Re: [expert] A little KDE 2.1 problem
Can you right click and look at the properties and make sure it's calling the correct program? --- Robin Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yesterday I installed the KDE 2.1-0.20001213 > packages from > ftp://ftp.nebsllc.com/pub/KDE_UPDATE/ on my > otherwise stock 7.2 system and > almost everything is working great. Much better in > fact than 2.0. The only > trouble I am having is that folders on the desktop > won't open. When I click > on one I see Konqueror show up briefly on the task > bar, then it goes away > and no window is opened. This happens on things > like the Trash icon as > well. > > I tried creating a new user in order to get a fresh > set of kde settings and > for that user the "Open with..." dialog pops up when > I click on a desktop > folder. > > Any ideas? > > -- > Robin Dunn > Software Craftsman > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://wxPython.org Java give you jitters? > http://wxPROs.comRelax with wxPython! > > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Photos - Share your holiday photos online! http://photos.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] Laptop recommendations
Mark Belanger wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a laptop that will > work well with Linux/Mandrake? > > I'd prefer a modem that works, http://www.kcdata.com/~gromitkc/winmodem.html About 1/2 way down this page, follow the link "View entire table" which will give you a headstart on eliminating models with winmodems. HTH, Pierre
[expert] X:sig11 when trying to access virtual consoles... ideas?
Hi,
I just did a fresh re-install of LM7.2 on my laptop and chose X4.0.1 instead of
3.3.6 this time.
Now, when I try to access a virtual console, X crashes and restarts into kdm.
The actual sequence is:
- press C+A+F1 or C+A+F[2-6]
- if f[2-6]: vc[2-6] appears momentarily
- switches to vc1
- X restarts to kdm, losing all applications
Before figuring out that it was X itself that was crashing, I installed KDE2.1
which gives the same results.
Anyone have a clue as to what may be the source of this crash on a freshly
installed system...?
Thanks,
Pierre
This is an strace of xinit and C+A+F1...
ioctl(5, VT_ACTIVATE, 0x1) = 0
--- SIGUSR1 (User defined signal 1) ---
rt_sigaction(SIGUSR1, {0x80943f8, [], SA_RESTART|0x400}, {0x80943f8, [],
SA_RESTART|0x400}, 8) = 0
--- SIGALRM (Alarm clock) ---
setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, {it_interval={0, 0}, it_value={0, 0}}, NULL) = 0
sigreturn() = ? (mask now [USR1])
sigreturn() = ? (mask now [])
nanosleep({0, 1000}, NULL) = 0
nanosleep({0, 2000}, NULL) = 0
ioctl(5, KDSKBMODE, 0x1)= 0
ioctl(5, SNDCTL_TMR_START, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
ioctl(5, TCGETS, {B38400 opost isig icanon echo ...}) = 0
fcntl(7, F_GETFL) = 0x2802 (flags
O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK|O_ASYNC)
fcntl(7, F_SETFL, O_RDWR|O_NONBLOCK)= 0
rt_sigaction(SIGIO, {SIG_DFL}, {0x80973f0, [IO], 0x400}, 8) = 0
close(7)= 0
nanosleep({0, 3}, NULL) = 0
ioctl(5, VT_RELDISP, 0x1) = 0
close(6)= 0
iopl(0) = 0
ioperm(0, 0x400, 0) = 0
setitimer(ITIMER_REAL, {it_interval={0, 2}, it_value={0, 2}}, NULL) = 0
gettimeofday({978069665, 207525}, NULL) = 0
--- SIGSEGV (Segmentation fault) ---
rt_sigaction(SIGSEGV, {SIG_IGN}, {0x807feac, [], SA_RESTART|0x400}, 8) = 0
write(2, "\nFatal server error:\n", 21) = 21
write(0, "\nFatal server error:\n", 21) = 21
write(2, "Caught signal 11. Server aborti"..., 35) = 35
write(0, "Caught signal 11. Server aborti"..., 35) =
35
Re: [expert] Laptop recommendations
Ron Stodden wrote: > Mark Belanger wrote: > > > > Can anyone recommend a laptop that will > > work well with Linux/Mandrake? > > > > I'd prefer a modem that works, a screen resolution > > greater than 1024x768. The cost is not really an issue. > > My understanding is that laptop screen resolution is fixed in > manufacture by the number of TFT pixel elements, Yes, that's true > and that the > industry standard is 800 x 600 (480,000 pixels). That's not. You'll be hard pressed to find any PCs that aren't at least caoable 1024 x 768 still in use [okay, you won't but they're still massively outnumbered]. > So that is all > there is, sorry! Um, no. Just because 1024 x 768 is common, it doesn't mean I can't buy a monitor that can do 1600 x 1200 if I wish to pay the money. Why would it? > Unlike a CRT monitor, pixels may fail in a laptop > and there is no way of repairing them. That's true as well. But it still doesn't justify the above statement. > Regards, > Ron. [AU] I suggets purchasing one of the Dell or IBM models certified by Red Hat. They can both do 1024 x 768. The Dell can do 1600 x 1200 IIRC [its a huge 16 inch, equivalent to a desktop 17/19 inch] Mike -- -- Mike MacCana Support Consultant C Y B E R S O U R C E Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000 Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998
[expert] Default 7.2 SMP kernel speed
Hello, I am running Mandrake 7.2 on a dual P166, tyan tomcat system with 64 Mb RAM, currently everything is fine because I am running a "plain" 2.2.18 kernel, ie without any sort of patches. Prior to compiling this kernel, I was using the default kernel that comes with 7.2 (mdk-secure) and the system under X was unbelievably slow. (not so much slow as delayed... it took something like 30-40 seconds for any sort of action to start, like starting an xterm or something). After getting the newest stable kernel and recompiling everything seems normal like before on 7.1... I was just wondering if anyone is able to point me to the source of this bottleneck. I have 7.2 also on a PPro200 with 96Mb RAM and have not touched the default kernel in any way, and I havent noticed the system to be slow at all. Regards, Sadin Nurkic
[expert] tv software
i have an all in wonder 128 pro and i was wondering if anyone knew of software that would make the tv inputs and output work
Re: [expert] Laptop recommendations
Mark Belanger wrote: > > Can anyone recommend a laptop that will > work well with Linux/Mandrake? > > I'd prefer a modem that works, a screen resolution > greater than 1024x768. The cost is not really an issue. My understanding is that laptop screen resolution is fixed in manufacture by the number of TFT pixel elements, and that the industry standard is 800 x 600 (480,000 pixels).So that is all there is, sorry!Unlike a CRT monitor, pixels may fail in a laptop and there is no way of repairing them. -- Regards, Ron. [AU]
Re: [expert] X problems at X-mas
On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 11:57:37PM +0100, EagleIce wrote: > Hi all! > > One day when I wanted to boot into Mandrake 7.2 as user on my homebox, I > couldn't get into KDE2 or HelixGnome or anything else at the login page. As > root it was OK, so I changed /etc/inittab into runlevel 3, boot again and > tryed to log into X using 'kde' as command, but it didn't work. Only 'startx' > works and then I get into Enlightenment, to my great relief I can change > windowmanager to Icewm from there. > But I want to use KDE2 and HelixGnome! Is there someone out there who can > inform me about what I can do about this? > > Thank's in advance, > ei > > -- > @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ > @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@ > There are many ways to do this but the way I usually do it is: create .xinitrc file at userwhomever# vi .xinitrc (or whichever editor you prefer) startkde or gnome-session or whichever window manager you want then save the file. So user SillyWilli has an .xinitrc file with only the preferred WM this way you can eperiment with different or the same user and Window Managers I rarely use runlevel 5 and often instead have half a dozen different WM running at the same time. Just my eccentric habit :) William Bouterse Talkeetna Alaska
[expert] Mounting samba shares at boot time
I have a small local network with some windoz boxes. I want to mount the shared disk of Windoz box when Linux mounts all other disks. So I put the following line in my /etc/fstab /win1/cdrive /winshare/c1 smbfs user=,password=,gid=503 0 0 But I never see that samba share mounted when I boot. But after booting if I just say 'mount /winshare/c1' as root it just works properly. Do I have to do something more to automatically mount the samba share? I know that storing my windows share password in clear text is a bad idea. /etc/fstab is readable only by root. But is there a better way? _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
[expert] Cannot mount remote NFS after 'Drake 7.2
Since upgrading from 7.1 to 7.2, I cannot seem to mount a remote NFS mount point. This worked prior to the upgrade, but now mount seems to hang after issuing "mount gambit:/ /mnt/gambit". I am running a "custom" kernel, 2.4.0test11, however the mounts did still work with this kernel in 7.1. Any ideas? John LeMay Jr. Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC, LLC.
