[newbie] Laptop touchpads Linux info

[PENA FAMILY]

 I found this link while visiting the Synaptics.com for info on their
 touchpad and see if it could help me with getting the touchpad to work for
 Linux. They provided a link to a fella by the name of Bruce Kall. As usual
 the info is in regards to RedHat installation, but that shouldn't really
 matter. The fact is there is a driver for it, but it may be out of my
league
 as for installing it and setting it up. If someone else happens to have the
 Synaptics touchpad they can put it the link to good use.

 http://compass.com/synaptics/





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Re: [newbie] NVidia Drivers

[R & C]

Ok, I appreciate all your help. 

I understand why I shouldn't use Software Manager for this particular 
installation. One other thingafter I install these drivers from console 
mode, should I edit my XF86Config-4 file as well, BEFORE rebooting?

and what should I do in case X will not start afterwards?

Roger

On Thursday 22 November 2001 02:17 am, you sent me this message:
> because then you would be under x and it would be serious problems.
>
> you need to use the RPM command. the software manager merely
> interfaces with that anyway.
>
> ___
> Robert MacLean

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Re: [newbie] NVidia Drivers

[R & C]

One last question.

Why could I not install these rpm's like I do every other rpm...using Softare 
Manager? Doesn't it do all the commands for me?

The Reason I ask is twofold. 
1. IF, I would have looked sooner, I would have found that the old NVIDIA 
drivers that are on the LM8 install disks can be installed this way.

and 2. Simplicity!

Thanks again,
Roger

On Thursday 22 November 2001 01:56 am, I received the following message:
> - Original Message -
> From: "R & C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 7:55 AM
> Subject: [newbie] NVidia Drivers
>
> > Hi All,
> >
> > This is going to be a very elementary question...but  it's my first
>
> time!
>
> > I'm going to try to install the NVidia Drivers from their website
>
> onto my
>
> > system. I find so much conflicting information in all the
>
> installatin guides
>
> > and readme files that I'm totally confused.
> >
> > I have an idea of what I'm supposed to do but...?
> >
> > First of all, I downloaded the following files, which by the way
>
> downloaded
>
> > into my home directory/home/me/ (is this correct?)
> >
> > NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1541.i386.rpm
> > NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1541.mdk80up.i386.rpm
>
> These are the right files for M8, if you have M8.1 goto
> mandrakeuser.com
>
> > I'm relativley sure I have the correct files due to the fact that
>
> the only
>
> > other choice for LM is for SMP kernel, which from what I read is not
>
> what I
>
> > want. I have one CPU running LM8.0
>
> Those are the right files for a single CPU machine
>
> > Secondly, I'm told to exit the X server and set my default run level
>
> as to
>
> > boot to console and not start X?
>
> If you don't you will stuff up even more stuff. Does your machine boot
> up straight to X?
> If it does then what login manager are you using? kdm has an option to
> shutdown to the console.
> if you are using gdm, you need to change your inittab to run level 3.
>
> > Thirdly, am I "upgrading" or "installing"?
>
> installing.
> upgrading is when you already have the nvidia drivers installed and
> are going to install new ones
>
> > Lastly, Do I install/upgrade in sequence.ie: kernel first then
>
> glx?
>
>
> kernel first,
> then glx.
>
> i have had big problems trying the other way around.
>
> > Remember folks, I'm a virgin.take is easy on me, I'm trying!
> >
> > TIA,
> > Roger
> >
> >
> > --
> > Registered Linux User 244036
> > Since August 2001 - LM8.0
> > Open Source = Freedom
>
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[newbie] Networking

[Frank McKenna]

Hi All,

My Mandrake 8.0 box crashed and I ended up reinstalling the O/S.

I had my small LAN working and Samba was configured.

I just can't remember how I got my network settings configured.  Spent too
much time setting up Samba to remember what I did to make everything else
work.

Anyhow, if someone could point me in the right direction it would be
apreciated.

The more detailed the better because I am still new to Linux.

Thanks in advance
Frank McKenna

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Re: [newbie] NVidia Drivers

[Robert MacLean]

- Original Message -
From: "R & C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, November 22, 2001 7:55 AM
Subject: [newbie] NVidia Drivers


> Hi All,
>
> This is going to be a very elementary question...but  it's my first
time!
>
> I'm going to try to install the NVidia Drivers from their website
onto my
> system. I find so much conflicting information in all the
installatin guides
> and readme files that I'm totally confused.
>
> I have an idea of what I'm supposed to do but...?
>
> First of all, I downloaded the following files, which by the way
downloaded
> into my home directory/home/me/ (is this correct?)
>
> NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1541.i386.rpm
> NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1541.mdk80up.i386.rpm

These are the right files for M8, if you have M8.1 goto
mandrakeuser.com

>
> I'm relativley sure I have the correct files due to the fact that
the only
> other choice for LM is for SMP kernel, which from what I read is not
what I
> want. I have one CPU running LM8.0
>

Those are the right files for a single CPU machine

> Secondly, I'm told to exit the X server and set my default run level
as to
> boot to console and not start X?
>

If you don't you will stuff up even more stuff. Does your machine boot
up straight to X?
If it does then what login manager are you using? kdm has an option to
shutdown to the console.
if you are using gdm, you need to change your inittab to run level 3.

> Thirdly, am I "upgrading" or "installing"?
>

installing.
upgrading is when you already have the nvidia drivers installed and
are going to install new ones

> Lastly, Do I install/upgrade in sequence.ie: kernel first then
glx?
>

kernel first,
then glx.

i have had big problems trying the other way around.

> Remember folks, I'm a virgin.take is easy on me, I'm trying!
>
> TIA,
> Roger
>
>
> --
> Registered Linux User 244036
> Since August 2001 - LM8.0
> Open Source = Freedom
>
>


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Re: [newbie] formatting floppies

[David E. Fox]

 floppies. floppies formatted in linux is generally unrecognizable by
 Windows* just like the emergency bootdisk made during installation. or
 so I am said. ;-)

It depends on what you mean by 'fomatting'. Floppies in Windows are 
formatted, but the filesystem is FAT, and it's laid down as part of
the formatting process. In Windows, this is a single step, and you 
can't separate the function of formatting (writing format info and
verifying for bad blocks etc.) and the function of making the 
filesystem. 

In Linux, these are two separate steps. In fact, floppies don't need
to have filesystems on them. The boot floppy is one example although
there is a filesystem in that case. If you format (i.e., make the 
filesystem) in Linux as FAT, you can read the disk in Windows. However,
Windows can't handle other filesystem formats, raw tar/cpio 'floppy
tapes' etc.


 

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[newbie] NVidia Drivers

[R & C]

Hi All,

This is going to be a very elementary question...but  it's my first time!

I'm going to try to install the NVidia Drivers from their website onto my 
system. I find so much conflicting information in all the installatin guides 
and readme files that I'm totally confused.

I have an idea of what I'm supposed to do but...?

First of all, I downloaded the following files, which by the way downloaded 
into my home directory/home/me/ (is this correct?)

NVIDIA_GLX-1.0-1541.i386.rpm
NVIDIA_kernel-1.0-1541.mdk80up.i386.rpm

I'm relativley sure I have the correct files due to the fact that the only 
other choice for LM is for SMP kernel, which from what I read is not what I 
want. I have one CPU running LM8.0

Secondly, I'm told to exit the X server and set my default run level as to 
boot to console and not start X?

Thirdly, am I "upgrading" or "installing"?

Lastly, Do I install/upgrade in sequence.ie: kernel first then glx?

Remember folks, I'm a virgin.take is easy on me, I'm trying!

TIA,
Roger


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Re: [newbie] formatting floppies

[Erylon Hines]

O
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 23:12:04 +0100, "H.J.Bathoorn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>Hello all,
>
>Since mdk8.1 I'm burning floppies like hell. It's not the drive itself,
> I tested that, so it's got to be Mandrake.
>I know Linux is more demanding on floppy quality, but 2 good floppies
> out of 10 is overdoing it :(
>Anybody else have similar troubles?
>
>Harm

As a matter of fact, yes.  But, I am convinced that it is the quality of the 
disks themselves, not the operating system (I have the same problem with 
Caldera, Suse, RH, Mdk7.2 and mdk 8.0).  One box of disks (AT&T) were exactly 
as you describe--I had 2 disks of 10 that formatted without errors.  On the 
average, I get about one disk a box that is fubar.  However, I did get some 
Sony disks a couple of months ago and had maybe one fail out of 50.  I guess 
the moral of this story is--you get what you pay for.  As an aside, I tried a 
few of the failed disks on Windows, and they failed there, too, after failing 
the dos format on a Linux box.  I know, this is all anecdotal evidence, but 
it's what happened to me.

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Re: [newbie] No sound - LM 8.1 as user but sound appears when log in as root

[meta]

Hi,
just give your user rights to use sound device.
Let say u wanna give all user in your system rights to use sound device.
Login as root, 
cd /dev/
ls -al | grep dsp
chmod 766 dsp*

-m-

On Friday 23 November 2001 11:23, you wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> when I log in as a user, I do not get the login sound but when I login
> as root, I get the login sound for the KDE desktop 2.2.1. Can any one
> advise me on how to get sound again. thanks,



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Re: [newbie] office 2000 shares

[meta]

Hi Frank,
use startoffice6 beta instead of using Microsoft office 2000 application - 
wine. If it's just office 2000 files, Staroffice works fine with all, 
includeing ppt files. 

cheers

On Thursday 22 November 2001 19:20, you wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 19:54:42 -0700, "Frank McKenna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
>Hi All,
>
>Has anyone attempted to share Microsoft Office 2000 Pro from a share on
> a Mandrake 8.0 using Samba.
>
>What would I have to do to set this up
>
>Thanks in advance,
>
>Frank McKenna
>
>
> hi,
>
>   are you trying to share the files or the applications themselves? if you
> are sharing the applications then i think wine would be more proper for
> this one.
>
> ciao!



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Re: [newbie] Reload Xinetd

[Michael D. Viron]

There are not -- actually, there is one 'script' /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd
which calls /usr/sbin/xinetd to either start or stop it.

/usr/sbin/xinetd is the actual xinetd binary.
At 12:59 PM 11/22/2001 +0800, you wrote: 

   many thanks. that worked, but may I ask why are there 2 differing
"versions"   of xinetd ?





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Re: [newbie] Reload Xinetd

[Ethan]

thanks for your help. It worked.

Anuerin G.Diaz wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
  hi,  refer to my previous answer. there exists a xinetd executable in the /usr/sbin which is in the root PATH. you should execute the script located at /etc/rc.d/init.d / which is not in the PATH variable. if you enter "xinetd restart" then you are referring to the one in sbin. either you enter the fullpath of the xinetd script located at the init.d directory or just go there and do "./xinetd restart".ciao!On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 23:57:39 +0800, Ethan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   that's strange. I am running LM 8.1 and issued the command as root in   the /etc/rc.d/init.d/ driectory. typing xinetd by itself gets no   response. And I believe that xinetd is the default - for without it, ftp   and other services cannot run...  man xinetd shows that sending the signal SIGUSR2 will cause a hard   reconfiguration... but how do you 
do that. I tried kill -SIGUSR2 xinetd   but it does not work. pls advise. thank you.   
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[newbie] JPilot is not working...

[Steve Weltman]

Are there any JPilot experts out here?  I would very much like to use my Palm 
Vx for handheld stuff, but jpilot isn't working either (well, not after I 
changed stuff).  

I changed some configurations in the mail sync program and now the 
application fails to open and gives a segmentation fault, and I don't know 
where to look to change it's configuration file back to it's default settings.

Any brave takers out there?

Thanks!!

Steve Weltman

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Re: [newbie] Reload Xinetd

[Ethan Lee]

   many thanks. that worked, but may I ask why are there 2 differing "versions" 
 of xinetd ?

 Anuerin G. Diaz wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
  you are using the xinetd from /usr/sbin. you may have issued xinetd from a directory other than the one specified or you didnot type the fullpath.either go to the directory  /etc/init.d/then execute ./xinetd reloador ./xinetd restartor do it in one swoop   /etc/init.d/xinetd [ reload | restart ]HTHOn Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:29:15 +0800, Ethan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   when i did that i got: xinetd restart   Usage: xinetd [-d] [-f config_file] [-filelog filename] [-syslog   facility] [-reuse] [-limit proc_limit] [-loop loop_rate] [-pidfile   filaneme] [-logprocs limit] [-shutdownprocs limit] [-cc interval]  pls advise. thank you. skidley wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Ethan wrote: How do I reload xinetd under L

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Re: [newbie] Reload Xinetd

[Ethan Lee]

   many thanks. that worked, but may I ask why are there 2 differing "versions" 
 of xinetd ?

 Anuerin G. Diaz wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
  you are using the xinetd from /usr/sbin. you may have issued xinetd from a directory other than the one specified or you didnot type the fullpath.either go to the directory  /etc/init.d/then execute ./xinetd reloador ./xinetd restartor do it in one swoop   /etc/init.d/xinetd [ reload | restart ]HTHOn Thu, 22 Nov 2001 22:29:15 +0800, Ethan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:   when i did that i got: xinetd restart   Usage: xinetd [-d] [-f config_file] [-filelog filename] [-syslog   facility] [-reuse] [-limit proc_limit] [-loop loop_rate] [-pidfile   filaneme] [-logprocs limit] [-shutdownprocs limit] [-cc interval]  pls advise. thank you. skidley wrote: On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Ethan wrote: How do I reload xinetd under L

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Re: [newbie] office 2000 shares

[Anuerin G. Diaz]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 19:54:42 -0700, "Frank McKenna" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

   Hi All,
   
   Has anyone attempted to share Microsoft Office 2000 Pro from a share on a
   Mandrake 8.0 using Samba.
   
