Re[2]: [newbie] Major crack/hack attack
Just a question...how did you do this? My box is sitting on a netwrok full time which is protected by a firewall. Will this stop intrusions into my machine or do I need to set up individual level security? I have tried various ip logging programs but for someone whio is fairly illiterate to network security, the outputs of these programs mean nothing to me... Thanks in advance, Wayne At 08:22 PM 4/10/00 -0600, you wrote: >A side note, but related: > >I haven't even TRIED to make my box secure - just followed directions in >various how-to's. Apparently someone tried to hack/crack my box while I was >sitting here. > >I saw my eth0 (dsl) connection suddenly spike for a few minutes. Asked my >buddy if it was him, did a last on each of the user names to see who was logged >in, couldn't find anything. > >Later I was looking in the samba logs - sure enough, a denied ip was there. > >Ain't linux great? > >Ty C. Mixon >F.T.C. Enterprises >[EMAIL PROTECTED] >ICQ 26147713 >
RE: Re[2]: [newbie] Major crack/hack attack
I have an even better solution for being secure - my NIC still does not work ! :-) So, no one can get into my machine - 'course, I can't get out except via windoze. I know this is off the topic of this thread, but I have posted and followed various other posts and info in the mail archive on getting a Linksys/Network Everywhere NC100 10/100 fast ethernet PCI NIC to work, but to no avail. Its supposed to use the tulip driver. Any attempts at loading various tulip drivers results in a "device busy" message. This is on Mandrake 6.1 - I'll be old and grey before Mandrake sends me my 7.02 upgrade CD. I think I'll just buy another card... cheers, philomena -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 10:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] Major crack/hack attack A side note, but related: I haven't even TRIED to make my box secure - just followed directions in various how-to's. Apparently someone tried to hack/crack my box while I was sitting here. I saw my eth0 (dsl) connection suddenly spike for a few minutes. Asked my buddy if it was him, did a last on each of the user names to see who was logged in, couldn't find anything. Later I was looking in the samba logs - sure enough, a denied ip was there. Ain't linux great? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
[newbie] (No Subject)
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[newbie] postfix or sendmail
is postfix better, at least with setup... sendmail is so confusing.? also, does anyone know of a RPM for a majordomo type mailing list program...besides MAILMAN...that's confusing also -- <===KompuKit===> Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer:http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M-F 6pm-12am,S+S 12pm-12am EST) <===KompuKit===>
[newbie] dumb as a doornail
Okay, I can do (a few) unix commands at the command line, but I can't even load the 2 extra CD applications that came with my Mandrake 2007 gold kit. I figured out you have to use them as boot disks, but when I press tab to list the contents, then it zips past too fast to read. I then try to type in "more" or "less" and it won't recognize those commands. I try to type "ls" and it won't recognize that either. I feel really stupid, what am I supposed to do? I need that Star Office really bad! Suki *** chickclick.com http://www.chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickmail.com sign up for your free email. http://www.chickshops.com boutique shopping from chickclick.com ***
[newbie] GOOD NIGHT!!
To All, I would like to apologize for the late postings or responses to some of the messages tonight, was late getting in here. Cannot let all of the messages go with out putting in my opinions as well. Just would like to see each of you as well as myself use a little more PROFESSIONALISM in our handling of the troubles and solutions to the problems of US Newbies and alot less of the BLAME game for our missunderstood problems. That is what this FORUM is for, at least that was MY impression, to ASK for assistance and hopefully receive some assistance with these missunderstood problems. I cannot give advise on ALL hardware problems just on those that have hardware that may be like mine. Authentic AMD K6 II 350m 3D Processor/w Sound, Modem, and Video on MOBO. Good Night All, don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
[newbie] Lexmark z51 driver? Anywhere?
Help! Searching everywhere for a driver for my new Lexmark. Idiot me bought the thing just before I got excited about switching to Linux, adn though I checked for everything in my system, forgot about printers. Anyone? It's really nice, would hate to trash it. *** chickclick.com http://www.chickclick.com girl sites that don't fake it. http://www.chickmail.com sign up for your free email. http://www.chickshops.com boutique shopping from chickclick.com ***
Re: [newbie] BeOS for music?
> I have heard a couple of posts elluding to the fact that BeOS is a good OS for > dealing with music Well consider that BeOS was in fact designed to be a mustimedia OS. So i would imageni that in whatever youre doing it will at sleast be more efficient, probably less resource hogging, etc. Consider also that companies like Steinberg and eMagic are porting packages such as Nuendo and Logic to Be, whereas there's been no talk of such things for Linux. Im working with some people who are using FreeBe right now, and at least at face value it appears that there are more quality sound tools for BeOS than Linux. Just my experience. . .
Re: [newbie] Install on Windows
Jim, Just so you can make an informed ERROR read the following quote from the Users Refernce Manual for Mandrake: "it is slow in comparison with a real installation: loopback mounting of a file (this is the method used) is not as fast as a filesystem located on adedicated partition; if you have to re-install Windows, your Linux-Mandrake system will also be lost..." If you still want to use lnx4win go ahead but it IS NOT recommended. don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:26:55 -0700 "Jim Ray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > If I have 2 drives and I want to install Linux on the 2nd drive, do I > not > fdisk the 2nd drive or do I leave it alone? > > I am using Linux4win installation. > > Thanks for the help. > > Jim > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
[newbie] python
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Re: [newbie] Any problems with Gateway's 500
Bob, The best advise I can give is DO NOT repeat DO NOT use the lnx4win install, use either PQMagic or lilo for your boot loader. don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. On Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:23:54 -0500 " Bob Root" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Getting ready to attempt my first installation, this is going to > be fun > :). wondering if anyone had any advise with regard the Gateway 500. > Machine has 128mgs of RAM, and 4.6 HD. Any assistant is > appreciated. > > Bob > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
[newbie] Setting up a NIC
Does anyone know how to set up a NIC?
Re[2]: [newbie] Major crack/hack attack
A side note, but related: I haven't even TRIED to make my box secure - just followed directions in various how-to's. Apparently someone tried to hack/crack my box while I was sitting here. I saw my eth0 (dsl) connection suddenly spike for a few minutes. Asked my buddy if it was him, did a last on each of the user names to see who was logged in, couldn't find anything. Later I was looking in the samba logs - sure enough, a denied ip was there. Ain't linux great? Ty C. Mixon F.T.C. Enterprises [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 26147713
Re: [Re: [[newbie] dumb firewall question]]
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, you wrote: > In that case providing you saw my earlier post, > you will know that I was a victim of script kiddies > just this morning. > > Firewall time, off to read the howto's. I have been following cable post as it's coming to my area soon. Security is a big issue with it. Following quite a few messages on it in a different area it was suggested that a firewall will do little to protect you on a cable network. The cable connection is acting like a bridge in most cases. A bridge does not route packets, it passes packets from one interface to the other. Everyone is sharing all the traffic of all nodes. A router was suggested in between you and the cable provider from one post. A little elaborate for just a simple home network or computer user. I don't have cable and have little experience with networking. I'm just monitoring the messages on it to make a decision when the time comes if I want to travel down that road. There is a big security issue with it that most don't consider. Be interested in hearing from others on the subject to get some education on how best to handle it.
Re: [newbie] Problems
David C Colvin wrote: > >Some questions, maybe you folks can help: > 1. The crossover question I asked earlier...any idea? I asked earlier if you could repeat the question =) -Stephen-
Re: [newbie] amd chip
"Arciniega, Ezio" wrote: > > Who has the link to remove me from this mailing list? > > This is really starting to get on my nerves... every link I found to remove > me has not worked. > > I know what will work - if I start acting up and cursing... such horror. > So, if someone would like to spare me the trouble and the rudeness, I'd be > much obliged. Go to the mailing list page at www.linux-mandrake.com. -Stephen-
Re: [newbie] amd chip (are great!)
AMD Chips are GreAt! I have both a k6-3 and a k6-2 (400s)! My original K6 was a piece of junk compared to the k6-2 series! 20% better performance in Quake2, than w/o special 3DNow! Pacth! Works Awesome! The Processor never over heats, EVEN w/ junk heatsinks! runs a full 10 degrees cooler than k6-3, (most of the time!) Also, not that it would matter too much, but the cost of a k6-2 400 is more than HALF the price of a Pentium II! -Julien - Original Message - From: Stephen F. Bosch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 2:17 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] amd chip > "Pittman, Merle" wrote: > > > > This may be a little off topic, but I thought I'd ask anyway. > > > > I have been given an AMD K62 333MHz and MB by a friend. Has anyone had any > > problems with these CPU's. > > > > I have heard rumors about them overheating and having problems (especially > > with win98). can anyone confirm this, or do you have comments of your own? > > > > Thanks. > > The K6/2 processors are excellent processors -- some of them got a bad > name because they were installed on poor motherboards -- > > so, what motherboard did he give you? > > -Stephen- > >
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beatWindowshandsdownon stability!!
Speaking as you were about motherboards, chipsets and such. What is your opinion of Intel's i810 chipset and the Celeron processor? I've bought a "real" modem, a "real" video card and am now in the market for a "real" audio card. I have since heard there are certain memory vendors that won't support the use of their memory chips in the i810 motherboards. Linux seems pretty happy with 96 MB, so I am guessing I won't be shopping for more memory anytime soon! What are your thoughts?? Vern On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, you wrote: > Jon wrote: > > > > "Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: > > > > > > *laughs* > > > > > > What motherboard do you have again? You're running an AMD K6/2 -- I'm > > > already suspicious (speaking from experience). > > > > > > Something is *definitely* wrong with your hardware if Linux is wobbly > > > and Win98 is stable. > > > > > > -Stephen- > > > > I love my amd k6-2 450 ... :( > > Don't get me wrong -- I'm not criticizing the AMD K6/2 - I think it was > an undersold processor. The problem was that a number of motherboard > manufacturers were apparently unwilling to throw real support behind it > and pushed boards onto the market that had not been adequately designed > and tested. > > -Stephen- -- Vernon Stilwell[EMAIL PROTECTED] RR#3 Box 168 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hardinsburg, KY 40143 [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wanna race? My penguin can do 466.94 BogoMIPS
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!
