Re: [expert] smbd doesnt start, where should I start looking!!!
Perfect!!! lsof -i :139 solved the problem, it was one of the services started with vmware, I just installed vmware on my system and was causing this trouble. When I stopped it everything came back to normal. Thanks a lot, your help was very precise and fast. Roberto --- J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Roberto Armenteros wrote: True what you said. I checked /var/log/samba/smbd.log and I found the problem. For some reason I get the error: bind failed on port 139 socket_addr = 0.0.0.0.I am not running any service on that port. I then tried running smbd with the -p otion and specified any particula port in my case 140, and it started the daemon successfuly, but then I couldnt access the shares from another computer. What do you think I should do next? H, now that sounds strange. Port 139 should be dedicated to netbios-ssn. Hopefully you don't have another service binding to it, such as a trojan (highly unlikely). So what is using it? Try running a lsof -i :139 and you can do a netstat -a | grep LISTEN. See what you come up with. Take another look at smb.conf. Something could have got screwed up in there Dr John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - online filing with TurboTax http://taxes.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Orinoco wireless and MDK 7.2
Le 15/04/2002 à 20:47 +0100, Mike Starnes a bien voulu m'écrire : Hi list, I'm trying to get an Orinoco Gold wireless pc card to work on a Dell Latitude. Hi ! I have an Elsa Airlancer MC-11 on my laptop, and a PCI-11 for the desktop (actually, they are Orinoco PC Cards inside), both with Mdk 8.2 My destop is connected to a cable-modem through a 10/100 Ethernet card. Sometimes my little network works, sometimes it doesn't... don't know why... Did you check your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file ? There are very important lines there. How do you use your network ? N. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE3, mdk8.1 and menudrake
Le 15/04/2002 à 18:37 +0100, Ola Andersson a bien voulu m'écrire : Hello. When I installed KDE3 on my mandrake 8.1 everything looked OK, even the programme menu on the K button on kicker. After adding a new entery to the menu with menudrake almost all entires dissapeard from the K menu. Where are they? Hi ! I experienced the same thing... I think that the old MenuDrake (wrotten for KDE 2) doesn't work very well with KDE3... I would appritiate if someone could point me in the right direction or to some documentation about the mysterious ways of menudrake. I found the old menus in /home/MYUSERNAME/.kde/share/applnk-mdk/. I copied this directory in /home/MYUSERNAME/.kde3/share, and it worked fine again. When I want to modify or add an entry, I do it directly in the applnk-mdk/ directory, without MenuDrake. If you want specific options (like starting an application with root identity), you can use the good old kmenuedit (wich is still there, despite of MenuDrake). For KDE3, use the KDE3 version, here located : /opt/kde3/bin/kmenuedit By the way, do you know how to define launching options (like starting an application with root identity) with MenuDrake ? Hope this helps, N. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problem with monitor refresh (LG 795 FT+)
On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 04:29:22PM +0200, Javier Martinez Villacampa wrote: Hi everybody, I have this monitor LG FLATRON 795FT+, and is able to have a resolution of 1024x768 at 100 Hz. In fact under Xfree86 3.3.6 it works in that way. But under Xfree86 4.2.0 it only works at 85 Hz. It seems X4 defaults to 85 Hz max for all modes and the default config contains no modelines for default modes. If you want different timing you can try copying modelines from XF86config to XF86Config-4 or writing your own. I amn using a MDK 8.2, and this monitor is not recogniced by the X wizard, so i have to put it as a generic monitor with similar refresh times. Does it appear in the list of monitors? If so, you should select it there. Otherwise you can set the capabilities in /etc/X11/XF86Configi-4. It should include de cumentation or you can have a look at man XF86Config. My graphics card is a TNT2 M64 (PixelView All-in-ComboTV 128) with 32 MBs, so this is not the problem. The problem is in the program that configures the refresh. Do both your card and monitor support DDC? If so, the monitor should be detected but often it is not. HTH -- Michal Suchanek [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] multi-user, multi-lingual??
J. Grant [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: change your runlevel to shell and login individually, thats a work around not a fix (c) Okay, thanks. We did that today and kde works, in english for one user and japanese for another. Gnome seems to be having some problems, but that isn't a huge concern and i half think we left a stray config file somewhere that might be causing the trouble. ps I am assuming your window manager is configured correctly If by `correctly' you mean kde control center is set to english for one user and japanese for the other, then yes. pps why is your return address overriding the mandrake one? good question. i do not know. i am using gnus and the reply-to is set in the .emacs or .gnus file. shouldn't be a problem, but maybe it is? I changed it manually this time (to point to the list). did it work okay? -- Chris Spackman gpg: 9B6B 860E 7C06 787F 366F 5D3E 7152 DCB2 FC51 51B9 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] best firewall
Hi David, Thanks for the info about netmasq. I find the Bastille hard to set up so I will take a look at it the next time I'll have to set up a firewall. Only the webpage wasn't avalible when I wanted to visit it. Thanks, Wayne From: David Relson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] best firewall Date: Mon, 15 Apr 2002 07:45:13 -0400 At 07:09 AM 4/15/02, you wrote: Hi, You can try the Single Network Firewall from Mandrakesoft. It contains the Bastille, a good hardening system and firewall. I believe it also contains snort wich is a very good intrusion detection system. You only need a whole computer for it. If you don't have an extra computer you can try only the Bastille wich can be found at www.bastille-linux.org. You also can take a look at www.mandrakesecure.net for other firewalls, tools and security info. I've been very pleased with netmasq. It's a set of shell scripts to provide firewall and masquerading services. I really like that its quick and easy to use. Simply edit a few small text files to indicate which services to allow and which ip addresses to deny, run the netmasq script, and your firewall rules are set/updated. The author is in our local LUG. He's a SysAdmin at a nearby public library. netmasq can be found at http://pulse.cantonpl.org/carl/netmasq.html. David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Linux irc channel
