date:20000510


Jameschances are that the telnet-server rpm hasn't been
installed.  If not, it'll be on the installation CD:

/mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS/telnet-server-0.14-2mdk.i586.rpm

Alan


"James L. Brady" wrote:
> 
> Why is it that I can not telnet into my Linux box? I can ping the linux box
> from any computer and even ping other computers from Linux. But, every time
> that I try to telnet into it I get an error message. It says something to
> the affect that the connection was rejected. ???
> 
> Thanks,
> 
> Jlbrady MCSE, CNA
> 
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Re: [newbie] Netscape update for mdk 7.02


Bobno, absolutely not.  Holding down the shift key is a
standard netscape proceedure when clicking on a download
link.  

Alan


Bob wrote:
> 
> Alan,
> Is this post an indication of the Mandrake 7.02  netscape 4.7 rpm as
> being no good??  I just removed the common and navigator with xrpm, after three
> days of attempting to figure out why I could not access the files.  The rpm's
> made available 7.02 aren't of any use.
> 
> On Wed, 10 May 2000, you wrote:
> > Michaelwhen you click on the link that produces the
> > garbage, hold down the shift key as you click.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> >
> > Michael wrote:
> > >
> > > David (Mr. Smartypants from France) wrote:
> > > Michael écrivit :
> > >
> > > > Well, I may have been a bit hasty with the adulation(see
> > > my previous
> > > > post).
> > > > RPMfind says I have netscape 4.70-6mdk. When I look at hte
> > > list of
> > > > packages , the only mdk specific one i see is
> > > > 4.61 stable-1mdk. The  4.72's seem to be for redhat.
> > >
> >

Re: [newbie] Down with LILO!

2000-05-10 Thread Wayne Petherick


After installing LILO in my MBR I was wondering if there is
any way you can move it from there to the start of the linux
partition.  I have some boot manager software I would like to use
but can't while LILO is sitting in the MBR.

Thanks.,

Wayne

Re: [newbie] Can't telnet

2000-05-10 Thread James Little


Open a terminal and type "killall -HUP Inetd"(This stops all incoming 
connections.
Go to the /etc directory and there should be a file named inetd.conf.  Edit 
this file.  You're looking for a line that reads:
#telnet  stream  tcpnowait  root  /usr/sbin/tcpd  in.telnetd
It is uncommented by the #, so take it out.  If the line isn't there at all, 
just add without the #.
Go back to your terminal and type inetd(restarts incoming connections)
This will allow you to telnet in.
HINT: there should also be an ftp line there if you want to enable that too!

Good Luck and let us know!


From: "James L. Brady" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Can't telnet
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 23:17:53 -0400

Why is it that I can not telnet into my Linux box? I can ping the linux box
from any computer and even ping other computers from Linux. But, every time
that I try to telnet into it I get an error message. It says something to
the affect that the connection was rejected. ???


Thanks,



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Re: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible

2000-05-10 Thread Jim Brown



I don't know if this will help, but this is what I did.
In /etc/fstab, I moved the cdrom line above the floppy line.  (just for grins)

And also, the device I used was not /dev/hdd it was /dev/scd0.
Once I did those two things everything started working.
I was reading the www.linux-mandrake.com tutorials page is
what gave me that idea to use the scd0.  You might want to go
there and read where it talks about getting a cdwriter working
with mandrake.  Apparently it tricks the cdwriter by using the
scsi device for it even though it's really IDE.  During installation,
it weirdly sets it back to IDE and then it quits working - That's
why it quits working after you install linux-mandrake.  The
tutorial helped me understand it some - check it out.

my fstab looks like (partial):
/mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/scd0 0 0
/mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0

make sure /dev/cdrom links to /dev/scd0
cd /dev
ls -l cdrom
cdrom -> scd0


Eduardo Arauz wrote:

> -Original Message-
> From:   Eduardo Arauz [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:   Tuesday, May 09, 2000 4:02 AM
> To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'; '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
> Subject:RE: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible
>
> Hi Alan i am having a similar problem mounting my cd rom, but in this case
> i ve trying almost everything ( today i will try to switch the IDE cables
> of my cd rom and cd-R to see what happens), and my fstab is exactly like
> the one above
> -- i have changed it to a thousand different forms and nothing happens, it
> sends the following error " unable to accses the specific directory" or the
> other error is " inut/output error"... i am thinking that is a hardware
> problem with my jumpers because the others device supermount perfectly.
> and yes i disabled the supermount and try to make it manual and the same
> error occurs.
> please if you or something else can help me ...
>
> J--->>imoh, I didn't realize that you're using supermount.
> That line in your /etc/fstab file is not correct, it should be
> like the one below:
>
> /mnt/cdrom  /mnt/cdrom  supermount  fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom
> 0 0
>
> and of course the softlink /dev/cdrom should link to /dev/hdd
>
> Alan
>
> -Original Message-
> From:   Alan Shoemaker [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent:   Saturday, May 06, 2000 12:28 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Cc: Jim Brown
> Subject:Re: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible
>
> Jimoh, I didn't realize that you're using supermount.
> That line in your /etc/fstab file is not correct, it should be
> like the one below:
>
> /mnt/cdrom  /mnt/cdrom  supermount  fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom
> 0 0
>
> and of course the softlink /dev/cdrom should link to /dev/hdd
>
> Alan
>
> Jim Brown wrote:
> >
> > Thanks for the info!
> > I did an "ls -l" in the /dev dir and it shows "cdrom -> hdd"
> > I tried deleting that and doing "ln -s hdc cdrom"  and "ln -s hdb cdrom"
> > etc for different devices.  They all still go to the floppy when I get
> into
> > kscd.  I looked at the configuration for kscd and it shows "/mnt/cdrom".
> > I looked at fstab and it shows for the cd:
> > "/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount exec,dev,suid,rw,fs=iso9660 0 0"
> >
> > Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > > Jimit sounds like /dev/cdrom is a softlink pointing to
> > > /dev/fd0.  It should be a softlink pointing to /dev/hdd
> > > instead.
> > >
> > > Alan
> > >
> > > Jim Brown wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Thanks for all of your help and quick responses!!!
> > > > The /dev/hdd doesn't work at all for any type of disk.  I've tried
> music cd,
> > > > linux-mandrake 7.0 install cd, and a dos cd, none work with /dev/hdd.
> > > > The /dev/cdrom mount I spoke of before accesses the floppy drive.  I
> > > > just don't understand what's going on.
> > > >
> > > > Eduardo Arauz wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > what types of files are you trying to mount? remember that you cant
> mount music cd roms in your hdd
> > > > >
> > > > > -Original Message-
> > > > > From:   Jim Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > Sent:   Friday, May 05, 2000 7:44 AM
> > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > Subject:Re: [newbie] CD Rom not accessible
> > > > >
> > > > > I tried "mount /dev/hdd cdrom" but that doesn't work.  I messed
> > > > > with my fstab.  Not it looks like "/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount
> > > > > exec,dev/suid,rw,fs=iso9660 0 0" but when I run "mount /dev/cdrom"
> > > > > it now accesses the floppy drive!!!  Close, but no cigar.  Any idea
> > > > > what I'm doing wrong???
> > > > >
> > > > > Eduardo Arauz wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > have you mounted your cdrom ?
> > > > > > try to umount it and mount it again on hdd
> > > > > > mount /dev/hdd cdrom
> > > > > >
> > > > > > -Original Message-
> > > > > > From:   Jim Brown [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> > > > > > Sent:   Wednesday, May 03, 2000 9:30 PM
> > > > > > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > > > > Subject:[newbie] CD Rom not

[newbie] XFree86 4.0 problems

2000-05-10 Thread Nickolay Belostotsky



Hello all!

Have just installed X 4.0. Pretty smooth (apart from XFree86 -configure
not working for me). BUT:

1. My Cyrillic fonts are gone. That is baaad. I did download the
cyrillic fonts package, but during install it said something like
'duplicate font name, skipping'. How do I add fonts into X?

2. (I use KDM) No matter which desktop/window manager I choose, e.g.,
Gnome, after a small (~5 sec.) pause KDE is loaded. Any suggestions?

Thanks,
  -- Koly

RE: [newbie] Got X started, now how to start Gnome?

