Re: [newbie] Using a DNS server on a local intranet

[Fajar Priyanto]

On Tuesday 02 November 2004 06:00 am, Travis Crook wrote:
> Hi all,
>   I'm looking at running an internal DNS server on my intranet.  What is
> everybody's preference? (I understand I may be opening a can of worms at
> this point!).
>
>   I have looked at using MaraDNS, TMDNS, and tinydns (I hope the
> spellings are correct).  Which is easiest?  Most reliable? (etc.).
>
> Thanks for the advice!

Hi Travis,
I'm using ISC's Bind and dhcpd. That way the dhcp server can dynamically 
update the dns records. No need to setup each client.

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[newbie] nis not working

[Russell W. Behne]

I've been trying to get nis working on my home network. I'm to the point
where both hosts can mount /home and other directories from the server,
but users still can't log in.  In
http://rampex.ihep.su/Linux/linux_howto/html/tutorials/NIS-HOWTO-9.html
it says that If everything is fine (as it should be), you should be able
to verify your installation with a few simple commands. Assuming, for
example, your passwd file is being supplied by NIS, the command ``ypcat
passwd'' should give you the contents of your NIS passwd file. But wwhen 
I tried it here's what I got:

# ypcat passwd
No such map passwd.byname. Reason: Internal NIS error


Irritably, the howto doesn't say what to do when ypcat passwd doesn't
work. Other things I've tried (and the ressults):

# /etc/init.d/ypserv status
ypserv (pid 11126) is running...

# rpcinfo -p localhost
   program vers proto   port
102   tcp111  portmapper
102   udp111  portmapper
1000241   udp823  status
1000241   tcp826  status
3910022   tcp  32788  sgi_fam
142   udp704  ypserv
141   udp704  ypserv
142   tcp707  ypserv
141   tcp707  ypserv
132   udp   2049  nfs
133   udp   2049  nfs
134   udp   2049  nfs
132   tcp   2049  nfs
133   tcp   2049  nfs
134   tcp   2049  nfs
1000211   udp  33004  nlockmgr
1000213   udp  33004  nlockmgr
1000214   udp  33004  nlockmgr
1000211   tcp  33504  nlockmgr
1000213   tcp  33504  nlockmgr
1000214   tcp  33504  nlockmgr
151   udp804  mountd
151   tcp850  mountd
152   udp804  mountd
152   tcp850  mountd
153   udp804  mountd
153   tcp850  mountd

# rpcinfo -u localhost ypbind
program 17 version 1 ready and waiting
program 17 version 2 ready and waiting

# domainname
fleabite

# ps auwwx|grep yp
root 11126  0.0  0.1  1968  712 ?   S  Nov01   0:00 ypserv
root 12493  0.0  0.1 18392  864 ?   S  00:31   0:00 ypbind

I found this line in the log:
ypserv[11126]: refused connect from 67.21.58.221:33083 to
procedure ypproc_domain_nonack (fleabite,;0)

Note that 67.21.58.221 is the dynamic IP assigned by my ISP. Is there a
way to get the server to use it's static IP, 192.168.18.1? Is this part 
of the problem? I don't know. 

The 2 hosts are 192.168.18.11 and 192.168.18.12, and I can ping them,
they can ping the server, and I can telnet into them from the server
wiith no problem (I set up 1 user account just for this) and then su to
root. 

From the server:
# ypcat passwd
No such map passwd.byname. Reason: Internal NIS error
 
From either of the hosts:
# ypcat passwd
No such map passwd.byname. Reason: Can't bind to server which
serves this domain

I'm getting too burned out to think. Can someone help?

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Re: [newbie] User Agent

[Carroll Grigsby]

On Monday 01 November 2004 10:40 pm, Tom & Karen Pino wrote:

>>> snip


> Ok, so I use windoze (although I can't see why one would us IE).  Why do 
> you want to appear to use IE at all and 5 in particular?
> Tom

Tom:
The usual reason is that there are many websites which use the browser id 
string to determine if you are using IE or not; if you aren't, you are denied 
access. There are also others which restrict access to either IE or Netscape. 
Now, if you are 100 per cent linux, you are left with three choices: Lie to 
them, go somewhere else, or install Windows. Well, it turns out that the 
first choice is often quite effective because many other browsers can access 
many of those sites with no problems at all. Now -- who's the bigger liar 
here? Me, or the MS guy who convinced the website admin that he would have 
all sorts of problems if he allowed non-MS browsers to access his website? 
Banks, in particular, are among the worst offenders in this regard (but there 
are lots of other sites guilty of the same stupidity). Not to be all 
doom-and-gloom, I saw a report on the web within the past few days that there 
is a growing trend in the Windows community to move away from the crap MS 
browsers to Firefox and Mozilla.  Perhaps that will force some of those 
dullhead webmins to rethink their stance.

