[expert] gdm problems: how to boot in?

Dear all, I have recently upgraded my parents PC from 8.2 to 9.0. Unfortunately, when it came to configure X during update it appeared to crash, so I reset my machine and configured X through XFdrake. It all seems to be running fine now. My problem is that when I boot up, instead of kicking strai

[expert] How to get on 'network neighbourhood' in 9.0?

Dear all, My University loves M$, to the highest degree! A problem I face with using Linux is how to see and access all those computers on the 'Network Neighbourhood'. It always seems like such a challenge to get files, etc. off people - we usually resort to burning CD's. I WILL NOT swap my Linux

[expert] Supermount problems (was: CD-ROM read error - LM 9.0)

ne. > > To disable supermount: > > supermount -i disable > > To enable it again: > > supermount -i enable > > On Wednesday 09 October 2002 05:22 am, Andy Weller wrote: > > Does anyone know of any CD-ROM read errors. It seems very temperamental &g

[expert] CD-ROM read error - LM 9.0

1, 8.0 & 7.2. I have even tried to clean the laser. Thanks, Andy -- Andy Weller BSc MSc Research Student in GeoComputing School of Applied Sciences University of Glamorgan Pontypridd, CF37 1DL. UK Tel. +44 (0)1443 482472 Mob. +44 (0)7796 953925 Fax: +44 (0)1443 482285 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Installing 9.0 on a laptop - PCMCIA problems

Todd, Excellent - so far so good. I booted from CD2 and downloaded and ran install with 'patch noauto' from 8.2. We are over half way through install now! Cheers, Andy On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 19:02, Todd Lyons wrote: > Andy Weller wrote on Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 12:06:06PM +0100

[expert] Installing 9.0 on a laptop - PCMCIA problems

"Enabling PCMCIA extension cards..." business? Is there a patch out there that will completely disable this feature - besides, I don't have any PCMCIA cards anyhow...! Hm? Thanks, Andy > On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 19:55, Andy Weller wrote: > > I'm in the

[expert] Installing 9.0 on a laptop

Unfortunately, there isn't any PCMCIA type commands in my BIOS (Standard CMOS Setup, Award Aoftware)?!? I have tried changing a range of options to no avail. Does anyone have any clues - would be nice to get 9.0 on my laptop. Andy On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 17:48, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Dear Andy

Re: [expert] Installing apps using gcc-2.96 with 9.0

This is driving me crazy - I just can't see what the problem is here. I have set gcc-2.96 as the standard with 'update-alternatives --config gcc', but this application still doesn't want to install correctly. Looking at the shell blurb (below) it looks like there is a problem with tar. It is annoy

[expert] Installing apps using gcc-2.96 with 9.0

Dear all I have installed gcc2.96-2.96-0.80mdk.i586.rpm (along with 3.2) under 9.0 as some 3rd party application requires it. To run the install script I: # su # cd /mnt/cdrom # ./install-unix At present it still bums out as I think it is still recognising 3.2. Is there a command I pass with '.

Re: [expert] Installing Apps in 9.0

96-0.80mdk.i586.rpm > >From the disk... (along with and dependencies it had.) > > James > > On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 09:20, Andy Weller wrote: > > Dear all, > > > > I have just installed 9.0 and am in the process of installing all other > > apps that I nee

[expert] Installing 9.0 on a laptop - PCMCIA problems

I'm in the process of installing 9.0 on my laptop. Unfortunately, the installation bums out at: "Enabling PCMCIA extension cards..." and decides to go no further! My laptop (Chicony MP995) is: Celeron 333 64Mb RAM 6Gb HD For 8.2 I had to download a 'patch.pl' and run the install script with 'pat

Re: [expert] Configuring Panels in 9.0

I am concerned though that I will lose the 'Applications' Menu, 'Actions' Menu and that task switcher thingy and not be able to get them back!?! Will they reappear on my menu at the bottom? Andy On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 13:48, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On 01 Oct 2002 13:33

[expert] Configuring Panels in 9.0

Dear all, It seems to me that a lot of the user-interactivity has been lost with Gnome 2. Most things have been automated and I can't see how to over-ride certain options - maybe I need more time to play! One thing I am trying to do is eliminate all Panels except one at the bottom for everything

RE: [expert] Installing 9.0 on a laptop

Have given this a shot, but unfortunately it didn't work! For 8.2 I had to download a patch.pl and run the install script with 'patch noauto' - unfortunately, this does not work either... Has anyone else had a similar problem and know how to get around it? Thanks, Andy On Sun, 2002-09-29 at 1

[expert] Installing 9.0 on a laptop

Dear all, I'm in the process of installing 9.0 on my laptop. Unfortunately, the installation bums out at: "Enabling PCMCIA extension cards..." and decides to go no further! My laptop (Chicony MP995) is: Celeron 333 64Mb RAM 6Gb HD Not too sure what the problem is here... Any help would be app

[expert] Installing Apps in 9.0

Dear all, I have just installed 9.0 and am in the process of installing all other apps that I need for my work. Unfortunately, I have the following problems trying to install some image processing software that I use. In 7.2, 8.0, 8.1 & 8.2 I had no problems at all...! Here is the blurb: ---

[expert] Some interesting M$ news from the BBC

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2032000/2032156.stm (In a funny kind of way, I hope they have problems...) http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_2031000/2031026.stm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Installing 8.2 on a laptop WITHOUT PCMCIA

I have managed to sort this out now. For future information, from www.mandrakelinux.com/en/errata.php3 I downloaded patch.pl and entered 'patch noauto' at boot prompt. This disables autodetect (I presume!) and it went straight into install past the PCMCIA configuration... Excellent! Thanks fo

[expert] Installing 8.2 on a laptop WITHOUT PCMCIA

Dear all, I am trying to install/update (from LM 8.0) LM 8.2 (from CD) on my laptop; but it gets as far as configuring for PCMCIA and seems to stall and go no further! I don't have any PCMCIA cards installed. While LM 8.0 installed fine, I can't find anyway round this; it's driving me nuts!

[expert] backing-store on the Xserver

e: # XTerminalName:0 foreign # :0 local /usr/X11R6/bin/X +bs -deferglyphs 16 Unfortunately, this does not seem to work! The images are still obscured. What am I doing wrong? Do I need to enable save-unders as well? Any help would be appreciated. Andy -- Andy Weller BSc MSc Research Stu

[expert] Xservers +bs?!?

Dear all, I use my Mandrake 8.0 box for Image Processing applications and when I obscure a window the image disappears! According to the instruction manual I need to enable the backing-store. These are the instructions: In file /use/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers I need to append '+bs' to the line star

[expert] Windoze install

Dear all, I need to install Windoze NT4 on my Linux (Mandrake 8.0) box :( I already have a partition of 4Gb set aside for Windoze. What's the best way to go about this - shall I boot into my Windoze partition and install it there? Or, can I go into Linux and install Windoze on the partition there