[Cooker] kpackage suggestion and link to Lexmark site
Check this out, RedHat is listed, why not Mandrake? http://www.lexmark.com/software/unixtech.html#linux Maybe you can get Mandrake on this list at LexMark I have an Optra S 1650 (I can presently print through Samba to Win 98 machine and is OK. Ethernet card is soon to arrive Am presently running Mandrake 7-02 at: http://www.one.powersurfr.com , Suggestion for kpackage. It would be really great if the right pane and left pane could be printed to capture the information to paper. There is no list of the programs names and what they do, this would be available to me if I could print the right pane of a program like kpackage and thereby decide which packages I would like to install and also to give me a list of the files that relate to the program. The left pane would give me a paper list of all the RPM packages that are available on an ftp site or on the local machine. Possibly there is another way to do this but it would be nice if print could be done from within kpackage. Cheers, Gerald Howse
Re: [Cooker] /dev/fd0 - adduser - linux-conf Bug?
Greetings all, Am presently running Mandrake Cooker 7-02 with RPM packages dated to March 28th, 2000 all installed, these are from ftp.rpmfind.net have similar problem with /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom is listed in mtab as /dev/hdd with root logon both the floppy and cdrom automount OK, but if logon as another user, neither cdrom or floppy will work. here are images of mstab and fstab and local volume http://www.one.powersurfr.com/images Am also having a problem with adduser, error message re:"/etc/skel" and the program that loads the penguin images of users has disappeared. Does anyone know the name of that program so I can re-install it? Also FTP connects into http://www.one.powersurfr.com but the user is refused access, even anonymous. linux-conf may be causing some of these problems, see end of e-Mail. Thanks for your help, Gerald F. Howse ** > Greetings Jacques, > > I have been using linux.conf on Mandrake 7.0 (Air) > http://www.one.powersurfr.com > > Two error messages I have been receiving are > 1) Re: the /home/ftp/pub directory > > Each time I use linux.conf, config wants to change the user name and > permissions of the /pub directory to: > user: root.ftp > to: 40755 to 42755 > > The next time I use it, config wants to change it to: > user: root.root > to: 42755 to 40755 This is a packaging issue in mandrake. There are files in /usr/ilb/linuxconf/redhat/perm. There are text file. I guess two files are referencing /home/ftp/pub with incompatible settings. Check them out, these are simple text file. > 2) linux.conf will not set the loopback lo information > I enter the information but when changes are activated and I look again > the settings are blank > > Could you shed any light on these items? I can't tell without looking at mandrake 7.0. Linuxconf is not setting the loopback itself. It is calling the init script /etc/rc.d/init.d/network to perform this tasks. This scripts is called in two different situation. At boot time, it is called with the option "start" and later if a configuration change is required, it is called with the option "reload". So the script must be defective. I suggest you send a bug report to mandrake. Note that it is not even linuxconf which decide to call the script again. Linuxconf ask the script /etc/rc.d/init.d/network probe and the script reports if it has to be called again to activate any change. For sure, the script is calling linuxconf underneath, to find out. But the loopback should not be affected. - Jacques Gelinas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> virtualfs: Automounting floppy, CDs, network share, etc... http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/ "Michael A. Behr" wrote: I there any reason why my floppy drive would *not* be /dev/fd0? I can't access diskettes in the drive thorugh /mnt/floppy. Lothair says the floppy is at /dev/hdc. The drive works (computer boots from a boot disk) If my floppy drive is not at /dev/fd0, how do I figure out which device it is? And what settings do I have to change to access it? Thanks -M.A.Behr
Re: [Cooker] Supermount Problems
Thanks, that cured the problem Gerald Howse * "Sergio P. Korlowsky" wrote: > On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, you wrote: > > Supermount worked fine but only when I logged on as root. > > The file permissions for Floppy and CDRom were set as > > owner/group root for both users. > > I tried changing the file/directory permissions, which has resulted > > in no access from logon as root either. > > Gerald Howse > > * > > Gerald, probably you set your security level too high > try to lower your security level to 2 and see what happens > Sergio > -- > M A N D R A K E > "The friendliest LINUX Distro" > Time is in Our Side > --- > Distribuidores de los productos Alaska > http://www.alaska.com.mx > Linux en Español >
Re: [Cooker] UserDir
