Re: [expert] RPM screwed and worthless
Praedor check for any __dbxx files in /var/lib/rpm. and then remove them.. and then try the rebuild... if this doesn't work, You can do what I had to once. rpm -ivh rpmxxx.rpm --replacepkgs IF (and this is possible) you can't get rpm to re-install itself.. (and this is dirty) I once did an rpm -e on rpm it'self... (don't ask to long awake and too little coffee) So what I did was copy rpm from another box to my home directory and do /home/james/rpm rpm..rpm --replacepkgs. the replace pkgs switch means overwrite new even if it's already there. James On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 08:18, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Friday 17 January 2003 12:14 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > On Friday 17 January 2003 16:05, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > I don't know what happened or when but I cannot do anything with rpm > > > except make simple queries. VERY simple queries. And I cannot do a > > > database rebuild either. I have been trying to install/reinstall all the > > > latest Mandrake rpm-* rpms but I cannot do it. At first, I tried doing a > [...] > > > How do I FORCE rpm to install an rpm regardless of whatever shape the rpm > > > database is? What if I delete the rpm database? What filename and where > > > is the database? > > > > > > Help please. I'm screwed royal at this point. If one loses the ability > > > to use rpm on an rpm-dependent distro, one is HOSED. > > > > > > praedor > > > > Does 'urpmi' fail too, or is this just 'rpm' that won't work? > > urpmi also fails to function. The commands I used from > http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon mostly failed (the sites listed either don't > exist or refuse connections). I was TRYING to get sites closest to me, as > many US sites as possible but almost all failed. > > Urpmi and rpm are dead and useless. > > - -- > Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. > - - Friedrich Nietzsche. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+KCzn1i/6R1B/Yh0RAu87AJ0QJuNYevnDfrT83ZUtu1AtOXxChwCeOjqM > C36YC/0GvtN8GRYr267ILwU= > =QC3q > -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] CD Burners
Hey I'm cheap I've got a (then) 89 buck Asus CDRW that has worked from 8.0 forward without so much as a burp On the High end Plextor seems to work solid as heck. James On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 08:00, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > All; > I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any > suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and > ease of install? > > > Thanks! > > Ric > > > __ > > 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] Anybody Home?
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 18:32, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > It got awfully quiet. Are my spam filters choking the list, or is it > just a really quiet night? > > Ric Ric If you don't reply to this then we know your filters are to tight but you won't*really big cheesy grin* James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rpmdrake: cannot open archive file/var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.main.cz
Ric Chose define sources and remove the old updates source and start all over again... sometimes it needs this... Also make sure that in /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg and make sure that everything related to that site is gone. Finally chose another site than the one you used before. This will ensure that any corrupted file from before doesn't get re-used. This may not be the "right" way but it's worked for me. James On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 14:36, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > Subject says it. > I cannot update an 8.1 box. When I try, it just comes back with no list, > and I get the (subject) error on the command line. > > MandrakeUpdate "used" to work on this box. But something has happened to > it. Any suggestions on how to repair the damage would be appreciated. > > Ric > > > > __ > > 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 bankruptcy
On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 05:59, Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: > hi listers > > i havent been active on the list for a while and i > just came across this news item: > > http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=192 > > i hope mandrakesoft can still make it till Mdk 100.1 > and beyond. its the only distro i use for my > desktop... > > > dianne Hi, Dianne. Welcome back. There's been some interesting discussions on the newbie list as well; you might want to check the archives if you are not subscribed. --LX -- °°° Kernel 2.4.18-6mdk Mandrake Linux 8.2 Enlightenment 0.16.5-11mdkEvolution 1.0.2-5mdk 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] pocket pc
just curious... I wonder if active sync would load under wine? James On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 01:09, James Beam wrote: > I got the very same problem. At sourceforge.net you > can find a project named gcesinc. It's for gnome, but > I've had no time to test it, so I don't know if it's > working. Tell me if it works. > > Some time ago I downloaded another project, but I > couldn't compile it, so it never worked (I can't > remember the name, but I'll give to you later if you > want). > > Good luck > --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > i would like to know where i can get comunications > > software for my ipaq pocket > > pc under windows it uses microsoft active sync and > > sycronises with microsoft > > outlook. if u know of any where i can try looking > > for some software i can use > > to get it to sync with linux i would be very happy > > because i am a very happy > > linux user but i nead to be able to work with my > > pocket pc. > > > > yours sencirly > > > > Damon > > Kennedy > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. > http://mailplus.yahoo.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] evolution 1.2
Got 1.2 here from Texstar also... make sure you get all the updates for Aspell they don't necessarily follow. So you have spell checking. James On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 11:32, David Robertson wrote: > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:47:22 -0500 > Ric Tibbetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > How did you install Evolution 1.2? (Redcarpet, or ...?) > > I'd like to take a look at it, but I'm not sure I want to do it via > > RedCarpet.. > > > > Thanks! > > > > Ric > > 1.2 is available from texstar - you can add it to your software sources (and others) >by visiting http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/ > > David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CD Burners
I have used LiteOn and Sony IDE both went in without any problems. The system sees them as scsi devices. Mike On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 08:00, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > All; > I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any > suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and > ease of install? > > > Thanks! > > Ric > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Michael Noble mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] ML9.0:are services fam, portmap and xinetd necessary on a stand-alone desktop computer
Mandrake Linux 9.0 here. Are services fam, portmap and xinetd necessary on a stand-alone desktop computer connected to the internet just for surfing, reading mails, newsgroups? No printer is connected (cups is not installed). Does Konqueror (KDE 3.0.3) really need fam (and portmap) or is it just non-essential, just for the fun to see a file grow as it is being downloaded? What programs use and/or need fam? (I don't have NFS mounteddirectories) What programs use and/or need portmap? (I don't have RPC servers (NFS, NIS,... ) running I think) Is xinetd necessary? Are only servers listed in /etc/xinetd.d/ used/started by xinetd? If I use none of these servers is it safe to stop xinetd? (/etc/xinetd.d/cvs is to setup a cvs server, correct? it isn't needed for the command "cvs checkout" to download a source repository) vatbier After I wrote the above I found this: lists.kde.org :kde-devel From Josef Weidendorfer 2002-11-29: > Oh, and FAM causes millions of updates on a local open directory with > Konqueror, just when I retag an MP3/Ogg file with EasyTAG. After it's > finished tagging, Konqueror keeps flickering like mad for 10 seconds > > and I can't use any other Konqueror windows. Disabling service >sgi-fam in xinetd does the trick, and Konqueror updates directories >again, at a sane speed. But isn't fam supposed to help performance by >reducing reads to find out whether an element has changed? Hi, the reasoning behind FAM is to keep CPU resources low for applications that want reaction on file changes. The need for this is not given when only one application is looking for changes in a local directory: it can do polling at reasonable intervals. This is the case with Konqui when you disable FAM and dnotify. As you say, you get perfect and reasonable behaviour. The reason for FAM is given when * there is a large number of applications looking for changes in the same directory. FAM can centralize the actions needed, but notify each application on a change. This would be needed if KDE applications keep an eye on their config files: Each KDE app would need to listen for changes to the file with global KDE configuration, too. Here, the centralized approach of FAM is helpful. You can specify FAM to only do STAT polling instead of using kernel support (e.g. DNOTIFY). * the directory to watch for changes is remotely mounted. As STATs over NFS are slow, you create unneeded network loading. When the FAM daemon is running on the server machine, the local FAM on the file server looks for local changes (perhaps again using only STAT polling, but that's fast when local). When a change is detected, the server FAM notifies all watching client FAMs and these demultiplex the notification for each application on their machine which are interested in changes. The centralized approach of FAM is needed here, too: Suppose 1000 clients doing STAT polling over NFS instead of using FAM... How does FAM know about changes on local files? There is either - regular polling with STAT - using some kernel support: imon (IRIX), dnotify (LINUX), kqueue (BSD?) STAT polling every 0,5 seconds is mostly enough (configured when compiling FAM). Disadvantage is a maximal delay of 0,5 s for events to be delivered. STAT does not open the watched files are make a watched dir its cwd, so there will never be any problems with "device busy". Umounting devices is no problem with STAT polling. If there are huge numbers of files to be watched, or you want immediatly notified about changes, use kernel support: * imon uses the /dev/imon pseudo device to get notifications from the kernel. There's also a implementation for LINUX, but because of bad shape of this code, it's not in any legacy kernel and AFAIK no distribution has it build in. BTW, this is the IRIX way on SGI machines. * Don't know about kqueue (is this the right name for this service on BSD?) * dnotify on LINUX: This is in the legacy kernel. And that's the reason all distributions seem to have FAM built to use it (SUSE, Red Hat, Mandrake...). Drawbacks of DNOTIFY: - DNOTIFY forces FAM to open the directory which contains files to be watched. This means problems with unmounting devices. Simple advice: Kill the FAM daemon before unmounting ;-) - DNOTIFY has no event delaying. For every write syscall to a watched file, DNOTIFY produces immediatly a signal (for FAM). Worse, all DNOTIFY applications (FAM, KDirWatch with dnotify support) use realtime signals. These aren't merged by the kernel but queued and could lead to overrunning this queue (thus, the additional need for SIGIO handler). But this is needed as an attribute for the signal is the changed directory file descriptor, and thus the application knows the directory where the change happened. When using a normal signal for dnotify, events could be missed: You would check all directories to be watched with STAT for actual change. That's not r
Re: [expert] friggin test message
On Friday 17 January 2003 03:10, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > Mark; > That made it! > > But, the list has been really quiet! It's not you! shhh!!! Be quiet! We're thinking! :oP Damian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Anybody Home?
