Re: [newbie] RPM query
On March 31, 2005 06:04 am, WauloK wrote: If I wish to install RPMs not in the standard MDK update sites, I guess I need the version written for my specific KDE version ? (3.2 which comes with 10.1). I probably could not install: kdenetwork-kopete-3.4.0-4.mdk10.2.thac.i586.rpm I want the latest version of kopete, but cannot find one for 3.2 .. only this one for 3.4 No, This would want to install other things from kde 3.4, probably a whole lot of other things. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Mar 31 06:27:30 EST 2005 06:27:30 up 17:00, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.09, 0.03 In vino veritas. [In wine there is truth.] -- Pliny Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] SSL and Apache
Excellent. Thanks guys. Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wednesday 30 March 2005 07:15, DAN WALKER wrote: I have not heard of that before. Could that do it for just one page? mod_rewrite basically takes any traffic string that comes in and rewrites it as another string. So, if a request comes in for http://site.domain.name/login.cgi, you can rewrite it as https://site.domain.name/login.cgi. Also, you can do pretty much the same thing by specifying a redirect to the desired URL as well, I suppose. I don't think that there are any limitations, whatever request comes in, gets rewritten as long as it matches. I want this login page to only be accessable via https. Could I use PHP to find the url and see if it is using https or http. Would that work as that would be easier.If the login page is encoded via PHP, then you should be able to specify https only. If you want to see an example of that, checkout squirrelmail. There is a plugin for squirrelmail that causes all traffic to be redirected to https if they come in as http on the login page. That sounds pretty much like what you are trying to do.-- Bryan PhinneyWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] SSL and Apache
I have not heard of that before. Could that do it for just one page? I want this login page to only be accessable via https. Could I use PHP to find the url and see if it is using https or http. Would that work as that would be easier.Bryan Phinney [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tuesday 29 March 2005 17:28, DAN WALKER wrote: I have the extranet version of Apache installed. Is there a way that I can ensure that a certain page can only be opened through https:// than http://You could use mod_rewrite to rewrite all the requests that come is as http to https. That should do it.-- Bryan PhinneyWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[newbie] SSL and Apache
I have the extranet version of Apache installed. Is there a way that I can ensure that a certain page can only be opened through https:// than http:// Thanks, DanSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Halt/Reboot buttons not available at Login Screen
I have exactly the same problem. I have googled but no answer. I messed in the menu and found it!! If you have KDE, press the start (cannot think what else to call it), system, configuration, kde, system, login manager. In there, select shotdown, and you can change the allow shutdown option top only root. If you do this from a VNC session, will have to login for real on the system and log back out to see the reboot and halt options. Thanks DanRussel Dains [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have just installed Mandrake 10.1. I am unable toreboot or shutdown the system from the login screen. The only available option is to type reboot or halt ina command line. Any suggestions? Thanks for your help.__ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Small Business - Try our new resources site!http://smallbusiness.yahoo.com/resources/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
Thanks. I now have one of t'internet. I shall stick to my magnetic version, and save a tree or two!Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 24 March 2005 04:07 pm, DAN WALKER wrote: Are there any good reasonable priced courses, books or similar in the UK that I may attend? I want to learn how to run this thing. I am using it as a web server. I want to know all about setting the security up, making my machine hard to hack etc. It is connected to a 34Mbit connection to the net so someone would love to abuse it. Thanks DanDo you have ruteurpmi ruteI read my dead tree copy a lot Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.comWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are a school, the budget could be spent on better things like getting a real pet hamster instead of the stuffed glove with sequins as eyes.riccardo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 12:07 am, DAN WALKER wrote: making my machine hard to hack etc. It is connected to a 34Mbit connection to the net so someone would love to abuse it.__~ trouble with books, is, that they tend to be out-of-date by the time they are published~ also, not good bed-time reading :(. . . maybe, better to join a few Linux Security mail lists, and, read Security FAQs that seem apposite.best rgdsWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Security updates for new MD10.1
That is great! All good so far.Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 24 Mar 2005 23:49, DAN WALKER wrote: That worked a treat. Thank you very much. I can't believe that this is not documented and easy to find somewhere. I looked all over the place but found the answer here thanks to you, anne.Dan, you can find lots of help on the Community TWiki - the link in my sig will take you to the home page. Take a good look at the Beginners' section, and browse the Index. You may find that some links are out of date - if you do, please report them on list and we'll try to get them fixed or removed. It is a community effort, so all feedback is helpful.Anne-- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/)Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levelsSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. --- Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:13, DAN WALKER wrote: Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are a school, the budget could be spent on better things like getting a real pet hamster instead of the stuffed glove with sequins as eyes. Where are you, Dan? The suggestion of finding a LUG was a good one. Also, the LUG is likely to be aware of training in your area. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] VNC Server startup script
My vnc server now sort of works! I set the password, edited hosts.allow and my pc side now asks me for a password and presents me with a red screen. The problem I have is that it looks as though it has nothing to do when it opens the window. It sits there with the X style (not kde or gnome) watch icon. This is what is in '/root/.vnc/xstartup': (between the ***'s) *** #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc *** My log says this: *** 25/03/05 13:00:11 Got connection from client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:11 Protocol version 3.5 25/03/05 13:00:11 Ignoring minor version mismatch 25/03/05 13:00:19 Full-control authentication passed by 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 Pixel format for client 10.0.0.11: 25/03/05 13:00:19 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian 25/03/05 13:00:19 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0 25/03/05 13:00:19 no translation needed 25/03/05 13:00:19 Using tight encoding for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 8 25/03/05 13:00:19 Enabling X-style cursor updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 Enabling cursor position updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 Using image quality level 6 for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 Enabling LastRect protocol extension for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 13:00:19 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding -223 25/03/05 13:01:05 Client 10.0.0.11 gone 25/03/05 13:01:05 Statistics: 25/03/05 13:01:05 key events received 1, pointer events 129 25/03/05 13:01:05 framebuffer updates 1, rectangles 4, bytes 122 25/03/05 13:01:05 LastRect markers 1, bytes 12 25/03/05 13:01:05 cursor shape updates 1, bytes 82 25/03/05 13:01:05 cursor position updates 1, bytes 12 25/03/05 13:01:05 tight rectangles 1, bytes 16 25/03/05 13:01:05 raw bytes equivalent 3145740, compression ratio 196608.75 *** Does it need something else to startup properly? It did sit there for about 3 minutes before I closed the window. Did I include enough info? Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script
--- Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 13:34, DAN WALKER wrote: My vnc server now sort of works! I set the password, edited hosts.allow and my pc side now asks me for a password and presents me with a red screen. The problem I have is that it looks as though it has nothing to do when it opens the window. It sits there with the X style (not kde or gnome) watch icon. This is what is in '/root/.vnc/xstartup': (between the ***'s) *** #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc *** You are allowing remote users to log in as root. As you know logging in as root is discouraged. It is a security risk. Assuming you used the Mandrake tightvnc-server package then you have a set up file for your vnc server in /etc/sysconfig/vncservers This file defines the servers to be started when you boot. The line VNCSERVERS=1:myusername will start a vnc server on screen one with the user name 'myusername' chkconfig vncserver on service vncserver start will start the vnc service automatically at boot. In your example you are starting the vnc server with 'exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc' if you look in that file you will see it is going to start X without a Window Manager. To start in KDE for example in your /home/myusername/.vnc/xstartup file put startkde To start fluxbox put fluxbox to start IceWm put icewm HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org I did as you have suggested but I am still getting nowhere... This is what the logs say: 25/03/05 14:29:58 Got connection from client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:29:58 Protocol version 3.5 25/03/05 14:29:58 Ignoring minor version mismatch 25/03/05 14:30:01 Full-control authentication passed by 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 Pixel format for client 10.0.0.11: 25/03/05 14:30:01 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian 25/03/05 14:30:01 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0 25/03/05 14:30:01 no translation needed 25/03/05 14:30:01 Using tight encoding for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 8 25/03/05 14:30:01 Enabling X-style cursor updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 Enabling cursor position updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 Using image quality level 6 for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 Enabling LastRect protocol extension for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:30:01 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding -223 This is what my xstartup now says (so you can trust I have done it right): #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc startkde cgkconfig thingy said [ok] (i killed the running vncserver) Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
--- Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 13:19, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going. The ethos of a group is unpredictable - some are academic, some are bearded men who drive austin allegros, most are very welcoming. After all, you've just discovered their pet baby g Their web site is not fancy (http://www.mk.lug.org.uk/) but it starts by saying: Welcome to the Milton Keynes Linux User Group (MK LUG) website. Milton Keynes LUG aims to provide advice and support to computer users before, during and after they install the Linux operating system. I know how scarey it feels - I was female (arghh) and over 60 (even more argghhh) when I first went, but there's nothing to be scared of. After all, even if it's absolutely lousy you don't have to go again g Start with the website. Join their mailing list, lurk for a day or two, then drop a line introducing yourself if it looks friendly. Let us know how you go on. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels I shall indeed try it out. Once won't convert me to bearded life. All that hinding behind hair! Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Start again: VNC Server startup script
