Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[JoeHill]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 19:35:30 -0700
John Wilson disseminated the following:

> Actually, it's Peace, Order and Good Government which you, of all people 
> should know, Joe.

I was a Poli Sci major ;-):

Section 7 of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms:

"7. Everyone has the right to life, liberty and security of the person and the
right not to be deprived thereof except in accordance with the principles of
fundamental justice."

...notice the 'except' part :-D

You might be thinkin' of the BNA Act, ya old timer!

> And it's been used in rather disturbing fashion.  AKA the War Measures Act in 
> 1970 when we Canadians were dealing with our own happy band of terrorists in 
> Quebec.  The Patriot Act, for all the it stinks to high heaven, is a piker 
> conpared to what we went through here at the time.  And better than 90% of 
> the population supported it at the time!

Dat's my point all along, all joking aside. This, unfortunately, is a 'problem'
all people share, in all countries, to varying degrees. Open and unfettered
communication among peers is always the first target of the State, as it is the
greatest threat to their power.

Adding a 'hidden' or 'secret' layer to that open communication is to be
resisted and opposed.

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Re: [newbie] Mozilla fixed fonts problem

[Erylon Hines]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 01:52 am, John Richard Smith wrote:
| Bob Read wrote:
| > I use Mozilla mail  heavily. (Mozilla 1.3)
| > I normally use Inbox opened fully so that
| > I can scan the incoming files quickly.
| >
| > A couple days ago, that screen seemed to
| > have reduced the type font size so that it
| > is now difficult to read.  As a check, I
| > counted the number of lines shown, and found
| > that it is now 32 lines rather than the 31
| > it has had previously.  I have tried every
| > thing I can think of to change this, but no
| > success.
| >
| > Any suggestion will be much appreciated. My
| > eyes are hurting.
| >
| > Bob
|
| Mozilla - edit - preferences - appearance - fonts -
| Minimum font size
|
| Just increase that minimum font size
| You can also change the font types.
| you can also allow document to use other fonts.
|
| But I guess you have tried these ?
|
| John


To test that it isn't Moz itself, but is something in the userconfig that's 
messed up, create a new user and see if the font problem exists for him, too.  
If no problem then,  delete your /home/username/.mozilla folder and then 
restart Moz. Backup your bookmarks.html (and mail, if you use mozilla mail) 
first!  



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[newbie] Amd64

[andres . kaaber]

Hi
I wanted to ask about 64 bit version of Mandrakelinux. Is it commercial, because
I coudn't find amd64 iso-s from mdk mirrors. I subscribed to mdk64-cooker list
and no activity there at all. The latets cooker/x86_64 net install is broken -
says error "The modules for this kernel (2.6.8.1-10mdkBOOT) can't be found on
this mirror, please update your boot disk." I tried all the servers and ai use
the latest boot disks." So what do I do now with my A643000+ if I can't get MDK
installed on it :D

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Re: [newbie] Web hosting 101...

[Eric Scott]

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 23:57, frankieh wrote:
> Eric Scott wrote:
> > Yo.  I'm done some experimenting with web hosting, but I'm really quite
> > new at it.  I have a little home network with a single static IP.  The
> > internet server (Windows 2000 Server... I'd prefer a Mandrake box, but
> > anyway) is the only computer with the static IP. I also have an ol'
> > Mandrake 9.1 box attatched.  My experience is really close to null; what
> > I'd like to know is this:  is it possible, basically, to host a website
> > on the Mandrake box and have it easily acessable to the web?  I know
> > that the Win2k box is up to it, IIS's http & ftp servers work without
> > flaw, but is there any way that I can route a domain to the Mandrake box
> > that doesn't have an Internat IP? sure, it's got a local IP, but that
> > doesn't do much good.
> > Thanx,
> >ES
> > --
> > "If we stop voting for them, will they go away?"
> 
> Yes you can, all you need to do is port forward port 80 on the windows 
> box to port 80 on the internal IP of the mandrake box.
> 
> I haven't used 2000 in a while, but I did once use it that way, and 
> right clicking on the network interface in question and selecting 
> properties is how to find the place to set the port forward.
> 
> I'd imagine google would be quite handy if  you can't find it yourself.

Okie day, seems simple enough.  I found some basic how-to's via google,
and supposedly got port 80 forwarded to my Linux box's IP.  Problem is
it seems to make no difference.  supposedly I should just be able to go
to http://[my.internet.ip]:80/index.shtml or whatever and get apache... 
right?  I know apache is working okay because I can go to
http://[my.local.ip]/index.shtml and it pops up with it's placeholder.
what am I not doing?
   Thanx,
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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[aron Smith]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 07:00 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 September 2004 06:24 pm, Travis Crook wrote:
> > On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 15:35, Bryan Phinney wrote:
> > > On Wednesday 15 September 2004 09:08 am, Stephen Kühn wrote:
> >
> > 
> >
> > > Since this is already off-topic and to lighten the tone a bit, you
> > > should check out:
> > > http://www.imao.us/docs/NukeTheMoon.htm
> >
> > ROFLOL!!!
> >
> > > 
> > > Granted, I have a pretty black sense of humor.
>
> Yep, thats was pretty good. It also made sense, in an odd kind of way. :-)
thats the scary part  ...It does make sense.they're coming to take me away 
ha ha (sound of siren in background)


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Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

[Dennis Myers]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 08:12 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 19:00, Carroll Grigsby wrote:
> > Never mind Barbie. Check this out:
> > http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=314966&pfp=
> >BROWSE After all, shouldn't a Mickey Mouse operating system be run on a
> > genuine Mickey Mouse computer?
> >
> > -- cmg
>
> Wow...I thought I'd seen the last of the mickey mouse computers when the
> American division of Packard Bell shut down.
>
> LX
Hey,hey,hey, I have one of those PB's sitting in the corner and it is not 
"mickey mouse". It's .bita bang..
"Tinkerbell"  hardware. The case is tough though.: )

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Re: [newbie] Web hosting 101...

[frankieh]

Eric Scott wrote:
Yo.  I'm done some experimenting with web hosting, but I'm really quite
new at it.  I have a little home network with a single static IP.  The
internet server (Windows 2000 Server... I'd prefer a Mandrake box, but
anyway) is the only computer with the static IP. I also have an ol'
Mandrake 9.1 box attatched.  My experience is really close to null; what
I'd like to know is this:  is it possible, basically, to host a website
on the Mandrake box and have it easily acessable to the web?  I know
that the Win2k box is up to it, IIS's http & ftp servers work without
flaw, but is there any way that I can route a domain to the Mandrake box
that doesn't have an Internat IP? sure, it's got a local IP, but that
doesn't do much good.
Thanx,
   ES
--
"If we stop voting for them, will they go away?"
Yes you can, all you need to do is port forward port 80 on the windows 
box to port 80 on the internal IP of the mandrake box.

I haven't used 2000 in a while, but I did once use it that way, and 
right clicking on the network interface in question and selecting 
properties is how to find the place to set the port forward.

I'd imagine google would be quite handy if  you can't find it yourself.

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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[John Wilson]

On September 15, 2004 08:42 am, David T Battler wrote:
> How about the typical American "Shite" in this email?
>
> I thought this was a discussion list regarding Linux.
>
> I am a Canadian, and proud of it; and I find this kind of garbage
> offensive; and this email list to be worse than useless.  Some people never
> grow up.
>
> I will be withdrawing from this list asap.
>
David,

Don't sweat it.  We do talk a lot about Mandrake around here.

