[expert] Kmail and Netscape Messenger

[R_Yeo]

Hi,
I've noticed in the mail headers that there are quite of
few of you using kmail, so perhaps some guru can help me.
I have been using Netscape.  Recently, during my travel
home, I accumulated in excess of 800 mails. Netscape seems
to choke on that and I am presently unable to retrieve my
mail using netscape.  I run fetchmail to poll all my
accounts and then netscape to collect the mail.  Now,
whenever I run netscape to collect the mail, it does one of
the following:
1.  Freezes and nothing happens.
2.  It asks for my password and after I enter the passwd and
click OK, it disappears.  I get the error message "Bus
error"
3.  After keying in the passwd, up pops a window with the
title "Netscape Error" and nothing else.  That's the end of
that session of Netscape.
4.  On few occasions, after keying in the passwd, nothing
happens and the 'get msg' and 'stop' buttons grey out. 
Still no mail.

(I can send mails though)

I have attempted to copy my mailbox in /var/spool/mail
somewhere else and then empty the contents(except for a few
mails), but I still get the same symptoms.

I have attempted (twice) to uninstall Netscape and
reinstall, but the same symptoms persist.  I'm running
Netscape 4.7-1, KDE 1.1.1.  I have looked into Mandrake's
site and seen Mandrake's package of Netscape-4.70.  Anyone
has any idea if that will get rid of the problems?

I have looked at kmail, but I do not fancy re-creating my
address book, and filter settings all over again.  Does
kmail recognise netscape's file formats for me to do a
simple import, etc?

I can now read my mail using kmail, but without filtering,
I'm afraid of missing some important mails.

Thanks and I hope I don't miss your replies.

-- 
Ronald Yeo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] perl modules as RPMs

[Vincent Danen]

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, Stephen Carville wrote:

> > That's what I was afraid of... does Mandrake have the equivalent in it's
> > powerpack?  Or is RedHat's powertools the only source for perl module
> > RPMs?
> 
> If you have an earlier source RPM, You can probably just drop the
> newer source package in place of the older in the SOURCES directory,
> make the appropiate changes in the spec file and then do an 'rpm -ba
> '  I've done this on a few perl packages myself.
> 
> For details see: http://www.rpm.org/support/RPM-HOWTO.html

Hmmm... didn't think of that.  I'll have to see if the spec files use
$RPM_OPT_FLAGS to see if I can do it that way without any modifications at
all... thanx for the idea!

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[expert] What server and OS is your site using?

[Benjamin Sher]

Dear friends:

The answer is right here below:

http://www.netcraft.com/whats/


Type:

www.hotmail.com 

and see for yourself which server and OS Microsoft is using to run their
50-million user Hotmail service.

Benjamin
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Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net

[expert] ISDN Prob

[Arthur Stark]

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Hello, having a bit of a problem with my ISDN connection. I have a Courier I modem to 
connect my 128k connection to my isp. I am assigned 16 ip's which I use as either a 
machine 
on my lan or one of the vhosts I host on my Linux box. My prob is that after a few 
days, or 
sometimes even sooner, my connection goes kaplooie. no inbound or outbound traffic 
allowed. 
Cant even ping my isp. Though my ISDN is still connected just fine. I had this same 
problem 
with RedHat (5, 5.2, & 6) before moving to Mandrake 6.0 and now 6.1. I am dumbfounded 
here. I have had more experienced Linux users look at my setup and they see nothing 
wrong. 
I have upgraded the pppd daemon as well with the same results. Any ideas? Preferably 
reply 
directly to my [EMAIL PROTECTED] address as I wont be home till next Friday so will 
have 
this mailbox stuffed with the mailing list mails till then... =-) Thanks in advance...


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[expert] scsi question

[Mihnea Stoian]

I am looking for a scsi uw adapter and came across Tekram's 390F (www.tekram.com)
which sells for $130cdn (VERY cheap - adaptec's 2940uw is $280). My question is,
should I get it? aka, Does is work under linux?

thnx,

Mihnea

[expert] Disk Swapping

[hamkas]

folks,
i've got this weird problem where my system starts to swap heavily after one
or two weeks of continous running.  The only thing i have running is squid and
tkined.  Once it starts swapping i have to reboot the system as I can't kill the
x-server with cntrl-alt-backspace.
Can this be caused by squid itself?

