[expert] Re: Dictionarys for OO are not in the mdk distribution
On Mon, 6 Jan 2003, J. Grant wrote: Could deps be created so that the dictionarys are installed and then configured automatically? This would save time for all users. Deps already exist. Global configuration is already performed. i.e. updates to dictionary.lst. Note that MySpell dictionaries are in /usr/share/dict/ooo/ so that our Mozilla can also see them. Still the dictionary needs to be switched on internally in OO, I do not know a work around for that one yet. What do you mean by switched on internally in OOo? The user will enable dictionaries *he* wants and those that are actually available. I can't force a default for a user especially for a dictionary it wouldn't want and also because the dictionary wouldn't exist. Bye, Gwenole. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: Running apps as root from the KDE menu
Great - it worked - thanks! On Saturday 04 January 2003 08:45 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: stefmit wrote: snip su -c app, but this didn't work. snip Try: kdesu app Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mail alias problem
You Rock! I like that tool. I would have thought it should run at install though. Kiran On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 19:12, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Weaver wrote on Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 07:57:22PM -0500 : Kiran wrote: I was trying to change the mail alias for an account and noticed that the link for /etc/aliases - /etc/alternatives/mta-etc_aliases is broken (i.e. not there). Am I missing a package from the install or is this a bad link? What MTA are you using? Postfix...Sendmail...Qmail? Doesn't matter. Just run: update-alternatives --auto mta and it will fix it all unless you removed some packages using force or you manually deleted some binaries. Blue skies... Todd - -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gnome+nVidia - slightly OT
Get the source RPMS for NVIDIA_kernel NVIDIA_GLX then: rpmbuild --rebuild package-name-here SEE man rpmbuild for more info I always keep the source RPMS around just in case of a kernel/library upgrade. On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 22:46, Chuck Burns wrote: On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 21:06, Antoine wrote: No, GNOME works fine here. I have a GeForce4MX with the NVidia drivers. Maybe you should try to reinstall them ? I have, does the same thing. It doesnt have this problem with the nv drivers that come with X, just the nvidia provided ones. Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] euro symbol
Hi, I've noticed that the euro-symbol displays in QT apps, but not in some GTK apps... It does in gedit2, but not in evolution for example, nor galeon... LANG is set to en_US, so that might be the problem, but is there some documentation about this issue with MDK 9? Thanks Hans signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] DHCP and DNS interaction
Failure is not an option Donna and Matthew Persico wrote: On Mon, 06 Jan 2003 08:20:06 -0500, Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED]said: Matthew O. Persico wrote: I've read the DNS Howto and I've installed the bind and caching server RPMS. What I do not understand is how DNS works with DHCP? In short, I have a DHCP server running on an Linksys Router. My XP boxes all figure out what their names are over netbios and the Linux box is running smbd and nmbd so it broadcasts its name to the XP boxes. However, for the Linux box to be able to get to the XP boxes by name, the local DNS server has to somehow ask the DHCP server what's going on, yes? Does anyone have a pointer to a doc that explains that interaction? http://www.isc.org I'd suggest starting with these folks. Dynamic DNS sounds like what you're looking for. I guess it took me a couple of hours to figure it out the first time but it really isn't all that complicated. Also, it isn't so much that DNS works with DHCP but rather, DHCP can be set up to update DNS so long as DNS is set up to receive updates from DHCP. There are rules set up for allowing your DHCP daemon to update the DNS server with each IP address it leases (and removing those entries when they expire). It's all pretty slick and works very well. I have set it up on probably a dozen systems now. If you used the ISC Bind (you probably do) and DHCP (you don't) packages I could probably set you with some template files I always use - makes it so I don't have to memorize everything. Maybe this would make a good addition to a howto somewhere... The fly I see in this ointment is in regard to the fact that your linksys router is doing DHCP on your network. You'd have to determine whether the linksys can be configured to do the updates. If it can't, you're pretty much stuck unless you're willing to take the DHCP services off the linksys and put them elsewhere (like on the same box that runs DNS). For more info you can also look at some man pages - best info of these two is in ISC's dhcpd.conf man page. man named.conf (requires the named (Bind) packages) look for allow-update man dhcpd.conf (requires ISC dhcpd package) whole section on dynamic dns Hope this helps. FYI, I've given up on DHCP and DNS dancing together. In the end, the learning curve was not worth it. I've dropped a seven line hosts file on my four machines. Problem solved, even if it is in a Kobyoshi-Maru sort of manner. :-) -- Matthew O. Persico 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 510 Ochiltree Street 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] euro symbol
030107 SainTiss wrote: I've noticed that the euro-symbol displays in QT apps, but not in some GTK apps... It does in gedit2, but not in evolution for example, nor galeon... LANG is set to en_US, so that might be the problem, but is there some documentation about this issue with MDK 9? i use Galeon 1.2.6 on KDE 3.0.4 (Mdk 9.0rc1) just found a Euro symbol in an FT story as a test. LANG=en_GB (surprisingly: us Canadians are schizophrenic re such things). OTOH my Latin-1 doesn't contain the Euro (for Vim Lynx). i too would welcome clarification from anyone more knowledgeable. -- ,, SUPPORT ___//___, Philip Webb : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ELECTRIC /] [] [] [] [] []| Centre for Urban Community Studies TRANSIT`-O--O---' University of Toronto Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Abi Word Help
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Jason Greenwood wrote: In AbiWord how to I change the default font?? You need to edit the normal.awt file. From the help guide: When AbiWord opens a new document, a number of styles and other settings are automatically set. AbiWord comes with built-in values for these, but you can also change them if you would prefer a different look. You do this by editing a file called normal.awt -- the normal template. There are two kinds of normal template: user and system. A user normal template is found in your home directory, and only applies to documents you create. A system normal template is found in the directory where AbiWord is installed, and applies to all documents created by AbiWord on that system. AbiWord will follow a user normal template if one is installed. If not, it follows the system template, if one is installed. If no templates are installed, it uses built-in values. Finding the Normal Template The normal template must be in the correct place for AbiWord to make use of it. On Linux, the user template should be in the .AbiSuite/templates directory in your home directory. (.AbiSuite is a hidden directory, so it will not normally be displayed. However, if you are in your home directory, you can move to it by typing its name into the Save or Open dialog.) On single-user Windows systems, it is in the templates folder in the folder where you installed AbiWord. If the template or the directory does not exist, you can create it. Create the directory in the normal way for your operating system. To create the normal template, open a blank AbiWord document. Select Save As... and set the Save As Type... menu to Abiword Template (.awt). Name the document normal.awt, and save it in the appropriate place. Changing the Normal Template Open normal.awt. Make any changes you want. You can add and change styles from the Style dialog. You can also make any changes that you can make to a normal document. All of these changes will be reflected in any new documents you create. So, if you add a page number in the footer of normal.awt, all new documents will have page numbers in the footer. Save the changes. Make sure that you save as a template called normal.awt, in the correct place. Once the changes are saved, any new documents will follow the template. Other Templates You can create other templates in the same way as the normal template. These are available if you select New from the File menu. Pressing the new file button on the toolbar will create a new file based on the normal tempalte. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] sshd server problem - HELP!
