Re: [newbie] Linux to MS VPN

[Guy Rouillier]

Guy Rouillier wrote:
At work, we are considering replacing CheckPoint SecureRemote VPN with 
Microsoft VPN that's built in to Windows 2K server versions.  To hook up 
with MS VPN from a Win2K remote system requires no add-on software; 
everything needed is built into Win2K.  Does anyone have any experience 
with setting up Linux to connect to a MS VPN?  From what I gather from 
the people here at work, MS VPN is a much more straightforward IPSEC VPN 
implementation than is CheckPoint, but I don't really know much about 
it.  Thanks for any pointers.
Answering my own question (for those trolling the archives), a Linux 
PPTP client can be found here: http://pptpclient.sourceforge.net/

A member of my team claims to have already used it to connect to a MS VPN.

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Re: [newbie] Video eMac problems

[Katherine Catalano]

Hey yomcat, thanks for the help.

Unfortunately, I am really, really new to Linux. Where do I put in that 
text?

Katherine

By the way, I remember you from TMO. :)

On Sunday, November 9, 2003, at 12:31 AM, Mike 'yomcat' Welsh wrote:

on 9/11/03 1:39 PM, Katherine Catalano at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

ATI Radeon 7500
I have a ATI RAGE 128 Pro, and it doesn't work unless some specific 
setting
is set. (I've got a PowerMac G4)
 A quote from cooker:
Anyway, for what is worth, here's my config for a "ATI rage128 
MOBILITY".
The thing with the r128 is that you must specify the use of the fbdev.

Section "Device"
   Identifier "device1"
   VendorName "ATI"
   BoardName "ATI Rage 128 Mobility"
   Driver "r128"
   BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
   Option "DPMS"
   Option "ForcePCIMode" "true"
   Option "UseFBDev" "true"
   Option "UseCCEFor2D" "false"
EndSection"
The line "Option "UseFBDev" "true"" is the most important. Try setting 
fbdev
as your driver setting instead of whatever you've got now. (mine is 
r128)
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Re: [newbie] Video eMac problems

[Mike 'yomcat' Welsh]

on 9/11/03 1:39 PM, Katherine Catalano at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> ATI Radeon 7500
I have a ATI RAGE 128 Pro, and it doesn't work unless some specific setting
is set. (I've got a PowerMac G4)
 A quote from cooker:
>Anyway, for what is worth, here's my config for a "ATI rage128 MOBILITY".
>The thing with the r128 is that you must specify the use of the fbdev.
>
>Section "Device"
>Identifier "device1"
>VendorName "ATI"
>BoardName "ATI Rage 128 Mobility"
>Driver "r128"
>BusID "PCI:0:16:0"
>Option "DPMS"
>Option "ForcePCIMode" "true"
>Option "UseFBDev" "true"
>Option "UseCCEFor2D" "false"
>EndSection"

The line "Option "UseFBDev" "true"" is the most important. Try setting fbdev
as your driver setting instead of whatever you've got now. (mine is r128)
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Re: [newbie] [OT] found on the forums

[aronsmith]

On Saturday 08 November 2003 06:25 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> On Saturday 08 November 2003 02:15 pm, Greg Meyer wrote:
> > There was a big discussion in the Club forums about whether these
> > guys are really partners of MandrakeSoft or whether they are just
> > being sleazy and trying to make it look like they are.  None of
> > there agreements list Mandrakesoft as a actual signatory, although
> > the descriptions represent that they are authorizing all of this.
> >
> > The discussion on the Club started because some guy that was
> > selling the download edition on e-bay got his auctions yanked
> > because himandrake represented themselves to ebay as the owner of
> > the mandrake trademarks and copyrights.  If this is a US based
> > partner of MandrakeSoft that is enforcing an exclusive agreement,
> > fine, but they could also be a sleazy outfit that is trying to
> > profit off of Mandrake's good name.
> >
> > I am more inclined to think the latter because I don't see anywhere
> > on the himandrake site where they state they are an official
> > partner, and every place where they might say so, it refers only to
> > himandrake or Heavy Industrial and there are no links to the
> > MandrakeSoft or linux-mandrake websites.
>
> Greg:
> Evidently HiMandrake _does_ have some sort of an arrangement with
> Mandrake. See the November 5 post by fbhancilhon (AKA Francois --
> IIRC, he is Mandrake's marketing HMFIC). It's partway down this page:
>
> http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Splatt_Forum&;
>file=viewtopic&topic=13891&forum=12&start=0
>
> Let me see if I've got this straight:
> 1. Mandrake invented the Mandrake Club two years ago as a way of
> resolving its cash problems.
> 2. In order to increase Club membership, Mandrake recently sweetened
> the pot by allowing only Club members to download 9.2 for the first
> few weeks after release.
> 3. Mandrake's distributor (HiMandrake) gets the Club-only files,
> burns some CD's, and offers them on e-bay _before_ the ISO's are
> available to man + dog. Sorta defeats the Club exclusivity feature,
> doesn't it?
> 4. The same distributor also shuts down anyone else who tries the
> same scam^H^H^H^Hdeal, claiming to have exclusive rights.
> 5. Mandrake's marketing guy says, "No big deal."
> Huh?
Cash poor companies have done dumber things
>
> -- cmg

