Re: [newbie] Strange error when booting
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 16:47:46 +0100, Henriette Holm wrote about Re: [newbie] Strange error when booting: >/mnt/win_d/Mandrake10/Mandrakelinux-10.1-Official-Download-CD1.i586.iso >/mnt/Mandrake10_cd1 iso9660 ro,loop=/dev/loop0 0 0 Comment the 4 lines containing "loop" (by preceding them with a "#" ) and the problem is gone. If you ever want to do a reinstall from the CD's on your former D:\ drive you can uncomment them (even with mc in runlevel 1; or vi if you master it). If you remove the isos, delete the guilty lines from your fstab. 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 error when booting
On Fri, 4 Mar 2005 09:32:21 +0100, Henriette Holm wrote about [newbie] Strange error when booting: >I have a laptop running Mandrake 10.1. When I boot the computer I get >the following error message: > >Mounting loopback filesystems: >mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# >mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# >mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# >mount: could not find any device /dev/loop# [FAILED] > >and then it starts KDE and lives happily ever after. Any suggestions >to how I remove the error? That would at least require some more info.. Can you post a copy of /etc/fstab; and the output of: chkconfig --list |grep dev and of: cat /etc/mtab |grep loop and of: cat /proc/cmdline ? pgpvWYpWiVMGr.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] KGPG
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 17:03:40 -0600, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote about Re: [newbie] KGPG: >I think it has more to do with the massage passing through the mailing >list. It changes a couple of things, like the replyto address. It may >also change something in the body of the message. Any changes to the >body of the message make the signiture invalid. > >Mikkel I have seen this claimed even by the most experienced Linux users around on any of the sympa lists, but how can it be explained that I have never encountered one message returned to me by any of the sympa lists that had an invalid signature? And I did check them all. :)) Cheers, =Dick Gevers= pgpE44738WfjO.pgp Description: PGP signature
Re: [newbie] bison
On Thu, 3 Mar 2005 00:54:40 +0200, Mohammed Badran wrote about Re: [newbie] bison: >you can get bison from >ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/10.2/i586/media/main/bison-2.0- >1mdk.i586.rpm and it needs m4 to be installed also from here >ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/10.2/i586/media/main/m4-1.4.2-1 >mdk.i586.rpm It can work, but is generally not a good idea to install a Cooker package on a stable version. It could lead you into more and more conflicts if you do this more often. If you cannot resist and cannot find an equivalent for your current version, then it is better to obtain the .src.rpm package and rebuild for your stable version. (command: rpmbuild --rebuild) Bye =Dick Gevers= Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **
On Tue, 01 Mar 2005 20:26:00 -0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote about [newbie] ** Welcome to Newbie **: > 5. List Etiquette >We have prepared a page describing common mailing list >etiquette that will make your posts more effective and >make fellow list members happier to help. > >It can be found at the community Twiki: >http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/MandrakeMailingListEtiquette May I suggest discouraging shouting as # 11 and renaming # 11 to # 12 ? (Just in case: wherein 'shouting' means ALL LINES CAPS ON; or entire subject CAPS ON: I usually ignore them). Thanks and bye, =Dick Gevers= 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 Sun, 23 Jan 2005 16:40:10 +0100, Siposs Attila wrote about Re: [newbie] Apology: >sounds great, so somewhere exists f*cked old system >fan club? :) It's better for me to hop in :) >I am using two old ones with old motherboards and others, >so I have to maintain them about every month... >I love to install op systems (I have the opportunty to test several >distributions... :D ) Ah, you like f*cked old system? For good friend I offer many special price. Real cheap. You call real soon now, y'hear? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone using KDar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 15 Jan 2005 10:42:39 +, Anne Wilson wrote about Re: [newbie] Anyone using KDar: >Of course. The only time I tried to use DrakBackup I found that the >problem was the need for space for a huge tar file, which I didn't have. >I guess that KDar will have the same need. ATM I'm still manually copying >files to CD or DVD with XCDRoast. I really must get a better way sorted - >it's very inefficient. You can pipe the output of the tar command to the input of the cdrecord command and burn from the command line as the archive is created :) Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQFB6QBuwC/zk+cxEdMRAkDCAJ9gpQLuPD9RzBBi0+HYeTxdDQKOfACg0r9q aAkyRio9klRzD5najHGI240= =13aG -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone using KDar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 13:09:55 +, Dick Gevers wrote about Re: [newbie] Anyone using KDar: >On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:31:34 +, Anne Wilson wrote about Re: [newbie] >>Does it work OK with DVD-RW, Dick? > >It should, but I have no way to tell as I have no such hardware. I assume >it does, if you'll bear the same in mind as I reported in the bugs above. I realized only much later: your question seems to imply that Kdar would actually write to CD or DVD. It doesn't. It creates an archive the size of any media (bearing in mind the bugs) and the archive should be burned to media by the user. So, my answer could also have been: It works with any media, but I haven't tried any larger than 703 Mb. Ciao, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQFB6OiewC/zk+cxEdMRAlN1AKC0UGebNkJQc2JO+SMukwrPKmaGPQCfWS3k ME/d5H9CrkSH6Ai2og+H06Q= =Pd5q -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone using KDar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 14 Jan 2005 12:31:34 +, Anne Wilson wrote about Re: [newbie] Anyone using KDar: >> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12503 >> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12510 >> http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12516 >> >> Still the results work okay, and restoring a few files did work reliably. >> >Does it work OK with DVD-RW, Dick? It should, but I have no way to tell as I have no such hardware. I assume it does, if you'll bear the same in mind as I reported in the bugs above. Ciao, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQFB58SiwC/zk+cxEdMRAnGcAJ44V8n18OfEA4kCrrye1Mh9I+gP4wCfW2RT vBJsNcrdYOWVwjFVMXVk/Nw= =1nMH -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Anyone using KDar
