RE: [newbie] Anti-virus
That is always the case, windows apps cause probs and are generally slower then native linux apps.. HOWEVER.. In order for companies to consider linux as a workstation OS.. it would have to be worked out with regard to the total cost. Although the OS is free, alot of the tools are not yet up to the standard of comparitive windows apps.. Dreamweaver for HTML people, MS office is the standard like it or not.. for office apps. alot of other stuff is windows orented right now as well.. So the total cost is this.. either pay for alot of training for staff to learn new apps that are linux generic.. or stick with windows until linux version come out... Companies like Lindows and Mandrake would rather companies use it for workstations now rather then later.. so getting MS apps workin is a fast track to getting on alot of workstations fast. its a sound business course, and while I am still undecided as to wether its a good programming course.. it can work.. I take my hats off to the programers that do this.. its almost harder then writing the apps was in the first place. So while it is better to have native linux apps, we don't have access to the companies that write the most well known windows apps, and everyone knows that its the apps available that make an OS useful, (thats why osX for mac wasn't the default os till now.) So untill all the developers start making linux versions, the quickest way to make linux a favorable workstation OS is to make windows apps run on it. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bryan Tyson Sent: Friday, 22 February 2002 2:22 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Anti-virus On Thursday 21 February 2002 07:32, Derek wrote: > I read in a review of the Lindows.com pre-release version. > One of the 'achievements' of Lindows is that it is able to run > Microsoft Outlook under Linux. > (Why anybody would go to the trouble of running Linux, and then use > Microsoft applications on it escapes me..) I agree. We'd be much better off directing development efforts into quality native Linux apps instead of trying to get Windows apps to work in Linux. *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MandrakeUpdate
Every time I try to use the MandrakeUpdate I get errors saying it wasn't able to install anything. Does anyone know what the problem might be or if there was originally a problem when 8.1 shipped? Thanks Mithrilhall _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Update question
Every time I try to use the MandrakeUpdate I get errors saying it wasn't able to install anything. Does anyone know what the problem might be or if there was originally a problem when 8.1 shipped? Thanks Mithrilhall _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Linux and Win XP
I have XP professional and Mandrake 8.1 networked and working fine. Do you have Samba setup yet and if so do you have a user (with the same name) on each computer with the same password (same on each computer)? -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED]Sent: February 21, 2002 6:05 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [newbie] Linux and Win XPIn a message dated 2/21/2002 8:57:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i have heard that XP is crippled in the networking area if you run the home edition. do you have home or pro?professional
Re: [newbie] boot.img to floppy?
> How would copy a boot.img file to a floppy? Not just copy, but so it would work to >boot my PC. just use dd: dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] tv card problems
On Thursday 21 February 2002 17:28, Paul wrote: > I have a AverMedia TV-Studio TV card and the video worked fine under > 8.1 and 8.2 Beta but the only problem is there is no sound! I use > the card in windows so I know that the cables are hooked up corectly > and I can get sound when playing MP3's under Linux. So I was > wondering if there was something that I needed to do or if this card > isn't compatible with the brooktree driver and if I would be better > off with a card from Hauppage. Thank you for your time. -Paul Did you make sure the line-in is turned up in the mixer? *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] ncpfs installation
Hi everyone, I am attached to a novell network at my workplace. My computer (P133-128 RAM) runs Mandrake 8.1. By prior communication with this list, I had the information that a program called ncpfs is used to access a novell sever. I downloaded the latest version from ftp.gwdg.de unzipped it and typed "make". BTW, before typing "make", I enabled IPX as suggested, however, I started getting an error message of: "IPX:Network number collision 11 eth0 Ether II and eth0802.2" Then the "make" gave an output like attached file. It seems to me that there are a couple of "implicit decleration of function"s. Does anyone have an idea? Thanks in advance.. Hakan _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com make-error Description: Binary data Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] boot.img to floppy?
