[expert] Re: MDK 82 - localhost:631 not possible to connect
Just to let you know : if I have 2 ethernet cards installed configure IP_FORWARD enable It is not possible to print Best regards Pierfrancesco Tateo Pierfrancesco Tateo wrote: Hi after installation of MDK 82, and configuration of the printer if I try to start the administration tool for printer : not possible to connect but the printer is installed correctly and do not print thanks Pierfrancesco Tateo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Only tux screensaver in KDE3
Hi. In KDE3, I only get the tux screensaver. Is this normal? xscreensaver is installed, kde2 not. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.iso-top.de |Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 3 hours 46 minutes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] realserver libc 5 problems on mandrake 8.2
I have an older version of the realmedia streaming player that is presently running on mandrake 7.1. Its dynamic library configuration on the 7.1 box looks like this: # ldd rmserver rmserver: libdl.so.1 = /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x4001) libc.so.5 = /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5 (0x40013000) I need to move this software to an 8.2 server. With a little google searching I found and installed the following packages from the mandrake web site. ld.so1-1.9.11-9mdk.i586.rpm libc-base-5.3.12-37mdk.i586.rpm libc-extras-5.3.12-37mdk.i586.rpm After installing the above, this is the dynamic library configuration on the 8.2 box for 'rmserver'. Oddly enough, libc.so.6 and ld-linux.so.2 now show up in the configuration. #ldd rmserver rmserver: libdl.so.1 = /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x4000f000) libc.so.5 = /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5 (0x40012000) libc.so.6 = /lib/libc.so.6 (0x400db000) ld-linux.so.2 = /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x40217000) When I try to start 'rmserver' on 8.2, it immediately segfaults and dumps core. gdb on the core file shows this: - Core was generated by `./Bin/rmserver rmserver.cfg'. Program terminated with signal 11, Segmentation fault. Reading symbols from /lib/libdl.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libdl.so.1 Reading symbols from /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5...done. Loaded symbols for /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5 Reading symbols from /lib/libc.so.6...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/libc.so.6 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.2...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.2 Reading symbols from /lib/ld-linux.so.1...done. Loaded symbols for /lib/ld-linux.so.1 #0 0x in ?? () (gdb) bt #0 0x in ?? () (gdb) - So, there is no stack trace to even give a clue as to where it might be faulting. As a comparison to the 'rmserver', there is another program in the realserver distribution, 'rssm', that does run after installing the libc 5 compatibility libraries. Its dynamic library configuration looks like this; the libc 6 stuff is not referenced. # ldd rssm libg++.so.27 = /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libg++.so.27 (0x4000f000) libstdc++.so.27 = /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libstdc++.so.27 (0x40047000) libm.so.5 = /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libm.so.5 (0x40079000) libc.so.5 = /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libc.so.5 (0x40081000) So, is the rmserver recoverable, or is there no hope of running it on 8.2? Any insight is appreciated, and thanks in advance. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] lilo question
I had to rebuild my windoz partition on my desktop and the lilo does not point to the proper windoz file. How do I fix this? thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lilo question
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Dodd, David J wrote: I had to rebuild my windoz partition on my desktop and the lilo does not point to the proper windoz file. How do I fix this? thanks Hi David, put the Mandrake 8.2 disk 1 into the CDROM and boot the CD. at the install prompt that comes up type rescue and hit ENTER. when things get done loading the routine into memory you'll be presented with a menu. from the menu choose repair/reinstall lilo boot loader. reboot your machine and all should be just fine. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User #186492 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] [Fwd: Linux Installation info.]
