RE: [expert] Connection Sharing with IPtables
On 10-Sep-2001 Tom Badran wrote: > I asked about connection sharing a short while ago, and got plenty of > respones about doing it with ipchains. Todady i decided to make it work with > ip tables, and found a very simple script for doing it that i thought others > may be interested in. Is in the ip-masquerade-simple howto at linuxdoc.org. > > Just thought this might be helpful to a few people. > > -- > Tom "Tomahawk" Badran > Department of Computing, Imperial College AFAIK there's none there. But just have a look a netfilter.filewatcher.org. Browse to the HOWTO section and get the Packet-Filtering and the NAT HOWTO (in the NAT HOWTO is the place to look for masquerading) Gregor -- E-Mail: Gregor Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 11-Sep-2001 Time: 08:49:22 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Possible IDE disk problem?
Daniel Axtell wrote:
>
> I just finished installing Mandrake 8.0 a new WD 200bb Caviar drive.
> After rebooting the first time, the console came up with this error
> message:
>
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady Seek Complete Error}
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>
> The drive is brand new, but the motherboard has been used for a couple of
> months (it's an ABit KT7-RAID with the Via KT133 chipset). With the
> previous harddrive (also a WD Caviar) I occasionally got this message, but
> the machine never gave me any problems. Now that I'm turning it into a
> webserver I'm a little concerned.
>
> Is this something is likely to go away with a kernel upgrade (I'm using
> the stock 2.4.3-20 kernel, but plan to upgrade it to the latest soon), or
> by upgrading the BIOS, changing BIOS settings, or is it a potentially
> dangerous hardware error?
>
> Any help is greatly appreciated.
>
> Thanks,
> Dan
>
Hmmm, did you ever have LMDK8.0 running while using the KT133 chipset on
your ABIT M/B? The ABIT M/B most likely uses the 686B South Bridge chip,
and I could never get Mandrake to work unless the kernal version was at
least 2.4.7 or above. Even now, with 8.1 beta3, kernel 2.4.8-18, I am
having a bear of a time (just look at what OS I am using now). Some
boards with 686B will run Mandrake, and some will not, like the Tyan I
am using. Not sure if this is happening to you but I thought I better
share this info
drjung
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[expert] Bad Blocks on Ext2 fs
Couple of days back I started hearing funny noises from my HD. Sometimes LM 8 stops and drops me to the prompt advising me run fsck manually. I am not sure if any precious data exists on the bad blocks. Hop do I mark the bad blocks so that it will not be used by the file system. I tried to boot from my LM 8 CD into rescue mode and ran fsck.ext2, now I am not sure what options to supply to mark/repair the bad blocks, Any advise Right now most of the time my system boots properly, but sometimes dosen't boot. (PS I do smoke near my machine, I am sure that's a problem) Cheers & Thanks Sridhar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Joystick help
Hello Everyone, I appreciate some help getting my joystick working. I modprobed joydev, ns558 and analog, but when I jstest /dev/js0, I get no such device?! Any ideas? Using 2.4 kernel the sound card is SB64. Thanks in advance, Cecil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Some X expert please
On Monday 10 September 2001 09:26 pm, Sheldon E. Newhouse wrote: > Hello, > I'm hoping that there is someone who can help. I sent this message > several times and got some suggestions which did not work. > > After a system crash I lost the capability to start X. > > I get the error messages > failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' > could not open default font 'fixed' > > I know that X can run because in the boot sequence it runs the graphical > boot screen. There must be some file somewhere that needs to be adjusted > or removed. It won't load X as root or any user. I even reinstalled the > X packages to no avail. > > Next step is to just reinstall the whole damn thing. > > Anyone have any ideas about what and where to fix the font path >'unix/:-1' ? > > TIA, > -sen One of the things you can check is if your /tmp or root partition is (practically) full. Make some space or clean up /tmp if so. Here's a link with a big (troubleshooting) section on this topic: http://feenix.burgiss.net/xstuff/xfs.html talking about checking links and logs for clues and such with some good suggestions. Good luck, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Viewing .wmv files in LInux without using windows???
Dohh! Sorry about that. I have not tried that yet, is there a url I can test it with? I would like to know that myself now that it has been said, excellent question. Thanks On Monday 10 September 2001 12:48 pm, so spoke Mike Leone: > mplayer, eh? Can it do STREAMING .ASF, for all those sites that only stream > Windows Media Player format? I don't mean download a .ASF file, and then > play it when it's completely transferred; I mean real-time streaming (like > we can with RealPlayer)? > > - Original Message - > From: "Expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 11:49 AM > Subject: Re: [expert] Viewing .wmv files in LInux without using windows??? > > > Strangely enough, I got mplayer to play wmv files, > but then in the terminal window it tells me: > "asf format detected" so maybe there are more > than one kind of wmv files? > > On Monday 10 September 2001 12:15 am, so spoke Mark: > > Can windows media files such as .wmv be viewed in Linux other than > > porting the ms media player across. I really don't have any other need > > for windows products bar this one and don not wish to install windows at > > all. I can't seem to find any linux program that plays these files OR > > is there a way of converting the .wmv to a readable file such as mpg > > > > thanx > > > > Mark > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > Content-Description: > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Some X expert please
Hello, I'm hoping that there is someone who can help. I sent this message several times and got some suggestions which did not work. After a system crash I lost the capability to start X. I get the error messages failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' could not open default font 'fixed' I know that X can run because in the boot sequence it runs the graphical boot screen. There must be some file somewhere that needs to be adjusted or removed. It won't load X as root or any user. I even reinstalled the X packages to no avail. Next step is to just reinstall the whole damn thing. Anyone have any ideas about what and where to fix the font path 'unix/:-1' ? TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] power loss and now no X
"Sheldon E. Newhouse" wrote: > > Following earlier suggestions, I tried to run > > service xfs start, but it made no difference. I even removed all the > XFree86* rpm's and reinstalled them. Again no difference. make sure xfs is running with: service xfs status If not, check /var/log/messages. If xfs is running, check /var/log/XFree86.*.log for errors. HTH, Pierre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How can I improve the fonts on Konqueror
Abiword is probably mucking with your Netscape fonts. If you don't use Abiword, find the abisuite-xx.rpm in the package manager, and remove it. Your netscape will now have great fonts. If you use Abiword, perhaps someone else might offer a less drastic solution. Or search the archives for "abiword font netscape", or some such derivative. -Al On Monday 10 September 2001 01:22, you wrote: > I get very poor fonts in Konqueror. In fact I cannot > even read the messages on this news group. I'm using > Netscape. Can anyone offer some suggestions? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] select 2.2.19 for mdk 8.0 install
In an mdk8.0 install, how does one select the 2.2.19 kernel? BillK Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] power loss and now no X
Following earlier suggestions, I tried to run service xfs start, but it made no difference. I even removed all the XFree86* rpm's and reinstalled them. Again no difference. Here are the error messages. Any ideas? Do I have to do a complete reinstall? TIA, -sen _FontTrans*. . . Connect: Can't connect: errno = 111 failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' Fatal server error cuould not open default font 'fixed' > Hello, > My system lost power last night, and now I can't get X to run. Says > something like "can't find fixed fonts." > > Is there a simple fix, or do I have to reinstall X again? > > TIA, > -sen > > > > -- --- | Sheldon E. Newhouse|e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Mathematics Department || | Michigan State University | telephone: 517-355-9684| | E. Lansing, MI 48824-1027 USA | FAX: 517-432-1562| --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VPN between 2 offices with LM Firewalls
Dave Sherman wrote: > On 06 Sep 2001 22:14:12 -0600, Darcy Brodie, CJL wrote: > > Question: > > Going through the VPN, can I make a continous connection as long > > as the workstation is running, and allow it to send information to the > > Unix Server, as well as receive print information to a local printer > > connected to the remote linux workstation (they need to be able to print > > invoices, etc from the remote location) > > I can already establish a SSH connection to the main server, but I > > am unsure if it will allow printing functions to be processed at the > > remote end. > > Any suggestions on possible methods of achieving this? > > Are you planning on running ppp over ssh for your VPN (Ack! Acronym > overload!)? If so, there is a good how-to at > www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/VPN-HOWTO.html > > Dave To be honest here, I am not sure. I am currently in the "information" gathering stage right now (can it be donw, and if so, how) I will check out that how-to and see what it has to say Darcy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Possible IDE disk problem?
