[expert-it] Opzioni del kernel
Ho provato a compilare altri kernel per Mandrake ma non riesco ad attivare due funzioni: il supermount e lo spegnimento del pc. Il nuovo kernel mi dice che il supermount non e' supportato dal filesystem, ma io non riesco a trovare nessuna voce nelle opzioni di compilazione (menuconfig), che sia una prerogativa di Mandrake? Sbirciando tra i moduli della versione ufficiale (2.2.15) in effetti c' e' un modulo supermount.o ma come viene creato? Ne sapete qualcosa? Inoltre con il nuovo kernel il pc non si spegne piu' da solo ma devo premere io il pulsante, al contrario del kernel precompilato. Qualche suggerimento? Io ho provato il 2.2.16 e il 2.4.0-test2. Ciao -- Sebastiano Cordiano ___ [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] To the Powers That Be.
It will imposed censorship on the list which most of us probably don't like, as we are interested in freedoms. And also, how fast is it to sign up for another acct on a free e-mail? That takes a matter of minutes, where tracking down the cause of the flames may take days of messages to find out. -- If the list was moderated, then only *RELEVANT* emails would get through to the list, and all this *CRAP* we have to put up with on a daily basis will no longer cause knowledgeable people to just not read the list. it has nothing to do with losing an account, as all emails, whoever they come from will have to be checked prior to being allowed onto the list. This is not new, or even censorship. It is a reaction to all the juvenile, immature postings we get where small minded individuals, with no brains feel they need to spout off whenever they don't like the color of the installation routines, and prove their lack of brains. I say moderate. this way only one person needs to put up with the crap. -- +++ Allen Bolderoff [EMAIL PROTECTED] CTPC - Caffeine - get it here: http://www.coffee-tea-pots-cups.com/ +++ GPG fingerprint = CBB0 8626 702C 3D01 B5AD A54A DC2C 93B7 3E4B 6472 +++
[expert] cdburning
Hi, Question. In alot of burning frontends they recognise my scsi-3 burner but not my ide cdrom drive for the reader. Any idea how I can configure the system so that it'll be recognised? I belive that most of them are getting the device information from cdrecord -scanbus Cheers, Sheldon. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] Kmail and threading...
Yes, I've tried it out in kde2 beta 3. If you want to give that a try, you might want to wait a couple of days, since the fourth beta might be available by Tuesday. -- Stephen On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote: On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote: Can anyone tell me, does Kmail do threading like Nutscrape Messynger? Not yet. I think that is planned for an upcoming version (AFTER KDE2 is released) John
Re: [expert] Memory above 1GB
Submitted 20-Aug-00 by Sarang Lakare: Is it that the default kernel dosn't support more than 1GB? what do I have to get it to recognize more than 1GB in that case? Bingo! You need to compile custom kernels to go above 1 GB. There is an option under Processor Type and Features to toggle 1 or 2 GB max physical memory. -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RSA key available upon request If you think the pen is mightier than the sword, the next time someone pulls out a sword I'd like to see you get up there with your Bic.
Re: [expert] Netscape Corrupting the mailrules file?
Netscape 4.74 appears to contain a bug in the mail filter configuration function. I have experienced this, when an exception is thrown by the calling of the mail filters dialog. The error specifically relates to an invalid parameter in the child process when calling the dialog. The only fix I have time for is to deinstall the rpm, and reinstall. Pierre Fortin wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: [snip] Might someone on here have any idea what could be causing Netscape to corrupt its mailrule file? [snip] MarkI'm using 4.74 and have not had any such problems with it. But I did have problems with the message filters (I guess this is what you mean by a mailrule file) getting screwed up (I actually lost all of the rules completely) a few releases of Netscape back. What seemed to cure it for me was this. I noticed that the corruption/loss seemed to occur when I was cutting (actually copying) info from messages and pasting this info into a filter (either into a new one or editing an old one). So, I quit cutting (copying) and pasting when creating and maintaining filters and the problem stopped. Hope this helps. Alan You can copy/paste if you remember to delete the whitespace that NS puts in front of the pasted text; this can include a newline character. At worst, edit the mailrule file with your favorite text editor and look for a wrapped "condition=" line... remove the linewrap unnecessary whitespace and save it. No need to restart Netscape. HTH, Pierre -- Linux (Up 28 days) -- Reboots are for system upgrades... Currently running 222 processes; CPU activity: user=0.2%, system=1.4% Last reboot reason: Installed new BackUPS power supply.
Re: [expert] Memory above 1GB
Submitted 20-Aug-00 by Sarang Lakare: I shldn't say solved.. it was there but i couldnt' see it.. when i did top, i saw 1.5GB on the machine.. but when i boot, the initial text screen shows only 958MB and so i thought it saw only that much.. Mandrake guys shld rectify this problem.. the initial screen dosn't show the right amount detected! That number comes from the linux_logo program. Please contact the author of said program ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) to see about a fix. -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RSA key available upon request Don't try to outweird me, three-eyes. I get stranger things than you free with my breakfast cereal." -- Zaphod Beeblebrox [Douglas Adams, "Hithiker's Guide to the Galaxy"]
Re: [expert] CL = Command Line (TM) (NT)
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Greg Stewart wrote: For the uninitiated, NT means No TeXT. I thought it meant "Nice Try" :-) "Nearly There" :)
Re: [expert] my thoughts on 7.1
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Alan N pushed some tiny letters in this order: Times are a bit different now, I have my own burner at home, and also a cable modem.. I needed to upgrade my HD, so I bought a new 20Gig and dloaded RH 7.1 beta.. After numerous attempts to get my Voodoo Banshee working right ( It did FINE in 6.2, might be the Xfree 4, I dunno,) I decided to dload Mdk 7.1.. I've also had troubles with my Banshee and XF4.0 straight off the 7.1 cd's. I think I remember somebody reporting the situation with XF4.0.1 is improved but I haven't been game to download and try it out yet. If it ain't broke don't fix it as they say! Tony
Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?
El dom, 20 ago 2000, escribiste: I'm in the market for a new machine . . . . and I am seriously considering the AMD chip . . . . Could anyone point me to references which show pros and cons of each with Linux, Windows, etc? We have a cluster with Athlon @500 MHz and they are faster than PIII @550 MHz running scientific computations with a lot of float point operations (for example, my evolutionary environment for obtaining robot controllers is 20% faster). Motherboard is Asus K7M and we have not any problems. The main issue with Athlons is the power supply (250W at least). My brother has a gaming machine with an Athlon @700 MHz and a GeForce DDR on an Asus K7V. Games are fster!!! and linux runs very well too ;-) Look at www.aceshardware.com and www.tomshardware.com, they have good benchmarks and they EXPLAIN the results.