A new Linux user is attempting an Installation on a Dell Latitude. The details are contained in the forwarded message. Thanks for any assistance you can offer. -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer Networking Specialists Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant ---BeginMessage--- Ok, here's the information regarding my attempted install of Linux-Mandrake 8.0 My computer is a Dell Latitude CPi with a 3gb IDE hard disk, 128mb RAM, Pentium II processor at 266mHz. I had origonally installed Windows 98 SE. Near as I can tell, the computer is from around 1995. I started by using Partition Magic to set aside 1.2gb for Linux. This game me a 1.1gb main Linux partition and a 100mb swap partition. I then booted of the Madrake installation CD. It booted correctly, found my devices, and I formatted the linux partition (hda3) using the option Use existing Linux partition. I chose the packages I wanted, and DrakeX started the install. This took a few hours, which seemed a bit long to me, but I didn't question it since I'd never installed Linux before. Near the end, it asked me to insert CD #2, and I did. Once this was complete, an error box popped up saying: An error occured idconfig failed I didn't know what this meant, so I wrote it down, and clicked Ok. The error box was then replaced by *another* wrror box, this one saying: An error occured no hdlists found Once I clicked Ok on that, It went back the the step of asking me what partitions I want to format! Help! :( ---End Message--- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE screen Saver Location
So sprach Ric Tibbetts am 2002-04-06 um 13:13:57 -0800 : Personally, I like xscreensaver far better than the default KDE unit. ;) Yes, that's right and thanks for your hint - I was looking for this too ;) However, in KDE 3, there's this lock screen button. When I push this button, the ugly KDE screensaver pops up. Any idea about how to set this button to execute any arbitrary command, like xscreensaver-command -lock? Thanks, Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.iso-top.de |Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] iso-top.de - Die günstige Art an Linux Distributionen zu kommen Uptime: 9 hours 4 minutes Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights
May 18 21:26:17 mdw1982 smbd[9992]: markw logged in as admin user (root privileges) First thing I would check is what groups markw is part of and which group is specified for admin in your smb.conf If nothing else, change the passwords for the samba admin account and markw. It could be some weirdness in the auth process somewhere. Just a thought. If he's not supposed to be admin it's a good bet to change the passwords anyway. HTH, Ken __ Do You Yahoo!? LAUNCH - Your Yahoo! Music Experience http://launch.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Ken Nowack wrote: May 18 21:26:17 mdw1982 smbd[9992]: markw logged in as admin user (root privileges) First thing I would check is what groups markw is part of and which group is specified for admin in your smb.conf If nothing else, change the passwords for the samba admin account and markw. It could be some weirdness in the auth process somewhere. Just a thought. If he's not supposed to be admin it's a good bet to change the passwords anyway. HTH, Ken thanks Ken, I'll check into that to see, but I set markw up with the express idea that this would be the default user account for the machines logging to the LAN. it should be just a generic user account. thats why that log entry caught my eye the way it did. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User #186492 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights
This is caused by adding the user to the admin users = line in the smb.conf file. If you remove the user from this line you won't see this message anymore. However, all this is doing is giving the user full permissions to that shared directory but not with the system as if the user was logging on at the console. With some programs like ACT!, Outlook (*.pst files) or other databases, this line should be added as they won't work or work better with the admin users = line added. Also, with some Domain configurations and Domain Controllers you will have to add this line and state the users that need permission to access the share, as users will not be able to connect to the share without it (the cause of this is something I never fully understood). You do not want to add the user to the admin users = line on the [global] section this would give the user full permissions over all shares (myself, I do not use this line, even for System Administrators). snip - smb.conf - man page admin users (S) This is a list of users who will be granted administrative privileges on the share. This means that they will do all file operations as the super-user (root). You should use this option very carefully, as any user in this list will be able to do anything they like on the share, irrespective of file permissions. Default: no admin users Example: admin users = jason end snip - smb.conf - man page Carl Lindgren C. R. Lindgren Consulting Minneapolis, MN - Original Message - From: daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: expert list [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 7:02 AM Subject: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights Hi list, I've got Samba running a my Mandrake server and I've been seeing something surprising in my log. here is the log entry: May 18 21:26:17 mdw1982 smbd[9992]: markw logged in as admin user (root privileges) none of the other users logging in get these kinds of privileges. Any one have any ideas of what might be causing this to happen? I've been checking through the samba settings and haven't found anything to help explain why this is occuring. thanks, Mark 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] ssh and X
