Re: [expert] Request: Pine 4.20
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Henrik Edlund wrote: > Would be nice if MandrakeSoft put out an upgrade rpm for Pine 4.20. Tried > to rebuild the rpm myself but the patches for 4.10 didn't apply well to > 4.20 Stupid question: Where can I download it? ftp.cac.washington.edu seems to be down, ftpsearch.lycos.com finds it only at ftp.tau.ac.il which is down too. :/ LLaP bero
Re: [expert] Request: Pine 4.20
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Henrik Edlund wrote: > Would be nice if MandrakeSoft put out an upgrade rpm for Pine 4.20. Tried > to rebuild the rpm myself but the patches for 4.10 didn't apply well to > 4.20, so I rather leave the RPM-rebuilding to the experienced people at > MandrakeSoft. Consider it done. ;) LLaP bero
Re: [expert] what gives with bookmarks?
"S. Newhouse" wrote:
>
> Hello,
> I have netscape-4.61mdk installed (in mandrake-6.1) and I cannot save
> bookmarks. I have tried replacing ~/.netscape/bookmarks.html and just
> simply adding new bookmarks. When netscape is closed and opened, the
> installation default bookmarks get loaded. Where is this file, and
> what can I do about this?
Perhaps Netscape is looking in the wrong place for the bookmarks.
Quit from netscape and check your preferences file. Mine says:
pwold011:~> grep bookmark_file ~/.netscape/preferences.js
user_pref("browser.bookmark_file",
"/home/morton/.netscape/bookmarks.html");
Re: [expert] Changing Netscape Attributes
Felipe Almeida wrote: > > Hi, > > How can I make Netscape print the page name, numbers and location, just > like it does in Windows? You can't. This, and the ability to use an external editor for mailnews are top of my Mozilla wishlist.
Re: [expert] missing pixmaps on KFM buttons
Brett Jones wrote: > Anyone have a fix for this? I thought it was just a bad ISO images I had > downloaded, but I'm getting the same thing with the Macmillan version I just > bought. I've tried rebuilding the kdebase package with no luck. > > Thanks. > > -- > Brett Jones > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yes the same here... found that some kde libraries were not loaded but this happens with cooker, not the regular 6.0 or 6.1 versions. sk
Re: [expert] How to set permission to write to a FAT partition as user?!
Viktor Lakics wrote: > > Dear Mandrake users, > > Does anybody know how to set write permission for users to a FAT32 partition > under MDK6.1 linux? > > As root I am able to read and write the mounted Windows partitions. As user, I > can only read from them. I tried chmod o+rw /dev/hda1 as root succesfully, (I > mean after ls -al the permissions are set) but it is still not possible to > write to those partitions as a USER. > > Anybody has an idea how to make those partitions writable for all regular > users? > > Thanks in advance: Viktor > > > Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1 Set GID & UID create group fat32_users and alow them to rw windows partition. "fstab" /dev/hda3 /mnt/wine vfat user,noexec,rw,gid=501,uid=501,conv=auto 0 0 Dovydas
Re: [expert] How to set permission to write to a FAT partition as user?!
Viktor Lakics wrote: > > Dear Mandrake users, > > Does anybody know how to set write permission for users to a FAT32 partition > under MDK6.1 linux? > > As root I am able to read and write the mounted Windows partitions. As user, I > can only read from them. I tried chmod o+rw /dev/hda1 as root succesfully, (I > mean after ls -al the permissions are set) but it is still not possible to > write to those partitions as a USER. > > Anybody has an idea how to make those partitions writable for all regular > users? In /etc/fstab set the mount options to: rw,uid=0,gid=,perm=775 You can also set these thru linuxconf. File Systems -> Access Local Drive -> -> Dos Options. -- Stephen Carville [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. Indira Gandhi
[expert] Out Out Out, damned spot....
I sent a message to the list when sendmail and pop3d didn't quite work. I was also having authentication problems with Samba and finally partial success with the IP masquerade. OK, I suspected hardware. Caldera 2.3 crashed on install--a total freeze when it tried to detect the mouse. SuSE 6.1 could not mount some installation files/packages off the CD-ROM RH 6.0 could run only the transmit side of a 3C509 The server is now down, permanently. It was scraps anyway, but it appears I have memory that will pass the prelim test from the BIOS and then quietly fail under normal operation. (pattern sensitivity?). I am deeply impressed with the design of linux, since it kept going with only some loss of services. Win95 would stay up only a few minutes. Thanks for your good advice along the way. Turns out, I had the appropriate ipop3d line in /etc/inetd.conf uncommented in the beginning. Now when I get something in its place, if it still doesn't work. I always suspect that the problem with the computer has its hands on my keyboard first. Then I start thinking about hardware. That is an advantage with Linux. With Win9x and NT, I could never tell what I should check, and I just had to live with most of the problems that developed. Civileme
[expert] How to set permission to write to a FAT partition as user?!
Dear Mandrake users, Does anybody know how to set write permission for users to a FAT32 partition under MDK6.1 linux? As root I am able to read and write the mounted Windows partitions. As user, I can only read from them. I tried chmod o+rw /dev/hda1 as root succesfully, (I mean after ls -al the permissions are set) but it is still not possible to write to those partitions as a USER. Anybody has an idea how to make those partitions writable for all regular users? Thanks in advance: Viktor Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.amexmail.com/?A=1
Re: [expert] Mandrake in the REAL WORLD.
