Re: [expert] removing "gnome" panel
On Thu, 3 Feb 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > How does one remove the Gnome taskbar when one switches to KDE from > Gnome? A friend of mine switched to KDE last night and his machine > now has TWO taskbars -- one from KDE and one from Gnome... > HELP!! > Thanks... I'm not sure if there is a more conventional way to get rid of it, but what I do when some docking program loads the Gnome panel, is do a "ps ax | grep gnome" in an xterm to get the pid numbers to use for killing it. You'll see something like this: [hawk3 : ~]$ ps ax | grep gnome 1321 ?S 0:00 gnome-name-service 1323 ?S 0:01 panel --activate-goad-server gnome_panel 1333 pts/0S 0:00 grep gnome Use the pid's (the numbers on the left) to kill the Gnome crap. In this example you'd use these two commands: kill -9 1321 kill -9 1323 I hope that helps. -Tom
Re: [expert] Upgrade to 7.0? => NO!!!
On Mon, 24 Jan 2000, michael chopek wrote: > Another *highly* annoying thing that 7.0 is doing is that you can not > copy_&_paste from any KDE app into Netscape...what pain. > > I read through all the archives this weekend, regarding using > Ctrl-C...Alt-C...it just does not work. Hmmm, I'm not using KDE but I can copy/paste from a KDE-based app into Netscape by highlighting text and then clicking the middle mouse button to paste (instead of pressing ctrl-V or whatever). -Tom
Re: [expert] local-mail-warning?
On Sat, 22 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Fri, 21 Jan 2000, you wrote: > > L-M 7.0 upgraded from 6.1 > > > > Attempting to send commandline > > mail to:'user x' > > > > from 'user y' > > > > I get; > > > > 'Sendmail:warning: sendmail is set-uid root > > or is run from a set-uid root process' > > > > I dont even have Sendmail installed! > > I had such good luck with Postfix in L-M 6.1 > > Thats what I went with this time.? > > > > The interesting thing is I can send mail > > outside my network this same way with no errors? > > > Hmm...are you POSITIVE you don't have Sendmail installed? Mandrake > typically installs it by default if you don't unselect it, I > think You might try opening a console window and SU-ing to root, > then typing "setup" and checking the list of processes set to start > up at boot. You might be surprised to find Sendmail there... > John Actually, I've installed Mandrake 7.0 twice and... the first time, NO MTA was installed, and the second time postfix, not sendmail, was installed. (The first time a lot of stuff got left out since I made the mistake of choosing and install size of 'only' 850MB.) I was pretty surprised the second install gave me postfix instead of sendmail... which was fine with me, since it's what I was using in 6.1 Tom
[expert] Stupid kppp problem
Okay, this isn't hindering me in any way but is annoying. I was using the original Helios kernel (2.2.13-7mdk?) and upgraded to the 22mdk kernel, and did everything right (not the first time I've upgraded kernels, and everything else was fine), except that kppp pops up a window with this message when I run it: - This kernel has no PPP support, neither compiled in nor via the kernel module loader. To solve this problem: * contact your system administrator or * install a kernel with PPP support - I contacted my system administrator (i.e. myself :) ), and myself told me that indeed the ppp modules are there. In fact, when I connected with kppp everything worked fine. When I connected it spat this message to my xterm: Couldn't find interface ppp0: No such device And yet it worked anyway. I have since: 1. Tried the 2.2.14-1mdk kernel from Cooker 2. Tried a fresh install of Cooker (THAT was a mistake :) ) 3. Tried a fresh install of Helios (with upgraded kernel) 4. Tried compiling either Cooker or updated Helios kernel (can't remember which) but it failed with an error during make 5. Successfully a compiled a standard 2.2.13 kernel from the net, with PPP support built in instead of as a module. This is what I'm using now. Throughout all of these different kernel situations, the aforementioned error message from kppp has persisted. So nothing's actually broken, because I still connect and it works fine, but kppp continues to tell me it's broken no matter what. Not a big deal, but annoying. Can anyone tell me why it's doing that and how to make it stop? -Tom
Re: [expert] Licq
