Re: [newbie-it] ....aiuto
Il gio, 06 gen 2000, hai scritto: E' mia intenzione entrare nel mondo LINUX ma mi sono subito trovato di fronte a problemi per me insormontabili: - ho effettuato l'installazione (in un Hd di 2.4 Gb) di Mandrake 6.1 senza 'quasi' gravi problemi; ho installato il LILO, nel MBR di WIN98, che mi funziona bene; Quando avvio LINUX, dopo la fase di inizializzazione, appare la schermata standard di Mandrake con : 'localhost login:'. Ho provato a digitare tutto da 'root' al mio ID impostato in fase di installazione ma qualunque cosa digito mi torna sempre a 'localhost login:' ..Che cosa devo fare.per poter continuare? GGrazie Gionny Beh, senza sapere alcune cose... hai scelto il login grafico, cioè di avviare la schermata similwindows o parti con lo schermo nero e il pinguino? In ogni caso, dovresti aver inserito, in fase di installazione, la tua password di root e dovresti aver creato un utente nuovo, con nome e password. Inserisci, nell'ordine: root (invio) password (invio) e dovresti entrare. se non entri, vorrà dire che c'è qualcosa che non funziona nell'installazione. fammi sapere. Ciao
Re: [newbie] any ideas how to read attached .doc files?please
On Wed, 05 Jan 2000, you wrote: Hi, I'm having the same problems. Yes, I can read Word documents just fine with Star Office. The problem is in downloading word documents which are attached to e-mails. When I try to double-click the attachment to download, I get an error message saying that some mswordview configuration file is missing. I've installed the mswordview rpm from the mandrake 6.1 installation cd. What else needs to be done? Thanks, Try right-clicking on the attachment and selecting "save as" and giving it a file name. Then, open it with Star Office. Works here. I've got two different distros of Linux: RH 6 on my machine at work and Mandrake 6 at home. John
Re: [newbie] Primary and Secondary DNS on the Same Machine?
On Wed, 05 Jan 2000, you wrote: Is it possible to run Primary and Secondary DNS on one machine and if so, how might i do this. As it stands i have DNS running on Mandrake 6.0 as a primary server, but the some of the other networking companys that i'm working with want it to be there secondary DNS provider so i am searching for a way to do this if it is possible. Thank you for your help. Benjamin Branch Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: First, please disable HTML posting in Outlook Express. Second just give your machine a second IP address and call it something like ns2.somedomain.com. :-) John
[newbie] Where is C header directory?
Dear friends: I have been trying to install VMware. I've tried both the rpm and the tar. A dead-end either way. At the end of the installation, VMware asks me for the directory for C headers. The default is /usr/src/linux/include. But they are not there. Could someone please set me straight. Where in the world is the C header directory in Linux-Mandrake 6.1? Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] VMware -- Installation fails!
Dear friends: I have just spent a very frustrating three hours trying to install VMware on my Linux-Mandrake 6.1. I have no idea what's going on, but I have tried just about everything a non-techie can try. I have tried to install both the rpm and the tar.gz file. Below is the final section of my attempt to install the VMWARE tarball: None of VMware's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your running kernel. Doyou want this script to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/2861/vmmon-only' make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/2861/vmmon-only' make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/2861/vmmon-only/driver-2.2.13-22mdk' make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/2861/vmmon-only/driver-2.2.13-22mdk' make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/2861/vmmon-only/driver-2.2.13-22mdk' make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/2861/vmmon-only/driver-2.2.13-22mdk' make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/2861/vmmon-only' make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/2861/vmmon-only' Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running kernel. There isprobably a light difference of kernel configuration between the set of C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory. Execution aborted. [root@adsl-77-233-152 vmware-distrib]# As if this is not confusing enough, when I try to rpm it, here is what I get: [root@adsl-77-233-152 sher]# rpm -Uvh VMware-1.1.2-364.i386.rpm package VMware-1.1.2-364 is already installed [root@adsl-77-233-152 sher]# So, I typed vmware at the command prompt. This is what I got: [sher@adsl-77-233-152 sher]$ vmware VMware is installed, but it has not been (correctly) configured for the running kernel. To (re-)configure it, you must find and run "vmware-config.pl". [sher@adsl-77-233-152 sher]$ So, I went back and reran the command above and got the same question about the C header directory: [root@adsl-77-233-152 vmware]# cd vmware-distrib [root@adsl-77-233-152 vmware-distrib]# ls FILES INSTALL bin doc etc installer lib man vmware-install.pl [root@adsl-77-233-152 vmware-distrib]# cd bin [root@adsl-77-233-152 bin]# ls vmnet-bridge vmwarevmware-mount.pl vmware-wizard vmnet-dhcpdvmware-config.pl vmware-ping vmnet-sniffer vmware-loop vmware-uninstall.pl [root@adsl-77-233-152 bin]# ./vmware-config.pl Making sure VMware's services are stopped. Stopping VMware services: Virtual machine monitor [ OK ] None of VMware's pre-built vmmon modules is suitable for your running kernel. Doyou want this script to try to build the vmmon module for your system (you need to have a C compiler installed on your system)? [yes] What is the location of the directory of C header files that match your running kernel? [/usr/src/linux/include] /usr/src/linux/include Extracting the sources of the vmmon module. Building the vmmon module. make: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/3425/vmmon-only' make[1]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/3425/vmmon-only' make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/3425/vmmon-only/driver-2.2.13-22mdk' make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/3425/vmmon-only/driver-2.2.13-22mdk' make[2]: Entering directory `/tmp/vmware/config/3425/vmmon-only/driver-2.2.13-22mdk' make[2]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/3425/vmmon-only/driver-2.2.13-22mdk' make[1]: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/3425/vmmon-only' make: Leaving directory `/tmp/vmware/config/3425/vmmon-only' Unable to make a vmmon module that can be loaded in the running kernel. There isprobably a light difference of kernel configuration between the set of C header files you specified and your running kernel. You may want to rebuild a kernel based on that directory, or specify another directory. Execution aborted. You have new mail in /var/spool/mail/root [root@adsl-77-233-152 bin]# Would really appreciate the help of one of our Mandrake gurus on this. Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie]