On Monday 10 September 2001 06:43 pm, Daniel Axtell wrote:
> I just finished installing Mandrake 8.0 a new WD 200bb Caviar drive.
> After rebooting the first time, the console came up with this error
> message:
>
> hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady Seek Complete Error}
> hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
>
> The drive is brand new, but the motherboard has been used for a couple of
> months (it's an ABit KT7-RAID with the Via KT133 chipset). With the
> previous harddrive (also a WD Caviar) I occasionally got this message, but
> the machine never gave me any problems. Now that I'm turning it into a
> webserver I'm a little concerned.
>
> Is this something is likely to go away with a kernel upgrade (I'm using
> the stock 2.4.3-20 kernel, but plan to upgrade it to the latest soon), or
> by upgrading the BIOS, changing BIOS settings, or is it a potentially
> dangerous hardware error?
>
I'd do the usual:
Check integrity of physical hardware, tightness of connections, swap in a
known good IDE cable if problem persists after this check.
Boot in rescue mode and use fsck and badblocks on the disk. Backup any
critical data while you're at it.
Re-boot and see if the problem stil exists. If so, try the drive on another
known working computer. Still same error? Then it's _likely_ the hardware.
See if the drive manufacturer (like Maxtor) offers a DOS-bootable test
utility for the drive and check it out.
Hoyt
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[expert] Possible IDE disk problem?
I just finished installing Mandrake 8.0 a new WD 200bb Caviar drive.
After rebooting the first time, the console came up with this error
message:
hda: dma_intr: status=0x51 { DriveReady Seek Complete Error}
hda: dma_intr: error=0x84 { DriveStatusError BadCRC }
The drive is brand new, but the motherboard has been used for a couple of
months (it's an ABit KT7-RAID with the Via KT133 chipset). With the
previous harddrive (also a WD Caviar) I occasionally got this message, but
the machine never gave me any problems. Now that I'm turning it into a
webserver I'm a little concerned.
Is this something is likely to go away with a kernel upgrade (I'm using
the stock 2.4.3-20 kernel, but plan to upgrade it to the latest soon), or
by upgrading the BIOS, changing BIOS settings, or is it a potentially
dangerous hardware error?
Any help is greatly appreciated.
Thanks,
Dan
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Re: [expert] Viewing .wmv files in LInux without using windows???
On Monday 10 September 2001 01:15 am, you wrote: > Can windows media files such as .wmv be viewed in Linux other than > porting the ms media player across. I really don't have any other need > for windows products bar this one and don not wish to install windows at > all. I can't seem to find any linux program that plays these files OR > is there a way of converting the .wmv to a readable file such as mpg > Is there a Netscape plugin for Windows that will play them? If so, maybe the Codeweavers Crossover Plugin can be useful? Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Using printer attached to a Win95 box
What kind of printer and what kinds of problems are you having? Joe On Monday 10 September 2001 01:43 pm, you wrote: > I have tried to add my win95 ptr thru Webmin--Samba, Swat and printerdrake, > and every time it wants to load a cups driver--and that is is whole source > of my inability to print fm Linux. Not sure what to try now. > > Bruce Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
On Monday 10 September 2001 12:25 pm, you wrote: > On my 8.0 system, I'm using Reiser FS for all partitions except for /boot, > which is ext2. I've seen on the web page about how 8.1 will have support > for ext3 (which I presume is new?) in the kernel. And I've seen comments > here which suggest that there are 8.1 beta testers on the list who are > using it on their systems. So the question is: What's the deal with ext3? > Good, bad? How is it different, what are the advantages/disadvantages of > using it? > 1. Easy to "promote" an existing ext2 filesystem to ext3 and three journaling modes, selected as options in /etc/fstab. 2. If necessary, an ext3 system can be mounted as ext2 (especially by other OS's that lack reiserfs support but have ext2 support), like if you use a non-Mandrake rescue disk or boot disk without ext3 support. 3. File and directory undeletion and recovery is possible with ext3 (as in ext2), but that is impossible with reiserfs at present. I find #2 and # 3 compelling reason to use it over reiserfs. Performance requirements are a different matter. Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Viewing .wmv files in LInux without using windows???
Tmpgenc can convert MS video formats to mpeg. Http://www.tmpgenc.com . You might be able to get it to run with Wine. >> Original Message << On 9/9/01, 10:15:05 PM, Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote regarding [expert] Viewing .wmv files in LInux without using windows???: > Can windows media files such as .wmv be viewed in Linux other than > porting the ms media player across. I really don't have any other need > for windows products bar this one and don not wish to install windows at > all. I can't seem to find any linux program that plays these files OR > is there a way of converting the .wmv to a readable file such as mpg > thanx > Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?
