Re: [newbie] Master HDD won't mount in dual-boot system
and as root#fdisk -l /dev/hda will give a complete list of the partitions . and what their formatting is and as root#fdisk -l will give info about what the symbolic links should be e. On Saturday 10 January 2004 08:07 pm, bascule wrote: > have you lost the link to the drive if you are using devfs? > i don't remember the earlier posts but if you have 9.2 and are using devfs > then you will find that /dev/hda etc are symbolic links, i.e.: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ ls -l /dev/hda > lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 32 Jan 9 12:13 /dev/hda -> > ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc > [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ ls -l /dev/hda1 > lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 33 Jan 9 12:13 /dev/hda1 -> > ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 > > bascule Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fstab and lilo
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 01:14:48 -0500 Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I have my fstab and lilo pretty much fouled up. Would someone who >has a working cdrw and dvd please post theirs so I can figure out >where I overused my delete key? > >Lee > for your burner you should have none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1 0 0 if it is the master or else it will say cdrom2 you dvd should be the same and have /dev/hdc i think or /dev/cdrom -- jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ++ "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"-Tupac ++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZregistered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 LinuxMachine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N 23:33:06 up 2:15, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.00, 0.03 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Having trouble upgrading to kernel-2.4.22.26mdk
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:10:04 -0500 Ferdog <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >I'm having trouble upgrading to kernel-2.4.22.26mdk on my brand new >Mandrake 9.2 installation. > >Following the instructions on mandrakesecure.net, I first upgraded >bootloader-utils to bootloader-utils-1.6-3.1.92mdk, which, seems to >install fine. Then, I attempt to install kernel-2.4.22.26mdk and get >this error: > > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi kernel-2.4.22.26mdk > >Installation failed, some files are missing: > >ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS/./kernel-2.4.22.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm >You may want to update your urpmi database > > >So, I update my urpmi database with 'urpmi.update -a' and that seems to >update properly, however, I continue to get the same error when trying >to install the kernel update. > >I have no idea what files are missing. > >Currently, I am running the same kernel that was originally installed >with the system, 2.4.22-10mdk, so this would be the first kernel update >I have done on this system. > >I am new to Mandrake and linux in general so I would really appreciate >any help in this matter. > >Thanks, >Mike > > ok it still cant find your kernel.. sooo add a new urpmi repository thendisable the one it normall finds it at.. if u have x server then go to update media and uncheck the ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS/ if you still have problems ill give you the file from my ftp server... -- jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ++ "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"-Tupac ++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZregistered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 LinuxMachine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N 23:27:45 up 2:09, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.06 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] problems with 2.6.0
Tom Brinkman kirjoitti viestissään (lähetysaika Perjantai 9. Tammikuuta 2004 17:04): > On Thursday 08 January 2004 01:12 pm, tuija t. wrote: > > I answer to myself :) > > I compiled vanilla 2.6.0 and; > > + no errors > > + no reiserfs debug mode > > + no frame pointers > > But > > - no supermount either :( > > Howto merge supermount patch to vanilla? > > I've had a lot of problems with recent 2.6 cooker kernels > myself, particulary with initrd and Reiser (won't even boot). > You might try lookin in contribs (RPMS2/) on cooker mirrors for > Thomas Backlund's version. > kernel-tmb-2.6.0-1.tmb.1mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm > (kernel-source is there too) > > I believe from reading cooker, he's got many of 2.6's module > problems solved, proper ReiserFS support, and the latest > supermount and other Mandrake specifics. Be aware tho you'll > still have other 2.6 kernel hardware/software/config issues (see > lkml and cooker archives). So report back and tells us how it > goes. > Thank you, I must try that Thomas' kernel-source too, it seems to have lot of intresting patches. >The only way I'm aware of to get Mandrake kernel patches like > supermount is to extract them from a Mandrake kernel src.rpm, and > I don't know how compatible they'd be with vanilla kernel.org > source. I managed to merge this supermount patch supermount-2.0.3a-2.6.0.patch.gz to vanilla-kernel-2.6.1 with following steps: Extract the kernel vanilla in /usr/src then copy this patch to /usr/src/linux-2.6.1/ extract the patch cd in the directory /usr/src/linux-2.6.1 and there # patch -p1 < supermount-2.0.3a-2.6.0 # make mrproper # make # make modules_install # make install Everything else went well but system failed to create initrd.img But I personally don't need it cause I have choosen y not m in ide/ata and /fs which is reiserfs Kernel seems to work well and there is no errors in dmesg -- best rgds ~tt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:14:38 -0500 Frank Bax <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Printer port was already set to ECP+EPP. I tried all possible settings >anyway with same result. > >I plan to use a dlink 704P to share the printer, but that is not >auto-detected either. When I disable all three autodetection options, then >locally connected is the only option presented for manual setup, so I >thought I would try to configure printer locally, then change connection >type to remote. > >Frank > > >At 11:22 PM 1/10/04, Troy T. Hall wrote: >> >From the manual "If you want to use a parallel printer connected locally to >>your machine, make sure that the parallel port mode is set to ECP+EPP or at >>least to one of ECP or EPP and NOT to SPP, unless you have a really old >>printer. If the parallel port is not set this way you might still be able >>to print, but your printer will not be detected autmoatically and you will >>have to configure it by hand. ..." >>Also CUPS is generally used for remotely connected printers. >> >>Troy >> >>- Original Message - >>From: "Frank Bax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 2201 N6REJ >>Subject: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer >> >> >> > My MDK9.1 system did not have a printer configured. After upgrading to >> > 9.2, I tried to add a printer. When I first click on "PrinterDrake" in >> > MCC, I get a message saying CUPS is not automatically started during >> > bootup, would I like to enable automatic starting - I select YES. >> > My local printer (HP4) is not auto-detected, so I disable those >>checkboxes. >> > Printer is on parallel port 0. I'm then asked if it's a multi-function >> > printer - no. >> > Then I get "Please wait - Making printer port available for CUPS". >> > After a many seconds, a window opens asking to give the printer a name. >> > It doesn't matter if I change the name or just leave it as "Printer", when >> > I click "Next", I get "Failed to configure printer "Printer"". >> > >> > How can I setup my printer? >> > >> > Frank > > ok so are you saying that you are using a print server that isnt connected to your computer directly via Parallel? I just got mine setup after searching for clues on how to setup a remote printer correctly. -- jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ++ "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"-Tupac ++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZregistered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 LinuxMachine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N 23:25:10 up 2:07, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.07 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Having trouble upgrading to kernel-2.4.22.26mdk
On Sunday 11 January 2004 07:10, Ferdog wrote: > I'm having trouble upgrading to kernel-2.4.22.26mdk on my brand new > Mandrake 9.2 installation. <> > I am new to Mandrake and linux in general so I would really > appreciate any help in this matter. > > Thanks, > Mike After you saved those scripts and they do not show up green when you * ls * them..then... chmod 777 00* now they will show up green and be executable. -- 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] SCO goes after Google
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 19:32:30 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > From what I've read, the business community, and I can assume > investors as a subset, are not taking SCO's shenanigans very > seriously. The lure of investing in a huge potential like Google I'm > sure will overcome any FUD coming from Utah. > > If anything, McBride saw the news of Google potentially going public > and thought going after them might boost *his* stock among the few > idjits who actually consider SCO a good investment. First the craziness over mormons, next the craziness over the Osmonds, now this. I'll never admit to living in Utah again. SCO's the proverbial staw. At least I'm not in Lindon. X-D. Jerry (really. i'm from somewhere else!) -- _||_ 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] fstab and lilo
I have my fstab and lilo pretty much fouled up. Would someone who has a working cdrw and dvd please post theirs so I can figure out where I overused my delete key? Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Master HDD won't mount in dual-boot system
On Saturday 10 January 2004 06:01 pm, Peter Simko wrote: > > The hda is working fine. It's the master on a dual-boot system and has > the XP OS and most of my data on it. It shows up in BIOS during boot > just fine. The hardware also seems to be detected in dmesg, but no > drivers are available. And I just double checked the jumper and it's set > to 'master', not cable select. What I really think, now, is your /etc/fstab has no entries for a Linux partition on /dev/hdaX. If Linux boots, take a peek at fstab and see where Windows is being mounted (should be hda1), and if you have any entries for Linux filesystems on hda. The first linux partition of hda should say something similar to this example: /dev/hda5 /backup reiserfs noatime,rw,user,exec,auto 1 1 What the above line says is that a partition of type reiserfs, named /backup exists at the location 5 on disk hda, and is mounted read and write, by any user, at bootup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Having trouble upgrading to kernel-2.4.22.26mdk
On Sunday 11 January 2004 07:10, Ferdog wrote: > I'm having trouble upgrading to kernel-2.4.22.26mdk on my brand new > Mandrake 9.2 installation. > > Following the instructions on mandrakesecure.net, I first upgraded > bootloader-utils to bootloader-utils-1.6-3.1.92mdk, which, seems to > install fine. Then, I attempt to install kernel-2.4.22.26mdk and get > this error: > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi kernel-2.4.22.26mdk > > Installation failed, some files are missing: > > ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/update >s/9.2/RPMS/./kernel-2.4.22.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm You may want to > update your urpmi database > > > So, I update my urpmi database with 'urpmi.update -a' and that seems > to update properly, however, I continue to get the same error when > trying to install the kernel update. > > I have no idea what files are missing. > > Currently, I am running the same kernel that was originally installed > with the system, 2.4.22-10mdk, so this would be the first kernel > update I have done on this system. > > I am new to Mandrake and linux in general so I would really > appreciate any help in this matter. > > Thanks, > Mike Hi Mike, This will be a lengthy thing.. Ok, here is 4 scripts I use for updating my system- mdk9.2. They work fine for me in South Africa ... this site is located here too...I do have other sites in smiler scripts...but you could maybe modify them to a more local good site. Use as follows.. First save them to a directory...like bin in your user account. Then... ./00-add-iscoza then.. ./000-listmedia.you Will now see all listed media and the above one should show. Go on to the net then.. ./00-upd-iscoza Quite a lot of stuff will show but wait until prompt. ** Now if you want to do a full update of your system then... ./00-use-iscoza BEWAREthis WILL take hours.about 150 to 200 MB on first update. What you want to do is to update your kernel them like thisactual on my system... [EMAIL PROTECTED] bin]# urpmi kernel One of the following packages is needed: 1- kernel-2.4.22.10mdk-1-1mdk.i586 2- kernel-2.4.22.21mdk-1-1mdk.i586 3- kernel-2.4.22.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586 What is your choice? (1-3) ...then pick 3..about 40MB I installed choice 3 last night. Now on my system all 3 are installed side by side. on boot I can pick any of them to run. If you are using GRUB bootloader everything is done for you in the menu.lst by the installer. LILO...sorry I am not sure..maybe /sbin/lilo -vto re-install lilo..grub no need to anything. As su go check before you REBOOT to use new kernel... /boot/grub/menu.lst...or.../etc/lilo.confto see if what I said is true...depending on your bootloader. Also check the entries in /boot .will see your new kernel there. Actually it is as easy as this to install a kernel...no sweat. ..hope so??? Well if you should do a full update there is some issues of missing menus and some missing apps. The menus may be rectified by.update-menus -v Missing apps - re-install. If you want to safely change from one loader to the other...lilo > grub... Pop in cd 1 and reboot.. Do as if install but pick upgrade...then go through motions as required but when you reach the choices list of hardware/printer/region/etc ...make sure they are correct but for the loader ( about second last one) of list pick grub or lilo...then continue. Well I like grubcan do with it on boot that is impossible with lilo. GoodluckEnjoy -- Johan May this be a good day for learning Registered Linux User #330034 - still learning su -c "urpmq --list-media" su - -c "urpmi.addmedia --update iscoza ftp://ftp.is.co.za/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS/ with ../base/synthesis.hdlist.cz" su - -c "urpmi.update iscoza" su - -c "urpmi --auto-select --noclean --media iscoza" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nav panel in Konqueror
