Re: [newbie] Internet Security
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 21:57:44 -0400 "Judith Miner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: S'ok - we've all been here at some point > that had something to do with mail transport. So okay, some progress. > At sdesign.com I had fewer ports open than I did before, but I'm still > seeing open ports at 631 (tcp) and 6000 (tcp X11). Port 631 is your Cups printer Daemon and 6000 is part of your GUI setup > > I got the same results whether I went online as root or as user. > > How can I get those ports closed? Clear directions much appreciated! > If you tell me exactly where to look and what to edit, I can do it, > but I can't figure it out on my own. I'm not sure about the results of cups the port being closed, but as I understand closing the X11 port with have a sortakindlikeabit deretorious effect on your preference for the GUI (um - won't work) It's a real ring-a-round - if you want to close/disable 631 completely, you might well wind up removing the cups systems and installing the 'old' lpr/lpd' system - others will correct me on this issue. > I tried to run the interactive Bastille but I didn't understand the > options and the explanations were much too sketchy. I don't like to > make > decisions like that when I don't understand what I'm doing. So I ran > BastilleChooser instead and figure it's better than nothing. Why isn't > Bastille on medium security closing all my ports? I agree with these comments. Part of the problem with many applications we try to use when we are unfamiliar with them is the on-screen instruction. Remember that very many of the applications developers do not use English (which-ever flavour) as their first language and as a result many messages are rather obscure. I don't have a work around for this. I use the firewalling which is accessed from the Mandrake Control Centre. It is a subset of Bastille and unless one is totally paranoid about security, I feel it is quite adequate for the 'average home user' (which included me). Have you taken a look at that yet, I know there's a great deal to learn here and I suspect that you, like many other on the list, will eventually get there. There are a good many books out there which are very helpful - one which I found useful when I was first starting was:Sams "Teach Yourself Linux in 10 minutes" which cost me about $US10. It's 200-page paperback which helps with much of the 'basic' stuff. If you want to get more detail then look at the O'Rielly titles in your local book-store. _BUT_ bear in mind that many of the books out there are written around the Redhat distributions and may not be exactly what you are looking for. Look at this way (Comment from mere male) The diff between RH and LM is much the same as the difference between a couple od say Microwave ovens - they do the same job - it's just that the controls are different. Cheers John -- "The number of UNIX installations has grown to 10, with more expected" (The UNIX Programmer's Manual, 2nd Edition, June 1972.) Registered Linux User: 102826
Re: [newbie] Network configuration help...
Did you put all the machines into /etc/hosts everywhere? Can you ping the other machines on IP-address level? (yes: the cables and connections are ok, no: the cables or connections are not ok) Paul > Recently I installed mandrake 8.0, and everything was ok... > > But now I seem to have no network connection to the rest of the network > (can't > connect to my smoothwall machine...so no internet) > Ive ran 'netcfg' and checked the settings and IP addresses etc and all > seem fine... > even changed the network card (a pcnet32) and still ... no network!!!
RE: [newbie] Net Install Problems
I don't understand why you would have a problem witha badly pressed CD when doing a install over the net? I'm not using any CD? Aaron -Original Message- From: Adams, Jamie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 2:07 AM To: 'Aaron' Subject: RE: [newbie] Net Install Problems I know this dosnt solve your problem, but i had exactly the smae problem. It was a badly pressed cd in the end. Cheers -- Jamie >-- >From: Aaron[SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: 03 July 2001 01:38 >To:Mandrake List >Subject: [newbie] Net Install Problems > >I have tried to install three times now and keep getting the same error when >Mandrake 8.0 is installing. I can't tell if its one specific program that is >causing the problem because there is a splash screen over top of the >progress bar and the name of the program that is being installed. > >When the error occurred I get a message box saying: >"An error occurred >Can't use an undefined value as a symbol reference." > >After I get this error the only thing I can do is press the "OK" button and >the installer starts reloading the list of packages and I have to go through >selected what I want to install again. > >Does anyone know what might be happening or a way to fix this? > >thanks, > >Aaron > > <::.. Aaron ..::> >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > >_ >This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet >delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further >information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call >Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. > _ This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service.
[newbie] Network configuration help...
Recently I installed mandrake 8.0, and everything was ok... But now I seem to have no network connection to the rest of the network (can't connect to my smoothwall machine...so no internet) Ive ran 'netcfg' and checked the settings and IP addresses etc and all seem fine... even changed the network card (a pcnet32) and still ... no network!!! It hurts to have to boot into windows just to check my mail :( Anybody got any Ideas why this is happening... Thanx Graham
Re: [newbie] Acrobat
I take it you downloaded the tar.gz from Adobe's web page? >From there type : [root@r2d2 installed] tar -zxvf linux-ar-405.tar.gz ILINXR.install/ILINXR.TAR ILINXR.install/INSTALL ILINXR.install/INSTGUID.TXT ILINXR.install/LICREAD.TXT ILINXR.install/READ.TAR ILINXR.install/ReadMe [root@r2d2 installed] cd ILINXR.install/ Enter installation directory for Acrobat 4.0 [/usr/local/Acrobat4] Do you want to create it now? [y] Installing platform independent files ... Done Installing platform dependent files ... Done [root@r2d2 bin] pwd /usr/local/Acrobat4/bin [root@r2d2 bin] ls -la acroread -rwxr-xr-x1 root root 8710 Jul 4 02:26 acroread* >From there, you can just type ./acroread and the app will run. If you can't get to that point, then fix what it's complaining about or needs and then try and run the ./INSTALL. tdh -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Real Men Us Vi!" Uptime: 2:24AM up 1 day, 5:45, 2 users, load averages: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00 | Has anybody had any luck installing adobe acrobat reader on Mandrake | yet? They don't have a lot of support on their site and when I try to | run the install script in says it can't find a configuration file. | | Thanks, | Kevin | | --
[newbie] Acrobat
Has anybody had any luck installing adobe acrobat reader on Mandrake yet? They don't have a lot of support on their site and when I try to run the install script in says it can't find a configuration file. Thanks, Kevin
Re: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations
www.loaf.org www.linuxrouterproject.org Brandon Caudle - Original Message - From: "Fireman71" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Newbie Mailing List Mandrake" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, July 04, 2001 12:19 AM Subject: [newbie] mini linux distro recommendations > Not really related to Mandrake but > > I am looking for a mini linux distro (under 20 meg and preferably one just > one floppy) that i can load onto an old 386 computer and configure to act as > an internet masquerading / firewall machine. > > Anyone have any ideas? > > TIA, > Ian > EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > >
Re: [newbie] Dial in?