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Re: [newbie] Parts

[Marc]

On Monday 01 November 2004 09:59 pm, Tom & Karen Pino wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am going to start building a computer for linux.  I have an old tower
> that I think will work (it may be too awkward).
>
> I would like some recommendations on components.  Chipset?  Sound card?
> Video card?  Modem (dial up is what I need in this remote area)?
>
> Anything anyone can think of that would be helpful would be great.  I
> want to make this as easy as I can on myself.  Will probably get stuff
> on e-bay and anywhere else that I can find it cheap but want a machine
> that will not have problems with linux.
>
> Peripherals can wait.
> Thanx in advance,
> Tom


Give us a bit more info. Are you trying to build it cheep, build a super 
gaming machine or other.

Marc


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Re: [newbie] User Agent

[Marc]

On Monday 01 November 2004 09:40 pm, Tom & Karen Pino wrote:
>
> Ok, so I use windoze (although I can't see why one would us IE).  Why do
> you want to appear to use IE at all and 5 in particular?
> Tom

2 reasons
# 1 a MLS real estate web site that seems to do nothing but say that it only 
works with Internet Exployter

#2 as a further troubleshooting measure in trying to solve my DSL problems 
with my local ISP.  


I have tried everything suggested by the folks here and LOTS of other things. 
1 thing that crossed my mind is that perhaps they have a server with a virus 
that is meant to screw up service for linux machines or perhaps something 
from the evil empire installed in 1 of their servers that is meant to screw 
up linux users.  Just a WAG on my part.  What the heck I have tried 
everything else.

Marc


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Re: [newbie] Parts

[Aron Smith]

On Monday 01 November 2004 07:59 pm, Tom & Karen Pino wrote:
> Hi all,
> I am going to start building a computer for linux.  I have an old tower
> that I think will work (it may be too awkward).
>
> I would like some recommendations on components.  Chipset?  Sound card?
> Video card?  Modem (dial up is what I need in this remote area)?
>
> Anything anyone can think of that would be helpful would be great.  I
> want to make this as easy as I can on myself.  Will probably get stuff
> on e-bay and anywhere else that I can find it cheap but want a machine
> that will not have problems with linux.
>
> Peripherals can wait.
> Thanx in advance,
> Tom
Welcome to the world 
You will need a Pentium class processor at least 200 mhz 
as to how much disk space 12 to 20 Gb should do fine 
You will need to either download mandrake (long job even with dsl or you can 
get the CDs from cheapbytes 
http://cart.cheapbytes.com/cgi-bin/cart
for a *very* Nominal price mostly you will have to put up with us ;-)

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[newbie] Parts

[Tom & Karen Pino]

Hi all,
I am going to start building a computer for linux.  I have an old tower 
that I think will work (it may be too awkward).

I would like some recommendations on components.  Chipset?  Sound card?  
Video card?  Modem (dial up is what I need in this remote area)?

Anything anyone can think of that would be helpful would be great.  I 
want to make this as easy as I can on myself.  Will probably get stuff 
on e-bay and anywhere else that I can find it cheap but want a machine 
that will not have problems with linux.

Peripherals can wait.
Thanx in advance,
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Re: [newbie] User Agent

[Tom & Karen Pino]

Derek Jennings wrote:
On Monday 01 November 2004 17:08, Marc wrote:
 

On Monday 01 November 2004 10:58 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
   

On Monday 01 November 2004 16:53, Marc wrote:
 

Does anyone here know how to modify the user agent ID in any of the
popular browsers, Mozilla, Opera, Firefox or Konqueror to make things
appear that I am using a Windoze machine running IE . I know that in
most Linux browsere there is a quick easy way to change it in
preferances but that seems to still leave some tell tale evidance at
the end of the user agent string. I need to change things to appear
EXACTLY as a windoze machine would.
   Thanks In advance
   Marc
   

Opera - Hit F12
Firefox/Mozilla - Install the extension -User Agent Switcher
Konqueror - Setup>Browser Identification
derek
 

  Thanks Derek but that still leaves tell tale evidence that I am using a
linux machine trying to pass it self off as a windoze machine at the end of
the user agent string.  I need to actually find the user agent and edit it
to appear exactly as a windoze machine running IE.
   Marc
   

The User Agent Switcher in Firefox allows you to define your own string.
Doesn't that do what you need?
Also I'm pretty sure you can customise konqueror's user agent strings. I'm 
kust not sure where that data is kept.

derek
 

Ok, so I use windoze (although I can't see why one would us IE).  Why do 
you want to appear to use IE at all and 5 in particular?
Tom



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[newbie] KDE 3.3

[Adil Hindistan]

Hi,

I know this Q was asked before but I could not really figure out what to
do.  I had MDK 10.1 cooker and upgraded it to 10.1 official using urpmi.