Hi, This list never ceases to amaze me. Thanks for the second tip. That did it for me as well. Regards, Bill W. On Sunday 11 January 2004 03:05 am, Littlefish Operator wrote: > While we're on the subject, > > If I add the nav panel with f9 and save profile, the nav panel comes back > next time I start konqueror, but the nave width is goofed (3/4 screen > wide). f9,f9 to remove and include the panel brings it back to proper > size. But proper size stays only until the next time I open konqueror. No > matter how many times I save profile. > > Finally I discovered that if I manually re-size the nave panel by dragging > the vertical window divider by so much as a pixel, and save profile, > FINALLY my settings stick. > > It would seem that Konqueror has a bug in it that doesn't keep track of the > correct nav panel width when you bring it up using f9, and so saves the > wrong width with settings. > > In my version anyway > > Scott > > -- > Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! > (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi question
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 15:40:53 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Friday 09 January 2004 22:15, Dick Gevers wrote: >> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 21:51:37 +, Anne Wilson >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >> >> wrote about Re: [newbie] urpmi question: >> >No, it's not. So what the heck was it preparing? Never mind - >> > I'll leave it for tonight, then I'll go back to the gui. At >> > least I can understand the messages there. >> >> You could try copying the file from the CD to a home directory; I >> had one CD in a previous version that always had read problems. >> Moreover you could check the file`s integrity with rpm -K awe* >> >> If it still fails you might have a corrupted rpm database (which I >> experienced several times in MD 9.1), but this can easily be fixed >> by: rpm --rebuilddb >> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# urpmi awesfx >Please insert the medium named "Installation CD1 (x86) (cdrom1)" on >device [/dev/scd0] >Press Enter when ready... >installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/awesfx-0.4.4-4mdk.i586.rpm > >Preparing... >## > 1:awesfx >## >[EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# >[EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# rpm -q awesfx >awesfx-0.4.4-4mdk >[EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# > > >So - maybe the database needing updating, or maybe it tried to read >the cdrom before it was fully spun up? Either way, it is installed >from cd now. Thanks for the help, though. > >Anne yayyy! -- jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ++ "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"-Tupac ++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZregistered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 LinuxMachine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N 22:39:51 up 1:22, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] urpmi question
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 22:30:12 -0700 jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:14:35 + >Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>On Friday 09 January 2004 21:57, JoeHill wrote: >>> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 21:38:29 + >>> >>> Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# urpmi awesfx >>> > Please insert the medium named "Installation CD1 (x86) (cdrom1)" >>> > on device [/dev/scd0] >>> > Press Enter when ready... >>> > cp: reading `/mnt/cdrw/Mandrake/RPMS/awesfx-0.4.4-4mdk.i586.rpm': >>> > Input/output error >>> > installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/awesfx-0.4.4-4mdk.i586.rpm >>> >>> means it could not read from the CD, usually. >>> >>> Try putting another CD in there and see if you can read from it. If >>> not, may be some hardware or file system probs; if another CD works >>> fine, ie. you can read the contents, could be the Mandrake CD is >>> bad. >>> >>> > error: read failed: Success (25) >>> > unable to install package >>> > Preparing... >>> > ## >>> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# >>> > >>> > So - is it installed or not? I guess so, but from those >>> > messages, it could mean anything >>> >>> try 'rpm -q awesfx' to see if it *did* install, which is doubtful >>> if it could not read from the CD. Also, it only shows the >>> 'Preparing' slider, not the 'Installing' slider. >> >>Ture - it just seems an odd thing to do. How can it prepare if it >>didn't actually download a package? Anyway, it's academic. I'll >>sort it out one way or another sometime today. >> >>The problems I'm having do not relate to just one cd. It has been >>single packages that can't be read, not the whole cd. It's not a >>major problem as the package can always be found elsewhere. >> >>Anne >>-- >>Registered Linux User No.293302 >>Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? >> >> >> >yeah it probably has bad packages... test sorry -- jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ++ "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"-Tupac ++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZregistered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 LinuxMachine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N 22:33:16 up 1:15, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] urpmi question
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:14:35 + Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >On Friday 09 January 2004 21:57, JoeHill wrote: >> On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 21:38:29 + >> >> Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# urpmi awesfx >> > Please insert the medium named "Installation CD1 (x86) (cdrom1)" >> > on device [/dev/scd0] >> > Press Enter when ready... >> > cp: reading `/mnt/cdrw/Mandrake/RPMS/awesfx-0.4.4-4mdk.i586.rpm': >> > Input/output error >> > installing /var/cache/urpmi/rpms/awesfx-0.4.4-4mdk.i586.rpm >> >> means it could not read from the CD, usually. >> >> Try putting another CD in there and see if you can read from it. If >> not, may be some hardware or file system probs; if another CD works >> fine, ie. you can read the contents, could be the Mandrake CD is >> bad. >> >> > error: read failed: Success (25) >> > unable to install package >> > Preparing... >> > ## >> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] anne]# >> > >> > So - is it installed or not? I guess so, but from those >> > messages, it could mean anything >> >> try 'rpm -q awesfx' to see if it *did* install, which is doubtful >> if it could not read from the CD. Also, it only shows the >> 'Preparing' slider, not the 'Installing' slider. > >Ture - it just seems an odd thing to do. How can it prepare if it >didn't actually download a package? Anyway, it's academic. I'll >sort it out one way or another sometime today. > >The problems I'm having do not relate to just one cd. It has been >single packages that can't be read, not the whole cd. It's not a >major problem as the package can always be found elsewhere. > >Anne >-- >Registered Linux User No.293302 >Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? > > > yeah it probably has bad packages... -- jason pearl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ++ "Keep your friends close and your enemies closer"-Tupac ++ Kurrupted Visionz Phx, AZregistered linux user #307811 MDK 9.2 LinuxMachine# 193475, 227341 AMD64 Opteron 1.6http://counter.li.org ASUS SK8N 22:29:54 up 1:12, 2 users, load average: 0.08, 0.05, 0.01 pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] SCO goes after Google
http://www.forbes.com/markets/bonds/newswire/2004/01/09/rtr1205268.html Isn't it a bit worrying that 6000 companies have actually given SCO money? Won't that just give them the guts to go for more? How could you be so milk-livered! Cheers Anton Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
Printer port was already set to ECP+EPP. I tried all possible settings anyway with same result. I plan to use a dlink 704P to share the printer, but that is not auto-detected either. When I disable all three autodetection options, then locally connected is the only option presented for manual setup, so I thought I would try to configure printer locally, then change connection type to remote. Frank At 11:22 PM 1/10/04, Troy T. Hall wrote: >From the manual "If you want to use a parallel printer connected locally to your machine, make sure that the parallel port mode is set to ECP+EPP or at least to one of ECP or EPP and NOT to SPP, unless you have a really old printer. If the parallel port is not set this way you might still be able to print, but your printer will not be detected autmoatically and you will have to configure it by hand. ..." Also CUPS is generally used for remotely connected printers. Troy - Original Message - From: "Frank Bax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 2201 N6REJ Subject: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer > My MDK9.1 system did not have a printer configured. After upgrading to > 9.2, I tried to add a printer. When I first click on "PrinterDrake" in > MCC, I get a message saying CUPS is not automatically started during > bootup, would I like to enable automatic starting - I select YES. > My local printer (HP4) is not auto-detected, so I disable those checkboxes. > Printer is on parallel port 0. I'm then asked if it's a multi-function > printer - no. > Then I get "Please wait - Making printer port available for CUPS". > After a many seconds, a window opens asking to give the printer a name. > It doesn't matter if I change the name or just leave it as "Printer", when > I click "Next", I get "Failed to configure printer "Printer"". > > How can I setup my printer? > > Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Having trouble upgrading to kernel-2.4.22.26mdk
I'm having trouble upgrading to kernel-2.4.22.26mdk on my brand new Mandrake 9.2 installation. Following the instructions on mandrakesecure.net, I first upgraded bootloader-utils to bootloader-utils-1.6-3.1.92mdk, which, seems to install fine. Then, I attempt to install kernel-2.4.22.26mdk and get this error: [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi kernel-2.4.22.26mdk Installation failed, some files are missing: ftp://ftp-linux.cc.gatech.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS/./kernel-2.4.22.26mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm You may want to update your urpmi database So, I update my urpmi database with 'urpmi.update -a' and that seems to update properly, however, I continue to get the same error when trying to install the kernel update. I have no idea what files are missing. Currently, I am running the same kernel that was originally installed with the system, 2.4.22-10mdk, so this would be the first kernel update I have done on this system. I am new to Mandrake and linux in general so I would really appreciate any help in this matter. Thanks, Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:03:07 -0500 Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 10 January 2004 11:23 am, Richard Urwin wrote: > > > > I have to question that. I know it's better known, but I get far > > > better rates under POPFile than I did when I tried SA. POPFile > > > functions typically at 99.87% accuracy. I don't think you can better > > > that. > > > > That's a very impressive number, but I don't see what POPFile does that SA > > doesn't. You do need to train SA, and it doesn't start using Bayesian > > analysis until it's database has 200 messages in. I don't have any > > experience of how easy, hard or accurate this bit of SA is. I run it at > > work, but the setup precludes training the Bayesian bit. > > I don't really rely on bayesian filters at all, I let the DNS blocklists do > the power filtering and just let the body filters catch the stuff coming from > brand new sources. I don't have particular numbers but on average, I get 800 > spam mails per week through my system and of those, maybe 1 false negative > hits the inbox. > > -- > Bryan Phinney > Software Test Engineer > I took the liberty of adding Bryan's DNS Blacklists to my Postfix server guide if anyone wants to know how to use them. They are really effective at catching a lot of spam. Probably because of the number of times I post on this list, I receive about 400 spams a day, and about 3 a week manage to get through to my Inbox. I have **never** had a false positive! Those messages that do make it to my inbox are generally so obfuscated that they are almost unreadable. derek derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