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Re: [newbie] [OT] found on the forums

[Carroll Grigsby]

On Saturday 08 November 2003 02:15 pm, Greg Meyer wrote:
>
> There was a big discussion in the Club forums about whether these guys are
> really partners of MandrakeSoft or whether they are just being sleazy and
> trying to make it look like they are.  None of there agreements list
> Mandrakesoft as a actual signatory, although the descriptions represent
> that they are authorizing all of this.
>
> The discussion on the Club started because some guy that was selling the
> download edition on e-bay got his auctions yanked because himandrake
> represented themselves to ebay as the owner of the mandrake trademarks and
> copyrights.  If this is a US based partner of MandrakeSoft that is
> enforcing an exclusive agreement, fine, but they could also be a sleazy
> outfit that is trying to profit off of Mandrake's good name.
>
> I am more inclined to think the latter because I don't see anywhere on the
> himandrake site where they state they are an official partner, and every
> place where they might say so, it refers only to himandrake or Heavy
> Industrial and there are no links to the MandrakeSoft or linux-mandrake
> websites.

Greg:
Evidently HiMandrake _does_ have some sort of an arrangement with Mandrake. 
See the November 5 post by fbhancilhon (AKA Francois -- IIRC, he is 
Mandrake's marketing HMFIC). It's partway down this page:

http://www.mandrakeclub.com/modules.php?op=modload&name=Splatt_Forum&file=viewtopic&topic=13891&forum=12&start=0

Let me see if I've got this straight:
1. Mandrake invented the Mandrake Club two years ago as a way of resolving its 
cash problems.
2. In order to increase Club membership, Mandrake recently sweetened the pot 
by allowing only Club members to download 9.2 for the first few weeks after 
release.
3. Mandrake's distributor (HiMandrake) gets the Club-only files, burns some 
CD's, and offers them on e-bay _before_ the ISO's are available to man + dog. 
Sorta defeats the Club exclusivity feature, doesn't it?
4. The same distributor also shuts down anyone else who tries the same 
scam^H^H^H^Hdeal, claiming to have exclusive rights.
5. Mandrake's marketing guy says, "No big deal."
Huh?

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Re: [newbie] rpmdrake

[Phil Newcombe]

Thank you - I'm checking it out now.

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Re: [newbie] Video eMac problems

[Katherine Catalano]

ATI Radeon 7500

Tried "video=radeon" with no result.

Katherine

On Saturday, November 8, 2003, at 08:14 PM, Mike 'yomcat' Welsh wrote:

on 9/11/03 7:15 AM, Katherine Catalano at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Now when I want to boot into Mandrake, I get the black screen again.
"linux video=ofonly" will get me to -bash but that's about it. No GUI.
Any suggestions?
What graphics card do you have?

Take a look at http://www.everymac.com and find your Mac :-)
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Re: [newbie] Internet tax

[Joeb]

C. Tresenriter wrote:



(11-07) 10:47 PST WASHINGTON (AP) _ 

A drive to permanently ban Internet access taxes stopped dead in the
Senate on Friday, stuck in a clash over whether the legislation would
shear millions from the budgets of state and local governments. 

The problem arose over the definition of "Internet access" -- services
that connect consumers to the Internet. The strongest proponents for a
permanent ban want to make sure that all access technologies -- from
phone lines to DSL to cable modems -- get equal freedom from taxation. 

Opponents said the definition supporters crafted to incorporate new
technologies was too vague and could go too far -- eliminating taxes on
many types of Internet technologies and telecommunications delivered
through the Internet. 

Several states currently collect taxes on Internet access services, and
opponents of the ban are worried that the legislation could limit this
revenue source. 

"You could see billions and billions of dollars lost," said Sen. Byron
Dorgan, D-N.D. "Definitions are everything." 

The two sides scrapped a planned Senate debate and instead began
negotiations, hoping to strike a compromise by next week. 

The proponents of the permanent ban offered a compromise -- a temporary
extension of the ban for about 5 years, as long as the new bill treats
all Internet technologies equally. 

"If you can have the set of definitions that ensure competitive
environment, that you don't favor one set of providers over another, I'm
willing to consider a very significant concession," said Sen. Ron Wyden,
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There's a lot that we don't consider interent that would be affected, 
too.  For instance, SWBell is planning on converting their telephone 
service to VoIP.  As such, it would be exempt from taxes if the internet 
tax ban was in place.  So, if you uses Sprint, you would have to pay 
tax, if you used SWBell, you wouldn't!  That is what the debate is 
about, in ensuring competition.  In addition, the internet tax ban in 
it's current form would effectively remove from taxation almost all 
kinds of communication networks and would thusly seriously affect the 
already dismal tax situation in many states.

