Re: [newbie] How to program shell scripts?
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I would like to learn how to program shell scripts. Could someone here please recommend me a good site with information to start with? Thanks in advance, http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html http://tldp.org/LDP/Bash-Beginners-Guide/html/ http://tldp.org/LDP/abs/html/ -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] postgres admin user
GV wrote: Hi there, as I'm a newbie in postgres (till now used to have MySQL and ORACLE!) I was trying to log in via "psql". The system keeps rejecting me due to a wrong user!!! What's the "root" user for Postgres and do I have to give a password? Using Mandrake 10.1 and Postgres 7.4.5 Thanks for your help It is not that simple in Postgres. When you install the system, there is only one user created, normally 'postgres'. What you want to do is, from root, to switch to user postgres (su - postgres) and then create a new user for yourself. Good documentation can be found at http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/index.html and more specifically about users: http://www.postgresql.org/docs/7.4/interactive/user-manag.html You may also want to subscribe to some of the postgres mailing lists. Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] turbotax?
David E. Fox wrote: On Mon, 17 Jan 2005 22:08:14 -0800 Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, every year i google around for a way to do taxes (on my computer) w/o booting into windows or using the web version. Sooo, anyone figured out a way to do your US taxes under Linux? Turbotax Web works just fine. :) I've been using Web-based turbotax methods for the last few years using linux. One caveat though, I had a little difficulty getting the browser (konqueror or mozilla0 to automatically launch acrobat inside the browser window for printing purposes. I managed somehow to make it work, but most of the time it would sit there and stare at me, reporting that acrobat was not found (it is there) but launching it anyway - where its initial splash screen You can just go to http://www.irs.gov/ and click on the "Free File" link. There you will find many free web-based tax preparation software AND free e-file. This year I used the H&R Block web site and it mostly worked fine with Firefox. The important thing to remember is that in many cases you have to get in through the IRS web site in order to get the free preparation and e-file or you will be asked to pay for the service. Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] To gmail users
If you are a gmail user having problems with the gmail reply-to settings, do the following: 1) Go to your Gmail settings 2) Select the other reply-to radio button (the one with the entry box) 3) Type into the reply-to entry box <> (in other words Less-then followed by a Greater-then sign). Important: If you leave the box empty it is not going to work. You have to type <> in the box! This should eliminate the reply-to header and mailing list replies will now go to the list as they should. Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Urpmi advice needed (2)
Paul wrote: After looking at the wiki, I found the command rpm -Va and applied it. Part of the output is as follows (to provide an example only) S.5T /usr/share/fonts/ttf/decoratives/fonts.cache-1 missing/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/75dpi/encodings.dir S.5T c /etc/hotplug/blacklist .M.. c /etc/init.d/hotplug S.5T /usr/share/fonts/ttf/western/fonts.cache-1 'missing' is obvious, but what are the others (e.g. S.5T)? I don't remember where I copied this from but it goes: Verifying installed files vs. rpm: rpm -v package_name When verifying a package, RPM produces output only if there is a verification failure. When a file fails verification, the format of the output is a bit cryptic, but it packs all the information you need into one line per file. Here is the format: SM5DLUGT c Where: *S is the file size. *M is the file's mode. *5 is the MD5 checksum of the file. *D is the file's major and minor numbers. *L is the file's symbolic link contents. *U is owner of the file. *G is the file's group. *T is the modification time of the file. *c appears only if the file is a configuration file. This is handy for quickly identifying config files, as they are very likely to change, and therefore, very unlikely to verify successfully. * is the file that failed verification. The complete path is listed to make it easy to find. It's unlikely that every file attribute will fail to verify, so each of the eight attribute flags will only appear if there is a problem. Otherwise, a "." will be printed in that flag's place. -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thunderbird mail client
Andy Yankovich wrote: Would someone please tell me how install Thunderbird. Derick gave me such great instructions on installing Opera, that I wonder if there is also an equally easy way to install Thunderbird. The more details supplied (i.e. step by step) would be very, very much appreciated. Maybe in a few months I'll get some knowledge and patience. Read and read and read but still don't understand. Andy There was a strange problem with the mail I sent earlier. This one should be correct: If you run 10.1 then go to http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/ for the latest Thunderbird and Firefox. Steps: 1) as root add the media source: urpmi.addmedia eslrahc http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/ with hdlist.cz 2) Install thundirbird urpmi mozilla-thunderbird 3) Install firefox urpmi mozilla-firefox Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Thunderbird mail client
Andy Yankovich wrote: Would someone please tell me how install Thunderbird. Derick gave me such great instructions on installing Opera, that I wonder if there is also an equally easy way to install Thunderbird. The more details supplied (i.e. step by step) would be very, very much appreciated. Maybe in a few months I'll get some knowledge and patience. Read and read and read but still don't understand. Andy If you run 10.1 then go to http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/ for the latest Thunderbird and Firefox. Steps: 1) as root add the media source: urpmi.addmedia eslrahc http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/ with hdlist.cz 2) Install thundirbird urpmi mozilla-thunderbird <http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0-4.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm> 3) Install firefox urpmi mozilla-firefox <http://www.eslrahc.com/10.1/mozilla-thunderbird-1.0-4.1010.1mdk.i586.rpm> Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Alt-F2 Openoffice
Michaël Van Dorpe wrote: I just removed Openoffice 1.1.3 from my system, downloaded the latest 1.9.etc snapshot and installed it. I found out I can open Openoffice by Alt-F2 'soffice'. However, this is a pure coincidence that I found out about this. What is the right way to find out about this? Is there a list of all the Alt-F2 names of the programs installed on my computer? Alt-F2 is just a KDE convenience so that you can run anything you can run from the command line. There is no such thing as Alt-F2 names. If you can run it from the command line, you can run it from Alt-F2. Also, is there a way to go to let's say OOImpress directly? 'ooimpress' is not the right choice... It is the correct choice for version 1.1.4. I don't know about 1.9. You will have to find out how is it called in 1.9 by looking at your installation. A different problem... I did urpmi thunderbird, to find out that that installed the 0.8 version. Is it normal that urpmi gives software that is (a little) outdated? It is not a problem, just a reality of the fast changing world of open source. Once a distribution is released, the vendor (in this case Mandrake) will not update the packages to the latest and greatest unless it is part of the main distribution (i.e. not contributors, test, club, etc.) and has a security issue that needs to be fixed. In some cases the fixes will be back ported so you will not even get the latest version until some future release of the distribution. In some cases you have alternatives to the Mandrake packages. In the case of Firefox, you can find the 1.0 release through the great packaging job of Charles E. Edwards. Go to http://www.eslrahc.com/ for more information. Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] turn off computer?
