Re: [expert] Problem mounting CDROM
Disable Supermount.. :) Dan. - Original Message - From: paul [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 11:05 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Problem mounting CDROM On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Eric MC.D wrote: To remember: ATAPI is a IDE. So there are only 4 IDE periph. available on the motherboard. Second: look at /etc/fstab for the right config. Something as: /dev/cdrom /mnt/cdromauto user,noauto,nosuid,exec,nodev,ro 0 0 You can replace auto by iso9660 To mount it, the right syntax is: (as root) mount /dev/cdrom -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom. The dir /mnt/cdrom exists ?? Kernel configured about it ?? Eric MC Yeh we have that so, [root@saturn /root]# mount /dev/cdrom -t iso9660 /mnt/cdrom mount: block device /dev/cdrom is write-protected, mounting read-only Then it hangs for ever. Is this a clue? [root@saturn /root]# df /mnt/cdrom Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 385891 87940278020 24% / Which is my / partition Cheers Paul
[expert] HD performance and Athlon 800 w/ 256 MB RAM
I've run some not too scientific hard drive performance tests on my 800 MHz Athlon (slot-A) and the results seemed pretty good, but not quite what I hoped for. Here is the system set up: Athlon 800 MHz CPU, one 256 MB stick of NEC PC133 RAM, ASUS K7V m/b (it has an Ultra66 controller built into the chip set among other niceties), In-Win Q500 case (full tower 300 W), a 4 Meg Diamond Stealth 2000 3D PCI video (pretty old, but it doesn't matter too much with this system), a Promise Ultra66 PCI controller (on one of the PCI expansion slots), and a 10 GB IBM 14GXP on one bus and a 45GB IBM 75GXP one the other bus on the Promise controller. (The hard drives started on a machine that didn't have onboard UDMA and I never got around to changing to the onboard controller when I put this machine together. Plus, I have other niceties on the onboard controller that I would have to reconfigure if I moved.) Since the 10 GB drive can only handle UDMA33, I configured it by typing in the following and later adding to my startup files: hdparm -m16 -c1 -d1 -X66 /dev/hde. Seeing that I put the 45 GB drive on its own bus on the Promise controller, I did similar to the 10 GB drive except I typed in hdparm -m16 -c1 -d1 -X68 /dev/hdg. (According to the man page if I read it right this should have set both drives to normal optimized setting plus the 10 GB drive has Ultra33 explicitly set and the 45 GB explicitly set to Ultra66 mode.) I then ran hdparm -t /dev/hdx repeatedly on both drives. On the 10 GB drive, the measured rate usually hung around 13 MB/s. This is about where IBM said that the maximum drive performance should be at, so I was happy there. With the 45 GB drive, the measured rate usually hung around 24 MB/s. According to IBM the maximum x-fer rate of the drive is around 37 MB/s. I don't consider 24 MB/s bad for a current day system when doing a brute force reads without considering file system overhead or seek times, but it seems like I should be seeing more. It leaves the question open to what the bottleneck is. Just to cover a few possibilities, it could be that hdparm is not that accurate with the fastest of the fast IDE drives, a bottleneck in the kernel, a misunderstanding of how to use hdparm, a possible noisy cable forcing rates down to ultra33 without it being reported, and so on and so forth. It would be nice if someone with the know how could point out what is the most likely bottleneck or at least give test results that could give me clues on what it is probably not the bottleneck. Something else that I did was to run hdparm -T /dev/hdx multiple times. I saw values ranging from 55 MB/s to 128 MB/s. The results seemed to vary mostly with how much memory I had in use. Like when I didn't have much of anything in memory is when I saw rates like 55 MB/s. When I had a moderate amount in memory in use (like having X, SETI@home, Netscape, and a few other things loaded) is when I saw the higher rates all the way up to 128 MB/s. I haven't tried it yet with the memory jammed full of stuff. (It takes too long to fill up 256 MB of RAM under Linux at the moment for me). I realize that for general applications that disk access time is probably going to be the biggest killer, which is why I went after 7,200 RPM disks, but it is also always nice to eek as much raw speed as one can out of the disk I/O subsystem. Also it seems that the faster the cache is, the less the latency on cache misses, though the bigger the cache, the less likely that a miss is going to occur.
[expert] scrollwheel-woes
Hi, I have noticed some weird behaviour with my scrollwheel. It works in netscape, but only for a limited time. No clue what is causing it. It works after restarting X, but after some minutes it suddenly stops working. Anyone encountered this problem yet, and have a solution? It's not really important, but it's annoying though. ps: I don't run imwheel to get the wheel working with netscape (needed it under mdrake 7.0-2, but since 7.1 it seems like the Xdefaults are fixed for using wheels in 'scape). If I start an "imwheel -k" it works with netscape, but then the wheel doesn't work with enlightenment anymore, so that's not really an option. pps: if possible, cc replies to my personal email [EMAIL PROTECTED] since I don't have time to check the lists (still got exams till september 13) -- Rial Juanhttp://nighty.ulyssis.org e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Belgiumtel:(++32) 89/856533 ulyssis system admininstrator http://www.ulyssis.org The little critters in nature; they don't know they're ugly. That's very funny... A fly marying a bumble-bee...
Re: [expert] Converting Partition Types
I thought that fdisk would be the way to do it, but none of the menu items
stuck out when I took a look.
At any rate, I used fdisk to make the conversion and it works great. Thanks for
the help, Asheesh...
-Chris
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, you wrote:
Use fdisk.
# fdisk device name (starting with /dev, of course!)
Then type "p" to print help.
There's an option ("l" maybe? Maybe "t") to change the type of the
partition.
Have fun!
-- Asheesh Laroia.
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, Chris Spencer wrote:
Hello,
Is it possible to change a Type 85 (Linux Extended) partition to Type F
(Windows 95 Extended)? The reason why I ask is because I like to use Ghost to
backup my Linux partitions. However, Ghost does not like Type 85 partitions.
If anyone can answer this I'd greatly appreciated it...
-Chris
--
Violence is molding.
Re: Unresolved symbols (was: RE: [expert] Mylex DAC960 rootdevice)
I just gave 3c59x as an example, I get the same unresolved symbols on all my modules. OK. I'd try man depmod man modprobe and see if that gives you any ideas. on 8/30/00 6:50 AM, John-Paul Smith wrote: From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Gavin Clark Sent: 30 August 2000 14:24 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Unresolved symbols (was: RE: [expert] Mylex DAC960 rootdevice) on 8/30/00 5:57 AM, Jean-Louis Debert wrote: John-Paul Smith wrote: Now here's a problem which I've always wanted to know the answer to. Whenever I try to compile a kernel with modules, it never works properly. Basically, none of the modules will load due to unresolved symbols, e.g.: # modprobe 3c59x /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/net/3c59x.o: unresolved symbol __global_cli /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/net/3c59x.o: unresolved symbol __global_save_flags /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/net/3c59x.o: unresolved symbol __global_restore_flags I've looked around on mailing list archives, etc, and this problem has been reported by quite a few different ppl, in various situations, and I have not seen any definitive solution. My compile procedure is: rm -fr /lib/modules/* make clean make dep make bzImage make modules make modules_install This is straight from the Mandrake book. I've also tried using make mrproper instead of make clean, and that makes no difference. I don't know whether this is Mandrake-specific, but it seems to me that modprobe needs _something_ to resolve "external" symbols. The "something" could be the new kernel (if already booted) but I rather think it is the System.map file (created in the top kernel source directory). Also, "make bzImage" does NOT _install_ the new kernel, it just compiles it ... and it's very possible that your new module _needs_ the new kernel already active ... Personally I always do this after compilation of a new kernel: 1. cp bzImage /boot/vmlinuz-new 2. rdev -R /boot/vmlinuz-new 1(this to make it read-only) 3. cp System.map /boot/System.map-new 4. cd /boot;ln -sf System.map-new System.map 5. add new entry to lilo.conf, pointing to new kernel 6. lilo -v -v 7. reboot and select label for new kernel Now, if you don't want to reboot, I'm not sure that the new module _can_ work with your previous kernel. If it can, I guess you could try to replace the System.map under /boot for modprobe to use. Are you sure 3c59x is the right module? I've seen that error when I was trying to load eepro when it should have been ne2k-pci. Gavin
Re: [expert] Partage de fichiers avec NFS entre linux et solaris
"Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)" a écrit : Is it my imagination or are there plenty of French-speaking messages lately? I thought there was a separate Mandrake mail list just for our friend in France. Matt Hi Matt, do you want me to translate my post? Regards. Pierre-Yves
Re: [expert] Partage de fichiers avec NFS entre linux et solaris
"Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)" a écrit : Is it my imagination or are there plenty of French-speaking messages lately? I thought there was a separate Mandrake mail list just for our friend in France. Matt Ok are you ready for the translation (I won't use babelfish)? I've got a sparc-sun-solaris2.6 box using NFS3 with a shared directory /users_dvp. I want to mount this directory on my i586-pc-linux-gnu (running with Mandrake7.1). Of course /users_dvp is set properly to be shared. I type on my linux box: "mount persee:/users_dvp /persee" I get no error message but when I list /persee it's empty. I'm quasi sure (in fact I'm sure) that my linux box uses NFS2. How can I fix that? At least what are the conf' files to check? Regards Pierre-Yves http://electroindus.free.fr
Re: [expert] SCSI LVD card and Mandrake 7.1
on 30/8/2000 9:44 AM, adam narel at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a question regarding Mandrake 7.1 and a Adaptec AHA2940u2w SCSI card. There are two LVD drives connected to the LVD SCSI Wide connector and three Ultra SCSI Narrow drives connected to the Narrow connector on the card. Durning boot up I see that LVD drives are recognized as capable of working of 40MBps speed, no LVD - 80 MBps. Why is it so? Is Mandrake fully supporting my SCSI card or should I search for a patch or new kernel? Well, my problem is now solved. For your information, the problem was an external hard drive with Narrow SCSI interface. Adaptec AHA 2940u2w has an external SCSI wide connector, which is of the same type as internal LVD connector. So, I had an external SCSI Narrow drive and it was reported as LVD (because of the SCSI cable I used -- Wide HP68 to C50M). That drive had to slow all LVD branch down. I removed the drive and connected it to SCSI Narrow connector, inside the computer box. This time durninig boot up both LVD drives (IBM) were reported running of 80MBps speed. As for the card BIOS, I had ver 2.20 and I am happy with it. Adaptec has a new version on his web site, but I will stick to the older one. My BIOS detects devices like it should be, and LVD drives were detected right. Thanks everyone for your suggestions, -- regards Adam Narel
[expert] ip_alias
hallo MANDRAKE! does someone know a good ip_alias-HOWTO for 2.2.x kernels? (the one i found are for 2.0.x kernels)... maybe even one for mandrake... PAT -- vcard/LDAP/PGP: http://dresden-online.com/~perler/identity.html PGP fingerprint: DAC6 2FDA 1ED7 AD55 BD1F 5142 3D5F 72BF
Re: [expert] ip_alias
hallo MANDRAKE! does someone know a good ip_alias-HOWTO for 2.2.x kernels? (the one i found are for 2.0.x kernels)... maybe even one for mandrake... IP Aliasing (if compiled in) is supported directly by the 2.2.x kernels, you don't need a separate program for handling it, just put a colon and an alias number after. Like, say, if I want 2 IP addresses on my eth0, you do 'ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 up', and then 'ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.2.1 up'. I found that you can actually create 'ifcfg-eth0:number' files in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and Mandrake actually does the right thing setting them up for you. -- Ben Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://defiance.dyndns.org/ / http://radio.scenespot.org/ Now playing on Defiance Radio: Ready 2 Rock by Shiverhead
Re: [expert] Linux as an AppleShare Server. Need Assistance and information please..
