Re: [expert] Installing SMP Kernel
You either did make; make bzlilo without doing make modules ; make modules_install OR vice-versa. OR you failed to notice that (for some reason) the make bzlilo &c. put the newly-built kernel in a different place from where the default /etc/lilo.conf is looking for it. I solve this problem my using vanilla "make bzlilo" and altering /etc/lilo.conf to look for it where it gets put and the re-running lilo; other folks mostly seem to put it where lilo expects instead. Either way works, but in the end, lilo must be able to actually find it. Brian Schroeder wrote: > > I probably qualify as a newbie here. I have installed Mandrake 7.02 > onto a dual pentium 166. To my surprise the install process chose to > install the non-smp version of the kernel - without giving me an option > either. > > I have tried installing the smp kernel rpm (I did an rpm -ivh, changed > the file links in /boot and ran lilo), but when I try to boot, it > complains that the modules were built for a different kernel (ie. the > non-smp version). > > So I tried to build a custom kernel. This is my first time doing this, > and I followed the instructions as closely as possible. Although I > didn't notice any particular problems with the compile, when I eventually > got to the reboot it failed to boot with complaints about problems with > various modules (particularly the SCSI driver modules - since all disks > are SCSI). I have since restored the original kernel and have it running > again, but I think the errors were along the lines of unresolved symbols, > or other linker/loader type errors. > > Has anyone got any suggestions as to what I have done wrong, and what I > should do? > > (As an interesting corollary: When I installed onto a single-CPU PIII, > it was the smp kernel that was installed!) > > Brian. > -- > --- > Brian Schroeder | > ,-_|\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | > / \ Origin Energy Resources Ltd |Anyone can hate, > \_,-*_/ Adelaide Australia | but it costs to love. > v GPO Box 2576 Adelaide 5001 | > PH +61 8 8217 5782 | > --- -- "Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
Re: [expert] Easy CD burning for GUI lovers
Warning: The mkisofs that came with MDK 7.0 will corrupt certain data streams. See my web page for a test program; it should be straightfoward to adapt it to see if gcombust somehow fixes the corruption. Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > Having read some mails about probs with CD-R and CD-RW burning > and having sent one yelp for help myself (which was never > answered though) I tried my luck with a GUI I read about in > German pc mag c't. > It's called gcombust and I found it on freshmeat. > > I does just what I want: > > Easy setup > Blanking CD-RWs > Writing in multisession mode without probs > Working fast with my Plextor SCSI burner. > > I installed the rpm for RH 6.2. > YOu need at least cdrecord, mkisofs and (if you want to do audio > stuff) cdda2wav. For all of these I use the versions which came > with MDK 7.0 > > wobo > -- > GPG-Fingerprint: FE5A 0891 7027 8D1B 4E3F 73C1 AD9B D732 A698 82EE > For Public Key mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: GPG-Request > --- > ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html -- "Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server
Just use a custom install and click twice on the X stuff to select & the de-select it all. I have a non-X server running. On the other hand, it would be safer to keep the existing Celeron266 for a firewall/router (it's more than sufficient) and use another (possibly higher-powered) box for the server. FWIW. Monte Milanuk wrote: > > O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an ISDN line put in, > and will get a terminal adapter ISDN modem. Since the local internet > provider's ISDN account has an unlimited access plan, this box will > probably be up and online a lot of the time. Currently I use Freesco > 0.25 running from a 3.5" floppy to act as a firewall/router/dialup > gateway on a spare Celeron266 w/ 64MB RAM. I would like to 'upgrade' > this to an full blown intranet server/firewall/gateway running on a PII > 400 w/ 128MB RAM, and about 24GB of hard drive space. I hope to have > this box serving > DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, xntp, mail, news, squid, etc., and maybe X > (vnc). The one thing that this box really doesn't need is multimedia ( > sound, or graphics, etc). I would like to admin the box over the local > network using Webmin. > > Now on to the main topic of this post: How the heck can I get LM 7.0 to > install w/o X? I can make a boot disk for a text-mode network install, > but the install program insists on adding the X Window system and > KDE/Gnome, etc. I don't want/need them, so do I just have to put up w/ > this and remove them after the install? Also, would I be better off > doing this sort of setup w/ LM 6.1 instead? > > Monte > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com -- "Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
Re: [expert] anyone using toppage ?
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote: > hi, > > have downloaded toppage, but how can I give it a chance to try out ? > calling toppage_wine /usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e results in > > wine : can't exec '/usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e' : error=0 > wine : no executable file found. When you downloaded Toppage for Linux did you download the other rpm, Toppage-Wine on their site? You need both of these prgs from their site. toppage-0.9-1.i386.rpm toppage-wine-0.9-1.i386.rpm All I did was rpm these two files following the instructions and it worked. The only problem I had was the menus started then magically disappeared. You have to set X graphics to 16 bit and it solved the problem for me. I'm one of those guys who usually starts reading only when things go wrong! As far as Wine goes it was installed with my initial setup of Mandrake and that is all I did with it. I never set it up to use Windows. So I can't tell you if that other rpm (Toppage-Wine) is a stand on it's own type program or you need Wine installed? The whole thing is worth the effort it's a pretty nice program. Does it all from creating web pages, text art, animation, then uploads it for you to your web site. John. --- Linux, Win, DOS,- also known as the Good, the Bad and the Ugly! --- "You know, um, I know what you're thinking, because right now I'm thinking the same thing. Actually, I've been thinking it ever since I got here. Why, oh why didn't I take the *blue* pill?.. Cypher and Neo, "The Matrix"
Ynt: [expert] anyone using toppage ?