RE: [expert] ipchains logging
Hi Greg, Hey, I've just realised something... For a while after my firewall comes up, I get a few logged DENY packet, and an occasional portsentry attack alert, but after some time, the network seems to go very quite. I had checked my machine fromwork this afternoon, and nothing was recorded since last nite. So, I decided to force a response and I telnetted into my machine. This triggerred the firewall and it logged the DENY packets. I tried this a while back, and my machine *didn't* log the DENY records. Now, my situtation may actually be nothing like yours... but I wonder if your area of the network quites down a bit (ie: stops pounding you if they no one can really see your machine)? Any thoughts? How did the new rpms works? Have you tried them? So far, so good. I want to give it a few more days before I declare it resolved, but I'm still getting the messages since I ungraded the sysklogd package. I'll let you know towards the end of the week. Thanks for the help, Tony
Re: [expert] kmail option?
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, maxtor pushed some tiny letters in this order: To all: I have been using kmail, and I have to say that I am very pleased with all the features and the filtering. The only thing: Is there a way to have kmail to default to netscape when you click on a url in a message? Maybe a particular file that could be edited to change from kfm to netscape? I know that I am probably just grasping at air with this, but if anyone has any suggestions please send them my way. Maxtor Not yet, I've scoured the options and the config file for this also. But like the threading support of a previous question the answer is "it's in the KMail that comes with KDE2". KDE2 is due out within the next month they say. In the meantime, check out this preview of what KMail has to offer: http://devel-home.kde.org/~kmail/kmailreview/ Very 'Outlook'ish but without the nasty VB :)
[expert] sendmail netscape messenger?
I was wondering about something last night. Is it possible to get Netscape Messenger to use Sendmail to send the mail instead of one's ISP's mail server? the reason I ask is because Sendmail is so much faster than contacting my ISP's mail server. -- Mark
RE: [expert] sendmail netscape messenger?
Should be possible. Just enter the IP number of your machine instead of your ISP's in the mail-server part. /Jocke! -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 12:52 PM To: Expert Mandrake List Subject: [expert] sendmail netscape messenger? I was wondering about something last night. Is it possible to get Netscape Messenger to use Sendmail to send the mail instead of one's ISP's mail server? the reason I ask is because Sendmail is so much faster than contacting my ISP's mail server. -- Mark
RE: [expert] sendmail netscape messenger?
I was wondering about something last night. Is it possible to get Netscape Messenger to use Sendmail to send the mail instead of one's ISP's mail server? the reason I ask is because Sendmail is so much faster than contacting my ISP's mail server. In your mail preferences, set the outgoing (SMTP) server to "localhost", but leave the incoming server as it is. Regards, Tony
[expert] modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-00
Hi, I get the following in /var/log/messages whenever ppd goes up or down (using kppp on MD 7.1): Aug 21 16:30:35 Ralph modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt- Does anyone know what this module is, does or belong to so I can track it down? BillK
RE: [expert] sendmail netscape messenger?
Yes, this does work, that is what I am doing. I have a small in-home LAN with a router/firewall, and have bind set up. My wife's machine used my machine's IP, now my host name (since DNS is working) for all out going mail. For some odd reason, she could never connect to our ISP directly using NS. So I set up sendmail and DNS to solve this problem. Best Regards, Bruce On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, you wrote: Should be possible. Just enter the IP number of your machine instead of your ISP's in the mail-server part. /Jocke! -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 12:52 PM To: Expert Mandrake List Subject: [expert] sendmail netscape messenger? I was wondering about something last night. Is it possible to get Netscape Messenger to use Sendmail to send the mail instead of one's ISP's mail server? the reason I ask is because Sendmail is so much faster than contacting my ISP's mail server. -- Mark --
[expert] Netscape 4.74 don't let me write
Hi list, I have install a LM 7.1, I had to back to the Netscape from LM 7.0 because the new version has a singular problem. I can run it, I can open nsmail, everything is ok, but when I try to write a message, I can write the to: , the subject, but I cannot write in the body. There's a curious messages that say "Cannot convert the string %d to a %f boolean", (or something similar. Sorry for my poor precision) I had this message with the LM 7.0, but everything worked normal. Any ideas. Leo begin:vcard n:Palomo;Leopold x-mozilla-html:TRUE adr:;;Catalonia version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-cpt:;-29952 fn:Leopold Palomo end:vcard
Re: [expert] Fstab problem
Dear Klar Brian I'm sorry for write this email later, because I have read that you installed all again. Otherwise, I don't know if it could be helpful to you. Sometime ago, I had a problem with the mtab file. I edited it. You didn't realize that have make a great error, but, the machine will not boot. As Charles Curley said "You should never, ever, edit /etc/mtab. That is entirely mountd's sandbox. Leave it alone.". The little solution is to boot and in the lilo write: init=/bin/bash then the machine boots, and you have a shell. After, you have to edit the fstab, but the / partition is mounted is ro, so you have to remount the partition mount -n -o remount, rw / the important parameter is the -n. It does that the mount program doesn't write the mtab file. You cannot mount or remount, because the mount try to write the mtab file and it cannot do it. Well, I hope that at least, it can help some day. Leo D Contr MSG/SWS ha escrit: I did something stupid to both fstab and mtab files. I rebooted and now my / partition (/dev/hdc8 won't mount, due to fstab says it is ext2, when it is actually reiserfs. The partition is mounted as read-only when I do a linux single boot from floppy. I know this is a dumb question for this forum, but then again look at what I did! How do I mount (remount) /dev/hdc8 so I can edit fstab and mtab to change back to reiserfs ? begin:vcard n:Palomo;Leopold x-mozilla-html:TRUE adr:;;Catalonia version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] x-mozilla-cpt:;-29952 fn:Leopold Palomo end:vcard
[expert] modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-00
Hi, I get the following in /var/log/messages whenever ppd goes up or down(using kppp on MD 7.1): Aug 21 16:30:35 Ralph modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt- Does anyone know what this module is, does or belong to so I can track it down? BillK
Re: [expert] kmail option?
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote: To all: I have been using kmail, and I have to say that I am very pleased with all the features and the filtering. The only thing: Is there a way to have kmail to default to netscape when you click on a url in a message? Maybe a particular file that could be edited to change from kfm to netscape? I know that I am probably just grasping at air with this, but if anyone has any suggestions please send them my way. Nope. That's a KDE thing, not a KMail thing. You'll need to hack KDE to get it to default to Netscape. John
Re: [expert] will sendmail ?