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Re: [newbie] Video eMac problems

[Mike 'yomcat' Welsh]

on 9/11/03 7:15 AM, Katherine Catalano at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

> Now when I want to boot into Mandrake, I get the black screen again.
> "linux video=ofonly" will get me to -bash but that's about it. No GUI.
> Any suggestions?
What graphics card do you have?

Take a look at http://www.everymac.com and find your Mac :-)
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[newbie] ctrl-shift c not working in mozilla-based apps

[anton]

hi,
I subscribe to a number of mailing lists and get in excess of 300 per 
day. The shift-ctrl c is invaluable in getting them all read real quick :-).
It was working but since upgrading to 9.2, and then reinstalling 9.2 
twice (I have had issues...) I have been unable to use it. It used to 
work with both mozilla and thunderbird and now with neither.

I think the keyboard setting may be the issue. I am not American, and do 
not like having my default language in US English, as I speak a dialect 
of British English (NZ). So my default language is Oceania English. The 
keyboard is US I think though. I think... How do I find out? What is the 
difference? Could that be the problem? Is it a 9.2 issue and not a 
language setting issue?
Any pointers much appreciated.
Anton


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Re: [newbie] Pre-Linux install: Hardware identification tool?

[Warren Post]

PC Chips is the top selling mobo where I live, so I've installed
Mandrake on more PC Chips boards than anything else. There are no
particular problems -- at least not with the ones I've done -- so don't
worry and just give it a go.

The only thing that didn't come on the Mandrake disks was the driver for
the winmodem that comes on the board. Many folks on this list will tell
you that you are better off buying a real modem, and I suppose they're
right, but I had no trouble following the instructions for my PCTel
onboard winmodem, which works better in Linux than it ever did in
Windows.

Mind you, I wish I had a decent motherboard and real hardware. But PC
Chips installs and works no worse in Linux than it does in Windows.

PC Chips puts their mobo model number in tiny print in one of the
corners of the board right next to a screw hole. You're looking for
something like M748LMRT, which is what the mobo I'm using now says.

The PC Chips website is . They have a page
for every mobo they've made, including the old discontinued stuff. The
page for my board, for example, is
, which I mention so that you
can simply change my model number for yours and go straight to your
board's page. There you will find a downloadable manual for your mobo
and the latest BIOS to flash if you're a risk taker.

In case your modem is a PCTel,
 will help you get it
going in Linux.

I hate to say it but the best hardware detection tool I know is the
hardware manager in Windows. It's buried somewhere in My PC -
Properties, and can be printed for reference. It's the last thing I did
before wiping my Windows.

Hope this helps.
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RE: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 How do I leave NT Boot loader.

[Mark Tiller]

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of et
Sent: 08 November 2003 20:51
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 How do I leave NT Boot loader.


>I don't do a thing, and tell lilo to boot from hda, you will get setup
where 
>lilo gives a choice called windows, and that will give you the
NTbootloader, 
>at least it works that way for me with win2kpro. of course when you get
right 
>down to it, I ain't sure where the NT bootloader sits. 


Yeah, but that will give me two boot loaders, if I can add Linux to the NT
then I only have one






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[newbie] new kernel and dvd drives. was: 9.2 and kernel sources...

[Piero Piutti]

Alle 17:20, sabato 8 novembre 2003, Derek Jennings ha scritto:
> I had the same issue. With that kernel some makes of DVD drive do not work
> with scsi emulation. Set it back to IDE and it should be OK

mine is an Asus. still puzzled about how the new kernel fixed the LG issue but 
introduced this new one.

anyway, I don't think I'll want to give up to scsi-emulation on the dvd drive 
as I need it to use it with k3b, so I think I'll get back to the 2.4.22-10mdk 
and wait for the 2.6 final to upgrade.

thanks for your help.

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Re: [newbie] [OT] found on the forums

[Aronsmith]

On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 12:43, et wrote:
> On Saturday 08 November 2003 07:15 pm, Greg Meyer wrote:
> > On Saturday 08 November 2003 01:41 pm, Aronsmith wrote:
> > > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 09:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > > http://www.HImandrake.com/cd_distribution.php
> > >
> > > Mega cool
> > >
> > > > __
> > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> > > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
> >
> > There was a big discussion in the Club forums about whether these guys are
> > really partners of MandrakeSoft or whether they are just being sleazy and
> > trying to make it look like they are.  None of there agreements list
> > Mandrakesoft as a actual signatory, although the descriptions represent
> > that they are authorizing all of this.
> >
> > The discussion on the Club started because some guy that was selling the
> > download edition on e-bay got his auctions yanked because himandrake
> > represented themselves to ebay as the owner of the mandrake trademarks and
> > copyrights.  If this is a US based partner of MandrakeSoft that is
> > enforcing an exclusive agreement, fine, but they could also be a sleazy
> > outfit that is trying to profit off of Mandrake's good name.
> >
> > I am more inclined to think the latter because I don't see anywhere on the
> > himandrake site where they state they are an official partner, and every
> > place where they might say so, it refers only to himandrake or Heavy
> > Industrial and there are no links to the MandrakeSoft or linux-mandrake
> > websites.
> and I don't see any notice of them or a news release on any Mandrake site 
> either. h
> Ain't me.
Come to think about it what are they offering that you cain'can't do
anyway. Except represent yourself as Mandrake
> 
> 
> 
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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 How do I leave NT Boot loader.

