[newbie-it] Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0 (Appunti di informatica libera.pdf)
ftp://ftp.pbone.net/mirror/ftp.mandrakeusers.com/pub/Commercial- 9.1/acroread-5.0.6-2mdk.i586.rpm A questo link si pu scaricare Adobe Acrobat Reader 5.0, risolve il problema dei collegamenti ipertestuali in Appunti di informatica libera.pdf L'RPM installa il programma in ApllicazioniPublishingAcrobate Reader Ciao ^_^ -- Artasersec Se vi ritrovate con un cadavere tra le braccia, mettiamo vostro marito che giace al primo piano, e non sapete proprio come uscirvene, la prima cosa da fare prepararvi una tazza di t ben forte. Anthony Burgess, One hand clapping
[newbie-it] W2KP e Mandrake... piccolo problema con gli HD
CIao! sempre io. Ho 2 HD sul PC. All'inizio l'HD era 1 (hda) e vi ho installato Windows 2000 Professional. Dopo ho staccato l'hd di win ed attaccato l'hd x mandr (con cavo master ma jumper da slave) e vi ho installato mandrake con il bootloader in MBR... che riflettendoci ora #232; il primo settore ma del secondo HD!!! Credo. Quindi quando attacco tutti e due (win in master e mand in slave) nn parte niente. Adesso stacco i cavi dell'OS che nn voglio usare. Poco comodo. Dato poi che col PC vecchio avevo LILo che mi faceva scegliere quale OS caricare. Ho fatto questa scemata perch#232; credo che win vada installato per forza nel primo HD. E quando ho inst mand nn volevo che l'hd di win venisse in qualche modo leso. In questa situazione #232; possibile recuperare qualcosa? Mettendo le mani al boot loader di uno dei 2 OS? Suggerimenti? Grazie!!! Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005
Re: [newbie-it] I: sempre sulla scheda audio
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 17:19, carlo_canepa wrote: isapnp: SB audio device quirk - increasing port rangeisapnp: Card 'Creative ViBRA16X PnP' ok! la scheda è questa!! vedi se ti puo essere utilenon l'ho letto! dagli uno sguardo,di sicuro ci sara la soluzzione http://new.linuxnow.com/docs/content/Hardware-HOWTO-html/Hardware-HOWTO-13.html -- Ciao , Tom . ~ . / v \ / / \ \ / ( ) \ ^^ ^^ %-) Messsaggio a proposito di persone con gli occhiali rotti. Slack 9.0 Linux user Tattari_manna aka plugs Mauro... un'ammaestratore di liste ... un incubo!
Re: [newbie-it] xmame: non trova alcuni file
Giuseppe Ferruzzi ha scritto: * kua79 ha scritto: Mentre il pacchetto di xmame l'ho trovato su un cd di una rivista, prima di installarlo ho provato a vedere nei cd RH se ci fosse una versione in rpm ma nada! Quindi ho deciso di utilizzare quello che è un tar.bz2 o ... non ricordo cmq ho eseguito tutte le istruzioni, o melgio, mi sembra di aver eseguito tutte le istruzioni correttamente ma... sigh! non funziona. Ok Davide, immaginavo che non era un RPM. Purtroppo ti devo dire per esperienza personale che non è consigliabile installare pacchetti tar.gz e simili specialmente per i giochi in quanto spesso non sono proprio compatibili con il filesystem di RedHat, ti possono inoltre essere installate in directory diverse da quelle previste per i giochi o addirittura alcuni file coprirti quelli originali lascinadoti immaginare quello che possa accadere in questo caso. Non sono nemmeno visti questi programma dal database RPM e tanto che le rispettive icone di avvio te li devi sempre preparare a mano. Spesso non ti danno neanche la possibilità di disinstallarli. Ti consiglio pertanto di evitare in futuro di installare nella tua distribuzione file tar.gz e simili senza aver visto prima dove mette i pacchetti e soprattutto se non ti vada a modificare link simbolici ecc. Se vuoi un consiglio spassionato ti consiglio anche di disinstallare quel pacchetto xmame e andarti a cercare una versione RPM utilizzando google o con freshmeat ecc, oppure installa il programma gFTP che ti consiglio di utilizzare perchè ha tutti gli indirizzi sicuri dove poter scaricare RPM senza sorprese non gestibili. Non credere che tutto quello che troverai in rete funzioni, spesso dei buontemponi rendono disponibili RPM e anche source RPM dicendo che sono compatibili con RH 9 e bla bla bla ... invece alla fine non funzionano quando li installi o nemmeno ti si installano e non è raro che poi il tuo sistema operativo diventi instabile. Quindi uomo avvisato ... Ciao, Giuseppe. -- GNU/Linux Powered Red Hat 9.A (Shrike) kernel 2.4.20 Si si Giuseppe, condivido pienamente ma tanto le prove le faccio sempre o quasi sul computer fuffa ovvero il Pc che ho in camera, insomma il secondo Pc per intenderci... Se non riesco vi... cancello a mano! Se poi si inchioda... no problem! Si formatta al volo! :) Per quanto riguarda l'instabilità e la sicurezza mi interessa poco... non ha nemmeno la connessione ad internet! E' proprio il classico Pc cavia !! Ehehehe! Grazie ancora!! Sciaauu Ps: xmame l'ho già spazzato via...