irc.linux.com There is a #mandrake room there too Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB -Original Message- From: skidley [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 15, 2002 7:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Linux irc channel On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 07:24:36PM -0400, Joel Esler wrote: #linux on irc.dal.net On Monday 15 April 2002 06:37 pm, you wrote: Would some kind soul please post the linux channel and server on irc? I had this info at one time but seem to have misplaced it. Getting old is just a bitch... Dr John The Night Tripper -- Esler, Joel SGT, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Come join us on the undernet in #mandrake, here's the channel url: http://www.mandrakehelp.com I'm skidley (not always there as I have dialup) -- Chad Young Linux User #195191 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Text + graphical logins
- Original Message - From: Jarmo Kettunen [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 16, 2002 1:13 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Text + graphical logins On Tuesday 16 April 2002 05:05, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] grabbed a keyboard and wrote: I am running LM 7.2 with graphical logging enabled. Yet when booting, the login screen with the big (or semi-big) penguin comes up all the time. It goes away after a while anyway and the graphical login screen pops up, yet this intermediate stage is annoying and I would like to skip it altogether and go straight to the graphical login screen. What needs to be done? Look for file linuxlogo,it's somewhere bin/sbin/usr/bin/usr/sbin.. Remove that,and you don't see it anymore... Jarmo ya know?...there's just something wrong about taking the Penguin OUT of the boot process on a Linux machine. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Text + graphical logins
On Tuesday 16 April 2002 05:05, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] grabbed a keyboard and wrote: I am running LM 7.2 with graphical logging enabled. Yet when booting, the login screen with the big (or semi-big) penguin comes up all the time. It goes away after a while anyway and the graphical login screen pops up, yet this intermediate stage is annoying and I would like to skip it altogether and go straight to the graphical login screen. What needs to be done? Look for file linuxlogo,it's somewhere bin/sbin/usr/bin/usr/sbin.. Remove that,and you don't see it anymore... Jarmo ya know?...there's just something wrong about taking the Penguin OUT of the boot process on a Linux machine. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Text + graphical logins
I it really bugs you, you could create your own custom /cat/issue. That file is what brings up the oversized penguin. I kinda like the penguin though. On Monday 15 April 2002 14:33, you wrote: I am running LM 7.2 with graphical logging enabled. Yet when booting, the login screen with the big (or semi-big) penguin comes up all the time. It goes away after a while anyway and the graphical login screen pops up, yet this intermediate stage is annoying and I would like to skip it altogether and go straight to the graphical login screen. What needs to be done? The following lines are in my inittab file (I am not listing all the lines) %% id:5:initdefault: # System initialization. si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit # Things to run in every runlevel. ud::once:/sbin/update # Run xdm in runlevel 5 # xdm is now a separate service x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon %% Thanks in advance, Serge Pineault -- Brandon Long Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Extrange MDK reboot unexpectedly
Title: Extrange MDK reboot unexpectedly Hello list ! I am running linux mandrake 8.1 as intranet server, searching my logs i could see that unexpectedly some night my linux box appear reboot without any reazon. Here i paste a dump of /var/log/messages. It happen some night, in the last week it appear rebooted only on April 11, 12 and 16 as look in mails sended to root or in the syslog. The problem is that syslog does not show nothing extrange or some error that force to reboot the system. Some one know where could i find more information about this issue in my system ? Regards.- Apr 15 23:01:00 sistemas108 CROND[10528]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Apr 16 00:01:00 sistemas108 CROND[10530]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Apr 16 01:01:01 sistemas108 CROND[10533]: (root) CMD (run-parts /etc/cron.hourly) Apr 16 01:17:12 sistemas108 internet: Stopping internet connection if needed: succeeded Apr 16 01:17:13 sistemas108 httpd: httpd-perl shutdown succeeded Apr 16 01:17:14 sistemas108 httpd: httpd shutdown succeeded Apr 16 01:17:15 sistemas108 proftpd[1352]: sistemas108.pecom.com.ar - ProFTPD killed (signal 15) Apr 16 01:17:15 sistemas108 proftpd[1352]: sistemas108.pecom.com.ar - ProFTPD 1.2.2 standalone mode SHUTDOWN Apr 16 01:17:15 sistemas108 proftpd: proftpd shutdown succeeded Apr 16 01:17:15 sistemas108 rc: Stopping kheader: succeeded Apr 16 01:17:15 sistemas108 sshd[1004]: Received signal 15; terminating. Apr 16 01:17:15 sistemas108 sshd: sshd -TERM succeeded Apr 16 01:17:16 sistemas108 postfix: Shutting down postfix: Apr 16 01:17:16 sistemas108 postfix: postfix Apr 16 01:17:16 sistemas108 rc: Stopping postfix: succeeded Apr 16 01:17:16 sistemas108 ucd-snmp[978]: Received TERM or STOP signal... shutting down... Apr 16 01:17:16 sistemas108 snmpd: snmpd shutdown succeeded Apr 16 01:17:17 sistemas108 xinetd[1031]: Exiting... Apr 16 01:17:17 sistemas108 xinetd: xinetd shutdown succeeded Apr 16 01:17:17 sistemas108 atd: atd shutdown succeeded Apr 16 01:17:18 sistemas108 crond: crond shutdown succeeded Apr 16 01:17:18 sistemas108 dd: 1+0 records in Apr 16 01:17:18 sistemas108 dd: 1+0 records out Apr 16 01:17:18 sistemas108 random: Saving random seed: succeeded Apr 16 01:17:18 sistemas108 kernel: Kernel logging (proc) stopped. Apr 16 01:17:18 sistemas108 kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating. . Martín Méndez Tecnología - Pecom Energia. Voice: +54-11-4344-7103 [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] multi-user, multi-lingual??