I did not use it but are you sure you ve downloaded the RPM package? ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/TopPage/linux/beta/toppage-0.9-2.i386.rp m >-> have downloaded toppage, but how can I give it a chance to try out ? >-> calling toppage_wine /usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e results in >-> >-> wine : can't exec '/usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e' : error=0 >-> wine : no executable file found. >-> >-> Unfortunatly the pdf-doc tells only something about windows-installation and >-> working within windows-environments. >-> >-> Thanks in advance >-> Hans Schneidhofer > >I've never used WINE, so this is a shot in the dark. Perhaps you should be >using: > >toppage_wine /usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage.exe -e >
[expert] KDE desktop and menu
Hi everyone: I have customized the KDE desktop, and I would like that every new user has this customized desktop. How do I do that? The same goes for the menu and other KDE settings (such as font size, lnguage, etc). Thank you. -- *Guillermo Belli-Linux User #121340* * ICQ #38321312* *http://sites.netscape.net/memo81 (en construccion)*
Re: [expert] Cannot open printer description file
Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all! > > I've just installed Mandrake 7. Chose "high security" during > installation and maybe that was a bad choice. > > Attempting to print as a normal user via either command line or the > Print button in Netscape gets me the error: > > [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ lpr trans.txt > lpr: cannot open printer description file > > lpr is installed as: > > [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ ls -l /usr/bin/lpr > -r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 16292 Jan 10 08:30 > /usr/bin/lpr* > > /etc/printcap is installed as: > > [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ ls -l /etc/printcap > -rw-r- 1 root adm 486 Apr 27 00:02 > /etc/printcap > > > > I've searched both the newbie and expert archives at mandrakesoft.com, > but it doesn't appear anyone has come across this problem (frankly, > that's a bit surprising!) There has been another people having it, some time ago. > > Known bug with a fix? Missed a step during setup? Any ideas? Yes, change permissions to world readable. This is fixed for 7.1. François.
Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server
Tried that... It insists on installing drakconf or some such gui tool, and I presume the requisite X environment. Monte "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > Monte Milanuk wrote: > > > O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an ISDN line put in, > > and will get a terminal adapter ISDN modem. Since the local internet > > provider's ISDN account has an unlimited access plan, this box will > > probably be up and online a lot of the time. Currently I use Freesco > > 0.25 running from a 3.5" floppy to act as a firewall/router/dialup > > gateway on a spare Celeron266 w/ 64MB RAM. I would like to 'upgrade' > > this to an full blown intranet server/firewall/gateway running on a PII > > 400 w/ 128MB RAM, and about 24GB of hard drive space. I hope to have > > this box serving > > DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, xntp, mail, news, squid, etc., and maybe X > > (vnc). The one thing that this box really doesn't need is multimedia ( > > sound, or graphics, etc). I would like to admin the box over the local > > network using Webmin. > > > > Now on to the main topic of this post: How the heck can I get LM 7.0 to > > install w/o X? I can make a boot disk for a text-mode network install, > > but the install program insists on adding the X Window system and > > KDE/Gnome, etc. I don't want/need them, so do I just have to put up w/ > > this and remove them after the install? Also, would I be better off > > doing this sort of setup w/ LM 6.1 instead? > > > > Monte > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > > http://im.yahoo.com > > If you install in an expert / server mode you should be able to select the > packages to be installed. Just don't select X... > > -- > Joseph S. Gardner > Senior Designer / Technical Support > Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Linux is like a wigwam... > No windows, no gates. > Apache inside > > Registered linux user #1696600 > ICQ #63389227 __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [expert] [OT] NIC problem
Christopher Quale wrote: > > Sorry to go off topic, but I greatly respect > the general knowledge of this newsgroup. > > I have a 3com 3c589 pcmcia network card > that has recently been acting really strange. > I know that it is configured correctly > (/etc/sysconfig/network and ifcfg-eth0, etc..) > but here is the problem: it is assigned an > internal IP of 192.168.1.5 and I can ping > another computer such as 192.168.1.2 (as > well as 192.168.1.5 and localhost), but > as of yesterday (it was working fine before > then) I cannot ping the IP Masq gateway > 192.168.1.1 . The computer shuttles between > two similarly configured networks (192.168.1.* > addressing scheme with 192.168.1.1 as the > ip masq gateway) and the exact same problem > occurs. Also, this is happening in both > linux and windows. The network is otherwise > operating normal for other clients behind the > IP masq machine. It appears, for some > (hardware?) reason, that 192.168.1.1 is > inaccessable to my NIC. Does anyone know > what (if any) remedies there are for this? > I have never come across something like this. > > Thanks for any suggestions. > > Best, > Chris Sounds like a netmask problem to me. Ensure it's set to 255.255.255.0. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Cannot open printer description file
Hello all! I've just installed Mandrake 7. Chose "high security" during installation and maybe that was a bad choice. Attempting to print as a normal user via either command line or the Print button in Netscape gets me the error: [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ lpr trans.txt lpr: cannot open printer description file lpr is installed as: [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ ls -l /usr/bin/lpr -r-sr-sr-x 1 root lp 16292 Jan 10 08:30 /usr/bin/lpr* /etc/printcap is installed as: [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ ls -l /etc/printcap -rw-r- 1 root adm 486 Apr 27 00:02 /etc/printcap I've searched both the newbie and expert archives at mandrakesoft.com, but it doesn't appear anyone has come across this problem (frankly, that's a bit surprising!) Known bug with a fix? Missed a step during setup? Any ideas? -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] how do i run the 7.0 drakx installer from an existing installation?
