Re: [expert-it] problemi con qmail
Il 13:21, mercoled 21 marzo 2001, scrivesti: Salve! Dirvi che sono alla disperazione poco... Non riesco a farmi autenticare gli utenti virtuali pop da qmail, o meglio, da vmailmgr e da vpopmail: ...e credo di averle provate tutte. Per maggiore chiarezza: qmail autentica correttamente i client pop che hanno un account sulla macchina ma quando vado a settare un dominio virtuale aggiungendogli degli utenti provando ad entrare mi fa: [studente@pc studente]$ telnet 127.0.0.1 110 Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to 127.0.0.1. Escape character is '^]'. +OK 890.985175560@pc user antoniofranco +OK pass platone -ERR authorization failed Connection closed by foreign host. Ho sostituito cottettamente nel file /var/qmail/supervise/qmail-pop3d/run la stringa " /bin/checkpassword " con " usr/bin/checkvpw " (usando vmailmgr) ma niente!! Ho provato su diverse macchine ma sempre con la v7.2. Ho compilato e ricompilato pi volte, ho provato anche con degli rpm per mandrake freschi freschi -se vi interessano li troverete tutti su www.freezer-burn.org- ma niente! Dov' che sbaglio? Beh! il problema l'ho risolto, qmail e tutto il resto vanno bene solo che... lo dico?... si, lo dico! : omettevo di aggiungere al nome di login la desinenza del dominio virtuale... ecco tutto!
Re: [expert] Civilme: inquiring minds want to know
On Sunday 25 March 2001 16:40, you wrote: it is Civileme. You'd need a Turkish phonetic dictionary to get it right and also a mailer capable of seeing (and I'd need a font capable of showing) what appears to be the bottom of a figure 5 attached to the nadir of the C. Maybe I'm dense, but I still don't know how to pronounce it. Any chance you could give us a rough cut on the pronunciation? I've always pronounced it "SIV-ill-ME" which I know is wrong. And the only Turkish girl I knew just flew to Turkey for a 6 month assignment. :-( Matt jzhiv ih Leh' mee, but most of my coworkers pronounce it siveelehm. Civileme Yes, tis my nickname as well
[expert] upgrade resetting my security
Hello Well i first install with the maximum security ... i was satisfied with it but then when i ran upgrade to install another feature it changed my security level to normal ... why is that also tell me how can i check to make sure that my server is secure .. *., ,.**Allah Hafiz*., ,.** *., ,.**Faisal Gillani ., ,.** _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com
Re: [expert] I just don't grep this...
On Sunday 25 March 2001 17:34, you wrote: Hi Greppers Groaners, What a sound thread this is I have but one suggestion that would help thos with only one blade to their prop. I used to use ESIX SVR4 before I moved (most of the time) to Linux. I used the following ploy many a time when I was learning the ropes. Many Man pages do have examples if you look for them ( mkisofs is an example) if on SVR4 in Xterm all I used to do was list the man page that I wanted and then kill the man app which on that system did not clear the screen but left you with the part of the man page you needed I could then just copy the command line to the command prompt and run it. This taught me not only the command but the general syntax of the Bourne shell; of course to do this in X is even easier just open two terminals and you can cut and paste. If it was a "Manual Page" standard to have the most commonly used command line parameters for the program in the 2 or 3 examples then there would be no problem. One could even have a man page of most commonly used syntaxes. The reality is though, that Linux/UNIX is a powerful and complex operating system with many tools that can work alone or in combination with each other and to get the best out of it requires of necessity a full understand of why it is the way it is. To many that subscribe to this list it is a thing of beauty and elegance but to the average Windows user who wants to change to another OS it can be an absolute nightmare (just read some of the "newbie" list). There is a simple answer to this and that is to make the distros less complex. What pray is the point of having five different desktops installed on a system. Here's a very simple reason why it's a bad plan. If I am running Windows as an ignorant user and find something I don't know how to do I can ring up my friend Marcia down the road and ask "have you managed to do this yet?" if she hasn't I ring my friend John in the next town and low and behold he's done it and talks me through the procedure on his screen. I'm sure you see the point. The real beauty of a free OS implemented in this way is that once people become proficient and used to the basic operation of the system they can go to any number of websites and download a more sophisticated desktop, application or whatever when they desire. I believe that Linux will not succeed until some steps are taken to limit it's diversity. 