Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 hangs up with screen saver program
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote: Hi, folks After running smoothly about five days, my linux box finally hangs up with screen saver program. I remember it happens several times before. Software Environment: Mandrake7.1 with Helix GNOME lastest version, Xscreensaver Any ideas to fix this problem? Any idea what the temp inside your box is? I think that was a factor in my system hanging awhile back. Then I got a bigger case with more air-flow room and it hasn't locked up since (knock on wood! G) John
Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote: Maybe a question for the cooker list? I don't really know how else to direct a question to the Mandrake team. Maybe, but I've had the distinct impression that some of the Mandrake team hang out in this list apparently the ones who hang out either don't know the answer or choose to remain silent on that one No idea which. :-) John
Re: [expert] Vi editor package
On Wed, 05 Jul 2000, you wrote: I have Redhat installed on my box, but there is no vi. What package contains it? From MY RedHat 6.2 box: [john@slave1 /storage]$ rpm -qa | grep vi [snip obviously unrelated packages] vim-X11-5.6-11 vim-common-5.6-11 vim-enhanced-5.6-11 vim-minimal-5.6-11 That help? John
Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start
On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote: Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff. And this "stuff" is sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory. In 7.1 the use of /tmp for these sockets has been discontinued. Now they use /root/tmp which most people leave alone. Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a TEMP directory... :-) John
Re: [expert] Kernel won't recognise burner
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote: I am trying to install my burner back into my linux box and am using drakconf to do it. I would like to mount it as "burner" in my /mnt directory and have made the appropriate /burner there. When I try to add it under drakconf, I get the message that the kernel doesn't recognise this as a valid block device (I am trying to use /dev/scd0 for the burner). All of the manuals I have says this is a valid device, but for some reason it won't work. Can anyone give me a suggestion? Try /dev/sr0 instead. The CD-PLAYER is /dev/scD0, the BURNER is going to be /dev/sR0 (caps for emphasis only.) OTOH, When I installed RH6.2 on my current system, I had the burner already installed and it automatically works as /dev/cdrom. *shrug* John
Re: [expert] Kernel won't recognise burner
I think one thing we need to know is if it's TRULY a SCSI CDR/RW drive or if it's an ATAPI burnerwon't that make a difference? John
Re: [expert] MaximumLinux Magazine CD version of 7.1
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote: I'm not sure about it but could it be that the missing applications are on the 2. CD? Until 7.0 we had only one GPL CD, now the downloadable Software is on 2 CDs. Maybe some of the apps being on the single CD before now are on the second CD which is not on the MaximumLinux edition. No, it's a single CD I think what was meant was that the Mandrake distro now spans TWO disks, and the Maximum Linux version, being a single-disk, didn't have the apps which are on the second disk of the "real" Mandrake distro. John
Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote: On Tue, Jun 27, 2000 at 08:20:54AM -0400, Thiessen David G DLVA wrote: Like an idiot, I accidentally deleted my /tmp directory. I recreated the directory, but after rebooting, X fails to start. It seems to be stuck in an infinite loop trying to start X or KDM. I can boot into text mode fine. What can I do to get X back up and running... What are the permissions on the directory? Known problem -- Mandrake has put some X stuff in /tmp. The only solution is to uninstall and reinstall X. John
Re: [expert] MaximumLinux Magazine CD version of 7.1
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote: Hope I made myself clear, sorry, I'm in a foreign language here. I think your english is fine. :-) John
Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, you wrote: Experts - Like an idiot, I accidentally deleted my /tmp directory. I recreated the directory, but after rebooting, X fails to start. It seems to be stuck in an infinite loop trying to start X or KDM. I can boot into text mode fine. What can I do to get X back up and running... Reinstall X. That's the only way, from what I've read. Mandrake has put some X stuff in /tmp for some strange reason, so when you deleted /tmp, you deleted some vital hidden files. John
Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start
On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote: I would like to add a question here if I may; I'm used to Windows where the 'temp' directory is for temporary stuff and should be dumped periodically. What is the /tmp directory in *nix used for and why can't I delete it's contents? Generally, it's exactly what you'd think it's for. However, Mandrake folks, in their wisdom, have apparently put some vital X-related stuff in /tmp. Why in heaven's name, I don't know, as most of us are used to thinking EXACTLY what you're thinking. This has been a complaint since at least 7.02, if not 6.5. John
Re: [expert] KDE GONE -- as user, NOT as root!
On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, you wrote: Dear Davidu: Thanks so much for writing. You are right in suggesting deleting .Xauthority and even more right that this won't fix the problem. I tried that in an earlier installation of 7.1 and it failed. Let's hope somebody knows the secret word. IIRC, someone once said that you need to copy your .Xauthority from /root to ~/username and chown it to your user, and that that would fix it. CAVEAT: I'm repeating what I *think* I remember, not having had the guts to try BETA software, I don't know if it works or not. :-) John
Re: [expert] KDE GONE!
On Sun, 02 Jul 2000, you wrote: Dear Civilme and friends: There might well be a permissions problem. .Xauthority has "root" for permissions, while everything else in my /home/sher directory has "sher". (and I have not yet installed anything into it. It is a blank "sher" directory with only "Desktop" and "http" directories in it, if I recall (I am writing from Windows). I now recall distinctly that this morning when I noticed this, I went into KDE by su to root (no problem with getting into KDE with root. Everything works fine). I then went into the File Manager (remember I was root) and changed permission on .Xauthority from "root" to "sher" and logged out. But I could never really change the permissions. Every time I went back to KDE as root and checked, .Xauthority's permissions returned to "root." Should I do this in the console using a manual command? If so, which command would be best, please? I am just afraid that I am going to mess things up again. From a *console*, as root, try "chown sher.sher .Xauthority" and see if that allows "sher" to log into KDE. John
Re: [expert] SO 5.3
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, you wrote: No problem, just run it. It works. Dennis/sg Is this subject a typo or is there REALLY a 5.3 Star Office? I find SO less than useful since the mail client crashes every time I try to use it (RedHat 6.2.) If there really is a 5.3, where can I get a copy??? John
Re: [expert] Mail Server - Very Interested In Setting Up, But....