I can't run DrakConf either in a remote SSH session. I don't seem to recall the reason why, but I ran DrakConf from the console once and it told me. You might try that and see if it works... Also, are you ssh'ing as root or as another user? Just as an idea, you may have better luck ssh'ing in as root and then trying. HTH David -Original Message- From: Brian Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 7:13 AM To: expert Subject: Re: [expert] ssh and X On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 06:19, Joan Tur wrote: Es Dissabte 18 Maig 2002 15:04, en [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: On Sat, 18 May 2002, Joan Tur wrote: Hallo! After having logged in my remote computer via ssh I can run text based programs but I get Remote host denied X11 forwarding when trying to run graphical apps... Look for the system sshd_config file, usually located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Make sure that you see: X11Forwarding yes That file didn't exist in the directory, so now it's working. Thanks!! ;) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain But Joan, Can you run DrakConf? If I login over ssh I can run other X apps, but the DrakConf command just returns a prompt with no error if I am already root, or prompts for the root password and then returns to a prompt if I am not. Posted on this sometime back with no responses, so I'm interested to hear if others get the same behaviour. cheers Brian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights
On Mon, 20 May 2002, daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Mon, 20 May 2002, Ken Nowack wrote: May 18 21:26:17 mdw1982 smbd[9992]: markw logged in as admin user (root privileges) First thing I would check is what groups markw is part of and which group is specified for admin in your smb.conf If nothing else, change the passwords for the samba admin account and markw. It could be some weirdness in the auth process somewhere. Just a thought. If he's not supposed to be admin it's a good bet to change the passwords anyway. HTH, Ken thanks Ken, I'll check into that to see, but I set markw up with the express idea that this would be the default user account for the machines logging to the LAN. it should be just a generic user account. thats why that log entry caught my eye the way it did. Ok...apart from being lame and anwering my own post, i did as you suggested Ken and checked my samba config file. there was a setup for particular share that I had setup and made markw an admin user. stoopd me... he's now just a regular user with write privileges. thanks for the heads up Ken. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User #186492 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Carl Lindgren wrote: This is caused by adding the user to the admin users = line in the smb.conf file. If you remove the user from this line you won't see this message anymore. However, all this is doing is giving the user full permissions to that shared directory but not with the system as if the user was logging on at the console. With some programs like ACT!, Outlook (*.pst files) or other databases, this line should be added as they won't work or work better with the admin users = line added. Also, with some Domain configurations and Domain Controllers you will have to add this line and state the users that need permission to access the share, as users will not be able to connect to the share without it (the cause of this is something I never fully understood). You do not want to add the user to the admin users = line on the [global] section this would give the user full permissions over all shares (myself, I do not use this line, even for System Administrators). snip - smb.conf - man page admin users (S) This is a list of users who will be granted administrative privileges on the share. This means that they will do all file operations as the super-user (root). You should use this option very carefully, as any user in this list will be able to do anything they like on the share, irrespective of file permissions. Default: no admin users Example: admin users = jason end snip - smb.conf - man page Carl Lindgren C. R. Lindgren Consulting Minneapolis, MN Carl, that is awesome information. thank you so much for posting that. you've just increased my understanding of Samba by a factor of 3! wow! what a rush. :) -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User #186492 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] LM8.2: setting up CVS (cant'create temporary directory/root/tmp/cvs-serv4880)
Hi
I am trying to setup a CVS server on my linux box.
/etc/cvs/cvs.conf
CVS_REPOS=/home/frederic/cvsroot
/etc/xinetd.d/cvs
service cvspserver
{
disable = no
socket_type = stream
protocol = tcp
wait = no
user = root
server= /usr/sbin/cvspserver
}
export CVSROOT=:pserver:frederic@localhost:/home/frederic/cvsroot
$ cvs -d /home/frederic/cvsroot init-- OK
$ cvs login
Logging in to :pserver:frederic@localhost:/home/frederic/cvsroot
password: -- OK
$ cvs import -m MyNewProject projects/firebird frederic start
cant'create temporary directory /root/tmp/cvs-serv4880
Permission denied
Isn't the cvspserver supposed to run as root (user = root) and therefore
should not have any trouble writing to /root ?
Any ideas?
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Re: [expert] [Fwd: Linux Installation info.]