I still have KDE 3.3 and not sure how to get it installed via urpmi.  I
actually tried to download KDE konstruct, unzipped it, and tried make
install bu it stops at a different point every time I try...

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Re: [newbie] A short notice to gmail users

[Amy]

On Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:41:20 -0800, David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> -- Forwarded message --
> 
> 
> From: David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:40:45 -0800
> Subject: Re: [newbie] A short notice to gmail users
> To: Amy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> 
> You should be able to make your replyto: field blank.  I was able to.
> Now, I can't vouch for whether or not it actually works, but I was
> able to set it to "".

No go, we've had that mentioned a couple times. I tried the same
thing. While it may show in your preferences that it's set to "", when
you actually look at the headers of messages you send to the list (hit
the more options link at the top of your message) you'll see that
gmail is still putting your own email address as the reply-to. I
thought the same thing, and I had about half a dozen people reply to
me that I'd been wrong, and saw as much for myself when I looked at my
own headers.

~~ >^..^< ~~
I'm a gmail user! I'm still waiting on them to listen to my request to
allow me to disable my reply-to field. If you get this message via a
mailing list, please double check the to field before sending your
reply. Thanks much! ^_^
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Re: Fwd: [newbie] A short notice to gmail users

[Chris]

On Monday 01 November 2004 08:41 pm, David Johnson wrote:

>
> You should be able to make your replyto: field blank.  I was able to.
> Now, I can't vouch for whether or not it actually works, but I was
> able to set it to "".
>

Nope, it doesn't work David.

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Fwd: [newbie] A short notice to gmail users

[David Johnson]

-- Forwarded message --
From: David Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 1 Nov 2004 18:40:45 -0800
Subject: Re: [newbie] A short notice to gmail users
To: Amy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>


You should be able to make your replyto: field blank.  I was able to.
Now, I can't vouch for whether or not it actually works, but I was
able to set it to "".



On Sat, 30 Oct 2004 14:08:30 -0700, Amy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Done and Done. ^_^ Thanks for the suggestion! Meanwhile, everyone who
> missed my comment in the other thread I had going... please make a
> point to submit a feature request to the gmail team for the option of
> disabling the reply-to field if you haven't already! And bug your
> gmail using friends to do so also. ^_^ If we flood them with requests
> for it, they're bound to submit, yes?
>
> ~~ >^..^< ~~
> I'm a gmail users! I'm still waiting on them to listen to my request
> to allow me to disable my reply-to field. If you get this message via
> a mailing list, please double check the to field before sending your
> reply. Thanks much!
> ~~ >^..^< ~~
> "Words are, of course, the most powerful drug used by mankind."
>  ~Rudyard Kipling
>
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[newbie] Problem with Firefox & Kmail

[Mike]

Hello,

I am using Mandrake Linux 10, Firefox v. 1.0 is installed as my default 
browser, Kmail is my default email client.

When I click on a web link in Kmail, Firefox launches but opens to a local 
version of the file (cached). Here's an example of what happens when I click 
on a link to google:

www.google.com

and this is what opens in Firefox:

file:///var/tmp/kdecache-user/krun/2159.0.google

I don't get the website, I get a locally stored version of the site and no 
links from the site work.

It happens every time with every web link. The only way to open the web page 
is to copy the link and paste it into the address bar of Firefox. I never had 
this problem when I was using Opera as my default browser. It always opened 
the proper web page whenever a link was clicked. What's going on with Firefox 
and how do I correct this problem?

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[newbie] 10.1 kernel boot problem

[Azarnoosh Ali]

Hi,I tried to install mandrake 10.1 community on a PIII machin.During the installation anything were ok. but the system could not boot.when the boot process launched vmlinuz, the system restarted.I checked the bootsector and I used both lilo and grub.for example I tried to boot the system with a grub boot diskett, in the following steps:grab> root (hd0,6)Filesystem type is ext2fs, partition type 0x83grab> kernel /boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda7[Linux-bzImage, setup=0x1400, size=0x13e622]grab> bootthe last command results restarting the system with any additional message.I tried with another machin but the problem was not solved.I can boot the installed mandrake 10.1 with SUSE Linux 9.1 Boot CD with the option of "Boot Installed System". But it is not possible to boot the system with its own kernel.Any idea?ThanksAli
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[newbie] 10.1 Official

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Hi

4 CD set from the club installed and working without incident.

Impressed so far.

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[newbie] Using a DNS server on a local intranet

[Travis Crook]

Hi all,
I'm looking at running an internal DNS server on my intranet.  What is
everybody's preference? (I understand I may be opening a can of worms at
this point!).

