Update: [expert] Errors: Install using pcmcia ethernet card fails to load module

[salkin]

Well, I decided to see if I could get ahead of the game in case some white 
knight sent me a working 8390.o. Here's what I found.

The pcmcia disk has a file called pcmcia.rdz. This file is a gzipped ext2 
filesystem. I copied it off, unzipped it, and mounted it via loopback. On this 
filesystem there's a file modules.cgz. This is a gzipped cpio archive. In it, 
among other things, is 8390.o!

So, when I get all the aforementioned errors resulting from not finding 
/tmp/pcmcia/modules/net/8390.o, it's not because that file got dropped 
somewhere, but somehow the boot floppy is not mounting these things where the 
install script can find them.

Any additional insights very welcome. I'd really like to try mdk7 but if I can 
make rh61 work and not this, I can't carry on too much longer. Eventually I 
need to get some useful work done.

Thanks in advance,

Steve Salkin

> Hi:
> 
> I am trying to install mandrake 7 on an IBM ThinkPad 240 without a CDROM 
> drive. I have a Mandrake 7 CD which I intend to mount at /home/ftp/pub on this 
> Redhat 6.1 box I have nearby, and use a crossover cable to connect them. The 
> Mandrake boot disk is having trouble loading a driver for the ethernet pcmcia 
> card though.
> 
> The following messages appear on the console prefixed with:
> (30)Mar 9  cardmgr[17]:
> 
> intitializing socket 0
> socket 0: EP-210 Ethernet
> executing 'insmod /tmp/pcmcia/modules/net/8390.o'
> + Cannot find archive member /tmp/pcmcia/modules/net/8390.o: file does not 
> exist in archive
> insmod exited with status 1
> executing: 'insmod /tmp/pcmcia/modules/pcnet_cs.o'
> + /tmp/pcnet_cs.o: unresolved symbol ei_open
> + /tmp/pcnet_cs.o: unresolved symbol enthdev_init
> + /tmp/pcnet_cs.o: unresolved symbol ei_interrupt
> + /tmp/pcnet_cs.o: unresolved symbol NS8390_init
> insmod exited with status 0
> get dev info from on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable
> 
> What's really strange to me about this is that I can get this part to work 
> with a redhat 6.0 CD. After loading a bunch of stuff across the connection, it 
> does eventually die with some message about being unable to set the server in 
> passive mode. But that's not the point, the point is that it can find the card 
> and use it to download things.
> 
> If anyone can tell me what to do about this, I'll do it. For example, I think 
> I could take a working 8390.o and put it on the pcmcia floppy using this 
> redhat box, and then maybe this would work. I'm sure I could make room by 
> removing some unneeded pcmcia stuff if necessary.
> 
> Thank in advance,
> 
> Steve Salkin

Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found

[Hoyt]

- Original Message -
From: Tom Berkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, March 10, 2000 4:32 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found


> Yeah, I think you would get a hang with append="mem=256"
> try append="mem=256M"
> You said you have 256mb not 256b didn't you? Or was that a typo in the
> message?
>

You should first try a value at the LILO prompt (after hitting teh tab key
on boot) before putting it in lilo.conf.

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[expert] Errors: Install using pcmcia ethernet card fails to load module

[salkin]

Hi:

I am trying to install mandrake 7 on an IBM ThinkPad 240 without a CDROM 
drive. I have a Mandrake 7 CD which I intend to mount at /home/ftp/pub on this 
Redhat 6.1 box I have nearby, and use a crossover cable to connect them. The 
Mandrake boot disk is having trouble loading a driver for the ethernet pcmcia 
card though.

The following messages appear on the console prefixed with:
(30)Mar 9  cardmgr[17]:

intitializing socket 0
socket 0: EP-210 Ethernet
executing 'insmod /tmp/pcmcia/modules/net/8390.o'
+ Cannot find archive member /tmp/pcmcia/modules/net/8390.o: file does not 
exist in archive
insmod exited with status 1
executing: 'insmod /tmp/pcmcia/modules/pcnet_cs.o'
+ /tmp/pcnet_cs.o: unresolved symbol ei_open
+ /tmp/pcnet_cs.o: unresolved symbol enthdev_init
+ /tmp/pcnet_cs.o: unresolved symbol ei_interrupt
+ /tmp/pcnet_cs.o: unresolved symbol NS8390_init
insmod exited with status 0
get dev info from on socket 0 failed: Resource temporarily unavailable

What's really strange to me about this is that I can get this part to work 
with a redhat 6.0 CD. After loading a bunch of stuff across the connection, it 
does eventually die with some message about being unable to set the server in 
passive mode. But that's not the point, the point is that it can find the card 
and use it to download things.

If anyone can tell me what to do about this, I'll do it. For example, I think 
I could take a working 8390.o and put it on the pcmcia floppy using this 
redhat box, and then maybe this would work. I'm sure I could make room by 
removing some unneeded pcmcia stuff if necessary.

Thank in advance,

Steve Salkin

Re: [expert] Re: Multiple Email Accounts

[Gary Bunker]

At 04:45 PM 3/10/00 -0700, you wrote:

Never looked at postilion... how is it in
comparison to pine (which is
what i use)?
Well, Postilion tries to be like NeXT's old mail program, so it's got
gigantic icons and layers of folders to store messages (which works great
with procmail).  One thing I've gotten very used to over the years
of working with GUIs is the ability to have lots of windows open with
folders or messages, which allows me to keep track of a lot of mail,
unlike with CLI-based mailers that make me remember what I'm doing. 
:-)

Overall, Postilion is very feature-complete (it's on v0.9.3), no major
bugs, and can view inline images and crappy HTML (based on tkHTML's
widget).  I'm really not looking to change, and I went through a
bunch of email programs when I converted to Linux, so I guess that says
something.  :-)

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Re: [expert] kde windows manager

[Civileme]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Greetings,
> 
>   I have run in a strange problem and I have not been able to resolve it
> my self. I am running mandrake 7.0 with kde. During the session I lost
> kpanel. I attempted to restart it through a window and this is the error
> message that I received:
> 
> QFont::setPointSize: Point Size <= 0 (0)
> 
> Any assistance would be appreciated.
> 
> -Al
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Ummm  how about a clue what you were doing when Kpanel was lost?  If I am going
to work on it, I need to try to duplicate the error.

