Re: [expert] setiathome
run setiathome --help to determine which switches you need.. then run it with those switches. On Wed, 01 Mar 2000, you wrote: > I have downloaded the vertion you said how do you get it to run?? here sorry> > > - Original Message - > From: "Alex V Flinsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 7:50 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] setiathome > > > > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > > > Hello Group, > > > Was wondering if anyone out there is running setiathome on thier > Mandrake > > > system? > > > If so which file do I need to download and how do you set it up. Oh I'm > > > running > > > > If you have a real Intel processor use i686-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1 or > > i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-static. If you are using an AMD processor then you > will > > need to use i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1 or > i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1-static, > > as the i686 versions will not correctly run on the K6 processors. > > > > > > > > > > > Mandrake 7.0-2. I found a way to clear rewriteable cd's also cange > window > > > managers > > > to blackbox and run genome toaster from there works great for me. > > > > I really don't want my genome toasted :) > > > > -- > > Alex > > 315 Seti WU's processed. > > (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life) > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LINUX - Why? Cause I dont do windows -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: [expert] Auto Log On ... is it possible?
> | Question > | > | Is it possible so that after boot, it logs on > itself as some user (not root!) > | then goes into X and KDE then starts the > application programs running without > | someone having to log it in with a username and > password. > | If the application to be executed without user intervention is text-based, not X application, you could achieve something similar with crontab. Do "man crontab". Sang = Sang Y. Yum San Diego, CA __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [expert] Network Question:
> I have 2 computers . > > 1: A mandrake 7.0 new install, 256 meg ram Ethernet Card ( System at > Work) (T-1 Line) > 2: A windows 2000 box at home which also has 256 meg ram 600 Mhz > (Modem Line For Kids) > > Is it possible that system 1 be connected to system 2 . So system 2 > can benifuit from the work T1 Line. Well, it's possible to connect system 2 to system 1 (will need some modem line on system 1, or its network, too...) but obviously you _cannot_ benefit fully of the T1 speed, because everything will be limited by your modem line's speed ... Now if your aim is only to avoid the ISP charging you for the modem connection, that's okay ... and if by chance you have a toll free number to your workplace, you may even avoid the phone line charge ... -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] One more question and a thanx too
I'm not sure how clear this is yet, so I hope this clarifies: First, the reason that you aren't supposed to run as root is because root has all the priviliges necessary to completely destroy your system. Even if you could grant another user those same privileges (and you can't; that's fundamental to the Unix security model), there would be no purpose to it: if the user "bob" had all the power of root, it would be just as wrong to run as "bob" as it currently is to run as root. If you want to give bob the ability to run certain services, then you must do two things: 1. Add bob to the root group; and 2. Ensure that the service in question has group access. For example, chmod g+r /var/log/messages chmod g+rx /sbin/linuxconf In order to actually do linuxconf sort of "stuff", though, you'll have to make all of those services available to bob as well, or you'll have to actually chmod u+s /sbin/linuxconf The latter isn't so bad as long as /sbin/linuxconf denies "o" (world) rx privileges. If the above was greek you might want to consider studying up a bit. (And perhaps it's the newbie list that you want.) On the other hand, "su" is the usual way to deal with this. I always personally just keep up a shell that is su'ed to root and when I need to do something priviliged to change into my "root" workspace and have at it. - B U T - Please keep in mind that it is, as you've heard, a very, very bad, dangerous idea to always run as root under Linux, BUT It's no *worse* than runing Windows 3.1/95/98. As anybody. The only thing that root has is the privilege to change any file or modify any service. Under the Microsoft consumer-oriented operating systems (and under Macintosh for that matter), you *always* have the ability to change any file or modify any service. If you are happy with having abolute power and you don't want to learn to live in a more constrained environment; if you don't really care that much about the risk of viruses and trojan horses; if security isn't a priority for you . . . Then just keep on running as root and don't sweat it. Increased security always implies decreased covenience, and as long as you aren't on a dedicated line (cable modem or DSL), and you aren't running any network servers, you are basically only risking your own system. And even so it's still safer than running Windows, just becuase most Linux users are being more secure than this, and this "community health" effect protects you even if you don't follow such secure practices, by discouraging virus writers from even trying, and by making them spread much less efficiently. (Sort of like how if everybody else gets innoculated it helps you.) On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: | Thanx for everybody for the answers regarding the hosts.allow and hosts.deny | files... I got them rectified... | | However, I have one more simple (?) question in regards to users privledges. | As per the instructions during installation I create a different or new user | other than root. However, I've been using root all this time for my | configuration and learning of this system. I've been told time and time | again that I shouldn't be using the root, so I went into linuxconf to change | the permissions of the one user I did create. I wanted to give that user | SuperUser access, the ability to run linuxconf, and view the system logs. | However, after setting these options, and loggin in as that user, I'm still | restricted. I cannot run linuxconf, nor can I peruse the /var/log | directory. I've gone back into linuxconf as root and the changes I made for | that user still exist as I set them, but none of them are in effect. | | I even made the user of the root group to no avail... could somebody help | me out either by telling me what I'm missing, or at least direct me in the | correct direction for solving this little mystery? | | thanx | | Joseph E. Sheble | a.k.a. Wizaerd | Wizaerd's Realm | http://www.wizaerd.com | Featuring 3D, Canvas, and ColdFusion | | CF Developer for iTOOL.com | http://www.itool.com | Build Your WebSite Today! | -- I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger). I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I support http://www.eff.org & http://www.programming-freedom.org . I boycott amazon.com. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html .
Re: [expert] cdrecord problem with Mdk 7.0
Check out the howto (which unfortunately doesn't seem to be in the Mandrake 7.0 installation). And the ansser is yes, that burns it. To copy, you can just extract the bits with dd if=/dev/cdrom of=image-file and then re-burn them with cdrecord dev=0,0 speed=4 image-file [In theory; haven't had a reason to do this yet myself.] On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, you wrote: | Alex, | | You sound knowledgeable about CD burning...maybe you could lend some advice. | | I recently got a CD-RW drive, but I haven't yet burned a CD in Linux. | | Does the command "mkisofs -J -r | cdrecord -v fs=8m ..." make an ISO | filesystem on the CD-R and then burn the contents of onto the newly | formatted CD? | | What is the best way to make an "exact" copy of a CD in Linux (including the | CD boot sector, etc.)? I only have one CD drive (my CD-RW drive), and I'm | trying to avoid the graphical frontends for now. | | | Thanks, | Matt | | | | | >From: Alex ZIJDENBOS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >Subject: [expert] cdrecord problem with Mdk 7.0 | >Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 09:20:43 -0500 | > | >I upgraded from Mdk 6.1 to 7.0 this weekend, and ran into a rather odd | >problem with cdrecord. I have a script that burns data CDs by piping | >stdout of mkisofs straight into cdrecord, like | > | >mkisofs -J -r | cdrecord -v fs=8m ... | > | >However, with the Mdk7 rpm for cdrecord, this produces a corrupt CD! | >It works fine if you create an image explicitly, but using a pipe like | >this results in binary corruption of the individual files. The | >file/dir structure looks OK though. | > | >I uninstalled the Mdk7 rpm and installed the latest cdrecord tarball | >(cdrecord-1.8.1a01.tar.gz), and now things work fine again. | > | >Has anybody else seen this? | > | >-- Alex | | __ | Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger). I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I support http://www.eff.org & http://www.programming-freedom.org . I boycott amazon.com. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html .
