On Wed, 20 Mar 2013 23:23:06 +, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> Have you tried switching to ctl+alt+f2 to see if you get a text login?
Yesterday I started a boot of MGA-cauldron to try that - and it
successfully booted!
So did a 470+-s/w update, after which it successfully booted again.
Today,
On my netbook, the bread-and-butter install is Mageia-2, but I have also
been trying Mageia-3B2 to try to check out the Broadcom WiFi situation.
Until the last Cauldron update I made 2 weeks ago, all has gone well,
except the last time I used it was difficult to boot it, often needing 2-3
attempts
On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:32:19 +, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> I'll reserve judgement for the next year or two.
Thanks for the update. Col!
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On Thu, 21 Feb 2013 13:30:16 +0200, Sander Lepik wrote:
> NetworkManager 0.9.8 has been released:
Glad to see progress on Mageia WiFi, Sander! Well done.
I've been using NM with Mageia-3-Alpha2, and quite like the interface.
(Also have been checking out Beta2's Network Centre, rather than NM.
On Wed, 20 Feb 2013 20:14:22 +0100, JA Magallón wrote:
> When I updatw my netbook I
> get many "Installation failed, bad rpms:" mesages.
Updated my Samsung NC110 netbook yesterday (Mageia-3-Beta2), with no
RPM problems - using only WiFi (Broadcom).
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On Wed, 06 Feb 2013 21:55:21 +, I wrote:
> Mageia-3-Alpha2 (using NetworkManager) always fails to connect.
Today NetworkManager was able to connect to the hotel's SSID (though
MGA3-B2 still fails to connect).
Seems the signal strength (44%, acc. to NetworkManager) is marginal for
success
On Sun, 03 Feb 2013 16:42:38 +,I wrote:
> will instead compare Mageia-2 and Mageia-2-Alpha2 WiFi (and also
> Beta2).
Interesting differences here in Marrakech (Morocco).
(Using Samsung NC110 netbook)
Mageia-2 connects effortlessly to hotel's SSID (including at boot).
Mageia-3-Alpha2 (usi
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:40:39 +, I wrote:
> Beta2 is successful with Broadcom BCM43225 WiFi
But, I had to abandon attempts to get NetworkManager to
work (very shaky) - although it works beautifully under Alpha2.
(I wanted to compare performance of WiFi under normal Network Centre and
also N
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 19:37:13 +, I wrote:
> Network Center still doesn't immediately change 'Connect' to
> 'Disconnect' after a successful connect...
Though, oddly, after selecting 'Disconnect' it *does* immediately
change to 'Connect' ...
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On Thu, 31 Jan 2013 17:29:13 +, James Kerr wrote:
> I did answer your question:
>
> "MB -- does the Mageia2 installation have GRUB-Legacy in the PBR?
>
> JK -- No. Mageia 2's Grub boot-loader was installed to the MBR of
>the boot disk."
James, I do appreciate your help
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 17:22:43 +, James Kerr wrote:
> Mageia 2's Grub boot-loader was installed to the MBR of the boot disk.
But earlier you said:
"On a recent install of Beta1, I chose Grub2 and selected to put
the boot-loader in the MBR of the boot disk..."
Then: "Grub2 cre
On Wed, 30 Jan 2013 18:40:39 +, Maurice Batey wrote:
> it connects and works!
Though Network Center still doesn't immediately change 'Connect' to
'Disconnect' after a successful connect...
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Have just installed (32-bit) Mageia-3 Beta2 on my Samsung NC110 netbook.
Went into 'MCC/Network/Define new network' and selected WiFi.
It correctly showed 'Broadcom BCM43225', but then DrakConnect gave me:
"Unable to find network interface for selected device (using wl driver)"
So looked in N
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:39:26 +, James Kerr wrote:
> Grub2 created a boot menu that enables me to
> successfully boot the pre-existing Mageia2 installation.
James, does the Mageia2 installation have GRUB-Legacy in the PBR?
What is the GRUB2 boot stanza that boots Mageia2?
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On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:50:06 +, Barry Jackson wrote:
> I repeat - "Installing the grub2 package"
Just a thought: If that package had been called e.g. "GRUB2 Add-On", I
probably would have not confused it with 'GRUB2 as bootloader'
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On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:08:21 +, Barry Jackson wrote:
> Create a partition preferably near the start of the drive and label it
> "maingrub" then:
Is there any technical reason why 'preferably near the start of the drive'?
