[expert] Where's the list re-visited....
Ummm...ya know it seems that there are more responses to a where's the list message than any other message I posted. I was un-subsc*ibed because I no longer existed as far as this list was concerned...THANKS TO @HOME! Keep up the good work geniuses. And to sympa, love you baby, but , honey, I never left YOU! Heh. --- ps: putting u n s u b c r i b e d in the middle of an e-mail is a no-no according to sympa...hah! Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Where's the list resolved!!!
I found my problem. I just got mail from my @home provider that they just majorly upgraded the mail server and had a hardware failure. I suppose if linux-mandrake sees my address as defunct after a few days of trying to send the mail, I just get wiped off the list and have to re-up as I did. All in all I got weeded for having a non-existent mail address. I'd heard of lists that do that, sorry linux-mandrake does. But I'll keep my subscription, anyway. Sorry if my message bothered you, but I really did have a problem! Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] ?????? Where's the list???????
Is the list alive??? 100+ messages a day and now nothing for 2 days...hmmm Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Upgrading to 7.2
I can't seem to get a good copy of the 7.2 iso to download. Are there any issues to watch out for by upgrading rpm by rpm? I plan to start with the kernel, then on to XFree86 4.01, and then work my way through the list as the dependencies nail me. I am using 7.1 right now. If anyone has done it this way, let me know about your successes or failures please :) -- _ Logos: The Word of the Aeon - "I shall endure for all time" -Frater Perdurabo- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Wu-FTPD and Guest Accounts-LM 7.1
I need help! I have been trying to create a guest account with only ftp login privileges directed to its own /home dir. I have followed the instructions from the man pages, the Wu sites, the RedHat Linux Bible, and even my FreeBSD manual. I have built and installed wu-ftpd 2.6.1(3). Real user logins are ok, no problems, but when I use my "penguin" guest acct I am unable to login locally and remotely. According to the doc's I've read they say: vipw penguin:504:503:x:guest acct:/home/penguin/pub:/etc/ftponly (format might be wrong but in reality it jives with the rest of the passwd file...I'm at a win terminal and couldn't remember it exactly) should work. /etc/ftponly is supposed to be a "shell" inhibitor of some sort and seems to be a myth everywhere except in the docs. I have tried replacing it with other "shells" like /bin/false, etc, but to no avail. Starting with a fresh user and home dir, I get the message "230-cannot not set guest user privileges" or something to that effect and after tinkering I can get it to log in. But the next thing is "Segmentation fault" locally upon the first command past login and logging in remotely gives tells me that passive mode is refused and logs me out. I do have "guestuser penguin" added to my /etc/ftpaccess file and the permissions are setup correctly for an ftp dir (drwxr-sr-x) as far as I can tell...what is the deal here? it's just the guest user that won't work and I can't find anything to describe a problem with the recent versions of Wu-FTPD and LM-Google is my best friend but I'm ready to murder it in frustration ;) Maybe it's not seeing the bin, etc, lib dirs? In any case, is there a good free FTP daemon out there that supports guest accounts and has the features of Wu?Thanks:)
Re: [expert] Arggggh...Packet Problems and Black Hoie Theory
Okay...I ran the coax to my mdk box locale and moved the modem...of course I have to move the line as it's strung across the living room and up two flights of stairs...aha, it works. Go figure...It's got to have something to do with the length of the cable that connects from the cable modem to the NIC or else the cable has some degradation along it's length. The LinkSys is brand new and supposedly linux tested. I also have an onboard NIC in this box by DAVICOM and it also runs fine. I origranally mounted a small 8-line wall box to run a line from the modem to my hub and then down the 50ft cable to the win machine, but there was NO signal then...damn cable has to be the problem and the actual wall box was also bad. No firewall because this machine is only hooked up while I'm on. I will be networking the machines again when I'm comfortable with Linux/Unix type OS's. I don't fully understand ipchains and ipmasq'ing. I want all the machines to "route" via this machine. But I also want to be able to compile a new kernel. I have tried that a million times and I'm always missing this or that .h file or this or that .c file...I used the development setting to install mandrake from the ISO images I burned...re-installed, still no good...I can't figure out what I'm missing...but until I do the machines will remain connected or unconnected as they are...now I must move the modem back to the other machine to avoid the grief that will cause if I forget. On Fri, 27 Oct 2000, you wrote: > OK, first, it's definetely NOT the cable length, so you can rest easy > there--you are well