   What would I have to do to set this up
   
   Thanks in advance,
   
   Frank McKenna
   
   
hi,

  are you trying to share the files or the applications themselves? if you are sharing 
the applications then i think wine would be more proper for this one.

ciao!
   
   
   
   


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[newbie] No sound - LM 8.1 as user but sound appears when log in as root

[Ethan]

Hi all,

when I log in as a user, I do not get the login sound but when I login 
as root, I get the login sound for the KDE desktop 2.2.1. Can any one 
advise me on how to get sound again. thanks,




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Re: [newbie] Still Crashing on restart, every time...

[Grant Fraser]

Promiscuous mode?
I've never heard of promiscuous mode. Does that mean it sneaks past your 
firewall at night to find cheap thrills on the internet?

On November 21, 2001 07:16 pm, Steve Weltman wrote:
> Hi Derek,
> Thanks for the fast response.  I am using the 3c905TX, which is a PCI card
> (in a standard PC).  NFS is not defined.  No, I haven't tried stopping the
> network yet (but I will this time).
>
> Syslog...
> Nov 20 10:41:30 sweltman33 ifup: Determining IP information for eth0...
> Nov 20 10:41:32 sweltman33 network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded
> Nov 20 10:41:56 sweltman33 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode.
> Nov 20 10:41:56 sweltman33 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
> Nov 20 12:20:06 sweltman33 kernel: device eth0 left promiscuous mode
> Nov 20 12:21:56 sweltman33 ifup: Determining IP information for eth0...
> Nov 20 12:21:56 sweltman33 network: Bringing up interface eth0: succeeded
> Nov 20 12:22:21 sweltman33 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode.
> Nov 20 12:22:21 sweltman33 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
> Nov 20 20:46:42 sweltman33 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode.
> Nov 20 20:46:42 sweltman33 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
> Nov 21 08:34:51 sweltman33 kernel: eth0: Setting promiscuous mode.
> Nov 21 08:34:51 sweltman33 kernel: device eth0 entered promiscuous mode
>
> Nothing else though..
>
> Let me know what else you need to see.
>
> Thanks again!
> Steve Weltman
>
> On Wednesday 21 November 2001 11:37 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
> > Hmm... Thats a 3com driver isn't it. I'm using that one without any
> > problems. Is it a PCMCIA card?
> > You do not have NFS defined do you? That can cause hangs on power down.
> >
> > Have you tried stopping the network before you shut down?
> >
> > What are the last messages in the syslog. Any clues?
> >
> > On Wednesday 21 November 2001 18:09, you wrote:
> > > Hey group,
> > >
> > > I am still crashing every time I need to power down the PC.  I am
> > > greatful that Linux has the sense to do a fsck when it reboots, or I'd
> > > be screwed. Well, I have changed the lines in the /etc/modules.conf to
> > > read-->
> > >
> > >  /etc/modules.conf file
> > > pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> > > alias usb-interface uhci
> > > alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1
> > > probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> > > alias eth0 3c59x
> > >
> > > I think I need to ask the machine to issue a SIGHUP to the eth0 on
> > > exit, but even if I did, I can't remember which 'S' file to put it into
> > > (or the run level to put it in).
> > >
> > > Sugestions anyone?
> > >
> > > Thanks!
> > > Steve Weltman
> > >
> > > _
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Re: [newbie] Question about installing a .tar.gz file

[Mithrilhall2000]

Thanks a  ton. I was  hoping someone would  take it slow with me. Most
people I  ask assume I know a lot about  linux already but  I don't. And I'm
really glad you told me  how to do it  in shell. I started  messing around
with linux  because of the power I  hear it possess.

Thanks again

- Original Message -
From: "Paul Rodríguez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "newbie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 6:51 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Question about installing a .tar.gz file


On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 23:38, E Estes wrote:
> I'm really new to linux and  I have no clue  what to do  with these types
of files. I right-clicked and opened  it with "Archiver" and extracted it to
a directory I made but  after that point I'm  simply stumped.
>
> Any and  all help would be greatly appreciated.

It depends what the file is.  A "tar.gz" file is a file that is
compressed (kind of like zip or sit you may already be familiar with).
In order to access the files inside of a .tar.bz file, you must first
unextract them.  In the case of .tar.bz, it's actually been compressed
twice, once using tar and once using bzip.

In order to unextract this file, open up a console window, or what is
called a shell (think of it as a window to your computer).  While you
can always use graphical programs like archiver, you'll quickly discover
that in GNU/Linux, it is often much quicker and more convenient to do
operations in the shell, or what is also called the command line.  It is
an extremely powerful tool that will save you no end of time, DOS it
ain't.

Anyway, in the command line, find your file named "*.tar.bz".  You can
try "ls *.tar.bz" or "ls [name of your file]" or even "find -name [name
of your file]".  Once you find it, type "tar -xvvzf [name of your
file].tar.bz".  This opens the program "tar" and everything after the
dash are command paramters.  In this case x is extract, vv for very
verbose (it will print to the screen what it is doing, z will extract
the file if it is bzipped as well which this one is, and f stands for
force, meaning it won't prompt you for every message.

Now, depending one what the file contained you'd do something
differently.  If the file contained a bunch of pictures, for example,
you'd simply go into the new directory [file name] and be able to see
them.  If the file contained a program, which is probably the most
common time you'd run across a "Tar Ball" or a ".tar.bz", then you need
to compile the program.  Simply put, this means that the program you
downloaded is not a machine readable, "binary" that just installs, but
the source code or the list of commands that the program is really made
up of.  In windows, for example, all programs are distributed as .exe
binaries.  In Linux, you may use binaries as well, in Mandrake they are
called .rpm.  Even though it takes an extra step or two, there are a lot
of advantages to installing programs from source code however.  The most
important is, of course, the abillity to change the program to suit your
needs.  And while this may seem far off in your learning, it may not
come that far down the road that you can see improvements you can make
in a program.  Second, the program, once compiled, is specifically tuned
for your system.

In order to install a progam from source, you need to enter the porgrams
directoory, for example, by typing "cd [program's name, or name of new
folder created when you extracted your file]".  Then type "./configure".
This runs the configuration script.  The "./" is used to run a program
in the current directory (it is used for security reasons.  After a
bunch of characters fly by, type "make".  Some more characters will fly
by.  Now you need to go to superuser mode, type "su", and when prompted
enter your root user's password.  Now you can type "make install" and
your program will be installed.

I highly recomend you install a program called "checkinstall".  (Go to
http://www.freshmeat.net and do a search for "checkinstall")  This will
create a customized rpm for your system from the source code, which
makes it easier to install and uninstall programs from source.  Read the
program's readme and install files for more info.

Sorry if this was too elementary, I thought it might be a good idea to
take it slow.

There are hundreds of good books and websites with Unix/Linux basic
information as well.

Also, there are a number of documentation files on your system you
should be aware of.

1.  The man pages.  WHen there is a program you would like to learn how
to use, type "man program name".  For example, type "man tar" o learn
more about the tar program and what it can do.  Also try "info tar".
You can also do "man man" to learn more about the man command.  Or "man
ls".

2.  A program called apropos, and another called whatis, try them with
man.

3.  The Mandrake documentation itself, included in the Documentation
menu in your menus.

Good luck.

-Paul Rodríguez


__

Re: [newbie] Reload Xinetd

[Anuerin G.Diaz]

hi,

  refer to my previous answer. there exists a xinetd executable in the /usr/sbin which 
is in the root PATH. you should execute the script located at /etc/rc.d/init.d / which 
is not in the PATH variable. if you enter "xinetd restart" then you are referring to 
the one in sbin. either you enter the fullpath of the xinetd script located at the 
init.d directory or just go there and do "./xinetd restart".

ciao!

On Thu, 22 Nov 2001 23:57:39 +0800, Ethan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

   that's strange. I am running LM 8.1 and issued the command as root in
   the /etc/rc.d/init.d/ driectory. typing xinetd by itself gets no
   response. And I believe that xinetd is the default - for without it, ftp
   and other services cannot run...
   
   man xinetd shows that sending the signal SIGUSR2 will cause a hard
   reconfiguration... but how do you do that. I tried kill -SIGUSR2 xinetd
   but it does not work. pls advise. thank you.
   
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[newbie] sound doesn't work - mandrake 8.1

[joe]

Can someone help.  the new install of mandrake 8.1 broke sound.  It worked in 
8.0 and still works in my windows(for games) partition.

- the proper sound card is identified in Harddrake,
-  I've turned off Plug 'n Play in the bios (someone said that might be a 
problem)
- Here's the relevant (I think) modules loaded
 emu10k1
 ac97_codec
 sound
 soundcore

- alsa isn't running and doesn't want to start...

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Re: [newbie] Reload Xinetd

[Ethan]

that's strange. I am running LM 8.1 and issued the command as root in the
/etc/rc.d/init.d/ driectory. typing xinetd by itself gets no response. And
I believe that xinetd is the default - for without it, ftp and other services
cannot run...

man xinetd shows that sending the signal SIGUSR2 will cause a hard reconfiguration...
but how do you do that. I tried kill -SIGUSR2 xinetd but it does not work.
pls advise. thank you.

skidley wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
  On Thu, 22 Nov 2001, Ethan wrote:
  
when i did that i got:xinetd restartUsage: xinetd [-d] [-f config_file] [-filelog filename] [-syslogfacility] [-reuse] [-limit proc_limit] [-loop loop_rate] [-pidfilefilaneme] [-logprocs limit] [-shutdownprocs limit] [-cc interval]pls advise. thank you.

I don't know /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd restart works fine here. are u justentering xinetd restart or the whole thing /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetdrestart. Is xinetd currently running? if not its /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetdstart. And you must be root.
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Re: [newbie] Question about installing a .tar.gz file

[Michael D. Viron]

Typically a .tar.gz file isn't directly installed.  Instead, you usually:

1.  run 'tar -xzvf whatever.tar.gz' from the command line
2.  run './configure' (to configure it)
3.  run 'make' (to compile)
4.  run 'make install' (to install)

Michael
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At 08:38 PM 11/21/2001 -0800, you wrote: 

I'm really new to linux and  I have no  clue  what to do  with these types
of files.  I right-clicked and opened  it with "Archiver" and extracted it
to a directory I made but  after that point I'm  simply  stumped.  Any and
all help would be greatly  appreciated. 






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Re: [newbie] Security warning?

[Michael D. Viron]

Chris,

This is part of the e-mail that cron sends on completion of the 'logcheck'
entry in /etc/cron.daily .  Basically these are items to let you know that
something changed since the last time it ran.  It is not a good idea to
disable it, and in fact is a good idea to check on the items it is
'warning' about.  If you have more specific questions, don't hesitate to
send an e-mail to the list.

Michael

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At 07:32 PM 11/20/2001 -0500, Chris Ashmore wrote:
> Sorry this is so long   but what does this mean? I am very very new to this.
>Security Warning: Change in World Writeable Files found : 
>   - Added writables files : /home/samba 
>   - Added writables files : /tmp/.ICE-unix/9451 
>   - Added writables files : /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 
> 
>Security Warning: There is modifications for port listening on your
machine : 
>   -  Opened ports : tcp0  0 *:netbios-ssn   *:*
   
>  LISTEN  13541/smbd 
>   -  Opened ports : tcp0  0 *:6000  *:*
   
>  LISTEN  9363/X 
>   -  Opened ports : udp0  0 Linux:netbios-ns*:*
   
>  13551/nmbd 
>   -  Opened ports : udp0  0 *:netbios-ns*:*
   
>  13551/nmbd 
>   -  Opened ports : udp0  0 Linux:netbios-dgm   *:*
   
>  13551/nmbd 
>   -  Opened ports : udp0  0 *:netbios-dgm   *:*
   
>  13551/nmbd 
>   -  Opened ports : udp0  0 localhost.localdo:32818 *:*
   
>  13611/smbd 
>   - Closed ports  : tcp0  0 *:netbios-ssn   *:*
   
>  LISTEN  1579/smbd 
>   - Closed ports  : udp0  0 Linux:netbios-ns*:*
   
>  1589/nmbd 
>   - Closed ports  : udp0  0 *:netbios-ns*:*
   
>  1589/nmbd 
>   - Closed ports  : udp0  0 Linux:netbios-dgm   *:*
   
>  1589/nmbd 
>   - Closed ports  : udp0  0 *:netbios-dgm   *:*
   
>  1589/nmbd 
> 
>Security Warning: World Writeable files found : 
>   - /home/ftp/upload 
>   - /home/samba 
>   - /home/windows 
>   - /lib/dev-state/dri 
>   - /lib/dev-state/dri/card0 
>   - /lib/dev-state/log 
>   - /tmp 
>   - /tmp/.ICE-unix 
>   - /tmp/.ICE-unix/9451 
>   - /tmp/.X11-unix 
>   - /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 
>   - /tmp/.font-unix 
>   - /tmp/.font-unix/fs-1 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/blues 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/classical 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/country 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/data 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/folk 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/jazz 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/misc 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/newage 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/reggae 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/rock 
>   - /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/soundtrack 
>   - /var/apache-mm 
>   - /var/lib/texmf 
>   - /var/lib/texmf/ls-R 
>   - /var/spool/samba 
>   - /var/tmp 
> 
>Security Warning: these home directory should not be owned by someone else
or 
>writeable: 
>user=squid(23): home directory is owned by nobody(99). 
>
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Re: [newbie] Mounting new HDD and creating new partitions.