Civileme

Re: [expert] cdrom duplicate help wanted

[Civileme]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> I've got the cdrom writer working.  I'm using xcdroast ok.  I was able
> to create a cd using linux, no problem.
> 
>   I'm looking to create an iso file from a redhat 5.2 cd, not the
> commercial version, but a fully free one that happens to be bootable. I
> have a specific need for that, as this product is going into an embedded
> system for internal use, and we need to be able to rebuild it.  There are
> some drivers I've written for the 2.0.x kernel to drive custom hardware.
> 
>   I've looked at excite and mamma, and the cd writing howto and the man
> pages for cdrecord and the docs for xcdroast. I have found nothing for
> linux that does what I want.
> 
>   I want to duplicate this redhat 5.2 cd, including the bootable part.
> the brand new adaptec cd creator version 4.01 that came with the drive no
> longer duplicates a cd. It just copies the files, and so the new cd does
> not boot.
> 
>   Does anyone have something or a procedure under Linux that will give me
> an exact iso image from the cd so the new cd burned from it is an exact
> duplicate? 

xcdroast will do that
if you want command line  try 

man mkisofs

> 
>   I'm thinking dd might work, but I've already got one coaster and don't
> drink that much. :)
> 

Heehee, they make frisbees too, though rather dealdy since you have to throw
them rather hard to get the most from their limited aerodynamic
characteristics.

 > bug

Civileme

Re: [expert] Re: Multiple Email Accounts

[Vincent Danen]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Gary Bunker wrote:

> How about any MUA if used with fetchmail?  I use Postilion personally,
> but KMail or anything else that can read local mail boxes works well. 
> Also, KMail can access multiple accounts internally, so you don't even
> need to use fetchmail if it scares you.

Never looked at postilion... how is it in comparison to pine (which is
what i use)?

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Re: [expert] MIME/Base64 cmdline decoding

[Vincent Danen]

On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote:

> > > > Is there a way to decode MIME/Bas64 encoded files on the commandline?  Reason 
>being, I'm playing with a mail editor called CSCMail and it doesn't support decoding 
>attachments yet.
> > > > 
> > > > Probably really simple, but I've never had to do it before...
> > > >
> > > have you tried "man uudecode" yet?
> > 
> > Does that decode MIME/Base64 as well as regular
> > uuencoding?  dOh!  Nevermind... I see "-m" in there now.  Thanks for the
> > pointer.
> > 
> :-) Nice to know I can teach you Mandrake type folks something! :-)
> Hey, you know what they say, RTFM! ;-P

hehehe... well, in MandrakeSoft's defence, I'm not an employee so you
can't accuse them of hiring stupid people... =)  And yes, you did teach me
something... thanx again, John.

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RE: [expert] MIME/Base64 cmdline decoding

[Vincent Danen]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Andrew Roberts wrote:

> Try: mmencode -d 

Awesome, thank you.

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Re: [expert] GKrellm

[Vincent Danen]

On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Gary Bunker wrote:

> Has anyone gotten GKrellm to work under Mandrake 7.0?

Grab it from contribs or from my site under custom rpms
(www.freezer-burn.org).  Latest version (always updated when new ones come
out).  Works flawlessly for me.

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[expert] xfree4.0

[Sheldon Lee Wen]

Any idea when we'll see xfree86 4.0 rpm's and the corresponding updated
kernels?

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[expert] kde windows manager

[Al Smith]

Greetings,

  I have run in a strange problem and I have not been able to resolve it
my self. I am running mandrake 7.0 with kde. During the session I lost
kpanel. I attempted to restart it through a window and this is the error
message that I received:

QFont::setPointSize: Point Size <= 0 (0)

Any assistance would be appreciated.

-Al
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Re: [expert] network question

[Tom Berkley]

John Aldrich wrote:

> On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > Run linuxconf from a terminal.  It deals with such setup and other stuff, like
> > file systems and user accounts.  Linuxconf is your friend.
> >
> > To replace the question with one of my own, I'm not really understanding the
> > "basic host information" group (that's where you set the host name).  In the
> > "host name" box, is that the full name (e.g., "vick.resnet.grinnell.edu") or
> > just the computer's name (e.g., "vick")?
> >
> I believe the "hostname" is JUST the computer name.
> John

hostname is the hostname not the computer name (i.e. localhost.localdomain or
mindless.wonder)
in xxx.yyy xxx is the computer name and yyy is the domainname

Tom

Re: AW: [expert] WG: FVWM2

[Civileme]

Low-weight window managers

Xfce
IceWM
fvwm2
Blackbox

Probably several I have missed

Civileme

Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found

[Tom Berkley]

Yeah, I think you would get a hang with append="mem=256"
try append="mem=256M"
You said you have 256mb not 256b didn't you? Or was that a typo in the
message?

David Warnock wrote:

> Hi,
>
> As per the subject I have a Panrix machine with an AMD Athalon
> processor, it has 256mb RAM (and this is checked and counted OK by the
> bios at boot time).  The kernel (2.2.14 - standard from Mandrake 7.0) is
> only finding 64mb).
>
> The installer showed 65mb, I tried entering 256 but it was ignored so
> far as I can see.
>
> I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes
> the kernel to hang on bootup.
>
> I have made sure the bios is not shadowing any areas of RAM.
>
> Anyone got any bright ideas about how to rescue my RAM? I am happy to
> use a custom kernel but so far I have not found an option that makes any
> difference.
>
> Thanks
>
> Dave

Re: [expert] No CD music, but soundcard OK

[Alan N.]