On Sun, 5 Dec 1999, Magnus Stenemo wrote: > I run mandrake 6.0. > > Does anybody got any ide how I could get licq working?? > TIA! Okay, here's a quick and easy way to get licq working: 1. Get rid of the copies of licq you've already tried installing so they don't interfere. Also if you have a .licq/ directory in your home directory from an older version of licq, you might want to remove that (or just rename it for backup purposes) since old config files cause problems sometimes. 2. Install these three rpm's, in this order: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/contrib/libc6/i386/qt-2.0.2-2.i386.rpm ftp://licq.darkorb.net/binaries/rpm/licq-0.71-1.i386.rpm ftp://licq.darkorb.net/binaries/rpm/licq-data-1.3-1.noarch.rpm Annnd... that's it. Run licq and enjoy. -Tom
Re: [expert] qt 2.0.2
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Civileme wrote: > > > Fabien Deschodt wrote: > > > > > > That way, you can be using the Qt 1.4 libs for KDE at the same time you > > > > are using the 2.0.2 libs for licq or whatever. > > > > > > Well, I just did : rpm -i qt2... to have both of them working > > > Maybe I should retry but I don't remember any problem using licq and > > > KDE. > > > I got the rpm on cooker. > > > > > > Fabien Deschodt > > > > Thanks for the info... Obviously they set it rightly and I don't have to > > engage in that particular self-punishment next time I set up a system. > > Yeah, I just got the licq and qt2 rpm's from Cooker and installed them > fine with no disruption to the older version of qt because the qt2 > libraries have different filenames. :) Okay, now I feel obligated to note that the qt2 version in Cooker is only 2.0.1, not 2.0.2, and the licq version in Cooker is not the newest either (and it had a nasty bug when autowrapping my messages). So to answer the original question of where to find an RPM of qt 2.0.2, try this URL: ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/contrib/libc6/i386/qt-2.0.2-2.i386.rpm -Tom
Re: [expert] qt 2.0.2
On Sat, 27 Nov 1999, Civileme wrote: > Fabien Deschodt wrote: > > > > That way, you can be using the Qt 1.4 libs for KDE at the same time you > > > are using the 2.0.2 libs for licq or whatever. > > > > Well, I just did : rpm -i qt2... to have both of them working > > Maybe I should retry but I don't remember any problem using licq and > > KDE. > > I got the rpm on cooker. > > > > Fabien Deschodt > > Thanks for the info... Obviously they set it rightly and I don't have to > engage in that particular self-punishment next time I set up a system. Yeah, I just got the licq and qt2 rpm's from Cooker and installed them fine with no disruption to the older version of qt because the qt2 libraries have different filenames. :)
Re: [expert] Red Hat Security advisories
On Mon, 15 Nov 1999, Sergio Korlowsky wrote: > So what happended to the 99.9% Red Hat compatibility? > are you saying that Mandrake is breaking apart from red hat... ? > h I am testing cooker, and there are lots of red hat's > files in it... extrange! > But still says Welcome to Red Hat's... Mandrake cooker bla bla > at installation time thou... ;-) The compatibility means Mandrake uses the same basic file structure so that if you install an RPM compiled for RedHat than it should also work fine on Mandrake. It does not mean that Mandrake uses the same packages. If you compare Mandrake's packages to RedHat's, you'll notice that Mandrake 1) has many more packages than RedHat and 2) has newer versions of many of the packages they both have. -Tom
Re: [expert] Why RedHat on Mandrake 6.1 FTP?
On Sun, 24 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote: > If you go to ftp.rpmfind.net, then switch to linux/Mandrake/6.1, you > find yourself facing two directories, the Mandrake directory that hold > all of Mandrake rpms, etc. and the Red Hat directory that seems to hold > all of Red Hat's rpms, etc. I notice that all of the "Red Hat" rpms in > this Mandrake/6.1/RedHat directory are optimized 586 files. Could > someone please explain to me what is the difference between the > Mandrake/6.1/Red Hat 586 rpms and the Mandrake/6.1/Mandrake 586 rpms? > What is Red Hat, optimized or not, doing in Mandrake, anyway? That RedHat 'directory' is not its own directory, but actually just a symbolic link to the Mandrake directory. So the rpms you see in Mandrake/RPMS and RedHat/RPMS are exactly the same, because it's the same directory. I suppose the next question is what the heck is the symlink there for. :) I don't know, but I figure that, since Mandrake used RedHat's installation program, it may have been easier to toss that symlink in there (since the installation program would look for its RPMS in RedHat/RPMS) than to change the installation program to look for Mandrake/RPMS. That's just a guess though, and I would assume that by now Mandrake has modified the installation program enough that they wouldn't need the symlink anymore. -Tom