I am having trouble with my modem. Its a US Robotics 3Com (full modem) 56K I am using Mandrake 6.1 helio and my error message is setting speaker sound when i try to dial up
[newbie] VMware Install fails -- kernel footnote
Dear friends: I checked. I do have the kernel sources installed [sher@adsl-77-233-152 sher]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-ibcs-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-2.2.13-7mdk kernel-BOOT-2.2.13-7mdk kernelcfg-0.5-6mdk kernel-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-doc-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-fb-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-headers-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-smp-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-source-2.2.13-22mdk [sher@adsl-77-233-152 sher]$ But the sources do not show up under /usr/src or anywhere else: [sher@adsl-77-233-152 /usr]$ ls X11R6dict games include libexec sbin tmp bin doc i386-glibc20-linux info localshare cgi-bin etc i486-linux-libc5lib man src [sher@adsl-77-233-152 /usr]$ cd src [sher@adsl-77-233-152 src]$ ls RPM linux linux-2.2.13 [sher@adsl-77-233-152 src]$ cd RPM [sher@adsl-77-233-152 RPM]$ ls BUILD RPMS SOURCES SPECS SRPMS [sher@adsl-77-233-152 RPM]$ cd SOURCES [sher@adsl-77-233-152 SOURCES]$ ls [sher@adsl-77-233-152 SOURCES]$ Thanks so much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] Welcome to list newbie
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[newbie] Puzzled?
Hi I am a real baby newbie just dipping my toe in the Mandrake waters and experiencing the usual newbie problems, I have installed Mandrake 6.1 from the box on a stand alone PC. I have used kpp and can connect to my ISP. Have my sound configured and my HP Laser 5L printer works soo I guess I have had some success. However! I have several packages in .tgz and .gz formats on a floppy which I wish to install. I would be grateful if some kind expert would advise me clearly the steps I should take to install these. As I am a genealogy nut one of the packages is quite a nice program. Secondly I have installed minicom plus printed off the documents. How do I get the program to run from a terminal window. I have tried various combinations of the options provided but have had no success. Looking forward to somone who can help. ThanksEric Collard. ___ X OLXWin 1.00b X
Re: [newbie] From Unixware to Mandrake... Memory CorruptionProblems ?
Halt command during the shutdown process causes "Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 872f" Disable APM and this will go away. It's a "known bug" in most of the kernels since I"ve been playing with Linux (almost exactly one year now.) Thanks John.. About the rest, well Sorry, Forget it. It would appear that the Taiwan memory shortage has blessed me with scores of defective 128 Meg SDRAM DIMM's. I discovered this after running DOC Memory, available free right now at http://www.simmtester.com Sorry for wasting anybody's time. Christopher Cox Cobox
[newbie] Cron fails after a day or so..
I have had a single cron job that monitors my ip address running for quite some time on my box with no problems. A few days ago, I added a second job to run "rdate -sp time.nist.gov" at specifc intervals. It seems that after a day or so, both jobs stop ( no email to root ), and crond returns "can't lock /var/run/crond.pid, otherpid may be 412: Resource temporarily unavailable" Is it safe to delete crond.pid? I just rebooted when this happened the other day, and it seemed to fix it, but I don't want to reboot every day. Any ideas as to what might be causing the lockup of cron?
Re: [newbie] Voodoo 3 3000 Drivers????
On Wed, 05 Jan 2000, you wrote: Anybody know where i can find drivers for a Voodoo3 3000 AGP for SuSE linux 6.2? Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Description: First, TURN OFF HTML! That's as bad, or worse than posting in all-caps, as it's VERY difficult to read, it wastes bandwidth and it doesn't look NEARLY as pretty on our systems as it does on yours! Now, as to where to find the Voodoo3 drivers, have you tried looking on the SuSE site? I'm told that that's *the* place to get video drivers. That's www.suse.de, I think. To be specific, their downloads page starts here: http://www.suse.de/en/support/download/ftp/index.html OTOH, you can get generic Voodoo3 drivers from 3dfx, I believe. John
[newbie] Problem in X font
I recently installed Linux-mandrake in to my system. It is AMD p2 processor. The installation went fine, but at the time of X installation the confirmation window, "if you can see the window displayed all right" I can not read the words. It is like a black strip. But I can see the button and read ok in that. So I clicked ok and finished the installation. After rebooting, the desktop comes ok and colors are ok but I can not read any letters or tool tips. Every thing is black strip. The cursor is also big square instead of small dot. Can any one tell where the problem is. Do I need to change the font size or cursor size or any thing else. If so how. Thanks in advance Sudhakar
[newbie] long delay starting smb on new install
Hi, I'm installing 6.1. After the install, and on the initial boot up (on the new install), the start for SMB seems to take FOREVER. It eventually passes, but I was curious what might be going on. Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] KDE problem after upgrading from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, you wrote: I have Mandrake 6.0 on a AMD K6-2/350 (well, a couple actually), but on one machine I tried to upgrade KDE 1.1.1 to 1.1.2. I went to KDE's web site, then to their download site and ftp'd all the files in the directory, about a dozen or so. These were in rpm format. I'm *guessing* you got the wrong version of the KDE RPMs. Next time you might try using RPMfind.net to find the MANDRAKE 6.x KDE 1.1.2 updates, or go to www.linux-mandrake.com to find the list of mirrors and find the RPM files there. I'm guessing what happened is you have the RH 5.x KDE updates instead of the RH 6.x KDE updates. RH 6.x was the first RedHat version to incorporate the KDE desktop, etc and there is a HUGE difference as to where the KDE files are put when they are installed via RPM. Here's an FTP site for Mandrake updates: ftp.linux-mandrake.com/pub/updates/6.0/RPMS/ Try doing and rpm -e kde* and then an RPM -UVH kde* once you download all the MANDRAKE KDE updates. John
[newbie] Re: tweaking XServer
I have setup my system, and I have noticed when running my xserver, that I can ping myself, and as far as Static IP addresses, when I use ping, I can transmit (verified signal on cable modem) but cannot receive. When setting up , I entered the static IP address displayed from winipcfg. The other data re netmask, etc. I accepted the defaults. Does anyone have a suggestion or could point me to GOOD tutorials to solve my problem? I have no problem using netconf. Murray Saul
Re: [newbie] Do NOT invest in LinuxOne IPO!