Hi, About this subject. I would like to know how to set a language to a specific user under terminal. I installed MDK (versions 8.0 and 8.1) with Portuguese language option. But in our Labs, we have users from different countries (sometimes visitors) and I would like to set Linux for them in their home-language. KDE does it, but only for graphical login. Many thanks in advance. Cheers, --- Alan Wilter S. da Silva --- Laboratório de Física Biológica Instituto de Biofísica Carlos Chagas Filho Universidade do Brasil/UFRJ Rio de Janeiro, Brasil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] cannot recompile kernel on 82 (rpm --rebuild)
I tried rpm --rebuild /home/dmc/kernel-2.4.18.6mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm and after half an hour, got this /usr/bin/gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include/linux/modversions.h -DKBUILD_BASENAME=cache -c -o cache.o cache.c /usr/bin/gcc -D__KERNEL__ -I/usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include -Wall -Wstrict-prototypes -Wno-trigraphs -O2 -fno-strict-aliasing -fno-common -fomit-frame-pointer -pipe -mpreferred-stack-boundary=2 -march=i586 -DMODULE -DMODVERSIONS -include /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include/linux/modversions.h -DKBUILD_BASENAME=journal -c -o journal.o journal.c In file included from /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include/asm/semaphore.h:39, from /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include/linux/fs.h:215, from journal.c:11: /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include/asm/system.h:203: parse error before `volatime' /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include/asm/system.h:204: warning: function declaration isn't a prototype /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include/asm/system.h: In function `__xchg': /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include/asm/system.h:205: `size' undeclared (first use in this function) /usr/src/RPM/BUILD/linux/include/asm/system.h:205: (Each undeclared identifier is reported only once ... ... ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Sony CRX75A (pcmcia)
Hi, Just got an external cd-writer. It's connected to my notebook via pcmcia card. What I did: Mandrake 8.1, Kernel 2.4.8 (the standard Mandrake type). I installed the pcmcia things and the slot works. I tested it with a ATA card and could mount the thing and read the files. Problem: The card was not detected at bootup so I had to switch it from cardbus-mode to 16-bit mode. It gets detected now (2 high beeps) But I cannot mount a cdrom from that Sony device. From /var/log/messages: [...] kernel: Intel ISA/PCI/CardBus PCIC probe: kernel: PCI: Found IRQ 11 for device 00:03.0 kernel: PCI: Sharing IRQ 11 with 00:01.4 kernel: O2Micro OZ6812 rev 05 PCI-to-CardBus at slot 00:03, mem 0x1000 kernel: host opts [0]: [ring] [pci/way] [pciirq 11] [lat 168/176] [bus 2/5] kernel: ISA irqs (default) = 3,4,5,7,9,12 PCI status changes kernel: cs: memory probe 0xa000-0xa0ff: clean. kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0100-0x04ff: excluding 0x378-0x37f 0x480-0x48f 0x4d0-0x4d7 kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0380-0x047f: clean. kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0490-0x04cf: clean. kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x04d8-0x04ff: clean. kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0800-0x08ff: clean. kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0a00-0x0aff: clean. kernel: cs: IO port probe 0x0c00-0x0cff: clean. kernel: hde: SONY CD-RW CRX700E, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive kernel: ide2 at 0x180-0x187,0x386 on irq 3 kernel: ide-floppy driver 0.97 kernel: hde: ATAPI 24X CD-ROM CD-R/RW drive, 8192kB Cache kernel: ATAPI device hde: kernel: Error: Not ready -- (Sense key=0x02) kernel: Incompatible medium installed -- (asc=0x30, ascq=0x00) kernel: The failed Test Unit Ready packet command was: kernel: 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 00 kernel: ide_cs: hde: Vcc = 5.0, Vpp = 0.0 [...] -- Any ideas what I can do? Werner Heuser (Linux on the Road) lists the Sony device as working on his site (www.mobilix.org) but I could not find a solution. Furthermore the dev-system of Mandrake made a broken link from /dev/hde to /dev/ide/../disk instead of ./cd. wobo -- Registered Linux User 228909 Powered By Mandrake Linux 8.1 - Microsoft, Windows, Bugs, Lacking Features, IRQ Conflicts, System Crashes, Non-Functional Multitasking and The Blue Screen of Death (BSOD) are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corp., Redmond, Washington, USA. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Text + graphical logins
i mean /etc/issue (still early without enough caffiene) . Mandrake overwrites that file at every boot, but you can alter what gets written to it. take a look at rc.local around line 15. On Tuesday 16 April 2002 09:14, you wrote: I it really bugs you, you could create your own custom /cat/issue. That file is what brings up the oversized penguin. I kinda like the penguin though. On Monday 15 April 2002 14:33, you wrote: I am running LM 7.2 with graphical logging enabled. Yet when booting, the login screen with the big (or semi-big) penguin comes up all the time. It goes away after a while anyway and the graphical login screen pops up, yet this intermediate stage is annoying and I would like to skip it altogether and go straight to the graphical login screen. What needs to be done? The following lines are in my inittab file (I am not listing all the lines) %% id:5:initdefault: # System initialization. si::sysinit:/etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit # Things to run in every runlevel. ud::once:/sbin/update # Run xdm in runlevel 5 # xdm is now a separate service x:5:respawn:/etc/X11/prefdm -nodaemon %% Thanks in advance, Serge Pineault -- Brandon Long Network Administrator Northern Michigan Online [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Box security
On Sat, 2002-04-13 at 14:49, Jay wrote: I am running Mandrake 8.2 with ports 22(ssh), 25(smtp), 80 (http), 443(secure-http) open. Does anyone know a a good site, or a few good sites that will explain different types of hack attempts on these ports so that I can make sure my box is secure. I do have a firewall up and running with servers running on each of those ports but there may be round-about ways of attacking them I am not aware of. Thanks -Jay One thing you might want to do is subscribe to the Bugtraq mailing list. That way you'll get all the latest security holes as they are found; which means if you are using a newer distro release, this list has real value. Since otherwise you may be scanning old security problems that have already been dealt with. http://online.securityfocus.com/archive Bugtraq is a general purpose swiss-army knife list which contains traffic of all sorts; not just Linux stuff. If you would rather not see a security mailing list dominated by M$ traffic (rofl/large snickers), then I suggest the Focus-Linux list, (at the link above) which concentrates solely on Linux security problems. HTH, LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° _ 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
[expert] Microsoft - The settlement that isn't
Antitrust Division, U.S. D.O.J. We the people, in order to promote fair opportunity for competition in the computer software and operating system markets, want to know why Microsoft is allowed to continue is predatory practices within the software market. Of greatest concern is Microsoft's continued ability to eliminate competition and harm consumers who choose Linux as a competitior to Microsoft. The following article by Bruce Perens exemplifies our complaint that Microsoft is still able to harm competition and consumers with its practices. The issues contained within the article deserve your departments consideration and special attention. Mr. Perens article follow below the signature. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 1329 N. University, Suite D4 Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax The Microsoft penalty that isn't By Bruce Perens April 15, 2002, 12:00 PM PT In its antitrust settlement with the Justice Department and nine states, Microsoft promised to publish technology that would allow competing products to interoperate with Windows. But Microsoft has sidestepped the penalty by crafting a technology license that excludes the company's only viable competitor. Linux, which was described by Windows Division Vice President Brian Valentine as the long-term threat against Microsoft's core business, is banned from interoperating with its common Internet file system, otherwise known as Windows File and Printer Sharing. The Microsoft license specifically excludes software under the General Public License, commonly known as the GPL. The GPL is the software license used by Linux and by SAMBA, a popular open-source program that allows non-Microsoft systems to share files and printers with Windows. Microsoft has also banned software under the Lesser General Public License, or LGPL. That license is used by the Mozilla Web browser, the GNOME graphical desktop, and many of the software libraries shipped with Linux. The GPL and LGPL are the most popular licenses used for open-source software, and cover tens of thousands of free programs. A second Microsoft license on extensions used in Windows 2000 and Windows XP will require royalty payments, excluding all software produced by the open-source developer community. Because Microsoft has patented features of the file-sharing protocol, open-source developers who implement the protocol could be sued for infringement. Microsoft is likely to use this same license on future standards, embedding patented features in the standards and excluding free software like Linux from use of the patents. While patented features in file sharing would handicap Linux from being able to exchange files over an office LAN (local area network), similar future efforts could ban open-source tools like OpenOffice and AbiWord from operating with documents created using Microsoft Office, and Web browsers like Mozilla from viewing Web sites produced with Microsoft software. It's the share-and-share-alike provision of the GPL that Microsoft can't accept--the requirement that modified versions of software under the license be available for anyone to further distribute and modify. But this is the aspect of the license that made Linux a threat to Microsoft while even the mighty IBM could not dent Microsoft's monopoly with its OS/2 operating system. The GPL, brainchild of MacArthur genius grant recipient Richard Stallman and his GNU Project, creates a fair partnership among many thousands of independent software developers that is difficult for Microsoft to swallow. Microsoft previously responded by influencing government and universities to choose weaker OS licenses that lack the share-and-share-alike provision. Because Microsoft can make proprietary and patented enhancements to software under the weaker licenses, it can apply its embrace-and-enhance strategy: Microsoft introduces incompatibility into the Microsoft version of the software, and forces the public version of the software out of the market because it won't interoperate with the Windows version. Only a vendor that dominates the market could use such a strategy to maintain its monopoly. The GPL-licensed Linux system is the only one that has been able to make a dent in that monopoly. Microsoft executives justify their position with the mantra, We are for strong intellectual-property protection. But only when it's to Microsoft's advantage; otherwise, Microsoft wouldn't be pressuring others to weaken their open-source licensing. Even during the penalty phase of their antitrust prosecution, the company still can't settle for a piece of the software industry pie. Although Microsoft's compromise with the U.S. Department of Justice is crafted to make it seem that a competitor could enter, it still leaves Microsoft owning the whole pie. This situation also illustrates the dichotomy of software patents versus copyright.
