Re: [newbie] Bittorrent help -- some detail please
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 7, 2004 10:06 pm, Troy Thomas Hall wrote: > > how r u seeing all these peers and such? Also I tried the shorewall > command that was put in the list and shorewall hated it. With regard to shorewall I've just forwarded the ports that I've been advised to. I also don't have a hardware router as too many of the cheap ones cause all kinds of grief and most of them can't be configured worth a damn anyway. I'm using the shadow client and it's showing them to me in the GUI. I've also opened myself up to unlimited connections. For the record, for anyone following this thread, I'm not at between 55 and 86 kB/s which isn't bad, I guess. It should finish sometime tomorrow at this rate :) Still seeing very few clients and peers but that could be just a regional thing and the clients and peers that respond in a given amount of time. I haven't looked into it any yet. Also the packet error rate is way down now. I've seen one peer disappear and I'm not downloading from them now. I'll wait till they reappear and if the bit error rate goes through the ceiling again I'll block them at Shorewall. They were always kinda suspect anyway. I wonder if they've got a fscked hard drive? Oh well :) Going well now, I guess, though waiting 4.5 hours to get decent throughput is a bit much. Still, better than nothing. :) ttfn John -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFATCSikxLVEWCTiQ8RAorAAJ97k3HjcsyHOAkWZ9sVMH2RrWPwWACfZkOu 6LOGxaK+IpCeoscnbHZfJeI= =/2bA -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bit torrent
> > > 36hrs? Still seems like a very broken way of distributing files. > My torrent is still open. I don't know what I'm helping to do since > the files I downloaded > are zero bytes in size. Mine has been open for 56 hours and I have got 700M so far. Even with the upload throttled right back I am getting an average of about 8Kb/s on a 512M broadband connection. Before when I was downloading ISOs FTP from Mandrake I used to get about 60Kb/s and could download 4 ISOs in at most about 24hours or so. -- John Willby Registered Linux user number 321644 ICQ: 92791912 MSN: [EMAIL PROTECTED] AIM: vicarofwibley Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is like a wigwam - No Gates, no Windows, Apache inside. 07:17:32 up 18 days, 16:22, 2 users, load average: 1.07, 1.17, 1.09 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bittorrent help -- some detail please
Daniel Anderson wrote: On Sunday 07 March 2004 07:28 pm, John Wilson wrote: On March 7, 2004 02:18 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 07 March 2004 03:09 pm, John Wilson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 OK, I have a Bittorent client up and running but running so slowly that I'll be a very old man and we'll be on Mdk 12 or 13 by the time this download completes. The FAQ on the club site sucks and there is no other documentation on this piece of &^*&. Strangely there is nothing on Twiki either. I have better things to do than google the world to figure out how this works! I tried it with 9.2 with similar results (I'm currently running with no firewall to see if that works and it's not making me feel good or helping one iota) and ended up waiting till the public release where it was finally placed on FTP. Okay..frustration over. To any I offended, I'm sorry, but this is NOT what I joined the club to get. By the way..torrent just stopped dead...oh what fun Now..does anyone have a point by point set of instructions on setting this god forsaken thing up? And don't point me to the FAQ on the club site, please. It's about as much use as stone knife when trying to cut steel. It seems to work for some but judging from the traffic here and elsewhere it's a frustrating, angering and ultimately bad thing for MDK in the sense of customer satisfaction. Thanks. A very frustrated ttfn John -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAS4+IkxLVEWCTiQ8RAkI5AJ9jvcNz6e8ul4pzA5PLC/w+IZDmlACglK2y uXTHYJUvdm1kxv2H+yEzepY= =0uFH -END PGP SIGNATURE- John, what speed connection do you have? cable, t1, phone line, dsl? here is what I put in a command line as user not root: btdownloadgui.py --max_upload_rate 12 mytorrent-yourusername.torrent This will limit the upload and allow a faster download. Once you put that in it will ask where to save the files, I use the bittorent gui which makes it more user friendly for me. Not a cli guy so to speak. Anyway give that a try and see what you get. Also is your computer on a LAN or stand alone? I had to open ports on the router for my set up. HTH ADSL, semi fixed IP, that is in theory I have a DHCP connection but I've had the same IP for about 7 months now. 2048 down 1024 up. Ports wide open. My box is my router so that shouldn't be a problem. It could be that things are just slow today. I'm only seeing 24 peers out there at the moment a decrease of about 40 in the last 10 minutes and my speed has dropped accordingly. Rough estimate now is 2 and one half weeks. I know that SOME people are happy with this arrangement but for the life of me I can't understand why Mandrake wants to put so many people off. All the posts about good speed are in the first couple of days after the distro is announced and then the complaints seem to start because people take their torrents down and leave us latecomers to stew in downloads that are reminiscent of 300bps days. Whoops..down to 18 peers and 3 seeds...this is getting awful :-) ttfn John I'm seeing 97 peers and 41 seeds, dl speeds in the 70's and 80's. I set my upload limit to 13 kBs and opened port 6881 on my smoothwall. My only worry is I may be violating the terms of service agreement with the isp. Dan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com how r u seeing all these peers and such? Also I tried the shorewall command that was put in the list and shorewall hated it. -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MDK 10.0
What's wrong with libbeecrypt.so ? nothing is working, this library is missing. What can I do? Have you the same behaviour or it is just me? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Where is the bug tracker or Mandrake 10.0?
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Re: [newbie] Boot problem with 9.2 upgrade
On Sunday 07 March 2004 09:20 pm, Owen Berio wrote: > Dennis and Mark, > Thanks for the advise. It didn't resolve my problem but it did point to > the cause of the problem. > After logging in and typing "X" I got the following results > XFree86 Version 4.3.0 > Release Date: 9 May 2003 > X Protocal Version 11, revision 0, Release 6,6 > Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.10-23mdksmpi686[ELF] > Build Data: 10 September 2003 > Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.org/ to make sure > that you have the latestversion. > Module Leader present > Markers:(- -) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) > from command line, (!!)notice, (II)informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, > (NI) not implemented, (77) unknown. > (==) Logfile: "/ver/log/XFree86.8 log" Time Sun Mar 7 16;56:47 2004 > (==)Using config file "etc/X11/XF86 config-4" > Using vt7 > (EE) NVIDIA (0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! > (EE) NVIDIA (0) : *** Abort*** > (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration > Fatal server error > no Screens found > > X10: fatal error 104 (connection reset by peer) onx server ".00" > ** > Stranger yet when I boot up with"old linux" the itemized features is headed > by"welcome to Mandrake 9.2" And indeed it may be because many of my > desktop items are missing including Kmail, my email messages are still in > file the program is missing. Conversly when I bootup using the "linux" > menu item I get the new screen for Mandrake Linux 9.2 followed by the > situation stated below. > > At 02:26 PM 3/7/2004 -0500, you wrote: > >Owen Berio wrote: > >>With 9.1 I had no problem booting with the graphic format. > >>I just did what I think was a correct upgrade using three disks to > >>version 9.2 > >>But instead of the usual screen for logging on I get the following. > >>A menu listing the following > >>linux > >>- nonfb > >>floppy > >>2421-13 > >>old_linux > >>old_linux- nonfb > >>failsafe > >> > >>When I chose "linux" I get the following: > >> > >>Booting the system > >>Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Five Star) for i586 > >>kernel 2.4.22-mdk on an i686 /tty1 > >>local host login: > >>(I login with my root ID "owen") > >>Last login Sun Mar7 1223.51 on VC/1 > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] owen]$ > >> > >>Help! how do I get the nice graphic login screen similar to the one I had > >>in 9.1/ > >>Owen > > > >Owen, > >When you login, type X, and press enter to start the X server. After > >you're in, go into Mandrake Control Center. Go into System, then Display > >Manager to choose a graphical login. The boot screen is Lilo, which is > >what most people use(I think.) I'm not sure what it was like before, as > >I've never used Mdk9.1, but if you want to use Grub, go to > >Boot>>Bootloader to configure it. > > > >--Marc > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Do you have "kernel-source" for the 9.2 kernel installed. That may be a problem if it is not installed. Also the NVIDIA-GLX and NVIDIA -kernel should be installed. Sorry I lost track of this installing 10.0 so I can't remember what you had installed. -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Boot problem with 9.2 upgrade
Dennis and Mark, Thanks for the advise. It didn't resolve my problem but it did point to the cause of the problem. After logging in and typing "X" I got the following results XFree86 Version 4.3.0 Release Date: 9 May 2003 X Protocal Version 11, revision 0, Release 6,6 Build Operating System: Linux 2.4.10-23mdksmpi686[ELF] Build Data: 10 September 2003 Before reporting problems, check http://www.XFree86.org/ to make sure that you have the latestversion. Module Leader present Markers:(- -) probed, (**) from config file, (==) default setting, (++) from command line, (!!)notice, (II)informational, (WW) warning, (EE) error, (NI) not implemented, (77) unknown. (==) Logfile: "/ver/log/XFree86.8 log" Time Sun Mar 7 16;56:47 2004 (==)Using config file "etc/X11/XF86 config-4" Using vt7 (EE) NVIDIA (0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! (EE) NVIDIA (0) : *** Abort*** (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration Fatal server error no Screens found X10: fatal error 104 (connection reset by peer) onx server ".00" ** Stranger yet when I boot up with"old linux" the itemized features is headed by"welcome to Mandrake 9.2" And indeed it may be because many of my desktop items are missing including Kmail, my email messages are still in file the program is missing. Conversly when I bootup using the "linux" menu item I get the new screen for Mandrake Linux 9.2 followed by the situation stated below. At 02:26 PM 3/7/2004 -0500, you wrote: Owen Berio wrote: With 9.1 I had no problem booting with the graphic format. I just did what I think was a correct upgrade using three disks to version 9.2 But instead of the usual screen for logging on I get the following. A menu listing the following linux - nonfb floppy 2421-13 old_linux old_linux- nonfb failsafe When I chose "linux" I get the following: Booting the system Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Five Star) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-mdk on an i686 /tty1 local host login: (I login with my root ID "owen") Last login Sun Mar7 1223.51 on VC/1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] owen]$ Help! how do I get the nice graphic login screen similar to the one I had in 9.1/ Owen Owen, When you login, type X, and press enter to start the X server. After you're in, go into Mandrake Control Center. Go into System, then Display Manager to choose a graphical login. The boot screen is Lilo, which is what most people use(I think.) I'm not sure what it was like before, as I've never used Mdk9.1, but if you want to use Grub, go to Boot>>Bootloader to configure it. --Marc 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] Bittorrent help -- some detail please