Guillermo Belli wrote:
> 
> Is your CD-Rom attached to the soundcard? Is the CD volume set to low?
> 
> El Fri, 10 Mar 2000, escribiste:
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have installed Mandrake 7.0, my soundcard (soundblaster Live) works OK
> > (I can play wav files fine), the cd player works fine (it detects the CD
> > and play starts counting time). But no sound comes out when I play a
> > cd.  I guess that the cd player does not "know" about the soundcard.
> >
> > What am I missing?
> >

Try under gnome menus, multimedia , then GMIX.

( Gnome audio mixer ).

Look for CD, and make sure REC is checked.

Bug..

Alan

[expert] Xfree 4.0 update ready for Mandrake7

[Will Merkens]

Now that Xfree 4.0 is ready and being released, what time factor to a
mandrake rpm update.

[expert] cdrom duplicate help wanted

[Bug Hunter]

  I've got the cdrom writer working.  I'm using xcdroast ok.  I was able
to create a cd using linux, no problem.

  I'm looking to create an iso file from a redhat 5.2 cd, not the
commercial version, but a fully free one that happens to be bootable. I
have a specific need for that, as this product is going into an embedded
system for internal use, and we need to be able to rebuild it.  There are
some drivers I've written for the 2.0.x kernel to drive custom hardware.

  I've looked at excite and mamma, and the cd writing howto and the man
pages for cdrecord and the docs for xcdroast. I have found nothing for
linux that does what I want.

  I want to duplicate this redhat 5.2 cd, including the bootable part.
the brand new adaptec cd creator version 4.01 that came with the drive no
longer duplicates a cd. It just copies the files, and so the new cd does
not boot.

  Does anyone have something or a procedure under Linux that will give me
an exact iso image from the cd so the new cd burned from it is an exact
duplicate? 

  I'm thinking dd might work, but I've already got one coaster and don't
drink that much. :)

bug


  

Re: [expert] 7.0 PowerPack iso downloads?

[Joseph S. Gardner]

M Thompson wrote:

> Have you checked "http://www.cheapbytes.com"
>
> Checkout the the following two deals:
> 1) Archive set
> 2) Packages Galore



Cheapbytes isn't shipping 7.02 yet only 7.0


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Re: [expert] problem starting notes-server with new kernel

[Rene Scott]

Hi,

maybe the output from strace is helpful.
strace -o outputfile /opt/lotus/bin/server
and look for failed syscalls, eg., open("configfile", O_RDONLY) = -1
-1 is error, 0 or greather after the '=' is success.

Hope this helps,

Rene

Today Harald Wolf wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> i had to create a new kernel 2.2.14 to get my 37GB IDE-HD to work.
> 
> i have installed Lotus/Domino-Server 5.0.2.c which is working with the
> original kernel
> from the PowerLinux 6.5 CD fine.
> 
> my new kernel (2.2.15) works fine to  ... no problems !
> 
> except the Domino-Server.  if i try to start the server
> ("/opt/lotus/bin/server") nothing happens
> no error-message no /var/log/messages-message quite NOTHING
> 
> how to analyse a Problem if i have no errormessages 
> 
> 

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[expert] SSH and firewalls

[Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)]

I've never seen an answer to my question so I'll ask it here:
Is it possible to SSH thru a corporate firewall that does NOT have SOCKS
capability?  I can telnet into the firewall and then out to any system but,
obviously, that is not SSH encapsulated.

Matthew Zaleski

Re: [expert] List Bitching - some suggestions

[Thomas K. Gamble]

On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> - Original Message -
> From: Jean-Michel Dault <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Ramon Gandia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 7:24 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] List Bitching
> 
> 
> >
> > Maybe we can add a signature to the mailing list messages so that everyone
> > sees mandrakeuser.org on each e-mail?
> >
> > Jean-Michel Dault
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Perhaps you can have the sig point to a www.linuxmandrake.com (or directly
> to a www.mandrakeuser.org) page that has 1) a link to mandrakeuser.org 2) a
> brief HOWTO on how to search the mail list archives 3) a link to the new
> Mandrake tutorial pages 4) a brief HOWTO on how to search DejaNews and 5) a
> link to the LDP search engine. You could even put the link to this special
> page in the bookmarks for kfm/konqueror and Netscape. It would certainly
> help answer a lot of questions.
> 
> Hoyt

I have seen other lists that do exactly this, although without the HOWTO.
A simple reminder to search the list archive prior to posting and a pointer
to the archive can be a worthwhile increase in bandwith use and it only
takes a line or two.  

My only complaint here is that many archives have rather clumsy search
capability and some have none, other than browsing.  It needs to be easy
before people will use it.

-- 

The spirit of man is the candle of the Lord,
searching all the inward parts of the belly.
(Proverbs 20:27)

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Re: [expert] Network speed script

[Charles Curley]

On Thu, Mar 09, 2000 at 10:22:23AM -0600, Lee wrote:
-> I am running an hp-9000 . Our complany has did a state wide backbone
-> change, without any input from  the adminiatratior. Is ther any way to
-> test the network speed , and have a nice report output.
-> 
-> Regards.

Content-Description: Card for Lee

Yes. HP has a nice package of scripts for testing network throughput. I
know it is available internally in HP because that's where I used it. I
believe it is also available to the public on the Internet.

Unfortunately, I don't remember the name of the package.

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Re: [expert] removing cores

[Hoyt]

- Original Message -
From: Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 6:23 PM
Subject: [expert] removing cores


> Hi everybody,
>
> I want to contribute with a small but very useful tip. I'm not a
> programmer, so I'm quite disinterested in linux core dumps and I
> wondered how to remove them. I found out that
> this worked. Put it in .bashrc or in a .login script.
>
> ulimit -c 0
>

Simple enough. Why can't it be the system default behavior for Mandrake?
Those that can make use of core dumps certainly know how to enable them. It
would eliminate one of those "newbie" aggravations with those "mysterious"
core files eating up drive space.