Re: [expert] Auto Log On ... is it possible?
You would probably have more luck if you set your run-level down to 3 to inhibit kdm/xdm. Then you should be able to just "su" to whomever at the end of rc.local and "startx" . . . . or, perhaps better, set up a "startuser" script that is SUID to the desired user and have *that* do a startx. This is theory, of course. I've never done such a thing myself. On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: | When my Linux box boots up I have it go directly into X, I then have to log | on to get a KDE desktop, and run any application programs in the autostart | folder ( which display status information on the VDU ). | | Question | | Is it possible so that after boot, it logs on itself as some user (not root!) | then goes into X and KDE then starts the application programs running without | someone having to log it in with a username and password. | | regards | Melvyn Pearce | [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger). I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I support http://www.eff.org & http://www.programming-freedom.org . I boycott amazon.com. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html .
Re: [expert] LM 7.0 SCSI Install
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: | Ron, | | Just install as follows. (you can vary it after the swap | and / partitions.) | | sda1 - swap, 110M. | sda2 - / (root) 400M | sda3 - /usr 3000M | sda4 - extended partion for remainder of hd | sda5 - /home (whatever amount) | sda6 - /opt (same as above) | -- etc, you might want a seperate /var, etc. .. . . and if you have separate /var and /tmp partitions, then 64M is more than generous as a size for /. .. . . and it's a Really Good Idea to put /usr and /usr/local on seperate partiions; that way, when you upgrade you can let it blap all over /usr with impunity without trashing /usr/local. | | Basically, it depends on what your going to | do with the system. (workstation, server, etc.) | | The key is the first 2 partitions, notice how | they reside within the hd limit. ;) | | Regards, | | Dana | | "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: | > | > Hello All!! | > | > I have don tons and tons and tons of linux installs (from Slackware to | > RH and now LM) on local IDE drives (hda/hdb etc..) | > I am currently seeking info on how to get LM installed on a 9gb SCSI | > drive. | > I am able to boot the cdrom, load my scsi drive, see my scsi disks | > install the os | > to the scsi disk, install lilo. | > when I reboot I get the infamous "LI" and wham it hangs, nothing more | > and nothing less. What am I missing here? could this be the 1024 | > cylinder problem? if so, resolutions? ( I know, go ahead and flame me | > with read the HOW-TO's etc..) -- I am "Brian, the man from babble-on" (Brian T. Schellenberger). I can be reached at [EMAIL PROTECTED] . I support http://www.eff.org & http://www.programming-freedom.org . I boycott amazon.com. See http://www.gnu.org/philosophy/amazon.html .
Re: [expert] LM 7.0 SCSI Install
It would help if you posted your LILO script and your maching specs. Try starting the partition from a floppy [load lilo unto a floppy your next "upteenth" install :)]. > I have don tons and tons and tons of linux installs (from Slackware to > RH and now LM) on local IDE drives (hda/hdb etc..) > I am currently seeking info on how to get LM installed on a 9gb SCSI > drive. > I am able to boot the cdrom, load my scsi drive, see my scsi disks > install the os > to the scsi disk, install lilo. > when I reboot I get the infamous "LI" and wham it hangs, nothing more > and nothing less. What am I missing here? could this be the 1024 > cylinder problem? if so, resolutions? ( I know, go ahead and flame me > with read the HOW-TO's etc..)
Re: [expert] LM 7.0 SCSI Install
Ron, Just install as follows. (you can vary it after the swap and / partitions.) sda1 - swap, 110M. sda2 - / (root) 400M sda3 - /usr 3000M sda4 - extended partion for remainder of hd sda5 - /home (whatever amount) sda6 - /opt (same as above) -- etc, you might want a seperate /var, etc. Basically, it depends on what your going to do with the system. (workstation, server, etc.) The key is the first 2 partitions, notice how they reside within the hd limit. ;) Regards, Dana "Ronald J. Yacketta" wrote: > > Hello All!! > > I have don tons and tons and tons of linux installs (from Slackware to > RH and now LM) on local IDE drives (hda/hdb etc..) > I am currently seeking info on how to get LM installed on a 9gb SCSI > drive. > I am able to boot the cdrom, load my scsi drive, see my scsi disks > install the os > to the scsi disk, install lilo. > when I reboot I get the infamous "LI" and wham it hangs, nothing more > and nothing less. What am I missing here? could this be the 1024 > cylinder problem? if so, resolutions? ( I know, go ahead and flame me > with read the HOW-TO's etc..)
