Re: [expert] dual boot

2001-08-22 Thread Barry Marler
> swithed the default to 2000 etc.. but when i restart the linux screen > pops up and it still defaults to linux. > > Any suggestions? > > > Matt Conran > Network Administrator > Servecast > 3a Prince street > Dublin 2 > > Mobile - 086 2745227 > Direct - 01 47

Re: [expert] X Startup from Console

2001-06-30 Thread Barry Marler
are .XAuthority. This is my system: > localhost.localdomain 2.4.3-20mdk #1 Sun Apr 15 23:03:10 CEST 2001 i686 > unknown > > Thanks > George -- Barry Marler Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory University of Georgia 164 Riverbend Research Center 110 Riverbend Road Athens, GA 30602 (706)583-0164(office) (706)583-0160(fax)

Re: [expert] cd burner shows up as both ide AND scsi device

2001-06-09 Thread Barry Marler
t;> It is an IDE device; there are no SCSI controllers or devices in the >> machine. Can anyone explain to me what's up? >> >> - >> Barry Marler >> Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory >> University of Georgia >> 164 Riverbend Research Center

[expert] cd burner shows up as both ide AND scsi device

2001-06-09 Thread Barry Marler
devices in the machine. Can anyone explain to me what's up? - Barry Marler Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory University of Georgia 164 Riverbend Research Center 110 Riverbend Road Athens, GA 30602 (706)583-0164(office) (706)583-0160(fax)

Re: [expert] SBLive! sound quality

2000-09-23 Thread marler
, it was set at '0'. Raising the level there got me sound. Thanks for the explicit directions. One further problem, though: [root@starbaby marler]# alsactl restore alsactl: Cannot open configuration file '/etc/asound.conf'.. Obviously, that file does not exist. Can yo

Re: [expert] SBLive! sound quality

2000-09-23 Thread marler
On Sat, 23 Sep 2000, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > > What I **can** tell you is how I installed my SB Live! via alsa. Followed your instructions verbatim. The ALSA driver loads on bootup, but I can't get any sound when I try playing an mp3 using XMMS. -- Barry Marler Plant Gen

[expert] SBLive! sound quality

2000-09-23 Thread marler
to CDs or mp3s under Win98. Unfortunately, under Linux they sound somewhat tinny and fuzzy, sort of like very slight square wave distortion on a solid state guitar amp, if anyone knows what that sounds like.. Does anyone else see this difference, or is it just me? -- Barry Marler Plant

Re: [expert] Netscape 6

2000-09-16 Thread Barry Marler
shift-warped brain think just this much less... > /b - Barry Marler Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory University of Georgia Rm 158, Riverbend Research Center 110 Riverbend Road Athens, GA 30602 (706)583-0168 (706)583-0160(fax) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Netscape 6

2000-09-16 Thread Barry Marler
shift-warped brain think just this much less... > /b - Barry Marler Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory University of Georgia Rm 158, Riverbend Research Center 110 Riverbend Road Athens, GA 30602 (706)583-0168 (706)583-0160(fax) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] HTML and "netiquet"???

2000-09-10 Thread marler
particular poster, though, I've added a filter to trash any message from a user whose "From:" string contains both "Dr" and "Ph.d.". /b -- Barry Marler Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory University of Georgia Rm 158, Riverbend Research Center 110 Riverbend Road Athen

Re: [expert] Helix-Gnome Again

2000-09-05 Thread marler
if that's where it is necessary to do this. Assuming you're using Sawfish, the default Helix Gnome wm, just middle click on the desktop, choose "workspaces", then "insert workspace". By the way, to what "Gnome setup program" are you referring? Is the contro

Re: [expert] Pine in X

2000-09-03 Thread marler
dified. It is necessary to hold the shift key down while clicking left or middle mouse buttons for the normal xterm cut/paste operations. -- Barry Marler Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory University of Georgia Rm 158, Riverbend Research Center 110 Riverbend Road Athens, GA 30602 (706)583-0168 (706)583-0160(fax)

[expert] 7.01 --> 7.1 upgrade observations

2000-06-09 Thread Barry Marler
n or any other news or maill application. Does anyone have a clue what could have changed to cause that? Netscape sucks, but some of my users depend on it for mail. I use it for reading news. They worked perfectly before upgrading. /b ----- Barry Marler Department of Medical M

Re: [expert] ld.so problems

2000-05-31 Thread Barry Marler
;m aware, at least ;)). What is the danger? /b ----- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia Athens, GA (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax)