Andy Yankovich wrote: Hi guys, My computer is used only by me. Never by another person. I have a cable connection that is always on. 1. Is the recommended procedure to turn computers off at least nightly or keep them on all the time? This is really up to you. I keep mine on all the time (1) because I like to convenience of being able to access the Internet any time, day or night without having to wait for the computer to boot and (2) because I am running my own mail server. 2. Should I install some type of firewall for security reasons? I do not have any secret formula for Coca Cola or things like that on my system, but do have credit card and other financial info, Yes. Linux is good and secure but it is not completely hacker proof (nothing is). If yes, what do you recommend? Start with the firewall that ships with Mandrake and use the Mandrake Control Center to turn it on and configure it. 3. Ditto for anti-virus? If yes, what do you recommend? Viruses at this point are not a problem for Linux, but if you serve mail to Windows machines or just want to be safe, you can use clamav. You can install it via the mcc. 4. Is the anti-span feature built into KMail sufficient or should I pick a second program. If yes, what do you recommend? Stick with the kmail anti-spam feature and if you are not satisfied, you can always look for something additional (like spamassassin). Looking forward to both your answers and *reasons*. BTW, you may want to turn off the reply-to setting. It is normally not needed and it causes replies to go directly to you instead of the mailing list. Also, there is no need to send html to this list. Text is all you need. Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie]
Matt Florido wrote: I was wondering if M10.1 already has a Webmail package. If not, I'm looking for suggestions on one. The only one I know of is SquirrelMail. SquirrelMail is included in 10.1 official and I believe it was included since at least 9.x. I don't know about CE. Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Browser Encoding
OOzy Pal wrote: Kaj, The language is Arabic. The reason I am using utf-8 is because google.com does that. I usualy try to look at other guru's code and learn from it. Check out some other Arabic written web sites. I just took a look at http://www.ahram.org.eg/ and the code uses The web page and font look good both in Linux and Mac OS X. I don't have a Windows machine to test this though. Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Rootkit ?
Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Tuesday 04 January 2005 15:07, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Tuesday 04 January 2005 08:20, Kaj Haulrich wrote: When doing a chkrootkit everything looks fine except this : Checking `asp'... not infected Checking `bindshell'... not infected Checking `lkm'... Checking `rexedcs'... not found Checking `sniffer'... eth0: PF_PACKET(/sbin/dhclient) Checking `w55808'... not infected Checking `wted'... nothing deleted Checking `scalper'... not infected Checking `slapper'... not infected What is this sniffer thing and does it matter ? Packet sniffer. If you are running an Intrusion Detection System like portsentry or Snort, that would account for the detection of a packet sniffer as IDS's have to sniff packet to detect intrusions. Thanks Bryan and Avi, but I'm running snort or portsentry or anything. So where does this "sniffer" come from ? - To me it sounds pretty much like one of those thousands of Windows-spyware malignancies. Never thought a Linux system could get one, but maybe I'll have to think again ? Please re-read my previous email, but if you prefer, also check the following: http://lists.debian.org/debian-user/2004/01/msg05013.html Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Rootkit ?
Kaj Haulrich wrote: When doing a chkrootkit everything looks fine except this : Checking `asp'... not infected Checking `bindshell'... not infected Checking `lkm'... Checking `rexedcs'... not found Checking `sniffer'... eth0: PF_PACKET(/sbin/dhclient) Checking `w55808'... not infected Checking `wted'... nothing deleted Checking `scalper'... not infected Checking `slapper'... not infected I get the same message so I googled around and found that the dhcp client and server are using the same port used by the sniffer (exploit?) and chkrootkit cannot distinguish between them thus the message. Avi -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How to configure plugins in Firefox?