Re: [expert] Orinoco wireless and MDK 7.2
Hi Nicolas and all, I have an RG-1100 in bridge mode connected to a lan and trying to have the laptop with an Orinoco Gold card connect to the lan. I make some progress. Looks like the wireless card is loading but I get error messages about eth0. Orinoco's instructions say to make an ifcfg-eth0 file like this: *,*,*,*) IF_PORT= BOOTP=n IPADDR=10.0.0.5 NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=10.0.0.0 BROADCAST=10.0.0.255 GATEWAY=10.0.0.1 DOMAIN=domain.org DNS_1=dns1.domain.org ;; This causes errors like: localhost ifup: ./ifup: ifcfg-eth0: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `*,*,*,*)' localhost ifup: ./ifup: ifcfg-eth0: line 1: `*,*,*,*)' localhost ifup: ipcalc: ip address expected localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locat module netmask localhost ifup: netmask: unknown interface: No such device localhost ifup: netmask: Hostname lookup failure localhost ifup: SIOCADDRT: No such device I don't understand what they are trying to do with the *,*,*,*) or the parameters in quote marks or the ;; at the end. Nicolas ROBAUX wrote: Le 15/04/2002 à 20:47 +0100, Mike Starnes a bien voulu m'écrire : Hi list, I'm trying to get an Orinoco Gold wireless pc card to work on a Dell Latitude. Hi ! I have an Elsa Airlancer MC-11 on my laptop, and a PCI-11 for the desktop (actually, they are Orinoco PC Cards inside), both with Mdk 8.2 My destop is connected to a cable-modem through a 10/100 Ethernet card. Sometimes my little network works, sometimes it doesn't... don't know why... Did you check your /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 file ? There are very important lines there. How do you use your network ? N. 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] mounting an IDE RAID (HPT370 on an Abit KT7-raid)
Hi all, After a lot of help and some extra investigation I found a way to use my HPT raid on Mandrake 8.2. It was simple: modprobe ataraid modprobe hptraid and mounting the 2 NTFS partitions I have: [root@Gamusino etc]# mount -t ntfs /dev/ataraid/disc0/part5 /mnt/windows_raid_e [root@Gamusino etc]# mount -t ntfs /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 /mnt/windows_raid_d All of this worked and I have access to tese disks. But now I want to mount it at boot time putting the following 2 lines in the fstab file: /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 /mnt/windows_raid_d ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/ataraid/disc0/part5 /mnt/windows_raid_e ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 but it doesn't work for me: [root@Gamusino etc]# mount -a mount: tipo de sistema de archivos incorrecto, opción incorrecta, superbloque incorrecto en /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1, o número de sistemas de archivos montados excesivo mount: tipo de sistema de archivos incorrecto, opción incorrecta, superbloque incorrecto en /dev/ataraid/disc0/part5, o número de sistemas de archivos montados excesivo (sorry, my Locale is Spanish) :-) In English: mount: incorrect filesystem type, incorrect option, incorrect superblock or excessive number of filesystems. (or so on) Any of you knwo what is the problem? Thanks in advance PS: I guess some of the messages (and thaks for some replys) I sent using my ISP's provided mail never arrived to this list. So tanks for the previous responses you send me. I'm going to repost this using Hotmail... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] WARNING! ( was Text + graphical logins)
ya know?...there's just something wrong about taking the Penguin OUT of the boot process on a Linux machine. Mark BE ADVISED: removing the Penquin off the bootup screen is an illegal operation, and can result in your arrest, confiscation of computer, and a substantial period of incarceration. The enforcement agency, once responsible for the apprehension of those that would remove tags off of pillows and mattresses, is now known as the Penquin Preservation Agency. So you are at great peril from the PPA if you tamper with or otherwise deface the penquin in any form. Just a word of warning... Dr John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] mounting an IDE RAID (HPT370 on an Abit KT7-raid)
Hi all, After a lot of help and some extra investigation I found a way to use my HPT raid on Mandrake 8.2. It was simple: modprobe ataraid modprobe hptraid and mounting the 2 NTFS partitions I have: [root@Gamusino etc]# mount -t ntfs /dev/ataraid/disc0/part5 /mnt/windows_raid_e [root@Gamusino etc]# mount -t ntfs /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 /mnt/windows_raid_d All of this worked and I have access to tese disks. But now I want to mount it at boot time putting the following 2 lines in the fstab file: /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 /mnt/windows_raid_d ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/ataraid/disc0/part5 /mnt/windows_raid_e ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 but it doesn't work for me: [root@Gamusino etc]# mount -a mount: tipo de sistema de archivos incorrecto, opción incorrecta, superbloque incorrecto en /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1, o número de sistemas de archivos montados excesivo mount: tipo de sistema de archivos incorrecto, opción incorrecta, superbloque incorrecto en /dev/ataraid/disc0/part5, o número de sistemas de archivos montados excesivo (sorry, my Locale is Spanish) :-) In English: mount: incorrect filesystem type, incorrect option, incorrect superblock or excessive number of filesystems. (or so on) Any of you knwo what is the problem? Thanks in advance PS: I guess some of the messages (and thaks for some replys) I sent using my ISP's provided mail never arrived to this list. So tanks for the previous responses you send me. I'm going to repost this using Hotmail... _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Orinoco wireless and MDK 7.2
On Tuesday 16 April 2002 20:49, you wrote: localhost ifup: ./ifup: ifcfg-eth0: line 1: syntax error near unexpected token `*,*,*,*)' localhost ifup: ./ifup: ifcfg-eth0: line 1: `*,*,*,*)' localhost ifup: ipcalc: ip address expected localhost modprobe: modprobe: Can't locat module netmask localhost ifup: netmask: unknown interface: No such device localhost ifup: netmask: Hostname lookup failure localhost ifup: SIOCADDRT: No such device I don't understand what they are trying to do with the *,*,*,*) or the parameters in quote marks or the ;; at the end. Those are coming from /etc/pcmcia/wireless.opts file...You need wireless-tools to load your card. There in wireless-tools is commandprogram named iwconfig what handles wireless.opts. Look at: http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/ Regards Jarmo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] WARNING! ( was Text + graphical logins)
ya know?...there's just something wrong about taking the Penguin OUT of the boot process on a Linux machine. Mark BE ADVISED: removing the Penquin off the bootup screen is an illegal operation, and can result in your arrest, confiscation of computer, and a substantial period of incarceration. The enforcement agency, once responsible for the apprehension of those that would remove tags off of pillows and mattresses, is now known as the Penquin Preservation Agency. So you are at great peril from the PPA if you tamper with or otherwise deface the penquin in any form. Just a word of warning... Dr John and thats just as it oughta be too! Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] WARNING! ( was Text + graphical logins)
On Tuesday 16 April 2002 20:57, you wrote: ya know?...there's just something wrong about taking the Penguin OUT of the boot process on a Linux machine. Mark BE ADVISED: removing the Penquin off the bootup screen is an illegal operation, and can result in your arrest, confiscation of computer, and a substantial period of incarceration. The enforcement agency, once responsible for the apprehension of those that would remove tags off of pillows and mattresses, is now known as the Penquin Preservation Agency. So you are at great peril from the PPA if you tamper with or otherwise deface the penquin in any form. Just a word of warning... Dr John Hvery open laugh Jarmo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mounting an IDE RAID (HPT370 on an Abit KT7-raid)