On Sun, 2004-03-07 at 18:56, Daniel Anderson wrote: > On Sunday 07 March 2004 07:28 pm, John Wilson wrote: > > On March 7, 2004 02:18 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > > On Sunday 07 March 2004 03:09 pm, John Wilson wrote: > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > > > OK, I have a Bittorent client up and running but running so slowly that > > > > I'll be a very old man and we'll be on Mdk 12 or 13 by the time this > > > > download completes. > > > > > > > > The FAQ on the club site sucks and there is no other documentation on > > > > this piece of &^*&. Strangely there is nothing on Twiki either. I > > > > have better things to do than google the world to figure out how this > > > > works! > > > > > > > > I tried it with 9.2 with similar results (I'm currently running with no > > > > firewall to see if that works and it's not making me feel good or > > > > helping one iota) and ended up waiting till the public release where it > > > > was finally placed on FTP. > > > > > > > > Okay..frustration over. To any I offended, I'm sorry, but this is NOT > > > > what I joined the club to get. > > > > > > > > By the way..torrent just stopped dead...oh what fun > > > > > > > > Now..does anyone have a point by point set of instructions on setting > > > > this god forsaken thing up? And don't point me to the FAQ on the club > > > > site, please. It's about as much use as stone knife when trying to cut > > > > steel. It seems to work for some but judging from the traffic here and > > > > elsewhere it's a frustrating, angering and ultimately bad thing for MDK > > > > in the sense of customer satisfaction. > > > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > > > A very frustrated > > > > > > > > ttfn > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > > > iD8DBQFAS4+IkxLVEWCTiQ8RAkI5AJ9jvcNz6e8ul4pzA5PLC/w+IZDmlACglK2y > > > > uXTHYJUvdm1kxv2H+yEzepY= > > > > =0uFH > > > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > > > John, what speed connection do you have? cable, t1, phone line, dsl? > > > here is what I put in a command line as user not root: > > > > > > btdownloadgui.py --max_upload_rate 12 mytorrent-yourusername.torrent > > > > > > This will limit the upload and allow a faster download. Once you put that > > > in it will ask where to save the files, I use the bittorent gui which > > > makes it more user friendly for me. Not a cli guy so to speak. Anyway > > > give that a try and see what you get. Also is your computer on a LAN or > > > stand alone? I had to open ports on the router for my set up. HTH > > > > ADSL, semi fixed IP, that is in theory I have a DHCP connection but I've > > had the same IP for about 7 months now. 2048 down 1024 up. Ports wide > > open. My box is my router so that shouldn't be a problem. It could be > > that things are just slow today. > > > > I'm only seeing 24 peers out there at the moment a decrease of about 40 in > > the last 10 minutes and my speed has dropped accordingly. Rough estimate > > now is 2 and one half weeks. > > > > I know that SOME people are happy with this arrangement but for the life of > > me I can't understand why Mandrake wants to put so many people off. All > > the posts about good speed are in the first couple of days after the distro > > is announced and then the complaints seem to start because people take > > their torrents down and leave us latecomers to stew in downloads that are > > reminiscent of 300bps days. > > > > Whoops..down to 18 peers and 3 seeds...this is getting awful :-) > > > > ttfn > > > > John > > I'm seeing 97 peers and 41 seeds, dl speeds in the 70's and 80's. I set my > upload limit to 13 kBs and opened port 6881 on my smoothwall. My only worry > is I may be violating the terms of service agreement with the isp. > Dan > > > __ > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I too was getting horrible rates downstream, so I followed the suggestion in the FAQ on the club site and forwarded the mentioned ports on my router. After doing that, I was sustaining 200-250 downstream. I did not throttle my upstream and it remained about 35-50. I went to bed about midnight and got up at 0630 and I had the first three images downloaded. Fired off disk 4 & 5 and got those in about 2 hrs. Troy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bittorrent help -- some detail please
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 7, 2004 04:39 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > This is strange, I had both of the powerpack bittorrents downloaded in > about 8 hours, the download was running full bore capacity of my broadband > so I don't understand unless you are routing through a busy server on the > internet. Have you tried stopping and restarting? Yup. Third time attempting it. Also have set it to allow multiple connections, which, I've heard speeds things up. No joy. In fact the speed is degrading rapidly now. Ranging from 6 KBbs to 0.2. Most of it under 0.5. There is nothing wrong with the route, I've tested it. Protocol analysis shows a whack of bad packets arriving and being rejected..upwards of 80% on each connection I've attempted. I'm about ready to give this up here. Reliable this is not at the moment. ttfn John -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAS8+zkxLVEWCTiQ8RAnmWAJ9MW3OSQtCT6v/M09eRIN+JFX7zhgCfUlSg /LcWeoh3PVnZ1HMMS40NcQs= =Z144 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] rpmbuild
On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 18:10:43 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > but maybe, > ncftp> > means it's looking for me to give it another url perhaps ? > ncftp> > http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=Scribus&submit=Sea$ > http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/rpm2html/search.php?query=Scribus&submit=Search+: > Not that way, at any rate. It's usage resembles regular command line ftp, but it handles that chore much better and much more user-friendly than regular ftp. But you can only go to one site at a time. What you're trying to do there is to query, and for that you need an http client like Mozilla, lynx, or what have you. But for the actual file transfer you use ncftp. For instance $ ncftp ftp.rpmfind.net < messages and so forth> ncftp> cd /pub/Linux/Mandrake/9.2 ncftp> get p0rn-1.3.0.i586.rpm ncftp> quit :) In other words, you manipulate it pretty much like you would an ftp session, but think of it as ftp on steroids :). (Disclaimer, that p0rn rpm doesn't really exist.) ;) -- 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] rpmbuild
On Tue, 02 Mar 2004 10:41:22 + John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > ftp://216.254.0.38/linux/Mandrake/updates/9.2/RPMS/ncftp-3.1.6-0.1.92mdk.i586.rpm > does it again, it's downloading something but where to? The directory where you started ncftp. It doesn't use download directories - just start it in your regular directory (/home/user) and it'll put the files there. > description Ncftp is an improved FTP client. Ncftp's improvements > include support for command line editing, command histories, recursive > > gets, automatic anonymous logins and more. I've used it for years now - very useful. It will for instance ask you whether or not you want to save a "placeholder" so that you don't have to type some long ftp url to get the files - you can just say 'ncftp updates' and be transported to the Mandrake 9.2 updates directory, for instance. -- 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] Bittorrent help -- some detail please
On Sunday 07 March 2004 07:28 pm, John Wilson wrote: > On March 7, 2004 02:18 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Sunday 07 March 2004 03:09 pm, John Wilson wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > OK, I have a Bittorent client up and running but running so slowly that > > > I'll be a very old man and we'll be on Mdk 12 or 13 by the time this > > > download completes. > > > > > > The FAQ on the club site sucks and there is no other documentation on > > > this piece of &^*&. Strangely there is nothing on Twiki either. I > > > have better things to do than google the world to figure out how this > > > works! > > > > > > I tried it with 9.2 with similar results (I'm currently running with no > > > firewall to see if that works and it's not making me feel good or > > > helping one iota) and ended up waiting till the public release where it > > > was finally placed on FTP. > > > > > > Okay..frustration over. To any I offended, I'm sorry, but this is NOT > > > what I joined the club to get. > > > > > > By the way..torrent just stopped dead...oh what fun > > > > > > Now..does anyone have a point by point set of instructions on setting > > > this god forsaken thing up? And don't point me to the FAQ on the club > > > site, please. It's about as much use as stone knife when trying to cut > > > steel. It seems to work for some but judging from the traffic here and > > > elsewhere it's a frustrating, angering and ultimately bad thing for MDK > > > in the sense of customer satisfaction. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > A very frustrated > > > > > > ttfn > > > > > > John > > > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQFAS4+IkxLVEWCTiQ8RAkI5AJ9jvcNz6e8ul4pzA5PLC/w+IZDmlACglK2y > > > uXTHYJUvdm1kxv2H+yEzepY= > > > =0uFH > > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > John, what speed connection do you have? cable, t1, phone line, dsl? > > here is what I put in a command line as user not root: > > > > btdownloadgui.py --max_upload_rate 12 mytorrent-yourusername.torrent > > > > This will limit the upload and allow a faster download. Once you put that > > in it will ask where to save the files, I use the bittorent gui which > > makes it more user friendly for me. Not a cli guy so to speak. Anyway > > give that a try and see what you get. Also is your computer on a LAN or > > stand alone? I had to open ports on the router for my set up. HTH > > ADSL, semi fixed IP, that is in theory I have a DHCP connection but I've > had the same IP for about 7 months now. 2048 down 1024 up. Ports wide > open. My box is my router so that shouldn't be a problem. It could be > that things are just slow today. > > I'm only seeing 24 peers out there at the moment a decrease of about 40 in > the last 10 minutes and my speed has dropped accordingly. Rough estimate > now is 2 and one half weeks. > > I know that SOME people are happy with this arrangement but for the life of > me I can't understand why Mandrake wants to put so many people off. All > the posts about good speed are in the first couple of days after the distro > is announced and then the complaints seem to start because people take > their torrents down and leave us latecomers to stew in downloads that are > reminiscent of 300bps days. > > Whoops..down to 18 peers and 3 seeds...this is getting awful :-) > > ttfn > > John I'm seeing 97 peers and 41 seeds, dl speeds in the 70's and 80's. I set my upload limit to 13 kBs and opened port 6881 on my smoothwall. My only worry is I may be violating the terms of service agreement with the isp. Dan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bittorrent help -- some detail please