Re: [expert] cdrecord problem with Mdk 7.0
On Mon, Feb 28, 2000 at 05:44:35PM +, M Thompson wrote: | Alex, | | You sound knowledgeable about CD burning...maybe you could lend some advice. | | I recently got a CD-RW drive, but I haven't yet burned a CD in Linux. | | Does the command "mkisofs -J -r | cdrecord -v fs=8m ..." make an ISO | filesystem on the CD-R and then burn the contents of onto the newly | formatted CD? Correct. Works really nicely, except when you (as I wrote) use the Mdk7 rpm for cdrecord. I'm attaching cdroast.pl, a perl script that I wrote specifically to do command-line CD burning operations, which I thought might be of general interest. One catch: you'll need Greg Ward's MNI perl libary and Getopt::Tabular module, both of which you can get from ftp://ftp.bic.mni.mcgill.ca/pub/perl/. If anything, cdroast.pl may provide you with examples on how to use mkisofs/cdrecord. Note that it has a few hacks that are machine-specific. | What is the best way to make an "exact" copy of a CD in Linux (including the | CD boot sector, etc.)? I only have one CD drive (my CD-RW drive), and I'm | trying to avoid the graphical frontends for now. You can find all this info in the CD-Writing HOWTO: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO.html -- Alex cdroast.pl
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
>Be aware Slackware is BSD-flavored Linux and not Sys-V >flavored Linux like RedHat/Mandrake/SuSE. If you do >not know what I am talking about, you will soon find >out... hehehehehehe. :-) > Bare with my ignorance for a minute, what is the difference? Thanx, SA __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[Cooker] #Linux-Mandrake IRC Channel
Hi, I started a new channel on openprojects called #Linux-Mandrake. A channel were all us Linux-Mandrake enthusiasts can chat about the latest cooker or how kernel 2.4 is going to "sweet" and xfree86 4.0 will make use of that ge force card you got, and so we can help out some new people into Linux-Mandrake. Please don't get discourages if you only see a few people on. The channel is new, so please park there to show your support. I already wrote an irc bot for the channel (database is postgresql, web interface is php3/pgsql). We are looking for ops, so send me an e-mail if you are worthy candidate. Happy IRCing, Nitin Bhatia -==Where I want to go today is Linux.=-- -- Nitin Raja Bhatia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> #Linux-Mandrake on irc.openprojects.net
[expert] LM 7.0 SCSI Install
Hello All!! I have don tons and tons and tons of linux installs (from Slackware to RH and now LM) on local IDE drives (hda/hdb etc..) I am currently seeking info on how to get LM installed on a 9gb SCSI drive. I am able to boot the cdrom, load my scsi drive, see my scsi disks install the os to the scsi disk, install lilo. when I reboot I get the infamous "LI" and wham it hangs, nothing more and nothing less. What am I missing here? could this be the 1024 cylinder problem? if so, resolutions? ( I know, go ahead and flame me with read the HOW-TO's etc..) Regards, Ron
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> Mandrake 7.0-2. I found a way to clear rewriteable cd's also cange window > managers > to blackbox and run genome toaster from there works great for me. I really don't want my genome toasted :) funny very funny!
[expert] printing with Ghostscript 6.0
I downloaded and installed ghostscipt 6.0 wiht ML7.02 and tried to set up my Epson Stylus 860 color printer. I checked the printer database by G. Taylor and found both stc2 and stc2_h are working for this printer. I did make the printer print postscript files by using PDQ (and xpdq). However, I couldn't o make it print the same files through lpd. I checked the ps-to-printer.fpi. It seems to me that the gs command did not write anything to the tmp file. But when took the same command out of ps-to-printer.fpi and ran it as shell command or script, it could convert the ps file and write it to the tmp file. Is there any file-writing permission involved here or the ps-to-printer.fpi needs to be modified? Thanks.
Re: [expert] resetting hosts.allow and deny files
> iTOOL wrote: > > > > If I make changes to the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files, do I have to > > rebbot for these changes to take effect or is there a service (such as > > INETD) that I need to kill and re-start? > Myles Vredenburg answered: > > No need to restart any daemons or reboot for the changes to take effect. > You do not have to restart inetd, but you have to force it to reread the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files. Send it a hangup signal. prompt# killall -HUP inetd will do it. Of course, restarting the inetd daemon or rebooting the computer will also do it, but it's overkill. -- Ramon Gandia ---Sysadmin --- http://www.nook.net 285 West 1st Avenue ISP for Western Alaska P.O. Box 970 tel. 907-443-7575 Nome, Alaska 99762fax. 907-443-2487 ===
Re: [expert] setiathome
I have downloaded the vertion you said how do you get it to run?? - Original Message - From: "Alex V Flinsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 7:50 PM Subject: Re: [expert] setiathome > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > > Hello Group, > > Was wondering if anyone out there is running setiathome on thier Mandrake > > system? > > If so which file do I need to download and how do you set it up. Oh I'm > > running > > If you have a real Intel processor use i686-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1 or > i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-static. If you are using an AMD processor then you will > need to use i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1 or i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1-static, > as the i686 versions will not correctly run on the K6 processors. > > > > > > Mandrake 7.0-2. I found a way to clear rewriteable cd's also cange window > > managers > > to blackbox and run genome toaster from there works great for me. > > I really don't want my genome toasted :) > > -- > Alex > 315 Seti WU's processed. > (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life) >
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
I believe that Slackware is distributed in "Disk Sets". The newer one comes on CD, but is or should still be broken down into individual disk sets comprised of a stack of 1.44's. Example, the base system including the kernel, login etc. is disk set A, and used to be about 4 floppies. You load those in, then disk set C, E, N whatever you want. Just keep feeding it floppies. :-) Slackware, like all other distros, can be obtained on $1.99 CD from Cheapbytes and their ilk. I'd spend the bucks and investigate this. I used to use Slackware back in 1994. I do not think anything has changed in this regards. It actually is a good system that has stood the test of time. Be aware Slackware is BSD-flavored Linux and not Sys-V flavored Linux like RedHat/Mandrake/SuSE. If you do not know what I am talking about, you will soon find out... hehehehehehe. :-) The home of Slackware is http://www.cdrom.com It is also the home of FreeBSD. Nice site. -- Ramon Gandia ---Sysadmin --- http://www.nook.net 285 West 1st Avenue ISP for Western Alaska P.O. Box 970 tel. 907-443-7575 Nome, Alaska 99762fax. 907-443-2487 ===
Re: [expert] setiathome
- Original Message - From: Ralph | byte-runner | <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 6:35 PM Subject: [expert] setiathome > Hello Group, > Was wondering if anyone out there is running setiathome on thier Mandrake > system? > If so which file do I need to download and how do you set it up. Oh I'm > running > Mandrake 7.0-2. www.linuxnetmag.de/en/ has a seti@home howto article in German in issue #3. I just finished editing the English version, so that should be up soon. Until then, you could use babelfish or http://www.freetranslation.com/ Hoyt __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [expert] setiathome