Re: [newbie-it] come configuro scheda audio??
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 05 August 2003 13:26, Enrico Teotti wrote: ciao, mi intrometto perch#232; anche io ho un problemino con la mia scheda audio. Qualcuno saprebbe indicarmi cosa fare? Grazie! Oltre a cambiare il subject? Dire che scheda audio (o quantomeno come viene vista) potrebbe aiutare. bye - -- Devil Inside Experiment - C'era un bambino che odiava la polizia http://www.acidlife.com/mayhem/freefred/ Davide Banda Partial Arts [2000] - http://www.marcob.org/go.asp?~freefred/ -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/MC2tJoljSvtxdFkRAg6lAJ9LKTvVe0O97papykktxuQtuqUR0wCcDWY1 NQe4J62K/49kIyOj/cBKxCc= =QWsq -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie-it] lettori file PDF
ciao, sapete se esiste un applicativo che legga file pdf in X e che abbia la possibilit#224; di cliccare sui tipici link portandoti alla relativa pagina? In Mandrake9.1 il lettore che apre di default i file pdf non me lo permette! :( Mi hanno consigliato di scaricare Adobe ma preferirei software libero. Grazie e ciao! Get advanced SPAM filtering on Webmail or POP Mail ... Get Lycos Mail! http://login.mail.lycos.com/r/referral?aid=27005
Re: [newbie] ARTICLE: Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability
On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 02:03, Josenildo Marques wrote: Definitely worth reading, Stephen. Thanks for the link. As a common user without any computing course or refined computing skills, I couldn't agree more with the article. One has only to be _open_ to learn more. I am not sure about this, but I think what kind of prevents Linux from growing in desktop use is a hardware item: the modem. It's extremely unbelievably hard to find modems that are compatible to Linux. I would have 'converted' many friends who have computers to Linux, I would even install Linux in their computers, but when I ask them what kind or brand of modem they have, either they do not know it or it is an on-board modem that is Windows-dependent. Maybe this impression is not so bleak. But I'm sure you guys out there can enlighten me. JM This is a very good point, mate; and in all actuality, I've chucked a wobbly before just because I couldn't either get a modem working, or couldn't get PPP up and running easily enough; what is needed is something NOT like the MCC, but a standalone wizard or some such that would not only detect most normal modems, but also the winmodems (or rather, have better support for the winmodems - like the HST/HSP - the Conexant chipsets) so that first time newbies can literally do a few clicks here and there and voila! be on the net - and yeah, I know that some people are going to say Well, MCC works great for me! - but in reality, it does lack the friendliness the MS Windows users are used to... With that said, THAT would be one means by which people would switch more readily - ease of getting on the net. I make sure my customers' machines are already setup before they leave the house - that at least ensures that they'll have no complexities other than the usual crap of where do I put my downloads? or How do I open a downloaded file? or how can I keep the wife from seeing these pictures?. -- Wed Aug 6 09:00:00 EST 2003 09:00:00 up 2 days, 12:48, 2 users, load average: 2.10, 1.95, 1.78 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * For the fashion of Minas Tirith was such that it was built on seven levels, each delved into a hill, and about each was set a wall, and in each wall was a gate. -- J.R.R. Tolkien, The Return of the King [Quoted in VMS Internals and Data Structures, V4.4, when referring to system overview.] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Speed test: Mandrake, Debian, Gentoo
