Re: [expert] funny

[Derek Simkowiak]

> friendy, but it seems allot less stable as well.

I have not had any stability problems.  So far, I've seen a couple
of install-related issues, but they are minor.

As for Linux on the desktop, yes, I agree that more work needs to
be done.

The shell prompt must BE ABLE to disappear.  It should always be
there for folks like me, but my mother (and the millions she represents)  
needs something easier than a Mac.


--Derek

Re: [expert] Red Hat Security advisories

[Arandir]

On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Dana Laude wrote:
> Although I've seen this security info also, I wish that Mandrake would get
> off their duff and post this info in a more "timely" manner.  It's been a few
> days.  I realize that RH and Mandrake are similar, they should at the very
> least announce a fix, and if you can use the RH fix, then fine..., but say
> so.

Since Mandrake is no longer based on Redhat, it does not follow that all Redhat
bugs are also Mandrake bugs. I don't know about these two advisories, but there
were some previous ones that applied to Redhat, but not to Mandrake.

 -- 
Arandir...
___

[expert] Fun w/kernel compile and VNC

[Ivan J. Wagner]

I have two problems that hopefully somebody out there will be able to help
me with...

1) Compile of new 2.2.13-22mdk kernel

On my laptop (a PII266) it keeps failing with this message:

init/main.o: In function `check_fpu':
init/main.o(.text.init+0x23): undefined reference to
`__buggy_fxsr_alignment'
make: *** [vmlinux] Error 1

For the heck of it I got the kernel src.rpm package and I tried compiling
that (using rpm -bb linux.spec) without changing anything and I still got
the above error message.

Then I tried the compiling the src.rpm on a different machine (a desktop
w/a single P166MMX) but using a customized .config file and I got the
same error message.  So then I tried just a regular compile (make dep;
make bzdisk; etc.) on the desktop and that worked.  I was able to compile
the 2.2.13-7mdk kernel with no problems.  I am a bit puzzled any ideas?


2) Setting up VNC to use KDE

I must be a total idiot because everywhere I read everybody says setting
up VNC to use KDE is easy.  As suggested earlier in this list I modified
~/.vnc/xstartup so that it executes /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc
This works fine with fvwm2 and WindowMaker but not with KDE.  With KDE I
can see Xvnc startup and then die and then KDE startup and die.  The log
says:

_X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
kpanel: cannot connect to X server :1
etc. 

which just means that Xvnc died.

I also tried running KDE apps from WindowMaker and it worked fine locally
but when I try it remotely with VNC, Xvnc just dies.


Thanks,

Ivan Wagner

Re: [expert] Red Hat Security advisories

[Dana Laude]

Although I've seen this security info also, I wish that Mandrake would get
off their duff and post this info in a more "timely" manner.  It's been a few
days.  I realize that RH and Mandrake are similar, they should at the very
least announce a fix, and if you can use the RH fix, then fine..., but say
so.

Some background info: I recently switched from SuSE 6.1 to Mandrake 6.5 (ala)
6.1, and everything is well, minus some definate bug(s) regarding netscape.
(browse all day..., fine, check mail, type in password, click OK and poof!)
This is my home box btw.

The ONLY thing updated here is tossing out a 2.0 and a 2.5GB hd in favor of a
10.0GB Maxtor. (7200rpm varmit)  Btw, SuSE works fine, and so does NS. (?)
All patches applied, minus the kernel updates.

 ;)

Regards,

Dana

On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> Some security advisories that may or may not affect Mandrake users...
> (?)
> ---
> 
> 
> RedHat: Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
>   - It is
> 
> recommended that all users of bind upgrade to the latest packages

RE: [expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

[Ian Douglas]

> maybe i'm missing something.  there is no reason you can't have a
> filesystem called, say, /var/mail for the POP mailboxes.  that filesystem
> has the quota applied to it.  this should work (i've done it).

We don't want to restrict everybody's Email, just a certain group.

But how will setting up disk quota alert someone sending a huge Email to
bounce back saying their mailbox is full, stop sending messages?

RE: [expert] Netscape 4.7 (128 bit) URL display works on windows not on Linux

[Ken Wilson]

Have you checked your preferences to see whether you have Java and
Javascript enabled?

