8.0 Upgrade Overwrites Open Office Writer Defaults

2002-11-13 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Now that I've upgraded my machine from 7.3 to 8.0, I am noticing that my OpenOffice.org Writer default settings have been overwritten and kissed off. For instance, I had a default font setting of 14 points. Not any more! I had gone to a bit of effort to set my own preferred defaults. Does anyone el

Compiling lm_sensors 2.6.5

2002-10-18 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Has anyone tried compiling lm_sensors version 2.6.5 on an 8.0 system? The INSTALL document is a little hard to understand. I'm confused by the compilation options listed and the suggestion that I download a vanilla kernel tree from kernel.org rather than use a distro kernel tree (such as the Re

Re: new kernel-2.4.18-17.8.0 RPM damages lilo.conf file

2002-10-18 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I'm surprised you 'upgraded' the kernel rather than 'install'-ed it. Installing gives you an older working kernel to fall back on if something goes brain dead wrong. Do you mean you are missing a new stanza in lilo.conf for booting the upgraded kernel? I wonder what is in /boot/grub/grub.conf?

Re: eject CD after install

2002-11-13 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I notice that when I 'umount' my CD doesn't eject as it used to. This behavior was never consistent across machines. My Dell desktop would eject after a umount under 7.3 and earlier, but not my Sony Vaio. I think there is a file somewhere in /etc which aliases commands: 'umount' is aliased to 'umou

Clean compile of i2c and lm_sensors versions 2.6.5?

2002-10-19 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Has anyone tried compiling the following packages associated with lm_sensors on an 8.0 machine? If you were able to get a clean compile with no errors, I'd be grateful to know. i2c-2.6.5 (i2c-core.o fails to compile on RH 8.0, but my machine has a memory problem I'm trying to root out) lm_sen

Re: Incoming IMAP Mail Server In Evolution

2002-10-23 Thread Robert L. Cochran
st worked after step 5. Others might vary in their mileage with their IMAP servers. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA Christopher Keller wrote: On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 21:45, Robert L. Cochran wrote: I recently installed 8.0 on a friend's computer. He is fascinated with Evolution an

Re: CUPS Configuration Errors: LaserJet@localhost Problems

2002-10-23 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I'm really confused here. I've defined a nice CUPS printer as mentioned earlier, using the web adminstration interface. The device URI is lpd://PS55255/L1 and it will print a nice test page when I click the "Print Test Page" button. But when I try to check the printer status, I get errors: [ro

Re: CUPS Configuration Errors: LaserJet@localhost Problems

2002-10-23 Thread Robert L. Cochran
By golly, using redhat-switch-printer worked! It had LPRng selected so I clicked on CUPS. I do get 2 leading blank pages when I print, though, but this is better than nothing. Thanks a lot! Bob Cochran Gerry Tool wrote: Robert L. Cochran wrote: I'm really confused here. I've defi

Re: How to Uninstall Linux 8.0?

2002-10-23 Thread Robert L. Cochran
If you want to install Windows 2000 or XP, I think the Windows installation programs will automatically come up with their versions of fdisk if the target drive has insufficient free space, no Windows partitions, or is uninitialized (that is, brand new). I'm not sure if this is true of Windows

Re: promise PDC20267 controller...

2002-10-24 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I can't answer this but I have a Promise PDC20276 controller on an Asus P4T533 motherboard that I've given up using in favor of Redhat's software RAID capability. However, I evidently have a bad component somewhere because I'm plagued with segfaults pointing to memory or CPU problems that I'm s

Re: upgrade w/ sw raid working?

2002-10-25 Thread Robert L. Cochran
You are not alone. I had very similar problems, but on a fresh install rather than an upgrade. I filed a lengthy bug report, as https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=75688 It is very interesting that you are having problems on an upgrade of an existing RAID setup. I hope you will

Re: IPCHAINS modules to unload and IPTABLES modules to load.

