Re: [expert] Problems I haven't gotten a hold on.

2002-11-04 Thread Jack Coates
On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 21:43, James Sparenberg wrote: > All. > > Some problems with 9.0 > > 1. On a total of 6 different boxes whenever the cursor is over the > "open" areas of the desktop. I always get a clock Icon. As soon as it > goes back over an application it seems to work just fine. A

[expert] Problems I haven't gotten a hold on.

2002-11-04 Thread James Sparenberg
All. Some problems with 9.0 1. On a total of 6 different boxes whenever the cursor is over the "open" areas of the desktop. I always get a clock Icon. As soon as it goes back over an application it seems to work just fine. Annoying but not problematic. 2. In 1024x768 mode you can't have 1

[expert] gamepad with sb-awe 32 gameport

2002-11-04 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi ListMates! I took I look but didn't find a reasonable how-to to follow in order to put available my gamepad via gameport on my soublaster isa card AWE32. I had to use sndconfig to setup my sound card, which works smoothly. However under MDK 9.0 I cannot see anymore /etc/isapn

[expert] Re: 15 X wierdness - Was: Server shuts down

2002-11-04 Thread Jim C
Man, oh man... 15 different kinds of wierdness... Jim C wrote: When it "shuts down" what happens if you try to ssh into it. If it's a No response. Were talkin total lockup here. I have to restart. It is not a webserver. suspect that perhaps apm or APIC (hope I got the right acronym here.) i

RE: [expert] Problems with Sound Blaster Live!

2002-11-04 Thread Mcleod, Ian
did the EAX eventually get implemented? This is one reason I decided to ditch Sound Blaster - the features were never supported under Linux and SB did not seem very supportive - unless this has changed in the last few years? -Original Message- From: James Sparenberg [mailto:james@;opencou

Re: [expert] apache... url redirect to file...

2002-11-04 Thread James Sparenberg
On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 15:41, Todd Lyons wrote: > Franki wrote on Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 03:20:11PM +0800 : > > > > I have just been told I need to get apache to redirect a domain name it > > answers to to a specific file.. > > http://sub.domain.com to be redirected to > > http://sub.domain.com/cgi-b

Re: [expert] how to change the size of icons on desktop in 9.0

2002-11-04 Thread James Sparenberg
If it's KDE under Control Center (kde not MDK) Look and Feel -- Icons choose the Advanced tab in the window to the left you'll see 5 icon choices the first one Desktop/File Manager is the one you want to highlight, then use the button to the right to choose your size. James On Mon, 2002-11-04

Re: [expert] Problems with Sound Blaster Live!

2002-11-04 Thread James Sparenberg
some info from mine. from modules.conf above snd-emu10k1 snd-pcm-oss alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1 The second line was put in during the 9.0 beta tests because of a runaway sound-slot-1 sound-slot-2 etc etc... Never removed don't know if the bug was squashed or not. As for my loaded modules emu1

Re: [expert] how to change the size of icons on desktop in 9.0

2002-11-04 Thread Philip Webb
021104 Dodd, David J asked how to get the icons on the desktop to be a little smaller and cant find it. > I can change the size of the bottom border but no the top. you don't say what desktop you're using, but it sounds like KDE. there are a lot of icons under /usr/share/icons & some elsewhere a

Re: [expert] motherboard recommendations?

2002-11-04 Thread James Sparenberg
On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 15:00, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Monday November 4 2002 03:48 pm, H. Narfi Stefansson wrote: > > Hi, everybody. > > I managed to fry my motherboard yesterday (bad memory module) and I'm > > therefore looking for a new one. And I was hoping you could help me > > choose one :-) >

RE: [expert] apache... url redirect to file...

2002-11-04 Thread Franki
yup,,, that little box cops a hammering... but even on my hardly loaded XP1800 box, it still takes a second or two.. I thought that the client browser was responsible for actually following meta redirects anyway.. which would mean the server had little to do with the speed of a meta redirect??? th

Re: [expert] thinkpad 600e

2002-11-04 Thread Rolf Pedersen
Michael Holt wrote: Hey all! I've got two questions: 1) [..] 2) Though I've been using Linux for about 4 years, I've never been very successful at compiling my own kernels. I'm interested in simply making changes in my existing kernel. I've loaded the kernel sources and followed the direc

Re: [expert] apache... url redirect to file...

