Re: [expert] Soyo Dragon plus MB
Am Thu, 11 Sep 2003 20:35:01 + schrieb Ronald J. Hall: > Anyone on this list have one of these boards, and if yes, then have you ever > recorded anything using the "line-in" jack? > > I've got some older (20+ years) cassettes that I'm trying to convert to .ogg > using Gramofile and oggenc. > > I've got a cassette player with separate line (r/l) stereo jacks, that goes > into a 1/8th inch mini-plug (yes, it has 2 bands). This setup works > great/records fine on my sons comp with a SB Xgamer Live card. > > Anyways, I can't get anything to come thru the line-in on my Soyo MB. I've > tried kmix and aumix, but nothing comes thru. I can record thru the mic jack > but thats not very good quality (only 1 channel too). > > I tried running the tape player thru a surround sound amp, just in case it > needed a boost (pre-amped) but that didn't help either. > > Anyone have any ideas? Thanks! I own this board as well but have not yet done much with it's sound capabilities. Anyhow, give alsamixer a try (console tool), it gives you _tons_ of options for the onboard cmipci card (use the cursor keys to scroll right). happy hacking udo -- "Well, if we were to build it idiot proof, someone would build a better idiot." Civilme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT - for shell mongers: how _not_ to list a file
Am Thu, 28 Aug 2003 03:01:18 + schrieb Matthew O. Persico: > On Wed, 27 Aug 2003 12:45:45 +0200, Udo Rader wrote: > > If you ALWAYS want to ignore the file. Can GLOBIGNORE take a regexp or a > list of patterns to ignore? excerpt from the bash manpage: --CUT-- GLOBIGNORE A colon-separated list of patterns defining the set of filenames to be ignored by pathname expansion. If a filename matched by a pathname expansion pattern also matches one of the patterns in GLOBIGNORE, it is removed from the list of matches. --CUT-- so yes, it can eat (lists of) patterns. udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT - for shell mongers: how _not_ to list a file
Am Wed, 27 Aug 2003 01:10:59 + schrieb Matthew O. Persico: > On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 00:29:33 +0200, jipe wrote: >>> >>> >>one easy way ... >> >>GLOBIGNORE="no_not_this_one" >> >>then any glob like * will ignore this file >> >>bye >>jipe >> >> >> > YIKES! Why use estoeric, shell specific stuff when the proper > application of STANDARD (cross-shell) command will do: > > cd TheDirectory > cp `ls -c1 | grep -v TheFileToExclude because 1) I asked for a shell specific solution (=> we're talking about bash, aren't we?) 2) modifying file globbing is much less overhead than having to invoke two extra commands 3) modifiying file globbing has the advantage that this works for all other commands that use the globbing features - which is IMHO very useful. happy hacking. udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT - for shell mongers: how _not_ to list a file
Am Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:29:33 + schrieb jipe: > one easy way ... > > GLOBIGNORE="no_not_this_one" > > then any glob like * will ignore this file > > bye > jipe wow, jipe!! that is _exactly_ what I was looking for!!! thank you very much! udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT - for shell mongers: how _not_ to list a file
Am Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:59:07 + schrieb John McQuillen:
> On Sat, 2003-08-23 at 10:32, Udo Rader wrote:
>> If it were, some construct like the thing below could then list all
>> files in "/opt/too_many_files" except "no_not_this_one":
>>
>> % ls -l /opt/too_many_files/*{!no_not_this_one}
>>
>
> You were very close...
>
> In regular expressions, the carat (^) is used to signify the beginning
> of a line, however, within square brackets it signifies 'not':
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] dementis]$ mkdir test
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] dementis]$ touch test/1
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] dementis]$ touch test/2
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] dementis]$ touch test/3
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] dementis]$ touch test/4
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] dementis]$ ls -la test/*[^2]
> -rw-r--r--1 dementis dementis0 Aug 24 08:51 test/1
> -rw-r--r--1 dementis dementis0 Aug 24 08:51 test/3
> -rw-r--r--1 dementis dementis0 Aug 24 08:51 test/4
thanks john,
your idea looks quite interesting, though it ends when the filename has
more than one character.
say I have
/opt/too_many_files/secret
/opt/too_many_files/top_secret
/opt/too_many_files/confidential
/opt/too_many_files/public
and don't want to copy top_secret, your idea does not work:
% ls /opt/too_many_files/*[^top_secret]
but digging through the ls manpage I found a solution:
% ls --ignore="top_secret" /opt/too_many_files
udo
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Re: [expert] OT - for shell mongers: how _not_ to list a file
Am Sat, 23 Aug 2003 22:49:32 + schrieb Ron Stodden:
> Use rsync.
*lol*, use it for rsync, use it for copy, use it for making coffee, use
it for everything ;-)
sounds like "a bit of overhead" to me :-)
udo
>
> Udo Rader wrote:
>
>>hi,
>>
>>I have a directory that contains several hundred files and I want to
>>copy them all except _one_ file.
>>
>>This sounds so easy yet still I am stuck or blind or stupid. Is there no
>>"not" operator in bash?
>>
>>If it were, some construct like the thing below could then list all
>>files in "/opt/too_many_files" except "no_not_this_one":
>>
>>% ls -l /opt/too_many_files/*{!no_not_this_one}
>>
>>Yes, I know this doesn't work, but is there any other efficient way to
>>do this in bash?
>>
>>happy hacking
>>
>>udo
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to
>>http://www.mandrakestore.com
>>
>>
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[expert] OT - for shell mongers: how _not_ to list a file
hi,
I have a directory that contains several hundred files and I want to
copy them all except _one_ file.
This sounds so easy yet still I am stuck or blind or stupid. Is there no
"not" operator in bash?
If it were, some construct like the thing below could then list all files
in "/opt/too_many_files" except "no_not_this_one":
% ls -l /opt/too_many_files/*{!no_not_this_one}
Yes, I know this doesn't work, but is there any other efficient way to do
this in bash?
happy hacking
udo
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Re: [expert] training resources for Mandrake
Am Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:13:10 + schrieb Steffen Barszus: > On Wednesday 19 March 2003 12:02, Udo Rader wrote: >> greets all, >> >> I'm a coach for almost all kinds of linux stuff (sysadmin, nwadmin, >> security, ...) in some of the larger local training centres here in the >> Tyrolean Alps. >> >> So far I had to do the training mainly based on SuSE (and sometimes >> RedHat), but after continous troubles with SuSE (hardware, YaST...) >> that got more than participant laughing on the "stability of linux" I am >> trying to pressure the training centers to use our beloved Mandrake Linux. >> >> I've already tried to talk to the guys/gals at Mandrake diretly, but >> unfortunately (and not to their favour) got no response at all from their >> training department. >> >> So I'm trying this here: Is anybody of you using Mandrake for teaching? >> Are there any MDK related training materials out there (google did not >> make me happy at all)? Printed stuff? And even worse: maybe even in >> German? >> >> I would even be willing to do some translation on my own (if it does not >> extend a certain "unpredictable" limit ;-). >> >> udo > > Maybe this : > http://www.mandrakeclub.com/docs/index.html > http://www.mandrakelinux.com/en/fdoc.php3 > http://www.mandrakeuser.org/index.php > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/demos/ > > I don't know what exactly would be usefull for you, but maybe some of the > above will help you. thanks for your hints, but that is not exactly what I was looking for, should haven been clearer on this: I need accompanying training material for the _participants_ (typically some books/booklets). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] training resources for Mandrake
greets all, I'm a coach for almost all kinds of linux stuff (sysadmin, nwadmin, security, ...) in some of the larger local training centres here in the Tyrolean Alps. So far I had to do the training mainly based on SuSE (and sometimes RedHat), but after continous troubles with SuSE (hardware, YaST...) that got more than participant laughing on the "stability of linux" I am trying to pressure the training centers to use our beloved Mandrake Linux. I've already tried to talk to the guys/gals at Mandrake diretly, but unfortunately (and not to their favour) got no response at all from their training department. So I'm trying this here: Is anybody of you using Mandrake for teaching? Are there any MDK related training materials out there (google did not make me happy at all)? Printed stuff? And even worse: maybe even in German? I would even be willing to do some translation on my own (if it does not extend a certain "unpredictable" limit ;-). udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] howto set default url-handlers for gnome2
hi all, I'm wondering how to set evolution (or anything else) as my default mail-handler for all gnome2 applications (like galeon). I don't see any url-handler item in the gnome-control-center, so has anybody else got an idea how to do this? thanks udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] scanner not detected if not switched on upon startup
On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 13:46:30 +, Pierre Fortin wrote: > On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 10:47:09 +0100 "Udo Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> hi all, >> >> I've a scsi-scanner here (umax astra) that works like a charm. My only >> problem is that I have to turn it on before I boot the computer, >> otherwise it is simply not detected (sane-find-scanner). >> >> The only solution I've come around so far is to rmmod my scsi-module as >> root, turn on the scanner, insmod my scsi-module again as root and then >> thats it. >> >> Giving root-access to all the people that use the machine is not an >> option, so are there any other possibilities to detect the scanner as a >> "normal" user? >> >> thanks >> >> udo > > I have SCSI disks on the same busas my scanner, so rmmod might cause > problems with those. I use the following script -- it was intended to get > a disk back online in earlier LM versions; but it works for the scanner > too... just pass it the lun of the scanner -- adjust the other parameters > if your scanner is on anything but the first SCSI adapter. > > #!/bin/sh > # enable a SCSI drive which was offline at bootup > echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 $1 0" >/proc/scsi/scsi > > You could create a cron task that checks for the scanner in > /proc/scsi/scsi and re-enable it if off. > > HTH, > Pierre hi pierre, thanks for your suggestion which works perfectly. udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] scanner not detected if not switched on upon startup
