Re: [newbie] Linneighborhood not showing linux machines
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 22:55:18 -0400 Adolfo Bello <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I *guess* that LN will show only machines that it can connect to. > Again, I might be wrong. > Actually, I'm pretty sure that's correct. If there's no server running it would not detect a machine, nor list it. LN just looks for samba servers. -- _||_ 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] Library Path Environment Variable
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 22:01:51 -0600 The Other <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 12/03/03 > > The Library Path Environment Variable What's it called in > Linux? > > LIBPATH worked in Windows IIRC, what's it called and how do I set it > in Linux? > edit /etc/ld.so.conf then run ldconfig -- _||_ 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
[newbie] nforce Chipset and Mandrake 9.2
Hi all, Is anyone using or had experience getting the nforce chipset to work under 9.2? I downloaded the nVidia driver (NVIDIA_nforce-1.0-0261.tar.gz) but I haven't been able to compile it. I got a bunch of compile errors. I upgraded from 9.1 and my soung and ethernet both were working just fine. Any suggestions? Travis Crook Visions Beyond _ Message sent using www.AlternativeMail.com - the easiest way to check your mail! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT texstars pclinuxos live cd
On Tuesday 02 December 2003 11:59 pm, walt frampus wrote: > > > mandrake and I was really impressed.. would love to have > > > installed it on Hard drive so I could really see what it can > > > do. > > it has a harddrive installer, log in as root and look around in > > the menus. > thanks, I found that out..have been using it for most of today. I > love it and think that this will become my main distro Yeah, it's great. I installed it from preview 2 and rsync'd preview 3 before there was an installer and it was great then. I haven't had a chance to do more than boot his cd this time tho. It took me two nights to get openoffice to compile on gentoo. :P But he does nice work. There are a lot of positive reviews on it. But it's based on mandrake, so let's not forget the wonderful os under it as well. Buutt, having said that. I've been staying in gentoo for the last 3 weeks or so since I installed it from stage 1. I have to say, I love it! But as a recovering cooker addict, I ran pclinuxos as my main os for a couple weeks before I put gentoo on here too. I guess I'll put preview 4 on it's own partition tonight tho, and keep preview 3 around as well since libdvdcss was still included in that one. :P l8r g8r, -s Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mdk kernel enterprise src?
mdk-9.2 I am trying to get a closed source (VPN client) kernel extension working. I would like to use kernel-enterprise-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk, but I need the source. I see there is kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm (39303204) kernel-source-2.4.22-21mdk.i586.rpm (42200593) I wonder about the size difference :-( urpi only finds the 2nd. I tried that one, but symbols unresolved. http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com/search.php?query=kernel-2.4.22.21mdk lists the 1st, but attempting to install it, but it does not: rpm -i kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm -vv D: == kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm D: Expected size: 39303204 = lead(96)+sigs(264)+pad(0)+data(39302844) D: Actual size: 39303204 D: unshared posix mutexes found(38), adding DB_PRIVATE, using fcntl lock D: opening db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages create:cdb:mpool:private D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages rdonly mode=0x0 D: locked db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: opening db index /var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys rdonly mode=0x0 D: read h# 342 Header sanity check: OK D: == DSA pubkey id 9aa8d0d022458a98 D: kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.src.rpm: V3 DSA signature: OK, key ID 22458a98 D: added source package [0] D: found 1 source and 0 binary packages D: Expected size: 39303204 = lead(96)+sigs(264)+pad(0)+data(39302844) D: Actual size: 39303204 warning: user qateam does not exist - using root warning: group qateam does not exist - using root warning: user qateam does not exist - using root warning: group qateam does not exist - using root warning: user qateam does not exist - using root warning: group qateam does not exist - using root warning: user qateam does not exist - using root warning: group qateam does not exist - using root warning: user qateam does not exist - using root warning: group qateam does not exist - using root warning: user qateam does not exist - using root warning: group qateam does not exist - using root warning: user qateam does not exist - using root warning: group qateam does not exist - using root warning: user qateam does not exist - using root warning: group qateam does not exist - using root kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk D: == Directories not explictly included in package: D: 0 /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/ D: 1 /usr/src/RPM/SPECS/ D: == D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0) 1324 /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/README.Mandrake;3fce6c45 D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0) 2948 /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/README.kernel-sources;3fce6c45 D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0)137112 /usr/src/RPM/SPECS/kernel-2.4.spec;3fce6c45 D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0) 9651394 /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/linux-2.4.22-q21.tar.bz2;3fce6c45 D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0) 29528612 /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/linux-2.4.22.tar.bz2;3fce6c45 D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0) 3403 /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/linux-mdkconfig.h;3fce6c45 D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0) 7767 /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/linux-merge-config.awk;3fce6c45 D: fini 100644 1 ( 0, 0) 3081 /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/linux-merge-modules.awk;3fce6c45 GZDIO:4802 reads, 39336828 total bytes in 2.004 secs D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Pubkeys D: closed db index /var/lib/rpm/Packages D: closed db environment /var/lib/rpm/Packages Am I barking up the wrong tree? Cheers, Lloyd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] two versions of application
On Wednesday 03 December 2003 22:47, Johan wrote: > > Good luck, > > HarM > > Thanks for the advice but ...it complains that rdiff_backup.Main is > missing..when I want to uninstall the rpm...rpm says it is not > installed. > So I installed mdk 9.1 on my spare drive...it works without complaint. > I will ask some questions on their maillist. > Thanks You could try and install python2.2 on your system next to 2.3 probably and have the scripts point to /usr/bin/python2.2 but I have serious doubts whether the right modules would be loaded. I think their list is indeed the best place to ask. Good luck, harM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla-1.5
