Re: [expert] Password Question
On Sun, 2003-08-31 at 05:38, Damian Gatabria wrote: El dom, 31-08-2003 a las 08:47, KevinO escribió: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Damian Gatabria wrote: El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 19:49, Frankie escribió: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Damian Gatabria Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 7:55 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Password Question El sáb, 30-08-2003 a las 18:24, Jack Coates escribió: On Sat, 2003-08-30 at 03:44, Damian Gatabria wrote: El mié, 20-08-2003 a las 16:55, Bryan Phinney escribió: On Wednesday 20 August 2003 10:24 am, Lawson, Jim wrote: Okay So I just read an article that said mandrake 9.1 can reset any windoz password. Can any linux distro password for root or any other user be reset. Say if you forgot it? James S. Lawson Network Administrator The only way that I know of to do this is to bring the computer up in Single User mode and reset root password from there. You should be able to do that by putting options in Lilo at boot to bring up Linux in single user mode. If you have password protected Lilo, I am not sure that you can reset the root password without some type of reinstall. How do you password protec Lilo? :o)) you put a password in /etc/lilo.conf and run /sbin/lilo. Users must then enter the password in order to boot any kernels listed by lilo. It isn't used all that much to my knowledge -- laptop users generally use the BIOS password, desktops users generally don't use boot passwords, and servers need to be able to reboot without physical help. Yet, i hate the fact that cracking the admin password in Win2k is harder than in Linux... :o/ Using linux single to reset the password is not cracking it.. Since you can't find out what the old password was, you are just creating a new one. I know, sorry for not expressing myself correctly. The point is, in windoze, if i want to change the admin password, there's two ways: 1) cracking te sam file. This is a rather long process and requires third-party software. Breaking into the registry or a sam file is trivially easy using a Linux boot disk made for the purpose. I have done it for people several times. It doesn't take much longer or more effort than just waiting for it to boot. 2) Booting with a DOS diskette, load third-party NFTS-dos drivers, and move around a couple of files so i get a user manager instead of a login prompt. This is a tricky process and you risk fubaring the system. this means that the one aspect in which windows is far better from a security standpoint is protecting the admin password, since in Linux you only have to boot in single user mode.. it's sad, but true. It's neither sad nor true. A Linux system can only be booted into single user mode if you have it setup that way, although most are set that way by default for convenience. Having physical access to a machine means that there isn't much security, aside from encrypting the filesystem. This is why most consider the ability to boot into single user from the console to not be a security risk -- it requires console access. OK, so far, both James and you have said something about password protecting single user mode or setting it up somehow... so let's go back to my first question in this thread =) How can i do that? I just want the system to ask for a password ONLY when i tell it i want `linux single`. Ok, a quick link http://lists.isb.sdnpk.org/pipermail/plug-list/2003-June/000552.html But to put it here. in the top section of the lilo.conf file add this line. password= #insert your password here. then in each kernel image section add the line restricted at the end. You can now boot as normal but if you try to go single (or any other mode where you pass special parameters.) you will need to give it the root password to do anything more than look at a prompt. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] network.img 9.1 install - eth0 won't start from rc
No problem doing nfs install on machine that never had any Linux before. Did automatic updates at the end of install too. However, boot messages include: bringing up interface eth0: [FAILED] This is repeated in /var/log/messages, along with a couple other eth0 messages: ifplugd[1039]: Using interface eth0/00:60:97:3D:31:7E with driver 3c59x LK1.1.18-ac ETHTOOL_GLINK failed: Operation not supported Ping in or out immediately after boot fails. However, I can do 'ifup eth0', and then the network works fine. In /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcg-eth0 is ONBOOT=yes. lspci shows: 00:14:0 Ethernet controller: 3Com Corporation 3c905 100BaseTX [Boomerang]. lsmod shows: 3c59x 29584 1 (autoclean). Trying to reconfig with mcc didn't help. How do I fix eth0 to start during boot like it should? -- A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.Proverbs 29:11 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Slow SMB file transfers to XP`
On Sunday 24 August 2003 10:07 pm, lorne wrote: I've done some searching and haven't found any previous traffic on this exactly. I have two problems. I'm beginning to think they may be related: Copying files from my XP system to my 9.1 samba server is HORRIBLE! Say I'm copying 650mb of Wav files. We're talking an hour or so! Looking at the traces, everything seems ok. We're moving it along at 1514 chunks. Well since no one has taken me on, I'm going to reply to myself. :) I have found a potential clue. I just did a samba mount to my xp box from the linux box. Transfers FLY! I can transfer 650MB in 2 minutes flat. Take that same bunch of files from Xp to linux via samba and it will take ?? I stopped timing after 20 minutes. ??? Anybody have any clues? I did find something about disabling a web service, but it made no difference. At least I have a work around for now. Today I thought I'd do a smbmount back to the XP box and try it the other direction. For some reason my linux box is setting a window size of 0. ?? Has anyone else noticed the terrible performance with XP? Is this some BS that Uncle Billie and his gang of thieves have done on purpose, or am I just screwing something up. I have security set up pretty loose, so it shouldn't be some of the firewall products. smb.conf [global] log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m smb passwd file = /etc/samba/smbpasswd load printers = yes socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 encrypt passwords = yes wins support = true dns proxy = no netbios name = tigger2 server string = Samba Server %v printing = cups default = homes workgroup = WORKGROUP auto services = homes printcap name = cups security = user preferred master = no max log size = 50 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Slow SMB file transfers to XP`
On Monday 01 September 2003 12:09 am, lorne wrote: On Sunday 24 August 2003 10:07 pm, lorne wrote: I've done some searching and haven't found any previous traffic on this exactly. I have two problems. I'm beginning to think they may be related: Copying files from my XP system to my 9.1 samba server is HORRIBLE! Say I'm copying 650mb of Wav files. We're talking an hour or so! Looking at the traces, everything seems ok. We're moving it along at 1514 chunks. Well since no one has taken me on, I'm going to reply to myself. :) I have found a potential clue. I just did a samba mount to my xp box from the linux box. Transfers FLY! I can transfer 650MB in 2 minutes flat. Take that same bunch of files from Xp to linux via samba and it will take ?? I stopped timing after 20 minutes. ??? Anybody have any clues? I did find something about disabling a web service, but it made no difference. At least I have a work around for now. IIRC, there are some registry settings in XP that affect this. MS, in an effort to break Samba I'm sure, introduced some registry settings which check for things like remote task execution and stuff on the remote server, assuming it is a windows machine. I do not recall where specifically I found the info, and I recall a thread about similar problems on win2k not to long ago somewhere. Not sure if it was on this list though. With these additional clues though, you probably could come up with something on Google. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] OT: Hardware guru please - advice needed
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 11:11 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] OT: Hardware guru please - advice needed On Saturday 30 Aug 2003 3:15 pm, Katinka Mills wrote: -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Anne Wilson Sent: Saturday, 30 August 2003 10:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] OT: Hardware guru please - advice needed A Soltek board, just bought, says that using a 2x graphics board will fry the mobo (wrong voltage). The G-Force2 MX-400 is a 2x/4x board. Is it safe to assume that it will have the right voltage, merely falling back to 2x if the mobo doesn't have the later standard agp? Anne If the PCI card and the Slot were manufactured properly, you can not easily get it in (not easily is defined as without brute force or sledge hammer), where the 3.3V and the 5V fingers are keys (ie no fingers) so if it is 3.3V the 5V fingers are missing and 5v has the 3.3v ones missing. If it was not manufactured properly, then I am not sure, without looking at the tech docs to see if the card is auto sensing (will depend on manufacturer sometimes too) Hi, Kat. Unfortunately I can't find any mention of voltage on the box or in the leaflet that was with the agp card, and a google hasn't turned up anything recognisable. Can you describe just where I would be looking for the 3.3v and 5v fingers? Anne Sorry for the delay, I could not find the page I liked to show people (I think the site is down) if you go here http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_PCI_Pins.html A1 / B1 is the back of the computer. and the pins count towards you. If you count the gold fingers on either side, if A12 / A13 / B12 / B13 are present, it is a 5v only Card. If they are missing, then it is a 3.3v or dual voltage card. As a back-up count down to A50 / A51 / B50 / B51, if they are present it is a 3.3V or dual Voltage card, if they are missing, then it is a 5v card. Hope this Helps Kat. --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] FTP Script
I am resending this becasue it doens't look like it ever made the list. List, I need to know how to write a shell script that ftps a couple of files up each day. Any one have any ideas? Tim -- - Timothy R. Brown Webmaster The Daily Star 102 Chestnut St. Oneonta, NY 13820 Phone: (607)441-7242 Fax: (607)432-5847 - http://www.thedailystar.com http://www.coopercrier.com http://www.thecollegianonline.com http://www.cityofthehills.com http://www.theheartlandofnewyork.com - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT: Hardware guru please - advice needed
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 12:42 pm, Katinka Mills wrote: Sorry for the delay, I could not find the page I liked to show people (I think the site is down) if you go here http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_PCI_Pins.html A1 / B1 is the back of the computer. and the pins count towards you. If you count the gold fingers on either side, if A12 / A13 / B12 / B13 are present, it is a 5v only Card. If they are missing, then it is a 3.3v or dual voltage card. As a back-up count down to A50 / A51 / B50 / B51, if they are present it is a 3.3V or dual Voltage card, if they are missing, then it is a 5v card. Hope this Helps A great site, Kat. Thanks. I have printed out as reference sheets both the pci info and the similar list for agp. Thanks again Anne --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.443 / Virus Database: 248 - Release Date: 10/01/2003 -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Can KMail be set to filter attachments?