For all the reasons different operating systems exist, so exists reasons for using each. It's a matter of rational choice. One needs look at ones requirements, then pick the proper OS. Linux is great for some things, as is Mac, and even Windows. Each has it's place. Use what works for you. Ric Ron Johnson wrote: >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > > >The constantly changing APIs/libraries. > >Moving from mdk7.2 to 8.0 required a complete reinstall to make >sure no "ghosts from the past" remain to cause problems. This >is because massive amounts of upgraded libraries were introduced, >and many directories were moved. As we have seen so many threads >here on this list, upgrading a mdk7.2 system in these 8.0 days >requires compiling SRPMs, and many times, they won't work because >of the aforementioned upgraded libraries and moved directories. > >Just recently, I upgraded from KDE 2.1.1 to 2.2. *Definitely* >not something that non-geeks would ever contemplate or be able >to do. Noone could contemplate it on a dial-up line. > >Take for example my wife. She's been using the same Win98 box >with Office97 for 3 years. The only upgrade has been to IE5.5. >She *likes* it that way. Could she be a happy, unchanging linux >desktop user for 3 years from 1998? Don't think so. > >Could she be a happy linux desktop user for the 3 years starting >now? NO. "Soon", qt3 will be released. Then KDE3 will be re- >leased. Then will RPMs (or even SRPMs) created for KDE3 run on >her 2.2. Of course not, since mdk can't create *RPMs of new >programs for old releases, even the last one, since the new programs >use so many new features. > >Only when you can install a new RPM on a 3yo kernel/desktop will >linux be ready for the mass market desktop. > >Comments? > >- -- >++ >| Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | >| Jefferson, LA USA | >|| >| ~500K sq mi are needed for the population of the world to | >! live, 4 persons per lot, in lots that are 60'x150'.| >! That is California, Texas and Missouri.! >! Alternatively, France, Spain and The United Kingdom. | >++ >-BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- >Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) >Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > >iD8DBQE7mbAOjTz5dS9Us5wRAr9xAJ0T5oMwAnpko5DDWfqWhaCFSyO+2wCfbj03 >z0PSfAD16WvWrtbqO5UhJ4Q= >=nIZd >-END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > message.footer > > Content-Type: > > text/plain > Content-Encoding: > > 8bit > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Documentation for rpm-python/rpmmodule?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 10 September 2001 10:08 am, civileme wrote: > On Sunday 09 September 2001 19:36, Ron Johnson wrote: > > Hello, all. > > > > A search through Google doesn't show any. > > > > Thanks. > > Use the source code. Also you can get some documentation in a > roundabout way from downloading rpmlint and reading that python > source. It is wonderful for examples of use of rpm-python. Great! rpmlint is already installed. - -- ++ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA | || | 484,246 sq mi are needed for 6 billion people to live, 4 ! ! persons per lot, in lots that are 60'x150'.| ! That is ~ California, Texas and Missouri. ! ! Alternatively, France, Spain and The United Kingdom. | ++ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE7nUV9jTz5dS9Us5wRAvr4AJ4p9H3zA3Xu0T33FrPWtvSc6+aHpQCfYRRg 2p5Ih66Mj4YffVZSjIxCH38= =CLZG -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Using printer attached to a Win95 box
I have tried to add my win95 ptr thru Webmin--Samba, Swat and printerdrake, and every time it wants to load a cups driver--and that is is whole source of my inability to print fm Linux. Not sure what to try now. Bruce Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Q. Corrupted Source for Software Manager
Hi Everyone, Q. In the process of upgrading to KDE 2.2 on my Mandrake 8.0 system, I defined a new source for the downloaded rpm files and now for some reason, which I can't decipher, I am unable to run the Software Manager. How do I remove the new source via the command line? If I run the Software Manager it hangs at the point where it is "Analysing the source. Any advice/suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Cheers. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Q. Corrupted Source for Software Manager
Hi Everyone, Q. In the process of upgrading to KDE 2.2 on my Mandrake 8.0 system, I defined a new source for the downloaded rpm files and now for some reason, which I can't decipher, I am unable to run the Software Manager. How do I remove the new source via the command line? If I run the Software Manager it hangs at the point where it is "Analysing the source. Any advice/suggestions greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance. Cheers. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Partition table modification at boot, ML 8.0
El Lun 10 Sep 2001 18:41, escribiste: > Hello, > > I'm having a very anoying problem since I've upgraded > Linux Mandrake 7.2 to 8.0 on two computers. > > The first computer has a hard disk of aprox. 5 GB, > four primary partitions: the first two are NTFS, the > third is the Linux system partition, and another Linux > swap partition > The active partition is the linux one which contains > lilo. > After upgrading from Mandrake 7.2 to 8.0 I noticed > that NT doesn't see the second partition. The reason > is that a linux component (probably lilo) had changed > the partition type into 17 (hidden HPFS/NTFS). > I tried to change it back to 7 (NTFS) but when I've > booted NT, the partition it's again hidden. > > On the second box, HDD 20GB, the mandrake 8.0 upgrade > modified the partition table worst than on the first > one. > > The fdisk -V /dev/hda reports an amount of sectors > unallocated. The cfdisk sees two segments of free > space on the disk. > > I forget to mention that I didn't modified the > partition table during the upgrade, on neither > computer. > > Did someone had this problem already ? > > Thanks, > Tudor. > > ___ > Do You Yahoo!? -- Un e-mail gratuit @yahoo.fr ! > Yahoo! Courrier : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: I had this problem... I had 3 primary partitions... and it was the problem. >From the lilo version in LM 8.0, it does "not support" more than *one* primary partition (MSDOS-like). If there are more primary partitions, it hides they at boot time. My first fix was to install the lilo version from LM 7.2 CD's, but I remember I had problems with MandrakeUpdate (proposing me to update lilo at every run) My final fix: backup and repartition disk, leaving only one primary partition and the others extended. Everything works fine now. Salu2, óscar. -- Usuario de Linux Registrado #227443 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Using printer attached to a Win95 box
El Lun 10 Sep 2001 20:59, escribiste: > Hi, > > Is it possible, and if so how, to have my Win95 act as my printer server > for my Linux box? I cant get MK 8 to print and have gone to the darkside to > print and it is becoming a real pain to work in Win all the time or ftp > files over for printing. > > TIA > > Bruce Just select "SMB printer" when adding the printer in printerdrake and follow the indications. Salu2 óscar. -- Usuario de Linux Registrado #227443 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Using printer attached to a Win95 box
"Bruce E.Harris" wrote: > > Hi, > > Is it possible, and if so how, to have my Win95 act as my printer server for > my Linux box? I cant get MK 8 to print and have gone to the darkside to print > and it is becoming a real pain to work in Win all the time or ftp files over > for printing. > > TIA > > Bruce You betcha, just install samba on your linux box. Configure Samba to use the win95 box, and you should be fine. drjung Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
On Monday 10 September 2001 11:25, you wrote: > On my 8.0 system, I'm using Reiser FS for all partitions except for /boot, > which is ext2. I've seen on the web page about how 8.1 will have support > for ext3 (which I presume is new?) in the kernel. And I've seen comments > here which suggest that there are 8.1 beta testers on the list who are > using it on their systems. So the question is: What's the deal with ext3? > Good, bad? How is it different, what are the advantages/disadvantages of > using it? > > --Dave Dave... I have been using ext2 for as long as I've being a Linux user, (about three years) >From mdk-8.1 beta 1 on, I totatally switched to ext3, all partitions... and I am happy with it. When moving files from a another hdd, I noticed increased speed on large files... but decreses in small files when transfering. Other thatn that... its overall performance is aceptable. sk -- SedeComp Comunicaciones Internet Solutions MandrakeSoft's VAR and System Integrator mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP key available on:http://www.keyserver.net/en/ |--| Current Linux kernel 2.4.8-19mdk uptime: 14 hours 39 minutes. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