[Michael D. Viron]

Tomek,

First, you need to create the new partition(s) on it.  You can do this from
the command line by doing fdisk /dev/hdx --where x depends on where it is
on your ide cable (ide0 primary is hda, ide0 slave is hdb, ide1 primary is
hdc, ide1 slave is hdd).

After that, you need to create the filesystem by doing an mke2fs or
mkreiserfs depending on whether you want to use reiserfs or ext2.

Finally, you need to add a line in your /etc/fstab, and do a 'mount -a' --
make sure that your mount point in /etc/fstab exists and is not being used
by another partition--you can check which partitions are mounted by doing a
'df -h' or checking /etc/mtab.

At that point, once it has been mounted, you are ready to copy files to it.

Michael

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At 10:34 AM 11/21/2001 -0600, you wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have installed a new hard drive on my box, but I don't know how to mount
>it in permanent way and then how to creat new partitions. I don't use KDE or
>GNOME so I need command lines to do it.
>
>Thanks for help,
>
>Tomek
>
>
>
>
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[newbie] Question about installing a .tar.gz file

[E Estes]

I'm really new to linux and  I have no 
clue  what to do  with these types of files. 
I right-clicked and opened  it with "Archiver" and extracted it 
to a directory I made but  after that point I'm  simply 
stumped.
 
Any and  all help would be greatly 
appreciated.

Re: [newbie] VM Ware

[Anuerin G.Diaz]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 13:55:35 +, "Caspar Kennerdale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:


   
   This seems to read the floppyt , starts t read the cd and after a few 
   minites gives the message ' this is not a mandrake cd'
   
   does anyone have any ideas? is this because the cd is a copy
   
   shall i download an iso from a mandrake mirror?
   
   do I need all three if so- the inst, ext and supp iso's
   
   thanks in advance
   

hi,

   yes it has something to do with the process of copying the disc from a burned disc. 
my friend has one of those too ;-). it may not be great for installing but it is 
usable for installing some packages on a mandrake system.

   try downloading the isos. you only need the first but having the second 
(recommended) and third (really optional, I only installed 2 or 3 packages from this 
disc) wont hurt. check the md5sums of each before burning and select the option 'burn 
from image' from your burning software.


ciao!   
   


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Re: [newbie] Software Manager

[Anuerin G.Diaz]

ooops. i read this later than my response. just refer to it. ;-)

ciao!

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:12:05 +0100, "RomLi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

   Hi Gonzalo.
   
   My Madrake version It$B4s(B 8.1.
   
   Sorry, I confuse this list of mails with the list in Spanish but THANKS for
   help me.
   
   
   :-)
   
   
   
   
   


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Re: [newbie] AOL help Simple Samba

[AOL Systems]

Thanks!
Respectfully
AOL
www.aolsystems.com

"Anuerin G.Diaz" wrote:

> On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 20:48:17 +0800, AOL Systems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Pls help me how to configure simple Samba configuration.Pls give at
>least a brief config using the source.Pls Thanks!
>
>Respectfully
>AOL
>
> try the default samba.conf and base from there. some of the options are documented. 
>try installing the samba-doc package as there is a good (commercial grade) book there 
>that deals with the basic samba configuration. i finished it in 2 days because it was 
>good for light reading and very informative.
>
> and you can try webadmin to configure your shares. just put the following in your 
>webbrowser the address
>
> localhost:901
>
> and enter the root user and password. i think you can figure out the entries there 
>but I really recommend that you browse through the book even if you only look at the 
>topics that will interest you. we can give you a rundown but we would only be giving 
>you an incomplete explanation of what the book can explain a great deal better. I 
>know that you want to get samba running at once but have patience and go through the 
>book. it would be really worth it.
>
>
> ciao!
>
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>
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>
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>
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> Design Engineer
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> ADB Ave. cor. Poveda St.,
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Re: [newbie] Software Manager

[Anuerin G.Diaz]

hi gonzalo,

  kindly relay to RomLi that the source that is being added may contain a 'malformed' 
rpm. this is if the package does not conform to the Mandrake standard or if it is 
corrupted.

  try using the commandline to add a new source (i think user has to be root) like this

  urpmi.addmedia [source descriptive name] file://location/of/new/source/directory

  if there will be an error in adding a new source then it will be shown in the 
commandline. just remove the offending package and try again.

ciao!

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 10:40:10 -0400, Gonzalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

   He says that he can't add new sources to install rpm packages throw software
   manager, not even a floppy or other folder.
   
   If it's Mandrake 8.0, i believe that software manager was broken in that
   version (si es en Mandrake 8.0, esa vesi$Bsn(B de Sofware Manager estaba rota)
   
   > From: "RomLi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
   > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
   > Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:58:13 +0100
   > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
   > Subject: [newbie] Software Manager
   > 


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[newbie] ftp server jail settings

[Anuerin G. Diaz]

hi to all,

this is for neil but I figure that the list may want it to.

I am using proftd so those using other servers may need to read the manual that their 
ftp server provides.


To prevent ftp users from roaming around the filesystem just add this line at the end 
of /etc/proftd.conf (actually just modify the last commented line 8-)

DefaultRoot ~

this will effectively prevent users from changing to a directory higher than their 
home directories. You can also change ~ to a directory that you want to be a 
repository for uploads. there are other options to be used in the configuration but 
since i dont have the time and the need then i recommend interested users to read the 
Configuration.html. Mine is located at /usr/share/doc/proftpd-1.2.2.

HTH 
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Re: [newbie] "Boot error" after Installation of 8.1

[Dennis Myers]

On Wednesday 21 November 2001 13:26, you wrote:
> Last night I installed 8.1.  When I boot I get only "Boot error" displayed
> on the screen.  I did create a boot floppy and it will boot from that. 
> Prior to Mandrake I had free BSD installed.
>
> It is installed on an IBM 390X laptop with 128 MB ram and 6.4 GB Drive.
>
> I have installed it twice now with the same result.  Any help would be
> greatly appreciated.
>
> -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=
> Mike Myers
Mike if you can boot into 8.1 and have Mandrake Control Center available, you 
can go to that and Boot>Boot config and set up lilo to boot from hda. It is 
the only thing I can think of to fix the problem. You should then get Lilo 
boot loader on startup. HTH
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Re: [newbie] AOL help Simple Samba

[Anuerin G.Diaz]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 20:48:17 +0800, AOL Systems <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

   Pls help me how to configure simple Samba configuration.Pls give at
   least a brief config using the source.Pls Thanks!
   
   Respectfully
   AOL
   
try the default samba.conf and base from there. some of the options are documented. 
try installing the samba-doc package as there is a good (commercial grade) book there 
that deals with the basic samba configuration. i finished it in 2 days because it was 
good for light reading and very informative.

and you can try webadmin to configure your shares. just put the following in your 
webbrowser the address

localhost:901

and enter the root user and password. i think you can figure out the entries there but 
I really recommend that you browse through the book even if you only look at the 
topics that will interest you. we can give you a rundown but we would only be giving 
you an incomplete explanation of what the book can explain a great deal better. I know 
that you want to get samba running at once but have patience and go through the book. 
it would be really worth it.   
   



ciao!


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[newbie] Re: mandakeuser.com was ( nVidia drivers + glms (cpu temperature sensors) for LM8.1)

[Anuerin G.Diaz]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:22:26 +0200, "Robert MacLean" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

   you can. i have 8.1 and run the latest and greatest nvidia drivers.
   how you ask?
   www.mandrakeuser.com has the 8.1 version, simple huh?
   
   ___
   Robert MacLean


hi,

   off-topic but I didnt know that there is a mandrakeuser.com. is this an official 
mandrake site? i always thought that there is only mandrakeuser.org. gotta check this 
out because the last time that I put .com in the end I got a 404 error.

ciao!   


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Re: [newbie] Whereis WordPerfect??

[Ethan]

errr... can I have a copy of it too... I'm interested in it as well.. thanks
so much.

Carroll Grigsby wrote:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]">
  Terry Smith wrote:
  
Thanks Charles and Sarah.I do have Star Office 5.2 installed at home (from the PowerPack) and today,at the office, installed Star Office 6.0 Beta (downloaded from Sun). I thinkSOffice 6.0 is a real improvement...it read all my Windoze MS files (Word,Excel and PowerPoint) perfectly.We're essentially a WordPerfect shop, however, and, at the very least, I needto read WP files and convert them to something that Soffice or Abiword canread.I may have an old tarball on a backup somewhere.  I'll look around.Thanks.Terry Smith

Terry:If you can't find the old tarball, e-mail your address to me (off-list)and I can send you my old store-bought Personal Edition w/manual.Regards,Carroll
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[newbie] Mounting WinNT Partitions

[Rich]

Is it possible to mount WinNt NTFS partitions in linux?  If so, what is
the correct format to use in fstab? mount 


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[newbie] Desktop Floppy Icon?

[Roy Hershberger]

Somehow the icon of my floppy drive on the desktop has become corrupted and 
is no longer linked to the drive. It showed up as a generic icon and no 
longer lists the mount feature when I right click on it. How do I restore the 
proper drive link to the desktop.

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[newbie] Security warning?

[Chris Ashmore]

 Sorry this is so long   but what does this mean? I am very very new to this.
Security Warning: Change in World Writeable Files found : 
- Added writables files : /home/samba 
- Added writables files : /tmp/.ICE-unix/9451 
- Added writables files : /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 
 
Security Warning: There is modifications for port listening on your machine : 
-  Opened ports : tcp0  0 *:netbios-ssn   *:*  
 
  LISTEN  13541/smbd 
-  Opened ports : tcp0  0 *:6000  *:*  
 
  LISTEN  9363/X 
-  Opened ports : udp0  0 Linux:netbios-ns*:*  
 
  13551/nmbd 
-  Opened ports : udp0  0 *:netbios-ns*:*  
 
  13551/nmbd 
-  Opened ports : udp0  0 Linux:netbios-dgm   *:*  
 
  13551/nmbd 
-  Opened ports : udp0  0 *:netbios-dgm   *:*  
 
  13551/nmbd 
-  Opened ports : udp0  0 localhost.localdo:32818 *:*  
 
  13611/smbd 
- Closed ports  : tcp0  0 *:netbios-ssn   *:*  
 
  LISTEN  1579/smbd 
- Closed ports  : udp0  0 Linux:netbios-ns*:*  
 
  1589/nmbd 
- Closed ports  : udp0  0 *:netbios-ns*:*  
 
  1589/nmbd 
- Closed ports  : udp0  0 Linux:netbios-dgm   *:*  
 
  1589/nmbd 
- Closed ports  : udp0  0 *:netbios-dgm   *:*  
 
  1589/nmbd 
 
Security Warning: World Writeable files found : 
- /home/ftp/upload 
- /home/samba 
- /home/windows 
- /lib/dev-state/dri 
- /lib/dev-state/dri/card0 
- /lib/dev-state/log 
- /tmp 
- /tmp/.ICE-unix 
- /tmp/.ICE-unix/9451 
- /tmp/.X11-unix 
- /tmp/.X11-unix/X0 
- /tmp/.font-unix 
- /tmp/.font-unix/fs-1 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/blues 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/classical 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/country 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/data 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/folk 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/jazz 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/misc 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/newage 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/reggae 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/rock 
- /usr/share/apps/kscd/cddb/soundtrack 
- /var/apache-mm 
- /var/lib/texmf 
- /var/lib/texmf/ls-R 
- /var/spool/samba 
- /var/tmp 
 
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[newbie] WINE rpm problem

[Roger Sherman]

I just did a full reinstall of 7.2, and then unzipped my backed-up /home
/bin /etc directories in their proper places. But now I'm having a problem
that has me baffled - when I installed, I specifically told it _not_ to
install wine, as I prefer codeweavers wine. So, I tried to rpm -ivh
codeweavers, and it told me it was already installed. Great! So I try to
run it, and it tells me its not installed. So, figuring theres a couple
pieces that got carried over in the backed up dirs, and some parts that
didn't, I try to uninstall whatevers left with rpm -e. It tells me its not
installed. So then I try rpm -replacepackages (however its worded), it
tells me its installed again! Won't work though...I try to force it, still
no go. Can anyone help?


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[newbie] Sound Problems -- sndstat

[James Marshall]

Sorry.

See attached sndstat.  For some reason, cut-and-paste is not working at
the moment between gedit and Netscape.

How do I enable the sound devices in CONFIG?  Which configuration file
is that?

Sound Driver:3.8.1a-980706 (ALSA v0.5.11 emulation code)
Kernel: Linux localhost.localdomain 2.4.8-26mdk #1 Sun Sep 23 17:06:39 CEST 2001 i586
Config options: 0

Installed drivers: 
Type 10: ALSA emulation

Card config: 
CS4237B at 0x534, irq 5, dma 1&3

Audio devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Synth devices: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG

Midi devices:
0: MPU-401 (UART)

Timers:
7: system timer

Mixers: NOT ENABLED IN CONFIG


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Re: [newbie] Proper modules.conf for CS423x Sound Card?

[James Marshall]

Frans Ketelaars wrote:

> What does 'cat /proc/asound/cards' report?

0 [card1 ]: CS4236 - CS4237B
   CS4237B at 0x534, irq 5, dma 1&3

This seems correct as far as it goes.  In OS/2 Warp, the card also uses irq 9 and
several additional ioports.