> Mark Holloway wrote: > > I'm studying for my Cisco CCIE certification. As a network > administrator I haven't stayed up with the progress of Linux in the > Internet world, but 80% of the routing/switching market for the > Internet is Cisco. Up until the last year or so, Solaris was also > considered to have about 70-80% of the Server market share as well. > I really want to strategically place myself in the Internet > community. I know NT very well and have some hands on with Digital > Unix and Solaris. However, it's much easier to take two of my x86 > boxes and my two Alphas and build a Linux farm, thus pushing Linux > to the max by getting hands on experience. My only concern is the > seriousness of Linux in the Commerce/Business world of the > Internet. Are companies like Broadcast.com, CDNow, iD, etc. going > to seriously consider Linux as an option? Or is it the poor mans > server OS? Good luck. I 'm not up to CCIE (yet :-) but I her that exam is a real bitch... If you are working in networks, you definitely want to learn Linux. If nothing else, Linux will enable you to provide services like DHCP, DNS, etc for a fraction of the cost of UNIX or NT with no sacrifice in reliability. Also, some of the new contenders in the router market are using Linux as the base for their routers. BTW, lose the HTML.. -- Stephen Carville [EMAIL PROTECTED] There are two kinds of people: those who do the work and those who take the credit. Try to be in the first group; there is less competition there. Indira Gandhi
Re: [expert] Audio has echo?? (xmms)-
Dear Mr Don Here I have a laptop with Maestro sound card by ESS and I have the same trouble, but here the problem is MP3 files in KDE shell. I'm using OSS in laptop and desktop and tested in desktop (that it a CM8338 on-board card) and I don't have this problem. I believe that the problem is our laptops :))) Bye On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Forgive me if this is a generic issue - but the audio on my laptop > occasionally "develops" an unusual echo. Is this a known issue? Is it > possible it's my laptop (ESS1869)? Everything seems to work fine, and the > "system sounds" in KDE are fine, but if I play an audio source it seems to > develop an audio personality of it's own - particularly with xmms. Sadly, I > have no other desktop PC I can compare this to. > > Don -- _ Paulino MIchelazzo aIPiworks Linux Consulting http://www.aipiworks.com.br [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] are these supported? (under linux and vmware)
Oh, sorry Mr John My friend in California send me a mail in portuguese but I forget that this list is in english Vicious of portuguese mailists :)) Thanks man > > Opa > > > > Quando vi o nome em portugues fiquei imaginado, mas na duvida :))) > > > Guys...would you mind PLEASE posting in English or taking > this to private email? This *is* the English-language > Mandrake list, you know. :-) > Thanks... > John
[expert] what gives with bookmarks?
OK, fixed it! Had an old .netscape directory from Solaris 2.7. After this was removed thinks work fine. -sen > Hello, > I have netscape-4.61mdk installed (in mandrake-6.1) and I cannot save > bookmarks. I have tried replacing ~/.netscape/bookmarks.html and just > simply adding new bookmarks. When netscape is closed and opened, the > installation default bookmarks get loaded. Where is this file, and > what can I do about this? > > -TIA, > -sen
[expert] dsl modem setup
hey i am trying to set up a cisco 605 internal pci dsl modem in mandrake, and am having a lot of trouble. Anyone who could help me out with this stuff, or could recommend a good resource for information, it would be much appreciated. thanks matt skinner
Re: [expert] Mandrake in the REAL WORLD.
> Mark Holloway wrote: > > I'm studying for my Cisco CCIE certification. As a network > administrator I haven't stayed up with the progress of Linux in the > Internet world, but 80% of the routing/switching market for the > Internet is Cisco. Up until the last year or so, Solaris was also > considered to have about 70-80% of the Server market share as well. I > really want to strategically place myself in the Internet community. > I know NT very well and have some hands on with Digital Unix and > Solaris. However, it's much easier to take two of my x86 boxes and my > two Alphas and build a Linux farm, thus pushing Linux to the max by > getting hands on experience. My only concern is the seriousness of > Linux in the Commerce/Business world of the Internet. Are companies > like Broadcast.com, CDNow, iD, etc. going to seriously consider Linux > as an option? Or is it the poor mans server OS? First, you're going to need to turn off HTML posting in order to be taken seriously in the Linux world. You might be interesting in browsing some of the "Linux in Business" sites to see exactly what Linux is being used for in the real world. For the most part, you'll find that Linux IS being taken seriously by the business and Internet communities. Google (search engine) is run entirely on Linux. Deja News also runs Linux. Cisco uses Linux as a global print server solution. Finally, it's important to note that the experience you gain with Linux is useful across any of the other platforms you mention. DNS setup and management is just as useful under Linux as it is in NT. -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] BogoMips
I've got a K6-266 that is in the 380ish range, and a couple of 400 celerons at 399. On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Hey all. > > The server I'm sending this from is a 200MHz Pentium MMX system with 80MB > of RAM. On bootup, the penguin screen says it's crunching out 398.95 > BoboMips. > > The reason I'm writing, is because my Pentium II 350 with 128MB of RAM at > home is only clocking out 349.80 Bogomips. > > Tell me this isn't normal? Anyone out there familiar with hardware > configurations that could help me track the bottleneck in my system at > home? I'd like to think that my 350MHz system at home is working harder > and faster than a 200MHz pentium. > > Thanks for any assistance. > > --- > Ian Douglas, System Administration > [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Many 6.1 mandrakes?