On Thursday 16 January 2003 09:32 pm, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > It got awfully quiet. Are my spam filters choking the list, or is it > just a really quiet night? > > Ric Ric: If you only get this message once, then you probably should check your filters. There's not a lot of messages, but there have been some. Sorry, but I don't filter my inbox, or I'd give you a count. There's a fair bit going on newbie, but that's usually the case on Fridays. Of course, if you're just lonely, I'd be glad to forward some spam to you. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rpmdrake: what's broke now...??
Pierre Fortin wrote: Here's the latest... Tried to get at one of the new kde upgrade packages and this is the last exchange with the server(tricia.cc.gatech.edu (130.207.108.134)): S: CWD pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.0/RPMS R: 550 pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.0/RPMS: No such file or directory. S: FIN, ACK R: 221 You could at least say goodbye. Logged in manually and pub/linux/distributions is EMPTY... I realize this may be a server problem; but where is the chosen server specified? MCC ==> Software Sources Manager sunet.se has been pretty reliable for me. :^Pierre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] friggin test message
On Fri, 17 Jan 2003 21:38:19 -0500 Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > cause nuttin is getting through...I'm gonna shoot dis damn thing! Mark... relax! postfix is pretty straightforward once you understand the basics... your having a "relay" problem which is OK since you don't want to be an open-relay... the trick is to figure out how to allow those domains through that are legit in your case... for me, it wasn't until I realized I needed pop-before-smtp -- until then, any attempt to pass mail thru my server from a remote location (like I'm doing tonight) was rejected with the same message... info on that is at the top of my postfix page... I'm off to bed; but I'll look for your messages in the morning... Pierre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] friggin test message
Mark; That made it! But, the list has been really quiet! It's not you! Ric Mark Weaver wrote: cause nuttin is getting through...I'm gonna shoot dis damn thing! 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] Problem of Lost User Name continues
On Sat, 18 Jan 2003 10:29, Clif Caldwell wrote: > Continue to be unable to assign a lost name to a working user id. Name > was lost during samba and various other set-ups. Have attempted changing > all the password files in /etc and all the other files and then using > pmconv (pwconv...I can't remember) command. Have attempted to use > Linconf and Mandrake control center to remedy this. Have gone to command > line using useradd. Occasionally get an error like "ptmp or gtmp exists" > Have deleted these files assuming they would be recreated. > Alas nothing works. I need to assign a name because all of the suid > programs fail to work.This user can open a terminal and use su.But the > suid programs must require a name assigned to this id. This user is > listed in graphical login and the directories can be accessed through > samba etc... But open a terminal and it complains of no name or try to > run a higher permission program and it grinds to a halt. > > I really don't want to delete this user and then have to rebuild all of > their config and personal stuff. > > Any further ideas? > > Thanks, > Clif Backup all the users files. Delete and replace the user, then copy all the files back. Just try to ensure he has the same UID #. If you can't then a recursive "chown" may be of use once you are finished step one. I am not aware how this could affect samba but it wouldn't if it wasn't running at the time. -- Michael Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] rpmdrake: what's broke now...??
Here's the latest... Tried to get at one of the new kde upgrade packages and this is the last exchange with the server(tricia.cc.gatech.edu (130.207.108.134)): S: CWD pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.0/RPMS R: 550 pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.0/RPMS: No such file or directory. S: FIN, ACK R: 221 You could at least say goodbye. Logged in manually and pub/linux/distributions is EMPTY... I realize this may be a server problem; but where is the chosen server specified? :^Pierre Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] friggin test message
cause nuttin is getting through...I'm gonna shoot dis damn thing! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Anybody Home?
It got awfully quiet. Are my spam filters choking the list, or is it just a really quiet night? Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CD Burners
Just a little note, Mandrake generally does not install does not setup the CD-writer automatically on a current system running Mandrake system.. (It does setup the CD-writer if you reinstall your Mandrake, but that's not necessary)The Instructions on http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hremov3.html#cdrw will help you with the install your CD on a running system.. Cheers Mark.. Ah... Just the kind of info I was hoping to get. Saved me a lot of frustration there. Thanks! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT network backup solutions
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 06:16 am, Todd Lyons wrote: > Amanda is a good free choice. Requires a bit of patching for simple > features like "fill unused portion of tape". Amanda is commandline > oriented (ie no gui and no curses access). Todd, I've been looking around for a couple of weeks now (not full time...), and I can't seem to find the patches which you have alluded to. This one above, and the other 'span multiple tapes' you mentioned in a previous thread. Pointers ... instructions , code ? all greatly appreciated -- john in sydney Mandrake Linux 9.0, Kernel version: 2.4.19-16mdk OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/3E4A902F B38A AB0F 8658 D9E1 4900 3050 08FA D4FA 3E4A 902F Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CD Burners
On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 03:00, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > All; > I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any > suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and > ease of install? The IDE burners work great.. about my only comment try to get one with "Burnproof", rather then the "Just Link" technology, as I am not sure if cdrecord supports the "Just Link" technology correctly just as yet.. (I could be wrong here). Just a little note, Mandrake generally does not install does not setup the CD-writer automatically on a current system running Mandrake system.. (It does setup the CD-writer if you reinstall your Mandrake, but that's not necessary)The Instructions on http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/hardware/hremov3.html#cdrw will help you with the install your CD on a running system.. Cheers Mark.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Strange Happenings with KDE mounting of Zip
On Friday 17 January 2003 05:48 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > Woah.. I'm wrong.. > [root@neezail chuck]# mount /dev/sda4 > mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda4, >or too many mounted file systems > [root@neezail chuck]# mount -t auto /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip/ > [root@neezail chuck]# > > [root@neezail chuck]# mount > /dev/hda1 on / type jfs (rw) > none on /proc type proc (rw) > none on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) > none on /dev type devfs (rw) > none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620) > /dev/hda8 on /home type jfs (rw) > /dev/hda9 on /tmp type jfs (rw) > /dev/hda6 on /usr type jfs (rw) > /dev/hda7 on /var type jfs (rw) > /dev/scd0 on /mnt/cdrom2 type iso9660 > (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,user=chuck >) /dev/sda4 on /mnt/zip type ext2 (rw) > [root@neezail chuck]# > > Weird huh? This has come up before - I know if you remove the "4" from the sda it will allow you to mount that zip cart. You have to change fstab, mount -a, etc, etc. Seems like there was a fix to allow you to do both types of Zip carts but I can't remember what it was. I'll try to look it up. Final solution for most users it just to stick to one type of format, and not mix it... -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CD Burners
> Plextor is also a good brand. I've used one here through several versions > of Mandrake...well, it is SCSI though. Plextor 16/10/40A here, never had any touble with it. -- Jordan Elver I thought I could see the light at the end of the tunnel, but it was just some b*stard with a torch, bringing me more work. -- David Brent (The Office) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Preliminary HOWTO... Zip Disks
On Friday 17 January 2003 12:46 pm, Dave Laird wrote: > I think it varies according to which BIOS release is in the Zip drive, but > I have absolutely no proof that this is accurate. I base that assumption on > the fact that an older pre-2001 ADAPI zip disk had problems, and later on, > using the same distro, Mandrake 8.1, I put a brand-new out of the box Zip > drive in and it began functioning much better, including just about > anyplace on the IDE chain. Thanks! > If we wanted to discuss hardware errors, we could, of course, examine the > history of my ATI All-in-Wonder TV card, which has never worked with Linux > as a TV tuner. (although I hear they are still working on that idea) No > matter how they fix it, the solution will be pretty complex, IMHO. ;-) > Dave I can still remember my first experience with Mandrake 7.0 (actually my first Linux experience PERIOD), when I had to recompile the kernel to get bttv in so my WinTV tuner card would work. :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] troubles port forwarding