I am sorry for the confusion. My office machine is the Linux machine. My home machine is currently a Windows Me machine. As soon as I can make the office machine do as I need, I will make the OS change at home as well. On the office machine, there are files and programs that I do not and or cannot have at home. I need to be able to access and use them from time to time at home. Some of my co-workers will ultimately need to do the same for productivity reasons. I hope this clears up some of the confusion. Boliver - Original Message - From: "Tim Holmes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Boliver Allmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 11:36 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Dial in? > Your email is confusing. You say you want to set Mandrake up to be a > DialUp server, and then you say you want to dial from home to work and > access software. Which exactly is it you'd like to do. > tdh > > -- > T. Holmes > - > UNIXTECHS.org > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > - > "Real Men Us Vi!" > > Uptime: > > 12:35AM up 1 day, 3:56, 2 users, load averages: 0.02, 0.03, 0.00 > > > | Can anyone set me on the track of information on setting up my linux (MD 8.0) as a > | dial in server? I want to be able to dial in from home to work on software at the office. > -- >
Re: [newbie] Dial in?
i think he means he wants to set the server up at home so he can dial in from work? JOE
Re: [newbie] Internet Security
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Miark wrote: > > Remember, I'm your test case--the Windows user who wants to say good-bye > > to Microsoft but does not want to and will not become a command > > line/console sort of gal. Mandrake 8 claims to have me in mind. > > While it's true that Mandrake may require less command line usage than other Linux >distributions, I find it hard to imagine that MDK > or anybody else would claim that you can avoid the command line altogether. And >quite frankly, I don't know why you'd want to go > without it. > > Linux is based on the command line. Its power and speed comes from the command line. >Desktop interfaces are great, but you can't go > without some understanding of Linux' blood and guts. Honestly, if you want to ditch >M$ but aren't willing to become familiar with > the command line, I think you should be looking at Macs rather than Linux. > > Don't get me wrong-I'm not trying to drive you away from Linux; I just think you >seriously need to re-evaluate your attitude towards > the command line. It can be demanding, but its really necessary, and well worth the >trouble. > > So do the desktop thing, but don't cut yourself off from the command line. > > Miark I concur with Mark's assessment, Macs probably will be more one's cup of tea if one doesn't wish to use the command line. Almost necessary to at some point. -- Cheers, Steve - ICQ 35454764 Toronto
Re: [newbie] Dial in?
Your email is confusing. You say you want to set Mandrake up to be a DialUp server, and then you say you want to dial from home to work and access software. Which exactly is it you'd like to do. tdh -- T. Holmes - UNIXTECHS.org [EMAIL PROTECTED] - "Real Men Us Vi!" Uptime: 12:35AM up 1 day, 3:56, 2 users, load averages: 0.02, 0.03, 0.00 | Can anyone set me on the track of information on setting up my linux (MD 8.0) as a | dial in server? I want to be able to dial in from home to work on software at the |office. --
[newbie] Mandrake and ADSL support
Hello, I will be installing an ADSL modem from Verizon. My question has 2 parts: 1-is ADSL supported, and 2-Where can I find a howto/info etc. Target platform: This will run on a PIII-450, 256mb ram, ata100 WD hard drive, Asus P2-99 mobo with a portable rack to switch Mandrake/MS-Windows etc (superb concept! ;-) Your help would be highly appreciated. Mandrake rules! [EMAIL PROTECTED] The philosophically fashionable Often goes out with the trash The moment one is face to face With the harsh truth of chaos And catastrophe.
[newbie] Open Websites With Mozilla & Run Command???
When I type a URL in the Run Command box, I've got it setup that Mozilla opens by using it as default program to open HTML files by changing the File Associations, however when Mozilla loads it doesn't open the site, it just opens up the default start page. So if someone could tell me how I'd go about getting Mozilla to open up the URL I type in the Run Command, I'd appreciate it greatly. TIA Curtis _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[newbie] Dial in?
Can anyone set me on the track of information on setting up my linux (MD 8.0) as a dial in server? I want to be able to dial in from home to work on software at the office.
Re: [newbie] POP3/SMTP Client Programs for both Linux and Window?
I do something similar: I use Outlook Express in both Linux (via Win4Lin) and Windows. In both OSes Outlook is set to use the same "message store", namely D:\Outlook Express and /mnt/win_d/Outlook\ Express. Works great for me. Miark - Original Message - From: Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Newbie List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 7:44 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] POP3/SMTP Client Programs for both Linux and Window? > On the surface this sounds like a neat idea, but I have a feeling that you > will run into problems because the windows file system will not allow > Linux to set file permissions when Messenger in Linux attempts to write to > the disk. Although I am curious enough to try this. > > -- > daRcmaTTeR > =/\=??? > |%C++ > > On Sat, 30 Jun 2001, Dave Sherman wrote: > > > -pgpenvelope processed message > > > > Here's an idea that should work. > > > > Use Netscape on both Windows and Linux for your email. In Linux, take your > > /home/$USER/nsmail folder and rename it, then create a symlink of the same > > name and point it at your Netscape Mail folder on the Windows partition. > > Obviously, you will need full permissions to your Windows partition to be > > able to do this. > > > > Now, when you use Netscape for Linux to get your mail, it will be written > > to the proper files on the Windows partition, and when you use Netscape > > for Windows, you will already see the mail sitting there! > > > > I did this with my Netscape bookmarks, and it worked perfectly. I haven't > > tried it with mail, since I use Eudora for Windows and kmail on Linux, but > > it should work. > > > > Dave > > > > On Saturday 30 June 2001 08:22, thus spake Jeremy NG: > > > Hi Everybody, > > > > > > I always download all my messages from the mail server to > > > my machine. > > > > > > Currently, I am using M$ Outlook to connect to my POP3 and > > > SMTP servers. However, I am beginning to hate this setup > > > as Outlook stores my messages in a proprietary format. This > > > is definitely a real pain. > > > > > > Whenever I boot my machine to Linux, I cannot download my > > > messages from the mail server as I do not know of any program > > > in Linux that is able to insert the newly downloaded messages > > > into the archive file of Outlook. > > > > > > Is there a mail client program that stores the messages in a > > > platform-neutral format? It doesn't matter if I have to use > > > different mail client programs on different OSes. I just want > > > to be able to retrieve my mails to a common repository on my > > > machine regardless of which OS I am running. > > > > > > Would appreciate any suggestions and how to convert my > > > existing mails in the Outlook archive to the new format. > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > Cheers! > > > (: J :) > > > > > > -- > > > I have not failed. > > > I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. > > > > > >Thomas Alva Edison > > > > -- > > "Nihil tam munitum quod non expugnari pecunia possit." (No > > fortification is such that it cannot be subdued with money.) > > - Marcus Tullius Cicero, 106-43 B.C. > > > > -pgpenvelope information > > Hash: SHA1 > > Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) > > Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org > > > > gpg: Warning: using insecure memory! > > gpg: Signature made Sat Jun 30 09:38:13 2001 EDT using DSA key ID 368B7F73 > > gpg: Can't check signature: public key not found > > > > pgpenvelope_decrypt: message processed at Sat Jun 30 13:17:46 2001 > > > > -end pgpenvelope information > > > >
Re: [newbie] Internet Security
> Remember, I'm your test case--the Windows user who wants to say good-bye > to Microsoft but does not want to and will not become a command > line/console sort of gal. Mandrake 8 claims to have me in mind. While it's true that Mandrake may require less command line usage than other Linux distributions, I find it hard to imagine that MDK or anybody else would claim that you can avoid the command line altogether. And quite frankly, I don't know why you'd want to go without it. Linux is based on the command line. Its power and speed comes from the command line. Desktop interfaces are great, but you can't go without some understanding of Linux' blood and guts. Honestly, if you want to ditch M$ but aren't willing to become familiar with the command line, I think you should be looking at Macs rather than Linux. Don't get me wrong-I'm not trying to drive you away from Linux; I just think you seriously need to re-evaluate your attitude towards the command line. It can be demanding, but its really necessary, and well worth the trouble. So do the desktop thing, but don't cut yourself off from the command line. Miark
Re: [newbie] Computer is too slow
I say build a kernel around your specific processor, use a light wm, and make sure your not booting any startup items you don't need (bind, dhcpd, smbd, atalk, etc) and upgrading your memory Brandon Caudle - Original Message - From: "civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Boliver Allmon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 5:32 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Computer is too slow > On Tuesday 03 July 2001 17:03, Boliver Allmon wrote: > > Last night I installed 8.0 on a Pentium 133 with 32 meg of ram. > > I realize that I am at the low end of computers that should work, > > but based on last night I would call Linux "Linuxdose" and windows > > "windowzip". > > > > I know that I need to upgrade the ram to at least 64 meg. Changing > > the CPU is doubtful at this time. Is there something I missed? I > > used the basic or standard (such as it is) install. When trying to > > run programs, the hard drive is constantly reading (according to > > the HD idiot light). > > > > I want and need a computer that is stable enough to use as dial-up > > information > > depository. That is why I picked Linux. Please do not tell me to > > go back to > > MS. Bill is rich enough off of me. > > > > Thanks > > > > Boliver Allmon > > Use kernel 2.2.19 Likely you have a VIA chipset and we crippled its > function in the 2.4 kernel to avoid a nasty corruption bug confirmed > by VIA just days before release. > > Kernel 2.2.19 is not a system subject to the bug. > > To get it during install you have to select expert mode, go to > individual package selection and click the icon at the bottom of that > individual panel for "Flat List" then scroll down to the ks and pick > kernel22-2.2.19-10mdk > > When you get to the bootloader, pick "add" and make a separate > linux-0 boot for vmlinuz-2.2.19-10mdk (image in the drop down list). > > Then boot there, you should be pleasantly surprised. > > Also, your desktop has little to do with the performance as a server. > And KDE and GNOME are definitely heavy desktops. There are another > 7 provided which are much fleeter of foot. > > Civileme > > > > > > > *Phone: 281-424-0409 > > K Fax: 281-424-6982 > > *Location: 58-F36 > > *e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
[newbie] HSP56 micromodem
had anyone installed a hsp56 micromodem on madrake??? pls help!