Hoyt




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[expert] WebCam II under LM 7.0?

[Sang Y. Yum]

Has anyone been successful in configuring Creative
WebCam II Parallel Port version under LM 7.0 with cpia
driver? If so, please share the experience with me.

Thanks.

Sang


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RE: [expert] Still got my CD burner woes, help please

[Andrew Roberts]

I've got a similar problem, on-board CMI8330 on a PC-CHIPS M590 motherboard.
I can get the bugger to work by disabling PNP in the Bios, then configuring
the card manually, but then I can't boot to Windows (Believes it's lost both
the CMI8330 and the SIS6326 graphics card). I'll have another go at tweaking
the /etc/isapnp.conf and the modules.

Looking around it looks like your restricted to choosing either SB16 or WSS
compatibility.

Regards, Andrew Roberts

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Trevor Farrell
Sent: 10 March 2000 10:16
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] Still got my CD burner woes, help please


Axalon Bloodstone wrote:

> Not as helpful as i was hopeing for. For future reference the drive is
> listed under 'Goldstar' not matsumi, and it is one of the
> "recommended" drives. Can you reboot the machine with the kernel-linus as
> the kernel and try that again plz.
>

Sorry Axalon, whilst I'm not a complete newbie, I've still a lot to learn
about
Linux - how do you reboot with kernel-linus as the kernel?

>
> > Any help would be much appreciated thanks Axalon.
> >
> > PS - I do like Mandrake 7, and would not go back to 6, but this, and my
sound
> > card blues (which I'm still researching) where my CMI8330 chip worked
under
> > ver 6 but not (yet) under ver 7 are annoying!
> > On the plus side, yes, I like supermount, and ver 7 is the 1st distro to
> > automatically get my SiS 6326 video chip right from a graphic install -
well
> > done!
>
> :) if thats a plee for help i kind need more info, than "it used to work"
>

Not yet a plea for help - merely a comment on where I'm at - I want to look
at a
few more things yet before I cry "too hard", but if anyone knows where I can
find
a README or HOWTO for the CMI8330 chip, I would appreciate it. The sndconfig
utility is unable to determine the proper settings at all, and the ones that
worked under Ver 6 generate an irq clash with my ver 7 install..

Trevor

Re: [expert] 7.0 PowerPack iso downloads?

[M Thompson]

Have you checked "http://www.cheapbytes.com"

Checkout the the following two deals:
1) Archive set
2) Packages Galore



>From: Linda Walsh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [expert] 7.0 PowerPack iso downloads?
>Date: Thu, 09 Mar 2000 10:58:15 -0800
>
>Nitin Raja Bhatia wrote:
> >
> > Basicly the advantage of getting a PowerPack is owning a physical manual
> > (paper... reallly!) and getting technical support. You also get a few
> > extra cds one is the basic disc, one is filled with source, the others
> > are samples of mostly commericial applications. I do not know the full
> > details but the linux-mandrake.com site will fill you in.
>---
>
>   I was a bit confused on this, then.  My understanding is that
>this contained a disk of freeware/opensource apps as well a commercial
>apps for demo.  I don't need a base distrib -- got that.  Don't need
>a manual, got that.  What I'd like are the other freeware apps Precompiled
>for Mandrake in the -march=pentium manner.
>
>   SuSE's releases do something similar in their base distrib
>as Mandrake does in it's powerpack.  They have 3 CD's that contain
>the base distrib & freeware apps (so it's like 1 base CD and 2 app CD's,
>'cept that they are all mixed together into 3).  Then they have a
>4th CD that has "pay-ware" stuff on it -- demo versions of various
>products that you need to pay to get fully-operating versions, then
>a CD with documentation, and a 6th CD with source.  All for about $60
>Retail -- including a big fat manual that I think I looked at once
>while the install was running cuz I was bored.  (I have more than one
>system counting work systems).
>
>   So what I'm looking for are those "2-CD's worth" of extra
>apps/freeware.
>
>   I also recently installed Corel in a VMware machine -- they
>really have a tiny/toy distrib.  Probably best word processor available
>for Linux, but the distrib was so 'toy'.  Really meant to be a WIN98
>replacement -- with about as much flexibility and security -- probably
>great for my parents.
>
>--
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[expert] SSH-TIP

[Lee]

 ssh tip


From: Frido Ferdinand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Just discovered a neat trick to using ssh-key authentication in a nice
way, this will let you connect to remote hosts without typing in your
password all the time. It's also very
convienient to make (perl) scripts connect to remote hosts without using
scary .rhosts/rsh combinations.

To use this just do the following:

1 Install ssh
---
You can get the source from: ftp://ftp.cs.hut.fi/pub/ssh/
or RPMS from: ftp://ftp.replay.com/pub/crypto/linux/redhat/i386/


2 Run ssh-keygen

ssh-keygen - authentication key pair generation
Run it and use a good long passPHRASE. (phrase not word)


3 Edit .xinitrc
---
Put in your .xinitrc ssh-agent in front of the command

for example

# Window Maker default X session startup script

PATH="$PATH:/usr/X11R6/bin"

exec /usr/local/bin/ssh-agent wmaker
exec /usr/local/bin/xscreensaver -no-splash &

I think that if you use xdm you should edit your .xsession file.
Now every time you start up ssh-agent, the program that will manage your

ssh-keys, will start up in the background.


4 Run ssh-add
-
When you're in X just type in your favourite terminal,

ssh-add

It'll ask you for the passphrase of your key, type it in and your
private key will be loaded in memory.



5 Authorize the remote host
---
Now on the host to which you want to connect, do the following:

copy the contents of the generated public key (.ssh/identity.pub)
to the "authorized_keys" file on the remote host. Be sure to set
the permissions of this file to 600.

Now connect to your remote host with: ssh remote-host. If everything
goes well you won't need to type in your password but still have
a good secure authentication scheme.