Q.H. Wang wrote: I guess it might be Edit->Preferences->Helper Applications. You could modify something there. HTH. Ooops, it's Edit->Preferences->Navigator>Helper Applications Actually it is not, you are confusing firefox with mozilla. Looks like the developers dropped the ball on this one. I think the only way to add a new type is go to your profile directory and modify mimeTypes.rdf manually. Just make sure you save a backup first :-) -- Avi Schwartz http://public.xdi.org/=avi.schwartz When you have robbed a man of everything, he is no longer in your power. He is free again. -- Alexander Solzhenitsyn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] easy urpmi has urPO'd
Brian Parish wrote: Did I miss something? Has easy urpmi turned up it's toes? Haven't been able to go there for a few days now - just when I had to rebuild my main box too. Murphy does it again! It looks like the URL changed. Try http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux connecting to a ms sql server
Jeb Barger wrote: The reply to is gone. I will have to check the build tomorrow. How can I check, just try to connect to the sql server or can I check something in the phpinfo(). Jeb Avi Schwartz wrote: Jeb Barger wrote: Ok, I was working on this most of the day today, and there has got to be a better way. I am converting a webapp to Mandrake 10 using php, however, it still needs to connect to the microsoft sql server. Is there an easy way to do this? Articles I have read, suggest using a piece that converts the odbc connection to xml, and using php to connect that way. I am new to linux, and I know there has to be a better way. Any suggestions? It all depends whether MDK built PHP with freetds. If it was, when you should be able to access SQL Server directly from PHP like any other database. If not, then you will have to compile PHP yourself. Check http://www.freetds.org/ for more information. Its been a while since I used PHP to connect to SQL server so I am not sure whether phpinfo() will show this. So I guess you just need to test it. Google will find you some examples: http://www.google.com/search?q=freetds%20php Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux connecting to a ms sql server
Jeb Barger wrote: Ok, I was working on this most of the day today, and there has got to be a better way. I am converting a webapp to Mandrake 10 using php, however, it still needs to connect to the microsoft sql server. Is there an easy way to do this? Articles I have read, suggest using a piece that converts the odbc connection to xml, and using php to connect that way. I am new to linux, and I know there has to be a better way. Any suggestions? It all depends whether MDK built PHP with freetds. If it was, when you should be able to access SQL Server directly from PHP like any other database. If not, then you will have to compile PHP yourself. Check http://www.freetds.org/ for more information. BTW, you have set reply-to in your mailer which screws up replies to the list. Please remove it from you kmail settings. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] mail command in shell script: how to attach a file?
Todd Slater wrote: On Thu, Sep 02, 2004 at 09:38:05AM +0200, Harald T ZIPKO wrote: Manually it's possible to copy the text from the file via ~r /name/of/the/file.txt But: How do I force 'mail' in a shell script to send a file as attachment to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (at the end of the week I would like to know quotas on a remote server) (resending because I didn't see it come through--apologies for dupes) Have it read the file using I/O redirect ( < and > ) mail -s subject [EMAIL PROTECTED] Or use mutt -a file-to-attach This will also work with binary files. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] [help]Mandrake 10 installation
On Aug 31, 2004, at 6:36, Kassem Nasser wrote: Hi guys I installed Man10 but I was faced with a lot of packages installing errors during installation like 'error in installing packege appache2', but I continued installing it. when everything is finished and I rebooted the system ,when it arrived to the user menu there was about ten users that I did not ask for them like 'appache, xfc,administrator,kassem,..'and when I clicked on my account and filled the password the screen blinks and goes back to the users menu. Anybody know what is wrong. I faced a similar nightmare install few weeks ago and eventually I found that the problem was defective memory. Try to boot from the first CD and instead of starting the install, run memtest and let it test your memory at least for one full cycle. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Radio Ham Question....
On Aug 24, 2004, at 10:43, JRH wrote: I know there are a few Radio Hams who lurk on here I'm looking for the Linux equivalent of CWGET, the soundcard morse decoding program. Using Google I found at the following links you may want to investigate. There are more, I stopped after the first page: http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~ptdeboer/ham/rscw/ http://radio.linux.org.au/?sectpat=morse&ordpat=title&descpat= http://webperso.easyconnect.fr/om.the/web/xcw/ Never used them so I don't know if they even work. Good luck, Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] apt-get for Mandrake 10 Official
On Jul 19, 2004, at 1:25, frankieh wrote: Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 18 July 2004 12:13 pm, Avi Schwartz wrote: What is the advantage apt-get has over urpm*? I used it only for a short amount of time on Debian and as far as I can tell, the urpm* suite of programs seem to be equivalent to apt-get. But as I said, I am not fluent when it comes to apt-get. On the command line, the differences are minimal IMO, but there is a large group of people that prefer the gui frontend called synaptic. I am speaking for them here, but they prefer the integrated functionality as opposed to the simple approach taken by rpmdrake. Personally, it doesn't much matter to me because I work primarily from the command line now, but as they say, difernt strokes for difernt folks. I thought dpkg was one of the things apt-get does that makes it somewhat better. For example, if you install postfix, it stops and asks you for the main settings and then configures it as well so its mostly ready to go as soon as its installed. The first time I played with debian, I was suprised that the installing packages were asking me config questions... its pretty cool. OK, now I understand and I agree on both items. While I never used synaptic, I did use SuSE for few years and their installer (YAST) is integrated which is much nicer in my opinion. As for dpkg, yet this is nice indeed. Now I remember that it did this for me as well, stop and ask for configuration settings during the install. BTW, I remember that at least on some occasions, YAST did this as well in SuSE so it may be something that can be added to the RPMs, like a post-install configuration step. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] apt-get for Mandrake 10 Official
On Jul 18, 2004, at 10:54, Eric Jackson wrote: On Sun, 18 Jul 2004 11:43:00 -0400, Lanman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm trying an experiment on Mandrake 10.0 Official and I need an RPM for apt-get that will install on it. If anyone has found something, can you send me the link? TIA Lanman Try this. Mandrake 10.X carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrakelinux/official/ 10.0/contrib/i586/apt-0.5.15cnc5-4mdk.i586.rpm I think apt-get is part of this package. I found the package by doing a search at http://rpm.pbone.net/ What is the advantage apt-get has over urpm*? I used it only for a short amount of time on Debian and as far as I can tell, the urpm* suite of programs seem to be equivalent to apt-get. But as I said, I am not fluent when it comes to apt-get. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] How to check if a module is loaded ?