[expert] Printing problem, lpq error

[John Richards]

Having a printing problem.   When I try to print anything it just sits in the
spool dir.   Anyone know what this error from lpq means?   I'm using a standard
Mandrake 6.1 install, printer is on lp0 and it's the local lpt1: port.  
Everything was setup with printtool.   I dont know why it says remote when it's
a local printer.

[richajoh@storm richajoh]$ lpq
Warning: unable to get official name for remote machine
Warning: lp is down:lp is ready and printing
Warning: no daemon present


 
-JR [EMAIL PROTECTED]

"When the long dark night comes, return to the end of the beginning"

Re: [expert] Recommendations on Network System Activity monitor for local network

[ibi]

Mike, 

I just saw a site that might be helpful. Linux Router Projects:
http://www.linuxrouter.org 

Pj

Re: [expert] Recommendations on Network System Activity monitor for local network

[Steven W. Laird]

Mike Hill wrote:
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> I am looking for suggestions on a program to run on a Linux Mandrake system
> that is the gateway for numerous local clients to get to the internet.
> (I.P. Masquerading).
> 

Check out http://www.e-smith.net (no I don't represent them, I just
think this is the best server/gateway/firewall out there...)

Steve

Re: [expert] Recommendations on Network System Activity monitor for local network

[Steve Philp]

Mike Hill wrote:
> 
> Hey guys,
> 
> I am looking for suggestions on a program to run on a Linux Mandrake system
> that is the gateway for numerous local clients to get to the internet.
> (I.P. Masquerading).
> 
> The company I am setting this up for wants to monitor all internet access
> (financial company).
> 
> Im curious if there is some program that does a good job of monitoring all
> Internet traffic going through it.  (logging sites visited,etc).

You might try using Squid.  We use it in conjunction with Internet
Junkbuster to block, filter, cache, and track the sites visited by our
users.

We have setup Junkbuster as a blocking system to limit the sites
available to our users.  We've only got about 30 people on the system
who have Internet access and the "allowed sites" list is rather small
right now.

We use Squid as a cache to try and conserve the limited bandwidth we
have available to the Internet.  

Both of these programs will allow tracking of sites visited.

-- 
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] Recommendations on Network System Activity monitor for local network

[Mike Hill]

Hey guys,

I am looking for suggestions on a program to run on a Linux Mandrake system
that is the gateway for numerous local clients to get to the internet.
(I.P. Masquerading).

The company I am setting this up for wants to monitor all internet access
(financial company).

Im curious if there is some program that does a good job of monitoring all
Internet traffic going through it.  (logging sites visited,etc).

Thanks ahead of time for any feedback.

Mike
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] Sound - MP3 Plays Ok But Realaudio Causes Driver To Cease Function

[Sevatio Octavio]

Hi, I'm trying to figure out why the G2 Player can only play for a few seconds then 
goes silent and completely shut down any sound.
Playing MP3 files does not cause this to happen.

Compaq Presario Desktop with ESS1888 Soundcard using the $20 version of OSS.  Mandrake 
6.1.

Any suggestions or solution?

Thanks
Seve

Re: [expert] Cron

[John Aldrich]

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> :~>Crontab goes in /etc. Then there's a "cron.daily," "cron.hourly,"
> :~>etc :-)
> 
> This is only for root. If you need a cron as a user,
> /etc/crontab & co are a no-no
> 
> try reading the "man crontab"
> 
Hmmwell, I admit to only having used cron once or twice...wasn't
very successfull. :-(
John

Re: [expert] Printer problems with L-M6.1 lpr-0.43

[Larry Sword]

V Pascal Nelson wrote:

> Larry,
>
> I am running ghostscript 5.10
> When I have the problem, there are files "status" and "lock" in the
> /var/spool/lpd/lp0 directory (they don't go away). When I run printqueue
> the message which appears in the bottom box goes something like this:
> "Printer is down. Warning: no daemon present."
>
> I am using the package for the Epson Stylus Color 740 which can be found
> at: 
> These files have worked well before.

I've use the scripts and printerdb that is stock in RH60 and L-M61 with no
problems. This is only diference I see.