(Or perhaps simpy advisable in case of re-partitioning?)
Does it e.g.
On Mon, 28 Jan 2013 20:08:21 +, Barry Jackson wrote:
> http://paste.kde.org/658670/
> Copy it quick I think it expires in 24 hours ;)
Got it! Many thanks.
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On Sun, 27 Jan 2013 12:31:37 +, Barry Jackson wrote:
> my "master" grub2 grub.cfg which is in a small grub
> partition at the start of sda.
How does one acquire a 'small grub partition'?
(Just get GRUB2 package to install into an empty partition?)
> My MBR points to this partition, so all
On Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:16:26 +, Barry Jackson wrote:
> I still think that's how it will turn out ;)
Hope you're right! :-))
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:00:11 +0100, Davy Defaud wrote:
> And the decision to use it as the default bootloader for Mageia 3 was
> taken several months ago :
> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/FeatureMageia3_Review
> https://wiki.mageia.org/en/Feature:Grub2AsDefault
Looks as though that decision has be
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:04:32 +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/grub2/current/SOURCES/README.Mageia?view=markup
Just a one query:
"To install GRUB 2 to the MBR and create a menu you can use:-
# grub2-install /dev/sdX"
Does "cr
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 20:04:32 +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> http://svnweb.mageia.org/packages/cauldron/grub2/current/SOURCES/README.Mageia?view=markup
Many thanks, Thomas!
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 23:04:13 +, Barry Jackson wrote:
> Have any of you actually installed grub2 in Cauldron and read
> /usr/share/doc/grub2/README.Mageia and then actually tried it?
No, only Ubuntu 12.01 & Mint 13.
Can you provide e.g. a URL where I can find the text you refer to,
please,
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:39:26 +, James Kerr wrote:
> Grub2 created a boot menu that enables me to
> successfully boot the pre-existing Mageia2 installation.
Now that sounds promising!
With a trip away from base coming up, I don't want to do any such
installing on the netbook for the time be
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 14:50:06 +, Barry Jackson wrote:
> I repeat - "Installing the grub2 package"
OK - so you differentiate between "installing with GRUB2" and
"installing the GRUB2 packge?
Does the former include the latter?
Or do you mean one can install with GRUB Legacy and then go on
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 15:36:36 +, Barry Jackson wrote:
> Much bad press was caused by a nasty bug
> in os-prober which broke multi-booting of legacy installations from grub2
> - it was fixed in 1.53
Maybe that's what I hit when trying Ubuntu 12.01, and maybe not.
Who knows?
Discovery will ha
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 13:08:57 +, Barry Jackson wrote:
> Installing the grub2 package will not impact your current bootloader in
> any way.
Installing GRUB2 where, Barry?
(MBR or Root partition?)
If - as I did with Ubuntu 12.01 - GRUB2 goes into the MBR, then I can
no longer boot from its
On Sun, 20 Jan 2013 07:41:28 -0500, Frank Griffin wrote:
> According to this article, grub and grub2 each support chainloading the
> other. So I really don't see why there's a problem
Note that he says:
"I then login to that, edit the menu.lst file as desribed above to
add the ne
On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 12:42:13 +, Maurice Batey wrote:
>> As Grub2 devs all but insist Grub2 must be installed to the MBR,
>
> I had overlooked that restriction. Another black mark for GRUB2.
Seems the installer *will* put GRUB2 on the root patition, but one
has to search a li
On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:09:41 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> As Grub2 devs all but insist Grub2 must be installed to the MBR,
Thus preventing the use of such bootloadcers as GAG, and Extipl. so in
that respect GRUB2 is a retrograde step.
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On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:09:41 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> I have nothing against Grub2 being available or even preferred, as long as
> I'm not forced to chose between Grub2 and no bootloader at all. Grub2 remains
> immature and overly complicated, with inconsistent docs scattered about, and
> it
On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 22:09:41 -0500, Felix Miata wrote:
> As Grub2 devs all but insist Grub2 must be installed to the MBR,
I had overlooked that restriction. Another black mark for GRUB2...