"Joseph Cheek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> i want to test some custom changes. in particular, i want to force it to
> install a custom kernel, rather than kernel-{linus|smp|fb|secure|younameit}.
>
> do i just chroot /my/root/dir /usr/bin/perl-install/install2 or is there
> more to it?
>
> what does the environment var PERL_INSTALL_TEST do, and to what do i set it?
first of all, you'd better post on cooker, i'm more responsive there :)
then read www.mandrake.com/drakx/README
what really do u wanna test? there is ./g_auto_install that may suits your
need...
cu Pixel.
Re: [expert] X or console wont start
"Bruce E. Harris" wrote: > > Thanks for the advice, Linux is back, firewall is working, life if good. > > I did get an email from my ISP telling me I am running at the max home user DSL > speed the offer. Still, why would a 300K file take 30 sec to d/l if my speed is > suppose to be running at over 400kps? One thing you may not have taken into consideration is the pipe that connects the other end to the Internet. If it's connected via ISDN, that would certainly explain your download speed. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] [OT] NIC problem
Sorry to go off topic, but I greatly respect the general knowledge of this newsgroup. I have a 3com 3c589 pcmcia network card that has recently been acting really strange. I know that it is configured correctly (/etc/sysconfig/network and ifcfg-eth0, etc..) but here is the problem: it is assigned an internal IP of 192.168.1.5 and I can ping another computer such as 192.168.1.2 (as well as 192.168.1.5 and localhost), but as of yesterday (it was working fine before then) I cannot ping the IP Masq gateway 192.168.1.1 . The computer shuttles between two similarly configured networks (192.168.1.* addressing scheme with 192.168.1.1 as the ip masq gateway) and the exact same problem occurs. Also, this is happening in both linux and windows. The network is otherwise operating normal for other clients behind the IP masq machine. It appears, for some (hardware?) reason, that 192.168.1.1 is inaccessable to my NIC. Does anyone know what (if any) remedies there are for this? I have never come across something like this. Thanks for any suggestions. Best, Chris
Re: [expert] X or console wont start
I ran linux 3 at the boot prompt, then logged in as root, and discovered by local ip was pounded out (#). I fixed it the started kdm. All seemed ok, then rebooted and now all works. Kinda strange. Bruce On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > ... in the > > process of changing IPs I somehow managed to screw up Linux. > > > > It will boot, go thru is startup scripts then stick when KDM window should > > come up and then do nothing. I can't even get a console to check things > > out. If I can get to a consle via a floppy boot, I have no idea what to fix > > to get X working. > > > > Any ideas? > > This happened to me too - X went blank when I started it and I coulnd't even > get another console to kill it. > > All I could think of was to get the cd and do an 'upgrade' - in the > installer I fiddled with the X confg part to force it to overwrite the X > settings but left everything else alone. it came up fine after that. If I > did it now I would try to start it in run level 3 (dosen't start X at boot > time) and run drakX or whatever it's called to make new X settings. > > >>Should also be able to type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt to > >>boot (one time) to runlevel 3. > >> John > > > Gavin -- Best Regards, Bruce Father to Bruce, Maverick & Aleister 1 Feb 2000 "I'm a man, I can change, if I have to, I guess" Men Anonymous (from "The New Red Green Show") My website http://harrisherd.ahv.cx or http://207.167.130.166
[expert] Windows 2000 bootloader and Mandrake
Is there a way to use the Windozes 2000 bootloader to boot into Linux instead of using LILO? I heard there is a HOW-TO on it, but I can't seem to find it. I have a feeling to accomplish this task I would have to edit the boot.ini file in order to get this to work. Thanks for any help. You people are great! Josh
[expert] Mandrake 7 pidentd problem
Can't get pdidentd to work on a fresh installation of Mandrake 7.0. I've tried other ident servers, none of which work either.. the problem seems to stem from an inability for ident to read the file /proc/net/tcp .. My guess is that there is some sort of security setting that is there.. I have another 7.0 server that has no restriction on that directory.. the inconsistency leads me to believe that maybe I chose a different security setting during the installation.. Any clues what I can do to get identd working? -j
Re: [expert] anyone using toppage ?