Benjaminthanks, I was unaware of this situation. Alan Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: This may be off topic. However, the author, a leading and highly respected figure in Linux, Bruce Perens, has urged his readers to warn everyone against investing in what appears to be a shady Linux distribution that will holding its IPO very shortly on NASDAQ, namely, LinuxOne. He warns against getting fleeced by LinuxOne, which has registered itself on the NASDAQ under the very appealing but deceptive name LINX. They are a company that exists in name only. See their "web site" at http://www.linuxone.com. That says it all. The author is very worried that if LinuxOne turns out to be a fraud, it will not only rob thousands of people of their savings but damage Linux's reputation in the eyes of the public. To read all about it, here is the URL from www.linuxtoday.com: More Shady Stuff from LinuxOne http://www.technocrat.net Caveat emptor! Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Matrix
Etien VanDenBroecke [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Not in my xscreensavers package and I don't have much in the display properties, for screen savers! only running 6.0, going out tomorrow to get the distro from somewhere, but don't know where to find it up here in canada, location is London, Ontairo any one know where I can find it??? Mandrake 6.5? Or should I wait until 7 comes out?? Igloos, Etien I'm running it on Xscreensaver 3.17-4. From your prompt, type xscreensaver and click on the prefs button on the screen that comes up. You will see a huge list of screensavers. In there is xmatrix which is the xscreensaver for matrix. I opened up my xscreensaver file, which is located in /root or /root/'whatever user you are' and deleted all of the other screensaver files except xmatrix because xscreensaver runs all of those screensavers in arandom fashion. Resave this file and remember to keep a copy of the old file incase you want to change to another screensaver. This is the only way I know of how to get xscreensaver to run just the screensaver you want. There may be a better way and if anyone knows please let me know. As for Mandrake 6.5, If you want to waste your money go ahead and but it. I would recommend downloading 6.1 since that is what MacMillan 6.5 really is and burning it to a CD. Or buy the CD over the net for dirt cheap. Your money, your choice. I know kmatrix.kss is there because I've ran it. Good Luck. SA -- Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com
[newbie] long delay starting smb on new install
Hi, I'm installing 6.1. After the install, and on the initial boot up (on the new install), the start for SMB seems to take FOREVER. It eventually passes, but I was curious what might be going on. Morris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Where is Kudzu
What is Kudzu anyway?
Re: [newbie] Made a mistake in setup
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, you wrote: Also, other more knowlegable users have helped us out by telling us these little gems when we asked "how do I do this???" Yep! That and experience. :-) John
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[newbie] Question?