Re: [newbie] attached log
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, bc wrote: :)darn, after i typed in those to commands, the xfs stop, then the xfs start, it :replyed with no errors that i saw, just some typing commands or such? anyway, i :"startx" after that and it could not get in, i attached the error log again for you :to see if you could? thanks a ton... :) :)bc :) Your log file shows that you still are NOT picking up fonts. You might try these: 1) Issue a "pstree" command. See if "xfs" is running. It should be listed near the bottom of "pstree" listing. If "pstree" doesn't list "xfs" then the fontserver is NOT running for some reason. 2) Look at the "/etc/X11/fs/config" file. You should have a section that looks similar to this: catalogue = /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo, /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mdk:unscaled, /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1, /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives, /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western These are the "paths" to your installed fonts. If these paths are NOT there then you don't have all of the XFree86 packages installed. 3) Issue a "fslsfonts -server unix/:-1" This "should" list all of the fonts in the above "catalog" paths. 4) Try a "xset fp+ unix/:-1" This should "inform" your system of the running font server and all the fonts listed above in #3.. 5) Make sure you have all the XFree86 packages installed by running: rpm -qa | grep -i xfree The "fonts" are in the 75dpi & 100dpi packages. I have these packages installed: XFree86-xfs-4.0.3-7mdk XFree86-devel-4.0.3-7mdk XFree86-server-4.0.3-7mdk XFree86-libs-4.0.3-7mdk XFree86-4.0.3-7mdk XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.0.3-7mdk XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.0.3-7mdk 6) Now try starting X If all of this doesn't work you might try changing the file "/etc/X11/XF86Config" (I've never done this for XFree86 4.0, but it should work) a) comment out the line: FontPath "unix/:-1" by placing a "#" in front of the line. b) Add the lines from the "catalog" line (above in #2) so that they look like: FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/misc:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/100dpi:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Speedo" FontPath "/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/mdk:unscaled" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/default/Type1" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives" FontPath "/usr/share/fonts/ttf/western" Now restart X. If it still fails, I'm at a loss. -- -=[cwa]=- Linux-Mandrake 8.0
Re: [newbie] curious ....
Sridhar wrote: >> I noticed that you said in an earlier post that you had trouble importing your fonts. Have you tried using DrakFont (part of the Mandrake Control Centre)? << Of course. It's a very limited tool, but it did make some TrueType fonts available to the system and some of the programs are using them for display. They do look better than the dreadful defaults used otherwise. But it's not enough for printing or serious work. You don't get an acceptable character set, only ISO 8859 that does not include true typographic apostrophes, quotation marks, and other important typographic characters. KFontInst should do what I need to do with both Type 1 and TrueType fonts and I'll be able to select a proper character set, but I'm still puzzling out how to do the preliminaries as described in the KFontInst "manual." Do you know how to get rid of all those ugly fonts that are listed in DrakFont? I tried highlighting them and telling DrakFont to remove them, but it wouldn't. Didn't tell me why, either. I would keep a Helvetica, a Times, and a Courier from the screen fonts listed and would like to dump the rest. I have added several TrueTypes for screen display. --Judy Miner
[newbie] Internet Security
First of all, thanks to everyone who shared their opinions on working as root. I've printed out a bunch of messages and will be digesting them as time allows. For those who wondered why I need to be root so often, it's because I'm still very much involved in getting the system set up, installing programs, etc., and it seems I have to be root in order to do a lot of what needs to be done. Once the system is complete and has a chance to settle, I can handle working as user. But for now, it is very inconvenient. My priorities now are first, to firm up my Internet security; second, to get my Type 1 fonts working and available to applications; third, to figure out what's going on with the printers. Today I worked on Internet security. I tried some of the things suggested and frankly, I don't have a clue. I don't understand the directions, I can't find some of the things suggested, I can't deal with scripts, I don't have six months to take a course. I read the How To's on network security and firewalls and they descended into geekspeak much too fast and far too deeply and I was lost. Remember, I'm your test case--the Windows user who wants to say good-bye to Microsoft but does not want to and will not become a command line/console sort of gal. Mandrake 8 claims to have me in mind. Since I was stumped by the console approach, here's what I did in desperation to get my ports closed on the Internet. I ran draksec as root from a command line and when it came up, I set my security to Medium. I also ran BastilleChooser and picked the Medium level, no server option. Then I went on the Web and back to grc.com and sdesign.com to test my ports. At grc.com all my ports were closed, which was an improvement from when I tested before and my SMTP port was reported open. I turned off some startup process or whatever it's called that had something to do with mail transport. So okay, some progress. At sdesign.com I had fewer ports open than I did before, but I'm still seeing open ports at 631 (tcp) and 6000 (tcp X11). I got the same results whether I went online as root or as user. How can I get those ports closed? Clear directions much appreciated! If you tell me exactly where to look and what to edit, I can do it, but I can't figure it out on my own. I tried to run the interactive Bastille but I didn't understand the options and the explanations were much too sketchy. I don't like to make decisions like that when I don't understand what I'm doing. So I ran BastilleChooser instead and figure it's better than nothing. Why isn't Bastille on medium security closing all my ports? Thanks very much for any help you can give. --Judy Miner
[newbie] sound recording
I am using mdk 8.0. I am having tv tuner card. When some song comes in TV, I want to record that song using software. In windows music jukebox can take input from mic, line in or mixer and record the song. Is there any software, preferably GUI, based in linux. When I used grecord, it needs source only from line in. Even when line in input is there, it couldn't record as device was being used by playing program in this case Tv tuner card. Where as in windows using Jukebox, i could record sound. with cat /dev/audio and sox, I could get sound recorded, but it was only noise may be stopping was done using ctrl+c. This didn't create proper EOF for wav file. Any solution will be appreciated -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042
Re: [newbie] fonts in StarOffice
Do your show up in SO? None of the windows fonts show up here? Is there some surgery necessary? -s On Tuesday 03 July 2001 08:39 pm, you wrote: > have you tried importing all the fonts from windows if you've got a dual > boot system?