I'm glad you're a proud Canadian.  There's nothing to be prouder of.  Well, 
unless you live in Toronto. :-)

I see nothing to apologize about in my nationality, my country, what's right 
with us and what's wrong with us.  My post was mostly about what's wrong, in 
my opinion, with far to many of us.  If you weren't around in 1970 then it's 
not really your issue, though it is  your history.

For all that we are often hypocritical in our attitude to other countries, not 
just the US, we do have one thing in our favour.  We don't labour under 
something as abhorant as the Patriot Act.  And. should Dubya and company get 
re-elected the US can kiss the one thing that makes it unqiue among 
democracies anywhere and that's the first amendment which John Ashcroft is 
drooling to destroy.

So, you see, we could end up being the most open and free society in the world 
in short order.  All in the name of security and some form of moral purity, 
you understand.  Sad, really, when you think of it.

ttfn

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[newbie] Web hosting 101...

[Eric Scott]

Yo.  I'm done some experimenting with web hosting, but I'm really quite
new at it.  I have a little home network with a single static IP.  The
internet server (Windows 2000 Server... I'd prefer a Mandrake box, but
anyway) is the only computer with the static IP. I also have an ol'
Mandrake 9.1 box attatched.  My experience is really close to null; what
I'd like to know is this:  is it possible, basically, to host a website
on the Mandrake box and have it easily acessable to the web?  I know
that the Win2k box is up to it, IIS's http & ftp servers work without
flaw, but is there any way that I can route a domain to the Mandrake box
that doesn't have an Internat IP? sure, it's got a local IP, but that
doesn't do much good.
Thanx,
   ES
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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[Lyvim Xaphir]

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 22:35, John Wilson wrote:
> On September 15, 2004 07:42 am, JoeHill wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:25:59 -0400
> >
> > Ronald J. Hall disseminated the following:
> > > "I love my country but I fear my government"
> >
> > Amen to that. I think that's something that most people have in common, to
> > varying degrees, all over the world.
> >
> > > Having said that, just let me note that no matter how bad my government
> > > got, I'd never turn my back on my country, or disavow it.
> >
> > Well, I guess it depends on how you define 'country', at least to me. If
> > you mean the people around you, that you live with and work with, and all
> > the people that share your goals and values, basic to most of us, like
> > 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (of course, in Canada it's:
> > 'Life, Liberty, and the Security of the Person'...typical vague and somehow
> > disturbing Canadian shite), then of course no one would disavow their
> > country, IMO.
> >
> > Don't worry, though, the real people, the people that really make up a
> > 'country', always win. The Government is always at a disadvantage:
> >
> > http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/s/SNAFUprinciple.html
> 
> Actually, it's Peace, Order and Good Government which you, of all people 
> should know, Joe.
> 
> And it's been used in rather disturbing fashion.  AKA the War Measures Act in 
> 1970 when we Canadians were dealing with our own happy band of terrorists in 
> Quebec.  The Patriot Act, for all the it stinks to high heaven, is a piker 
> conpared to what we went through here at the time.  And better than 90% of 
> the population supported it at the time!
> 
> It's one reason that I dispair of all the criticism that goes on among my 
> holier-than-thou countrymen who seem to forget our own track record when we 
> flay George W Bush.  We do that while naming mountains, airports and anything 
> else not nailed down after Pierre E Trudeau who imposed the war measures act.  
> Need I point out our hypocracy? 
> 
> And, though you wouldn't know it by all the uninformed hand wringing going on 
> in some circles in Washington, DC, our current security laws haven't 
> elimiated that bit of wartime nonsense.  It's just been renamed, repackaged 
> and taught to smile.
> 
> Oh, and guess which country is home to the most developed, efficent and most 
> secret communications interception and decryting agency on the planet?  Why 
> it's Canada.
> 
> For all that I'm still Canadian and always will be.  I just don't trust 
> government much.  Any government.  Then again, I don't expect much from them 
> either.
> 
> Not bad for a unreconstructed lefty :)
> 
> ttfn
> 
> John


Nice stuff, John!  Again!




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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[Chris]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 10:42 am, David T Battler wrote:
> How about the typical American "Shite" in this email?
>
> I thought this was a discussion list regarding Linux.
>
> I am a Canadian, and proud of it; and I find this kind of garbage
> offensive; and this email list to be worse than useless.  Some people
> never grow up.
>
> I will be withdrawing from this list asap.
>
Geez, don't let the door hit you in the @$$ on the way out!  Or, stay around 
you may learn something.

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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[David T Battler]

How about the typical American "Shite" in this email?

I thought this was a discussion list regarding Linux.

I am a Canadian, and proud of it; and I find this kind of garbage offensive;
and this email list to be worse than useless.  Some people never grow up.

I will be withdrawing from this list asap.

- Original Message -
From: "John Wilson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 7:35 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...


> On September 15, 2004 07:42 am, JoeHill wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:25:59 -0400
> >
> > Ronald J. Hall disseminated the following:
> > > "I love my country but I fear my government"
> >
> > Amen to that. I think that's something that most people have in common,
to
> > varying degrees, all over the world.
> >
> > > Having said that, just let me note that no matter how bad my
government
> > > got, I'd never turn my back on my country, or disavow it.
> >
> > Well, I guess it depends on how you define 'country', at least to me. If
> > you mean the people around you, that you live with and work with, and
all
> > the people that share your goals and values, basic to most of us, like
> > 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (of course, in Canada it's:
> > 'Life, Liberty, and the Security of the Person'...typical vague and
somehow
> > disturbing Canadian shite), then of course no one would disavow their
> > country, IMO.
> >
> > Don't worry, though, the real people, the people that really make up a
> > 'country', always win. The Government is always at a disadvantage:
> >
> > http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/s/SNAFUprinciple.html
>
> Actually, it's Peace, Order and Good Government which you, of all people
> should know, Joe.
>
> And it's been used in rather disturbing fashion.  AKA the War Measures Act
in
> 1970 when we Canadians were dealing with our own happy band of terrorists
in
> Quebec.  The Patriot Act, for all the it stinks to high heaven, is a piker
> conpared to what we went through here at the time.  And better than 90% of
> the population supported it at the time!
>
> It's one reason that I dispair of all the criticism that goes on among my
> holier-than-thou countrymen who seem to forget our own track record when
we
> flay George W Bush.  We do that while naming mountains, airports and
anything
> else not nailed down after Pierre E Trudeau who imposed the war measures
act.
> Need I point out our hypocracy?
>
> And, though you wouldn't know it by all the uninformed hand wringing going
on
> in some circles in Washington, DC, our current security laws haven't
> elimiated that bit of wartime nonsense.  It's just been renamed,
repackaged
> and taught to smile.
>
> Oh, and guess which country is home to the most developed, efficent and
most
> secret communications interception and decryting agency on the planet?
Why
> it's Canada.
>
> For all that I'm still Canadian and always will be.  I just don't trust
> government much.  Any government.  Then again, I don't expect much from
them
> either.
>
> Not bad for a unreconstructed lefty :)
>
> ttfn
>
> John
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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[John Wilson]

On September 15, 2004 07:42 am, JoeHill wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:25:59 -0400
>
> Ronald J. Hall disseminated the following:
> > "I love my country but I fear my government"
>
> Amen to that. I think that's something that most people have in common, to
> varying degrees, all over the world.
>
> > Having said that, just let me note that no matter how bad my government
> > got, I'd never turn my back on my country, or disavow it.
>
> Well, I guess it depends on how you define 'country', at least to me. If
> you mean the people around you, that you live with and work with, and all
> the people that share your goals and values, basic to most of us, like
> 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (of course, in Canada it's:
> 'Life, Liberty, and the Security of the Person'...typical vague and somehow
> disturbing Canadian shite), then of course no one would disavow their
> country, IMO.
>
> Don't worry, though, the real people, the people that really make up a
> 'country', always win. The Government is always at a disadvantage:
>
> http://www.jargon.net/jargonfile/s/SNAFUprinciple.html

Actually, it's Peace, Order and Good Government which you, of all people 
should know, Joe.