Re: [expert] mounting cdrw
On Sat, 23 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Sat, Oct 23, 1999 at 01:36:36AM +, Ramon Gandia wrote: > > Larry Sword wrote: > > > > > > Try /dev/sdc0 > > > > My ATAPI cd burner mounts as /dev/sga > > Mine shows as /dev/sr0 in the boot logs, but mounts from /dev/scd0. > > Strange little buggers, aren't they? :) Have you tried sr0? I think they generally both work... at least, mine can be mounted with either sr0 or scd0. -Tom
Re: [expert] mounting cdrw
On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, John Aldrich wrote: > On Thu, 21 Oct 1999, you wrote: > > ---Reply to mail from David van Balen about [expert] mounting cdrw > > > > > > Is there a way to mount my cdrw drive so that I can view it like my cdrom? > > > It's an ATAPI BCE 62IE drive and works fine for writing. I've tried mount > > > -t iso9660 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrw and that doesn't work, it says wrong fs type > > > or too many mounts. I tried a couple other fs types and they didn't work > > > either (i.e. auto the way the cdrom is configured in /etc/fstab). > > > Is there a way to do this? > > > > > > DvB > > > > > > > > > > Do you have the drive set up using SCSI emulation? If so, just create a > > link between /dev/cdrom and /dev/sg1. > > > Problem is, I *think* he's already got a CDROM in there > and he wants to be able to use BOTH. > John If you're using an ATAPI drive under SCSI emulation then you need to mount it using the appropriate SCSI device. i.e. replace /dev/hdd in your mount command with /dev/sr0 (or whatever device the drive is using; my CDR uses sr0). -Tom
RE: [expert] Problems with Dell Dimension
On 21-Oct-99 S. Newhouse wrote: > 2. The installation did not recognize the 3COM905C ethernet card. > After rebooting, modprobe did find the driver, so it can be used, but, > again, this should not happen. Interesting, Mandrake 6.0's installation did not detect the same card in my girlfriend's Dimension either! Could you tell me how you got the card working (the modprobe command you used?) so I could help her with it? She's very anxious to escape Win98. -Tom
RE: [expert] Configuring PINE
On 18-Oct-99 Benjamin Sher wrote: > I am a non-techie but, after my experience last night (when I was stuck > in the console for hours), I would very much like to use PINE so that I > could always communicate with the list and with the outside world in > case I am again, for any reason, unable to get into XWindows. I know how > to navigate in PINE and can send mail but cannot receive it. How do I > configure my Pop3 so that I can receive mail in PINE? The program you need to use is fetchmail (which you probably already have installed). Type 'man fetchmail' at the command line to get instructions on how to set it up and use it. -Tom
RE: [expert] RealPlyer G2 Alpha Linux
On 02-Oct-99 Henrik Edlund wrote: > I couldn't find this on real.com. Anyone got the direct URL to it? > TIA. http://www.real.com/products/player/linux.html -Tom
RE: [expert] WindowMaker upgrade
On 24-Sep-99 Andy Goth wrote: > Currently I'm using Linux-Mandrake v.6, and I want to upgrade > WindowMaker. I downloaded the new version, but its installation > information/readme/faq tells me that if upgrading a RedHat installation > of WindowMaker I must first uninstall the existing WindowMaker. > > (1) Does this apply to Mandrake as well? Yeah, I think you'd generally want to remove your current installation of a program before installing a newer version. > (2) If so, how do I uninstall WindowMaker? Use the -e switch with the rpm command to uninstall the WindowMaker rpm (e.g. 'rpm -e WindowMaker' -Tom
RE: [expert] "fixing" the Mandrake CD
On 17-Aug-99 Hoyt wrote: > Before I burn a copy of Mandrake 6.0 for my brother, I would like to > integrate the updates and add some additional programs for him. > > Placing the new files is easy, but how do I get the install process to do > ths? I want the most current rpms installed from the beginning, not > afterwards. I know that I could use kickstart for this purpose, but what file > do I edit to make it work without kickstart? > > Hoyt Assuming you are in Linux, and have a copy of the distribution on your hard drive, replace the buggy RPM's in the ./Mandrake/RPMS directory with the updated RPMs, and then from the base of the directory tree (i.e. the directory equivalent to the root directory of the CD) and run this command: ./misc/src/install/genhdlist . I'd recommend trying an HD install before you actually burn it to a CD. -Tom
RE: [expert] ATAPI CD-Writer without recompile ?