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 23:37:40 -0400 Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Funny. So all that talk about Gentoo optimized compiling is a load of crap. No, if it was optimised, you would easily see it, but several Gentoo gurus pointed out (in the forums on slashdot a week ago when this link was published) that these guys were doing it totally wrong, and it was anything but optimised. There were also flaws and so on with their innitial testing, like different versions and so on. Turns out that the newer version of Gnumeric is a lot slower than the older one, and so on. But heck, if that's the only reason that people think Gentoo is great, then they are mislead. It's also very stable, as everything gets built for your machine, from your machine, with programs that are on your machine, manually configured (if needed) by you. It's a lot more work than a standard Mandrake install, I can promise you that, but it does wonders on my laptop. To give an example: When I first bought my laptop (4 months ago or so) the first thing I did was Mandrake, as I've used Mandrake for years. Most things worked, however with the same setup as I have now (Fluxbox, Firebird and so on [lighter programs than Gnome / KDE, Mozilla) I was gettign a battery life of 2 hours on a full recharge. Now, after installing Gentoo, I get just over 3 hours. Surely that says something? Both kernels were self_compiled, and I had taken out any shit from Mandrake that I didn't need. Just the bare essentials remained. Greetings Ralph -- http://axljab.homelinux.org:8080/ ...the software said Win95 or better, so I installed Linux pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Noob help 2 - was: SCSI card not recognised by 9.1
On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 07:35, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: Hi, This is a re-post - I hope someone has some ideas. In a PCI/ATAPI/IDE/USB system, how do I get a SCSI card recognised at boot-up? My PC has IDE HD and ATAPI CD-writer and a USB flat-bed scanner, all of which are recognised automatically. But the SCSI card, which only serves a 35mm film scanner, is not. /etc/modules has scsi_hostadapter /etc/modules.conf has probeall scsi_hostadapter usb-storage ide-scsi probeall usb-interface usb-uhci etc. cat /proc/scsi/scsi shows CD-writer on Host: scsi0 ; chan:0; id:0; lun:0. I can get the SCSI card recognised *after* the system is up and running by using modprobe. Then my SCSI device turns up as Host: scsi1, chan:0; id:2; lun:0. But I lose the SCSI card when I power down. It's very frustrating - any suggestions? Thanks, DougB Have you tried to manually edit the /etc/modules.conf and add the necessary modules there? That way it would be perm...and you can try to do a depmod -a -- Wed Aug 6 09:50:00 EST 2003 09:50:00 up 2 days, 13:38, 2 users, load average: 2.14, 2.24, 2.12 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Logic doesn't apply to the real world. -- Marvin Minsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Program for joining files together
Are there any good programs for joining files together under linux? More specifically I want to join some .avi files into one big file. What is the easiest way to do this? mencoder should be able to easily handle this. Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Program for joining files together
On Tue, 5 Aug 2003 21:41:26 -0300 Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, Are there any good programs for joining files together under linux? More specifically I want to join some .avi files into one big file. What is the easiest way to do this? If you're used to something like HJSplit you can try out JAxe...it's pretty easy to use. http://www.geocities.com/JAxe02/ (needs java) Jerry -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake
On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 18:16, Lee Wiggers wrote: When you call to pay up, remember PST 8 to 5 or leave your credit card number on the tape. Don't worry, they'll only take what they deserve. Lee If someone's stupid enough to pay anything to anyone over this heap of FUD before the end of the trial, they're dumber than a lead pipe. I'm rather amazed that the US trade commission is allowing them to extort the public like this. -- Wed Aug 6 20:50:00 EST 2003 20:50:00 up 3 days, 38 min, 2 users, load average: 2.77, 2.92, 2.95 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * BOFH excuse #322: Your Pentium has a heating problem - try cooling it with ice cold water.(Do not turn of your computer, you do not want to cool down the Pentium Chip while he isn't working, do you?) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Program for joining files together
