Re: Redhat 8 missing smp-kernel as stated by a bugzilla op, but a guy says something else?

2002-10-21 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 10:27, Jesse Keating wrote: > On Fri, 11 Oct 2002 09:00:17 -0500 > "Nathan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > # > # There are three CDs and there sure should be some small > # space left to put the i586 RPM build of the smp kernel on there. > > NO, there isn't. If you look at

Gnome2 desktop fonts

2002-10-23 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Following a boot-time panel crash and a battery applet segfault, my RHL8.0 Gnome2 desktop fonts are now approximately 1 pixel high & wide. (I've heard of noseprint fonts, but this is ridiculous...) If I had not also installed KDE (which I'm using temporarily), my laptop system would be unusable. D

How to remove/replace Gnome2

2002-10-26 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Is it possible to remove all of Gnome2 and then reinstall it again? After a panel crash and a battery applet segfault, Gnome2 has apparently become badly corrupted for all users on one of my systems (KDE still works fine). All title, menu, and foreground fonts are now about one pixel high and thus

Re: How to remove/replace Gnome2

2002-10-26 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 17:41, mike wrote: > On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 15:10, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > > Can anyone provide a step-by-step list I can follow to completely remove > > all G2 RPMs, configuration files, and directories so that I can then > > install a fresh

Re: How to remove/replace Gnome2

2002-10-27 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 19:07, mike wrote: > On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 23:55, Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: > > You are the second person to suggest this fix. Unfortunately, it doesn't > > improve anything. Whatever is wrong is REALLY buggered. > > > > --Doc S

Re: NFS Update

2002-11-03 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Mike, Try adding a couple more parameters to your fstab lines: :/nfs\linewrap user,noauto,rsize=8192,wsize=8192,timeo=14,intr 0 0 --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL On Sun, 2002-11-03 at 00:51, Mike Chambers wrote: > Ok, I have NFS setup on my server, the services are started and s

D-Link AirPro support (was Re: PC Card problems.)

2002-11-17 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
I'll expand on Michael's msg to ask about Linux/RH8 support for either of D-Link's latest AirPro wireless cards: DWL-650+ (802.11b - 11 Mbps) DWL-A650 (802.11a - 54 Mbps). These may not share the NS8390 chipset used in the DE-650 cards. At least [Activate] in 'neat' fails in my IBM

Re: RH 8 and Adobe Acrobat

2002-11-17 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 15:47, Mike A. Harris wrote: > On Tue, 5 Nov 2002, Aric Galloso wrote: > > >how do i stop this mail from coming to me? > > By reading the links at the bottom of every damn email sent to > the list, going to the web URL posted there, and unsubscribing > yourself. > > Why d

Re: List of GNOME rpms

2002-11-19 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Michael, That list of rpms is considerably shorter than the number of gnome packages actually installed. Is this because the others are automatically installed to resolve dependencies? I find myself in a slightly different predicament than Lorenzo. A week or so after upgrading from 7.3 to 8.0, al

Re: SCSI tape drive

2002-11-20 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Robert, You don't indicate how much data you need to back up at any one time. That's probably your most important consideration. I know of at least four major types of cartridge-type SCSI tape drives. With a supported SCSI host adapter (most important!), Red Hat 8.0 should support at least the fi

DIR_COLORS

2002-12-01 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Has the location for configuring directory colorization changed for xterm and gnome-terminal in RH8 and Gnome2? I just tried changing the original directory colors line in /etc/DIR_COLORS from: DIR 01;34# directory <-- bold blue to: DIR 01;33# directory <-- bold yellow This chan

Re: DIR_COLORS

2002-12-01 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Ryan, Thanks. That did the trick. The contents of those two DIR_COLORS files appear to be the same. I wonder why a separate .xterm file is needed --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL On Sun, 2002-12-01 at 09:36, Ryan Camick wrote: > There is a DIR_COLORS.xterm on my system which is used when

Re: What is the X Configuration tool for red hat 8

2002-12-03 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Brian, $ redhat-config-xfree86 You'll find this and other redhat-* tools in /usr/bin. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL On Tue, 2002-12-03 at 21:38, Bryan Pershall wrote: > I am trying to modify the X from command line and in previous versions I > just typed Configuration and it brought up th

Looking for dock/undock utility

2002-12-07 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
IBM fully supports Linux up and down its server line, but not its laptops. I'm looking for a a dock/undock utility for RH8 that will let me disconnect/reconnect my Thinkpad A22p laptop from/to its full docking station (not port replicator). There is a logic-controlled latch in the dock that locks m

Re: How to remove old kernels

2002-12-08 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Anthony, Don't include the .rpm or ..rpm filename suffixes. Use only the unique name from the rpm database, the name displayed when you run # rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-2.4.18-14 kernel-2.4.18-17.8.0<-- pick this one to delete kernel-2.4.18-18.8.0 kernel-uml-2.4.18-18.8.0 kernel-utils-2.4-8

Re: D-Link AirPro support (was Re: PC Card problems.)

2002-12-08 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Andrew, If so, this is excellent news. Sounds like D-Link tech support down under is far more customer-oriented than it is here. Please keep us posted. --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL On Sun, 2002-12-08 at 20:12, Andrew Smith wrote: > I thought I'd drag this thread back up since I've been lo

Re: System locks hard when using scsi tape drive

2002-12-10 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Mark, I'll assume you've run through the rest of the hardware check list: cables, termination (low and high), term power, etc. I just ran a Google search on AIC-7861. Learned it's the same chip as used on the Adaptec 2940AU. I saw more than one trouble report from systems very similar to yours:

Updates not posted

2002-12-17 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
This morning my red RHN update icon says there are four fetchmail and net-snmp updates available. The source files have been posted to the SRPMS directory at updates.redhat.com, but the binaries are not in the i386 directory. Curiously the i386 directory has been timestamped as though it's been upd

Phoebe (was Re: wanted: Rawhide kernel)

2002-12-22 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sun, 2002-12-22 at 07:02, Riemer Palstra wrote: > rsp., ... and what's that Phoebe thing? Looks like our next baby is on the way... -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

OT: Sharp Zaurus SL-5600

2003-01-15 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Does anyone know when the official release date for the new Zaurus will be? --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/psyche-list

Re: Kernel Compiles

2002-10-01 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Tue, 2002-10-01 at 09:44, Matt Wilson wrote: > Why do you need to recompile the kernel? Red Hat Linux comes with > tested binary kernels, ya know. Most of the time I would agree with you, Matt, but recent events show Red Hat doesn't always provide the pre-compiled and tested binaries we need.

Re: Problem with Psyche Disc 1 ISO??

2002-10-06 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 13:06, Frank Tanner III wrote: > Unfortunately, all of my Linux boxes here at gome are > now borked because of the bum burn. Frank, Not sure how that happened, unless you intentionally tried to install 8.0 on them from known questionable CDs. Dogged consistency is not always

RE: SMP Kernel

2002-10-14 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Wolf, Tyan S2468UNG K7X --Doc Savage Fairview Heights, IL On Mon, 2002-10-14 at 02:26, Wolfgang Gill wrote: > What mother board are you running your 2 Athlon MP 2100+'s on?? > > Cheers, > > Wolf

Re: Laptop

2002-10-14 Thread Robert G. (Doc) Savage
Pierre, I have a similar A22p. Check /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 for Section "Monitor". Did you select an LCD display? I have trouble whenever I do that. For my 1600x1200 UXGA display I'm using "Generic Monitor, 1600x1200 @ 76 Hz". If the A22M display has a lower resolution, select the corresponding "Ge