Re: [expert] Where to get Helix Gnome

2000-05-31 Thread Barry Marler
n Nilsson > Student at University of Karlskrona/Ronneby > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > _____ /b - Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia Athens, GA (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax)

Re: [expert] rpmlint

2000-05-30 Thread Barry Marler
on distros other than Mandrake? If so, are > there any changes that need to be made for it? /b ----- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia Athens, GA (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax)

Re: [expert] A better kpanel applet

2000-05-27 Thread marler
ng Helix Gnome since the 1st beta. -- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia Athens, GA (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059(fax)

Re: [expert] A better kpanel applet

2000-05-26 Thread marler
On 26 May, Bruce E. Harris wrote: > Is Helix Gnome included with Mandrake 7.0? If not, where can I find it, and is > it hard to setup? > Try http://www.helixcode.com/desktop/download.php3. Setup and updating are automated. -- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Par

Re: [expert] A better kpanel applet

2000-05-26 Thread Barry Marler
up > menus to represent the contents of folders, allowing automatic update as > the contents of the represented folders change. > > I think this may be asking a lot, considering that Linux Mandrake is free > for all intents and purposes, but you asked :). > > -- > > > &g

Re: [expert] RPM locked up!

2000-05-22 Thread Barry Marler
8 sher]# rpm -Uvh --force quanta-1.0-1mdk.i686.rpm > cannot get exclusive lock on database > error: cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm > [root@adsl-77-233-178 sher]# /b - Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia Athens, GA (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax)

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread Barry Marler
Setup.exe?? --on Sunday, May 21, 2000 11:07 AM -0500 SGT_ROCK wrote: > > > How do I install Quake on a Linux box. I have the CD, but when I click > the Setup.exe nothing happens. > > Help!!! /b ----- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiolog

Re: [expert] Scan your ports from the "outside".

2000-04-29 Thread marler
On 29 Apr, vern wrote: > Okay I'm ready to test my firewall where do > I go to get a good port scan? The port scanner > on cybercrime at ZDTV is only for windoze clients. > I wonder why that would make a difference to the > outside world. > Vern Try http://www.gr

Re: [expert] HelixCode GNOME

2000-03-12 Thread marler
Same here; my desktop icons are functioning no differently than before. Before switching over to Helix, I renamed my old .gnome dir, and let a new one be created -- maybe that had something to do with it. --- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia Athens, GA (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059(fax)

Re: [expert] Netsacpe problems

2000-02-17 Thread Barry Marler
On Wed, 16 Feb 2000, David BAUDENS wrote: > Barry Marler écrivit : > > > In my experience, this has not been the case. Closing any window can kill > > Netscape. I have experienced this phenomenon under 6.1 and 7.0, with > > Netscape 4.61 and 4.7. > > Hi, >

Re: [expert] Netsacpe problems

2000-02-10 Thread Barry Marler
other windows without confirm. However, you can > close any other window you want. In my experience, this has not been the case. Closing any window can kill Netscape. I have experienced this phenomenon under 6.1 and 7.0, with Netscape 4.61 and 4.7. /b Barry Marler Department of Parasito

Re: [expert] Netsacpe problems

2000-02-08 Thread marler
municator 4.70, only scenarios 3 and 4 seem to rear their ugly heads. /b --- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia Athens, GA (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059(fax)

Re: [expert] XFree86-3.3.6

2000-01-30 Thread Barry Marler
> needed by > xinitrc-2.4.4-10mdk... > > I've tried both rpm -Ivh and rpm -Uvh... I've also tried --force... which > BTW doesn't > force anything... > > What am I doing wrong... This is turning into a big chicken and the egg > problem... > >

Re: [expert] SBLive!, etc.

2000-01-23 Thread Barry Marler
> to restart gpm after X) > > serial ps/2 or usb? (and all that other type tuff) I boot to runlevel 3 (call me old fashioned). The mouse is a Logitech 1st mouse ps2, which every Mandrake (Venus, Helios and Air) install has recognized as "generic 3-button mouse. /b

[expert] gpm not working

2000-01-22 Thread Barry Marler
ack? Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax)

[expert] SBLive!, etc.

2000-01-22 Thread Barry Marler
/sawmill, root and my wife use KDE. KFM crashes _alot_ now, although it never did before. 4. My mouse is no konger working in the console, although gpm is running. I'm wondering if upgrading, as opposed to a fresh install, led to these problems. /b - Barry Marler Departme

[expert] SBLive! support in 7.0

2000-01-21 Thread Barry Marler
I seem to recall reading somewhere that the Air kernel would support the card. Was I dreaming? Just wondering -- it's easy enough to install the Creative driver again. /b Barry Marler Department of Parasitology and Medical Microbiology University of Georgia Athens, GA (706)542-0742 (70

Re: [expert] Need to stop X from starting at boot.

