Re: [expert] Heads up... Netscape 4.79

I have been using NS 4.79 for 3 or 4 days and have not seen anything more flaky than NS 4.78 nor has it crashed on me. It's a keeper. Bill Jose Luis Vazquez Gonzalez wrote: I am using NS 6.1 and I have to say it is quite good, nothing to do with 6.0x series. Stable and fast. It seems the

[expert] Mandrake 8.1 and dictd

Hi, I have Mandrake 8.1 installed and have the same problem with dictd as I had with Mandrake 8.0. It works fine while I'm online but refuses to work while offline. Below is my /etc/dict.conf, /etc/dictd.conf files and ifconfig lo. Searches on the web show others have this problem. But to

[expert] matroxfb framebuffer (non-X)

Hi, When my system boots, it comes up using vgafb. How can I change this to use matroxfb? Bill Mandrake 8.1 XFree86 4.1.0-21mdk Matrox G400 w/32MB SDRAM -- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati (When all else fails, play dead!) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] [OT] PRoblem with MandrakeStore

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All, I am sorry to have to post this email to this mailing list, but it is the only Mandrake list I subscribe to. I purchased the 8.1 CDs from MandrakeStore about 5 weeks ago (the money was charged to my Credit Card accordin to the statement), and MandrakeStore

Re: [expert] 2 monitors

Martin Ignacio lange wrote: Hey, Does anybody knows how to put two monitors with linux. Do I explain myself? I want two monitors in one computer. Thanks Martin Good luck if you can get to fit in one computer.g Check google for xinerama. Bill -- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati

Re: [expert] devfsd and cdrom

be prepared for this with 8.1. other msgs on this subject suggests using devfs is for adding a new feature for the kde desktop. not nice for non-kde users. bill On Thursday 27 September 2001 02:24, you wrote: My /dev/cdrom had changed (after update to 8.1-RC1) to /dev/cdrom0 - cdroms/cdrom0

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1

http://www.pclinuxonline.com/ reports that mandrake 8.1 rc1 has been upgraded to include KDE 2.2.1 on Mandrake sites. Apparently, no change in the filename was used. Bill On Wednesday 19 September 2001 20:21, you wrote: Does anyone know if the kde 2.2.1 will make it into the mandrake 8.1

[expert] matroxfb framebuffer

Hi, When my system boots, it comes up vgafb. How can I change this to use matroxfb? Bill Mandrake 8.0 XFree86 4.1.0 Matrox 400 -- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati (When all else fails, play dead!) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Supermount 2.4.8-18mdk

Supermount and this kernel works fine with my cdrom drive, zip drive and floppy disk drive. Actually, my CD drive is a dvdrom drive. How do I set up fstab to detect both a dvd or cdrom? Bill -- Quando Omni Flunkus Moritati (When all else fails, play dead!) Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [expert] Supermount 2.4.8-18mdk

Bill, Where are find 2.4.8-18mdk ? Regards, Leo Hon Bill Thompson wrote: Supermount and this kernel works fine with my cdrom drive, zip drive and floppy disk drive. Actually, my CD drive is a dvdrom drive. How do I set up fstab to detect both a dvd or cdrom? Bill -- Quando

Re: [expert] Clock timer configuration lost.

DataChannel wrote: What does it mean when probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard. scrolls up in my logs at random intervals between once every 10 seconds to once every 45 minutes on a motherboard (GA-5AX) that doesn't have a VIA chipset on a

[expert] Cable mode problems

Hi, Friday, technicians will be at my home to do a cable modem installation. The software provided is ppoe from Network TeleSystems, Inc. I will be using a ZyXEL Prestige 941 cable modem and a nic card with a RealTek 9139C chip. I'm using Mandrake 8.0, 2.4.7-14mdk kernel and WindowMaker 0.65.1.

Re: [expert] Cable mode problems

PPPOE installed? (So far, Cox@Home hasn't switched to using such a system. Thank whatever diety as appropriate.) Bill Thompson wrote: Hi, Friday, technicians will be at my home to do a cable modem installation. The software provided is ppoe from Network TeleSystems, Inc. I

Re: [expert] Cable mode problems

Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 20 August 2001 21:49, Bill Thompson wrote: Hi, [snip] Two questions - how can I setup switching between my dial-up modem and the cable modem. In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts, the scripts ifup-ppp

Re: [expert] Cable mode problems

who wished to do so. Actually, the version of PPOE supplied by my ISP was a RedHat 5.2 rpm binary!! I found the source that compiled without incident under MDK 8.0. Bill Thompson wrote: Hi, Friday, technicians will be at my home to do a cable modem installation. The software

Re: [expert] Cable mode problems

by anybody who wished to do so. Bill Thompson wrote: Hi, Friday, technicians will be at my home to do a cable modem installation. The software provided is ppoe from Network snip -- Steve - Toronto ICQ 35454764

Re: [expert] Cable modem

Give the 8139too driver a try. Bill Darcy Brodie, CJL wrote: A word of caution with the rtl8139. They work well with Mandrake 7.2, but the drivers that are available at this time for the rtl8139 cards do not work with Mandrake 8.0, and i have been unable to locate any drivers for the