I have KDE installed, but when I start my vncviewer from my pc (tightvnc of course) i just get a red screen. *Here is the log: 25/03/05 14:50:41 Got connection from client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:41 Protocol version 3.5 25/03/05 14:50:41 Ignoring minor version mismatch 25/03/05 14:50:43 Full-control authentication passed by 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 Pixel format for client 10.0.0.11: 25/03/05 14:50:43 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian 25/03/05 14:50:43 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0 25/03/05 14:50:43 no translation needed 25/03/05 14:50:43 Using tight encoding for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding 8 25/03/05 14:50:43 Enabling X-style cursor updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 Enabling cursor position updates for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 Using image quality level 6 for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 Enabling LastRect protocol extension for client 10.0.0.11 25/03/05 14:50:43 rfbProcessClientNormalMessage: ignoring unknown encoding -223 *Here is my xstartup: #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc startkde What else do you need to see? Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] VNC Server startup script
I removed the line you suggested and all is fine. I can now sit downstairs, mess with the machine upstairs while looking after my little baby boy, thanks to all you guys. Thanks.Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 15:07, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 14:51, DAN WALKER wrote: I did as you have suggested but I am still getting nowhere... This is what my xstartup now says (so you can trust I have done it right): #!/bin/sh # Mandrake Linux VNC session startup script exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc startkde You do not need the 'exec /etc/X11/xinit/xinitrc' line if you have the 'startkde ' line derekI should also have pointed out that the ~/.vnc/xstartup file has to be executable. Lots of people get caught out by that one :-)derek-- www.jennings.homelinux.nethttp://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.orgWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
All that sounds good to me. I think I should go and come out of the closet as a linux user. I have crossed from being a straight microsoft user. Now I am bi curious.Aron Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 25 March 2005 05:19 am, DAN WALKER wrote: there is one where I am - milton keynes. would it be full of bearded men who drive austin allegros? a bit scared of going.Buy a geek a pizza and a beer ,tell them that you are learning about linux and..you will have to shoot them to shut them upif it is a pretty girl doing the asking shooting them won't work --- Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: On Friday 25 Mar 2005 08:13, DAN WALKER wrote: Thats what I currently do. My work will pay for a course, but as we are aschool, the budget could be spent on better things like getting a real pethamster instead of the stuffed glove with sequins as eyes. Where are you, Dan? The suggestion of finding a LUG was a good one. Also, the LUG is likely to be aware of training in your area. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.comWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.comSend instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com
[newbie] Security updates for new MD10.1
Please excuse my newness... I tried to do the updates for my i686 machine, but it says that the website is uncontactable. Where can I find a list of update mirrors. I have googled but can not find any. I tried to update using KDE's update thingy. Also Mandrake Online cannot connect to its servers. I cannot figure this out. I am not behind a firewall or proxy, all settings are correct as I am emailing from the system right now through a web browser. I can ftp from the command line as well. My network settings are correct. Would I be best sorting out why these don't work or just getting a mirror list. If mirrors are the way forward, please can I have a link to somewhere that I can read to tell me about adding a security update medium. Thanks Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Security updates for new MD10.1
That worked a treat. Thank you very much. I can't believe that this is not documented and easy to find somewhere. I looked all over the place but found the answer here thanks to you, anne. Cheers, Dan --- Anne Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Thursday 24 Mar 2005 17:50, DAN WALKER wrote: Please excuse my newness... I tried to do the updates for my i686 machine, but it says that the website is uncontactable. Where can I find a list of update mirrors. I have googled but can not find any. Hi, Dan. Open Mandrake Control Center, Software Management, Media Manager and remove the Update source. Then go to easyurpmi.zarb.org and follow the instructions on that page to set new sources. While you are there, set up a source for plf, and I would recommend setting one for every group on there. You can select them all at once, then the page will come back with a long command that you paste into a root console. You should have no problems after that. If you don't know unix-style cut-and-paste, ask here. Anne -- Registered Linux User No.293302 (http://counter.li.org/) Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? Mandrake at all levels Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Learning Mandrake in the UK
Are there any good reasonable priced courses, books or similar in the UK that I may attend? I want to learn how to run this thing. I am using it as a web server. I want to know all about setting the security up, making my machine hard to hack etc. It is connected to a 34Mbit connection to the net so someone would love to abuse it. Thanks Dan Send instant messages to your online friends http://uk.messenger.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] digikam update
On March 20, 2005 04:48 am, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: After mucking about most of the day, and thinking I had installed the newer package I get this after checking to see what version I have - digikam-0.6.2. What am I doing wrong? Rosemary As far as I understand newer versions of digikam will only work with newer versions of KDE, IE im sure the latest version only works with KDE 3.3 and newer. That is what the maintainers of the program have planed. I tryed to install the latest version on KDE 3.2.3 but did not match the requirements. Too bad for me as they have some nice stuff in the latest version. I will wait for Mandrake 10.2 before upgrading KDE. (i don't want to break what is already working well) If you have KDE 3.3 or better than it should work. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Mar 20 05:28:56 EST 2005 05:28:56 up 2 days, 19:33, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.03, 0.02 Be *excellent* to each other. -- Bill, or Ted, in Bill and Ted's Excellent Adventure Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Updates
On March 16, 2005 07:36 pm, Charles A Edwards wrote: Updated rpms for Mdk 10.1 amarok-1.2.2-2.1010.2mdk.i586.rpm (includes cpu patch) I had installed Gregs 1.2.1 package and it was fine. But when i tried to upgrade to thie 2.2.2 package it said everything was already installed. No big problem i just un-installed 1.2.1 and then installed 2.2.2 all went well. Regards, Dan Gordon -- 20:59:18 up 1 day, 13:11, 1 user, load average: 0.29, 0.24, 0.24 Wed Mar 16 20:59:18 EST 2005 Field experience is something you never get until just after you need it -- Murphy's Military Laws n°32 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Updates
On March 16, 2005 09:40 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: Looking at my spec, I have my epoch set to two, which if Charles is set to 1, urpmi thinks my 1.2.1 package is newer than Charles' 1.2.2 package. I was using it during the beta run and forgot to reset it. No big problem really, just remove and install and away you go. Only the one package was required. It even remembered all my settings. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Mar 16 21:48:46 EST 2005 21:48:46 up 1 day, 14:00, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 Rule the Empire through force. -- Shogun Tokugawa Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] login manager
On March 14, 2005 04:13 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: kcontrol is a kde app, so you won't be able to do it from XFCE I think, but you could try, if you have kde installed. The login manager is one sub-section under kcontrol. I run any and all KDE apps from XFCE, that should not be any problem. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Mar 14 16:43:11 EST 2005 16:43:11 up 7:47, 1 user, load average: 0.16, 0.05, 0.04 An editor is one who separates the wheat from the chaff and prints the chaff. -- Adlai Stevenson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] krecipes
On March 11, 2005 10:33 am, julie wrote: Has anyone tried using krecipes? Yes i have it working here, its nice but i found Gourmet Recipe Manager http://grecipe-manager.sourceforge.net To be a little nicer and easier to use IMO. Both programs i was able to build the latest versions from source. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Mar 11 12:43:46 EST 2005 12:43:46 up 6:23, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.04, 0.04 If there isn't a population problem, why is the government putting cancer in the cigarettes? -- the elder Steptoe, c. 1970 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mac and Linux
On March 8, 2005 11:46 am, M.Schild wrote: Could you please ask one of your buddies that run Linux if Mac programs can be run from a pc that uses Linux? Well this is something i have been looking into but not done yet. Answer is yes but with an emulator. Problem is, you need a mac rom file taken from a mac, only mac i have right now is a classic and i don't have a floppy drive on this computer. So for the moment im SOL. I have the emulator (basilisk ll) (there are others) installed and working but no rom to install os with. Short answer is yes but your Friend needs to do some reading to get this to work. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Mar 8 13:37:17 EST 2005 13:37:17 up 17:30, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.05, 0.00 Never lie down with a woman who's got more troubles than you -- Murphy's Laws on Sex n°39 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for program to organize quotations
On March 8, 2005 02:29 pm, Paul wrote: And if you cannot get the hang of that: OpenOffice 2.0 Beta is out and that has a database system in it too. I have not played with it but is should be easy enough to use. I am having a look at the beta of OpenOffice 2 now but beware there are some bugs but is going to be real nice when its finished, then i can finally get rid of some other OS and database i have had to use for work. -- Tue Mar 8 15:11:50 EST 2005 15:11:50 up 19:04, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.03, 0.00 Sanity is the trademark of a weak mind. -- Mark Harrold 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 help
On March 4, 2005 09:48 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Well, I just had occasion to (re)use the Easy URPMI site at: http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ and I'm having problems with it. I can go through the 3 steps, but no matter how many times I do it, or what browser I use, or which site I use, it always displays 10.1 as the distro in the cut 'n paste section, when 9.2 is what I want. So I thought, no biggie, I'll just manually change 10.1 to 9.2 in the command once I've got it in a shell. Tried that...multiple times, but it always searches the site(s), says its unable to do its thing and quits out. So what happened to the easy in Easy URPMI? ;-) Sounds like the servers are no longer holding 9.2 PS Well, I just tried the PLF non-free and free, and those worked by changing the 10.1 to 9.2, but the others still won't work. :-( I don't think plf is kept on the same servers. I could be wrong Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Mar 4 09:55:05 EST 2005 09:55:05 up 20:56, 1 user, load average: 0.20, 0.08, 0.01 If God wanted us to be brave, why did he give us legs? -- Marvin Kitman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] kernel 2.6.8.1-24mdk and Nvidia don't work