Well, The first time I was updating, I actually read all the info for each package, and it had the same "do not use mandrakeupdate to update this" warning... That was on 7.2, dunno about 8, but I am assuming it would be the same??? rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of David Guntner Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 2:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade Franki grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Why not just set Mandrake update to popup a kernel and alsa warning and not > upgrade if the package starts with "kernel..." or "alsa" that shouldn't > be that hard at all... Alsa should not be upgraded via MandrakeUpdate, either?? (No, I haven't done that, and I don't think there's an update available right now, but I found that to be curious) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
> I've been running qmail on boxes with reiserfs filesystems for years and > I've never had any problems with the two existing co-operatively. Like I said, its just something i read on a comparison about the two. I cant even remember the details of the problems. -- Tom "Tomahawk" Badran Department of Computing, Imperial College Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 3:40 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3? > > > On Mon 10 Sep at 17:47:20 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] done said: > > > > Ive seen benchmarks which suggest it is slower than > reiserfs generally. Its > > main advantage is that you can convert existing ext2 > partitions to ext3 > > without reformatting them (not relevant in your case i > believe). Ive also > > read that some apps that make bad assumptions about how > filesystems work > > (namely qmail and i think NFS) have some issues with > reiser. Ive personnally > > used reiser for about a year and bit and it has served me > very well, so if > > you are happy i cant reccomend a change, but im sure there > are many more > > advantages/disadvantages between the two which may swing > you desision. > > I've been running qmail on boxes with reiserfs filesystems > for years and > I've never had any problems with the two existing co-operatively. > > Cheers, > I installed 8.1 Beta3 using Ext3 on all partitions. /boot,/, and /home Starting kde or gnome seems to be a little sluggish but this could be a factor of the Beta itself rather than the FS. Because this is a Beta not everything works as it should so it has been necessary for me to do the 1 finger shutdown on a couple of occasions. The Ext3 had no problem handling it and there was no waiting for fsck to complete as with ext2. Overall I am pleased with the performance of Ext3 and plan to continue using it. Charles (-: Forever never goes beyond tomorrow. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
On Mon 10 Sep at 17:47:20 +0100 [EMAIL PROTECTED] done said: > > Ive seen benchmarks which suggest it is slower than reiserfs generally. Its > main advantage is that you can convert existing ext2 partitions to ext3 > without reformatting them (not relevant in your case i believe). Ive also > read that some apps that make bad assumptions about how filesystems work > (namely qmail and i think NFS) have some issues with reiser. Ive personnally > used reiser for about a year and bit and it has served me very well, so if > you are happy i cant reccomend a change, but im sure there are many more > advantages/disadvantages between the two which may swing you desision. I've been running qmail on boxes with reiserfs filesystems for years and I've never had any problems with the two existing co-operatively. Cheers, -Charlie -- GPG Key fingerprint = 4F36 EC4F 2F2C 5F59 9690 09E5 4C0F 9DB0 8623 53CE In war it is not men, but the man who counts. -- Napoleon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How can I improve the fonts on Konqueror
I changed the fixed width font in look&feel to dec-terminal and now it's much better. I do have a question about Netscape and fonts, I cannot find a .Xdefaults file in my home (Gary) directory, there's one in /root but it doesn't seem to apply when I login as a Gary. I would like to fix the fonts on Netscape as suggested in the HOWTOS fonts netscape. Also can anyone help me with finding and installing a Microsoft font pack, I've had no luck so far. --- Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El Lun 10 Sep 2001 10:22, escribiste: > > I get very poor fonts in Konqueror. In fact I > cannot > > even read the messages on this news group. I'm > using > > Netscape. Can anyone offer some suggestions? > > What is exactly the problem? Ugly fonts? Good fonts > but bad font display? > Only in Konqueror? > Salu2, > óscar. > > -- > Usuario de Linux Registrado #227443 > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Using printer attached to a Win95 box
Hi, Is it possible, and if so how, to have my Win95 act as my printer server for my Linux box? I cant get MK 8 to print and have gone to the darkside to print and it is becoming a real pain to work in Win all the time or ftp files over for printing. TIA Bruce Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
Try xfs. I've been using reiserfs on all partitions for more than half a year, mostly because of journaling. I have 600Mhz PIII with 128Mb RAM and the system always seemed rather sluggish to me. I blamed it on kde, but when I I tried xfs, everything started to fly, the wait times decreased almost 30% (I measured with kernel build: user and system times practically the same both under reiser and xfs, but elapsed time with xfs about 30% less. Yes, the test in both cases was on the newly created fs in the same partition). What's more important, the system started to be more responsive. Konqueror and kmail for example took at least 10 seconds to come up, now it's 4 or 5. The only drawback, the fs with a lot of small files take much more space, my /usr is more than 100Mb bigger than with reiser (total size is 1Gb). Rgrds On 10 September 2001 20:25, you wrote: > On my 8.0 system, I'm using Reiser FS for all partitions except for /boot, > which is ext2. I've seen on the web page about how 8.1 will have support > for ext3 (which I presume is new?) in the kernel. And I've seen comments > here which suggest that there are 8.1 beta testers on the list who are > using it on their systems. So the question is: What's the deal with ext3? > Good, bad? How is it different, what are the advantages/disadvantages of > using it? > > --Dave -- \ / | | (OvO) | Michael Ivanov | (^^^) | Voice: +7 (812) 328-1907 | \^/ | E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | ^ ^ | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
On Mon Sep 10, 2001 at 05:17:22PM -0400, Michael Moore wrote: > > Again, this would be an EXCELLENT idea. With all the problems that are > > caused by someone doing a kernel upgrade in MandrakeUpdate (and it's NOT > > unreasonable for someone who hasn't heard about the problem to think that > > if it's listed there, it must be upgradable from there - after all, that's > > what MandrakeUpdate is there for...), they *really* should just configure > > MandrakeUpdate to not do a kernel. > > > > Does anyone from Mandrake read this list? :-) > > > Both Vincent and I read it, and we have requested such a change. Whether it > actually gets done is up to the developers of MandrakeUpdate. It looks like rpmdrake will silently ignore kernel* if it encounters in updates (for 8.1). Possibly for 8.2 we may have additional features that show kernel updates but disallow updating unless you go through a rigorous 5 minute Q&A session and dialog with rpmdrake. =) > And don't blame me--I suggested the kernel be named. > > kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.dont.use.update.on.this.or.get.ridiculed.and.die.i586.rpm > > But then folks don't read package names either, so for the sake of > professional appearance it was left off. I liked that filename, but alas... -- [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 kernel 2.4.8-21mdk uptime: 11 hours 32 minutes. PGP signature
RE: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
Franki grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Why not just set Mandrake update to popup a kernel and alsa warning and not > upgrade if the package starts with "kernel..." or "alsa" that shouldn't > be that hard at all... Alsa should not be upgraded via MandrakeUpdate, either?? (No, I haven't done that, and I don't think there's an update available right now, but I found that to be curious) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
At Mon Sep 10 19:27:50 2001, civileme wrote: > > Reiser -- Fastest in our benchmarks. Still crashes or slows IO intolerably on > nfs after a day or two of heavy use. Stability problems exist with I thought this was supposed to be addressed in 2.4.8 or later. Not so? jas -- Jason Van Patten AOL IM: Jason VP Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Viewing .wmv files in LInux without using windows???
