Re: [expert] Re: [Alsa-user] Alsa on FreeBSD?
On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:08:03 +0100 mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Peut-être. > Va voir dans les ports de FBSD si il-y-est. > En tout cas il faut avoir installé l'émulateur Linux. A very crude translation to English ( my French hurts French ears ) He is saying that in the ports collection of FreeBSD there is an Emulator you can install for Linux. In addition. An RPM install may not work (no RPM db) however it should be able to build from source and then run once the Emulation is installed. NOTE I said should. > > > On Monday 25 February 2002 20:39, you wrote: > | Thus spake Tristan Lanfrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > | > Is it possible to use Alsa drivers on FreeBSD ? > | > If it's possible please could you tell me how to do that. > | > | Given that ALSA is the Advanced LINUX Sound Architecture I think > | you're on your own. > > -- > mess-mate > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Where is HDPARM??
On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 15:03:45 -0900 civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bob Puff@NLE wrote: > > >Hello, > > > >Messing around with Mandrake 8.2 beta 2.. I still can't find hdparm. What package contains this program? > > > >Also, is this the appropriate place to submit bug reports? > > > >Bob > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > Frankly, Beta2 is a disaster. RPC doesn't work, updates kill Python, > and all sorts of packages are missing. Beta3 is in much better shape, > but unixODBC packages are incomplete... > > No, you submit bug reports to www.mandrakexpert.com unless you want to > go into exhaustive detail about the bug every single time in which case > you write to [EMAIL PROTECTED] to become an authorized bugzilla > poster. We had to close it because we could not spend the time to sort > the bugs(signal) from the technical assistance requests(noise) The > ratio had become unworkable, like 4000 reports for less than 200 real bugs. > > Civileme If I may say Civilme.. this is why I use Mandrake (since 6.0) instead of RH . Go and find a copy of 7.0 on one of the mirrors I dare you. 7.0 turned out to be the beta 2 of 7.1 *grin* One question for you, since you may well know the best. With Mandrake 7.0 the system for beta testing was a harddrive download/install rsynced nightly (if you were serious) and a special discussion area for the bugs. Was it a bandwidth issue that caused the system to be changed? Just curious not complaining. James > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Apache question
Hello, I have an Apache question, so I hope that there are some Apache freaks in here :-) I have a webserver where the root directory is password proteced. In a subdir I have some files that may be accessed by everyone. Now, my question is: How can I remove the auth from the subdir? I tried in access.conf: # Subdir: Options All AllowOverride All But this doesn't work... Apache keeps asking the password for the server root dir... -- Kind regards, Wim De Hul Belgacom Belbone Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile : +32 479 952004 Ripe : WDH25-RIPE Registered Linux User: #260015 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Default Sound Card with two cards
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 12:51:24 + Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I have a machine with two soundcards > I seem to get sound mainly though the motherboard soundcard > and occasionally through the sound blaster. > How do I force all sound to go through the sound blaster > > I tried changing the symlink /dev/dsp from > /dev/sound/dsp to /dev/sound/dsp1 > and that got most sound through the sound blaster > but some still through the mother board. > > Thanks for any ideas > > Rob Rob same situation here, and the solution is in BIOS not in Linux. You need to noodle around through all the screens in BIOS and turn off the onboard sound. Some BIOS's have two places to do this some have only one. Mine had two. Some of the first boards with onboard sound had actual jumpers to turn on/off the onboard sound. Check the manual that comes with your Mobo if you can. James > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Beta 3 - ISO buring problems
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 18:22:21 + "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm having a hell of a time getting beta 3 working or even installed. I load > up Cd1 find, no errors. Pop Cd2 in and I keep getting errors on different > packages. I'm must of burnt 3-4 CD already downloaded > the ISO atleast 4-6 times(beta 2 and beta 3, all the same problem.) > I've checked the checksum on the ISO's I downloaded and they are fine. > Burning the CD's reported no errors and I set the software(nero) to test the > burn, all is well. > > I've had this problem before, and one way I guess I've been able to get > around it with version 8.1 was burn then on 650megs CD's. I'm currently > trying to burn using 700megs, since I have a load of them sitting here > and basicly no 650's. Could it be a problem with the burner? Or the ISO's > HAVE to be burnt onto a 650 and not 700's? I've had problems like this whith an older HP cdrburner (well 1 year old) we had at work. Seems it was built prior to 700meg cd's and as such just wouldn't burn right on them. I've also had troubles with some older cd readers that won't read anything 700meg (even commercial) You could try cd'ing to the rpm directory on disk 2 and do an rpm -K ... this will do md5 on each individual rpm. If there are any errors there, report them to Mandrake. Sorry I couldn't help more. James > > > _ > Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] /dev/dsp ownership
On LM8.1 (with devfs) it seem that the first person to login and use the audio device /dev/dsp gets ownership of it with crw-- permissions, which seem correct to me. However, on logout, the ownership is retained and the next person to login can't use the audio device - even if they are in the audio group. I assume this is related to devfs. Is there a workaround for this (I'd like to retain devfs if possible)? More importantly, has it been fixed for LM8.2? I can live with it for a while if it has. Thanks, Nick. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] formatting with ext3, Reiser
I have two hard drives, the boot drive formatted with ext3, the slave formatted with ext2. I want to just format the slave drive with the newer system. It has junk on it anyway, so I don't care about losing what's on it. So how do I go about formatting the slave drive? Incidentally, the new file system seems faster and more stable. TIA, -- Jonathan Dlouhy Tuesday, February 26, 2002 MS Windows -- From the people who brought you "BOB"! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Measurable Firewall Rules
Not sure I quite follow your english but On Wednesday 27 February 2002 06:30, you wrote: > proxy/cache to the Internet through and ADSL with two ethernets > [a kind of "cheap" router-firewall], and of course some kind of > The fact is: I need a highly-almost unvulnerable-secure server which DO NOT > make any kind of problem to the clients in order to connect to the Internet > and use all the protocols mentioned above. You could take a look a mandrake's single network firewall, its quite good and is probably the easiest way to acheive what your after. Of course you could install squid and configure IPtables/chains yourself. As for highly-almost unvulnerable-secure server It takes one man to make a computer completly unhackable and that man's job is to make sure the machine is never turned on. But if you do want to make it as secure as possible turn off every service you dont need/use, use iptables/chains to firewall block all incoming ports from the internet, and all internal ports on that machine except squid and ssh, and then get nmap and scan the fucker to check it really is behaving the way you think it is. Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Optimum partitioning
Dont know of a cookbook but think about what you need machine to do. Like if its going to have lots of users you need more /home if it a DB server then where to the DB files go ? /var ? Then need lots of /var, etc If its just your home PC then it dont hurt to make one '/' root partition and just let it all live it there. As for swap I used to use a rule of 2xphysical Ram which I still think is a pretty good rule but these days my machines have plenty ram so dont really get to use much swap. That said disk space is cheap so unless you got small disk give em 2xphsyram or more. Rob On Wednesday 27 February 2002 02:26, you wrote: > Can anyone point me to a cookbook doc on partitioning? Not the > mechanics, but how much to allocate. How much to allocate to /, swap, > /usr? Should /usr/local and /home be on the same partitions, separate ones? > > Etc. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Optimum partitioning