below the limit (and between you and > me--and...well...probably a few hundred or so list readers--you "can" exceed > the 300 foot limit by a bit and get away with it, but it's just not a good > idea). > > BUT, you may want to check your NIC, as that may be the problem. Do you have > the opportunity to borrow the NIC from the windows box for verification? Or, > try changing the PCI slot. I wouldn't rely on the little green LED to mean > there's not a problem with the NIC (I just changed one in a DOS client the > other day that seemed to be functional, but the system just wouldn't > communicate with it. Changing it with a spare NIC did the trick..and I just > tossed the NIC I removed--they're rather cheap these days.) > > Also, check to make sure that your dhcpcd service is not having problems--an > option is to remove the package and reinstall it. Check your > /etc/resolve.conf file for *all* the correct DNS info--before and after > leasing an IP. > > Also, are you running any firewall/portscan utilities? If so, and this > problem started after installing them, or making changes to them, you may > have set them to be too sensitive. > > Let me know. > > --Greg > > > - Original Message - > From: "Logos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > Okay... I have @home service. My connection consists of a 50ft CAT5 > straight > > cable connecting my LinkSys LNE100TX to a cable modem which I share with > > another member of the house. Reason it's 50 ft away is that the inline for > > @home was too difficult to move and the CAT5 is easier to work with inside > the > > walls. The reason they aren't networked has nothing to do with my problem. > > My setup ran fine for a good while until the last two weeks I have been > having > > trouble with http and pop3 addresses. I went through the re-config and > > re-install craze and still the same results. I understand Ethernet cable > needs > > to be <300ft(100m) but I'm at 1/6th the limit here. The win machine that > shares > > the modem with me has no problems with the pop mail nor the http addy's. > It's > > as if the connection degrades. So I check ifconfig and see tx errors where > I > > have seen few before. I use "dhcpcd -h cxxx-a" to config eth0(LS > LNE100TX) > > by dhcpfine. But my mail has been timing out everytime, my http access > is > > crippled to the point where sites load and then the speed diminishes as it > > loads...it's getting to look a lot like Black Hole Theory(don't ask for an > > explanation :)) and the page never finishes...I get "Document contains no > data" > > errors when I try www.google.com and we all know the front page to google > is > > about as bulky as one grain of sand to a beach. I have checked the > netcable for > > continuity with my multitester and got true and equivalent readings for > each > > set...is it possible that the length of this cable is the problem here? I > did > > have the machines net
[expert] Arggggh...Packet Problems and Black Hoie Theory
Okay... I have @home service. My connection consists of a 50ft CAT5 straight cable connecting my LinkSys LNE100TX to a cable modem which I share with another member of the house. Reason it's 50 ft away is that the inline for @home was too difficult to move and the CAT5 is easier to work with inside the walls. The reason they aren't networked has nothing to do with my problem. My setup ran fine for a good while until the last two weeks I have been having trouble with http and pop3 addresses. I went through the re-config and re-install craze and still the same results. I understand Ethernet cable needs to be <300ft(100m) but I'm at 1/6th the limit here. The win machine that shares the modem with me has no problems with the pop mail nor the http addy's. It's as if the connection degrades. So I check ifconfig and see tx errors where I have seen few before. I use "dhcpcd -h cxxx-a" to config eth0(LS LNE100TX) by dhcpfine. But my mail has been timing out everytime, my http access is crippled to the point where sites load and then the speed diminishes as it loads...it's getting to look a lot like Black Hole Theory(don't ask for an explanation :)) and the page never finishes...I get "Document contains no data" errors when I try www.google.com and we all know the front page to google is about as bulky as one grain of sand to a beach. I have checked the netcable for continuity with my multitester and got true and equivalent readings for each set...is it possible that the length of this cable is the problem here? I did have the machines networked once and ran the cable to this machine via a hub... once again...cable-->cable modem-->50ft CAT5 cable-->LinkSys-->eth0/tulip If it works on the winmachine, it's not likely @home's prob...I just can't determine if it is the cable length or something is amiss in a config somewhere. I hate to have to move this machine around. -- _ Logos: The Word of the Aeon - "I shall endure for all time" -Frater Perdurabo- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Flickering X - Reboot seems only cure