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > Hello Group, > Was wondering if anyone out there is running setiathome on thier Mandrake > system? > If so which file do I need to download and how do you set it up. Oh I'm > running If you have a real Intel processor use i686-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1 or i686-pc-linux-gnulibc1-static. If you are using an AMD processor then you will need to use i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1 or i386-pc-linux-gnu-gnulibc2.1-static, as the i686 versions will not correctly run on the K6 processors. > Mandrake 7.0-2. I found a way to clear rewriteable cd's also cange window > managers > to blackbox and run genome toaster from there works great for me. I really don't want my genome toasted :) -- Alex 315 Seti WU's processed. (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
RE: [expert] setiathome
I have used the glibc_2.x and it works well. I have two linux boxes running it. Lyle -Original Message- From: Ralph | byte-runner | [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 5:36 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] setiathome Hello Group, Was wondering if anyone out there is running setiathome on thier Mandrake system? If so which file do I need to download and how do you set it up. Oh I'm running Mandrake 7.0-2. I found a way to clear rewriteable cd's also cange window managers to blackbox and run genome toaster from there works great for me. Ralph
Re: [expert] setiathome
I downloaded the linux glib version and installed in my home directory and pointed a startup script to it within that diectory upon system startup... dave On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > Hello Group, > Was wondering if anyone out there is running setiathome on thier Mandrake > system? > If so which file do I need to download and how do you set it up. Oh I'm > running > Mandrake 7.0-2. I found a way to clear rewriteable cd's also cange window > managers > to blackbox and run genome toaster from there works great for me. > > Ralph -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LINUX - Why? Cause I dont do windows -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: [expert] Netscape and java
Kevin Venkiteswaran wrote: > > > I know, I know, Java on Netscape for Unix bites. BUT, say I wanted to > > test it out. I've uninstalled the 4.70 NS files (both common and > > communicator) from my system and installed the tarball from Netscape of > > the 128-bit version. Call me silly, but if I'm entitle to good crypto, > > I'm gonna use it. > > > > All is normal, or as normal as NS gets. Then, I turn on Java and go to > > a site with an applet. I get the error that java40.jar is not in the > > CLASSPATH. Where is the CLASSPATH located and how can I change it to > > point to my directory of java classes? I would have thought the > > supposedly automatic ns-install shell script would do that for me, but > > apparently not. > > > > Any help? Am I missing something obvious here? > > You shouldnt have to set it to get netscape to work. Im running 4.7 > (and have run numerous other versions) and never had to use the > variable. However, you can set it (in your shell initialization script, > for example) to point to the java40.jar located somewhere beneath the > netscape lib directory (/usr/lib/netscape/java/classes/ on my machine). > > Good luck, > Kevin. Set MOZILLA_HOME to the directory where the netscape binary lives. For example, #!/bin/sh export MOZILLA_HOME=/usr/lib/netscape exec /usr/lib/netscape/netscape $@
Re: [expert] resetting hosts.allow and deny files
iTOOL wrote: > > If I make changes to the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files, do I have to > rebbot for these changes to take effect or is there a service (such as > INETD) that I need to kill and re-start? > > thanx > > Joseph E. Sheble > a.k.a. Wizaerd > Wizaerd's Realm > http://www.wizaerd.com > Featuring 3D, Canvas, and ColdFusion > > CF Developer for iTOOL.com > http://www.itool.com > Build Your WebSite Today! > No need to restart any daemons or reboot for the changes to take effect. Myles
Re: [expert] One more question and a thanx too
Joe Sheble wrote: > > I have used su during some of my configuration, so I'm familiar with it. > However, it doesn't really answer my question on how to change (and have > them take effect) user permissions for a user, to grant him the SuperUser > access. I am aghast. What you set out is exactly the only purpose of su (when used without any argument). That is why it exists! What is your concept of the function of su? If you are using KDE, try K, System, File Manager (super-user access). >From that you can generate new windows and New terminals ad infinitum. In this mode, right click on any KFM icon, select Properties, Permissions tab, and a normal user as super-user can permanently change any permissions in the whole system. It helps to have a very distintive theme set up for user "root", because then these super-user windows and terminals will use the root theme. -- Regards, Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
- Original Message - From: Sergio P. Korlowsky To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 2:58 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Floppy install??? Sean Armstrong wrote: Sorry if this message is off topic. I was wondering if it was possible to install the bare minimum onto a laptop with floppies, since this is the only drive I have to use on an install. If this is possible, what files do I need for this and if there is a good info page to explain this I would like to know where to find it. I really appreciate this. Given that criteria, I would use muLinux http://mulinux.nevalabs.org/ However, too many commands are emulated for me to feel comfortable with, so I might "unpack" the files from the PeanutLinux boot/rescue set onto the drive and try to get it to run from the hard drive. But muLinux will be your best bet. Hoyt Hoyt __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [expert] ghostscript-5.50-4mdk
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > How do you get ghostscript to work? I've been trying to print with my 600c > for weeks. I don't know how to set my printer up to use ghostscript when I > go to print in an application. > > An intelligent filter chooser script sets up the exact path of filtration used to send data to printers. Your part in this is to run printtool as root and choose the appropriate filter for your printer. Out of printtool you should see a driver for the HP 6xxC printers among others. If that doesn't work, then try reloading your printer packages and ghostscript rpms. Civileme > - Original Message - > From: WH Bouterse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 1:29 PM > Subject: [expert] ghostscript-5.50-4mdk > > > > I recently installed the cooker ghostscriptmdk rpms > > > > They seem to have working support for even more > > printers including my HP855C. This time for real! > > > > Thought some of you might want to verify this who have not > > had much luck with the "enhanced" drivers. > > > > The rpms installed fine on my LM7.0/cooker and LM 6.1 machines. > > > > It would be nice to finally start getting some of the capabilities > > out of these older but decent printers that show up in M$ with > > better printing than in Linux. > > > > Mine appears to be working better now in Linux > > than before anyway unless its my imagination. > > > > William Bouterse > > Presently in Juneau Alaska > >
Re: [expert] cdrecord problem with Mdk 7.0
Trevor Farrell wrote: > > At risk of prolonging this agony further, I too have been unable to get a > cd burn with my new Ver 7.0-2 install. I have an LG CED 8042B 4x4x24 IDE > cd rw, which the install correctly identified. The install also faked some > sort of IDE-SCSI translation so the system "thinks" this is a SCSI drive. ALL CD writers use the SCSI command set. Fact. If it is an ATAPI (IDE) CD writer, that only means that the SCSI command set is transmitted to the device through an IDE interface, and a SCSI adapter is not needed. This is what the ide-scsi module sets up for you. While it then behaves like a SCSI device (try cdrecord -scanbus) it really is not! But ATAPI does represent a step towards industry-wide convergence of SCSI and IDE. -- Regards, Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
[expert] setiathome
Hello Group, Was wondering if anyone out there is running setiathome on thier Mandrake system? If so which file do I need to download and how do you set it up. Oh I'm running Mandrake 7.0-2. I found a way to clear rewriteable cd's also cange window managers to blackbox and run genome toaster from there works great for me. Ralph
[expert] Auto Log On ... is it possible?