On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 13:46:30 +, Pierre Fortin wrote: > On Thu, 09 Jan 2003 10:47:09 +0100 "Udo Rader" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> hi all, >> >> I've a scsi-scanner here (umax astra) that works like a charm. My only >> problem is that I have to turn it on before I boot the computer, >> otherwise it is simply not detected (sane-find-scanner). >> >> The only solution I've come around so far is to rmmod my scsi-module as >> root, turn on the scanner, insmod my scsi-module again as root and then >> thats it. >> >> Giving root-access to all the people that use the machine is not an >> option, so are there any other possibilities to detect the scanner as a >> "normal" user? >> >> thanks >> >> udo > > I have SCSI disks on the same busas my scanner, so rmmod might cause > problems with those. I use the following script -- it was intended to get > a disk back online in earlier LM versions; but it works for the scanner > too... just pass it the lun of the scanner -- adjust the other parameters > if your scanner is on anything but the first SCSI adapter. > > #!/bin/sh > # enable a SCSI drive which was offline at bootup > echo "scsi add-single-device 0 0 $1 0" >/proc/scsi/scsi > > You could create a cron task that checks for the scanner in > /proc/scsi/scsi and re-enable it if off. > > HTH, > Pierre hi pierre, thanks for your suggestion which does not completely make me happy but this is a nice workaround I can life with :-) udo > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] scanner not detected if not switched on upon startup
hi all, I've a scsi-scanner here (umax astra) that works like a charm. My only problem is that I have to turn it on before I boot the computer, otherwise it is simply not detected (sane-find-scanner). The only solution I've come around so far is to rmmod my scsi-module as root, turn on the scanner, insmod my scsi-module again as root and then thats it. Giving root-access to all the people that use the machine is not an option, so are there any other possibilities to detect the scanner as a "normal" user? thanks udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Increase of Capital for Mandrakesoft
On Fri, 27 Dec 2002 12:41:52 +, Franki wrote: > See that might be one of the problems... > > Mandrake need to think globally, not french.. > > Whats the biggest market for mandrake? I doubt its french... > > The number one rule that explains the M$ saga is targeted marketing.. > > They know what will get the possible users in a specific country and they > hit them with it... > > Mandrake may not have the beans for that.. but they should at least target > the marketing at the > biggest potential market.. which is probably the US and UK... (but I could > be wrong on that one.) Hmm. Certainly France only will not be the market that can make Mandrake surrvive on a longer perspective, but the EU certainly is. Here in Europe there is a strong movement against usage of closed source software in government/government-near organisations but unfortunately we don't hear too much of lobbyism coming from Mandrake. And for the US - European distributions in general have quite a hard stand in the US, just look what kind of troubles SuSE had & still has in the US. There are - as usual - many reasons for that, but I think the the US market is one of the most difficult ones and I doubt that RedHat will let market shares go away too easy. just my 2¢s. udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] and yet another test
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[expert] anybody sucessfully patched staroffice with pp2?
hi, has anybody out there sucessfully patched mandrake's staroffice-rpms against the recent patch (pp2) from sun? http://sunsolve.sun.com/pub-cgi/show.pl?target=patches/xprod-StarOffice&; the patch binary always tells me that it found an installation in /home/glet/rpm/tmp/staroffice-de-6.0-root/usr/lib/staroffice which is rediculous, there is no user 'glet' here and neither of course is the path correct. udo -- "Well, if we were to build it idiot proof, someone would build a better idiot." Civilme, a well known & disenchanted support expert Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] just a test
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Re: [expert] Enemies Purchased by Gates
hmp. I thought this was a mandrake-linux related mailing-list where (besides some outbreaks of mostly interesting OT threads) such political _nonsense_ has nothing to search. Living in Europe I have neither the possibilities nor time, will or interest who in the States is the alledgedly bad guy. From an European point of view there is not much difference ... So just stop this sort of spamming that is just cheap propaganda. Udo Am Fre, 2002-10-25 um 18.15 schrieb Lyvim Xaphir: > I've written before about the relationship between the Democrats and the > Entertainment industry (RIAA, etc) and the havoc they are wreaking with > our digital rights (DMCA [Digital Millennium Copyright Act], CBDTA > [Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act]). For those > of you who are new to the list since that time, consider yourselves now > notified that your digital rights are under attack. The time is coming > when Linux itself could be outlawed, along with all free software. > > The real enemy here is not copyrighted media that needs to be hacked. > The real enemies are the (elected) LAWMAKERS, who will enact laws that > will allow the Federal authorities (FBI, SBI, etc) to be used as an > auxillary arm of Microsoft and the Entertainment industries. In other > words, by using Democratic lawmakers to pass certain laws, they will > have the power to totally control what software you run (Palladium) and > also what OS's are legal to run (Linux vs Microshat). Future > non-compliance of said laws will bring the Federal authorities down on > you courtesy of the Democrats. > > Do not be fooled by rhetoric. The Democrats have historically been the > party of slavery and in fact still are. Power is their end goal; make > no mistake about it. SEE: > > http://wired.com/news/linux/0,1411,55989,00.html > > Tom "Stonewall" Daschle (Senate majority leader) has done everything in > his power to stop anything approaching progress in the Senate. (Judicial > nominations, economic bills, etc) Every bill that has needed to be > passed to help the economy has already been passed by the House, and is > now stalled in the Senate. Courtesy "Stonewall". Therefore the primary > goal of the Dems is not the health or safety of the nation at large, but > rather the end goal of procurement of political power. Some inkling of > their end goal is apparent when the record of their attitude towards > Digital Rights is examined. Not only Digital rights, but basically > anything that would help the individual rather than the Government is at > risk. > > The worst thing that good people can do in this is to do nothing. This > letter is primarily directed at Americans; although I do think that > everyone else should be watching because what happens in America will > affect the rest of the world. I urge those of you who value your > digital rights and those of you who love Linux to please vote in > November; and my suggestion is to vote these Democrat parasites out of > office. > > Remember that the Democrats represent government intrusion, digital > rights erosion, and TAXATION. When you watch C-span, don't be fooled by > the liberal rhetoric or the subtle lean of C-Span to the left. > > The Republicans are not perfect by any means, but I can promise you that > your individual rights will be more protected by the Reps than they will > by the Dems. The Republicans have historically been the party of > freedom, Abraham Lincoln and anti-slavery. And they still are. > > A good place to be further pro-active (other than voting pro-Republican > in Novemember) is to visit the following site: > > http://www.eff.org/ > > Also remember: just about everything you see on television is > engineered to make liberals and democrats look good. That is primarily > how they maintain their power base (other than their death stranglehold > on the public educational system.) My recommendation is to listen to > Fox news, talk radio hosts such as G. Gordon Liddy, Neal Boortz, Laura > Ingram, and Rush Limbaugh. (yes, Rush Limbaugh is a good source of > information, contrary to popular liberal misinformation) and flush the > rest. > > Try listening to the following Realplayer link between 12 and 3:00 EST - > > >rtsp://a271.l582920640.c5829.g.lr.akamaistream.net/live/D/271/5829/v0001/reflector:20640 > > This is a real good place to start getting informed on the forces at > work against the common people in our society today. > > Good luck to us all in November. > > > --LX > > > P.S. Since I submitted the piece on "Recording Netbroadcasts", the > DMCA has forced a large number of talk radio stations off the Internet > by means of extortion (heavy taxation). The Realplayer links in that > article are dead, as are a huge number of other broadcast links. The > information itself is being throttled by the DMCA. So get the > information from the talk radio links that are left alive while you can. > > -- > °
Re: [expert] Microsoft Project Equivalent
don't agree on that one. mrproject can still neither print nor export to any useable format (jpg,ps,...), but that will certainly change sooner or later. afaik there is still no compareable replacement for M$-project (unless you wish to pay for it either). GPL'd (or similar) things you could give a try are the various workgroup-management tools, mostly written in php (eg. http://www.phproject.de or phpgroupware, which is in the distro). often they provide a way to define resources, assign people to it and then let you create a timetable. udo Am Fre, 2002-08-30 um 19.17 schrieb meta: > mrproject, already on rpm package of your mandrake box > > On Thursday 25 July 2002 01:05 pm, you wrote: > > Go to http://www.linuxapps.com and search for project, planning and such. > > > > Brian Schroeder wrote: > > > Does anyone know if there is anything like Microsoft Project > > > for Linux? > > > > > > Brian. > > > > > > _ > > > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > > > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Postfix & SpamAssassin