Hi list, Today I decided I was going to make some changes to my home network. So, I setup an old machine, tossed in two new nics, installed Mandrake 8.2 on it, and once I got connectivity to the Internet, and the local lan I installed and configured gShield. Now, this is where it gets real interesting. After I read some and doodle some more I managed to get things working. Or, so I thought. I've got all my services running on a seperate machine. Mailserver, web server, etc... I've got all the forwarding stuff defined in gShield, and in fact it appears that at least traffic destined for the mailserver, 192.168.0.3 is indeed being forwarded to that machine from the firewall, 192.168.0.1. Now, here's where the rub comes in...ALL of the connections to the mailserver on port 25 are being rejected. here's an example: reject: RCPT from smtp.mandrake.com[63.209.80.248]: 554 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: Recipient address rejected: Relay access denied; from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The above excerpt from the mail log is the only evidence that forwarding is at least working on that part. Else, if it weren't then I don't think I'd even see that much while tailing /var/log/mail/info. Traffic for the webserver and any and all other services does not appear to be getting forwarded to their destinations at all, however my primary concern right now is the mail. That is #1 priority. Anyone got any ideas? I've been working at this since 8 this morning and I passed crabby about 600 miles ago and am fast approaching *hon? where'd I put that damn Shotgun and those deer slugs...I'm gonna kill it!* thanks, Mark "I suppose I should have a pithy saying here..." "The brain reports all neurons busy processing sub-routines are currently occupied. Retry your query in five minutes." _ Add photos to your e-mail with MSN 8. Get 2 months FREE*. http://join.msn.com/?page=features/featuredemail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [OT] Stupid question about Galeon and bookmarks
On Friday 17 January 2003 03:17 pm, Jim C wrote: > In KDE, if you hold down the ALT key and click and hold on the window, > you can drag it around and shift it upwards but I don't know how to get > the window to fit your screen. Sorry. Right, and once you get the top menu bar where you can see it, click on the square icon in the upper right corner (a couple of times), it will go back and forth in size until one fits the screen. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CD Burners
On Friday 17 January 2003 02:09 pm, KevinO wrote: > I have had some problems with some of the cheaper ones. ( A Que made me > jump through a few hoops to get it to work.) > > Yamaha drives always work. I have installed several. They make very fast > readers/rippers also ;-) > > KevinO Plextor is also a good brand. I've used one here through several versions of Mandrake...well, it is SCSI though. -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Strange Happenings with KDE mounting of Zip
On Fri, January 17 2003 4:44 pm, Chuck Burns wrote: > I have a zip100, if I mount the drive on the command line, it mounts just > fine, no matter what filesystem I use. If I try to mount it with ANY > filesystem other than VFAT, it doesnt mount, says it's not the correct > filesystem. Now.. my fstab entry for this device has the filesystem set to > auto. > /dev/sda4 /mnt/zipauto \ > codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,noauto,nosuid,umask=0,user,nodev0 0 > > typing mount /mnt/zip with an ext2 formatted zip, mounts it properly, as > does vfat format, etc etc.. > but, under KDE, only the VFAT formatted zip mounts (using the built-in KDE > device stuff from the desktop, etc) Woah.. I'm wrong.. [root@neezail chuck]# mount /dev/sda4 mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/sda4, or too many mounted file systems [root@neezail chuck]# mount -t auto /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip/ [root@neezail chuck]# [root@neezail chuck]# mount /dev/hda1 on / type jfs (rw) none on /proc type proc (rw) none on /proc/bus/usb type usbdevfs (rw) none on /dev type devfs (rw) none on /dev/pts type devpts (rw,mode=0620) /dev/hda8 on /home type jfs (rw) /dev/hda9 on /tmp type jfs (rw) /dev/hda6 on /usr type jfs (rw) /dev/hda7 on /var type jfs (rw) /dev/scd0 on /mnt/cdrom2 type iso9660 (ro,noexec,nosuid,nodev,codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,umask=0,user=chuck) /dev/sda4 on /mnt/zip type ext2 (rw) [root@neezail chuck]# Weird huh? -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet from Sun = 4 Woman = Venus = 2nd planet from Sun = 2 Man - Woman = -2 = Man divorce wife = less than he started with Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Strange Happenings with KDE mounting of Zip
I have a zip100, if I mount the drive on the command line, it mounts just fine, no matter what filesystem I use. If I try to mount it with ANY filesystem other than VFAT, it doesnt mount, says it's not the correct filesystem. Now.. my fstab entry for this device has the filesystem set to auto. /dev/sda4 /mnt/zipauto \ codepage=850,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,noauto,nosuid,umask=0,user,nodev 0 0 typing mount /mnt/zip with an ext2 formatted zip, mounts it properly, as does vfat format, etc etc.. but, under KDE, only the VFAT formatted zip mounts (using the built-in KDE device stuff from the desktop, etc) -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet from Sun = 4 Woman = Venus = 2nd planet from Sun = 2 Man - Woman = -2 = Man divorce wife = less than he started with Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] rpmdrake: cannot open archive file /var/lib/urpmi/hdlist.main.cz
Subject says it. I cannot update an 8.1 box. When I try, it just comes back with no list, and I get the (subject) error on the command line. MandrakeUpdate "used" to work on this box. But something has happened to it. Any suggestions on how to repair the damage would be appreciated. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Latest updates (mainly kde) killed mouse dragging after suspend-resume; anybody else?
I am using Mandrake 9.0 on a Dell Inspiron laptop. Yesterday I used MandrakeUpdate to update my system with the updates that has been posted the last couple of days. After the update I experienced the following problem: after suspending and then resuming my laptop, I would no longer be able to drag a window (i.e., click on the left button in the title bar and then move the window or using meta-left). It worked before suspending so by rebooting the machine I would again be able to drag windows (until the first suspend, of course). This happened under both KDE and WindowMaker. It is very likely that this is caused by the updates. This morning I downloaded the original RPMS (from the 9.0 distribution) and downgraded to those RPMS. Now dragging no longer disappears after disabling. The packages that I have reinstalled are the following: arts-1.0.3-7mdk.i586.rpm dhcpcd-1.3.22pl1-3mdk.i586.rpm ftp-client-krb5-1.2.5-1mdk.i586.rpm kdeaddons-3.0.3-6mdk.i586.rpm kdeadmin-3.0.3-10mdk.i586.rpm kdeartwork-3.0.3-6mdk.i586.rpm kdebase-3.0.3-68mdk.i586.rpm kdebase-devel-3.0.3-68mdk.i586.rpm kdebase-nsplugins-3.0.3-68mdk.i586.rpm kdeedu-3.0.3-7mdk.i586.rpm kdegames-3.0.3-7mdk.i586.rpm kdegraphics-3.0.3-11mdk.i586.rpm kdegraphics-devel-3.0.3-11mdk.i586.rpm kdelibs-3.0.3-30mdk.i586.rpm kdelibs-devel-3.0.3-30mdk.i586.rpm kdemultimedia-3.0.3-7mdk.i586.rpm kdemultimedia-aktion-3.0.3-7mdk.i586.rpm kdemultimedia-devel-3.0.3-7mdk.i586.rpm kdenetwork-3.0.3-15mdk.i586.rpm kdenetwork-devel-3.0.3-15mdk.i586.rpm kdepim-3.0.3-4mdk.i586.rpm kdesdk-3.0.3-5mdk.i586.rpm kdetoys-3.0.3-3mdk.i586.rpm kdeutils-3.0.3-6mdk.i586.rpm krb5-libs-1.2.5-1mdk.i586.rpm libarts-1.0.3-7mdk.i586.rpm libcups1-1.1.16-0.4mdk.i586.rpm libldap2-2.0.25-7mdk.i586.rpm licq-kde-1.2.0a-4mdk.i586.rpm telnet-client-krb5-1.2.5-1mdk.i586.rpm xpdf-1.01-4mdk.i586.rpm Has anybody else experienced a similar problem? Any suggestions to which package my be the offender? Thanks in advance Peter -- http://www.linearity.org/turtle/contact.html ``Deserves death! I daresay he does. Many that live deserve death. And some that die deserve life. Can you give it to them? Then do not be too eager to deal out death in judgement.'' -- Tolkien Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Maxtor 120GB Drive doesn't work under 9.0
Hello all, After going through a couple drives, multiple motherboards, and different versions of Mandrake, I've now come to the conclusion that Mandrake 9.0 won't talk to my Maxtor 120GB drive. When I try to use fdisk, it says "Unable to read /dev/hdc". Yet the same drive and motherboard work fine with a Mandrake 8.2 install. This is a real bummer, as I've got two different 9.0 boxes all built and tweaked for backup servers, only to find that my big drives won't work with them. Any fixes, patches, updates that fix this problem? Bob P.S. Please CC your reply to me, as I'm on the digest. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Problem of Lost User Name continues
Continue to be unable to assign a lost name to a working user id. Name was lost during samba and various other set-ups. Have attempted changing all the password files in /etc and all the other files and then using pmconv (pwconv...I can't remember) command. Have attempted to use Linconf and Mandrake control center to remedy this. Have gone to command line using useradd. Occasionally get an error like "ptmp or gtmp exists" Have deleted these files assuming they would be recreated. Alas nothing works. I need to assign a name because all of the suid programs fail to work.This user can open a terminal and use su.But the suid programs must require a name assigned to this id. This user is listed in graphical login and the directories can be accessed through samba etc... But open a terminal and it complains of no name or try to run a higher permission program and it grinds to a halt. I really don't want to delete this user and then have to rebuild all of their config and personal stuff. Any further ideas? Thanks, Clif Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] evolution 1.2
Thanks! I'll have a look at that. I'm not quite ready to install 9.1b yet... Ric David Robertson wrote: On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:47:22 -0500 Ric Tibbetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: How did you install Evolution 1.2? (Redcarpet, or ...?) I'd like to take a look at it, but I'm not sure I want to do it via RedCarpet.. Thanks! Ric 1.2 is available from texstar - you can add it to your software sources (and others) by visiting http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/ David 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]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's deadagain)