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Rob wrote: > Dont know of a cookbook but think > about what you need machine to do. > Like if its going to have lots of users you need more /home > if it a DB server then where to the DB files go ? /var ? Then need lots of > /var, > etc > If its just your home PC then it dont hurt to make one '/' root partition > and just let it all live it there. > As for swap I used to use a rule of 2xphysical Ram which I still > think is a pretty good rule but these days my machines have plenty > ram so dont really get to use much swap. That said disk space > is cheap so unless you got small disk give em 2xphsyram or more. > > Rob Good points. I'd also like to add the following: ReiserFS apparently works best with a single partition, so the single / is not only easier, but probably most efficient for a home user. This does make upgrading a little more difficult though, since the /home partition cannot be formatted separately. For a server I try to allocate a large /var partition because logs and rpm files go there. If this was on the root partition and filled up it could bring down your system. Also, databases sometimes put their files there (e.g., mysql in /var/lib/mysql). Another thing to look into is the LVM system (Linux Volume Manager). It's a logical volume manager similar to Veritas that lets you dynamically allocate space. > > On Wednesday 27 February 2002 02:26, you wrote: > > Can anyone point me to a cookbook doc on partitioning? Not the > > mechanics, but how much to allocate. How much to allocate to /, swap, > > /usr? Should /usr/local and /home be on the same partitions, separate ones? > > > > Etc. > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Optimum partitioning
One thing that almost all machines do, that often gets over-looked, is upgrade from time-to-time. Installing a new version of the OS or a different OS is always best done from scratch and of course you will backup before doing this, but you might be able to save some time if your own data in /home, /var/some/apps/stroage/path, /usr/local and /opt is kept in different partitions to the system stuff in /usr and /etc for example. If all goes well you won't need to format these partitions and restore this data - some applications in /opt and /usr/local may no longer be compatible, but they might be okay. You might choose only one of /opt and /usr/local; I have my own rules which mean I end up with both (smallish stuff in /usr/local, big applications in /opt/ Nick. >On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:52:26 + >Rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > >>Dont know of a cookbook but think >>about what you need machine to do. >>Like if its going to have lots of users you need more /home >>if it a DB server then where to the DB files go ? /var ? Then need lots of >>/var, >>etc >>If its just your home PC then it dont hurt to make one '/' root partition >>and just let it all live it there. >>As for swap I used to use a rule of 2xphysical Ram which I still >>think is a pretty good rule but these days my machines have plenty >>ram so dont really get to use much swap. That said disk space >>is cheap so unless you got small disk give em 2xphsyram or more. >> >>Rob >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Measurable Firewall Rules
I've a single script for firewall that I created with my friend Felipe: echo "Inicando firewall ..." INTRANET=eth1 INTERNET=eth2 iptables -F iptables -X iptables -Z iptables -F -t nat iptables -P INPUT DROP iptables -P FORWARD DROP #Aceita conexao SSH iptables -A INPUT -i $INTERNET -p tcp --dport 22 -j ACCEPT #Aceita conexao WEBMIN iptables -A INPUT -i $INTERNET -p tcp --dport 1 -j ACCEPT #Nega a conexao da intranet para a internet nas poras desejadas #iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp --dport 21 -j DROP iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp --dport 80 -j DROP # Aceita consulta DNS iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp --dport 53 -j ACCEPT #Aceita pop.profarma.com.br iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 200.189.97.245 --dport 110 -j ACCEPT #Nega login.icq.com da intranet para a internet iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 64.12.162.57 -j DROP iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 205.188.179.233 -j DROP #Aceita pop.gbl.com.br iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 200.185.56.68 --dport 110 -j ACCEPT #Aceita pop3.uol.com.br iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 200.230.198.83 --dport 110 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 200.230.198.94 --dport 110 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 200.231.206.14 --dport 110 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 200.231.206.19 --dport 110 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 200.246.5.85 --dport 110 -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -p tcp --dport 110 -j DROP iptables -A FORWARD -i $INTRANET -o $INTERNET -j ACCEPT #Nega acesso direto ao login icq iptables -A OUTPUT -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 64.12.162.57 -j DROP iptables -A OUTPUT -o $INTERNET -p tcp -d 205.188.179.233 -j DROP iptables -A INPUT -i $INTRANET -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i lo -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT iptables -A FORWARD -m state --state ESTABLISHED,RELATED -j ACCEPT #Mascara o acesso a internet #iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $INTERNET -j MASQUERADE iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o $INTERNET -s 180.0.0.0/24 -j SNAT --to-source 200.196.49.138 echo "Firewall iniciado!" -- ___ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Email.com http://www.email.com/?sr=signup Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mail server on home LAN
On Wednesday 27 February 2002 13:35, you wrote: > Hey guys, > - Can I configure sendmail to send mail to the SMTP server of my ISP? yes but try postfix is easier to configure look for 'smarthost' in docs. > - Is it possible use fetchmail to retrieve th email from my ISP and yes > - If you can point me to the right direction, I would be very happy... www.linuxdoc.org www.postfix.org ?? .com ?? man fetchmail man procmail sorry I cant help more I know I'm not doing much more than saying RTFM but I know all the stuff is there but I just dont know it from the top of my head. Rob Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Optimum partitioning
Rob wrote: > On Wednesday 27 February 2002 02:26, you wrote: > > Can anyone point me to a cookbook doc on partitioning? Not the > > mechanics, but how much to allocate. How much to allocate to /, swap, > > /usr? Should /usr/local and /home be on the same partitions, separate ones? > If its just your home PC then it dont hurt to make one '/' root partition > and just let it all live it there. May not hurt, but only until you find yourself reinstalling, for whatever reason. Reinstalls are much easier when you don't need to scrap your /home. Make a separate partition for /home, and if using Grub to boot, make a separate partition for /boot as well. So, at a minimum, you want 1-swapspace, 2-/home , 3-/, and maybe /boot. If your Linux will be sharing a PC with other operating systems, I highly recommend Linux "logical" swap, / or /boot partitions be the first logical partitions on a drive, /dev/xdx5, /dev/xdx6 and /dev/xdx7. This avoids any need to emergency boot to fix /etc/lilo.conf or /boot/grub/menu.lst if you later alter your disk structure, such as resizing, creating and moving with Partition Magic. Space towards the start of a HD is the fastest, so that's where you should probably prefer your OS and program binaries to be located. Partitions are also faster if you don't let them approach filling up. This means you probably should allocate around 3 Gb minimum to / if keeping everything except /home and /boot on one partition. That way you should be able to keep your / from getting much more than 50% full right away. -- "Blessed are all who fear the Lord, who walk in his ways." Psalm 128:1 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Measurable Firewall Rules
It seems that I wasn´t clear with my purpose. The thing I want is to implement a secure server which at the same time do not interfere with the needs of the clients. So, I'm wondering what type of firewall rules or measurements of security do I have to implement in order to satisfy my needs, - Original Message - From: "Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, February 27, 2002 6:45 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Measurable Firewall Rules > Not sure I quite follow your english > but > > On Wednesday 27 February 2002 06:30, you wrote: > > proxy/cache to the Internet through and ADSL with two ethernets > > [a kind of "cheap" router-firewall], and of course some kind of > > > The fact is: I need a highly-almost unvulnerable-secure server which DO NOT > > make any kind of problem to the clients in order to connect to the Internet > > and use all the protocols mentioned above. > > You could take a look a mandrake's single network firewall, its quite good > and is probably the easiest way to acheive what your after. Of course > you could install squid and configure IPtables/chains yourself. > > As for highly-almost unvulnerable-secure server > It takes one man to make a computer completly unhackable and that man's > job is to make sure the machine is never turned on. > > But if you do want to make it as secure as possible turn off every service > you dont need/use, use iptables/chains to firewall block all incoming ports > from the internet, and all internal ports on that machine except squid and > ssh, and then get nmap and scan the fucker to check it really is behaving > the way you think it is. > > Rob > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Apache question
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:50:28 +0100 wim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a webserver where the root directory is password proteced. > In a subdir I have some files that may be accessed by everyone. > Now, my question is: How can I remove the auth from the subdir? > I tried in access.conf: > But this doesn't work... Apache keeps asking the password for the server > root dir... Does the directory contain a .htaccess file...? Pierre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: [Alsa-user] Alsa on FreeBSD?
