Re: [expert] Is there OpenOffice 1.1 RPM for mandrake 9.0?
> OpenOffice.org1.1.0 installs beautifully like this:- > > Untar it where you like > > then become root cd into /whereyouhaveit/install > > Then as root # ./install -prefix=/usr/lib > > Then go back to being user and $ cd /usr/lib/OpenOffice.org1.1.0 if that is > the directory that OO has created. > > then $ ./setup > > Follow the prompts. > > Works a treat. Well I just got mdk 9.2 and installed Openoffice.org1.1.0 as above and it would freeze on opening any openoffice file. Removed it and installed the rpm from the 9.2, some thing freezes. This happened to 9.1 as well, no version of OO would run after installing 1.1.0. The os was rather unstable after that as thing like mozilla would crash/freeze for no reason. Looks like its another reinstall... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cooker update with newer packages
On Thu, 2003-11-06 at 01:15, Franki wrote: > Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Wednesday 05 November 2003 02:54 am, Gary Hodder wrote: > > > >>>No. > >>>It's just that Cooker is now fully open again, and the development for > >>>MDK 10.0 is getting up to speed... > >>> > >>>We have been in a Deep Freeze since the 9.2 Freeze, with only updates > >>>for syncking with amd64 development branch... > >>>now it's done, so syncing a 9.2 install with Cooker is no longer > >>>really an option, unless you want to break your system from time to > >>>time... > >> > >>So does that mean wear about to see the public release of 9.2? > >> > > > > One has nothing to do with the other. > > > > > > Actually, if you look around, you can find copies of 9.2 online already.. > > I just downloaded the 3 CD's from an Australian server and the Md5's > match up with the release version (not RC2). > > so it is out there... > > A quick seach on google showed a couple of other sites with it as well. > > > rgds > > Franki > I just finished downloading the first cd from ausgamers, the iso was 667mb and the iso was full of rubbish. That was a days waisted download. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Cooker update with newer packages
> > No. > It's just that Cooker is now fully open again, and the development for > MDK 10.0 is getting up to speed... > > We have been in a Deep Freeze since the 9.2 Freeze, with only updates > for syncking with amd64 development branch... > now it's done, so syncing a 9.2 install with Cooker is no longer > really an option, unless you want to break your system from time to time... > > > regards > > Thomas So does that mean wear about to see the public release of 9.2? Regards Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Sofware for writing signs
Hi all, does anyone know of any sign writing software that runs under Linux? Maybe even a winblows one that runs under wine. Thanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Crompressed disk image or doublespare like for Linux
On Mon, 2003-10-13 at 13:45, Mark Williamson wrote: > Hi All, > > Just wondering if there is a hard drive, of better still, a directory > compression scheme, that can be mounted, something like the old dos > double space.. > I remember its nickname, double trouble. > I know there is cloop kernel module but is there anything else out > there. > > Cheers > Mark Williamson > > yes, its called a bigger hard drive ;) Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NFS install?
On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 04:03, Rob Blomquist wrote: > On Monday 20 October 2003 02:21, Joachim Holst wrote: > > Hi everyone! > > > > I wonder if it will be possible to install Mandrake 9.,2 on an NFS system. > > I do not mean FROM an NFS system. I want to install Mandrake on a Diskless > > machine! > > > > Sorry for repeating stuff, but I want to make it clear that I do not want > > to install the system from an NFS mount! > > I haven't done it, but I know others have. > > The Linux Documentation Project is the best place on the net for information > like this, www.tldp.org. Yours is at: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/NFS-Root.html > > Enjoy. You could also look at the Linux Terminal Server Project found at http://www.ltsp.org I have had 4 of these running ranging from pentium 120 with 32mb ram and up. 16mb of ram will work ok but 32 is better. My first was a dx2-66 with 8mb of ram, it worked but was a bit slow. The server will need plenty of ram, I had 512mb in the server and was using it as a client as well and it worked fine. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ip addressing on lan
On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 16:56, Brett W Tippet wrote: > Cheers Gary .. > > Tried this ... unfortunatelly ... doesn't seem to alter the issues .. > > Thanks for the idea anyway. > > Brett. > > Have you tried linuxconf, I have used it in the past to setup 9.0 with 3 network cards and it worked fine. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ip addressing on lan
On Mon, 2003-10-20 at 14:29, Brett W Tippet wrote: > Thanks to all who have replied to this issue so far .. > > Unfortunatelly, I'm still up the putt. > > Here's the output of my configs below. > > Someone suggested I may have a config issue with shorewall .. but I don't > have an /etc/shorewall .. so I assume this isn't going to be a cause. > > This all looks fine to me? ... > > To ensure it's not a cable issue, I have ran x-over cable direct to the box > and the NIC lights up and does all that stuff .. but I can't ping or telnet > to either machine .. help please! > > Brett. > Have you checked iptables hasn't been set to a default policy of drop. To flush the rules iptables -F to set all policies to accept iptables -P INPUT ACCEPT iptables -P FORWARD ACCEPT iptables -P OUTPUT ACCEPT This will leave the box wide open but should be ok for a quick test. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] How to check if the swap is on?
On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 18:42, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: > Hello > > Although I can't remember the message on the beginning of boot process, I know > that it says something about swap not being turned on. Later in the boot > process, swap seems to be turned on but I want to be 100%. How can I check > if swap is on? How can I check how much of swap linux is using and how much > is left? > > Many thanks > > Ed > > Run top, it will tell you if swap is on and how much is being used. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NFS Unmounting problem
On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 18:54, Kaveh Gh wrote:
> Dear All,
>
> Recently, I've installed mdk 9.0 on a system to act
> as a server. I've selected samba-server and
> samba-winbind, too. I've installed mdk for several
> times and in those cases just I've selected general
> options(not by selecting indivitual packets and
> tools). for exapmle, by selecting Network server, LSB,
> Development,... radio-boxs, not by clicking the "
> individual". Anyway, In indivitual election,
> samba-server, by defalut, is selected but
> samba-winbind not. The installaiotn is ok but the
> problem is:
>
> When I reboot or shut down my system, After killing
> and ending all daemons and servers, I always receive
> this error message:
>
> Unmounting NFS file system: Can not MOUNTPROG RPC:
> RPC: Program not registered.
> umount2: Device or resource busy...
> umount: /net: device is busy...
>
> And system is going to be HANGED!!! By pressing ^C,
> I've received this message:
>
> " There is no active interface or server in this run
> level.. to kill"
>
> I've taken a look in Control Center, I've seen that
> in Samba status field, and in import tab, there is an
> entry:
> NFS/net{As mount point} pid:178
>
> Anyway, I could not solve the problem. So, pleaser
> help me.
>
> Regards,
>
> =
>
> Kaveh Gh.
>
> Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Edit /etc/auto.master and comment out the /net and /misc lines.
/etc/rc.d/init.d/autofs restart
The next shutdown I think will hang but after that it should be ok.
There was a problem with automount in 9.0.
This is by memory but someone else will have a better fix.
Gary.
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Re: [expert] Missing kernel source from 9.2 isos...
On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 14:07, Carroll Grigsby wrote: > On Friday 17 October 2003 11:21 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > > On Friday 17 October 2003 10:44 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 02:52, ef2 wrote: > > > > What about splitting the kernel into source and headers, for driver > > > > compilations ? > > > > Also, kernel2.4-marcelo could be dropped, there are also 4 kernel-doc > > > > packages, one (or even none) would be sufficient. And maybe > > > > kernel-secure, which is really for professional use ? > > > > > > > > Eric > > > > > > even if it was... it wouldn't yield sufficient room. Now if Emacs was > > > dropped or perhaps all of the kde eye candy etc.. To be honest. > > > What they have done fits perfectly in with the way they are positioning > > > themselves in the market. They are THE desktop distro. > > > > Remember all the flack they took for leaving kdeartwork out of 9.1. > > Someone's always bitching. > > Kinda reminds you of the old fairy tale, doesn't it? > Momma Bear: My porridge is too cold. > Poppa Bear: My porridge is too hot. > Baby Bear: All they do around here is bitch, bitch, bitch. > -- cmg Baby Bear would like a 4th cd with source and contrib as a optional extra. Ahh thats just right :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Upgrade from LAN?
On Sat, 2003-10-18 at 07:27, Lee Wiggers wrote: > On Fri, 17 Oct 2003 09:39:26 -0700 > Jack Coates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Fri, 2003-10-17 at 09:21, Lee Wiggers wrote: > > > Now that I have 5 boxes on 9.1 and 9.2 altogether, I have a > > > question. > > > > > > Can I somehow open the ISO's in a directory available to all > > > boxes on my network and upgrade from there? > > > > > > > > > Lee > > > > mount -t iso9660 -o loop myisoimage /mnt/point > > -- > > Jack Coates > > Monkeynoodle: A Scientific Venture... > > > > > > > > Thanks, Jack To make the 3 cd's available for ftp install without braking the iso's open and waisting room I did the following. The first cd loops fine but you carnt loop the 2nd cd's RPMS2 into the fist. To get around this I did. Mkdir /files/mdk-d1, /files/mdk-d2, /files/mdk-d3 Mkdir /files/mandrake91 copy root files of cd1 to mandrake91 ## Mount and link Mandrake 91 iso's to mandrake91 # mount /files/mandrake-91-iso/mandrake-91-disk1.iso -o loop /files/mdk91-d1 mount /files/mandrake-91-iso/mandrake-91-disk2.iso -o loop /files/mdk91-d2 mount /files/mandrake-91-iso/mandrake-91-disk3.iso -o loop /files/mdk91-d3 ln -s /files/mdk91-d1/doc/ /files/mandrake91/doc ln -s /files/mdk91-d1/dosutils/ /files/mandrake91/dosutils ln -s /files/mdk91-d1/images/ /files/mandrake91/images ln -s /files/mdk91-d1/isolinux/ /files/mandrake91/isolinux ln -s /files/mdk91-d1/misc/ /files/mandrake91/misc ln -s /files/mdk91-d1/tutorial/ /files/mandrake91/tutorial ln -s /files/mdk91-d1/Mandrake/base/ /files/mandrake91/Mandrake/base ln -s /files/mdk91-d1/Mandrake/mdkinst/ /files/mandrake91/Mandrake/mdkinst ln -s /files/mdk91-d1/Mandrake/share/ /files/mandrake91/Mandrake/share ln -s /files/mdk91-d1/Mandrake/RPMS/ /files/mandrake91/Mandrake/RPMS ln -s /files/mdk91-d2/Mandrake/RPMS2/ /files/mandrake91/Mandrake/RPMS2 ln -s /files/mdk91-d3/Mandrake/RPMS3/ /files/mandrake91/Mandrake/RPMS3 Add a user ftpdl passwd whatever At the bottom of proftpd.conf add DefaultRoot /files/mandrake91 ftpdl Restart proftpd. Now you can do a ftp install as user ftpdl and not worry about changing cd's. For multiple installs add more users to proftpd. Its a quiet saturday morning down under :) Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Is there OpenOffice 1.1 RPM for mandrake 9.0?