Re: [newbie]Odd KMail Problem
That is weird. That's the third problem with kmail I read about today (actually two and one of my own that started last night). But yours is the weirdess, and the most cripling. One guys folders/old messages became corrupt, and then with mine now the search messages option will cause kmail to crash. Can't really uninstall and reinstall, huh? Maybe we should upgrade to the new beta (or is it still alpha)? -s On Tuesday 03 July 2001 07:32 pm, you wrote: > Dear All, I had some display problems and with your help I was able to > fix them however a new problem developed immediately afterwards. I went > to KMail to compose an email and discovered that my letter o key > actually prints out a c in KMail now. > Sincerely, Marcia
[newbie]Odd KMail Problem
Dear All, I had some display problems and with your help I was able to fix them however a new problem developed immediately afterwards. I went to KMail to compose an email and discovered that my letter o key actually prints out a c in KMail now. All of the o's in the addresses are now c's and the KMail shows all of the o's as c's in the email addresses so that now I cannot receive or send mail at all through KMail. KMail was working fine until I changed my display through Xconfigurator today. I did not do anything except change my monitor which did give me the resolution I needed. I am typing this out from Netscape Messenger now since I no longer can use KMail. Does anyone know how I can fix this quickly? Thanks very much for your help. Sincerely, Marcia
Re: [newbie] Whois looking for lost email address
jennifer wrote: > > Romanator wrote: > > > > Hi all, > > > > Is there such a thing is looking up an email address? I have an address > > but the whois feature cannot find the web page. > > You can respond to be directly. > > > > Roman > > Registered Linux User #179293 > > Email Powered By Tux Email Utility > > I'm not sure I understand. Do you want to verify that the email exists > without notifing the user? Or do you want to verify what domain (smtp > server) it is being sent through? Well, what happened is that I signed up for an free email address. However, for some reason I can't find the web page that it's linked to. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
Re: [newbie] attached log
darn, after i typed in those to commands, the xfs stop, then the xfs start, it replyed with no errors that i saw, just some typing commands or such? anyway, i "startx" after that and it could not get in, i attached the error log again for you to see if you could? thanks a ton... :)bc >RE: error log attached, i could not get up into KDE? any ideas? > It looks like you are trying to use a "font server" ( maybe xfs )> and the font server is not running. As root, issue a> "/etc/init.d/xfs stop" then /etc/init.d/xfs start" to re-start> the server. If no errors are reported, try running X.> > BTW... The "unix/:-1" in the above piece of your log refers to the font server.> -- > -=[cwa]=-> Linux-Mandrake 8.0> > On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, bc wrote:> > :)error log attached, i could not get up into KDE? any ideas?> :)> > (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5"> (**) Mouse1: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5> (II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver> (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE)> Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list!> > Fatal server error:> could not open default font 'fixed'> > > It looks like you are trying to use a "font server" ( maybe xfs )> and the font server is not running. As root, issue a> "/etc/init.d/xfs stop" then /etc/init.d/xfs start" to re-start> the server. If no errors are reported, try running X.> > BTW... The "unix/:-1" in the above piece of your log refers to the font server.> -- > -=[cwa]=-> Linux-Mandrake 8.0> XFree86.0.log
Re: [newbie] fonts in StarOffice
kp _ wrote: > > Hi, > I have Mandrake 8.0 on a PII 350Mhz > > Everything was fine during install, > my big problem is that fonts are UGLY > in Star Office I've tried things I > found on mandrake forum( :unscaled in a 'config' file, > uninstall AbiWord...) but this is still ugly... > > So what is the solution to have nice letters ? > Thanks. > __ > Boîte aux lettres - Caramail - http://www.caramail.com We are expecting a Sun employee to respond to this. Stay tuned to the newbie post. As soon as I receive an answer from him, I will post it asap. Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
Re: [newbie] Newbie Archives
Click on the following link: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 Scroll down about halfway and click on the mail archives. You can also run a word search. Good Luck! Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility OOzy Pal wrote: > > Hello Guys > > how can I look up old archive of the mailing list. > What is the URL? > > = > Regards, > OOzy > > What is the purpose of life? > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Star office problem
Hi Ivan, To the best of my knowledge, you cannot copy Windows fonts from Windows to Linux. This is most likely why you got the error. When selecting Windows fonts by using Drakfont, click on the Windows fonts button and select the Force option. You want to uninstall the present fonts and reinstall the Windows font via Drakfont. You have to remember that these Windows fonts in Drakfont were hacked. This is due to the fact that Microsoft owns the fonts. Since they have spent millions of dollars to get them just right, they will NOT share them or offer them to Linux. As far as mounting the NTFS partition, this is still under development ( as fas I am aware ). However, there are plans to add this to a later kernel. I think further investigation is needed. Roman ivan miranda wrote: > > Hi Romanator, > I did download the new version of drakfont,however,i could not install > any windows fonts (i have win2k on NTFS).How can i mount an NTFS partion > ?.However i copied some fonts from widows m/c, all are *.ttf font,but > while i was trying to install those fonts, drakfont gives error message > like this for all fonts: > "font /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/drakfont/78640___.ttf: unknown > usWeightClass 5" > How can i proceed now ? > > Thanks in advance > Ivan > > > > ivan miranda wrote: > > > > > > Hi all, > > > I have installed a power pack version of LM8.Staroffice works > > > fine,java okay,but the fonts...awafullhow can i correct > > > this.Earlier,i have corrected the fonts problem in LM8 and the > > > browsers,by removing the existing abisuite and installing a newer > > > version.The second problem is that i have an HP5000 series laser printer > > > on the network.The staroffice printer menu does not include this how can > > > use this printer?The same printer was configured in cups is working > > > fine(samba printer).Thanks in advace for the help > > > > > > Ivan > > > > > > > Ivan, > > > > Select the Software manager and download the drafont 0.5-13mdk update > > TrueType Fonts manager. Install the Windows fonts. > > Navigate to Control Center->Look'N'Feel->Fonts. For fixed width I'm > > using lucidatypewriter. I also use a combination of Helvetica and > > Verdana 10 and 11 pts. > > > > Roman > > Registered Linux User #179293 > > Email Powered By Tux Email Utility > > -- > Ivan Miranda > General Instrument Engineer/IT support > Po Box 8746,Doha,Qatar > Ph:974-4402524/4402773 > Fax:974-4323380 -- Roman Registered Linux User #179293 This email is powered by the Tux Email Utility
Re: [newbie] attached log
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, bc wrote: :)error log attached, i could not get up into KDE? any ideas? :) (**) Option "ZAxisMapping" "4 5" (**) Mouse1: ZAxisMapping: buttons 4 and 5 (II) Keyboard "Keyboard1" handled by legacy driver (II) XINPUT: Adding extended input device "Mouse1" (type: MOUSE) Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list! Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed' It looks like you are trying to use a "font server" ( maybe xfs ) and the font server is not running. As root, issue a "/etc/init.d/xfs stop" then /etc/init.d/xfs start" to re-start the server. If no errors are reported, try running X. BTW... The "unix/:-1" in the above piece of your log refers to the font server. -- -=[cwa]=- Linux-Mandrake 8.0 XFree86.0.log