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 13 Jan 2005 22:11:18 -0800, Aron Smith wrote about [newbie] Anyone using KDar: Yes, I am. $ $ Oh, you wanted to know more? :) I have tried it, and it works, but I found some stuff, minor and not so minor, which should be borne in mind: http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12434 http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12503 http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12510 http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/show_bug.cgi?id=12516 Still the results work okay, and restoring a few files did work reliably. Cheers, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQFB568LwC/zk+cxEdMRAhLXAKDWn4rDMIxcw98b/mQUyCI96QQtpACgupG2 TDg79opK17UfUKF2qQCH6Ko= =0MKR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] 2.5 HDD question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 27 Dec 2004 12:55:32 -0800, Aron Smith wrote about Re: [newbie] 2.5 HDD question: >The drive is going back into the laptop after installing Mdk 10.1 on it >The adapter didn't come with any instructions but I have the stripe on the >IDE cable aligned with the 1 mark on the adapter , this leaves 4 pins >separated by a small gap from the other pins I am assuming that these are >the master/slave jumpers Yes the small ones are for the jumpers if any, which are almost always described on the drive itself, the larger pins is the power, usually with topside corners edged off and those of the power as well, in order not to be able to insert the power cable the wrong way. If you browse the IBM site you'll find very extensive information on all principles of HD technology. Bye, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.4.0 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQFB0H2YwC/zk+cxEdMRApgCAJ47zSzGaNEFA33+Y0E4yFSPfz06FgCfTG+9 KE76QQlh6fWyr0ZX+AqeoMA= =APLU -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] fsck on boot
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 18 Nov 2004 13:02:30 +, Peter Watson wrote about [newbie] fsck on boot: >Where do I set how often the HD's get fsck'd on boot. tune2fs See: man tune2fs Ciao, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQFBnMMRwC/zk+cxEdMRAuvfAKCTxgXyUETyewqjeqPRqRBDLCG0WgCdGeNS UMbGAldIx1njfyr4VZtVQYs= =8orr -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Alias
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Please do not set your reply to as currently: you should want to see a reply to the list and not direct to you. On Sun, 20 Jun 2004 01:11:25 +1000, Lord Storm wrote about [newbie] Alias : >I was wondering where I can find the mandrake alias setting file so I can >add short scripts like [code] ifdown & ifup & ifconfig -a & [/code] and >have simmular to ipconfig /renew. And so Its all in the same place. Global aliases are in /etc/profile.d/alias.sh. Some examples should be in there already. User-only aliases can be put in the same format in /home/userid/.bashrc >THIS HAS BEEN SENT FROM LINUX SO IT SHOULD NOT HAVE ANY >VIRUSES Please do not shout. Thank you. =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.5rc2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQFA1GQMwC/zk+cxEdMRAnqUAJ4gB6YUYceGPnPLH3fP9nj5PVrcOgCeJiO7 1qDEqMLbZhe22snW+IydC9s= =2fqm -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] installing gcc2.95
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 19 Jan 2004 12:18:21 +0100, "francesco de leonardis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] installing gcc2.95: >Does anybody knows if it is possible, and in case how, to install gcc 2.95 >with Mandrake 9.2? >I downloaded the rpm from Mandrake 7.2 and it seems to work but when >compiling it gives me compatibility problems with the glibc3.2.3 (while >actually I would need the glibc 3.1 but I don't know how to do it). You`d be best off with a src.rpm or better yet an original tarball. When you have untarred it, look at the INSTALL, README files and other text files in the base directory. Then see what options there are with ./configure --help and you should be able to install the glibc 2.95 or 3.1 into different directories then those in which your 3.2.3 is installed. To check where MD 9.2 wrote all the 3.2.3 files, do (as root): rpm -ql glibc When you start the programme which requires availability of glibc 2.95 or 3.1 (I am assuming that`s why your asking), you may have to point it to the paths where you installed 2.95 or 3.1 HTH =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQFAD6jbwC/zk+cxEdMRAhqcAKDPXVPgiHUsAWIuzHjbHjXK0YDJOwCgh+Sn UMn+njTMD6ZCiPGfgoLAzKA= =ESRJ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] urpmi question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 9 Jan 2004 21:51:37 +, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] urpmi question: >No, it's not. So what the heck was it preparing? Never mind - I'll >leave it for tonight, then I'll go back to the gui. At least I can >understand the messages there. You could try copying the file from the CD to a home directory; I had one CD in a previous version that always had read problems. Moreover you could check the file`s integrity with rpm -K awe* If it still fails you might have a corrupted rpm database (which I experienced several times in MD 9.1), but this can easily be fixed by: rpm --rebuilddb HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE//ygQwC/zk+cxEdMRAqWkAJ9kO3IPIiw508uqcd90KlhZ4rj0QACguiiG p01ayT5Z9/5K/bUQcR1MME8= =Ma4p -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to search text
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 03 Jan 2004 14:48:36 +, John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] How to search text: >>>One question though, in my example >>> >>>man mencoder >>> >>>then /AC3 >>> >>>it highlighted an instance, >>> >>>but suppose there were more than one instance, how does it behave, I >>>mean I suppose it goes to the first instance, and then waits for you to >>>ask for the next , how do you do that ? You might like yet another way to search manpages: if you like to use KDE and/or Konqueror (I don`t, I use IceWM and Firebird), you could start Konqueror, type in the location bar: man:programme_name and press the `Find` icon and enter whatever your looking for. HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/9wxAwC/zk+cxEdMRAsSXAJ4yprov8ARWS/QZiYzBzGN2zE6mrQCfSWb8 vYLu/E6RlQXf3sCTLvNbFkE= =G4mi -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] How to search text
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 02 Jan 2004 17:22:25 +0200, robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] How to search text: >John Richard Smith wrote: >> How do you search a manual for specific references without having to >> eyeball the entire document. >> >> I'd like to scan man mencoder for references to AC3 >> >> surely there must be some simple way of doing this When you access a man page, as in: man anything you can then type /foo and it will highlight all instances of `foo` and take you to the first one. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/9ZoZwC/zk+cxEdMRAjjMAJ9en0CNdW5om5GNWifaMLaWFZ11ygCeLQ8v ihhP2g56efrIGRQqaEg+heA= =mrXm -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Fw: GnuPG keys for Cooker packages not on keyserver?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:31:18 +, Dick Gevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Fw: GnuPG keys for Cooker packages not on keyserver?: >In connection with Anne Wilson`s request I put some changes on the twiki >page: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/GnuPG > >and as promised, I sent following request to the Cooker list. >However, as these are so called `public keys` I wonder why they aren`t >available on the usual keyservers, in particular at >hkp://www.mandrakesecure.net:11371 Today Frederic Lepied <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied that the keys have been uploaded there. Anne, I will adjust the twiki page accordingly. HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/7FRNwC/zk+cxEdMRAnqbAKDi9NS4VOWZ1ef/qfSi4mG0zf1VvACg6hqf pvvkHpy9EunT3/B2k8pA5Vc= =ZDC0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Named question...