hmm, just 2 days ago I got inspired by the "howtofightspam"-thread and installed the current version of spamassassin but did not run into any problems you mention here ... are you sure, you're using the right rpm (cooker/contrib)? the *only* things I had to do was to install the rpm, create a .procmailrc file for each user that should use spamassassin. due to a bug in spamd the use of it was a bit more tricky, but I set it up in less than an hour ... so what exactly did you have to change to get it running on your system? udo Am Son, 2002-08-25 um 19.41 schrieb David Relson: > Greetings, > > I'm struggling to get SpamAssassin working properly with Postfix. I think > I'm close, but things aren't working quite right. > > I've read the helpful documents at > http://advosys.ca/papers/postfix-filtering.html, > http://advosys.ca/papers/filter.sh.txt, and > http://hints.linuxfromscratch.org/hints/postfix+spamassassin+razor.txt and > made the changes that seem needed. > > I have defined a new user and a new group 'filter' for the use of > SpamAssassin, have changed /etc/postfix/master.cf, created a filtering > script in /usr/local/bin for running spamassassin, and created spool > directory /var/spool/filter for use by the filtering script. > > I'm using the sample-spam.txt and sample-nonspam.txt messages that come > with spamassassin-2.20 for my testing. > > When run from postfix, both sample messages are classified as non-spam. If > I simply run "spamassassin > Any thoughts on what I've (probably) missed? If desired, I can post the > X-Spam-Status and X-Spam-Level messages generated, as well as the system > changes I made. > > TIA. > > David > > David Relson Osage Software Systems, Inc. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] Ann Arbor, MI 48103 > www.osagesoftware.com tel: 734.821.8800 > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] please help compile cooker 2.4.19 kernel
hi all, I'm trying to compile the current cooker kernel (2.4.19) and only run into hundreds of thousands of unresolved symbols. here's what I did: * install the kernel-source-rpm (NOT .src.rpm) * install the most recent kernel-headers-rpm (which is for 2.4.18, so thats a possible problem) * install the most recent glibc-stuff (including devel things) * copy my old config from /boot to /usr/src/linux/.config * make menuconfig * make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install modules_install or a "depmod -a 2.4.19-3mdkcustom" always ends with hundreds of unresolved symbols. A month ago I read in a thread, that the kernel-headers are not "stand-alone" anymore, but are contained in the glibc-devel package, but that did not help me either ... So has anyone out there in the wast space of the internet successfully compiled a cooker-2.4.19 kernel and would maybe not mind telling me?? thanks udo PS: **sorry, if this a duplicate, but my first post did not get through back to me** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] please help compile cooker 2.4.19 kernel
hi all, I'm trying to compile the current cooker kernel (2.4.19) and only run into hundreds of thousands of unresolved symbols. here's what I did: * install the kernel-source-rpm (NOT .src.rpm) * install the most recent kernel-headers-rpm (which is for 2.4.18, so thats a possible problem) * install the most recent glibc-stuff (including devel things) * copy my old config from /boot to /usr/src/linux/.config * make menuconfig * make dep clean bzImage modules modules_install modules_install or a "depmod -a 2.4.19-3mdkcustom" always ends with hundreds of unresolved symbols. A month ago I read in a thread, that the kernel-headers are not "stand-alone" anymore, but are contained in the glibc-devel package, but that did not help me either ... So has anyone out there in the wast space of the internet successfully compiled a cooker-2.4.19 kernel and would maybe not mind telling me?? thanks udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] sudden hangs after booting from a w2k cd
whichever runlevel I choose, it makes no difference. after a couple of seconds it hangs ... thanks udo Am Son, 2002-08-18 um 17.51 schrieb Kiran: > Boot into single user mode and check your logs. > > > On Sun, 2002-08-18 at 17:45, Udo Rader wrote: > > hi all, > > > > for some reasons I tried to boot my linux-only laptop from a w2k cd, > > which succeeded (I only *booted* and did *not* install). > > > > And exactly after having booted *once* from this cd, my laptop has > > become completely unusable, it freezes a couple of seconds after having > > reached the final runlevel (5 and 3 makes no difference). > > > > I really *know* that I did not change anything at all, the only > > "unordinary" thing was to boot from the w2k cd ... > > > > Some time ago I remember having read that somebody had the same problem, > > but unfortunately I don't find the thread again. > > > > So *any* suggestions are welcome!! > > > > thanks > > > > udo > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] sudden hangs after booting from a w2k cd
hi all, for some reasons I tried to boot my linux-only laptop from a w2k cd, which succeeded (I only *booted* and did *not* install). And exactly after having booted *once* from this cd, my laptop has become completely unusable, it freezes a couple of seconds after having reached the final runlevel (5 and 3 makes no difference). I really *know* that I did not change anything at all, the only "unordinary" thing was to boot from the w2k cd ... Some time ago I remember having read that somebody had the same problem, but unfortunately I don't find the thread again. So *any* suggestions are welcome!! thanks udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] IE & wine
Am Mit, 2002-06-12 um 19.56 schrieb Peter Ruskin: > On Wednesday 12 Jun 2002 15:38, Udo Rader wrote: > > hi list, > > > > for various reasons I need (please note: "need", not "want" ...) to > > have a running IE5.x (or IE6.x) running on my lm 8.2 box. > > > > lacking a windows license it is no option for me to use vmware/win4lin, > > so I decided to give wine a try ... > > > > has anybody got any experience with wine under LM8.2 in general (I > > installed the snapshot from the club-members downloads-page) and with > > installing & running IE on it? > > > > any suggestions are welcome! > > > > thanks > > > > udo > > It works here Udo. I'm using Codeweavers wine (because it works) on 8.2. > I have a native Windows98 partition mounted on /mnt/win/c. So my command > for what you want is... > wine "/mnt/win/c/Program Files/Internet Explorer/iexplore.exe" hi peter, thanks for your response, but this is no option for me - I have no legal windows license left, so I have no native stuff installed. udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] i cant right click on desktop ...
hi faisal, once in a while I have the same problem, too. the problem is very probably that you either have a) no nautilus running or b) more than one nautilus running (yes, have seen that as well). in standard gnome installations, nautilus is responsible for dealing with the desktop (background-image, links/shortcuts, icon placement, ...) to check for a running nautilus try in a shell CUT % ps auxw | grep nautilus CUT if you dont find one running, start it manually by clicking on the snail-shell on your panel or enter the following in a shell: CUT % nautilus CUT after you have started nautilus, you should be able to use your right mouse-button again. If that solved your problem, dont forget to make the changes permanent by enabling "use nautilus to draw desktop" in edit/preferences/desktop of any nautilus window (click on "home", and you will get one). salam udo Am Sam, 2002-06-15 um 12.25 schrieb faisal gillani: > all of a sudden i cant right click on the desktop & i > cant set desktop environment for a new user ... > when i right click on desktop nothing happens .. > i am using gnome environment ... > > = > *º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨¨*¤ Allah-hu-Akber*º¤., ¸¸,.¤º*¨¨*¤ > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! - Official partner of 2002 FIFA World Cup > http://fifaworldcup.yahoo.com > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] IE & wine
hi list, for various reasons I need (please note: "need", not "want" ...) to have a running IE5.x (or IE6.x) running on my lm 8.2 box. lacking a windows license it is no option for me to use vmware/win4lin, so I decided to give wine a try ... has anybody got any experience with wine under LM8.2 in general (I installed the snapshot from the club-members downloads-page) and with installing & running IE on it? any suggestions are welcome! thanks udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] OT: Testing a Modem / Telephone Line
randy, just an idea that will very likely not solve your problem but maybe "easen" it a bit: I don't know where you are located, but if you have access to a satellite dish, you could get yourself one of those ATSC/DVB cards that offer a satellite-downlink from your satellite dish into your computer. The uploads (=all requests you SEND to the internet) still require a dial-up line, but most of the time uploading is not the real problem. Main benefit is that the downstream is very fast (>500K). Some of my friends have sucessfully set up such a configuration, so if you're interested in details, let me know. udo Am Mon, 2002-06-03 um 21.31 schrieb Randy Kramer: > I know this is somewhat off topic, but do any of you have suggestions on > how to test a modem / phone line? Please read the following before > responding. > > My problem is that I get a lot of disconnects on my 33 kbps dial up > line. > > Several months ago, my ISP adopted a new policy -- I won't try to repeat > it exactly, but basically they reserve the right to disconnect me after > 4 to 12 hours (even though I pay for an "unlimited" connection). > > I get a lot more disconnects than that might indicate, and some after > short periods of time, like 1 to 60 minutes. The ISP insists they are > not disconnecting me, the phone line / modem is the problem. > > I haven't really tackled the phone company very seriously yet, but I'm > sure they will point out that their only obligation is to provide a > voice grade line. Even if I insist that they test it (and possibly bill > me!?!), if it tests out as adequate for voice communications, they will > tell me to go pound sand. > > But, I really don't know where the problem lies -- I could have a > substandard modem, I could have substandard lines, or the ISP could be > intentionally disconnecting me before the 4 to 12 hours. (I say that > because I don't recall nearly as many disconnections before they changed > their policy and I gave them some static about it.) > > I'm looking for suggestions on how to tackle this. > > Anyone know of any sites that I can call using my modem and get some > sort of report on the quality of my modem / telephone line? > > Other thoughts? > > Randy Kramer > > PS: I would consider switching to cable or DSL, but I'm beyond the > 18,000 foot limit on distance from my central telephone exchange, and my > cable company is only offering one way modems at this time (in my area), > which means I'd still need the modem and phone line. > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] A Linux Virus on the loose.