Greetings, I have a simple question, but have been unable to resolve by reading the MAN pages etc. I am running Mandrake 7.0 Air at: http://www.one.powersurfr.com directive set in httpd: UserDir public_html When I use Drake Conf to add a user the user is added and directory /user is created when try to read html in the /user directory I get an internal server error the user index.html file is not found and is set to permissions 555 I have tried adding /user/public_html with index.html inside the directory and that doesn't help either. I possibly have a very simple setting that is missing or wrong. Would appreciate any light anyone could shed on this. Thanks, Gerald Howse
Re: [Cooker] Supermount Problems
Supermount worked fine but only when I logged on as root. The file permissions for Floppy and CDRom were set as owner/group root for both users. I tried changing the file/directory permissions, which has resulted in no access from logon as root either. Gerald Howse * [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > No, the problem I'm having is that whenever I try to access the cd > drive, it accesses the floppy drive...determines that it is not a > cdrom and gives me an input/output error. If I change the filesystem > settings under linxconf to iso9660 instead of supermount it works > fine, but then I'm not using supermount. Is there any way to fix > this? It's almost as if supermount is corrupt. Thanks. > > ~Mike > > >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> Original Message <<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<< > > On 2/11/00, 10:30:00 AM, Francis GALIEGUE <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > wrote regarding Re: [Cooker] Supermount Problems: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > > > Hi, > > > If I try to mount my Cdrom using supermount it tries to read the > > > floppy drive, and responds with an input/output error. I can mount it > > > using /dev/cdrom iso9660 /mnt/cdrom, I can no longer use supermount. > > > Does anyone have any idea what might be causing this or how I could > > > fix it? Thanks for any help. > > > Supermount does NOT require that you mount the devices! Just put the > cdrom > > in and ls... > > > -- > > fg > > > # rm *;o > > o: command not found
Re: [Cooker] RE: [CHRPM] MandrakeUpdate-7.0-13mdk
This one has the Feb 10th Mandrake update, but the problem is still the same, they are hard to find. I sent in a suggestion for automatic updating. the Feb 10th vim's are there as well. http://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/ http://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/MandrakeUpdate-7.0-13mdk.i586.rpm Feb 10th 78k Sam Walker wrote: This is exactly what I'm talking about- I've been to that directory, and an equivalent on several others. The latest version of mandrakeupdate is 7.0-12, the latest update of vim isn't even in the directory, the latest posting listed is in January. Come on guys, why don't you make a cooker updates directory on YOUR OWN ftp site so we can know the updates are actually being posted. At least then you'd have direct control over the postings. I've NEVER done beta testing for anyone before that relied on mirrors to get the latest versions posted. Sam -Original Message- From: Gerald Howse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 5:37 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [Cooker] RE: [CHRPM] MandrakeUpdate-7.0-13mdk Try this: ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake/7.0/Mandrake/ RPMS/ Sam Walker wrote: > You know, I'm starting to get a little peeved. When I use the updates > utility with v7 I get a empty listing of updates. I've gone to several > mirrors- the updates directory for v 7.0 and 7.00 is empty on every single > one. I go to the linux-mandrake ftp site and the pub directory listing is > empty, I go to the mandrakesoft ftp site and there's no updates directory. > When I select the mandrakesoft directory it tells me the directory doesn't > exist. > > Why bother posting these update messages when there's no way to download the > updates. The whole process of releasing v7 is becoming ludicrous. You guys > really need to figure out what's going on and fix it. Right now I'm telling > people if they want to use Mandrake to stay as far away from the new version > as possible. I've done beta testing for several software companies and this > is rapidly becoming the biggest foul-up I've ever seen. As of this week, v7 > is being pulled off my computer. There's no use in trying to test the > product when I can't even get to the bug-fixes you keep saying you've > released. > > I like your distro, I like where you're headed, but I can't believe how > disorganized this whole thing feels from my end. > > Sam > > -Original Message- > From: DindinX [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 8:30 AM > To: Changelog List > Subject: [CHRPM] MandrakeUpdate-7.0-13mdk > > --=-=-= > Name : MandrakeUpdate Distribution: Mandrake > Version : 7.0 Vendor: MandrakeSoft > Release : 13mdk Build Date: Thu Feb 10 09:31:44 > 2000 > Install date: (not installed) Build Host: > lyon1-52-91.dial.proxad.net > Group : Utilities/System Source RPM: (none) > Size : 60623 > Packager : DindinX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Summary : Easy updating of your Mandrake distribution > Description : > Easy updating of your Mandrake distribution. > All you have to do is choose the updated packages you want to install. > > --=-=-= > > * Thu Feb 10 2000 DindinX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7.0-13mdk > > - Prelimirary support for proxies > > -- > To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > Subject: unsubscribe changelog