On May 20, 2002 07:12 am, Albert E. Whale wrote: A new Linux user is attempting an Installation on a Dell Latitude. The details are contained in the forwarded message. Thanks for any assistance you can offer. And skip the second CD for now. Get it installed, and then worry about the extras. -- Live fast, die young, you're sucking up my bandwidth. -- J.P. Pasnak, CD [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.warpedsystems.sk.ca Kernel version: 2.4.18-16mdk Current Linux uptime: 12 hours 2 minutes. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] intel proshare video system 500,
A friend of mine has installed Mandrake 8.2 in his computer, everything has been perfectly configured but he has a Intel Proshare Video System 500 and it was recognized as a tv card !!! I have heard that there are not modules for this card under linux, but in some web pages I have seen that some people has it runing under linux; unfortunately they don't say how!. Does anyone know if this possible? If the answer is yes, were can I find information about the linux installation? Thanks a lot in advance Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [Fwd: Linux Installation info.]
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Albert E. Whale wrote: A new Linux user is attempting an Installation on a Dell Latitude. The details are contained in the forwarded message. Thanks for any assistance you can offer. -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer Networking Specialists Sr. Security, Network, and Systems Consultant Albert, How old is this machine, and what type of hardware is in the machine? specifically the CDROM and the hard drive. It sounds like there's may be a problem with the CDROM reading the media, or a hard drive problem. without knowing more specifics of the hardware I'd be inclined to takea guess and say, I bet your friend is installing 8.0 on a Western Digital drive and Mandrake is not happy at all. if this is the case your friend may have better luck installing Mandrake 8.1, or 8.2 on this machine. -- daRcmaTTeR -- Registered Linux User #186492 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Xresources and KDE
James, I'll give tightvnc a try when I have a bit of time. Looks good from the web site. cheers, Eric On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:09:18PM -0700, James wrote: On Fri, 17 May 2002 09:49:17 -0700 Eric Nodwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not use $HOME/.Xresources? I need to set some system-wide resources. For example, some users log in from a Windows machine using Xwin32, but the default font for emacs is not available in Xwin32, so emacs won't start. The solution is to just set the font to something simple like emacs*font: 6x13. Of course users could set their own .Xresources or start emacs with the -font flag, but lots of users don't read instructions. On the other hand, I don't want to just dump a .Xresources file into every home directory, because some users *do* use this file for their own purposes and they won't be happy if I overwrite their carefully-crafted preferences. Eric Eric, Have you looked into tightvnc instead of Xwin32. The windows client is just as easy to use as the Xwin32 one and since it actually gets all of it's info from Linux you don't have this problem. The other advantage is that tightvnc uses less bandwidth and less CPU/Memory resources than Xwin32. We switched here and haven't looked back. It's available at www.tightvnc.com and ... it's free as in beer. The other nice point is it allows for shared and private desktops much nicer than Xwin32. I would recommend using a lighter weight wm than KDE or Gnome for max performance, but like I said we've been happy with it. James JG Eric Nodwell wrote: Is there any way to get KDE to load X settings from /etc/X11/Xresources? The behaviour of KDE with respect to X resources seems to depend on the setting of Control Centre +- LookNFeel +- Colors +- Apply colors to non-KDE applications If this is set, then KDE sets its own X resources, completely unrelated to /etc/X11/Xresources. If this is not set, then KDE clears all X resources. What I would like is to get KDE just to leave the X resources alone, or to get them from /etc/X11/Xresources. Is this possible? By the way, Gnome is peculiar: sometimes it clears the X resources, and sometimes it leaves them alone. I haven't figured out yet what the controlling variable is. Does anybody know? Thanks, Eric 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 -- Eric Nodwell Ph.D. candidate Department of Physics University of British Columbia tel: 604-822-5425 fax: 604-822-4750 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] LM8.2: setting up CVS (cant'create temporary directory /root/tmp/cvs-serv4880)
On Monday 20 May 2002 8:03 pm, you wrote: Isn't the cvspserver supposed to run as root (user = root) and therefore should not have any trouble writing to /root ? Dont use pserver except for anonymous access as it is insecure. It is much easier to use SHH (try info cvs for more information) as you have to do almost no setup, and it uses your standard system accounts, not a seperate set in pserver. If you have cvs and ssh-server installed, you dont have to do any more setup (except creating the repositry). Tom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] intel proshare video system 500,