Ken Wilson
First Law of Optimisation: The speed of a non-working program is
irrelevant
(Steve Heller, 'Efficient C/C++ Programming')

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill&Virginia
Hodges



When the screen is through xferring data I can view page source which
shows the javascript and fonts.  I installed the truetype fonts required

to no avail.  If I edit my preferences/fonts
to change a font size Netscape, while looking at a blank sreen that has
completed xferring, it immediately dispays some of the text but not
graphics.

If I attempt to display these URLs on a windows98 box
with Netscape 4.7 (128) it displays and interacts OK.

[expert] Netscape 4.7 (128 bit) URL display works on windows not on Linux

[Bill&Virginia Hodges]

I am running  Mandrake Linux 6.1 and Netscape Communicator 4.7 w/128 bit

encryption.
When I log onto a certain secure site I do not see pages that
have a graphics figures on them.
When the screen is through xferring data I can view page source which
shows the javascript and fonts.  I installed the truetype fonts required

to no avail.  If I edit my preferences/fonts
to change a font size Netscape, while looking at a blank sreen that has
completed xferring, it immediately dispays some of the text but not
graphics.

If I attempt to display these URLs on a windows98 box
with Netscape 4.7 (128) it displays and interacts OK.

I have heard that a person at work doing this on Solaris also had this
problem.

Does anyone know how to make the Netscape Linux version display what the
windows
98 version does?

I cut/pasted and saved the view/page source output if someone can tell
me what to look for to investigate the situation.


Bill

Re: [expert] funny

[Steve Philp]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> RIGHT ON!  Fortunately for me, I report to a CEO who is at the same time
> computer-challenged and industry-wise.  I have begun moving Linux, NT out.  He
> is all for it, as long as it worksWHICH IT DOES!

I have the incredible luck of having a boss who tells me what she wants
and when she wants it without an edict on the how to accomplish it. 
She's highly computer-literate, but she also recognizes that the IS
department is PAID to make these kinds of decisions.  After all, we're
the ones that will have to manage, secure, and maintain the systems
after implementation.

I'm NOT arguing that Linux is the correct solution in every instance. 
If I were getting paged every Sunday night to fix a problem with one of
our Linux machines, you must realize that I'd have no second thoughts
about ripping it right back out and replacing it with something that
worked.  Fortunately, that hasn't happened for our tasks.

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

Re: [expert] funny

[timothylewis]

RIGHT ON!  Fortunately for me, I report to a CEO who is at the same time
computer-challenged and industry-wise.  I have begun moving Linux, NT out.  He
is all for it, as long as it worksWHICH IT DOES!

Tim


Steve Philp wrote:

> Christopher Cox wrote:
> >
> > Yeah, I felt a little foolish after I determined that www.redhat.org is
> > registered up to 127.0.0.1.
> >
> > But in the other hand I would not put linux on a client of mine's desk at
> > this point. Closet, yes, desk, no (Linux is replacing some NT & Unixware
> > servers). Mandrake has made some large strides in making the OS more user
> > friendy, but it seems allot less stable as well.
>
> Why not?  It's fire and forget!
>
> I did this _exact_ thing with my parents.  They use the computer for
> exactly two things:  email and web browsing.  Prior to the Linux
> Experiment, I got calls weekly about something that didn't work.  They
> don't abuse the machine, they haven't loaded anything on the machine.
> It just pukes.
>
> I put in the Linux machine, configured it once for their dialup
> connection, gave them both logins, started X, and showed them how to
> connect and start Netscape.
>
> Ameritech isn't gaining any long distance money from them calling me
> anymore.  I'm not losing my hair trying to debug the latest bits that
> ended up under the desk.  And they're damned happy!
>
> For business use, you bet I'd do it.  In a heartbeat.  The only thing
> holding me back right now is the non-availability of industry-specific
> applications.
>
> I can guarantee you that management would be extremely happy if we could
> move to another solution.  No business risk from illegal software would
> be right up there -- a local hospital recently got fined $250,000 for
> employees copying software.  No licensing issues when implementing a new
> server -- that could save us large amounts of money.  Remote
> administration, software distribution, system management.  All at zero
> cost.  I recently looked into PC-rdist for use in distribution Y2K
> patches to the 100 PCs in our shops.  Each of the solutions was
> outrageously priced considering we could do the same for _ZERO_ dollars
> on another platform.
>
> If people would look at this from a _SYSTEM MANAGEMENT_ view, they'd see
> that Linux offers tremendous value.
>
> For home users, we've been straddled with a number of issues because of
> the Windows dominance and our notion of playing fair.  Dual-booting,
> installing it themselves rather than pre-installed from a vendor, no
> vendor support for hardware, etc.
>
> Consider the possibility of Linux arriving preconfigured on your next
> machine.  That reduces the difficulty of installation problem to exactly
> nothing.  For the most part, you can download binary packages that you
> install quickly and easily.  And system cleanup through the package
> management system beats Windows uninstallers any day.  How many times
> have you looked at a drive after uninstalling a Windows application and
> STILL found remnants of it on the drive?  How many times have you been
> bitten because two applications each install their OWN, modified library
> into the system directory?  Count how many times the uninstaller just
> threw up it's hands and asked for YOUR advice about shared libraries
> that it didn't have a clue about -- do they belong to me?  can I delete
> them?  what else is going to break?
>
> It's a VERY real problem that administrators on Windows platforms face
> day in and day out.  Do YOU have time to sit and track the dependencies
> of each piece of software on the machine?  How do you explain to the
> user that while the application functions correctly for the PC across
> the hall, it doesn't work on theirs despite the fact that they're
> loading the exact same copy of the exact same application and libraries
> as that other PC (it's a network install)?
>
> I'm living this life.  I get paid well to do it, but if you think I
> don't pine for the possibility of doing it in a better way, you're
> nuts.  I'd LOVE to put stable computers in front of these people that
> don't break when I install a Microsoft-issued service pack onto a
> computer that contains nothing but Microsoft software and vendor
> drivers.
>
> > I really am hoping for Inprise to release BCB4.0 to Linux, then I suspect a
> > lot more apps will make themselves availablebut that is only a guess.
>
> I don't get this logic...  Compilers, IDEs, libraries and the rest have
> been available on Linux from the very beginning.  What sort of "magic
> bullet" is BCB4?  Is it just that it offers a pretty picture for
> programmers to look at while coding so they don't feel intimidated?
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

--
To reply to me, please remove __DIE_SPAMMERS__ from my reply-to address.

Re: [expert] Missing Memory problem HELP!!

[John Aldrich]

On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, you wrote:
> >%_OK, so I installed Mandrake 6.5 on my new Dual Processor box,
> 
> Config is as follows;
> 
> Tyan S1832DL Dual CPU motherboard (Intel BX chipset)
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1832dl.html
> 2x Intel Celeron 466 using MSI CPU Riser cards.
> Elsa Erazor III (TNT Ultra2 32MB)
> 20GB EIDE ATA66 HDD
> LS120 Floppy
> 128MB RAM PC100.
> 
> Problem is, that it only 64MB of RAM is detected by Mandrake.
> I am using the SMP Kernel 2.2.13-4MDKSMP, which works fine, giving me 933.88
> Bogomips (so that's ok).
> 
> But where has the other half of my 128MB DIMM gone to?
> 
> Any Ideas?
> 
> Regards
> 
> Matt.
> 
> 
> 
> 


Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
Content-Description: 

First, PLEASE lose the HTML. It makes your messages hard to read and
it's a waste of bandwidth.
Second, add the following to your /etc/lilo.conf file "append
'mem=128mb'" (minus double-quotes.) That should do it. Also, before
you do that, you might want to check the BIOS setup and see that it's
not got the "memory hole at 16 megs" or something about using OS/2 or
similar O/S set to "on."
John

Re: [expert] funny

[Steve Philp]

Christopher Cox wrote:
> 
> Yeah, I felt a little foolish after I determined that www.redhat.org is
> registered up to 127.0.0.1.
> 
> But in the other hand I would not put linux on a client of mine's desk at
> this point. Closet, yes, desk, no (Linux is replacing some NT & Unixware
> servers). Mandrake has made some large strides in making the OS more user
> friendy, but it seems allot less stable as well.

Why not?  It's fire and forget!

I did this _exact_ thing with my parents.  They use the computer for
exactly two things:  email and web browsing.  Prior to the Linux
Experiment, I got calls weekly about something that didn't work.  They
don't abuse the machine, they haven't loaded anything on the machine. 
It just pukes.