> Do you use devfs (it's standard
> in LM8.1) ? You unmute channels with a mixer but your problem is the mixer
> complains about /dev/mixer. When I boot with devfs I get this:
>
> [frans@amd frans]$ ls -l /dev/mixer
> lr-xr-xr-x1 root root   11 Nov 21 18:29 /dev/mixer -> sound/mixer
> [frans@amd frans]$ ls -l /dev/sound/mixer
> crw---1 fransaudio 14,   0 Jan  1  1970 /dev/sound/mixer
> [frans@amd frans]$

Yes, I am using devfs.

When I issue the same ls command, I get "No such file or directory."

When I issue "ls -l /dev/mixer0" I see:

crw--- 1 root audio 14, 0 Nov 19 21:14 /dev/mixer0

I also have a /dev/mixer1, a /dev/mixer2, and a /dev/mixer3 .  The ls -l command gives
similar output for them, except mixer1 is "0 Nov 19," mixer2 is "32 Nov 19," and
mixer3 is "48 Nov 19."

> I read a post in french (!) on the alsa-user list (!) recently from someone
> who lost sound after his 'upgrade' to Windows XP 

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[newbie] Configuring a LAN card

[Paul Schwebel]

I'm setting up an old PC with Mandrake 8.1. It has an Intel Etherexpress Pro
10+ ISA card.

I've tried to configure the card using the Control Center, but when I try to
load the driver, it fails. 

When I try using ifconfig at a root console, I get "no such device" and the
like.

I've checked the card with DOS test utilities and it seems to be fine. The IRQ
is set at 10 and the I/O address is 210.

What could I try next?

Thanks,
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Re: [newbie] Whereis WordPerfect??

[Carroll Grigsby]

Terry Smith wrote:
> 
> Thanks Charles and Sarah.
> 
> I do have Star Office 5.2 installed at home (from the PowerPack) and today,
> at the office, installed Star Office 6.0 Beta (downloaded from Sun). I think
> SOffice 6.0 is a real improvement...it read all my Windoze MS files (Word,
> Excel and PowerPoint) perfectly.
> 
> We're essentially a WordPerfect shop, however, and, at the very least, I need
> to read WP files and convert them to something that Soffice or Abiword can
> read.
> 
> I may have an old tarball on a backup somewhere.  I'll look around.
> 
> Thanks.
> 
> Terry Smith
> 
Terry:
If you can't find the old tarball, e-mail your address to me (off-list)
and I can send you my old store-bought Personal Edition w/manual.
Regards,
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[newbie] formatting floppies

[H.J.Bathoorn]

Hello all,

Since mdk8.1 I'm burning floppies like hell. It's not the drive itself, I 
tested that, so it's got to be Mandrake.
I know Linux is more demanding on floppy quality, but 2 good floppies out of 
10 is overdoing it :(
Anybody else have similar troubles?

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[newbie] ALSA --which services to start?

[James F. Marshall]

I cannot get sound to work, as explained in other posts.

According to the SysV-Init Editor, the three following services
are started, available, and on when I boot: alsa, alsasound, and
sound.  Yes, three different services with three different
scripts.  Is this too many?  Do they conflict?  Should I turn
off one or more of these three?
--
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Re: [newbie] AOL help Simple Samba

[Randy Kramer]

Dave Sherman wrote:
> My Aunt MAUREEN was a military advisor to IKE & TINA TURNER!!

OK, so what's "the rest of the story"?

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Re: [newbie] making the cd's

[D. Lee Wiggers]

In NeroFile then Burn image

Good luck

11/21/01 11:27:25 AM, skidley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>> when making my mandrake cd's from the downloaded files, can i create a data
>> cd as i would burning any other cd?  or is there more to it than that?
>>
>> thanks
>>
>>
>> fyi:  if this question (or the last one) is in the archives i apologize.
>> my work uses a web blocker and i can't access a lot of message groups
>> because of it.
>>
>>
>> matthew collins
>> web developer
>> www.co.seminole.fl.us
>>
>>
>>
>You create cd from image. The .iso is a disk image, you need to tell your
>software that. If you are using windows something like easy cd creator or
>Nero for example. There is a selection in one of the menus with something
>like create cd from image or similar.
> --
>Chad Young
>Registered Linux User #195191 @ http://counter.li.org
>
>
>
Reg. Linux user 223705
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Re: [newbie] Whereis WordPerfect??

[Terry Smith]

Thanks Charles and Sarah.  

I do have Star Office 5.2 installed at home (from the PowerPack) and today, 
at the office, installed Star Office 6.0 Beta (downloaded from Sun). I think 
SOffice 6.0 is a real improvement...it read all my Windoze MS files (Word, 
Excel and PowerPoint) perfectly.

We're essentially a WordPerfect shop, however, and, at the very least, I need 
to read WP files and convert them to something that Soffice or Abiword can 
read.

I may have an old tarball on a backup somewhere.  I'll look around.

Thanks.

Terry Smith

On Wednesday 21 November 2001 15:10, sarah white wrote:
> star office is good. it comes with 8.1
> - Original Message -
> From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:53 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Whereis WordPerfect??
>
> > On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:11:54 -0500
> >
> > Terry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Before I wiped out my partitions with a clean install of the very
>
> wonderful
>
> > > LM 8.1 I had a working version of WordPerfect 8.0 for linux. I'd like
> > > to reinstall it (or a newer version if it exists), but I can't find it
>
> anywhere
>
> > > on the web.
> > >
> > > What's the current version (or most recent anyway) and where might I
>
> find it??
>
> > Wordperfect8 has gone the way of Puff the Magic Dragon.
> >
> > The only thing that Corel now offers or supports is WordPerfect Office,
>
> which
>
> > is over kill if all you want is a word proccesser and the Linux version
>
> can
>
> > run you $100+.
> >
> > I lucked up and found WordPerfect8, retail box, on the closeout rack at a
>
> local
>
> > office supply store for $10 about a month ago.
> >
> > The only thing I can tell you is to try searching some of the software
>
> vendors,
>
> > especially those that handle closeout and used products.
> >
> >
> >Charles
>
> ---
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>
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Re: [newbie] Whereis WordPerfect??

[Michel Clasquin]

On Wednesday 21 November 2001 21:11, you wrote:
> Before I wiped out my partitions with a clean install of the very
> wonderful LM 8.1 I had a working version of WordPerfect 8.0 for linux.
> I'd like to reinstall it (or a newer version if it exists), but I can't
> find it anywhere on the web.
> What's the current version (or most recent anyway) and where might I
> find it??

Corel has pulled wp8 from their site. You might want to check Cheapbytes 
and see if  they still sell a CDROM called "Applications Archive Edition 
1". It is on there, in a 23 MB file, so forgive me if I don't try to email 
it to you. 

Also see:
http://www.linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=L000-019&id=e5y6sAuk4ejX6

-- 
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[newbie] zip drive and cd rom locked out

[Jim Snyder]

Hi

I think I have overcome some of my mount problems as mentioned in a previous 
email but now I have no access to my CD ROM or Zip Drive. The permission 
appear to be set but I cannot access them as root or a user. Is there a lock 
file somewhere I am overlooking?

Many thanks in advance.

Jim
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Re: [newbie] Partition Magic for Linux

[Charles A Edwards]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:11:41 -0600
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone know where I can get a full version of Partition Magic for
> Linux?
> 
> thnx
> 
> Andrew
> 
  

There is no such animal.

PM, any version, can only be installed if you are running Windows or DOS.
It does not run on linux and with linux it is limited to performing its
operations on Ext2 only, it will not work with ReiserFS and I would not trust
it with Ext3.

If you are wanting to resize/change partitions on a system running Linux,
there are several linux apps that can be used, depending upon your FS.
Do a search with google-linux for partitioning programs and that should
give you a starting point.  


   Charles




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Re: [newbie] Partition Magic for Linux

[Miark]

Their website is at www.powerquest.com, but I don't 
know of any Linux version.

I used their version 7.0 to prepare Ext2 partions
not too long ago, and subsequently it became 
impossible to boot into Linux again. I found out
later that their idea of Ext2 is a little different
than everybody else's. I think it mussed up the
partition table. But either way, it made a mess of
my system.

Use diskdrake, which comes with Mandrake.

Miark

- Original Message - 
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 1:11 PM
Subject: [newbie] Partition Magic for Linux


> Hello,
> 
> Does anyone know where I can get a full version of Partition Magic for
> Linux?
> 
> thnx
> 
> Andrew
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
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> 
> 
> 





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[newbie] Partition Magic for Linux

[xsturm]

Hello,

Does anyone know where I can get a full version of Partition Magic for
Linux?

thnx

Andrew




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Re: [newbie] Whereis WordPerfect??

[sarah white]

star office is good. it comes with 8.1
- Original Message -
From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:53 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Whereis WordPerfect??


> On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:11:54 -0500
> Terry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > Before I wiped out my partitions with a clean install of the very
wonderful
> > LM 8.1 I had a working version of WordPerfect 8.0 for linux. I'd like to
> > reinstall it (or a newer version if it exists), but I can't find it
anywhere
> > on the web.
> >
> > What's the current version (or most recent anyway) and where might I
find it??
> >
>
>
> Wordperfect8 has gone the way of Puff the Magic Dragon.
>
> The only thing that Corel now offers or supports is WordPerfect Office,
which
> is over kill if all you want is a word proccesser and the Linux version
can
> run you $100+.
>
> I lucked up and found WordPerfect8, retail box, on the closeout rack at a
local
> office supply store for $10 about a month ago.
>
> The only thing I can tell you is to try searching some of the software
vendors,
> especially those that handle closeout and used products.
>
>
>Charles
>
>
>






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Re: [newbie] Mounting new HDD and creating new partitions.

[Miark]

No KDE or Gnome? Hmm, in that case I think you'll
need to use fdisk.

Miark


- Original Message - 
From: "Tomek Nowinski" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 9:34 AM
Subject: [newbie] Mounting new HDD and creating new partitions.


> Hi,
> 
> I have installed a new hard drive on my box, but I don't know how to mount
> it in permanent way and then how to creat new partitions. I don't use KDE or
> GNOME so I need command lines to do it.
> 
> Thanks for help,
> 
> Tomek
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [newbie] Laying Out Partitions?

[sarah white]

yup... thats  right!
- Original Message -
From: "sarah white" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 2:40 AM
Subject: Re: [newbie] Laying Out Partitions?


> alrighty... what flavor of linux are you running? i know that it does like
> the swap, root, and home though. im running mandrake 8.1 and its pretty
cool
> like that with the graphical install... it has autoalicate. :)
>
> - Original Message -
> From: "sarah white" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 12:22 AM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Laying Out Partitions?
>
>
> > you can do autoalicate... usually it will sk for a swap and root (/) and
> > home
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Miark" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Hugo Ferreira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 4:32 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Laying Out Partitions?
> >
> >
> > > > Sorry for butting in, but I was wondering: do we have to create the
> swap
> > > > partition or can we just have a "/".
> > >
> > > Hugo,
> > >
> > > As far as I know, you must. And even if you didn't technically
> > > need one, you _should_ have one anyway.
> > >
> > > Miark
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> >
>
> --
> --
> > 
> >
> >
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> >
> >
> >
>
>
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Re: [newbie] Whereis WordPerfect??

[Charles A Edwards]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 14:11:54 -0500
Terry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Before I wiped out my partitions with a clean install of the very wonderful 
> LM 8.1 I had a working version of WordPerfect 8.0 for linux. I'd like to 
> reinstall it (or a newer version if it exists), but I can't find it anywhere 
> on the web.
> 
> What's the current version (or most recent anyway) and where might I find it??
> 
 

Wordperfect8 has gone the way of Puff the Magic Dragon.

The only thing that Corel now offers or supports is WordPerfect Office, which
is over kill if all you want is a word proccesser and the Linux version can 
run you $100+.

I lucked up and found WordPerfect8, retail box, on the closeout rack at a local
office supply store for $10 about a month ago.

The only thing I can tell you is to try searching some of the software vendors,
especially those that handle closeout and used products.


   Charles 




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Re: Re: [newbie] motherboard suggestion for stable system

[Jim Dawson]

Just from the 'specs', not much. On paper the only real diference between a low-end 
'server' and a desktop would probabally be that the Server will generally have a 
higher-output power supply.

The main difference is the quality of the components and construction. 'server grade' 
hardware is designed and warranted for 24x7 operation (even for a low-end server like 
the PowerEdge 500SC or Proliant ML330)

Another benefit for 'server-grade' hardware, although it isn't quite as relevant for 
Linux as it is for NetWare/SCO UNIX/ect. (and for a lesser extent, Windows NT/2000 
Server) is that they are generally certified for use with the various operating 
systems. The main benefit of this is that if you have a problem on your 
Dell/Compaq/IBM/etc 'Server' and call up the vendor for tech support you are likely to 
get an aswer like 'Yeah, there is a known problem with the BIOS revision on some units 
on that model, go to the vendor's web site and download file xx and everything 
should work fine once you apply the update' whereas if you had used a 'desktop' 
computer the response (probabally from both the OS and hardware vendor) would be 'The 
only operating systems supported on that model are Windows 98/ME/NT4.0 Workstation...'.

-Original Message-
From: Paul Rodríguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: newbie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: 16 Nov 2001 16:34:00 -0500
Subject: Re: [newbie] motherboard suggestion for stable system

What exactly differentiates server grade hardware and desktop grade?

I ask this because checking out some Dell servers (just above the price
range for this project, but wrangleable) they seem to be pretty much the
same hardware I would find in a desktop computer.  IDE drives for
example, and not even ATA/100/133 RAID.