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 16:17:17 -0600 John Drouhard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I just now realized that it's your name backwards, kind of. Charlse. That's > clever. lol Well, not *exactly*. Looks like someone beat you to "selrahc.com", I wonder how much they'd want for it. Bloody domain name squatters! -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding." -- John Kenneth Galbraith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla-1.5
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:47:25 + Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:45:41 -0800 > "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Please excuse the silly newbie question. What is the URL for you site? > > It's in my sig. > > But for those like Joe Hill who have problems seeing (-: > > http://www.eslrahc.com > I just now realized that it's your name backwards, kind of. Charlse. That's clever. lol John -- Wed Dec 3 16:17:03 CST 2003 -- Registered Linux User # 315649 Registered Machine # 201001 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] two versions of application
for an easy rpm remotion go to Mandrake Contrl Center then on the Pakage remove and the find the pakage you wanth to remove... and that's it. Cdrack. --- Johan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 02 December 2003 20:20, H.J.Bathoorn > wrote: > > On Tuesday 02 December 2003 18:41, Johan wrote: > > > On Tuesday 02 December 2003 17:38, H.J.Bathoorn > wrote: > > > > On Tuesday 02 December 2003 15:32, Johan > wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > > > I need to install an rpm but it complains > that it req > > > > > python[<2.3] I suppose an older model that's > now installed? > <> > > I haven't really dabbled that much in 2.3 yet but > the only time I > > found a difference was in importing the "date" > module i.e. using it > > to print the current time and date. > > > > Shouldn't be any other reason than that the rpm > was built by someone > > who didn't have 2.3 on his/her system yet. > > > > Good luck, > > HarM > Thanks for the advice but ...it complains that > rdiff_backup.Main is > missing..when I want to uninstall the rpm...rpm says > it is not > installed. > So I installed mdk 9.1 on my spare drive...it works > without complaint. > I will ask some questions on their maillist. > Thanks > -- > Johan > May this be a good day for learning > Registered Linux User #330034 - still learning > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] two versions of application
On Tuesday 02 December 2003 20:20, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Tuesday 02 December 2003 18:41, Johan wrote: > > On Tuesday 02 December 2003 17:38, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > > > On Tuesday 02 December 2003 15:32, Johan wrote: > > > > Hi, > > > > I need to install an rpm but it complains that it req > > > > python[<2.3] I suppose an older model that's now installed? <> > I haven't really dabbled that much in 2.3 yet but the only time I > found a difference was in importing the "date" module i.e. using it > to print the current time and date. > > Shouldn't be any other reason than that the rpm was built by someone > who didn't have 2.3 on his/her system yet. > > Good luck, > HarM Thanks for the advice but ...it complains that rdiff_backup.Main is missing..when I want to uninstall the rpm...rpm says it is not installed. So I installed mdk 9.1 on my spare drive...it works without complaint. I will ask some questions on their maillist. Thanks -- Johan May this be a good day for learning Registered Linux User #330034 - still learning Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows network connected
just a thing... the linux secure option from the boot loader means some thing like on windows fail proof mode... where you have running only the escential services and is used to fix some thing that doesnt work... like video settings or services that hang the system. the secure option doesn't mean about information security. Cdrack. --- Chris Savchick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the replies. I have my linux PC > successfully connected to my > network with internet access now. I think I was > selecting "linux-secure" > from the bootloader instead of "linux." That locks > everything down doesn't > it? If so, that was my problem. Now on to Samba! > > Chris > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozill-1.5**Warning**
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 21:56:58 +0200 robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hmm, what kind of problems, exactly? Have they been reported on the > Mozilla site? I've been using 1.5 happily since it came out, though > admittedly I hardly ever use Composer. Shows how much I use mozilla.., I am an opera and claws man I meant messenger instead of composer and it relates to the usage of mozilla-enigmai. I am basing my action upon a discussion on the cooker list as it related to the cooker rpms and it is my understanding that bug reports have been made. Having never before used it I did configure mozilla-messenger on my 9.2 system. I had no problem retrieving mail but if I attempted to send or the do anything with enigmai messenger crashed. It is possible that this was caused by user error on my part, but I still thought it prudent to at least remove them from my sites hdlist. Charles -- Love is the only game that is not called on account of darkness. -- M. Hirschfield - Mandrake Linux 10.0 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.6.0-0.2mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] OT: The 'Original' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 17:22:53 + magnet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Apart from the copyright issues, I would hazard a guess that you could fit 3 > of the video episodes onto a CD ;-) In fact, you are correct sir, they each come in at about 233MB. Good guess! LOL! -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "Wealth is the relentless enemy of understanding." -- John Kenneth Galbraith Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] windows network connected
Thanks for the replies. I have my linux PC successfully connected to my network with internet access now. I think I was selecting "linux-secure" from the bootloader instead of "linux." That locks everything down doesn't it? If so, that was my problem. Now on to Samba! Chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT: The 'Original' Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy
Apart from the copyright issues, I would hazard a guess that you could fit 3 of the video episodes onto a CD ;-) On Sunday 30 Nov 2003 10:18 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Sun, 30 Nov 2003 15:48:54 -0600 > > The Other <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > to Joe Hill: > > How large were those MP3s? Each episode was around 30 minutes. > > Wouldn't those be 10MB files at least? > > The whole thing fit on one CD, so I would imagine they were not "CD > Quality", ie. they were probably encoded at something much less than > 128KBs. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] mozill-1.5**Warning**
Charles A Edwards wrote: There are problems with mozilla-1.5. The browser, what little I tested it appeared to perform adequately but others have experienced performance problems most notably in mozilla-composer. As a result the hdlist for my site has been changed so as not to include any of the 1.5 rpms. For any who would still like to try it all the 1.5 rpms will remain available from my site but they must now be manually dled and installed. Hmm, what kind of problems, exactly? Have they been reported on the Mozilla site? I've been using 1.5 happily since it came out, though admittedly I hardly ever use Composer. Sir Robin -- "Certitude is possible for those who only own one encyclopedia." - Robert Anton Wilson Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Univeritesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows networking