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000, you wrote: Yo-all, I am working in a prepress company that utilizes Mac's as their primary client/server solution. I have been setting up a Linux Box on a Pc in my office and have plans on slowly integratng this "New G4" into the Server pool, then revealing it's true nature when they ask why the new server hasn't crashed when the others crash many times a day. The only hold-up is the lack of info or Howto's (THat I have found at redhat or mandrake) that cover appletalk. the closest I have come is a name with referes to "Netatalk" Tucows, download.com nor mandrake.com or redhat.com have any reference as where to get this file at all. Appletalk is a kernel option. I currently have it as a module. Netatalk is the rest of the package. You can do pretty much the same thing with it as you can with Samba, but with Mac's instead of Windows machines. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in real life)
Re[2]: [expert] ip_alias
hallo Benjamin! on Thursday, August 31, 2000, 1:29:34 PM, you wrote: hallo MANDRAKE! does someone know a good ip_alias-HOWTO for 2.2.x kernels? (the one i found are for 2.0.x kernels)... maybe even one for mandrake... BR IP Aliasing (if compiled in) is supported directly by the 2.2.x kernels, you BR don't need a separate program for handling it, just put a colon and an alias BR number after. Like, say, if I want 2 IP addresses on my eth0, you do BR 'ifconfig eth0 192.168.1.1 up', and then 'ifconfig eth0:0 192.168.2.1 up'. BR I found that you can actually create 'ifcfg-eth0:number' files in BR /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and Mandrake actually does the right thing BR setting them up for you. you mean taking ifcfg-eth0 as a template for ifcfg-eth0:number and changing only the IP? PAT -- vcard/LDAP/PGP: http://dresden-online.com/~perler/identity.html PGP fingerprint: DAC6 2FDA 1ED7 AD55 BD1F 5142 3D5F 72BF
Re: [expert] 7.1 and USB optical mouse
- Original Message - From: "Jason Smith" Subject: Re: [expert] 7.1 and USB optical mouse I had a lot of trouble with mine as well. This is a known problem with Mandrake 7.1. I do not think the older versions support USB at all. Search on Mandrakes web site for USB or mouse and you will find it. There way of fixing it is not the best. What I eventaly did is reinstalled Mandrake and pick expert. This will then let you pick the USB mouse and every thing will work fine. Another note the USB mouse will freeze during the install untill Mandrake is reinstalled and you will have to navagate with the key board. I do not know of a easier way but hope this will help. - Original Message - From: Abe Howdy folks. I've got a brand new USB intellimouse optical that I want to use with mandrake 7.1. I've been using a PS/2 mouse. I tried shutting the machine down and restarting with the USB mouse connected in the hopes tha kudzu would catch it but no luck. I figure that I need to make some changes to the pointer section of my XF86Config file. My ps/2 mouse is at /dev/psaux what should that be for USB? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a Logitech Optical WheelMouse (USB) on my Linux system and it works great. It uses the generic USB mouse driver. It was recognized and usable during the 7.1 install. BTW USB mice and keyboards have been supported in Mandrake since 7.0. Charles
Re: [expert] Where are ALL the SRPMS?
At 06:42 31/08/00, you wrote: On Wed Aug 30, 2000 at 11:42:12PM -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Try the mirror here. It's usually fast and upto date: http://n3meq.dynip.com .. Pj Looks like it's just a mirror for cooker and contribs... the SRPMS in question are for the 7.1 release. Well, I've mailed Mandrake about it, no response as yet. I mailed mirrors and webmaster as I couldn't find anything more appropriate on the contacts page. Can anyone suggest a better contact address for this sort of thing? Fergal
Re: Re[2]: [expert] ip_alias
BR I found that you can actually create 'ifcfg-eth0:number' files in BR /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts and Mandrake actually does the right thing BR setting them up for you. you mean taking ifcfg-eth0 as a template for ifcfg-eth0:number and changing only the IP? Yup, at least It Worked For Me (TM). :) -- Ben Reed a.k.a. Ranger Rick ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://defiance.dyndns.org/ / http://radio.scenespot.org/ Now playing on Defiance Radio: Tapeworm by Pigface
RE: [expert] sound in KDE 2
The only sound prob I have is Xmms wont play anything. I am thinking it is in KDE's sound server and xmms. Wav's play fine, as do mp3's with KDE's player. I think I had to reboot for sound to work. And it seemed as though, if I first logged in as a user using kde, then sound would not work in kde2. -Original Message- From: Eric MC.D [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 5:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] sound in KDE 2 Sarang Lakare wrote: Hi guys, has neone succeeded in getting sound in KDE 2 beta 4? I have installed the _latest_ rpms and still no luck.. I can't see anythign in kmix... Another problem is I still see menu items replicated 4 times! and under KControlCenter all items are replicated twice!! Look at /usr/share/applnk/ there must be *.rpmsave or something like that. So also this ones are displayed under KControlcenter. Delete them, or uninstall kde and reinstall. Check also /MyHome/.kde/applnk/ Eric MC Anyone with any solution? -sarang
[expert] Specific setup for Mandarke 7.1 and cablemodem to mediaone.net
Looking for the specific set up for connecting Mandrake 7.1 to a cable mode via dhcpcd to medaione.net. I believe I have the cards recognized but the settings under network set up are not designed to be understood from the Windows world winipcfg... Anyone have a working config they could send? BE happy to create a translation table for the world begin:vcard n:Hoffman;Jeff x-mozilla-html:TRUE adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fn:Jeff Hoffman end:vcard
[expert] faking DNS entries
hallo MANDRAKE! for testing my website before i put them onto webservers at the internet i would like to put them to virtual Apache domains at a local linux box .. ok, i set up virtual IPs (thanks Jean-Michel), put the domains into /etc/hosts, put up the virtual domains in apache and apache shows the appropriate pages when i call them from the PC over the LAN which is the webdevelopement machine. fine. but why do they show up? when i do a nslookup "testdomain.de" (one of these i whish to redirect) i get the internet IP back - not the virtual IP from my linux-box... as i see it, i need to put these virtual IPs into the DNS (which is a forwarding DNS running on the same box like the apache) or into my local hosts file.. i would prefer the first solution - can someone give me a hint how to do it (maybe with webmin, although i know the strucures of the dns-files a bit i prefer to change them with webmin - they are to sensible fore mistypes..) the domains in question are .de domains - can i symly put up a local .de domain (without getting into HUGE trouble with the NIC authorities?) and will the rest of the .de domains still be accessible? so many questions... ;) PAT -- vcard/LDAP/PGP: http://dresden-online.com/~perler/identity.html PGP fingerprint: DAC6 2FDA 1ED7 AD55 BD1F 5142 3D5F 72BF
[expert] Network
Is there a way to get 2 Linux boxes on the net at the same time?I have 2 boxes and 1 hub.When I tried it on my own it kept telling me that there was 2 machines with the same hostname and ip address.Is there a way around it?By the way I access the net via a cable modem.Another qurstion I have is there a better browser than Netscape 4.7 for mandrake 7.0?Have tried to upgrade to netscape 4.75 and it won't let me. Thanks again, Tony
[expert] Network Printing in LM7.1
Hello List, A friend has a network running on LM7.1. He is unable to get network printing to work. Has anyone done this and are you able to help troubleshoot? If so I will relay exact symptoms. TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mob: 0419 535539
Re: [expert] problems after installing KDE 1.93
* On Thursday, August 31, Sarang Lakare wrote: No you don't have to [reboot].. as I had mentioned in a previous emial.. a simple "init 3" followed by "init 5" would have helped :).. I like the challange of doing everything (but kernel upgrade) w/o rebooting :)) Well, what would be the difference between running init 3/5 and a soft reboot? In my opinion, it's the same thing. Both ways, init is the first process to start. Not rereading bios settings is the only difference I can think of. Init is in effect a reboot. Jesper -- Jesper Holmberg"But how can one be warm alone?"