>
> My printtool is the version that came with L-M 6.1. My lpr is the updated
> one, lpr-0.43-1mdk. I have also tried the original lpr-0.38.
>
> I only have ONE printer resolution setup right now, so my printcap file is
> only for lp, which works.
>
> Here is my printcap:
> **
>
> #
> # Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are doing!
> # Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict format!
> # Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
> #
> # This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.
>
> ##PRINTTOOL3## SMB uniprint NAxNA letter {} U_EpsonStylusColor stc740p {}
> lp|lp720:\
>  :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
>  :mx#0:\
>  :sh:\
>  :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:\
>  :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\
>  :lp=/dev/null:
>
> **
>
> You didn't say, but are you experiencing the same difficulties?

No problems, yet.

>
> Pascal
>
> >This is the same set-up I run.
> >
> >Can you post a copy of your /etc/printcap file.
> >What version of ghostscript do you have?
> >What version of rhs-printfilters and printool?
> >Do you have  a 'status' and  'lock' in your /var/spool/lpd , lp, lp0 lp1?
> >What message if any show in you messages file when you experience printer
> >problems
> >
> >Larry

Re: [expert] Missing Icons

[Tom Berger]

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > I have been having quite a time installing Mandrake v6.1/KDE on a machine 
> > that has happily been using Mandrake 6.0/KDE for some time now.  It's taken 
> > me a week to get a half way decent XWindows resolution, but at least that 
> > problem appears to be fixed.
> > 
> > I'm down to dealing with minor annoyances.  One of these is that most of 
> > the icons for the icon bar for kfm and other applications don't seem to 
> > have been installed.  Has anyone else run into this problem, and, more 
> > importantly, what's teh solution?
> > 
> rpm -e kcmclock, rpm -Uvh kdelibs. (maybe kde-libs)
>   John

Well, the funny (?) thing is, that I *have* kcmclock installed and my
KDE icons *are* there (last time I've checked, been a while).
Furthermore I've got reports from users for which this procedure
doesn't seem to have the desired effect. So there is something else
involved here. Can someone with missing pixmaps run an
rpm --verify
on the kdelibs-package and tell me what files are missing?

Thanks

tom

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(from 'freshmeat')
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[expert] Printer Probs(The Saga)or is someone Killing my daemon?

[WH Bouterse]

Into The second Week Now!

Latest is if I delete all references to lp, lp0 etc in /var/spool/lpd
Delete printers in 'printtool'

Reboot

Bring up printtool

'Add Printer'

It locks up printtool

Exit printtool

start printtool

'add printer'   IT WORKS, detects the printer and everything is a "go"
from there

A few hours later when trying to print

files quue up

multiple lpd 'pids' start showing up

'lpc start lp' shows "printing enabled"
lpc: connect:"Connections refused couldn't start daemon"

This has happened exactly the same three days running now.

1) Printer is configured and running 
2)Machine is left on 24/7
3) From pm to am or after several hours the print session spools but
doesn't print. the /dev/lp0, /dev/lpx etc. ARE NOT DETECTED by anyone
anywhere. 
4)lpd is still active by now with multiple pids

And so it goes

Guess its back to L-M 6.0  soon if this doesnt straighten out
I am getting very far behind with my Real Work on this machine.

May the Forces of Understanding the LPR GODS in L-M 6.1 be with us! 

William Bouterse
Juneau Alaska

Re: [expert] ide CDRW without SCSI adapter ?

[Alan Shoemaker]

Alex V Flinsch wrote:
> 
> On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > On Thu, 28 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > > Anyone know if one needs to have a scsi adapter installed in one's
> > > system in order to run cdrecord and/or xcdroast with an ATAPI CD-RW?
> > >
> > SCSI emulation. Add the following to the end of your /etc/lilo.conf
> > (I *think* this is correct) "append='ide=scsi'" (minus the
> > double-quotes, but WITH the single quotes around the ide=scsi)
> >   John
> 
> This is what I have in lilo.conf for a cdrw on hdd
> 
> boot = /dev/hda
> timeout = 100
> prompt
>   default = linux
>   vga = normal
>   append = "hdd=ide-scsi"
>   read-only
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> image = /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk
>   label = linux
>   root = /dev/hdb7
>   initrd = /boot/initrd-2.2.13-7mdk.img
> other = /dev/hda1
>   label = win
>   table=/dev/hda
> 
> It seems (to me anyway) that the ide-scsi won't work unless I have an initrd
> image. If I don't, cdrecord just barfs when trying to write to a disc.
> 
> --
> Alex

Alexthe initrd.img contains the scsi module.