2000-05-10 Thread Paul


On Wed, 10 May 2000, Ron Greer wrote:

>Check, or add a ~/.xinitrc file.
>Inside that file should be the following format:
>
>#!/bin/bash
>exec /usr/bin/gnome-session

Or open a console, run "switchdesk" and select Gnome...


Paul


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Re: [newbie] Mandrake Pro...

2000-05-10 Thread Paul


On Wed, 10 May 2000, Gilles Lahaie wrote:

>Hi there!
>
>Recently, I saw in a magazine that their CD includes the Mandrake version 7.0 
>Professionnal and in another magazine that their CD includes the Mandrake version 7.0 
>v.2.
>
>Is there really a version Professionnal of Mandrake 7.0?
>If so, is it the same as the version 7.0 v.2?
>If it exists, which is the better?

No, it is a version with some bugs fixed. So to the other question: yes,
it is better.

Paul


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RE: [newbie] Down with LILO!

2000-05-10 Thread Jose M. Sanchez



Lilo has a few tricks up it's sleave that other boot managers cannot touch.

One of the biggest is the ability to SWAP bios settings for drives...

This means that you can say, have FOUR hard drives on your machine and boot
from ANY of the four drives with ANY os installed.

I have WIN2K on a third drive (IDE CHANNEL 2, MASTER) NT on a fourth (IDE
CHANNEL 2, SLAVE), WIN98 on a Second (IDE CHANNEL 1, SLAVE) and Linux on the
first (IDE CHANNEL 1 MASTER).

Lilo handles all of this with aplomb.

Each OS comes up believing it resides on the primary boot device...

Man "lilo.conf" and check out the section on

"disk = device_name"

Since you can use this trick with multiple partitions... well, you get the
picture.

-JMS


-Original Message-
From: Nathan Hopper [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 4:31 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Down with LILO!


LILO is okay and all, but doing a custom install, I noticed other boot
managers can be installed. How do they rate feature-wise with LILO?

Here's the features near and dear to me:
Ease of use (especially adding newly compiled kernel--much easier to compile
than install I found).
Easy to incorporate alternative OSes -- Win2k mainly.
Easy to remove.

I have a feeling boot managers are kind of like that saying: fast, reliable,
secure - pick two.

Thanks,
Nathan





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RE: [newbie]I need Modem Help

2000-05-10 Thread Jose M. Sanchez

-Original Message-
From: Vicky [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Thursday, May 11, 2000 12:34 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie]I need Modem Help

okay I found drakconf :) right there on my desktop, when I look in
there  nothing is listed for modem. I am so confused , I thought I had
it installed okay , when i ran minicom I got the ok. I called my isp ,
they  said they dont support linux and even though the admin has a BS in
comp sci and is msce ,,etc He doesnt know anything about it and wasnt
sure if it is chap or pap. I havent seen any responses to my pleas for
help , this is the first maling list I have ever been on also. So even
if you cant help me with this problem could someone email me and tell me
if this got sent out to everyone ,   thx Vicky

---

Here's a message I gave to someone else about setting up their internet
connection...
Since this was originally about setting up a cable modem connection, you can
omit all parts related to local ethernet interface (eth0) at 10.0.0.1.

Everything else is the same vis-a-vis ppp...

Your ISP is probably using NT dialups, so you will have to use PAP
authentication... as indicated below...

---

I'm making the assumption that your modem is already correctly working and
you are logged in as root.

If not use the Mandrake control panel to set up the soft link to the modem
or whatever way you want to use...

Fire up an Xterm and run minicom.

If your /dev/modem link is correct, minicom should get back an "OK" from the
modem.

Exit minicom.

Ok, in X-Windows fire up Linuxconf. You can of course do this via the
Mandrake "control panel" if you wish or run it from an Xterm.

Since the most common view for Linuxconf is the non-tree view or non-gnome
view, you might need to turn off tree view so that we stay in sync...

Go into; "Control Files and System" and "Configure Linuxconf Modules".

TURN OFF "treemenu" and turn ON everything else except usermenu, uucp and
xterminals. Then restart Linuxconf.

If you had treemenu on before, it will look far different now.

The first screen that comes up is Linuxconf's "main" control menu.

Click on "Networking".

This brings up a new Submenu. Notice that in the first "Client Tasks" page
you have an entry or two labeled; "PPP or SLIP dialout" and/or
"PPP/SLIP/PLIP".

Since I do not know which you'll see I'll proceed with "PPP/SLIP/PLIP".

Anyway start by clicking on "Basic Host Information".

Make sure the "Host Name" box reads the name of your machines FQDN...

I.E. router.mydomain.com

Click on "Adapter 1"

Make sure "Adapter 1" is enabled and has the Config mode set to "Manual".

Set the "Primary name+domain equal to your machine's FQDN...

Set the Aliases field to it's "Hostname" I.E. "router" (never type in the
quotes!) if you were using "router.mydomain.com".

IP Address should read 10.0.0.1
Netmask should read 255.0.0.0
Net device should read eth0
Kernel Module should correspond to your adapter card.
If you are using a (preferable) PCI lan card, I/O port and IRQ should be
blank.

Click "Accept".

At the "Network Configurator" Screen again click on "Routing and Gateways".

A new box appears. Click on "Defaults".

Another box appears. Next to "Default gateway" make sure the box is BLANK,
however check "enable routing" on, and click Accept.

At the previous screen click on "Other routes to networks".

If there is no entry on the new box, click "add".

In the Gateway field enter 10.0.0.1
In the destination enter 10.0.0.0
In the Netmask enter 10.255.255.255

Click Accept.

You should be back at the First NETWORK Configuration screen. Click on
PPP/SLIP/PLIP.

A new box appears... again blank.

Click on "Add".

Answer "PPP" for "Type of Interface" and click Accept.

For Configuration name, enter "ppp0".

In the phone number field, enter Ex-pressnet's telephone number.

Modem Port should read "/dev/modem"

TURN ON "Use PAP Authentication" and enter your Ex-pressnet USERNAME and
PASSWORD in UPPERCASE in the "Login name" and "Password" fields.

DO NOT click "Accept" yet, rather click "Customize".

A new box appears.

In the Hardware Tab, turn ON "Use Hardware Flow Control...", "Abort
connection on Well-Known errors...", and "Allow any user (de)activate..."

If you are going to use ex-pressnet's DNS (I don't) turn on "use the DNS of
the provider".

Next to "PPP options" type in "defaultroute" in lower case.

Now click on the "Communication" tab box.

Enter your modem's INIT string. "ATZ" or "ATZ&F1" might suffice for most
modems.
Modem dial command should read "ATDT".

Phone number should now read Expressnet's phone dialup, if not, enter it
here.

TURN ON "debug connection".

The first CHAT line (Expect), should read "TIMEOUT"
The second CHAT line (SEND), should read "5"
The third CHAT line (Expect), should read "~--"

Again never type the quotes unless I tell you to.

Now click on the "Networking" TAB.

Turn on "Set default route" and "restart link when connection fails".

You might or might not want to ente

Re: [newbie] Got X started, now how to start Gnome?

2000-05-10 Thread Hellmut


Hi Anthony!

On a console in KDE type "switchdesk" and then choose "Gnome".
You can also type setup as root and choose "Desktop Configuration", the last
entry if I remember right.



> I finally got that second X session thing to work for me (that "startx -- :1"
> thing). The only problem is it starts up in KDE, and I like Gnome more. So how
> do I get it to start up in Gnome instead of KDE?
>
> --
> Anthony Huereca
> http://m3000.1wh.com
> Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

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Re: [newbie] Netscape update for mdk 7.02- TROLL

2000-05-10 Thread Nathan Hopper


Troll alert.

Regards,
Nathan

>
> > Hey, if you guys don't make this any clearer(easier?) I will be forced
to
> > remove this mdk stuff from my computer and either switch to redhat for
which
> > i can at least buy a distro-specific book, or just give up and use
> > Microsucks products.
> >

Re: [newbie] Netscape update for mdk 7.02

2000-05-10 Thread Rial Juan



With that kind of attitude, I suggest you stick to Microsoft products. Go ahead,
remove mandrake from your computer, see if anyone cares. If that's supposed to
be a threat, it's definately a hylarious one... Keep it up, you're funny.