On March 1, 2005 12:13 am, Dennis Myers wrote: - Kernel source path: '/usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-24mdk' - Performing CC test with CC=cc. ERROR: If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure you either have configured kernel sources matching your kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed on your system. If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel installed on your system. If you specified a separate output directory using either the KBUILD_OUTPUT or the O KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with the appropriate nvidia-installer command line option. ERROR: Installation has failed. Please see the file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' for details. You may find suggestions on fixing installation problems in the README available on the Linux driver download page at www.nvidia.com. Strange it worked perfectly here kernel smp and nvidia 6629, the only thing i can think of is did you use the kernel-source-stripped or the full source ? Here i used the full source. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Mar 1 08:48:03 EST 2005 08:48:03 up 17:01, 1 user, load average: 0.13, 0.13, 0.04 checkuary, n: The thirteenth month of the year. Begins New Year's Day and ends when a person stops absentmindedly writing the old year on his checks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] RSS feeds
On March 1, 2005 01:17 pm, Rob Blomquist wrote: On Sunday 27 February 2005 10:22 pm, Rosemary McGillicuddy wrote: I've been googling and looking at kmail info to see how to add RSS feed. I'm obviously looking in wrong place - can anyone direct me thanks Rosemary The only one I have found for Linux is Liferea, and it works well. Another good one is akregator. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Mar 1 13:22:09 EST 2005 13:22:09 up 2:11, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.06, 0.08 A pat on the back is only a few centimeters from a kick in the pants -- Murphy's Laws on Work n°1 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] gimp2.2 urpmi
On February 26, 2005 06:12 pm, Russell Butler wrote: Hello all Trying to update gimp 2 to 2.2, on MDK 10.1 system I have uninstalled 2.0, urpmi gimp2_2 downloaded from Charles' site OK, but trying to run it I get: symbol lookup error: /usr/bin/gimp-2.2: undefined symbol: gimp_enum_set_value_descriptions Seems to be libgimp version has not updated? ( /usr/lib/ contains libgimp-2.0.so.0 ) For some reason urpmi seems to have failed me. I just installed charles gimp 2.2 pakages the other day without any problem, however i did not remove the previous version, I wonder if his packages rely on libgimp-2.0.so.0 already being there ? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Feb 27 11:18:36 EST 2005 11:18:36 up 12:30, 1 user, load average: 0.13, 0.06, 0.02 Paper Rabies: Hypersensitivity to littering. -- Douglas Coupland, Generation X: Tales for an Accelerated Culture Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Quick question
On February 25, 2005 10:25 pm, Teilhard Knight wrote: When I boot Mandrake the boot manager gives me a choice between: linux-smp, linux, and linux-nonfb. What is the difference between these? I'm going to guess that you have an Intel hyperthread processor, This is what i have and so some operating systems like linux see this as a dual processor machine. So that is what the smp kernel is for, the one labeled just linux would be a single processor. I am using the smp kernel and it works very well, but you should experiment and see what you like. As for linux-nonfb hopefully some one else can explain that to us as i have never tried that myself. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Feb 25 23:46:38 EST 2005 23:46:38 up 8:17, 1 user, load average: 0.05, 0.05, 0.00 A Vulcan can no sooner be disloyal than he can exist without breathing. -- Kirk, The Menagerie, stardate 3012.4 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Quick question
On February 26, 2005 12:17 am, Roland Hughes wrote: I believe the linux-nonfb means no frame buffer loaded in case you are having video problem. Roly Sounds logical captain, hope i never need to use it :-) Thanks Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sat Feb 26 01:05:29 EST 2005 01:05:29 up 9:36, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.06, 0.00 There is no such thing as a perfect plan -- Murphy's Military Laws n°96 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] amaroK 1.2 final
On February 13, 2005 12:29 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: For anyone that have been using my beta packages of amaroK, I have test packages up for 1.2 final. I have been testing all morning, and everything seems good, but before 1.2 final is officially announced by the amaroK team, they would like to see the packages tested more. Since I am the only Mandrake user on the amaroK project, I am appealing to the expert and newbie lists for a few brave souls who will test these packages. http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1 http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1/amarok-1.2-3.101mdk.i586.rpm http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1/libmusicbrainz4-2.1.1-3mdk.i586.rp m http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1/libmusicbrainz4-devel-2.1.1-3mdk.i 586.rpm A few notes. - mysql is now a runtime option, so now there is only one package. Both mysql and sqlite users can use the same package. There is a configuration screen to select the database you wish to use. - when you first start this verson, it should drop your collection and rescan. This should not (and in fact did not here) screw up your stats. - There is a small update to libmusicbrainz, so grab those packages too, but libtunepimp and taglib did not change, so if you have been using my beta packages and have already installed them, you will only need libmuiscbrainz. Please let me know about any problems. Well Greg I have been using this since you released it and so far no problems to report, I'm not using any sql at all and it works like a charm. Tomorrow I'm going to load my whole list and let it play random all day if that works without any problem then i will be convinced that this is the killer linux juke box app. And thanks so much for the rpm's they have never given me any problem what so ever. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Feb 17 20:06:51 EST 2005 20:06:51 up 1 day, 4:44, 1 user, load average: 0.30, 0.15, 0.10 No people are all bad, just as none are all good. Tecumseh, (Shawnee) to his nephew Spemica Lawba 1790 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to manage an archive of books
On February 9, 2005 03:56 pm, Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I have at home dozens and dozens of books and when I want to find a specific book, sometimes I hard... Is there some program to manage our personal books? Thanks in advance, Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Tellico is the program you want. Just type in a terminal as root urpmi tellico Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Feb 9 16:21:11 EST 2005 16:21:11 up 1 day, 9:18, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.07, 0.01 Those who hesitate under fire usually do not end up KIA, MIA or WIA -- Murphy's Military Laws n°101 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to manage an archive of books
On February 9, 2005 08:50 pm, Chris wrote: I agreen Dan, Tellico is fantastic, does books, and others as well. Do you know why the author changed the name from Bookcase to Tellico? I think it is because the person(s) maintaining it changed hands. Regardless it does not matter it is a great program. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Feb 9 21:16:11 EST 2005 21:16:11 up 1 day, 14:13, 1 user, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose. -- William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Task Manager
On February 8, 2005 10:03 pm, Fernando Arturo Gómez Flores wrote: As a old Windows user, I find really useful the Windows' Task Manager utility, where I can close applications, check resources, etc. I actually don't know if there is a similar application already developed, but I'm willing to make one, based on the /proc files and kernel stuff. However, this email is for asking if some already knows of an application as the Task manager, so I don't waste time programming such application... I like gnome-system-monitor although I am sure there are others as well. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Feb 8 20:23:35 EST 2005 20:23:35 up 13:21, 1 user, load average: 0.04, 0.03, 0.00 If you put your supper dish to your ear you can hear the sounds of a restaurant. -- Snoopy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] To Chris Lane
On January 31, 2005 12:52 pm, JoeHill wrote: On Mon, 31 Jan 2005 12:24:27 -0500 Carroll Grigsby disseminated the following: Don't the list rules require that Mr. Lane send a case of good stuff to each of who received an out-of-office message? Case? I'm thinkin' Zip-Loc bag, but that's just me... We will split your case amongest ourselves then and was that like a peanut butter sandwich to go into that ziplock bag ? evil grin Um don't answer that ok :-) Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Jan 31 13:27:29 EST 2005 13:27:29 up 1:53, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.03, 0.04 We place two copies of PEOPLE magazine in a DARK, HUMID mobile home. 45 minutes later CYNDI LAUPER emerges wearing a BIRD CAGE on her head! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Program to keep track of passwords
On January 30, 2005 10:18 am, Paul Smith wrote: I had tried that before, but with no success. Thanks anyway, Bryan. Is not there a similar program which I could use? Paul PS: Since I am a GMail user, please be sure that you reply to the list. Paul have a look at PWmanager from here, I've used it before as i never liked the intrusive behavior of the kde thingey. http://www.kde-apps.org/content/show.php?content=10277 Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Jan 30 10:26:08 EST 2005 10:26:08 up 3 days, 15:39, 1 user, load average: 0.64, 0.22, 0.12 Real Time, adj.: Here and now, as opposed to fake time, which only occurs there and then. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Latest security updates not listed
On January 26, 2005 09:55 pm, Chris wrote: Thanks Dan, I'll wait a few days then and try again. I am seeing a whole bunch of updates today and even the much talked about new kernel yea :-) Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Jan 27 14:13:41 EST 2005 14:13:41 up 19:26, 1 user, load average: 0.14, 0.18, 0.09 You can have my Unix system when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers. -- Cal Keegan Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Latest security updates not listed
On January 26, 2005 07:23 pm, Chris wrote: I've got sources installed for main, updates and contrib. I received quite a few security update messages this morning and when going to MDK update they don't seem to be listed. Should I remove the source I currently have for updates and install another one or wait a bit to see if they show up? I have the same problem here, it may take a day or two for them to show up on all the mirrors. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Jan 26 21:00:39 EST 2005 21:00:39 up 2:13, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.04, 0.07 Money will say more in one moment than the most eloquent lover can in years. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Apology