I have a curious problem... Sometimes when I leave the machine running and the power management daemon shuts the monitor off, when I press a key or move the mouse to bring the display back up, it continually flickers with mouse movement. This doesn't happen all the time, but enough to be annoying. It also happens when I ctrl+alt+fx to a different ttyxx, but then again, not all the time. Generally I run enlightenment as my DM, but I have also experienced this with other DM's like KDE, Afterstep, etc...nothing seems to cure this problem except a reboot. I have tried restarting the server from the login manager after logging out of my current DM, ctrl+alt+backspace to kill and re-login, and other things to no avail. I have a PCChips PC100 M741lmrt mobo with an SiS 6326 chipset. I use the SVGA server set at 16bit color at a res of 1024x768 normally. I have tried different settings and still the flickering occurs sporadically...sometimes I can have an uptime of weeks without it occurring and sometimes just a few minutes. This has happened with every installation I have ever performed of both mdk 7.0 and 7.1. It's got to be a hardware issue or an issue with whatever daemon puts my monitor on standby. I thought apmd controlled this, but disabling it doesn't prevent this from occurring. So, am I missing something here? My monitor is Energy Star Compliant as most are (KDS Visual Sensations 7e) and I am running the stock X-server set that installs with the mdk 7.1 ISO downloadable set...All my hardware is supported, at least experimentally, by mdk 7.1 on the surface, but is there a known issue with any of the aforementioned video hardware? My 6326 set relies on 8mb of memory from my 160MB of RAM and I'm not running any resource sucking graphics programs or games, sometimes the flickering occurs when I've rebooted and then left it at the login manager. It remains off until I touch a key or move my Logitech MarbleMouse-two button(recognized as a Generic PS/2 with 3 button emulation enabled)..it comes on for a second and the monitor returns to standby during mouse movement and when mouse movement ceases. What's going on here? This didn't occur with mdk 6.5 or redhat 6.1 installs. -- _ Logos: The Word of the Aeon - "I shall endure for all time" -Frater Perdurabo- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Wu-FTPD 2.6.1(1): Problem with creating a guest user(Mandrake 7.1)
I recently upgraded my wu-ftpd to 2.6.1 from 2.6.0. I never really gave a though to configuring it previously as I didn't use it. Now that I plan to use it, I want to create a guest user...here's what I did: 1.under bash: useradd penguin passwd penguin (and all the good pass change stuff omitted here) 2.under vipw: penguin:x:502:506:guest acct:/home/penguin/./incoming:/etc/ftponly (supposed to set ./incoming as the root dir for the acct and /etc/ftponly to prevent other command shell activation) 3 Added the line "/etc/ftponly" to /etc/shells 4. Create dirs for guest user: cp -r /home/ftp/* /home/penguin/ chgrp /home/penguin/pub 5. In /etc/ftpaccess added "guestuser penguin" and this, according the the redhat linux bible and other wu-docs, is supposed to create a usable guest user for ftp services only. But where does /etc/ftponly come from? it's not in the src or rpm packages...is this an actual shell, a list of permissions, or what? When I look at the permissions for /home/penguin/pub/incoming I see "drwxr-sr-x"what is this 's' in the group permissions? I get the message upon password entry under ftp, "550 - Can't set guest privileges Login failed." for the penguin guest acct. chmod does nothing, creating an /etc/ftponly file doesn't work -- _ Logos: The Word of the Aeon - "I shall endure for all time" -Frater Perdurabo- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] SMC Ethernet Adapter-USB-Not really a linux question but...
This is not really a linux question, but... I have a linux box, a bsd box and a win box(both 98 and Win2k)...for the winbox I have a SMC USB Ethernet adapter. I've been messing with my LAN for about 8 hours now and am positive that everything is configured correctly, as a matter of fact, by the books. The winbox cannot be seen nor can it see anything else on the LAN. I thought perhaps it might be a cracked wire somewhere along the cable or a mis-wired wallbox, but I've checked it and everything is literally straight cable...no accidental crossovers. I used a multi-tester and check the wires in pairs and everything is A-OK electro-mechanically. I'm guessing there is some issue with the SMC converters that prevents them from being connected into a hub...I really don't think there should be, but as it was supplied by @home, I didn't get a manual or other info with it, nor have I yet located a support or FAQ site. There is no RTFM here...does anyone have any experience with this sort of adapter? It can't be windows or linux and the bsd machine isn't even connected. each machine is uniquely addressed is able to ping itself, but the winmachine just doesn't wanna play with the big boys...please any assisstance would be appreciated with this converter. All I want is one good ping to and from this machine and the rest is academic. -- _ Logos: The Word of the Aeon - "I shall endure for all time" -Frater Perdurabo- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] kernelbuild and my machine-BEFORE AND AFTER!