thats why we have our servers under 3meters of concrete and behind multiple access-control systems ... unless mcguyver comes along and uses his swiss pocketknife to disengage all entrance barriers ;-)) even on enterprise they still have those bad aliens compromizing their systems sometimes ... my point: there is no such thing as computer security that is really secure. only chance: don't use a computer ... udo Am Mon, 2002-06-03 um 23.58 schrieb M@rtin Ign@cio L@nge: > Restoring Bios to defaults its only a matter of opening the Case and in > the mother change a jumper from 1-2 to 2-3... give power to the computer > for 5 seconds and then restoring again to 1-2 the jumper. That's it, in > the mos complicated scenario the thing you have to do is get together > pole + with pole - with a wire. And that's it too. > > > > Martin Ignacio Lange > "Justifica tus limitaciones y ciertamente las tendras" > "Knowledge is Power" > > Mails: > > 1) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 2) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 3) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > 4) [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Icq #: 17492486 > Tel: 4746-3426 > Cel: 154-994-5526 > > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Ken Hawkins > Sent: Lunes, 03 de Junio de 2002 06:08 p.m. > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] A Linux Virus on the loose. > > darklord wrote: > > > > On Monday 03 June 2002 11:39 am, you wrote: > > > And this leads to the simple conclusion that if one has physical > access to > > > a computer, then security is largely out the window. Any clown > could come > > > in and bootup with a rescue disk (addressing the linux aspect) and > do > > > whatever to your drives. If they had the time, they could also > bring in a > > > set of linux distro disks and reinstall linux their way. > > > > > > The only way to prevent this is to turn off the booting from CD in > bios and > > > password protecting bios, but then, with physical access it is > trivial to > > > kill the bios password (just crack the case and remove the mobo > battery for > > > a minute - bios settings are back to default and accessible without > a > > > password). > > Unless your mobo flashroms the password; came across this and had to get > tech support to explain that first you must remove the battery, THEN you > must pull a jumper, then you must short out some pins on the BIOS chip > where it is soldered to the boardlittle paranoid maybe? > > > > > > > > > Thus, I see no harm at all in hearing the means one would use to > create a > > > UID 0 person, append them to passwd and create an appropriately > > > formatted/encrypted shadow password for them in /etc/shadow. > > > > > > praedor > > > > Hehehehe, I've got mine disabled in BIOS, and my case is hardware > locked. Of > > course, if someone has access to my system, then they've already > gotten into > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Killing off Supermount
hmm, that is strange indeed. if your floppy is still supermounted (though disabled in fstab), then what does a plain % mount give you? and what is the content of /etc/fstab & /etc/mtab? another thing: if you disable supermount in /etc/fstab, you'll have to umount the devices afterwards as well, eg. % umount /mnt/floppy. only now you can really Am Mon, 2002-06-03 um 22.28 schrieb Jerry Kreps: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > THanks Udo, but those are suggestions that I have already tried. > The CD stops automounting, but the floppy won't. And, I cannot mount > a floppy formatted with ext2, unless I go to root and issue > mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy > manually. Strangly, a DOS formatted floppy mounts fine. what is the output of % cat /proc/filesystems? do you have an autofs entry? > > I just clean installed MDK 8.2, including formatting the HDs, after using > SuSE for FIVE years. SuSE never gave me a problem with mounting ext2 > floppies. oops. suse. I've been using & maintaining suse for a long time as well but finally just had enough crashing installers (yast=YetAnotherSuckingTool), updates that don't update but overwrite, but thats another story. > > In examinging boot.log I noticed the following errors, marked by "<==" > > Jun 2 11:01:00 jlkreps cups: cupsd startup succeeded > Jun 2 12:03:40 jlkreps nfslock: rpc.statd startup succeeded > Jun 2 12:03:40 jlkreps random: Initializing random number generator: succeeded > Jun 2 12:03:41 jlkreps mount: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device ><=== this is ok, you probably had no floppy inserted during boot time? > Jun 2 12:03:41 jlkreps netfs: Mounting other filesystems: failed ><= netfs = NFS - unless your machine needs to mount stuff from remote servers at boot time, this should be no problem either. > Jun 2 12:03:41 jlkreps apmd: apmd startup succeeded > Jun 2 12:03:41 jlkreps atd: atd startup succeeded > Jun 2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Configuring kernel parameters: succeeded > Jun 2 12:02:28 jlkreps date: Sun Jun 2 12:02:28 EDT 2002 > Jun 2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Setting clock (utc): Sun Jun 2 12:02:28 EDT >2002 succeeded > Jun 2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded > Jun 2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Setting hostname jlkreps.athome: succeeded > Jun 2 12:02:33 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode: >succeeded > Jun 2 12:02:33 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions: succeeded > Jun 2 12:02:41 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Finding module dependencies: succeeded > Jun 2 12:02:41 jlkreps : Loading module: scsi_hostadapter > Jun 2 12:02:41 jlkreps fsck: /dev/hda1: recovering journal > Jun 2 12:02:42 jlkreps fsck: /dev/hda1: clean, 58/6024 files, 3848/24066 blocks > Jun 2 12:02:46 jlkreps mount: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device ><=== > Jun 2 12:02:51 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems: failed ><= > Jun 2 12:02:51 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Mounting loopback filesystems: succeeded > - -- > . > Both appear to be a bad /dev/df0, which is strange since I did a clean install, >including formatting. > /dev/fd0 is a symbolic link to /dev/floppy/* > lr-xr-xr-x1 root root8 Jun 2 18:43 /dev/fd0 -> floppy/0 > > And my dev devices have the following magor & minor numbers: > brw-rw1 jerryfloppy 2, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/floppy/0 > brw-rw1 jerryfloppy 2, 84 Dec 31 1969 /dev/floppy/0u1040 > brw-rw1 jerryfloppy 2, 88 Dec 31 1969 /dev/floppy/0u1120 > brw-rw1 jerryfloppy 2, 28 Dec 31 1969 /dev/floppy/0u1440 > Does the /dev/floppy/0 device appear to have the correct major and minor numbers to >you? major and minor numbers are ok, your problem is very likely to be just a mount/umount thing. > > Thanks for responding, Udo !! > JLK > > > > > On Monday 03 June 2002 07:12 am, you wrote: > > the desicion, which device is handled by supermount is set - as usually > > - in /etc/fstab. > > > > in order to get your floppy working w/o supermount, you should change > > the floppy entry: > > > > CUT > > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount > > dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 > > CUT > > > > ... to this: > > > > CUT > > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto defaults 0 0 > > CUT > > > > I am actually wondering, why mandrake uses vfat as the default floppy > > filesystem, so I suggest using automagic detection (auto). > > > > udo > > > > Am Son, 2002-06-02 um 20.59 schrieb Timothy R. Butler: > > > Hi everyone, > > > I have a friend who is new to Mandrake (but not Linux) and is > > > interested in removing supermount. He has tried disabling it in mcc, and > > > that did the trick a/f/a the CD-ROM drive, however the disket
[Fwd: Re: [expert] Killing off Supermount]
just to keep it on the list --- Begin Message --- -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 THanks Udo, but those are suggestions that I have already tried. The CD stops automounting, but the floppy won't. And, I cannot mount a floppy formatted with ext2, unless I go to root and issue mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy manually. Strangly, a DOS formatted floppy mounts fine. I just clean installed MDK 8.2, including formatting the HDs, after using SuSE for FIVE years. SuSE never gave me a problem with mounting ext2 floppies. In examinging boot.log I noticed the following errors, marked by "<==" Jun 2 11:01:00 jlkreps cups: cupsd startup succeeded Jun 2 12:03:40 jlkreps nfslock: rpc.statd startup succeeded Jun 2 12:03:40 jlkreps random: Initializing random number generator: succeeded Jun 2 12:03:41 jlkreps mount: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device <=== Jun 2 12:03:41 jlkreps netfs: Mounting other filesystems: failed <= Jun 2 12:03:41 jlkreps apmd: apmd startup succeeded Jun 2 12:03:41 jlkreps atd: atd startup succeeded Jun 2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Configuring kernel parameters: succeeded Jun 2 12:02:28 jlkreps date: Sun Jun 2 12:02:28 EDT 2002 Jun 2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Setting clock (utc): Sun Jun 2 12:02:28 EDT 2002 succeeded Jun 2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Loading default keymap succeeded Jun 2 12:02:28 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Setting hostname jlkreps.athome: succeeded Jun 2 12:02:33 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Remounting root filesystem in read-write mode: succeeded Jun 2 12:02:33 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Activating swap partitions: succeeded Jun 2 12:02:41 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Finding module dependencies: succeeded Jun 2 12:02:41 jlkreps : Loading module: scsi_hostadapter Jun 2 12:02:41 jlkreps fsck: /dev/hda1: recovering journal Jun 2 12:02:42 jlkreps fsck: /dev/hda1: clean, 58/6024 files, 3848/24066 blocks Jun 2 12:02:46 jlkreps mount: mount: /dev/fd0 is not a valid block device <=== Jun 2 12:02:51 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Mounting local filesystems: failed <= Jun 2 12:02:51 jlkreps rc.sysinit: Mounting loopback filesystems: succeeded - -- . Both appear to be a bad /dev/df0, which is strange since I did a clean install, including formatting. /dev/fd0 is a symbolic link to /dev/floppy/* lr-xr-xr-x 1 root root 8 Jun 2 18:43 /dev/fd0 -> floppy/0 And my dev devices have the following magor & minor numbers: brw-rw 1 jerry floppy 2, 0 Dec 31 1969 /dev/floppy/0 brw-rw 1 jerry floppy 2, 84 Dec 31 1969 /dev/floppy/0u1040 brw-rw 1 jerry floppy 2, 88 Dec 31 1969 /dev/floppy/0u1120 brw-rw 1 jerry floppy 2, 28 Dec 31 1969 /dev/floppy/0u1440 Does the /dev/floppy/0 device appear to have the correct major and minor numbers to you? Thanks for responding, Udo !! JLK On Monday 03 June 2002 07:12 am, you wrote: > the desicion, which device is handled by supermount is set - as usually > - in /etc/fstab. > > in order to get your floppy working w/o supermount, you should change > the floppy entry: > > CUT > /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount > dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 > CUT > > ... to this: > > CUT > /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto defaults 0 0 > CUT > > I am actually wondering, why mandrake uses vfat as the default floppy > filesystem, so I suggest using automagic detection (auto). > > udo > > Am Son, 2002-06-02 um 20.59 schrieb Timothy R. Butler: > > Hi everyone, > > I have a friend who is new to Mandrake (but not Linux) and is > > interested in removing supermount. He has tried disabling it in mcc, and > > that did the trick a/f/a the CD-ROM drive, however the diskette drive is > > still being managed by supermount for some reason. Does anyone have > > suggestions on how to kill off supermount for good on his system? > > > > BTW, if anyone who replies could "Reply-to-all" so that my friend gets > > a copy of your suggestions that would be great. > > > > Thanks, > >Tim > > > > -- > > > > Timothy R. Butler | Universal Networks | http://www.uninet.info > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 12495932 AIM: Uninettm > > Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com > > Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz > > = "Christian Web Services Since 1996" == > > Registered Linux User #82130 Reg. Linux Machines #34002 & 102889 > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com - -- JLK Bill of Rights b Sept 28, 1789 d. Oct 26, 2001 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8+9GQq1Ef6Zb
Re: [expert] Killing off Supermount
the desicion, which device is handled by supermount is set - as usually - in /etc/fstab. in order to get your floppy working w/o supermount, you should change the floppy entry: CUT /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-15,sync,codepage=850 0 0 CUT ... to this: CUT /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto defaults 0 0 CUT I am actually wondering, why mandrake uses vfat as the default floppy filesystem, so I suggest using automagic detection (auto). udo Am Son, 2002-06-02 um 20.59 schrieb Timothy R. Butler: > Hi everyone, > I have a friend who is new to Mandrake (but not Linux) and is interested in > removing supermount. He has tried disabling it in mcc, and that did the trick > a/f/a the CD-ROM drive, however the diskette drive is still being managed by > supermount for some reason. Does anyone have suggestions on how to kill off > supermount for good on his system? > > BTW, if anyone who replies could "Reply-to-all" so that my friend gets a > copy of your suggestions that would be great. > > Thanks, >Tim > > -- > > Timothy R. Butler | Universal Networks | http://www.uninet.info > [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ: 12495932 AIM: Uninettm > Christian Portal and Search Tool: http://www.faithtree.com > Open Source Migration Guide: http://www.ofb.biz > = "Christian Web Services Since 1996" == > Registered Linux User #82130 Reg. Linux Machines #34002 & 102889 > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] popup killer for linux?