Is there a file in your /home/[username] directory named .xinitrc? If yes, the last line ought to specify the default window manager. Edit the file to comment out 'startkde' and insert the line exec [command-to-start-the-WM-you-want] I don't want to recommend blindly creating an .xinitrc. You could try creating one with only the line exec [command-to-start-the-WM-you-want], and see what happens. No promises. If there's no .xinitrc, then K might be starting because of the code in /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients. Take a look below. There is no /etc/sysconfig/desktop created in a Red Hat or Mandrake install, AFAIK. Because there's no /etc/sysconfig/desktop, and if gnome's not installed, the default desktop is K (absent .xinitrc in /home). [insert part of /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients here] #!/bin/bash # (c) 1999 Red Hat Software, Inc. # check to see if the user has a preferred desktop PREFERRED= if [ -f /etc/sysconfig/desktop ]; then if [ -n "`grep -i GNOME /etc/sysconfig/desktop`" ]; then PREFERRED=gnome-session elif [ -n "`grep -i KDE /etc/sysconfig/desktop`" ]; then PREFERRED=startkde elif [ -n "`grep -i AnotherLevel /etc/sysconfig/desktop`" ]; then PREFERRED=AnotherLevel else PREFERRED=Default fi fi if [ -n "$PREFERRED" -a "$PREFERRED" != "AnotherLevel" ] \ which $PREFERRED /dev/null 21; then PREFERRED=`which $PREFERRED` exec $PREFERRED fi # now if we can reach here, either they want AnotherLevel or there was # no desktop file present and the PREFERRED variable is not set. if [ -z "$PREFERRED" ]; then GSESSION=gnome-session STARTKDE=startkde # by default, we run KDE if which $STARTKDE /dev/null 21; then exec `which $STARTKDE` fi # if KDE isn't installed, try GNOME if which $GSESSION /dev/null 21; then exec `which $GSESSION` fi fi [end inserted part of /etc/X11/xinit/Xclients here] Sorry to change the subject in mid thread but. Why is it there is no /etc/sysconfig/desktop in these installs? And is there a way to create this file to fix this problem and chose the WM you want? I've always wondered about that. Thanx, SA See below--- -- Mike Fieschko, West Orange, NJ, USA X-Mailer: XEmacs 21.1, VM 6.75 and random-sig.el Kernel 2.2.14-14mdk http://www.viconet.com/fieschko/home.htm Jan 5 St Telesphorus or St John Neumann "What embitters the world is not excess of criticism, but an absence of self-criticism." - [G.K. Chesterton, in Sidelights on New London and Newer New York] Why is it there is no /etc/sysconfig/desktop in these installs? And is there a way to create this file to fix this problem and chose the WM you want? I've always wondered about that. Thanx, SA -- Do you do Linux? :) Get your FREE @linuxstart.com email address at: http://www.linuxstart.com
Re: [newbie] Where is Kudzu
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, you wrote: When i tried to install the rpm it failed. It says that it needs libnewt.so.0.50. Do you have any idea where this is located. I looked on the Mandrake CD. try www.rpmfind.net John
[newbie] mandrake update
Hi all, Quick question about the linux-madrake update tool. I D/L'd the updates no problems and it seemed to install, in the messeges that accompany the chocies the 2.2.13 Kernel info said that it reqiures /etc/lilo.conf be updated by hand, hers my current configuration; boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b prompt timeout=50 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk label=linux root=/dev/hda1 read only So my question is this, What do I change/add. The normal compiling way? "boot]# mv vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk-old boot]# mv Sysytem.map System.map-old" etc... then cp the new files from /usr/src/linux to /boot and then edit /etc/lilo.conf by adding the new files to lilo.conf? Is the vmlinuz-2.2.13-7mdk the actual kernel or is vmlinuz? I never understood this, which is possibly why I have had such a hard time configuring IP Masq. It has worked, barely. TIA sean __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] How to Dial up
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, you wrote: I don't why but it still does not work. I tryed that it came up with "bash: /etc/resolv.conf: Permission denied" not to sure why I am the main user. You have to be "root" to edit /etc/resolv.conf. Although why you'd want to have a blank /etc/resolv.conf I'm not sure. If you've got correct information in your /etc/resolv.conf file, KPPP will use it, from what I'm told. I personally don't use KPPP since I have an ISDN router. :-) John
[newbie] Ip ranges
I am using squid and I have found that I am doing something wrong with assigning IP ranges. All the examples show complete class C ranges. Example: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255 would be entered as one of the following: 192.168.0.0/24 or 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 Now, I just want an IP ranges of 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.99 192.168.0.111 - 192.168.0.255 I tried the following: 192.168.0.0/192.168.0.99 192.168.0.111/192.168.0.255 That does not work... Any suggestions?
[newbie] Testing .. Emai (Size/Plain Text)
Hi, This look ok as far as size, wrapping and etc? At the moment .. Using Netscape Messanger. Thanks! Mark --
Re: [newbie] Testing .. Emai (Size/Plain Text)
looks fine mark Hi, This look ok as far as size, wrapping and etc? At the moment .. Using Netscape Messanger. Thanks! Mark --
Re: [newbie] Testing .. Emai (Size/Plain Text)
Yes it does, what are the settings? sean Mark Fitzgerald wrote: Hi, This look ok as far as size, wrapping and etc? At the moment .. Using Netscape Messanger. Thanks! Mark -- __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Problems setting up paths
First, what you did does not do it- it will set the second path mentioned (after the double pipe: ||) only if "sbin" is not already in the path. To ensure this is in your path, add another line (below this first one) like so: export PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/netscape Second, put this line at the bottom of /etc/profile to set it for all users. And by the way, a brand-new-shell IS started just by opening a new xterm. There's no need to restart X. -Matt Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 3 Jan 2000, Mike Ladwig wrote: On Mon, 03 Jan 2000, you wrote: How do you set the path? I am using the bash shell. I go into my .bashrc file and there is a line that looks like this: echo $PATH|grep -q /sbin || export PATH=$PATH:/usr/sbin/:/sbin/ then I add at the end of this line :/usr/local/netscape (I want netscape in my local path) I imagine this statement is making sure sbin is in my path, and it if isnt, then it adds it ( I am not sure what the || means.. I imagine thats an or command). But this doesnt work. I save the file, exit my xterm session, restart another and /usr/local/netscape does not show up in my path. Also this doesnt setup the global path so everyone will have this in their path settings. Where do you set the global path at? Thanks Scott -- Scott, Are you also exiting X and logging back in ? If all you do is edit the .bashrc and quit the xterm session. Then open another xterm session your .bashrc doesn't get run. Try going back to a login: then test your path. After you log back in type "echo $PATH" (no quotes) to make sure it worked. Hope this helps -[ Mike ]- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Instant Messenger