On Jul 6, 2004, at 11:30, Dan Gordon wrote: Hello list, Ive just upgraded to kernel 2.6.3.14 and installed a new nvidia driver. During the nvidia install it complained about "rivafp" module being loaded and said the nvidia driver would not work correctly untill "rivafp" was unloaded. Question is how do i check if this module is loaded and if so how do i unload it ? lsmod will give you a list of modules loaded and rmmod is used to remove a loaded module. I would also suggest that you find out why the rivafp module is loaded in the first place. Check /etc/modules* and /etc/modprobe* Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Re: Elipse 3.0 code completion does not show selected item.
On Jun 30, 2004, at 22:17, John Zoetebier wrote: Avi Schwartz wrote: What I did was "urpmi gnome-control-center --auto-select" and urpmi took care of getting and installing all the necessary packages. I am a command line kind of guy :-) I had it already installed, that's why I did not see it in Mandrake installer. Next question: where do you set the GTK themes ? Run gnome-control-center and then you will see something similar to the KDE control center. One of the things you will see there is Themes. Open it and have fun. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Elipse 3.0 code completion does not show selected item.
On Jun 29, 2004, at 19:32, John Zoetebier wrote: I have recently intalled mandrale 10.0 and Eclipse 3.0 GTK. Code completion (Ctrl+Space) works properly, except I cannot see which item is highlighted. Probably because both selected item and backgroud are white. I have tried several KDE themes, but this does not seem to affact the color of a selected item in code completion. Any ideas ? I had the same problem and the solution was to change the color from within Eclipse. Changing the KDE themes will probably have no effect on Eclipse. What you have to do is to go to Windows > Preferences > Java > Editor > Code Assist and the "Completion proposal foreground" to something other then black, something that contrasts with black but is still visible and then the line you select will have a black foreground while all the others will have your selected color. I am still looking for a better way to do it though and any hints from other users will be much appreciated. I am now installing the gnome control center (into KDE :-) to see if it can control the GTK colors. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] xserver failure
Did you by any chance updated your kernel recently? If you did, did you remember to rebuild your Nvidia driver? Avi On Jun 25, 2004, at 17:49, John wrote: Hello Xserver fails when booting up. I get the nvidia screen and the blue screen, then it goes to the command line. Entering startx also fails. I forgot and left installation cd2 in the cdrom from previously installing an application. When I booted the install command came up asking if I wanted to install from the cd. I canceled the command and the system locked up. I shutdown by turning power off. I ran the integrity check when re-starting and everything listed ok but xserver wouldn't start. Any help would be appreciated. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Proxim Orinoco gold a/b/g card
On Jun 20, 2004, at 15:46, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 20 Jun 2004 21:35, Brandon Rife wrote: Does anyone have this wireless card working with mdk? Orinoco is sold under a gazillion brand names. I use it under the 'Buffalo' brand. Mandrake supports it with the 'orinoco' driver. Install the wireless-tools package, reboot and it should detect the card. (dmesg in a terminal will show you the boot messages. You should see references to it in there) Then go through the networking wizard in Mandrake Control centre to configure it. Sorry to butt in, but is this card going to work in the g mode? I have been looking for a Linux supported g card for a while now. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Coldfusion MX / Mandrake 10
On May 13, 2004, at 22:18, jeb wrote: Anybody have any luck installing Coldfustion MX on Mandrake 10 ? I download the .bin however, I don't double click on it with no joy. Any suggestions? Try the following: From the command line run file filename.bin if it comes back with something like "a /bin/sh script text executable" then run sh filename.bin If it tells you something like "ELF 32-bit LSB executable" then change the executable state of the file first: chmod +x filename.bin and the run it: ./filename.bin Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi ?
On May 13, 2004, at 0:36, Marc Hultquist wrote: ATT Avi Schwartz Um what link ? I dont actually see one in your mail ? :\ Sorry, missed the link :-) http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi ?
