Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 00:12, Wally Brown wrote: The best way to fix all of this is to format your drive, install Linux and install wine. I am really surprise to find how many schools have gone the Windows route when there are so many free Linux distributions available and many of the office packages are as good if not better than Microsoft's versions. Wally, her most important application is a math programme by the name of Derive. she uses it extensively, and it won't run under wine (tried many times with no luck). And Crossover Office doesn't recognize it either. Win4Lin may do it, but it sposn't support XP, only win98, which I don't have (and, honestly, I don't want to throw any more money in Microsofts direction, ever). Only Bill Gates can get away with charging top dollar for a second rate product that is traditionally shipped with bugs in it and can have the attitude of, we'll get to that later. I doubt any of us would still be running Linux, let alone IBM scrapping OS/2 and taking on a Linux distribution of their own if it had half the troubles that Microsoft has had. I'm disappointed that Mandrake doesn't seem to include a copy of xkill with it's distribution, it was the best part of the old release. Aaahh finally I can give something back to you nice people: Mandrake includes xkill, naturally. It doesn't appear on the desktop as default, avoiding clutter. But if you press : CtrlAltEsc simultanously, your cursor will change into the well known skull. Move it to the offending app, and left-click. Whack. Its only deficiency is, that I can't move it to Microsoft. Thank again, friends. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] i2c pooblems w/lm_sensors.
On Tuesday 24 August 2004 22:22, mike wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: I saw that and did as instructed the installation went well, no errors, the problem is after installation while running sensors-detect. The program cant find i2c and its there in the right place I think. Running 2.6.3.15mdk. I didnt find an rpm for lm_sensors-2.8.5. I had 2.8.4 installed but the temps showed the cpu at 1616F, thought that was a little high. Hoyt, What brand and model # motherboard do you have? Mike Gigabyte KH-400. -- Regards: Hoyt Registered Linux User # 363264 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] Encrypting cron job email output.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 24 Aug 2004 21:18, simon wrote: Werner on the GPG list solved the problem. For your information, this is the Cron job command line to run Chkrootkit and send the encrypted report to my email address: /usr/sbin/chkrootkit 21 | gpg --homedir /home/simon/.gnupg/ - --trust-model always -ear 0xE94E2292 | mail -s chkrootkit output [EMAIL PROTECTED] I also run a similar Cron job for Tripwire. Regards, Simon. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFBLFUoYreSoOlOIpIRAiC1AKC7KnhZT6GdpwvArG7JigcdP6ehVQCfXKCY fbFi+7yJdC/Ls4EIUpWamQE= =IK18 -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] i2c pooblems w/lm_sensors.
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 03:57, Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Tuesday 24 August 2004 22:22, mike wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: I saw that and did as instructed the installation went well, no errors, the problem is after installation while running sensors-detect. The program cant find i2c and its there in the right place I think. Running 2.6.3.15mdk. I didnt find an rpm for lm_sensors-2.8.5. I had 2.8.4 installed but the temps showed the cpu at 1616F, thought that was a little high. Hoyt, What brand and model # motherboard do you have? Mike Gigabyte KH-400. Sorry thats Gigabyte 7VAX Via KT-400. -- Regards: Hoyt Registered Linux User # 363264 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] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
Service pack 2 is garbage, I have seen numerous issues after installing it on clients machines. Wireless networks stop working, machines that just keep shutting down and restarting. Here are some solutions for you: Adaware, Spybot, cws shredder and hijack this for spyware and such. Clamwin for virus protection.0 ZoneAlarm or cheap router for firewall. Here is how you remove as much spyware as possible: 1. install and update adaware, spybot and clamwin, turn off system restore and reboot into safemode, after unplugging network adapter. 2. delete all temp files and temporary internet files and cookies. this must be done for all users who have a login on the computer. 3. run adaware, spybot and cws shredder. run clamwin. do this for each account. 4. go to trendmicros free online scan and let it remove or fix anything that is found. After all this crap you should be good to go! Contact off list if you need more help. On Aug 24, 2004, at 10:57 AM, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear list... I am sorry for bothering you with this, but knowing that some of you have Windows on your box, I rely on your forgiveness : A week ago I had to buy a new PC for one of my daughters (14 years old). She absolutely needed Windows in order to run some special, school-related apps. The PC came with WinXP pre-installed. The first thing I did was to install Mozilla, OpenOffice and some sort of firewall, called ZoneAlarm. Now, I thought it was safe Hi, Kaj. Good to hear from you. The thing is that if you applied XP update patches online *before* you installed Zonealarm, that is not good. Because of the weaknesses in XP it is possible for XP to get infected just by sitting on the network. M$ messenger has a security hole that allows trojans to get in unless it is updated or killed. Zonealarm is the best as far as I am concerned, I think you made a good decision there. Suddenly, when she tries to send an e-mail (from within Mozilla, of course, I'm not THAT stupid), up pops a message from our ISP saying that the box is compromized, accordingly the smtp-server won't accept the mail. In fact, her IP was blacklisted. Some on-line security scans, revealed no less than 159 trojans, worms and viruses ! This seems like an unholy lot IF you didn't perform online updates. If you did then maybe not. What I'm thinking is that it's possible it might have arrived with the infestation. Depends on how much work you did online before you installed the firewall. Usually infestations occur when the user installs XP while online and/or peforms online service updates. (NOT a good idea) However your machine came with XP preinstalled, so After heavy googling around, I purchased a spyware/trojan scanner called XoftSpy, which cleaned most of the shit. But nevertheless, a spyware trojan keeps coming in (SAHAgent). No matter what I do. (The bugger doesn't show up in ControlPanel -- Remove software). I had a friend yesterday purchase one of these before I could stop him. There is a spyware scanner called Ad-aware that is free and will do an excellent job of cleaning your box -- http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/ Well, I know next to nothing about Windows, but before I subscribe to a windows-list (which I would hate, really), I would like to ask if you can recommend : 1. A good, reliable firewall for Windows (preferably OSS and free) ? Zonealarm is good 2. A spyware/trojan/worm cleaner capable of removing all malware ? Ad-aware has won numerous awards and doesn't cost you a dime for the standard version. I think it's the best 3. Shutting down the whole kaboodle and wait for SP2 ? When you do updates, the only thing I can recommend is what I do for customers. Generally I download the network version of sp1a service pack so that the XP box does not do any updating over the web. http://www.microsoft.com/windowsxp/downloads/updates/sp1/network.mspx After that, don't do any more updating. SP2 will hose your box. I did try a suggestion by Bryan Phinney that is out there on the web for free called Autopatcher, but so far I haven't been able to get an Autopatcher installation in place that's not hosed. That may be because of the particular release of XP I happen to have, I don't know. I look forward to when either I or they can get it working because Autopatcher is a good idea. Anyways, my personal advice is to use the standard sp1a service pack and then stop right there. You should also go to sourceforge and download the virus scanner darling of the Linux world -- http://sourceforge.net/projects/clamwin/ ClamAV. IMO this scanner is better than Symantec's scanner, without the bloat. It's lightweight, fast, does one thing and does it well; exactly what a virus scanner should be. Linux Journal just gave it an Editor's Choice award. Don't be confused, this is a native Linux project that's been cross-compiled for the win32 world. So yes you will see a larger Linux project
Re: [newbie] Keyboard Problem
These links maybe useful http://linuxportal.pp.ru/modules.php?name=Sectionsop=printpageartid=82#AEN64 (this one might be quite useful since it provides something on Italian keyboard support as an example) http://www.linuxquestions.org/questions/archive/2/2002/03/2/15817 http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/cooker-i18n/2003-10/msg00032.php http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Intkeyb/ http://info.ccone.at/INFO/mandrake/9.0/en/keyboarddrake.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] avi to MPEG