Excuse Me, I am for ONE of the very inexperienced users of either Windows or Linux, I do not think there are any here that are any newer at either one than myself. I just started with Linux/Mandrake Complete v7.0 from Macmillin Software, about 2-3 weeks ago or maybe a month. Not sure at this point. I do not know how to do any COMPILING or installing of any of the software from the Linux side. I do have some experience with the installing of Linux/M because I wanted to learn as I went and find what would work for me, if what I have learned can be of any service to others then I try to respond with what I know works and with what HardWare. NO Linux/M is not to blame for all of the troubles some are having, neither is the OPERATOR or the Hardware. The one thing that is needed by any that have a question is a little background on what you have as HardWare and the error messages you received when your problem started or ended your working. These people in this group that are willing to HELP need a little of the HELP from each that are asking so they can HELP you. STOP the BLAME game and use your head and expertise what ever it may be to ask your questions and GO forward NOT backwards and complain. These people here are GOOD at what they do and are willing to HELP you so HELP them as best you can. my $5.32, don I thought I knew that I knew what I thought But now I know that what I thought I knew Isn't what I know I think I thought I knew. On Sun, 9 Apr 2000 22:10:55 +0100 (BST) David Hugh-Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Vic wrote: > > > Uh oh, I hope you don't have a trouble with some of > > the hardware in the machine that your using. > > (snip) > > Hey, don't go blaming it on the hardware now. It's pretty clear that > Linux > is not an easy ride to install, no matter how stable it may be > afterwards. Mandrake 7.0 seems pretty good to me (well, apart from > trashing my Windows partition - do you think OS's suffer from > sibling > rivalry?) > > dave > > > > > > On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, paul haine mewed: > > > > OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have > enough > > > > PC savvy to > > > > get through this.. > > > > > > > > Linux is driving me crazy!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > I want to make it work..but it is becoming a pain in the ass!! > > > > > > > > Sorry, I just had to shout at someone!! > > > > > > I understand completely...I've been trying to get various > flavours of Linux > > > to run on my machine for about half a year now - Redhat 5.2, > 6.1, Suse > > > 6.something, and Mandrake 7 is the first that's actually managed > to make it > > > to the end of the installation. And still, I get freezes, > crashes - at least > > > with Windows you sometimes get a chance to recover, but with > Linux it just > > > stops working, kaput. > > > > > > With this plus all the hassle having to configure every little > detail > > > yourself, I think Linux for me is just going to remain a toy OS > for the > > > forseeable future... > > > YOU'RE PAYING TOO MUCH FOR THE INTERNET! Juno now offers FREE Internet Access! Try it today - there's no risk! For your FREE software, visit: http://dl.www.juno.com/get/tagj.
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!!
I have too in the past, Andy. George Jones (now at home) - Original Message - From: "andy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 5:08 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!! > In Windows, I'm using 'Tweaked' drivers I got off the web for my s3 Savage > card. This has made a huge difference to the performance of the card. > > Andy > - Original Message - > From: George Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: 10 April 2000 20:04 > Subject: RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown > on stability!! > > > > True, it's in the drivers (most of the time, something I failed to > > point out). One of my machines (p200mmx @250Mhz) which doesn't run Linux > > has a Permedia2 based card. The drivers from 3DLabs are the best I've ever > > come across. They're virtually bulletproof. I've never had a system crash > > due to video drivers on that machine. Driver quality does count for a lot. > > S3 is notorious for issuing horrible drivers. I've gone through at least a > > dozen drivers for my Savage4 and each one introduces new problems whil > > "fixing" old ones. > > > > >
Re: [newbie] black screen at start up after editing lilo.conf
at lilo linux vga=ask - Original Message - From: "Xavier Michalet" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 1:20 PM Subject: [newbie] black screen at start up after editing lilo.conf > Hi there ! > > I have used your help to be able to boot in console mode. Then I rushed > to change my lilo.conf file as recommended on a Linux on Inspiron web > site. that is I added a vga=795 line in it. Rebooted. Black screen. I > tried another suggestion, that is start at the prompt by: linux init 3 > vga=795 but to no avail. > Is there any recovery solution ? > Thanks in advance for your suggestions. > > Xavier. > >
Re: [newbie] Corel Wordperfect - Versions?
The 'lite' version is the download version and just doesn't include some of the clipart, etc. If you get the full version, you get more templates and jpegs. Mike "Glen M. Chambers" wrote: > Hello there, > > I know this is not a Mandrake questions but . . > > I've seen Corel Wordperfect Lite and also Corel Wordperfect personal > edition - What are the differences? > > :) > > Thanks. > > Glen > -- > ~~|| Glen M. Chambers ||~~ > Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > -- Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: Problem with X (Blank screen).
I did some looking around. Silicon Motion has a XFree86 driver (SVGA) on there website that supposedly works with their entire family. It appears to be a pre-3.3.6 version (November 98 vs. January 99) but it may work correctly. Maybe you should download and try it. Adrian -- - I just tried this on my old Packard Bell 486/66 w/4MB (Hey ... - shut-up! I was young, ignorant, and didn't know anything about - hardware or quality manufacturers.).
[newbie] Install on Windows
If I have 2 drives and I want to install Linux on the 2nd drive, do I not fdisk the 2nd drive or do I leave it alone? I am using Linux4win installation. Thanks for the help. Jim
[newbie] Problems
Some questions, maybe you folks can help: 1. The crossover question I asked earlier...any idea? 2. I have a "freshly" installed system, so no extra software has been installed except the Mandrake 7.0 install. When I use Netscape in xwin, it will work, then suddenly will stop. I mean the page will stay on the screen but when you click on a link, nothing happens. It just stays there. Shut Netscape down, and then try to bring it back up, and nothing happens, it merely "shrugs off" the attempt. Now, if I bring up a virtual terminal and look in the .netscape directory, there is a blinking file called lock. Delete this and netscape loads fine...for a while.. Ideas, thoughts? 3. I have one 8.5 gig hd and one cdrom. I want to hook up two more hard drives, copy some data from them, and then remove them from the system. How do I get Linux to recognize them so I can copy, then remove them from the system as easily? 4. One final problem: I am hooked to my campus ethernet network. While running windows, I get tremendous throughput loading pages, doing ftp, etc..now in netscape in linux, I am getting throughput no higher than 3.5k/sec and then it starts dropping, and stalls out..goes back up to 3.5/3.6 and drops slowly to 3.0, 2.9,2.8..etc then stalls out.. any ideas? 5. I had the same problem as I thought the others did...I try to telnet to my machine from somewhere else, and it says connected...I wait for the login prompt, it hesitates and then the connection is dropped. I know I should edit my /etc/inetd file..what should I make sure it has to be able to telnet in? Thanks Valjean
Re: [newbie] Setting up ppp
Hendrik Martin wrote: > > What should the default gateway be? (with kppp) > And the other settings? That depends on your ISP -- your ISP normally gives you default gateway information. -Stephen-
RE: [newbie] amd chip
Who has the link to remove me from this mailing list? This is really starting to get on my nerves... every link I found to remove me has not worked. I know what will work - if I start acting up and cursing... such horror. So, if someone would like to spare me the trouble and the rudeness, I'd be much obliged.
Re: [newbie] Major crack/hack attack
Vic, I'd suggest you have a look at the ipchains HOWTO, it's a lot easier than you'd imagine. It's got some useful examples in section 4. You can do stuff like reject all tcp packets from the ppp0 interface except for particular addresses and ports. And stuff like reject all SYN tcp packets (which are the ones for initiating connections). As we're on the internet, the only protocols that are available I believe, are udp,tcp and icmp. HTH Pak Vic wrote: > Well I don't know why I waited so long, > but it happened, some butthead cracked > into my linux box, trashed things while they > were at it, and helped themselves to web access, > my e mail service, and a dealy called news groups, > sending out threats to someone and my ISP > thought it was me, but I did not have a firewall > setup so I don't have firewall logs to show anyone. > > I am a total beginner with firewall setup, > so please go easy on me, as I know nothing > about firewalls other than they block things > from out on the net such as what happened > to me. > > whoever has the patience with me to do a step > by step setup with me will be greatly appreciated. > > Meanwhile, as I wait for a reply I will read up > the howto's and try to soak up as much info > from them as I can and ask any other questions > I have later. > > Many thanks. > > -- > > Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. > http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
Re: [newbie] Linux = Fileserver?
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello. > > A friend of mine told me that it possible to set up a linux machine as > file server for DOS / Win98 / WinNT using a network Card. > > Will it be easy to setup or will it need intense study of manual(s) ? > Permissions or Access control not be required, just a place to store & > retrieve files (i.e. full control for everyone). Very doable with Samba: www.samba.org Most Mandrake installs include it, however. I won't make any guarantees about setting up of Samba not requiring some reading, however. It's not always a cakewalk =) but definitely worth it. -Stephen-
Re: [newbie] FTP
David Walters wrote: > > Stephen, > > I have no problems accessing the partitions locally, as for vfat, all I did > was throw in the Mandrake cd and let it install (the disk was previously > unpartitioned). The reverse DNS seems to be OK (tried to do an nslookup back > to my machine which worked and I can telnet in without difficulty). I've > tried ftp-ing in from Win98 and Solaris. Win98 never gets in, Solaris > occasionally makes it in after 30 secs, but I can't recreate it every time. > I've also tried changing the access list, and also changed inetd.conf, so > that it wouldn't use the access list, but it made no difference. Ow, my brain. Give me a bit to chew on this one -- it sure smells like a reverse lookup failure, though if it were... you would be having trouble telnetting, too... Okay -- what's in /etc/mtab? -Stephen-
Re: [newbie] Corel Wordperfect - Versions?
"Glen M. Chambers" wrote: > Hello there, > > I know this is not a Mandrake questions but . . > > I've seen Corel Wordperfect Lite and also Corel Wordperfect personal > edition - What are the differences? > > :) > > Thanks. > > Glen As far as WP8 You get a CD Rom and Manual, Tech Tupport,Commercial Allowed, 5000 clipart, 187 textures, 130 fints, 90+ Express docs, netscape and Accrobat.. That was reading from the box. Get the WP Office 2000. It is GREAT! $100, but it's great... MarkP
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdownon stability!!
Oliver Stieber wrote: > why do things crash? hm > Driving too fast... following too closely... Falling asleep at the wheel MarKP
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!!
David Hugh-Jones wrote: > Well, I don't dispute that most problems are hardware related. I had > problems with my video and my graphics card. But that isn't the same as > saying it is the hardware's fault. Linux should be able to cope with what > people have on their machines. The hardware is a given. > It's not exaxtly "fault". It't just that Linux being a newer OS, and having less users, it stands to reason that it will have less harware support. Of course Win doen't really have any hardware support, it comes from the manufacturers, through drivers etc etc. Here Linux supprt is mostly on the OS CD... MarkP
[newbie] BeOS for music?
I have heard a couple of posts elluding to the fact that BeOS is a good OS for dealing with music - Can anyone elaborate? Can BeOS convert audio files to digital with better quality than Windo$e (or Linux)? Is the playback better quality? Does anyone know what compressed formats BeOS uses, and how thier quality stacks up against, say, MP3?