mplayer, eh? Can it do STREAMING .ASF, for all those sites that only stream Windows Media Player format? I don't mean download a .ASF file, and then play it when it's completely transferred; I mean real-time streaming (like we can with RealPlayer)? - Original Message - From: "Expert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, September 10, 2001 11:49 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Viewing .wmv files in LInux without using windows??? Strangely enough, I got mplayer to play wmv files, but then in the terminal window it tells me: "asf format detected" so maybe there are more than one kind of wmv files? On Monday 10 September 2001 12:15 am, so spoke Mark: > Can windows media files such as .wmv be viewed in Linux other than > porting the ms media player across. I really don't have any other need > for windows products bar this one and don not wish to install windows at > all. I can't seem to find any linux program that plays these files OR > is there a way of converting the .wmv to a readable file such as mpg > > thanx > > Mark Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
On Monday 10 September 2001 12:25, David Guntner wrote: > On my 8.0 system, I'm using Reiser FS for all partitions except for /boot, > which is ext2. I've seen on the web page about how 8.1 will have support > for ext3 (which I presume is new?) in the kernel. And I've seen comments > here which suggest that there are 8.1 beta testers on the list who are > using it on their systems. So the question is: What's the deal with ext3? > Good, bad? How is it different, what are the advantages/disadvantages of > using it? > > --Dave Actually JFS -- So far, failing some important tests, but we have hope, abd we are in direct contact with the team. XFS -- We are throwing everything at it now We have had really SUPER cooperation from SGI. So far, it has endured more punishment than any of the others without complaint. We are hammering it because it was included late (not even in beta 3). ext3 -- Backwards compatible/convertible with ext2 and the journal for / now plays back on boot. Solid, and does not interfere with nfs, but slower than everything else except JFS and also higher initial overhead. Reiser -- Fastest in our benchmarks. Still crashes or slows IO intolerably on nfs after a day or two of heavy use. Stability problems exist with that default mount even yet, so we are defaulting to -notail mounts which are the only ones suitable fro mounting / or /boot. Nfs is what crashes, though. High speed large transfers across nfs no longer corrupt Reiser. Apparently all will be in 8.1 though some may be labeled experimental (which may mean we broke something testing it, or that we don't think we tested enough). Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
I was under the impression that for sheer performance you can't beat reiserfs if you want nfs then don't use it... but for nearly anything else, it seems fine... I don't use anything else nowdays... rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tom Badran Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 12:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3? On Monday 10 September 2001 5:25 pm, you wrote: > On my 8.0 system, I'm using Reiser FS for all partitions except for /boot, > which is ext2. I've seen on the web page about how 8.1 will have support > for ext3 (which I presume is new?) in the kernel. And I've seen comments > here which suggest that there are 8.1 beta testers on the list who are > using it on their systems. So the question is: What's the deal with ext3? > Good, bad? How is it different, what are the advantages/disadvantages of > using it? Ive seen benchmarks which suggest it is slower than reiserfs generally. Its main advantage is that you can convert existing ext2 partitions to ext3 without reformatting them (not relevant in your case i believe). Ive also read that some apps that make bad assumptions about how filesystems work (namely qmail and i think NFS) have some issues with reiser. Ive personnally used reiser for about a year and bit and it has served me very well, so if you are happy i cant reccomend a change, but im sure there are many more advantages/disadvantages between the two which may swing you desision. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
besides, I wouldn't want to have to type that into an console either,,, to many chances for typos :-) kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.dont.use.update.on.this.or.get.ridiculed.and.die.i586.r pm Why not just set Mandrake update to popup a kernel and alsa warning and not upgrade if the package starts with "kernel..." or "alsa" that shouldn't be that hard at all... even if it still downloaded it, but was not setup to upgrade if the packages start with that rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme Sent: Tuesday, 11 September 2001 5:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; David Guntner Subject: Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade On Monday 10 September 2001 10:59, David Guntner wrote: > Praedor grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Couldn't MandrakeUpdate simply be modified to NOT display kernels? > > Prevent the problem from showing up at all in the app and confusing > > people: > > > > "Well, the kernel was there in the MandrakeUpdate window so I updated it. > > Why did it show up in the window if you are not supposed to update it > > this way?" > > Again, this would be an EXCELLENT idea. With all the problems that are > caused by someone doing a kernel upgrade in MandrakeUpdate (and it's NOT > unreasonable for someone who hasn't heard about the problem to think that > if it's listed there, it must be upgradable from there - after all, that's > what MandrakeUpdate is there for...), they *really* should just configure > MandrakeUpdate to not do a kernel. > > Does anyone from Mandrake read this list? :-) > > --Dave Both Vincent and I read it, and we have requested such a change. Whether it actually gets done is up to the developers of MandrakeUpdate. Civileme And don't blame me--I suggested the kernel be named. kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.dont.use.update.on.this.or.get.ridiculed.and.die.i586.r pm But then folks don't read package names either, so for the sake of professional appearance it was left off. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Fwd: Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