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote: will sendmail work as a pop3 server or do we have to install some other pop3 deamon ? also does anyone knows any mailing list of sendmail i can subscribe to i cant seem to find it on sendmail.org,sendmail.net .? You need a pop3 daemon, my favorite is gnu-pop3d from www.gnu.org. Super easy setup, incrediable performance. -- -David Talbot * So long as the government has the power to invade our lives, rummage through our records, and take what it wants from our income, we will have only as much freedom and take-home pay as the politicians condescend to let us have. -Harry Browne Libertarian Canidate for President (www.HarryBrowne2000.org) **
Re: [expert] MDK Install Security Levels
Greg Stewart wrote: OK, next question: Why is it that if "DrakConf" is the configuration module for MDK, it's not installed by default? And, not only was drakConf not installed, its required KDE package was left out as well. After installing the bugger, I tried "medium" security and it did nothing to help my situation. I had to choose "low" before I could even descend into a presumably public directory, and then only when I had the directory name correct--auto complete wouldn't even touch it. I'm beginning to think MDK is a little sloppy in some areas. --Greg Sounds like you did a Server / High Security install.. KDE shouldn't be installed, it's assuming that the machine will not be used as a desktop... -- Joseph S Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] The box said, "Requires Windows 3.x or better", so I got Linux. Registered Linux user #1696600
Re: [expert] CL = Command Line (TM) (NT)
Actually, I thought it was "New Technology" - no jokes intended. Mike I thought NT was for "Not Tested" On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote: For the uninitiated, NT means No TeXT. -- Best Regards, Bruce
Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?
Robert Fox wrote: I'm in the market for a new machine . . . . and I am seriously considering the AMD chip . . . . Could anyone point me to references which show pros and cons of each with Linux, Windows, etc? Thanks in advance. . . . Robert Fox My vote goes to the Athlon. I purchased a K7-750 and Abit's KA7 mobo and I'll put it up against an Intel box any day. Can't beat the price either $200 for the chip and $135 for the mobo. Runs very well with MDK 7.1 -- Joseph S Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED] The box said, "Requires Windows 3.x or better", so I got Linux. Registered Linux user #1696600
[expert] modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0
Hi, I get the following in /var/log/messages whenever ppd goes up or down(using kppp on MD 7.1): Aug 21 16:30:35 Ralph modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt- Does anyone know what this module is, does or belong to so I can track it down? BillK
Re: [expert] CL = Command Line (TM) (NT)
Mike Tracy Holt wrote: Actually, I thought it was "New Technology" - no jokes intended. Yeah, that's what MS say it means. And it was that, in that they got rid of the old DOS stuff, and NT and its children is certainly a much better OS than 9x and its - funny how much of the NT design seems to borrow ideas from Unix though... Still have to say Nice Try, but No Thanks. :-)
Re: [expert] kmail option?
Very 'Outlook'ish but without the nasty VB :) its not outlook-ish.. its eudora-ish and thats what i love :)
Re: [expert] kmail option?
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, Sarang Lakare pushed some tiny letters in this order: Very 'Outlook'ish but without the nasty VB :) its not outlook-ish.. its eudora-ish and thats what i love :) 'Outlook Express'-ish rather. Whatever it's compared to it looks very spiffy. Tony
Re: [expert] telnet/ssh problems
Hello... There is an ftp line in /etc/inetd.conf: ftp stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a Any other config files I should check? You'd probably have to explicitly install it, but it really looks like inetd is working properly, so there's no need to. I'd say this line in the log is telling us something... Aug 20 22:29:55 paarestad inetd[6513]: ssh/tcp: bind: Address already in use This *kinda* looks like inetd is trying to broker sshd connections, but something is already hogging the port... What version of sshd are you using? Now that we have addressed the /etc/hosts.deny thing, what happens when you comment out the ssh line in /etc/inetd.conf and restart inetd? -Stephen-
RE: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?
Eric Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/21/2000 08:29:11 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Lonny Selinger/SaskPower) Subject: RE: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? I think They actually got the 1Ghz working stable at 850Mhz =o\ If AMD can actually get a socket style chip back into production I think the race might be over and the decision to chose one processor over another will be a lot less questionable. I am running a 750 Athlon right now and it litterally blew me away. My 2 Cents Lonny Selinger And AMD will always have the edge. Considering everything out of Intel now days is vaporware. They can not even get their 1Ghz to run stable w/ a custom chipset and mainboard. -Original Message- From: simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? until the pentium IV comes out, athlon processors have the edge. - Original Message - From: "Robert Fox" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 06:12 Subject: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? I'm in the market for a new machine . . . . and I am seriously considering the AMD chip . . . . Could anyone point me to references which show pros and cons of each with Linux, Windows, etc? Thanks in advance. . . . Robert Fox ** (?`?.??.- F O X Consulting Services -.??.???) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
Re: [expert] $30 and 2 hours later, NO C++ includes !! (mdk 7.1)
On Sun, Aug 20, 2000 at 05:31:42PM -0400, Doug McGarrett wrote: At 08:58 08/20/2000 -0400, you wrote: /snip/ But then again...I can't see or think straight when I'm REALLY frustrated and upset either, although the last ones I'm going to yell at are the ones that are giving me FREE tech support! -- Mark /snip/ On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Mallard wrote: Thanks for wasting the two hours I had today to do some programming! I, too, understand Mallard's frustration. I don't think he was yelling at anyone on the list, except those who program for Mandrake. He just wanted to let everyone else in on what he finds to be problems. Of course, not everyone else may have these particular problems, which has made several contributors to this outstanding list flame him. Flames of individuals don't help us, even his flames, altho I understand why. Let us try and keep a calmer outlook. Probably he does not know (as I do not, BTW,) how to get a message directly to the people who need to hear it. And know that it got there! (And neither does he know that someone from the Mandrake command read his note anyway! But it is probable that someone there has.) I understand Mallard's frustration. What is not acceptable is his whining and blaming. Also not acceptable is his arguing with people who offer him something. He comes across as a snot-nosed brat who needs some maturity more than he needs a working computer. If Mallard will take exactly the same complaints and bundle them up couteously and respectfully and in a helpful manner, and learn from the response he gets, he will do much better and might even get his problem solved. Peace, brothers and sisters. In some places (not on Long Island) it has been a hot summer. Amen, brother, on both counts. This is what it has been like in my neightborhood lately: http://www.katesbasin.com/ -- -- 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 PGP signature
Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?
PIV - 1.5 GHz + on a 400Mhz bus if the rumours are to be believed If they get this to run stable w/o massive cooling then it might blitz the quarterback of AMD... - Original Message - From: Eric Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 3:29 PM Subject: RE: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? And AMD will always have the edge. Considering everything out of Intel now days is vaporware. They can not even get their 1Ghz to run stable w/ a custom chipset and mainboard. -Original Message- From: simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? until the pentium IV comes out, athlon processors have the edge. - Original Message - From: "Robert Fox" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 06:12 Subject: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? I'm in the market for a new machine . . . . and I am seriously considering the AMD chip . . . . Could anyone point me to references which show pros and cons of each with Linux, Windows, etc? Thanks in advance. . . . Robert Fox ** (¯`·.¸¸.- F O X Consulting Services -.¸¸.·´¯) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
Re: [expert] Linux Laptop
Just out of curiosity have you contacted IBM at all? They support Linux on thier laptops I'm juts not sure to what extent or if its only for specific models. Currently I am running Mandrake 7.1 on a Compaq Armada and it was less than fun getting it installed as well but eventually I got it working properly. There is a ton more support than there used to be (about 3 years ago) for laptops . Linux was never really meant to be a laptop O/S but its gotten to a point where once you do get it working, it's solid as a rock. Another thing to check would be the site for your distribution to see what it shows for supported hardware etc and maybe look into grabbing a different distribution. Good Luck!! Lonny Selinger Systems Adminstration Associate EDS Canada
[expert] munpack
i'm looking for a program like munpack, but one that will handle larger files anyone know of such a program?