[newbie] DiskDrake Question
I've got some empty space next to my Linux partition, and I'd like for Linux to have it all! Is DiskDrake supposed to be able to resize a partition without loss of data? -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia USA Using Linux to get where I want to go...
Re: [newbie] icq
> 1. Icq java is a pregnant lumbering yak. I agree. At this point is a *non-functioning* lumbering yak... which is disturbing and makes me wonder about the rightness of the world. > 2. Icq Java stinks I haven't actually smelled it but I wouldn't doubt it. > > 3. One must get Licq? Head on over to http://www.licq.org Thanks! I'll try it out tonight.
Re: Problem with X (Blank screen).
On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Austin L. Denyer wrote: > Hi. > > I seem to be getting closer to the solution, but I'm not sure what it is. I > tried Adrian's logging trick and got the full log this time (thanks, > Adrian!). However, I couldn't see anything obviously wrong. > > So, I then tried switching between monitors (to try out Adrian's idea of the > wrong monitor being used), but with no success. > > Then, I accidentally made a discovery. Whilst trying the monitor swap > (special hot key on this laptop), I hit the wrong key, and hit the suspend > to disk key. For a moment, just before the suspend status screen appeared, > the display came back! When I resumed from the suspended system, the > display worked fine! > > This is repeatable - boot Linux into text console mode, run startx, lose > display, suspend to disk, resume, et voila! I have my display back. > > Does the above give anyone any pointers? > > Thanks for your help so far. > > Regards, > > Austin Denyer. > Did you try function-key swapping with a monitor attached? On mine, LCD->CRT->TV, does nothing under both Linux and Winblows other than switch back to the LCD, though I haven't tried with an external monitor. My PB has lost a beam and is so crappy I dare not attach it to my precious laptop. The fact that the display comes back after suspend suggests to me that this is a problem of XFree86 not enabling the LCD (though it may mean something else to other people). Here's my thinking. XFree86 is not apm aware. This causes problems on many systems as XFree86 does not know the display has changed (via BIOS). The way BIOS saves and restores the video state varies, on some peoples laptops a suspend/resume restores to a scrambled screen (BIOS restores the video to a basic, i.e. text console state, but XFree86 isn't aware of it and still streams out at 1024x768 or similar). On mine, a suspend/resume restores the screen (the BIOS apparently saves the screen state and restores it) but XFree86 has lost "focus" and requires a console switch and back. My point is that to me it sounds like XFree86 is setting up the display but not enabling the LCD out. The BIOS then saves the screen state (and other info), turns off the ports (LCD, hard drive, ect.), and shuts off power. On resume, the BIOS restores the info, and then reenables the ports (turning on the previously off LCD). This leads me back to my previous email. Did you try the "intern_disp" option in your XF86Config file? If your up to it, try downloading the source and building a new XFree86 with the "DEBUG" option enabled. This give alot of extra info on startup and may point you to a fix. Other than that, you may be out of luck. Maybe politely email the driver author and ask for help. Sorry for the rambling long-windedness. Adrian -- - I just tried this on my old Packard Bell 486/66 w/4MB (Hey ... - shut-up! I was young, ignorant, and didn't know anything about - hardware or quality manufacturers.).
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed tobeatWindowshandsdownon stability!!
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: I called my distributor after problems with my last K7M system, and they told me to send it back and get a Gigabyte (all AMD bridge) instead. Hardware *does* matter. -Stephen- My ASUA is working fine P2B-D I think... What MB MFR is better? I woulld like to know.. Thanks! MarkP
[newbie] Any problems with Gateway's 500
Getting ready to attempt my first installation, this is going to be fun :). wondering if anyone had any advise with regard the Gateway 500. Machine has 128mgs of RAM, and 4.6 HD. Any assistant is appreciated. Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [Re: [[newbie] dumb firewall question]]
In that case providing you saw my earlier post, you will know that I was a victim of script kiddies just this morning. Firewall time, off to read the howto's. On Fri, 16 May 2036, Jaguar mewed: > Script-kiddies=pin-head kids with more software than brains trying to CRACK > into someone elses computer for less than legal intent. > IMO > Jaguar > > Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > What "script kiddies" mean? > > > > On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, Stephen F. Bosch mewed: > > > Jaguar wrote: > > > > > > > > After having "script-kiddies" try to "DNS Malformed", Trojan Scanning, > and > > > > many other attcks on my static IP, I captured the attempts with > trace-route, > > > > and the BlackICE Defender log files, and sent them to @Home Abuse. > They > > > > replied that they are __NOT__, I repeat _NOT_ responsible for firewalls, > or > > > > protection of their clients data. > > > > > > Were said "script-kiddies" on the @home network? If so, then they *are* > > > responsible for dealing with them, not matter what they did. > > > > > > @Home abuse has already successfully eliminated many a threat for me =) > > > > > > But if they weren't @home customers, @home can't do much about it... > > > > > > -Stephen- > > -- > > My new linux web server with Apache > > http://kittypuss.dnydns.org > > > > Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. > > http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss > > > > Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at >http://webmail.netscape.com. -- Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows handsdown on stability!!
David Hugh-Jones wrote: On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Vic wrote: > Uh oh, I hope you don't have a trouble with some of > the hardware in the machine that your using. (snip) Hey, don't go blaming it on the hardware now. It's pretty clear that Linux is not an easy ride to install, no matter how stable it may be afterwards. I made sure ahead of time that my stuff was completely Linux comaptable. Asus MB, Advansys SCSI, HP 810 Printer, 20 gig HD (ata off for now), G400 Video (was on the Mandrake list), Yahama CD writer, Plextror CD, USR/3com external modem, SB Live!, etc etc. Mandrake install was click click click, Real Player was typing a couple simple lines, Word Perfect Office 2000 was a click click click and it's running. No compileing, configuring lilo tweaking, this and that... Linux does not have to be complicated. It can be simple. There is no reason that it has to be anymore. If they want more hardware Linux support, they are going to have to make it for the people (like me), that don't want to become software engineers. They shouldn't have to be. That is probably the biggest thing that I feel that Linux software writers should work on this year.. AND MUCH thanks to those people that are doing it MarkP
Re: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down abit now..and here is my Hardware List
> > I couldn't help about the scanner, but I don't think you're right about the TV > card : > I have a studio PCTV card, with a BT848 chip. So far, I've been able to to use > it under any OS I tried : Linux Mandrake 7.0-2 & RedHat 6.2, Winblows 98 & NT, > and freeBSD. I've never been able to identify this card properly..it came in the PC when I bought it from Time, and the drivers are on the system disc that came with the box. I've never known where to look for updated drivers or anything. Linux identifies the presence of the card, that's all Cheers Andy
Re: [newbie] amd chip
MDP, I use RH 6.0 and Win98 dual boot on a Packard Bell 955 K6-2 333 system. On board audio and video. 96meg ram. Runs all day, I use it for a gateway/firewall and client. steve Original Message Follows From: "Pittman, Merle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [newbie] amd chip Date: Mon, 10 Apr 2000 16:21:33 -0230 This may be a little off topic, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I have been given an AMD K62 333MHz and MB by a friend. Has anyone had any problems with these CPU's. I have heard rumors about them overheating and having problems (especially with win98). can anyone confirm this, or do you have comments of your own? Thanks. MDP __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] modifying a shell script
Just started taking a few first steps into the shallow water... I modified my xinitrc script to start a program. At the end of the script I added /usr/X11R6/bin/xlassie (plus various commandline options) to run xlassie, an email checker. X started fine but xlassie didn't show up. Have I got the wrong end of the stick? (No pun intended) cheers Dave
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!!
In Windows, I'm using 'Tweaked' drivers I got off the web for my s3 Savage card. This has made a huge difference to the performance of the card. Andy - Original Message - From: George Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: 10 April 2000 20:04 Subject: RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!! > True, it's in the drivers (most of the time, something I failed to > point out). One of my machines (p200mmx @250Mhz) which doesn't run Linux > has a Permedia2 based card. The drivers from 3DLabs are the best I've ever > come across. They're virtually bulletproof. I've never had a system crash > due to video drivers on that machine. Driver quality does count for a lot. > S3 is notorious for issuing horrible drivers. I've gone through at least a > dozen drivers for my Savage4 and each one introduces new problems whil > "fixing" old ones. > >
Re: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down a bitnow..and here is my Hardware List
andy wrote: > > OK.. > > I'm not at the PC with Linux on right now, but this is my hardware list as I > can remember it. > > Processor-AMD K6 2 450mhz > Ram- 128 meg PC100 > Graphics Card-S3 Savage 8mb (Under the name 'Sparkle') This could be important. > Linux will recognise all of these components, and installation goes like a > breeze.. > > What has been happening is that after I've gone in and out of Linux a frew > times (Sorry, can't be more specific than that-there seems no rhyme nor > reason to it!)..when I try to boot up, all seems to go ok (I see all the > 'OK's' coming back on the screen) but when it gets to the point where the > blue logon screen comes up (Where you choose root or user and the desktop > you want)..All I get is a flashing screen and a numlock keyboard light that > flashes at me!! Ah... an X problem. =) > A suggestion for my problem for getting onto the web was to edit my > /etc/resolv.conf file..I would be I can't find it!! I can find the /etc > file, but thats it !! I've gone to kppp and put in the information it > requests and I can actually connect to the ISP. The modem rings through and > I get the little modem icon in the tray at the bottom right...then > nothing..'Cannot locate the DNS Server' is all I get back when I try and > access a web site. Okay -- so, to be clear first, it works a few times, then stops working? how odd. The problem is probably not related to your /etc/resolv.conf file - it looks like X is not starting successfully. Can I assume you're able to boot into runlevel 3, if you have been looking for /etc/resolv.conf? Try this: At the LILO prompt, type "linux 3". When the boot sequence is finished, log in as you normally would (as a user). Now: $ X -probeonly 2> xerrors.txt Attach this result to your next post to the list -- it will help us help you. Next, I want you to actually go into X again, like so: $ su password: # telinit 5 Once in X, go to kppp and edit your connection settings. In the Account Setup, under the tab "IP", make sure the box "Auto-configure hostname from this IP" is unchecked. Next, make sure you have entered DNS server numbers entered for the account (make sure they're correct =) ). Then try connecting -- once connected, can you ping using IP addresses? Try pinging the IP of the domain name server. Open a Konsole, then: $ ping www.xxx.yyy.zzz Where www.xxx.yyy.zzz is the IP of the domain name servers of your ISP. Your ISP should have provided these addresses to you. If you can ping the IP, but not the domain name: $ ping www.yourisp.co.uk Then you have not put proper DNS server names in your kppp settings. I should point out that these are really separate problems (your flashing X screen and your DNS woes) but I wanted to try and help you out. Just don't confuse the two =). > I bet all those who've been on Linux for a while and are reading this are > going 'Oh s**, here we go, another thicko!! Not at all, I'm always happy that new people are taking up the challenge. Once you have it down, it stops being a challenge. I had to learn Windows, too. > I was thinking of approaching the local Linux group near to me, but I feel > that might be too much like going into the showers at school with the 'Big > Boys' if you get my meaning:-)) (ok..they might laugh at me!!) Heavens no. If they do, they're not worth *your* time. The smart user remembers that she was once new at it too. -Stephen-
RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!!