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 20:44, Lee Wiggers wrote: > On 16 Oct 2003 19:28:42 +1000 > Gary Hodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 18:03, Lee Wiggers wrote: > > > On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:35:52 +0800 (CST) > > > Vincent Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, all > > > > > > > > Is there OpenOffice 1.1 RPM for mandrake 9.0 > > > > available? I prefer to upgrade using RPM. If RPM is > > > > not available, will it cause any problem if I use OO's > > > > installer? > > > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > - > > > > _C Yahoo! > > > > _C___B_B_R_A___A___b_H__ > > > > http://tw.promo.yahoo.com/mail_premium/stationery.html > > > > > > > > > > > I can only say that there is a 1.1rc4 somewhere. I got it on an > > > update two weeks ago. > > > > > > I also have installed oo from the oo installer with no problems, > > > but was on mdk 9.1 at the time. > > > > > > Lee > > > > I have 1.1rc3 installed on mdk 9.0 and 9.1 with no problems at all > > using the oo installer. > > Now off to get rc4... > > > > Gary. > > > > > > > > > rc5's out, which I think is the final. > > Lee I now have 1.1 final :) Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Is there OpenOffice 1.1 RPM for mandrake 9.0?
On Thu, 2003-10-16 at 18:03, Lee Wiggers wrote: > On Thu, 16 Oct 2003 15:35:52 +0800 (CST) > Vincent Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi, all > > > > Is there OpenOffice 1.1 RPM for mandrake 9.0 > > available? I prefer to upgrade using RPM. If RPM is > > not available, will it cause any problem if I use OO's > > installer? > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > > > > - > > _C Yahoo! > > _C___B_B_R_A___A___b_H__ > > http://tw.promo.yahoo.com/mail_premium/stationery.html > > > > > I can only say that there is a 1.1rc4 somewhere. I got it on an > update two weeks ago. > > I also have installed oo from the oo installer with no problems, but > was on mdk 9.1 at the time. > > Lee I have 1.1rc3 installed on mdk 9.0 and 9.1 with no problems at all using the oo installer. Now off to get rc4... Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] refresh rate
On Tue, 2003-10-14 at 16:29, Tim Sawchuck wrote: > On Mon, 13 Oct 2003 21:24:29 -0700 > James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > %< snip > > > > shows that both monitors are set at 85Hz, which ain't bad. So my crawly > > > dim lines are probably caused by interference since the monitors are > > > side by side. Maybe they need an AFDB :-) That would explain why there > > > > check out where your cell phone is sitting. I'm serious here. They > > really muck with monitors. > > That's the truth. I work in the wireless biz, and I know a call is coming > a few seconds before the phone rings if I keep the phone on the desk > below the monitor shelf! > > Tim You will know more about it if it gets into the hd data cable. I have heard digital mobile phone can and have got into and corrupted hard drives. Digital mobile phones should be banned from server rooms. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] XWC - Undelete?
Midnight commander (mc) will undelete but only for ext2 file system. Gary. On Wed, 2003-10-15 at 01:39, Jason Greenwood wrote: > Anyone know how to undelete in XWC? I accidentally deleted some files > I'd dearly like to have back =( > > Cheers All, > > Jason > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Samba Again !
On Tue, 2003-09-30 at 23:42, Richard Bown wrote: > Hi All, > its that dreaded samba time again, two questions > which parameter in smb.conf(file name may be wrong) > do I set to make sure the gateway machine all ways wins elections for > master browser,? > my laptop keeps trying to take control. > Unfortunately, its got winxp on it as its an old pent 2 266MHz, and it > cannot cope with MDK9.1, not enough memory and not fast enough :(( local master = yes # winblows nt type os's default to 32, use 33 or higher to win os level = 33 domain master = yes preferred master = yes # Never set both below or samba wont work # To make samba the wins controller and point all other machine at it wins support = yes # this machine to point to a wins controller #wins server = 192.168.0.1 Without a wins controller win95/98 will call elections every 12 or 15 minutes, very noisy on local network... Gary. > > 2.my printer is an Epson C82, nice on linux :)albeit a little slower. > > the printer on the laptop is set to //firewall/printer and that prints > without problems from both my laptop and from win4lin. > But, on the laptop if you click on the printer icon, you get the status > box with "Printer on firewall access denied, unable to connect" > Any ideas what to look for, or is this just a bit of daft winsoftware.. > > TIA > Richard > > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Partitions
The saga continues. I have been reading my copy of the 9.1 Mandrake "The Definitive Manual" or in my case the confusion manual. To review I installed 9.2 on my second HD and got it bootable. Now I am trying to back up certain files from my /home directory using drakbackup. The default directory for saving the files is /var/lib. Using this directory overloads my / partition. I tried diskdrake as root to try and reduce my /home partition and move /var into the empty space. I could not unmount /home to resize it. I also noticed that my hdb drive was partitioned but not mounted. Also IIRC Anne did a TWiki on moving her /usr directory. I was unable to find it. Anne if you are reading this where did you put it? Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.1 /home in 9.2
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: You can always use your /home with several different installations. In fact it's a Good Thing(TM) to save ressources. There are noissues about that as far as data file are concerned. There are issues aboout the various subdirs which are created by the apps you use. As long as a newer version of a program uses the same file structure and ways to configure as the older version you just have to watch out for your old configuration files not to be overwritten by the newer ones. The hassle starts when a program changes this stuff. So before I share my /home with a newer distribution I back up the complete home-dir. Making backups is a Good Thing(TM)! wobo Thanks wobo. Now I need to learn how to back up to my second HD. When do you sleep. It had to be after midnight in DE when you replied. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] 9.1 /home in 9.2
I have installed 9.2 on my second HD. Using fstab I was able to open my 9.1 home directory in 9.2. My 9.1 desktop with icons appeared in 9.2. As I use 9.2, add programs and data, will this affect my use of the home directory when I go back to 9.1? Is there a way to access files in one program from the other? I can access files in windows from 9.1. However they are both on the same HD. I was amazed at how easy 9.2 loaded onto the second HD. Once I got the bootloader figured out with wobo's help. Once I get /home figured out I should be ready to play with 9.2. Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2 install
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Have you installe 9.2 LILO in the BR of the root partition of 9.2? I so, do this: In 9.1 edit your /etc/lilo.conf (as root, of course) and add: other=/dev/hda5 label="man92" Assuming your root partition of 9.2 is on hda5. Then do a nice '/sbin/lilo' with your 9.1 and you are done. Afterwards you can set your lilo.conf in 9.2 so that you don't have to see a second lilo menue. But, as they say, there are many ways to grill a dog, and I'm sure you'll read other ways here to do that. wobo It worked. I can now boot either program. I am using a second HD so I put the bootloader for 9.2 in hdb1 and changed lilo in 9.1 as you suggested and it worked. Thanks wobo. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 9.2 install
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: Gary Montalbine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schrieb am Fri, 12 Sep 2003 16:33:59 -0400: Installed 9.2 rc2 today. Everything went fine. It even found my unused second HD and installed the program there. Then a problem occurred. It seems I changed lilo in the MBR so now only 9.2 would boot up. Got back to 9.1 by using the rescue disk on CD1. An article I read about dual boot of Mandrake said the bootloader should be on the HD instead of the MBR. Unfortunately, without a reinstall I don't know how to change it. I have windows installed and that was picked up by 9.2. Suggestions please. Go back into 9.2 which has installed the lilo in MBR. Login as root into a terminal (by typing 'su' and giving the root password in the next line). 1. Type 'lilo -u' which removes lilo from the MBR. 2. Type 'lilo -b /dev/hda5' if your root partition of 9.2 is on hda5. Reboot with your CD1 of 9.1. At the Welcome screen type F1. At the prompt type 'rescue'. The installer starts but switches to rescue mode soon. Choose the first option "Re-install LILO in MBR" or similar. It looks for a Mandrake 9.1 installation and hopefully finds yours. After that you can start again from 9.1 and choose a way to integrate 9.2 into your 9.1 LILO. I had to do this today (because of carelessness) and it worked. wobo wobo I am back in 9.1. using the rescue disc. How do I get to choose between 9.1 and 9.2 at bootup? Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] 9.2 install
Installed 9.2 rc2 today. Everything went fine. It even found my unused second HD and installed the program there. Then a problem occurred. It seems I changed lilo in the MBR so now only 9.2 would boot up. Got back to 9.1 by using the rescue disk on CD1. An article I read about dual boot of Mandrake said the bootloader should be on the HD instead of the MBR. Unfortunately, without a reinstall I don't know how to change it. I have windows installed and that was picked up by 9.2. Suggestions please. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] md5sum
Charlie M. wrote I posted a link (yesterday? the day before? last week? too often? ;->) to Greg Meyer's page that will teach you how, plus I and others have posted examples recently. It ain't a hard thing to do Gary. :-) Here's another example, just "fill in the blanks," be sure you have write permissions in that directory or that you run it as super user, then hit enter. eg..: rsync -Pv --stats --progress ftp.sunet.se::Mandrake-iso/i586/MandrakeLinux-9.2rc2-CD#.i586.iso /targetdirectory/diskname and number Hint: after you enter the information to the point that you're "in the target directory" in the command above, just hit the "Tab" button to use auto-complete. Saves wear and tear on keyboards. And fingers. HTH Charlie It worked but didn't. Rsync seemed to work. However the files were not corrected. I ended up downloading them again. File sizes were the same as the bad ones. Thanks for your help. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] md5sum
Try this Gary; Open a terminal, navigate to the directory where the ISOs and .asc file are. At the command prompt type this: md5sum -c 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc You won't see much until it's done a disk but the processor will "grunt." A LOT. HTH Charlie - -- It worked. Except two out of the three CD's were bad. Maybe I can learn how to use resync now. Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] md5sum
I downloaded 9.2rc2 ISO's into a directory. Downloaded the file 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc into the same directory. Tried to do a md5sum --status. Didn't work. Tried md5sum --check. Didn't work. md5sum with each rc2 CD gives me a letter/number combination. However I have nothing to check it against. I think my problem is that I do not know what to do with the 9.2rc2.md5sums.asc file. How do you open it or use it? I remember that when I did the 9.1 ISO's a simple md5sum command checked all three CD's at once. What am I missing? I have read the md5sum help and info files. Thaks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
KevinO wrote: Here are the 'ps' and 'grep' commands being used to show that devfsd is currently running: [EMAIL PROTECTED]:58pm-kevin>> ps auxw | grep devfs root64 0.0 0.1 1756 888 ?SAug16 0:00 devfsd /dev kevin12769 0.0 0.1 1800 620 pts/1S14:58 0:00 grep devfs I did the ps and grep commands. I got almost the same thing. Except where "kevin" is listed as the user in the bottom line my user is "root". Would this make a difference? I have devfs directory in /etc. Is this the same? Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
Thanks for everyones help. Devfsd works and I also have some reading references to increase my knowledge. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
ed tharp wrote: > well they are virtual files they should be empty and I bet you do have devfs running as long as you are running a pretty recent version of MDK. I have spent the about the last three hours searching Google trying to learn about devfs. I am pretty certain that it is running and starts on bootup. However I am confused about virtual files and how they work. If a program points to dev/sound/audio and there is nothing in the file, how does it get executed? One other item of interest is that hardrake identifies my sound card correctly. If I go to control center then information then sound it does not recognize my sound card. (?) Thanks for your help, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] dev/sound
