Re: [newbie] how do I open....
> Are you sure this is an Excel file? IF it is really an Excel file, > it should open with OpenOffice, BUT the .exe file extension is *not* > an Excel file - it is a Windows executable (program) file! I suggest > you double-check with the sender before attempting to open it... Ye it is an Excel file. it is a Self-extracting Archive .( thanks for the site) I decompressed it with Ark which showed an .xls file. When trying to open it with Open office I get: *this file is password protected* I don´t know how to get around that TIA Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] postfix as local, firewall and rejected messages... long?
List, Where do I begin? First was having no local mail delivery. I thought I'd install Postfix. So I went to Derek Jennings web site. Nice, but I just have a standalone machine with an ADSL connection. I read some of the docs setup some aliases for root and no go. I no get mail. My log files showed rejected messages and a running of the mailq command provided the following: 742CE99E64 342 Thu May 27 01:01:00 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (connect to myhouse.net[220.80.108.83]: Connection refused) [EMAIL PROTECTED] Anyway to get local mail I discovered that port 25 needed to be opened on my firewall. So modified the shorewall rules file to permit a tcp connection on port 25 to the fw and into the machine: ## #ACTION SOURCE DESTPROTO DESTSOURCE ORIGINALRATEUSER/ # PORTPORT(S) DESTLIMIT GROUP ACCEPT net fw icmp8 ACCEPT fw net icmp ACCEPT net fw tcp 25 ACCEPT fw net tcp #LAST LINE -- ADD YOUR ENTRIES BEFORE THIS ONE -- DO NOT REMOV Hope this doesn't compromise my security? Well.. I finally started getting mail from the terminal and into evo 1.4 after finally figuring out delivery was local by mbox or /var/spool/mail/terryg. I still however get the above rejected messages and have tried to look at postfix docs, but there is alot there and I'm want to keep it simple right now. So how can I fix the rejected message and get back to that notion that my postfix mailer works? I have enclosed my /etc/postfix/main.cf file. Thanks for reading, Terry Terry Golightly ... [EMAIL PROTECTED] ... Pittsburgh, Pa Mandrake Linux release 10.0 (Official) for i586 kernel 2.6.3-9mdk-i686-up-4GB 21:47:09 up 1 day, 4:28, 3 users, load average: 0.14, 0.11, 0.03 If Patrick Henry thought that taxation without representation was bad, he should see how bad it is with representation. # These are only the parameters changed from a default install # see /etc/postfix/main.cf.dist for a commented, fuller version of this file. # These are changed by postfix install script readme_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.1/README_FILES sample_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.1/samples html_directory = /usr/share/doc/postfix-2.1.1/html sendmail_path = /usr/sbin/sendmail.postfix setgid_group = postdrop command_directory = /usr/sbin manpage_directory = /usr/share/man daemon_directory = /usr/lib/postfix newaliases_path = /usr/bin/newaliases.postfix mailq_path = /usr/bin/mailq.postfix queue_directory = /var/spool/postfix mail_owner = postfix # User configurable parameters inet_interfaces = localhost mynetworks_style = host delay_warning_time = 4h smtpd_banner = $myhostname ESMTP $mail_name ($mail_version) (Mandrake Linux) unknown_local_recipient_reject_code = 450 smtp-filter_destination_concurrency_limit = 2 lmtp-filter_destination_concurrency_limit = 2 smtpd_sasl_path = /etc/postfix/sasl:/usr/lib/sasl2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] aac audio with MDK 10.0 O
hi folks, i just wanted to put out another request for info. Please see my previous message here. I have yet to resolve the problem and would greatly appreciate any advice. Thanks. Gideon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Boson 10 compile errors
Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On May 26, 2004 02:13, Kevin Ferguson wrote: Hi Guys I"m using mandrake 10 CE, 2.6.3-13mdk kernel, Nividia Ge-force 2 mx 400 card, 20Ghd, scsi cd writer, DVD-drive. I"ve down loaded the source for boson. ./configure, make, and make install. On the make install it fails, this is the error I get : ... I've linked ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.la /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.la at this point would I need to re-run ./configure, make, make install? Any advice appreciated Regards Kevin I just recently built boson 0.10 under 10.0 Official. Runs like a dog because I don't have a video driver with h/w acceleration support, but that's a separate issue. I ran into several version issues with autoconf and the related gnu build system programs. Mandrake installs by default ancient versions of these (2.13 of autoconf; 2.59 is the latest stable), apparently for backward compatibility with older programs. They seem to have forgotten about forward compatibility :^). If you install the latest, it actually installs a script that tries to choose the correct version, so I don't know why the don't do this in the first place. You also have to upgrade automake and aclocal. I don't remember exactly the errors I got. There was something explicit about having to upgrade autoconf, I think, but after that, and before I realized I had to separately upgrade automake and aclocal, I got a lot of weird messages. If you haven't upgraded all these, do it and see if it helps. Mine built successfully after all upgrades. Also, the various build steps weren't entirely clear to me from the web page. As I worked it out, I put them all into a script (I think for example that all the "make install"s have to be done after all the "make"s have been done). I've attached it here. Feel free to use this as you see fit. Hope this helps. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Thanks Ron I'll give that ago Kevin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] sigmatel mp3 player