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 10:32:02PM +0200, Hans Schneidhofer wrote: -> hi, -> -> have downloaded toppage, but how can I give it a chance to try out ? -> calling toppage_wine /usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e results in -> -> wine : can't exec '/usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e' : error=0 -> wine : no executable file found. -> -> Unfortunatly the pdf-doc tells only something about windows-installation and -> working within windows-environments. -> -> Thanks in advance -> Hans Schneidhofer I've never used WINE, so this is a shot in the dark. Perhaps you should be using: toppage_wine /usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage.exe -e -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
[expert] Data rates and payload
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 05:58:33PM -0400, Bruce E. Harris wrote: -> Thanks for the advice, Linux is back, firewall is working, life if good. -> -> I did get an email from my ISP telling me I am running at the max home user DSL -> speed the offer. Still, why would a 300K file take 30 sec to d/l if my speed is -> suppose to be running at over 400kps? There are a number of possible reasons. First, speed rate is usually expressed in bits per second. A 300k file is some 2,400K bits. Second, that's the raw data rate, including overhead such as PPP and IP frame headers. The transfer protocol has its own overhead, such as ACKs and NAKs for file chunks received or not received. Data may be mangled en route (e.g. a collision on an Ethernet leg), requiring a retransmission. There may also be time lags between the time a NAK is transmitted and the time the replacement packet is sent. Etc. Your payload rate will be noticeably less than the data rate. Third, there may be some other thing between your computer and the source host which is the real bottleneck, say an overloaded hub or switch somewhere in the net. When I worked at HP, we set up two PA-RISC workstations with a 100BT card each, and a hub. We then tuned the IP stack for the job at hand, which was to see how fast we could push data through the 100BT network. Using UDP, which has a lot less overhead than HTTP or FTP, we saw throughputs of 60-80% of the rated speed of 100Gb. So while I'm not wild about the speed you are reporting, I suspect you don't have a serious problem. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
[expert] Anyone Trying ViaVoice?
A friend who is not on this list downloaded IBM's ViaVoice for Linux, and is getting seg faults. He's looking for some help. Is there anyone on here who's working with this package? If so, I'll tell him to join the list and post his problems. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
Re: [expert] X or console wont start
> ... in the > process of changing IPs I somehow managed to screw up Linux. > > It will boot, go thru is startup scripts then stick when KDM window should > come up and then do nothing. I can't even get a console to check things > out. If I can get to a consle via a floppy boot, I have no idea what to fix > to get X working. > > Any ideas? This happened to me too - X went blank when I started it and I coulnd't even get another console to kill it. All I could think of was to get the cd and do an 'upgrade' - in the installer I fiddled with the X confg part to force it to overwrite the X settings but left everything else alone. it came up fine after that. If I did it now I would try to start it in run level 3 (dosen't start X at boot time) and run drakX or whatever it's called to make new X settings. >>Should also be able to type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt to >>boot (one time) to runlevel 3. >> John Gavin
Re: [expert] X or console wont start
Thanks for the advice, Linux is back, firewall is working, life if good. I did get an email from my ISP telling me I am running at the max home user DSL speed the offer. Still, why would a 300K file take 30 sec to d/l if my speed is suppose to be running at over 400kps? Bruce On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > Even if you can't telnet in, you ought to be able to enter runlevel > > one from the LILO prompt: if you use image 'linux', type 'linux 1' at > > the LILO prompt. Then, look at rc.local. > > > Should also be able to type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt to > boot (one time) to runlevel 3. > John -- Best Regards, Bruce Father to Bruce, Maverick & Aleister 1 Feb 2000 "I'm a man, I can change, if I have to, I guess" Men Anonymous (from "The New Red Green Show") My website http://harrisherd.ahv.cx or http://207.167.130.166
[expert] anyone using toppage ?
hi, have downloaded toppage, but how can I give it a chance to try out ? calling toppage_wine /usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e results in wine : can't exec '/usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e' : error=0 wine : no executable file found. Unfortunatly the pdf-doc tells only something about windows-installation and working within windows-environments. Thanks in advance Hans Schneidhofer
Re: [expert] FTP privileges
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 01:23:28PM -0700, James wrote: -> I am impressed by the security settings for Mandrake which seem to hide -> and disallow certain read functions.. but I wish to make backups of my -> server and I am not allowed direct copy of certain directories to my -> remote computer. -> -> How do I give myself rights (even if only temporarily) to copy, through -> ftp, all the files I want to copy for a backup on a different computer? That would involve giving FTP access to root areas of the system, which is potentially insecure. I advise against it. Slightly less insecure, use NFS with root quash. Even better, use a backup program which runs a client on the computer to be backed up. Arkeia, Amanda and Work Station Solutions' Quick Restore all do this, but the last is probably a higher price than you care to spend. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
[expert] how do i run the 7.0 drakx installer from an existing installation?
i want to test some custom changes. in particular, i want to force it to
install a custom kernel, rather than kernel-{linus|smp|fb|secure|younameit}.
do i just chroot /my/root/dir /usr/bin/perl-install/install2 or is there
more to it?
what does the environment var PERL_INSTALL_TEST do, and to what do i set it?
thanks!
joe
--
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[expert] FTP privileges
I am impressed by the security settings for Mandrake which seem to hide and disallow certain read functions.. but I wish to make backups of my server and I am not allowed direct copy of certain directories to my remote computer. How do I give myself rights (even if only temporarily) to copy, through ftp, all the files I want to copy for a backup on a different computer? Thanks. james
expert@linux-mandrake.com
Luca Ognibene wrote: Device: Yamaha DS-XG MIDI port I/O port = 330 IRQ=7 > > I have also an internal modem, i don't know if it is a winmodem but i > think... It's a Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax,Speaker PCI modem. How can i > use it? > > Conexant is a winmodem. Throw it in the trash or put it back in a windows machine. Forget about it working under linux. Can't help you with the sound card, could be time to upgrade as well. Try a sound blaster live.