Well the Intel Proshare 500 has a BT848 chip on it, so I would think it could be used as video capture card. Seeing as there is no tuner on the card, it cant do TV. You should be able to do modprobe bttv to get it going. Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, May 20, 2002 2:31 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] intel proshare video system 500, A friend of mine has installed Mandrake 8.2 in his computer, everything has been perfectly configured but he has a Intel Proshare Video System 500 and it was recognized as a tv card !!! I have heard that there are not modules for this card under linux, but in some web pages I have seen that some people has it runing under linux; unfortunately they don't say how!. Does anyone know if this possible? If the answer is yes, were can I find information about the linux installation? Thanks a lot in advance Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Security Level Mods
I had my security level on high and everything worked fine. I changed it to higher and now I cannot ssh into my server. I then changed it to paranoid and I cannot ssh into my server nor does my webbased e-mail work. (using squirrelmail from squirrelmail.org). How do I go about making some minor changes to the paranoid security level to allow ssh to work, and my webmail. I use Putty as my ssh client, when I load it up, the screen stays blank for about 15 seconds, then closes. The error I get with my webmail is this Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in ~/functions/imap_general.php on line 107 Thanks -Jay -- Never do anything against conscience even if the state demands it. - Albert Einstein (1879-1955) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Security Level Mods
On May 19, 2002 19:34, Jay wrote: I had my security level on high and everything worked fine. I changed it to higher and now I cannot ssh into my server. I then changed it to paranoid and I cannot ssh into my server nor does my webbased e-mail work. (using squirrelmail from squirrelmail.org). How do I go about making some minor changes to the paranoid security level to allow ssh to work, and my webmail. I use Putty as my ssh client, when I load it up, the screen stays blank for about 15 seconds, then closes. The error I get with my webmail is this Fatal error: Maximum execution time of 30 seconds exceeded in ~/functions/imap_general.php on line 107 Thanks -Jay http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php -- Tim C [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] ssh and X
Not sure what you mean here David. I have tried it both ways - ssh as root and as a user. One prompts for the root password then does nothing. The other just does nothing. If I type DrakConf into a console locally it works fine. I used to do this in 8.1 Something has changed. Brian On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 01:11, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: I can't run DrakConf either in a remote SSH session. I don't seem to recall the reason why, but I ran DrakConf from the console once and it told me. You might try that and see if it works... Also, are you ssh'ing as root or as another user? Just as an idea, you may have better luck ssh'ing in as root and then trying. HTH David -Original Message- From: Brian Parish [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, May 19, 2002 7:13 AM To: expert Subject: Re: [expert] ssh and X On Sun, 2002-05-19 at 06:19, Joan Tur wrote: Es Dissabte 18 Maig 2002 15:04, en [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: On Sat, 18 May 2002, Joan Tur wrote: Hallo! After having logged in my remote computer via ssh I can run text based programs but I get Remote host denied X11 forwarding when trying to run graphical apps... Look for the system sshd_config file, usually located in /etc/ssh/sshd_config. Make sure that you see: X11Forwarding yes That file didn't exist in the directory, so now it's working. Thanks!! ;) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain But Joan, Can you run DrakConf? If I login over ssh I can run other X apps, but the DrakConf command just returns a prompt with no error if I am already root, or prompts for the root password and then returns to a prompt if I am not. Posted on this sometime back with no responses, so I'm interested to hear if others get the same behaviour. cheers Brian 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] Screen capture with tv / xine
