[expert] 2 things: List Problems and Supermount

2003-10-01 Thread Brian Schroeder
I replied to an earlier post, but the reply got bounced. What is going on? Will this get through? From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Delivery Status Notification (Failure) Date: Tue, 30 Sep 2003 22:55:47 -0700 This is an automatically generated Delivery Status Notification.

Re: [expert] Trish's further adventures with sound

2003-09-11 Thread Brian Schroeder
Hi Trish, I have a sound card that played midis perfectly in mdk 7.2, but never since. It still does in Windows, on the rare times I use it. When I want to play midis in linux now, I use Timidity. This has both a command line interface, and gui interfaces available. TImidity translates the

Re: [expert] net-snmp v. ucd-snmp ? Anyone knows the differences ?

2003-08-14 Thread Brian Schroeder
Someone else could better answer your real question there, as I haven't really looked closely into it. But net-snmp is the new name for ucd-snmp, and is a newer version. So, therefore, it probably is a good idea to port your code to it. Brian. From: Joerg Mertin [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

[expert] OT: Backing up Windows (Fat32 and NTFS) Partitions

2003-07-31 Thread Brian Schroeder
I have Win2k, using both fat and ntfs partitions, on my system - of which the main OS is mdk9.1. It seems to me that I should be able to get a perfectly valid, complete and fully restorable backup of my windows environment simply by using dd or tar from linux. Has anyone had any experience doing

Re: [expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3

2003-07-01 Thread Brian Schroeder
Yep. That's done the trick. It works properly now. Thanks for your help. I have now run into another problem: full-screen graphics programs (in particular, games) only display the top half of the screen. It may be caused by something else, though. I haven't spent any time debugging it

Re: [expert] OT: Determining Memory Speed

2003-06-30 Thread Brian Schroeder
Thanks Tom and Olaf for your replies. I will have a play with Sandra and see what I come up with. Brian. At 01.24 27/06/2003, you wrote: Does anyone know of an easy way to work out the rating of SDram (ie. 66, 100, 133)? Obviously, in cases where it isn't actually written on the stick.

[expert] OT: Determining Memory Speed

2003-06-26 Thread Brian Schroeder
Does anyone know of an easy way to work out the rating of SDram (ie. 66, 100, 133)? Obviously, in cases where it isn't actually written on the stick. Brian. _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to

Re: [expert] Get your burners warmed up folks

2003-06-25 Thread Brian Schroeder
It's only a couple of weeks since I upgraded my main system to 9.1. From: Ronald J. Hall [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday 25 June 2003 06:05 am, Anne Wilson wrote: I'm seriously considering staying with 9.1. The rate of change is too fast for me, as I'm spending so much time getting to know

Re: [expert] Get your burners warmed up folks

2003-06-24 Thread Brian Schroeder
I've been wondering about that. If Mandrakesoft don't make point releases, what is the meaning of their version numbers? Why have, for example, 9.2? From: Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] 9.2 is _not_ a point release in the common sense of the word because Mandrakesoft does not, in fact, make them.

Re: [expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3

2003-06-23 Thread Brian Schroeder
Thanks, I'll give that a try. As a matter of interest, what exactly will I lose by not using the virtual framebuffer? Brian. From: Kelley Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sunday 22 June 2003 06:32 pm, Brian Schroeder wrote: Thanks Kelley, but my problem is with XFree86, not with lilo and booting

Re: [expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3

2003-06-22 Thread Brian Schroeder
it looks like it isn't a Mandrake-specific issue. There was no solution there that I could see, though. Brian. From: Kelley Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 12 June 2003 08:50 pm, Brian Schroeder wrote: There was a thread recently about running XFree 4.3 on the S3 Trio 3D, I'm hoping one

Re: [expert] crashing term windows.

