Re: [expert] Failed MDK 7.0 Installation
On 5 Jul 00, at 2:12, «[-®ºmmë£^£ºvë§^£ºµ©4룣ë-]» wrote: > Pentium III - 550e > 32 MB RAM > 8 GB with 3 partitions: > hda1 - (2 GB) contains Windoze 98 > hda2 - (3 GB) supposed to contain the MDK LINUX after-install > hda3 - (3 GB) contains the MDK LINUX 7.0 installer ... I am > only installing via Hard Disk and not CD ROM ... You are using a PII 550e and only 32 MB RAM!!?? Get yourself a few sticks. The reason the install exits is probably due to flaky ram. Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com | PGP:619E875D Fingerprint:9A4F 8E01 A4A5 EA1A 41D2 AD1E 75BC 6F0B 619E 875D "So many people, so little purpose."
Re: [expert] Network / Internet basics - Suggested reading?
On 3 Jul 00, at 22:44, Ernest N. Wilcox Jr. wrote: > They are going to provide training, but I wish to get a leg up on networking > and internet protocols etc. Can any one suggest usefull basic to intermediate > books which I can buy and study? I am 50 years old, and I want this to be a new > begining for me. Goto your nearest bookstore and get these books: 1. Essential system Administration - Aeleen Frisch 2. TCP/IP Network Administration - Craig Hunt. Both these books are from O Reilly Associates and pretty good starters into the protocols and essentials of Unix based sysadmin. You should also take some time to read the RFCs on different protocols at http://www.faqs.org. Hope this gets you started and you enjoy your new job:] -Regards ==== Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com | PGP:619E875D "So many people, so little purpose."
Re: [expert] VPN
On 3 Jul 00, at 20:39, Sridhar G wrote: > I'd like to access my office network from home. By default I've been given > instructions to access it from Windows using VPN. Can I configure Linux to > access my office net. If so how. Can someone point me to a HOWTO or site. read the networking howto in /usr/doc ==== Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com | PGP:619E875D "So many people, so little purpose."
Re: [expert] root file/dir permission screwup
Re: [expert] root file/dir permission screwup
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 3 Jul 00, at 13:24, Daniel Woods wrote: > *This message was transferred with a trial version of > CommuniGate(tm) Pro* Will someone at the Mandrake mailing lists turn this thing off? This is a real PITA and it has been on the newbie list as well. If someone tells me that this is from the senders server, then I'm not gonna believe it, coz why did all the sender servers choose to use this message on this particular day? And another problem, am I the only one getting 2 - 3 posts from Sympa? There seems to be just one fix, remove Sympa and get tried and tested Majordomo to do the work. Get to the bleeding edge with M'Domo 2 and do it. Even though Debian seems to have struck off Majordomo from Potato, it remains the best configurable and reliable mail list manager. Whatever, fix the bugs. and if indeed this is coming from the sender, the filter it out. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 6.5.3 for non-commercial use <http://www.pgp.com> iQA/AwUBOWDrOHW8bwthnoddEQJy7ACgwaXnwc1XnFnP1ealU4zOhozem6gAoOu1 n6jYaxJLQlhHj6Owkb3pzJ0W =2Owo -END PGP SIGNATURE- ==== Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com | PGP:619E875D "So many people, so little purpose."
[expert] key bindings for Fn keys in inputrc
Helo list The Midnight Commander shell allows the use of hot keys like F3 to view, F7 to copy and so on. I want to use these globally as well, especially Fn key bindings to copy, save, etc etc. I think I have to put something in the .inputrc for this. Can anyone point out what exactly needs to be put there to get the function keys to work as in MC? And if anyone has a custom inputrc with some of these quick tricks, could you please post it? Thanks Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com "So many people, so little purpose."
Re: [expert] X 4, PPP, and Emu10k1
On 2 Jul 00, at 22:48, Sean Middleditch wrote: > First, how do I enable XF86 4? I selected to install it (yes, with > expert installation) when it asked, but it seems that I'm running 3.3.6 > (at least, rpm -q XFree86 reports so). I need XF86 4 for my NVidia > drivers. Then it prolly means that X4 is not installed. Try doing it al over again. IIRC, XF4 has a different path than XF3.3.6. Follow the readme files and you'll be up in no time. > Second, how do I configure PPP? I do NOT use KDE, and never will, so > please don't tell me what everyone else has: use KPPP. The Gnome-PPP > that shipped with Mandrake 7.1 doesn't work (pppd dies), and the PPP > configuration option in Linuxconf is gone. I had to manually edit some > files, which isn't something I would expect of a distro known for > simplicity. Use wvdial. It is something like windows dial-up-networking and understands a lot of protocols like, PAP, CHAP, etc...It is fairly easy to set up as well. In addition, you'll have to edit /etc/resolv.conf to look like: search [your_ISP's_domain] nameserver [ISP_nameserver1] nameserver [ISP_nameserver2] pppd alos dies when it does'nt find the default route. SO check if those settngs are correct. If however you want to write your own ppp script, do a "tknarr xmission linux" search in google, and it takes you to a nice page where you'll find conf options for ppp, mail, etc. Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com
RE: [expert] pppd dies after dialing
On 1 Jul 00, at 13:22, David Comeau wrote: > This is happening to me as well. It never happened while using any earlier > version of Mandrake (6.0, 7.0,...). It happens after I've logged onto my > ISP. I've used noauth, but that only works while I am root. As a user, it Write your scripts and make those files world executable, for all the users > tells me that I must be root to use noauth. As well, for the first time, DNS > is useless. Nothing can be found. I tried using ping at a prompt, and it > just waits (looking for a DNS server). Edit /etc/resolv.conf and check. It should look something like: search [your_ISP's_domain] nameserver [isp's nameserver1] nameserver [isp's nameserver2] nameserver [isp's nameserver3] Also, check your default route, and turn off linuxconf if it starts at boot. I've known linuxconf to screw up settings. HTH Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com
Re: [expert] SO 5.3
On 1 Jul 00, at 7:34, John Aldrich wrote: > Is this subject a typo or is there REALLY a 5.3 Star > Office? I find SO less than useful since the mail client > crashes every time I try to use it (RedHat 6.2.) If there > really is a 5.3, where can I get a copy??? Seems like a typo..I have SO 5.1 running on mu m/c and the last I visited Sun's site, they had released SO 5.2 and it is available as a tarball, some 100megs small. Am waiting for a mag to ship it soon. -Rgds Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com
[expert] Configuring Postfix
Hi How do I configure the postfix MTA? I am prety familiar with sendmail after running it on RHL for a long time. Basically, I would like it to send mails from my [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather that user@localhost. I would also need functionality to send mail from a web based address, like say [EMAIL PROTECTED] using the smtp relay at my ISP. Is this possible. URLs are appreciated. Thanks === Sthitaprajna @mailandnews.com === Life is pain, Highness. Anyone who says differently is selling something - Westley of "The Princess Bride"