2002-10-29 Thread Robert L. Cochran
e to recompile your kernel after running patch-o-matic, but you learn from doing that too. Thanks Robert L. Cochran -Original Message- From: Jack Bowling [mailto:jbinpg@;shaw.ca] Sent: Tuesday, October 29, 2002 3:48 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <mailto:psyche-list@;redhat.com> Subject:

Re: System cloning

2002-10-30 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I've done a clone earlier this year by following the hard disk drive upgrade HowTo mentioned elsewhere in this forum. If you follow that closely, and format with the file system of your choice, and don't forget to add the boot labels with e2labels, it is pretty straightforward to clone a system

[Fwd: Re: System cloning]

2002-10-30 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Ooops! I should have written: e2label not e2labels. Bob Original Message Subject: Re: System cloning Date: Wed, 30 Oct 2002 21:52:53 -0500 From: Robert L. Cochran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] References: <01B0FA12C6E1D411BB4D0050DA57CD66ECDD69@US

Using jfs File System

2002-11-03 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I want to ugrade my 7.3 workstation to 8.0. But I want to have IBM's JFS file system as part of the upgrade. Since Disk Druid doesn't seem to support jfs partitions, my bright idea is: format an 80 Gb hard drive (which is actually in an ADS USB 2.0 Drive Adapter kit) with jfs partitions using

Re: Red Hat 8.0 Netgear FA311 identification and IRQ assignment

2002-11-05 Thread Robert L. Cochran
At least one version of the Linksys chipsets aren't supported according to the Red Hat HCL. I like Netgear (the FA310TX should be available on Amazon), and the dirt cheap CompUSA network cards and Hawking Technology cards. Currently One of my machines is using a Hawking Technology 10/100 card t

Re: Adaptec aic7***

2002-11-07 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Maybe you need something from the 'old drivers' image file? Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA Kevin Waterson wrote: On Thu, 7 Nov 2002 10:50:21 -0800 Roger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: At the install cd boot prompt, try: linux apic No go with this also. It still does not detect

Re: strange e-mail from root

2002-11-07 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I'd like to agree with Ed. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Thu, 2002-11-07 at 20:46, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Thu, Nov 07, 2002 at 05:24:14PM -0800, jdow wrote: > > The Chinese are at it again, either second hand through a hacked host or > > first hand. > > I don't think that's called for

Re: Red Hat Road Tour

2002-11-08 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I did go to the Chantilly, VA stop of the road tour. I didn't see anyone who looks scary! The Red Hat people look just like anyone else to me. I am still wondering if some Red Hat employees are following the bus and attending the stops "incognito". For example, way in the back row with me, 2 seats

GPG-Signing Emails On Different Machines

2002-11-08 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I have a question about signing emails with my gpg key (which is due to expire soon anyhow.) I generated a key pair on physical machine A. There are times when I want to send emails from machines B and C. I would like to gpg-sign the emails. Do I just copy the same public and private key pair from

Re: Red Hat Road Tour

2002-11-09 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Americans don't need visas to drive into Canada. Just show a driver's license and answer some simple questions. It helps to spend a lot of dollars once in the country, too...and by the way Canada is beautiful. When I get closer to retirement I intend to see as much of the country as I can. The far

Re: Red Hat Road Tour

2002-11-09 Thread Robert L. Cochran
team to the office. This provides a safe way to commute as well as some food for thought. Bob On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 20:34, Joe Klemmer wrote: > On Sat, 2002-11-09 at 19:00, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > Americans don't need visas to drive into Canada. Just show a driver's > >

Re: issues with KVM switches

2002-11-10 Thread Robert L. Cochran
What Asus boards exactly -- meaning the model numbers -- did you fry? Does "fry" mean the boards became completely useless and unbootable, or just that certain components died? I think I did hotplug either a keyboard or mouse in my Asus P4T533 board and wonder if I made a mistake there. I've been

Re: optical mice?

2002-11-10 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I'm using an optical mouse. Specifically the Microsoft Intellimouse with IntelliEye. I had an older Intellimouse Explorer which was also optical, and that worked just fine with Red Hat.It got the hiccups one day so I replaced it with a small off-white Microsoft with IntelliEye mouse a couple years

Re: optical mice?

2002-11-11 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Following a recompile of the 2.4.18-17.8.0 kernel I have a mouse question of my own. If I use the stock Red Hat kernel, I get these kernel messages and my mouse works fine: Nov 11 10:35:48 bobc kernel: input0: USB HID v1.00 Mouse [Microsoft Microsoft IntelliMouse ® with IntelliEye] on usb1:3.0 No

Re: home lan

2002-11-11 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I have the Linksys router box (gathering dust on my shelf at this moment) and a computer running Red Hat 8 in runlevel 2 which I'm using as a firewall/router. And like Chris says, this has forced me to think about my own security -- an issue I've avoided for a long time. I'm glad the box and the

Re: Red Hat Road Tour

2002-11-11 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Why do I think we have lost the Road Tour content completely? Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 15:47, Dennis Gilmore wrote: > When i was in Italy i drank a beer that was 18% alcohol content it was > made by monks since 1600's and they apply named it black death it was

Re: optical mice?