> Hey, if you guys don't make this any clearer(easier?) I will be forced to
> remove this mdk stuff from my computer and either switch to redhat for which
> i can at least buy a distro-specific book, or just give up and use
> Microsucks products.
> 

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[newbie] Can't telnet

2000-05-10 Thread James L. Brady


Why is it that I can not telnet into my Linux box? I can ping the linux box 
from any computer and even ping other computers from Linux. But, every time 
that I try to telnet into it I get an error message. It says something to 
the affect that the connection was rejected. ???


Thanks,



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Re: [newbie] Netscape update for mdk 7.02

2000-05-10 Thread Bob


Well,

The the ftp sunset does not have the version 4.72 of Netscape.


n Wed, 10 May 2000, you wrote:
> Michaelwhen you click on the link that produces the
> garbage, hold down the shift key as you click.
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> Michael wrote:
> > 
> > David (Mr. Smartypants from France) wrote:
> > Michael écrivit :
> > 
> > > Well, I may have been a bit hasty with the adulation(see
> > my previous
> > > post).
> > > RPMfind says I have netscape 4.70-6mdk. When I look at hte
> > list of
> > > packages , the only mdk specific one i see is
> > > 4.61 stable-1mdk. The  4.72's seem to be for redhat.
> > 
> > ???
> > 
> > Version 4.73 (menus are not compatibles with MDK < 7.1)
> > 
> > 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-common-4.73-3mdk.i586.html
> > 
> > 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-communicator-4.73-3mdk.i586.html
> > 
> > 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-navigator-4.73-3mdk.i586.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Version 4.72
> > 
> > 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-common-4.72-14mdk.i586.html
> > 
> > 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-communicator-4.72-14mdk.i586.html
> > 
> > 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-navigator-4.72-14mdk.i586.html
> > 
> > 
> > 
> > Download netscape-common and netscape-communicator OR
> > netscape-navigator
> > (netscape-communicator & netscape-navigator conflicts).
> > 
> > Right. Sure. When I get to the site by clicking on the
> > (hopefully appropriate) http and then click on the file link
> > all i get is a page full of undecipherable stuff.
> > HEY I AM AN IDIOT HERE: please give me simple instructions.
> > The RPM find did not get me the newest rpm's, but I can't
> > get 4.72 to download, much less install it. Hey, if you guys
> > don't make this any clearer(easier?) I will be forced to
> > remove this mdk stuff from my computer and either switch to
> > redhat for which i can at least buy a distro-specific book,
> > or just give up and use Microsucks products.

RCPT: Re: [expert] [newbie] Proper Partitioning and

2000-05-10 Thread Steve Olson


Confirmation of reading: your message -

Date:7 May 00, 23:01
To:  [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [expert] [newbie] Proper Partitioning and Mount Points

Was read at 18:38, 8 May 00.

Re: [newbie] Netscape update for mdk 7.02

2000-05-10 Thread Bob

Alan,
Is this post an indication of the Mandrake 7.02  netscape 4.7 rpm as
being no good??  I just removed the common and navigator with xrpm, after three
days of attempting to figure out why I could not access the files.  The rpm's
made available 7.02 aren't of any use.

On Wed, 10 May 2000, you wrote:
> Michaelwhen you click on the link that produces the
> garbage, hold down the shift key as you click.
> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> Michael wrote:
> > 
> > David (Mr. Smartypants from France) wrote:
> > Michael écrivit :
> > 
> > > Well, I may have been a bit hasty with the adulation(see
> > my previous
> > > post).
> > > RPMfind says I have netscape 4.70-6mdk. When I look at hte
> > list of
> > > packages , the only mdk specific one i see is
> > > 4.61 stable-1mdk. The  4.72's seem to be for redhat.
> > 
>

Re: [newbie] Compiler trouble...AGAIN!!

2000-05-10 Thread John Couturier


It looks to me like you have gcc installed but not gcc-c++ the compiler has a lot of 
modules.  Look on your Mandrake CD in Mandrake/RPMS and do ls gcc* you should also 
make sure that gcc-cpp is installed.
-- Original Message --
From: "James McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 16:53:26 -0600

>
>I am trying to install some programs that require a g++ compiler.  When I
>goto compile HTDIG. I get this error returned :
>
>checking for gcc... gcc
>checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
>checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
>checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
>checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
>checking for c++... c++
>checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) works... no
>configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot
>create executables.
>
>2nd line from the bottom is the error ..I was wondering if anyone could tell
>from this output what the problem is...I am stuck :(
>
>katana
>
>

Re: [newbie] Netscape update for mdk 7.02


Michaelwhen you click on the link that produces the
garbage, hold down the shift key as you click.

Alan


Michael wrote:
> 
> David (Mr. Smartypants from France) wrote:
> Michael écrivit :
> 
> > Well, I may have been a bit hasty with the adulation(see
> my previous
> > post).
> > RPMfind says I have netscape 4.70-6mdk. When I look at hte
> list of
> > packages , the only mdk specific one i see is
> > 4.61 stable-1mdk. The  4.72's seem to be for redhat.
> 
> ???
> 
> Version 4.73 (menus are not compatibles with MDK < 7.1)
> 
> 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-common-4.73-3mdk.i586.html
> 
> 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-communicator-4.73-3mdk.i586.html
> 
> 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-navigator-4.73-3mdk.i586.html
> 
> 
> 
> Version 4.72
> 
> 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-common-4.72-14mdk.i586.html
> 
> 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-communicator-4.72-14mdk.i586.html
> 
> 
>http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-navigator-4.72-14mdk.i586.html
> 
> 
> 
> Download netscape-common and netscape-communicator OR
> netscape-navigator
> (netscape-communicator & netscape-navigator conflicts).
> 
> Right. Sure. When I get to the site by clicking on the
> (hopefully appropriate) http and then click on the file link
> all i get is a page full of undecipherable stuff.
> HEY I AM AN IDIOT HERE: please give me simple instructions.
> The RPM find did not get me the newest rpm's, but I can't
> get 4.72 to download, much less install it. Hey, if you guys
> don't make this any clearer(easier?) I will be forced to
> remove this mdk stuff from my computer and either switch to
> redhat for which i can at least buy a distro-specific book,
> or just give up and use Microsucks products.

[newbie] Mandrake Pro...

2000-05-10 Thread Gilles Lahaie




Hi there!
 
Recently, I saw in a magazine that their CD includes the 
Mandrake version 7.0 Professionnal and in another magazine that their CD 
includes the Mandrake version 7.0 v.2.
 
Is there really a version Professionnal of Mandrake 
7.0?
If so, is it the same as the version 7.0 v.2?
If it exists, which is the better?
 
Tank you for your answer.
 
Gilles.

Re: [newbie] freewwweb(solved)

2000-05-10 Thread Andy


what do you connect at using freewwweb?
- Original Message - 
From: M. L. Cates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 9:35 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] freewwweb(solved)


> I re-registered with freewwweb and apparently did not include a  *number*
> in the
> password when I originally registered .  It seems you can enter a
> password without the number when you register but when you try to connect
> it is rejected.
> 
> mike cates
> 
> 
> 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.
> 
> 

_
NetZero - Defenders of the Free World
Click here for FREE Internet Access and Email
http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Re: [newbie] freewwweb(solved)

2000-05-10 Thread M. L. Cates


I re-registered with freewwweb and apparently did not include a  *number*
in the
password when I originally registered .  It seems you can enter a
password without the number when you register but when you try to connect
it is rejected.

mike cates


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.

I use a GUI boot manager called XOSL that works great! Lots of boot
options and
it has a Windows 95 look and feel. Just make sure to put LILO on your
Linux boot partition as it doesn't yet support direct booting of Linux.
And before installing any boot manager, always backup your MBR 1st!
Here's a page from the manual with links:
--

Extended Operating System Loader (XOSL) is the world's only full-featured
free boot manager, with a real, easy-to-use and full-blown graphical user
interface.