On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 14:02, Gregorio Perez Aguilera wrote: Hi all, After a lot of help and some extra investigation I found a way to use my HPT raid on Mandrake 8.2. It was simple: modprobe ataraid modprobe hptraid and mounting the 2 NTFS partitions I have: [root@Gamusino etc]# mount -t ntfs /dev/ataraid/disc0/part5 /mnt/windows_raid_e [root@Gamusino etc]# mount -t ntfs /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 /mnt/windows_raid_d All of this worked and I have access to tese disks. But now I want to mount it at boot time putting the following 2 lines in the fstab file: /dev/ataraid/disc0/part1 /mnt/windows_raid_d ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 /dev/ataraid/disc0/part5 /mnt/windows_raid_e ntfs iocharset=iso8859-15,umask=0,codepage=850 0 0 but it doesn't work for me: In English: mount: incorrect filesystem type, incorrect option, incorrect superblock or excessive number of filesystems. (or so on) Any of you knwo what is the problem? One problem that I can think of immediately is that you are not loading the modules early enough in the boot process. What I would suggest is putting those modules into a new initrd. This means you need to get familiar with the idiosyncracies of the mkinitrd command, if you are not already. What would help also would be for you to decompress the existing initrd file that you have and mount it via the loop device(s). After you do that you can have a peek inside the initrd filesystem and see what exactly is going on. This also will let you see what modules are already there, thus giving you the opportunity to place those in your new initrd file. There are other ways to get that information, but IMO there's nothing like looking inside the initrd filesystem itself. Anyway, that should fix your problem... Thanks in advance PS: I guess some of the messages (and thaks for some replys) I sent using my ISP's provided mail never arrived to this list. So tanks for the previous responses you send me. I'm going to repost this using Hotmail... HTH, LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° _ 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] WARNING! ( was Text + graphical logins)
Wow, Someone better find out what Dr. John the night tripper is on before it's too late Or, perhaps this is what we can all look forward to as age takes its toll... J. Craig Woods wrote: ya know?...there's just something wrong about taking the Penguin OUT of the boot process on a Linux machine. Mark BE ADVISED: removing the Penquin off the bootup screen is an illegal operation, and can result in your arrest, confiscation of computer, and a substantial period of incarceration. The enforcement agency, once responsible for the apprehension of those that would remove tags off of pillows and mattresses, is now known as the Penquin Preservation Agency. So you are at great peril from the PPA if you tamper with or otherwise deface the penquin in any form. Just a word of warning... Dr John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 1329 N. University, Suite D4 Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Orinoco wireless and MDK 7.2
ok go here http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/ download the pcmcia-cs-3.1.30.tar.gz, that's the one I have and it works. Then go to the Orinoco web site and download the Linux driver, the latest one. here http://www.orinocowireless.com/ find the client products and download the driver. Next you un tar the pcmcia-cs-3.1.30 and cp the Orinoco drive file, still zipped up in that directory and then untar it. The file is a WLL something or other. Once this is done read the README file there are 3 of them, you have to run a ./Build and a ./Install it will ask you to point stuff to where the Linux directory is, you might want to know exactly where that file is. I accepted all the defaults and then cd to /etc/rc.d/init.d/ ./pcmcia restart and a ./network restart sometime I had to do this twice and I was on line.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] X-windows for undocked/docked HP900 laptop
I installed Mandrake v8.1 on my HP900 Omnibook not long ago. I did this while it was undocked. I recently put it in the docking station with an external monitor attached and discovered that once it gets to the boot stage where X-Windows is started, the display goes blank. I recall that the XF86Config file often has an option for extern. So the problem could probably be fixed by setting this option in the XF86Config file. My questions are: * is there some way to feed a parameter to the boot process that would select this appropriately? * is there some easy way to detect docked/undocked status that could be used in a script - in the /etc/rc tree for instance? * is it possible to drive both the external display and the LCD display simultaneously? Would this need to limit the resolution of both to that of the laptop LCD, as it does under windows? (or could the laptop LCD use a screen size that matched the external monitor with only a partial window actually displayed...) As a work-around, I could just boot to the CLI and then start X-windows with the appropriate XF86Config settings, but that seems inelegant. TIA D.J. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] best firewall
Steve wrote: What is the best firewall to use with linux mandrake these days? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com The best GUI around for building firewall policies (the real fw is the iptables component of the 2.4 kernel) is fwbuilder www.fwbuilder.org. This is a very nifty gui that permits to build rules with drag-n-drop like all professional products do, so nice and easy. It also contains a druid (as opposed to the term wizzard). Once a set of rules is created they can be saved, compiled and installed. All you have to do make these rules permanent through a reboot is call /etc/init.d/iptables save. On reboot 'iptables start' will then re-instate them automatically. Make sure 'chkconfig --add iptables' enables the iptables script. You can make fwbuilder call a script that will install the rules and do the 'iptables save' just after it. Guy. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Orinoco wireless and MDK 7.2
Thanks, but think I've tried this, unless I did something wrong. Got to the step make config then it wants to know where the kernel source is. I don't have the kernel source and don't know where to find it for a 2.2.17 kernel. Is it trying to recompile the kernel? Here is what happens: root# make config --Linux PCMCIA Configuration Script--- The default responses for each question are correct for most users. Consult the PCMCIA-HOWTO for additional info about each option. Linux source tree directory [/usr/src/linux]: Linux source tree /usr/src/linux is incomplete or missing! The kernel headers are present but, not the full source code. See the HOWTO for a list of FTP sites for current kernel sources. Configuration failed. make: *** [config] Error 1 root# Someone said to try it as user but that gave the same result. The package kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.17-21mdk is installed and I think the card is loading upon boot. But I can't get an ifcfg-eth0 file to work. In /var/log/messages there are lines showing the card loaded ok but lots of errors about eth0. Maybe I've made some stupid assumption somewhere. If you think so let me know. Mike Dodd, David J wrote: ok go here http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ftp/ download the pcmcia-cs-3.1.30.tar.gz, that's the one I have and it works. Then go to the Orinoco web site and download the Linux driver, the latest one. here http://www.orinocowireless.com/ find the client products and download the driver. Next you un tar the pcmcia-cs-3.1.30 and cp the Orinoco drive file, still zipped up in that directory and then untar it. The file is a WLL something or other. Once this is done read the README file there are 3 of them, you have to run a ./Build and a ./Install it will ask you to point stuff to where the Linux directory is, you might want to know exactly where that file is. I accepted all the defaults and then cd to /etc/rc.d/init.d/ ./pcmcia restart and a ./network restart sometime I had to do this twice and I was on line.. 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] Intel 3200 USB DSL Modem Mandrake 8.2 - How?