Re: [expert] Laptop recommendations
I'm using an IBM thinkpad i series 1500 RR2, which means refurbished, but most of the thinkpads do real well with Mandrake Linux. This system is running Win2K and Mandrake 7.2 on a 12 GB harddrive, and have not had any problerms with it.. I am using a pcmcia card that has both the ethernet card connection, and modem (56K) connection on it. I realy use ADSL for connection but used the modem while traveling in Europe. The thinkpads have a track point system for the mouse, and three buttons to allow for three button mouse, or scrolling mouse. Processor is a celeron 466, with 14.3" TFT active matrix screen. These LCD screens won't get much higher resolution than 1024x768. The 15.1 inch screens will get higher, but that also adds lots more weight. anyway Good Luck Don On Thursday 28 December 2000 07:50, you wrote: > Can anyone recommend a laptop that will > work well with Linux/Mandrake? > > I'd prefer a modem that works, a screen resolution > greater than 1024x768. The cost is not really an issue. > > BTW: Dell has "temporarily" stopped offering linux > on their laptops. A sales rep told me that the > would be offering it again soon. > > I've been considering the Micron Transport GX+ even though > the modem is not likely to work. > > TIA, > > -Mark -- 73 de kk6wj
[expert] xfs and PAM
I just installed 7.2 from the ISO's that I downloaded and everything in the install went fine, including the X setup. But when I booted and tried to startx from the root login, it locked my system completely. A little experimenting and I found that xfs had not started due to permissions from PAM. How do I get around this? I installed with the low security setting. I have a AMD-K62-500 with 320MB RAM and an Nvidia 128 card on a Soyo Socket 7 mb.
Re: [expert] Disappearing Gnome
On 2000.12.28 Traci Collins wrote: > Hi! I have a perplexing problem with a Mandrake 7.2 installation. > Everything seems to go well, I have installed both Gnome and KDE but > always boot graphically to Gnome, until I have a reason to reboot. > Obviously I can go some time without needing to do that . But, > when I do, I have a problem. Upon reboot I have lost Gnome support. See what /usr/sbin/chksession -l says. If it does not have Gnome, some thing is broken in your install. mdk rebuilds gui available envs each time it boots. Look at /etc/rc.d/init.d/mandrake_everytime It calls /usr/sbin/fndSession, which in turn calls /usr/sbin/chksession. All of them work based on some mdk specific files (eg, list of wm installed), that must be updated each time you insall a wm. So if you install an rpm from rhat or helix, perhaps it does not all the things needed to let the system knoe theres a new wm. (sorry for the typos and lack of caps, i'm typing one-hand with my 4 month daughter on the other...) -- J.A. Magallon $> cd pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] $> more beer Linux werewolf 2.2.19-pre3-aa3 #3 SMP Wed Dec 27 10:25:32 CET 2000 i686
[expert] A little KDE 2.1 problem
Yesterday I installed the KDE 2.1-0.20001213 packages from ftp://ftp.nebsllc.com/pub/KDE_UPDATE/ on my otherwise stock 7.2 system and almost everything is working great. Much better in fact than 2.0. The only trouble I am having is that folders on the desktop won't open. When I click on one I see Konqueror show up briefly on the task bar, then it goes away and no window is opened. This happens on things like the Trash icon as well. I tried creating a new user in order to get a fresh set of kde settings and for that user the "Open with..." dialog pops up when I click on a desktop folder. Any ideas? -- Robin Dunn Software Craftsman [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://wxPython.org Java give you jitters? http://wxPROs.comRelax with wxPython!
Re: [expert] mkisofs
On 2000.12.28 Roger Sherman wrote: > Prolly a bit OT, but I find I have to change most mp3 filenames...most of > them are way too long to mess with if you do anything with them that > involve a terminal... > man mkisofs: - ISO cds allow up to 31 char names. But dos only reads 12 (8.3). So by default mkisofs cuts names to 8.3. - you can use -l option to allow the use of the 31 chars. But be warned that the CD perhaps is not readable in DOS. - you can use -J to store also Windows format names in the CD. That allows 64 chars. So names will look good (up to the 64 chars) under windows, good under Linux if the cd is mounted with Joliet support, and bad under dos. -- J.A. Magallon $> cd pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] $> more beer Linux werewolf 2.2.19-pre3-aa3 #3 SMP Wed Dec 27 10:25:32 CET 2000 i686
[expert] Recursive symlinks in /usr/bin?
[tom@celleste bin]$ ls -ld /usr/bin/mh lrwxrwxrwx1 root root1 Dec 29 2000 /usr/bin/mh -> ./ Why is there a symlink in /usr/bin called mh which points straight back to /usr/bin??? Is this kind of recursive symlink a bad thing? or can I just ignore it?
Re: [expert] Odd problem
I haven't hada problem with it before this install either, just exhausting as many posibilities I can think of > On Wednesday 27 December 2000 10:15 pm, arussello wrote: > > > When I run Mandrake update to do one package (only selecting one at a > > time) it seems to download and then compile fine, but then the disc > > activity continues, and X freezes up, and the whole time the disc is > > going crazy. > > > > I'm going to try to reinstall tomorrow and see how that goes, and > > I'm thinking about changing / back to ext2 instead of ReiserFS just > > to see if that helps at all, but this package thing is absolutely > > baffling. I've nevr had a problem before installing packages. > > I don't believe ext2 will solve your problem. I've had '/' as > ReiserFS for some time, and never a problem with Mandrake Update. > -- > Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay > There's plenty of semicolons to go around
Re: [expert] Procmail with Kmail???