Alan

Re: [expert] Cron

[Denis Havlik]

:~>Crontab goes in /etc. Then there's a "cron.daily," "cron.hourly,"
:~>etc :-)

This is only for root. If you need a cron as a user,
/etc/crontab & co are a no-no

try reading the "man crontab"

cu
Denis


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Re: [expert] ide CDRW without SCSI adapter ?

[John Aldrich]

On Fri, 29 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> > SCSI emulation. Add the following to the end of your /etc/lilo.conf
> > (I *think* this is correct) "append='ide=scsi'" (minus the
> > double-quotes, but WITH the single quotes around the ide=scsi)
> > John
> 
> 
[mega-chomp]
> 
> 
> It seems (to me anyway) that the ide-scsi won't work unless I have an initrd
> image. If I don't, cdrecord just barfs when trying to write to a disc.
> 
Well, you've gotten beyond my meager knowledge of CDR/W drives. I'm
sure someone else on the list knows the answer. Good luck!
John

Re: [expert] Missing Icons

[John Aldrich]

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> I have been having quite a time installing Mandrake v6.1/KDE on a machine 
> that has happily been using Mandrake 6.0/KDE for some time now.  It's taken 
> me a week to get a half way decent XWindows resolution, but at least that 
> problem appears to be fixed.
> 
> I'm down to dealing with minor annoyances.  One of these is that most of 
> the icons for the icon bar for kfm and other applications don't seem to 
> have been installed.  Has anyone else run into this problem, and, more 
> importantly, what's teh solution?
> 
rpm -e kcmclock, rpm -Uvh kdelibs. (maybe kde-libs)
John

Re: [expert] perl modules as RPMs

[Stephen Carville]

Vincent Danen wrote:
> 
> On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, Denis Havlik wrote:
> 
> > :~>Is there a place one can get perl modules as RPMs for Mandrake?  A buddy
> > :~>of mine sent me some for RedHat but they're a little dated...  I just
> > :~>successfully made a new RPM for one of the newer modules I need to install
> > :~>a forum thingy on my website, but I was wondering if there was a place for
> > :~>Mandrake RPMs for perl modules?  Does anyone know?  If not, I may make a
> > :~>bit of a project for myself...
> >
> > I am using those from the rh - powertools/CPAN (second section).
> > Everything seems to work OK. If you really need the newest and greatest, I
> > am afraid you will have to go to cpan and do it yourself for most of the
> > things.
> 
> That's what I was afraid of... does Mandrake have the equivalent in it's
> powerpack?  Or is RedHat's powertools the only source for perl module
> RPMs?

If you have an earlier source RPM, You can probably just drop the
newer source package in place of the older in the SOURCES directory,
make the appropiate changes in the spec file and then do an 'rpm -ba
'  I've done this on a few perl packages myself.

For details see: http://www.rpm.org/support/RPM-HOWTO.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] cybercafe managing sofware (Linux)

[John Aldrich]

On Sun, 31 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm looking for Linux sofware that can be use to manage a cybercafe.
> Like a customer book the PC for one hour, after one hour the linux box will 
> automatically stop the PC access to internet ..
> 
> Is there any available script to do this ?
> 
Take a look at Radius.
John

Re: [expert] Cron

[John Aldrich]

On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, you wrote:
> Greetings,
>   According to the couple of Linux books I have cron is supposed to store
> the users crontab file in /usr/spool/cron/crontab. There is no default
> directory by that name included with M6.0. Can I create that directory and have
> it work fine or is there something else I nedd to do? 
>   Also the book once again says to store the users allowed to use cron
> in  /etc/cron.d/users. Can I create this or does it go somewhere else. Perhaps
> using linuconf? 
>
Crontab goes in /etc. Then there's a "cron.daily," "cron.hourly,"
etc :-)
John

RE: [expert] Netscape 4.7 Java freezes!

