Re: [expert] Listserve Volume Drop?

2003-06-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Monday 09 Jun 2003 10:56 pm, David Rankin wrote: > Mates, > > I have received only about 10 messages from the listserve in > the past 4 days. That doesn't sound right based upon the list > volume history. Anyone else have this problem? > I would say I was getting between 150 and 200 / day A

Re: [expert] emergency

2003-06-10 Thread charlie
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 09:43 am, Steven Broos sent this :- > So IMHO ext3 is just preferable above ext2. If I'm wrong, correct me > please :-) > > Steven Having used both, I tend to agree that ext3 is superior to ext2. -- In a grove of tall bamboos Beside an ancient temple Steam rolls from the br

[expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi Folks, this request might be off-topic, but might not be. For years now - I have always used Mandrake for Desktop Usage - always bought the boxes, but RedHat for my home server - download edition. However - RedHat has become quite bad IMHO, especially the versions 8.0/9.0 are quite ugly for a

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi Folks, there seems to be a Bug in the list-server. I have sent this message once only ;) Cheers Joerg [...] -- | Joerg Mertin : [EMAIL PROTECTED](Home)| | in Neuchâtel/Schweiz

Re: [expert] Evolution Editor (was Evolution Browser)

2003-06-10 Thread Mark Belanger
On 09 Jun 2003 15:59:38 -0700 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 14:49, Kwan Lowe wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-06-09 at 17:37, Steven Broos wrote: > > > > > > > > http-show=galeon "%s" > > > https-show=galeon "%s" > > > ftp-show=galeon "%s" > > > > On a similar note,

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 10 June 2003 06:37 am, Joerg Mertin wrote: > > So - any hints/tips welcome ... > I have my server running Mandrake 9.0. It runs httpd, samba, nfs, print queu mgmt with cups and a few other things and it has been running for 155 days now without an issue. I was gonna try and upgrade

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi again, On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Tuesday 10 June 2003 06:37 am, Joerg Mertin wrote: > > So - any hints/tips welcome ... > > > I have my server running Mandrake 9.0. It runs httpd, samba, nfs, print queu > mgmt with cups and a few other things and it has been running for 155

Re: [expert] Evolution Editor (was Evolution Browser)

2003-06-10 Thread Steven Broos
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 13:43, Mark Belanger wrote: > > > > http-show=galeon "%s" > > > > https-show=galeon "%s" > > > > ftp-show=galeon "%s" > > > > > > On a similar note, do you know of a way to change the Evolution editor > > > to something else (preferably vim)? > > > > This doesn't work(at lea

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Jason Guidry
I apologize if this is not what you were asking about (my comprehension level is low this morning) but have you looked at mandrake update robot? http://www.cyest.org/modules.php?name=Content&pa=showpage&pid=5 I don't use it (I probably should) but for whatever reason, I know it exists. good lu

Re: [expert] Evolution Editor (was Evolution Browser)

2003-06-10 Thread Kwan Lowe
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 08:46, Steven Broos wrote: > On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 13:43, Mark Belanger wrote: > > > > > http-show=galeon "%s" > > > > > https-show=galeon "%s" > > > > > ftp-show=galeon "%s" > > > > > > > > On a similar note, do you know of a way to change the Evolution editor > > > > to som

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-10 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 09 June 2003 11:35 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: > Since you have a 2700+, and the chart says 2600+ is the max, you might drop > the multiplier to 15, and increase the FSB until it approaches the 2700+ > rating. > Even if you couldn't reach it 2

[expert] PS/2 to USB adapter - can't see mouse

2003-06-10 Thread edoardo
[I apologize if this will show up as duplicate but the original seemed not to reach the list] I have installed linux Mandrake 9.1 on my SONY VAIO GRV6161S Laptop. Since the VAIO has no PS/2 ports I bought the following adapter to attach a PS/2 keyboard and mouse to one of my USB ports : http

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread David Rankin
That's nothing Joerg, I have sent several messages in the last few days and NOTHING has gotten through. Joerg Mertin wrote: > Hi Folks, > > there seems to be a Bug in the list-server. I have sent this message once > only ;) > > Cheers > > Joerg > > [...] > -- > --

RE: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?