[expert] SRPMs for Mandrake 7.1
Gael, I don't know if you've been watching the expert list recently, but there has been some discussion on the whereabouts of the SRPMs for Mandrake 7.1. None of the mirror sites appear to have the full set of 7.1 SRPMs and many of us users would like them made available. The cooker mirrors appear to be complete, but that's not appropriate for those of us running production systems. I'm sure this is just an oversight as deliberately witholding the SRPMS when they have been requested would constitute a violation of the terms of the GPL which I'm certain MandrakeSoft would wish to avoid. Therefore, I would appreciate it if you, or someone else at MandrakeSoft could find time to look into this for us, and arrange for the mirror sites to be updated accordingly. I've copied this message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] so you may wish to direct your replies there rather than to me personally. Thanks and regards, Tony === Tony Smith Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1189 893200 ===
Re: [expert] Network
Is there a way to get 2 Linux boxes on the net at the same time?I have 2 boxes and 1 hub.When I tried it on my own it kept telling me that there was 2 machines with the same hostname and ip address.Is there a way around it?By the way I access the net via a cable modem.Another qurstion I have is there a better browser than Netscape 4.7 for mandrake 7.0?Have tried to upgrade to netscape 4.75 and it won't let me. You will have to set one of your machines up as a firewall/NAT gateway to allow them to co-exist and get out on the net through a single IP address. As for your upgrade of netscape, could you be more specific than "it won't let me"? What error messages did you get upon upgrading. -- Ben Reed ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://defiance.dyndns.org/ Fight the InterNIC! http://www.opennic.unrated.net/
RE: [expert] autofs and direct maps
I'm trying to get autofs to map to the name of a direct map '/var/spool/mail', can the following files, auto.master and autro.direct work? These files are used successfully with Compaq's Tru64 Unix. Thanks, Lou. /etc/auto.master: - # mount-point mapname mount-options /- /etc/auto.direct-rw,soft,intr /corsair/etc/auto.corsair -rw,soft,intr /etc/auto.direct: - # key mount-options remote-location /var/spool/mail quabbin:/usr/spool/mail
[expert] error storing record LC_MESSAGES into fileindex.rpm
Hi, all, I don't know if anyone else met this problem before. When I try to upgradehelix-gnome, everything goes smoothly. But finally it says 'error storingrecord LC_MESSAGES into //var/lib/rpm/fileindex.rpm', and then jumpsout. The updated packages are still on the list when I run helix-updateagain. I know it's not a serious problem but quite annoying. :( Anybody knows what's wrong? Thanks a lot! Regards, Xuejun Liu
Re: [expert] Network
Benjamin Reed wrote: Is there a way to get 2 Linux boxes on the net at the same time?I have 2 boxes and 1 hub.When I tried it on my own it kept telling me that there was 2 machines with the same hostname and ip address.Is there a way around it?By the way I access the net via a cable modem.Another qurstion I have is there a better browser than Netscape 4.7 for mandrake 7.0?Have tried to upgrade to netscape 4.75 and it won't let me. You will have to set one of your machines up as a firewall/NAT gateway to allow them to co-exist and get out on the net through a single IP address. As for your upgrade of netscape, could you be more specific than "it won't let me"? What error messages did you get upon upgrading. -- Ben Reed ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) http://defiance.dyndns.org/ Fight the InterNIC! http://www.opennic.unrated.net/ regarding the netscape issue "it won't let me" Using mandrake update the packages download fine,then when preparing to install comes up it just sets there.1 time it sat there for 35 min.It just don't move past preparing stage.Does linux docs have info on setting up firewall/NAT gateway?New to networking. Thanks again, Tony Somewhere in Iowa
Re: [expert] HD performance and Athlon 800 w/ 256 MB RAM
I have no idea what's wrong, but ... (It takes too long to fill up 256 MB of RAM under Linux at the moment for me). Try opening a few X sessions (startx :1 ; startx :2 ; etc) and then starting netscape in each one! Good luck finding your problem, though. -- Asheesh Laroia. -- Say "twenty-three-skiddoo" to logout.
Re: [expert] re-install, saving passwd/shadow files
- Original Message - From: Kari Suomela [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 11:16 AM Subject: [expert] re-install, saving passwd/shadow files Tuesday August 22 2000 11:32, Daniel Woods wrote to Expert Linux list: DW /etc/group files. Can I copy back the current files after DW the install, and place them over the new files ? DW It seems that this should be ok as long as the UID/GID values I do this all the time, and then just run linuxconf on each user to make sure the ownership on their home directories is correct. *ouch* With a lot of users you could be busy for a *long* time... -Stephen-
Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly
So, Doc... have you confirmed that it is the ISP that is causing the problem? I hope I don't have to switch ISPs... there has to be a way of figuring out what they may have changed... And again -- *why* does it work when you dial with kppp? I think the answer resides elsewhere... -Stephen- - Original Message - From: D. R. Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28 Aug 00, at 20:05, Anton Graham wrote: Submitted 28-Aug-00 by Stephen Bosch: And again -- that SIGHUP is damn peculiar -- who is sending it? I suspect that that is modem generated. Every modem i have ever owned generates a SIGHUP when the other end hangs up on it. That makes sense. If the ISP doesn't like the PPP handshaking for whatever reason (maybe USWest figures I'm running Linux so it should shut me up) then it probably causes the line to go down, thus causing the SIGHUP. Doc Evans -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.0.2 -- QDPGP 2.60 Comment: Key obtainable from servers: ID 0x362912B8 iQA/AwUBOa2cGWnXrLw2KRK4EQKVaACfZHtExZWFQdoDOH6R1h+srOl6Eh4AoKif heaA7ftO1SgLFQwyi0Q9z62F =C6LE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- D.R. Evans N7DR / G4AMJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] The last of the Chronicles of the Three Lands, "Phendric", has been published: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR/drevans.htp --
Re: [expert] SRPMs for Mandrake 7.1
After re-reading the GPL it does state that there is no absolute requirement to have the source code available for download on a public ftp site, there only needs to be a written offer of a source code distribution made available on request (ie. a cdrom sent out by snail mail). This source code distribution should be made available at no more than the cost of materials + postage. Before throwing words about like 'violation', and 'deliberately witholding' has there been enough time for Mandrake to respond to any source code requests? Tony On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Tony Smith pushed some tiny letters in this order: Gael, I don't know if you've been watching the expert list recently, but there has been some discussion on the whereabouts of the SRPMs for Mandrake 7.1. None of the mirror sites appear to have the full set of 7.1 SRPMs and many of us users would like them made available. The cooker mirrors appear to be complete, but that's not appropriate for those of us running production systems. I'm sure this is just an oversight as deliberately witholding the SRPMS when they have been requested would constitute a violation of the terms of the GPL which I'm certain MandrakeSoft would wish to avoid. Therefore, I would appreciate it if you, or someone else at MandrakeSoft could find time to look into this for us, and arrange for the mirror sites to be updated accordingly.
[expert] Chinese LM (2) (fwd)
I guess not so many of you are subscribed to "forum" mailing list yet, so here is a little nuget for anyone who has a free time and wants to help us make a better distro. cheers Denis PS Subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailing list to get all the "mandrakeforum.com" headlines delivered to you.) -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- The mailserver is on strike. It wants better working conditions, paid days off and a female connector. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) -- Forwarded message -- Chinese LM (2) (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=2831085156) A few days ago, a first Chinese LM article was posted on forum. Thus we realised that our Chinese support stinks, and what to do to make it better... How to print chinese texts stayed a kind of mistery, until Yuyu finally found the translated version of Chinese HOWTO today. (We have one chinese developer on the team, but he was so alone with the chinese text...). Well, I looked at a documentation, and downloaded the programs and fonts today, but to be honest, I have no time to test this stuff, and I have no idea who and when WILL have the time to do it. :-( Information providec in the HOWTO and packages seams rather clear to me, so anyone with some spare time at hand should be able to install what is needed to print chinese texts and tell us how it went. Any voluntiers? You always wanted to give us a hand, right?:-) FYI: If I understood the install instructions correctly, as a gift one gets support for printing the Japaneese and Korean texts too. This would be just fine with me .-)
Re: [expert] Network
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Anthony F. Littrel Sr. wrote: regarding the netscape issue "it won't let me" Using mandrake update the packages download fine,then when preparing to install comes up it just sets there. Try downloading the RPM files to a temp directory, and then run rpm --upgrade netscape*.rpm What happens then? It's possible that MandrakeUpdate is confused, or it's having problems connecting to the FTP server, or it's evil, or something ;-). Try it. Have fun! And good luck. -- Asheesh Laroia. -- "If Diet Coke did not exist it would have been neccessary to invent it." -- Karl Lehenbauer
RE: [expert] SRPMs for Mandrake 7.1
After re-reading the GPL it does state that there is no absolute requirement to have the source code available for download on a public ftp site, there only needs to be a written offer of a source code distribution made available on request (ie. a cdrom sent out by snail mail). This source code distribution should be made available at no more than the cost of materials + postage. Indeed. And I, amongst many others have made such a request and have received no response. Since a CD is what I want anyway, I would be happy to get that sent by snail mail, but they already have an infrastructure for distributing the source, it makes sense for them to use it. No response is no response whichever distribution method you choose. Before throwing words about like 'violation', and 'deliberately witholding' has there been enough time for Mandrake to respond to any source code requests? Yes, and no. There has been plenty time for them to respond as this question has been asked many times, and I do think a firm prod is very much in order, but I also think we should give them a further week or so to respond as we are at the tail end of the holiday season. I've been very suprised by their lack of movement (aka absolute silence) on this issue. I would have thought they would have been appalled that the job had not been finished correctly and rushed to correct it, but this seems not to be the case. Maybe there's a reason they're not publishing it, but if so they need to be up front with their users and explain themselves. Tony.