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 1 Dec 2003 23:42:52 -0500, "Ronald J. Hall" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Named question...: >When I shutdown under v9.2, I get a "failed" message when it comes to >"named". It actually gives 3 "failed" messages at different times. The >shutdown continues okay, but I've not had these messages under any other >version. Better late than never: I had the same; also at boot time. Now I upgraded to bind-9.2.3-3mdk.i586.rpm from Cooker (also requires: bind-utils-9.2.3-3mdk.i586.rpm and libidnkit1-1.0-1mdk.i586.rpm) and the problem is gone. HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/7DoYwC/zk+cxEdMRAsbQAJsH4pdJsMuGkx1A5YWgA1Y28ankJgCgjfqK URep21QMymFG8xTTEQ2m4dg= =p1v6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fw: GnuPG keys for Cooker packages not on keyserver?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, In connection with Anne Wilson`s request I put some changes on the twiki page: http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/GnuPG and as promised, I sent following request to the Cooker list. Regards, =Dick Gevers= Begin forwarded message: .-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-.-. Date: Tue, 23 Dec 2003 20:23:42 + From: Dick Gevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: GnuPG keys for Cooker packages not on keyserver? Hello, There`s been a lot of discussion about the GPG signatures on Cooker packages already and I noted they are now available in the `base` directory of various FTP servers (key 0x26752624). However, as these are so called `public keys` I wonder why they aren`t available on the usual keyservers, in particular at hkp://www.mandrakesecure.net:11371 In fact, I could upload them there myself, but that`s not considered a polite thing to do. So I would like to ask if they can please be uploaded at least to Mandrake`s keyserver. Thanks for considering same. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/6KUawC/zk+cxEdMRAkDzAKDija2yc8AZ14ctFVBsjW3cWNazagCdHf88 74U0NOlPxN6mwXmgRKzU/Dc= =1bt3 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Guarddog (was: Ownership changes on its own)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 08:15:36 -0600, Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Ownership changes on its own: >If I were to criticse Mandrake, it would be for not installing >iptables by default when a lan and/or Net connection is >configured during the install. I think a very simple firewall >rule generator like Guarddog would be a good default choice too. >Point'n click fairly intuitive setup for iptables, even for those >very new to Linux and security. I completely agree with you on that; however there`s no rpm for 9.2 available, so my guarddog v. 2.2.0 is compiled from tarball. In fact I was already considering putting it up for RPM voting in MandrakeClub, because I didn`t find it there yet. Your message made me decide to actually do it. Any interested members are invited to cast there votes. Thanks and regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/5c6xwC/zk+cxEdMRAk55AKCC0FD84fAjegH0Rg/RXA/oqpTkWgCgs4B0 khxuhd/xnSfyBAn7IA2zpdQ= =m3S8 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ownership changes on its own
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 21 Dec 2003 01:16:43 +, Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Ownership changes on its own: >Dick, my understanding is, that msec is a Mandrake "add-on" to the >general linux security. Thank you, both E. Hines and Kaj, for the clarifications! As you may have guessed, I personally have no problems with msec whatsoever (after some fine tuning). >And on a lighter note : Recently I purchased a HP box for my >daughter. Naturally it came with WindowsXP pre-installed. You have my sympathy; but I don`t think it`s natural ;-) >She is >now 16 years old and has been using Linux all her life. Lucky girl! >Now, she is all back on her /dev/hdb ( which has Mandrake 9.1 on >it). And she has a /dev/hda (with WindowsXP) for a bargain sale. > >Want to buy ? If you leave out the /dev/hda, I`ll consider it. What hardware specs.? Ciao, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/5TWEwC/zk+cxEdMRAlXKAJ9umf/Sf2CV2x0IDB6xLlZCpCEsMQCeP8A0 Wm+OHT8abF5MYCrMpc/s5f0= =XoKv -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Ownership changes on its own
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 18 Dec 2003 19:10:58 -0800, "E. Hines" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Ownership changes on its own: >That is msec at work. For the record, the entire /usr directory (and /usr >subdirectories) should be owned by the root user. If you understand linux >security, and don't want to use msec at all (I HATE msec), you can turn it >off (as root) by editing the name of the msec executable in /sbin -- >changing the executable from "msec" to "DISABLEmsec". That will stop msec > >from running and replacing your permissions with what it feels are the >proper ones for your directories. CAUTION: You should have an >understanding of the workings of security and permissions if you disable >msec. I am sorry, but I don`t understand this advice. Some time ago I came from Windows, because my complaint was, amongst others, it`s lack of security. Now I am finally on a secure system (Linux) and we get an advice to turn off completely one of the main features of Mandrake`s security. Are you 100% sure that that is sound advice?? I would think that it would be better, if one must adjust the security, to go into Mandrake Control Center --> Security --> DrakSec and DrakPerm and change anything that you can`t do without and leave the rest unchanged. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/5NH5wC/zk+cxEdMRAkmZAKDC4Xye3m+azyBQ9xgomICszmNvZQCfRM8l ibCpbVDGrGMIqycEs/rmtlw= =aS6Z -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mozilla in 9.2 - Tendency to Crash or Freeze
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 20 Dec 2003 08:03:06 +, Graham Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Mozilla in 9.2 - Tendency to Crash or Freeze: >However, the Mozilla build 1.4 that comes with it is giving me problems. >I have it set to open the mail program first and this usually starts up >OK. The problem arises when I use the browser which tends to crash the >whole program and I have to kill it. Sometimes it works for a while, >sometimes not but eventually it either closes on its own or freezes. > >Is there any way I can fix this or should I look at installing a newer >version? (Which looks like rather a lot of hassle unless it's the only >way.) I have exactly the same problems with the browser (don`t use the mailer): you might want to take a look at Anthill where I reported it as # 177: http://bugs.mandrakelinux.com/ Higher versions of Mozilla did not change anything for me. Upon advice I got locally I downloaded Firebird v. 0.7 from mozilla.org and installed it completely in my home directory and I am very satisfied: it never crashed and is much faster than Mozilla. But there is no mailer included with firebird. HTH =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/5BKPwC/zk+cxEdMRAmYTAJ40tz54O9v99dLXuW9E43u2ohlehACeNGpX 2b+jhFMnQEKK4O6QCMhYcrU= =sX/L -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Starting DSL connection as user
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 19 Dec 2003 20:18:33 +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christoph Eckert) wrote about [newbie] Starting DSL connection as user: >I guess it's a sily question, but anyway ;-) : The only silly question is the one that isn`t asked :-) >How can I set my Mandrake 9.2 so a normal user can connect and >disconnect the DSL line? > >Currently I have to do this as user root. > >I read a lot and tried to set the rights of /etc/init.d/adsl, >but this didn't help. I don`t think it is wise to change the permissions on files like that. All processes which only root can start, can also be assigned to users on a per person basis. For this exists the function sudo. Please compare man sudo (and man sudoers, man visudo, see below). Basically all you have to do is enter the user name and command in the file /etc/sudoers, for example, in my case: # user alias specification dvg dvg=/sbin/ifdown eth0 allows me (dvg) to close my connection via ethernet port 0, if I use the command: sudo /sbin/ifdown eth0 Each command you want to allow the user to execute, you should add a line according to the above pattern. To add these lines to /etc/sudoers the file should be edited *only* with `visudo`, which is vi editing sudoers. But if you are by chance not familiar with vi, you might do it with any other editor, provided that you follow it up with the command `visudo -c` which will check if the changes are entered correctly. When this is completed, the user can execute the commands that are permitted with his *own* password. If any command is followed within 5 minutes (default setting) by another sudo command, the user`s password needs not to be entered again. Also, you could consider entering shorter aliases to the sudo commands in the user`s .bashrc. I have for example for the above command: alias ethdown='sudo /sbin/ifdown eth0' and if you have to enter a string of commands, you could make it even easier, like: alias netstop='ethdown && sudo command2 && sudo command3' HTH =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/5A9JwC/zk+cxEdMRAmNfAJ9Qw88n4nEcVyJWYGjTzXBjesP6bACfcTcG tenDy0b6fjVBbZyEJ8sQvwg= =zf0O -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bit Torrent installation