How would copy a boot.img file to a floppy? Not just copy, but so it would work to boot my PC. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux and Win XP
In a message dated 2/21/2002 8:57:08 PM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: i have heard that XP is crippled in the networking area if you run the home edition. do you have home or pro? professional
Re: [newbie] Linux and Win XP
i have heard that XP is crippled in the networking area if you run the home edition. do you have home or pro? On Thursday 21 February 2002 17:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > Any luck networking Linux and Win XP? I cant get the Linux box to log on > on dhcp. It will make a static connection at 192.168.0.1 but Win XP can > not see it. Neither machine can ping each other. Neither machine is > running a firewall. > > Thanks in advance > ~Lance -- "... and if you drown, die knowing you were headed for the shore." -from farenheight 451 shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] devfs and sound
For me saytime program was working in mdk 8.0. But in mdk 8.1 it is not working and msg says /dev/audio could not be found. I did ln -s /dev/sound/dsp /dev/audio I am getting garbled sound. How to go about to make saytime to work? -- L.V.Gandhi 203, Soundaryalahari Apartments, Lawsons Bay colony, Visakhapatnam, 530017 MECON, 5th Floor, RTC Complex, Visakhapatnam AP 530020 INDIA [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] linux user No.205042 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linux and Win XP
Any luck networking Linux and Win XP? I cant get the Linux box to log on on dhcp. It will make a static connection at 192.168.0.1 but Win XP can not see it. Neither machine can ping each other. Neither machine is running a firewall. Thanks in advance ~Lance Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Proview LCD Monitors - Feedback?
I'm thinking about buying an LCD Monitor made by Proview. Have any of you used this brand and would you recommend it? Thanks, Sevatio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Help with internet connection -SOLVED THANKS
A bit thanks to all who replied. I have successfully got my connection working. Jeff Madore, I think yours was the final straw that broke the monsters back. Thought I will admit that I'm ot 100% certain. Erylon, the line you mentioned in /etc/sysconfig/network didn't actually seem to exist. To all the others that said "put DNS address in /etc/resolv.conf" I did and that by itself didn't seem to work. Additionally when I successfully did get on line kppp (?) had appended the DNS addresses to resolv.conf (thus I ended up havving the same DNS IP's appear twice in this file). Thanks for all your help. Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 8.1 and Lilo vs Win98: Solved
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002 20:50:09 +, you wrote: >On Sat, 16 Feb 2002 23:52:25 +, you wrote: > >>> > Theproblem is that booting Windows from the Lilo menu I can no longer >>> > see the D: drive under Windows. >>this also sounds like the old bug regarding the 'relabelling' of the extended >>partition' to a linux extended partition, but from the archives this seem to >>have been fixed beyond lm 7.2, anyway 'fdisk /dev/hda' and 'p' to display the >>parttion types will tell you what partitions you have > >/dev/hda2 640 1149 4096575 1c Hidden Win95 FAT32 mounted on /mnt/win_d OK folks, solved it. 1. use fdisk to change the partition to type c from 1c and Linux still happily reads it. 1.1 reboot Mandrake - check with fdisk and the partition is type c still. Check, by copying all the data off again that the partition is still readable. 2. Boot '98, and hda2 dissappears 3. Reboot Mandrake and hda2 is magically set back to type 1c (hidden) again... 4. Look under Windows '98 fdisk See 4 partitions, 1 C: drive Primary DOS 2 non-DOS (this is the 2bd 'Primary' partition 3 non-DOS 4 Extended Recall DOS will only recognise 2 'DOS' partitions: 1 Primary (C:) and 1 Extended (containing logical drives D: E: etc) Infer that partition hda2 (intended D: drive) can't exist as a 2nd 'primary DOS' partition under the DOS compatability rules and is therefore marked hidden on '98's boot to stop the rest of '98 getting confused. (isn't legacy compatability wonderful!) Options: - Use fdisk to mark hda2 as an extended partition, beside the primary DOS one, so hda1 and hda2 boot under '98 as C and D. This was rejected as most of my Mandrake install was in the currently existing Extended partition and I didn't want to loose it by trying to have 2 Extended partitions .. having learnt my lesson trying to have 2 primary partitions :-> - keep hda2 for use only under Linux despite it's fat32 formatting - Trash hda2 and re-create it as a Linux partition (ext2): This is the route chosen. If I really want to use it from Windows i'll run explore2fs. I've now got: 1 DOS primary (C:) 5Gb 2 non-dos 4Gb 3 non-dos 5Gb 4 Extended 25Gb The DOS Extended partition contains only Linux partitions!. Perhaps I could delete one and use the space to install a FAT32 formatted logical drive there so I get D: back hmmm, maybe later :-> I've now got a 40Gb disk with 5Gb for Windows and the rest for Linux .. which dual boots happily under Windows '98 and Mandrake 8.1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