On Wednesday 03 Dec 2003 3:35 pm, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > To set up a file server for windows machines you need to install > the samba server package - it's on your MDK installation disks, use > Software Package Management from Mandrake Control Center. To > configure samba server you should read the Samba-HOWTO, just to > know what you're doing. > Just one word of advice here. Before you change any settings in the samba configuration files, backup the original one, that is cp /etc/samba/smb.conf /etc/samba/smb.conf.orig. There's a lot of useful information in there, and you may want to read it through for options later when you have a basic running system but want it improved. If you use any tool at all to set the configuration it will overwrite the file, so the backup is really useful. Basically, once you have done that, have a go at setting it up. You'll find some help on the TWiki too. Webmin is a tool that many use for configuration - that's on the disks as well. If you get stuck, copy your /etc/smb.conf to the list and we'll try to advise you. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing .bin files
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wednesday 03 December 2003 11:46 am, Marco Verheul wrote: > Hi, > > I want to install the latest Java runtime Environment (JDK) from Sun, > which is a selfextracting rpm.bin(?) file. How do I install it? With the > rpm manager? Any advise is most appreciated. > What I did was download the j2re from Sun, open a super user terminal in the directory I downloaded it and then used the following commands: sh j2re-1_4_2_01-linux-i586-rpm.bin urpmi j2re-1_4_2_01-linux-i586.rpm ln -s /usr/java/j2re1.4.2_01//plugin/ns610/libjavaplugin_oji.so /usr/lib/mozilla/plugins/ The last one is all one line with a single space after the .so. Everything works as expected. > I also have a .bin file to install the Morphon CSS Editor and it's just > not obvious to me what to do with it. The install instructions say > nothing about installing the .bin file, that is supposed to be an > installer including the JRE. > > I'm going to try to install the JRE from Sun and then install the tar.gz > from Morphon > > Regards, Marco HTH Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 13:00:32 up 28 min, 1 user, load average: 0.22, 0.17, 0.16 The Gordian Maxim: If a string has one end, it has another. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/zkGxZqvqlrLPr5YRAntQAJ92t9dLo1SSMK1WfNmFTaocOfb5SgCcCpoG HGwt04sBywb0lD7Q4uq1Apc= =QE52 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bins
On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 15:44:00 -0500 Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I bumbled around after I got my head out of ..and figured it > out. Could have been a first. > > Appreciate your response. Lee if you are interested I just uploaded bins-1.1.24 to my site. It is now split into 2 rpms, bins and bins-gui. Charles -- It's bad enough that life is a rat-race, but why do the rats always have to win? -- Mandrake Linux 9.2 Registered Linux user #182463 Machine: TallBoy #184143 http://www.eslrahc.com -- pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Boot loader doesn't work
On Tue, 2 Dec 2003 03:44 am, many eyes noted that Ernesto Maldonado wrote: > There's no error messages. Just I restart iMac and it > loads MacOS 9, not Linux or Linux Loader. > > Ernesto Maldonado > La Paz - Bolivia > > > More information, error messages, if applicable > > etc... required. > > -- Sorry Ernesto, I would be walking in the dark without a stick to try to help you with a Mac system. I have never seen one, and wouldn't even know if it has an MBR. Good luck with it though. I do know that there are people who have installed Linux on a IMac, and others who have said that there is no point, because that Mac system is good enough on its own, even Linux like? Sorry, I have already told you more than I know. Charlie. -- And all the loveliest things that there be Come simply, so it seems to me. Edna St. Vincent Millay This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.1, Kmail v1.5 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla - that resource hog!
Raffaele Belardi wrote: John. you already wrote this earlier and go me a bit surprised. As long as process is running, it should be listed (and it is, on my box) in top, no matter if it's idling or consuming all the CPU. In other words, my mozilla never gets out of top listing oh, now I get it, you're probably running top with -i flag (don't show idle processes), right? raffaele No, just plain top on it's own, no mozilla in list provided your're just displaying mozilla in a window without actually doing anything . Just as soon as you do something , like moving a cursor over the mozilla window or scrolling the window it jumps back to somewhere about first or second in the list usually vying with X (presumeably X Windows) for top slot . I guess mozilla is there somewhere but at a so low usage level as to be way off the list. Mozilla is fairly memory hungry when loading, but OK thereafter, or so it seems. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla - that resource hog!
Todd Slater wrote: On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 04:07:38PM +0100, Raffaele Belardi wrote: John. you already wrote this earlier and go me a bit surprised. As long as process is running, it should be listed (and it is, on my box) in top, no matter if it's idling or consuming all the CPU. In other words, my mozilla never gets out of top listing oh, now I get it, you're probably running top with -i flag (don't show idle processes), right? I don't know how top knows what to display--I've got so many processes running it would be impossible to fit them all in a terminal window. I assume it puts the most active/resource intensive at the top. So, when I'm just looking at a page in Mozilla, it doesn't show up in top, but when I scroll, there it appears, with X. Todd Exactly and precisely, it's there but so low down the list when nothing is happening and jumps to the top when in use. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT texstars pclinuxos live cd
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Wednesday 03 December 2003 4:00 am, aronsmith wrote: > > > it has a harddrive installer, log in as root and look around in the > > > menus. > > Where can I find it? > When did you start having a Reply to: in your mail client Aron? Are you asking about the installer or the ISO? The ISO is linked from: http://www.pclinuxonline.com/pclos/pclinuxos.html The installer, as previously stated, requires that you boot the release and log in as root. The response to this question from Tex on the PCLOS forum at pclinuxonline: "A basic hard drive installer has been included in Preview 4. You can find it under Configuration -> Hardware in the menu under root login." Have fun! Charlie - -- Edmonton,AB,Canada User 244963 at http://counter.li.org Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-21mdk 11:58:25 up 14:57, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.04, 0.06 Most general statements are false, including this one. -- Alexander Dumas -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQE/zjOhZqvqlrLPr5YRAgmdAJ9Y/IJPgFvi74iBXf8XzUIHMfV6agCglie6 BJ+QEGz1YUHsmGkzY8O+/q4= =r86j -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shorewall - OK to accept ICMP type 8 from all?