I know I should be sorting out a mail server, but until I have enough time I need short term solutions. In kmail I'd like a pop-filter to delete on server emails that contain attachments containing .exe and the like. I can't find any way of filtering on attachments For that matter I can't find any way of filtering to delete. ATM all filtered junkmail goes to a special folder. However, some types could be defined to immediately delete, if only I could find the setting. I have tried using the blank line in the drop-down list and defining my own criteria, but I think that is just ignored. Any more suggestions? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can KMail be set to filter attachments?
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 08:18, Anne Wilson wrote: I know I should be sorting out a mail server, but until I have enough time I need short term solutions. In kmail I'd like a pop-filter to delete on server emails that contain attachments containing .exe and the like. I can't find any way of filtering on attachments For that matter I can't find any way of filtering to delete. ATM all filtered junkmail goes to a special folder. However, some types could be defined to immediately delete, if only I could find the setting. I have tried using the blank line in the drop-down list and defining my own criteria, but I think that is just ignored. Any more suggestions? Anne not sure (I quit using kmail when 9.1 came out) Maybe... define a folder in Kmail as /dev/null and move it to there -- ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Print problems
I'm having some problems when I print from Mozilla, and I think they are related. I cannot print the url in the header or footer, when printing from a website, and I frequently lose a couple of lines at the page changeover. I think both are related to the margin settings, but although I have all the printer defaults to give me 1 top and bottom (which should be enough to allow headers/footers) whenever I print from Mozilla it refuses to allow me to change the margins from 0.5. Everything looks ok in the print preview, but it still is not right when it prints. Is this a Moz bug, do you think? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Print problems
Are you using CUPS? Have you tried replacing lpr with xpp (after installing xpp, of course), in the print -- properties -- print command line? xpp would offer you much more options in regards to margins, etc... Stef On Monday 01 September 2003 07:52 am, Anne Wilson wrote: I'm having some problems when I print from Mozilla, and I think they are related. I cannot print the url in the header or footer, when printing from a website, and I frequently lose a couple of lines at the page changeover. I think both are related to the margin settings, but although I have all the printer defaults to give me 1 top and bottom (which should be enough to allow headers/footers) whenever I print from Mozilla it refuses to allow me to change the margins from 0.5. Everything looks ok in the print preview, but it still is not right when it prints. Is this a Moz bug, do you think? Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] something interesting about 9.2RC1
Hi list, I've been playing with 9,2RC1 since yesterday when I installed it, and I've noticed there are a few things missing. One of which I used a lot of and that was Konsole. I was wondering if there was a specific reason that didn't make it into the install. I've also noticed that MC, the console FileManager didn't get installed. wussup? -- Mark If necessity is the mother of invention, then who's the father? --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 9.1 ICQ# 27816299 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] something interesting about 9.2RC1
Mark wrote: Hi list, I've been playing with 9,2RC1 since yesterday when I installed it, and I've noticed there are a few things missing. One of which I used a lot of and that was Konsole. I was wondering if there was a specific reason that didn't make it into the install. I've also noticed that MC, the console FileManager didn't get installed. wussup? Konsole has been split to kdebase-konsole; urpmi kdebase-konsole. There has been some clamor to have this installed by default, which I agree is a good idea. https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4992 ISTR needing to install mc when I needed it, even after choosing Console Tools and Configuration for some time now. Rolf Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Some process changing groups and permissions
I would like my /usr directory to belong to the wheel group and for the group to have write privileges. I can set these options, but when I go back later they're reset to root as the group owner and the group having no write privilege. I suspect this is some sort of security process running in the background, but I have no idea what it is. Anyone have a clue as to what might be doing this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] TWiki organization
There was some banter here about organizing the TWiki database that fell under the Postfix subject. (one of us, probably me, hijacked it) Anyway, Anne made a section to discuss it http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/NewIndex Input is requested, so far it has just been Anne and me. Even if you are new to twiki, this would be an easy way to get started: 1. register yourself at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/TWiki/TWikiRegistration 2. goto http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/NewIndex 3. Click edit at the bottom 4. It is very easy to add to the discussion. For most formatting, either Anne or I have used it on the page, so you can just copy it. (that's how i figured out most of the formatting i know. I just learned line seperator today...) 5. When done, click preview to check, and then save to save eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] something interesting about 9.2RC1
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Rolf Pedersen wrote: Mark wrote: Hi list, I've been playing with 9,2RC1 since yesterday when I installed it, and I've noticed there are a few things missing. One of which I used a lot of and that was Konsole. I was wondering if there was a specific reason that didn't make it into the install. I've also noticed that MC, the console FileManager didn't get installed. wussup? Konsole has been split to kdebase-konsole; urpmi kdebase-konsole. There has been some clamor to have this installed by default, which I agree is a good idea. https://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=4992 ISTR needing to install mc when I needed it, even after choosing Console Tools and Configuration for some time now. Rolf Good info... thanks Rolf. So far from what I've seen I like 9.2. As a workstation its quite well behaved and apart from the slight diffuculties I had trying to install with graphical mode, ( used to text install - worked flawlessly ). I'm getting real curious to know how it behaves when installed as a server. My gateway/firewall server is running Mdk 8.2 and I'd like to upgrade it to take advantage of some of the firewall tools that exist in the 9.x versions of Mandrake. ( would like to do some port forwarding - just been to lazy to learn how to do it using Bastille and writing the rules for it and doing the setup for it by hand. Prolly should cause I need to know how it works rather then letting a program do it for me. -- Mark If necessity is the mother of invention, then who's the father? --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 9.1 ICQ# 27816299 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] something interesting about 9.2RC1
On Mon September 1 2003 11:51 am, Mark wrote: Hi list, I've been playing with 9,2RC1 since yesterday when I installed it, and I've noticed there are a few things missing. One of which I used a lot of and that was Konsole. I was wondering if there was a specific reason that didn't make it into the install. I've also noticed that MC, the console FileManager didn't get installed. wussup? It didn't get installed by default in 9.1 download when choosing Console tools. I don't know what I've have done if I hadn't added it while installing. Supermount always screws up on my old Dell Latitude, D300XT. Without it I'd have to dig out Vi and the command sheet. Much easier with mc. Richard. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Some process changing groups and permissions
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 08:44, Dan Jones wrote: I would like my /usr directory to belong to the wheel group and for the group to have write privileges. I can set these options, but when I go back later they're reset to root as the group owner and the group having no write privilege. I suspect this is some sort of security process running in the background, but I have no idea what it is. Anyone have a clue as to what might be doing this? google msec and read up on it. You'll want to put your specific settings in /etc/security/msec/perm.local -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] something interesting about 9.2RC1
