Re: [expert] ftp automatically sets permissions as 644

[Tom Berkley]

Look in your bash documentation for using umask which is set to 022 now.

Tom Berkley

Scott Kopel wrote:
> 
> when files are uploaded via ftp the permissions are automatically 644...but
> I need them to be 664...how can I get the files to have 664 automatically
> ... ie I don't want to have to chmod them all the time..
> thanks
> 
> Scott Kopel
> English Department-FSU
> Phone 850 644 6177
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Re: [expert] Default routes to internet

[Ken Thompson]

On Friday 17 November 2000 06:56 pm, you wrote:

> > My pppd won't connect properly in non-root mode because it has to
> authenticate itself because I have a default route to the internet (eth0)

==
Look in /etc/ppp/options for a line saying "auth" if it's there, comment it 
out. If it's not there add a line saying "noauth" . This has worked well for me through several different Distro's and 
Mandrake in particular since 7.0.
==

> when I type in "route" I get the usual routing information and at the
> bottom it says:
>
> default [blah blah] eth0
>
> My connection dials up and works FINE if I remove the default using "route
> del default" but I don't want to have to do this every time.
>
> ---
> My question:
>
> Where in the startup is Linux being told that I want eth0 to be my default
> route?  And how do I STOP it being told that?
> ---
===
There is a place in kppp setup that you can use to set the default rout.
I don't remember where just off the top of my head 
===

> It's a pain having to change to root and removing eth0 as the default
> whenever I want to connect to the internet... especially since I don't want
> eth0 to be the default at ANY time.  8-)

Alternativly, you may be able to use linuxconf -> routes to other networks to 
set it up.



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[expert] emacs bug

[gene]

Has anyone else seen this bug?  When I kill a moderately
large region of text in emacs (~ 300k), emacs freezes.  After
a while the status line says :
"Timed out waiting for property-notify event"

but control doesn't come back, and I'm forced to kill it.


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Re: [expert] $display not set?

[Darin]

Dude, Im sure people would be more willing to respond to your messages if
you'd just turn off HTML in Outlook Express..
- Original Message -
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To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, November 17, 2000 11:36 PM
Subject: [expert] $display not set?


> alleoOkay, I was playing a simple game of pingus, and tried to exit.  It
> froze, and I had to force a log out.  Then, my resolution was messed up.
I
> went into drakconf to fix it, and it said I had to restart kdeinit.  I
> logged out, and restarted x server, and it seemed to go into an endless
> loop.  I restarted linux, and it won't go to the log in screen.  I log in
as
> root, type kdeinit, and it says "$DISPLAY is not set."  I'm sure someone
can
> help me on this one, please?
>




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[expert] $display not set?

[Brent Timmer]

Title: alleo



Okay, 
I was playing a simple game of pingus, and tried to exit.  It froze, and I 
had to force a log out.  Then, my resolution was messed up.  I went 
into drakconf to fix it, and it said I had to restart kdeinit.  I logged 
out, and restarted x server, and it seemed to go into an endless loop.  I 
restarted linux, and it won't go to the log in screen.  I log in as root, 
type kdeinit, and it says "$DISPLAY is not set."  I'm sure someone can help 
me on this one, please?

[expert] Unreal Tourny + nvidia = lag

[Brent Timmer]

Title: alleo



I 
have an athlon 800, and nvidia geforce.  I just installed unreal tournament 
to try it out in linux, and it lags horrendously in 640x480.  

Is 
there something I'm doing wrong, or something I have to set up?  It says 
it's using sdl open gl in the preferences dialog.
 
Thanks in advance for the help

RE: [expert] Automatic installation of MANY machines?

[J . A . Magallon]

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 23:34:14 "Rivera, Oscar" wrote:
> you cna use cloneit look for it in freshmeat.
> 
> 
> > > Is there a howto someplace or something for how to set up Mandrake 
> to
> > do an automatic installation, only prompting say for IP address etc?
> > RedHat used to have something called a "kickstart" or something as I
> > recall, with a script you could use.  Does Mandrake have this?
> >

I think your better way would be to copy mdk CDs on an nfs/ftp/http server
and make a net install, save your floppy for replication and feed it to
all the machines you want to install...

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[expert] multiple partition boot woes

[Brent Timmer]

Title: alleo



Ok, 
here's my problem, and it's not an easy one.  I just recently bought a 40 
gig setup, and decided to throw linux on.  I was having a few probelms, so 
decided to reinstall it.  The problem comes in here.  I also have Win 
ME and Win2000 on here, and somehow messed up the bootsector with grub.  
Here's how it's set up:
 
hda1--27.3 gig Windows ME Fat32
hdc1--25 gig Fat32
hdc5--9 gig win2000 ntfs
hdc6--4 gig linux ext2
hdc7--400 mg linux swap
 
I've 
had this setup before, but with smaller hard drives.  Because of the size 
of my forty gig, I can't just install lilo into a boot rcord, pull it into a 
file with bootpart, and put it into winnt boot loader.  I still haven't 
figured a way to boot linux without a floppy (my second probelm).  

 
But 
anyways, back to my first.  The first time around, everything worked 
fine.  When I reinstalled linux, I decided to try to put the grub boot 
loader on hdc.  BIG mistake.  Now everything but winnt works (which is 
what I use most).  My question is is there a way to uninstall grub like 
there is lilo?  How else can I rebuild the daisy chain in my boot record to 
boot winnt?  
 