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 04:34, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Wednesday 03 Dec 2003 11:43 am, Sharrea Day wrote: > > Can someone please tell me if accepting all ICMP type 8 packets from > > all (including internet) poses much of a security threat. I previously > > only allowed these to/from my local network but I was getting a bit > > peeved at the number of entries in the logs/email which amount to > > hundreds of lines every day. > > If your machine responds to a ping then it may attract the attention of > someone who will make a determined attempt to break in. > On the other hand there are gazillions of computers on the net that do > respond to ping, so why should yours be any more likely to be attacked. That's what I thought so I changed the shorewall rules to allow all pings last night. After being only connected to the internet for one hour, there were MANY more hits than usual. > As regards being annoyed by the log entries you could try putting an > entry in /etc/shorewall/rules like :- > > DROPnet fw icmp8 > > That should drop pings silently, and will override the default action in > shorewall/policy which is to drop and log. Just added that rule, stopped, cleared and started shorewall. Will see what my logs look like in an hour or two. I never thought to add the rule (duh!) because shorewall was already blocking it with the default net2all policy. > I have not tested the above because I have just started using ulogd to > put all my firewall hits into an SQL database (instead of syslog) which > can then be interrogated by a neat application called Webfwlog. > If you want to see what it looks like go here > http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/webfwlog-0.81/webfwlog/webfwlog.php Looks great! Far more options than my fwlogwatch web report. And shorter "System Check" email messages ;) > Before anyone asks how to do it. I am preparing a write up. Its a bit > complicated. Eagerly awaiting your instructions. I'm definitely keen to try it. Thanks Derek for your advice. I have a hunch that the shorewall rule above will do the trick. Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shorewall - OK to accept ICMP type 8 from all?
On Thu, 04 Dec 2003 01:01, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > Better not if your machine has a public static IP address. ICMP type 8 > (ping) can be used to discover the IP address through ping 'storms', and > then use it for attacks to higher level protocols. Also there is the > ping of death attack that can crash your machine - although maybe newer > TCP/IP implementations are immune. Thanks Raffaele. Just checked the fwlog this morning after changing shorewall to allow pings last night and only being connected to the internet for one hour - and holy shite! MANY more hits than usual on ports 80 and 17300. Strange that so many hits on port 17300 all from different source IPs when I don't even know what that port is used for??? Its not listed in /etc/services and I haven't made any rules for that port myself. > I'm sure there is a way to request IPtables not to log the > rejected/dropped ping packets, but I wouldn't be able to tell you OTOH. > Maybe somebody else already knows. I'll try Derek's suggestion and see what happens. Thanks again for your input. I've been wondering about this for ages. Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Zip drive oddity
On Wednesday 03 December 2003 06:36 am, Sharrea Day wrote: Hi Sharrea! Thanks for the reply... >SD You're right Ron, no harm is done and I agree, it IS really annoying >SD scrolling thru logs/email with hundreds of lines unnecessarily. You can >SD either safely ignore these messages or, if you don't mind losing >SD supermount, avoid the error messages by adding "noauto" to the zip drive >SD entry in /etc/fstab. I disabled supermount almost as soon as I had 9.2 installed. I've never been a fan of it. Hmm, don't know about the last part - look at my zip entry in /etc/fstab: /dev/hdc4 /mnt/zipauto user,noauto 0 0 >SD I chose to add "noatuo" for my cdrom drive a few days ago but I think > you SD may soon become annoyed if you like supermount and use your zip > drive SD often. So far I've only used my cdrom drive once since the > change so it SD has bothered me too much yet and its soo nice getting > shorter log SD files. >SD >SD Sharrea Well, I don't much care for supermount so thats not a problem. I can access my Zip easily from the desktop icon, clicking on it, auto - mounts it, blows up a window with contents, then I can umount it, eject it, whatever. I prefer it this way. :-) -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Tribes 2 - no sound under 9.2?
On Wednesday 03 December 2003 12:22 pm, ronald wrote: >ro sorry for the "typo", my english is not so good :-) >ro I meant path.. >ro >ro ronald >ro Ronald, your English is fine - I was actually referring to my typo. I put in /user for /usr... :-) and thanks for your help! PS its funny, but many times even though we are from many different cultures, with Linux as the common glue that binds us, we know what each other are talking about. I knew you meant "path" for example... :-) -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] No sound...
On Wednesday 03 December 2003 03:54 am, Raffaele Belardi wrote: >RB lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 9 Nov 14 11:08/dev/dsp -> sound/dsp >RB crw---1 belardi audio 14,3 Jan 1 1970 /dev/sound/dsp >RB >RB Looks similar to yours. Must be something else, sorry. >RB >RB raffaele It was. I guess you didn't see the other thread I started - it had to do with booting up with my Logitech 3000 webcam (usb) plugged in. As long as I don't boot up with it plugged in, I've got sound. Thanks for your input though! -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail hangs - mdk 9.1 - fix or better search option?