On Wednesday 27 February 2002 09:13, you wrote: | On Mon, 25 Feb 2002 23:08:03 +0100 | | mess-mate <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: | > Peut-être. | > Va voir dans les ports de FBSD si il-y-est. | > En tout cas il faut avoir installé l'émulateur Linux. | | A very crude translation to English ( my French hurts French | ears ) He is saying that in the ports collection of FreeBSD there | is an Emulator you can install for Linux. | Sorry, why did I respond in French ?? | In addition. An RPM install may not work (no RPM db) however it | should be able to build from source and then run once the Emulation | is installed. NOTE I said should. | Not trhue. RPM works as well ! Of course the rpm packages must be installed. | > On Monday 25 February 2002 20:39, you wrote: | > | Thus spake Tristan Lanfrey ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): | > | > Is it possible to use Alsa drivers on FreeBSD ? | > | > If it's possible please could you tell me how to do that. | > | | > | Given that ALSA is the Advanced LINUX Sound Architecture I | > | think you're on your own. | > | > -- | > mess-mate -- mess-mate Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] formatting with ext3, Reiser
Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > > I have two hard drives, the boot drive formatted with ext3, the slave > formatted with ext2. I want to just format the slave drive with the newer > system. It has junk on it anyway, so I don't care about losing what's on it. > So how do I go about formatting the slave drive? Incidentally, the new file > system seems faster and more stable. > > TIA, > -- > Jonathan Dlouhy > Tuesday, February 26, 2002 man tune2fs -- Sword'sEdge VoiceMail/Fax: (866) 841-9142 x9753 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] firewall / virus wall with usage report?
Hey Guys! Can anyone suggest some software that is a firewall / viruswall that also can email me bandwidth usage reports for the box? Thanks! -- = Dan Belkie Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] black & white icons
Mike Rambo wrote: > > I just built a new box to replace my mdk 7.1 workstation > I've used for a couple years here at work. When I installed > mdk 8.1 on it I was at a test bench that had only a two > button ps/2 mouse. Everything on the install appeared to go > ok. Now that I've got it at my work station I want it to use > my ps/2 wheel mouse. I went into the control center and > changed the mouse accordingly and immediately lost control > of everything. The mouse cursor wanted to run to the upper > right corner of the screen and open menus if you moved it. I > ended up using telnet to get into the box from the network > and rebooted it as the keyboard/mouse would do nothing > intelligent - couldn't even control-alt-F1. > > When it rebooted I found that the wheel mouse worked ok in > most things but netscape now has only black and white icons. > I have since tried both versions of the X server (3.3.6 & > 4.1.0 - there appears to be no special advantage to using > either one with my video card) which didn't make a > difference. I've checked every setting I can think of but > cannot find what has changed to cause the b/w icons in > netscape. Also I've found that the wheel mouse still doesn't > work in netscape though it does work everywhere else now. > Does netscape still need imwheel like it did on the old 7.1 > system? > > I know I could just switch to mozilla but netscape seems to > launch faster - plus I'd really like to know why this is > happening. > > Thanks. > > -- > Mike Rambo > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe as a result of your monitor resolution settings. As I recall netscape will exhibit this behavior when set at low resolution of 256 color or at a higher resolution of some cards at 24 or 32 bits. Larry -- Sword'sEdge VoiceMail/Fax: (866) 841-9142 x9753 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Apache question
Pierre Fortin grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:50:28 +0100 wim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I have a webserver where the root directory is password proteced. > > In a subdir I have some files that may be accessed by everyone. > > Now, my question is: How can I remove the auth from the subdir? > > I tried in access.conf: > > > But this doesn't work... Apache keeps asking the password for the server > > root dir... > > Does the directory contain a .htaccess file...? I'm pretty sure that when you protect a directory, all subdirectories under that directory are also protected - and I'm pretty sure that there's no way to shut it off My advise to wim is to not password protect the root, and instead put the stuff that he wants protected in a subdirectory that is protected. Then he can put a link to that directory in the root page, to make it easy for those who are supposed to be able to view the information to get to 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
[expert] Re: [Cooker] wine .....??
On Wednesday 27 February 2002 11:27 am, you wrote: > If you have problems, then get rid of Mandrake's wine and use Codeweavers' > instead. Or if you want to pay US$19.95 for Codweavers Crossover Plugin, you get the cery cool plugin support for Linux and a slightly newer WINE than is in Codweavers WINE 1.0 and it works just fine as your regular WINE. -- Hoyt http://www.maximumhoyt.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] black & white icons
Mike Rambo wrote: > > I just built a new box to replace my mdk 7.1 workstation > I've used for a couple years here at work. When I installed > mdk 8.1 on it I was at a test bench that had only a two > button ps/2 mouse. Everything on the install appeared to go > ok. Now that I've got it at my work station I want it to use > my ps/2 wheel mouse. I went into the control center and > changed the mouse accordingly and immediately lost control > of everything. The mouse cursor wanted to run to the upper > right corner of the screen and open menus if you moved it. I > ended up using telnet to get into the box from the network > and rebooted it as the keyboard/mouse would do nothing > intelligent - couldn't even control-alt-F1. > > When it rebooted I found that the wheel mouse worked ok in > most things but netscape now has only black and white icons. > I have since tried both versions of the X server (3.3.6 & > 4.1.0 - there appears to be no special advantage to using > either one with my video card) which didn't make a > difference. I've checked every setting I can think of but > cannot find what has changed to cause the b/w icons in > netscape. Also I've found that the wheel mouse still doesn't > work in netscape though it does work everywhere else now. > Does netscape still need imwheel like it did on the old 7.1 > system? Still needs imwheel. Check to insure that the imwheel rpm has been installed. > > I know I could just switch to mozilla but netscape seems to > launch faster - plus I'd really like to know why this is > happening. > > Thanks. > > -- > Mike Rambo > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Sword'sEdge VoiceMail/Fax: (866) 841-9142 x9753 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can you block out entire netblocks?