Hi, I have a S3 Virge card to without any problem !! On a mdk 7. Eric > -Original Message- > From: Mike Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 10:12 AM > To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' > Subject: RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat > Windowshandsdown on stability!! > > > H, I hear all the time about people having problems > with setting up hardware, and hardware that has no support > in Linux, but almost NEVER do I hear about Linux instability > on good hardware. > In fact I had an old system consisting of an Oktec Rhino9 board > with a cyrix M2 P200mmx that used to crash all the time in > winblows95 that worked perfectly for about 6 months on Linux > before it finally bit the dust (overclocked Cyrixes dont last long..) > > The only real hardware incompatibility that caused me freezes/lockups > and problems installing in Mandrake 6.02 was my old S3 Virge card. > I managed to get it running reasonably well but in the end slipped > an old Matrox in instead and never looked back. > > Just my 3 cents worth. > > Michael Perry. > R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal. > <<<>>> > > > > -Original Message- > > From: Stephen F. Bosch [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > > Sent: Mon 10 April 2000 7:45 > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Subject:Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat > > Windowshandsdownon stability!! > > > > paul haine wrote: > > > > > > Funny how when Windows doesn't work it's Windows fault, but when Linux > > > doesn't work it MUST be the hardware. > > > > *groan* > > > > If it bothers you, then be my guest, and dump Linux. Nobody's forcing > > you to use it. > > > > I have no irrational allegiance to any OS. I use Linux because it works, > > and shun Windows because it doesn't. > > > > -Stephen- > >
[newbie] Sound
Hello all, Using Mandrake 7 - Is there a util to configure sound cards and system sounds etc.? Glen -- ~~|| Glen M. Chambers ||~~ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie]
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > subscribe newbie Finally -- somebody who is trying to SUBSCRIBE to the list =) -Stephen-
Re: [newbie] Console-Layout
Jon wrote: > > at lilo do > > linux vga=ask Does this let you change the screen resolution in the console? I'd like to try some of the funkier character console resolutions =) -Stephen-
[newbie] black screen at start up after editing lilo.conf
Hi there ! I have used your help to be able to boot in console mode. Then I rushed to change my lilo.conf file as recommended on a Linux on Inspiron web site. that is I added a vga=795 line in it. Rebooted. Black screen. I tried another suggestion, that is start at the prompt by: linux init 3 vga=795 but to no avail. Is there any recovery solution ? Thanks in advance for your suggestions. Xavier.
Re: [newbie] amd chip
"Pittman, Merle" wrote: > > This may be a little off topic, but I thought I'd ask anyway. > > I have been given an AMD K62 333MHz and MB by a friend. Has anyone had any > problems with these CPU's. > > I have heard rumors about them overheating and having problems (especially > with win98). can anyone confirm this, or do you have comments of your own? > > Thanks. The K6/2 processors are excellent processors -- some of them got a bad name because they were installed on poor motherboards -- so, what motherboard did he give you? -Stephen-
Re: [newbie] UNSUBCRIBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Re: [newbie] amd chip
I thought it was a AMD 350 or greater. It had a problem in Win 95 because the chip was too fast for the OS - image that! 98 does not have this problem. Also just buy a nice fan to protect your chip and to make it run better. The faster the chip the hotter it runs. --- "Pittman, Merle" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This may be a little off topic, but I thought I'd > ask anyway. > > I have been given an AMD K62 333MHz and MB by a > friend. Has anyone had any > problems with these CPU's. > > I have heard rumors about them overheating and > having problems (especially > with win98). can anyone confirm this, or do you > have comments of your own? > > Thanks. > > MDP > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] amd chip
K62-333 can run at 350Mhz (3.5x100) with no problem, raise the voltage to 2.5v to stabalize it. The chip had problems with Win95a and b requiring a patch from Microsoft to solve. Win98 and Linux have no problems with this chip. [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/10/2000 03:59:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: (bcc: George Jones/US/ABNAMRO/NL) Subject:[newbie] amd chip This may be a little off topic, but I thought I'd ask anyway. I have been given an AMD K62 333MHz and MB by a friend. Has anyone had any problems with these CPU's. I have heard rumors about them overheating and having problems (especially with win98). can anyone confirm this, or do you have comments of your own? Thanks. MDP
[newbie] Installation Problem
While installing 7.0 on a Dell Dimension, 400mhz Celeron, after you select the packages, the install program shuts down with an error " Exited Abnormally, Received Signal 11" ?? What is going on? Version 6.0 installed with little problems. TIA VT Huelskamp
Re: [newbie] Re: Problem with X (Blank screen).
Hi. - Original Message - From: "Jon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Austin L. Denyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 2:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Re: Problem with X (Blank screen). > I don't know what kind of laptop you are using but mine has one of those > "special function keys" that switches between internal,external,both > displays. Have you played with this? In my bios is a place to tell laptop > to choose by default the __ display. > > Hopefully this perc-ed some ideas for you... Mine does indeed have the "special funcion key" you mention. Pressing this has no effect after the display disappears. In fact, it was while I was trying exactly this that I accidentally hit the "suspend to disk" button, and discovered that a suspend/resume corrected the display for the rest of the X session... To re-cap, booting Linux to the text console works fine. I only lose the display when starting X. When I run startx, I get the initial text screen, then the blue background screen (complete with mouse pointer). Before X initialization completes (before any icons appear), my screen goes blank. Shelling back to text mode, or even Ctrl-Alt-BS does not bring the screen back, although everything is still running. If I run Xconfigurator, I get the 'can you see me' screen fine. The laptop specs are: Atlas Flyer 4700. AMD K6/2, 380Mhz. 64 Mb RAM. Silicon Motion Lynx 910 video card, 4Mb video RAM. 1024 x 768 LCD laptop display panel. CD-ROM 6Gb HDD, partitioned as follows: hda1 - 140Mb - Suspend to disk hda2 - 2.0Gb - Win98 C:\ hda3 - n/a - DOS Extended; contains: hda5 - 2.0Gb - Win98 D:\ hda6 - 50Mb - Win98 E:\ (temporary, to keep drive mappings the same in Windoze!) hda7 - 128Mb - Linux Swap hda8 - 100Mb - Linux \boot hda9 - 1.6Gb - Linux \ I also have a PCMCIA modem, IrDA port, parallel Iomega Ditto Max Pro and a USB Zip drive to configure, but one hurdle at a time ;-D I'm running Mandrake Linux 7.0-2 (from the iso image downloaded from the Mandrake site). Any advice greatly appreciated. Thanks to everyone who has helped so far. Regards, Austin Denyer. > - Original Message - > From: "Austin L. Denyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "Linux Laptop (ML)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; "List > Linux-Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 6:56 AM > Subject: [newbie] Re: Problem with X (Blank screen). > > > > > > Hi. > > > > I seem to be getting closer to the solution, but I'm not sure what it is. > I > > tried Adrian's logging trick and got the full log this time (thanks, > > Adrian!). However, I couldn't see anything obviously wrong. > > > > So, I then tried switching between monitors (to try out Adrian's idea of > the > > wrong monitor being used), but with no success. > > > > Then, I accidentally made a discovery. Whilst trying the monitor swap > > (special hot key on this laptop), I hit the wrong key, and hit the suspend > > to disk key. For a moment, just before the suspend status screen > appeared, > > the display came back! When I resumed from the suspended system, the > > display worked fine! > > > > This is repeatable - boot Linux into text console mode, run startx, lose > > display, suspend to disk, resume, et voila! I have my display back. > > > > Does the above give anyone any pointers? > > > > Thanks for your help so far. > > > > Regards, > > > > Austin Denyer. > > > > - Original Message - > > From: "Adrian D Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:23 PM > > Subject: Re: Problem with X (Blank screen). > > > > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/07/2000 10:27:57 AM > > > [snip] > > > >The system itself installs fine, but I can't get X to work. > During > the > > > >setup (and later using Xconfigurator) the "can you see me" >test screen > > works > > > >fine, but when I try to run X for real I get a blank screen >a few > > seconds > > > >after the blue background appears. If I Ctrl-Alt-BS out, >linux is > still > > > >running (I can type 'reboot' and the system obliges) but I >still have > a > > > >blank > > > >screen (Alt-F(n) does not help). > > > [snip] > > > >So far, I have tried 'startx 2 > x.out' on the advice of >another list > > > [snip] > > > > > > Try doing a "startx 2>&1 |tee start.log" (you should be able to us a ">" > > instead > > > of the "|tee" but it never seems to work on mine) to write all output > > (standard > > > and error) to a log file. > > > My best guess (and that's all it is) is that XFree86 is finding and > > enabling the > > > external display first and then disabling/ignoring the internal display > > (LCD). > > > The driver for this just came out in 3.3.6 so there very well might be a > > general > > > detection bug. Several of the drivers will take an option in the > "display" > > > section like "intern_disp" to force the use. Have you tried this? > > > > > > Adrian > > > > > > > > > > >
Re: [newbie] Console-Layout
at lilo do linux vga=ask play with it to find the one you like. - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 8:39 AM Subject: [newbie] Console-Layout > Hello. > > I'd like to have more lines displayed at console (e.g. 50 lines), > but I haven't found out how :(( > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Drosti > > -- > Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net > >
[newbie] permissions, kde and msec
Hello, Please bear with me, this message is not short. I started using Linux last year, with a small version called doslinux that ran from a file in the dos filesystem. It was a pleasure so I bought a second hard drive and tried out SuSE linux and Red Hat 6. I have just installed linux-mandrake 7 (the others, except for doslinux, have been taken off). However it has presented me with some puzzles: 1) During the installation process I did not select the dos partitions to be mounted but mandrake mounts them anyway. What causes this? 2) If I edit the fstab file to remove them they still get mounted. They are always called /mnt/DOS_hda# (# being the hd number). How does it do this? 3) Unlike in redhat, slakware or SuSE I find that I cannot use chmod on any of the directories or files that mandrake has by default. It has no effect the system just ignores it. Even if I set security to none (welcome to hakers etc.). I have tried removing msec but that causes kde to be almost unusable - none of the panel features and icons work, all you can do is ctrl+alt+shift to log out. 4)If I try to look at the /mnt directory with kfm, kfm dies and so do the panel features and icons. To recover I have to log out and back in again. 5) Whichever window manager I am using, I cannot write to the dos file system that mandrake insists on mounting. This I think is also what is preventing WINE from working (it keeps complaining about files being unavailable or inaccessable). I am sending this message out because I have looked in all these places and failed to find a possible cause:- /etc/fstab /etc/profile /etc/bashrc .bashrc .bash_profile .cshrc .ked/shre/config/kfmrc and the other k#rc files and am trying to trawl through the /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit script for clues. I would be greatful if somebody could show me how to make mandrake as flexible as the other linuxes. All the above happens even when I log in as root. By the way what uses the variable SECURE_LEVEL that is set in the /etc/profile? Regards, Kizito
RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!!