2002-11-11 Thread Robert L. Cochran
eing loaded for the mouse. This has not happened with 7.3 kernels. I would set these: CONFIG_USB_KBD=m CONFIG_USB_MOUSE=m and the mouse works. Any suggestions? Thanks Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Mon, 2002-11-11 at 16:58, Markku Kolkka wrote: > Viestissä Maanantai 11. Marraskuuta 2

Lowering CPU Speed To Avoid Memory Errors

2002-11-11 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I talked about having memory testing errors on a computer that I built myself a few weeks ago. The processor is the Intel 2.8 Ghz on an Asus P4T533 motherboard. You can see my earlier posts about this if you want. Someone on this forum suggested I lower the processor speed. I did this tonight, low

M-Systems Disk On Key

2002-11-11 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I recently bought an M-Systems 128 Mb Disk-On-Key (version 2.51). When I plug this into the USB port of a Linux computer that has never been used with this device before, it seems to create a directory '/mnt/diskonkey'. The directory never existed before. It disappears when you unmount and then unp

Oval Screen With PNY Verto GeForce4 MX 420

2002-11-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I installed a PNY Verto GeForce4 MX 420 (64 Mb, an AGP card) in my Asus P4T533 motherboard. When the machine boots I first see the Nvidia BIOS message. It displays within a strangely oval, "fishbowl" shaped screen. The left and right edges of the screen curve inward at the top and bottom, leaving a

Gigabyte Motherboards

2002-11-14 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Is there anyone out there using the Gigabyte GA-8IHXP2 motherboard? If so, what is your experience...what do you think of this motherboard? Does anyone have opinions to offer about Gigabyte boards in general? Thanks Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA -- Psyche-list mailing list [EMAIL PR

Re: System Completely Locks Up 4-5 hours After Logging In

2002-11-14 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I am wondering about 3 things: Are your drive cables rated for ATA133? Are they brand new? You did use the nice, new cable that Maxtor packed with the drive, did you? And you did not break off or bend a connector pin? Is your hard drive overheating? Drives can get hot enough to roast fingers. Y

How To Extract A Pentium 4 CPU

2002-11-15 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I realize this is an *operating system* forum, but I suspect a lot of you work with hardware. I need to extract a Pentium 4, 2.8 Ghz CPU from one motherboard and install it on another. Do I need a special tool? Or can I just use forefinger and thumb? Thanks Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

Re: CF card reader for RH8?

2002-11-16 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I've never tried this on Linux, but you should be able to plug in something like a Sandisk card reader and it will be seen as a USB mass storage device. Then you mount it and cp the images. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 04:52, Christopher M. Taylor wrote: > Hello, >

Re: Boot Partition - Martin Stricker - Thank you!

2002-11-16 Thread Robert L. Cochran
On Sat, 2002-11-16 at 14:51, Lanny Marcus wrote: > For us newbies, there are thousands of little things like this we need > to learn, to get up to speed with Linux. > In this case, it is better to say: there are thousands of little things the anaconda installer needs to learn, to get up to spe

Re: Video Card recommendation

2002-11-16 Thread Robert L. Cochran
There have been some lengthy threads on video cards that you might want to check out -- I think either on the Limbo list archives or on this list, and possibly both. As to AGP 4x compatibility -- that means the card is compatible with 1.5v AGP slots. Some new motherboards take only 1.5v AGP cards

Re: Sony Vaio, ACPI, suspend and me...