On Sunday 07 March 2004 06:28 pm, John Wilson wrote: > On March 7, 2004 02:18 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > On Sunday 07 March 2004 03:09 pm, John Wilson wrote: > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > > > OK, I have a Bittorent client up and running but running so slowly that > > > I'll be a very old man and we'll be on Mdk 12 or 13 by the time this > > > download completes. > > > > > > The FAQ on the club site sucks and there is no other documentation on > > > this piece of &^*&. Strangely there is nothing on Twiki either. I > > > have better things to do than google the world to figure out how this > > > works! > > > > > > I tried it with 9.2 with similar results (I'm currently running with no > > > firewall to see if that works and it's not making me feel good or > > > helping one iota) and ended up waiting till the public release where it > > > was finally placed on FTP. > > > > > > Okay..frustration over. To any I offended, I'm sorry, but this is NOT > > > what I joined the club to get. > > > > > > By the way..torrent just stopped dead...oh what fun > > > > > > Now..does anyone have a point by point set of instructions on setting > > > this god forsaken thing up? And don't point me to the FAQ on the club > > > site, please. It's about as much use as stone knife when trying to cut > > > steel. It seems to work for some but judging from the traffic here and > > > elsewhere it's a frustrating, angering and ultimately bad thing for MDK > > > in the sense of customer satisfaction. > > > > > > Thanks. > > > > > > A very frustrated > > > > > > ttfn > > > > > > John > > > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > > > > > iD8DBQFAS4+IkxLVEWCTiQ8RAkI5AJ9jvcNz6e8ul4pzA5PLC/w+IZDmlACglK2y > > > uXTHYJUvdm1kxv2H+yEzepY= > > > =0uFH > > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > > > John, what speed connection do you have? cable, t1, phone line, dsl? > > here is what I put in a command line as user not root: > > > > btdownloadgui.py --max_upload_rate 12 mytorrent-yourusername.torrent > > > > This will limit the upload and allow a faster download. Once you put that > > in it will ask where to save the files, I use the bittorent gui which > > makes it more user friendly for me. Not a cli guy so to speak. Anyway > > give that a try and see what you get. Also is your computer on a LAN or > > stand alone? I had to open ports on the router for my set up. HTH > > ADSL, semi fixed IP, that is in theory I have a DHCP connection but I've > had the same IP for about 7 months now. 2048 down 1024 up. Ports wide > open. My box is my router so that shouldn't be a problem. It could be > that things are just slow today. > > I'm only seeing 24 peers out there at the moment a decrease of about 40 in > the last 10 minutes and my speed has dropped accordingly. Rough estimate > now is 2 and one half weeks. > > I know that SOME people are happy with this arrangement but for the life of > me I can't understand why Mandrake wants to put so many people off. All > the posts about good speed are in the first couple of days after the distro > is announced and then the complaints seem to start because people take > their torrents down and leave us latecomers to stew in downloads that are > reminiscent of 300bps days. > > Whoops..down to 18 peers and 3 seeds...this is getting awful :-) > > ttfn > > John This is strange, I had both of the powerpack bittorrents downloaded in about 8 hours, the download was running full bore capacity of my broadband so I don't understand unless you are routing through a busy server on the internet. Have you tried stopping and restarting? -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bittorrent help -- some detail please
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 7, 2004 02:18 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > On Sunday 07 March 2004 03:09 pm, John Wilson wrote: > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > OK, I have a Bittorent client up and running but running so slowly that > > I'll be a very old man and we'll be on Mdk 12 or 13 by the time this > > download completes. > > > > The FAQ on the club site sucks and there is no other documentation on > > this piece of &^*&. Strangely there is nothing on Twiki either. I have > > better things to do than google the world to figure out how this > > works! > > > > I tried it with 9.2 with similar results (I'm currently running with no > > firewall to see if that works and it's not making me feel good or helping > > one iota) and ended up waiting till the public release where it was > > finally placed on FTP. > > > > Okay..frustration over. To any I offended, I'm sorry, but this is NOT > > what I joined the club to get. > > > > By the way..torrent just stopped dead...oh what fun > > > > Now..does anyone have a point by point set of instructions on setting > > this god forsaken thing up? And don't point me to the FAQ on the club > > site, please. It's about as much use as stone knife when trying to cut > > steel. It seems to work for some but judging from the traffic here and > > elsewhere it's a frustrating, angering and ultimately bad thing for MDK > > in the sense of customer satisfaction. > > > > Thanks. > > > > A very frustrated > > > > ttfn > > > > John > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > > > iD8DBQFAS4+IkxLVEWCTiQ8RAkI5AJ9jvcNz6e8ul4pzA5PLC/w+IZDmlACglK2y > > uXTHYJUvdm1kxv2H+yEzepY= > > =0uFH > > -END PGP SIGNATURE- > > John, what speed connection do you have? cable, t1, phone line, dsl? > here is what I put in a command line as user not root: > > btdownloadgui.py --max_upload_rate 12 mytorrent-yourusername.torrent > > This will limit the upload and allow a faster download. Once you put that > in it will ask where to save the files, I use the bittorent gui which makes > it more user friendly for me. Not a cli guy so to speak. Anyway give that a > try and see what you get. Also is your computer on a LAN or stand alone? I > had to open ports on the router for my set up. HTH ADSL, semi fixed IP, that is in theory I have a DHCP connection but I've had the same IP for about 7 months now. 2048 down 1024 up. Ports wide open. My box is my router so that shouldn't be a problem. It could be that things are just slow today. I'm only seeing 24 peers out there at the moment a decrease of about 40 in the last 10 minutes and my speed has dropped accordingly. Rough estimate now is 2 and one half weeks. I know that SOME people are happy with this arrangement but for the life of me I can't understand why Mandrake wants to put so many people off. All the posts about good speed are in the first couple of days after the distro is announced and then the complaints seem to start because people take their torrents down and leave us latecomers to stew in downloads that are reminiscent of 300bps days. Whoops..down to 18 peers and 3 seeds...this is getting awful :-) ttfn John -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAS74lkxLVEWCTiQ8RAtmRAJ9iXhL5vI3y3/lziZ+nyD4zeuKLQwCglGAA IVdRueMvkpRxvMMMrWVoFEE= =jLMg -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing newer Mozilla on Mandrake 9.1
Gentle folks, What makes me wonder is if there is some detailed description of the procedure how to install (in fact, to upgrade) Mozilla. Actually, what I want to do is to upgrade Mozilla combo that comes with Mandrake 9.1 distribution. I'd prefer to remain with combo version, although I might be interested in trying new separate mailer and browser. The most important is to make safe the existing email. What should I do? How to backup the email and restore it back? I read somewhere that an older Mozilla should be de-installed before to install the new one. Any pointers about? Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with installing Windows fonts
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am trying to install my MS Windows fonts, by using drakfont. (I have got a dual machine - with MS Windows and Mandrake.) However, I get the following errors. Could somebody here please help me? Paul, did you solve your problem? Some time ago I also tried to import the fonts from my Windows 2000 partition. It seemed to be ok while doing the installation, but after that my user's account lost its 'native' fonts (it got some strange signs instead of the characters). I couldn't resolve that issue, even after re-creating that one user's account from scratch. At the end, I had to re-install the system again. What about your experience? Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bittorrent help -- some detail please
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On March 7, 2004 03:13 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: > I have to say again that the biggest problem with bittorrent is that people > don't understand how it works, and their machines aren't configured > properly. Yes there are specific issues that affect some issues, and there > are workarounds for most. For those that it really doesn't work, ftp/http > downloads are available by request. Okay..then how is it supposed to work and what are the configuration issues? This is exactly the same answer I got with 9.2 with the same lack of explaination. Maybe I'm being as thick as a brick here (something I'm more than prepared to admit) but the understanding and configuration are what I'm looking for. As for being in the minority perhaps I am. Still..something a bit more helpful "than you don't understand" would be greatly appreciated. Oh, and I never did have a problem ftp'ing the old way. :-) ttfn John -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAS6+CkxLVEWCTiQ8RAgYiAJ464bvA7+uAWlMk980zhHHifmej3wCgpRf8 qOJVA9M1QS/ZlZ3wTG7SZ74= =lNsg -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bittorrent help -- some detail please
On Sunday 07 March 2004 03:09 pm, John Wilson wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > OK, I have a Bittorent client up and running but running so slowly that > I'll be a very old man and we'll be on Mdk 12 or 13 by the time this > download completes. > > The FAQ on the club site sucks and there is no other documentation on this > piece of &^*&. Strangely there is nothing on Twiki either. I have better > things to do than google the world to figure out how this works! > > I tried it with 9.2 with similar results (I'm currently running with no > firewall to see if that works and it's not making me feel good or helping > one iota) and ended up waiting till the public release where it was finally > placed on FTP. > > Okay..frustration over. To any I offended, I'm sorry, but this is NOT what > I joined the club to get. > > By the way..torrent just stopped dead...oh what fun > > Now..does anyone have a point by point set of instructions on setting this > god forsaken thing up? And don't point me to the FAQ on the club site, > please. It's about as much use as stone knife when trying to cut steel. It > seems to work for some but judging from the traffic here and elsewhere it's > a frustrating, angering and ultimately bad thing for MDK in the sense of > customer satisfaction. > > Thanks. > > A very frustrated > > ttfn > > John > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- > Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) > > iD8DBQFAS4+IkxLVEWCTiQ8RAkI5AJ9jvcNz6e8ul4pzA5PLC/w+IZDmlACglK2y > uXTHYJUvdm1kxv2H+yEzepY= > =0uFH > -END PGP SIGNATURE- John, what speed connection do you have? cable, t1, phone line, dsl? here is what I put in a command line as user not root: btdownloadgui.py --max_upload_rate 12 mytorrent-yourusername.torrent This will limit the upload and allow a faster download. Once you put that in it will ask where to save the files, I use the bittorent gui which makes it more user friendly for me. Not a cli guy so to speak. Anyway give that a try and see what you get. Also is your computer on a LAN or stand alone? I had to open ports on the router for my set up. HTH -- Dennis M. linux user #180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bittorrent help -- some detail please
On Sunday 07 March 2004 04:09 pm, John Wilson wrote: > OK, I have a Bittorent client up and running but running so slowly that > I'll be a very old man and we'll be on Mdk 12 or 13 by the time this > download completes. > > The FAQ on the club site sucks and there is no other documentation on this > piece of &^*&. Strangely there is nothing on Twiki either. I have better > things to do than google the world to figure out how this works! > > I tried it with 9.2 with similar results (I'm currently running with no > firewall to see if that works and it's not making me feel good or helping > one iota) and ended up waiting till the public release where it was finally > placed on FTP. > > Okay..frustration over. To any I offended, I'm sorry, but this is NOT what > I joined the club to get. > > By the way..torrent just stopped dead...oh what fun > > Now..does anyone have a point by point set of instructions on setting this > god forsaken thing up? And don't point me to the FAQ on the club site, > please. It's about as much use as stone knife when trying to cut steel. It > seems to work for some but judging from the traffic here and elsewhere it's > a frustrating, angering and ultimately bad thing for MDK in the sense of > customer satisfaction. > Well I can only say I think you are in the vocal minority. Looking at the statistics at http://torrent.mandrakesoft.com:6969/ thousands of people have successfully downloaded. I have to say again that the biggest problem with bittorrent is that people don't understand how it works, and their machines aren't configured properly. Yes there are specific issues that affect some issues, and there are workarounds for most. For those that it really doesn't work, ftp/http downloads are available by request. This definitely beats the old days when I would sit in front of my computer constantly hitting refresh for two hours trying to get in at an ftp server. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Spamassassin - Cannot create lockfile