The 
entry for winnt in boot.ini looks like this (although it doesn't like it 
anymore):  
signature(cf6461ab)disk(0)rdisk(0)partition(2)
 
Any 
help any of you gurus could lend would be much appreciated, as I'm going through 
heck over here trying to get this to work.
 
Thanks in advance

Re: [expert] ext3, reiserfs, and MDK 7.x?

[Ron Heron]

> 
> > 3.  Am I right in thinking that once you are
> running ext2, there is no way 
> > to convert those volumes to reiserFS?
> 
> That's right.
> 
> Alexander Skwar

This is a matter of how you look at it.  If you have
an ext2 partition, you can make that partition
reserfs.  The issue is that you copy the contents of
the partition to a temp location, run mkresierfs, and
copy the crap back.  There are new and improved tools
being developed now to make the transition easier. 
So, if someone were to ask ME, I would say yes, you
can convert an ext2 to reiser, no problem.

Also, reiser is a beta fs.  Although I have run it for
6 months, I still do not put my file system on it.  It
is great, however for mass storage.  Ext2 takes 22
minutes to do e2fsck on 2 15G drives, reiser takes 22
seconds!  

If you don't have a commercial system, and want that
nervous, fuzzy feeling about using bleeding edge
developments, go for it.  Otherwise, just stick to the
old ext2 and be happy.

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Re: [expert] Two questions about cups

[Till Kamppeter]

Go to

   http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th

   Till


Nikodemus Karlsson wrote:
> 
>  Hi!
> I have problems with network printing with cups. First I tried to configure
> samba for cups According to the cups manual, all I had to do is to ensure the
> print line in smb.conf is printing = cups. Well, my win machine doesn't
> complain, but I neither get anything output from my printer! In the
> /var/log/cups/errors file, I can see that printer jobs are started from the
> win machine, but nothing happens.
> 
> Then I tried to configure another Linux box to print out using the cups
> server. I tried both as anonymous and with login, but the server refused to
> print from the other host. From the server machine itself, all prints fine,
> but printing from the network is hard.
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Re: [expert] Problem with the print quality in 7.2

[Till Kamppeter]

You have to configure the options of your printer:

Web interface: http://localhost:631/printers/ Look for your printer,
click "Configure printer" and set the options.

kups: click with the right button on your printer, choose "Configure
printer" in menu, set options.

Settings needed for your printer to gain maximum quality:

   Printing Quality: Presentation
   RET:  On

Do not forget to set the correct paper size and paper type, too.

The options can be also set up for every particular printout, see "xpp",
"qtcups", "lphelp".

See also

   http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th

Good luck,

   Till



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> I recently changed to mandrake 7.2 and everything's works fine except the printer.
> The problem is that the quality of the print is pore very pore, and I don't know
> how to change it. I am using a Desk Jet HP 850c attached over the network, and it
> worked fine in mandrake 7.1 so if anyone knows how to fix this problem Please let
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Re: [expert] Printer setup woes

[Till Kamppeter]

Download updated Mandrake RPMs from

   http://www.mandrakesoft.com/~tkamppeter/packages/

Read my article

   http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th

Use the web interface or lpadmin for configuration.

Have the PPD file which came with your printer handy and configure the
printer as described in my article.

   Till


Laurent Duperval wrote:
> 
> On 16 Nov, Till Kamppeter wrote:
> > Which Mandrake version are you using, and when you use 7.2, which
> > printing system (CUPS or lpr)?
> >
> 
> 7.1 and I'm using lpr. Last night I downloaded CUPS (not a cooker release
> because the RPM had a bunch of depencies I couldn't figure out) but I'm
> still trying to figure out how to add my Postscript Printer. I decided to
> install CUPS because I couldn't figure out how to make the lpr system work
> properly.
> 
> But I'm still open to suggestions.
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Re: [expert] Automatic installation of MANY machines?

[Jim Fritz]

I saw that too, and made one.  But for the life of me, I can't find any
instructions anywhere on how to use it?

Larry Marshall wrote:
> 
> > > do an automatic installation, only prompting say for IP address etc?
> > > RedHat used to have something called a "kickstart" or something as I
> > > recall, with a script you could use.  Does Mandrake have this?
> > >
> > > I need to install about 15 machines all identical, but with different
> > > IP addrs etc.
> 
> If you do an expert install you'll be asked if you want to make a
> setup disk towards the end of the install.  This is not the bootdisk
> but rather a disk that automates subsequent installations.
> 
> Cheers --- Larry
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[expert] Default routes to internet

[Tom Eastman]

My pppd won't connect properly in non-root mode because it has to 
authenticate itself because I have a default route to the internet (eth0)

when I type in "route" I get the usual routing information and at the 
bottom it says:

default [blah blah] eth0

My connection dials up and works FINE if I remove the default using "route 
del default" but I don't want to have to do this every time.

---
My question:

Where in the startup is Linux being told that I want eth0 to be my default 
route?  And how do I STOP it being told that?
---

It's a pain having to change to root and removing eth0 as the default 
whenever I want to connect to the internet... especially since I don't want 
eth0 to be the default at ANY time.  8-)

I suppose I could just add a script somewhere (where?) with "route del 
default" in it... but I'd much rather find out where it's being set in the 
first place.

Thanks for your help.

