[expert] Tar/Gzip Onto Multiple 650MB segments for CDRW Storage - How To?
Hi all, I'm trying to backup my partitions onto CD-RW discs. How do you tar and gzip a partition into 650MB segments? Thanks, Seve
[expert] Linux Equivalent To WinMX? - (file sharing via Napster servers)
Is there a Linux Equivalent to WinMX? WinMX allows sharing of any file formats via napster servers. You might have noticed some non-mp3 files while searching with Gnapster or Knapster. Unfortunately, WinMX is only for Windows. Http://www.winmx.com Seve
Re: [expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] Free download of Opera5 (watch forthe adds!)
Have you tried upclocking your Athlon 800? I've got mine running at 896Mhz without problems. It's a noticeable difference. Seve Opera 5.0 is not available for Linux yet. This will happen later this year. Yes it is fast, but Konqueror renders sites much better, and I can not see that Opera is faster than Konqueror (ok, I run Athlon 800 and 128 RAM). And Opera can not render properly easteuropen sites at all. And Konqueror has the best way of editing bookmarks (kde 2.1 beta2), and Konqueror handles ftp sites in a superb way etc. etc.
[expert] Umax Astra Scanners USB - Functional with Mandrake?
Have any of you had success with usb Umax Astra scanners? Seve
[expert] Tweaking Harddrives - Any More Tips?
I'm trying to improve my HD's performance. HDPARM -t /dev/hda yields only 9 MB/Sec # hdparm -c -d -k /dev/hda /dev/hda: I/O support = 1 (32-bit) using_dma= 1 (on) keepsettings = 1 (on) Are there other things to try to improve this? System: 20gig HD, 500Mhz K6/2 AMD, Asus P5A mobo. Thanks, Seve
Re: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list
Yes... a zillion thanks to all the developers out there for lifting us out of that costly hell-hole known as Microsoft. Now we can spend more time with our work rather than screw with that piece of junk Windows. Seve We owe a huge debt of gratitude to open source developers the world over, and for us blessed few to have chosen Mandrake-Linux, we owe the Mdk team a bloody big thank you. Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.
[expert] Umax Scanner ISA SCSI Card - Workable?
I have a Umax 1200S and a Umax scsi (ISA) card that came with it. Have any of you had success in getting that card recognized and functioning? If so, how did you accomplish that feat? Seve LM7.2, AMD800 Athlon
[expert] KwinTV @ Full Screen - How?
LM7.2 was installed and my Hauppauge wintv BT848 worked right away. But when I go into "full-screen" mode, it does not fill the screen. Instead, there is a large black border. How can one get KwinTv to completely fill the screen? Seve
[expert] Re: [newbie] Hard drive light always lit
tell us your hardware configuration in details. eg. what kind of motherboard is it? how many internal and external devices do you have .. etc... etc.. Here what I've got (which I also posted a few days back): I have the following set up. I should preface this with a few things: first, the wiring on the board is correct because the light works properly in Windoze. Second, all peripherals are PCI unless noted; third, I am using all of my five PCI slots, one of two ISA slots, and neither of my two USB ports. Okay, here's what I got: Mobo: Epox MVP3G5 (2 MB L2 cache) CPU: 500 MHz K6-2 Memory: 384 MB HD: 30 GB Maxtor (6 GB for MDK 7.2) Floppy: One 1.44 MB standard DVD: Toshiba SD-M1202 Burner: Creative RW8433E Mouse: PS/2 M$ IntelliMouse KBoard: standard (generic) Video: Diamond Viper 770 AGP (32 MB) DVD/MPG: Hollywood Plus Capture: Fusion Bt878 capture card for camera Sound: Aureal SQ2500 (may they R.I.P.) Network: Allied Telesyn AT-2500TX 10/100 Ethernet Modem: 56k ISA (56xifxvC) (may they also R.I.P.) Miark - Original Message - From: "Sevatio Octavio" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Miark" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 10, 2001 1:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Hard drive light always lit It now sounds like it's the Linux drivers for the motherboard and/or IDE controllers that's causing the problem. U should repost this with a listing of the type of motherboard and related components that you're dealing with. Perhaps reconfiguring your kernel will help. If no solution is found, at least it's not taxing your HD and CPU. Seve Original Message On 1/10/01, 11:27:09 AM, "Miark" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] Hard drive light always lit: When the light is on, can you hear a great deal of harddrive activity? Nope. The light is on whether the hard drive is at work or not. Also, is your CPU bogged down enough to slow every thing else? I keep a CPU meter running while in X, but most of the time it's registering nothing. That's good to know about the swap partition, though. Which reminds me, I installed 7.2 fresh a couple weeks ago, during which the swap partition was re-formatted. And this HD light thing happened even on the _first_ boot. It may have, in fact, happened even during installation, but I don't really remember. Thanks for the suggestions. Any more? :-) Miark
[expert] KWinTV - Vol Control Doesn't Work.
I just installed LM7.2 and I'm trying to get Volume Controls to work in KwinTV. Everything else works fine including the volume control on Xawtv. Is there a way to get KwinTV's volume to work? Seve
RE: [expert] Read/Write permissions on a VFAT partition
To enable Write to FAT partitions: addd to /etc/fstab an entry for your FAT line that is "umask=0". This will then allow non-root users to write to FAT. Seve Original Message On 1/4/01, 12:53:22 AM, "Zelck, Guy" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [expert] Read/Write permissions on a VFAT partition: "Himebaugh, Jon, CON, OASD(HA)/TMA" wrote: I have a vfat partition (win98) mounted but cannot seem to get permissions to write to it. Would someone please give me a hint how to do this? The user that did the mount is the only one with write access. Not true, you can specify an option to set the mode of the dirs and files created on the vfat. I work this way. It's documented in mount I guess cause I found it on my system. So if the mode allows it, everyone can write.
[expert] CHMOD Question
From the Console: How do you chmod just the files in a directory tree without going into each directory? Seve
Re: [expert] CHMOD Question
Yes, "chmod 0750 /directory/*" would work but... What if there were many directories in "/directory" and you wanted to chmod all the files in those directories at once? Seve Original Message On 1/4/01, 4:08:48 AM, jean-philippe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] CHMOD Question: Sevatio Octavio wrote: From the Console: How do you chmod just the files in a directory tree without going into each directory? Seve "chmod 0750 /directory/*" should work HTH Flupke -- There's no place like ~! Gois Jean-Philippe [EMAIL PROTECTED] E-Systems information technology 22 Av Jean Mermoz B-6041 Gosselies
Re: [expert] CHMOD Question
Thank you for understanding the objective. Wouldn't it be nice to have the 'elegant' solution when dealing with a large directory tree? Seve Original Message On 1/4/01, 8:41:16 AM, Holly Henry-Pilkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] CHMOD Question: Sevatio Octavio wrote: From the Console: How do you chmod just the files in a directory tree without going into each directory? chmod has a -r option for recursive (see: man chmod). In my experience, though, I couldn't get it to JUST change file permissions and not directories along the way. I have a directory that just has subdirectories underneath it with files in each directory. I used chmod -r 644 * from that main directory. Then I used chmod 755 * to change the directories back to the permissions they should have for my application. Not elegant, but it worked. :) Holly
Re: [expert] CHMOD Question
Rusty, You got it!!! Now, what does "xargs: unmatched single quote" mean? That's what it's telling me when I use your method. Am I missing something from your line? find /the/directory/in/question -type f | xargs chmod 644 Seve Original Message On 1/4/01, 8:59:52 AM, Rusty Carruth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re[2]: [expert] CHMOD Question: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for understanding the objective. Wouldn't it be nice to have the 'elegant' solution when dealing with a large directory tree? Seve well, the elegant solution is: find /the/directory/in/question -type f | xargs chmod 644 This will find and change all (changable) files in all directories starting at /the/directory/in/question and below. there you go... rc Rusty Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or [EMAIL PROTECTED] Voice: (480) 345-3621 SnailMail: Schlumberger ATE FAX: (480) 345-8793 7855 S. River Parkway, Suite 116 Ham: N7IKQ @ 146.82+,pl 162.2 Tempe, AZ 85284-1825
Re: [expert] CHMOD Question
Rusty,
Thank you so much. Your solution did the trick.