-Paul Rodríguez



On Mon, 2001-11-12 at 13:55, Jim Dawson wrote:
> My only recomendation is to use 'server grade' hardware. 'Desktop' grade computers 
>are not designed to run 24/7. Unfortunately I don't know of any server-grade 
>computers that use AMD processors.
>
> If possible go with a SCSI disk subsystem rather than IDE. IDE drives are made for 
>the desktop market and are generally not designed for 24x7 operation. If you can 
>afford it get a RAID controller (even if you are just mirroring, a RAID controller 
>can handle mirroring much better than the server itself.) and hot swappable drives. 
>it is also a good idea to have redundant (and if possible hot swappable) power 
>supplies and cooling fans.



On Fri, 2001-11-16 at 12:24, Paul Schwebel wrote:
> Tell your doctor that Data reliability and "cheap" don't go together.
He/she
> will have to choose.
>
> Mirrored drives, along with daily backups will give you some
reliability. They
> don't necessarily have to be hot swappable, unless downtime is not an
option.
>
> I have run both Compaq and Dell servers in a public school environment
> (Netware, not Linux). I prefer the Dells.
>
> My .02,
>
> -Paul Schwebel, Lab Facilitator
> San Dieguito Union High School District



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Re: [newbie] Still Crashing on restart, every time...

[Derek Jennings]

Hmm... Thats a 3com driver isn't it. I'm using that one without any problems. 
Is it a PCMCIA card?
You do not have NFS defined do you? That can cause hangs on power down.

Have you tried stopping the network before you shut down?

What are the last messages in the syslog. Any clues?


On Wednesday 21 November 2001 18:09, you wrote:
> Hey group,
>
> I am still crashing every time I need to power down the PC.  I am greatful
> that Linux has the sense to do a fsck when it reboots, or I'd be screwed.
> Well, I have changed the lines in the /etc/modules.conf to read-->
>
>  /etc/modules.conf file
> pre-install pcmcia_core CARDMGR_OPTS=-f /etc/rc.d/init.d/pcmcia start
> alias usb-interface uhci
> alias sound-slot-0 emu10k1
> probeall scsi_hostadapter ide-scsi
> alias eth0 3c59x
>
> I think I need to ask the machine to issue a SIGHUP to the eth0 on exit,
> but even if I did, I can't remember which 'S' file to put it into (or the
> run level to put it in).
>
> Sugestions anyone?
>
> Thanks!
> Steve Weltman
>
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[newbie] "Boot error" after Installation of 8.1

[Mike Myers]

 
Last night I installed 8.1.  When I boot I get 
only "Boot error" displayed on the screen.  I did create a boot floppy and 
it will boot from that.  Prior to Mandrake I had free BSD 
installed.
 
It is installed on an IBM 390X laptop with 128 MB 
ram and 6.4 GB Drive.
 
I have installed it twice now with the same 
result.  Any help would be greatly appreciated.
-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=Mike 
Myers

Re: [newbie] making the cd's

[skidley]

On Wed, 21 Nov 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> when making my mandrake cd's from the downloaded files, can i create a data
> cd as i would burning any other cd?  or is there more to it than that?
>
> thanks
>
>
> fyi:  if this question (or the last one) is in the archives i apologize.
> my work uses a web blocker and i can't access a lot of message groups
> because of it.
>
>
> matthew collins
> web developer
> www.co.seminole.fl.us
>
>
>
You create cd from image. The .iso is a disk image, you need to tell your
software that. If you are using windows something like easy cd creator or
Nero for example. There is a selection in one of the menus with something
like create cd from image or similar.
 --
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Re: [newbie] Proper modules.conf for CS423x Sound Card?

[Frans Ketelaars]

On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 19:13:29 -0800 (PST)
"James F. Marshall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Tue, 20 Nov 2001 20:23:11 +0100, Frans Ketelaars wrote:
> 
> >"> Here are the sound lines that I have in /etc/modules.conf.  
> 
> I commented out following line 1:
> 
> >"> 1   alias sound-slot-0 ad1848
> 
> Now, during boot, I see a message that the cs4236 driver loaded
> OK, and I hear a crackle.  From that point on, I hear no sound
> no matter what I try to run.
> 
> How do I un-mute sound?
> 
> The ESD Volume Meter does not work.  It reports the error that
> it "cannot connect to sound daemon."  It says to run "esd" at a
> command prompt.  I get the same error message even after running
> "esd" at a command prompt as root.  When I try to run "esd" as a
> non-root user, I get the following error messages:
> 
> esd: failed to fix mode of /tmp/.esd to 1777
> esd: Esound sound daemon unable to create unix domain socket:
> /tmp/.esd/socket
> The socket is not accessible by esd.
> 
> KMidi reports an error that it "can't open Output Device."
> 
> XMMS would start but would not play sample.midi .  XMMS produced
> no sound and no error report.  It just seems to ignore efforts
> to play the file.
> 
> The Audio Mixer fails to start.  It reports that it is not able
> to open the audio device, suggests checking for permission to
> open /dev/mixer (I don't seem to have such a file), and says to
> make sure that sound support is compiled into the kernel.
> 
> I left following lines 2-5 alone:
> 
> >"> 2   alias char-major-116 snd
> >"> 3   alias char-major-14 soundcore
> >"> 4   alias snd-card-0 snd-card-cs4236
> >"> 5   alias sound-slot-0 snd-card-0
> 
> Commenting out the following lines appeared to make no
> difference:
> 
> >"> 6   alias sound-service-0-0 snd-mixer-oss
> >"> 7   alias sound-service-0-1 snd-seq-oss
> >"> 8   alias sound-service-0-3 snd-pcm-oss
> >"> 9   alias sound-service-0-8 snd-seq-oss
> >"> 10  alias sound-service-0-12 snd-pcm-oss
> 
> >"Yes, you must delete or comment out line 1. After a reboot the ad1848 module
> >"hopefully is out of the way. (there are other ways to remove unwanted modules
> >"of course). You can check with '/sbin/lsmod' which modules are loaded. Note:
> >"snd-ad1848 is _another_ module which _may_ be needed by ALSA for you soundcard. 
> 
> As noted, I still hear the crackle after commenting out the
> ad1848 driver in modules.conf.  Does that mean I probably don't
> need it?
> 
> I'm confused about whether and what sound support to have
> compiled into the kernel.  Given that I am using the ALSA driver
> and it appears to be loading from modules.conf, do I still want
> sound compiled into the kernel?  How do I check to see whether
> sound is compiled into the kernel and whether it is the right
> sound support?  If I have the wrong sound support in the kernel,
> or if I do not want any sound support into the kernel, how do I
> get it OUT of the kernel and boot from the modified kernel?  Do
> I want to compile ALSA support for the cs4236 into the kernel? 
> Is that even possible?

Your standard LM8.1 kernel is OK, don't worry ;)

> >"These lines are for OSS/Free compatibility and you do need them for most
> >"applications. I'm now listening to XMMS with the OSS output plugin, while 
> >"using the ALSA drivers. 
> 
> I'm trying to ensure that old and new sound stuff works.  Do
> lines 6-10 above appear to be the correct way to do?  As noted,
> I am clueless about the meaning of services 0, 1, 3, 8, and 12.
> 
> >"> My modprobe command was "modprobe snd-card-cs4236".  Is that
> >"> sufficient?
> >"
> >"Yes. If you didn't get any error it seems the ALSA driver was loaded!
> 
> I see no error -- in fact, I see that the ALSA driver loaded
> "OK" -- during boot, prior to X.  Does that mean that the
> modprobe command was okay?  If not, should I expect to see an
> error message, apart from hearing no sound?

What does 'cat /proc/asound/cards' report? Do you use devfs (it's standard
in LM8.1) ? You unmute channels with a mixer but your problem is the mixer
complains about /dev/mixer. When I boot with devfs I get this:

[frans@amd frans]$ ls -l /dev/mixer
lr-xr-xr-x1 root root   11 Nov 21 18:29 /dev/mixer -> sound/mixer
[frans@amd frans]$ ls -l /dev/sound/mixer
crw---1 fransaudio 14,   0 Jan  1  1970 /dev/sound/mixer
[frans@amd frans]$

Btw, I normally boot without devfs (there was some security issue IIRC) and
sound then also works well. Anyway, I think the ALSA driver loads OK, OSS 
emulation is set up correctly, but there can be problems with using/not using
devfs, permissions, the use of a sound daemon like esd ... I can only wish
you the best :) 

> Linux is difficult!

I read a post in french (!) on the alsa-user list (!) recently from someone
who lost sound after his 'upgrade' to Windows XP 

> --
> Jim Marshall

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[newbie] Whereis WordPerfect??

[Terry Smith]

Before I wiped out my partitions with a clean install of the very wonderful 
LM 8.1 I had a working version of WordPerfect 8.0 for linux. I'd like to 
reinstall it (or a newer version if it exists), but I can't find it anywhere 
on the web.

What's the current version (or most recent anyway) and where might I find it??

TIA.

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[newbie] Digital cameras, usb and devfs

[Terry Smith]

Hi all,

I've gotten way behind on my emails on this list. A while back (before 
Mandrake 8.1) there was some discussion of gphoto, gphoto2, creating and then 
directly mounting a digital camera directory, etc. I understood most of it.

Now I understand that under LM 8.1, the new kernel and devfs there's a 
different treatment of the usb ports. I don't understand the new stuff.

Let me get to the bottom line. I want to access my digital camera - Canon 
PowerShot S10 - and would prefer to attach via a USB port.  Gphoto insists 
that I specify a serial port.

I 've mucked around in the /dev directory  and don't see anything that looks 
like a usb port.

Would somebody please point me in the right direction?

TIA.

Terry Smith
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Re: [newbie] kword on printing

[Dave]

On Wednesday 21 November 2001 07:29 am, you wrote:
> I don't know what is causing it, but I messed around with the fonts and
> found some that worked. I can't remember which ones, but from limited use,
> It looks like a font problem. Try some others and see what you get.
>
> Hope this helps, even if it's a little.
If you happen to have your system set up as a dual boot system -- with 
windows on it.you can import the fonts from the windows partition and use 
those.  

-- 
Dave Crouse
Registered Linux User 204085






> Steve
>
> On Tuesday 20 November 2001 10:27 pm, you wrote:
> > My son had a similar problem with a report for school.  I just tried it
> > now and had the same problem.  Maybe it's a new feature, but for now,
> > I'll stick with StarOffice 6.0 beta.
> >
> > Joe
> >
> > On Tuesday 20 November 2001 02:59 pm, you wrote:
> > > hi,
> > > i got my printing to work, woohoo!! you dont know how
> > > joyous that makes me. i printed the test page: perfect. printed a
> > > coupla slides i did with kpresenter: irreprochable. tried a kword
> > > document my girlfriend is working on: ek, the fonts are
> > > all squished together, and it is a mess. anybody has any idea what
> > > is happening?





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Re: [newbie] making the cd's

[Richard Wenninger]

You must use the option to "Burn from ISO image".  Just copying the ISO file 
to a cd image won't work.  Most CD burner software packages have this option 
somewhere.


On Wednesday 21 November 2001 12:09 pm, you wrote:
> when making my mandrake cd's from the downloaded files, can i create a data
> cd as i would burning any other cd?  or is there more to it than that?
>
> thanks
>
>
> fyi:  if this question (or the last one) is in the archives i apologize.
> my work uses a web blocker and i can't access a lot of message groups
> because of it.
>
>
> matthew collins
> web developer
> www.co.seminole.fl.us



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Re: [newbie] Apache + Perl5 + PHP406

[Stephen Liu]

Hi,

Sorry to cut in.   Reading your posting I have certain questions to 
ask.  Kindly help .

1) Some line begins with  ' > ' similar to answering a posting.  What do 
they represent for ?

such as
 > ./configure \
 > --with-apache=../apache_1.3.19 \
 > --with-crt=/etc/ssl/certs/server.crt \
 > --with-key=/etc/ssl/private/server.key

2)
An Asterisk * marked after an application such as Apache*, PHP*, Mod*, 
etc., do we need them in the config file ?

3)
Some line begins with  #,  Is this line only for explanation not involving 
configuration (not executing commands) ?

4)
In following NOTE:
Copy the httpd.conf file to the "/etc/httpd/conf/" directory.
Copy the apache file to the "/etc/logrotate.d/" directory.
Copy the httpd script file to the "/etc/rc.d/init.d/" directory.

Where can apache file and httpd script be located ?

Thanks in advance.