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 13 Dec 2003 14:27:14 +, "Martin Brandt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Bit Torrent installation: >Im trying to install Bit Torrent (bittorrent-3.3-3mdk.src.rpm) on mandrake >9.2 for Mozilla 1.5. >extracted the files (to /usr/src/RPM/SOURCES) untarred >BitTorrent-3.3.tar.bz2 then i added "application/x-bittorrent; >/usr/src/RPM/SOURCES/BitTorrent-3.3/btdownloadgui.py %s; test=test -n >"$DISPLAY"" like the install file says. So i try to dl some torrent, >Mozilla detects it when i click the torrent (open with Bittorrent etc) but >when i do it just dls the script of the torrent in Download Manager. In my experience BitTorrent is not compatible with Mozilla. For me it worked only with Konqueror when Mandrake 9.2 appeared. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/20F/wC/zk+cxEdMRAjJ2AKCtMt63tQlNOqF3tvXX0ZIfblHd4wCfbVJT AaGnJSJkhJPfxiEGGoIZtWI= =9+5t -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad signatures in 9.2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wed, 26 Nov 2003 14:18:48 +, Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Bad signatures in 9.2: >I installed the download edition of 9.2 from magazine cover disks, but >KPPP did not install. So I installed it from the CDs using MCC. When I >installed it, there was the "bad signature" message, which I ignored. I >could not understand why there was this message with a package which >was on the CDs. I then downloaded and installed the security updates >(which were clear of the error message). Next I downloaded and >installed a package from "Contrib" and got the error message. > >Then I downloaded and installed all the other updates. These too were >clear of the signature error message. > >Now, installing packages from the CDs don't give the "bad signature" >message, but installing packages from "Contrib" do. > >I was wondering why the "Contrib" repository was giving the error >messages with Mandrake9.2, when it didn't with earlier versions. Should >I try to solve the bad signature message problem, or ignore it? That >was the reason for my posting. I hadn't seen anyone else reporting this >happening. > >Hope this is a bit clearer. Okay clear. There are 2 separate things here: packages on CD for which the signature checks and packages on the same CD`s for which the signature does not check. In principle that ought not to be possible, but, I have the same CD`s and see on Installation CD No. 2: kdenetwork-kppp-3.1.3-37mdk.i586.rpm when I go to /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS and type (as root) rpm -K *kppp* I get: kdenetwork-kppp-3.1.3-37mdk.i586.rpm: (sha1) dsa sha1 md5 gpg OK so the signature *is* okay. If I go into MCC -> Software management -> Software Media Manager -> Manage Keys I see that CD # 2 has the original MD key # 70771FF3 next to it. So I can only assume that if and when you have bad signature message that at that time your rpm database was corrupt or the key was not associated to CD # 2. As far as the Contrib & Cooker packages are concerned, I understood that had been a lot of discussion about those, and it will apparently not be possible to authenticate them all (this isn`t new, the same applied to 9.1 packages in these categories). However if you look at the information page per rpm in rpmsearch (e.g. on MandrakeClub) you should see already mention of the key with which it has been signed, if any and if so which. In the latter case you can obtain the key as previously described and add it to your rpm-keyring. If it is not signed at all, you should consider whether or not you want to install it. If it has a high securety impact for you, you should not install an unsigned package. In such case, PH you might ask the contributor to add his personal GnuPG signature to the package. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/xQOZwC/zk+cxEdMRAmj/AKCB98v5S0+b+GhiHG+3mHUr9UYjnACgiSR6 IyXG6GniGqAKCJGgfxdXKI8= =VhDI -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad signatures in 9.2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 - -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 25 Nov 2003 08:44:59 +, Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Bad signatures in 9.2: >> >However, if I try to install anything from the rediris "contrib" >> > mirror, I get the "Invalid Signature" message on each package. But >> > they will install if I ignore the message. I didn't get these >> > errors with 9.1 >Dick, thanks for your reply. The help is appreciated. > >I have now installed all the updates (which took several hours - hence >the delay in replying to you) and have then installed a package from >the CDs. There is still the same "bad signature" message. As I wrote >before, I haven't had this with the CDs from earlier versions. Not >tried installing any more packages from "Contrib" yet. > >So I will now go through all you have suggested and see if it can be >solved. Otherwise I will have to ignore the error messages, but I would >rather not get them! Maybe I`m daft, but I don`t understand what you`re trying to do: you say you have already installed the updates (presumably ignoring the error messages for absebce of sigs.) and now you want to check the signatures *afterward*? I understand it will give a sense of comfort afterward, but the security would be in checking during (or in my previous example before) installing the package. If rpm does not have the sig. in the keyring it must be imported, otherwise the sig. can`t be checked. You asked for the simplest way, so that`s what I gave you, IMO. But you might also manage the keys via MCC --> Software management --> Software media manager--> Manage keys. HTH regards, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See header <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/w87mwC/zk+cxEdMRAuz6AKCqqq7AnNYXdsi6c9F/M/UWHKAyXwCeMgLR jSPAvxBxz7wnagi7M4QcgtA= =Uuzi -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bad signatures in 9.2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 23 Nov 2003 09:56:07 +, Keith Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Bad signatures in 9.2: >However, if I try to install anything from the rediris "contrib" mirror, >I get the "Invalid Signature" message on each package. But they will >install if I ignore the message. I didn't get these errors with 9.1 First of all you might want to check out the errata page. Then you could use the trusted method (as root) of rpm -K foobar.rpm, which will tell you if the signature is there or not and valid or not, and the md5 sum is okay or not. If you urpmi packages, any signatures they contain should automagically be added to the keyring, which is now in a database managed by rpm, and no longer uses root`s GnuPG keyring. Moreover, it might help to update the rpm* packages, which have been published since 9.2 was distributed, should you not have done so yet. Under Mandrake Control Center the keys can be managed via `Software Manager` - --> `Software Media Manager` --> Manage keys... If you use rpm on the console, obtain the key (or export to file from keyring) and import the key to the rpm-keyring with: rpm --import foo.bar(.asc). HTH =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/wQ0/wC/zk+cxEdMRArWuAKDrJreKuCLp9XTNnZAclpsvv+7SswCgpGAS wfavRXpWz15/toiz0PfNubU= =+MzV -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: [expert] Sympa again ? ** Eric ** ?