Dear friends, My desktop now with kde3, mosfet-liquid theme and crystal icons look fantastic!; I would like to send a screenshot to Mandrake with xine and xawtv runing but when I try to capture those windows appears just black. Is probably a problem with overlay that xine and xawtv use. I remembered that it exits a command to capture screens with this kind of applications runing, but I don't remember it. Could you help me? Thanks a lot in advance Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 01:40, dfox wrote: Hmm. Any idea what the set-top boxes might use (tivo, dish network, mp3 players etc.) ? One would seemingly want to have at least as good (if not better) reliability because these drives can easily get more usage (in terms of writes/rewrites) than the typical desktop or server machine. For instance, the drives in embeeded tivo-type devices are routinely re-recording a section of disk with new video as long as there is power to the machine. This is at least true with dish network combo digital video recorders/dish tuner boxes. The other day I opened up a store bought system, and was bowled over to see an oem fujitsu drive inside. Very interesting. I don't like assembly line systems; the custom approach is much better. But this looked like at least one thing they did right inside that box. I also ran into a couple of fujitsu 2.5 form factor drives in a proprietary kiosk a while back, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well they integrated into a desktop machine; no wierdisms with slave/master stuff like with some other laptop drives I've seen. But I've never seen the inside of a Tivo...would be interesting to hear about that! LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Screen capture with tv / xine
Question: Which program / command are you presently using to attempt to capture the screen? Have you tried Gimp, ImageMagick's import? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends, My desktop now with kde3, mosfet-liquid theme and crystal icons look fantastic!; I would like to send a screenshot to Mandrake with xine and xawtv runing but when I try to capture those windows appears just black. Is probably a problem with overlay that xine and xawtv use. I remembered that it exits a command to capture screens with this kind of applications runing, but I don't remember it. Could you help me? Thanks a lot in advance Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) 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] Boot Shutdown problems on Gigabyte mobo
John Haywood wrote: I've just transferred my setup into a new case/motherboard - a GA-5AX, and a couple of problems have arisen: 1. I can only boot into Linux via floppy or failsafe (worked fine on another board - Gigabyte GA-5AA). Oh, I'm running MDK 8.1 with a few upgrades, including kernel 2.4.17-5mdk You did not confirm that after floppy booting, as the superuser, you ran lilo. This reinstalls the booting information for the partition / MBR. -- Ron. [au] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Boot Shutdown problems on Gigabyte mobo
On Tuesday 21 May 2002 12:18, you wrote: John Haywood wrote: I've just transferred my setup into a new case/motherboard - a GA-5AX, and a couple of problems have arisen: 1. I can only boot into Linux via floppy or failsafe (worked fine on another board - Gigabyte GA-5AA). Oh, I'm running MDK 8.1 with a few upgrades, including kernel 2.4.17-5mdk You did not confirm that after floppy booting, as the superuser, you ran lilo. This reinstalls the booting information for the partition / MBR. Sorry - my omission. Yes, I reran lilo. I've also have lba32 in lilo.conf, and have even tried using grub. -- john in sydney = Mandrake Linux 8.2 Kernel version: 2.4.17-5mdk Uptime: 1 hour 6 minutes = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)
Perhaps it would be helpful to rename the two lists: basic and advanced instead of newbie and expert with a published list of topics that might be considered most suitable for each list. i.e. a basic list focusing on topics that have most to do with how to get linux set up and running, not only installation, but how to get all of the most essential operations working; and the advanced list focusing more on topics such as networking, programming, development, and seeking solutions to non-basic stuff, etc. On Sunday 19 May 2002 07:02, it was written: ... MDK ... lists are so much more helpful and friendly ... we welcome all... just keep it all as positive as possible Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Screen capture with tv / xine
The same thing happens to me. I tried with Gimp, does the same thing. On Monday 20 May 2002 10:16 pm, you wrote: Question: Which program / command are you presently using to attempt to capture the screen? Have you tried Gimp, ImageMagick's import? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends, My desktop now with kde3, mosfet-liquid theme and crystal icons look fantastic!; I would like to send a screenshot to Mandrake with xine and xawtv runing but when I try to capture those windows appears just black. Is probably a problem with overlay that xine and xawtv use. I remembered that it exits a command to capture screens with this kind of applications runing, but I don't remember it. Could you help me? Thanks a lot in advance Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- D. Olson The Mandrake eXPerience http://mdkxp.by-a.com/ Outlook is a petri dish. I don't know why anyone uses it. -- James Gosling, Sun Microsystems Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?