On Sunday 07 March 2004 04:52 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Sunday 07 Mar 2004 22:42, Chris wrote: > > > > Ok Derek, does this look any better? If not I guess maybe I'd just > > better go bury my head somewhere. > > > > bayes_path /home/chris/.spamassassin > > bayes_file_mode 0666 > > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 0.1 > > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 10.0 > > Yes that looks fine. Hopefully your logs will agree. > > derek Thanks Derek, guess I'll find out in the morning when I look at my syslog. Thanks much for the help. Chris -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 4:58pm up 43 min, 2 users, load average: 0.72, 0.52, 0.39 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Spamassassin - Cannot create lockfile
On Sunday 07 Mar 2004 22:42, Chris wrote: > > > > That would not help because msec would come along and change the perms > > back to 660. You could always use drakperm to override msec, but my > > experience with msec is that its best not to try to fight it. Just set > > the path > > to /home/chris/something and there is no problem. > > > > If you want to learn more about msec check this out > > http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php > > > > derek > > Ok Derek, does this look any better? If not I guess maybe I'd just better > go bury my head somewhere. > > bayes_path /home/chris/.spamassassin > bayes_file_mode 0666 > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 0.1 > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 10.0 Yes that looks fine. Hopefully your logs will agree. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Spamassassin - Cannot create lockfile
On Sunday 07 March 2004 04:27 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > On Sunday 07 Mar 2004 21:13, Chris wrote: > > On Sunday 07 March 2004 02:53 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > > That would not help because msec would come along and change the perms > back to 660. You could always use drakperm to override msec, but my > experience with msec is that its best not to try to fight it. Just set > the path > to /home/chris/something and there is no problem. > > If you want to learn more about msec check this out > http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php > > derek Ok Derek, does this look any better? If not I guess maybe I'd just better go bury my head somewhere. bayes_path /home/chris/.spamassassin bayes_file_mode 0666 bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 0.1 bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 10.0 -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 4:39pm up 24 min, 2 users, load average: 0.37, 0.41, 0.54 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Spamassassin - Cannot create lockfile
On Sunday 07 Mar 2004 21:13, Chris wrote: > On Sunday 07 March 2004 02:53 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > > The solution is to either put the line > > > > bayes_path /path/to/file > > > > > > > > in the /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf file where the path points to > > > > a directory with 666 permissions, or else create a > > > > ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file in each users home. The advantage of > > > > doing this is that each user will have customised spamassassin > > > > settings and their own Bayes database. > > > > > > > > Refer to the Postfix guide on my home page for suggestions of how to > > > > set it up. > > > > > > > > derek > > > > > > Derek, I'm the only user on the system. Below is a cut from my > > > local.cf in /etc/mail/spamassassin > > > > > > # Enable Bayes auto-learning > > > auto_learn 1 > > > bayes_path /etc/mail/spamassassin > > > bayes_file_mode 0777 > > > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 0.1 > > > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 10.0 > > > > > > Shouldn't that work? > > > > > > Chris > > > > No because /etc/mail/spamassassin is owned by root and spamassassin runs > > as the user the mail is being delivered to. > > > > derek > > Guess I'm either too dense to get it or something. So, if I were to create > a dir called "bayes" in my etc/mail/spamassassin for the bayes path and set > the "bayes_file_mode to 666 vice 0777 would this solve the problem? I do > have a lockfile created when I run sa-learn. > > So, if ya need to kick me in the head to get me to understand, by all means > do. > > Chris That would not help because msec would come along and change the perms back to 660. You could always use drakperm to override msec, but my experience with msec is that its best not to try to fight it. Just set the path to /home/chris/something and there is no problem. If you want to learn more about msec check this out http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Martian source revisited
Bryan, List, I read some on the Shorewall web site, downloaded the single machine config files, installed ethereal and am now in the middle of trying to figure out some messages: [EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]# less ethereal.out Frame 1 (60 bytes on wire, 60 bytes captured) Ethernet II, Src: 00:08:e3:b9:45:01, Dst: ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff Address Resolution Protocol (request) My understanding is limited here, so bear with me. The above packet is a broadcast to any mac out there (Dst) from source mac Src. Harmless. but do I need to log it? Frame 2 (95 bytes on wire, 95 bytes captured) Ethernet II, Src: 00:50:2c:00:fa:6a, Dst: 00:08:e3:b9:45:01 PPP-over-Ethernet Session Point-to-Point Protocol Internet Protocol, Src Addr: pool-68-162-128-17.pitt.east.verizon.net (68.162.12 8.17), Dst Addr: home6.bellatlantic.net (151.201.0.39) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: 33787 (33787), Dst Port: domain (53) Domain Name System (query) This msg is from my machine Src: 00:50:2c:00:fa:6a to Dst: 00:08:e3:45:01 over port 53 (DNS). Harmless right? Do I need to log it? Frame 3 (552 bytes on wire, 552 bytes captured) Ethernet II, Src: 00:08:e3:b9:45:01, Dst: 00:50:2c:00:fa:6a PPP-over-Ethernet Session Point-to-Point Protocol Internet Protocol, Src Addr: home6.bellatlantic.net (151.201.0.39), Dst Addr: po ol-68-162-128-17.pitt.east.verizon.net (68.162.128.17) User Datagram Protocol, Src Port: domain (53), Dst Port: 33787 (33787) Domain Name System (response) And this my isp's DNS response. Again harmless right? of repeats of my output to save bandwidth :) [EMAIL PROTECTED] terryg]# With the installation of the single machine configs from the Shorewall site, the Martian messages are no longer seen. I checked the config files against the originals and found one rule in the rules file: ## #ACTION SOURCE DESTPROTO DESTSOURCE ORIGINAL RATE USER # PORTPORT(S) DEST LIMIT SET ACCEPT net fw icmp8 and the interface file are different: ## #ZONE INTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS net ppp0detect norfc1918,routefilter,dhcp #LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE [EMAIL PROTECTED] shorewall]# My original setup had just dhcp under options. My need here is if these messages are that important in that my connection with my isp is healthy? Can I safely drop them and what would that rule look like? I'm assuming that something on this order would go in my rules file. Thanks again, Terry -- I used to have a signature, but I lost it. My new one is: IIRC CRS Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing My modem with tar.gz driver CD
Hi Thanks again for the good advice.
Ok... I've tried again to install my modem driver: I got stuck shortly after
extracting the files from the tar.gz file. I try to give full details here:
I will be extremely grateful if somebody could tell me what I could do
differently to make it work.
I have an Aztech internal modem in my computer:
Model: MSP2900 56k PCI Modem
The installation cd has a linux tar.gz file in it: slmdm-2.7.14
I created a Modem directory in my home directory home/modem
Then I extracted all the files into that direcectory. So now my directory
structure is home/modem/slmdm-2.7.14
Files in that directory are:
amrmo_init.c
tax_init.c
mdm_params.c
slusb.modules-dist
amrmo.o
fax.o
mdm_sltty.c
slver
Changes
ekernel-ver.c
modem_driver.h
sysdep.c
COPYRIGHT
linux_compat.h
README
sysdep_linux.c
country.dat
Makefile
slamr.modules-dist
sysdep_pci.c
editme.c
mdm_init.c
slmdm.modules-dist
usb.o
FAQ
mdm.o
slmdm.spec
usb_st7554.c
I opened the console and for safety gave the 'su' command (It did not ask me
for a password because I did not register a system admin password when I
installed 9.2)
The readme file stated that I had to edit the Makefile to contain
KERNEL_INCLUDES=/path/to/linux/include
So I followed their suggestion and typed the following command in the
console terminal:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] slmdm-2.7.14]# make KERNEL_INCLUDES=/path/to/linux/include
The immediate response was four pages of commands, and because I am stil
typing this e-mail in Windows (because my modem is not installed in linux I
have to retype all the computer's responses here: will try to do so
accurately)
gcc-Wall - O3 - fomit-frame-poi8nter -
D_KERNERL_-DMODULE-DEXPORT_SYMTAB-I. -I/path/to/linux/include -
DMODVERSOINS -- include /path/to/linux/include/linux/modversions.h -o
amrmo_init.o-c amrmo_init.c
: 138586157:43120:
/path/to/linxu/include/llinux/modversions.h: No such file or directory
In file included from /usr/include/linux/prefetch.h:13,
from/user/include/linux/list.h:6,
from /usr/include/llinux/module.h:11,
from amrmo_init.c:47:
/usr/include/asm/processor.h:55 error: 'CONFIG_X86_L1_CACHE_SHIFT'
undeclared here (not in a function)
/usr/include/asm/processor.h:55L errorL requested alignment is not a
constant
In file included from /usr/include/linux/moduel.h:297,
from amrmo_init.c:47:
/usr/include/linux/version.h:2:2 # error
"+++"
You should not include /usr/include/{linux,asm}/header files directly for
the compilation of kernel modules." "glibc now uses kernel header files from
a well-defined working kernel version (as recommended by Linus Torvalds)
THese files are glibc internal and may not match the ?? currently runing
kernel. They should only be included via other sytem header files - user
space programs should not directly include or as
well." To build kernel modules please do the following: Have the kenel
sources installed Make sure that the symbolic link
/lib/moudules/uname -r/build exists and points to the matching kernel source
directory
Now coppy /boot/vmlinuz.version.h to
/lib/modules/uname-r/build/include/linux/version.h
When compiling make sure to use the folloiwng compiler option to use the
correct include files:
-l/lib/modules/uname-r/build/include instead of =l/usr/include/linux
Please udjust the Makefile accordingly.
IT seems as thought his message is repeated a few times and then it ends off
iwth
In file included from amrmo_init.c:53
linux_compat.h:55:40 : missing binary operator before toke (Repeated a few
times for different compat.h:77:40 etc.)
then:
amrmo:init.c: In fucntion 'amrmo_probeL
warning: implicit declaration of function 'pci_request_regions'
and warning : implicit declaration of cunction ' pci_dev_driver'
make: *** [amrmo_init.o] ERROR 1
[EMAIL PROTECTED] slmdm-2.7.14]#
PLEASE HELP! What do I do to get this driver compiled and installed at the
right place? I hope somebody can make sense of what I've typed above.