2003-06-22 Thread Brian Schroeder
It looks to me that xterm isn't crashing, it's merely finishing the command it was given and exiting nicely. Try running something that stays around for a while instead of pwd - eg. xclock of vi a.tmp. Brian From: Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] On 22 Jun 2003 15:51:55 -0700 James

Re: [expert] Apache redirects incorrectly

2003-06-16 Thread Brian Schroeder
I didn't notice this under Mandrake 8 - but I did run into the problem when I upgraded to 9.1 - and, more specifically, apache 2. After a bit of chasing around, I was able to solve the problem by explicitly setting the ServerName variable in /etc/httpd/2.0/conf/httpd2.conf. Brian. From: Jesus

Re: [expert] Acrobat Reader installation fails

2003-06-15 Thread Brian Schroeder
Hi Per-Olof, I'm a bit late on this thread, and was expecting someone else to suggest this, but not seeing it: Have you tried installing the ed package? I ran into the same problem, and, after installing ed, it worked perfectly. My system shows that ed-0.2-29mdk is now installed. Brian. From:

[expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3

2003-06-12 Thread Brian Schroeder
There was a thread recently about running XFree 4.3 on the S3 Trio 3D, so I'm hoping one of those people may be able to help me get it working. I've got 2 boxes I am trying to configure with this chip in, and 2 very different monitors - and both produce the same problems. I would really like to

Re: [expert] S3 Trio 3D and XFree86 4.3

2003-06-12 Thread Brian Schroeder
Thanks Kelley. I will look forward to hearing. Do you have any hints for me to try out over the weekend - pointers in the, hopefully, right direction? Brina. From: kb [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thursday 12 June 2003 05:18 pm, Brian Schroeder wrote: There was a thread recently about running XFree

Re: [expert] Voodoo 2

2003-06-09 Thread Brian Schroeder
to use 3.3. Brian. From: Jack Coates [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 2003-06-05 at 23:41, Brian Schroeder wrote: Has anyone had any experience getting a Voodoo 2 3D accellerator board to work with Mandrake? I would be interested in a few tips. Brian. what's it doing wrong? Haven't tried a 2, but my

[expert] Voodoo 2

2003-06-06 Thread Brian Schroeder
Has anyone had any experience getting a Voodoo 2 3D accellerator board to work with Mandrake? I would be interested in a few tips. Brian. _ Hotmail is now available on Australian mobile phones. Go to

Re: [expert] Linux Mail Servers for Win clients

2003-03-23 Thread Brian Schroeder
If you try it out, I would be interested in hearing of your experiences. I've got it on my list of things to look into, but it is rather low priority at the moment. Brian. From: Dave Seff [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Linux Mail

Re: [expert] printer abnormalities

2003-03-13 Thread Brian Schroeder
We have a wierd printer problem also. Sometime overnight, every night, all our printers spit out a CUPS Printer Test Page. We have scoured all cron files, checked all print queues, and examined everything else we can think of - to no avail. Brian. From: Todd Lyons [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: [expert] Mandrake RPM updates

2003-02-10 Thread Brian Schroeder
This is probably a difficult ask. But what I would like to see is a longer time between versions (eg. 12+ months) for the regular desktop edition, and a simple, reliable method for updating packages in the meantime for those who want to (for all those things that don't qualify for Mandrake's

Re: [expert] drakbackup

2003-02-05 Thread Brian Schroeder
From: Luca Olivetti [EMAIL PROTECTED] You just scared me to death. I had no problem reding the tapes to restore some files from time to time (when a user deleted them by mistake), but I guess murphy's law applies here: in case of disaster the tape won't be readable :-( Absolutely! That's the

Re: [expert] Staroffice/openoffice problem

2003-02-04 Thread Brian Schroeder
Out of interest, does anyone know if Staroffice patches can be applied to Openoffice installations? Could it be done? Would it break things? Brian From: Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tuesday 04 Feb 2003 5:39 am, James Sparenberg wrote: Anne .. whith me being blind in one eye and