Hi Mark, I think your problem is that your Kmail and procmail uses different file locking policies. They cannot agree on the inbox file. Therefore, there won't be any mail delivered to the errorneous mailbox file... So if you want procmail to deliver mail to your ~/Mail/inbox file, you just use the usual procmail syntax, but modify your kmailrc file in your home directory putting the the line "LockType=procmail_lockfile" into the appropriate LOCAL account section like this: [Account 1] Folder=inbox Location=/net/ns/home/wynnw/.newmail Name=Work Type=local check-exclude=false check-interval=10 precommand= LockType=procmail_lockfile ^^ I hope this will help you... Good luck: Viktor P.s.: Procmail works for me, my wife and I use the same account, but different email clients. So I made procmail to put her emails to ~/Mail/inbox for reading with Kmail and to filter my mail into another mailbox. Sorry for cc-ing this mail directly to you, your post was old when I saw that... On Tue, Dec 26, 2000 at 10:09:07AM +, Mark Weaver wrote: > Hi List, > > There's something I'm curious about. I'm wondering if there is anyone else on > the list that has either done this themselves, or know that it's possible, > but I would like to be able to use Procmail to filter email for Kmail. Now I > know I would have to pull the mail from a local dir, e.i. > /var/spool/mail/$USER, and to get the mail I would have to use fetchmail or > something else like that, however when I tried it on my machine it didn't > seem to want to work. > > MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail > DEFAULT=/var/spool/mail/mdw1982 > LOGFILE=/home/mdw1982/procmail/log > SHELL=/bin/sh > > These are the values for the parameters at the top of the rc file that are > being used and while these work flawlessly with Pine, they do not seem to > work for Kmail. When I tested this the only line I made a change to was > MAILDIR. For Pine the line reads MAILDIR=$HOME/mail, and for Kmail the line > reads MAILDIR=$HOME/Mail. > > This, however, doesn't seem to work. Is there something wrong with my logic? > what is it that I seem to be missing? I really love the power and flexibility > that filtering with Procmail offers. The control is awesome and far out > performs any other GUI email clients ability to filter. > > TIA, > -- > Mark > > "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," > "Sharing is what makes them powerful." > > Linus Torvalds >
Re: [expert] LDAP and PHP
I've got it. The problem was I needed a line in my httpd.conf for mod_auth_ldap.so. It is now working. I guess the problem was with me assuming that installing RPM's would do the work for me. Thank you for your interest. It is appreciated. - Original Message - From: "Mark Belanger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 9:45 AM Subject: Re: [expert] LDAP and PHP > I might be lying to you. I seem to remember that > I had trouble getting this to work with Mandrake 7.1. > I am now running 7.2 > > There are lots of differences between the php3 packages > in 7.0/7.1 and the php4 stuff in 7.2. It's very possible > that ldap is not built into the php shipped with 7.1 > > On a 7.0 system, the undefined symbol ber_alloc_t is in > /usr/lib/liblber.so.1 (Try running "nm /usr/lib/liblber.so.1") > which is shipped in the openldap package. This library > is a dynamic dependency for mod_auth_ldap.so as reported by > "ldd /usr/lib/apache/mod_auth_ldap.so" > > One glaring difference between 7.0 and 7.2 is in > the php*.ini file. In mdk7.0, the /etc/httpd/conf/php3.ini > file has this suspicious looking entry: >extension=php3_ldap.dll > In mkd7.2, /etc/php.ini has this line: >extension=ldap.so > > Since neither 7.0 or 7.2 have any dll files, I'd say that > that php3_ldap.dll is bogus for a linux system and is probably > some windows thing. > > My advice is to be lazy and install Mandrake 7.2 > > -Mark > > > > > > Sean wrote: > > > > I think you are correct that I am missing libraries, but I am at a loss as > > to which ones. > > I did install openldap-devel without any change. > > I then removed everything and started from scratch. Same problem. > > It is really beginning to annoy me. Would you be aware, perhaps, of any LDAP > > clients that will allow me to add contacts (that is all I am using it for) > > without a web interface? > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Mark Belanger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 9:41 AM > > Subject: Re: [expert] LDAP and PHP > > > > > I think you're missing some libraries, possibly > > > openldap-devel > > > > > > My system works and has the following ldap-related packages: > > > nss_ldap-122-1.1mdk > > > openldap-1.2.9-7mdk > > > auth_ldap-1.4.0-5mdk > > > openldap-devel-1.2.9-7mdk > > > php-ldap-4.0.3pl1-1mdk > > > > > > -Mark > > > > Sean wrote: > > > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > > > I am running Mandrake 7.1 with openldap 1.2.9.7mdk and PHP3 (Mandrake > > version > > > > 3.0.17.2mdk). > > > > > > > > I am attempting to access an ldap directory from a PHP3 web based > > > > administrator. > > > > > > > > This results in an error. Excerpt of /var/log/httpd/error_log: > > > > > > > > httpd: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libldap.so.1: > > undefined > > > > symbol: ber_alloc_t > > > > > > > > OpenLDAP is working and can be searched locally or remotely with > > ldapsearch or > > > > a cliet such as Outllook. > > > > Apache is working normally. > > > > All other PHP scripts execute normally. > > > > > > > > Any opinions or suggestions are welcome. > > > > > > > > Thank you, > > > > Sean Hurley. > > > > > > -- > > > Mark Belanger > > > LTX Corporation > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Mark Belanger > LTX Corporation > > >
Re: [expert] without using LRP, how to get WIndows to route our router?
I presume you have masq etc set up? Then try "route" and see what is the default gateway device. On my machine, on bootup it could only find eth0 (internal), and made that the permanent gateway, and not ppp0, so it looped. BillK
[expert] Problem running "configure"
Hi, all. I've recently downloaded "camstream", but when I try to run the compile script, it tells me it can't find a suitable compiler. I've loaded the gcc-cpp RPM, but it's still giving me the error. Does anyone have any suggestions? Is there a compiler I've forgotten to install? Thanks. -- Brian Hartman, MLS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Source RPMS for Cooker?