6 Examples
--

Run command 'ls' on remote host:

ssh remote-host ls

The ssh-agent uses two environment variables:

set | grep SSH gives

SSH_AGENT_PID=10953
SSH_AUTH_SOCK=/tmp/ssh-frido/ssh-10952-agent

In your perl script put:

$ENV{"SSH_AGENT_PID"} = 10953;
$ENV{"SSH_AUTH_SOCK"} = "/tmp/ssh-frido/ssh-10952-agent";

And you can do:

$output=`ssh -q remote-host ls`
print $output

I normally use this to call other scripts. This way  you can have one
script
which accesses multiple servers !




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[expert] removing cores

[Lee]

Hi everybody,

I want to contribute with a small but very useful tip. I'm not a
programmer, so I'm quite disinterested in linux core dumps and I
wondered how to remove them. I found out that
this worked. Put it in .bashrc or in a .login script.

ulimit -c 0

Enjoy,
robert


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Re: [expert] No CD music, but soundcard OK

[Guillermo Belli]

Is your CD-Rom attached to the soundcard? Is the CD volume set to low?

El Fri, 10 Mar 2000, escribiste:
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed Mandrake 7.0, my soundcard (soundblaster Live) works OK
> (I can play wav files fine), the cd player works fine (it detects the CD
> and play starts counting time). But no sound comes out when I play a
> cd.  I guess that the cd player does not "know" about the soundcard.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dave
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Re: [expert] List Bitching

[Alan Shoemaker]

Audreywell said.

Alan


Audrey Beck wrote:
> 
> "Carl A. Cook" wrote:
> ...
> > Did I sound angry?   Notice I said "long-running" and modem BRAND.
> > Of course there should be questions about PPP and use with Linux.
> > And no questions should be off-limits.  But why belabor all the various
> > brands there are when there are surely more important issues people
> > would rather ask about but are reluctant to?
> ...
> 
> Well, as long as I can get information, I'll keep reading it.  I have NO
> problem with reading about modems/brands/good/bad/yes/no etc.  I've
> learned a lot reading them.  If it's something you don't want to read,
> then don't read it.  Just pick from topics that sound good to you.  And
> it does apply to Mandrake.  Maybe I've read it before in the list, but
> that doesn't mean that someone new has.  Yes, look in the archives.  But
> how would they even know such a discussion even existed?
> 
> Keep the flow of information.  Even about what modems work or not and
> why.

Re: [expert] troff / .mm -> something modern

[Linda Walsh]

Rene Scott wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> try with mm2html/troff2html from the ast-open packege from AT&T,
> http://www.research.att.com/sw/download (source & binary).
> 
> Rene
--- 
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Fwd: Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found

[John Aldrich]

Here's what Axalon told me. I had it pretty close... Just
don't need the "B" in 256MB. :-)
So, the CORRECT syntax (as I gather from Axalon's
correction) is:
append='mem=256M'
In other words, I think you need to include the phrase
"append="
John

  Forwarded Message  --
Subject: Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 09:10:54 -0700 (MST)
From: Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, John Aldrich wrote:

> On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > 
> > I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes
> > the kernel to hang on bootup.
> > 
> Umm...I *could* be wrong, but I *think* the line should be:
> append='mem=256MB'
> Give that a shot and see if it helps. Or, maybe someone
> will correct me, but I'm pretty sure the syntax I gave is
> correct. Syntax is VERY important!
>   John

mem=256M

I'd test 'mem=256MB' for ya but well..

rpmbuilder@Elminster ~ $ uname -r && uptime
2.2.14-15mdksmp
  9:06am  up 43 days, 12:01,  6 users,  load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00

kinda in the middle of an indurance test for Air :)

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[expert] Network speed script

[Lee]

I am running an hp-9000 . Our complany has did a state wide backbone
change, without any input from  the adminiatratior. Is ther any way to
test the network speed , and have a nice report output.

Regards.


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Re: lack of documentation (was Re: [expert] Removing supermount)

[Alan Shoemaker]

Camillethanks, glad to know that you're there and thanks for
the file, but on my system this file is already installed in the
man pages.  

What we were talking about was the only available docs for
supermount were the man page and the --help switch and that
there were no additional docs or how-to's.  Axalon jumped in and
commented 'Could have fooled me have you looked on disk #3' and
I stated that probably nobody discussing this had a powerpack in
which to look for the docs on disc 3.  At this popint we still
don't.

Thanks again,
Alan


Camille Begnis wrote:
> 
> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > Vincentthanks.  What was supposed to be on there were some
> > docs for supermount.  Are they brief enough to post here for
> > those of us who haven't any access to them?
> 
> Here you are, sorry for the inconvenience.
> 
> For documentation woes, please use the adress: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> We'll be glad to answer.
> 
> Camille.
> 
>   
>Name: supermount.8.bz2
>supermount.8.bz2Type: unspecified type (application/octet-stream)
>Encoding: base64

Re: [expert] partitioning

[ibi]

I have used Partition Magic for several years with good results. Version
5.0 is by far the easiest to use. Actually I used it to resize and
repartition my drive so I could add Ext2. Resizing on the fly is not
difficult once you understand how it works which is to begin by 
resizing a partition with empty space in it. A full partition that is
resized will loose data. For my way of thinking, PM isn't much different
than FDisk except I can make changes at a later date without
reformatting the entire drive. What I like best about PM is the ability
to hide a harddrive. Once hidden it doesn't spin. 