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Richard wrote: On Mon September 1 2003 11:51 am, Mark wrote: Hi list, I've been playing with 9,2RC1 since yesterday when I installed it, and I've noticed there are a few things missing. One of which I used a lot of and that was Konsole. I was wondering if there was a specific reason that didn't make it into the install. I've also noticed that MC, the console FileManager didn't get installed. wussup? It didn't get installed by default in 9.1 download when choosing Console tools. I don't know what I've have done if I hadn't added it while installing. Supermount always screws up on my old Dell Latitude, D300XT. Without it I'd have to dig out Vi and the command sheet. Much easier with mc. Richard. I know what you mean. However, I had learned Vi before I even met mc back in my early RedHat days. ( RedHat 5.2 ). I don't know that I'll worry about getting Konsole on here right away. Its not a necessity. Gnome terminal works just as well. About the only reason I can even thing of for loading it after the fact is that I can use multiple terms in one window and easily switch back and forth from one window to another without having a dozen or so seperate terminal windows open. but now...upon examination of the Gnome terminal it turns out that I can do the same thing with this terminal window as with Konsole and it's much lighter then Konsole. gosh! will wonders never cease!? -- Mark If necessity is the mother of invention, then who's the father? --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 9.1 ICQ# 27816299 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Björn Olsson wrote: On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. Is that really possible? I thought cat only worked with pure text files. Appending pdf files this way must surely break them? You can combine /any/ file types with cat. Whether or not this breaks pdf files' readability, I have no idea. -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 9.0 There are two kinds of people in the world, those who believe there are two kinds of people in the world and those who don't. - Robert Benchley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Slow SMB file transfers to XP`
On Sunday 31 August 2003 09:38 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 01 September 2003 12:09 am, lorne wrote: On Sunday 24 August 2003 10:07 pm, lorne wrote: I've done some searching and haven't found any previous traffic on this exactly. I have two problems. I'm beginning to think they may be related: Copying files from my XP system to my 9.1 samba server is HORRIBLE! Say I'm copying 650mb of Wav files. We're talking an hour or so! Looking at the traces, everything seems ok. We're moving it along at 1514 chunks. Well since no one has taken me on, I'm going to reply to myself. :) I have found a potential clue. I just did a samba mount to my xp box from the linux box. Transfers FLY! I can transfer 650MB in 2 minutes flat. Take that same bunch of files from Xp to linux via samba and it will take ?? I stopped timing after 20 minutes. ??? Anybody have any clues? I did find something about disabling a web service, but it made no difference. At least I have a work around for now. IIRC, there are some registry settings in XP that affect this. MS, in an effort to break Samba I'm sure, introduced some registry settings which check for things like remote task execution and stuff on the remote server, assuming it is a windows machine. I do not recall where specifically I found the info, and I recall a thread about similar problems on win2k not to long ago somewhere. Not sure if it was on this list though. With these additional clues though, you probably could come up with something on Google. Damnit! I KNEW IT! I have been telling the suckers at work now for a couple of months I bet you anything Uncle Billie and his gang of thieves, has done something to purposely break it!! They all were saying nah I KNEW IT! I'll go look again. There has GOT to be a way to turn off what ever it is that XP is looking for. Unfortunately it isn't something obvious. I did a trace and it just doesn't jump out at me. It must be something in XP itself. Maybe I need to try a regmon or filemon on the xp box to see what it is doing internally. First I believe I'm going to google again and see if I find something that works. If so, I'll post here. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Print problems
Hi Anne, i'm quite sure it is. I use kprinter --stdin, but i think that Mozilla (or Netscape) converts the output to ps and after passes it to command line. So try to change the page setup option to have your correct output and see what happen... Angelo Hi, Stef. Yes, I generally use xpp, but have also tried it with kprinter and lpr. As I said, the margins are defined correctly in the CUPS section, but they seem to be overwritten by the Mozilla setting, which I can't change. I guess that the Mozilla bit writes the file first, and then it is passed on to whichever printer I select - but with the narrow margins the damage is already done. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! SiteBuilder - Free, easy-to-use web site design software http://sitebuilder.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Some process changing groups and permissions
On 01 Sep 2003 11:44:22 -0400 Dan Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I would like my /usr directory to belong to the wheel group and for the group to have write privileges. I can set these options, but when I go back later they're reset to root as the group owner and the group having no write privilege. I suspect this is some sort of security process running in the background, but I have no idea what it is. Anyone have a clue as to what might be doing this? yup, here it is, see: /etc/pam.d/ -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Seeing is believing. You wouldn't have seen it if you hadn't believed it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] urpmi lccked
This just in 9.2 rc1 cooker... the software manager seems to be broken, and I can't add any sources - was trying to revamp the sources to include the new CDs as opposed to the old ones. Software Manager quietly dies after I tell it where to go for the CD. Also I tried to add in cooker main and contrib and can't get anywyere... so I just removed /etc/urpmi and /var/lib/rurpmi etc. Now the whole urpmi subsystem is hosed. I just want to rebuild it from scratch, include main/contrib/plf as well as the local cd sources list but can't do any- thing now as it just says the thing is locked help David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file. les_csharp_12_p1.pdf les_csharp_12_p2.pdf les_csharp_12_p3.pdf les_csharp_12_p4.pdf les_csharp_12_p5.pdf les_csharp_12_p6.pdf les_csharp_12_p7.pdf I would like the contents of the above list of files to appear in this file: CSharp_LESSON12.pdf Solution: ??? cat les_csharp_12_p?.pdf CSharp_LESSON12.pdf - -- KevinO If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library? - -- Lily Tomlin -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Using GnuPG with Mozilla - http://enigmail.mozdev.org iD8DBQE/U5ACWOfRC7Rnmv8RAkD5AJ423qH+xVxnbow57YF5lCWN0mx31gCeMO0N NDX/IlbGZoV1/7kMusxKI4M= =UUoa -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file. les_csharp_12_p1.pdf les_csharp_12_p2.pdf les_csharp_12_p3.pdf les_csharp_12_p4.pdf les_csharp_12_p5.pdf les_csharp_12_p6.pdf les_csharp_12_p7.pdf I would like the contents of the above list of files to appear in this file: CSharp_LESSON12.pdf Solution: ??? Mark Is that really possible? I thought cat only worked with pure text files. Appending pdf files this way must surely break them? -- Björn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Some process changing groups permissions
Jack Coates wrote: google msec and read up on it. You'll want to put your specific settings in /etc/security/msec/perm.local I found http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/mdoc/ref/prog-msec.html, but neither it nor the man page adequately explain how to edit this file to change the default user umask from 022 to 002. Adding a line set_user_umask(002) didn't work, and the GUI for msec doesn't seem to provide coverage of user umask at all. -- ...[B]e quick to listen, slow to speak and slow to become angry James 1:19 NIV Team OS/2 ** Reg. Linux User #211409 Felix Miata *** http://members.ij.net/mrmazda/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Print problems
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: I'm having some problems when I print from Mozilla, and I think they are related. I cannot print the url in the header or footer, when printing from a website, and I frequently lose a couple of lines at the page changeover. I think both are related to the margin settings, but although I have all the printer defaults to give me 1 top and bottom (which should be enough to allow headers/footers) whenever I print from Mozilla it refuses to allow me to change the margins from 0.5. Everything looks ok in the print preview, but it still is not right when it prints. Is this a Moz bug, do you think? Anne Hi Anne, What version of Mozy are you using. I've not heard anything about a bug in Mozilla that would produce a problem like this. That is not to say that it's not possible, however, it sounds more like a problem with the printer drivers then anything else. -- Mark If necessity is the mother of invention, then who's the father? --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 9.1 ICQ# 27816299 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...
On Monday 01 September 2003 01:18 pm, Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. Mark, you can do cat *.(file_extension) yourfile.ext but I don't think it combines some files correctly. Text works fine, AVIs and MPGs work fine if the header info is there, but when I tried some pdf files just now, it would show the size of the pdf files combined, but it would not let me see everything that was in those 3 files. You might want to do a man cat and see if there is some helpful info there. -- /\ DarkLord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] 9.2-RC1 VT8233 sound
I don't suppose anyone has an onboard VIA VT8233 sound and has sound working with 9.2 RC1? Being an RC, I don't want to start banging my head if there is something wrong with sound, other than my cheapo sound card. -Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mouse locks in KDE Gnome
Hi all! I am co-using mouse and monitor with an MS XP Home Client through one of those mechanical switchboxes. XPH manages to "loose" mouse and get it back working after switching, but Mandrake is loosing contact with the mouse until I log out from session then it comes alive again. Anybody encountered this before? Thanks! Niclas
Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...
