Re: [expert] hard drive upgrade (ide to scsi)

2000-12-09 Thread Tom Berkley
you need an initrd file for your installation. boot with a floppy and mount the root partition somewhere. mkinitrd /boot/initrd_kernel_id.img kernel_id example: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-2.2.17 2.2.17 look in your /lib/modules and /boot directories for a list of the kernels that you have

Re: [expert] hard drive upgrade (ide to scsi)

2000-12-09 Thread Tom Berkley
PS You're very lucky that your message was readable. Reconfigure your e-mail and get rid of the HTML. Its a lot easier to read plain text and you'll get a better response without it. ^_^ [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I ipgraded my ide system with ut2 scsi controller ( tekram-symbios) and 2 ibm

Re: [expert] Printers Mandrake 7.2

2000-12-09 Thread Ted Wager
On Thu, 07 Dec 2000, you wrote: Hi, I know that this is a common question, but I would appreciate hearing from anyone who has had experience with either a Canon BJC-6200 or an Epson ColorStylus 760 under Linux (and particularly Mdk 7.2) I have shortlisted these as the best 2 printers in

Re: [expert] What does it take to speed up LM 7.2?

2000-12-09 Thread Bill Piety
praedor wrote: I checked it. I also looked at the memory information in the KDE control center. Both free and control center show all my ram is recognized. What's more, practically NONE of my swap space is used. There is absolutely no shortage of memory, real or due to it not being

Re: [expert] hard drive upgrade (ide to scsi)

2000-12-09 Thread mdk
thanx a lot for your reply man I did all of that and I'm still getting the same message when trying to fdisk those drives. is there something else i need to do? - Original Message - From: "Tom Berkley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 3:02 AM

Re: [expert] hard drive upgrade (ide to scsi)

2000-12-09 Thread mdk
thanx a lot for your reply man I did all of that and I'm still getting the same message when trying to fdisk those drives. is there something else i need to do? - Original Message - From: "Tom Berkley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 09, 2000 3:02 AM

[expert] UNSUBSCRIBE PLEASE

2000-12-09 Thread Jesus Lacambra Estruch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] escribió: Sadly, its beginning to appear that installing KDE2 into a box that is currently running KDE1 is entirely more trouble than its worth. I've been working on getting just this accomplished for 3 days now with No success, and am now of the strong opinion that the

Re: [expert] What does it take to speed up LM 7.2?

2000-12-09 Thread Praedor Tempus
On Saturday 09 December 2000 08:38 am, you wrote: Praedor - since you've recently been working thru sound issues why don't you test your system with all system sounds turned off both at the KDE/Gnome wm levels to possibly eliminate that as an issue. You might even need to stop sound

[expert] Menudrake

2000-12-09 Thread Chris Spencer
OK, I need someone to explain to me how the heck to get Menudrake to work correctly. Here is the situation. I have created a new Menu directory in Menudrake called Windows Applications. When I am logged into KDE I can see it and launch applications from it. When I log into Gnome, though, it

[expert] test...no need to read

2000-12-09 Thread Praedor Tempus
am i getting through properly? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] Ack! apologies to list for old messages sent.

2000-12-09 Thread Vic
Sorry about those, I was going through some old e mails and cleaning out the boxes, and pressed the wrong dang button again! :(~~~ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Fresh, new install of Mandrake 7.2 - system SLOOOOOW

2000-12-09 Thread Ron Heron
check to see if all your memory was recognized (#free) if it only says 64000 total, then add a line to lilo.conf (append="mem=256M") and run lilo. --- Kelley Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 07 December 2000 11:54 pm, you wrote: I decided to go clean install and get a fully 7.2

[expert] Updating 7.1 to 7.2 ... reality or fiction ?

2000-12-09 Thread cavall_fort
Hello, world ! I'd like to update 7.1 to 7.2. Any comments, experiences, suggestions ? Thank you. Cavall_forT Linux Català http://perso.wanadoo.es/cavall_fort/ des de l'Eixample de Barcelona Catalunya CAT

RE: [expert] Updating 7.1 to 7.2 ... reality or fiction ?

2000-12-09 Thread Charles A Edwards
If you have a seperate /home save it but format your other partitions and run 7.2 as a fresh install. KDE 2 and compliance standards directory structure changes in 7.2 will cause to many problems if it is installed as an upgrade. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow.

Re: [expert] Updating 7.1 to 7.2 ... reality or fiction ?

