
in a Unix/Linux Environment. Does anyone have any Experience or ideas
regarding this task?
Any information would be appreciated.
SwordBlayde
On Sun, Jul 09, 2000 at 11:14:05AM -0400, Mark Weaver wrote:
I just wish I could sawfish to run! I wouldn't mind seeing what it looks
like, but when I try to access it thru the normal methods nothing
happens. Any suggestions?
What do you mean by "access it thru the normal methods"? Some
i'm setting up samba and it's working nicely with my windows
95 machine. although the logfile says that authentication
failed, the shares show up in windows explorer and i can
access them based on user etc...
on my windows 98 machine, of course, i'm not so lucky. i get
the same message in the
- Original Message -
From: "Fran Parker" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: John@Aldrich
Cc: "John Aldrich" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 12:03 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] SO 5.3 REALLY SO5.2
It is a typo. newest I saw today
was staroffice 5.2...had just gone
Normally this is the result of a bad ISO image file or a failure of the
burner to properly burn the image to CD.
Since you were able to at least get Linux up, you might want to mount the
CD-ROM you've created then go to the RPM directory and "verify" all of the
RPM's.
You'll find that several
But many, many other people have installed 7.1 and they had X.
This makes us all suspect that your CDs really *aren't* the same as the
pre-pressed ones you buy, *or* it depends on your hardware somehow.
The only alternative explanation that comes to mind is that some sort of
magical spell was
IMHO Caldera OpenLinux comes a lot closer than Mandrake on this score,
though I prefer Mandrake myself.
Caldera sacrifies choice and support of really obscure hardare for a
smoother experience.
But Microsoft does the same thing; Windows 98 wouldn't install on three
of the computers I tried it
Do you have separate video memory or does it come out of the main
memory?
If the latter, then you ned to subtract your video memory; 88M would be
safer than 96M.
Ken Thompson wrote:
I changed hard drives and installed LM 7.1b3 and found that it had only
recognized 64Mb of memory.
No
I just installed 7.1 on my 466MHz Intel celery box.
The video card is a 3dfx Doodoo 3 3000 AGP.
If the machine sits idle for a few minutes the screen
starts to roll (and the image is bowed). Moving the mouse
snaps it back. Is this just the worlds ugliest screensaver
or is something wrong?
It
Hi Gang,
I solved a couple of the problems I last reported. Have two more that I still can't
resolve:
#1. upon bootup, I get the following:
rc: Starting kheader failed
Everything else loads OK. What is KHEADER? I must have broken this recently, as it
worked before.
#2. I get a warning
Hi. I've been looking around for the answer to this little problem and
haven't fount it, so if this has been answered before just point me to
the link, ok? that's good :)
Have you tried to start xkobo on MDK7.0? it won't let you. The error
message is
Xlib: connection to "unix:0.0" refused by
Hi.
(Posted this yesterday,but it doen't seem to went to the list)
How to get i810 workin Mandrake 7.0?
Can I use XFree rpm from Mandrake 7.1 and upgrade it? And,which one to use,
3.3.6 or 4.0 ?
Thanks
-lz
Get Your
Hoyt wrote:
Maybe www.linuxforum.org/plug/articles/scsiemu.html will help.
Hoyt
This is *EXACTLY* what I was looking for..! Thanks!
However, I do have question for anyone here..
I know that the CD rom is hdc..
This how-to says to add hdd=ide-scsi to lilo..
But, I allready HAVE a hdd,
It came in today w/ a 19" monitor and a PC co-processor PCI card w/98
installed.
Sould I leave this Solaris on it, or try the Mandrake? Does anyone know if
it'll run on this machine? Will it render my co-processor card useless?
It'll be nice when I can run LM on my PIII, my G4, and my Sparc
On Tue, 11 Jul 2000, Civileme wrote:
Date: Tue, 11 Jul 2000 19:34:12 -0800
From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] backround processes
Deryk Barker wrote:
Thus spake Janar Kokk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
I think you
Thus spake Ellick Chan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
[...]
If I remember correctly, ulimit has a rather poor manpage.
I'll say. Basically it says see bash.
It can control
mem usage/processes, but is enforced by your shell(bash). I was trying to
use it to control runaway processes such as Netscape,
Taking his advice one step further:
Using the Linux fdisk, change your extended partition from type Win95 to type
Win95 LBA. I did this and upon reboot the entire drive was visible to Windows.
Win95/98 can see large drives even if the BIOS can't. Why it doesn't default
to creating LBA
I have two machines running Mandrake (7.1 and 6.1) attached to an APC
Back-UPS 650. Before the system drive (recently) crashed on the machine
running Mandrake 7.1 I got APC's simple signaling daemon (ssd) to work,
but I had problems getting any other daemons to talk to the UPS over the
serial
Deryk Barker wrote:
Thus spake Ellick Chan ([EMAIL PROTECTED]):
[...]
If I remember correctly, ulimit has a rather poor manpage.
I'll say. Basically it says see bash.
Which limits its utility a bit. I, for one, get:
ulimit
ulimit: Command not found.
Why? Becuase I use tcsh . . .
My default value for $DISPLAY is
:0.0
rather than
unix:0.0
Perhaps this accounts for it? I don't have a clue, I must admit, what
xbobo is. Are you running this on the local machine in fact? What if
you change DISPLAY to :0.0?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi. I've been looking around for
Have you thought about just turfing those users who won't play by the rules?
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian T.
Schellenberger
Sent: July 12, 2000 8:38 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] backround processes
Deryk
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