All; I have an interesting challenge. Some speculation will be required to solve this one! The situation: Linux Server sitting in Seattle, I'm in Florida. The Linux Server crashed due to a power failure (I know, it needs a UPS). When the server came back up, it came up, sans sshd. So I cannot get on it to check it out. I also cannot get on to diagnose the problem with sshd, because ssh is my only access (kinda a catch-22 isn't it?). Further complicating it: I Have no one on site, that knows spit about computers, that can help. The best that can be offered is a pair of fingers, that are extremely computer illerate. Somehow, I need to diagnose the problem, and find a way to fix it. Any suggestions will be greatfully accepted. Any guesses on what would be snagging up sshd? All I know is that it failes to start, both on boot, and via service sshd start. I don't know what's in the logs, I can't get to them. I know this is vague, but it's all I have to go on at the moment. Any suggestions, speculations, WAGs will be very greatfully accepted! Also: Telnet is not installed, so enabling that is not a solution. Thank you! Ric PS: The server is running on Mandrake 8.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mail alias problem
Kiran wrote: You Rock! I like that tool. I would have thought it should run at install though. It is in the postinstall scriptlet but it doesn't work sometimes. It should be reported on the errata page (this question is asked at least twice a week) but it isn't. Bye -- Luca Olivetti Note.- This message reached you today, it may not tomorrow if you are using MAPS or other RBL. They arbitrarily IP addresses not related in any way to spam, disrupting Internet connectivity. See http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/05/21/1944247 and http://theory.whirlycott.com/~phil/antispam/rbl-bad/rbl-bad.html msg63782/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] sshd server problem - HELP!
On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 10:09:59 -0500 Tibbetts, Ric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All; I have an interesting challenge. Some speculation will be required to solve this one! The situation: Linux Server sitting in Seattle, I'm in Florida. The Linux Server crashed due to a power failure (I know, it needs a UPS). When the server came back up, it came up, sans sshd. So I cannot get on it to check it out. I also cannot get on to diagnose the problem with sshd, because ssh is my only access (kinda a catch-22 isn't it?). Further complicating it: I Have no one on site, that knows spit about computers, that can help. The best that can be offered is a pair of fingers, that are extremely computer illerate. Somehow, I need to diagnose the problem, and find a way to fix it. Any suggestions will be greatfully accepted. Any guesses on what would be snagging up sshd? All I know is that it failes to start, both on boot, and via service sshd start. I don't know what's in the logs, I can't get to them. I know this is vague, but it's all I have to go on at the moment. Any suggestions, speculations, WAGs will be very greatfully accepted! Also: Telnet is not installed, so enabling that is not a solution. Thank you! Ric PS: The server is running on Mandrake 8.1 You need to find out for sure if it's sshd not starting or access is blocked. (service sshd status) Any steps to correct a non-starting sshd are quite difficult for a 'computer illiterate pair of fingers' although a 'tail /var/log/messages' may be useful if done right after attempting to start sshd. -- Brian - [EMAIL PROTECTED] My Home Page: http://www.brimac.com/~brianmac Fine Photos: http://www.brimacphotography.com Art for Sale: http://www.artbrowser.com Happiness comes through doors you didn't even know you left open. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sshd server problem - HELP!
Is FTP installed? You could upoad an rpm and a script and then just have someone log in, execute the script and log out. Alternatively you could mail it to them. Tibbetts, Ric wrote: All; I have an interesting challenge. Some speculation will be required to solve this one! The situation: Linux Server sitting in Seattle, I'm in Florida. The Linux Server crashed due to a power failure (I know, it needs a UPS). When the server came back up, it came up, sans sshd. So I cannot get on it to check it out. I also cannot get on to diagnose the problem with sshd, because ssh is my only access (kinda a catch-22 isn't it?). Further complicating it: I Have no one on site, that knows spit about computers, that can help. The best that can be offered is a pair of fingers, that are extremely computer illerate. Somehow, I need to diagnose the problem, and find a way to fix it. Any suggestions will be greatfully accepted. Any guesses on what would be snagging up sshd? All I know is that it failes to start, both on boot, and via service sshd start. I don't know what's in the logs, I can't get to them. I know this is vague, but it's all I have to go on at the moment. Any suggestions, speculations, WAGs will be very greatfully accepted! Also: Telnet is not installed, so enabling that is not a solution. Thank you! Ric PS: The server is running on Mandrake 8.1 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] sshd server problem - HELP!
Brian wrote: On Tue, 07 Jan 2003 10:09:59 -0500 Tibbetts, Ric [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: All; I have an interesting challenge. Some speculation will be required to solve this one! The situation: Linux Server sitting in Seattle, I'm in Florida. The Linux Server crashed due to a power failure (I know, it needs a UPS). When the server came back up, it came up, sans sshd. So I cannot get on it to check it out. I also cannot get on to diagnose the problem with sshd, because ssh is my only access (kinda a catch-22 isn't it?). Further complicating it: I Have no one on site, that knows spit about computers, that can help. The best that can be offered is a pair of fingers, that are extremely computer illerate. Somehow, I need to diagnose the problem, and find a way to fix it. Any suggestions will be greatfully accepted. Any guesses on what would be snagging up sshd? All I know is that it failes to start, both on boot, and via service sshd start. I don't know what's in the logs, I can't get to them. I know this is vague, but it's all I have to go on at the moment. Any suggestions, speculations, WAGs will be very greatfully accepted! Also: Telnet is not installed, so enabling that is not a solution. Thank you! Ric PS: The server is running on Mandrake 8.1 You need to find out for sure if it's sshd not starting or access is blocked. (service sshd status) Any steps to correct a non-starting sshd are quite difficult for a 'computer illiterate pair of fingers' although a 'tail /var/log/messages' may be useful if done right after attempting to start sshd. Yeah, it's deffinately not starting. We tried service sshd start, and it fails. My guess is either a jammed filesystem, or an orphaned lock file. But with no access, it's just a guess. I'd LOVE to get ahold of /var/log/messages. But there is no one there that can open it, much less be able to decipher the contents. The solution to sshd will be a simple one. It was running fine, until the server crashed. So it's just an abandoned file that is blocking things. (or possibly /var, or /tmp are full.. ). My fingers up there won't be available for a while yet today. I'm hoping to talk them through a df to see if something filled up...Typing df is really easy. Reading the output isn't (for a total computer illerate!)... I guess I needed a post holiday challenge, to get the brain jump started after the time off.. :) Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sshd server problem - HELP!
