Re: [expert] Q: Powerpack Ed. download from the Club

2003-11-06 Thread Dean S. Messing
Comments are interspersed Wobo wrote: : Dean S. Messing schrieb am Wed, 5 Nov 2003 17:58:40 -0800 (PST): : : > : > When downloading the Powerpack Ed. from the Club do I need to : > also d/l the 3 distribution CDs (making six CDs total)? : > : > I ask because I only d

[expert] Q: Powerpack Ed. download from the Club

2003-11-05 Thread Dean S. Messing
re on which CD. Any help will be appreciated. Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms & Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems Technologies Dept. Sharp Laboratories of America Want to bu

[expert] infamous ldm_validate_partition_table() bug still alive!

2003-07-18 Thread Dean S. Messing
ny memory stick hardware, or some combination is tickling the bug. Any help will be appreciated. Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms & Visual Optimization Lab Information Systems Technologies Dept.

[expert] gcc-3.2.1-2mdk.src.rpm (cooker) has a build bug

2003-01-02 Thread Dean S. Messing
But I've not seen anything mentioned. I just went over to the cooker archives for Dec. and see nothing about this. Any help will (of course) be appreciated. Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms

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

2002-12-31 Thread Dean S. Messing
This turns out to have corrupted my DB. rpm -e fixed the problem and allowed me to do rpm --rebuilddb sucessfully. Again, thanks for your help. I've bookmarked the links you sent. Dean S. Messing

[expert] Corrupted RPM database (need help)

2002-12-30 Thread Dean S. Messing
m the Mandrake update site. I have no idea how the DB got corrupted. System: Mdk 9.0 will all applicable updates as of 27th Dec 2002. rpm -q rpm: rpm-4.0.4-19mdk Thanks in advance. I hope someone here can save my bacon! D

Re: [expert] test command

2002-12-20 Thread Dean S. Messing
2 is _undefined_ which means it is not even in the category of "string" much less the empty string (which is still "something". namely \0 in memory). So `test' is saying to itself "I have no arg2 to test against. Formally, arg2 does not exist ==&

Re: [expert] Making device node

2002-11-18 Thread Dean S. Messing
target1/lun0/mtl lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 32 Nov 18 11:26 st0m -> scsi/host1/bus0/target1/lun0/mtm lr-xr-xr-x1 root root4 Nov 15 18:45 in /dev. I presume you have also installed the `mt-st-0.7-1mdk' for controlling your tape drive?

[expert] Re: Fetchmail 6.1.0-0.1mdk

2002-11-18 Thread Dean S. Messing
s anywhere else. In your case here is what I would suggest (as root) if you want to run version 6.1.0: At the Commandline: Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms & Visual Optimization Lab Infor

[expert] help: unwanted screen clear during boot

2002-11-02 Thread Dean S. Messing
r" occurs so I can shut it off. N.B.: it doesn't help that I'm illiterate in Perl. If anyone would care to tell me what to do I'd be much obliged. Dean S. Messing Display Algorithms & Visual Optimization Lab

[expert] Re: Digest for list expert

2002-07-25 Thread Dean S. Messing
/ :: -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- :: Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) :: Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org Dean S. Messing Center for Displayed Appearance Information Systems Technologies

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread Dean S. Messing
Thanks Teemu, for your comments. Teemu Torma writes: :: I am running 8.2 with xinerama, and it worked out of the box with kde :: 3.0.2 packages. The X configurator asked me if I wanted xinerama :: version or just plain screen (Matrox G550). :: :: The boxes are of course grayed out if the

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread Dean S. Messing
:: Dean, :: :: You need to recompile the kdelibs package. When you are recompiling = :: it,=20 :: ensure that --enable-xinerama is passed to the configure script. :: :: If that does not help, contact me off the list and I will try to help = :: you. :: :: Balaji Finally! A definite

RE: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread Dean S. Messing
Brian D. Klar writes: :: I have a Matrox G450. All I can say is I dl'ed the :: Matrox drivers, and powerdesk from their site. :: Then I had two separate desktops. With a fast :: config change, I could have xinerama as you stated :: two monitors merged to one large desktop. :: KDE is my DE.