On Monday 10 September 2001 16:08, you wrote: > >>-- Forwarded Message -- > > Subject: Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:50:37 -0700 > From: "David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Sunday 09 September 2001 23:52, David Guntner wrote: > > > I'll see what happens on this next go around. I goofed on something > > > (d'oh!) and am reinstalling again. But while I had it up the last > > > time, I did the "rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.rpm" to install the new > > > kernel, and a reboot worked (I may still recompile from the source code > > > once I've got everything in place). Although I got a message about > > > supermount not being supported by the kernel. I have no idea what > > > gives at this point, hopefully it will turn out to be something simple > > > - maybe even a kernel compile will be able to add it properly. :-) > > > > Sorry, no. > > > > Supermount was removed at kernel 2.4.6 because it wasn't working > > satisfactorily. You would need the patch we used. > > > > 2.4.8-18mdk saw its return (read-only, for root only), snd beta 3 of 8.1 > > has itr working well. > > Thanks for the info. From further reading, I found out about that. So I'm > trying to get autofs working, and it's not. > > My /etc/auto.master file has this in it: > > /mnt/cdrom/etc/auto.cdrom > > and my /etc/auto.cdrom file has this: > > cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro :/dev/cdrom > > I've even tried using: > cd-fstype=iso9660,ro :/dev/hdc > > to exactly match what's in the example in the man page(s). I started it > up, and got no error messages, but trying to access /mnt/cdrom just give me > empty directory listing (for the directory where the mount is *supposed* to > go), but not what's on the CD. Any pointers? > > --Dave Is probably because it needs to be mounted, it is not mounting at boot... if you wanted to be mounted at boot time, use linuxconf and change that option on file system. sk -- SedeComp Comunicaciones Internet Solutions MandrakeSoft's VAR and System Integrator mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] OpenPGP key available on:http://www.keyserver.net/en/ |--| Current Linux kernel 2.4.8-19mdk uptime: 11 hours 14 minutes. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Connection Sharing with IPtables
I asked about connection sharing a short while ago, and got plenty of respones about doing it with ipchains. Todady i decided to make it work with ip tables, and found a very simple script for doing it that i thought others may be interested in. Is in the ip-masquerade-simple howto at linuxdoc.org. Just thought this might be helpful to a few people. -- Tom "Tomahawk" Badran Department of Computing, Imperial College Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
even better, it should display the kernel, and if it is ticked, it should download the RPM and popup a message with instructions on what to do,, (ie not install it... just save it somewhere like /var/cache/grpmi) The kernel needs to show up there because many would not know to install the new kernel for security reasons if it didn't show up. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Praedor Sent: Monday, 10 September 2001 9:58 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade Couldn't MandrakeUpdate simply be modified to NOT display kernels? Prevent the problem from showing up at all in the app and confusing people: "Well, the kernel was there in the MandrakeUpdate window so I updated it. Why did it show up in the window if you are not supposed to update it this way?" On Monday 10 September 2001 07:39 am, you wrote: > On Sunday 09 September 2001 07:42 pm, David Guntner escribió: > > Brian Schroeder grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > Maybe: Could the folks at Mandrake modify the MandrakeUpdate > > > program to print out some wise words of advise, instead of doing > > > what is asked, whenever someone tries to upgrade the kernel? > > > > THAT would be an extremely helpful thing for them to do. Judging > > from the reactions that I've seen here, I'm obviously not the first > > person to get bitten by this problem. > > If you search the cooker ML archive, they were discussing this just > a week ago. I don't remember if any consensus was reached. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
On Monday 10 September 2001 04:17 pm, civileme wrote: > > And don't blame me--I suggested the kernel be named. > kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.dont.use.update.on.this.or.get.ridiculed.and.die.i586. >rpm > lol! -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
On Monday 10 September 2001 5:25 pm, you wrote: > On my 8.0 system, I'm using Reiser FS for all partitions except for /boot, > which is ext2. I've seen on the web page about how 8.1 will have support > for ext3 (which I presume is new?) in the kernel. And I've seen comments > here which suggest that there are 8.1 beta testers on the list who are > using it on their systems. So the question is: What's the deal with ext3? > Good, bad? How is it different, what are the advantages/disadvantages of > using it? Ive seen benchmarks which suggest it is slower than reiserfs generally. Its main advantage is that you can convert existing ext2 partitions to ext3 without reformatting them (not relevant in your case i believe). Ive also read that some apps that make bad assumptions about how filesystems work (namely qmail and i think NFS) have some issues with reiser. Ive personnally used reiser for about a year and bit and it has served me very well, so if you are happy i cant reccomend a change, but im sure there are many more advantages/disadvantages between the two which may swing you desision. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Partition table modification at boot, ML 8.0
Hello, I'm having a very anoying problem since I've upgraded Linux Mandrake 7.2 to 8.0 on two computers. The first computer has a hard disk of aprox. 5 GB, four primary partitions: the first two are NTFS, the third is the Linux system partition, and another Linux swap partition The active partition is the linux one which contains lilo. After upgrading from Mandrake 7.2 to 8.0 I noticed that NT doesn't see the second partition. The reason is that a linux component (probably lilo) had changed the partition type into 17 (hidden HPFS/NTFS). I tried to change it back to 7 (NTFS) but when I've booted NT, the partition it's again hidden. On the second box, HDD 20GB, the mandrake 8.0 upgrade modified the partition table worst than on the first one. The fdisk -V /dev/hda reports an amount of sectors unallocated. The cfdisk sees two segments of free space on the disk. I forget to mention that I didn't modified the partition table during the upgrade, on neither computer. Did someone had this problem already ? Thanks, Tudor. ___ Do You Yahoo!? -- Un e-mail gratuit @yahoo.fr ! Yahoo! Courrier : http://fr.mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Reiser FS or ext3?
On my 8.0 system, I'm using Reiser FS for all partitions except for /boot, which is ext2. I've seen on the web page about how 8.1 will have support for ext3 (which I presume is new?) in the kernel. And I've seen comments here which suggest that there are 8.1 beta testers on the list who are using it on their systems. So the question is: What's the deal with ext3? Good, bad? How is it different, what are the advantages/disadvantages of using it? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How can I improve the fonts on Konqueror
El Lun 10 Sep 2001 10:22, escribiste: > I get very poor fonts in Konqueror. In fact I cannot > even read the messages on this news group. I'm using > Netscape. Can anyone offer some suggestions? What is exactly the problem? Ugly fonts? Good fonts but bad font display? Only in Konqueror? Salu2, óscar. -- Usuario de Linux Registrado #227443 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Viewing .wmv files in LInux without using windows???