Tom

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RE: [expert] NVIDIA question

[J . A . Magallon]

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000 18:45:52 RaEl wrote:
> NVIDIA has their own driver.  Very easy to insstall.  Just substitute
> XF86Config-4 for XF86Config in the instructions and all should work fine.  I'm
> playing Quake3 and Unreal Tournament with no problems at all.
> As far getting a V5500 I ask why?  A Geforce2 MX costs about a 100-120 bucks
> for a 32 meg card that pounds the voodoo into the dust in both windows and
> Linux.  I used to be a Voodoo owner V1/V2 but Nvidia gets my cash because
> there cards are the best right now.
> 
> >
> >> Instead of using nvidia's card, try 3dfx voodoo 5500 card, it works great
> on
> >> my linux box running mandrake 7.1.

Perhaps nVidia is not the best "open-source-friendly" company (although they are
doing a great job with their drivers and the community, pitty that 'little' part
they have to ship in binary...), but in hardware they are the best in normal
budget market (don't think about Oxygens or TDZs of $1500).

> >> Beware this 3D acceleration support is experimental and is based upon
> >> previous
> >> version of nvidia drivers for RIVA128 and bug fixed by Utah GLX team. this
> >> version does not include any AGP acceleration, and really works almost
> >> correctly
> >> on RIVA128 card, but newer card may have problems with some games.

Drivers from nVidia work fine. And installing is straightforward in Mandrake
(it comes with XF401, Mesa split in Mesa- and Mesa-common). Over a sane install
of Mandrake 7.2, you can get nVidia's drivers up on 5 minutes (15 if you have to
read the docs)

In my dept. we use Performer, and its a pleasure to see a GeForce2 DDR running
at 100 fps on performer.town, at 1280x1024x16, and at 150 fps on a 2GTS (my home
TNT2 only gets 30 fps at 32 bits...jealous...).

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Re: [expert] NVIDIA question

[Scott Patten]

> I could give a dead rat's ass about whether a driver (or any softrware)
> is GPL/OS or not.  Nothing but OS/GPL FUD against NVIDIA or anyone else
> who chosses to do a binary distribution.   Shit we (the linux community)
> scream for better hardware support from the vendors.  NVIDIA ponies up
> (one of the few companies) and is providing a driver for linux that
> equals the windows driver in performance and what do we (the linux
> community) do?  Rape them for not doing it "our" way.

Whoa, easy there.  Did you read the archive?  It's a rational discussion of 
the problems with supporting closed source drivers.

>  I'd love to have a
> driver from HP for my new P1000 Photosmart printer.  I'd stuff it onto my
> box in a second, OS/GPL or not.  Why? My shit would work the best with it
> instead of having to resort to a driver for a printer that hasn't been
> made for 2 years and getting weak quality.  Yeah that is what I want.

Nobody is stopping HP from releasing binary drivers for Linux.  I think 
that most Linux users would agree that the best solution would be open 
source drivers and the second best would be closed source and no drivers 
would be the worst case.

> Off course when I boo t WinME the printer works great.  NVIDIA's driver
> puts to shame any GPLd'd driver out there and I can use one driver for
> any of their cards.  Has anyone ever considereed that to OS/GPL a driver
> it needs to acutally work and have good specs and documentation?

Do you want something that doesn't actually work?  Good specs and 
documentation are a luxury?  Keep in mind that some of us use Mandrake on 
servers.  We need to know what goes into these machines.  Mandrake does a 
nice job when it comes to security.  Young, messy, closed source drivers 
should be added after the install by people who are willing to take 
chances.  They should not be loaded by the distribution.  Note that I don't 
want to imply that NVIDIA's drivers are young or messy.

> NVIDIA
> is not a big company and my guess is that they will do the Binary route
> until they feel comforatble opening up the surce to the OS community.
> I'm sure they do not want to do that and have the driver suck becuase
> their code is poorly structured and their specs are inaccurate.

Huh?  I seem to recall it's because they want to protect their IP.

> I've
> used enough bad OS/GPL drivers to know that OS/GPL is no magic cure for
> what ailes you.  If that dirver is touched by a non expert or it  has bad
> specs supporting it your fucked. And to those who think OS/GPL menas you
> get the latest drivers is FUD as well.

No, but you do know what you're getting and if you're not skilled enough to 
see for yourself then there is a community willing to explain it to you. 
Plus there are companies like Mandrake that stake their reputation on the 
system.  This can't be done with closed source software.  Do you think that 
Microsoft doesn't demand source from vendors who get their drivers included 
with Windows?

> Check the date on the current
> Tulip.c that comes with Mandrake 7.2  It says 1998.  That driver is under
> constant updates from Syclid but it does not get into the current kernel
> distro.

Ther's a lot more to that story.  You can get a patch for a more up-to-date 
driver and it is OS.

> Each of us has a choice to use GLP/OS only everything.  If that is your
> choice then that is cool with me, you got to live with yourself, I don't
> :).

OK

> IMHO NVIDIA should be given credit for providing the best 3D driver
> on the market for Linux.

I agree they should be given some credit.  I also think that they would win 
more by opening their drivers.  That's just because of the orientation of 
many Linux users.  It's all just a matter of education and preference. 
Most Windows users don't even know what the GPL is.