On 08-Aug-99 Osamu Aoki wrote: > I wonder if there is any smart way of setting up ATAPI connected > CD-Writer without recompiling kernel. Does anyone suceeded with some > boot option or something? Just curious. Yes. There are just two things you need to do to use SCSI emulation with the stock Mandrake kernel. First put this in /etc/lilo.conf in the section for Linux: append="hdX=ide-scsi" Replace X with the correct letter for your CDR drive of course. That will stop the kernel from loading an IDE driver for the drive. Run lilo to put the new config in the MBR. Then type 'modprobe ide-scsi' as root after booting, to load the ide-scsi module. You should be all set now. If you have cdrecord installed, you can type 'cdrecord -scanbus' to check and make sure it worked. -Tom
RE: [expert] Switch default Windows Manager
On 04-Aug-99 Lang Zhi wrote: > Hi, > How to change the default Windows Manager from KDE to other like > Gnome, AnotherLevel etc ? > > which file to edit ? > > BTW, i still love KDE, but this just for fun :P > > -lz Run desktopcfg to switch to another default Window Manager. Also, if you try one that's not included in Mandrake (or doesn't have an option in desktopcfg), you'd usually configure ~/.xinitrc for it. For example if you wanted to use fvwm2 you'd put 'exec fvwm2' in ~/.xinitrc, and when you run X, it loads fvwm2. Refer to the window manager's documentation for any specific instructions, of course. -Tom
RE: [expert] Website
On 29-Jul-99 James J. Capone wrote: > I know this is not a help question about the Mandrake Linux but.. > > I would like to have you all check out my website and tell me what you think. > > Please if you do not like emails like this. Do not flame it, Skip over it. > > http://linuxuser.8m.com YOU MUST HAVE A JAVA ENABLED BROWSER TO VIEW IT. > > > James J. Capone It looks okay, except that: 1) I agree with the other replies concerning the java, and 2) It seems overly -wide-... would be very inconvenient for someone with a 640x480 (or maybe even 800x600) resolution, or anyone with a somewhat higher resolution who doesn't want to have to maximize Netscape just for one uncommonly wide page. -Tom
Re: [expert] CD writing under Linux
On 27-Jul-99 William Meyer wrote: >> On 26-Jul-99 Thomas J. Hamman wrote: > >> I agree with most of your views, but there's only so much you can fit in > one >> book. A couple points to keep in mind: >> >> Using an ATAPI CDR drive in SCSI emulation is a subject that is not > applicable >> to all (or even most) users. Furthermore, even for someone who does have > such >> a drive, knowing how to use it in SCSI emulation is not required for > installing >> Linux and getting their system up and running. ATAPI CDR drives read CD's > just >> fine with default IDE drivers; SCSI emulation is only needed for burning > CDR's, >> with cdrecord. Thus a user with an ATAPI CDR drive does not need > information >> about using SCSI emulation straight from their installation guide; it's >> something they can look up later in the large wealth of documentation > written >> specifically on the subject of burning CDR's. > > Thanks for your thoughtful reply. I understand your point, but I still > disagree. Costco has been selling pallette-loads of HP 8100 CDRs, and have > even sold Mandrake (briefly) and Red Hat. I admit that my neighborhood may > ba a bit atypical, but even so... Snipping the rest since I don't even disagree with it. :) I do agree with you about the current situation of documentation for Linux--especially where the HOWTO's are concerned, since many of them seem to be very outdated. (Though I find it hard to find too much fault with the people who write them, who gain no money for the time they spend on it.) I never disagreed with your opinions of Linux documentation and what needs to be done with it, and I'm sorry I didn't make that more clear in my earlier reply. I was only saying that instructions for setting up SCSI emulation for an ATAPI CDR drive have their proper place--CD-WRITING HOWTO's/FAQ's, User Guides, the instructions for cdrecord (cdrecord's homepage has links to all the info you'd need, and it was enough for me to get my drive set up for burning)--and that proper place isn't a distribution's installation guide. I wasn't aware that Mandrake had a separate 'user guide' in addition to its installation guide. If so, I would agree that that (the user guide) is a proper place for information about SCSI emulation. -Tom
Re: [expert] CD writing under Linux
On 26-Jul-99 William Meyer wrote: > >> I don't know if this would be the kind of thing that belongs in the >> installation guide... not that it's a bad idea, but I think the > installation >> guide is for Mandrake-specific stuff applicable to most users. Having an > ATAPI >> CDR drive is a specific hardware situation that only applies to a few > users, and >> there is already plenty of documentation on the subject elsewhere (like at >> cdrecord's homepage). :) > > I disagree. The installation guide needs to be for Linux, not only for > Mandrake-specific issues. That's one of the problems with Linux > distributions at this point: too much knowledge is assumed in the docs. And > that's why the HOWTOs don't work well, either, because they also make too > many assumptions. > > In theory, the HOWTOs are a great resource, but the anarchical nature of the > OS is such that they tend to suffer from innattention. The kernel is healthy > because there is Linus and a core of developers who take charge of the > essential issues. There really is a need for one or more people to > coordinate the issue of HOWTOs, push custodians to make needed updates, and > enlist new custodians where those now in place do not keep things current. > > Any Linux distro will succeed or fail on the ability