I downloaded the 6.1 iso during the first week it was available and installed it on a few machines. I've been having trouble installing it on one box (kfm button pixmaps won't show up), so I thought I would try a retail version of 6.1 (MacMillans version) thinking I may have a flaky disk. I'm still having the same pixmap trouble, but it also seems there are differences between the two iso images. Build numbers on the kde rpms, and the default use of the new icons were a few things I noticed on the MacMillan disk (older builds). Does anyone know what the diffs are between the two. And does anyone have a fix for the pixmap thing. Thanks. -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] missing pixmaps on KFM buttons
Anyone have a fix for this? I thought it was just a bad ISO images I had downloaded, but I'm getting the same thing with the Macmillan version I just bought. I've tried rebuilding the kdebase package with no luck. Thanks. -- Brett Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] BogoMips
Wed, Oct 13, 1999 at 03:24:26PM -0400, si Ian Douglas bilang: > The server I'm sending this from is a 200MHz Pentium MMX system with 80MB > of RAM. On bootup, the penguin screen says it's crunching out 398.95 > BoboMips. > > The reason I'm writing, is because my Pentium II 350 with 128MB of RAM at > home is only clocking out 349.80 Bogomips. > > Tell me this isn't normal? Anyone out there familiar with hardware > configurations that could help me track the bottleneck in my system at > home? I'd like to think that my 350MHz system at home is working harder > and faster than a 200MHz pentium. > that's normal, check BogoMips mini-HOWTO for further explanations. Best regards, Andy -- chandy a7 indo 607 net 607 id http://gmail.cakraweb.com http://eworld.indoglobal.com/eworld
[expert] The rest of the story
I installed 6.1 on this server. 6.0 broke things every time I tried to install the kernel 2.2.9-27mdk upgrade. Now I cannot get sendmail/pop to authenticate users. Samba won't let users get their shares, and and web access goes to DNS lookup and stops after contacting a site successfully. I have the simplest of ipchains-- ipchains -P forward DENY ipchains -A forward -i ppp0 -j MASQ echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward And it worked fine with 6.0 but is stopping port 80 on 6.1--mail to outside SMTP and POP servers is moving normally, and I can ping anything on the internet from my server (except microsoft and a select few who don't accept icmp). I am more than puzzled. Civileme -- ... (put this in .signature to avoid overzealous error messages)
[expert] Request: Pine 4.20
Would be nice if MandrakeSoft put out an upgrade rpm for Pine 4.20. Tried to rebuild the rpm myself but the patches for 4.10 didn't apply well to 4.20, so I rather leave the RPM-rebuilding to the experienced people at MandrakeSoft. -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes." Leia Organa of Alderaan, Senator
Re: [expert] licq-0.70-1mdk.i586.rpm
> > I'm trying to install this also.. but I don't get the --replace-files.. > If you just do : rpm -i libstdc++ You will have some conflicts with the old package. Some files in the old package are needed for some other apps, so I didn't want to remove this old package. with --replace-files flag, you replace the redundant files with files in the new package. ( man rpm for more precise infos ) Fabien
Re: [expert] BogoMips
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, you wrote: > > The bogomips rating is virtually meaningless. Some old AMD 486 class chips had > rating well above most Pentiums, and many P-II's rate higher than some very > expensive Alphas. It's basically a measure of how fast the processor in > question does a particularly trivial loop test. Treat is only as a bragging > rights justification. > Or as a measure of your computer behaving in a strange way... :-) For example, when I had trouble booting my computer the other day (accidentally left a bootable CD in the drive and my computer won't boot off SCSI CD ) and I finally got booted up, I only had about 3 bogomips. I rebooted and immediately got my normal nearly 200 bogomips. :-) John
Re: [expert] KMail.
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Thanks for the reply. Is kmail available separately? > Not AFAIK. I wish it were. :-) John
Re: [expert] BogoMips
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, your Nibs wrote: >The server I'm sending this from is a 200MHz Pentium MMX system with 80MB >of RAM. On bootup, the penguin screen says it's crunching out 398.95 >BoboMips. BoboMips? Actually, I kinda like that. The implication being that one MegaBoboMips = one million Bobos. Or how about BonoboMips? >The reason I'm writing, is because my Pentium II 350 with 128MB of RAM at >home is only clocking out 349.80 Bogomips. > >Tell me this isn't normal? Anyone out there familiar with hardware >configurations that could help me track the bottleneck in my system at >home? I'd like to think that my 350MHz system at home is working harder >and faster than a 200MHz pentium. The bogomips rating is virtually meaningless. Some old AMD 486 class chips had rating well above most Pentiums, and many P-II's rate higher than some very expensive Alphas. It's basically a measure of how fast the processor in question does a particularly trivial loop test. Treat is only as a bragging rights justification. -- Lee Burnside -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~tljlb/ "Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage." --The Bard
Re: [expert] KMail.
Thanks for the reply. Is kmail available separately? At 05:22 PM 10/12/99 -0700, you wrote: >"Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." wrote: > > > Where can I find the latest and greatest KMail, the one that that has > > nested mail folders? > > > > Thanks in advance > >It's in there ;-). Version 1.0.28 part of and included in the kdenetwork >package. > --- Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.Life is a fuzzy set Foundation for ChemistryStochastic and multivariant 614.486.4076
RE: [expert] Mandrake in the REAL WORLD.