2003-06-10 Thread JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)
# cat cdrom.img > /dev/hda I learned a *lot* about Linux that night... David -Original Message- From: Rob Blomquist [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, June 09, 2003 10:32 PM To: Expert Subject: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root? Well, I was trying to correct a f

Re: [expert] mdk 9.1 lilo corrupt mbr with 80 gb hd

2003-06-10 Thread eric huff
> I have also run XP in > another partition, and crashed it often, then reinstalled it, and it has > never reworked the MBR, just put itself back in with out destruction. Is it "safe" to reinstall 98 and XP? I was always told it would reformat your entire drive (wether you wanted it to or not).

[expert] Configuring display on mdk9.1

2003-06-10 Thread Rodrigo Sanchez Olavarria
Dear experts: I have installed mdk9.1, but when I have tried to configure the display, an error message appear: "xfs is not running" and the configuration fails ... (I have a normal viewsonic monitor, nvidia graphics card) (it was working fine in mdk9.0) well, when I started the comput

[expert] tripwire --update problem

2003-06-10 Thread Yalcin Cekic
Hi, I have ML 9.1 box installed "tripwire-2.3.1.2-5mdk" I could run /etc/cron.daily/tripwire-check with no problem. when I want to run "tripwire --update" command it makes an error like ### Error: File could not be opened. ### Filename: ### /var/lib/tripwire/report/testpc

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-10 Thread Robert Crawford
Praedor, Is the bios set to auto detect? Another thought is you might have a weaker power supply than is needed- I ran into that a few times with new cpus. I don't think the kernel would cause your problem- it has to be a hardware configuration/bios setting. What bios did you say you flashed to?

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue Jun 10, 2003 at 12:37:20PM +0200, Joerg Mertin wrote: [...] > So - what I require - is a Server operating system that is not using any > X-Interface for it's configuration. I would do everything by hand too - > but don't care if a curses-based UI exists. I also require an automated > Upd

Re: [expert] Xvidtune

2003-06-10 Thread Miark
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 05:58:19 +0800 Robert Storey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Xvidtune with the "-show" option produces these settings: > > "800x600" 49.50800 816 896 1056600 601 604 625 +hsync > +vsync > > I tried editing file /etc/X11/XF86Config to make these settings pe

[expert] New Con Kolivas 2.4.21-rc7 kernel patch

2003-06-10 Thread Robert Crawford
For those interested, there's a brand new Con Kolivas -ck1 patch against kernel 2.4.21-rc7. I just tried it on Mandrake 9.1, and so far so good, except no supermount (if one cares). I just applied the 2.4.21-rc7 patch to 2.4.20 source (did mrproper first), then applied the ck1 patch, and then d

Re: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?

2003-06-10 Thread Stephlub
> Well, I was trying to correct a few weird permission faults today in my mp3 > server, when I sent a chmod -R 666 * at my home directory. It knocked out my > KDE Desktop, and probably several other things, but luckily I killed it > quick! could be out of topic, but if you chmod -R, you have direc

Re: [expert] new server, old users

2003-06-10 Thread Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva
Hi! Thank you for your script. I had to do some modifications, as follow: #!/bin/bash # kwan:x:500:1000:Kwan Lowe:/home/kwan:/bin/bash IFS=$'\n' for item in `cat /etc/passwd`; do USERNAME=`echo $item | cut -d: -f1` USERID=`echo $item | cut -d: -f3`

Re: [expert] PS/2 to USB adapter - can't see mouse

2003-06-10 Thread Larry Sword
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [I apologize if this will show up as duplicate but the original seemed not to reach the list] I have installed linux Mandrake 9.1 on my SONY VAIO GRV6161S Laptop. Since the VAIO has no PS/2 ports I bought the following adapter to attach a PS/2 keyboard and mouse to on