Hi, Does Linux offer a tool to convert from .avi to .mpeg or .mpg? Most of the stuff thats downloadable is .avi, and I want to get it onto SVCD. I have the SVCD application, I just want to convert.. Thanks, JRH -- Sent using Kmail, on Mandrake Linux 9.2... Kernel 2.6 Microsoft: Which Virus Would You Like to Catch Today? Registered Linux User #340061 73 de M3GXQ Yaesu FT-902DM HF, 40/20/15/10m Dipole Yaesu FT-7800E VHF/UHF, Dual band Co Linear 11:52:20 up 1:34, 1 user, load average: 2.49, 2.51, 2.19 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] start up script for mandrake
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of lmcilwain Sent: Tuesday, August 24, 2004 9:19 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] start up script for mandrake Now for for the exit is that a separate script? If I want to do a /etc/init.d /vncserver start is that just #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/X11/vncserver -user -depth 16 -geometry 1280x1024 :1 and for /etc/init.d/vncserver stop is that just To exit, killall Xvnc and both of these are just executable scripts that I place in the /etc/init.d directory? I just want to be clear so I do this right the first time. On Aug 24, 2004, at 7:21 AM, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 23 August 2004 09:44 pm, lmcilwain wrote: I can't seem to find any rpms so I am stuck with what I have which I know are the latest version. I looked at the rpms that I have on my cd but I didn't see a vnc server on it. Which is why I believe that I downloaded thee source before. Actually, it is called: tightvnc-1.2.9-2mdk.i586.rpm tightvnc-doc-1.2.9-2mdk.i586.rpm tightvnc-server-1.2.9-2mdk.i586.rpm If you are looking for vnc, you are not going to find it. You need to be looking for Tightvnc. I didn't see an rc.d file in my init.d directory in etc so I am wondering is there another place that I can install the startup script that you guys wrote? Sorry, that must have been a brain spasm on my part. The correct directory is /etc/rc.d/init.d you can also get there by cd'ing to /etc/init.d which is a symbolic link to /etc/rc.d/init.d Is there a way to simply write a script that points to the executable? I suppose, although it is not as elegant or functional as the script. #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/X11/vncserver -user -depth 16 -geometry 1280x1024 :1 To exit, killall Xvnc -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com If you wanted to do it right you would install tightvnc-server-1.2.9-2mdk.i586.rpm from the 3rd CD on ML Official 10.0. Run as root: urpmi tightvnc-server Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] avi to MPEG
have a try on ffmpeg. It's said powerful. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] start up script for mandrake
On Tuesday 24 August 2004 09:18 pm, lmcilwain wrote: Now for for the exit is that a separate script? If I want to do a /etc/init.d /vncserver start is that just #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/X11/vncserver -user -depth 16 -geometry 1280x1024 :1 and for /etc/init.d/vncserver stop is that just To exit, killall Xvnc The #!/bin/sh or #!/bin/bash (either one works) goes in front of both commands and each is a separate script. The first starts, the second stops. These are not elegant, they don't remove lock files or even create lock files for that matter so running stuff like multiple vncsessions will not work without some tailoring. and both of these are just executable scripts that I place in the /etc/init.d directory? No, the first script that I copied up to the newbie list is the one that goes into the /etc/init.d directory. The two entries above can sit wherever you like them to sit and then you need to create pointers to them from the /etc/init.d directory and add in stuff like which run levels you want to start vncserver from. The easiest way to create startup scripts from scratch is to use Webmin, go to System, Booting and Startup section and create a new process. It will have windows for two commands, one to start and the second to stop. Use the commands above and they should work. it will also create the chkconfig settings and insure that the script will run at startup or not. Just to make this as easy as I know how, I am going to attach two files to this message. The first file is vncserver, simply cp that into your /etc/init.d directory. Next is vncservers, cp that to your /etc/sysconfig/vncservers directory. Please open them, read them, look through them before copying them to your directory. Assure yourself that I am not doing anything nefarious in these scripts (they come almost directly from the Mandrake RPM with the only change being the addition of startup options for vnc). But look at them first, then copy them into the directories. Next, edit the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file and change username to your user name. Save and exit the file. Next, drop to CLI and su to root and issue these two commands: chkconfig vncserver on service vncserver start Exit from root login and you should go back to your user prompt. From there type: vncviewer :1 And you should get your desktop up in a window. Shouldn't take more than 2 minutes tops and that is if you are a hunt and peck one finger typist. -- Bryan Phinney # The VNCSERVERS variable is a list of display:user pairs. # # Uncomment the line below to start a VNC server on display :1 as my # 'myusername' (adjust this to your own). You will also need to set a # VNC password; run 'man vncpasswd' to see how to do that. # # DO NOT RUN THIS SERVICE if your local area network is untrusted. For a # secure way of using VNC, see URL:http://www.tightvnc.org. # VNCSERVERS=1:myusername VNCSERVERS=1:username VNCARGS=-geometry 1280x1024 -depth 16 -alwaysshared vncserver 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] start up script for mandrake
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 07:27 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 24 August 2004 09:18 pm, lmcilwain wrote: Now for for the exit is that a separate script? If I want to do a /etc/init.d /vncserver start is that just #!/bin/bash /usr/bin/X11/vncserver -user -depth 16 -geometry 1280x1024 :1 and for /etc/init.d/vncserver stop is that just To exit, killall Xvnc The #!/bin/sh or #!/bin/bash (either one works) goes in front of both commands and each is a separate script. The first starts, the second stops. These are not elegant, they don't remove lock files or even create lock files for that matter so running stuff like multiple vncsessions will not work without some tailoring. and both of these are just executable scripts that I place in the /etc/init.d directory? No, the first script that I copied up to the newbie list is the one that goes into the /etc/init.d directory. The two entries above can sit wherever you like them to sit and then you need to create pointers to them from the /etc/init.d directory and add in stuff like which run levels you want to start vncserver from. The easiest way to create startup scripts from scratch is to use Webmin, go to System, Booting and Startup section and create a new process. It will have windows for two commands, one to start and the second to stop. Use the commands above and they should work. it will also create the chkconfig settings and insure that the script will run at startup or not. Just to make this as easy as I know how, I am going to attach two files to this message. The first file is vncserver, simply cp that into your /etc/init.d directory. Next is vncservers, cp that to your /etc/sysconfig/vncservers directory. Correction. cp vncservers to your /etc/sysconfig directory. Like: cp vncservers /etc/sysconfig/vncservers Please open them, read them, look through them before copying them to your directory. Assure yourself that I am not doing anything nefarious in these scripts (they come almost directly from the Mandrake RPM with the only change being the addition of startup options for vnc). But look at them first, then copy them into the directories. Next, edit the /etc/sysconfig/vncservers file and change username to your user name. Save and exit the file. Next, drop to CLI and su to root and issue these two commands: chkconfig vncserver on service vncserver start Exit from root login and you should go back to your user prompt. From there type: vncviewer :1 And you should get your desktop up in a window. Shouldn't take more than 2 minutes tops and that is if you are a hunt and peck one finger typist. -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] avi to MPEG
On Monday 23 August 2004 06:53 am, JRH wrote: Does Linux offer a tool to convert from .avi to .mpeg or .mpg? Most of the stuff thats downloadable is .avi, and I want to get it onto SVCD. I have the SVCD application, I just want to convert.. You might also try transcode. -- Bryan Phinney Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
