[expert] Icons' Label

2000-12-14 Thread Emanuele Parati
After the installation of LM7.2, in Helix Gnome all the icon's label (in the desktop and in mc) are aligned to right, instead of center. This is a bug or a setting (that I cannot found)? Thanks in advance, Emanuele Parati Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the

Re: [expert] default kernel config

2000-12-14 Thread Buchan Milne
/usr/share/doc/kernel-2.2.x/kernel-2.2.x-ymdk-i586.config (Mdk 7.2) Buchan Steven Boothe wrote: Hello: I would like to re-compile my kernel, but the last time I did this I discovered that "make menuconfig" was not aware of the current options applied to my kernel. It was really time

[expert] suddenly problems with the soundcard

2000-12-14 Thread Michael Schurr
Hello! I've been using Mandrake 7.1 for several weeks without any problems. Suddenly the soundcard, an Ensoniq|ES1371 [AudioPCI-97], stopped working. I didn't changed anything at the system. So I started "sndconfig" again, the soundcard was detected, but before the sound expample is played,

Re: [expert] RPM keeps locking up

2000-12-14 Thread Andy Judge
What are you using to install the rpms with - what version of Mandrake/RPM/KPackage/GnoRPM? If you can give us a little more detail, perhaps we can help. Angus This started when I used Mandrake Update - I see duplicates, but how would I go fix this? It is Mandrake 7.2. Here's the rpm info #

Re: [expert] /etc/login.defs

2000-12-14 Thread Vidyut Luther
basically what I want to do is allow only people who belong to the wheel group, to be able to use the command su. as for the getpass_asterisks, it means it will echo 3 asterisks for each keystroke when you're entering your password. just to confuse you and anyone else looking over your shoulder

Re: [expert] RPM keeps locking up

2000-12-14 Thread civileme
On Thursday 14 December 2000 17:56, you wrote: What are you using to install the rpms with - what version of Mandrake/RPM/KPackage/GnoRPM? If you can give us a little more detail, perhaps we can help. Angus This started when I used Mandrake Update - I see duplicates, but how would I

Re: [expert] default kernel config

2000-12-14 Thread Michael O'Henly
If you run 'make oldconfig' in the root directory of the original kernel, this will create a file called ".config". If you're compiling a later version of the kernel and have a separate sources for it, copy .config into the root directory of that version. If you're simply modifying your

[expert] Fwd: rpm problems

2000-12-14 Thread tom strickland
I have been having problems getting rpm to work on mdk 7.2. At the moment, when I try to upgrade cups by downloading the rpm, I get: [root@lyra mdk7.2_updates]# rpm -Uvh cups-1.1.4-7.1mdk.i586.rpm cups# error getting record /bin/sh

Re: [expert] RPM keeps locking up

2000-12-14 Thread mark
On Thursday 14 December 2000 04:55, you wrote: When I try to install rpms, the computer locks up and becomes unresponsive. It does this in all runlevels. When running in very verbose, it goes through the series of ### and then into just a #. After about a minute it stops and

Re: [expert] Fwd: rpm problems

2000-12-14 Thread civileme
On Thursday 14 December 2000 15:27, you wrote: I have been having problems getting rpm to work on mdk 7.2. At the moment, when I try to upgrade cups by downloading the rpm, I get: [root@lyra mdk7.2_updates]# rpm -Uvh cups-1.1.4-7.1mdk.i586.rpm cups

Re: [expert] /etc/login.defs

2000-12-14 Thread civileme
On Thursday 14 December 2000 15:02, you wrote: basically what I want to do is allow only people who belong to the wheel group, to be able to use the command su. as for the getpass_asterisks, it means it will echo 3 asterisks for each keystroke when you're entering your password. just to

[expert] Screem keeps crashing

2000-12-14 Thread Buchan Milne
Hi, When I was running LM 7.1 I used screem 0.3 quite successfully, but now under 7.2, using the version of screem that came with it, on a standard LM 7.2 install, and it crashes all the time (mostly when trying to close a tag). Any ideas ? Buchan Keep in touch with

[expert] Screwy file associations

2000-12-14 Thread Praedor Tempus
I have checked the file associations in konqueror and they are as they should be. All files with the *.rpm pattern are associated with x-rpm but when I view a site with rpms on it (or my own home directory with downloaded rpms) they carry a netscape association such that if I select one, it

[expert] Slrnpull in Expire Mode

2000-12-14 Thread SoloCDM
The following message was output when /etc/cron.daily was executed by run-parts through crond. Is it a mistake by the programs in /etc/cron.daily or is it real? What can be done to rectify the problem? 12/12/2000 11:26:51 slrnpull started in expire mode. 12/12/2000 11:26:51 Reading

Re: [expert] Screwy file associations

2000-12-14 Thread Dave Sherman
This is common with Netscape. It tries to associate *.rpm files with RealPlayer, if you have that installed. If not, then Netscape tries to handle the file itself by default. In Netscape, go to Edit | Preferences, then select Navigator and the Applications sub-menu. Look in the Description

[expert] KDE 2.0.1 Konqueror

2000-12-14 Thread RedRat
Hello List! After having some trouble with updateing KDE2 to KDE2.0.1 I uninstalled all KDE packages and installed the new KDE2.0.1 packages. Nearly everthing went fine and I got nearly no problems with the new packages, even Konqui ist somewhat stable now... but, Konqueror doens't find my