I made it through kernelbuild...some of the return messages were difficult to understand...but everything seemed to work. No "real" error messages or missing components(development install of Mandrake 7.1). Tells me that bzImage-2.2.17-... is in /boot. Upon rebooting. 2.2.15 is still the kernel and the only kernel to load. The 2.2.17 kernel is nowhere to be found. So, just to experiement, I type "make install" in usr/src/2.2.17...puts the kernel into place. Reboot and 2.2.17 lives! But...it finds 8 scsi drives(I only have an ATAPI/IDE CD-R/RW that needs any scsi support) and refuses to identify my NIC's. How do I get my kernel source to include all the "drivers" and modules that I have for 2.2.15 so that when I config, they are active for selection? I guessing this is where I am falling short...I can potentially identify everthing I'll need from the 2.2.15 source, but I need to know if this is going in the right direction or am I heading for yet another failed kernelbuild??? Can I re-use the config file from 2.2.15 in some way in order avoid make xconfig again? Currently I am re-making the 2.2.15 kernel for re-installation so everything works again and I can more easily identify the source files. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [expert] [Fwd: Updating ML and Kernel] Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 10:23:05 -0400 From: Praedor or any one else who has knowledge and conversation with the holy kernel: Maybe you can help me understand this a little better. I got past all the hurdles and got to the make xconfig step in buildkernel. Now here's my dilemma...I have a C-Media chipset (8738am) which is supported in Mandrake 7.1 iso image. The support is marked EXPERIMENTAL which is not a problem for the CD install. I have no trouble with it as long as I use the eSound daemon instead of OSS to play back mp3 files. However, when checking off my xconfig I come to the sound card menu and C-Media is locked out of selection. Does this mean that I need to add the proper include, .o files, etc from my previous source set (2.2.15) for make xconfig to allow the C-Media support to be selected? 2.2.16 installs by RPM with little difficulty and no impact on my system, but I'd like to try 2.2.17 in any case. Do I need the headers for 2.2.17 for this to work correctly? R'ingTFM is not doing me any good since I'm doing that now for this C-Media support. The difference between the source RPM's, the tarballs, and the bz2 files has me in a little mental knot. If there is a headers file for 2.2.17, where can I find that? If you consider these newbie questions, sorry, but I don't think they are questions that a newbie can possibly answer... On Sat, 07 Oct 2000, you wrote: > > I would like to strongly advocate dispensing with doing > an rpm install of kernels and, instead, download the > buildkernel rpm and use that. It is a wonderful app that > makes building your own kernel painless and simple. > > You run "buildkernel --help" to get a list of all the options > (I usually use "buildkernel --BKBUILDTYPE=bzImage --HOSTTYPE=i386" > and sometimes, I even indicate the kernel with > --BKKERNELTOBUILD=2.2.17). > It takes it from there. First, it looks at your system, checks > to make sure you have enough harddrive space available, removes > any pre-existing kernel source (not the tarball), automatically > connects and downloads the latest kernel or the specific version > you specify (see above with --BKKERNELTOBUILD). It downloads the > kernel, with hashmarks to indicate progress. It then decompresses > it and starts xconfig (or you can specify another config type). > > You then just go down the nice list of options and modules you > want in your kernel. When done, select "save and exit" and that > is that. The kernel and all the proper modules are compiled > and installed. A proper entry is made to your lilo.conf, and > all the appropriate files and symlinks are produced in your > boot directory. Once done, run lilo to install the new conf, > reboot to try your new kernel. Simple, and the kernel is > customized to YOUR specifications for YOUR system. Real nice. > > I have been doing it this way since RedHat 5.0. It is the > only way to go. > > praedor > > ---- Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- _ Logos: The Word of the Aeon - "I shall endure for all time" -Frater Perdurabo- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ --- -- _ Log
Re: [expert] AT&T cable modem
