[expert] Upgrading libstdc++

I'm running Linux-Mandrake 6.0, and I need to install a new version of libstdc++ for licq. So, I try: [root@localhost download]# rpm -U libstdc++-2.95.1_2.10.0-3.i386.rpm error: failed dependencies: libstdc++.so.2.9 is needed by aktion-0.3.3-2mdk libstdc++.so.2.9 is needed by fv

[expert] concerning the xauth problem

Hi! This works for me, but is it good (securitywise)? 1) Adding these lines to root's .bashrc (having commented the old Xauthority entry): eval OLDHOME=~$USER RCFILE=$OLDHOME/.rootrc if [ -e $RCFILE ] then source $RCFILE fi 2) Creating a file in each user's ~/ called '.rootrc' with thi

[expert] Can't Initialize eth0 in 6.1

I am using a Realtek RTL 8029 PCI ethernet card. Mandrake 6.0 recognizes it as an ne2000-compatible card and works fine with it, using the ne2k-pci.o module. Mandrake 6.1 also recognizes it, uses the same module, but cannot initialize it. The error I get from modprobe is "invalid parameter io".

[expert] Bind 2 IP addresses

Hi, Does anyone know how to bind 2 IP addresses to the same network adapter? Thanks in advance Ken ___ Get your hongkong.com freemail at http://www.hongkong.com Free newsletters center at http://post4u.hongkong.com

Re: [expert] New Kernel

Felipe Almeida wrote: > > Hi! > > I updated my old kernel (2.2.5) to a new kernel (2.2.12). But I lost my > sound modules. As a matter of fact, in the make xconfig oe make > menuconfig it didn´t has the option to my soundcard. Just a few were > available. Then I copied the modules I needed from

Re: [expert] deathly slow loading times....

jerrud wrote: > > To all, > When i booted my computer from a fresh Mandrake 6.0 install, it took me > about 19 minutes to boot all the way into KDE. These are real times! (11min > to get past "loading loggers", 4 min to wait for "startx" to take effect, > and another 4 minutes for KDE to load the

Re: [expert] deathly slow loading times....

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, you wrote: > To all, > When i booted my computer from a fresh Mandrake 6.0 install, it took me > about 19 minutes to boot all the way into KDE. These are real times! (11min > to get past "loading loggers", 4 min to wait for "startx" to take effect, > and another 4 minutes for

Re: [expert] deathly slow loading times....

jerrud wrote: > > To all, > When i booted my computer from a fresh Mandrake 6.0 install, it took me > about 19 minutes to boot all the way into KDE. These are real times! (11min > to get past "loading loggers", 4 min to wait for "startx" to take effect, > and another 4 minutes for KDE to load the

Re: [expert] dhcp acquisition order

> How do I get my machine to try to acquire an IP via DHCP *after* it's > loaded the pcmcia stuff? The way it is now, it will fail to get an IP > every time on boot, as it's trying to get the IP before it's brought up > the pcmcia stuff (and my nic is a pcmcia one; the 574). If you've used linux

Re: [expert] RealPlay G2

jerrud wrote: > there is a patch that you can get on the real site. if you go to > linuxtoday.com, they have the exact site you can go to, to get the fix. > > Jerrud Check out this URL' John Connell http://linuxtoday.com/stories/10586.html

Re: [expert] RealPlay G2

Steve Philp wrote: > > William Ahern wrote: > > > > only tip i've found so far is just to set the date back. > > date --set='-n seconds/minutes/hours/days/months/years' > > ex: date --set='-1 days' > > > > On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, you wrote: > > > My RealPlayer G2 has been working just fine for quite

Re: [expert] RealPlay G2

William Ahern wrote: > > only tip i've found so far is just to set the date back. > date --set='-n seconds/minutes/hours/days/months/years' > ex: date --set='-1 days' > > On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, you wrote: > > My RealPlayer G2 has been working just fine for quite awhile. Today when > > trying to us

[expert] deathly slow loading times....

To all, When i booted my computer from a fresh Mandrake 6.0 install, it took me about 19 minutes to boot all the way into KDE. These are real times! (11min to get past "loading loggers", 4 min to wait for "startx" to take effect, and another 4 minutes for KDE to load the GUI in full. What gives!!