why not simply disallow popups in your browser? mozilla supports that and I think galeon & konqueror can be told the same. udo Am Sam, 2002-06-01 um 22.53 schrieb [EMAIL PROTECTED]: > Does anyone know an aplication similar to the "killer popup" for windows > but runing in linux?; I hate those pages that full my screen with > web-pages I don't like. > > Thanks in advance > > Francisco Alcaraz > Murcia (Spain) > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Prevent a specific station to access internet.
hi,
depends on many things:
if you want the boxes to have "full" internet access (all ports, all
protocolls without restriction), you will have to configure the kernel
on the gateway ("the server") using iptables accordingly. not too
difficult, but introduces many security risks in your entire network.
if you want the boxes to have access to only "some" protocols like
http(s), ftp, ssh etc. you will be happy with proxies (eg. squid for
http and ftp).
depending if you have more boxes to *permit* or *allow* access you can -
most of the time - easily configure either iptables or your proxy-app
accordingly by creating access groups that (1) either deny access for
all but listed boxes or (2) allow access for all except listed ones.
proxying will unfortunately not work for every protocol that you might
need, but in general is is the easiest and most secure way to do this.
udo
Am Don, 2002-05-23 um 16.37 schrieb Richard Laframboise:
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> Hi List,
>
> What is the best way to prevent a specific station to have access
> to the internet ? or to assign the privilege to selected stations only ?
>
> The internet is made available thru a shared connexion from a LM
> 8.2 server and all stations must be on the same subnet.
>
> Thanks
>
> Richard
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>
>
> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] users and finger broken
I don't know if it makes a difference, but I've always used "w" and "who" to get this list (actually never heard of users ...). Maybe they work better for you ... udo Am Don, 2002-05-16 um 19.15 schrieb Eric Nodwell: > > users and finger seem to be broken. They certainly don't report all > the users who are logged in. We have a Mandrake 8.2 server with > several X-terminals. > > This doesn't seem to be a Mandrake-specific problem: they are also > broken on our server running Debian Linux. From discussion on Debian > mailing lists, it seems that this comes about because some programs > don't write to /var/run/utmp correctly. Is there any solution to this > problem? Any alternative way to get a list of users logged on, and > info such as how long they've been logged on? > > thanks, > Eric > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] /dev/usbmouse don't exist
hi hoyt, if you've got a VIA based motherboard, there might be a problem with usb keyboard and mouse detection/integration. for a solution on LM8.2 check http://www.viaarena.com/?PageID=88#usb udo Am Mon, 2002-05-13 um 09.33 schrieb Hoyt: > Aside from the poor grammar, this error message appeared after a re-boot and > my usb mouse did not work. It appears to be a problem with devfs as there > exists no link named /dev/usbmouse -- it juts disappeared. > > I was able to "fix" his by changing devfs=mount to devfs=nomount in > /etc/lilo.conf, rebooting and then running mouseconfig. > > I was unsuccessful in searching for a solution to this problem on Google, the > Mandrake mail list archives and the Mandrake Forum. > > This also happened to me in 8.1 and I never did solve it other than the "fix" > I used. > > Why did this happen? > > How do I get devfs and /dev/usbmouse working again? > > > > Thanks, > -- > Hoyt > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] VIA disaster!
This crusade against VIA is ridiculous to me. Here at work we have about 25 computers working around, some of them are under very heavy duty as database servers or even worse as parts of a cluster. Approximately half of them is VIA based, even my workstation that I'm writing this is based on a soyo dragon-raid plus mobo (VIA KT266). And we've had no - I repeat: NO - problems so far that could be directly linked to the chipset. But I remember a couple of other things that made our life hard: bad compilers (gcc 2.96, aka garbagecc), broken memory, malfunctioning harddrives - but that was **never** related to VIA in any reasonable way. And if you come around and say that even VIA has a path for the IDE driver in the kernel to work around some problems, you are simply wrong: This patch soley enables UDMA133 on some chipsets because the modifications did not make it yet into the current *STABLE* kernel (guess why???). ... had to say this ... udo Am Fre, 2002-05-10 um 02.46 schrieb lorne: > I hate to say this, but IMHO VIA chipset is JUNK!!! Now I don't want to > start a flame war and will ignore attempts to start one, but my > experience was horrible. I wasted enough time with a MB using a VIA > chipset to buy 2 brand name computers. I got an IWILL MB using a > different chipset and my problems have gone away. I then gave the MB to > my brother with the VIA chipset and he had altogether different hardware > and has had nothing but trouble with it. The thing has been replaced > twice. I WILL NEVER use via chipsets again and I don't say never often. > I'll take a littel slower for stable ANY DAY. Just my .5 cents worth. > > Bjarne Thomsen wrote: > > >I have previously reported disk corruption with > >the ASUS A7V266E motherboard and the VIA chipset. > >Then I closed the case, but too early it turned out. > >We have now done extensive testing, and we can reproduce > >the crashes with LM 8.2, LM 8.1, and RH 7.2. > >At first we suspected the 2.4.18 kernel, but this > >has not been confirmed by our testing. > >We then discovered that VIA had some patches for > >LM 8.2 against problems encountered under "heavy load". > >Unfortunately our work involves heavy load! > >We had difficulties compiling the stock LM 8.2 kernel, > >but we discovered that a newer version of the VIA IDE > >driver was included in the cooker 2.4.18-13 kernel. > >Now we had finally solved the problem, we thought. > >You guessed it. It crashed again! We have finally given up > >ASUS + VIA for ECS K7S6A + SiS745. > > > >I shall keep you posted about the new board. > > > >The people having problems with LM 8.2 > >should possibly check their hardware! > > > > -- Bjarne > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Very bad review of Mandrake 8.2 boxed set
hmm, I've installed the downloadable version of 8.2 myself and am *fully* satisfied. Before installing, I was a little bit scared due to some "less enthusiastic" postings on this list, but I finally had no choice (my harddisk surrendered a couple of days ago ...). The article itself is IMHO not too bad, really. It just tells the same truth that I've seen for many other distros around these days. Creating a distribution is a "not so easy" thing to do and maintaining it is even harder. The fact that mandrake has lacks in some places (among the many great things) is just "natural". And compared to other distros, kernel compilation from source using "make menuconfig" or "make xconfig" is for example *very* different from the original kernel sources at some points (without good reason, IMHO) and that is a point that I fully agree on with the author. QA is the answer to all those things, but in that part the people at mandrake in general make a much better job than most of their competitors, so just don't take bad reviews too bad ... udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] antialiased fonts in gnome
hi list, after upgrading from 8.1 to mdk8.2 on my machine, the only thing I lack are **working** antialiased fonts in gnome. I've installed gdkxft in the proper way (=the same as in 8.1) but if I use it, most of the fontfaces are replaced by some other "standard"-font (looks like times or so). So has anybody got gnome-antialiasing working under LM8.2? thankx udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mailing List problems
hi pierre, unfortunately this is not true. I get the same messages even though I have a registered domain for my box 213.47.198.91: --CUT-- % host 213.47.198.91 % 91.198.47.213.in-addr.arpa domain name pointer chello213047198091.tirol.chello.at --CUT-- the main problem here is that this does not show my real domain name but the primary DNS-entry for my hosts IP. if you make a lookup on my domain, it resolves perfectly to my IP. --CUT-- % host vibe.ac % vibe.ac has address 213.47.198.91 --CUT-- obviously sympa/postfix on smtp.mandrax.org is not very nicely configured to only check for the IP but not for the domain-name ... Udo Am Don, 2002-05-02 um 23.36 schrieb Pierre Fortin: > > How can I fix this? I need smtp.mandrax.org to be able to determine my > > host name. > > You need a registered name to go with the IP address you are using; then, > the name your postfix claims to be must match. The gist of the problem is > this: your postfix connects to smtp.mandrax.org and identifies itself, > say as foo.bar.com... a few packets back and forth and smtp.mandrax.org > checks with DNS to see if your IP address matches the claimed host > (foo.bar.com). If the reverse DNS lookup fails or doesn't match; your > connection is denied. > > Just because you can be reached as foo.bar.com is not enough, your IP > address has to return foo.bar.com... > > Using the headers in your post: > > Received: from jason ([24.157.184.123]) by > > fep02-mail.bloor.is.net.cable.rogers.com > > First, "jason" is not a fully-qualified name and definitely not in the > global DNS. > > A reverse lookup gives: > $ host 24.157.184.123 > Host 123.184.157.24.in-addr.arpa not found: 3(NXDOMAIN) > > So there is no way you can send to the lists directly; you must use your > ISP's mailer which hopefully is properly setup in DNS... > > My postfix is likewise setup to deny unknown hosts, so you can't send mail > directly to me either. > > If you get a different IP address each time, you are probably wasting your > time trying to setup your own mailer, AFAIK. > > HTH, > Pierre > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] Is the Promise PDC20276 ATA133 RAID controller chipsetsupported byMDK8.2
