Re: linux subsystems testing WAS: Re: [expert] is 'nopentium' same as 'mem=nopentium'?

2002-07-08 Thread James
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 17:11:44 -0700 Todd Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > dfox wrote on Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 10:53:12AM -0700 : > > Well, looking at the burnK7 (or other portions of cpuburn) I was > > very skeptical as to how it could really stress the system, as it > > ks

Re: [expert] Flashing 'D' on console! What the heck?!?

2002-07-08 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 22:17, J. Craig Woods wrote: > "Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas" wrote: > > > > Hi there! > > > > Once is a while I got a flashing D (green) on the console! > > Does anyone know about that? > > It's rather strange > > > > As I got a ADSL 24x7 (well, at least I try to...

Re: [expert] poor swap activation with kernel 2.4.18-8.2

2002-07-08 Thread Damian G
On Mon, 08 Jul 2002 19:39:05 -0600 Terry Tremaine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I upgraded to kernel 2.4.18-8.2 recently and discovered that it does not manage swap >properly. All kernel messages seem correct on boot up but it just doesn't work. Does >anyone know a workaround for this

Re: [expert] Flashing 'D' on console! What the heck?!?

2002-07-08 Thread Damian G
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 21:39:09 -0300 (BRT) "Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi there! > > Once is a while I got a flashing D (green) on the console! > Does anyone know about that? > It's rather strange > > As I got a ADSL 24x7 (well, at least I try to...) I'm conce

Re: [expert] Flashing 'D' on console! What the heck?!?

2002-07-08 Thread J. Craig Woods
"Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas" wrote: > > Hi there! > > Once is a while I got a flashing D (green) on the console! > Does anyone know about that? > It's rather strange > > As I got a ADSL 24x7 (well, at least I try to...) I'm concerned about > being compromised! > > Any hints? > Could

[expert] poor swap activation with kernel 2.4.18-8.2

2002-07-08 Thread Terry Tremaine
Hello   I upgraded to kernel 2.4.18-8.2 recently and discovered that it does not manage swap properly. All kernel messages seem correct on boot up but it just doesn't work. Does anyone know a workaround for this or perhaps there is a script that gets malconfigured on rpm installation of the

Re: linux subsystems testing WAS: Re: [expert] is 'nopentium' same as 'mem=nopentium'?

2002-07-08 Thread Todd Lyons
dfox wrote on Sun, Jul 07, 2002 at 10:53:12AM -0700 : > Well, looking at the burnK7 (or other portions of cpuburn) I was > very skeptical as to how it could really stress the system, as it > ks just a couple of floating point instructions in an endless > loop. But from others' input, it seems to

Re: [expert] setting up sound in 8.2

2002-07-08 Thread Darren King
I am still trying to get harddrake to see my sound cards. lspcidrake sees it, the modules load ok but nothing in harddrake about any sound cards. BTW, my sounds card is sharing a irq (11) with 2 ethernet cards and a scsi card...is this kosher? anyone know the syntax to change the irq for the so

RE: [expert] file size limit exceeded error part 2

2002-07-08 Thread Darren King
That's it guys...thanks. the ulimit command only affected the root user, not the other users. very odd file size limit...100MB. Darren On Tue, 2002-07-09 at 01:16, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > The file you're looking for is: /etc/security/limits.conf > There is a line in there that limits file size

Re: [expert] setting up sound in 8.2

2002-07-08 Thread Jussi Aalto
On Monday 08 July 2002 03:02, James wrote: > > Ah... OK I just started using KDE So I could know what others > are needing/doing. Windowmaker was pleasantly silent. > For a pleasantly silent KDE, the trick is in sound server settings/sound I/O (KDE Control Center). Cheers, J. Want t

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-08 Thread Balaji Ramani
Open kcontrol. Under Window Behaviour you will find settings for Xinerama. Balaji On Monday 08 July 2002 15:21 pm, Dean S. Messing wrote: > I'm at my wits end regarding kde and xinerama. > > I've got the two heads running just fine. > I've got the virtual desktop running under a single > KDE in

RE: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-08 Thread JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)
My understanding is that KDE is not currently fully xinerama aware. One of the features for 3.1 is to enhance this. You can see who is working on this as well as get status at http://developer.kde.org/development-versions/kde-3.1-features.html There was also a brief discussion about xinerama and

[expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-08 Thread Dean S. Messing
I'm at my wits end regarding kde and xinerama. I've got the two heads running just fine. I've got the virtual desktop running under a single KDE invocation (KDE-2.2.2) so I can slide a window across screens. But there is some very annoying behaviour that I can't seem to rid myself of. In parti

Re: [expert] Good Exchange replacement

2002-07-08 Thread Hoyt
On Monday 08 July 2002 12:47 pm, Tommy Eaton wrote: > Hello, > > Can any of you recommend a good replacement for Microsoft Exchange? I have > been eyeing Samsung Contact (OpenMail based), especially because it would > support Outlook users (enterprise calendar, delegates, contacts, web > access,

Re: [expert] Good Exchange replacement

2002-07-08 Thread James
On Mon, 8 Jul 2002 12:47:58 -0400 Tommy Eaton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > Hello, > > Can any of you recommend a good replacement for Microsoft Exchange? I > have been eyeing Samsung Contact (OpenMail based), especially because > it would support Outlook users (enterpri

[expert] Good Exchange replacement

2002-07-08 Thread Tommy Eaton
Hello,   Can any of you recommend a good replacement for Microsoft Exchange?  I have been eyeing Samsung Contact (OpenMail based), especially because it would support Outlook users (enterprise calendar, delegates, contacts, web access, etc) in our mainly MS environment.  Obviously somethi

RE: [expert] file size limit exceeded error part 2

2002-07-08 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
The file you're looking for is: /etc/security/limits.conf There is a line in there that limits file size. Just increase it as needed. I do not recommend commenting it out, doing so could jepordize your system. Ric > >Well> > >I checked the temp directory for this app and the files are being

Re: [expert] file size limit exceeded error

2002-07-08 Thread ai4a
Darren King wrote: > > I am running 8.2 and using reiserfs. I use a P2P application for > (legal) file sharing. > > I am having a problem with my app but it points to the osit happens > at the same time, all the time. At the exact same point of trying to > write a 136 (approx) MB file, I g

Re: [expert] file size limit exceeded error part 2

2002-07-08 Thread Damian G
On 08 Jul 2002 21:33:03 +1000 Darren King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well > > I checked the temp directory for this app and the files are being > truncated at exactly 100MB. So it seems that my file size limit is > 100MB. Where do I change this for the system? are you absolutely sure th

Re: [expert] file size limit exceeded error part 2

2002-07-08 Thread Darren King
Well I checked the temp directory for this app and the files are being truncated at exactly 100MB. So it seems that my file size limit is 100MB. Where do I change this for the system? Darren On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 21:11, Darren King wrote: > I am running 8.2 and using reiserfs. I use a P2

[expert] file size limit exceeded error

2002-07-08 Thread Darren King
I am running 8.2 and using reiserfs. I use a P2P application for (legal) file sharing. I am having a problem with my app but it points to the osit happens at the same time, all the time. At the exact same point of trying to write a 136 (approx) MB file, I get that error and the app quits.

Re: [expert] setting up sound in 8.2

2002-07-08 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On an old sound blaster type card I had once, there were some pins for attaching the motherboard speaker output direct to the sound card. For louder beeps I guess! BillK On Mon, 2002-07-08 at 13:46, J. Craig Woods wrote: > James wrote: > > > > On 08 Jul 2002 12:45:26 +1000 > > Darren King <[EM