Extended Operating System Loader is an absolutely free boot manager and
comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. XOSL is distributed under the terms of
the GNU General Public License (GPL). The source code of the entire XOSL
project is freely available at the official XOSL web site:
http://www.xosl.org

For XOSL a general discussion list exists. This list is the preferred place to send your questions, comments, bug reports, etc, but feel free to mail me personally at [EMAIL PROTECTED]. New releases of XOSL are announced in the general discussion list and in the announcement only list. See the references section on how to join either list.

Before posting any questions regarding XOSL, make sure you have read this manual. This document covers XOSL version 1.1.2.

For the latest information on the ongoing development of XOSL, refer to http://www.xosl.org or join the general discussion list.
-

At 03:30 PM 05/10/2000 -0500, you wrote:
LILO is okay and all, but doing a custom install, I noticed other boot
managers can be installed. How do they rate feature-wise with LILO?

Here's the features near and dear to me:
Ease of use (especially adding newly compiled kernel--much easier to compile
than install I found).
Easy to incorporate alternative OSes -- Win2k mainly.
Easy to remove.

I have a feeling boot managers are kind of like that saying: fast, reliable,
secure - pick two.

Thanks,
Nathan

-=-=-=-=-=
porn

Re: [newbie]I need Modem Help

2000-05-10 Thread Vicky



okay I found drakconf :) right there on my desktop, when I look in
there  nothing is listed for modem. I am so confused , I thought I had
it installed okay , when i ran minicom I got the ok. I called my isp ,
they  said they dont support linux and even though the admin has a BS in
comp sci and is msce ,,etc He doesnt know anything about it and wasnt
sure if it is chap or pap. I havent seen any responses to my pleas for
help , this is the first maling list I have ever been on also. So even
if you cant help me with this problem could someone email me and tell me
if this got sent out to everyone ,   thx Vicky

Re: [newbie] Netscape update for mdk 7.02

David (Mr. Smartypants from France) wrote:
Michael écrivit :
> Well, I may have been a bit hasty with the adulation(see my previous
> post).
> RPMfind says I have netscape 4.70-6mdk. When I look at hte list of
> packages , the only mdk specific one i see is
> 4.61 stable-1mdk. The  4.72's seem to be for redhat.
???
Version 4.73 (menus are not compatibles with MDK < 7.1)
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-common-4.73-3mdk.i586.html
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-communicator-4.73-3mdk.i586.html
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-navigator-4.73-3mdk.i586.html

Version 4.72
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-common-4.72-14mdk.i586.html
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-communicator-4.72-14mdk.i586.html
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-navigator-4.72-14mdk.i586.html

Download netscape-common and netscape-communicator OR netscape-navigator
(netscape-communicator & netscape-navigator conflicts).
Right. Sure. When I get to the site by clicking on the (hopefully
appropriate) http and then click on the file link all i get is a page full
of undecipherable stuff. HEY I AM AN IDIOT HERE:
please give me simple instructions. The RPM find did not get me the newest
rpm's, but I can't get 4.72 to download, much less install it. Hey, if
you guys don't make this any clearer(easier?) I will be forced to remove
this mdk stuff from my computer and either switch to redhat for which i
can at least buy a distro-specific book, or just give up and use Microsucks
products.

Re: [newbie] RPM TRouble...please help!

2000-05-10 Thread Fran Parker


May be a silly question, but are you logged in as su or root when you
try to install the rpm?

In the gui, it tells you you have to be root (although logging in as su in
the terminal window works just as well from KDE).

I hope I didn't offend by asking.

Bambi

James McLaughlin wrote:

> I have a system running Mandrake 7.0.  Whenever I run rpm -Uvh foo.rpm (or
> ivh)it runs through the
> ##
>
> and brings me back to a prompt. Then I querry the rpm that I just
> installed..and it says "package not installed"
> The current RPM I am trying to work with is the gcc.rpm that came on Disk2
> of my distro.  Does anyone know what would cause mandrake to run through the
> motions...but not really install the package.  Is there a command that will
> tell the rpm database to refresh itself and in turn Mandrake will recognize
> that the compiler is installed.  If not...I really don't want to go through
> all of the ^&*( to download the tarball and compile the compiler
> myself...ugghh..what a pain :(
>
> A friend of mine throught it was something to do with my bash file within
> root...
>
> Please help...I cant get any SQL or HTDIG working without a gcc g++ compiler
> installed :(
>
> THanks
>
> Kat

Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-10 Thread Mogens Jæger

"L. H. LOO" wrote:

> At 08-05-2000 07:42 AM, you wrote:
> What if he got himself a spare set of power cords ? It is not that costly.
> Just my 0.002 cents' concern.
>
> >How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when I went to work, so
> >did the power cords. While at home, the computer was usable by me only.

Or - more likely - went to some 'friends' (that so called 'bad company') to
'studie' natures expressions?
I don't know if it is my (Scandinavian) liberal point of vue that makes the
difference, but some times it makes me pi to watch the (for me to see)
typical American offence over a couple (or more) undressed people (mostly
females) as long as it is OK to broadcast tons of movies, where people (lots
of them) gets brutally slaugtered.
Sincerely
Mogens Jæger

Re: [newbie] ALL CAPS and Navigator

2000-05-10 Thread Bob


Anthony,
Ok. got ver. netscape-navigator-4.70.mdk and entered "netscape"  the
reply was no recognized font charsets

??
> 
> > 
> > SECOND PROBLEM: USING XRPM TO UPGRADE TO NETSCAPE 4.7, I HAVE UNINSTALLED AND
> > THEN INSTALLED NETSCAPE-COMMON AND NAVIGATOR F
> 
> First make sure you installed it right. Type "rpm -q netscape-navigator" and
> see if the version comes up. If you get an error saying it's not installed,
> then you need to try installing it again. If it does come up with a version,
> then type "netscape" and it should come up. 


> 
> Also for future information, you don't need to uninstall a program to upgrade,
> you can just upgrade. And the files are all spread out because that's the way
> Unix is organized. Each part of Netscape has it's own little section, to make
> it easier to find all the Help files on your system, all the executable files
> on your system, etc etc. So while it may seem random, it really isn't. 
> 
> > 
> > BOB ROOT
> -- 
> Anthony Huereca
> http://m3000.1wh.com
> Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

Re: [newbie] ALL CAPS and Navigator

2000-05-10 Thread Anthony Huereca



> FIRST THING IS SOME HOW, WITH OR WITHOUT THE CAPS LOCK ON, THE ONLY WAY I CAN
> TYPE IN LOWER CASE IS TO HOLD THE SHIFT BAR DOWN.  ONLY SOLUTION SO FAR IS TO
> REBOOT THE SYSTEM.  THIS HAPPENS IN LINUX AND WIN98.  THOUGHT THAT I MIGHT BE
> IN A CAPS ONLY FONT??
>

Sounds like the Caps Lock key is stuck. Trying banging on it and see if it
lossens it. Or just be a new keyboard. I suggest teh MS Natural Keyboard since
i'ts really comfortable. But it's fairly expensive, and any ol' keyboard ought
to do just fine.

> 
> SECOND PROBLEM: USING XRPM TO UPGRADE TO NETSCAPE 4.7, I HAVE UNINSTALLED AND
> THEN INSTALLED NETSCAPE-COMMON AND NAVIGATOR FROM THE MANDRAKE 7.02 CD.  I HAVE
> LOCATED THE EXCUTEABLE FILE, HOWEVER CLICK TO INVOKE THE BROWSER DOES NOTHING.
> I AM ALSO CURIOUS AS TO WAY FILES(NETSCAPE) ARE SPREAD FROM DIRECTORY TO
> DIRECTORY INSTEAD OF IN SOME KIND OF ORDER.   SEARCHING THE "ROOT" DIRECTORY TO
> LOCATE THE FILE IN QUESTION. HOPE THIS IS ENOUGH INFORMATION.  SORRY FOR THE
> SHOUTING

First make sure you installed it right. Type "rpm -q netscape-navigator" and
see if the version comes up. If you get an error saying it's not installed,
then you need to try installing it again. If it does come up with a version,
then type "netscape" and it should come up. 

Also for future information, you don't need to uninstall a program to upgrade,
you can just upgrade. And the files are all spread out because that's the way
Unix is organized. Each part of Netscape has it's own little section, to make
it easier to find all the Help files on your system, all the executable files
on your system, etc etc. So while it may seem random, it really isn't. 