Derek Simkowiak wrote: I'm getting these. I'm using my work address for this discussion. I agree that port 25 is dead. The question is: Why & How? I haven't been following this thread, so I apologize if this is out of context, but could it be the "Shorewall" firewall causing a problem? --Derek Thanks for the reply. But I got this solved. It was a postfix problem. In setting it up to do spam filterning, it became corrupt... To fix it, I totally uninstalled postfix, then cleaned out the config directory, and re-installed. Without postfix, there is nothing to listen to port 25. The port wasn't "closed"... there was just nothing holding it open. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Staroffice setup
On Friday 17 January 2003 09:57 am, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > It has been a while since I last had to do this and now I don't recall the > procedure for installing staroffice for EVERYONE. What is the command > after initial rpm install to install staroffice 6.0 such that everyone can > use it? > > praedor > - -- > Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. > - - Friedrich Nietzsche. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) /net or -net one should work. I've seen it used both ways. ./soffice -net -- Ken Thompson Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] some help needed with mandrake security 7.2
You could out what ports pop3 needs and enable them by clicking on "Advanced" and entering [portnumber]/tcp and [portnumber]/udp in the box. Here is a good place to look: http://www.chebucto.ns.ca/~rakerman/port-table.html#Table Amigo Pedro wrote: hi fellows, i have installed mdk security 7.2 to let my network have web access. Works fine, we now can see www pages. But email pop3 are not working. When try to connect to some pop3 server i get conection refused. I have tried to look at logs in /var/log/message and in the administrative web interface, but have not found anithing usefull solvfe this. In "Office Traffic" option, I take the " leave all ports open " default, but it seems that not works for pop3. some ideas on how to fix this are wellcome. thanks. Clovis Sena Recife -PE Brazil. ___ Busca Yahoo! O melhor lugar para encontrar tudo o que você procura na Internet http://br.busca.yahoo.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] [OT] Stupid question about Galeon and bookmarks
In KDE, if you hold down the ALT key and click and hold on the window, you can drag it around and shift it upwards but I don't know how to get the window to fit your screen. Sorry. stefmit wrote: Sorry for this infantile question, but I am getting really frustrated now: I ... search revealed nothing. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Printing Banner page
I've got a working printer configuration using CUPS and Mandrake 8.2. It prints wonderfully, but it spits out a banner page at the end of each print job. I've checked the WWW CUPS Admin Tool, and both of the banner page settings are set to none. How can I get it to stop printing the banner? I'm willing to edit files by hand if necessary, I just don't know where to look. - Theo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] evolution 1.2
On Thu, 2003-01-16 at 10:47, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > How did you install Evolution 1.2? (Redcarpet, or ...?) > I'd like to take a look at it, but I'm not sure I want to do it via > RedCarpet.. I did mine by grabbing all the Mandrake 9.0 RPM's from the Ximian mirror, and it worked great. Also, you could install Mdk 9.1b1, as it has Evo 1.2.1 ;) -- ...Rob -- "When I grow up I want to be a dentist and go to outer space to Pluto.' -- Paige, age 4 = Robert Goshko Axis Computer Consulting Services, Inc President Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada http://www.axis-dev.ca/ Supporting the Revolution In Your World = Registered Linux User #260513 GNU/Linux i686 2.4.21-pre2.1mdk-725ca 11:44:00 up 3:41, 4 users, load average: 1.27, 1.23, 1.27 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] evolution 1.2
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 12:47:22 -0500 Ric Tibbetts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > How did you install Evolution 1.2? (Redcarpet, or ...?) > I'd like to take a look at it, but I'm not sure I want to do it via > RedCarpet.. > > Thanks! > > Ric 1.2 is available from texstar - you can add it to your software sources (and others) by visiting http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/ David -- Registered Linux User #207521 "The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory." (Paul Fix) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CD Burners
Ric Tibbetts wrote: I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? Plextor has the best name in the business, Sony the worst. -- Ron. [Melbourne, Australia] 20030106 updates now available for Fastest Mandrake downloader (English-only) from: http://members.optusnet.com.au/ronst/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's deadagain)
> > I'm getting these. I'm using my work address for this discussion. > > > > I agree that port 25 is dead. The question is: Why & How? I haven't been following this thread, so I apologize if this is out of context, but could it be the "Shorewall" firewall causing a problem? --Derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CD Burners
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have had some problems with some of the cheaper ones. ( A Que made me jump through a few hoops to get it to work.) Yamaha drives always work. I have installed several. They make very fast readers/rippers also ;-) KevinO Ric Tibbetts wrote: > On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 11:04:28AM -0500, et wrote: > >>On Friday 17 January 2003 11:00 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: >> >>>All; >>>I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any >>>suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and >>>ease of install? >>> >>> >>>Thanks! >>> >>> Ric >> >>they all work about the same IMHO >> > > > Thanks ET! > > No strong compatability, reliability, installtion issues to watch for? > I've installed SCSI burners before, and they just dropped in, and > worked. I guess I'm hoping for the same from and IDE. (I've always > installed Yamahas in the past.. Been stable performers, never given me > any trouble..). > > I'll see what I can find locally. > > Ric > > > > > >>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 - -- KevinO A "few" is an indefinitely small number that conveys a qualitative sense of a quantity, but not quantitative fact. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE+KFTQjBS1mMJB+bQRApxFAKC6Ew5zM1udGmoS1zE4j549xRa0vQCeLoNY qDOuegSbxETt9dTY++9h46w= =VjlV -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] [OT] Stupid question about Galeon and bookmarks
Sorry for this infantile question, but I am getting really frustrated now: I am trying to use Galeon, instead of Mozilla (mainly because of an "advertised" slimness of the former), and I imported the bookmarks from Mozilla. Unfortunately I have too many of those, and I can't figure out for the world of it how to make the bookmarks window fit my screen and/or force it to use a scroll bar, and/or force it to divide itself across multiple windows. Right now I can use the "down" arrow key to move below my screen, but it is a hit-and-miss, wild guess, in regards to where I end up (assuming I remember all my bookmarks categories). Anybody having seen this? A google search revealed nothing. TIA, Stef Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] MNF vs SNF
On Friday 17 January 2003 11:14 am, Vincent Danen wrote: > On Thu Jan 16, 2003 at 10:14:18PM -0700, Lorne wrote: > > [...] > > > > Ah yes.. then it's IE. Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a fix > > > or what the fix might be other than using a different browser. Mozilla > > > works good... unsure of other browsers, although I suspect Netscape and > > > other browsers based on Mozilla will work as well. Dunno about others > > > like Opera and such. > > > > Well that explains why I have no problems then. I use Mozilla from > > Mandrake 9.0. XP I use Netscape. > > =) > > > I just subscribed to the snf list. I assume you'll move us over to the > > new one when it is changed eh? > > Yup. I'll move the list and change the name and stuff; the subscriber > list will remain the same. I'll even have an alias up so that posts to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] get redirected to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > I aim to do that today... we'll see how things pan out. > > > I'm looking forward to giving mnf another whack. > > Good... it really is a nice product. It looks WONDERFUL!!! I just wasn't able to get it to forward packets. It looks like it is locked down by default pretty tight. Once I figure out what is blocking everything (shorewall or ipchains?) and get the rules straightened out, I'll be good. I've just not had a chance to hammer on it. I'm really looking forward to the docs and I see I have about 16 snf list messages that just came through, so I'll go hang out there. :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's deadagain)
[snip] I'm getting these. I'm using my work address for this discussion. I agree that port 25 is dead. The question is: Why & How? The line in /etc/services is fine. It's uncommented. smtp IS included in bastille-firewall.cfg postfix "is" running. Is postfix listening on eth0 ? netstat -tl | grep smtp I have no clue as to what closed that port! And I've rebooted a couple of times. So what ever is doing it, is persistant! BTW: I "can" get messages out. Just not in. Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Bryan Whitehead SysAdmin - JPL - Interferometry Systems and Technology Phone: 818 354 2903 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] MNF vs SNF
On Thu Jan 16, 2003 at 10:14:18PM -0700, Lorne wrote:
[...]
> > Ah yes.. then it's IE. Unfortunately, I don't know if there is a fix
> > or what the fix might be other than using a different browser. Mozilla
> > works good... unsure of other browsers, although I suspect Netscape and
> > other browsers based on Mozilla will work as well. Dunno about others
> > like Opera and such.
> >
> Well that explains why I have no problems then. I use Mozilla from Mandrake
> 9.0. XP I use Netscape.
=)
> I just subscribed to the snf list. I assume you'll move us over to the new one
> when it is changed eh?
Yup. I'll move the list and change the name and stuff; the subscriber
list will remain the same. I'll even have an alias up so that posts to
[EMAIL PROTECTED] get redirected to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I aim to do that today... we'll see how things pan out.
> I'm looking forward to giving mnf another whack.
Good... it really is a nice product.