Yes it is, and yes, ftp is enabled. Unfortunately, that won't help either. I could drop the telnet rpm in /tmp, and have my fingers install it. But... the telnet ports are not enabled at the firewall (paranoid..). Right now, I have one way in: ftp, as a regular user. I can get something of a look around. But so far, haven't seen anything unusual. I've checked /var/run/*.pid files, and /var/lock... but there's nothing there that would affect sshd. (to bad ftp doesn't understand things like df...). I might try a doctored passwd file to give my user ID root access. Then I could grab a copy of /var/log/messages, and see what the heck happened. It seems to be my only option. Ric Jim C wrote: Is FTP installed? You could upoad an rpm and a script and then just have someone log in, execute the script and log out. Alternatively you could mail it to them. Tibbetts, Ric wrote: All; I have an interesting challenge. Some speculation will be required to solve this one! The situation: Linux Server sitting in Seattle, I'm in Florida. The Linux Server crashed due to a power failure (I know, it needs a UPS). When the server came back up, it came up, sans sshd. So I cannot get on it to check it out. I also cannot get on to diagnose the problem with sshd, because ssh is my only access (kinda a catch-22 isn't it?). Further complicating it: I Have no one on site, that knows spit about computers, that can help. The best that can be offered is a pair of fingers, that are extremely computer illerate. Somehow, I need to diagnose the problem, and find a way to fix it. Any suggestions will be greatfully accepted. Any guesses on what would be snagging up sshd? All I know is that it failes to start, both on boot, and via service sshd start. I don't know what's in the logs, I can't get to them. I know this is vague, but it's all I have to go on at the moment. Any suggestions, speculations, WAGs will be very greatfully accepted! Also: Telnet is not installed, so enabling that is not a solution. Thank you! Ric PS: The server is running on Mandrake 8.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sshd server problem - HELP!
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: All; I have an interesting challenge. Some speculation will be required to solve this one! The situation: Linux Server sitting in Seattle, I'm in Florida. The Linux Server crashed due to a power failure (I know, it needs a UPS). When the server came back up, it came up, sans sshd. So I cannot get on it to check it out. I also cannot get on to diagnose the problem with sshd, because ssh is my only access (kinda a catch-22 isn't it?). What services do you have available? If everything else is running properly then you can probably assume that something went wrong only with the sshd startup. Possible problems could include: SSH was improperly upgraded ( /var/empty not created, host keys not properly generated, sshd was turned on in the rc scripts during upgrade). Further complicating it: I Have no one on site, that knows spit about computers, that can help. The best that can be offered is a pair of fingers, that are extremely computer illerate. Somehow, I need to diagnose the problem, and find a way to fix it. Any suggestions will be greatfully accepted. Any guesses on what would be snagging up sshd? All I know is that it failes to start, both on boot, and via service sshd start. I don't know what's in the logs, I can't get to them. Have someone log in to the box as root. Type: sshd -d -p XX (where XX is an accessible and available port) On your end, type: ssh -p XX hostname This will start a second sshd process that might allow connections. It will also send debug messages to the console and not background. If you have a firewall configured you might be able to disable the service for an open port, say apache, then run sshd on the allowed port. I know this is vague, but it's all I have to go on at the moment. Any suggestions, speculations, WAGs will be very greatfully accepted! Also: Telnet is not installed, so enabling that is not a solution. If you have the X libraries installed you might be able to start a VNC session on that end. Thank you! Ric PS: The server is running on Mandrake 8.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sshd server problem - HELP!
This is a job for ftp_ozone! http://monkey.org/~dugsong/ftp-ozone.c and http://www.monkeynoodle.org/lrp/lirp-firewall-faq.html for some info on how it works. First, I'd have your remote hands person try to ssh to localhost, and I'd also consider having them try to start sshd manually instead of via the SysV script. Second, how long has this box been up? What could be biting you is the implementation of privilege separation to fix the big bug that was announced last summer. IIRC there were some config file changes required, and your old config file may not be valid for the new sshd anymore. I had a very similar problem with a FreeBSD box in Portland, but a knowledgable friend was able to go smack it around in person. Jack On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 08:13, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: Yes it is, and yes, ftp is enabled. Unfortunately, that won't help either. I could drop the telnet rpm in /tmp, and have my fingers install it. But... the telnet ports are not enabled at the firewall (paranoid..). Right now, I have one way in: ftp, as a regular user. I can get something of a look around. But so far, haven't seen anything unusual. I've checked /var/run/*.pid files, and /var/lock... but there's nothing there that would affect sshd. (to bad ftp doesn't understand things like df...). I might try a doctored passwd file to give my user ID root access. Then I could grab a copy of /var/log/messages, and see what the heck happened. It seems to be my only option. Ric Jim C wrote: Is FTP installed? You could upoad an rpm and a script and then just have someone log in, execute the script and log out. Alternatively you could mail it to them. Tibbetts, Ric wrote: All; I have an interesting challenge. Some speculation will be required to solve this one! The situation: Linux Server sitting in Seattle, I'm in Florida. The Linux Server crashed due to a power failure (I know, it needs a UPS). When the server came back up, it came up, sans sshd. So I cannot get on it to check it out. I also cannot get on to diagnose the problem with sshd, because ssh is my only access (kinda a catch-22 isn't it?). Further complicating it: I Have no one on site, that knows spit about computers, that can help. The best that can be offered is a pair of fingers, that are extremely computer illerate. Somehow, I need to diagnose the problem, and find a way to fix it. Any suggestions will be greatfully accepted. Any guesses on what would be snagging up sshd? All I know is that it failes to start, both on boot, and via service sshd start. I don't know what's in the logs, I can't get to them. I know this is vague, but it's all I have to go on at the moment. Any suggestions, speculations, WAGs will be very greatfully accepted! Also: Telnet is not installed, so enabling that is not a solution. Thank you! Ric PS: The server is running on Mandrake 8.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sshd server problem - HELP!