Re: [expert] SSH

2003-01-09 Thread Brian Schroeder
I use firestarter (http://firestarter.sourceforge.net/). It's not necessarily the best, but I haven't had too much trouble with it. It seems to work, although I haven't tried it with ssh. It's on the Mandrake CDs if you want to try it. Brian. From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To:

Re: [expert] Corrupted RPM database (need help)

2002-12-30 Thread Brian Schroeder
This, or something like it IS in the archives - somewhere. (I have had problems in the past finding things in the archives too.) I had exactly the same problem myself a while back, and have it fixed now. Unfortunately, I can't remember exactly what I did, or what the helpful messages were, but

Re: [expert] Stable video card

2002-12-26 Thread Brian Schroeder
Does anyone have any experience with the Voodoo 2? I am trying to get one working with mdk9. Brian From: Ron Stodden [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Stable video card Date: Wed, 25 Dec 2002 20:38:38 +1100 Jack Coates wrote: Voodoos

[expert] S3 Trio, Voodoo2, and XFree86 4.2.1

2002-12-18 Thread Brian Schroeder
(Sorry if you've seen this before. I asked about this a few days ago, but didn't see my message on the list, or any replies.) I am trying to configure a PII system that has an S3 Trio3D graphics chip, and an added Voodoo2 3dfx card. According to the documentation, these are both supported by

Re: [expert] Linux Backup

2002-12-05 Thread Brian Schroeder
I did a lot of thinking on this one for my home system, and eventually decided that the most ecconomical way was to get one of those internal disk caddies and a couple of extra IDE disks to use in it. Given the use of compression on the backups (eg. tar -cjf), these backup disks don't have to be

[expert] Mozilla 1.2.1

2002-12-04 Thread Brian Schroeder
Does anyone know where I can find Mozilla 1.2.1 for mdk 9.0? Based on previous threads on this list, I believe it has to be compiled with gcc 2.9.6 for the java plugin to work with it. Brian. _ Add photos to your messages with

[expert] Multiple Samba Versions

2002-12-03 Thread Brian Schroeder
After a few upgrades, I have found that samba hasn't been upgraded properly. I still have old versions lying around that I can't get rid of (see the output below). I have tried rpm --rebuilddb, but it made no difference. Is there any way to clean it up nicely? Brian. rpm -qa|grep samba

Re: [expert] wierd FS situation

2002-11-24 Thread Brian Schroeder
Also - just for information: I saw something similar over the weekend. Due to problems with an install (another story!), I rebooted in rescue mode, and the root fs couldn't be found. I did fsck.ext2 on the actual partition (it is an ext3 partition), fixed some problems, and then mounted it. ls

Re: [expert] printing multiple photos

2002-11-19 Thread Brian Schroeder
As Pierre said, there are SO many ways in Linux So often, when I want to do something, the problem is deciding which tool to use! Since you like Word for this, I too would have suggested oowriter. But xfig is something else that could be well worth a try. It is on the Mandrake CDs, but not

Re: [expert] network goes dead

2002-11-19 Thread Brian Schroeder
I have had this sort of problem in the past, with mdk7.2 up to 8.2. There was never anything I could find to explain what was going on. It didn't seem to be related to any firewall, although I have never used shorewall. For me, the conditions that caused it were: 33k modem connection; heavy

Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks

2002-11-19 Thread Brian Schroeder
Thanks, I hadn't thought of that. Although I have already found that it refuses to boot off of CD1, and I have to start with CD2 to get anywhere at all. Brian. From: Albert E. Whale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install

[expert] automount lmontel

2002-11-19 Thread Brian Schroeder
I am getting numerous messages (in /var/log/messages) from automount, trying to mount /home/lmontel. How can I find where this is coming from and stop it? automount[1163]: attempting to mount entry /home/lmontel automount[1975]: mount: special device /local_home/lmontel does not exist (Note:

Re: [expert] automount lmontel

2002-11-19 Thread Brian Schroeder
:01 AM Subject: Re: [expert] automount lmontel Brian Schroeder wrote: I am getting numerous messages (in /var/log/messages) from automount, trying to mount /home/lmontel. How can I find where this is coming from and stop it? automount[1163]: attempting to mount entry /home/lmontel