'Scuse the rant Regards, Colin H. Close "It needs to be simpler, but limiting choice isn't the way to do it," said a certain linux CEO. I have to agree from my own feelings. Having the choices is what linux is all about. For example, most developers believe strongly in free software, so strongly that soon you will see Netscape disappear from the downloadable distro, and you will not see new software added to the downloadables that have license problems. We are hoping some free browser will soon be able to provide equal functionality, and when it does But does that mean you cannot use non-free software with the distro? Not at all. You can rpm the NVidia 3D accelerator right off our CD of commercial software in the release that's being prepared, because we want you to be free to choose, even if you choose non-free software. On the other hand, we certainly are not going to promote it and we will continue to solicit your support to write to NVidia and ask them to change their policy so we can really support the card. But there is a distro, selling rather poorly, which has a single desktop. And there is another, which used to be around, that took the desktop in its own direction and did not share back the results, with a resulting "niceness" for the user that slammed into a dead end when the desktop was enhanced by the desktop makers. And there is a third distro that has a single desktop which is available. It does not have much of a following, and it has problems staying current without the resources needed to do so, but it is available in a very small size, comparatively speaking, about 150Mb. We are doing a balancing act between free software and the need to pay internet fees and employees and give investors returns on their dollars. We see that those who have limited choice, with the exception of a predatory company like Microsoft, which filled a gap that does not now exist, just haven't done well at all in customer satisfaction and sales. (And Microsoft has done well only in sales, I believe. I have never met a happy Microsoft customer, and only one system administrator who thought it was great.) Well, we want to listen to our customers. If you find a few people who want a simple distro, simple in terms of pre-chosen software, we can make a couple and probably even keep them reasonably updated, as subsets of our main distro. In the new release, the customer can roll his own. If he
Re: [expert] Civilme: inquiring minds want to know
Am I the only one who had to look *nadir* up? :-/ -s On Sunday 25 March 2001 09:05 am, you wrote: I have always thought it was "civil-me" as well and until I read how it was pronounced, the Turkish way and all. Good to know, I like learning new languages. I guess I just accepted it as I saw it, I know kind of childish, but thats how I am. hehe Cool On Sunday 25 March 2001 07:43 am, so spoke Tom Snell: Jeeesh, I've been wondering about this myself for the past few years, and, as are many things in life, the answer is far more intriguing than the question! I always assumed it was Quebecois Tom Civileme wrote: Hmmm it is Civileme. You'd need a Turkish phonetic dictionary to get it right and also a mailer capable of seeing (and I'd need a font capable of showing) what appears to be the bottom of a figure 5 attached to the nadir of the C. It means "shout" or "smash"(sports) or "foot-first jump". I took it as a web handle to honor a departed four-footed friend, whose registered name was Masallah Civileme, one of the near-legendary livestock guardians of the Anatolian plateau. Civileme
[expert] vidio card problems
Hello all, I am trying to install linux on a HP Netserver E50 with cirrus logic GD 5446 video card. The install goes ok but when I run Xconfigurator, it correcly detects the video card, but no matter what resolution/depth I select, when I click OK it does a core dump. I tried installing RedHat and had much the same problem although X windows did start, but only at low res. ps. this is my first attempt at installing Linux (it has to be better than NT) Colin Jenkins ICQ: 650611 Voice: +61 97351410 Mob: 0409196144 Hardware: The parts of a computer system that can be kicked.
Re: [expert] X Mail Client
Have you tried Sylpheed? It can do POP3, IMAP4, and even news. http://sylpheed.good-day.net/ Dave At 05:06 PM 03/25/2001 -0800, you wrote: I need a fast and robust mail client which can handle multiple IMAP/POP email accounts with large number of folders and big volume of mail. Mozilla mail is almost there, but Mozilla takes too much memory, crashes sometimes and on my Celeron 433 system, it is rather sluggish. KMail is better in speed and memory foot print but doesn't have IMAP capability. Do you have any other suggestions? Dave Sherman SoftServ Business Systems, Inc."Quid quid latine dictum sit, [EMAIL PROTECTED] altum viditur." (763) 569-9839
Re: [expert] Civilme: inquiring minds want to know
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 05:03 -0600, s wrote: Am I the only one who had to look *nadir* up? :-/ -s Ts ts ts, you may have missed your advanced astronomers classes in kindergarten, did you! ;-) wobo -- GPG-Fingerprint: FE5A 0891 7027 8D1B 4E3F 73C1 AD9B D732 A698 82EE For Public Key mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: GPG-Request --- ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html
Re: [expert] Civilme: inquiring minds want to know
On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 10:52 -0500, Civileme wrote: Civileme Yes, tis my nickname as well But, when I met you in Paris you were walking on your 2 hind-feet and upright as well ;-) SCNR! wobo -- GPG-Fingerprint: FE5A 0891 7027 8D1B 4E3F 73C1 AD9B D732 A698 82EE For Public Key mailto [EMAIL PROTECTED] with Subject: GPG-Request --- ISDN4LINUX-FAQ -- Deutsch: http://www.wolf-b.de/i4l/i4lfaq-de.html
RE: [expert] dual displays