On Thursday 21 February 2002 07:32, Derek wrote: > I read in a review of the Lindows.com pre-release version. > One of the 'achievements' of Lindows is that it is able to run > Microsoft Outlook under Linux. > (Why anybody would go to the trouble of running Linux, and then use > Microsoft applications on it escapes me..) I agree. We'd be much better off directing development efforts into quality native Linux apps instead of trying to get Windows apps to work in Linux. *** Powered by SuSE Linux 7.3 Professional KDE 2.2.1 KMail 1.3.1 This is a Microsoft-free computer Bryan S. Tyson [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with X when I go to any of the consoles with ctr-alt-f"#"
have you checked other F#'s? it is possible your kde or other xsession is not running on F7. just a thought. On Thursday 21 February 2002 13:57, Roberto Armenteros opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > Everything was working great until one day! > > If I am using any graphical interface like KDE, > and then I switch to any of the consoles using the > shortcut ctr-alt-F2 lets say, when I try to go back to > kde using ctr-alt-F7 "or sometimes F9" it will show a > black screen with a whole bunch of messages that are > not precisely related with x. This makes me have to > kill X and in > case of kde to restart my pc when I want to go back to > a graphical interface. I would like to fix this > without using the installation cd. I would appreciate > any help!!! > > Truly yours, Roberto... > > __ > Do You Yahoo!? > Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games > http://sports.yahoo.com -- Some software money can't buy. For everything else there's Micros~1. shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Postfix Problems
I thought I had this figured out, but it doesn't look like it. I am running Postfix on Mandrake 8.1 I am trying to get all systems messages sent to my internet e-mail address, but it is not making it there. Here's the funny part, it is going to the ROOT account of the internet provider. It's a good thing I know the guy. So, mail is going out of the system to [EMAIL PROTECTED] but I want it to go to [EMAIL PROTECTED] I changed the /etc/postfix/aliases file so that all root entries were changed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] But I am not getting them. Any ideas??? Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Problem with X when I go to any of the consoles with ctr-alt-f"#"
Everything was working great until one day! If I am using any graphical interface like KDE, and then I switch to any of the consoles using the shortcut ctr-alt-F2 lets say, when I try to go back to kde using ctr-alt-F7 "or sometimes F9" it will show a black screen with a whole bunch of messages that are not precisely related with x. This makes me have to kill X and in case of kde to restart my pc when I want to go back to a graphical interface. I would like to fix this without using the installation cd. I would appreciate any help!!! Truly yours, Roberto... __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Sports - Coverage of the 2002 Olympic Games http://sports.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] tv card problems
I have a AverMedia TV-Studio TV card and the video worked fine under 8.1 and 8.2 Beta but the only problem is there is no sound! I use the card in windows so I know that the cables are hooked up corectly and I can get sound when playing MP3's under Linux. So I was wondering if there was something that I needed to do or if this card isn't compatible with the brooktree driver and if I would be better off with a card from Hauppage. Thank you for your time. -Paul
Re: [newbie] rules for evolution
Go to your Tools menu and use the filters. It can build filters based on the fields in the open email posting if you wish. On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 13:13, Damian G wrote: > hi..! > > does anyone know how/if i can set up rules for evolution so it shows email > from different senders in different directories? > > thanks! > > damian > > _ > MSN Photos is the easiest way to share and print your photos: > http://photos.msn.com/support/worldwide.aspx > > > > =_1014318807-13086-2229 > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] rules for evolution
hi..! does anyone know how/if i can set up rules for evolution so it shows email from different senders in different directories? thanks! damian _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com/intl.asp. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
That is the exact set up in my own home. Windows is the mainstream since family is used to it, but Windows for the mundane, Linux for the fun and exploration, but Mac for all my home video editing. Frankly, I just don't differntiate between the three. I am just glad to have access to all three if I choose to. Choice it is a beautiful thing. Only a vending machine can get away with over charging, dropping your snack to the floor, and make you bend over to pick it up.repeatedly. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rules for evolution
On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 14:13, Damian G wrote: > hi..! > > does anyone know how/if i can set up rules for evolution so it shows email > from different senders in different directories? > > thanks! > > damian > I don't know which version you're using, but in v1.02 you can set up new folders in File -> Folders. You can set up filters to put certain mail in the new folders in Tools -> filters. Rich -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Netscape New vs Old Comments and One Problem