Thank you So much:
Weiers
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Re: [newbie] Spamassassin - Cannot create lockfile
On Sunday 07 March 2004 02:53 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: > > > The solution is to either put the line > > > bayes_path /path/to/file > > > > > > in the /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf file where the path points to > > > a directory with 666 permissions, or else create a > > > ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file in each users home. The advantage of > > > doing this is that each user will have customised spamassassin > > > settings and their own Bayes database. > > > > > > Refer to the Postfix guide on my home page for suggestions of how to > > > set it up. > > > > > > derek > > > > Derek, I'm the only user on the system. Below is a cut from my > > local.cf in /etc/mail/spamassassin > > > > # Enable Bayes auto-learning > > auto_learn 1 > > bayes_path /etc/mail/spamassassin > > bayes_file_mode 0777 > > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_nonspam 0.1 > > bayes_auto_learn_threshold_spam 10.0 > > > > Shouldn't that work? > > > > Chris > > No because /etc/mail/spamassassin is owned by root and spamassassin runs > as the user the mail is being delivered to. > > derek Guess I'm either too dense to get it or something. So, if I were to create a dir called "bayes" in my etc/mail/spamassassin for the bayes path and set the "bayes_file_mode to 666 vice 0777 would this solve the problem? I do have a lockfile created when I run sa-learn. So, if ya need to kick me in the head to get me to understand, by all means do. Chris -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 3:03pm up 1 day, 3:29, 4 users, load average: 0.37, 0.50, 0.31 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Boot problem with 9.2 upgrade
With 9.1 I had no problem booting with the graphic format. I just did what I think was a correct upgrade using three disks to version 9.2 But instead of the usual screen for logging on I get the following. A menu listing the following linux - nonfb floppy 2421-13 old_linux old_linux- nonfb failsafe When I chose "linux" I get the following: Booting the system Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (Five Star) for i586 kernel 2.4.22-mdk on an i686 /tty1 local host login: (I login with my root ID "owen") Last login Sun Mar7 1223.51 on VC/1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] owen]$ Help! how do I get the nice graphic login screen similar to the one I had in 9.1/ Owen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT: Writing BASIC function in OpenOffice.org - scalc
Hi all I know this is not the right place to be asking about this but I asked on the oooforum but got no replies and thought that since there are so many smart cookies on this list that perhaps someone might know the solution to my problem. I am a REAL NEWBIE on this BASIC scripting! I've written a User Defined Function (UDF) in scalc for calculating income tax at different rates for NZ's various tax brackets. The only problem is that I need to use the builtin ROUNDDOWN function (to truncate the cents) in my UDF. I'm guessing that because the ROUNDDOWN function is not explicitly defined in my UDF I get a 'BASIC runtime error': "Sub-routine procedure or function procedure not defined." Here's a piece of my code: ElseIf GrossPay > 182 And GrossPay < 731 Then RoundGP = ROUNDDOWN(GrossPay, 0) AI = RoundGP*52 PAYE = (0.21*AI)-570 AEarnLevy = 0.012*AI WDed = (PAYE + AEarnLevy)/52 Tax1 = ROUNDDOWN(WDed, 2) What I need to know is: 1. Is my assumption correct - that I need to include the ROUNDDOWN function in my UDF? 2. If so, how do I do that if I don't know what actual code is used for that builtin function? I've googled and googled and now I'm cross-eyed! 3. Am I way off track or perhaps my requirement is impossible? Any help would be muchly appreciated. Cheers Sharrea -- Help Microsoft stamp out piracy - give Linux to a friend today Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bit torrent
Lee Wiggers wrote: On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:14:19 -0600 Rich and Cheryl Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Ok, I paid my 60 bucks to join "the club". My bit torrent client says I downloaded 2085 megs in two files. One file is 256k and the other is 0k. Easy CD creator finds three .iso files of 0k. What did I download and where are they? Is there an ftp site where these iso's can be found? Bit torrent is a terrible way to distribute data. Thanks, Richard Swanson So open a mirror and donate the bandwidth for all of us to get 'em from your house. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com sure, just tell me how. I still have bittorrent running. -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?
Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 07 March 2004 12:50 pm, Troy Thomas Hall wrote: Is this documented somewhere? I never knew before how to get to console from the graphical greeter. Maybe this should be in Twiki? This is a very basic feature of Linux nad has been in exitence since forever. maybe it is so basic that everyone just assumes that everyone else knows how to do it. Actually, there are 6 virtual consoles, VT1 through VT6, accessed with a ctrl-alt-Fx sequence where x number of the console you wish to access. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I knew about CTRL+F# through CLI but never knew how to do it from GUI. And I THOUGHT you had to choose permamently between graphical greeter and CLI unless you changed it. Course being the philosophy behind linux I should have known better. TYVM. -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] LCD Monitor questions
Ok. This is probably a VERY stupid question but here goes. With a conventional CRT you have specific "drivers" that you need to use and you have another set of files which control how the color interacts with the monitor and other devices. I forget the extension for these. Now, I am blessed to have a Northgate Innovations 19" LCD flat panel monitor with 1280x1024 resolution. The thing is that the fonts and such are no where near as sharp as they were on my 17" CRT. I've tried to ask Northgate about "drivers" and how to configure things to work best with programs such as Adobe Photoshop and I'm told there is nothing to configure. I really enjoy working with graphics and touching photo's up and such so this is fairly important to me. When I retouch a photo what I see is GOT to be what comes out the printer ( thats why the color protocol files) I use an Epson C82 printer ( only becuase I can't afford the 2200 ) which is an true CMYK printer, again for the same reason. And an Assylum GeForce FX 5200 128M AGP video card which was the best I could afford and only 1 step down from top of the line when I bought it last year. My system is an Asus A7S333 with 768M pc2100 DDR ram 80G & 20G HD, onboard sound (disabled) and an MadDog 5.1 SoundCard -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bit torrent
On Sun, 07 Mar 2004 12:14:19 -0600 Rich and Cheryl Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ok, I paid my 60 bucks to join "the club". My bit torrent client > says I downloaded 2085 megs in two files. One file is 256k and the > other is 0k. Easy CD creator finds three .iso files of 0k. What > did I download and where are they? > Is there an ftp site where these iso's can be found? > Bit torrent is a terrible way to distribute data. > > Thanks, > Richard Swanson > > > So open a mirror and donate the bandwidth for all of us to get 'em from your house. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Keeping bittorrent alive
Paul wrote: On Fri, 2004-03-05 at 23:10, Troy Thomas Hall wrote: actually I was going to let the server stay @ 9.2 till I knew 10 was stable. But I will be upgrading the Workstation. When I start X on the server and go to mandrake club and hit the 10 iso the web page says "No direct access to this page..." Do I have something in shorewall configured wrong? I've taken another look at the club page, and when I clicked on the bittorrent link went to the download page, clicked on the .torrent file & it saved without any problem. Maybe if you right-clicked and saved the link? Paul M Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com don't know what I changed, but even though shorewall doesn't have those specific ports open, downloading the files from the server is working better then from the workstation. All progressing nicely. -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] bit torrent
Rich and Cheryl Swanson wrote: Ok, I paid my 60 bucks to join "the club". My bit torrent client says I downloaded 2085 megs in two files. One file is 256k and the other is 0k. Easy CD creator finds three .iso files of 0k. What did I download and where are they? Is there an ftp site where these iso's can be found? Bit torrent is a terrible way to distribute data. Thanks, Richard Swanson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com I don't know what you did wrong, but here's how bittorrent is working on my system. When I click on the bittorrent download icon it opens another web page. there it shows several files the first two of which are the distribution ISO's. I click on the first one which is about 2.8G This opens a dialog which asks me where to put the files. By default it will put them in a Mandrake 10 folder. Once I've chosen the proper place it starts the process. This will take a VERY long time. Currently I have both the first set of CD's and CD4 downloading simultaneously. Its been doing this for about 36hrs now. Everything is progressing smoothly. -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with sharing ADSL on mdk 10
Troy Thomas Hall wrote: Yes, my internal ethernet subnet is 192.168.0.0. I configured windows but it didn't help, I even allowed pinging (from MCC) but i still can't ping my box. And "dhcpd" daemon is running and is configured (with DHCP configuration wizard). I liked to get it work like mdk 9.x had (DHCP auto configuring windows). I had a problem similar to this when I tried to configure my system. And it was because the silly wizard installs tmdns (?) even though you have bind installed. The result being tmdns takes over and bind never gets to do its job. Thanks a lot, but I already installed Mandrake 9.2 back, I didn't have time :( When I have more time I'll tray again. -- Klemens Arro My software never has bugs; it just develops random features. Registered Linux User#: 346118 ICQ#: 179198850 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Spamassassin - Cannot create lockfile
On Sunday 07 Mar 2004 17:58, Chris wrote: > While looking through my syslog I found the following entry: > > Mar 7 04:20:47 dhcppc0 spamd[24012]: bayes: lock: 24012 cannot create tmp > lockfile /etc/mail/spamassassin/bayes.lock.dhcppc0.24012 for > /etc/mail/spamassassin/bayes.lock: Permission denied > > I'm assuming from the line below, I have thousands of these, that SA writes > an entry for each rule it runs against a message? > > Mar 7 06:10:43 dhcppc0 spamd[1785]: Subroutine > RM_usd_onllovetodate_uri_test redefined at > /etc/mail/spamassassin/1_myrule.cf, rule RM_usd_onllovetodate, line 8, > line 35. > Mar 7 06:10:43 dhcppc0 spamd[1785]: Subroutine WLS_URI_7258_uri_test > redefined at > /etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-blacklist.2004022204.withdead.uri.cf, rule > WLS_URI_7258, line 8, line 35. > > And lastly, probably a dumb newbie question, there is no problems caused if > I deleted all the .gzip log files in /var/log is there? > > Thanks > Chris It looks like you are using spamassassin "site wide" with everyone using the same settings. I say this because if your users had a ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file then by default it would try to use a lock file in that folder. Your system is trying to use a lock file in the site wide settings folder /etc/mail/spamassassin which of course does not have write permission for users. The solution is to either put the line bayes_path /path/to/file in the /etc/mail/spamassassin/local.cf file where the path points to a directory with 666 permissions, or else create a ~/.spamassassin/user_prefs file in each users home. The advantage of doing this is that each user will have customised spamassassin settings and their own Bayes database. Refer to the Postfix guide on my home page for suggestions of how to set it up. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with sharing ADSL on mdk 10
Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 07 Mar 2004 10:02, Klemens Arro wrote: SNIP REDIRECTloc 3128tcp www - Did you remove this line Klemens? Because that line definitely *will* interfere with browsing. It intercepts all requests on port 80 and hands them to a Squid proxy server. (Don't forget to restart shorewall after any change) Yes, my internal ethernet subnet is 192.168.0.0. I configured windows but it didn't help, I even allowed pinging (from MCC) but i still can't ping my box. And "dhcpd" daemon is running and is configured (with DHCP configuration wizard). I liked to get it work like mdk 9.x had (DHCP auto configuring windows). Actually whole MCC firewall and internet connecting is weird: first button "Internet connection" is always empty, even if i fill there something and I click "ok", next time it is empty again. second button "manage connection" don't show my Internet access (ppp+). third, always after changing firewall rules it asks me my Internet connection (there is written, if adsl, put ppp+) but there is list only (i can't change it) and no ppp+, only eth0 and eth1 (so I have used always eth0, this is connected to ADSL modem). The shorewall configuration GUI in Mandrake sucks. That is why so many people dislike shorewall. You are much better off configuring shorewall directly in the text files. (Or using the webmin module) Flash of inspiration!! -- Rereading the above paragraph gives me an idea. You are using ppp over ethernet yes? Here in the UK we use ppp over atm so I have no personal experience with pppoe, but my understanding is that a ppp connection is made, and then an ethernet connection runs over the top of that, and you make your connection to the ethernet. Yes? In that case your /etc/shorewall/interfaces file should show eth0 as 'net' and eth1 as 'loc' , and your masq file should reference eth0. Perhaps someone who uses pppoe could comment on that. (Sorry about my bad English skills ;)) Your English is just fine. (Where is domain .ee ? ) derek Thanks a lot, but I didn't get it to work. I didn't have time to wait, so I installed Mandrake 9.2 back :( When I have more time I'll tray again. And domain .ee is from Estonia (south from Finland, very small country) -- Klemens Arro My software never has bugs; it just develops random features. Registered Linux User#: 346118 ICQ#: 179198850 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: Linux vs Windos WAS : [newbie] Re: Using i486s with Linux
On Saturday 06 March 2004 01:32 pm, David E. Fox wrote: > On Fri, 27 Feb 2004 12:11:27 -0500 > > Allen/gore/SlackWareWolf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Now if only HP would sell desktops and laptops running > > HP-UX :) I can get Linux and install it, hell this is > > an HP > > Why? :) > > > Another problem these hardware makers have is using > > integrated hardwareFor Goodness sakes I absolutly > > That's why I put together systems from the ground up. My > current box (3 yrs old), athlon 1ghz Asus motherboard, > 256 megs ram, sb live, matrox millenium II video, etc. > All in a nice blue case w/3 fans (not including the m/b & > cpu fans). Solid as a rock. The rest of the things, hd > and such, just migrated from my even older system, which > was a p/100 ca 1996. > > > We Are 138 > > http://www.suse.com > > http://www.slackware.org > > http://www.bsd.org > > http://www.daemonnews.org/ > > http://www.cannibalholocaust.net > > http://www.misfits.com > > http://www.onethirtyeight.com I'v never built a system myself as my hardware skills are fairly on guru. Heh. With hardware I'm fairly new. -- __ We Are 138 http://www.suse.com http://www.slackware.org http://www.bsd.org http://www.daemonnews.org/ http://www.cannibalholocaust.net http://www.misfits.com http://www.onethirtyeight.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] bit torrent
Ok, I paid my 60 bucks to join "the club". My bit torrent client says I downloaded 2085 megs in two files. One file is 256k and the other is 0k. Easy CD creator finds three .iso files of 0k. What did I download and where are they? Is there an ftp site where these iso's can be found? Bit torrent is a terrible way to distribute data. Thanks, Richard Swanson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with sharing ADSL on mdk 10
Yes, my internal ethernet subnet is 192.168.0.0. I configured windows but it didn't help, I even allowed pinging (from MCC) but i still can't ping my box. And "dhcpd" daemon is running and is configured (with DHCP configuration wizard). I liked to get it work like mdk 9.x had (DHCP auto configuring windows). I had a problem similar to this when I tried to configure my system. And it was because the silly wizard installs tmdns (?) even though you have bind installed. The result being tmdns takes over and bind never gets to do its job. -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:38:23 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 10:17:25 -0700 > Floyd Hagen disseminated the following: > > > Try this howto: > > http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO-1.html > > Hmmm, refers to 'supported features' of cdrecord 1.6, they might > wanna update that ;-) > > -- > JoeHill > Registered Linux user #282046 > Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org > +++ > 12:34:20 up 31 days, 17 min, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) > for i586 ++ > "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than > for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God." -- Jesus Christ > > Pointed me to http://www.xcdroast.org/manual/create.html#usingimage which got me going on xcdroast. I didn't think it was obvious to make a directory for the burn, but never will get geek status, anyway, so what do I know. Burning as we speak, I think. At 12x even. With two torrents going too. Thanks guys. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?
On Sunday 07 March 2004 12:50 pm, Troy Thomas Hall wrote: > Is this documented somewhere? I never knew before how to get to console > from the graphical greeter. Maybe this should be in Twiki? This is a very basic feature of Linux nad has been in exitence since forever. maybe it is so basic that everyone just assumes that everyone else knows how to do it. Actually, there are 6 virtual consoles, VT1 through VT6, accessed with a ctrl-alt-Fx sequence where x number of the console you wish to access. -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Spamassassin - Cannot create lockfile
While looking through my syslog I found the following entry: Mar 7 04:20:47 dhcppc0 spamd[24012]: bayes: lock: 24012 cannot create tmp lockfile /etc/mail/spamassassin/bayes.lock.dhcppc0.24012 for /etc/mail/spamassassin/bayes.lock: Permission denied I'm assuming from the line below, I have thousands of these, that SA writes an entry for each rule it runs against a message? Mar 7 06:10:43 dhcppc0 spamd[1785]: Subroutine RM_usd_onllovetodate_uri_test redefined at /etc/mail/spamassassin/1_myrule.cf, rule RM_usd_onllovetodate, line 8, line 35. Mar 7 06:10:43 dhcppc0 spamd[1785]: Subroutine WLS_URI_7258_uri_test redefined at /etc/mail/spamassassin/sa-blacklist.2004022204.withdead.uri.cf, rule WLS_URI_7258, line 8, line 35. And lastly, probably a dumb newbie question, there is no problems caused if I deleted all the .gzip log files in /var/log is there? Thanks Chris -- Regards Chris A 100% Microsoft free computer Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 11:50am up 1 day, 16 min, 3 users, load average: 1.93, 2.28, 1.32 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 'URPMI auto-select' while logged in to KDE?
Greg Meyer wrote: I do it in runlevel 5 all the time from the command line. Log out of KDE and then when you see th egraphical login greeter, hit ctrl-alt-F1 to get to a console and do your urpmi --auto-select from there. When done, hit alt-F7 to get back to the greeter. Restart the xserver and then login. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Is this documented somewhere? I never knew before how to get to console from the graphical greeter. Maybe this should be in Twiki? -- Troy T. Hall Registered Linux User #342150 Mandrake Club Member Abilene, KS. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] can't compile a file with -static
On Sunday, 7 March 2004 18:04, Chungwei Hsiung wrote: > thanks Philip > it works perfect Glad to have been of help. :) pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 10:17:25 -0700 Floyd Hagen disseminated the following: > Try this howto: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO-1.html Hmmm, refers to 'supported features' of cdrecord 1.6, they might wanna update that ;-) -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 12:34:20 up 31 days, 17 min, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 ++ "It is easier for a camel to pass through the eye of a needle than for a rich man to enter the Kingdom of God." -- Jesus Christ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:16:23 -0500 Lee Wiggers disseminated the following: > Just installed it but get numerous errors trying to burn. I know, > RTFM. > > Drag and drop. Yes > Intuitive. Yep > Working out of the box. Nope Ya, I think I spoke too soon, the GTK2 interface hooked me. Stick with GCombust, it has never once failed me, except on bad media (my fault for cheapin' out) and you can just browse to the ISO you want to burn, none of this setting a specific dir for images, it Just Works (TM). Of course, Tom B. is gonna chime in any minute about burning from the CLI... -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 12:19:38 up 31 days, 2 min, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 ++ "If you can't beat them, arrange to have them beaten." -- George Carlin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Adding entry to lilo.conf
I currently have both Windows and Mandrake 10 RC-1 installed on my HD using lilo to dual boot. I have added Arch Linux 0.6 to the mix and want to be able to boot this from lilo. Before I hose something up, I just wanted to ask the correct way to add this to lilo. Is it as simple as adding an entry like 'image-/dev/hda9' and 'label="Arch"' to my /etc/lilo.conf. If I want to access the Arch drives from Mandrake, would I also need to add the entries to my fstab? Attached are my existing lilo.conf and fstab files. The Arch root partition is on /dev/hda9. Thanks for the input. /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,umask=0,exec 0 0 /dev/hdd /mnt/cdrom2 auto user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,umask=0,exec 0 0 none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 /dev/hda1 /mnt/windows vfat iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda7 /usr ext3 defaults 1 2 /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0 none /mnt/hd supermount dev=/dev/sda1,fs=ext2:vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850 0 0 # File generated by DrakX/drakboot # WARNING: do not forget to run lilo after modifying this file boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map default="linux" keytable=/boot/am_old.klt prompt nowarn timeout=100 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" vga=788 read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="linux-nonfb" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.6 label="262-3" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd-2.6.img append="devfs=mount acpi=ht splash=silent" read-only image=/boot/vmlinuz label="failsafe" root=/dev/hda5 initrd=/boot/initrd.img append="failsafe acpi=ht devfs=nomount" read-only other=/dev/hda1 label="windows" table=/dev/hda other=/dev/fd0 label="floppy" unsafe Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast
Try this howto: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/CD-Writing-HOWTO-1.html On Sun, Mar 07, 2004, Lee Wiggers wrote: > I'm going to urpmi eroaster and try it out, but I stlll would like > to know how to use xcdroast. Ticks me off when something so simple > beats up on me. > > Thanks, Joe. > > Lee > > 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] can't compile a file with -static