On May 13, 2004, at 0:16, Marc Hultquist wrote: Morning I was just reading up and trying to get urpmi to work properly.. But I cant seem to, I am very familiar with apt-get but I use Debian purely in a server enviroment, and I am now trying to get urpmi to work for my laptop I could obviously set up apt-get on a mdk box(I imagine so since it is possible under redhat), however, I would prefer to stay with the tools mdk comes with. Now what I would like to know. 1. How do I tell urpmi to go around my proxy? And if I cant do this how would I get urpmi to authenticate ? I could always do as follows export http_proxy="http://user:[EMAIL PROTECTED]:port/" but that does not seem to allow urpmi to authenticate :\ 2. A list of mirrors, I found a mirror file generator on the net once, and I told it what I wanted, and well as s expected, it generated the mirrors, I pasted them into my /etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg file, but then it wont allow me to download the updates, I imagine its something todo with my proxy server here at work ? Use this link to generate the correct list of mirrors. Don't add the manually to the urpmi.cfg file but rather run the command this site gives, as root, from the command line. To get the list of files in all the mirrors updated: urpmi.update -a To update only the update source: urpmi.update --update To update your system only from the update source: urpmi --update --auto-select To update your system from all sources: urpmi --auto-select I never use urpmi with a proxy but the man page talks about the following switches --proxy proxyhost[:port|1080] Use specified HTTP proxy. --proxy-user user:password Use specified user and password to use for proxy authentication. Or try to use the following syntax in /etc/urpmi/proxy.cfg: http_proxy=hostname:port proxy_user=user:pass Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] More evidence of the superior intelligence of Canadians
On May 10, 2004, at 16:18, robin wrote: JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 10 May 2004 13:27:00 -0500 Avi Schwartz disseminated the following: 'According to Stacey Quandt, principal analyst of Quandt, 'RBC probably went into the deal as an investment, and now they appear to have lost confidence in SCO's ability to win its case, so they've decided to cut their losses.'"' Link: http://www.groklaw.net/article.php?story=20040507143313869 If the Canadians have such superior intelligence, then why did the RBC get into bed with SCO to begin with? Well, it *is* a bank...you can't expect too much ;-) And SCO aka Caldera used to be a perfectly respectable 'nix company. Wasn't the RBC investment part of the $50M SCO received from BayStar on Oct 16, 2003, 7 months into the SCO lawsuit? I bet they thought, just like BayStar, that SCO will be able to extort billions of dollars from IBM and Linux licensees, which makes them no better then SCO and BayStar. Just a bunch of greedy bankers. BTW, don't get me wrong, I like Canada (both English and French speaking parts) and Canadians (ditto). I just don't like SCO investors :-) Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Nvidia drivers
On May 2, 2004, at 21:45, David B. Williams wrote: On Sunday 02 May 2004 11:14 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Sat, 2004-05-01 at 22:57, David B. Williams wrote: OK- Tried the install and that went off without any problems. When I changed the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to use the nvidia driver instead of nv, the system booted to the command line. I check the config file and it had been changed back to nv. What I am trying to do is get the 3D stuff working so that I can use some of the options on xscreensaver as well as a solitare game that I bought (and had working under 9.1). I have Mesa loaded and installed. I guess that I don't have some config file set correctly, but am at a loss as what to look for next. DBW You need to get the latest Nvidia drivers from the Nvidia website and run the installer. When you do it will tell you if it has an interface ready and available for the kernel. If it doesn't, then it will tell you that as well, and at that point it will ask you about recompiling. Run thru the questions and you should have some new Nvidia drivers installed. After that you naturally need to follow the directions listed in /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_kernel-2.4.22.26mdk-5328 Or whatever other /usr/share/doc/NVIDIA_* directory was created. These directions will tell you what you need to do to the XF86Config-4 file. If you get it working ok a report back telling about success would be nice. LX Nothing ever works that easy for me. Downloaded the 5336 run pkg. Run it and get errors said that I needed to recompile Made sure I had the Kernal sources loaded and tried the installer and then I get an error from the installer that it can't determine the NVIDIA Kernal level. Now I am running 2.6.3-7 and the NVIDIA files are for 2.4 I expected to recompile for the 2.6 but it don't seem to get very far. Where do I go from here? Lets see if I can help. First of all, at least for 10.0 official there are NVIDIA driver RPMs for kernel 2.6.3-7. You will need to install NVIDIA_kernel-2.6.3.7md and NVIDIA_GLX. If you don't have 10.0 official or you prefer to build and install yourself, here is what I had to do to build and run the Nvidia module under kernel 2.6.3-9: 1. Make sure you have the kernel sources installed. 2. Make sure you have a build link in the appropriate modules directory pointing to your kernel source: First try: ls -l /lib/modules/`uname -r` If you see a link called build pointing to the kernel source, go to step 3. Otherwise create the link: ln -s /usr/src/linux /lib/modules/`uname -r`/build 3. Copy the configuration of the currently running kernel to /usr/src/linux: Backup the current .config file: cp /usr/src/linux/.config /usr/src/linux/config.bak Then copy the running kernel's config file: cp /boot/config /usr/src/linux/.config 4. Try to build the Nvidia modules. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Should I build the NVIDIA module myself?
On Apr 28, 2004, at 10:25, Tony S. Sykes wrote: Avi, If you download the NVIDIA run file (www.nvidia.com) this will build the module for you if you have the kernel source installed. You also have some extra command line options this way, and one of them is to uninstall the module. Tony. So far the attempt to build my own module is a disaster. Attempting to build it ends up with the following error: Unable to determine the NVIDIA kernel module filename I have the kernel sources installed and I have booted using the kernel I am trying to build the Nvidia module for. I searched around for a solution and even tried the export SYSSRC=/usr/src/linux solution with the same result. Ran the installer in expert mode and everything was pointing to the right directories. I even extracted the tarball and then ran the installer with the --add-this-kernel options. When then I tried to run the installer on the new custom installer I ended up with the eror: error inserting './usr/src/nv/nvidia.ko': -1 Invalid module format. Oh Mandrake, please fix this annoyance. Make sure to release the drivers at the same time you release a new kernel. How can you be taken seriously if users need to choose between having X running or having a secure system. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Apr 28, 2004, at 9:03, Miark wrote: On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 10:28:58 -0500, Avi wrote: Now Comcast Internet is also available but I am hesitant to switch. While they are cheaper, it is still $62 a month for a home network (which I don't need, but this is all they currently seem to offer) How would they even know you have a home network? They don't. It is their only offer in my area. They call it the home network in which they supply a wireless AP and a cable modem and set you for up to 5 computers. I don't need it at all since I already have my own network (wired and wireless) and NAT. Maybe I should just wait for a normal offer for a single IP and no wireless AP. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] For Opera lovers...