> That driver was the last hurdle for me to stop
> using Windows as my main OS and move to linux.  I did not sacrafice frame
> rates or stability and I get to use Linux.   I guess I could have spent
> 250 bucks for a V5500, got the same frame rates as I do on my TNT2 Ultra
> and be using an OS/GPL dirver.  I'll stick with NVIDIA.  But that is just
> me.
>
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>
> On 11/17/2000 at 1:35 PM Tom Brinkman scribbled:
>
>> On Friday 17 November 2000 11:45 am, RaEl wrote:
>>> NVIDIA has their own driver.  Very easy to insstall.  Just substitute
>>> XF86Config-4 for XF86Config in the instructions and all should work
>>> fine.  I'm playing Quake3 and Unreal Tournament with no problems at
>>> all. As far getting a V5500 I ask why?
>>
>>  http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001115080820
>>
>>   That's why, and not stated strong enough IMO
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Re: [expert] io error

[Tib]

On Fri, 17 Nov 2000, Kari Suomela wrote:
> Delete the share on the Winx box and run Scandisk /all /autofix. Delete
> all temp files, restart the machine. Recreate the share and try again.
> :)

This would be a plausible thing to do, if the problem was on the windows
side. I was able to remount the share to another path on linux, but that one
folder I'd initially used was responding as if it were a corrupted file. I
eventually just rebooted - had an acceptible reason to power down, as I'd
gotten some memory for upgrading it. After booting again the problem is gone,
but I'm still curious about how to fix it should it happen again.


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Re: [expert] Automatic installation of MANY machines?

[Larry Marshall]

> > do an automatic installation, only prompting say for IP address etc?
> > RedHat used to have something called a "kickstart" or something as I
> > recall, with a script you could use.  Does Mandrake have this?
> >
> > I need to install about 15 machines all identical, but with different
> > IP addrs etc.

If you do an expert install you'll be asked if you want to make a
setup disk towards the end of the install.  This is not the bootdisk
but rather a disk that automates subsequent installations.

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RE: [expert] Automatic installation of MANY machines?

[Rivera, Oscar]

you cna use cloneit look for it in freshmeat.

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Why not use Ghost or Drive image and then boot each one in single user 
mode, config the network and your done. 

On Thursday 16 November 2000 19:28, you wrote:

> > Is there a howto someplace or something for how to set up Mandrake 
to
> do an automatic installation, only prompting say for IP address etc?
> RedHat used to have something called a "kickstart" or something as I
> recall, with a script you could use.  Does Mandrake have this?
>
> I need to install about 15 machines all identical, but with different
> IP addrs etc.


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Re: [expert] software RAID - disk mirroring restore

[Cokey de Percin]

Andy Judge wrote:
> 
> Does anyone know where I can find an article in RAID 1 restoration when hda
> fails?  I can't seem to find anything current.  Thanks
> 
> Andy
> 
>   
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Search Deja/Google for 'raidhotadd' or is it raidaddhot' can't remember.
That's the 'special word' that will cause a (hopefully) new drive to
rebuild.  I can't remember the syntax, but I believe you have to give it
/dev/md? and /dev/hd?.  Also, you MUST partion the new drive before starting 
the rebuild. 

Ups, the command should be on your machine if you've got raid running.  Do
a man on it or use --help.

Best

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Re: [expert] NVIDIA question

[Scott Tyson]

Rubbish.

I could give a dead rat's ass about whether a driver (or any softrware) is GPL/OS or 
not.  Nothing but OS/GPL FUD against NVIDIA or anyone else who chosses to do a binary 
distribution.   Shit we (the linux community) scream for better hardware support from 
the vendors.  NVIDIA ponies up (one of the few companies) and is providing a driver 
for linux that equals the windows driver in performance and what do we (the linux 
community) do?  Rape them for not doing it "our" way.  I'd love to have a driver from 
HP for my new P1000 Photosmart printer.  I'd stuff it onto my box in a second, OS/GPL 
or not.  Why? My shit would work the best with it instead of having to resort to a 
driver for a printer that hasn't been made for 2 years and getting weak quality.  Yeah 
that is what I want.  Off course when I boo t WinME the printer works great.  NVIDIA's 
driver puts to shame any GPLd'd driver out there and I can use one driver for any of 
their cards.  Has anyone ever considereed that to OS/GPL a driver it needs to acutally 
work and have good specs and documentation?  NVIDIA is not a big company and my guess 
is that they will do the Binary route until they feel comforatble opening up the surce 
to the OS community.   I'm sure they do not want to do that and have the driver suck 
becuase their code is poorly structured and their specs are inaccurate.  I've used 
enough bad OS/GPL drivers to know that OS/GPL is no magic cure for what ailes you.  If 
that dirver is touched by a non expert or it  has bad specs supporting it your fucked.
And to those who think OS/GPL menas you get the latest drivers is FUD as well. Check 
the date on the current Tulip.c that comes with Mandrake 7.2  It says 1998.  That 
driver is under constant updates from Syclid but it does not get into the current 
kernel distro.

Each of us has a choice to use GLP/OS only everything.  If that is your choice then 
that is cool with me, you got to live with yourself, I don't :).  IMHO NVIDIA should 
be given credit for providing the best 3D driver on the market for Linux.  That driver 
was the last hurdle for me to stop using Windows as my main OS and move to linux.  I 
did not sacrafice frame rates or stability and I get to use Linux.   I guess I could 
have spent 250 bucks for a V5500, got the same frame rates as I do on my TNT2 Ultra 
and be using an OS/GPL dirver.  I'll stick with NVIDIA.  But that is just me.