BTW, where did you acquire this info?
Seve
Original Message
On 1/4/01, 3:46:33 PM, Rusty Carruth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
regarding Re[2]: [expert] CHMOD Question:
bcc sent to Servatio also...
Sevatio Octavio[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Rusty,
You got it!!! Now, what does "xargs: unmatched single quote" mean?
That's what it's telling me when I use your method. Am I missing
something from the line?
find /the/directory/in/question -type f | xargs chmod 644
Oh, yeah, I forgot to warn everyone. If there are special characters
in the filenames inside that directory, you'll need to use something
like this instead:
find /thedir -type f -exec chmod 644 \{\} \;
(if using csh)
if you want to see what its doing, say
find /thedir -type f -print -exec chmod 644 \{\} \;
(again, for csh)
rc
Rusty Carruth Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] or
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Re: [expert] Why doesn't work the telnet with Mdk 7.2 afterinstall?
For some reason, installing LM7.2 does not automatically install Telnetd. So you have to get the rpm and install it yourself afterwards. Seve Original Message On 1/3/01, 3:07:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [expert] Why doesn't work the telnet with Mdk 7.2 after install?: Hello, I've just installed Mdk 7.2 and the telnet doesn't work. A friend explained me to check that the telnet service is enable in /etc/xinetd/telnet but this file doesn't exist. Someone could explain me what I've to do to active this service after the installation? And Happy New year! Pierre ** ** This message may contain confidential information and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose, use, disseminate or copy this message. The information contained in this message reflects the opinion of the sender and not Systemat's opinion. ** **
Re: [expert] Why doesn't work the telnet with Mdk 7.2 afterinstall?
Yes, the curiosity lies with the reason why Mandrake did it and not the reason why it should be done. Seve Original Message On 1/3/01, 9:39:22 PM, Mike MacCana [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] Why doesn't work the telnet with Mdk 7.2 afterinstall?: The reason should be obvious - telnet is insecure and is banned both internally and externally at most corproates these days, and should likewise not be installed on your home machine. SSH deprecates Telnet, is just as uniquitous, and makes running graphical apps remotely much easier. Mike Sevatio Octavio wrote: For some reason, installing LM7.2 does not automatically install Telnetd. So you have to get the rpm and install it yourself afterwards. Seve Original Message On 1/3/01, 3:07:57 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [expert] Why doesn't work the telnet with Mdk 7.2 after install?: Hello, I've just installed Mdk 7.2 and the telnet doesn't work. A friend explained me to check that the telnet service is enable in /etc/xinetd/telnet but this file doesn't exist. Someone could explain me what I've to do to active this service after the installation? And Happy New year! Pierre ** ** This message may contain confidential information and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity to whom it is addressed. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose, use, disseminate or copy this message. The information contained in this message reflects the opinion of the sender and not Systemat's opinion. ** ** -- -- Mike MacCana Support Consultant C Y B E R S O U R C E Level 9, 140 Queen St Melbourne 3000 Ph : +61 3 9642 5997 Fax: +61 3 9642 5998
[expert] WorkAround for LM-7.2 Partial Install?
I'm trying to install all of LM-7.2 but it will only allow 1.5 gigs. The partition is 3.5gigs so there should be plenty of room. How do you get LM-7.2 to install all applications? Seve
Re: [expert] WorkAround for LM-7.2 Partial Install?
I chose "Expert" and every available package along with %100 on the slidebar. Seve Original Message On 12/25/00, 1:10:10 PM, Roger Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] WorkAround for LM-7.2 Partial Install?: Prolly a silly question, but what kind of install did you do? Recommended? Custom? Expert? If expert (I dont know if these options are given for the other two), did you check fullinstall? peace, Rog http://www.slammingrooves.com Registered Linux user #19071 On Mon, 25 Dec 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm trying to install all of LM-7.2 but it will only allow 1.5 gigs. The partition is 3.5gigs so there should be plenty of room. How do you get LM-7.2 to install all applications? Seve
[expert] LM7.2 Install Problem
The LM7.2 installation software fails to access the floppy when making the bootfloppy. Also it fails to install Lilo/Grub due to some "Hash" error. Have any of you the solution to these problems? Thanks, Seve Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] wishing for a second machine
I'm not familiar with Vmware so I'll ask this question: Why not just fill extra partitions with your experimental distros and then use Grub/Lilo to boot your desired distro? Or does Vmware do a much better job at this? Seve Original Message On 8/20/00, 1:15:55 PM, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] wishing for a second machine: On Sun, 20 Aug 2000, Vic wrote: One day when I get a separate machine (for testing purposes only) I want to use it to test unstable releases of linux (any dist.) I feel like I am not quite enough help on these lists and I am always the one asking for help, but I wish there were a way I could give back, but due to limited finds, I can't help out as much as I want to. One alternative may be to use VMware, www.vmware.com, or to partition your hd further, and install multiple distros on it. A safer second choice is to buy a 2nd hd, and install a development Mandrake on there to play with, so you don't screw up your main distro. I try to answer any questions that I know the answer to, even if someone else does it too, after all 300 heads are better than 3. More answers are always better than none. Sorry if I have not seemed to be much help lately, on either the newbie list or the expert one, but I would sure like to be as I learn more about the Unix (or Linux in this case) o/s. I like your dedication to try to help, even if you don't have the resources to. That shows that you don't try to mooch answers off people. That is what Open Source and Linux are all about. Long live Linux and Unix. --The Learner -- Regards, Ellick Chan [EMAIL PROTECTED] Aug 20
[expert] Re: [newbie] I am having problems with Actiontec 56k V.90 Modem
Woopss. You're right. I meant call-waiting. Seve Original Message On 8/17/00, 3:37:29 PM, "Ed Tharp" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] I am having problems with Actiontec 56k V.90 Modem: caller ID ?? I have the call waiting version, works great in Linux and the install manual explains the setup very well - Original Message ----- From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2000 8:01 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] I am having problems with Actiontec 56k V.90 Modem The only linux-capable Actiontec PCI modem that I'm aware of is the one that has caller-id. Beyond that, who knows... Seve Original Message On 8/16/00, 11:14:50 AM, Robin Regennitter [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [newbie] I am having problems with Actiontec 56k V.90 Modem: Jeff Moulton wrote: Hi, I can not get my Actiontec 56k V.90 Modem to be detected / installed. I have a new Gateway 2150 laptop. If someone could please help I would appreciate it. I have just installed 7.1 Do I have a WinModem and don''t know it? When I use kppp I get device is busy The settings in Windows it is on com2 IRQ: 03 I/O: 10A0h-10A7h I/O: 1400h - 14FFh Mem: 0A003000h-0A0030FFh Thankyou, Jeff Moulton I have had problems with modems. PCI modems doesnt work most of the time. this came with my computer. There's a HOWTO modem section in the Documention in Mandrake 7.1. I went out and bought an external Modem Blaster from Creative and it works great.