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 22 Nov 2003 08:41:25 -0800, Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [expert] Sympa again ? ** Eric ** ?: >I don't know about on expert, but your address was bouncing mails to >newbie a lot yesterday. > > The Postfix program > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host mx3.xs4all.nl[194.109.6.48] said: 550 >5.1.1 ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... User unknown > >I even sent you a mail asking about the address, but it didn't >bounce. Not sure if you got it? >I thought it was you, but wondered if you had switched addresses or >something... Most curious. My ISP I`m not about to switch. It was commonly judged the best in Holland, and my experiences are entirely positive. Never had any complaints about bounces. And yes I did get your brief note about bounces, but I was under the impression that it was broadcast to all subscribers and that you were checking which bounced and which not, so I trusted you`d not want to be deluged with positive answers. If I misread that and you *did* expect an answer, I am very sorry for the inconvenience. >I wonder how many servers screw up like that, since "User unknown" >is obviously not true... > >I wasn't realy following the thread, but did you check the archives >to see if the messages got thru to the list itself? >I think maybe they got there, but didn't get to you? I did check, but the archive was a day or two behind with its archiving work, so that told me nothing. In fact I sent them again via `forward` half a day later. Since then I have been outside Mandrake and/or away from my box till now. If you are convinced I should contact my ISP for malperformance I will, but as somebody (James Sparenberg?) on one of the lists remarked, it is entirely possible that a server in front of sympa which might be hickuping a little and not have an outside line available would cause a bounce effect to be recorded by sympa; or at least that was the way I understood his suggestion. In any case I appreciate all your efforts and I`ll pay more attention to your similar messages in the future (though I hope, naturally, that they shalln`t be necessary). Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/wQGUwC/zk+cxEdMRAq2aAJ9/lsOj6IdDEtPaWAsMs1h5WmP2HACfUzGw 7o/10LAqLkJAYDgchjgBL6w= =GMxm -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake installed! (sort of)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 14:16:00 -0800, Melissa Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Mandrake installed! (sort of): Hello Melissa, >In spite of my worries, curiosity (and your encouragement!) has caused >me to install Mandrake. Everything seems to have gone well. I have >no problem choosing either Linux or Windows at startup. However... Congratulations! >When I choose Linux, all goes relatively well [*], but then I get to >the big scary black screen that demands my "localhost login" and >password. Fine...I enter both, and then I see this: > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] melissa l$ > >I have no idea what to type next! :-) Nothing scary at all. You probably missed the question whether or not you wanted a graphical login. You can still change that. You`ll want to start the graphical, or X window server. Some installs have the package Xtart, but usually X will do as a start command: type: Xtart (case sensitive!) or type: X (capital X) not sure anymore what is in a pristine install: I prefer not to reinstall, always try to update. Wait a few moments and you will get a login screen for the username & password. >Since I can't get past this >point, I had to shut down the power (only way I could find to escape >this looming black hole). Pity, potentially you could damage something; but usually you wouldn`t. If you can`t get out in any way do [ Ctrl + Alt + Del ] and the box will reboot. After you login and before you logout please go to the `Configure your computer`, which you should find in the menu. If you happen to have been bit by the menu bug, please do [ Alt + F2 ], type in the command box `mcc` and enter. Give the root password you recorded during installation. Go to `System` and `Display manager` (traffic sign). Choose MdkKDM and press OK. Next reboot you should get the graphical login screen instead of the nice big black screen. >[*] As I was watching the boot up in "verbose" mode, while most things >displayed a nice green "OK", I did notice a couple of red "Failed" >items: > >Port Mapper >Random Number Generator You probably unselected the services during install. While in the same `System` screen of the MCC, press icon for DrakXServices and you get a screen showing all kinds of services which can / should or should not run. Select portmap and random, press Start for both and flag `On boot` for both. Enjoy! Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/uqFTwC/zk+cxEdMRAiXqAKDgHgw2g75u56GS92iUgBPc7ZI4fwCgqvzL ibNWJoaniUW2iMUKwyPKlhA= =/NB6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installation aborted - by me
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 12:07:05 -0800, Melissa Reese <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Installation aborted - by me: >The starter guide also suggests possibly changing a setting or two in >the BIOS in order to make the installation smoother for MDK. Since the >BIOS is, as far as I understand it (which may not be very far), a >system wide setting (affecting both hard drives, no?), I want to be >especially careful messing about in there. At this point, it is this >BIOS thing as much as anything else that concerns me. It need not necessarily concern you. I had the same worry for a moment when I installed 9.0 February last, and decided to try it first without changing the BIOS. It made no difference. If you should later find (not likely, but IANAE) that you do need to change that for any device, you`d only have to remember to change the setting at reboot time maybe, but chances are you`ll reboot less and less once you grow into Linux. Certainly not for hotfixes, secupdates and assorted other Redmond missives. And guaranteed never for a BSOD. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/un+xwC/zk+cxEdMRAv8HAKCsa3VqSNi/w+8eBam/IbJdqjqU+ACeKcUe liORdpqZz+tRVTJtlzChyV4= =bZnt -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Fw: Re: [newbie] Installation aborted - by me
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 18 Nov 2003 07:36:11 -0700, Nick Andriash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Installation aborted - by me: >> Choose the one you want for install, and make a partition for /home >> (so that if you get any data on it you will be able to re-install or >> upgrade without losing your data). I assume that since it is a whole >> disk you probably have plenty of room? Allocate 512MB to swap and >> create one bit ext3 partition for the rest. Mandrake will take care of >> everything else. > >I am soon going to try what Melissa is trying, so please bear with me >for a moment. Are you saying simply to create a 512 MB partition named >/home to store data in, as the 1st step during the installation? The >"one bit ext3 partition for the rest" is a little confusing for me, so >would you mind just going over that for a moment? Howdi Nick (And Melissa willkayakforfood), both from famous encryption lists ;-) I beat you to it by an 8 or 9 months: Linux is fun. What Anne said, was to create a 512 Mb swap partition (I chose 1024 Mb, `cause I have 458 Mb RAM with an aging Pentium II, it doesn`t matter immensely because I doubt I ever use all the swap), create one partition for your personal data: /home and put the rest of Melissa`s old 20 Gb drive in one partition of type ext3. Basically that`s not bad advice at all; for beginners excellent, in fact. But if you look through any Linux archives you`ll get umpteen variations of what is practical in sub-partitioning your various directories below `/`. If you haven`t already read it, you`ll find that all your Linux partitions get mount points below one `root`, no matter if there are virtual drives or hard drives. In fact your old windows partitions will hang on the same `inverted tree`, all in the branch called /mnt. IIRC Melissa uses WINXP, so if you don`t have any FAT or VFAT drives, you may wish to note that from within Linux you can`t write (or at your own risk; don`t!) to NTFS partitions. For that reason you may want to consider creating a smallish VFAT partitions on your system to interchange anything you`d like to take with you from a Linux session to a Windows session. Personally I have a derelict mini-windows `95 partition that I boot from and a couple of gigs in W2K space that I have to go to once a month to do some business with my bank via their win-type software. I have a few times used `explore2fs`, apparently without causing damage to my Linux system, which is a tool with which one can explore a Linux system and copy from it, but a friend of mine had lots of damage on his Mandrake Linux, so best be careful there. YMMV. Oh, and one more thing: if you happen to use Partition Magic to create a Linux drive (not that it`ll do you much good, but a nice way to start, have MD format it properly during install), please be forewarned that some versions of PM note partition table errors after installing a Linux system and PM will offer to correct the errors. Please do **not** take that offer. Let it be an error according to PM. Probably the warning will go away 1 or 2 PM sessions later. You`ll be glad you took the plunge. Ciao, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/unPswC/zk+cxEdMRApNoAJ94EmoR1230P26Pvi/dYo4/0jerjwCgwXOj 4OfkUk8YvgKXdands/FBf2A= =r9Wx -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] E-mail sound.