> I'm studying for my Cisco CCIE certification. As a network administrator > I haven't stayed up with the progress of Linux in the Internet world, but 80% > of the routing/switching market for the Internet is Cisco. You may also want to look at the backbone technologies - Cisco is but another player when it comes to high bandwidth. Perhaps you should tuck some ATM experience in there somewhere Is that 80% a Cisco number - or from someone like Gartner? Cisco has long been the champ of "gilded reality"... > Up until the last year or so, Solaris was also considered to have about 70-80% > of the Server market share as well. I really want to strategically place myself in the Internet community. Then you're about 2 years late on the Linux boat... > I know NT very well and have some hands on with Digital Unix and Solaris. > However, it's much easier to take two of my x86 boxes and my two Alphas and > build a Linux farm, thus pushing Linux to the max by getting hands on experience. > My only concern is the seriousness of Linux in the Commerce/Business world of the Internet. Linux has been projected to ship on one million servers this year. That's from vendors, not from geeks in their basements. That number is expected to hit 25 million in 2 years. (from Red Hat / Gartner) > Are companies like Broadcast.com, CDNow, iD, etc. going to seriously consider Linux as an option? I cannot say, but Netscape, Oracle, IBM, & Intel have all backed Red Hat with $ There is not a single Fortune 2000 company that has NOT purchased a Linux product from LinuxMall.com! OK - how much of that is aimed at the enterprise is a dubious question, but figures like that ought to point to a trend in your eyes. There is also the micro-kernel world - the winner of last years Best-of-Show @ Interop Las Vegas was a LINUX BASED router... they had a little 20x20 booth with attendance that dwarfed the likes of Cisco, FORE, 3COM, etc... > Or is it the poor mans server OS? Wealth has little to do with inherent intelligence in many cases Load & use linux - you'll be convinced of it's capability/flexibility. I have an NT/Solaris background, and I've learned much from the Linux community, particularly in forums such as this. If you doubt the reality of linux perhaps you'd best point your browser to slashdot.org or linuxtoday.com and see what's going on out there "in the real world". In fact, IBM just announced both hardware AND software support for Linux as of yesterday. You will also find links to Linux certified servers (IA and Alpha) at compaq.com - are those name heavy enough to convince you? The fact that Linux is in the news - heavily in the news - on a daily basis should give you a clue as to the future of the OS in the enterprise. Even if it weren't free many would still stand by it... /soapbox Don
[expert] BogoMips
Hey all. The server I'm sending this from is a 200MHz Pentium MMX system with 80MB of RAM. On bootup, the penguin screen says it's crunching out 398.95 BoboMips. The reason I'm writing, is because my Pentium II 350 with 128MB of RAM at home is only clocking out 349.80 Bogomips. Tell me this isn't normal? Anyone out there familiar with hardware configurations that could help me track the bottleneck in my system at home? I'd like to think that my 350MHz system at home is working harder and faster than a 200MHz pentium. Thanks for any assistance. --- Ian Douglas, System Administration [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Out with the old...Revisited
OK I was using the infomagic workgroup server for quite a while. I had two servers fried by the electrical setup in this building. (separate circuits with a common neutral was triggering my UPS every time someone used the copier. Then with depleted battery I got a series of rapid power cycles--not completely off- just to a brownout stage every time someone hit the start button on the copier, and lasting 15-20 seconds. Well, that problem is corrected, and next time I'll inspect the electrical circuits myself instead of relying on electricians and as-builts. Now, I have a server built from scraps until the budget can be modified. The scraps include a drive the Workgroup Server cannot handle. I seem to have most things working. The email goes out. The email comes in and is queued, and there is a pop3d running. The user files have been preserved through all of this, and they were assigned back to the users as I loaded new user info. Passwords for Samba were also generated. The winboxes out there can see their home directories but cannot connect to them. The error message is the typical Windows (share cannot be found, check your spelling) THe email appears to connect but we get POP3 error, contact your system administrator. It appears to be an authentication problem. What has changed? My soon to be migrated winboxes are all enabled for plain text passwords, and so is samba on the spit and string server. Logs show permission denied for Samba connections (for changing directory to user's home directory). Normal movement of mail is recorded. Can anyone see the obvious that I must be missing? Civileme -- visit http://homepages.msn.com/invalid_url Is Microsoft afraid to pay itself license fees for IIS? Sure looks like an Apache (open-source) Signature to me
[expert] sendmail question
How, under Mandrake 6.0, do I set up a catch-all email address for a domain? ie: if someone types in [EMAIL PROTECTED], and the account 'junkmail' does not exist, how can i redirect that incoming message to a catch-all account instead of bouncing back with a "user unknown" error? Thanks, --- Ian Douglas, System Administration [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] what gives with bookmarks?
Hello, I have netscape-4.61mdk installed (in mandrake-6.1) and I cannot save bookmarks. I have tried replacing ~/.netscape/bookmarks.html and just simply adding new bookmarks. When netscape is closed and opened, the installation default bookmarks get loaded. Where is this file, and what can I do about this? -TIA, -sen
Re: [expert] Mandrake in the REAL WORLD.
IBM may be a lot of things to a lot of people, but a poor man's choice is never to be found. See Robert LeBlanc on IBM's secret Linux summit http://www.linuxworld.com/linuxworld/lw-1999-09/lw-09-ibm_2.html?10-13 for some ideas. I think I got the job I have now as a result of having a Linux farm at my abode. I don't think that I will be alone in this discovery. There are a TON of Linux devoted sights on the WWW. I would also consider a browse through some of the trade press. The few telecommunications journals that cross my desk seem eager to cover the topic. I am assuming that see some kind of writing on the wall. Besides, think of all those 40-50 year old CIOs, etc. that think that UNIX is king. Will I be the first to suggest plain text postings over HTML? - Original Message - From: Mark Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mandrake Expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: October 13, 2027 9:43 AM Subject: [expert] Mandrake in the REAL WORLD. I'm studying for my Cisco CCIE certification. As a network administrator I haven't stayed up with the progress of Linux in the Internet world, but 80% of the routing/switching market for the Internet is Cisco. Up until the last year or so, Solaris was also considered to have about 70-80% of the Server market share as well. I really want to strategically place myself in the Internet community. I know NT very well and have some hands on with Digital Unix and Solaris. However, it's much easier to take two of my x86 boxes and my two Alphas and build a Linux farm, thus pushing Linux to the max by getting hands on experience. My only concern is the seriousness of Linux in the Commerce/Business world of the Internet. Are companies like Broadcast.com, CDNow, iD, etc. going to seriously consider Linux as an option? Or is it the poor mans server OS? Mark
[expert] Atlanta Linux Showcase
Hey everyone, who all is going to the ALS? Bythe way, I am building a web page and I have a section on Linux, and I was wondering what you all thought would be good to put on the page. Here is a link: http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Hardware/9568/ Email me any ideas. payne AIM=ironpayne __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake in the REAL WORLD.