On Apr 28, 2004, at 10:09, Aron Smith wrote: On Wednesday 28 April 2004 08:03 am, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Wed, 2004-04-28 at 05:59, Miark wrote: On Wed, 28 Apr 2004 03:06:55 -0700, Aron wrote: Comcast rocks. It's fast, and they don't block SMTP ports. Their service kills the competition in my neck of the woods. We had a little tiff yesterday 'cause they disconnected me and couldn't figure out how to get me back up. Three hours on the phone, coupled with firing up a windows box naked on the modem, and they finally got it going, but much faster than it used to be. that seems to be the main problem with Comcast etal they go into hysterics if you say Linux. In two years I've lost my connection three times. The first time I called Comcast, the person gave me the "we don't support Linux" diatribe. But during the next problem, I had to go to "level 2" support or some such thing because they had a DNS problem. The guy at that level didn't seem to flinch when I told him I was on a Linux box. And this last time (about 5 months ago) I was on the line with a woman who didn't seem to care that I was running Linux, and in fact was somewhat impressed that I could ifdown/ifup my NIC so quickly and without rebooting my computer. I always _expect_ resistance, but I've been pleasantly surprised more often than not with Comcast. Miark Very interesting. I saw some numbers on Comcast when I was watching Bulls & Bears on Fox this weekend and I was impressed with the growth of the company and their market share. Now I know why they are growing so fast and outpacing the competition. I believe the main factor is the Linux awareness. This also is a strong indicator to the extent with which Linux has penetrated the public sector. One problem Cox has is that all their stuff is M$ based. They are always having problems in our area and are one of those stupid ISP's that try to solve their own M$ problems by shutting down their smtp access. LX That's why I picked speakeasy.net they love linux I am currently also using speakeasy.net. unfortunately, the only thing available in my area as far as DSL is concerned is IDSL which is limited to 144K and costs a fortune (~$100 a month). Now Comcast Internet is also available but I am hesitant to switch. While they are cheaper, it is still $62 a month for a home network (which I don't need, but this is all they currently seem to offer) and I am afraid they will start blocking certain ports one day. The nice thing about Speakeasy is that the license allows you to run servers on your connection while Comcast's does not. I am running my own mail server and I am afraid that Comcast will block it one day, leaving me without email. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Should I build the NVIDIA module myself?
Hi, While Mandrake is releasing all these new kernels in order to fix security issues I noticed that they are in no hurry to release the matching NVIDIA modules. This leaves me in a bind. Either I wait until Mandrake releases the NVIDIA modules (who knows when) and continue running the current kernel version (which I assume is not a good idea from security perspective) or I install the new version of the kernel and download the NVIDIA code and build it for the new kernel. What is the opinion of this group? If I do decide to build the module myself, should I remove the current NVIDIA_kernel-xx package first? I assume I don't since the module is installed in the proper kernel module tree. What about NVIDIA_GLX? BTW, it would be nice if Mandrake would release the NVIDIA modules together with the new kernels, don't you think? They probably have now some users swearing at Mandrake because their X environment stopped working after updating the kernel... Thanks, Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] postfix: delete queue?
Paul wrote: On 10/20/2003 05:23 AM, Eric Huff wrote: How can i delete the messages in the queue? su service postfix stop cd /var/spool/postfix/defer and delete everything in the subdirectories cd /var/spool/postfix/deferred and delete everything in the subdirs also. That is how I do it. And then service postfix start again of course, but only with a good config. Better yet, use postsuper with the -d flag. Much safer then the above. Make sure to read the postsuper manual first. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] And the beat goes on...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I never believe anything that comes from the register.. but that's just me. -A On October 14, 2003 12:56 pm, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Poor, poor, Microsloth... ;-) http://linuxtoday.com/news_story.php3?ltsn=2003-10-14-019-26-NW-MS-PB We'll have to see exactly what it is that Isreal will do here. The news is definitely encouraging. I will try to help here by translating excerpts from an article that currently appears on the online version of an Israeli daily: "The Finance Ministry announced today that it suspends the agreement with the software giant Microsoft for the purchase and upgrade of software (mainly for personal computers) for the government ministries. The reason for the decision is mainly monetary, but it also has to do with the way Microsoft products are priced and the government's computer infrastructure. At the beginning of 2001, the government signed a 3 year agreement with Microsoft which will come to an end at the end of the current year. The agreement allowed the government to use Microsoft software for a yearly fee. According to the Finance Ministry the agreement may have had a negative impact for the selection of certain products due to the fact that the agreement requires the purchase of packages of software. Also, the recent cuts in the budget of the government ministries impacts the ability to finance the agreement. Another reason for the suspension of the agreement is the plan the government has for a wide use of alternative software, mainly Sun's Open Office. The price of these software products is much lower then Microsoft's software. It should also be noted that lately Sun Israel with the help of IBM and others is investing much effort to make Open Office work reasonably well in Hebrew, something that will allow the software to compete with Microsoft's in the Israeli market. There is also plan to move the government ministries to use Open Source software. This means the wide use of the Linux OS and software running under Linux." I hope this clarifies the matter somewhat. Even though no mention is made of Antitrust, it is still encouraging to see the government of Israel thinking of using Linux to cut cost. Recently there have been huge cuts in the government budget and when there is little money, people start looking at Linux. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 is out!