of a new user to > install it and get it running with a minimum of pain. Newsgroups help, and > so do mail lists, but the first place we logically turn is to the > documentation we received in the distro. > > William Meyer I agree with most of your views, but there's only so much you can fit in one book. A couple points to keep in mind: Using an ATAPI CDR drive in SCSI emulation is a subject that is not applicable to all (or even most) users. Furthermore, even for someone who does have such a drive, knowing how to use it in SCSI emulation is not required for installing Linux and getting their system up and running. ATAPI CDR drives read CD's just fine with default IDE drivers; SCSI emulation is only needed for burning CDR's, with cdrecord. Thus a user with an ATAPI CDR drive does not need information about using SCSI emulation straight from their installation guide; it's something they can look up later in the large wealth of documentation written specifically on the subject of burning CDR's. The Mandrake Installation Guide is just that: an installation guide. It is meant to cover installation and subjects related to helping a user get their system up and running. It is not a user guide. It would be nice if it could be, but it's not really possible, or at least not plausible. I don't know how large the current Mandrake Installation Guide is right now, but I have the RedHat 5.2 Installation Guide, and it is nearly 400 pages long. It's a very thick book, despite not having much beyond installing and getting the system initially set up. To try to fit documentation on every subject as non-critical and specific-to-certain-hardware as the subject of SCSI emulation, into an installation guide, would be impossible--it would require thousands of pages. There's no way you could pack it into one book. Speaking of user guides though, there are several freely available guides as part of the Linux Documentation Project at http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/. There's an Installation and Getting Started guide, User Guide, System Administrator's Guide, and several more, along with the HOWTO's, mini-HOWTO's, and FAQs, all conveniently accessible from one sight. With all that said, I certainly wouldn't complain if a little section on SCSI emulation popped up in the Mandrake Installation Guide; but I doubt it will, for the reasons I just explained. -Tom
Re: [expert] CD writing under Linux
On 26-Jul-99 Steven wrote: > "Thomas J. Hamman" wrote: > >> I've been using my IDE/ATAPI CDR drive under Mandrake 6 and did not have to >> recompile the kernel for it. >> >> Using 'append="hdX=ide-scsi"' in lilo and then typing 'modprobe ide-scsi' at >> the command line next time you boot, as I suggested to [EMAIL PROTECTED], >> should work with the generic M6 kernel with no recompiling. > > > Cheers. When I first tried to do this I read the stuff in /usr/doc, which > states that for kernel 2.2.x the ide-scsi *had* to be in the kernel; I did > play with the modules, but got frustrated because I couldn't work out what > line to put in my conf.modules file -- didn't think of just inserting the > module by hand (modprobe). It seemed easier to recompile. Yeah, I think I recall reading something about it being different for 2.2.x kernels back when I was first trying to figure this stuff out, but I tried the hdc=ide-scsi line anyway and it worked... and it seemed to be what most people on the list with ATAPI CDR's were doing. > Even with the ide and scsi drivers in the kernel, it's still smaller than > the one supplied in the kernel RPM, not that makes any difference ... :) > > I think there's enough information in this thread for a section in the > Mandrake installation guide ;) Or maybe this could be handled during > intallation ... Well, part of it can be handled during installation if you know you need it beforehand--when you're setting up LILO during installation it asks if you need to pass any special options to the kernel. You can put the hdX=ide-scsi line there. And then the only thing left is the modprobe command, or putting the right line in /etc/conf.modules. I don't know if this would be the kind of thing that belongs in the installation guide... not that it's a bad idea, but I think the installation guide is for Mandrake-specific stuff applicable to most users. Having an ATAPI CDR drive is a specific hardware situation that only applies to a few users, and there is already plenty of documentation on the subject elsewhere (like at cdrecord's homepage). :) -Tom
Re: [expert] CD writing under Linux
On 26-Jul-99 Axalon wrote: > > > On Mon, 26 Jul 1999, Jean-Michel Dault wrote: > >> >> You *DON'T* need to recompile the kernel. I use a CD Writer with the >> standard Mandrake kernel. >> >> 1)Add this to your /etc/lilo.conf: >> append="hdb=ide-scsi" >> >> 2)Reboot >> >> 3)Then, you can simply do a "modprobe ide-scsi", and voila! You can add >> the modprobe in /etc/rc.d/rc.local. >> >> I remember Axalon had a sexier solution, but I can't quite remember it... > > alias block-major-11 ide-scsi > has an inherent flaw though, doesn't get loaded untill you try and access > the cd, i forgot what it caused problems with. Theres also something like > alias scsi_hostadapter0 ide-scsi, but that never did work on my system alias scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi works okay for me--usually. Sometimes it won't work and I'll have to modprobe (no idea why), but usually it works. Where does one get a list of the 'block-major-#' devices? i.e. How would I know what block-major-11 is supposed to refer to? -Tom
Re: [expert] CD writing under Linux
