RE: [expert] mandrake 8.2

Hi, Good to see that someone had a good experience with MDK 8.1 on a intel 810. I for one had lots of issues with my CDROM not being recognised till I downloaded the source for 2.4.17 and installed that by hand. I think that devfsd should be optional till it is thoroughly tested. (I do believe t

RE: [expert] mandrake 8.2

Same here! Just got CDROM + Sound up on 8.1 using an Intel 810 board, 8.2 is not on my horizon yet! Arnab > -- > From: James Sparenberg[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Sunday, January 20, 2002 1:57 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

RE: [expert] Mandrake 8.1 experience --Intel 810 board -

Hi, If you are a poor soul using an Intel 810 mainboard then the devfs experience is even worse. You will NEVER get your CDROM to work because /dev/cdroms/cdrom0 will NOT be registered. What you need to do in order to get a 2.4.8 kernel working is: A) BEFORE ANYTHING ELSE MAKE SURE THAT YOU BOOT

[expert] kde3 Beta 1 KDM Login Fails

Hi, I was running MDK 8.0 at home without a hitch till I upgraded KDE to 3.0 beta 1 using the MDK 8.0 RPMs last night. During updrade I did get some dependency problems saying kdebase 3.0 beta 1 requires Menu so and so etc. , but upgraded using --nodeps anyway. The result is: a) I can startkde3

RE: [expert] Nothing works on KDE!

It has never crashed on me in 1 1/2 years. That should be stable enough!! > -- > From: mike[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 1:19 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; ltiu > Subject: Re: [expert] Nothing works on K

RE: [expert] 8.1 Piece of Crap!

Hi Hugo, I can confirm 1) 2) and 4) below. I had no problems with the sound card and I personally feel that (1) and (4) are serious errors that were overlooked by the release team/ testers, while 2 is extremely irritating. See my posts subject Solution -- MDK 8.1 CD & FLOPPY cannot be mounted for

RE: [expert] Mouse Cursor in X

Try turning off gpm and try for the cursor in X. I do seem to remember something similar happening to me once, though I am not sure whether it was FreeBSD or Linux. You could try. Arnab > -- > From: jtannenba[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent:

[expert] Solution -- MDK 8.1 CD & FLOPPY cannot be mounted

perimental stuff so that such problems do not arise. Thanks to all those who responded, maybe someone from Mandrake too will read this message. Cheers, Arnab > -- > From: Arnab_Ganguly[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, N

RE: [expert] MDK 8.1 CD & FLOPPY cannot be mounted

t does not support the CDROM. Thanks, Arnab > > From: Jose Luis Vazquez Gonzalez[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, November 27, 2001 3:49 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; Arnab_Ganguly; > '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Cc: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'

RE: [expert] ext2 formatted floppies

You might need to use mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy as the /etc/fstab defines the filesystem type=vfat sometimes and then only vfat can be mounted normally. Arnab > -- > From: Larry Sword[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, Nove

RE: [expert] MDK 8.1 CD & FLOPPY cannot be mounted

ng great here, > post your /etc/fstab here, let us check if everything is all right, :) > > /Jun > > On Mon, Nov 26, 2001 at 04:54:36PM +0530, Arnab_Ganguly wrote: > :Hi Experts! > : > :I have a question that I would love to have answered, indeed I have spent > :more th

[expert] MDK 8.1 CD & FLOPPY cannot be mounted

Hi Experts! I have a question that I would love to have answered, indeed I have spent more than 20 hours trying to figure out the answer, but...could not answer it. I had posted to this list earlier, but at that time I had not put in the hard work. Background: I upgraded from MDK 8.0 to 8.1 a

RE: [expert] Clearing \tmp

I believe that you can set "Clear /tmp at every reboot" somewhere in the Mandrake control centre. Do try hunting a bit in the configuration menu items. Cheers, Arnab > -- > From: Lars Roland Kristiansen[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Fri

[expert] Problem Reading CD-R discs with 2.4.3 kernel on MDK 8.0

Hi, I am using a MDK 8.0 on an Intel Celeron with 128M RAM and most things are working very well except for one problem, which is very troubling at times. I simply cannot read a CD-R disk properly, whenever I copy something from a CD-R to the hard disc the program exits with a message like "Could

RE: [expert] 8.0 good :-) - 8.1 bad :-(

Going by all the issues on 8,1, I'd expect a Bugfix release 8,2 soon! I am sticking to 8,0. Cheers, Arnab > -- > From: Mario Michael da Costa[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 13, 2001 10:20 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

RE: [expert] user permission for cd-rom (8.0)

permissions but that had no effect. I fixed it by setting > the security level to medium, when it was at high. Anyone know of any > problems with having my system using the medium security setting? > > Darren > > On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 18:14, Arnab_Ganguly wrote: > > They g

RE: [expert] user permission for cd-rom (8.0)

They generally are able to without any problem on my machine running MDK 8,0. Please check the permissions for /dev/cdrom, /dev/hdd or whatever your cdrom is referred to. Arnab > -- > From: Darren King[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Mond

RE: [expert] How is Linux doing on the desktop?