>From the manual "If you want to use a parallel printer connected locally to your machine, make sure that the parallel port mode is set to ECP+EPP or at least to one of ECP or EPP and NOT to SPP, unless you have a really old printer. If the parallel port is not set this way you might still be able to print, but your printer will not be detected autmoatically and you will have to configure it by hand. ..." Also CUPS is generally used for remotely connected printers. Troy - Original Message - From: "Frank Bax" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 2201 N6REJ Subject: [newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer > My MDK9.1 system did not have a printer configured. After upgrading to > 9.2, I tried to add a printer. When I first click on "PrinterDrake" in > MCC, I get a message saying CUPS is not automatically started during > bootup, would I like to enable automatic starting - I select YES. > My local printer (HP4) is not auto-detected, so I disable those checkboxes. > Printer is on parallel port 0. I'm then asked if it's a multi-function > printer - no. > Then I get "Please wait - Making printer port available for CUPS". > After a many seconds, a window opens asking to give the printer a name. > It doesn't matter if I change the name or just leave it as "Printer", when > I click "Next", I get "Failed to configure printer "Printer"". > > How can I setup my printer? > > Frank > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/04 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Master HDD won't mount in dual-boot system
have you lost the link to the drive if you are using devfs? i don't remember the earlier posts but if you have 9.2 and are using devfs then you will find that /dev/hda etc are symbolic links, i.e.: [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ ls -l /dev/hda lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 32 Jan 9 12:13 /dev/hda -> ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/disc [EMAIL PROTECTED] bascule]$ ls -l /dev/hda1 lr-xr-xr-x1 root root 33 Jan 9 12:13 /dev/hda1 -> ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 bascule On Sunday 11 Jan 2004 3:11 am, Troy T. Hall wrote: > > The hda is working fine. It's the master on a dual-boot system and has > > the XP OS and most of my data on it. It shows up in BIOS during boot > > just fine. The hardware also seems to be detected in dmesg, but no > > drivers are available. And I just double checked the jumper and it's set > > to 'master', not cable select. -- "Pets are always a great help in times of stress. And in times of starvation too, o'course." (Small Gods) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] 9.2 - Cannot setup printer
My MDK9.1 system did not have a printer configured. After upgrading to 9.2, I tried to add a printer. When I first click on "PrinterDrake" in MCC, I get a message saying CUPS is not automatically started during bootup, would I like to enable automatic starting - I select YES. My local printer (HP4) is not auto-detected, so I disable those checkboxes. Printer is on parallel port 0. I'm then asked if it's a multi-function printer - no. Then I get "Please wait - Making printer port available for CUPS". After a many seconds, a window opens asking to give the printer a name. It doesn't matter if I change the name or just leave it as "Printer", when I click "Next", I get "Failed to configure printer "Printer"". How can I setup my printer? Frank Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] enabling ide-scsi emulation
Add the following to your lilo.conf file, then issue a lilo -v from a terminal to write the updated lilo to the boot sector. add this to your append line hdc=ide-scsi Like this append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi hdclun=0 acpi=ht splash=silent" Make sure to change hdc to whatever your cd-rom drive is. Just add it to whatever is there, the example is my own entry line, just as an example. Rick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] enabling ide-scsi emulation
I'm getting the following error message with K3B in MDK 9.2: No support for ATAPI with cdrdao You will not be able to use all your reading devices as copy sources since there is at least one not configured to use SCSI emulation and your system does not support ATAPI with cdrdao. Solution: The best and recommended solution is to enable ide-scsi (SCSI emulation) for all writer devices. This way you won't have any problems. I did have ide-scsi emulation (and K3B) working before I had to re-install everything and for the life of me can't remember how I did it. I spent 3 hours last night searching for a simple how-to but could not find one. Can anyone provide me with the steps to enable this?? Thanks, Aidan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Master HDD won't mount in dual-boot system
Don't know if this is relevant or not but I used to have a problem with one of my hd's where it did not won't to co-exist on the same controller channel as another. If it was all by itself on the controller channel it would be seen in linux just fine and the correct size. But when I put it with another drive, ESPECIALLY a seagate drive, it would change its drive geometry. Or not work at all. I eventually segregated it to its own box and it lives there still. I've also seen issues where if you use a cable that is not properly rated for the controller channel ( typically ide0 ) it will cause issues. Hardware can be frustrating sometimes. Troy - Original Message - From: "Peter Simko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 2001 N6REJ Subject: Re: [newbie] Master HDD won't mount in dual-boot system > Anne Wilson wrote: > > >On Saturday 10 January 2004 07:31, E. Hines wrote: > > > >>On Friday 09 January 2004 07:30 pm, Peter Simko wrote: > >> > >>>Nope, hda doesn't show up there either, just the hdb device. This > >>>is really annoying the hell out of me. I used to run both HDDs > >>>from an ATA controller card, but I got rid of that and put both > >>>drives on IDE 0 to simplify my system. That changed hdf to hdb > >>>without a problem (with appropriate changes to fstab), but > >>>somehow hde just went 'poof' and disappeared instead of showing > >>>up again as hda. > >>> > >>A few things I can think of: > >> > >>hda should be jumpered for "Master" and it should be (if I recall > >>correctly, someone will correct me if I'm wrong) on the end of the > >>IDE cable. The slave drive should be attached to the center cable > >>connector. Does your bios show both drives being detected and > >>identified correctly? (assuming you don't have a crippled bios like > >>a Gateway or some such). Do you get a message at the first boot > >>screen (right after memory test) that shows the Master and Slave > >>drive being identified? > >>Have you tried moving hdb to ide1, and having hda alone on ide0? > >>Tried booting with only hda plugged in? Lots of stuff you can do > >>to determine what the problem is, but it acts like: > >> > >>1. hda has no power plugged into it > >>2. hda is jumpered wrong, or in the wrong position on the cable > >>3. the IDE cable is bad, not plugged in, or plugged in wrong--red > >>marker not to pin 1 (not impossible to do with some cable/drive > >>combos) 4. the hd has gone bad > >> > > > >Above all, I would say make sure that neither drive is jumpered for > >Cable Select. It causes far more problems than it solves. > > > >Anne > > > The hda is working fine. It's the master on a dual-boot system and has > the XP OS and most of my data on it. It shows up in BIOS during boot > just fine. The hardware also seems to be detected in dmesg, but no > drivers are available. And I just double checked the jumper and it's set > to 'master', not cable select. > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/04 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nav panel in Konqueror
While we're on the subject, If I add the nav panel with f9 and save profile, the nav panel comes back next time I start konqueror, but the nave width is goofed (3/4 screen wide). f9,f9 to remove and include the panel brings it back to proper size. But proper size stays only until the next time I open konqueror. No matter how many times I save profile. Finally I discovered that if I manually re-size the nave panel by dragging the vertical window divider by so much as a pixel, and save profile, FINALLY my settings stick. It would seem that Konqueror has a bug in it that doesn't keep track of the correct nav panel width when you bring it up using f9, and so saves the wrong width with settings. In my version anyway Scott -- Nothing goes to waste when Little Fish are near! (http://www.littlefish.ca) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Master HDD won't mount in dual-boot system
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 10 January 2004 07:31, E. Hines wrote: On Friday 09 January 2004 07:30 pm, Peter Simko wrote: Nope, hda doesn't show up there either, just the hdb device. This is really annoying the hell out of me. I used to run both HDDs from an ATA controller card, but I got rid of that and put both drives on IDE 0 to simplify my system. That changed hdf to hdb without a problem (with appropriate changes to fstab), but somehow hde just went 'poof' and disappeared instead of showing up again as hda. A few things I can think of: hda should be jumpered for "Master" and it should be (if I recall correctly, someone will correct me if I'm wrong) on the end of the IDE cable. The slave drive should be attached to the center cable connector. Does your bios show both drives being detected and identified correctly? (assuming you don't have a crippled bios like a Gateway or some such). Do you get a message at the first boot screen (right after memory test) that shows the Master and Slave drive being identified? Have you tried moving hdb to ide1, and having hda alone on ide0? Tried booting with only hda plugged in? Lots of stuff you can do to determine what the problem is, but it acts like: 1. hda has no power plugged into it 2. hda is jumpered wrong, or in the wrong position on the cable 3. the IDE cable is bad, not plugged in, or plugged in wrong--red marker not to pin 1 (not impossible to do with some cable/drive combos) 4. the hd has gone bad Above all, I would say make sure that neither drive is jumpered for Cable Select. It causes far more problems than it solves. Anne The hda is working fine. It's the master on a dual-boot system and has the XP OS and most of my data on it. It shows up in BIOS during boot just fine. The hardware also seems to be detected in dmesg, but no drivers are available. And I just double checked the jumper and it's set to 'master', not cable select. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How To Network Windows XP Pro and Linux Mandrake 9.1 Together
I don't know alot about it, but I can point you in some general directions. Xp has "Internet Connection Sharing Wizard" that is designed for this. Linux has "Samba" Mandrake has "LinNeighborhood" which is its eqv to Network Neighborhood. There are security issues which I'm not qualified to speak on depending on which is your "gateway" to the net. From what I understand its much more secure for linux to be the gateway vs xp. Here are some useful links to get you started. http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/WebHome ( great newbie sight ) http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/HomeNetworking http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/SaMBa I hope this helps some. Sorry I can't be more specific. Troy - Original Message - From: "Mr. Justin G. Kozuch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Linux Newbie Mailing List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, January 10, 2004 1942 N6REJ Subject: [newbie] How To Network Windows XP Pro and Linux Mandrake 9.1 Together > Hey Everyone, > > I am a new Linux user (and I mean new), and I would like to network my > Windows XP Pro/Linux Mandrake machines together, however, I am very confused > as to how to do this. > > I am not very good with Linux, but I am somewhat proficient with Windows XP > Pro. > > What I would like to do is this: > > - Access files (mp3's, etc) across the network between both machines. > - Test web applications built in the Linux Mandrake environment from the > Windows XP Pro machine, and vice versa. > - Connect to the Internet (ie, share my internet connection) from the Linux > Mandrake machine. > - View the Linux desktop from the Windows machine, and vice versa. > > I have all the hardware (NIC's, cabling, hub) required, I just need some > direction. > > I have searched google for information, however, I was unable to find > anything relevant. > > Would someone be able to give me some direction on how to get this done? > > Thank you very much in advance, > > Justin Kozuch > > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/04 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] How To Network Windows XP Pro and Linux Mandrake 9.1 Together