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, you wrote: The difference between smtp servers and pop3 servers is that one recieve mail and the other sends your mail to its destination, pop3 or post office protocol sends your mail out whereas smtp is used to recieve mail from various locations. ErrmmI think you've got it backwards. :-) John
Re: [expert] my KVM switch experience
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: The alternative is the digital KVMs which maintain power to each connection. As well, you can use hotkeys to switch between each setup. I believe it traps the hotkey in the switch box, makes the change, and then drops the keyboard sequence into neverland. This is a nice option, and can save money if you don't have to pay for another monitor. THe kicker of course, is that these cost between $200-$400 or more for 2 or 4-port versions. Some (like Belkin) have PS/2 only connections for keyboard/mouse, others also include a PS/2 AND serial mouse connections. Do you have any recommendations or other experiences ? We use 'em at work, especially in the server room. :-) I agree on the prices, but you have to understand that these are NOT intended for home useage. These are aimed squarely at industrial usage where people won't blink an eye at spending a couple hundred dollars for this kind of functionality. John
Re: [expert] Metro-X
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hi Jon I have a problem can you help. I have set up my internet. Modem is set up but netscape refuses to connect to the internet. It is not seeing the modem, also i can connect to the internet but cannot browse the net. I am usin Linux mandrake 7.0 Release Number 15 The exact message is Netscape is unable to locate the server home.netscape.com. Please check server name. Warning the following host unknown home.netscape.com internic.net This means that some or all hosts will be unreachable. Perhaps a problem with your name server. If your site must use a non root name server you will need to set the $SOCKS_NS environment variable to point at the apprlopriate name server. It may or may not be necessary to set this variable or the SOCKS host preference to the IP address of the host in question rather than its name consult system manager. These are the two messages that appear on screen. Any help will be greatly appreciated. Have you tried putting in your ISP's name servers in your /etc/resolv.conf? Also, it wouldn't hurt to put them in the KPPP configs. John
Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: sorry I didn't completely think out my answerhow do you run md5sum on the copy? this particular copy is about a week old. md5sum md5sums (D/L the md5sums file from the FTP site that you D/L the ISO from) I am running a cable modem so it is only about an hour download for meand 70 minutes to burn one cd and 35 on the otherI can do again...any suggested site to download from? if location is important I am in Florida real near Tampa Jim: What speed is your CD writer? I've got a 4X4X16 CDRW at home and it takes me 15-20 minutes to do the full-size CD, maybe 30 at most! Also, what brand of CD media are you using? I bought some Imation CD blanks and burned a bunch of CDs on those, and had no end of problems with other people being unable to read them. I got some no-name 80-minute CD blanks that are rated for up to 12X burning speed and they work flawlessly! John
Re: [expert] install to scsi drive problems (7.0)
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, you wrote: I just built a new system, which happens to be 100% SCSI (something I have never attempted before, apparently with good reason!). The bios recognizes both 18GB drives as well as the scsi cdrom. It boots the install cd, starts the installation, recognizes the aic 2940/7980, continues, and then barfs when it wants to create filesystems, complaining that there are no valid devices found. Any idea why it might not see the hard drives? Both drives are on the lvd/scsi2 channel and the cd and tape are on the legacy fast/wide channel. Any help would be appreciated... I checked the archives and everyone else seems to be having problems loading drivers or problems booting successful installations. I get past the first problem, but die before the second. I wish I could get that far... See if there is a new bios for your motherboard. I've seen a similar situation recently with a "production" machine where I work -- it would SEEM to work, but then half the time it wouldn't recognize the SCSI drives when the time came to install or boot. Flashing an upgraded system bios seems to have fixed that. John
Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote:
Is anybody getting substantially better than 142 mb/sec and 22
mb/sec from 'hdparm -tT' ?? ATA/33 is capable of that 'cause
those are my numbers, and one (slave) HHD's a WD Caviar 8.4. ...
and is it worth all that hoops y'all seem to be jumpin thru to get
it workin? .. reliab'ly? and is it reliable ?
just askin what I seem to never hear about in conjunction with
ata/66 and performance. seems a better motherboard would do all
y'all /66'rs more good
I'm not even getting THAT...at least not on my EIDE drive
('course it's one that's been around a couple years, so
it's not optimized for UDMA...only an 850 meg drive G)
Now, just for giggles, I"m gonna see what I get on my UW
SCSI drive...
IDE:
[root@slave1 /root]# hdparm -tT /dev/hda
/dev/hda:
Timing buffer-cache reads: 128 MB in 3.18 seconds = 40.25 MB/sec
Timing buffered disk reads: 64 MB in 36.08 seconds = 1.77 MB/sec
SCSI:
Same exact specsmust be my motherboard can't handle
anything faster. :-/ Heh, course I'm only using a dual-PPro
system here... :-)
John
Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: I saved and printed your message and the next time I decide to abuse myself with 7.1 I'll give that a try. I have reinstalled 7.0 because I got tired of not having a working cd... Well, the IDE CDRW setup should be the same in 7.0. If it's not working then it's LIKELY a problem with something in your system -- i.e. an incompatibility with timing or something like that. From what I"ve read since you brought this up, Mandrake 7.02 didn't support UDMA/66, so it would make a LOT of sense that hardware that worked in Mandrake 7.02 won't work in 7.1, at least not at UDMA/66. Hardware specs are everything, and if the manufacturer doesn't follow the specs, you're SOL. As someone else suggested -- ditch the IDE CDRW and get SCSI. That's what I did -- I went out and bought myself a SCSI CDRW and it's been pure pleasure to just open up XCDRoast and tell it where to find the ISO I want to burn and then let it go. :-) John
Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: Those things are done automagically in 7.1 But with some drives supermount can interfere with burning. Basically, your drive MUST be unmounted to burn. Most drives unmount with a complaint when supermount is active and complain again when the burner program exits, but the complaints do not prevent business as usual. With a few drives, the complaint stops the show... While you have 7.0 running, let's see what lspcidrake and dmesg shows and maybe someone will be able to say "Oh, yes,m with that configuration you avoid the problem with" Ahh...well, I guess I'll find out what these things are like next time I upgrade... I fully intend to make Mandrake my distro of choice, now that Mandrake folks seem to have worked out some of the bugs they were having coming up with their own, COMPLETELY separate distro. :-) John
Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: John Aldrich wrote: Hmm...Ok. My bad. I didn't see that bit about it working in 7.0 but not in 7.1. There have been reports (on this list and others) about some brands of hard drives NOT being up to the UDMA 66 spec, and causing problems, especially if there are other brands of hard drive in the system / on the same drive chain. The drive is alone on the HPT366 controller. My *guess* is that the HD is NOT up to spec. WD drives, I've read here (and other lists) are particularly prone to having problems with the specs, as well as "signal reflection". YMMV, but that's what I've read. I can't confirm or deny, as my hardware doesn't support UDMA xfers. :-) John
Re: [expert] FW: X works but kdm not, why?