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>On Friday 17 November 2000 11:45 am, RaEl wrote:
>> NVIDIA has their own driver.  Very easy to insstall.  Just substitute
>> XF86Config-4 for XF86Config in the instructions and all should work
>> fine.  I'm playing Quake3 and Unreal Tournament with no problems at
>> all. As far getting a V5500 I ask why?
>
>  http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001115080820
>
>   That's why, and not stated strong enough IMO
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Re: [expert] local mail delivery agent problem

[Ron Heron]

> > Can't create transcript file ./xfeAEI8LC01988:
> Permission denied queueup:
> > cannot create queue temp file ./tfeAEI8LC01988,
> uid=1001: Permission denied

After the upgrade, make sure that the owner and the
uid are correct.  often an upgrade will hose up uid's.
 for instance, change your user from 501 to 5001

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Re: [expert] Getting new motherbaord.. new isntall?

[Scott Tyson]

Cool,

I won't be using any of the integratged stiff on the i815e chipset, all periferals 
will remail the same.  I am running kudzu (thats the new hardware detection?) since I 
swapped NICs two weeks ago and Mandrake didn't even blink. It dropped the tulip module 
and put in the Intel module, all without even interupting the bootupprocess or nagging 
me with questions.  SWEEET!!!


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>Scott Tyson wrote:
>>
>> I'm going to be getting a new MB soon.  Most likely an ASUS CUSL2.  My
>> question is how will Mandrake respond to me swapping out my ASUS P2B
>> for the new MB?  I know Windows wont have any issues since I've done it
>> before but I've never done it with Linux.  Will I have to do a new
>> install?
>
>You shouldn't *have* to do a new install. When I upgraded my MB,
>Mandrake didn't have much to say about it. I had a few issues with
>moving from an ISA SB to on-board VIA sound, but that was really about
>it. Kudzu (if you have it installed) did a fine job for me. On 7.1,
>anyway. I suppose if there are a lot of hardware changes (i.e integrated
>audio, video, nic, etc) you might want to do any install, but I doubt
>that it would really be necessary.
>
>HTH.
>
>Wayne
>
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[expert] PPP connexion

[Dominique-Cousin]

bonjour,

équipé d'une configuration Linux (Mandrake 7.1), je ne parviens pas à
configurer les paramètres adéquats pour la connexion à Wanadoo

pourriez-vous m'indiquer les valeurs à fixer dans les fichiers de
configuration, notamment en utilisant les outils netconf et linuxconf (en
mode commande, si possible)
ainsi que les procédures de connexion recommandées (if-up, if-down, etc)

à noter que la communication téléphonique s'établit normalement ... mais est
aussitôt déconnectée; pourrait-il s'agir d'un problème de login (?)

quelles sont les procédures d'authentification utilisées par Wanadoo ?

merci de votre aide

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Re: [expert] NVIDIA question

[Tom Brinkman]

On Friday 17 November 2000 11:45 am, RaEl wrote:
> NVIDIA has their own driver.  Very easy to insstall.  Just substitute
> XF86Config-4 for XF86Config in the instructions and all should work
> fine.  I'm playing Quake3 and Unreal Tournament with no problems at
> all. As far getting a V5500 I ask why? 

  http://www.mandrakeforum.com/article.php3?sid=20001115080820

   That's why, and not stated strong enough IMO
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Re: [expert] Getting new motherbaord.. new isntall?

[Wayne Stout]

Scott Tyson wrote:
> 
> I'm going to be getting a new MB soon.  Most likely an ASUS CUSL2.  My
> question is how will Mandrake respond to me swapping out my ASUS P2B
> for the new MB?  I know Windows wont have any issues since I've done it
> before but I've never done it with Linux.  Will I have to do a new
> install?

You shouldn't *have* to do a new install. When I upgraded my MB,
Mandrake didn't have much to say about it. I had a few issues with
moving from an ISA SB to on-board VIA sound, but that was really about
it. Kudzu (if you have it installed) did a fine job for me. On 7.1,
anyway. I suppose if there are a lot of hardware changes (i.e integrated
audio, video, nic, etc) you might want to do any install, but I doubt
that it would really be necessary.

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[expert] ftp automatically sets permissions as 644

[Scott Kopel]

when files are uploaded via ftp the permissions are automatically 644...but 
I need them to be 664...how can I get the files to have 664 automatically 
... ie I don't want to have to chmod them all the time..
thanks

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[expert] Getting new motherbaord.. new isntall?

[Scott Tyson]

I'm going to be getting a new MB soon.  Most likely an ASUS CUSL2.  My
question is how will Mandrake respond to me swapping out my ASUS P2B
for the new MB?  I know Windows wont have any issues since I've done it
before but I've never done it with Linux.  Will I have to do a new
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[expert] software RAID - disk mirroring restore

[Andy Judge]

Does anyone know where I can find an article in RAID 1 restoration when hda
fails?  I can't seem to find anything current.  Thanks

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[expert] Xfree864 Voodoo3 and 3Dfx.o

[Sheldon Lee Wen]

Hi,


   I have a clean, normal installation. I just "upgraded" from
mdk7.0 and I want to play myth2. So I downloaded the kernel
module driver from linux.3dfx.com, compiled, replaced glide
with the glide from the website and installed myth2.

Myth2 runs great. However, the problem is (this may not be
new to you but this is my first time using XFree4) that when
I exit the game X is all screwed up. This same thing happens
if I log into the console and do startx -- :1 vt9 or some such
thing. It's really screwy.