Re: [expert] Network
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Anthony F. Littrel Sr. wrote: stage.Does linux docs have info on setting up firewall/NAT gateway?New to networking. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/Networking/ is an excelent place to start
[expert] SAMBA AND NT DOMAIN
Hi,can anybody help me with this issue: i have to configure my linux samba server so it authenticates with the NT domain server.. i have tried thousands of configurations and nothing works well... all i can achieve is that i can log on the linux samba server but only if i have an account on it. but that isnt what i want... i need to log on to the samba server but via domain another thing that is happening now that i reinstalled the samba... is that i cant see it in my netconf but the smbd and the nmbd daemons are running fine. what can be the problem here? below i will paste my smb.conf file: #=== Global Settings = [global] # workgroup = NT-Domain-Name or Workgroup-Name workgroup = GI # server string is the equivalent of the NT Description field server string = Servidor de Open Mail # This option is important for security. It allows you to restrict # connections to machines which are on your local network. The # following example restricts access to two C class networks and # the "loopback" interface. For more examples of the syntax see # the smb.conf man page ; hosts allow = 192.168.1. 192.168.2. 127. # if you want to automatically load your printer list rather # than setting them up individually then you'll need this printcap name = /etc/printcap load printers = yes # It should not be necessary to spell out the print system type unless # yours is non-standard. Currently supported print systems include: # bsd, sysv, plp, lprng, aix, hpux, qnx ; printing = bsd # Uncomment this if you want a guest account, you must add this to /etc/passwd # otherwise the user "nobody" is used ; guest account = pcguest # this tells Samba to use a separate log file for each machine # that connects log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m # Put a capping on the size of the log files (in Kb). max log size = 50 # Security mode. Most people will want user level security. See # security_level.txt for details. security = domain # Use password server option only with security = server ; password server = NT-Server-Name # Password Level allows matching of _n_ characters of the password for # all combinations of upper and lower case. ; password level = 8 ; username level = 8 # 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 # The following are needed to allow password changing from Windows to # update the Linux sytsem password also. # NOTE: Use these with 'encrypt passwords' and 'smb passwd file' above. # NOTE2: You do NOT need these to allow workstations to change only #the encrypted SMB passwords. They allow the Unix password #to be kept in sync with the SMB password. ; unix password sync = Yes ; passwd program = /usr/bin/passwd %u ; passwd chat = *New*UNIX*password* %n\n *ReType*new*UNIX*password* %n\n *passwd:*all*authentication*tokens*updated*successfully* # Unix users can map to different SMB User names ; username map = /etc/smbusers # Using the following line enables you to customise your configuration # on a per machine basis. The %m gets replaced with the netbios name # of the machine that is connecting ; include = /etc/smb.conf.%m # Most people will find that this option gives better performance. # See speed.txt and the manual pages for details socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 # Configure Samba to use multiple interfaces # If you have multiple network interfaces then you must list them # here. See the man page for details. ; interfaces = 192.168.12.2/24 192.168.13.2/24 # Configure remote browse list synchronisation here # request announcement to, or browse list sync from: # a specific host or from / to a whole subnet (see below) ; remote browse sync = 192.168.3.25 192.168.5.255 # Cause this host to announce itself to local subnets here ; remote announce = 192.168.1.255 192.168.2.44 # Browser Control Options: # set local master to no if you don't want Samba to become a master # browser on your network. Otherwise the normal election rules apply ; local master = no # OS Level determines the precedence of this server in master browser # elections. The default value should be reasonable ; os level = 33 # Domain Master specifies Samba to be the Domain Master Browser. This # allows Samba to collate browse lists between subnets. Don't use this # if you already have a Windows NT domain controller doing this job ; domain master = yes # Preferred Master causes Samba to force a local browser election on startup # and gives it a slightly higher chance of winning the election ; preferred master = yes # Use only if you have an NT server on your network that has been # configured at install time to be a primary domain controller. domain
[expert] upgrade 7.0 to 7.1
Greets All, I've got several machines running 7.0 and installed 7.1 on a new machine to test and the time has come to upgrade the others. The first machine I tried to upgrade contains 2 HDD's (hda hdb). During the install the program ask's if this is a install or an upgrade. When I select upgrade it then ask's where is my " / " partition and then prompts with hdb5 and hdb1. The problem is that the root partition is on hda1 and is not listed let alone selectable and the install simply complains that there is no " / " partition any suggestion? -- 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] Specific setup for Mandarke 7.1 and cablemodem to mediaone.net
- Original Message - From: "Jeff Hoffman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 7:57 AM Subject: [expert] Specific setup for Mandarke 7.1 and cablemodem to mediaone.net Looking for the specific set up for connecting Mandrake 7.1 to a cable mode via dhcpcd to medaione.net. I believe I have the cards recognized but the settings under network set up are not designed to be understood from the Windows world winipcfg... Anyone have a working config they could send? BE happy to create a translation table for the world We are having a run on DHCP question on both list. Using DHCP the only thing that you will be able to do is share an internet connection. In Windows my NIC has the following Bindings Internet Connection Sharing (protocol) IPX/SPX-compatable Protocol Net BEUI TCP/IP And in Advanced it is set to Auto-Detect As to the Linux side during the Mandrake installation when it asked if I wished to configure a Network I selected DHCP. Once the installation completed and I booted Linux I was able to connect to the internet without having to manually enter any settings.. You will need to install the DHCP RPMs from the installation CD because they are not installed by default. The only other help I can give is to list my settings as shown in Network Configuration. Basic Host/ Adapter 1: Enabled Basic ConfigDHCP Netmask..255.255.255.0 Net Device...eth0 Kernel mod..tulip Name Server Spec: DNS usage...DNS required for normal op IP of name server 1..192.168.0.1 search1.localdomain IPX Interface Setup/Config: Auto configure... Primary Auto configure... interfaces frame types Charles
Re: [expert] problems after installing KDE 1.93
I think it has to do with the output of the uptime command and bragging rights regarding the stability of the operating system. :) correct! and the fact that init 3 and init 5 take less than a minute compared to a hard reboot! -sarang Tony
Re: [expert] SAMBA AND NT DOMAIN
did u configure yellow pages? thare are two rpms that u need to install. -sarang
Re: [expert] sound in KDE 2
I tried running artsd and it say - v2k artsd Can't open sound device - exit v2k can't run kmp3.. its still 1.1.2 version.. tried kaiman but it says failed to connect to sound server.. make sure artsd is running -sarang
[expert] Time at startup
Okay, gentlepersons... I selected "Hardware clock set to UTC" when I installed Mandrake 6.1 recently. Upon reboot the system behaves somewhat strangely -- that is, it assumes the hardware clock is local time and completely buggers up the time setting and all applications that are dependent on it. Is it the timezone file that tells the kernel how to handle the system time? -Stephen-
[expert] High latency in wu-ftp connection
Problem: High latency while connecting into Mandrake box with FTP. Similar latency also seen with telnet at few times. Symptops: - While connecting into the box by FTP, there is output to screen "Connected to host" and then there is a long pause about 1-2 minutes and then normal connection is made. Sometime same thing happens with TELNET but the wait in period is smaller (like 15-20 sec.) Details: This is a Mandrake 7.1 (server class custom) install on an Athlon based machine. Following packages are installed - anonftp-3.0-8mdk wu-ftpd-2.6.0-6mdk netkit-base-0.11-22mdk telnet-server-0.16-4mdk HELP WANTED: Any help will be appreciated! If you have questions please ask away. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
RE: [expert] High latency in wu-ftp connection
Wu-Ftp is not that secure in the first place you might want to think about changing to a different ftp server. Try OpenBSD's port of their ftpd and also try NcFTPd. Personally I recommend NcFTPd. Cheers, -Original Message- From: Pratul Kumar Agarwal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] High latency in wu-ftp connection Problem: High latency while connecting into Mandrake box with FTP. Similar latency also seen with telnet at few times. Symptops: - While connecting into the box by FTP, there is output to screen "Connected to host" and then there is a long pause about 1-2 minutes and then normal connection is made. Sometime same thing happens with TELNET but the wait in period is smaller (like 15-20 sec.) Details: This is a Mandrake 7.1 (server class custom) install on an Athlon based machine. Following packages are installed - anonftp-3.0-8mdk wu-ftpd-2.6.0-6mdk netkit-base-0.11-22mdk telnet-server-0.16-4mdk HELP WANTED: Any help will be appreciated! If you have questions please ask away. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] High latency in wu-ftp connection
It is doing revers look up on the IP that is connecting. Double check that you have at least 2 DNS servers and that they are there. If the first one is invalid then it will pause 15-30 sec time it times out and tries the secound one. It is located in linuxconf under network and then dns. Jason - Original Message - From: "Pratul Kumar Agarwal" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 1:07 PM Subject: [expert] High latency in wu-ftp connection Problem: High latency while connecting into Mandrake box with FTP. Similar latency also seen with telnet at few times. Symptops: - While connecting into the box by FTP, there is output to screen "Connected to host" and then there is a long pause about 1-2 minutes and then normal connection is made. Sometime same thing happens with TELNET but the wait in period is smaller (like 15-20 sec.) Details: This is a Mandrake 7.1 (server class custom) install on an Athlon based machine. Following packages are installed - anonftp-3.0-8mdk wu-ftpd-2.6.0-6mdk netkit-base-0.11-22mdk telnet-server-0.16-4mdk HELP WANTED: Any help will be appreciated! If you have questions please ask away. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
[expert] Internal Modem
HiI Just Intalling The Linux Mandrake in my friends computer...and she had an internal Modem and the chipset is Motorolla.And Linux cannot detect that modem...so i asked my brother who is more expert in BSD than I...and he said Linux and BSD havent support for internal Modem...is that true ???.. I'll try to find it in Mandrake URL but still make me confuse...can someone explain that problem to me ? Best Regards Arie
Re: [expert] Internal Modem
those are soft-modems.. they need software code to work.. and mostly this code is written for windows.. only recently companies have started writing code for linux.. crib to your company to get s/w for linux for that modem. else, check out what open-source guys are up to at http://www.windmodems.org the best things is to buy a "real" modem so that it dosnt' use up u're CPU while u are working! -sarang