[newbie] attached log
error log attached, i could not get up into KDE? any ideas? XFree86.0.log
Re: [newbie] organizing all sorts of data
askSam -- one of my all time favorite programs. (For those who don't know, it's a free format database, with excellent search capabilities.) There are possibilities, but nothing that I've found that is exactly like it. I found wikis, and TWiki in particular. They have the advantages over askSam of being networked and allowing collaborative editing by default. They have the disadvantages of being more difficult to set up and the search facilities not being as good. They also have a quirky way of creating links (and naming pages), but TWiki provides some alternates at the cost of more effort and less convenience. You can try a twiki by going to: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/TWiki/TWikiTutorial -- a tutorial to help you get started http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Test/TestTopic21 -- a twiki page where you can play http://www.c2.com/cgi/wiki?WikiEngineReview -- a page on the original wiki where I started a review of various wiki engines (programs) before choosing TWiki A wiki runs on a web server (like Apache) -- any pc with a browser and a network connection to that web server (Internet, intranet, LAN) can view and edit the contents of the wiki. Many wikis keep a revision history of all changes to a page. TWiki supports attachments by default, and has plugins to support things like drawing pictures. It's not quite askSam, but in some respects it's better than askSam. I plan to start a wikiforum on SourceForge, and, when I learn how (or get a volunteer) I will implement a local search engine (like htdig, Alta Vista, Google, to provide improved search facilities. (The wikiforum will be called WikiLearn and it will be devoted to learning and using free and open source software like Linux, C++, Perl, ...) Let me know if you find anything better. Hope this helps, Randy Kramer Kevin Fonner wrote: > Is there a database program for Linux that is made to organize tons of > different types of information. Web pages, emails, notes, documents, > ect?? Something like asksam only for Linux
Re: [newbie] Using tn5250 to connect to the AS400
On Tuesday 03 July 2001 12:35 pm, you wrote: > Don't know if anyone here has used tn5250 to connect to an Ibm > AS400.but was wanting some information. > > I am using a Toshiba 1605CDS laptop running Mandrake 7.2 trying to > connect to our AS400 at work... I have a pcmcia card (IBM 5250 > Express--worked with a windows system).. and have tn5250 rpm > installed.. > > Any ideas ? I don't really find much searching the internet. Any > suggestions are appreciated.. > > PS:Thanks to those who helped me with the Zip drive..!! Thanks for the quick reply. OkayI hate to sound stupid..but I don't know alot about Linux yetso I may be in over my head already!! Anyway, I use twinax behlan connections on a star box to connect all the other pc's/terminals to the as400 .. connecting my laptop..(what type of connection should I use with Linux?---i have the ibm5250express pcmcia card--just don't know if it will work.) connection desktop units running Linux(what type of connections do I need?)With the windows systems i am using BosaNova Twinax cards for the desktops now. Note: I do not have an ethernet card in the as400..(I am also not a networking guru.as if you couldn't tell! :) Do I have to have an ethernet card in the AS400? - Thanks again. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User#204085 Linux Mandrake 7.2 on a M$ Free computer! M$ is not the answer. M$ is the question. The answer is no.
Re: [newbie] printer problem
On Tuesday 03 July 2001 20:31, baza486 wrote: > Hi, > > can anyone help me get my HP Deskjet 500C printer working? I have > Mandrake 7.2 running on a 64meg PC (Packard Bell). According to > linuxPrinters.org it should work fine, but hardrake or config > printer can't get it working. If I run config printer I get a > message saying CUPS is loading, then after a minute or two it just > drops back to KDE. > > What am I doing wrong? > > Thanx try this from a terminal rpm -qa| grep printpr If you get some responses to that, you have both cups and printpro loaded, which will keep them from working. Civileme
[newbie] Installing cdrecord
I am trying to follow the install instructions for cdrecord at http://sunsite.dk/linux-newbie/Linux_apps.htm#writing_cds. The instructions tell me to add an "append="hdb=ide-scsi"" line to the lilo.conf file. I do this and when I run lilo I get an error about duplicate append lines. So I edit out the "append="quiet"" line. After following the other directions and rebooting, I find that CDRom2 is locked. How do I get around that? Then when I install cdrecord, I follow all the instructions down to where it says "ln -s /opt/schily/bin/* /usr/local/", at which I get the error "/usr/local//bin: cannot overwrite directory". When I try to cdrecord -scanbus I get a message that cdrecord command not found. What should I be doing here. Go easy on me, I am trying to learn this stuff Scootr64
[newbie] Installing DOG/bad sym link?
I'm running Mandrake 8.0 on a i586, I'm trying to install the book mark editor DOG: http://apps.kde.com/na/2/info/vid/2873 "DOG (Data Organizer) is a personal knowledge manager based on topic maps. Currently it is spezialized in managing bookmarks. It imports and exports Netscape, Mozilla and KDE2 (XBEL) bookmark files and imports KDE1 kfm bookmarks and Windows IE Favorites. " When I try to install the Mandrake RPM package I get this error: Found 0 source and 1 binary packages Dependency Problem: libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 is needed by dog-0.4.1-1mdk I've tried doing this, while in /usr/lib as root: ln -s libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.a libstdc++-libc6.1-2.a.3 ln -s libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 ldconfig I've also tried doing this cp libstdc++-3-libc6.2-2-2.10.0.so libstdc++-libc6.1-2.so.3 ldconfig Still get the same Dependency Problem Error. I'm I doing some thing wrong, or can this simply not be done?
[newbie] Using tn5250 to connect to the AS400
Don't know if anyone here has used tn5250 to connect to an Ibm AS400.but was wanting some information. I am using a Toshiba 1605CDS laptop running Mandrake 7.2 trying to connect to our AS400 at work... I have a pcmcia card (IBM 5250 Express--worked with a windows system).. and have tn5250 rpm installed.. Any ideas ? I don't really find much searching the internet. Any suggestions are appreciated.. PS:Thanks to those who helped me with the Zip drive..!! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User#204085 Linux Mandrake 7.2 on a M$ Free computer! M$ is not the answer. M$ is the question. The answer is no.
[newbie] can anyone tell me how to setup my ethernet card exactly?
Cause i bought a brand new card that linux supposedly reconizes and i dont know ow to do it
[newbie] nVidia & 2D
Hallo! I've got a TNT2 16Mb running first with the drivers provided by Mandrake, and now with nVidia's... but when using gqview to see photos they appear exactly as slow now as they did with the original drivers. I've tryed with 16b and 32b under 1280x1024 desktop. When i use my laptop, running 1024x768x32b laptop they appear immediately -no delay at all-... 8-? Thanks! -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Yahoo: quinir Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783
[newbie] sshd caused SLOW internet...?
I just did a fresh expert install and noticed that when doing FTP to either a machine on my LAN or on the internet doing an ls or a get would just hang for what seemed like forever before returning a response. I aslo noticed that connecting to Samba shares took forever too. And doing a ping to and internet site would timeout. I did a ps and killed and disabled 'firewall', since my linux machine is already behind a firewall, this didn't change the network slowness. I then killed and disabled 'sshd', again nothing changed. But when I rebooted FTP, Samba, and ping all worked great. I'm not sure what sshd is (besides being the 'secure shell daemon'), but would that have been effecting my FTP and Samba stuff? or was it the firewall daemon?