On Wed, 13 Oct 2027, you wrote: > I'm studying for my Cisco CCIE certification. As a network administrator I haven't >stayed up with the progress of Linux in the Internet world, but 80% of the >routing/switching market for the Internet is Cisco. Up until the last year or so, >Solaris was also considered to have about 70-80% of the Server market share as well. >I really want to strategically place myself in the Internet community. I know NT >very well and have some hands on with Digital Unix and Solaris. However, it's much >easier to take two of my x86 boxes and my two Alphas and build a Linux farm, thus >pushing Linux to the max by getting hands on experience. My only concern is the >seriousness of Linux in the Commerce/Business world of the Internet. Are companies >like Broadcast.com, CDNow, iD, etc. going to seriously consider Linux as an option? >Or is it the poor mans server OS? > > Mark > > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: Please lose the HTML. It doesn't look pretty under most non-html mail readers (like mine) and the type is WAY too small to read easily, AND it doesn't wrap well! :-( That being said, there is more and more support for Linux out there in the "real" world. Here at the ISP where I work, most of our machines (including my tech support box) run linux (I dual-boot Linux and Win98.) Idsoftware is shipping a Linux and Mac version of Quake3 at the same time as they ship the Windows version. If they support it, you can bet they see a significant market share for Linux. John
Re: [expert] TOTALLY STUMPED!!! I can't make my 9.1 GB IBM IDE work with LILO on Helios
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, you wrote: > This is overcomplicated, isn't it? Why can't he create a small (say 500MB) > '/' partition at the beginning of the HD? He can put /var and /usr to take > up the rest of the space... > Well, if anything, I'd create two partitions... /boot and /. :-) However, it seems the problem has been fixed (read the solution a few minutes ago...) he downloaded a new BIOS and flashed it! :-) John
Re: [expert]hp 612c printer
On 13 Oct 99, at 10:31, jack malone wrote: > I have a HP 612c color bubble jet an am trying to get it to work under > linux. Has anyone had any luck getting this printer to work with linux or > is it just one of them durn windows printers? Hi, Check out http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/. It has info on printers and how well they work with Linux. According to the HOWTO, the HP 612c works perfectly. It also says to use the cdj550 ghostscript driver. See http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~ghost/printer.html for information on ghostscript drivers. Hope this helps. Eric -- Eric Rahmig [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
>>> "Herman" == softouch writes: [snip] Herman> - Message - Xlib: Herman> connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Invalid Herman> MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 KEY Application initialization failed: [snip] Add to your $HOME/.xinitrc file this line, before the window manager startup line: xhost +127.0.0.1 Yes, the "connection to server refused" is a security precaution. The adding "xhost . . ." assumes 127.0.0.1 is a trusted address. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.71 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.13-15mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Oct 13 St Edward the Confessor
Re: [expert]hp 612c printer
On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, you wrote: > I have a HP 612c color bubble jet an am trying to get it to work under > linux. Has anyone had any luck getting this printer to work with linux or > is it just one of them durn windows printers. I have tried several of he hp > printers in the list an nothing works so far. Thanks in advance for the > help. I would like to get it going so i can do my linux work an pirnt it > out for class. Yeah i know i did not need the class but my company was > paying for it an told me to go ahead. > http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi According to this, the HP Deskjet 612c works "perfectly." John
Re: [expert] MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
"Herman Van Keer (softouch)" wrote: > Hi, > > Before anything else: I upgraded from RedHat 5.2 to Mandrake 6.0 > > My problem: > I start a terminal session from a non-root account in my KDE. > I want to verify my backup and start a root session by 'su' > If I start xbru: I get the following message: > > - Message - > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server > Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 KEY > Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0.0" > Error in startup script: invalid command name "bind" > End of Message -- > > Before my upgrade I never had a problem running xbru as root, from > within a non-root terminal. > > Is it : > -Linux Mandrake upgrade? Security? > -Xbru? > > Any help or directions are welcome. > Thanks > Herman This seems like a very common error, just type in a term as user first (xhost +localhost) and after that you can su and start your application enjoy ;-) sk
[expert] Mandrake in the REAL WORLD.