Re: [expert] Painless disaster recovery. . .
CRU you can get it at http://www.estinc.com/cru2/CRU2.html. If you drive support one button disaster recovery, CRU is create a tape to bring you system back up. You can also create a boot and a root disk and restore off of a tape! - Original Message - From: "Norvell Spearman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 3:30 AM Subject: [expert] Painless disaster recovery. . . I posted this maybe a week or two and got no responses; I'm trying again now in case someone new on the list has some insights. . . I'm running Linux Mandrake 7.1 and have an HP 8GB internal IDE tape drive. I use the ide-scsi module for tape access (/dev/hdd - /dev/st0), which seems to work great. My questions: 1) How do I make devices on a bootfloppy so ide-scsi will work from said bootfloppy? Using DrakFloppy, I created a disk and told it to pre-load ide-scsi, but the only devices on the floppy are /dev/hdb6 and /dev/fd0. 2) I'm shooting for a ``painless'' recovery plan, so what is the best way to backup data (using only GNU tools that come with a common Linux distribution)? I'm thinking something like tar cvzpf /dev/st0 --exclude /proc / after unmounting the cdrom, floppy, and windoze partition. 3) Which programs do I need on the boot floppy? fdisk, mke2fs, mount, umount, tar, gzip sound like good choices, but what else do I need? 4) Are these the steps to recovery I need to follow, or have I left out something? a) boot to floppy b) create partitions with fdisk c) recreate file systems with mke2fs d) mount new file systems (e.g., /mnt/, /mnt/home, /mnt/tmp, etc.) e) restore data from tape: cd /mnt; tar xzvpf /dev/st0 5) lilo and grub: If I want to use lilo, all I have to do next is run `lilo /mnt/etc/lilo.conf' right? If I'm using grub, though, how do I update the mbr? Thanks for any help with these questions. If all this is in a HOWTO which I missed, I apologize for the superfluous posting. . . ---Norvell Spearman --- ``Trouble is my business.'' ---Philip Marlowe
Re: [expert] Prove my point .
How about this compare the connection speed of the machines behind the computer sharing the connection. I did this several months back. Same machine, dual boot 98 and Mandrake 6.1. With Linux sharing the connection the machine behind it were able to surf almost 2.5 times faster than with 98 sharing the connection! - Original Message - From: "Greg Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 5:35 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Prove my point . Install a secure Linux server, set ipchains rules nice and tight, Install a packet filter, and a port scanner, and connect directly to the internet. Now do the same with a Window NT or Windows 2K machine (we won't even go the Win98 route), and hook *that* directly to the internet. Call some one you know who like to hack in their free time, and see how long it takes them to hack into each machine. Then, with Windows losing that battle, compare the money you spent to set each one up! --Greg Hello there Well i am totally surrounded with Microsoft worshipers @ my job everyone just do NT here . But i want to prove them wrong with linux is there any way to compete both ? Money is not an issue cause when you live in pakistan heaven for pirated CDs . i want to prove my point here . thanks Faisal __ message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-forums Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement)
Re: [expert] $30 and 2 hours later, NO C++ includes !! (mdk 7.1)
From where I sit, I see a few different outcomes of this thread. 1. Although the guys/gals at MandrakeSoft have tried to produce a distribution that will work successfully with most combinations of hardware, they have been unable to get everybody's systems perfect first time around. Hence we have a few complaints reported to this list. Perhaps the original author could collect the source code together that he requires and put it all together in his own distribution. I for one would happily buy it as it would be perfect in every way. 2. Since he has purchased the distribution from MandrakeSoft he could use the support facility he also purchased to have their experts assist him with his troubles 3. He could continue to rant and rave to all and sundry and receive little or no help from either MandrakeSoft or this list. 4. He could drop the Mandrake disribution and go elsewhere with any or all of the following:- Linux, BeOS, FreeBSD or even M$. As a consumer that is his right. What ever the outcome, my 'delete' key has been getting quite a workout this past week or so. All the best to the rest, Muzza.
Re: [expert] Prove my point .
Run a computationaly expensive code that needs around 1.5 Gb to work.. we have found that - using the exact same code (compiles both in gcc and VC++) - on the same machine - on the same input data windows used 2.0 Gb and crashed (the m/c has 1.5 Gb + .5 Gb swap file) but Linux was running away to glory with mem usage of just 1.1 Gb.. and it finished our entire test with max mem usage of 1.7 Gb!! -sarang
Re: [expert] Prove my point .
- Original Message - From: "Cecil Watson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 4:22 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Prove my point . How about this compare the connection speed of the machines behind the computer sharing the connection. I did this several months back. Same machine, dual boot 98 and Mandrake 6.1. With Linux sharing the connection the machine behind it were able to surf almost 2.5 times faster than with 98 sharing the connection! My experience also, even with every known tweak to Windows. Linux just has better networking. Hoyt
[expert] Good Laptop/Notebook for ML 7.1? (fwd)
(http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/myarticle.php3?sid=2821065122) I recently received the following question I'm thinking of buying a notebook, and installing LM on it. Im in Singapore, and have problem to found out info about hardware compatibility. Could you suggest me some brand/model which will work withouth problems? Well, unfortunately we still do not have a notebook-compatibility DB, but maybe we could set a preliminary one here on "FAQ" section of mandrakeforum, until we have a "real" notebook-compatibility DB available. If you have installed LM 7.1 on a notebook, please answer to this story in a following way: Put notebook-s model/name in the subject line add a note (0 to 5) in brackets right after the notebook name. Give a description of problems encountered during instalation (if any), and workarounds you used to get these problems solved NOTES: 5 Perfect install, no problems, everything works 4 Smooth instalation, but some hardware not configured automatically, or needs a special driver (for instance, one has to run XFdrake after install to get X running, or HardDrake to get the sound going) 3 Smooth install, but some hardware not supported at all under Linux (modem, soundcard) 2 Bad failures: Unsupported graphic card, PCMCIA not working and such... 1 Hands off this model: it is a complete catastrophy under linux!
[expert] JDK 4 Mandrake?
Hi all, I have Mandrake 7 installed. I could not find the Java rpms. So do they exist for Mandrake? If not, where to get them from and what do I need in order to run Java Apps. e.g. Java ICQ? Thanx in advance Andreas
Re: [expert] Prove my point .