Does anyone know if there is an Aol Instant Messenger that works in Linux? Thanks. Eric
Re: [newbie] Instant Messenger
Actually AOL is working on porting AIM for linux. :) I thought there was a clone but I don't have it or know how to get it either. sean Eric Runnions wrote: Does anyone know if there is an Aol Instant Messenger that works in Linux? Thanks. Eric __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Instant Messenger
There is.. go to tucows, and get it..it's under messangers. sean wrote: Actually AOL is working on porting AIM for linux. :) I thought there was a clone but I don't have it or know how to get it either. sean Eric Runnions wrote: Does anyone know if there is an Aol Instant Messenger that works in Linux? Thanks. Eric __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Where is Kudzu
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, you wrote: On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, you wrote: When i tried to install the rpm it failed. It says that it needs libnewt.so.0.50. Do you have any idea where this is located. I looked on the Mandrake CD. try www.rpmfind.net John Kudzu can be found here-- ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/oxygen//Mandrake/RPMS/ the file is kudzu-0.23-1mdk.i586.rpm the libnewt.so.0.50 is part of the newt-0.50-12mdk.i586.rpm package at the above David
Re: [newbie] Instant Messenger
Do you have a link? I went to tucows and could not find a "messenger" list. It would be kind fun to mess with my wife. :) sean forest wrote: There is.. go to tucows, and get it..it's under messangers. sean wrote: Actually AOL is working on porting AIM for linux. :) I thought there was a clone but I don't have it or know how to get it either. sean Eric Runnions wrote: Does anyone know if there is an Aol Instant Messenger that works in Linux? Thanks. Eric __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] Looking for good video card
I'm looking for a higher end 3D card that runs at higher resolutions out of the box with Mandrake, as well as other linux flavors. It also needs to be able to handle my higher end games on windows. Any suggestions? I know NVidia just released the X server for the GeForce 256, but I'm not sure that's the route I want to go. Thanks. Petey
RE: [newbie] Ip ranges
Good evening Micheal; The problem is that you are using invalid subnets ... If you want to have 2 seperate subnets you can do as follows . Your first subnet will be from 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.127 - with 192.168.0.1 being your first and 192.168.0.126 being you last usable ip for that subnet Your second subnet will be from 192.168.0.128 - 192.168.0.255 - with 192.168.0.129 being your first and 192.168.0.254 being your last usable ip for that subnet. Your subnet mask would be /25 short or 255.255.255.128 in log notation .:) Ingo -Original Message- From: Michael D. Kirkpatrick [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 4:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Ip ranges I am using squid and I have found that I am doing something wrong with assigning IP ranges. All the examples show complete class C ranges. Example: 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.255 would be entered as one of the following: 192.168.0.0/24 or 192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 Now, I just want an IP ranges of 192.168.0.0 - 192.168.0.99 192.168.0.111 - 192.168.0.255 I tried the following: 192.168.0.0/192.168.0.99 192.168.0.111/192.168.0.255 That does not work... Any suggestions? application/ms-tnef
[newbie] Problem in X font
I recently installed Linux-mandrake in to my system. It is AMD p2 processor. The installation went fine, but at the time of X installation the confirmation window, "if you can see the window displayed all right" I can not read the words. It is like a black strip. But I can see the button and read ok in that. So I clicked ok and finished the installation. After rebooting, the desktop comes ok and colors are ok but I can not read any letters or tool tips. Every thing is black strip. The cursor is also big square instead of small dot. Can any one tell where the problem is. Do I need to change the font size or cursor size or any thing else. If so how. Thanks in advance Sudhakar
Re: [newbie] Instant Messenger
I found the file "everybuddy-0.0.7.tar." and unzipped it but the directions have got me nowhere, can't seem to install it. The directions say to compile as follows; from the source directory issue the folling commands ./gen ./configure make make install Thats it... only problem is it doesnt work. sean sean wrote: Do you have a link? I went to tucows and could not find a "messenger" list. It would be kind fun to mess with my wife. :) sean forest wrote: There is.. go to tucows, and get it..it's under messangers. sean wrote: Actually AOL is working on porting AIM for linux. :) I thought there was a clone but I don't have it or know how to get it either. sean Eric Runnions wrote: Does anyone know if there is an Aol Instant Messenger that works in Linux? Thanks. Eric __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Instant Messenger
here it is... http://users.tmok.com/~smike/ sean wrote: Do you have a link? I went to tucows and could not find a "messenger" list. It would be kind fun to mess with my wife. :) sean forest wrote: There is.. go to tucows, and get it..it's under messangers. sean wrote: Actually AOL is working on porting AIM for linux. :) I thought there was a clone but I don't have it or know how to get it either. sean Eric Runnions wrote: Does anyone know if there is an Aol Instant Messenger that works in Linux? Thanks. Eric __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Instant Messenger