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Re: [expert] evolution 1.2
How did you install Evolution 1.2? (Redcarpet, or ...?) I'd like to take a look at it, but I'm not sure I want to do it via RedCarpet.. Thanks! Ric Todd Lyons wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Aaron Matteson wrote on Wed, Jan 15, 2003 at 02:02:21PM -0800 : Tools menu -> Settings Option -> Mail Accounts -> Choose Your Account -> Edit -> Identity Tab -> Optional Information @ Bottom -> Default Signature Aaron, do you think you could upload your public key to wwwkeys.us.pgp.net and/or www.keyserver.net? Blue skies... Todd - -- ...and I will strike down upon thee with great vengeance and furious anger, those who attempt to poison and destroy my binaries, and you will know my name is root, when I lay my vengeance upon thee. Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+JfM0lp7v05cW2woRAt1bAJ4s3wrZixwZnPGMJMTpJIxk3mjuGgCeIzU2 66Q6KSo+yOGJK8UadqPDY1M= =tsqx -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] Preliminary HOWTO... Zip Disks
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Good morning, Ken, everyone else... On Friday 17 January 2003 09:12 am, Ken Thompson wrote: > > I have a question. Why master on the 2nd IDE channel? I've used my Zip > > drive just about everywhere and it works fine from any place in the IDE > > chain... > > > > Just curious... :-) I think it varies according to which BIOS release is in the Zip drive, but I have absolutely no proof that this is accurate. I base that assumption on the fact that an older pre-2001 ADAPI zip disk had problems, and later on, using the same distro, Mandrake 8.1, I put a brand-new out of the box Zip drive in and it began functioning much better, including just about anyplace on the IDE chain. > It worked just fine from 7.2 onward in the above mentioned spot, that is > until 9.0... If we wanted to discuss hardware errors, we could, of course, examine the history of my ATI All-in-Wonder TV card, which has never worked with Linux as a TV tuner. (although I hear they are still working on that idea) No matter how they fix it, the solution will be pretty complex, IMHO. ;-) > I have everything working now except LICQ which only works as root.. > 'Nother story, 'nother day . Yes, but as I told Vincent in e-mail a few days ago, Mandrake really works pretty well. I've been running the KDE desktop as my primary workstation now for over a year, and although it sometimes jitterbugs and tapdances its way toward perdition just like Windoze, I can sit down and write a document or spreadsheet with near-complete compatibility with MS-Office, handle e-mail and read usenet all with a high degree of reliability and comfort. It just doesn't get much better than that! 8-) Dave - -- Dave Laird ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) The Used Kharma Lot / The Phoenix Project Web Page: http://www.kharma.net updated 01/02/2003 Music Calendar & Website: http://www.kharma.net/calendar.html Usenet news server : news://news.kharma.net An automatic & random thought For the Minute: I don't know half of you half as well as I should like; and I like less than half of you half as well as you deserve. -- J. R. R. Tolkien -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+KEFtaE1ENZP1A28RAs6MAJ4xABRFroLD8RUY8UZbfsAPRqTlbACfXn9+ FW8jC8uDWXYmluRcbpPzVAk= =nAiR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [expert] Re: Preliminary HOWTO... Zip Disks
On Thu, January 16 2003 11:20 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > Hi Stef...oh, that I understand. What I couldn't understand, and was asking > about, was why the Zip would only work under Mandrake 9.0 if it was in the > master position on the secondary IDE channel... :-) > Probably just a preference. My zip is slave on primary, and it works just fine in Mdk9.0 -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet from Sun = 4 Woman = Venus = 2nd planet from Sun = 2 Man - Woman = -2 = Man divorce wife = less than he started with Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Preliminary HOWTO... Zip Disks
On Fri, January 17 2003 11:16 am, stefmit wrote: > If I would dare to jump in (I apologize if this is off, as I have not gotten > the chance to read the original FAQ, thus to understand what's beeing > suggested there) - but as far as my experience goes, you do not want to > combine on the same controller high speed devices (hard drives), and lower > speed ones (cd-roms, zip drives, etc.) - thus having the zip on its own > controller, separated from the hard drives. > > HTH, > Stef I've got a UDMA166 HD, and a Zip-100 on the same channel, because I have 2 IDE cd-roms (one is a liteon cd-rw, with udma-33 capabilities, and I have no problems with any of my devices.. just a FYI -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet from Sun = 4 Woman = Venus = 2nd planet from Sun = 2 Man - Woman = -2 = Man divorce wife = less than he started with Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re: [expert] CD Burners
On Fri, January 17 2003 10:20 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > No strong compatability, reliability, installtion issues to watch for? > I've installed SCSI burners before, and they just dropped in, and > worked. I guess I'm hoping for the same from and IDE. (I've always > installed Yamahas in the past.. Been stable performers, never given me > any trouble..). > Lite-On's are good cost/performance burners. I've got one, so does my sister. We both love ours, 48x burners.. quite fast, even burning at full speed, using memorex cdr's, never had a coaster. -- Chuck Burns - Grand Bay, AL Man = Mars = 4th planet from Sun = 4 Woman = Venus = 2nd planet from Sun = 2 Man - Woman = -2 = Man divorce wife = less than he started with Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Preliminary HOWTO... Zip Disks
On Friday 17 January 2003 12:16 pm, stefmit wrote: > If I would dare to jump in (I apologize if this is off, as I have not > gotten the chance to read the original FAQ, thus to understand what's > beeing suggested there) - but as far as my experience goes, you do not want > to combine on the same controller high speed devices (hard drives), and > lower speed ones (cd-roms, zip drives, etc.) - thus having the zip on its > own controller, separated from the hard drives. > > HTH, > Stef Hi Stef...oh, that I understand. What I couldn't understand, and was asking about, was why the Zip would only work under Mandrake 9.0 if it was in the master position on the secondary IDE channel... :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Re: Preliminary HOWTO... Zip Disks
If I would dare to jump in (I apologize if this is off, as I have not gotten the chance to read the original FAQ, thus to understand what's beeing suggested there) - but as far as my experience goes, you do not want to combine on the same controller high speed devices (hard drives), and lower speed ones (cd-roms, zip drives, etc.) - thus having the zip on its own controller, separated from the hard drives. HTH, Stef On Friday 17 January 2003 11:12 am, Ken Thompson wrote: > On Thursday 16 January 2003 09:23 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > > On Thursday 16 January 2003 05:44 pm, Dave Laird wrote: > > > Good afternoon, everyone... > > > > > > Once I ignored the instructions from Iomega (and consequently from > > > Mandrake) and simply began treating an Iomega Zip Disk drive as I would > > > any other drive with removable media, the process of formatting and > > > using a Zip Disk (with the user and group ID's set to where anyone on > > > the local network is given access) the rest of it is a piece of cake, > > > with only one possible exception. Here is a bit of mini-documentation I > > > just wrote on the fly to explain how this works, if you're having > > > problems. > > > > I have a question. Why master on the 2nd IDE channel? I've used my Zip > > drive just about everywhere and it works fine from any place in the IDE > > chain... > > > > Just curious... :-) > > I really can't say.. I have also used it at nearly every position, in fact > it was secondary on the second channel when I installed 9.0 and the CD/RW > was primary. I never could get it to work in that spot and always got > either "not a block device" when trying to mount without SCSI emulation or > I/O failure of somesort when using SCSI emulation. Both with and without > supermount enabled, of course. > It worked just fine from 7.2 onward in the above mentioned spot, that is > until 9.0... > I have everything working now except LICQ which only works as root.. > 'Nother story, 'nother day . Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Preliminary HOWTO... Zip Disks
On Thursday 16 January 2003 09:23 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > On Thursday 16 January 2003 05:44 pm, Dave Laird wrote: > > Good afternoon, everyone... > > > > Once I ignored the instructions from Iomega (and consequently from > > Mandrake) and simply began treating an Iomega Zip Disk drive as I would > > any other drive with removable media, the process of formatting and using > > a Zip Disk (with the user and group ID's set to where anyone on the local > > network is given access) the rest of it is a piece of cake, with only one > > possible exception. Here is a bit of mini-documentation I just wrote on > > the fly to explain how this works, if you're having problems. > > I have a question. Why master on the 2nd IDE channel? I've used my Zip > drive just about everywhere and it works fine from any place in the IDE > chain... > > Just curious... :-) I really can't say.. I have also used it at nearly every position, in fact it was secondary on the second channel when I installed 9.0 and the CD/RW was primary. I never could get it to work in that spot and always got either "not a block device" when trying to mount without SCSI emulation or I/O failure of somesort when using SCSI emulation. Both with and without supermount enabled, of course. It worked just fine from 7.2 onward in the above mentioned spot, that is until 9.0... I have everything working now except LICQ which only works as root.. 'Nother story, 'nother day . -- Ken Thompson Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You Registered Linux User #183936 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Staroffice setup
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It has been a while since I last had to do this and now I don't recall the procedure for installing staroffice for EVERYONE. What is the command after initial rpm install to install staroffice 6.0 such that everyone can use it? praedor - -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - - Friedrich Nietzsche. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+KDYQ1i/6R1B/Yh0RAmn5AJoCgZIbTU+uIFTIBryIoRmmSCse6ACfQx3z 0fvJfhEtRPDZzRsZYsWr5hY= =eA8m -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] What's changing my files?
along those same lines ... what this doesn't prevent is msec changing content in certain files. for example, I want to change some settings in /etc/syslog.conf, but msec keeps changing it back (msec's email reports says so). Listing the file in perm.local does not keep msec from changing it back. I've been looking through the code trying to find the exact part that does this, to see if there's an exception file like perm.local. so far I haven't found it. Has anyone else? Thanks, Cory . wrote: create a file in /etc/security/msec called perm.local. In this file put an entry like: /fully/qualified/fileowner.group ... where is the octal permissions like 4755 for suid Derek Simkowiak wrote: I have installed an RPM. It creates a file /usr/sbin/exim that is SUID, which is the way it needs to be. But after a while that file eventually loses its SUID bit, automatically. (Figuring out WTF was happening was quite a frustrating experience, if I may say.) So, what program is doing this? The only one I can think of is msec, but I cannot find any documentation about msec saying that it will change file permissions; I only find documentation saying that it will report certain files as being SUID. I do not have X windows on this box, so I need to know what text configuration file to change. At the least, I'd like to know what program does this. Thank You, Derek Simkowiak [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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] RPM screwed and worthless
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 17 January 2003 11:38 am, Rolf Pedersen wrote: > Azrael wrote: > > Do you have the rpm database locked by a zombie/dead/half-dead/forgotton > > rpm process somewhere? check all your processes and kill off rpm related > > ones? > > Also, rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* (after rpm processes are killed)? Then, > --rebuilddb. Ah. Thank you, deleting those files did the trick and I was subsequently able to rebuild the database. Thank you! Sigh of relief. I have found what appears to be a highly reliable means of wrecking your rpm database. Do a search/query of your database using "rpm -qa|grep " and terminate the process before it finishes. Using Ctrl-C works for this nicely. After this, the database is hosed and requires rebuilding. This is a bug as simply querying the database and terminating the query shouldn't alter the database in any way. It should be a simple reading of the database. This wrecking procedure worked in 8.2 and continues to work in 9.0. praedor - -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - - Friedrich Nietzsche. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+KDU81i/6R1B/Yh0RAhSrAJ9tXWW9F+33dT/ONdq3G7Ztk1PsuwCggouy C/tJroKKGBGBmDkfhKfSf1s= =CKhF -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] What's changing my files?