> it is not yet a viable option for me as a Grub Legacy replacement,
+1
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On Fri, 18 Jan 2013 02:00:11 +0100, Davy Defaud wrote:
> GRUB2 is the way to go despite its far more complicated configuration,
> it has really nice modern features. And the decision to use it as the
> default bootloader for Mageia 3 was taken several months ago
So be it, but the Mageia-3 insta
On Thu, 17 Jan 2013 00:10:35 +0100, Davy Defaud wrote:
> I've also noticed that the installer hasn't automatically proposed GRUB2
> as the default bootloader, whereas my root partition wasn't accessible
> from GRUB legacy and I had no independent ext3 /boot. Of course, this
> shouldn't be a proble
On Sat, 12 Jan 2013 12:43:51 +, I wrote:
> Good idea - thank you - will give that a try.
> (Have already d/l the DVD.iso.)
Damn it, I've just realised that because I had chosen to d/l the
32-bit .iso (havng read of the futility of running 64-bit on a max 2GB
machine), I presumably cannot d
On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 19:03:52 -0600, R James wrote:
> You should be able to boot the Beta1 installation media and select the
> Upgrade option.
Good idea - thank you - will give that a try.
(Have already d/l the DVD.iso.)
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On Fri, 11 Jan 2013 13:29:00 -0500, Frank Griffin wrote:
> It sounds like you don't really have the new packages installed.
Oh yes I have! I installed the offered s/w update:
glib v2.17
glibc-devel v2.17
meta-task v3
- before re-booting and then running the:
bootlo
On Thu, 10 Jan 2013 21:26:15 +0100, Olivier Blin wrote:
> You might need to run this command to update initrds:
> bootloader-config --action rebuild-initrds
OK - tried that. Terminal session log can be seen here:
https://dl.dropbox.com/u/10969499/bootloader-rebuild-initrds-log
On re-boot
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:35:41 -0500, Frank Griffin wrote:
> bug 8614 for all this was just fixed.
It says: "Fixed with: glibc-2.17-2.mga3 and util-linux-2.22.2-2.mga3"
but in my (newly-recovered from Kernel Panic) Mga3-A2,
MCC/SW/Update shows the following packages available:
glib v2.17
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:35:41 -0500, Frank Griffin wrote:
> your
> menu.lst should already have a version-specific entry for it. Try booting
> that directly without modifying anything.
I've now tried all the 'mga3' stanzas (3.6.5-1, 3.7.0-1, 3.7.1-1), and
they all gave Kernel Panic.
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On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:13:14 +, I wrote:
> (replaced:)
> initrd /boot/initrd.imgwith
> initrd /boot/initrd-3-7-0-desktop-1-mga3.img
There were 2 errors there:
(1) "-mga3" should have been ".mga3"
(2) ".img" should have been ".img.old"
(I first tried with the ".old" affix, but wro
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 19:26:04 +, Dick Gevers wrote:
> If you change menu.lst, you also have to execute /boot/grub/install.sh,
> else it does not have any effect.
My understanding of that aspect of GRUB2 is that one *can* change
menu.lst, but if the GRUB2 'config' file is not given the same c
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 21:40:25 +0100, eatdirt wrote:
> Check for typos in the names. For instance you
> have one above: 3-7-0 instead of 3.7.0.
I was careful, but will check again.
(The typo may Have been when transcribing into posting to newsgroup
on different m/c.)
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On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 14:35:41 -0500, Frank Griffin wrote:
> If this was a previous kernel installed on this partition, then your
> menu.lst should already have a version-specific entry for it.
The thougjht did occur to me also, but the one I tried also gave
kernel panic. Perhaps I should have t
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 16:34:45 +0100, EatDirt wrote:
> initrd-3.6.5-tmb-desktop-3.mga3.img
>
> and I have also the kernel
>
> vmlinuz-3.6.5-tmb-desktop-3.mga3
OK - found /boot/initrd-3-7-0-desktop-1-mga3.img and
/boot/vmlinuz-3.7-0-desktop-1.mga3
(The latest (panicky) kernel
On Wed, 09 Jan 2013 13:21:06 +, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> If you are lucky you will have *.old initrds so just edit your grub prompt
> to use initrd.img.old rather than initrd.img (via text mode in grub)
Where are such initrd.img.old files found?
(No such files anywhere in its menu.lst.)
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On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:35:30 +, I wrote:
> Anyone know of a fix for the above, please?
Is there really no way of rescuing my updated MGA3-cauldron
installation from the Kernel Panic showstopper?
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On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 17:41:22 +, Claire Robinson wrote:
> see
> the ML thread 'Boot borked cause procfs :(('
No - can't see that in here...