why do things crash? hm > -Original Message- > From: George Jones [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 10 April 2000 15:02 > To: newbie > Subject: Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat > Windowshandsdownon stability!! > > > paul haine wrote: > > > > Funny how when Windows doesn't work it's Windows fault, but > when Linux > > doesn't work it MUST be the hardware. > > Not true, look at all of the S3 Savage 3, 4, and 2000 owners > out there (I > have a Diamond Stealth s540 Savage4) complaining on a regular > basis about > their hardware crashing Windows. To it's credit, the Stealth > III works > fine with Linux (no 3d accell though). Many times it is the > hardware, but > everyone is so used to blaming Windows that no matter what > "It has to be > Windows". AMD's processors 350Mhz+ required a patch in win95 > in order to > work. Intel had no such problem, Cyrix has no such problem. > Problem with > Windows? I doubt it. this was infact a problem with windows, a timing bug Amd 350Mhz+ were just too quick for windows, Cyrix and Intel process obviously wern't ;-> > Windows98SE works for me. It crashes > only when I try > something that I shouldn't... Like running OpenGL > screensavers (Savage4 > drivers don't allow GL accellerated savers to function). Application > crashes (read:Games!) happen because of instability of my video card. > Linux never crashes with the same hardware, then again, there's no 3D > accelleration for the Savage4 to crash it. this is usually a driver quality issue, which boils down to a few things. 1:- Quality of the driver development kit (windows/Linux etc... me thinks) 2:- 'Protection' given by the kernel and api (windows/Linux again) 3:- build quality of the drivers well this is the oem's responsibility. 4:- reliability of the hardware 5:- driver compatibility, and configuration windows nt 3.xx had good driver protection, the drivers could crash and the system would still run. (in theory) windows nt 4 less protection, bad drivers can kill the server windows nt 5(2000) similar protection to 95 , ie flaky anything dead computer. I'm not sure how Linux handles protection but I've had a fileing system and a video driver crash the computer has still been running. manly down to bad configuration. any how the quality of the final driver usually lies with the oem and not windows/linux(unless there certified drivers), but a poor os makes bullet-proofing a driver a near impossibility, and ends up with massive drivers. > My overclocked K6-2 450 (@500Mhz) runs everything just fine. > (So does my > Overclocked Celeron366 - 550Mhz) > > "I have no irrational allegiance to any OS. I use Linux because it > works,and shun Windows because it doesn't." > > But that's irrational in itself. Windows and Linux, as we > have seen, will > both crash. Your Hardware configuration may be what's > preventing you from > running Windows well. Your not looking into that is > irrational. Please > don't take this as a flame, that's not what I'm trying to do > here. For the > record the configuration of my main Linux/Windows box is: > > Matsonic 6120s Motherboard w/Alladin V chipset > AMD K6-2 450 @500Mhz > SB Live Value > Diamond Stealth III s540 > Linksys PCI nic > MIDIMan Winman 2x2 MIDI interface > 128mb Crucial Tech ram. > Generic USB Card from CompUSA (I shorted out the USB/PS2 ports on the > mobo) > Generic USB Mouse > 3Com Cable Modem. > > It runs Windows and Linux quite well. >
[newbie] Setting up ppp
Hi all, I have just installed Mandrake 7.0 on a PII 366 MHz. It runs on a second partition (Win98 on hda1). Installing was a breeze with everything easily configured. Except dial-up. I configured a dial-up connection when I installed Mandrake, but I cannot ping any IP addresses. I got my settings (dns etc.) from my service provider. How can I troubleshoot? (I know about route and ifconfig - the output looks OK) The /var/log/messages file does not give a clue. Am I missing something? Regards, Hendrik
[newbie] Mandrake 7.0 kde themes
Does any one know why when logged in as a user (kde) in Mandrake 7.0 that the themes do not work right (the theme colors don't fill in) and why under "styles" it is stuck as "Windows Style". Everything seems to work fine when logged in as root. (permissions maybe ?) TIA Mike Julien
Re: [newbie] how do i get in
Have you an IDE or SCSI HD? Is it 1st Drive or 2nd, 3rd, or 4th? What partition did you install to? /dev/hda<--- 1st IDE drive /dev/hdb<--- 2nd IDE drive /dev/sda<--- 1st SCSI drive /dev/sdb<--- 2nd SCSI drive etc. 1st partition on first IDE drive /dev/hda1 2nd partition on 3rd SCSI drive /dev/sdc2 etc. Starting to sound like it would be easier for you to reinstall. If you do, look for packages lame sag nag and install them. Documentation of a first rate nature... Once installed you will find them in /usr/dos/LDP Read 'em! Many things will become clearer. - Original Message - From: "Alex Leonard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 5:10 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] how do i get in > have tried those, when booting from cd rom, whatever i do without initrd= i > am sent through to the install screen, that being the graphical > installation. if i go with initrd= and this happens now on a number of > combinations including the boot disk i get > VFS: cannot open root device 00:00 > Kernal Panic: VFS: Unable to mout root fs on 03:01 (also on 00:00 & 00:01) > > so i am a wee bit confused, i also tried some of Richard Bonebrakes advice > on fdisk/mbr, but i kept on getting the same thing. > > should i just reinstall or will i be able to get into the mandrake that is > on my computer > > somewhere > > mewing all the way > alex > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of > Jon > Sent: 09 April 2000 04:43 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] how do i get in > > > > Alex Leonard wrote: > > > > i have lost dual boot, and now my boot disk doesnt work, it freezes at > > LIL > > it wont get through to the O > > > > how do i get in, it is all there installed on my computer but i cant > > use it. help > > > First off, you turn off the HTML in your mail composer so we can read > your cries for help... > > If you can boot off your cdrom, put it in and reboot. > > > Otherwise, boot into Windoze and make bootdisk from one of the images on > the cd. > > > Once you are on your way to booting up a screen will come up asking for > any parameters to pass to the kernel. > > > linux root=/dev/hda1 initrd= > > > Use the real partition of your root of course. If your partitions have > changed (You installed another OS Maybe) you can make a "rescue" disk to > allow you to boot a small version of linux and do system mantenance such > as fdisk -l /dev/hda to look at your partition table and figure out > where linux is... > > > initrd= > tells it to not run the install program and it is very important to > remember to put it in... > > Once you get in rerun /sbin/lilo > > > >
Re: [newbie] Console-Layout
DrostiI cut the below section out of the lilo.conf(5) man page. vga=mode This specifies the VGA text mode that should be selected when booting. The following values are recognized (case is ignored): normal: select normal 80x25 text mode. extended (or ext): select 80x50 text mode. ask: stop and ask for user input (at boot time). : use the corresponding text mode. A list of available modes can be obtained by booting with vga=ask and pressing [Enter]. If this variable is omitted, the VGA mode setting contained in the kernel image is used. (And that is set at compile time using the SVGA_MODE variable in the kernel Makefile, and can later be changed with the rdev(8) program.) Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hello. > > I'd like to have more lines displayed at console (e.g. 50 lines), > but I haven't found out how :(( > > Any help will be appreciated. > > Drosti > > -- > Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
Re: [newbie] FTP
David Walters wrote: > > Hi, > I'm building my first Linux webserver and I'm having terrible > trouble with ftp. When I ftp to the machine, I log in as a valid user and it > seems to hang for about a minute, and then I get "connection closed by > remote host". If I log in as an invalid user, I get kicked out straight > away, which is what I would expect. If I inspect the messages file, there > are several *unusual* messages before I get timed out: I get an I/O read > error on the floppy (which is an LS-120), a "FAT bread failed" message, and > a "cd-rom: open failed" message, always just before (in the log), but at the > same timestamp as my ftp log in. Has anyone got any ideas? Hmn... you're reading vfat partitions, aren't you? Are they mounted correctly? Can you access them locally? What I want to know is -- is the directory for the account you're using on a "foreign" vfat partition? That's one thing... the other question -- is the hostname on the machine you're ftp-ing from also correct? I mean, does it correspond with the real FQDN of the machine? Sometimes authentication will bog down if a reverse lookup fails. What platform are you ftp-ing from? -Stephen-
Re: [newbie] Making S3 Virge work
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > I have a generic video card, called '3D Excel - VC962-3D' with an S3 Virge > chipset - the documentation says it uses the S3d 64-bit engine - It has 2MB > VRAM, and in Windo$e it is capable of 1024x768 w/16-bit color - When I try to > config X, the only resolution that works is 640x480 (all color depths) - I have > tried all of the S3 Virge adapters in the list, and most of the other S3 cards > also... If I remember correctly, these cards require special treatment (I'm not even sure they use the standard S3 server - anyone?). Which leads me to the question -- do you have all the servers installed, and is Xconfigurator calling the right one? You may need to manually hack your XF86Config file. I did, and though it may seem daunting at first, it's not so bad once you get over the initial shock. What version of Xfree86 are you using? -Stephen-
Re: [newbie] Connection errors
Emmette Hutchison wrote: > > I only have telnet commented in /etc/inetd. ftpd is fine as far as > /etc/inetd.conf. Is sshd supposed to have an entry in this file as well? I'm not sure, as I've never implemented ssh. What does your /etc/inetd.conf look like, and what ftp client are you using? -Stephen-
Re: [newbie] Garbled time when trying to invoke "at" command
It is working now. Thanks. It was just a matter of syntax. Roger "Stephen F. Bosch" wrote: > Roger Bird wrote: > > > > I tried to do an "at" command but the only response I get is "Garbled time". > > I think trying to delete an "at" job, I screwed something up. > > *chuckles* > > That's what at says when you don't enter the time correctly =) (or > forget to enter the time) > > Check the man pages for proper syntax. > > -Stephen- -- Roger Bird <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Senior Accountant i4i 116 Spadina Ave., 5th Floor Toronto, Ontario M5V 2K6 ph 416.504.0141 Ext 206 fx 416.504.1785 http://www.i4i.com
Re: [newbie] Connection errors
I only have telnet commented in /etc/inetd. ftpd is fine as far as /etc/inetd.conf. Is sshd supposed to have an entry in this file as well? Emmette On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, Stephen F. Bosch wrote: > > Hi, Emmette: > > Emmette Hutchison wrote: > > > > I have been attempting to run services such as ftpd and sshd on my > > system and have had no luck with it at all. The daemons are enabled, > > running and the correct ports are open, but whenever I attempt to connect > > to them I recieve "Connection closed by foreign host" or "remote server > > has closed connection." I have looked at the config files for sshd, (I > > haven't changed them,) and they the same as those on another machine that > > sshd works on. I've installed via rpm and I have also compiled it, but I > > end up with the same results for each. > > Does inetd know you want to use these services? You have to enable them > in inetd before they'll work -- many (nearly all) tcp/udp requests go > through inetd first, which then passes them on to the respective > service. > > You have to add or uncomment entries for the services you want enabled > in /etc/inetd.conf. > > -Stephen- > > > >
[newbie] Making S3 Virge work
I have a generic video card, called '3D Excel - VC962-3D' with an S3 Virge chipset - the documentation says it uses the S3d 64-bit engine - It has 2MB VRAM, and in Windo$e it is capable of 1024x768 w/16-bit color - When I try to config X, the only resolution that works is 640x480 (all color depths) - I have tried all of the S3 Virge adapters in the list, and most of the other S3 cards also...
RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdownon stability!!
> paul haine wrote: > > > > Funny how when Windows doesn't work it's Windows fault, but when Linux > > doesn't work it MUST be the hardware. > > *groan* > > If it bothers you, then be my guest, and dump Linux. Nobody's forcing > you to use it. I never said anything about being forced. I use it out of curiosity, and have unfortunately been disappointed with it so far. But I'll keep using it sometimes, because I'm sure eventually it will be better and then I'll know how to use it. I'm pretty sure that eventually Linux will be more of a presence than it is now, and I'd like to have some experience with it. > I have no irrational allegiance to any OS. I use Linux because it works, > and shun Windows because it doesn't. Funny that, I use Windows as my main OS because it works, and don't use Linux because it doesn't. Horses for courses I guess.
[newbie] OPL3-SA3 sound card blues (+ PCMCIA SCSI adapter)
I recently installed Mandrake 7 on my laptop, and things went mostly alright, with the exception of my sound card and PCMCIA SCSI adapter. I could not find the latter in any of the supported hardware lists (plus it's both PCMCIA and SCSI, which I presume would make it a nightmare to support), so fair enough, but what about the card? I used Lothar, soundconfig and sndconfig to try to get it to work, but to no avail, even though I gave wach of these setup utilities the exact settings that the card succesfully uses under Windows 98. By altering them at random, I got to hear the funny Linus Torvalds testing sample, but the MIDI wouldn't work, and as a result, none of the utilities would let me use the card (just because the midi wouldn't work, which I don't even care about!) Can you shed some light on to this please? I am not clueless (technical support specialist for Windows platforms by profession), but I am a beginner with Linux. Thank you in advance for your help, -Alexander
[newbie] FTP
Hi, I'm building my first Linux webserver and I'm having terrible trouble with ftp. When I ftp to the machine, I log in as a valid user and it seems to hang for about a minute, and then I get "connection closed by remote host". If I log in as an invalid user, I get kicked out straight away, which is what I would expect. If I inspect the messages file, there are several *unusual* messages before I get timed out: I get an I/O read error on the floppy (which is an LS-120), a "FAT bread failed" message, and a "cd-rom: open failed" message, always just before (in the log), but at the same timestamp as my ftp log in. Has anyone got any ideas? Dave Walters Senior Support Specialist Luna Internet Ltd http://www.WorldHQ.com winmail.dat
Re: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down abit now..and here is my Hardware List
andy wrote: > Sorry, Linux won't recognise the TV Card or Scanner..my mistake!! I couldn't help about the scanner, but I don't think you're right about the TV card : I have a studio PCTV card, with a BT848 chip. So far, I've been able to to use it under any OS I tried : Linux Mandrake 7.0-2 & RedHat 6.2, Winblows 98 & NT, and freeBSD. > > > Andy > > > OK.. > > > > I'm not at the PC with Linux on right now, but this is my hardware list as > I > > can remember it. > > > > Processor-AMD K6 2 450mhz > > Ram- 128 meg PC100 > > Graphics Card-S3 Savage 8mb (Under the name 'Sparkle') > > Motherboard-T15VG+ > > Soundcard- Creative Ensonique > > Modem-External 56k V90/Flex speakerphone > > Hard Drive-8.4 gb IDE (Partitioned 5.4 gb to W98-3 gb to Linux) > > CD Rom-LG8320 > > CD Re-Writer-A Open 9420 > > Broktree TV/Teletext PCI card > > Scanner (Parallel Port) of 'Unknown Origin' (Bundled with the original > Time > > PC..of which little rremains!!) > > HP 670C Deskjet Printer on a seperate(ISA) Parallel port
[newbie] Console-Layout
Hello. I'd like to have more lines displayed at console (e.g. 50 lines), but I haven't found out how :(( Any help will be appreciated. Drosti -- Sent through GMX FreeMail - http://www.gmx.net
Re: [[newbie] dumb firewall question]
What "script kiddies" mean? On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, Stephen F. Bosch mewed: > Jaguar wrote: > > > > After having "script-kiddies" try to "DNS Malformed", Trojan Scanning, and > > many other attcks on my static IP, I captured the attempts with trace-route, > > and the BlackICE Defender log files, and sent them to @Home Abuse. They > > replied that they are __NOT__, I repeat _NOT_ responsible for firewalls, or > > protection of their clients data. > > Were said "script-kiddies" on the @home network? If so, then they *are* > responsible for dealing with them, not matter what they did. > > @Home abuse has already successfully eliminated many a threat for me =) > > But if they weren't @home customers, @home can't do much about it... > > -Stephen- -- My new linux web server with Apache http://kittypuss.dnydns.org Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
Re: [[newbie] dumb firewall question]
Many thanks!! On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, maxtorator mewed: > On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > Thanks, thats what I thought. > > I forgot where the firewall howto is, > > when I do find out or when you or someone > > tells me, I'm gonna go and snoop through it > > and see what I can do. > > Heres a link to FirewallHow-To > > http://howto.tucows.com/LDP/HOWTO/Firewall-HOWTO.html > > > Hope this helps you. > > > --Maxtor > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.maxtors.com > ICQ: 68275472 > Still learning this thing... -- My new linux web server with Apache http://kittypuss.dnydns.org Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windows hands down on stability!!
Say what?? I was not bashing, I was trying to diagnose, but I can always slack off and let someone else do it and not contribute-- On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, David Hugh-Jones mewed: > On Sun, 9 Apr 2000, Vic wrote: > > > Uh oh, I hope you don't have a trouble with some of > > the hardware in the machine that your using. > > (snip) > > Hey, don't go blaming it on the hardware now. It's pretty clear that Linux > is not an easy ride to install, no matter how stable it may be > afterwards. Mandrake 7.0 seems pretty good to me (well, apart from > trashing my Windows partition - do you think OS's suffer from sibling > rivalry?) > > dave > > > > > > On Sun, 09 Apr 2000, paul haine mewed: > > > > OK..I didn't expect an easy ride..but I thought I'd have enough > > > > PC savvy to > > > > get through this.. > > > > > > > > Linux is driving me crazy!! > > > > > > > > > > > > > I want to make it work..but it is becoming a pain in the ass!! > > > > > > > > Sorry, I just had to shout at someone!! > > > > > > I understand completely...I've been trying to get various flavours of Linux > > > to run on my machine for about half a year now - Redhat 5.2, 6.1, Suse > > > 6.something, and Mandrake 7 is the first that's actually managed to make it > > > to the end of the installation. And still, I get freezes, crashes - at least > > > with Windows you sometimes get a chance to recover, but with Linux it just > > > stops working, kaput. > > > > > > With this plus all the hassle having to configure every little detail > > > yourself, I think Linux for me is just going to remain a toy OS for the > > > forseeable future... > > -- My new linux web server with Apache http://kittypuss.dnydns.org Sign up for ClickDough and get paid to surf the web. http://secure.clickdough.com/servlets/cr/CRSignup.po?referral_id=kittypuss
Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdownon stability!!
paul haine wrote: > > Funny how when Windows doesn't work it's Windows fault, but when Linux > doesn't work it MUST be the hardware. Not true, look at all of the S3 Savage 3, 4, and 2000 owners out there (I have a Diamond Stealth s540 Savage4) complaining on a regular basis about their hardware crashing Windows. To it's credit, the Stealth III works fine with Linux (no 3d accell though). Many times it is the hardware, but everyone is so used to blaming Windows that no matter what "It has to be Windows". AMD's processors 350Mhz+ required a patch in win95 in order to work. Intel had no such problem, Cyrix has no such problem. Problem with Windows? I doubt it. Windows98SE works for me. It crashes only when I try something that I shouldn't... Like running OpenGL screensavers (Savage4 drivers don't allow GL accellerated savers to function). Application crashes (read:Games!) happen because of instability of my video card. Linux never crashes with the same hardware, then again, there's no 3D accelleration for the Savage4 to crash it. My overclocked K6-2 450 (@500Mhz) runs everything just fine. (So does my Overclocked Celeron366 - 550Mhz) "I have no irrational allegiance to any OS. I use Linux because it works,and shun Windows because it doesn't." But that's irrational in itself. Windows and Linux, as we have seen, will both crash. Your Hardware configuration may be what's preventing you from running Windows well. Your not looking into that is irrational. Please don't take this as a flame, that's not what I'm trying to do here. For the record the configuration of my main Linux/Windows box is: Matsonic 6120s Motherboard w/Alladin V chipset AMD K6-2 450 @500Mhz SB Live Value Diamond Stealth III s540 Linksys PCI nic MIDIMan Winman 2x2 MIDI interface 128mb Crucial Tech ram. Generic USB Card from CompUSA (I shorted out the USB/PS2 ports on the mobo) Generic USB Mouse 3Com Cable Modem. It runs Windows and Linux quite well.
Re: Problem with X (Blank screen).