Kaj Haulrich wrote: Dear list... I am sorry for bothering you with this, but knowing that some of you have Windows on your box, I rely on your forgiveness : A week ago I had to buy a new PC for one of my daughters (14 years old). She absolutely needed Windows in order to run some special, school-related apps. The PC came with WinXP pre-installed. The first thing I did was to install Mozilla, OpenOffice and some sort of firewall, called ZoneAlarm. Now, I thought it was safe Suddenly, when she tries to send an e-mail (from within Mozilla, of course, I'm not THAT stupid), up pops a message from our ISP saying that the box is compromized, accordingly the smtp-server won't accept the mail. In fact, her IP was blacklisted. Some on-line security scans, revealed no less than 159 trojans, worms and viruses ! After heavy googling around, I purchased a spyware/trojan scanner called XoftSpy, which cleaned most of the shit. But nevertheless, a spyware trojan keeps coming in (SAHAgent). No matter what I do. (The bugger doesn't show up in ControlPanel -- Remove software). Well, I know next to nothing about Windows, but before I subscribe to a windows-list (which I would hate, really), I would like to ask if you can recommend : 1. A good, reliable firewall for Windows (preferably OSS and free) ? 2. A spyware/trojan/worm cleaner capable of removing all malware ? 3. Shutting down the whole kaboodle and wait for SP2 ? Many thanks and apologies in advance Kaj Haulrich. If you purchased this box with XP on it and they didn't give you XP installation discs then they usually supply backup file somewhere on the HD in a spare partition.If so it might well be worthwhile reinstalling from that. they are usually some drive image type of backup file and don't take very long to reinstall a brand new pristine condition OS as originally supplied. That's the best way to get rid of virus problems, provided that they have not spread to bios and partition tables, in which case it's a different ball game. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Another question about scripts at start-up
Dear All I have placed a script in /.kde/Autostart to be run at start-up for a specific user. Is there some way of having the same script to be run at the start-up for that specific user, independently of the chosen desktop environment? Thanks in advance, 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] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
--- Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks Dale... Right now I've re-installed this XP crap on her box. I did it with the ethernet cable unplugged. that seemed to cause some issues, but we'll see. I have downloaded most of all those AV/firewall/spykillers from my linux box and burned them to CD. After that, I intend to follow your (and others) advice exactly. And, I've no intention of getting this SP2. Good heavens : and Windows should be user-friendly ??? - Wonder how my old aunt and Joe Sixpack use this OS. Thanks again Kaj Haulrich. Kaj, isn't it amazing how much easier it is to install MDK than it is to install XP? :) LX __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Mail - 50x more storage than other providers! http://promotions.yahoo.com/new_mail Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Burning files to a cd from the console
On Tue, 24 Aug 2004 18:39:59 -0400 SiNiStEr Nation disseminated the following: I've installed Mandrake about week to two weeks ago and slowly learning the system. My question is I have several files that I have downloaded, and was wondering what's the process of burning these file to a cd? I know I could use K3b, but I would like to learn on how to do things using the console or the command line(interested learning some old school stuff before the desktop enviroments came into linux). I had already learn how to compile programs that isn't in a RPM. Some aliases you can add to your .bashrc once you get the hang of it (these are courtesy of the great command line CD writing guru Mr. Tom Brinkman): alias bdcd='cdrecord -v -eject driveropts=burnfree speed=24 dev=1,0,0 -data' alias bacd='cdrecord -v -eject driveropts=burnfree speed=24 dev=1,0,0 -pad -audio *.wav' alias biso='cdrecord -v -eject driveropts=burnfree speed=16 dev=1,0,0 -dao' alias mkcdimg='mkisofs -r -o cd_image' alias ripacd='cdparanoia -vB 1- /home/user/wav/' (watch the line wrap, each alias should all be on one line) -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 08:26:06 up 21 days, 8:09, 9 users, load average: 0.35, 0.13, 0.04 +++ When you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist. -- Archbishop Helder Camara Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 11:49, Dale Kosan wrote: Service pack 2 is garbage, I have seen numerous issues after installing it on clients machines. Wireless networks stop working, machines that just keep shutting down and restarting. Here are some solutions for you: Adaware, Spybot, cws shredder and hijack this for spyware and such. Clamwin for virus protection.0 ZoneAlarm or cheap router for firewall. Here is how you remove as much spyware as possible: 1. install and update adaware, spybot and clamwin, turn off system restore and reboot into safemode, after unplugging network adapter. 2. delete all temp files and temporary internet files and cookies. this must be done for all users who have a login on the computer. 3. run adaware, spybot and cws shredder. run clamwin. do this for each account. 4. go to trendmicros free online scan and let it remove or fix anything that is found. After all this crap you should be good to go! Contact off list if you need more help. Thanks Dale... Right now I've re-installed this XP crap on her box. I did it with the ethernet cable unplugged. that seemed to cause some issues, but we'll see. I have downloaded most of all those AV/firewall/spykillers from my linux box and burned them to CD. After that, I intend to follow your (and others) advice exactly. And, I've no intention of getting this SP2. Good heavens : and Windows should be user-friendly ??? - Wonder how my old aunt and Joe Sixpack use this OS. Thanks again Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] avi to MPEG
On Mon, 23 Aug 2004 11:53:48 +0100 JRH disseminated the following: Does Linux offer a tool to convert from .avi to .mpeg or .mpg? Most of the stuff thats downloadable is .avi, and I want to get it onto SVCD. I have the SVCD application, I just want to convert.. One script can do it all for you: http://hammelmann.gmxhome.de/mencvcd Read the notes in the script, it's pretty much self explanatory (ie. what tools you need, ex. transcode, mjpegtools, etc.). -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 08:33:18 up 21 days, 8:17, 9 users, load average: 0.37, 0.20, 0.09 +++ Athens built the Acropolis. Corinth was a commercial city, interested in purely materialistic things. Today we admire Athens, visit it, preserve the old temples, yet we hardly ever set foot in Corinth. -- Dr. Harold Urey, Nobel Laureate in chemistry Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
--- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you purchased this box with XP on it and they didn't give you XP installation discs then they usually supply backup file somewhere on the HD in a spare partition.If so it might well be worthwhile reinstalling from that. they are usually some drive image type of backup file and don't take very long to reinstall a brand new pristine condition OS as originally supplied. That's the best way to get rid of virus problems, provided that they have not spread to bios and partition tables, in which case it's a different ball game. John On partition installation files are not reliable on M$ boxes because of the spread of cab archive infections. LX ___ Do you Yahoo!? Win 1 of 4,000 free domain names from Yahoo! Enter now. http://promotions.yahoo.com/goldrush Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims
http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18067 Compared a mainframe to a dual 900MHz Xeon kit By INQUIRER staff: Wednesday 25 August 2004, 08:24 THE UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a series of public complaints over an advert in a magazine comparing the cost of Linux versus Microsoft Windows. An advert it ran compared the two operating systems to each other, but Windows was running on a measly dual 900MHz Xeon configuration, while Linux was running on a z900 IBM mainframe. The advert appeared in an IT magazine and was headed: Weighing the cost of Linux vs Windows? Let's review the facts. The ad contained a graph comparing the cost in US dollars between a Linux images running on two z900 mainframe CPUs and a Windows Server 2003 image running two 900MHz Intel Xeons chips. The ad claimed: Linux was found to be over 10 times more expensive than Windows? Servers. It said that in a recent study audited by leading independent research analyst Meta Group, measured costs of Linux running on IBM's z900 mainframe for Windows-comparable functions of file serving and Web serving. The results showed that IBM z900 mainframe running Linux is much less capable and vastly more expensive than Windows Server 2003 as a platform for server consolidation.