Hi, I was wondering if there has been progress on mounting these usb mp3 players. In that other os mine is identified as sigmatel mscn usb device. A google on that term reveals another player using the same systema Transcend JetFlash. In their literature they suggest a simple mount command from /dev/sda1 is all that's needed. Of course, this is not functional in LM10, to my knowledge. I have tried both kernels on the LM10 CE distro. Has this been addressed in 'Official'? Has anyone been successful with this usb mass storage player? Thanks and regards, Bill W. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank
On Thursday 27 May 2004 11:44 am, Lee Wiggers wrote: > On Thu, 27 May 2004 10:54:19 -0600 > > Ron Hunter-Duvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On May 27, 2004 03:05, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > > On Thursday 27 May 2004 05:34, rikona wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > > Compounding the problem is the widespread need to lie about > > > > browser type. This simply adds to the statistics favoring IE, > > > > and make them LESS likely to change when they look at the > > > > numbers. Some have told me less than 1% of users are non-IE! > > > > Maybe they went someplace else. > > > > > > > > > > > > Yes, I did. I simply told my former bank, that if they couldn't > > > make a standards-compatible webservice, then I couldn't trust > > > them my money. I don't think they had the faintest idea of what > > > I was talking about, though. Anyway, they lost a customer, and I > > > would never humiliate myself by letting my browsers pretend to > > > come from the dark side. > > > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > > > I've never stooped to pretending to be IE. That would just make me > > feel dirty :^\. I never even thought of the stats issue before, > > but now I definitely won't ever do this. > > > > I can bring myself to pretend to be Netscape or Mozilla, though - > > at least they're open source, and any stats count against M$. > > > > I'd like to be able to get these sites fixed, but the only way to > > get a Canadian bank to move on an issue is to get them looking bad > > in the news, or taking them before the Superintendant of Financial > > Institutions. But neither of these is going to care about a techie > > issue like this. In my younger days I enjoyed tilting at > > windmills, but I don't have the energy for it any more :^). I once > > fought for more than a year to have various bugs fixed in an > > online trading site, with zero success. Then came the crash, and I > > just cashed out and gave up on them. > > > > -- > > Ron Hunter-Duvar > > ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net > > > > Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use > > these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL. > > I've always had to id as mse with Washington Mutual. I just > switched back to Opera for a min and checked. Still barfs. Two > years or more after complaining. > > Frankly though, my computer is a tool, not a toy. I keep my > fanaticism in church and use my tools however they work best. > > 1.5 cents > > Lee I got a long form letter saying that it was Netscapes fault that my browser didn't work. However, they were currently using WebConnect and were in the process of rewriting thier "stuff" to be more compatible with later versions of Netscape. Since I didn't say anything about Netscape in my complaint email, you can see were it got me. Oh well, at least I can complain and if I could easily move my business accounts to the bank where I have my personal accounts I would. Thanks for the responses. DBW -- ( )_( ) ( 0 0 ) --( )-- --0-- Never argue with an idiot. They drag you to their level and then beat you with experience. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Network security settings
I just changed my network security settings from the defaults to other options. Do I need to restart to have this take effect or does it take effect whenever I close out MCC? -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 6:09pm up 6 days, 23:31, 2 users, load average: 1.24, 1.12, 1.03 But what can you do with it? -- ubiquitous cry from Linux-user partner. (Submitted by Andy Pearce, [EMAIL PROTECTED]) Live - From Virgin Radio UK Virgin Radio Classic Tracks - Non-stop classic tracks from the makers of Virgin Radio Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Help can't get root access - am I buggered now??!! :-(
Robert Walker wrote: Hello all, I was trying to increase the security of my Linux box (famous last words). I am running Mandrake 9.2 set for console login (run level 3). I was reading an article about stopping root logins for Red Hat Linux (v8.0)... Decided to follow the suggestions. This turned out to be a really bad move :-) Anyhow I am now in the situation where I have ended up with: /etc/securetty which is blank (dumb) /etc/ssh/sshd_configwhich disallows root logins (good) I have KDE, X and tightvnc installed but I am not currently using them. I can't 'su' root to execute a command/change to root or login as root either with a remote secure shell or a local shell!! I just get the message: "This account is currently not available." So I can't even copy the old securetty~ file back... Do I need to reinstall everything again (would not be fun given the amount of hassle I had setting it all up - especially the driver for the PCI ADSL modem and kernel customisations) and start from scratch?? Is there any other way of getting root access apart from and ?? Is there anyway to boot from a CD to get root access back?? Or some other solution (possibly mounting the hard disk on another box with Linux installed)?? I usualy keep on of the floppy or CD mini-distributions around for things like this. The other option is to boot by feeding the kernel the option "init=/bin/bash". (append="init=/bin/bash") This will boot you directly to the bash shell, bypassing most of the security of the system. You will want to reboot after fixing things. Mikkel -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy and taste good with Ketchup! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Remote Kontact