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 19:15:42 +, candlish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] E-mail sound.: >Abuse is always possible! Should this be the reason for a lack of >progress. Would you prefer to watch 'black & white' television, or limit >any other technical advance? > >Sound is already here and slots on e-mail clients could be small to >accommodate slender sound files until technology move forward. I believe I am going to the mailfilter-devel list to ask for a soundfilter. Or should I go to the audio store? ;-) BTW, please unset your `reply-to`. It upsets some people enormously. Cheers, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/uU/GwC/zk+cxEdMRAhDzAKCS10aAtNUyyPjtmK5y/vjOFsQ6twCfRaQz JPVRqKJkXUYLKMGgJprenxE= =4B+k -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reboot with 9.2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 12:00:32 -0500, Greg Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Reboot with 9.2: >The invalid key entry was not a problem with the packages, but you did not >have the Mandrake Security Team key in your keyring. urpmi automatically >adds the key when you set up a urpmi source, but you have to add it >manually if you don't use urpmi. If you download the updates to a local >source, also include the ../base directory, because that includes the key >and then you can just use urpmi.addmedia IIRCC this was also mentioned on the errata page (not intending to be accusing, though). I have added a few notes about the new way .rpm packages are authenticated on http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/GnuPG HTH Cheers, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/t/UXwC/zk+cxEdMRAkT3AKCOOeEuG8VOhNHjgq6bW7tctd56JgCgtI6j a5atSUfvpg3xh/0gv4WOJS0= =qxx4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Needed file
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:15:45 -0500, "Dave-Linux" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about RE: [newbie] Needed file: >Whenever you need some particular file like this, go to >http://rpmfind.net/, and type in the exact file name. You will get a >page listing rpms (usually compatible with most/all architectures and >distros) containing the file. Or try http://rpms.mandrakeclub.com, but I believe you should be a member, if you aren`r already ;-) Ciao, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/t+p5wC/zk+cxEdMRAl9PAKCYzWCQZebkXsGzVyrWeQ1B4phPCACffOJ1 AvIwGE8053IF0uyy03phxvE= =wEla -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] gnome & authentication keys & 9.2 issues
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 16 Nov 2003 13:07:01 +, Inhabitant of Zion <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] gnome & authentication keys & 9.2 issues: >The one problem that I also have is gnome now when loading takes >forever... the splash screen stays up for ages at the bit about loading >the authentication icon... sometimes it does not load and other times >it loads twice and gnome does not seem to happy. When I started Gnome yesterday for a while via GDM I saw that ssh had also started !? When via KDM or Mdkkdm I believe it doesn`r, but I could be wrong; `cause I rarely use Gnome: IceWM is my favourite. HTH Ciao =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/t+mlwC/zk+cxEdMRAvjEAKDLaKioPCNOzVtS2ckIKBo2uT0nHQCg6mUC QJ6vv845yA0nJZcUCe7RTw4= =vUjI -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] broken sym links (was many perl things broken)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Richard, On Wed, 12 Nov 2003 23:51:36 -0600, "Richard Babcock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] broken sym links (was many perl things broken): >here is what I found >#ls -la /usr/bin/perl >#lrwxrwxrwx1 root root5 Nov 3 07:23 >/usr/bin/perl -> perl5 >#ls -la /usr/bin/perl5 >#lrwxrwxrwx1 root root9 Nov 3 07:22 >/usr/bin/perl5 -> perl5.6.1 >#locate perl5.6.1 >#(nothing) >#locate perl5. >#/usr/bin/sperl5.8.0 >#/usr/bin/perl5.8.0 > >does this mean that the symlink is looking for 5.6.1 and I only >have 5.8.0? >is it easy to change or replace the symlink? Yes, it should be: # cd /usr/bin # rm perl5 rm: remove symbolic link `perl5`? y # ln -s /usr/bin/perl5.8.1 perl5 That should do it. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/tfg4wC/zk+cxEdMRAs0kAJ9ZqiF/qIYVk3MwlsAr0Hn17nZcxACdE7KK Z/uEQEfj1Sb2u9/sDBD8sqw= =gqIc -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mozilla disappearing on me
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, Normally I never have a problem with Mozilla. Now 2 days ago she started to fail me: when I do a google and press `next` at the bottom to go to the 2nd search results page she just stops running and disappears from view. Sometimes it doesn`t happen but then it happens when going to the 3rd or 4th page. When I try to open any site at sourceforge the same happens: as soon as the page is supposed to appear, mozilla fails. When I look at the output of `ps -e` within a second later all instances have already gone. Not even a defunct thread remains. On the other hand I can easily navigate throughout MandrakeClub or open other pages via shortcuts in Google. I was using the version packed with 9.2: mozilla-1.4-13mdk.i586.rpm and uninstalled it and installed -1.4-16.i586.rpm from Cooker: same results. Then I uninstalled that and replaced it with the `unsupported package` mozilla-1.5-0.92mdk.rpm from MandrakeClub: same result. I tried all versions with my usual ~/.mozilla folder and with a new one, that makes no difference. I uninstalled the plugins: no difference. Naturally I accompanied each with the appropriate libnss & libnspr packages. The only thing which I know happened when this started was that I accidentally deleted all my cookies. But I reinstalled them from a tarred home directory which was ~2 weeks old. It made no difference. It can`t be the cause, `cause running with a brand new ~/.mozilla directory gives the same result. The browsers with the Mozilla rendering engine Epiphany and Galeon now have the same nasty behaviour. I still have Konqueror, which I don`t like very much and Nautilus, which I don`t want to use. Opera is not a favourite either. I have no clue how to debug this, but I want my Mozilla back. Does anyone have any ideas which could help me in that direction? Thanks beforehand! I am running kernel 2.4.22-21mdk, have sufficient drive space and swap room and ample memory installed. Normally my wm is IceWM, but I get the same results under Gnome and KDE. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/tVb5wC/zk+cxEdMRAhGPAKCZfwvjMpTL6f4S9L9oAYlYLUP6OQCfd6Ny p2bkpoDHrLVHZIgtGZhzsio= =fOlX -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ** LIST ISSUES: PLEASE READ **
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Fri, 14 Nov 2003 08:47:46 -0800, Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] ** LIST ISSUES: PLEASE READ **: >I deeply apologize if i nuke anyone by accident. If i do, please >let me know, and i'll resub you if you haven't beat me to it. :-) Do you think that if they have been unsubbed that they`ll be reading this??? Take care, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/tVE2wC/zk+cxEdMRAjFdAKCDfABi4OdhC7ZbtTto787ocS220QCfRxG+ CFf6iUQjROgj87j5tp2KI/M= =kCyi -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 9.2 questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 12:56:40 +, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] 9.2 questions: >On Tuesday 04 Nov 2003 11:51 am, Graham Watkins wrote: >> >> Excuse the interruption Anne, but does this mean that 9.2 has UDF >> read/write capability? >> >> If this is true then it's what I've been waiting for this for >> years. UDF is currently the only thing for which I need Windows. >> >As I understand it, udf support was added to the kernel in August. >It's disabling this support that Mandrake are having to do. I understood Thomas Backlund is soon to release a -tmb- kernel with UDF capability. Regards, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See headers... <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/qB8IwC/zk+cxEdMRAvHAAJ9yepOOW+D3gBc+fIVRSC8pnIQrjwCgwfDD ovHhX40BFLtBVhPxRNSynCI= =zz2V -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Lilo appends under MD 9.2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 4 Nov 2003 13:09:47 -0600, Tom Brinkman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Lilo appends under MD 9.2: >http://www.ussg.iu.edu/hypermail/linux/kernel/0310.0/0521.html > > Which was returned by Google when I noticed the change an also was >curious. It is used by the Mandrake installer if it even suspects >your hardware will not fully support ACPI as currently implemented in >Linux kernels. IOW's, for Mandrake, one less user support issue >(headache). Thanks Tom! Apparently your Google is better than mine :-) (Or should I say: you are a better googler :-) ? Cheers, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/p/3kwC/zk+cxEdMRAp+aAJ9RYKr1TEnm+9iGQdmtCsClFZOzXgCdFLmO dYetSBxsVFP6H8IxeVX8XNQ= =F57l -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Lilo appends under MD 9.2