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 12:52:31PM -0400, Sarang Lakare wrote: Run a computationaly expensive code that needs around 1.5 Gb to work.. we have found that - using the exact same code (compiles both in gcc and VC++) - on the same machine - on the same input data windows used 2.0 Gb and crashed (the m/c has 1.5 Gb + .5 Gb swap file) but Linux was running away to glory with mem usage of just 1.1 Gb.. and it finished our entire test with max mem usage of 1.7 Gb!! Interesting, considering that neither NT nor W9x allow a process access to a full 2 GB in user space. The precise details are in the SDK, but both reserve a considerable chunk of memory for Mess-DOS compatibility, and then more for OS cruft. If you were running on NT, your swap file was set up incorrectly. You have to have more swap space on disk than physical memory to get any advantage for program data. Executables are swapped in and out from the executable file, though. So to have enough swap space to support 2 GB of virtual memory, you need at least a 2 GB swap file. Since neither NT nor W2K support FAT32, that means you have to have your swap file on an NTFS partition, which slows swapping a tad. Also, if you used standard malloc, etc. for portability, you have a very high memory overhead program. VC++ malloc is very wasteful of memory. I would use other W32 specific virtual memory calls, and #def them out of the Linux compile. As for doing that sort of memory intense computation on W9x, forget it. Have you tried compiling the code with the cygwin tools? Just curious. -- -- 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 PGP signature
Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?
James Long wrote: PIV - 1.5 GHz + on a 400Mhz bus if the rumours are to be believed That definitely sounds like vapourware to me. Intel hasn't had anything significant to show for 18 months, so they are resorting to the same tactics they once accused their competitors of employing. It's nice to see the shoe on the other foot for a change. -Stephen- PS: Just so you know - AMD's dramatic turnaround began when they poached two of Intel's top engineers =) - goes to show it's all in the people...
Re: [expert] JDK 4 Mandrake?
I have Mandrake 7 installed. I could not find the Java rpms. So do they exist for Mandrake? If not, where to get them from and what do I need in order to run Java Apps. e.g. Java ICQ? On one of the non-free-software CDs there's the IBM JDK 1.1.8 (and I think a JRE as well), however to run most recent apps you will need a runtime environment that supports Java2, that is a version = 1.2.2. You can get one either at http://java.sun.com or http://www.blackdown.org, and IBM also has one for free download, but I don't remember the exact URL right now. If you really, really don't want to download one yourself, you can of course try and cheat a bit - many recent Java apps are plain old Java which makes use of the Swing classes, which are distributed with NetBeans, which in turn is distributed with Mandrake Power Pack, but trust me, downloading a new version is faster even with a 56k connection like mine ... I'm using the RPM of the JDK 1.2.2 from Sun here, and that works for sure, however I hear very good things about the performance of IBMs JDK 1.3, so you might consider that as well. However I wouldn't use Java ICQ unless somebody threatens me with physical violence :) GnomeICU works a treat, as does LICQ, and with some limitations (still beta, afaik) kxicq. cya, Volker
Re: [expert] kvirc Mandrake?
Hi, I get some errors, but I have no idea what I'm missing or what to do to make it work, if someone could help plz. It's kvirc 2.0.0. [am@localhost am]$ kvirc kvirc: Symbol `__vt_6QFrame' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking kvirc: Symbol `__vt_6QFrame.12QPaintDevice' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking kvirc: Symbol `__vt_6QEvent' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking kvirc: Symbol `__vt_5QDate' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking KviHelpQMLClasses::Global style sheet : constructor Speicherzugriffsfehler Are you sure you have a recent version of qt2.1 installed ? if not, do so if yes, and in case you have downloaded a binary rpm, try building it yourself, if all of that fails, check if it uses the right version of qt (i.e. _not_ 1.44) for the build, and if it still doesn't work : KVirc 1.0.0 works with an out-of-the-box Mandrake 7.0 and offers pretty much all of everything one needs to IRC without getting on other people's nerves :) cya, Volker
[expert] Fetchmailconf errors
Hi all! Here's a problem I've had since I installed 7.1: I can't run fetchmailconf! This is what it looks like when I try to run it: /home/jesper%fetchmailconf Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/fetchmailconf", line 1819, in ? hostname = socket.gethostbyaddr(socket.gethostname())[0] socket.error: host not found /home/jesper%fetchmailconf -v Traceback (innermost last): File "/usr/bin/fetchmailconf", line 1810, in ? (options, arguments) = getopt.getopt(sys.argv[1:], "df:") File "/usr/lib/python1.5/getopt.py", line 60, in getopt opts, args = do_shorts(opts, args[0][1:], shortopts, args[1:]) File "/usr/lib/python1.5/getopt.py", line 102, in do_shorts if short_has_arg(opt, shortopts): File "/usr/lib/python1.5/getopt.py", line 117, in short_has_arg raise error, 'option -%s not recognized' % opt getopt.error: option -v not recognized I've tried to reinstall the rpm, but with no luck. As far as I can see, I have all the rpms on which fetchmailconf might be dependent. Any suggestions? Jesper -- Jesper Holmberg"But how can one be warm alone?"
Re: [expert] CL = Command Line (TM) (NT)
Greg Stewart wrote: For the uninitiated, NT means No TeXT. I thought it meant "Nice Try" :-) Sorry guys, you're both wrong. NT stands for Not Tested ;-D Or was it Never Trusted? Regards, Ozz.
Re: [expert] Linux Laptop
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, you wrote: Just out of curiosity have you contacted IBM at all? They support Linux on thier laptops I'm juts not sure to what extent or if its only for specific models. Currently I am running Mandrake 7.1 on a Compaq Armada and it was less than fun getting it installed as well but eventually I got it working properly. There is a ton more support than there used to be (about 3 years ago) for laptops . Linux was never really meant to be a laptop O/S but its gotten to a point where once you do get it working, it's solid as a rock. Another thing to check would be the site for your distribution to see what it shows for supported hardware etc and maybe look into grabbing a different distribution. Good Luck!! Lonny Selinger Systems Adminstration Associate EDS Canada I have had a great deal of success running Mandrake 7.1 on my thinkpad 2611 450. Originally I tried Slackware, and then Mandrake 7.0-2, but neither one would work with my sound card (YamahaOPL3SA2) However LM7.1 loaded great, 30 Minutes, and when I ran sndconfig at the command prompt, it loaded the correct drivers. Don -- 73 de KK6WJ
Re: [expert] JDK 4 Mandrake?
JDK 1.3 by 'Sun' Or IBMJava-2-13 Eric MC "Andreas Müller" wrote: Hi all, I have Mandrake 7 installed. I could not find the Java rpms. So do they exist for Mandrake? If not, where to get them from and what do I need in order to run Java Apps. e.g. Java ICQ? Thanx in advance Andreas
Re [expert] strange K mail oddity
Vic wrote: Or did I press the wrong button??? I noticed that sometimes when I click reply on K mail (or at least I think I clicked it) it replies directly to the person's e mail instead of the list like if they ask a question and I want to reply to the list so others can benefit. Hm, did I click the wrong button? You may have been replying to a direct e-mail, and not one from the list (hee,hee on you, someone pressed the reply all button on your message!) The "Reply-To:" should be set to the list and kmail picks that up OK unless you have a glitch.