[et]

On Saturday 08 November 2003 08:46 pm, Mark Tiller wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Because I have various flavours of windows installed selected using the
> NT/XP bootloader.  I'd prefer to keep using it and just have one boot
> loader.
>
> Now I know how to add Linux to the NT boot loader, but how do I stop the
> MDK 9.2 installer from overwriting the boot sector on HDA?
>
> Any help gratefully received.
>
> Mark
I don't do a thing, and tell lilo to boot from hda, you will get setup where 
lilo gives a choice called windows, and that will give you the NTbootloader, 
at least it works that way for me with win2kpro. of course when you get right 
down to it, I ain't sure where the NT bootloader sits. 


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RE: [newbie] [OT] found on the forums

[Mark Tiller]

Has anybody asked Mandrake?

-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of
Greg Meyer
Sent: 08 November 2003 19:15
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: [newbie] [OT] found on the forums


On Saturday 08 November 2003 01:41 pm, Aronsmith wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 09:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > http://www.HImandrake.com/cd_distribution.php
>
> Mega cool
>
> > 
> > __
> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

There was a big discussion in the Club forums about whether these guys are 
really partners of MandrakeSoft or whether they are just being sleazy and 
trying to make it look like they are.  None of there agreements list 
Mandrakesoft as a actual signatory, although the descriptions represent that

they are authorizing all of this.

The discussion on the Club started because some guy that was selling the 
download edition on e-bay got his auctions yanked because himandrake 
represented themselves to ebay as the owner of the mandrake trademarks and  
copyrights.  If this is a US based partner of MandrakeSoft that is enforcing

an exclusive agreement, fine, but they could also be a sleazy outfit that is

trying to profit off of Mandrake's good name.  

I am more inclined to think the latter because I don't see anywhere on the 
himandrake site where they state they are an official partner, and every 
place where they might say so, it refers only to himandrake or Heavy 
Industrial and there are no links to the MandrakeSoft or linux-mandrake 
websites.

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[newbie] Mandrake 9.2 How do I leave NT Boot loader.

[Mark Tiller]

Hi all,

Because I have various flavours of windows installed selected using the
NT/XP bootloader.  I'd prefer to keep using it and just have one boot
loader.

Now I know how to add Linux to the NT boot loader, but how do I stop the MDK
9.2 installer from overwriting the boot sector on HDA?

Any help gratefully received.

Mark




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Re: [newbie] [OT] found on the forums

[et]

On Saturday 08 November 2003 07:15 pm, Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Saturday 08 November 2003 01:41 pm, Aronsmith wrote:
> > On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 09:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > http://www.HImandrake.com/cd_distribution.php
> >
> > Mega cool
> >
> > > __
> > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
>
> There was a big discussion in the Club forums about whether these guys are
> really partners of MandrakeSoft or whether they are just being sleazy and
> trying to make it look like they are.  None of there agreements list
> Mandrakesoft as a actual signatory, although the descriptions represent
> that they are authorizing all of this.
>
> The discussion on the Club started because some guy that was selling the
> download edition on e-bay got his auctions yanked because himandrake
> represented themselves to ebay as the owner of the mandrake trademarks and
> copyrights.  If this is a US based partner of MandrakeSoft that is
> enforcing an exclusive agreement, fine, but they could also be a sleazy
> outfit that is trying to profit off of Mandrake's good name.
>
> I am more inclined to think the latter because I don't see anywhere on the
> himandrake site where they state they are an official partner, and every
> place where they might say so, it refers only to himandrake or Heavy
> Industrial and there are no links to the MandrakeSoft or linux-mandrake
> websites.
and I don't see any notice of them or a news release on any Mandrake site 
either. h
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[newbie] Video eMac problems

[Katherine Catalano]

Hello list. Just joined today.

So, I was trying to install Mandrake 9.1 PPC on my eMac (G4), and ran 
into some problems. I was getting a black screen instead of the GUI. I 
tried "install-gui-benh text video=ofonly", and that got me through the 
installer fine.

Now when I want to boot into Mandrake, I get the black screen again. 
"linux video=ofonly" will get me to -bash but that's about it. No GUI. 
Any suggestions?

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Re: [newbie] [OT] found on the forums

[Greg Meyer]

On Saturday 08 November 2003 01:41 pm, Aronsmith wrote:
> On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 09:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > http://www.HImandrake.com/cd_distribution.php
>
> Mega cool
>
> > __
> > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
> > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

There was a big discussion in the Club forums about whether these guys are 
really partners of MandrakeSoft or whether they are just being sleazy and 
trying to make it look like they are.  None of there agreements list 
Mandrakesoft as a actual signatory, although the descriptions represent that 
they are authorizing all of this.