2002-11-17 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Sony laptops seem to have problems 'coming back to life' with the power slide (or the power button, if that is what the newer Vaios use.) Sometimes my Vaio freezes solid when I'm experimenting with stuff and not even holding the power slide to 'on' for a while will hard-reset it. Taking the battery

USB Mouse Support In Compiled Kernel

2002-11-17 Thread Robert L. Cochran
If you install the kernel-source-2.4.18-18.8.0.i386.rpm and compile the kernel with a seemingly unrelated change (example: changing only the processor option from Pentium II to Pentium III in menuconfig), and reboot with the new kernel, a USB mouse will no longer work. This has been true of all th

Re: USB Mouse Support In Compiled Kernel

2002-11-17 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Someone else filed a bug for this. it is Bugzilla #75706. Bob On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 19:01, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > If you install the kernel-source-2.4.18-18.8.0.i386.rpm and compile the > kernel with a seemingly unrelated change (example: changing only the > processor option from P

Re: unsubscribe

2002-11-17 Thread Robert L. Cochran
He'll get his password on December 1. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 19:57, jdow wrote: > It didn't work for him because he threw away the password he used and > cannot remember it, I bet. > {^_-} > - Original Message - > From: "Gerry Tool" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: USB Mouse Support In Compiled Kernel

2002-11-17 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Answer: yes, except I use new-kernel-pkg after copying bzImage and System.map to boot, then doing make modules_install. I do have an initrd (and one gets generated.) Thanks Bob Cochran On Sun, 2002-11-17 at 20:21, John wrote: > On 17 Nov 2002, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > > If

Re: Sony Vaio, ACPI, suspend and me...

2002-11-17 Thread Robert L. Cochran
There is a little hole underneathe. I'll check the manual to see if that is a reset button. Thanks for the hint. Thanks Bob Cochran On Mon, 2002-11-18 at 00:27, Jason Wong wrote: > On Monday 18 November 2002 07:55, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > Sony laptops seem to have problem

Re: Gigabyte Motherboards

2002-11-18 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I have the new motherboard now, and am starting to install it. I'm starting to realize slowly that one issue is that many of the drivers for the motherboard need Microsoft Windows to install properly. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Thu, 2002-11-14 at 20:06, Robert L. Cochran

[Fwd: Re: large IDE disks (>137GB) and IDE controller cards]

2002-11-20 Thread Robert L. Cochran
It's funny how my earlier post (see below) didn't make it to the list, maybe it will show up in the end after mailman burps? But large hard drives have been supported since 7.3. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA -Forwarded Message- From: Robert L. Cochran <[EMAIL P

Re: large IDE disks (>137GB) and IDE controller cards

2002-11-21 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I have a smaller Antec case (the Plus880) which I think is very good, but it gets crowded in there if you have a lot of drives. I'm installing a new Gigabyte motherboard in it and plan to have 3-4 drives connected. I'll need rounded cables. I haven't yet tried drives larger than 137 Gb but see the

Re: Lowering CPU Speed To Avoid Memory Errors

2002-11-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
. (It's like someone forgot to put it on the server.) I'm wondering if the update will fix the problem. Well I've spent this much money so far, what's another $195? Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 07:26, Ed Wilts wrote: > On Mon, Nov 11,

Re: Brief Tutorial on GNOME Menu Editing in RH 8.0

2002-11-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Love the tutorial. One small correction. applications.vfolder-info lives in /etc/gnome-vfs-2.0/vfolders Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 19:52, Michael Knepher wrote: > I've whipped up a brief tutorial on hand-editing the Gnome menus in > RH8.0. It's at http://www.blue

Re: Linux 8.0 personal or professional, What to buy?

2002-10-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
In my opinion there is no real value-added reason for buying the 'Pro' boxed set in terms of additional software. I bought mine hoping there might be a nice Oracle or DB2 CD inside -- of the fully functional type, I mean. I also thought I would get one additional Red Hat Network entitlement. (I alr

Re: Segfaults when doing 'make modules' kernel compiles

2002-10-13 Thread Robert L. Cochran
still segfault on random modules when doing 'make modules'. BzImage builds fine. Hmm... Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 22:53, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > I'm trying to compile iptables-1.2.7a related changes into the stock > Redhat 2.4.18-14 kernel. I&#x

Re: Boxed set not available anywhere

2002-09-30 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I just ordered 8.0 from Amazon.com. $134.99 for the 'Pro' boxed set, free shipping, no sales tax, and I should have it in 10 days according to Amazon. Long before then I'll also have downloaded all the CD's. I could also have ordered it directly from Red Hat, but it is $10 more plus shipping c

IC Sockets On ethernet cards

2002-09-30 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I have 2 questions about ethernet devices. 1. What are the empty IC sockets on 10/100 PCI ethernet cards for? 2. And where would I obtain whatever plugs into them? Thanks Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

Re: Boxed set not available anywhere

2002-09-30 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Someone with a broadband connection who downloads the images can turn around when finished and make them available to, say, 3 others who ask for permission to download in advance. It can all be arranged in advance while waiting for the mirrors to open. An ftp pipe then can be opened for just th

Re: IC Sockets On ethernet cards

2002-09-30 Thread Robert L. Cochran
having trouble with the Promise PDC20276 RAID controller. It is really hard to work with the controller. I'll moan about that later on, not now. But I am learning a lot about hardware devices and the Linux drivers they need. Bob Chris Kloiber wrote: On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 18:54, Robert L.