Re: [expert] LM 9.0 - Install Fails - SCSI Disks

2002-11-18 Thread Brian Schroeder
I'm having all sorts of problems with a P233 with an Adaptec 1542. I also had problems when it had a 1522, and hoped the newer card would fix them. I haven't given up trying ideas yet, and am not totally convinced that the SCSI card is the cause of my problems (but removing it is not an option,

[expert] RPM database wierdness

2002-11-14 Thread Brian Schroeder
I have noticed a wierd problem with RPM on both my home and work machines since upgrading to mdk9.0. After the machine has been up for a while, all rpm operations hang. This includes rpm -q and rpm --rebuilddb as well as rpm -U, rpm -e etc. rpm -qa and rpm --rebuilddb normally get part way

[expert] Mdk 9.0, kppp, and default route

2002-11-12 Thread Brian Schroeder
, and are not so computer literate) would not be able to do this. (Yes, I know I could create a suid script for them, or something similar, but I don't really want to do this kind of hack.) Is this a bug, or is it just a configuration issue? If the latter, what should I do? Brian Schroeder

Re: [expert] Creative SB Live 5.1 configuration on ML 9.0

2002-11-12 Thread Brian Schroeder
and loaded the driver for the onboard soundchip, as is happening for you. (Fortunately, this driver still works for the sound card, just not as well as the right one would.) I have not been able to fix it. So, if you do get an answer, please let me know too. Brian Schroeder From: Andreas Weiss

Re: [expert] Mdk 9.0, kppp, and default route

2002-11-12 Thread Brian Schroeder
of hack.) Is this a bug, or is it just a configuration issue? If the latter, what should I do? Brian Schroeder Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ MSN 8 helps eliminate e

Re: [expert] hard disk booting issue IBM PC.

2002-11-07 Thread Brian Schroeder
once it has booted. (I have done this on my own machine.) 2. Failing that, you will have to configure a boot floppy and boot off that. Brian Schroeder. From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] hard disk booting issue IBM PC. Date

[expert] Unformatting a vfat partition

2002-11-03 Thread Brian Schroeder
the backup. Unfortunately (stupidly!), I somehow managed to format the wrong one... I haven't touched the newly formated partition since. Brian Schroeder _ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http

Re: [expert] Unformatting a vfat partition

2002-11-03 Thread Brian Schroeder
to buy some software to recover it JG Brian Schroeder wrote: I think I know the answer to this, but is it possible to un-format a fat partition (formatted from diskdrake)? To set the scene: My windows partition trashed itself. I had a complete backup of it on another partition. So I

[expert] Custom CD#3

2002-10-27 Thread Brian Schroeder
) Is there anything else I need to fix that the upgrade would have handled for me that rpm -Fvh wouldn't? Brian Schroeder. _ Surf the Web without missing calls! Get MSN Broadband. http://resourcecenter.msn.com/access/plans

Re: [expert] Unsolicited remove request

2002-10-10 Thread Brian Schroeder
=[40751D60:01C26FC6] From: J.P. Pasnak [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Unsolicited remove request Date: Wed, 9 Oct 2002 20:34:04 -0600 -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On October 9, 2002 17:44 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: Brian

[expert] Unsolicited remove request

2002-10-09 Thread Brian Schroeder
I received a message from the Sympa list manager for this list saying that: Someone (hopefully you) asked for you e-mail address to be removed from list 'expert'. It WASN'T me. So who would/could it have been? Has this happened to anyone else? Brian.