Pj

Tony wrote:
> 
> Look at "Ranish Partition Manager" it might help
> 
> "Weave a circle round him thrice,
>   And close your eyes with holy dread,
>   For he on honeydew hath fed,
>   And drunk the milk of paradise."  (The linux user)
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 8:49 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] partitioning
> 
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: Sheldon Lee Wen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 1:34 PM
> > Subject: Re: [expert] partitioning
> >
> >
> > > Mage,
> > >
> > > > I installed 6.1 a couple of weeks ago and liked it so
> > > Why not 7.0 ?
> > >
> > > > Is there a utility (like the commercial product
> > > > PartitionMagic) that will allow me to resize the
> > > > partition without having to reinstall?
> > >
> > > DON'T use PM to resize a linux partition. While they
> > > apparently have ext2 support I actually tried using it once
> > > to resize my linux root partition and it screwed up alot
> > > of files. Their support for ext2 isn't great, unless they've
> > > fixed it since then.
> >
> > I am currently evaluating PM 5.0 for a magazine review. Support for ext2
> > partitions is improved, and they even have a Linux "install" on the CD. I
> > would recommend PM 5.0 (I too had poor results with 4.01 and lower).
> >
> > Hoyt
> >
> >
> > __
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> > http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found

[John Aldrich]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> 
> I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes
> the kernel to hang on bootup.
> 
Umm...I *could* be wrong, but I *think* the line should be:
append='mem=256MB'
Give that a shot and see if it helps. Or, maybe someone
will correct me, but I'm pretty sure the syntax I gave is
correct. Syntax is VERY important!
John

Re: [expert] applying pre-patch to kernel

[Axalon Bloodstone]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Brenner Stefan wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> This is not a question related to Linux Mandrake but I hope someone on this list can 
>help me.
> 
> I have some problems with applying a pre-patch from Alan Cox to Kernel 2.2.14. I 
>downloaded the source tarball. Unpacked it in
> /usr/src. Now I wanted to apply the pre-patch-2.2.14-18. Is this the right one or 
>are all pre-patches already included in 2.2.14 ?

Yes wrong patch, applying them will attempt to downgrade your
kernel. Maybe your looking for the 2.2.15 pre patchs. but anyway..

> what I did in /usr/src is:

you should be in /usr/src/linux
 
> # bunzip -dc pre-patch-2.2.14-18.bz2 | patch -p0

you should use -p1 not -p0
also you can save some typeing by useing 'bzcat' instead of 'bunzip -dc'

> can´t find file to patch at input line 4
> Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
> The text leading up to this was:
> --
> | diff -u --new-file --recursive -- exclude-from ../exclude linux.vanilla/CREDITS 
>linux.14p18/CREDITS
> | --- linux.vanilla/CREDITS  snap
> | +++ linux.14p18/CREDITSsnap
> 
>  
> Do I have do rename the /usr/src/linux directory to /usr/src/linux.vanilla 

IIRC it's the +++ file  its checking

> thanks for the help !
> 
> ;-)))
> Stefan
> 

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--Axalon

Re: [expert] Printer question

[John Aldrich]

On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Vern wrote:
> 
> > I'm back to using Micro$haft Outlook Express because I have three POP mail
> > accounts and have failed to find anything in Linux that will manage all 3.
> > Netscape will only allow multiple email accounts if they are IMAP and not
> > POP.  
> 
> Have you not tried KDE's kmail?  Any number of POP3 accounts.
> 
Yes, but only ONE smtp account.
John

Re: [expert] troff / .mm -> something modern

[John Aldrich]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > I don't suppose you can convert to *.rtf can you?
> > John
> ---
>   troff doesn't know about RTF either...:-/
>   It's pretty ancient.
>
Geez...what about plain text??? You *should* at least be
able to get PLAIN TEXT to work?
John

Re: [expert] Modem Problem

[John Aldrich]

On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> 
> The .com was missing from the url.
> 
Yep. My bad. :-)
>
> An interesting site - the guy sure can rant when he wants. Also a lot of
> stuff on controllerless modems; nothing Linux-y found by me.
>
Never said it was a Linux site... just that it's a good
site for 56k modem fixing. :-)
>
> A few bits of good advice if you dig deep.
>
Yep... I only go to the /trouble2.htm page, though
that's the only page I really need. It tells me what to put
in the "extra settings" to disable X2 or whatever...
John

RE: [expert] network question

[John Aldrich]

On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Run linuxconf from a terminal.  It deals with such setup and other stuff, like 
> file systems and user accounts.  Linuxconf is your friend.
> 
> To replace the question with one of my own, I'm not really understanding the 
> "basic host information" group (that's where you set the host name).  In the 
> "host name" box, is that the full name (e.g., "vick.resnet.grinnell.edu") or 
> just the computer's name (e.g., "vick")?
> 
I believe the "hostname" is JUST the computer name.
John

[expert] Logitech Marble Fx

[ArMiSiS AiEoLn]

Anyone have a clue on how to get the scroll features of the Logitech Marble FX
to work useing linux??? 

thanx

dave

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[expert] applying pre-patch to kernel

[Brenner Stefan]

Hi,

This is not a question related to Linux Mandrake but I hope someone on this list can 
help me.

I have some problems with applying a pre-patch from Alan Cox to Kernel 2.2.14. I 
downloaded the source tarball. Unpacked it in
/usr/src. Now I wanted to apply the pre-patch-2.2.14-18. Is this the right one or are 
all pre-patches already included in 2.2.14 ?

what I did in /usr/src is:

# bunzip -dc pre-patch-2.2.14-18.bz2 | patch -p0
can´t find file to patch at input line 4
Perhaps you used the wrong -p or --strip option?
The text leading up to this was:
--
| diff -u --new-file --recursive -- exclude-from ../exclude linux.vanilla/CREDITS 
|linux.14p18/CREDITS
| --- linux.vanilla/CREDITS  snap
| +++ linux.14p18/CREDITSsnap

 
Do I have do rename the /usr/src/linux directory to /usr/src/linux.vanilla 

thanks for the help !

;-)))
Stefan

Re: [expert] List Bitching

[Audrey Beck]

"Carl A. Cook" wrote:
... 
> Did I sound angry?   Notice I said "long-running" and modem BRAND.
> Of course there should be questions about PPP and use with Linux.
> And no questions should be off-limits.  But why belabor all the various
> brands there are when there are surely more important issues people
> would rather ask about but are reluctant to?
...

