Re: [expert] ABIT mobo bios's
On Tue, 9 May 2000, Don wrote: All of the BIOS updates for all of the ABIT mainboards are located on this site. http://www.abit.com.tw/english/download/index.htm But I see that information too old than this site: http://www.abit.com.tw/t_chinese/download/index.htm -- Andrew Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] XLinux Inc. R.O.C. Taipei. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Chinese GNU/Linux Extension MandrakeCLE ftp://mdk.linux.org.tw/pub/Mandrake-CLE/
Re: [expert] Dual BP6 motherboard
Submitted 09-May-00 by Vu Nguyen: | Hi | Here is the list of my hardware | Motherboard: BP6 | CPU: 2 of 500MHz celeron (no overclock) | Bios: I just flash the new Bios bp6_qq.b01 | 96MB Ram (P100) | Trident video card: Trident 3D Image 9880 chipset | No soundcard | No modem | | I just set the MPS version control in Bios to 1:1 | I installed the Mandrake with the expert server. It seems that everything | automatic config. When I start it up, I saw the window with the bird and | it said : " One 500MZ (mendocino) CPU. Is that anywhere else I can check | to make sure. And how can I fix it? | | Thank you so much | Do a "uname -r" (without the quotes) and see if the kernel version you are using is an smp one (i.e. ends in smp). -- _ _|_|_ ( ) *Anton Graham /v\ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /( )X (m_m) GPG ID: 18F78541 Penguin Powered!
Re: [expert] BASH Shell games
Charles Curley wrote: [snip] if [ /etc/fstab -nt $metatada/fstab ] || [ ! -f $metadata/fstab ] ; then echo "Copying $metatada/fstab in from /etc." cp /etc/fstab $metadata; fi [snip] $metatada $metadata ^^^ transcription error... Ron -- +--+ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | | Most overused words: feel, cool/kewl, fun, myBlah.com| | Most underused word: think | +--+
Re: [expert] HP DeskJet 972Cse
I am using the 970cxi with mandrake 7.1b2. I am in windows right now because drakefont broke my x and I can't get back in. I believe that the models that I chose was the 870 and then it said something about 970 not being tested. Armisis Aieoln wrote: I have the 970cxi and it works ok with the generic deskjet drivers with linux... acutaly i use the 550c driver... awaiting new ones... HP said they dont and wont support linux at all. dave On Tue, 25 Apr 2000, you wrote: Do any of you have the Hewlett-Packard DeskJet 972Cse printer? It is an excellent printer (I know; I have one). I have one connected to a windows machine called 'HAL'. I use SMB printing through Samba to let my computer print to it on the local area network (LAN!). Unfortunately, I can only seem to print text. And I have to set that annoying CR-CRLF feature. Has anyone had any luck using a 972Cse (either remotely or locally) to print? At all? If so, please tell me! Thanks again to everyone on this list. Groups like this one are the true power of Linux; with advances come complexity, but there are always helpful users waiting to spread their beloved system. Linux rocks, and don't allow anyone to make you think otherwise. Sincerely, Asheesh Laroia. -- The geographical center of Boston is in Roxbury. Due north of the center we find the South End. This is not to be confused with South Boston which lies directly east from the South End. North of the South End is East Boston and southwest of East Boston is the North End. -- Of course... -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= LINUX - Why? Cause I dont do windows -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
Re: [expert] NS Communicator Java crashes
Alexander- Yeah, pretty much EVERYBODY has the same problem. Netscape doesn't handle Java very well. Nearly everyone I know of that uses Linux turns off Java support in Netscape to avoid having to kill the rogue process every 30 minutes or so. On 10 May, Alexander Feigl wrote: Hi! I have problems using Java pages with Netscape Communicator and MDK 7.0. (also tried downloaded browser). NS crashes when loading a page with Java. Anybody have the same problem? Fixes? Alexander -- --- Nil Carborundum Illegitimi http://andysocial.com
Re: [expert] BASH Shell games
Well, at least in the version herein, you misspelled "metadata" in both the `echo` statement, and in the timestamp test. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 10 May 2000, Charles Curley wrote: Why is this failing? I want to test two files, source and target. If the target does not exist, or the target does exist but is older than the source, I want to copy the source to the target. If the target does not exist, the file is copied. If the source is newer, no copy occurs. The code is: if [ /etc/fstab -nt $metatada/fstab ] || [ ! -f $metadata/fstab ] ; then echo "Copying $metatada/fstab in from /etc." cp /etc/fstab $metadata; fi ccurley@charlesc $ bash --version GNU bash, version 2.03.16(1)-release (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -- -- 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] BASH Shell games
Why is this failing? I want to test two files, source and target. If the target does not exist, or the target does exist but is older than the source, I want to copy the source to the target. If the target does not exist, the file is copied. If the source is newer, no copy occurs. The code is: if [ /etc/fstab -nt $metatada/fstab ] || [ ! -f $metadata/fstab ] ; then echo "Copying $metatada/fstab in from /etc." cp /etc/fstab $metadata; fi ccurley@charlesc $ bash --version GNU bash, version 2.03.16(1)-release (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright 1998 Free Software Foundation, Inc. -- -- 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] cannot open shared object file ...