I'm studying for my Cisco CCIE certification. As a network administrator I haven't stayed up with the progress of Linux in the Internet world, but 80% of the routing/switching market for the Internet is Cisco. Up until the last year or so, Solaris was also considered to have about 70-80% of the Server market share as well. I really want to strategically place myself in the Internet community. I know NT very well and have some hands on with Digital Unix and Solaris. However, it's much easier to take two of my x86 boxes and my two Alphas and build a Linux farm, thus pushing Linux to the max by getting hands on experience. My only concern is the seriousness of Linux in the Commerce/Business world of the Internet. Are companies like Broadcast.com, CDNow, iD, etc. going to seriously consider Linux as an option? Or is it the poor mans server OS? Mark
Re: [expert] LILO hangs at 'LI' on 9GB IDE drive on Mandrake 6.1, but works fine on 6.0
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Gentlemen: > Thanks for the responses. I will try to comment/respond to your questions > together here. > > Bug Hunter: I have not tried this, but would there be a difference between > a fresh install of Mandrake 6.0 and Mandrake 6.1? 6.0 is fine; 6.2 hangs on > 'LI'. > > Mike: The drive is clean; just Linux is on it. The drive is an IDE IBM > DeskStar 9.1GB, configured as follows: > > BIOS reports 1027, 255, 63 (LBA). Curiously, fdisk says 1108, even if you > force it to 1024. > I would go by what the BIOS is reporting. I'd still suggest putting a /boot partition of 5-10 megs as the first partition. Since this is a fresh install, just wipe the drive, fdisk/mbr to kill the "bad" lilo and reinstall with a separate /boot partition. John
Re: [expert] intel video chipsets
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: > someone willed me a motherboard with onboard video an intel 810 chipset . > does anyone know of an xserver that will support the chip > Go to www.xfree86.org/cardlist.html to see for yourself, but I believe that the latest version of X wil suport the 810 chipset. John
RE: [expert] maximal mount count?
Nahh... He's been wanting to boot under Win to check if the 58 days bug was reachable, but it scratched after 2 minutes and, bored, he decided to go back to Linux. (He couldn't use Wine because - nobody knows - maybe wine does correct the bugs that Win* has :-) Mathieu > -Original Message- > From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 13 October 1999 15:15 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] maximal mount count? > > > On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: > > It sounds like you may have too many mount points... I > haven't really heard of > > this specific error before, but the Mandrake online user > manual suggests that > > you only make three partitions: /, /home, and a swap space > not bigger than 128 > > megs. Do you have a huge SCSI chain or something? > > > Nahh...that's not the problem... just that he's been > turning his machine off and on like a Windows machine... > Apparently people don't realize that Linux doesn't have > that 58-day bug that 98 does... :-) > John >
Re: [expert] TOTALLY STUMPED!!! I can't make my 9.1 GB IBM IDE work with LILO on Helios
At 08:57 AM 10/13/99 -0400, John Aldrich wrote: >On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: >> Very bizarre. I install 6.1 to my new 9.1 GB IBM DeskStar just fine. >> On re-boot, LILO hangs at LI. I have tried the 'linear' mode setting, >> hda=1108,255,63 kernel option, and it just won't work. However, if I >> install Mandrake Venus 6.0, it works fine. Please Help!!! >> >Sounds like you didn't make a /boot partition. For a drive >that size, you'll almost certainly have to create that >partition so that the kernel can be within the first 1024 >cylinders. I suggest wiping the drive, creating a /boot >partition and reinstalling. This is overcomplicated, isn't it? Why can't he create a small (say 500MB) '/' partition at the beginning of the HD? He can put /var and /usr to take up the rest of the space...
Re: [expert] Netscape 4.7
the mandrake page is in the script file that mandrake uses to call the netscape binary file. it is simple to remove from there. do a search for netscape and then look inside the file, it check to see if you have the navigator or communicator versions installed and then starts it with that file as a cla. "Herman Van Keer (softouch)" wrote: > > If these functions don't work, I'd say something is seriously > > wrong. Perhaps you should scrap the rpm and get the tarfile from > > netscape itself - that works like a charm as far as I can tell > > (besides it being the usual bloatware). > > Well I can confirm you, that I installed a few times through ns_install (the > script that comes with the tarball) and had no problem. > Just do not forget to rpm -e the rpm-package !! > > Netscape by default installs in /opt/netscape. > So you might want to change the path, if you eventually have an icon on your > desktop. > > Herman
[expert] MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1
Hi, Before anything else: I upgraded from RedHat 5.2 to Mandrake 6.0 My problem: I start a terminal session from a non-root account in my KDE. I want to verify my backup and start a root session by 'su' If I start xbru: I get the following message: - Message - Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 KEY Application initialization failed: couldn't connect to display ":0.0" Error in startup script: invalid command name "bind" End of Message -- Before my upgrade I never had a problem running xbru as root, from within a non-root terminal. Is it : -Linux Mandrake upgrade? Security? -Xbru? Any help or directions are welcome. Thanks Herman
Re: [expert]hp 612c printer
I have a HP 612c color bubble jet an am trying to get it to work under linux. Has anyone had any luck getting this printer to work with linux or is it just one of them durn windows printers. I have tried several of he hp printers in the list an nothing works so far. Thanks in advance for the help. I would like to get it going so i can do my linux work an pirnt it out for class. Yeah i know i did not need the class but my company was paying for it an told me to go ahead. jack Jack Malone East Texas Lighthouse for the Blind dba Horizon Industries [EMAIL PROTECTED] 903-595-3444
Re: [expert] Out with the old..... Yipes!!!