Pierre, I've submitted quite a few IPs to osdb.org. Most aren't checked because they are already queued to be checked, a few check OK (not a relay), and a few say: We have tried to test your submitted host 64.39.15.20, but has been unable to do so, as it's unreachable. We will retry later. If it remains unreachable for a longer period and is currently listed as an open relay in our database, it will be removed. Is this the loophole it seems to be? In other words, it seems to me a spammer could build an open relay, use it to send spam, shut it down. Even if people submit the IP to someone like ordb, it is quickly removed from the list of open relays, thus ready to be used again. (Of course, there is a lot here I don't understand, so I could be way off base.) regards, Randy Kramer Pierre Fortin wrote: > This will prevent your mailhost (open relay) from delivering any more mail to me or >anyone else who verifies via relays.ordb.org... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Evolution , & dual users
Hi all If you configure evolution to have more than 1 account, how do you send my as not the default user? If you reply to mail addressed to the second account, it will send it to the smtp deamon as configured for that accont But if you want to send mail as the secound account holder, how ?? it always comes up with the sig block and e-mail address of the primary default user TIA -- Best regards Richard Bown Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Measurable Firewall Rules
I think we may need a little more clarification on what is wanted. It seems to me that what is being asked is: * I have three sets of things: a firewall, a server, and a bunch of clients. * both the server and the clients are behind the firewall * how do I set up the firewall to permit access to the server and still protect the clients? So far the answers seem to be addressing a different question that could be stated like: * How do I configure a machine to be a server and a firewall? Not the same thing For instance, for servers you need to permit incoming port 80, for clients generally not... It would appear that the firewall rules need to be aware of the destination IP address as well as the ports Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mail server on home LAN
| Hello, | | I'd like to set up a mail server for two users on my home LAN. I have a | mail account at my provider and I created two aliasses. Now my questions | are: | | - Can I configure sendmail to send mail to the SMTP server of my ISP? You can set up the mail client to send through your ISPs mail server other wise, you can send mail through your local machine, if you have it running. If you're going to run a mail server then just send from your local machine. As long as it has an IP address with reverse look ups, then this is a very viable option. | - Is it possible use fetchmail to retrieve th email from my ISP and | process it with procmail (I 'd like to create two mailboxes on my LAN | and deliver the mail, depending on the alias, in the right mailbox.). With out a doubt. This is how most people go about downloading their mail. that way they can filter is with procmail or some other filtering agent. | - Where can I find info on setting up such a 'mailserver'? Check out man pages, or use config tools: man procmailrc http://www.procmail.org/ man fetchmail fetchmailconf (Must be done as root) | - If you can point me to the right direction, I would be very happy... You can set up your /etc/fetchmailrc by hand, as I have done, or you can use fetchmailconf to create it. Here's a quick example of how to set up fetchmail: set postmaster "postmaster" set nobouncemail set no spambounce set properties "" # This line is set if you're have fetchmail running at start up. # Tells it how often to run the daemon. set daemon 120 # Tell it where to look for the mail, and it's always good to tell # it the IP address of the mail address, of course the 10.10.10.10 # is just for example. poll mail.server.net via 10.10.10.10 with proto POP3 # Now give it user information. user 'userID' there with password 'passwd' is LOCALuserID here options fetchall warnings 3600 antispam 571 550 501 554 If you have more then one mailserver, you can then start over at the poll line, and add another mail server. None of this should take long in setup, or be too difficult to put in place. Procmail has a mailing list. It's gotten to be pretty good, so yo can check there for help if you can't find it on this list. Also check this link out, it can be pretty helpful. http://www.ii.com/internet/robots/procmail/qs/ I've set up, and/or installed all of the above, feel free to email me directly if needed. Lastly, a very useful tool for gathering help: IRC. Check out www.openprojects.net/. Check out a IRC client, and logon to the #mandrake, and #mandrakeguru channels for help. There's often somebody there that can help, or at least make you think they can help! :') Hope this helps. tdh -- T. Holmes | UNIXTECHS.org | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | UIN: 17021091 | | -- | Kind regards, | | Wim De Hul | Belgacom Belbone | | Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Mobile : +32 479 952004 | Ripe : WDH25-RIPE | Registered Linux User: #260015 | | | Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? | Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com `--- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] test message - please ignore
Didn't I ask you to ignore this? now close this message and go say 10 hail marys and 20 our fathers and all should be ok. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] test message - please ignore
Didn't I ask you to ignore this? now close this message and go say 10 hail marys and 20 our fathers and all should be ok. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] test message - please ignore
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, daRcmaTTeR wrote: AAAHHH! Why can't I just ignore a 'ignore' request??? Damn it! Ooops! Ok, sorry, I will double it. ;-) >Didn't I ask you to ignore this? now close this message and go say 10 >hail marys and 20 our fathers and all should be ok. -- delivery NOT reliable => [EMAIL PROTECTED] == Linux user # 102240 => Machine # 96125 => Seti@home user == Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] test message - please ignore
Ah...don't worry. It's taken a little while to just be able to post to the list again. I'm glad to see that they're making it to the list again. Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > AAAHHH! > > Why can't I just ignore a 'ignore' request??? > Damn it! > Ooops! > Ok, sorry, I will double it. ;-) > > > >>Didn't I ask you to ignore this? now close this message and go say 10 >>hail marys and 20 our fathers and all should be ok. >> > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Beta 3 - ISO buring problems
It's not really the age, as I had a Yamaha 4416 from 98 that worked with 700mb CDs just fine. The problem is that 700mb is not an ISO standard like 650mb is, and as such manufacturers of CD-R drives can choose on their own whether or not to include support for it. HP decided no. :-) Glad I bought Yamaha. Terry > I've had problems like this whith an older HP cdrburner (well 1 year old) > we had at work. Seems it was built prior to 700meg cd's and as such just > wouldn't burn right on them. I've also had troubles with some older cd > readers that won't read anything 700meg (even commercial) You could try > cd'ing to the rpm directory on disk 2 and do an rpm -K ... this will do > md5 on each individual rpm. If there are any errors there, report them to > Mandrake. Sorry I couldn't help more. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Beta 3 - ISO buring problems