Hi. I seem to be getting closer to the solution, but I'm not sure what it is. I tried Adrian's logging trick and got the full log this time (thanks, Adrian!). However, I couldn't see anything obviously wrong. So, I then tried switching between monitors (to try out Adrian's idea of the wrong monitor being used), but with no success. Then, I accidentally made a discovery. Whilst trying the monitor swap (special hot key on this laptop), I hit the wrong key, and hit the suspend to disk key. For a moment, just before the suspend status screen appeared, the display came back! When I resumed from the suspended system, the display worked fine! This is repeatable - boot Linux into text console mode, run startx, lose display, suspend to disk, resume, et voila! I have my display back. Does the above give anyone any pointers? Thanks for your help so far. Regards, Austin Denyer. - Original Message - From: "Adrian D Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:23 PM Subject: Re: Problem with X (Blank screen). > [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/07/2000 10:27:57 AM > [snip] > >The system itself installs fine, but I can't get X to work. > During the > >setup (and later using Xconfigurator) the "can you see me" >test screen works > >fine, but when I try to run X for real I get a blank screen >a few seconds > >after the blue background appears. If I Ctrl-Alt-BS out, >linux is still > >running (I can type 'reboot' and the system obliges) but I >still have a > >blank > >screen (Alt-F(n) does not help). > [snip] > >So far, I have tried 'startx 2 > x.out' on the advice of >another list > [snip] > > Try doing a "startx 2>&1 |tee start.log" (you should be able to us a ">" instead > of the "|tee" but it never seems to work on mine) to write all output (standard > and error) to a log file. > My best guess (and that's all it is) is that XFree86 is finding and enabling the > external display first and then disabling/ignoring the internal display (LCD). > The driver for this just came out in 3.3.6 so there very well might be a general > detection bug. Several of the drivers will take an option in the "display" > section like "intern_disp" to force the use. Have you tried this? > > Adrian > >
Re: [newbie] Samba: Windows can't log into Linux shares
Sorry if this is a double post but the original message had deleted my potion of the text. I have encountered the same problem trying to set up my home network with a couple of winblows98 boxes. In the end I had to delete the smb.comf file (after making a backup :) and creating a very basic file. At this point I went on the net for some literature on this subject. The best book I found was called Using Samba by Robert Eckstein, David Collier-Brown, and Peter Kelly. You can order or read "Online" @ http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/samba/chapter/book/index.html After I found this all I had to do was follow the steps chapter by chapter right down to how to configure my Win boxes. I hope this helps you as much as it helped me! Mike > This is a multi-part message in MIME format. > --955372097567_5077670671105383246 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii > > > I sent this a bit earlier, but it didn't seem to go thru - forgive if it's a > > double post. > > > > I have a working public share, and Windows can see my private shares, but > > whenever I try to log into them it always gives an invalid password error. > > > > I have no idea what to do. > > > > I've done the trblshooting steps from > > > > http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.html > > > > and can get thru to 9. When I run 'net use x: \\tymanthius\debsdir' it does > > ask for a psswd, but always tells me it's the wrong one. > > > > I am using ip masq'ing, and one of the things I've noticed is that in the ip > > reporting string both machines return the same ip. > > > > I can mount the shares from the windows machine ok (exept printing - I'll work > > on that later, unless someone thinks it's related). > > > > thanks!! > > > > > > Ty C. Mixon > > F.T.C. Enterprises > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > ICQ 26147713 > > > > > > > > > > > --955372097567_5077670671105383246-- > Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
Re: [newbie] Samba: Windows can't log into Linux shares
> I sent this a bit earlier, but it didn't seem to go thru - forgive if it's a > double post. > > I have a working public share, and Windows can see my private shares, but > whenever I try to log into them it always gives an invalid password error. > > I have no idea what to do. > > I've done the trblshooting steps from > > http://us3.samba.org/samba/docs/DIAGNOSIS.html > > and can get thru to 9. When I run 'net use x: \\tymanthius\debsdir' it does > ask for a psswd, but always tells me it's the wrong one. > > I am using ip masq'ing, and one of the things I've noticed is that in the ip > reporting string both machines return the same ip. > > I can mount the shares from the windows machine ok (exept printing - I'll work > on that later, unless someone thinks it's related). > > thanks!! > > > Ty C. Mixon > F.T.C. Enterprises > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ 26147713 > > > > Get your own free email account from http://www.popmail.com
[newbie] Re: [newbe] mandrake 7.0 and sshd question
Thanks. I did figure it out.. but it wasn't the answer I was hoping for.. I ended up giving up on OpenSSH and going to ssh.org http://www.ssh.org/ I followed their download area http://www.ipsec.com/download/ It installed, setup the host keys and "just worked" the first time. If you can't login to the other host 1: make sure that sshd is running on the host you want to login to. 2: if you have access to that host.. tail -f /var/log/messages to watch what happens when you attempt the login. good luck.. chuck "Michael N. Proffitt" wrote: > > Hi Chuck, I am also trying to use ssh for the first time. I have > created my public/private key and placed my public key on the remote > machine where I have an account that I wish to login to with ssh, but I > haven't had any luck yet actually logging in. > > I am going to give it another try here soon, and I'll forward you my > exact error message, or tell you what I end up doing to get it to work. > I may have to work with the remote system admin soon since I'm running > out of ideas. > > Mike > > - Original Message - > From: "Charles Bennett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 6:22 PM > Subject: [newbie] mandrake 7.0 and sshd question > > > Hi all, I pulled down the ssl and ssh packages from the mandrake > crypto > > link. > > The configure, compile and install happens withour complaint but > > starting > > sshd always gives me this error. > > > > error: Could not load host key: /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key: Success > > 1: Since the daemon didn't start what does "Success" mean? > > 2: ssh_host_key does exist in that directory. I generated it using > > > > ssh-keygen -f ssh_host_key, I also set the permissions to 600. > > > > I'm guessing that I generated the key improperly, but this is my > first > > time trying to use ssh so I'm not sure how to approach the problem. > > > > The online ssh.org etc.. seems to just assume that sshd will start > :-) > > not much help in the faq ot troubleshooting areas. > > > > Thanks > > > > chuck > > > > > > > > -- > > "'Tis some script kidd3z," I muttered, "tapping at my server > port-Only > > this, and nothing more." -- "'Tis some script kidd3z," I muttered, "tapping at my server port-Only this, and nothing more."
RE: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down a bi t now..and here is my Hardware List
I may be wrong, but I seem to remember a thread here about someone's problems with the S3 Savage. Anybody remember/have this card in Mandy 7.02? Michael Perry. R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal. <<<>>> > -Original Message- > From: andy [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Mon 10 April 2000 12:49 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down a > bit now..and here is my Hardware List > > OK.. > > I'm not at the PC with Linux on right now, but this is my hardware list as > I > can remember it. > > Processor-AMD K6 2 450mhz > Ram- 128 meg PC100 > Graphics Card-S3 Savage 8mb (Under the name 'Sparkle') > Motherboard-T15VG+ > Soundcard- Creative Ensonique > Modem-External 56k V90/Flex speakerphone > Hard Drive-8.4 gb IDE (Partitioned 5.4 gb to W98-3 gb to Linux) > CD Rom-LG8320 > CD Re-Writer-A Open 9420 > Broktree TV/Teletext PCI card > Scanner (Parallel Port) of 'Unknown Origin' (Bundled with the original > Time > PC..of which little rremains!!) > HP 670C Deskjet Printer on a seperate(ISA) Parallel port > >
Re: [newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down a bit now..and here is my Hardware List
Sorry, Linux won't recognise the TV Card or Scanner..my mistake!! Andy > OK.. > > I'm not at the PC with Linux on right now, but this is my hardware list as I > can remember it. > > Processor-AMD K6 2 450mhz > Ram- 128 meg PC100 > Graphics Card-S3 Savage 8mb (Under the name 'Sparkle') > Motherboard-T15VG+ > Soundcard- Creative Ensonique > Modem-External 56k V90/Flex speakerphone > Hard Drive-8.4 gb IDE (Partitioned 5.4 gb to W98-3 gb to Linux) > CD Rom-LG8320 > CD Re-Writer-A Open 9420 > Broktree TV/Teletext PCI card > Scanner (Parallel Port) of 'Unknown Origin' (Bundled with the original Time > PC..of which little rremains!!) > HP 670C Deskjet Printer on a seperate(ISA) Parallel port
[newbie] Thanks for all those replies...I've calmed down a bit now..and here is my Hardware List
OK.. I'm not at the PC with Linux on right now, but this is my hardware list as I can remember it. Processor-AMD K6 2 450mhz Ram- 128 meg PC100 Graphics Card-S3 Savage 8mb (Under the name 'Sparkle') Motherboard-T15VG+ Soundcard- Creative Ensonique Modem-External 56k V90/Flex speakerphone Hard Drive-8.4 gb IDE (Partitioned 5.4 gb to W98-3 gb to Linux) CD Rom-LG8320 CD Re-Writer-A Open 9420 Broktree TV/Teletext PCI card Scanner (Parallel Port) of 'Unknown Origin' (Bundled with the original Time PC..of which little rremains!!) HP 670C Deskjet Printer on a seperate(ISA) Parallel port Not 100% sure on these two, but it's running an Award Bios and I think it's a VIA chipset on the motherboard. All of these components are within 6 months of being new, except the hard drive and CD Rom which are 18 months old. Windows 98 on the main partiton runs without any major problems at all. I defrag and clean out my hard drive regularly, and generally keep the place spick and span. Linux will recognise all of these components, and installation goes like a breeze.. What has been happening is that after I've gone in and out of Linux a frew times (Sorry, can't be more specific than that-there seems no rhyme nor reason to it!)..when I try to boot up, all seems to go ok (I see all the 'OK's' coming back on the screen) but when it gets to the point where the blue logon screen comes up (Where you choose root or user and the desktop you want)..All I get is a flashing screen and a numlock keyboard light that flashes at me!! A suggestion for my problem for getting onto the web was to edit my /etc/resolv.conf file..I would be I can't find it!! I can find the /etc file, but thats it !! I've gone to kppp and put in the information it requests and I can actually connect to the ISP. The modem rings through and I get the little modem icon in the tray at the bottom right...then nothing..'Cannot locate the DNS Server' is all I get back when I try and access a web site. I bet all those who've been on Linux for a while and are reading this are going 'Oh s**, here we go, another thicko!! I really want to make this work..I LIKE a challenge. I'm 41, never had any computer training, never used DOS or even W3.1-W95 was my first o/s, never even touched a mouse until 30 months ago, so this is like learning a new language for me. I've invested in 'The Complete idiots Guide' as I did when I was new to Windows, and once I've got the basics down, like getting used to where things are in the file system, using the command prompts, etc..that will get me through to be (almost) competant!! It's just these set up problems I'm encountering. I was thinking of approaching the local Linux group near to me, but I feel that might be too much like going into the showers at school with the 'Big Boys' if you get my meaning:-)) (ok..they might laugh at me!!) Thanks again for all your patience...It won't beat me..well...not unless it's gonna cost me more money!! Cheers Andy (Manchester UK)