Well I had a chance to use the Matrox drivers this weekend. Whil I was able to get two displays running with KDE 2.1, I really wasn't able to use the second to any real advantage. Windows kept opening too far down, and I couldn't move them. I think it is a KDE issue. I recall read- ing that KDE is "not" multi-monitor compliant. Thanks for the help, and info Brian -Original Message- From: Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 3:05 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] dual displays I will try it out this weekend. Thanks, Brian -Original Message- From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 1:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] dual displays On Friday 23 March 2001 19:15, you wrote: Are you using the Matrox provided drivers (mga_drv.o and hal_drv.o) or the kernel provided drivers. Mandrake 8.0b2 was supposed to fix G450 issues. I cant make it work at all as of last night with Kernel provided modules, or XF86 stock drivers. KDE 2.1 came up for me with RH 7.1b but I could not access the second display at all. Oh well there is the weekend to fight it I guess. Brian Yes the XFree driver is broken and the closed-source works (both by the same author, incidentally). Civileme QA/Software testing -Original Message- From: Dan Riley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 12:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] dual displays Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote: I have a Matrox G450. I have heard (read) that KDE is not capable of doing dual monitor display. Their website names Windowmaker for this use. Is there another window manager that supports dual display? I just simply run one large dual headed desktop across two monitors with a G450 using xinerama. KDE doesn't know the difference and behaves normally. The other window managers, at least the ones shipped with LM 7.1 work nicely as well. Dan
RE: [expert] no sound as user on 8.0b
Got it done last weekend. Changed perms on mpg123, and told KDE sound events to use play for an external player. All is well with sound now. Anyone know how to get xcdroast to work for user? If you follow the xcdroast suggestions of changing perms, then GTK comes back at you saying this is an unsupported feature now. So I burn as Root. Brian -Original Message- From: Jerry Sternesky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, March 25, 2001 8:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] no sound as user on 8.0b If you are using kde check to see if arts was installed, during my install it seems that was missed. After I added it my kde system sounds started working. On Friday 23 March 2001 14:03, Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote: I have a sound blaster live value, and Mandrake 8.0b2 installed. I appear to have no sound as user, with the exception of Realplayer. No system Events, nor Xmms sound. Checked perms, all seem fine. Anyone else having this prob.. I have only recently noticed this as I have been logging in as root to configure things for now. Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB (937) 656-2861 (937) 973-3125 (pager)
Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
"David C. Hoos, Sr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Is there a HOW-TO or other instruction on how to build an install floppy with a kernel you've built yourself? I'm, looking for generic instructions, if possible, not something related to a particular distribution. I'd like to be able to install any distribution from any CD, but using a kernel I've built to support particular devices. Thanks in advance for any enlightenment on the subject short answer: To make a floppy from the source: cd /usr/src/linuxversion# make type where type is one of zdisk or bzdisk (or at least I seem to remember that does what you want!) or, to make a boot floppy from an already-compiled and installed kernel, set up a lilo.conf (or equiv for grub) that says boot=/dev/fd0 instead of the usual boot=/dev/hda, then run lilo (don't forget to put a floppy in there first!). These instructions should be pretty distro-neutral ;-) (since I've done the above on slackware, debian, RH, and LM) The long answer will have to wait till I have more time, sorry! (or someone else gives it ;-) rc 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 ICBM: 33 20' 44"N 111 53' 47"W
Re: [expert] Civilme: inquiring minds want to know
No On Monday 26 March 2001 09:35, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: On Mon, Mar 26, 2001 at 05:03 -0600, s wrote: Am I the only one who had to look *nadir* up? :-/ -s Ts ts ts, you may have missed your advanced astronomers classes in kindergarten, did you! ;-) wobo
[expert] Time warp in Linux/Win98 dual-boot