[Rickard Åberg]

I think netscape 4.61 is more stable... it never crashed/locked for me anyway.
And netscape for linux is known for it's many crashes.

I'm using NS 4.7 now and it have already crashed 2 times. (I installed it
yesterday)

/ Rickard

On 31-Oct-99 Benjamin Sher wrote:
> Dear friends:
> 
> I am using Mandrake 6.1 and the brand-new Oct. 29, 1999 Netscape 4.7
> (all
> three files) from ftp.rpmfind.net (linux/Mandrake/update/6.1).
> Everything is fine, but I am having problem with the Java. On certain
> sites, it starts (Java starting), then the progress bar on the left
> freezes. Otherwise, Netscape works fine.
> 
> Anyone else have this problem? If so, any solution other than the
> obvious one of disabling Java in Edit, Preferences, Advanced.
> 
> Thank you so much.

Re: [expert] Dump of some sort - kernel 2.2.12

[Bug Hunter]

  I suspect memory problems, or a cpu floating point problem (very
unlikely).

  I believe your ram is bad.  turn your machine off, remove your ram and
re-insert.  If is due to dirty sockets (oxidation), this might fix it for
a while.


On Sat, 30 Oct 1999, John LeMay wrote:

> Since a system "crash" Friday, I've been trying to restabilize my box. I
> just noticed the error below in my messages log. Thought someone may be
> able to provide some insight as to a meaning. I'm hoping it leads to the
> real problem here! (I posted another message captured earlier today
> regarding the same problem, different error though.)
> 
> Quick background - system is a PPro 200, 128M RAM, running Mandrake 6.0
> with updates and kernel 2.2.12. I accidentally sent a sigterm to X on
> Friday hanging the box completely. Upon reboot, I noticed several errors
> regarding deleted inode's. asclock seemed to have disappeared - no trace
> of the binary. Since then, the machine has been dumping out of X and
> hanging itself completely with no notice and no errors in the logs. 
> 
> This message comes about an hour or so after I completed a restore of
> /usr and a couple other dirs. The system had been error free prior to
> Friday.
> 
> 
> Oct 30 22:11:45 logan -- MARK --
> Oct 30 22:31:45 logan -- MARK --
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: divide error:  
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: CPU:0 
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: EIP:0010:[sys_select+1224/1336] 
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: EFLAGS: 00010246 
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: eax:    ebx: 0024   ecx:
> 0001   edx:  
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: esi: c72a7e2c   edi: b9bc   ebp:
>    esp: c5b47f78 
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: ds: 0018   es: 0018   ss: 0018 
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: Process rxvt (pid: 583, process nr: 47,
> stackpage=c5b47000) 
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: Stack: b9b4 ba3c 0001 c72a7e2c
> 541b  c5706c00 c5b47fa8  
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel:0001 c5b46000 c72a7e20 
> c72a7e20 c72a7e24 c72a7e28 c72a7e2c  
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel:c72a7e30 c72a7e34 c0107994 0005
> b9bc   b9b4  
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: Call Trace: [system_call+52/56]
> [startup_32+43/286]  
> Oct 30 22:45:03 logan kernel: Code: f3 a5 89 c1 f3 a4 89 f6 8b 54 24 48
> 89 54 24 14 83 7c 24 5c  
> Oct 30 22:59:56 logan PAM_pwdb[487]: (login) session opened for user
> root by (uid=0)
> Oct 30 22:59:56 logan  --
> root 
> 

Re: [expert] PCMCIA network install...

[metronumic]

Hello,

You probrobly already tried this, but have you looked in the ftp site for that
image? i found it on my mandrake 6.0 cd.. should be there...
Hope this helps..

-MetroNumic

Re: [expert] Printer problems with L-M6.1 lpr-0.43

[V Pascal Nelson]

Larry,

I am running ghostscript 5.10
When I have the problem, there are files "status" and "lock" in the 
/var/spool/lpd/lp0 directory (they don't go away). When I run printqueue 
the message which appears in the bottom box goes something like this: 
"Printer is down. Warning: no daemon present."