> 
> BOB ROOT
-- 
Anthony Huereca
http://m3000.1wh.com
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

RE: [newbie] MX300 installation

2000-05-10 Thread Seth Hollen




download drivers from http://linux.aureal.com/ follow 
directions
put it 
in /usr/bin or wherever you want.
Installing the 
Driver-1. Unpack the distribution:tar xvzf 
au88xx*.tar.gz2. Change to the driver directory and become root:cd 
au88xx*su3. Type the following install commands:make 
install
remember to turn the system sounds on in 
drakeconfig
 
Seth Hollen

  -Original Message-From: derrick 
  [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 3:42 
  PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] MX300 
  installation
  I'm a newbie to Linux how to I install the 
  soundcard card drivers of MX300 into Mandrake 
7.0

Re: [newbie] Gnome rpm finder


When trying to download and install the rpm for quake it crashed.
Unhappy.

[newbie] Problem installing Linux Mandrake

2000-05-10 Thread Lopineskeiki


I can't boot from the cdrom sop I crated a boot disk. That woirks and it 
access the drom but when it gets to the insecond stage install it say's this 
...

insecond stage install
 _X11Trans socket unix connect: can't connect: errno = 111
 _X11Trans socket unix connect: can't connect: errno = 111
Wed May 10 15:12:47 2000 CTK-Warning ** : Cannot open display: :0 at 
/user/bin/per
L_install/my_GTK.pm Line 139.

Install exited abnormally
Sending termination signals ... done
Sending Kill signals ... Done
Unmounting file system ...
/tmp/rhimage
/proc
You may safely reboot your system

What does this mean and how can I fix it.

Thanks
Rob

Re: [newbie] Compiler trouble...AGAIN!!

2000-05-10 Thread Necrotica


Try reinstalling the libsdc++ and libsdc++-devel RPMs

-Chris


On Wed, 10 May 2000, James McLaughlin wrote:
> I am trying to install some programs that require a g++ compiler.  When I
> goto compile HTDIG. I get this error returned :
> 
> checking for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
> checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
> checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
> checking for c++... c++
> checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot
> create executables.
> 
> 2nd line from the bottom is the error ..I was wondering if anyone could tell
> from this output what the problem is...I am stuck :(
> 
> katana

[newbie] Compiler trouble...AGAIN!!

2000-05-10 Thread James McLaughlin



I am trying to install some programs that require a g++ compiler.  When I
goto compile HTDIG. I get this error returned :

checking for gcc... gcc
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) works... yes
checking whether the C compiler (gcc  ) is a cross-compiler... no
checking whether we are using GNU C... yes
checking whether gcc accepts -g... yes
checking for c++... c++
checking whether the C++ compiler (c++  ) works... no
configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot
create executables.

2nd line from the bottom is the error ..I was wondering if anyone could tell
from this output what the problem is...I am stuck :(

katana

RE: [newbie] Mandrake Help File

2000-05-10 Thread Bill . Gardner


> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 5:42 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake Help File
> 
> 
> Thanks for pointing this out.
> 
> ROman
> 
> "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
> > 
> > Romanator wrote:
> > 
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > MandrakeSoft should compile all of the help from the 
> emails to create a
> > > very good manual and help file.
>

And Macmillan will be switching to a similar manner with LinuxCare. 

Thanks,
BG

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Help File

2000-05-10 Thread Romanator


Thanks for pointing this out.

ROman

"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote:
> 
> Romanator wrote:
> 
> > Hi,
> >
> > MandrakeSoft should compile all of the help from the emails to create a
> > very good manual and help file.
> >
> > Roman
> > --
> 
> They have.  It's in the archives located on their site
> 
> --
> Joseph S. Gardner
> Senior Designer / Technical Support
> Kirby Co.,  Cleveland, OH
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> Linux is like a wigwam...
> No windows, no gates.
> Apache inside
> 
> Registered linux user #1696600
> ICQ #63389227

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Re: [newbie] Netscape update for mdk 7.02

2000-05-10 Thread David BAUDENS


Michael écrivit :

> Well, I may have been a bit hasty with the adulation(see my previous
> post).
> RPMfind says I have netscape 4.70-6mdk. When I look at hte list of
> packages , the only mdk specific one i see is
> 4.61 stable-1mdk. The  4.72's seem to be for redhat.

???

Version 4.73 (menus are not compatibles with MDK < 7.1)

http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-common-4.73-3mdk.i586.html
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-communicator-4.73-3mdk.i586.html
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/netscape-navigator-4.73-3mdk.i586.html


Version 4.72

http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-common-4.72-14mdk.i586.html
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-communicator-4.72-14mdk.i586.html
http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/cooker/contrib/RPMS/netscape-navigator-4.72-14mdk.i586.html


Download netscape-common and netscape-communicator OR netscape-navigator
(netscape-communicator & netscape-navigator conflicts).

-- 
MandrakeSofthttp://www.mandrakesoft.com
PARIS, FRANCE   --David

Re: [newbie] Got X started, now how to start Gnome?

Anthonywhen you enter kde type alt-f2, enter the command
switchdesk, and press enter.  After you accept the gnome
choice and close the switchdesk window you'll be prompted to
shutdown x and restart.  So, log out and do the startx -- :1
again and you'll come up in gnome.

Alan

Anthony Huereca wrote:
> 
> I finally got that second X session thing to work for me (that "startx -- :1"
> thing). The only problem is it starts up in KDE, and I like Gnome more. So how
> do I get it to start up in Gnome instead of KDE?
> 
> --
> Anthony Huereca
> http://m3000.1wh.com
> Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

[newbie] unable to start progs after connecting with isdn


ok paulheres the ifup script...u really think the mistake is in
there ?..its a default script which came with my mandrake
distr..anyways...here we go :

#!/bin/bash
PATH=/sbin:/usr/sbin:/bin:/usr/bin
 
cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts
.. network-functions
 
need_hostname
 
CONFIG=$1
 
[ -z "$CONFIG" ] && {
echo "usage: ifup " >&2
exit 1
}
 
[ -f "$CONFIG" ] || CONFIG=ifcfg-$CONFIG
[ -f "$CONFIG" ] || {
echo "usage: ifup " >&2
exit 1
}
 
if [ $UID != 0 ]; then
if [ -x /usr/sbin/usernetctl ]; then
exec /usr/sbin/usernetctl $CONFIG up
fi
echo "Users cannot control this device." >&2
exit 1
fi
 
source_config
 
if [ "foo$2" = "fooboot" -a "${ONBOOT}" = "no" ]
then
 exit
fi
 
IPSETUP=no
 
DEVICETYPE=`echo $DEVICE | sed "s/[0-9]*$//"`
REALDEVICE=`echo $DEVICE | sed 's/:.*//g'`
if echo $DEVICE | grep -q ':' ; then
ISALIAS=yes
else
ISALIAS=no
fi
 
# Old BOOTP variable
if [ "$BOOTP" = "yes" ]; then
BOOTPROTO=bootp
fi  
if [ "$BOOTPROTO" = bootp -o "$BOOTPROTO" = dhcp ]; then
DHCP=true
fi
if [ "$BOOTPROTO" = pump ]; then
PUMP=true
fi
 