And it's been used in rather disturbing fashion.  AKA the War Measures Act in 
1970 when we Canadians were dealing with our own happy band of terrorists in 
Quebec.  The Patriot Act, for all the it stinks to high heaven, is a piker 
conpared to what we went through here at the time.  And better than 90% of 
the population supported it at the time!

It's one reason that I dispair of all the criticism that goes on among my 
holier-than-thou countrymen who seem to forget our own track record when we 
flay George W Bush.  We do that while naming mountains, airports and anything 
else not nailed down after Pierre E Trudeau who imposed the war measures act.  
Need I point out our hypocracy? 

And, though you wouldn't know it by all the uninformed hand wringing going on 
in some circles in Washington, DC, our current security laws haven't 
elimiated that bit of wartime nonsense.  It's just been renamed, repackaged 
and taught to smile.

Oh, and guess which country is home to the most developed, efficent and most 
secret communications interception and decryting agency on the planet?  Why 
it's Canada.

For all that I'm still Canadian and always will be.  I just don't trust 
government much.  Any government.  Then again, I don't expect much from them 
either.

Not bad for a unreconstructed lefty :)

ttfn

John
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Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers

[Ronald J. Hall]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 01:25 pm, David Trethewey wrote:
> After actually reading the Nvidia README I saw that having drivers
> installed for the wrong kernel can cause this problem, where an error of
>   "(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!"
> occurs whenever X attempts to start. It turns out I had accidently
> installed the nforce drivers for kernel 2.4 as well as the correct ones
> (for kernel 2.6 - I am running MDK 10.0 download edition). After
> removing these drivers and installing the correct version of the nforce
> drivers again X started correctly but the network card didn't work
> because the configuration file modprobe.conf needed altering. However
> after I did this, the problem with X started again, then I reinstalled
> the drivers in text-mode and now it seems to work. I'll reboot a few
> times to make sure though.
>
> David

Glad you got it going! :-)

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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[Ronald J. Hall]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 06:24 pm, Travis Crook wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 15:35, Bryan Phinney wrote:
> > On Wednesday 15 September 2004 09:08 am, Stephen Kühn wrote:
>
> 
>
> > Since this is already off-topic and to lighten the tone a bit, you should
> > check out:
> > http://www.imao.us/docs/NukeTheMoon.htm
>
> ROFLOL!!!
>
> > 
> > Granted, I have a pretty black sense of humor.

Yep, thats was pretty good. It also made sense, in an odd kind of way. :-)

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Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

[Lyvim Xaphir]

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 19:00, Carroll Grigsby wrote:

> 
> Never mind Barbie. Check this out:
> http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=314966&pfp=BROWSE
> After all, shouldn't a Mickey Mouse operating system be run on a genuine 
> Mickey Mouse computer?
> 
> -- cmg

Wow...I thought I'd seen the last of the mickey mouse computers when the
American division of Packard Bell shut down.

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Re: [newbie] GTK and KDE

[John Drouhard]

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 21:47 +0200, Thereidos wrote:
> Hi 'all.
> 
> I've just reinstalled my mdk (after crashing my partition table
> yesterday) and noticed that when using gtk and glib supplied from mdk's
> cds (2.2.4 I suppose) gtk themes works fine whilst using 2.4 series
> (I've used this before the reinstall) they doesn't. I've tried this with
> both compiled from source and rpms.
> 
You also have to recompile all the GTK engines (galaxy, smooth, xfce,
industrial, metal...)

> And one more thing: to make themes from 2.2 series actually work under
> KDE I have to run gnome-control-center and click fonts. Doesn't have to
> change anything, all's set the way I like. I just have to click on it.
> What's going on with it?
> 
Try making it so that KDE runs "/usr/lib/gnome-settings-daemon" on
login. That will make it so you don't have to run gnome-control-center
each and every time you want the themes to work.

I don't use KDE so I don't remember how to do that, but there is a
way. :-)


> Of course there are some problems with the fonts but that's a different
> story :)
 
What's wrong with them?

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Re: [newbie] Mozilla fixed fonts problem

[Bob Read]

John Richard Smith wrote:
Kaj Haulrich wrote:
On Wednesday 15 September 2004 21:15, Bob Read wrote:

 

If all else fails, I guess I'll try re-installing
Mozilla -- but that sounds like a Windows solution. ;-)
  

What about updating ? - Your Mozilla 1.3 is quite old by linux 
standards.  Besides, there are a few security flaws in Mozilla 
previous to Mozilla 1.7.3 and Firefox 1 ORC.

I just updated to those, and although they don't come as Mandrake 
rpms, they are blindingly easy to install.  Only issue was a somewhat 
hairy java-plugin.

Kaj Haulrich.
 

I think Kaj is correct because minimum font size does control display on 
my mozilla.

John
Thanks to both of you.  I guess that's the best route to take.
I hope I can carry my 300mb of saved mail along.  I've been
accumulating it since early Netscape on windows.
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Re: [newbie] What the hell is promiscuous and how do I turn it off?

[Chris]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 06:01 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 September 2004 06:52 pm, Chris wrote:
> > The subject says it all.  RKHunter reports I have it turned on.  I'm
> > running no servers, that I'm aware of.  I've checked google and
> > google/linux  for an explanation and I haven't found a good explanaton.
>

> then check with
> ifconfig eth0 and it you should not see PROMISC as in the result below
>
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

Bryan, I ran ifconfig eth0 without issuing the off command and I don't see 
it as running:

  UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1

[18:54:17] Checking network interfaces (promiscuous mode)... [ WARNING ]
[18:54:17] Possible promisc interfaces:
[18:54:17] Output test 1: 
[18:54:17] Output test 2: eth0

Below is all the rkhunters log says.

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Re: [newbie] What the hell is promiscuous and how do I turn it off?

[Richard Urwin]

On Thursday 16 Sep 2004 12:01 am, Bryan Phinney wrote:
> From the web:
> 1) In a network, promiscuous mode allows a network device to
> intercept and read each network packet that arrives in its entirety.
> This mode of operation is sometimes given to a network snoop server
> that captures and saves all packets for analysis (for example, for
> monitoring network usage).

Normally a NIC will only receive packets that are addressed to itself. 
By putting the NIC in promiscuous mode it will receive all packets that 
it sees, no matter how they are addressed.