hi, got a newone problem with "cannot open shared object file : === src/ap === src/main gcc -c -I../os/unix -I../include -DLINUX=2 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DUSE_EXPAT -I../lib/expat-lite `../apaci` gen_test_char.c gcc -DLINUX=2 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DUSE_EXPAT -I../lib/expat-lite `../apaci` -o gen_test_char gen_test_char.o -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -L/usr/local/lib -lexpat -Lmodules/php3 -L../modules/php3 -L../../modules/php3 -lmodphp3-L/usr/local/iodbc/lib -liodbc -lpam -lm -ldl -lcrypt -lresolv -lm -lcrypt -lgdbm ./gen_test_char test_char.h ./gen_test_char: error in loading shared libraries: libiodbc.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory make[3]: *** [test_char.h] Error 127 make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/apache_1.3.9/src' make[1]: *** [build-std] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/apache_1.3.9' make: *** [build] Error 2 this is the message after trying to compile apache with libiodbc. Anybody there, who is knowing about this errormessage ? My libiodbc.so.2 is in /usr/local/iodbc/lib/libiodbc.so.2. Have I to set a EnvironmentVariable or to integrade the lib with lib.so.conf ? Thanks in advance for every helping step bye hans schneidhofer
Re: [expert] Dual BP6 motherboard
Vu Nguyen wrote: HiHere is the list of my hardwareMotherboard: BP6CPU: 2 of 500MHz celeron (no overclock)Bios: I just flash the new Bios bp6_qq.b0196MB Ram (P100)Trident video card: Trident 3D Image 9880 chipsetNo soundcardNo modemI just set the MPS version control in Bios to 1:1I installed the Mandrake with the expert server. It seems that everything automatic config. When I start it up, I saw the window with the bird and it said : " One 500MZ (mendocino) CPU. Is that anywhere else I can check to make sure. And how can I fix it?Thank you so much - Original Message - From: Larry Sword To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 7:04 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Dual BP6 motherboard Vu Nguyen wrote: HiDoes anyone successfully config Mandrake on Dual PB6 motherboard and have both CPU working (Celeron)?. Please give me some helps with the installation step. I tried too many time (Flashing new Bios, reinstall Mandrake..), but it still only recognize only one CPU. Thank you so much Give the specs of your system. BIOS CPU's OC'ed? Memory Also include the steps you have taken so far to check you cpu's to insure both are good, each in each socket etc. etc Do the following to check and verify your running kernel and to check what your system sees as the cpu's. uname -r cat /proc/cpuinfo Also are you sure that both of your cpu's are good? Have you checked them separately in each of the sockets? Larry
[expert] NS Communicator Java crashes
Hi! I have problems using Java pages with Netscape Communicator and MDK 7.0. (also tried downloaded browser). NS crashes when loading a page with Java. Anybody have the same problem? Fixes? Alexander
Re: [expert] Kmail-SMTP
Wayne, try telnetting to port 25 your IP address It would be like this telnet 205.287.45.3 25 If you get no response, your sendmail SMTP server is not responding. (Assuming you are firing it up at start-up) Also try /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart (or status) See what happens and check your logs.. Good Luck -Aaron Wayne Petherick wrote: Tom, I had the same problem as you. Unfortunately I couldn't fix mine either, except by doing exactly what you did and setting it to sendmail. My IT department couldn't help me because they don't support linux. WHat did I do? Switeched to Pine, and haven't looked back. Took a while to set up, but what an e-mail prog! You should check it out. Wayne On Wed, 10 May 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote: Last Saturday I when I tried to send email using Kmail with File|Settings|Network set to SMTP, localhost, port 25, I got an error message "Cannot open SMTP connection to host localhost for sending". For quite some time (years) I've been using Kmail/SMTP. I changed Kmail's option from 'SMTP' to 'Sendmail' and was immediately able to send mail. I have no idea what caused SMTP to suddenly stop working, or even where to look to fix it. I have read the 