Dear friendsL: I decided last night after reinstalling Linux to also reinstall Windows and see what effect that has on our ADSL hub setup (in case this is a flash in the pan sort of thing). So I reinstalled all of Windows (what a pain! I only installed about 20-25 programs, but I swear I must have rebooted at least 30-40 times -- the Soyo motherboard itself required five reboots, one after each driver). Everything went smoothly. And WinPPPoet, the pppoe utility used by Earthlink, went off without a hitch and right away (right after I configured it the way Earthlink explained to me. Even though at this point there were TWO NIC cards in my dual-boot Tiger computer, Windows, Networking, TCP/IP recognized only ONE (both for adaptor and TCP-IP -- presumably the eth0). I typed in the magic numbers (after first, of course, adding the necessary files from Win98 and it's been working flawlessly ever since. One little problem arose during the process: Apparently, I got my time in Windows off by 24 years in the future (2025). Jean-Marc of IglooFTP caught this error. I corrected the time in Windows and in Linux. However, in Linuxconf, I keep getting an error message: The following file had or still has a wrong (probably future) date to it. It includes such files: /etc/crontab /etc/webmin/miniserv.conf /etc/X11/fs/config and a few others. I tried to figure out how to correct them and clicked on Do IT to bring the system back in harmony. I fist went into Linuxconf Miscellaneous services (or is it Control). The time/date was correct but I accepted it and "did it." I figured this would solve the problem, rebooted, but the errors persist. I also looked at the files. I see nothing in them that has a date, wrong or otherwise. I would like to correct these errors. I hope this is a piece of cake. I am too exhausted from the double installation of Linux and Windows to think clearly or want to even look at it. Is this, may I ask, a simple configuration problem. Can you suggest how I can solve this. Otherwise, the installation and ADSL are working perfectly in both Windows and Linux. Looking forward to finishing this ordeal soon as soon as I (and you) get some sleep and rest. Thanks as always. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Lunux Mandrake
Hi, Has anyone been able to get mandrake 7.2 running on a compaq presario 5000? If so please drop me a line and let me into the "magic" because I cannot install it :( Alex [EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
RE: [expert] dual displays
Hi, Did you have any problems with the drivers for the matrox dual head? I'm currently looking into swapping my matrox G450 into my Linux machine for the multiple monitor support, and would like to gather as much information as possible. Thanks Well I had a chance to use the Matrox drivers this weekend. Whil I was able to get two displays running with KDE 2.1, I really wasn't able to use the second to any real advantage. Windows kept opening too far down, and I couldn't move them. I think it is a KDE issue. I recall read- ing that KDE is "not" multi-monitor compliant. Thanks for the help, and info Brian -Original Message- From: Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 3:05 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] dual displays I will try it out this weekend. Thanks, Brian -Original Message- From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 1:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] dual displays On Friday 23 March 2001 19:15, you wrote: Are you using the Matrox provided drivers (mga_drv.o and hal_drv.o) or the kernel provided drivers. Mandrake 8.0b2 was supposed to fix G450 issues. I cant make it work at all as of last night with Kernel provided modules, or XF86 stock drivers. KDE 2.1 came up for me with RH 7.1b but I could not access the second display at all. Oh well there is the weekend to fight it I guess. Brian Yes the XFree driver is broken and the closed-source works (both by the same author, incidentally). Civileme QA/Software testing -Original Message- From: Dan Riley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 12:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] dual displays Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote: I have a Matrox G450. I have heard (read) that KDE is not capable of doing dual monitor display. Their website names Windowmaker for this use. Is there another window manager that supports dual display? I just simply run one large dual headed desktop across two monitors with a G450 using xinerama. KDE doesn't know the difference and behaves normally. The other window managers, at least the ones shipped with LM 7.1 work nicely as well. Dan
[expert] login based smtp/ ssmtp
Hi, I run a webmail and email system. The only access I want to give is secure SSL type. I have already setup a SSL based imap, pop3, and webmail system. However, for the simap and pop3s users, they need smtp . My users are all over the world and I cannot select access based on network, therefore I want to have an SMTP server that allows usage if people login. I also want this smtp server to be ssmtp (over SSL). I am using Postfix on the system, any help or direction pointing will be great. Thanks!
[expert] Need help with cron log errors
Hello all, I am finally getting around to working on a couple of log errors that repeatedly occur in my cron.hourly and cron.daily checks. These may seem like newbie questions, but I can't figure out why I am getting permission problems when trying to access the following files: cron.hourly errors: touch: /var/log/news/nntpsend.log: Permission denied chmod: /var/log/news/nntpsend.log: Permission denied /usr/bin/nntpsend: /var/log/news/nntpsend.log: Permission denied cron.daily errors: DB2 problem...: missing or empty key value specified /usr/bin/news.daily: /var/lib/news/.news.daily: Permission denied Reading active file failed, exiting (see syslog for more information). Has fetchnews been run? These errors may seem trivial, but I would sure like to figure them out. I'll keep digging, but if someone has a quick bit of advise, I would appreciate the help.
Re: [expert] dual displays - How do I get xinerama working?