How about webmin... Yes I know the legion of complaints against gui tools, BUT it just might save you here.. You ftp up the rpm and have you DE (distant end) fingers type rpm -Uvh webmin(tab) and after it grunts for a few seconds you can then login as root with your root password. (btw the default in MDK is over ssl so it is reasonably secure for all but the ultra paranoid.) Under the system tab you can review logs. Install packages (either over the net or from a local (to you or to it) file. Under others you can check system status. And most important. Run single shell commands, and view the output. It's not just like being there.. BUT it is a side door that just might let you in enough to get ssh working so that the real work can begin. I know this only because I've used it. Just for this purpose. (passwd file got munged on my user, no ssh in as root. Logged in repaired.. logged out woo ho!) Once it's up consider this... Choose wisely a second door into this box. From across the room the console is an option from across the nation you have to have two legit ways in. Otherwise you end up just like you are right now. I used to maintain two servers in Amsterdam, I learned the hard way. (Fortunately my partner was a crackers cracker. The kind who is so good he won't do it because it costs money to get the reputation, and he broke into his own server.) James On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 08:34, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, 7 Jan 2003, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: All; I have an interesting challenge. Some speculation will be required to solve this one! The situation: Linux Server sitting in Seattle, I'm in Florida. The Linux Server crashed due to a power failure (I know, it needs a UPS). When the server came back up, it came up, sans sshd. So I cannot get on it to check it out. I also cannot get on to diagnose the problem with sshd, because ssh is my only access (kinda a catch-22 isn't it?). What services do you have available? If everything else is running properly then you can probably assume that something went wrong only with the sshd startup. Possible problems could include: SSH was improperly upgraded ( /var/empty not created, host keys not properly generated, sshd was turned on in the rc scripts during upgrade). Further complicating it: I Have no one on site, that knows spit about computers, that can help. The best that can be offered is a pair of fingers, that are extremely computer illerate. Somehow, I need to diagnose the problem, and find a way to fix it. Any suggestions will be greatfully accepted. Any guesses on what would be snagging up sshd? All I know is that it failes to start, both on boot, and via service sshd start. I don't know what's in the logs, I can't get to them. Have someone log in to the box as root. Type: sshd -d -p XX (where XX is an accessible and available port) On your end, type: ssh -p XX hostname This will start a second sshd process that might allow connections. It will also send debug messages to the console and not background. If you have a firewall configured you might be able to disable the service for an open port, say apache, then run sshd on the allowed port. I know this is vague, but it's all I have to go on at the moment. Any suggestions, speculations, WAGs will be very greatfully accepted! Also: Telnet is not installed, so enabling that is not a solution. If you have the X libraries installed you might be able to start a VNC session on that end. Thank you! Ric PS: The server is running on Mandrake 8.1 __ 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] Lost user name for an ID
On Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 06:22:20PM -0800, Jim C wrote: Change to root and see if the password entries in /etc/passwd /etc/group /etc/shadow and /etc/shadow- have the same uid. Sometimes this gets messed up or an entry is ommitted in one of the files. Be careful about your security while messing with this. Clif Caldwell wrote: snip id: cannot find name for user ID 500 first, check your /etc/passwd. open it in an editor and look in the 3rd field for the nr. 500, eg: user:x:500:blab... ^- this is it. but yours might look like: :x:500:blabla so put at the beginning of the line the username u wish. if the username is already there, try the same with the /etc/shadow file, but there you have to look for a line starting with a ':' , eg: :SVq44SdaInkm2:12056:0:99:7::: all other lines in this file start with username:SVdk.. not with a ':'. if you have the line, put in the same name as in your passwd file for the UID 500 user. after that, run as root: pwconv on command line. if this should for any hell's reason not work, try: useradd -d /home/username -g groupname -s /bin/bash -u 500 -o username but this should be in one line. have phun ;) miLosh -- DONT ATTACK IRAQ !!! this message was sent by: +--+ |.::|[ The pleXus Network ]|::.| +--+ www:plexus.shacknet.nu | ftp:plexus.shacknet.nu +---+ irc:plexus.shacknet.nu:6667 channel: #plexus | +--+---+ pub 1024D/C944D699 miLosh (pleXus) [EMAIL PROTECTED] \_ Key fingerprint = 18FB 24BA 77A8 813F 6A8C F67B C08C 5A76 C944 D699 \ +--+ msg63790/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
[expert] Re: unable to mount root fs
Hi, I tried updating after install. But when it reboots, I get EXT3-fs: unable to read superblock mount: error 22 mounting ext3 flags Kernel panic: No init found. Try passing in it= option to kernel Would someone please give me some pointers here? Thanks, Norman : I installed LM 9.0 on my Asus XG-DLS server board. Install was successful, : but as soon as I rebooted I get the message : : Kernel panic: VFS: Unable to mount root fs on 09:05 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] lirc and Hauppauge remote control
On Monday 06 January 2003 3:01 am, Eric Fernandez wrote: I'll keep digging and playing as I'm sure you will. I ask that if you make further progress to please share as I will. Hi ! I could make it work this week-end. The way to do is to recompile lirc from source. Then loading lircd makes a working device ! I think there is a problem with the used options for compiling the lirc package in mandrake distribution. I do not know if it is corrected in cooker. I shall try when there is the next beta testing. Eric Thanks for the input. Yeah, I had some success with the source too as I could get some response from irw in console. However I did'nt leave them activated long enough to get xawtv to work with it as 'something' was interferring with my cordless optical mouse, even with just using lircd and not lircmd. :( Well, given a choice, got to have the mouse. :) Anyway, I'll mess with it more as the spirit moves me. It's just kinda thrilling that this can work in linux. Thanks again. -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Gigabyte EV-7VKML mobo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have one of these that everything works well (even a Lucent winmodem) except for sound. I get nothing, zip, nada, no matter what I do. Only ALSA supposedly supports this chipset, not OSS, so my options are limited. Is there anybody out there with this mobo that can verify the same symptoms? Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | Sometimes you get experience.| | http://www.mandrakelinux.com |--unknown origin | Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+G3gIlp7v05cW2woRAqz2AJ9qSAfDAmMjbZRB9caYpdleX+k1VQCfZfRO Ajn8eNThTozAP9Ki8iMagWs= =dihU -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gigabyte EV-7VKML mobo
The 7vklm should work PERFECTLY in mandrake 9.0 and 8.2. I had one for a short period of time and it performed flawlessly. Did Drakx pick it up during install? It should have identified an via 8233a southbridge audio device, usually based off a crappy via sound codec. That motherboards audio should have full support, unfortunately I just can't remember what it's called right now module wise. Gizmo On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 19:59, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have one of these that everything works well (even a Lucent winmodem) except for sound. I get nothing, zip, nada, no matter what I do. Only ALSA supposedly supports this chipset, not OSS, so my options are limited. Is there anybody out there with this mobo that can verify the same symptoms? Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | Sometimes you get experience.| | http://www.mandrakelinux.com |--unknown origin | Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+G3gIlp7v05cW2woRAqz2AJ9qSAfDAmMjbZRB9caYpdleX+k1VQCfZfRO Ajn8eNThTozAP9Ki8iMagWs= =dihU -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Nelson Bartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gigabyte EV-7VKML mobo