On Wednesday 03 December 2003 08:25 am, Tango Echo wrote: >TE Hi all, >TE >TE I have Mandrake 9.1 installed (w/latest Texstar KDE). >TE When I input a search string and hit search Kfind >TE hangs. When other windows are dragged in front of it, >TE then removed, the Kfind window becomes distorted... >TE Is there a fix for this or can you recommend a better >TE search tool? >TE >TE Thanks! >TE >TE Tango Echo How 'bout just using "find", "whereis", or "locate" from a shell? Works awful good here. :-) -- /\ Dark>Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing .bin files
you can allso use the rpm -Uvh X.rpm.bin --- Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Wednesday 03 December 2003 01:46 pm, Marco > Verheul wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I want to install the latest Java runtime > Environment (JDK) from Sun, > > which is a selfextracting rpm.bin(?) file. How do > I install it? With the > > rpm manager? Any advise is most appreciated. > > su to root, chmod +x ???.bin and then execute it by > ./???.bin or sh ???.bin. > > -- > Bryan Phinney > Software Test Engineer > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing .bin files
On Wednesday 03 December 2003 01:46 pm, Marco Verheul wrote: > Hi, > > I want to install the latest Java runtime Environment (JDK) from Sun, > which is a selfextracting rpm.bin(?) file. How do I install it? With the > rpm manager? Any advise is most appreciated. su to root, chmod +x ???.bin and then execute it by ./???.bin or sh ???.bin. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing .bin files
Hi, I want to install the latest Java runtime Environment (JDK) from Sun, which is a selfextracting rpm.bin(?) file. How do I install it? With the rpm manager? Any advise is most appreciated. I also have a .bin file to install the Morphon CSS Editor and it's just not obvious to me what to do with it. The install instructions say nothing about installing the .bin file, that is supposed to be an installer including the JRE. I'm going to try to install the JRE from Sun and then install the tar.gz from Morphon Regards, Marco -- "Tell me about these oppressed masses. What's got them so worked up ?" "They're upset, sir, because they are so poor that they are forced to have children merely to provide a cheap alternative to turkey at Christmas." Registered Linux user #268279 * This message is composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Tribes 2 - no sound under 9.2?
Op woensdag 3 december 2003 04:55, schreef Ronald J. Hall: > On Tuesday 02 December 2003 10:05 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > >RJ artsdsp /user/local/bin/rune > >RJ > >RJ Thanks! > >RJ > > Argh, its freakin' "typo" Tuesday! I meant: > > artsdsp /usr/local/bin/rune > > !!! > > and BTW, that seemed to work so far - at least with Tribes2. > > Thanks! sorry for the "typo", my english is not so good :-) I meant path.. ronald -- Registered Linux User #163597 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux behind proxy
you are rigth with the browser thing but the mail client like evolution or kmail, doesn't have this option to put on. --- Raffaele Belardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've never had much luck with MDK's internet > connection wizards, I find > it easier to configure by hand. There are various > places where to > configure the proxy. > > For Mozilla, you go to the > Edit->Preferences->Advanced->proxy and > specify there the name and port of the proxy. I > guess there's something > similar for Galeon/Konqueror etc. > > For command line programs like wget/lftp you set up > some shell > environment variables, like > > ftp_proxy=http://: password>@proxy.name: > > (my proxy allows only ftp over http, that's why I > have http there). You > can put these entries in your .bashrc configuration > file. I can be more > precise if you need. > > raffaele > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi people, i have installed Mandrake 9.2 and i > need to > > use the internet access over the network. A > server on > > the net is administrating the internet over a > proxy > > server, and i wath to connect with it, but i can't > > find where to especify the port of connection. > > > > At the internet options there are an option to > specifi > > the addresses for the http and ftp but there are > no > > option to specify the port to use with it. > > > > Have some one any idea...??? > > > > > > > > tnx. Cdrack. > > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] mozill-1.5**Warning**
There are problems with mozilla-1.5. The browser, what little I tested it appeared to perform adequately but others have experienced performance problems most notably in mozilla-composer. As a result the hdlist for my site has been changed so as not to include any of the 1.5 rpms. For any who would still like to try it all the 1.5 rpms will remain available from my site but they must now be manually dled and installed. Charles -- One day a tortoise will learn how to fly. (Small Gods) -- Mandrake Linux 9.2 Registered Linux user #182463 Machine: TallBoy #184143 http://www.eslrahc.com -- pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Mozilla - that resource hog!
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 08:27:48 -0800 (PST) Tango Echo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Any more ideas? Use Galeon? ;-) -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "True communication is possible only between equals, because inferiors are more consistently rewarded for telling their superiors pleasant lies than for telling the truth."-- The SNAFU Principle Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Blocking linked webpages
Greetings. Please excuse this post, as I was not able to find anything in the faq which mentions script that would either block outside links from one's own server. Take such as a link from an offencive or pornographic website that linked one's web server to its front page. Is there a way to block such a link from say www.pornpictures.com (a bogus address just for example) so that all who clicked on this link from the offencive site would either get an error or be re-directed? Thank you for your time. John __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla - that resource hog!
Yes I'm sure it's mozilla. When I shut down the program and bring it back, everything is normal for around a week. Also, when I top, mozilla-bin is taking up everything! Any more ideas? --- Raffaele Belardi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Are you sure there isn't any other process eating > resources in that > period of time? Maybe a crond job? > > I run 1.5 on 9.1 24/7 (what??? :-) and never > experienced that behaviour. > > raffaele > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Hi all, > > > > I'm running MDK 9.1 on my workstation. I usually > > leave it on 24/7 for the week but shut it down on > the > > weekends. Usually between Wednesday and Friday > > Mozilla becomes *painfully* slow. I'm talking > about > > writing a sentance and watching it appear over the > > course of 10-30 seconds... Scrolling and simply > > browsing is also slowed dramatically. I'm running > > gkrellm and it indicates that my CPU is pinned at > 100% > > during this slow period. I thought that maybe if > I > > upgraded Mozillia that may help. So I took out > the > > old and installed Mozilla 1.5 XFT. Still no luck. > > > This is going to sound silly, but the only way > I've > > found to fix the problem is to shutdown all > instances > > of Mozilla and start the program back up. Seems > > simple enough, but when I'm doing a lot of > research > > leaving the windows open is much more convenient > then > > book marking or history browsing... Even after I > shut > > it down it still can spike the CPU to 80-100% - is > > that part normal? > > > > Any ideas here? > > > > Thanks in advance, > > > > Tango Echo > > > > __ > > Do you Yahoo!? > > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > > > > > > > > > > > > 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 > __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla - that resource hog!
