Re: [expert] Audio problem with xmms and kde. . .

plugin for xmms to play to kde-2's audioserver. Is it difficult to write something similar for kde-1.1.2's audioserver (if it hasn't yet been written)? Thanks. ---Norvell Spearman

[expert] Audio problem with xmms and kde. . .

Thanks for any help with this. ---Norvell Spearman

[expert] 7.2, removing cups. . .

tall. How do I fix this? Thanks for any help with this. ---Norvell Spearman Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] 7.2 and possible marital problems. . .

assumed that's not related to this other problem. Because of a few other slight problems with 7.2, I've been thinking about returning to 7.1 and I'd like to have hardware accel for my video card---unless that's the root of the lockup I had with 7.2. Thanks very much fo

Re: [expert] Lost and Found ?? ?

, it does not need to allocate blocks in the filesystem to store a large number of unlinked files. This ensures that e2fsck will not have to allocate data blocks in the filesystem during recovery. ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

Re: [expert] ramdisk

rnel. If so and if you need a larger ramdisk than the kernel allows, you'll need to recompile the kernel. Hope this helps. . . ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

[expert] netscape stalls over ppp. . .

th RedHat 6.0 and 6.1. Thanks for any help with this. . . ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

Re: [expert] Secure kernel

directly, Netscape would puke without apology. You may want to try telling your e-mail program to compose in plain text as opposed to HTML. I may want to try a different mail reader. . . ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

Re: [expert] ide tape, Linux-Mandrake 7.1 problems. . .

g? > > I have exactly the same problem with my colorado 5gig. It worked fine > with Mandrake 7.0. I'm kinnda stuck with my data on the tape and I > cannot extract it. > > Hope you found a solution for my problem. > > -- > _______

Re: [expert] To the Powers That Be.

Regards, > > Ellick Chan > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Aug 20 -- ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

[expert] Painless disaster recovery. . .

any help with these questions. If all this is in a HOWTO which I missed, I apologize for the superfluous posting. . . ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

Re: [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL! How do I set the default editor so I can TRASH IT?

M$ products come from :-) (that was a joke, not flame bait) ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

[expert] drakfloppy and disaster recovery. . .

/gzip or dump/restore? Should I copy fdisk and mke2fs to the bootfloppy, run fdisk and mke2fs to recreate my file systems, and then just untar/restore from the tape? Thanks for any help with this. ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.''

[expert] netscape pukes when pppd is down

. Is this a netscape problem, or does it have to do with a possible change in the script files that call 4.72 and 4.73? Thanks. ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

[expert] netscape >= 4.73 pukes w/o connection. . .

e over. I know that /usr/bin/netscape is really a script that calls the binary. Could the problem be in the script, or something lacking in 4.73's script? I used Mandrake's rpms for 4.73 and netscape's tarball for 4.74. Thanks much for any help with this.

[expert] kernel-secure and NetHack. . .

(not kernel-secure) and NetHack works fine. Can I configure kernel-secure to allow setgid file locking and still keep the other security enhancements? If so, how? Thanks for any help with this. . . ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

Re: [expert] Need help....

tor. How do you > instruct it to reboot via Telnet? > > Seve ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

[expert] kernel-secure and NetHack. . .

ks for any help with this. . . ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

Re: [expert] Urgent! KDE won't log off to console!

7;m sure I saw at least a version 4.01 somewhere. Wish I could be more helpful. . . ---Norvell Spearman Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Dear friends: > > Just bought and installed LM 7.1. The installation went fine but I have > one urgent problem: > > Normally when I log off from

Re: [expert] Backup and restore systems

z, taper, or kdat? > > > >Thanks. > > > >---Norvell Spearman > > I back up from hard disk to hard disk with Ghost. It runs under MSDOS > from a floppy but will back up Linux (and practically anything else). > I use a version 5.0d made before Symantec bought out the program; I

Re: [expert] Backup and restore systems

Mondo-Rescue (below) seems to be only for CDRs. Which is a good procedure/application for disaster recovery when backing up with tape using tar/gz, taper, or kdat? Thanks. ---Norvell Spearman Jeff Groves wrote: > > Check out Mondo-Rescue > > http://freshmeat.net/appinde

Re: [expert] More version 7.1 problems

ing are related to the new security > system. root seems to have taken a beating. > Sorry to butt in on this, but I noticed the same thing when using 7.1: root's right-click menu wasn't complete, as compared to regular users. If this is already general kno

[expert] /etc/skel

the skel files are copied to the new home directory. Any suggestions for a simpler/more elegant solution? Thanks much. ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe

Re: [expert] Problem with RPM hanging...