ed tharp wrote: On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 09:46, Gary Montalbine wrote: I am trying to get a program working that wants to access my Soundblaster Live card through /dev/sound. Specifically the audio file in that directory. However all the files in dev/sound are empty. Soundblaster and audio programs work. Is there some other way to access the sound card? I am using ML9.1. /dev is a 'virtual file or directory', but really should have a /dev/sound/audio. are you loading devfs? what program? maybe a link from /dev The program is linpsk. A ham radio program that takes the audio output from the radio into the line in on the sound card. It takes the audio from the sound card and puts it in a display window showing the waveform and from that you get text. The program asks for /dev/audio. This points to /dev/sound/audio which is an empty file. In fact all the files in /dev/sound are empty. How can I tell if I am loading devfs? Where is it? Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] dev/sound
I am trying to get a program working that wants to access my Soundblaster Live card through /dev/sound. Specifically the audio file in that directory. However all the files in dev/sound are empty. Soundblaster and audio programs work. Is there some other way to access the sound card? I am using ML9.1. Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] MDK Book - rant ;( - and FYI
Well spoken Kevin. I agree. I asked for URPMI information after the 9.0 book was released. I don't see much difference in the two books except for the pages not falling out. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mdk 9.2 beta1 install
Hi all, while trying to install Mandrake 9.2 beta 1 I keep getting "this package carn't be intalled/uninstalled" when trying to remove some packages I don't want. I hope this is a installer oops and not the way Mandrake is going. Half way through installing so will see how the rest goes later. Regards Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel
David Guntner wrote: James Sparenberg grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Mon, 2003-07-28 at 18:26, Avi Schwartz wrote: Mandrake should change their kernel installation instructions in the latest Security Advisory since they say there: "To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate. If you want to upgrade manually, download the updated package(s) from one of our FTP server mirrors and upgrade with "rpm -Fvh *.rpm"." Not quite... if you do Fvh... things could get real spooky. You never upgrade or freshen a kernel.. It always has to be installed (ivh ) otherwise all of the proper scripts to bind it to your computer will not get run and the end result will be.. a bit bucket. One set of instructions said to use urpmi kernel. I did and it worked. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] ntp error
James Sparenberg wrote: Cheaters way to configure it. If you have the wizards installed. (urpmi wizards will get it.) It will give you a new icon on the left called Server Configuration. Chose Time Wizard from the list (it's at the bottom scroll down.) and it will give you a list of working time servers... and set things up to a working condition. James Noticed that the only wizards rpm available in Mandrake Club was for the old ML distributions. Will the rpm also work in 9.1 or should I just try it and see. I am only trying to find a time standard to sync my box. I use nistime via windows. Would like to find a Linux counterpart. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] downloader for x
I just updated to 2.03. Under options>general>download>save downloads to this folder. or Under Queue>properties>default folder to save downloads. or Edit config file under username/.ntrc/config savepath /path-to-dir Gary. On Mon, 7 Apr 2003 03:34:03 +0100, you wrote: >i've been searching and failed to find the answer to my query so i'm hoping a >user of the above prog can help me, i'm using ver, 2.03 of downloader for x >and whenever i download a file it's saved under a local copy of the tree it >isunder on the server it is held on, i want to save the file as >/downloaddirectory/filename and not >/downloaddirectory/complete/url/to/the/file > >anyone know the setting for this cos i've scoured the options and nothing >seems to apply > >bascule Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Xchat in mdk9.1
Hi all, anyone know how to make cut and past work in xchat on mdk9.1? It would work in 9.0 but but not 9.1. Any ideas? Thanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] re:samba
On Wed, 02 Apr 2003 18:39:44 +1000, you wrote: >On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:03:21 +0100, you wrote: > >>On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 6:18 am, Gary Hodder wrote: >>> Hi Richard and others having trouble with samba. >> >>> Things to change in samba.conf over the default. >>>workgroup = homenet >>>hosts allow = 192.168.100. #change this to the class c you are on >>>os level = 34 #for samba to win election over nt/2000 workstations. >> >>Just be aware that sometimes it needs to be higher than 34 - mine is set to >>99. >> >>Anne > >Mine at home is set to 65 and is a domain controller, a bit of a overkill for >the kids one and only winblows box, the rest are Linux. >I think the browse setting for nt/2000 workstations is 33, unless i'me >mistaken that setting for the server, its been a while since a played with >that stuff. I used 65 as it was a max setting given in a samba doc so I don't >know what the upper limit is and if passing that would effect anything. > >Gary. > A bit more to add. If you don't have a domain controller or samba setup as one the winblows 9x machines will call a browse election every roughly 12 to 15 minutes to see who will be the browse master. This will cause a lot of netspewy noise on the network and in the logs. Winblows 9x browse default no. 1 I think samba defaults with everything off as 1 as well. On a side note I heard a couple of years back there was a nfs for winblows, anyone know of a gpl version of this getting around? This would be a good way to kill off netbios noise on the network. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] re:samba
On Wed, 2 Apr 2003 09:03:21 +0100, you wrote: >On Wednesday 02 Apr 2003 6:18 am, Gary Hodder wrote: >> Hi Richard and others having trouble with samba. > >> Things to change in samba.conf over the default. >>workgroup = homenet >>hosts allow = 192.168.100. #change this to the class c you are on >>os level = 34 #for samba to win election over nt/2000 workstations. > >Just be aware that sometimes it needs to be higher than 34 - mine is set to >99. > >Anne Mine at home is set to 65 and is a domain controller, a bit of a overkill for the kids one and only winblows box, the rest are Linux. I think the browse setting for nt/2000 workstations is 33, unless i'me mistaken that setting for the server, its been a while since a played with that stuff. I used 65 as it was a max setting given in a samba doc so I don't know what the upper limit is and if passing that would effect anything. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] re:samba
Hi Richard and others having trouble with samba. For a network of samba and windows but does not have a windows server/domain controller. example setup. Workgroup = homenet User = winuser Passswd = winpass Win98 user logs into windows with username winuser and passwd winpass. In control panel network, set identification/workgroup to homenet In configuration under tcp/ip of network card/wins configuration/ set to ip of samba server Give it a ip in the same class C and samba server. Things to change in samba.conf over the default. workgroup = homenet hosts allow = 192.168.100. #change this to the class c you are on os level = 34 #for samba to win election over nt/2000 workstations. domain master = yes preferred master = yes wins support = yes Add the user and passwd to samba/linux box cut below, save as etc/samba/smbpasswd # user :group change user to match windows user, change group to mach that user in /etc/group winuser:501:::[U ]:LCT-: winuser2:502:::[U ]:LCT-: cut- run smbpasswd winuser passwd winpass At this point the "X's" will change to a encrypted password. Add windows hostname and ip to /etc/hosts Edit /etc/nsswtched hosts line to hosts: files dns nisplus nis Restart samba. Restart windows to flush cache and try to connect again. This is from memory and most likely left something out. Gary. On 01 Apr 2003 21:31:05 +0100, you wrote: >Sorry Guys, this is getting a pain !!! >I have at last managed to get the windows machine to see the linux >machine, albeit its still very wrong. >If I use the find computers in the entire section of winblows network >neighbourhood, it will find it and show the shares if I use the ip >address of the linux machine, either the static address use on the >internal port or the dynamic ip address on the internet port. >The permissions are still wrong as it refused access to the printer, >even though it was shown. >The netbios name is not being picked up by the winblows machine. >I have changed the netbios name to something else as was suggested. > >Bill Gates must hold the record for causing more suffering than anyone >else ! > >Richard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] samba]
On Tue, 01 Apr 2003 10:25:26 +1200, you wrote: >ok, got the winpcs changed to the MDKGROUP. Without stuffing about >trying to get users to have access to their home directories, is there >an EASY way to allow anyone on the LAN to have access to the >/home/public directory for sharing files from there?? In the /etc/samba.conf file down near the bottom you will see a section like this, edit to you liking. # A publicly accessible directory, but read only, except for people in # the "staff" group [public] comment = Public Stuff path = /home//public # open to everyone public = yes # writable no, if you want all to write to it change to yes writable = no #if writable no, a list of users that can write. a @ is for a group and no @ is for users only. place a comma between users. write list = @staff Make sure permissions are set correctly on /home/public and restart samba. Gary. > >Cheers > >Jason Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mozilla not responding to size changes
I'm mainly a gnome user and have recently been having problems with Mozilla. I prefer to use it as a window and not maximize. At times I will maximize it to read an article and them un-maximize. I can exit the program with it un-maximize and restart it and it opens maximize. I can click to un-maximize it but still have to manually resize it because it remains full screen. Any Ideas on how to fix this. Thanks for your time in advance. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] gdm
I changed the desktop manager for the default to gdm. Now when I log out and shut down the system I get a failed concerning the desktop manager. Is this normal for Mandrake or is it something I should be concerned with. Thanks Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Nvidia Kernel Driver
I downloaded the src files form NVIDIA and rebuild them and they work great. Gary On Thu, 2003-03-27 at 01:52, alan wrote: > On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Birkoff wrote: > > > You have to download the sources for the kernel and glx from nvidia and > > compile yourself. also under some circumstances you have to modify the > > sources (the Makefile if i remember corectly). > > I have not tried building this for Mandrake 9.1 yet. > > If Mandrake has backported the nptl thread library into the kernel and > glibc like Redhat 9.0 does, then it is not going to work. > > The nptl threads from the 2.5.x kernel use segment registers that the > nVIDIA driver's opengl code uses. The collision is double-plus ungood. > > If it is a similar issue (and like I said, I don't know if Mandrake has > done this in 9.1) then you will have a problem. > > I will be ordering my copy of 9.1 after payday. > > > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] upgrading
On 25 Mar 2003 15:34:55 -0800, you wrote: > >Wonder if it would if it were possible to rebuild the 9.1 urpmi >backwards to 8.1... but I don't think you can. However I did do a >sucessful CD based upgrade from 8.0 to 9.1 the other day.. The really >neat one was trying (just for fun) to go from RH 7.0 to MDK 9.0 it >worked sorta... Some package naming differences caught me out but it was >fun to try. > >James > What did you end up with, a red-drake :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mdk 9.1 rc2 and radeon 7000
On 24 Mar 2003 22:48:04 +1100, you wrote: >At the moment I need a warranty replacement card. The card died when I >got home and turned the computer on. >So could be a while before I get to try those drivers. >RC1 is running ok on a old pci card, now to update it. Make that RC2, for mine the update is 847mb. It would be nice if the command line update had a estimated completion time. Now that I need a replacement card what is the best dual head card that doesn't cost a arm and a leg and work with Xfree4.3? Or would I be better going for 2 single head cards, if so what are the good choices? Thanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mdk 9.1 rc2 and radeon 7000