Since I spent a few hours figuring out the following, I thought I would pass it on. If I am in error on any comments please correct me. I am really new at this Linux stuff. I have 2 verisons of Netscape on my Mandrake 7.0 system; the old 4.7 version, and the new 6.2 version which I just downloaded and installed. I can run either version depending on which user I login in as. If I login as root, I run version 6.2. If I login in as my wife, I run version 4.7. To get version 6.2 to execute after installing, I right clicked on the Netscape Ikon and chose properties. Then after choosing the Execute tab, I entered: /usr/local/netscape/netscape in the Execute window. >From what I can figure out, I'm no expert in shell scripting, /usr/local/netscape/netscape is a script that in turn executes the script run-mozille.sh, that in turn executes the program mozilla-bin, which is the primary Netscape program. To run version 4.7, I login in as my wife. When I right click on the Netscape Ikon and choose properties, the name, netscape, appears in the execute window. So the program that execute version 4.7 is: /usr/bin/netscape. Please correct any of the above that is wrong. Comments on Version 6.2: My main reason for upgrading is there are several site that will not fully execute on the old version. The second reason is that under the View button you now can choose fonts, their sizes; you can also size text. Among other things you can select (themes) how the browser appears: Modern or Classic. I did not like the new (Modern) theme at all. You can also create your own theme, if you want to get into all that. But, at this point I know more than I ever wanted to know about Browsers :-). Problem with version 6.2: Every now and then, the problem is intermittent, I'll be in the Browser and it will just end. The browser and all browser windows just disappear. There are no other users logged in and no other applications running besides Netscape. It's very strange and it does not happen in 4.7. I do not see any core dumps in /root, /root/Desktop or /usr/local/netscape. I don't know if it a Netscape problem or a Linux compatibility problem or what. The Kernel i am running is 2.2.14-15mdksecure. Does anyone have any ideas as to what is going on? Thanks, John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] [Fwd: Security Updates]
Relayed for Mick, who can't subscribe to the list for some reason. --- Begin Message --- Hi Randy, I've decided to use you as a relay.(Since I can't post to the list) I am trying to update my security on my LM 8.1. Each time I go to the Software Installer, I choose Security Updates, and then it asks for a mirror. I scroll down and pick a mirror site and then it sits there for an eternity! "Adding Source" it says. Is this normal? What is it doing exactly? How long should I wait for the new source to be defined? I am using a 56K dial up modem. If you or anyone on the list can fill me in here, that'd be great. Mick --- End Message --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Displaying the Directories of Linux in Windows
you will have to install a samba server in your linux box in order to make it available for windows. Got to www.samba.org for more information in how to configure samba. - Original Message - From: "Pete Taylor" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, February 21, 2002 1:57 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] Displaying the Directories of Linux in Windows > www.runtime.org > Captain Nemo is available as a demo. > > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tonton > Sent: 17 February 2002 09:41 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Displaying the Directories of Linux in Windows > > > Is there any way to display the drive, the directories and its files of > Linux in Windows? Can I browse the the drive of Linux in Windows? How? > > > __ > www.edsamail.com > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] email from command line
I need to send an email message to my ISP mail server via the command line. something like: mailcommand [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s "message subject" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ext 3
Hi Maurizio, Mandrake 8.1 already supports ext3. The advantage of choosing it is that it is a journalled file system, so no more fsck every nth boot, and less chance of corrupted files if you manage to crash it / fall over the power lead / let your laptop battery run down. There are other journalled file systems, but ext3 seems to be the one to go for if you don't have a preference. Richard [EMAIL PROTECTED], Wednesday 20 February 2002 1:48 pm: > Hi girls and boys, > I recently visited Redhat website and I saw that RedHat 7.2 supports a > filesytem called ext3..which is different from the old ext2...do you know > if Mandrake 8.2 will support it?? and which is the advantage in choosing > one or the other for my linux box > Thanks anyone in advance > See ya > Maurizio > > > > __ > Abbonati a Tiscali! > Con Tiscali By Phone puoi anche ascoltare ed inviare email al telefono. > Chiama Tiscali By Phone all' 892 800http://byphone.tiscali.it Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Adding a partition