Re: [expert] RealPlay G2

William Ahern wrote: > only tip i've found so far is just to set the date back. > date --set='-n seconds/minutes/hours/days/months/years' > ex: date --set='-1 days' > > On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, you wrote: > > My RealPlayer G2 has been working just fine for quite awhile. Today when > > trying to use i

Re: [expert] RealPlay G2

there is a patch that you can get on the real site. if you go to linuxtoday.com, they have the exact site you can go to, to get the fix. Jerrud

Re: [expert] Sendmail .mc files...

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Nick Kay wrote: > > You could build your own config files at a pinch. > The basics on how do to that can be found at > "http://www.sendmail.org/virtual-hosting.html" > > There are no linux-centric things as such (that I'm > aware of anyway) Yes, that is pretty much what

Re: [expert] Distribution kernel .config

Eric Solberg wrote: > > I didn't find any info on the newbie list, so pardon the posting here: > > Are the config files available for the kernels installed with Mandrake 6.1? > I've been customizing a kernel and it is crashing, so I'd like to start from > a known working config. Is it documente

Re: [expert] dhcp acquisition order

"Corbett J. Klempay" wrote: > > How do I get my machine to try to acquire an IP via DHCP *after* it's > loaded the pcmcia stuff? The way it is now, it will fail to get an IP > every time on boot, as it's trying to get the IP before it's brought up > the pcmcia stuff (and my nic is a pcmcia one;

Re: [expert] DSL and netconfig.

jerrud wrote: > > Ok here goes. When I set up my ethernet card everything goes great, but when > I use netconfig to plug in the hosts IP, DNS, gateway mask ect. it doesnt > seem to work. When i get on netscape, pages just doont load because there is > no internet conection... > > Any help would

Re: [expert] RealPlay G2

only tip i've found so far is just to set the date back. date --set='-n seconds/minutes/hours/days/months/years' ex: date --set='-1 days' On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, you wrote: > My RealPlayer G2 has been working just fine for quite awhile. Today when > trying to use it I get this message everytime I t

Re: [expert] weird lilo problem

Stefan Voelker wrote: > > Thanks to all who suggested using bzImage. Lilo now installs the new > kernel. Although, somehow the whole thing doesn't make sense to me. Why > does lilo have no problem with the out-of-the-box kernel (570kB), but does > complain that my custom kernel (425kB) compile

Re: [expert] KDE event sounds not playing

"Mohammad R. Salehpour, Ph.D." wrote: > > Thank you Steve for the suggestion. I checked only kwmsound is > running. How do I enable kaudioserver and maudio? It _should_ only be a matter of restarting KDE. Have you tried out GNOME at some point? Check to see if esd is running -- it will tie up

Re: [expert] usage on ports 980-989 and 1000-1024 and syslog --MARK

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Lee Wilson wrote: > >> Sep 26 07:39:03 ad1440 -- MARK -- > > > >Check those times it's not random.. then man syslogd /marker > > thanks. that solves that problem. > > >> 2) I am noticing random ports between 980-989 and 1000-1024 being used as > >> LISTENer ports. I c

Re: [expert] New Kernel

Felipe Almeida wrote: > > Hi! > > I updated my old kernel (2.2.5) to a new kernel (2.2.12). But I lost my > sound modules. As a matter of fact, in the make xconfig oe make > menuconfig it didn´t has the option to my soundcard. Just a few were > available. You need to say 'Y' to OSS Sound Modul

[expert] Distribution kernel .config

I didn't find any info on the newbie list, so pardon the posting here: Are the config files available for the kernels installed with Mandrake 6.1? I've been customizing a kernel and it is crashing, so I'd like to start from a known working config. Is it documented somewhere what features are ena

Re: [expert] RealPlay G2

it means what it says: the beta version has expired and can't be used anymore. It was announced that way on the web site when it was released: a time limited beta. Real will probably have a new version ready Patrick Putteman Internet Support Manager Net 7 (Member of the Advalvas Group) www.net7.b

Re: [expert] usage on ports 980-989 and 1000-1024 and syslog --MARK

-Original Message- From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 10:35 AM Subject: Re: [expert] usage on ports 980-989 and 1000-1024 and syslog --MARK >On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Lee Wilson wrote: > >> I've noticed a

[expert] dhcp acquisition order

How do I get my machine to try to acquire an IP via DHCP *after* it's loaded the pcmcia stuff? The way it is now, it will fail to get an IP every time on boot, as it's trying to get the IP before it's brought up the pcmcia stuff (and my nic is a pcmcia one; the 574). --- Corbett J. Klempay Trilo