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Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

[Carroll Grigsby]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 04:24 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 14:11, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> > On Wednesday 15 September 2004 19:26, David E. Fox wrote:
> > > On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:29:59 +0200
> > >
> > > Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > > And thanks for the roses for my daughter. Actually she grew up
> > > > with Linux, and when she got her brand new WindowsXP computer,
> > > > her first remark was : "good heavens, what a childish system" !
> > > > (In fact, her
> > >
> > > Just don't get her one of those barbie-doll computers (hot pink
> > > color) :).
> > >
> > > (duck)
> >
> > Is a Barbie-doll PC more childish than a Windows PC ?
> >
> > Kaj Haulrich.
>
> That's a tough call.
>
> LX

Never mind Barbie. Check this out:
http://www.compusa.com/products/product_info.asp?product_code=314966&pfp=BROWSE
After all, shouldn't a Mickey Mouse operating system be run on a genuine 
Mickey Mouse computer?

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Re: [newbie] What the hell is promiscuous and how do I turn it off?

[Bryan Phinney]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 06:52 pm, Chris wrote:
> The subject says it all.  RKHunter reports I have it turned on.  I'm
> running no servers, that I'm aware of.  I've checked google and
> google/linux  for an explanation and I haven't found a good explanaton.

If you are running an intrusion detection system, such as Snort, the 
application itself will put the ethernet device into promiscuous mode so that 
it can listen to all communication attempts to know when you are being probed 
and attacked.  Network sniffers, some port sentry applications, network usage 
monitors, etc. all require the ethernet device to be in promiscuous mode in 
order to monitor communications.

The only warning attached to a device being switched to promiscuous mode is 
that a sniffer may have been surreptiously loaded onto your system.  Check to 
make sure that you do not have a sniffer running that YOU are unaware of,
other than that, it is really no problem.

From the web:
1) In a network, promiscuous mode allows a network device to intercept and 
read each network packet that arrives in its entirety. This mode of operation 
is sometimes given to a network snoop server that captures and saves all 
packets for analysis (for example, for monitoring network usage).


To turn it off, issue the command as root
ifconfig eth0 -promisc

then check with
ifconfig eth0 and it you should not see PROMISC as in the result below

UP BROADCAST RUNNING PROMISC MULTICAST  MTU:1500  Metric:1
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[newbie] What the hell is promiscuous and how do I turn it off?

[Chris]

The subject says it all.  RKHunter reports I have it turned on.  I'm running 
no servers, that I'm aware of.  I've checked google and google/linux  for 
an explanation and I haven't found a good explanaton.

Thanks

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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[Travis Crook]

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 15:35, Bryan Phinney wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 September 2004 09:08 am, Stephen Kühn wrote:

> Since this is already off-topic and to lighten the tone a bit, you should 
> check out:
> http://www.imao.us/docs/NukeTheMoon.htm
> 

ROFLOL!!!

> 
> Granted, I have a pretty black sense of humor.

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Re: [newbie] Mozilla fixed fonts problem

[John Richard Smith]

Kaj Haulrich wrote:
On Wednesday 15 September 2004 21:15, Bob Read wrote:

 

If all else fails, I guess I'll try re-installing
Mozilla -- but that sounds like a Windows solution. ;-)
   


What about updating ? - Your Mozilla 1.3 is quite old by linux 
standards.  Besides, there are a few security flaws in Mozilla 
previous to Mozilla 1.7.3 and Firefox 1 ORC.

I just updated to those, and although they don't come as Mandrake 
rpms, they are blindingly easy to install.  Only issue was a 
somewhat hairy java-plugin.

Kaj Haulrich.
 

I think Kaj is correct because minimum font size does control display on 
my mozilla.

John


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[newbie] Red Screen of Death

[Ron Hunter-Duvar]

I've been having a strange problem with my Mdk 10.0 Official install since 
last Friday. Often when it sits for a while, it goes to a dark red screen, 
with no text or graphics, and no mouse pointer. Also, sometimes when someone 
is using it, it freezes. At these times, it won't respond to 
--, --, or --. It also 
won't respond to pings from another pc on the lan. It will sometimes respond 
to --. Other times I have to hit the reset button. Once it 
reboots it's back to normal, until the next time.

Before Friday, it was stable. On Friday, I was:

1. Trying to update my system, but the mirror (mirrors.secsup.org) kept 
telling everything was up to date, despite numerous security list 
announcements. I didn't resolve this until Monday, by switching mirrors.

2. Uploading some pics from my digital camera (Minolta Dimage G400) to my hard 
drive, something I've done before with no problems. But when I unplugged the 
usb cable, with konqueror still open (but not open to the mounted directory), 
it hung my system and forced a reset. After rebooting, it restarted konqueror 
on me without my asking it to (I guess I had "restore previous session" set).

3. I installed checkinstall, and was trying to use it to build an rpm (for 
qhacc). Which failed on some error I hadn't yet figured out.

Something during all this seems to have borked my system. Any suggestions, 
short of a full re-install?

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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[Bryan Phinney]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 09:08 am, Stephen Kühn wrote:

> You are living INSIDE of a closed society that carefully monitors what
> you see, hear, read and experience - therefore, you cannot perceive what
> I have seen in the past five years of NOT living INSIDE of that closed
> society.

I don't know that there are very many places in the world at all that can 
throw stones at America in terms of freedom, closed society, etc.  You name 
the place and I could probably point out something that would seem outrageous 
compared to someplace else.

> I am sorry to all my fellow Americans that things have gotten so far out
> of control that I cannot feel safe, feel secure or even feel the
> slightest bit of patriotism towards the US government.

Since this is already off-topic and to lighten the tone a bit, you should 
check out:
http://www.imao.us/docs/NukeTheMoon.htm

For myself, being able to read something like this and laugh my butt off is 
almost worth having to put up with all the crap, no matter what your 
political spectrum.

Granted, I have a pretty black sense of humor.
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Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

[Lyvim Xaphir]

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 14:11, Kaj Haulrich wrote:
> On Wednesday 15 September 2004 19:26, David E. Fox wrote:
> > On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:29:59 +0200
> >
> > Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > And thanks for the roses for my daughter. Actually she grew up
> > > with Linux, and when she got her brand new WindowsXP computer,
> > > her first remark was : "good heavens, what a childish system" !
> > > (In fact, her
> >
> > Just don't get her one of those barbie-doll computers (hot pink
> > color) :).
> >
> > (duck)
> 
> Is a Barbie-doll PC more childish than a Windows PC ?
> 
> Kaj Haulrich.

That's a tough call.

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Re: [newbie] Mozilla fixed fonts problem

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 21:15, Bob Read wrote:


> If all else fails, I guess I'll try re-installing
> Mozilla -- but that sounds like a Windows solution. ;-)


What about updating ? - Your Mozilla 1.3 is quite old by linux 
standards.  Besides, there are a few security flaws in Mozilla 
previous to Mozilla 1.7.3 and Firefox 1 ORC.

I just updated to those, and although they don't come as Mandrake 
rpms, they are blindingly easy to install.  Only issue was a 
somewhat hairy java-plugin.