On January 23, 2005 09:57 am, Owen wrote: I would like to apologize for not responding to those who recently me offered help or advise. I screwed up my system so bad that it would no longer boot up therefore I had to reinstall and subsequently lost all my e-mail messages. Owen Hey welcome to the screw up my system club lol Its ok though no one here will hold it against you :-) Regards, Dan Gordon -- 10:13:45 up 14:35, 1 user, load average: 0.02, 0.01, 0.02 Sun Jan 23 10:13:45 EST 2005 10) there is no 10, but it sounded like a nice number :) -- Wichert Akkerman 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 January 23, 2005 09:53 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: NEED THE URL OF THE URPMI UPDATES PLEASE Ok don't yell at us please :-) http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Jan 23 10:16:18 EST 2005 10:16:18 up 14:37, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.01 America is the country where you buy a lifetime supply of aspirin for one dollar, and use it up in two weeks. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] man, man, man
On January 23, 2005 07:44 pm, Michaël Van Dorpe wrote: Quick question: when I type 'man man' in Konsole, and I don't want to read it, but instead I want to go to 'man rpm', how do I do that? The only way I found to do that now was starting a new Konsole session... there surely must be a better way, no? Ok if you are asking what i think just simply hit the Q key Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Jan 23 20:02:46 EST 2005 20:02:46 up 1 day, 24 min, 1 user, load average: 0.48, 0.12, 0.03 For the first time we have a weapon that nobody has used for thirty years. This gives me great hope for the human race. -- Harlan Ellison Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Updates to 10.0 Official
On January 20, 2005 11:47 am, Travis Crook wrote: Hi all, When I run MCC and go to Updates under Software, I get a big list of all of the updates available. I see a lot of packages that are very similar in name except for the very ending. For example, aspell-0.50.5-3.1.101mdk and aspell-0.50.4.1-2.1.100mdk. Which do I choose? It won't let me choose both. Are the 100mdk packages for Mandrake 10.0 and the 101mdk packages for 10.1? The package with the highest number is the latest, ie 0.50.53.1.101mdk is newer then 0.50.4.1-2.1.100mdk. So I always go with the package that has the highest number attached to it. This is one of the problems with updates when you have just done a fresh install, you will sometimes see two different versions of a package. And yes they are both for 10.1 it is just that there have been two updates since the release of 10.1 Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Jan 20 12:13:55 EST 2005 12:13:55 up 59 min, 1 user, load average: 0.03, 0.07, 0.01 Epsilon3 Knghtbrd, if we wanted a lameass remark we would have said: Hey, neckro Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] kword part of thread hijacking
On January 16, 2005 12:08 pm, Martin Hardie wrote: On Sunday 16 January 2005 17:04, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 16 Jan 2005 15:36, Martin Hardie wrote: what happens if you in a console, as user type (without the quotes) kword And - when you say it won't open - is there any error message, or just an apparent attempt to open, which disappears after a while? Anne this is what happens there is an apparent attempt to open and then nothing $ kword koffice (lib kofficecore): WARNING: /usr/lib/libkofficeui.so.2: undefined symbol: _ZN9KIconView22contentsDragEnterEventEP15QDragEnterEvent Sounds like missing libraries. When you say you downloaded it, where from? Did you use urpmi or Software Installer to install it, or some other method? Anne i used urpmi and got all the dependencies it wanted. But i suppose i could just uninstall and try again What you can do with Mandrake control center is open the software install program and do a search. In the drop down menu select in file name then type in libkofficeui.so.2 and it should tell you what package has that particular file in it. for me it was libkoffice2-progs HTH Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Jan 16 13:17:00 EST 2005 13:17:00 up 1 day, 17:05, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.12, 0.09 I bought some used paint. It was in the shape of a house. -- Steven Wright Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] AmaroK beta3
On January 14, 2005 08:43 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: For those interested, AmaroK released a 3rd beta of the 1.2 release. You'll need the libtunepimp and libmusicbrainz packages also to get the Muscibrainz support. Unfortunately, I only have packages for 10.1 available because I hosed my 10.0 build environment by accident. Then again, if you are still running 10.1, you probably shouldn't be beta testing software :) More info here: http://amarok.kde.org Packages here: http://www.gkmewb.com/amarok/10.1 Thanks Greg, but im getting unknown host on thus url. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Jan 14 21:10:26 EST 2005 21:10:26 up 58 min, 1 user, load average: 0.31, 0.09, 0.02 There is such a fine line between genius and stupidity. - David St. Hubbins, Spinal Tap Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] AmaroK beta3
On January 14, 2005 09:21 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: On Friday 14 January 2005 08:11 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: On January 14, 2005 08:43 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: For those interested, AmaroK released a 3rd beta of the 1.2 release. You'll need the libtunepimp and libmusicbrainz packages also to get the Muscibrainz support. Unfortunately, I only have packages for 10.1 available because I hosed my 10.0 build environment by accident. Then again, if you are still running 10.1, you probably shouldn't be beta testing software :) More info here: http://amarok.kde.org Packages here: http://www.gkmewb.com/amarok/10.1 Thanks Greg, but im getting unknown host on thus url. Regards, Dan Gordon Drop the 10.1 on the end and then choose that folder once the site opens up. HTH Tried that and i get could not locate remote server Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Jan 14 22:38:28 EST 2005 22:38:28 up 2:26, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.08, 0.06 I think that I shall never see A billboard lovely as a tree. Indeed, unless the billboards fall I'll never see a tree at all. -- Ogden Nash Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] AmaroK beta3
On January 14, 2005 11:09 pm, Glenn wrote: Try http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1 . It looks like Greg fat-fingered the w and e, so that they were transposed. Yep that was it, thanks Glenn Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sat Jan 15 00:03:00 EST 2005 00:03:00 up 3:51, 1 user, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.01 When speculation has done its worst, two plus two still equals four. -- S. Johnson Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Error retrieving (update) packages
On January 12, 2005 03:57 pm, Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On January 11, 2005 18:22, Dan Gordon wrote: ... Can anyone please tell me how to use the software manager to remove and re-add it and also how to re-configure it? Yes go here and follow the instructions its very easy. http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ Strange i just tried it right now and it works fine for me. That web site has been dead for some weeks now. Try this instead: http://urpmi.borgnet.us/ Always good to have a few alternatives though. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Jan 12 16:57:50 EST 2005 16:57:50 up 2 days, 5:58, 1 user, load average: 0.18, 0.10, 0.07 Harris's Lament: All the good ones are taken. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Error retrieving (update) packages
On January 12, 2005 12:34 am, Andy Yankovich wrote: I installed the four CDs for the $12.99 edition of) 10.1 successfully *except* that I could not retrieve the updates during the installation procedure. When I attempt to update through Control Center I get the following error message at the point of starting download of hdlist.cz from medium 'Updates for Mandrakelinux 10.1 )ftplu)'. The error message reads, in its entirety: It's impossible to retrieve the list of new packages from the media 'Updates for Mandrakelinux 10,1 (ftplu)'. Either this update is misconfigured, and in this case you should use the Software Media Manager to remove it and re-add it in order to reconfigure it, either it is currently unreachable and you should retry later. I have re-attempted to update many times so I doubt it is currently busy. Can anyone please tell me how to use the software manager to remove and re-add it and also how to re-configure it? Yes go here and follow the instructions its very easy. http://easyurpmi.zarb.org/ Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Jan 11 20:21:27 EST 2005 20:21:27 up 1 day, 9:21, 1 user, load average: 0.06, 0.02, 0.00 Academicians care, that's who. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wizards
On January 9, 2005 01:30 pm, Owen wrote: I just completed a new installation of Mandrake version 10.1 power pack. While trying to establish a internet connection the documentation mentions wizards I can't seem to find them on my installation. Did I miss something while installing? Or are wizards a add on feature? Thanks, Owen urpmi drakwizard should get you what you are looking for. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Jan 9 14:12:36 EST 2005 14:12:36 up 2 days, 18:16, 1 user, load average: 0.48, 0.18, 0.11 Text processing has made it possible to right-justify any idea, even one which cannot be justified on any other grounds. -- J. Finnegan, USC. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Wizards
On January 9, 2005 07:03 pm, Owen wrote: Thanks Dan, That did it. It also solved my connection problem. You are welcome, glad I could help. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Jan 9 21:14:50 EST 2005 21:14:50 up 3 days, 1:18, 1 user, load average: 0.17, 0.06, 0.01 No one so thoroughly appreciates the value of constructive criticism as the one who's giving it. -- Hal Chadwick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] firewall
On Thursday 30 December 2004 03:31 pm, neo wrote: could someone tell me a good firewall for mandrake 10.1 thank you For a basic setup which in my opinion is very good, install iptables and shorewall. This will get you started. I use iptables and firestarter which can be found here. www.fs-security.com/ The thing to keep in mind is, iptables is what makes the rules and shoewall or firestarter is just a front end to help you more easily create the rules. There are others on this list that are far more familiar with iptables and shorewall than I. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Dec 29 15:53:55 EST 2004 15:53:55 up 1:04, 1 user, load average: 0.09, 0.08, 0.04 I know it all. I just can't remember it all at once. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Virus laden e-mail
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 07:32 pm, Greg Meyer wrote: Is anybody else on this list getting bombarded with virus laden e-mail from a particular ip address in Australia? I got one a few hours ago, but so far just one and i thought it was addressed to the list. I did what I always do with them *DEL* I am on cable here and do get a lot of them from time to time. Oh yeah there is this new worm out was made just for Christmas. Sick bast**s Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Dec 15 23:22:27 EST 2004 23:22:27 up 11:53, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.05, 0.01 Conversation enriches the understanding, but solitude is the school of genius. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Virus laden e-mail
On Wednesday 15 December 2004 11:28 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: Oh yeah there is this new worm out was made just for Christmas. Sick bast**s Here is the link. http://edition.cnn.com/2004/TECH/internet/12/15/holiday.worm/index.html Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Dec 15 23:32:08 EST 2004 23:32:08 up 12:03, 1 user, load average: 0.10, 0.07, 0.01 Only a mediocre person is always at his best. -- Laurence Peter Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Soundblaster Live! 24-bit supported in 10.1?