- Original Message - From: "Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 10:04 AM Subject: RE: [expert] dual displays Well I had a chance to use the Matrox drivers this weekend. Whil I was able to get two displays running with KDE 2.1, I really wasn't able to use the second to any real advantage. Windows kept opening too far down, and I couldn't move them. I think it is a KDE issue. I recall read- ing that KDE is "not" multi-monitor compliant. Thanks for the help, and info I have been able to get two separate displays working in KDE2, xfce, GNOME/Elightenment and blackbox, but I can't get xinerama enabled for a single wide screen. I'm using 8.0beta2, a Voodoo3 AGP card and a Matrox PCI card. I am using Option "xinerama" "on" in /etc/XF86Config-4 to enable xinerama (that worked when I had 7.2 installed with the same hardware). Hoyt Any suggestions?
Re: [expert] I just don't grep this...
"C. CLOSE" wrote:
Hi Greppers Groaners,
What a sound thread this is I have but one suggestion that
would help
thos with only one blade to their prop.
I used to use ESIX SVR4 before I moved (most of the time) to Linux. I
used the following ploy many a time when I was learning the ropes. Many
Man pages do have examples if you look for them ( mkisofs is an example)
if on SVR4 in Xterm all I used to do was list the man page that I wanted
and then kill the man app which on that system did not clear the screen
but left you with the part of the man page you needed I could then just
copy the command line to the command prompt and run it. This taught me
not only the command but the general syntax of the Bourne shell; of
course to do this in X is even easier just open two terminals and you
can cut and paste.
If it was a "Manual Page" standard to have the most commonly used
command line parameters for the program in the 2 or 3 examples then
there would be no problem. One could even have a man page of most
commonly used syntaxes.
The reality is though, that Linux/UNIX is a powerful and complex
operating system with many tools that can work alone or in combination
with each other and to get the best out of it requires of necessity a
full understand of why it is the way it is. To many that subscribe to
this list it is a thing of beauty and elegance but to the average
Windows user who wants to change to another OS it can be an absolute
nightmare (just read some of the "newbie" list).
There is a simple answer to this and that is to make the distros less
complex. What pray is the point of having five different desktops
installed on a system. Here's a very simple reason why it's a bad plan.
If I am running Windows as an ignorant user and find something I don't
know how to do I can ring up my friend Marcia down the road and ask
"have you managed to do this yet?" if she hasn't I ring my friend John
in the next town and low and behold he's done it and talks me through
the procedure on his screen. I'm sure you see the point.
The real beauty of a free OS implemented in this way is that once people
become proficient and used to the basic operation of the system they can
go to any number of websites and download a more sophisticated desktop,
application or whatever when they desire. I believe that Linux will not
succeed until some steps are taken to limit it's diversity.
'Scuse the rant
Regards,
Colin H. Close
Blackbox rules! I like how that it can support all the "others" while
being lightweight and functional. Might be an "edge" too light for the
casual MS , KDE, and Gnome users but my cup of tea, nonetheless. I
personally, am confused by the complexity of KDE and Gnome as a whole
but I understand their strong point. I just wish that there was a
"magical" way to make the two "interchangeable" down to the programming
level.
my $.02
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Re: [expert] Konsole font problems! AHHHH!
- Original Message - From: "Nima S. Panahi" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 2:03 PM Subject: [expert] Konsole font problems! A! I installed 8.0b2. Now, konsole opens with fonts all messed up. tops and bottoms sometimes are missing, letters run itno one another, and it all looks funky and unusuable. I have tried everything... the weird thing is that when I run konsole under gnome, its back to normal. Please help as this is driving NUTS! Thanks... If you make them huge and bold, they look a little better. The font in the terminal window in Konqueror looks just as bad, if not worse. Hoyt
Re: [expert] Time warp in Linux/Win98 dual-boot
Benjamin Sher wrote:
Dear friendsL:
I decided last night after reinstalling Linux to also reinstall Windows
and see what effect that has on our ADSL hub setup (in case this is a
flash
in the pan sort of thing). So I reinstalled all of Windows (what a pain!
I only installed about 20-25 programs, but I swear I must have rebooted
at least 30-40 times -- the Soyo motherboard itself required five
reboots, one after each driver). Everything went smoothly. And
WinPPPoet, the pppoe utility used by Earthlink, went off without a hitch
and right away (right after I configured it the way Earthlink explained
to me. Even though at this point there were TWO NIC cards in my
dual-boot Tiger computer, Windows, Networking, TCP/IP recognized only
ONE (both for adaptor and TCP-IP -- presumably the eth0). I typed in the
magic numbers (after first, of course, adding the necessary files from
Win98 and it's been working flawlessly ever since.