[expert] quickie script

2003-06-10 Thread Jack Coates
Got tired of accidentally hitting the power button which is oh-so-close to delete. /etc/acpi/events/power : ... # shut down when power button is pressed event=button/power.* action=/usr/local/sbin/halt-dialog /usr/local/sbin/halt-dialog : #!/bin/sh export DISPLAY=":0.0" RESULTS=`Xdialog --screen-

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Greg Meyer
On Tuesday 10 June 2003 08:27 am, Joerg Mertin wrote: > PS: I looked at the Mandrake Server-Packages... But I won't buy it - I > just don't want to put 1500,- Bucks as a private person into it. I should clarify that this server is running the download edition. I agree with you. $1,500 is too mu

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Joerg Mertin
Vincent Danen wrote: On Tue Jun 10, 2003 at 12:37:20PM +0200, Joerg Mertin wrote: [...] I use Corporate Server 2.1 on all my machines. It's stable, secure, and handles the load quite nicely. You can automate updates with urpmi by throwing it in a cronjob. It's not free, but it works extremely w

[expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Björn Lundin
Joerg Mertin wrote: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Björn Lundin
When reading my own post I see nothing, here it is again... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Jonathan Shilling
Still nothing > -Original Message- > From: Björn Lundin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, June 10, 2003 12:54 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ? > > > When reading my own post I see nothing, here it is again... > > Want to buy y

Re: [expert] Dumbest thing you have ever done as Root?

2003-06-10 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Mon, 9 Jun 2003 21:32:01 -0700 Rob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So, what's the dumbest thing you have done? Wanting to remove all files in a dir, including dot (.foo) files: rm -rf .* ., .. (oops! -- recursed all the way back to /) Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandr

Re: [expert] mdk 9.1 lilo corrupt mbr with 80 gb hd

2003-06-10 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 08:41:27 -0700 eric huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is it "safe" to reinstall 98 and XP? Win XP and Win 2000 Will Not overwrite an Existing MBR, Win 98 Will. Charles -- ... If I had heart failure right now, I couldn't be a more fortunate man!! -

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Joerg Mertin
Heh, jus found out that it's possible to get the Corporate Server 2.1 for 750,- $... Cheaper, but not enough for me ;) Cheers Joerg Greg Meyer wrote: On Tuesday 10 June 2003 08:27 am, Joerg Mertin wrote: PS: I looked at the Mandrake Server-Packages... But I won't buy it - I just don't want t

Re: [expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 6:54 pm, Björn Lundin wrote: > When reading my own post I see nothing, here it is again... This one came through, though Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Printing 2-up from a text editor

2003-06-10 Thread Philip Webb
030605 Anne Wilson wrote: AW> Does anyone get a satisfactory printout AW> with pp 1-2 on one side, pp 3-4 on the other. PW> i always print things with Xpp , PW> which shows an option to print 2 or 4 pp/side. PW> generally, Xpp is very good for printing text files. PW> goto 'Options' -> 'Basic'

Re: [expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Joerg Mertin
Yeah - it came through, but empty ... Joerg Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 6:54 pm, Björn Lundin wrote: When reading my own post I see nothing, here it is again... This one came through, though Anne Want t

[expert] apache rewrite regex

2003-06-10 Thread Frankie
Hi guys I am hoping that on this list is a regex/apache guru... Currently, I have mdk9.0 running mod_perl/apache via virtual named hosts.. works great. I can run mod_perl scripts in either of the following methods: http://mydomain.com/perl/script.pl or http://mydomain.com:8200/perl/script.pl