[expert] Thoughts/experiences on tmpfs

2002-09-26 Thread Brian Schroeder
Since upgrading to mdk8.2, I have been using tmpfs for my /tmp filesystem. Having experienced that sort of thing before on Solaris, I was very please to have it in Linux as well. But, I have been having problems with /tmp being 100% full at times, and causing other things to not work. (I have

[expert] Microsoft Project Equivalent

2002-07-25 Thread Brian Schroeder
Does anyone know if there is anything like Microsoft Project for Linux? Brian. _ MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx Want to buy your Pack or Services from

[expert] New Disk and Lilo Peculiarities

2002-07-16 Thread Brian Schroeder
later had to remove the map-drive bits to make windows boot.) ALSO: On my new disk I want to use a /boot partition,while on the old disk /boot was just a part of the root partition. What do I need to change for this to work? Brian Schroeder

Re: [expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4

2002-05-22 Thread Brian Schroeder
-05-22 at 09:47, Brian Schroeder wrote: I have already checked on my system. There are version 2 and 3 editions. rpm -qf /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.3.0.4 gives: libstdc++3.0-3.0.4-2mdk I couldn't find a version 4 of libstdc++. From: William Kenworthy [EMAIL PROTECTED] do

Re: [expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4

2002-05-22 Thread Brian Schroeder
Does this mean Mandrake are standardizing on GCC 3.1 now? From: Bjarne Thomsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] rpm -qf /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.4 libstdc++3.1-3.1-1mdk Actually you need the gcc-3.1: gcc-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcc-c++-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcc-colorgcc-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm gcc-cpp-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm

[expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4

2002-05-21 Thread Brian Schroeder
I recently downloaded OpenOffice.org-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm from cooker, but when trying to install it, it complains that it needs libstdc++.so.4. I have had a good look around, but haven't been able to find it. If the cooker version of OpenOffice was built with it, it must be around somewhere. Can

Re: [expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4

2002-05-21 Thread Brian Schroeder
binaries (now?) come with a version of this in the program directory - but in the past I just symlinked the wanted version with latest I had installed (in /usr/lib I think) and solved the prob that way. Didnt notice any errors from doing it. BillK On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 08:06, Brian Schroeder wrote

Re: FIXED! [expert] access to CD-RW

2002-05-12 Thread Brian Schroeder
The HOWTO insists that any other OS partitions (ie. windows) must be handled by their own OS. Would dd successfully copy an unmounted windows partition to a new hd? Brian. From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Much thanks to nDiScReEt, Bascule, Steve Browne, Brian Parish, Larry Sword, and Pross(who

Re: FIXED! [expert] access to CD-RW

2002-05-12 Thread Brian Schroeder
dd should be able to read the raw partition, I would have though. From: David [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian Schroeder said onto me: | Would dd successfully copy an unmounted windows partition to a new hd? Doesn't a partition need to be mounted for one to be able to access it at all

Re: [expert] Linux for Kids

2002-04-30 Thread Brian Schroeder
Anyone want to rename this thread? I think it has gotten slightly off the original topic. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2 and Wordperfect 8

2002-04-27 Thread Brian Schroeder
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 26 Apr 2002, Brian Schroeder wrote: ...path.../xwp: file not found (or words to that effect). The actual executable xwp does exist where it always did, and is executable. Any hints would be appreciated. This often indicates that the program

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2 and Wordperfect 8

2002-04-27 Thread Brian Schroeder
I had a search through the newbie archives, but couldn't find it. Can you remember anything that might give me a hint of where to start? Brian. From: FemmeFatale [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian Schroeder wrote: Has anyone got the free download version of WordPerfect to work with Mandrake 8.2? I

[expert] Mandrake 8.2 and Wordperfect 8

2002-04-25 Thread Brian Schroeder
Has anyone got the free download version of WordPerfect to work with Mandrake 8.2? I have just upgraded my machine, and WP broke. The same thing happened when I upgraded to Mdk 8.1, but the error looks different this time to what I think it was then. I get: ...path.../xwp: file not found (or

[expert] Postgres Upgrade

2002-04-25 Thread Brian Schroeder
A little hand-holding is requested here. I don't really know what I am doing when it comes to dbaing. Postgresql was upgraded with mdk8.2, and doesn't start because there is an existing earlier-version database - fair enough. However, the instructions for fixing this are for upgrading from a