On Thursday 09 December 2004 09:52 am, Rick Kunath wrote: Does anyone have the Creative labs SoundBlaster Live! 24-bit card running in Mandrake 10.1 under alsa? The Mandrake supported hardware matrix has model numbers that don't seem to correspond to any model numbers on the Creative web site. I am in the market for a new low-end sound card and considered this card. I know the Live! 5.1 card works with the emu10k chipset, but these don't seem to be available any more. Other recommendations and advice welcomed? I am using the live value as it was called from about 6 or 7 years ago without any problems. As far as i know the live cards should work without problems under 10.1 Aside from the occasional volume level problem which is easy solved this card has always worked for me. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Dec 9 10:35:38 EST 2004 10:35:38 up 1 day, 1:10, 1 user, load average: 0.44, 0.12, 0.03 If Microsoft built cars, seats would force everyone to have the same size butt. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Asus motherboards
On Friday 03 December 2004 11:19 am, Keith Powell wrote: My computer is badly showing its old age and it needs replacing. I have been recommended to have an Asus P4P800-x motherboard, the specification of which looks good. At the moment, I am using an SMC ethernet card, and have a question, please. Does Mandrake find the on-board 10/100 ethernet chipset of this motherboard, or would I be better off still using my SMC card? I don't know what chip is used, as it doesn't tell on the Asus web site. Yes it works fine under Mandrake, this is the board i have and it has worked well for me. The onboard 10/100 ethernet also works just fine under Mandrake no problems here with this board at all. Mandrake 10 and up should find the ethernet for you without problems. The only thing I have changed was the onboard sound which works no problem but I wanted to put my live card in and disable the onboard and it also worked just fine. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Dec 3 11:26:59 EST 2004 11:26:59 up 22:24, 1 user, load average: 0.33, 0.14, 0.04 I think, therefore I am... I think. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Asus motherboards
On Friday 03 December 2004 11:19 am, Keith Powell wrote: My computer is badly showing its old age and it needs replacing. I have been recommended to have an Asus P4P800-x motherboard, the specification of which looks good. At the moment, I am using an SMC ethernet card, and have a question, please. Does Mandrake find the on-board 10/100 ethernet chipset of this motherboard, or would I be better off still using my SMC card? I don't know what chip is used, as it doesn't tell on the Asus web site. Here is how Mandrake 10.1 installed it on my M/B Asus P4P800 Vendor: 3Com Corp. Description: 3C940 10/100/1000 LAN Media class: NETWORK_ETHERNET Module name: sk98lin Mac Address: xx:xx:xx:xx:xx:xx Bus: PCI Location on the bus: 2 Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Dec 3 13:04:13 EST 2004 13:04:13 up 1 day, 1 min, 1 user, load average: 0.22, 0.15, 0.10 Why do they call them apartments when they are all stuck together? -- Why Why Why n°28 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MS Searchbot
On Wednesday 01 December 2004 09:33 pm, JoeHill wrote: Was just following a thread on another list, thought I'd give y'all a heads up that run webservers. Seems this IP: 207.46.98.47 is an MS searchbot that is indexing web pages for its 'Google-killer' search engine. I'm reading a how-to now on .htaccess ;-) So that's whats been hittin me in the firewall lol Seem like they come a few at a time once every day for the last couple of days. Maybe I should add the ip to my blocked list. Naw the firewall is already blocking it. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Dec 1 22:12:06 EST 2004 22:12:06 up 7:09, 1 user, load average: 0.08, 0.04, 0.00 Avoid strange women and temporary variables. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Which version of Xorg am I running
Greetings, I just updated Xorg and I would like to know the command to tell which version is running on my system. TIA Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Nov 24 15:27:08 EST 2004 15:27:08 up 13 min, 2 users, load average: 0.23, 0.25, 0.19 Why do they call a fast a fast, when it goes so slow? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Which version of Xorg am I running
On Wednesday 24 November 2004 03:47 pm, Stephen Kühn wrote: If you run kcontrol, it should tell you what's the version, eh? kcontrol = Information = X-Server Thanks Alan and Stephen, humph never would have guessed to look there as I don't use kde very much exept when I want to show off linux to someone. Any way I could have swore the update said Xorg 6.8.x but im not seeing that at all ? still at 6.7 Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Nov 24 15:59:28 EST 2004 15:59:28 up 45 min, 2 users, load average: 0.27, 0.14, 0.10 It ain't over until it's over. -- Casey Stengel Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Which version of Xorg am I running
On Wednesday 24 November 2004 04:04 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: Thanks Alan and Stephen, humph never would have guessed to look there as I don't use kde very much exept when I want to show off linux to someone. Any way I could have swore the update said Xorg 6.8.x but im not seeing that at all ? still at 6.7 Ok just read the advisory and it says 6.7 so I will put my gasses back on now. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Nov 24 16:08:58 EST 2004 16:08:58 up 55 min, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.05, 0.07 Hat check girl: Goodness! What lovely diamonds! Mae West: Goodness had nothin' to do with it, dearie. -- Night After Night, 1932 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Which version of Xorg am I running
On Wednesday 24 November 2004 07:05 pm, JoeHill wrote: ...that may cause more problems than it solves ;-) Ryely i cna se nwo thsi si colo Regdars Gan Dordon -- Wed Nov 24 21:11:37 EST 2004 21:11:37 up 5:58, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.01, 0.00 War spares not the brave, but the cowardly. -- Anacreon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Hardware failure (a 1st for me)
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 09:15 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Does Nvidia repair their cards? If so, is it expensive? Just a thought. It was a nice card - Geforce 4, Ti4200, 64 megs. I'm sure if you return it to the store it was purchased from they will replace it. As far as I know this is very uncommon. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Nov 23 09:41:59 EST 2004 09:41:59 up 1 day, 12:14, 2 users, load average: 0.01, 0.01, 0.00 Little prigs and three-quarter madmen may have the conceit that the laws of nature are constantly broken for their sakes. -- Friedrich Nietzsche Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Hardware failure (a 1st for me)
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 09:15 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Does Nvidia repair their cards? If so, is it expensive? Just a thought. It was a nice card - Geforce 4, Ti4200, 64 megs. I would however have a serious look at the power supply to make sure it is not the cause. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Nov 23 09:48:22 EST 2004 09:48:22 up 1 day, 12:20, 2 users, load average: 0.05, 0.02, 0.00 Why am I so soft in the middle when the rest of my life is so hard? -- Paul Simon Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Hardware failure (a 1st for me)
On Tuesday 23 November 2004 11:01 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Well, I replaced the P/S. That was my very first thought as well. It didn't make any difference as to the symptoms. Only replacing the video card returned it to a usable system. P/S can and is usually the cause of other hardware failure, even though a P/S may not show signs of failure itself it can cause great damage to other components. I recently had a system in which two new hard drives were toasted lucky for me the store where i purchased from was willing to replace them after of course replacing the P/S. I would still try and return the card you never know. As I said, its the very first time I've had a video card fail. It just doesn't seem to happen. Can I blame it on Doom3, since he was playing it when it happened? :-) Yeah doom3 most defiantly can burn stuff out, umm especially the mind. Keep an eye on him :-) Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Nov 23 11:36:02 EST 2004 11:36:02 up 1 day, 14:08, 2 users, load average: 0.05, 0.06, 0.06 During the voyage of life, remember to keep an eye out for a fair wind; batten down during a storm; hail all passing ships; and fly your colors proudly. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Cable interface stopped - DHCPREQUEST?
On Thursday 18 November 2004 04:58 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: I cannot really find a reason why this happened. Could it be that the lease on the IP number somehow runs out after a certain amount of time? Paul Yes DHCP leases do expire, but then the DHCP client will simply ask for a new lease, and in most cases will be granted the same IP address back again. Somehow your ISP's DHCP server seem to have got its knickers in a twist and was not responding to lease renewal requests. I have seen this happen when my isp has to regroup (i know there is a propper term for this) several subnets to gain performance, a few ip's will be lost off of a subnet and a few new ones gained, i have seen my ip go from 24.116.x.x to 24.226.x.x so if the ip you had was put into another subnet then its possible the DHCP server did get it knickers in a twist. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Nov 18 18:27:54 EST 2004 18:27:54 up 5:19, 2 users, load average: 0.02, 0.03, 0.04 He who has the courage to laugh is almost as much a master of the world as he who is ready to die. -- Giacomo Leopardi Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] TWiki - How you can help (was Plea for help!)
On Sunday 14 November 2004 10:20 am, Anne Wilson wrote:
This came from Pierre Fortin on the expert list. It is a very good
idea, should help us a lot.
quote
Here's one idea for finding info about the TWiki on
your own system...
1. If everyone who's gone to Twiki pages can issue the following
command on their system, maybe we can build a memory-jogger list of
pages. Just copy and paste the three lines in one action, and you'll
get a list of pages you've visited...
--%---
grep vmlinuz.ca .mozilla/`whoami`/*/history.dat | \
awk /vmlinuz/'{split($0,a,Main/);split(a[2],a,));\
split(a[1],a,?);print a[1];next;exit}' | sort | uniq
--%---
I tried this but then realize I use opera, so i changed .mozilla
to .opera but it did not work
I'm posting my output in a separate thread:
Re: [expert] Plea for help! -- MY MEMORY JOGGER LIST
2. The above command seems a bit convoluted; but here's how to read
it so that you can modify it to find other info on your own system:
grep vmlinuz.ca
# just a stock grep
.mozilla/`whoami`/*/history.dat | \
# the file to grep (`whoami` - your userid)
awk /vmlinuz/
# look for lines containing vmlinuz
# the next part says what to do with it
'{split($0,a,Main/);
# split a matching line ($0) at Main/; put result in array a
split(a[2],a,));\
# split the 2nd (right) part at ) -- may not have )
split(a[1],a,?);
# split the 1st (left) part from previous at ? -- may not have ?
print a[1];
# output the result (left part)
next;
# loop on all the lines from grep
exit}' |
# exit when done and pipe to:
sort |
# sort output of awk and pipe to:
uniq
# which removes duplicates
Note that a[1] refers to the left side of the split result and a[2]
to the right side (assuming a simple split)...