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On Tue, 08 Jan 2013 16:35:30 +, I wrote:
> Anyone know of a fix for the above,
The Mageia-3-Alpha2 menu.lst is:
timeout 10
color black/cyan yellow/cyan
gfxmenu (hd0,0)/boot/gfxmenu
default 3
title Mageia-3-Alpha2
kernel (hd0,0)/boot/vmlinuz BOOT_IMAGE=Mageia-3-Alpha2
root=UUID=50814013-9a
Trying Mageia-3-Alpha2 on a Samsung NC110 netbook and enjoying it, I
today did a 720+ file s/w update.
Result: When rebooting:
"Kernel panic - not syncing
Attempted to kill init! exitcode = 0x0100
Pid: 1, comm: init not tainted 3.7.1-desktop-1.mga3 #1"
I can access its root
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 23:45:47 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> never with network manager
That's interesting. As I said earlier, NetworkManager was the only
way I could get WiFi working on Mageia-3-Alpha2.
I rather like its interface, too.
So if some subsequent s/w update upsets Mageia-2's
On Fri, 28 Dec 2012 18:15:16 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> It's not
> only Mageia, trying Debian, Ubuntu, openSuse, Mint and a few others
> including Mageia, only 2 of them were able to get it to run longer
> than from one boot to the next.
On the same netbook I also installed Ubuntu 12.01 a
On Thu, 27 Dec 2012 19:34:31 -0700, Thomas Spuhler wrote:
> I opened the Networkcenter again and the same message apeared:
> Unable to find network interface for selected device (using wl driver)
I've been through all that on a netbook with Broadcom BCM43225 and
running fully-updated Mageia-3-A
On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 18:22:07 +, I wrote:
> Do please let me know if I can help further.
Offer still stands...
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On Sun, 16 Dec 2012 17:30:36 +0100, Nicolas Lécureuil wrote:
> is nepomuk enabled ?
In System Settings/desktop Search the following are all marked 'x' in
the box:
- 'Enable Nepomuk Semantic desktop'
"Desktop search servcies are active"
- 'File Indexer'
"File indexer is suspen
On Sat, 15 Dec 2012 18:30:10 -0300, Balcaen John wrote:
> the mailbox should have been indexed by nepomuk.
How does one achieve that, please?
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This version of KMail has turned up in the latest s/w update on
Mageia3-Alpha2, and as it mentions 'improved Find in Messages' I gave
it a try. Result:
A request to find 'gmail.com' in the From field of Inbox found 10
messages.
(The same request on the same email message base with KMail 1.13.
On Tue, 11 Dec 2012 17:27:03 +0100, Manuel Hiebel wrote:
> Certainly as a option
Good! Thank you...
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On Mon, 10 Dec 2012 22:58:21 +0100, Manuel Hiebel wrote:
> (grub2 coming too)
As default, or as an option?
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On Sat, 08 Dec 2012 12:28:20 +0100, Anne Nicolas wrote:
> It seems impossible to set up WiFi
I also have had problems, but there may be 'light at the end of the
tunnel', see:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7844
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On Tue, 04 Dec 2012 12:19:21 +1100, blind Pete wrote:
> What I've been doing lately is to install everything with its default boot
> loader into its root partition and have a tiny partition at the end of the
> disk that contains just a lilo configuration file and map file.
I have similar 'Plan
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:25:53 +0100, AL13N wrote:
> grub2 has btrfs support
So for those pioneers who want to use btrfs, let them have an 'install with
GRUB2" option, and keep GRUB-Legacy as default?!
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On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 20:25:53 +0100, AL13N wrote:
> grub-legacy hasn't been supported for years,
I don't understand what you are saying.
Perhaps it's a terminology thing.
I'm using "GRUB-Legacy" to mean "The version of GRUB we are using in pre-GRUB2
Distro's".
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On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 19:40:35 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> As long as it is in the distribution, why do you need the installer to
> support it, as long as you can reconfigure it thereafter ?
If you are meaning that Mageia-3 will contain the capability of using
GRUB-Legacy but will install GR
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:51:52 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> If you have another distribution
> installed with grub-legacy it is easy to install a second distro which
> uses grub2 (use chainloader in your existing grub-legacy).
Depends on where GRUB2 is installed.
If it goes in the MBR, then h
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 10:40:11 +0100, Guillaume Rousse wrote:
> Why do you care about installer support, for stuff already installed ?