* The ASA said the asterisk linked to a footnote that said: Results may vary outside the United States. The people who complained challenged whether such a comparison was misleading, because the operating systems were run on different hardware. In its adjudication, the ASA upheld the complaints. While the ASA said the advertisers wanted to compare how competing file set ups were audited by Meta, it took expert advice. The IBM z900 running Linux was 10 times more expensive than running the Windows OS. It would have been possible to compare the two OSes on similar hardware. And the ASA ruled readers would infer the ad compared Linux and Windows OSes only. The ASA said: Because the comparison included the hardware, as well as the operating system and therefore did not show that running a Linux operating system was ten times more expensive than running a Windows operating system, the Authority concluded that the advertisement was misleading. -- /\ Dark Lord \/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 05:26:30 -0700 (PDT) Lyvim Xaphir disseminated the following: Good heavens : and Windows should be user-friendly ??? - Wonder how my old aunt and Joe Sixpack use this OS. Thanks again Kaj Haulrich. Kaj, isn't it amazing how much easier it is to install MDK than it is to install XP? :) ...and then connect it to a LAN! I've now seen two machines that, with SP2 or the equivalent updates installed, will *not* find its workgroup. Got a proper IP, can ping everything, but no access to shares on the network. The 'Network Wizard' just makes things worse... And now, no Netbeui, of course, not that it should even be necessary. Oh well, I'm off to deposit my cheque for the time I spent with clients dealing with this crap! LOL! -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 08:43:26 up 21 days, 8:27, 9 users, load average: 0.23, 0.19, 0.13 +++ The rich control all the businesses, the newspapers and everything else. But they can no longer control the people. -- Margarita Mendoza, street vendor, Venezuela Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 07:52, Ronald J. Hall wrote: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18067 Compared a mainframe to a dual 900MHz Xeon kit By INQUIRER staff: Wednesday 25 August 2004, 08:24 THE UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a series of public complaints over an advert in a magazine comparing the cost of Linux versus Microsoft Windows. snip The ASA said: Because the comparison included the hardware, as well as the operating system and therefore did not show that running a Linux operating system was ten times more expensive than running a Windows operating system, the Authority concluded that the advertisement was misleading. Really how could this be! -- Regards: Hoyt Registered Linux User # 363264 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] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
--- JoeHill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 05:26:30 -0700 (PDT) Lyvim Xaphir disseminated the following: Good heavens : and Windows should be user-friendly ??? - Wonder how my old aunt and Joe Sixpack use this OS. Thanks again Kaj Haulrich. Kaj, isn't it amazing how much easier it is to install MDK than it is to install XP? :) ...and then connect it to a LAN! I've now seen two machines that, with SP2 or the equivalent updates installed, will *not* find its workgroup. Got a proper IP, can ping everything, but no access to shares on the network. The 'Network Wizard' just makes things worse... And now, no Netbeui, of course, not that it should even be necessary. Oh well, I'm off to deposit my cheque for the time I spent with clients dealing with this crap! LOL! -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org Rock on, Joe. :) LX __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Ronald J. Hall Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 1:52 PM To: Mandrake OT-List Cc: Mandrake Newbie-List Subject: [newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18067 Compared a mainframe to a dual 900MHz Xeon kit By INQUIRER staff: Wednesday 25 August 2004, 08:24 THE UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a series of public complaints over an advert in a magazine comparing the cost of Linux versus Microsoft Windows. An advert it ran compared the two operating systems to each other, but Windows was running on a measly dual 900MHz Xeon configuration, while Linux was running on a z900 IBM mainframe. The advert appeared in an IT magazine and was headed: Weighing the cost of Linux vs Windows? Let's review the facts. The ad contained a graph comparing the cost in US dollars between a Linux images running on two z900 mainframe CPUs and a Windows Server 2003 image running two 900MHz Intel Xeons chips. The ad claimed: Linux was found to be over 10 times more expensive than Windows? Servers. It said that in a recent study audited by leading independent research analyst Meta Group, measured costs of Linux running on IBM's z900 mainframe for Windows-comparable functions of file serving and Web serving. The results showed that IBM z900 mainframe running Linux is much less capable and vastly more expensive than Windows Server 2003 as a platform for server consolidation.* The ASA said the asterisk linked to a footnote that said: Results may vary outside the United States. The people who complained challenged whether such a comparison was misleading, because the operating systems were run on different hardware. In its adjudication, the ASA upheld the complaints. While the ASA said the advertisers wanted to compare how competing file set ups were audited by Meta, it took expert advice. The IBM z900 running Linux was 10 times more expensive than running the Windows OS. It would have been possible to compare the two OSes on similar hardware. And the ASA ruled readers would infer the ad compared Linux and Windows OSes only. The ASA said: Because the comparison included the hardware, as well as the operating system and therefore did not show that running a Linux operating system was ten times more expensive than running a Windows operating system, the Authority concluded that the advertisement was misleading. -- /\ Dark Lord \/ What depths are they willing to dive to try to hoodwink innocent users. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Another question about scripts at start-up
On Wed, Aug 25, 2004 at 01:04:49PM +0100, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I have placed a script in /.kde/Autostart to be run at start-up for a specific user. Is there some way of having the same script to be run at the start-up for that specific user, independently of the chosen desktop environment? Thanks in advance, XFce4 and others I think look in ~/Desktop/Autostart. Todd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims
What depths are they willing to dive to try to hoodwink innocent users. Oooops, sorry all as I had forgot to turn receipts off on for the last email. -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+- This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have received it in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the information in any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately. The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst every effort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails. Business Computer Projects Ltd BCP House 151 Charles Street Stockport Cheshire SK1 3JY Tel: +44 (0)161 355-3000 Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001 Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims
Ronald J. Hall wrote: The ad claimed: Linux was found to be over 10 times more expensive than Windows? Servers. It said that in a recent study audited by leading independent research analyst Meta Group, measured costs of Linux running on IBM's z900 mainframe for Windows-comparable functions of file serving and Web serving. The results showed that IBM z900 mainframe running Linux is much less capable and vastly more expensive than Windows Server 2003 as a platform for server consolidation.* They also forget the costs of various security implementations required to have maximum bandwidth efficiency in the pipeline connected to the server and the network. If there were no viruses, everybody could download and upload quicker on the internet. I wonder how much bandwidth viruses really consume or better said:waste... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Real newbie stuff
I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on my Dell XPS T500 last week. I've used various flavors of *n*x in the past, but this is my first experience with Linux. So far, I'm very pleased, but I have a few questions. 1) Is there a way to get the KDE terminal icon to bring up a terminal with tcsh instead of bash? 2) I've tried installing various rpms from various network sites, but the installer always tells me there some component or other missing. Is there anything like cpan, where installing will automatically install all the required software? I installed nmh 1.1 RC3 by hand, but I'm trying to get sylpheed-claws, SpamAssassin, and various other things. 3) How come there's no link -s? All I can find is plain link. Is this a hard or soft link? Thanks. I'm sure there will be thousands more as I proceed. -pd -- Peter Davis Funny stuff at http://www.pfdstudio.com The artwork formerly shown as prints List of resources for children's writers and illustrators at: http://www.pfdstudio.com/cwrl.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] Real newbie stuff
W licie z ro, 25-08-2004, godz. 16:30, Peter Davis pisze: I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on my Dell XPS T500 last week. I've used various flavors of *n*x in the past, but this is my first experience with Linux. So far, I'm very pleased, but I have a few questions. Then welcome to Linux community. I've switched to Linux in May so it's kinda newbie-to-newbie :) 2) I've tried installing various rpms from various network sites, but the installer always tells me there some component or other missing. Is there anything like cpan, where installing will automatically install all the required software? I installed nmh 1.1 RC3 by hand, but I'm trying to get sylpheed-claws, SpamAssassin, and various other things. Use http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php to add sources for your urpmi (you've used urpmi for installation, right? If not type 'man urpmi' for more details) 3) How come there's no link -s? All I can find is plain link. Is this a hard or soft link? try ln -s or symlink (http://www.ss64.com/bash/) -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [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] Real newbie stuff
