Re: [newbie] performance issues

2001-01-28 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Sunday 28 January 2001 14:15, you wrote: > I am new to linux. i have mandrake 7.2. > it runs slowlike a p166 in win98!!! > > I have a p2 333 with 256mb ram (mem is reported correctly in mandrake) > I have a 243mb swap partition that seems never got get used by the system. > using kde 2. > >

Re: [newbie] Hdparm question

2001-01-23 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Tuesday 23 January 2001 06:37, you wrote: > I have yet another question... > > I was playing around with hdparm last night, and I found my optimal > settings. Now, here is my question. I know that I have to add a line > somewhere in /etc/rc.d/???. Can someone please give me instructions on how

Re: [newbie] Dual processors ??

2001-01-10 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Wednesday 10 January 2001 10:53, you wrote: > FWIW... > > I run 7.2 on a dual processor system here. I use the SMP kernel. No > problems. Everything seems to run just fine. > > I'm not sure what problems with software the original poster referred > to... Perhaps I'm not running with software th

Re: [newbie] Adaptec AHA-2920 woes

2001-01-10 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Wednesday 10 January 2001 08:13, you wrote: > > Update 1-10-01 > > I had the good fortune to have a local mentor take a look > at this errant system and he was unable to get it to behave. > > We are now both of the opinion that the Adaptec AHA-2920 > is not really an adequately supported scsi

Re: [newbie] Mandrax 7.2 Raid installation

2001-01-08 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Monday 08 January 2001 05:23, you wrote: > On Monday 08 January 2001 09:07, you wrote: > > All, > > > > I have just bought Mandrake version 7.2, but I have run into a problem. > > I have a Pentium II with 2x 30 Gigabyte IDE disk drive ( RAID 1 ). The > > first problem is related to the LBA is

Re: FW: [newbie] No sound from CD Player

2000-12-11 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Monday 11 December 2000 17:00, you wrote: > Tried your suggestion, didn't work. The cd wil play you can see the time > counting up but no sound. There is no problem with mp3's and system > sounds. Thanks for the suggestion. > > Wilson > > On Monday 11 December 2000 04:48 pm, you wrote: > > --

Re: [newbie]7.2installation problem

2000-11-15 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Wednesday 15 November 2000 01:22, you wrote: > Dear All, I am in the process of installing 7.2 over my LinuxMandrake 7. > My computer only boots from floppies so I used the boot floppy from 7 to > boot the 7.2 CD. It seemed to work until I got to the Hard drive > detection . I got an error mess

Re: [newbie] (...) Ethernet Configutation

2000-11-12 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Sunday 12 November 2000 09:22, you wrote: > I have a AOpen PCI ALN-201 card but I cant configure it! > I already changed the kernel module to "ne", "ne2k-pci" but he keeps > telling me this in the boot: > > "Cant find a dhcp client" > > I also have something else: > in my windows configuration

Re: [newbie] tape backups in 7.2?

2000-11-10 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Friday 10 November 2000 16:30, malkajef wrote: > tar seems to work for me from the command line - well at least the tape > drive goes on. But I need a gui interface to determine if the archive is > valid, to verify it, etc. The present archives seem to stop before > finishing for reasons I ca

Re: [newbie] nscd Error

2000-11-07 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Tue, 07 Nov 2000, SoloCDM wrote: > What can be done to correct the follow error? It was created in > /var/log/messages. The /etc/nscd.conf has the log file uncommented > like all the other lines. > > nscd: 339: short write in cache_addhst: Broken pipe > > Note: When you reply to this messag

Re: [newbie] Networking setup for PCMCIA on laptop

2000-10-23 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Mon, 23 Oct 2000, Bombardier Systems Consulting wrote: > > More on my problem. > > I have just installed MDK 7.1 (sorry I didn't mention this initially) > > This is what I have done. > > Basic Host Information > Host name + domain = linux.myNTserverdomain name > Adaptor1 = enabled DHCP, net

Re: [newbie] Making DHCP work

2000-10-18 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Dennis Veatch wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hi! > > > > I subscribed to Road Runner (cable using DHCP) two weeks ago and am still > > not able to use it... > > I got rid of my first problem (making eth0 work) thanks to two Linux > > angels, Michael and Greg, that I

Re: [newbie] network setup

2000-10-18 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Alan Dunford wrote: > In an attempt to learn more about Local Area Networks, I have set up a > simple three machine net but am experiencing some difficulty and I > wonder if a more experienced person could please help. > > The configuration is:- > > Machine 1 > Pentium 3 r

RE: [newbie] DHCP, Pump commands and Cable Modem Setup

2000-10-18 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Larry Marshall wrote: > > I saw Larry's post about PPPoE and it just depends on what your DSL service > > is offering evidently not all offer PPPoE... > > Really? What are the alternatives? I thought the main thing that was > allowing DSL to become reasonably priced was the

Fwd: Re: [newbie] Browsers

2000-10-17 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Dennis Myers wrote: > I have d/l'd Opera, Netscape 6, and Mozilla and find that I can not > install Opera due to wrong architecture, and the other two flow like > molasses in January. They are so slow to load anything that I feel like > I have timewarped back to the good o

Re: [newbie] Browsers

2000-10-17 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Wed, 18 Oct 2000, Dennis Myers wrote: > I have d/l'd Opera, Netscape 6, and Mozilla and find that I can not > install Opera due to wrong architecture, and the other two flow like > molasses in January. They are so slow to load anything that I feel like > I have timewarped back to the good old d

RE: [newbie] DHCP, Pump commands and Cable Modem Setup

2000-10-17 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, Thomas F. RuBane wrote: > Hi Roman & All: > > I'm using Mandrake 7.1 (With an automatic install) > and a Netgear 310tx which is a tulip chipset compatible card. > My DSL service uses DHCP, but I haven't gotten that working either. I > entered all the information manually (I c

Re: [newbie] Linux on Oracle

2000-10-17 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, A V Flinsch wrote: > On Tue, 17 Oct 2000, you wrote: > > hi all, > > thnaks for your help > > I am an Oracle DBA and so far have worked only on > > WindowsNT. Now i am trying to install Oracle8i (8.1.6) > > on Linux. I have got Linux Mandrake version 7.1 > > installed on a int

Re: [newbie] Opera web browser

2000-10-15 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Sun, 15 Oct 2000, Joan Tur wrote: > Dennis Myers escribió: > > > Well, I don't understand the problem, cause everything mentioned on the > > list here I have checked or tried and I still get the different > > architecture message with the rpm > > Since you've got an executable in the tarball

re:[newbie] Opera web browser

2000-10-14 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Joan Tur wrote: > Paul escribió: > > > It was Oct 14, 2000, 17:59, when Joan Tur keyboarded: > > > > >Roger Sherman escribió: > > > > > >> http://www.opera.com/download/linux.html > > > > > >Er... i'm not able to install the downloaded .rpm. I get an error > > >message: "pa

re:[newbie]DHCP, Pump commands and Cable Modems

2000-10-14 Thread D.M. Mattix
On Sat, 14 Oct 2000, Thomas F. RuBane wrote: > I'm having a similar problem with a DSL modem. I've tried configuring > statically, but am still unable to connect. When trying to up the eth0 > interface with the ifconfig command, I get the error "this resource is > temporarily unavailable." Or some