At the moment I need a warranty replacement card. The card died when I got home and turned the computer on. So could be a while before I get to try those drivers. RC1 is running ok on a old pci card, now to update it. Thanks Gary. On Mon, 2003-03-24 at 22:30, Seppo Jarvinen wrote: > get GATOS Drivers for 4.3 and your problems should be solved. My Radeon > AIW (r100 chip) wouldn't even start XFree without those, it just > promptly crashed the whole computer (Booting it) > > url: http://gatos.sf.net/ > > You need the ati.2 driver atleast. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Mdk 9.1 rc2 and radeon 7000
Hi all, has anyone got the radeon 7000 video card to work with rc2 which uses Xfree 4.3? It works fine on mdk 9.0 Xfree 4.2 in single head. I Have got the dri drivers to try out tonight. Any gotcha's that I should know about? Thanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems after uipgrading via cooker
On 22 Mar 2003 21:20:16 -0800, you wrote: > For the impatient..(of which I am one) download the last rc iso... >then add a cooker mirror for updates do urpmi --update --auto >--auto-select and wait about 45 minutes. Then grab the kernel and do >rpm -ivh on the kernel and poof you are running 9.1... > >James >> Is there a way to auto get the required updated rpm's to save them locally. I want to update other machines and don't want each machine to download from the net. I could then copy those files to the rc2 directory and burn them as 9.1 final. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems after uipgrading via cooker
On 22 Mar 2003 10:56:15 -0800, you wrote: >On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 15:09, Gary Hodder wrote: >> I am downloading 9.1 from cooker. >> I have about 1/3 the files from the rpms directory and thats 865mb. Why >> so many files in rpms, then theres rpms.cooker and rpms2. How big is >> 9.1? >> >> Thanks >> Gary. >3 x 650mb (the number of disks in the set.) or 1950mb > >James > There are over 2 gig in the rpms directory, then there's the rpms2 and rpms-cooker. I don't have the rpms2 or rpms-cooker but going to try a ftp install to another box to see if it works. If this don't work i'll wait for the 9.1 final and start again. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Problems after uipgrading via cooker
I am downloading 9.1 from cooker. I have about 1/3 the files from the rpms directory and thats 865mb. Why so many files in rpms, then theres rpms.cooker and rpms2. How big is 9.1? Thanks Gary. On Sat, 2003-03-22 at 05:58, James Sparenberg wrote: > On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 09:12, Stephen Kitchener wrote: > > Ok thanks, > > > > I'll install 9.1 rc2 then > > > > In theory disks are do out ASAP for 9.1 final if you don't have them and > can wait through till Sunday it might be worth it. Note that rc2 is a > bit buggy... Not unusable.. just flaky.. over DSL after installing rc2 > the final update will take about 45 minutes to an hour. (based on what I > did for a friend yesterday.) Note... once you do the upgrade grab the > cooker kernel and sit back and smile because you will have 9.1 complete. > > James > > PS. (be sure and merge all rc files by searching for rpmnew files and > moving them/merging them correctly.) > > > > On Fri, 2003-03-21 at 16:53, Sascha Noyes wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > On Friday 21 March 2003 11:43, Stephen Kitchener wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I know that I should expect problems in using cooker, but I wanted to > > > > look a quanta without it crashing, so I added a cooker url and did a > > > > urpmi quanta, it suggested that it wanted to update various packages, in > > > > them were some kde packakages and xfree packages. > > > > > > > > After the 'upgrade', all the apps that I started where very wide, and I > > > > mean VERY wide, even the menu entries from the K were wider than the > > > > screen. the login screen is also unusable for the same reason. > > > > > > > > I wonder if anyone has seen this before and knows how to get out of it > > > > ?, I did think of trying to do a complete update to cooker, but that was > > > > 1500MB, and over a DSL link thats going to take some time... > > > > > > > > The base installation is 9.0 btw. > > > > > > You can´t install cooker apps on 9.0 and expect it to work. You need the whole > > > cooker system. > > > > > > Best, > > > Sascha Noyes > > > - -- > > > Please encrypt all correspondence. > > > PGP key available from: > > > http://individual.utoronto.ca/noyes/snoyes.asc > > > - -- > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.1 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQE+e0N4gzJdfX+cTW8RAtTPAJkBfkaEZdM/0ZTIwBjkkqJMBDLGXACfVWaz > > > r3uCSvkQb16ud44KMp5qdKI= > > > =MlGH > > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE very slow in mdk9.1
Thanks to all who replied. It seems logical that it would sit there forever trying to do a lookup on a unknown lo interface. My sons away for the weekend and don't know his root passwd so wont know the outcome till sunday night. I'm looking forward to the results before upgrading my box. Thanks all, Gary. ps disregard any old mail of mine that might come through late as i've just moved my mail lists to my home domain in the last couple of days. There was no reverse lookup on my ip so mail was rejected. My isp has now happily pointed it at my domain, thanks Igreen. On 14 Mar 2003 15:05:31 -0800, you wrote: >OK Due to circumstances beyond my desire... I managed to duplicate >this last night... (for reasons beyond me all my comps are dying the >death of a thousand bytes in rapid succession) The problem was lo not >starting correctly... the solution... either > >a) restart network by hand after boot and make sure lo comes up. (I'm on >pcmcia btw so ntwork doesn't start at boot because it happens before >pcmcia gets loaded... don't ask I'm told this is correct.) > > >b) install a printer... seems that cups brings up lo correctly > >James > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE very slow in mdk9.1
It is the latest as of a couple of days. It boots up ok and is quick in text mode. When running kde it starts loading ok, brings up the kde box and goes through those items and then it disappears. All that is left is the blue screen, its just stops there, 20 mins later still only blue screen. (All that blue screen needs is Death written on it and it would remind me of winblows). Gnome dies at a similar stage as well. He's trying different video cards so we'll see how that goes. Looks like i've a lot more downloading to do. Thanks Gary. On 13 Mar 2003 15:07:15 -0800, you wrote: > >Gary If he's downloaded and run the last iso's for RC2 then yes KDE was >slow... do the needed updates from the latest in cooker (keep doing >through the weekend and you'll have 9.1 release!) and you should notice >a very large improvement. On my 500mhz box here I run Ice but if I try >to start Konq now it takes about 2 sec to start... so running in kde >should be even faster. > >James > >> >> >> >> __ >> >> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] MS crud
Hi all, any way to stop getting over run with this crud. The start of each line has been removed to protect the guilty. Thanks Gary. xxx.xxx.com [ip-of-host] - - [09/Mar/2003:15:10:58 +1100] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 300 1100] "GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 298 1100] "GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 308 v1100] "GET /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 308 1100] "GET /scripts/..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 322 1100]"GET/_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 339 1100]"GET/_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 339 1100]"GET/msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 355 1100] "GET /scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 321 1100] "GET /scripts/..%c0%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 321 1100] "GET /scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 321 1100] "GET /scripts/..%c1%9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 321 1100] "GET /scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 305 1100] "GET /scripts/..%%35c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 305 1100] "GET /scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 322 1100] "GET /scripts/..%252f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 322 1100] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 300 1100] "GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 298 1100] "GET /c/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 308 1100] "GET /d/winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 308 1100] "GET /scripts/..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 322 1100]"GET/_vti_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 339 1100]"GET/_mem_bin/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 339 1100]"GET/msadc/..%255c../..%255c../..%255c/..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 355 1100] "GET /scripts/..%c1%1c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 321 1100] "GET /scripts/..%c0%2f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 321 1100] "GET /scripts/..%c0%af../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 321 1100] "GET /scripts/..%c1%9c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 321 1100] "GET /scripts/..%%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 305 1100] "GET /scripts/..%%35c../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 400 305 1100] "GET /scripts/..%25%35%63../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 322 1100] "GET /scripts/..%252f../winnt/system32/cmd.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 322 1100] "GET /scripts/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 300 1100] "GET /MSADC/root.exe?/c+dir HTTP/1.0" 404 298 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
Is lilo installed on hdb? Boot from floppy with hdb removed. linux root=/dev/hdc? ? being partition number. run lilo and reboot to see if it boots from hard drive. Gary. On Monday 10 March 2003 09:34 pm, Mark Watts wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > > Ok, answers to questions: > > No, I wasnt using cable select. > > No, I wasnt changing any jumpers. > > This has nothing to do with fstab - that doesnt get processed at the lilo > point. > > > With all 3 drives in, I get a lilo prompt. > > With hdb removed I get LI LI LI LI... > > hdb is NOT mentioned in lilo.conf, so why does removing that drive affect > lilo? > > Cheers. > > Mark. > > > On Friday 07 March 2003 09:33 pm, Gary Hodder wrote: > > > Hi Mark, > > > > > > with the 3 drives in and it boots normally, edit the fstab file and > > > change the hdc? to hdb? > > > ? being the partition number. > > > Change lilo to be hdb instead of hdc. > > > Reboot with a floppy, at lilo promp: linux root=/dev/hdb? > > > ? being the partition number the os is on. > > > Run lilo. > > > Reboot to boot from kernel on harddrive. > > > > > > Gary. > > > > and next time, don't use "cable select" as the way to choice master and > > slave HDs, use the jumpers on the drive itself. > > > > > On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 22:19, Mark Watts wrote: > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > I have a system with 3 harddrives in it (hda = Windows, hdb = spare > > > > (part XFS, part FAT32) and hdc = Linux (resierfs). > > > > I installed Windows first, followed by 9.0 on hdc, and chose to > > > > install lilo to hda's boot sector. > > > > This has been working just fine since I installed. > > > > I've come to a point where I'm moving hdb out of the system... > > > > Whenever I remove it, I get the ubiquitos LI LI LI LI LI across the > > > > screen, indicating that lilo is toast. Putting the drive back makes > > > > everything work as before. > > > > > > > > 2 questions: > > > > > > > > 1) Should lilo really be doing this, bearing in mind that hdb isnt > > > > mentioned in lilo.conf (It has an old 8.2 install I havent removed > > > > yet on it, but I'd have to make a boot disk to boot from it). > > > > > > > > 2) If I re-reun lilo (from a rescue cd and chrooting stuff) without > > > > changing lilo.conf, will that fix the LI LI LI issue? > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > > > Mark. > > > > > > > > - -- > > > > Mark Watts > > > > Systems Engineer > > > > QinetiQ TIM > > > > St Andrews Road, Malvern > > > > GPG Public Key available on request. > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > > > iD8DBQE+aIA5Bn4EFUVUIO0RAhuvAKCzIzCZDqFlr6+RWzdSEmrpglnB8QCgxetA > > > > gfpHOl0qRleNXs2VLEiSQcY= > > > > =wfFV > > > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > - -- > Mark Watts > Systems Engineer > QinetiQ TIM > St Andrews Road, Malvern > GPG Public Key available on request. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+bGpLBn4EFUVUIO0RAkDeAJ0WLGqDCacQRyYIE0O2qNY5kCZ6BgCeNPsc > S+knuDCAmZocwoLKJ8l15tU= > =11Y0 > -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] KDE very slow in mdk9.1
Hi all, my son's just loaded mdk 9.1 on his machine and finds kde runs very slow, much slower than 9.0. The machine is a celeron 400 with 96mb ram. I wont find out more till I get home. Are there any ideas that he could try in the mean time? Thanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Lilo with multiple hard drives...