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: Diamond gets awards for uncoopertiveness second only to Adaptec. Almost all their X drivers are done without ANY help from Diamond. But it sounds llike you almost have it. Hmm... I *know* that Advansys supported linux, almost from the start. But, I'd heard that Adaptec was supposedly releasing drivers/specs for linux these days... is that not the case, or are they like some other drivers, where they are kernel-version specific? John
Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hi, I've got a WD136BA hard disk on my hpt366 controller. If I try to use DMA for disk access, my system freezes. This problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0, but it appeared when I installed 7.1. I tried to upgrade my bios. Nothing changed. After that, I compiled another kernel (2.3.45). Same problem. I compiled 2.2.15 and 2.3.45 in 386 code instead of 586. Always the same problem. Probably due to the hard drive not being up to spec. John
Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: In what way could the hard drive not be up to spec? The original post said the problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0. Not trying to butt in, but I also have an IDE device which did work with 7.0 but does not with 7.1. Hmm...Ok. My bad. I didn't see that bit about it working in 7.0 but not in 7.1. There have been reports (on this list and others) about some brands of hard drives NOT being up to the UDMA 66 spec, and causing problems, especially if there are other brands of hard drive in the system / on the same drive chain. Further, it's said that you have to have a special cable for DMA transfers. I don't know this from personal experience, again, not having the hardware to test. John
Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: IDE devices seem to be a major problem with 7.1 I have been seeking help with a cdrom/burner for over a month...and it still doesn't workmandrake support has been 0 help as wellI keep saying it's a bug...but seems that word is only associated with mickeysoftbut it's a bug they NEED to address Just out of curiosity, have you tried setting it up using ide-scsi and all that? I use a SCSI CDRW myself, so I can't be much help. IIRC, though, at least in previous versions of Mandrake (and RedHat) you needed to load the ide-scsi module as well as adding 'append="hdX=ide-scsi"' to your lilo.conf in order to get an IDE CDR/RW to work in Linux. John
[expert] Fwd: Can't Install 7.1
Forwarded as requested below. :-) John -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Can't Install 7.1 Date: 26 Jun 2000 06:47:24 EDT From: Lane Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] John, would you please forward this to the Mandrake Expert list? Since registering my own domain, I seem unable to be able to post messages to the list, although I am receiving them. After installing 7.1 flawlessly on my office machine, I tried it on my home box. Unfortunately, I got bit by the same PS/2 port problem that exists in 7.0: If you have a PS/2 port (even if disabled), the install insists that you use it. So because I use a serial mouse, I can't use the graphic install. Using the keyboard with it gets you as far as partition selection, and just like in 7.0, this procedure cannot be done from the keyboard. So I chose the text option, as I had with 7.0, but it crashes with a segmentation fault right after the language selection that comes right after the mouse serial port selection. Because I have 124M RAM (4 is used for video), I tried adding the suggested "mem=124M" with no effect. At a friend's suggestion, I also tried "mem=64M" with no effect. It always crashes at the same spot. I sure hope one of you has the solution! -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go... ---
Re: [expert] kde2 requirements
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hi, On the Mandrake Air machine I`ve got no kde stuff installed and I wonder what would be needed if I would like to run some kde apps (Klyx!) but not necesserirly kde itself. I`ve got no kde 2 experience and I am not really sure what those kde 1/2 differances are. Correct me if I`m wrong: qt-1.44 kdesupport kdelibs kdebase should do the thing with kde 1. And what about kde 2? You'll need QT2.x (should be available wherever you D/L the KDE2 stuff) QT-copy and all the associated KDE stuff. AFAIK, the only things you need BESIDES the KDE2 stuff (and I'll freely admit I'm not positive on this) is QT and QT-copy. There may also be other libs you'll need to update as well. John
Re: [expert] DV Editor
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hi Does anyone know of a program which will allow me to edit video tapes from Digital Video Camcorder or even store pictures from a DV camcorder on disk? Check into VideoForLinux. Or, just do a search on FreshMeat for "video" and "edit". There'll likely be some false hits, but you're bound to find something. :-) John
Re: [expert] Real PLayer
On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, you wrote: Traci, I tried playing with settings after your suggestion ... no dice..ugggh how frustrating... obviously this is not critical to my system running but would like to know what is causing it... Has anyone else been eable to run real player with realtime streams... Could someone try to connect to rush limbaugh real time who is running Mandrake 7.1 ... Could someone even at Mandrake try this... I have a bunch of things Ilike to tune into on occasion... some work, some dont... Well, I'll have to admit, I don't think NPR is doing "live" streaming, but they are doing streaming audio. On the other hand, a local radio station is doing streaming audio. Check out their streaming site at http://www.broadcast.com/radio/talk/WGOW/ I just checked and was able to hear them just fine. Now, I'm using RedHat 6.2, but it should be pretty much the same John
Re: [expert] 7.0-2 Hardware conflict
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, you wrote: I seem to have a conflict that causes Mdk to perform poorly. No version I've tried to date runs well. This includes 6.0, boxed 6.1 PowerPack-which wouldn't install the first disk, and 7.0-2. Needless to say I am as frustrated as the kind folks who are privately trying to help me. Did you try making sure you have the updated initscripts? That's caused some problems in the past. Symptoms: The fontserver crashes in Gnome when I try to select a font from the pull down menu. I see many warnings and error messages about the screensaver Atlantis in Gnome. The GUI Netscape and Xterm will not open once an internet connection has been established. During boot ? is force checked. 0.1% is "non contiguous." Gnome help file warning error "NULL" I don't know how you connect to the 'Net, but KPPP has a little check box in the setup, under "IP" which has "autoconfigure hostname from this IP." IF this is checked in KPPP, you'll get the problems you've described with programs refusing to open when you're on-line. Not sure EXACTLY why this happens, but I know it's generally caused because you've changed the name of your box and now your X server can't connect The monitor was never been correctly identified but once configured does not seem to cause any problems. I generally don't bother with the auto-configured X settings. IMNSHO, the auto-setup isn't "ready for primetime" when it comes to setting up X. Maybe it's just that I like to mix and match hardware, but I've found that I generally have to use one of the X configuration utils to set up my X. What is the answer and is there a solution? Do I have a timing or hardware conflict or a combination? Probably a combination of the two. Or, maybe you're expecting a bit too much from Linux. After all, it's not quite at the same level of hardware detection and setup as Windows 9x is. John
Re: [expert] 7.0-2 Hardware conflict
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, you wrote: I am not completely familiar with the boot process. I see a comment that X number of blocks were cleaned..followed by a statement that /dev/hdb1 reached maximal mount count, check forced..I watch the percent process. It finishes with the statement that .01% is non contiguous. The login finishes in a normal manner This is normal behavior, unless it does it EVERY time. Think of it as an automatic SCANDISK at bootup. It will do a QUICK check of the filesystem every time it boots, and a more thorough check after every few boots, which is one good reason NOT to reboot frequently, if you can help it, and to leave the system on 24/7, if it's an option. Kppp is configured for server assigned addresses. I have two ISP's. I've never had the *reset* problem before, if this is a *normal function* that is all I need to know. Basically, do NOT check the box that says "autoconfigure hostname from this IP." If you do, you're changing your machine name, which means that X programs will no longer be able to start. I'm afraid I can't help with Gnome problems, as I don't use Gnome. John
Re: [expert] Kernel Upgrades on SCSI system
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, you wrote: If I use MandrakeUpdate to download the new kernel and headers (2.2.16), what do I need to do to install the new kernel prior to rebooting? ie, rerun lilo, anything special since my box is all SCSI (hd's, cdrom)? You *definitely* need to make sure you have the initrd installed in /boot. Also, you *may* need to compile the SCSI drivers into the kernel. There are various "camps" on this issue. Better safe than sorry is my motto. Further, you should NEVER remove your old kernel when upgrading. Just add the new kernel along side the old one, so that if you screw up, you still have a bootable system. :-) John
Re: [expert] Burning CD-ROMS??