Anyone know what's going on and how I can fix it?
Do I have to turn off XFree4's tdfx and dri modules?
I'm also assuming the config file is /etx/X11/XF86Config-4
is that correct?

Cheers,
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RE: [expert] NVIDIA question

[RaEl]

NVIDIA has their own driver.  Very easy to insstall.  Just substitute XF86Config-4 for 
XF86Config in the instructions and all should work fine.  I'm playing Quake3 and 
Unreal Tournament with no problems at all.
As far getting a V5500 I ask why?  A Geforce2 MX costs about a 100-120 bucks for a 32 
meg card that pounds the voodoo into the dust in both windows and Linux.  I used to be 
a Voodoo owner V1/V2 but Nvidia gets my cash because there cards are the best right 
now.

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On 11/17/2000 at 9:40 AM Rial Juan scribbled:

>Check the nvidia website; they have their own drivers for 4.0.
>
>On Nov 9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> Instead of using nvidia's card, try 3dfx voodoo 5500 card, it works great on
>> my linux box running mandrake 7.1.
>>
>> -bunty
>>
>>
>> -Original Message-
>> From: Francois Pons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
>> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 9:26 AM
>> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Cc: jerrys
>> Subject: Re: [expert] NVIDIA question
>>
>>
>> jerrys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro*
>> > I installed Mandrake 7.2 using the expert option on my system and I have
>> > a question on how instillation is done.
>> > The first time I installed 7.2 was with Xfree 4.0.1 and I have a Viper
>> > 550 TNT AGP card installed on my system. None of the 3D games that came
>> > with 7.2 would work. I tried to install the nvidia drivers for my card
>> > using rpm, srpm, and with tar files, but nothing worked. I reinstalled
>> > 7.2 using the expert option and when I got to the Xfree option I took a
>> > minute to read all the information on the screen. It stated that 3D
>> > acceleration was only available with Xfree 3.3
>> > I installed with Xfree 3.3 with 3D acceleration and every thing worked.
>> > How do I get 3D acceleration to work with Xfree 4.0.1
>>
>> Beware this 3D acceleration support is experimental and is based upon
>> previous
>> version of nvidia drivers for RIVA128 and bug fixed by Utah GLX team. this
>> version does not include any AGP acceleration, and really works almost
>> correctly
>> on RIVA128 card, but newer card may have problems with some games.
>>
>> François.
>>
>>
>>
>
>
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Re: [expert] 3com 3c90x

[Tom Berkley]

3C905 NIC's work with Mandrake and Redhat and Debian just fine. 3C905B
also works just fine and you are receiving this through one of each of
these. The 3C905C however has problems, don't know what the specific
problem is, but for now it is better to avoid the C edition.

Tom Berkley

Jeff Hoffman wrote:
> 
> Pj,
> 
> As I said it works with Turbo Linux just not Mandrake.  Turbo Linux just
> does
> not have a clean interface for IP masqurading.
> 
> So the card works in the hardware I have Mandrake does not!
> 
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> > Hi Jeff,
> >
> > I just kinda got into the tail end of this conversation. I'm just a linux
> > newbie but I have a 3c905 card too - which was made in 1997. It
> > comes with 2 sets of drivers:B and C, which are similar.
> > Considering the aggravation you are having, I strongly suspect it is
> > a Windows card as it runs fine otherwise. At the least, I won't put it
> > in a linux box. I'd find out what the guru's run and try to get one.
> >
> > Pj
> 
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[expert] io error

[Kari Suomela]

Wednesday November 15 2000 19:54, Tib wrote to All:

 T> I recently used mount to mount a shared windows folder on my linux
 T> box
 T> using the command 'mount -t smbfs -o username=*,password=*
 T> //tib/c /xchnge/'. everything worked fine until I powercycled the
 T> windows box without unmounting the /xchnge point. Now I always get
 T> an
 T> io error whenever anything touches it. I've tried umount, fuser,
 T> and

Delete the share on the Winx box and run Scandisk /all /autofix. Delete
all temp files, restart the machine. Recreate the share and try again.
:)

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Re: [expert] Unable to mount root filesystem?!?!

[jiva]

Okay, but how can I do this easily for 20 other identical machines.
Isn't there some way I can specify some specific kernel in the install 
or something?

On Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 10:39:40AM +0100, civileme wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > 
> > Greetings!  I have been trying to install LM 7.2 on some SGI 1200
> > servers.  These are 2U rack mount boxes.  The machines vary between
> > having either an Adaptec SCSI controller or a MYLEX RAID controller.
> > They are DUAL CPU boxes, and are identical to the VA Linux 2on2
> > server.
> > 
> > My problem is, the installation goes *perfectly* but when I get
> > through it and reboot, it gets through the first part of the boot,
> > then it fails to recognize ANY SCSI controllers at all, and thus
> > cannot mount the root filesystem.
> > 
> > Anyone know how I can get around this problem?  Please help! Please
> > please
> Grrr!
> 
> The install kernel and the loaded kernel are not the same.  Normally
> this does not cause problems.
> 
> What you can do is boot off the CD, hit f1 and go to rescue mode.  You
> will then be running--get on the root directory on your hard disk then
> from there you can try loading different kernels (like kernel-linus) or
> just compile the kernel for your situation.
> 
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[expert] Desktop assignments

[Charles Curley]

A question for you Xperts: I have eight desktops on my display, using KDE,
and I use all eight. Is there any way to specify which desktop a program
should display on?