[newbie] Detect Libraries in Mandrake 8.0
Mandrake 7.2 configured my sound card correctly, though 8.0 didn't. But it was easy enough to go into HardDrake, select my sound card, select your sound card and click on "Run Configuration tool" and select the correct one. Hopefully Mandrake will fix this in the future. Adams, Jamie writes: > Hello, > > I have posted this once before, but after much searching on the net for > a solution, and much fiddling with my config im still having no luck. > > My sound card, a Yamaha OPL3-SA2 inside a Toshiba Sattellite 2520CDT. > The soundcard was previously detected under Mandrake 7.1, but not with > 8.0. > > I understand that Harddrake relies on the Detect Libraries, i have > considered replacing these with the earlier libraries from 7.1 but i > have been told that this is not recommended. > > With the failure of Harddrake i inserted the correct module into the > kernel, but when i pass on the Control IO of my soundcard to the module > (0x370H) it complains that this IO is busy. Even so it gives me sound > through the CD player in KDE, but does not play wav, mp3 or anything > else really, including the event sounds for KDE. > > I checked my IO configuration and it says that my card is on 371H, not > 370. > > Could someone pleease help me here?? i feel i have pretty much done > all i can do to get this card working short of going back to 7.1, which > seems completly pointless. > > Anything you can suggest would be much appreciated. > > Mnay thanks for listning. > > Yours in hope. > Cheers > > -- Jamie > > > _ > This message has been checked for all known viruses by Star Internet > delivered through the MessageLabs Virus Scanning Service. For further > information visit http://www.star.net.uk/stats.asp or alternatively call > Star Internet for details on the Virus Scanning Service. >
RE: [newbie] Unix multi-user capabilities: how to use them
I think on the 333 you can type: xhost + ... then on your 486 you can telnet into the 333 and run Xwindow apps via telnet... > -Original Message- > From: Olaf Marzocchi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 4:35 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Unix multi-user capabilities: how to use them > > > Hi, > I'd like to connect via Ethernet two PCs (let' say 486 and > Cel333) and I'd > like to run from the 486 Xwindow programs in the cel. > How to make the 486 to use the power of the other? > > Thanks > > Olaf > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> use ONLY this for normal messages except > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for attachements and in case of problems with > the first. > >
Re: [newbie] Scanner Epson Perfection 1240U
Well, let me give you some info that was given me. It was given for a 610u and I have the 1200u, so I only had to change the product number. You can maybe find yours at the sane site. Mine for the 1200u is 0x0104. "Have you already done the following? 1) mknod /dev/subscanner0 c 180 48 chmod 666 /dev/usbscanner0 2) Install sane & xsane 3) Edit /etc/sane.d/epson.conf to match your configuration (the only uncommented line has to be "usb /dev/usbscanner0" without quotes) 4) You have to have usb working insmod usbcore insmod usb-uhci 5) insmod scanner vendor=0x04b8 product= 0x0103 # Note: 0x0103 is Perfection 610 (mine) ;) Hope that helps. -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain" -s On Tuesday 03 July 2001 04:26 am, you wrote: > Hi, > My scanner Epson Perfection 1240U (USB) does not work on my Mandrake 8.0 > despite it is in the list of supported hardware of SANE. > Can you help me? > > Renato >
[newbie] Cyrillic in Kword -- How, please?
I don't know about Kword and Russian, but xemacs-mule works for entering Chinese characters, and has support for Russian characters too. Benjamin Sher writes: > Dear friends: > > I added Russian to my list of Keyboards in KDE 2.1.1. Works great. I can go > to a Russian site and type in search keywords, etc in Russian. > > Now, if I can do this, how do I write in Russian in Kword or any other KDE > application? > > Kword does not include any Cyrillic fonts in its list of fonts. How do I make > this blessed event happen, please? > > Would really appreciate your help. > > Thank you so much. > > Benjamin > -- > Sher's Russian Web > http://www.websher.net > Benjamin and Anna Sher > [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
[newbie] Free Shell Account
Hey guys and girls, I am opening up my little server for some free shell accounts so I can gain more admin knowledge. If you would like more information on the machine itself or a free account then let me know. Andrew -- Beware of geeks bearing graft.
Re: [newbie] Nvidia which drivers
There is a discussion concerning the nVidia drivers on Mandrakeuser.org. After reading the threads I decided to use the older drivers myself. TC --- The Conways <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > My computer has a bx mobo and a geforce 2 mx 32 meg > of ram graphic card. > Which are the best drivers? I understand there are > some problems with the > new nvidia drivers. > > Jim > > __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] mingetty and kdeinit
Is it normal for more than one instance of mingetty and kdeinit to be running when i look in gps or top ? -- Regards, Dan Gordon Powered by KMail Registered Linux user #217868
[newbie] Unix multi-user capabilities: how to use them
Hi, I'd like to connect via Ethernet two PCs (let' say 486 and Cel333) and I'd like to run from the 486 Xwindow programs in the cel. How to make the 486 to use the power of the other? Thanks Olaf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> use ONLY this for normal messages except <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> for attachements and in case of problems with the first.
Re: [newbie] Display in LM8
Dear Don & All, Yes, my settings are at 600x400 and I cannot find a way to change them. There was no other choice offered in Mandrake Control Center.I did it in 7.2 but cannot find out how to do it on this distribution. How may I do that? Also, is XF86Setup on this distro? I cannot get it from the terminal. Thank you for your help. Sincerely, Marcia On Monday 02 July 2001 20:45, D. Hoyem wrote: > Marcia, > Have you looked at the Configuration --> Other --> > Mandrake Control Panel and in there you can look at > what the settinfgs are for the display.. From what you > have said it appears that you display is set to > 600x400 and that display is hard to see like you say. > Try 800x600 and see if that works better. > Don > > --- Marcia Waller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Dear All, Since I have had LM8 I cannot get my > > display to the correct config. > > Alot of my programs are cut off at the bottom so > > that I cannot see the OK , > > Apply, or Cancel buttons. I have a generic S3Virge > > which worked perfectly in > > 7 and 7.2. How may I remedy this problem? I already > > did a new config file > > with xf86config. That did not seem to change > > anything. Any help will be > > greatly appreciated. Sincerely, Marcia > > -- > > Marcia Waller > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail > http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ -- Marcia Waller
[newbie] Fw:Sigma Designs Corporation Realmagic 64/GX (SD 6425) graphic card
Tu correo gratis en MixMail http://www.mixmail.com Entra en la fiesta de Levi's: http://levi.ya.com Hi all, I have a problem when installing the video card. I have a PC with Pentium 166 processor, and in the DOS boot process the video card is detected as a "S3 trio 64 V+" card. At Mandrake 8.0 installation process, I choosed the video card controler for this model but when the system test it, things go wrong. Linux detects a diferent chip than what they sold me at the PC´s shop. A Sigma Designs Corporation Realmagic 64/GX (SD 6425) chip is detected for my card. And the problem: I cannot find any suitable controller for this chip at mandrake installation. I have tried some of them which seem to have similar names but none of them works properly (actually, they do not work at all). Have you ever had a similar problem? Can you help me? Thank you all, Manuel. Tu correo gratis en MixMail http://www.mixmail.com Entra en la fiesta de Levi's: http://levi.ya.com
[newbie] Nvidia which drivers
My computer has a bx mobo and a geforce 2 mx 32 meg of ram graphic card. Which are the best drivers? I understand there are some problems with the new nvidia drivers. Jim
[newbie] PPPOE/Roaring Penguin/Network card
Hey everyone, I'm having problems getting my PPPOE connection going in Linux (MDK 8.0). Running ifconfig eth0, it would appear as though my network card is detected and functioning properly. Installed RP 3.0, and ran ./go (./go-gui wouldn't work for me for some reason, gave me problem when trying to open gui). ./go worked fine, but when i try to run adsl-start, it just "..."'s until it times out. My modem lights don't even flash at this point, so it's gotta be in the configuration. In the "control panel" (can't remember what that thing is called right now, away from my computer presently), i've checked my network card, and i've tried giving it an ip of 0.0.0.0, or 198.162.0.1 (or other non-routable varients). Tried setting it to DHCP and to static. Removed the "Load on boot" or whatever it's called as the readme suggests. PNP OS was already set to no in my BIOS. The only thing that bugs me is that under "Other Devices" in the device-manager equivilant of kde, i have several things listed there all very non-descriptive (via somethingoranother). Any ideas as to how to get my PPPOE connection going? Thanks Scott
Re: [newbie] ./ .... why?