B.R.
Stephen Liu





At 08:45 PM 11/21/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>I hope this will might help you with ur problem although it will be time 
>consuming but you will later on appreciate it.This is one of the most tweak
>configure APACHE+PHP+PERL config from the source but i only use later 
>version of this applications so i hope it will still help you.
>
>Apache
>URL:http://www.apache.org/
>File:   apache_1.3.19.tar.gz
>
>Mod_SSL
>URL:http://www.modssl.org/
>File:   mod_ssl-2.6.4-1.3.12.tar.gz
>
>Mod_Perl
>URL:http://perl.apache.org/
>File:   mod_perl-1.24.tar.gz
>
>Mod_PHP
>URL:http://www.php.net/
>File:   php-4.0.0.tar.gz
>
>[root@matrix root]# cp apache* /var/tmp/
>[root@matrix root]# cp mod* /var/tmp/
>[root@matrix root]# cp php* /var/tmp/
>[root@matrix root]# cd /var/tmp
>[root@matrix tmp]# tar xzpf apache*
>[root@matrix tmp]# tar xzpf mod_ssl*
>[root@matrix tmp]# tar xzpf mod_perl*
>[root@matrix tmp]# tar xzpf php*
>[root@matrix tmp]# useradd -c "Apache Server" -u 80 -s /bin/false -r -d
>/home/httpd www 2>/dev/null || :
>[root@matrix tmp]# cd mod_ssl*
>[root@matrix mod_ssl-2.6.4-1.3.12]# CC="egcs" \
> > ./configure \
> > --with-apache=../apache_1.3.19 \
> > --with-crt=/etc/ssl/certs/server.crt \
> > --with-key=/etc/ssl/private/server.key
>[root@matrix mod_ssl-2.6.4-1.3.12]# cd ../apache_1.3.19
>[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# pico src/include/httpd.h
>
>httpd.h
>
>#define HARD_SERVER_LIMIT 256
>To read:
>#define HARD_SERVER_LIMIT 1024
>
>[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# CC="egcs" \
> > CFLAGS="-DDYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=0" \
> > ./configure \
> > --prefix=/home/httpd \
> > --bindir=/usr/bin \
> > --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
> > --libexecdir=/usr/lib/apache \
> > --includedir=/usr/include/apache \
> > --sysconfdir=/etc/httpd/conf \
> > --localstatedir=/var \
> > --runtimedir=/var/run \
> > --logfiledir=/var/log/httpd \
> > --datadir=/home/httpd \
> > --proxycachedir=/var/cache/httpd \
> > --mandir=/usr/man
>[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# cd ../php-4.0
>[root@matrix php-4.0]# pico ext/pgsql/php_pgsql.h
>
>php_pgsql.h
>
>#include 
>#include 
>To read:
>#include 
>#include 
>
>[root@matrix php-4.0]# CC="egcs" \
> > CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/openssl" \
> > ./configure \
> > --prefix=/usr \
> > --with-exec-dir=/usr/bin \
> > --with-apache=../apache_1.3.19 \
> > --with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd \
> > --disable-debug \
> > --enable-safe-mode \
> > --with-imap \
> > --with-ldap \
> > --with-pgsql \
> > --with-mm \
> > --enable-inline-optimization \
> > --with-gnu-ld \
> > --enable-memory-limit
>[root@matrix php-4.0]# make
>[root@matrix php-4.0]# make install
>[root@matrix php-4.0]# cd ../mod_perl-1.24
>[root@matrix mod_perl-1.24]# perl Makefile.PL \
> > EVERYTHING=1 \
> > APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.19/src \
> > USE_APACI=1 \
> > PREP_HTTPD=1 \
> > DO_HTTPD=1
>[root@matrix mod_perl-1.24]# make
>[root@matrix mod_perl-1.24]# make install
>[root@matrix mod_perl-1.24]# cd ../apache_1.3.19
>[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# SSL_BASE=SYSTEM \
> > EAPI_MM=SYSTEM \
> > CC="egcs" \
> > CFLAGS="-DDYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=0" \
> > ./configure \
> > --prefix=/home/httpd \
> > --bindir=/usr/bin \
> > --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
> > --libexecdir=/usr/lib/apache \
> > --includedir=/usr/include/apache \
> > --sysconfdir=/etc/httpd/conf \
> > --localstatedir=/var \
> > --runtimedir=/var/run \
> > --logfiledir=/var/log/httpd \
> > --datadir=/home/httpd \
> > --proxycachedir=/var/cache/httpd \
> > --mandir=/usr/man \
> > --add-module=src/modules/experimental/mod_mmap_static.c \
> > --add-module=src/modules/standard/mod_auth_db.c \
> > --enable-module=ssl \
> > --enable-rule=SSL_SDBM \
> > --disable-rule=SSL_COMPAT \
> > --activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a \
> > --enable-module=php4 \
> > --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a \
> > --enable-module=perl \
> > --disable-module=status \
> > --disable-module=userdir \
> > --disable-module=negotiation \
> > --disable-module=autoindex \
> > --disable-module=asis \
> > --disable-module=imap \
> > --disable-module=env \
> >--disable-module=actions
>[root@matrix

[newbie] making the cd's

[MCollins]

when making my mandrake cd's from the downloaded files, can i create a data
cd as i would burning any other cd?  or is there more to it than that?

thanks


fyi:  if this question (or the last one) is in the archives i apologize.
my work uses a web blocker and i can't access a lot of message groups
because of it.


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Re: [newbie] Proper rpm procedure for cross-dependency?

[Tom Brinkman]

On Tuesday 20 November 2001 06:54 pm, skidley wrote:
> So when ya get the source does that have
> a suitable .config already selected or is it wise to do your own
> make menuconfig like with vanilla source. I guess that's what I
> would do as I have one saved that works for me and I would only
> need to change a couple options. Sorry for the dumb questions but
> I'm not up on this kernel rpm stuff.

   Use the guidelines for installing a kernel at
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/install/index.html#ku 
   One suggestion I'd add is to make a bakup copy of your /boot 
directory before you do anything. Just in case  ;)

   If you want to compile your own, all you really need is the kernel 
source and header rpms. Install these instead of MUO's (page 3)  "Run 
tar xfzC [kernel-source].tar.gz"  step.  Any Mandrake 2.4.x kernel 
requires that you start with 'make mrproper', so start back in with 
the guidelines at that point. You could then copy in a saved copy of 
Mandrakes default config (or a current config you have), and run 
'make xconfig' and change any options you want/need to. Save a bakup 
of that config for future use.

I haven't bothered with compiling kernels from source for quite a 
while. I never saw any benefit to changing from i586 to i686 or 
Athlon, and I've haven't needed any special requirements that aren't 
already in Mandrakes 2.4.x ready made kernels for some time now. 
I just install their ready made and if all is well, I then d/l and 
install the source and header rpms for it in case I might need 'em.

-- 
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[newbie] DVD on 8.1

[Gerard van Winssen]

Hi,

I've installed 8.1 on my systyem more more or less succesfully.
I haven't configured everything yet, first things first.
The DVD drive won't work, I read some postings on mandrakeforum and the DVD 
playing howto.
With VLC installed and running, and with A movie rom in th drive I klick the 
play button, but nothing happens.
I launched VLC from A terminal to see errors coming by, but no errors.
This is what I have done:
-Made A simlink;  # ln -s /dev/hdc /dev/dvd
-Removed the "devfs=mount" in lilo.conf (for my cdrw)
- Did A #hdparm -i /dev/dvd  what shows up is all kind of info about my DVD 
drive.
-The dvd drive has the latest firmware.

Anybody any suggestions?

mb=abit kt7a
cpu=Athlon c 1000
dvd= LG DRD 8120 B (hdc)
mem= 256 mb
cdrw= Mitsumi 4802TE (hdd)
HD= IBM DTLA 305040 40gig

TIA,
Gerard van Winssen



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Re: [newbie] Reload Xinetd

[Michael D. Viron]

'/etc/rc.d/init.d/xinet restart' from the command line as root.

Michael

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Senior Systems & Administration Consultant
Web Spinners, University of West Florida

At 09:46 AM 11/22/2001 +0800, you wrote:
>How do I reload xinetd under LM 8.1 ? thanks.
>
>
>
>
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Re: [newbie] Question about installing PHP 4.0

[Dave Sherman]

On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 05:58, E Estes wrote:
> I downloaded a file "php-4.0.6.tar.gz" and I opened it with Archiver and  extracted 
>it to a directory "PHP". I tried doing the ./configure and I got errors. Here is  
>what happened:
> 
> [root@192 PHP]# ./configure
> loading cache ./configure.cache
> checking for  a BSD compatible install.../usr/bin/install -c
> checking whether make sets ${MAKE}... no
> checking for working aclocal... missing
> checking for working autoconf... missing
> checking for working automake...  missing
> checking for working autoheader... missing
> checking for working makeinfo... found
> checking whether to enable  maintainer-specific portions of Makefiles... no
> checking host system type...i586-pc-linux-gnuoldld
> checking for gawk... gawk
> checking for bison... no
> checking for byacc... no
> configure: warning:  You will need bison if you want to regenerate the PHP 
parsers.
> checking for gcc... no
> checking for  cc...no
> configure: error: no acceptable cc found in  $PATH
> [root@192 PHP]#
> 
> If  I try doing the make or make  export I get nothing but:
> 
> bash: make: command not  found
> 
> I'm at a loss here. I thought Mandrake shipped  with php installed  but  I 
think I'm wrong. I've been  trying to install this  on and off for ove 2 weeks 
and I have gotten no where. Any help  would  be greatly  appreciated.

PHP does come on the Mandrake CDs, but it does not necessarily install
unless you choose a server setup. Just use the Software Manager to
install the PHP packages from CD.

Dave
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Re: [newbie] AOL help Simple Samba

[Dave Sherman]

On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 06:48, AOL Systems wrote:
> Pls help me how to configure simple Samba configuration.Pls give at
> least a brief config using the source.Pls Thanks!

Samba includes a simple smb.conf file that is self-documented. I based
three of my Samba setups on that file, with a few modifications.

Maybe you could tell us exactly what part you are having trouble with
(creating a shared printer, making a public shared folder, making a
private share, etc.), so we can give you some specific advice.
Otherwise, my smb.conf might not do you any good.

Dave
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Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs

[Derek V]

CAn someone tell me how to get off this mailing lsit??

--- Terry Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Thanks Jon. I've picked up a network card and I'll
> supposedly get a
> self-install kit on Friday from the local cable
> provider. Sounds pretty
> painless. 
> 
> Where's Ashland? (MA?) 
> 
> Terry Smith
> 
> Jon Dowd wrote:
> > 
> > I am connected to the internet via a cable modem
> on the "Ashland Fiber
> > Network" This little town has provided its
> citizens the most extraordinary
> > opportunity. 3-5Mbs or T-3 equivilency (612MB iso
> file in 48 minutes!) for
> > (eat your hearts out) $24.95 a month !
> > 
> > This network (like most cable systems) gives an IP
> via DHCP. So during the
> > Mandrake-Linux installation my cheap NIC (RTL8139)
> was automatically
> > detected and I followed the defaults for the
> network installation except I
> > clicked on the star next to (bootp - dhcp) and
> that was all the configuring
> > I needed to do. All the gateway, IP address, host
> name, DNS stuff was taken
> > care of by the IPS using DHCP (my guess is that
> most of them do it the
> > same). I was on line at the first boot and still
> am.
> > 
> > If the installer will give you enough cat5 to
> reach from wherever he leaves
> > the cable modem to your NIC, you can probably shoo
> him away and boot your
> > computer and be online !
> > 
> > Jon Dowd
> > 
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Harry Ablejoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:37 PM
> > Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
> > 
> > > Hi Newbie
> > >  I use cable modem with @ home cable you need a
> network card I would opt
> > for
> > > 3 com pci card. You need to get the settings
> from installer
> > >  Network address
> > >   IP ADDRESS
> > >   SUBNET MASK
> > >   GATEWAY/ROUTER
> > >HOST:
> > >DNS/ NAME SERVER 1
> > >DNS NAME SERVER 2
> > >DOMAIN   THIS WILL BE MAIL
> SERVER
> > >
> > >   LM 8.1 WILL FIND YOUR NETWORK CARD AND
> YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
> > MUCH
> > > TROUBLE SETTING UP YOUR NETWORK.
> > > Good Luck and sorry for the caps.
> > >Harry
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > 
> >
>

> > 
> > 
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> > 
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Re: [newbie] Search Files Name

[Tom Brinkman]

On Tuesday 20 November 2001 08:17 pm, SKLIM wrote:

> I need help again on Linux Command. Does anyone know what is the
> command for search a files?
> For Example : I like to serch a files call 123456

   'locate 123456'   If you want to make locate case insensitive, use 
'locate -i '  (see 'man locate' for other options)

BUT, locate will only find files that are currently in the 
database. If you don't leave your system on overnight, or you just 
installed/created some files, your db isn't updated, and you'll need 
to run (as root) 'updatedb' in order for locate to find newer files.
'locate -u' as root also can be used to update the db.  Either 
command could take a few minutes to complete if you have a slow 
system and a lot of files.

Tip: if you dual boot Windoze and it's on a fat16 or fat32 
partition, edit the last line in   /etc/updatedb.conf  and remove any 
'vfat' entry.  It'll then probly look somethin like this

PRUNEFS="nfs,smbfs,ncpfs,proc,devpts,supermount,iso9660,udf,usbdevfs,devfs"

   To further explain, any of the filesytems in this line will not be 
scanned during an 'updatedb', and likewise 'locate' won't see 'em. 
After removing 'vfat', (and 'updatedb') locate can find Windoze files 
too.
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RE: [newbie] Software Manager

[RomLi]

Hi Gonzalo.

My Madrake version It´s 8.1.

Sorry, I confuse this list of mails with the list in Spanish but THANKS for
help me.


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[newbie] VM Ware

[Caspar Kennerdale]

I am on windows 2000 at work and have a copy of vmware

I have a cd copy of a bootbale version of manadrke 7.1 from a friend of 
mine- this was successfully used to install on a 'virgin PC'

However on VMware it doesnt recognize the CD- initially it says
'there is no bootable CD' so I have made a boot floppy.

This seems to read the floppyt , starts t read the cd and after a few 
minites gives the message ' this is not a mandrake cd'

does anyone have any ideas? is this because the cd is a copy

shall i download an iso from a mandrake mirror?

do I need all three if so- the inst, ext and supp iso's

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RE: [newbie] Hack My Linux

[David ..]