One little problem arose during the process: Apparently, I got my time
in Windows off by 24 years in the future (2025). Jean-Marc of IglooFTP
caught this error. I corrected the time in Windows and in Linux.
However, in Linuxconf, I keep getting an error message:
The following file had or still has a wrong (probably future) date to
it. It includes such files:
/etc/crontab
/etc/webmin/miniserv.conf
/etc/X11/fs/config
and a few others.
I tried to figure out how to correct them and clicked on Do IT to bring
the system back in harmony. I fist went into Linuxconf Miscellaneous
services (or is it Control). The time/date was correct but I accepted it
and "did it." I figured this would solve the problem, rebooted, but the
errors persist. I also looked at the files. I see nothing in them that
has a date, wrong or otherwise. I would like to correct these errors. I
hope this is a piece of cake. I am too exhausted from the double
installation of Linux and Windows to think clearly or want to even look
at it. Is this, may I ask, a simple configuration problem. Can you
suggest how I can solve this.
Otherwise, the installation and ADSL are working perfectly in both
Windows and Linux. Looking forward to finishing this ordeal soon as soon
as I (and you) get some sleep and rest.
Thanks as always.
Benjamin
--
Sher's Russian Web
http://www.websher.net
Benjamin and Anna Sher
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Are you familiar with the "touch" command?
Touch, simply updates the date and time of the files that I "touch". The
command is simply implemented this way:
touch /boot/straps
since you have to change the dates on a "privileged" account, become
"root" and do the following:
su root
touch /etc/crontab
or
su -c "touch /etc/crontab"
I hope that helps.
and on and on.
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| | |'-'| http://www.maximumtime.com
|__|~')_('
Re: [expert] Lunux Mandrake
"A.G." wrote:
Hi,
Has anyone been able to get mandrake 7.2 running on a compaq presario
5000? If so please drop me a line and let me into the "magic" because I
cannot install it :(
Alex
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail.
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I'm glad that you have written in to tell us about this. I mean on the
fact that I'm not the only one having problems trying to install linux
to that type of system! I am actually trying to install the "beta"
softwares to Compaq's 5000 series, as well (LM8beta1, LM8beta2 is next).
If someone on this list can give you the "magic" to work linux on
release 7.2 then I would ulove/u to hear about it myself!
Laters
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Re: [expert] Konsole font problems! AHHHH!
"Nima S. Panahi" wrote:
I installed 8.0b2. Now, konsole opens with fonts all messed up. tops and
bottoms sometimes are missing, letters run itno one another, and it all
looks funky and unusuable. I have tried everything... the weird thing is
that when I run konsole under gnome, its back to normal. Please help as
this is driving NUTS! Thanks...
Try also blackbox if you have it installed. If there is nothing wrong in
that area as well, you may have to reinstall kde2.1 onto your system
because something is a muck. I get problems all the time with my
LM8beta2 and found just reinstalling fixes things. $.02
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Re: [expert] Time warp in Linux/Win98 dual-boot
Dear Altoine: Thanks so very much for the info about the touch command in reference to dates. I found out from someone else how important dates are in Linux. Had no idea. Will try out the touch /etc/crontab, etc. command. Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
yup... there is mkbootdisk on LM 7.2 man mkbootdisk ! On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote: Hi all, Is there a HOW-TO or other instruction on how to build an install floppy with a kernel you've built yourself? I'm, looking for generic instructions, if possible, not something related to a particular distribution. I'd like to be able to install any distribution from any CD, but using a kernel I've built to support particular devices. Thanks in advance for any enlightenment on the subject
Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
I've received two replies to my question, both of which told me how to build a BOOT floppy, when what I asked was how to make an INSTALL floppy. Perhaps my intention was unclear, but in my mind, an install floppy is something quite different from a boot floppy. At any rate, what I'm looking to be able to do is buil - Original Message - From: "FreezeR" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 26, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Building an install floppy yup... there is mkbootdisk on LM 7.2 man mkbootdisk ! On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote: Hi all, Is there a HOW-TO or other instruction on how to build an install floppy with a kernel you've built yourself? I'm, looking for generic instructions, if possible, not something related to a particular distribution. I'd like to be able to install any distribution from any CD, but using a kernel I've built to support particular devices. Thanks in advance for any enlightenment on the subject
Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
I've received two replies to my question, both of which told me how to build a BOOT floppy, when what I asked was how to make an INSTALL floppy. Perhaps my intention was unclear, but in my mind, an install floppy is something quite different from a boot floppy. At any rate, what I'm looking to be able to do is build a floppy that will then enable installation from CD-ROM. - Original Message - From: "FreezeR" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 26, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Building an install floppy yup... there is mkbootdisk on LM 7.2 man mkbootdisk ! On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote: Hi all, Is there a HOW-TO or other instruction on how to build an install floppy with a kernel you've built yourself? I'm, looking for generic instructions, if possible, not something related to a particular distribution. I'd like to be able to install any distribution from any CD, but using a kernel I've built to support particular devices. Thanks in advance for any enlightenment on the subject
[expert] Samba and win2k VPN ??