2002-11-04 Thread Todd Lyons
Franki wrote on Tue, Nov 05, 2002 at 08:43:40AM +0800 : > yeah, I considered meta tags, but I really would prefer the changeover to be > unnoticable, and meta tags always take a few secs to kick in... It sounds like your server is kinda heavily loaded. > I got it sussed, I setup a virt host and s

RE: [expert] apache... url redirect to file...

2002-11-04 Thread Franki
yeah, I considered meta tags, but I really would prefer the changeover to be unnoticable, and meta tags always take a few secs to kick in... I got it sussed, I setup a virt host and set apache up to redirect the subdomain to the script.. it works, and its instant. rgds Frank -Original Mes

Re: [expert] Irda & laptop & Palm

2002-11-04 Thread Tommy Wareing
On Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 09:13:05PM +0100, Joan Tur wrote: > I was wondering if it is possible to sync a Palm m515 through Irda. > > I don't know if irda is working in my laptop (I haven't used it)... how can I > check Irda's support is installed and working ?? > > Thanks in advance ! ;) > - --

Re: [expert] Changing GUI login to CLI login

2002-11-04 Thread Todd Lyons
Brian York wrote on Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 12:42:53PM -0500 : > How can I change the login at bootup from GUI to CLI login at the CL? One line command: perl -pi -e 's/^id:5/id:3/' /etc/inittab Blue skies... Todd -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Security is like an onion. I

Re: [expert] kcore file

2002-11-04 Thread Todd Lyons
Tony S. Sykes wrote on Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 04:24:28PM - : > Thanks, that will be my first point of call when I get home. Keep in mind that we have no idea what your partitioning scheme looks like. If /var is a seperate partition, then that has no impact on the amount of space being used on t

[expert] cdrecord & mitsumi drives

2002-11-04 Thread Piero Piutti
Does anybody know if it is possible to burn a cd-r in DAO mode with cdrecord and a mitsumi cr-4804 te burner (and how)? I know that the drive actually supports DAO 'cos I have burned hundred of DAO cds with this burner under Windows... Every time I try to burn in DAO mode this is what I get tol

Re: [expert] Problems with ethernet on startup?

2002-11-04 Thread Todd Lyons
Alex Bennee wrote on Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 12:19:26PM + : > Has anyone else been experiencing problems with ethernet on boot? > Basically I have been unable to get DHCP based configuration working, > probably because the network card doesn't start cleanly. I can resolve On my machine, I passed

Re: [expert] apache... url redirect to file...

2002-11-04 Thread Todd Lyons
Franki wrote on Mon, Nov 04, 2002 at 03:20:11PM +0800 : > > I have just been told I need to get apache to redirect a domain name it > answers to to a specific file.. > http://sub.domain.com to be redirected to > http://sub.domain.com/cgi-bin/myscript.cgi [root@Galaxy html]# pwd /var/www/html [roo

Re: [expert] motherboard recommendations?

2002-11-04 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday November 4 2002 03:48 pm, H. Narfi Stefansson wrote: > Hi, everybody. > I managed to fry my motherboard yesterday (bad memory module) and I'm > therefore looking for a new one. And I was hoping you could help me > choose one :-) A bad stick of memory is incapable of fryin your mother

Re: [expert] Problems with Sound Blaster Live!

2002-11-04 Thread Mikko Lipasti
Hi, My hunch is that Andre and Alice have different hardware versions of the Live! card. Could you guys post a 'lspci -vvn' just to make sure? Andre, have you tried to contact Creative (or Dell) about this? Back in 1999 (or so) I had problems with an internal ISDN card. It turned out that the man

[expert] motherboard recommendations?