Re: Boxed set not available anywhere

2002-09-30 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Is money really the issue? I've tried persuading a friend to use Red Hat in any version for a couple years now. At his request I've given him CD sets ever since versions 6.1 or 6.2. He still hasn't installed Red Hat. I'll give him my 8.0 CD set too, but this time I'll try to supply some color s

Re: Unable to activate dma on dvd drive

2002-09-30 Thread Robert L. Cochran
And that's different from the 7.3 method of activating DMA, hmmm. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA Steven G. Taylor wrote: From RELEASE-NOTES-i386 o DMA is disabled on CD-ROM drives in this release in a different but more reliable way than previously. If you are sure that your CD-R

Re: IC Sockets On ethernet cards

2002-09-30 Thread Robert L. Cochran
ttle hard to plug the USB connectors into but I've no complaints. Some day I'll have to play with boot roms. Thanks Bob Thom Paine wrote: On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 18:54, Robert L. Cochran wrote: I have 2 questions about ethernet devices. 1. What are the empty IC sockets on 10/100 PCI

Re: This is the _fastest_ mirror.

2002-10-02 Thread Robert L. Cochran
redhat.newaol.com is booting me off no matter how many retries. I'm using ncftp. I guess that server finally hit it's limit of users? Since I have an RHN basic subscription, I also tried downloading the CD's off RHN. Am I right in thinking you are supposed to do this with a browser download? It

Re: IC Sockets On ethernet cards

2002-10-02 Thread Robert L. Cochran
nks a lot! Bob Cochran C Moss wrote: On Mon, Sep 30, 2002 at 06:54:04PM -0400, Robert L. Cochran wrote: I have 2 questions about ethernet devices. 1. What are the empty IC sockets on 10/100 PCI ethernet cards for? As you have already seen in other responses this socket is for boot roms.

DVD Tree Shown IS in README File

2002-10-05 Thread Robert L. Cochran
'Nuff said. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

Installing to JFS File System

2002-10-05 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I want to install 8.0 this weekend to a new drive, using the jfs file system rather than ext3. Can it be done even though Disk Druid doesn't seem to support jfs? Thanks Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

Re: DVD

2002-10-05 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Just reference /mnt/cdrom whether or not the device is really a DVD. That is what I've done with all my DVD drives. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA Duncan Rubinger wrote: Hi all, I have a Gericom Laptop with a DVD Drive, but RedHat only recognizes a CDROM. How can I create a new DVD Driv

How To Verify Software RAID?

2002-10-06 Thread Robert L Cochran
I just installed 8.0 to my self-built computer. I believe I have configured software RAID sucessfully. But how do I verify that RAID is working? Thanks Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA

Emacs Exits With "No fonts founds" Message

2002-10-07 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Here is a strange one. Emacs was working fine. Then I bought up a man page, read a section, and typed 'x' or CTRL-x by accident before typing 'q' to quit the man page. Now when I want to start emacs, it exits (without starting it's X window) with this error mesage: No fonts founds Anyone have

Re: Hawking Technology NICs

2002-10-07 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Yes this card works great in Psyche. If you don't want to fool with boot roms and just need an ethernet card, and you want it cheap, get this one. It has a low profile. Bob Robert L. Cochran wrote: I bought a Hawking Technology PCI 10/100 Fast Ethernet Card w/WOL (#PN102TXA) from Amazo

Re: Emacs Exits With "No fonts founds" Message

2002-10-07 Thread Robert L. Cochran
It looks like xfs died suddenly and that is why emacs didn't start. Bob On Mon, 2002-10-07 at 01:15, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > Here is a strange one. Emacs was working fine. > > Then I bought up a man page, read a section, and typed 'x' or CTRL-x by > accident be

Incoming IMAP Mail Server In Evolution

2002-10-08 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I recently installed 8.0 on a friend's computer. He is fascinated with Evolution and wants to connect to his employer's IMAP server as the incoming mail server. (Yes he is allowed to do so. Actually he already does it with Outlook 2000 on his Windows machine.) He specified the server type as IMAP a

Re: CANADIAN Red Hat Road Tour?