Strangely enough, I got mplayer to play wmv files, but then in the terminal window it tells me: "asf format detected" so maybe there are more than one kind of wmv files? On Monday 10 September 2001 12:15 am, so spoke Mark: > Can windows media files such as .wmv be viewed in Linux other than > porting the ms media player across. I really don't have any other need > for windows products bar this one and don not wish to install windows at > all. I can't seem to find any linux program that plays these files OR > is there a way of converting the .wmv to a readable file such as mpg > > thanx > > Mark Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Monday 10 September 2001 10:59, David Guntner wrote: > > > > Does anyone from Mandrake read this list? :-) > > Both Vincent and I read it, and we have requested such a change. Whether it > actually gets done is up to the developers of MandrakeUpdate. Oh, I didn't notice the @mandrakesoft.com in your address. :-) > And don't blame me--I suggested the kernel be named. > > kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.dont.use.update.on.this.or.get.ridiculed.and.die.i586.rpm LOL! > But then folks don't read package names either, so for the sake of > professional appearance it was left off. Probably true for most people. But *I* certainly would have noticed a name like that :-) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
On Monday 10 September 2001 10:59, David Guntner wrote: > Praedor grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Couldn't MandrakeUpdate simply be modified to NOT display kernels? > > Prevent the problem from showing up at all in the app and confusing > > people: > > > > "Well, the kernel was there in the MandrakeUpdate window so I updated it. > > Why did it show up in the window if you are not supposed to update it > > this way?" > > Again, this would be an EXCELLENT idea. With all the problems that are > caused by someone doing a kernel upgrade in MandrakeUpdate (and it's NOT > unreasonable for someone who hasn't heard about the problem to think that > if it's listed there, it must be upgradable from there - after all, that's > what MandrakeUpdate is there for...), they *really* should just configure > MandrakeUpdate to not do a kernel. > > Does anyone from Mandrake read this list? :-) > > --Dave Both Vincent and I read it, and we have requested such a change. Whether it actually gets done is up to the developers of MandrakeUpdate. Civileme And don't blame me--I suggested the kernel be named. kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.dont.use.update.on.this.or.get.ridiculed.and.die.i586.rpm But then folks don't read package names either, so for the sake of professional appearance it was left off. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fwd: Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
>>-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:50:37 -0700 From: "David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > On Sunday 09 September 2001 23:52, David Guntner wrote: > > I'll see what happens on this next go around. I goofed on something > > (d'oh!) and am reinstalling again. But while I had it up the last time, > > I did the "rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.rpm" to install the new kernel, > > and a reboot worked (I may still recompile from the source code once I've > > got everything in place). Although I got a message about supermount not > > being supported by the kernel. I have no idea what gives at this point, > > hopefully it will turn out to be something simple - maybe even a kernel > > compile will be able to add it properly. :-) > > Sorry, no. > > Supermount was removed at kernel 2.4.6 because it wasn't working > satisfactorily. You would need the patch we used. > > 2.4.8-18mdk saw its return (read-only, for root only), snd beta 3 of 8.1 > has itr working well. Thanks for the info. From further reading, I found out about that. So I'm trying to get autofs working, and it's not. My /etc/auto.master file has this in it: /mnt/cdrom /etc/auto.cdrom and my /etc/auto.cdrom file has this: cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro :/dev/cdrom I've even tried using: cd -fstype=iso9660,ro :/dev/hdc to exactly match what's in the example in the man page(s). I started it up, and got no error messages, but trying to access /mnt/cdrom just give me empty directory listing (for the directory where the mount is *supposed* to go), but not what's on the CD. Any pointers? --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
Praedor grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Couldn't MandrakeUpdate simply be modified to NOT display kernels? Prevent > the problem from showing up at all in the app and confusing people: > > "Well, the kernel was there in the MandrakeUpdate window so I updated it. > Why did it show up in the window if you are not supposed to update it this > way?" Again, this would be an EXCELLENT idea. With all the problems that are caused by someone doing a kernel upgrade in MandrakeUpdate (and it's NOT unreasonable for someone who hasn't heard about the problem to think that if it's listed there, it must be upgradable from there - after all, that's what MandrakeUpdate is there for...), they *really* should just configure MandrakeUpdate to not do a kernel. Does anyone from Mandrake read this list? :-) --Dave -- David Guntner GEnie: Just say NO! http://www.akaMail.com/pgpkey/davidg or key server for PGP Public key Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] /var/run permissions
Hi, Still running some LM7.2 systems and have had some occasions where X would not start. LM7.2 comes with XFree86 v3.3.6 and v4.0.1; but shortly after installing 7.2, XFree86 v4.0.3 came out and I installed that manually... 4.0.3 changed the ownership of xfs to xfs.xfs... however, xfs tries to write xfs.pid into /var/run which is impossible with: drwxr-xr-x5 root root 4096 Sep 10 10:48 /var/run/ ^ ^ So, I changed /var/run to: drwxrwxrwx5 root root 4096 Sep 10 10:48 /var/run/ since I could not get an answer at the time. On occasion, the permissions of /var/run would get magically changed back to 755 causing X to fail to start because there was no xfs server, in turn because xfs could not write its PID file to /var/run... Finally tracked this down to linuxconf which returns the /var/run permissions to 755: > # netconf --status > List of things required to activate current configuration > Changing permissions of file /var/run from 40777 to 40755 So gotta ask again... does anyone know the correct way to fix this...? Either /var/run needs to allow non-root processes, linuxconf should butt out, or xfs needs to write xfs.pid elsewhere...? Other...? Thanks, Pierre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] power loss and now no X
"Sheldon E. Newhouse" wrote: > > Hello, > My system lost power last night, and now I can't get X to run. Says > something like "can't find fixed fonts." > > Is there a simple fix, or do I have to reinstall X again? Restart the xfs server with: service xfs start Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] power loss and now no X
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[expert] power loss and now no X
Hello, My system lost power last night, and now I can't get X to run. Says something like "can't find fixed fonts." Is there a simple fix, or do I have to reinstall X again? TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
Couldn't MandrakeUpdate simply be modified to NOT display kernels? Prevent the problem from showing up at all in the app and confusing people: "Well, the kernel was there in the MandrakeUpdate window so I updated it. Why did it show up in the window if you are not supposed to update it this way?" On Monday 10 September 2001 07:39 am, you wrote: > On Sunday 09 September 2001 07:42 pm, David Guntner escribió: > > Brian Schroeder grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > Maybe: Could the folks at Mandrake modify the MandrakeUpdate > > > program to print out some wise words of advise, instead of doing > > > what is asked, whenever someone tries to upgrade the kernel? > > > > THAT would be an extremely helpful thing for them to do. Judging > > from the reactions that I've seen here, I'm obviously not the first > > person to get bitten by this problem. > > If you search the cooker ML archive, they were discussing this just > a week ago. I don't remember if any consensus was reached. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
On Sunday 09 September 2001 07:42 pm, David Guntner escribió: > Brian Schroeder grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Maybe: Could the folks at Mandrake modify the MandrakeUpdate > > program to print out some wise words of advise, instead of doing > > what is asked, whenever someone tries to upgrade the kernel? > > THAT would be an extremely helpful thing for them to do. Judging > from the reactions that I've seen here, I'm obviously not the first > person to get bitten by this problem. If you search the cooker ML archive, they were discussing this just a week ago. I don't remember if any consensus was reached. -- Tom Brinkman Galveston Bay Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] httpd as root
changing the httpd user to root is a BAD Idea, it wo0uld give super-user privlidges to processes run as a remote web server connected to your box. don't do it. veery bad luck, much less opening your wallet to every script kiddie in the internet. On Sunday 09 September 2001 23:21, Mulus wrote: > has anyone had any problem with changing user directive in > /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf to user and group root, in Mandrake 8.0 ? > httpd service can not start if I change the directive to user/group > root. > any help would be appreciated. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Viewing .wmv files in LInux without using windows???