I put in the Linux machine, configured it once for their dialup
connection, gave them both logins, started X, and showed them how to
connect and start Netscape.  

Ameritech isn't gaining any long distance money from them calling me
anymore.  I'm not losing my hair trying to debug the latest bits that
ended up under the desk.  And they're damned happy!

For business use, you bet I'd do it.  In a heartbeat.  The only thing
holding me back right now is the non-availability of industry-specific
applications.  

I can guarantee you that management would be extremely happy if we could
move to another solution.  No business risk from illegal software would
be right up there -- a local hospital recently got fined $250,000 for
employees copying software.  No licensing issues when implementing a new
server -- that could save us large amounts of money.  Remote
administration, software distribution, system management.  All at zero
cost.  I recently looked into PC-rdist for use in distribution Y2K
patches to the 100 PCs in our shops.  Each of the solutions was
outrageously priced considering we could do the same for _ZERO_ dollars
on another platform.

If people would look at this from a _SYSTEM MANAGEMENT_ view, they'd see
that Linux offers tremendous value.

For home users, we've been straddled with a number of issues because of
the Windows dominance and our notion of playing fair.  Dual-booting,
installing it themselves rather than pre-installed from a vendor, no
vendor support for hardware, etc.

Consider the possibility of Linux arriving preconfigured on your next
machine.  That reduces the difficulty of installation problem to exactly
nothing.  For the most part, you can download binary packages that you
install quickly and easily.  And system cleanup through the package
management system beats Windows uninstallers any day.  How many times
have you looked at a drive after uninstalling a Windows application and
STILL found remnants of it on the drive?  How many times have you been
bitten because two applications each install their OWN, modified library
into the system directory?  Count how many times the uninstaller just
threw up it's hands and asked for YOUR advice about shared libraries
that it didn't have a clue about -- do they belong to me?  can I delete
them?  what else is going to break?  

It's a VERY real problem that administrators on Windows platforms face
day in and day out.  Do YOU have time to sit and track the dependencies
of each piece of software on the machine?  How do you explain to the
user that while the application functions correctly for the PC across
the hall, it doesn't work on theirs despite the fact that they're
loading the exact same copy of the exact same application and libraries
as that other PC (it's a network install)?

I'm living this life.  I get paid well to do it, but if you think I
don't pine for the possibility of doing it in a better way, you're
nuts.  I'd LOVE to put stable computers in front of these people that
don't break when I install a Microsoft-issued service pack onto a
computer that contains nothing but Microsoft software and vendor
drivers.

> I really am hoping for Inprise to release BCB4.0 to Linux, then I suspect a
> lot more apps will make themselves availablebut that is only a guess.

I don't get this logic...  Compilers, IDEs, libraries and the rest have
been available on Linux from the very beginning.  What sort of "magic
bullet" is BCB4?  Is it just that it offers a pretty picture for
programmers to look at while coding so they don't feel intimidated?  

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

Re: [expert] Missing Memory problem HELP!!

[Larry Sword]

Matthew Hart wrote:

> Thanks Steve,
>
> I have now tried that (even tried putting an append statement in the
> LILO.CONF as well).
> Unfortunately that didn't work.
>

Try checking your bios. What version do you have, the latest? Have you
though of switching the memory module to another slot? Is the total memory
counted upon initial boot up of the computer?

Bad memory module?

Larry



>
> Is this going to be a Kernel rebuild job, if so any pointers?
>
> Regards
>
> Matthew Hart
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Philp
> Sent: 14 November 1999 17:16
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Missing Memory problem HELP!!
>
> > Matthew Hart wrote:
> >
> > OK, so I installed Mandrake 6.5 on my new Dual Processor box,
> >
> > Config is as follows;
> >
> > Tyan S1832DL Dual CPU motherboard (Intel BX chipset)
> > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1832dl.html
> > 2x Intel Celeron 466 using MSI CPU Riser cards.
> > Elsa Erazor III (TNT Ultra2 32MB)
> > 20GB EIDE ATA66 HDD
> > LS120 Floppy
> > 128MB RAM PC100.
> >
> > Problem is, that it only 64MB of RAM is detected by Mandrake.
> > I am using the SMP Kernel 2.2.13-4MDKSMP, which works fine, giving me
> > 933.88 Bogomips (so that's ok).
> >
> > But where has the other half of my 128MB DIMM gone to?
>
> Try adding 'mem=128M' at the LILO prompt and see if it finds the rest.
> The input at LILO will look like:
>
> linux mem=128M
>
> --
> Steve Philp
> Network Administrator
> Advance Packaging Corporation
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Missing Memory problem HELP!!