Re: [expert] Internal Modem
Thus spake Yosuda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): HiI Just Intalling The Linux Mandrake in my friends computer...and she had an internal Modem and the chipset is Motorolla.And Linux cannot detect that modem...so i asked my brother who is more expert in BSD than I...and he said Linux and BSD havent support for internal Modem...is that true ???.. I'll try to find it in Mandrake URL but still make me confuse...can someone explain that problem to me ? Need more info on the modem, but I suspect it might be a WinModem, which requires exta work from the OS and which Linux doesn't (and is highly unlikely ever to) support. -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. |
[expert] X taking 65% CPU
Hi, I have KDE 2 running and suddenly out of nowhere the follownig command takes up LOTS of CPU.. /etc/X11/X -auth /etc/X11/xdm/authdir/A:0-1miNrz I dont' know what this means.. I think i tried killing it and it was a disaster.. I don't have any K applications running right now.. what could be the problem? -sarang
[expert] crontab strangeness
hallo MANDRAKE! since a day or so crontab doesn't transfer changes from /ect/crontab to /var/spool/cron/root anymore... can someone imagine why? (crond is running: [root@orbit /var/spool/cron]# ps -x |grep cron 25529 ?S 0:00 crond 31161 pts/9S 0:00 grep cron here the two files: [root@orbit /etc]# ls -lisa crontab 640644 -rw-r--r--1 root root 557 Aug 31 14:40 crontab [root@orbit /etc]# cat ./crontab SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 1 * * * * root /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root /usr/bin/run-parts /etc/cron.monthly # Mandrake-Security : if you remove this comment, remove the next line too. */1 * * * * root nice --adjustment=+19 /usr/share/msec/promisc_check.sh # Mandrake-Security : if you remove this comment, remove the next line too. 0 4 * * * root /usr/share/msec/security.sh [root@orbit /var/spool/cron]# ls -lisa root 16324 -rw---1 root root 766 Aug 30 22:15 root [root@orbit /var/spool/cron]# cat ./root # DO NOT EDIT THIS FILE - edit the master and reinstall. # (/tmp/crontab.12164 installed on Wed Aug 30 22:15:44 2000) # (Cron version -- $Id: crontab.c,v 2.13 1994/01/17 03:20:37 vixie Exp $) SHELL=/bin/bash PATH=/sbin:/bin:/usr/sbin:/usr/bin MAILTO=root HOME=/ # run-parts 1 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly # Mandrake-Security : if you remove this comment, remove the next line too. 0-59 * * * * /usr/share/msec/promisc_check.sh # Mandrake-Security : if you remove this comment, remove the next line too. 0 4 * * * /usr/share/msec/security.sh # every mintinues # every day's 3 o'clock. # every month's day 1 and 15's 4 clock.. PAT -- vcard/LDAP/PGP: http://dresden-online.com/~perler/identity.html PGP fingerprint: DAC6 2FDA 1ED7 AD55 BD1F 5142 3D5F 72BF
Re: [expert] Internal Modem
HiI Just Intalling The Linux Mandrake in my friends computer...and she had an internal Modem and the chipset is Motorolla.And Linux cannot detect that modem...so i asked my brother who is more expert in BSD than I...and he said Linux and BSD havent support for internal Modem...is that true ???.. I'll try to find it in Mandrake URL but still make me confuse...can someone explain that problem to me ? Arie . Log in as root and from terminal enter the following command # cat /proc/pci This will list all your PCI devices. On this list you should see either Communication controller or Communication device, That listing is your modem. If it shows as Comm. device you have a winmodem and it won't work in Linux. If it shows as Comm. controller proceed as follows: Write down the first I/O range. In the example I am using 0xd800 replace that with yours. Enter the following # setserial /dev/ttyS3 port 0xd800 spd_vhi skip_test auto_irq autoconfig If there are no errors, then enter # setserial /dev/ttyS3 uart 16550A Select /dev/ttyS3 as the device in kppp and your modem should now initalize and operate. To make this perm. you will need to edit your rc.local file which is located in the /etc/rc.d directory. Add the 2 setserial lines to the end of this file Save the changes and reboot your system. Should you have any problems let me know and I will try to help. Charles
Re: [expert] Internal Modem
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, you wrote: HiI Just Intalling The Linux Mandrake in my friends computer...and she had an internal Modem and the chipset is Motorolla.And Linux cannot detect that modem...so i asked my brother who is more expert in BSD than I...and he said Linux and BSD havent support for internal Modem...is that true ???.. I'll try to find it in Mandrake URL but still make me confuse...can someone explain that problem to me ? Best Regards Arie Only modems that rely on the windoze api instead of built in hardware to do the job, ie. "winmodems" aren't linux compatible. AFAIK all winmodems are internal modems but all internal internal modems are definitely not winmodems. I have an internal modem that works fine with linux. There are even a few fixes for some winmodems but check here to see if your modem is compatible first: http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html_single/Modem-HOWTO.html
[expert] test...this thing on?
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Re: [expert] problems after installing KDE 1.93
Submitted 31-Aug-00 by Jesper Holmberg:
Well, what would be the difference between running init 3/5 and a soft
reboot? In my opinion, it's the same thing. Both ways, init is the
first process to start. Not rereading bios settings is the only difference I
can think of. Init is in effect a reboot.
Umm just changing runlevel with init also means no processing of all the
instructions in /etc/rc.d/rc.{sysinit,serial,firewall} which define the
basic operation conditions for the system. These include mounting
partitions and swap, setting the clock and hostname. initiating devfs,
isapnp detection, loading of modules from /etc/rc.d/rc.modules, starting
RAID devices, and execution of the mandrake_everytime script. So yes, there
is quite a lot of difference between the two ideas.
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"First things first -- but not necessarily in that order"
-- The Doctor, "Doctor Who"
[expert] LM 7.1 and RoadRunner service
Greetings everyone. I'm about to get RoadRunner through my local cable company, and I've done some research, but I'd like someone to double-check me. I've already set up a small metwork with my wife's Win98 machine, and we can share the internet connection through dial-up. I know I have to get one more ethernet card, but that's not a big deal. Eth0 currently goes out to the local network, so eth1 will go to the cable modem. I've set up the firewall with pmfirewall already, but I know I'll have to re-run the setup script to change the external connection. It's not a static ip, so I know I'll need to run either dhcp or pump. I gather from past messages that Mandrake defaults to pump, is this correct? Does it really matter? Do I need to be concerned about PPPoE? How will I know if this I should? Anyone else have any experience with the RR service in Kansas City that may have some gotchas to look out for? Thanks in advance. Wayne
[expert] HardDrake always locks my machine
I'm having a problem with Mandrake 7.1's HardDrake configurator. When I launch the tool, it asks me to either detect or skip ISA device detection. If I choose "detect", the tool begins the ISA detection and then locks my machine cold--only way out is a hard reboot. If I choose "skip", the tool begins PCI detection and then locks my machine cold--only way out is a hard reboot. I know that none of my devices are conflicting because the device managers in WinMe, Win2k, and BeOS never report conflicts and all of my devices work fine under those systems. I know that this isn't an issue with Linux trying to configure the devices via PnP, because I have my BIOS set to do the PnP configuration and to tell the OS not to configure PnP devices itself. I've also been able to configure some of my devices by hand the old-fashioned way--by following the HOWTOs--and that has proven successful where HardDrake has been of no use to me at all. So, two questions: (1) Has anyone else had this problem with HardDrake locking up the machine? (2) Does anyone know how to fix it or have any ideas for me to try? _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [expert] Linux free ISP's
"Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote: Jeff Groves wrote: I'll bet your PhD is not in Economics... [snip] Any help or links or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm not trying to be cheap here, I think the internet should be FREE! Dr. Michael Powell PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] He's probably just a pompous(sp?) lamer. Dr. Michael Powell or Michael Powell, PhD but *never* the silly-ly redundant Dr. Michael Powell PhD Ron (I'm not a PhD and I don't play one on TV) What did this poor bugger do to you guys? Why are you busting his balls so hard? -- Mark Weaver IT Dept./Reapernet.com Destiny Image Publishers [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [expert] 7.1 and USB optical mouse-fixed
That was the bit of information that I was missing. Thank you Charles. My USB mouse is working splendidly now. Took about a minute. Abe = Original Message From "Charles A Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Abe Try editing /etc/sysconfig/usb to read MOUSE=yes That should force the system to load the generic USB mouse driver. Charles - Original Message - From: "Abe" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Charles A Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 4:01 PM Subject: RE: [expert] 7.1 and USB optical mouse Great. So it may work. How? I already have mandrake installed. Do you know what changes need to be made so the system can recognize and use this USB mouse? I've got mandrake 7.1, Xfree86 4.01, and a microsoft intellipoint optical mouse. I've tried changing the mouse type tp USB (does nothing) I tried rebooting with the USB mouse plugged in (no kudzu, no luck), I think I need to manually change some onfo but I don't know what or where. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Abe = Original Message From "Charles A Edwards" [EMAIL PROTECTED] = - Original Message - From: "Jason Smith" Subject: Re: [expert] 7.1 and USB optical mouse I had a lot of trouble with mine as well. This is a known problem with Mandrake 7.1. I do not think the older versions support USB at all. Search on Mandrakes web site for USB or mouse and you will find it. There way of fixing it is not the best. What I eventaly did is reinstalled Mandrake and pick expert. This will then let you pick the USB mouse and every thing will work fine. Another note the USB mouse will freeze during the install untill Mandrake is reinstalled and you will have to navagate with the key board. I do not know of a easier way but hope this will help. - Original Message - From: Abe Howdy folks. I've got a brand new USB intellimouse optical that I want to use with mandrake 7.1. I've been using a PS/2 mouse. I tried shutting the machine down and restarting with the USB mouse connected in the hopes tha kudzu would catch it but no luck. I figure that I need to make some changes to the pointer section of my XF86Config file. My ps/2 mouse is at /dev/psaux what should that be for USB? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I have a Logitech Optical WheelMouse (USB) on my Linux system and it works great. It uses the generic USB mouse driver. It was recognized and usable during the 7.1 install. BTW USB mice and keyboards have been supported in Mandrake since 7.0. Charles Jesus saves, Allah forgives, Chthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich. Jesus saves, Allah forgives, Chthulu thinks you'd make a nice sandwich.