On 26-Jul-99 Steven wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> I haven't been able to get my CD-RW drive working under Linux yet and hoping >> for >> a few helpful hints. I'm running Mandrake 6.0 (2.2.9-27 via RPM) with the > > OK, I've managed to get this working, so here are my helpful hints for you: > > The documentation is probably stashed in /usr/doc/xcdroast on your hard disk > - dig around there -- you'll proably want to read it. > > Here is the short version of what it says: > > Recompile your kernel -- > > You have to compile the ide-scsii emulation, generic scsii support, and scsi > cdrom drivers into the kernel, not as modules. (If you work out how to do > this with modules, let us know ... ) I've been using my IDE/ATAPI CDR drive under Mandrake 6 and did not have to recompile the kernel for it. Using 'append="hdX=ide-scsi"' in lilo and then typing 'modprobe ide-scsi' at the command line next time you boot, as I suggested to [EMAIL PROTECTED], should work with the generic M6 kernel with no recompiling. -Tom
RE: [expert] CD writing under Linux
On 26-Jul-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hey all, > > I haven't been able to get my CD-RW drive working under Linux yet and hoping > for > a few helpful hints. I'm running Mandrake 6.0 (2.2.9-27 via RPM) with the > default cdrecord (1.82?) and xcdroaster from the distro. When I run 'cdrecord > -scanbus' I get the error " ". When I start up xcdroaster I get the message > that the SCSI generic module (sg) isn't loaded into the kernel. When I do an > 'insmod sg' it says it's already loaded and lsmod confirms this (it has > [autoclean ?] in the right column). By looking at the CD-Writing Mini-HOWTO > the > Mandrake 2.2.9-27 kernel seems to have all required components either > loadable > as modules or compiled into the kernel. Am I missing something? > > I've tried running under my id and as root and neither work. Do I need to > mount > the device before it can be found? > > Any help much appreciated as this is the last thing I need to get working > before > I can wipe Windoze off my hard drive...thanks! Is your CD-RW drive IDE/ATAPI, or SCSI? And is it on the list of supported drives (there's a link to such a list on cdrecord's homepage)? If it's SCSI, I don't know how to help since I haven't used SCSI drives. If it's IDE/ATAPI, then there are just two very simple things you need to do (hopefully :) ): Put this line in your /etc/lilo.conf, in the part for booting Linux: append="hdX=ide-scsi" Where X is the correct letter for your CD-RW drive. Run lilo to write that to the MBR. Then when you reboot, Linux will not load IDE drivers for your CD-RW drive, and you can type 'modprobe ide-scsi' to load ide-scsi module to run the drive in SCSI emulation. See if it shows up in 'cdrecord -scanbus' now. -Tom
Re: [expert] cgi scripts
On 24-Jul-99 Robert Sheskin wrote: > On Sat, 24 Jul 1999 16:32:44 -0500, Jason Bodnar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >> His problem is a common novice cgi problem. The correct way to handle it >> first would be to seek help from a CGI list before assuming it was a >> mandrake problem. >> >> At 10:32 AM 7/24/99 -0800, you wrote: >>>Jason Bodnar wrote: I don't want to be the jerk of the list but this is definitely not a question relating to mandrake. Could you please ask it in a more appropriate forum. >>> >>>I disagree with you. The fellow is using an Apache web server on >>>a Mandrake 6.0 server. >>> > The arrogence on this list is ridiculous. The god dam distribution is geared > toward trying to get new people into Linux. Somebody who has been using > Windows and has had to make a tech support call called one number. On the box > for Mandrake it says tech support via email. What is wrong with somebody > asking a question. So many of you stuffed shirts think it is fine to drone on > about crap you find interesting, even though the rest of us see it as a waste > of bandwidth. But did anyone tell you to shut up, no. > > This rant is not directed totally to author I replied to, many on this list > fit the bill. > You know I happen to like this distro but this list for support is a joke. If > the people at Mandrake don't start moderating the arogant sob's on this list > you can kiss new Mandrake users goodbye. Who in the hell is going to make a > major change in their computer using life to be ridiculed by arrogant jerks. > If you think back you were not born with computer skills you learned them, > jut like everybody else has to. I am sure there are people on this list that > think they know everything, guess what you don't. > Try cutting some people a little slack, they have to learn, we all do. > Maybe I've missed some threads or something (I was a bit too busy to keep up from the 9th-18th this month), but my experience with this list (I've been on it since I started using Mandrake 6.0 a little over a month ago) has been pretty positive. It's one of my favorite things about the Mandrake distribution. Perhaps I didn't look hard enough, but I don't recall seeing equivalent distribution-specific mailing lists on RedHat's, SuSE's, or Slackware's web sites. Most of the questions I ask on this list are answered promptly (often by someone at Mandrake). I've seen plenty of questions on this list that an experienced user might consider 'stupid', and yet they usually receive a friendly answer from someone who apparently understands that some people simply aren't as far along in the process of learning Linux. I am not flaming you or anything, I just wanted to say that to me this list hasn't seemed as negative and arrogant as you describe it (outside of this particular thread), and rather than drive me away, it has made me feel more inclined to keep Mandrake on my hard drive and NOT take longer looks at the other three distributions I have on CD. :) -Tom P.S. And this isn't even the tech support that you have to pay for.