[Steve Philp]

Matthew Hart wrote:
> 
> Thanks Steve,
> 
> I have now tried that (even tried putting an append statement in the
> LILO.CONF as well).
> Unfortunately that didn't work.
> 
> Is this going to be a Kernel rebuild job, if so any pointers?


Well, if the LILO line didn't detect it, there's something wrong further
down.

Check your BIOS to see if you have the 'Memory hole at 15M' option
turned on.  If it is, turn it off, it will cause a problem for sane
operating systems.

Beyond that, you may need to take it up with the linux-kernel mailing
list for more advice.


> > Matthew Hart wrote:
> >
> > OK, so I installed Mandrake 6.5 on my new Dual Processor box,
> >
> > Config is as follows;
> >
> > Tyan S1832DL Dual CPU motherboard (Intel BX chipset)
> > http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1832dl.html
> > 2x Intel Celeron 466 using MSI CPU Riser cards.
> > Elsa Erazor III (TNT Ultra2 32MB)
> > 20GB EIDE ATA66 HDD
> > LS120 Floppy
> > 128MB RAM PC100.
> >
> > Problem is, that it only 64MB of RAM is detected by Mandrake.
> > I am using the SMP Kernel 2.2.13-4MDKSMP, which works fine, giving me
> > 933.88 Bogomips (so that's ok).
> >
> > But where has the other half of my 128MB DIMM gone to?
> 
> Try adding 'mem=128M' at the LILO prompt and see if it finds the rest.
> The input at LILO will look like:
> 
> linux mem=128M

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

[expert] Red Hat Security advisories

[Sergio Korlowsky]

Some security advisories that may or may not affect Mandrake users...
(?)
---


RedHat: Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
  - It is

recommended that all users of bind upgrade to the latest packages

==

Cert: Advisory CA-99-14 Multiple Vulnerabilities in BIND
  - Six
vulnerabilities
have been found in BIND, the popular domain name server from the
Internet
Software Consortium. One of these vulnerabilities may allow remote
intruders
to gain privileged access to name servers

==

RedHat: Red Hat, Inc. Security Advisory
  - One
security bug and several functionality bugs have been fixed in a new
release
of initscripts

==

Serge...

Re: [expert] funny

[Christopher Cox]

Yeah, I felt a little foolish after I determined that www.redhat.org is
registered up to 127.0.0.1.

But in the other hand I would not put linux on a client of mine's desk at
this point. Closet, yes, desk, no (Linux is replacing some NT & Unixware
servers). Mandrake has made some large strides in making the OS more user
friendy, but it seems allot less stable as well.

I really am hoping for Inprise to release BCB4.0 to Linux, then I suspect a
lot more apps will make themselves availablebut that is only a guess.

Here is to wishing.

Christopher Cox



>ha this is hilarious.  Now we know who's actually
> running Mandrake and who's running that "other" O.S.
> 
>   Christopher, SHAME on you... :)

RE: [expert] Missing Memory problem HELP!!

[Matthew Hart]

Thanks Steve,

I have now tried that (even tried putting an append statement in the
LILO.CONF as well).
Unfortunately that didn't work.

Is this going to be a Kernel rebuild job, if so any pointers?

Regards

Matthew Hart

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Philp
Sent: 14 November 1999 17:16
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Missing Memory problem HELP!!


> Matthew Hart wrote:
>
> OK, so I installed Mandrake 6.5 on my new Dual Processor box,
>
> Config is as follows;
>
> Tyan S1832DL Dual CPU motherboard (Intel BX chipset)
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1832dl.html
> 2x Intel Celeron 466 using MSI CPU Riser cards.
> Elsa Erazor III (TNT Ultra2 32MB)
> 20GB EIDE ATA66 HDD
> LS120 Floppy
> 128MB RAM PC100.
>
> Problem is, that it only 64MB of RAM is detected by Mandrake.
> I am using the SMP Kernel 2.2.13-4MDKSMP, which works fine, giving me
> 933.88 Bogomips (so that's ok).
>
> But where has the other half of my 128MB DIMM gone to?