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Re: [newbie] Rootkit Hunter

[Ron Hunter-Duvar]

On September 14, 2004 18:17, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 September 2004 12:35 pm, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote:
> > On September 14, 2004 07:37, Tom Brinkman wrote:
> > ...
> >
> > > urpmi rkhunter
> >
> > I have contrib defined (using proxad.net, b/c all the North
> > American mirrors seem to be unreliable), but urpmi rkhunter
> > gives me "no package named rkhunter". I tried a search for "rk"
> > and one for "hunt" too, in case the spelling was slightly off,
> > but there's nothing that resembles rkhunter showing up.
>
>  Mea culpa.  Since it's just a "noarch" script, I thought it
> would be available for all Mandrake versions.  I didn't check.
> Anyhow, you can get the 10.1 CE version here:
> ftp://ftp.proxad.net/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake/devel/cooker/i586/med
>ia/contrib/rkhunter-1.1.6-2mdk.noarch.rpm
>
>   It should work on any Mandrake version.

Thanks, that worked better.

It gave me a warning about the signature not matching, which worries me a 
little with a security app! I know others report getting this a lot, but I 
don't normally. But I went ahead with the install anyway.

I noticed it has a --update option to get all the latest scan info, so I did 
that first. I don't know if this eliminates the benefits of going to 1.1.8.

Pretty impressive list of things checked. It didn't find any nasties on my 
system, but it reported the following:

* Application version scan
   - GnuPG 1.2.4  [ OK ]
   - OpenSSL 0.9.7c   [ Vulnerable ]
   - Procmail MTA 3.22[ OK ]
   - ProFTPd 1.2.9[ Vulnerable ]

I just updated everything on Monday (after switching to a working mirror). Any 
idea what's up with these vulnerability warnings? Has Mandrake not released 
fixed versions of these apps yet? Should I wait or install from source? I 
don't use these apps. Not directly anyway, but maybe something else uses 
them?

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RE: [newbie] Win-Clients 'forget' samba server name

[Bill Shirley]

'man smb.conf' will give a much better explanation than
I could give you.

Bill


> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Behalf Of Harald T ZIPKO
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 11:14 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [newbie] Win-Clients 'forget' samba server name
> 
> 
> Bill,
> 
> many thanks for your hints.
> 
> > If you don't have any MS domain controllers, you should add to
> 
> No, just a small office without any _MS Domain Controllers_...
> 
> But I am courious: the new entries in the global section are useful 
> because...
> 
> > os level = 33   means?
> > preferred master = yes  means?
> > local master = yes  means?
> > domain master = yes means?
> > domain logons = yes means?
> > wins support = yes  means?
> > wins proxy = yesmeans?
> 
> Anyway, I will edit the smb.conf asap and hope that everything willl be 
> OK!
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[newbie] GTK and KDE

[Thereidos]

Hi 'all.

I've just reinstalled my mdk (after crashing my partition table
yesterday) and noticed that when using gtk and glib supplied from mdk's
cds (2.2.4 I suppose) gtk themes works fine whilst using 2.4 series
(I've used this before the reinstall) they doesn't. I've tried this with
both compiled from source and rpms.

And one more thing: to make themes from 2.2 series actually work under
KDE I have to run gnome-control-center and click fonts. Doesn't have to
change anything, all's set the way I like. I just have to click on it.
What's going on with it?

Of course there are some problems with the fonts but that's a different
story :)
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Re: [newbie] Mozilla fixed fonts problem

[Bob Read]

John Richard Smith wrote:
Bob Read wrote:
I use Mozilla mail  heavily. (Mozilla 1.3)
I normally use Inbox opened fully so that
I can scan the incoming files quickly.
A couple days ago, that screen seemed to
have reduced the type font size so that it
is now difficult to read.  As a check, I
counted the number of lines shown, and found
that it is now 32 lines rather than the 31
it has had previously.  I have tried every
thing I can think of to change this, but no
success.
Any suggestion will be much appreciated. My
eyes are hurting.
Bob
Mozilla - edit - preferences - appearance - fonts -
Minimum font size
Just increase that minimum font size
You can also change the font types.
you can also allow document to use other fonts.
But I guess you have tried these ?
John
Thanks, John, but I have tried those.  The minimum
only affects documents and pages.  The preferences
don't affect displays directly produced be Mozilla,
like the contents of Inbox, or any other folder,
nor menus, etc.
If all else fails, I guess I'll try re-installing
Mozilla -- but that sounds like a Windows solution. ;-)
Again, Thanks,
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RE: [newbie] Nvidia drivers

[dgordon8]

 

> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of David Trethewey
> Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 12:27 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers
> 
> Something quiet odd is happening now, although the KDE 
> problem is gone 
> now, X failed to start after the machine was shutdown and 
> started again. 
> After I ran the Nvidia installer again it is now working again. Does 
> anyone know what is configured wrongly?

I had the same thing happening over and over again and someone on this list
suggested I add "nvidia"without the quotes to /etc/modprobe.preload
This fixed it for me.

Regards,
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Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 19:26, David E. Fox wrote:
> On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:29:59 +0200
>
> Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > And thanks for the roses for my daughter. Actually she grew up
> > with Linux, and when she got her brand new WindowsXP computer,
> > her first remark was : "good heavens, what a childish system" !
> > (In fact, her
>
> Just don't get her one of those barbie-doll computers (hot pink
> color) :).
>
> (duck)

Is a Barbie-doll PC more childish than a Windows PC ?

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Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

[David E. Fox]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 13:29:59 +0200
Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> And thanks for the roses for my daughter. Actually she grew up with 
> Linux, and when she got her brand new WindowsXP computer, her first 
> remark was : "good heavens, what a childish system" ! (In fact, her 

Just don't get her one of those barbie-doll computers (hot pink color) :).

(duck)

> Kaj Haulrich.


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Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers

[David Trethewey]

After actually reading the Nvidia README I saw that having drivers 
installed for the wrong kernel can cause this problem, where an error of 
 "(EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module!"
occurs whenever X attempts to start. It turns out I had accidently 
installed the nforce drivers for kernel 2.4 as well as the correct ones 
(for kernel 2.6 - I am running MDK 10.0 download edition). After 
removing these drivers and installing the correct version of the nforce 
drivers again X started correctly but the network card didn't work 
because the configuration file modprobe.conf needed altering. However 
after I did this, the problem with X started again, then I reinstalled 
the drivers in text-mode and now it seems to work. I'll reboot a few 
times to make sure though.

David
Ronald J. Hall wrote:
On Wednesday 15 September 2004 12:27 pm, David Trethewey wrote:
 

Something quiet odd is happening now, although the KDE problem is gone
now, X failed to start after the machine was shutdown and started again.
After I ran the Nvidia installer again it is now working again. Does
anyone know what is configured wrongly?
David
   

David, what error message does it give when you type in "startx"?
 



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Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

[David E. Fox]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:09:19 +0200
Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

> Thanks for your suggestions, David.  Alas... as Lyvim pointed out, 
> she _has_ to use Derive in order to cooperate with her classmates.

Oh well :(.

> And you know what ? -  Although only 14 years old, my daughter isn't 
> exactly stupid. She now uses her box for schoolwork (Derive and 

I would not think so. Derive is a calculus package, if I'm not mistaken. I guess that 
means she's studying calculus in middle school (in US, 14 yrs old would either be end 
of 8th or first year of 9th grade / high school). Derive of course can be used for 
less advanced things too :).

> Kaj Haulrich. 


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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[Lanman]

Scott Mazur wrote:
On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:42:51 -0400, JoeHill wrote

Well, I guess it depends on how you define 'country', at least to 
me. If you mean the people around you, that you live with and work 
with, and all the people that share your goals and values, basic to 
most of us, like 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (of 
course, in Canada it's: 'Life, Liberty, and the Security of the 
Person'...typical vague and somehow disturbing Canadian shite), then 
of course no one would disavow their country, IMO.