On Tuesday 05 August 2003 21:59, Avi Schwartz wrote: cat parts*.avi bigone.avi Avi On Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003, at 19:41 America/Chicago, Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi all, Are there any good programs for joining files together under linux? More specifically I want to join some .avi files into one big file. What is the easiest way to do this? Avi, This doesn't really work. A big file is generated by joining the smaller ones together, but when I try to view the big file it stops at exactly the point where the first small one ends. Any other suggestions? -- Guilherme Cirne [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Noob help 2 - was: SCSI card not recognised by 9.1
On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 22:08, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: on re-booting I found the ...aha152x.. had been overwritten by usb-storage... What do you suggest? TIA DougB What about putting this stuff in the /etc/rc.d/rc.local so that when you reboot, it fires it up from there? -- Wed Aug 6 22:05:00 EST 2003 22:05:00 up 3 days, 1:53, 2 users, load average: 3.17, 3.32, 3.34 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * If you think education is expensive, try ignorance. -- Derek Bok, president of Harvard Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Noob help! - can't create a boot floppy in 9.1
On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 1:08 pm, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 23:15, Derek Jennings wrote: snip Have you have disabled supermount? How do I do this? If supermount is disabled then your floppy has to be manually mounted and unmounted. If you remove the floppy without unmounting it then the files you write to the floppy will still be in the cache in memory. (Linux uses memory cache whenever possible and only writes to the physical media when it is necessary) The command 'sync' will cause all files in cache to be written out to the media. A umount command will also cause the cache to be written out. Haven't tried 'sync' here, but it won't let me 'umount' If supermount is enabled the floppy should be written as soon as you issue the copy command. There doesn't seem to be a 'copy' command in the MCC=Boot= Drakfloppy procedure, just 'build the disk'. Or am I missing something? derek Many thanks DougB Supermount is enabled/disabled in Mandrake Control CentreMount Points. I do not recommend disabling supermount because mounting/unmounting becomes a pain. If supermount is enabled then the umount command will not work, but 'sync' will still cause any outstanding data to be written to the floppy. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla and my bank
Anne Wilson wrote: On Tuesday 05 Aug 2003 4:58 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 13:41, David wrote: Not to belabor this point, but -- I sent a message to the BBT IT department and here is their reply --- what a hoot! Dear Mr. Williams: Thank you for writing to BBT OnLine Support regarding compatibility of WebConnect and Sun. Sun Microsystems contain features that are not compatible with WebConnect. Sun Microsystems uses their own Java, rather than Microsoft Java. WebConnect uses the Java scripting found only in Microsoft Internet Explorer and earlier versions of Netscape such as Netscape 4.75. WHACK Here's a question to ask them; do they only have white customers? It's literally the same thing. Prejudicial treatment. (Not intentionally, but because the IT department for that bank is stuck with a Microsoft solution - which tells you basically where a large amount of the profits they make go...) I laid that out before to a US bank; they didn't like that all that much; but as it was explained to them, it's the same basic treatment. I've currently got something similar going with the Australian Tax Office here over MS Java being used for doing our BAS (Business Activity Statement)... Since the people making the decisions are often ignorant of the issues, has anyone pointed out to them that IE can cope happily with non-M$ java, so no-one is excluded, whereas the opposite is certainly not true? We must keep on banging away at these sites. If a site is selling something I can get elsewhere, I just move on if I meet the problem, but for government sites, banking sites, and other such services we need to fight for our rights Anne I had a go at PCWorld today about using MS Java on their websites, a guy from their sales dept rang to ask why we were not using their account facilities as organised, and I politely told them how use of MS java script makes linux customes at a disadvantage when visiting their website. I know it struck home. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrakesecure.net