2002-11-04 Thread H. Narfi Stefansson
Hi, everybody. I managed to fry my motherboard yesterday (bad memory module) and I'm therefore looking for a new one. And I was hoping you could help me choose one :-) I'm looking for a motherboard for an Athlon, most likely based on the KT333 or the KT400 chipset and I'm very interested in hea

[expert] how to change the size of icons on desktop in 9.0

2002-11-04 Thread Dodd, David J
I was trying to get the icons on the desktop to be a little smaller and cant find it. I can change the size of the bottom border but no the top any ideas. thanks dave Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Irda & laptop & Palm

2002-11-04 Thread James Sparenberg
Don't know if you read this one but it does contain info on the Palm III and laptop IRDA (which should be similar) http://mobilix.org/Infrared-HOWTO/Infrared-HOWTO.html James On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 12:13, Joan Tur wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hallo! > > I was won

Re: [expert] How Do I Add a Scanner to scannerdrake?

2002-11-04 Thread HoytDuff
On Sunday 03 November 2002 10:00 pm, Igor Izyumin scribbled in crayon on a yellow legal pad: > > but the scanner does not show up in the displayed list in drakconf. > > Are you trying to configure the scanner or modify scannerdrake to support a > scanner it doesn't already? If you want the latter,

[expert] Irda & laptop & Palm

2002-11-04 Thread Joan Tur
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hallo! I was wondering if it is possible to sync a Palm m515 through Irda. I don't know if irda is working in my laptop (I haven't used it)... how can I check Irda's support is installed and working ?? Thanks in advance ! ;) - -- Joan Tur. Eivi

[expert] emacs-php-mode

2002-11-04 Thread Luca Ognibene
Mandrake 9.0 [luogni@localhost sKaBoy]$ rpm -q emacs-php-mode emacs-php-mode-102-3mdk don't works!!! Emacs doesn't load this mode! others mode works fine.. If i use xemacs php-mode works! Can you help me? (i'm not subscribed to this ml, please answer also to mine address) Want to buy your P

Re: [expert] Problems with Sound Blaster Live!

2002-11-04 Thread Alice Lafox
On 4 îÏÑÂÒØ 2002 20:28, Andre Parodi wrote: > Hi, > > thanks for the reply. > > I added the two lines you indicated to my modules.conf but still no luck. I > now have the following message in dmesg: > EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy did you try restart sound? > > Also the sound

Re: [expert] Samba, Nautilus, Lisa and Konqueror (MDK 9.0)

2002-11-04 Thread Larry Sword
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: |Hi List! | |If I use LinNeighbourhood or Xsmbrowser, my Linux-Integration is |perfect (via mounting samba partitions). From Windoze to Linux even |better! However, using konqueror with Lisa configured, I can ac

Re: [expert] Problems with Sound Blaster Live!

2002-11-04 Thread Andre Parodi
Hi, thanks for the reply. I added the two lines you indicated to my modules.conf but still no luck. I now have the following message in dmesg: EMU10K1/Audigy soundcard not found or device busy Also the sound card works in windows so i guess that should rule out a badly installed card. I even c

Re: [expert] Pinnacle PCTV card jamed

2002-11-04 Thread James Sparenberg
On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 10:11, tomaja wrote: > I have installed my Pinnacle PCTV card on Mandrake LInux 9.0 > It seems to be recognized but I can`t change channels > > When i set tv program in Windows I can`t change it till return to WIndows > I also have Nvidia Geforce 2MX video card and I`m using

Re: [expert] Ive been hacked!

2002-11-04 Thread Mark Weaver
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 15:26, Bill Beauchemin wrote: I wasa running a much older version of apache and openssl that i thought were ok but no I guess this hack works with even the old stuff. I also didnt think somebody would be interested in my little private home email

Re: [expert] Changing GUI login to CLI login

2002-11-04 Thread Miark
Run the Mandrake Control Center. Click "Boot", then "Boot Config". Then look at the System mode box (the bottom box). Miark On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 12:42:53 -0500 Brian York <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How can I change the login at bootup from GUI to CLI login at the CL? > > Thanks > Brian >

Re: [expert] Problems with Sound Blaster Live!