For example, I may want emacs on desktop one, applix on desktop 2, etc,
and I'd like to launch them all using a script at log-in time. 

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[expert] Xhost Configuration

[SoloCDM]

I read the documentation for xhost and executed different types of its
command, I'm able to get INET working, but LOCAL won't work.  I'm
using the following syntax in a user's account for the local FQDN:

xhost $(hostname -f):[user]@


The following results are produced:

xhost: unknown address family "[FQDN]"
xhost:  bad hostname "[FQDN]:[user]@"


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[expert] kpackage start error?

[Jeff Malka]

When from a su konsole under kde 2 (Mandrake 7.2) i start kpackage, it starts 
correctly, but only after the konsole window writes the following error 
message:

_IceTransOpen: Unable to Parse address none
Session management error: Could not open network socket
Unknown child process 1080 died 

What does this mean?

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Re: [expert] Bloody 'ls'

[Laurent Duperval]

On 17 Nov, Jasenko Blazevic wrote:
> What's wrong with 'ls'? I'm not sure is this normal behaviour in Mandrake 
> beacuse 7.2 is my first distribution. When I was using RH 'ls' worked 
> correctly. I tried everything and still can't figure out how to sort files 
> the way RH does. What I used to see is this:
> .. directories
>   directories
> .. files
>   files
> And all this is case sensitive
> What i have with this 'ls' is more like lynx style ordering. Anyone knows 
> what's causing this strange behaviour?
> 

I'd say that Red Hat's ls had strange behaviour. Most likely, they were
using a bunch of funky option combinations to get that output. Try ls --help
to see if anything in there might be useful.

L

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Re: [expert] Configuring ATI 128 on thinkpad

[Laurent Duperval]

On 16 Nov, Leopold Palomo wrote:
> Hi, I have updated my hardware with a ATI 128, and the mdk 7.2 recognizes it
> without problem.  I think that the server is the XSVGA and the driver is the
> r128. If you want, I can send you my Xconfig to compare.
> 
> Best regards,

Yes, please. Does this do accelerated stuff?

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Re: [expert] Has anyone ever clustered Mandrake servers?

[Alexander Skwar]

So sprach J . A . Magallon am Fri, Nov 17, 2000 at 10:53:04AM +0100:
> In rpmfind.net you have the kernel-mosix and mosix-utils packages, ready for
> building a mosix-type cluster.

In cooker (or contrib) you can also find a mosix kernel.  Don't know about
mosix-utils, but I would suppose that they are also available.

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Re: [expert] 3com 3c90x

[Jeff Hoffman]

Pj,

As I said it works with Turbo Linux just not Mandrake.  Turbo Linux just
does
not have a clean interface for IP masqurading.

So the card works in the hardware I have Mandrake does not!

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hi Jeff,
>
> I just kinda got into the tail end of this conversation. I'm just a linux
> newbie but I have a 3c905 card too - which was made in 1997. It
> comes with 2 sets of drivers:B and C, which are similar.
> Considering the aggravation you are having, I strongly suspect it is
> a Windows card as it runs fine otherwise. At the least, I won't put it
> in a linux box. I'd find out what the guru's run and try to get one.
>
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[expert] ISDN works with ISP, but cannot connect to external networks

[Iwan van der Kleyn]

Hi there,

I've used Mandrake 7.2 to get my ISDN-card working (a Dynalink PHP64), but
it couldn't do the job. So I've manually edited the ISDN4Linux config files
and now my ISDN connection with my ISP works. Sort off.

The card is recongized (Winbond chipset).
I can get an connection with my ISP
I can ping to the servers of my ISP / browse to the website of my ISP
IP adresses of external servers (any server on the net) is resolved, so DNS
is working

But when I ping to such an extenal server, the network is not reachable.

Therefore it seems to be a routing problem. But why? This should be
automatic, to the best of my knwoledge?
If in the end I have to do it manually, how can I get the IP-address of the
default gateway of my ISP?

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[expert] Problem with the print quality in 7.2

[traun]

I recently changed to mandrake 7.2 and everything's works fine except the printer.
The problem is that the quality of the print is pore very pore, and I don't know
how to change it. I am using a Desk Jet HP 850c attached over the network, and it
worked fine in mandrake 7.1 so if anyone knows how to fix this problem Please let
me know

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Re: [expert] Problem with wu-ftp

[Dave Waggle]

ahh...that mystical /etc/ftponly 'shell'...let me know if you find it!

I had 2.6.0 installed...could never get the guest user to work right under
mandrake...'can't set guest privileges' was always returned and I got logged
out, locally and remotely. Then I learned of the buffer overflow exploit in
2.6.0 and upgraded by compiling the source for 2.6.1(3) and now if any user but
a "real user" logs in, meaning anonymous or guest, wu-ftpd seg faults...I've
even un-installed it via RPMgr and compiled and re-installed the old-fashioned
way...same results.

Wu-ftpd works fine with Redhat, Slack, and FreeBSD on my machine, but my
mandrake 7.1 machine just simply gives me headaches with it. And all my scripts
are fine...anyone know if this is a mandrake issue? I'm sure there's a good
contingent that will say it's a user issue...but I'm not so sure.