I am using the package for the Epson Stylus Color 740 which can be found 
at: 
These files have worked well before.

My printtool is the version that came with L-M 6.1. My lpr is the updated 
one, lpr-0.43-1mdk. I have also tried the original lpr-0.38.

I only have ONE printer resolution setup right now, so my printcap file is 
only for lp, which works.

Here is my printcap:
**

#
# Please don't edit this file directly unless you know what you are doing!
# Be warned that the control-panel printtool requires a very strict format!
# Look at the printcap(5) man page for more info.
#
# This file can be edited with the printtool in the control-panel.


##PRINTTOOL3## SMB uniprint NAxNA letter {} U_EpsonStylusColor stc740p {}
lp|lp720:\
 :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
 :mx#0:\
 :sh:\
 :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp/filter:\
 :af=/var/spool/lpd/lp/acct:\
 :lp=/dev/null:

**

You didn't say, but are you experiencing the same difficulties?

Pascal


>This is the same set-up I run.
>
>Can you post a copy of your /etc/printcap file.
>What version of ghostscript do you have?
>What version of rhs-printfilters and printool?
>Do you have  a 'status' and  'lock' in your /var/spool/lpd , lp, lp0 lp1?
>What message if any show in you messages file when you experience printer
>problems
>
>Larry

[expert] PCMCIA network install...

[morten lund]

Hey

Im trying to install Mandrake 6.1 on my IBM thinkpad 370c. I have no
CD-rom-drive, but a PCMCIA network-card. So i thought i should use
bootnet.img and pcmcia.img to get started. But no such luck!

I inserted bootnet.img, and booted up. It asked if I had any
PCMCIA-devices, and I answered yes. Then it asked me to put in the
Mandrake PCMCIA supplemental disk (pcmcia.img, i think), so i did. But
it was not able to mount the floppy, and I didn't get any further with
the installation.

So I tried to boot directly from the pcmcia.img, boot I couldn't.

According to the installation-manual, there should be a image named
supp.img, but I can't find it anywhere!

I can mount the pcmcia.img-floppy on my other computer, as a ext2fs, so
the floppy is OK, and I now the floppydrive in my laptop is OK.

I know that a lot of other people has excactly the same problem (see
comp.os.linux.setup)

Any suggestion(s)?

/Morten Lund

[expert] Watching DVDs in Linux

[Andreas Thorstensson]

Has anyone succesfully tried
http://slashdot.org/articles/99/10/30/2321235.shtml ?


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mount;workbone;fsck;yes;gasp;fsck;yes;eject;umount;zip;split;done

Re: [expert] Netscape 4.7 Java freezes!

[Denis Havlik]

:~>Dear friends:
:~>
:~>I am using Mandrake 6.1 and the brand-new Oct. 29, 1999 Netscape 4.7
:~>(all
:~>three files) from ftp.rpmfind.net (linux/Mandrake/update/6.1).
:~>Everything is fine, but I am having problem with the Java. On certain
:~>sites, it starts (Java starting), then the progress bar on the left
:~>freezes. Otherwise, Netscape works fine.
:~>

Does not surprise me at all. Netscape + java combination has been instable
for a long time now. Unfortunately nothing new.

Denis 

[expert] Russian fonts in KMail

[Tima Vaisburd]

Hi experts,

One more question: did anybody succeed in using cyrillic fonts with
KMail in Mandrake 6.1? On my machine something strange happens..

I wonder whether this feature is not supported yet or this is a bug
in my own configuration.

Tima.

[expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

[Tima Vaisburd]

Dear experts,

I recently upgraded my system from 6.0 to 6.1 ( clean reinstall )
and have some configuration problems.

My quiestion is about mail configuration. I use standard ppp-on
script and fetchmail, MTA is sendmail, MUA is kmail.
Sometimes, my attemts to send a mail to sertain addresses fail with
the message

"localhost.localdomain" - server domain must exist

I tried to play with a masquerqde feature of sendmail, but this wasn't
helpful. Could you, please, give me a hint how to properly configure
the mail?

In Mandrake 6.0 I just set 

   hostname my.provider.co.il

in /etc/ppp/ip-up - which was probably a dirty trick, and in Mandrake 6.1
this breaks X security.

Tima.