On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 2:06 pm, madwand wrote: Good morning (or afternoon) all, Afternoon, madwand. To my questions: 1. does anyone know what's up with Mandrakesecure.net? I've tried to access it for the past few days to catch up on security advisories and related installation tips, etc. but I always get a 404 site not found error. They are in the midst of updating their servers, and we have been told that there will be periods of downtime. 2.does anyone know what happened to Freezer Burn? I used to use this site back when I was using Mandrake 7.2/8. I don't know this one, sorry. On a related note, is there a list of Mandrake-related websites hosted by Mandrake users? In the past, I've found such sites to be a wonderful source of information both for the newbie and for more advanced issues.. We have a TWiki site at http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome You might find the MandrakeReferences and NewbieFriendly pages particularly helpful for links. 3.are there any 9.1 installation hiccups I should know about? My hardware was OK with 8.0 so I'm assuming it's OK with 9.1. Is this a safe assumption to make? Probably, but not entirely. There have been a few hiccups on that score, but just come back for help if you need it. That's all for now. Thanks for any input you can give. madwand If you are using any hardware that is not yet on the HardwareCompatibility page, please add your experience as soon as you feel able. Good luck Anne BTW, please clear you reply-to line - it causes replies to go to you instead of the list. It's purpose is for the times when you need mail replies to go to a different address than the one you send from. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how do i release the ipnumber with dhcp
On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 19:10, ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 18:34, Ben wrote: On Tuesday 05 August 2003 18:15, ed tharp wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 17:00, Thomas Rudolfsson wrote: My internet provider has changed to DHCP unfortunatley. When I want to switch to my windowscomputer(for games) I have to wait maybe 2 ours before I can get the connection to work. I cant get my ip from dhcp because It's locked to the linuxcomp's nic-adress. It's dhcp but I will get the ip is locked so I will get the same number every time. From windows I can release it with ipconfig /release How do I do it from linux? There must be some easy command for this. I have to use my modem to send this mail...:( \Thomas...Hoping to get a quick answer... __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ifconfig eth0 down But don't forget after doing that, you can do the ifup eth0 to bring it back up. Don't mean to state the obvious, but also don't want to A S S U M E anything! ;-) Good luck! HTH, tis true, but then his question would have been same as windows 'ipconfig /renew'. and I spell that ass-u-me.g and can you fix your reply I sent this straight to you and not the list. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Noob help! - can't create a boot floppy in 9.1
On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 07:35, Douglas Bainbridge wrote: Hi all, Am I just being thick? OK, OK - now tell me what to do, rude suggestions not permitted :-) Expert installation created a boot floppy. I want to create a second one (to incorporate a particular SCSI module at boot up). Can't you just modify the one you've already created? -- Wed Aug 6 09:50:00 EST 2003 09:50:00 up 2 days, 13:38, 2 users, load average: 2.14, 2.24, 2.12 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Logic doesn't apply to the real world. -- Marvin Minsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] subscribe
On Monday 04 August 2003 11:31 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 11:55, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Dennis: Good question. My guess would be that Sympa makes non-subscribers go through the confirmation step before accepting a post as a spam preventative. -- cmg http://thor.prohosting.com/~kilgoret/mandrake/ Stephen: An excellent demonstration of the power of a twisted mind combined with too much spare time. It was very thoughtful to include the link to Ed Tharp. -- cmg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Glaxium
On Mon, 2003-08-04 at 21:16, Dennis Myers wrote: On Monday 04 August 2003 02:36 pm, Toran Korshnah wrote: MM, Denis, It is on the Mandrake disks as glaxium. Version 0.4. Toran Ok, I give up, is it in the boxed set of Mandrake? and which version, cause I get nothing doing a search on my sources and it is not installed. Only thing I can think of is that it is on the 4th or 5th CD in the powerpack boxed set. ? contribs, set up a source for contribs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi/update problems