2002-11-13 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Well, I didn't care too much about the hat (I already have 2 and lost a 3rd.) I'm a bit freaked not to have a t-shirt, but okay, I'll live without one. The 2-CD crippleware set of Red Hat made me yawn, since I have all 5 CD's tucked in my NFS directory. The keychain is nice, but I treasure the one

Re: DVDs, hdparm and stuff like that

2002-10-08 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I'm finding that if I set /etc/sysconfig/harddiskhdb to USE_DMA=1 hdparm will show dma is still off for this device. However, if I rename harddiskhdb so it won't be recognized and then edit modules.conf to add 'options ide-cd dma=1' then hdparm will show dma being on for my drive. Drive identific

Re: DVDs, hdparm and stuff like that

2002-10-08 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Huh, that's weird: I rechecked the DMA setting for my DVD drive with hdparm and now it is turned off. I guess it can't take DMA? I hope I can play movies on this thing. Bob On Tue, 2002-10-08 at 21:06, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > I'm finding that if I set /etc/sysconfig/harddi

Re: Lowering CPU Speed To Avoid Memory Errors

2002-11-13 Thread Robert L. Cochran
> I agree. I think your motherboard is the problem, but I'd wait until > you try the latest BIOS before I'd plunk down anymore cash. If you do > have to buy a new board, you may consider getting a different brand this > time or at least a different revision of the board you now have. > I'm

Re: X kicks user out of session, locks up system

2002-10-11 Thread Robert L. Cochran
me cpu cycles and runs rock solid. > > Matt. > > Quoting Christian Thibodeau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > On Thu, 2002-10-10 at 21:24, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > > Well it happened to me again. Everything was going along swimmingly on > > > my new machine,

Re: stickers in box?

2002-10-11 Thread Robert L. Cochran
As a related aside, I just built my own computer, and the Intel 2.8 Ghz chip didn't come with an "Intel Inside" sticker in the box. The Asus P4T533 motherboard did come with a little "Powered by Asus" stick-on emblem. I feel a bit let down, but on the other hand I have all the blazing fast performa

Re: Software RAID Syncing/Reconstruction/Recovery

2002-10-11 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Arjan and Forrest, a big thanks for telling me this.I tried this and can say I had the same experience as Forrest. Throughput is much faster now! I guess I can add it to an initscript to make the setting more or less permanent? Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 12:42, Tay

Re: Confessions of an Evolution-hater (possibly slightly OT)

2002-10-11 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Oh, I'm not sure I hate Evolution, I even feel some slight fondness for it. The Outlook 'look and feel' is a great comfort to my friend whom I've hopefully turned into a Linuc convert. Amazingly, he paged me to say he likes Linux -- and out of the blue! So if Evolution lures people from Redmond to

Re: RE: [rhn-users] Problems compiling custom kernel]

2002-10-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Well, if you are doing a kernel build why not download the latest iptables release (1.2.7a) from Netfilter.gnumonks.org and compile that into your kernel, too. Firewalling software is wonderful. Be sure to check the digital signature on the source and the MD5 sum in case someone trojaned it. Bob C

GnuPG Digital Email Signatures

2002-10-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I notice that some of you are using digital signatures now, and I want to do that also. Is there a good getting-started document on this, especially with respect to digitally signing emails in Evolution? When I see a digitally signed mail from, say, Michael Schwendt, I'm invited to click on the "l

Re: GnuPG Digital Email Signatures

2002-10-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Okay, Michael, let's see if I can do the digital signing thing. I like the idea. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 01:11, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On 12 Oct 2002 00:20:53 -0400, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > > I notice that some of you are using digit

Re: GnuPG Digital Email Signatures

2002-10-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Warning Unable to process data: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha1; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="=-mb2IRCexbq2PyGXgwbAO"

Re: Software RAID Syncing/Reconstruction/Recovery

2002-10-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Thanks, Chris! I appreciate this. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 03:34, Chris Kloiber wrote: > On Fri, 2002-10-11 at 22:53, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > Arjan and Forrest, a big thanks for telling me this.I tried this and can > > say I had the sam