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, In my /etc/lilo.conf all boot options were written with append messages acpi=off. with the lilo version under Mandrake 9.2 this was changed during install to ...acpi=ht. Neither in the documentation, nor when googling do I find any explanation for this. I only found a couple of messages in the Cooker archive stating that it must be `acpi=ht`, but I am curious what is the meaning; what is the difference with `acpi=off` ? Also, I find that install wrote a new message `resume=/mnt/hde16`, which wasn`t there before. My swap partition is on /mnt/hde16. But again, I would like to know what this `resume` message means and what it does. If anybody knows, I`d appreciate hearing it. Regards, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See headers <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/p+uGwC/zk+cxEdMRAqctAJ9cuwWNysUguFCKkWsizv999m9e0ACfX9G1 tMnxKrQRnKj5XESn0dmLmyk= =IJoX -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Fatal server
Hi all, I managed to royally mess up my MD 9.1 just before finishing my BitTorrent download and while waiting for my PowerPack to be shipped :-(( Somewhere I found an advice that all font names should have small letters in their names. As not all my fonts were working, I launched Krename and changed the caps to small letters, while waiting for BT, this was probably the stupidest I could have done! I noticed my fonts changing, but not improving. Today I had to go to Windows to do my bank payments. Afterwards I couldn't start X any longer. I found an X error reading i.a.: quote Using vt 7. Could not init font path element unix/:-1, removing from list. Fatal server error: could not open default font 'fixed'. unquote Restoring all fonts from tarballs I had put on cdrw before upgrading to 9.2 didn't help anything. I googled for the problem and found several answers, such as: *directory / is full: not in my case (> 3 Gb spare); *restart xfs server; I already tried that in runlevels 3 and 5. * reinstall XF86 packages: did that; didn't help. * I restored /etc/XF86Config from tarball on cd: didn't help * another answer said to delete reference to default font in XF86Config, but there wasn't any, except for an "other" Mandrake font server. In each case I restarted the xfs server and tried to start X, but it failed. In the last case I waited 10 to 15 minutes and saw an occasional attempt by X to start up (a few coloured lines showing or very fast falshing by of my last terminal screen), but nothing helped. I should very much appreciate it if somebody can advise me how to get back in my Mandrake with X. Thanks in advance. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= -- Registered Linux user # 309037 (forced to use Windows) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Prepare for 9.2 - partitions & backups
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:27:40 -0400, HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Prepare for 9.2 - partitions & backups: >On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:47:11 + >John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered: > >> >> Each to their own, but I would not have so much space devoted to one >> task. Much more convenient to measure out your hard drive into >> practicable spare partitions, with seperate mount points.Then you can >> use each spare partition for what ever task you like. >I think this is why the traditional setup, AFAIK, has always been >somewhere close to one /, one /swap, and one /home (sounds like a George >Thorogood song...). Keep it simple. Especially since in Linux, there is >really no problem with even running apps from yer home dir; my WM even >runs from ~/. > >I wouldn't argue against perhaps leaving 5 or 10 GB unpartitioned for >future use, but having too many partitions can get confusing for the >average user, if any of us can be called average ;-) I would choose a middle ground between what John and Haywire are saying in case I had that many GB to play with and that big folders around: you could put /home on one large partition, /home/username/music on another partition and/home/username/videos on a 3rd partition, etcetera. In every day use they would all be transparent as part of one /home/username folder, but avoid the permissions juggling that John has to go through. In a similar vein I made a separate partition for /usr at one time, but with all the programs I am trying the spare room is going fast. So at one point I may put /usr/lib, /usr/share and/or /usr/X11R6 on separate partitions. This is another reason that Linux is much better than Windows: here we have one tree; in winblose I used to have partitions C:\ upto S:\ on 3 different HDs & 2 CD player/burner. Once you`re done setting it up I find it`s much easier to navigate. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mXGQwC/zk+cxEdMRAh+lAKDV5XiZk2NUVrkzRcoB8t+WB60PBgCgwqwK lU2NE8kYNxZlN2yWlvqZs4g= =07Za -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:16:22 +0100, Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: >As a workaround use the command >urpmi.addmedia Club --wget >http://user_name:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/downloads2/comm/9.1 with >./hdlist.cz > >If you have an update mirror defined then :- >urpmi urpmi >will update urpmi itself, and the workaround is no longer needed. Please disregard my ramblings on this topic. I didn`t pay enough attention: I must have been too long out in the cold today painting my house and should be asleep. Sorry. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mFiEwC/zk+cxEdMRAgaOAKCkKjGucwx1O4tgPRNOL1QqF4WruwCeI766 0AdTFJua+Pc19LwfuSkimwc= =lCH4 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:47:05 +, Dick Gevers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: >On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:35:21 +0100, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: > >>Hmm - I wonder then why I couldn't add the club source, then? > >I suppose because it doesn`t directly give access to the files: if you >search an rpm and click at the title page of the rpm you want, it creates a >list of mirrors where you can obtain it. So it`s not a direct source by >itself. What`s more, I should`ve added: if you look up a package in Club you get all versions, older MD, current, Cooker, etcetera. So you could never use it as a source for your current version of Mandrake. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See headers... <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mFXhwC/zk+cxEdMRAuSSAJ0ZfpyNt2Nr8q0Z3CxxQWBY5kO73ACgjZ0W PpW8fA5WqnWbaUcIRS+nAVE= =gXV0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Anne, On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 22:35:21 +0100, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: >Hmm - I wonder then why I couldn't add the club source, then? I suppose because it doesn`t directly give access to the files: if you search an rpm and click at the title page of the rpm you want, it creates a list of mirrors where you can obtain it. So it`s not a direct source by itself. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mExXwC/zk+cxEdMRAniIAKCwxKABO3+pkOfLggz68n318e3zTACg59ER 8TWKTWHIM8qHNRqnZYGJzxk= =AWpH -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] total newbie questions
