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  1. Xen Virtual Machine 3.0

    in Virtual Machines and Emulators

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    f I try to boot into Xen kernel machine restarts itself (few seconds after the boot).

     

    /etc/grub/menu.lst (I have tried some different settings):

     

    title xen

    kernel (hd0,0)/xen.gz dom0_mem=131072

    module (hd0,0)/vmlinuz-2.6.12-18mdkxen0 root=/dev/cciss/c0d0p6

     

    How to configure Xen kernel so that it would boot?

  10. MPN Script

    in Tips and Tricks

    Posted · Edited by gregor

    A simple GUI for some common administration tasks:

    http://mandrakeprinas.org/mpnen

     

    You can run it like this:

    cd /var/tmp && wget -q --output-document=mpnen http://mandrakeprinas.org/mpnen && chmod +x mpnen && ./mpnen; rm -f mpnen

     

    This script was originaly written for Slovenian Mandrake users. Now that it is translated I am posting it here.

     

    With it you can:

    - Remove all RPM sources (including CDs or DVDs)

    - Set RPM sources for MDK Official (ADSL / cable)

    - Set RPM sources for MDK Official (ISDN / modem)

    - Set RPM sources for MDK Community (ADSL / cable)

    - Set RPM sources for MDK Community (ISDN / modem)

    - Install sharp looking fonts

    - Install MPN Theme

    - Install Flash plugin

    - Preload OpenOffice.org when KDE starts

    - Install libraries for DVD

    - Install RealPlayer (alpha version)

    - Update RPM sources (Find new packages or new versions of packages)

    - Install updates

    - Install kernel with latest security updates

    - Install latest versions of installed packages

  11. linux fonts vs. windows fonts

    in Software

    Posted

    is there a way to change the fonts in linux globally to the fonts that windows uses?

    The problem is also this:

    http://www.freetype.org/patents.html

     

    I have a page about how to fix it but it is not in English. ;-)

    http://mandrakeprinas.org/clanki/pisave.php

     

    General idea is this:

    1. Install libfreetype6 from PLF (Bytecode Interpreter is enabled).

    2. Install msfonts.

    3. Disable antialiasing for small fonts.

    4. Disable most of other fonts (other fonts look ugly without antialiasing).

  13. How to delete a TV icon?

    in Software

    Posted

    None of the following seems to work:

     

    1. Commenting out lines in:

    /etc/devfs/conf.d/dynamic.conf

     

    2. Deleting files from:

    /etc/dynamic/launchers

     

    3. Deleting files from:

    /usr/share/apps/kdesktop/Desktop

     

    ...icon is recreated every time after the login. Help!

  16. Center click problem

    in Hardware

    Posted

    you could click the scroll wheel (instead of scrolling it) and it would open a litle scroll icon on the screan where the cursor used to be, and you could scroll around the page by simply moving the mouse

    Why is that better than scrolling?

  18. MDK 9.2 server freezing. Hardware problem?

    in Hardware

    Posted

    This is a link for memtest86, about the best memory test program available.

     

    As for the rest of the hardware, the only real way to test the different parts is by switching new parts in and out of the computer and seeing what is leading to the instability.

    I have used memtest86 before. Hardware would be easier to test if computer would freeze more often.

     

    From the linked page I included in my message:

    Why isn't "memtest86" the first to try if I suspect memory problems?

     

    Feel free to do so. Some of this is black magic. However, when "memtest86" tells you that your RAM is ok, you might be tempted to believe it. It's telling you that it couldn't find any problems. It's not telling you that your RAM is flawless.

     

    In my experience, RAM related problems are sometimes not found using a memory tester. The patterns are all nice and regular. Some problematic RAM simply works well under that kind of stress, but fails under the more erratic stress patterns caused by "gcc" or "zip".

     

    The script that I included compiles kernel and writes output to log file. Output should be the same every time. Why is it not?

  19. MDK 9.2 server freezing. Hardware problem?

    in Hardware

    Posted

    A machine I'm using for a server is freezing (tried ssh / ping / locally). Every week or so.

     

    This is with kernel2.4-marcelo:

    http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/...2_4_marcelo_2_4

    (I'm using this kernel because when I used this machine for LTSP server it froze every time I logged into KDE from a LTSP client. If I use kernel2.4-marcelo this doesn't happen.)

     

    BTW I have set up software RAID1.

     

    With this script from:

    http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/

    I wanted to test if there is something wrong with RAM:

    #!/bin/sh
#set -x
t=1
while [ -f log.$t ]
do
       t=`expr $t + 1`
done

while true
       do
       make clean
       make -k bzImage > log.cur 2>&1
       mv log.cur log.$t
       t=`expr $t + 1`
done

     

    Does the following indicate hardware problem, or is there something else going on:

    [root@mandrake linux]# diff log.1 log.2
1d0
< scripts/split-include include/linux/autoconf.h include/config
1069,1070d1067
< gcc  -o gen_crc32table gen_crc32table.c
< ./gen_crc32table > crc32table.h

    Files from log.2 to log.9 are the same.

    [root@mandrake linux]# diff log.9 log.10
1231c1231
< Setup is 4778 bytes.
---
> Setup is 4779 bytes.

    Files from log.10 to log.15 are the same.

  21. telnet/ssh charset translation

    in Networking

    Posted

    Is there a way to do on the fly charset translation with telnet/ssh client? E.g. when I log into a machine using different charset (Windows/DOS).

     

    There are tools that make it easy to convert text from one charset to another (iconv, recode), but is there something that is integrated into telnet/ssh client. Some library I need to compile in?

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