Todd, What's the chipset on sound? Maybe another mobo has it and it's working there. James On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 16:59, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have one of these that everything works well (even a Lucent winmodem) except for sound. I get nothing, zip, nada, no matter what I do. Only ALSA supposedly supports this chipset, not OSS, so my options are limited. Is there anybody out there with this mobo that can verify the same symptoms? Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | Sometimes you get experience.| | http://www.mandrakelinux.com |--unknown origin | Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+G3gIlp7v05cW2woRAqz2AJ9qSAfDAmMjbZRB9caYpdleX+k1VQCfZfRO Ajn8eNThTozAP9Ki8iMagWs= =dihU -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ 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] Gigabyte EV-7VKML mobo
Note: I figured out it was a realtek chipset and as far as I understand all realtek chipsets are supported through the v8233a module. Gizmo On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 20:23, Nelson Bartley wrote: The 7vklm should work PERFECTLY in mandrake 9.0 and 8.2. I had one for a short period of time and it performed flawlessly. Did Drakx pick it up during install? It should have identified an via 8233a southbridge audio device, usually based off a crappy via sound codec. That motherboards audio should have full support, unfortunately I just can't remember what it's called right now module wise. Gizmo On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 19:59, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have one of these that everything works well (even a Lucent winmodem) except for sound. I get nothing, zip, nada, no matter what I do. Only ALSA supposedly supports this chipset, not OSS, so my options are limited. Is there anybody out there with this mobo that can verify the same symptoms? Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | Sometimes you get experience.| | http://www.mandrakelinux.com |--unknown origin | Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+G3gIlp7v05cW2woRAqz2AJ9qSAfDAmMjbZRB9caYpdleX+k1VQCfZfRO Ajn8eNThTozAP9Ki8iMagWs= =dihU -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Nelson Bartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gigabyte EV-7VKML mobo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nelson Bartley wrote on Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 08:23:24PM -0500 : The 7vklm should work PERFECTLY in mandrake 9.0 and 8.2. I had one for a short period of time and it performed flawlessly. Did Drakx pick it up during install? It should have identified an via 8233a southbridge audio device, usually based off a crappy via sound codec. Yes: $ grep snd modules_loaded snd-seq-oss26176 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 3208 0 [snd-seq-oss] snd-seq33264 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-seq-device 3836 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq] snd-pcm-oss36932 0 snd-mixer-oss 9016 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-via8233 5772 0 snd-ac97-codec 25508 0 [snd-via8233] snd-pcm55808 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-via8233] snd-timer 9964 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd24804 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via8233 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer] soundcore 3780 0 [snd] I've messed with any and all settings in the mixer (aumix), turning arts on and off, and setting various types of sound server within KDE. I've tried running mpg123 from the commandline. It _acts_ like it's working, but no sound. Just as an idiot check, I plugged the cable into ALL of the jacks one at a time. Nothing. I'm still working on it. Based on your words, I have a sinking suspicion that I'm overlooking something REALLY obvious. But I'll let you know. Here's the output of lspcidrake and lspci (should be obvious which is which) snd-via8233 : VIA Technologies|VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Co ntroller (rev 40) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device a001 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium TAbort- TAbort - - MAbort- SERR- PERR- Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 22 Region 0: I/O ports at dc00 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot - -,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Blue skies... Todd - -- MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible. --Larry Wall Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+G4aqlp7v05cW2woRAg+pAJ9WHRau5VO79SDAL6BtKU4ILnCcXgCglVrs Z/W9fGf07v1qdeYNxOsPj6w= =UhqZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gnome Toaster question
On Tue, 7 Jan 2003 12:31 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: cut Thanks Tom. As I said to Larry when all else fails RTFM and I will do that. And thanks for the detailed instructions, I thought cdrecord might be the answer. I'll try it latter. -- Regards, Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gigabyte EV-7VKML mobo
You know this is gonna sound stupid but really just try reinstalling the base os. It's kinda overkill but atleast it garauntees that you in-theoryTM should work fine. have you checked all the volume levels and input devices that are connected to the computer (that are not controlled by aumix?) I mistakenly plugged the other end of my cable into the wrong port on my receiver by accident once... I felt stupid for days. Gizmo On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 21:02, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nelson Bartley wrote on Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 08:23:24PM -0500 : The 7vklm should work PERFECTLY in mandrake 9.0 and 8.2. I had one for a short period of time and it performed flawlessly. Did Drakx pick it up during install? It should have identified an via 8233a southbridge audio device, usually based off a crappy via sound codec. Yes: $ grep snd modules_loaded snd-seq-oss26176 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 3208 0 [snd-seq-oss] snd-seq33264 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-seq-device 3836 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq] snd-pcm-oss36932 0 snd-mixer-oss 9016 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-via8233 5772 0 snd-ac97-codec 25508 0 [snd-via8233] snd-pcm55808 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-via8233] snd-timer 9964 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd24804 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via8233 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer] soundcore 3780 0 [snd] I've messed with any and all settings in the mixer (aumix), turning arts on and off, and setting various types of sound server within KDE. I've tried running mpg123 from the commandline. It _acts_ like it's working, but no sound. Just as an idiot check, I plugged the cable into ALL of the jacks one at a time. Nothing. I'm still working on it. Based on your words, I have a sinking suspicion that I'm overlooking something REALLY obvious. But I'll let you know. Here's the output of lspcidrake and lspci (should be obvious which is which) snd-via8233 : VIA Technologies|VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Co ntroller (rev 40) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device a001 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium TAbort- TAbort - - MAbort- SERR- PERR- Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 22 Region 0: I/O ports at dc00 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot - -,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Blue skies... Todd - -- MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible. --Larry Wall Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+G4aqlp7v05cW2woRAg+pAJ9WHRau5VO79SDAL6BtKU4ILnCcXgCglVrs Z/W9fGf07v1qdeYNxOsPj6w= =UhqZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Nelson Bartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gigabyte EV-7VKML mobo
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nelson Bartley wrote on Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 09:25:45PM -0500 : You know this is gonna sound stupid but really just try reinstalling the base os. It's kinda overkill but atleast it garauntees that you in-theoryTM should work fine. I'll check a regular full install and see what happens. FWIW, the 7VKMLS worked just fine. It's the 7VKML that the sound is not working. I'll keep digging. Thanks for the ideas. Blue skies... Todd - -- MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com cat /boot/vmlinuz /dev/dsp #for great justice Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+G41blp7v05cW2woRAqk+AKCVAHsfzDCy7wsi419/S0hFETeyfQCgoGxg DA59H9lJZgoGdlR5QSrmqCA= =evbC -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mandrake 9.0 compatible TV card and chipsets.
Hello, I am interested to buy a pci TV card for my computer. Unfortunately I was unable to find any at the supported hardware list at the Mandrake web site. Can anyone in this list recommend me a good one completely compatible with Linux Mandrake? On the other hand, I have read the BTTV TV Card Linux Driver page (http://www.metzlerbros.org/bttv.html). The driver dowloable from that page is useful for TV cards with the Bt848/849/878/879 chipsets. I have found as well that some cards use the Conexant CN878 chipset. Is this chipset the same as the Brooktree Bt878 chipset? Thanks in advance for reading this e-mail. Fabian. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake 9.0 compatible TV card and chipsets.
