Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 10 December 2004 09:37 pm, care free wrote: > I wonder if it is acpi=on or set you acpi on in your bios > > J.T. According to past and present kernel-parameters.txt, acpi=on is _not_ a valid option. ... acpi= [HW,ACPI] Advanced Configuration and

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 10 December 2004 07:30 pm, RickSisler wrote: > Kaj Haulrich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > On Friday 10 December 2004 21:47, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > > > > In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, > > > > > especially the

RE: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread care free
I wonder if it is acpi=on or set you acpi on in your bios J.T. From: Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Shutdown problem Date: Fri, 10 Dec 2004 10:37:13 + I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer in the

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread RickSisler
Kaj Haulrich ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 21:47, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > > > In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, especially the > > > > apic thing. Remove it completely or set it to apic=ht or > > > >

Re: [newbie] usb modems

2004-12-10 Thread Duncan Anderson
Thanks Paul I have downloaded the driver. It compiled cleanly and everything looks great. As soon as some other downloads are completed I shall unplug my Xircom PCMCIA modem and try the Microport. The URL you provided was spot on. cheers Duncan paul wrote: The linux USB site says it works, see:

Re: [newbie] Xlib: extension 'GLX' missing on display ':0.0'.

2004-12-10 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 10 December 2004 06:14 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 05:02 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > > On Friday 10 December 2004 04:54, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > > SNIP > > > > > > Hmm.. I tried out the new 6629 version of the Nvidia driver today. > > > > It compiles OK, but whe

Re: [newbie] Xlib: extension 'GLX' missing on display ':0.0'.

2004-12-10 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 10 December 2004 05:02 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 04:54, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > SNIP > > > > Hmm.. I tried out the new 6629 version of the Nvidia driver today. > > > It compiles OK, but when it starts the splash screen does not go away. > > > I had to revert

Re: [newbie] usb modems

2004-12-10 Thread paul
On Sat, 2004-12-11 at 01:14, Duncan Anderson wrote: > Greetings > > I have been trying to attach a usb modem to a Thinkpad T22. The modem is > a Microcom USB 56K Travel/S. I have looked in the Twiki and found > nothing. "usbview" shows an "unknown device". > > I am very familiar with serial mod

[newbie] usb modems

2004-12-10 Thread Duncan Anderson
Greetings I have been trying to attach a usb modem to a Thinkpad T22. The modem is a Microcom USB 56K Travel/S. I have looked in the Twiki and found nothing. "usbview" shows an "unknown device". I am very familiar with serial modems, but as far as these new-fangled usb beasties are concerned, I

Re: [newbie] Create device at boot

2004-12-10 Thread mikkel
> On Friday 10 Dec 2004 21:33, Fajar Priyanto wrote: >> On Friday 10 December 2004 09:53 pm, Peter Watson wrote: >> > I need a device /dev/raw1394 to access my firewire video camera, but >> it >> > does not exist >> > >> > After some research I have found that issuing the following command in >> a

Re: [newbie] Create device at boot

2004-12-10 Thread Peter Watson
On Friday 10 Dec 2004 21:33, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 09:53 pm, Peter Watson wrote: > > I need a device /dev/raw1394 to access my firewire video camera, but it > > does not exist > > > > After some research I have found that issuing the following command in a > > root term

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 10 December 2004 21:47, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > > In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, especially the > > > apic thing. Remove it completely or set it to apic=ht or > > > noapic. > > > > > > HTH > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > >

[newbie] Sound processing: Center removal

2004-12-10 Thread Simon Roberts
Can anyone tell me which (if any) of the many sound processing tools can do "center removal" under MDK? My daughter wants to sing Karaoke to some stuff, and I'd like to get the lyrics out. Cheers, Simon Want to buy your Pack or Services fro

[newbie] Sound system compatibility

2004-12-10 Thread Simon Roberts
Sorry to ask this, as it's probably in the HW compatiblity lists if I only knew what to look for. I would like to use a USB sound system on MDK 10.1. Are these systems built to a standard, such that "any" USB sound card will work, or does each have it's own proprietary driver protocols, such th

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Margot
Keith Powell wrote: Margot wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote: I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake does not actually switch the computer off. If I remember correctly, there is something to

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Alan Shoemaker
On Friday 10 December 2004 02:20 pm, Keith Powell wrote: > > Sometime, I must find out the difference between apic and apci - I > thought they were almost the same! APIC - Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface -- Alan __

[newbie] Hardware Questions

2004-12-10 Thread Amy
REMEMBER I AM A GMAIL USER, CHECK THAT RESPONSES ARE GOING TO THE LIST. THANKS. Hey guys, a quick question. A friend of mine gave me some hand me down hardware. He's recently upgraded his computer, and knew I was sorely in need of an upgrade, so he offered to give me his old stuff. He's unfortunat

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Keith Powell
Margot wrote: Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote: I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake does not actually switch the computer off. If I remember correctly, there is something to change in the lilo.

