Re: [techtalk] Re: Redhat 6.1 - cdrom behaviour
Phil Savoie wrote: > > I was looking today for about 2 hours on how to disable the automount > > "feature" in RH6.1. It appears that every time a CD is loaded the > > filemanager pops up showing the contents of the CD. This is not what I > > would like to see happen. I would like to manually mount the CD when > > required. Is there a config file to modify that will disable this? I have > > had no luck so far searching on my own and was hoping some here could shed > > some light on this. On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 12:40:29PM -0400 or thereabouts, Angela Nash wrote: > Supermount is an add on to the kernel. If you don't want the device to use > supermount remove the option in your /etc/fstab file. RH don't ship supermount. I think this is the magicdev daemon, which I dislike intensely. It confuses me :) Remove magicdev. It doesn't break anything if you do this. rpm -e magicdev. Telsa ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] can linux on x86 mount HFS?
If the OS on your old hard drive is 8.6 or 9, it is likely that it is HFS+ format, so mounting it through your other linux box won't work. However. you could just attach the old drive to another IDE Bus on your iMac , i.e. temporarily disconnect your CD-ROM drive and use that IDE cable (I'm assuming this can be done on the iMac, I've only worked with G3's and G4's). This *might* allow you to mount both drives simultaneously, and perform the transfer. Ryan ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] XFree86 Configuration problems
Hi all. I'm beating my head agains the wall here - someone please stop me! Our client has a Mac G4...installed yellow dow linux which aparrently went fine. Have yaboot configured. But startx hung forever, and when it did finally start the colormap was all messed up...and it promptly crashes. Video crd says it is a ATY RAGE 128s (are ATI and ATY the same?) which in theory shuld work with the SVGA server The Xconfiguratior acts very wierd - run it, and is says probing found oFfb ATY Rage128 - but no options fpr monitor sync, resolution, etc. The file it writes seems incomplete as well. (small portion attached below) So I tried installing XFree 4.0.1 to see if that woul d help. X still doesn't start, but at least it gives error messages attached below. So it looks like its never configurig the right server etc, but I'm not sure what the setting should be. Any clues as to the problem? If it is a Rage128 is is on the hardware support lists TIA for any help! # ** # Monitor section # ** # Any number of monitor sections may be present Section "Monitor" Identifier "Unknown" VendorName "Unknown" ModelName "Unknown" # We specify exactly one mode so this is OK HorizSync 1-300 VertRefresh 1-300 Mode "Generated" # D: 100.000 MHz, H: 75.758 kHz, V: 71.201 Hz DotClock 100.001 HTimings 1280 1296 1304 1320 VTimings 1024 1040 1048 1064 Flags"-HSync" "-VSync" EndMode EndSection # ** # Graphics device section # ** # Any number of graphics device sections may be present Section "Device" Identifier"Generic Frame Buffer Device" VendorName"Unknown" BoardName "Unknown" # This will put your monitor into standby after 20 minutes, suspend # after 30 minutes, and off after 40 minutes. man 5 XF86Config for # more details Option"power_saver" EndSection # ** # Screen sections # ** # The Frame Buffer Server Section "Screen" Driver "fbdev" Device "Generic Frame Buffer Device" Monitor "Unknown" Subsection "Display" Depth 8 Modes "Generated" ViewPort0 0 Virtual 1280 1024 EndSubsection EndSection __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/ ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] VMWare Question
Hello, If you have the occasional need to run Windows applications (like Office apps, Photoshop, etc.) but no hardcore Windows needs (like playing games, using NetBEUI networking, etc.), VMWare may be overkill for you. You may also find that with your system configuration, your resources are severely taxed by VMWare, since it allocates disk, memory and processor for Windows which it takes away from your Linux system. An alternative (this is half-plug - I occasionally consult for these people, but I also use their product) would be Win4Lin from TreLOS Software. It runs Windows in an X-window on your desktop, and doesn't separate the memory/drive/processor allocation from Linux. So in addition to being able to have all of your Windows files accessible even when you're not running Windows, the performance is considerably better than VMWare on a desktop-class machine. Their version 1.0 product is currently on firesale at $35 (version 2.0 will be out in October, and 1.0 owners get a free upgrade to 2.0). Version 1.0 doesn't include sound support, but 2.0 does. They're at: http://www.trelos.com/ You can also download an evaluation version of the software if you want to try before you buy. Here's a link to their white paper, which also talks about differences between Win4Lin and VMWare (besides the price tag): http://www.trelos.com/trelos/Trelos/Products/Win4Lin_Whitepaper.htm Hope this helps, Saska On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Lyric . wrote: > Hi there > > I'm just wondering if anyone out there has any experience with VMWare for > Linux 2.0. > > I'm thinking about purchasing it and installing it at home so I can run > Windows if I need to. > > My system is an Athlon 650 with 128 megs of RAM. > > Thanks > > Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com -- Saska - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.noogie.com/~saska "He's an affable enough screen presence, but you'd be affable too if you could generate a lucrative movie career by copulating with baked goods." -Paul Tatara on Jason Biggs ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] want linux free software/open source web tools