On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 13:34, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 12:28 am, Paul wrote: I cannot use urpmi to update. When I use the software management in MCC I get an error message there is an error while adding the update medium via urpmi, may be due to a broken or temp.unavailable mirror. This is repeated on all mirrors. If I attempt to updtae via software sources manager, it goes through the updating process but then states it is unable to update. ps -A shows no running urpmi prior to me attempting. I have looked around but found no reference to this. Any advice, please? Paul M First stupid question :- You are online when you do this are you? Second stupid question :- Do you already have an update source defined when you try adding a new one? What are you entering when you add a source? Third not so stupid question :- What do you see if you do 'urpmi.update --wget -a' from a root command line? Post the output. Suggestion :- There is an update for urpmi itself and for curl which fixes issues downloading from some sources. If the urpmi.update command works then update urpmi and curl from the command line with urpmi --wget urpmi curl If that works then the Mandrake GUI should then also work. HTH derek Thanks for the mail, Derek. 1. yes 2. if I attempt to get a mirror from urpmi/grpmi I get the 'unavailable mirror' message. When I tried your suggestions, no go. But, when I attempted to reproduce the problem to get the exact error messages, I started to get a download of the Sewdish hdlist, but it then stated that the list was void. I tried again, and connected. Can't figure it. I can also connect to the Turkish mirror for texstar, but not the main site. many thanks Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how do i release the ipnumber with dhcp
On Tuesday 05 Aug 2003 10:00 pm, Thomas Rudolfsson wrote: My internet provider has changed to DHCP unfortunatley. When I want to switch to my windowscomputer(for games) I have to wait maybe 2 ours before I can get the connection to work. I cant get my ip from dhcp because It's locked to the linuxcomp's nic-adress. It's dhcp but I will get the ip is locked so I will get the same number every time. From windows I can release it with ipconfig /release How do I do it from linux? There must be some easy command for this. I have to use my modem to send this mail...:( \Thomas...Hoping to get a quick answer... man dhcpcd will tell you that dhcpcd -k eth0 will release your lease. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how do i release the ipnumber with dhcp
On Tue, 2003-08-05 at 17:00, Thomas Rudolfsson wrote: My internet provider has changed to DHCP unfortunatley. When I want to switch to my windowscomputer(for games) I have to wait maybe 2 ours before I can get the connection to work. I cant get my ip from dhcp because It's locked to the linuxcomp's nic-adress. It's dhcp but I will get the ip is locked so I will get the same number every time. From windows I can release it with ipconfig /release How do I do it from linux? There must be some easy command for this. I have to use my modem to send this mail...:( \Thomas...Hoping to get a quick answer... __ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com ifconfig eth0 down Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Speed test: Mandrake, Debian, Gentoo
Funny. So all that talk about Gentoo optimized compiling is a load of crap. Miark On Sun, 3 Aug 2003 00:30:07 +0100, RichardA [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The executive summary: They're about as fast as each other. http://articles.linmagau.org/modules.php?op=modloadname=Sectionsfile=indexreq=viewarticleartid=227 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] firestarter and open ports
On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 3:07 pm, Ben wrote: I JUST remembered something Anne, Do you know if you have a Lucent PSAX (PacketStar Access gateway) anywhere in your connectivity route? Possibly serving as your router? I don't think so. It's an SMC Barricade 7401 BRA, and nothing in the specification suggests that. Anne Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] XML coding
I was under the impression that one of the benefits of the XML file format is that your data is human-readable. But when I open a OOo text doc that I just made in a text editor, I see only a little human readable stuff, and none of it is my document. Most of it is binary. What's the deal? Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake
Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 22:33, Anne Wilson wrote: On Wednesday 06 Aug 2003 1:22 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: I'll give them some money when they pay me for submitting bug reports back in 1990 for SCO XENIX...or if Darl McBride flies out here and cuts my lawn...other than that, they're getting blood from a stone. I'll cut your lawn for $1399 g Anne Good. December and January are our hottest months - you have to use the push mower I bought for five dollars at the market, in a pair of $2 sandals, on a 45 degree slope, with a beer in one hand - right after a drizzle - mind you, one acre. As in Foster's, Australian for beer! ??? I'll take that deal. See ya'll in January/February. Harv/ AI9NL Washburn, Wisconsin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Beer [was: You guys all owe SCO $1399 for your Mandrake]
I'll drink to that! MmmmHoegaarden Blue Moon isn't bad either. The commercials SHOULD say, Fosters, Australian for crap! Hoegaarden is awsome Blue Moon I have never tried, but I would never say no to a Leffe, Duvel or Chimay either, or an Erdinger for that matter either. Maybe we should take it to the OT-list now though LOL /Anders Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how do i release the ipnumber with dhcp
On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 07:00, Thomas Rudolfsson wrote: My internet provider has changed to DHCP unfortunatley. When I want to switch to my windowscomputer(for games) I have to wait maybe 2 ours before I can get the connection to work. I cant get my ip from dhcp because It's locked to the linuxcomp's nic-adress. It's dhcp but I will get the ip is locked so I will get the same number every time. From windows I can release it with ipconfig /release How do I do it from linux? There must be some easy command for this. I have to use my modem to send this mail...:( \Thomas...Hoping to get a quick answer... You should be able to open a term and type: service network restart -- Wed Aug 6 09:50:00 EST 2003 09:50:00 up 2 days, 13:38, 2 users, load average: 2.14, 2.24, 2.12 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Logic doesn't apply to the real world. -- Marvin Minsky Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] ARTICLE: Study: Linux nears Windows XP usability
On Wed, 2003-08-06 at 04:32, Frankie wrote: Even if you do get winmodems working, your still better off with an external serial anyway. regards Franki I've had unbelievable luck with winmodems - using one as we speak, and sell them to most customers; if you KNOW how to set it up, it's really a quickie. Yeah, they're cheaply made and yeah, they're not high quality, but they work nonetheless... Now when I can set aside the moola for a nice USR external, I'll grab one...but I don't see that in the foreseeable future as I'm trying to get a few more monitors, hard drives and a motherboard or three... -- Wed Aug 6 09:45:00 EST 2003 09:45:00 up 2 days, 13:33, 2 users, load average: 2.11, 2.09, 2.04 - |____ |kuhn media australia| | /-oo /| |'-. |http://kma.0catch.com | | .\__/ || | | || | _ / `._ \|_|_.-' |stephen kuhn| | | / \__.`=._) (_ | email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | - linux user #:267497 linux machine #:194239 * MDK 9.1+ RH 9 Mandrake Linux Kernel 2.4.21-11mdk Cooker for i586 - * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * How many NASA managers does it take to screw in a lightbulb? That's a known problem... don't worry about it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] firestarter and open ports
On Wednesday 06 August 2003 06:41 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: Ports 21, 23, and 80 show open, rest show closed. What now? Just like Anne you are connecting via a device, and that device has a web server and an FTP server running. Getting out my Crystal ball I suspect you have a Zyxel P645ME+ ADSL bridge which runs a RomPager web server. (How do I know? I tried connecting and it identified itself to me) You only have to enter those words into Google and you will find stuff on the insecurity of this product.. http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/307793/2003-01-21/2003-01-27/0 The good news is that even if someone were to take the trouble to break into your DSL bridge. They still could not get into your computer. The bad news is that unless you can disable the ftp and http servers in the DSL bridge, then you cannot run one in your computer without using port redirection. derek Therefore, unless sprint does something about the modem they're supplying this will always be a problem, is that a correct assumption from what I read? -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 7:54pm up 3 days, 1:25, 4 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrakesecure.net