When my Linux box boots up I have it go directly into X, I then have to log on to get a KDE desktop, and run any application programs in the autostart folder ( which display status information on the VDU ). Question Is it possible so that after boot, it logs on itself as some user (not root!) then goes into X and KDE then starts the application programs running without someone having to log it in with a username and password. regards Melvyn Pearce [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Setting up FTP server
Title: Setting up FTP server I am a newbie to the linux world and would like to set up Linux Mandrake 7.02 as an FTP server. I would like to allow anonymous and user logins. I had the built in FTP server running last night but it would not allow for the anonymous logins and when I logged in as a user it would give me access to everything (including root). What I would like is to have a directory with a few subdirectories that can be accessed via FTP with the rest of my partitions being secure. I can set aside an entire partition if necessary. (If I set aside a partition do I use /home /user /temp?) I wouldn't mind even setting up a mirror for the .iso for Linux-Mandrake if I can get it running securely. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Michael Seynour (I know how to do this in Windows NT IIS but I'm trying to get away from paying homage to the alter of the Gates)
Re: [expert] ghostscript-5.50-4mdk
How do you get ghostscript to work? I've been trying to print with my 600c for weeks. I don't know how to set my printer up to use ghostscript when I go to print in an application. - Original Message - From: WH Bouterse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 1:29 PM Subject: [expert] ghostscript-5.50-4mdk > I recently installed the cooker ghostscriptmdk rpms > > They seem to have working support for even more > printers including my HP855C. This time for real! > > Thought some of you might want to verify this who have not > had much luck with the "enhanced" drivers. > > The rpms installed fine on my LM7.0/cooker and LM 6.1 machines. > > It would be nice to finally start getting some of the capabilities > out of these older but decent printers that show up in M$ with > better printing than in Linux. > > Mine appears to be working better now in Linux > than before anyway unless its my imagination. > > William Bouterse > Presently in Juneau Alaska >
[expert] Using Ipfoward
question: I have an Hp-Envizex xterminal , whih is connected to our network. The Xtermina is used to nfs to my linux box. Since nfs is so slow. could I install anothe nic into my linux box , and ipfowar to my Xterminal. regards.
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
Sean Armstrong wrote: Sorry if this message is off topic. I was wondering if it was possible to install the bare minimum onto a laptop with floppies, since this is the only drive I have to use on an install. If this is possible, what files do I need for this and if there is a good info page to explain this I would like to know where to find it. I really appreciate this. Thanx, SA __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com I think you better try one of the tiny linux distributions.thete are available several that fit in a floppy or two.good luckSergio Korlowsky
Re: [expert] Network Question:
Al Smith wrote: > Yes it is possible if you use IP masquarding and such. > > -Al I will nedd 2 nic . so in my /etc/rc.d/rc.local ipchains -P foward DENY ipcaahains -A foward -i eth1 -j MASQ echo 1 >/proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_foward
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
- Original Message - From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 1:49 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Floppy install??? > On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > > Try the following URL: > > http://www.toms.net/rb/ > > > > You could also plug your laptop into a network and run the installation from > > a network. > > > I ran into a situation this weekend where Tom's root/boot > disk might have helped... IF it supports SCSI. DOES Tom's > Root/Boot disk support SCSI drives? I had some problems > booting my system last weekend and wanted to run e2fsck on > the SCSI drive, but didn't have my system boot floppy which > has a kernel with SCSI support on it, and the RedHat boot & > rescue disks don't support SCSI, so I was in trouble. You can modify your boot disk to act as a rescue disk. Essentially, you want the appropriate tools on the floppy and need to modify init.rd to make the floppy mount as / rather than /dev/hdx. Hoyt "Preparation for a disaster is 110% of it." __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [expert] ghostscript-5.50-4mdk
- Original Message - From: WH Bouterse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 1:29 PM Subject: [expert] ghostscript-5.50-4mdk > I recently installed the cooker ghostscriptmdk rpms > > They seem to have working support for even more > printers including my HP855C. This time for real! > And now, cooker has ghostscript 6.0 rpms. Hoyt __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [expert] Network Question:
> > I have 2 computers . > > > > 1: A mandrake 7.0 new install, 256 meg ram Ethernet Card ( System at > > Work) (T-1 Line) > > 2: A windows 2000 box at home which also has 256 meg ram 600 Mhz > > (Modem Line For Kids) > > > > Is it possible that system 1 be connected to system 2 . So system 2 > > can benifuit from the work T1 Line. You can do a mini-ISP thing. Get a Web Ramp. The model with external modems is fine, like the 300e or 310e. use a single modem. Your home computer then dials into the webramp via its regular modem/phone line. The webramp answers and puts you on the ethernet at the office. How you go from there is up to you. http://www.rampnet.com Its a small box, size of a paperback or cigar box. It has 3 serial ports for up to three modems. Other end has a small ethernet hub. It is a complete dial in/dial out and IP Masquerade solution in a small box with no moving parts. About $300, far cheaper than a computer. From the ethernet side it is managed via a built-in web server interface. Out of the box it is 192.168.1.1, but that can be changed easily. There are several models; be sure you get one that allows dial-in. You can do the same thing with an older 486 or Pentium box running IPMasquerade, Coyote Linux, Linux Router Project or FreeSCO (Linux based) or IPRoute (MSDOS based). Of those, it seems Coyote has its act put together the best. I am playing with one here right now. Coyote does ether-ether and does not do PPP, but the others all do ether-ether, ether-PPP or PPP-PPP. In my experience, using a dedicated box like the WebRamp is a better solution if it fits your requirements. Cisco, Bay, Ascend and others make similar equipment. -- Ramon Gandia = Sysadmin == Nook Net http://www.nook.net[EMAIL PROTECTED] 285 West First Avenue tel. 907-443-7575 P.O. Box 970 fax. 907-443-2487 Nome, Alaska 99762-0970 Alaska Toll Free. 888-443-7525
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > Try the following URL: > http://www.toms.net/rb/ > > You could also plug your laptop into a network and run the installation from > a network. > I ran into a situation this weekend where Tom's root/boot disk might have helped... IF it supports SCSI. DOES Tom's Root/Boot disk support SCSI drives? I had some problems booting my system last weekend and wanted to run e2fsck on the SCSI drive, but didn't have my system boot floppy which has a kernel with SCSI support on it, and the RedHat boot & rescue disks don't support SCSI, so I was in trouble. John
Re: [expert] Monitor config Problems
