Re: [expert] ACPI et Mandrake 9.0

2002-12-20 Thread Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas
On Sex 20 Dez 2002 07:15, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pena que eu não fale (escreva em) Francês! Serve Português? Ricardo > J'ai installe la Mandrake 9.0 sur mon portable medion. Celui-ci ne supporte > que l'ACPI. J'ai donc installe le nouveau noyau 2.4.20. Tout semble bien > fonctionner sauf la ba

Re: [expert] mail client

2002-12-20 Thread Jack Coates
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 18:36, Toshiro wrote: > > > Yes. I have tried other mail clients and have always gone back to Kmail. > > > It has never ever crashed on me or given me any problems. I have also > > > used pine, evolution (yuck...and no way to order mail by date?), > > > > don't know what be

Re: [expert] mail client

2002-12-20 Thread Toshiro
> > Yes. I have tried other mail clients and have always gone back to Kmail. > > It has never ever crashed on me or given me any problems. I have also > > used pine, evolution (yuck...and no way to order mail by date?), > > don't know what beta you were on, but 1.0.2 orders by date by default. >

Re: [expert] test command

2002-12-20 Thread ath1410
Tks Mr.miLosh & Mr.Dean, (B (BThis problem is getting clear now. However, let me please (Bask one more question that still remains in me. (B (BMr.miLosh advised; (B (B>first of all, in the '-z' example u r giving a string, (B>whic

[expert] Adding a DVD/CDR combo in 9.0

2002-12-20 Thread John Haywood
I've just added a DVD(ro)/CDR combo drive in to my system, and I thought I had configured correctly: /dev/cdrom is linked to cdroms/cdrom0, which is linked to ../scsi/host0/bus0/target2/lun0/cd the scsi modules are loaded, but ... 1. cdrecord -scanbus errors 2. no dvd any ideas or url? The dv

[expert] samba upgrade

2002-12-20 Thread Norman Zhang
Hi, LM 9.0 can setup to authenticate using winbind. When I do wbinfo -u, only users of my NT domain is listed, e.g., user_a user_b ... Now I upgrade to 2.2.7 using Mandrake update, and wbinfo -u, I see e.g., DOMAIN\user_a DOMAIN\user_b ... How do I make DOMAIN go away? Regards, Norman Want

Re: [expert] boot partition

2002-12-20 Thread Norman Zhang
I resolved this by moving the service partition to /sdb1 and reinstall LM 9.0 to /sda1. LILO then boots fine. Norman - Original Message - From: "Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, December 16, 2002 4:26 PM Subject: [expert] boot partition > I have an

Re: [expert] can anyone advise on Prism 2.5 based PCI card configuration?

2002-12-20 Thread Simon Ree
Mcleod, Ian ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > Running Mandrake 9.0 > > any pointers on getting a Dlink MA311 Prism 2.5 PCI based card working under > Mandrake? > > No luck yet - hardware list displays the card - but nothing beyond that.. > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go

Re: [expert] Installation just stops! ?? help!

2002-12-20 Thread Jim C
I once burned a Mandrake distro at 14X and later discovered that the media was only rated for 8X. Pushy bastard that I am, I reburned it at 10X and it came out fine. ;-) Anyway the install problems with the improperly burned CDs were similar to those described. So, ya, could be bad CDs. Mar

Re: [expert] DVD wierdness - An even wierder solution

2002-12-20 Thread Robert Goshko
Now it is working, and the solution doesn't make complete sense: I checked around on the web to see if there awas a Firmware upgrade for my DVD/CD-RW drive, I didn't find one, but I did find a firmware "hack" that disabled the region locking on my drive. After applying this, it can now read

Re: [expert] test command

2002-12-20 Thread Dean S. Messing
:: Tks for reply. :: :: I understand the way $test -z "" returns 0 and $test -n "" returns 1. :: :: What's puzzling me here is this. :: :: $test -z (there is no space after -z, no argment) returns 0 which means :: 'test command thinks no argment equals to the :: empty string'. :: ::

Re: [expert] Can't find my D: and E: ANOTHER THING

2002-12-20 Thread Gonzalo Avaria
Hi guys, well i was reading the answer that jim wrote and noted that you say that a laptop don't connect with sftp??? i don't have a laptop but will need one, because i'm going to do a Ph. D. outside and i'm going to buy a laptop because i cannot take mi box with me. So i need to know if there

Re: [expert] Can't find my D: and E:

2002-12-20 Thread Jim C
What it has to do with Linux is that it is a side effect of Linux installation and should be dealt with accordingly for newbie-help / ease-of-use reasons. C'mon guys. Don't be so territorial. ;-) We don't need to bristle up every time the M-word is mentioned. I mean surely we open source folk