Re: [expert] 8.2 and vectra vl600

2002-04-03 Thread Brian Schroeder
This may help: When I did an upgrade from 7.2 to 8.1, my nic suddenly stopped working - for no apparent reason. The symptoms were similar to what you describe. I tried all sorts of things, including pulling my hair out, but nothing worked. Eventually I removed the card from the box, had a

Re: [expert] Vi, emacs, and editors

2002-03-18 Thread Brian Schroeder
Just to continue the war theme... I don't like vi or emacs! To me, they are both unpleasant and cryptic. I have come from a VMS background and had written my own editor in VAXTPU in which I could do EVERYTHING - much in the same way emacs gurus claim to. I still miss it. But I have learnt vi

Re: [expert] Vi

2002-03-17 Thread Brian Schroeder
For a long time I have used ZZ (ie. without the :). From: James [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe this is why my mentor in unix insisted I use :wq instead of :x to write and exit? James On Fri, 15 Mar 2002 13:31:32 + [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am so glad I am not the only one to do this.

Re: [expert] adaptec ava 1502-a

2002-02-25 Thread Brian Schroeder
I was able to get an old Adaptec 1522 card and 2G SCSI disk a few years back, which I put into a pentium machine. I had all sorts of problems getting it to work properly. There seemed to be conflicts with the sound card and with the network card. None of the problems jumped out at me and said

Re: [expert] no job control errors during compile src.rpm

2002-02-10 Thread Brian Schroeder
control errors during compile src.rpm Date: Fri, 08 Feb 2002 19:34:18 +0100 Do you think an upgrade of RPM and RPM-BUILD would solve the problem as well? Sometimes rpm changes some things, for whatever reason, including incompatibility with certain packages. Regards, marc Brian Schroeder

Re: [expert] no job control errors during compile src.rpm

2002-02-07 Thread Brian Schroeder
I have found this by trial and error, so I don't know if my solution is valid or if it will break something else - however it appears to work. The cooker rpm stuff seems to have some new things that are not present in the default 8.1 distro. Look in the spec file for the string

Re: [expert] Cd burn

2002-01-24 Thread Brian Schroeder
I totally lost my cdburner in 8.1, but managed to get it back and working again by changing the lilo.conf entry to use: devfs = nomount From: Geoff Thomas [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have just upgraded to LM 8.1. CD writer does not work. The cdrom can be mounted and used to read files from disk.

[expert] Automounter maps from a Sun NIS+ server

2001-12-09 Thread Brian Schroeder
need to do? Brian Schroeder. _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Brian Schroeder
, but this did fix it in a number of cases. Brian Schroeder From: Charlie Bebber [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy! Date: Sun, 2 Dec 2001 03:21:09 -0800 (PST) bascule said: the ntp stuff in lm

Re: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect()

2001-11-23 Thread Brian Schroeder
] undefined function: mysql_connect() Date: Thu, 22 Nov 2001 07:34:19 +0100 So sprach »Brian Schroeder« am 2001-11-21 um 12:55:23 +1030 : php-mysql-4.0.6-3mdk mod_php-4.0.6-5mdk The php-mysql and php versions don't match. Try to install the same versions. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote

Re: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect()

2001-11-21 Thread Brian Schroeder
: 21 Nov 2001 08:50:46 -0600 On Tue, 2001-11-20 at 20:25, Brian Schroeder wrote: I asked for help on this problem once before, but, unforutunately, no one felt qualified to respond. So on behalf of my hair, which doesn't want to be torn out, if anyone can enlighten me on this I would

[expert] undefined function: mysql_connect()

2001-11-20 Thread Brian Schroeder
I asked for help on this problem once before, but, unforutunately, no one felt qualified to respond. So on behalf of my hair, which doesn't want to be torn out, if anyone can enlighten me on this I would appreciate it. Any PHP-based app which wants to access a MySQL database fails at the first