[expert] Remote PC Software VNC Performance Level
I read somewhere on this list that VNC didn't perform as well as some of the other remote-pc softwares. My experience is only with VNC and it does seem sluggish even on a 10/100mbps network. So what are these other softwares that outperform VNC? And to what degree? It would be nice if it also came with a Java client for your browser. Seve
Re: [expert] Re: KVM Switches Mouse Problem
Thanks John! It appears that my Linsys KVM is not compatitable with linux. But Belkin's line of KVMs are quite linux-friendly from what I've read. Seve Original Message On 8/15/00, 5:49:08 PM, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] Re: KVM Switches Mouse Problem: On Tue, 15 Aug 2000, you wrote: Yes, the mouse works fine without the KVM device. I'm using a KVM switch here -- a Belkin Omniview SE and it works fine with my Windows box and my linux box. I've got a true-blue IBM PS/2 keyboard and a Microsoft Intellimouse hooked up to the KVM. It works fine, for me. Since you have no problems when the mouse is hooked up straight, that tells me that the KVM is the problem. John
[expert] KVM - Linksys FYI
If you're in the market for a KVM switch don't waste your time with the ones made by Linksys. Their support number can ring for minutes at a time. After jumping through all the hoops, you'll find that even the senior-techs have no idea what to do with Linux. I've tried every mouse driver with this thing and the only one that works is the generic PS/2. IMPS/2 will only make you mouse jump everywhere. Thus no wheel control. Seve
Re: [expert] web server directory access HELP!!!!!!!!
A quick way is to type this into your console: chmod -R /home/httpd Seve Original Message On 8/14/00, 10:01:23 PM, "rharvey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [expert] web server directory access HELP: How do you get your web pages and cgi scripts into the httpd directory and sub directories? I have installed the new linux mandrake. I choose to have the install set up the apache. I can't access the directories to setup my web pages! thanks Robert Harvey
[expert] Re: KVM Switches Mouse Problem
Yes, the mouse works fine without the KVM device. Seve rharvey wrote: does it jump without the linksys device? - Original Message - From: "Sevatio Octavio" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "rharvey" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 15, 2000 3:49 PM Subject: KVM Switches Mouse Problem My mouse jumps all over the screen when I try to use a Linksys automatic KVM switch. I tried both an optical wheel mouse and a regular two button mouse and they do the same thing on both PCs. One is running LM7.0-2 and the other LM7.1 . Have you guys any tips for correcting the KVM mouse problem? Seve
[expert] Modems For PCI Slots?
I'm finding out that some of the higher-end motherboards are doing away with ISA slots. Thus this question: Are there any Linux-compatible modems that run in PCI slots? Seve
[expert] Partition Commander vs. Partition Magic
Have any of you worked with Partition Commander? How does it compare to Partition Magic? Seve
[expert] LILO EZ-Drive Software - Potential Conflict?
For those of you that have to use EZ-Disk because your BIOS cannot support Large harddrives (8Gigs): Can LILO and the EZ-Disk software exist together on the MBR portion of the harddrive? Seve
[expert] Reboot Remote LinBox - How To?
I have a remote box running LM 7.1 without a monitor. How do you instruct that box to reboot via Telnet? Seve
Re: [expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive
That's a good idea. Thanks, Seve Original Message On 8/1/00, 4:12:14 PM, Henrik Edlund [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive: On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Have one / (root) partition for every distribution. Have one /home (home) partition that all distributions share. -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "Nothing happens in contradiciton to nature, only in contradiction to what we know of it." -- Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully, "The X-Files"
[expert] Automatic Dependencies - Purpose Function?
When installing LM-7.1 and selecting packages there is an option at the bottom of the screen: "Automatic Dependencies". What is the function of that option? Seve
RE: [expert]
Hang in there Mr.Baron. The beginning is usually tough. Shortly, you'll master the faithful penguin. You will never come close to getting this kind of help with OEM Win9X. And if there is a linux problem, it will be consistent. OTOH, Win9X tends to creatively reinvent a new problems on a regular basis. Then you whip-out your visa card and listen to the caring words of a low-level MS-tech. Anyway... get through this and the pay-off will be great. Seve Original Message On 8/1/00, 6:01:27 AM, "Gilbert Baron" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding RE: [expert]: Is there any answer to this yet/ If not, what does one do with LINUX, just say to oneself ahh well, we don't support you modern and common hardware but that is ok, just use an older version. Boy that makes for confidence in this toy. -Original Message- From: Gilbert Baron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, July 28, 2000 6:04 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] I set up the partitions with Partition Magic. They show as ext2 and they install for version 7.0 fine. The video does not matter. Asd for the hard drive, here is the information straight from Windows 2000. System Information report written at: 07/28/2000 06:00:22 AM [Drives] Item Value DriveA: Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive DriveB: Description 3 1/2 Inch Floppy Drive DriveC: Description Local Fixed Disk Compressed False File System FAT32 Size 108.92 MB (114,210,816 bytes) Free Space 98.15 MB (102,919,168 bytes) Volume Name DRIVE1 Volume Serial Number 145C16D3 PartitionDisk #0, Partition #0 Partition Size 109.79 MB (115,121,664 bytes) Starting Offset 32256 bytes Drive Description\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 Drive Manufacturer Not Available Drive Model Not Available Drive BytesPerSector 512 Drive MediaLoadedTrue Drive MediaType Fixed hard disk media Drive Partitions 5 Drive SCSIBus0 Drive SCSILogicalUnit0 Drive SCSIPort 0 Drive SCSITargetId 0 Drive SectorsPerTrack63 Drive Size 20472721920 bytes Drive TotalCylinders 2489 Drive TotalSectors 39985785 Drive TotalTracks634695 Drive TracksPerCylinder 255 DriveD: Description Local Fixed Disk Compressed False File System FAT32 Size 14.65 GB (15,727,771,648 bytes) Free Space 11.23 GB (12,062,523,392 bytes) Volume Name Volume Serial Number 80CA03AE PartitionDisk #0, Partition #1 Partition Size 18.96 GB (20,357,568,000 bytes) Starting Offset 115153920 bytes Drive Description\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE0 Drive Manufacturer Not Available Drive Model Not Available Drive BytesPerSector 512 Drive MediaLoadedTrue Drive MediaType Fixed hard disk media Drive Partitions 5 Drive SCSIBus0 Drive SCSILogicalUnit0 Drive SCSIPort 0 Drive SCSITargetId 0 Drive SectorsPerTrack63 Drive Size 20472721920 bytes Drive TotalCylinders 2489 Drive TotalSectors 39985785 Drive TotalTracks634695 Drive TracksPerCylinder 255 DriveE: Description Local Fixed Disk Compressed False File System FAT32 Size 14.30 GB (15,351,709,696 bytes) Free Space 5.31 GB (5,700,509,696 bytes) Volume Name DRIVE2 Volume Serial Number 353311DA PartitionDisk #1, Partition #0 Partition Size 14.31 GB (15,366,758,400 bytes) Starting Offset 7741440 bytes Drive Description\\.\PHYSICALDRIVE1 Drive Manufacturer Not Available Drive Model Not Available Drive BytesPerSector 512 Drive MediaLoadedTrue Drive MediaType Fixed hard disk media Drive Partitions 1 Drive SCSIBus0 Drive SCSILogicalUnit0 Drive SCSIPort 0 Drive SCSITargetId 1 Drive SectorsPerTrack63 Drive Size 15374499840 bytes Drive TotalCylinders 1986 Drive TotalSectors 30028320 Drive TotalTracks476640 Drive TracksPerCylinder 240 Since it works for version 7 and does not work for version 7.1 there is an obvious regression problem with the install code. What I am asking is for a fix or a work around that does not cause me to lose my other things. There is no way I will remove Windows 2000 form the drive. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Craig Woods Sent: Thursday, July 27, 2000 9:46 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Gilbert, how did you set up the partitions on /dev/hda? If LMDK 7.1 can not find a valid file systems, I suspect that you set these up with another utility. Also tell us about your hardware, esp. hard drive type, IDE controller chip set, video card, and anything else you might think is relevant to your set up. Craig Woods Gilbert Baron wrote: Excuse if this should be on newbie but I think it needs an expert to answer it. It also may appear twice. I had a system problem and think it did not get
[expert] Partition Magic 5.0 - In Search Of A Good Deal
Where's the best deal on buying Partition Magic 5.0? Seve
[expert] Diskdrake's Partitions Can't Be Read By Partition Magic - ???