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, you wrote: Ok, I just got a new Yamaha CD-ROM RW today. I do recall seeing Linux software on my system for burning CDs but today I cant find it. I find often the names of apps have nothing to do with what they are. I am running Makdrake 7.0 with KDE and Helix Gnome. Any help would be very useful. I *personally* like XCDRoast. I started using it when I was using Mandrake 6.0 and am still using it on RedHat 6.2 (long story about why I switched! G) John
Re: [expert] 7.0-2 Hardware conflict
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, you wrote: Anton, First, many thanks. The auto configure host name box was checked! I unchecked it. Well, that oughta take care of the problem of not being able to open programs. :-) Good luck with the rest! John
Re: [expert] 7.0-2 Hardware conflict
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000, you wrote: Generally I am in Linux a couple of times a day. One of the things I was taught in Winblows is... if I have lockups and errors to reboot because in theory it resets the registry. Yes, I know Linux doesn't have a registry, but what I don't know is.. if Linux needs to be rebooted because of errors? It depends on what's erroring. :-) You MIGHT try booting to console mode and learn the "guts" of Linux first. Many of the graphical programs you're using are just "graphical front-ends" to console based programs. If you learn how to make the console programs work, you should be able to get the GUI programs to work. :-) For example, you can use ppp-on to go on-line and retrieve updated packages. Sure there's more to configure and it's not all in one nice neat package like KPPP, but it'll get you on-line. :-) OTOH, we seem to have resolved THAT problem for now... ;-) John
Re: [expert] help!
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: I did something really dumb and did a CP /lib /home/lib and RM -R /lib in order to move the /lib to another disk.. Now I am in BASH, and no command works! I get: mail:/bin# sh bash: /bin/sh: No such file or directory mail:/bin# ls bash: /bin/ls: No such file or directory any ideas? Thanks, -turgut Have you booted off a rescue disk and made a symbolic link to /home/lib so that when Linux goes looking for /lib, it can find it? If not, do so immediately. Do this: as root, type "touch lib" in /. Then make a symbolic link between the file you just created and /home/lib. John
Re: [expert] Connecting two monitors
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote: 4.0 supports multiple video cards. Thank you. I sit corrected. :-) John
Re: [expert] Network Questions to Ask?
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Lane Lester wrote: ... The mask is set correctly, as is the default gateway. However, there was a question for which I don't have the answer: Gateway device? So, during the install I left it blank. Is that my problem? You'll only answer that if your machine _is_ a gateway. Don't worry about it. Incorrect. You *must* indicate a default gateway. If it's asking for a default gateway on the network, that would be the IP address of the machine you connect to. However, in this case, it's asking for the gateway DEVICE, which will be your ethernet card that goes out to the rest of the network, most likely eth0. John
Re: [expert] Network Questions to Ask?
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: Ah, yes, uh, my mistake. Thanks for pointing that out :) No sweat. :-) I work for an ISP, so I guess I have a bit of an advantage in that. :-) John
Re: [expert] Elsa Erazor III
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: BS''D ... did anybody manage to get an "Elsa Erazor III" graphic card wworking under Xfree 4.0 properly (it works but if I install with Mandrake 7.1 I have black shadows begind all icons) Try adding "noaccel" to the xf86config file. That worked in previous versions of X for cards that did stuff like that. John
Re: [expert] Elsa Erazor III
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: Try adding "noaccel" to the xf86config file. That worked in previous versions of X for cards that did stuff like that. John where exactly do you have an example? nope. But it's there in the archives. I've seen this question come up several times in the past. Ok. I've got an old message from the "newbie" list awhile back dealign with SIS video cards. The information's below: ==[begin archived SiS video discussion]== From: http://rampages.onramp.net/~slywolf/(a page about the SiS6326) # ** # Graphics device section # ** Section "Device" Identifier "SiS 6326" VendorName "PC 100 Multimedia" BoardName "3D AGP Pro" VideoRam8192 Option "no_accel" ### HERE!!! ### EndSection Yours will look a bit different. Option "noaccel" might be the right way to write it now though. You could try some of the options Mandrake suggests as well (one to a line)eg: Option "nolinear" Option "no_pixmap_cache" ==[end archived SiS video discussion]== As I say, this is discussing the SiS video chipsets, but it MAY be relevant. If it doesn't help, take it back out -- no harm, no foul! :-) John
RE: [expert] Connecting two monitors
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: Being my ever forgetful self i left out a major point. XFree has been able to drive multiple cards on the same machine for quite awhile now (no i don't know exactly a version #), but it drives them indapendantly. Hmm...interesting. I wasn't aware of that. John
Re: [expert] Probably a simple one for y'all
On Fri, 23 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hey, I'm a radio engineer by trade, I only do computers out of self preservation so don't be TOO rough on me ok? I've tried all the conventional methods I can think of. I MUST be missing something really stupid. I have 2 home PC's connected via a linksys 5 port hub to a netgear 328 ISDN router. Everything works fine using WIN98, but when I try to make my computer work in Mandrake mode I am using LinuxConf to set everything up. Everything is using static ip's, so it should be fairly straightforward. I can ping my workstation's (host's) ip address, and it comes back fine. But when I try to ping the other workstation or the router, it pukes. (you know, the ret-1 "I just don't see it out there Doc!" message). I believe my network card is working ok, as it works in windows, and it DOES ping the host ip address. So I think it's something in the setup. I assume I am doing something wrong with either the DNS specifications or the Routing / Gateway info. Or is it possibly a hardware conflict?? The Network card is an SMC EtherCard Elite 16 Ultra (8216 series), and I set it up as an SMC Ultra (??? or is that wrong ???) running on IRQ 10. I am using the same numbers (IP/Gateway/Subnet Mask) in Mandrake as in WinBlows, but I just can't get it to speak to the other equipment. So I guess the crux of the question is: Just HOW stupid AM I, and why can't I get it to work? Ok. I've got much the same situation here. I've got an RT328 here going between three computers -- 2 Winblows and one Linux. Make sure your gateway IP in Linux is set to the IP of the 328. Make sure your gateway DEVICE is set to eth0 (assuming one NIC in the Linux box.) Try "netconf" from a console window. Or "netconfig" from the console assuming both commands are still valid in Mandrake. I haven't used Mandrake since 6.0 when all the commands were the same as RedHat. Or, try DrakConf. It's supposed to be pretty beefy. John
Re: Sort By Thread (WAS: [expert] missing SSH ?)
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote: Just a quick comment, and I'll probably get blasted for it, but I haven't found a mail client for Linux that does "View by Thread" as well as MS Outlook. Netscape is horrible, I don't think Polarbar does it, and I haven't been happy with other clients I've tried. Outlook Express does a good job of it too. (I just *detest* Outlook! G) Despite it being a Micro$oft product, OE is a darned nice email client. Now, if only they didn't make it DEFAULT to html! :-) John
Re: [expert] missing SSH ?