The only problem with most firewalls, atleast mine, is that if you do a scan 
within your 'intranet' all ports(well not all, but the important ones) will 
be found open. You need to have someone outside of your network do the scan. 
If I was the run the app within, then it would show that the firewall is 
WIDE open. On the internet, well differenet story.


>From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: RE: [newbie] Hack My Linux
>Date: Tue, 20 Nov 2001 23:40:34 +0800
>
>yes, seach for superscan
>
>download it and run it in windows somewhere other then your  box, and scan
>it,, it will do the whole 64000 ports..
>
>quiet good for a freebie, thats what I use to test my installs.
>
>rgds
>
>Frank
>
>-Original Message-
>From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Søren Neigaard
>Sent: Tuesday, 20 November 2001 3:17 PM
>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>Subject: Re: [newbie] Hack My Linux
>
>
>Strange you never find a portscanner that can scan all your ports, have
>your ever seen souch one?
>
>/Søren
>
>On Wed, 2001-11-21 at 05:25, Grant Fraser wrote:
> > http://www.mycgiserver.com/~kalish/
> > This link was posted nov 5.
> > Be afraid
> > Be very afraid
> >
> > On November 19, 2001 05:04 pm, you wrote:
> > > Hi!
> > >
> > > I have done some secure issue in my Linux Server. How can I know is it
> > > secure.
> > >
> > > Is there a tools to trying to hack my Linux Server ?
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > > Best Regards,
> > > SKLIM
> >
> > 
> > Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="Attachment: 1"
> > Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
> > Content-Description:
> > 
> >
> >
> > =_1006230218-1851-3515
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>Med venlig hilsen/Best regards
>Søren Neigaard
>Registered Linux User #239437
>
>
>
>
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[newbie] Reload Xinetd

[Ethan]

How do I reload xinetd under LM 8.1 ? thanks.






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Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs

[Terry Smith]

Thanks Jon. I've picked up a network card and I'll supposedly get a
self-install kit on Friday from the local cable provider. Sounds pretty
painless. 

Where's Ashland? (MA?) 

Terry Smith

Jon Dowd wrote:
> 
> I am connected to the internet via a cable modem on the "Ashland Fiber
> Network" This little town has provided its citizens the most extraordinary
> opportunity. 3-5Mbs or T-3 equivilency (612MB iso file in 48 minutes!) for
> (eat your hearts out) $24.95 a month !
> 
> This network (like most cable systems) gives an IP via DHCP. So during the
> Mandrake-Linux installation my cheap NIC (RTL8139) was automatically
> detected and I followed the defaults for the network installation except I
> clicked on the star next to (bootp - dhcp) and that was all the configuring
> I needed to do. All the gateway, IP address, host name, DNS stuff was taken
> care of by the IPS using DHCP (my guess is that most of them do it the
> same). I was on line at the first boot and still am.
> 
> If the installer will give you enough cat5 to reach from wherever he leaves
> the cable modem to your NIC, you can probably shoo him away and boot your
> computer and be online !
> 
> Jon Dowd
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Harry Ablejoy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 10:37 PM
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Cable Modems, Linux and NICs
> 
> > Hi Newbie
> >  I use cable modem with @ home cable you need a network card I would opt
> for
> > 3 com pci card. You need to get the settings from installer
> >  Network address
> >   IP ADDRESS
> >   SUBNET MASK
> >   GATEWAY/ROUTER
> >HOST:
> >DNS/ NAME SERVER 1
> >DNS NAME SERVER 2
> >DOMAIN   THIS WILL BE MAIL SERVER
> >
> >   LM 8.1 WILL FIND YOUR NETWORK CARD AND YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO
> MUCH
> > TROUBLE SETTING UP YOUR NETWORK.
> > Good Luck and sorry for the caps.
> >Harry
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [newbie] Software Manager

[Gonzalo]

Puedes usar kpackage, gnorpm o en la consola rpm -Uvh xx.rpm




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RE: [newbie] remote access via a modem?

[Richardson, Martin]

mgetty
cheers, Martin
> -Original Message-
> From: Alan Carpenter [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Wednesday, 21 November 2001 5:20
> To: Newbie List
> Subject: [newbie] remote access via a modem?
> 
> 
> Is there a program or a server that will run, that will let 
> you dial into
> your linux box?  My linux server is behind a firewall, and I 
> want to be able
> to telnet into it.  I was thinking about installing a modem.  
> Thanks for all
> your help
> 
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Re: [newbie] Software Manager

[Gonzalo]

He says that he can't add new sources to install rpm packages throw software
manager, not even a floppy or other folder.

If it's Mandrake 8.0, i believe that software manager was broken in that
version (si es en Mandrake 8.0, esa vesión de Sofware Manager estaba rota)

> From: "RomLi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Date: Wed, 21 Nov 2001 00:58:13 +0100
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Subject: [newbie] Software Manager
> 
> Hola, este es mi 1º mail  a esta  lista, soy nuevo en el mundo de Linux,
> estoy siguiendo un curso de una revista y parece que al final aprendi a
> instalar y desinstalar programas usando el Software Manager.
> 
> Pero resulta que no puedo añadir otras fuentes, me da error, "no se puede
> agregar esta fuente a su sistema"
> 
> Por cierto, las fuentes son la ruta donde estan los programas a instalar,
> ¿no?.
> 
> No me deja agregar una al floppy, al escritorio o otra carpeta, siempre sale
> el mismo error.
> 
> ¿Alguienn sabe lo que ocurre?
> 
> 
> Gracias
> 
> 
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Re: [newbie] Wine and Starcraft under 8.1...

[Ronald J. Hall]

Carl Lafferty wrote:
> 
> at one point you had helped me get it working by changing some wine options
> from internal emulation to external emulation of some of the DLL Files.
> 
> Not completely sure where I did it now but you were the one that told me
> how.
> 
> ;)

Yep, but this is a little different. I've never gotten this message with any
version of Wine (Mandrakes or Codeweavers) before...also, I did search the
config file and could not find a ref... so...dunno. ;-)

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Re: [newbie] kword on printing

[Steven Spears]

I don't know what is causing it, but I messed around with the fonts and found 
some that worked. I can't remember which ones, but from limited use, It looks 
like a font problem. Try some others and see what you get. 

Hope this helps, even if it's a little.

Steve


On Tuesday 20 November 2001 10:27 pm, you wrote:
> My son had a similar problem with a report for school.  I just tried it now
> and had the same problem.  Maybe it's a new feature, but for now, I'll
> stick with StarOffice 6.0 beta.
>
> Joe
>
> On Tuesday 20 November 2001 02:59 pm, you wrote:
> > hi,
> > i got my printing to work, woohoo!! you dont know how
> > joyous that makes me. i printed the test page: perfect. printed a coupla
> > slides i did with kpresenter: irreprochable. tried a kword document my
> > girlfriend is working on: ek, the fonts are all squished
> > together, and it is a mess. anybody has any idea what is happening?



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Re: [newbie]

[Derek V]

How do i stop all these emails:(:(
--- sarah white <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> haha... solaris... isnt that a sun system... you
> know star office... thats
> from sun systems too! so you are familiar with it!
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "skidley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:38 AM
> Subject: RE: [newbie]
> 
> 
> > On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Warren Cameron wrote:
> >
> > > Apols if incorrect forum, but was told this was
> most likely area for
> quick
> > > response.
> > >
> > I guess you'll just have to hope someone is
> familiar with Solaris here :)
> >
> > --
> > Linux User #195191
> >
> >
> >
> 
> 
>

> 
> 
> 
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[newbie] AOL help Simple Samba

[AOL Systems]

Pls help me how to configure simple Samba configuration.Pls give at
least a brief config using the source.Pls Thanks!

Respectfully
AOL
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Re: [newbie] Apache + Perl5 + PHP406

[AOL Systems]

I hope this will might help you with ur problem although it will be time
consuming but you will later on appreciate it.This is one of the most tweak
configure APACHE+PHP+PERL config from the source but i only use later
version of this applications so i hope it will still help you.
Apache
URL:    http://www.apache.org/
File:   apache_1.3.19.tar.gz
Mod_SSL
URL:    http://www.modssl.org/
File:   mod_ssl-2.6.4-1.3.12.tar.gz
Mod_Perl
URL:    http://perl.apache.org/
File:   mod_perl-1.24.tar.gz
Mod_PHP
URL:    http://www.php.net/
File:   php-4.0.0.tar.gz
[root@matrix root]# cp apache* /var/tmp/
[root@matrix root]# cp mod* /var/tmp/
[root@matrix root]# cp php* /var/tmp/
[root@matrix root]# cd /var/tmp
[root@matrix tmp]# tar xzpf apache*
[root@matrix tmp]# tar xzpf mod_ssl*
[root@matrix tmp]# tar xzpf mod_perl*
[root@matrix tmp]# tar xzpf php*
[root@matrix tmp]# useradd -c "Apache Server" -u 80 -s /bin/false -r
-d
/home/httpd www 2>/dev/null || :
[root@matrix tmp]# cd mod_ssl*
[root@matrix mod_ssl-2.6.4-1.3.12]# CC="egcs" \
> ./configure \
> --with-apache=../apache_1.3.19 \
> --with-crt=/etc/ssl/certs/server.crt \
> --with-key=/etc/ssl/private/server.key
[root@matrix mod_ssl-2.6.4-1.3.12]# cd ../apache_1.3.19
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# pico src/include/httpd.h
httpd.h
#define HARD_SERVER_LIMIT 256
To read:
#define HARD_SERVER_LIMIT 1024
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# CC="egcs" \
> CFLAGS="-DDYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=0" \
> ./configure \
> --prefix=/home/httpd \
> --bindir=/usr/bin \
> --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
> --libexecdir=/usr/lib/apache \
> --includedir=/usr/include/apache \
> --sysconfdir=/etc/httpd/conf \
> --localstatedir=/var \
> --runtimedir=/var/run \
> --logfiledir=/var/log/httpd \
> --datadir=/home/httpd \
> --proxycachedir=/var/cache/httpd \
> --mandir=/usr/man
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# cd ../php-4.0
[root@matrix php-4.0]# pico ext/pgsql/php_pgsql.h
php_pgsql.h
#include 
#include 
To read:
#include 
#include 
[root@matrix php-4.0]# CC="egcs" \
> CFLAGS="-I/usr/include/openssl" \
> ./configure \
> --prefix=/usr \
> --with-exec-dir=/usr/bin \
> --with-apache=../apache_1.3.19 \
> --with-config-file-path=/etc/httpd \
> --disable-debug \
> --enable-safe-mode \
> --with-imap \
> --with-ldap \
> --with-pgsql \
> --with-mm \
> --enable-inline-optimization \
> --with-gnu-ld \
> --enable-memory-limit
[root@matrix php-4.0]# make
[root@matrix php-4.0]# make install
[root@matrix php-4.0]# cd ../mod_perl-1.24
[root@matrix mod_perl-1.24]# perl Makefile.PL \
> EVERYTHING=1 \
> APACHE_SRC=../apache_1.3.19/src \
> USE_APACI=1 \
> PREP_HTTPD=1 \
> DO_HTTPD=1
[root@matrix mod_perl-1.24]# make
[root@matrix mod_perl-1.24]# make install
[root@matrix mod_perl-1.24]# cd ../apache_1.3.19
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# SSL_BASE=SYSTEM \
> EAPI_MM=SYSTEM \
> CC="egcs" \
> CFLAGS="-DDYNAMIC_MODULE_LIMIT=0" \
> ./configure \
> --prefix=/home/httpd \
> --bindir=/usr/bin \
> --sbindir=/usr/sbin \
> --libexecdir=/usr/lib/apache \
> --includedir=/usr/include/apache \
> --sysconfdir=/etc/httpd/conf \
> --localstatedir=/var \
> --runtimedir=/var/run \
> --logfiledir=/var/log/httpd \
> --datadir=/home/httpd \
> --proxycachedir=/var/cache/httpd \
> --mandir=/usr/man \
> --add-module=src/modules/experimental/mod_mmap_static.c \
> --add-module=src/modules/standard/mod_auth_db.c \
> --enable-module=ssl \
> --enable-rule=SSL_SDBM \
> --disable-rule=SSL_COMPAT \
> --activate-module=src/modules/php4/libphp4.a \
> --enable-module=php4 \
> --activate-module=src/modules/perl/libperl.a \
> --enable-module=perl \
> --disable-module=status \
> --disable-module=userdir \
> --disable-module=negotiation \
> --disable-module=autoindex \
> --disable-module=asis \
> --disable-module=imap \
> --disable-module=env \
>--disable-module=actions
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# make
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# make install
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# rm -f /usr/sbin/apachectl
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# rm -f /usr/man/man8/apachectl.8
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# rm -rf /home/httpd/icons/
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# rm -rf /home/httpd/htdocs/
[root@matrix apache_1.3.19]# cd /var/tmp/php-4.0
[root@matrix php-4.0.0]# install -m 644 php.ini.dist /usr/lib/php.ini
[root@matrix php-4.0.0]# rm -rf /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crl/
[root@matrix php-4.0.0]# rm -rf /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/
[root@matrix php-4.0.0]# rm -rf /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.csr/
[root@matrix php-4.0.0]# rm -rf /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/
[root@matrix php-4.0.0]# rm -rf /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.prm/
[root@matrix php-4.0.0]# rm -f /etc/httpd/conf/srm.conf srm.conf.default
access.conf access.conf.default
NOTE:   Copy the httpd.conf file to the “/etc/httpd/conf/”
directory.
    Copy the apache file to
the “/etc/logrotate.d/” directory.
    Copy the httpd script file
to the “/etc/rc.d/init.d/” directory.
[root@matrix php-4.0.0]# pico /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf
httpd.conf

AddType application/x-httpd-php .php
AddType application/x-httpd-php .php3
AddType application/x-httpd-php-source .phps
:
[root@matrix php-4.0.0]# pico /h

Re: [newbie] nVidia drivers + glms (cpu temperature sensors) for LM8.1

[Robert MacLean]

you can. i have 8.1 and run the latest and greatest nvidia drivers.
how you ask?
www.mandrakeuser.com has the 8.1 version, simple huh?

