Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem... : UNRESOLVED.

2002-11-07 Thread tom
I'm leaving this as an unsolved abberation. Pulled almost everything out ( except motherboard and cpu ) and exchanged all hardware. memory , video card ( pci, agp ), sound card ( isa, pci), nic ( Real tek and 3 com ). At this point, I do not know. I'll move on to another Distribution, Slackware

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-21 Thread Net Llama!
On 10/21/2002 11:16 AM, Collins wrote: OK, after a lengthy search on SGI, I finally stumbled onto the right page Which is the same exact directory as you got the ISO image from in the first place. ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/Release-1.1/installer/installer/i386/README-RH-VERSIONS

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-21 Thread Andrew Mathews
Collins wrote: OK, after a lengthy search on SGI, I finally stumbled onto the right page ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/download/Release-1.1/installer/installer/i386/README-RH-VERSIONS You also need to download xdelta from http://sourceforge.net/projects/xdelta/ in order to use the patch. T

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-21 Thread Collins
On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:59:30 -0700 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On 10/21/2002 10:05 AM, Collins wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 11:24:44 + Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > wrote: > > > >>On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:35:50 -0600 Andrew Mathews > >> > >>[ snips ] > >> > >> > >>>Have y

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-21 Thread Net Llama!
On 10/21/2002 10:58 AM, Collins wrote: On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:59:30 -0700 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ snips ] Did you read the errata on the SGI site about the CDs? You need to apply a patch to the XFS image with xdelta because Redhat changed their CD1 image. Thanks, I'll goo

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-21 Thread Collins
On Mon, 21 Oct 2002 15:59:30 -0700 "Net Llama!" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [ snips ] > Did you read the errata on the SGI site about the CDs? You need to > apply a patch to the XFS image with xdelta because Redhat changed > their CD1 image. > Thanks, I'll google for the site, but maybe you cou

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-21 Thread Net Llama!
On 10/21/2002 10:05 AM, Collins wrote: On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 11:24:44 + Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:35:50 -0600 Andrew Mathews [ snips ] Have you tried 7.3 on this machine? They're both 2.4.18 kernels, and 7.3 on XFS is what we're using on production servers

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-21 Thread Collins
On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 11:24:44 + Collins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:35:50 -0600 Andrew Mathews > > [ snips ] > > > Have you tried 7.3 on this machine? They're both > > 2.4.18 kernels, and 7.3 on XFS is what we're using on production > > servers now. If you have the band

Re: XFS WAS [Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...]

2002-10-20 Thread Andrew Mathews
Net Llama! wrote: Andrew, do you know of any good documentation on xfsdump? I've been unable to find much that sanely walks a person through using it for backup & recovery. The best I can lay my hands on is the O'Reilly Unix Backup & Recovery by W. Curtis Preston. ISBN # 1-56592-642-0. Ess

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-20 Thread Keith Morse
On Sun, 20 Oct 2002, Collins wrote: > Well, you certainly don't need a broadband connection for this!!! > Download speed is about 4KB per second. I've got 15% of disc1 > downloaded since 10PM last night. In a few weeks, I'll have a > complete set. Just to reiterate, try ftp://redhat.newaol.co

XFS WAS [Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...]

2002-10-20 Thread Net Llama!
On 10/19/02 11:44, Andrew Mathews wrote: It provides a bootable cd that is identical to booting off the RH 7.3 disc 1 for installation, but provides an XFS kernel, for doing a complete XFS installation. This eliminates the need for adding XFS later, rebuilding the kernel, moving data, etc. The re

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-20 Thread Net Llama!
n 10/19/02 16:11, tom wrote: Greets List, Andrew, Andrew Mathews wrote: >tom wrote: > >>Well, this just sucks. I guess this computer I'm working >>on has a either as you mentioned, a bad bios, a hardware conflict, >>or a piece of hardware that does not play nice. > >RH 8.0 is built using gcc

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-19 Thread tom
Greets List, Andrew, Andrew Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >tom wrote: >> Well, this just sucks. I guess this computer I'm working >> on has a either as you mentioned, a bad bios, a hardware conflict, >> or a piece of hardware that does not play nice. > >RH 8.0 is built using gcc 3.2, which m