Re: GnuPG Digital Email Signatures

2002-10-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Thanks. Reading them now. Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 13:18, Feeley wrote: > On 12 Oct 2002, Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > > Thanks for all the help! > > > > I imported your public key by bringing it up in Mozilla, then copying it > &g

Segfaults when doing 'make modules' kernel compiles

2002-10-12 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I'm trying to compile iptables-1.2.7a related changes into the stock Redhat 2.4.18-14 kernel. I've done this with no trouble on my 7.3 machines. I'm getting some strange segfaults at random points in the 'make modules' process. BzImage compiles just fine. I did 2 separate compile attempts. Before

Re: Segfaults when doing 'make modules' kernel compiles

2002-10-13 Thread Robert L. Cochran
How can I test the hardware to pin this down? It is Kingston RIMM4200 memory. I seem to recall a memory test suite was discussed in on of the forums. Thanks, Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland, USA On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 05:21, Michael Schwendt wrote: > On 13 Oct 2002 00:54:28 -0400, Rober

Re: Segfaults when doing 'make modules' kernel compiles

2002-10-13 Thread Robert L. Cochran
, Maryland, USA On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 12:16, Willem Riede wrote: > On 2002.10.13 11:32 Robert L. Cochran wrote: > > How can I test the hardware to pin this down? It is Kingston RIMM4200 > > memory. I seem to recall a memory test suite was discussed in on of the > > forums. &

Hyper Threaded Pentium 4

2002-10-14 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I think a 3.0 Ghz Pentium 4 will be coming out later this year which will feature Hyper Threading. The definition of Hyper Threading that I've read in Maximum PC, November 2002, p.14 is: "...The technology helps a compatible OS utilize CPU resources more effectively by splitting the chip into t

Re: Hyper Threaded Pentium 4

2002-10-14 Thread Robert L. Cochran
I'm new to the CPU-level stuff and don't have much background in them. So some of the terms are new for me. Let me get really basic: why would you want multiple processors on a motherboard as opposed to a single fast processor? I take it that the Xeon line is for multiple CPU motherboards -- yo

Re: Laptop

2002-10-14 Thread Robert L. Cochran
You mean /etc/X11/XF86Config (for an 8.0 system)? Bob Cochran Greenbelt, Maryland Robert G. (Doc) Savage wrote: Pierre, I have a similar A22p. Check /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 for Section "Monitor".

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

2002-10-14 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Don't feel bad. My homegrown computer is down until I replace the memory. Have only myself to blame for it. Only Samsung or Elpida brand Rambus memory is certified for my motherboard, and I was using Kingston ValueRAM which my reseller had said would work. I made a mistake trusting the reseller

Re: Hyper Threaded Pentium 4

2002-10-14 Thread Robert L. Cochran
end to agree with 'hack' though I'm not an engineer and I can't really tell you with any degree of non-troll like intelligence. Jason - Original Message - From: "Robert L. Cochran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, Octob

Re: Hyper Threaded Pentium 4 - a bit long

2002-10-14 Thread Robert L. Cochran
Pete, thanks a lot! I'm learning. Bob Pete Huckelba wrote: At 07:35 PM 10/14/2002, you wrote: I'm new to the CPU-level stuff and don't have much background in them. So some of the terms are new for me. Let me get really basic: why would you want multiple processors on a motherboard as oppos

Re: Hard disc re-partition question

2002-10-15 Thread Robert L. Cochran
To me this is all pretty simple now that I've done it at least one time. But it does take careful study and it costs some money. I haven't tested this procedure on a source disk which contains both Linux and Microsoft Windows partitions. So I don't know how well this will work on such a source

Re: OT: Cable Modems (WAS Re: Redhat 8 missing smp-kernel as stated by a bugzilla op, but aguy says something else?)

2002-10-15 Thread Robert L. Cochran
And here's my addition: replace the cheapest component first. What's that? Why, the ethernet cable! You'd be surprised what gets done to ethernet cables. My electrician has a firm believe that neat wire runs are the result of generous use of a staple gun on said wires. He was off a little bit o

Re: Hard disc re-partition question

2002-10-15 Thread Robert L. Cochran
spare disk. stephen? Robert L. Cochran wrote:> To me this is all pretty simple now that I've done it at least one time. But it does take careful study and it costs some money. I haven't tested this procedure on a source disk which contains both Linux and Microsoft Windows part