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-12 Thread Dean S. Messing
Todd Lyons writes :: Dean S. Messing wrote on Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 03:41:23PM -0700 : :: > :: > subset of them. Also, consideration shd be given to the :: > question of "Is this a big waste of time?". I mean, if the :: > Mdk KDE packages are known to be compiled

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-12 Thread Dean S. Messing
Larry Sword writes: :: Have you looked at the docs: :: file:///usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/Xinerama-HOWTO.html :: :: Maybe you need to edit your /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file as explained in :: the HOWTO in order to start the xinerama extensions. I have read the HOWTO (several times). (a) I

[expert] Re: Digest for list expert

2002-07-11 Thread Dean S. Messing
I normally _strongly_ dislike including all previous text from every message in a thread in the current message. But maybe there's some wisdom in it :-) :: Where did you get your KDE rpms? >From my very 1st first message: I'm running Mandrake 8.2 with stock KDE. :: If it is MDK's it

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-10 Thread Dean S. Messing
enable xinerama.. :: :: :: Dean S. Messing wrote: :: > Balaji Ramani wrote: :: > :: Open kcontrol. Under Window Behaviour you will find settings for :: > :: Xinerama. :: > :: :: > :: Balaji :: > :: > When I go to K (on the panel) --> Configuration ::

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-09 Thread Dean S. Messing
Balaji Ramani wrote: :: Open kcontrol. Under Window Behaviour you will find settings for :: Xinerama. :: :: Balaji When I go to K (on the panel) --> Configuration --> KDE --> LookNFeel --> Window Behavior and bink the "Advanced" tab, I see four xinerama entries: Enable

[expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-08 Thread Dean S. Messing
I'm at my wits end regarding kde and xinerama. I've got the two heads running just fine. I've got the virtual desktop running under a single KDE invocation (KDE-2.2.2) so I can slide a window across screens. But there is some very annoying behaviour that I can't seem to rid myself of. In parti

[expert] Re: X 4.2.0 and font rendering problems

2002-04-04 Thread Dean S. Messing
Couple of days ago I asked for help regarding some odd font rendering problems I was having. This is just to let y'all know that the new binary nVIDIA driver has fixed the font rendering problems I was having, where pixels were being dropped or left on at random (Problems #1 and #2 below). Tha

[expert] X 4.2.0 and font rendering problems

2002-04-02 Thread Dean S. Messing
wing is the above mentioned system info. Search on , , to get to the head of the appropriate stuff. Thanks, Dean S. Messing Informat

[expert] Anyone got a linux (and X) driving a DVI-D LCD display?

2002-02-05 Thread Dean S. Messing
I need to purchase a video card for a system running linux Mandrake 8.1. The card needs to have DVI-D (i.e. digital DVI) output to drive a digital LCD monitor. Questions: 1) Do you have such a system running linux? (1st hand info please) 2) What video card? 3) What LCD monitor? 4) Is the c

[expert] Will Mandrake 8.1 run on this system?

2001-11-13 Thread Dean S. Messing
model:Inspiron 8100 cpu:P-III 1GHz mem:256MB(x1) HDD:30GB E-IDE CD:CD-RW video:nVIDIA GeForce2 Go 16MB LCD:15inch TFT UXGA(1600x1200) 24bit color NIC:internal 10/100Base-T + V.90 FAX modem Combo (OS:Windows XP Professinal(JP)) Thanks for any help you can provide.

[expert] Bug using emacs in Mdk 8.1

2001-10-18 Thread Dean S. Messing
I'm experiencing a strange bug which I wonder if anyone else on the "experts" list has seen or can verify and report on: To tickle the bug: cp /usr/share/dict/words (or any other large text file) to /tmp The file should contain a large number of lines, say, greater than 5. Now edit /tmp/

[expert] Linux and DVI (Digital Video Interface)

2001-08-31 Thread Dean S. Messing
it is only necessary to drive the Matrox directly as a video card and _it_ (the Matrox) does the conversion to PCI. I don't know. If anyone uses DVI or knows the situation in general, I'd appreciate it if you'd pipe up. Thanks.

Re: [expert] Matrox G450 and G400 ..

2001-05-21 Thread Dean S. Messing
Hello Prasad. I have (I hope) a G450 in my system running Mdk 8.0, which I thought had 32 MB of RAM as well. I just started Harddrake. Like you, I have seeing it return G400 with 16MB of memory. I'm now concerned. It is a new machine and I have not tried any highspeed graphics, but I've been

Re: [expert] OT - ... - no space left on device

2001-05-17 Thread Dean S. Messing
:: This really sounds like a suggestion I saw earlier, in that you are :: hiding the file with a mount. :: :: Look at /etc/fstab. :: Drop to runlevel 1. :: Start unmounting filesystems. Do a "ls" on the mount point after :: you have unmounted the filesystem. If it is not empty, you have