Anthony, try installing the dhcpcd (note the extra 'cd') rpms from the mandrake installation cd or elsewhere. Use: "dhcpcd -h cXXX-a" from an su terminal. This should set eth0 to use dhcp AT&T style. It will hang up for a moment as it talks to the @home dhcp server, but wait until the prompt comes up and ping your 'static" ip to check it. You should pretty much wipe out all your configs for eth0(write them down in case this doesn't work) from netconf. You can view all the info dhcpcd collects and uses in /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.info. linuxconf hasn't been very nice to me in setting this up. This works for connecting the cable modem to a Davicom 9102 NIC and Linksys LNE100TX NIC. An odd occurrenc that has occured on the system I connect using the Davicom 9102 NIC is that in linuxconf, adapter 1 and 2 have identical configurations...dhcp, ip is blank netmask=255.255.255.0, dev=eth0, mod=dmfe) and for some reason they both keep coming back like that post-boot after entering "dhcpcd -h cXXX-a" It works so I'm not attempting to fix it...but if anyone has insight on why this occurs...let's hear it! (by the way...dhcpcd fails on my system during boot and I enter that command under su after I log in). On Wed, 04 Oct 2000, you wrote: > > I am running a dual boot Win & Mandrake 7.1. When I first installed mandrake's speed >tests were uotstanding compared to win.Since then AT&T upgraded 1 serverand to get >good performance on win had to install their software but there is know software for >linux.What the software does is set proxy configuration script,dynamic ip,disables >dns,and uses a dhcp server. So I tried to set the settings in mandrake. Does anyone >have any ideas? I did try to set the mandrake settings identical to win but I kept >getting errors. ie:server unkown.Thanks in advance for the help. > Tony > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: -- _ Logos: The Word of the Aeon - "I shall endure for all time" -Frater Perdurabo- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] C-Media 8738am Chipset and MP3 playback
Does anyone have problems with this chipset and playing MP3's? On every installation and re-installation of mandrake I have ever done on this machine with this chipset MP3's stop playing at random spots and gets stuck. In XMMS and kmp3 the counter actually flickers as if it were a CD skipping...sometimes it basically fast forwards...sometimes it jumps back 2 secs then forward 10 secs repeatedly. Of note, in make xconfig it lists C-Media support as experimental. Has anyone had this problem and if you cleared it up, how did you do it? It's is annoying to pause and unpause every few minutes(sometime every few seconds). I thought at first that maybe the files were corrupted...but even the mp3's I have encoded myself produced this. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Re-arranging my intranet-NEVERMIND :)
Is this list slow or what? In the time it took for this message to appear, I figured it out myself :) On the same note: how would I get a command into rc.local that would initiate "dhcpcd -h cXXX-a" at startup. Apparently the dhcp client that boots at startup is not the one @home needs it to run. I tried just putting /sbin/dhcpcd -h cXXX-a directly into the file and of course it didn't work. Do I need to use a statement similar to: [if -x /sbin/dhcpcd -h cXX-a]; then /sbin/dhcpcd -h cXXX-a; fi please feel free to remark on a horrible interpretation but it's bedtime and I'm tired of looking at config files for the night. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: [expert] Re-arranging my intranet Date: Tue, 26 Sep 2000 16:16:42 -0400 From: Logos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Currently I run a network like this: @home cable modem->SMC USB Ethernet Converter(NIC)->Win2k Server->LinkSys LNE100TX(NIC)->HUB<-Davicom 9102(NIC)<-Mandrake 7.1 with excellent results! To sum up before I get started: I want to configure my Mandrake box-433mhz PII with a Davicom 9102(it works fine) NIC-to use @home services. The modem converts to ethernet and I will connect modem to Davicom NIC, etc. I'd like to know if anyone has had success with interfacing the SMC USB Ethernet converters with Mandrake and what you did to make it work. I'd like to make the Mandrake machine the front runner to my @home connection and do away with memory HOG Win2k server entirely. I also tried to connect to the modem with the Davicom NIC in the Mandrake box but couldn't get connected. For this to work, do I have to have the @home DNS server address and if so, where can I get it? I am considering using the USB interface solely for the Win2k machine(probably my best bet in any case as I have drivers for it) and taking the LNE100TX and putting it in the Mandrake machine, using the mandrake machine as the gateway, firewall, etc to support that winmachine and an older 180mHz Cyrix box with a non-X install of FreeBSD. So if anyone has information re: configuring one Mandrake machine for @home services with a regular NIC or if the SMC USB Ethernet convertors are compat with Mandrake..it would be great! I have tried DHCP and BOOTP with no success, also. --- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Re-arranging my intranet