My unit is about 3 yrs old. (2x4x24), ya it's old, but I can wait 20mins for a burn. Anyways, it just seems like all of the burns I've tried for Mandrake using the ISO's the second cd always craps out on the install. CD1 is fine, but not CD2. I don't know what gives. >From: Terry Mathews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: [expert] Beta 3 - ISO buring problems >Date: Wed, 27 Feb 2002 08:16:59 -0500 > >It's not really the age, as I had a Yamaha 4416 from 98 that worked with >700mb CDs just fine. The problem is that 700mb is not an ISO standard like >650mb is, and as such manufacturers of CD-R drives can choose on their own >whether or not to include support for it. HP decided no. :-) Glad I bought >Yamaha. > > >Terry > > I've had problems like this whith an older HP cdrburner (well 1 year >old) > > we had at work. Seems it was built prior to 700meg cd's and as such >just > > wouldn't burn right on them. I've also had troubles with some older cd > > readers that won't read anything 700meg (even commercial) You could try > > cd'ing to the rpm directory on disk 2 and do an rpm -K ... this will do > > md5 on each individual rpm. If there are any errors there, report them >to > > Mandrake. Sorry I couldn't help more. > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] black & white icons
El mié, 27-02-2002 a las 14:41, Mike Rambo escribió: > I just built a new box to replace my mdk 7.1 workstation > I've used for a couple years here at work. When I installed > mdk 8.1 on it I was at a test bench that had only a two > button ps/2 mouse. Everything on the install appeared to go > ok. Now that I've got it at my work station I want it to use > my ps/2 wheel mouse. I went into the control center and > changed the mouse accordingly and immediately lost control > of everything. The mouse cursor wanted to run to the upper > right corner of the screen and open menus if you moved it. I > ended up using telnet to get into the box from the network > and rebooted it as the keyboard/mouse would do nothing > intelligent - couldn't even control-alt-F1. When you lose the control of the mouse, try moving the wheel until you get the control. sometimes it works. saludos óscar. -- .-. oo| /`'\ Usuario de Linux Registrado #227443 (\_;/) http://counter.li.org/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Slow xemacs in 8.0
Hello, I recently upgraded an 8.0 box PII-300 to 8.1 on a P4-2GHz. There are two problems. 1. When I try to load xemacs, it takes around 20 seconds to come up. This did not happen with 8.0 and it does not happen with emacs. 2. When I try to play some mpeg-1 files with mtv the video is jerky as if it was captured with a slow disk. Again, this does not occur in 8.0 on other systems. It makes me want to return to 8.0. Any ideas? TIA, -sen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] BASH Scripts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How can i use an if in a bash script so that it will only run commands if the specified file is empty? Basically, ive set up a cache system by which the output of ifconfig is stored in /var/cache/IP/1 Then, every minute my script is run. It first puts the output of ifconfig in /var/cache/IP/2 and diff's it with 1 outputing that to a file 'diff'. I then want to run a series of commands if the file diff is not empty. What im trying to do is get an email sent to me every time the IP changes on a specific machine, so i always have a record of it for logging in via ssh. The specific connection is ppp0 which auto redials on disconnect. If there is an easier way of doing this please share with me. Thanks Tom -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8fWUSXCpWOla2mCcRAmyuAJ0dNeH725n8jc0UhaeIYgdxlerG3wCfQwtM mEDR987gtUilwovjGKbV3b8= =IODe -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] BASH Scripts
Tom Badran grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > How can i use an if in a bash script so that it will only run commands if the > specified file is empty? > > Basically, ive set up a cache system by which the output of ifconfig is > stored in /var/cache/IP/1 > > Then, every minute my script is run. It first puts the output of ifconfig in > /var/cache/IP/2 and diff's it with 1 outputing that to a file 'diff'. I then > want to run a series of commands if the file diff is not empty. if [ -s diff ]; then {do your command or commands here} fi > What im trying to do is get an email sent to me every time the IP changes on > a specific machine, so i always have a record of it for logging in via ssh. > The specific connection is ppp0 which auto redials on disconnect. If there is > an easier way of doing this please share with me. Have you checked out the free DDNS service at no-ip.com? They have a Linux client that you can run when you connect, and then you can just ssh into yourmachine.no-ip.com instead of worrying about the current IP address. --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] BASH Scripts
Tom Badran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > How can i use an if in a bash script so that it will only run commands if the > specified file is empty? > > Basically, ive set up a cache system by which the output of ifconfig is > stored in /var/cache/IP/1 > > Then, every minute my script is run. It first puts the output of ifconfig in > /var/cache/IP/2 and diff's it with 1 outputing that to a file 'diff'. I then > want to run a series of commands if the file diff is not empty. > > What im trying to do is get an email sent to me every time the IP changes on > a specific machine, so i always have a record of it for logging in via ssh. > The specific connection is ppp0 which auto redials on disconnect. If there is > an easier way of doing this please share with me. One way to do it is this sort of hack: [rustyc@fw rustyc]$ cat bin/watchmail #!/bin/bash foo="`ls -l /var/spool/mail/rustyc`" while : ; do for j in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 ; do for i in 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 0 ; do if [ "`ls -l /var/spool/mail/rustyc`" = "$foo" ] ; then echo -n '.' sleep 30 else echo "" echo `date` #echo "Was $foo" echo "`ls -l /var/spool/mail/rustyc`" foo="`ls -l /var/spool/mail/rustyc`" egrep '^Subject' /var/spool/mail/rustyc | tail -2 sleep 30 fi done #date #; echo -n '.'>>~/rnlog done echo "" #echo -n `date ; ls -l /var/spool/mail/rustyc` done (that script watches for a change to file /var/spool/mail/rustyc and shows the change (and a few lines from the file) when it does - sort of a poor man's textual biff ;-) The key lines are: foo="`ls -l /var/spool/mail/rustyc`" while : ; do if [ "`ls -l /var/spool/mail/rustyc`" = "$foo" ] ; then # no change else # file has changed fi done On the other hand, diff will return nonzero return status if the files are different, so you can just say something like: diff foo1 foo2 if [ $? -eq 0] ; then # no change else # change fi (Assuming I'm remembering the syntax for 'return status from last command' right, if not I'm sure someone will fix this for us ;-) rc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] BASH Scripts
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Tom Badran wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > How can i use an if in a bash script so that it will only run commands if the > specified file is empty? > > Basically, ive set up a cache system by which the output of ifconfig is > stored in /var/cache/IP/1 > > Then, every minute my script is run. It first puts the output of ifconfig in > /var/cache/IP/2 and diff's it with 1 outputing that to a file 'diff'. I then > want to run a series of commands if the file diff is not empty. > > What im trying to do is get an email sent to me every time the IP changes on > a specific machine, so i always have a record of it for logging in via ssh. > The specific connection is ppp0 which auto redials on disconnect. If there is > an easier way of doing this please share with me. > The only problem I see with using the raw output from ifconfig is that the RX and TX fields will always be different. If you were to parse the output of ifconfig to return only the IP address before writing it to the file, you could then just compare the current IP against a 'cat' of the old IP. I.e. IP=`ifconfig eth0|grep "inet addr"|cut -d: -f2|cut -d' ' -f1` (or something equally ugly) Then do something like: Old_IP=`cat $FILENAME` [ "$IP" == "$OLD_IP" ]; then do_something Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] BASH Scripts