ftp to a mirror site, I just looked at ftp.wtfo.com to be certain. start at /pub and wind your way down the tree until you get find mandrake-devel. Under mandrake-devel you will find a directory SRPMS which is chocked full of the goodies that you desire. Tom Berkley Tom Eastman wrote: > I can't find a place where I can download source RPMS for the cooker stuff... do >they exist? > > I want to compile licq version 1.0 from an RPM source instead of the Tarball if I >can. > > Where can I find it? Can I at all? > > Thanks > Tom
RE: [expert] Odd problem
Unfortunately, the list of packages does not contain mandrakeupdate I'm going to try reinstalling it tonight. I've got some new RAM for it anyways, so I'll just redo it with ext2 on the / partition. Thanks > If the updates list you receive contains MandrakeUpdate. > Download that single package from 1 of the mirror sites using Netscape, or > any other program except for Mandrake Update. > Use RPM or kpackage to install it. > This should should solve the problem and you will be able to install the > updates as intended. > >Charles (-: > > Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of arussello > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:15 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Odd problem > > > > Well, this one is new, and baffles me. > > When I run Mandrake update to do one package (only selecting one at a > time) it seems to download and then compile fine, but then the disc > activity continues, and X freezes up, and the whole time the disc is going > crazy. > > I'm going to try to reinstall tomorrow and see how that goes, and I'm > thinking about changing / back to ext2 instead of ReiserFS just to see if > that helps at all, but this package thing is absolutely baffling. I've > nevr had a problem before installing packages. > > If anyone has any idea about this, please drop me a line. This one has me > quite puzzled indeed. > > Thanks > > > There's plenty of semicolons to go around > > > > There's plenty of semicolons to go around
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update link and Zope
Have you considered just downloading the rpms and installing them manually? On 28 Dec 2000 01:59:43 -0700, Traci Collins wrote: > I'm hoping someone can help me resolve a problem I am having with the > Mandrake Update Link. There is a security update for the entire Zope > system, if I avoid updating any of my zope code everything works just > fine. Unfortunately the update zope release has a conflict with the > installed zope release, even after I used rpm to remove all of the > existing zope packages from the rpm database. It asks me if I want to > force the update and I say yes, hoping that Mandrakesoft didn't > really put up a series of update packages that wouldn't work with > Mandrake 7.2. What happens is I get an error message that runs off my > screen, even at 1248X1024, and there is nothing I can do that will > show me the bottom of the error message. I think it is waiting for me > to make a decision and tell it how to proceed. Because I can't see > the question or get to the bottom to make a response the update hangs > at that point. I can kill it and get on with life but the zope > packages keep coming up whenever I run update and with a serious > security problem I would like to do the update just in case I ever > want to use it. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed with the update > given the extremely long error screen? > > Traci > > > civileme wrote: > > > > OK, I looked it over. > > > > I had some updating to do anyway and I did a few packages from each of 4 of > > the 5 sites. rpmfind might be listed but doesn't have a 7.2 directory. All > > of the 4 sites worked. > > > > Update is sensitive to how people mirror the site If the timestamps are > > not mirrored properly the site can try to load things you have already > > updated, or just say there is nothing to update. If the permissions are > > wrong, the update fails and it redisplays the list of things to update. > > > > Civileme > > -- > Traci Collins, MA, CCAI, CCNA > Professor of Computer Education > Colorado Mountain College > http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html > -- Adam Clater Global Operations +1 703 471 2405
[expert] without using LRP, how to get WIndows to route our router?
Yuck. Here's the situation - I've set up a nice little linux router for a friend (keeps them from having to buy a WindBlowsNotThere ScurveyServer license). The idea is you dial in to it and get routed into their network. Well, sort of. In any case, the machine is installed (Mandrake 7.2) and set up. I can dial in as either PPP or terminal just fine. When I'm logged in to the router, I can see other things on their network just fine. However, if I connect via ppp and then try to ping out to a machine on their network, I get no response. I had my friend log on to their gateway machine and try to ping the other side of my (attempt at a) router. Ok, I can see its time for a picture: another Their router Their routerLinux box,Linux box, dialin net on othernet on inside inside dialin (ppp) user *.*.*.*<--x.y.z.w--[therouter]--172.27.4.1<-->172.27.4.2--[linux]--172.27.5.1-->dialin<-172.27.5.2 So, at 172.27.5.2 I can ping 5.1 (don't think I could ping 4.2, either, hmm, will have to check). At 'linux' I can ping 4.1 and 5.2 At 'therouter' I can ping 4.2, but if I try to ping 5.1 I get a response from some strange ip address, which tells me that I'm getting my answer from 'another net' apparenly. I *did* say 'echo 1 > /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward' (name may be slightly mis-typed ;-). It looks to me like I need to somehow tell 'therouter' (an NT machine) about the linux router and subnet. Other than checking to see if dialin user can see linux box's ethernet card, I'm out of ideas. Anybody have any? thanks! rusty Rusty Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116 Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825
Re: [expert] Laptop recommendations
Hey, Here are some URL's to check out talking about linux and laptops. Firstly the Linux Laptop SuperGuide http://lhd.zdnet.com/superguides/laptops.html Here is a linux specific laptop retailer. http://www.tuxtops.com Some linux on laptop web pages http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ http://mobilix.org/howtos.html Hope this is helpfull. -Dru Mark Belanger wrote: > Can anyone recommend a laptop that will > work well with Linux/Mandrake? > > I'd prefer a modem that works, a screen resolution > greater than 1024x768. The cost is not really an issue. > > BTW: Dell has "temporarily" stopped offering linux > on their laptops. A sales rep told me that the > would be offering it again soon. > > I've been considering the Micron Transport GX+ even though > the modem is not likely to work. > > TIA, > > -Mark > > -- > Mark Belanger > LTX Corporation
[expert] X problems at X-mas
Hi all! One day when I wanted to boot into Mandrake 7.2 as user on my homebox, I couldn't get into KDE2 or HelixGnome or anything else at the login page. As root it was OK, so I changed /etc/inittab into runlevel 3, boot again and tryed to log into X using 'kde' as command, but it didn't work. Only 'startx' works and then I get into Enlightenment, to my great relief I can change windowmanager to Icewm from there. But I want to use KDE2 and HelixGnome! Is there someone out there who can inform me about what I can do about this? Thank's in advance, ei -- @~~ EagleIce ~ [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~~@ @~~ Running GNU/Linux & KDE ~~@
[expert] rpmdrake and urpmi: The perils of incremental upgrading...