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote: But not just that. It seems that messages show up later and I don't believe it to me different timezones. Some on this list also respond to me by cc'ing a copy, which arrives quickly and the expert list copy can show up hours later. Yep. I found that out myself. My original reply to you was sent out at something like 9am. I didn't get it back until about 6 hours later, and I check my email every few minutes -- I have to, I'm in Tech Support at an ISP! :-) John
Re: [expert] Mail Server - Very Interested In Setting Up, But....
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote: On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, John Aldrich wrote: Umm...POP3 is for DOWNLOADING/receiving your mail and SMTP is for SENDING your mail. Two toally different things. You *must* have both. Now, one machine can do both jobs. John Actually, the pop3 server is in the IMAP package. You have two ways to retrieve your mail. Imap lets you read your mail directly on the server and store your messages there (you can create folders), while POP3 only supports downloading. So when you install the imap package, you get both. Understood. However the question was whether or not he needed pop3 AND SMTP. :-) John
Re: [expert] missing SSH ?
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, you wrote: It's great when everyone takes the time to respond, however getting 4 responses saying the same thing is definitely a mailing list problem. People don't get to see rsponses that have already been sent by someone but not yet sent out to everyone on the list. J-M, is there some reason for the slow-down ? I think that if we all had our mail clients set to display by THREAD, we'd have seen the responses. However, you can't FORCE people to read by thread. I, for example, prefer to read by date/time of arrival. John
Re: [expert] Mail Server - Very Interested In Setting Up, But....
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote: I'm looking at setting up a mail server but I'm a bit confused about a few things (regarding this subject). What's the difference between SMTP and POP3 servers? Is one dependent on the other? Can they both send and receive? Are some of the POP3 servers easier and quicker to setup? Umm...POP3 is for DOWNLOADING/receiving your mail and SMTP is for SENDING your mail. Two toally different things. You *must* have both. Now, one machine can do both jobs. John
Re: [expert] missing SSH ?
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote: Didn't the rules on exporting crypto change recently? Enough that now, unless you're one of the so-called "Terrorist countries" you're allowed to d/l crypto software from US sites. Yep. But, I'm not sure it's been made "official" yet, or maybe the change hasn't taken effect yet. Typically this stuff takes several months before it goes into effect. John
Re: [expert] Connecting two monitors
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote: The other day I read a mail about some people that had a G400 dual head and how to configuring it. I have read an article that explain how to install two graphic card (and the monitor) with win98 with a few steps and very easy and the only thing that I can say is wooau. There's some way to do the same with linux and the Xfree? XFree86 v4.0.x supports dual-headed Linux, but primarily with dual-output cards, *I THINK*. I've been wrong before, but I *do* know that X4 supports dual-monitors. Don't *think* it supports dual-video cards, but Metro-X, a commercial X-server *does* support multiple video cards. John
Re: [expert] missing SSH ?
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, you wrote: In LM7.1, I can't seem to find SSH installed or as an RPM. I checked "rpm -qa | grep -i ssh" to see i it was installed but none found. In the RPMS directory of the CD, I tried "ls -al *ssh* *SSH*" but nothing. I am very surprised that SSH is not standard in the distribution, or did I miss something ? I guess it does not really matter since I will install openSSH anyways. SSH is another area to learn for me since I've gotten so used to using ftp and telnet. It can't be included in the pre-packaged Linux distros for legal reasons. John
Re: [expert] LT winmodem with MDK 7.1?
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, you wrote: In the mean time, while waiting for manufacturers to come to their senses, I will not install binary-only drivers or buy products which require them. Civileme Well put, my friend! I have the same sentiment! At least Creative Labs supplies source code for their drivers (I think!) John
Re: [expert] ipmasq question (dont you get sick of these?)
On Mon, 19 Jun 2000, you wrote: ok...i am running ipmasq, and i have it set up and working like i want it. tonight i had a special situation arise that was out of my control, and i need to know how to resolve it ASAP. i need to connect to an ftp site that is running on a nonstandard port, port 1999 any clues as to how i can get onto the site and get farther than issuing the port command? it works fine (ftp port command) on sites that run on the standard port (21) I know that NCFTP will allow you to specify the port number you wish to connect to. Other than that, I don't know what else to tell you. John
Re: [expert] disc full
On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, you wrote: SNIP the blasted HTML Check /home/(yourusername)/.netscape/cache for subdirectories it is safe to rm -R -f ~/.netscape/cache from a commandline when logged in as any user. I have occasionally recovered as much as 95 MB this way. You can also check /var/log and (probably) wipe out most anything in there. Your system may complain about deleting open files, and there are ways to truncate an open file w/o making it complain, but that's a bit detailed to go into here. :-) Good luck!
Re: [expert] Help me: I am Locked OUT!