The discussion on the Club started because some guy that was selling the 
download edition on e-bay got his auctions yanked because himandrake 
represented themselves to ebay as the owner of the mandrake trademarks and  
copyrights.  If this is a US based partner of MandrakeSoft that is enforcing 
an exclusive agreement, fine, but they could also be a sleazy outfit that is 
trying to profit off of Mandrake's good name.  

I am more inclined to think the latter because I don't see anywhere on the 
himandrake site where they state they are an official partner, and every 
place where they might say so, it refers only to himandrake or Heavy 
Industrial and there are no links to the MandrakeSoft or linux-mandrake 
websites.

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Re: [newbie] I Fubared 9.2 upgrade

[Sharrea]

On Sun, 09 Nov 2003 09:49, Marc wrote:

>   How do I get to my old home partision hdc9 to back up the old files?
>I went to file:/mnt and I don't see it there.

Create a mount point like say, /mnt/oldhome as root:

#  mkdir -p /mnt/oldhome

Then mount the partition as root with:

#  mount -t  /dev/hdc9 /mnt/oldhome

where  is one of:  ext2, ext3, reiserfs or whatever.

You should now see your files under /mnt/oldhome.

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Re: [newbie] Weird apache2 ADVX non SSL issue. Mandrake 9.2.

[Adolfo Bello]

On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 14:34, Franki wrote:

> Ok,
> 
> I have attached the default conf files for mdk9.2 apache2...
> 
> enjoy.
> 
> rgds
> 
> Franki

Thank you, Franki.

See you around,

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Re: [newbie] [OT] found on the forums

[Aronsmith]

On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 09:17, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> http://www.HImandrake.com/cd_distribution.php
Mega cool
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Re: [newbie] rpmdrake

[Eric Huff]

On Sat, 08 Nov 2003 08:40:31 -0800
Phil Newcombe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> Why don't I see all packages with rpmdrake?  I think it's setup
> properly with ftp mirrors for main, contrib , etc but when I look
> for a package that I Know is on one of the mirrors (Python) it
> doesn't show up anywhere in rpmdrake.

Try 
urpmq --sources filename

and see if it shows up.

filename doesn't have to be the entire name.


You might need to update the sources, which can be done in the gui,
or with

urpmi.update -a

You should probably do this with rpmdrake closed.

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Re: [newbie] Bt Voyager Modem - ADSL

[Colin Grant]

Thanks for this - I should have said that the BT Voyager ADSL moden is USB

et wrote:

On Saturday 08 November 2003 04:34 pm, Colin Grant wrote:
 

Well, I've got mandrake 9.2 disks and I'm raring to have a go. The last
time I tried was 8.2 but I found that reliance on Windows was such that
Linux was not really viable.
I have a couple of questions though that I have been unable to resolve
through the internet.
1) I'm on by broadband and use there Voyager modem. Does 9.2 support it
out of the box or can it do so?
   

not familiar with that modem, but if it connects with a network card and 
cable, it should be good to go,,, you might have to configure the firewall, 
if it connects via usb,,, might be a couple more steps...
 

2) I've got what now is a relatively ancient digital video camera - Sony
Digital 8, It has a fire wire port and works in XP. Will it work in
Mandrake?
   

most likely, and should be autodetected, as well as the firewire port. plug it 
in before you start the install.

 

I really hope some kind sole can help me here. I'd love to get away from
Windows, preferably far away as oppose to dual booting!!
Many thanks
Colin
   

ahh,,, just dual boot as long as you have the hard drive space. just don't 
shutdown linux.  just joking but really, it does work best if you 
can leave it up, as it does some maintenance in the middle of the night that 
it will do about 10 minutes after startup (as long as anachron is installed)

 



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Re: [newbie] rpmdrake

[Derek Jennings]

On Saturday 08 Nov 2003 4:40 pm, Phil Newcombe wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> Why don't I see all packages with rpmdrake?  I think it's setup properly
> with ftp mirrors for main, contrib , etc but when I look for a package
> that I Know is on one of the mirrors (Python) it doesn't show up
> anywhere in rpmdrake.
>
> Thanks
>
> --
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Two possible reasons come to mind.

1/ The sources are not set up correctly.

2/ Python is already installed.

My money is on No 2
You can check with the Uninstall GUI.

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Re: [newbie] Bt Voyager Modem - ADSL

[et]

On Saturday 08 November 2003 04:34 pm, Colin Grant wrote:
> Well, I've got mandrake 9.2 disks and I'm raring to have a go. The last
> time I tried was 8.2 but I found that reliance on Windows was such that
> Linux was not really viable.
>
> I have a couple of questions though that I have been unable to resolve
> through the internet.
> 1) I'm on by broadband and use there Voyager modem. Does 9.2 support it
> out of the box or can it do so?

not familiar with that modem, but if it connects with a network card and 
cable, it should be good to go,,, you might have to configure the firewall, 
if it connects via usb,,, might be a couple more steps...
> 2) I've got what now is a relatively ancient digital video camera - Sony
> Digital 8, It has a fire wire port and works in XP. Will it work in
> Mandrake?
most likely, and should be autodetected, as well as the firewire port. plug it 
in before you start the install.