On Monday 01 September 2003 20:03, Bill Mullen wrote: On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Björn Olsson wrote: On Mon, 1 Sep 2003 Mark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. Is that really possible? I thought cat only worked with pure text files. Appending pdf files this way must surely break them? You can combine /any/ file types with cat. Whether or not this breaks pdf It does break 'em!. Here's the dirty workaround I use: pdf2pdf ?.pdf then: cat ?.ps xxxtotal.ps, then: ps2pdf xxxtotal.ps. Horribly shamefull but it works:o) -- Good luck, HarM Mandrake HowTo's More:-) http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Print problems
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 2:26 pm, stefmit wrote: Are you using CUPS? Have you tried replacing lpr with xpp (after installing xpp, of course), in the print -- properties -- print command line? xpp would offer you much more options in regards to margins, etc... Hi, Stef. Yes, I generally use xpp, but have also tried it with kprinter and lpr. As I said, the margins are defined correctly in the CUPS section, but they seem to be overwritten by the Mozilla setting, which I can't change. I guess that the Mozilla bit writes the file first, and then it is passed on to whichever printer I select - but with the narrow margins the damage is already done. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Configuring apcupsd
On Thursday 28 Aug 2003 4:13 am, david wrote: Anne, I am presently running apcupsd, and if I recall, it required nothing more than rpm -Uvh acp.rpm on my 7.2 box. It has been running since '01 without a hickup. The trick is to figure out what information your APC box will deal out. (Whether it is a smart APC or not) Then just set (or play around with the UPS type in the config to get the maximum amount of info) The type of cable and the pin assignments are an issue, but there is plenty of info on this on the web. Good luck! I'd tell you more, but I haven't had to dork with it in years and Altzheimers is taking its toll. Well, I sorted the conf file as well as I could and tried it. This is the log output. Mon Sep 01 17:35:28 BST 2003 STATFLAG : 0x02010048 Status Flag Mon Sep 01 17:35:28 BST 2003 END APC : Mon Sep 01 17:35:28 BST 2003 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 APC : 001,019,0516 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 DATE : Mon Sep 01 17:09:45 BST 2003 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 HOSTNAME : anne-linux.lydgate.net Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 RELEASE : 3.10.5 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 VERSION : 3.10.5 (04 February 2003) mandrake Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 UPSNAME : backups400 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 CABLE: Custom Cable Simple Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 MODEL: DUMB UPS Driver Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 UPSMODE : Stand Alone Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 STARTTIME: Mon Sep 01 17:09:35 BST 2003 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 STATUS : ONLINE LOWBATT Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 MBATTCHG : 3 Percent Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 MINTIMEL : 2 Minutes Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 MAXTIME : 60 Seconds Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 NUMXFERS : 0 Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 TONBATT : 0 seconds Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 CUMONBATT: 0 seconds Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 XOFFBATT : N/A Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 STATFLAG : 0x02010048 Status Flag Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 END APC : Mon Sep 01 17:35:48 BST 2003 Mon Sep 01 17:35:49 BST 2003 apcupsd exiting, signal 15 Mon Sep 01 17:35:49 BST 2003 apcupsd shutdown succeeded This is a very old ups. Am I right in thinking that the near-immediate shutdown was because there is very little charge-ability left in the battery? I think I am going to have to invest in a new one. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi lccked
David E. Fox wrote: This just in 9.2 rc1 cooker... the software manager seems to be broken, and I can't add any sources - was trying to revamp the sources to include the new CDs as opposed to the old ones. Software Manager quietly dies after I tell it where to go for the CD. Also I tried to add in cooker main and contrib and can't get anywyere... so I just removed /etc/urpmi and /var/lib/rurpmi etc. Now the whole urpmi subsystem is hosed. I just want to rebuild it from scratch, include main/contrib/plf as well as the local cd sources list but can't do any- thing now as it just says the thing is locked help There is a problem with the gui frontend to urpmi.addmedia that is fixed in an upcoming drakxtools: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=5083 Adding from the command line works. You might try re-adding the CD sources with: urpmi.addmedia --distrib removable://mnt/cdrom/ with the mount point adjusted to show your reader and CD1 loaded. I would do urpmi.removemedia -a first to try to clean the slate. Rolf Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...
On Monday 01 September 2003 21:00, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: pdf2pdf ?.pdf that obviously should've been pdf2ps on the first line, sorry! -- Good luck, HarM Mandrake HowTo's More:-) http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Print problems
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 5:12 pm, R N dev wrote: Hi Anne, i'm quite sure it is. I use kprinter --stdin, but i think that Mozilla (or Netscape) converts the output to ps and after passes it to command line. So try to change the page setup option to have your correct output and see what happen... Hi, Angelo. In Mozilla, when I try to change the margin from 0.5 to 1.0 it simply jumps back to 0.5. I haven't tried running it is root - I wonder if it would help - I'll try, in case it's a permission problem. I do think, though, that in older versions I could change it there, so I think it's probably a bug. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT: Hardware guru please - advice needed
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 1:06 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 01 Sep 2003 12:42 pm, Katinka Mills wrote: Sorry for the delay, I could not find the page I liked to show people (I think the site is down) if you go here http://www.interfacebus.com/Design_PCI_Pins.html A1 / B1 is the back of the computer. and the pins count towards you. If you count the gold fingers on either side, if A12 / A13 / B12 / B13 are present, it is a 5v only Card. If they are missing, then it is a 3.3v or dual voltage card. As a back-up count down to A50 / A51 / B50 / B51, if they are present it is a 3.3V or dual Voltage card, if they are missing, then it is a 5v card. Hope this Helps A great site, Kat. Thanks. I have printed out as reference sheets both the pci info and the similar list for agp. Thanks again If that level of detail is of interest, you will love The Indespensable PC Hardware Book: Your Hardware Questions Answered by Hans-Peter Messmer. Addison Wesley. ISBN: 0201876973 Very low level. Very complete. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can KMail be set to filter attachments?
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: I know I should be sorting out a mail server, but until I have enough time I need short term solutions. In kmail I'd like a pop-filter to delete on server emails that contain attachments containing .exe and the like. I can't find any way of filtering on attachments For that matter I can't find any way of filtering to delete. ATM all filtered junkmail goes to a special folder. However, some types could be defined to immediately delete, if only I could find the setting. I have tried using the blank line in the drop-down list and defining my own criteria, but I think that is just ignored. Any more suggestions? Anne Hi Anne, Procmail should be able to do this nicely for you. Even if you're pulling your mail down from your ISP's mailserver. In order to employ procmail to filter, you'd simply using Fetchmail to bring the messages down. They'd then be deposited in /var/spool/mail/$USER. That should work nicely. While I don't know any procmail recipes off the top of my head the accomplish this I know Procmail will can can do it. -- Mark If necessity is the mother of invention, then who's the father? --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 9.1 ICQ# 27816299 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Slow SMB file transfers to XP`
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 11:16, lorne wrote: On Sunday 31 August 2003 09:38 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 01 September 2003 12:09 am, lorne wrote: On Sunday 24 August 2003 10:07 pm, lorne wrote: I've done some searching and haven't found any previous traffic on this exactly. I have two problems. I'm beginning to think they may be related: Copying files from my XP system to my 9.1 samba server is HORRIBLE! Say I'm copying 650mb of Wav files. We're talking an hour or so! Looking at the traces, everything seems ok. We're moving it along at 1514 chunks. Well since no one has taken me on, I'm going to reply to myself. :) I have found a potential clue. I just did a samba mount to my xp box from the linux box. Transfers FLY! I can transfer 650MB in 2 minutes flat. Take that same bunch of files from Xp to linux via samba and it will take ?? I stopped timing after 20 minutes. ??? Anybody have any clues? I did find something about disabling a web service, but it made no difference. At least I have a work around for now. IIRC, there are some registry settings in XP that affect this. MS, in an effort to break Samba I'm sure, introduced some registry settings which check for things like remote task execution and stuff on the remote server, assuming it is a windows machine. I do not recall where specifically I found the info, and I recall a thread about similar problems on win2k not to long ago somewhere. Not sure if it was on this list though. With these additional clues though, you probably could come up with something on Google. Damnit! I KNEW IT! I have been telling the suckers at work now for a couple of months I bet you anything Uncle Billie and his gang of thieves, has done something to purposely break it!! They all were saying nah I KNEW IT! I'll go look again. There has GOT to be a way to turn off what ever it is that XP is looking for. Unfortunately it isn't something obvious. I did a trace and it just doesn't jump out at me. It must be something in XP itself. Maybe I need to try a regmon or filemon on the xp box to see what it is doing internally. First I believe I'm going to google again and see if I find something that works. If so, I'll post here. __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well, guess what try XP + Samba + slow... http://www.google.com/search?hl=enie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8q=XP+%2B+Samba+%2B+slowbtnG=Google+Search returns quite a number of hits. Seems if nothing else you aren't alone. Then just for fun I tried XP + Samba Microsoft changes http://www.google.com/search?hl=enlr=ie=UTF-8oe=UTF-8q=XP+%2B+Samba+Microsoft+changesspell=1 Seems that if nothing else you aren't alone. James Put an end to state supported terrorism promote gov use of OSS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Slow SMB file transfers to XP`
Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 01 September 2003 12:09 am, lorne wrote: On Sunday 24 August 2003 10:07 pm, lorne wrote: I've done some searching and haven't found any previous traffic on this exactly. I have two problems. I'm beginning to think they may be related: Copying files from my XP system to my 9.1 samba server is HORRIBLE! Say I'm copying 650mb of Wav files. We're talking an hour or so! Looking at the traces, everything seems ok. We're moving it along at 1514 chunks. Well since no one has taken me on, I'm going to reply to myself. :) I have found a potential clue. I just did a samba mount to my xp box from the linux box. Transfers FLY! I can transfer 650MB in 2 minutes flat. Take that same bunch of files from Xp to linux via samba and it will take ?? I stopped timing after 20 minutes. ??? Anybody have any clues? I did find something about disabling a web service, but it made no difference. At least I have a work around for now. IIRC, there are some registry settings in XP that affect this. MS, in an effort to break Samba I'm sure, introduced some registry settings which check for things like remote task execution and stuff on the remote server, assuming it is a windows machine. I do not recall where specifically I found the info, and I recall a thread about similar problems on win2k not to long ago somewhere. Not sure if it was on this list though. With these additional clues though, you probably could come up with something on Google. I was the one who asked the question about slow transfers using Samba. I asked on this list and on the newbie list. Still have not received any answers resolving the issue. When a transfer to or from a Samba box is initiated from a Win2000 box it flies. When the same transfer is initiated from a Samba box to either another Samba box, or to a Win2000 box, it crawls at around 1/3 the speed of the Win2000 initiated transfer. Is this expected behavior? -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 14:55:00 up 3 days, 19:56, 1 user, load average: 1.16, 1.28, 1.05 ___ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Print problems
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 5:00 pm, Mark wrote: What version of Mozy are you using. I've not heard anything about a bug in Mozilla that would produce a problem like this. That is not to say that it's not possible, however, it sounds more like a problem with the printer drivers then anything else. Mozilla 1.3.1 under Mdk 9.1. I know it must be a simple configuration problem, as I can show the header and footer in the one version that I have set to print 2-up and duplex, i.e. 4 pages to the sheet. That is set with very wide margins on the CUPS side. But it's that inability to change the Mozilla margin setting to anything above 0.5 that's worrying me. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT: Hardware guru please - advice needed
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 5:27 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: If that level of detail is of interest, you will love The Indespensable PC Hardware Book: Your Hardware Questions Answered by Hans-Peter Messmer. Addison Wesley. ISBN: 0201876973 Very low level. Very complete. I've too many irons in the fire to tackle that right now, but it's duly noted in my TreePad Technotes file. Thanks Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can KMail be set to filter attachments?