Currently I run a network like this: @home cable modem->SMC USB Ethernet Converter(NIC)->Win2k Server->LinkSys LNE100TX(NIC)->HUB<-Davicom 9102(NIC)<-Mandrake 7.1 with excellent results! To sum up before I get started: I want to configure my Mandrake box-433mhz PII with a Davicom 9102(it works fine) NIC-to use @home services. The modem converts to ethernet and I will connect modem to Davicom NIC, etc. I'd like to know if anyone has had success with interfacing the SMC USB Ethernet converters with Mandrake and what you did to make it work. I'd like to make the Mandrake machine the front runner to my @home connection and do away with memory HOG Win2k server entirely. I also tried to connect to the modem with the Davicom NIC in the Mandrake box but couldn't get connected. For this to work, do I have to have the @home DNS server address and if so, where can I get it? I am considering using the USB interface solely for the Win2k machine(probably my best bet in any case as I have drivers for it) and taking the LNE100TX and putting it in the Mandrake machine, using the mandrake machine as the gateway, firewall, etc to support that winmachine and an older 180mHz Cyrix box with a non-X install of FreeBSD. So if anyone has information re: configuring one Mandrake machine for @home services with a regular NIC or if the SMC USB Ethernet convertors are compat with Mandrake..it would be great! I have tried DHCP and BOOTP with no success, also. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Text Only Installation-LM 7.1
I'm attempting to install LM 7.1 on a Cyrix 180mHz machine...as I am using an old monitor of unknown spec's, I cannot config X and will just use it as a text only device. Anyhow to avoid the waste of space on this machine X would be, I chose "custom" installation...everything runs fine up until the point where you choose the mount points (hda1, 5, 6, 8 on mine) and it will accept no input from the keyboard except from the TAB and ENTER keys, which does no good. switching (Ctrl+Alt+F1, etc) proves the keyboard to be functional...There is nothing unusual to be noticed and no errors(except for it not detecting a zip drive but there isn't one anyhow)...the last message is in regards to my scsi interface. Everything is normal except I can't assign /, /home, or /usr because of this. Is there a known bug in the text install that I am missing on the sites? As a side note: rpmfind.net (USA) finally has the 7.2beta ISO "chunk" image on the site...I think this is relatively new as www.linux-mandrake.com listed a french site and a swedish site. But today one of the two is now ftp.rpmfind.net (USA). I tried to download(cable at >200KB/S from rpmfind.net normally) them today and it was telling me "permission denied". Anyone else run across this yet? I've been waiting for a USA server to host it... Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Mandrake vs. Satan
I would like to find a version of satan-1.1.1 that will compile under Mandrake 7.1. I've added tftp and yp tools (ypcat, etc) according to the docs for satan-1.1.1-linux. The script reconfig does not find my perl5@ nor my perl 5.6.0 in /usr/bin (and it should). It is a short script that searches dirs of your $PATH and others. I'm not a perl script expert, but it appears it should be locating perl in any case. I'm just interested in this program for educational value. If any one knows of a particular tarball, rpm, etc that compiles and runs under LM 7.1, please let me know. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] WIN2K
I'd advise replacing that NTloader with grub or lilo. The NT loader is a strange animal. I tried using the NT loader when it was linux first and 2k second...funny thigs are bound to happen. If you lose the NT loader, getting it back on their is no fun. Using lilo/grub and a boot disk for linux(after installing win before linux) has proven to be the safest bet for me. I was a three time loser in this before I discovered the stability of this logic :) On Mon, 18 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > I'm not quite sure what you're trying to do, but I'm running Win2k > Server, Pro, Win98 and Linux-Mandrake 7.2 beta 2 all on the same box > using the NT bootloader for all. If you install them each on a separate > partition, you shouldn't have any problem. Of course you can't install > them all on the same partition and expect them to work. Let me know > what you need (write off list if necessary) > > Mike > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > Armisis Aieoln wrote: > > > > Microsoft needs to make things more compatable dont they? > > Linux is always attempting to make things compatable with everything else, > > what about windows? > > > > On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > > > > > - Original Message - > > > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Sunday, September 17, 2000 4:28 PM > > > Subject: [MandrakeForum] WIN2K > > > > > > > WIN2K > > > > (http://forum.mandrakesoft.com/article.php3?sid=2917132808) > > > > > > > > Nacho writes "Can't install Mandrake Linux 7.1 on WIN2K. Please help, > > > > > > > > Nacho " > > > > > > > > Answer: Problem is: we can not resize NTFS. > > > > DiskDrake can only resize FAT, Ext2 and Reiser FS, and NTFS support in > > > > > > Linux in general is very bad. > > > > > > > In order to get Linux and NT (with NTFS) co-exist, either you have to > > > > tell > > > > > > NT to leave part of the HD for Linux, buy a separate HD for linux, or use > > > "Partition magic" (I think this prog. can resize NTFS) which is included in > > > MacMillan packages of LM. > > > > > > > > > > > >The PM included with LM CAN NOT resize NTFS partitions. > > > DO NOT confuse Win2000 with NT they are not the same. > > > > > >In Win2000 you can use the disk utility to convert the NTFS to Fat32. > > > DiskDrake or PM can then be used to resize that partition and then to > > > create a partition for the Mandrake installation. > > > > > >If this by chance was an attempt to install linux4win, it will not work > > > period, with Win2000. > > > > > >Charles > > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" > > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit > > Content-Description: > > > > > > -- > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Linux - Cause I dont do windows > > or ovens! > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- > > Registered System: 83659 > > > > > > Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: > > Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. > > Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- _ Logos: The Word of the Aeon - "I shall endure for all time" -Frater Perdurabo- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] odd network problem
Internet connection sharing? You didn't mention if that was enabled...Mine runs fine. You should have an icon in the tray for it if it is running. I used static addresses 192.168.0.x for the NIC's that connect to the hub. Don't try to connect the ethernet cable from the modem directly to the hub. It don't work! You need to run from the modem to the gateway machine then from the gateway machine NIC to the hub and connect yours to the hub. If you run it that way...you will need to get another IP from @home for somethig like $5 a month. This way is similar to IP masquerading. ICS will change your internal IP(192.168.0.x is a good set to use) to 24.x.x.x or whatever you're assigned via @home service...but it's always best to connect with server assigned dynamic addressing(DHCP) just in case. I had numerous probs trying to connect using my assinged IP. modem-->ethernet converter-->win98 NIC or USB-->hub<--linux client ^(if you use USB) ICS turns your machine into a server DHCP or static addressing depending upon how you set the intranet NIC's. Then with the proper mask for the NIC's (try 255.255.255.0) and use DHCP(server assigned addressing) for your @home connection. Then hopefully the Billy Gate$ magickal ICS will forward those packets to the outside world. Send a reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] if you'd like me to take a little time this week and explain all the numbers I used...as a matter of fact this is being sent from a linux client to you via win98 :P I use USB myself to connect my modem with a SMC ethernet converter, not a normal NIC. On Sun, 17 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > hi, > > I just purchased and installed Mandrake 7.1 on a system with an ethernet pro > 100 network card. I have a cable modem (@home.com), a hub and 1 other > (win98) computer. The strange thing is that i can ping and connect to-from > my win98 computer, but i can't access the outside world at all from the > linux box. I can't even ping the gateway, which i can do from my win98 > computer. I've checked and double-checked my settings (both ip number and > default gateway) and for the life of me..i can't figure it out. I've > configured many systems before have never seen this. I thought it might have > something to do with the autonegotiation with the network card and the hub > or a bad cable...but you'd think if there was a problem, i wouldn't be able > to connect to my win98 machine. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks > -Andy > > > Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- _ Logos: The Word of the Aeon - "I shall endure for all time" -Frater Perdurabo- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Mirroring and Missing files