On Wed, Dec 03, 2003 at 04:07:38PM +0100, Raffaele Belardi wrote: > John. > > you already wrote this earlier and go me a bit surprised. As long as > process is running, it should be listed (and it is, on my box) in top, > no matter if it's idling or consuming all the CPU. In other words, my > mozilla never gets out of top listing oh, now I get it, you're > probably running top with -i flag (don't show idle processes), right? I don't know how top knows what to display--I've got so many processes running it would be impossible to fit them all in a terminal window. I assume it puts the most active/resource intensive at the top. So, when I'm just looking at a page in Mozilla, it doesn't show up in top, but when I scroll, there it appears, with X. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux behind proxy
I've never had much luck with MDK's internet connection wizards, I find it easier to configure by hand. There are various places where to configure the proxy. For Mozilla, you go to the Edit->Preferences->Advanced->proxy and specify there the name and port of the proxy. I guess there's something similar for Galeon/Konqueror etc. For command line programs like wget/lftp you set up some shell environment variables, like ftp_proxy=http://:@proxy.name: (my proxy allows only ftp over http, that's why I have http there). You can put these entries in your .bashrc configuration file. I can be more precise if you need. raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi people, i have installed Mandrake 9.2 and i need to use the internet access over the network. A server on the net is administrating the internet over a proxy server, and i wath to connect with it, but i can't find where to especify the port of connection. At the internet options there are an option to specifi the addresses for the http and ftp but there are no option to specify the port to use with it. Have some one any idea...??? tnx. Cdrack. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows networking
To set up a file server for windows machines you need to install the samba server package - it's on your MDK installation disks, use Software Package Management from Mandrake Control Center. To configure samba server you should read the Samba-HOWTO, just to know what you're doing. To check if the NIC is configured correctly, open a terminal window and type: /sbin/ifconfig This will print out the current configuration of the NIC, something like this: eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:11:22:33:44:55 inet addr:xx.xx.xx.xx Bcast:xx.xx.xx.xx Mask:xx.xx.xx.xx UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 Notice "UP" and "RUNNING", they tell you the NIC is properly configured. Then look at the "inet addr", it will tell you if the DHCP server provided you with a valid IP address. If you don't see UP and RUNNING, or the IP addresses are invalid, then you might have a problem with DHCP server. raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have Mandrake Linux 9.2 up and running on a PC I hope to use as a file server. I have two additional PCs running Windows 98SE in a peer-to-peer network configuration. One of them also supplies an ADSL connection to all PCs in my network (I used to have 3 running 98). The ADSL PC runs WinRoute Lite, acting as a DHCP server, to accomplish the internet sharing. (Ultimately, I'd like the Linux PC to do that and act as a firewall as well, but one thing at a time here!) I am having a hard time getting my Linux PC on my windows network, to say nothing of getting it internet access. In the LAN configuration screen, I set my NIC to DHCP and click "Activate," but I get nothing. I must be missing something... any ideas? Is there a good tutorial available somewhere that tells me how to accomplish this? Any common problems I need to be aware of? Linux is completely foreign to me!!! Thanks, Chris 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
Re: [newbie] Shorewall - OK to accept ICMP type 8 from all?
On Wednesday 03 Dec 2003 11:43 am, Sharrea Day wrote: > Hi All > > Can someone please tell me if accepting all ICMP type 8 packets from all > (including internet) poses much of a security threat. I previously only > allowed these to/from my local network but I was getting a bit peeved at > the number of entries in the logs/email which amount to hundreds of lines > every day. > > Any advice appreciated. > > Sharrea If your machine responds to a ping then it may attract the attention of someone who will make a determined attempt to break in. On the other hand there are gazillions of computers on the net that do respond to ping, so why should yours be any more likely to be attacked. As regards being annoyed by the log entries you could try putting an entry in /etc/shorewall/rules like :- DROP net fw icmp8 That should drop pings silently, and will override the default action in shorewall/policy which is to drop and log. I have not tested the above because I have just started using ulogd to put all my firewall hits into an SQL database (instead of syslog) which can then be interrogated by a neat application called Webfwlog. If you want to see what it looks like go here http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/webfwlog-0.81/webfwlog/webfwlog.php Before anyone asks how to do it. I am preparing a write up. Its a bit complicated. derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linux behind proxy
If you use Mozilla, go to Edit->Preferences, and within the popup window of Preferences, click Advanced, then you will find option "proxies" among advanced options. Click it. Other web browser should be more or less the same. - Original Message - From: "cdrack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 3:21 PM Subject: [newbie] Linux behind proxy > Hi people, i have installed Mandrake 9.2 and i need to > use the internet access over the network. A server on > the net is administrating the internet over a proxy > server, and i wath to connect with it, but i can't > find where to especify the port of connection. > > At the internet options there are an option to specifi > the addresses for the http and ftp but there are no > option to specify the port to use with it. > > Have some one any idea...??? > > > > tnx. Cdrack. > > __ > Do you Yahoo!? > Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now > http://companion.yahoo.com/ > > > 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] Linux behind proxy
Hi people, i have installed Mandrake 9.2 and i need to use the internet access over the network. A server on the net is administrating the internet over a proxy server, and i wath to connect with it, but i can't find where to especify the port of connection. At the internet options there are an option to specifi the addresses for the http and ftp but there are no option to specify the port to use with it. Have some one any idea...??? tnx. Cdrack. __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] windows networking
Hi, on my prior Mandrake sistems (9.1,9.0,8) if you whant to use the DHCP option, you must have a HDCP server that provides you the control of the addresses over youre net. So if you don't have it, the easyest thing you can do is use the static ip address assigned by youre selfe. For using the linux PC as a server it must have the 2 network cards on it and one must be connected to the adsl device and the other to youre network hub or switch. then use the DrackGW option of the mandrake control center on Networks and Internet. This is and wizz that will guide you to the sucssesfull internet sharring. (my english isn't good at all but i'll do my best to help you.) Cdrack. --- Chris Savchick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have Mandrake Linux 9.2 up and running on a PC I > hope to use as a file > server. I have two additional PCs running Windows > 98SE in a peer-to-peer > network configuration. One of them also supplies an > ADSL connection to all > PCs in my network (I used to have 3 running 98). > The ADSL PC runs WinRoute > Lite, acting as a DHCP server, to accomplish the > internet sharing. > (Ultimately, I'd like the Linux PC to do that and > act as a firewall as well, > but one thing at a time here!) > > I am having a hard time getting my Linux PC on my > windows network, to say > nothing of getting it internet access. In the LAN > configuration screen, I > set my NIC to DHCP and click "Activate," but I get > nothing. I must be > missing something... any ideas? Is there a good > tutorial available somewhere > that tells me how to accomplish this? Any common > problems I need to be > aware of? Linux is completely foreign to me!!! > > Thanks, > Chris > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla - that resource hog!