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-19 Thread Andrew Mathews
Collins wrote: On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:35:50 -0600 Andrew Mathews [ snips ] Have you tried 7.3 on this machine? They're both 2.4.18 kernels, and 7.3 on XFS is what we're using on production servers now. If you have the bandwidth to grab the iso's, get them at: ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/Rel

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-19 Thread Collins
On Sat, 19 Oct 2002 09:35:50 -0600 Andrew Mathews [ snips ] > Have you tried 7.3 on this machine? They're both > 2.4.18 kernels, and 7.3 on XFS is what we're using on production > servers now. If you have the bandwidth to grab the iso's, get them > at: > >ftp://oss.sgi.com/projects/xfs/Release-1

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-19 Thread Andrew Mathews
tom wrote: Greets list, Andrew, Well, this just sucks. I guess this computer I'm working on has a either as you mentioned, a bad bios, a hardware conflict, or a piece of hardware that does not play nice. I took a labtop and installed from the RH 8.0 disks I've been using on the destop machine.

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-19 Thread tom
Greets list, Andrew, Well, this just sucks. I guess this computer I'm working on has a either as you mentioned, a bad bios, a hardware conflict, or a piece of hardware that does not play nice. I took a labtop and installed from the RH 8.0 disks I've been using on the destop machine. P 2, 300MHZ

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-18 Thread Andrew Mathews
Net Llama! wrote: >No data of value on drive, and I find using ancient technology >okay if it works, and the most flexable/reliable because it's >old, and well known. Enjoy your outage when it comes, and it will come. Ext2 is not that flexable, and it can be relied on to eat your data. Ind

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-18 Thread Net Llama!
n 10/18/02 11:26, Collins wrote: On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:18:26 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (tom) wrote: >Net Llama! wrote: > >No data of value on drive, and I find using ancient technology >okay if it works, and the most flexable/reliable because it's >old, and well known. > Enjoy your outage w

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-18 Thread Collins
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002 15:18:26 -0400 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (tom) wrote: > Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > No data of value on drive, and I find using ancient technology > okay if it works, and the most flexable/reliable because it's > old, and well known. > Enjoy your outage when it comes,

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-18 Thread Net Llama!
On 10/18/02 12:18, tom wrote: Net Llama! wrote: >On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, tom wrote: > >>What is the next step to trouble shoot a frozen >>keyboard and mouse when running a Xserver? >> > >*WHY* Don't you value your data? Or do you like using ancient >technology? No data of value on drive, and

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-18 Thread Andrew Mathews
tom wrote: Greets Andrew; Thank you for your time. I really appreciate it. Andrew Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: tom wrote: What is the next step to trouble shoot a frozen keyboard and mouse when running a Xserver? I'd highly recommend using a journaling file system, either ext3, r

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-18 Thread tom
Net Llama! <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, tom wrote: >> What is the next step to trouble shoot a frozen >> keyboard and mouse when running a Xserver? >> > >*WHY* Don't you value your data? Or do you like using ancient >technology? No data of value on drive, and I find using an

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-18 Thread Andrew Mathews
tom wrote: Greets all. Apologies to all for long message. What is the next step to trouble shoot a frozen keyboard and mouse when running a Xserver? Do I modify in the Xserver by hand, or is there another service I must deactivate, or do I modify a init script to correct this? I tried using xf

Re: RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-18 Thread Net Llama!
On Fri, 18 Oct 2002, tom wrote: > What is the next step to trouble shoot a frozen > keyboard and mouse when running a Xserver? > > Do I modify in the Xserver by hand, or is there > another service I must deactivate, or do I modify > a init script to correct this? > > I tried using xf86config, but R

RH 8.0 X server reconfig problem...

2002-10-18 Thread tom
Greets all. Apologies to all for long message. What is the next step to trouble shoot a frozen keyboard and mouse when running a Xserver? Do I modify in the Xserver by hand, or is there another service I must deactivate, or do I modify a init script to correct this? I tried using xf86config, bu