On Sat, 17 Jun 2000, you wrote: Something really weird is going on. This is sort of a continuing message from my last post about JBuilder. So I installed JBuilder last night, then turn my computer off. This morning I turned it on and somehow my run level was set to 3. Weird, I thought, anyways I logged in and startx'ed but it wouldn't go into X. It said something about 'i don't have authority on Xauthority' and it's failed to connect to X server. So I changed the runlevel to 5 and reboot. Now it boot to X and I have the Helix Gnome login, but can't log in. after user id and password with Enter, the screen will go blank and shoot right back to the login screen. So I log in as root which is fine. What's going on? Did I get some kinda hack-attack? although my machine is behind the firewall(rh 6.1 ^^), can this be possible? Or was it something JBuilder install script's doing? I am completely lost. I need help. Try deleting ".Xauthority". Or, double check that YOUR user is the owner of .Xauthority in your home directory. If YOU are the listed owner, try deleting it and letting Mandrake recreate it. John
Re: [expert] Old Netscape and Java
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, you wrote: I'm using Netscape Communicator 4.51. Whenever I go to a site that uses Java Netscape kills itself. Any idea on how to fix this or do I need to install a newer version of Netscape? Thanks. Turn off Java. Trust me on this! :-) John
Re: [expert] Post-upgrade blues
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, you wrote: BTW, why does IMWheel leave its root-only PID file in the /tmp directory after Root logs out? Real bitch to SU in a terminal just to let imwheel run normally as a user. chmod a+x imwheel will fix that. Then, ANYONE will be able to use imwheel. John
Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, you wrote: As to the zie of file, I heard about this formula: 2**n, n is the bits of your OS. SO in our case (32 bits), it's about 2.1GB. I used IRIX 64 bits system, I could creat 15GB single file. IRIX is a 64-bit operating system, though, correct? Linux is still a 32-bit O/S (mostly, although there ARE 64-bit versions for things like the Sparc or the Alpha processor.) John
Re: [expert] parallel Port CD Burner
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000, you wrote: I'm sure this has been beaten to dealt but is it possible to run a Parallel Port CD Burner ( HP ) from within LM 7.1 ?? Hmm.I would *guess* that you could, but I've never heard of anyone using a parallel-port CDR/RW under Linux. :-) John
Re: [expert] linuxpole
By the way, Denis...is it NORMAL to not be able to edit your COMPLETE comments before submitting them? I had to re-do my comments three or four times the other day before I got what I *wanted* because every time I previewed the comment and then wanted to make changes, my comment was either incomplete or when I clicked on my "back" button, missing entirely! I found this to be EXTREMELY frustrating! John
Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote: What does "(ext2) is designed properly, so there's no need" mean? No filesystem can be designed to eliminate fragmentation. If you are constantly "churning" on your disk, especially if your disk is 80% full, it *will* become fragged. Of course, high speed disks, high speed CPUs and lots of RAM for cache will minimize fragmentation's effect... Of course, since I have high speed disks, high speed CPUs and lots of RAM for cache, and the disks are 80% full, and I don't "churning" on my disks, I don't defrag my disks. The way that Linux allocates files, the filesystem fragmentation is kept EXTREMELY low. If you do a manual FSCK on your file system, you'll see at most 3-5% non-contiguous, except in EXTREMELY rare situations. While there ARE degrag utils for EXT2, they are generally not necessary, as the O/S doesn't, as a rule, become fragmented in the first place. John
Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: Dear all: Could any body know there is any utility like Defrag under Windows for optimization of Hard disk in Mandrake 6.0 or RPM in higher version? IIRC, it's built into linux, so it "defrags" automatically, but you shouldn't need it. *nix is *much* better at drivespace allocation. e2fsck is like "scandisk," however, this has to be performed on an un-mounted file system. John
Re: [expert] files larger than 2 GB
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: I would appreciate information about the possibility of creating files larger than 2 GB. With the defoult installation of mandrake 7.0 there is this limit. Is it possible to overcome it? AFAIK, this is a *linux kernel* limitation, not a Mandrake limitation. John
Re: [expert] helium - deeper inhalation
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hello experts My initial impression of the installation of Mandrake 7.1 was very positive. I was eagerly interested in testing XFREE86 4.0, Netscape 4.73 and some new additions of KDE. [clip] I choose to exclude GNOME, other window-makers, all web servers, all web administration, all databases, emacs and xemacs. The installation was going on while i did other things and only controlled now and then. To my fine surprise the installation program happily installed SAMBA, gnome webmin and other stuff. I was pissed off and jumped out of the installation and reinstalled 7.0.2 The installation program seems to be a hacking c-code, i.e. the c-functions are not waiting for a confirmation that the messages sent are really succesfully written. I started using REDHAT 3.0.3, and I am accustumed to choose what I want to install and not to be treated by a omnipotent BILL GATE structure that tries to sell me things I don't want. Try something similar to SuSE, that is keep the old installation for those who wants full control. Keep the evolution alive - allow for differences. Hmmm...have you tried the "textmode" installer with a "custom" install? John
Re: [expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: Ok, here's the scenario. I'm trying to setup a Linux box here at work. What I'm trying to figure out is what I need to do to log into our network (WinNT Enterprise). Any thoughts? SMBCLIENT/SAMBA. John
Re: [expert] Forwarding mail to /dev/null?
On Fri, 09 Jun 2000, you wrote: On Fri, 9 Jun 2000, John Aldrich wrote: IS there a way to get Sendmail to forward mail for certain email addresses to /dev/null? I believe procmail would fit the bill perfectly. Thanks. We finally figured it out -- you can't pipe it to dev null but you can forward to /dev/null. :-) Besides...this is on my boss' mail server at the ISP where I work -- we ain't gonna be running Procmail any time soon. :-) Thanks, tho... John
Re: [expert] RAM detection problem
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hi, I just installed Mandrake 7.1 and there seems to be a problem. When I used Mandrake 7.0 with kernel 2.2.14, the system was reported to have 128MB RAM and 598.06 Bogomips Total (which is correct). Now, with 7.1 with kernel 2.2.15, I get 64MB RAM and 1196.03 Bogomips Total reported. The same thing happens when I run it on 2.2.16. But when I run kernel 2.2.14 on MDK7.1, it detects 128MB RAM and 598.06 Bogomips. Any idea what the problem is? Probably similar to the problems that some people have experienced on some dual-processor systems -- the system hardware isn't telling the kernel the proper amount of memory. You may have to add "append='mem=128M'" to /etc/lilo.conf to get it to properly read the memory. John
Re: [expert] Forwarding mail to /dev/null?
On Sat, 10 Jun 2000, you wrote: in sendmail 8.0.3 or above, set /etc/mail/access to discard for that user: username DISCARD then restart sendmail. the access.db should be automatically rebuilt for you. Thanks dude! I'll look into that! John
Re: [expert] Cannot allocate colormap
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote: Bonjour! Netscape is giving me this error, Mandrake 7.0: Cannot allocate colormap entry for default background Now when I click on the title of an email to read it, the title is completely blacked out and covering up the print of the email title. Also I've noticed that the color under the scroll tab in Netscape is black now instead of grey. Any ideas? Switch to 16 or 32-bit colors. Netscape doesn't like 8 or 24-bit color. John
Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote: I'm using Mdk7.0-2. I can't get my StartUp Services to work from DrakConf. Can I run this from console or is there another program that I can from console? You can open a console window, type "su -" and then the root password. Then, type "setup" and select "system services." That oughta take care of you. John
Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?
On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, you wrote: Seve Johnunless Seve has upgraded (vs. a clean install) it's likely he doesn't have the setup program on his 7.0 system. So, Seve, if setup doesn't work, then type drakxconf instead, which will start the updated version of setup. AhOk. I haven't run Mandrake since 6.0. :-) John
Re: [expert] XFree 4 vs 3.3.6 in 7.1
On Fri, 09 Jun 2000, you wrote: On 9 Jun, Brash, Matthew wrote: Now, where are the XF3 and XF4 binaries located? Furthermore, what's the EASIEST way to search for a file (recursively)? find / -name \*filename\* -print Or, "locate filename" if it's been at least overnight since you installed it (or you've manually run slocate) John
[expert] Forwarding mail to /dev/null?
IS there a way to get Sendmail to forward mail for certain email addresses to /dev/null? I tried telling Sendmail to pipe mail for [EMAIL PROTECTED] to /dev/null in both virtual user table and in /etc/aliases, but when I tried to send myself a test message, Sendmail refused. I'd *like* to have Sendmail accept mail, but promptly dump it to /dev/null (or the equivalent.) Could I make a user "null" with a mailbox symlinked to /dev/null, perhaps? Thanks... John
Re: [expert] helium
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote: One question. I have a Creative Riva TNT2 which was detected. I wonder if I have to install the proprietary drivers, to get all of this card? I, too, have a 3-d card here and at home. Here, I've got a TNT(1) but I don't get any "acceleration" from the card. You'll need to recompile the Mesa and GL drivers, I think, to get it to use the on-board hardware acceleration. Otherwise, you've just got a REALLY nice SVGA card. :-) That's what I have to do for my Voodoo3-3000 PCI at home. I *did* have it all compiled for Mandrake 6.0, but then I went and upgraded to RedHat 6.2. :-) John
Re: [expert] GNU/Linux -- leader or follower?