Re: [newbie] Wordperfect 8, and WINE
I think the number was in the magazine..check out the website, www.pcplus.co.uk , they usually keep things like that on there..I installed a package about 18 months after it was on a cover disc-I phned them up and they got me sorted, no problem. - Original Message - From: paul haine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:04 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Wordperfect 8, and WINE > > Are you trying to install it off the PC Plus disc from last year? > > > > There is a very good HTML help file on the disc which I followed to the > > letter and it installed easily..even for a 5 day old newbie like me!! > > That is the version I installed, yeah. I did actually manage to get it > installed, with the help of my neighbour who has used Linux for a little > longer than I have. I was annoyed though when it asked me for my serial > number, I thought it was a free version. Hey ho... > >
RE: [newbie] how do i get in
have tried those, when booting from cd rom, whatever i do without initrd= i am sent through to the install screen, that being the graphical installation. if i go with initrd= and this happens now on a number of combinations including the boot disk i get VFS: cannot open root device 00:00 Kernal Panic: VFS: Unable to mout root fs on 03:01 (also on 00:00 & 00:01) so i am a wee bit confused, i also tried some of Richard Bonebrakes advice on fdisk/mbr, but i kept on getting the same thing. should i just reinstall or will i be able to get into the mandrake that is on my computer somewhere mewing all the way alex -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jon Sent: 09 April 2000 04:43 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] how do i get in > Alex Leonard wrote: > > i have lost dual boot, and now my boot disk doesnt work, it freezes at > LIL > it wont get through to the O > > how do i get in, it is all there installed on my computer but i cant > use it. help First off, you turn off the HTML in your mail composer so we can read your cries for help... If you can boot off your cdrom, put it in and reboot. Otherwise, boot into Windoze and make bootdisk from one of the images on the cd. Once you are on your way to booting up a screen will come up asking for any parameters to pass to the kernel. linux root=/dev/hda1 initrd= Use the real partition of your root of course. If your partitions have changed (You installed another OS Maybe) you can make a "rescue" disk to allow you to boot a small version of linux and do system mantenance such as fdisk -l /dev/hda to look at your partition table and figure out where linux is... initrd= tells it to not run the install program and it is very important to remember to put it in... Once you get in rerun /sbin/lilo
Re: [newbie] re os/2 and Beos
What I believe would make it easier to read your posts and your questions would be to cut out the HTML and images in your messages and use a bit more punctuation in your messages. Valjean On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, magick wrote: > the question was simple are beos and os/2 or are they not linux/unix clones and is >os/2 available for downlaod not interested in beos tried it and it wouldn't find my >hardware modem only my winmodem >
Re: [newbie] help to all
a...you see? that is your problem... what distribution do you have? what version of linux is it? do you have mandrake linux...or what? what cpu you running...is it a 486 or 586? all these things must be taken into account magick wrote: > > jsut always like to have the most rescent versions of things and all the > rpms i tried to upgrade to were i586 and made for mandrake as the had the > .mdk in them x 4.0 is suposed to have new features > - Original Message - > From: "KompuKit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 8:25 PM > Subject: Re: [newbie] help to all > > > why do you want to upgrade x to 4.0? > > > > what is this upgrade you speak of...? > > > > why upgrade something that works fine...? > > most of the time...I've found that if I try > > to upgrade...lets say...using a i386.rpm.. > > in mandrake which is i586it practically messes up everything. > > this could be your problem... > > > > magick wrote: > > > > > > only real problem i have is upgrading x to 4.0 keeps crashing my gui and > i > > > have to keep reinstalling linux > > > - Original Message - > > > From: "KompuKit" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: "Mandrake Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 6:23 PM > > > Subject: [newbie] help to all > > > > > > > I've posted this help awhile back... > > > > but I'll post it again... > > > > > > > > I'm also a newbie...for about 3 months now... > > > > but I've noticed one thing...in those three months... > > > > > > > > Linux IS (no doubt in my mind)...the best OS there is, > > > > outside of UNIX itself. It puts windows to shame... > > > > > > > > The reason most of us...have trouble (at first)... > > > > is due to not installing correctly... > > > > granted Mandrake 7.0 and 7.02 is supposed to make this > > > > process easierand it does. However, you first must > > > > make sure...that all hardware is compatible. > > > > Once this is done, if you have trouble with the UPGRADE > > > > install option...then what you need to do...is this: > > > > > > > > 1. completely remove/re-format all linux partitons. > > > > > > > > 2. instead of doing a upgrade...do a complete re-install, > > > >a fresh install, making new partitons...etc. > > > >in other words, starting from scratch... > > > > > > > > I had countless problems myself, in installing linux > > > > the first time...until, I found this remedy... > > > > > > > > 3. If you still have problems, then it is most likely > > > >in the CD itself...(or, whereever/whatever you installed from) > > > >i.e. check to make sure the CD is clean from all debris, is > > > >scratchfree, etc. I don't care what others may tell you, > > > >a CD ...CAN and WILL mess upif not properly taken care of. > > > > > > > > 4. Try downloading the files again...if this is how you installed. > > > > > > > > Goodluck and God bless > > > > -- > > > > <===KompuKit===> > > > > Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. > > > > Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com > > > > WebServer:http://kompukit.dyndns.org > > > > (Server Runs between M-F 6pm-12am,S+S 12pm-12am EST) > > > > <===KompuKit===> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > GET THE BEST FREE INTERNET ACCESS > > > * Free Email * Free Support * Software* > > > * No Credit Check * Privacy Guaranteed* > > > GOTO http://www.HomeFreeWeb.com > > > > -- > > <===KompuKit===> > > Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. > > Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com > > WebServer:http://kompukit.dyndns.org > > (Server Runs between M-F 6pm-12am,S+S 12pm-12am EST) > > <===KompuKit===> > > > > > > GET THE BEST FREE INTERNET ACCESS > * Free Email * Free Support * Software* > * No Credit Check * Privacy Guaranteed* > GOTO http://www.HomeFreeWeb.com -- <===KompuKit===> Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer:http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M-F 6pm-12am,S+S 12pm-12am EST) <===KompuKit===>
Re: [newbie] windows mouse possition sensibitlity
Gustavo, if you use the Sawmill window manager, you will get this effect. Wayne On Mon, 10 Apr 2000, you wrote: > Hello > I want that the windows sensibility in my linux ( mandrake 7.0 ) will > be like in UNIX , I mean > when is the mouse is the current window , and no like Windows I mean for > change current > window I need push left mouse button in the new current window > > > > -- > _/_/_/_/.._/. _/._/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/ _/.._/._/_/_/_/.. > >_/..._/._/._/..._/..._/.._/.._/_/.._/._/... > ..._/..._/_/.._/._/._/_/_/_/..._/..._/_/_/_/..._/..._/.._/._/ > >.._/.._/.._/._/._/..._/..._/.._/_/._/..._/._/. > __/_/_/_/.._/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/.._/..._/.._/._/_/..._/_/_/_/.. > .Gustavo Halperin... > ..Paradigm Geophysical..\\\Y///. > [EMAIL PROTECTED]\\ ^ ^ // > ..972-9-9709318..(/ @ @ \).. > --oOOo-(_)-oOOo- > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ > _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
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Re: [newbie] Connection errors
Hi, Emmette: Emmette Hutchison wrote: > > I have been attempting to run services such as ftpd and sshd on my > system and have had no luck with it at all. The daemons are enabled, > running and the correct ports are open, but whenever I attempt to connect > to them I recieve "Connection closed by foreign host" or "remote server > has closed connection." I have looked at the config files for sshd, (I > haven't changed them,) and they the same as those on another machine that > sshd works on. I've installed via rpm and I have also compiled it, but I > end up with the same results for each. Does inetd know you want to use these services? You have to enable them in inetd before they'll work -- many (nearly all) tcp/udp requests go through inetd first, which then passes them on to the respective service. You have to add or uncomment entries for the services you want enabled in /etc/inetd.conf. -Stephen-
[newbie] Connection errors
I have been attempting to run services such as ftpd and sshd on my system and have had no luck with it at all. The daemons are enabled, running and the correct ports are open, but whenever I attempt to connect to them I recieve "Connection closed by foreign host" or "remote server has closed connection." I have looked at the config files for sshd, (I haven't changed them,) and they the same as those on another machine that sshd works on. I've installed via rpm and I have also compiled it, but I end up with the same results for each. Thanks for any help, Emmette
Re: [newbie] BB
Re-post - due to stupid email address displayed ?? As In BigBrother ? I'm currently running BB on Mandrake 6.0 and in the process of switching over to 7.0 Reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Dietzer Shawn (SARCOM)" wrote: Any BB administrators out there..?
[newbie] windows mouse possition sensibitlity
Hello I want that the windows sensibility in my linux ( mandrake 7.0 ) will be like in UNIX , I mean when is the mouse is the current window , and no like Windows I mean for change current window I need push left mouse button in the new current window -- _/_/_/_/.._/. _/._/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/ _/.._/._/_/_/_/.. ..._/..._/._/._/..._/..._/.._/.._/_/.._/._/... .._/..._/_/.._/._/._/_/_/_/..._/..._/_/_/_/..._/..._/.._/._/ ._/.._/.._/._/._/..._/..._/.._/_/._/..._/._/. _/_/_/_/.._/_/_/_/._/_/_/_/.._/..._/.._/._/_/..._/_/_/_/.. .Gustavo Halperin... .Paradigm Geophysical..\\\Y///. [EMAIL PROTECTED]\\ ^ ^ // .972-9-9709318..(/ @ @ \).. -oOOo-(_)-oOOo- _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/ _/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/_/
Re: [newbie] BB
As In BigBrother ? I'm currently running BB on Mandrake 6.0 and in the process of switching over to 7.0 Andrew "Dietzer Shawn (SARCOM)" wrote: > Any BB administrators out there..?
Re: [newbie] Telneting into POP3 server
Most Excellent! Thank you!!! - Original Message - From: "Eugene C. Zesch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, April 09, 2000 10:13 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Telneting into POP3 server > Jon wrote: > > > > Mike Perry wrote: > > > > > > > Actually, if you really want performance, then just telnet straight > > > > into your pop3 server.. > > > I have always wanted to be able to do that. Never known where to look > > for documentation. > > > > Is there a howto floating about? > > Tryhttp://home.sprynet.com/~edm/connect.htm#Telnet Maintenance of > Your Mailbox > > > Gene > >
[newbie] http://www.mandrakeuser.org/
Hey! How bout wandering over to http://www.mandrakeuser.org/ and filling up his forum a little bit eh! Its a bit like going to a party and not wanting to be the 1st to go in so you go around the block a few times until you see others going in and then you can too :-) And he has called it such a cute name "MUF" as in Mandrake Users Forum. Think of the possibilities eh :-) Cheers: Michael Perry. R&D. Dep. Netafim Magal. <<<>>>
Re: [newbie] UNSUBCRIBE!!!!!!!!!!!!!
- Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 7:32 PM Subject: [newbie] UNSUBCRIBE! > > >