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Luca Ognibene wrote: > I have mainly 2 problems with Mandrake 7.0. I have a PCI Yamaha YMF-724F > [DS-1 audio controller] but sndconfig tells me that this audio card > isn't supported... How can i configure it? I know this: > Device: Yamaha DS-XG I/O port = 388 > Device: Yamaha DS-XG MIDI port I/O port = 330 IRQ=7 > > I have also an internal modem, i don't know if it is a winmodem but i > think... It's a Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax,Speaker PCI modem. How can i > use it? You might be able to find a driver at Http://www.linmodem.org. They will tell you up front that these $3 chipsets for software modems underperform ordinary hardware modems and they recommend you use them only as an automated answering machine or automated attendant for phone service, not as a modem. A good external modem is available from several sources--DO NOT rey a USB modem--most of them are the execrable software modems--plain old serial should suit you. Or if you like to hack hardware a bit, the Netpliance (www.netpliance.com) iOpener is a medium-powered computer which can be made into a very intelligent modem OR a full linux computer with HARDWARE modem on board (and 56k at that). Check www.linux-hacker.net/iopener for details. Now for the sound card, try www.opensound.com. There is a driver there which you can download and test for up to three hours of operation before having to pay for an activation key. If you are really good at hardware and want to write your own driver, I might be able to find a few others who'd like to work on such a project. As you have probably figured out, windows doesn't have very many drivers--they do blame 3rd party drivers for 25% of windows crashes. The manufacturers generally don't want to part with trade secrets, so the writing of drivers for devices is reverse-engineering, which is a perpetual catch-up operation. Civileme -- BETA-testing Netscape 6 and its mailer
expert@linux-mandrake.com
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote: > I have also an internal modem, i don't know if it is a winmodem but i > think... It's a Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax,Speaker PCI modem. How can i > use it? > Fugedaboudit! It's a WinModem. OR, more properly, a "SoftModem." You don't want to even TRY to use that modem under Linux. I don't think even linmodems.org's "LinuxModem" software will work with that modem. John
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I have mainly 2 problems with Mandrake 7.0. I have a PCI Yamaha YMF-724F [DS-1 audio controller] but sndconfig tells me that this audio card isn't supported... How can i configure it? I know this: Device: Yamaha DS-XG I/O port = 388 Device: Yamaha DS-XG MIDI port I/O port = 330 IRQ=7 I have also an internal modem, i don't know if it is a winmodem but i think... It's a Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax,Speaker PCI modem. How can i use it? ORioN
Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server
Monte Milanuk wrote: > O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an ISDN line put in, > and will get a terminal adapter ISDN modem. Since the local internet > provider's ISDN account has an unlimited access plan, this box will > probably be up and online a lot of the time. Currently I use Freesco > 0.25 running from a 3.5" floppy to act as a firewall/router/dialup > gateway on a spare Celeron266 w/ 64MB RAM. I would like to 'upgrade' > this to an full blown intranet server/firewall/gateway running on a PII > 400 w/ 128MB RAM, and about 24GB of hard drive space. I hope to have > this box serving > DHCP, DNS, Samba, NFS, xntp, mail, news, squid, etc., and maybe X > (vnc). The one thing that this box really doesn't need is multimedia ( > sound, or graphics, etc). I would like to admin the box over the local > network using Webmin. > > Now on to the main topic of this post: How the heck can I get LM 7.0 to > install w/o X? I can make a boot disk for a text-mode network install, > but the install program insists on adding the X Window system and > KDE/Gnome, etc. I don't want/need them, so do I just have to put up w/ > this and remove them after the install? Also, would I be better off > doing this sort of setup w/ LM 6.1 instead? > > Monte > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. > http://im.yahoo.com If you install in an expert / server mode you should be able to select the packages to be installed. Just don't select X... -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam... No windows, no gates. Apache inside Registered linux user #1696600 ICQ #63389227
RE: [expert] Disk Usage
thanx... I will be giving this a try this evening... I sure do appreciate it... Joseph E. Sheble a.k.a. Wizaerd Wizaerd's Realm Canvas, 3D, Graphics, ColdFusion http://www.wizaerd.com = Zanova, Inc. http://www.zanova.com Moving Business Forward. = > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Matt Stegman > Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 12:51 AM > To: Expert Mandrake List > Subject: Re: [expert] Disk Usage > > > You can hack it: > > # mv /usr /home > # ln -s /home/usr /usr > > This will move /usr (the bulk) onto your /home partition, and link it so > that it appears to be in the same place. This, of course, presumes that > /home/usr does not already exist. > > -Matt Stegman > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Wizaerd wrote: > > > When I initially installed Mandrake, I allowed the installation > procedure to > > auto-allocate partitions on the hard drive since I really > didn't know what I > > was doing (and I still don't to some degree...) > > > > Anyway, I recently ran a df and here were the results... > > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > > /dev/hda5 1510032 1378084 55240 96% / > > /dev/hda1 7746 2579 4767 35% /boot > > /dev/hda7 4435436 14192 4195936 0% /home > > > > You'll notice that my / partition is damn near all gone... is > there any way > > short of re-installing to change this? I'd rather skip the > reinstallation > > since it took me quite some time to finally get the options I wanted > > installed and running and sure would hate to have to do it all over > > again > > > > thanx > > > > Joseph E. Sheble > > a.k.a. Wizaerd > > Wizaerd's Realm > > Canvas, 3D, Graphics, ColdFusion > > http://www.wizaerd.com > > = > > Zanova, Inc. > > http://www.zanova.com > > Moving Business Forward. > > = > > > >
Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
DCH wrote: > Dear Mail-List, > thanks for your immediate response! > I got a question regarding those rpm's: Which RPMS's do I have to > recompile/replace with my config files? I checked most of them using > kpackage, but I couldn't find one containing the default Mandrake config > files... Whew !!! Pretty tall order ... Well, not very easy to find _all_ files that may be needed ... I guess that you could start by investigating the "etc" rpm used during install. But, remember that some of these files HAVE TO be altered by the installation process itself: e.g. sound or mouse configuration, and/or network addresses and such, that CANNOT be right in the installation packages, at least not when it comes from Mandrake or Redhat, so that the install process itself will always ask for specific values even if correct values are pre-packaged ...). So, if your aim were to produce a new install cd-rom suited to your own network, then as I see it, this also requires modification of the install script themselves so as not to ask for pre-configured values ... -- Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] 74 Annemasse France old Linux fan
Re: [expert] X or console wont start
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote: > Even if you can't telnet in, you ought to be able to enter runlevel > one from the LILO prompt: if you use image 'linux', type 'linux 1' at > the LILO prompt. Then, look at rc.local. > Should also be able to type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt to boot (one time) to runlevel 3. John
Re: [expert] Virtual Mail Hosting
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:54:33 +0200, Jan Dittberner wrote: >I have problems with some Outlook clients which want >to connect to the vpop3 daemon on my Mandrake box. > >They get: > >"-ERR cannot open mailbox /var/spool/vmail/hostname//username" >from the server. > >Is this a known problem? Is there a solution? > >Thanks > >Jan Dittberner verify the ownership of the mailbox file. if the owner is nobody change the owner to the appropriate id ___ Alberto Passariello Byte Works Sistemi Srl Cisco Systems partner Premier Certified Viale Liegi 44 00198 Roma Tel: +39 06 863.863.22 Fax: +39 06 863.863.23 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___
RE: [expert] empty smb passwords?
I have a question regarding samba I have a PDC I would like to use to do user/passowrd valaidation to I have the following in my smb.conf that does not work security = SERVER password server = CNGDOM01 name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast hosts if I change the password server to its known ip (found with nmblookup -M CNGDOM01) it works. why does samba not nmblookup on the name given in the smb.conf? I should not have to use the ip... any ideas? Ron -Original Message- From: Bill Shirley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 6:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] empty smb passwords? Yes. Do you have these set in your global section? null passwords = yes # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd With smbclient use: smbclient //elmo/apps -U xx -N where xx is the username. Just type smbclient for it's syntax. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian T. Schellenberger Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 1:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] empty smb passwords? Has anybody had success getting Samba set up so that (some) ids can get in without passwords? Even when using local smbclient such accounts seem to always be rejected. -- "Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?
Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote: > > > > To do *that*, you would either have to re-create the RPMs involved, or > > write a "post-install" script that replaced the relavent files. The > > latter wouldn't be quite as automatic as you want but it would a heck of > > a lot easier. > > > > You are right, of course. My post was just about how to put > replacement files on the CD, not how to integrate them into > the normal install process. But maybe some files needed for > installation, are not in RPM's at all ... > > -- > Jean-Louis Debert[EMAIL PROTECTED] > 74 Annemasse France > old Linux fan Dear Mail-List, thanks for your immediate response! I got a question regarding those rpm's: Which RPMS's do I have to recompile/replace with my config files? I checked most of them using kpackage, but I couldn't find one containing the default Mandrake config files... David.
Re: [expert] X or console wont start
Sounds like an ISDN rate, what is the web site hosting through? Your box sounds sick. If you only disconnected the ISDN, perhaps it is just mechanical problem and you need to remove and re-insert your cards, paying attention to their alignment. Any other ideas would have to come with allot more information. Later Christopher Cox
Re: [expert] libreadline.so.4.1 - Where is it?