Dear All, I meant to setup my partitions differently when I installed LM8.1. I ended up just mounting one small partition and now I would like to add or mount a partition to give my LM and vmware more room. I have about 8 GB's of disk space covering a masterIDE drive and slave IDE drive. I for some strange reason only mounted my /dev/hda1 partition which is a little over 2 GB's. I have a small swap partition then a /dev/hda6 partition that is over 4 Gb's formatted as linux native, then a slave drive /dev/hdb which is about 2 Gb's formatted as linux native. Neither of those partitions are mounted. I would like to mount and use /dev/hda6 but being the newbie I am I do not know the best way to do this without corrupting anything. What are the steps to take? Do I do this in DiskDrake, Linuxconf, or another way? I do not want to lose any data on the partitions. Any help here will be greatly appreciated. Thank you very much. Sincerely, Marcia Waller Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re:[newbie] network restart after suspend
let it be a stab in the daylight... Dell Inspiron 7500 NIC = Genius FM3000SE ( http://www.genius-kye.com/html/download.html) - Hanan AL-Shargi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
the demo, IIRC of lindows ran as root only.. :-) On Thursday 21 February 2002 08:13, Michel Clasquin opened a hailing frequency and transmitted: > I stand open to correction, but while that virus would be able to > replicate itself to other computers and maybe demolish the ~/.wine > directory, it shouldn't be able to damage the underlying Linux system. -- Microsoft: Writing viruses has never been easier! shane http://shentzu.home.mindspring.com/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org/ cause humans do it better! Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
On Thursday 21 February 2002 14:32, you wrote: > I read in a review of the Lindows.com pre-release version. > One of the 'achievements' of Lindows is that it is able to run Microsoft > Outlook under Linux. The review pointed out that it was then possible to > infect a Lindows computer with an e-mail borne Outlook virus I stand open to correction, but while that virus would be able to replicate itself to other computers and maybe demolish the ~/.wine directory, it shouldn't be able to damage the underlying Linux system. > Ironically none of the anti-virus applications would run under Lindows. Not surprising. Virus checkers run very close to the bare silicon. They only need an underlying OS to bootstrap themselves, then they take over. The same thing happened when windows moved from fat16 to fat32. 16bit viruses ran happily, but all the virus checkers had to be recompiled. > (Why anybody would go to the trouble of running Linux, and then use > Microsoft applications on it escapes me..) as it says somewhere in the bible, "the spirit is willing, but the flesh is weak"! -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za http://www.geocities.com/clasqm This message was posted from a Microsoft-free PC ... Linux users and the women who chase them - next Oprah! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
| > (Why anybody would go to the trouble of running Linux, and then use | > Microsoft applications on it escapes me..) well, at the risk of being flamed ... computers are TOOLS ... if you want to play, that's fine i like playing, too ... but when it's time to get some work done, i have to choose the best tool available for many things, that's linux ... for a lot of others, it's windows ... and if i have graphics work to do, it's probably macintosh ... so as much as i admire the philosophy behind linux, sometimes i have to look elsewhere for the very best tool ... _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Setting up two hardware configurations in Mandrake 8.1?
I set up my first modem under Linux -- I cheated -- I did it during the Mandrake 8.1 install and it was simple, easy, and worked after I fixed one problem that is really irrelevant to a normal modem install. But I'd like some advice about that problem. Dann: Perhaps it is the same problem you were describing, but now I understand it better. The problem is essentially this: I set up a modem and a LAN connection to the Internet. Unfortunately, the routing table was set up for the LAN connection, so it didn't work properly for the modem connection. I edited the routing table to fix the problem "temporarily", but what I'd really like to do is set up two different hardware "configurations" -- one for the modem, one for the LAN connection, and have everything else (like the routing table) automatically configured properly (like you might do in Windows ;-). I think there's a way to do this in Mandrake, but any hints will be appreciated. Randy Kramer PS: I set up a Wikilearn page which describes what I did so far, and can be edited to describe how to set up the two hardware configurations. See: http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/ModemOnLinux Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Setting defaults for kppp?
I have kppp up and running but my problem is that if I'm logged in as root, the
default login name and password I've chosen show up in the initial kppp window, but if
i'm logged in as anyone else, the information isn't there and it has to be manually
typed in.
What would I need to do to have the default login name and password appear
automatically for every user?