Re: [expert] suddenly problems with the soundcard

2000-12-14 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 14-Dec-00 by Michael Schurr: I've been using Mandrake 7.1 for several weeks without any problems. Suddenly the soundcard, an Ensoniq|ES1371 [AudioPCI-97], stopped working. I didn't changed anything at the system. So I started "sndconfig" again, the soundcard was detected, but

Re: [expert] suddenly problems with the soundcard

2000-12-14 Thread Stephen Bosch
Michael Schurr wrote: Hello! I've been using Mandrake 7.1 for several weeks without any problems. Suddenly the soundcard, an Ensoniq|ES1371 [AudioPCI-97], stopped working. I didn't changed anything at the system. So I started "sndconfig" again, the soundcard was detected, but before

Re: [expert] Screwy file associations

2000-12-14 Thread Dave Sherman
Well, d'oh! Please disregard my previous message, unless it can help you with Netscape. I just now noticed that the problem you were having was with konqueror. However, there is probably a similar solution for you, perhaps applying globally to KDE's MIME types. Dave At 08:04 AM 12/14/2000

[expert] testing

2000-12-14 Thread Bill Ries-Knight
I have not received anything on this list, and thought I have been subscribed. I am only trying to verify that status. Bill begin:vcard n:Ries-Knight;Bill tel;home:209-951-8233 tel;work:209-933-0800 x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fn:Bill

[expert] MSG DUPS: user 500, PLEASE FIX yavin.mandrax.org...

2000-12-14 Thread Pierre Fortin
IMO, the duplicate posts are coming from userid=500 @ yavin.mandrax.org... Could "user 500" please fix this...? Thanks, Pierre My logic follows... Looking at the headers from a duplicate post, this is what we see: Sender (Tom Berkley [EMAIL PROTECTED]) posts message "Re: [expert] PCMCIA

[expert] cdrom deletion error

2000-12-14 Thread chronos
I accidently deleted the symbolic link to my main cdrom. How do I reset this ? The command I used was cd /dev rm cdrom ln -s scd0 cdrom I have tried cd /dev rm cdrom ln -s hdc cdrom to reset the link but that did not work. My cdrom is on hdc. I need a real answer. Thats why Im here.

Re: [expert] testing

2000-12-14 Thread Pj
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[expert] GLX problem identified. Explain?

2000-12-14 Thread Sebastian
Ok after poking around on the net someone suggest i look in my .xsession-errors file and i did. It have a interesting line about not being able to access /dev/nvidiactl So here's some specs to help you guys out: k7 thunderbird 800 Asua A7V Geforce 256 DDR emu10k Intel EEpro100 Mandrake 7.2

Re: [expert] shell script function to pause / wait

2000-12-14 Thread Adam Clater
sleep x x=numseconds What is the function to have the script pause for n amount of seconds before executing the next line of instructions? I'm trying to write a script that uses Samba mounts to backup documents and E-mail on clients. The problem is that when I try to umount the smbfs

[expert] shell script function to pause / wait

2000-12-14 Thread Andy Judge
What is the function to have the script pause for n amount of seconds before executing the next line of instructions? I'm trying to write a script that uses Samba mounts to backup documents and E-mail on clients. The problem is that when I try to umount the smbfs directory to mount another for

Re: [expert] RPM keeps locking up

2000-12-14 Thread Andy Judge
Where are you trying to upgrade FROM? If you are pointing MandrakeUpdate at "Development", you need a new library and rpm4, plus many orther things. The ONLY files you can use for 7.2 from "development " is the directory called "unsupported". Even the new kernel in cooker requires rpm4.

Re: [expert] shell script function to pause / wait

2000-12-14 Thread Michael O'Henly
Is there a simple way of making x random -- say a random value between 0 and 4 seconds? On Thursday 14 December 2000 12:06, you wrote: sleep x x=numseconds What is the function to have the script pause for n amount of seconds before executing the next line of instructions? I'm trying

RE: [expert] RPM keeps locking up

2000-12-14 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Have you tried... rpm --rebuilddb -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andy Judge Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 11:57 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] RPM keeps locking up What are you using to install the rpms

[expert] How is PHP configured?

2000-12-14 Thread Michael O'Henly
Hi... I know that PHP is installed by default, but I'm not clear on how it interacts with apache. Mandrake 7.2's httpd.conf has the AddType commands for *.php extensions commented out -- which makes it look like it is not configured to work with the default apache install at all. Is this

RE: [expert] RPM keeps locking up

2000-12-14 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Developement does not mean what you think it does here. In Mandrake update it is referring to UNTESTED or ALPHA or BETA level packages which are part of the Cooker distribution. Normally you want to avoid these if possible. Make sure that you can go into the configuration and update the list

[expert] test - ignore

2000-12-14 Thread Praedor Tempus
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Re: [expert] KDE 2.0.1 Konqueror

2000-12-14 Thread Al Baker
I'm waiting for KDE 2.1 The .0's are always unstable. --- RedRat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List! After having some trouble with updateing KDE2 to KDE2.0.1 I uninstalled all KDE packages and installed the new KDE2.0.1 packages. Nearly everthing went fine and I got nearly no