On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 08:20:24PM +1100, Ron Stodden wrote: > Ivan Trail wrote: > > More bpp means more memory > > needed right? If you put pencil to paper you get 2,621,440 megabytes for the > > 1280x1024 resolution in 16bpp definition. Well within the 4M memory capacity. > > You need to read the Video-Timings HOWTO to get the real formula. The > real one allows for the overscans and sync pulses that are necessary and > will soon show you how inadequate 4Mb is, for very good reason. The > scanned raster is much bigger than what you see on the screen. 4 meg should really be enough for 1280x1024 x 16bpp. I ran this configuration on a 4 meg card for a few years before upgrading. - rick -- Richard Kilgore | [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Developer | http://lore.ece.utexas.edu/~rkilgore/ Graduate Student in Computer Engineering
[expert] ghostscript-5.50-4mdk
I recently installed the cooker ghostscriptmdk rpms They seem to have working support for even more printers including my HP855C. This time for real! Thought some of you might want to verify this who have not had much luck with the "enhanced" drivers. The rpms installed fine on my LM7.0/cooker and LM 6.1 machines. It would be nice to finally start getting some of the capabilities out of these older but decent printers that show up in M$ with better printing than in Linux. Mine appears to be working better now in Linux than before anyway unless its my imagination. William Bouterse Presently in Juneau Alaska
[expert] Network Question:
let me correct what I just sent. if the 2 machines aren't at the same location you might have a problem and it could be costly with having to purchasing routers and such. -Al > I have 2 computers . > > 1: A mandrake 7.0 new install, 256 meg ram Ethernet Card ( System at > Work) (T-1 Line) > 2: A windows 2000 box at home which also has 256 meg ram 600 Mhz > (Modem Line For Kids) > > Is it possible that system 1 be connected to system 2 . So system 2 > can benifuit from the work T1 Line. > > >
[expert] Network Question:
Yes it is possible if you use IP masquarding and such. -Al
Re: [expert] Linux Mail Server Synchronisation
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > > 2) Worst case scenario is that our public facing linux box gets hacked, and > > taken down completely - what's the best way of backing this up to ensure > > minimum downtime - we'd ideally like to have a 'backup' linux box that > > mirrors itself from the main one, and will allow us to switch to it in the > > case of the main box going down.. is this possible? What are the implications? I'm new to NFS, but I have always entertianed the idea of keeping mailboxes on NFS, then using round-robin DNS to keep several smtp and pop/imap servers available, though I'd like to hear what people have to say about locking issues. A friend and I suggested this to a Solaris team administering a medium sized university mail-server. They declined, and instead seem content shutting down a huge Sun server every week or so to add memory and disk space. This way, you can offer very scalable and redundant mail services (pop/imap/smtp) and have the shared disk space on a dedicated machine(s) that can have robust disk services. Actually, you can probably do this quite easily w/ 2 machines to start. One machine that the clients access and which really only needs a moderate cpu and decent memory. The 2nd can be a tower w/ a nice RAID card doing various levels of RAID on some reliable hot-swappable IBM disks. A few grand, or less maybe, could easily get you off of the ground running and ready for what comes your way 24/7 and room for growth on commodity hardware... ;) -- William Ahern MIS, JINSA - JINSA Online http://www.jinsa.org/ -
Re: [expert] Adding ttf fonts
"Istvan B." wrote: > > I hev just signed up to this list, although I've been using > Mandrake for about 8 months now (RedHat before), so I'm not > really sure if this is an already over-discussed issue (I could > imagine it to be). I've also sent this message to both expert and > newbie, because I haven't receive enough mails yet to find out > which is more useful. > I have downloaded ttf fonts from the web, You can use the ttf-package on Mandrake's CD and then run "mkttfdir". The mkttfdir command is into a strange package: perlftlib. bye, Andrea
Re: [expert] One more question and a thanx too
iTOOL wrote: > > However, I have one more simple (?) question in regards to users privledges. > As per the instructions during installation I create a different or new user > other than root. However, I've been using root all this time for my > configuration and learning of this system. I've been told time and time > again that I shouldn't be using the root, so I went into linuxconf to change > the permissions of the one user I did create. I wanted to give that user > SuperUser access, the ability to run linuxconf, and view the system logs. > However, after setting these options, and loggin in as that user, I'm still > restricted. I cannot run linuxconf, nor can I peruse the /var/log > directory. I've gone back into linuxconf as root and the changes I made for > that user still exist as I set them, but none of them are in effect. Welcome to the inconsistent world of linuxconf tool. It is crappy even though RedHat and Co. seem to have a different opinion. I abandoned it for direct/manual script file configuration,and then that too for SuSE, and YAST - simply amazing/versatile config. powers
[expert] Network Question:
I have 2 computers . 1: A mandrake 7.0 new install, 256 meg ram Ethernet Card ( System at Work) (T-1 Line) 2: A windows 2000 box at home which also has 256 meg ram 600 Mhz (Modem Line For Kids) Is it possible that system 1 be connected to system 2 . So system 2 can benifuit from the work T1 Line.
Re: [expert] Linux Mail Server Synchronisation
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > We're thinking of moving the majority of our customers' mail to linux, and > a few issues have come up: This email comes to you from a mandrake box's sendmail :) > 1)How secure is sendmail 8.6.9 ? What are the main things we need to do to > secure our public facing linux mail server? Make sure that spammers can't use your mail server as a relay. Make sure the box runs a minimal set of services (if your not using a daemon, kill it and take it out of your init). Use SSH instead of telnet. > 2)Worst case scenario is that our public facing linux box gets hacked, and > taken down completely - what's the best way of backing this up to ensure > minimum downtime - we'd ideally like to have a 'backup' linux box that > mirrors itself from the main one, and will allow us to switch to it in the > case of the main box going down.. is this possible? What are the implications? You could use tripwire to ensure that if you are forced to bring a compromised box back online, that at least the 'system' files are OK. Three things you don't wanna lose on a mail server: sendmail configuration (the m4 files - hard to rebuild from memory after you've tweaked 'em), your users mailboxes (they scream when they can't get the joke of the day), and your password files (/etc/passwd /etc/group /etc/shadow). With just those three things, you can recreate your mail server on a new/spare box. Syncing the 'live' and 'spare' boxes is either a really good idea or a complete waste of time, depending on your POV. I'm siding with the latter. > 3)If our main linux box got hacked, is a switched hub enough to protect us > from a potential hacker being able to packet sniff our entire network? Not really. What you want to do is isolate your mail server from your local network. Here's kinda how we did it here: (best viewed in courier) --- <- the internet | gateway | --- <- intermediate | | firewall mail | --- <- localnet Note: The 'intermediate' network is still 100% live routable IPs. We know these boxes might be compromised, so we keep 'em off the local network. The firewall is another linux box doing masquerading with ipchains. Good stuff. > Any input much appreciated > > JL If anyone knows better than I, I'm all ears. --MikeK "This above all, to thine own self be true."
Re: [expert] Looking for more detailed information on installing Linux Mandrakewith Promise Ultra 66 card.