Re: [expert] mdk 9.1 lilo corrupt mbr with 80 gb hd

2003-06-10 Thread Bill Mullen
On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, eric huff wrote: > > I have also run XP in another partition, and crashed it often, then > > reinstalled it, and it has never reworked the MBR, just put itself > > back in with out destruction. > > Is it "safe" to reinstall 98 and XP? I was always told it would > reformat yo

Re: [expert] Web site guru needed

2003-06-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 07 Jun 2003 2:58 am, Felix Miata wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Friday 06 Jun 2003 1:43 pm, Felix Miata wrote: > > > Discuss the problem with the Mozilla developers on > > > irc://irc.mozilla.org/mozilla. There may need to be a bug > > > filed. > > > > Sorry - I said I was not very

Re: [expert] apache rewrite regex

2003-06-10 Thread chort
Your specific regex appears to not be correct (it's been a while since I've done PERL so I could be wrong). RewriteRule /perl\/dl.pl/(.*) http://127.0.0.1:8200/perl/dl.pl$1 [P] should be RewriteRule /perl\/dl.pl(.*)/ http://127.0.0.1:8200/perl/dl.pl$1 [P] The // encloses the pattern you're lookin

Re: [expert] Mdk 9.1 & Pentium 4

2003-06-10 Thread Philip Webb
030609 Robert Crawford wrote: > I second Greg's fine advice - Linux hardware compatibily & stability > is generally one generation behind. > And, I always recommend AMD over Intel for both value and performance. > I've got two VIA kt333 boards, an ABIT, and an MSI, > with Athlon xp thoroughbred "B"

Re: [expert] mdk 9.1 lilo corrupt mbr with 80 gb hd

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 08:41, eric huff wrote: > > I have also run XP in > > another partition, and crashed it often, then reinstalled it, and it has > > never reworked the MBR, just put itself back in with out destruction. > > Is it "safe" to reinstall 98 and XP? I was always told it would reform

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 03:37, Joerg Mertin wrote: > Hi Folks, > > this request might be off-topic, but might not be. > For years now - I have always used Mandrake for Desktop Usage - always > bought the boxes, but RedHat for my home server - download edition. > > However - RedHat has become quite

[expert] third test to list

2003-06-10 Thread David Rankin
Anne, mates: Are my messages getting through to the list?? Anne, I sent this one directly to you as well to see if you get it. If you do, check the mandrake list and let me know if I am getting through. It looks like I am only getting about 10 posts per day from the listserve and nothing I sen

Re: [expert] third test to list

2003-06-10 Thread Dave Sherman
I've seen several of your tests come through... David Rankin wrote: Anne, mates: Are my messages getting through to the list?? Anne, I sent this one directly to you as well to see if you get it. If you do, check the mandrake list and let me know if I am getting through. It looks like I am onl

Re: [expert] third test to list

2003-06-10 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 10 June 2003 03:19 pm, Dave Sherman wrote: > I've seen several of your tests come through... > > David Rankin wrote: > > Anne, mates: > > > > Are my messages getting through to the list?? Anne, I sent this > > one directly to you as well

[expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Björn Lundin
Björn Lundin wrote: Now it's getting silly, I try a last time (There _is_ a message below) > Now - I do have a fairly well knowledge of Mandrakes capabilities, and for > my Desktop - I have no problem using it. However - a Server means for me, > that all my backups are going on it, it has to be r

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 05:27, Joerg Mertin wrote: > Hi again, > > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003, Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 June 2003 06:37 am, Joerg Mertin wrote: > > > So - any hints/tips welcome ... > > > > > I have my server running Mandrake 9.0. It runs httpd, samba, nfs, print queu > > mgmt

Re: [expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 11:19, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 6:54 pm, Björn Lundin wrote: > > When reading my own post I see nothing, here it is again... > > This one came through, though > > Anne > Anne... sounds like the gods of e-mail are messing with you big time. James Want