Re [expert] make command
Submitted 17-Aug-00 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I can't find the 'make' command on Mandrake 7.0 You should go back and install as "developer" I think you can do it after the fact, but since I got 7.1 I have to wonder. Watch out, don't get 7.1 they don't include the standard C++ header files for make like they did in 7.0, and you are going to play hell getting the old ones to work. I would wait a year for 7.8 to come out till I buy Mandrake again. I am returning my 7.1 for refund.
[expert] High memory in linux
Hi guys, I have a few questions. I have a 1.5GB RAM and 2 GB swap.. will linux access the "whole" memory using the default Mandrake-7.1-smp kernel? I have succeeded in running a app that takes around 1.8GB of memory.. but I am not sure what will happen if it takes more. Any Idea? Can anyone point me to info on this? -sarang
Re [expert] Kernel 'upgrade' to 2.2.16 with reiserfs. I rebootedbefore completing the upgrade. OOPS!
Caleb Crome wrote: Hi, I just upgraded my Mandrake 7.1 installation to the 2.2.16 kernel, however silly me, I figured, "it'll just work," so I didn't create a backup configuration in my lilo. Now I can't reboot because the installed kernel won't mount the reiserfs. (Yes, I know that I should have following the upgrade directions, but I didn't realize that until too late) I can't seem to mount the drive from a boot floppy. To make matters worse, the system's on a laptop, so I can't plug the drive into my desktop to modify it there. Any ideas how to fix it? Yea, trash .16 it sucks, caused some lost sectors in my system. Damn mandrake for releasing .16 like it's stable or something. Wait till you see a real stable version hit. Your old kernel should still be there, look for it. If you have to, remove the drive and connect it via a $10 adaptor to your IDE desktop system. Laptops are easy to take drives out of (most of the time).
[expert] Linux on LapTop
have had a great deal of success running Mandrake 7.1 on my thinkpad 2611450. Originally I tried Slackware, and then Mandrake 7.0-2, but neither one would work with my sound card (YamahaOPL3SA2) However LM7.1 loaded great, 30 Minutes, and when I ran sndconfig at the command prompt, it loaded the correct drivers. Don -- 73 de KK6WJ
Re Re Re [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL! HowdoIsetthedefault editor soI can TRASH IT?
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: How do I filter out Mallard's hot wind using qmail? Go to your options menu and set it to move messages with "Mallard" in them to another mail directory. That should do it. If everyone ignores the GEEKYNESS of Linux, maybe LINUX WILL GO AWAY!
Re [expert] To the Powers That Be.
Allen Bolderoff wrote: I say moderate. this way only one person needs to put up with the crap. Yea, let's get a mandrake kiss ass corporate employee to censor out stuff so you won't find out how crappy this 7.1 release really is. That way the stock price will dictate what you can and can't post to the list. Good move. So I was pissed when I wrote my little rant, have you ever thrown your keyboard and mouse across the room? Yes, I have a bad attitude towards lame geeky user interfaces, but that's just me. I think they need to hear loud and clear that when they put out releases or call things "stable" that arn't, they will cause people great frustration, including damage to anything close by :) I don't want to cause this list to be censored, please don't even consider it. Just take the responsibility of setting your filtering on your mailer, or even better, write a nasty message to your mailer developer and ask why they don't have a way to simply "right click" on a message and say "block this thread of messages" so you don't have to miss out on all my messages, sometimes I help people (really I do). This reminds me of when people ask the government to be mommy and censor the net for them. (there goes that nasty attitude again, I better shut up)
Re: [expert] MDK Install Security Levels
Well, geepers! Why couldn't they have warned me? :-) --Greg Sounds like you did a Server / High Security install.. KDE shouldn't be installed, it's assuming that the machine will not be used as a desktop... -- Joseph S Gardner Greg Stewart wrote: OK, next question: Why is it that if "DrakConf" is the configuration module for MDK, it's not installed by default? And, not only was drakConf not installed, its required KDE package was left out as well. After installing the bugger, I tried "medium" security and it did nothing to help my situation. I had to choose "low" before I could even descend into a presumably public directory, and then only when I had the directory name correct--auto complete wouldn't even touch it. I'm beginning to think MDK is a little sloppy in some areas. --Greg __ message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-forums Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement)
Re: [expert] CL = Command Line (TM) (NT)
"Austin L. Denyer (SysAdmin.) as root" wrote: Greg Stewart wrote: For the uninitiated, NT means No TeXT. I thought it meant "Nice Try" :-) Sorry guys, you're both wrong. NT stands for Not Tested ;-D Or was it Never Trusted? Regards, Ozz. Wrong! It means Nauseating Trash although some misinformed people seem to think it means Network Toy. Cokey -- -- Cokey de Percin, DBAEmail: Policy Management Systems Corp. Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Columbia, South Carolina Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Re [expert] To the Powers That Be.
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Re: Re Re Re [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL!HowdoIsetthedefault editor soI can TRASH IT?
Mallard wrote: "Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: How do I filter out Mallard's hot wind using qmail? Go to your options menu and set it to move messages with "Mallard" in them to another mail directory. That should do it. yup - under netscape edit-message filters-new- ... you get the idea. If everyone ignores the GEEKYNESS of Linux, maybe LINUX WILL GO AWAY! not bloody likely. -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] MDK Install Security Levels
I'm a little surprised by all the trouble people have been having with 7.0 and 7.1. I'm still using 6.1 - when I need a new feature, I just grab the packages - that has worked very well. 6.1 has been stable on all the machines I've installed it on. -Stephen- Greg Stewart wrote: Well, geepers! Why couldn't they have warned me? :-) --Greg Sounds like you did a Server / High Security install.. KDE shouldn't be installed, it's assuming that the machine will not be used as a desktop... -- Joseph S Gardner Greg Stewart wrote: OK, next question: Why is it that if "DrakConf" is the configuration module for MDK, it's not installed by default? And, not only was drakConf not installed, its required KDE package was left out as well. After installing the bugger, I tried "medium" security and it did nothing to help my situation. I had to choose "low" before I could even descend into a presumably public directory, and then only when I had the directory name correct--auto complete wouldn't even touch it. I'm beginning to think MDK is a little sloppy in some areas. --Greg __ message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-forums Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement)
Re: Re Re Re [expert] Vi/Vim - The editor from HELL! HowdoIsetthedefault editor soI can TRASH IT?
