Re: [expert] Mirroring contents of old drive onto new drive
Use rsync: rsync -az /old /new Mike Tom McLaughlin wrote: Hi all, I have an 80 gig xfs formatted drive that I use for data storage. The drive is almost full so I have ordered a new 200 gig drive to replace it. Now I need to figure out how to mirror the contents of the old drive onto the new one. I had thought about mirroring the drives using `dd` but I don't think that's the right way to go since the drives are not the same size. From reading the xfsdump man page it looks like the following should take care of my needs: # xfsdump -J - /old | xfsrestore -J - /new Are there any other arguments that I should add to xfsdump or xfsrestore such as blocksize? Are there any caveats to doing this considering the amount of data to be transfered or to be aware of when using this method? Am I going in the complete wrong direction and should instead be using something else? All help is greatly appreciated. If you can't tell, I'm super paranoid about screwing this up. Thanks! Tom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for Mandrake 9.1
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 06:45 am, many eyes noted that Franki wrote: > Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: > > Hi List! > > > > I'm looking for recommendations of hard/soft modem for Mandrake Linux > > 9.1. A link would help a lot also. > > > > I had problems with Lucent and Pctel (softmodem). > > > > Any suggestion? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Cheers, > > Well, any external serial modem is good to go.. and probably your best > option.. > > but having said that, I've had very good results with conextant > winmodems.. there are mandrake rpm's available for them off the net. > > rgds > > Franki I use a Maestro external voice modem and have done for a several of years, long before I discovered Linux. It does everything except make the coffee. It is the best thing since computers. Charlie -- This world Is but A fleeting dream So why be alarmed At its evanescence? - Ikkyu (1394-1481) This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed. SOLVED!!
On Wednesday 12 Nov 2003 12:23 am, Mof wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:47 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 12:43, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 2:37 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > > > With the extra information of not attempting resume allowing > > > > it to boot, I'll wager that your swap contains a corrupted > > > > system image and is unusable as swap. free will show you no > > > > swap available. swapoff, format /dev/hda5, swapon. > > > > > > If you are right about swap containing a corrupted imate, what > > > can he do about it? > > > > swapoff /dev/hdaX mkdswap /dev/hdaX (your swap partition) swapon > > /dev/hdaX Then create a second swap partion about 10-20% larger > > than ram and use it for suspend not the normal swap. > > I looked at free, and all the swap was free, but I formated it > anyway to make sure. (I did format both swap partitions to be sure > as well) It still hangs when the lid is closed. > Did you make the second swap, as James suggested? 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] Need some docs on administering Mandrake systems
On Wednesday 12 Nov 2003 1:59 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:53, Jason Williams wrote: > > Hello everyone. > > > > We are in the process of replacing all of our Red Hat servers > > with other systems. One system we are strongly contemplating is > > Mandrake. > > > > What im looking for is some good documents that show how to > > adminster Mandrake systems. For instance, any Mandrake specific > > tools, like urpmi. > > > > If anyone could point me in the right direction to learn about > > tools like urpmi, draksec (i think) and others, I would greatly > > appreciate it. I should note, i'm reading up on the docs on the > > page, but I have not found anything that has really helped me > > learn more about the system and specific tools. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Jason > > Great place to start (English or French) is urpmi.org. It's a > project aimed at gathering all of the urpmi data into one place. > Try http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/AdMinistration Under Mandrake Specific, for instance, you will find UsingUrpmi 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] pc doesn't shutdown
> I just upgraded to 9.2 though, and noticed that when I > shutdown the machine, it actually powered all the way off; instead > of just stopping at the end and waiting for me to turn it off. Do you have a printer hooked up to the paralell port? If so check and see if it works. On my comcrap, i seem to have a choice: run acpi or run the paralell port. i can't do both... 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] pc doesn't shutdown
> I just upgraded to 9.2 though, and noticed that when I > shutdown the machine, it actually powered all the way off; instead > of just stopping at the end and waiting for me to turn it off. Do you have a printer hooked up to the paralell port? If so check and see if it works. On my comcrap, i seem to have a choice: run acpi or run the paralell port. i can't do both... 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] pc doesn't shutdown
James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface > > > > APCI Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller > errr APIC sorry. Now this is getting freaky. This thread showed up several months ago on newbie (i think) and i swear i wrote exactly what you did above 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] Modem for Mandrake 9.1
Well, that would be a hijack. It's ok: everybody does it a couple of times. Chesk out #3 at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette -- 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] Real Player / Firebird 0.6.1 / Mandrake 9.2
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 18:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Thanks Artemio. Actually this is more complicated than I thought - > > Yes it is Real Player. > > When I run it standalone, it can't see the net, and can't load any of the > channels from its menu. (Yes, the network settings in its options appear > to be sane, except that I'm attempting to do this over a modem...) > > I know it can't see the net since when I run the wizard to check for the > best connection type, it thinks I have a firewall. I don't. Are there > ports which should be specifically opened that aren't by default? If so, > which, and how? > > BUT, when inside firebird, it can run movies from real.com (the website). > That's the only site out of several which works. As a test, could you > maybe post a site from which real movies work for you, so I can check? > > Thanks Can't remember the link path but in the area of the prefs that you mention above there is a checkbox to force the use of http. Since it works in the browser (this is an http transfer AFAIK) it should then allow the rest to work as well. James > > > > > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:38:38 +0200, "Artemio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > 5) Went to movies.yahoo.com and tried to play a trailer. RealPlayer shows > > > up, but does nothing (i.e. there is no network activity for 5+ minutes). > > > > Do you have RealOne or RealPlayer8? > > > > When I had RealPlayer 8 - mozilla/firebird worked great with it - click > > on a > > realmedia link and it plays in realplayer. > > > > But then I upgraded to RealOne and got the same thing as you - it fires > > up, > > but doesn't do anythings. > > > > Then I got back to RP8 and it works fine again ever since with all > > mozillas I > > ever had. > > > > Get a RP8 instead of RealOne if that's your case. > > > > > > I can send you a link or a RP8.tar.bz2 itself if you want. > > > > > > > > Artemio. > > > > > -- > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:48:46 -0800 (PST) "Michael Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added "noapic" > for kicks. > > By the way, which is it? ACPI or APCI? Or are they two different > things? APIC: Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller ACPI: Advance Configuration & Power Interface The great thing is, you can type just about any mispelling of them into google, and get hits, because someone else mispelled it, too! (i made a similar post here, myself, awhile back... :) -- 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] Enabling a Laptop Touch Pad
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 19:03, Rob Blomquist wrote: > When I loaded 9.0 onto my Dell Inspiron 3200, I did not connect the mouse, and > the touch pad was working perfectly. > > Now that I have plugged in a mouse to the system, the mouse works fine, but > the touch pad is a crazy clicking monster if the mouse is not plugged in, and > I would like to use this laptop on the bus to work and so on, so the touch > pad is a must. > > Now, is it possible to use either interchangeably? But the bottom line is > getting the touch pad to work. How do I do that? What mouse setting do I need > in XF86 or Harddrake? My laptop did this until I made a change in BIOS that allowed me to use two mice at once. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 19:11, Bill Mullen wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Jack Coates wrote: > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:02, Michael Holt wrote: > > > > > > Ok, I ran /usr/lib/gpilotd and all is well. Now, what did 'file' tell > > > me beside the fact that this was an executable file? I noticed that > > > you said "if it's a *script* then it might tell you something useful." > > > I tried running file on some scripts; it seems to describe what type > > > of scripts you're looking at. Is that what you were getting at? > > > > yeah, if file says it's a script, then you vi -R the script and see what > > it does (-R means read-only :-) > > Also worth knowing is that "view" is equivalent to "vi -R" (and quite a > bit easier to remember) ... "gview" is the same as "gvim -R", also ... just beware wq! will override the read only status of the file. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Need some docs on administering Mandrake systems
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Jason Williams wrote: > What im looking for is some good documents that show how to adminster > Mandrake systems. For instance, any Mandrake specific tools, like urpmi. > > If anyone could point me in the right direction to learn about tools > like urpmi, draksec (i think) and others, I would greatly appreciate it. > I should note, i'm reading up on the docs on the page, but I have not > found anything that has really helped me learn more about the system and > specific tools. First, start with the relevant section of the Mandrake Community Twiki: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeSpecific Some other links: Urpmi http://www.urpmi.org Msec http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php HTH! -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Enabling a Laptop Touch Pad
Rob Blomquist wrote: When I loaded 9.0 onto my Dell Inspiron 3200, I did not connect the mouse, and the touch pad was working perfectly. Now that I have plugged in a mouse to the system, the mouse works fine, but the touch pad is a crazy clicking monster if the mouse is not plugged in, and I would like to use this laptop on the bus to work and so on, so the touch pad is a must. Now, is it possible to use either interchangeably? But the bottom line is getting the touch pad to work. How do I do that? What mouse setting do I need in XF86 or Harddrake? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If I recall (and it's quite possible that I don't), 9.0 XFree86 had a problem when changing mice, where the mouse would go crazy. Hitting CTRL-ALT-BACKSPACE, restarted the xserver and fixed it. Of course, I could be imagining that whole thing, so YMMV. Joeb Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mirroring contents of old drive onto new drive
Hi all, I have an 80 gig xfs formatted drive that I use for data storage. The drive is almost full so I have ordered a new 200 gig drive to replace it. Now I need to figure out how to mirror the contents of the old drive onto the new one. I had thought about mirroring the drives using `dd` but I don't think that's the right way to go since the drives are not the same size. From reading the xfsdump man page it looks like the following should take care of my needs: # xfsdump -J - /old | xfsrestore -J - /new Are there any other arguments that I should add to xfsdump or xfsrestore such as blocksize? Are there any caveats to doing this considering the amount of data to be transfered or to be aware of when using this method? Am I going in the complete wrong direction and should instead be using something else? All help is greatly appreciated. If you can't tell, I'm super paranoid about screwing this up. Thanks! Tom Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Jack Coates wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:02, Michael Holt wrote: > > > > Ok, I ran /usr/lib/gpilotd and all is well. Now, what did 'file' tell > > me beside the fact that this was an executable file? I noticed that > > you said "if it's a *script* then it might tell you something useful." > > I tried running file on some scripts; it seems to describe what type > > of scripts you're looking at. Is that what you were getting at? > > yeah, if file says it's a script, then you vi -R the script and see what > it does (-R means read-only :-) Also worth knowing is that "view" is equivalent to "vi -R" (and quite a bit easier to remember) ... "gview" is the same as "gvim -R", also ... -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Enabling a Laptop Touch Pad
When I loaded 9.0 onto my Dell Inspiron 3200, I did not connect the mouse, and the touch pad was working perfectly. Now that I have plugged in a mouse to the system, the mouse works fine, but the touch pad is a crazy clicking monster if the mouse is not plugged in, and I would like to use this laptop on the bus to work and so on, so the touch pad is a must. Now, is it possible to use either interchangeably? But the bottom line is getting the touch pad to work. How do I do that? What mouse setting do I need in XF86 or Harddrake? -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Real Player / Firebird 0.6.1 / Mandrake 9.2
Thanks Artemio. Actually this is more complicated than I thought - Yes it is Real Player. When I run it standalone, it can't see the net, and can't load any of the channels from its menu. (Yes, the network settings in its options appear to be sane, except that I'm attempting to do this over a modem...) I know it can't see the net since when I run the wizard to check for the best connection type, it thinks I have a firewall. I don't. Are there ports which should be specifically opened that aren't by default? If so, which, and how? BUT, when inside firebird, it can run movies from real.com (the website). That's the only site out of several which works. As a test, could you maybe post a site from which real movies work for you, so I can check? Thanks On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 08:38:38 +0200, "Artemio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > 5) Went to movies.yahoo.com and tried to play a trailer. RealPlayer shows > > up, but does nothing (i.e. there is no network activity for 5+ minutes). > > Do you have RealOne or RealPlayer8? > > When I had RealPlayer 8 - mozilla/firebird worked great with it - click > on a > realmedia link and it plays in realplayer. > > But then I upgraded to RealOne and got the same thing as you - it fires > up, > but doesn't do anythings. > > Then I got back to RP8 and it works fine again ever since with all > mozillas I > ever had. > > Get a RP8 instead of RealOne if that's your case. > > > I can send you a link or a RP8.tar.bz2 itself if you want. > > > > Artemio. > > -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Accessible with your email software or over the web Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Frickin spam and spamassassin
If you have not setup a filter in procmail, here is what mine looks like: ## File all spam mail :0: * ^X-Spam-Status: Yes SPAM This is catching 98% of all spam received. I would not suggest sending spam to /dev/null, by sending it to a folder you have the ability to make sure spammassassin does not think some is spam when it really is not. I also have my mailreader to show all attachements as attachements and not displayed inline this way I do not have to actually see the junk mail. Mike Schwartz Avi wrote: On Nov 10, 2003, at 13:27, Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 OK, this really irritates me. I have the latest spamassassin. It is running in daemon mode. I have procmail setup to /dev/null anything that is identified as spam. I have trained the Bayesian filter (supposedly) to identify certain messages as spam...BUT THEY KEEP GETTING THROUGH! I don't know how you set spamassasin, but in my installation all it does is tag the message as spam in the headers and I still had to create a rule (in my case using sieve) to move all this garbage to a spam folder. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Anyone get flash player 6 working under mandrake 9.2?
