Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-25 Thread DM
if you can mount the root device to another system, you can look at several logs in /var/log check for boot.log, dmesg, and /var/log/kernel/* --- Bill Beauchemin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I wish I could get a snapshot of what few lines > comne up but it happens so > fast before it reboots.

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-25 Thread Bill Beauchemin
I wish I could get a snapshot of what few lines comne up but it happens so fast before it reboots. Is there a log file of the boot process or is there a way to have it log those lines to a file? On Wednesday 25 July 2001 23:23, you wrote: > hi > > we dont have problem running 2.4.3-20 kernel on

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-25 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
hi we dont have problem running 2.4.3-20 kernel on mandrake 8. i have also just installed 2.4.7 and it went fine. could you give a snap shot of the 'few lines' you are referring to? maybe that will give us a clue. dm --- Pete Jordan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Beauchemin <[EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [expert] xcdroast woes

2001-07-25 Thread jason-snyder
For added info when I run `cdrecord -scanbus` this is what I get: [root@tick RPMS]# cdrecord -scanbus Cdrecord 1.10 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg Schilling Linux sg driver version: 3.1.17 Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' scsibus0: 0,0,0 0) '3ware ' '3w-

[expert] MDK 8 Kernel questions

2001-07-25 Thread Darin Martin
Hi all, I'm currently running Mandrake 8 on a dual Pentium Pro system. It is the firewall/server for my home.. Behind it, are 4 other systems that my family uses so we can all share the DSL line. Currently, its running the default 2.4.3 SMP kernel, but I noticed that on the second CD is a se

Re: [expert] Control key doesn't work properly

2001-07-25 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Dumb question: do the control keys work in console mode? On Wednesday 25 July 2001 11:47, Laurent Duperval wrote: > Hi, > > I'm using LM8.0 with X4.0.3. I'm having problems with my Ctrl key on > my keyboard. There are an number or apps (mainly Java a

[expert] can't watch mpeg movies

2001-07-25 Thread Oscar
Hello, Since I upgraded to MandrakeFreq, I can't watch any mpg movie. I believe the problem is with Xfree86 4.1. The window of the movie appears black. No image. No error messages. Graphics card: Ati Xpert XL Any idea? Thanks óscar.

Re: [expert] extra special dialup script.

2001-07-25 Thread Bryan D Howard
Rusty Carruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > In bash, > > variable=`date` # use options if you want it to make more sense later. > > in PERL: > > my $now = system("date"); Whoops. That exectutes the date command but doesn't capture the output - the output still goes where it normal

RE: [expert] Compiling Samba

2001-07-25 Thread Franki
you don't compile binaries, you compile source.. the easiest way is to download the .src rpm,, then in a console in the same directory as the rpm type rpm --rebuild xxx.xxx.src.rpm (xxx bein the name of the rpm) then go to /usr/src/rpms/i586 (or whatever your cpu type is) and you will find a new

[expert] Compiling Samba

2001-07-25 Thread Albert E. Whale
I have a Linux Mandrake 7.1 Server which cannot be upgraded due to dependencies with the glibc libraries. Can someone please tell me what Configure Command is used to compile the Linux Mandrake Binaries for Samba? -- Albert E. Whale - http://www.abs-comptech.com/aewhale.html

Re: [expert] None existing executable ?

2001-07-25 Thread Bjarne Thomsen
Hello again, I have some more information about the strange problem that I have encountered when trying to run the license manager for a commercial product on LM8.0. Any attempt, directly or indirectly, results in the same strange error message: "no such file or directory". This same program is

Re: [expert] Installation on Compaq presario 1211 (Athlon)

2001-07-25 Thread civileme
On Wednesday 25 July 2001 18:59, Chris Slater-Walker wrote: > Can you disable USB functionality in the BIOS? > > > - Original Message - > From: "Rodolphe Echard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 6:24 PM > Su

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-25 Thread Pete Jordan
Bill Beauchemin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This is nice but i am still unable to get smp to work on my box. Im > almost ready to go back to slackware kernel 2.4.16 which ran smp just > fine. > > When I try to run the smp kernel that mandrake had setup on install it > goes through a few line

Re: [expert] Installation on Compaq presario 1211 (Athlon)

2001-07-25 Thread Chris Slater-Walker
Can you disable USB functionality in the BIOS? - Original Message - From: "Rodolphe Echard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 25, 2001 6:24 PM Subject: RE: [expert] Installation on Compaq presario 1211 (Athlon) > Hi, >

