Re: [expert] Cant boot fm HDD

[Bruce E. Harris]

Well that explains a lot. This is what happened. I got a new IBM 10GB ide 
drive for my laptop and Ontrack was included. I tried to install Solaris 8.0 
and that was a complete bust. I was able to load win95 on it once, booting fm 
the hdd, then wiped out win95 while installing MK 7.2. In th end I had MK 7.2 
booting fm the hdd, and one empty 3gb partition that I could not load win95 
on no matter what. Then ran ontrack again loaded MK 7.2 on the whole thing. 
With every attempt Disk Drake would warn me it could not see the partition, 
and do I want to continue. Well I did using Reister FS and got kernel panics 
and wouldnt boot. Somehow I got MK reloaded using ext2 file system but cant 
boot fm the hdd now--but it boots, and I have no wasted hdd space. This beast 
takes hours to load, and I really dread another attempt. Probably just going 
to live with the floppy boot--might tackle this later.

Thanks for the help.

Bruce


> fdisk will not do a clean format in this situation.
> The Ontrack software operates on the same principle as EZ-Drive
> and creates a "special"  protected sector on the hd prior to the MBR
> and no amount of formatting will remove it.
> The only manner in which it may be removed is by uninstalling it.
>
> You can then fdisk /MBR and format the hd with the utility of your
> choice including the Mandrake installation.
>
>Charles  (-:



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[expert] printer woes

[Bruce E. Harris]

I have tried everything and can not get my printer to work with MK 8--it did 
for a time under 7.2 until I upgraded cups. I never has this printer or my 
pervious, Canon BJC 6000 work under MK 8.

I have a Epson Stylus Photo 870 connected to my parallel port and tired USB. 
It did work with USB, but painfully slow and very faint--totally unusable. I 
tried the web interface with cups and I see the printer there but cant get it 
to print. I tried KCUPS and that is how I got the USB to work (sort of) but 
it will not see my parallel port. Under Mandrake Control Center, Hardware, 
Hardware, I see a printer icon, but nothing identified for it, as if it is 
empty. Under Printer, I try to set it up but get an error saying lp not 
ready. Then I delete the printer and reinstall and still wont print. It acts 
as if my parallel port is not there. But this printer works great under Win95 
attached to the parallel port. But all the software I use is Linux, so that 
point is really mute.

What else can I try?

This problem is getting critial since I need a working printer for my new job.

TIA

Bruce



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Re: [expert] site copy?

[Bruce E. Harris]

Thanks! Thats it.

Bruce

On Tuesday 21 August 2001 09:31 pm, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 21 August 2001 10:36 am, you wrote:
> > It had a GUI interface with that goofy aardvark or whatever the gnome
> > critter is on it. Pretty slick, very intuitive (I never read a thing to
> > get it working). You could select the drill down levels and all kinds of
> > neat stuff.
> >
> > Bruce
>
> Then it was wget with the graphic interface gwget...  you may find both in
> /contrib  gwget-0.3.2-5mdk.i586.rpm 
> and from:
>
> /cooker   wget-1.7-3mdk.i586.rpm from /cooker
>
> I am sure this is what you're looking for... able to download complete
> web sites etc...
>
> > On Tuesday 21 August 2001 07:18 pm, you wrote:
> > > >>>>> "Bruce" == Bruce E Harris  writes:
> > >
> > > Bruce> Hi, I remember a Gnome app in MK 7.2 that made copying a
> > > Bruce> website pretty easy but cant find it in MK 8. Does any
> > > Bruce> remember the name and if there is a MK 8 version of it?
> > >
> > > wget? I seem to be using wget-1.6-7mdk.
> >
> > 
> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
> > Content-Description:
> > 


Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer"
Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit
Content-Description: 




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Re: [expert] upgrading via rpm

[Bruce E. Harris]

Not necessary, you can update it with:

rpm -Uvh 

On Saturday 21 July 2001 11:54 am, Abraham Mandac wrote:
> Is it always necessary to uninstall an rpm before
> installing its newer version? Or is it just a
> good habit to do so?
>
> I vaguely remember reading about this somewhere.
> Couldn't remember quite where.

[expert] Internal DNS problems

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I had my internal networking just find and did not yet set up an internal 
DNS.
But after installing icecast and tried to launch it my troubles began. 
Icecast
wants port 8000, same as Junkbuster, so I turned off Junkbuster to try out 
Icecast.
Just after Icecast started, Netscape could not find my internal webserver 
using it
FQDN "lucifuge.harrisherd.com". Now lucifuge, errors out, "name not in DNS" 
even
when I use the IP address along with any subdirectories e.g., 
"192.168.1.1/otto"
it translates to "lucifuge.harrisherd.com/otto" and errors out.

I have completely removed Icecast and tried to set up bind, and still no 
luck. Any suggestions on where to look? Seems Icecast made a DNS change 
somewhere, but I cant find it.

TIA

Bruce

[expert] Booting Solaris with LILO

[Bruce E. Harris]

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Hi,

I have spent the past several days trying to find the answer and had no luck. 
I check this lists archives, Redhat's, Caldera. Any HOWTO related to LILO or 
Solaris, and even went to Sun's site.

I have three hard drives. On the first IDE HDD, I have three partitions, 
win95 on the first, Linux boot on the 2nd (I could never get Linux to boot of 
the SCSI drive, so went this route) and win-data on the 3rd partition. The 2n 
HDD is a SCSI with Mandrake-Linux 7.2 only. The 3rd HDD, is a 13GB IDE with 
Solaris 8.0.

I had win95 and Linux installed first, then unplugged the HDDs, and had only 
the 13GB HDD plugged in when I installed Solaris, since I did not want to 
take the chance of overwriting something.

LILO will boot both Linux and win95. To boot Solaris, I must change the boot 
order in the BIOS. and change it back to boot LILO.

I put an entry in LILO, and it will not boot Solaris. What is the correct 
format of lilo.conf for Solaris? I cant find it anywhere, so made a guess.

My current lilo.conf

boot=/dev/hda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
vga=normal
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
lba32
prompt
timeout=100
message=/boot/message
menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw
image=/boot/vmlinuz-secure
label=secure
root=/dev/sda6
initrd=/boot/initrd-secure.img
vga=788
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/sda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=failsafe
root=/dev/sda6
initrd=/boot/initrd.img
append=" failsafe"
read-only
image=/boot/vmlinuz-hack
label=hack
root=/dev/sda6
initrd=/boot/initrd-hack.img
vga=788
read-only
other=/dev/hda1
label=windows
table=/dev/hda
other=/dev/hdc1
label=solaris
table=/dev/hdc
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe





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Re: [expert] Printer recommendations

[Bruce E. Harris]

Avoid Cannon. I a BJC 6000, without research, and had to purchase a
driver for it.
Epson seems to have pretty support.

Bruce

On Thu, 24 Aug 2000 17:00:12 +0100, Cecil Watson said:

> Hi Everyone,
>  
>  I'm shopping for a good color printer.   Anyone got any
>  recommendations?
>  Models to avoid (cough winprinters)?  You'd think with the booming
>  popularity of Linux, companies like HP and IBM ( who just happen to be
>  promoting Linux) would start to market to the community...Thanks in
>  advance,
>  
>  Cecil
>  (cough Mandrake approaches some of these companies...bundle the OS w/
>  the
>  printer :-)
>  
>  
>  
>  

RE: [expert] sendmail & netscape messenger?

[Bruce E. Harris]

Yes, this does work, that is what I am doing. 

I have a small in-home LAN with a router/firewall, and have bind set up. My
wife's machine used my machine's IP, now my host name (since DNS is working)
for all out going mail. For some odd reason, she could never connect to our ISP
directly using NS. So I set up sendmail and DNS to solve this problem. 

Best Regards, Bruce

On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Should be possible. Just enter the IP number of your machine instead
> of your ISP's in the mail-server part.
> 
> /Jocke!
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Monday, August 21, 2000 12:52 PM
> > To: Expert Mandrake List
> > Subject: [expert] sendmail & netscape messenger?
> > 
> > 
> > I was wondering about something last night. Is it possible to get
> > Netscape Messenger to use Sendmail to send the mail instead of one's
> > ISP's mail server?
> > 
> > the reason I ask is because Sendmail is so much faster than contacting
> > my ISP's mail server.
> > -- 
> > Mark
> >
-- 

Re: [expert] CL = Command Line (TM) (NT)

[Bruce E. Harris]

I thought NT was for "Not Tested"

On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> For the uninitiated, NT means No TeXT.
> 
>
-- 
Best Regards, Bruce

Re: [expert] Re: tracking employees

[Bruce E. Harris]

I work for the US government (active duty USAF) and all telephone have stickers
and every start up computer screen, and paperwork we sign, clear states
government/office equipment is for official use only, and any use is consent to
monitoring. This policy does cut down non work related surfing and gives
management legal tools to punish.

Best Regards, Bruce

RE: [expert] sawmill

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi Eric,

What theme are you running on your site http://www.linuxsystems.net ?
The skins for your mp3 or cd player look great!

TIA

Bruce

On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Dr Michael Powell,
> 
>   This is how I'm running Sawmill. I run Xwindows with Gnome. When you
> click on the gnome foot to bring up the programs list you will see a
> category called windows mangers, and under that Sawmill, and click on the
> Sawmill Icon.
> 
>   So you actually be running Gnome with Sawmill on top. Under the
> Gnome Config tool down near the bottom you will see a Sawmill category,
> under that a sub category called appearance. Select that. On the right hand
> side of the window you will now be able to select the themes you want run.
> That's all there is to it.
> 
> To see a screen shot of my Desktop running Gnome Sawmill go to
> htt://linuxsystems.net (I'm working on the regular html page the screen shot
> is there for something to look at in the mean time)
> 
> 
> Cheers,
> ---
> Eric Peters Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> System Administrator Network Operations
> Inherent Technologies Inc.  
> office (503)224-6751 ext 224
> ---
> 
> 
> > -Original Message-
> > From: Dr Michael Powell PhD [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > Sent: Friday, August 11, 2000 9:21 AM
> > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Subject: [expert] sawmill
> > 
> > 
> > I have a 600Mhz Pentium III cpu 256M ram 20G hard drive, and
> > linux-mandrake 7.1 with all the updates. Now, my point, I cannot get
> > sawmill to start I just get a blue screen, which I left 
> > running several
> > times for a half hour each time and still nothing.
> > 
> > 
> 
> 
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Re: [expert] cdr or cdrw suggestions

[Bruce E. Harris]

I have a Yamaha CRW8424sz internal SCSI-3. I am running it what a Adaptec
AHA-2940 SCSI-U2W card. I love it and highly recommend it.

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On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, Sheldon Lee Wen wrote:
> Hi,
> 
>   I'm looking to pick up a CD-R or CD-RW drive soon
> and I'm looking for suggestions on a really nice and fast
> unit. I know it's best to go for scsi so that's what I'm
> looking at. Any suggestions on models from those of you
> with scsi burners?
> 
> Cheers,
> Sheldon
> -- 
> ===
> "... all thoughts of selfish desire, ill-will, hatred and
>  violence are the result of a lack of wisdom ... "
>  - Buddha
> 
> For an awsome fantasy role playing game checkout:
> http://members.xoom.com/Lycadican
> ===

Re: [expert] Full permission to VFAT partitions

[Bruce E. Harris]

I got a BJC6000 and no luck making it work under Linux.

What specific HP driver are you using?

TIA

Bruce


On Thu, 03 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> Come on guys! you're not giving up that fast are you? I've got a Canon
> BJC6000 printing in Linux, cause I don't use windows anymore, and I'm
> using a generic HP printer driver to do it with. Canon offer '0' support
> for Linux. They're WORSE than HP when it comes to printer support for
> Linux. If anything is considered a "win-printer" the one I've got is.
> 
> One of the things I've noticed about Linux Mandrake is that you can
> convert your print que to appear as another type of printer and thereby
> utilize your current printer. This doesn't work for some printers, mine is
> one of them, but HP's are fairly forgiving when it comes to being willing
> to print in less than Windows environments. Give it another try. If you
> haven't already, try a few of the more generic drivers.
> 
> -- 
> Mark
> 
> **  =/\=  No Penguins were harmed | 
> ** <_||_> in the making of this   |
> **  =\/=  message...  | Registered Linux user #182496
> 
> 
> On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, Darryl Gibson wrote:
> 
> > Stephen Bosch wrote:
> > 
> > > If it's not HP-PCL or PostScript, you are going to have trouble running it
> > > on Linux. If it's a true Winprinter, you can give up now; at least if it
> > > has some kind of native language you have a hope of getting/writing a
> > > driver.
> > 
> > I'm stuck with a win printer too, and was wondering if this is a
> > feasible work aroound.
> > 
> > I'm going to setup my winbox as a dual boot machine, and use it as a
> > firewall, and for the stuff I can't do in Linux yet. Could I also set it
> > up as a printserver, and pass print jobs from the linux side to the
> > windoze side, and then print use my win printer?
> > 
> > Darryl Gibson
> > Linux Neophyte (tm)
> > RLU # 182668
> > This computer is 100% Microsoft FREE
> > 
> >

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

[Bruce E. Harris]

Upgrades are not fun. I just got my system working after an attempt in
upgrading my kernel...SCSI drivesstaying away from that experement for
awhile since I was stuck using only win to ck mail for a week...maybe when I
can find the time I will try again. I hate kernel upgrades, IDE was a pain,
SCSI, worst...I have a lot to learn...but will keep breaking it.




On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> I know...but I just finished re-installing 4.73 back into the
> system. Netscape is working again. I think I'll leave it alone now.
> 
> -- 
> Mark
> 
> **  =/\=  No Penguins were harmed | 
> ** <_||_> in the making of this   |
> **  =\/=  message...  | Registered Linux user #182496
> 
> 

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Akina, age 14, Misa, age 12, Miyuki age 10
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Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

[Bruce E. Harris]

Mark,

Dont feel so bad. You shud know "If it aint broke, youre not trying" (from the
New Red Green Show).



On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote:
> H...maybe I should-a got the RPM instead. I downloaded and
> installed the netscape tarball and it made a royal mess! Nutscrape doesn't
> work at the moment cause there are bits and peices of the old and newer
> version here and there and the twain shall never meet! Damnit! should-a
> left well enough alone. It wasn't broke so why did i wanna fix it! geez I
> feel stupid!
> 
> Thanks for letting me rant.
> 
> -- 
> Mark
> 
> **  =/\=  |
> ** <_||_> |
> **  =\/=  | Registered Linux user #182496
> 

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[expert] Problems solved, Linux working now.

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I got some advice on how to fix my problem when I tried to upgrade my
2.2.14-15mdk kernel on Mandrake 7.0. I dont have access to that specific email
right now since it is on my windows partiton...so I can not contact you
personally just yet, but thanks for the help but had to reinstall.

Somehow when I upgraded my kernel I screwed up lilo.conf and did not list the
correct bootable kernel. When I tried to reboot, it would just freeze. I could
boot from floppy but could never fix lilo.conf. Tools I needed, vi, lilo, ed, I
could see but they would not work at all. cp, mv cat and the like did. Finally
I just decided to reinstall 7.0 and an update. It took four tried because I
could not update lilo.conf and it demanded kernels to be in /boot that were not
there. So I did a cp on the main kernel (bootable) and renamed it to the
kernels lilo.conf wanted (probably a better way, but I could not find one).

Any way, I am up and running now.

Best Regards, Bruce

Re: [expert] Mandrake's Arrogance

[Bruce E. Harris]

The first thing a hacker wants to do when attacking your system is to gain root
access so he can exploit you system completely. If you are running your system 
at root already you have saved him a lot of time and trouble. Also, to be
effective a virus needs root access. When viruses start showing up against
Linux, and they will as Linux gains more popularity, look out. By not using
root all the time you can contain the virus to the user space is was collected
in and the majority of the system will be unaffected.

Root is very dangerous and I usually take my system off-line when using it.

Best Regards, Bruce 

Re: [expert] Linux still wont boot

[Bruce E. Harris]

vi is there, I see it but Mandrake will not...
This is not a Redhat system, but Mandrake 7.0. and yes, I am careful to
post the right questions to the right list. I can see all the files I need
to use, but Mandrake will not.

BRuce

At 10:37 PM 7/5/00 -0500, Craig Woods wrote:
>A lot of really good advice has been rendered on this particular issue
but, in
>ageement with Steve B., this sounds like a Red Hat system, and I think our
bandwidth
>is for Mandrake issues.
>
>"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
>
>> "Bruce E. Harris" wrote:
>> >
>> > I am at a loss. The kernel upgrade problem still exists.
>> >
>> > created a new lilo.conf on another computer (had to make the floppy ext2
>> > since my desktop under linux will not read dos partitions). I can not get
>> > vi to work, even /bin/vi (file not found). I got the new lilo.conf
>> > installed, but can not run lilo to install it. I did find lilo, even cd
>> > into the directory where it lives and tried lilo and ./lilo, (file not
found).
>> >
>> > Help please
>> >
>> > Bruce
>>
>> You need soemthing like
>>
>>   /mnt/mydisk/sbin/lilo -C /mnt/mydisk/etc/lilo.conf
>>
>> --
>> "Brian, the man from babble-on"  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Brian T. Schellenberger  http://www.babbleon.org
>> Support http://www.eff.org.  Support decss defendents.
>> Support http://www.programming-freedom.org.  Boycott amazon.com.
>
>
>

Re: [expert] Linux still wont boot

[Bruce E. Harris]

No, this is a dead Mandrake 7.0 :(

At 10:37 PM 7/5/00 -0500, Craig Woods wrote:
>A lot of really good advice has been rendered on this particular issue
but, in
>ageement with Steve B., this sounds like a Red Hat system, and I think our
bandwidth
>is for Mandrake issues.
>
>"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:
>
>> "Bruce E. Harris" wrote:
>> >
>> > I am at a loss. The kernel upgrade problem still exists.
>> >
>> > created a new lilo.conf on another computer (had to make the floppy ext2
>> > since my desktop under linux will not read dos partitions). I can not get
>> > vi to work, even /bin/vi (file not found). I got the new lilo.conf
>> > installed, but can not run lilo to install it. I did find lilo, even cd
>> > into the directory where it lives and tried lilo and ./lilo, (file not
found).
>> >
>> > Help please
>> >
>> > Bruce
>>
>> You need soemthing like
>>
>>   /mnt/mydisk/sbin/lilo -C /mnt/mydisk/etc/lilo.conf
>>
>> --
>> "Brian, the man from babble-on"  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> Brian T. Schellenberger  http://www.babbleon.org
>> Support http://www.eff.org.  Support decss defendents.
>> Support http://www.programming-freedom.org.  Boycott amazon.com.
>
>
>

[expert] Linux still wont boot

[Bruce E. Harris]

I am at a loss. The kernel upgrade problem still exists.

created a new lilo.conf on another computer (had to make the floppy ext2
since my desktop under linux will not read dos partitions). I can not get
vi to work, even /bin/vi (file not found). I got the new lilo.conf
installed, but can not run lilo to install it. I did find lilo, even cd
into the directory where it lives and tried lilo and ./lilo, (file not found).

Help please

Bruce

[expert] Kernel upgrade went badly--Linux is dead

[Bruce E. Harris]

I used the Mandrake 2.2.16 upgrade for my system. There was a hicup with
the install and I had to fix lilo.conf to reflect the kernel...old and new.
Well, I thought I was running 2.2.14secure in the past and 2.2.16secure
now. Wrong! My system is not setup for the secure kernel (??) and when I
added both 2.2.14secure and 2.2.16secure in lilo, I got a kernel panic
during reboot, saying there was a system/kernel mismatch. So, now I can not
start Linux at all.

I have been able to boot using an old Caldera install/boot disk (dummy me
didnot make a proper boot disk). I can access and mount my HDD, however I
can not edit lilo and solve this problem since I can not access any
editors; ed or vi.

Any idead?

TIA

Bruce

[expert] 2.2.17 kernel on Mandrake 7.0--safe?

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I have never upgraded a kernel using a RPM, always used soruce in the past. But
I wonder if Mandrake does something special to the kernel to make a Mandrake
specific RPM kernel worth it? In light of this, is the RPM under cooker 2.2.17
a safe bet for Mandrake 7.0? I now have two reasons to upgrade my kernel, so
guess I will take the plunge.

TIA

BRuce

Re: [expert] Digital camera and pc cards

[Bruce E. Harris]

Nope, this is for my laptop, pc card, (pcmcia). This laptop does not have USB.
My desktop does and I will install a new kernel, etc later tonight, but that
will not solve my problem. I am going on vacation and intend on taking my
laptop and d/l photos to it.

On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> "Bruce E. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > I have a Fuji digital camera and wondering how I can get a pc card loaded with
> > the smart media mounted as a file system? I know for floppy
> > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy, but how with a pc card?
> 
> USB ?
> 
> -- 
> MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com
> San-Francisco, CA USA --Chmouel

[expert] Digital camera and pc cards

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I have a Fuji digital camera and wondering how I can get a pc card loaded with
the smart media mounted as a file system? I know for floppy
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy, but how with a pc card?

TIA

Bruce

[expert] multiple names on one machine?

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I have a DNS server, web server and working on a mail server on my desktop.
I am wondering if I can use several name on one machine. For example can I name
the web server "www" mail server "mail" instead of the machine name on the same
box?

TIA

Best Regards, Bruce
"If it ain't broke, you're not trying" The New Red Green Show

Re: [expert] CD Burner problems--solved!!

[Bruce E. Harris]

Thanks a lot. Kisocd solved my problems and easy to use.
I have been burning cds all day. This is cool!!

Thanks for all the help.

Best Regards Bruce
"If it ain't broke, you're not trying" New Red Green Show.

On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, Jon Hewitt wrote:
> On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > hi !
> > first ,  what type of cdr is it ? scsi ? ide ? which type ?
> > second ,  if you are using mandrake 7.1, try kisocd...it's great and it
> > work's with almost all the cdr's avail...
> > 
> 
> You do not have to have Mandrake 7.1 to enjoy the benefits of Kisocd.  Go to
> http://www.uni-karlsruhe.de/~um12/en/main_index.html for Jens Wilhelm Wulf's
> homepage, the author of Kisocd.  I've been using it for several months now and
> IMO its the easiest of all the CDWrite apps available. 
> 
>  -jon-

[expert] CD Burner problems

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I am still trying to get my CD-RW working. I can mount a cd, read its contents,
yet gtoaster or xcdroaster will not access it. 

cdrecord -scanbus gives me:

scsibus0:
0,0,0 0) *
0,1,0 1) *
0,2,0 2) 'IBM ' 'DDRS-39130D ' 'DC1B' Disk
0,3,0 3) 'YAMAHA  ' 'CRW8424S' '1.0g' Removable CD-ROM
0,4,0 4) *
0,5,0 5) *
0,6,0 6) *
0,7,0 7) *

I am not sure what to set the cd to /dev/scd0, /dev/scd3 /dev/cdrom
since none of them work. What am I missing?

TIA

Bruce

Re: [expert] SO 5.3--er, shud be SO 5.2

[Bruce E. Harris]

I grabbed SO 5.2 lastnight, and on Sun's site, they stated to change all the
*.bin file with chmod 777. I had no problem installing it. If you are setting
it up for only one user, then just setup, if multi-users, then setup /net

Best Regards, 
Bruce

On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> I do believe that you just chmod the file to 755 and click on it that
> should extract it and start the install process.
> 
> Wayne Petherick wrote:
> > 
> > I have gone to Suns web site and tried to download Staroffice 5.2.  I
> > click all of the right buttons, and select English Linux (x86) but when I
> > get to the end and the software can be dl'd the only file that comes up
> > is a .bin file.  Is this the right one for MDK7?  If so, how do I install
> > it?  I was under the impression this was a Solaris binary file but I may
> > be wrong.
> > 
> > Thanks,
> > 
> > Wayne

[expert] Burning CD-ROMS??

[Bruce E. Harris]

Ok,

I just got a new Yamaha CD-ROM RW today. I do recall seeing
Linux software on my system for burning CDs but today I cant
find it. I find often the names of apps have nothing to do with
what they are.

I am running Makdrake 7.0 with KDE and Helix Gnome.
Any help would be very useful. 

Re: [expert] ISP connect

[Bruce E. Harris]

If you dont know their DNS IP, you wont be able to see their
web page, unless you know the IP of the web server anyway.

You could try giving them a phone call. I have had to do that
when they changed my FIX IP to a DHCP dynamic (they really enjoyed
that irrate phone call. I was dead in the water, and very unhappy,
until that was fixed).

Regards, Bruce

At 06:16 PM 6/15/00 +0300, you wrote:
>How can I find the domain name and the DNS IP address of my ISP? I 
>can't contact them (their website is unreacheable) to find out if something 
>has changed. However, everything worked since a couple a days ago, 
>but now I can browse only through windows, but not in linux (on two 
>machines). So, what options do I have to be able to browse under linux 
>again? 
>
>---
>George
>
>
>

Re: [expert] Zope superuser password

[Bruce E. Harris]

i dont have zope installed at the moment, but recall it telling me where it was
placed during install. zope creates its own passwrd.


On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> I have installed the Zope package along with Mandrake 7.1.
> 
> What is the default superuser password? I was able to use the root password
> to access webmin, but no success with this for Zope.
> 
> The file in /var (IIRC?) that shows the password has a long encrypted
> string - is that it? Yecch.
> 
> Hoyt
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[expert] Fetchmail problems

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I have sendmail and fetchmail setup using install-sendmail. When I collect
email using fetchmail any mail with multi entries (digests) or attachments are
reduced to a line saying multi-mime file and not content. If I by-pass
fetchmail and use kmail to collect pop mail it is all there. Until I figured
this out I lost a lot of mail.

Is there a problem with the way sendmail processes mail passed to it by
fetchmail? I am using the default set up for sendmail, except used
install-sendmail to do the inital configuration. Now I wonder if any
attachements I have sent are missing.


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Re: [expert] Canvas 7.0

[Bruce E. Harris]

Yep, no problems here.


On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote:
> Anyone on this list get Deneba Canvas running?
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[expert] Re: DISCUSION Upgrade

[Bruce E. Harris]

I dont have a CD-ROM burner, and when I do, I doubt I will create CDs for
upgrades. So, I would like timely available CDs for purchase at a fair upgrade
price.  Another option would be on-line upgrades/installations, without the
need to burn CDs. I do have a DSL link, so downloading large files is not a
problem, but the CD route would probably be better for most.

Easy upgrade of packages already installed on my system. Full discription of
what is on the CD, not just names, but what the packages are when what they do.
This would help a newbie and inform old timers of changes. Default instalation
of all tools necessary to compile and install new, tar files. I mean a more
complete bare mininum install. More control on what is installed during
install, not just three for four groupings, but ability to select specific
packages during install/upgrade, not just after the fact. Right now, install
everthing, then remove what I dont want later...when I determine what it is and
that I dont need or want it.

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Re: [expert] Helix Gnome

[Bruce E. Harris]

Well, as always, you shud back up just in case. However, I rarely take this
advice myself.

I used the auto install for Helix, and installed it over the version of Gnome
that came with Mandrake 7.0. I have had no problems, and able to run KDE
whenever I feel like it, and I am using Kmail from inside Helix.

The setup will walk you thru the whole process...pay attention and during the
last part it will ask you if you want to use KDM or the Heilx start up..I am
using KDM and can use KDE or anyother window manager that came with Mandrake.
Pretty slick.

Bruce

On Sat, 03 Jun 2000, Joe Heafner wrote:
> Ralph wrote:
> > 
> > It's sweet try it!!
> > I used the download script and didnt have a problem at all.
> >
> Before I try it, I need to be assured that it won't screw up anything
> I'm currently using. Right now, I use KDE 1.1.2 as my desktop. Can I
> download and install Helix Gnome without ruining my current desktop
> settings? Should I uninstall the version of Gnome that came with
> Mandrake 7?
> 
> Thanks,
> -- 
> Joe Heafner -- Astronomy/Physics Instructor 828-327-7000, ext. 4246
> My Book 
> My Home Page 
> CVAC Home Page 
> Linux! Why did it take me so long to try it?
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[expert] Mandrake 7.1

[Bruce E. Harris]

When will 7.1 be released? Will there be an upgrade price break?
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[expert] More of what I want in Mandrake--Webmin, security tools SARA, SAINT, etc

[Bruce E. Harris]

I would like to see Webmin included on the CD.

I would also like to see security tools like SARA or SAINT (follow ons to
SATAN).  Firewall, MASON too.


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[expert] I would like better list of what in on Mandrake

[Bruce E. Harris]

Quite often I will discover a software package mentioned on Linux Weekly News,
download it and discover, it is already on Mandrake. I would like to see a full
listing on the install CD, and the option to select the specific packages to
install, instead of the all or some and get surprised.

Make should be install as default for all installations. A newbie friend of
mind did not do the dev install and could not find Make...I could not help
right away because I was make was there. It is on every other Linux distro i
have used.

Thanks for your time. I

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[expert] KDE2 and Konqueror....views pse?

[Bruce E. Harris]

Civileme,

I noticed you are testing KDE2 and Konqueror, can you compare it to KDE 1.1?
Better? How much? Hard to install? KDE 1.1 still usable after install? Worth
the effort?

TIA

-- 
Best Regards, Bruce


 > 
> 
> --
> BETA testing KDE2 and Konqueror

Re: [expert] hard shutdowns

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi Dave,

I solved my problem by using the same fstab I had with Caldera which does not
use supermount. I have my floppy and zip setup to used vfat, dos or ext2
formats.

Regards,

Bruce

On Tue, 23 May 2000, you wrote:
> Hi Bruce, Civileme et al.
> 
> I've just installed Mandrake 7.0 and found the same problem (with umounting 
> file systems while shutting down). I'm not an expert [I barely make it as a 
> newbie], but what I've found is that the problem is with my Floppy drive 
> (and possibly CD drive if there is no CD in it). Before shutting down, I 
> have to su login as root, umount the floppy and then it's okay. I've 
> installed mandrake on my laptop and I'm the only user at the moment, so 
> this is not a major problem (unless I forget -- which happens), but i guess 
> I should find a neater solution.
> 
> HTH.
> 
> Dave

Re: [expert] pop up window for linux/windows?

[Bruce E. Harris]

Civileme,

Thanks, got itfound a lot of other interesting stuff at that site.

Bruce

On Mon, 22 May 2000, you wrote:
> 
> "Bruce E. Harris" wrote:
> 
> > I am asking this question because I am not sure how to even search for it.
> >
> > I finally got my wife's Japanese Win95 on the home network. It there a
> > client/server package we can use for pop up messages between our two computers?
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > --
> > Best Regards, Bruce
> 
> www.littleigloo.org
> 
> linpopup
> 
> Civileme
> 
> 
> 
> --
> BETA-testing Netscape 6
> and its mailer
> 
> 
> 


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[expert] pop up window for linux/windows?

[Bruce E. Harris]

I am asking this question because I am not sure how to even search for it.

I finally got my wife's Japanese Win95 on the home network. It there a
client/server package we can use for pop up messages between our two computers?

TIA


-- 
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Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hummm, setup.exe? Sounds like you have a windows version. Unless you get it
working thru wine or VMWare, you are out of luck. You need the Linux version.
Check the package to see if a Linux version is included.


On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote:
> 
> How do I install Quake on a Linux box. I have the CD, but when I click the Setup.exe 
>nothing happens.
>  
> Help!!!
> 


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Re: [expert] hard shutdowns

[Bruce E. Harris]

Ok, I have to run, but when I get back I will reload my orginal fstab, reboot
and run these tests to see what happens. I am really wondering why I have 
to recreate fstab to get it to shutdown right. Besides, I did like the auto
mount of the cdrom and zip...

> Ok  I need your indulgence for a few tests
> 
> cat mtab
> 
> dmesg
> 
> xfs is the X font server, has little to do with filesystems...
> 
> Now try this
> 
> ctrl-alt-f2
> 
> login as root and issue the command
> 
> supermount disable
> 
> then hit ctrl-alt-delete
> 
> and report the results  Does it still hang on unmounting?
> 
> Civileme
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Re: [expert] hard shutdowns--problem solved!

[Bruce E. Harris]

I updated fstab to the same one I used on Caldera before I switched to
Mandrake. It seems to me, Mandrake was locking some empty disks (floppy, zip
and CD-ROM). Now I have to use an manual mount every disk change, but it
reboots without a problem.

Thanks for all the advice.


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Re: [expert] hard shutdowns

[Bruce E. Harris]

Ok, checked everything in rc.d and found no tilde.
This system is a desktop, with 1 hda one 4GB (IDE) split into two VFAT
partitions for win95 with one ext2 boot partition and one 9 GB sda split into
three ext2 partitions. No RAID or NFS used. Oh it does have a zip and that does
hang during boot up if empty, so I keep a disk in it.

fstab follows:

/dev/hda1 /mnt/DOS_hda1 vfat user,exec,conv=auto 0 0
/dev/hda5 /mnt/DOS_hda5 vfat user,exec,conv=auto 0 0
/dev/sda5 /pix ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/hda2 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2
/dev/sda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1
/dev/sda7 swap swap defaults 0 0
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0
/mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/zip 0 0
~
~  
I never modified fstab, install default.

Is it possible NFS is started by default and I need to turn it off? Where could
I check for it? I have looked into DrakConf under services, and NFS is not
running but XFS is, whatever that is, external file system? if so what is that
and could that be the problem?

On Fri, 19 May 2000, you wrote:
> OK 7.0
> 
> I have seen no problems here except I do remember someone's complaining about the
> shutdown trying to shutdown his computer and instead producing some interesting races
> of characters across his screen.  I suggested he edit a file which was a symlink to
> another file and he did and the system kept reading the backup version of the
> symlinked script until he deleted it.
> 
> SO
> 
> next step is to check for any files in any of the subdirectories of /etc/rc.d that
> have a tilde (~) on the end.  If there is one, something has been done with a script.
> 
> After that, you might clue us in on what sort of filesystem you are
> running--processes and scripts take different paths for RAID for example.
> 
> Civileme
> 
>
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Re: [expert] hard shutdowns

[Bruce E. Harris]

I am running Mandrake 7.0.
uname -a
Linux lucifuge 2.2.14-15mdk #1 Tue Jan 4 22:24:20 CET 2000 i586 unknown   


On Fri, 19 May 2000, you wrote:
> On Thu, 18 May 2000, you wrote:
> > I am having a problem, that may soon result in the loss of data and I am not
> > sure what to do or how to fix it.
> > 
> > When ever I shutdown Mandrake using KDM shutdown or reboot or init 6, my
> > system does shutdown, but hangs at "unmounting file systems". My only recourse
> > it to power off. That results in an error saying I did an improper shutdown.
> > 
> > Any ideas?
> > 
> > TIA and Best Regards, Bruce
> 
> Version?
> 
> What does
> 
> uname -a
> 
> say?
> 
> This _sounds_ like 6.0 as set up on the distro disk without the later kernel
> upgrade.
> 
> Civileme
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Re: [expert] Where's security in Mandrake???

[Bruce E. Harris]

Any computer is naturally insecure, esp one connected to a network of any kind.
Security is a long and hard adventure to undertake. I would recommend get some
good books (like "Maximum Linux Security") on the subj and study. Also ck out my
webpages, I have links to computer security.

I would recommend getting SARA. It is an aggressive port scanner that will
point out specific weaknesses on your host and network. Be aware, you can also
scan just about anyone on the Internet with it. Port scanning is a prelude to a
network attack, so don't just scan anyone, esp .gov and .mil. If the network
is not yours, DONT SCAN IT. SARA (derived from SAINT, derived from SATAN) will
greatly aid in securing you system as much as possible and still remain on a
network.

If you want absolute security, disconntect completely from ALL networks, LAN,
modem, etc, and have no on line fun.

Consider setup up and using a separate firewall. Separate because a firewall is
a natural target and if it attacker breaks root,  it will be compromised alone
and still protect your network. However, if it is your host machine and they
break in, you have just given up all of your protection. I am using one, and the
link in on my webpages.

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Re: [expert] OT: Linux Newbie

[Bruce E. Harris]

Excellent points PJ. Unfortinatly I see this poor conduct on just about every
mailing list I am on now or ever have been on.

Might I add, if someone feels their question was not answered it could be no
one has the answer just yet for you. Sometimes this takes times, and most if
not everyone has other things in life keeping them busy. I for one have 3 mo
old triplet boys along with three teen daughters...I for one am quite busy.

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[expert] hard shutdowns

[Bruce E. Harris]

I am having a problem, that may soon result in the loss of data and I am not
sure what to do or how to fix it.

When ever I shutdown Mandrake using KDM shutdown or reboot or init 6, my
system does shutdown, but hangs at "unmounting file systems". My only recourse
it to power off. That results in an error saying I did an improper shutdown.

Any ideas?

TIA and Best Regards, Bruce

Re: [expert] How to install firewall?

[Bruce E. Harris]

If you really want security, your firewall should be on another computer
strictly devoted to that one function.  As firewall on your desktop is better
then nothing, but not as much as you would think.

Go to my website and you will find a link to EDGE firewall/router by Fireplug. I
have this desktop running behind an EDGE firewall. As a bonus, it is also a
router for my home network using IP masq. Pretty slick. The software is free
for download, and the hardware can be a 486 with a floppy and 16mb of RAM or
harddrive version (more tools and the like) on a 486 with 32mb of RAM. Lineo,
the Thinclient split of Caldera bought Fireplug a couple weeks ago...guess they
were impressed with it too.

On Tue, 16 May 2000, you wrote:
> 
> Hi
> I am just a new starter in Linux, I like to install and config a firewall for my 
>computer.  How can I install firewall and where can I get information about firewall 
>installation? 
> 
> Please help
> Thank
> 


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[expert] imap

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I have sendmail and fetchmail up just fine. I am trying to setup the IMAP
server that comes with Mandrake 7.0, but I can not find any docs that came with
Mandrake or the config file for IMAP. 

Can anyone point me to applicable docs for IMAP and were the config file is
located? I searched my machine and the Internet for docs and  config file, but
no luck.

 -- 
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[expert] Dumping postfix

[Bruce E. Harris]

How can I erase postfix without damaging fetchmail and procmail?

I want to switch to sendmail, and when I tried rpm -e postfix, I got a
dependence error saying procmail and fetchmail needs it.


-- 
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[expert] MTAs--Sendmail vs Postfix vs Qmail

[Bruce E. Harris]

Ok, I know I just pulled a pin on this gernade, but please hear me out, and pse
no flames.

I am trying to learn how MTAs work, and it seems to me Sendmail would be the
best choice since is it everywhere. I want to develop a marketable skill for
when I retire from the USAF in a little over a year.

I have Postfix installed by default on Mandrake 7.0, and close to getting it
working, but I wonder should I dump it and spend my time on Sendmail
since it is so popular, and many local friend (sysadmins) who can and will help
me with Sendmail but have no knowledge of Postfix or Qmail.

I seek your views.


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RE: connection speeds--was: Re: [expert] X or console wont start

[Bruce E. Harris]

I checked with my ISP and found that I have a  468kps d/l link (it is rated at
768kps, but 468kps is the max home speed) and kps is bits not bytes. 

I have seen Netscape showing d/l as fast as 66kps (and this is bytes and falls
in line with what my ISP is telling me). So, the 15k remark below seems right
to me.

Bruce

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> This has been my experiance.  Maybe you don't live at my house!!  Maybe you
> don't use my ISP!!
> 
> Bill
> 
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ptah
> Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 2:49 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: connection speeds--was: Re: [expert] X or console wont
> start
> 
> 
> Bill Shirley wrote:
> >
> > I'm no expert, but shouldn't the measurement be kbs, or kilo-bits per
> 
> > I have a 128K ISDN line and the maximum through-put I have seen on it is
> > about 15K per second.  Few servers will actually dish out a download that
> > fast!
> 
> What are you smoking?  few servers with dish out 15k a second?  Give me
> a
> break.
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[expert] problems with netscape mail

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi All,

I am trying out Netscape mail and having problems, with my login and my
daughters.

I can receive mail, but not send it. If my settings under Preferences--Outging
mail (SMTP) with mail.fastpointcom.com 
I get an error asking for a password, but not taking it (just keeps asking for
it). If I get rid ot "mail" before fastpointcom.com it gives me an error saying
Relaying denied, please check the message recipients and try again.

I am at a loss. I can not xmit with NS.

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[expert] decent email client with a good address book

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi All,

Can anyone recommend a good mail client with a good addressbook?
Or at least a addressbook that will work with Kmail that can sort incomming
addresses, and multipule addressbooks.

I really do like KDE and the email client is OK, but I am not at all happy with
the addressbook. I have used XFmail in the past and really like it. It was able to
extract and file addresses automatically, multi address books, etc. However, it
started to lose and destroy mail, and hasn't been updated in over a year, so it
is a dead end. I have tried many, XCmail (wont compile) Arrow, (wont compile).

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connection speeds--was: Re: [expert] X or console wont start

[Bruce E. Harris]

I am suppose to have an ADSL link with 768kps download and 386kps upload speeds.
I ran a test on my ISPs homepage to see what my d/l speeds are for graphics and
text. The test showed speeds of around 30kps.

I contacted my ISP yesterday and was told even though I ordered 768kps, as a
home user my max speed is 432kps.

Am I missing something? Even with 432kps should a 300k file take less then one
second to load instead of the 30 secs it took?

 -- 
Best Regards, Bruce

Re: [expert] X or console wont start

[Bruce E. Harris]

I ran linux 3 at the boot prompt, then logged in as root, and discovered by
local ip was pounded out (#). I fixed it the started kdm. All seemed ok, then
rebooted and now all works. Kinda strange.

Bruce

On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > ... in the
> > process of changing IPs I somehow managed to screw up Linux.
> >
> > It will boot, go thru is startup scripts then stick when KDM window should
> > come up and then do nothing. I can't even get a console to check things
> > out. If I can get to a consle via a floppy boot, I have no idea what to fix
> > to get X working.
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> This happened to me too - X went blank when I started it and I coulnd't even
> get another console to kill it.
> 
> All I could think of was to get the cd and do an 'upgrade' - in the
> installer I fiddled with the X confg part to force it to overwrite the X
> settings but left everything else alone. it came up fine after that. If I
> did it now I would try to start it in run level 3 (dosen't start X at boot
> time) and run drakX or whatever it's called to make new X settings.
> 
> >>Should also be able to type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt to
> >>boot (one time) to runlevel 3.
> >> John
> 
> 
> Gavin
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Re: [expert] X or console wont start

[Bruce E. Harris]

Thanks for the advice, Linux is back, firewall is working, life if good.

I did get an email from my ISP telling me I am running at the max home user DSL
speed the offer. Still, why would a 300K file take 30 sec to d/l if my speed is
suppose to be running at over 400kps?

Bruce

On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
> On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > Even if you can't telnet in, you ought to be able to enter runlevel
> > one from the LILO prompt:  if you use image 'linux', type 'linux 1' at
> > the LILO prompt.  Then, look at rc.local.
> > 
> Should also be able to type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt to
> boot (one time) to runlevel 3.
>   John
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[expert] X or console wont start

[Bruce E. Harris]

Seems my DSL connection was never up to promised speed. Lastnight I
by-passed my firewall to see it that would chance the speed but in the
process of changing IPs I somehow managed to screw up Linux.

It will boot, go thru is startup scripts then stick when KDM window should
come up and then do nothing. I can't even get a console to check things
out. If I can get to a consle via a floppy boot, I have no idea what to fix
to get X working. 

Any ideas?

Now to the problem that started this all. I am suppose to have a 768kps DSL
link. However when I went to their page to check speeds, it took 30 sec to
d/l a 380k photo and 40 sec to d/l a 400k text file. Sure doesnt seem like
768kps. I would like you opion before I contact my ISP...

Thanks

Bruce

Re: [expert] Bastille w/ LM 7.0

[Bruce E. Harris]

I have contacted Bastille via email awhile ago and was told support for
Mandrake 7 was on its way.

Bruce


On Mon, 24 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> > Has anyone used the Bastille scripts on top of a LM 7.0
> > system?  Is it even necessary, if you use msec to set the
> > security level to '5'?  This is for a system that will be
> > used as a firewall/router/DHCP/DNS/mail/news server.
> 
> I was on their site today :)   They state that they support
> RedHat 6.0/6.1 at the moment with Mandrake support on the
> way.  In the README they state that you must run their script
> IMMEDIATELY after an install and ONLY for these supported
> systems... so I have not tried it yet.
> 
> If you want Bastille to lock up (secure) your LM7.0, then
> you should probably wait for Bastille support.
> 
> Thanks... Dan.
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Re: [expert] RPM woes

[Bruce E. Harris]

rpm --rebuilddb

solved my problem, also allowed me to fix Apache. After the rebuilddb I was
able to erase Apache and asso files and reinstall...all is well for now.

Bruce



 On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, you wrote:
> Bruce E. Harris wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > I am a convert moving over from Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 (and before). So far I
> > like Mandrake much more. However I have a very disturbing problem. RPM won't
> > work anymore run anymore. Attempts to install a RPM will lock my system badly.
> > Usually causing it to log out of X, many time I must do a hard shut down (kill
> > power), or the HDD will just chatter and do nothing.
> >
> > I get an error ending with can't update (some lib6 cant remember the
> > whole name, and the error msg will not generate anymore) but the last part is
> > /var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm
> >
> > Any ideas?
> 
> Not really, but you might try reinstalling rpm from the Mandrake/RPMS directory
> on the install cdrom.  Then, if you still have these problems, try rebuilding the
> rpm database
> 
>rpm --rebuilddb
> 
> If you still have problems using rpm, then read the rpm man pages, thoroughly.
> There's also a --initdb option, but the documentation or man page doesn't explain
> either of these options to any noteworthy extent.
> 
> What version of rpm are you using, if you still have problems?
> 
>rpm --version
> 
> Read the man page on rpm and there you'll also find verify options.  I'm not sure
> if this would do any good wrt the rpm requiredby database, but it might be
> helpful in verifying rpm itself.
> 
> You can also do a search for RPMs which require the lib*6 file which seems to be
> a problem.
> 
>rpm -q --whatrequires {filename}
> 
> {filename} may need the entire path.
> 
> You can also check what RPM provides this problem file
> 
> rpm -q --whatprovides {filename}
> 
> In this case, you may or may not need the complete path.
> 
> Do a search for the directory where this problem lib*6 file is located.  It
> should be in either /usr/lib or /lib, but if it's not there, then use the find or
> rpm command
> 
>   find / -name {filename}
> 
> Using rpm, you need to know which package or RPM provides this lib*6 file, such
> as from the --whatprovides rpm query.  Once you have this information
> 
>   rpm -qil {package-name}
> 
> {package-name} must only contain the base name of the package, or at least no
> more than this part and the version+release.  Don't include the .i386.rpm or
> .noarch.rpm part, because this part isn't recorded in the rpm database.
> 
> If you still have problems, then post a follow-up; although, you might want to
> first check what you could do using other rpm options.
> 
> mike
> 
> 
> >  --
> > Best Regards,
> >
> > Bruce
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[expert] RPM woes

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I am a convert moving over from Caldera OpenLinux 2.3 (and before). So far I
like Mandrake much more. However I have a very disturbing problem. RPM won't
work anymore run anymore. Attempts to install a RPM will lock my system badly.
Usually causing it to log out of X, many time I must do a hard shut down (kill
power), or the HDD will just chatter and do nothing.

I get an error ending with can't update (some lib6 cant remember the
whole name, and the error msg will not generate anymore) but the last part is
/var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm

Any ideas?
 -- 
Best Regards,

Bruce

[expert] Apache mistakes

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I did a dumb thing and did not back up my Apache conf files before using
Commanche. I can get Apache to start but not with SSL. Is there somewhere I can
get a copy of the default conf files and compare it to what I have screwed up?

I tried to reinstall the Apache and mod_ssl rpms, but rpm is not working
anymore. I get an error ending with can't update (some lib6 cant remember the
whole name, and the error msg will not generate anymore) but the last part is
/var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm


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Bruce

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