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Keith Powell
Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: apic=off has solved it. The append line was already apic=ht, so I first changed it to noapic and then apic=noapic. Neither had any effect. APIC, advance programable interrupt control. If your system works better wit

Re: [newbie] Create device at boot

2004-12-10 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Friday 10 December 2004 09:53 pm, Peter Watson wrote: > I need a device /dev/raw1394 to access my firewire video camera, but it > does not exist > > After some research I have found that issuing the following command in a > root terminal creates the device and that it works. > > "mknod -m 666 /d

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 10 December 2004 08:53 am, Keith Powell wrote: > > In /etc/lilo.conf try editing the append-line, especially the > > apic thing. Remove it completely or set it to apic=ht or > > noapic. > > > > HTH > > Kaj Haulrich. > > Thanks, Kaj. > > apic=off  has solved it. > > The append line was alr

Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live! 24-bit supported in 10.1?

2004-12-10 Thread Frans Ketelaars
On Thursday 09 December 2004 17:19, Rick Kunath wrote: > Dan Gordon wrote: > > I am using the live "value" as it was called from about 6 or 7 > > years ago without any problems. > > I have that same card in another machine and it's based on the emu10k > chipset. It works great. > > > As far as i k

Re: [newbie] Xlib: extension 'GLX' missing on display ':0.0'.

2004-12-10 Thread Ron Hunter-Duvar
On December 10, 2004 05:40, Dennis Myers wrote: ... > > > Also, it seems clear the 6629 driver is broken. You might want to make > > > a note of that on your page. > > > > > > Thanks for the help, > > > > Done and done. > > Thanks for the alert. > > > > derek > > Not totally broken, I have been usi

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 10 December 2004 15:48, Margot wrote: > Kaj, I think you're mixing up apic and acpi! Yes. Sorry. Never came to grips with this alphabet-thingy. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.1) - kernel 2

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Keith Powell
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote: I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer in the archives or in twiki. Sorry for asking it again. I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake

[newbie] Create device at boot

2004-12-10 Thread Peter Watson
I need a device /dev/raw1394 to access my firewire video camera, but it does not exist After some research I have found that issuing the following command in a root terminal creates the device and that it works. "mknod -m 666 /dev/raw1394 c 171 0" Now I would like the device to be created auto

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Margot
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote: I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer in the archives or in twiki. Sorry for asking it again. I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake

Re: [newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Kaj Haulrich
On Friday 10 December 2004 11:37, Keith Powell wrote: > I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find the > answer in the archives or in twiki. Sorry for asking it again. > > I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything > closes down correctly, but then Mandrake does not

Re: [newbie] Xlib: extension 'GLX' missing on display ':0.0'.

2004-12-10 Thread Dennis Myers
On Friday 10 December 2004 05:02 am, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Friday 10 December 2004 04:54, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: > SNIP > > > > Hmm.. I tried out the new 6629 version of the Nvidia driver today. > > > It compiles OK, but when it starts the splash screen does not go away. > > > I had to revert

Re: [newbie] Xlib: extension 'GLX' missing on display ':0.0'.

2004-12-10 Thread Derek Jennings
On Friday 10 December 2004 04:54, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: SNIP > > > > Hmm.. I tried out the new 6629 version of the Nvidia driver today. > > It compiles OK, but when it starts the splash screen does not go away. I > > had to revert to the 6111 driver again. > > > > derek > > Derek, > > I reverted

[newbie] Shutdown problem

2004-12-10 Thread Keith Powell
I KNOW that this has been asked before, but I can't find the answer in the archives or in twiki. Sorry for asking it again. I have a new machine, and now, when I close down, everything closes down correctly, but then Mandrake does not actually switch the computer off. If I remember correctly, the

Re: [newbie] Spying On Users

2004-12-10 Thread Warly
Mrexecutive <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I finally got SSHD installed and working i am so proud my file > application installation =) > > I am curious now that i someone is logging into my system remotely. How > can i go about spying on the and seeing what commands they are > executing? i type