Please check out the following URL: It is a SxS that I wrote. Axalon, when will Mandrake incorporate the Andre Hedrick patch into the default MDK kernel and the default MDK kernel source? http://users.nf/linux/addenda6.htm Some other good links are: http://users.nf/linux/addenda21.htm http://www.moisty.org/~brion/linux/Ultra-DMA.html http://users.nf/linux/ultra66.htm HTH, Matt >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [expert] Looking for more detailed information on installing Linux >Mandrake with Promise Ultra 66 card. >Date: Mon, 28 Feb 2000 19:21:19 -0500 (EST) > >I don't have linux previously installed, and all I have is a Linux Mandrake >7 CD, what parameters can I use or what boot disk will work with it, to get >it to see the Ultra66 card? > >Thanks.. > >Peter > > >++ >Peter DeSimone > >Email Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Web Address: Http://www.bigfoot.com/~desimonp > >ICQ: 20177836 >AOL Instant Messenger: Peterdesi1 > >++ > >--- >Get free personalized email at http://www.iname.com __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
Try the following URL: http://www.toms.net/rb/ You could also plug your laptop into a network and run the installation from a network. HTH, Matt >From: Cajus Pollmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] Floppy install??? >Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 11:00:06 +0100 > >On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Sean Armstrong wrote: > >Sorry if this message is off topic. I was wondering if it was possible to > >install the bare minimum onto a laptop with floppies, since this is the >only > >drive I have to use on an install. If this is possible, what files do I >need > >for this and if there is a good info page to explain this I would like to > >know where to find it. I really appreciate this. > >Thanx, > >SA > >Try i.e. "mulinux" or "tinylinux" You can install a minimum Linux system >with >mulinux. It supports a compiler/XFree disk, too. > >But this has nothing to do with mandrake, so maybe this answer doesn't help >you. > >-Cajus > __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
Re: [expert] cdrecord problem with Mdk 7.0
On Tue, Feb 29, 2000 at 11:50:55PM +1100, Trevor Farrell wrote: | At risk of prolonging this agony further, I too have been unable to get a | cd burn with my new Ver 7.0-2 install. I have an LG CED 8042B 4x4x24 IDE | cd rw, which the install correctly identified. The install also faked some | sort of IDE-SCSI translation so the system "thinks" this is a SCSI drive. | The install was partly broken, but using a fix I found on this list (thank | you), I linked the cd-rw to /dev/scd0 and all worked well as far as reading | cds. | | I haven't had time to really look into this yet, but my first attempts with | xcdroast have resulted in an error something to the effect of the reported | page file size being wrong. xcdroast identifies the cd-rw as a scsi | device. Is this necessary, or can the cd burning software write directly | to an IDE device? Should I remove the IDE-SCSI translation & let the system | address the cd-rw directly?? No. I don't know the answer to your problem (I never use xcdroast), but removing the SCSI emulation won't help. To my knowledge, the only way you can currently burn CDs under linux is to a SCSI device. I.e., either using a real SCSI drive, or using SCSI emulation by loading the ide-scsi kernel module. -- Alex
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
- Original Message - From: Cajus Pollmeier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 5:00 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Floppy install??? > On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Sean Armstrong wrote: > >Sorry if this message is off topic. I was wondering if it was possible to > >install the bare minimum onto a laptop with floppies, since this is the only > >drive I have to use on an install. If this is possible, what files do I need > >for this and if there is a good info page to explain this I would like to > >know where to find it. I really appreciate this. > >Thanx, > >SA > > Try i.e. "mulinux" or "tinylinux" You can install a minimum Linux system with > mulinux. It supports a compiler/XFree disk, too. > Very nice distro. If you have a pp Zip, you might consider Peanut Linux. You could do a minimal install of Mandrake on another computer, delete everything that you won't need, then use dd to make an image of the install, using the option that creates multiple floppy-sized images. Then, using a single floppy distro like tomsrtbt, use dd to put the images on the drive of the new computer, adjust /etc/lilo.conf and run lilo on the new drive. A lot of work. You could also use mkisofs/cdrecord to make an image of the minimal install, then temporarily connect a CD to the new computer and use cp -a (this is what I do , BTW - it makes for a very fast install, but I use RedHat 'cause Mandrake doesn't support 486's and this is what I usually install this stuff on) Hoyt __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [expert] One more question and a thanx too
On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, you wrote: > Thanx for everybody for the answers regarding the hosts.allow and hosts.deny > files... I got them rectified... > > However, I have one more simple (?) question in regards to users privledges. > As per the instructions during installation I create a different or new user > other than root. However, I've been using root all this time for my > configuration and learning of this system. I've been told time and time > again that I shouldn't be using the root, so I went into linuxconf to change > the permissions of the one user I did create. I wanted to give that user > SuperUser access, the ability to run linuxconf, and view the system logs. > However, after setting these options, and loggin in as that user, I'm still > restricted. I cannot run linuxconf, nor can I peruse the /var/log > directory. I've gone back into linuxconf as root and the changes I made for > that user still exist as I set them, but none of them are in effect. > > I even made the user of the root group to no avail... could somebody help > me out either by telling me what I'm missing, or at least direct me in the > correct direction for solving this little mystery? > The reason you use a different user is defeated if you give him the same access as "root." You should ONLY log in as "root" or SuperUser when configuring. You should NOT surf/post as root. John
Re: [expert] Adding ttf fonts
- Original Message - From: Istvan B. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 7:06 AM Subject: [expert] Adding ttf fonts > I hev just signed up to this list, although I've been using > Mandrake for about 8 months now (RedHat before), so I'm not > really sure if this is an already over-discussed issue (I could > imagine it to be). I've also sent this message to both expert and > newbie, because I haven't receive enough mails yet to find out > which is more useful. > I have downloaded ttf fonts from the web, but the way I used to > add them to the system in RedHat (ie. using ttmkfdir, etc) seems > not to work. Is there a (working) way that I could get the system > to recognise them? > Thanks in advance. > The best source for this kind of info is http://www.mandrakeruser.org Hoyt __ NetZero - Defenders of the Free World Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
Re: [expert] Monitor config Problems