Tom Badran wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > How can i use an if in a bash script so that it will only run commands if the > specified file is empty? > > Basically, ive set up a cache system by which the output of ifconfig is > stored in /var/cache/IP/1 > > Then, every minute my script is run. It first puts the output of ifconfig in > /var/cache/IP/2 and diff's it with 1 outputing that to a file 'diff'. I then > want to run a series of commands if the file diff is not empty. > Well first, you can test the exit value of diff to see if there were differences: if diff /var/cache/IP/1 /var/cache/IP/2; then #commands for when files are the same else #commands for when files differ fi Or if you only care when they differ: if ! diff /var/cache/IP/1 /var/cache/IP/2; then #commands for when files differ fi If you really need to test for empty files, try: if [ -s filename ]; then #commands for when file is *not* empty else #commands for when file is empty fi Or if you only care for the empty ones: if [ ! -s filename ]; then #commands for when the file is empty fi -Kyle -- _ ---ooO( )Ooo--- Kyle J. McDonald (o o) Systems Support Engineer Sun Microsystems Inc.| Enterprise Server Products[EMAIL PROTECTED] 1 Network Drive BUR03-4630 \\\// voice: (781) 442-2184 Burlington, MA 01803 (o o)fax: (781) 442-1542 ---ooO(_)Ooo--- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] BASH Scripts
Hi Tom, I wrote a shell script for the same purpose. Here it is: #!/bin/sh NewIP="`/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 | grep 'inet addr' | awk '{print $2}' \ | sed -e 's/.*://'`" if [ -e /home/rjonasz/ip.txt ]; then OldIP=$(cat /home/rjonasz/ip.txt) else OldIP="" fi if [ "$OldIP" != "$NewIP" ]; then echo $NewIP | mail -s "Foucault's IP Address has changed!" \ "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" echo $NewIP > /home/rjonasz/ip.txt fi Hope this helps, Randy On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Tom Badran wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > How can i use an if in a bash script so that it will only run commands if the > specified file is empty? > > Basically, ive set up a cache system by which the output of ifconfig is > stored in /var/cache/IP/1 > > Then, every minute my script is run. It first puts the output of ifconfig in > /var/cache/IP/2 and diff's it with 1 outputing that to a file 'diff'. I then > want to run a series of commands if the file diff is not empty. > > What im trying to do is get an email sent to me every time the IP changes on > a specific machine, so i always have a record of it for logging in via ssh. > The specific connection is ppp0 which auto redials on disconnect. If there is > an easier way of doing this please share with me. > > Thanks > > Tom > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > iD8DBQE8fWUSXCpWOla2mCcRAmyuAJ0dNeH725n8jc0UhaeIYgdxlerG3wCfQwtM > mEDR987gtUilwovjGKbV3b8= > =IODe > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > -- Under any conditions, anywhere, whatever you are doing, there is some ordinance under which you can be booked. -- Robert D. Sprecht, Rand Corp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [expert] BASH Scripts
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Rusty Carruth wrote: > > There's probably much better ways to do this, but I got it working this way > and have no plan to fix it ;-) > Hey now, the very fabric of the Internet is stitched together with assorted hacks, workarounds, ugly scripts, "we'll fix it later" code, and suchlike bailing wire and duct tape! If people only knew... :D Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re[2]: [expert] BASH Scripts
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002, Tom Badran wrote: > > What im trying to do is get an email sent to me every time the IP changes on > > a specific machine, so i always have a record of it for logging in via ssh. > > The specific connection is ppp0 which auto redials on disconnect. If there is > > an easier way of doing this please share with me. > > > I.e. > IP=`ifconfig eth0|grep "inet addr"|cut -d: -f2|cut -d' ' -f1` > (or something equally ugly) > > Then do something like: > > Old_IP=`cat $FILENAME` > > [ "$IP" == "$OLD_IP" ]; then do_something Oh. Duh. If I'd read the email closer, I'd have posted THIS script instead: [root@fw antispam]# cat /etc/rc.d/init.d/what.a.hack #!/bin/bash newip=`/sbin/ifconfig ppp0 | /bin/egrep 'inet addr' | /bin/sed 's/inet addr://' | /bin/awk '{print $1}'` if [ ".$newip" = "." ] ; then echo oops - newip is blank again # this happens more than I would like, one of these days I will figure out why. exit -1 fi oldip=`cat /tmp/current.ip` if [ "$newip" == "$oldip" ] ; then exit 0 ; fi echo $newip >> /etc/rc.d/init.d/iplog /bin/sed "s/FARBOO/$newip/" /etc/rc.d/init.d/rc.fw.basehack > /root/rc.hacko echo $newip > /tmp/current.ip chmod 700 /root/rc.hacko /sbin/ipchains -L -n -v -x /root/rc.hacko echo $newip | elm [EMAIL PROTECTED] And I run that in a cron job. Here's my crontab entry: 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /etc/rc.d/init.d/what.a.hack Yeah, its quite a hack. But it does the trick of resetting my firewall rules whenever the ip addr changes, and it notifies me, and everything. There's probably much better ways to do this, but I got it working this way and have no plan to fix it ;-) rc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] BASH Scripts
Rusty Carruth grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > And I run that in a cron job. Here's my crontab entry: > > 0,5,10,15,20,25,30,35,40,45,50,55 * * * * /etc/rc.d/init.d/what.a.hack Were you aware that you could just do: */5 * * * * /etc/rc.d/init.d/what.a.hack Which tells cron to run the job every 5 minutes? Just FYI. It'll save you some typing the next time you have to create a new cron job. :-) --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] POP3 Server problems in MK 8.0
Hi, I have a MDK 8.0 server working fine with postfix and qpopper; my problem is that I can receive email from out of my network but I can send messages to anywhere...! Somebody knows what is the problem? Manuel Haro On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Michael Viron wrote: > pop3 has absolutely nothing to do with postfix (which provides smtp > capabilities). > > What you need to do is: > > 1. Make sure imap is installed -- around 90% of the time, this is why you > can't get pop3 working. > > 2. Make sure xinetd is installed -- if it isn't, pop3 will not work > > 3. Make sure pop3 isn't disabled. > > It would also be useful to know exactly what problems you are having so > that the people on the list can provide more than 'generic' answers to your > question. > > Michael > > -- > Michael Viron > Independent Systems / Administration Consultant > Pensacola, FL > > At 05:49 PM 02/18/2002 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi everybody..! > > > >I have problems installing my POP3 Server, somebody knows about a POP3 > >Server that works fine in Mandrake 8.0 usin postfix? > > > >Thanks in advanced...! > > > >Manuel Haro > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Konqueror/kmail and printing
I just realized that I cannot print from konqueror or kmail. Staroffice is fine. I am using CUPS. Any ideas? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] POP3 Server problems in MK 8.0
If you can't send something, that is an entirely different problem. That's a problem relating to postfix, not qpopper. Check the access file for postfix (under /etc/mail) and make sure you have it set up to where you can send from outside your network. Of course, any messages that you might have from postfix under /var/log would also be helpful to give you more specific advice. Michael -- Michael Viron Independent Systems / Administration Consultant Pensacola, FL At 06:30 PM 02/27/2002 -0600, you wrote: >Hi, I have a MDK 8.0 server working fine with postfix and qpopper; my >problem is that I can receive email from out of my network but I can send >messages to anywhere...! > >Somebody knows what is the problem? > >Manuel Haro > > > > >On Mon, 18 Feb 2002, Michael Viron wrote: > >> pop3 has absolutely nothing to do with postfix (which provides smtp >> capabilities). >> >> What you need to do is: >> >> 1. Make sure imap is installed -- around 90% of the time, this is why you >> can't get pop3 working. >> >> 2. Make sure xinetd is installed -- if it isn't, pop3 will not work >> >> 3. Make sure pop3 isn't disabled. >> >> It would also be useful to know exactly what problems you are having so >> that the people on the list can provide more than 'generic' answers to your >> question. >> >> Michael >> >> >> >> At 05:49 PM 02/18/2002 -0600, you wrote: >> >Hi everybody..! >> > >> >I have problems installing my POP3 Server, somebody knows about a POP3 >> >Server that works fine in Mandrake 8.0 usin postfix? >> > >> >Thanks in advanced...! >> > >> >Manuel Haro >> > >> > >> >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com >> > >> >> > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: [Cooker] Mandrake Debian? - Hoyt's proposal