Original Message - From: Ben [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: madwand [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, August 06, 2003 9:48 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrakesecure.net On Wednesday 06 August 2003 09:06, madwand wrote: Good morning (or afternoon) all, Please forgive my use of Outlook in posting this message. I've just received my 9.1 PowerPack and haven't had the time to complete the install. I did use Mandrake 8.x but lost the hard-drive, got busy with work and never had the time to reinstall. I've set aside some of the weekend to get mandrake back up and running. To my questions: 1. does anyone know what's up with Mandrakesecure.net? I've tried to access it for the past few days to catch up on security advisories and related installation tips, etc. but I always get a 404 site not found error. 2.does anyone know what happened to Freezer Burn? I used to use this site back when I was using Mandrake 7.2/8. On a related note, is there a list of Mandrake-related websites hosted by Mandrake users? In the past, I've found such sites to be a wonderful source of information both for the newbie and for more advanced issues.. 3.are there any 9.1 installation hiccups I should know about? My hardware was OK with 8.0 so I'm assuming it's OK with 9.1. Is this a safe assumption to make? That's all for now. Thanks for any input you can give. madwand For shame using Outlook Express to post to a Mandrake list! j/k ;-) The only thing I've run into installing 9.1 was on an IBM Thinkpad T23 laptop. The video drivers for the SuperSavage chipset don't work correctly so you get no X. Other than that, I've successfully installed it on NUMEROUS other multi-boot systems without even a hiccup. Good luck! -- Ben Reeves He who knows much about others is learned, but he who understands himself is more intelligent. He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still. - Lao-Tsu, Tao Teh King Ben, Thanks for the quick reply. madwand Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Log entry
From my /var/log/auth.log
Aug 4 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/open_port.today from 644 to 640
Aug 4 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/rpm-va-config.today from 644 to 640
Aug 4 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/rpm-qa.today
from 644 to 640
Aug 4 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/suid_root.today from 644 to 640
Aug 4 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/writable.today from 644 to 640
Aug 4 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/unowned_group.today from 644 to 640
Aug 4 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/suid_md5.today from 644 to 640
Aug 4 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/rpm-va.today
from 644 to 640
Aug 4 20:11:03 localhost snort[1318]: [1:2003:2] MS-SQL Worm propagation
attempt [Classification: Misc Attack] [Priority: 2]: {UDP}
202.144.168.34:3085 - 192.168.0.226:1434
Aug 5 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/sgid.today
from 644 to 640
Aug 5 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/unowned_user.today from 644 to 640
Aug 5 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/open_port.today from 644 to 640
Aug 5 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/rpm-va-config.today from 644 to 640
Aug 5 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of /var/log/security/rpm-qa.today
from 644 to 640
Aug 5 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/suid_root.today from 644 to 640
Aug 5 05:01:01 localhost msec: changed mode of
/var/log/security/writable.today from 644 to 640
Is the entry from Aug 4 20:11:03 as self-explanatory as it looks? Is this a
reference to the M$ SQL Server worm from a few months ago? If anyone can
provide any insight to this, I'd appreciate it.
Thanks,
--
Ben Reeves
He who knows much about others is learned, but he who understands himself is
more intelligent. He who
controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier
still.
- Lao-Tsu, Tao Teh King
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