[expert] RealPlay G2

My RealPlayer G2 has been working just fine for quite awhile. Today when trying to use it I get this message everytime I try to use it. Got any Ideas as to what the heck is going on here? When I go to Real all I can find is the 5.0 Player. I've got G2 rpm on a zip disk, if I un/reinstall...same th

Re: [expert] weird lilo problem

Thanks to all who suggested using bzImage. Lilo now installs the new kernel. Although, somehow the whole thing doesn't make sense to me. Why does lilo have no problem with the out-of-the-box kernel (570kB), but does complain that my custom kernel (425kB) compiled using zImage is too big? And wh

Re: [expert] usage on ports 980-989 and 1000-1024 and syslog --MARK

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Lee Wilson wrote: > I've noticed a few odd things in my logs and in my port usage, and I'm curious > if these are normal and if so, what causes them. I am using Linux-Mandrake 6.0 > (with updates) > > 1) In /var/log/messages I am getting at seemingly random intervals a mess

[expert] Wine and Connection Refused by Xserver

Hello All, I'm new when it comes to X and wine but everythime i try to run wine and any dos program i get a connection refused by X server any ideas? Eric Peters -BEGIN GEEK CODE BLOCK- Version: 3.1 http://www.geekcode.com/ GCS d s: a- C+++ U P+ L+++ E--- W++ N++ o+ K w+++ O- M--

[expert] DSL and netconfig.

Ok here goes. When I set up my ethernet card everything goes great, but when I use netconfig to plug in the hosts IP, DNS, gateway mask ect. it doesnt seem to work. When i get on netscape, pages just doont load because there is no internet conection... Any help would be greatly appreciated, Jerr

Re: [expert] rpm installations

Hi! > I was wondering - is there a way of inserting a RPM CD (Like the install > CD) and loading up a RPM installer and when you select install new RPM's > only have it display what's not on the system already? I think there is a RPM installer that does exactly that, it's called 'glint' (graphi

RE: [expert] weird lilo problem

"make bzImage" resolved this for me. Don > -Original Message- > From: Stefan Voelker [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, September 29, 1999 11:25 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] weird lilo problem > > > Hi all, > > I have a weird problem with lilo. I just rece

[expert] usage on ports 980-989 and 1000-1024 and syslog --MARK

I've noticed a few odd things in my logs and in my port usage, and I'm curious if these are normal and if so, what causes them. I am using Linux-Mandrake 6.0 (with updates) 1) In /var/log/messages I am getting at seemingly random intervals a message that says, simply Sep 26 07:39:03 ad1440 -- M

Re: [expert] weird lilo problem

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, you wrote: > Hi all, > > I have a weird problem with lilo. I just recently installed Mandrake 6.1. > The install went smooth. No problems. After finishing the installation, > I decided to build a custom kernel, since the one that comes with Mandrake > supports a lot of thi

Re: [expert] weird lilo problem

On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 10:24:32AM -0500, Stefan Voelker wrote: > I have a weird problem with lilo. I just recently installed Mandrake 6.1. > The install went smooth. No problems. After finishing the installation, > I decided to build a custom kernel, since the one that comes with Mandrake > su

[expert] Xemacs problems

Hi all, does anyone know how to configure Xemacs so that info works under Mandrake 6.1? The problem is that all the info files are in .bz2 format, but emacs doesn't automatically call bunzip2 before processing them, so it just gives empty directories. The brute force solution is to unzip all file

[expert] KDE 1.1.2 buttons are odd-looking

They work correctly, but the buttons in kfm and other apps appear to be random images rather than the arrows, etc. they are supposed to be. Fix? Hoyt

[expert] New Kernel

Hi! I updated my old kernel (2.2.5) to a new kernel (2.2.12). But I lost my sound modules. As a matter of fact, in the make xconfig oe make menuconfig it didn´t has the option to my soundcard. Just a few were available. Then I copied the modules I needed from the old kernel and ran insmod. It sai

Re: [expert] RPM Packs

On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 05:30:33AM -0600, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > rpm2cpio and cpio. look at the mc scripts for examples > /usr/lib/mc/extfs/rpm (or just use mc..) Wow ! Great feature, i did not know that :) Just like an hurd translator will do :-) -- Sylvain GIL - <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[E

[expert] 6.1 packaging error

I did an 'everything' install of Mandrake 6.1 and was surprised to discover that an /opt/kde directory was created. The sole offending rpm is xsoldier-0.96-5mdk (packager Chmouel Boudjnah) - the file list shows xsoldier.kdelink to be placed in /opt/kde/share/applink/Games. Nothing else in t

[expert] System Loggers and Samba will not start.

