[expert] ML9.1: Why did Mandrake put restrictions on using KDE as root? (Konqueror timeout errors)

a lot of root changes,it's easier for me to stay for a while in KDE as root than to type my root password everytime I want to do some root job as a regular user. vatbier __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping - with improved product search http://shopping.yahoo.com

[expert] ML9.1: SysV-Init Editor crashes with KUniqueApplication: DCOP communication error

://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=37123 but no solution yet. In Mandrake Linux drakxservices is used to set the services, but I liked the program SysV-Init Editor to compare the different runlevels. vatbier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] ML9.1: Why does MandrakeUpdate show a new kernel-source but not a new kernel?

they know that they have to install the new kernel with rpmdrake or rpm? Because I only find these old links: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/kernelupdate.php and http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/magic.php vatbier __ Do you Yahoo!? The New Yahoo! Shopping

[expert] Solved: Why doesn't cat print content of a file to standard output if the content is only a number ?

on the screen and not terminated by a newline. Just found this info by accident. vatbier vatbier wrote: NO, the output of cat /var/lock/subsys/dm is written over by the prompt of my shell (dm has a number like 1114) [EMAIL PROTECTED] home]$ cat /var/lock/subsys

[expert] Why doesn't cat print content of a file to standard output if the content is only a number ?

gives me no clue. Is this a bug of cat or some sort of feature ? vatbier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] ML9.1:Kwrite:unicode encoding breaks reading of old iso8859-15 text files

dialog and select the iso8859-15 encoding and it is correctly shown in iso8859-15. Otherwise you have to use View:Set Encoding:iso8859-15. vatbier __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Want

[expert] Re: Why doesn't cat print content of a file to standard output if the content is only a number ?

all for the quick responses, vatbier __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] ML9.1: Why difference between screen position of ML8.2 and ML9.1 with same settings in xvidtune -show ?

to adjust the screen ML8.2 (XFree4.2) looks too small. Why don't the screens of ML8.2 and ML9.1 use the same monitor space as the settings as shown in xvidtune -show are the same? What other parameters play a role in here and is it possible to set the screens exactly the same? Thank you, vatbier

Re: [expert] ML9.0: patch VIA to enable UDMA100 not installed but yet reporting UDMA100, Cycle time 120 ns???

--- vatbier [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Then I found on viaarena.com this patch for ML8.2: VIA ML8.2 ATA133-100 Patch 686B-8231-8233x-8235 ver 0.91A.gz contains a patch file mdk8.2-patch-2.4.18-vpide.gz date: 20/9/02 and a readme.pdf: VIA ML8.2 ATA133-100 Patch Readme.pdf: hdparm -t /dev/hda

Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,could not find mime type,kde3.0.3

HD is mounted ro. I already reinstalled ML9.0, but I tried on this new install e2fsck -f -c /dev/hda2: and it returned a bunch of errors. And this is after a fresh install. I'll complain about this in another thread. vatbier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

[expert] ML9.0: patch VIA to enable UDMA100 not installed but yet reporting UDMA100, Cycle time 120 ns???

with the command hdparm -t /dev/hda ? Would it be the same speed as in Linux ? vatbier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] ML9.0: Fresh install, found one file 2 GB big, e2fsck -f -c /dev/hda2 returns errors:

be because of something else. I tested my 512 MB memory a couple of times with memtest86 (not enough I know), I tested with a utility from WD my hard drive: didn't found any errors. J.Grant replied: If they were badblock errors your HD has failed, replace it and your problems might go away. vatbier Want

Re: [expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,could not find mime type,kde3.0.3

performance? Last question: what hard drives do you recommend: Maxtor, Seagate? I read through some hard drive forums, isn't clear which hard drives are the best. vatbier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] ML9.0:file system completely crashed ext3,could not find mime type,kde3.0.3

,Mandrake8.2(ext2) : no problem with these OSes so far. Very frustrated after this happened, I thought linux file systems were stable. UPDATE: No longer very frustrated, just a little; this is the first time in six years I experience such a problem. vatbier ERROR MESSAGES AFTER INSTALLATION ALSA-UTILS

Re: [expert] ML9.0:are services fam, portmap and xinetd necessary on a stand-alone desktop computer

on this matter, I've to do something else. vatbier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] ML9.0:are services fam, portmap and xinetd necessary on a stand-alone desktop computer

) Is xinetd necessary? Are only servers listed in /etc/xinetd.d/ used/started by xinetd? If I use none of these servers is it safe to stop xinetd? (/etc/xinetd.d/cvs is to setup a cvs server, correct? it isn't needed for the command cvs checkout to download a source repository) vatbier After I wrote