DStevenson writes: > On Wednesday 27 June 2001 06:47, Paul wrote: > > It was Tue, 26 Jun 2001 23:49:01 EDT when [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > >It took a while to catch onto the ./ thingy.. now that I know it, I still > > >don't understand *why* this is necessary. I know, it's easy enough to add > > > it to .bash_profile or wherever, but is there a justifiable reason why > > > Linux makes you specify that the program you want to execute is in the > > > current directory? > > > > Linux just does not assume the dir you are in as part of the path. > > Windoze/Dos do that. > > It is a safety catch. Suppose someone hacks your machine and adds an "ls" > > program to your home dir. And you do an "ls". And this new ls only wipes > > out all the data you have access to. Not too nice, eh? > > > > Linux/Unix is about safety in the same way Windows is not. > > Paul > > > > -- > > To give of yourself, you must first know yourself. > > > > http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 > >Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.4.99 > > ** http://www.care2.com - when you care ** > > If they can hack your system, then they can hack your path!!! Or you can add > a "." into your path environment variable. Put the "." at the end of the > path entries and that way linux will search the other paths first but will > always look in the current working directory last of all. > > Dave. > Putting . on the end of your path is safer then putting it on front but more confusing. I have had many users who put . on the end of a path only to get confused because there script called test doesn't work, if found /usr/bin/test earler on the path. I still vote for keeping it off.
Re: [newbie] Logitech Videocam
On Monday 02 July 2001 07:43 pm, you wrote: there is a development on the driver in Sourceforge.net. It is currently in alpha stage. You can do a search on QuickCam Express. > Dear All, I was just wondering if the Logitech Videocam is supported by LM8 > and is it easy to setup? Thanks. Marcia
Re: [newbie] No sound for NeoMagic 256AV
> Hash: SHA1 > > David, > > Are you sure the Neomagic 256AV is a *sound* card? The same card in my > ThinkPad is for *video*, and my sound card is an ESS Solo > something-or-other. > > Dave > I owned a acer laptop. it has a neomagic video card, and ess sound card. the mandrake can detect the sound card, but no sound coming out from the speaker. the msg says that there is no sound card to be found, strange! anyone ever encounter this. im using mandrake 8, before this i used mandrake 7.2 and my sound card work well. but since i upgraded my comp to mandrake 8.0, my comp in mute mode now. :( ok thanks. willy
Re: Fw: [newbie] Use of Linux
Jennifer, Thanks for the response, and the secret ;-) I wonder if it (the secret) works with the roles reversed? (Yeah, I think it would -- however, there's some of us that don't enjoy doing "what works" -- though that's probably true with the roles reversed also ;-) Randy Kramer jennifer wrote: > One thing thing thats great about logging in as a regular user and > "SUING" when you have to is that you really begin to understand the > inner-workings of that system. personally, being an all to trusting > Admin in a NT environment, I feel too comfortable with the rights. You > don't know exactly what you can do and the user can't, which foroges the > purpose of security in a network. I certainly wouldn't want to be > responsible for setting up a critical system share only to give everyone > and their alter-ego permissions to it. (I hate being called to the > office...I had enough in high school) In any event, forgive me > if this point has already been made, I honestly did not read through the > entire thread before responding. But if your purpose is for a insecure > user friendly internet machine, stay with windows...no harm done. But if > you want to get intmate enough with the system to adminster its every > move, learn how it works and manipulate it. > > (apologies for the last comment...I think I just gave out one of womens > biggest secrets on how to control men)
Re: [newbie] USB CD-writer
have you tried Gcombust? my hp 8210e usb CDrw was completel set up for me by the 8.0 install so that all i had to do was start Gcombust, and set where the cd I wanted to copy was and hit combust and away it went. I still have not been able to set it up so I can see it from the desktop witha "better" name than /dev/scd0. but that will happen soon as ai havre a free weekend when the kids go to the beech or out of town with their Mother and leave me ALONE! On Monday 02 July 2001 23:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > hi, > does anyone know of a way to get an HP CD-writer plus 8200i USB CD > writer working without having to recompile the kernel. i have tried > recompiling and have not been able to boot correctly. i had the CD writer > working well with redhat 7.1, but i don't like red hat, i was just trying > it out. so i am now back to mandrake 8.0 and was wondering if anyone else > knew of a way to get this device to work. > thanks, > JOE Content-Type: text/html; charset="us-ascii"; name="Attachment: 1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Description:
Re: [newbie] No sound for NeoMagic 256AV
"Adams, Jamie" wrote: > > I dont seem to have the sndconfig program installed, does that not only > come with Redhat systems? No, I have the sndconfig package installed from the 2 CD Mandrake 8.0 download distro. -Frans
Re: [newbie] No sound for NeoMagic 256AV
"Adams, Jamie" wrote: > > Also If anyone has any experiance setting up a Yamaha OPL3-SA2 id be > very much grateful for some advice. Hi, you can run sndconfig as root to set up your card. -Frans
Re: [newbie] swat: connection to host locahost broken
I have reinstalled samba version 2.0.7 (the one comming with the CD) and
I get the same error messages...There must be something wrong
elsewhere...
I can access my computer normally via httpd, and in the logs of the
httpd (/var/log/httpd/*.log) I could not find any clue.
Any ideas or other places (newsgroups or mailing lists) where I can find
information to solve this problem?
Thanks again.
Alfonso Alba Garcia wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> My hosts file looks OK. It looks like this
>
> 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
> XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX blablablablablabla
>
> so I have 2 entries: the normal 127.0.0.1 and my IP. I can ping without
> any problem to other machines. I think I will re-install the packages by
> hand (using the rpm) and see what happens...
>
> Thanks.
>
> n6tadam wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > You certainly have a strange problem :-)). My first inclination, is to check
> > your "/etc/hosts" file, to make sure that the correct entries are listed
> > there.
> >
> > I would also make sure that, if not already, there is an entry for
> > localhost.localdomain 127.0.0.1
> >
> > Have you tried pinging another machine (except localhost), to see if you get
> > any replies???
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Thomas Adam
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: Alfonso Alba Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 9:31 AM
> > Subject: [newbie] swat: connection to host locahost broken
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > I using Mandrake 8.0. I have just updated from samba 2.0.9 to samba
> > > 2.0.10 using MandrakeUpdate. After updating, I could no longer use swat.
> > > I get the following error messages
> > >
> > > Konqueror: "connection to host localhost broken"
> > > Netscape: "document contain no data"
> > > lynx: "Alert! unexpected network read error; connection aborted "
> > >
> > > I have checked the file /etc/xinet.d/swat and everything looks right:
> > > service swat
> > > {
> > > disable = no
> > > port= 901
> > > socket_type = stream
> > > wait= no
> > > only_from = localhost
> > > user= root
> > > server = /usr/sbin/swat
> > > log_on_failure += USERID
> > > }
> > >
> > > I have checked as well that swat is up by chkconfig --list. I got "swat:
> > > on". Any idea of what is going on? Before the update, everything was
> > > working properly.