[expert] X Windows mouse issue

2001-07-25 Thread Tom Badran
Ive had this same error when running both xfree86 4.0.3 and 4.1.0 : The mouse is about 20ish pixels to the right of the edge of the screen. This means whenever i need to click on something then i have to click a bit to the right. Its really annoying and setting sw_cursor doesnt help. Im using a

[expert] Control key doesn't work properly

2001-07-25 Thread Laurent Duperval
Hi, I'm using LM8.0 with X4.0.3. I'm having problems with my Ctrl key on my keyboard. There are an number or apps (mainly Java and Tk apps) which don't work correctly because my keyboard mappings seem to be messed up. For example: - With Tk apps, I can't do a Ctrl-Click on a scrollbar's arrow to

[expert] Adding a new SCSI Card - after initial installation

2001-07-25 Thread Stephen Kitchener
Hi, I am having a problem with a SCSI Card that I have added to an already installed Mandrake 7.2 System The system was originally installed as an IDE only system but I have need to use a SCSI CD Writer on the box (It's all we have at present).. The BIOS detects the card and drive ok on boot, a

[expert] Video card recommendations, please - want 2 heads!

2001-07-25 Thread Rusty Carruth
Since 2 heads are better than one, I'm thinking very seriously about getting a new video card for my computer that will allow me to run 2 monitors at once. I know (or I think I know :-) that I could get an AGP card and a PCI card and run them that way, but can I then grab a window (say, an emacs

Re: [expert] gnome-perl Make errors

2001-07-25 Thread Wayne Stout
At 08:17 AM 7/24/2001 -0600, Craig Sprout wrote: >At 09:06 AM 7/24/2001 -0500, Wayne Stout wrote: >>I've searched on rpmfind.net for Xpm and found nothing. I did find the >>xpm (lowercase) package, installed it, and got the same results. > >I'm not 100% certain, but I'd be willing to bet that it

[expert] knotify crashes

2001-07-25 Thread Hoyt
I keep getting messages that knotify crashes with th efollowing info from the KDE crash handler. Any advice? Hoyt (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)... (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols found)... (no debugging symbols found)...(no debugging symbols fo

Re: [expert] Where does it find what modules to load?

2001-07-25 Thread Andrew George
> > This is one of my personal pet peeves with Mandrake/Redhat, as much as I > > do like it. > > > > I was getting quite used to all of the idiosyncrasies of Linuxconf, to > > the point that it became my preferred way of managing & setting up > > systems. This after Mandrake seemed to be incorpor

Re: [expert] Where does it find what modules to load?

2001-07-25 Thread C. H. Close
"Jose M. Sanchez" wrote: snip > As a result, we, the "more experienced" users are left to pour thru > scripts, code & newsgroup messages for several months, fighting to > become accustomed to the new changes. > > Eventually we learn how to track such problems as you've had down... > > Then the

Re: [expert] Upgrading LM 7.2 Samba 2.09 to Samba 2.2.1a Impossible?

2001-07-25 Thread J. C. Woods
Root, I am not sure of where you heard about samba-2.2.1 binary rpm being installed on LMDK7.2 but I must add a few words of caution. Have you upgraded your glibc? I ask this because samba-2.2.1 has the requirement of an installed glibc-2.2 and, unless you did the upgrade, LMDK7.2 comes with glib

RE: [expert] xcdroast woes

2001-07-25 Thread Gregor Maier
On 25-Jul-2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I recently installed a 3ware controller in my system. Seeing that in > order to create a RAID 5 array with this controller you had to wipe out > all drives that are being put into the array and seeing that I have gone > through a number of mdk upgrades w

Re:[expert] Upgrading LM 7.2 Samba 2.09 to Samba 2.2.1a Impossible?

2001-07-25 Thread Daryl Johnson
[snip problem] Well, I'm running LM8 rather than 7.2 but... The method I employed which I found succesful was: 1 Make sure I had the sources available to the distro (/usr/src/linux) 2 I installed cups-1.1.9 from source files ie over the RPM, if nothing else this at least puts a

Re:[expert] Upgrading LM 7.2 Samba 2.09 to Samba 2.2.1a Impossible?

2001-07-25 Thread Daryl Johnson
[snip problem] Well, I'm running LM8 rather than 7.2 but... The method I employed which I found succesful was: 1 Make sure I had the sources available to the distro (/usr/src/linux) 2 I installed cups-1.1.9 from source files ie over the RPM, if nothing else this at least puts a