I have looked at using MaraDNS, TMDNS, and tinydns (I hope the
spellings are correct).  Which is easiest?  Most reliable? (etc.).

Thanks for the advice!

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Re: [newbie] HELP...HELP...O.T.

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Monday 01 November 2004 21:25, ali tig wrote:
> i will try to send the massage.

heehaw, this is inspector Clouseau's comeback, wonderful;-D
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Re: [newbie] Ext. USB drive / high CPU load

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Monday 01 November 2004 21:44, Miark wrote:
> I'm using a USB 2.0 external harddrive. It's actual
> performance is fine, but what's bothersome is that
> if I do something disk intensive, such as copy a
> huge file or rename file in a big directory, my CPU
> meter hits 100%. Is this typical?
>
> Miark

On my box it is!
I blame it on vfat...everybody needs a scapegoat now and then;)
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[newbie] Ext. USB drive / high CPU load

[Miark]

I'm using a USB 2.0 external harddrive. It's actual
performance is fine, but what's bothersome is that
if I do something disk intensive, such as copy a 
huge file or rename file in a big directory, my CPU
meter hits 100%. Is this typical?

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Re: [newbie] HELP...HELP...

[ali tig]

i have mandrake 10.0 64 bit. i bought it from the mandrake store a few weeks ago.
i will try to send the massage.
 
AliRob Blomquist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
On Sunday 31 October 2004 12:02 am, ali tig wrote:> dear carroll, my system is below.>> Asus K8V deluxe motherboard> AMD 64 processor> ATI Rodeon 9800 pro> 1 GB ram> 2*120 GB SATA harddisk(one of them for windows xp pro)The other thing that we need to see is what happens at boot to stop X from running when the system bootsAnother thing you could do is attach a copy of /var/log/messages to an email and send it to me, or someone else (it might be a bit big for the list) and we can look it over and send the revalent part to the list, which will problem get you up and running.Your system can probably run Linux without problem. Are you running Mandrake for 64 bit, or standard?Rob-- Mountlake Terrace, WAUSAWant
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Re: [newbie] Error at boot: BIOS data check successful...?

[J S]

Thanks for the tip, but it didn't work.. Also, I had to press Escape to
leave the "graphical" LILO menu before being able to write the line "linux
noapic noacpi". I suppose that is normal... (?)

I have an Intel Pentium 800 MHz with PhoenixBIOS (v.4.06) and 128 MB RAM.
The chipset is a "Intel 800 series" (yeah, I admit - haven't got a clue what
that means... ;-) ). Could it perhaps be my Voodoo 4 graphics card causing
the problems?
I'm also running Windows 2000 on another partition, and that works great.

/ Arthur

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Subject: Re: [newbie] Error at boot: BIOS data check successful...?


> On Monday 01 November 2004 18:22, J S wrote:
> > Hello, I've just installed Mandrake Linux 10.0 without problems. But
after
> > I restart the computer choose "Linux" in the LILO menu, I'm presented
with
> > the following:
> >
> > Loading Linux...
> > BIOS data check successful
> >
> > whereafter the computer just locks and I have to CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart
> > it. I've already looked around on the web, and it seems that others who
> > experienced the same problem were advised to change a certain
> > "arch/i386/boot/video.S" file (a CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT in the file..) ,
but
> > being a novice I don't know how to access this file (apparently on the
> > Linux partition) since I can't boot from the hard drive.
> >
> > Is that the way to go and/or could someone please help me out here.. I'm
> > using a 3Dfx Voodoo graphics card if that can be of any help... I'm also
> > running Windows 2000 on another partition which is running just fine..
> >
> > Thanks for any advice!
> >
> > // Arthur
>
> At the lilo log on screen try hitting Esc, and then at the prompt enter
> linux noapic noacpi
> That will try to boot with those features disabled.
> If that works come back and we can show you how to make the change
permanent.
>
> If it does not work tell us what mobo/CPU/chipset you are using.
>
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Re: [newbie] Wohoo..! Successful install of Mdk10.1CE - Was:Partition resized but remains

[Fajar Priyanto]

On Monday 01 November 2004 09:53 pm, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
> On Monday 01 November 2004 11:33, Fajar Priyanto wrote:
> > Hi guys,
> > I have a spare space on my hdd, so I resized one of my partition (it's on
> > the last partition hda10). Using MCC, I can resized it with no problem,
> > formatted it, the fstab also modified. But, after reboot, I noticed that
> > the free space in that partition is still in the old one (2GB, whereas
> > should be 7GB). Any idea what I'm missing?
> > Thanks.
>
> I re-read your post many times and don't really understand...could you post
> the content of "/etc/fstab" an "df -h" command?