Re: [expert] LM 7.1 and RoadRunner service
"Stout, Wayne" wrote: It's not a static ip, so I know I'll need to run either dhcp or pump. I gather from past messages that Mandrake defaults to pump, is this correct? Does it really matter? Earlier versions of pump were rather flaky, but I think those problems have been corrected. Just make sure that you run pump with the "hostname" switch and give it the hostname that is provided you by RoadRunner -- remember that we're not talking about your DNS FQDN, but the unit hostname (with @Home services it looks like this c[x]-YY-[z]). =) Off the top of my head I can't remember where this goes exactly, but you put it somewhere in sysinit script for pump (It's been a while since I used DHCP with cable internet). Do I need to be concerned about PPPoE? How will I know if this I should? It would depend on the cable modem. Do you know what they are giving you? My intuitive answer is no, since PPPoE (which I think is s***) is only used by some DSL providers... but again, PPPoE is an issue between the NTU (the cable modem or DSL unit) and the ethernet card, so you have to have a look. If the cable modem is a Motorola, it's not PPPoE. Good luck to you... -Stephen-
Re: [expert] HardDrake always locks my machine
Yeah, I met same problem before. :) On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Keith Kelly wrote: I'm having a problem with Mandrake 7.1's HardDrake configurator. When I launch the tool, it asks me to either detect or skip ISA device detection. If I choose "detect", the tool begins the ISA detection and then locks my machine cold--only way out is a hard reboot. If I choose "skip", the tool begins PCI detection and then locks my machine cold--only way out is a hard reboot. I know that none of my devices are conflicting because the device managers in WinMe, Win2k, and BeOS never report conflicts and all of my devices work fine under those systems. I know that this isn't an issue with Linux trying to configure the devices via PnP, because I have my BIOS set to do the PnP configuration and to tell the OS not to configure PnP devices itself. I've also been able to configure some of my devices by hand the old-fashioned way--by following the HOWTOs--and that has proven successful where HardDrake has been of no use to me at all. So, two questions: (1) Has anyone else had this problem with HardDrake locking up the machine? (2) Does anyone know how to fix it or have any ideas for me to try? _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about yourself, create your own public profile at http://profiles.msn.com.
Re: [expert] HardDrake always locks my machine
Keith Kelly wrote: I'm having a problem with Mandrake 7.1's HardDrake configurator. When I launch the tool, it asks me to either detect or skip ISA device detection. If I choose "detect", the tool begins the ISA detection and then locks my machine cold--only way out is a hard reboot. If I choose "skip", the tool begins PCI detection and then locks my machine cold--only way out is a hard reboot. Send the properties of your ISA card to Alexandre Dussart (I think) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] To add it on his 'detect' package. I know that none of my devices are conflicting because the device managers in WinMe, Win2k, and BeOS never report conflicts and all of my devices work fine under those systems. I know that this isn't an issue with Linux trying to configure the devices via PnP, because I have my BIOS set to do the PnP configuration and to tell the OS not to configure PnP devices itself. I've also been able to configure some of my devices by hand the old-fashioned way--by following the HOWTOs--and that has proven successful where HardDrake has been of no use to me at all. So, two questions: (1) Has anyone else had this problem with HardDrake locking up the machine? Yes. Me too with the 7.1 version. Can't detect my HD's. Moved the CD's of 7.1 to trash. (2) Does anyone know how to fix it or have any ideas for me to try? Sorry, not me. Delete and get the version from 7.(without garantie) Eric MC.
Re: [expert] upgrade 7.0 to 7.1
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: Greets All, I've got several machines running 7.0 and installed 7.1 on a new machine to test and the time has come to upgrade the others. The first machine I tried to upgrade contains 2 HDD's (hda hdb). During the install the program ask's if this is a install or an upgrade. When I select upgrade it then ask's where is my " / " partition and then prompts with hdb5 and hdb1. The problem is that the root partition is on hda1 and is not listed let alone selectable and the install simply complains that there is no " / " partition any suggestion? No way. You are lucky. My HD's are not detected at all. Maybe a patch from cooker can solve the pb. Eric MC --
Re: [expert] Internal Modem
Most PCI modems are a pain to get working. You have to use a command such as setserial. You may want to read up on this. If you know that it is a PCI modem try: less /proc/pci to find the port address and irq of the pci modem card to use in set serial. ps you can do a man on setserial for help as well and remeber Win modoms are not real modems and rely on software in windows to emulate hardware they should have. That is why they do not work. Jason - Original Message - From: "Deryk Barker" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Internal Modem Thus spake Yosuda ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): HiI Just Intalling The Linux Mandrake in my friends computer...and she had an internal Modem and the chipset is Motorolla.And Linux cannot detect that modem...so i asked my brother who is more expert in BSD than I...and he said Linux and BSD havent support for internal Modem...is that true ???.. I'll try to find it in Mandrake URL but still make me confuse...can someone explain that problem to me ? Need more info on the modem, but I suspect it might be a WinModem, which requires exta work from the OS and which Linux doesn't (and is highly unlikely ever to) support. -- |Deryk Barker, Computer Science Dept. | Music does not have to be understood| |Camosun College, Victoria, BC, Canada| It has to be listened to. | |email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | |phone: +1 250 370 4452 | Hermann Scherchen. |
[expert] /sbin/route: delete problem
I use PortSentry which works great, and helps to keep out the little buggers. Problem is that sometimes that bugger is me coming in from a new machine to test with. Once I do, that machine is now banned via /sbin/route add -host 1.2.3.4 reject How do I un-do the route command to allow access again ? The man page says to use 'route del -host 1.2.3.4', but that won't work "SIOCDELRT: No such process". I know that restarting portsentry will flush out the files and that rebooting will then that clear up *all* blocks. And obviously not what I want to do on a production server. I've had to manually create a banned file that does all the route commands after portsentry is restarted. What else, besides manually adding these hosts to rc.firewall ? BTW, I also recommend LogCheck at http://www.psionic.com Thanks... Dan.
[expert] Best Data 56K USB Modem
Hello all, I made a big mistake by buying a USB modem, I searched a little bit before buying, on deja.com and mandrake.com and just thought I read that most external modems are supported, even USB ones! Now I cant figure out how to get it to work! and I am stuck with two perfectly functionning modems under windows and no Internet under my prefered OS :( and would love to avoid buying a 3rd one... So, my question is, is there anybody out there using this modem under Mandrake/redhat linux? Thanx alot Mohamed~
Re: [expert] HardDrake always locks my machine
There is an update for HardDrake available from the HardDrake site - the link is on the mandrake website. Lots of improvements were made - maybe that may solve your problem - I had all sorts of problems with my SBLive ! card, but the update configures it perfectly now. Cheers, philomena At 10:49 PM 8/31/00 +0200, you wrote: Keith Kelly wrote: I'm having a problem with Mandrake 7.1's HardDrake configurator. When I launch the tool, it asks me to either detect or skip ISA device detection. If I choose "detect", the tool begins the ISA detection and then locks my machine cold--only way out is a hard reboot. If I choose "skip", the tool begins PCI detection and then locks my machine cold--only way out is a hard reboot. Send the properties of your ISA card to Alexandre Dussart (I think) : [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] To add it on his 'detect' package. I know that none of my devices are conflicting because the device managers in WinMe, Win2k, and BeOS never report conflicts and all of my devices work fine under those systems. I know that this isn't an issue with Linux trying to configure the devices via PnP, because I have my BIOS set to do the PnP configuration and to tell the OS not to configure PnP devices itself. I've also been able to configure some of my devices by hand the old-fashioned way--by following the HOWTOs--and that has proven successful where HardDrake has been of no use to me at all. So, two questions: (1) Has anyone else had this problem with HardDrake locking up the machine? Yes. Me too with the 7.1 version. Can't detect my HD's. Moved the CD's of 7.1 to trash. (2) Does anyone know how to fix it or have any ideas for me to try? Sorry, not me. Delete and get the version from 7.(without garantie) Eric MC.