On Tuesday 07 January 2003 07:59 pm, Fabian Pena-Arellano wrote: Hello, I am interested to buy a pci TV card for my computer. Unfortunately I was unable to find any at the supported hardware list at the Mandrake web site. Can anyone in this list recommend me a good one completely compatible with Linux Mandrake? On the other hand, I have read the BTTV TV Card Linux Driver page (http://www.metzlerbros.org/bttv.html). The driver dowloable from that page is useful for TV cards with the Bt848/849/878/879 chipsets. I have found as well that some cards use the Conexant CN878 chipset. Is this chipset the same as the Brooktree Bt878 chipset? Thanks in advance for reading this e-mail. Fabian. I HIGHLY recommend the HAUPPAUGE Tv cards. I've got three of them. They work flawlessly for me. I've had trouble with the ATI series. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] DHCP duplicate lease???
Michael Adams wrote: On Sun, 05 Jan 2003 05:38, Jack Coates wrote: On Sat, 2003-01-04 at 05:36, Mark Weaver wrote: Hi List, Lately I've been seeing a lot of this in my log files: Jan 3 06:00:54 mdw1982 dhcpd: DHCPREQUEST for 192.168.0.252 from 00:08:a1:1d:53:c8 (manloki) via eth0 Jan 3 06:00:54 mdw1982 dhcpd: DHCPACK on 192.168.0.252 to 00:08:a1:1d:53:c8 (manloki) via eth0 Jan 3 06:01:58 mdw1982 dhcpd: client 00:08:a1:1d:53:c8 has duplicate leases on 192.168.0.0/24 Line after line after line of it as a matter of fact. manloki is on of two workstations. The IP address range that I've got set for DHCP is 192.168.0.250 - 192.168.0.252. What could this message be really trying to tell me? One of two possibilities: A, it's a laptop that comes and goes all the time, or B, it's a non-Linux OS that disagrees about the DHCP implementation. In either case, the workstation is ending up with duplicate leases; I'll bet that they're on the same IP address too. I would try making your range bigger first, and maybe tweak the lease time to be longer. third option: You shouldn't have used the name Loki in this workstation name. ;) Wasn't he the Norse god of trickery? The Mask with Jim Carey was Loki's mask. you know? you're right. I hadn't thought of that. I wonder if I change the hostname if some other annoying things would disappear? :) Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gigabyte EV-7VKML mobo
IIRC Mandrake 9.0 uses the ALSA drivers by default. On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 19:23, Nelson Bartley wrote: The 7vklm should work PERFECTLY in mandrake 9.0 and 8.2. I had one for a short period of time and it performed flawlessly. Did Drakx pick it up during install? It should have identified an via 8233a southbridge audio device, usually based off a crappy via sound codec. That motherboards audio should have full support, unfortunately I just can't remember what it's called right now module wise. Gizmo On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 19:59, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have one of these that everything works well (even a Lucent winmodem) except for sound. I get nothing, zip, nada, no matter what I do. Only ALSA supposedly supports this chipset, not OSS, so my options are limited. Is there anybody out there with this mobo that can verify the same symptoms? Blue skies... Todd - -- | MandrakeSoft USA | Sometimes you get what you want. | | http://www.mandrakesoft.com | Sometimes you get experience.| | http://www.mandrakelinux.com |--unknown origin | Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+G3gIlp7v05cW2woRAqz2AJ9qSAfDAmMjbZRB9caYpdleX+k1VQCfZfRO Ajn8eNThTozAP9Ki8iMagWs= =dihU -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Nelson Bartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] 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] Mandrake 9.0 compatible TV card and chipsets.
I have a BT878 based tv card made by stb that that mdk supposts and works just fine. My only problem with it is mandrake has never been able to configure it automatically. I still have to configure the modules.conf file manually as I found out when I did a clean install as I indicated in a thread a few days ago. Anyway, it works well, and no driver download is required. You might want to see http://bytesex.org/bttv/ and http://www.exploits.org/v4l/ for more info David Fabian Pena-Arellano wrote: Hello, I am interested to buy a pci TV card for my computer. Unfortunately I was unable to find any at the supported hardware list at the Mandrake web site. Can anyone in this list recommend me a good one completely compatible with Linux Mandrake? On the other hand, I have read the BTTV TV Card Linux Driver page (http://www.metzlerbros.org/bttv.html). The driver dowloable from that page is useful for TV cards with the Bt848/849/878/879 chipsets. I have found as well that some cards use the Conexant CN878 chipset. Is this chipset the same as the Brooktree Bt878 chipset? Thanks in advance for reading this e-mail. Fabian. 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] Program run directly on the root window?
I once noticed an option to allow programs to be run directly on the root window? I never really had a use for it until now. However, I have no clue how to go about this, and can't seem to find any HOWTO's on this subject. Does anyone have a clue they can loan me? I'll just copy it and hand it back, I swear :) Thanks, Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Program run directly on the root window?