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- Original Message -
From: "Onur Kucuk" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Charles Darcy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Cc: "Charles Darcy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, November 21, 2001 2:24 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] nVidia drivers + glms (cpu temperature sensors)
for LM8.1


>
> CD> Hi,
>
> CD> I'd like to install the latest nVidia GeForce drivers in
LM8.1, but
> CD> the nVidia download site only provides rpm's up to LM8.0. Is
there any
> CD> chance the LM8.0 drivers rpm will work with LM8.1 ?
>
> Not unless you downgrade your kernel, but dont even think about it
:)
>
> You can use both the src.rpm's or the tar.gz's . They do work.
> Also keep in mind, if you will upgrade your kernel, you will need to
> reinstall them again.
>
>
> CD> The site also provides a source srpm. If the LM8.0 rpm is
unusable,
> CD> perhaps I can generate the drivers for LM8.1 from the srpm ?
(I've never
> CD> installed from srpm's before.)
>
> CD> Has anyone had any success with either of these approaches ?
>
>
> CD> I'd also like to install the glms hardware sensors (cpu
temp, fan
> CD> speed, etc) package. Is the Cooker version safe to use ?
>
> Could not try that yet
>
> CD> Thanks for any help,
> CD> regards,
> CD> Charlie.
>
>
>  Onur Kucuk
>
>
>
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Re: [newbie] kword on printing

[antoine rivoire]

yep, 
i installed star office last night and it works
shame but, i really like kword...


On Wednesday 21 November 2001 4:27 am, you wrote:
> My son had a similar problem with a report for school.  I just tried it now
> and had the same problem.  Maybe it's a new feature, but for now, I'll
> stick with StarOffice 6.0 beta.
>
> Joe
>
> On Tuesday 20 November 2001 02:59 pm, you wrote:
> > hi,
> > i got my printing to work, woohoo!! you dont know how
> > joyous that makes me. i printed the test page: perfect. printed a coupla
> > slides i did with kpresenter: irreprochable. tried a kword document my
> > girlfriend is working on: ek, the fonts are all squished
> > together, and it is a mess. anybody has any idea what is happening?



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Re: [newbie] nVidia drivers + glms (cpu temperature sensors) for LM8.1

[Onur Kucuk]

CD> Hi,

CD> I'd like to install the latest nVidia GeForce drivers in LM8.1, but
CD> the nVidia download site only provides rpm's up to LM8.0. Is there any
CD> chance the LM8.0 drivers rpm will work with LM8.1 ?

Not unless you downgrade your kernel, but dont even think about it :)

You can use both the src.rpm's or the tar.gz's . They do work.
Also keep in mind, if you will upgrade your kernel, you will need to
reinstall them again.


CD> The site also provides a source srpm. If the LM8.0 rpm is unusable, 
CD> perhaps I can generate the drivers for LM8.1 from the srpm ? (I've never
CD> installed from srpm's before.)

CD> Has anyone had any success with either of these approaches ? 


CD> I'd also like to install the glms hardware sensors (cpu temp, fan
CD> speed, etc) package. Is the Cooker version safe to use ?

Could not try that yet

CD> Thanks for any help,
CD> regards,
CD> Charlie.


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Re: [newbie] Search Files Name

[lee]

Yes on the command line type "whereis" then add your file,with the standard 
space between whereis and the filename.

Lee



On Tuesday 20 November 2001 22:37, you wrote:
> On Wed, 21 Nov 2001, SKLIM wrote:
> > Hi!
> >
> > I need help again on Linux Command. Does anyone know what is the command
> > for search a files?
> >
> >
> > For Example : I like to serch a files call 123456
> >
> >
> >
> > Best regards,
> > SKLIM
>
> locate or find, these are very powerful commands with lots of options,
> read the man pages to see what you can do with them.




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Re: [newbie] Password On Grub/Lilo

[lee]

I know in Bastille there's an option for that.  :-)

Lee




On Monday 19 November 2001 16:44, you wrote:
> Hey group,
>
> Does anyone know how to password lilo/grub on boot to where you have to
> have a passwd to boot whichever partition you want or to make any
> changes like as to boot into single user mode?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Xsturm





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Re: [newbie]

[sarah white]

haha... solaris... isnt that a sun system... you know star office... thats
from sun systems too! so you are familiar with it!

- Original Message -
From: "skidley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 9:38 AM
Subject: RE: [newbie]


> On Tue, 20 Nov 2001, Warren Cameron wrote:
>
> > Apols if incorrect forum, but was told this was most likely area for
quick
> > response.
> >
> I guess you'll just have to hope someone is familiar with Solaris here :)
>
> --
> Linux User #195191
>
>
>






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Re: [newbie] Question about installing PHP 4.0

[Anuerin G. Diaz]

 
E Estes wrote:
 I downloaded
a file "php-4.0.6.tar.gz" and I opened it with Archiver and  extracted
it to a directory "PHP". I tried doing the ./configure and I got errors.
Here is  what happened: [root@192
PHP]# ./configure
 

checking whether make sets ${MAKE}...
no
checking for working aclocal... missing
checking for working autoconf... missing
checking for working automake... 
missing
checking for working autoheader...
missing
checking for working makeinfo... found
checking whether to enable  maintainer-specific
portions of Makefiles... no
 

checking for bison... no
checking for byacc... no
configure: warning:  You will
need bison if you want to regenerate the PHP parsers.
checking for gcc... no
checking for  cc...no
configure: error: no acceptable cc
found in  $PATH 

 If  I try doing the make
or make  export I get nothing but: bash:
make: command not  found 

hi,
 
   you dont have any compilers and development packages installed.
try installing some of the packages in the Development branch of the Software
Manager (rpmdrake).Its probably in  the first LM installation discs.
  or if you have gcc (and others) then you dont have them in your
PATH variable.
try one of the following commands
1)  rpm -qa | grep gcc
    there should be some entries
referring to the gcc packages if you have them installed.
2) find /usr -name gcc*
    same as above but this is on the offchance that gcc
was installed from a tarball.
if both yield nothing then its time to bring out your installation discs.
ciao!
--
"Programming, an artform that fights back."
=
Anuerin G. Diaz
Design Engineer
Millennium Software, Incorporated
25/F Equitable-PCI Tower
ADB Avenue cor. Poveda St.
Ortigas Center, Pasig City
Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72
Fax# 638-3079
=
 





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Re: [newbie] Xwindows wont start

[sarah white]

we have had this problem too with mandrake 8.1.
there are tow commands... try this one first.
logon as root and at the command type:
depmod-a

then theres:  int3

here is the help page for that problem for linux mandrake 8.1
http://mandrakeforum.com/article.php?sid=1354&lang=en


- Original Message -
From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, November 20, 2001 8:47 AM
Subject: [newbie] Xwindows wont start


> hey group,
>
> Has anyone ever come across this error message when trying to boot up
> into X
>
> init:Id "x" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 min
>
> I am not sure exactly what happend.it was working fine until I ran
> mousedrake and tried to configure my mouse
>
> Any ideas?
>
> Andrew
>
>
>
>
> --
> "It's a beautiful day...don't let it get away..." ~U2~
>
>
>






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Re: [newbie] Firewall Log Question

[Derek Jennings]

These are all on ports 137 and 138 which are reserved for :-

netbios-ns  137/tcpNETBIOS Name Service   
netbios-ns  137/udpNETBIOS Name Service   
netbios-dgm 138/tcpNETBIOS Datagram Service
netbios-dgm 138/udpNETBIOS Datagram Service


Perhaps you are running Samba?
If so you could block of those addresses in your Samba config.

Derek


On Wednesday 21 November 2001 02:57, you wrote:
> We are in a mixed network, which includes a router Cisco, a 3COM swich
> common to the two networks and a hub where gateway/fire wall linux computer
> is connected.
>
> One of the network is my company network (192.168.X.X / 255.255.0.0. I am
> in charge of it) and the other network belongs to other company (10.10.X.X
> / 255.255.0.0). This company has a VPN. Now, they are accusing me as
> hacker, alleging we have tried to go into their VPN. As prove of tha t ,
> they are showing the following type of message:
>
> Oct 21 04:09:49 localhost kernel: Packet log: input REJECT eth0 PROTO=6
>
> 213.107.153.72:4512 216.72.44.186:27374 L=48 S=0x00 I=24273 F=0x4000 T=109
> SYN (#70)
>
> Oct 21 04:09:55 localhost kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17
> 192.168.2.185:138
>
> 192.168.255.255:138 L=229 S=0x00 I=43989 F=0x000 T=128 (#71)
>
> Oct 21 04:10:01 localhost kernel: Packet log: input REJECT eth0 PROTO=6
>
> 213.107.153.72:4512 216.72.44.186:27374 L=48 S=0x00 I=24273 F=0x4000 T=109
> SYN (#70)
>
> Oct 21 04:10:08 localhost kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17
> 192.168.2.138:137
>
> 192.168.255.255:137 L=78 S=0x00 I=49285 F=0x000 T=32 (#71)
>
> Oct 21 04:10:16 localhost kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17
> 192.168.2.20:138
>
> 192.168.2.255:138 L=238 S=0x00 I=56451 F=0x000 T=32 (#71)
>
> Oct 21 04:10:20 localhost kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17
> 192.168.2.5:138
>
> 192.168.2.255:138 L=234 S=0x00 I=39272 F=0x000 T=128 (#71)
>
> Oct 21 04:11:08 localhost kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17
> 192.168.2.5:137
>
> 192.168.2.255:138 L=78 S=0x00 I=39528 F=0x000 T=128 (#71)
>
> Oct 21 04:12:00 localhost kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17
> 192.168.2.100:138
>
> 192.168.255.255:138 L=241 S=0x00 I=31461 F=0x000 T=128 (#71)
>
> Oct 21 04:14:04 localhost kernel: Packet log: input DENY eth0 PROTO=17
> 192.168.2.172:137
>
> 192.168.255.255:137 L=78 S=0x00 I=50473 F=0x000 T=32 (#71)
>
> They have as many as 40 pages of this type of messages , presenting this
> "deny" access as  the evidence we have tried to penetrate their network.
>
> Since we are not int er ested is go into that VPN, nor we have tried to do
> it, please help me in find a technnical explanation for the "evidences" the
> have shown.
>
> Thanks.



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Re: [newbie] hostname

[sarah white]

i know you can do it by command line... my b/f did it the other day... i
can get back to you on it in abou tan hour. 2.54am mountain time here.
- Original Message -
From: "NDPTAL85" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 8:06 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] hostname


> Nope I'm just trying to edit it manually. In FreeBSD there is rc.conf
> and on OS X there's hostname but on Mandrake I can't seem to find the
> right file.
>
>
> On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 08:55 PM, Anuerin G. Diaz wrote:
>
> > hi,
> >
> > i dont know specifically but you can change it using linuxconf. are you
> > trying
> > to change your hostname through a script/application?
> >
> > ciao!
> >
> > NDPTAL85 wrote:
> >
> >> Which file in /etc do I have to edit to change my hostname on Mandrake
> >> 8.1?
> >>
> >> Thanks.
> >>
> >
> > --
> >
> > "Programming, an artform that fights back."
> >
> > =
> > Anuerin G. Diaz
> > Design Engineer
> > Millennium Software, Incorporated
> > 25/F Equitable-PCI Tower
> > ADB Avenue cor. Poveda St.
> > Ortigas Center, Pasig City
> >
> > Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72
> > Fax# 638-3079
> > =
> >
> >
> >
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>
>
>






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Re: [newbie] hostname

[sarah white]

edit that... change it to whatever you want... leave that IP though... its
your loopback... but you prolly knew that:) instead of all the locahoast
stuff.. edit it to be what you want:)

- Original Message -
From: "NDPTAL85" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 7:51 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] hostname


> There's nothing in hosts that says anything about a hostname. This is
> the only thing in my hosts file:
>
> 127.0.0.1   localhost.localdomain localhost
>
>
>
>
>
> On Monday, November 19, 2001, at 02:48 PM, Mark D'voo wrote:
>
> > /etc/hosts (must be root)
> >
> > On Tuesday 20 November 2001 07:44 am, you wrote:
> >> Which file in /etc do I have to edit to change my hostname on Mandrake
> >> 8.1?
> >>
> >>
> >> Thanks.
>
>
>






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Re: [newbie] Joystick setup

[sarah white]

Title: Joystick setup



i cant find shit for drivers for the A4tech stuff for linux... 
if you find any let me know:)

  - Original Message - 
  From: 
  Craig Williamson (ENZ) 

  To: 'Mandrake Newbie' 
  Sent: Monday, November 19, 2001 6:15 
  PM
  Subject: [newbie] Joystick setup
  
  Hi All, 
      Can 
  anyone tell me how to set up a joystick under Linux.  Also, does the 
  throttle control and the VOP buttons work under Linux or is that just wishful 
  thinking.  I have an A4Tech Scrollfire SF-5 joystick.  Please 
  help.