what kind of instaaall do you have? DID it install correctly, and are you running the program afterwards? sean wrote: I found the file "everybuddy-0.0.7.tar." and unzipped it but the directions have got me nowhere, can't seem to install it. The directions say to compile as follows; from the source directory issue the folling commands ./gen ./configure make make install Thats it... only problem is it doesnt work. sean sean wrote: Do you have a link? I went to tucows and could not find a "messenger" list. It would be kind fun to mess with my wife. :) sean forest wrote: There is.. go to tucows, and get it..it's under messangers. sean wrote: Actually AOL is working on porting AIM for linux. :) I thought there was a clone but I don't have it or know how to get it either. sean Eric Runnions wrote: Does anyone know if there is an Aol Instant Messenger that works in Linux? Thanks. Eric __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Testing .. Emai (Size/Plain Text)
sean wrote: Yes it does, what are the settings? sean Mark Fitzgerald wrote: Hi, This look ok as far as size, wrapping and etc? At the moment .. Using Netscape Messanger. Thanks! Mark -- __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Hi, Messanger: Settings Send - Lines wrap at 70. Use fonts I choose. (I added true type fonts to system aswell.) Use plain text reply plain text made a .signature file guess that is about it. HTH Mark -- --- Mark Fitzgerald -||- Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] (@ @) -oOO--(_)--OOo--
Re: [newbie] Instant Messenger
Install? You must mean compilerdunno. I just installed Mandrake 6.1 from caldera 2.3 yesterday and am in process of configuring this box, I am no rocket scientist, thats why I subscibed to this list :) LOL I can follow directions real well, I am just getting my Linux bearings as Win95-98 has mushed my brain into "I have to have a GUI" mindset, kinda need the puter to hold my hand and do it all for me, LOL. I am definatly learning, been messing with the Linux for about 6 months now. sean forest wrote: what kind of instaaall do you have? DID it install correctly, and are you running the program afterwards? sean wrote: I found the file "everybuddy-0.0.7.tar." and unzipped it but the directions have got me nowhere, can't seem to install it. The directions say to compile as follows; from the source directory issue the folling commands ./gen ./configure make make install Thats it... only problem is it doesnt work. sean sean wrote: Do you have a link? I went to tucows and could not find a "messenger" list. It would be kind fun to mess with my wife. :) sean forest wrote: There is.. go to tucows, and get it..it's under messangers. sean wrote: Actually AOL is working on porting AIM for linux. :) I thought there was a clone but I don't have it or know how to get it either. sean Eric Runnions wrote: Does anyone know if there is an Aol Instant Messenger that works in Linux? Thanks. Eric __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Instant Messenger
Did you find the program your suposed to execute after you installed it. I think it installs to /usr/local/bin. If it's there try to execute that. sean wrote: Install? You must mean compilerdunno. I just installed Mandrake 6.1 from caldera 2.3 yesterday and am in process of configuring this box, I am no rocket scientist, thats why I subscibed to this list :) LOL I can follow directions real well, I am just getting my Linux bearings as Win95-98 has mushed my brain into "I have to have a GUI" mindset, kinda need the puter to hold my hand and do it all for me, LOL. I am definatly learning, been messing with the Linux for about 6 months now. sean forest wrote: what kind of instaaall do you have? DID it install correctly, and are you running the program afterwards? sean wrote: I found the file "everybuddy-0.0.7.tar." and unzipped it but the directions have got me nowhere, can't seem to install it. The directions say to compile as follows; from the source directory issue the folling commands ./gen ./configure make make install Thats it... only problem is it doesnt work. sean sean wrote: Do you have a link? I went to tucows and could not find a "messenger" list. It would be kind fun to mess with my wife. :) sean forest wrote: There is.. go to tucows, and get it..it's under messangers. sean wrote: Actually AOL is working on porting AIM for linux. :) I thought there was a clone but I don't have it or know how to get it either. sean Eric Runnions wrote: Does anyone know if there is an Aol Instant Messenger that works in Linux? Thanks. Eric __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Instant Internet start?
After you do that, create a Kppp icon on your desktop to make it *really* easy to start. Right click-New-Application-Kppp. Under the "Execute" tab, just put "kppp". -Josh Alan Shoemaker wrote: Steveassuming you are in the KDE desktop, open the application starter (the gear with the K on it at the bottom left hand corner of the screen) and choose Internet and then choose Kppp (cascading menus). It'll need setting up the first time you run it (pretty much like dial-up networking on Windows, but without the wizard). ;o) Alan Steve Leseman wrote: Is there a way to instantly launch dial-up networking from an icon (like in Win98), rather than having to go through Netconfig and three windows each time? And how can I get the modem lights to display in the taskbar? Thanks!
Re: [newbie] Instant Messenger
Do a search for GAIM. It stands for GNU Instant Messenger or something like that. It was made by a third party, but i'm sure it works pretty well. It comes as an RPM and was really easy to install. Dan Rasmussen
[newbie] X Install fails
Hello, I am trying to install to a gateway ppro 200 with a matrox millenium video card. I am using the custom installation in order to preserve my NT setup. The first time I installed X installed correctly or appeared to since I was able to run the test and see the xtest just fine. However I had configured the network card incorrectly and reinstalled to fix this. I have since installed at least 6 times and in each of these installs X fails to install. I can get thru the installation to the very end where X is configured but it fails to load the test screen and tells me there is a problem in my configuration. I can repeat the process as many times as I like with no better luck. It appears that the X server is not correctly installed and thus can not be configured. The only thing different in these installs is that I have set the network card up correctly. Is there a way to manually install the X server or other method to correct this problem. The machine does boot just fine to the command line. As expected attempting to run X gives errors with missing libraries such as libXmu.so.6. Any help would be appreciated. Patrick.
Re: [newbie] Do NOT invest in LinuxOne IPO!
Dear Alan: You are more than welcome. I hope everybody hears about it and tells their friends before someone really gets burned badly. I fear for Linux's reputation if LinuxOne does well. How in the world did they get the SEC to approve their IPO in the first place. There must be a way to stop what seems like possible fraud and on a massive scale. Benjamin -- Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Do NOT invest in LinuxOne IPO!