Hi All, I went to resize a partition after installing 7.1 and found that Diskdrake made partitions that Partition Magic can't alter. Those partitions are seen as type 85 and type 82 for the swap. Are these new for linux? How do you resize them without loss of data? Seve
[expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also, what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive? Seve
[expert] SIS6326 Chipset LM 7.1 - Compatible?
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326 chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1? Seve
[expert] SIS6326 Chipset LM 7.1 - Compatible?
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326 chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1? Seve
[expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also, what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive? Seve
[expert] Diskdrake's Partitions Can't Be Read By Partition Magic - ???
Hi All, I went to resize a partition after installing 7.1 and found that Diskdrake made partitions that Partition Magic can't alter. Those partitions are seen as type 85 and type 82 for the swap. Are these new for linux? How do you resize them without loss of data? Seve
[expert] Diskdrake's Partitions Can't Be Read By Partition Magic - ???
Hi All, I went to resize a partition after installing 7.1 and found that Diskdrake made partitions that Partition Magic can't alter. Those partitions are seen as type 85 and type 82 for the swap. Are these new for linux? How do you resize them without loss of data? Seve
[expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also, what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive? Seve
[expert] SIS6326 Chipset LM 7.1 - Compatible?
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326 chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1? Seve
[expert] SIS6326 Chipset LM 7.1 - Compatible?
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326 chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1? Seve
[expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also, what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive? Seve
Re: [expert] Partition Magic 5.0 - In Search Of A Good Deal
Is DiskDrake going have the ability to resize partitions without losing data? seve Original Message On 8/1/00, 3:56:55 PM, Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] Partition Magic 5.0 - In Search Of A Good Deal: why not just use Presize and get it for free? It does the same thing that PM does. The only difference is that Presizer doesn't have a fancy GUI. -- Mark ** =/\= | ** _||_ | ** =\/= | Registered Linux user #182496 On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Charles A Edwards wrote: - Original Message - From: "Sevatio Octavio" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where's the best deal on buying Partition Magic 5.0? Seve PM 5.0 www.oniva.com$54.26 with free shipping. Several sites offer it in the 49.90s but they all screw you on the shipping charges. Charles
[expert] Kernel Panick Problem
I'm forward this question on Bill's behalf since he's having trouble with the listserver. Seve Hi My pronblem came about when trying to UPGRADE my kernel to 2.2.16 It would not re-boot and failed with a kernel panick I tracked this down to the Ramdisk boot option VFS failed , kernel panick which appears to be related to the initrd=initrd.img line in /etc/lilo.conf refering to initrd.img soft link in /boot How does this come about No I installed the exact same Mandrake 7.1 CD on three diofferent machines, on two it comes up with this initrd stuff, on the thrid it just did a plain install and the eleant files in /boot were the kernel and System.map, no initrd stuff I see no install time selection to choose this type of boot process, either in expert or custom or automated install I did find some docs on it , but I cannot find it again You see when you come to do an rpm upgrade of the kernel no new initrd is generated. If this line is left out of lilo.conf it will not bot that kernel Please someone explain this , or point me to the docs for it Thanks phil - Many thanks Phil -- Phil Risby C-TEK San Juan Puerto Rico
Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?
So it seems that we're still stuck in the DOS environment when creating these partitions. Is there a Linux equivalent to Partition-Magic so we never touch anything related to MS? Which also leads to this question - When installing LM-7.1, I had DiskDrake create the Ext2 partitions. Is there a new version of Ext2? I ask because my Partition-Magic could not read those partitions. Also, how is it that DiskDrake could make a Swap Partition greater than 128Mb? Seve Original Message On 7/30/00, 7:45:24 AM, Charles Curley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?: On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 08:41:04AM +, Sevatio Octavio wrote: Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD? i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed. Seve I posted a writeup on this list a while ago; check the archives. Several of the responses in this thread are incorrect. You can have zero to four extended partitions in the MBR. How deep you can nest extended partitions is up to the operating system that interprets the data and the version of fdisk that writes it. I believe Mess-DOS can only go one deep, so you can only get 16 partitions with Mess-DOS. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley
[expert] Partitioning Rules - ?
Where could I find some answers on the limits of partitioning your HD? i.e. Number of primary logical partitions allowed. Seve
[expert] What's Up With The List Server?
What's going on with the list server? Only a small fraction of my posts are getting on the list. The remainder have just disappeared. Seve
[expert] File Containing Gateway IP
Would any of you happen to know what file contains the Gateway IP setting? Seve
Re: [expert] Need help....
I have a remote box running LM 7.1 without a monitor. How do you instruct it to reboot via Telnet? Seve
[expert] Cordless Mouse
Does it take any special drivers to run a cordless mouse on LM-7.1?
Re: [expert] Nic problem
What type of NIC is it? Original Message On 7/25/00, 9:56:16 AM, "fasi74" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [expert] Nic problem: I was using mandrake 7 normally until i added another NIC now its is not showning it gets detect on kudzu but cant configure it need help quickly .
[expert] NIC Problem - 3C900 3C59X module won't work on LM7.1
I've run out of ideas on this one. I took a working 3C900 NIC out of a LM7.01 machine and put it into an LM7.1 machine. The darn LM7.1 machine cannot communicate with the 3C900. It assigned module 3C59x and knows it's a 3c900 but still no luck. Have you guys any luck in getting this to work under 7.1? Seve
[expert] Mandrake 7.1 USB Webcams
Have any of you gurus been able to get a USB webcam to work with Mandrake 7.1? I have a USB Creative Webcam II that's been idle since I stopped using windows. Seve
[expert] testing123
testing123
Re: [expert] testing123
Thanks for the ping. The mailing list gets wacko at times. Seve Original Message On 7/24/00, 7:32:49 PM, Fran Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] testing123: reply ... testing 456 :) Bambi On Mon, 24 Jul 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: testing123
[expert] Apache .htaccess - Usage Question
Could one of you post an example of an .htaccess file used in Apache servers? I'm trying to understand what you can put on the file in terms of syntax. Seve
Re: [expert] Pentium 200Mhz/MMX and Mandrake - Resource Efficient?