Look Joe, if you want to raise your flag and shout it from the mountains 
more power to you.

But if you feel you have to start dissing Canada to do it you're going to 
find yourself on the filtered end of many null buckets.

Scott
Did someone open up a steam pipe valve? Or was that Joe Hill voicing 
another of his mundane opinions? The two sound quite similar so it's 
easy to confuse them. Hopefully, perhaps someone will be kind enough to 
close it, no matter which one it was.

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Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers

[Ronald J. Hall]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 12:27 pm, David Trethewey wrote:
> Something quiet odd is happening now, although the KDE problem is gone
> now, X failed to start after the machine was shutdown and started again.
> After I ran the Nvidia installer again it is now working again. Does
> anyone know what is configured wrongly?
>
> David

David, what error message does it give when you type in "startx"?

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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[JoeHill]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 09:05:43 -0600
Scott Mazur disseminated the following:

> > Well, I guess it depends on how you define 'country', at least to 
> > me. If you mean the people around you, that you live with and work 
> > with, and all the people that share your goals and values, basic to 
> > most of us, like 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (of 
> > course, in Canada it's: 'Life, Liberty, and the Security of the 
> > Person'...typical vague and somehow disturbing Canadian shite), then 
> > of course no one would disavow their country, IMO.
> 
> Look Joe, if you want to raise your flag and shout it from the mountains 
> more power to you.
> 
> But if you feel you have to start dissing Canada to do it you're going to 
> find yourself on the filtered end of many null buckets.

LOL!, I'm *Canadian*, d00d. Maybe take a few seconds and look at where a
person's coming from (literally and figuratively) before you post, eh?

...and maybe try not to be so sensitive. I used to take everything personally,
til I realized it was doing me more harm than the person I felt was 'dissing'
me. Relax, k?

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Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers

[David Trethewey]

Something quiet odd is happening now, although the KDE problem is gone 
now, X failed to start after the machine was shutdown and started again. 
After I ran the Nvidia installer again it is now working again. Does 
anyone know what is configured wrongly?

David
David Trethewey wrote:
I changed to Alsa drivers, that restored the sound, your suggestion 
for KDE appears to have worked. Thanks for the advice.

David
Derek Jennings wrote:
On Tuesday 14 Sep 2004 22:06, David Trethewey wrote:
 

I think I have messed up my configuration somehow. I have a Nvidia
Geforce2 integrated soundcard, using nvaudio drivers. I have no sound
now, and KDE crashes on startup. I'm not really sure why it stopped
working.
  

If your kdm login manager works and you see the Nvidia splash screen 
when X starts then there is nothing wrong with your graphics drivers.

Try deleting your ~/.kde folder   to solve your KDE problem (you will 
lose all your  KDE configuration) If that does not fix it delete any 
file in your home starting with .ICE authority or .DCOPserver  (new 
ones will be created on next login)

As for your sound. In the 2.6 kernel the driver file is 
modprobe.conf  not modules.conf  which is the file for the 2.4 kernel.
You might like to refer to the suggested configuration for your sound 
card at www.alsa-project.org 
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RE: [newbie] Win-Clients 'forget' samba server name

[Harald T ZIPKO]

Bill,

many thanks for your hints.

> If you don't have any MS domain controllers, you should add to

No, just a small office without any _MS Domain Controllers_...

But I am courious: the new entries in the global section are useful 
because...

> os level = 33 means?
> preferred master = yesmeans?
> local master = yesmeans?
> domain master = yes   means?
> domain logons = yes   means?
> wins support = yesmeans?
> wins proxy = yes  means?

Anyway, I will edit the smb.conf asap and hope that everything willl be 
OK!
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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[Scott Mazur]

On Wed, 15 Sep 2004 10:42:51 -0400, JoeHill wrote

> Well, I guess it depends on how you define 'country', at least to 
> me. If you mean the people around you, that you live with and work 
> with, and all the people that share your goals and values, basic to 
> most of us, like 'life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness (of 
> course, in Canada it's: 'Life, Liberty, and the Security of the 
> Person'...typical vague and somehow disturbing Canadian shite), then 
> of course no one would disavow their country, IMO.

Look Joe, if you want to raise your flag and shout it from the mountains 
more power to you.

But if you feel you have to start dissing Canada to do it you're going to 
find yourself on the filtered end of many null buckets.

Scott

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Re: [newbie] Win-Clients 'forget' samba server name

[Harald T ZIPKO]

> Harald; You should consider using the "Map Network Drive" option for 

Sorry, but that's exactly what I did during installation of win98 
client's network access to the mdk-box ;-) Obviousely this doesn't work 
at all - strange problem anyway

> those Win98 boxes. That way the shares that each machine needs is 
> available the next time the system boots up.
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Re: [newbie] Win-Clients 'forget' samba server name

[Lanman]

Harald T ZIPKO wrote:
Mdk10 box with smb 3.02 works fine for win98 users but if the clients 
want to reconnect to the server (eg they are shutting down their boxes 
at the end of the day and want to gain access to their folders next 
morning...) ther's no server available in the network neighborhood..

Actually,
* the server _is_ available (eg logging to the box via 
web-interface/IP-Address, ssh,...) and
* after a restart the smb-server is available and present in the 
neighborhood...

I suggest this is only a little smb-configuration issue (at least I 
hope so ;-)
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Harald; You should consider using the "Map Network Drive" option for 
those Win98 boxes. That way the shares that each machine needs is 
available the next time the system boots up.

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Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 13:12, Anthony Cull wrote:
> Good to hear... CDs ... costers.. may I suggest that you buy a
> usb flash it will be cheeper for you in the long run. This topic
> has lasted a while.. Quote "Although only 14 years old, my
> daughter isn't exactly stupid" At least she can use another
> operating system.. unlike most 14 year olds.

Excellent idea, Anthony. Thanks. Can you by any chance recommend a 
USB flash that works with Mandrake as well as Windows ?  - I don't 
have that much experience with USB other than my camera and 
scanner.

And thanks for the roses for my daughter. Actually she grew up with 
Linux, and when she got her brand new WindowsXP computer, her first 
remark was : "good heavens, what a childish system" ! (In fact, her 
comment was a bit harsher in Danish, but out of courtesy I'll not 
try a translation on this decent list.)

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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[Bryan Phinney]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 12:08 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:

> Charles Edwards' gpg Standard Operating Procedure is looking better and
> better all the time.  If they do manage to usurp the public will on this
> and institute those measures, which are completely unecessary in my
> opinion, I wouldn't have a problem encrypting everything, including list
> mail, just on principle alone.

I wouldn't start to panic just yet.  The FCC doesn't have a tremendous track 
record for getting its rules through of late, they have been overruled on 
appeal in several instances by the RBOC's and I doubt that this one will be 
any different, especially given the cost involved.  

However, we really need to recognize the actual driving force behind this 
before we get too bent out of shape around it.  

With the advent of voice over IP and many ISP's, cable companies, etc, 
entering into the local and long distance phone service markets, it was 
really a matter of time until law enforcement proposed that the same 
regulations that enable them to place phone taps on normal phone lines, be 
extended to new technology phone lines.  