This is a good thought, and thanks for the warning. The website you have listed is wrong though. LinuxOne's website is at http://www.linuxone.net I found that address at Yahoo. Quoting Benjamin Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Dear friends: This may be off topic. However, the author, a leading and highly respected figure in Linux, Bruce Perens, has urged his readers to warn everyone against investing in what appears to be a shady Linux distribution that will holding its IPO very shortly on NASDAQ, namely, LinuxOne. He warns against getting fleeced by LinuxOne, which has registered itself on the NASDAQ under the very appealing but deceptive name LINX. They are a company that exists in name only. See their "web site" at http://www.linuxone.com. That says it all. The author is very worried that if LinuxOne turns out to be a fraud, it will not only rob thousands of people of their savings but damage Linux's reputation in the eyes of the public. To read all about it, here is the URL from www.linuxtoday.com: More Shady Stuff from LinuxOne http://www.technocrat.net Caveat emptor! Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
Re: [newbie] Problem in X font
What's your video chip? Are you sure you configured X proprerly? - Original Message - From: "Sudhakar Nagarajan" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 07, 2000 5:21 AM Subject: [newbie] Problem in X font I recently installed Linux-mandrake in to my system. It is AMD p2 processor. The installation went fine, but at the time of X installation the confirmation window, "if you can see the window displayed all right" I can not read the words. It is like a black strip. But I can see the button and read ok in that. So I clicked ok and finished the installation. After rebooting, the desktop comes ok and colors are ok but I can not read any letters or tool tips. Every thing is black strip. The cursor is also big square instead of small dot. Can any one tell where the problem is. Do I need to change the font size or cursor size or any thing else. If so how. Thanks in advance Sudhakar
[newbie] message log question
I found the following messages, many of them, in my /var/log/messages file - kernel: packet log: input deny eth0 proto=17 207.226.173.193:137 208.194.173.26:137 L=78 S=0x00 I=22928 F=0x T=117 There are many of these with differant numbers after the : . I recognize the second ip number, it's mine. What is the first ip number? and the stuff after them. Does the part input deny eth0 mean someone was trying to get into my firewall but were blocked? Chip
Re: [newbie] Where is Kudzu et al
Many of Mandrakes newest are here!!! (kudzu too) ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-devel/oxygen/Mandrake/RPMS/ Be patient and careful and things eventually seem to work :) I have been upgrading a L-M 6.1 system. William Bouterse Juneau Alaska
Re: [newbie] KDE problem after upgrading from 1.1.1 to 1.1.2
I downloaded the files with ...1.1.2-... so I believe those should be the correct files. When I tried rpm -e kde* I got an error - error: cannot open //var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm And when I tried rpm -uvh kde* I got the message: rpm: only one major mode may be specified I cannot run kpackage, it won't work at all. I tried gnorpm but that also would not work. I also tried rpm -Vp kde*, and rpm -i --replacepkgs kde*, and others and nothing will work. Worse of all, I can't run netconf or netcfg, so I can't fix my ipaddress on that machine, so it won't see the net, unless there is a way to change that from the command line. Chip John Aldrich wrote: On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, you wrote: I have Mandrake 6.0 on a AMD K6-2/350 (well, a couple actually), but on one machine I tried to upgrade KDE 1.1.1 to 1.1.2. I went to KDE's web site, then to their download site and ftp'd all the files in the directory, about a dozen or so. These were in rpm format. I'm *guessing* you got the wrong version of the KDE RPMs. Next time you might try using RPMfind.net to find the MANDRAKE 6.x KDE 1.1.2 updates, or go to www.linux-mandrake.com to find the list of mirrors and find the RPM files there. I'm guessing what happened is you have the RH 5.x KDE updates instead of the RH 6.x KDE updates. RH 6.x was the first RedHat version to incorporate the KDE desktop, etc and there is a HUGE difference as to where the KDE files are put when they are installed via RPM. Here's an FTP site for Mandrake updates: ftp.linux-mandrake.com/pub/updates/6.0/RPMS/ Try doing and rpm -e kde* and then an RPM -UVH kde* once you download all the MANDRAKE KDE updates. John
[newbie] Mounting Remote File servers
On me servers, I have SAMBA running. How do you mount one of the servers hard drives on another. Example: I want to mount, using SAMBA services, the Proxy server's hard drive on the web server so I can process the proxy logs. The SAMBA is all set up where I can open the hard drives on my Win 98 computer. If I have to install a client program on the web server, that is no problem. Just point me to where I can find it. Any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks in advance Mike
[newbie] Install Problem
I am trying to install Mandrake 6.5 on a PC with Windows Nt 4.0. Each time I run the setup.exe program to create the Linux Prep Tool to make a bootable floppy a Dr. Watson report is generated with the following. " An application error has occured. _INS0423._MP.EXE Exeption access violation (0xc005). address 0x0042b9be" Any ideas?
[newbie] -Tons of books : Free-
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Re: [newbie] Where is Kudzu
On Thu, 06 Jan 2000, you wrote: When i tried to install the rpm it failed. It says that it needs libnewt.so.0.50. Do you have any idea where this is located. I looked on the Mandrake CD. libnewt.so.0.50 is apart of the newt-0.50-12mdk package which you will also need to get
[newbie] Linux behind a w2k gateway
Hi, I'm trying to put my Linux network behind a w2k gateway to the internet. The w2k mahine has a hosts file in its windows folder with all of the Linux machines. I can get to the internet fine from the Linux machines via netscape going through the w2k gateway, but I can't reach any machine beyond our lan from the command line. I can't telnet, ping, ftp from the Linux command line, even if I use IP addresses. Thanks, Hidong
[newbie] More modem problems...
When i have linux look for the modem...it says "sorry, the modem is busy." does this mean i might have a winmodem?