On Monday 20 May 2002 09:56 pm, you wrote: The other day I opened up a store bought system, and was bowled over to see an oem fujitsu drive inside. Very interesting. I don't like assembly line systems; the custom approach is much better. But this looked like at least one thing they did right inside that box. I also ran into a couple of fujitsu 2.5 form factor drives in a proprietary kiosk a while back, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well they integrated into a desktop machine; no wierdisms with slave/master stuff like with some other laptop drives I've seen. But I've never seen the inside of a Tivo...would be interesting to hear about that! LX Can't comment about the Tivo (although I think they look interesting!) but my old 1992 Atari Falcon 030 computer used to use a Fujitsu (80 megs! Wow!) 2.5 inch IDE drive...never had a problem out of it... Still rather use it than use a Win-box grin -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 01:40, dfox wrote: Hmm. Any idea what the set-top boxes might use (tivo, dish network, mp3 players etc.) ? One would seemingly want to have at least as good (if not better) reliability because these drives can easily get more usage (in terms of writes/rewrites) than the typical desktop or server machine. For instance, the drives in embeeded tivo-type devices are routinely re-recording a section of disk with new video as long as there is power to the machine. This is at least true with dish network combo digital video recorders/dish tuner boxes. The other day I opened up a store bought system, and was bowled over to see an oem fujitsu drive inside. Very interesting. I don't like assembly line systems; the custom approach is much better. But this looked like at least one thing they did right inside that box. I also ran into a couple of fujitsu 2.5 form factor drives in a proprietary kiosk a while back, and I was pleasantly surprised at how well they integrated into a desktop machine; no wierdisms with slave/master stuff like with some other laptop drives I've seen. But I've never seen the inside of a Tivo...would be interesting to hear about that! LX I have a pic of one I can scan that was opened like a can of beans if you want it... offlist of course. -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've always liked that character from Peanuts. - Source: Dilbert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 22:57, darklord wrote: Can't comment about the Tivo (although I think they look interesting!) but my old 1992 Atari Falcon 030 computer used to use a Fujitsu (80 megs! Wow!) 2.5 inch IDE drive...never had a problem out of it... Still rather use it than use a Win-box grin Was that one of those Atari's that came with pc-compatible slots? And a motorola processor, maybe? LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 23:13, FemmeFatale wrote: I have a pic of one I can scan that was opened like a can of beans if you want it... offlist of course. -- Femme Yes...very interested. Master Jedi Dfox may be interested as well. ;) Thanks, Femme! LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Was that one of those Atari's that came with pc-compatible slots? And a motorola processor, maybe? LX It did have a Motorola 68030 CPU... but no PC slots, I'm afraid. Very proprietary hardware but I loved it. I ran Atari computers for years...even ran an Atari based BBS that was very popular here, until the 'Net took things over. Would you like to see a pic of my Atari desktop (offlist, of course). File it under Ripleys Believe it or not, but its running a special version of Unix, well...actually a mix of BSD, Unix and Linux... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?
Yes...very interested. Master Jedi Dfox may be interested as well. ;) Yeah, it might prove interesting. I've heard people network to them and control them from Linux. I wouldn't be suprised to see a regular PC like drive in there. My brother recently took apart a spare Dish Network controller (similar to Tivo in the digital recording dept) and just added the drive to his spare computer. I didn't ask him what brand the HD was. He did notice wierd 'formatting' problems from time to time, but probably that was software - like frames of the Simpsons coming up during a recording of wrestling or what have you. LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?
Most of those links (and others) refer to IBM HDD's over 40GB havin problems. I just recently had a 10 month old, IBM 30GB 7200rpm ata/100 2mb drive fail. My Linux drive ;( Mechanical problem. The Ouch... Mine's the same drive, from about Oct 2000. Here's to crossing fingers :). Tom BrinkmanCorpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 00:01, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Was that one of those Atari's that came with pc-compatible slots? And a motorola processor, maybe? LX It did have a Motorola 68030 CPU... but no PC slots, I'm afraid. Very proprietary hardware but I loved it. I ran Atari computers for years...even ran an Atari based BBS that was very popular here, until the 'Net took things over. Would you like to see a pic of my Atari desktop (offlist, of course). File it under Ripleys Believe it or not, but its running a special version of Unix, well...actually a mix of BSD, Unix and Linux... Yeah...I'd love to see it! What'd you do, patch together a special version of Unix or something? LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.8-26mdk Mandrake Linux 8.1 Enlightenment 0.16.5Evolution 1.02 Registered Linux User #268899 http://counter.li.org/ °°° Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