John. you already wrote this earlier and go me a bit surprised. As long as process is running, it should be listed (and it is, on my box) in top, no matter if it's idling or consuming all the CPU. In other words, my mozilla never gets out of top listing oh, now I get it, you're probably running top with -i flag (don't show idle processes), right? raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Tango Echo wrote: Here is mine in M9.1, top - 13:50:36 up 1 day, 21:26, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.06, 0.05 Tasks: 105 total, 2 running, 103 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 16.2% user, 2.0% system, 0.0% nice, 81.8% idle Mem:515336k total, 510792k used, 4544k free, 6568k buffers Swap: 1028120k total,30604k used, 997516k free, 359000k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEMTIME+ Command 15963 root 15 0 35552 34m 17m S 9.9 6.9 0:14.23 mozilla-bin 1599 root 9 -10 98400 15m 3420 S 7.0 3.1 30:12.89 X 16078 root 11 0 992 992 768 R 0.7 0.2 0:00.57 top 16032 root 9 0 9636 9632 6880 S 0.3 1.9 0:00.68 gnome-terminal From the above you can see that mozilla when in actual use takes 9.9% of CPU and 6.9% of memory, but when merely open but nothing doing, mozilla drops completely out of the list. John 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
Re: [newbie] Mozilla - that resource hog!
Are you sure there isn't any other process eating resources in that period of time? Maybe a crond job? I run 1.5 on 9.1 24/7 (what??? :-) and never experienced that behaviour. raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I'm running MDK 9.1 on my workstation. I usually leave it on 24/7 for the week but shut it down on the weekends. Usually between Wednesday and Friday Mozilla becomes *painfully* slow. I'm talking about writing a sentance and watching it appear over the course of 10-30 seconds... Scrolling and simply browsing is also slowed dramatically. I'm running gkrellm and it indicates that my CPU is pinned at 100% during this slow period. I thought that maybe if I upgraded Mozillia that may help. So I took out the old and installed Mozilla 1.5 XFT. Still no luck. This is going to sound silly, but the only way I've found to fix the problem is to shutdown all instances of Mozilla and start the program back up. Seems simple enough, but when I'm doing a lot of research leaving the windows open is much more convenient then book marking or history browsing... Even after I shut it down it still can spike the CPU to 80-100% - is that part normal? Any ideas here? Thanks in advance, Tango Echo __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ 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
Re: [newbie] Mozilla - that resource hog!
Tango Echo wrote: Hi all, I'm running MDK 9.1 on my workstation. I usually leave it on 24/7 for the week but shut it down on the weekends. Usually between Wednesday and Friday Mozilla becomes *painfully* slow. I'm talking about writing a sentance and watching it appear over the course of 10-30 seconds... Scrolling and simply browsing is also slowed dramatically. I'm running gkrellm and it indicates that my CPU is pinned at 100% during this slow period. I thought that maybe if I upgraded Mozillia that may help. So I took out the old and installed Mozilla 1.5 XFT. Still no luck. This is going to sound silly, but the only way I've found to fix the problem is to shutdown all instances of Mozilla and start the program back up. Seems simple enough, but when I'm doing a lot of research leaving the windows open is much more convenient then book marking or history browsing... Even after I shut it down it still can spike the CPU to 80-100% - is that part normal? Any ideas here? Thanks in advance, Tango Echo Here is mine in M9.1, top - 13:50:36 up 1 day, 21:26, 3 users, load average: 0.01, 0.06, 0.05 Tasks: 105 total, 2 running, 103 sleeping, 0 stopped, 0 zombie Cpu(s): 16.2% user, 2.0% system, 0.0% nice, 81.8% idle Mem:515336k total, 510792k used, 4544k free, 6568k buffers Swap: 1028120k total,30604k used, 997516k free, 359000k cached PID USER PR NI VIRT RES SHR S %CPU %MEMTIME+ Command 15963 root 15 0 35552 34m 17m S 9.9 6.9 0:14.23 mozilla-bin 1599 root 9 -10 98400 15m 3420 S 7.0 3.1 30:12.89 X 16078 root 11 0 992 992 768 R 0.7 0.2 0:00.57 top 16032 root 9 0 9636 9632 6880 S 0.3 1.9 0:00.68 gnome-terminal From the above you can see that mozilla when in actual use takes 9.9% of CPU and 6.9% of memory, but when merely open but nothing doing, mozilla drops completely out of the list. John -- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] windows networking
I have Mandrake Linux 9.2 up and running on a PC I hope to use as a file server. I have two additional PCs running Windows 98SE in a peer-to-peer network configuration. One of them also supplies an ADSL connection to all PCs in my network (I used to have 3 running 98). The ADSL PC runs WinRoute Lite, acting as a DHCP server, to accomplish the internet sharing. (Ultimately, I'd like the Linux PC to do that and act as a firewall as well, but one thing at a time here!) I am having a hard time getting my Linux PC on my windows network, to say nothing of getting it internet access. In the LAN configuration screen, I set my NIC to DHCP and click "Activate," but I get nothing. I must be missing something... any ideas? Is there a good tutorial available somewhere that tells me how to accomplish this? Any common problems I need to be aware of? Linux is completely foreign to me!!! Thanks, Chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mozilla - that resource hog!