On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:37:57PM -0500, Hoyt wrote: > Sure. i have it, but it's -- 7.0 -- But to be honest, most of the really impressive advances that have happened since 7.0 have been in KDE/GNOME/other graphical interfaces and stuff like that. Most of the stuff that a 486 doesn't have the power to use effectively anyway. IMHO (emphasis on the H) 7.0 would probably work well, and then couldn't you upgrade from there using SRPMS? Have there been many kernel advances since 7.0 that would make it worthwhile on a 486 (by that I mean, not just driver advances for new equipment that a 486 won't have anyway)? Tom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Evolution , & dual users
I have the Ximian build of Evolution 1.0.2 and for me it just simply switching the from address. I have up and down arrows to the far right of that box that allow me to toggle users. The reply to is them the one tagged to that accounts mailbox. On Wed, 2002-02-27 at 14:15, richard wrote: > Hi all > If you configure evolution to have more than 1 account, how do you send > my as not the default user? > > If you reply to mail addressed to the second account, it will send it to > the smtp deamon as configured for that accont > But if you want to send mail as the secound account holder, how ?? > it always comes up with the sig block and e-mail address of the primary > default user > > TIA > > -- > Best regards > Richard Bown > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] formatting with ext3, Reiser
On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 04:41:28 -0500 Jonathan Dlouhy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > I have two hard drives, the boot drive formatted with ext3, the slave > formatted with ext2. I want to just format the slave drive with the newer > system. It has junk on it anyway, so I don't care about losing what's on > it. So how do I go about formatting the slave drive? Incidentally, the new > file system seems faster and more stable. > > TIA, > -- > Jonathan Dlouhy > Tuesday, February 26, 2002 > > MS Windows -- From the people who brought you "BOB"! > simple...fire up diskdrake and have at it. -- daRcmaTTeR - Registered Linux User 182496 - 9:05pm up 7 days, 13:41, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] formatting with ext3, Reiser
Jon, Yes, ext3 is a journalising fs and so are Reiser and XFS. Like everything in Linux, you have LOTS of choices, but all seem to work well, although you see the usual "religious" arguments over their relative merits. AFAIK, ext3 is as good a choice as any. Regarding the hang on USB shutdown...this is a known problem. Here's the fix copied from the errata page at Mandrake.com: Error scenario: The computer locks up when shutting down or when stopping the usb service. Why: In certain cases, the usb-uhci module is broken for some usb devices. Solution: Modify your /etc/modules.conf file and change the line "alias usb-interface usb-uhci" to "alias usb-interface uhci". The change will take effect after the next shutdown and will prevent the usb service from locking up the computer. It worked for me! HTH Brian On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 11:40, Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: > On Wednesday 27 February 2002 07:20 pm, you wrote: > > > I am using Reiser and have installed XFS on client machines. Haven't > > tried ext3. There were supposed to be some issues with NFS and Reiser, > > which was why I chose XFS for a client, but that said, I haven't found > > any problem with either. Various sources will tell you that the NFS > > thing with Reiser is now fixed, but I have yet to see a definitive > > answer that says "from this release xxx, it's fixed and certified". > > > > There have been lots of threads about which is best for what, but they > > all seem pretty damn good, so the old "if it works for you be happy" > > rule seems to apply. > > > > cheers > > Brian > > I thought ext3 was Reiser, no? Isn't ext3 a journalising file system? I have > two drives formatted with ext3, which according to that HardDrake program is > a journalising system. What am I missing here? Iquit running Linux for a > while after running it for a couple of years because it was driving me nuts > with all the niggling little problems I was having. I went to Windows 2000 > and in a year and a half had only about 3 crashes. That's pretty damn good. > This time I was determined to get everything working in Linux and so far it's > coming along ok. It's taken 3-4 reinstalls to get things right, but using > ext3 has helped because my system hangs on shutdown every time right after it > shuts the USB ports down. With this system I don't have to wait 20 minutes > for a filesystem check. > In any case, I would love an explanation of the differences if you know, or > where to go to find them. > > Jon > > -- > Jonathan Dlouhy > Wednesday, February 27, 2002 > > On a bar of Dial soap: "Directions: Use like regular soap." > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [OT] Burning iso's
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:03:21 -0800 James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 01:31:02 -0600 > "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Brandon Dorman wrote: > > > > > > [root@localhost Brandon]# cdrecord -scanbus > > > Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg > Schilling > > > Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22 > > > Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' > > > scsibus0: > > > 0,0,0 0) 'MATSHITA' 'DVD-ROM SR-8584A' 'n13F' Removable > CD-ROM > > > 0,1,0 1) 'PHILIPS ' 'CDD3610 CD-R/RW ' '3.08' Removable > CD-ROM > > > 0,2,0 2) * > > > 0,3,0 3) * > > > 0,4,0 4) * > > > 0,5,0 5) * > > > 0,6,0 6) * > > > 0,7,0 7) * > > > > > > My command was "cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,1,0 -data > > > MandrakeLinux-8.2beta3-CD1.i586.iso and it came up with a blank cd. > > > hmm. yet writing an mp3 cd earlier that day worked fine. > > > > This is becoming the "burn from hell" session! Is your friggin iso > > corrupted? Did you run a md5sum on it? Have you tried mounting the iso, > > before you burn it, to see what it looks like. This is basic shit, and > > you should be getting a nice burn with the command you are using at the > > CLI... > > Dude, > Please keep it civil... if you can't maybe holding back a while before > you post is in order. My Nephew is lurking on this list and at 13 I don't > think he needs to be exposed to this kind of attitude and language. The > purpose of this list is those that can teach. Those that can't keep > asking till they can. > > James James...have you heard the school-yard language lately? yikes! -- daRcmaTTeR - Registered Linux User 182496 - 9:05pm up 7 days, 13:41, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: [Cooker] Mandrake Debian? - Hoyt's proposal
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:09:14 +1300 Tom Eastman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:37:57PM -0500, Hoyt wrote: > > Sure. i have it, but it's -- 7.0 -- > > But to be honest, most of the really impressive advances that have > happened since 7.0 have been in KDE/GNOME/other graphical interfaces and > stuff like that. Most of the stuff that a 486 doesn't have the power to > use effectively anyway. > > IMHO (emphasis on the H) 7.0 would probably work well, and then couldn't > you upgrade from there using SRPMS? > > Have there been many kernel advances since 7.0 that would make it > worthwhile on a 486 (by that I mean, not just driver advances for new > equipment that a 486 won't have anyway)? > > Tom > Tom, one big advance since the 7.0 days that comes to mind would be iptables. I personally wouldn't know what to do without them anymore.-- daRcmaTTeR - Registered Linux User 182496 - 9:05pm up 7 days, 13:41, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Incompatibilty between Sis 900 ethernet card and kernels 2.4.x??