That gets to my next question... While shopping, I ran across a lot of boxes with motherboards that have onboard sound video. What's your take on those? Do they tend to require funky device drivers that Linux may not have? Seve Original Message On 7/22/00, 10:34:17 PM, Anton Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] Pentium 200Mhz/MMX and Mandrake - Resource Efficient?: Submitted 23-Jul-00 by John J. LeMay Jr.: Doesn't there come a point when using a machine as old as an XT clone actually costs more to run (heat/electric) than grabbing something like the BookPC machines (around $500 ready to roll) and tossing the "classic" into the antique rack? I'm not blasting anyone for still using old equipment, I would never do that. I'm just curious as to the trade off. I would assume their has been significant advances in power efficiency and in the physics involved in keeping machines cool in the past 10 years or so and that these features may make purchasing a new machine more cost effective than running an old one. Just curious! Yes, it probably does cost more to run it than say one of the everything on one board machines. I actually did it originally as an exercise in adapting old equipment into terminals. Bottom line is that I can get an XT with a monitor for around $50-100 while a real terminal will cost me at least twice that :/. Around here, I am more accountable for initial investment than cost of operation. -- _ _|_|_ ( ) *Anton Graham /v\ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /( )X (m_m) GPG ID: 18F78541 Penguin Powered!
Re: [expert] [Fwd: Laplink?]
I didn't catch your original question. Are you wondering about remote controlling another pc? Or is this a laplink specific question? Have you checked out VNC? It's free at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ . All you need is a browser to control another pc. Seve Original Message On 7/23/00, 1:23:38 PM, Darryl Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding [expert] [Fwd: Laplink?]: Hello list, I've been hanging around on the newbie list for awhile now, and I didn't have any takers on this question, so I thought I'd give it a try here. I have found instructions on how to do this manually, but I'm hoping there may be a program to simplify the task. TIA -- Darryl Gibson Linux Neophyte (tm) RLU # 182668 This computer is 100% Microsoft FREE
Re: [expert] Pentium 200Mhz/MMX and Mandrake - Resource Efficient?
That's why we must give as much help as possible. That learning curve is steep but once you're there, you will not go back. No more annual ransoms to Microsoft. No more buying the best and latest hardware and then be defeated by Window's bloatness. All this money I'm saving is going into more boxes throughout the house. Three years ago I could not have dreamed of this incredible scenario that we're enjoying. A lot of my non-techy friends are also starting to see the light. Although they're nervous about abandoning their winbox, they are buying new boxes with just Linux installed. Seve Original Message On 7/23/00, 1:27:07 PM, Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] Pentium 200Mhz/MMX and Mandrake - Resource Efficient?: Amen! You might also add that many of the Windows converts won't have the patience or don't want to take the time to work thru the little problems. I've been trying for several months to install a stable Mdk. Every time I get close I find another hardware problem. At the rate I'm going I won't live long enough to learn what Linux is..but in the meantime I sure am learing what it ain't! Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 12:47 PM 7/23/00 -0700, you wrote: Submitted 23-Jul-00 by Ralph Day: Why do you say the i810 video support is shaky at this point? It works great and is packaged with LM 7.1. I'll admit you do have to do a little hand configuration. That's why :/ The i810's are marketted to entry level consumers, who would be more than a little miffed at not having it work "out-of-the-box." Remember that as Linux becomes more mainstream, we are going to be getting more (and more) people who: 1) Have never used anything but Windows/MacOS (when the LM PPC port becomes available) 2) Never had to manually configure anything 3) Don't know that X isn't the OS, just an interface. 4) Refuse to accept answers/solutions because they don't like them. (Witness the gentleman who complained numerous times about being unable to install X on his unsupported video card). 5) Are more than willing to blame the OS for their own lack of knowledge. I can't count the times I have had to tell somebody to edit such-and-such file instead of using a (rather limited) GUI front-end to a program. Our Windows converts are coming from a point and click world in which all of the thinking has been done for them. If we want to keep these people, we need to steer them away from hardware that may pose difficulties for them until they are comfortable enough to do the tweaking that makes it work. In the meantime, hardware support improves constanty. The i810 is considered by many to be a priority project, so I wouldn't be surprised if it was Linux-newbie friendly by the time 7.2 becomes available. -- _ _|_|_ ( ) *Anton Graham /v\ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /( )X (m_m) GPG ID: 18F78541 Penguin Powered!
[expert] ALSA Yamaha XG
Some of you mentioned that you were able to get ALSA to work for Yamaha XG cards. And you said that ALSA sounded better than OSS. I'm currently using the OSS driver. Could you tell me if ALSA gives you bass treble controls or is it a hardware issue? Seve
Re: [expert] netscape 474
I use StarOffice5.2 for email. Although it can handle multiple accounts, it is somewhat buggy. It tweaks out when you have more than a thousand emails per account. I hope this will get fixed especially when it goes opensource. The browser's not bad either. Seve Original Message On 7/23/00, 3:23:08 PM, Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] netscape 474: Considering this browser's sad history the past 3 years I do not know why anyone would expect anything better. Personally, I still like version 3.04 best. I run it with Java disabled; use its old emailer and scripting turned off. Since I rarely accept attachments, I've effectively eliminated most of the virus attacks. Actually I'd be delighted to buy a real Linux browser that wasn't bloated and that offered mail. Does anyone know how well the STAR OFFICE browser and emailer work in Linux? It worked okay in Winbloz. Pj At 05:42 PM 7/23/00 -0400, you wrote: I wouldn't become too hopeful cause the beta release of Netscape 6 is doing the same thing. In SPADES. It's worse there than in the .7x series of Netscape 4. -- Mark ** Registered Linux user # 182496 ** On Fri, 21 Jul 2000, dallard wrote: Mark I installed netscape 4.74 on my mandrake 7.0 machine yesterday. It seems to have the same problems that 4.70 had (my previous version). Netscape crashes on certain java pages and sometimes takes up al l the cpu. same as before. Oh well mabe next patch. :0) Hope that helps Dany Allard Mark Weaver wrote: Did they fix the java problem in 4.74, or does it still runaway with the CPU now and then like 4.73 does? -- Mark ** Registered Linux user # 182496 ** On Wed, 19 Jul 2000, victor gvirtsman wrote: found it today at ftp.netscape.com
[expert] AMD Chips and Mandrake
Are there any problems with using AMD chips for running Linux? Seve
[expert] Pentium 200Mhz/MMX and Mandrake - Resource Effecient?
Thanks for all the info regarding the AMD chips. Now on the other end of the spectrum... I know that Linux is efficient, so I'm just curious about what a Pentium 200Mhz/MMX 64Meg SDRAM can do with Mandrake. If any of you have experiences with older systems, please share how much work you've been able to squeeze out of such resources. What kind of servers are you running and the level of traffic? Seve
[expert] The List is not Accepting My Emails - Why?
HI, Eversince I switched over to StarOffice5.2 for my emails, I am no longer able to send mail to the list. Although, I can receive mail from the list and I know that my outbound mail works with other addresses. So, why would the list reject my mail? My previous email client was Outluck Espress... (please don't stone me for using that ;-) Seve
Re: [expert] Remote Access of Root
Log on as regular user and then switch over to SU. Seve -Original Message- From: Richard Fiedler [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 6:21 AM Subject: [expert] Remote Access of Root I have Mandrake 7.1 up and running and for maintenance purposes I want to log on remotely as root for telnet and ftp from another system. Right now this seems to be defeated by the system. Can I change this?
[expert] BlackBox Menu Editing - How To?
How do you edit the menu in BlackBox? Seve
[expert] XFce - Calling All Fans - 2 Questions
I've spent the last couple of days messing around with Window Mgrs and have come to really like XFce. XFce's definitely quick and light-footed. Are any of you using it? Is there an easy way to import Gnome and KDE Menus? And, how do you autostart files upon logging on XFce? Seve
Re: [expert] multiple names on one machine?