Re: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect()

2001-11-20 Thread Brian Schroeder
If the presence of the line: extension = mysql.so means that it is being loaded, then it is there. Brian. From: Michael D. Viron [EMAIL PROTECTED] look in php.ini to verify that the mysql module for php is being loaded. Michael At 12:55 PM 11/21/2001 +1030, you wrote: I asked for help on

RE: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect()

2001-11-20 Thread Brian Schroeder
Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Schroeder Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] undefined function: mysql_connect() I asked for help on this problem once before, but, unforutunately, no one felt qualified

[expert] NIS Domain Name and 8.1

2001-11-19 Thread Brian Schroeder
wrong, or is there something new in the configuration that I am not aware of? (Note: I am using DHCP clients on these machines, in case that influences anything.) Brian Schroeder _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http

[expert] FVWM Users

2001-11-08 Thread Brian Schroeder
frustrated that Mandrake still only ship 2.2.4, and even that must be specially installed from the CD as it is no longer even a selectable option during the install. Brian Schroeder _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http

[expert] OT: PHP - MySQL problem

2001-10-30 Thread Brian Schroeder
I have searched the documentation, but not found the answer to this. If I have missed something, please let me know. I am running mdk 8.0 Freq 2 with the following modules: apache-manual-1.3.20-1.2mdk apache-conf-1.3.20-1.2mdk apache-common-1.3.20-1.2mdk apache-source-1.3.20-1.2mdk

[expert] Kernel Upgrading Advice Please

2001-10-25 Thread Brian Schroeder
I have just tried to install kernel-source-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm, which required kernel-headers-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm, which then reported lots of conflicts with lots of files in /usr/include from kernel-headers-2.4.5-5mdk. Should I ignore these and use --nodeps? Or should I use -Uvh instead of

Re: [expert] Kernel Upgrading Advice Please

2001-10-25 Thread Brian Schroeder
Thanks, I'll try than. From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 25 Oct 2001 17:21:48 +0930 Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just tried to install kernel-source-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm, which required kernel-headers-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm, which then reported lots

[expert] Freq 2 Uninstallable RPMs on Compaq 233

2001-10-22 Thread Brian Schroeder
I have been following the Corrupted files -RPM thread, and trying some of the suggestions there, with no success. I have the Freq 20010619 CDs, which I have successfully loaded on other machines, but am having trouble with a particular machine at home. Most of the install goes properly, but

Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade

2001-09-09 Thread Brian Schroeder
Maybe: Could the folks at Mandrake modify the MandrakeUpdate program to print out some wise words of advise, instead of doing what is asked, whenever someone tries to upgrade the kernel? From: Sergio P.Korlowsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: [expert] Official Kernel update for Mdk8

2001-08-28 Thread Brian Schroeder
I am running the 2.4.5 kernel that came with Freq 2. Should I upgrade that to 2.4.7 as well? Brian Schroeder From: civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Digital Wokan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Official Kernel update for Mdk8 Date: Tue, 28

Re: [expert] ssh version mismatch

2001-08-12 Thread Brian Schroeder
PROTECTED] To: Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] ssh version mismatch Date: Thu, 9 Aug 2001 05:45:25 -0700 Quoting Brian Schroeder ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): I recently upgraded my work machine from mdk 7.2 to 8.0 Freq. We have a number

[expert] ssh version mismatch

2001-08-09 Thread Brian Schroeder
machines, what is the best way of making this work (I am a bit of a newbie when it comes to this sort of thing)? Is there a backwards-compatible switch I can use? Can I simply downgrade to the version of OpenSSL provided with mdk7.2 without breaking anything? Or...? Thanks in anticipation. Brian

Re: [expert] Lightweight window managers

2001-08-05 Thread Brian Schroeder
make it look any way I like. Unfortunately, Mandrake chose not to include it with 8.0. And the version they do have available is stuck at Fvwm 2.2. However, the 2.4 edition is available via the Fvwm web site. Brian Schroeder I'd like to get the recommendations of the experts for a ranking

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 FREQ and VMware, Mozilla etc.