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 5:03 pm, Mark wrote: Procmail should be able to do this nicely for you. Even if you're pulling your mail down from your ISP's mailserver. In order to employ procmail to filter, you'd simply using Fetchmail to bring the messages down. They'd then be deposited in /var/spool/mail/$USER. That should work nicely. While I don't know any procmail recipes off the top of my head the accomplish this I know Procmail will can can do it. I need to give more time to all this. I haven't even tried to get Fetchmail going yet - there always seems to be something more urgent, but I will get to it g Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] forgotten knowledge...
Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file. les_csharp_12_p1.pdf les_csharp_12_p2.pdf les_csharp_12_p3.pdf les_csharp_12_p4.pdf les_csharp_12_p5.pdf les_csharp_12_p6.pdf les_csharp_12_p7.pdf I would like the contents of the above list of files to appear in this file: CSharp_LESSON12.pdf Solution: ??? Mark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2-RC1 VT8233 sound
I'm using the via82xx driver. It works, *but* I've had some real problems getting the default mixer setting to stick. So far, I've had to open the KMix mixer panel and restore the default settings by hand every time I log into the machine (this is true of both beta2 and rc1, fresh install or upgrade.) I just tried doing alsactl store by hand, and it *still* doesn't work... Didn't KDE have a button like save current volume as default? I can't seem to find it in this incarnation... -Jason On Monday 01 September 2003 14:52, Mark Belanger wrote: I don't suppose anyone has an onboard VIA VT8233 sound and has sound working with 9.2 RC1? Being an RC, I don't want to start banging my head if there is something wrong with sound, other than my cheapo sound card. -Mark -- = - You pay for it before you eat it? What happens if it's dreadful? - That's why. (Moving Pictures) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can KMail be set to filter attachments?
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 1:36 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 08:18, Anne Wilson wrote: I know I should be sorting out a mail server, but until I have enough time I need short term solutions. In kmail I'd like a pop-filter to delete on server emails that contain attachments containing .exe and the like. I can't find any way of filtering on attachments For that matter I can't find any way of filtering to delete. ATM all filtered junkmail goes to a special folder. However, some types could be defined to immediately delete, if only I could find the setting. I have tried using the blank line in the drop-down list and defining my own criteria, but I think that is just ignored. Any more suggestions? Anne not sure (I quit using kmail when 9.1 came out) Maybe... define a folder in Kmail as /dev/null and move it to there But if I do that it wouldn't reference /dev/null, would it? Seems to me that it would be just the same as moving to ZZ_Junk that I do now? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT: Hardware guru please - Sorted
Son-in-Law just called - card in, now working correctly. He has W2K installed and it has been a huge struggle, particularly since it insists that the driver disks for both graphics card and monitor are corrupt. Internet of course has furnished the necessary, but I'm really looking forward to letting him try Mdk - I reckon it will be a fraction of the time he has spent on this. Thanks to all who helped. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[Fwd: Re: [expert] FTP Script]
Your message DID get to the list indeep!! -- Diego Dominguez __/\__ | | Andalucia /\ Spain \/ |__ __| \/ ---BeginMessage--- Try ncftpput as it takes the files from standard commandline, so you can do something like: cat localfile | ncftpput -u user -p password remotehost remotepathandfilename If you pretend to download as well try ncftpget. Good luck. El mié, 27-08-2003 a las 20:20, Timothy Brown escribió: List, I need to know how to write a shell script that ftps a couple of files up each day. Any one have any ideas? Tim -- - Timothy R. Brown Webmaster The Daily Star 102 Chestnut St. Oneonta, NY 13820 Phone: (607)441-7242 Fax: (607)432-5847 - http://www.thedailystar.com http://www.coopercrier.com http://www.thecollegianonline.com http://www.cityofthehills.com http://www.theheartlandofnewyork.com - Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Diego Dominguez __/\__ | | Andalucia /\ Spain \/ |__ __| \/ ---End Message--- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Some process changing groups permissions
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 12:21, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 11:24, Felix Miata wrote: Jack Coates wrote: google msec and read up on it. You'll want to put your specific settings in /etc/security/msec/perm.local I found http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/mdoc/ref/prog-msec.html, but neither it nor the man page adequately explain how to edit this file to change the default user umask from 022 to 002. Adding a line set_user_umask(002) didn't work, and the GUI for msec doesn't seem to provide coverage of user umask at all. here's mine: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jack]$ cat /etc/security/msec/perm.local /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions root.wheel 750 /home/RPMS/ root.wheel 750 /home/RPMS/*root.wheel 644 by the way, changes can't take effect immediately, right? You've got to either wait for the cron job or do it manually. /etc/cron.hourly/msec I like Todd's method rpm -e msec --nodeps and then put it into the urpmi skip list *grin* James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Slow SMB file transfers to XP`
On Monday 01 September 2003 03:13 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: I was the one who asked the question about slow transfers using Samba. I asked on this list and on the newbie list. Still have not received any answers resolving the issue. When a transfer to or from a Samba box is initiated from a Win2000 box it flies. When the same transfer is initiated from a Samba box to either another Samba box, or to a Win2000 box, it crawls at around 1/3 the speed of the Win2000 initiated transfer. Is this expected behavior? I think the op of this thread had the slowness going the other way. Samba to XP is fast, while XP to samba is fast. In any case, it always seems to be a problem with the configuration of the windows machines, not the samba machines. -- /g Outside of a dog, a man's best friend is a book, inside a dog it's too dark to read -Groucho Marx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 13:18, Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file. les_csharp_12_p1.pdf les_csharp_12_p2.pdf les_csharp_12_p3.pdf les_csharp_12_p4.pdf les_csharp_12_p5.pdf les_csharp_12_p6.pdf les_csharp_12_p7.pdf I would like the contents of the above list of files to appear in this file: CSharp_LESSON12.pdf Solution: ??? cat les_csharp_12_p1.pdf les_csharp_12_p2.pdf les_csharp_12_p3.pdf les_csharp_12_p4.pdf les_csharp_12_p5.pdf les_csharp_12_p6.pdf les_csharp_12_p7.pdf les_csharp_all.pdf This should all be one line, of course. It's wrapped by the mailer. However, if your intent is to end up with one large pdf, I strongly doubt that simply appending multiple pdf files will give you a usable pdf file. This works fine with text files but pdf is a binary format. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] (slight OT) Upgrade cycles discussion
All, There is an interesting discussion on pclinuxoneline.com (texstar's site.) Dealing with the upgrade cycle and some people wondering if the 9.1 to 9.2 upgrade is going to be worth it. http://pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?mop=modloadname=Forumsfile=viewtopictopic=2045forum=44 is the url for those intrested. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mouse locks in KDE Gnome
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 11:47, Niclas Jacobsson wrote: Hi all! I am co-using mouse and monitor with an MS XP Home Client through one of those mechanical switchboxes. XPH manages to loose mouse and get it back working after switching, but Mandrake is loosing contact with the mouse until I log out from session then it comes alive again. Anybody encountered this before? Thanks! Niclas Yes a number of people have. Mine did this as well, the quick workaround is to do ctrl-alt-f1 and then switch when leaving Linux. Then ctrl-alt-f7 when you come back to it. Problem is in the way the mechanical ones work (which is why XP has trouble as well) restarting console mouse (service gpm ) if installed will also get your mouse back. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 12:04, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Monday 01 September 2003 21:00, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: pdf2pdf ?.pdf that obviously should've been pdf2ps on the first line, sorry! HarM, Nothing shameful if it works... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi lccked
Somebody scribbled about Re: [expert] urpmi lccked There is a problem with the gui frontend to urpmi.addmedia that is fixed in an upcoming drakxtools: I see the problem, and the proposed fix. The issue now is a catch-22 one. I can't add any sources, so I can't get the new patch to drakxtools to add sources. See the problem? I attempted to do as you suggest but All that accomplishes is that it copies the names of the hdlists files over into /var/cache/urpmi/partial and then fails with a 'urpmi database locked' --- how is it possible to unlock it? am i toast? Rolf -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...