'mail' howto, and searched the Mdk mailing list archives to no avail. Can somebody point me in the right direction for getting SMTP working again. I have a problem with using the 'sendmail' option in Kmail because it instantly puts mail in the 'sent mail' box, even if I don't have a connection to my ISP. IOW's there's no indication that the mail is being sent, or queued for later as there is with Kmail's SMTP option. Besides, it's bothering me what I might've done to break SMTP. FWIW, I use Staroffice for reading news groups. It's set to SMTP for mail, and it hasn't had any problems. TIA, -- * * Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University * *
Re: [expert] NS Communicator Java crashes
I have the same problems with OPERA... Gary Bunker wrote: Alexander- Yeah, pretty much EVERYBODY has the same problem. Netscape doesn't handle Java very well. Nearly everyone I know of that uses Linux turns off Java support in Netscape to avoid having to kill the rogue process every 30 minutes or so. On 10 May, Alexander Feigl wrote: Hi! I have problems using Java pages with Netscape Communicator and MDK 7.0. (also tried downloaded browser). NS crashes when loading a page with Java. Anybody have the same problem? Fixes? Alexander -- --- Nil Carborundum Illegitimi http://andysocial.com
[expert] imap
Hi, I have sendmail and fetchmail up just fine. I am trying to setup the IMAP server that comes with Mandrake 7.0, but I can not find any docs that came with Mandrake or the config file for IMAP. Can anyone point me to applicable docs for IMAP and were the config file is located? I searched my machine and the Internet for docs and config file, but no luck. -- Best Regards, Bruce
RE: [expert] cannot open shared object file ...
Hmm... it's a library, so.. the first thing I'd try is adding /usr/local/iodbc/lib/ to /etc/ld.so.conf then type 'ldconfig' When it returns, try recompiling. -=Ron=- -Original Message- From: Hans Schneidhofer [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 2:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] cannot open shared object file ... hi, got a newone problem with "cannot open shared object file : === src/ap === src/main gcc -c -I../os/unix -I../include -DLINUX=2 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DUSE_EXPAT -I../lib/expat-lite `../apaci` gen_test_char.c gcc -DLINUX=2 -DUSE_HSREGEX -DUSE_EXPAT -I../lib/expat-lite `../apaci` -o gen_test_char gen_test_char.o -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -Wl,-rpath,/usr/local/lib -L/usr/local/mysql/lib/mysql -lmysqlclient -L/usr/local/lib -lexpat -Lmodules/php3 -L../modules/php3 -L../../modules/php3 -lmodphp3-L/usr/local/iodbc/lib -liodbc -lpam -lm -ldl -lcrypt -lresolv -lm -lcrypt -lgdbm ./gen_test_char test_char.h ./gen_test_char: error in loading shared libraries: libiodbc.so.2: cannot open shared object file: No such file or directory make[3]: *** [test_char.h] Error 127 make[2]: *** [subdirs] Error 1 make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/apache_1.3.9/src' make[1]: *** [build-std] Error 2 make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/local/src/apache_1.3.9' make: *** [build] Error 2 this is the message after trying to compile apache with libiodbc. Anybody there, who is knowing about this errormessage ? My libiodbc.so.2 is in /usr/local/iodbc/lib/libiodbc.so.2. Have I to set a EnvironmentVariable or to integrade the lib with lib.so.conf ? Thanks in advance for every helping step bye hans schneidhofer
Re: [expert] Kmail-SMTP
Tom, I had the same problem as you. Unfortunately I couldn't fix mine either, except by doing exactly what you did and setting it to sendmail. My IT department couldn't help me because they don't support linux. WHat did I do? Switeched to Pine, and haven't looked back. Took a while to set up, but what an e-mail prog! You should check it out. Wayne On Wed, 10 May 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote: Last Saturday I when I tried to send email using Kmail with File|Settings|Network set to SMTP, localhost, port 25, I got an error message "Cannot open SMTP connection to host localhost for sending". For quite some time (years) I've been using Kmail/SMTP. I changed Kmail's option from 'SMTP' to 'Sendmail' and was immediately able to send mail. I have no idea