create a file in /etc/security/msec called perm.local. In this file put an entry like: /fully/qualified/file owner.group ... where is the octal permissions like 4755 for suid Derek Simkowiak wrote: I have installed an RPM. It creates a file /usr/sbin/exim that is SUID, which is the way it needs to be. But after a while that file eventually loses its SUID bit, automatically. (Figuring out WTF was happening was quite a frustrating experience, if I may say.) So, what program is doing this? The only one I can think of is msec, but I cannot find any documentation about msec saying that it will change file permissions; I only find documentation saying that it will report certain files as being SUID. I do not have X windows on this box, so I need to know what text configuration file to change. At the least, I'd like to know what program does this. Thank You, Derek Simkowiak [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] RPM screwed and worthless
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 17 January 2003 11:25 am, Azrael wrote: > Do you have the rpm database locked by a zombie/dead/half-dead/forgotton > rpm process somewhere? check all your processes and kill off rpm related > ones? There are no rpm processes running at all. - -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - - Friedrich Nietzsche. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+KDPh1i/6R1B/Yh0RAuEpAJ40Dnh8/hhREAE0rkpuViD2PiRK7QCgkFPi sNPOdAr+YpDw5uOtBQnmIkg= =PfSf -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] RPM screwed and worthless
Azrael wrote: Do you have the rpm database locked by a zombie/dead/half-dead/forgotton rpm process somewhere? check all your processes and kill off rpm related ones? Also, rm /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* (after rpm processes are killed)? Then, --rebuilddb. On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 16:18, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 17 January 2003 12:14 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Friday 17 January 2003 16:05, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I don't know what happened or when but I cannot do anything with rpm except make simple queries. VERY simple queries. And I cannot do a database rebuild either. I have been trying to install/reinstall all the latest Mandrake rpm-* rpms but I cannot do it. At first, I tried doing a [...] How do I FORCE rpm to install an rpm regardless of whatever shape the rpm database is? What if I delete the rpm database? What filename and where is the database? Help please. I'm screwed royal at this point. If one loses the ability to use rpm on an rpm-dependent distro, one is HOSED. praedor Does 'urpmi' fail too, or is this just 'rpm' that won't work? urpmi also fails to function. The commands I used from http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon mostly failed (the sites listed either don't exist or refuse connections). I was TRYING to get sites closest to me, as many US sites as possible but almost all failed. Urpmi and rpm are dead and useless. - -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - - Friedrich Nietzsche. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+KCzn1i/6R1B/Yh0RAu87AJ0QJuNYevnDfrT83ZUtu1AtOXxChwCeOjqM C36YC/0GvtN8GRYr267ILwU= =QC3q -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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ut2003
On Thursday 16 January 2003 10:47 pm, Michael Holt wrote: > Full - but I have it running now - FINALLY! > Now for nvidia to patch their last 4191 drivers and I'll be a happy > camper! > > Thanks, Mike You having trouble with those too? I'm using the 4191 set, and with the demo of UT2003 I get a segfault so far into the game, everytime... :-( -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Preliminary HOWTO... Zip Disks
On Thursday 16 January 2003 05:44 pm, Dave Laird wrote: > Good afternoon, everyone... > > Once I ignored the instructions from Iomega (and consequently from > Mandrake) and simply began treating an Iomega Zip Disk drive as I would any > other drive with removable media, the process of formatting and using a Zip > Disk (with the user and group ID's set to where anyone on the local network > is given access) the rest of it is a piece of cake, with only one possible > exception. Here is a bit of mini-documentation I just wrote on the fly to > explain how this works, if you're having problems. I have a question. Why master on the 2nd IDE channel? I've used my Zip drive just about everywhere and it works fine from any place in the IDE chain... Just curious... :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] RPM screwed and worthless
Do you have the rpm database locked by a zombie/dead/half-dead/forgotton
rpm process somewhere? check all your processes and kill off rpm related
ones?
On Fri, 2003-01-17 at 16:18, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote:
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> On Friday 17 January 2003 12:14 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
> > On Friday 17 January 2003 16:05, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote:
> > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
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> > >
> > > I don't know what happened or when but I cannot do anything with rpm
> > > except make simple queries. VERY simple queries. And I cannot do a
> > > database rebuild either. I have been trying to install/reinstall all the
> > > latest Mandrake rpm-* rpms but I cannot do it. At first, I tried doing a
> [...]
> > > How do I FORCE rpm to install an rpm regardless of whatever shape the rpm
> > > database is? What if I delete the rpm database? What filename and where
> > > is the database?
> > >
> > > Help please. I'm screwed royal at this point. If one loses the ability
> > > to use rpm on an rpm-dependent distro, one is HOSED.
> > >
> > > praedor
> >
> > Does 'urpmi' fail too, or is this just 'rpm' that won't work?
>
> urpmi also fails to function. The commands I used from
> http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon mostly failed (the sites listed either don't
> exist or refuse connections). I was TRYING to get sites closest to me, as
> many US sites as possible but almost all failed.
>
> Urpmi and rpm are dead and useless.
>
> - --
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> - - Friedrich Nietzsche.
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[expert] 9.1b1 and devfs
Greetings all, I still have an issue with devfs and my IBM MicroDrive under 9.1b1. If devfs is mounted and I insert the MicroDrive (via PCMCIA CF adapter) my CPU usage jumps to 100%. The devfsd process launches a process drakupdate.fstab over and over and over. Anyone know why this happens. Without devfs mounted, it works no problem. 9.0 also "sufferes" from the same problem (8.2 was fine). Thanks. -- ...Rob -- Gravity... not just a good idea, its the law! = Robert Goshko Axis Computer Consulting Services, Inc President Sherwood Park, Alberta, Canada http://www.axis-dev.ca/ Supporting the Revolution In Your World = Registered Linux User #260513 GNU/Linux i686 2.4.21-pre2.1mdk-725ca 09:19:00 up 1:16, 4 users, load average: 1.14, 1.31, 1.37 signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
Re: [expert] What it's like trying to update 9.0 over a modem...