Well, as long as I can get information, I'll keep reading it.  I have NO
problem with reading about modems/brands/good/bad/yes/no etc.  I've
learned a lot reading them.  If it's something you don't want to read,
then don't read it.  Just pick from topics that sound good to you.  And
it does apply to Mandrake.  Maybe I've read it before in the list, but
that doesn't mean that someone new has.  Yes, look in the archives.  But
how would they even know such a discussion even existed?

Keep the flow of information.  Even about what modems work or not and
why.

Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found

[Axalon Bloodstone]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, Rial Juan wrote:

> 
> Don't know if it works, but have you tried appending 255M instead of 256? I
> remember to have read something about this on the utah-glx list, and it seemed
> to help...
> 
> On Mar 10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> > 
> > As per the subject I have a Panrix machine with an AMD Athalon
> > processor, it has 256mb RAM (and this is checked and counted OK by the
> > bios at boot time).  The kernel (2.2.14 - standard from Mandrake 7.0) is
> > only finding 64mb).
> > 
> > The installer showed 65mb, I tried entering 256 but it was ignored so
> > far as I can see.
> > 
> > I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes
> > the kernel to hang on bootup.

your missing the M on the end, it's only seeing 256kb not enough..
 
> > I have made sure the bios is not shadowing any areas of RAM.
> > 
> > Anyone got any bright ideas about how to rescue my RAM? I am happy to
> > use a custom kernel but so far I have not found an option that makes any
> > difference.
> > 
> > Thanks
> > 
> > Dave
> > 
> 
> 

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RE: [expert] No CD music, but soundcard OK

[Leonardo T. de Carvalho]

On Fri, 10 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> to play CDs trougth the soundcard, you must have a cable attached from the
> CD to the soundcard.. if you have it should work just fine..  
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: David Warnock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: den 10 mars 2000 10:11
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: [expert] No CD music, but soundcard OK
> 
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have installed Mandrake 7.0, my soundcard (soundblaster Live) works OK
> (I can play wav files fine), the cd player works fine (it detects the CD
> and play starts counting time). But no sound comes out when I play a
> cd.  I guess that the cd player does not "know" about the soundcard.
> 
> What am I missing?
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dave

Check the cable of "Digital Audio" on the back of your CD ROM.
It must be plugged on the souncard.

Leonardo

Re: [expert] Re: Multiple Email Accounts

[Vern]

How about any MUA if used with fetchmail?  I use Postilion personally,
but KMail or anything else that can read local mail boxes works well. 
Also, KMail can access multiple accounts internally, so you don't even
need to use fetchmail if it scares you.

Thank you Gary for the help!
Vern

Re: [expert] partitioning

[Tony]

Look at "Ranish Partition Manager" it might help
 
"Weave a circle round him thrice,
  And close your eyes with holy dread,
  For he on honeydew hath fed,
  And drunk the milk of paradise."  (The linux user)

- Original Message - 
From: "Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 8:49 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] partitioning


> 
> - Original Message -
> From: Sheldon Lee Wen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 1:34 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] partitioning
> 
> 
> > Mage,
> >
> > > I installed 6.1 a couple of weeks ago and liked it so
> > Why not 7.0 ?
> >
> > > Is there a utility (like the commercial product
> > > PartitionMagic) that will allow me to resize the
> > > partition without having to reinstall?
> >
> > DON'T use PM to resize a linux partition. While they
> > apparently have ext2 support I actually tried using it once
> > to resize my linux root partition and it screwed up alot
> > of files. Their support for ext2 isn't great, unless they've
> > fixed it since then.
> 
> I am currently evaluating PM 5.0 for a magazine review. Support for ext2
> partitions is improved, and they even have a Linux "install" on the CD. I
> would recommend PM 5.0 (I too had poor results with 4.01 and lower).
> 
> Hoyt
> 
> 
> __
> NetZero - Defenders of the Free World
> Get your FREE Internet Access and Email at
> http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Re: lack of documentation (was Re: [expert] Removing supermount)

[Camille Begnis]

Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> 
> Vincentthanks.  What was supposed to be on there were some
> docs for supermount.  Are they brief enough to post here for
> those of us who haven't any access to them?

Here you are, sorry for the inconvenience.

For documentation woes, please use the adress: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We'll be glad to answer.

Camille.
 supermount.8.bz2

RE: [expert] No CD music, but soundcard OK

[Magnus Bohman]

to play CDs trougth the soundcard, you must have a cable attached from the
CD to the soundcard.. if you have it should work just fine..  

-Original Message-
From: David Warnock [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: den 10 mars 2000 10:11
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] No CD music, but soundcard OK


Hi,

I have installed Mandrake 7.0, my soundcard (soundblaster Live) works OK
(I can play wav files fine), the cd player works fine (it detects the CD
and play starts counting time). But no sound comes out when I play a
cd.  I guess that the cd player does not "know" about the soundcard.

What am I missing?

Thanks

Dave

Re: [expert] No CD music, but soundcard OK

[huth]

perhaps you can use kmixer to enable playing CD?

Re: [expert] RAM above 64mb not found

[Rial Juan]

Don't know if it works, but have you tried appending 255M instead of 256? I
remember to have read something about this on the utah-glx list, and it seemed
to help...