what caused SMTP to suddenly stop working, or even where to look to fix it. I have read the 'mail' howto, and searched the Mdk mailing list archives to no avail. Can somebody point me in the right direction for getting SMTP working again. I have a problem with using the 'sendmail' option in Kmail because it instantly puts mail in the 'sent mail' box, even if I don't have a connection to my ISP. IOW's there's no indication that the mail is being sent, or queued for later as there is with Kmail's SMTP option. Besides, it's bothering me what I might've done to break SMTP. FWIW, I use Staroffice for reading news groups. It's set to SMTP for mail, and it hasn't had any problems. TIA, -- * * Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University * *
Re: [expert] Dual BP6 motherboard
Hi Yes I did and it only said I am using the Kernel 2.2.14 without smp, So what should I do Thank --- Anton Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Submitted 09-May-00 by Vu Nguyen: | Hi | Here is the list of my hardware | Motherboard: BP6 | CPU: 2 of 500MHz celeron (no overclock) | Bios: I just flash the new Bios bp6_qq.b01 | 96MB Ram (P100) | Trident video card: Trident 3D Image 9880 chipset | No soundcard | No modem | | I just set the MPS version control in Bios to 1:1 | I installed the Mandrake with the expert server. It seems that everything | automatic config. When I start it up, I saw the window with the bird and | it said : " One 500MZ (mendocino) CPU. Is that anywhere else I can check | to make sure. And how can I fix it? | | Thank you so much | Do a "uname -r" (without the quotes) and see if the kernel version you are using is an smp one (i.e. ends in smp). -- _ _|_|_ ( ) *Anton Graham /v\ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /( )X (m_m) GPG ID: 18F78541 Penguin Powered! = Vu Nguyen CSUS Sacramento Sr. Computer Engineer http://vng2k.homepage.com . . . __ Do You Yahoo!? Send instant messages get email alerts with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] NS Communicator Java crashes
Gary Bunker wrote: Alexander- Yeah, pretty much EVERYBODY has the same problem. Netscape doesn't handle Java very well. Nearly everyone I know of that uses Linux turns off Java support in Netscape to avoid having to kill the rogue process every 30 minutes or so. On 10 May, Alexander Feigl wrote: Hi! I have problems using Java pages with Netscape Communicator and MDK 7.0. (also tried downloaded browser). NS crashes when loading a page with Java. Anybody have the same problem? Fixes? Alexander I had the same problem.. HOWEVER, I've been running RH 6.2 for a while. I don't know if this is a MDK problem, or something thats just gotten copied. RH left out a line in the X11 file that specifies fonts.. ( I'm sorry I have this written down somewhere but I cannot find it at the moment.. ). It was something like the 100 dpi fonts were left out and if you loaded a Java page that required this, instant crash.. One of my local linux buddies found it.. I was really frustrated since my companies homepage ( local TV station ) has a java app that prints the nights features on a "tv" screen and it always worked before.. When I loaded RH 6.2 it crashed. I had to turn Java off also.. Until my friend told me to add the 100 dpi fonts.. Ever since then I have had NO Java crashes in Netscape. Perhaps, its the same thing?? Alan -- - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Running RedHat Linux 6.2 and/or BeOS 5.0. No Windows involved! -
Re: [expert] Dual BP6 motherboard
Submitted 10-May-00 by Vu Nguyen: | Hi | Yes I did and it only said I am using the Kernel | 2.2.14 without smp, So what should I do | | Thank Okay, first of all, check to see if you have an smp kernel installed. rpm -qa | grep kernel You should get a list like the following: kernel-2.2.14-15mdk kernel-doc-2.2.14-15mdk kernel-headers-2.2.14-15mdk kernel-utils-2.2.14-15mdk kernel-smp-2.2.14-15mdk kernel-source-2.2.14-15mdk If you don't have the smp kernel in that list, then you will have to install it from your CD. After that, just change the symlinks in /boot (the System.map and vmlinuz) to point at the smp kernel and run /sbin/lilo. HTH -- _ _|_|_ ( ) *Anton Graham /v\ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /( )X (m_m) GPG ID: 18F78541 Penguin Powered!