Currently I am using a Zip100 PP drive to mirror my home directory, mainly to backup my desktop manager config and menu files(enlightenment-KDE hybrid environment), among other things. I use the following script: #!/bin/sh # #mirror.sh: Mirror the /home/Logos dir to Zip100 drive # /bin/mount /dev/zip /mirror/Logos #mount /usr/bin/mirrordir /home/Logos /mirror/Logos #mirror /bin/umount /mirror/Logos #unmount (for protective purposes) It runs at 2200 daily with the following crontab entry: 0 22 * * * /usr/local/bin/mirror.sh And it worksexcept: In my /home/Logos dir I have a subdir called /home/Logos/TransFers and a further subdir called /home/Logos/TransFers/IMAGES. But the initial TransFers dir also contains RPM's and Tarballs I've downloaded on the same dir level as the IMAGES dir. The IMAGES subdir mirrors perfectly, but the all the RPM's and Tarballs do not mirror. The ZipDisk is formatted with ext2, not that that should matter. Everything else is as it should be. It is a good image, on the surface, of my home dir. It is quite plausible that the total size of files exceeds the disk's capacity in that dir, but I haven't checked them all yet. My questions are: Does mirrordir except files which exceed the filesystem capacity in their total sizes combined at the same level? And what could I add to perhaps mail me a message, after running some sort of directory compare command to the above mirror.sh script, to let me know that some files may not have been copied? Or is there a better way than my logic here? I recieve no error output from it when I look at the logs...I have invoked it through the crontab configurator in webmin with a "no output generated" message... -- _ Logos: The Word of the Aeon -- "I shall endure for all time" -Frater Perdurabo- _ [EMAIL PROTECTED] _ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Netscape 6
I wish it were as simple as that...the file 'netscape' in the /usr/local/netscape/ path is a script...pretty simple pretty much just tells the box to run 'run-mozilla.sh' in the same dir. But the ln command gave me an idea.That I thank you for...first I made this script called 'runme' in /usr/local/netscape/(under su): vi runme #!/bin/sh #--runme-- cd /usr/local/netscape ./netscape& !wq then: chmod 777 runme then ln -s /usr/local/netscape/runme /usr/local/bin/netscape (netscape@) and there it was! all I have to do is type netscape from the command line. The cd /usr/local/netscape line seems redundant...but for some reason trying to invoke the netscape script without it caused it to inherit the path /usr/local/bin/ from the symbolic link netscape@. But I appreciate the reminder as 'ln' was involved in my brainfart...swing shifts make me real dingy sometimes. I have never written a script before as I've only now really started to delve into non-M$ systems...I can't believe it actually worked. I wasn't about to go editing the actual 'netscape' script. Chances are I'd have had about 30MB of space filled with a deadscape. I run most everything via enlightenment and from the command line in eterm..now I can add it to my KDE environments! Okay, okay , so it's just a baby step...but I think I'm heading in the right direction! Thanks for the help Barry! Netscape 6 (beta 2) seems nice, but it seems to run kinda of clunky...anyone else out there have any kind or unkind words about it? I get a bunch of non-crashing errors...mostly about loading local '.' files and widgets. On Sat, 16 Sep 2000, you wrote: > > How about /usr/local/netscape/netscape at the prompt? Or just ln -s >/usr/local/netscape/netscape > /usr/local/bin/netscape (or whatever) so you can forego the absolute path? > > --on Saturday, September 16, 2000 5:12 PM -0400 Logos wrote: > > > > I've been looking thru documentation and using some trial and error to figure > > out how to get a command in one of my bin paths in order to run Netscape 6. It > > comes with its own installer and places files into usr/local/netscape/ and runs > > with a script called netscape. The only way the documentation tells you to run > > it is by cd'ing to usr/local/netscape and then ./netscape. I'm probably > > suffering from a massive brainfart and should know how to do what I'm asking. > > But as I've been working long hours lately, I've been quite blank lately. > > Please help my wounded and shift-warped brain think just this much less... > > > > > > > /b > - > Barry Marler > Plant Genome Mapping Laboratory > University of Georgia > Rm 158, Riverbend Research Center > 110 Riverbend Road > Athens, GA 30602 > (706)583-0168 > (706)583-0160(fax) > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Netscape 6
I've been looking thru documentation and using some trial and error to figure out how to get a command in one of my bin paths in order to run Netscape 6. It comes with its own installer and places files into usr/local/netscape/ and runs with a script called netscape. The only way the documentation tells you to run it is by cd'ing to usr/local/netscape and then ./netscape. I'm probably suffering from a massive brainfart and should know how to do what I'm asking. But as I've been working long hours lately, I've been quite blank lately. Please help my wounded and shift-warped brain think just this much less... Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