Many thanks HJ,
This is the info:

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ajk]$ df
FilesystemSize  Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5 981M   82M  849M   9% /
/dev/hda107.0G   33M  6.6G   1% /data
/dev/hda9  12G  5.5G  6.2G  48% /home
/dev/hda1 9.9G  8.5G  1.4G  87% /mnt/win_c
/dev/hda2 2.0G  1.9G  125M  94% /mnt/win_d
/dev/hda7 3.9G  1.4G  2.3G  38% /usr
/dev/hda8 1.5G  106M  1.3G   8% /var

[EMAIL PROTECTED] ajk]$ cat /etc/fstab
/dev/hda5 / ext3 noatime 1 1
/dev/hda10 /data ext3 noatime,defaults 1 2
none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
/dev/hda9 /home ext3 noatime 1 2
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto 
umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec,users 0 0
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0
/dev/hda2 /mnt/win_d vfat umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0
none /proc proc defaults 0 0
/dev/hda7 /usr ext3 noatime 1 2
/dev/hda8 /var ext3 noatime 1 2
/dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0

The partition I wanted to resized was /dev/hda10 /data
It should be 7GB (2GB + 5GB extra from unpartition space), but, in reality 
it's listed only 2GB (the original size).

Well, anyway, I decided to clean-install my notebook from 9.2 to 10.1CE, while 
preserving /home to retain my emails and personal settings. And the result is 
amazing. Even my KDE session is preserved! There was a glitch though when the 
quick launch icon generated an error: "Klaunch can't start application from 
DCOP" (something like that), but after rebooting it was fine again.

It's 2am now and I'm tired, but I'm very happy. Actually the installation 
process only took 20 minutes, the previous 3 hours were for backing up data 
and email to my desktop pc. 

I love you, Mandrake :)
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Re: [newbie] Error at boot: BIOS data check successful...?

[Derek Jennings]

On Monday 01 November 2004 18:22, J S wrote:
> Hello, I've just installed Mandrake Linux 10.0 without problems. But after
> I restart the computer choose "Linux" in the LILO menu, I'm presented with
> the following:
>
> Loading Linux...
> BIOS data check successful
>
> whereafter the computer just locks and I have to CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart
> it. I've already looked around on the web, and it seems that others who
> experienced the same problem were advised to change a certain
> "arch/i386/boot/video.S" file (a CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT in the file..) , but
> being a novice I don't know how to access this file (apparently on the
> Linux partition) since I can't boot from the hard drive.
>
> Is that the way to go and/or could someone please help me out here.. I'm
> using a 3Dfx Voodoo graphics card if that can be of any help... I'm also
> running Windows 2000 on another partition which is running just fine..
>
> Thanks for any advice!
>
> // Arthur

At the lilo log on screen try hitting Esc, and then at the prompt enter
linux noapic noacpi
That will try to boot with those features disabled.
If that works come back and we can show you how to make the change permanent.

If it does not work tell us what mobo/CPU/chipset you are using.

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Re: [newbie] dvd copy

[Stephen Kühn]

On Mon, 2004-11-01 at 22:54, John Richard Smith wrote:
> Anyone know of any good dvd copy programmes ,
> other than vobcopy,
> that can copy a dvd to HD in two roughly equal halves ?
> 
> John

DVD::Rip

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Re: [newbie] Command deleting one of two equal lines in a file

[Rodolfo Medina]

Rodolfo Medina wrote:

> Hi.
>
> Does it exist a linux command (or a sequence of commands)
> that looks into a file
> and delete one line if there are two equal?



Todd Slater replied:

>uniq is the closest thing I know, but it requires lines to be sorted.
>
>Todd



Björn Lundin repied:

>If you don't mind having your original file sorted, then
>cat input_file | sort | uniq > result_file would give you what you want (in
>result_file).
>
>then you could add && rm -f input_file && mv result_file input_file to make
>the switch as in
>
>cat input_file | sort | uniq > result_file && rm -f input_file && mv
>result_file input_file
>
>(the rm might be unnecessary)
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Maybe simply  'sort -u input_file'
should give the same result.

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[newbie] Error at boot: BIOS data check successful...?