Hi all, I'm running MDK 9.1 on my workstation. I usually leave it on 24/7 for the week but shut it down on the weekends. Usually between Wednesday and Friday Mozilla becomes *painfully* slow. I'm talking about writing a sentance and watching it appear over the course of 10-30 seconds... Scrolling and simply browsing is also slowed dramatically. I'm running gkrellm and it indicates that my CPU is pinned at 100% during this slow period. I thought that maybe if I upgraded Mozillia that may help. So I took out the old and installed Mozilla 1.5 XFT. Still no luck. This is going to sound silly, but the only way I've found to fix the problem is to shutdown all instances of Mozilla and start the program back up. Seems simple enough, but when I'm doing a lot of research leaving the windows open is much more convenient then book marking or history browsing... Even after I shut it down it still can spike the CPU to 80-100% - is that part normal? Any ideas here? Thanks in advance, Tango Echo __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] CORRECTED: Kfind hangs - mdk 9.1 - fix or better search option?
Yes it is Kfind not Kmail =P >-Original Message- >From: Tango Echo [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >Sent: Wednesday, December 03, 2003 8:26 AM >To: newb-mdk >Subject: [newbie] Kmail hangs - mdk 9.1 - fix or better search option? > > >Hi all, > >I have Mandrake 9.1 installed (w/latest Texstar KDE). >When I input a search string and hit search Kfind >hangs. When other windows are dragged in front of it, >then removed, the Kfind window becomes distorted... >Is there a fix for this or can you recommend a better >search tool? > >Thanks! > >Tango Echo > >__ >Do you Yahoo!? >Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now >http://companion.yahoo.com/ > >/companion.yahoo.com/ > > > __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Kmail hangs - mdk 9.1 - fix or better search option?
Hi all, I have Mandrake 9.1 installed (w/latest Texstar KDE). When I input a search string and hit search Kfind hangs. When other windows are dragged in front of it, then removed, the Kfind window becomes distorted... Is there a fix for this or can you recommend a better search tool? Thanks! Tango Echo __ Do you Yahoo!? Free Pop-Up Blocker - Get it now http://companion.yahoo.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla-1.5
On Wed, 3 Dec 2003 07:47:25 + Charles A Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's in my sig. > > But for those like Joe Hill who have problems seeing (-: It actually *wasn't* in your sig, but it is now. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "There are three side effects of acid: enhanced long-term memory, decreased short-term memory, and I forget the third."-- Timothy Leary Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla-1.5
On Wed, 03 Dec 2003 00:45:41 -0800 "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please excuse the silly newbie question. What is the URL for you site? It's in my sig. But for those like Joe Hill who have problems seeing (-: http://www.eslrahc.com To add it as a source in urpmi urpmi.addmedia eslrahc http://www.eslrahc.com/9.2/ with hdlist.cz Charles -- Fortune's real live weird band names #360: Immaculate Infection - Mandrake Linux 10.0 on PurpleDragon Kernel-2.6.0-0.2mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Shorewall - OK to accept ICMP type 8 from all?
Better not if your machine has a public static IP address. ICMP type 8 (ping) can be used to discover the IP address through ping 'storms', and then use it for attacks to higher level protocols. Also there is the ping of death attack that can crash your machine - although maybe newer TCP/IP implementations are immune. I'm sure there is a way to request IPtables not to log the rejected/dropped ping packets, but I wouldn't be able to tell you OTOH. Maybe somebody else already knows. raffaele [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All Can someone please tell me if accepting all ICMP type 8 packets from all (including internet) poses much of a security threat. I previously only allowed these to/from my local network but I was getting a bit peeved at the number of entries in the logs/email which amount to hundreds of lines every day. Any advice appreciated. Sharrea 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] Shorewall - OK to accept ICMP type 8 from all?
Hi All Can someone please tell me if accepting all ICMP type 8 packets from all (including internet) poses much of a security threat. I previously only allowed these to/from my local network but I was getting a bit peeved at the number of entries in the logs/email which amount to hundreds of lines every day. Any advice appreciated. Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Zip drive oddity
On Tue, 02 Dec 2003 17:45, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > I've got the usual Iomega Zip drive at /dev/hdc (master, 2nd channel) on > my Soyo Dragon Plus MB. I've used it under v9.0 and 9.1 with no problems. > I'm able to use it just fine now, cp'ing/rm'ing files no problems. I am > getting an odd message in dmesg that I've never gotten before (this is > under 9.2): > > Partition check: > /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0: p1 p2 < p5 p6 p7 p8 p9 > > hdc:<6>end_request: I/O error, cmd 0 dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 0 > end_request: I/O error, cmd 0 dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 1 > spurious 8259A interrupt: IRQ7. > end_request: I/O error, cmd 0 dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 2 > end_request: I/O error, cmd 0 dev 16:00 (hdc), sector 3 > unable to read partition table > ide: late registration of driver. > > I tried booting with 2 different (and known good) zip carts in, as well > as with no cart in at all. Same message. I switched IDE cables, just in > case. Still the same message. > > AFAICT - there is no harm done, after all...I am able to use the drive. > Its just annonying. Is this one of those semi-harmless, non-fatal > messages that I can safely ignore? You're right Ron, no harm is done and I agree, it IS really annoying scrolling thru logs/email with hundreds of lines unnecessarily. You can either safely ignore these messages or, if you don't mind losing supermount, avoid the error messages by adding "noauto" to the zip drive entry in /etc/fstab. I chose to add "noatuo" for my cdrom drive a few days ago but I think you may soon become annoyed if you like supermount and use your zip drive often. So far I've only used my cdrom drive once since the change so it has bothered me too much yet and its soo nice getting shorter log files. Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT: CSS Editor
Hi all, Is there a CSS Editor for Linux that comes close to TopStyle? I'd like to hear some personal experiences if there are any. Thanks. Regards, Marco Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