On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, KevinO wrote: -pgpenvelope processed message Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file. les_csharp_12_p1.pdf les_csharp_12_p2.pdf les_csharp_12_p3.pdf les_csharp_12_p4.pdf les_csharp_12_p5.pdf les_csharp_12_p6.pdf les_csharp_12_p7.pdf I would like the contents of the above list of files to appear in this file: CSharp_LESSON12.pdf Solution: ??? cat les_csharp_12_p?.pdf CSharp_LESSON12.pdf -- KevinO If truth is beauty, how come no one has their hair done in the library? -- Lily Tomlin Problem is, and I know this solution is correct, is that when I use this command i get the first page, and a smidgen of the last page and thats it. :( -- Mark If necessity is the mother of invention, then who's the father? --- Paid for by Penguins against modern appliances(R) Linux User Since 1996 Powered by Mandrake Linux 8.2 9.1 ICQ# 27816299 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Slow SMB file transfers to XP`
On Monday 01 September 2003 12:13 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 01 September 2003 12:09 am, lorne wrote: On Sunday 24 August 2003 10:07 pm, lorne wrote: I've done some searching and haven't found any previous traffic on this exactly. I have two problems. I'm beginning to think they may be related: Copying files from my XP system to my 9.1 samba server is HORRIBLE! Say I'm copying 650mb of Wav files. We're talking an hour or so! Looking at the traces, everything seems ok. We're moving it along at 1514 chunks. Well since no one has taken me on, I'm going to reply to myself. :) I have found a potential clue. I just did a samba mount to my xp box from the linux box. Transfers FLY! I can transfer 650MB in 2 minutes flat. Take that same bunch of files from Xp to linux via samba and it will take ?? I stopped timing after 20 minutes. ??? Anybody have any clues? I did find something about disabling a web service, but it made no difference. At least I have a work around for now. IIRC, there are some registry settings in XP that affect this. MS, in an effort to break Samba I'm sure, introduced some registry settings which check for things like remote task execution and stuff on the remote server, assuming it is a windows machine. I do not recall where specifically I found the info, and I recall a thread about similar problems on win2k not to long ago somewhere. Not sure if it was on this list though. With these additional clues though, you probably could come up with something on Google. I was the one who asked the question about slow transfers using Samba. I asked on this list and on the newbie list. Still have not received any answers resolving the issue. I looked and never saw it, or didn't see an answer. When a transfer to or from a Samba box is initiated from a Win2000 box it flies. When the same transfer is initiated from a Samba box to either another Samba box, or to a Win2000 box, it crawls at around 1/3 the speed of the Win2000 initiated transfer. Is this expected behavior? This is not the behavior I'm seeing, so perhaps you are experiencing something different. ? In my case I can copy to or from my linux box to the xp box fast. From the XP to linux copy to or from is dog slow. ?? I've just spent the last 2 hours digging around on sites and so far coming up with zero. I DID see where XP SP1 may fix the issue. Not sure yet. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Some process changing groups and permissions
On 01 Sep 2003 11:44:22 -0400 Dan Jones [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I would like my /usr directory to belong to the wheel group and for the group to have write privileges. I can set these options, but when I go back later they're reset to root as the group owner and the group having no write privilege. I suspect this is some sort of security process running in the background, but I have no idea what it is. Anyone have a clue as to what might be doing this? I believe it is msec, see man msec for more info. There is a way you can tell msec to leave your changes alone, but it escapes me for the moment... I would bet you the file you want to look at is in /etc tho ;-) -- HaywireMac Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: nodex.sytes.net ++ Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org ++ Death is a spirit leaving a body, sort of like a shell leaving the nut behind. -- Erma Bombeck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi lccked
There is a problem with the gui frontend to urpmi.addmedia that is fixed in an upcoming drakxtools: I see the problem, and the proposed fix. The issue now is a catch-22 one. I can't add any sources, so I can't get the new patch to drakxtools to add sources. See the problem? I am coming in really late here, but to add sources, can't you for the moment use mandrake control center? Or the command line with the help of http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php ? eric -- Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi lccked
dfox wrote: Somebody scribbled about Re: [expert] urpmi lccked There is a problem with the gui frontend to urpmi.addmedia that is fixed in an upcoming drakxtools: I see the problem, and the proposed fix. The issue now is a catch-22 one. I can't add any sources, so I can't get the new patch to drakxtools to add sources. See the problem? As I said, the problem with the gui does not (for me) preclude using the command line urpmi.addmedia. It might help to replace the files you deleted with a reinstall of the package that owns them, if the urpmi.addmedia command doesn't generate them. I attempted to do as you suggest but All that accomplishes is that it copies the names of the hdlists files over into /var/cache/urpmi/partial and then fails with a 'urpmi database locked' --- how is it possible to unlock it? am i toast? rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* ? Did you urpmi.removemedia -a ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] forgotten knowledge...
either do: cat [file] [file] [file] [file] ... CSharp_LESSON12.pdf or (cleaner) for i in les*.pdf; do cat $i CSharp_LESSON12.pdf; done I don't think you can just cat pdf's together though... (headers etc.) On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 19:18, Mark wrote: Hi List, I've forgotten how to do something that I used to know how to do. That is, using cat to combine a list of files into one single file. The problem: the list of files below, I would like to combine into just one file. les_csharp_12_p1.pdf les_csharp_12_p2.pdf les_csharp_12_p3.pdf les_csharp_12_p4.pdf les_csharp_12_p5.pdf les_csharp_12_p6.pdf les_csharp_12_p7.pdf I would like the contents of the above list of files to appear in this file: CSharp_LESSON12.pdf Solution: ??? Mark __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Some process changing groups permissions
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 11:24, Felix Miata wrote: Jack Coates wrote: google msec and read up on it. You'll want to put your specific settings in /etc/security/msec/perm.local I found http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/mdoc/ref/prog-msec.html, but neither it nor the man page adequately explain how to edit this file to change the default user umask from 022 to 002. Adding a line set_user_umask(002) didn't work, and the GUI for msec doesn't seem to provide coverage of user umask at all. here's mine: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jack]$ cat /etc/security/msec/perm.local /etc/rc.d/init.d/functions root.wheel 750 /home/RPMS/ root.wheel 750 /home/RPMS/*root.wheel 644 by the way, changes can't take effect immediately, right? You've got to either wait for the cron job or do it manually. /etc/cron.hourly/msec -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi lccked
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 10:03 pm, Eric Huff wrote: There is a problem with the gui frontend to urpmi.addmedia that is fixed in an upcoming drakxtools: I see the problem, and the proposed fix. The issue now is a catch-22 one. I can't add any sources, so I can't get the new patch to drakxtools to add sources. See the problem? I am coming in really late here, but to add sources, can't you for the moment use mandrake control center? Or the command line with the help of http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php ? Look for a lock file (.lck ?) probably in the same directory as the urpmi sources or under /var. Then delete it. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2-RC1 VT8233 sound
I am having sound issues as well, but I have a SB Live! 5.1 PCI card. I got it working OK with MDK 9.2 Beta 2. :-( On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 14:52, Mark Belanger wrote: I don't suppose anyone has an onboard VIA VT8233 sound and has sound working with 9.2 RC1? Being an RC, I don't want to start banging my head if there is something wrong with sound, other than my cheapo sound card. -Mark __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can KMail be set to filter attachments?