Hi Mark, with the 3 drives in and it boots normally, edit the fstab file and change the hdc? to hdb? ? being the partition number. Change lilo to be hdb instead of hdc. Reboot with a floppy, at lilo promp: linux root=/dev/hdb? ? being the partition number the os is on. Run lilo. Reboot to boot from kernel on harddrive. Gary. On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 22:19, Mark Watts wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Hi, > > I have a system with 3 harddrives in it (hda = Windows, hdb = spare (part XFS, > part FAT32) and hdc = Linux (resierfs). > I installed Windows first, followed by 9.0 on hdc, and chose to install lilo > to hda's boot sector. > This has been working just fine since I installed. > I've come to a point where I'm moving hdb out of the system... > Whenever I remove it, I get the ubiquitos LI LI LI LI LI across the screen, > indicating that lilo is toast. Putting the drive back makes everything work > as before. > > 2 questions: > > 1) Should lilo really be doing this, bearing in mind that hdb isnt mentioned > in lilo.conf (It has an old 8.2 install I havent removed yet on it, but I'd > have to make a boot disk to boot from it). > > 2) If I re-reun lilo (from a rescue cd and chrooting stuff) without changing > lilo.conf, will that fix the LI LI LI issue? > > Cheers, > > Mark. > > - -- > Mark Watts > Systems Engineer > QinetiQ TIM > St Andrews Road, Malvern > GPG Public Key available on request. > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.0.7 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQE+aIA5Bn4EFUVUIO0RAhuvAKCzIzCZDqFlr6+RWzdSEmrpglnB8QCgxetA > gfpHOl0qRleNXs2VLEiSQcY= > =wfFV > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert]STOP the presses!! WAS: And the fun continues (it's d ead again)
On Wed, 15 Jan 2003 14:53:44 -0500, you wrote: >I'm getting these. I'm using my work address for this discussion. > >I agree that port 25 is dead. The question is: Why & How? > >The line in /etc/services is fine. It's uncommented. >smtp IS included in bastille-firewall.cfg >postfix "is" running. > >I have no clue as to what closed that port! And I've rebooted a couple >of times. So what ever is doing it, is persistant! > >BTW: I "can" get messages out. Just not in. > >Ric Hi Ric, Is port 25 blocked by the isp, some isp's block port 25 incoming to the user on home accounts to stop people running mail servers. Can you borrow a old box from work and load a text only Mdk on it and leave the box wide open, then moved your mail setting to it to see if that works. If that works then move your firewall to it to see if that works. A process of elimination will eventually find it. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Radeon 7000 duel head
Hi all, anyone got a Radeon 7000 duel head video card to work with Mdk 9? I only get the same display out both monitors. Thanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] ppp-on script speed in messages
Hi all, anyone know what to add to the ppp-on script to show the connection speed of the dialup connection in the messages log? Thanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Dlink DLW-520+ driver
Hi all, anyone know of a Linux driver for the Dlink DLW-520+ 22mbs wireless card? If not is there any other solution apart from winblows? Thanks Gary. Gary Hodder Amateur Radio, VK2KCF A Victorian lost in Griffith NSW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] hack attack analysis second attempt
On Sat, 30 Nov 2002 11:13:19 -0700, you wrote: >Here catch: > >http://www.student.hk-r.se/~pt98jan/colortail.html > I tried to install colortail and found it required regex. Found gnu regex-0.12.tar.gz, but it wont compile, it says it carnt find ecircle. Any ideas for a fix or is there a Mdk regex rpm I can try? Thanks Gary. Gary Hodder Amateur Radio, VK2KCF A Victorian lost in Griffith NSW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Modem speeds (slow kbps on dial in server)
On Mon, 18 Nov 2002 10:25:08 -, you wrote: >Hi All, > >I have created a dial up account to my home system (MDK 8.2). I dial up >using my laptop to get/check email etc. Although reading the howtos and the >connection being very stable using AutoPPP, the laptop (Win2K) never reports >more than 28kbps, however, when I dial to my ISP directly the laptop gets >56kbps. So I am wondering if I am missing something on my MDK dial-in >server. All settings for the modem port speed are 115200 and the mgetty >speed for comm is also at 115200. I would like to get 56kbps on this dial up >link, so if anyone has got any experiance and could shed any light on this >slow connection I would be grateful. > >David. > Hi David, if you want 56k dialin connection to your server, your server will require a digital modem and link to the exchange. If you have a 56k modem hooked to a anologue (pots) line on you server you cannot get any higher speed than 33.6k. Read up on digital to anologue and analogue to digital conversions to find out why. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] html front end to pine?
On Sun, 17 Nov 2002 09:16:05 -0800 (PST), you wrote: >Hello, > My son is in 1st grade and he uses the computer quite a bit in >school. His teacher asked if I could provide him with an email address >which he could use to send and receive email from school. That's not a >problem, I can setup an account on our server for him. I use a program >called putty.exe when I'm accessing our server from outside on a windows >based computer and it allows me to ssh in and have a terminal just as >though I were sitting right at my desk - he could use that; the school is >pretty picky when it comes to putting software on their computers though. >I would like to make an html front-end to access the mail program (or >pine) something similar to yahoo or hotmail but without all the crappy ads >and weird email you get on those. I know I can come up with something, >but I was wondering if someone had already designed something similar to >what I'm talking about? > > >Thanks, Mike You could setup webmail on your server, then they can access there mail using Internet Exploder or whatever browser they use. It works very well and doesn't have the junk adds. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Avifile player
On Wed, 13 Nov 2002 10:57:57 -0500, you wrote: >The video card has nothing to do with the problem. > >/usr/lib/libqavm-0.7.so.0 is provided by libavifile0.7-0.7.18. >So you still have it installed instead of -16. > >All the 'new' pkgs must be removed before the others will work. > >Do: urpmi -e libavifile >That should remove it and all pkgs which depend upon it. >Do the same for libfontconfig/fontconfig if you still have the Cooker >version of it installed. >Then, if you have added a 9.0 Contrib to your sources do: >urpmi avifile-player >This should install the player and the needed depends. > >If you receive errors when uninstalling/installing copy/paste the error >to next post. > > >Charles Hi Charles, The 32mb nvidia card was on loan to see if it was worth upgrading to a new video card. I've got my old S3 4mb 3d card back in and all is working fine again. I used midnight commander to look inside the rpm's to see what libraries were installed. Manually removed the .18 libraries and links and reinstalled .16. Any opinions on a good video card that doesn't use the nvidia chipset, dual head and tvout would be nice if cheep enough. I'm not interested in playing gamed on it. Tanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Avifile player
On 12 Nov 2002 09:36:09 +, you wrote: >On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 02:22, Gary wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> I just changed the video card to a nVidia NV11 (gforce 2 mx) 32mb and trying >> to install avifile. >> Could anyone who has installed avifile with this card let me know what files >> you installed on Mdk9. >> >> [root@sandy avifile-cooker]# rpm -i avifile-player-0.7.18-1mdk.i586.rpm >> error: failed dependencies: >> libfontconfig.so.1 is needed by avifile-player-0.7.18-1mdk >> [root@sandy avifile-cooker]# rpm -i libfontconfig1-2.0-4mdk.i586.rpm >> error: failed dependencies: >> fontconfig >= 2.0 is needed by libfontconfig1-2.0-4mdk >> [root@sandy avifile-cooker]# rpm -i fontconfig-2.0-4mdk.i586.rpm >> error: failed dependencies: >> libfontconfig.so.1 is needed by fontconfig-2.0-4mdk >> >> Now am I or it confused?? > >This can happen with rpm (dependency hell). Make sure your urpm sources >are correctly set up and do a "urpmi avifile-player" and let it sort it >all out for you. > >Alternatively you can install all 3 packages at once "rpm -i pkg1 pkg2 >pkg3" I did a rpm -i *fontconfig* to install the packages and that worked fine. The aviplayer would not run. Now I carnt remove these packages. Reinstalling the old packages gives the following when trying to run aviplay. [root@sandy avifile-mdk9]# aviplay aviplay: relocation error: /usr/lib/libqavm-0.7.so.0: undefined symbol: static_QUType_varptr Any ideas on how to fix this? I think it was a bad idea getting a nvidia card as all worked fine before then. Thanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Avifile player
On Tue, 12 Nov 2002 06:56:24 -0500, you wrote: >On 12 Nov 2002 09:36:09 + >Alex Bennee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> On Tue, 2002-11-12 at 02:22, Gary wrote: > >> > >> > [root@sandy avifile-cooker]# rpm -i >> > avifile-player-0.7.18-1mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: >> > libfontconfig.so.1 is needed by avifile-player-0.7.18-1mdk > >> >> This can happen with rpm (dependency hell). Make sure your urpm >> sources are correctly set up and do a "urpmi avifile-player" and let >> it sort it all out for you. > >The problem he is having is because he is trying to install the >Cooker-Contrib version of avifile-player instead of the 9.0-Contrib >version. > >Charles > Hi Charles was trying to do the right thing and download off a local mirror. I use planetmirror as it is fast for us here in Australia, well when there's no major Linux release :) There is no contrib in Mdk9. There is a devel and under that there are cooker and contrib directories. All the avifile parts loaded ok but failed to run. Will look around for another local mirror that has Mdk9 contrib. Thanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Avifile player
Hi all, I just changed the video card to a nVidia NV11 (gforce 2 mx) 32mb and trying to install avifile. Could anyone who has installed avifile with this card let me know what files you installed on Mdk9. [root@sandy avifile-cooker]# rpm -i avifile-player-0.7.18-1mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: libfontconfig.so.1 is needed by avifile-player-0.7.18-1mdk [root@sandy avifile-cooker]# rpm -i libfontconfig1-2.0-4mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: fontconfig >= 2.0 is needed by libfontconfig1-2.0-4mdk [root@sandy avifile-cooker]# rpm -i fontconfig-2.0-4mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies: libfontconfig.so.1 is needed by fontconfig-2.0-4mdk Now am I or it confused?? Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work in linux????