Any Intel 3200 USB DSL Modem users out there? Have you been able to get it to work under LM8.2? Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Microsoft - The settlement that isn't
What I find very troubling is the fact that the local telephone provider (Qwest) has been forcing their customers onto the MSN network. This so-called merging of Qwest and MSN will increase MSN's substantially customer base. How the h*ll did they manage to get away with this manuveur? This almost chokes off the air supply (internet access) for linux users. Sevatio David Rankin wrote: Antitrust Division, U.S. D.O.J. We the people, in order to promote fair opportunity for competition in the computer software and operating system markets, want to know why Microsoft is allowed to continue is predatory practices within the software market. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Orinoco wireless and MDK 7.2
do a locate -i on your linux kernel and make sure its pointing to the right file. Im not sure what else to do besides that. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] rawdevices
I wonder why rawdevices would fail in 8.2 on boot after building a vanilla kernel - 2.4.19-pre5-ac3, -pre6, -pre7 with devfs support of course. I have always done devfs=nomount because I have had problems with devfs and am used to the old devices. I have decided with 8.2 to try devfs again. I get this when rawdevices fails: no such file /dev/raw/rawctl. Why would this disappear into thin air because of using a new kernel? Any special kernel patch that was used for that in the stock kernel? -- Chad Young Linux User #195191 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Microsoft - The settlement that isn't
The government has become increasingly intrusive over the last 20 years. Taxes are beyond intolerable; they are now insane. Not only that, but it's clear that the democrats are out to increase taxes further and do away with our personal freedoms; second amendment, digital, and otherwise. The one thing that the US government is supposed to do well is protect the people. So basically the government has failed miserably to do the one thing that we pay taxes and elect our officials to do; and that is protect the people. M$ now has a carte blanc to continue it's rape. A license for criminal activity. To top it all off, there is an Enron bomb simmering at the massive M$ organization that has been hushed up for years; and continues on to this day. A highly respected CPA has been attempting to blow the lid on this one since 1999. Yet no one seems to have the balls to bring it into the limelight; note that the top execs (including Gates) of M$ have been quietly selling off their stock in the company, as you check out the following URL: See: http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html The wrong people have *bought* control of the legislation system. Now you guys can get ready for a barrage of laws to be introduced that will legislate Linux and open source out of existence. They may not get the Consumer Broadband and the DMCA through, but they are going to hit us with such a barrage of new legislation that something is probably going to be slimed through the cracks. So keep your eyes peeled; it's coming. The only answer that possibly may be there is to GET THESE PARASITES OUT OF OFFICE. Offenders such as Daschel, Gephardt, and Hollings should be gotten out of power. This will require conscious political activism. On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 13:19, David Rankin wrote: Antitrust Division, U.S. D.O.J. We the people, in order to promote fair opportunity for competition in the computer software and operating system markets, want to know why Microsoft is allowed to continue is predatory practices within the software market. Of greatest concern is Microsoft's continued ability to eliminate competition and harm consumers who choose Linux as a competitior to Microsoft. The following article by Bruce Perens exemplifies our complaint that Microsoft is still able to harm competition and consumers with its practices. The issues contained within the article deserve your departments consideration and special attention. Mr. Perens article follow below the signature. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 1329 N. University, Suite D4 Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax The Microsoft penalty that isn't By Bruce Perens April 15, 2002, 12:00 PM PT In its antitrust settlement with the Justice Department and nine states, Microsoft promised to publish technology that would allow competing products to interoperate with Windows. But Microsoft has sidestepped the penalty by crafting a technology license that excludes the company's only viable competitor. Linux, which was described by Windows Division Vice President Brian Valentine as the long-term threat against Microsoft's core business, is banned from interoperating with its common Internet file system, otherwise known as Windows File and Printer Sharing. The Microsoft license specifically excludes software under the General Public License, commonly known as the GPL. The GPL is the software license used by Linux and by SAMBA, a popular open-source program that allows non-Microsoft systems to share files and printers with Windows. Microsoft has also banned software under the Lesser General Public License, or LGPL. That license is used by the Mozilla Web browser, the GNOME graphical desktop, and many of the software libraries shipped with Linux. The GPL and LGPL are the most popular licenses used for open-source software, and cover tens of thousands of free programs. A second Microsoft license on extensions used in Windows 2000 and Windows XP will require royalty payments, excluding all software produced by the open-source developer community. Because Microsoft has patented features of the file-sharing protocol, open-source developers who implement the protocol could be sued for infringement. Microsoft is likely to use this same license on future standards, embedding patented features in the standards and excluding free software like Linux from use of the patents. While patented features in file sharing would handicap Linux from being able to exchange files over an office LAN (local area network), similar future efforts could ban open-source tools like OpenOffice and AbiWord from operating with documents created using Microsoft Office, and Web browsers like Mozilla from viewing Web sites produced with Microsoft software. It's the share-and-share-alike provision of the GPL that
Re: [expert] Microsoft - The settlement that isn't
How do they force people onto MSN? On Tuesday 16 April 2002 07:00 pm, you wrote: What I find very troubling is the fact that the local telephone provider (Qwest) has been forcing their customers onto the MSN network. This so-called merging of Qwest and MSN will increase MSN's substantially customer base. How the h*ll did they manage to get away with this manuveur? This almost chokes off the air supply (internet access) for linux users. Sevatio David Rankin wrote: Antitrust Division, U.S. D.O.J. We the people, in order to promote fair opportunity for competition in the computer software and operating system markets, want to know why Microsoft is allowed to continue is predatory practices within the software market. -- Esler, Joel SGT, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Microsoft - The settlement that isn't
On Tuesday 16 April 2002 07:00 pm, Sevatio wrote: What I find very troubling is the fact that the local telephone provider (Qwest) has been forcing their customers onto the MSN network. This so-called merging of Qwest and MSN will increase MSN's substantially customer base. How the h*ll did they manage to get away with this manuveur? This almost chokes off the air supply (internet access) for linux users. Sevatio David Rankin wrote: Antitrust Division, U.S. D.O.J. We the people, in order to promote fair opportunity for competition in the computer software and operating system markets, want to know why Microsoft is allowed to continue is predatory practices within the software market. Sevatio: Just more Microsoft innovation, that's all. Sounds like you might be searching for a new ISP. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ebay with mozilla