On Thursday 27 May 2004 08:02, Marc Lijour wrote: > Le May 26, 2004 12:35 pm, robin a écrit : > > Klemens Arro wrote: > > > Hy, > > > > > > I was wondering if there is a way to use my Kontact over web. So I > > > could read my mail, check my appointments, view my contacts, read notes > > > etc. over web? > > > > I think you need an LDAP-enabled server. There's something about it in > > the KOrganizer Help pages. > > Isn't it a IMAP server instead (or POP3)? > > Security options to investigate: > - use POP3s (secure) > - use SSH tunnel > > I guess google may give some tutorials. > > > Sir Robin Thanks for the info, but maybe is there some PHP/Perl/CGI/etc (web based) client what can read Kontact mails/notes/etc? -- Klemens Arro My software never has bugs; it just develops random features. Using: Mandrake Linux 10 Registered Linux User#: 346118 ICQ#: 179198850 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Konqueror autocomplete forms
Thanks - that did the trick... At 05:45 PM 5/27/04, bascule wrote: the file that stores them is ~/.kde/share/apps/khtml/formcompletions bascule On Thursday 27 May 2004 10:25 pm, Frank Bax wrote: > I cannot find the place in Konqueror to clear the forms autocomplete > "history". Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Konqueror autocomplete forms
the file that stores them is ~/.kde/share/apps/khtml/formcompletions bascule On Thursday 27 May 2004 10:25 pm, Frank Bax wrote: > I cannot find the place in Konqueror to clear the forms autocomplete > "history". -- "For a moment, nothing happened. Then, after a second or so, nothing continued to happen. " Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Help can't get root access - am I buggered now??!! :-(
On Thursday 27 May 2004 21:22, Robert Walker wrote: > Thursday, May 27, 2004, 8:31:22 PM, you wrote: > > On Thursday 27 May 2004 20:14, Robert Walker wrote: > >> Hello all, > >> > >> I was trying to increase the security of my Linux box (famous last > >> words). I am running Mandrake 9.2 set for console login (run level 3). > >> > >> I was reading an article about stopping root logins for > >> Red Hat Linux (v8.0)... Decided to follow the suggestions. This turned > >> out to be a really bad move :-) > >> > >> Anyhow I am now in the situation where I have ended up with: > >> /etc/securetty which is blank (dumb) > >> /etc/ssh/sshd_configwhich disallows root logins (good) > >> > >> I have KDE, X and tightvnc installed but I am not currently using them. > >> > >> I can't 'su' root to execute a command/change to root or login as root > >> either with a remote secure shell or a local shell!! I just get the > >> message: > >> "This account is currently not available." > >> So I can't even copy the old securetty~ file back... > >> > >> Do I need to reinstall everything again (would not be fun given the > >> amount of hassle I had setting it all up - especially the driver for the > >> PCI ADSL modem and kernel customisations) and start from scratch?? > >> Is there any other way of getting root access apart from and > >> ?? > >> > >> Is there anyway to boot from a CD to get root access back?? Or some > >> other solution (possibly mounting the hard disk on another box with > >> Linux installed)?? > > > > I am not sure how to get your system back to how it should be, but for > > future reference if you want to disable root login, instead of following > > a RedHat Guide just Open Mandrake Control Centre>Security>Levels and > > Checks > > > > Selecting High (or is it Higher) security level will disable root login. > > Or alternatively regardless of your security level you can customise your > > existing level by selecting the 'System options' tab. > > > > The 'Direct Root Login' option will enable/disable root login for you. > > > > Hope you manage to recover the system without a reinstall. You might be > > able to set a new root password if you go into run level 1. Try booting > > into 'failsafe' from your lilo menu. > > > > derek > > Hi Derek, > > Cheers for the quick response. No I'm buggered... Run level 1/failsafe > gives all the same problems. The root account is disabled because it > can not be accessed/logged into from any tty device. > > Can I mount the physical hard disk on a different Linux box and change > the securetty file? How would I do this? Would it just show up in the > mounts if I plug it into an IDE port or do I need to do else to mount > it (e.g. alter fstab on the other machine)? I.e. hate Slackware > because its harder to find the relevant configuration files for stuff... > > Its all a bit bizare because the machine is stable as an internet > gateway its not urgent (it still works without root access). But I did > want to setup a place holding webserver on it today (hah hah thats not > going happen now :-). You could try booting from your CD1 . Hit F1 at the first prompt where it says "more options". At the prompt type 'rescue' you will go into a shell where you can mount the existing partitions. Trouble is I am not sure what to do once you get there. If you have it, Knoppix or some other livecd distro might be able to help you. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Konqueror autocomplete forms
I cannot find the place in Konqueror to clear the forms autocomplete "history". Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] recommended way of installing Firefox/Thunderbird?