> > >
> > > Thanks in advance.
> > >
> > >
> >
[newbie] Scanner Epson Perfection 1240U
Hi, My scanner Epson Perfection 1240U (USB) does not work on my Mandrake 8.0 despite it is in the list of supported hardware of SANE. At boot i have the following messages: usb.c: registered new driver usbdevfs usb.c: registered new driver hub usb-uhci.c: $Revision: 1.251 $ time 23:13:16 Apr 15 2001 usb-uhci.c: High bandwidth mode enabled PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:04.2 PCI: The same IRQ used for device 00:04.3 usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd400, IRQ 9 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 1 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected PCI: Found IRQ 9 for device 00:04.3 PCI: The same IRQ used for device 00:04.2 usb-uhci.c: USB UHCI at I/O 0xd000, IRQ 9 usb-uhci.c: Detected 2 ports hub.c: USB new device connect on bus1/2, assigned device number 2 usb.c: new USB bus registered, assigned bus number 2 hub.c: USB hub found hub.c: 2 ports detected usb.c: USB device 2 (vend/prod 0x4b8/0x10b) is not claimed by any active driver. usb.c: registered new driver usbscanner scanner.c: USB Scanner support registered. Winbond Super-IO detection, now testing ports 3F0,370,250,4E,2E ... SMSC Super-IO detection, now testing Ports 2F0, 370 ... 0x378: FIFO is 16 bytes 0x378: writeIntrThreshold is 8 0x378: readIntrThreshold is 8 0x378: PWord is 8 bits 0x378: Interrupts are ISA-Pulses 0x378: ECP port cfgA=0x10 cfgB=0x00 0x378: ECP settings irq= dma= and it seems OK to me. But the answer at the command "scanimage --list-devices" is that no scanner is found. Can you help me? Renato -- Renato Tognaccini, Dipartimento di Progettazione Aeronautica, Universita` di Napoli Federico II, Piazzale V. Tecchio 80, 80125 Napoli, ITALIA. tel.: +39-0817682179 fax: +39-0817682187 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] swat: connection to host locahost broken
Hi,
My hosts file looks OK. It looks like this
127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost
XXX.XXX.XXX.XXX blablablablablabla
so I have 2 entries: the normal 127.0.0.1 and my IP. I can ping without
any problem to other machines. I think I will re-install the packages by
hand (using the rpm) and see what happens...
Thanks.
n6tadam wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> You certainly have a strange problem :-)). My first inclination, is to check
> your "/etc/hosts" file, to make sure that the correct entries are listed
> there.
>
> I would also make sure that, if not already, there is an entry for
> localhost.localdomain 127.0.0.1
>
> Have you tried pinging another machine (except localhost), to see if you get
> any replies???
>
> Regards,
>
> Thomas Adam
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Alfonso Alba Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 9:31 AM
> Subject: [newbie] swat: connection to host locahost broken
>
> > Hi all,
> >
> > I using Mandrake 8.0. I have just updated from samba 2.0.9 to samba
> > 2.0.10 using MandrakeUpdate. After updating, I could no longer use swat.
> > I get the following error messages
> >
> > Konqueror: "connection to host localhost broken"
> > Netscape: "document contain no data"
> > lynx: "Alert! unexpected network read error; connection aborted "
> >
> > I have checked the file /etc/xinet.d/swat and everything looks right:
> > service swat
> > {
> > disable = no
> > port= 901
> > socket_type = stream
> > wait= no
> > only_from = localhost
> > user= root
> > server = /usr/sbin/swat
> > log_on_failure += USERID
> > }
> >
> > I have checked as well that swat is up by chkconfig --list. I got "swat:
> > on". Any idea of what is going on? Before the update, everything was
> > working properly.
> >
> > Thanks in advance.
> >
> >
>
Re: [newbie] swat: connection to host locahost broken
Hi,
You certainly have a strange problem :-)). My first inclination, is to check
your "/etc/hosts" file, to make sure that the correct entries are listed
there.
I would also make sure that, if not already, there is an entry for
localhost.localdomain 127.0.0.1
Have you tried pinging another machine (except localhost), to see if you get
any replies???
Regards,
Thomas Adam
- Original Message -
From: Alfonso Alba Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 9:31 AM
Subject: [newbie] swat: connection to host locahost broken
> Hi all,
>
> I using Mandrake 8.0. I have just updated from samba 2.0.9 to samba
> 2.0.10 using MandrakeUpdate. After updating, I could no longer use swat.
> I get the following error messages
>
> Konqueror: "connection to host localhost broken"
> Netscape: "document contain no data"
> lynx: "Alert! unexpected network read error; connection aborted "
>
> I have checked the file /etc/xinet.d/swat and everything looks right:
> service swat
> {
> disable = no
> port= 901
> socket_type = stream
> wait= no
> only_from = localhost
> user= root
> server = /usr/sbin/swat
> log_on_failure += USERID
> }
>
> I have checked as well that swat is up by chkconfig --list. I got "swat:
> on". Any idea of what is going on? Before the update, everything was
> working properly.
>
> Thanks in advance.
>
>
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[newbie] swat: connection to host locahost broken
Hi all,
I using Mandrake 8.0. I have just updated from samba 2.0.9 to samba
2.0.10 using MandrakeUpdate. After updating, I could no longer use swat.
I get the following error messages
Konqueror: "connection to host localhost broken"
Netscape: "document contain no data"
lynx: "Alert! unexpected network read error; connection aborted "
I have checked the file /etc/xinet.d/swat and everything looks right:
service swat
{
disable = no
port= 901
socket_type = stream
wait= no
only_from = localhost
user= root
server = /usr/sbin/swat
log_on_failure += USERID
}
I have checked as well that swat is up by chkconfig --list. I got "swat:
on". Any idea of what is going on? Before the update, everything was
working properly.
Thanks in advance.
Re: [newbie] rpmdrake problem
Ummm, I am aware that urpmi, is a dependency for Rpmdrake, and that urpmi does hold a dependency list for known rpms, but I don't think cilvileme is quite correct :-)) I have installed rpmdrake, without urpmi, and it has worked fine for me. Rpmdrake, I think, uses python as its front-end (gtk-python). Perhaps one of these scripts is in error??? I suggest removing rpmdrake, and then re-installing it. Ignore Urpmi. Regards, Thomas Adam - Original Message - From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Jeffery Chapman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, July 03, 2001 12:21 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] rpmdrake problem > On Monday 02 July 2001 15:21, Jeffery Chapman wrote: > > I was trying to set up rpmdrake to pull the rpms from another > > directory. I followed the instructions in the manual but there > > seemed to be a problem since it was taking so long. Apparently I > > just didn't wait long enough. > > > > I killed the process and now rpmdrake doesn't work at all. As soon > > as I start the app it dies and I get a message on the console > > saying: "Error: can't build the groups list". I saw in the archive > > that someone had a similar problem earlier but the final solution > > was never posted. I've reinstalled rpmdrake but the problem > > persists. Any ideas? > > > > Thanks. > > > > Jeff Chapman > > Software Engineer > > Registered Linux User #218160 > > Well you have a corrupted urpmi database. Try reinstalling urpmi > > Civileme > > Please note that the content of this message is confidential between the original sender and the intended recipient(s) of the message. If you are not an intended recipient and/or have received this message in error, kindly disregard the content of the message and return it to the original sender. If you have any complaints about this message please reply to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] The Purbeck School E-Mail server running: users.purbeck.dorset.sch.uk