Not for 'stuff installed', but for the installation of Mageia-3, with which I
would prefer to use GRUB-Legacy - hence the enquiry "Will the Mageia-3 installer
off
On Mon, 03 Dec 2012 07:39:28 -0500, andre999 wrote:
> Grub2 does seem more complicated to customize.
That's the understatement of the year!
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On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 22:49:01 +0100, Jose Jorge wrote:
> WiFi works in Mageia 3 with lots of hardware. Your bug is a driver
> problem, not a global Mageia configuration one.
Correct, but why does Mageia-3 mess up with the driver when e.g. Ubuntu and
Mint work the same WiFi well 'out of the box'?
On Sun, 02 Dec 2012 17:14:17 +, Claire Robinson wrote:
> Have you created a bug for this Maurice?
Yes - see:
https://bugs.mageia.org/show_bug.cgi?id=7844
Regards,
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I'm using Mageia-2 on my netbook for normal work, at the same checking out
Mageia-3-Alpha2 (fully updated). WiFi adaptor is Broadcom BCM43225.
On Mageia-2 the Wifi worked fine - at first - but after the recent s/w update
it started all over again 'Looking for software', after which it suffered th
On Sat, 01 Dec 2012 21:43:28 +0200, Thomas Backlund wrote:
> I guess he means that if we switch to Grub2 by default, will we still
> support greb legacy ?
Correct!
I.e. when installing 'GRUB2' Mageia-3, will there be an option to use
GRUB-Legacy instead?
The reason I ask is that:
(1) On m
Will the 'official' Mageia-3 installer have a 'GRUB Legacy' option?
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Linux Mandriva 2010.2 32-bit PowerPack (i686 kernel)
KDE 4.5.2 Virtualbox 4.1.14 Firefox 10.0.2 KMail 1.13.5
Trying an MCC S/w update for Mageia-3-Alpha2 today, there is a
broadcom-wl-kernel update that causes an odd 'cannot do' clash:
"The following package cannot be selected:
broadcom-wl-kernel-desktop-latest-5.100.82.112-48.mga3.nonfree.x86_64
(
On Mon, 29 Oct 2012 22:11:52 +0100, zezinho wrote:
> I suppose you did the first install with non-free media. Kernel brings an
> open-source driver for some Broadcom cards.
I also am having problems with Mageia-3-Alpha2 wireless (though no
problem with Mageia-2). See:
https://bugs.magei
On Sun, 14 Oct 2012 18:17:41 -0300, John Balcaen wrote:
> push KDE SC 4.9.2 on cauldron
Does anyone know if KMail 4.9.2's 'Find Messages' is working
properly now, please?
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On Mon, 13 Aug 2012 14:39:23 +0200, Dimitrios Glentadakis wrote:
> What exact it does nt work in Find Messages?
See: https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=281227
https://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=294568
In there you will see, e.g. this posting from me:
"As a test, I did a Find M
On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 15:12:27 -0300, Balcaen John wrote:
> Well it's working better with kdepim 4.9.x
Glad to hear of some progress!
But I can't move over from Mandriva (KDE 4.5.2) to Mageia until KMail's
Find Messages is back to normal.
(Apart from that, KMail in Mageia-2 was working very w
On Sun, 12 Aug 2012 18:06:49 +0200, Angelo Naselli wrote:
> * We Just need a kmail 2 working
Yes, indeed - especially Find Messages...
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On Sun, 27 May 2012 10:44:38 +0200, Dimitrios Glentadakis wrote:
> I think that you have to give a second try to kmail.
Which version of KMail2?
> I dont have any problem using it.
Not even with the 'Find Messages' function?!
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On Sat, 26 May 2012 08:31:29 -0400, John Balcaen wrote:
> our mageia 1 is providing the "legacy" kmail aka 4.11.x
> with KDE SC 4.6.x
KMail 4.11.x ??!! I don't understand that numbering.
Not available with Mageia-2?
> Regarding the find messages you need to have nepomuk enable.
Was enable
On Sat, 26 May 2012 10:52:38 +0200, Angelo Naselli wrote:
> Can Thunderbird import all the kmail messages?
Because TBird did not support 'maildir' storage I was not interested, as I
want to stay with maildir for efficency of backup/cloning (using rsync).
Apparently, however, TBird 12 will supp
On Fri, 25 May 2012 17:43:21 +0100, I wrote:
> KMail
> 4.8.2 generally works very well, its 'Find Messages' function is so badly
> broken
Same problem, apparently, with KMail 4.8.3...