Thanks for the explanation! :)Guy Rouillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Thu, 27 May 2004 11:42:37 -0700 (PDT)Brian Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:> What do those mean -- GTK, GTK2 + XFT?GTK = GIMP Tool Kit. Gnome is written using GTK, as are apps that runon Gnome.XFT: http://www.xfree86.org/current/fonts1.html#2 XFree86 includes two font systems: the core X11 fonts system, which ispresent in all implementations of X11, and the Xft fonts system, whichis not currently distributed with implementations of X11 that are notbased on XFree86 but will hopefully be included by them in thefuture Xft was designed from the start to provide good support forscalable fonts, and do so efficiently. Unlike the core fonts system, itsupports features such as anti-aliasing and sub-pixel rasterisation.
Re: [newbie] recommended way of installing Firefox/Thunderbird?
On Thu, 27 May 2004 11:42:37 -0700 (PDT) Brian Long <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What do those mean -- GTK, GTK2 + XFT? GTK = GIMP Tool Kit. Gnome is written using GTK, as are apps that run on Gnome. XFT: http://www.xfree86.org/current/fonts1.html#2 XFree86 includes two font systems: the core X11 fonts system, which is present in all implementations of X11, and the Xft fonts system, which is not currently distributed with implementations of X11 that are not based on XFree86 but will hopefully be included by them in the future Xft was designed from the start to provide good support for scalable fonts, and do so efficiently. Unlike the core fonts system, it supports features such as anti-aliasing and sub-pixel rasterisation. > > Guy Rouillier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:On Thu, 27 May 2004 > 19:08:56 +0100 Mike Coppins wrote: > > > Which build should I use, the GTK or GTK2 + XFT? > > I use XFT. If you explicitly chose not to install XFT, then use the > other one, but most people have it. > > -- > Guy Rouillier > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > > > -- Guy Rouillier Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Help can't get root access - am I buggered now??!! :-(
Thursday, May 27, 2004, 8:31:22 PM, you wrote: > On Thursday 27 May 2004 20:14, Robert Walker wrote: >> Hello all, >> >> I was trying to increase the security of my Linux box (famous last >> words). I am running Mandrake 9.2 set for console login (run level 3). >> >> I was reading an article about stopping root logins for >> Red Hat Linux (v8.0)... Decided to follow the suggestions. This turned >> out to be a really bad move :-) >> >> Anyhow I am now in the situation where I have ended up with: >> /etc/securetty which is blank (dumb) >> /etc/ssh/sshd_configwhich disallows root logins (good) >> >> I have KDE, X and tightvnc installed but I am not currently using them. >> >> I can't 'su' root to execute a command/change to root or login as root >> either with a remote secure shell or a local shell!! I just get the >> message: >> "This account is currently not available." >> So I can't even copy the old securetty~ file back... >> >> Do I need to reinstall everything again (would not be fun given the amount >> of hassle I had setting it all up - especially the driver for the PCI >> ADSL modem and kernel customisations) and start from scratch?? >> Is there any other way of getting root access apart from and >> ?? >> >> Is there anyway to boot from a CD to get root access back?? Or some >> other solution (possibly mounting the hard disk on another box with >> Linux installed)?? > I am not sure how to get your system back to how it should be, but for future > reference if you want to disable root login, instead of following a RedHat > Guide just Open Mandrake Control Centre>Security>Levels and Checks > Selecting High (or is it Higher) security level will disable root login. Or > alternatively regardless of your security level you can customise your > existing level by selecting the 'System options' tab. > The 'Direct Root Login' option will enable/disable root login for you. > Hope you manage to recover the system without a reinstall. You might be able > to set a new root password if you go into run level 1. Try booting into > 'failsafe' from your lilo menu. > derek Hi Derek, Cheers for the quick response. No I'm buggered... Run level 1/failsafe gives all the same problems. The root account is disabled because it can not be accessed/logged into from any tty device. Can I mount the physical hard disk on a different Linux box and change the securetty file? How would I do this? Would it just show up in the mounts if I plug it into an IDE port or do I need to do else to mount it (e.g. alter fstab on the other machine)? I.e. hate Slackware because its harder to find the relevant configuration files for stuff... Its all a bit bizare because the machine is stable as an internet gateway its not urgent (it still works without root access). But I did want to setup a place holding webserver on it today (hah hah thats not going happen now :-). -- Best regards, Robertmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Windows type domain with Mandrake 10
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 21:53, Yves Arsenault wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if it was possible to run a Mandrake 10 server as a windows > type domain controller for a local network? > > Yves Not that version matters, but my system here, a MDK 9.1+ setup with Samba 2.2.8a is an NT domain controller - very easily setup with SWAT via Webmin; are you seeking an smb.conf to figure it out? stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- A [golf] ball hitting a tree shall be deemed not to have hit the tree. Hitting a tree is simply bad luck and has no place in a scientific game. The player should estimate the distance the ball would have traveled if it had not hit the tree and play the ball from there, preferably atop a nice firm tuft of grass. -- Donald A. Metz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank
On Thu, 27 May 2004 10:54:19 -0600 Ron Hunter-Duvar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On May 27, 2004 03:05, Kaj Haulrich wrote: > > On Thursday 27 May 2004 05:34, rikona wrote: > > > > > > > > > Compounding the problem is the widespread need to lie about > > > browser type. This simply adds to the statistics favoring IE, > > > and make them LESS likely to change when they look at the > > > numbers. Some have told me less than 1% of users are non-IE! > > > Maybe they went someplace else. > > > > > > > > Yes, I did. I simply told my former bank, that if they couldn't > > make a standards-compatible webservice, then I couldn't trust > > them my money. I don't think they had the faintest idea of what > > I was talking about, though. Anyway, they lost a customer, and I > > would never humiliate myself by letting my browsers pretend to > > come from the dark side. > > > > Kaj Haulrich. > > I've never stooped to pretending to be IE. That would just make me > feel dirty :^\. I never even thought of the stats issue before, > but now I definitely won't ever do this. > > I can bring myself to pretend to be Netscape or Mozilla, though - > at least they're open source, and any stats count against M$. > > I'd like to be able to get these sites fixed, but the only way to > get a Canadian bank to move on an issue is to get them looking bad > in the news, or taking them before the Superintendant of Financial > Institutions. But neither of these is going to care about a techie > issue like this. In my younger days I enjoyed tilting at > windmills, but I don't have the energy for it any more :^). I once > fought for more than a year to have various bugs fixed in an > online trading site, with zero success. Then came the crash, and I > just cashed out and gave up on them. > > -- > Ron Hunter-Duvar > ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net > > Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use > these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL. > > I've always had to id as mse with Washington Mutual. I just switched back to Opera for a min and checked. Still barfs. Two years or more after complaining. Frankly though, my computer is a tool, not a toy. I keep my fanaticism in church and use my tools however they work best. 1.5 cents Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Virus scanner for linux (no I havenn't lost my mind)
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 12:55, Aidan Holmes wrote: > Does anybody out there know of/use/recommend a virus scanning package > for linux? I'm hoping to use one to scan clients hard drives without > having to leave mandrake and boot into Winblows XP. > > I use a removeable HDD bay for this purpose as often once the virus is > in place, I cannot install antivirus on their computers. So, at present > I'm booting into Windows XP (sorry for swearing!) and using my copy of > Norton System Works to knock the virus on the head first. > > I would dearly love to use Mandrake for this because at present it > involves two reboots: One into windows to update my own virus > definitions and check for any more winblows patches to protect my own > system. And the second to insert the clients HDD (non hot pluggable ide > bay) and scan the bloody thing. > > -Aidan. Mate, I am in the same boat - except I bring my customer's boxen in here to the lab and connect them to the network. I've been using ClamScan and F-Prot - both free - both updatable. Work like a charm. Clamscan: www.clamav.net F-Prot: www.f-prot.com stephen kuhn - owner == illawarra computer services a kuhn media australia company http://kma.0catch.com -- * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents -- To be trusted is a greater compliment than to be loved. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Just installed Mandrake 10.0 official...
On Thursday 27 May 2004 21:05, Thinker wrote: > I haven't done anything since removing disk 3 and rebooting. What > should I do now to make sure that I have the latest and greatest > stable security fixes and programs? How do I keep up to date with > new releases? > > > Thanks, > > .:Thinker Go here : http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php HTH Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulrich.net * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Boson 10 compile errors
On May 26, 2004 02:13, Kevin Ferguson wrote: > Hi Guys > > I"m using mandrake 10 CE, 2.6.3-13mdk kernel, Nividia Ge-force 2 mx 400 > card, 20Ghd, scsi cd writer, DVD-drive. > > I"ve down loaded the source for boson. ./configure, make, and make > install. On the make install it fails, this is the error I get : > ... > > I've linked ln -s /usr/lib/libGL.la /usr/X11R6/lib/libGL.la at this point > would I need to re-run ./configure, make, make install? Any advice > appreciated > > > Regards > Kevin I just recently built boson 0.10 under 10.0 Official. Runs like a dog because I don't have a video driver with h/w acceleration support, but that's a separate issue. I ran into several version issues with autoconf and the related gnu build system programs. Mandrake installs by default ancient versions of these (2.13 of autoconf; 2.59 is the latest stable), apparently for backward compatibility with older programs. They seem to have forgotten about forward compatibility :^). If you install the latest, it actually installs a script that tries to choose the correct version, so I don't know why the don't do this in the first place. You also have to upgrade automake and aclocal. I don't remember exactly the errors I got. There was something explicit about having to upgrade autoconf, I think, but after that, and before I realized I had to separately upgrade automake and aclocal, I got a lot of weird messages. If you haven't upgraded all these, do it and see if it helps. Mine built successfully after all upgrades. Also, the various build steps weren't entirely clear to me from the web page. As I worked it out, I put them all into a script (I think for example that all the "make install"s have to be done after all the "make"s have been done). I've attached it here. Feel free to use this as you see fit. Hope this helps. -- Ron Hunter-Duvar ronhd at users dot sourceforge dot net Opinions expressed here are all mine. Rights to use these opinions are granted under the GNU GPL. buildsrc Description: application/shellscript Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] how do I open....