Re: [expert] PS/2 to USB adapter - can't see mouse

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 09:58, Larry Sword wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >[I apologize if this will show up as duplicate but the original seemed not to > >reach the list] > > > >I have installed linux Mandrake 9.1 on my SONY VAIO GRV6161S Laptop. > >Since the VAIO has no PS/2 ports I bou

[expert] [OT] General Comments / mdklinuxfaq.org

2003-06-10 Thread Michael Viron
>Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 01:57:29 -0500 >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] >From: Michael Viron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [OT] General Comments / mdklinuxfaq.org > >All, > >As some of you may know, I used to be much more active on these lists (if you look through the list archives, you'll

Re: [expert] third test to list

2003-06-10 Thread Anne Wilson
Hi, David. I got both copies. Looks as though it might be at your receiving end? Anne On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 9:03 pm, David Rankin wrote: > Anne, mates: > > Are my messages getting through to the list?? Anne, I sent this > one directly to you as well to see if you get it. If you do, check

Re: [expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 9:56 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 11:19, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 6:54 pm, Björn Lundin wrote: > > > When reading my own post I see nothing, here it is again... > > > > This one came through, though > > > > Anne > > Anne... sounds l

Re: [expert] Printing 2-up from a text editor

2003-06-10 Thread Anne Wilson
On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 7:34 pm, Philip Webb wrote: > 030605 Anne Wilson wrote: > AW> Does anyone get a satisfactory printout > AW> with pp 1-2 on one side, pp 3-4 on the other. > PW> i always print things with Xpp , > PW> which shows an option to print 2 or 4 pp/side. > PW> generally, Xpp is ve

Re: [expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Joerg Mertin
Hi Björn, thbis time - it came through :) Björn Lundin wrote: Björn Lundin wrote: Now it's getting silly, I try a last time (There _is_ a message below) Now - I do have a fairly well knowledge of Mandrakes capabilities, and for my Desktop - I have no problem using it. However - a Server means

Re: [expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Anne Wilson
So what is different, that's making it work? Anne On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 10:05 pm, Joerg Mertin wrote: > Hi Björn, > > thbis time - it came through :) > > Björn Lundin wrote: > > Björn Lundin wrote: > > > > Now it's getting silly, I try a last time (There _is_ a message > > below) > > > >>Now - I

Re: [expert] New Con Kolivas 2.4.21-rc7 kernel patch

2003-06-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday June 10 2003 11:49 am, Robert Crawford wrote: > For those interested, there's a brand new Con Kolivas -ck1 patch > against kernel 2.4.21-rc7. I just tried it on Mandrake 9.1, and > so far so good, except no supermount (if one cares). And it's better than 2.4.21-0.18mm-mdk with low

Re: [expert] PS/2 to USB adapter - can't see mouse

2003-06-10 Thread edoardo
Larry Sword wrote: >> > ??? > > Try ,within linus, running /usr/sbin/mousedrake. > > Larry that was the very first thing that I tried, with no help. I told mousedrake I have a USB mouse (as under WinXP it is seen as a HID-compliant mouse) but with no luck. here is some additional info about my

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-10 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 09 June 2003 09:27 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: > On Monday 09 June 2003 19:43, Larry Sword wrote: > > Larry Sword wrote: > > > Praedor Tempus wrote: > > >> I recently picked up an Athlon XP2700+ to replace my > > >> Duron 1100. The switch wen

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue Jun 10, 2003 at 07:40:31PM +0200, Joerg Mertin wrote: > >[...] > > > >I use Corporate Server 2.1 on all my machines. It's stable, secure, and > >handles the load quite nicely. You can automate updates with urpmi by > >throwing it in a cronjob. > > > >It's not free, but it works extremely

Re: [expert] [OT] General Comments / mdklinuxfaq.org

2003-06-10 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue Jun 10, 2003 at 04:10:26PM -0500, Michael Viron wrote: > >I seem to remember that someone had created samba and / or ldap howtos -- > anyone remember who it was? Myself, Jim, and Buchan have written articles on LDAP and Samba. They are available on MandrakeSecure. -- MandrakeSoft Securi