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote: Good example, I dual boot (spending 90% of my time in Linux) my primary home machine. Sometimes (I do web apps/database integration ect) I need to work with a client who uses some ActiveX control like Crystal reports... damn no compatibility. Maybe Mozilla could pour a little WINE in... ActiveX is proprietary, M$-Windows ONLY crap. IT would be NICE if M$ would release the standards so that other operating systems and browsers would support it, but AFAIK, unless Judge Jackson's ruling holds, we're SOL! John
Re: [expert] [Expert] How can I?
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote: 1) Netscape to use my windows directory so I can read mail from either OS (when I contract in some Access Work, I can't pick my OS, and there's no good FTP client for Linux, like Cute-FTP, not to mention the win-modem thing) This would be next to impossible due to the problems in file locking between Fat/Fat32 and EXT2 FS. There are currently kludges, but it's a good way to scramble your DOS/Windows file system if you're not careful. 2) On an install / upgrade, all I'd really want in an upgrade is a chance to choose amongst saving all the more common settings (users , home directory settings for root, apache settings, mysql settings etc..) everything else can be Wiped and re-installed, it's easier and generally less problem-prone, IMHO Good point! 3) A semi-Gui or full-Gui kernel re-compile script / program. Make X-config (or is it Xconfig, or xconfig) anyway, it's already there! 4**) More push from Mandrake to get win-modem drivers for their distro, even binaries. Sure they're common, but why the heck would you WANT to use a WinModem? WinModems suck BIG time! I have one built-into the motherboard of one of my computers and I've disabled it completely because I couldn't get it to work. Same thing with the "on-board" ethernet in the same system. It was a piece of crap NIC. John
Re: [expert] Gaim 0.9.18 RPM troubles.
On Thu, 08 Jun 2000, you wrote:
I'm in the EXACT SAME SITUATION you are. Identical. I too would like
the solution.
Try switching to EveryBuddy. It works here ('course so does
GAIM 0.9.18, if I wanted it.. G)
John
Re: [expert] [Expert] How can I?
On Thu, 08 Jun 2000, you wrote: Doesn't gmc do FTP? Well, what I really look for is something with Tree-based file-system view (long filanes get to be a pain on text-based FTP), and a QUE functionality, wherby I can add a ton of files from anywhere to a QUE, then transfer them. For small stuff I still and probably always will just use the text-based ftp program. However, the industry (their are people out there who are GUI only that might want to use a little linux) still doesn't have a perfect GUI ftp client yet, although GFTP is 70% there, if not 90% there, all it really needs is a QUE functionality like Cute-FTP, and maybe a MP3 file search like Cute-FTP, and that would be 100% what the industry needs Two things -- 1) long messages with no line breaks SUCK! :-) (Just my $0.02) 2) Have you LOOKED for a GUI FTP client lately? I've taken a look at a couple, and I *know* there's a ton of 'em at Linuxberg! John
Re: [expert] saving real audio ....
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote: I hope someone can help me with the following problem ... I am running LM 7.0 and I need to process a few minutes of daily broadcasting from Real Audio source - I know I could run realplayer for linux and capture the audio signal using my sound card but I wonder if there is a more straighforward solution to get the audio signal on my hard disk in a standard audio format ... Nope. Not that I am aware of. OTOH, you CAN right-click on the RAM file and select "save as" and save it to disk instead of hearing it. :-) Then, you *may* be able to reprocess the file into a WAV format or something. John
RE: [expert] saving real audio ....
On Wed, 07 Jun 2000, you wrote:
well - i have tried it but all that is saved is a small text file with an
URL to a real *.rm file ("pnm://.rm") and because its a realtime radio
broadcast i doubt the actual file exists at all ...
Ahhgood point. Sorry.
John
Re: [expert] Help!
On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote: Thanks for the input everyone, much appreciated. I found the problem due to a misconfiguration in my bru script. BRU created a file called -B in /root. I tried to delete, but it won't since it see -B as an option(DOH!). I tried to use the file manager under X, but it cannot find my font path?! At any rate, I'll try and load Midnight Commander on the system(if I have enough), and try it that way. Thanks again, Have you tried console commands, such as "rm -rf '-B'"? Sometimes enclosing non-standard file names in quotes will let you delete files that are otherwise undeleteable. John
Re: [expert] DISCUSION Upgrade (fwd)
On Tue, 06 Jun 2000, you wrote: I am a user who found upgrades from Win95 to Win98 worked out about 1 situation in 7, so I would not fault anyone who found upgrading something that was 6 to 10 times as sophisticated and complicated to be an enormous task. Getting from RH6.0 to L-M7.1 is an amazing feat, and convinces me once again that I made the right decision in choosing Mandrake. Hell...Win98 to Win98SE didn't work for me! ;-) OTOH, IIRC, Win95 to Win98 went MOSTLY smoothly... :-) John
Re: [expert] Root Raid with 7.x series???
On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hello, I'm trying to install 7.0 to a root partition that's a raid0 device (/dev/md0). DrakeX seems to handle this but when I reboot, the kernel can't detect md0. It appears as if the raid is created but it's just not started automatically. Has anyone installed to a root raid before? Does 7.1 Beta fix this? I tried creating the raid prior to install but DrakeX doesn't seem to detect it. I'm trying to avoid installing to a single drive and then copying to the raid. How about having small "/" and "/boot" partitions on a small (850MB or less) drive? It may be similar to the old problem of not having LILO in the first 1024 cylinders of the hard drive. John
Re: [expert] Getting telnet access working on Mdk 7
On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote: So, I set up a web server Linux Mdrk 7 machine last week. It is fully there and working, but one problem: I can't get telnet or ftp to work, even from the konsole (telnet localhost). It keeps on with "connection refused by host". My inetd.conf file points to telnet being serviced through tcpd to in.telnetd as you would expect. There is no hosts.allow or hosts.deny files present. This is the way mine is at home and I often telnet localhost to run programs as root real easy. So, after having read all the man pages, all I can think of is tcpd is not allowing me through, but why? If possible, I'd like to leave tcpd in the mix, but if not I'll just use straight in.telnetd if that works. What else am i missing, something to do with hostname resolving? What about "telnet-server" rpm? That's necessary to be able to telnet in, although you REALLY should consider using SSH instead of Telnet, as it's a LOT more secure, and harder to hack. :-) John
Re: [expert] cgi-bin problem
On Tue, 06 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hello all!! I am trying to get a .pl cgi script to run I can run it manualy from the command line and get the desired output when I try to access the cgi from the web I get the following in error_log No such file or directory: exec of /home/httpd/cgi-bin/tfc_bandwidth,pl failed I know that the cgi-bin is setup correctly for I have other cgi's running just fine. Two things: You might want to rename it from .pl to .cgi. Sometimes that helps. I *think* Apache is only set up (by default) to execute scripts with a .cgi extension and so you just rename the .pl script to .cgi and it should work. Also, I noticed that in your statement above you have "tfc_bandwidth,pl" which *should* be "tfc_bandwidth.pl". I hope that was just a typo when you were typing it in, 'cause a comma is NOT the same as a period. :-) John
Re: [expert] public_html doesn't work
On Tue, 06 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hello all. I've got the Apache set up (default from install). So I've also set up a public_html directory under a couple of users and have set a chmod 755 on the public_html directories. Unfortunatly when I try to http to the files it tells me that I don't have permission. Any ideas why? Try 775 on those subdirectories. Also, I *think* you have to have an HTML file in there before Apache will browse that directory. John
Re: [expert] gAIM 0.9.17 rpm or binary
On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote: Dunno, I am running 0.9.17 gaim and get no config still... Upgrade to 0.9.18 or better. John
Re: [expert] Help!