Hey Everyone, I am a new Linux user (and I mean new), and I would like to network my Windows XP Pro/Linux Mandrake machines together, however, I am very confused as to how to do this. I am not very good with Linux, but I am somewhat proficient with Windows XP Pro. What I would like to do is this: - Access files (mp3's, etc) across the network between both machines. - Test web applications built in the Linux Mandrake environment from the Windows XP Pro machine, and vice versa. - Connect to the Internet (ie, share my internet connection) from the Linux Mandrake machine. - View the Linux desktop from the Windows machine, and vice versa. I have all the hardware (NIC's, cabling, hub) required, I just need some direction. I have searched google for information, however, I was unable to find anything relevant. Would someone be able to give me some direction on how to get this done? Thank you very much in advance, Justin Kozuch Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SCO goes after Google
On Sun, 11 Jan 2004 00:20:19 + Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "Certainly if they're using 10,000 Linux servers that include our intellectual > > property as part of Unix, we would want them to license," said Blake Stowell, > a SCO spokesman. > ... > Markets are abuzz with increasing speculation that Google will seek an > initial public offering sometime this year. > > > Ouch. That's got to hurt. >From what I've read, the business community, and I can assume investors as a subset, are not taking SCO's shenanigans very seriously. The lure of investing in a huge potential like Google I'm sure will overcome any FUD coming from Utah. If anything, McBride saw the news of Google potentially going public and thought going after them might boost *his* stock among the few idjits who actually consider SCO a good investment. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "Fascism should rightly be called Corporatism, as it is the merger of corporate and government power"-- Benito Mussolini Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot messages
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 12:50:10 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I ran kcontrol as root, and it seemed to feel that everything was > configured. We'll see if it happens next time, and if so, i'll look > into lisa some more. > > What did you do to fix it? > > thanks for the info, > eric I didn't. I actually ended up not needing lisa so i uninstalled it. Even then though, it all looked like it was configured properly :-/ -- _||_ 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] SCO goes after Google
On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 4:43 pm, JoeHill wrote: > http://www.forbes.com/markets/bonds/newswire/2004/01/09/rtr1205268.html "Certainly if they're using 10,000 Linux servers that include our intellectual property as part of Unix, we would want them to license," said Blake Stowell, a SCO spokesman. ... Markets are abuzz with increasing speculation that Google will seek an initial public offering sometime this year. Ouch. That's got to hurt. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi: "everything already installed" - NOT
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 10:09, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Friday 09 January 2004 03:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 07:51, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > > On Thursday 08 January 2004 10:12 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > > > > > Any way, next time I will use urpmi.update. > > > > > > > > > > I like it better myself. > > > > > > > > I just pulled a dummy ..I did an easy urpmi but left it > > > > set for 9.2 instead of the 9.1 I was using It updated 682 > > > > packages so I might be running 9.2 now OTH I didn't lose > > > > any data :-) > > > > > > What does 'cat /etc/mandrake-release' say? If you are > > > running 9.2, you should also get the kernel, 'urpmi kernel' > > > > It says 9.2 release for fivestar > > Well good for you, now get the kernel and updates for 9.2. > Or if you want 10.0, add some cooker sources and disable all > others ;>Seriously, what you did is a good way to update to > the next release, but if you do it with urpmi, you should > 'urpmi urpmi' first, then update. I'm still too much of a newbie to feel comfortable with the bleeding edge stuff but thanks for the info :-) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Google News
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 09:17, sheridan wrote: > >On Friday 09 January 2004 01:10 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > > Okay this is a bit offtopic...did I ever give a rat's ass about that? > > > > > > Anyhow, I'm probably the last to know, but I was surprised and delighted to > > > find something that makes me love Google just a little bit more, if that's > > > possible. > > > > > > First they come out with google.com/linux (bookmark that sucker folks, and > > > *use it* before posting your question on here). Kewll. > > > > > > Now: > > > > > > news.google.com > > It's been there for quite a while, but in beta. You should take a look > at 'labs' - it contains all the new stuff that they're still working on. You can also goto google.com/bsd and get answers there too. ;-) > > > -- > sheridan > http://sheridan.gothcentric.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] Apologies to list
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 17:15, Troy T. Hall wrote: > Let me apologize to the list for not thinking my questions through and > doing more research. I don't always think clearly these days. I will > try to make my questions more direct and correct. And will give back > where I can. > > Troy > Apology accepted, Captain Needa! Grin! Lanman P.S. - The gesture is appreciated, but not needed (IMHO). Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] What is the best way to configure the network?
I'm thinking about reinstalling Mdk 9.2 one last time. My server is a P2-350 with 320mb pc100 and a mpact 3d agp card. I don't know how much memory it has on it. My workstation is an Athlon xp 1700+ with 512mb pc2100 and a Geforce 5200 AGP with 128mb. Using mdk 9.2 & Win98SE The goal is to have the server serve two domains... camplighthouse.org & i70wfc.org both of which will be low usage domains for now. The problem lies in that I only have a highspeed cable connection using dhcp. I'm not sure exactly what would be the best way to configure the network/hardware. I have a gigafast router/switch/hub ( ee400rp ) which I have been using but I'm not sure if thats the best way. I also have a cisco 2100 router but I don't think that will help since I don't have a T1 anymore. Any thoughts? ---Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free.Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com).Version: 6.0.560 / Virus Database: 352 - Release Date: 1/8/04
Re: [newbie] boot messages
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:21:41 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > /var/log/boot.log probably... > > > > > > I checked in both of those, but neither one has the list of OK > > > and FAILED services. > > > > > Are you sure it isn't in boot.log? You may have to scroll around > > a bit, but it should be there. > > Well, i guess i found the equivelent lines, for example: > > Jan 10 07:19:22 cuda atalk: atalkd startup succeeded > > But it still doesn't have the phantom line i am looking for, which > says something about a failure, and that i should configure > something... > > I'll find out what it says next time i boot. > > thanks, > eric > > -- > Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org > > Does it say something about 'no config - file run kcontrol to generate one'? if so for lisa (mine did it and it took rebooting quite a few times and watching closely to get what it was all about.) HTH Jerry -- _||_ Registered linux user #300600 (o_ Registered linux machine # 185855 //\at V_/_ http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nav panel in Konqueror
On Saturday 10 January 2004 17:55, Lanman wrote: > Anne; When you SU to root from a normal user, you're > essentially still in the normal user's environment and > "calling" the root owned application. KDE would have to > save the profile setting for "root's" konqueror in "anne's" > profile, and it can't or shouldn't be able to do that. Even > using "su -" and changing to the "root" environment will > give you the same results. Sorry! > > Someone else might have an idea on how to get around this, > but I think this is "part and parcel" of the Mandrake > "Mentality" ( as I call it ), to prevent normal users from > loggin in as root users. Notice that the user "root" is no > longer showing up on the login menu? That's what I'm > talking about. I don't think it was ever possible to save > these profile settings in a normal users profile or to save > them for the root user. I might be wrong, though. It might > be possible to create a new Konqueror profile and call it > "When I'm SU'd as root user". > Sounds as though the only way is to log in directly as root, then save that profile in Konq. Not the way I'd like to do it, though. It goes against the grain of telling everyone that you never need to log in as root, doesn't it? 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] boot messages
On Saturday 10 January 2004 18:21, Eric Huff wrote: > > > > > /var/log/boot.log probably... > > > > > > I checked in both of those, but neither one has the list of OK > > > and FAILED services. > > > > Are you sure it isn't in boot.log? You may have to scroll around > > a bit, but it should be there. > > Well, i guess i found the equivelent lines, for example: > > Jan 10 07:19:22 cuda atalk: atalkd startup succeeded > > But it still doesn't have the phantom line i am looking for, which > says something about a failure, and that i should configure > something... > > I'll find out what it says next time i boot. > Have you opened it in KWrite and used Find for Failure? 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] cd with faulty md5sum
On Saturday 10 January 2004 12:31 pm, Johan wrote: > On Saturday 10 January 2004 19:05, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Saturday 10 January 2004 03:35 am, Johan wrote: > > > Now thankyou very much to those that made input. > > > > ^^^ > > biso knop33.iso (alias biso='cdrecord -v -eject > >driveropts=burnfree speed=16 dev=0,0,0 > > -dao') > > Hi Tom, > Would you be so kind as put provide me with that script of > yours. Exact copy on e-mail or as an attachment please. > If you do not want to put it on list kindly direct email > please. I have a lot of scripts for various jobs > myself.once it works it will so everytime.no need to > worry about all the options etc. I would like to collect good > ones from people. > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Nice to see more stuff about cd copy/burning...I see a lot of > traffic on k3b list. > Being a windows user for 30 years I am used to GUI. > Console ..if you know your stuff is powerful of course. > Thanks > Johan They're not scripts Johan, but added commands (aliases) to /etc/bashrc You can't use mine directly, and they depend heavily on directories I've created, eg, /home/tom/wav and configs particular to my system, eg my burner is /dev/scd0, and 0,0,0. Modifying the aliases should be easy tho, to suit your system. I posted mine as examples. I'll email you my bashrc. I believe you'll understand what I've done. If not just ask (on or off list). -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cd with faulty md5sum
On Saturday 10 January 2004 18:45, Johan wrote: > Hi Anne, > Here is something similar.. > http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/BurningCDsFromISOs > Johan So it is - I missed that when I was browsing the index. Thanks, Johan 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] midi files, Kmid and Sound Blaster Live (solved)
On Saturday 10 January 2004 12:24, Jerry Barton wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:33:45 + > Peter Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > Where did you find these sound fonts? Which cd? A Mandrake > > > > one? > > > > There are also a lot of them at http://www.sf2midi.com/ Thanks - I'll take a look there as well. 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] midi files, Kmid and Sound Blaster Live (solved)
On Saturday 10 January 2004 18:33, Peter Watson wrote: > > The awesfx rpm includes a sound font, GU11-ROM.SF2, you should find > it in /etc/midi > Yes - I have that one, Pete. 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] midi files, Kmid and Sound Blaster Live (solved)
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 16:33, Peter Watson wrote: > On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 5:42 pm, Josenildo Marques wrote: > > On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 13:50, Anne Wilson wrote: > > > On Thursday 08 January 2004 22:33, Josenildo Marques wrote: > > > > On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 17:39, Josenildo Marques wrote: > > > > Ok, I did it ! > > > > Now I can play .midi and .kar files in Kmid. I just followed the > > > > instructions in the article. > > > > > > > > First, I installed the awesfx package > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi awesfx > > > > > > OK - done that > > > > > > > Then , I copied the sound samples to /etc/midi/ > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cp /mnt/cdrom/AUDIO/COMMON/SFBANK/8MBGMSFX.SF2 > > > > /etc/midi/ > > > > > > Where did you find these sound fonts? Which cd? A Mandrake one? > > > > Hi, Anne! > > I copied them from the Sound Blater installation cd. If you don't have > > the cd, I can e-mail the sound fonts to you. I have already bzipped them > > - their size is 6,4M. Can your email handle it ? > > folks > > The awesfx rpm includes a sound font, GU11-ROM.SF2, you should find it in > /etc/midi > > Yes, I've seen it. I didn't try to load it because I was following the article whose link I provided in my first message. Do you happen to know if it works with Sound Blaster ? Is it loaded by default ? If it is, probably not because there's no sound output from Kmid without the font samples from the cd. -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net linux user #341648 * A diferença entre a literatura e o jornalismo é que o jornalismo é ilegível e a literatura não é lida. Oscar Wilde Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] midi files, Kmid and Sound Blaster Live (solved)