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 7:01 am, Greg Meyer wrote: > This is where urpmi really shines. Even if you just use it instead of rpm, > it will really help get you out of dependency hell. How is anyone supposed > to know that libstdc+ is supposed to be installed when the binary > isnstaller don't check and things just don't work? Quite true, when I used to run RH, I had to go to rpmfind.net to get those answers, and today urpmi does it for me! Hallelujah! But if urpmi fails me, I can always search out rpmfind.net! Rob -- Linux: For the people, by the people. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed. SOLVED!!
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 16:19, Mof wrote: > On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 05:44 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 05:53, Mof wrote: > > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 04:59 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 22:02, Mof wrote: > > > > > The "rpm -e -nodeps suspend-scripts" didn't work, so it became > > > > > obvious that it was a kernel problem, so I thought I'd upgrade to the > > > > > latest kernel, and see what happens, but as I was doing that I > > > > > noticed something odd in lilo.conf : > > > > > > > > > > append="quiet devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 > > > > > splash=silent" > > > > > > > > > > First off I really don't know what acpi=ht means. > > > > > What is ht ?? > > > > > So I changed it to "on" > > > > > But wait! Look right next to that and you'll see the "causer of > > > > > all pain" "resume=/dev/hda5" > > > > > But /dev/hda5 is my bloody swap partition > > > > > After removing the resume=/dev/hda5, it works fine now! > > > > > > > > Yep, it was using the same partition of the suspend as it was for > > > > swap. Whereas suspend to swap does use a swap partition to suspend, it > > > > doesn't use one that is mounted and when you use swap it really mucks > > > > with what swsuspend writes there. In other words if you had a second > > > > swap not in fstab (partitioned in size to about 20% over ram) That > > > > isn't listed in fstab then suspend to swap should work right for you. > > > > It's up to you if you want to experiment with this or not but if you > > > > have the disk you might want to use this. > > > > > > Hmmm > > > I reinstalled, this time creating a 768M & a 1G swap partition, I > > > intended to use the 1G partition as the software suspend partition. > > > It works great when I run 'pmsuspend2' from the command line. Ie it > > > suspends, and in a matter of seconds it can come back up. > > > If I shut the lid though, it still hangs!! > > > Once again it works if I change the following in lilo.conf : > > > > > > "acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda7" > > > to > > > "acpi=on" > > > > > > So it seems there is still a problem. > > > > > > And yes I did remove /dev/hda7 from /etc/fstab. > > > > > > So does anyone have anymore suggestions ? :-) > > > > > > Mof. > > > > See what I get for reading the FM *grin* The last one I can't test > > because my laptop doesn't do ACPI or the lid close feature. and my > > desktop doesn't have a lid *grin* One question here. Is there anything > > being written to /var/log/messages when this happens? If there is too > > much noise to be able to tell you could do a tail -f /var/log/messages > > > somefilename.txt Then close the lid. and see if it gives you any > > useful info. > > I tried this but there is nothing showing up in /var/log/messages. > > Mof. What this indicates is that ACPI is doing what it thinks it's supposed to do and the results aren't right. Honestly without the box (or a box that does do ACPI) in front of me I'm pretty much fresh out of ideas on this one. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] chkrootkit and mailing results to root
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > As I was sitting here staring at "tail -f /var/log/syslog" I saw my > chkrootkit anacronjob fly by. At the end of the check, I noticed an > email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] An outtake from my syslog post > chkrootkit: [snip] > Sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will fail and go to nobody. What is > actually sending this message and where do I find the config file so I > can correct it to send messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] It is probably anacron, mailing you (root) the output of your job. While it is unclear from the anacron docs whether or not it will work, you might try adding a line near the top of your /etc/anacrontab file like: [EMAIL PROTECTED] If anacron can use that variable the way cron does, this should fix it. Also, as Jack suggested, you really should edit /etc/postfix/aliases to point root's mail to a valid local user or to an external address; after doing this, you will need to run "postalias", then "postfix reload", for the change to take effect. This bit is on the last line in the "stock" aliases file, BTW. This alone may not be enough, however - see below. > Is it postfix itself? In order to avoid having the mandrake list bounce > all my mails back at me, I had to setup my local postfix to set > "myorigin = yahoo.com". If I set it to be my actual localdomain > (ravenhome.net) I will lose the ability to post to the expert list. Is > this [EMAIL PROTECTED] originating from postfix via this "myorigin" > setting? That is a safe bet, as it appends that to all emails sent from the local system without a "From:" address that includes an "@somewhere" suffix, including those ones. It also appends it to the "To:" header for all mail sent to any local user by username alone. This means that even if you have an alias set up for root's mail, that may not fix this problem - postfix won't realize that "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" really means "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", so the alias table will likely not be consulted; even if it were, the setting there would probably have to point to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]", rather than just "user", or postfix will just translate "user" to "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ... :( Since $myorigin is probably not in your "mydestination =" line, postfix then tried to send it onward to yahoo.com's MX server. Putting that into "mydestination =" would prevent you from mailing to anyone who actually *is* at yahoo.com (as postfix would then try to deliver it locally, and fail), so it's clear that this little hack of yours has its drawbacks. ;) The reason that the list will not accept mail from you directly may be because while ravenhome.net is a valid domain, you do not have an MX record set up for it; it might be rejecting it on that basis alone (though I doubt it). As your system (or your router, as the case may be) is up and answering pings at the moment, but not accepting SMTP connections, the latter may be being blocked by your ISP, or if not there, then by your postfix configuration, or perhaps by your firewall. This would definitely keep the list from accepting [EMAIL PROTECTED] as a valid address, as you cannot receive mail back from the list at that address under your current setup. This reason seems the more likely of the two, IMHO, as MX records are considered optional for domains where the domain's A record points to the IP address where the mail server is running. Of course, if your system isn't always on, just having it accept SMTP connections when it is isn't enough; at the very least, you would also need to define a backup MX host, for those times when your system is unavailable. Even if your ISP blocks incoming SMTP connects, TIMTOWTDI, of course ... Since you own the domain, you may benefit from moving the DNS for it from dyndns.org to ZoneEdit (http://www.zoneedit.com), which also provides free dynamic DNS for up to five domains. One of the advantages of that provider is their MailForward service (also free), which would allow you to have it forward [EMAIL PROTECTED] to any other valid e-mail address (and you can have as many of these as you need, so [EMAIL PROTECTED] can point to an entirely different address, or to the same one that xxx does - most other free DNS services don't offer quite this much flexibility). Assuming that the mail at the address you forward to can be retrieved by using either POP3 or IMAP, you can then have fetchmail poll for the mail, and deliver it into your local mail spool. That's how I do it here. This allows you to set "myorigin = ravenhome.net" and to include $myorigin in your "mydestination =" line, which prevents little problems like these. I send mail directly to the list with no trouble, and mail from the list goes by way of ZoneEdit to an address provided by my ISP, and fetchmail just pulls it in from there. Works like a charm. If you're interested in setting up a config like mine, I'd be happy to help out in any way I can. And just about anything beats using a spam magnet
Re: [expert] Need some docs on administering Mandrake systems
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:53, Jason Williams wrote: > Hello everyone. > > We are in the process of replacing all of our Red Hat servers with other > systems. One system we are strongly contemplating is Mandrake. > > What im looking for is some good documents that show how to adminster > Mandrake systems. For instance, any Mandrake specific tools, like urpmi. > > If anyone could point me in the right direction to learn about tools like > urpmi, draksec (i think) and others, I would greatly appreciate it. > I should note, i'm reading up on the docs on the page, but I have not found > anything that has really helped me learn more about the system and specific > tools. > > Cheers, > > Jason Great place to start (English or French) is urpmi.org. It's a project aimed at gathering all of the urpmi data into one place. James > > > > __ > 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] pc doesn't shutdown
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:58, Michael Holt wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:50, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > > > APCI Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller > > errr APIC sorry. > > > > James > > APIC AIPC ACIP AICP APCI ACPI > > I CNA'T TKAE IT AYNMROE!!! Does this mean I should avoid APM ATM ACM ASPI and ADM ? James (Automatic Power Management, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Association for Computer Machinery, Advanced SCSI Programming Interface and the last one is an exploit tool of unknown origin. *grin*) James > > :P Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] chkrootkit and mailing results to root
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 04:23 pm, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > As I was sitting here staring at "tail -f /var/log/syslog" I saw my > chkrootkit anacronjob fly by. At the end of the check, I noticed an email > sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] An outtake from my syslog post chkrootkit: The message is being sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED], not [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will fail and go to nobody. What is > actually sending this message and where do I find the config file so I can > correct it to send messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Set your hostname appropriately and all messages sent to root should be delivered to the right person. You may also create an alias in Postfix assuming that you have no reason to actually send messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Is it postfix itself? In order to avoid having the mandrake list bounce > all my mails back at me, I had to setup my local postfix to set "myorigin = > yahoo.com". If I set it to be my actual localdomain (ravenhome.net) I will > lose the ability to post to the expert list. Is this [EMAIL PROTECTED] > originating from postfix via this "myorigin" setting? Well, you could do as I do and set up an alternate transport in Kmail to send to the list using your ISP SMTP server rather than trying to bounce messages through Postfix which the Mandrake mailing list appears to dislike, and then send all other messages through Postfix. I figure it has something to do with references to internal networks in the Received headers. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] movies, jpegs, etc
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 16:26, Peter Watson wrote: > No it can do more things IMO:- > > Create titles - do fewer but better effects - export video in more ^ ^^ > > formats(like divx) - show frame numbers (as well as times)when editing > -more flexible editing tools. > > Regards > Pete Ok, that's what I'm looking for. I want to be able to do some of those "better" effects. So, how would I approach that? Moviemaker can take still jpegs and turn them into transitions like a page flip for example. How would I accomplish that on linux? Is that where the gimp would come in? I guess I'm looking for any plugins or whatever that could go into kino. I'm going to play more with kino and cinelerra and see how it works out. Thanks! -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com ==< If Microsoft built cars, you could only have one person in the car at a time, unless you bought "Car95" or "CarNT". But, then you would have to buy more seats. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] viewcvs
Hello, Can anyone direct me to a 'viewcvs' howto or give me a few pointers on how to set this up. Many thanks in advance, James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 16:33, Jack Coates wrote: > yeah, if file says it's a script, then you vi -R the script and see what > it does (-R means read-only :-) Yeah, pulled that one before ... ouch -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com ===< Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:02, Michael Holt wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 14:13, Jack Coates wrote: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] html]# urpmf gpilotd > > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotd.so.2 > > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotd.so.2.1.0 > > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdcm.so.2 > > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdcm.so.2.0.2 > > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdconduit.so.2 > > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdconduit.so.2.0.3 > > gnome-pilot:/usr/bin/gpilotd-control-applet > > gnome-pilot:/usr/bin/gpilotd-session-wrapper > > gnome-pilot:/usr/lib/gpilotd > > ... > > > > ah hah. There's your gpilotd... that session-wrapper thing might be > > useful... try using file on it, and if it's a script then it might tell > > you something useful. > > You da man!! :) > > Ok, I ran /usr/lib/gpilotd and all is well. Now, what did 'file' tell > me beside the fact that this was an executable file? I noticed that you > said "if it's a *script* then it might tell you something useful." > I tried running file on some scripts; it seems to describe what type of > scripts you're looking at. Is that what you were getting at? > > Thanks Jack! yeah, if file says it's a script, then you vi -R the script and see what it does (-R means read-only :-) -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] movies, jpegs, etc
On Wednesday 12 Nov 2003 00:07, Michael Holt wrote: > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 16:42, Peter Watson wrote: > > Kino will allow you to do some simple video editing and includes > > effects like fades and barn doors also you can create titles etc from > > gifs or jpegs (hint use gimp to create them), it is not as > > comprehensive as premier but miles better than M$ moviemaker. I have > > not usef cinelerra but from what I hear it is very good, probably > > equal or better than premier > > > > > > Regards > > > > Pete > > So are you saying 'miles better' because it's m$? No it can do more things IMO:- Create titles - do fewer but better effects - export video in more formats(like divx) - show frame numbers (as well as times)when editing -more flexible editing tools. Regards Pete Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed. SOLVED!!
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 09:47 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 12:43, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 2:37 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > > With the extra information of not attempting resume allowing it to > > > boot, I'll wager that your swap contains a corrupted system image > > > and is unusable as swap. free will show you no swap available. > > > swapoff, format /dev/hda5, swapon. > > > > If you are right about swap containing a corrupted imate, what can he > > do about it? > > swapoff /dev/hdaX mkdswap /dev/hdaX (your swap partition) swapon > /dev/hdaX Then create a second swap partion about 10-20% larger than > ram and use it for suspend not the normal swap. I looked at free, and all the swap was free, but I formated it anyway to make sure. (I did format both swap partitions to be sure as well) It still hangs when the lid is closed. Mof. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed. SOLVED!!
On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 05:44 am, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 05:53, Mof wrote: > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 04:59 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 22:02, Mof wrote: > > > > The "rpm -e -nodeps suspend-scripts" didn't work, so it became > > > > obvious that it was a kernel problem, so I thought I'd upgrade to the > > > > latest kernel, and see what happens, but as I was doing that I > > > > noticed something odd in lilo.conf : > > > > > > > > append="quiet devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 > > > > splash=silent" > > > > > > > > First off I really don't know what acpi=ht means. > > > > What is ht ?? > > > > So I changed it to "on" > > > > But wait! Look right next to that and you'll see the "causer of > > > > all pain" "resume=/dev/hda5" > > > > But /dev/hda5 is my bloody swap partition > > > > After removing the resume=/dev/hda5, it works fine now! > > > > > > Yep, it was using the same partition of the suspend as it was for > > > swap. Whereas suspend to swap does use a swap partition to suspend, it > > > doesn't use one that is mounted and when you use swap it really mucks > > > with what swsuspend writes there. In other words if you had a second > > > swap not in fstab (partitioned in size to about 20% over ram) That > > > isn't listed in fstab then suspend to swap should work right for you. > > > It's up to you if you want to experiment with this or not but if you > > > have the disk you might want to use this. > > > > Hmmm > > I reinstalled, this time creating a 768M & a 1G swap partition, I > > intended to use the 1G partition as the software suspend partition. > > It works great when I run 'pmsuspend2' from the command line. Ie it > > suspends, and in a matter of seconds it can come back up. > > If I shut the lid though, it still hangs!! > > Once again it works if I change the following in lilo.conf : > > > > "acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda7" > > to > > "acpi=on" > > > > So it seems there is still a problem. > > > > And yes I did remove /dev/hda7 from /etc/fstab. > > > > So does anyone have anymore suggestions ? :-) > > > > Mof. > > See what I get for reading the FM *grin* The last one I can't test > because my laptop doesn't do ACPI or the lid close feature. and my > desktop doesn't have a lid *grin* One question here. Is there anything > being written to /var/log/messages when this happens? If there is too > much noise to be able to tell you could do a tail -f /var/log/messages > > somefilename.txt Then close the lid. and see if it gives you any > useful info. I tried this but there is nothing showing up in /var/log/messages. Mof. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nows the time to Move.
Phil G. schrieb am Tue, 11 Nov 2003 18:35:17 -0500: > Isn't (wasn't) SuSE privately held? Wouldn't that make it a GmbH? > > (Which, btw, is Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung - company with > limited liability.) 1. AG is short for "Aktiengesellschaft" which means the company is owned by stockholders and has to have a certain structure of management (besides a few other rules in the accounting department). SuSe was founded in 1992 as GmbH but changed into a AG in 1997. Read up (in german) at http://www.suse.de/de/company/suse/suse/factsheet.html Here's a short part of a Heise-article, translated from German for your convenience: --- The current owners have already agreed to the sale to Novell. SuSE Linux AG belonged to 1. the risk investor company e-millennium (32%) which is owned by SAP and Deutsche Bank (among others); 2.Apax (21%); 3.Adastra(20%); Rest of the stock is owned by Intel Capital, IBM, Hewlett-Packard and SGI (together 12%); and small parts for the founders of SuSE and employees. wobo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] movies, jpegs, etc
On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 16:42, Peter Watson wrote: > Kino will allow you to do some simple video editing and includes effects > like fades and barn doors also you can create titles etc from gifs or > jpegs (hint use gimp to create them), it is not as comprehensive as > premier but miles better than M$ moviemaker. I have not usef cinelerra > but from what I hear it is very good, probably equal or better than > premier > > > Regards > > Pete So are you saying 'miles better' because it's m$? -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com ==< 19. hey, what does mkfs do? --Top 100 things you don't want the sysadmin to say Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:50, James Sparenberg wrote: > > APCI Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller > errr APIC sorry. > > James APIC AIPC ACIP AICP APCI ACPI I CNA'T TKAE IT AYNMROE!!! :P -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com ===< Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:49, Michael Holt wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:34, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > ACPI is part of Linear Algebra and beyond my ken. *grin* > > > > James > > Yeah, thanks. I wasn't screwed up enough with just two definitions :) Glad I could add to the confusion. *grin* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Need some docs on administering Mandrake systems
Hello everyone. We are in the process of replacing all of our Red Hat servers with other systems. One system we are strongly contemplating is Mandrake. What im looking for is some good documents that show how to adminster Mandrake systems. For instance, any Mandrake specific tools, like urpmi. If anyone could point me in the right direction to learn about tools like urpmi, draksec (i think) and others, I would greatly appreciate it. I should note, i'm reading up on the docs on the page, but I have not found anything that has really helped me learn more about the system and specific tools. Cheers, Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] movies, jpegs, etc
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 10 Nov 2003 23:45, Michael Holt wrote: > Hey all, > M$ has a somewhat new program called 'moviemaker' which you can > download for free for winxp. I would like to know if there is > something comparible for linux. I was asked if I could help with > some video production at my church and they want to use Adobe > Premier. As always, I would like to introduce as much opensource > as possible. I haven't done much video editing, and what I have > done was on Windows, several years ago. I would like something > that could handle both jpeg compilation like moviemaker and also > something that could do video transitions with effects similar to > premier. Being able to make photos 'shatter' into the next photo > or have like a 'page-flip' effect. Same with the video; maybe > being able to 'twist' the video and merge into other footage. > > Any suggestions? > > Things I've looked at already are: > > cinelerra > kino > mjpeg > filmgimp > > As I've said, I don't have much video editing experience; if one > of the programs I've already mentioned does what I've asked, feel > free to point that out :) > > Thanks! Kino will allow you to do some simple video editing and includes effects like fades and barn doors also you can create titles etc from gifs or jpegs (hint use gimp to create them), it is not as comprehensive as premier but miles better than M$ moviemaker. I have not usef cinelerra but from what I hear it is very good, probably equal or better than premier Regards Pete Ardnamurchan Scotland -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/sDCdbAtXXQnVtr0RAnVrAJ9Ypn3PvE/WNSgnS7ic1Tp1Xv9tLQCcDmi0 awCYwS2kxIYfvFZeLtdogoM= =Nie3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:34, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 09:48, Michael Holt wrote: > > Artemio mused: > > > I may not be right, but this can be something connected with ACPI. > > > > > > If in /etc/lilo.conf for main "linux" image you have "acpi=off" in > > > "append" > > > string - try to change it to "acpi=on" and say "lilo" to > > > re-install the > > > loader. Or, if you have "acpi=on" try to set it to "off". > > > > Hey, awesome! > > I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added "noapic" > > for kicks. > > > > By the way, which is it? ACPI or APCI? Or are they two different > > things? > > two (three) different things. > > ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface > > APCI Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller errr APIC sorry. > > ACPI is part of Linear Algebra and beyond my ken. *grin* > > James > > > Thanks though, it works now! > > > > > > __ > 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] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
Thanks James! Now the question is, do I trust the update to the update when it was an update that forced me to update again in the first place? :) Vincent, if you are watching this, could you also have the package maintainers fix the screensavers problem for good while they're at it? That's the whole reason I got into this mess in the first place. I would like screen savers to show up in KControl. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of James Sparenberg Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 4:39 PM To: Expert List Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 11:32, Lawson, Jim wrote: > I think the others are more of an expert than me so they really don't care > since they can fix most problems ASAP. > > -Original Message- > From: James Sparenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 2:08 PM > To: Expert List > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 10:24, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > > Who and how to tell? I'm really surprised that this isn't all over the > > message boards by now. Am we the only people having this problem, or the > > only ones who have done the upgrade? Is anyone from Mandrake following > this > > list? Vincent? > > > > David David, Just talked with Vincent via e-mail on this and he's forwarding things up the line to the package maintainers. He agrees that this one is a lot more serious than initially thought and they are on it. James > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:25 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > > > Tell them to fix this it really is the pitts.. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:16 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > > > > > OK, I did a rebuild of both the system and the root menus from MenuDrake > and > > now KControl seems to be working again - except for the fact that I still > > don't have screen savers which was the whole reason for the upgrade in the > > first place. I'll log into the machine locally tonight and see if the rest > > of the KDE environment has returned to normal... > > > > Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. > > > > David > > The who to tell is bugs.mandrake.com. The Anthill bug reporting system > is getting listened too so it would be a first stop for sure. > > The cure for lost menu's > > First verify that /etc/menu/menudrakeentry looks something like. > > ?package(menu): needs="kde" icon="applications_section.png" section="/" > title=".hidden" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): command="superkaramba" needs="x11" icon="Cola.xpm" > section="Configuration/Other/" title="Super Karamba" > charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="/" title="Exit" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/" title="Window Maker" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Appearance" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/" title="Background" > charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Gradient" > charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Images" > charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Solid" > charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Information" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Selection" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Workspace" charset="ISO-8859-1" > > Note the title lines if they are "" instead of whatever things go bad. > Anything you put in will get stuff back. > > Then as the user (not root) do either update-menus, or if you want to > see the output update-menus -v > > James > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:24 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl
Re: [expert] Presario 2700 & ACPI
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 14:54, Primero.Franz wrote: > Hi all. > > I've got some problems with ACPI support on my Laptop, here is my setup: > > Compaq Presario 2700 > Mandrake 9.2 > Kernel 2.4.22-021mdk > > Iv'e tried with the RPM Kernel version , loading any possible combinations > of ACPI-MODULES, and a self-build > Kernel 2.4.22-021mdk version with all ACPI features enabled. > > My problems are about the Battery. > First of all , altough i have only one battery, the "cat > proc/acpi/battery/..." shows me 2 batteries!! > Then, when i plug-out the ac-adapter, the system recognizes it and the > systray icon changes. > The battery icon appears but it doesn't work, it's like i have no battery > and mandrake starts to warn me > about this. > "cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info" says "present:no" . > I've tryed some re-compilation of kernel, i've tryed patches and ... > anything i've found!! > Anyone have some ideas? :-)) > > Thank you. > Primero Primero, If your box is like my compaq (Armada M700) then ACPI is build to an interim draft not the final standard. Does APM work for you? I had to drop back to it because like I said no matter what OS ... it doesn't work right. (my batt actually reads 0 no matter what I do, even if I remove events entirely.) James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:34, James Sparenberg wrote: > ACPI is part of Linear Algebra and beyond my ken. *grin* > > James Yeah, thanks. I wasn't screwed up enough with just two definitions :) -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com ===< Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 11:32, Lawson, Jim wrote: > I think the others are more of an expert than me so they really don't care > since they can fix most problems ASAP. > > -Original Message- > From: James Sparenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 2:08 PM > To: Expert List > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 10:24, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > > Who and how to tell? I'm really surprised that this isn't all over the > > message boards by now. Am we the only people having this problem, or the > > only ones who have done the upgrade? Is anyone from Mandrake following > this > > list? Vincent? > > > > David David, Just talked with Vincent via e-mail on this and he's forwarding things up the line to the package maintainers. He agrees that this one is a lot more serious than initially thought and they are on it. James > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:25 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > > > Tell them to fix this it really is the pitts.. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:16 PM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > > > > > OK, I did a rebuild of both the system and the root menus from MenuDrake > and > > now KControl seems to be working again - except for the fact that I still > > don't have screen savers which was the whole reason for the upgrade in the > > first place. I'll log into the machine locally tonight and see if the rest > > of the KDE environment has returned to normal... > > > > Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. > > > > David > > The who to tell is bugs.mandrake.com. The Anthill bug reporting system > is getting listened too so it would be a first stop for sure. > > The cure for lost menu's > > First verify that /etc/menu/menudrakeentry looks something like. > > ?package(menu): needs="kde" icon="applications_section.png" section="/" > title=".hidden" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): command="superkaramba" needs="x11" icon="Cola.xpm" > section="Configuration/Other/" title="Super Karamba" > charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="/" title="Exit" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/" title="Window Maker" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Appearance" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/" title="Background" > charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Gradient" > charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Images" > charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Solid" > charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Information" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Selection" charset="ISO-8859-1" > ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" > section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Workspace" charset="ISO-8859-1" > > Note the title lines if they are "" instead of whatever things go bad. > Anything you put in will get stuff back. > > Then as the user (not root) do either update-menus, or if you want to > see the output update-menus -v > > James > > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:24 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > > > Do a rebuild of the menus from menudrake i think it was. > > > > -Original Message- > > From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:57 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > > > > > Has anything you tried brought them back? I'm totally at a loss. > > > > David > > > > -Original Message- > > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:47 AM > > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' >
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 09:48, Michael Holt wrote: > Artemio mused: > > I may not be right, but this can be something connected with ACPI. > > > > If in /etc/lilo.conf for main "linux" image you have "acpi=off" in > > "append" > > string - try to change it to "acpi=on" and say "lilo" to > > re-install the > > loader. Or, if you have "acpi=on" try to set it to "off". > > Hey, awesome! > I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added "noapic" > for kicks. > > By the way, which is it? ACPI or APCI? Or are they two different > things? two (three) different things. ACPI Advanced Configuration and Power Interface APCI Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller ACPI is part of Linear Algebra and beyond my ken. *grin* James > Thanks though, it works now! > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nows the time to Move.
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 14:15:56 +, Richard Fieldsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Its the German equivalent of plc, limited or whatever. According to Acronym Finder (www.acronymfinder.com) it is a contraction of Aktiengesellschaft, which is a German Stock listed corporation. Isn't (wasn't) SuSE privately held? Wouldn't that make it a GmbH? (Which, btw, is Gesellschaft mit beschrÃnkter Haftung - company with limited liability.) Phil regards Richard Miark wrote: On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:00:43 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: James Sparenberg schrieb am Tue, 04 Nov 2003 17:35:13 -0800: 2. Just what does "SuSE" stand for, anyway ;-) *S*ervice *u*nd *S*oftware-*E*ntwicklungs AG (Service and Software Development) Okay, now what does "AG" stand for :-) Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Using Mandrake Linux 9.1 www.mandrakesoft.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] movies, jpegs, etc
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:26, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 08:05, Michael Holt wrote: > > James Sparenberg mused: > > > > > There was/is one that was by many considered to be studio quality > > > called > > > broadcast 2000 You can find the files here > > > > > > http://www.tux.org/pub/packages/orphaned/broadcast2000/ > > > > > > in source form and If you go to rpmfind or rpm.pbone.net you might > > > find > > > a src rpm as well. > > > > > > James > > > > Thanks James, > > I d/l'd it and am going to start playing with it now. I'm curious > > though; cinelerra is supposed to be the replacement for bcast2k > > and I googled around for bcast; do you know why they stopped > > supporting bcast? > > Some of what they where doing was patented after the fact and they felt > that the chances of running into expensive lawsuits wasn't worth the > risk. > > James Ahh, I see. Thanks James -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com ===< Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [dfox@m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com: hijack cont.]
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:25, Phil G. wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 08:56:21 -0500, Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:09:44 -0800 Todd Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > forwarded: > > > >> reviewing the logs, I have seen a large number of GETs in > >> /var/log/httpd/*.log with very long pathnames and/or > >> requests to xxx.xxx.xxx:25. I think that > >> is how they got in. > > > > Not "in"; but "through"... I pointed this out to David in a private mail > > along with the below quick test for proxying... Seems that using ":25" > > is > > a twist that I hadn't seen; but then again, most of us have turned off > > proxying after this was raised here months ago... > > > > Part of my msg to David: > >> Hmmm... wonder if this is related to the www relaying that can happen > >> in an apache server... [testing your address...] port 80 is blocked... > >> is > >> this done by your ISP? The way to check for httpd relaying is simple: > >> telnet 80 > >> [connected messages] > >> GET http://some.remote.site HTTP/1.0 > >> > > Wow! The other day I got a nasty e-mail (in that it crashed opera when it > tried to open it) from someone who has adsl with pacbell.net. The header > said it was from my domain (which really p*ss*d me off.) So I just tried > your relay test on this guy's ip address, and it worked. > > Now, how do you tell the user? - that is, how do you find out who it is? > You might report him to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (not that they care.) Other option block his IP number (which will only work until he/she gets a new lease.) Or go to the IP number with a browser see if he/she is running a webpage and see if there is an e-mail address. James > >> > >> If the returned page is from some.remote.site, your server is an open > >> relay... I've seen this long ago and suspected people were using this > >> to bump hit-counters causing possible charges ($$) between target and > >> advertiser. Dunno if this could be used to relay mail; but would not be > >> surprised. > > > > It appears that adding ":25" was a pretty simple hack to abuse the apache > > proxying... yet another reason for everyone to verify that mod-proxy is > > disabled > > > > > > Phil Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] movies, jpegs, etc
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 08:05, Michael Holt wrote: > James Sparenberg mused: > > > There was/is one that was by many considered to be studio quality > > called > > broadcast 2000 You can find the files here > > > > http://www.tux.org/pub/packages/orphaned/broadcast2000/ > > > > in source form and If you go to rpmfind or rpm.pbone.net you might > > find > > a src rpm as well. > > > > James > > Thanks James, > I d/l'd it and am going to start playing with it now. I'm curious > though; cinelerra is supposed to be the replacement for bcast2k > and I googled around for bcast; do you know why they stopped > supporting bcast? Some of what they where doing was patented after the fact and they felt that the chances of running into expensive lawsuits wasn't worth the risk. James > > Thanks again Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [dfox@m206-157.dsl.tsoft.com: hijack cont.]
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 08:56:21 -0500, Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 10 Nov 2003 21:09:44 -0800 Todd Lyons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> forwarded: reviewing the logs, I have seen a large number of GETs in /var/log/httpd/*.log with very long pathnames and/or requests to xxx.xxx.xxx:25. I think that is how they got in. Not "in"; but "through"... I pointed this out to David in a private mail along with the below quick test for proxying... Seems that using ":25" is a twist that I hadn't seen; but then again, most of us have turned off proxying after this was raised here months ago... Part of my msg to David: Hmmm... wonder if this is related to the www relaying that can happen in an apache server... [testing your address...] port 80 is blocked... is this done by your ISP? The way to check for httpd relaying is simple: telnet 80 [connected messages] GET http://some.remote.site HTTP/1.0 Wow! The other day I got a nasty e-mail (in that it crashed opera when it tried to open it) from someone who has adsl with pacbell.net. The header said it was from my domain (which really p*ss*d me off.) So I just tried your relay test on this guy's ip address, and it worked. Now, how do you tell the user? - that is, how do you find out who it is? If the returned page is from some.remote.site, your server is an open relay... I've seen this long ago and suspected people were using this to bump hit-counters causing possible charges ($$) between target and advertiser. Dunno if this could be used to relay mail; but would not be surprised. It appears that adding ":25" was a pretty simple hack to abuse the apache proxying... yet another reason for everyone to verify that mod-proxy is disabled Phil -- Using Mandrake Linux 9.1 www.mandrakesoft.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed. SOLVED!!
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 12:43, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 2:37 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > > > With the extra information of not attempting resume allowing it to > > boot, I'll wager that your swap contains a corrupted system image > > and is unusable as swap. free will show you no swap available. > > swapoff, format /dev/hda5, swapon. > > > If you are right about swap containing a corrupted imate, what can he > do about it? swapoff /dev/hdaX mkdswap /dev/hdaX (your swap partition) swapon /dev/hdaX Then create a second swap partion about 10-20% larger than ram and use it for suspend not the normal swap. James > > Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 14:13, Jack Coates wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] html]# urpmf gpilotd > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotd.so.2 > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotd.so.2.1.0 > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdcm.so.2 > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdcm.so.2.0.2 > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdconduit.so.2 > libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdconduit.so.2.0.3 > gnome-pilot:/usr/bin/gpilotd-control-applet > gnome-pilot:/usr/bin/gpilotd-session-wrapper > gnome-pilot:/usr/lib/gpilotd > ... > > ah hah. There's your gpilotd... that session-wrapper thing might be > useful... try using file on it, and if it's a script then it might tell > you something useful. You da man!! :) Ok, I ran /usr/lib/gpilotd and all is well. Now, what did 'file' tell me beside the fact that this was an executable file? I noticed that you said "if it's a *script* then it might tell you something useful." I tried running file on some scripts; it seems to describe what type of scripts you're looking at. Is that what you were getting at? Thanks Jack! -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED] (o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net (/)_ (/)_ V_/_ www.mandrakelinux.com ===< Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Presario 2700 & ACPI
Hi all. I've got some problems with ACPI support on my Laptop, here is my setup: Compaq Presario 2700 Mandrake 9.2 Kernel 2.4.22-021mdk Iv'e tried with the RPM Kernel version , loading any possible combinations of ACPI-MODULES, and a self-build Kernel 2.4.22-021mdk version with all ACPI features enabled. My problems are about the Battery. First of all , altough i have only one battery, the "cat proc/acpi/battery/..." shows me 2 batteries!! Then, when i plug-out the ac-adapter, the system recognizes it and the systray icon changes. The battery icon appears but it doesn't work, it's like i have no battery and mandrake starts to warn me about this. "cat /proc/acpi/battery/BAT1/info" says "present:no" . I've tryed some re-compilation of kernel, i've tryed patches and ... anything i've found!! Anyone have some ideas? :-)) Thank you. Primero -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] chkrootkit and mailing results to root
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 13:23, Praedor Atrebates wrote: ... > Sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will fail and go to nobody. What is actually > sending this message and where do I find the config file so I can correct it > to send messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Is it postfix itself? In order to avoid having the mandrake list bounce all > my mails back at me, I had to setup my local postfix to set "myorigin = > yahoo.com". If I set it to be my actual localdomain (ravenhome.net) I will > lose the ability to post to the expert list. Is this [EMAIL PROTECTED] > originating from postfix via this "myorigin" setting? something else is wrong with your posting problems, but setting myorigin to yahoo.com is a Bad Idea(TM). Put it back, and edit /etc/postfix/aliases to point [EMAIL PROTECTED] to a valid email. > > praedor > -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 12:14, Michael Holt wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 11:57, Jack Coates wrote: > > > no it isn't, that's the control panel applet, which happens to start > > gpilotd for you if it isn't already running. Just run gpilotd from a > > startup script. > > Ok, if I do 'which gpilotd' it's nowhere to be found. If I do 'gpilotd' > from the command, I get --bash command not found. In fact, if you do > 'gpil' you get: > > gpilotd-control-applet gpilotd-session-wrapper gpilot-install-file > [EMAIL PROTECTED] html]# urpmf gpilotd libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotd.so.2 libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotd.so.2.1.0 libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdcm.so.2 libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdcm.so.2.0.2 libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdconduit.so.2 libgnome-pilot2:/usr/lib/libgpilotdconduit.so.2.0.3 gnome-pilot:/usr/bin/gpilotd-control-applet gnome-pilot:/usr/bin/gpilotd-session-wrapper gnome-pilot:/usr/lib/gpilotd ... ah hah. There's your gpilotd... that session-wrapper thing might be useful... try using file on it, and if it's a script then it might tell you something useful. > The actual 'gpilotd' seems to be buried somewhere. I tried doing 'vi > gpilotd-control-applet' just to see if I could see what is happening, > but it wasn't very helpful for me. > isn't that a binary? wouldn't be hlepful to me either :) > > > you're lucky that it works at all, gnome-pilot is one finicky pile of > > junk -- er, fine piece of software. :-) > > :) > > > > > > __ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed. SOLVED!!
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Tuesday 11 November 2003 1:43 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 2:37 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > With the extra information of not attempting resume allowing it to > > boot, I'll wager that your swap contains a corrupted system image > > and is unusable as swap. free will show you no swap available. *swapoff, format /dev/hda5, swapon* > > If you are right about swap containing a corrupted image, what can he > do about it? > > Anne Jack already answered that Anne. The line I isolated. Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 14:56:40 up 1 day, 3:01, 1 user, load average: 0.11, 0.22, 0.18 You will attract cultured and artistic people to your home. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/sVuIG11CaRuZZSIRAnINAJ45RN63ZFzR7VpNWQY1Q/C8xQtP7gCgr3k1 dsXravEOXvL+PBJFRiXtmEk= =4sB2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for Mandrake 9.1
Use an external, serial modem IMHO. They just work, work well and are easy to set up. Save yourself the headache, go hardware external. Cheers Jason Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 8:57 pm, Brian V Bonini wrote: On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:38, Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 7:12 pm, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: Hi List! I'm looking for recommendations of hard/soft modem for Mandrake Linux 9.1. A link would help a lot also. I had problems with Lucent and Pctel (softmodem). Pretty well any hardware modem - i.e. one that does all it's own work. If you can live with an external one they are easy to find and cheap. Any model will do. Internal hardware modems are much harder to find, though they do exist. A quick search for Linux modems on ebay turns up a few things ranging form 9-15 bucks that claim to be linux compatible. Isn't there a Liniux modem website? linmodems.?? something or other? You could always try http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MoDems Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] test 2 -ignore
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 test - -- "Our ship is in the hands of pilots who are steering directly under full sail for a rock. The whole crew may see this course to violate our liberties in full view if they look the right way." - --Samuel Adams, 1771 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/sVYMaKr9sJYeTxgRAqVOAJwMLrorlH/bIZ+efwIuxDtGb5iFLACgh5kZ 0MXgvartylpxGQ8Uv5r058w= =oh9a -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for Mandrake 9.1
On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 8:57 pm, Brian V Bonini wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:38, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 7:12 pm, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: > > > Hi List! > > > > > > I'm looking for recommendations of hard/soft modem for Mandrake > > > Linux 9.1. A link would help a lot also. > > > > > > I had problems with Lucent and Pctel (softmodem). > > > > Pretty well any hardware modem - i.e. one that does all it's own > > work. If you can live with an external one they are easy to find > > and cheap. Any model will do. Internal hardware modems are much > > harder to find, though they do exist. > > A quick search for Linux modems on ebay turns up a few things > ranging form 9-15 bucks that claim to be linux compatible. Isn't > there a Liniux modem website? linmodems.?? something or other? You could always try http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MoDems 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] test - ignore
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 test - -- "Our ship is in the hands of pilots who are steering directly under full sail for a rock. The whole crew may see this course to violate our liberties in full view if they look the right way." - --Samuel Adams, 1771 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/sVOdaKr9sJYeTxgRAnB4AJ4m920gHKQ3PAcsY3dXeN0KpSwCeACbBPeH pxGtifHR7IxxFb82yQy3jfU= =iuwb -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] chkrootkit and mailing results to root
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 As I was sitting here staring at "tail -f /var/log/syslog" I saw my chkrootkit anacronjob fly by. At the end of the check, I noticed an email sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] An outtake from my syslog post chkrootkit: Nov 11 16:11:57 lapdog : nothing deleted Nov 11 16:11:57 lapdog postfix/pickup[1765]: C2E4E6F0B: uid=0 from= Nov 11 16:11:57 lapdog postfix/cleanup[9784]: C2E4E6F0B: message-id=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nov 11 16:11:57 lapdog postfix/nqmgr[1766]: C2E4E6F0B: from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=119979, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Nov 11 16:12:08 lapdog postfix/smtp[9788]: C2E4E6F0B: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, orig_to=, relay=mx1.mail.yahoo.com[64.157.4.78], delay=11, status=sent (250 ok Tue Nov 11 13:12:08 2003: ql 0, qr 12748104) Nov 11 16:12:11 lapdog anacron[1891]: Job `cron.daily' terminated (mailing output) Nov 11 16:12:11 lapdog postfix/pickup[1765]: 812B86F07: uid=0 from= Nov 11 16:12:11 lapdog postfix/cleanup[9784]: 812B86F07: message-id=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Nov 11 16:12:11 lapdog anacron[1891]: Normal exit (1 jobs run) Nov 11 16:12:11 lapdog postfix/nqmgr[1766]: 812B86F07: from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=576, nrcpt=1 (queue active) Nov 11 16:12:17 lapdog postfix/smtp[9788]: 812B86F07: to=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, orig_to=, relay=mx2.mail.yahoo.com[64.157.4.78], delay=6, status=sent (250 ok Tue Nov 11 13:12:16 2003: ql 0, qr 9269918) Sending email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] will fail and go to nobody. What is actually sending this message and where do I find the config file so I can correct it to send messages to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is it postfix itself? In order to avoid having the mandrake list bounce all my mails back at me, I had to setup my local postfix to set "myorigin = yahoo.com". If I set it to be my actual localdomain (ravenhome.net) I will lose the ability to post to the expert list. Is this [EMAIL PROTECTED] originating from postfix via this "myorigin" setting? praedor praedor - -- "Our ship is in the hands of pilots who are steering directly under full sail for a rock. The whole crew may see this course to violate our liberties in full view if they look the right way." - --Samuel Adams, 1771 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/sVNWaKr9sJYeTxgRAsbcAJ9y7jRIOLuT55Cgd7NyGQ4nHGD2cACeOF9u IUf61oQzXmo7ci928Zogh7M= =QcMj -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for Mandrake 9.1
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 15:38, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 7:12 pm, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: > > Hi List! > > > > I'm looking for recommendations of hard/soft modem for Mandrake > > Linux 9.1. A link would help a lot also. > > > > I had problems with Lucent and Pctel (softmodem). > > > Pretty well any hardware modem - i.e. one that does all it's own work. > If you can live with an external one they are easy to find and cheap. > Any model will do. Internal hardware modems are much harder to find, > though they do exist. > A quick search for Linux modems on ebay turns up a few things ranging form 9-15 bucks that claim to be linux compatible. Isn't there a Liniux modem website? linmodems.?? something or other? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Printing with mandrake 9.1
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 10:32, Lawson, Jim wrote: > > is there anyway to make the print drivers automatically pull down when > > you install a printer? Under windows Nt , 2k or 2003 server the > > drivers get pulled down automatically. > > Not really because the concept of "drivers" as you are used to in > windows is different in Linux. Meaning that if you have the software > needed to print it includes the "drivers" needed. If you're system is > all linux cups will automatically detect printers installed on other > cups enabled linux boxes and allow you to use it's printer / drivers. > (If for example I bring my laptop onto your network I will "see" your > printers and be able to print through them if I'm on the same lan.) So > although the approach is different the affect is the same in this case. All that I'll add to this is that it's not entirely clear from the wording of the initial question whether or not the printing being done is local or remote, and if it's remote, whether we are dealing with Linux->Linux, Linux->Win, or Win->Linux. James's answer covers local and Linux->Linux situations nicely, and the printerdrake app should be able to set CUPS up properly in like manner when adding a remote printer that is being shared from a Win box, but jobs being sent from a Win box to a Linux-connected printer are different. They are processed by Samba, and there are two ways to set this up: have the Win system(s) install and use the appropriate Win driver for that printer, or have Samba use the CUPS driver and set up the Win system(s) to use the "Generic Postscript Printer" driver. Once you decide which method is best for you, you need to use the correct "print command" entry in /etc/samba/smb.conf to implement your choice. See the relevant comments within that file for more on this. HTH! -- Bill Mullen [EMAIL PROTECTED] MA, USA RLU #270075 MDK 8.1 & 9.0 "In the beginning the Universe was created. This has made a lot of people very angry and been widely regarded as a bad move." - Douglas Adams Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
> > So - did it work? > > Yeah, and I removed the noapic line because evidently, I don't need it! Glad I could help. > > ...dictd at localhost port 2628 > > > > :-P > > Yes and thank you for that too! I'm getting rug-burn on my nose now :) LOL :-) > I'm off to see if I can find some other stupid question to ask now! :-) > Thanks again :) Always welcome! Good luck! Artemio. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 11:13, Artemio wrote: > > Hey, awesome! > > I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added "noapic" > > for kicks. > > So - did it work? Yeah, and I removed the noapic line because evidently, I don't need it! :) > The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing > > ACPI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface > > APIC = Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller > > > ...dictd at localhost port 2628 > > > :-P Yes and thank you for that too! I'm getting rug-burn on my nose now :) I'm off to see if I can find some other stupid question to ask now! Thanks again :) -- Michael Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed. SOLVED!!
On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 2:37 pm, Jack Coates wrote: > > With the extra information of not attempting resume allowing it to > boot, I'll wager that your swap contains a corrupted system image > and is unusable as swap. free will show you no swap available. > swapoff, format /dev/hda5, swapon. > If you are right about swap containing a corrupted imate, what can he do about it? 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] Modem for Mandrake 9.1
On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 7:12 pm, Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: > Hi List! > > I'm looking for recommendations of hard/soft modem for Mandrake > Linux 9.1. A link would help a lot also. > > I had problems with Lucent and Pctel (softmodem). > Pretty well any hardware modem - i.e. one that does all it's own work. If you can live with an external one they are easy to find and cheap. Any model will do. Internal hardware modems are much harder to find, though they do exist. 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] Setting up cvsweb
Hello, Can someone point me to a "HOWTO" for setting up cvsweb. I have Apache installed and am using Webmin to administer it. The only thing Apache will be doing is hosting the cvsweb cgi. Many thanks in advance, James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 11:57, Jack Coates wrote: > no it isn't, that's the control panel applet, which happens to start > gpilotd for you if it isn't already running. Just run gpilotd from a > startup script. Ok, if I do 'which gpilotd' it's nowhere to be found. If I do 'gpilotd' from the command, I get --bash command not found. In fact, if you do 'gpil' you get: gpilotd-control-applet gpilotd-session-wrapper gpilot-install-file The actual 'gpilotd' seems to be buried somewhere. I tried doing 'vi gpilotd-control-applet' just to see if I could see what is happening, but it wasn't very helpful for me. > you're lucky that it works at all, gnome-pilot is one finicky pile of > junk -- er, fine piece of software. :-) :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for Mandrake 9.1
Zoom makes good modems. old USRs were good too, but they've gone seriously downhill since being bought by 3Com. On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 11:45, Franki wrote: > Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: > > > Hi List! > > > > I'm looking for recommendations of hard/soft modem for Mandrake Linux > > 9.1. A link would help a lot also. > > > > I had problems with Lucent and Pctel (softmodem). > > > > Any suggestion? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > > > Cheers, > > > > Well, any external serial modem is good to go.. and probably your best > option.. > > but having said that, I've had very good results with conextant > winmodems.. there are mandrake rpm's available for them off the net. > > rgds > > Franki -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 10:24, Michael Holt wrote: ... > It's not so much that I can't start the program; the start program > is 'gpilotd-control-applet'. The thing is, I just want to put my no it isn't, that's the control panel applet, which happens to start gpilotd for you if it isn't already running. Just run gpilotd from a startup script. > visor in it's cradle and hit the sync button - I've been using > jpilot, but you have to hit the button on the cradle then click > the sync button on jpilot and sometimes that doesn't work and if > you don't hurry, it times out and you have to start over on the > series of clicks and button pushes. Gnome-pilot is supposed to > have the gpilotd (daemon) which runs in the background. Now once > you've started it via the applet / dialog (which also brings up a > dialog box asking you to confirm the device and settings), you can > hit the cradle button to sync and it works great. The problem is you're lucky that it works at all, gnome-pilot is one finicky pile of junk -- er, fine piece of software. :-) > that I don't leave this machine on, so I don't want to have to > manually start that applet each time and even if it does start > automatically, I still need to hit the 'ok' button each time. I > just want it to start silently in the background. I can't seem to > find any documentation that covers what I want it to do. What I gave you is what you need. Did you try it and have it not work? -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem for Mandrake 9.1
Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva wrote: Hi List! I'm looking for recommendations of hard/soft modem for Mandrake Linux 9.1. A link would help a lot also. I had problems with Lucent and Pctel (softmodem). Any suggestion? Thanks in advance. Cheers, Well, any external serial modem is good to go.. and probably your best option.. but having said that, I've had very good results with conextant winmodems.. there are mandrake rpm's available for them off the net. rgds Franki -- Please sign our petition to encourage notebook manufacturers to offer video card upgrades just like desktops. http://www.petitiononline.com/inspiron/petition.html For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl & PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com, Free web developer resources. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
I think the others are more of an expert than me so they really don't care since they can fix most problems ASAP. -Original Message- From: James Sparenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 2:08 PM To: Expert List Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 10:24, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > Who and how to tell? I'm really surprised that this isn't all over the > message boards by now. Am we the only people having this problem, or the > only ones who have done the upgrade? Is anyone from Mandrake following this > list? Vincent? > > David > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:25 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > Tell them to fix this it really is the pitts.. > > -Original Message- > From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:16 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > OK, I did a rebuild of both the system and the root menus from MenuDrake and > now KControl seems to be working again - except for the fact that I still > don't have screen savers which was the whole reason for the upgrade in the > first place. I'll log into the machine locally tonight and see if the rest > of the KDE environment has returned to normal... > > Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. > > David The who to tell is bugs.mandrake.com. The Anthill bug reporting system is getting listened too so it would be a first stop for sure. The cure for lost menu's First verify that /etc/menu/menudrakeentry looks something like. ?package(menu): needs="kde" icon="applications_section.png" section="/" title=".hidden" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): command="superkaramba" needs="x11" icon="Cola.xpm" section="Configuration/Other/" title="Super Karamba" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="/" title="Exit" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/" title="Window Maker" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Appearance" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/" title="Background" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Gradient" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Images" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Solid" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Information" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Selection" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Workspace" charset="ISO-8859-1" Note the title lines if they are "" instead of whatever things go bad. Anything you put in will get stuff back. Then as the user (not root) do either update-menus, or if you want to see the output update-menus -v James > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:24 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > Do a rebuild of the menus from menudrake i think it was. > > -Original Message- > From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:57 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > Has anything you tried brought them back? I'm totally at a loss. > > David > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:47 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > I complained about this also if you restart X you will notice that the menus > are gone. > > -Original Message- > From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > Hello all, > > Last night, as the last thing I did after setting up a shiny new box, I > updated to all the latest b
RE: [expert] Printing with mandrake 9.1
Thanks for the information. -Original Message- From: James Sparenberg [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:58 PM To: Expert List Subject: Re: [expert] Printing with mandrake 9.1 On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 10:32, Lawson, Jim wrote: > is there anyway to make the print drivers automatically pull down when you > install a printer? > Under windows Nt , 2k or 2003 server the drivers get pulled down > automatically. > Not really because the concept of "drivers" as you are used to in windows is different in Linux. Meaning that if you have the software needed to print it includes the "drivers" needed. If you're system is all linux cups will automatically detect printers installed on other cups enabled linux boxes and allow you to use it's printer / drivers. (If for example I bring my laptop onto your network I will "see" your printers and be able to print through them if I'm on the same lan.) So although the approach is different the affect is the same in this case. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Modem for Mandrake 9.1
Hi List! I'm looking for recommendations of hard/soft modem for Mandrake Linux 9.1. A link would help a lot also. I had problems with Lucent and Pctel (softmodem). Any suggestion? Thanks in advance. Cheers, -- -- Alan Wilter Sousa da Silva -- B.Sc. - Dep. Física - UFPA M.Sc. - Dep. Física - PUC/RJ D.Sc. - IBCCF/UFRJ Bolsista Pesquisador LAC-INPE São José dos Campos (SP), Brasil www.lac.inpe.br/~alan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
> Hey, awesome! > I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added "noapic" > for kicks. So - did it work? > By the way, which is it? ACPI or APCI? Or are they two different > things? The Free On-line Dictionary of Computing ACPI = Advanced Configuration and Power Interface APIC = Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller ...dictd at localhost port 2628 :-P Good luck! Artemio. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Dell laptop hangs with 9.2 when lid closed. SOLVED!!
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 05:53, Mof wrote: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 04:59 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Mon, 2003-11-10 at 22:02, Mof wrote: > > > The "rpm -e -nodeps suspend-scripts" didn't work, so it became obvious > > > that it was a kernel problem, so I thought I'd upgrade to the latest > > > kernel, and see what happens, but as I was doing that I noticed something > > > odd in lilo.conf : > > > > > > append="quiet devfs=mount hdb=ide-scsi acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda5 > > > splash=silent" > > > > > > First off I really don't know what acpi=ht means. > > > What is ht ?? > > > So I changed it to "on" > > > But wait! Look right next to that and you'll see the "causer of all > > > pain" "resume=/dev/hda5" > > > But /dev/hda5 is my bloody swap partition > > > After removing the resume=/dev/hda5, it works fine now! > > > > Yep, it was using the same partition of the suspend as it was for > > swap. Whereas suspend to swap does use a swap partition to suspend, it > > doesn't use one that is mounted and when you use swap it really mucks > > with what swsuspend writes there. In other words if you had a second > > swap not in fstab (partitioned in size to about 20% over ram) That isn't > > listed in fstab then suspend to swap should work right for you. > > It's up to you if you want to experiment with this or not but if you > > have the disk you might want to use this. > > Hmmm > I reinstalled, this time creating a 768M & a 1G swap partition, I intended to > use the 1G partition as the software suspend partition. > It works great when I run 'pmsuspend2' from the command line. Ie it suspends, > and in a matter of seconds it can come back up. > If I shut the lid though, it still hangs!! > Once again it works if I change the following in lilo.conf : > > "acpi=ht resume=/dev/hda7" > to > "acpi=on" > > So it seems there is still a problem. > > And yes I did remove /dev/hda7 from /etc/fstab. > > So does anyone have anymore suggestions ? :-) > > Mof. See what I get for reading the FM *grin* The last one I can't test because my laptop doesn't do ACPI or the lid close feature. and my desktop doesn't have a lid *grin* One question here. Is there anything being written to /var/log/messages when this happens? If there is too much noise to be able to tell you could do a tail -f /var/log/messages > somefilename.txt Then close the lid. and see if it gives you any useful info. James > > > > __ > 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] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 10:24, JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) wrote: > Who and how to tell? I'm really surprised that this isn't all over the > message boards by now. Am we the only people having this problem, or the > only ones who have done the upgrade? Is anyone from Mandrake following this > list? Vincent? > > David > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:25 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > Tell them to fix this it really is the pitts.. > > -Original Message- > From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:16 PM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > OK, I did a rebuild of both the system and the root menus from MenuDrake and > now KControl seems to be working again - except for the fact that I still > don't have screen savers which was the whole reason for the upgrade in the > first place. I'll log into the machine locally tonight and see if the rest > of the KDE environment has returned to normal... > > Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. > > David The who to tell is bugs.mandrake.com. The Anthill bug reporting system is getting listened too so it would be a first stop for sure. The cure for lost menu's First verify that /etc/menu/menudrakeentry looks something like. ?package(menu): needs="kde" icon="applications_section.png" section="/" title=".hidden" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): command="superkaramba" needs="x11" icon="Cola.xpm" section="Configuration/Other/" title="Super Karamba" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="/" title="Exit" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/" title="Window Maker" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Appearance" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/" title="Background" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Gradient" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Images" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/Appearance/Background/" title="Solid" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Information" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Selection" charset="ISO-8859-1" ?package(menu): needs="wmaker" icon="applications_section.png" section="Session/Window Maker/" title="Workspace" charset="ISO-8859-1" Note the title lines if they are "" instead of whatever things go bad. Anything you put in will get stuff back. Then as the user (not root) do either update-menus, or if you want to see the output update-menus -v James > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:24 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > Do a rebuild of the menus from menudrake i think it was. > > -Original Message- > From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:57 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > Has anything you tried brought them back? I'm totally at a loss. > > David > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:47 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > I complained about this also if you restart X you will notice that the menus > are gone. > > -Original Message- > From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:34 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed > > > > Hello all, > > Last night, as the last thing I did after setting up a shiny new box, I > updated to all the latest bug and security fixes for 9.2. As a result of my > efforts, KDE's KControl is now totally broken. When I try to launch it, I > get the following spit out to the console: > > No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings > > After which, Kcontrol comes up without any plugins. A simi
Re: [expert] Printing with mandrake 9.1
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 10:32, Lawson, Jim wrote: > is there anyway to make the print drivers automatically pull down when you > install a printer? > Under windows Nt , 2k or 2003 server the drivers get pulled down > automatically. > Not really because the concept of "drivers" as you are used to in windows is different in Linux. Meaning that if you have the software needed to print it includes the "drivers" needed. If you're system is all linux cups will automatically detect printers installed on other cups enabled linux boxes and allow you to use it's printer / drivers. (If for example I bring my laptop onto your network I will "see" your printers and be able to print through them if I'm on the same lan.) So although the approach is different the affect is the same in this case. James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Printing with mandrake 9.1
is there anyway to make the print drivers automatically pull down when you install a printer? Under windows Nt , 2k or 2003 server the drivers get pulled down automatically. James S. Lawson Network Manager Brown Raysman Millstein Felder & Steiner 900 Third Avenue New York, NY 10022 Tel: (212) 895-2679 (@ @) oOO--(_)--OOo- Notice: This message, and any attached file, is intended only for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed, and may contain information that is privileged, confidential and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any dissemination, distribution or copying of this communication is strictly prohibited. Nothing in this e-mail message should be construed as a legal opinion. If you have received this communication in error, please notify us immediately by reply e-mail and delete all copies of the original Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
Tim Sawchuck mused: > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:48:46 -0800 (PST) > "Michael Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic > parchment: > >> Artemio mused: >> > I may not be right, but this can be something connected with >> ACPI. >> > >> > If in /etc/lilo.conf for main "linux" image you have >> "acpi=off" in >> > "append" >> > string - try to change it to "acpi=on" and say "lilo" to >> > re-install the >> > loader. Or, if you have "acpi=on" try to set it to "off". >> >> Hey, awesome! >> I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added >> "noapic" >> for kicks. >> >> By the way, which is it? ACPI or APCI? Or are they two >> different > > Two *very* different things! Thanks to Google: > > ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) www.acpi.info/ > > The 82093AA I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller > (IOAPIC) provides multi-processor interrupt management > > www.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/290566.htm > > Tim hehe, I thought that was just a type-o! :) thanks -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com < Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
Who and how to tell? I'm really surprised that this isn't all over the message boards by now. Am we the only people having this problem, or the only ones who have done the upgrade? Is anyone from Mandrake following this list? Vincent? David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:25 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Tell them to fix this it really is the pitts.. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:16 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed OK, I did a rebuild of both the system and the root menus from MenuDrake and now KControl seems to be working again - except for the fact that I still don't have screen savers which was the whole reason for the upgrade in the first place. I'll log into the machine locally tonight and see if the rest of the KDE environment has returned to normal... Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:24 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Do a rebuild of the menus from menudrake i think it was. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:57 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Has anything you tried brought them back? I'm totally at a loss. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:47 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed I complained about this also if you restart X you will notice that the menus are gone. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Hello all, Last night, as the last thing I did after setting up a shiny new box, I updated to all the latest bug and security fixes for 9.2. As a result of my efforts, KDE's KControl is now totally broken. When I try to launch it, I get the following spit out to the console: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings After which, Kcontrol comes up without any plugins. A similar error happens when I try to configure Konqueror: WARNING: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings/ kcontrol: ERROR: Module filebehavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module fileappearance not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filepreviews not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filetypes not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_behavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_java_js not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_fonts not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module ebrowsing not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmhistory not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cookies not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cache not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module proxy not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmcss not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module crypto not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module useragent not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_plugins not found! Needless to say, I'm not terribly pleased that a normal bugfix update totally broke my KDE setup when all I really wanted were some screensavers :) Doing a quick Google search turned up the error message, but nothing helpful about what to do about it. I've rm -rf'd my .kde directory to no use. I seem to recall (now, not before I started the upgrade) that someone on this list had a similar problem. Does this ring any bells? Has anyone upgraded and found themselves dead in the water? If this is a common problem, does Mandrake know about this? How do I fix it? Help! I really don't want to reinstall from scratch. Thanks in advance David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
Jack Coates mused: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 09:42, Michael Holt wrote: >> Jack Coates mused: >> > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 07:58, Michael Holt wrote: >> >> How can I start / stop the gpilotd manually? >> >> I want it to get started when the machine boots but I'd like >> to >> >> be >> >> able to shut it off manually. >> > >> > In a terminal, type >> > >> > pkill gpilotd >> > >> >> AAA!!! DUH!! I'm sorry I'm very distracted this morning :/ >> >> Ok, killing the thing isn't really a problem - starting it when >> the machine boots would be nice. :) >> I got a little frustrated trying to find the actual 'gpilotd' >> on/off button. I'd like to be able to run the gpilotd as an >> init >> script, but I don't know where it lives. I did some googling >> around but had no luck. >> >> Anyway, thanks Jack! > > NP :-) > > if you've got a sessions-capable window manager, your configger > will > have some sort of a "start these programs" tool. Otherwise, put an > executable script into ~/Desktop/Autostart/ and call it from > there. If > you go that route, look our for how you edit the script -- > Anything in > the folder will be executed, including ~ backup files. It's not so much that I can't start the program; the start program is 'gpilotd-control-applet'. The thing is, I just want to put my visor in it's cradle and hit the sync button - I've been using jpilot, but you have to hit the button on the cradle then click the sync button on jpilot and sometimes that doesn't work and if you don't hurry, it times out and you have to start over on the series of clicks and button pushes. Gnome-pilot is supposed to have the gpilotd (daemon) which runs in the background. Now once you've started it via the applet / dialog (which also brings up a dialog box asking you to confirm the device and settings), you can hit the cradle button to sync and it works great. The problem is that I don't leave this machine on, so I don't want to have to manually start that applet each time and even if it does start automatically, I still need to hit the 'ok' button each time. I just want it to start silently in the background. I can't seem to find any documentation that covers what I want it to do. -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com < Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
Tell them to fix this it really is the pitts.. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 1:16 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed OK, I did a rebuild of both the system and the root menus from MenuDrake and now KControl seems to be working again - except for the fact that I still don't have screen savers which was the whole reason for the upgrade in the first place. I'll log into the machine locally tonight and see if the rest of the KDE environment has returned to normal... Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:24 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Do a rebuild of the menus from menudrake i think it was. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:57 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Has anything you tried brought them back? I'm totally at a loss. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:47 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed I complained about this also if you restart X you will notice that the menus are gone. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Hello all, Last night, as the last thing I did after setting up a shiny new box, I updated to all the latest bug and security fixes for 9.2. As a result of my efforts, KDE's KControl is now totally broken. When I try to launch it, I get the following spit out to the console: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings After which, Kcontrol comes up without any plugins. A similar error happens when I try to configure Konqueror: WARNING: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings/ kcontrol: ERROR: Module filebehavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module fileappearance not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filepreviews not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filetypes not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_behavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_java_js not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_fonts not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module ebrowsing not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmhistory not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cookies not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cache not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module proxy not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmcss not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module crypto not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module useragent not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_plugins not found! Needless to say, I'm not terribly pleased that a normal bugfix update totally broke my KDE setup when all I really wanted were some screensavers :) Doing a quick Google search turned up the error message, but nothing helpful about what to do about it. I've rm -rf'd my .kde directory to no use. I seem to recall (now, not before I started the upgrade) that someone on this list had a similar problem. Does this ring any bells? Has anyone upgraded and found themselves dead in the water? If this is a common problem, does Mandrake know about this? How do I fix it? Help! I really don't want to reinstall from scratch. Thanks in advance David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Re: Cyrus-imapd
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RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
OK, I did a rebuild of both the system and the root menus from MenuDrake and now KControl seems to be working again - except for the fact that I still don't have screen savers which was the whole reason for the upgrade in the first place. I'll log into the machine locally tonight and see if the rest of the KDE environment has returned to normal... Thanks for your help, I really appreciate it. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 10:24 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Do a rebuild of the menus from menudrake i think it was. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:57 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Has anything you tried brought them back? I'm totally at a loss. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:47 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed I complained about this also if you restart X you will notice that the menus are gone. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Hello all, Last night, as the last thing I did after setting up a shiny new box, I updated to all the latest bug and security fixes for 9.2. As a result of my efforts, KDE's KControl is now totally broken. When I try to launch it, I get the following spit out to the console: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings After which, Kcontrol comes up without any plugins. A similar error happens when I try to configure Konqueror: WARNING: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings/ kcontrol: ERROR: Module filebehavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module fileappearance not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filepreviews not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filetypes not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_behavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_java_js not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_fonts not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module ebrowsing not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmhistory not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cookies not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cache not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module proxy not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmcss not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module crypto not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module useragent not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_plugins not found! Needless to say, I'm not terribly pleased that a normal bugfix update totally broke my KDE setup when all I really wanted were some screensavers :) Doing a quick Google search turned up the error message, but nothing helpful about what to do about it. I've rm -rf'd my .kde directory to no use. I seem to recall (now, not before I started the upgrade) that someone on this list had a similar problem. Does this ring any bells? Has anyone upgraded and found themselves dead in the water? If this is a common problem, does Mandrake know about this? How do I fix it? Help! I really don't want to reinstall from scratch. Thanks in advance David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
On Tue, 11 Nov 2003 09:48:46 -0800 (PST) "Michael Holt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribed on electronic parchment: > Artemio mused: > > I may not be right, but this can be something connected with ACPI. > > > > If in /etc/lilo.conf for main "linux" image you have "acpi=off" in > > "append" > > string - try to change it to "acpi=on" and say "lilo" to > > re-install the > > loader. Or, if you have "acpi=on" try to set it to "off". > > Hey, awesome! > I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added "noapic" > for kicks. > > By the way, which is it? ACPI or APCI? Or are they two different Two *very* different things! Thanks to Google: ACPI (Advanced Configuration and Power Interface) www.acpi.info/ The 82093AA I/O Advanced Programmable Interrupt Controller (IOAPIC) provides multi-processor interrupt management www.intel.com/design/chipsets/datashts/290566.htm Tim -- I often read this forum on my PDA, please use plain text! _ ( ) ASCII ribbon campaign against HTML e-mail x registered Linux user # 329428 / \ GnuPG KeyID 6B5A70DF www.keyserver.net pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
two different things. On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 09:48, Michael Holt wrote: > Artemio mused: > > I may not be right, but this can be something connected with ACPI. > > > > If in /etc/lilo.conf for main "linux" image you have "acpi=off" in > > "append" > > string - try to change it to "acpi=on" and say "lilo" to > > re-install the > > loader. Or, if you have "acpi=on" try to set it to "off". > > Hey, awesome! > I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added "noapic" > for kicks. > > By the way, which is it? ACPI or APCI? Or are they two different > things? > > Thanks though, it works now! -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 09:42, Michael Holt wrote: > Jack Coates mused: > > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 07:58, Michael Holt wrote: > >> How can I start / stop the gpilotd manually? > >> I want it to get started when the machine boots but I'd like to > >> be > >> able to shut it off manually. > > > > In a terminal, type > > > > pkill gpilotd > > > > AAA!!! DUH!! I'm sorry I'm very distracted this morning :/ > > Ok, killing the thing isn't really a problem - starting it when > the machine boots would be nice. :) > I got a little frustrated trying to find the actual 'gpilotd' > on/off button. I'd like to be able to run the gpilotd as an init > script, but I don't know where it lives. I did some googling > around but had no luck. > > Anyway, thanks Jack! NP :-) if you've got a sessions-capable window manager, your configger will have some sort of a "start these programs" tool. Otherwise, put an executable script into ~/Desktop/Autostart/ and call it from there. If you go that route, look our for how you edit the script -- Anything in the folder will be executed, including ~ backup files. -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] pc doesn't shutdown
Artemio mused: > I may not be right, but this can be something connected with ACPI. > > If in /etc/lilo.conf for main "linux" image you have "acpi=off" in > "append" > string - try to change it to "acpi=on" and say "lilo" to > re-install the > loader. Or, if you have "acpi=on" try to set it to "off". Hey, awesome! I had "acpi=ht"; I removed that line altogether and added "noapic" for kicks. By the way, which is it? ACPI or APCI? Or are they two different things? Thanks though, it works now! -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com < Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
Jack Coates mused: > On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 07:58, Michael Holt wrote: >> How can I start / stop the gpilotd manually? >> I want it to get started when the machine boots but I'd like to >> be >> able to shut it off manually. > > In a terminal, type > > pkill gpilotd > AAA!!! DUH!! I'm sorry I'm very distracted this morning :/ Ok, killing the thing isn't really a problem - starting it when the machine boots would be nice. :) I got a little frustrated trying to find the actual 'gpilotd' on/off button. I'd like to be able to run the gpilotd as an init script, but I don't know where it lives. I did some googling around but had no luck. Anyway, thanks Jack! -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com < Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
Do a rebuild of the menus from menudrake i think it was. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:57 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Has anything you tried brought them back? I'm totally at a loss. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:47 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed I complained about this also if you restart X you will notice that the menus are gone. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Hello all, Last night, as the last thing I did after setting up a shiny new box, I updated to all the latest bug and security fixes for 9.2. As a result of my efforts, KDE's KControl is now totally broken. When I try to launch it, I get the following spit out to the console: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings After which, Kcontrol comes up without any plugins. A similar error happens when I try to configure Konqueror: WARNING: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings/ kcontrol: ERROR: Module filebehavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module fileappearance not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filepreviews not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filetypes not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_behavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_java_js not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_fonts not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module ebrowsing not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmhistory not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cookies not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cache not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module proxy not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmcss not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module crypto not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module useragent not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_plugins not found! Needless to say, I'm not terribly pleased that a normal bugfix update totally broke my KDE setup when all I really wanted were some screensavers :) Doing a quick Google search turned up the error message, but nothing helpful about what to do about it. I've rm -rf'd my .kde directory to no use. I seem to recall (now, not before I started the upgrade) that someone on this list had a similar problem. Does this ring any bells? Has anyone upgraded and found themselves dead in the water? If this is a common problem, does Mandrake know about this? How do I fix it? Help! I really don't want to reinstall from scratch. Thanks in advance David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 07:58, Michael Holt wrote: > How can I start / stop the gpilotd manually? > I want it to get started when the machine boots but I'd like to be > able to shut it off manually. In a terminal, type pkill gpilotd -- Jack Coates Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
Has anything you tried brought them back? I'm totally at a loss. David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Lawson, Jim Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 9:47 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed I complained about this also if you restart X you will notice that the menus are gone. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Hello all, Last night, as the last thing I did after setting up a shiny new box, I updated to all the latest bug and security fixes for 9.2. As a result of my efforts, KDE's KControl is now totally broken. When I try to launch it, I get the following spit out to the console: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings After which, Kcontrol comes up without any plugins. A similar error happens when I try to configure Konqueror: WARNING: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings/ kcontrol: ERROR: Module filebehavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module fileappearance not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filepreviews not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filetypes not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_behavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_java_js not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_fonts not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module ebrowsing not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmhistory not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cookies not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cache not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module proxy not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmcss not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module crypto not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module useragent not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_plugins not found! Needless to say, I'm not terribly pleased that a normal bugfix update totally broke my KDE setup when all I really wanted were some screensavers :) Doing a quick Google search turned up the error message, but nothing helpful about what to do about it. I've rm -rf'd my .kde directory to no use. I seem to recall (now, not before I started the upgrade) that someone on this list had a similar problem. Does this ring any bells? Has anyone upgraded and found themselves dead in the water? If this is a common problem, does Mandrake know about this? How do I fix it? Help! I really don't want to reinstall from scratch. Thanks in advance David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
I complained about this also if you restart X you will notice that the menus are gone. -Original Message- From: JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 11, 2003 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed Hello all, Last night, as the last thing I did after setting up a shiny new box, I updated to all the latest bug and security fixes for 9.2. As a result of my efforts, KDE's KControl is now totally broken. When I try to launch it, I get the following spit out to the console: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings After which, Kcontrol comes up without any plugins. A similar error happens when I try to configure Konqueror: WARNING: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings/ kcontrol: ERROR: Module filebehavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module fileappearance not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filepreviews not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filetypes not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_behavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_java_js not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_fonts not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module ebrowsing not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmhistory not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cookies not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cache not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module proxy not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmcss not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module crypto not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module useragent not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_plugins not found! Needless to say, I'm not terribly pleased that a normal bugfix update totally broke my KDE setup when all I really wanted were some screensavers :) Doing a quick Google search turned up the error message, but nothing helpful about what to do about it. I've rm -rf'd my .kde directory to no use. I seem to recall (now, not before I started the upgrade) that someone on this list had a similar problem. Does this ring any bells? Has anyone upgraded and found themselves dead in the water? If this is a common problem, does Mandrake know about this? How do I fix it? Help! I really don't want to reinstall from scratch. Thanks in advance David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] KControl broken after 9.2 update completed
Hello all, Last night, as the last thing I did after setting up a shiny new box, I updated to all the latest bug and security fixes for 9.2. As a result of my efforts, KDE's KControl is now totally broken. When I try to launch it, I get the following spit out to the console: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings After which, Kcontrol comes up without any plugins. A similar error happens when I try to configure Konqueror: WARNING: No K menu group with X-KDE-BaseGroup=settings found ! Defaulting to Settings/ kcontrol: ERROR: Module filebehavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module fileappearance not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filepreviews not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module filetypes not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_behavior not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_java_js not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_fonts not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module ebrowsing not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmhistory not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cookies not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module cache not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module proxy not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module kcmcss not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module crypto not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module useragent not found! kcontrol: ERROR: Module khtml_plugins not found! Needless to say, I'm not terribly pleased that a normal bugfix update totally broke my KDE setup when all I really wanted were some screensavers :) Doing a quick Google search turned up the error message, but nothing helpful about what to do about it. I've rm -rf'd my .kde directory to no use. I seem to recall (now, not before I started the upgrade) that someone on this list had a similar problem. Does this ring any bells? Has anyone upgraded and found themselves dead in the water? If this is a common problem, does Mandrake know about this? How do I fix it? Help! I really don't want to reinstall from scratch. Thanks in advance David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] movies, jpegs, etc
James Sparenberg mused: > There was/is one that was by many considered to be studio quality > called > broadcast 2000 You can find the files here > > http://www.tux.org/pub/packages/orphaned/broadcast2000/ > > in source form and If you go to rpmfind or rpm.pbone.net you might > find > a src rpm as well. > > James Thanks James, I d/l'd it and am going to start playing with it now. I'm curious though; cinelerra is supposed to be the replacement for bcast2k and I googled around for bcast; do you know why they stopped supporting bcast? Thanks again -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com < Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] manually start / stop gpilotd
How can I start / stop the gpilotd manually? I want it to get started when the machine boots but I'd like to be able to shut it off manually. -- Michael Holt Snohomish, WA (o_ [EMAIL PROTECTED](o_ (o_ //\ www.holt-tech.net(/)_ (/)_ V_/_www.mandrake.com < Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] bash script: interesting case
On Tue, 2003-11-11 at 07:55, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Dear all, > I have a dial-up server (it dials the ISP to provide internet connection for a > small LAN) on a remote location. > Now, I want to ssh to that server. Can I make somekind of script so that > everytime it dials the ISP, it will send it's assigned IP to my email? All > this time, everytime I want to ssh it, I call the local admin for the IP > address. What about using dynamic DNS? There are tons of places that do this for free. Personally I use no-ip.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Any harm in upgrading? (Rpm question)
On Tuesday 11 Nov 2003 1:24 pm, turgut kalfaoglu wrote: > Often, when I update something, like for example Mozilla's 1.6 alpha is > out, and I want to install it. It comes with its own installer. When I > try to remove Mozilla 1.3 that comes with Mandrake 9.1, it gives me a > warning that galeon and other tools are using mozilla 1.3. Can I safely > assume that I can use the --nodeps option and bypass these warnings, > since I intend to install the updated version of the same program a few > minutes later?I have been doing that, but I have a nagging doubt > about it! > thanks! -turgut No Galeon is bound to a specific mozilla release. Galeon will not work afterwards. Also the mozilla installer will put the mozilla files in a different location to Mandrake. Refer to my earlier post today. Use of --nodeps and --force often leads to grief. What you can do is to have both versions of mozilla installed and manage symlinks to select them. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nows the time to Move.
On Tuesday 11 November 2003 09:09 am, Miark wrote: > On Wed, 5 Nov 2003 10:00:43 +0100, Wolfgang Bornath <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > James Sparenberg schrieb am Tue, 04 Nov 2003 17:35:13 -0800: > > > > 2. Just what does "SuSE" stand for, anyway ;-) > > > > *S*ervice *u*nd *S*oftware-*E*ntwicklungs AG > > > > (Service and Software Development) > > Okay, now what does "AG" stand for :-) > That would be the German equivalent of PLC, Inc., Ltd., etc. -- /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