In my continuing efforts to totally fsck my (originally) 7.0 installation, I've updated to rpmdrake 1.1-4. So now rpmdrake won't start; it complains "Error: can't build the groups list" and bombs out. I suspect this is a consequence of an earlier error when updating urpmi to 1.3-4, I got the following during the rpm -U: reading /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.cooker.gz packdrake: bad toc_trailer in archive file /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.cooker.gz reading /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.installation.gz packdrake: bad toc_trailer in archive file /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.installation.gz writing /var/lib/urpmi/depslist.ordered writing /var/lib/urpmi/provides writing /var/lib/urpmi/compss So. It appears I possibly need new copies of the hdlist.*.gz files and I certainly need a means of generating source data from which rpmdrake *can* build a groups list. Help? :) Pete Jordan
Re: [expert] Laptop recommendations
Hi Mark, I have LM 7.2 running on a Compaq Armada M700. Installation worked out of the box, nothing to be painfully configure later. X was set up as standard at installation time. Sound was recognized and automatically configured. Only the modem is not working, because that is a winmodem, but even that one was recognized and advised to check stuff at linmodems.org... I heard that you can have this laptop with a pcmcia modem which is hardware-based... The config: PIII 700 192 Mbyte RAM 10 GByte hard disk ATI RAGE Mobility 8 Mbyte 14'' LCD Display DVD-ROM (also recognized and set up out of the box) Works O.K. for me. Viktor On Thu, Dec 28, 2000 at 10:50:32AM -0500, Mark Belanger wrote: > Can anyone recommend a laptop that will > work well with Linux/Mandrake? > > I'd prefer a modem that works, a screen resolution > greater than 1024x768. The cost is not really an issue. > > BTW: Dell has "temporarily" stopped offering linux > on their laptops. A sales rep told me that the > would be offering it again soon. > > I've been considering the Micron Transport GX+ even though > the modem is not likely to work. > > TIA, > > -Mark > > -- > Mark Belanger > LTX Corporation >
Re: [expert] Mounting an NTFS drive
On Thursday 28 December 2000 10:46 am, you wrote: > On Wednesday 27 December 2000 10:12 am, you wrote: > > Hi, all. > > > > I'm trying to get my NTFS drive mounted so that I can enter it from my > > user account. So far, I've only been able to mount it so that root can > > get in. Does anyone know what the line in /etc/fstab has to look like to > > get it to work? Thanks in advance. > > This works for me: > 192.168.10.21:/home/ken /mnt/dewey nfs user,exec,dev,suid,rw 1 1 Thanks. I got this problem solved yesterday. I guess my thanks didn't get posted to the list. :) -- Brian Hartman, MLS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Internet Mail Server
Well, the first thing you can do is turn off the "send as HTML" feature and don't select "Stationary" for list mail. Second, please don't yell at us by sending large or all capital letters in your message, we can hear you. Lastly, please include only ONE Mandrake Group in your "reply to" . You don't know what our mail servers are capable of doing, but we do. :-) Here is a site with hundreds of Linux how-to's, hints and tricks. It's good reading plus it will help you help yourself. I highy recommend that you spend some time learning before you jump into server mail. The owner is a Linux guru in real life. http://n3meq.dynip.com/ Pj - Original Message - From: Dilio Long M To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 12:53 PM Subject: [expert] Internet Mail Server Can you send me the instruction to configure an linux internet mail server I m new in linux. my linux version 7.0 with everythin what do i need to do to configure a internet mail server on linux 7.0 Desperado Dilio Long Announcing Your message here
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update link and Zope
On Thu Dec 28, 2000 at 01:59:43AM -0700, Traci Collins wrote: > I'm hoping someone can help me resolve a problem I am having with the > Mandrake Update Link. There is a security update for the entire Zope > system, if I avoid updating any of my zope code everything works just > fine. Unfortunately the update zope release has a conflict with the > installed zope release, even after I used rpm to remove all of the > existing zope packages from the rpm database. It asks me if I want to > force the update and I say yes, hoping that Mandrakesoft didn't > really put up a series of update packages that wouldn't work with > Mandrake 7.2. What happens is I get an error message that runs off my > screen, even at 1248X1024, and there is nothing I can do that will > show me the bottom of the error message. I think it is waiting for me > to make a decision and tell it how to proceed. Because I can't see > the question or get to the bottom to make a response the update hangs > at that point. I can kill it and get on with life but the zope > packages keep coming up whenever I run update and with a serious > security problem I would like to do the update just in case I ever > want to use it. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed with the update > given the extremely long error screen? Hi Traci. Can you, from a console, give me the results of: rpm -qa|grep Zope I think you must still have a Zope package installed somewhere because there should be no conflicts (in fact, if you had everything from Zope removed from the system, it shouldn't show up in MandrakeUpdate at all). You might be missing something somewhere... please give me the results of that output, then maybe I can see what the problem is. Of course, the other problem might be that the mirror you're looking at hasn't cleaned out the old Zope updated packages yet... are there two different versions for each package? Ie a -1.1mdk and a -1.2mdk? If so, select only the -1.2mdk packages. The mirrors should have removed the -1.1mdk packages (old and obsolete now), but some of them haven't yet. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD - Danen Consulting Serviceswww.danen.net, www.freezer-burn.org - MandrakeSoft, Inc. Security www.linux-mandrake.com Current Linux uptime: 5 days 9 hours 20 minutes.
RE: [expert] What the heck is this daily cron task?
Locate's a great tool. I've got mine set to run at 4am - and it runs for my Win partition as well. Especially nice for string searches. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mike MacCana Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000 5:36 AM To: Chris Aakre Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] What the heck is this daily cron task? Its the locate database updating. At any time you can type `locate [filename}' and instantly find the file. You update the databse where it stores all the files and their locations as rot by doing `updatedb'. Feel free to get rid of it if you wish. Mike -- Mike MacCanaSupport Consultant C Y B E R S O U R C E Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000 Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998 On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Chris Aakre wrote: > What is this task: > > [chris@localhost cron.daily]$ less slocate.cron > > #!/bin/sh > > /usr/bin/slocate -u -f "udf,nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,iso9660,usbdevfs" -e > "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net" > > This annoying task looks around on my hard drive for half an hour, consuming > 50% of my CPU time on a PII 300. Is this needed? Can I cancel it? I have no > idea what it's trying to do. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Chris Aakre > >
[expert] Laptop recommendations
Can anyone recommend a laptop that will work well with Linux/Mandrake? I'd prefer a modem that works, a screen resolution greater than 1024x768. The cost is not really an issue. BTW: Dell has "temporarily" stopped offering linux on their laptops. A sales rep told me that the would be offering it again soon. I've been considering the Micron Transport GX+ even though the modem is not likely to work. TIA, -Mark -- Mark Belanger LTX Corporation
[expert] kernel-2.4 hdd errors
I'm getting errors like this when booting kernel 2.4.0-x, eg x=0.14mdk
They does not happen with kernels 2.2.x. Do I have to compile a kernel
on my own, not using the precompiled ones?
hdb: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady SeekComplete Error }
hdb: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
more of the above...