[expert] MandrakeCommunityWiki and foreign languages

2003-06-10 Thread Steffen Barszus
Hi! Is it possible with Twiki to have a second Wiki on the same site ? History: On the german newbie/expert list the idea came up to have a german wiki for/from mandrake-users. It would be nice to have all that information in one place. Would saomething like this be possible ? Maybe Twiki doe

Re: [expert] third test to list

2003-06-10 Thread ed tharp
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 16:19, Dave Sherman wrote: > I've seen several of your tests come through... > > David Rankin wrote: > > Anne, mates: > > > > Are my messages getting through to the list?? Anne, I sent this > > one directly to you as well to see if you get it. If you do, check the > > ma

[expert] Updated MDK 9.1 boot disks, aic79xx install support...

2003-06-10 Thread Thomas Backlund
Hi, Just to let you all know... head over to http://www.iki.fi/tmb/9.1/ and grab what you need One of the new things you will find is: mdk_91_fix.iso (about 16MB) It has the following features: updated boot-kernel (for install, supports every command that the original disks did) - promis

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 10:18, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Monday 09 June 2003 09:27 pm, Robert Crawford wrote: > > On Monday 09 June 2003 19:43, Larry Sword wrote: > > > Larry Sword wrote: > > > > Praedor Tempus wrote: > > > >> I recently picked

Re: [expert] Re: Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 14:31, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 9:56 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 11:19, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Tuesday 10 Jun 2003 6:54 pm, Björn Lundin wrote: > > > > When reading my own post I see nothing, here it is again... > > > > > > Thi

Re: [expert] New Con Kolivas 2.4.21-rc7 kernel patch

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 15:00, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Tuesday June 10 2003 11:49 am, Robert Crawford wrote: > > For those interested, there's a brand new Con Kolivas -ck1 patch > > against kernel 2.4.21-rc7. I just tried it on Mandrake 9.1, and > > so far so good, except no supermount (if one cares

Re: [expert] MandrakeCommunityWiki and foreign languages

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 16:03, Steffen Barszus wrote: > Hi! > > Is it possible with Twiki to have a second Wiki on the same site ? History: On > the german newbie/expert list the idea came up to have a german wiki for/from > mandrake-users. It would be nice to have all that information in one plac

Re: [expert] Updated MDK 9.1 boot disks, aic79xx install support...

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 16:12, Thomas Backlund wrote: > Hi, > Just to let you all know... > > head over to http://www.iki.fi/tmb/9.1/ and grab what you need > > One of the new things you will find is: mdk_91_fix.iso (about 16MB) > It has the following features: > > updated boot-kernel (for i

Re: [expert] mdk 9.1 lilo corrupt mbr with 80 gb hd

2003-06-10 Thread Mark Williamson
just a quick one, how does one XP or 2000 to replace it's MBR, with Win98 it used to be "fdisk /mbr" Cheers Mark On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 04:19, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On Tue, 10 Jun 2003 08:41:27 -0700 > eric huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Is it "safe" to reinstall 98 and XP? > > >

Re: [expert] New Con Kolivas 2.4.21-rc7 kernel patch

2003-06-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday June 10 2003 06:32 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 15:00, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Tuesday June 10 2003 11:49 am, Robert Crawford wrote: > > > For those interested, there's a brand new Con Kolivas -ck1 > > > patch against kernel 2.4.21-rc7. I just tried it on Mandra

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-10 Thread John McQuillen
On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 03:18, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > Well, all is well with the system now but I will still need a new mobo to take > advantage of the CPU. I have finally figured out the trick to "overclocking" > the system and have found that this board will simply not do an FSB of 133 > M