Ramon Gandia wrote: > You can do it two ways. Sendmail will usually put the > mail in /var/spool/username Each user will have one file, > and messages just get concatenated to the end of it as they > arrive. I hope I can rely on you for some questions on mail-files. I know about the /var/spool/mail/username (you forgot the mail directory ;-) ) I see in my home directory lots of mail directories: -nsmail : this one is created by Netscape? -ns-imap : -in another home directory I do find different subdirectories like Sent, Inbox etc... -Mail : created by pine? Anyways: Do you have any idea how I can setup my Linux box - and how that is related to clients. I am using imap (at home) and netscape client on a Windoze box. I use imap because my family can use any network connected PC and still have access to their mail - which is never downloaded to local Windoze boxes. When I last started Netscape it found about every file and directory in my son's home directory. And this was not what I wanted to do: I only wanted to have the mail-directories, appearing in the Netscape client (setup as imap). Any directions are welcome, Thanks Herman
Re: [expert] LILO hangs at 'LI' on 9GB IDE drive on Mandrake 6.1, but works fine on 6.0
Hoyt wrote: > - Original Message - > From: Tim @ Home <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 6:28 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] LILO hangs at 'LI' on 9GB IDE drive on Mandrake 6.1, > but works fine on 6.0 > > > Hoyt, > > --SNIP__ > > Life is too short unless you really want > to learn stuff about Linux you may never need again. > __END_SNIP__ Well put, Hoyt. I did fix it though. It ended up being a BIOS upgrade to my ASUS M/B. Thanks for the words. Tim > > Hoyt
Re: [expert] Out with the old..... Yipes!!!
you need to go into you /etc/inetd.conf and take the # out from the front of pop3 and imap On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, you wrote: > OK, I once configured sendmail (by editing the sendmail.cf file) > > I had another piece, a beta of an IMAP/POP server whose rpm began with > sendmail. > > Linuxconf seemed to do a good enough job of configuring sendmail. (Glad > glad am I that I didn't have to burn out brain cells remembering those > black arts). > > Well, I send out mail, and receive it into a queue, but no users can > download or inspect mail from the server, so I suppose I need to add > that component. Does anyone have a clue where I might find it? Or will > other IMAP or POP3 servers work? > > I am directly receiving mail to the IP address the server is on, through > a dyndns service. Fetchmail is of no use to me. > > Suggestions? > > Civileme -- David Rodgers Unix Administrator/Product Development KDS Internet/Kelly Supply Company 1004 West Oklahoma Grand Island, NE 68801 - Have a baby and watch the Unix community grow !!!
Re: [expert] Netscape 4.7
> If these functions don't work, I'd say something is seriously > wrong. Perhaps you should scrap the rpm and get the tarfile from > netscape itself - that works like a charm as far as I can tell > (besides it being the usual bloatware). Well I can confirm you, that I installed a few times through ns_install (the script that comes with the tarball) and had no problem. Just do not forget to rpm -e the rpm-package !! Netscape by default installs in /opt/netscape. So you might want to change the path, if you eventually have an icon on your desktop. Herman
Re: [expert] wvdial
In my stress trying connect with Mandeake.6.1, I forgot how to make wvdial hangup. (Well, I'm old :-) Thanks. Gordon Net-Tamer V 1.11.2 - Test Drive
[expert] Re: [expert linux.conf
And thanks for telling how to diable linuxconf. I can ping now. Gordon Net-Tamer V 1.11.2 - Test Drive
RE: [expert] maximal mount count?
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Any idea why is so slow ?, I have a 2Gb partition and it takes 2-3 minutes > every time it checks the fs. > What times are employed under a 15 or 30 Gb ext2 partition ?. Is there another > tool to speed up thist check ?. > Don't power down the computer so often... Linux is QUITE happy to run for days on end w/o being shut down. My work machine typically only gets shut down on weekends, and that because I don't have a UPS on it, so if there's a power glitch, it will shut down "unsafely." :-) John
Re: [expert] TOTALLY STUMPED!!! I can't make my 9.1 GB IBM IDE work with LILO on Helios
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Very bizarre. I install 6.1 to my new 9.1 GB IBM DeskStar just fine. > On re-boot, LILO hangs at LI. I have tried the 'linear' mode setting, > hda=1108,255,63 kernel option, and it just won't work. However, if I > install Mandrake Venus 6.0, it works fine. Please Help!!! > Sounds like you didn't make a /boot partition. For a drive that size, you'll almost certainly have to create that partition so that the kernel can be within the first 1024 cylinders. I suggest wiping the drive, creating a /boot partition and reinstalling. John
Re: [expert] maximal mount count?
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: > It sounds like you may have too many mount points... I haven't really heard of > this specific error before, but the Mandrake online user manual suggests that > you only make three partitions: /, /home, and a swap space not bigger than 128 > megs. Do you have a huge SCSI chain or something? > Nahh...that's not the problem... just that he's been turning his machine off and on like a Windows machine... Apparently people don't realize that Linux doesn't have that 58-day bug that 98 does... :-) John
Re: [expert] Why is Mandrake/Redhat listening on tcp port 98?
On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Interesting, I printed out /etc/services (on my RH 5.2 box) and there is > no listing for linuxconf or port 98! (And yes my RH 5.2 box listens on > port 98.) /etc/services is the first thing I checked. > > BTW: I HATE linuxconf! I still use Control-panel as much as possible and > will hate to see it's demise. > Try "setup" as root from a console prompt, then go to "services" and see if Linuxconf is there as one of the default startup services. If it is, shut it down. John
[expert] a little trouble with ppp
Hi, all. I am a Mandrake new user, and I can't do any ppp conexion. When I try connect with kppp, the log file has this lines: Oct 13 11:46:03 cecilio modprobe: can't locate module char-major-108 Oct 13 11:46:03 cecilio pppd[1206]: pppd 2.3.9 started by root, uid 0 Oct 13 11:46:03 cecilio pppd[1206]: Connect script failed Oct 13 11:46:03 cecilio pppd[1206]: Exit. what module is char-major-108 Where are any information of this module inplementation ??? Sorry for my bad english languaje :-) -- Cecilio CANO CALONGE [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] intel video chipsets
"Vanco, Donald" wrote: > > It sounds like you've no idea who made the board - if you can locate an FCC > ID you _may_ be able to trace it to the manufacturer at: >From the original post it looks like there is no board at all !!! The chipset referenced (Intel I810) is a *motherboard* chipset, and although it *includes* graphic display support, it is *not" and by far, everything that this chipset does, so I'm not sure that you *can* disable the graphic part. -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] Where is the C++ compiler in Mandrake?