hi, I've got a soyo k7v dragon raid plus mobo here, and "raid" stands for this useless promise "raid"-controller. *Without* raid features enabled, the controller works very fast and reliable for ATA133. But it's raid feature is definetively not worth playing around with it (I spent too many hours with it) unless you do really have to (e.g. you have already set up windoze to acess drives using the "raid"-controller). excerpt from the kernel documentation on controllers like the PDC one: CUT Say Y or M if you have an IDE Raid controller and want linux to use its softwareraid feature. You must also select an appropriate for your board low-level driver below. Note, that Linux does not use the Raid implemetation in BIOS, and the main purpose for this feature is to retain compatibility and data integrity with other OS-es, using the same disk array. Linux has its own Raid drivers, which you should use if you need better performance. CUT udo On Sam, 2002-04-13 at 02:03, Doug Gough wrote: > On the older promise cards, you had to pass some parameters to the kernel at > boot time. If you download the FastTrak66 Red Hat Linux Driver from thier > site, and untar it, you will find some readme files that explain what these > parameters are. I don't know if it will work for you, but it's worth a try. > > Doug Gough > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of msh > Sent: Thursday, April 11, 2002 10:16 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Is the Promise PDC20276 ATA133 RAID controller chipset > supported byMDK8.2 > > > I have a MSI Ultra-ARU motherboard, which has the Promise PDC20276 > ATA133 RAID controller chipset on the mainboard, I've checked the > Promise website and they list the controller as being supported by > RedHat Linux, > > > > http://www.linux-ide.org/chipsets.html also lists the chipset as > supported. > > When I hook up IDE drives to the onboard connectors controlled by the > PDC20276 Hardrake doesn't see them. > > Has anybody got any suggestions on what to try next? > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Mandrake Club advocates: Post Positive
On Son, 2002-04-07 at 21:14, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > On Sun, Apr 07, 2002 at 13:46 -0500, Paul Cox wrote: > > On Sunday, Apr 07, 2002, sda wrote: > > NOT providing free and easy access to the _current_ .iso is about the > > biggest violation you can make to the GPL. > > Not exactly. Who can demand Mandrake to provide ISOs at all? Nobody. Does > SuSE provide iso files even BEFORE the boxed verion is in the stores? > That is one thing nobody seems to take in account. All I read in the > newsgroup is "8.2 is out. What takes Mandrake so long to bring the boxes > into my home town?" If MandrakeSoft did not provide the ISOs as soon as > they are ready those ppl did not even know there was a new version. > That's like the other big distros handle it. > > The GPL does NOT say you have to put out ISOs of your product ASAP. The > GPL doesn't even say you have to put ISOs on the net at all. All the GPL > says is that if you have a product you can make it public and if you make > it public it has to be free and you have to provide a means for the > public to get the sources. You are certainly right in terms of GPL. But I don't agree that mdk will fail because it makes ISOs accessible through the net (too early). I myself have been downloading the ISOs starting with 8.0, when I changed from SuSE. The reason for changing was exactly that: why should I pay for a badly set up distribution when I can have others, far more better ones for free? SuSE (like many others) goes the way to sell their distro the "standard" way. But buying SuSE too often meant & means that you pay 100 bucks for something that sucks. I like the Mandrake-style, making it possible to test the entire distro without paying anything for it - thats fun for me and risk for them of course. I am aware that compiling a distro is not free and I will eventually even buy a whole set, but certainly not every time. If I could not download the ISOs anymore, I would just wait for one or two years or so till I bought another release and update just the most vital applications. So I think the Mandrake-Club is a nice thing to create some kind of relationsship between guys like me and a commercial organization like mandrake. > > > And changing to a different > > license will go against everything MandrakeSoft stands for and will > > never happen. > > That is true and will never happen as loing as MandrakeSoft exists. They > could not even if they would like to. All they can do is withdraw their > own programs and put them under a different license. And that would be > the end of a Mandrake Linux Distribution. > > Just my 180,00 Euro (Sorry, but that's what my opinion costs on the > market! You get it for free (as in 'free beer')) > > wobo > -- > Registered Linux User 228909 Powered By Mandrake Linux 8.1 > --- > PDAs? Laptops? Linux? UnddasallesineinemWort? http://www.xtops.de ! > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] why do I need kernel-headers-rpm if I compile a LM kernel fromsource
hi listees, from my life before LM I am somewhat used to compile my own kernel instead of using precompiled ones. The normal procedure for this was to just download the kernel, install it under /usr/src/, run "make menuconfig" and then build the kernel. for mandrake things work different obviously. just downloading the current kernel-sources (2.4.18-8), configuring and then building it results in gcc instantly complaining that it misses linux/errno.h. -CUT- /usr/include/bits/errno.h:25:26: linux/errno.h: No such file or directory -CUT- Installing the kernel-headers-rpm "fixes" the problem, but this is quite weird, as the header files already come with the kernel-source-rpm. Obviously mandrake is expecting the header files to be in /usr/include instead of the correct place within the kernel-source-tree. Is there a reason why LM-kernel-sources are configured this way? Udo Rader Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Corrupted filesystem after normal shutdown
hi karine, i've seen similar things on our hardware. most of the time the problem was bios-related stuff (bios "in general", dma-settings, prefetch-modes, ...) and almost everytime the problems went away by either disabling dma (ouch, that hurts, i know) using hdparm or by upgrading buggy bioses. did you ever check /var/log/messages to see, if the kernel reports some problems with your harddrives? udo Am Mon, 2002-03-18 um 11.36 schrieb Karine ZUERCHER: > Hi everyone, > > I got a tremendous problem here. > I shut down my MDK8.1 perfectly, but when I restarted it, it says I have a > corrupted filesystem that needs to be checked. Sometimes the checking doesn't > pass and I have to do fsck in maintenance. This time the rc.d files are > corrupted and I can't start at all anymore. > Well, I know I could just install again from scratch, but the trick is, this > happened on MDK8.0, then on MDK8.1. I thought the HD was getting old, so I > installed it on a totally new one. After a couple weeks, there I am again. > > (I need to remark, that I couldn't install MDK by default (failure in > uploading into or reading the memory, but I had to simulate having only 64MB > RAM instead of 512MB) > > (My Hardware: > Intel Pentium III 733MHz > ASUS P2BF > 512MB SDRAM > Graphic Card: ATI Rage 128 - 32MB TVout > SCSI adapter: AHA-2940 U2W > Pioneer DVD-ROM (ATAPI DVD-106s) 16x > CDRW Yamaha CRW8824s (SCSI) > Sound Card: Creative Live > > HD config: > hda: (7500rpm UDMA66) > hda1 2.4GB vfat (c:\) > hda5 3GB ext2 (/mnt/old-home) > hda6 256MB swap > hda7 4GB ext3 (/mnt/old-root) > hda8 7GB vfat > > hdb: (7500rpm 40GB) > hdb1 20GBvfat > hdb5 4GB ext3 (/) > hdb6 512MB swap > hdb7 15GBext3 (/home) > ) > > Where is the problem? > Hardware conflict? > Hardware damaged? > Configuration? > > I dearly hope someone can help me here. Please tell me if you need some more > information. > > In Kindneass > Karine > > -- > Karine ZUERCHER > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Netscape Crash
hmm, that doesn't sound too good. if you say that the only thing you need is to display HTML and js, then try a very irrational thing: switch off java support (not javascript). I know of cases where the presence of the java-virtual machine alone made netscape crash over and over though java was really invoked. another thing you could try was to call netscape the "direct" way. normally, if you say "netscape", then a shell-script is invoked (/usr/bin/netscape; check it). this calls for netscape-communicator in /usr/lib/netscape. if you call the binary directly, you will lose some "comfort" (IMHO less important) settings, but the "essential" communicator still works. hope, this helps ... udo Am Mon, 2002-03-11 um 13.17 schrieb Hari Yellina: > HI Udo, > > I am not using Java Applets. It is jsp . So we get HTML and Javascript on > the browser. > > after making a booking . or going to few pages. It crashes and whole > application goes out. As I read in few places, every one says netscape is > gonna crahs alwaya. But here the clients are gonna break my bones. If this > netscape is not gonna be stable. > > Thanks for the help dude. > > Regards, > > Hari Yellina. > > On Mon, 11 Mar 2002 22:49, you wrote: > > could you provide us with more details about the crashing (try using > > strace to find out what's happening). > > > > netscape in general and netscape & java especially don't have the "best" > > reputation in being too stable anyway ... > > > > another option might be to use a different java version - which one do > > you use? > > > > udo > > > > Am Mon, 2002-03-11 um 12.36 schrieb Hari Yellina: > > > Hi All, > > > > > > We made a point of sale application using netscape as a front end and > > > java server side. Touch screen based application. > > > > > > Problem is ::: > > > > > > Netscape craches every 1 min and I am afarid how to stop this crashing. > > > Any help will be very helpful. > > > > > > Regard, > > > > > > Hari Yellina. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Netscape Crash
could you provide us with more details about the crashing (try using strace to find out what's happening). netscape in general and netscape & java especially don't have the "best" reputation in being too stable anyway ... another option might be to use a different java version - which one do you use? udo Am Mon, 2002-03-11 um 12.36 schrieb Hari Yellina: > Hi All, > > We made a point of sale application using netscape as a front end and java > server side. Touch screen based application. > > Problem is ::: > > Netscape craches every 1 min and I am afarid how to stop this crashing. Any > help will be very helpful. > > Regard, > > Hari Yellina. > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] cannot set gnome as default session