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I've noticed that when I invoke: > > rpm -ivh package.somerpm.rpm > > that the rpm binary hangs and keeps processing forever (until > I reboot). Any ideas on this one? It seems to eat up my resources too; > I can't even login on another terminal to monitor what's

Re: [expert] Problem downloading 7.1 ISO file

bobby dowling wrote: > > I just finished downloading from sunsite.utk.edu and free.fr ...no problems > with either iso image. > > If every site you download from stops at the same point downloading the same > file (weird!), then maybe the problem is on your end...? > > > > >Hi, > >I tried to do

Re: [expert] KPPP problems with Mandrake 7.1

Jon Hewitt wrote: > > Heeep! > > After installing MD7.1 I found that KPPP would not work, it would dial,make > the connection and seeminly login, then immediately log off. I found that > going to DrakConf/Network Configuration/PPP/Slip/Plip I could make the > connection, close everything an

[expert] ide-tape again; don't call PETA yet. . .

so that it works with 7.1 (without re-compiling the whole kernel)? If possible, how would I do so? Thanks for any help with this. ---Norvell Spearman

Re: [expert] UDMA66 & Mandrake 7.1. . .

at came with 7.0, and ide-tape.o that came with 7.0 (this wouldn't even load---error messages about unresolved symbols). Now that I think about it, I haven't tried a different version of gzip, although with 7.1 I can `tar cvzpf /dev/fd0 ' and `tar xzvpf /dev/fd0' with no proble

[expert] UDMA66 & Mandrake 7.1. . .

Linux-Mandrake 7.1 has UDMA66 support ``out of the box,'' right? Is there a way to disable it or make 7.1 use only UDMA33 for all IDE devices? I'm pretty sure I have no UDMA66 drives. Thanks for any help with this. . . ---Norvell Spearman [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

In what way could the hard drive not be up to spec? The original post said the problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0. Not trying to butt in, but I also have an IDE device which did work with 7.0 but does not with 7.1. ---Norvell Spearman John Aldrich wrote: > > On Wed, 28 Ju

[expert] using menu system in 7.1 for 7.0

Since I can't get my tape drive to work after installing 7.1, I'm downgrading to 7.0. Anybody know how to incorporate the new X menu system from 7.1 into 7.0? Thanks much. ---Norvell

Re: [expert] mc listing and rpm problem

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > So anybody fixed it ? > It is not problem with MC i did try a few different versions Well, I just uninstalled the mc which comes with Linux-Mandrake 7.1 (`rpm -e --nodeps mc') then installed the mc off my 7.02 CD and I can now browse rpms again. And the file listing

Re: [expert] mc listing and rpm problem

hat, I could no longer browse into rpms as I could before (mc still works with tar.gz files, however). Anyone else already figured out how to fix this? ---Norvell Spearman

Re: [expert] fonts in 7.0

Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote: > > Is there an easy way to add windows fonts for usage in Linux with 7.0 ?? > > Brian D. Klar - CVE > OTS > WPAFB > (937)257-5773 > 937-973-3125 (Pager) You should be able to download & install the rpm for DrakFont (it's a GUI program) from the 7.1 distributio

[expert] ide tape, Linux-Mandrake 7.1 problems. . .

y tape, but not read from it. I'll include the error messages below. I've tried backing up and restoring a few files to/from /dev/fd0 with no problems, so I guess it's safe to say the problem is not with tar or gzip. I'd greatly apprec

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

at the links below. The second link is the source for defrag which contains an interesting README comparing bootup times before and after running defrag. http://web.mit.edu/tytso/www/linux/ext2.html ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/ext2fs/defrag-0.70.tar.gz ---Norvell Spearman

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

saw no noticeable speed improvements. ---Norvell Spearman

[expert] Linux-Mandrake 7.1, ide tape, and installation. . .

t beginning of tape, quitting now tar (grandchild): Error is not recoverable: exiting now gzip: stdin: unexpected end of file tar: Child returned status 1 tar: Error exit delayed from previous errors ------- Thanks very much for any help with this. ---Norvell Spearman