Hi I'm in the way of use a Linux MDK-8.1 box to route to a wirelees connection and to firewall it. So, I try to emulate it at home with 3 machines... I use one machine as a client, other one as the router-firewall [with two ethernet cards a Sis 900 and a Davicom] and the other one as the machine on the server of the company. The fact is: The client machine can ping to the router-one, and this machine can ping to the one who is "not seen" in the server. The joke is: The client should ping to the "server" through the router machine so I have to implement a router and a gateway to that machine. Here comes the fun!!! I've tried with MDK 8.1 and MDK 8.2 and in both cases when I ping from the client to the router one to the IP of the "external" eth I get an error like "connect: Network does not exist" or something like that. However, when I ping from the client to the router to the IP of the "internal" eth I get NO ERRORS The fact is : Is there a conflict between the eth SiS 900 and the kernel or is just a bad conf problem??? Thanks in advance Nicolas Gomez Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Security problem with PHP
There doesn't seem to be a list or address to report things like this directly to Mandrake. I'm posting this here in the hopes that one of the Mandrake employees on the list will forward it to the appropriate people within the company. http://security.e-matters.de/advisories/012002.html is the actual announcement of the problem. The version of PHP that I've last gotten from Mandrake is 4.0.6-5. The current release version is 4.1.2, and it's being recommended that sites using PHP upgrade to that version, which closes the exploit. There's a story about the problem at http://news.cnet.com/2100-1001-847092.html that discusses the problem a bit. If one of the employees who are on this list would forward this information to the right people at Mandrake, it would be appreciated. --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] [OT] Burning iso's
Heh, I'm a freshman in college. Although I wasn't offended by the post, I appreciate people looking out for the civility of this list. No one wants to see too much BASHing on the list. Midterms have hit, all i have time for is: eat, study, bathroom, study, class. Notice the absence of sleep... pray for me :-) After spring break (which oddly for me is next week) I will be back and attack this whole problem of burning iso's with a vengeance. Plus i am sick today, probably because of 9 hours of sleep over the past 48 hours... college life is awesome except for the school part. (look how much i rambled just now... geez) -Brandon > > Dude, > > Please keep it civil... if you can't maybe holding back a while before > > you post is in order. My Nephew is lurking on this list and at 13 I don't > > think he needs to be exposed to this kind of attitude and language. The > > purpose of this list is those that can teach. Those that can't keep > > asking till they can. > > > > James > > James...have you heard the school-yard language lately? yikes! > > -- > daRcmaTTeR _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: [Cooker] Mandrake Debian? - Hoyt's proposal
And daRcmaTTeR has a great point here. Legacy hardware makes good firewalls in a cash-strapped (SOHO) environment...provided you're not anal about ISA bus limitations. Mike daRcmaTTeR wrote: > On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:09:14 +1300 > Tom Eastman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > Tom, > > one big advance since the 7.0 days that comes to mind would be iptables. I > personally wouldn't know what to do without them anymore.-- > daRcmaTTeR > - > Registered Linux User 182496 > - > 9:05pm up 7 days, 13:41, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [OT] Burning iso's
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 21:36:52 -0500 daRcmaTTeR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 00:03:21 -0800 > James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > > > On Tue, 26 Feb 2002 01:31:02 -0600 > > "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Brandon Dorman wrote: > > > > > > > > [root@localhost Brandon]# cdrecord -scanbus > > > > Cdrecord 1.10 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) Copyright (C) 1995-2001 Jörg > > Schilling > > > > Linux sg driver version: 3.1.22 > > > > Using libscg version 'schily-0.5' > > > > scsibus0: > > > > 0,0,0 0) 'MATSHITA' 'DVD-ROM SR-8584A' 'n13F' Removable > > CD-ROM > > > > 0,1,0 1) 'PHILIPS ' 'CDD3610 CD-R/RW ' '3.08' Removable > > CD-ROM > > > > 0,2,0 2) * > > > > 0,3,0 3) * > > > > 0,4,0 4) * > > > > 0,5,0 5) * > > > > 0,6,0 6) * > > > > 0,7,0 7) * > > > > > > > > My command was "cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,1,0 -data > > > > MandrakeLinux-8.2beta3-CD1.i586.iso and it came up with a blank cd. > > > > hmm. yet writing an mp3 cd earlier that day worked fine. > > > > > > This is becoming the "burn from hell" session! Is your friggin iso > > > corrupted? Did you run a md5sum on it? Have you tried mounting the iso, > > > before you burn it, to see what it looks like. This is basic shit, and > > > you should be getting a nice burn with the command you are using at the > > > CLI... > > > > Dude, > > Please keep it civil... if you can't maybe holding back a while before > > you post is in order. My Nephew is lurking on this list and at 13 I don't > > think he needs to be exposed to this kind of attitude and language. The > > purpose of this list is those that can teach. Those that can't keep > > asking till they can. > > > > James > > James...have you heard the school-yard language lately? yikes! Yes and they get HIGHLY upset when the teachers assistant calls them out for it. But they do learn. I've also learned first you teach the adults.. > > -- > daRcmaTTeR > - > Registered Linux User 182496 > - > 9:05pm up 7 days, 13:41, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.04, 0.00 > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: [Cooker] Mandrake Debian? - Hoyt's proposal
On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 14:09:14 +1300 Tom Eastman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Mon, Feb 25, 2002 at 10:37:57PM -0500, Hoyt wrote: > > Sure. i have it, but it's -- 7.0 -- > > But to be honest, most of the really impressive advances that have > happened since 7.0 have been in KDE/GNOME/other graphical interfaces and > stuff like that. Most of the stuff that a 486 doesn't have the power to > use effectively anyway. > > IMHO (emphasis on the H) 7.0 would probably work well, and then couldn't > you upgrade from there using SRPMS? > > Have there been many kernel advances since 7.0 that would make it > worthwhile on a 486 (by that I mean, not just driver advances for new > equipment that a 486 won't have anyway)? > > Tom True enough that a 486 isn't a speed deamon. However my 486 amd running at 100mhz can run win98 and win2000 so why not kde? or Gnome. (in fact it does it rather well I might add) The biggest limits are, installers that need 64 megs of ram, poor memory management in coding(the original Star office anyone), and the wait for kernels to compile (I cheat and throw the drive on a faster box) why not iptables... it doesn't take an Athlon 1800xp to run nat. I've got a p75 with 16 megs of ram working as my firewall. Since I rolled my own on that one I've got a 2.4 kernel and more running just fine. (hardly ever swaps even with the low mem.) IPtables are in and of themself worth the upgrade. In fact from lilo to command prompt it boots faster than my 1 gig. (hm) Why throw these boxes into land files when they can work so well. My business partner and the president of a local users group has a cluster of 386 and 486 boxes doing prime number generation (that cluster screems too.) (15 boxes and maybe 250 dollars invested) Granted Quake and StarCraft don't work well on one of these but when you are in a 25 mph zone a Ferrari is as fast as a Kia. How much cpu power does it take to write an e-mail! James > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] laptop issue, external keyboard/mouse kills mouse driver
I have a laptop from Dell (Inspiron 4100). It has a PS/2 port on the back to connect an external mouse or keyboard. I've been trying to do so, but every time it results in the mouse driver dying. More precisely: I have the laptop running and get mouse events on /dev/psaux from the built-in touch pad. As soon, as I connect either an external mouse or an external keyboard through the PS/2 port, I stop getting input on /dev/psaux. Even when removing the external device, the mouse does not come back. Does anybody have a clue to what is happening or an idea to work around it. Thanks /Peter -- http://www.linearity.org/turtle/contact.html ``When you have had all the experiences, met all the famous people, made some money, toured the world and got all the acclaim you still think--is that it? Some might be satisfied--but I wasn't'' -- G. Harrison Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] test message - please ignore
I couldn't it was the first e-mail in the box when I opened my reader poof it opened. Please accept my apologies. *grin* James On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 14:56:23 -0500 daRcmaTTeR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Didn't I ask you to ignore this? now close this message and go say 10 > hail marys and 20 our fathers and all should be ok. > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Konqueror/kmail and printing
On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 19:49:26 -0500 Jesus Arocho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just realized that I cannot print from konqueror or kmail. Staroffice is > fine. I am using CUPS. Any ideas? > Had a problem like that with netscape, it kept defalting to lp instead of lpr. Could this be it? James > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Apache question
David Guntner wrote: > Pierre Fortin grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > >>On Wed, 27 Feb 2002 09:50:28 +0100 wim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> >>>I have a webserver where the root directory is password proteced. >>>In a subdir I have some files that may be accessed by everyone. >>>Now, my question is: How can I remove the auth from the subdir? >>Does the directory contain a .htaccess file...? Tried that one too, no success. >> > > I'm pretty sure that when you protect a directory, all subdirectories under > that directory are also protected - and I'm pretty sure that there's no way > to shut it off Thought so :-( > > My advise to wim is to not password protect the root, and instead put the > stuff that he wants protected in a subdirectory that is protected. Then he > can put a link to that directory in the root page, to make it easy for > those who are supposed to be able to view the information to get to it. > I tried to avoid all this work... It looks like that's the only way... :-( Thanx guys! > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > -- Kind regards, Wim De Hul Belgacom Belbone Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mobile : +32 479 952004 Ripe : WDH25-RIPE Registered Linux User: #260015 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com