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 17:30, Peter Davis wrote: I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on my Dell XPS T500 last week. I've used various flavors of *n*x in the past, but this is my first experience with Linux. So far, I'm very pleased, but I have a few questions. 1) Is there a way to get the KDE terminal icon to bring up a terminal with tcsh instead of bash? 2) I've tried installing various rpms from various network sites, but the installer always tells me there some component or other missing. Is there anything like cpan, where installing will automatically install all the required software? I installed nmh 1.1 RC3 by hand, but I'm trying to get sylpheed-claws, SpamAssassin, and various other things. 3) How come there's no link -s? All I can find is plain link. Is this a hard or soft link? Thanks. I'm sure there will be thousands more as I proceed. -pd 1. From the k menu - system - configuration - KDE - components - component chooser - terminal emulator 2. check out urpmi once it's set up instead of rpm -i xxx.rpm use urpmi xxx (there are options but save them for later). urpmi can be set up easily from http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php 3. You can create a symbolic link with the command ln -s -- pm The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. Joseph Heller, Catch 22 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Real newbie stuff
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 15:30, Peter Davis wrote: I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on my Dell XPS T500 last week. I've used various flavors of *n*x in the past, but this is my first experience with Linux. So far, I'm very pleased, but I have a few questions. 1) Is there a way to get the KDE terminal icon to bring up a terminal with tcsh instead of bash? 2) I've tried installing various rpms from various network sites, but the installer always tells me there some component or other missing. Is there anything like cpan, where installing will automatically install all the required software? I installed nmh 1.1 RC3 by hand, but I'm trying to get sylpheed-claws, SpamAssassin, and various other things. 3) How come there's no link -s? All I can find is plain link. Is this a hard or soft link? Thanks. I'm sure there will be thousands more as I proceed. -pd Welcome I hope you have fun with your new experience. Pull up userdrake from the Mandrake ControlCentreSystem to choose the login shell for your user. I do not know the relative merits of the shells, but if you like tcsh then you can have it.You may need to install an RPM first) Installation in Mandrake is by 'urpmi' It allows you to get packages from all over the internet and resolves all dependencies and fetches the deppendencies for you. All you need to do is define some online urpmi sources. Read about urpmi on the Wiki from my sig. Make sure you add sources for Charles Edwards download site. He has up to date spamassassin and other stuff. (Really good quality) http://www.eslrahc.com/ It is a good idea for a newbie to stick to RPMs made for the distro you are running. Have fun 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] Another question about scripts at start-up
Todd Slater wrote: I have placed a script in /.kde/Autostart to be run at start-up for a specific user. Is there some way of having the same script to be run at the start-up for that specific user, independently of the chosen desktop environment? XFce4 and others I think look in ~/Desktop/Autostart. Thanks, Todd. 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] Updates
Charles A Edwards wrote: A couple updates for Mdk 10.0 bogofilter-0.92.6-0.1mdk.i586.rpm bookcase-0.10-0.1mdk.i586.rpm [...] Do these updates mean updates in Cooker? 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] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 14:38, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you purchased this box with XP on it and they didn't give you XP installation discs then they usually supply backup file somewhere on the HD in a spare partition.If so it might well be worthwhile reinstalling from that. they are usually some drive image type of backup file and don't take very long to reinstall a brand new pristine condition OS as originally supplied. That's the best way to get rid of virus problems, provided that they have not spread to bios and partition tables, in which case it's a different ball game. John On partition installation files are not reliable on M$ boxes because of the spread of cab archive infections. Well Lyvim and John... maybe I screwed things up again : When doing the re-install, I used the built-in function from HP to create the restore CDs. Could that mean I transferred all the Trojans, Worms, Viruses and Spyware to the restore disks ? Anyway, right now I've scanned the HD for viruses, and no one seems to have survived, but nevertheless, each time I've cleaned the drive with XoftSpy, Adaware and Spybot, they tell me that various numbers of malware have been quarantained and will be deleted at next reboot. Only to the effect, that next time I reboot and run the tools, I've got another s%#t-load of worms, etc... etc... I'm very tempted to give up. Not in my wildest imagination could I come up with an OS this horrible ! My daughter feels sorry for me : for my birthday present I wanted a new toilet bag, so she gave me one. You can admire it here : http://haulrich.net/Family/toiletbag.jpg She's a real cutie. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Updates
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 17:08:43 +0100 Paul Smith wrote: Do these updates mean updates in Cooker? No They are updated rpms for 10.0 available from my website. Charles -- DON'T go!! I'm not HOWARD COSELL!! I know POLISH JOKES ... WAIT!! Don't go!! I AM Howard Cosell! ... And I DON'T know Polish jokes!! - Mandrake Linux 10.1 on PurpleDragon 2.6.8.1-1mdkenterprise http://www.eslrahc.com - pgpSD6n0g8qH5.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] Updates
Charles A Edwards wrote: Do these updates mean updates in Cooker? No They are updated rpms for 10.0 available from my website. Thanks, Charles. 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] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
--- Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Well Lyvim and John... maybe I screwed things up again : When doing the re-install, I used the built-in function from HP to create the restore CDs. Could that mean I transferred all the Trojans, Worms, Viruses and Spyware to the restore disks ? Anyway, right now I've scanned the HD for viruses, and no one seems to have survived, but nevertheless, each time I've cleaned the drive with XoftSpy, Adaware and Spybot, they tell me that various numbers of malware have been quarantained and will be deleted at next reboot. Only to the effect, that next time I reboot and run the tools, I've got another s%#t-load of worms, etc... etc... I'm very tempted to give up. Not in my wildest imagination could I come up with an OS this horrible ! My daughter feels sorry for me : for my birthday present I wanted a new toilet bag, so she gave me one. You can admire it here : http://haulrich.net/Family/toiletbag.jpg She's a real cutie. Kaj Haulrich. -- Kaj, Are you actually getting new worms on reboot? Or are you just seeing spyware entries in the registry, or other true spyware entities? If you scan the restore CD's and they are virus free across several virus checkers including ClamAV, then you are probably OK with regard to virus/trojans. If on the other hand you are seeing worms after a clean and a reboot then something is badly wrong. This is all assuming that you have reinstalled. ? So did you reinstall from the restore cd's or are you still working with the original mess? The most desirable situation is to format the NTFS partition, install fresh from a factory CD and then put sp1a in place. It's always possible to get an XP cd ISO from a bud and then use your XP license number that came with your machine for branding the software. That wouldn't cost you anything. If you haven't installed from the restore CD's yet, it would be instructional to do a fresh installation using those and then do a massive scan while taking notes. Spyware on a new installation is normal for any Windows version. Worms and trojans on a new installation is not. LX __ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 25 August 2004 14:38, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you purchased this box with XP on it and they didn't give you XP installation discs then they usually supply backup file somewhere on the HD in a spare partition.If so it might well be worthwhile reinstalling from that. they are usually some drive image type of backup file and don't take very long to reinstall a brand new pristine condition OS as originally supplied. That's the best way to get rid of virus problems, provided that they have not spread to bios and partition tables, in which case it's a different ball game. John On partition installation files are not reliable on M$ boxes because of the spread of cab archive infections. Well Lyvim and John... maybe I screwed things up again : When doing the re-install, I used the built-in function from HP to create the restore CDs. Could that mean I transferred all the Trojans, Worms, Viruses and Spyware to the restore disks ? Anyway, right now I've scanned the HD for viruses, and no one seems to have survived, but nevertheless, each time I've cleaned the drive with XoftSpy, Adaware and Spybot, they tell me that various numbers of malware have been quarantained and will be deleted at next reboot. Only to the effect, that next time I reboot and run the tools, I've got another s%#t-load of worms, etc... etc... I'm very tempted to give up. Not in my wildest imagination could I come up with an OS this horrible ! My daughter feels sorry for me : for my birthday present I wanted a new toilet bag, so she gave me one. You can admire it here : http://haulrich.net/Family/toiletbag.jpg She's a real cutie. Kaj Haulrich. Kaj, It sounds like your system is having more problems than it should. Did I understand you correctly in assuming that your WindowsXP image is stored somewhere on the hard drive? Some PC companies put the image or cab files for WindowsXP on a hidden partition, and this sounds like what has happened to you, but in your case, the image or files have also been infected, so re-installing from the harddrive may be a waste of time. I suggest that you contact HP for a set of recovery CD's, then do a low-level or zero-fill format of the drive after you've received the CD's from HP. That is probably the only way to be 100% sure that you've got a clean install. Then you should try installing your extra software from a CD. Another option is to disconnect your current hard drive, get another hard drive, and install Windows98 or another copy of WindowsXP on that temporary drive, then the service packs, anti-virus application AND it's updates. Once that's all done, reconnect your old drive as a slave drive and scan clean it thoroughly. Use two or three different anti-virus and spyware programs to make sure that it's totally clean. While you're doing this, make sure your PC is not connected to any other PC, whether its via firewire, Lan, or wireless! Make sure you disconnect the PC from any switch or router, and even your from Internet modem. Once your scan is complete, reconnect the main drive as your primary drive, and start your install from scratch. If that doesn't work, you will need those recovery CD's from HP in order to solve this problem. HTH lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 25 August 2004 14:38, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: --- John Richard Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If you purchased this box with XP on it and they didn't give you XP installation discs then they usually supply backup file somewhere on the HD in a spare partition.If so it might well be worthwhile reinstalling from that. they are usually some drive image type of backup file and don't take very long to reinstall a brand new pristine condition OS as originally supplied. That's the best way to get rid of virus problems, provided that they have not spread to bios and partition tables, in which case it's a different ball game. John On partition installation files are not reliable on M$ boxes because of the spread of cab archive infections. Well Lyvim and John... maybe I screwed things up again : When doing the re-install, I used the built-in function from HP to create the restore CDs. Could that mean I transferred all the Trojans, Worms, Viruses and Spyware to the restore disks ? No. Anyway, right now I've scanned the HD for viruses, and no one seems to have survived, but nevertheless, each time I've cleaned the drive with XoftSpy, Adaware and Spybot, they tell me that various numbers of malware have been quarantained and will be deleted at next reboot. Only to the effect, that next time I reboot and run the tools, I've got another s%#t-load of worms, etc... etc... I'm very tempted to give up. Not in my wildest imagination could I come up with an OS this horrible ! My daughter feels sorry for me : for my birthday present I wanted a new toilet bag, so she gave me one. You can admire it here : http://haulrich.net/Family/toiletbag.jpg A really fetching little number would go well in any art gallery ! Title : Kaj's bagged her in blue in the cubist style. She's a real cutie. Kaj Haulrich. All I can say Is that I don't have much faith in any of these virus/tojan detecters programmes, because , for one thing they are always behind the curve, of that little tick fooling round in the basement of some loanly housing estate, or the mail address stripper who wants your addressbook, and knows how to get it. I recommend a good firewall, otherwise if you suspect an infection, it's a reinstall for me. If the infection has damaged bios and partition table then you have much more work to do. So it's essential to have good restore utilities ready and waiting. I can restore a windblows in 20 min. LLF HD and bios reinstall about another hour or so, depending on how efficiently you want to wipe the HD. John Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
Kaj Haulrich wrote: Well Lyvim and John... maybe I screwed things up again : When doing the re-install, I used the built-in function from HP to create the restore CDs. Could that mean I transferred all the Trojans, Worms, Viruses and Spyware to the restore disks ? If you created restore cd's while infected, this will ofcourse result in a full restore including infected system files. You might be able to deinfect your XP box with a Preinstalled Environment CD like Super ERD or Super WinPE: this description: http://l3v3l4mz.tripod.com/ gives you some idea of what you can do with Super WinPE, but this Super WinPE can only be downloaded from p2p networks. It gives you the opportunity to scan your infected system for virusses and spyware and possibly fix system-files when corrupted. Regards. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
John Richard Smith wrote: My daughter feels sorry for me : for my birthday present I wanted a new toilet bag, so she gave me one. You can admire it here : http://haulrich.net/Family/toiletbag.jpg A really fetching little number would go well in any art gallery ! Title : Kaj's bagged her in blue in the cubist style. Fetchy indeed! I can restore a windblows in 20 min. LLF HD and bios reinstall about another hour or so, depending on how efficiently you want to wipe the HD. If you do enough trouble, you can remove any virus within 5 minutes, if you have more, you can fix it in 15 minutes. -First thing to do is enable your firewall. -Second thing to do is pop up your taskmanager and click the processes tab. Now i assume the general reader is an average consumer who cannot distinguish all real windows system-files from fake process files so just write down any current running proces exactly as stated in that list. Some viruses cloak themselves as system files that look like originals (e.g. exp1orer.exe-notice the 'l' is replaced for the number '1') these are very tricky names that make it hard to see it at first. -Pull all the written proces-files one by one through google and see if any of the McaFee or Symantec sites pop up with viral info-like pages regarding that file. If there are only pages describing a microsoft system-file process, it's not a virus. In the case you see pages from McAfee, Symantec or any other anti-virus developer popping up, you'll likely have a virus. On the Symantec site you can download a free removal tool for the virus. Beware, some commercial anti-spyware or anti-virus developers have sites up where common windows system files are being made suspicious and they attempt to make you buy their product so you can figure out if this is true. Only trust the real names regarding antivirus info. If it is a real virus, you won't find info about microsoft system files regarding your search phrase. A free tool you can use to remove spy-ware is Ad-Aware (http://www.lavasoftusa.com/software/adaware/), you can freely download daily updates through the applications internal update process. Rules to apply before attaching an XP-box to the internet: Enabling the default firewall on your dialup adapter in Windows XP is the first thing that can save many headaches. Avoid using Outlook (Express) and Internet Explorer is the other. If the firewall is enabled, dialin to your ISP and go to the windows update site and download all critical security patches. (no service packs, just the security patches) Then install antivirus and anti-spy-ware software. Update both system- and anti-annoy-software on regular basis. This keeps your box pretty safe from most annoy-ware (as nothing more than that, is what most viruses are anyway) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 19:22, Lanman wrote: replies within It sounds like your system is having more problems than it should. Did I understand you correctly in assuming that your WindowsXP image is stored somewhere on the hard drive? Some PC companies put the image or cab files for WindowsXP on a hidden partition, and this sounds like what has happened to you, but in your case, the image or files have also been infected, so re-installing from the harddrive may be a waste of time. Correct. The restore thingy seemed to be on another partition, in Windownese called D:\ - I happen to know that, because naturally I tried to defrag that partition in order to shrink it and make some room for a real OS to dual boot. But the system told me, that if I touched that partition, I wouldn't be able to restore Windows. So I didn't. Following Lyvim and others advice I used ClamAv to scan that partition as well as my home-created CD's. And, lo and behold : No viruses. But you know what ? - When scanning those same media with XoftSpy and SpyBot what pops up : 8 trojans labelled as medium threats, among them SAHAgent. That last beast was reported by ALL scanners to be removed, but showed up every time I re-scanned. Now, I tried the hard way, as suggested : I edited the registry by hand. Mysteriosly, that didn't bork the system, but the Spyware was there, nevertheless. I suggest that you contact HP for a set of recovery CD's, then do a low-level or zero-fill format of the drive after you've received the CD's from HP. That is probably the only way to be 100% sure that you've