OTHERSCRIPT="/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-${DEVICETYPE}"
 
if [ -x $OTHERSCRIPT ]; then
exec $OTHERSCRIPT $CONFIG $2
fi
 
# is this device available? (this catches PCMCIA devices for us)
/sbin/ifconfig ${REALDEVICE} 2>&1 | grep -s "not found" > /dev/null
if [ "$?" = "0" ]; then
echo "Delaying ${DEVICE} initialization."
exit 1
fi
 
if [ "$SLAVE" = yes -a "$ISALIAS" = no -a "$MASTER" != "" -a \
 -x /sbin/ifenslave ]; then
RFLAG="" ; [ "$RECIEVE-ONLY" = yes ] && RFLAG="-r"
 
ifconfig ${DEVICE} down
echo "Enslaving $DEVICE to $MASTER"
ifenslave $RFLAG "$MASTER" "$DEVICE"
 
exit 0
fi
 
if [ -n "$MACADDR" ]; then
   ifconfig ${DEVICE} hw ether ${MACADDR}   
fi
 
if [ -n "$DHCP" ]; then
echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE via dhcpcd..."
if /sbin/dhcpcd -i $DEVICE -h $HOSTNAME ; then
echo " done."
else
echo " failed."
exit 1
fi
elif [ -n "$PUMP" ]; then
echo -n "Determining IP information for $DEVICE via pump..."
if /sbin/pump -i $DEVICE -h $HOSTNAME ; then
echo " done."
else
echo " failed."
exit 1   
fi
else
if [ -z "$NETMASK" ]; then
eval `/bin/ipcalc --netmask ${IPADDR}`
fi
 
if [ -z "$BROADCAST" ]; then
eval `/bin/ipcalc --broadcast ${IPADDR} ${NETMASK}`
fi
 
if [ -z "$NETWORK" ]; then
eval `/bin/ipcalc --network ${IPADDR} ${NETMASK}`
fi
 
ifconfig ${DEVICE} ${IPADDR} netmask ${NETMASK} broadcast ${BROADCAST}
# don't re-add subnet route on 2.2 kernels, but add a route
# to a non-local subnet.
   # stupid hack, but it should work
if [ "$ISALIAS" = no ] && [ -z "`route -n | sed "s/ .*//" | grep ${NETWORK}$   
 route add -net ${NETWORK} netmask ${NETMASK} ${DEVICE}
else
route add -host ${IPADDR} ${DEVICE}
fi
 
# this is broken! it's only here for compatibility with old RH systems
if [ "${GATEWAY}" != "" -a "${GATEWAY}" != "none" ]; then
route add default gw ${GATEWAY} metric 1 ${DEVICE}
fi
 
. /etc/sysconfig/network
 
if [ "${GATEWAY}" != "" ]; then
if [ "${GATEWAYDEV}" = "" -o "${GATEWAYDEV}" = "${DEVICE}" ]; then
# set up default gateway
route add default gw ${GATEWAY} ${DEVICE}
DEFGW=${GATEWAY}
fi
fi
 
if [ "$BOOTPROTO" = bootp -a "$ISALIAS" = no ]; then
if [ -n "$GATEWAYS" ]; then
for gw in $GATEWAYS; do
if [ $gw != "${DEFGW}" ]; then
route add default gw $gw ${DEVICE}
fi
done
fi
 
if [ -n "$DNSSRVS" -a -n "$SEARCH" ]; then
echo "search $SEARCH" > /etc/resolv.conf
for dns in $DNSSRVS; do 
echo "nameserver $dns" >> /etc/resolv.conf
done
fi
 
if [ -n "$BOOTPHOSTNAME" -a -n "$NEEDHOSTNAME" ]; then
set_hostname $BOOTPHOSTNAME
fi
fi
fi
 
if [ "$IPX" = yes ]; then
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-ipx $DEVICE
fi
 
exec /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifup-post $CONFIG 

hmmlooks rather complicated for me as a newbie.maybe u find
something..(hope so)

greetings

--quay

Re: [newbie] Got X started, now how to start Gnome?

2000-05-10 Thread flupke


You can start it straight from the text console :
xinit -e gnome -- :1

Or first start a "nude" x session :
xinit -- :1
And then, from the xterm that will appear (put the mouse cursor in it to
give it the focus), start whatever wm you want to try (enlightenment,
blackbox, gnome, window maker...)

HTH
Flupke


On Wed, 10 May 2000, Anthony Huereca wrote:

> I finally got that second X session thing to work for me (that "startx -- :1"
> thing). The only problem is it starts up in KDE, and I like Gnome more. So how
> do I get it to start up in Gnome instead of KDE? 
> 
> -- 
> Anthony Huereca
> http://m3000.1wh.com
> Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are. 
> 
>

Re: [newbie] RPM TRouble...please help!

2000-05-10 Thread flupke

I suppose that it is because you don't give to rpm the right name of
package :
Once a package file [foo.rpm] is installed, it is recorded in the rpm
database as beeing the package "foo". So you have two choices :
Query the installed package :
rpm -ql foo
or query the uninstalled package file (and add a parameter that tells rpm
to look in the file, and not in the rpm database) :
rpm -qpl foo.rpm

I suppose that this is the mistake you are doing.
For (a LOT) more info about rpm, get the "maximum rpm" book downloadable
at http://www.rpm.org. This doc is REALLY usefull, and the explainations
are simple. It's worth the time to read it.

HTH
Flupke

On Wed, 10 May 2000, James McLaughlin wrote:

> I have a system running Mandrake 7.0.  Whenever I run rpm -Uvh foo.rpm (or
> ivh)it runs through the
> ##
> 
> and brings me back to a prompt. Then I querry the rpm that I just
> installed..and it says "package not installed"
> The current RPM I am trying to work with is the gcc.rpm that came on Disk2
> of my distro.  Does anyone know what would cause mandrake to run through the
> motions...but not really install the package.  Is there a command that will
> tell the rpm database to refresh itself and in turn Mandrake will recognize
> that the compiler is installed.  If not...I really don't want to go through
> all of the ^&*( to download the tarball and compile the compiler
> myself...ugghh..what a pain :(
> 
> A friend of mine throught it was something to do with my bash file within
> root...
> 
> 
> Please help...I cant get any SQL or HTDIG working without a gcc g++ compiler
> installed :(
> 
> THanks
> 
> Kat
> 
>

RE: [newbie] Got X started, now how to start Gnome?


Check, or add a ~/.xinitrc file.
Inside that file should be the following format:

#!/bin/bash
exec /usr/bin/gnome-session

-=Ron=-
-Original Message-
From: Anthony Huereca [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 3:22 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Got X started, now how to start Gnome?


I finally got that second X session thing to work for me (that "startx --
:1"
thing). The only problem is it starts up in KDE, and I like Gnome more. So
how
do I get it to start up in Gnome instead of KDE? 

-- 
Anthony Huereca
http://m3000.1wh.com
Computers are not intelligent. They only think they are.

Re: [newbie] unable to start progs after connecting with isdn


On Wed, 10 May 2000 21:42:35 +0200 (CEST), Paul wrote:

hmmnot familiar ?.weird.yes i will send the contents of this if-up 
filewhere do i find it ??

>On Wed, 10 May 2000, quaylar wrote:
>
>Hi,
>
>>this is what i get on "ifup ippp0":
>>
>>Activating device: ifcfg-ippp0
>>Loading global settings: /etc/sysconfig/isdn
>>Loading default settings: /etc/isdn/profile/ippp.default
>>Loading network settings: ifcfg-ippp0
>>Loading link settings: /etc/isdn/profile/link/myisp
>>Using profile myisp : Dynamic IP
>>ippp0 added
>> ippp0:   0   0000 0  0 00
>> 0000 0   0  0
>
>This does not look familiar at all. I also use ISDN, but I don't get all
>these things. If you can send (either privately or to the list) the info
>in your if-up file, maybe we can find out what's wrong or missing.
>
>Paul
>
>
>)0(---)0(
>
>Trust in God, but lock your car
>
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>Registered Linux User 174403

Re: [newbie] syma stole my home

2000-05-10 Thread Paul


On Wed, 10 May 2000, _lee _kinkade wrote:

>This morning when i started  kde it said it could not open /tmp and it
>needed to
>I could not create a text file in my home directory either. I logged in as
>root and discovered that sympa owns my home directory and i have read only
>permissions.  What is sympa and how the heck could this have happened? how
>do i full correct it?

I have never seen something like this, but it might be because some joker
logged into your system through the net and hacked things.

Other takers?
Paul

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Trust in God, but lock your car

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[newbie] Netscape update for mdk 7.02


Well, I may have been a bit hasty with the adulation(see my previous
post).
RPMfind says I have netscape 4.70-6mdk. When I look at hte list of
packages , the only mdk specific one i see is
4.61 stable-1mdk. The  4.72's seem to be for redhat.
-michael-

[newbie] syma stole my home

2000-05-10 Thread _lee _kinkade


This morning when i started  kde it said it could not open /tmp and it
needed to
I could not create a text file in my home directory either. I logged in as
root and discovered that sympa owns my home directory and i have read only
permissions.  What is sympa and how the heck could this have happened? how
do i full correct it?