> I really hope some kind sole can help me here. I'd love to get away from
> Windows, preferably far away as oppose to dual booting!!
>
> Many thanks
> Colin
ahh,,, just dual boot as long as you have the hard drive space. just don't 
shutdown linux.  just joking but really, it does work best if you 
can leave it up, as it does some maintenance in the middle of the night that 
it will do about 10 minutes after startup (as long as anachron is installed)


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[newbie] rpmdrake

[Phil Newcombe]

Hi all,

Why don't I see all packages with rpmdrake?  I think it's setup properly 
with ftp mirrors for main, contrib , etc but when I look for a package 
that I Know is on one of the mirrors (Python) it doesn't show up 
anywhere in rpmdrake.

Thanks

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[newbie] Bt Voyager Modem - ADSL

[Colin Grant]

Well, I've got mandrake 9.2 disks and I'm raring to have a go. The last 
time I tried was 8.2 but I found that reliance on Windows was such that 
Linux was not really viable.

I have a couple of questions though that I have been unable to resolve 
through the internet.
1) I'm on by broadband and use there Voyager modem. Does 9.2 support it 
out of the box or can it do so?
2) I've got what now is a relatively ancient digital video camera - Sony 
Digital 8, It has a fire wire port and works in XP. Will it work in 
Mandrake?

I really hope some kind sole can help me here. I'd love to get away from 
Windows, preferably far away as oppose to dual booting!!

Many thanks
Colin

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Re: [newbie] Weird apache2 ADVX non SSL issue. Mandrake 9.2.

[Adolfo Bello]

On Sat, 2003-11-08 at 11:45, Franki wrote:
> Adolfo Bello wrote:
>   >
> > Glad to know you got the problem sorted.
> > 
> > However, I am rather curious why it doesn't work with *:80.
> > 
> > Could you post (or mail me off list) your httpd2.conf and ssl-xxx.conf?
> > 
> > Adolfo
> > 
> 
> Hi Adolfo,
> 
> Nothing to send you, they are dead standard mdk9.2 config files for apache2.
> I have not yet modified ether httpd2.conf or sss...
> 
> 
> If you don't have 9.2 handy, I can send them to you.
> 
> rgds
> 
> Franki
> 

I am working with 9.1 and Apache2 installed from source. Waiting for the
fixed 9.2 ISOs to appear.

Adolfo


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Re: [newbie] 9.2 and kernel sources: where are them?

[Derek Jennings]

On Saturday 08 Nov 2003 3:53 pm, Piero Piutti wrote:
> Alle 15:20, sabato 8 novembre 2003, Greg Meyer ha scritto:
> > I can hardly believe you missed this with all the controversy this
> > caused. They are not on the CD's (oversight) but are available on any
> > Mandrake mirror in the Main branch.  They are NOT in contrib.
>
> Thanks for clearing my doubt. Indeed I've been away form this list for a
> while and re-joined only recently, that's why I missed all the fuss! My
> fault.
>
> Anyway, I have upgraded to the 2.4.22-21mdk kernel and as soon as I
> rebooted I've noticed a trouble with my dvd drive which worked fine until
> yesterday (/dev/scd1 - it's actually hdd, scsi emulated): I cannot access
> to any cd/dvd I put into the drive.
>
> When I type:
> # cd /mnt/cdrom2
> it spins up and seems to read the contents but when I type
> # ls
> the discs are empty!
>
> I'm puzzled. Even 'cos my other drive (hdc, /dev/scd0) works just fine.
> Could it be a just occurred hardware fault or something to do with the new
> kernel?

I had the same issue. With that kernel some makes of DVD drive do not work 
with scsi emulation. Set it back to IDE and it should be OK

derek


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[newbie] Modem Connection Secure ???

[The Other]

11/08/03

To get my Winmodem to connect to the ISP, I have to open up a
SuperUser terminal window, configure the modem, and start WVdial.  I
then minimize the terminal window and run my Internet applications
as a regular user.

I have to do this sequence every time after I've shut down the Linux
box, which is several times in a day.  (Any ideas why I lose the
modem configuration every time I reboot?)

Even the WVdial documentation that I've found says it's extremely
difficult to launch WVdial as a regular user, and doesn't go into
the exact details since they vary so widely depending on the
installation.

Question:  Do I have a security problem doing things this way? 
(While connected to the Internet, I do have a SuperUser terminal
session running that is managing the WVdial program.)

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Re: [newbie] 9.2 and kernel sources: where are them?

[Piero Piutti]

Alle 15:20, sabato 8 novembre 2003, Greg Meyer ha scritto:
> I can hardly believe you missed this with all the controversy this caused.
> They are not on the CD's (oversight) but are available on any Mandrake
> mirror in the Main branch.  They are NOT in contrib.

Thanks for clearing my doubt. Indeed I've been away form this list for a while 
and re-joined only recently, that's why I missed all the fuss! My fault.