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On Thu, 24 May 2012 19:01:38 +0100, Simple . wrote:
> i said that md5 was checked, so the downloaded .iso is ok,
But did you do a 'check after write", to confirm that the .iso had been
correctly writeen to DVD?
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On Fri, 25 May 2012 06:45:28 -0300, Balcaen John wrote:
> i would suggest to wait a little bit for KDE 4.9 beta1
I have had to abandon plans to move over onto Mageia-2 because although KMail
4.8.2 generally works very well, its 'Find Messages' function is so badly
broken (as is its Composer aut
On Tue, 07 Feb 2012 22:34:41 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
> Exactly that, formatted with PC Dos boot on it. I don't think that
> you can buy PC Dos anymore.
Many thanks for all the info, Michel, but it seems XOSL is not for me.
By the way, I had a problem reading your HTML posting, as my n
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 19:39:24 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
> You didn't understand what I said.
I know! :-(
> The xosl install that I have runs off a floppy diskette which has been
> formatted to PC DOS. You should be able to find dos bootable image on the
> net. xosl has a nice graphic instal
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:08:41 +, I wrote:
> On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:01:42 +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote:
Apologies for double posting.
I thought I had lost the first one, so did it all over again...
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On Sun, 05 Feb 2012 21:50:27 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
> On my son's computer I installed it on the MBR.
I couldn't figure out how to do that. It seemed to me that it had to
have a FAT32 partition, and that one would need to be running Windows
to run the .exe file...
> You could create a U
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:01:42 +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote:
> Mageia and Ubuntu
> don't ask if you want a new MBR, they rebuilt it without any question.
> Formely, Mandriva asked where put the boot loader, but few people
> understand such a question which make the installation complicated for a
> b
On Mon, 06 Feb 2012 17:01:42 +0100, Pierre Jarillon wrote:
> Mageia and Ubuntu
> don't ask if you want a new MBR, they rebuilt it without any question.
> Formely, Mandriva asked where put the boot loader,
I haven't tried Ubuntu, but have installed Mageia, PCLinixOS, Mandriva
2010 and 2011, and O
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 21:04:55 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
> I have xosl residing on a small primary partition about 16k,
I did look at XOSL before settling with Extipl, but found several
things that put me off:
(1) It appears to need to occupy a FAT32 (or similar)
partition. (As an extension
On Sat, 04 Feb 2012 06:04:10 -0500, Michel Catudal wrote:
> The bootloader installation should be entirely separate from the operating
> system.
Michel, I think to avoid confusion, programs such as XOSL
(e.g. Extipl, GAG, SBM) are usually referred to as 'boot managers' (and
usually reside in
On Tue, 15 Mar 2011 16:37:13 +0100, Tux99 wrote:
> so we are 2 in favor of dropping firefox.
>
> Now that would help a lot to get Mageia great reviews..
I do hope you're joking...
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On Wed, 08 Dec 2010 19:00:54 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> You are talking about the commercial package. We are talking about the
> "normal" distribution.
Fair enough! And I hope Mageia will not mandate BitTorrent...
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On Mon, 06 Dec 2010 17:36:26 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote:
> Including current version it was/is available via BitTorrent
> AND FTP download from the mirrors.
When I tried to download the Mandriva 2010.1 PowerPack .iso file
(when it first appeared), the Mandriva site offered only BitTorrent.
Mandriva has recently been showing their .iso file downloadable only
via BitTorrent.
That doesn't suit some people's situation.
Will Mageia's .iso file be downloadable by non-BitTorrent protocols
(e.g. FTP)?
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On Thu, 14 Oct 2010 17:33:31 +0200, Tux99 wrote:
> I have been using backports on all my PCs and enabled them on all PCs of
> friends whom I installed Mandriva and so far I have yet to see a single
> breakage caused by backports.
Having never had Backports enabled, I was encouraged by posting
On Fri, 01 Oct 2010 09:51:34 +0300, atilla ontas wrote:
> I'm just wondering if we follow Mandriva's release cycle model. Every
> 6th months a release or one year and one release. I think we should
> make one release in one year.
I feel the same way, but from an income point of view Mageia woul
On Mon, 27 Sep 2010 14:15:27 +0100, Colin Guthrie wrote:
> I believe that is the intention at present, yes.
Sounds rather ambitious to start off with.
Better to conserve effort at first; would be a nice enhancement later.
I look forward to trying Mageia, but as a clean install, not an
upgrade.
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