well, the main difference between gdm and kdm is that gdm is completely independent from xdm (the "original" login-app) and that is has some "advanced features" (eg. /etc/rc.d/-like start/stop scripting capabilities). kdm on the contrary sits on top of xdm and is something like a different "gui" for xdm, leaving it with the same issues that the underlying xdm has (security etc.). but for general usage its just the same question as if KDE or gnome is better. udo Am Fre, 2002-03-08 um 11.58 schrieb Lyvim Xaphir: > I'm curious here, because I've never tried gdm. What made you select > gdm over kdm? Were there features in gdm that were not available in > kdm, or what? > > > On Thu, 2002-03-07 at 21:35, Mr. Necro wrote: > > Hey, when I wanted to change my default session for gdm I simply did as > > you did and went into > > > > /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions > > > > then I opened up Default and default in emacs, then simply changed the > > line to the one found in the Gnome file (also in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions). > > I backed up all the files for the original directory, then saved > > everything (as root of course) and rebooted. > > > > I don't know if you already did this, or if I'm telling you things that > > are redundant, but that's what I did and it seemed to fix the problem, > > as my default is now Gnome and I don't have to manually select it from > > sessions any longer. > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] cannot set gnome as default session
grin ..., this will definetively work, yes. But this is not the "clean" way to do this, just some kind of workaround that doesn't completely satisfy my agonized sysadmin-heart ;-)) udo Am Fre, 2002-03-08 um 03.35 schrieb Mr. Necro: > Hey, when I wanted to change my default session for gdm I simply did as > you did and went into > > /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions > > then I opened up Default and default in emacs, then simply changed the > line to the one found in the Gnome file (also in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions). > I backed up all the files for the original directory, then saved > everything (as root of course) and rebooted. > > I don't know if you already did this, or if I'm telling you things that > are redundant, but that's what I did and it seemed to fix the problem, > as my default is now Gnome and I don't have to manually select it from > sessions any longer. > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Alert!!! HP is releasing a version of Mandrake Linuxwithout GPL or source!
charles, I'm not 100% sure that you are right. GPL does not only cover usage/sell of the original, unmodified application, it has major influence on the products based directly or indirectly on the application. It would definitifely be a problem for example if HP linked their closed-source applications against any GPL'd libraries (and that is not too unlikely). But I have absolutely no idea, if they did so. and enforcing the license is very probably up to the author of the "misused" software. udo Am Don, 2002-03-07 um 13.06 schrieb Charles A Edwards: > On Thu, 7 Mar 2002 00:47:35 -0800 > James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > All, > > > > > >Here is comes. A release of Mandrake without GPL or Source. If you go > > to http://www.hp.com/security/products/linux/eval/ > > > > You will find a 60 day timed copy of the iso (only way provided) that is a > > FULL working version of Linux. No links are provided to source code for > > the GPL'd code anywhere. (see below for coment fromth the page.) > > > If you had bothered to click the 'source code policy' link it takes you to this page > http://www.hp.com/security/products/linux/opensource/ > and you would have seen this. > > " source code policy > > Modifications to the Linux kernel related to HP Secure OS Software for Linux are >made available as source code. The Multi-Compartment Gateway Agent (MCGA), the >implementation of the secure administration model, the lockdown mechanism, key parts >of the auditing mechanism, and utilities for managing containment are not released as >source code. In general, HP intellectual property that resides in the user space of >the operating system is not made available as source code. > > HP makes the sources to the following available with HP Secure OS Software for Linux: > > * Modifications to the Linux kernel > * Dynamically loaded kernel modules (DLKMs) for containment and audit > * The audit daemon > > obtaining source code > Source code is provided with the product media, and as an added benefit to the Linux >community, HP provides the source code on its FTP site: > > ftp.hp.com/pub/security/hplx_source/" > > > I see nothing here that would violate GPL. > The source code for Any Mandrake pkgs, even if HP does not provide it, would of >course be available from Mandrake. > > > Charles > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] cannot set gnome as default session
Hi, I have a nice and almost perfectly working LM8.1 running on our linux boxes, but there is one annoying thing left: I have configured all the boxes to use gdm instead of kdm as the login manager. But no matter how I try (gdmconfig, setting the Default link in /etc/X11/gdm/Sessions manually), after a couple of hours the system defaults back to KDE again ... So who and where is this nasty gnome that reverts my settings? thanks udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] prelude output
hi, I've configured one of my boxes to be my firewall and have installed various packages for increasing security on the fw-box, one of them is prelude. does anybody of you have an idea what this output of prelude means (that I sometimes find in the automated daily "system check"-mails): CUT- Feb 20 08:32:40 isis prelude: Debug: Flushing queued report for id=0x40019600, count=3... Feb 20 08:32:43 isis prelude: Debug: Flushing queued report for id=0x40019600, count=1... Feb 20 08:32:46 isis prelude: Debug: Flushing queued report for id=0x40019600, count=2... Feb 20 08:32:48 isis prelude: Debug: Flushing queued report for id=0x40019600, count=1... CUT- do I have to press the big red panic button or is this just to ignore? thanks udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] MySql permissions and configuration
hmm, strange thing, did you ever set up a password for root? -CUT- % mysqladmin -uroot -P$passwordmysql % mysqladmin --flush-privileges -CUT- or even deeper, have the privilege-tables already been created? -CUT- % mysql_install_db -CUT- if you did that, you might also want to try -CUT- % mysql_fix_privilege_tables -CUT- and, as a last guess, what kind of permissions does your mysql-database directory have (probably /var/lib/mysql and /var/lib/mysql/mysql). all the files and directories have to be read&change&writeable for the mysql-user hope it helps ... udo On Die, 2002-02-19 at 07:30, Ken Thompson wrote: > On Monday 18 February 2002 05:41 pm, you wrote: > > hi, > > > > my.cnf is **not** for setting up permissions like who is allowed to > > create/alter/update/etc tables. > > > > if you are not allowed to alter tables, it is **very** likely that you > > have to "GRANT" the user you are using to connect to the database the > > relevant permissions: > > > > first log into the database: > > > > -CUT-- > > % mysql -uroot -pTheMYSQLRootPasswordYouChose mysql > > -CUT-- > > > > then tell the database who is allowed to do what: > > > > -CUT-- > > GRANT INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE, ON foodatabase.* TO $username@localhost > > IDENTIFIED BY "$password"; > > FLUSH PRIVILEGES; > > -CUT-- > > > I still get access denied to [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Even logged in as root eg: mysql -uroot -p > It let's me log in but won't let me do annnything.. > FWIW, i un-installed MySql and reinstalled it with urpm(e) & (i), same > problem. > > > that should be it. > > > > greets > > > > udo > > > > On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 23:30, Aron Pilhofer wrote: > > > I think (and don't quote me) you have to create the my.cnf file yourself. > > > I don't think it is required, but mysql will look for it when it > > > launches. Not 100 percent sure about that, but I think that's why you > > > aren't finding it. > > > > > > However, the problem you're describing sounds like a permissions issue - > > > what error message are you getting when you try to create a db? > > > > > > >-Original Message- > > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Thompson > > > >Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 5:21 PM > > > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >Subject: [expert] MySql permissions and configuration > > > > > > > > > > > >Where are the configuration files for MySql found? > > > > > > > >I've looked everywhere I can think of and still no joy. > > > >Looking in /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql I found this bit of info, > > > >"# If you want to affect other MySQL variables, you should make > > > >your changes > > > ># in the /etc/my.cnf or other configuration files. > > > >" > > > >Locate doesn't find my.cnf anywhere on my system. > > > >The problem is that I can't use webmin or phpMyAdmin or the CLI to > > > >create a > > > >database. > > > >I can log onto the test db but that's as far as it goes. > > > >There has to be a global config file somewhere doesn't there?? > > > >Surley it's not gremlin powered . > > > >-- > > > > > > > >Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos > > > >Payette, Idaho > > > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >http://www.nwaa.com > > > >Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. > > > > > > > >Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You > > > >Registered Linux User #183936 > > > > > > _ > > > Do You Yahoo!? > > > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > -- > > Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos > Payette, Idaho > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.nwaa.com > Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. > > Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You > Registered Linux User #183936 > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [expert] MySql permissions and configuration