2000-01-13 Thread Barry Marler
n and a command line login > for about 2 seconds then X server starts. > > How can I stop X from starting when I see the login? > Go here: http://linux.com/tuneup/database.phtml/Misc/000775.html /b Barry Marler Department of Parasitology and Medical Microbiology University of Georg

Re: [expert] Netscape 4.7 RPM

2000-01-08 Thread Barry Marler
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Stephen K Clingerman wrote: > OK, I give up. Where can I find Oxygen RPMs? A logical starting place would be: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/oxygenbeta.php3 /b Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University

Re: [expert] Netscape 4.7 RPM

2000-01-07 Thread Barry Marler
The compat libs on the Helios CD work for the version of the browser that is included on that CD, oddly enough :>. You can get what you want from the Oxygen RPMs. Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax) On Fri

Re: [expert] Netscape issue, redux

1999-12-28 Thread Barry Marler
Opera is quite obviously pre-alpha -- a promise delivered and little else. I've downgraded to Netscape 4.51, and so far, I've not had the problem. Of course, it's only been a few minutes ;-). -- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of G

[expert] Netscape issue, redux

1999-12-27 Thread Barry Marler
. This has been going on since I installed Venus (don't remember what netscape version is on the CD), and continues through netscape-communicator-4.70-4mdk. /b -------- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax)

Re: [expert] SRPM installation?

1999-12-18 Thread Barry Marler
ces and spec file for the package are removed. /b Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax) On Sat, 18 Dec 1999, Dan Swartzendruber wrote: > At 12:07 AM 12/19/99 +0100, Davor Cengija

Re: [expert] 16 or 32mb Video Cards for Linux

1999-12-16 Thread Barry Marler
On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Orlando Lewis wrote: > does any one know of a 16 or 32mb video card that works well with Red Hat > 6.1 Linux. Creative Logic Graphic Blaster TNT /b Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)54

Re: [expert] Epplets-0.5-1mdk

1999-12-05 Thread Barry Marler
ion when moved to the proper location. /b -------- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax)

[expert] Epplets-0.5-1mdk

1999-12-05 Thread Barry Marler
ry in $EROOT, only a few of them show up. I know this question might be better suited to an E forum, but, since this rpm is from cooker, I wondered if anyone might shed some light. /b Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia

[expert] can't locate module binfmt-464c

1999-11-27 Thread Barry Marler
c Nov 28 00:28:10 starbaby modprobe: can't locate module binfmt-464c This is brand new behavior; I've never seen it before. I'm running Helios with the stock kernel. Does anyone recognize this module? /b -------- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiol

[expert] Problem compiling GTK-dependent programs

1999-11-07 Thread Barry Marler
"rpm -qa | grep devel", but it's too long). As for GTK, I get this: [marler@starbaby marler]$ rpm -qa | grep gtk gtk+10-1.0.6-6mdk gtk-engines-0.5-16mdk rep-gtk-0.5-1 gtk+-1.2.3-15mdk gtk+-devel-1.2.3-15mdk pygtk-0.6.2-5mdk gtkglarea-1.2-2mdk pygtk-libglade-0.6.2-5mdk This

Re: [expert] adding or increasing partitions

1999-10-25 Thread Barry Marler
/b Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax) On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Dan Swartzendruber wrote: > At 02:37 AM 10/25/99 +, Sheldon Lee Wen wrote: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > >&

Re: [Fwd: [expert] MandrakeUpdate as normal user]

1999-10-20 Thread Barry Marler
x whatever.the..you.called.it. Put it said folder,restart KDE, and root should be able to function in X while you're logged in. /b ---- Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax)

Re: [expert] Configuring PINE

1999-10-17 Thread Barry Marler
man fetchmail /b Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology University of Georgia (706)542-0742 (706)542-0059 (fax) On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > Jose Sanchez was very kind to explain to me that PINE

Re: [expert] kdesu broken?

1999-10-08 Thread Barry Marler
--On Friday, October 08, 1999, 9:52 AM -0400 Alex ZIJDENBOS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've finally found what the problem with kdesu is. Or at least, what > the cause is: kdesu doesn't work when root uses tcsh. Doesn't work for me in bash. /b -----