Anyway, I have upgraded to the 2.4.22-21mdk kernel and as soon as I rebooted  
I've noticed a trouble with my dvd drive which worked fine until yesterday 
(/dev/scd1 - it's actually hdd, scsi emulated): I cannot access to any cd/dvd 
I put into the drive. 

When I type:
# cd /mnt/cdrom2
it spins up and seems to read the contents but when I type
# ls
the discs are empty!

I'm puzzled. Even 'cos my other drive (hdc, /dev/scd0) works just fine.
Could it be a just occurred hardware fault or something to do with the new 
kernel?

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[newbie] I Fubared 9.2 upgrade

[Marc]

This morning I did a upgrade installation of 9.2 from 9.1 without first 
backing up my files, yeah I know that was a mistake. After the upgrade when I 
rebooted I hot a bunch of error messages and could not boot to 9.2 That was 
about the time that I decided I had better back up my files before going any 
further.
 I then went and deleted my winblows partision and installed 9.1 on it 
thinking that I could get to my data on my old partision and back it up to A 
CD before doing anything else.
  How do I get to my old home partision hdc9 to back up the old files?
   I went to file:/mnt and I don't see it there.

Thanks in advance
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Re: [newbie] Weird apache2 ADVX non SSL issue. Mandrake 9.2.

[Franki]

Adolfo Bello wrote:
 >
Glad to know you got the problem sorted.

However, I am rather curious why it doesn't work with *:80.

Could you post (or mail me off list) your httpd2.conf and ssl-xxx.conf?

Adolfo

Hi Adolfo,

Nothing to send you, they are dead standard mdk9.2 config files for apache2.
I have not yet modified ether httpd2.conf or sss...
If you don't have 9.2 handy, I can send them to you.

rgds

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Re: [newbie] Weird apache2 ADVX non SSL issue. Mandrake 9.2.

[Franki]

Adolfo Bello wrote:
Make sure the line

NameVirtualHost *:80

is not commented.

Any warning when you enter "apachectl restart"?

Adolfo




I got it sorted...

Turns out that on mdk, the _default server settings interfere with my 
ADVX 1.3 instals vhosts setup I was trying to use..

so I changed this:
NameVirtualHost *:80
to this:
NameVirtualHost 192.168.1.8:80
and then changed my: 
to just:


and it started working
Thanks for the help
hopefully thats the biggest prob I will have learning apache2.

rgds

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Re: [newbie] many perl things broken

[Franki]

Richard Babcock wrote:

Greetings all,
A few days ago I was using K3b and my computer 'stopped responding.' I
had a
'Microsoft moment' and foolishly chose to simply reset the pc. I know
better. I usually use webmin when this happens and restart the system.
The
action has apparently done some damage to perl. Some of the error
messages
during boot up follow:
-snip-
Building Window Manager Sessions /usr/sbin/fndSession:
/usr/sbin/chksession:
/usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such file or directory
/usr/sbin/fndSession: line 12: perl: command not found
/usr/sbin/fndSession: /usr/sbin/chksession: /usr/bin/perl: bad
interpreter:
No such file or directory
...other lines work fine
Loading parallel port printer kernel modules...
/etc/rc3.d/S60cups: /usr/sbin/correctcupsconfig: /usr/bin/perl: bad
interpreter: No such file or directory
...other lines work fine
/etc/webmin/start: /usr/share/webmin/miniserv.pl: /usr/bin/perl: bad
interpreter: No such file or directory
...other lines work fine
-end snip-
harddrake also fails and when I try to run harddrake2 from the console
I get
the following error message:
-snip-
-bash: /usr/sbin/harddrake2: /usr/bin/perl: bad interpreter: No such
file or
directory
-end snip-
Also, I cannot run and XWindow session.
I have poked around quite a bit for info on removing and reinstalling
perl.
There is quite a bit on installing perl modules but I haven't found
much on
installing the interpreter. Or could I perhaps simply have broken sim
links?
I took a look at the RPM's on disk 2 of the installation disks and
there is
a lot there with 'perl' in the name but I do not know which, if any,
would
repair my situation.
A further 'Microsoft moment' prompted me to perform an upgrade using
the ML
cd's. I ended up with old entries on my lilo menu but the same errors
on
startup and still no X.
The next 'Microsoft moment' will be to reinstall everything from
scratch. I
am confident this is completely unnecessary but am at a loss as to what
to
do next. Any help would be appreciated greatly.
I am using ML 9.1 on an AMD processor.
tia
Rich B

/usr/bin/perl is usually a simlink

As yu can see from my mdk9.0 box:

 ls -la /usr/bin/perl
lrwxr-xr-x1 root root5 Nov  7  2002 /usr/bin/perl -> 
perl5*

Its  a symlink to perl5
which in turn is  symlink to:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] validator]# ls -la /usr/bin/perl5
lrwxr-xr-x1 root root9 Nov  7  2002 /usr/bin/perl5 
-> perl5.8.0*

perl5.8.0

the reason for that is pretty simple, /usr/bin/perl should always point 
to the perl binary on your system, regardless if what perl you have 
installed.