Re: [expert] test command

2002-12-20 Thread milosh
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 12:48:01PM +0100, jipe wrote: > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:18:10 +0900 > "ath1410" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > $test -z (there is no space after -z, no argment) returns 0 which means 'test >command thinks no argment equals to the > > empty string'. > > > > However, $te

RE: [expert] IRC Chat server software

2002-12-20 Thread Franki
I'd be really interested in that also.. I would like to create a company IRC server for the IT team... encrypted would be great too.. Also, being able to access from remote locations on a secure encrypted channel would be necessary.. Anyone that could help with this would be fantastic.. If you

Re: [expert] IRC Chat server software

2002-12-20 Thread Vincent Danen
On Friday, December 20, 2002, at 06:16 AM, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: All; I need to set up a small (private) IRC Chat server. Can anyone recommend any good software? I used the package just called irc, version 2.10.3p1. Might also be called ircd; not sure where I grabbed it, and a certain patch f

Re: [expert] problem with sound on mkd9 install

2002-12-20 Thread Stefano Pogliani
The HW list in the Control Centre DOES NOT display my Card. Nothing ! Actually, when I add the cs4232 module to modules.conf (as I was doing with MDK 8.2...), it does not make any difference too. My card, a Crystal Sound 4232 is not recognized. When I use sndconfig (outside of the X Windows envi

Re: RE: [expert] Can't find my D: and E:

2002-12-20 Thread Lorne
On Friday 20 December 2002 01:01 am, Emily Chan wrote: > sorry guys, as I have the same email address registered to different > mailing list, just made a mistake by carelessness. Sorry if i have > disturbed you guys! > Well since you are here booting to DOS chances are you will NOT see those p

Re: [expert] problem with sound on mkd9 install

2002-12-20 Thread J. Grant
Hi, It is working currently, after changing the module to es1968 specifically in mdk control centre (which updated /etc/modules.conf) David Bowie is playing a reasonable speed again :) JG J. Grant wrote: Hi, I am having problems getting perminant sound out of my laptop the spec is as follows:

Re: [expert] problem with sound on mkd9 install

2002-12-20 Thread J. Grant
Hi, It is working currently, after changing the module to es1968 specifically in mdk control centre (which updated /etc/modules.conf) David Bowie is playing a reasonable speed again :) JG J. Grant wrote: Hi, I am having problems getting perminant sound out of my laptop the spec is as follows:

[expert] DVD wierdness

2002-12-20 Thread Robert Goshko
Greetings all, I have a home brew DVD-R (general) that I have burned with a pile-o-files, but my Linux machine is having trouble reading the files from the disc. Drive info: Model=TOSHIBA DVD-ROM SD-R2002, FwRev=1Q35, SerialNo= Config={ Fixed Removeable DTR<=5Mbs DTR>10Mbs nonMagnetic

Re: [expert] Installation just stops! ?? help!

2002-12-20 Thread flacycads
Hmm.. Since it happened with 8.2 also, here's another thing I thought of. Since you changed boards, have you checked the new bios, and made sure the "PNP" OS is not selected. That's the usual default setting, and that will hang a Mandrake install. On Friday 20 December 2002 09:29 am, Mark Weave

Re: [expert] image editor for postscript?

2002-12-20 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 19 December 2002 06:56 pm, H. Narfi Stefansson wrote: > Quoting Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: [...] > > I am having a major problem trying to edit a postscript image. I have a > > journal article, pdf format, that I've converted t

Re: [expert] IRC Chat server software

2002-12-20 Thread Brian
Eggdrop is a pretty solid bot. Can authenticate users on multiple channels, kick and ban unwanted people and keep track of who attempts to attack the bot. Does not require you to have a workstation running just to keep bot alive as bot runs from any server. On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 10:15:45 -0500 "T

Re: [expert] Installation just stops! ?? help!

2002-12-20 Thread Mark Weaver
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Mark Weaver wrote: > > >> Hi List, >> >> I've got a good one. The machine is a Dell Optiplex >> GX100/Cel566Mhz/128MB SDRAM - (2) IDE HDD. I've had Mandrake >> installed on this machine before, but due to some mother board >> troubles I had to have th

Re: [expert] IRC Chat server software

2002-12-20 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Jack Coates wrote: On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 05:16, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: All; I need to set up a small (private) IRC Chat server. Can anyone recommend any good software? Thanks! I've always just used ircd -- easy like pie. The challenge is in choosing and configuring a bot :-) One more th

Re: [expert] IRC Chat server software

2002-12-20 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
Jack Coates wrote: On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 05:16, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: All; I need to set up a small (private) IRC Chat server. Can anyone recommend any good software? Thanks! I've always just used ircd -- easy like pie. The challenge is in choosing and configuring a bot :-) Thanks! I'm

Re: [expert] IRC Chat server software

2002-12-20 Thread Jack Coates
On Fri, 2002-12-20 at 05:16, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > All; > I need to set up a small (private) IRC Chat server. Can anyone recommend > any good software? > > Thanks! I've always just used ircd -- easy like pie. The challenge is in choosing and configuring a bot :-) -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A

Re: [expert] Installation just stops! ?? help!