Re: [expert] Linux free ISP's
- Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Linux free ISP's "Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote: Jeff Groves wrote: I'll bet your PhD is not in Economics... [snip] Any help or links or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm not trying to be cheap here, I think the internet should be FREE! Dr. Michael Powell PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] He's probably just a pompous(sp?) lamer. Dr. Michael Powell or Michael Powell, PhD but *never* the silly-ly redundant Dr. Michael Powell PhD Ron (I'm not a PhD and I don't play one on TV) What did this poor bugger do to you guys? Why are you busting his balls so hard? -- Mark Weaver Juvenile amusement; they must be bored or have a personal mission to correct others on the proper use of titles. But we haven't heard again from "Dr. Michael Powell PhD" and I doubt we will. He hasn't been made to feel very welcome here. That's sad, especially for _this_ list. Hoyt
[expert] Network Printing in LM7.1 (fwd)
- Forwarded message from Dennis Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 23:26:31 +1000 From: Dennis Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Expert List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Network Printing in LM7.1 Reply-To: Dennis Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mail-Followup-To: Expert List [EMAIL PROTECTED] User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i Hello List, A friend has a network running on LM7.1. He is unable to get network printing to work. Has anyone done this and are you able to help troubleshoot? If so I will relay exact symptoms. TIA. -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mob: 0419 535539 - End forwarded message - -- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mob: 0419 535539
Re: [expert] /sbin/route: delete problem
On newer versions of Linux I've noticed I had to actually specify the entire (almost) field of the entry in the routing table I wanted to remove : ie: route del -host IP netmask mask .. check the exact syntax for route in the man page. Also ... portsentry allows you to select specific hosts that can NEVER be blocked or dropped from the routing table via a file . check the documentation for Portsentry to see what the name is (I can't remember it off hand right now) plus it will depend on how you did the install as to where the file is located. One thing I suggest is adding your gateway to this IP file of allowed hosst that can not be dropped from the routing table ... A firend and I did some testing and found that if we spoofed the gateway IP and did a scan on the target machine it would drop the gateway from the routing table and you guessed it ... no more net connection to the server ... the best way to avoid this is add your gateway to the file to prevent an easy exploit =o) Lonny Selinger
Re: [expert] /sbin/route: delete problem
try printing the routing table using: /sbin/route -ee then try deleting the route using the hostname as it is listed in the table. I use PortSentry which works great, and helps to keep out the little buggers. Problem is that sometimes that bugger is me coming in from a new machine to test with. Once I do, that machine is now banned via /sbin/route add -host 1.2.3.4 reject How do I un-do the route command to allow access again ? The man page says to use 'route del -host 1.2.3.4', but that won't work "SIOCDELRT: No such process". I know that restarting portsentry will flush out the files and that rebooting will then that clear up *all* blocks. And obviously not what I want to do on a production server. I've had to manually create a banned file that does all the route commands after portsentry is restarted. What else, besides manually adding these hosts to rc.firewall ? BTW, I also recommend LogCheck at http://www.psionic.com Thanks... Dan. __ Vous avez un site perso ? 2 millions de francs à gagner sur i(france) ! Webmasters : ZE CONCOURS ! http://www.ifrance.com/_reloc/concours.emailif
Re: [expert] Linux free ISP's
Ay me! Dr. Michael Powell or Michael Powell, PhD but *never* the silly-ly redundant Dr. Michael Powell PhD Aside from the fact that this attack on Michael is extraordinarily juvenile... This form of signature is used to distinguish been a medical doctor and an academic. -Stephen-
Re: [expert] /sbin/route: delete problem
In the directory where PortSentry is installed is a file called portsentry.ignore. Add the IPs you wanted ignore to this file, remove or uncomment IP in /etc/hosts.deny and ipchains -D input -s $TARGET$ -j DENY -l Kill and restart PortSentry! - Original Message - From: "Daniel Woods" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Expert Linux list" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 10:24 PM Subject: [expert] /sbin/route: delete problem I use PortSentry which works great, and helps to keep out the little buggers. Problem is that sometimes that bugger is me coming in from a new machine to test with. Once I do, that machine is now banned via /sbin/route add -host 1.2.3.4 reject How do I un-do the route command to allow access again ? The man page says to use 'route del -host 1.2.3.4', but that won't work "SIOCDELRT: No such process". I know that restarting portsentry will flush out the files and that rebooting will then that clear up *all* blocks. And obviously not what I want to do on a production server. I've had to manually create a banned file that does all the route commands after portsentry is restarted. What else, besides manually adding these hosts to rc.firewall ? BTW, I also recommend LogCheck at http://www.psionic.com Thanks... Dan.
RE: [expert] autofs and direct maps
Someone correct me if I'm wrong, but I believe that autofs under linux doesn't support direct maps. Brian. -Original Message- From: Lou Baccari [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 11:50 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] autofs and direct maps I'm trying to get autofs to map to the name of a direct map '/var/spool/mail', can the following files, auto.master and autro.direct work? These files are used successfully with Compaq's Tru64 Unix. Thanks, Lou. /etc/auto.master: - # mount-point mapname mount-options /- /etc/auto.direct-rw,soft,intr /corsair/etc/auto.corsair -rw,soft,intr /etc/auto.direct: - # key mount-options remote-location /var/spool/mail quabbin:/usr/spool/mail
[expert] Internal Modem
Friday September 01 2000 07:37, Yosuda wrote to All: Y cannot detect that modem...so i asked my brother who is more Y expert in BSD than I...and he said Linux and BSD havent support for Absolutely not true! As long as the modem is configured/attached to a valid COM port, there is nothing special. KS É» º KARICO Business Services Tel (416) 502-1591 º º Toronto, ON CanadaFax (416) 502-3611 º ºMob (416) 725-0277 º º http://www.karicobs.com º ȼ ... I've been insalted!
Re: [expert] Network Printing in LM7.1
Dennis Robertson wrote: A friend has a network running on LM7.1. He is unable to get network printing to work. Has anyone done this and are you able to help troubleshoot? If so I will relay exact symptoms. TIA. Does the box with the local printer have /etc/hosts.lpd set up with a list of hosts (name or dotted quad) permitted to use its local printer? This is necessary and is NOT set up by the Mandrake install. -- Regards, Ron. [AU]
[expert] Printing thru Win2k Server
Someone try this one out: I have a Win2k server with which I connect LM 7.x as a client. I recently re-installed LM, and chose to set up a network printer. Upon completion of fields in the lpd setup util, it asked to print a test page...I set this printer up with a "text-only" filter, as the support for HP 832c's is a little bit shaky. I have UNIX compatible print services installed on the Win2k server, but I'm fairly sure that has nothing to with why I can't use it as a network printer. I don't need graphic output at this point, but a little ascii here and there would be nice. Upon printing the test page, I got a little line at the top "if this is all you can see, you need to enable LF - CR/LF in printool" or something very similar to that. I added LF - CR/LF as an extra option in print tool. But I'm not sure that is the right place. So, now there is NO communication client to printer. I ran a packet capture from the server while I tested this and I get no output that even looks right. Where have I gone wrong..smb services seem to be all right, although I'm not all that familiar with it...everything looks right. If anyone has a clue, help me!
[expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation
I have downloaded all (i hope) the required packages to install Xfree 4.01 over my linux mandrake 7.1 installation.. I have choosen to get the rmps form... now that i have them all how can i proceed.. can i install them form drakerpm... or can i install them with kpackage??? And i must exit form xwindows.. and install them from the console or i can install them even while xwindows is running?? Thanks!
[expert] MandrakeUpdater
I have downloaded the cooker new version of MandrakeUpdate.. the problem with the new version is that when i choose to show the development updates instead of the security updates.. it tells me that an error occured on the ftp site and to try another mirror.. Also if i update the mirror list and choose another mirror.. i can only see and browse the security updates.. while the devlopment updates are unavaible.. Why? Is there a Solution? Thnks!
Re: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation
You: 1. Don't want to install XFree86-4 when X is running, 2. Want to use rpm -i filename from the console, and 3. Don't want to post in html to this list because it annoys many of the people here and they won't respond to your requests for help. Hoyt - Original Message - From: TriOptimum To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:37 AM Subject: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation I have downloaded all (i hope) the required packages to install Xfree 4.01 over my linux mandrake 7.1 installation.. I have choosen to get the rmps form... now that i have them all how can i proceed.. can i install them form drakerpm... or can i install them with kpackage??? And i must exit form xwindows.. and install them from the console or i can install them even while xwindows is running?? Thanks!
[expert] Re: Another IPChains Question
Hi Chris, Thanks for the reply. Unfortunately, everyone seems to be missing my point. I am familiar with how to do what you are suggesting. Here's the deal: I want to allow 3 different LANs to access the web, but not each other. This part is no big deal. I have a linux box that will be this interface. This box will tie into another machine, which is already doing this. But here's where it gets interesting: I want each machine in the 3 different LANs to show up as unique IPs on my masq box (NOT the box they are connected to). I know this isn't the normal setup, and that's probably why people are getting confused. == LAN 1 | Box in | | Masq box | | question here| || LAN 2 | (switch?) |-|(monitoring |--- the | | | software) | internet LAN 3 | IPCHAINS?? | || == I need the monitoring software on the Masq box to be able to record usage for each individual client in LAN 1, LAN 2, and LAN 3, not just the cumulative total of all LAN x clients (which would happen if I were running Masquerading on that box). Anybody got an idea? Bob
Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly
Hi Stephen, Today, I looked into a similar problem with my brother-in-law's machine... he just moved his office out of the house and into a real office. Looking into the problem (before I saw this thread), it appears the problem is due to a timer popping early. Looking at the log of a successful connection, a 10 second timer gets set for initial modem handshaking, then a longer timer (75 seconds in his case: /etc/ppp/ppp.chatscript) for the actual login... In the failing attempts, the chatscript timer is not getting set, causing the initial 10 second timer to pop and kill the connection before it completes. I'll look into this some more later; but thought it might be useful to post this now... Pierre Stephen Bosch wrote: So, Doc... have you confirmed that it is the ISP that is causing the problem? I hope I don't have to switch ISPs... there has to be a way of figuring out what they may have changed... And again -- *why* does it work when you dial with kppp? I think the answer resides elsewhere... -Stephen- - Original Message - From: D. R. Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [expert] pppd dying unexpectedly -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 28 Aug 00, at 20:05, Anton Graham wrote: Submitted 28-Aug-00 by Stephen Bosch: And again -- that SIGHUP is damn peculiar -- who is sending it? I suspect that that is modem generated. Every modem i have ever owned generates a SIGHUP when the other end hangs up on it. That makes sense. If the ISP doesn't like the PPP handshaking for whatever reason (maybe USWest figures I'm running Linux so it should shut me up) then it probably causes the line to go down, thus causing the SIGHUP. Doc Evans -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGP 6.0.2 -- QDPGP 2.60 Comment: Key obtainable from servers: ID 0x362912B8 iQA/AwUBOa2cGWnXrLw2KRK4EQKVaACfZHtExZWFQdoDOH6R1h+srOl6Eh4AoKif heaA7ftO1SgLFQwyi0Q9z62F =C6LE -END PGP SIGNATURE- -- D.R. Evans N7DR / G4AMJ [EMAIL PROTECTED] The last of the Chronicles of the Three Lands, "Phendric", has been published: http://www.sff.net/people/N7DR/drevans.htp -- -- Linux (Up 39 days) -- Reboots are for system upgrades... Currently running 124 processes; CPU activity: user=1.0%, system=0.4% Last reboot reason: Installed new BackUPS power supply.