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 10:37, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 01 Sep 2003 1:36 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 08:18, Anne Wilson wrote: I know I should be sorting out a mail server, but until I have enough time I need short term solutions. In kmail I'd like a pop-filter to delete on server emails that contain attachments containing .exe and the like. I can't find any way of filtering on attachments For that matter I can't find any way of filtering to delete. ATM all filtered junkmail goes to a special folder. However, some types could be defined to immediately delete, if only I could find the setting. I have tried using the blank line in the drop-down list and defining my own criteria, but I think that is just ignored. Any more suggestions? Anne not sure (I quit using kmail when 9.1 came out) Maybe... define a folder in Kmail as /dev/null and move it to there But if I do that it wouldn't reference /dev/null, would it? Seems to me that it would be just the same as moving to ZZ_Junk that I do now? Anne perhaps you are correct. + Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] something interesting about 9.2RC1
On Mon, 01 Sep 2003 13:07:34 -0700 James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Only problem I've had with multi-gnome-terminal (which is what you have) comes in ssh'ing into a variety of boxes. Some of the commnands like backspace get lost (like with ftp) and as a result it's a pain. I love the product (it did a lot of things konsole is just now learning) but the backspace problem got to be a headache. Give powershell a look. You can dl it from the contrib dir MGT was patterned after it. It features tabs ,bash and tcsh, as well as additional features not found in MGT. Charles -- Never underestimate the bandwidth of a station wagon full of tapes. -- Dr. Warren Jackson, Director, UTCS - Mandrake Linux 9.2 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.4.22-3.tmb.1mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] OT: Hardware guru please - advice needed
On Monday September 1 2003 02:27 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 01 Sep 2003 5:27 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: If that level of detail is of interest, you will love The Indespensable PC Hardware Book: Your Hardware Questions Answered by Hans-Peter Messmer. Addison Wesley. ISBN: 0201876973 Very low level. Very complete. I've too many irons in the fire to tackle that right now, but it's duly noted in my TreePad Technotes file. Thanks Anne Anne, 'dmidecode' (as root) will tell you what voltage the AGP slot has, among other bios settings. EG (excerpt from mine), Handle 0x001B DMI type 9, 13 bytes. Card Slot Slot: AGP Type: 32bit Long AGP Status: In use. Slot Features: 3.3v -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Some process changing groups and permissions
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 11:44, Dan Jones wrote: I would like my /usr directory to belong to the wheel group and for the group to have write privileges. I can set these options, but when I go back later they're reset to root as the group owner and the group having no write privilege. I suspect this is some sort of security process running in the background, but I have no idea what it is. Anyone have a clue as to what might be doing this? Note to self: pay more attention to logs. msec. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can KMail be set to filter attachments?
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 10:32 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote: I have struggled with getting kmail to directly delete filtered crap myself for some time. It just occurred to me, based on this thread, that there may be a clunky way to do this. There is no direct way to set kmail folders to point to /dev/null and trying to forward or move or pipe any email message to /dev/null will also fail. I will try this next thing myself: What if you create a folder in kmail the usual way, setup your filters to pass junk into it, etc. After creating the folder, exit kmail, open a konsole, enter the ~/Mail directory and rmdir the new directory and replace it with a symlink by the same name to /dev/null. Thus, say I create a folder in kmail called Spam. This creates a dir in my ~/Mail directory ($HOME/Mail/Spam). I would quit kmail, open a console, cd into my Mail directory, remove the Spam folder and recreate it manually as a symlink to /dev/null. Hopefully, when I subsequently restart kmail, it will see the Spam folder as still existing but any mail passed into it will instead be going to /dev/null. I think I will try this right now. Interesting idea, Praedor. Let us know what happens - if you've any success I'll try it in the morning. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT: Hardware guru please - advice needed
On Monday 01 Sep 2003 10:29 pm, Tom Brinkman wrote: Anne, 'dmidecode' (as root) will tell you what voltage the AGP slot has, among other bios settings. EG (excerpt from mine), Handle 0x001B DMI type 9, 13 bytes. Card Slot Slot: AGP Type: 32bit Long AGP Status: In use. Slot Features: 3.3v bash: dmidecode: command not found I dmidecode part of something else, or something that needs to be installed separately? Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] something interesting about 9.2RC1
On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 10:02, Mark wrote: On Mon, 1 Sep 2003, Richard wrote: On Mon September 1 2003 11:51 am, Mark wrote: Hi list, I've been playing with 9,2RC1 since yesterday when I installed it, and I've noticed there are a few things missing. One of which I used a lot of and that was Konsole. I was wondering if there was a specific reason that didn't make it into the install. I've also noticed that MC, the console FileManager didn't get installed. wussup? It didn't get installed by default in 9.1 download when choosing Console tools. I don't know what I've have done if I hadn't added it while installing. Supermount always screws up on my old Dell Latitude, D300XT. Without it I'd have to dig out Vi and the command sheet. Much easier with mc. Richard. I know what you mean. However, I had learned Vi before I even met mc back in my early RedHat days. ( RedHat 5.2 ). I don't know that I'll worry about getting Konsole on here right away. Its not a necessity. Gnome terminal works just as well. About the only reason I can even thing of for loading it after the fact is that I can use multiple terms in one window and easily switch back and forth from one window to another without having a dozen or so seperate terminal windows open. but now...upon examination of the Gnome terminal it turns out that I can do the same thing with this terminal window as with Konsole and it's much lighter then Konsole. gosh! will wonders never cease!? Only problem I've had with multi-gnome-terminal (which is what you have) comes in ssh'ing into a variety of boxes. Some of the commnands like backspace get lost (like with ftp) and as a result it's a pain. I love the product (it did a lot of things konsole is just now learning) but the backspace problem got to be a headache. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi lccked
Look for a lock file (.lck ?) probably in the same directory as the urpmi sources or under /var. Then delete it. Nothing there. Well, I fixed at least partially the problem by remaking urpmi directories underneath /var/lib and /var/cache just to be on the safe side. Adding distribution media was not too difficult but I'm not sure I did it properly -- for instance, installing Open Office from the 9.1rc1 distribution media gave 'I can't find it messages because many of the base packages for that are on CD #2. It should have asked to change disks, rather than have me redo the urpmi with cd#2 inserted. I'm off to rebuild the rest of the urpmi database, thanks to plf.zarb.org. Gotta love that site... Richard Urwin David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Print problems
Anne Wilson wrote: I'm having some problems when I print from Mozilla, and I think they are related. I cannot print the url in the header or footer, when printing from a website, and I frequently lose a couple of lines at the page changeover. I think both are related to the margin settings, but although I have all the printer defaults to give me 1 top and bottom (which should be enough to allow headers/footers) whenever I print from Mozilla it refuses to allow me to change the margins from 0.5. Everything looks ok in the print preview, but it still is not right when it prints. Is this a Moz bug, do you think? Anne Anne, There are numerous settings you can make to the page and in the print settings. File-Page Setup - Format Options, Margins Headers/Footer. Try playing around with these and then use the File-Print preview to check the page. Oh yes, in the Print-Properties you can set the Gap to the Margins. Larry -- Abit VP-6 Dual Pentium III 1GHz Mandrake 9.1 Kernel 2.4.21-0.25mdksmp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can KMail be set to filter attachments?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Failed. It crashes kmail. I tried to create a new folder in Maildir format, delete it, create a symlink by the same name to /dev/null. I then tried to move an email in one of my other folders into the new /dev/null folder...it crashes kmail with a complaint that there isn't enough diskspace! I then tried it by creating it in mbox format. Same result. There is just no way to send emails to /dev/null in kmail. praedor On Monday 01 September 2003 04:43 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 01 Sep 2003 10:32 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote: I have struggled with getting kmail to directly delete filtered crap myself for some time. It just occurred to me, based on this thread, that there may be a clunky way to do this. There is no direct way to set kmail folders to point to /dev/null and trying to forward or move or pipe any email message to /dev/null will also fail. I will try this next thing myself: What if you create a folder in kmail the usual way, setup your filters to pass junk into it, etc. After creating the folder, exit kmail, open a konsole, enter the ~/Mail directory and rmdir the new directory and replace it with a symlink by the same name to /dev/null. Thus, say I create a folder in kmail called Spam. This creates a dir in my ~/Mail directory ($HOME/Mail/Spam). I would quit kmail, open a console, cd into my Mail directory, remove the Spam folder and recreate it manually as a symlink to /dev/null. Hopefully, when I subsequently restart kmail, it will see the Spam folder as still existing but any mail passed into it will instead be going to /dev/null. I think I will try this right now. Interesting idea, Praedor. Let us know what happens - if you've any success I'll try it in the morning. Anne - -- Key fingerprint = D6F9 8682 2257 2871 10C6 DB92 6F50 8BBA B100 EB15 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/U7/9b1CLurEA6xURAmrMAKCS98Y09nWsPrTVou3uWDoZteI8EwCdF70k yxPwiJfIhV6p59jOYAciaLQ= =ARCd -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] realtek rtl8180 wlan card -- drivers/modules.