Re[2]: [expert] Moving my hard drive
Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ron Stodden wrote: > > > > Tom Eastman wrote: > > > > > > I need to re-arrange my hard drives in my computer. > > > > > > Essentially my Linux hard drive hdd will become hda. > > > > > > How can I do this without losing my system? How many places in linux will I >have to tell > that the hard drive is now in a different place? > > > > Only /etc/fstab. This contains all the mapping of the real > > partitions to /, swap, mount points. > > > > But the problem is that /etc/fstab must be altered to the new > > configuration before you do the first boot as hda - one way this can > > be achieved is by pre-altering /etc/fstab while still booted as hdd > > (the system will not mind unless you are running kdf which will show > > both a hybrid of the old and new arrangements and can be ignored), > > but you had better save a backup of /etc/fstab and get the new > > partition mappings exactly completely correct! > > The others are correct - lilo must also be reconfigured to boot from > the hdd Linux partition. > > It's probably best to edit the hdd boot partition's lilo.conf change > the global boot partition and add new stanzas with unique names to > boot from hda, then run /sbin/lilo (if it will accept them). Then > when running as hda, lilo should present all the booting options for > hdd and hda to you. Having transited over, you can remove the hdd > stanzas and create a new boot floppy disk. Sorry, this won't work. Lilo does some sanity checking during bootup, and if hdd is not there, it won't boot (is there a way around this???). Also, when you run lilo, the partitions must be there (i.e. exist where you said they were supposed to be). Actually, I'd suggest the following: 1. Make a boot (rescue) disk that will allow you to pass parameters to it! - see step 8 below!) 2. boot from it to be sure it works. (you can boot back to hard disk after this test if you want, does not matter) 3. edit your /etc/fstab and change all /dev/hdd to /dev/hda (for the sed-minded: "sed 's%/dev/hdd%/dev/hda%' /etc/fstab > /etc/fstab.new" might actually do the trick ;-) 4. edit your /etc/lilo.conf and change 'hdd' to 'hda' 5. DO NOT RUN LILO YET! 6. halt. 7. move your hard drive to hda 8. boot, using the floppy, but say 'linux root=/dev/hda1' (or wherever your root partition on the 'new' hda is) instead of 'linux' (or whatever you called the image in step 1) 9. log in as root (or get to being root by logging in as user and THEN su-ing to root) 10. run lilo. 11. remove the floppy and reboot. 12. you should be done. WARNING - if anything goes wrong, you'll need to change your /etc/fstab BACK to point to /dev/hdd BEFORE you can get much use from your system! Many of us do this by acting like we are going to install (or upgrade) the system - i.e. boot from an install disk, get to the '2nd stage install', then we go to the command prompt (alt/F2, usually) (sometimes you have to fiddle a bit to get your partition mounted) and edit what would be /etc/fstab (i.e. it may be /mnt/foo/etc/fstab NOW, but when you boot from the hard drive it will be /etc/fstab - clear as mud? ;-))) For the truly paranoid, buy a second drive, set it up as hda, copy everything over to the new drive from hdd (see previous threads on how to do this), change /etc/fstab on the NEW drive as in step 3 above, edit /etc/lilo (on the CURRENT drive) to point everything to hda, run lilo, reboot, make sure everything is using hda, halt, then remove hdd and use it on another machine... (shoot, you could then just copy the /etc/fstab and /etc/lilo.conf from your NEW hda to this old disk, and all you'd need is a boot floppy (use the one you just made for your new hda disk) to be able to boot it (as hda) the first time, at which point you run lilo and you're done. There, confusing enough? See, unix (and of course thus linux) gives you MORE than enough rope! ;-) rusty Rusty Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116 Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825
Re: [expert] Disappearing Gnome
you didn't upgrade your Gnome to helix did you? Salane On Thursday 28 December 2000 05:18, you wrote: > Hi! I have a perplexing problem with a Mandrake 7.2 installation. > Everything seems to go well, I have installed both Gnome and KDE but > always boot graphically to Gnome, until I have a reason to reboot. > Obviously I can go some time without needing to do that . But, > when I do, I have a problem. Upon reboot I have lost Gnome support. > The graphical login program tells me that Gnome is no longer > available on my system and asks if I would like to change my default > login to KDE. When I check the list of installed graphical > environments both Gnome and Sawfish are missing and they were there. > This happens to me when the reboot is a completely normal shutdown > and reboot so that everything gets shutdown properly and it has > happened four times now so there is a certain frustrating consistency > about it. > > This isn't a problem I have noticed anyone talking about. Has anyone > discovered how to prevent the disappearance of gnome on a system > reboot? The immediate fix would be some information on how to edit > the configuration of the available graphical environment choices > since I can get back into gnome when I come up from the command line > with startx and .xinitrc. Still, the alteration of my startup > configuration is so dramatic and consistent that I would like to know > what is causing it as well as how to fix the symptoms. Thanks for any > assistance you might have to offer. > > Traci
Re[2]: [expert] mkisofs
> On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Moe wrote: > > > Hi all, > >Is there limitations with the number of char with > > mkisofs command? Yes - and its a limit (bug? ;-) in the iso fs spec, not in mkisofs. > Whats the max number of char? I'm sorry, I forget what it is. Perhaps 128? But thats a SWAG rusty Rusty Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116 Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825
Re: [expert] Odd problem
On Wednesday 27 December 2000 10:15 pm, arussello wrote: > When I run Mandrake update to do one package (only selecting one at a > time) it seems to download and then compile fine, but then the disc > activity continues, and X freezes up, and the whole time the disc is > going crazy. > > I'm going to try to reinstall tomorrow and see how that goes, and > I'm thinking about changing / back to ext2 instead of ReiserFS just > to see if that helps at all, but this package thing is absolutely > baffling. I've nevr had a problem before installing packages. I don't believe ext2 will solve your problem. I've had '/' as ReiserFS for some time, and never a problem with Mandrake Update. -- Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay
Re: [expert] LDAP and PHP
I might be lying to you. I seem to remember that I had trouble getting this to work with Mandrake 7.1. I am now running 7.2 There are lots of differences between the php3 packages in 7.0/7.1 and the php4 stuff in 7.2. It's very possible that ldap is not built into the php shipped with 7.1 On a 7.0 system, the undefined symbol ber_alloc_t is in /usr/lib/liblber.so.1 (Try running "nm /usr/lib/liblber.so.1") which is shipped in the openldap package. This library is a dynamic dependency for mod_auth_ldap.so as reported by "ldd /usr/lib/apache/mod_auth_ldap.so" One glaring difference between 7.0 and 7.2 is in the php*.ini file. In mdk7.0, the /etc/httpd/conf/php3.ini file has this suspicious looking entry: extension=php3_ldap.dll In mkd7.2, /etc/php.ini has this line: extension=ldap.so Since neither 7.0 or 7.2 have any dll files, I'd say that that php3_ldap.dll is bogus for a linux system and is probably some windows thing. My advice is to be lazy and install Mandrake 7.2 -Mark Sean wrote: > > I think you are correct that I am missing libraries, but I am at a loss as > to which ones. > I did install openldap-devel without any change. > I then removed everything and started from scratch. Same problem. > It is really beginning to annoy me. Would you be aware, perhaps, of any LDAP > clients that will allow me to add contacts (that is all I am using it for) > without a web interface? > > - Original Message - > From: "Mark Belanger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 9:41 AM > Subject: Re: [expert] LDAP and PHP > > > I think you're missing some libraries, possibly > > openldap-devel > > > > My system works and has the following ldap-related packages: > > nss_ldap-122-1.1mdk > > openldap-1.2.9-7mdk > > auth_ldap-1.4.0-5mdk > > openldap-devel-1.2.9-7mdk > > php-ldap-4.0.3pl1-1mdk > > > > -Mark > > > Sean wrote: > > > > > > Greetings, > > > > > > I am running Mandrake 7.1 with openldap 1.2.9.7mdk and PHP3 (Mandrake > version > > > 3.0.17.2mdk). > > > > > > I am attempting to access an ldap directory from a PHP3 web based > > > administrator. > > > > > > This results in an error. Excerpt of /var/log/httpd/error_log: > > > > > > httpd: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libldap.so.1: > undefined > > > symbol: ber_alloc_t > > > > > > OpenLDAP is working and can be searched locally or remotely with > ldapsearch or > > > a cliet such as Outllook. > > > Apache is working normally. > > > All other PHP scripts execute normally. > > > > > > Any opinions or suggestions are welcome. > > > > > > Thank you, > > > Sean Hurley. > > > > -- > > Mark Belanger > > LTX Corporation > > > > > > -- Mark Belanger LTX Corporation
Re: [expert] What the heck is this daily cron task?