Re: [expert] Kmail-SMTP
Aaron, thanks for the tip. I have printed that e-mail and have kept it on file for next time. I have to say though, apart from a few problems with the set up, I am now using Pine and can strongly recommend it for anyone looking for a solid email app. Wayne At 08:05 PM 5/10/00 -0500, you wrote: Wayne, try telnetting to port 25 your IP address It would be like this telnet 205.287.45.3 25 If you get no response, your sendmail SMTP server is not responding. (Assuming you are firing it up at start-up) Also try /etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart (or status) See what happens and check your logs.. Good Luck -Aaron Wayne Petherick wrote: Tom, I had the same problem as you. Unfortunately I couldn't fix mine either, except by doing exactly what you did and setting it to sendmail. My IT department couldn't help me because they don't support linux. WHat did I do? Switeched to Pine, and haven't looked back. Took a while to set up, but what an e-mail prog! You should check it out. Wayne On Wed, 10 May 2000, Tom Brinkman wrote: Last Saturday I when I tried to send email using Kmail with File|Settings|Network set to SMTP, localhost, port 25, I got an error message Cannot open SMTP connection to host localhost for sending. For quite some time (years) I've been using Kmail/SMTP. I changed Kmail's option from 'SMTP' to 'Sendmail' and was immediately able to send mail. I have no idea what caused SMTP to suddenly stop working, or even where to look to fix it. I have read the 'mail' howto, and searched the Mdk mailing list archives to no avail. Can somebody point me in the right direction for getting SMTP working again. I have a problem with using the 'sendmail' option in Kmail because it instantly puts mail in the 'sent mail' box, even if I don't have a connection to my ISP. IOW's there's no indication that the mail is being sent, or queued for later as there is with Kmail's SMTP option. Besides, it's bothering me what I might've done to break SMTP. FWIW, I use Staroffice for reading news groups. It's set to SMTP for mail, and it hasn't had any problems. TIA, -- * * Wayne Petherick Criminology Department Bond University * *
[expert] SHIT
I think MDK is shit Netscape craches all time and there are no any other good browser that works better!
[expert] Kmail-SMTP
Last Saturday I when I tried to send email using Kmail with File|Settings|Network set to SMTP, localhost, port 25, I got an error message "Cannot open SMTP connection to host localhost for sending". For quite some time (years) I've been using Kmail/SMTP. I changed Kmail's option from 'SMTP' to 'Sendmail' and was immediately able to send mail. I have no idea what caused SMTP to suddenly stop working, or even where to look to fix it. I have read the 'mail' howto, and searched the Mdk mailing list archives to no avail. Can somebody point me in the right direction for getting SMTP working again. I have a problem with using the 'sendmail' option in Kmail because it instantly puts mail in the 'sent mail' box, even if I don't have a connection to my ISP. IOW's there's no indication that the mail is being sent, or queued for later as there is with Kmail's SMTP option. Besides, it's bothering me what I might've done to break SMTP. FWIW, I use Staroffice for reading news groups. It's set to SMTP for mail, and it hasn't had any problems. TIA, -- .. Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] wine-mailing-list ?
hi, am looking for a wine-mailing-list. Have tried the news.group, but seems too complicated. Or is somebody there, who can explain it, how to start some questions as easy as here ? thanks in advance hans schneidhofer
[expert] fvwm2 on Mandrake
Hi! I'm running Mandrake 7 with its wonderful KDE desktop and it's great! Now and again, though, nostalgia overwhelms me and I would like to run fvwm or fvwm2 - nicely uncluttered! I've tried firing it up through an ~/.Xclients file, with a functional .fvwm2rc file in the Home directory and it clearly makes KDE hiccup, but no more - I still get the KDE set-up. Can anyone offer suggestions as to where I need to interfere in order to make KDE lie down for a while - or just point me to the right place in the docs if such there be? TIA Glyn M. -- ** * "The soul is greater than the hum of it's parts. " * * Douglas Hoftstatder* **
[expert] ILOVEYOU worm Linux: origin of story
Someone on the list mentioned the possibility of the love bug worm infecting Linux. I may have found the origin of that wetware virus. http://www.theregister.co.uk/000510-11.html -- -- 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