Tom Brinkman wrote: I'm really disappointed 9.2 is available to Club members thru torrent and not iso's by ftp. Torrent sux! As does any p2p scheme for big files when getters far outnumber givers. And given the nature of asyncronous BB connections, givers upload speeds will be much slower than the getters d/l speeds. Many users will see d/l speeds slower than dialup, while their own upload speed will be max'd out. And, after sufferin thru a long slow d/l of the iso's by torrent, you just might find the md5sums won't check. Another p2p problem with getting large files from many sources (givers). I am getting Download rate of 165 KB/s and Upload rate of 55 KB/s on my company's T1. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Damn "newbie" user!
On Friday, September 19, 2003, at 11:28 PM, Eric Huff wrote: Whenever I send an email to Mandrake newbie list I get this: Short Message delivery report From: Sms Message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Today 00:52:17 There is no such user (newbie). We all get that. No on eknows who it comes from (they aren't subscribed, but must have forwarded the list mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED]). You'll just have to filter it... eric There are ways the list managers can find out which email is the offender and remove that email. To do so, they will have to send a probe email to every subscriber on the list using a from address or reply address to which is unique and then wait for the email to be bounced by the sms user. Since the email is unique, they will know the offending email. I have seen this done on other lists. Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ssh question
On Thursday, September 18, 2003, at 06:15 PM, Brant Fitzsimmons wrote: Hello there, I hope someone can help me with this. I'm having a hard time connecting to a friend's Mandrake box via ssh. I'm getting an error "ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host". Firewall is not in the way. sshd is running. It's not a routing problem. What else can I check? Make sure that there is an appropriate entry in /etc/hosts.allow, something like the following line: sshd:ALL Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] msec ignores perm.local
OK, I think I found what is my problem. The problem is that msec doesn't seem to be setting the directory/file permissions unless it is called with the security level passed to it as a parameter as in: msec 4 Only in this case the script is setting the -c parameter on the call to Perms.py. Without the -c parameter, the file permissions are not set. Is there a better way to call msec to set the permissions? Shouldn't the file permissions checked and set on each invocation of msec by default? Avi On Monday, Sep 1, 2003, at 18:28 America/Chicago, Björn Olsson wrote: On Monday 1 Sep 2003 Avi Schwartz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: My machine currently uses level 4 security which sets the permissions on /var/tmp to 1773, however I need to make it possible for "other" to be able to read their files from this directory (i.e. mode 1777. so I added to perm.local the following line /var/tmproot.adm1777 and then went ahead and modified the permissions on the directory manually to see what msec does: chmod g+r /var/tmp Unfortunately when I run msec it changes the permissions back to 1773. Isn't perm.local supposed to allow me to override the default settings? How do I achieve this? Thanks, Avi I have gone some rounds against msec too... It seems that level.local has to begin with the line from mseclib import * or else it won't save any changes. Take a look at http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/secure/smsec2.html for starters. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] msec ignores perm.local
My machine currently uses level 4 security which sets the permissions on /var/tmp to 1773, however I need to make it possible for "other" to be able to read their files from this directory (i.e. mode 1777. so I added to perm.local the following line /var/tmproot.adm1777 and then went ahead and modified the permissions on the directory manually to see what msec does: chmod g+r /var/tmp Unfortunately when I run msec it changes the permissions back to 1773. Isn't perm.local supposed to allow me to override the default settings? How do I achieve this? Thanks, Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 and Apache
I did not try to install Apache2 and PHP on mdk 9.1 yet but I can tell you I had a very bizarre experience on two different SuSE 8.2 systems. On one, the two installed beautifully and worked out of the box. On another machine I could not get the this combination to work and I ended up using Apache 1 instead. I have no explanation :-( Avi On Wednesday, Aug 13, 2003, at 12:55 America/Chicago, Bryan Tyson wrote: On Tuesday 12 August 2003 15:41, bob parker wrote: I heard that there are compatability problems with PHP and Apache V2 I am far from an expert on PHP and Apache. However, I can tell you I could not get php to work with Apache 2. When I went back to Apache 1 it all worked great. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Program for joining files together
cat parts*.avi > bigone.avi Avi On Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003, at 19:41 America/Chicago, Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi all, Are there any good programs for joining files together under linux? More specifically I want to join some .avi files into one big file. What is the easiest way to do this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Program for joining files together
So I assume that the smaller files are complete AVI files and not splits from a bigger file? Then this is a problem. A quick look on google shows only Windows programs that can do it. Avi On Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003, at 20:08 America/Chicago, Guilherme Cirne wrote: On Tuesday 05 August 2003 21:59, Avi Schwartz wrote: cat parts*.avi > bigone.avi Avi On Tuesday, Aug 5, 2003, at 19:41 America/Chicago, Guilherme Cirne wrote: Hi all, Are there any good programs for joining files together under linux? More specifically I want to join some .avi files into one big file. What is the easiest way to do this? Avi, This doesn't really work. A big file is generated by joining the smaller ones together, but when I try to view the big file it stops at exactly the point where the first small one ends. Any other suggestions? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] how to scripts
Here is a nice introduction to bash programming: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Bash-Prog-Intro-HOWTO.html Avi On Friday, Aug 1, 2003, at 10:40 America/Chicago, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i wish to do a script for the terminal, like *.bat-file in windows. is this possible? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Why doesn't msec set directory permissions properly?