Hello all, I'm trying to get my wlan card to work in my laptop. It's a sweex pcmcia card with rtl8180 chip. Now realtek offers download for drivers but not specifically for the mdk kernel (I'm using the stock 2.4.21-0.13mdk with 9.1). The closest are IMO the redhat9.0 and/or suse8.2 Anybody already been there, done that? BTW cardctl ident says it's a Rtl8180 and not Rtl8180L (the latter is more problematic so it seems) -- TIA and Good luck, HarM Mandrake HowTo's More:-) http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Can KMail be set to filter attachments?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 No worky. Don't try it. If you create a folder in the default Maildir format, it creates cur, new, and tmp subfolders within the new folder. If you delete these subfolders and make them symlinks to /dev/null, you will crash kmail (it complains that there isn't enough diskspace?!). If you try to do this by making the new folder in mbox format, delete it and recreate it as a symlink to /dev/null, it doesn't like it either and will crash kmail. As far as I can tell, for whatever reason, it is not possible to send messages to /dev/null and never ever have to deal with them at all in kmail. praedor - -- Key fingerprint = D6F9 8682 2257 2871 10C6 DB92 6F50 8BBA B100 EB15 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/U71nb1CLurEA6xURArH5AJ9rk707FLPxCQDzZAle+bX2A+rdLACfSfXK RuUBEFy9jSUm6nDWInhOKRI= =DVeS -END PGP SIGNATURE- ---BeginMessage--- -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have struggled with getting kmail to directly delete filtered crap myself for some time. It just occurred to me, based on this thread, that there may be a clunky way to do this. There is no direct way to set kmail folders to point to /dev/null and trying to forward or move or pipe any email message to /dev/null will also fail. I will try this next thing myself: What if you create a folder in kmail the usual way, setup your filters to pass junk into it, etc. After creating the folder, exit kmail, open a konsole, enter the ~/Mail directory and rmdir the new directory and replace it with a symlink by the same name to /dev/null. Thus, say I create a folder in kmail called Spam. This creates a dir in my ~/Mail directory ($HOME/Mail/Spam). I would quit kmail, open a console, cd into my Mail directory, remove the Spam folder and recreate it manually as a symlink to /dev/null. Hopefully, when I subsequently restart kmail, it will see the Spam folder as still existing but any mail passed into it will instead be going to /dev/null. I think I will try this right now. praedor On Monday 01 September 2003 04:18 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 10:37, Anne Wilson wrote: On Monday 01 Sep 2003 1:36 pm, ed tharp wrote: On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 08:18, Anne Wilson wrote: I know I should be sorting out a mail server, but until I have enough time I need short term solutions. In kmail I'd like a pop-filter to delete on server emails that contain attachments containing .exe and the like. I can't find any way of filtering on attachments For that matter I can't find any way of filtering to delete. [...] not sure (I quit using kmail when 9.1 came out) Maybe... define a folder in Kmail as /dev/null and move it to there But if I do that it wouldn't reference /dev/null, would it? Seems to me that it would be just the same as moving to ZZ_Junk that I do now? Anne perhaps you are correct. + Mandrake HowTo's More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org - -- Key fingerprint = D6F9 8682 2257 2871 10C6 DB92 6F50 8BBA B100 EB15 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/U7rvb1CLurEA6xURAlmbAJ9zYrfsZxKlFFOjSPfXVj/8cr4lyQCfbb3k 8dL9J6visWVvZRujtr/lSlg= =vR7A -END PGP SIGNATURE- ---End Message--- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] (slight OT) Upgrade cycles discussion
*** James Sparenberg Mon, 01 Sep 2003 13:27:29 -0700 : All, There is an interesting discussion on pclinuxoneline.com (texstar's site.) Dealing with the upgrade cycle and some people wondering if the 9.1 to 9.2 upgrade is going to be worth it. OK, James, thanks for the info, but is there anything new what we haven't already read and/or written during such same discussions since version 5.3? It seems that nearly every half year we have the same discussion with the same subject and again, the same words and reasoning. One thing that's new is that it's *before* a final comes out. Normally this starts after a final comes out and someone complains about some bug or feature and says They should have waited until the darn thing is ready!. That's the point when the discussion starts. It's been on the MandrakeForum of old, in the MandrakeClub and - of course - many times in the newsgroup. Nevertheless, I hope that the reasonable posters win again. ;-) wobo -- ... and anyway, html can't carry a virus. (Aug 2001, Usenet) --- GnuPG Public Key on http://www.wolf-b.de/misc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2-RC1 VT8233 sound
On Monday September 1 2003 02:37 pm, Trey Sizemore wrote: I am having sound issues as well, but I have a SB Live! 5.1 PCI card. I got it working OK with MDK 9.2 Beta 2. :-( On Mon, 2003-09-01 at 14:52, Mark Belanger wrote: I don't suppose anyone has an onboard VIA VT8233 sound and has sound working with 9.2 RC1? Being an RC, I don't want to start banging my head if there is something wrong with sound, other than my cheapo sound card. -Mark Works fine, has thru all current cooker (I'm updated past RC1) snd-via82xx : VIA Technologies|VT8233 [AC97 Audio Controller] [MULTIMEDIA_AUDIO] $ cat /etc/modules.conf alias sound-slot-0 snd-via82xx above snd-via82xx snd-pcm-oss Uses alsa as the default sound server. For playin Sorenson v3 QT movies, I need to use 'mplayer -ao arts filename.mov'. That did just begin shortly before cooker reached RC1. Alsa works for everything else. Try runnin 'draksound' from a console as root. Make sure both aumix and kmix aren't muted, or have sound levels set to 0. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] urpmi lccked
As I said, the problem with the gui does not (for me) preclude using the command line urpmi.addmedia. It might help to replace the files you No, it shouldn't. I figured that it might be easier to add the distribution media (actually replace them, based on new content) with the media manager. I found that adding in the distribution media via urpmi.addmedia will work, but it's failing on asking for a disk change, see my other post to the list on this. rm -f /var/lib/rpm/__db* ? Not relevant to my situation. It was missing directories. It sometimes helps to do an strace if one comes across some sort of an error message - it's usually going to offer a clue as to what files it's trying to access at that point. In my situation, the urpmi database locked comes from not being able to access the directory /var/lib/urpmi. I created it manually, and it works. But urpmi should have been able to detect the missing files/directories and rebuild from scratch. It would have had to do this following a new install. Did you urpmi.removemedia -a ? Yes, but not the way I should have -- I ended up just removing the /etc/urpmi files :(. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] locked -- ps related stuff
What would cause the following - other than hardware issues - I've only seen this type of behavior a log time ago when I had intermittent power to my HD drives. And that was with an older system. Specifically, any number of ps/w/top or related commands are hanging the shell. urpmi.update -a also hangs the shell. I am in the middle of a backup and so far have had to abort it twice and restart because of this. These processes are blocking so that I end up with a very high load average -- at present it is over 20. Surprisingly, system response is speedy - it's just that the system thinks each of these processes is one that's waiting in the run queue, which of course, they are. Oh well, reboot time again. David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Slow SMB file transfers to XP`
Greg Meyer wrote: On Monday 01 September 2003 03:13 pm, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: I was the one who asked the question about slow transfers using Samba. I asked on this list and on the newbie list. Still have not received any answers resolving the issue. When a transfer to or from a Samba box is initiated from a Win2000 box it flies. When the same transfer is initiated from a Samba box to either another Samba box, or to a Win2000 box, it crawls at around 1/3 the speed of the Win2000 initiated transfer. Is this expected behavior? I think the op of this thread had the slowness going the other way. Samba to XP is fast, while XP to samba is fast. In any case, it always seems to be a problem with the configuration of the windows machines, not the samba machines. Windows to Samba was only half of my comment. An incorrect Windows configuration doesn't explain a slow Samba to Samba transfer. -- Brant Fitzsimmons [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux user #322847 | Linux machine #207465 | http://counter.li.org/ AMD Duron 1.3GHz | Mandrake 9.1 | Kernel 2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk KDE 3.1.3 | Mozilla 1.4 Mail Client Uptime: 18:45:00 up 3 days, 23:46, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.11, 0.25 ___ All truth passes through three stages. First, it is ridiculed. Second, it is violently opposed. Third, it is accepted as being self-evident. -Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