thanks Philip it works perfect best regards Chungwei Philip Cronje wrote: On Sunday, 7 March 2004 04:45, Chungwei Hsiung wrote: Hello everyone.. I have a simple file and I try to compile it with -static flag, but I can't. Maybe you should try installing the glibc-static-devel package? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 11:16:23 -0500 Lee Wiggers disseminated the following: > Just installed it but get numerous errors trying to burn. I know, > RTFM. > > Drag and drop. Yes > Intuitive. Yep > Working out of the box. Nope Hmmm, you mean like this?: Starting to write CD/DVD at speed 16 in real TAO mode for single session. Waiting for reader process to fill input buffer ... /usr/bin/cdrecord: Premature EOF on stdin./usr/bin/cdrecord: Input buffer error, aborting. /usr/bin/cdrecord: fifo had 1 puts and 0 gets. Not sure what that means myself. Lemme play with it a bit and see... -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 12:01:44 up 30 days, 23:44, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 ++ "I think it's pathetic that I'm considered the left-wing liberal, it shows just how far to the right this country has lurched." -- Howard Dean, Washington Post, 06/07/03 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 10:51:38 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:56:08 -0500 > Lee Wiggers disseminated the following: > > > I'm going to urpmi eroaster and try it out, but I stlll would > > like to know how to use xcdroast. Ticks me off when something > > so simple beats up on me. > > I have found XCDRoast to be one of the most unintuitive UI's for > burning CD's I've ever seen, so you are not alone. ERoaster rocks > (so far, I haven't really played with it that much), very very > similar interface to GCombust, 'cept nicer looking, which is > always nice. > > -- > JoeHill > Registered Linux user #282046 > Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org > +++ > 10:49:32 up 30 days, 22:32, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) > for i586 ++ > "...we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted > influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial > complex." -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his 1961 farewell > address > > Just installed it but get numerous errors trying to burn. I know, RTFM. Drag and drop. Yes Intuitive. Yep Working out of the box. Nope ttfn Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:56:08 -0500 Lee Wiggers disseminated the following: > I'm going to urpmi eroaster and try it out, but I stlll would like > to know how to use xcdroast. Ticks me off when something so simple > beats up on me. I have found XCDRoast to be one of the most unintuitive UI's for burning CD's I've ever seen, so you are not alone. ERoaster rocks (so far, I haven't really played with it that much), very very similar interface to GCombust, 'cept nicer looking, which is always nice. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 10:49:32 up 30 days, 22:32, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 ++ "...we must guard against the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the military-industrial complex." -- President Dwight D. Eisenhower, in his 1961 farewell address Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:33:10 -0500 JoeHill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:12:53 -0500 > Lee Wiggers disseminated the following: > > > Can someone spare a moment to lead me through burning an iso > > with xcdroast. > > > > I can't figure how to get the image to "tracks to write". > > Try ERoaster, you can get it from Charles' urpmi source. It's > definitely lookin' like a replacement for GCombust, it's GTK2 and > just as easy to use (drag and drop support, etc.) and it has an > intuitive interface for all burning methods including ISO's, audio > CD's, and even BIN/CUE, very much *unlike* XCDRoast ;-) > > -- > JoeHill > Registered Linux user #282046 > Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org > +++ > 09:27:54 up 30 days, 21:10, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) > for i586 ++ > "In the long run, there is no capitalism without conscience; there > is no wealth without character." -- George W. Bush on Wall Street, > July 9, 2002 "It was like watching a whore pretend to be dean of > Southern Methodist University's School of Theology." -- Molly > Ivins and Lou Dubose, "Bushwhacked" > > I'm going to urpmi eroaster and try it out, but I stlll would like to know how to use xcdroast. Ticks me off when something so simple beats up on me. Thanks, Joe. Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] OT xcdroast
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 09:12:53 -0500 Lee Wiggers disseminated the following: > Can someone spare a moment to lead me through burning an iso with > xcdroast. > > I can't figure how to get the image to "tracks to write". Try ERoaster, you can get it from Charles' urpmi source. It's definitely lookin' like a replacement for GCombust, it's GTK2 and just as easy to use (drag and drop support, etc.) and it has an intuitive interface for all burning methods including ISO's, audio CD's, and even BIN/CUE, very much *unlike* XCDRoast ;-) -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 09:27:54 up 30 days, 21:10, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 ++ "In the long run, there is no capitalism without conscience; there is no wealth without character." -- George W. Bush on Wall Street, July 9, 2002 "It was like watching a whore pretend to be dean of Southern Methodist University's School of Theology." -- Molly Ivins and Lou Dubose, "Bushwhacked" Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT xcdroast
Can someone spare a moment to lead me through burning an iso with xcdroast. I can't figure how to get the image to "tracks to write". TIA Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Possibly OT: CD Writer Drive Failure: Hardware Problem or Software Glitch?
On Sun, 7 Mar 2004 12:55 pm, many eyes viewed Graham Watkins's words:- > John Richard Smith wrote: > > Graham Watkins wrote: > >> Hi folks, > >> > >> My CD writer cannot read Data CDs any more. It either causes Konqueror > >> to freeze or the entire system to lock up (with Num Lock and Caps Lock > >> lights flashin) requiring a hard reboot. > > > > What has changed lately ? > > Did you change anything like bios settings? > > kernel updates? > > is the desktop icon well set up , > > can you mount and umount /mnt/cdrom > > > > try, in a terminal with a data disk in drive, > > mount /mnt cdrom (it's probably mounted already) > > if so umount /mnt/cdrom > > then, > > mount /mnt/cdrom > > then, > > ls /mnt/cdrom > > and see it it reads data. > > > > If it fails maybe the ide cable is not seated properly? > > not likely because you say it reads data in windblows. > > I think I would try removing the device form the system after that > > and remaking it with the CL in fstab but that can be risky. > > > > I'm assuming it has worked in M9.2 before. > > I just wonder whether the Xwindows display programme may be > > at fault, because of the konq gui involvement .Do you have > > any other hangups in other programmes? > > Is it just the writer when it hangs ? > > It has worked before in 9.2 - it's even worked intermittently over the > last couple of days. I've changed the cable, but this doesn't seem to > make much difference. I've now disabled supermount and am mounting cds > manually from cl (I'll have to try my hand at bash scripts to cut down > on the typing). Trouble is, when it doesn't work which is at least half > the time, it can freeze the system solid. Hard reboots for Linux? > That's almost unheard of!! > > As regards other programs, mozilla 1.4 crashes a lot and I have a > similar cd problem (i.e crashing) when trying to run VMware. Nothing > else so drastic as this though. > > > I'm away for a spell, > > back in a few days. > > > > John > > Have fun. Use KwikDisk works a treat. -- Hidden birds sing as cool and clear As a bamboo forest. Between swinging willows Sun beams glimmer Like golden threads. Clouds return to this calm valley. The winds carry the fragrance of almonds. By sitting alone all day long I clear my mind of a thousand thoughts. To speak of this is beyond words; Only by sitting under the quiet forest Can we ever understand. - Fa Yen (885-958) This email is guaranteed to be wholly Linux Mandrake 9.2, KMail v1.5.3 and OpenOffice.org1.1.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Possibly OT: CD Writer Drive Failure: Hardware Problem or Software Glitch?
John Richard Smith wrote: Graham Watkins wrote: Hi folks, My CD writer cannot read Data CDs any more. It either causes Konqueror to freeze or the entire system to lock up (with Num Lock and Caps Lock lights flashin) requiring a hard reboot. What has changed lately ? Did you change anything like bios settings? kernel updates? is the desktop icon well set up , can you mount and umount /mnt/cdrom try, in a terminal with a data disk in drive, mount /mnt cdrom (it's probably mounted already) if so umount /mnt/cdrom then, mount /mnt/cdrom then, ls /mnt/cdrom and see it it reads data. If it fails maybe the ide cable is not seated properly? not likely because you say it reads data in windblows. I think I would try removing the device form the system after that and remaking it with the CL in fstab but that can be risky. I'm assuming it has worked in M9.2 before. I just wonder whether the Xwindows display programme may be at fault, because of the konq gui involvement .Do you have any other hangups in other programmes? Is it just the writer when it hangs ? It has worked before in 9.2 - it's even worked intermittently over the last couple of days. I've changed the cable, but this doesn't seem to make much difference. I've now disabled supermount and am mounting cds manually from cl (I'll have to try my hand at bash scripts to cut down on the typing). Trouble is, when it doesn't work which is at least half the time, it can freeze the system solid. Hard reboots for Linux? That's almost unheard of!! As regards other programs, mozilla 1.4 crashes a lot and I have a similar cd problem (i.e crashing) when trying to run VMware. Nothing else so drastic as this though. I'm away for a spell, back in a few days. John Have fun. -- Graham Watkins On the whole, I preferred cats to women because cats seldom if ever used the word "relationship".(Kinky Friedman - Greenwich Killing Time) Registered Linux user number 265254 http://counter.li.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bootsplash GUI?
On Sunday 07 March 2004 05:47 am, Amichai Rotman wrote: > Hi All, > > Is there a Bootsplash GUI? > > I am looking for a GUI to configure the bootslash themes, all I found is > a bunch of scripts... > The bootsplash gui didn't work right in 9.2 and was taken out. It is back in 10.0 though, so you have something to look forward to. :-) -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bootsplash GUI?
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Re: [newbie] Problem with sharing ADSL on mdk 10
On Sunday 07 Mar 2004 10:02, Klemens Arro wrote: SNIP > > > >>REDIRECTloc 3128tcp www - > >> Did you remove this line Klemens? Because that line definitely *will* interfere with browsing. It intercepts all requests on port 80 and hands them to a Squid proxy server. (Don't forget to restart shorewall after any change) > > Yes, my internal ethernet subnet is 192.168.0.0. > I configured windows but it didn't help, I even allowed pinging (from > MCC) but i still can't ping my box. > And "dhcpd" daemon is running and is configured (with DHCP configuration > wizard). > I liked to get it work like mdk 9.x had (DHCP auto configuring windows). > > Actually whole MCC firewall and internet connecting is weird: first > button "Internet connection" is always empty, even if i fill there > something and I click "ok", next time it is empty again. second button > "manage connection" don't show my Internet access (ppp+). third, always > after changing firewall rules it asks me my Internet connection (there > is written, if adsl, put ppp+) but there is list only (i can't change > it) and no ppp+, only eth0 and eth1 (so I have used always eth0, this is > connected to ADSL modem). The shorewall configuration GUI in Mandrake sucks. That is why so many people dislike shorewall. You are much better off configuring shorewall directly in the text files. (Or using the webmin module) Flash of inspiration!! -- Rereading the above paragraph gives me an idea. You are using ppp over ethernet yes? Here in the UK we use ppp over atm so I have no personal experience with pppoe, but my understanding is that a ppp connection is made, and then an ethernet connection runs over the top of that, and you make your connection to the ethernet. Yes? In that case your /etc/shorewall/interfaces file should show eth0 as 'net' and eth1 as 'loc' , and your masq file should reference eth0. Perhaps someone who uses pppoe could comment on that. > > (Sorry about my bad English skills ;)) Your English is just fine. (Where is domain .ee ? ) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] chmod?