Is there a particular file I need to set group permissions for?
I've set group permission for everything in /etc/ppp but that hasn't worked.
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Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
On Thursday 21 February 2002 01:02, you wrote: > Hello! > > > No real need , I have never had a virus in Linux. I don't say it's > > impossible, but the ease of which viruses spread is due to the simple PC > > origine of Windows. No system of permissions for example. > > Yes, for the time being, no known virus in Linux. But one point > I was wondering about: if the original poster runs a server, and if > he has some crap machines connected to it, I guess he does need > some kind of antivirus, either on the machines themselves, or on the > server. I have built a Mandrake-based network for a school, and > I have the same problem. The funny thing in this case is that > Mandrake would havt to kill virii designed for other machines... > Maybe the best antivirus will be to install Mandrake on all the > crap machines. > > Beside that, I do also think that virus design is easier on homogeneous > systems. Nature tells us that diversity is necessary to life, so it must > be something like that for computers as well. > > > John > > Honjaa! > > Pascal -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] That is fair comment. I don't really know what the answer is. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to use openssl create a SSL certificate for my apache server
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu February 21/02 02:35 am, you wrote: > Sorry this is probably a very basic question but I really cannot find > the answer. > > Can anyone please teach me step by step how to create a SSL certificate, > sign it by myself, and install it into apache server. Thank you! > > I am using Mandrake 8.1, apache 1.3.22, openssl 0.9.6b, and mod_ssl > 2.8.5 /usr/bin/openssl req -new -key /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.key/server.key -x509 -days 365 -out /etc/httpd/conf/ssl.crt/server.crt Regards, SpeedMan -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iD8DBQE8dPSDZUvCcjYh/2sRArBuAJ0YTHXtQ3GQnWlYE5AZcLBT62Nt6QCglzcS raDmY3HVVei5yTgk5MLIKlU= =FicH -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Anti-virus
A little bit off topic: I read in a review of the Lindows.com pre-release version. One of the 'achievements' of Lindows is that it is able to run Microsoft Outlook under Linux. The review pointed out that it was then possible to infect a Lindows computer with an e-mail borne Outlook virus Ironically none of the anti-virus applications would run under Lindows. http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1104-829588.html (Why anybody would go to the trouble of running Linux, and then use Microsoft applications on it escapes me..) derek On Wednesday 20 February 2002 11:53, John Richard Smith wrote: > No real need , I have never had a virus in Linux. I don't say it's > impossible, but the ease of which viruses spread is due to the simple PC > origine of Windows. No system of permissions for example. > > John > > On Wednesday 20 February 2002 11:25, you wrote: > > May I know what's the best anti-virus should I use in Linux? Please send > > me the URL for download. > > > > Thanx > > > > __ > > www.edsamail.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Digest?
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002, Paul Kraus wrote: > >%_What does a list digest do? is it like an archive? > > On Wed, 2002-02-20 at 13:40, Matt Chinn wrote: > > Is there a digest for this list?..I usually like to be on digests.. It's a once a day posting of all the days messages in one email -- Gerald Waugh Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake not booting correctly
so let mae ask, is this 8.X or 7.x? what kernal are you booting and what
xfree version. next what keys do you use to go ack to the previous session (
[alt-f7] or [alt-f9] )? as I understand it, boot should work from ext3, there
are/were so problems under some conditions when a ReiserFS (or other journal
file systems) had problems booting when the journalFS is loaded as a modual
insteaed of complied in to the kernal
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 05:44, you wrote:
> Awhile back, someone posted a problem on this list regarding having linux
> boot & if you went to a diff screen (Using ctrl-F*) {Term???}, you'd see a
> new login that had hung.
>
> So, for me the problem was that in the normal display (0), i had a fully
> functioning WM & Xwindow session going. Yet if i used Ctrl-F8 or F10, I
> found a session that was trying to boot but had hung with the message on a
> graphical login of:
>
> Setting Xwindow Hooks (or something similar).
>
> I was wondering what caused this problem & how to alleviate it?
>
> If someone could refer me to the archives on what to look for or a URL I'd
> appreciate it.
>
> If it makes any difference, I was trying to use the / partition as ext2,
> and all the others as Ext3. I understood that you can't make /boot Ext3 or
> it won't work. And not knowing how to setup the partitions correctly
> myself, just let the root partition be Ext2 & the rest a Journalling
> FS.