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:33:45 + Peter Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Where did you find these sound fonts? Which cd? A Mandrake one? There are also a lot of them at http://www.sf2midi.com/ -- _||_ 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] Postfix spam blocking
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 16:44:40 +, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I suspect that's the crucial bit. SA must be very capable to keep its > good name, but it does take a lot of training. POPFilter, OTOH, > seems to train very quickly. I had to re-install a couple of weeks > ago, so right now my statistics are > > Emails classified:3,457 > Classification errors:15 > Accuracy: 99.56% > > Traffic over the holidays has been predictably light. I would expect > this to be back to the 99.87% that I had before Christmas within the > next week or so. As you can see, since I reinstalled on 22 Dec it > has only made 15 classification errors (most of them in the first 48 > hours) - I always correct them immediately, to speed up the learning. I'm a sold-out POPFile fan. It has an error rate of 1.15% on my last 68,000 messages--a quarter of which is spam. And it's nothing less than effortless to train. I'll take POPFile over SA any day of the week. Yes, even on Monday. Miark Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Google News
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:15:45 -0500 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's my opml file you can import. keeewwwl. Thanks :-) -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "Every now and then when your life gets complicated and the weasels start closing in, the only real cure is to load up on heinous chemicals and then drive like a bastard from Hollywood to Las Vegas."-- Hunter S. Thompson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 18:28:10 + Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No It will not work with IMAP since Kmail cannot apply filters with IMAP. > > This solution is only good for a single user with Kmail getting posts with > POP3 Really? KMail won't put the messages through Spamassissin if they're coming from mail spool? > For other applications refer to my Mailserver HOWTO Joe mentioned. -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "If the Americans go in and overthrow Saddam Hussein and it's clean, he has nothing, I will apologize to the nation, and I will not trust the Bush Administration again, all right?"-- Bill O'Reilly, March 18, 2003 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Core dump
Somebody scribbled about Re: [newbie] Core dump >and I suppose it's going to start a rip file inside directory > sources, yes ? if so I think I had better move the directory Sure it will, but it's trivial to use -o /tmp/toystory.avi instead of -o toystory.avi, provided of course there's enough room on /tmp. Besides, if the problem occurs very early on in the process, then it probably doesn't matter where the output goes. Also you probably want to start this all off with 'script' so you can save all the output of the session to a file. In some cases the resultant .avi file (or part of it) may be helpful to the developers. >John -- David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] cd with faulty md5sum
On Saturday 10 January 2004 15:35, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 10 January 2004 09:35, Johan wrote: > > Hi, > > Report back on this thread and copy cd.. > > It seems the question of a cd will md5sum pass boils down how it > > was recordedif it does not pass md5sum does not mean there is > > technically something wrong with such cd. > > > > > > Johan, this should be on the TWiki - it's too good to lose. Only > problem is, I'm not sure where the best place is. Would you browse > the index and see what you think? > > Anne Hi Anne, Here is something similar.. http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/BurningCDsFromISOs Johan -- 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] cd with faulty md5sum
On Saturday 10 January 2004 19:05, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Saturday 10 January 2004 03:35 am, Johan wrote: > > Now thankyou very much to those that made input. > > ^^^ > biso knop33.iso (alias biso='cdrecord -v -eject >driveropts=burnfree speed=16 dev=0,0,0 -dao') Hi Tom, Would you be so kind as put provide me with that script of yours. Exact copy on e-mail or as an attachment please. If you do not want to put it on list kindly direct email please. I have a lot of scripts for various jobs myself.once it works it will so everytime.no need to worry about all the options etc. I would like to collect good ones from people. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Nice to see more stuff about cd copy/burning...I see a lot of traffic on k3b list. Being a windows user for 30 years I am used to GUI. Console ..if you know your stuff is powerful of course. Thanks Johan -- 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] midi files, Kmid and Sound Blaster Live (solved)
On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 5:42 pm, Josenildo Marques wrote: > On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 13:50, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Thursday 08 January 2004 22:33, Josenildo Marques wrote: > > > On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 17:39, Josenildo Marques wrote: > > > Ok, I did it ! > > > Now I can play .midi and .kar files in Kmid. I just followed the > > > instructions in the article. > > > > > > First, I installed the awesfx package > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi awesfx > > > > OK - done that > > > > > Then , I copied the sound samples to /etc/midi/ > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cp /mnt/cdrom/AUDIO/COMMON/SFBANK/8MBGMSFX.SF2 > > > /etc/midi/ > > > > Where did you find these sound fonts? Which cd? A Mandrake one? > > Hi, Anne! > I copied them from the Sound Blater installation cd. If you don't have > the cd, I can e-mail the sound fonts to you. I have already bzipped them > - their size is 6,4M. Can your email handle it ? folks The awesfx rpm includes a sound font, GU11-ROM.SF2, you should find it in /etc/midi HTH Pete ArdnamurchanScotland Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:48:43 + Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 1:41 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:36:11 + > > > > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Flattered as I am that Joe has referenced my mailserver HOWTO there is a > > > simpler way of invoking Spamassassin if all you want to do is use Kmail > > > to fetch your POP3 mail and then test it for spam. > > > > No, no, no, never provide a simpler method, people have much more fun > > hacking away at various obtuse config files ;-) > > Neat fix, Derek. Thanks for that. I assume it will work without POP3? > Since there's four users on this system I'd prefer a global solution, so I may > go with Joe's solution, if it doesn't get too complex. > > Thanks, all. > > -- > Richard Urwin > > No It will not work with IMAP since Kmail cannot apply filters with IMAP. This solution is only good for a single user with Kmail getting posts with POP3 For other applications refer to my Mailserver HOWTO Joe mentioned. derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Google News
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 11:22:13AM -0500, JoeHill wrote: > > In any case, thanks for the tip, great app, now it's just a matter of finding > some RSS news feeds to add in. I already added Google's Canadian and World news > feeds, not bad. > > What are your faves? Here's my opml file you can import. Todd Liferea Feed List Export http://www.freshmeat.net/backend/fm-releases.rdf"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.desktoplinux.com/backend/headlines.rdf"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.computerworld.com/news/xml/0,5000,249,00.xml"; htmlUrl=""/> http://openzaurus.org/oz_website/content/rss"; htmlUrl=""/> http://librenix.com/rss/linux/"; htmlUrl=""/> http://killefiz.de/zaurus/backend/zsi.rdf"; htmlUrl=""/> http://googlenews.74d.com/rss/google_top.rss"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.infoworld.com/rss/platform_os.rdf"; htmlUrl=""/> http://googlenews.74d.com/rss/google_scitech.rss"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.gadgetopia.com/index.xml"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/backend.php"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.linuxjournal.com/news.rss"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.theinquirer.net/inquirer.rss"; htmlUrl=""/> http://lockergnome.com/rss/linux.php"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.geeknews.net/index.php?op=backend"; htmlUrl=""/> http://slashdot.org/index.rss"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.osnews.com/files/recent.rdf"; htmlUrl=""/> http://cgi.pbs.org/cgi-registry/cringely/cringelyrdf.pl"; htmlUrl=""/> http://linuxcentral.com/backend/lcnew.rdf"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.groklaw.net/backend/GrokLaw.rdf"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.theregister.co.uk/feeds/latest.rdf"; htmlUrl=""/> http://tuxmobil.org/tuxmobil_rss.rdf"; htmlUrl=""/> http://trainedmonkey.com/news/rss.php?s=2"; htmlUrl=""/> http://www.newsforge.com/newsforge.rss"; htmlUrl=""/> http://rssnewsapps.ziffdavis.com/tech.xml"; htmlUrl=""/> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot messages
> > > > /var/log/boot.log probably... > > > > I checked in both of those, but neither one has the list of OK > > and FAILED services. > > > Are you sure it isn't in boot.log? You may have to scroll around > a bit, but it should be there. Well, i guess i found the equivelent lines, for example: Jan 10 07:19:22 cuda atalk: atalkd startup succeeded But it still doesn't have the phantom line i am looking for, which says something about a failure, and that i should configure something... I'll find out what it says next time i boot. thanks, eric -- 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] SpamAssassin Question
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 09:58:33 -0800 "E. Hines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've been running SA for several months now, and it has been extremely > successful. My wife get's dozens of spams a day, and the filtering has > gotten better as more spams get added to the database. > > Now I want to move her account to a different machine, but I don't want to > start the sa-learn process all over again. How do I transfer the bayesian > learns that have been run for the past few months? Will simply copying the > ~/.spamassassin folder, with all its bayes files across do the trick? > Can bayes learns be copied from her account to mine (I get a lot less spam, so > I have less missed spam to run an sa-learn on) to make my filters more > effective? > > thanks > > e > > Yes you can just move the files. But a recent upgrade to Spamassassin changed the format of the Bayes database (I think it was 2.60), so you may find you have to delete them and start again. If you have folders containing known spam and known non spam (ham) you can use sa-learn to populate a new database quite easily (see man sa-learn) derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi: "everything already installed" - NOT
On Friday 09 January 2004 03:06 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > On Fri, 2004-01-09 at 07:51, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Thursday 08 January 2004 10:12 pm, Aron Smith wrote: > > > > > Any way, next time I will use urpmi.update. > > > > > > > > I like it better myself. > > > > > > I just pulled a dummy ..I did an easy urpmi but left it > > > set for 9.2 instead of the 9.1 I was using It updated 682 > > > packages so I might be running 9.2 now OTH I didn't lose > > > any data :-) > > > > What does 'cat /etc/mandrake-release' say? If you are > > running 9.2, you should also get the kernel, 'urpmi kernel' > > It says 9.2 release for fivestar Well good for you, now get the kernel and updates for 9.2. Or if you want 10.0, add some cooker sources and disable all others ;>Seriously, what you did is a good way to update to the next release, but if you do it with urpmi, you should 'urpmi urpmi' first, then update. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] SpamAssassin Question
I've been running SA for several months now, and it has been extremely successful. My wife get's dozens of spams a day, and the filtering has gotten better as more spams get added to the database. Now I want to move her account to a different machine, but I don't want to start the sa-learn process all over again. How do I transfer the bayesian learns that have been run for the past few months? Will simply copying the ~/.spamassassin folder, with all its bayes files across do the trick? Can bayes learns be copied from her account to mine (I get a lot less spam, so I have less missed spam to run an sa-learn on) to make my filters more effective? thanks e Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nav panel in Konqueror