2002-11-04 Thread Alice Lafox
On 4 îÏÑÂÒØ 2002 17:06, Andre P. wrote: > Hi, > > As suggested by Mikko, I have tried running modprobe emu10k1 but it is not > loading the module because it cannot find the device: > > -- > # modprobe emu10k1 > /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: > init_modu

RE: [expert] Changing GUI login to CLI login

2002-11-04 Thread JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)
  I know there's a setting in the Mandrake Control Center that allows you to do this via a gui, but all you really need to do is edit /etc/inittab and change the line   id:5:initdefault:   to   id:3:initdefault:   The line is right near the top.   On 8.2, the setting to do this via the G

[expert] Changing GUI login to CLI login

2002-11-04 Thread Brian York
How can I change the login at bootup from GUI to CLI login at the CL?   Thanks Brian

[expert] Pinnacle PCTV card jamed

2002-11-04 Thread tomaja
I have installed my Pinnacle PCTV card on Mandrake LInux 9.0 It seems to be recognized but I can`t change channels When i set tv program in Windows I can`t change it till return to WIndows I also have Nvidia Geforce 2MX video card and I`m using xawtv and Zapping but the problem is the same with b

Re: [expert] trouble with wireless card

2002-11-04 Thread Simon Ree
Yes, Make sure your wireless card is plugged in. command line su cardctl ident That will display your cards manfid. Just change the entry in the hermes conf file to the proper manfid. The description of the card does not matter, call it whatever you like. ie: card "Netgear MA something or o

RE: [expert] kcore file

2002-11-04 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Thanks, that will be my first point of call when I get home. -Original Message- From: Ádám Csongor [mailto:adam_csongor@;seznam.cz] Sent: Monday, November 04, 2002 4:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] kcore file Hi On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 15:24:37 - "Tony S. Sykes" <[EMAIL

Re: [expert] kcore file

2002-11-04 Thread Ádám Csongor
Hi On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 15:24:37 - "Tony S. Sykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ezt juttatta postaladamba: > I will have to look now for > the real perpetrator. Look at the size of /var/log, as it is growing all the time it is quite often the reason of filling hard drives especially on a server... Cso

RE: [expert] kcore file

2002-11-04 Thread Tony S. Sykes
Csongor, Thanks for that, that would explain the size as my memory is 512mb. I don't use the / directory much, but it has become 100%, and the /proc/kcore file looked the likely culprit. I will have to look now for the real perpetrator. Thanks, Tony. -Original Message- From: Ádám Csongo

Re: [expert] Created rml's preempt patch for Dolphin (9.0)

2002-11-04 Thread Jack Coates
On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 06:32, Alex Bennee wrote: > Does anyone know if Mandrake are intending to add this patch to their > 2.4 kernels at a later date? There are preempt-enabled kernels in testing at Mandrake Club, not sure about MDK's intentions but I would expect that they're watching the club t

Re: [expert] kcore file

2002-11-04 Thread Ádám Csongor
Hi On Mon, 4 Nov 2002 14:40:50 - "Tony S. Sykes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > kcore file has grown to take up all available space on /. I suspect you're talking about /proc/kcore. The answer: The whole /proc filesystem is imagenary so it does not take up even one Kb on your hard drive. Kcore

Re: [expert] Problems with Sound Blaster Live!

2002-11-04 Thread Andre P.
Hi, As suggested by Mikko, I have tried running modprobe emu10k1 but it is not loading the module because it cannot find the device: -- # modprobe emu10k1 /lib/modules/2.4.19-16mdk/kernel/drivers/sound/emu10k1/emu10k1.o.gz: init_module: No such device Hint: insmod errors can be caused b

Re: [expert] Problems with ethernet on startup?

2002-11-04 Thread Mikko Lipasti
Hi Alex, If it's rated 10/100, it'd imply auto-sensing. Of course it could be broken or something. Are the cables you use high quality? That's another thing I'd check out... I've got some rtl8139 clone cards as well, but none of them are integrated, and implementations vary, of course. I've never

[expert] kcore file

2002-11-04 Thread Tony S. Sykes
I think I have posted this before but never got an answer, ended up installing MDK9.0 instead. The same problem has happened again. The kcore file has grown to take up all available space on /. What does it get filled up with? I know it gets created on every boot, so how can I stop it from growing

[expert] Created rml's preempt patch for Dolphin (9.0)