On Mar 10 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> As per the subject I have a Panrix machine with an AMD Athalon
> processor, it has 256mb RAM (and this is checked and counted OK by the
> bios at boot time).  The kernel (2.2.14 - standard from Mandrake 7.0) is
> only finding 64mb).
> 
> The installer showed 65mb, I tried entering 256 but it was ignored so
> far as I can see.
> 
> I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes
> the kernel to hang on bootup.
> 
> I have made sure the bios is not shadowing any areas of RAM.
> 
> Anyone got any bright ideas about how to rescue my RAM? I am happy to
> use a custom kernel but so far I have not found an option that makes any
> difference.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Dave
> 

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AW: [expert] WG: FVWM2

[Grojer Juergen]

I know, but the problem starts after installing and running vmware.
i dont like to unse another WM, fvwm2 uses very less memory, and when you
ned to run linux and two times nt on one pc you can't spare enough mamory.
Is there any other WM available wich also uses less memory?

thanx juergen



-Ursprüngliche Nachricht-
Von: Carl A. Cook [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Gesendet am: Donnerstag, 09. März 2000 20:27
An: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Betreff: Re: [expert] WG: FVWM2

> > I've installd FVWM2 on mandrake 7.0
> > after a fev houres fvwm2 lacks to react on clicks to the window-controll
> > (iconify, raise, close, resize) but it still works via the menue.
> >
> > After reinstalling fvwm somtimes the problem is fixed.
> >
> > Is this a possible vmware error?
>

> I don't know much about fvwm, but why do you think, that the behaviour you
> described has something to do with _VMWARE_ ?

I think he's associated the abbreviation for the window manager.

Juergen, FVWM2 is a window manager that controls your display in a
particular
style.

VMware is entirely different; it's software that lets you install Windows
and
run it =as=a=window=in=Linux=.  In other words, Linux as the base OS and
Windows in a Linux window so you can run those pesky Windows apps in Linux!
Works good, but a bit slow.

Be advised, FVWM & -2 are rather old and very few people run them, so you
will
have trouble with support.  Recommend KDE.  (Gnome still too buggy)
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[expert] problem starting notes-server with new kernel

[Harald Wolf]

Hi,

i had to create a new kernel 2.2.14 to get my 37GB IDE-HD to work.

i have installed Lotus/Domino-Server 5.0.2.c which is working with the
original kernel
from the PowerLinux 6.5 CD fine.

my new kernel (2.2.15) works fine to  ... no problems !

except the Domino-Server.  if i try to start the server
("/opt/lotus/bin/server") nothing happens
no error-message no /var/log/messages-message quite NOTHING

how to analyse a Problem if i have no errormessages 

Re: [expert] Still got my CD burner woes, help please

[Trevor Farrell]

Axalon Bloodstone wrote:

> Not as helpful as i was hopeing for. For future reference the drive is
> listed under 'Goldstar' not matsumi, and it is one of the
> "recommended" drives. Can you reboot the machine with the kernel-linus as
> the kernel and try that again plz.
>

Sorry Axalon, whilst I'm not a complete newbie, I've still a lot to learn about
Linux - how do you reboot with kernel-linus as the kernel?

>
> > Any help would be much appreciated thanks Axalon.
> >
> > PS - I do like Mandrake 7, and would not go back to 6, but this, and my sound
> > card blues (which I'm still researching) where my CMI8330 chip worked under
> > ver 6 but not (yet) under ver 7 are annoying!
> > On the plus side, yes, I like supermount, and ver 7 is the 1st distro to
> > automatically get my SiS 6326 video chip right from a graphic install - well
> > done!
>
> :) if thats a plee for help i kind need more info, than "it used to work"
>

Not yet a plea for help - merely a comment on where I'm at - I want to look at a
few more things yet before I cry "too hard", but if anyone knows where I can find
a README or HOWTO for the CMI8330 chip, I would appreciate it. The sndconfig
utility is unable to determine the proper settings at all, and the ones that
worked under Ver 6 generate an irq clash with my ver 7 install..

Trevor

Re: [expert] network question

[huth]

i think with netconf or linuxconf you can also name your host and your
domainname. if not maybe you can set it in /etc/sysconfig/network and/or
/etc/Hostname /etc/Domainname.

Re: [expert] troff / .mm -> something modern

[Rene Scott]

Hi,

try with mm2html/troff2html from the ast-open packege from AT&T,
http://www.research.att.com/sw/download (source & binary).

Rene


On Mar 9 Linda Walsh wrote:

> John Aldrich wrote:
> > 
> > On Thu, 09 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> > > I have some old unix docs that were written for troff -mm.  What
> > > I'd like to do is convert them to HTML or .doc(WORD) or .wpr (WordPerfect).
> > > so I can edit them in modern context.  I can convert them to .ps, or
> > > .pdf, but those don't help to go to an editable context.  Anyone
> > > kknow of any utils?  I looked on freshmeat, but didn't see anything.
> > >
> > I don't suppose you can convert to *.rtf can you?
> > John
> ---
>   troff doesn't know about RTF either...:-/
>   It's pretty ancient.
> 
> -l
> 

-- 
UNIX was never designed to keep people from doing stupid things, because
that policy would also keep them from doing clever things.   (Doug Gwyn)

[expert] no ftp access with Netscape !!!

[max]

i´m using a NT server with wingate for connecting to the web

browsing http sites works perfect !!

but wehn i click on an ftp link only the error message " the port u tryed
to access is vorbidden "

what can i do ??



mfg max

[expert] No CD music, but soundcard OK

[David Warnock]

Hi,

I have installed Mandrake 7.0, my soundcard (soundblaster Live) works OK
(I can play wav files fine), the cd player works fine (it detects the CD
and play starts counting time). But no sound comes out when I play a
cd.  I guess that the cd player does not "know" about the soundcard.

What am I missing?

Thanks

Dave

[expert] RAM above 64mb not found

[David Warnock]

Hi,

As per the subject I have a Panrix machine with an AMD Athalon
processor, it has 256mb RAM (and this is checked and counted OK by the
bios at boot time).  The kernel (2.2.14 - standard from Mandrake 7.0) is
only finding 64mb).

The installer showed 65mb, I tried entering 256 but it was ignored so
far as I can see.

I have tried adding append "mem=256" to my lilo.conf, but this causes
the kernel to hang on bootup.

I have made sure the bios is not shadowing any areas of RAM.

Anyone got any bright ideas about how to rescue my RAM? I am happy to
use a custom kernel but so far I have not found an option that makes any
difference.

Thanks

Dave