There is absolutely no need for anyone to reinvent the Internet in order to 
put a tap on your internet account.  They can go to an RBOC and get a DSL 
sniffer attached at the DSLAM to monitor that usage.  They can attach a 
sniffer at the pole or house for cable broadband.  Dial-up is even easier.

ISP's don't offer encryption now and there is nothing to prevent you from 
encrypting yourself.  And an encrypted VPN connection will pretty much bypass 
everything that they can put on the line.  But I don't think that the point 
of the rules are to start sniffing regular traffic, it is still easier for 
them to plant a keystroke logger or other type of backdoor on a system.  I 
figure that these new rules are simply a reaction to VOIP phone service.

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Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

[Anthony Cull]

Good to hear... CDs ... costers.. may I suggest that you buy a usb flash it 
will be cheeper for you in the long run. This topic has lasted a while..
Quote "Although only 14 years old, my daughter isn't exactly stupid"
At least she can use another operating system.. unlike most 14 year olds.
- Original Message - 
From: "Kaj Haulrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, September 15, 2004 6:09 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP


On Wednesday 15 September 2004 00:45, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 18:40, David E. Fox wrote:
> On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:26:47 +0200
>
> Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Win4Linux runs Win98 only, not XP. Crossover doesn't list
> > other applications then the most common, such as Office.
> > "Derive" is a very special beast.
>
> It might still. I don't think it's going to require a lot of
> extras, somehow. I mean it's not one of those shoot-em-up games
> that requires esoteric hardware. It might work in vmware too.
>
> But as there is no OSS or TI didn't (yet) port Derive, isn't
> there something that does run on Linux that is comparable?
> mupad, macsyma, and the like spring to mind. I'm not qualified
> (no maths degree) enough to really judge the capabilities and
> what Derive will do that OSS replacements wouldn't, however.
> (mupad I think is still OSS or "free for personal use"; macsyma
> is in contrib last time I looked. The command line version is
> lisp-based and clunky as hell, but the X11 version is a little
> more polished.)
>
> > Kaj Haulrich.
I think his daughter is required to have Derive. :(
LX
Thanks for your suggestions, David.  Alas... as Lyvim pointed out,
she _has_ to use Derive in order to cooperate with her classmates.
And as a follow-up to this lengthy thread : I received fresh CDs
from HP, removed the ethernet cable from her box,  re-installed
WindowsXP, added a firewall (Zone Alarm), de-activated as much as I
could find (Messenger, Updates, NetBIOS and a few other things),
installed 4 different antivirus/antispyware applications (via a CD
burnt on Mandrake), set her default browser and mailer to Mozilla,
her office suite to OpenOffice.org, and - after innumerable
re-boots - connected the thing to the Internet. Ran two full scans
(Sygatetech and GRC Shields Up) and found everything OK.
All this was accomplished thanks to the kind folks on this list.
And you know what ? -  Although only 14 years old, my daughter isn't
exactly stupid. She now uses her box for schoolwork (Derive and
OpenOffice.org) but every time she wants to use the net (mail,
browsing, accessing her schools network etc..) she goes to my box,
opens her linux-account and does what she wants. Transfers between
the two boxes are done via floppies or CDs. She unplugged her
ethernet cable again, just "to feel safe".  And we don't have to
worry about this SP2 thingy.
So, once again, we're a respectable family and can't be accused of
contaminating the Internet.
Thanks, all who helped. Peace.
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[newbie] Win-Clients 'forget' samba server name

[Harald T ZIPKO]

Mdk10 box with smb 3.02 works fine for win98 users but if the clients 
want to reconnect to the server (eg they are shutting down their boxes 
at the end of the day and want to gain access to their folders next 
morning...) ther's no server available in the network neighborhood..

Actually,
* the server _is_ available (eg logging to the box via 
web-interface/IP-Address, ssh,...) and
* after a restart the smb-server is available and present in the 
neighborhood...

I suggest this is only a little smb-configuration issue (at least I 
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Re: [newbie] Rootkit Hunter

[Bryan Phinney]

On Tuesday 14 September 2004 08:50 pm, Chris wrote:

> The source is super easy to install, it has its own install script, takes
> about two minutes to run through the complete installation.  By the way, I
> was going to start another thread but since we're on the subject of root
> killer, it reports that I'm in promiscuous mode, what the hell is that and
> how do I get out of it?  I've googled and googled/linux and I've never
> really found a good answer.  I'm not running any servers, that I'm aware
> of.

If you are running an intrusion detection system, such as Snort, the 
application itself will put the ethernet device into promiscuous mode so that 
it can listen to all communication attempts to know when you are being probed 
and attacked.  Network sniffers, some port sentry applications, network usage 
monitors, etc. all require the ethernet device to be in promiscuous mode in 
order to monitor communications.

The only warning attached to a device being switched to promiscuous mode is 
that a sniffer may have been surreptiously loaded onto your system.  Check to 
make sure that you do not have a sniffer running that YOU are unaware of,
other than that, it is really no problem.

From the web:
1) In a network, promiscuous mode allows a network device to intercept and 
read each network packet that arrives in its entirety. This mode of operation 
is sometimes given to a network snoop server that captures and saves all 
packets for analysis (for example, for monitoring network usage).
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Re: [newbie] Epson CX3100 multi-function printer, scanner, copier drivers available ?

[Bac]

Ad horas 05:10, mercoledì 15 settembre 2004, John Zoetebier Scripsit:

> Does anyone have the Epson CX3100 multi-function printer installed on
> Mandrake Linux 10.0 ?

CX3200 indeed... works very well, I like it. Just 1 problem: if the computer 
boots when the printer is off, Mandrake does't see the Epson CX3200... 
conversely if the computer starts when the printer is on, it works 
normally... strange behaviour...
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[newbie] Win-Clients 'forget' samba server name

[Harald T ZIPKO]

Mdk10 box with smb 3.02 works fine for win98 users but if the clients 
want to reconnect to the server (eg they are shutting down their boxes 
at the end of the day and want to gain access to their folders next 
morning...) ther's no server available in the network neighborhood..

Actually,
* the server _is_ available (eg logging to the box via 
web-interface/IP-Address, ssh,...) and
* after a restart the smb-server is available and present in the 
neighborhood...

I suggest this is only a little smb-configuration issue (at least I 
hope so ;-)
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Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers

[David Trethewey]

I changed to Alsa drivers, that restored the sound, your suggestion for 
KDE appears to have worked. Thanks for the advice.

David
Derek Jennings wrote:
On Tuesday 14 Sep 2004 22:06, David Trethewey wrote:
 

I think I have messed up my configuration somehow. I have a Nvidia
Geforce2 integrated soundcard, using nvaudio drivers. I have no sound
now, and KDE crashes on startup. I'm not really sure why it stopped
working.
   

If your kdm login manager works and you see the Nvidia splash screen when X 
starts then there is nothing wrong with your graphics drivers.