On Wednesday, 3 March 2004 23:11, Paul wrote: > if you want to change permissions for all the files in the directory > tree (including subdirectories), use the -r parameter with the chmod > command. That means 'recursive'. It will set the permissions for all > files in all subdirectories. That -r should be -R for recursive operation. -r specifies a reference file, IIRC. Just so no-one gets confused. :) pgp0.pgp Description: signature
[newbie] Bootsplash GUI?
Hi All, Is there a Bootsplash GUI? I am looking for a GUI to configure the bootslash themes, all I found is a bunch of scripts... Thanks, .::. Amichai Rotman, The Jerusalem Linux Club - Founder. "Smart IT people are staring out the window into the eye of a giant penguin!" Short text-only e-mails: [EMAIL PROTECTED] UIN#: 6401746 Registered Linux User#: 201192 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with sharing ADSL on mdk 10
i know this is not the solution you are after but get yourself a router (in my case a speedtouch 510 - 4 port - NOT usb) share connection with the router. dump shorewall the end On Sunday 07 Mar 2004 H:02, Klemens Arro wrote: > Derek Jennings wrote: > >On Friday 05 Mar 2004 22:45, Klemens Arro wrote: > >SNIP > > > Thanks, but it didn't help, shorewall started but I still can't share > my ADSL. > As for the question, no I didn't put it there, Mandrake Controll Center > internet connection sharing tool put it there. > > Here is /etc/shorewall/interfaces: > > #ZONEINTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS > net ppp+detect > loc eth0detect > #LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE > >> > >>/etc/shorewall/zones: > >> > >>#ZONE DISPLAY COMMENTS > >>net Net Internet zone > >>loc Local Local > >>#LAST LINE - ADD YOUR ENTRIES ABOVE THIS ONE - DO NOT REMOVE > >> > >>/etc/shorewall/policy: > >> > >># THE FOLLOWING POLICY MUST BE LAST > >># > >>loc net ACCEPT > >>fw net ACCEPT > >>net all DROPinfo > >>all all REJECT info > >>#LAST LINE -- DO NOT REMOVE > >> > >>/etc/shorewall/rules: > >> > >># PORTPORT(S) > >>DEST LIMIT > > > >Nothing to do with your Internet sharing but you should remove these 2 > > lines > > > >>ACCEPT net fw udp 137,138,139 - > >>ACCEPT net fw tcp 137,138,139 - > > > >If these lines are present, and you are running Samba (Windows > > networking), then anyone on the internet could access your Samba file > > shares. > > > >>ACCEPT loc fw udp 137,138,139 - > > > >Again nothing to do with your problem, but if you want to add any other > >features to your Linux box you should open up the appropriate port here. > >Ports you might like to open are :- > >22 - ssh service > >631 - CUPS print server > >1 - Webmin configuration > > > >>ACCEPT loc fw tcp 137,138,139 - > > > >This line has nothing to do with Internet sharing. I do not know how it > > got in, but I suggest you remove it. > > > >>REDIRECTloc 3128tcp www - > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >> > >>ACCEPT fw net tcp www > >>#LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE > >> > >>/etc/shorewall/masq: > > > >You only need one of these lines. The other can be removed. > > > >>ppp+192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 > >>ppp+192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 > > > >I assume your internal ethernet is on the 192.168.0.0 subnet? > > > >None of the comments I have made above would stop shorewall from working, > > and you say that shorewall now starts, so it looks as if Internet sharing > > is actually working. > > > >Your problem may be that you have not configured the Windows clients > >correctly. If you have not started a DHCP server on the Linux box (to > >allocate IP addresses to the Windows machines), then you should be using > >static addressing on the Windows clients. (IP addresses manually > > configured) You should also configure the Windows clients to use the > > Linux box as the "Default Gateway", and you should enter the IP addresses > > of your ISPs DNS servers in the DNS configuration of your Windows > > clients. > > > >BTW: By default shorewall inhibits 'ping' so do not be surprised if you > > cannot ping the Linux box from your Windows clients. > > > >HTH > > > >derek > > Yes, my internal ethernet subnet is 192.168.0.0. > I configured windows but it didn't help, I even allowed pinging (from > MCC) but i still can't ping my box. > And "dhcpd" daemon is running and is configured (with DHCP configuration > wizard). > I liked to get it work like mdk 9.x had (DHCP auto configuring windows). > > Actually whole MCC firewall and internet connecting is weird: first > button "Internet connection" is always empty, even if i fill there > something and I click "ok", next time it is empty again. second button > "manage connection" don't show my Internet access (ppp+). third, always > after changing firewall rules it asks me my Internet connection (there > is written, if adsl, put ppp+) but there is list only (i can't change > it) and no ppp+, only eth0 and eth1 (so I have used always eth0, this is > connected to ADSL modem). > > (Sorry about my bad English skills ;)) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with sharing ADSL on mdk 10
Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 05 Mar 2004 22:45, Klemens Arro wrote: SNIP Thanks, but it didn't help, shorewall started but I still can't share my ADSL. As for the question, no I didn't put it there, Mandrake Controll Center internet connection sharing tool put it there. Here is /etc/shorewall/interfaces: #ZONEINTERFACE BROADCAST OPTIONS net ppp+detect loc eth0detect #LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE /etc/shorewall/zones: #ZONE DISPLAY COMMENTS net Net Internet zone loc Local Local #LAST LINE - ADD YOUR ENTRIES ABOVE THIS ONE - DO NOT REMOVE /etc/shorewall/policy: # THE FOLLOWING POLICY MUST BE LAST # loc net ACCEPT fw net ACCEPT net all DROPinfo all all REJECT info #LAST LINE -- DO NOT REMOVE /etc/shorewall/rules: # PORTPORT(S) DEST LIMIT Nothing to do with your Internet sharing but you should remove these 2 lines ACCEPT net fw udp 137,138,139 - ACCEPT net fw tcp 137,138,139 - If these lines are present, and you are running Samba (Windows networking), then anyone on the internet could access your Samba file shares. ACCEPT loc fw udp 137,138,139 - Again nothing to do with your problem, but if you want to add any other features to your Linux box you should open up the appropriate port here. Ports you might like to open are :- 22 - ssh service 631 - CUPS print server 1 - Webmin configuration ACCEPT loc fw tcp 137,138,139 - This line has nothing to do with Internet sharing. I do not know how it got in, but I suggest you remove it. REDIRECTloc 3128tcp www - ACCEPT fw net tcp www #LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOVE /etc/shorewall/masq: You only need one of these lines. The other can be removed. ppp+192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 ppp+192.168.0.0/255.255.255.0 I assume your internal ethernet is on the 192.168.0.0 subnet? None of the comments I have made above would stop shorewall from working, and you say that shorewall now starts, so it looks as if Internet sharing is actually working. Your problem may be that you have not configured the Windows clients correctly. If you have not started a DHCP server on the Linux box (to allocate IP addresses to the Windows machines), then you should be using static addressing on the Windows clients. (IP addresses manually configured) You should also configure the Windows clients to use the Linux box as the "Default Gateway", and you should enter the IP addresses of your ISPs DNS servers in the DNS configuration of your Windows clients. BTW: By default shorewall inhibits 'ping' so do not be surprised if you cannot ping the Linux box from your Windows clients. HTH derek Yes, my internal ethernet subnet is 192.168.0.0. I configured windows but it didn't help, I even allowed pinging (from MCC) but i still can't ping my box. And "dhcpd" daemon is running and is configured (with DHCP configuration wizard). I liked to get it work like mdk 9.x had (DHCP auto configuring windows). Actually whole MCC firewall and internet connecting is weird: first button "Internet connection" is always empty, even if i fill there something and I click "ok", next time it is empty again. second button "manage connection" don't show my Internet access (ppp+). third, always after changing firewall rules it asks me my Internet connection (there is written, if adsl, put ppp+) but there is list only (i can't change it) and no ppp+, only eth0 and eth1 (so I have used always eth0, this is connected to ADSL modem). (Sorry about my bad English skills ;)) -- Klemens Arro My software never has bugs; it just develops random features. Registered Linux User#: 346118 ICQ#: 179198850 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problems with nvidia video card (again me)
On Sunday, 7 March 2004 11:36, juan GARCIA wrote: > ps: by the way, does anybody know how to update mandrake without mandrake > update (graphique way)?, something with the shell, i can go on internet > with an explorer (galeon) but drakconnect tells me that i'm not connected > to internet therefore mandrake update doesn't work. I can do ssh and ftp > with the shell You can use the urpmi program. Look through the newbie and expert archives, there have been lots of posts about it. Anyway, I'm going to take a bit of a shot in the dark here. In your log file, you have the line: > (WW) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize AGP So, just to go by process of elimination, try disabling your AGP support for the driver and see if that helps any. To do so, edit your XF86Config-4 file: > Section "Device" > Identifier "device1" > Driver "nvidia" > Option "DPMS" > EndSection And add an option for "NvAgp" to disable AGP support in the driver, like so: > Section "Device" > Identifier "device1" > Driver "nvidia" > Option "DPMS" > Option "NvAgp" "0" > EndSection You can also maybe go to the NVIDIA Linux forum, at www.nvnews.net (I think?) to see if anyone else has encountered your problem. In any event, there is a link to this forum on NVIDIA's Linux drivers page. Hope your problems get sorted out. Philip pgp0.pgp Description: signature
Re: [newbie] can't compile a file with -static
On Sunday, 7 March 2004 04:45, Chungwei Hsiung wrote: > Hello everyone.. > I have a simple file and I try to compile it with -static flag, but I > can't. Maybe you should try installing the glibc-static-devel package? pgp0.pgp Description: signature