Try adding 'mem=128M' at the LILO prompt and see if it finds the rest.
The input at LILO will look like:

linux mem=128M

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

Re: [expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

[Dan Swartzendruber]

At 05:35 PM 11/14/99 +, John Buswell wrote:
>On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Ian Douglas wrote:
>
>> Anyhow, I have a feeling that setting up disk quotas is not what I need to
>> use.
>
>One thing you could do, is reconfigure your MTA (ie. sendmail, zmailer
>etc), so that it delivers mail to /home/bob/.mailbox for example, then
>simply enforce quotas on the users homedir which is quite easy to do. This
>method is used a lot by ISPs. You may have to do a little more if you are
>using a centralized NFS server to store users home directories.

maybe i'm missing something.  there is no reason you can't have a
filesystem called, say, /var/mail for the POP mailboxes.  that filesystem
has the quota applied to it.  this should work (i've done it).

Re: [expert] VNC Server

[Sridhar G]

This happens only with KDE not any other WM.

Sridhar

- Original Message -
From: Derek Simkowiak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Expert Mandrake List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, November 13, 1999 11:05 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] VNC Server


> > The Xclient file on my X11 dir is looking for etc/sysconfig/desktop
file. I
> > don't seem to have that file.
> >
> > Can anyone tell me what it contains, and if it is not critical can some
> > email me the file.
>
> I consider this a bug in Mandrake, but I am too lazy to report it.
> It is a "missing" file, but an unimportant one.
>
> First, this missing file has nothing to do with your VNC problem.
>
> Next, if the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop contains the word
> "GNOME", and you have Gnome installed, then that will be your default
> desktop environment.  If it says "KDE", and you have KDE installed, that
> will be your default desktop environment.
>
> If that file does not exist, and you have both KDE and GNOME, it
> will default to KDE (bah!).
>
> If you do not have KDE or GNOME installed, and that file does not
> exist, it tries to run AnotherLevel.  If that fails, it tries FVWM2.  See
> the file /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients for the exact script I'm talking about.
>
> Regarding the VNC problem, try restarting your Windows box...?
>
>
> --Derek
>
>

Re: [expert] Looking for module for Turtle Beach Mentego A3D sound card.

[Steve Fox]

Aureal just recently (maybe a week or two ago) just announced that they
will be releasing GPL'ed A3D and A3D2 drivers...just have patience ;)

nixien wrote:
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> In need to install sound module. I'm using Dell Dimension XpS R400 which
> came with Turtle Beach Mentego A3D sound card, PCI. I have no idea what
> sound module suitable for it and where to get it.
> I tried to recompile the kernel and gone through the sound module list in
> menuconfig. There are several sound module with montego name associated,
> would someone tell me which one is suitable for my case. There aren't
> suitable where can I get it.
> 
> Thanks in advance.
> 
> Rgds,
> Nixien

-- 

Steve Fox
http://pcxtreme.org
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Re: [expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

[John Buswell]

On Sun, 14 Nov 1999, Ian Douglas wrote:

> Anyhow, I have a feeling that setting up disk quotas is not what I need to
> use.

One thing you could do, is reconfigure your MTA (ie. sendmail, zmailer
etc), so that it delivers mail to /home/bob/.mailbox for example, then
simply enforce quotas on the users homedir which is quite easy to do. This
method is used a lot by ISPs. You may have to do a little more if you are
using a centralized NFS server to store users home directories.

regards

John I.Buswell
Development Engineer
MandrakeSoft

Re: [expert] Missing Memory problem HELP!!

[Steve Philp]

> Matthew Hart wrote:
> 
> OK, so I installed Mandrake 6.5 on my new Dual Processor box,
> 
> Config is as follows;
> 
> Tyan S1832DL Dual CPU motherboard (Intel BX chipset)
> http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1832dl.html
> 2x Intel Celeron 466 using MSI CPU Riser cards.
> Elsa Erazor III (TNT Ultra2 32MB)
> 20GB EIDE ATA66 HDD
> LS120 Floppy
> 128MB RAM PC100.
> 
> Problem is, that it only 64MB of RAM is detected by Mandrake.
> I am using the SMP Kernel 2.2.13-4MDKSMP, which works fine, giving me
> 933.88 Bogomips (so that's ok).
> 
> But where has the other half of my 128MB DIMM gone to?