Man, Mallard! Why do you even stop by? --Greg "Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: How do I filter out Mallard's hot wind using qmail? Go to your options menu and set it to move messages with "Mallard" in them to another mail directory. That should do it. If everyone ignores the GEEKYNESS of Linux, maybe LINUX WILL GO AWAY! __ message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com emails (pop)-sites persos (espace illimite)-agenda-favoris (bookmarks)-forums Ecoutez ce message par tel ! : 08 92 68 92 15 (france uniquement)
Re: [expert] MDK Install Security Levels
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Re: [expert] modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-00
Tony McGee wrote: Thanks Tony, I have found a binfmt-aout, misc and java in the modules/fs directories. Do you have any more info or pointers to info that may help me understand what these modules do and which I actually need? BillK I'm pretty sure this error message means that the kernel can't understand a type of executable that needs to be run. A fix suggested on the kernel mailing list required an addition of the line 'alias binfmt- binfmt_aout' to your /etc/modules.conf file. Tony
Re: Re [expert] To the Powers That Be.
Mallard wrote: Allen Bolderoff wrote: I say moderate. this way only one person needs to put up with the crap. Yea, let's get a mandrake kiss ass corporate employee to censor out stuff so you won't find out how crappy this 7.1 release really is. Worked fine for me, even though I'm new to linux. Works great. Haven't had any crashes except Netscape (which is to be expected, considering the source). That way the stock price will dictate what you can and can't post to the list. The request for censorship had nothing to do with positive/negative comments. Only abusive, ill-informed, childish tantrums. Good move. So I was pissed when I wrote my little rant, have you ever thrown your keyboard and mouse across the room? No. I stopped throwing temper tantrums when I was 4. Yes, I have a bad attitude towards lame geeky user interfaces, but that's just me. So go back to Windows. Those of us with a clue LIKE having control over our computers. I think they need to hear loud and clear that when they put out releases or call things "stable" that arn't, they will cause people great frustration, including damage to anything close by :) 7.1 is stable for people who install it correctly. I don't want to cause this list to be censored, please don't even consider it. Just take the responsibility of setting your filtering on your mailer, or even better, write a nasty message to your mailer developer and ask why they don't have a way to simply "right click" on a message and say "block this thread of messages" so you don't have to miss out on all my messages, sometimes I help people (really I do). By screaming at them and whining that they didn't do things your way? This reminds me of when people ask the government to be mommy and censor the net for them. First time I agree with you on anything. (there goes that nasty attitude again, I better shut up) Second time. -- Mage Grimau .. So you can spend the morning lying to your father quite amazed about the Strange Unwashed and Happily Slightly Dazed. .. [EMAIL PROTECTED] / [EMAIL PROTECTED] / ICQ:71694384
[expert] kvirc Mandrake?
Hallo all, does anybody have kvirc working on a Mandrake distribution? I suppose that I have all the necessary rpms, but unfortunatly kvirc just crashes. I get some errors, but I have no idea what I'm missing or what to do to make it work, if someone could help plz. It's kvirc 2.0.0. [am@localhost am]$ kvirc kvirc: Symbol `__vt_6QFrame' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking kvirc: Symbol `__vt_6QFrame.12QPaintDevice' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking kvirc: Symbol `__vt_6QEvent' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking kvirc: Symbol `__vt_5QDate' has different size in shared object, consider re-linking KviHelpQMLClasses::Global style sheet : constructor Speicherzugriffsfehler TIA Andreas
Re: [expert] modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-00
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Re: Re [expert] To the Powers That Be.
GO AWAY! Allen Bolderoff wrote: I say moderate. this way only one person needs to put up with the crap. Yea, let's get a mandrake kiss ass corporate employee to censor out stuff so you won't find out how crappy this 7.1 release really is. That way the stock price will dictate what you can and can't post to the list. Good move. So I was pissed when I wrote my little rant, have you ever thrown your keyboard and mouse across the room? Yes, I have a bad attitude towards lame geeky user interfaces, but that's just me. I think they need to hear loud and clear that when they put out releases or call things "stable" that arn't, they will cause people great frustration, including damage to anything close by :) I don't want to cause this list to be censored, please don't even consider it. Just take the responsibility of setting your filtering on your mailer, or even better, write a nasty message to your mailer developer and ask why they don't have a way to simply "right click" on a message and say "block this thread of messages" so you don't have to miss out on all my messages, sometimes I help people (really I do). This reminds me of when people ask the government to be mommy and censor the net for them. (there goes that nasty attitude again, I better shut up)
Re: [expert] kvirc Mandrake?
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Re: [expert] modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-00
Submitted 22-Aug-00 by BillK: Tony McGee wrote: Thanks Tony, I have found a binfmt-aout, misc and java in the modules/fs directories. Do you have any more info or pointers to info that may help me understand what these modules do and which I actually need? binfmt_aout is for executing old style a.out type binaries. Many older programs that were based on libc5 use this format. binfmt_java is depecated (i.e. do not use it). It's functionality is now included in binfmt_misc. Finally, binfmt_misc is support for miscellaneous binaries. Essentially, you register the "magic-cookie" of the binary type with the kernel (for example, a DOS file's .com extension, a java .class, or even the MZ that is the first two characters of a dos/win .exe file) and define what wrapper program is used to execute them. With this mechanism, it is possible to automagically launch dosemu to run dos programs, WINE to run Windows binaries, or a Java VM to run java applications. -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 [EMAIL PROTECTED] RSA key available upon request Death comes on every passing breeze, He lurks in every flower; Each season has its own disease, Its peril -- every hour. -- Reginald Heber
[expert] filtering the list
While you are filtering Mallard, PLEASE filter those GOD DAMN out of office replies! -- === "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... " - Buddha For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout: http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican ===
Re: [expert] modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-00
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Re: [expert] telnet/ssh problems
On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Peter M Aarestad wrote: Add a couple more v's to the command to read "ssh -vv localhost." The current stuff here doesn't tell enough, it just says the exchange_id failed. Ellick Chan wrote: Try enabling the verbose modes on the sshd and ssh itself, I believe the flag was -v, then analyze those logs. They can tell you a lot. [pma@paarestad pma]$ ssh -v localhost SSH Version OpenSSH_2.1.1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0. Compiled with SSL (0x0090581f). debug: Reading configuration data /etc/ssh/ssh_config debug: Applying options for * debug: Seeding random number generator debug: ssh_connect: getuid 501 geteuid 0 anon 0 debug: Connecting to localhost.localdomain [127.0.0.1] port 22. debug: Seeding random number generator debug: Allocated local port 886. debug: Connection established. ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host debug: Calling cleanup 0x805bfe0(0x0) [pma@paarestad pma]$ Is there anything here that would indicate what's going wrong?... -peter -- peter aarestad :-) [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.aarestad.net peace, love, happiness, Christ, music, etc... "The world really doesn't need more busy people, maybe not even more intelligent people. It needs 'deep people'..." -Don Postema -- Regards, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aug 20
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Re: [expert] telnet/ssh problems
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Re: Re [expert] To the Powers That Be.