Its possible that you have lost the symlinks.. check to see if they are 
there.

rgds

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Re: [newbie] LAN not recognized on asus a7n8x-x MB

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 08 Nov 2003 4:03 am, Rob Blomquist wrote:
>
> 9.1 does not support the A7N8X mobo lan connection. 9.2 does.

But does it say so on the TWiki :-)  (I haven't checked)

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 ISO

[Anne Wilson]

On Saturday 08 Nov 2003 7:54 am, Eric Huff wrote:
> > Has anyone ever made a Mandrake webcam server?  Then, the only
> > thing left running on Winsux qwould be the Tax Software.   Seems
> > like every upgrade/release his margin (reason for being) gets a
> > little slimmer .
>
> Other than a firmware upgrade, Tax software is the only thing that
> might force me to winboot.

Wouldn't that work under Crossover Office?

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Re: [newbie] syslog

[Kristjan]

On Fri, 7 Nov 2003 20:25:06 +
Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> On Friday 07 Nov 2003 6:40 pm, Kristjan wrote:
> > Again
> >
> >
> > My syslog is full of lines like that
> >
> > Nov  2 14:24:08 linux nmbd[2423]:   Packet send failed to
> > 10.0.0.255(138) ERRNO=Operation not permitted Nov  2 14:26:07 plaza
> > nmbd[2423]: [2003/11/02 14:26:07, 0] libsmb/nmblib.c:send_udp(756)
> >
> > Nov 2 14:26:07 linux nmbd[2423]:   Packet send failed to
> > 10.0.0.255(137) ERRNO=Operation not permitted Nov  2 14:26:07 plaza
> > nmbd[2423]:[2003/11/02 14:26:07, 0]
> > nmbd/nmbd_packets.c:send_netbios_packet(172)
> >
> > Nov  2 14:26:07 plaza nmbd[2423]:   send_netbios_packet:
> > send_packet() to IP 10.0.0.255 port 137 failed
> >
> >
> > So much I understand it is conected to the partly functioning samba
> > server. As I can access the clients over the lan using samba only by
> > IP address. none of the clientes are visible in any network browser
> > (lin or win neighborhoods ... )
> >
> > Any idea what went wrong ?
> >
> > Kristjan
> 
> Have you opened up your firewall between your samba server and the
> local net?
> 
> In /etc/shorewall/rules you need lines like :
> ACCEPTfw  masqtcp 137,138,139 
> ACCEPTfw  masqudp 137,138,139 
> ACCEPTmasqfw  tcp 137,138,139
> ACCEPTmasqfw  udp 137,138,139
> 
> (Depending on your mandrake release your local network may be called
> 'masq' or 'loc' )
> Then 'shorewall restart' 
> 
> Other thing to check is in /etc/samba/smb.conf  set
>   wins support = yes
> 
> HTH
> 
> derek
> 
> 
Yes Derek
I have the ports opened as the samba server actually works and I can
access the samba shares from w2k when I connect based on IP. The
NetNeighbourhood does not say anything about any available share.. So
the name is not resolved correctly.  Unfotrunetly I fail to connect to
w2k shares using smb


Also I noticed just here that the IP it fails to send packets is
10.0.0.255

I have 2 network cards 
eth0 connected to dsl modem (and having local ip 10.0.0.10)
eth1 is serving lan (having local ip 192.168. )
And if there are some nameservers broadcasting itselt then it should be
sent to 192.168.1.255 I think.  So I have some more conf files to dig...

I added the wins support = yes (it wasnt there)
Now I have to wait til my laptop gets home again to test it.

Kristjan

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 ISO

[Inhabitant of Zion]

> Has anyone ever made a Mandrake webcam server?  
> 
> 

I could not get a Linux driver for my _really_ obscure webcam. I could
not get the winblows software to work with wine so in the end I bunged
XP on a old Digital Ppro 200 and networking it to my server. XP seems to
be able to manage it and it runs quite happily for months at a time
without any intervention. 

You can get webcam server stuff for Mandrake. I guess its just a case of
making sure you can get a driver and working out how to set up the
program. 

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[newbie] xawtv problem

[AndrewD]

OK, so I have installed my TV card and Mandrake 9.1 recognises it, and
configures it. I go to run xawtv and receive the following message

Xlib:  extension "XFree86-DRI" missing on display ":0.0"

The issue being it looks like it isn't picking any channels up.

So any ideas

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.2 ISO

[Eric Huff]

> Has anyone ever made a Mandrake webcam server?  Then, the only
> thing left running on Winsux qwould be the Tax Software.   Seems
> like every upgrade/release his margin (reason for being) gets a
> little slimmer .

Other than a firmware upgrade, Tax software is the only thing that
might force me to winboot.

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Re: [newbie] installing Pekwm

[Eric Huff]

HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> www.orderinchaos.org/pekwm-cvs-20031107-1.i586.rpm

Wow, a pekwm rpm...  

There's a couple features i'd like from the newer builds, but 1.3
works so well and i haven't had the extra time to kill changing the
config files...

I just cvsd today's: i'll see if i get to it before a new one comes
out!

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