On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 20:44, Chuck Burns wrote: I once noticed an option to allow programs to be run directly on the root window? I never really had a use for it until now. However, I have no clue how to go about this, and can't seem to find any HOWTO's on this subject. Does anyone have a clue they can loan me? I'll just copy it and hand it back, I swear :) Thanks, Chuck I think the program needs to support it, and will have an option like -root. All the Xscreensaver hacks for instance, xplanet, xfishtank. I wish there were more, I've been using xplanetbg as wallpaper for a long time now and would like to find something else that cool. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Gigabyte EV-7VKML mobo
Via has an extensive site going on Linux Support... More than most dedicate to Windows... Kinda neat... It's at http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=192 They are claiming that the 8233 chipset is fully supported and have yet to get into hardcore details... but a point of contact is listed for the guy writing the article for them so One thing is though they have heavy linkage to RH and SuSe. Question would be. IF it works under them what do they do different? James On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 18:02, Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Nelson Bartley wrote on Tue, Jan 07, 2003 at 08:23:24PM -0500 : The 7vklm should work PERFECTLY in mandrake 9.0 and 8.2. I had one for a short period of time and it performed flawlessly. Did Drakx pick it up during install? It should have identified an via 8233a southbridge audio device, usually based off a crappy via sound codec. Yes: $ grep snd modules_loaded snd-seq-oss26176 0 (unused) snd-seq-midi-event 3208 0 [snd-seq-oss] snd-seq33264 2 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event] snd-seq-device 3836 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq] snd-pcm-oss36932 0 snd-mixer-oss 9016 0 [snd-pcm-oss] snd-via8233 5772 0 snd-ac97-codec 25508 0 [snd-via8233] snd-pcm55808 0 [snd-pcm-oss snd-via8233] snd-timer 9964 0 [snd-seq snd-pcm] snd24804 0 [snd-seq-oss snd-seq-midi-event snd-seq snd-seq-device snd-pcm-oss snd-mixer-oss snd-via8233 snd-ac97-codec snd-pcm snd-timer] soundcore 3780 0 [snd] I've messed with any and all settings in the mixer (aumix), turning arts on and off, and setting various types of sound server within KDE. I've tried running mpg123 from the commandline. It _acts_ like it's working, but no sound. Just as an idiot check, I plugged the cable into ALL of the jacks one at a time. Nothing. I'm still working on it. Based on your words, I have a sinking suspicion that I'm overlooking something REALLY obvious. But I'll let you know. Here's the output of lspcidrake and lspci (should be obvious which is which) snd-via8233 : VIA Technologies|VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] 00:11.5 Multimedia audio controller: VIA Technologies, Inc. VT8233 AC97 Audio Co ntroller (rev 40) Subsystem: Giga-byte Technology: Unknown device a001 Control: I/O+ Mem- BusMaster- SpecCycle- MemWINV- VGASnoop- ParErr- Step ping- SERR- FastB2B- Status: Cap+ 66Mhz- UDF- FastB2B- ParErr- DEVSEL=medium TAbort- TAbort - - MAbort- SERR- PERR- Interrupt: pin C routed to IRQ 22 Region 0: I/O ports at dc00 [size=256] Capabilities: [c0] Power Management version 2 Flags: PMEClk- DSI- D1- D2- AuxCurrent=0mA PME(D0-,D1-,D2-,D3hot - -,D3cold-) Status: D0 PME-Enable- DSel=0 DScale=0 PME- Blue skies... Todd - -- MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com Easy things should be easy, and hard things should be possible. --Larry Wall Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+G4aqlp7v05cW2woRAg+pAJ9WHRau5VO79SDAL6BtKU4ILnCcXgCglVrs Z/W9fGf07v1qdeYNxOsPj6w= =UhqZ -END PGP SIGNATURE- __ 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] DHCP duplicate lease???
David Rankin wrote:
OK,
Let's get to the bottom of this. With a properly functioning dns and
dhcpd the system should be be idiot proof and work 100% of the time. It's
that simple. For LM, BIND and dhcpd work flawlessly once configured. Your
dhcpd.conf should look something like this: (of course there are more
options and your internal LAN address may vary)
subnet 192.168.7.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
# default gateway
option routers 192.168.7.13; (** this is your Linksys Router
address***)
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option domain-name **whatever your domain is**.com;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.7.14; (this is your server
running B IND)
option netbios-name-servers 192.168.7.14; (ditto)
ddns-domainname **whatever your domain is**.com;
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.7.20 192.168.7.100; **whatever works for
you**
default-lease-time 21600; (up to you)
max-lease-time 43200; (ditto)
# Adding zone information
zone **whatever your domain is**.com. {primary 127.0.0.1; }
note the . after the domain name in the line above -- syntax -- very
important!
}
Now if your running BIND, your named.conf should look something like this:
// Filename: /etc/named.conf
options {
directory /var/named;
forward first;
forwarders { 205.218.118.1; 208.180.0.2;}; *** whatever yours are
};
zone . {
type hint;
file named.ca;
};
zone localhost {
type master;
file localhost;
};
zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa {
type master;
file 127.0.0;
};
zone **whatever your domain is**.com {
type master;
file **whatever your domain is**.com (your zone filename that
is);
allow-update{**whatever your domain is**.com;}; (**not the most
secure, but bind 8 wouldn't generate a secure key**)
};
zone 7.168.192.in-addr.arpa {
type master;
file 192.168.7;
allow-update{localhost;}; (**same comment as above**)
};
Your various zone files in /var/named will automatically update and should
look like this:
[root@Nemesis david]# ls /var/named
127.0.0* 192.168.7 localhost* named.ca* named.local* rbpllc.com (that's
my domain)
'
[root@Nemesis david]# cat /var/named/192.168.7
;BIND DUMP V8
$ORIGIN 168.192.in-addr.arpa.
7 172800 IN SOA Nemesis.rbpllc.com. root.rbpllc.com. (
2001023125 86400 7200 360 172800 ) ;Cl=5
172800 IN NS Nemesis.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
$ORIGIN 7.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
94 10800 IN PTR davidgbox.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
100 10800 IN PTR Rankin.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
95 10800 IN PTR Jodie.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
13 172800 IN PTR gw.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
14 172800 IN PTR Nemesis.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
172800 IN PTR mail.rbpllc.com.;Cl=5
98 10800 IN PTR Secretary.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
99 10800 IN PTR TRIPOD.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
[root@Nemesis david]# cat /var/named/rbpllc.com
;BIND DUMP V8
$ORIGIN com.
rbpllc 172800 IN SOA Nemesis.rbpllc.com. root.rbpllc.com. (
2001023127 86400 7200 360 172800 ) ;Cl=2
172800 IN NS Nemesis.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=2
172800 IN NS 205.218.118.1. ;Cl=2
172800 IN MX 0 mail.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=2
$ORIGIN rbpllc.com.
TRIPOD 10800 IN A 192.168.7.99;Cl=2
Jodie 10800 IN A 192.168.7.95;Cl=2
davidgbox 10800 IN A 192.168.7.94;Cl=2
Rankin 10800 IN A 192.168.7.100 ;Cl=2
gw 172800 IN A 192.168.7.13;Cl=2
mail172800 IN A 192.168.7.14;Cl=2
localhost 172800 IN A 127.0.0.1 ;Cl=2
Secretary 10800 IN A 192.168.7.98;Cl=2
Nemesis 172800 IN A 192.168.7.14;Cl=2
www 172800 IN A 192.168.7.14;Cl=2
** In a nutshell, that's it! There is NO free ride, read the documentation
and get it set up. Once it is set up, it is bulletproof and fast as a
scaulded ape And -- if there are any questions, politely as Andrew, he
is the guru that helped me get through the fog. Andrew Bartlett (E-mail
Address(es): [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Just don't tell him I gave you his
address!
Sorry Andrew, I didn't know anyone else that would be albe to pick it up
from here. Andrew, just FYI, weather is just fine in Texas, hope it's OK
down under as well! If it makes you feel an better, my daughter is named
Sydney.
--
David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
David,
Holy hanna! this must be the month of the treasure chest!! Thanks for
the awesome information. Sorry I didn't respond before this. It's been a
very hectic week so far and it's only Tuesday.
I'll post back once I've gone over all this and checked my files against
all this.
Mark
Want to buy your Pack or
[expert] NEED HELP - kernel: eth0: Tx hung, 1191883 vs. 1191882.