On Mon, 05 Jun 2000, you wrote: Thanks for the response Everyone. I'm investigating it right now. Civilme thanks for the du command, it lists the files, only one problem: du: cannot change to directory /proc/6/fd: Permission denied du: cannot change to directory /proc/71/fd: Permission denied du: /proc/3281/fd/4: No such file or directory I enter this command as root. that's because "/proc" doesn't really exist per se. Don't worry about the /proc directories. They don't really exist. John
Re: [expert] irc
On Sun, 04 Jun 2000, you wrote: hi all ! anyone knows an irc client compatible for mandrake and red hat (rpm installation) that has a gui similar to windowz ? Hmm...have you tried KSIRC? It comes default on my RedHat 6.2 system. :-) John
Re: [expert] what to include in your next distirbution- bootable rescue CD
On Wed, 31 May 2000, you wrote: Hi, if you are still interested in what to include in your next distirbution. I would like a bootable rescue CD. something that would boot up a system that auto detects all my hardware and loads drivers. I know it won't do EVERYTHING you asked here, but you MIGHT look at Tom's Root/Boot disk (www.toms.net/rb is the URL, I *think*) John
Re: [expert] Where to get Helix Gnome
On Wed, 31 May 2000, you wrote: Hi! Where can I get the latest version of Gnome, Helix I think it's called? I want it as a RPM package. I don't want to use the go-gnome script because I use a modem at home. Better to download the RPM file from my school... What are the exactly names of the files I should download? www.helixcode.com or download it from Mandrake...it's PROBABLY in the cooker directory. John
Re: [expert] ld.so problems
On Wed, 31 May 2000, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On 31 May, Charles Curley wrote: -Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System - /dev/hda1 1 277 2094088+ 6 FAT16 - /dev/hda2 278 556 21092405 Extended - /dev/hda3 * 557 563 52920 83 Linux - /dev/hda4 564 1268 5329800 83 Linux - /dev/hda5 278 556 2109208+ 7 HPFS/NTFS hda1-4 should be either primary or extended partitions. They are aren't they? 1,3,4 are primary partitions, 2 is extended. AFAIK, you can NOT have a primary partition within an extended partition. You can only have LOGICAL partitions within an extended partition. John
Re: [expert] kmail-1.0.29.1 configure can not find pgcc-c++
On Wed, 31 May 2000, you wrote: On Tue, 30 May 2000, Brian T. Schellenberger wrote: The original messages suggest that it is looking for g++. Maybe you should make a link to *that*. pgcc-c++ is now installed and it does find g++ but the new error I get from configure is: checking for gcc... gcc checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... yes checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) is a cross-compiler... no checking whether we are using GNU C... yes checking how to run the C preprocessor... gcc -E checking for a C++-Compiler... checking for g++... g++ checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -s) works... no configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables. Do you have the kernel-headers package installed? You pretty much have to have most of the -devel packages installed (kernel-devel, gcc-devel, etc.) John
Re: [expert] Out of room on / filesystem
On Mon, 29 May 2000, you wrote: My partitions are hdb1 as /boot hdb5 as / hdb6 as swap hdb7 as /home when I try to install RPM's now it says they need nnn KB on / filesystem. I have tried uninstalling some of the RPM's (about 10-20 MB of them) and still have 0.0KB left on hdb5. I can't figure out what is taking up all that room. I've cleared Netscape's cache files and that didn't help either. Check /var/log and see if you can't recover some space by deleting log files. John
Re: [expert] A better kpanel applet
On Fri, 26 May 2000, you wrote: To put this in a nut shell, I would like a panel applet which can have one or more rows of tool bars or pop-up menus. I want to define the size of the icons displayed in the tool bars and pop-up menus in terms of pixels, not small, medium or large. I also want the tool bars and pop-up menus to represent the contents of folders, allowing automatic update as the contents of the represented folders change. Talk to the KDE folks. Mandrake is a distribution provider who includes the KDE desktop environment in their distribution. They are not the authors of KDE. :-) Find KDE at www.kde.org. You might find out that something similar to what you're wanting is already being provided for in KDE2 (still in the VERY early stages of Beta testing!) John
Re: [expert] My complaints about MDK 7.0
On Tue, 23 May 2000, you wrote: This is constructive criticism for MDK7.0 I absolutely adore MDK6.1 (the best!) #1 Install TAKES TOO LONG! #2 Install is TOO BIG! #3 Install lost the customizability of old redhat. Did you try "text" install and select "custom"? If not, then you have nothing to bitch about. Yes, it would be NICE to have a GUI custom install, but even RedHat's GUI won't let you do a truly custom install. I know. I just installed RedHat 6.2 here at work and to get a custom install I had to select "text expert." Not only that, but it so darned sluggish on the GUI install. John
Re: [expert] My tape drive died!
On Wed, 24 May 2000, you wrote: I don't want to shell out for a new one right now. I don't back up the whole hard drive, just the important stuff about once a month. Would it be possible to dump to a CD-RW or even a CD-R? Any help would be greatly appreciated. I'm not great on scripts, so if you know please be specific. Sure is. I even recall on this list awhile back that someone posted a link to a util that'll do exactly that. If you can't find it here, go to FreshMeat.Net or to linuxberg.com and search for backup cdrom. John
Re: [expert] Re: Welcome to new expert list : 7.1
On Mon, 22 May 2000, you wrote: :~Can you let us in on what's new with 7.1? Sure: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/hydrobeta.php3 Interesting. I'm wondering if this new version of Mandrake will AUTOMATICALLY include all the listed languages, or only include them if you select them. Also, with all the confusion over the security levels, has there been any thought to making the choice descriptions a bit more verbose when given the choices? That *might* cut down on the security level confusion. :-) John