Re: [expert] New Con Kolivas 2.4.21-rc7 kernel patch

2003-06-10 Thread Robert Crawford
Tom, I'm using 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk. I thought 18mm was only a few minor changes not affecting performance, so i didn't try it yet. On ck1, I can't say yet, as I've only run it for a short while, and I forgot to apply the supermount patch, as I didn't notice it was also on the new CK page. Think I

Re: [expert] Problems after bios upgrade

2003-06-10 Thread Robert Crawford
Praedor, The kt3 ultra with via kt333 chipset should do 133Mhz FSB (266) with no problem. What is your cpu voltage set at? Also, like I mentioned, your power supply might be marginal- especially on the 3v and 5v lines. John's point on another older card causing this is valid too, but then your m

[expert] Re: MandrakeCommunityWiki and foreign languages

2003-06-10 Thread Vincent Danen
On Wed Jun 11, 2003 at 01:03:39AM +0200, Steffen Barszus wrote: > Is it possible with Twiki to have a second Wiki on the same site ? History: On > the german newbie/expert list the idea came up to have a german wiki for/from > mandrake-users. It would be nice to have all that information in one

Re: [expert] PS/2 to USB adapter - can't see mouse

2003-06-10 Thread Colin Close
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Larry Sword wrote: Hi, I doesn't look as if you have any usb modules loaded. Try running as root "/etc/init.d/usb start". Then run mousedrake. If this works then for some reason init is not starting usb. Regards, Colin Close ??? Try ,within linus, running /us

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread PlugHead
On Tuesday 10 June 2003 04:54 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > vi updater > > #!/bin/sh > urpmi.update -a > urpmi --auto --auto-select I believe it is also possible to specify which media you want to use for the update--so, if you *only* want security updates applied automatically: 1) create a urpm

Re: [expert] PS/2 to USB adapter - can't see mouse

2003-06-10 Thread Larry Sword
James Sparenberg wrote: ??? Try ,within linus, running /usr/sbin/mousedrake. Linus might not like this *grin* sorry couldn't resist it. Wow, a slip of the fingers and I find myself being internally intrusive. Apologies to the big guy :-[ . On a serious note I think Larry is ri

Re: [expert] Mdk as Server OS ?

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 18:07, PlugHead wrote: > On Tuesday 10 June 2003 04:54 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > vi updater > > > > #!/bin/sh > > urpmi.update -a > > urpmi --auto --auto-select > > I believe it is also possible to specify which media you want to use for the > update--so, if you *only*

Re: [expert] PS/2 to USB adapter - can't see mouse

2003-06-10 Thread Larry Sword
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Larry Sword wrote: ??? Try ,within linus, running /usr/sbin/mousedrake. Larry that was the very first thing that I tried, with no help. I told mousedrake I have a USB mouse (as under WinXP it is seen as a HID-compliant mouse) but with no luck. Sounds as if the

Re: [expert] PS/2 to USB adapter - can't see mouse

2003-06-10 Thread James Sparenberg
On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 18:16, Larry Sword wrote: > James Sparenberg wrote: > > >>> > >>> > >>??? > >> > >>Try ,within linus, running /usr/sbin/mousedrake. > >> > >> > > > >Linus might not like this *grin* sorry couldn't resist it. > > > Wow, a slip of the fingers and I find myself being

Re: [expert] Configuring display on mdk9.1

2003-06-10 Thread PlugHead
Probably not related, but I'll mention it anyhow... Have you installed the latest driver from nvidia.com? (The generic "nv" driver should work, but maybe you have an old driver hanging around? Just a thought...) -Jason On Tuesday 10 June 2003 12:15 pm, Rodrigo Sanchez Olavarria wrote: > Dear

Re: [expert] PS/2 to USB adapter - can't see mouse

2003-06-10 Thread Larry Sword
James Sparenberg wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-10 at 18:16, Larry Sword wrote: James Sparenberg wrote: ??? Try ,within linus, running /usr/sbin/mousedrake. Linus might not like this *grin* sorry couldn't resist it. Wow, a slip of the fingers and I find mys