Re: [expert] genhdlist
On Fri, 09 Jul 1999, Jerome ALET wrote: > On Fri, 9 Jul 1999, Steven wrote: > > rm old_package_name ??? > > just what I've done waiting for the answer. > > > I bet someone clever could write a script to copy all packages from > > ../updates to Mandrake/RPMS and then delete the old ones -- unfortunately > > that rules me out. > > this would be a very nice idea. > > thanks. When I made my updated installation, I put all of the updated packages in their own directory on my HD, did an ls command to list the files and copy/pasted that list to a text editor (in X), then went down the list deleting the old packages in the RPMS directory, using Tab to complete most of the filenames so it didn't require much typing. (And you can do 'rm -i kernel*' and -say no to removing kernelcfg-). You definitely want to be using the -i option with rm (though Mandrake's default ~/.bashrc files alias rm to rm -i anyway) when you do it. There might be a better way, but that only took a minute or two.. (Now that I think about it, I guess you could easily do it all in one command line by taking the copy/pasted list of updated RPMS, putting rm in front of it, and replacing every instance of #mdk with ?mdk. That assumes you have the updated RPMS set aside in a separate directory so you only delete the old ones. :) Also it would only work with the RPMS that have the same filenames except for the RPM release number (#mdk), which if I remember correctly should include all of them except for the netscape packages (which are version 4.61 instead of 4.60). -Tom
Re: [expert] Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
On Thu, 08 Jul 1999, Steven wrote: > I have 'xhost localhost' in my .xinitrc (maybe you'd need in in > .xinitrc.switchdesk?), which is perhaps less secure, but works in all > ssituations for me ... On Thu, 08 Jul 1999, Axalon wrote: > try xhost +local: > should solve some peoples errors, especialy the ones that get denied > after connecting to the net > That works, thanks guys. :) -Tom
Re: [expert] Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote:
> "Thomas J. Hamman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > When running in init 5 everything is fine, but if I run X with 'startx' in init
> > 3, I get this message whenever I try to su to root and run a program:
> > Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
> > Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server
> > kpackage: cannot connect to X server :0
> > What is the cause of this and how can it be changed? Or is it just expected
> > that one should be in init 5 if they wish to use X and run programs from
> > different users?
>
> put in your ~/.bashrc :
>
> [ -z $DISPLAY ] || {
> export XAUTHORITY=$HOME/.Xauthority
> }
>
> or upgrade to the last etcskel from cooker(*), and copy the
> /etc/skel/.bashrc to your user directory.
>
> (*): http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker/
Thanks for the quick response, I put that in my ~/.bashrc and it worked...
partially. I can run most programs fine now but I still get an error if I try
to run linuxconf, same message except with 'Error message from remadmin:' in
front of each line:
Error message from remadmin :Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Error message from remadmin :Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to ServerError
message from remadmin :
Error message from remadmin :Gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
remadmin (GUI frontend) exiting abnormaly
It's not a big problem for me since I can run in init 5, but I thought I should
mention that that addition to ~/.bashrc did not fix the problem for every
program.