You can even setup Apache to ignore the IP# and just respond to domain names... in case you're serving things up from a cablemodem. Seve -Original Message- From: Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, July 03, 2000 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [expert] multiple names on one machine? Sure, you can set up several names in DNS to point to the same IP address. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 3 Jul 2000, Bruce E. Harris wrote: Hi, I have a DNS server, web server and working on a mail server on my desktop. I am wondering if I can use several name on one machine. For example can I name the web server "www" mail server "mail" instead of the machine name on the same box? TIA Best Regards, Bruce "If it ain't broke, you're not trying" The New Red Green Show
Re: [expert] REPOST: BUG in netconf
Netconf has always been a bit buggy. I found this out trying to get it to setup multiple IPs. The only thing reliable is to do it yourself. Seve -Original Message- From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, June 29, 2000 1:09 PM Subject: Re: [expert] REPOST: BUG in netconf Bill Shirley wrote: Did anyone understand my posting? Did anyone at Mandrake verify this problem? Am I on track here, or totally ignorant of how ipchains works? (Pffft, pffft, is this thing working? Testing, one, two, three. Testing.) There is a bug in netconf. Please follow the description of the problem below. I want to forward traffic between my two subnets, 192.168.1.0/24 (subnetA) and 192.168.2.0/24 (subnetB). Also, I want to masquerade subnetA to the internet. When I enter the rules into linuxconf (/networking/firewalling/forward firewalling) I should enter the forward rule between subnetA and subnetB before (using the weight option) the masquerading rule. If I don't then traffic between the two subnets will be masqueraded instead of forwarded. However, if I only enter a single non-masq rule between subnetB and subnetA marked as bi-directional (weighted 20) and a single masq rule between subnetA and 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 marked as bi-directional (weighted 50) then the output is incorrect. I get: [root@server1 etc]# ipchains -L forward -n Chain forward (policy DENY): target prot opt source destination ports ACCEPT all -- 192.168.2.0/24 192.168.1.0/24 n/a MASQ all -- 192.168.1.0/24 0.0.0.0/0.0.0.0 n/a ACCEPT all -- 192.168.1.0/24 192.168.2.0/24 n/a As you can see, traffic from subnetB to subnetA will be forwarded. But, traffic from subnetA to subnetB will be masqueraded instead of forwarded. Rule #3 will never be used. To get the correct functionality, I need two serperate non-bidirectional rules. subnetA --- subnetB non-masq non-bi-directional weight 20 subnetB --- subnetA non-masq non-bi-directional weight 20 subnetA - internet masq bi-directional weight 50 Linuxconf/netconf must not be using the ipchains -b flag when it creates the rules. It seems to be using a second pass of the rules to implement the bi-directional feature resulting in the output being in incorrect order. Yes, I know the work-around (create two non bi-directional rules) but will the new linux users? Bill Mmmm, new to me. I use masquerading and forwarding from ipchains without netconf/linuxconf, writing my own script... I looked at it just now--didn't even know it was there til then. I think this one might be a good one for a bug report. Civileme
[expert] RealProducer Plus Version 8
RealProducer Plus Version 8 is now available from Real Networks. However, there are a few things I find disturbing. I called them to find out what happened to the GUI version (that came with V6.0), they told me that there is no plan for one. It is their belief that "linux-people prefer using command-lines". This is after talking to several people at Real that had little or no idea what Linux was. It's unfortunate that Real continues to operate in the clouds with the assumption that linux is still some geek's hobby. Plus, with Microsoft breathing down their neck, it's a bad time for such arrogance and ignorance. Seve
Re: [expert] using menu system in 7.1 for 7.0
You'll find the menu tree in /usr/share/applnk seve -Original Message- From: Anton Graham [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, June 24, 2000 4:04 PM Subject: Re: [expert] using menu system in 7.1 for 7.0 Submitted 24-Jun-00 by Norvell Spearman: Since I can't get my tape drive to work after installing 7.1, I'm downgrading to 7.0. Anybody know how to incorporate the new X menu system from 7.1 into 7.0? Thanks much. It requires both the menu-*.rpm and the 7.1 (and newer) versions of the relevent window managers. Good luck. -- _ _|_|_ ( ) *Anton Graham /v\ / [EMAIL PROTECTED] /( )X (m_m) GPG ID: 18F78541 Penguin Powered!
Re: [expert] troubles with star office
It sounds like setup is trying to write back to the CD. Move all the StarOffice files to the hard drive. Are you doing a net install or a single user install? Seve -Original Message- From: James Sparenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, June 23, 2000 3:19 AM Subject: [expert] troubles with star office All, I've got a box with Mandrake 7.1 that I'm trying to install Star Office on. But I've run into the following problem. It seems that whenever I type the ./setup command after going into the directory on the cdrom it keeps giving me a Permission denied error. I've checked permissions and they are read execute. I'm logged into kde as root. (I've also done a ctrl/alt/f3 and tried it from the command line logged in as root) and I get the same permission denied error. No other errors are present. Since I can navigate to the directory on the cdrom I know it's mounted and I've checked permissions up the chain and they are all in line. In short I'm having trouble finding any difference between this box and another one that I have already installed Star Office on. Any suggestions? Thanks for your time. James I haven't gotten a copy of this letter in about an hour so I am resending I apologize if you are receiving this twice.
[expert] Mail Server - Very Interested In Setting Up, But....
I'm looking at setting up a mail server but I'm a bit confused about a few things (regarding this subject). What's the difference between SMTP and POP3 servers? Is one dependent on the other? Can they both send and receive? Are some of the POP3 servers easier and quicker to setup? Seve
Re: [expert] How to trace IP packets...
Go here, it might help you get more info. http://visualroute.datametrics.com Seve -Original Message- From: Tony Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 5:37 AM Subject: [expert] How to trace IP packets... I've got an interesting problem which is a little bit beyond me, and maybe one of you can give me a few hints. We use a wireless ISP to connect to the internet, and they way it seems to work is that the wireless device they supply behaves pretty much like a repeater and all packets that it sees from either side are just repeated on the other. So far, so good, but I was watching my external interface today with tcpdump, and I noticed a lot of activity from an IP address 10.1.9.1 which is one of the addresses in the class A reserved network, so it really shouldn't be out in the wild. I only see packets like this: 13:23:42.327176 arp who-has 10.1.9.70 tell 10.1.9.1 13:23:42.328039 arp who-has 10.1.9.71 tell 10.1.9.1 13:23:42.329121 arp who-has 10.1.9.72 tell 10.1.9.1 13:23:42.330081 arp who-has 10.1.9.73 tell 10.1.9.1 13:23:43.315266 arp who-has 10.1.9.134 tell 10.1.9.1 13:23:43.317814 arp who-has 10.1.9.135 tell 10.1.9.1 13:23:43.321283 arp who-has 10.1.9.136 tell 10.1.9.1 13:23:43.322147 arp who-has 10.1.9.137 tell 10.1.9.1 13:23:43.328441 arp who-has 10.1.9.138 tell 10.1.9.1 13:23:43.426728 arp who-has 10.1.9.74 tell 10.1.9.1 I never see any replies, so I guess they are going via an internal-only connection. In my own network we are using the class C reserved subnet so I know this has nothing to do with us. I think it's another customer of the ISP with a config error. So here are my questions: 1. How can I track them down and tell advise them of their problem? I've already sent a mail to the ISP, but given their normal lack of action, I don't expect a response. 2. Any ideas as to what kind of config error could cause this? Routing table? IP forwarding? All help gratefully received. Regards, Tony === Tony Smith Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tel: +44 1189 893200 ===
Re: [expert] How to trace IP packets...