Yes I do mean devfsd and hope that the installer gave me a choice of installing without it. Cheers, Arnab > -- > From: J. Craig Woods[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 09, 2001 11:37 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject:

RE: [expert] Help! devfs related? Strange behaviour of 8.1

[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday, November 02, 2001 11:45 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Help! devfs related? Strange behaviour of 8.1 > > <> > On Fri, 2 Nov 2001 10:08:25 +0530 > Arnab_Ganguly

[expert] Help! devfs related? Strange behaviour of 8.1

relevant guys at Mandrakesoft, they might know the answers. Arnab > -- > From: Arnab_Ganguly > Sent: Wednesday, October 31, 2001 10:53 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] Strange behaviour of 8.1 > > Hi Mark, >

[expert] devfs related? Strange behaviour of 8.1

not find the devfs daemon under "services" in the Mandrake Control Centre. Any suggestions on how to solve the problem (preferably with devfs if that has worked for others) including a fresh reinstall etc.. would be welcome. Thanks. Arnab > -- > From: Arnab_

RE: [expert] Strange behaviour of 8.1

Hi Mark, Well well, I think that is the problem because when I tried running from an xterm by tying konqueror& it said something to the effect "cannot find user name for ID 501..." Thanks for pointing this out, hope someone points out what is going on with the performance issues related to preli

[expert] Strange behaviour of 8.1

Hi, I upgraded my home machine (Intel 810 board, 128M RAM, Celeron Processor) from Mandrake 8.0 to 8.1 last night. I used the download edition for this upgrade. After the upgrade some things are working as usual fine, but there seem to be issues with: a) Konqueror: I CAN

RE: [expert] ppp deamon dieing !!!

Hi Faisal, Looks like a problem with your modem initialization string. Ask your ISP for help and also look up your ppp configuration files in the /etc directory. Arnab > -- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Reply To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Friday

RE: [expert] Cannot Compile using gcc-2.96: Header Problems

[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 01, 2001 3:52 AM > To: Arnab_Ganguly > Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Cannot Compile using gcc-2.96: Header Problems > > On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Arnab_Ganguly wrote: > > > <> > > Please av

[expert] kdelibs2.2beta1: Cannot build shared libraries on Mandrake 8.0

Hi, I am reporting something that never happened to me before. I wanted to try out kde2,2beta1 for Mandrake 8.0. After trying unsuccessfully to download an uncorrupted binary rpm for kdelibs, I decided to compile from sources. I downloaded the source for kdelibs 2.2beta1 and tried compiling it o

[expert] Input/ Output Error while copying

Hi, I was trying this weekend to upgrade my KDE 2 installation to KDE 2.2beta 1. I downloaded all the necessary Mandrake 8.0 RPMS and wrote them on a CD. When trying to upgrade using rpm -Uvh filename.rpm, I have a strange problem. For most of the files I get: "Unpacking

[expert] How do I mount a ext2 floppy?

Hi! Could someone tell me how to mount a floppy that has been formatted with an ext2 file system. I never seem to be able to do that even if I change the /etc/fstab fs= entry. I tried with SuSE also but could never mount an ext2 floppy! Strange isn't it considering that ext2 is the basic filesys

[expert] Reposted: Mandrake 8.0: Compilation Problem - Extra Info

Hi, I am trying to compile a VCD player but am running into problems with the header usr/include/netinet/in.h. The compiler returns: In file included from vcd.h:18 usr/include/netinet/in.h "Parse Error before ' )' on line 259 "Parse Error before ' ?' on line 260 "Parse Error before ' )' on li

[expert] Reposted: Mandrake 8.0: Compilation Problem with Header Files

-Original Message- From: Arnab_Ganguly [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] <mailto:[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]> Sent: Friday, June 22, 2001 5:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject:[expert] Mandrake 8.0: Compilation Problem with Header Files Hi,

[expert] Mandrake 8.0: KDM Crashes Intermittently

Hi, I had posted a message a few days earlier about occasional problems in logging in using KDM. I now find that KDM crashes on me once in a while and I can log in if I restart it by: a) Going to console mode b) Logging in as root c) Doing a init 5 d) Logging in from the KDM

[expert] Mandrake 8.0: Compilation Problem with Header Files

Hi, I am trying to compile a VCD player but am running into problems with the header usr/include/netinet/in.h. The compiler returns: "Parse Error before ' )' on line 259 "Parse Error before ' ?' on line 260 "Parse Error before ' )' on line 261 "Parse Error before ' )' on line 262 It a

[expert] Occasional Login Problem using KDM

I just installed Mandrake 8.0 on my intel810 machine and things are going well except for a strange problem that I am facing once in a while. Sometimes after using KDE for sometime the machine seems to freeze and I have to kill the X Server using the Ctrl-Alt-Backspace sequence. The next time KDM

RE: [expert] Re: CE: 810 chipset and sound

Hello, I got sound working with the default installation of Mandrake 8.0. Only thing that I needed to do was change the modules.conf file to load the snd-card-intel8x0 module and modprobe snd-card-intel8x0. Arnab -Original Message- From: Marsden MacRae [SMTP:[EMAIL PR

[expert] Video Player for Mandrake 8.0

Hi ! I was just wondering if there is a good VCD playing application available that will work with Mandrake 8.0. If anyone knows of a good user friendly application, please do direct me to the site. Thanks in advance, Arnab

[expert] Font Wierdness in Mandrake 8.0

Hi! I installed the Mandrake inst.iso CD image yesterday as an experiment and was pleasantly surprised with the install and the supermount feature working flawlessly. I have a major problem however with the fonts that I see when I use the Advanced Editor or The Text Editor under KDE 2.1.1. The

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