Pierre Fortin wrote: On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:47:02 -0800 Rolf Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Pierre Fortin wrote: What it's like trying to update 9.0 over a modem... or why I complain about issues that will cause potential users to not adopt Mdk... :^( I can't do justice to the totality of the underlying issue of your post, however, I wonder if you know of the workaround when rpmdrake gets corrupted from a bad shutdown or other: rm any /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* rpm --rebuilddb Yes, I do BUT how does this differ from M$' "reboot your system" approach? Not trying to defend the status quo; just trying to publish a little info that can be helpful to get someone going who has fallen into this particular pit. There is, for me, a level of discomfort in using Mandrake that, IMO, arises from the rate of change of a majority of the components that constitute the distro, from kernel to filesystem. These changes, driven not only by a need for improvement but also by nearly-daily changes in the hardware it must support, appear to me to be an inevitable part of the foreseeable future. The collateral damage of these changes can only be addressed one-by-one and usually not in the first, or with many, attempts. Not disputing the validity of your complaint. Just not aware of any ready solution. My point is that there is a LOT of Mdk code that "just works" when there are no errors... let something happen outside that "perfect space" and all hell breaks loose... To wit, all my updates over DSL went fine; doing the exact same steps over a modem... (see original post) I came to Linux (and Mandrake) years ago because things got fixed; now it seems that everything is only being made to work in the "perfect space" in order to pump out the most candy, anything else is thrown into the "reboot" bucket... That's what I'm complaining about and that's what IMO is the core problem with why Mdk is not getting market share as fast as it could... Heck... the mere fact that I'm reconsidering my choice of distro is deeply troubling to me -- I hate the idea going back to RH; but if RH proves to me that their error recovery works, then it will mean that while RH may not have all the eye-candy Mdk does, the choice will be between which distro "sucks less" IMO: Mdk -- too many errors that are ignored... RH -- less candy; but it works... Guess which will get picked at this rate... I can't be the only one that thinks like this... If I am, then Mdk's future is not assured IMO... Pierre PS: There were a number of problems for which there is no recovery in my post, and this morning, MU claims everything is up-to-date while "rpm -qa | grep kde" gives: # rpm -qa | grep kde kdev_htdig-1.1-2mdk kdepim-3.0.3-4mdk kdegraphics-3.0.5a-1.1mdk kdetoys-3.0.3-3mdk kdeadmin-3.0.5a-1.1mdk kdemultimedia-3.0.3-7mdk kdebase-3.0.3-68mdk kdesdk-3.0.3-5mdk kdebase-devel-3.0.3-68mdk kdelibs-devel-3.0.3-30.1mdk kdegames-3.0.3-7mdk kdenetwork-3.0.3-15.1mdk kdeutils-3.0.3-6mdk kdemultimedia-devel-3.0.3-7mdk kdelibs-3.0.3-30.1mdk kdebase-nsplugins-3.0.3-68mdk kde-i18n-en_GB-3.0.3-2mdk kdenetwork-devel-3.0.3-15.1mdk kdevelop-2.1.3-6mdk I *know*... reboo^H^Huild :^P 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] RPM screwed and worthless
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 17 January 2003 12:14 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Friday 17 January 2003 16:05, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > I don't know what happened or when but I cannot do anything with rpm > > except make simple queries. VERY simple queries. And I cannot do a > > database rebuild either. I have been trying to install/reinstall all the > > latest Mandrake rpm-* rpms but I cannot do it. At first, I tried doing a [...] > > How do I FORCE rpm to install an rpm regardless of whatever shape the rpm > > database is? What if I delete the rpm database? What filename and where > > is the database? > > > > Help please. I'm screwed royal at this point. If one loses the ability > > to use rpm on an rpm-dependent distro, one is HOSED. > > > > praedor > > Does 'urpmi' fail too, or is this just 'rpm' that won't work? urpmi also fails to function. The commands I used from http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon mostly failed (the sites listed either don't exist or refuse connections). I was TRYING to get sites closest to me, as many US sites as possible but almost all failed. Urpmi and rpm are dead and useless. - -- Conservatives of all times are adventitious liars. - - Friedrich Nietzsche. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE+KCzn1i/6R1B/Yh0RAu87AJ0QJuNYevnDfrT83ZUtu1AtOXxChwCeOjqM C36YC/0GvtN8GRYr267ILwU= =QC3q -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] CD Burners
On Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 11:04:28AM -0500, et wrote: > On Friday 17 January 2003 11:00 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > > All; > > I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any > > suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and > > ease of install? > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > Ric > they all work about the same IMHO > Thanks ET! No strong compatability, reliability, installtion issues to watch for? I've installed SCSI burners before, and they just dropped in, and worked. I guess I'm hoping for the same from and IDE. (I've always installed Yamahas in the past.. Been stable performers, never given me any trouble..). I'll see what I can find locally. Ric > 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] RPM screwed and worthless
On Friday 17 January 2003 16:05, Praedor Tempus Atrebates wrote:
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
>
> I don't know what happened or when but I cannot do anything with rpm except
> make simple queries. VERY simple queries. And I cannot do a database
> rebuild either. I have been trying to install/reinstall all the latest
> Mandrake rpm-* rpms but I cannot do it. At first, I tried doing a simple
> rpm query: "rpm -qa|grep rpm-" to see what rpm versions I had installed for
> rpm itself. Nothing. Just sits there forever and never produces a result.
> If I do "rpm -q rpm" I get a result. I then tried installing
> rpm-rebuilder and rpm-get but it just sits there and wont do anything.
> Running an strace on it it appears that rpm goes through some form of
> database query but then gets to a point where all it does is timeout:
>
> select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {1, 0}) = 0 (Timeout}
>
> over and over and over forever.
>
> If I try to do an rpm --rebuilddb, it does the same thing, just sits there
> forever timing out.
>
> How do I FORCE rpm to install an rpm regardless of whatever shape the rpm
> database is? What if I delete the rpm database? What filename and where
> is the database?
>
> Help please. I'm screwed royal at this point. If one loses the ability to
> use rpm on an rpm-dependent distro, one is HOSED.
>
> praedor
Does 'urpmi' fail too, or is this just 'rpm' that won't work?
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[expert] RPM screwed and worthless
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
Hash: SHA1
I don't know what happened or when but I cannot do anything with rpm except
make simple queries. VERY simple queries. And I cannot do a database
rebuild either. I have been trying to install/reinstall all the latest
Mandrake rpm-* rpms but I cannot do it. At first, I tried doing a simple rpm
query: "rpm -qa|grep rpm-" to see what rpm versions I had installed for rpm
itself. Nothing. Just sits there forever and never produces a result. If I
do "rpm -q rpm" I get a result. I then tried installing rpm-rebuilder and
rpm-get but it just sits there and wont do anything. Running an strace on it
it appears that rpm goes through some form of database query but then gets to
a point where all it does is timeout:
select(0, NULL, NULL, NULL, {1, 0}) = 0 (Timeout}
over and over and over forever.
If I try to do an rpm --rebuilddb, it does the same thing, just sits there
forever timing out.
How do I FORCE rpm to install an rpm regardless of whatever shape the rpm
database is? What if I delete the rpm database? What filename and where is
the database?
Help please. I'm screwed royal at this point. If one loses the ability to
use rpm on an rpm-dependent distro, one is HOSED.
praedor
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- - Friedrich Nietzsche.
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Re: [expert] CD Burners
On Friday 17 January 2003 11:00 am, Ric Tibbetts wrote: > All; > I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any > suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and > ease of install? > > > Thanks! > > Ric they all work about the same IMHO Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] CD Burners
All; I'm going to put a new (IDE) CD Burner in my PC (Mdk 9.0). Any suggestions on a good one, that is known to have good compatability, and ease of install? Thanks! Ric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] What it's like trying to update 9.0 over a modem...
On Thu, 16 Jan 2003 19:47:02 -0800 Rolf Pedersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pierre Fortin wrote: > > What it's like trying to update 9.0 over a modem... or why I complain > > about issues that will cause potential users to not adopt Mdk... :^( > > > > I can't do justice to the totality of the underlying issue of your post, > > however, I wonder if you know of the workaround when rpmdrake gets > corrupted from a bad shutdown or other: > > rm any /var/lib/rpm/__db.00* > rpm --rebuilddb Yes, I do BUT how does this differ from M$' "reboot your system" approach? My point is that there is a LOT of Mdk code that "just works" when there are no errors... let something happen outside that "perfect space" and all hell breaks loose... To wit, all my updates over DSL went fine; doing the exact same steps over a modem... (see original post) I came to Linux (and Mandrake) years ago because things got fixed; now it seems that everything is only being made to work in the "perfect space" in order to pump out the most candy, anything else is thrown into the "reboot" bucket... That's what I'm complaining about and that's what IMO is the core problem with why Mdk is not getting market share as fast as it could... Heck... the mere fact that I'm reconsidering my choice of distro is deeply troubling to me -- I hate the idea going back to RH; but if RH proves to me that their error recovery works, then it will mean that while RH may not have all the eye-candy Mdk does, the choice will be between which distro "sucks less" IMO: Mdk -- too many errors that are ignored... RH -- less candy; but it works... Guess which will get picked at this rate... I can't be the only one that thinks like this... If I am, then Mdk's future is not assured IMO... Pierre PS: There were a number of problems for which there is no recovery in my post, and this morning, MU claims everything is up-to-date while "rpm -qa | grep kde" gives: # rpm -qa | grep kde kdev_htdig-1.1-2mdk kdepim-3.0.3-4mdk kdegraphics-3.0.5a-1.1mdk kdetoys-3.0.3-3mdk kdeadmin-3.0.5a-1.1mdk kdemultimedia-3.0.3-7mdk kdebase-3.0.3-68mdk kdesdk-3.0.3-5mdk kdebase-devel-3.0.3-68mdk kdelibs-devel-3.0.3-30.1mdk kdegames-3.0.3-7mdk kdenetwork-3.0.3-15.1mdk kdeutils-3.0.3-6mdk kdemultimedia-devel-3.0.3-7mdk kdelibs-3.0.3-30.1mdk kdebase-nsplugins-3.0.3-68mdk kde-i18n-en_GB-3.0.3-2mdk kdenetwork-devel-3.0.3-15.1mdk kdevelop-2.1.3-6mdk I *know*... reboo^H^Huild :^P Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] some help needed with mandrake security 7.2