2001-07-31 Thread Brian Schroeder
that removing the libsafe package enabled vmware to work. I tried it, and it did! It all works properly now, thankyou. But, can anyone tell me what libsafe is supposed to do. I don't want my system to break because I removed it. Brian Schroeder. From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pete Jordan) Reply

[expert] Mandrake 8 FREQ and VMware, Mozilla etc.

2001-07-30 Thread Brian Schroeder
completed successfully. When I then try to run vmware, i get Segmentation fault and that's it. What can I do here? Thanks in advance for your help. Brian Schroeder _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 FREQ and VMware, Mozilla etc.

2001-07-30 Thread Brian Schroeder
From: Tzafrir Cohen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 8 FREQ and VMware, Mozilla etc. Date: Tue, 31 Jul 2001 07:56:45 +0300 (IDT) On Tue, 31 Jul 2001, Brian Schroeder wrote: Hi everyone, I have just taken

[expert] How to update a distro

2001-07-23 Thread Brian Schroeder
everything up? Is there a better way? Brian Schroeder _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp

Re: [expert] X uses LOTS of memory

2001-06-18 Thread Brian Schroeder
I did wonder about that. Is there any easy way to tell? Even so, it's still a lot of memory! Brian. From: Alexander Skwar [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Brian Schroeder [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] X uses LOTS of memory Date: Sat, 16 Jun 2001 10:01:30 +0200 So sprach

[expert] X uses LOTS of memory

2001-06-16 Thread Brian Schroeder
% of the memory: 191M!. Hence, swap is very much in use. Can anyone tell me what is happening here and what I can do about it? Brian Schroeder _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

[expert] PPP - throughput dies

2001-06-16 Thread Brian Schroeder
log files I can find, but cannot find anything to tell me what is happening. Is this normal? Or, what should I be looking for? Brian Schroeder _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

[expert] Problems Printing extra Type1 Fonts from Staroffice

2001-05-17 Thread Brian Schroeder
on the screen through ghostscript. But how do I get CUPS to do so as well when I want to print via ghostscript? Brian Schroeder _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Re: [expert] sound - playing music cds

2001-03-08 Thread Brian Schroeder
linux to work better than windows, not worse! Since presenting this problem to the list, I have received little response - so indicating that it is not an easy one! Any Mandrake people listening? got any ideas? Brian Schroeder From: Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [expert] No Midi or CD playing on Creative Vibra128

2001-02-24 Thread Brian Schroeder
Thankyou for your response, Daniel. Sorry I have taken so long to get back with my answer; I have had a few problems (I think with my ISP) in getting to my hotmail account. I have tried Gnome and FVWM2 as well as KDE, with the same results. General sounds work, but not midis or CDs. Brian.

Re: [expert] cups is a real pain

2001-02-24 Thread Brian Schroeder
I am using CUPS for the first time with LM7.2. I am also having a number of problems with it. These include: (1) sometimes when booting up the machine I find that all the queue definitions have vanished; (2) My HP LJ4 often asks me to insert letter paper, when the application specifically

[expert] No Midi or CD playing on Creative Vibra128

2001-02-16 Thread Brian Schroeder
locate module sound-slot-1 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-slot-1 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-1-0 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module sound-service-0-1 Brian Schroeder

[expert] Multiple KDE Menu Entries

2001-02-07 Thread Brian Schroeder
-42mdk. The file /etc/menu/menudrakeentry only has 1 entry for each. Can anyone give me any pointers please? Thankyou, Brian Schroeder. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

[expert] Test

2000-07-24 Thread Brian Schroeder
I haven't seen anything on this list for a few days. It's usually high volume. Am I getting through? Brian. -- -- Brian Schroeder | ,-_|\ Origin Energy Resources Ltd | Only 2 things are infinite

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