[J S]

Hello, I've just installed Mandrake Linux 10.0 
without problems. But after Irestart the computer choose "Linux" in the LILO 
menu, I'm presented with thefollowing:Loading 
Linux...BIOS data check successfulwhereafter the computer 
just locks and I have to CTRL+ALT+DEL to restart it.I've already looked 
around on the web, and it seems that others whoexperienced the same problem 
were advised to change a certain"arch/i386/boot/video.S" file (a 
CONFIG_VIDEO_SELECT in the file..) , butbeing a novice I don't know how to 
access this file (apparently on the Linuxpartition) since I can't boot from 
the hard drive.Is that the way to go and/or could someone please help me 
out here.. I'musing a 3Dfx Voodoo graphics card if that can be of any 
help... I'm alsorunning Windows 2000 on another partition which is running 
just fine..Thanks for any advice!// 
Arthur

Re: [newbie] User Agent

[Marc]

> > >
> > >Thanks Derek but that still leaves tell tale evidence that I am
> > > using a linux machine trying to pass it self off as a windoze machine
> > > at the end of the user agent string.  I need to actually find the user
> > > agent and edit it to appear exactly as a windoze machine running IE.
> > >
> > > Marc
> >
> > The User Agent Switcher in Firefox allows you to define your own string.
> > Doesn't that do what you need?
> > Also I'm pretty sure you can customise konqueror's user agent strings.
> > I'm just not sure where that data is kept.
> >
> > derek
>
> I found konqueror's user agent strings.
> Look in /usr/share/services/useragentstrings
>
> derek

THANKS Derek
I will give your 2 suggestions a try

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[newbie] Re: User Agent

[Björn Lundin]

Derek Jennings wrote:

> On Monday 01 November 2004 17:08, Marc wrote:
>> On Monday 01 November 2004 10:58 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
>> > On Monday 01 November 2004 16:53, Marc wrote:
>> > > Does anyone here know how to modify the user agent ID in any of the
>> > > popular browsers, Mozilla, Opera, Firefox or Konqueror to make things
>> > > appear that I am using a Windoze machine running IE . I know that in
>> > > most Linux browsere there is a quick easy way to change it in
>> > > preferances but that seems to still leave some tell tale evidance at
>> > > the end of the user agent string. I need to change things to appear
>> > > EXACTLY as a windoze machine would.
>> > >
>> > > Thanks In advance
>> > > Marc
>> >
>> > Opera - Hit F12
>> > Firefox/Mozilla - Install the extension -User Agent Switcher
>> > Konqueror - Setup>Browser Identification
>> >
>> > derek
>>
>>Thanks Derek but that still leaves tell tale evidence that I am using
>>a
>> linux machine trying to pass it self off as a windoze machine at the end
>> of
>> the user agent string.  I need to actually find the user agent and edit
>> it to appear exactly as a windoze machine running IE.
>>
>> Marc
> 
> The User Agent Switcher in Firefox allows you to define your own string.
> Doesn't that do what you need?
> Also I'm pretty sure you can customise konqueror's user agent strings. I'm
> kust not sure where that data is kept.
> 
> derek

logs from my webserver before and after chang user-agent in konq, as
described by derek, to tell the server that I'm an IE 5.5 on w2k

[1.11.2004/18:19:12] >200< [GET /x/index.html]   Mozilla/5.0
(compatible; Konqueror/3.3; Linux) (KHTML, like Gecko)
lundin.homelinux.net192.168.0.13

[1.11.2004/18:21:07] >200< [GET /x/index.html]   Mozilla/4.0
(compatible; MSIE 5.5; Windows NT 5.0) lundin.homelinux.net   
192.168.0.13

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Re: [newbie] User Agent

[Derek Jennings]

On Monday 01 November 2004 17:14, Derek Jennings wrote:
> On Monday 01 November 2004 17:08, Marc wrote:
> > On Monday 01 November 2004 10:58 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
> > > On Monday 01 November 2004 16:53, Marc wrote:
> > > > Does anyone here know how to modify the user agent ID in any of the
> > > > popular browsers, Mozilla, Opera, Firefox or Konqueror to make things
> > > > appear that I am using a Windoze machine running IE . I know that in
> > > > most Linux browsere there is a quick easy way to change it in
> > > > preferances but that seems to still leave some tell tale evidance at
> > > > the end of the user agent string. I need to change things to appear
> > > > EXACTLY as a windoze machine would.
> > > >
> > > > Thanks In advance
> > > > Marc
> > >
> > > Opera - Hit F12
> > > Firefox/Mozilla - Install the extension -User Agent Switcher
> > > Konqueror - Setup>Browser Identification
> > >
> > > derek
> >
> >Thanks Derek but that still leaves tell tale evidence that I am using
> > a linux machine trying to pass it self off as a windoze machine at the
> > end of the user agent string.  I need to actually find the user agent and
> > edit it to appear exactly as a windoze machine running IE.
> >
> > Marc
>
> The User Agent Switcher in Firefox allows you to define your own string.
> Doesn't that do what you need?
> Also I'm pretty sure you can customise konqueror's user agent strings. I'm
> just not sure where that data is kept.
>
> derek
I found konqueror's user agent strings.
Look in /usr/share/services/useragentstrings