2002-11-04 Thread Alex Bennee
Hi, I was getting annoyed with xmms skipping badly when ever I was doing anything heavy with my machine (kernel compile or copying from CDROM). I suspect heavy I/O load. I've applied Robert Loves preemptable kernel patch to the stock Dolphin (9.0) kernel (2.4.19-16mdk). The only differences where

Re: [expert] MDK 9 & Sony Clié

2002-11-04 Thread Simon Ree
Hi, What model? My clie T415 works fine with the USB cradle. What does dmesg say when you plug it in and hit the hotsync? What version of jpilot and pilot-xfer? Regards, Simon Ree [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 02 Nov 2002 15:44:39 -0300 Toshiro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Anybody know how to synchron

Re: [expert] ip-masquering rpms

2002-11-04 Thread Francisco Alcaraz Ariza
Thanks a lot Mikko; I will try to make the changes this afternoon Francisco Alcaraz El Lun 04 Nov 2002 13:41, Mikko Lipasti escribió: > Hello Francisco, > > First off: Before editing anything, copy the files you are going to edit > to a safe place (or write them down). If there's something I didn

Re: [expert] Problems with ethernet on startup?

2002-11-04 Thread Alex Bennee
On Mon, 2002-11-04 at 12:48, Mikko Lipasti wrote: > Hello Alex, > > What's the device at the other end of the RJ45 cable? According to > mii-tool manpage, some passive devices (such as one-speed hubs) don't > understand anything about auto-negotiating, which might confuse the nic > or the driver.

[expert] Samba, Nautilus, Lisa and Konqueror (MDK 9.0)

2002-11-04 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi List! If I use LinNeighbourhood or Xsmbrowser, my Linux-Integration is perfect (via mounting samba partitions). From Windoze to Linux even better! However, using konqueror with Lisa configured, I can access Windoze folder remotely, but just this, I can only see files, I cannot copy o

Re: [expert] Problems with ethernet on startup?

2002-11-04 Thread Mikko Lipasti
Hello Alex, What's the device at the other end of the RJ45 cable? According to mii-tool manpage, some passive devices (such as one-speed hubs) don't understand anything about auto-negotiating, which might confuse the nic or the driver. I'd try hooking up with another hub or perhaps to yourself w/

Re: [expert] ip-masquering rpms

2002-11-04 Thread Mikko Lipasti
Hello Francisco, First off: Before editing anything, copy the files you are going to edit to a safe place (or write them down). If there's something I didn't catch off the top of my head, you can always restore your network configs to the state you are in right now. IP Masquerading is a feature

[expert] limiting resources to the remote access.

2002-11-04 Thread Emerson de Mello
I would like to limit the resources (cpu and memory) the remote connections (for ssh). Somebody could inform something to me the respect? Tutorial, how-to, etc.. Thank you, Emerson de Mello BRAZIL ___ Yahoo! GeoCities Tudo pa

[expert] Problems with ethernet on startup?

2002-11-04 Thread Alex Bennee
Has anyone else been experiencing problems with ethernet on boot? Basically I have been unable to get DHCP based configuration working, probably because the network card doesn't start cleanly. I can resolve the problem by doing a: mii-tool -r -v mii-tool -R and waiting 60 seconds or so. Eventuall

Re: [expert] where's pine?

2002-11-04 Thread HoytDuff
On Sunday 03 November 2002 02:02 am, Todd Lyons scribbled in crayon on a yellow legal pad: > No room. Especially for a statically compiled binary. Build it > statically and let me know how big it is (just curious, I don't actually > have any say in it). > > Blue skies... The one us

[expert] Problems with Sound Blaster Live!

2002-11-04 Thread Andre P.
Hi, I have just bought a Dell 8200 Dimension desktop PC with a Creative Sound Blaster Live! PCI sound card. This does not seem to be recognised by Linux. There are no sound devices in the /dev directory (no /dev/dsp, /dev/audio...). I am including the output of lspci -v where you will see the

[expert] ip-masquering rpms

2002-11-04 Thread falcaraz
Dear friends, We have installed IP masquering due to an error in a computer having just a ethernet card directly connected to internet. Now everytime we start linux the default ip, dns, gatewall... is that of the sharing connection (192.168.1.1..); we need to start Mcc and unactivate ip-masq