Try deleting your ~/.kde folder   to solve your KDE problem (you will lose all 
your  KDE configuration) If that does not fix it delete any file in your home 
starting with .ICE authority or .DCOPserver  (new ones will be created on 
next login)

As for your sound. In the 2.6 kernel the driver file is modprobe.conf  not 
modules.conf  which is the file for the 2.4 kernel.
You might like to refer to the suggested configuration for your sound card at 
www.alsa-project.org  

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Re: [newbie] isdn modem

[aron Smith]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 12:33 am, Themis Themis wrote:
> Hello everyone!
>  
> My name is Themis and I am completely new to Mandrake Linux... For the time
> beeing I am using Mandrake Move as I want to solve some hardware issues
> first and then completely remove windows from my pc... I want to ask you
> how to configure my ISDN moden, with the drakconnect application. Is there
> any way to activate it with a command or sth like that? There's a message
> poping up when I run 'Connect to the internet' and KPPP comes up like:
> /etc/resolve.conf is missing or can't be read - ask your system
> administrator to creat this file (can be empty) with appropriate read and
> write parameters' As about KPPP,I can't find what parameters are needed in
> tab 'Device' as well as in 'Modem/Modem Commands'. 
> My modem's info:
> Model: ASUSCOM P-IN-100
> connected to PCI slot: 1 (PCI bus 0)
> Thanks!
>
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Re: [newbie] Mozilla fixed fonts problem

[John Richard Smith]

Bob Read wrote:
I use Mozilla mail  heavily. (Mozilla 1.3)
I normally use Inbox opened fully so that
I can scan the incoming files quickly.
A couple days ago, that screen seemed to
have reduced the type font size so that it
is now difficult to read.  As a check, I
counted the number of lines shown, and found
that it is now 32 lines rather than the 31
it has had previously.  I have tried every
thing I can think of to change this, but no
success.
Any suggestion will be much appreciated. My
eyes are hurting.
Bob
Mozilla - edit - preferences - appearance - fonts -
Minimum font size
Just increase that minimum font size
You can also change the font types.
you can also allow document to use other fonts.
But I guess you have tried these ?
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Re: [newbie] OT - Request for advice on Windows XP

[Kaj Haulrich]

On Wednesday 15 September 2004 00:45, Lyvim Xaphir wrote:
> On Tue, 2004-09-14 at 18:40, David E. Fox wrote:
> > On Sat, 28 Aug 2004 14:26:47 +0200
> >
> > Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Win4Linux runs Win98 only, not XP. Crossover doesn't list
> > > other applications then the most common, such as Office.
> > > "Derive" is a very special beast.
> >
> > It might still. I don't think it's going to require a lot of
> > extras, somehow. I mean it's not one of those shoot-em-up games
> > that requires esoteric hardware. It might work in vmware too.
> >
> > But as there is no OSS or TI didn't (yet) port Derive, isn't
> > there something that does run on Linux that is comparable?
> > mupad, macsyma, and the like spring to mind. I'm not qualified
> > (no maths degree) enough to really judge the capabilities and
> > what Derive will do that OSS replacements wouldn't, however.
> > (mupad I think is still OSS or "free for personal use"; macsyma
> > is in contrib last time I looked. The command line version is
> > lisp-based and clunky as hell, but the X11 version is a little
> > more polished.)
> >
> > > Kaj Haulrich.
>
> I think his daughter is required to have Derive. :(
>
> LX

Thanks for your suggestions, David.  Alas... as Lyvim pointed out, 
she _has_ to use Derive in order to cooperate with her classmates.

And as a follow-up to this lengthy thread : I received fresh CDs 
from HP, removed the ethernet cable from her box,  re-installed 
WindowsXP, added a firewall (Zone Alarm), de-activated as much as I 
could find (Messenger, Updates, NetBIOS and a few other things), 
installed 4 different antivirus/antispyware applications (via a CD 
burnt on Mandrake), set her default browser and mailer to Mozilla, 
her office suite to OpenOffice.org, and - after innumerable 
re-boots - connected the thing to the Internet. Ran two full scans 
(Sygatetech and GRC Shields Up) and found everything OK.

All this was accomplished thanks to the kind folks on this list.

And you know what ? -  Although only 14 years old, my daughter isn't 
exactly stupid. She now uses her box for schoolwork (Derive and 
OpenOffice.org) but every time she wants to use the net (mail, 
browsing, accessing her schools network etc..) she goes to my box, 
opens her linux-account and does what she wants. Transfers between 
the two boxes are done via floppies or CDs. She unplugged her 
ethernet cable again, just "to feel safe".  And we don't have to 
worry about this SP2 thingy.

So, once again, we're a respectable family and can't be accused of 
contaminating the Internet.

Thanks, all who helped. Peace.

Kaj Haulrich. 
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Re: [newbie] [OT] Put on your tinfoil hats...

[Stephen Kühn]

On Wed, 2004-09-15 at 14:33, aron Smith wrote:
> On Tuesday 14 September 2004 09:16 pm, JoeHill wrote:
> > On Tue, 14 Sep 2004 21:04:57 -0700
> >
> > aron Smith disseminated the following:
> > > No ...Power  is the guiding word
> >
> > I know, I know, I'm just yankin' the ol' neocon chain ;-)
> >
> > > guess we'lll just have to start encrypting our mail
> >
> > That's the problem:
> >
> > "What this means is that IP protocols may have to be adjusted, and the
> > future of encryption may also be in doubt."
> >
> > If I'm reading this correctly, adding this extra bit of overhead to TCP/IP
> > will enable both legitimate authorities (due process and all that), *and*
> > the not-so-legitimate the ability to get past things like encryption.
> >
> > I guess the old adage still holds true: if there's something you don't want
> > intercepted, don't send it.
> With a good encryption algorithm they would have more trouble cracking it than 
> it would be worth to them ..let's face it what we do is not that intresting 
> to anybody.
> Nuke Bomb Anthrax Biological warfare (that ought to get Carnivore's attention

I think y'all bloody well missing the point here - the idea is to make
the internet more feasibly "tap-able" - so that law enforcement (and
anyone else) can very readily and easily intercept data - whether
streaming of what have you. Anything can be tapped and interpreted.

I shan't stand for it, myself. Especially because I'm not living in that
country, and shall pass this tidbit along because I don't need America
dictating how I use my internet, and I don't need America investigating
my communications whilst on the internet.

If they want to spy on Americans, well, let them spy on Americans.

I am no longer an American.

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touch the ground, especially when in flight. VI. As speed increases,
objects can be in several places at once. This is particularly true of
tooth-and-claw fights, in which a character's head may be glimpsed
emerging from the cloud of altercation at several places simultaneously.
This effect is common as well among bodies that are spinning or being
throttled. A "wacky" character has the option of self-replication only
at manic high speeds and may ricochet off walls to achieve the velocity
required. -- Esquire, "O'Donnell's Laws of Cartoon Motion", June 1980



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[newbie] isdn modem

[Themis Themis]

Hello everyone!
 
My name is Themis and I am completely new to Mandrake Linux... For the time beeing I am using Mandrake Move as I want to solve some hardware issues first and then completely remove windows from my pc...I want to ask you how to configure my ISDN moden, with the drakconnect application. Is there any way to activate it with a command or sth like that?There's a message poping up when I run 'Connect to the internet' and KPPP comes up like: /etc/resolve.conf is missing or can't be read - ask your system administrator to creat this file (can be empty) with appropriate read and write parameters'As about KPPP,I can't find what parameters are needed in tab 'Device' as well as in 'Modem/Modem Commands'.
 
My modem's info:Model: ASUSCOM P-IN-100connected to PCI slot: 1 (PCI bus 0)Thanks!Add photos to your messages with  MSN 8.  Get 2 months FREE*.


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