>>> "George" == George Czerw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] George> After drawing many blanks from rpmfind, freshmeat, etc., I George> stumbled on it while doing some searches on Lycos for George> other things. Anyway, the link's below: George>ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/Mirrors/ftp.redhat.com/pub/ [remainder of URL and message snipped] A tip: if you are looking for a particular file, rpmfind.net may have a page _for that file_, if (I believe) the file is required by or provided by an rpm. Thus, if you are searching for libreadline.so.4.1, try bringing up http://rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/libreadline.so.4.1.html -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1.8 XEmacs and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.15-0.23mdk, maybe -0.27mdk later today http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm April 27 Thursday within the Ocatve of Easter "We do not really want a religion that is right where we are right. What we want is a religion that is right where we are wrong." [G.K. Chesterton, in The Catholic Church and Conversion]
[expert] mail & security config problem
I have installed a mandrake 7.0-2 as server using standard security ( as proposed by installation ) level. this linux acts as mail server for three domains. one domain is configured as the real domain and the users are real accounts. the other two are configured using linuxconf as vpop users. the whole thing works fine until the security check of the system, which reset the ownership of vpop files to nobody. this action prevents vpop from acting correctly ( it locks the mail boxes). Moreover if a mailbox receives a mail the ownership of the mailbox file is changed to the user's one. how i can resolve the problem? ___ Alberto Passariello Byte Works Sistemi Srl Cisco Systems partner Premier Certified Viale Liegi 44 00198 Roma Tel: +39 06 863.863.22 Fax: +39 06 863.863.23 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___
[expert] Default Print Margin?
In CSCMail, the email client I'm using, a printed message starts too far to the left on the paper, and the first character is lost. I asked the authors to add a margin to the print function, but they said that I should take care of that in printtool or somewhere. There doesn't seem to be such an option in printtool. And I'm not so sure about that, anyway; I don't want lpr adding anything to a 1" margin I set in WordPerfect. Comments? -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
[expert] X or console wont start
>>> "Bruce" == Bruce E Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] Bruce> It will boot, go thru is startup scripts then stick when Bruce> KDM window should come up and then do nothing. I can't even Bruce> get a console to check things out. If I can get to a consle Bruce> via a floppy boot, I have no idea what to fix to get X Bruce> working. [snip] Is there a way you can telnet into the box which sticks before kdm? If yes, you could change /etc/inittab to default to runlevel 3. Then, I'd look at /etc/rc.d/rc.local as a start. (Assumes kdm doesn't run.) Even if you can't telnet in, you ought to be able to enter runlevel one from the LILO prompt: if you use image 'linux', type 'linux 1' at the LILO prompt. Then, look at rc.local. -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: VM 6.75 under 21.1.8 XEmacs and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.15-0.23mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm April 27 Thursday within the Ocatve of Easter "For though today is always today and the moment is always modern, we are the only men in all history who fell back upon bragging about the mere fact that today is not yesterday." [G.K. Chesterton, in All I Survey]
RE: [expert] Installing SMP Kernel
First, edit your /usr/src/linux/Makefile and change: INSTALL_PATH= to INSTALL_PATH=/boot Optional step: ADD a new image section to lilo so you can boot the old kernel if needed: Edit /etc/lilo.conf and add a section just like the one label=linux: image = /boot/vmlinuz.old<== change this part label = oldlinux <== changes this part root = /dev/sda1 <== leave this part like other image section If you need to boot the old kernel, at boot time after LILO prompt, press tab and type "oldlinux" End of optional step. To build a new kernel, as root, type: cd /usr/src/linux make menu OR make menuconfig; easier OR make xconfig ; for using under X Configure the options. Because you are booting from SCSI disks, MAKE SURE the SCSI low level drivers and SCSI disks options are part of the kernel and NOT modules (also set the SMP options). Then type: make dep make bzlilo make modules make modules_install Then reboot. You will still get unresolved symbols on some modules. To stop this, remove all .o files in all subdirectories under /usr/lib/2.2.14-15mdk before you make modules_install. (They will be put back by the make modules_install command). Hope this helps, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian Schroeder Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 2:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Installing SMP Kernel I probably qualify as a newbie here. I have installed Mandrake 7.02 onto a dual pentium 166. To my surprise the install process chose to install the non-smp version of the kernel - without giving me an option either. I have tried installing the smp kernel rpm (I did an rpm -ivh, changed the file links in /boot and ran lilo), but when I try to boot, it complains that the modules were built for a different kernel (ie. the non-smp version). So I tried to build a custom kernel. This is my first time doing this, and I followed the instructions as closely as possible. Although I didn't notice any particular problems with the compile, when I eventually got to the reboot it failed to boot with complaints about problems with various modules (particularly the SCSI driver modules - since all disks are SCSI). I have since restored the original kernel and have it running again, but I think the errors were along the lines of unresolved symbols, or other linker/loader type errors. Has anyone got any suggestions as to what I have done wrong, and what I should do? (As an interesting corollary: When I installed onto a single-CPU PIII, it was the smp kernel that was installed!) Brian. -- --- Brian Schroeder | ,-_|\ [EMAIL PROTECTED] | / \ Origin Energy Resources Ltd |Anyone can hate, \_,-*_/ Adelaide Australia | but it costs to love. v GPO Box 2576 Adelaide 5001 | PH +61 8 8217 5782 | ---
Re: [expert] Sun Ultra 1 boot
>I downloaded the ulra iso image of the mandrake and burn it like i always do >for my x86 iso images Will the UltraSparc image boot on an old ordinary Sparc. I've got a couple of sparc station 2s that I'd like to try. Michael
[expert] mail & security config problem
I have installed a mandrake 7.0-2 as server using standard security ( as proposed by installation ) level. this linux acts as mail server for three domains. one domain is configured as the real domain and the users are real accounts. the other two are configured using linuxconf as vpop users. the whole thing works fine until the security check of the system, which reset the ownership of vpop files to nobody. this action prevents vpop from acting correctly ( it locks the mail boxes). Moreover if a mailbox receives a mail the ownership of the mailbox file is changed to the user's one. how i can resolve the problem? ___ Alberto Passariello Byte Works Sistemi Srl Cisco Systems partner Premier Certified Viale Liegi 44 00198 Roma Tel: +39 06 863.863.22 Fax: +39 06 863.863.23 Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___
RE: [expert] empty smb passwords?