I just built a new box to house an existing installation of Mandrake 6.0. I used a Tyan S1590S socket 7 motherboard with an AMD K6-2 450 processor. The memory is 2X128 Meg 10 ns DIMMs. Video is a Matrox G200 with 8 Meg or RAM and I have a Soundblaster 16 sound card. Ethernet is a generic RealT

[expert] weird lilo problem

Hi all, I have a weird problem with lilo. I just recently installed Mandrake 6.1. The install went smooth. No problems. After finishing the installation, I decided to build a custom kernel, since the one that comes with Mandrake supports a lot of things I don't need and consequently is fairly

Re: [expert] dhcpcd weirdness

lo is a loopback device which is not an actual device but allows your machine to see your machine, you should have an eth* if you want to see more than just your computer. "Corbett J. Klempay" wrote: > On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Steve Philp wrote: > > > "Corbett J. Klempay" wrote: > > > > > I don't k

Re: [expert] KDE event sounds not playing

Thank you Steve for the suggestion. I checked only kwmsound is running. How do I enable kaudioserver and maudio? Thank you. M.S. >ms wrote: > > > > Hello all; > > > > After trying unsuccessfully to configure the sound on my IBM ThinkPad > > 380ED under Mandrake 6.1, I decided to byte the bulle

[expert] Fwd: Xtab

FYI Xtab xtab File for NFS Purpose Contains entries for currently exported NFS directories. Description The /etc/xtab file contains entries for directories that are currently exported. This file should only be accessed by programs using the getexportent subroutine. To remove entries from this

RE: [expert] dhcpcd weirdness

I think lo is the loopback interface (a virtual interface for the machine to talk to itself) and not a physical device eth0 is the first ethernet device. ppp0 the first ppp device and so on. > -Original Message- > From: Corbett J. Klempay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, Sept

AW: [expert] RPM Packs

-Ursprüngliche Nachricht- Von: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Im Auftrag von Felipe Almeida Gesendet: Mittwoch, 29. September 1999 11:21 An: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Betreff: [expert] RPM Packs Hi there!! Is there a way to extract just a set of files that I need from a RPM pack?

Re: [expert] Freeze of kwm

I apreciate all answers, I tryied with other account to run kde and didn
%t had any trouble, so just I deleted the /root/.kde directory and restarted to configure the root kde. I
%m not having any more trouble. Thanks for all your help. Jorge Carminati. MIME:[EMAIL PROTECTED] con fecha 29

Re: [expert] Frontpage 4.0 Extensions.

Sorry.. make that: http://coruscant.netrevolution.com/pub/ Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Lindsay Steele wrote: > Date: Wed, 29 Sep 1999 08:03:27 +1000 > From: Lindsay Steele <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [ex

Re: [expert] RPM Packs

On Wed, 29 Sep 1999, Felipe Almeida wrote: > Hi there!! > > Is there a way to extract just a set of files that I need from a RPM pack? > For example, I need a module file like scsi.o but I don't want to install > the RPM pack. How do I extract just that file without installing all the > pack? >

[expert] RPM Packs

Hi there!! Is there a way to extract just a set of files that I need from a RPM pack? For example, I need a module file like scsi.o but I don't want to install the RPM pack. How do I extract just that file without installing all the pack? Thank you! Felipe Almeida - Juiz de Fora, MG - Brazil [E

Re: [expert] Freeze of kwm

On Wed, Sep 29, 1999 at 09:01:12AM +0200, Johan Segernäs wrote: > As i wrote; i don't have a network at home so I can't ping the machine.. > but it happened on my machine at work yesterday too and then i could kill X > thru ssh... Oh, sorry, i did not read correctly :) > >What about using watc

Re: [expert] Sendmail .mc files...

At 19:54 28/09/99 -0700, you wrote: > > >On Mon, 27 Sep 1999, Andrew Morton wrote: > >>>Keith Woodworth wrote: I want to build a custom .cf file for sendmail but was wondering does the rpm file for sendmail have the mc files to customize the config file? >>> >>>You need the sendmai

[expert] rpm installations

I was wondering - is there a way of inserting a RPM CD (Like the install CD) and loading up a RPM installer and when you select install new RPM's only have it display what's not on the system already? Caldera OpenLinux did that but I seem to get a listing of everything on the CD's witn Mandrake 6.