I asked this question on the newbie side but received no replies. Maybe it is a question for the experts... Because the machine in question will end being a server connected 24x7 to the Internet, I set its security level to higher (4). However, I want to change the privileges for /usr/share/doc to be world browsable and readable. I used drakeperm to set the directory permissions and when I look at /etc/security/msec/perm.local I see the following line: /usr/share/doc/adm.adm755 I then ran msec but when I checked the permissions on the directory I still see: drwxr-x--- 297 admadm In /var/log/messages I do see that msec is reading the perm.local file. Any idea why is msec ignoring my permissions? Thanks, Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?
Thank you everyone for your help regarding the update of the kernel. It does make sense that the kernel should not be updated but rather be installed as a new package. What made me assume that the new kernel should show up as an update is the following sentence from the advisory (http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/advisories/advisory.php?name=MDKSA- 2003:066-2): "To upgrade automatically, use MandrakeUpdate." which is apparently wrong. Avi On Monday, Jul 28, 2003, at 06:09 America/Chicago, Kaj Haulrich wrote: On Monday 28 July 2003 03:22 am, Avi Schwartz wrote: I currently have on my system kernel-2.4.21.0.13 installed. When I am running mandrakeUpdate it tells me there are no updates yet I know that kernel 2.4.21.0.25mdk-1-1 is available as a security fix. Why doesn't it tell me there is an update? Avi Because kernels must not be *upgraded*. They must be *installed*. If you try to upgrade a kernel, it will destroy your system. That's why Mandrake removed the opportunity to *upgrade* kernels via the Control Center. If you want the new kernel, do as follows : Download the kernel-whatsoever.rpm to some directory of your choice, for example /home/avi/downloads. Change into that directory, su into root and then run : urpmi kernel-*whatever*.rpm This will install the new kernel. That done, edit your /etc/lilo.conf to make the new kernel the default one. You can do that from the Command Center under the Boot-option or simply edit it by hand. Remember to run *lilo* (as root) when you have saved the new /etc/lilo.conf. Finally, re-boot and if everything is OK you can simly remove the old kernel entries in /boot, although that's not necessary. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?
No, it is fresh 9.1 install and my first Mandrake install so I don't have left overs from 9.0. Avi On Monday, Jul 28, 2003, at 01:47 America/Chicago, Richard Urwin wrote: On Monday 28 Jul 2003 5:03 am, Avi Schwartz wrote: I ftpd into the site and I can see the rpm in there. However, and be warned that I have no clue a to what I am doing, the synthesis.hdlist file shows only 2.4.21.0.13 and not 2.4.21.0.25. Can this be the problem? Have you upgraded from 9.0 to 9.1? If so the urpmi sources need fixing, or they will still be looking at 9.0. ISTR this is what I saw before I fixed them. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?
I ftpd into the site and I can see the rpm in there. However, and be warned that I have no clue a to what I am doing, the synthesis.hdlist file shows only 2.4.21.0.13 and not 2.4.21.0.25. Can this be the problem? Avi On Sunday, July 27, 2003, at 10:49 PM, Dmitri Vassilenko wrote: I did it before via the GUI and I just did it again via the console and I still get the same "No Update" message. Very puzzling. Avi I believe it also depends on the mirror that you're updating from. Some mirrors get updates several days later, so I'd wait a couple more days and try it again then ... or just change your mirror to something else :) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?
I did it before via the GUI and I just did it again via the console and I still get the same "No Update" message. Very puzzling. Avi On Sunday, July 27, 2003, at 10:27 PM, Greg Meyer wrote: On Sunday 27 July 2003 11:22 pm, Avi Schwartz wrote: I currently have on my system kernel-2.4.21.0.13 installed. When I am running mandrakeUpdate it tells me there are no updates yet I know that kernel 2.4.21.0.25mdk-1-1 is available as a security fix. Why doesn't it tell me there is an update? Have you run the sources update utility either in the graphical sources manager, or by typing urpmi.update update in a console as root. Even though packages are available, urpmi won't know about them until you refresh the package lists by the above methods. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Does mandrakeUpdate really work?
I currently have on my system kernel-2.4.21.0.13 installed. When I am running mandrakeUpdate it tells me there are no updates yet I know that kernel 2.4.21.0.25mdk-1-1 is available as a security fix. Why doesn't it tell me there is an update? Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Why doesn't msec set directory permissions properly?
I set my machine's security level to higher (4), however, I want to change the privileges for /usr/share/doc to be world browsable and readable. I used drakeperm to set the directory permissions and when I look at /etc/security/msec/perm.local I see the following line: /usr/share/doc/adm.adm755 I then run msec but when I check the permissions on the directory I still see: drwxr-x--- 297 admadm In /var/log/messages I do see that msec is reading the perm.local file. Any idea why is msec ignoring my permissions? Thanks, Avi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