On Fri, 8 Nov 2002 23:31:02 -0700, you wrote: >So, I have to ask: why is it so difficult to get a wireless card to work >under linux? > This works for a Dlink 11meg card and I used I think linux-wlan-1.14. This was a little while back and I now have a 22meg Dlink which has a different chipset and not supported by Linux. modprobe prism2_pci wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_ifstate ifstate=enable wlanctl-ng wlan0 lnxreq_autojoin ssid= authtype=opensystem ifconfig wlan0 netmask broadcast route add default gw At this point it should work but mine didnt. I had to do a extra /etc/rc.d/init.d/wlan stop /etc/rc.d/init.d/wlan start then it would magically start working. Hope that helps Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Root login timeout
Hi James, the security level is standard and carnt go lower in MCC. The security permissions is level 2. Just did a telnet from another box and it hasnt timed out where the dumb terminal has, looks like its a agetty thing. Tried S1:345:respawn:/sbin/agetty -t 28800 9600 ttyS1 but that didn't work either. Gary. On Sun, 2002-10-27 at 13:28, James Sparenberg wrote: > Someone had mentioned once that the highest setting in msec actually has > a login timeout. Backing off the highest level or changeing the setting > in /etc/msec should help. > > James > > (My cure for msec problems is a bit more drastic... rpm -e msec *grin*) > > On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 10:30, Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: > > hi gary > > > > okay its a global setting since it affects both root > > and others. what is your security setting? how about > > trying to lower the security level just to test > > whether this also happens. > > > > im running out of ideas ... its already draining my > > 1/8 brain =P > > > > cheers > > dianne > > > > --- Gary Hodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Hi Dianne, > > > > > > logging out happens for root and other users. > > > Leaving it at a login prompt and not logging in, it > > > recycles the login > > > prompt with another. > > > So if you login and do nothing it logs out after a > > > 15 minutes. > > > This behavior did not happen in 8.2, its only in 9. > > > > > > Gary. > > > > > > On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 00:09, Dianne Marie Montesa > > > wrote: > > > > hi gary > > > > > > > > not sure what is really happening on your system. > > > i > > > > dont have a serial dumb terminal to simulate it. > > > but > > > > maybe i can help you troubleshoot whats causing > > > it. > > > > > > > > and i think it has nothing to do with agetty since > > > you > > > > already passed stage after you logged in. the > > > problem > > > > could be some setting after you logged in. > > > > > > > > does the logging out only happen to root user? > > > > are you logged-out by the system even if you dont > > > run > > > > the menu script you mentioned? > > > > have you checked that menu script whether it has a > > > > timeout set? > > > > > > > > hth > > > > dianne > > > > > > > > > > > > --- Gary Hodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > Hi Dianne, > > > > > > > > > > I have checked checked bash --verbose and > > > TMOUT=0 > > > > > The timeout only happens on the dumb terminal > > > > > plugged in via a serial > > > > > port and not on the console. > > > > > Have tried adding a long timeout on the agetty > > > > > command line in inattab > > > > > with no luck. > > > > > What else can I try? > > > > > > > > > > Thanks > > > > > Gary. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > __ > > > > Do you Yahoo!? > > > > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > > > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > > > MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > > MandrakeSoft? > > > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > > __ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Root login timeout
Hi Dianne, logging out happens for root and other users. Leaving it at a login prompt and not logging in, it recycles the login prompt with another. So if you login and do nothing it logs out after a 15 minutes. This behavior did not happen in 8.2, its only in 9. Gary. On Sat, 2002-10-26 at 00:09, Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: > hi gary > > not sure what is really happening on your system. i > dont have a serial dumb terminal to simulate it. but > maybe i can help you troubleshoot whats causing it. > > and i think it has nothing to do with agetty since you > already passed stage after you logged in. the problem > could be some setting after you logged in. > > does the logging out only happen to root user? > are you logged-out by the system even if you dont run > the menu script you mentioned? > have you checked that menu script whether it has a > timeout set? > > hth > dianne > > > --- Gary Hodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi Dianne, > > > > I have checked checked bash --verbose and TMOUT=0 > > The timeout only happens on the dumb terminal > > plugged in via a serial > > port and not on the console. > > Have tried adding a long timeout on the agetty > > command line in inattab > > with no luck. > > What else can I try? > > > > Thanks > > Gary. > > > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] autofs not unmounting
I tried the below On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 06:10, Bryan Whitehead wrote: > Milos Prudek wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I was looking forward to use supermount but it does not work very well > > in Mandrake 9.0. Details in separate post. So I tried autofs. > > > > Autofs in Mandrake 9.0 mounts drives automatically, but does not unmount > > them when timeout expires. They must by umounted manually. > > > > auto.master: > > /mnt/etc/auto.drives --timeout=20 > > Ignore bropken man pages and do this: > Did this for auto.master > /mnt/etc/auto.drives --timeout 20 > > the = doesn't work. use a space. > > I have over 20 linux workstations with autofs working fine. Took awile > to track down this problem. > > Did this for auto.drive > > auto.drives: > > cdrom -fstype=iso9660,ro,nosuid,nodev :/dev/cdrom > > floppy -fstype=auto,user,rw:/dev/fd0 Started autofs and all the mount points under /mnt had disappeared making it impossible to go to say the cdrom using mc. Also is there a fix for the cdrom and floppy icons on the desktop to work? Currently got everything back on manual mounting. Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Root login timeout
Hi Dianne, I have checked checked bash --verbose and TMOUT=0 The timeout only happens on the dumb terminal plugged in via a serial port and not on the console. Have tried adding a long timeout on the agetty command line in inattab with no luck. What else can I try? Thanks Gary. On Thu, 2002-10-24 at 22:38, Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: > hi gary > > check out an environment variable TMOUT from your > system's /etc/profile or your own profile ~/.profile. > > its the one that controls logging out when there was > no activity for a period of time. > > man bash to know more about it. > > hth > dianne > > --- Gary Hodder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I use a dumb terminal to login and run a menu script > > as root. > > After a short period of no activity the session is > > automatically logged > > out. > > How can I stop this or increase the time before auto > > logout? > > > > Thanks > > Gary. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > MandrakeSoft? > > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Y! Web Hosting - Let the expert host your web site > http://webhosting.yahoo.com/ > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Root login timeout
Hi all, I use a dumb terminal to login and run a menu script as root. After a short period of no activity the session is automatically logged out. How can I stop this or increase the time before auto logout? Thanks Gary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Probelms on shutting
Hi Thomas, I had this problem to. First I disables the autofs in the run levels. Kill the 2 proccess's that were made by autofs, ones a /net mount. This will remove them from mtab. Comment out the 2 lines in auto.master. This will allow it to shutdown properly and restart without trying to fsck it to death. Thats as far as I got as I am not at home to look more. Hope that helps. Gary. On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 05:52, Thomas Satzinger wrote: > The following error msg keeps my system from shutting down properly > > Okt 4 11:18:56 localhost umount: Cannot MOUNTPROG RPC: RPC: Program not > registered > Okt 4 11:18:56 localhost umount: umount2: Device or resource busy > Okt 4 11:18:56 localhost umount: umount: /net: Das Gerät wird momentan noch > benutzt > Okt 4 11:18:56 localhost netfs: NFS Dateisysteme aushängen: failed > > > Can anybody tell me whats going wrong here? > > Thanks > Thomas > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rpm --rebuild
etc/alternatives was were I changed the symlinks. That seemed to correct the symlink problem. Everything went fine until I got to the g++ -c error near the end of the build. I can not find a libgcc3.2. I have libgcc3.0.4 installed which matches the g++, gcc and cpp files. HoytDuff wrote: >> > > >Look at the links in /etc/alternative and soo if that helps > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] rpm --rebuild
I am using the commercial 3 CD set of LM 8.2. I have tried to do a rpm --rebuild of rpmfind and a rpm --rebuild of db3...src.rpm. I keep getting errors in the g++, gcc and cpp0 links. Apparently there are two versions installed and they are intermixed. I doubt that I am the only one having this problem. Is there a patch or other fix for this problem? I cannot find anything in the archives or elsewhere. Thanks, Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Making the power button a hybernate button
On 14 Jul 2002 14:18:40 +0300, Raider wrote: ... > I've seen that you can suspend your computer by just hitting the power > button... and turn it back on by hitting the same button. I've seen > this on an Win2k box. > > Can this be done on my MDK8.2 as well? I don't need all the reboot as I > rarely change anything in the hardware configuration. And I would also > like to turn off my computer from time to time and turn it back on > without waiting for all the config files to be run. I agree with this concept for desktops, even more so laptops. LM 8.1 on my Sony VAIO PCG-SR7K laptop sort of understands suspend mode, but there are some issues to resolve before it is really useful. o I can enter suspend by pressing Fn+Esc or sliding the power switch off. I don't see any difference. o I can resume by pressing any key (I recommend shift to minimize surprise) or sliding the power switch. o When my session restarts the time switches from local to gmt. hwclock --hctosys corrects, but must su first. o USB mouse stops working, touchpad mouse works. Only way to get USB mouse back is to reboot (restart X). BTW, cat /dev/usbmouse shows data arriving, so fault must be with X. o 802.11B PC-CARD NIC works. I would like a hibernate option, too (write out session to HD and full powerdown) but suspend is more importent for mobil use. --+---+---+-- Gary Dunn Open Slate Project http://www.aloha.com/~knowtree/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] galeon problem
On Fri, 2002-06-28 at 15:30, Todd Lyons wrote: > Get the mozilla-1.2.5.src.rpm from the Cooker SRPMS directory and > recompile it on your machine with: > rpm --rebuild mozilla-1.2.5.src.rpm > > It will tell you if you need to install additional development packages. > Make sure to use urpmi to install them and you should be ok. > > When it finishes, there will be a shiny brand new rpm in > /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i586 Is this specific to 8.2 or will it work with 8.1? Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] WACOM USB tablet with 8.1?