Anne; When you SU to root from a normal user, you're essentially still in the normal user's environment and "calling" the root owned application. KDE would have to save the profile setting for "root's" konqueror in "anne's" profile, and it can't or shouldn't be able to do that. Even using "su -" and changing to the "root" environment will give you the same results. Sorry! Someone else might have an idea on how to get around this, but I think this is "part and parcel" of the Mandrake "Mentality" ( as I call it ), to prevent normal users from loggin in as root users. Notice that the user "root" is no longer showing up on the login menu? That's what I'm talking about. I don't think it was ever possible to save these profile settings in a normal users profile or to save them for the root user. I might be wrong, though. It might be possible to create a new Konqueror profile and call it "When I'm SU'd as root user". Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/10/2004 at 5:44 PM Anne Wilson wrote: >On much the same tack - I get the nav panel when I open Konq as a file >browser, user mode, but in SU mode I have to F9 it. I can't find >anywhere that specifies the difference between the two modes. Any >ideas? > >Anne > >On Saturday 10 January 2004 17:16, Lanman wrote: >> Bill; Open Konqueror. Go To Settings. Click on "Save View - >> File Management". You can also set additional views for >> web-browsing, etc., as well. >> >> Lanman >> >> *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** >> >> On 1/10/2004 at 9:21 AM Bill W. wrote: >> >Hi, >> >After doing some upgrades, whenever I open Konqueror file >> >> manager, the nav >> >> >panel and I have to manually start it (F9). How can I make >> >> it the default >> >> >when KFM opens? >> > >> >tia, >> >Bill W. >> > >> > >> > >> >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >> >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > >-- >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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lilo questions
On Saturday 10 January 2004 17:38, mike wrote: > Anne Wilson wrote: > >On Saturday 10 January 2004 16:30, mike wrote: > > > >If I were you I would try booting from CD1, hitting F1 where you > > get a chance to restore your lilo - you don't need one on each > > drive. That should at least get you in again, then you can look > > at what changes if any need making to make both versions > > available. I don't know whether it will be able to set it up > > correctly with the boot partitions on separate drives, so you may > > well have to hand edit. > > > >Anne > > Thanks Anne, > that answers some of my questions. So I could boot from install cd > restore my > hda lilo.config, then boot to hda and then hand edit all the > entries I want ie both hda and hdb and all the kernels old and new > with devices like root=/dev/hda > root=/dev/hdb > and associated partitions, images,initrd,etc. and run lilo and of > course check make sure all is working. Yes - I forgot to mention that you must run sbin/lilo whenever you have made changed. See below about configuration > Then possible boot to hdb (9.1) and remove lilo from 9.1? > Or due you just leave that lilo.config alone? Just leave it alone, it will do no harm. To help you see how my multiboot is set up here is a section of my lilo.conf. It should help you see what I mean: boot=/dev/hde map=/boot/map keytable=/boot/uk.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw disk=/dev/hde bios=0x80 image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.13mdk label="Mandrake91_13" root=/dev/hdf1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.13mdk.img append="devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk label="Mandrake9.1MM" root=/dev/hdf1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.16mm-mdk.img append="devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.4.21-0.26mdk label="Mandrake91_26" root=/dev/hdf1 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.4.21-0.26mdk.img append="devfs=mount hda=ide-scsi acpi=off" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hdf1 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=nomount hda=ide-scsi acpi=off failsafe" read-only other=/dev/hde1 label="windows" table=/dev/hde Don't worry about the fact that mine is talking about hde and hdf - that's a peculiarity of the way this motherboard handles the drives. Yours will simply be hda and hdb. 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] nav panel in Konqueror
On much the same tack - I get the nav panel when I open Konq as a file browser, user mode, but in SU mode I have to F9 it. I can't find anywhere that specifies the difference between the two modes. Any ideas? Anne On Saturday 10 January 2004 17:16, Lanman wrote: > Bill; Open Konqueror. Go To Settings. Click on "Save View - > File Management". You can also set additional views for > web-browsing, etc., as well. > > Lanman > > *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** > > On 1/10/2004 at 9:21 AM Bill W. wrote: > >Hi, > >After doing some upgrades, whenever I open Konqueror file > > manager, the nav > > >panel and I have to manually start it (F9). How can I make > > it the default > > >when KFM opens? > > > >tia, > >Bill W. > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- 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] midi files, Kmid and Sound Blaster Live (solved)
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 13:50, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Thursday 08 January 2004 22:33, Josenildo Marques wrote: > > On Thu, 2004-01-08 at 17:39, Josenildo Marques wrote: > > Ok, I did it ! > > Now I can play .midi and .kar files in Kmid. I just followed the > > instructions in the article. > > > > First, I installed the awesfx package > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# urpmi awesfx > > > OK - done that > > > Then , I copied the sound samples to /etc/midi/ > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# cp /mnt/cdrom/AUDIO/COMMON/SFBANK/8MBGMSFX.SF2 > > /etc/midi/ > > > Where did you find these sound fonts? Which cd? A Mandrake one? Hi, Anne! I copied them from the Sound Blater installation cd. If you don't have the cd, I can e-mail the sound fonts to you. I have already bzipped them - their size is 6,4M. Can your email handle it ? -- josenildo marques icq #289971493 homepage http://cyb.ezdir.net linux user #341648 * Literature is news that stays news. Ezra Pound Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] lilo questions
Anne Wilson wrote: On Saturday 10 January 2004 16:30, mike wrote: Hello, I kinda borked up my workstation when I did the kernel updates. I have 2 hard drives both on the master ide channel hda and hdb hda has dual boot windows and mdk9.2 and hdb has just mdk9.1 on it. Also hdb used to be hda when its install was done thus it believes it was hda. I added a new hard drive and installed windows and mdk9.2 edited the lilo.conf on mdk9.2 to mount hdb1 (mdk9.1) on /dev/hdb1 in a /mnt/tmp directory like so. image=/mnt/tmp/boot/vmlinuz label="9.1_linux" root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/mnt/tmp/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=ht" vga=791 read-only So anyways cruiseing along at very careless warp speed updated both kernels and over wrote hda's lilo.conf with hdb's lilo.conf so was wondering can I just rewrite my lilo.conf with all the entries from both hda and hdb and run lilo and put and identical copy on both hda and hdb so I can boot hda again and not confuse the issue again? Or do I need to remove lilo from hdb? Mike Mike, early in your lilo.conf there will be a line something like boot=/dev/hde That is usually the hddrive on which you have your windows install, just because windows usually needs to be on the first hdd. Anyway, the drive mentioned in that line is where it's looking to start up. If you have done a default install of 9.1 and 9.2 you will have separate /boot partitions. It can only read one, and you need to know which one it is reading, or to prepare both for reading. The way you do that is to rename config, initrd, kernel and vmlinuz with the kernel version e.g. config would become config-2.4.21-0.13mdk (I think that's the stock 9.1 kernel). Then make sure that both /boot partitions contain copies of each. At present you are telling it to load vmlinuz, for 9.1. The trouble is that vmlinuz may well be pointing to the 9.2 version. Once you have copies of each in your /boot you can change these entries to version specific ones, and all should be well. If I were you I would try booting from CD1, hitting F1 where you get a chance to restore your lilo - you don't need one on each drive. That should at least get you in again, then you can look at what changes if any need making to make both versions available. I don't know whether it will be able to set it up correctly with the boot partitions on separate drives, so you may well have to hand edit. Anne Thanks Anne, that answers some of my questions. So I could boot from install cd restore my hda lilo.config, then boot to hda and then hand edit all the entries I want ie both hda and hdb and all the kernels old and new with devices like root=/dev/hda root=/dev/hdb and associated partitions, images,initrd,etc. and run lilo and of course check make sure all is working. Then possible boot to hdb (9.1) and remove lilo from 9.1? Or due you just leave that lilo.config alone? What due you and the others due with 2 linux OS's on the same box as a general rule? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Google News
On Friday 09 January 2004 01:10 pm, JoeHill wrote: > Okay this is a bit offtopic...did I ever give a rat's ass about that? > > Anyhow, I'm probably the last to know, but I was surprised and delighted to > find something that makes me love Google just a little bit more, if that's > possible. > > First they come out with google.com/linux (bookmark that sucker folks, and > *use it* before posting your question on here). Kewll. > > Now: > > news.google.com It's been there for quite a while, but in beta. You should take a look at 'labs' - it contains all the new stuff that they're still working on. -- sheridan http://sheridan.gothcentric.com/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 H:37, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 10 January 2004 12:48, Richard Urwin wrote: > > I have Postfix running an SMTP server, so I don't use POP3, > > Fetchmail etc, just Postfix. > > > > I need a spam-blocker. Can anyone point me to a How-To on the > > subject? I've seen plenty of traffic on this list about doing it > > with a POP3 feed, but they fit the blocker between Fetchmail and > > Postfix, which isn't going to help in my case. The Postfix and > > SpamAssassin websites are not helpful. > > > > Ideally I want one that just adds a header field, so Kmail can > > filter it to a spam folder. That way I don't lose any false > > positives. > > Could you not simple let POPFilter collect from the Postfix folder and > set the header line? KMail would then collect from there and filter > on it. > > Anne postfix is already set to use procmail .. this is easy to configure with plenty ready made recipies or howto pages to get you on your way LtCdData Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nav panel in Konqueror
Bill; Open Konqueror. Go To Settings. Click on "Save View - File Management". You can also set additional views for web-browsing, etc., as well. Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/10/2004 at 9:21 AM Bill W. wrote: >Hi, >After doing some upgrades, whenever I open Konqueror file manager, the nav >panel and I have to manually start it (F9). How can I make it the default >when KFM opens? > >tia, >Bill W. > > > >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] Postfix spam blocking
ROFL! Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/10/2004 at 9:14 AM Aron Smith wrote: >On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 08:05, Lanman wrote: >> *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** >> >> On 1/10/2004 at 11:02 AM JoeHill wrote: >> >> >> >> >Or the one that makes Homer 'giggle like a schoolgirl': >> "titmouse". >> > >> >> I rest my case! >> >> Lanman >Two mice are in the dressing room at the Playboy club >first mouse legs legs leg did you ever see so many gorgeous legs? >second mouse .. means nothing to me I'm a Titmouse >> >> >> >> __ >> 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 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] nav panel in Konqueror
Hi, After doing some upgrades, whenever I open Konqueror file manager, the nav panel and I have to manually start it (F9). How can I make it the default when KFM opens? tia, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Sat, 2004-01-10 at 08:05, Lanman wrote: > *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** > > On 1/10/2004 at 11:02 AM JoeHill wrote: > > > > >Or the one that makes Homer 'giggle like a schoolgirl': > "titmouse". > > > > I rest my case! > > Lanman Two mice are in the dressing room at the Playboy club first mouse legs legs leg did you ever see so many gorgeous legs? second mouse .. means nothing to me I'm a Titmouse > > > > __ > 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] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 January 2004 17:01, Eric Huff wrote: > > That's a very impressive number, but I don't see what POPFile > > does > > I'm at 99.78% on popfile. > > I feel like i am cheating a little, though, since i am on a bunch > of mailling lists that don't really get spaminated. > True, I don't get the amount of spam that some of our contributors do, but the fact remains that it catches almost all of them. 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] boot messages