On Thursday 27 May 2004 18:44, M.Schild wrote: > I received an Excel .exe attachment. I know it is safe. How do I open it, > please? I have Mk 9.1 > Thanks > Maryse " urpmi openoffice" as root good luck, HarM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] how do I open....
M.Schild wrote: I received an Excel .exe attachment. I know it is safe. How do I open it, please? I have Mk 9.1 Thanks Maryse Are you sure this is an Excel file? IF it is really an Excel file, it should open with OpenOffice, BUT the .exe file extension is *not* an Excel file - it is a Windows executable (program) file! I suggest you double-check with the sender before attempting to open it... ...see this page for list of file extensions: http://filext.com/ Margot Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] security updates
Hi, Is there only one source of security updates for both Community & Official? And if so can Community use that security updates too? best rgds ~tt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] recommended way of installing Firefox/Thunderbird?
Hi, I've just installed Mandrake 10 from the 3 downloadable CD ISOs, and so I have a cut-down install of Moz 1.6. I'm new to Mandrake (I have little bits of experience with various Linux distros and FreeBSD), I couldn't find either bit of software in the 'Control Centre' (software updating tool), and I'd like to find out the most recommended way of installing Firefox (preferably a recent build of) and Thunderbird 0.6. Any help would be appreciated. -- Mike Coppins [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mikeymike.org.uk/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] how do I open....
Hi, First you must save the file to disk..say in Documents..then you can double click on it while in konqueror..or..right click and see what choices you have to open with..maybe the needed software is already installed. Johan Sch On Thu, 27 May 2004 12:51:05 -0400 Paul Kaplan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > koffice 1.3 - free > openoffice.org 1.1 - free > or if you need more general MS Office compatibility you can use Wine (free) or > Codeweaver's wine (free demo, but $), Netraverse ($) VMWare ($$$) and run > Excel natively. > > On Thursday 27 May 2004 12:44 pm, M.Schild wrote: > > I received an Excel .exe attachment. I know it is safe. How do I open it, > > please? I have Mk 9.1 > > Thanks > > Maryse > > -- Johan Registered Linux User #330034 May this be a good day for learning - Still learning. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] how do I open....
koffice 1.3 - free openoffice.org 1.1 - free or if you need more general MS Office compatibility you can use Wine (free) or Codeweaver's wine (free demo, but $), Netraverse ($) VMWare ($$$) and run Excel natively. On Thursday 27 May 2004 12:44 pm, M.Schild wrote: > I received an Excel .exe attachment. I know it is safe. How do I open it, > please? I have Mk 9.1 > Thanks > Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] how do I open....
I received an Excel .exe attachment. I know it is safe. How do I open it, please? I have Mk 9.1 Thanks Maryse Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake like a windows domain server?
On Thursday 27 May 2004 10:32 am, Yves Arsenault wrote: > Hello, > > I was wondering if it was possible to run a Mandrake 10 server as a windows > type domain controller for a local network? > > Yves Yes, you need Samba. Lot's of resources on how to set it up as a domain controller exist already. A quick google search should give you a lot to read. try this http://www.google.com/search?q=samba+primary+domain+controller+pdc&sourceid=opera&num=0&ie=utf-8&oe=utf-8 -- /g Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rar
I'm running ARK on KDE, and it seems to handle .rar very well. I havent actually tried to create a rar archive with it yet, but I know it works ok for opening! JRH -- Sent using Kmail, on Mandrake Linux 10CE "In a world without walls, we dont need Windows and Gates" Registered Linux User #340061 16:07:08 up 59 min, 0 users, load average: 0.60, 0.34, 0.29 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rar
On Thursday 27 May 2004 08:31 am, PM wrote: > On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 13:03, Paul Kaplan wrote: > > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where > > might I find it? Paul > > unrar > > can be used with file-roller You'll need to cp, link or rename the binary first. I just 'cp /usr/bin/unrar /usr/bin/rar' -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Proud to be an American Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rar
Paul, You can also try http://www.rarlab.com/rar/rarlinux-3.3.0.tar.gz . The guys at rarlabs have a linux command line version that works well with .rar files. The website indicates it's a trial version, but you could say that I'm still trying it out. If that doesn't help, WinRAR works well with wine. HTH, ++alan On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 04:03, Paul Kaplan wrote: > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? > Paul > > > __ > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com > -- Alan Carbutt Systems Administrator/Programmer Adams State College 719-587-7741 [EMAIL PROTECTED] signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part
[newbie] Windows type domain with Mandrake 10
Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to run a Mandrake 10 server as a windows type domain controller for a local network? Yves Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mandrake like a windows domain server?