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: > Hi Folks, > > Every time I try to compile KDA programs in Mandrake (Helios 6.1), the > configure script stops with the following error message: > > configure: error: no acceptable C++-compiler found in $PATH > > Where is the c++ compiler in MAndrake, and what it is called? > > What should I put into my PATH to make the script to recognize the c++ > compiler? > > Or perhaps it is under a different name than the compiler searches for? > > Please help me, if you have any reasonable idea... > Did you install gcc++??? Type the following at a command prompt (Minus quotes, of course) : "rpm -qa | grep c++" If you don't get anything, you probably didn't install the development stuff. John
Re: [expert] maximal mount count?
On Mon, 11 Oct 1999, you wrote: > I just booted my machine and got the message: "/dev/hdb1 has reached > maximal mount count, check forced" after which linux proceeded to run a > check that lasted several minutes. > Does this indicate a problem? Or is it just a routine check? If so, what's > it checking for? > Routine. Just checking for bad spots on the drive, corrupt/lost file fragments, etc. Essentially just an automatic "Scandisk" for Linux. Don't shut down your machine every night and you won't have that show up. :-) John
RE: [expert] LILO hangs at 'LI' on 9GB IDE drive on Mandrake 6.1, but works fine on 6.0
> -Original Message- > From: Tim @ Home [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Mike: The drive is clean; just Linux is on it. The drive is > an IDE IBM > DeskStar 9.1GB, configured as follows: > > BIOS reports 1027, 255, 63 (LBA). Curiously, fdisk says > 1108, even if you > force it to 1024. > > The partitions are: > hda1: cyl. 1-384 (approx.) root > hda2 cyl. 385-424 (approx.) swap > hda3: cyl. 386-1108 (approx.) /usr You need to verify that your drive does, in fact, have 1108 cylinders. While I'm sure a mountable partition will not affect boot, you may see issues down the road when you go to compile, tar, or archive. Several folks on other lists have commented that fdisk has reported bogus cylinders beyond reality. The average symptom seems to be an inability to "make". Any idea what your partition table was like under 6.0? I do not recall if you stated that you've repartitioned or not As far as the lilo thing goes, you may try generating a boot disk, verifying that it works, and then use DOS fdisk and run "fdisk /mbr" to wipe the FAT. You will need to reinstall LILO at that point. Good Luck! Don :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: Donald R. Vanco Voice: 440-498-6793 Consulting Services FAX: 440-498-5317 callwave.comFAX-to-E-Mail: 209-315-8510 Pioneer-Standard, Inc. pager: 888-773-0845 6675 Parkland Blvd. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Solon, Ohio 44139 http://www.pios.com :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: LINUX - it's not just better.. it's good. HEAR ME>> http://pagoo.com/signature/vancod
RE: [expert] intel video chipsets
It sounds like you've no idea who made the board - if you can locate an FCC ID you _may_ be able to trace it to the manufacturer at: http://www.fcc.gov/oet/fccid/ I have had varying success using this site to trace $10 sound cards and $20 video boards... you may find that the chipset is an equivalent to something a bit more "known" Speaking of $20.00 video cards - perhaps you can disable the on-board & get something else? Good Luck! Don :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: Donald R. Vanco Voice: 440-498-6793 Consulting Services FAX: 440-498-5317 callwave.comFAX-to-E-Mail: 209-315-8510 Pioneer-Standard, Inc. pager: 888-773-0845 6675 Parkland Blvd. email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Solon, Ohio 44139 http://www.pios.com :=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=:=: LINUX - it's not just better.. it's good. HEAR ME>> http://pagoo.com/signature/vancod > -Original Message- > From: David Rodgers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, October 12, 1999 5:55 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] intel video chipsets > > > the chip actually says intel 810 it is an intel celeron > motherboard with built > in video and sound > > > > On Tue, 12 Oct 1999, you wrote: > > David Rodgers wrote: > > > > > > someone willed me a motherboard with onboard video an > intel 810 chipset . > > > does anyone know of an xserver that will support the chip > > > > Do you mean i740 video chipset? Didn't know Intel made a > second run at > > video chips... > > > > If it's actually i740, there should be support in XFree (or > at least as > > an XBF server, I'm not sure whether Intel signed off to release the > > source for that or not...) > > > > -- > > Steve Philp > > Network Administrator > > Advance Packaging Corporation > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- > > > David Rodgers > Unix Administrator/Product Development > KDS Internet/Kelly Supply Company > 1004 West Oklahoma > Grand Island, NE 68801 > - > Have a baby and watch the Unix community grow !!! >
[expert] 6.1 TeX
I understand from the comp.text.tex newsgroup that there was a bug in the hyphenation algorithm in RedHat 6.0, which I am hitting on my Mandrake 6.0 installation. I have a 6.1 CD which I haven't gotten around to doing anything with. Does anyone know for sure if this is fixed on 6.1? Or on a subsequent RPM? The bug is apparently in the Babyl package of LaTeX. -- Laura (mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] , http://www.world.std.com/~lconrad/ ) (617) 661-8097 fax: (801) 365-6574 233 Broadway, Cambridge, MA 02139
Re: [expert] HTTPD problem
Check the permissions on the files inside your document root. Mark