On stardate Mon, 15 Apr 2002, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: On Mon, Apr 15, 2002 at 15:46 +0200, Alexander Skwar wrote: »Wolfgang Bornath« sagte am 2002-04-15 um 15:31:46 +0200 : I'm using mozilla 0.9.8 as a web browser. I have an account with ebay. If I want to log in at www.ebay.de (as I live in Germany) I cannot login because ebay tells me that my browser doesn't accept cookies. Yes, it seems like ebay is sending cookies from some strange sites. To solve this, I removed all the cookie settings (that is, the blocked sites) and made sure that I allow everything from ebay. That's what I did, too. I made the door wide open but ebay.de refuses to come in, ebay.com has no problems to enter. wobo mozilla 0.9.9 works just great - just tried it. mike -- Michael Holt Kirkland, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com Bad or missing mouse driver. Spank the cat? (Y/N) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Microsoft - The settlement that isn't
On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 20:00, Carroll Grigsby wrote: On Tuesday 16 April 2002 07:00 pm, Sevatio wrote: What I find very troubling is the fact that the local telephone provider (Qwest) has been forcing their customers onto the MSN network. This so-called merging of Qwest and MSN will increase MSN's substantially customer base. How the h*ll did they manage to get away with this manuveur? This almost chokes off the air supply (internet access) for linux users. Sevatio David Rankin wrote: Antitrust Division, U.S. D.O.J. We the people, in order to promote fair opportunity for competition in the computer software and operating system markets, want to know why Microsoft is allowed to continue is predatory practices within the software market. Sevatio: Just more Microsoft innovation, that's all. Sounds like you might be searching for a new ISP. -- cmg ya know...they oughta just bust'em up and be done with it. Those bastards are never going to do things any other way then their established methods. Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Microsoft - The settlement that isn't
More partisan bullshit from Lyvim!!! Microsoft was being prosecuted rather nicely until the shrub took office, now the (in)justice department is backing off. Hollings will be experiencing the wrath of my ballot at his next time at bat, though. There are over 400 offenders to be listed why stop at three? And the dictator in cheif should top the list! mg On Tuesday 16 April 2002 19:46, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: The government has become increasingly intrusive over the last 20 years. Taxes are beyond intolerable; they are now insane. Not only that, but it's clear that the democrats are out to increase taxes further and do away with our personal freedoms; second amendment, digital, and otherwise. The one thing that the US government is supposed to do well is protect the people. So basically the government has failed miserably to do the one thing that we pay taxes and elect our officials to do; and that is protect the people. M$ now has a carte blanc to continue it's rape. A license for criminal activity. To top it all off, there is an Enron bomb simmering at the massive M$ organization that has been hushed up for years; and continues on to this day. A highly respected CPA has been attempting to blow the lid on this one since 1999. Yet no one seems to have the balls to bring it into the limelight; note that the top execs (including Gates) of M$ have been quietly selling off their stock in the company, as you check out the following URL: See: http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html The wrong people have *bought* control of the legislation system. Now you guys can get ready for a barrage of laws to be introduced that will legislate Linux and open source out of existence. They may not get the Consumer Broadband and the DMCA through, but they are going to hit us with such a barrage of new legislation that something is probably going to be slimed through the cracks. So keep your eyes peeled; it's coming. The only answer that possibly may be there is to GET THESE PARASITES OUT OF OFFICE. Offenders such as Daschel, Gephardt, and Hollings should be gotten out of power. This will require conscious political activism. On Tue, 2002-04-16 at 13:19, David Rankin wrote: Antitrust Division, U.S. D.O.J. We the people, in order to promote fair opportunity for competition in the computer software and operating system markets, want to know why Microsoft is allowed to continue is predatory practices within the software market. Of greatest concern is Microsoft's continued ability to eliminate competition and harm consumers who choose Linux as a competitior to Microsoft. The following article by Bruce Perens exemplifies our complaint that Microsoft is still able to harm competition and consumers with its practices. The issues contained within the article deserve your departments consideration and special attention. Mr. Perens article follow below the signature. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. RANKIN * BERTIN, PLLC 1329 N. University, Suite D4 Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 (936) 715-9339 fax The Microsoft penalty that isn't By Bruce Perens April 15, 2002, 12:00 PM PT In its antitrust settlement with the Justice Department and nine states, Microsoft promised to publish technology that would allow competing products to interoperate with Windows. But Microsoft has sidestepped the penalty by crafting a technology license that excludes the company's only viable competitor. Linux, which was described by Windows Division Vice President Brian Valentine as the long-term threat against Microsoft's core business, is banned from interoperating with its common Internet file system, otherwise known as Windows File and Printer Sharing. The Microsoft license specifically excludes software under the General Public License, commonly known as the GPL. The GPL is the software license used by Linux and by SAMBA, a popular open-source program that allows non-Microsoft systems to share files and printers with Windows. Microsoft has also banned software under the Lesser General Public License, or LGPL. That license is used by the Mozilla Web browser, the GNOME graphical desktop, and many of the software libraries shipped with Linux. The GPL and LGPL are the most popular licenses used for open-source software, and cover tens of thousands of free programs. A second Microsoft license on extensions used in Windows 2000 and Windows XP will require royalty payments, excluding all software produced by the open-source developer community. Because Microsoft has patented features of the file-sharing protocol, open-source developers who implement the protocol could be sued for infringement. Microsoft is likely to use this same license on future standards, embedding patented features in the standards and
Re: [expert] multi-user, multi-lingual??
type locale, set what you want after JG Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: Hi, About this subject. I would like to know how to set a language to a specific user under terminal. I installed MDK (versions 8.0 and 8.1) with Portuguese language option. But in our Labs, we have users from different countries (sometimes visitors) and I would like to set Linux for them in their home-language. KDE does it, but only for graphical login. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Is it possible to do this?