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, you wrote: > Hello, > > I have recently attained a MAG 570FD monitor to use with my laptop. I can't > seem to use the highest definition for the monitor. For instance, I can get > the 1280x1024 resolution to work on 8 bits-per-pixel (bpp) but it will only do > 1024x768 with16bpp and even less with 24bpp. My question is, is this a > vodeochip problem? I only have 4M of video memory. More bpp means more memory > needed right? If you put pencil to paper you get 2,621,440 megabytes for the > 1280x1024 resolution in 16bpp definition. Well within the 4M memory capacity. > > Here are the stats: > > Videochipset is Chips and Technologies 64. > 4M video memory. > It may be a chipset limitation. Check with C&T and find out what it's maximum color depth/resolution is. Typically as resolution goes up, color depth goes down. Thus, 1280x1024 may only be available at 8bpp. It's generally (in my experience) an inverse relationship between color depth and resolution. John
Re: [expert] resetting hosts.allow and deny files
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, you wrote: > On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, you wrote: > > If I make changes to the hosts.allow and hosts.deny files, do I have to > > rebbot for these changes to take effect or is there a service (such as > > INETD) that I need to kill and re-start? > > > cd /etc/sysconfig/ > network restart > BTW, I had the wrong location for this. It's /etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart Although "killall -HUP inetd" should also work. :-) John
Re: [expert] Adding ttf fonts
I saw this page offered to someone else asking the same question. Hope it helps. http://www.mindspring.com/~john_mcl/adding_fonts.html God Bless, Sam <<<>>> http://www.wcc.net/~peacemkr/linuxindex.html NOT an IE friendly site! "Istvan B." wrote: > > I hev just signed up to this list, although I've been using > Mandrake for about 8 months now (RedHat before), so I'm not > really sure if this is an already over-discussed issue (I could > imagine it to be). I've also sent this message to both expert and > newbie, because I haven't receive enough mails yet to find out > which is more useful. > I have downloaded ttf fonts from the web, but the way I used to > add them to the system in RedHat (ie. using ttmkfdir, etc) seems > not to work. Is there a (working) way that I could get the system > to recognise them? > Thanks in advance. > > Istvan > > -- > = | === > Istvan Bronowiecki - Melbourne, Australia | Powered by Linux 2.2.14 > = | === > Animals are my friends... and I don't eat my friends (G. Bernard Shaw)
Re: [expert] cdrecord problem with Mdk 7.0
>From: Trevor Farrell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] cdrecord problem with Mdk 7.0 >Date: Tue, 29 Feb 2000 23:50:55 +1100 > [snip] >page file size being wrong. xcdroast identifies the cd-rw as a scsi >device. Is this necessary, or can the cd burning software write directly >to an IDE device? Should I remove the IDE-SCSI translation & let the system >address the cd-rw directly?? [snip] ATAPI drives use the SCSI interface for access. Don't remove the IDE-SCSI translation. cdrecord can only write to the SCSI interface. If you remove the IDE-SCSI translation, you will no longer be able to burn CD's in Linux. (If you also run NT4, you will see that NT also identifies the drive as a SCSI drive. Go to control panel and click on the SCSI icon. You will see the ATAPI device driver and your CD-RW drive listed below it.) HTH, Matt __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[expert] Linux Mail Server Synchronisation
We're thinking of moving the majority of our customers' mail to linux, and a few issues have come up: 1) How secure is sendmail 8.6.9 ? What are the main things we need to do to secure our public facing linux mail server? 2) Worst case scenario is that our public facing linux box gets hacked, and taken down completely - what's the best way of backing this up to ensure minimum downtime - we'd ideally like to have a 'backup' linux box that mirrors itself from the main one, and will allow us to switch to it in the case of the main box going down.. is this possible? What are the implications? 3) If our main linux box got hacked, is a switched hub enough to protect us from a potential hacker being able to packet sniff our entire network? Any input much appreciated JL
RE: [expert] One more question and a thanx too
I have used su during some of my configuration, so I'm familiar with it. However, it doesn't really answer my question on how to change (and have them take effect) user permissions for a user, to grant him the SuperUser access. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ron Stodden Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 2:27 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] One more question and a thanx too Joseph, Look up the su and kdesu commands. It's a good idea to set up a characteristic theme for user root. Then when you, as a normal user, su and become root, the windows will come up in those colours to remind you. iTOOL wrote: > I cannot run linuxconf, nor can I peruse the /var/log > directory. I've gone back into linuxconf as root and the changes I made for > that user still exist as I set them, but none of them are in effect. -- Regards, Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
Re: [expert] cdrecord problem with Mdk 7.0
At risk of prolonging this agony further, I too have been unable to get a cd burn with my new Ver 7.0-2 install. I have an LG CED 8042B 4x4x24 IDE cd rw, which the install correctly identified. The install also faked some sort of IDE-SCSI translation so the system "thinks" this is a SCSI drive. The install was partly broken, but using a fix I found on this list (thank you), I linked the cd-rw to /dev/scd0 and all worked well as far as reading cds. I haven't had time to really look into this yet, but my first attempts with xcdroast have resulted in an error something to the effect of the reported page file size being wrong. xcdroast identifies the cd-rw as a scsi device. Is this necessary, or can the cd burning software write directly to an IDE device? Should I remove the IDE-SCSI translation & let the system address the cd-rw directly?? I have been hoping that some of the stuff posted here might save me some research and give me a quick fix. If anyone has any hints, I would appreciate them! Thanks Trevor.
Re: [expert] Floppy install???
On Mon, 28 Feb 2000, Sean Armstrong wrote: >Sorry if this message is off topic. I was wondering if it was possible to >install the bare minimum onto a laptop with floppies, since this is the only >drive I have to use on an install. If this is possible, what files do I need >for this and if there is a good info page to explain this I would like to >know where to find it. I really appreciate this. >Thanx, >SA Try i.e. "mulinux" or "tinylinux" You can install a minimum Linux system with mulinux. It supports a compiler/XFree disk, too. But this has nothing to do with mandrake, so maybe this answer doesn't help you. -Cajus
Re: [expert] One more question and a thanx too
Joseph, Look up the su and kdesu commands. It's a good idea to set up a characteristic theme for user root. Then when you, as a normal user, su and become root, the windows will come up in those colours to remind you. iTOOL wrote: > I cannot run linuxconf, nor can I peruse the /var/log > directory. I've gone back into linuxconf as root and the changes I made for > that user still exist as I set them, but none of them are in effect. -- Regards, Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
Re: [expert] Monitor config Problems
Ivan Trail wrote: > > Hello, Ivan, > More bpp means more memory > needed right? If you put pencil to paper you get 2,621,440 megabytes for the > 1280x1024 resolution in 16bpp definition. Well within the 4M memory capacity. You need to read the Video-Timings HOWTO to get the real formula. The real one allows for the overscans and sync pulses that are necessary and will soon show you how inadequate 4Mb is, for very good reaon. The scanned raster is much bigger than what you see on the screen. -- Regards, Ron. [AU] - sent by Linux.