Re: [expert] installed XFree 4.1 from cooker- now no DRI (mga)

I went throught the following drill last week and was successful. Get http://azz.us-lot.org/kernel-drm-4.1.0.tar.gz and compile using: make linux (or something like that) The resulting .o files replace those in /lib/modules/2.4.5-3mdk/kernel/drivers/char/drm. Note the i810 module does not

Re: [expert] installed XFree 4.1 from cooker- now no DRI (mga)

David E. Fox wrote: I went throught the following drill last week and was successful. Get http://azz.us-lot.org/kernel-drm-4.1.0.tar.gz and compile using: make linux (or something like that) Actually, 'xmkmf ; make -f Makefile.linux'. 'make -f Makefile.linux' alone also works.

[expert] viewperf problem

Hi, I downloaded and installed viewperf from a Mandrake ftp site of unsupported files. Can any one tell me where to install the AWadvs, DRV, DX, Light, ProCDRS and MedMCAO data files? Thank, Bill -- From the shores of Khlong YaiPhuan, Bangkok, Thailand...

[expert] A Winbond-like problem

Hi, I'm getting a message on the console terminal (non-X) that is really getting to me. Has anyone any tips on how to get rid of it. Here's the message: probable hardware bug: restoring chip configuration. probable hardware bug: clock timer configuration lost - probably a VIA686a motherboard.

[expert] ntpdate

Anyone know which rpm package for Mandrake 8.0 has ntpdate? Thanks, Bill

[expert] rpm problems???

some of the rpm files at ftp://ftp.eastwind.net/pub/mirrors/texstar/ gives the error: anacron ## var/tmp/rpm-tmp.48227: fg: no job control execution of anacron-2.3-7mdk script failed, exit status 1 running 'rpm -q

Re: [expert] Amazing, I'm the ONLY one!

donald hinds wrote: Is it really true? I'm the ONLY one to try and install a USB modem in LM-7.2? Since no one has an answer, it seems it must be so. Don ;-( http://www.signalground.com/article/3160886097 is an article on using the D-Link DSB-560 USB modem with Linux. A

[expert] Framebuffer on the console

Hi, I've lost my way trying to get the matroxfb framebuffer to work correctly when booting up on a non-graphics logon. I'm using the non-LM 2.4 kernel with LM 7.2. Is matroxfb_base the correct module to use? If not, which of the kernel modules should I use? And how - so that the Tux logo is seen

Re: [expert] Cannot make config for 2.4 kernal

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've d/l'ed and decompressed the 2.4 Kernal to /root/linux. When I try to make config, it tells me "No such file or directory". What gives? I'm running LM7.2. I use the 'howto' at http://home.tampabay.rr.com/jandr/Mandrake.htm to compile and install a 2.4

Re: [expert] Advanced Packaging Tool for Linux Mandrake.

Mike, I didn't see apt-get under Cooker but I did see it under Contrib. I grabbed the source rpm and ran into a compile problem: Building program /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/apt-0.3.19cnc27/bin/hdlist2pkglist Installing desc.apt to /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/apt-0.3.19cnc27/scripts/dselect Installing install to

Re: [expert] avifile

On Sun, 7 Jan 2001, Bill Thompson wrote: Mike MacCana wrote: I actually annoyed the avifile about qt locations and he fixed things accordingly for 0.53 :). So you prolly dson't need that anymore. Not that it will help your compile... Mike

Re: [expert] avifile

Ken Thompson wrote: I successfully compiled avifile and the xmms plugin for avifile. Can anyone tell me where I can get avi files to use for a test. The sites I tried, downloads have not been successful for one reason or another. Thanks, Bill

Re: [expert] avifile

Mike MacCana wrote: I actually annoyed the avifile about qt locations and he fixed things accordingly for 0.53 :). So you prolly dson't need that anymore. Not that it will help your compile... Mike -- Mike MacCanaSupport Consultant

[expert] Python module missing...

Hi, Anyone know where the Python module dl (dlmodule.so) is located? It's not in python-1.5.2-12mdk. Bill -- From the shores of Khlong YaiPhuan, Bangkok, Thailand... Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] Cooker Packages For LM 7.2

Will these rpm files work with Linux boxes using 486/586 compatible CPUs? Bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cooker Packages For LM 7.2 (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20001213130438) So I've spend most of the day to get some of your favourite packages rebuilt for LM 7.2. It

[expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] Name Your Most Wanted Cooker Packages, Please

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Name Your Most Wanted Cooker Packages, Please (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=20001212151414) Just got my new 150 MB quota on mandragon.org, so I thought I might do some of you a favour and recompile wanted Cooker package for LM 7.2. Please

[expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] Call for help from Pingus

oblem with it, tho. It arrives here without any wordwrapping. I have to run up a Netscape compose window or save it to a file and read it in an editor. Bill Thompson MDK 7.1 Netscape 4.75 -- From the shores of Khlong YaiPhuan, Bangkok, Thailand... Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforu