[expert] Mdk 9.1 / Promise RAID FastTrak 376
Hello all, We are trying to install Mdk 9.1 on a MSI motherboard with a Promise FastTrak 376 (aka 20376 controller). After googling about for a while, we found that there is a lot of noise out there... so by any chance does anybody on this list have: (a) succinct, and (b) actually working instructions on how to do this for Mandrake? TIA, David -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VPN Client for Linux
Greetings, It is my understanding that Free/SWAN works with Checkpoint, although I personally have not used it. Check out: http://www.freeswan.org/ and there are a number of mailing lists & archives from that URL. I'm sure someone over there will be an excellent source to post this question; they will know for sure. HTH, DGO On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:57, J. Craig Woods Wrote Thusly: > Looking for some suggestions: > > I need to access my private network at work, and I am looking for a VPN > client that will work with a CheckPoint Firewall VPN on a Win2000 > Server. I need to tunnel ssh through the firewall, and connect to my > sparc machine (SunOS 5.9). I was given a Micro$oft VPN client made by > CheckPoint (of course, with username and password) for this task but I > would much prefer a Linux VPN client for the aforementioned task. Yup - especially if you're talking with another *nix box. > Is one available, and is there some documentation on the web? I have > STFW, and found some interesting reading, including freeS/WAN, but > thought I might see if anyone on the expert list has some suggestions. I > have access to any version of Linux for this VPN client to work on, or > with. > > (yes, LX, this means I am back among the gainfully employed, thanks for > you help too) > > Thanks for any help in this regard, > drjung -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] mt command
Greetings, The package on this 8.1 system is: mt-st-0.6-2mdk This contains the commands you need to talk with SCSI Tape drives manually (e.g. from the command line). You will probably need these even if you use something like BRU, which uses a GUI on top of the command line tools. Personally, I almost never use the command line tools, I deal with the tape drive through BRU. HTH, DGO On Saturday 05 October 2002 12:50, Dennis Cardinale Wrote Thusly: > Does anyone know why none of my Mandrake installations include the mt > (magnetic tape) command? From what package is mt installed? > > Thanks, > > Dennis Cardinale -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mdk 9.0: Soundblaster Live! Bass and treble control
On Wednesday 02 October 2002 13:31, Patrick Mayer Wrote Thusly: > Hello, > > I am trying to change the bass and treble level on my SB Live without much > success... I've tried using kmix and aumix: both show the appropriate > sliders but moving them does not change anything: I still get the same > "thin" sound... Does anybody know if there's is a workaround for this bug? > > Thanks! To make everything work (treble & bass controls) correctly under Mdk 8.1 / 8.2, I needed to rebuild from source; I had rather hoped that 9.0 would fix this, sounds like it has not. Some useful URLs: http://www.euronet.nl/~mailme/ http://opensource.creative.com/ HTH, DGO -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Emacs colors
Vox, You're very welcome. DGO On Tuesday 01 October 2002 22:28, Vox Wrote Thusly: > David Oberbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Stephano, > > > >Check out: > > > > http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ColorTheme > > > >There are an awful lot of color customizations that you can do > > to Emacs... and this site will point out (a) what they are, (b) some > > other people's themes, and (c) how to painlessly do this. > > That color-theme thing rules! :) I like it, a lot...easiest way I've > seen to learn how to customize all that stuff :) Thanks a lot for > the URL. > > Vox -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Emacs colors
Stephano, Check out: http://www.emacswiki.org/cgi-bin/wiki.pl?ColorTheme There are an awful lot of color customizations that you can do to Emacs... and this site will point out (a) what they are, (b) some other people's themes, and (c) how to painlessly do this. HTH, DGO On Tuesday 01 October 2002 15:44, Stefano Pogliani Wrote Thusly: > I tried to find an answer in the archives but I was not able to. > > I, personally, do not like the color choice that is used for Emacs. > However, I have not been able to find WHERE these default colors are > defined and HOW to override them with my own scheme. > > Could someone point this to me? > > Thanks a lot in advance. Best regards > /stefano -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] MS Exchange Server
Brian, See http://www.ximian.org/products/connector/ HTH, DGO On Wednesday 04 September 2002 13:04, Brian York Wrote Thusly: > At work our email system is the Microsoft Exchange server and if you use > out look it works fine. Is there any program for linux that I can use to > check my mail from the exchange server. > > Thanks > Brian -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Compaq DL360 / Installer Swap Problem, adder
Greetings again, On Saturday 10 August 2002 14:26, David Oberbeck Wrote Thusly: > Todd, > >Again, many thanks for your response. > >Tried what you suggested, (unhappy) results below. > I'm following up on my own post. The problem is solved, but not the way that is going to go over well on a Mandrake List... Firstly, my thanks to Mr. Lyons for responding earlier with helpful suggestions. Skipping forward to the conclusion: this problem / incident points to a serious problem with Disk Drake on this platform (Compaq DL360 with Smart Array 5i RAID controller). These problems do not exist in Red Hat 7.3 Professional. The Story: In an act of frustration, I broke down and purchased a copy of Red Hat 7.3 Professional. To my surprise and delight RH 7.3 installed without any problems whatsoever (by this point I was beginning to suspect hardware problems). Red Hat's Disk Druid came up with (from fdisk, with mount points added in parens in the last column): Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/cciss/c0d0p1 * 113 53024 83 Linux( /boot ) /dev/cciss/c0d0p214 1845 7474560 83 Linux( / ) /dev/cciss/c0d0p3 1846 3351 6144480 83 Linux( /usr ) /dev/cciss/c0d0p4 3352 4357 4104480f Win95 Ext'd (LBA) (n/a) /dev/cciss/c0d0p5 3352 3853 2048144 82 Linux swap ( n/a ) /dev/cciss/c0d0p6 3854 4104 1024064 83 Linux( /tmp ) /dev/cciss/c0d0p7 4105 4355 1024064 83 Linux( /var ) So, as much as I hate to do this (especially after strongly pushing Mandrake over Red Hat to the client), it looks like I'm going to have to: (a) eat crow, and (b) bail on Mandrake for this client (who is going to use a lot of these Compaq boxes) unless someone comes up with a brilliant solution and/or incredible flash of insight between now and Monday morning US mountain time. For completeness, after RH 7.3 was running I went back and tried to re-install Mdk 8.2 ProSuite, without deleting any of the partitions created by Red Hat. I was able to interactively re-format each of the partitions *except* the swap partition, which gave the same uninformative error dialog: "An error occurred. Swap area needs to be." Ergo, something is very honked in in Disk Drake re swap partitions on this hardware platform. Arrgh. Also found that Mdk 8.2 does not have built-in support for the dual BroadCom 5700 1 GB ethernet adaptors, RH 7.3 recognized them out of the box. So, Red Hat 7.3 it (probably) is. Regards, David -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Compaq DL360 / Installer Swap Problem, adder
Todd, Again, many thanks for your response. Tried what you suggested, (unhappy) results below. On Saturday 10 August 2002 12:19, Todd Lyons Wrote Thusly: > Nice problem report. I wish everybody posted with the level of detail > that you have. Thank you - when you're lost it's not clear what's useful information and what's not. > David Oberbeck wrote on Sat, Aug 10, 2002 at 11:56:23AM -0600 : > > linux ide=nodma devfs=nomount > > I've never had to use ide=nodma, however, I didn't have any ide devices > either. Without the ide=nodma stanza the installer never gets to the second stage (it's booting from an IDE CD-ROM). Did as you suggested. The sizes / mount points where entered with the Gui tool, and displayed in fdisk (with an added column as to what the mount points are for the partition): Device Boot Start EndBlocks Id System (mount point) /dev/cciss/c0d0p1* 115 61184 83 Linux ( dummy ) /dev/cciss/c0d0p2* 1627 48960 83 Linux ( /boot ) /dev/cciss/c0d0p3* 28 528 2044080 82 Linux Swap ( swap ) /dev/cciss/c0d0p4*529 4357 15622320 5 Extended ( N/A ) /dev/cciss/c0d0p5*529 4357 15622304 83 Linux ( / ) Sadly: same error, same place when formatting the swap partition. Any other suggestions? > >For your information, here is the partition table printout from > > fdisk, as read out by 'fdisk /dev/cciss/c0d0' then 'p': > > > >Device Boot Start EndBlocks Id System > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p1* 1 15 61184 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p2* 16 4357 177153605 Extended > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p5* 16 26 44864 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p6* 27 1531 6140384 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p7*1532 1781 1019984 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p8*1782 2031 1019984 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p9*2032 3850 7421504 83 Linux > > /dev/cciss/c0d0p10 *3851 4357 2068544 82 Linux swap > > Couple of things to note: > 1) Move the swap to the beginning of the drive. Might make a > difference. > 2) This applies to only some drivers, I do not know if the Compaq RAID > driver is one of them. Some drivers are limited to 7 partitions. So > make the first three partitions primary (1 2 and 3). 4 will be an > extended partition. Then you have room for three more (5 6 and 7). One > of those needs to be swap. > > Blue skies... Todd TIA, David -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Compaq DL360 / Installer Swap Problem, adder
Todd, On Friday 09 August 2002 15:20, Todd Lyons Wrote Thusly: > David Oberbeck wrote on Thu, Aug 08, 2002 at 06:06:50PM -0600 : > >I am trying to install Mdk 8.2 ProSuite Edition on a Compaq DL360 > > with Smart Array 5i RAID controller. I must run "linux ide=nodma" to > > get the installer up. So far, so good. > > Oops, almost forgot. Use "devfs=nomount" at the beginning of the > install *AND* put it in each of the lilo boot images when it comes time > to configure the boot loader near the end of the install. This > particular raid controller requires that you disable devfs. > > Blue skies... Todd Thank you very much for responding! I tried your suggestions, unforunately, ultimately ended up with the same error as before. "An error occurred. Swap area needs to be." This error dialog is presented when attempting to format the swap partition. The detailed, gory history: Booted the installation, F1, then: linux ide=nodma devfs=nomount When through the usual prompts until the disk section (security level 'high', if that datum is useful), then ctrl-alt-F2. Ran fdisk: fdisk /dev/cciss/c0d0 fdisk reported that the partitions were not on a cylinder boundary (seems bad). Deleted all of the partitions that had been created during the previous install attempt. Then created a small primary partition (p1) as you suggested of 15 Mbytes. Rebooted, re-ran installer with the same start options. Then partitioned disk (leaving the manually inserted primary partition in place), then added the partitions that I wanted to add. Then went to format, and - tragically - the exact same error message. I rebooted, ctrl-alt-F2, ran fdisk again. Saw the partitions that I had created in the gui installer, (however, this time there was no warning about partitions not being on a cylinder boundary). So, went back to the GUI, did not change any of the partitions, just assigned mount points to them. Went to format, same error on the swap partition; back to where we were before. What else can this be? For your information, here is the partition table printout from fdisk, as read out by 'fdisk /dev/cciss/c0d0' then 'p': Device Boot Start EndBlocks Id System /dev/cciss/c0d0p1* 1 15 61184 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p2* 16 4357 177153605 Extended /dev/cciss/c0d0p5* 16 26 44864 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p6* 27 1531 6140384 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p7*1532 1781 1019984 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p8*1782 2031 1019984 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p9*2032 3850 7421504 83 Linux /dev/cciss/c0d0p10 *3851 4357 2068544 82 Linux swap This listing seems OK to me - what else could it be? Some other magic option? Perchance some arcane incantation to the electron gods and / or Murphy? On a more serious note - thank you again for responding. I'm under the gun to get this server up as quickly as possible, and am wit's end. TIA, David -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Compaq DL360 / Installer Swap Problem
Greetings to the List, I am trying to install Mdk 8.2 ProSuite Edition on a Compaq DL360 with Smart Array 5i RAID controller. I must run "linux ide=nodma" to get the installer up. So far, so good. I do the disk partitioning, then go to format the partitions. I then get an error in a dialog box: "An error occurred. Swap area needs to be." What is this? Google does not show anything, nor a quick search on Mandrake's site - anyone else run into this problem? I have tried "auto allocate", tried making the swap size larger, smaller, tried formatting the partitions separately, no avail. I get this same error when trying to format the swap partition separately as well. Any clues would be greatly appreciated - a solution would be greeted with positive joy! Regards, David P.S. The same problem occurs with the 8.2 Power Pack Edition. -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Hack attack or not?
On Saturday 27 July 2002 14:18, David Guntner Wrote Thusly:
> civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote:
> > David Guntner wrote:
> > >Checking 'sniffer'... Checking 'wted'... 2 deletions found between
> > > {time} and {time}
> > >
> > >Question: Based on this, is my system likely to have been compromised
> > > or not? For that matter, what's wted?
> >
> > wted -- wtmp editor
> >
> >
> > http://www.cleo-and-nacho.com/cnd/text/hackkit.txt
> >
> > Reading the whole doc will be educational. The grammar isn't perfect
> > but the message is unusually clear.
>
> I'm reading it now, and I am not heartened by what I see
>
> Is there anything that could cause the checker to trip on that? I.E., is
> there something else which could result in it thinking that something was
> removed from wtmp?
>
> I'm pretty careful in my password choices and am on the mandrake-security
> announce list so that I know when a fix has been released (and I put it in
> right away), so I'm really curious as to how someone could have gotten in,
> installed that program, run it to cover up whatever else it was they did,
> and then remove it.
>
> And, I'm *not* enjoying the prospect of having to wipe and reinstall my
> system :-/
>
> Any other thoughts on the subject? Or is it just time to "push the button,
> Max?" (Probably no one will get the joke, but I'm sure you understand the
> meaning... :)
>
> --Dave
Up Max, UUpp Max!
- Professor Fate, The Great Race
But seriously, do you have tripwire running on a fixed medium (e.g. the
Tripwire database on a CD-ROM)? Do you have tripwire running at all?
Are other, "softer" systems (e.g. Windows running LookOut) connected
to the suspect box with trusted access (this might be a way for someone
to get in).
Basically, the correct paranoid response is if you are not sure, wipe it.
While this level of paranoia is not for everybody, it works for me.
Good luck with this.
HTH,
DGO
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Re: [expert] OS's in space
Real World parallel, and the right solution: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=4487 David On Tuesday 23 July 2002 16:21, James Sparenberg Wrote Thusly: > Kirk's mind raced as he quickly assessed his situation: the > shields were down, the warp drive and impulse engines were dead, > life support was failing fast, and the Enterprise was plummeting > out of control toward the surface of Epsilon VI and, as Scotty and > Spock searched frantically through the manuals trying to find a > way to save them all, Kirk vowed, as he stared at the solid blue > image filling the main view screen, that never again would he > allow a Microsoft operating system to control his ship. > > James -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mdk 8.2 / XFree86 / Thinkpad A31p
Greetings, Just purchased an IBM Thinkpad A31p - a wonderful machine; very fast, outstanding display and keyboard, large disk (60GB). I have almost everything working (was surprisingly painless)... Mdk 8.2 almost works out of the box - problems are with video; XFree86 4.2.0 does not recognize the video chip (ATI Mobility FireGL 7800, 64MB video RAM). Works in framebuffer mode only, as 1200 x 1024 at 16 bpp. Set to run level 3 (from boot), downloaded the CVS version of XFree86 (as of this morning); make World, make install, etc. Then ran X -configure as root, looked over the generated configuration file. Now, when I try to run startx I see the screen blank, turn white, a cross pointer appears, then the machine locks. Nuts. I have Mdk 8.1 working on an A21p with XFree86 4.1.0 (patch mdk17); attempted to merge an XF86Config-4 file from a working installation on a A21p; but this does not seem to translate correctly. Did what I could, same failure mode. Does anybody have XFree86 working on a Thinkpad A31 and willing to share their XF86Config-4? I may have to purchase the X driver from Xi Graphics, they have a version that works, but I would like to stick with XFree86 if I can ($ is not the problem - mainly as I have not heard back from their support people yet, want two pointing devices - the internal pointer and an external USB wheel mouse, Xi doesn't seem to support this... XFree86 does, I have this working on the A21p). Is there an RPM in cooker that I could use? (A quick scan didn't look too promising saw 4.2.0-16 versus 4.2.0-10 which is the stock version). What am I overlooking? Any suggestions? Should I post the XF86Config-4 file? Regards, David -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [OT] Burning iso's
Hmm, It seems that the issue may lie in older CD-ROM drives; I did a quick test (8 non-critical systems) and 1/2 of the systems will boot the ISO -> 700 MB and 650s, and half will only boot from a 650 disk (these tended to be older drives). All CD-ROMS, however, will read both sizes. One for the weird books... AFN, DGO On Saturday 23 February 2002 19:14, skidley Wrote Thusly: > On Sat, 23 Feb 2002, H.McM wrote: > > Me neither... > > > > > David Oberbeck wrote: > > > >Burning a 650 iso onto a 700 MB disk makes it unbootable... > > > > > > Hmm, not for me! > > > > > > Randy Kramer > > Me three! -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] [OT] Burning iso's
Greetings, It should do this by default. To write I use cdrecord 1.10, and the command line is: cdrecord -v -eject speed=8 dev=3,0 whatever.iso Your address may be different; but the rest should be the same. Two things: 1. You should not need the 'pad' option. 2. Are you burning a 650 or 700 MB disk? Burning a 650 iso onto a 700 MB disk makes it unbootable... HTH, DGO On Friday 22 February 2002 15:46, Brandon Dorman Wrote Thusly: > Hey guys, > > Finally got beta 3 cd 1 and cd 2 downloaded! Joy of joys! However, > I've never burned an iso before in linux! I just now burnt both cd's > only to disover now that they are still on there as, ".iso" and aren't > bootable or anything! Bummer. (I'm assuming cd1 of even the mandrake > beta would be bootable, after all I'm sure they want to test the > installer as well. :-)) My cdrecord options look like this: > cdrecord -v -pad speed=1 dev=0,1,0 MandrakeLinux-8.2beta3-CD1.i586.iso > > How can I modify it to "expand" the iso onto the cd and allow me to boot > from it as if I had bought it? Again, much thanks. > > -Brandon > > > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Telnet But needed!
Greetings, There were some threads on this list a while back about telnet which may or may not be related to your problem (but probably is). The problems I found relate to the Kerberos authentication attempts - and, to put bluntly, these attempts righteously piss off emulators, routers, and Solaris systems which expect vanilla telnet protocols... the solution is to upgrade to at least: telnet-client-krb5-1.2.2-15.1mdk.i586.rpm and the problem went away for our systems. The package telnet-client-krb5-1.2.2-11.1mdk.i586.rpm is honked; and should be upgraded in any case. Try upgrading to the *2-15 RPM and let me know if it works; the upgrade worked for us. HTH, DGO On Wednesday 06 February 2002 12:01, Ken Thompson Wrote Thusly: > Here's a wierdo I hope someone can help me with. > Using telnet to open a client's virtual domain at a hosting service I get > connected to "ftp.client.com" instead of telnet. > The remote system won't accecpt user name and stalls untill it closes the > connection. > From Winderz using telnet, bingo proper connection, login and normal > use. > > Commands used: > telnet shell.client.com --> connects to ftp.client.com > telnet > open shell.client.com > opens ftp.client.com > FTP doesn't seem to work from the CLI at all and does with gFTP. > I have another session open (ctrl-alt-f1) that has been stalled for over 10 > min.. Just waiting for remote to close connection. > I checked for telnet installation and have the kerberos5 and gnome-telnet > installed. > > It's been a long time since I had to use a shell acc't but now it seems I > must, can someone suggest what's wrong here??? -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mdk 7.1 / Sparc Updates?
Vincent, Thank you for responding. As I understand it, Mdk (and Red Hat as well) for Sparc is dead as a dodo; lack of demand relative to i586, probably. It's a pity, really... oh well; I guess I'll have to dig out Solaris disks. David On Monday 28 January 2002 13:14, Vincent Danen Wrote Thusly: > On Fri Jan 25, 2002 at 04:19:06PM -0700, David Oberbeck wrote: > >Does anyone know of a mirror with the 7.1 Sparc > > updates? All of the mirror sites that I have been able > > to find have the directory > > > > .../updates/7.1/sparc/RPMS > > > > but they are blank... is this a case of bit-rot? > > We don't provide updates for 7.1/SPARC. If you want to apply updates > to it, you'll need to rebuild the 7.1/x86 packages yourself. > > Sorry, but we've never provided updates for the SPARC port. -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mdk 7.1 / Sparc Updates?
Greetings all, Does anyone know of a mirror with the 7.1 Sparc updates? All of the mirror sites that I have been able to find have the directory .../updates/7.1/sparc/RPMS but they are blank... is this a case of bit-rot? Regards, David -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] wu-ftp Updates?
Greetings all, Just walked through a number of Mdk mirrors - none of them seem to have the wu-ftp ( wu-ftpd-2.6.1-8.7mdk.i586.rpm ) update that was announced this AM ( Advisory ID: MDKSA-2001:090 ). I would have thought that about 8 hours would be enough for the mirrors to update... Has anybody found this yet, and if so, could you point me to where? TIA, David -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Please help me get rid of windoze!
Greetings, Well, y'all, gather around: It's time for me to take a deep breath and recite a "festival of pain" adventure I have had... Well, to make a long story (only somewhat) shorter: To change resolution you must use the keypad "+" and keypad "-", not the "+" above the "=" (on US keyboards). On Mdk 7.2, 8.0 (and probably 8.1), the keypad emulation in X is somewhat hosed. 1. Press and hold Shift, then Numlk on top row. (this is supposed to switch the keypad on). 2. Now, sadly, nothing happens on the keys which are double marked. (you press the numeric pad marked keys, and nothing appears). "Gasp!" you say, or perhaps "%$*&!" (like I did). But relax, here's how you fix that. This hint is from: http://www.xig.com/Pages/FAQsPages/FAQsSup-3D-Answers.html For a temporary fix, open a shell and type: xmodmap -e "keycode 77 = Num_Lock" exactly as above, including quotes & spaces. Now, pressing Shift+Numlk engages the numlock mode correctly on the keypad. So - after all this, you're thinking: "Cool! I can get there from here!" ...But alas, it is not to be. Even though the numeric keypad basically works (you get '3' when you press the 'l' key); pressing Ctrl-Shift-/ (which should translate to Ctrl-Shift-+) causes nothing to happen to change resolution. This is where I said "%$*&! again, and taking the Perl motto to heart, namely "There's more than one way to do it" - Soo this is how I do it: I just save the original control file and then edit it by hand to the desired resolution (Xfree uses the first one it finds in the list) and save it as XF86Config-4.1024x768, as an example). Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1152x864" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection XFree86 uses the first one it finds, so change the sections to: Subsection "Display" Depth 24 Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" ViewPort0 0 EndSubsection And you will end up in 1024x768 after restarting X. BTW, this problem also occurs on IBM 'space saver' keyboards that I prefer to use on desktop systems, which doesn't have a separate keypad either. However, the xmodmap fix that I just described works fine there on the desktop (where, of course, I never change resolution). However, if someone gets this working correctly on Thinkpads (I suspect this is probably a key code mapping issue of some sort) - please let me know! Sorry for the "Ramble and Rant"... but I first went through this whole thing about an hour before a very large and very important presentation, not that there was any pressure at the time or anything... oddly enough, that presentation was about the virtues of Linux (insert groan of irony here). But seriously - hope that this helps. David On Thursday 29 November 2001 08:10, Mark D'voo wrote: > if ctrl alt +/- isn't working, you probably don't have your > /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file setup correctly. You need to make sure you have > every resolution you want in your file > > Section "Screen" > Identifier "Screen0" > Device "My Video Card" > Monitor "S/M 955DF" > DefaultDepth 24 > Subsection "Display" > Depth 24 > Modes "1600x1200" "1280x1024" "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480" > EndSubSection > > mark > > On Friday 30 November 2001 02:58, you wrote: > > Whats the easiest way to change resolution? > > Ctrl - Alt - +/- isn't working and mandrake control center screws up my > > usb mouse. > > Thanks -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Please help me get rid of windoze!
Oh, and one more url: http://www.linuxvideo.org/ http://www.linuxvideo.org/gatos/ HTH, DGO On Thursday 29 November 2001 14:00, David Oberbeck wrote: > Greetings, > >The A20p / A21p have a S-video input and output connectors on > the front right-hand side. I personally don't use them, but they *do* > work, see > > http://mobilix.org/video_linux.html#ToC1 > >Again, the resolution problem is going to bite you; suggest sticking > with a monitor for presentations. > >If you want to watch TV, this seems like an expensive way to do it... > remember that this is S-video (not NTSC or PAL) that comes out of > these jacks. > >If you get it working please post - hope this helps. > > Regards, > David > > On Thursday 29 November 2001 13:38, you wrote: > > I feel stupid now. > > I tried my other monitor and changed resolution. It works now. > > That should work well for my presentation next week. I'd like to get my > > tv out working since some of my classes are small and a tv might be > > easier to get. It would also be nice to be able to play DVD's on a TV. > > Anyone know how to get it working? > > Thanks again. -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Please help me get rid of windoze!
Greetings, The A20p / A21p have a S-video input and output connectors on the front right-hand side. I personally don't use them, but they *do* work, see http://mobilix.org/video_linux.html#ToC1 Again, the resolution problem is going to bite you; suggest sticking with a monitor for presentations. If you want to watch TV, this seems like an expensive way to do it... remember that this is S-video (not NTSC or PAL) that comes out of these jacks. If you get it working please post - hope this helps. Regards, David On Thursday 29 November 2001 13:38, you wrote: > I feel stupid now. > I tried my other monitor and changed resolution. It works now. > That should work well for my presentation next week. I'd like to get my tv > out working since some of my classes are small and a tv might be easier to > get. It would also be nice to be able to play DVD's on a TV. Anyone know > how to get it working? > Thanks again. -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Please help me get rid of windoze!
Hi, As John mentioned, this is indeed a function of BIOS. I have a IBM A21p with Mdk 7.2 on it, and do presentations with StarOffice on a regular basis. To get external video going you press Fn-F7 repeatedly until the output ends up the way you need it. This will cycle through internal LCD, External VGA connector, both, then back to internal LCD. A problem that I have noticed is that most LCD projectors don't do 1600 x 1200 resolution, so you will probably have to dial the rez back down to 1024 x 768 or so. Good luck, let us know if this works for you. HTH, DGO On Thursday 29 November 2001 11:09, you wrote: > I've asked this question in a few places with no takers so I thought that > I'd take it to the experts. I need to do a presentation at school. I > thought I could use open office or kpresenter. The problem is I need to > get the external out and tv out working on my laptop. This presentation > will probably be using a projector so I believe getting the external > monitor to work is more important. I have an ibm a21p with the ati m3 16mb > video card. Any ideas? > Please save me from M$!! > Otherwise I don't need M$ very much. The spreadsheet program of open > office isn't yet up to excel but Matlab runs on Linux so I can do all of my > calculations there. -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] telnet
Michael, Actually, on a previous thread there were a (large) number of reasons, including printers, emulators, switches, routers... a whole bestiary of equipment which does not speak ssh but telnet. Not to mention a plethora of platorms, and the conditions under which an unencrypted telnet can be used with minimal risk. See previous thread 'Arrrgh - Telnet Problems (Authentication?)' for your edification (and a solution). Regards, David P.S. skidley (Chad?) - apology accepted. On Thursday 15 November 2001 10:05, you wrote: > On Thu, 15 Nov 2001 12:52:42 -0400 (AST) > > skidley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I would like to apologize for saying that someone who uses telnet is > > stupid. There are legitimate uses for telnet and that was really > > inappropriate for me to make such a comment. It's just I've heard it > > said > > > so often to stay away from telnet. > > > > skidley > > Hum, I can't think of any legitimate uses for telnet that ssh can not > do. -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Arrrgh - Telnet Problems (Authentication?)
Jose, On Wednesday 14 November 2001 16:18, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: > While you express my sentiments exactly, please don't damn the rest of > us due to a sophomoric adolescent on the list... > > Some people do try to help when possible. I certainly don't put the majority of the list members in that category - I truly appreciate it that people take the time to help others; most of the time the quality of the answers is comparable to - and many times better than - support on commercial products that I have used. > I believe it was Robin Williams who said; "@#$&*holes do vex me!" A wise man, that Mr. Williams. Methinks that we - unfortunately - have had plenty of experience in dealing with them and being vexed! > -JMS > > |-Original Message- > |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of David Oberbeck > |Sent: Wednesday, November 14, 2001 4:47 PM > |To: skidley > |Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > |Subject: Re: [expert] Arrrgh - Telnet Problems (Authentication?) > | > | -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Arrrgh - Telnet Problems (Authentication?)
Greetings skidley, Firstly, I would like to thank you for your extremely helpful, timely, and insightful response. Responses such as yours highlight the sterling quality of on-line help that one sometimes encounters on the 'net. Secondly, on secure internal trusted networks with machines connected by intelligent switches, ssh is far more work than a simple, lowest-common-denominator approach such as telnet - especially when dealing with a plethora of different platforms, OSs, OS revisions, etc., etc., etc. If you truly have skads of free time, and have nothing better to do, please give me a shout and you could install this on an awful lot of systems, adminster them, explain to users how all of this works... then see if you are still of the same mind. Do not presume to lecture about security and situations without knowing + understanding (they *are* different things) background, stipulations, conditions... As an example, for your edification, check out: http://paris.cs.berkeley.edu/~dawnsong/ssh-timing.html and http://slashdot.org/articles/00/12/18/0759236.shtml and, last but not least: http://www.openwall.com/advisories/OW-003-ssh-traffic-analysis.txt Alas, this may be wasted time and bandwith - and also something about pigs and singing comes to mind. Regards, David On Wednesday 14 November 2001 13:30, skidley wrote: > On Tue, 13 Nov 2001, David Oberbeck wrote: > > Why does anyone use telnet anymore when there's ssh? I guess some people > don't care about security or are just stupid or something. -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Arrrgh - Telnet Problems (Authentication?)
Greetings, Well, I'm answering my own question... The solution is to upgrade to version 1.2.2-15 mkd, available from rpmfind; 1.2.2-13 seems to be honked. Hope this helps someone else as well. AFN, DGO On Tuesday 13 November 2001 19:33, David Oberbeck wrote: > Greetings all, > >I'm having problems with telnet-client-krb5 (version 1.2.2-11mdk). > >The new telnet fails when attempting to connect to Solaris 7 > servers. The version of telnet supplied with 7.2 works as expected, > the one with 8.1 does not. > >It appears that this telnet is annoying the Solaris host by trying > to auto login or authenticate... I'm trying to turn these things off, > can't seem to do this. > >Does anybody know how to turn off authentication and / or > auto-login? I've tried the various command line options, including -K > and -X options. I've googled to try and find a solution, no relevant > hits. > >This is probably an RTFM question, and I would be delighted to > RTFM, if only I could find the appropriate FM This is very > frustrating; I shouldn't have to start a science project to use telnet > to foreign machines. > >Hopefully somebody out there in Mandrakeland has figured out a > solution and is willing to share. > > Frustrated in Colorado, > David -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Arrrgh - Telnet Problems (Authentication?)
Greetings all, I'm having problems with telnet-client-krb5 (version 1.2.2-11mdk). The new telnet fails when attempting to connect to Solaris 7 servers. The version of telnet supplied with 7.2 works as expected, the one with 8.1 does not. It appears that this telnet is annoying the Solaris host by trying to auto login or authenticate... I'm trying to turn these things off, can't seem to do this. Does anybody know how to turn off authentication and / or auto-login? I've tried the various command line options, including -K and -X options. I've googled to try and find a solution, no relevant hits. This is probably an RTFM question, and I would be delighted to RTFM, if only I could find the appropriate FM This is very frustrating; I shouldn't have to start a science project to use telnet to foreign machines. Hopefully somebody out there in Mandrakeland has figured out a solution and is willing to share. Frustrated in Colorado, David -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Star Office 6.0 beta
Greetings, You might want to try the StarOffice 6 support newsgroups at starnews.sun.com Point your favorite news reader at that server address and see what they have to say about this. HTH & Regards, David On Tuesday 13 November 2001 12:55, you wrote: > I am now having trouble getting this to install. If i run as any user > (including root) the install says: > glibc version: 2.2.4 > > And then stops dead, this is on two machines running mandrake 8.1, a laptop > with xfree 3.3.6 and a desktop with xfree 4.1, The install for star office > 5.2 works however, but i really want to give 6 a go after trying > openoffice. > > BTW i also have the sun jdk 1.3.1 installed on both machines, but this was > true when installing openoffice also. > > Are there some libs that the installer depends, gtk ones or something that > i might not have installed? I cant get any info from the sun website. > > Thanks -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] stable kernel version ????????
Greetings, The compilers return the following: $ kgcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/egcs-2.91.66/specs gcc version egcs-2.91.66 19990314/Linux (egcs-1.1.2 release / Mandrake Linux 8.1) $ gcc -v Reading specs from /usr//bin/../lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/2.96/specs gcc version 2.96 2731 (Mandrake Linux 8.1 2.96-0.62mdk) Which one should be invoked? TIA, David On Wednesday 24 October 2001 11:35, you wrote: > Which version of gcc do you have installed? > > I compile with gcc-2.96.x . > But I have egcs installed too. Check wich version returns kgcc -v > > El Mié 24 Oct 2001 13:53, escribiste: > > Greetings again, > > > >Um, Civileme, if you are listening - do you have any comments to add > > about the kernel compilation issues? I can't seem to find any other > > references relating to this > > > > Regards, > > David > > -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] stable kernel version ????????
Greetings again, Um, Civileme, if you are listening - do you have any comments to add about the kernel compilation issues? I can't seem to find any other references relating to this Regards, David On Wednesday 24 October 2001 10:11, you wrote: > --On Wednesday, October 24, 2001 9:16 AM -0600 David Oberbeck > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >However, I discovered that the kernel will still not compile, > > somehow the configuration header files are still fscked up. Well, to > > be more precise - as you mentioned - the kernel compiles, but the > > module compilation fails. > > > >Sorry, don't have a solution for this one, still an issue with > > kernel 2.4.12-3 for me (anyone else have any suggestions?) > > For me the problem seemed to be in linking for only some (maybe just a few) > of the modules. I had to go back to 2.4.9 to compile/link without this > problem. > > On any given system, there's a good chance that if only a few modules have > problems, they wouldn't be needed anyway. And if a module that failed is > needed, its source can be downloaded and compiled separately. > > I didn't have a chance to try this... 'make -k modules' This will tell > make to ignore errors as much as it can and go on. You will probably want > to review the make output to see just what problems there were, and see if > you can live with them. So use: > > make -k modules 2>&1 | tee file.to.capture.output > > then after it's done have a look at file.to.capture.output > I didn't try this, but if you do I'm interested to know if it works. > > Karl Cunningham -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] stable kernel version ????????
Richard, On Wednesday 24 October 2001 01:51, you wrote: > Hi Experts, > What is the last stable 2.4 kernel that supermount, telnet server, and > iptables function properly on. I have problems with the distro kernel in > 8.1 (2.4.8-26mdk). > > cant get the telnet server to be seen, This is done by installing telnet-server-krb5-1.2.2-11mdk.i586.rpm > cant compile modules, but can compile the kernel, From the cooker, try the following: kernel-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm kernel-doc-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm kernel-headers-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm kernel-source-2.4.12-3mdk.i586.rpm These solved a number of problems which worked in 8.0 (e.g. SoundBlaster Live! card & mixer settings). However, I discovered that the kernel will still not compile, somehow the configuration header files are still fscked up. Well, to be more precise - as you mentioned - the kernel compiles, but the module compilation fails. Sorry, don't have a solution for this one, still an issue with kernel 2.4.12-3 for me (anyone else have any suggestions?) Don't know about supermount, haven't tried it... > DNAT is giving big probs when using bastille-netfilter. No info. > Tried to aaccess my local network from here,I'm 1000miles away, > by using "iptables -t nat -A PREROUTINg -i eth1 -j DNAT --to 44.131.90.2 " > I'm now locked out and it hasnt flushed after a reboot :( > Is 2.4.13 safe to use from the cooker site ?? This sounds like the init scripts problem, which was updated with: initscripts-6.27-10.4mdk.i586.rpm > TIA > > best regards > richard HTH, DGO -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rpmfind.net
Or the french mirror: http://fr.rpmfind.net/ HTH, DGO On Tuesday 23 October 2001 13:17, you wrote: > On Sun, 2001-10-21 at 13:38, David Boles wrote: > > Does anyone know what is wrong with this site? > > Try http://speakeasy.rpmfind.net > > Much more stable. -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Changing Annoying Yellow Links In Konqueror
Greetings all, This may be an RTFM question, but I have not found the FM in question yet... Anyway, how do I remove the yellow links that appear in Konqueror? This seems to be some kind of default, and only appears on some sites... The problem is that links are basically invisible if one selects a white background. There also seems to be no distinct color selection for links, as in Netscape. TIA, David -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] anybody selling 8.1 yet?
Hi Steve, I assumed that Chris was asking about the commercial version, e.g. a "Power Pack" edition with commercial stuff on it (e.g. Real Player, ViaVoice, etc). I think the 3 disk set from Cheap Bytes is the same as the download version (the free and / or GPL compliant software), e.g. the ISOs available from various places: 146e585fc46463cb911fd7ac28e6ed69 Mandrake81-cd1-inst.i586.iso 5876d473593db386bf54c612fd5dfb7b Mandrake81-cd2-ext.i586.iso 598a606c69859d732c146bc9299a4de8 Mandrake81-cd3-supp.i586.iso I generally download the ISOs when they come out (happiness is a fast net connection). I usually show my (financial) support for Mandrake by buying the Power Pack edition when it comes out. And, of course, I give support to Mandrake by evangelizing the wonderfulness of Mandrake & Linux in general to any and all who will listen! But seriously, I have been very successful in at least getting people to dual boot; about 60% of the converts now spend more time in Linux than in That Other Operating System. I just re-checked PC connection, they still have the old versions, no new ones yet: http://www.pcconnection.com Regards, David On Monday 22 October 2001 16:42, you wrote: > On Mon, 22 Oct 2001 16:20:28 -0600, you wrote: > >Hi, > > > > IIRC there was a problem with getting their > >disks pressed... usually they did this in France, but > >decided to do this here. > > > > Oh, found a link about this: > > > > http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/12/1216231&mode=thread > > > >Regards, > > David > > CheapBytes is selling it - 3 disk version for $4.99 + $5.00 s/h. Must > be others, too. > > Steve > Stephen B. Browne > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > "Veritas odit moras" -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] anybody selling 8.1 yet?
Hi, IIRC there was a problem with getting their disks pressed... usually they did this in France, but decided to do this here. Oh, found a link about this: http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/10/12/1216231&mode=thread Regards, David On Monday 22 October 2001 16:00, you wrote: > Hi, anyone selling mandrake 8.1 yet? > Other than the download.. > > chris -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Graphics Apps for Linux
Greetings, For 3D Studio replacement check out Blender: http://www.blender.nl/ HTH, DGO On Wednesday 15 August 2001 20:24, you wrote: > Hey everybody, > > I've got a friend running a graphic design business and he does a lot of > 3D illustration as well as 2D illustration. His key applications are > notepad, PhotoShop, and 3D Studio Max. > > Due to the high cost of licensing for all those programs, and Microsoft > Windows 2000, he is looking for an alternative. > > Now, notepad is easy to find an alternate for, the alternate for photoshop > is the Gimp, and there doesn't appear to be much of a learning curve > between those two programs either as far as shortcut keys, etc. > > Unfortunately, I have no idea what a good alternative to 3D Studio Max > would be... > > I'm hoping that you guys might be able to help out. If we can find a > suitable alternative with only a slight learning curve, it may be enough > for me to use to get him to try out a linux based solution on one of his > PCs until he becomes comfortable enough to use it on all of them. > > If anyone has any ideas, I would appreciate hearing them. As well as any > other Graphic design/web based programs that would be helpful in swaying > him... > > Unfortunately, I don't do much graphics work, so I'm not too familiar with > what is available. > > Thanks all, > Lyric > > Current Linux kernel 2.4.3-20mdk uptime: 11 days 6 hours 27 minutes. Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com
Re: Re[2]: [expert] Why I can't see all packets on my network segment?