Do NOT post your results to this list; I'm starting a separate thread
for that...
/quote
Is there a way for anyone who uses a different browser to get the needed
output ?
Regards,
Dan Gordon
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Re: [newbie] TWiki - How you can help (was Plea for help!)
On Sunday 14 November 2004 11:40 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Sunday 14 Nov 2004 16:32, Dan Gordon wrote: Is there a way for anyone who uses a different browser to get the needed output ? The path in the first line needs to be changed to point to the history file for your browser - FWIW, I use Mozilla, and I had to adapt it too. If you don't know where the history file is, use Konqueror and search for a file called history - that should help you find it. Of course the history file, Thanks Anne. Will have a look later right now the in-laws are coming Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Nov 14 13:34:17 EST 2004 13:34:17 up 11:12, 2 users, load average: 0.24, 0.09, 0.02 Support bacteria -- it's the only culture some people have! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Am I right in thinking..
On Sunday 14 November 2004 04:17 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: On Wed, 2004-11-10 at 10:16, evolt wrote: [...snip] I would reccomend mldonkey, it can access many different p2p networks like fastrack a.k.a kazaa, edonkey/emule, gnutella/gnutella2, soulseek, direct connect, open napster, and bittorent. Go to urpmi.org, use easyurpmi to help you set up a repository for plf, I just tried that - I got back this command: urpmi.addmedia plf ftp://ftp.planetmirror.com/pub/plf/mandrake/10.0 with hdlist.cz which I put in, and just over an hour later it finished downloading *something*... It seemed to work, but: I don't know how you connect to the internet but these hdlist.cz files are about 27 mb in size if you are on dial-up then i can imagine it taking one hour. ...retrieving done examining hdlist file [/var/cache/urpmi/partial/hdlist.plf.cz] writing list file for medium plf examining pubkey file of plf... ...imported key caba22ae from pubkey file of plf built hdlist synthesis file for medium plf found 0 headers in cache then I tried the following: then as root type: urpmi mldonkey-gui and got: [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# urpmi mldonkey-gui no package named mldonkey-gui [EMAIL PROTECTED] merlin]# Im using one of the french mirrors and I just checked and found mldonkey-gui so I think the mirror you selected must be messed up, which has been happening a lot lately :-( The second stage at easy urpmi when it asks you to select mirrors there are drop down lists to select the mirrors of your choice. You may be able to find a closer/faster mirror that the one you have selected. Also you need to select a main and contrib source as well as the plf one. Main and contrib are where you will find the official mandrake stuff. hmm... I wonder how many headers it was *supposed* to find in the cache??? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Nov 14 17:01:25 EST 2004 17:01:25 up 14:39, 2 users, load average: 0.15, 0.13, 0.05 Absence diminishes mediocre passions and increases great ones, as the wind blows out candles and fans fires. -- La Rochefoucauld Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Is Abba safe?
On Friday 12 November 2004 11:06 am, JoeHill wrote: My 4 yr old daughter wants me to download some Abba songs, like 'Dancing Queen' and the like. Is this safe? Has anyone successfully copied some Abba to their HD without hosing their system? Are there special precautions I can take in advance? LOL some are not getting it Joe but if its any consolation I can dcc you my ear muffs Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Nov 12 12:25:13 EST 2004 12:25:13 up 2:30, 2 users, load average: 0.10, 0.04, 0.01 A woman without a man is like a fish without a bicycle. -- Gloria Steinem Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Strange printing problem
Hey all, I'm having a strange problem with my printer. The printer works just fine except for one thing, I can not print color from the computer it is connected to. The printer is a Canon S200 connected to Mandrake 10.1 Official, I can print black or shades of Grey only from this computer. But I can print color no problem from a win-xp box on the network. I have checked the settings and can not see anything that smacks me in the face but then printing in linux is new to me. Any help is appreciated. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Nov 11 20:31:47 EST 2004 20:31:47 up 5:13, 2 users, load average: 0.09, 0.07, 0.08 I'm free -- and freedom tastes of reality. -- The Who Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange printing problem
On Thursday 11 November 2004 09:11 pm, Carroll Grigsby wrote: Dan: Canon printers are not noted for being Linux friendly, but sometimes they work. (My wife has a BJC3000 which does work, although at glacial speed.) Perhaps this will help: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-S200 Thanks Carroll, That's what I figured, I just think its so strange that a windows computer on the network can print color but the computer its connected to cant. My bjc2400 worked real good but alas it died. I'm gona have a look at the turboprint driver and see if it will work for me. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Nov 11 21:40:59 EST 2004 21:40:59 up 6:22, 2 users, load average: 0.06, 0.05, 0.01 A man who keeps stealing mopeds is an obvious cycle-path. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Strange printing problem
On Thursday 11 November 2004 09:16 pm, Aron Smith wrote: http://www.linuxprinting.org/show_printer.cgi?recnum=Canon-S200 lists it as a paperweight (bad) Ummm yes thanks Aron I did see that, it just made me drink more beer to forget about how hardware vender's have us by the short and well you know. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Nov 11 22:57:48 EST 2004 22:57:48 up 7:39, 2 users, load average: 0.06, 0.04, 0.00 Whatever you may be sure of, be sure of this: that you are dreadfully like other people. -- James Russell Lowell, My Study Windows Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] TCP logging?
On Tuesday 09 November 2004 10:03 am, Eric Scott wrote: Yo peeps; I'm trying to set up some simple TCP connection's logging on my Mandrake 9.2 box. Is there a simple script or something I can write and execute that will do something like execute date html_logs/ssh.log netstat -a | grep tcp html_logs/ssh.log every ten seconds or so? I dont know if this is what you want but there is apache top Summary: ApacheTop: top-like display of Apache logs. Description: ApacheTop: top-like display of Apache logs. ApacheTop watches a logfile generated by Apache (in standard common or combined logformat, although it doesn't (yet) make use of any of the extra fields in combined) and generates human-parsable output in realtime. It is available via urpmi or Mandrake control center Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Nov 9 10:30:58 EST 2004 10:30:58 up 1 day, 23:56, 2 users, load average: 0.16, 0.07, 0.05 I have not the slightest confidence in 'spiritual manifestations.' -- Robert G. Ingersoll Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] OT: gnupg version 1.2.4 or 2-1.9.10
I see that gnupg 1.2.4 is installed by default, but also see that for some things like S/MIME in kmail it seems version 2-1.9.10 is needed. Is it safe to install the latter version ? I have always had problems understanding why there seem to be more that one version of pgp available. Any input is appreciated. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Nov 5 19:26:33 EST 2004 19:26:33 up 1 day, 6:05, 3 users, load average: 0.05, 0.21, 0.22 If we could sell our experiences for what they cost us, we would all be millionaires. -- Abigail Van Buren Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Where have all the kernel source gone ?
On October 22, 2004 09:57 am, Tom Brinkman wrote: BUT, do it _now_! Cooker will unfreeze and begin 10.2 development shortly. As to Dan's misgivings, using 2.6.8.1-12 kernel and kernel-source from a cooker mirror will not pose a problem on a 10.1 system. This kernel has been in use for quite some time and is well tested. Thanks Tom, its just the kernel and or source I need for now the rest I can wait for. So I will just pull the kernel and source and then wait for the 10.1 trees to settle in. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Oct 22 10:34:21 EDT 2004 10:34:21 up 1 day, 2:37, 3 users, load average: 0.22, 0.08, 0.02 panic(esp: what could it be... I wonder...); 2.2.16 /usr/src/linux/drivers/scsi/esp.c Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Where have all the kernel source gone ?
I just did a install of Mandrake 10.1 comminty on another computer, kernel 2.6.8.1-10mdk, and have checked two diferent sets of mirrors and can not find any source at all for my kernel. What I am seeing is a lot of older kernel stuff like 2.6.8.0.rc2.2mdk that was not there two days ago. I have checked this against this computer that I have already got the source for the same kernel and I am seeing the same thing. Anyone have any ideas ? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Oct 21 16:19:53 EDT 2004 16:19:53 up 8:22, 2 users, load average: 0.49, 0.21, 0.07 Some people have a great ambition: to build something that will last, at least until they've finished building it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Where have all the kernel source gone ?
On October 21, 2004 05:19 pm, Anne Wilson wrote: Yes, Dan. Go to easyurpmi.zarb.org and get some cooker sources. There you will find 2.6.8.1-12mdk and its source rpm. This will be in 10.1 Official, I believe. Anne Ahh ok I never thought to look on cooker, silly me ;-) But wont that put 10.1 into a cooked sorta state, I dont wana wreck things too quick. Thanks Anne Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Oct 21 18:03:20 EDT 2004 18:03:20 up 10:06, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.05, 0.06 Most Texans think Hanukkah is some sort of duck call. -- Richard Lewis Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Where have all the kernel source gone ?