Hello, I was wondering if it was possible to run a Mandrake 10 server as a windows type domain controller for a local network? Yves Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Remote Kontact
Marc Lijour wrote: Le May 26, 2004 12:35 pm, robin a écrit : Klemens Arro wrote: Hy, I was wondering if there is a way to use my Kontact over web. So I could read my mail, check my appointments, view my contacts, read notes etc. over web? I think you need an LDAP-enabled server. There's something about it in the KOrganizer Help pages. Isn't it a IMAP server instead (or POP3)? Security options to investigate: - use POP3s (secure) - use SSH tunnel IMAP for mail, LDAP for remote calendars, IIRC. Sir Robin -- "When I was at school, education could go hang, so long as a boy could hit a six, sing the school song loudly, and take a crumpet up the behind without blubbing." - Blackadder Goes Forth Robin Turner IDMYO Bilkent Universitesi Ankara 06533 Turkey www.bilkent.edu.tr/~robin Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rar
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 13:03, Paul Kaplan wrote: > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? > Paul > unrar can be used with file-roller -- Linux number 312953 June 1995 http://counter.li.org. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rar
On Thu, 2004-05-27 at 06:03, Paul Kaplan wrote: > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? > Paul > The fully functional RAR program is available from Vincent Danen's site. He has the rpm available for multiple versions of Mandrake, for instance rar for mdk9.2 is http://www.rpmhelp.net/9.2/RPMS/rar-3.1.1-1rph.i386.rpm > > __ LX Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Samba server not working
On Thursday 27 May 2004 12:00, Video 4Linux wrote: > Can you read/write on a EXT2 FAT with a Windows machine connected to Samba? > I thought that FAT32 was required for that? But maybe I'm confused with > sharing a partition with a dual boot machine with Win and Linux (which I > don't have). > > Bas > The remote Windows machine neither knows nor cares what file system the host is using. The server can serve any type of file system to clients using Samba. The only thing you have to worry about is the permissions. A Samba client can only read/write to folders to which they have permission. For example a Samba client 'fred' cannot write to a Linux folder owned by 'joe' unless the appropriate permissions are set. This is true for FAT32 partitions as well as Ext3 (there is little need to use Ext2 anymore). But because a FAT32 partition has no concept of permissions, when Linux mounts a FAT32 partition it will apply the permissions defined in your /etc/fstab file to the entire partition. If you want all your Samba clients to be able to read/write to a FAT32 partition you must set the option umask=0 in the line for that partition in the fstab file. This makes the perms 777 and anyone can read/write to the partition derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Samba server not working
Can you read/write on a EXT2 FAT with a Windows machine connected to Samba? I thought that FAT32 was required for that? But maybe I'm confused with sharing a partition with a dual boot machine with Win and Linux (which I don't have). Bas From: "Bill Shirley" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: RE: [newbie] Samba server not working Date: Wed, 26 May 2004 21:39:15 -0400 > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Video 4Linux > Sent: Wednesday, May 26, 2004 8:01 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [newbie] Samba server not working > > > I'm trying to set up a Samba server on my Linux Mandrake 10 machine. I've > copied the smb.conf settings from the Samba Howto and look like this: > > [global] > workgroup = Thuis > netbios name = Linux > printcap name = cups > disable spoolss = Yes > show add printer wizard = No > printing = cups > [homes] > comment = Home Directories > valid users = %S > read only = No > browseable = No > [public] > comment = Data > path = /share > force user = bas > force group = users > guest ok = Yes > [printers] > comment = All Printers > path = /var/spool/samba > printer admin = root, bas > create mask = 0600 > guest ok = Yes > printable = Yes > use client driver = Yes > browseable = No > > I started the smb and nmb services which repsond both with [OK]. > > But when I run the command smbclient -L localhost I get: > > session request to LOCALHOST failed (Call returned zero bytes (EOF)) > session request to *SMBSERVER failed (Call returned zero bytes (EOF)) > It's 'smbclient -L netbiosname', so for you it's: smbclient -L Linux > Note that because I want to share a certain partition with a windows XP > machine /share is mounted at a FAT32 partition. No idea if that has samba can share out any partition. You don't have to make it a FAT partition. All my shares are ext3. Unless this is a partition that already has data, I would recomment NOT to use FAT. > something to do with my problems. I also cannot chown the /share folder > (operation not permitted). It is now owned by root. > > Help is very welcome. > > Bas > > _ > Protect your PC - get McAfee.com VirusScan Online > http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 > > > Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com _ Play online games with your friends with MSN Messenger http://messenger.msn.nl/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rar