On Wednesday 08 August 2001 08:50, Rusty Carruth wrote: > David Oberbeck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings, > > > >Is your network using hubs or a switches? > > Um, not meaning to be rude, but: He already said that his > computer is plugged into a hub. However, I was wondering > what THAT hub was plugged into, and if there are any other > computers plugged into that hub that he could make access > the network. Yes, your question is a valid one - what is the rest of the network topology? Are there switches upstream? (Somewhat OT: Sadly, rudeness is what I have come to expect, even in forums such as this. Many times, when attempting to help people, it is necessary to 'calibrate' the level at which you are communicating. I have found a surprising number of people who use the terms 'hub' and 'switch' interchangeably) > > > > > BTW: The label on the box where my ws is plugged into plainly says > > > "Dual speed 16-port Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Hub" so this is not switch. > > > ;-) > Hmm. Question - what are the network speeds for all the NICs > hooked to that 'hub'? What's the uplink speed? > *IF* the uplink is 100, and YOU are 10, then it seems like > the 'hub' cannot act ENTIRELY like a 'dumb hub', else you'd > not be able to get all the packets that might be sent to > you. (Anybody know what happens to a 10/100 HUB when a 100 > side streams more than 10 MB/s at a 10MB side Or, more > to the point of THIS situation - what happens when the > total traffic on all segments is greater than the rx bandwidth > of one of the receivers? In other words, HOW can a 10/100 > 'HUB' be a PURE hub (and not have any features of a > switch)). It's not a 'pure hub'. Older hubs were single-speed: Analog wigglies came in, they were re-clocked then re-transmitted to all (other, e.g. not the one the packet came in on) ports. Multi-speed hubs are digital in between the goes-inta and goes-outa, and do not have a strict time relationship between the ports. FYI, in the case of a multi-speed configuration (e.g. 10/100 mix) a digital hub spools some (small) number of packets, then dumps the rest. If the destination was on the slow side, the originating host will re-transmit the packet when it doesn't get a response from the packet(s) that the hub dropped. Switches generally have larger buffers when going from a faster to slower ports, but if there is too much higher-speed traffic then it, too, will dump packets as with a hub. Managed switches can be interrogated for statistics on exactly this kind of occurrance. > Its early, and I'm incoherent, so I hope this makes sense ;-) > > rc > > > Rusty E. Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE > ___ FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, > Suite 116 \e/ Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825 > V ICBM: 33 20' 44"N 111 53' 47"W > http://tuxedo.org/~esr/ecsl/index.html -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance"
Re: [expert] Why I can't see all packets on my network segment?
Greetings, Is your network using hubs or a switches? If you are using a hub, this is a simple ethernet repeater, all packets are visible to all systems connected to that hub (even other hubs if they are all connected together). If you are using a switch, it is much more intelligent, and filters out packets that are not destined for your machine. It knows which packets go where by understanding the MAC address of the ethernet boards, and routes based on this. For a special case of broadcast packets, they are sent to all ports on the switch. The reason for using a switch is to enhance available bandwidth on each network segment (it also helps with security, as you have just discovered). e.g. if two machines are are communicating directly, the other systems never see the network traffic. Therefore, if you are only seeing broadcast packets (including ARP), this is what is going on. HTH, DGO On Wednesday 08 August 2001 07:10, Zilvinas Atkociunas wrote: > Hello mdk fans, > > I hope someone could explain me why I can't see my segment packets on my > promisc workstation (mdk7.2, 2.2.17 kernel, running tcpdump turns PROMISC > flag to state on). I can watch only packets coming to and from my > workstation. > > Thanks in advance, > > zilvis > > BTW: The label on the box where my ws is plugged into plainly says "Dual > speed 16-port Ethernet/Fast Ethernet Hub" so this is not switch. ;-) -- "Entropy Requires No Maintenance"
Re: [expert] linux distribution
On Tuesday 17 July 2001 17:38, Bill Beauchemin wrote: Greetings, The previous respondents and Mr. Beauchemin brings up some good points... however, at the risk of starting a (pointless) flame war, the reality is that most people do not want to spend a great deal of time reading HOWTOs and banging their heads on the keyboard; they just want to get stuff working and then get to work. A lot of the chest-pounding about this distro is better than that one is mostly just that - chest-pounding; and not helpful at all. In that spirit, Mandrake is one of the easiest distros to install and get working - I've tried them all and Mandrake simply is the fastest and least hassle to get working on a plethora of different boxes and diverse hardware configurations. Also, an added benefit is that unlike Windows, when you are done installing the distro you don't just have a base & bare operating system, but also have a useful set of utilities, applications, etc. that let you do what you need to get done. Let's face it, most people use computers to surf, write, read email & newsgroups: basically exchange information. Linux does this admirably. What makes this more enjoyable is being able to do these things without looking at a BSOD, as in windows. I'm also not naive enough to assume that Windows will never go away, e.g. "youll [sic] never go back to winblows". We still have NT systems around for proprietary apps (such as high-end CAD) that will never, repeat never, be ported to Unix / Linux. I use Mandrake Linux for my desktop and server-level work, and I admire it's stability, speed, and generally helpful people who answer questions quickly and effectively when things go wrong. My experience with newsgroups and lists like this one is that they are far more effective than tech support for any purchased, proprietary piece of software. My $0.02. Hope this helps. Regards, David P.S. Also, every now and then it's to review the Linux advocate's HOWTO: http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Advocacy.html P.P.S. Also check out http://www.cryptonomicon.com/beginning.html (Interesting discussion of Linux versus others...) > Angus and Robert are right on the money. Run Mandrake as your first linux > experiance and youll never go back to winblows. I started on RH years ago > and stoped because of how hard it was to instal things. I finally tried > again with Mandrake 6.1 and it was great. Load and go preety much. I also > found out about webmin at the same time and that makes life alot easier. > Now with Mandrake 8.0 it comes with webmin. I do still haave some issues > with mandrake and smp and still love Slackware. Slackware is the sh!t for > Linux IMHO Never had one problem with it. I ran it for over a year nonstop > as a webserver in a large data center. Everything I ever tried to install > went just like the readmes or howtos explain. I found with Mandrake 6.1 > updating to KDE2 was not as easyu as with slackware. For what its worth try > Mandrake 8.0 then when your serious try Slackware or Debian. Now if your > really brave try FreeBSD > > :-)