2002-12-20 Thread kwan
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002, Mark Weaver wrote: > Hi List, > > I've got a good one. The machine is a Dell Optiplex > GX100/Cel566Mhz/128MB SDRAM - (2) IDE HDD. I've had Mandrake installed > on this machine before, but due to some mother board troubles I had to > have the board replaced. Since placing

Re: [expert] Installation just stops! ?? help!

2002-12-20 Thread Mark Weaver
flacycads wrote: > Mark, This is simplistic, but do other cdroms work in that machine? > If so, the first thing I would check is for finger smudges or > scratches on your cdrom disk. I've had installs stop, and rejection > of cd-2 or cd-3 when asked for them. I couldn't figure it out, until > I cle

Re: [expert] Installation just stops! ?? help!

2002-12-20 Thread flacycads
Mark, This is simplistic, but do other cdroms work in that machine? If so, the first thing I would check is for finger smudges or scratches on your cdrom disk. I've had installs stop, and rejection of cd-2 or cd-3 when asked for them. I couldn't figure it out, until I cleaned off the cdrom of sm

[expert] Installation just stops! ?? help!

2002-12-20 Thread Mark Weaver
Hi List, I've got a good one. The machine is a Dell Optiplex GX100/Cel566Mhz/128MB SDRAM - (2) IDE HDD. I've had Mandrake installed on this machine before, but due to some mother board troubles I had to have the board replaced. Since placing the new mobo into the machine though I've not been a

[expert] problem with sound on mkd9 install

2002-12-20 Thread J. Grant
Hi, I am having problems getting perminant sound out of my laptop the spec is as follows: Laptop Adagio (38W2) Same as DELL Inspiron 7500 Purchased June 2001 ESS Technology ES1978 Maestro 2E (rev 10) maestro: Configuring ESS Maestro 2E found at IO 0x1400 IRQ 7 maestro: subvendor id: 0x001114c0

[expert] IRC Chat server software

2002-12-20 Thread Tibbetts, Ric
All; I need to set up a small (private) IRC Chat server. Can anyone recommend any good software? Thanks! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: Re: [expert] Western digital drives don't work?/maximumcapacity

2002-12-20 Thread falcaraz
A 80Gb WD is runing fine for me. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: Lorne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fecha: Miércoles, Diciembre 18, 2002 2:50 am Asunto: Re: [expert] Western digital drives don't work?/maximum capacity > On Tuesday 17 December 2002 12:07 pm, Todd

Re: [expert] test command

2002-12-20 Thread jipe
On Fri, 20 Dec 2002 18:18:10 +0900 "ath1410" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Tks for reply. > > I understand the way $test -z "" returns 0 and $test -n "" returns 1. > > What's puzzling me here is this. > > $test -z (there is no space after -z, no argment) returns 0 which means 'test >command thi

Re: [expert] Drowning Servers..... Literally.

2002-12-20 Thread Ron Stodden
James T. Nelson III wrote: A quick google search for 'circuit board cleaner' turned up some results that might help you. I hope all of the googlers here are well aware of the new google viewer (could replace bugzilla!) and the new google image search (try a search on your surname!). Just w

[expert] ACPI et Mandrake 9.0

2002-12-20 Thread TornieriC
J'ai installe la Mandrake 9.0 sur mon portable medion. Celui-ci ne supporte que l'ACPI. J'ai donc installe le nouveau noyau 2.4.20. Tout semble bien fonctionner sauf la batterie. En effet, lorsque j'essaie de lire les informations de la batterie (cat /proc/acpi/battery/...), dans la plupart des

Re: [expert] test command

2002-12-20 Thread ath1410
Tks for reply. (B (BI understand the way $test -z "" returns 0 and $test -n "" returns 1. (B (BWhat's puzzling me here is this. (B (B$test -z (there is no space after -z, no argment) returns 0 which means 'test command (Bthinks no argment equals to the (Bempty string'. (B (BHowever, $tes

Re: RE: [expert] Can't find my D: and E:

2002-12-20 Thread Emily Chan
sorry guys, as I have the same email address registered to different mailing list, just made a mistake by carelessness. Sorry if i have disturbed you guys! -Original Message- From: "Mcleod, Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Fri, 20 Dec 2002 17:2