Yes. Do you have these set in your global section? null passwords = yes # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents encrypt passwords = yes smb passwd file = /etc/smbpasswd With smbclient use: smbclient //elmo/apps -U xx -N where xx is the username. Just type smbclient for it's syntax. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian T. Schellenberger Sent: Thursday, April 27, 2000 1:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] empty smb passwords? Has anybody had success getting Samba set up so that (some) ids can get in without passwords? Even when using local smbclient such accounts seem to always be rejected. -- "Brian, the man from babble-on" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Brian T. Schellenberger http://www.babbleon.org Support http://www.eff.org. Support decss defendents. Support http://www.programming-freedom.org. Boycott amazon.com.
[expert] X or console wont start
Seems my DSL connection was never up to promised speed. Lastnight I by-passed my firewall to see it that would chance the speed but in the process of changing IPs I somehow managed to screw up Linux. It will boot, go thru is startup scripts then stick when KDM window should come up and then do nothing. I can't even get a console to check things out. If I can get to a consle via a floppy boot, I have no idea what to fix to get X working. Any ideas? Now to the problem that started this all. I am suppose to have a 768kps DSL link. However when I went to their page to check speeds, it took 30 sec to d/l a 380k photo and 40 sec to d/l a 400k text file. Sure doesnt seem like 768kps. I would like you opion before I contact my ISP... Thanks Bruce
[expert] Virtual Mail Hosting
I have problems with some Outlook clients which want to connect to the vpop3 daemon on my Mandrake box. They get: "-ERR cannot open mailbox /var/spool/vmail/hostname//username" from the server. Is this a known problem? Is there a solution? Thanks Jan Dittberner
Re: [expert] Disk Usage
You can hack it: # mv /usr /home # ln -s /home/usr /usr This will move /usr (the bulk) onto your /home partition, and link it so that it appears to be in the same place. This, of course, presumes that /home/usr does not already exist. -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Wizaerd wrote: > When I initially installed Mandrake, I allowed the installation procedure to > auto-allocate partitions on the hard drive since I really didn't know what I > was doing (and I still don't to some degree...) > > Anyway, I recently ran a df and here were the results... > Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on > /dev/hda5 1510032 1378084 55240 96% / > /dev/hda1 7746 2579 4767 35% /boot > /dev/hda7 4435436 14192 4195936 0% /home > > You'll notice that my / partition is damn near all gone... is there any way > short of re-installing to change this? I'd rather skip the reinstallation > since it took me quite some time to finally get the options I wanted > installed and running and sure would hate to have to do it all over > again > > thanx > > Joseph E. Sheble > a.k.a. Wizaerd > Wizaerd's Realm > Canvas, 3D, Graphics, ColdFusion > http://www.wizaerd.com > = > Zanova, Inc. > http://www.zanova.com > Moving Business Forward. > = > >
[expert] Sun Ultra 1 boot
I downloaded the ulra iso image of the mandrake and burn it like i always do for my x86 iso images. When i try to boot from the CD (boot cdrom from prompt) I have the line saying that the computer (Sun Ultra 1 200E/128Mb ram) is booting from the cdrom device but nothing happen . I've also try to use the boot net command after seting a tftp server on another Linux workstation. The sun download the image but nothing happen .. If someone has any idea ?? -- .../ Rodolphe Pineau Exoffice Technologies Inc. /. ../ Chief Information Officer /.. ./T:(+01) 650 259 0763 / F:(+01) 419 828-0219 /...
Re: [expert] lost bootup disk, recover ?
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > A GNU/Linux rescue disk that is made with > newbies in mind. > > http://airmid.netpedia.net/Ted Wager wrote: > > Alan > > P.S. but, in my experience Airmid, like tomsrtbt needs a kernal > update to work completely with the latest distributions. > Booting with your own kernal (using the boot disc made during > installation) and then inserting a floppy made with rescue.img > works best, IMHO. Hi... Thanks for the info...Not tried this as I did not see it on sunsite...Will d/load and have a play Regards Ted Ted Wager..RedHat Linux 6.2 g3tpi.ampr.org 44.131.147.8 OS From :- www.eridani.co.uk