Re: [Cooker] Re: [CHRPM] MandrakeUpdate-7.0-13mdk
Thanks for your reply, but where do the mirrors get the files? It seems to take several days for the mirrors to get them posted and not all mirrors seem to be up to date. I finally found your recent post after looking on several mirrors. It would seem that a automatic update of each of the mirrors when a new file is created would solve the problem. Just a suggestion Gerald Howse * "David Odin (aka DindinX)" wrote: > On Fri, Feb 11, 2000 at 12:13:48AM -0700, Gerald Howse wrote: > > great, but where can it be downloaded, the earliest I can f ind is Jan 27th > > > > Please post in following thread or reply my e-mail and I will post the link. > > > > SUBJECT LINE: Re: [Cooker] RE: [CHRPM] MandrakeUpdate-7.0-13mdk > > > > Thanks, others are looking for it as well. > > Just a suggestion, but when a new build is done why don't you, > > as a matter of practice, include the link to where it can be downloaded? > > gfh > > > The previous mail is an automated message. Everytime we build a new > release, a message like this is generated. The url isn't given each time, > because, each time, the url is the same. All packages annonced on this list > can be found on every cooker mirror on the planet, usually in the > /pub/linux/mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS directory. > > You'll find a comprehensive list of cooker mirrors on: > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/cookerdevel.php3 > > Hope this helps, > >DindinX > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Cooker] RE: [CHRPM] MandrakeUpdate-7.0-13mdk
This one is better Jan 27th, but the latest is Feb 10th, am still looking for it. ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/ frank wrote: > latest date in that directory is jan 12... > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > - > > On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Gerald Howse wrote: > > Try this: > > > > ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake/7.0/Mandrake > >/RPMS/ > > > > Sam Walker wrote: > > > You know, I'm starting to get a little peeved. When I use the updates > > > utility with v7 I get a empty listing of updates. I've gone to several > > > mirrors- the updates directory for v 7.0 and 7.00 is empty on every > > > single one. I go to the linux-mandrake ftp site and the pub directory > > > listing is empty, I go to the mandrakesoft ftp site and there's no > > > updates directory. When I select the mandrakesoft directory it tells me > > > the directory doesn't exist. > > > > > > Why bother posting these update messages when there's no way to download > > > the updates. The whole process of releasing v7 is becoming ludicrous. You > > > guys really need to figure out what's going on and fix it. Right now I'm > > > telling people if they want to use Mandrake to stay as far away from the > > > new version as possible. I've done beta testing for several software > > > companies and this is rapidly becoming the biggest foul-up I've ever > > > seen. As of this week, v7 is being pulled off my computer. There's no use > > > in trying to test the product when I can't even get to the bug-fixes you > > > keep saying you've released. > > > > > > I like your distro, I like where you're headed, but I can't believe how > > > disorganized this whole thing feels from my end. > > > > > > Sam > > > > > > -Original Message- > > > From: DindinX [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > > Sent: Thursday, February 10, 2000 8:30 AM > > > To: Changelog List > > > Subject: [CHRPM] MandrakeUpdate-7.0-13mdk > > > > > > --=-=-= > > > Name: MandrakeUpdate Distribution: Mandrake > > > Version : 7.0 Vendor: MandrakeSoft > > > Release : 13mdk Build Date: Thu Feb 10 > > > 09:31:44 2000 > > > Install date: (not installed) Build Host: > > > lyon1-52-91.dial.proxad.net > > > Group : Utilities/System Source RPM: (none) > > > Size: 60623 > > > Packager: DindinX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Summary : Easy updating of your Mandrake distribution > > > Description : > > > Easy updating of your Mandrake distribution. > > > All you have to do is choose the updated packages you want to install. > > > > > > --=-=-= > > > > > > * Thu Feb 10 2000 DindinX <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 7.0-13mdk > > > > > > - Prelimirary support for proxies > > > > > > -- > > > To unsubscribe send a mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > > > Subject: unsubscribe changelog > > -- > frank