I have been struggling with a weird message lately that hasn't appeared over the past 2 years until the past few weeks. I don't have any clue as to what this is actually telling me, but I would suspect that it may be the initial gasps of a dying LNE100TX network card (tulip driver). It may only show up once or twice every week. However, with my very limited kernel error message understanding, I'm at a loss. So experts -- Chime in! Setup: LM 7.2 Odyssey (2.2.19 kernel) Abit Kt7 mb AMD T-bird 800 Linksys LNE100TX (No hardware changes since Jan, 2001) Network: server - 8 port C-net hub [7 out to LAN 1 to] - 4 port Linksys cable/dsl router [1 LAN connection] - (the rest of the world/internet) No problems for over 580 days. Since 12/26/02 I have received the following message with varying frequency. It really hung on the 12/26, but after that I only see the message once maybe twice a day or week? Jan 3 11:28:22 Nemesis kernel: eth0: Tx hung, 1191883 vs. 1191882. Jan 3 11:28:22 Nemesis kernel: eth0: PNIC2 transmit timed out, status e400, CSR6/7 0100 / ebff CSR12 40a1d0cc, resetting... OK, this is Jan 7 and I haven't had the message since the 3rd, so: What in the heck does this error mean? Google says that it may be a tulip driver error, but that is no explaination as to why I would go 500+ days without the error and then have it magically (or a a result of witchcraft) appear? Does it smell like a hardware problem? When it occurs, I have noticed that my C-net 8 port hub acts flakey. After I disconnect all the clients, reset the modem, reset the router, reset the hub -- everything seems OK. So what gives? (I generally do a /init.d/network restart just to be on the safe side) Which resets without any errors. My real question is what in the hell is an: eth0: Tx hung message mean? What does the eth0: PNIC2 message mean? Docos and info is sparse on this message. So, has anyone else got a clue as to what I'm dealing with? As always, any wisdom would be greatly appreciated. -- David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E. Rankin * Bertin, PLLC 510 Ochiltree Street Nacogdoches, Texas 75961 (936) 715-9333 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] kernel and headers versions does not match
When I compile some programs they complain that kernel version (2.4.19-8mdkcustom) differs from headers one (2.4.18) and fail to install. How can I make kernel and header versions match? Thank you very much. -- Diego Dominguez __/\__ | | Andalucia /\ Spain \/ |__ __| \/ ___ Yahoo! Postales Felicita las Navidades con las postales más divertidas desde http://postales.yahoo.es Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] DHCP duplicate lease???
Mark,
Your on the right track. I stumbled through the configuration process
looking for a great reference that would help, and finally found two sources
that held the key. (I have the hardcopies somewhere that I could dig out for
you and fax -- probably 40 pages) The configuration challenge is daunting,
but it has nothing to do with BIND or dhcpd. The challenge is just finding
the one or two docs that actually break the config down to simple english.
The actual setup takes about an hour if your slow like I am. (not a VI
expert, but I get by - just have to remember whether it is yyn or ddn) I
set up BIND and dhcpd to work together in my office along with everything
else under the sun on my LM 7.2 server (ssh, pptpd - vpn, ftp, pop3, imap,
smtp, samba, etc..) and I went to 436 days uptime without a single glitch,
moved offices and had to shut it down, and have gone nearly 180 days since
without a glitch (besides the time msec got pissy with me)
The point to be made is, that once you take the time to learn the animal
it really is a setup and forget process. My LM box is my law office,
serves 8 various M$ client machines, everyone from home via vpn, and I have
no complaints.
So what your trying to do is easily doable, you'll just need some help
getting the syntax right. I'm no expert, but I'm more than willing to send
you all my config files to let you digest them. I can't imagine setting my
system up any other way. The working DNS, dhcpd combination is so elegant
and efficient that it truly exposes how LM and Linux can hold its own and
actually kick the $h17 out of any propriety software on the market.
Like I said, I'm no expert, but I'll do what I can to hep!
--
David C. Rankin, J.D., P.E.
Rankin * Bertin, PLLC
510 Ochiltree Street
Nacogdoches, Texas 75961
(936) 715-9333
- Original Message -
From: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2003 9:32 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] DHCP duplicate lease???
David Rankin wrote:
OK,
Let's get to the bottom of this. With a properly functioning dns and
dhcpd the system should be be idiot proof and work 100% of the time.
It's
that simple. For LM, BIND and dhcpd work flawlessly once configured.
Your
dhcpd.conf should look something like this: (of course there are more
options and your internal LAN address may vary)
subnet 192.168.7.0 netmask 255.255.255.0 {
# default gateway
option routers 192.168.7.13; (** this is your Linksys Router
address***)
option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0;
option domain-name **whatever your domain is**.com;
option domain-name-servers 192.168.7.14; (this is your server
running B IND)
option netbios-name-servers 192.168.7.14; (ditto)
ddns-domainname **whatever your domain is**.com;
range dynamic-bootp 192.168.7.20 192.168.7.100; **whatever works
for
you**
default-lease-time 21600; (up to you)
max-lease-time 43200; (ditto)
# Adding zone information
zone **whatever your domain is**.com. {primary 127.0.0.1; }
note the . after the domain name in the line above -- syntax --
very
important!
}
Now if your running BIND, your named.conf should look something like
this:
// Filename: /etc/named.conf
options {
directory /var/named;
forward first;
forwarders { 205.218.118.1; 208.180.0.2;}; *** whatever yours
are
};
zone . {
type hint;
file named.ca;
};
zone localhost {
type master;
file localhost;
};
zone 0.0.127.in-addr.arpa {
type master;
file 127.0.0;
};
zone **whatever your domain is**.com {
type master;
file **whatever your domain is**.com (your zone filename that
is);
allow-update{**whatever your domain is**.com;}; (**not the most
secure, but bind 8 wouldn't generate a secure key**)
};
zone 7.168.192.in-addr.arpa {
type master;
file 192.168.7;
allow-update{localhost;}; (**same comment as above**)
};
Your various zone files in /var/named will automatically update and
should
look like this:
[root@Nemesis david]# ls /var/named
127.0.0* 192.168.7 localhost* named.ca* named.local* rbpllc.com
(that's
my domain)
'
[root@Nemesis david]# cat /var/named/192.168.7
;BIND DUMP V8
$ORIGIN 168.192.in-addr.arpa.
7 172800 IN SOA Nemesis.rbpllc.com. root.rbpllc.com. (
2001023125 86400 7200 360 172800 ) ;Cl=5
172800 IN NS Nemesis.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
$ORIGIN 7.168.192.in-addr.arpa.
94 10800 IN PTR davidgbox.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
100 10800 IN PTR Rankin.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
95 10800 IN PTR Jodie.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
13 172800 IN PTR gw.rbpllc.com. ;Cl=5
14 172800