[newbie] Re: [expert] splitting /home dir's
On Fri, 7 Jan 2000, Joseph S. Gardner wrote: :Well folks, after all the great suggestions regarding my planned SOHO :setup administration I thought I'd ask the next question that comes to :my feeble little mind. : :Is it possible to split the /home mounts over several drives / machines :and still refer to them as /home. Does NIS / NFS handle this (I know Hi Since disks are big and cheep these days, I suppose this is a question which gets asked by everyone who uses PC-s in networked enviroment. In short: YES I have a small system made from standard PC-s running as a linux NIS-group for the last 4-5 years at , and it works very nicely. Here is the description: +++ - A single NIS-server serves the whole group. Its uptimes are usually around 100 days, before I have to make some updates (which always happens off-hours), so I never bothered to install a secondary server. This machine is also a central mail-hub. - All the "newer" computers have approximately the same setup. Divergence is kept minimal by letting the "autorpm" automaticaly install any new programs over night. - Each of these machines exports all of its directories to other machines: /home (rw), and other dirs (ro). "home" dirs are auto-mounted everywhere as /homes/MACHINE-NAME using the autofs. In addition, a standard amd-map makes it possible to access all the data on any machine using the /net/MACHINE-NAME. The reason for using both amd and autofs is simple: autofs cannot auto-mount the whole export tree. amd can, but it is rather instable. - In addition, exports to a central NIS-server are done with "no-root-squash". This comes very handy, because one can add new users on the central machine, although their home-dirs reside on another one, by simply specifying /homes/MACHINE-NAME as its home directory. It also makes backuping a whole NIS-group from a central server possible. - Several old (486) computers are set-up with a rather minimal linux-configuration, and made into X-terminals. Because of the small monitors, and crappy graphics these beasts are not used much, but they do come handy from time to time for reading e-mails and so. Besides, they require no maintainance. + Looking back at these 4-5 years, I think this setup proved to be ideal for our University enviroment. The linux-workstations are rather "fat", i.e. every of them comes with the full set of programs, and user-directories are on their own machines, but the whole system can be kept reasonabely homogeneous because of the "autorpm". Since IDE disks are really cheap, and our network is only 10Mb/s, this leads to better performance and much better scaling at lower price compared to attaching a SCSI raid array to a NIS-server. Besides, we can get a money for a new PC now-and-there, but buying dedicated server-hardware is somewhat out of scope. The most difficult task was making it clear that PC-s should not be turned off overnight. Pleeding for a "friendly" behaviour (please do not turn it of, other people may be doing their calculations on your PC, want to print on your printer etc) did not help much, but mentioning something like: "Backups are done overnight. If your PC is turned off, it will not be backed-up!" did wonders. My suggestions to making this setup even better and easier to maintain would include "dhcp" server (easier configuration of the client machines), slave NIS-server (so that the main NIS-server can be turned off), and maybe something like a "mosix" cluster, so that everyone gets more performance with no additional work. hope this helps Denis --- Denis Havlik ||| http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik (@ @) [EMAIL PROTECTED] -oOO--(_)--OOo- Never trust an operating system you don't have sources for.
[newbie] splitting /home dir's
Well folks, after all the great suggestions regarding my planned SOHO setup administration I thought I'd ask the next question that comes to my feeble little mind. Is it possible to split the /home mounts over several drives / machines and still refer to them as /home. Does NIS / NFS handle this (I know RTFM and I am it's just that "inquiring minds gotta know" and I haven't gotten that far YET). I suppose this would be a problem with ISP's as they add users with each requiring drive space. Perhaps a better way to phrase the question is how does one grow their required /home space, does one simply substitute a larger drive as the old one fills or can you gracefully expand your /home partition across multiple drives? Thanks, -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] RE: [expert] splitting /home dir's
Joseph, Yes, it is possible to split users homes on different machines. BTW, If you want reliability (in case your main server goes down for a while), you'll have a master NIS server, with secondary NIS "slaves". (the terms are not the exact ones, but I don't remember exactly. What I know is that when you push the tables on the NIS master, it also pushes them on the other servers). Else, one single NIS server is sufficient. On the NIS server, you set up the passwd map (along with the shadow map I assume, like said before). You create another map auto.home, that associates loginname and home path. For instance : gardnerjs superman:/usr/home/gardnerjs gardnerpspiderman:/home/gardnerp Where superman and spiderman are two (NFS) servers for home directories. BTW, the NIS server(s) need not be the same as the servers for home directories. And then, (this is the hardest part) you need to have an automounter script that will check the auto.home map and automount from the right server the right home directory. I know this works well since we used it at work, when we have migrated our users from one server to another. But we use Solaris, and the map/automount scripts were made by other people and I didn't had a close look to how to do that... Good luck, Mathieu -Original Message- From: Joseph S. Gardner [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 07 January 2000 16:15 To: Linux Expert; Linux Newbie; Cleveland Linux Users Group Subject: [expert] splitting /home dir's Well folks, after all the great suggestions regarding my planned SOHO setup administration I thought I'd ask the next question that comes to my feeble little mind. Is it possible to split the /home mounts over several drives / machines and still refer to them as /home. Does NIS / NFS handle this (I know RTFM and I am it's just that "inquiring minds gotta know" and I haven't gotten that far YET). I suppose this would be a problem with ISP's as they add users with each requiring drive space. Perhaps a better way to phrase the question is how does one grow their required /home space, does one simply substitute a larger drive as the old one fills or can you gracefully expand your /home partition across multiple drives? Thanks, -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECTED]