Anyone know how to remove the KDE2 lock screen menu entry and icon? And... how about a todo program or whatever that can launch a browser on URL entries. This might be possible with some editors? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Is it possible to do this?
Anyone know how to remove the KDE2 lock screen menu entry and icon? And... how about a todo program or whatever that can launch a browser on URL entries. This might be possible with some editors? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Microsoft - The settlement that isn't
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 12:19:40 -0500 David Rankin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Antitrust Division, U.S. D.O.J. We the people, in order to promote fair opportunity for competition in the computer software and operating system markets, want to know why Microsoft is allowed to continue is predatory practices within the software market. Of greatest concern is Microsoft's continued ability to eliminate competition and harm consumers who choose Linux as a competitior to Microsoft. The following article by Bruce Perens exemplifies our complaint that Microsoft is still able to harm competition and consumers with its practices. The issues contained within the article deserve your departments consideration and special attention. Mr. Perens article follow below the signature. very interesting article. i hope it gets to many eyes and ears. Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [OT] Xine problem with 8.2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7 Apr 2002, Ric Tibbetts wrote: All; Ok, not exactly on topic, but I'm hoping that someone here will know this one. I'm trying to play DVD's with xine. It plays mpegs ok, but I get the following error on DVDs: There is no available plugin to handle dvd://video_ts.vob I've checked the home page for xine looking for answers, an found nothing. Can someone point me to an answer for this? Since you posted this I'm assuming that you found the other pages to the different demuxers. I'm curious as to what sort of performance you're getting and what are your hardware specs. My laptop has a P/400 but video is too jerky to be watchable. It runs fine on an Athlon 900 though. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com try this command: dvd -pq dvdnav:// of course, you will need xine-dvdnav installed. -- Altoine B Maximum Time Unlimited Chicago Based and Operated Bunker's Admonition: You cannot buy beer; you can only rent it. Linux 2.4.18-6mdk i686 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mozilla *@#$!
I just installed LM8.2... Now, I'm trying to regain the settings and mail boxes from Mozilla from a previous Mandrake. I'm restored the .mozilla folder but Mozilla can't see the mail boxes nor can it see the account settings. How do you get Mozilla to see these things? Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mozilla *@#$!
type mozilla --help and u will see -ProfileWizard Start with profile wizard. -ProfileManager Start with profile manager. -SelectProfile Start with profile selection dialog. if you use a different path etc u will need to remake the main profile but config to use the same dir as b4, then it will find all the old email when u restart. JG Sevatio wrote: I just installed LM8.2... Now, I'm trying to regain the settings and mail boxes from Mozilla from a previous Mandrake. I'm restored the .mozilla folder but Mozilla can't see the mail boxes nor can it see the account settings. How do you get Mozilla to see these things? Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] POWER (was Microsoft - The settlement that isn't
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: The government has become increasingly intrusive over the last 20 years. Taxes are beyond intolerable; they are now insane. Not only that, but it's clear that the democrats are out to increase taxes further and do away with our personal freedoms; second amendment, digital, and otherwise. The one thing that the US government is supposed to do well is protect the people. So basically the government has failed miserably to do the one thing that we pay taxes and elect our officials to do; and that is protect the people. M$ now has a carte blanc to continue it's rape. A license for criminal activity. To top it all off, there is an Enron bomb simmering at the massive M$ organization that has been hushed up for years; and continues on to this day. A highly respected CPA has been attempting to blow the lid on this one since 1999. Yet no one seems to have the balls to bring it into the limelight; note that the top execs (including Gates) of M$ have been quietly selling off their stock in the company, as you check out the following URL: See: http://www.billparish.com/msftfraudfacts.html The wrong people have *bought* control of the legislation system. Now you guys can get ready for a barrage of laws to be introduced that will legislate Linux and open source out of existence. They may not get the Consumer Broadband and the DMCA through, but they are going to hit us with such a barrage of new legislation that something is probably going to be slimed through the cracks. So keep your eyes peeled; it's coming. The only answer that possibly may be there is to GET THESE PARASITES OUT OF OFFICE. Offenders such as Daschel, Gephardt, and Hollings should be gotten out of power. This will require conscious political activism. Normally I usually scale down the replied to posting but in this case, I am running it one more time, just in case anyone missed it the first time around. The relevance of this issue goes straight to the future of Linux. Whenever power see its ascendency threatened, it natural instinct is to eradicate the source of that threat. Do not take this issue lightly. The quintessential American value is at stake: choice. As per usual, the LX_man is right on, and yes, David, age does engender some strange manifestations, i.e. I can recall JL's words with remarkable clarity: power to the people... Dr John, The Night Tripper Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mozilla *@#$!
On Tue, 16 Apr 2002 21:17:46 -0700 Sevatio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I just installed LM8.2... Now, I'm trying to regain the settings and mail boxes from Mozilla from a previous Mandrake. I'm restored the .mozilla folder but Mozilla can't see the mail boxes nor can it see the account settings. How do you get Mozilla to see these things? Sevatio there's a high chance you have different user ID's on those files if they were created in a prior OS. it's not mozilla's fault. if you are in KDE, right click the .mozilla folder ( or any of it's contents) and check file owner and permissions. they should be set to the right username. but if you just see a number i.e. owner: 501 group: 501 then you have to reset them by doing a chown -r yourusername:yourusergroup ~/.mozilla yourusername and yourusergoup being yes, your user name, and group.. ( or just username:username will work too. ) HTH Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.2 P166 and P200.....
Ralph Crongeyer wrote: It fails after Lilo is loaded. After the boot loader screen is loaded (and you have the chance to select Linux-Secure, Linux, Failsafe) when Linux-Secure is selected it gets about this far: Loading Linux-Secure... and then the system reboots. Ralph __ Your favorite stores, helpful shopping tools and great gift ideas. Experience the convenience of buying online with Shop@Netscape! http://shopnow.netscape.com/ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape Mail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I get that also on my Pentium IV 1.3 Ghz Desktop, as well! -- Altoine B Maximum Time Unlimited Chicago Based and Operated Bunker's Admonition: You cannot buy beer; you can only rent it. Linux 2.4.18-6mdk i686 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