hi, my.cnf is **not** for setting up permissions like who is allowed to create/alter/update/etc tables. if you are not allowed to alter tables, it is **very** likely that you have to "GRANT" the user you are using to connect to the database the relevant permissions: first log into the database: -CUT-- % mysql -uroot -pTheMYSQLRootPasswordYouChose mysql -CUT-- then tell the database who is allowed to do what: -CUT-- GRANT INSERT,UPDATE,DELETE, ON foodatabase.* TO $username@localhost IDENTIFIED BY "$password"; FLUSH PRIVILEGES; -CUT-- that should be it. greets udo On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 23:30, Aron Pilhofer wrote: > I think (and don't quote me) you have to create the my.cnf file yourself. I > don't think it is required, but mysql will look for it when it launches. Not > 100 percent sure about that, but I think that's why you aren't finding it. > > However, the problem you're describing sounds like a permissions issue - > what error message are you getting when you try to create a db? > > >-Original Message- > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ken Thompson > >Sent: Monday, February 18, 2002 5:21 PM > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: [expert] MySql permissions and configuration > > > > > >Where are the configuration files for MySql found? > > > >I've looked everywhere I can think of and still no joy. > >Looking in /etc/rc.d/init.d/mysql I found this bit of info, > >"# If you want to affect other MySQL variables, you should make > >your changes > ># in the /etc/my.cnf or other configuration files. > >" > >Locate doesn't find my.cnf anywhere on my system. > >The problem is that I can't use webmin or phpMyAdmin or the CLI to > >create a > >database. > >I can log onto the test db but that's as far as it goes. > >There has to be a global config file somewhere doesn't there?? > >Surley it's not gremlin powered . > >-- > > > >Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos > >Payette, Idaho > >Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >http://www.nwaa.com > >Sales and brokering of antique autos and parts. > > > >Linux- Coming Soon To A Desktop Near You > >Registered Linux User #183936 > > > > > > > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] build rpm as a non-root user under
hmm, although this is no redhat mailing-list (we are talking ***mandrake*** here - imagine!!), rpm is a common tool available in mandrake, too, and so I'll try an answer: you can for sure build rpms as a "normal" user as long as - you have sufficient write-permissions where you want to build (and I doubt that /usr/src/redhat is writeable for normal users). - the tools you need to build the package (some of them invoced by rpm itself) have to be executable for normal users, which should be the normal case. that should be it ... udo On Mon, 2002-02-18 at 05:40, Nguyen Hung.Takeshi wrote: > daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > > On Sun, 17 Feb 2002 22:38:35 -0500 > > "Nguyen Hung.Takeshi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these > > words to ponder: > > > > > spake or spkeak ? :) > > > > > > > you can't. that is a "root" user function. to attempt to change this would > > break things and also alert all the tree gnomes that there is someone evul > > amongst them. They would then invade your dwelling place and torcher you to > > insanity tree sap and ants! > > > > > > Do you mean in Redhat we can not build rpm as a non-root user? > With mandrake, I have built many rpm with a normal user ( see my hp at : > http://donganh16.tk), it is safer than building as root. > Redhat is s*ckest redhat distro I ve seen. > > > > > > -- > Takeshi's small space http://donganh16.tk/ > Join KDE-i18n-Vi? http://vi.i18n.kde.org > VYSA: http://vysasports.vngate.net/ > Vietlug: http://vietlug.sourceforge.net > You can always tell the people that are forging the new frontier. > They're the ones with arrows sticking out of their backs. > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] NVDriver woes
hi darren, first you've do download the .src.rpms from nvidia (kernel-driver and glx module) and install them. they will end up in /usr/src/RPM, so you'll have to cd there and build a fitting set of drivers: --CUT-- cd /usr/src/RPM rpm -ba SPECS/NVIDIA_kernel.spec rpm -ba SPECS/NVIDIA_GLX.spec --CUT-- this will give you your own, individualized rpms fitting your current kernel. you will find theM in /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/$ARCH/, eg. /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-2314.i686.rpm just install the new modules (glx first) and that should be it!!! hope that helps udo On Don, 2002-02-14 at 08:06, Darren King wrote: > I grabbed the nvidia drivers and went to install them. Unfortunately, > it put the drivers in the wrong modules directory as I'd upgraded my > kernel to 2.4.7 instead of the 2.4.3 that 8.0 shipped with. I copied > the driver to the correct modules directory, but when I try to use it, > it says that it can locate the driver. Is there something that I have > to edit when a module is added? > > Darren > > > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] rpm does not install locale-files
just found out what the problem is for myself: per default rpm does not install all language-specific files but only those mentioned in /etc/rpm/macros and for my LM8.1 system that only pointed to en_US:en ... udo On Fre, 2002-02-15 at 15:26, udo rader wrote: > hi, > > I'm having some problems with the gnucash-rpm-file that contains some > localized files (e.g. /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnucash.mo). > Unfortunately containing it does obviously not install them, there is no > /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnucash.mo in file filesystem. > > rpm -qlp gnucash-1.6.X-xmdk.i586.rpm displays the file ... > > ... but after I install it with > rpm -ivh gnucash-1.6.X-xmdk.i586.rpm > > the only version of gnucash.mo is > > /usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gnucash.mo > > If I then try > rpm -ivh gnucash-1.6.X-xmdk.i586.rpm, > > rpm tells me the following for the spanish gnucash.mo: > ---CUT--- > D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0) 33752 > /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnucash.mo;3c6d1a63 skipnstate > ---CUT--- > > any ideas? what does "skipnstate" mean? > > thanks > > udo > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] rpm does not install locale-files
hi, I'm having some problems with the gnucash-rpm-file that contains some localized files (e.g. /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnucash.mo). Unfortunately containing it does obviously not install them, there is no /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnucash.mo in file filesystem. rpm -qlp gnucash-1.6.X-xmdk.i586.rpm displays the file ... ... but after I install it with rpm -ivh gnucash-1.6.X-xmdk.i586.rpm the only version of gnucash.mo is /usr/share/locale/en_GB/LC_MESSAGES/gnucash.mo If I then try rpm -ivh gnucash-1.6.X-xmdk.i586.rpm, rpm tells me the following for the spanish gnucash.mo: ---CUT--- D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0) 33752 /usr/share/locale/es/LC_MESSAGES/gnucash.mo;3c6d1a63 skipnstate ---CUT--- any ideas? what does "skipnstate" mean? thanks udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Forwarding X apps with ssh
On Don, 2002-02-07 at 13:51, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 7 Feb 2002, udo rader wrote: > > > % xhost $remote_host > > > > to grant the remote host display permissions on your machine and that > > You shouldn't need to do the xhost command if ssh is set up > properly. In fact, I think that doing the xhost is potentially more > dangerous than not using ssh. you're right, of course, with a little restriction for older tuxes, which I've seen requiring xhost (eg. suse up to 6.4 if remember it right). udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Forwarding X apps with ssh
hi, have you ever tried % ssh -X you@remote_host -X is for "X-forwarding" and should setup everything nicely on the remote host (most of all $DISPLAY). on the localhost of course you still have to issue a % xhost $remote_host to grant the remote host display permissions on your machine and that should be it ... greets udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [expert] Printer Issues.
I've had similar problems for most of our HP-printers as well and finally decided that it was time to give turboprint a chance. It integrates nicely into almost any printing environment (cups, lpr, lprng, ...) and offers printer drivers for every printer that I have come around so far. only bad thing: if you want to get maximum quality (photo printing) you either have to live with a footer saying "I was printed with turboprint" or you purchase it for EUR 19.95. I found it very worth the prize. you can get it from www.turoprint.de maybe that helps a bit ... greets udo On Mit, 2002-02-06 at 05:36, Theo Brinkman wrote: > I've just upgraded to 8.1, and I'm having printing issues again. > > The only driver I could get to work under Mandrake 8.0 for my setup (HP > DeskJet 855c slung off the print server of my SMC Barricade 7004ABR) was > the HP 600 driver labled as being from HP. > > Unfortunately, I'm not sure which package that came from, as successful > printing that time was the result of a long, and tortured night of > swapping back and forth between various printing systems (lprNG, CUPS, > LPR, etc...). > > Can anybody tell me what rpm I've got to install to get the HP drivers > *from* HP? > >- Theo > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[expert] Promise FastTrak RAID Controller - Kernel Panic
hi out there, I just got myself a new motherboard (Soyo Dragon Raid Plus SY-K7V). As a hopefully "useful" feature the board comes with this Promise FastTrak Raid Controller. Although not listed as officially supported hardware for LM8.1 I learned from various postings on various newsgroups and lists like this that the controller including its Raid functionality was actually supported by the most recent kernels. So I downloaded the most recent mdk-kernel sources (2.4.17). Surprizingly I found the following comments about my controller (and ataraid in general) in the kernel documentation: excpert from Configure.help -CUT-- Support for IDE Raid controllers CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID Say Y or M if you have an IDE Raid controller and want linux to use its softwareraid feature. You must also select an appropriate for your board low-level driver below. Note, that Linux does not use the Raid implemetation in BIOS, and the main purpose for this feature is to retain compatibility and data integrity with other OS-es, using the same disk array. Linux has its own Raid drivers, which you should use if you need better performance. Support Promise software RAID (Fasttrak(tm)) CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ATARAID_PDC Say Y or M if you have a Promise Fasttrak (tm) Raid controller and want linux to use the softwareraid feature of this card. This driver uses /dev/ataraid/dXpY (X and Y numbers) as device names. If you choose to compile this as a module, the module will be called pdcraid.o. -CUT- So is it true that the FastTrak Raid controller is only a software-raid controller? Why would anybody use an extra controller for software raid if one can get Raid at better performance from the kernel? And if I remember it right, M$ products have built in software-raid features as well ... Anyway, I was still curious and wanted to give the controller a try. So I created the required devices under /dev/ataraid and insmod'ed ataraid.o and pdcraid.o into my system. But that only leads my to the same point every time: I get a nice kernel panic message from the module. Has anybody got this thing working unter any kernel version? Udo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