Their system is down for the moment. Seve -Original Message- From: Daniel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:07 PM Subject: Re: [expert] How to trace IP packets... Go here, it might help you get more info. http://visualroute.datametrics.com ??? this link points to nowhere ...
Re: [expert] rc.local Starting Applications Under Specific User - How To?
Thanks for the help everyone. Now I know that I must use the "su" command to accomplish this. I.E. - #su - username -c /programname Seve -Original Message----- From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 6:21 PM Subject: [expert] rc.local Starting Applications Under Specific User - How To? Typically if I wanted to run something automatically at bootup, I would put a statement into /etc/rc.d/rc.local . Those apps will run under the ownership of 'root'. How do you get rc.local to run apps under a specific user? Seve
Re: [expert] rc.local Starting Applications Under Specific User -
Thanks very much. I used a modified version of your script and it works great.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Expert Linux list [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] rc.local Starting Applications Under Specific User -
su userid -c \"command line\" -s shell path
See the start case in /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs for an example.
And a script might look like (WebXXX is made up) ...
--- start cut
#!/bin/sh
#
# Startup script for WebXXX
#
PROG=webxxx
PROGDIR=/home/httpd/webxxx/bin
WSUSER=erl
if [ $WSUSER = `whoami` ] ; then
STARTCMD="$PROGDIR/$PROG restart"
STOPCMD="$PROGDIR/$PROG stop"
else
STARTCMD="su - $WSUSER -c \"$PROGDIR/$PROG restart\""
STOPCMD="su - $WSUSER -c \"$PROGDIR/$PROG stop\""
fi
if [ ! -x $PROGDIR/$PROG ] ; then
echo "WebXXX can not execute: $PROGDIR/$PROG, aborting ..."
exit
fi
if [ "$1" = "start" ] ; then
echo "WebXXX starting ..."
cd $PROGDIR
/bin/sh -c "$STARTCMD"
elif [ "$1" = "stop" ] ; then
echo "WebXXX shutting down ..."
cd $PROGDIR
/bin/sh -c "$STOPCMD"
else
echo "usage $0 {start | stop}"
fi
--- end cut
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, you wrote:
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
Typically if I wanted to run something automatically at bootup, I would put a
statement into /etc/rc.d/rc.local . Those apps
will
run under the ownership of 'root'. How do you get rc.local to run apps under a
specific user?
Seve
I would simply put it into the appropriate user's .bashrc (or
whatever shell you are talking about)
Or, if it is to be run as, say, nobody, I would put a call to
setuid() in the source of the program and recompile.
Sheesh, maybe there is a simpler way... Anyone?
Civileme
Thanks... Dan.
[expert] Email Setup with Cablemodem Account - How To?
I'm helping someone kick the M$ habit but I'm stuck with ATT's Cablemodem email setup. Looking at IE Owchluk-Xpress, it has the POP3 and SMTP set as "mail". How do they get away with just "mail"? So if I wanted to use Kmail instead, what would I put down for POP3 SMTP servers? mail.home.com doesn't work and I can't get through to their crappy support center. Seve
[expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve
I'm using VNC for Linbox to Linbox. I'm able to log in and get vncviewer to see the remote mouse cursor move but all I get is a gray background with no other functions. I've looked at "xstart" and it's set to run "twm". Is there something I'm missing here? Seve
Re: [expert] Email Setup with Cablemodem Account - How To?
Thanks!!! This gets me a bit closer to finding out the name of the mail server. How did you get "poptart" again? I'm not understanding how it was "derived by magic". I have the IP so maybe I can findout that way. Seve -Original Message- From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 2:59 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Email Setup with Cablemodem Account - How To? Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm helping someone kick the M$ habit but I'm stuck with ATT's Cablemodem email setup. Looking at IE Owchluk-Xpress, it has the POP3 and SMTP set as "mail". How do they get away with just "mail"? So if I wanted to use Kmail instead, what would I put down for POP3 SMTP servers? mail.home.com doesn't work and I can't get through to their crappy support center. Seve poptart.home.net24.0.26.112 poptart.home.net24.0.26.113 ports 25 ans 110 are OPEN on those and the host -a says they belong to the home.com nameservers 24.0.0.27 and 24.2.0.27 The information here was derived by magic from a friend who hates shoddy support desks. Civileme
Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve
Thanks for responding. What's the line entry you used to have xstart start kde? Perhaps my syntax isn't correct. Seve -Original Message- From: Gavin Clark [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 2:36 AM Subject: Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve on 6/19/00 1:27 AM, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm using VNC for Linbox to Linbox. I'm able to log in and get vncviewer to see the remote mouse cursor move but all I get is a gray background with no other functions. I've looked at "xstart" and it's set to run "twm". Is there something I'm missing here? Seve I think the window manager isn't starting. happens to me sometimes too. however I can log in fine to another user who is set a different window manager like KDE. try setting it to use a different window manager Gavin
Re: [expert] Email Setup with Cablemodem Account - How To?
Okay, here's how I finally figured out the mail server address ... I looked up the machine's IP# and it returned something like c123456-a.whatever.yourstate.home.com . Your mail server is then "mail.whatever.yourstate.home.com" . Hopefully, this rule applies elsewhere. Thanks again to all that helped. seve -Original Message----- From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 3:48 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Email Setup with Cablemodem Account - How To? Thanks!!! This gets me a bit closer to finding out the name of the mail server. How did you get "poptart" again? I'm not understanding how it was "derived by magic". I have the IP so maybe I can findout that way. Seve -Original Message- From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 2:59 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Email Setup with Cablemodem Account - How To? Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm helping someone kick the M$ habit but I'm stuck with ATT's Cablemodem email setup. Looking at IE Owchluk-Xpress, it has the POP3 and SMTP set as "mail". How do they get away with just "mail"? So if I wanted to use Kmail instead, what would I put down for POP3 SMTP servers? mail.home.com doesn't work and I can't get through to their crappy support center. Seve poptart.home.net24.0.26.112 poptart.home.net24.0.26.113 ports 25 ans 110 are OPEN on those and the host -a says they belong to the home.com nameservers 24.0.0.27 and 24.2.0.27 The information here was derived by magic from a friend who hates shoddy support desks. Civileme
Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve
Okay, I checked the log file and it's telling me that "xrdb" cannot find $HOME/.Xresources . I can't find .Xresources anywhere. Would you happen to have a copy to send me? Seve -Original Message- From: Bug Hunter [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 8:07 AM Subject: Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve you need to look in ~/.vnc/xstartup. there, an xterm should be started and the twm window manager will be started. I've installed icewm, and start it instead of twm, from that file./ On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm using VNC for Linbox to Linbox. I'm able to log in and get vncviewer to see the remote mouse cursor move but all I get is a gray background with no other functions. I've looked at "xstart" and it's set to run "twm". Is there something I'm missing here? Seve
[expert] In Search of .Xresources
I'm troubleshooting my VNC. I'm getting that grey screen and the logs are showing me that xrdb cannot find .Xresources . Would any of you know what .Xresources is used for and what programs are associated with it. AND most importantly, could you show me what the content should be for that file? Thanks, Seve
[expert] rc.local Starting Applications Under Specific User - How To?