Greetings, This is updating the database used in conjunction with the slocate command. slocate is a secure version of the standard GNU locate command. Specifically the command does this: The -u flag tells slocate to start at the / directory. The -f flag excludes all of the listed file systems. Finally, the -e flag excludes all of the listed directories. Do you need this? Depends. This merely automates the update of the database. If you don't use slocate, or rarely use it, you should be able to safely get rid of this. You can manually run the command at any time. If you use the slocate command frequently, you may want to leave the cron in place. For much more detail, check out the man page. HTH, Wayne Chris Aakre wrote: > > What is this task: > > [chris@localhost cron.daily]$ less slocate.cron > > #!/bin/sh > > /usr/bin/slocate -u -f "udf,nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,iso9660,usbdevfs" -e > "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net" > > This annoying task looks around on my hard drive for half an hour, consuming > 50% of my CPU time on a PII 300. Is this needed? Can I cancel it? I have no > idea what it's trying to do. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Chris Aakre
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update link and Zope
Traci Collins wrote: > > Mandrake 7.2. What happens is I get an error message that runs off my > screen, even at 1248X1024, and there is nothing I can do that will > show me the bottom of the error message. I think it is waiting for me > to make a decision and tell it how to proceed. Because I can't see > the question or get to the bottom to make a response the update hangs > at that point. I can kill it and get on with life but the zope > packages keep coming up whenever I run update and with a serious > security problem I would like to do the update just in case I ever > want to use it. > > Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed with the update > given the extremely long error screen? If you can shift the window enough to get the top of the screen, you can maximize it which will actually resize it for your screen and you can see the error. I had that happen to me. It's another package it's conflicting with and I had to uninstall that, too, I think or just choose to skip Zope since I'm not really running it anyway. I can't recall which choice I made. Mandrake ought to do something about error windows that run off the screen like that IMO. :) Holly
Re: [expert] What the heck is this daily cron task?
On Wednesday 27 December 2000 02:39 pm, Chris Aakre wrote: > What is this task: > > [chris@localhost cron.daily]$ less slocate.cron > > #!/bin/sh > > /usr/bin/slocate -u -f "udf,nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,iso9660,usbdevfs" > -e "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net" > > This annoying task looks around on my hard drive for half an hour, > consuming 50% of my CPU time on a PII 300. Is this needed? Can I cancel it? > I have no idea what it's trying to do. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Chris Aakre Chris, That task is slocate running and compiling a database of what's on your hard drive. The "locate" command then uses this database to allow you to find anything on your hard drive (since the last time slocate ran, anyway). For example, "locate netscape" will search your hard drive for filenames containing the text "netscape". It's a pretty useful command, actually, so you want to let slocate run (although you might want to keep your machine on overnight and let slocate run while you're sleeping). -- Brian Hartman, MLS [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Odd problem
Before you do anything else, I would try rebuilding the RPM database with... rpm --rebuilddb M. On Wednesday 27 December 2000 20:15, you wrote: > Well, this one is new, and baffles me. > > When I run Mandrake update to do one package (only selecting one at a > time) it seems to download and then compile fine, but then the disc > activity continues, and X freezes up, and the whole time the disc is going > crazy. > > I'm going to try to reinstall tomorrow and see how that goes, and I'm > thinking about changing / back to ext2 instead of ReiserFS just to see if > that helps at all, but this package thing is absolutely baffling. I've > nevr had a problem before installing packages. > > If anyone has any idea about this, please drop me a line. This one has me > quite puzzled indeed. > > Thanks > > > There's plenty of semicolons to go around -- Michael O'Henly TENZO Design
RE: [expert] Odd problem
If the updates list you receive contains MandrakeUpdate. Download that single package from 1 of the mirror sites using Netscape, or any other program except for Mandrake Update. Use RPM or kpackage to install it. This should should solve the problem and you will be able to install the updates as intended. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of arussello Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 11:15 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Odd problem Well, this one is new, and baffles me. When I run Mandrake update to do one package (only selecting one at a time) it seems to download and then compile fine, but then the disc activity continues, and X freezes up, and the whole time the disc is going crazy. I'm going to try to reinstall tomorrow and see how that goes, and I'm thinking about changing / back to ext2 instead of ReiserFS just to see if that helps at all, but this package thing is absolutely baffling. I've nevr had a problem before installing packages. If anyone has any idea about this, please drop me a line. This one has me quite puzzled indeed. Thanks There's plenty of semicolons to go around
Re: [expert] cdrecord problem: solution
Hi Rog, "vanilla" is the plain flavour - no fancy extras! (check out ice-cream!) In this case it simply means a basic kernel - no Mandrake "extras". Trevor On Saturday 23 December 2000 04:17, you wrote: > Compiling a kernel, that part I understand. 2.2.18, that part I also get. > > From vanilla? What's that? > > Hope you have a great trip :-) > > > peace, > > Rog >
Re: [expert] What the heck is this daily cron task?
Its the locate database updating. At any time you can type `locate [filename}' and instantly find the file. You update the databse where it stores all the files and their locations as rot by doing `updatedb'. Feel free to get rid of it if you wish. Mike -- Mike MacCanaSupport Consultant C Y B E R S O U R C E Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000 Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998 On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Chris Aakre wrote: > What is this task: > > [chris@localhost cron.daily]$ less slocate.cron > > #!/bin/sh > > /usr/bin/slocate -u -f "udf,nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,iso9660,usbdevfs" -e > "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net" > > This annoying task looks around on my hard drive for half an hour, consuming > 50% of my CPU time on a PII 300. Is this needed? Can I cancel it? I have no > idea what it's trying to do. > > Thanks in advance. > > -- > Chris Aakre > >
[expert] Source RPMS for Cooker?
I can't find a place where I can download source RPMS for the cooker stuff... do they exist? I want to compile licq version 1.0 from an RPM source instead of the Tarball if I can. Where can I find it? Can I at all? Thanks Tom
Re: [expert] What the heck is this daily cron task?
Chris Aakre a écrit : > [chris@localhost cron.daily]$ less slocate.cron > > #!/bin/sh > > /usr/bin/slocate -u -f "udf,nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,iso9660,usbdevfs" -e > "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net" > > This annoying task looks around on my hard drive for half an hour, consuming > 50% of my CPU time on a PII 300. Is this needed? Can I cancel it? I have no > idea what it's trying to do. This is what makes the locate database up to date. If you never use locate 'mylostfile', you may remove it.