-Tom
[expert] Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
I think I saw this problem mentioned on the list before, but I can't find anything about it in the archive now, so... When running in init 5 everything is fine, but if I run X with 'startx' in init 3, I get this message whenever I try to su to root and run a program: Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server Xlib: Client is not authorized to connect to Server kpackage: cannot connect to X server :0 What is the cause of this and how can it be changed? Or is it just expected that one should be in init 5 if they wish to use X and run programs from different users? -Tom
Re: [expert] Sendmail, Printtool, and ISO images
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999, Jacques Le Marois wrote: > Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > > > > 2) When I try to install the updated printtool package (using rpm -Uvh > > > printtool-3.40-5mdk.noarch.rpm) I am given this message: > > > error: failed dependencies: > > > >= is needed by printtool-3.40-5mdk > > > > it's was a bug with rpm, check the last version (6mdk). > > However this bug is not important. It's just because the rpm use to build the > rpm got the bug - not the package. So rpm -Uvh --nodeps should be ok. > > Jacques Yeah, as I said in my original note I know I can bypass it with the --nodeps option. My main concern was that it also popped up a big failed dependency error message during installation if you are installing a self-updated M6 distribution from the HD (or a burned CD), which is only bad if I burn some updated M6 CD's and hand them to some easily-scared newbies to try out. But the recent 6mdk rpm Chmouel mentioned doesn't have that messed up dependency, so all is well. :) -Tom
Re: [expert] Sendmail, Printtool, and ISO images
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999, Chmouel Boudjnah wrote: > > 1) Sendmail always fails to shut down when I shut my system down, even right > > after a fresh install, with or without all updated packages installed. What > > would cause this? > > Your /etc/hosts is misconfigured, check if your entry in /etc/hosts > point to a good address. Hosts is fine, I think, it just has the 127.0.0.1 entry which I assume is all I need since my only networking is a dial-up PPP connection. I played around with it for a bit though and at one point I tried reinstalling the sendmail RPM's, and the rpm command gave a failed dependency message saying sendmail conflicts with postfix. Oops, guess there was a downside to choosing 'Everything' during installation (I prefer to install everything and then remove packages I'm sure I don't need afterward). I removed the postfix package and reinstalled the sendmail packages, and now it shuts down fine. :) > > 2) When I try to install the updated printtool package (using rpm -Uvh > > printtool-3.40-5mdk.noarch.rpm) I am given this message: > > error: failed dependencies: > > >= is needed by printtool-3.40-5mdk > > it's was a bug with rpm, check the last version (6mdk). Ah, a newer version since I dl'ed my updates just a couple days ago. :) Thanks, I have 6mdk now and it works fine. -Tom
Re: [expert] Sendmail, Printtool, and ISO images
On Wed, 07 Jul 1999, Steven J Mackenzie wrote: > "Thomas J. Hamman" wrote: > > > 3) Is there any way to mount ISO images in a way that would allow one to add > > and remove files from it? If not, then is there -any- way to edit an ISO > > image, without having to add/remove files from the directory tree the image was > > made from and then run mkisofs on the whole thing again? > > > Debian do something similar to update iso images: this doc secribes how to > just download the differences between two iso images: > http://cdimage.debian.org/ > > Not quite what you want, but maybe somewhere to start? > > Steven Thanks, I'll take a look at that. -Tom
[expert] Sendmail, Printtool, and ISO images
I have several quick problems/questions.. 1) Sendmail always fails to shut down when I shut my system down, even right after a fresh install, with or without all updated packages installed. What would cause this? 2) When I try to install the updated printtool package (using rpm -Uvh printtool-3.40-5mdk.noarch.rpm) I am given this message: error: failed dependencies: >= is needed by printtool-3.40-5mdk So I guess it was mistakenly set to have a dependency and no actual package was given as the one it depends on? The error isn't too serious since it can be bypassed with the --nodeps option, but it also gives a failed dependency error during installation if one tries to install an updated M6 distribution from the hard drive (or a burned CDR). That isn't -too- serious either since it seems to install the package anyway, but the failed dependency error during installation might give a little scare (and a bad first impression) to a newbie installing M6 from a CD burned with all of the updated packages. 3) Is there any way to mount ISO images in a way that would allow one to add and remove files from it? If not, then is there -any- way to edit an ISO image, without having to add/remove files from the directory tree the image was made from and then run mkisofs on the whole thing again? Thanks for any help, I appreciate it. -Tom
Re: [expert] What's going on??
On Mon, 05 Jul 1999, Rusty wrote: > Hi! > > I installed Linux-Mandrake and Red Hat , version 6.0 as soon as they were > released. I partitioned my hard drives with both Disk Druid and Fdisk and > received the same results. All I got was a small boot partition and > everthing else dumped into over eight (8) GB of an extended partition with > multiple logical drives. This is not what I ordered. I wanted to have > three(3) primary partitions and one extended partition, into which I would > create as many logical drives as I saw fit for my installation. Are you choosing a 'Server' or 'Workstation' install? Those automatically set up your partitions and mount points for you during installation, I believe. If you choose the 'Custom' install then the installation program lets you partition your drive however you like. -Tom
Re: [expert] Kaudioserver hang in 2.2.9 kernel
On Thu, 10 Jun 1999, Ronan Demoment wrote: > I have also the same problem and I tried to remove the /sbin/update in inittab > but it didn't solve the problem. I also tried kernels 2.2.5 and 2.2.9. > I have an SBAWE32 which is very similar to SBAWE64. Maybe it cames from that > soundcard. Does anyone has the same problem with another soundcard? does anyone > has an AWE32/64 and no problem? I have an AWE64 and as far as I know I've had no problems with it yet. The closest I've come to having a problem is that for some reason I always get an error the first time I run sndconfig after (re)installing M6, but then it always works fine the second time I run it. -Tom