Paul Weber wrote: I will be out of the office from August 22 through August. 27. I will have limited opportunity to respond to email until then. Thank you. If I see ONE MORE of these I'm gonna rip my shirt off*, loop my tie around my head, grab my Uzi and do a John Rambo on Allied National... KILL THE OUT-OF-OFFICE AUTORESPONDER ALREADY! Ozz. *Not a pretty sight, I can assure you ;-D
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Don wrote: Not able to post to the Expert list anymore -- 73 de KK6WJ Doni believe you are able to post to the Expert list. Alan
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Don wrote: Not able to post to the Expert list anymore Well, your post made it to me via the list... Regards, Ozz.
Re: [expert] wishing for a second machine
Hmm yeah I guess I could do that, I would need a bigger drive, but at least that would cost less than a whole new machine, now to get around the fact that I use this machine as a 24 hour web server---eek! On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm not familiar with Vmware so I'll ask this question: Why not just fill extra partitions with your experimental distros and then use Grub/Lilo to boot your desired distro? Or does Vmware do a much better job at this? Seve Original Message On 8/20/00, 1:15:55 PM, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] wishing for a second machine: On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Vic wrote: One day when I get a separate machine (for testing purposes only) I want to use it to test unstable releases of linux (any dist.) I feel like I am not quite enough help on these lists and I am always the one asking for help, but I wish there were a way I could give back, but due to limited finds, I can't help out as much as I want to. One alternative may be to use VMware, www.vmware.com, or to partition your hd further, and install multiple distros on it. A safer second choice is to buy a 2nd hd, and install a development Mandrake on there to play with, so you don't screw up your main distro. I try to answer any questions that I know the answer to, even if someone else does it too, after all 300 heads are better than 3. More answers are always better than none. Sorry if I have not seemed to be much help lately, on either the newbie list or the expert one, but I would sure like to be as I learn more about the Unix (or Linux in this case) o/s. I like your dedication to try to help, even if you don't have the resources to. That shows that you don't try to mooch answers off people. That is what Open Source and Linux are all about. Long live Linux and Unix. --The Learner -- Regards, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aug 20
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[expert] KDE 2 mdk rpm's??
Anyone know where to get some? I tried installing RH 7.1 beta which HAD KDE 2 on it.. I got it to boot once ( and KDE 2 looked nice ) then no more.. I know I can get these from kde, but are there any mdk flavored KDE rpm's? Alan
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I was considering bouncing this guy's mail for awhile, but that would just make more poops on the list---doh! On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, you wrote: Paul Weber wrote: I will be out of the office from August 22 through August. 27. I will have limited opportunity to respond to email until then. Thank you. If I see ONE MORE of these I'm gonna rip my shirt off*, loop my tie around my head, grab my Uzi and do a John Rambo on Allied National... KILL THE OUT-OF-OFFICE AUTORESPONDER ALREADY! Ozz. *Not a pretty sight, I can assure you ;-D
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Paul Weber wrote: I will be out of the office from August 22 through August. 27. I will have limited opportunity to respond to email until then. OK, a 'clue' to the bright sparks that set up Out-of-Office autoresponders: DON'T DO IT UNLESS YOU WANT TO JOIN THIS GUY IN MY (AND NO DOUBT MANY OTHER USERS) KILLFILE!! Ozz.
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Re: [expert] KDE 2 mdk rpm's??
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RE: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?
heheh Well I'm kind of biased towards AMD anyway. I'm running the full 1Ghz at home. Never had any problems so far :)Linux loves it. The only tweaking I did was to the Hard drives by turning on dma and 32 bit mode. using the hdparm command. hdparm -c1 -d1 -x32 /dev/hda Man it Fly's! literally! -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 8:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? Eric Peters [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 08/21/2000 08:29:11 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: Lonny Selinger/SaskPower) Subject: RE: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? I think They actually got the 1Ghz working stable at 850Mhz =o\ If AMD can actually get a socket style chip back into production I think the race might be over and the decision to chose one processor over another will be a lot less questionable. I am running a 750 Athlon right now and it litterally blew me away. My 2 Cents Lonny Selinger And AMD will always have the edge. Considering everything out of Intel now days is vaporware. They can not even get their 1Ghz to run stable w/ a custom chipset and mainboard. -Original Message- From: simon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 4:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? until the pentium IV comes out, athlon processors have the edge. - Original Message - From: "Robert Fox" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2000 06:12 Subject: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? I'm in the market for a new machine . . . . and I am seriously considering the AMD chip . . . . Could anyone point me to references which show pros and cons of each with Linux, Windows, etc? Thanks in advance. . . . Robert Fox ** (?`?.??.- F O X Consulting Services -.??.???) Europe Voice: +49/(0)172-9600938Fax: +49/(0)89-9218 E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] FCS Web Page: http://foxconsult.com USA Voice: +1 (650) 369-7369 Fax: +1 (650) 429-2122 **
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"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: Mallard wrote: Go to your options menu and set it to move messages with "Mallard" in them to another mail directory. That should do it. I am a geek, and so I don't use menus. I think I'll just put [EMAIL PROTECTED] in the badmailfrom controls file for qmail, as a true geek would. That way, mails from Mallard won't even show up in my mailbox. If everyone ignores the GEEKYNESS of Linux, maybe LINUX WILL GO AWAY! Damn... I should take your advice and ignore you... perhaps you'll go away? I think I'd like that =) Well, my apologies to everyone else. This is the last you'll hear from me on this - I promise. -Stephen- ya know...all of a sudden I feel kinda bad for ole Mall. No one seems to like him. Is he really that much of a turd? I'm relatively new to the list so I don't know any of the history other than what i've heard so far. Only been a mandrake user since June of this year. -- Mark
Re: [expert] Netscape Corrupting the mailrules file?
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: [snip] Might someone on here have any idea what could be causing Netscape to corrupt its mailrule file? [snip] MarkI'm using 4.74 and have not had any such problems with it. But I did have problems with the message filters (I guess this is what you mean by a mailrule file) getting screwed up (I actually lost all of the rules completely) a few releases of Netscape back. What seemed to cure it for me was this. I noticed that the corruption/loss seemed to occur when I was cutting (actually copying) info from messages and pasting this info into a filter (either into a new one or editing an old one). So, I quit cutting (copying) and pasting when creating and maintaining filters and the problem stopped. Hope this helps. Alan Alan, that is exactly what I was doing. In fact, strangely enough it started happening when I was setting up a filter I affectionately call the twit-list to filter Mallard and his cohort Bill. :) odd, huh? For what ever reason Netscape is doing this what you said makes sense. What do you supposed is causing Netscape to behave this way when performing this? -- Mark
Re: [expert] CL = Command Line (TM) (NT)
Greg Stewart wrote: For the uninitiated, NT means No TeXT. I thought it meant "Nice Try" :-) --Greg No, no,no...you all have it wrong! :) NT means Not Today. In reference to are you gonna run longer than a few hours before experiencing an abend that I am forced to reboot the server AGAIN and take down the system in the process? Asks the network admin to his tempraMENTAL, over-priced, NT ladened server. :) -- Mark
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Re: [expert] wishing for a second machine
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