Re: [expert] mkisofs
Prolly a bit OT, but I find I have to change most mp3 filenames...most of them are way too long to mess with if you do anything with them that involve a terminal... peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #19071 On Wed, 27 Dec 2000, Moe wrote: > Hi all, >Is there limitations with the number of char with > mkisofs command? Whats the max number of char? > > Some of the mp3 which are quite long filenames are > not showing up correctly. > > thx, > moe > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Shopping - Thousands of Stores. Millions of Products. > http://shopping.yahoo.com/ > > >
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update link and Zope
I'm hoping someone can help me resolve a problem I am having with the Mandrake Update Link. There is a security update for the entire Zope system, if I avoid updating any of my zope code everything works just fine. Unfortunately the update zope release has a conflict with the installed zope release, even after I used rpm to remove all of the existing zope packages from the rpm database. It asks me if I want to force the update and I say yes, hoping that Mandrakesoft didn't really put up a series of update packages that wouldn't work with Mandrake 7.2. What happens is I get an error message that runs off my screen, even at 1248X1024, and there is nothing I can do that will show me the bottom of the error message. I think it is waiting for me to make a decision and tell it how to proceed. Because I can't see the question or get to the bottom to make a response the update hangs at that point. I can kill it and get on with life but the zope packages keep coming up whenever I run update and with a serious security problem I would like to do the update just in case I ever want to use it. Does anyone have any suggestions on how to proceed with the update given the extremely long error screen? Traci civileme wrote: > > OK, I looked it over. > > I had some updating to do anyway and I did a few packages from each of 4 of > the 5 sites. rpmfind might be listed but doesn't have a 7.2 directory. All > of the 4 sites worked. > > Update is sensitive to how people mirror the site If the timestamps are > not mirrored properly the site can try to load things you have already > updated, or just say there is nothing to update. If the permissions are > wrong, the update fails and it redisplays the list of things to update. > > Civileme -- Traci Collins, MA, CCAI, CCNA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
[expert] What the heck is this daily cron task?
What is this task: [chris@localhost cron.daily]$ less slocate.cron #!/bin/sh /usr/bin/slocate -u -f "udf,nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,iso9660,usbdevfs" -e "/tmp,/var/tmp,/usr/tmp,/afs,/net" This annoying task looks around on my hard drive for half an hour, consuming 50% of my CPU time on a PII 300. Is this needed? Can I cancel it? I have no idea what it's trying to do. Thanks in advance. -- Chris Aakre
[expert] Disappearing Gnome
Hi! I have a perplexing problem with a Mandrake 7.2 installation. Everything seems to go well, I have installed both Gnome and KDE but always boot graphically to Gnome, until I have a reason to reboot. Obviously I can go some time without needing to do that . But, when I do, I have a problem. Upon reboot I have lost Gnome support. The graphical login program tells me that Gnome is no longer available on my system and asks if I would like to change my default login to KDE. When I check the list of installed graphical environments both Gnome and Sawfish are missing and they were there. This happens to me when the reboot is a completely normal shutdown and reboot so that everything gets shutdown properly and it has happened four times now so there is a certain frustrating consistency about it. This isn't a problem I have noticed anyone talking about. Has anyone discovered how to prevent the disappearance of gnome on a system reboot? The immediate fix would be some information on how to edit the configuration of the available graphical environment choices since I can get back into gnome when I come up from the command line with startx and .xinitrc. Still, the alteration of my startup configuration is so dramatic and consistent that I would like to know what is causing it as well as how to fix the symptoms. Thanks for any assistance you might have to offer. Traci -- Traci Collins, MA, CCAI, CCNA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
[expert] Odd problem
Well, this one is new, and baffles me. When I run Mandrake update to do one package (only selecting one at a time) it seems to download and then compile fine, but then the disc activity continues, and X freezes up, and the whole time the disc is going crazy. I'm going to try to reinstall tomorrow and see how that goes, and I'm thinking about changing / back to ext2 instead of ReiserFS just to see if that helps at all, but this package thing is absolutely baffling. I've nevr had a problem before installing packages. If anyone has any idea about this, please drop me a line. This one has me quite puzzled indeed. Thanks There's plenty of semicolons to go around
[expert] Detection of skymedia SM200D card
Mandrake 7.0 2.2.14-15mdk - stock standard, no mods, vanilla variety! Epoyx M3VCA Mobo, Celeron 566 Coppermine III 128M Ram GEFORCE 256 DDR, 3COM 3c905 NIC SB Live 56K modem Skymedia SM200D Ethernet Satellite Receiver Card <-- der Problem! The card is NOT detected by Lothar under 7.0(Air) The card appears to be detected as 'Auravision' by lothar under Mandrake 7.2 (2.2.17-21.mdk) Usual disclaimer - grin - 'works with Win98' - grin becomes sneer!! It's known to run on other flavours of linux - Debian, SUSE, Redhat We have a variety of tarballs parts of some do compile! The problems all appear to be in one set of modules within these tarballs. If one attempts to use the ISP-supplied drivers for LM2.2.14 the install script vomits by telling us that it cannot complete the install because the modules where compiled for 2.2.14 and we have 2.2.14-15mdk - jeezz. Does anyone have any experience with these cards. -- ICQ#: 89345394 Mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.)
[expert] Mandrake 7.2 on Compaq 17XL360
Mandrake 7.2 installed easily on my new Compaq 17XL360. One reason I bought this model is that older 1700/1800 models had Intel EtherExpress Pro/100 built in. Of course, this new version have something called "Compaq 10_100 MiniPCI Ethernet NIC" instead. Has anyone had any luck finding any information about the chip used and which driver <> work?? I've searched deja.com, Linux on Laptops and the web in general... No luck, yet. -- Steve
[expert] General Comment
Hi, all. I'm hoping some Mandrake developers populate this list. I just wanted to give kudos where kudos are due. I've been using Mandrake 7.2 for about 2 days now, and it's beautiful. I just got done using the update feature, and it was flawless. I've never done an easier upgrade of a Linux system. Now if I could just get my USB webcam to work. :)
Re: [expert] LDAP and PHP
I think you are correct that I am missing libraries, but I am at a loss as to which ones. I did install openldap-devel without any change. I then removed everything and started from scratch. Same problem. It is really beginning to annoy me. Would you be aware, perhaps, of any LDAP clients that will allow me to add contacts (that is all I am using it for) without a web interface? - Original Message - From: "Mark Belanger" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 27, 2000 9:41 AM Subject: Re: [expert] LDAP and PHP > I think you're missing some libraries, possibly > openldap-devel > > My system works and has the following ldap-related packages: > nss_ldap-122-1.1mdk > openldap-1.2.9-7mdk > auth_ldap-1.4.0-5mdk > openldap-devel-1.2.9-7mdk > php-ldap-4.0.3pl1-1mdk > > -Mark > > Sean wrote: > > > > Greetings, > > > > I am running Mandrake 7.1 with openldap 1.2.9.7mdk and PHP3 (Mandrake version > > 3.0.17.2mdk). > > > > I am attempting to access an ldap directory from a PHP3 web based > > administrator. > > > > This results in an error. Excerpt of /var/log/httpd/error_log: > > > > httpd: error in loading shared libraries: /usr/lib/libldap.so.1: undefined > > symbol: ber_alloc_t > > > > OpenLDAP is working and can be searched locally or remotely with ldapsearch or > > a cliet such as Outllook. > > Apache is working normally. > > All other PHP scripts execute normally. > > > > Any opinions or suggestions are welcome. > > > > Thank you, > > Sean Hurley. > > -- > Mark Belanger > LTX Corporation > > >