[new] Anybody have a WACOM USB tablet working with LM 8.1? Can it be done without building a new kernel? [old] I finally got my Sony USB mouse to work with LM 8.1 on my VAIO laptop. Problem was too much out of date info on the 'net. No need to add modules or create /dev/input/mice. In the end, all I had to do was edit /etc/sysconfig/usb and change mouse=no to (da dah) mouse=yes and create /dev/usbmouse with a symbolic link to /dev/misc/psaux. After that, cat /dev/usbmouse produced all sorts of wunnerfull junk on the screen. The last step was to edit /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 and add a second PS/2 mouse fed by /dev/usbmouse. My only complaint now is that after unplugging the mouse it does not return when I plug it back in, even tho /var/log/messages shows it was found and recognized. XFree86 doesn't appear to have a way to cope with hot plugging a USB mouse. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Name of hard spam blocker
Awhile back I read about a program that would refuse to accept mail from senders not on an approved list maintained by the recipient. I would like to experiment with such a program. I use POP3 to a vanilla local ISP (PIXI.NET, very nice, small, local Honolulu ISP, been with them for years). Currently I use Evolution (LM 8.1) to pick up the mail directly. I anticipate having to change to something like fetchmail, to provide a place -- a hook -- where the blocking can occur. The key to this filter's functionality is that I don't have to predict an expression to block unwanted mail. All mail is treated as unwanted until I say it can be delivered. When someone not on my list sends me a message, they receive an automatic reply with instructions how to get around the block. This is slightly annoying to real people, but effective against spammers who use bogus return addresses. What programs can be used for this? Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wlan HowTo
On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 02:01, Tom Badran wrote: > On Friday 24 May 2002 12:33 am, you wrote: > > No such thing. I've been trying to get a U.S. Robotics wireless card to > > work on a Sony VAIO PCG-SR7. I finally gave up trying LM8.2 and switched > > to Debian; I'm a lot closer, but still unsuccessful. > > I had to borrow a wirelass card (lucent chipset i believe) to do a > presentation at college, and i just plugged it in in place of my normal > pcmcia lan card and it worked perfectly. Im still to find a pcmcia network > card (and ive tried many) that didnt just plug in and work with my laptop. As > long as networking is configured (i find linuxconf most flexible and > reliable) then everything should just work. This is true for me with both > DHCP and static IP. > > You might find that the cards modules are auto loaded (they probably are) but > you may have to do an 'ifup eth0' as root, as the pcmcia-cs package that > shipped with 8.2 didnt autload everything properly. > Yours is exactly the kind of experience I was hoping to have with LM. I believe my problems started with my VAIO, which uses the one and only PCMCIA slot to host the CD-ROM -- the installer thought I didn't have a PCMCIA device. By any chance were you using WEP encryption? The last stumbling block for me with LM8.2 was that I could not set my WEP key. --gd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] not a valid block device
On Thu, 2002-05-23 at 06:10, Albert E. Whale wrote: > [snip] Just > recently the mount command has issued the following errors: > > mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device > > How do I get rid of this message which just started to occur? I've gotten this on bad left brain days. Problem was I had reversed the order of the command line args, like "mount /mnt/floppy /dev/fd0" Calls for another trip to Starbucks. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Honolulu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Wlan HowTo
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 15:12, Jason Guidry wrote: > I'm running 8.2 kernel secure and I'm looking for a quick and dirty how > to on installing (getting MDK to see) my linksys PCI wireless nic. if > someone could point me to one, i'd be grateful > > much thanks > > -- > Jason Guidry > http://www.gmaestro.org No such thing. I've been trying to get a U.S. Robotics wireless card to work on a Sony VAIO PCG-SR7. I finally gave up trying LM8.2 and switched to Debian; I'm a lot closer, but still unsuccessful. The task breaks down into four parts: Networking (ifconfig, etc) PCMCIA card services PCMCIA network card support PCMCIA wireless card support The LM8.2 has PCMCIA card services built-in (as have previous kernels). But, if you did not have PCMCIA hardware (the slots or bays) installed during OS installation, it will not be turned on. This is controlled by /etc/sysconfig/pcmcia. It takes more than switching "no" to "yes" in this file to get PCMCIA card services working, and there is no pretty Mandrake tool to help you. The Grand Puba of PCMCIA is David Hines, and his web site is mandatory reading. A superb example of open-source software. http://pcmcia-cs.sourceforge.net/ There, read especially "Linux PCMCIA HOWTO," section 2.3, "Startup options." I wasted hours trying to get things working with only PCMCIA=yes and the other lines left to their default XXX=(blank). You really do need PCIC=i82365, and you must edit this file by hand as root. You don't need to install the software or build anything, you just need to activate it. To test if PCMCIA card services are working, insert your card and examine /var/lib/stab. It should contain info related to you card. This file is updated whenever a card is inserted or removed. The network card support (v.s. hard drives and modems) comes from /etc/pcmcia/network. Most of it is about wired cards (802.3). Wireless cards take this thing to a whole 'nuther level -- over the horizon. You must set many parameters beyond Ethernet and TCP/IP, like the name of your network, what frequencies to use, whether you are a client or a base station, and, most difficult of all, WEP encryption. All this is done with the Wireless Tools for Linux, by another superman kind of a guy, Jean Tourrilhes. http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html The problem I had, right off the bat, was that I did not install development tools on my little VAIO laptop. I did manage to get them installed, but just barely. Make built the tools without a hitch, but make install failed because the path the the man pages was missing "man8." So, mkdir /usr/local/man/man8 first, then make install. Where I run into grief with this stuff is that according to David Hines and comments in the wireless files in /etc/pcmcia, this stuff is broken in Red Hat and derivative distros, including LM. In LM8.2 I got my card light to come on, /var/lib/stab said it was a wireless card, but iwconfig acted as if the card did not have WEP encryption. It would not display the key, nor could I set it. So I switched to Debian, because that's what Jean Tourrilhes uses. Just last night I got the card on, the interface up, and it took my WEP key. Only, I still could not ping anything except myself. Another good resource is Linux on Laptops, http://www.linux-laptop.net/ More when I know more. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Honolulu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Bash the Path
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 04:02, C.H. Close wrote: > Hi > > I am having a problem persuading Bash to accept a script to add some > additional environment variable to a Konsole environment. > > The script I am using simply adds some stuff to the PATH statement as > well as some extra environment variables typically the file contains > statements as follows. > > > PATH=$VARKON_ROOT/bin:$PATH > export PATH > > In previous versions of UNIX I have used making the script file > executable and running it resulted in the PATH (in this case) having the > additional directory appended to it, this also worked for new > environment variables. When I do the same thing in Linux in a Konsole > terminal under KDE the environment does not change. As far as I can > glean from reading the man page for Bash this should work. If I run the > commands from the prompt everything works fine but of course this is > tedious and should not be necessary. > > Can anyone guide me as what I am doing wrong? > > > Colin Close > [EMAIL PROTECTED] All it should take, I think, is to "source" the file instead of just running it. Do a man bash and / (that's search) source Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] smbfs Permissions Debacle
At 04:08 PM 5/10/2002 -0500, you wrote: >On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 15:16, Gary Dunn wrote: > > > On my LM 8.1 box "man fstab" points me to "man mount" for those options, > > and there, around line 850, I find: > > > > Mount options for ntfs > > [snip] > > > >uid=value, gid=value and umask=value > > Set the file permission on the filesystem. By > > default, the files are owned by root and not read > > able by somebody else. > > > > That last sentence sounds relevant to this situation. I find no mention > > of fmask or dmask. > >True, but that's ntfs, not smbfs. If you want to see the options for >smbfs, do "man smbmount". You can also set uid/gid, but it sounded to me >more like she was asking how to make public shares. Oh. So the "ntfs" stuff is for mounting a Windows NT partition on the same computer, then? Samba does such a good job that I failed to make the distinction. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] smbfs Permissions Debacle
On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 05:37, Brad Felmey wrote: > On Fri, 2002-05-10 at 08:39, Martha Jo McCarthy wrote: > > > It will not let me change the permissions to writeable to everyone > > when it is mounted. > > No, you can't. You must do that at mount-time. > > > Here are the two lines in my fstab: > > > > //192.168.5.6/shared /mnt/serv/shared smbfs\ > > user,auto,rw,credentials=/home/techmjm/whatever 0 0 > > > > //192.168.5.6/techmjm /mnt/serv/techmjm smbfs\ > > user,auto,rw,credentials=/home/techmjm/whatever 0 0 > > In the options, add fmask=666,dmask=777, or whatever permissions you > want the mount to have. fmask for files, dmask for directories. > > //192.168.5.6/techmjm /mnt/serv/techmjm smbfs \ > user,auto,fmask=666,dmask=777 0 0 > > Or something similar. On my LM 8.1 box "man fstab" points me to "man mount" for those options, and there, around line 850, I find: Mount options for ntfs [snip] uid=value, gid=value and umask=value Set the file permission on the filesystem. By default, the files are owned by root and not read able by somebody else. That last sentence sounds relevant to this situation. I find no mention of fmask or dmask. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Apache "SERVER_NAME" quick Q
On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 10:18, David Rankin wrote: > Well, I should have been more clear, and maybe the problem isn't as simple > as I thought. On my 7.2 box, #ServerName your.server.name is still commented > out, but apache is able to use gethostbyname() and correctly fill in the > welcome screen in apache. > > In 8.2, something is fishy. > > [Skyline] # hostname > Skyline.3111Skyline.com > > That looks OK > > [Skyline] # hostname --fqdn > Unknown host > > That looks bad > > So it seems the problem with apache isn't with apache or httpd.conf, but > rather with my hostname setup. I have set hostname and domainname, and I can't Looks like a DNS - bind - network configuration problem. "hostname" alone takes your host's name from a file, while the fqdn option tells hostname to do a DNS lookup. Does the output to dig slashdot.org look similar to this? ; <<>> DiG 9.2.0rc3 <<>> slashdot.org ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NOERROR, id: 48421 ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 1, AUTHORITY: 3, ADDITIONAL: 3 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;slashdot.org. IN A ;; ANSWER SECTION: slashdot.org. 7930IN A 64.28.67.150 ... And of course you should "dig" yourself: $ dig Skyline.3111Skyline.com ; <<>> DiG 9.2.0rc3 <<>> Skyline.3111Skyline.com ;; global options: printcmd ;; Got answer: ;; ->>HEADER<<- opcode: QUERY, status: NXDOMAIN, id: 39873 I think this -- is your problem. ;; flags: qr rd ra; QUERY: 1, ANSWER: 0, AUTHORITY: 1, ADDITIONAL: 0 ;; QUESTION SECTION: ;Skyline.3111Skyline.com. IN A Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Apache "SERVER_NAME" quick Q
On Thu, 2002-05-09 at 06:29, David Rankin wrote: > Just a quick Q, because I'm suffering from a mental lapse. > > I'm getting Apache configured on 8.2. The "SERVER_NAME" variable in > the default Welcome screen is pulling 127.0.0.1 instead of the actual > host name. Hostname is working fine. Where do I look to get this fixed. You definitely need to edit httpd.conf, which may be located in /usr/local/apache/conf depending on how your system is set up. (My apache is on a FreeBSD box, which puts it in /usr/local/etc/apache.) Look for this: # ServerName allows you to set a host name which is sent back to clients for # your server if it's different than the one the program would get (i.e., use # "www" instead of the host's real name). # # Note: You cannot just invent host names and hope they work. The name you # define here must be a valid DNS name for your host. If you don't understand # this, ask your network administrator. # If your host doesn't have a registered DNS name, enter its IP address here. # You will have to access it by its address (e.g., http://123.45.67.89/) # anyway, and this will make redirections work in a sensible way. # # 127.0.0.1 is the TCP/IP local loop-back address, often named localhost. Your # machine always knows itself by this address. If you use Apache strictly for # local testing and development, you may use 127.0.0.1 as the server name. # ServerName your.server.name Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] What's wrong with SSH in 8.2?