got a clean install. Then you should try installing your extra software from a CD. Another option is to disconnect your current hard drive, get another hard drive, and install Windows98 or another copy of WindowsXP on that temporary drive, then the service packs, anti-virus application AND it's updates. Once that's all done, reconnect your old drive as a slave drive and scan clean it thoroughly. Use two or three different anti-virus and spyware programs to make sure that it's totally clean. While you're doing this, make sure your PC is not connected to any other PC, whether its via firewire, Lan, or wireless! Make sure you disconnect the PC from any switch or router, and even your from Internet modem. Once your scan is complete, reconnect the main drive as your primary drive, and start your install from scratch. If that doesn't work, you will need those recovery CD's from HP in order to solve this problem. HTH lanman Lanman, I have E-mailed HP Denmark for just that. It is now obvious, that the whole PC is severely infected, with no available cure at hand. Please read my next post, and thanks a lot Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 18:55, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: If on the other hand you are seeing worms after a clean and a reboot then something is badly wrong. This is all assuming that you have reinstalled. ? So did you reinstall from the restore cd's or are you still working with the original mess? Re-installed from the restore CD's, created on first boot-up. Now, friends.. I initiated this thread with an apology, and I want to emphasize this apology right now : I feel I have been a annoyance to you all, bringing this highly Off-Topic matter up on an otherwise clean and decent list. But I am extremely grateful to all of you. You have brought me insight into an utterly obscure an inferior world of computing. My daughters PC and I have agreed on an armstice : It will remain disconnected from all and everything until I receive new CD's from HP. Then - maybe - I will try again, now armed with all your advice and one CD full of antispyware/antivirus/antiworm/firewall weapons downloaded and burned via Linux. And NO networking until at least 7 scans reveils NO malware whatsoever. And, if after 5 minutes online it shows the slightest sign of infection : goodbye to networking for good. I can say this with a clean conscience : my daughter need this crap for one thing, and one thing only : the math application by Texas Instruments, called Derive. She can use her box for that. And I will install OpenOffice on it. Then she can use it as she wants. She agreed to do all her networking (which is mostly e-mail and surfing) from her account on my Mandrake box. Failsafe - don't you think ? So.. Let us bring this thread to an unhappy conclusion : Either I am the dumbest person who ever powered up a PC - or Microsoft should be expelled from the Internet until they come up with a real operating system. Thank you all. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 16:08, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Wednesday 25 August 2004 18:55, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: snip Either I am the dumbest person who ever powered up a PC - or Microsoft should be expelled from the Internet until they come up with a real operating system. Thank you all. Kaj Haulrich. Expell Mirosoft from everything. -- Regards: Hoyt Registered Linux User # 363264 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] Real newbie stuff
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 23:48, Peter Davis wrote: On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 11:08, Derek Jennings wrote: Welcome I hope you have fun with your new experience. Thanks! I'm having fun so far. Pull up userdrake from the Mandrake ControlCentreSystem to choose the login shell for your user. I do not know the relative merits of the shells, but if you like tcsh then you can have it.You may need to install an RPM first) I'm lost. What's the ControlCentre? I don't see anything like userdrake in any of the KDE menus. Is there a command for this? From your MenuSystemConfigurationConfigureYourComputer Otherwise known as Mandrake control Centre or 'mcc ' from a terminal. If you are running KDE MenuSystemConfigurationConfigureYourDesktop is KDE Control Centre Also a very useful resource. And if you really want to get exotic install the webmin package (Using Mandrake Control Centre) and enter https://IP_address:1or https://localhost:1 in the URL line of any browser and you get another way of configuring your system. Webmin is especially useful for remote server administartion. (You might need to go into Mandrake Control Centre and start the webmin service with MandrakeControlCentreSystemServices ) derek BTW: Could you read the page on mail list etiquette on the Wiki and then remove the Reply To in your Evolution settings please. -- 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] Real newbie stuff
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 19:01, Derek Jennings wrote: From your MenuSystemConfigurationConfigureYourComputer Otherwise known as Mandrake control Centre or 'mcc ' from a terminal. Aha! Thanks very much. BTW: Could you read the page on mail list etiquette on the Wiki and then remove the Reply To in your Evolution settings please. Sorry. -pd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 17:23, Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 23:07, Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Wednesday 25 August 2004 07:52, Ronald J. Hall wrote: http://www.theinquirer.net/?article=18067 Compared a mainframe to a dual 900MHz Xeon kit By INQUIRER staff: Wednesday 25 August 2004, 08:24 THE UK Advertising Standards Authority (ASA) has upheld a series of public complaints over an advert in a magazine comparing the cost of Linux versus Microsoft Windows. snip The ASA said: Because the comparison included the hardware, as well as the operating system and therefore did not show that running a Linux operating system was ten times more expensive than running a Windows operating system, the Authority concluded that the advertisement was misleading. Really how could this be! Isn't this proof enough that Microsoft is doing everything they can to either quench the thirst for non-Microsoft OS's or outright kill off the threat of GNU/linux with FUD? They're getting desperate, mate. Very desperate. GNU/linux is spreading faster than they can counter. Makes me think they are democrats if so you cant believe anything they say. -- Regards: Hoyt Registered Linux User # 363264 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] i2c pooblems w/lm_sensors.
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 17:30, Dennis Myers wrote: On Wednesday 25 August 2004 04:04 am, Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Wednesday 25 August 2004 03:57, Hoyt Bailey wrote: On Tuesday 24 August 2004 22:22, mike wrote: Hoyt Bailey wrote: I saw that and did as instructed the installation went well, no errors, the problem is after installation while running sensors-detect. The program cant find i2c and its there in the right place I think. Running 2.6.3.15mdk. I didnt find an rpm for lm_sensors-2.8.5. I had 2.8.4 installed but the temps showed the cpu at 1616F, thought that was a little high. Hoyt, What brand and model # motherboard do you have? Mike Gigabyte KH-400. Sorry thats Gigabyte 7VAX Via KT-400. Hoyt, I have the same board and the same problem, I have found no solution. Tried three or four different gkrellm versions. It must be a via thing. Let us know if you get somewhere with it, I gave up. Glad to hear that I thought I was just screwing up. I'll let you know if I learn anything but it dosent look good. -- Regards: Hoyt Registered Linux User # 363264 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
[newbie] Can't get out of X Video Test in Installation
Anybody have the problem of the XGraphical Servertest freezing in the installation. I have a Pentium II 350 with some type of generic S3 Trio64V2/DX and a AOC LM721A Flat screen. (the installation was automatically in low res mode) I kept on getting errors when using variations of the Trio64V2/DX drivers so Itried VGA. When I did the test I only got the bottom half of the screen and now nothing more. The mouse works in the bottom half of the screen but it didn't reset after 12 seconds and I can't get out of it. Is there any way to end the test or failing that is there a way to recover the installation without having to start from the beginning again. Thanks for the help. Robert
Re: [newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:43:51 -0400 Lanman disseminated the following: Isn't this proof enough that Microsoft is doing everything they can to either quench the thirst for non-Microsoft OS's or outright kill off the threat of GNU/linux with FUD? They're getting desperate, mate. Very desperate. GNU/linux is spreading faster than they can counter. -- stephen kuhn - proprietor Yeah, Ain't payback a bitch? And Linux is just getting started! TeeHee! Far be it from me to change the subject... But I just heard today is the anniversary of the famous post to comp.os.minix that started this whole thang: Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linus Benedict Torvalds) To: Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: What would you like to see most in minix? Summary: small poll for my new operating system Hello everybody out there using minix-I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386 (486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-) Linus Gives me chills ;-) -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 19:16:23 up 21 days, 19:00, 10 users, load average: 1.29, 1.25, 1.25 +++ Superstition, idolatry, and hypocrisy have ample wages, but truth goes a-begging. -- Martin Luther Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