On Thu, 27 May 2004 06:30:35 -0400 Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 27 May 2004 06:03 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: > > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might > > I find it? > Unrar > > http://freshmeat.net/projects/unrar/ > > -- > Bryan Phinney > Software Test Engineer > > Or check your contrib source and then "urpmi unrar" Lee Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rar
Paul Kaplan wrote: What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? Paul didja try: urpmi unrar ? -- rgds Frank Hauptle (aka Franki) For free scripts, online webmaster tools, HTML, XHTML, Perl & PHP tutorials and stuff, visit: http://htmlfixit.com Free web developer resources. Please sign our petition to encourage notebook manufacturers to offer video card upgrades just like desktops. http://www.petitiononline.com/inspiron/petition.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] error dumping and restoring mysql
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 27 May 2004 01:21 pm, Fajar Priyanto wrote: Got answer from mysql list: OPTION is a reserved word in MySQL: http://dev.mysql.com/doc/mysql/en/Reserved_words.html Use backticks to quote column names: `option`. - -- For technical support contracts, goto https://order.mysql.com/?ref=ensita This email is sponsored by Ensita.net http://www.ensita.net/ __ ___ ___ __ / |/ /_ __/ __/ __ \/ /Victoria Reznichenko / /|_/ / // /\ \/ /_/ / /__ [EMAIL PROTECTED] /_/ /_/\_, /___/\___\_\___/ MySQL AB / Ensita.net <___/ www.mysql.com - -- Fajar Priyanto | Reg'd Linux User #327841 | http://linux.arinet.org 17:40:24 up 8:05, Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 public key: https://www.arinet.org/fajar-pub.key -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFAtcWzkp5CsIXuxqURAtWQAKCSLeKBskwJJJTzxy/mZcI61uGG/gCffLzH Wlc+IcZzhbvafvuqp8w9Mug= =F9eW -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] rar
On Thursday 27 May 2004 06:03 am, Paul Kaplan wrote: > What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? Unrar http://freshmeat.net/projects/unrar/ -- Bryan Phinney Software Test Engineer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] rar
What program can be used to unpack .rar archives and where might I find it? Paul Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank
On Thursday 27 May 2004 05:34, rikona wrote: > Compounding the problem is the widespread need to lie about > browser type. This simply adds to the statistics favoring IE, and > make them LESS likely to change when they look at the numbers. > Some have told me less than 1% of users are non-IE! Maybe they > went someplace else. Yes, I did. I simply told my former bank, that if they couldn't make a standards-compatible webservice, then I couldn't trust them my money. I don't think they had the faintest idea of what I was talking about, though. Anyway, they lost a customer, and I would never humiliate myself by letting my browsers pretend to come from the dark side. Kaj Haulrich. -- * Sent from a 100 % Microsoft-free computer * * http://www.haulrich.net * * running Linux kernel 2.6.4 on Mandrake 10.0 * Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
OT- Re: [newbie] Opera and my bank
On Thursday 27 May 2004 04:20, rikona wrote: > Hello Greg, > > Wednesday, May 26, 2004, 8:13:40 AM, you wrote: > > GM> I occasionally run into this and have found that sometimes it is > GM> because of the site designer writing the code to IE, and although > GM> the site doesn't block you because opera handles the javascript > GM> in a standards compliant way, but ie doesn't and since the site > GM> is written to IE, it won't work. > > M$ slogan: "The jobs not done 'till won't run." Replace the > 's with Netscape, Opera, Google, Linux, etc. Interestingly MicroSoft has recently paid Opera $12.75M as compensation for deliberately sending bad html to Opera browsers in MSN so people would get a bad impression of Opera. http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=16119 When MSN started 'borking' Opera in MSN, Opera responded by releasing the Opera 'BorkBork' edition that would automatically translate MSN pages into 'BorkBork'. An example of which can be seen here http://common.ziffdavisinternet.com/util_get_image/2/0,1311,sz=1&i=20484,00.gif It is nice to see a company with a sense of humour. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Sylpheed messages not readable in MS Outlook?
From: "Lanman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Just thought I'd throw in some suggestions for you both. Mozilla > Thunderbird is an excellent stand-alone email program which can be used > in Windows and also in Linux. An additional benefit is that you can > configure your copies of Thunderbird to use the exact same mailboxes and > accounts for the Windows and Linux versions. This becomes very handy if > you are running a dual-boot PC. > > Also, Thunderbird can make use of a wide variety of extension modules to > add extra features to your Windows and Linux versions of Thunderbird. > > Have a look at this link for more information. > > http://www.mozilla.org/products/thunderbird/releases/#new I tried Thunderbird 0.2, 0.3, and 0.4, but there continued to be usability issues for me. It's IMAP support appeared buggy and slow and most of my mail accounts are IMAP, and it would crash whenever my ISP's news server had reached it's connection limit (common with my ISP). It never did detect junk mail for me (perhaps this only affected it's IMAP support?), not that OE does that either :)... I'll give the current version a shot anyway. Thanks for the reminder. Asa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