---
lee
If you don't want to know the answer, don't ask the question.

Re: [newbie] lXaw3d

2000-05-10 Thread Andrew Scotchmer


On Wed, 10 May 2000, you wrote:
> Hey there
> I am trying to install the xwTools for my Epson printer. I have a lot of
> problems - the authors know that there are problems with Mandrake, so
> they can't help me.

 I know you were asking for help but maybe you can help me.
In a few days I was thinking of buying an Epson Colour printer.  
Is this similar to yours and isn't there already an option for this
printer in the Drakeconf.
-- 
Andrew
Blackburn
England

-- The fun is in
   what you cannot do --

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Help File

2000-05-10 Thread Hellmut


Hi Romanator! (Will you be back too?)


> Hi,
>
> MandrakeSoft should compile all of the help from the emails to create a
> very good manual and help file.
>
> Roman
> --

That's avery good idea, it really should cover all the problems you may
get confrontated with when starting with Mandrake.
If I had the time I would launch a website of that kind!


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Fwd: [newbie] RPM TRouble...please help!

2000-05-10 Thread Andrew Scotchmer

--  Forwarded Message  --
Subject: [newbie] RPM TRouble...please help!
Date: Wed, 10 May 2000 12:30:47 -0600
From: "James McLaughlin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

I have a system running Mandrake 7.0.  Whenever I run rpm -Uvh foo.rpm (or
ivh)it runs through the
##

I don't know if this is any help but you are trying to upgrade I gather from the -Uvh.
If you are trying to install from fresh it is -ivh.

Is there not a test option on the graphical installer. I'm not sure as I always use the
command prompt..   Typing:rpm --help   will give further options

THanks

Kat
---

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Blackburn
England

-- The fun is in
   what you cannot do --

[newbie] Gnome rpm finder


Wow! I am so impressed with the invisibility of the process that got me
all these rpms! The new Netscape one is in here(the big list), right?
Thanks to whomever posted that one!
-michael-

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Help File

2000-05-10 Thread Joseph S. Gardner

Romanator wrote:

> Hi,
>
> MandrakeSoft should compile all of the help from the emails to create a
> very good manual and help file.
>
> Roman
> --

They have.  It's in the archives located on their site

--
Joseph S. Gardner
Senior Designer / Technical Support
Kirby Co.,  Cleveland, OH
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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No windows, no gates.
Apache inside

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ICQ #63389227

[newbie] Mandrake Help File

2000-05-10 Thread Romanator


Hi,

MandrakeSoft should compile all of the help from the emails to create a
very good manual and help file.

Roman
--

[newbie] RPM TRouble...please help!

2000-05-10 Thread James McLaughlin


I have a system running Mandrake 7.0.  Whenever I run rpm -Uvh foo.rpm (or
ivh)it runs through the
##

and brings me back to a prompt. Then I querry the rpm that I just
installed..and it says "package not installed"
The current RPM I am trying to work with is the gcc.rpm that came on Disk2
of my distro.  Does anyone know what would cause mandrake to run through the
motions...but not really install the package.  Is there a command that will
tell the rpm database to refresh itself and in turn Mandrake will recognize
that the compiler is installed.  If not...I really don't want to go through
all of the ^&*( to download the tarball and compile the compiler
myself...ugghh..what a pain :(

A friend of mine throught it was something to do with my bash file within
root...


Please help...I cant get any SQL or HTDIG working without a gcc g++ compiler
installed :(

THanks

Kat

Re: [newbie] freewwweb

2000-05-10 Thread Charles Comer


Check to see if you have inadvertently turned on default routing anf if so
turn it off. You can add "del default route" to the end of rc.local I think.

- Original Message -
From: Paul <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 11:58 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] freewwweb


> On Tue, 9 May 2000, M. L. Cates wrote:
>
> Could it be a problem with uppercase/lowercase? Some ISP's systems are
> sensitive to that. I know mine is.
> Or do you have to use a special way to write your login-name? Just a few
> ideas...
>
> Paul
>
> >I am trying to use 'freewwweb' as my linux ISP.   I have entered both of
> >my DNS numbers and
> >I believe I have KPPP configured correctly. I have previously used KPPP
> >with a regular
> >ISP with no problem. However as soon as I connect I get a PAP
> >authentication error. I have confirmed both my user name and password
> >with 'freewwweb' and they are correct.  I might
> >also add the I have tried using windows dial-up networking and I get a
> >similar response ---
> >it tells me to verify my password and try again. Does anyone have any
> >suggestions on this?
> >
> >Mike Cates
>
> )0(---)0(
>
> Trust in God, but lock your car
>
> )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0(
> http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208
> Registered Linux User 174403
>
>

[newbie] lXaw3d

2000-05-10 Thread Mogens Jæger


Hey there
I am trying to install the xwTools for my Epson printer. I have a lot of
problems - the authors know that there are problems with Mandrake, so
they can't help me.
But one thing have I found - I am missing a file called 'lXaw3d' - does
anybody know, which 'packet','program' or whatever holds this file (or
should hold)???
Thanks in advance
Mogens Jæger

[newbie] unable to start progs after connecting with isdn





hi all

ive following problem :

after connecting to my ISP via ISDN, im not able to start any programs---i
always get these error messages on system console 1 :

AUDIT :  : 707 X : client 15 rejected from localhost
Xlib : connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib : client is not authorized to connect to server
Error : cant open display : 0

when switching to another vs linux doesnt prompt me with the normal login :
root@localhost :
but with :
root@ : 

i did configure my isdn conn exactly as described on the mandrakeuser
homepagebut it seems theres something which wasnt described there but has
to be set.i would greatly appreciate if someone could give me a pointer to
this problem, since its really annoying to have an isdn connection but not
being able to run netscape navigator;)
i have to start all programs i want to use, before connecting, because
after connecting to my isp nothing works any more--
connecting with my analog modem to the same ISP works without problems..

this is what i get on "ifup ippp0":

Activating device: ifcfg-ippp0
Loading global settings: /etc/sysconfig/isdn
Loading default settings: /etc/isdn/profile/ippp.default
Loading network settings: ifcfg-ippp0
Loading link settings: /etc/isdn/profile/link/myisp
Using profile myisp : Dynamic IP
ippp0 added
 ippp0:   0   0000 0  0 00
 0000 0   0  0
EAZ/MSN for ippp0 is 
Layer-2-Protocol for ippp0 is hdlc
Layer-3-Protocol for ippp0 is trans
Encapsulation for ippp0 is syncppp
Security for ippp0 is on
Hangup-Timeout for ippp0 is 0 sec.
Charge-Hangup for ippp0 is off
Dialmax for ippp0 is 3 times.
Callback for ippp0 is off
Callback delay for ippp0 is 5 sec.
Reject before Callback for ippp0 is off
Incoming-Hangup for ippp0 is off
Configuring IP device ippp0
Starting PPP-daemon for ippp0
Binding PPP device: ippp0 bound to 0
Final SysV network setup for ippp0search localdomain   

hope u can help me.