2000-12-09 Thread jarmo
On Saturday 09 December 2000 21:22, you wrote: Hello, world ! I'd like to update 7.1 to 7.2. Any comments, experiences, suggestions ? Thank you. I'd Say Fiction! Do not upgradeMake fresh installation...just for saving your mind. Fresh installation WORKS...with

Re: [expert] Accessing Voodoo board.

2000-12-09 Thread Stefan Srdic
Sheldon Lee Wen wrote: You got the 3dfx kernel module driver to work with 4.0.1? I tried it and it would work, but after I exited from a game X would be hosed. I got weird screen artifacts. Hmm. I sounds like the module isn't loaded. Try an lsmod and see if it is loaded. If not do a

[expert] Domain Name Server named Configuration

2000-12-09 Thread Ali BAYINDIR
Hi all; This is my first message here. And first problem ;-) I have a small home network, 1 linux-box and 3 win98. I am the server :) I masquarade the clients and they have access to the internet. Now is the problem: I set clients DNS server as my IP. "named" is running on my computer. I

[expert] C++ compiler

2000-12-09 Thread Terry Tremaine
Hello I recently installed Mandrake 7.2 and cannot get the C++ compiler to work. I think it is supposed to be part of the egcs suite of tools for which I have installed the latest updates (1.1.2-34) from the Mandrake site. Has anyone else encountered this problem and found a solution? Any

Re: [expert] Hostname change fixed slow kde but no MandrakeUpdate

2000-12-09 Thread Praedor Tempus
On Saturday 09 December 2000 05:30 pm, you wrote: Praedor Tempus wrote: I get no error messages to accompany this anywhere. I still cannot run MandrakeUpdate. Doing so produces the barest flash of a window that WOULD be MandrakeUpdate if it actually ran. Instead, there is the flash

Re: [expert] Domain Name Server named Configuration

2000-12-09 Thread Ron Stodden
Ali BAYINDIR wrote: I have a small home network, 1 linux-box and 3 win98. I am the server :) I masquarade the clients and they have access to the internet. Now is the problem: I set clients DNS server as my IP. "named" is running on my computer. I also add all name/ip of clients and

[expert] Starting X at 640x480

2000-12-09 Thread Stephen Boulet
I'd like to start a second X session at 640x480. If I start it like this: startx -- :1 -bpp 8 I get the bit depth I need but not the resolution. Thanks. -- Stephen Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Hostname change fixed slow kde but no MandrakeUpdate

2000-12-09 Thread Bill Piety
Praedor Tempus wrote: On Saturday 09 December 2000 05:30 pm, you wrote: Praedor Tempus wrote: I get no error messages to accompany this anywhere. I still cannot run MandrakeUpdate. Doing so produces the barest flash of a window that WOULD be MandrakeUpdate if it actually ran.

Re: [expert] Hardware vs System Clock

2000-12-09 Thread Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
How do you get Mandrake to auto adjust for Daylight Savings Time? Bob Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] Setting Hostname

2000-12-09 Thread Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I have noticed that on a 7.1 Install, when I boot the machine and have DHCP enabled for my internet connection, SOMETIMES the machine takes on the name of the first part of the reverse IP lookup of the IP address assigned thru DHCP, ignoring my setting. How do I get DHCPcd to NOT change

[expert] Stuck on cgi, Please help

2000-12-09 Thread Mike Nguyen
Hi Guys I have config the apache for my local server. I have the webserver working and also the ftp server working. But I can not get cgi to work. Does the cgi-bin folder suppose to be inside the public_html folder for outside it. Do I need to config somewhere else to make it working. (I

[expert] Stuck on cgi, Please help

2000-12-09 Thread Mike Nguyen
Hi Guys I have config the apache for my local server. I have the webserver working and also the ftp server working. But I can not get cgi to work. Does the cgi-bin folder suppose to be inside the public_html folder for outside it. Do I need to config somewhere else to make it working. (I have set

Re: [expert] Hostname change fixed slow kde but no MandrakeUpdate

2000-12-09 Thread Praedor Tempus
On Saturday 09 December 2000 05:30 pm, you wrote: Praedor Tempus wrote: I get no error messages to accompany this anywhere. I still cannot run MandrakeUpdate. Doing so produces the barest flash of a window that WOULD be MandrakeUpdate if it actually ran. Instead, there is the flash

Re: [expert] C++ compiler

2000-12-09 Thread Tom Berkley
g++ man g++ 8-) tom berkley Terry Tremaine wrote: Hello I recently installed Mandrake 7.2 and cannot get the C++ compiler to work. I think it is supposed to be part of the egcs suite of tools for which I have installed the latest updates (1.1.2-34) from the Mandrake site. Has anyone