[expert] FreeBSD and lilo
Hello I've installed FreeBSD in a multiboot config with mandrake 7.0 and dozeNT. I want the mandrake lilo to control the boot but I cannot configure it to find FreeBSD. It finds the other two fine. FreeBSD lives at /dev/hdb3 but when I enter that in lilo.conf and run lilo it gives an error. Doze lives at /dev/hda1 and mandrake at /dev/hdb1. Here's my lilo script: - #This file has been generated by KLILO boot=/dev/hda read-only prompt timeout=50 vga=normal image=/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hdb1 label=linux append="" other=/dev/fd0 label=floppy table=/dev/hda other=/dev/hda1 label=dos table=/dev/hda other=/dev/hdb3 label=freebsd table=/dev/hda Any help would be appreciated. TT
Re: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation
I'm posting in html.. ??? i really dunno how to disable it in outlook express 5... i didn't change nothing in outlook defaults but maybe the html mode is the default.. so do u know how to remove this? - Original Message - From: "Hoyt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation You: 1. Don't want to install XFree86-4 when X is running, 2. Want to use rpm -i filename from the console, and 3. Don't want to post in html to this list because it annoys many of the people here and they won't respond to your requests for help. Hoyt - Original Message - From: TriOptimum To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:37 AM Subject: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation I have downloaded all (i hope) the required packages to install Xfree 4.01 over my linux mandrake 7.1 installation.. I have choosen to get the rmps form... now that i have them all how can i proceed.. can i install them form drakerpm... or can i install them with kpackage??? And i must exit form xwindows.. and install them from the console or i can install them even while xwindows is running?? Thanks!
Re: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation
Ok... maybe i made it!!! Am i right?? - Original Message - From: "Hoyt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation You: 1. Don't want to install XFree86-4 when X is running, 2. Want to use rpm -i filename from the console, and 3. Don't want to post in html to this list because it annoys many of the people here and they won't respond to your requests for help. Hoyt - Original Message - From: TriOptimum To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:37 AM Subject: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation I have downloaded all (i hope) the required packages to install Xfree 4.01 over my linux mandrake 7.1 installation.. I have choosen to get the rmps form... now that i have them all how can i proceed.. can i install them form drakerpm... or can i install them with kpackage??? And i must exit form xwindows.. and install them from the console or i can install them even while xwindows is running?? Thanks!
[expert] Netscape crashing
Hello Lately Netscape crashes whenever I try to use the address book. Anyone else having this problem? TT
Re: [expert] Internal Modem
Hi There are certain modems which are not true modems, the so called winmodems. They require windows software to run. But many internal modems do run on linux. You may find the following link helpful. http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Modem-HOWTO-2.html TT Yosuda wrote: HiI Just Intalling The Linux Mandrake in my friends computer...and she had an internal Modem and the chipset is Motorolla.And Linux cannot detect that modem...so i asked my brother who is more expert in BSD than I...and he said Linux and BSD havent support for internal Modem...is that true ???.. I'll try to find it in Mandrake URL but still make me confuse...can someone explain that problem to me ? Best Regards Arie
Re: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation
TriOptimum wrote: Ok... maybe i made it!!! Am i right?? yup.. thanks! - Original Message - From: "Hoyt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation You: 1. Don't want to install XFree86-4 when X is running, 2. Want to use rpm -i filename from the console, and 3. Don't want to post in html to this list because it annoys many of the people here and they won't respond to your requests for help. Hoyt - Original Message - From: TriOptimum To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:37 AM Subject: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation I have downloaded all (i hope) the required packages to install Xfree 4.01 over my linux mandrake 7.1 installation.. I have choosen to get the rmps form... now that i have them all how can i proceed.. can i install them form drakerpm... or can i install them with kpackage??? And i must exit form xwindows.. and install them from the console or i can install them even while xwindows is running?? Thanks!
RE: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation
OE5 user, go to "options" under "tools" menu and click on "mail format" tab. on the "message format" section, change to "plain text". click apply and ok. other format will cause your email to appear as garbage on email client programs that do not have the capability to display your message in their original format. Joe Reg#186063 -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of TriOptimum Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 1:17 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation I'm posting in html.. ??? i really dunno how to disable it in outlook express 5... i didn't change nothing in outlook defaults but maybe the html mode is the default.. so do u know how to remove this? - Original Message - From: "Hoyt" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 6:40 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation You: 1. Don't want to install XFree86-4 when X is running, 2. Want to use rpm -i filename from the console, and 3. Don't want to post in html to this list because it annoys many of the people here and they won't respond to your requests for help. Hoyt - Original Message - From: TriOptimum To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, September 01, 2000 12:37 AM Subject: [expert] Xfree 4.01 Installation I have downloaded all (i hope) the required packages to install Xfree 4.01 over my linux mandrake 7.1 installation.. I have choosen to get the rmps form... now that i have them all how can i proceed.. can i install them form drakerpm... or can i install them with kpackage??? And i must exit form xwindows.. and install them from the console or i can install them even while xwindows is running?? Thanks!
Re: [expert] ip_alias
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Patrick Erler wrote: hallo MANDRAKE! does someone know a good ip_alias-HOWTO for 2.2.x kernels? (the one i found are for 2.0.x kernels)... maybe even one for mandrake... Hmm... I believe IP aliasing did not change since 2.0. If they did, then I must have changed my config while sleeping on many servers ;-) I recommend you read this page for information on IP Alias: http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/Net-HOWTO/x1236.html Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] MandrakeSoft inc, Montreal (Canada) HTCPCP/1.0 Developper (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt)
Re: [expert] Linux free ISP's
Hoyt wrote: - Original Message - From: "Mark Weaver" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 31, 2000 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Linux free ISP's "Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote: Jeff Groves wrote: I'll bet your PhD is not in Economics... [snip] Any help or links or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I'm not trying to be cheap here, I think the internet should be FREE! Dr. Michael Powell PhD [EMAIL PROTECTED] He's probably just a pompous(sp?) lamer. Dr. Michael Powell or Michael Powell, PhD but *never* the silly-ly redundant Dr. Michael Powell PhD Ron (I'm not a PhD and I don't play one on TV) What did this poor bugger do to you guys? Why are you busting his balls so hard? -- Mark Weaver Juvenile amusement; they must be bored or have a personal mission to correct others on the proper use of titles. But we haven't heard again from "Dr. Michael Powell PhD" and I doubt we will. He hasn't been made to feel very welcome here. That's sad, especially for _this_ list. Hoyt Hoyt, That's very sad, but true. Their parents should pay more attention to what their little kiddys are doing and not allow them so much free time on the internet. That, or take their toys from them until they learn to play nice with others. I'd say something pithy like a mind is a terrible thing to waste here, but I'm afraid these youngsters appear to be coming up a little short in that area of their development. Hey Doc! come back. We can talk about how to setup mail filters for the personality challenged! :)_ -- Mark
Re: [expert] Linux free ISP's
Stephen Bosch wrote: Ay me! Dr. Michael Powell or Michael Powell, PhD but *never* the silly-ly redundant Dr. Michael Powell PhD Aside from the fact that this attack on Michael is extraordinarily juvenile... This form of signature is used to distinguish been a medical doctor and an academic. -Stephen- I figure it this way. Anyone who has put in the time and effort it takes to earn a PhD deserves to advertise a little. I know what it's taking for me to earn my Bachelors' degree. My hat is off to anyone who hangs in there long enough and works hard enough to earn the PhD. Awesome! -- Mark
Re: [expert] High latency in wu-ftp connection
On Thu, 31 Aug 2000, Pratul Kumar Agarwal wrote: Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 11:07:45 -0700 (PDT) From: Pratul Kumar Agarwal [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] High latency in wu-ftp connection Problem: High latency while connecting into Mandrake box with FTP. Similar latency also seen with telnet at few times. This is due to a non-working DNS, or maybe the connecting host does not have a reverse DNS. Seen it many times. Configure a DNS or add your hosts in /etc/hosts Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] MandrakeSoft inc, Montreal (Canada) HTCPCP/1.0 Developper (http://www.ietf.org/rfc/rfc2324.txt) Symptops: - While connecting into the box by FTP, there is output to screen "Connected to host" and then there is a long pause about 1-2 minutes and then normal connection is made. Sometime same thing happens with TELNET but the wait in period is smaller (like 15-20 sec.) Details: This is a Mandrake 7.1 (server class custom) install on an Athlon based machine. Following packages are installed - anonftp-3.0-8mdk wu-ftpd-2.6.0-6mdk netkit-base-0.11-22mdk telnet-server-0.16-4mdk HELP WANTED: Any help will be appreciated! If you have questions please ask away. __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - Free email you can access from anywhere! http://mail.yahoo.com/
