Re: [expert] X Won't Start

2000-03-19 Thread Richard Kilgore
tc/X11/X. Does this file exist? Is it a link to a valid X server, like /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA or something? - rick -- Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Developer | http://lore.ece.utexas.edu/~rkilgore/ Graduate Student in Computer Engineering

Re: [expert] Superblock Corrupted - Please Help.

2000-03-17 Thread Richard Kilgore
sck with > an alternate superblock: e2fsck -b 8193 (device)" > > I tried e2fsck but don't quite understand it. Where should I go > from here to resovle this? > > Seve You need to make a filesystem on the partition: # mke2fs /dev/hda4 or whatever your new ext2 partit

Re: [expert] auto X start

2000-03-13 Thread Richard Kilgore
your default bootup is called "linux", it'd look like: boot: linux 4 to boot to runlevel 4, which would start just about everything except for X. Other useful run-levels are 1 and S (for single-user mode). later, - rick -- Richard Kilgore

Re: [expert] Major partition magic screw up

2000-03-12 Thread Richard Kilgore
Also, you might try running fdisk even if you don't. I've seen partition magic get confused before when partition information is still on the drive. - rick -- Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Developer | http://lore.ece.utexas.edu/~rkilgore/ Graduate Student in Computer Engineering

Re: [expert] md5sum mandrake70-2.iso

2000-03-06 Thread Richard Kilgore
md5sum file. Using an image with the message digest of 6f01a2df94f8f39d6c73245e9bc87ada, I installed Mandrake, and have been actively using the CD for a week or two with no sign of trouble. I think the image is fine. later, - rick -- Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL

Re: [expert] Network printing question.

2000-03-03 Thread Richard Kilgore
On Fri, Mar 03, 2000 at 08:28:13PM -0500, Nyarlathotep wrote: > Any ideas? Try increasing the debug level setting on the printer server and see if you get any useful error messages in the logfile. - rick -- Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Develo

Re: [expert] Interrupt Lost

2000-03-02 Thread Richard Kilgore
why this might be happening ? > > Vinay You might try playing with hdparms to set some of the hd parameters to more conservative values. - rick -- Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Developer | http://lore.ece.utexas.edu/~rkilgore/ Graduate Student in Computer Engineering

Re: [expert] LM 7.0 SCSI Install

2000-03-01 Thread Richard Kilgore
UB reads the filesystems on your machine during bootup, rather than having to just store an offset onto the drive where it expects the kernel to be. The advantage, is that if you compile a new kernel or move it or something, you don't have to remember to update your boot manager to be able to b

Re: [expert] Monitor config Problems

2000-02-29 Thread Richard Kilgore
reen. 4 meg should really be enough for 1280x1024 x 16bpp. I ran this configuration on a 4 meg card for a few years before upgrading. - rick -- Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Developer | http://lore.ece.utexas.edu/~rkilgore/ Graduate Student in Computer Engineering

[expert] md5sum mandrake70-2.iso

2000-02-25 Thread Richard Kilgore
nd I always get the same md5sum value: "6f01a2df94f8f39d6c73245e9bc87ada". - rick -- Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Developer | http://lore.ece.utexas.edu/~rkilgore/ Graduate Student in Computer Engineering