hi fellows, i have installed mdk security 7.2 to let my network have web access. Works fine, we now can see www pages. But email pop3 are not working. When try to connect to some pop3 server i get conection refused. I have tried to look at logs in /var/log/message and in the administrative web interface, but have not found anithing usefull solvfe this. In "Office Traffic" option, I take the " leave all ports open " default, but it seems that not works for pop3. some ideas on how to fix this are wellcome. thanks. Clovis Sena Recife -PE Brazil. ___ Busca Yahoo! O melhor lugar para encontrar tudo o que você procura na Internet http://br.busca.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake8.2 KDE3.04 startkde issue
Cheers Todd, excellent, I figured it was a kinda generic run everything in here script, but being completely knackered I couldnt figure out where (Duuh!), and it would turn out to be embarrasingly obvious - note to self, stop trying to figure it out when you're too tired to make coffee! So the next question is, do I need it? May sound dumb but its breaking KDE2 for users, but not root. In fact it doesnt seem to get run by root at all. If I change $PATH back in root then spawn a new shell, it doesnt get stuck at the beginning of $PATH. Yet root runs KDE3 fine, because as far as I can tell /opt/kde3/bin/startkde3 sets PATH="/opt/kde3/bin:$PATH" before running /opt/kde3/bin/startkde which is what does the real business. So if I lose kde3.sh wont the users be able to run both KDE3 and KDE2 without KDE2 using all the wrong calls?? Also is it not possible to get KDE2 to access KDE3 libraries if it needs them for stuff like k3b which looks fantastic :o), if not I've got KDE3 to run it in I know! Cheers again for any help -- __ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] mandrake bankruptcy
hi listers i havent been active on the list for a while and i just came across this news item: http://www.ofb.biz/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=192 i hope mandrakesoft can still make it till Mdk 100.1 and beyond. its the only distro i use for my desktop... dianne __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake8.2 KDE3.04 startkde issue
Cheers Todd, excellent, I figured it was a kinda generic run everything in here script, but being completely knackered I couldnt figure out where (Duuh!), and it would turn out to be embarrasingly obvious - note to self, stop trying to figure it out when you're too tired to make coffee! So the next question is, do I need it? May sound dumb but its breaking KDE2 for users, but not root. In fact it doesnt seem to get run by root at all. If I change $PATH back in root then spawn a new shell, it doesnt get stuck at the beginning of $PATH. Yet root runs KDE3 fine, because as far as I can tell /opt/kde3/bin/startkde3 sets PATH="/opt/kde3/bin:$PATH" before running /opt/kde3/bin/startkde which is what does the real business. So if I lose kde3.sh wont the users be able to run both KDE3 and KDE2 without KDE2 using all the wrong calls?? Also is it not possible to get KDE2 to access KDE3 libraries if it needs them for stuff like k3b which looks fantastic :o), if not I've got KDE3 to run it in I know! Cheers again for any help Si - Original Message - From: Todd Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 16:39:37 -0800 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake8.2 KDE3.04 startkde issue > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Simon Naish wrote on Fri, Jan 17, 2003 at 01:33:08AM +0100 : > > > > by a script called kde.sh in > > /etc/profile.d/ > > The thing is I cant find what calls this kde3.sh to futs the $PATH of users. > > - From /etc/profile: > for i in /etc/profile.d/*.sh ; do > if [ -x $i ]; then > . $i > fi > done > > ie, every time you spawn a new shell. > > Blue skies... Todd > - -- >MandrakeSoft USA http://www.mandrakesoft.com > Mandrake: An amalgam of good ideas from RedHat, Debian, and MandrakeSoft. > All in all, IMHO, an unbeatable combination. --Levi Ramsey on Cooker ML >Cooker Version mandrake-release-9.1-0.1mdk Kernel 2.4.20-2mdk > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+J1DJlp7v05cW2woRAg42AJ0ZOujICtYxTBmfNzEA8BFZrd29nACglU4D > ZY7HPQAi9XMeosA4n+/Z5HI= > =bzf3 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- __ Sign-up for your own FREE Personalized E-mail at Mail.com http://www.mail.com/?sr=signup Meet Singles http://corp.mail.com/lavalife Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Sony Micro Vault 128 - drakupdate_fsta loooooooop
El Jue 16 Ene 2003 01:25, Todd Lyons escribió sabiamente:
> oscar wrote on Thu, Jan 16, 2003 at 12:55:01AM +0100 :
> > Hi all,
> > I wrote to the list about sony micro vault 128 usb storage. Now I have it
> > working in my LM 8.2 thanks to Todd with modprobe sd_mod.
> > Now I have tested it in my LM 9.0 computer and I presume that we have a
> > little My computer was in a loop, and when I ran "top", I discovered a
> > program which was running over an over again eating 50% of cpu time:
> > drakupdate_fsta. How I stoped the loop? I should rename
> > /usr/sbin/drakupdate_fsta to
>
> Well that just shows how much the kernel changed inbetween 8.2 and 9.0.
> Remove that line from /etc/modules.conf and that will get rid of the
> loop. As for how to make it automatic, look in /etc/hotplug/usb
> directory. You'll have to put a script there that will modprobe that
> module in.
>
> Blue skies... Todd
I already tried it. The result is the same. When I plug the micro vault, the
loop start. I can use the micro vault only if I rename drakupdate_fsta. Then,
will I have any problem if I rename drakupdate_fsta?
Now, this is my solution:
/etc/hotplug/usb.usermap:
sony_microvault 0x0003 0x054c 0x01050x 0x 0x00
0x000x000x000x00 0x00
0x
/etc/hotplug/usb/sony_microvault:
#! /bin/sh
if [ -t -o ! -x /usr/bin/logger ]; then
mesg () {
echo "$@"
}
else
mesg () {
/usr/bin/logger -t $0 "$@"
}
fi
mv /usr/sbin/drakupdate_fsta /usr/sbin/drakupdate_fsta.off
modprobe sd_mod
mesg Module sd_mod running. Now /dev/sda is here.
echo "#!/bin/bash" > $REMOVER
echo "if [ -t -o ! -x /usr/bin/logger ]; then" >> $REMOVER
echo "mesg () {" >> $REMOVER
echo "echo \"\$@\"" >> $REMOVER
echo "}" >> $REMOVER
echo "else" >> $REMOVER
echo "mesg () {" >> $REMOVER
echo "/usr/bin/logger \"\$@\"" >> $REMOVER
echo "}" >> $REMOVER
echo "fi" >> $REMOVER
echo "modprobe -r sd_mod" >> $REMOVER
echo "mesg Module sd_mod removed." >> $REMOVER
echo "mv /usr/sbin/drakupdate_fsta.off /usr/sbin/drakupdate_fsta" >> $REMOVER
chmod a+x $REMOVER
Thank you
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Re: [expert] pocket pc
I got the very same problem. At sourceforge.net you can find a project named gcesinc. It's for gnome, but I've had no time to test it, so I don't know if it's working. Tell me if it works. Some time ago I downloaded another project, but I couldn't compile it, so it never worked (I can't remember the name, but I'll give to you later if you want). Good luck --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > i would like to know where i can get comunications > software for my ipaq pocket > pc under windows it uses microsoft active sync and > sycronises with microsoft > outlook. if u know of any where i can try looking > for some software i can use > to get it to sync with linux i would be very happy > because i am a very happy > linux user but i nead to be able to work with my > pocket pc. > > yours sencirly > > Damon > Kennedy > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail Plus - Powerful. Affordable. Sign up now. http://mailplus.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: Re: [expert] ut2003
Congratulations! My son is very happy with ut2003, I am sure you will too. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: Michael Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Fecha: Viernes, Enero 17, 2003 4:46 am Asunto: Re: [expert] ut2003 > OH MY GOSH I finally got it! I can't believe the hoops I had > to jump > through to get it working. The box I installed it on is running > the smp > kernel which *may* have made a difference (but shouldn't have), I > disabled > supermount and devfs, I wasn't able to run the installer from > within 'X', > it had to be done from the command line, and finally, I had to run > the > installer like so: ./linux_installer.sh instead of sh > linux_installer.sh > or it would complain about glibc 2.1 and exit the install. There > was NO > documentation on the box nor within and very little on the web - > for being > commercial software, I think epic could have done quite a bit > better than > that... 3 DAYS to install that game!!! > > Thanks for the suggestions, Mike > > On Thu, 16 Jan 2003, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: > > > Date: Thu, 16 Jan 2003 15:36:39 +0100 > > From: Francisco Alcaraz Ariza <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject: Re: [expert] ut2003 > > > > I have the whole ut2003 runing fine in my Mandrake 9.0 with > Geforce4 Pentium > > III. I had to dissable the buggy supermount, open two konsole, > put the third > > cd-rom in the second cd-drive and I used the other console to > mount the next > > cds in the first cd-driver. > > > > If you need more help I could explain it you in more detail. > > > > > > El Jue 16 Ene 2003 03:00, Ronald J. Hall escribió: > > > On Thursday 16 January 2003 12:54 am, Michael Holt wrote: > > > > Hey all, > > > > Has anyone installed ut2003? I'm stumped - I've just spent > the last two > > > > days trying to install but after about 6 or 7 hours, it goes > into this > > > > loop where it keeps creating the same folder within it self ( > it creates > > > > a folder called "scorched earth" and populates it with some > files then > > > > under that directory it creates "scorched earth" then > populates it with > > > > the same files as the last and keeps on going like that until > I hit ^c to > > > > stop it) I've tried turning supermount completely off and > stopping devfs > > > > in my lilo.conf file (just a wild guess) and I'm going to > retry it to see > > > > how far it gets. Until then though, does anyone have any > suggestions? > > > > I'm stumped. > > > > > > > > Thanks, Mike > > > > > > Mike, is that the demo or the full game? > > > > > > > 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] Recognising Linux Burned CDs Under W*v
El Jue 16 Ene 2003 22:53, Daryl Johnson escribió sabiamente: > OK I give up. CDs seem to be like a foreign country to me. > > It doesn't matter if I use Gnome-Toaster or X-CD-Roast. Any cd I burn is > visible in my linux box but once it is inserted into one of the Windoze > machines (W2K, W98, NT4) I just get a message 'please insert cd'. > > Bugger damn and hell it must be something simple but what? > > Suggestions on a £50 not to me please :o) > > Regards > > Daryl Is the session closed and/or the disk fixated? -- Óscar Santacreu Usuario de Linux Registrado #227443 http://counter.li.org/ Windows Free Environment Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