On Saturday 10 January 2004 16:56, Eric Huff wrote: > > > /var/log/boot.log probably... > > > > /var/log/dmesg > > I checked in both of those, but neither one has the list of OK and > FAILED services. > > Oh, duh, i'll just do it interactively next time. > > But it would be nice if it were output to a file... > Are you sure it isn't in boot.log? You may have to scroll around a bit, but it should be there. 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] cd with faulty md5sum
On Saturday 10 January 2004 03:35 am, Johan wrote: > Now thankyou very much to those that made input. > Special thanks for Izak Burger for detailed and good > suggestions..this put me on the right track for finding info > and study. > All this was meant to understand cd burning/copy more and to > make *good* copies for friends and for myself of course. ^^^ Just made a Knoppix CD for a neighbor. I put my Knoppix CD in my burner (they are better readers than CDrom/DVDrom's). md5sum /dev/scd0 (to get the md5sum) dd if=/dev/scd0 of=/home/tom/knop33.iso remove old CD and put a CDr blank in burner biso knop33.iso (alias biso='cdrecord -v -eject driveropts=burnfree speed=16 dev=0,0,0 -dao') md5sum /dev/scd0 (get md5sum for new CD and compare to previous md5sum above) Since this new CD is for somebody else, and I was too lazy to get the 'offical' md5sum from a Knoppix ftp site, I put it in my DVDrom and booted it to make double sure it was OK. It was. Of course the cdrecord options for 'biso' can vary, ie, -eject, driveropts, speed, but -dao is _mandatory_ (to preserve the md5sum, and should always be used for bootable iso's anyhow). For d/l'd iso's all that's needed is to type 'biso ', then Enter My burner is a Plextor 52x CD-RW. CDr media used was 48x capable, so I burned at 1/3 speed, 16x. IMO, never more than 1/2 speed of the lesser of burner/media ratings should be used, even for data or audio CD's. 48x isn't three times as fast anyhow, but can, and often will result in coasters. Cdrecord won't normally use more than about 32x +, even if 48 and 52x media is used, inspite of faster than 32x burners. YMMV, cdrecord reports the media rating, requested, and then the actual burn speed when finished. To make an audio CD copy (same neighbor ;), I put an audio CD in my DVDrom, and a CDr blank in my burner and type 'cpaudiocd' alias cpaudiocd='ripacd && normall && bacd' (which calls) alias ripacd='cdparanoia -vB 1- /home/tom/wav/' alias normall='normalize -m /home/tom/wav/*' alias bacd='cdrecord -v -eject driveropts=burnfree speed=24 dev=0,0,0 -pad -audio *.wav' Due to batch normalizing the track volumes, the resulting CD is often better than the original (specially commercial or scratched CD's). Just 'bacd' is needed to make an audio CD from wav's after they're normalized with 'normall'. I like to use Xmms' disk writer plugin to create the wav's from mp3's. If those mp3's are from widely differing sources, I run normall twice. If there's any doubt about the mp3's integrity, 'mp3_check' (Mdk contrib rpm) will let you know about them. I like Xmms cause it displays total time, and I can make sure I don't exceed 80 minutes. MB's don't matter, they're often way over 700. .. To make a data CD (including mp3's, .avi's, .mpg's, .mov's, etc.), I select a directory containing the files I want to burn, eg, ~/data In my home dir I type'mkcdimg data/' (alias mkcdimg='mkisofs -r -o cd_image') which creates a burnable image file named cd_image. Then with a blank CDr in my burner I type 'bdcd cd_image' (alias bdcd='cdrecord -v -eject driveropts=burnfree speed=24 dev=0,0,0 -data') Those two commands could be made into one alias, but I like to 'du cd_image' to make sure it doesn't exceed the capacity of the CDr (eg, 700MB) before burning. In no case would I endorse trying to overburn. All the above is the quickest, easiest, and most bulletproof way of copying/burning CD's I've found. Just requires a little one time preparation, ie, making the aliases in /etc/bashrc 'Sides all burning GUI's suck ;~> -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 January 2004 11:23 am, Richard Urwin wrote: > > I have to question that. I know it's better known, but I get far > > better rates under POPFile than I did when I tried SA. POPFile > > functions typically at 99.87% accuracy. I don't think you can better > > that. > > That's a very impressive number, but I don't see what POPFile does that SA > doesn't. You do need to train SA, and it doesn't start using Bayesian > analysis until it's database has 200 messages in. I don't have any > experience of how easy, hard or accurate this bit of SA is. I run it at > work, but the setup precludes training the Bayesian bit. I don't really rely on bayesian filters at all, I let the DNS blocklists do the power filtering and just let the body filters catch the stuff coming from brand new sources. I don't have particular numbers but on average, I get 800 spam mails per week through my system and of those, maybe 1 false negative hits the inbox. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
> That's a very impressive number, but I don't see what POPFile does I'm at 99.78% on popfile. I feel like i am cheating a little, though, since i am on a bunch of mailling lists that don't really get spaminated. eric -- 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] lilo questions
On Saturday 10 January 2004 16:30, mike wrote: > Hello, > I kinda borked up my workstation when I did the kernel updates. > I have 2 hard drives both on the master ide channel hda and hdb > hda has dual boot windows and mdk9.2 and hdb has just mdk9.1 > on it. Also hdb used to be hda when its install was done thus it > believes it was hda. I added a new hard drive and installed windows > and mdk9.2 edited the lilo.conf on mdk9.2 to mount hdb1 (mdk9.1) > on /dev/hdb1 in a /mnt/tmp directory like so. > > image=/mnt/tmp/boot/vmlinuz > label="9.1_linux" > root=/dev/hdb1 > initrd=/mnt/tmp/boot/initrd.img > append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=ht" > vga=791 > read-only > > So anyways cruiseing along at very careless warp speed updated > both kernels and over wrote hda's lilo.conf with hdb's lilo.conf so > was wondering can I just rewrite my lilo.conf with all the entries > from both hda and hdb and run lilo and put and identical copy on > both hda and hdb so I can boot hda again and not confuse the issue > again? > > Or do I need to remove lilo from hdb? > > Mike Mike, early in your lilo.conf there will be a line something like boot=/dev/hde That is usually the hddrive on which you have your windows install, just because windows usually needs to be on the first hdd. Anyway, the drive mentioned in that line is where it's looking to start up. If you have done a default install of 9.1 and 9.2 you will have separate /boot partitions. It can only read one, and you need to know which one it is reading, or to prepare both for reading. The way you do that is to rename config, initrd, kernel and vmlinuz with the kernel version e.g. config would become config-2.4.21-0.13mdk (I think that's the stock 9.1 kernel). Then make sure that both /boot partitions contain copies of each. At present you are telling it to load vmlinuz, for 9.1. The trouble is that vmlinuz may well be pointing to the 9.2 version. Once you have copies of each in your /boot you can change these entries to version specific ones, and all should be well. If I were you I would try booting from CD1, hitting F1 where you get a chance to restore your lilo - you don't need one on each drive. That should at least get you in again, then you can look at what changes if any need making to make both versions available. I don't know whether it will be able to set it up correctly with the boot partitions on separate drives, so you may well have to hand edit. 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] boot messages
> > /var/log/boot.log probably... > /var/log/dmesg I checked in both of those, but neither one has the list of OK and FAILED services. Oh, duh, i'll just do it interactively next time. But it would be nice if it were output to a file... thanks, eric -- Mandrake HowTo's & More: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] SCO goes after Google
Quote: "Stowell [a SCO spokesperson] said that SCO has had "intermittent, low-level discussions" with Google..." Ya, "intermittent, low-level discussions" that contained the words: "Go fsck yourself" :-D Link: http://www.forbes.com/markets/bonds/newswire/2004/01/09/rtr1205268.html -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "And so if people are violating the law by doing drugs, they ought to be accused and they ought to be convicted and they ought to be sent up."-- Rush Limbaugh, drug abuser Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 January 2004 16:23, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 3:16 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > On Saturday 10 January 2004 14:44, Richard Urwin wrote: > > > If I can get SpamAssassin in it is more > > > powerful. > > > > I have to question that. I know it's better known, but I get far > > better rates under POPFile than I did when I tried SA. POPFile > > functions typically at 99.87% accuracy. I don't think you can > > better that. > > That's a very impressive number, but I don't see what POPFile does > that SA doesn't. You do need to train SA, and it doesn't start > using Bayesian analysis until it's database has 200 messages in. I > don't have any experience of how easy, hard or accurate this bit of > SA is. I run it at work, but the setup precludes training the > Bayesian bit. I suspect that's the crucial bit. SA must be very capable to keep its good name, but it does take a lot of training. POPFilter, OTOH, seems to train very quickly. I had to re-install a couple of weeks ago, so right now my statistics are Emails classified: 3,457 Classification errors: 15 Accuracy: 99.56% Traffic over the holidays has been predictably light. I would expect this to be back to the 99.87% that I had before Christmas within the next week or so. As you can see, since I reinstalled on 22 Dec it has only made 15 classification errors (most of them in the first 48 hours) - I always correct them immediately, to speed up the learning. 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
[newbie] lilo questions
Hello, I kinda borked up my workstation when I did the kernel updates. I have 2 hard drives both on the master ide channel hda and hdb hda has dual boot windows and mdk9.2 and hdb has just mdk9.1 on it. Also hdb used to be hda when its install was done thus it believes it was hda. I added a new hard drive and installed windows and mdk9.2 edited the lilo.conf on mdk9.2 to mount hdb1 (mdk9.1) on /dev/hdb1 in a /mnt/tmp directory like so. image=/mnt/tmp/boot/vmlinuz label="9.1_linux" root=/dev/hdb1 initrd=/mnt/tmp/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount hdc=ide-scsi acpi=ht" vga=791 read-only So anyways cruiseing along at very careless warp speed updated both kernels and over wrote hda's lilo.conf with hdb's lilo.conf so was wondering can I just rewrite my lilo.conf with all the entries from both hda and hdb and run lilo and put and identical copy on both hda and hdb so I can boot hda again and not confuse the issue again? Or do I need to remove lilo from hdb? Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot messages
On Saturday 10 January 2004 04:22 pm, Paul wrote: > /var/log/boot.log probably... > > On 01/10/2004 05:12 PM, Eric Huff wrote: > >I know i have seen this before, but can't find it in the archive. > > > >Where can i find the boot messages displayed while booting (with the > >[OK]'s and everything? Toward the end there is a line saying i need > >to configure something, but i can't read it fats enough, and when i > >do a grep for configur in /var, i don't find it.. /var/log/dmesg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] hardware issues after installing a new vidcard
On Saturday 10 January 2004 04:08 pm, James Cammarata wrote: > thanks for the pointer on my video problem, i figured that wouldn't be too > hard to solve. one thing at a time tho... > My main issues is with my lack of sound. I have absolutely no idea how to > fix this and can't find any help via Google. first set the BIOS to "plug and pray aware OS to NO, set bios it 'initailize video first" to AGP (or some such) set reserve IRQ for Video to yes in BIOS. then make sure the sound card is loaded in harddrake and the vol. controls are not muted in kmix or whatever mixers you want to use and include alsamixergui in the mix of unmuted mixers. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Google News
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:53:43 -0500 Todd Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Even tried it running XFCE4 with the panel enabled, still same > > > error...WTF? > > > > > > I know you are an XFCE4 user, no? Does it put a systray icon in your > > > panel? > > > > Never mind, built it from source (had to install a boatload of devel libs, > > but > > it's good to have those around anyhow), and it seems to be running okay. > > > > Hmmm, another one of my 'answer my own posts' thread. > > Sorry about that, I remember having to install some -devel packages, but > I assumes RPM would complain if you didn't have them already. Just off > hand, do you recall the packages you needed? Prolly some XML things? libgtkhtml2-devel, and ya libxml(2?)-devel, IIRC. 'Course, those then require about 20 other packages, but urpmi took care of all that. Nothing like a well-written configure script to tell you exactly what yer missin'. > Yeah, I run XFce4 and it's nice having the icon in the systray. If I set > it up to check for new news every X minutes, the icon changes to reflect > that. Weird that your RPM was behaving that way though, I couldn't see any build options to enable/disable the systray icon, and when I built it, on the first start in the prefs, "show systray icon" is off by default. Mysterious... In any case, thanks for the tip, great app, now it's just a matter of finding some RSS news feeds to add in. I already added Google's Canadian and World news feeds, not bad. What are your faves? -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "Not only do I think marijuana should be legalized, I think it should be mandatory"-- Bill Hicks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] boot messages