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Re: [newbie] User Agent

[Derek Jennings]

On Monday 01 November 2004 17:08, Marc wrote:
> On Monday 01 November 2004 10:58 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
> > On Monday 01 November 2004 16:53, Marc wrote:
> > > Does anyone here know how to modify the user agent ID in any of the
> > > popular browsers, Mozilla, Opera, Firefox or Konqueror to make things
> > > appear that I am using a Windoze machine running IE . I know that in
> > > most Linux browsere there is a quick easy way to change it in
> > > preferances but that seems to still leave some tell tale evidance at
> > > the end of the user agent string. I need to change things to appear
> > > EXACTLY as a windoze machine would.
> > >
> > > Thanks In advance
> > > Marc
> >
> > Opera - Hit F12
> > Firefox/Mozilla - Install the extension -User Agent Switcher
> > Konqueror - Setup>Browser Identification
> >
> > derek
>
>Thanks Derek but that still leaves tell tale evidence that I am using a
> linux machine trying to pass it self off as a windoze machine at the end of
> the user agent string.  I need to actually find the user agent and edit it
> to appear exactly as a windoze machine running IE.
>
> Marc

The User Agent Switcher in Firefox allows you to define your own string.
Doesn't that do what you need?
Also I'm pretty sure you can customise konqueror's user agent strings. I'm 
kust not sure where that data is kept.

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Re: [newbie] User Agent

[Marc]

On Monday 01 November 2004 10:58 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
> On Monday 01 November 2004 16:53, Marc wrote:
> > Does anyone here know how to modify the user agent ID in any of the
> > popular browsers, Mozilla, Opera, Firefox or Konqueror to make things
> > appear that I am using a Windoze machine running IE . I know that in most
> > Linux browsere there is a quick easy way to change it in preferances but
> > that seems to still leave some tell tale evidance at the end of the user
> > agent string. I need to change things to appear EXACTLY as a windoze
> > machine would.
> >
> > Thanks In advance
> > Marc
>
> Opera - Hit F12
> Firefox/Mozilla - Install the extension -User Agent Switcher
> Konqueror - Setup>Browser Identification
>
> derek

   Thanks Derek but that still leaves tell tale evidence that I am using a 
linux machine trying to pass it self off as a windoze machine at the end of 
the user agent string.  I need to actually find the user agent and edit it to 
appear exactly as a windoze machine running IE.

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Re: [newbie] User Agent

[Derek Jennings]

On Monday 01 November 2004 16:53, Marc wrote:
> Does anyone here know how to modify the user agent ID in any of the popular
> browsers, Mozilla, Opera, Firefox or Konqueror to make things appear that I
> am using a Windoze machine running IE . I know that in most Linux browsere
> there is a quick easy way to change it in preferances but that seems to
> still leave some tell tale evidance at the end of the user agent string. I
> need to change things to appear EXACTLY as a windoze machine would.
>
> Thanks In advance
> Marc

Opera - Hit F12
Firefox/Mozilla - Install the extension -User Agent Switcher
Konqueror - Setup>Browser Identification

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[newbie] User Agent

[Marc]

Does anyone here know how to modify the user agent ID in any of the popular 
browsers, Mozilla, Opera, Firefox or Konqueror to make things appear that I 
am using a Windoze machine running IE . I know that in most Linux browsere 
there is a quick easy way to change it in preferances but that seems to still 
leave some tell tale evidance at the end of the user agent string. I need to 
change things to appear EXACTLY as a windoze machine would.

Thanks In advance
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Re: [newbie] What is mandrakelinux-release-10.1-1mdk.i586.rpm?

[Tom Brinkman]

On Sunday 31 October 2004 02:49 pm, Greg Meyer wrote:
> On Sunday 31 October 2004 12:43 pm, Sevatio wrote:
> > The only file in the 10.1 OE's update folder is:
> > mandrakelinux-release-10.1-1mdk.i586.rpm.  What is that rpm
> > used for?
>
> To update the file /etc/mandrake-release

   To be more concise, it changes the word 'Community' to 
'Official'.   NBFD  ;)

tom $ cat /etc/mandrake-release
Mandrakelinux release 10.1 (Official) for i586

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Re: [newbie] root password lost

[M.Schild]

> that shoulde be "linux init 1" , sorry.


OK, Thanks
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Re: [newbie] root password lost

[M.Schild]

> 6)Promise to NEVER hi-jack somebody else's thread again and rejoice.