Anyone have a list handy of what free software/open source web tools (e.g., Dreamweaver; I already know about GIMP) are out there? Much thanks, Kathy ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
Re: [techtalk] VMWare Question
On 24 Aug, Lyric . wrote: > Hi there > > I'm just wondering if anyone out there has any experience with VMWare for > Linux 2.0. > > I'm thinking about purchasing it and installing it at home so I can run > Windows if I need to. I'm using it at work with a Celeron 300 and 256 MB RAM. So I think you'll be OK on the processor side, but might want to be careful with that RAM. Depends on what Windows you're installing (I got Win2000 with 128 MB) and how many swap space you've got - you don't want to run out of swap space! But Netscape actually takes up more memory after running for 3 hours than vmware - so I should think you'll be ok. Anything else wth vmware was really easy - use the configuration wizard, and if you have extra wishes, just play around with it! Oh, and by all means install the vmware graphics drivers, as they do help a lot. I've also tried not to swap workspaces when I'm using vmware, since it crashed my X when I did that (without the drivers, though). HTH, Britta -- /"\ . . . . . . . . . . . . . [EMAIL PROTECTED] . . . . . . . . . . . . . \ / ASCII Ribbon Campaign "Wer mit der Speckseite nach der Wurst wirft, X- NO HTML/RTF in e-mailmuss sich nicht wundern, wenn sie dem Fass / \ - NO Word docs in e-mail die Krone ins Gesicht schlägt." ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] XFree86 Configuration Problems
Hi Michelle, I feel your pain. Every time I upgrade my Linux machine its like a crusade to get the video card to work properly .This is one of the drawbacks of using Linux with cutting edge technology, often the correct drivers simply don't exist yet. However, you might just be able to get this thing working. It sounds like Xconfigurator isn't writing the XFree86 configuration file correctly. The error messages you listed in your post are actually portions of this file (/etc/X11/XF86Config, my apologies if you knew that already). A few things to try, if you haven't already: 1. In Xconfigurator, don't allow linux to probe for the card (select "don't probe") , this will allow you to configure the card yourself. You should be presented with a list of video cards. Select "Unlisted Card" at the bottom of the card list. This should prompt you for various video card options such as amount of video memory available, in your case with a new card you should probably pick the highest memory amount presented. When Xconfigurator asks you what server you want to use, pick SVGA, if this option is not available, this may be your problem. You can download the latest XFree86 SVGA server rpm from Redhat. After you have selected the SVGA server you will likely be presented with a list of screen resolutions and bit depths, I usually pick the lowest possible settings just to try to get things working, if it works, you can always reconfigure and bump up the settings. After you have selected your settings, Xconfigurator should write the settings to /etc/X11/XF86/Config. Type startx and cross your fingers. 2. If you can't get it to work with the SVGA server, you could try VGA 16 color mode until you get it figured out. 16 color mode most certainly bites, but its better than nothing. This can be done by following the steps above, but selecting "VGA 16" in the box where you selected "SVGA". 3. Try starting X in various bit depth modes: startx -- -bpp 8 startx -- -bpp 16 startx -- -bpp 24 If any of these things work, great. If not, post again, and we'll get really crazy with thing and start editing the config file. Ryan Thibodeau IT Specialist Athens Newspapers, Inc. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] (another) VMWare Question
Out of curiousity, has anyone tried using VMWare with a monolithic kernel? (yes, I'm being sick and twisted and altogether vinnie-like here) I really haven't got the first clue how to start, but it strikes me as an interesting challenge...anyone else done it yet? Vinnie (who really doesn't have the time to do it, and therefore, unless she comes up with something in the next 16 hours will probably just make a nice, modular kernel or something) ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
[techtalk] VMWare Question
Hi there I'm just wondering if anyone out there has any experience with VMWare for Linux 2.0. I'm thinking about purchasing it and installing it at home so I can run Windows if I need to. My system is an Athlon 650 with 128 megs of RAM. Thanks Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com ___ techtalk mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linux.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/techtalk