On Thursday 26 August 2004 00:50, Lanman wrote: snip I don't think anyone here would mind if the occasional Microsoft question popped up now and then, if only to show how smart we all are! /snip Actually, no one flamed me for this thread. It is a GREAT list. snip Take heart Kaj! In a few years, your daughter will finish school and probably take her PC with her when she moves out on her own! By then, the application she needs will either be ported to Linux or irrelevant! /snip My daughter is now 14 years old. Since she was 8 or maybe 9 years old she has been using Linux. Surfing for Donald Duck, Winnie the Pooh, playing Tuxracer, etc... etc... She never knew anything about Viruses, Worms, Trojans, Spyware, Windows or other forms of cybercrime - until now. When her math teacher told her, that she had to run Derive , she thought that was allright. But Derive doesn't run on Linux. She asked me what to do. I realize that convincing Texas Instruments to release an OSS version of Derive is unrealistic, so I purchased this MS-box. You all know the rest. But when it comes to surfing for music, cinema-tickets, news etc she outbeats me, hands down. On Linux. The future is bright. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Real newbie stuff
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 09:30 am, Peter Davis wrote: 1) Is there a way to get the KDE terminal icon to bring up a terminal with tcsh instead of bash? Not sure if this is what you're looking for but I've changed my terminal from Konsole to Eterm by opening up KDE Control Center, Personalization, Konsole and changed the default terminal to Eterm. 2) I've tried installing various rpms from various network sites, but the installer always tells me there some component or other missing. Is there anything like cpan, where installing will automatically install all the required software? I installed nmh 1.1 RC3 by hand, but I'm trying to get sylpheed-claws, SpamAssassin, and various other things. I had no problems at all installing Spamassassin via CPAN using webmin. It was way too easy and installed without a hitch. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 6:28pm up 4 days, 20:02, 2 users, load average: 0.18, 0.21, 0.26 All power corrupts, but we need electricity. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims
On Wed, 25 Aug 2004 18:14:55 -0500 Hoyt Bailey disseminated the following: Makes me think they are democrats if so you cant believe anything they say. Funny how under the Democrats the Justice Department prosecuted MS successfully, the judge imposing stiff penalties...and then the Republicans got elected and it all seemed to just...go away ;-) Actually, Hoyt, Bill Gates and Gee Dubyah are very good pals. Nice try though. Money talks, Republican *or* Democrat. -- JoeHill RLU #282046 / www.freeyourmachine.org 20:06:08 up 21 days, 19:50, 10 users, load average: 1.27, 1.34, 1.40 +++ When the going gets weird, the weird turn pro. -- Hunter S. Thompson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Burning files to a cd from the console
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 07:32 am, JoeHill wrote: Some aliases you can add to your .bashrc once you get the hang of it (these are courtesy of the great command line CD writing guru Mr. Tom Brinkman): alias bdcd='cdrecord -v -eject driveropts=burnfree speed=24 dev=1,0,0 -data' alias bacd='cdrecord -v -eject driveropts=burnfree speed=24 dev=1,0,0 -pad -audio *.wav' alias biso='cdrecord -v -eject driveropts=burnfree speed=16 dev=1,0,0 -dao' alias mkcdimg='mkisofs -r -o cd_image' alias ripacd='cdparanoia -vB 1- /home/user/wav/' (watch the line wrap, each alias should all be on one line) Thanks Joe for posting Toms alias's. I've got a few of them in use but I never did catch all of them. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 7:27pm up 4 days, 21:01, 2 users, load average: 0.46, 0.62, 0.88 An air of FRENCH FRIES permeates my nostrils!! Live - From Virgin Radio UK The Doobie Brothers - Long Train Running Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims
On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 09:19, JoeHill wrote: Far be it from me to change the subject... But I just heard today is the anniversary of the famous post to comp.os.minix that started this whole thang: Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linus Benedict Torvalds) To: Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: What would you like to see most in minix? Summary: small poll for my new operating system Hello everybody out there using minix-I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386 (486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-) Linus Gives me chills ;-) That's a bit of real history mate... -- stephen kuhn - proprietor __ illawarra computer services :: a kuhn media australia venture http://kma.0catch.com :: mobile 0410.728.389 Serving Sydney, The Illawarra, South Coast and Rural NSW __ * This message was composed on a 100% Microsoft free computer * We expressly refuse to utilise Microsoft DRM encoded documents __ Mandrake GNU/Linux 10.0 OE/Kernel 2.6.3-7/ No Viruses here. You can tell how far we have to go, when FORTRAN is the language of supercomputers. -- Steven Feiner Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] looking for print server distro that runs off floppy
I want to run it from a floppy on an old pentium. I need to share a printer with a bunch of windows boxes (samba I suppose). Is this possible? Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. I am determined to use OSS in some capacity at work. TIA, Joe. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] [HAB] Small Network at Home
Dears, I am trying to setup a small network at home consisting of MDK10 and Win98 connected together through by two Ethernet card and a cable using Samba. I setup my network as shown below. I wonder if I am missing anything. Can anyone help with IP addresses. Can anyone point me to a good tutorial for this Linux Box MDK10 Workgroup HABGROUP IP 192.168.1.1 DNS 192.168.2.1 Network 192.168.1.0 Netmask 255.255.255.0 Windows IP 192.168.1.100 DNS 192.168.2.1 Netmask 255.255.255.0 Workgroup HABGROUP WINS ? SAMABA ??? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Microsoft slammed over misleading Windows Linux claims
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Thu, 2004-08-26 at 09:19, JoeHill wrote: Far be it from me to change the subject... But I just heard today is the anniversary of the famous post to comp.os.minix that started this whole thang: Message-ID: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linus Benedict Torvalds) To: Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: What would you like to see most in minix? Summary: small poll for my new operating system Hello everybody out there using minix-I'm doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won't be big and professional like gnu) for 386 (486) AT clones. This has been brewing since april, and is starting to get ready. I'd like any feedback on things people like/dislike in minix, as my OS resembles it somewhat Any suggestions are welcome, but I won't promise I'll implement them :-) Linus Gives me chills ;-) That's a bit of real history mate... -- stephen kuhn - proprietor Sniff! Kinda brings a tear to my eye! Lanman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] wireless card for M10
Can someone recommend a wireless PCI card that works with Mandrake 10? I'm using an 802.11b AP but would consider getting a 802.11g card in anticipation of upgrading later -- as long as it's backward compatible. Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] [HAB] Small Network at Home
Why is your DNS pointing to 192.168.2.1? Do you have a router handling the DNS? If so, why isn't everything in the same subnet (192.168.1.0). When you use a subnet mask of 255.255.255.0 it tell the computers that your local network is 192.168.1.xxx. You will require a router to access anything not in that range i.e.: 192.168.2.xxx... and so on. Your MDK configuration of the SAMBA client / Server will have to be configured for use within a WORKGROUP. Windows also has a funny way of not showing up in some network environments until you actually share a printer or folder. Good luck Wally -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of MyEE Sent: Wednesday, August 25, 2004 10:00 PM To: MDK Subject: [newbie] [HAB] Small Network at Home Dears, I am trying to setup a small network at home consisting of MDK10 and Win98 connected together through by two Ethernet card and a cable using Samba. I setup my network as shown below. I wonder if I am missing anything. Can anyone help with IP addresses. Can anyone point me to a good tutorial for this Linux Box MDK10 Workgroup HABGROUP IP 192.168.1.1 DNS 192.168.2.1 Network 192.168.1.0 Netmask 255.255.255.0 Windows IP 192.168.1.100 DNS 192.168.2.1 Netmask 255.255.255.0 Workgroup HABGROUP WINS ? SAMABA ??? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP
Kaj Haulrich wrote: medium threats, among them SAHAgent. That last beast was reported by ALL scanners to be removed, but showed up every time I re-scanned. How about turning of system-restore service? There are few virusscanners capable of removing viruses from the System Volume Information folder but most are not. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