On Monday 10 September 2001 01:15, Mark wrote: > Can windows media files such as .wmv be viewed in Linux other than > porting the ms media player across. I really don't have any other need > for windows products bar this one and don not wish to install windows at > all. I can't seem to find any linux program that plays these files OR > is there a way of converting the .wmv to a readable file such as mpg > > thanx > > Mark Well, the scheme is encryption of the media and making a translator would be breaking encryption of (possibly) copyrighted material. This is a violation of the Digital Millenium Copyright Act which seems to fly in the face of many court decisions regarding fair use of copyrighted material. The DMCA would most likely be used to fine or imprison anyone who broke the encryption scheme (to protect copyrighted material) to allow a conversion, so if Microsoft doesn't do it, no one else legally can do it either. The same applies to the rather mediocre quality movies known as .asf files, but in that case Microsoft has patented them despite the prior art of mpeg. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade
On Sunday 09 September 2001 23:52, David Guntner wrote: > Dan Hensley grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Sun, 2001-09-09 at 15:06, David Guntner wrote: > > > > What I ended up doing was copying the kernel from the rescue floppy > > (actually the MDK8.0 install floppy) onto /boot, then pointing lilo.conf > > to that kernel. From there I was able to boot up enough to be able to > > compile 2.4.9 from source (I had previously downloaded it). I compiled > > Reiserfs into the kernel (as opposed to as a module, which is what the > > Mandrake kernel RPMs do). From there I was mostly back up and running. > > > > Here's a quick synopsis (from memory, so it may not be perfect). > > > > 1. Boot the MDK 8.0 installation floppy, hit F1 and boot the "rescue" > > option. > > 2. Mount your /boot and /etc partitions (use symbolic links as > > necessary). > > 3. Copy the kernel from the floppy onto your HD and update lilo. > > 4. Reboot--you should be able to at least boot up, but X may or may not > > start. > > I didn't see your message until it was too late. :-) But I'll keep it in > mind, should there be a Next Time. (Isn't there *always*? :) > > > > > I'm still having the problem with being unable to generate a ramdisk > > > > using my 2.4.9 kernel (sounds like it's the same problem you have). > > > > If you find a resolution to that, I'd be very interested in hearing > > > > about it. I haven't had time to try to track it down. > > > > > > You're talking about the initrd.img file, or something else? > > > > That's what I'm talking about. I can't generate one from my current > > kernel that I compiled. It complains about not finding the reiserfs > > modules, even though I don't have reiserfs compiled as a module. It > > must be looking for some other file left over from a MDK kernel RPM, but > > I haven't had time to figure it out yet. > > I'll see what happens on this next go around. I goofed on something > (d'oh!) and am reinstalling again. But while I had it up the last time, I > did the "rpm -ivh kernel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.rpm" to install the new kernel, and > a reboot worked (I may still recompile from the source code once I've got > everything in place). Although I got a message about supermount not being > supported by the kernel. I have no idea what gives at this point, > hopefully it will turn out to be something simple - maybe even a kernel > compile will be able to add it properly. :-) After the compile, should I > do one, I'll see what a mkinitrd command turns up. > > --Dave Sorry, no. Supermount was removed at kernel 2.4.6 because it wasn't working satisfactorily. You would need the patch we used. 2.4.8-18mdk saw its return (read-only, for root only), snd beta 3 of 8.1 has itr working well. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Documentation for rpm-python/rpmmodule?
On Sunday 09 September 2001 19:36, Ron Johnson wrote: > Hello, all. > > A search through Google doesn't show any. > > Thanks. Use the source code. Also you can get some documentation in a roundabout way from downloading rpmlint and reading that python source. It is wonderful for examples of use of rpm-python. It would be nice if someone who uses python and who has time writes something, but it hasn't happened yet, so we are stuck with reading the C source of the modules. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] How can I improve the fonts on Konqueror
I get very poor fonts in Konqueror. In fact I cannot even read the messages on this news group. I'm using Netscape. Can anyone offer some suggestions? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email alerts & NEW webcam video instant messaging with Yahoo! Messenger http://im.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Which Packages?
Just a short question about this. If I use original (kernel.org) kernel sources and then build a new kernel should / must I copy the header files from KERNEL-TREE/include/linux to the appropriate location (/usr/include/linux) Gregor On 09-Sep-2001 civileme wrote: > On Sunday 09 September 2001 08:02, Dennis Myhand wrote: >> A brief question to the list. I just downloaded the 2.4.8 kernel, >> source, header, and documentation packages from rpmfind.net, after >> seeing that the 2.4.7 update was listed in my security update list. I >> have been reading the notes about NOT using Mandrake update and to do it >> manually. My question is, which packages and in what order do I install >> them? Thanks, Dennis in Victoria > > > If you have a plain vanilla desktop system without multiple CPUs and are not > using a server, then the kernel-headers and > > kerbel-2.4.7-12.3mdk.i586.rpm > > Should be sufficient., though it is good policy to download and install > kernel-source.. > > > If your system is a bit more complicated, you will need a different set. So > if it is complicated, please tell the list what it is and someone will make > a recommendation. > > Civileme > -- E-Mail: Gregor Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: 10-Sep-2001 Time: 09:20:21 -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