At 11:24 PM 5/4/2002 -0500, David Rankin wrote: >Never had problems with 7.2, so what do I add to .ssh/known_hosts Might have something to do with the fact that back in 7.2 days the default ssh connection used protocol 1. Not too long ago openssh changed the default to protocol 2 (which is more secure), and maybe LM 8.2 uses that newer version. When I ran into this after upgrading ssh on my client my PKI logon failed and I was prompted for my username and password. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] 8.2 and Sony Vaio FX200
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 20:36, Alan wrote: > On Friday 07 November 2036 03:21 am, Al Niessner wrote: > > I have Mandrake 8.2 up and running on a twin P3 desktop and now my > > laptop. The desktop went without a hitch because the disk was erased and > > full installation was done. My laptop was much more difficult. To start > > with, I had to use the usb.img kernel on floppy to get anywhere in the > > install process. If I just ran the cd from the start, the install > > program would simply vanish after the serial detection. Booting with the > > usb kernel got me past that and to the upgrade. Things went smoothly > > until I tried to recompile the kernel with acpi instead of apm. Found > > out that the links in /etc/alternatives were broken. I had then pointing > > to 3.0.1 which of course got upgraded to 3.0.4 but the by then the links > > had been broken. I had to go back and manually but the links back in > > /usr/bin and correct the ones I had in /etc/alternatives. So far, that > > was the only glitch. > > > > Good work Mandrake. > > In order to get Linux to install on the Vaio, you need to pass "ide=0x180" to > the kernel. They use a non-standard means of booting the cd-rom drive. It > will go part of the way through the install and then forget where the cd-rom > drive is at. > > This is not a Mandrake problem. It happens on any Linux distrobution. It also > happens on every model of Vaio with a PCMCIA cdrom. > I don't think this mobilie has an external cdrom. Check out http://www.blankslate.net/comp/vaio.php all about installing Mandrake on a PCG-FX200 And of course look around http://www.linux-laptop.net/ I have a PCG-SR7K, and with some help from the folks here I got LM8.2 installed. It does require expert mode with that special command line, expert noauto ide2=0x180,0x386. Last night I even got the PCMCIA card services working. Now comes the wireless network card. I have read about installing Red Hat on a VAIO using a similar trick. Perhaps it is not unique to LM, but I say the LM install should reconize this hardware (it does, look in /var/log/messages) and take appropriate action. Why make we VAIO folk feel unloved? > > until I tried to recompile the kernel with acpi instead of apm. Can you elaborate on this? I know that acpi is newer and better than apm, and that's about all I know. I am surprised that LM8.2 does not provide acpi support right off the cd. Can you write up exactly what you did? Thanks. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] syslog or syslog-ng
On Saturday 27 April 2002 12:19, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hi list > > I want to know about local.* on the syslog or syslog-ng > I couldn't get information from the news or man pages > > Could you explain to me or where I can get information? > > Thank you Try man syslog -- Thank you. - Gary A. Garibaldi Linux-Mandrake 8.2; KDE 3.0 Registered Linux User: 188550; Machine 111760 I'd rather just believe that it's done by little elves running around. 12:50pm up 28 min, 3 users, load average: 1.00, 1.05, 0.81 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NFS HELP - SECURITY CONFIGURATION
On Wed, 2002-04-24 at 05:27, Lobsang Marques wrote: > > I have all my servers using 2 network cards. One for the public network and another > one for the private network. I'm trying to open NFS shares across the private >network only > using mandrake 8.2 initily setup on highest security. There is something blocking my >nfs shares > thru the private network. I configured hosts.allow as follows: > With security=high it is difficult, if not impossible, to run nfsd. Try a lower setting. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Armagetron crashes SDL. Any suggestion?
On Tue, 2002-04-23 at 18:41, Leinad Jones wrote: > > Hi > > I've running 8.2 on my Vaio Z505S but when I try > to run Armagetron it seqfaults and SDL exits. > > I've downloaded the source RPMS from SDL and > armagetron and rebuilt them but I'm looking for > suggestions on what else might be causing the crash? > > -Leinad I'd start with a different app that relies on SDL, and be sure you have the latest version. Go to http://www.libsdl.org/ Just a wild guess: try fewer colors -- 16 bit instead of 24 or 32. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Is APM in 8.2's kernel?
Is APM (advanced power management) compiled into the Linux-Mandrake 8.2 kernel? How can I tell if it is? Is there a general form for determining such-and-such is compiled in? Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Installing 8.2 on Sony VAIO SR7K - CD drv not found
Sony laptop PCG-SR7K, external CD-ROM drive PCGA-CD51 Install disk 1 boots, but soon stops with error about cannot find install media. I get a list of drivers to try. Which one do I use? Or, how can I install? This computer has Windows 2000. I used Partition Magic to create a 3GB partition for Linux-Mandrake 8.2. Is there a way to install from inside Windows? This CD-ROM plugs into the PC-CARD slot and can be used to boot and install Windows. Gary Dunn Open Slate Project Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Laptop suggestions
I am running Mandrake 8.1 on a couple of notebooks. The older machine is a 3.2 lb HP Omnibook 800 - 166MHz Pentium, 80MB memory (maximum possible) and 4 GB disk space. This machine now does very light duty as a server on my home network but was my main portable until I got the IBM last year. The HP is unusual in that it has built-in SCSI so it is easy to hang periphereals off it (A scsi tower containing an additional 10GB disk, cdrw and Jaz drives plus a legal size flatbed scanner). My active laptop is an IBM X20 - 600MHz PIII, 320MB, 20GB, modem, ethernet, pcmcia/cardbus socket, compact flash socket, audio in/out, external video out, usb ports set up for dual boot (Win98). Weighs about 3.5 lbs (I like light laptops) but has an Xbase that increases the weight to about 5.5 lb and adds dvdrom and floppy, printer, serial and external mouse ports. Most of the time I carry the machine without the Xbase. Having juggled cables and external drives for floppy and cdrom with the HP and watching Vaio owners juggle all that stuff I am convinced that the Xbase is the way to go when the extras are needed. Everything is working under Linux except the hot swap of the Xbase - I have to reboot every time I add/remove it but I have not spent time trying to see if I can solve this yet. The modem is a winmodem which I have working but there are at least three different modem/ethernet combinations for this machine some of which do not appear to work well (even under Windows). Connection to my lan is made wirelessly using a Linksys pcmcia card although I did use the built-in wired ethernet port before getting the wireless card. Battery life is excellent and suspend/resume works smoothly and quickly. I have been very happy with this machine. Although this is not one of the machines that IBM will/would preinstall Linux on I have had no problems other than the Xbase docking. I picked the IBM up fully loaded as described for ~$1K as an open box special (but new unused with full warranty) at about the time last year that a lot of 'technology' companies were having difficulties. GaryS On Sun Apr 14, 2002 at 12:59:55PM -0500, Jason Guidry wrote: > yeah, this may not be completely on-topic, but I need advice from users > who are not necessarily winXP + Intel freaks. > > So, howbaaadit? I need to replace my trusty tuxtops K6 with a sub-$2K > laptop. I'm going back and forth from a Sony FXA-49 and an iBook. > while opinions on these two are welcome, I'm interested on > opinions/experiences of any variety. Is there anything just on the > horizon? stay away from brand X? good experiences from dealers, brands? > > thanks for your wisdom. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] KDE 3 problems
On Sunday 14 April 2002 16:20 pm, synrat wrote: > boy do I regret installing the stupid thing. > I fixed 2 things so far. The menues ( update-menus) and arts server > ( using the latest rpms for arts ). Now Konqueror is completely out of > whack. It won't even start ( not in any mode ) and Kshell locks > everything up when I try to use it. Anyone with the same problems ??? I had multi problems with the rpms from the KDE download site. I went to Texstar and downloaded there rpms and everything now works real good. I also used a go by posted by CyberCFO dated 4/6/02. If you can't locate the HowTo just let me know and I'll email you acopy. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] ATI and XF86Config-4
I upgraded today to LM 8.2 and now I can not use XFree 4.2 with ATI Mach64 Rage Pro. It worked good under LM 8.1 and XFree 4.1. I would like to know if any one has been able to configure this video card using XFree 4.2 and LM 8.2. When I try to configure I using mandrake control center I keep getting a SEG 11, no mater how I modify the settings. Thanks in advance. Gary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] I have no CD mount entry on my desktop
Did the trick. Thanks Brian --- Brian Parish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just right click on the desktop and select "Create > new..." then "CDROM > device". > > Brian > > On Tue, 2002-03-12 at 10:19, Gary Bond wrote: > > How can I get the CD mounting icon/utility on to > my > > desktop? I had reformat the drive that had my home > > directory, when I made a new user the desktop is > now > > missing the CDrom mounter. > > > > __ > > Do You Yahoo!? > > Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free > email! > > http://mail.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from > MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do You Yahoo!? Try FREE Yahoo! Mail - the world's greatest free email! http://mail.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