Typically if I wanted to run something automatically at bootup, I would put a statement into /etc/rc.d/rc.local . Those apps will run under the ownership of 'root'. How do you get rc.local to run apps under a specific user? Seve
Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - Resolved
You're right. I didn't need .Xresources. My problem was that the machine name that VNC was using to invoke the vncserver was not resolving to 127.0.0.1. I corrected /etc/host and it works now. Thanks for all your help. Seve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, June 19, 2000 12:23 PM Subject: Re: [expert] VNC with just gray screen - please help resolve I don't have an .Xresources file either, however VNC runs fine for me. Have you tried specifying a different window manager in xstartup? Okay, I checked the log file and it's telling me that "xrdb" cannot find $HOME/.Xresources . I can't find .Xresources anywhere. Would you happen to have a copy to send me? - This message was sent using MI-Webmail. No matter where you are, never lose touch. Get your Email using MI-Webmail. http://www.monmouth.com/
Re: [expert] lilo
You will have to boot from your floppy. Then open your console and login as SU. From there, just type "lilo" + enter and you're done. It should reboot without the floppy. I get this once in awhile with my Lin/Win boxes. Seve -Original Message- From: LinuxMan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Friday, June 16, 2000 3:53 PM Subject: [expert] lilo Heya all ! Can lilo boot from hdb ? My primary disk is configurd as hdb cause i had problems to config it as primary... tried to tell lilo to boot from hdb and all i get is li 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 any thought's ?
[expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?
I'm using Mdk7.0-2. I can't get my StartUp Services to work from DrakConf. Can I run this from console or is there another program that I can from console? Seve
Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?
I'm not sure what I did along the way to wreck this but I am getting "command not found" for both "setup" and "drakxconf". How do you reinstall these? Seve -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services? Seve Johnunless Seve has upgraded (vs. a clean install) it's likely he doesn't have the setup program on his 7.0 system. So, Seve, if setup doesn't work, then type drakxconf instead, which will start the updated version of setup. Alan John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote: I'm using Mdk7.0-2. I can't get my StartUp Services to work from DrakConf. Can I run this from console or is there another program that I can from console? You can open a console window, type "su -" and then the root password. Then, type "setup" and select "system services." That oughta take care of you. John
Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?
Ok, I found the RPM "setuptool" off the Mdk7.0-2 CD. I installed it and was able to run the console version "setup". Which gets me where I want. HOWEVER, when I try to run "drakxconf", I get a bunch of errors in return: Can't load '/usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/c/stuff/stuff.so' for module c::stuff: /usr/lib/libDrakX/auto/c/stuff/stuff.so: undefined symbol: fdio at /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux/DynaLoader.pm line 200. at /usr/lib/libDrakX/c.pm line 5 Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/libDrakX/c.pm line 5. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/libDrakX/c.pm line 5. Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/libDrakX/log.pm line 5. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/libDrakX/log.pm line 5. Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/libDrakX/run_program.pm line 6. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/libDrakX/run_program.pm line 6. Compilation failed in require at /usr/lib/libDrakX/keyboard.pm line 11. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/lib/libDrakX/keyboard.pm line 11. Compilation failed in require at /usr/sbin/drakxconf line 7. BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /usr/sbin/drakxconf line 7. Seve -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 9:06 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services? SevatioI'll bet you haven't done an 'su -' (the space followed by the dash are important) or are not logged in as root. Alan Sevatio Octavio wrote: I'm not sure what I did along the way to wreck this but I am getting "command not found" for both "setup" and "drakxconf". How do you reinstall these? Seve -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, June 11, 2000 6:38 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services? Seve Johnunless Seve has upgraded (vs. a clean install) it's likely he doesn't have the setup program on his 7.0 system. So, Seve, if setup doesn't work, then type drakxconf instead, which will start the updated version of setup. Alan John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote: I'm using Mdk7.0-2. I can't get my StartUp Services to work from DrakConf. Can I run this from console or is there another program that I can from console? You can open a console window, type "su -" and then the root password. Then, type "setup" and select "system services." That oughta take care of you. John
Re: [expert] Can't Pinpoint Problem - Experts Please Help.
Bill, Thanks very much for suggesting Netscape 4.73 128bit. Since installing Netscape, I've taken some time in trying to repeat the problem and wasn't able to. I remember ld-linux.so.2 being a problem in my early days of trying Linux and just forgot about it. Would you happen to know why ld-linux.so.2 causes that problem? And, how is ld-linux.so.2 related to the function of Netscape? And why doesn't the 128bit version have the problem? Again, many thanks! You wouldn't believe how much time this problem has wasted over the last few months. Best Regards, Seve -Original Message- From: Bill Gerber [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, May 29, 2000 11:43 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Can't Pinpoint Problem - Experts Please Help. The culprit is a part of netscape called ld-linux.so.2 that goes berserk every so often and hogs cpu etc. Go into task manager and kill it (it will kill netscape too) and things will return to normal (till the next time). The only permanent solution at the moment is to replace your netscape with the 128 bit version. Bill. Sevatio Octavio wrote: I have yet to figure out why my Mandrake 7.0-2 does this... Perhaps some of you will have a solution. This happens in both Gnome and KDE. When I'm using several apps at once (Staroffice, Gimp, Toppage, Netscape - not necessarily all of these at one time), some process would just take over and use all the CPU to process something that makes the harddrive work real hard. Meanwhile I can barely get the mouse or keyboard to respond. Usually not enough of a response to do anything. If I don't reset the machine, this can go on for up to an hour and then it would end up at the Penguin Login prompt. What is causing this? It's driving me crazy!!! Thanks, Seve
[expert] Can't Pinpoint Problem - Experts Please Help.
I have yet to figure out why my Mandrake 7.0-2 does this... Perhaps some of you will have a solution. This happens in both Gnome and KDE. When I'm using several apps at once (Staroffice, Gimp, Toppage, Netscape - not necessarily all of these at one time), some process would just take over and use all the CPU to process something that makes the harddrive work real hard. Meanwhile I can barely get the mouse or keyboard to respond. Usually not enough of a response to do anything. If I don't reset the machine, this can go on for up to an hour and then it would end up at the Penguin Login prompt. What is causing this? It's driving me crazy!!! Thanks, Seve
[expert] DNS Server etc - Help w/ Setup
I'm trying to setup and better understand DNS Servers. This way I can get my IP to point to my Domain name. What's involved here? Would I have to register my DNS Server with Internic? Can the primary and secondary DNS Servers run from one PC? Seve
[expert] Re: [newbie] Writing to Windows Partition as Linux user
Alan, umask=0 works! I didn't know it was possible for regular users to access FAT till now. Thanks. Seve -Original Message- From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, May 06, 2000 1:46 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Writing to Windows Partition as Linux user Michael(as root) add the below option to the options in the line listing your dos partition in your /etc/fstab file. umask=0 Alan "Michael A. Kellogg" wrote: Hi Folks! Gotta a question . . . I really enjoy Mandrake 7.0 a great deal. Because some of my apps are still Windows based, I still have a dos partition on my drive. I can bring it up in LInux but am unable to write to it. Anyone know how I could enable the partition to write? Thanks! Mike
[expert] Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here
Isn't the only way to get a virus is to get an attached executable file or macro and you activating it? Seve -Original Message- From: Andy [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:31 AM Subject: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here Im sorry to be asking on here about a windows question, but i heard people saying that they scan their e-mails and said they might have gotten viruses from this newsgroup. So im using Mcafee and if there are any Mcafee people out there can u please help me. I feel sorta stupid :) Thanx