/var/log/boot.log probably... On 01/10/2004 05:12 PM, Eric Huff wrote: I know i have seen this before, but can't find it in the archive. Where can i find the boot messages displayed while booting (with the [OK]'s and everything? Toward the end there is a line saying i need to configure something, but i can't read it fats enough, and when i do a grep for configur in /var, i don't find it.. -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what? http://www.nlpagan.net - Linux Mandrake - Thunderbird 0.5a/20031217 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] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 3:16 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > On Saturday 10 January 2004 14:44, Richard Urwin wrote: > > If I can get SpamAssassin in it is more > > powerful. > > I have to question that. I know it's better known, but I get far > better rates under POPFile than I did when I tried SA. POPFile > functions typically at 99.87% accuracy. I don't think you can better > that. That's a very impressive number, but I don't see what POPFile does that SA doesn't. You do need to train SA, and it doesn't start using Bayesian analysis until it's database has 200 messages in. I don't have any experience of how easy, hard or accurate this bit of SA is. I run it at work, but the setup precludes training the Bayesian bit. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] boot messages
I know i have seen this before, but can't find it in the archive. Where can i find the boot messages displayed while booting (with the [OK]'s and everything? Toward the end there is a line saying i need to configure something, but i can't read it fats enough, and when i do a grep for configur in /var, i don't find it.. thanks, eric -- 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] Postfix spam blocking
*** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/10/2004 at 11:02 AM JoeHill wrote: >Or the one that makes Homer 'giggle like a schoolgirl': "titmouse". > I rest my case! Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
You guys have got WAY too much time on your hands! Have you considered a second full-time job? Grin! Cumquat?! Gadzooks! Lanman *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/10/2004 at 11:01 AM Ronald J. Hall wrote: >On Saturday 10 January 2004 10:48 am, JoeHill wrote: >-> On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:33:48 -0500 >-> Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >-> >-> > granular >-> >-> I love that word...almost as much as 'bludgeon', my personal fave. >-> > >"cumquat" always cracked me up... :-) > >-- > > /\ > Dark< >>Lord > \/ > > > > >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] hardware issues after installing a new vidcard
thanks for the pointer on my video problem, i figured that wouldn't be too hard to solve. My main issues is with my lack of sound. I have absolutely no idea how to fix this and can't find any help via Google. James Cammarata [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.sngx.net home: 314-835-1122 work: 314-872-2426 cell: 314-409-0583 __ Out the Ethernet, through the router, down the fiber, off another router, down the T1, past the fire-wall ...nothing but Net Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 11:01:38 -0500 "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > "cumquat" always cracked me up... :-) Or the one that makes Homer 'giggle like a schoolgirl': "titmouse". -- JoeHill ++ ICQ # 280779813 Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ "He who controls others may be powerful, but he who has mastered himself is mightier still."-- Lao Tsu Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Google News
On Sat, Jan 10, 2004 at 09:17:50AM -0500, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 08:30:13 -0500 > JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > Damn! > > > > > > I tried running Docker (http://icculus.org/openbox/2/docker/), which should > > > allow for systray icons, but still no go. Also tried Peksystray... > > > > > > Any suggestions for a lite systray app to work with this? > > > > Even tried it running XFCE4 with the panel enabled, still same error...WTF? > > > > I know you are an XFCE4 user, no? Does it put a systray icon in your panel? > > Never mind, built it from source (had to install a boatload of devel libs, but > it's good to have those around anyhow), and it seems to be running okay. > > Hmmm, another one of my 'answer my own posts' thread. Sorry about that, I remember having to install some -devel packages, but I assumes RPM would complain if you didn't have them already. Just off hand, do you recall the packages you needed? Prolly some XML things? Yeah, I run XFce4 and it's nice having the icon in the systray. If I set it up to check for new news every X minutes, the icon changes to reflect that. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 January 2004 10:48 am, JoeHill wrote: -> On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 10:33:48 -0500 -> Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: -> -> > granular -> -> I love that word...almost as much as 'bludgeon', my personal fave. -> "cumquat" always cracked me up... :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] no sound and crashing
On Saturday 10 January 2004 08:01 am, Anne Wilson wrote: -> I would say just update the existing entry, which states that -> everything is fine on 9.0 and 9.1. Comment about the problem in 9.2, -> say that at present cause is unknown, and date it. You can always -> update again if and when the problem is resolved. HTH -> -> Anne Okay, I'll do that in a jiffy! :-) -- /\ Dark< >Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Fw: 9.2
On Saturday 10 January 2004 13:54, P J Scott wrote: > Been there nothing like it in my bios.American megatrends. I am > running xp pro Philip, it doesn't matter if you are running dippety-do :-) This is *not* related to your operating system. Please give details of your system, in terms of is it a complete system from a particular vendor, and also the AMI bios version, which comes up very early on your bootup screen - it's sometimes necessary to hit Pause very quickly to read that before it disappears. There will be someone else here who has that particular version, I'm sure. 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] Fw: 9.2
On Saturday 10 January 2004 14:50, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 2:29 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: > > The BIOS is help on a ROM > > Argh! The BIOS is held on a ROM Absolutely correct - sorry, mind on the real problem and not giving enough attention to the explanation. Yours is much better. 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] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 January 2004 10:10 am, JoeHill wrote: > As long as KMail is configured to look at each message through the eyes of > Spamassassin, it shouldn't matter where the mail is actually being > retrieved from. Actually, Joe, your solution provides for more control with SA as well. Postfix receives the mail and then directs it through Procmail which passes it through SpamAssassin before delivering to the local spool. That allows SA global filters to be used to filter out everything over say a score of 10-15 which is definitely going to be spam, with probably extremely few or no false positives. Now, users can configure Kmail to pass all local spool mail through SpamAssassin yet again, this time using their own custom recipes and bayesian filter addons with perhaps a custom score that works for them, say a 4-5 which is more likely to grab false positives but also will get much more spam. They drop those into a folder and quickly look through the subject lines before dumping them. Added benefit is that they can use bayesian filters to "learn" from false positives and negatives so that the custom filters get better over time. Eventually, the admin could, if he wanted, apply some of that learning to the global filters and allow other users to benefit from those lessons. That particular method gives you the benefit of having custom created filters in SA, which means that one user can use the DSBL dns block list, or the bl.spamcop.net dns blocklist while another user who may not trust that source can pick another one or simply not use any at all. Finally, some users can actually choose to get spam and filtering can be completely turned off for those particular users with SA. Not only do you get more control with procmail, but SA is a natural extension of procmail and also gives you granular levels of control. -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 January 2004 14:44, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 1:37 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Could you not simple let POPFilter collect from the Postfix > > folder and set the header line? KMail would then collect from > > there and filter on it. > > I assume you mean POPFile? POPFilter seems to be something > different. I would have used POPFile, but I don't use POP3, and > POPFile wont support SMTP until February 15th. It only does > Bayesian analysis, anyway. If I can get SpamAssassin in it is more > powerful. Correction - collection by local-smtp may not be possible through POPFile - I haven't tried it, so I really don't know. 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] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 January 2004 14:44, Richard Urwin wrote: > On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 1:37 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > > Could you not simple let POPFilter collect from the Postfix > > folder and set the header line? KMail would then collect from > > there and filter on it. > > I assume you mean POPFile? POPFilter seems to be something > different. Sorry - brain not in gear. POPFile, of course. > I would have used POPFile, but I don't use POP3, and > POPFile wont support SMTP until February 15th. It only does > Bayesian analysis, anyway. I must be misunderstanding you here. I'm not sure why you're worried about smtp? On my system I collect mail from pop3 accounts (I no longer have an imap one, but the same would apply) and a local account. All my external mail goes through POPFile, and by definition there will be no spam on the local mail, so I don't bother putting that through POPFile, though I would have thought it quite easy if you did want to. > If I can get SpamAssassin in it is more > powerful. I have to question that. I know it's better known, but I get far better rates under POPFile than I did when I tried SA. POPFile functions typically at 99.87% accuracy. I don't think you can better that. 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] Postfix spam blocking
On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 14:48:43 + Richard Urwin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I assume it will work without POP3? > Since there's four users on this system I'd prefer a global solution, so I may > > go with Joe's solution, if it doesn't get too complex. Derek's tip should work whether you are getting your mail from a POP server or locally (var/spool/mail, or whatever). As long as KMail is configured to look at each message through the eyes of Spamassassin, it shouldn't matter where the mail is actually being retrieved from. It's just that, in the long run, you have more precise control of your mail with Procmail in between Postfix and KMail and Spamassassin. For example, you can call recipes which catch *definitely spam* mail before it even gets to Spamassassin or KMail, reducing the load they have to bear, and your time examining your junk mail folder and hitting the delete key so many times. -- 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] Fw: 9.2
On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 2:29 pm, Richard Urwin wrote: > The BIOS is help on a ROM Argh! The BIOS is held on a ROM -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 1:41 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Sat, 10 Jan 2004 13:36:11 + > > Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Flattered as I am that Joe has referenced my mailserver HOWTO there is a > > simpler way of invoking Spamassassin if all you want to do is use Kmail > > to fetch your POP3 mail and then test it for spam. > > No, no, no, never provide a simpler method, people have much more fun > hacking away at various obtuse config files ;-) Neat fix, Derek. Thanks for that. I assume it will work without POP3? Since there's four users on this system I'd prefer a global solution, so I may go with Joe's solution, if it doesn't get too complex. Thanks, all. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Postfix spam blocking
On Saturday 10 Jan 2004 1:37 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: > Could you not simple let POPFilter collect from the Postfix folder and > set the header line? KMail would then collect from there and filter > on it. I assume you mean POPFile? POPFilter seems to be something different. I would have used POPFile, but I don't use POP3, and POPFile wont support SMTP until February 15th. It only does Bayesian analysis, anyway. If I can get SpamAssassin in it is more powerful. -- Richard Urwin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