On October 21, 2004 06:32 pm, Margot wrote: Dan Anne, Up until yesterday, cooker was the correct place to find 10.1 updates, but (as per Warly's message about 12 hours ago) the 10.1 Community mirrors now carry the updates for 10.1 Community. Don't use the cooker sources any more unless you want to end up running cooker! So easy urpmi just has not caught up yet then ? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Thu Oct 21 19:01:41 EDT 2004 19:01:41 up 11:04, 2 users, load average: 0.55, 0.16, 0.04 Nothing takes the taste out of peanut butter quite like unrequited love. -- Charlie Brown Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On October 19, 2004 08:54 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: Im beginning to think its a kernel or kernel source problem at this point but im going to try this on another computer, a p3 800 with a older nvidia card just to see what happens as soon as I have some time. Will let you all know how it goes. Ok after some googling I found these instructions. For kernel 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp you need the stripped kernel source, don't do anything to it. This is an nvidia installer problem. Now in a term as root run the installer like this NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run --x This will extract the installer files into a directory. Now with your favorite editor go to /usr/src/nv.c In this file go to line 3697 and change PM_SAVE_STATE to PM_SUSPEND_MEM Then get into run level 3 and go to the directory where the nvidia installer was extracted and run as root ./nvidia-installer --kernel-source-path /usr/src/linux-2.6.8.1-10mdk This will install the drivers. Now this is important, before you get back into run level 5 edit the file /etc/modprobe.preload and add nvidia on a line by itself, save the file then boot back into run level 5 and enjoy. Hope this can help someone. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Oct 20 08:44:23 EDT 2004 08:44:23 up 5 min, 3 users, load average: 0.15, 0.29, 0.15 Murder is always a mistake -- one should never do anything one cannot talk about after dinner. -- Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On October 20, 2004 08:58 am, Dan Gordon wrote: This will install the drivers. Now this is important, before you get back into run level 5 edit the file /etc/modprobe.preload and add nvidia on a line by itself, save the file then boot back into run level 5 and enjoy. Hope this can help someone. PS dont forget to edit the xf86config file as per the nvidia instructions. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Wed Oct 20 09:15:04 EDT 2004 09:15:04 up 36 min, 3 users, load average: 0.03, 0.08, 0.08 Ah say, son, you're about as sharp as a bowlin' ball. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On October 18, 2004 04:54 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: On Monday 18 October 2004 03:32 pm, Frans Ketelaars wrote: snip At least in 10.0 OE AFAIK kernel-source-stripped was the rpm you need for building external modules. Well, so far I have tried both the stripped and the regular kernel-source and both have produced the same results,, with both I am at least able to install the nvidia 5336 version of the driver but x wont start complaining that it cant find any screens. I have tried Randall's approach with three versions of the installer but each time it will not rebuild the custom installer. So here is what I'm running once again. Mandrake 10.1 Community with kernel 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp which is running real nice. Video is a asus V9570 TD FX 5700 256mb ddr. I have tried to install the drivers under single processor kernel as well with the same results. Im beginning to think its a kernel or kernel source problem at this point but im going to try this on another computer, a p3 800 with a older nvidia card just to see what happens as soon as I have some time. Will let you all know how it goes. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Tue Oct 19 20:37:22 EDT 2004 20:37:22 up 8:58, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.00 ... bleakness ... desolation ... plastic forks ... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Monday 18 October 2004 08:52 am, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: Morning Dan. Sorry for the late reply - but Monday mornings come really early for me, so I've got to get a little rest before coming to the office ;-) OK, do me a favor. Please post the output from the next couple of commands when you have time: $ rpm -qa | grep kernel This should list off the kernel packages you have installed... $ uname -r This will list the kernel version you are currently using. Then, how about also posting the contents of /var/log/nvidia-installer.log as well. This might give us more information than what the installer is giving you (it tends to be a little terse when giving out info, but the log file helps you figure out what's actually going wrong). This should help us find something that might be causing the problem. No problem Randall, well I was waiting i did a fresh install and installed kernel source which I think may be the problem. However before making any changes to anything i went ahead and tryed to run the installer in the normal way. 6111 and 6106 both would not install but 5336 installed without any complants. When I edited the x config file and booted back into run level 5 it just puts me into a text login and does not show any errors. Weird huh ? Here is the output of kernel and uname [EMAIL PROTECTED] mister]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-10mdk kernel-smp-2.6.8.1.10mdk-1-1mdk [EMAIL PROTECTED] mister]$ uname -r 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Oct 18 11:00:02 EDT 2004 11:00:02 up 6 min, 3 users, load average: 0.10, 0.18, 0.09 No matter whether th' constitution follows th' flag or not, th' supreme court follows th' iliction returns. -- Mr. Dooley Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Monday 18 October 2004 11:06 am, Dan Gordon wrote: No problem Randall, well I was waiting i did a fresh install and installed kernel source which I think may be the problem. However before making any changes to anything i went ahead and tryed to run the installer in the normal way. 6111 and 6106 both would not install but 5336 installed without any complants. When I edited the x config file and booted back into run level 5 it just puts me into a text login and does not show any errors. Weird huh ? Here is the output of kernel and uname [EMAIL PROTECTED] mister]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-10mdk kernel-smp-2.6.8.1.10mdk-1-1mdk [EMAIL PROTECTED] mister]$ uname -r 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp And this is the last bit of xorg.log (II) Setting vga for screen 0. (II) Loading sub module vgahw (II) LoadModule: vgahw (II) Loading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (II) Module vgahw: vendor=X.Org Foundation compiled for 6.7.0, module version = 0.1.0 ABI class: X.Org Video Driver, version 0.7 (**) NVIDIA(0): Depth 24, (--) framebuffer bpp 32 (==) NVIDIA(0): RGB weight 888 (==) NVIDIA(0): Default visual is TrueColor (==) NVIDIA(0): Using gamma correction (1.0, 1.0, 1.0) (--) NVIDIA(0): Linear framebuffer at 0xE000 (--) NVIDIA(0): MMIO registers at 0xFD00 (EE) NVIDIA(0): Failed to initialize the NVIDIA kernel module! (EE) NVIDIA(0): *** Aborting *** (II) UnloadModule: nvidia (II) UnloadModule: vgahw (II) Unloading /usr/X11R6/lib/modules/libvgahw.a (EE) Screen(s) found, but none have a usable configuration. Fatal server error: no screens found Please consult the The X.Org Foundation support at http://wiki.X.Org Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Oct 18 11:33:29 EDT 2004 11:33:29 up 40 min, 3 users, load average: 0.48, 0.27, 0.23 But scientists, who ought to know Assure us that it must be so. Oh, let us never, never doubt What nobody is sure about. -- Hilaire Belloc Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Monday 18 October 2004 12:04 pm, Randall Hobbs wrote: Hi Dan. When you reinstalled the source, did you prep it? If not, that might cause you some problems. I'm sorta' throwing together a tute page for this, so if you want me to send it to you let me know and I'll send you the link (it's at a temporary location right now, but will be made publicly available once I get time to set the new domain up and get the pages moved over). No not yet but im going to try it again. Yes a tutorial would be great. Thanks Randall Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Oct 18 12:34:14 EDT 2004 12:34:14 up 1:40, 3 users, load average: 0.24, 0.17, 0.10 The average individual's position in any hierarchy is a lot like pulling a dogsled -- there's no real change of scenery except for the lead dog. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Monday 18 October 2004 12:04 pm, Randall Hobbs wrote: Hi Dan. When you reinstalled the source, did you prep it? If not, that might cause you some problems. I'm sorta' throwing together a tute page for this, so if you want me to send it to you let me know and I'll send you the link (it's at a temporary location right now, but will be made publicly available once I get time to set the new domain up and get the pages moved over). I have only one question that has not been clear to me. uname -r tells me my kernel is 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp so for the set EXTRAVERSION part would I put 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp or -10mdksmp ? Thanks for all your help Randall Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Oct 18 13:12:51 EDT 2004 13:12:51 up 2:19, 3 users, load average: 0.10, 0.09, 0.09 I saw Lassie. It took me four shows to figure out why the hairy kid never spoke. I mean, he could roll over and all that, but did that deserve a series? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Monday 18 October 2004 01:28 pm, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: Should just be -10mdksmp Thanks for all your help Randall Not a problem at all... Ok I followed you directions exactly but still a no go. Here is the output of grep kernel and uname -r [EMAIL PROTECTED] mister]$ rpm -qa | grep kernel kernel-source-2.6-2.6.8.1-10mdk kernel-smp-2.6.8.1.10mdk-1-1mdk [EMAIL PROTECTED] mister]$ uname -r 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp [EMAIL PROTECTED] mister]$ and here is the nvidia-installer.log nvidia-installer log file '/var/log/nvidia-installer.log' creation time: Mon Oct 18 14:02:58 2004 option status: license pre-accepted: false update : false force update: false expert : false uninstall : false driver info : false no precompiled interface: false no ncurses color: false query latest driver ver : false OpenGL header files : false no questions: false silent : false X install prefix: /usr/X11R6 OpenGL install prefix : /usr Installer install prefix: /usr kernel source path : (not specified) kernel install path : (not specified) proc mount point: /proc ui : (not specified) tmpdir : /root/tmp ftp site: ftp://download.nvidia.com Using: nvidia-installer ncurses user interface - Kernel source path: '/lib/modules/2.6.8.1-10mdksmp/build' - Copying kernel module sources to temporary directory. - Building kernel interface: executing: 'cd /root/tmp/nvidia-5954; make nv-linux.o SYSSRC=/lib/modules/2. 6.8.1-10mdksmp/build'... If you are using a Linux 2.4 kernel, please make sure you either have configured kernel sources matching your kernel or the correct set of kernel headers installed on your system. If you are using a Linux 2.6 kernel, please make sure you have configured kernel sources matching your kernel installed on your system. If you specified a separate output directory using either the KBUILD_OUTPUT or the O KBUILD parameter, make sure to specify this directory with the SYSOUT environment variable or with the appropriate nvidia-installer command line option. *** Unable to determine the target kernel version. *** make: *** [select_makefile] Error 1 - Error. ERROR: Unable to build the NVIDIA kernel module interface. ERROR: Unable to add a precompiled kernel interface for the running kernel. I hope this can tell you something, cause I'm lost lol. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Oct 18 14:05:15 EDT 2004 14:05:15 up 12 min, 2 users, load average: 0.13, 0.14, 0.09 You're already carrying the sphere! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Monday 18 October 2004 03:32 pm, Frans Ketelaars wrote: snip At least in 10.0 OE AFAIK kernel-source-stripped was the rpm you need for building external modules. HTH, -Frans Thats what I was wondering, so can I remove the wrong source now and install the right one or do I have to start over ? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Mon Oct 18 16:52:42 EDT 2004 16:52:42 up 10 min, 2 users, load average: 0.12, 0.17, 0.11 Spelling is a lossed art. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] smp kernel