How can I acceess samba shares over the Internet using win2k pro VPNfeatures?thanx a lot.if possible cc the reply to my e-mail
[expert] fstab help
Attached is my current fstab file...and the original (before) I uninstalled then re-installed 7.2 so that it would find/setup my new HP cd-writer plus 9100. as of right this minute, when I bringup konqueror to mnt the cdroms (have two), it shows a cdrom, a cdrom 2, and a cdrom 3 but, only the cdrom and cdrom 3 are actually mountable and useable. cdrom 2 isn't. how do I get rid of, and/or make cdrom3, the new cdrom 2? cdrom 3 is my cdwriter...cdrom is my regular cdrom drive. -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am) (US EST) /dev/hdb1 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom3 /mnt/cdrom3 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom3 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb6 swap swap defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb1 / ext2 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hdb5 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hdb6 swap swap defaults 0 0
Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
ups sorry... u can make an install floppy from the mandrake source usually it's located at boot direcory... u may use fips from DOS or rawwrite from Win9x then choose the cdrom image... CMIIW On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote: I've received two replies to my question, both of which told me how to build a BOOT floppy, when what I asked was how to make an INSTALL floppy. Perhaps my intention was unclear, but in my mind, an install floppy is something quite different from a boot floppy. At any rate, what I'm looking to be able to do is build a floppy that will then enable installation from CD-ROM. - Original Message - From: "FreezeR" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 26, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Building an install floppy yup... there is mkbootdisk on LM 7.2 man mkbootdisk ! On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote: Hi all, Is there a HOW-TO or other instruction on how to build an install floppy with a kernel you've built yourself? I'm, looking for generic instructions, if possible, not something related to a particular distribution. I'd like to be able to install any distribution from any CD, but using a kernel I've built to support particular devices. Thanks in advance for any enlightenment on the subject
Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
I really seem to be having difficulty communicating my need. I know all about making floppies from the image files on the CD. Maybe I should have said it this way: I need to be able to create my own image file with support for different devices than those that come in any of the standard image files. Am I yet making myself clear? - Original Message - From: "FreezeR" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "David C. Hoos, Sr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 26, 2001 9:21 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Building an install floppy ups sorry... u can make an install floppy from the mandrake source usually it's located at boot direcory... u may use fips from DOS or rawwrite from Win9x then choose the cdrom image... CMIIW On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote: I've received two replies to my question, both of which told me how to build a BOOT floppy, when what I asked was how to make an INSTALL floppy. Perhaps my intention was unclear, but in my mind, an install floppy is something quite different from a boot floppy. At any rate, what I'm looking to be able to do is build a floppy that will then enable installation from CD-ROM. - Original Message - From: "FreezeR" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: March 26, 2001 7:24 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Building an install floppy yup... there is mkbootdisk on LM 7.2 man mkbootdisk ! On Sat, 24 Mar 2001, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote: Hi all, Is there a HOW-TO or other instruction on how to build an install floppy with a kernel you've built yourself? I'm, looking for generic instructions, if possible, not something related to a particular distribution. I'd like to be able to install any distribution from any CD, but using a kernel I've built to support particular devices. Thanks in advance for any enlightenment on the subject
[expert] xfs with 4.0.2 crashes on startup
I've just recently upgraded to a new Athlon based system with a Matrox G450 bourd, have compiled X 4.0.2 from scratch (on my old P-100, that is, which took a *long* time). When xfs is started by '/etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs start' the system returns an OK linet, but once that is present, all trace of it is gone from'ps' or other utilities. Consequently, I get a 'cannot open font fixed' error from the X server, and a subsequent crash. I haven't been able to solve the problem. I remade xfs, did a new make install, same thing. I went and force installed the xfs 4.0.1 RPM which fixes the problem -- although this has been known to die sporadically at times as well. For instance, upon exiting out of X, xfs is no longer there, and has to be restarted. This makes programs such as xsterm non functional, since xterm in particular dies with a library confilct. rxvt, konsole, gnome terminal etc., are not affected, so that's not that big of an issue. Still, this shouldn't be happening.
Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:09:27 -0600 "David C. Hoos, Sr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've received two replies to my question, both of which told me how to build a BOOT floppy, when what I asked was how to make an INSTALL floppy. Perhaps my intention was unclear, but in my mind, an install floppy is something quite different from a boot floppy. At any rate, what I'm looking to be able to do is build a floppy that will then enable installation from CD-ROM. David, On your L-M cd you'll find a directory called /dos/utils/, in there are a bunch of utilities to do what you ask. However, it does require you have access to MSDOS. On one of my machines which won't boot from the CDrom, I have a 350mb partition with a minimum Windows installed on it. In there I have a directory which I can use to boot and install from the cd for installation. Cheers John --- 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] key layout problems, backspace broke
Hi, A few days ago I had to kill X the hard way CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE and upon restart my backspace key doesnt do the backspace thing anymore..i have to use CTRL H.:( Also I cant us my apostophere key either... nothing happens when i press it... Ive tried changing keyboard layout in Drakconf, then switching back to US, and even upgraded to xfree 4.02 but still same problem... Where the heck does one go to fix these kinds of settings? I assume theres a file buried somwhere or...? thanks very much... __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text
Re: [expert] Building an install floppy
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote: Maybe I should have said it this way: I need to be able to create my own image file with support for different devices may i know...what kind of different device do you mean ?? as i know there are few devices for installing the LM from the image file network, cdrom, hd, pcmcia, etc.. than those that come in any of the standard image files. did you have your own image file ?? did u make your self ?? well if you did...you can use fips or rawwrite too... just load your image when it's ask for the image file Am I yet making myself clear? perhaps...
Re: [expert] key layout problems, backspace broke
but if you press the apostrophe and THEN the space, does the apostrophe appear? if thats the case, then you've chosen international keyboard layout Kevin Rich wrote: Hi, A few days ago I had to kill X the hard way CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE and upon restart my backspace key doesnt do the backspace thing anymore..i have to use CTRL H.:( Also I cant us my apostophere key either... nothing happens when i press it... Ive tried changing keyboard layout in Drakconf, then switching back to US, and even upgraded to xfree 4.02 but still same problem... Where the heck does one go to fix these kinds of settings? I assume theres a file buried somwhere or...? thanks very much... __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text -- Elice Wu | Telphone: +61 2 8219 5400| _--_|\ 241 Commonwealth St | Fascimile: +61 2 8219 5499 | / \ Surry Hills NSW 2010 | Extension: 465 | \_.--._* Australia| Web: http://www.viator.com | v
RE: [expert] dual displays
For the most part, the drivers are drop in replacements for standard XF86 drivers. I am going to try Windowmaker, which is dual monitor compliant, then we'll see. So far I only have the stated problems You need to edit a couple of files in XF86 dir. The instructions are pretty good from Matrox too. Brian -Original Message- From: Lyric [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 26, 2001 1:24 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] dual displays Hi, Did you have any problems with the drivers for the matrox dual head? I'm currently looking into swapping my matrox G450 into my Linux machine for the multiple monitor support, and would like to gather as much information as possible. Thanks Well I had a chance to use the Matrox drivers this weekend. Whil I was able to get two displays running with KDE 2.1, I really wasn't able to use the second to any real advantage. Windows kept opening too far down, and I couldn't move them. I think it is a KDE issue. I recall read- ing that KDE is not multi-monitor compliant. Thanks for the help, and info Brian -Original Message- From: Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 3:05 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] dual displays I will try it out this weekend. Thanks, Brian -Original Message- From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 1:53 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] dual displays On Friday 23 March 2001 19:15, you wrote: Are you using the Matrox provided drivers (mga_drv.o and hal_drv.o) or the kernel provided drivers. Mandrake 8.0b2 was supposed to fix G450 issues. I cant make it work at all as of last night with Kernel provided modules, or XF86 stock drivers. KDE 2.1 came up for me with RH 7.1b but I could not access the second display at all. Oh well there is the weekend to fight it I guess. Brian Yes the XFree driver is broken and the closed-source works (both by the same author, incidentally). Civileme QA/Software testing -Original Message- From: Dan Riley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, March 23, 2001 12:35 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] dual displays Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote: I have a Matrox G450. I have heard (read) that KDE is not capable of doing dual monitor display. Their website names Windowmaker for this use. Is there another window manager that supports dual display? I just simply run one large dual headed desktop across two monitors with a G450 using xinerama. KDE doesn't know the difference and behaves normally. The other window managers, at least the ones shipped with LM 7.1 work nicely as well. Dan