--quay
---

Re: [newbie] off topic (but not really)


basculesheesh, I just reread your orininal message and
can't for the life of me figure out how I wrote that response
to it.  Sorry, I guess I was preoccupied or asleep or
something, duh!! Yeah, EOT is good. :-)

Alan


bascule wrote:
> 
> thats the point alan, netscape clearly has an option to 'when deleting a
> message locally, remove it from the server' in the mail server>edit>pop
> preferences yet this doesn't appear to work for me, thats all. a new
> client shouldonly be downloading a few messages because thats all i keep
> locally , the others i assumed were being deleted from the server as
> indicated by the option, apparently not
> 
> up to recently i've been keeping my messages on the serveras there
> weren't many and it was a useful form of backup, now i've joined a few
> lists the total number of messages has shot up, which is why i've
> noticed that messages aren't being deleted, i'll decide soon what i'm
> going to do, leave then or lose all of them, if i choose to backup is
> there a particular way or do i just save the file pairs in my
> netscape\..\mail directory?
> 
> anyway i think i've dragged this topic pretty wide of the list, so i'm
> going to cease my own input
> 
> thanks for getting back to me
> 
> bascule
> 
> p.s.
> 
> i complained direct to txu blah blah and guess what?
> they complained about the complaint!
> 
> Alan Shoemaker wrote:
> >
> > basculeyou can't write to a mail server, so where do you
> > think the info as to what your last downloaded email was, is
> > stored?  On your computer, saved somewhere by the mail
> > client.  So when you change mail clients, the new client has
> > no idea about what you've alread downloaded, so it downloads
> > everything available on the server.
> >
> > Why do you keep mail on the server, your isp will not like
> > that eventually, unless you purge the server every so often by
> > allowing it to kill the mail afterbyou've downloaded it.
> >
> > Alan
> >
> > bascule wrote:
> > >
> > > this is only vaguely related to this list but i figure a lot of people
> > > here use netscape and i have a question:
> > >
> > > i use netscape 4.72 128 bit in windows98 (modem doesn't work in linux
> > > but i have strong suspicion this is a hardware fault caused by lightning
> > > strike!)
> > > i have 'leave messages on server' option on preferences ticked with
> > > 'delete messages on server if deleted locally' selected also (this is
> > > not an option if the former is not checked,
> > > however messages on my isp server are not being deleted, ifound out when
> > > i tried netscape 6 pre release and it wanted to download thousands and
> > > thousands of messages!
> > >
> > > is this a bug perhaps, any one else had this, i am in communication with
> > > my isp as well but i wondered if any one else had ever come across this,
> > >
> > > if i'm not careful then i could be responsible for people on the list
> > > receiving 'message bounced' emails if i use up my message quota,
> > >
> > > not wishing to cause annoyance i am trying to nip this in the bud while
> > > i can.
> > >
> > > bascule

Re: [Re: [Re: [newbie] Modem Help]]

2000-05-10 Thread Michael Scottaline


"Marc" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Yea that is what I was going to get probaly. Do you have a guess price on
> that?
==
I think about $80-$90.  You shouldn't have to pay more than $100.
Mike


"Always remember that I have taken more out of alcohol
than alcohol has taken out of me."
--Winston Churchill


Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at 
http://webmail.netscape.com.

[newbie] unable to start progs after connecting with isdn


hi all

ive following problem :

after connecting to my ISP via ISDN, im not able to start any programs---i
always get these error messages on system console 1 :

AUDIT :  : 707 X : client 15 rejected from localhost
Xlib : connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib : client is not authorized to connect to server
Error : cant open display : 0

when switching to another vs linux doesnt prompt me with the normal login :
root@localhost :
but with :
root@ : 

i did configure my isdn conn exactly as described on the mandrakeuser
homepagebut it seems theres something which wasnt described there but has
to be set.i would greatly appreciate if someone could give me a pointer to
this problem, since its really annoying to have an isdn connection but not
being able to run netscape navigator;)
i have to start all programs i want to use, before connecting, because
after connecting to my isp nothing works any more--
connecting with my analog modem to the same ISP works without problems..

this is what i get on "ifup ippp0":

Activating device: ifcfg-ippp0
Loading global settings: /etc/sysconfig/isdn
Loading default settings: /etc/isdn/profile/ippp.default
Loading network settings: ifcfg-ippp0
Loading link settings: /etc/isdn/profile/link/myisp
Using profile myisp : Dynamic IP
ippp0 added
 ippp0:   0   0000 0  0 00
 0000 0   0  0
EAZ/MSN for ippp0 is 
Layer-2-Protocol for ippp0 is hdlc
Layer-3-Protocol for ippp0 is trans
Encapsulation for ippp0 is syncppp
Security for ippp0 is on
Hangup-Timeout for ippp0 is 0 sec.
Charge-Hangup for ippp0 is off
Dialmax for ippp0 is 3 times.
Callback for ippp0 is off
Callback delay for ippp0 is 5 sec.
Reject before Callback for ippp0 is off
Incoming-Hangup for ippp0 is off
Configuring IP device ippp0
Starting PPP-daemon for ippp0
Binding PPP device: ippp0 bound to 0
Final SysV network setup for ippp0search localdomain   

hope u can help me.

--quay

Re: [newbie] Parental Control

2000-05-10 Thread L. H. LOO


At 08-05-2000 07:42 AM, you wrote:
What if he got himself a spare set of power cords ? It is not that costly. 
Just my 0.002 cents' concern.

>How, you may think, did I accomplish this? Well, when I went to work, so 
>did the power cords. While at home, the computer was usable by me only.

RE: [newbie] No freakin clue?!?!?


Well, the next thing I'd do is just try setting it up myself :)
If you go to the console, you can type 'xf86config' and it will ask you for
a range of questions.
You'll need to know a decent amount of hardware.  If you're not sure, tell
me what you have, and I'll try to give you an estimate of what to use.  If
you want to look at your configuration currently, it resides in either
'/etc/XF86Config', '/etc/X11/XF86Config', or '/etc/X11R6/XF86Config'.
Sorry I can't give you an exact location.  My Mandrake machine is doing some
NT testing right now (For work, it sucks), and I'm usually a slackware
person.  :)   
If you have any problems/questions, you can ask back here.   Remember that
you can 'man XF86Config' for a better explination of what EVERYTHING in
XF86Config does/is.
-=Ron=-

-Original Message-
From: Luenin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 12:38 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] No freakin clue?!?!?


Ron Greer wrote:

> Hmm... one of the generic ways to just change video resolutions and test
it
> is by typing:
> 'Ctrl-Alt-+' for increasing resolutions, and 'Ctrl-Alt--' for decreasing
> resolutions.
> DrakConf should allow you to change your resolution from there also.  If
> none of these options work, let me know and I'll give you some better help
> on modifying the config files.
> You might also try running 'xf86config' from the console and try
> re-configuring X.
> I hope this helps!
> -=Ron=-
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Caleb McKay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 1:56 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] No freakin clue?!?!?
>
> Okay, you have the same video card I do which means you have a serious
> problem. The x server that works with the Sav 4 card is the generic svga.
> The svga server has crashed my mandrake system since day 1. But please
feel
> free to try and let me know the results so I can figure out if I have some
> other type of problem. You need to go to the command prompt and type
> xfree86config. This is a simple text based setup program and should be
self
> explanatory. when you get to the part where you choose video card, there
> should be a listing for s3 sav4. Choose it and continue on. Email me and
let
> me know what the results are. Whenever I run x and try to log out my
system
> crashes. There have been several individuals who have reported this bug to
> mandrake (so I know its not just me) but they have still not done anything
> about it (that's why I;ve gone back to RedHat). Maybe someday they will do
> something about it. There is also a driver for creative's sav4 and it
works
> great under redhat but I have yet to get it to work on any other distro
> (I've tried SuSE, mandrake, and storm).
>
> Caleb
> - Original Message -
> From: Luenin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, May 09, 2000 4:49 AM
> Subject: [newbie] No freakin clue?!?!?
>
> > Im really really new with computersnot to mention Linux(which a
> > friend installed on my comp)  But im trying to learn on my own.  Im
> > having prob with the screen resolution.  My icons are huge.  How can i
> > change my sceen resolution.  I have a Savage4.   Please Please help.
> > Thanx.
> > Your Homeboy
> > Roach
> >
> >This is Roach again.

Thanx.tried what you said.and doesnt seem to work.Its being
really
gay.  Any other suggestions.  Like I saidIm kinda new with
compsespecially Linux..but i'll give anything a try once.
Still confused
Roach

RE: [newbie] How do I determine my IP Address


>From a command prompt, type 'ifconfig' and it'll tell you what you need to
know.
-=Ron=-

-Original Message-
From: Hank Ingram [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Wednesday, May 10, 2000 6:22 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] How do I determine my IP Address


When running KPPP, click on details. Worked for me in Mandrake 7.1(Hydrogen)

---
Hank Ingram [EMAIL PROTECTED]Blacksburg, Va
Virginia Tech - Administrative Information Services - HR 
http://fbox.vt.edu:10021/H/hingram/
 

> If I am connecting to a DHCP from my LM7 being used as a 
> Desktop, how do I
> find out what IP Address I have been assigned?

RE: [newbie] How do I determine my IP Address