On October 17, 2004 01:06 am, Marek Pawinski wrote: I am having a lot of segfaulting, my kernel, update kernel uninstalls itself and after a day or two my rpms i download seem to go bad with a smp kernel on ML OE, did you have these problems ? Can i run a normal kernel on a Hyper Threading machine ? Marek I had the same problems with Mandrake 10, now im running Mandrake 10.1 and smp is working very well. Yes a normal kernel should work just fine for you. What version of Mandrake are you running ? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Oct 17 08:27:49 EDT 2004 08:27:49 up 9:57, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.02, 0.00 On Monday mornings I am dedicated to the proposition that all men are created jerks. -- H. Allen Smith, Let the Crabgrass Grow Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] smp kernel
On October 17, 2004 08:41 am, Marek Pawinski wrote: Dan Gordon wrote: On October 17, 2004 01:06 am, Marek Pawinski wrote: I am having a lot of segfaulting, my kernel, update kernel uninstalls itself and after a day or two my rpms i download seem to go bad with a smp kernel on ML OE, did you have these problems ? Can i run a normal kernel on a Hyper Threading machine ? Marek I had the same problems with Mandrake 10, now im running Mandrake 10.1 and smp is working very well. Yes a normal kernel should work just fine for you. What version of Mandrake are you running ? Regards, Dan Gordon I tried ML 10.0 Official at first and then i tried ML 10.1 Community with the same results. I will try the normal kernel, can i leave HT enabled in the BIOS still though with the normal kernel ? Yes just select normal kernel instead of smp when you get lilo prompt. Regards, Dan Gordon -- 09:01:42 up 10:31, 2 users, load average: 0.06, 0.12, 0.05 Sun Oct 17 09:01:42 EDT 2004 At the end of your life there'll be a good rest, and no further activities are scheduled. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Kde 3.2.3 and kdepim-3.3.0-7
I was just browsing kde apps to see if i needed anything else installed on the urpmi mirror I am using and noticed kdepim-3.3.0-7 was available, everything else is still 3.2.3. I currently have kde 3.2.3 installed, now is this a mistake or can I upgrade only kde pim to this version without any problems ? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Oct 17 17:22:21 EDT 2004 17:22:21 up 18:51, 2 users, load average: 0.03, 0.07, 0.04 Do not sleep in a eucalyptus tree tonight. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On October 16, 2004 05:47 am, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: Hi Dan. After preparing your source code (using the method I sent you earlier), go to your directory where you have the NVidia drivers. Run the file like so: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run --add-this-kernal This will add your current kernel to the setup, and it will generate a new NVidia driver file. After that, go into init 3: # init 3 Then run the newly created file: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1-custom.run This will install the driver, and all you'll need to do is modify the XFree86Config-4 file to load the 'nvidia' module. Hi Randall I cant seem to get it to build the new driver. I do ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel and I get permision denied no matter how I do this as root or user. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Oct 17 22:10:10 EDT 2004 22:10:10 up 23:39, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.03, 0.01 Anyone stupid enough to be caught by the police is probably guilty. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On October 17, 2004 10:33 pm, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: Hi Dan. Out of curiousity, what's the permissions on the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run file? Do the following: # stat NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run You should see something like: File: `NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run' Size: 8167999 Blocks: 15984 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 900h/2304d Inode: 32778 Links: 1 Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 501/mandrake) Gid: ( 501/mandrake) Access: 2004-10-17 19:54:32.0 -0500 Modify: 2004-09-30 17:12:18.0 -0500 Change: 2004-10-05 21:55:03.0 -0500 If the executable bit isn't set, you won't be able to execute it, no matter which user you're trying to run it with. To correct it, simply type: # chmod 0755 NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run Then you should be able to execute the file without any problems. Let me know if that's indeed the problem, or if we should dive a little deeper into it. Ok I did chmod which alowed me to execute the file but now I get this error. unable to build the nvidia kernel module interface, then unable to add a precompiled kernel interface for the running kernel BTW I have tryed this in smp and single kernel just to check the errors and they were both the same. I have also tryed the nvidia 5336 installer which complains about not finding a matching source for the kernel. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sun Oct 17 23:22:18 EDT 2004 23:22:18 up 5 min, 3 users, load average: 0.12, 0.14, 0.07 Will your long-winded speeches never end? What ails you that you keep on arguing? -- Job 16:3 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On October 16, 2004 05:47 am, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: Hi Dan. After preparing your source code (using the method I sent you earlier), go to your directory where you have the NVidia drivers. Run the file like so: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run --add-this-kernal This will add your current kernel to the setup, and it will generate a new NVidia driver file. After that, go into init 3: # init 3 Then run the newly created file: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1-custom.run This will install the driver, and all you'll need to do is modify the XFree86Config-4 file to load the 'nvidia' module. Thanks Randall, I will give this a try later tonight. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sat Oct 16 09:08:07 EDT 2004 09:08:07 up 9:56, 3 users, load average: 0.47, 0.20, 0.11 ultima netgod: My calculator has more registers than the x86, and -thats- sad Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] smp kernel
Hello list, A long time ago right about the time Mandrake 10 comunity came out someone asked me to let them know how the smp kernel was running for me. Well all I can say is it was not good for me. 75% of the time applications were segfaulting on me so I went with a regular kernel. Now I have installed Mandrake 10.1 yesterday and the default kernel it installed was 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp and I am happy to report it is running very well, I am very impressed with how things are working and want to say way to go Mandrake. Keep up the good work. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Sat Oct 16 22:54:02 EDT 2004 22:54:02 up 23 min, 2 users, load average: 0.00, 0.00, 0.03 I know engineers. They love to change things. - Dr. McCoy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Kernel source
Hello all, I just installed Mandrake 10.1 community and am running kernel 2.6.8.1-10smp which is working real well for me this time. I need the kernel source. Question is I see only a kernel source 2.6.8.1-10 (does not say smp) is this what i need or should i be looking for something else ? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Oct 15 17:09:18 EDT 2004 17:09:18 up 1:01, 2 users, load average: 0.07, 0.11, 0.09 My EARS are GONE!! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Friday 15 October 2004 07:33 pm, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: On Friday 15 October 2004 04:13 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: Hello all, I just installed Mandrake 10.1 community and am running kernel 2.6.8.1-10smp which is working real well for me this time. I need the kernel source. Question is I see only a kernel source 2.6.8.1-10 (does not say smp) is this what i need or should i be looking for something else ? Hi Dan. That's what you need. Grab that, then install it. Then go into the /usr/src/linux directory, and do as follows: # make mrproper # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config # make oldconfig # vi Makefile (set the EXTRAVERSION to what you have) Your kernel source should then be properly prepared for your kernel, and you'll be good to go. I tryed this but when trying to install nvidia drivers the error I get is something about not being able to determin the source version. I have had these problems with smp before so i think im just going to reinstall with a regular kernel and source and try again. Thanks for the info I may try this again soon but right now I need things running by tomorrow. Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Oct 15 20:49:12 EDT 2004 20:49:12 up 10 min, 2 users, load average: 0.44, 0.25, 0.11 I need to discuss BUY-BACK PROVISIONS with at least six studio SLEAZEBALLS!! 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 problem
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of JoeHill Sent: Thursday, October 07, 2004 10:24 AM To: Mandrake Newbs Subject: [newbie] urpmi problem So far nothing is *broken*, ie. I can install the newest imlib2 with just 'make install' and everything appears to work OK, however I would like to have it installed as an RPM so that MDK doesn't think it's missing at some point in the future. Joe have you tried urpmi.update -a to see if that cleans and updates your database ? Regards, Dan Gordon Beer is the answer Now, What was the question ? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.772 / Virus Database: 519 - Release Date: 10/1/2004 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] gDesklets
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] I have had this running before, im not at my computer atm but I think the first time you run gdesklets you have to tell it to run a display as well something like gdesklets calendarwhatitis os something along those lines. It then adds the display to the gdesklet window for the next start. When I get to my computer I will send the proper Im not home yet but here is the command you want, if I want to add my weather display I would do gdesklets-add-weather-display then if there is another display you want to add do gdesklets-add-another-display and so on. HTH Regards, Dan Gordon Beer is the answer Now, What was the question ? --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.770 / Virus Database: 517 - Release Date: 9/27/2004 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Strange diff check ?
I got this tonight when the nightly security check was done. Security Warning: the md5 checksum for one of your SUID files has changed, maybe an intruder modified one of these suid binary in order to put in a backdoor... - Checksum changed file : /usr/bin/lbp660 I looked at the file it looks like an unknown file, the general proterties says its an unknown file type but permisions says it is executable and ownership is user root and group system. Maybe its nothing but it kinda got the hair up on the back of my neck. Anyone seen this before ? Regards, Dan Gordon -- Fri Sep 24 00:19:20 EDT 2004 00:19:20 up 53 min, 1 user, load average: 0.36, 0.12, 0.10 A critic is a bundle of biases held loosely together by a sense of taste. -- Whitney Balliett Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