>
> As an aside, if there is a better solution to that dilemma, I could use an
> answer to that too.
>
> TIA
> Femme
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[newbie] Installation problem on SparcStation 20
I just downloaded the Mandrake Corp Server 1.0 for Sparc and installed to my SparcStation 20 machine but failed. Since I did not have keyboard/mouse and monitor for this machine, I installed the Linux via the PC console connected to port A of the Sparc machine. The following is the installation messages: Loading initial ramdisk PROMLIB: obio_ranges 5 Booting Linux... PROMLIB: Sun Boot Prom Version 3 Revision 2 Linux version 2.2.15 ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.3 19991030 (prerelease)) #4 Wed Jun 14 15:46:42 CEST 2000 ARCH: SUN4M TYPE: Sun4m SparcStation10/20 Ethernet address: 8:0:20:72:ef:a9 Boot time fixup v1.6. 4/Mar/98 Jakub Jelinek ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). Patching kernel for srmmu[TI Viking/MXCC]/iommu [0]: v[f000,f100](100) p[] [1]: v[f100,f200](100) p[0200] [2]: v[f200,f300](100) p[0800] [3]: v[f300,f400](100) p[0a00] [4]: v[f400,f800](400) p[1000] [5]: v[f800,f900](100) p[1c00] [6]: v[f900,f9f39000](f39000) p[1e00] [7]: v[f9f3a000,f9f4d000](13000) p[1ef3a000] Found CPU 0 Found CPU 1 Found 2 CPU prom device tree node(s). Power off control detected. Calibrating delay loop... 59.80 BogoMIPS Memory: 157932k available (948k kernel code, 4064k data, 176k init) [f000,fa 00] Dentry hash table entries: 32768 (order 6, 256k) Buffer cache hash table entries: 262144 (order 8, 1024k) Page cache hash table entries: 65536 (order 6, 256k) POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX IOMMU: impl 1 vers 3 page table at f058 of size 262144 bytes sbus0: Clock 25.0 MHz dma0: Revision 2 dma1: Revision 2 dma2: ESC Revision 1 Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.2 Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0. NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP TCP: Hash tables configured (ehash 262144 bhash 65536) Starting kswapd v 1.5 Sparc Zilog8530 serial driver version 1.41.2.5 tty00 at 0xffede004 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530 tty01 at 0xffede000 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530 tty02 at 0xffedb004 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530 tty03 at 0xffedb000 (irq = 44) is a Zilog8530 keyboard: not present Console: ttyS0 (Zilog8530) Sun Mouse-Systems mouse driver version 1.00 RAM disk driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 32000K size Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M md driver 0.90.0 MAX_MD_DEVS=256, MAX_REAL=12 raid5: measuring checksumming speed raid5: trying high-speed SPARC checksum routine SPARC :72.771 MB/sec 8regs :49.530 MB/sec 32regs:49.911 MB/sec using fastest function: SPARC (72.771 MB/sec) esp0: IRQ 36 SCSI ID 7 Clk 40MHz CCF=8 TOut 167 NCR53C9XF(espfast) esp1: IRQ 53 SCSI ID 7 Clk 40MHz CCF=8 TOut 167 NCR53C9XF(espfast) ESP: Total of 2 ESP hosts found, 2 actually in use. scsi0 : Sparc ESP100A-FAST scsi1 : Sparc ESP236-FAST scsi : 2 hosts. Vendor: SEAGATE Model: ST318404LCRev: 0002 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 03 Vendor: TOSHIBA Model: XM5701TASUN12XCD Rev: 0997 Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02 scsi : detected total. sunlance.c:v1.12 11/Mar/99 Miguel de Icaza ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) eth0: LANCE 08:00:20:72:ef:a9 eth0: using auto-carrier-detection. eth1: LANCE 08:00:20:72:ef:a9 md.c: sizeof(mdp_super_t) = 4104 Partition check: RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 EXT2-fs warning: checktime reached, running e2fsck is recommended VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). Linux-Mandrake install init version 1.1 starting mounting /proc filesystem... done opening /proc/cmdline... done checking command line arguments... done failed to open /dev/tty1failed. I can't recover from this. -- Does anyone know what is the problem and how to solve it??? Thanks a lot. _ Send and receive Hotmail on your mobile device: http://mobile.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