Thank you and sorry about the hijack. I wasn´t aware
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Re: [newbie] root password lost

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Monday 01 November 2004 15:46, H.J.Bathoorn wrote:
> 3)enter "linux int 1" at he prompt and hit 
that shoulde be "linux init 1" , sorry.
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Re: [newbie] Partition resized but remains

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Monday 01 November 2004 11:33, Fajar Priyanto wrote:
> Hi guys,
> I have a spare space on my hdd, so I resized one of my partition (it's on
> the last partition hda10). Using MCC, I can resized it with no problem,
> formatted it, the fstab also modified. But, after reboot, I noticed that
> the free space in that partition is still in the old one (2GB, whereas
> should be 7GB). Any idea what I'm missing?
> Thanks.

I re-read your post many times and don't really understand...could you post 
the content of "/etc/fstab" an "df -h" command?

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Re: [newbie] cdrom busy....not umounting

[Tom Brinkman]

On Sunday 31 October 2004 01:34 pm, Bill Winegarden wrote:
> Hi,
> I'm running LM10 Community on an Inspiron 9100. A fresh install
> is working 98%. However, the cdrom does not seem to want to let
> go of any cdrom once I view it's contents in Konq.
> As root, I get the error

   Does 'eject /dev/hdc' get the CD out?

> umount: /mnt/cdrom: device is busy

   This is the problem

> It seems that supermount may not be operating correctly. fstab
> follows
>
> /dev/hda5 / reiserfs notail,noatime 1 1
> none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0
> /dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom auto
~~
> umask=0,user,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,noauto,ro,exec 0
> 0 /dev/hda2 /mnt/win_c ntfs umask=0,nls=iso8859-1,ro 0 0
> /dev/hda7 /mnt/win_d vfat
> umask=0,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850 0 0 none /proc proc
> defaults 0 0
> /dev/hda6 swap swap defaults 0 0
>
> Does anything seem out of place?
>
> tia,
> Bill W.

Did you try exiting from all konqueror instances first?

   You're _not_ using supermount.  'auto' in your fstab for this 
device means auto file system detection, not auto mount.  
Somethin is holding on to the device. Run 'lsof /mnt/cdrom' to 
find out. (You might have to 'urpmi lsof' first).  If lsof just 
returns to a prompt, nothin is using /mnt/cdrom at that time.

FWIW, I don't remember when 'magicdev' began, or whether 10.0 
used it.  See if '/usr/bin/magicdev' is present by running 
 'which magicdev'.  I've had some intermittent problems with CD 
drives being 'busy', usually after somethin like ripping a DVD 
with dvd:rip. 'fam' (an xinitd process) is most often the 
culprit. Since it's not a separate service, you'll need to kill 
it's pid. It will still run again 'on request'.

I hate to say it, but sometimes only a reboot will free the CD 
drive. Magic device in 10.1 is better, but still has occasional 
glitches like yours.
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Re: [newbie] root password lost

[H.J.Bathoorn]

On Monday 01 November 2004 14:35, M.Schild wrote:
> Hi,
> a friend who has just tried mandrake 10 for his first time on Linux cannot
> remeber his root password. Any way he can retrieve it?
> TIA
> Maryse

1)Boot the box
2) when the lilo-boot menu appears hit 
3)enter "linux int 1" at he prompt and hit 
4)Wait until mdk runs i.e. a prompt appears and type "passwd"
5)enter the new password when prompted.
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[newbie] Fighting the amnesia of certain file associations

[Paul Smith]

Dear All

I am using Mandrake 10 Official and, from time to time, I have to
remind Mandrake about the file association between pdf files and
acrobat reader. Can one teach Mandrake not to forget this file
association?

Thanks in advance,

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[newbie] root password lost

[M.Schild]

Hi,
a friend who has just tried mandrake 10 for his first time on Linux cannot 
remeber his root password. Any way he can retrieve it? 
TIA
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[newbie] Configuring X-windows

[amalasingh]

Hello,

I am having problem in setting up X-windows under Mandrake Linux 10.0.
My mouse blur and leave trail. The graphics display is pretty slow.
Could be because I couldnt set the refresh rates for the monitor 
correctly.

But surprisingly the mandrake linux installation gui display was fantastic.
Can I get the configuration details from installation logs. I cant believe
how mandrake installation doesnt look for set up for gui while x-windows
is so stupid in setting up the same.

Thanks in advance.
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[newbie] dvd copy

[John Richard Smith]

Anyone know of any good dvd copy programmes ,
other than vobcopy,
that can copy a dvd to HD in two roughly equal halves ?
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[newbie] Partition resized but remains

[Fajar Priyanto]

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Hi guys,
I have a spare space on my hdd, so I resized one of my partition (it's on the 
last partition hda10). Using MCC, I can resized it with no problem, formatted 
it, the fstab also modified. But, after reboot, I noticed that the free space 
in that partition is still in the old one (2GB, whereas should be 7GB).
Any idea what I'm missing?
Thanks.
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