Try adding 'mem=128M' at the LILO prompt and see if it finds the rest. 
The input at LILO will look like:

linux mem=128M

-- 
Steve Philp
Network Administrator
Advance Packaging Corporation
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RE: [expert] Keyboard lock

[ZeroRage]

Tried single user mode and it worked the first time, but not the second?  I
then kept trying the normal way and after a couple of tries i would
eventually get to use the keyboard, but once in the time varied as to when
it would freeze up??

Tried different keyboards and mice about to reinstall.
any last suggestions??
Thanks,
Tim

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Sent: Friday, November 12, 1999 2:13 PM
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Subject: Re: [expert] Keyboard lock



A quick guess would lead me to believe that something in your profile is
odd. Have you tried single user mode?

On Fri, 12 Nov 1999, Timothy Wojtaszek (CD) wrote:

> I have installed linux without a problem on a dozen of machines, however
> with my latest venture I get to log on but then my keyboard locks.  How
> can I get in to actually edit something???
>
> Any suggestions are appreciated,
> Tim
>
>

[expert] developers?

[Denis Havlik]

Hi

I have subscribed the "developers" mailing list on friday. To my surprise,
I have seen no e-mails from that list so far. Is the list dead, or has my
subscription gone wild?

Denis   
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[expert] disk quotas to limit mailboxes?

[Ian Douglas]

Hi all.

Kind of new to the ways of 'quota'.

I setup the disk quotas on my system as per /usr/doc/HOTWO/mini/Quota and I
guess it's going to work out.

But I'm wondering if I'm using the right tool?

Our server is going to host Email accounts for some distance education
students and we want to limit how much Email they get. I'm not sure
how/where to configure this. Originally, I thought I could create a symlink
in /var/spool/mail pointing back to their home directory but that didn't
work... sendmail detected the symlink and renamed the link in
/var/spool/mail from 'jsmith' to 'BOGUS.jsmith.' ( was four
seemingly-useless letters).

Anyhow, I have a feeling that setting up disk quotas is not what I need to
use.

Can someone help me out?

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Ian Douglas, Wild Web Services
http://www.wildwebservices.com/
ph: 613.253.3147
fx: 613.253.1029
pg: http://www.wildwebservices.com/pager.html

Re: [expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

[Tima Vaisburd]

Hi, sorry for bothering you again.

"phobet-winterchan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> The file you need to modify is "/etc/sendmail.cf".  You need to define "DS"
> in it.  So, if your ISP's relay machine was "relay.isp.com", then you would
> have the following line:
>  # "Smart" relay host (may be null)
>  DSrelay.isp.com

> prompt# /etc/rc.d/inet.d/sendmail restart

I did as you suggested. And never observed "localhost.localdomain - server
must exist" since.

However, I noticed that if I send a message to a wrong address ( due
to a typo, for instance ), the message is silently disappear, i.e.
I do not get a usual report from mail server back.

So error reporting seems to be dropped, which is dangerous. Could you
help me to fix that?

> take a ride over to http://www.sendmail.org.

Yes, I know. But it looks like a long ride...

Tima.

[expert] Missing Memory problem HELP!!

[Matthew Hart]

OK, so I installed 
Mandrake 6.5 on my new Dual Processor box,
 
Config is as 
follows;
 
Tyan S1832DL Dual 
CPU motherboard (Intel BX chipset) http://www.tyan.com/products/html/s1832dl.html
2x Intel Celeron 466 
using MSI CPU Riser cards.
Elsa Erazor III (TNT 
Ultra2 32MB)
20GB EIDE ATA66 
HDD
LS120 
Floppy
128MB RAM 
PC100.
 
Problem is, that it 
only 64MB of RAM is detected by Mandrake.
I am using the SMP 
Kernel 2.2.13-4MDKSMP, which works fine, giving me 933.88 Bogomips (so that's 
ok).
 
But where has the 
other half of my 128MB DIMM gone to?
 
Any 
Ideas?
 
Regards
 
Matt.