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I am trying to set up ftp-only users.  I have created the users (using Webmin), but 
>if I have the shell set to any of the following, I can't log in with ftp:
> 
> /etc/ftponly
> /bin/sh
> /bin/false
> 
> All the other shells work fine.. but I don't want the user to be able to telnet in.  
>My docs say I should specify "/etc/ftponly", but alas, this doesn't work.  THe log 
>files simply say "failed login".  Any ideas?
> 
> Using MDK 7-1, wu-ftp version 2.6.0.
> 
> Bob
> 
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Re: [expert] Has anyone ever clustered Mandrake servers?

[J . A . Magallon]

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000 23:11:47 James Little wrote:
> We have 4 identical poweredge Xeon 550 machines.  They each have two network
> cards, and are on their own 10 port switch.  The database we had them
> running has now moved to a single quad processor 733 machine.  They're
> sitting there now with NT 4.0 advanced server doing nothing.  Anybody know
> how to cluster them running Mandrake or RedHAt.  I read everything I could
> find, but it's foggy at best.

In rpmfind.net you have the kernel-mosix and mosix-utils packages, ready for
building a mosix-type cluster.

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Re: [expert] Unable to mount root filesystem?!?!

[civileme]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Greetings!  I have been trying to install LM 7.2 on some SGI 1200
> servers.  These are 2U rack mount boxes.  The machines vary between
> having either an Adaptec SCSI controller or a MYLEX RAID controller.
> They are DUAL CPU boxes, and are identical to the VA Linux 2on2
> server.
> 
> My problem is, the installation goes *perfectly* but when I get
> through it and reboot, it gets through the first part of the boot,
> then it fails to recognize ANY SCSI controllers at all, and thus
> cannot mount the root filesystem.
> 
> Anyone know how I can get around this problem?  Please help! Please
> please
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Grrr!

The install kernel and the loaded kernel are not the same.  Normally
this does not cause problems.

What you can do is boot off the CD, hit f1 and go to rescue mode.  You
will then be running--get on the root directory on your hard disk then
from there you can try loading different kernels (like kernel-linus) or
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Re: [expert] lpr doesn't work anymore, error: no default destination available

[Trevor Farrell]

I'm no expert on this, but I'll have a guess that you named your printer
something other than "lp".  lpr uses "lp" as its default printer, and gets
upset if it can't find one! I know that at install time it tells you to use a
pipe "|" to asign more than one name if you want something more descriptive. eg
"hp1100|lp" allows you to print to "hp1100" but lpr still finds "lp" and both
are the same printer.

Trevor

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, you wrote:
> 
> Hello
>   I have just "upgraded" from 72.rc to 7.2 following the same. I used
> cups to configure 
> the printer and test page was ok.  Unfortunately I can't use lpr
> command; it always returns:
> 
>   [root@localhost /etc]# lpr modules.conf
>   lpr: error - no default destination available.  
> 
> 
>   I don't know what is going on.  Does someone have a clue of what is
> wrong?
> 
> 
>   Many thanks.
> 
> Eduardo
> 
> 


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Re: [expert] mdk 7.1 install

[Trevor Farrell]

Maximo,

That happened to me also - I solved it by  editing the 
lilo.conf file to remove any reference to "ide0=autotune" and "ide1=autotune".
Dont forget to run lilo after the edit like I did :(

These to appends caused this problem on my desktop machine, and my laptop was
not able to reliably access its cd-rom until I removed them there too, so I
think Mandrake have more work to do on the autotune option!

I don't know 


Trevor


PS: To any Mandrake guys out there: PLEASE remove these appends from the
"failsafe" boot option! A failsafe boot should always boot, otherwise its
useless, so it should have no "extras" that might cause it to fail!  Thanks

On Thu, 16 Nov 2000, Maximo Monsalvo wrote:
> 
> 
> I install mdk7.2 an when  rebbot the system hang in
> ide1 at irq 14
> ide2.at irq 15
> 
> i prove 2 instalation
> The 7.1 wrork find  
> 
> 
> 
> 


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RE: [expert] NVIDIA question

[Rial Juan]

Check the nvidia website; they have their own drivers for 4.0.

On Nov 9 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Instead of using nvidia's card, try 3dfx voodoo 5500 card, it works great on
> my linux box running mandrake 7.1.
> 
> -bunty
> 
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Francois Pons [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Thursday, November 09, 2000 9:26 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: jerrys
> Subject: Re: [expert] NVIDIA question
> 
> 
> jerrys <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > *This message was transferred with a trial version of CommuniGate(tm) Pro*
> > I installed Mandrake 7.2 using the expert option on my system and I have
> > a question on how instillation is done.
> > The first time I installed 7.2 was with Xfree 4.0.1 and I have a Viper
> > 550 TNT AGP card installed on my system. None of the 3D games that came
> > with 7.2 would work. I tried to install the nvidia drivers for my card
> > using rpm, srpm, and with tar files, but nothing worked. I reinstalled
> > 7.2 using the expert option and when I got to the Xfree option I took a
> > minute to read all the information on the screen. It stated that 3D
> > acceleration was only available with Xfree 3.3
> > I installed with Xfree 3.3 with 3D acceleration and every thing worked.
> > How do I get 3D acceleration to work with Xfree 4.0.1
> 
> Beware this 3D acceleration support is experimental and is based upon
> previous
> version of nvidia drivers for RIVA128 and bug fixed by Utah GLX team. this
> version does not include any AGP acceleration, and really works almost
> correctly
> on RIVA128 card, but newer card may have problems with some games.
> 
> François.
> 
> 
> 


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