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:14:40 +0100, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] total newbie questions: >Isn't it necessary to do some sort of login for the club downloads? Only if you delete the cookies. It recognizes the club member by that. So if you login with your browser you`ll see you name on the front page (right hand near top). If you use another browser without the cookies it will see you as an `anonymous visitor` or sormething like that. Ciao, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See headers... <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/mENWwC/zk+cxEdMRAmR4AJ9+lkE64F0gozyY368D1Y2uYmGQTQCffoBe q2oEEb4wGSin+U1EfUUJQ5M= =u4Z0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] BitTorrent
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello, On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 21:03:26 -0500, Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] BitTorrent: > >I've started mine back up. > > >On Wed October 22 2003 20:50, Dennis Myers wrote: > >> >> It appears that the number of folks remaining online as servers is >> decreasing. I have left mine going for about a week now and think that >> others should get back on to help the rest right up until 9.2 hits the >> shelves and the ftp mirrors. Come on folks, jump back in. HTH Thank you very much. Both of you and everyone like you!! I fired up my BT again, and indeed the rates have improved somewhat. The expected time needed for the balance now wavers between 135 and 170 hours. At least that`s a whole lot better than the 235 of yesterday. So I`ll try and keep it up as long as it takes. Mandrakians sure are a great team! Best regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/l398wC/zk+cxEdMRArwkAKCIeLvfCpz7rO1lBOvOL49SOnGjTwCfQT/E oqrkaLmTU/KKUD2arvJRYmg= =rvuF -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] BitTorrent
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi LeRoy, On Wed, 22 Oct 2003 22:15:23 - (UTC), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] BitTorrent: >Are you a member of "Mandrake Club" and trying to downlaod through the >"Special download mirror list exclusively for Club members"? That`s right. I am pleased with the advantages - see www.mandrakeclub.com, but first of all I felt I had to make a contribution to let Mandrake survive when it was in financial trouble earlier this year. >I ask as a >non-member who has been thinking of making the commitment. However, I am >quite pleased with 9.1, so . So am I; but if I can upgrade something to a newer version I rarely don`t ;-) Regards, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See headers <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/lwkGwC/zk+cxEdMRAqn6AKCUH7F0xdndi8bCkIh4RAjKV+RJewCeMNab uZrKk5YWxZkh8MiN8HtsgL0= =GawV -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] BitTorrent
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I am sorry to have to report it, but for me the BitTorrent download of 9.2 has been a bit of a disappointment: For 2 days I tried several versions via Mozilla without success. My own fault, I should have tested it earlier when I had a chance. Then I happened to find the BitTorrent-shadowclient plus I gave it a go with Konqueror. At last it worked and it started out reasonably well. The first 2 or 3 days my download rates sometimes went as high as 12 or 14 kb/s. Then it trickled down. My highs became 3,4 or 5 kb/s. Sometimes a little bit more, but never longer than a few minutes. Yesterday I was at 55%. Now I have only progressed to 59.2% and the trickle has slowed today to 0,1 or 2 kb/s. I have tried all settings: unlimited, dialup/isdn, cable/slow, cable/fast, etc. all with high, medium and low upload rates, high, medium and low number of uploads: but nothing makes much of a difference. When you change a setting it goes up for a little while, then reduces again too fast. I can see (in advanced) enough people still around with 100% download completed, but they almost all have an asterisk against `choked` or `snubbed`. I saw one guy coming by at rate of 2,100 kb/s. I was able to download 11 Mb from him, then he was gone... I tried setting my upload rate to 80% of max.: no result. I tried opening my ports 6881:6999: no results; no difference whatsoever. The`advanced` window kept showing only *L*ocally initiated loads, *R*emotely initiated did not appear. And yes, I did restart shorewall. I did it precisely as described in MandrakeClub. Also, BT didn`t continue through the night, as I had expected: if I wasn`t at the keyboard for more than 3 hours the programme stopped and the download as well (the connection stayed up!). This isn`t getting me anywhere, because the last estimate of bt-shadow was that I still had more than 235 hours to go, or ~10 days. I hope that by that time my powerpack cd`s will have arrived from Paris. Also in 10 days probably no one is around to torrent with. I just looked at the graph my ISP shows of daily consumption, and this confirms exactly the pattern: download rate went up on Thursday; Friday it maxed at ~470 Mb and every day after that it went down steady, even though I was connected 24 h/day. I have now used up about 1,800 Mb of my monthly ration with bt. At this rate, if I continue it would go up to over 3,000 Mb (this includes error checking, communication with other bt`ers etcetera), not leaving enough for the rest of the month and for consumption by the other members of my family. So, unfortunately, I have had to stop the download. On the positive side I found, I was glad to be able to upload almost 2 Gb to others. I hope this information is useful somehow. Meanwhile, I look forward to a package from Paris :-) Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/lvquwC/zk+cxEdMRArRTAKDZH2gADiHm6k9CNzK199xWmUTWgwCgxiZg kFN0lVrjGKpWAHWtGIL/D9g= =sXDO -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] GnuPG for starters on Twiki
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi all, At http://mandrake.vmlinuz.ca/bin/view/Main/GnuPG I wrote a few introductory words on GnuPG for starters on Mandrake. I would appreciate it if some of the experienced GnuPG users would have a look at it and let me know of anything that is incorrect or unclear. Feel free to mail me direct. Thanks and regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/koW9wC/zk+cxEdMRAnCGAKDjxpm1fXdjb1QJko9TkBLwE8ug6wCbB/ET TLnjy4b5Mb2OfFPU5iFas5E= =mhy6 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Patenting of Software Code
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Douglas, all, On 07 Oct 2003 11:22:06 +0100, Douglas Bainbridge <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Patenting of Software Code: >Unfortunately I was still working on a letter to my MEPs when the vote >was taken. Didn't get off my backside quickly enough, alas. >Do you think there would be any point in writing to them now? If so, any >ideas as to the best line to take? It`s not useless to send, `cause the EP vote is just a sort of advice to the EU Commission - as I understand it - which has to decide yet how they handle the proposed law. So IMO the MEP`s still need reinforcing, if only to give them unbiased awareness of what is at stake. Personally I found Anne`s letter so very good that I didn`t change a word; just added a few lines of introduction in Dutch. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/gxRfwC/zk+cxEdMRAjTdAKDrZcy2ikoEfBth+i7P0vjBlnUmrgCeL/kL bZw3pUK9wAZl2zk4w7Xs5PI= =yf3K -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] [Fwd: Patenting of Software Code]
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Anne and others, On Fri, 3 Oct 2003 20:45:25 +0100, Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] [Fwd: Patenting of Software Code]: > Holland has 30 europarliamentarians, but unfortunately only 19 show e-mail addresses on their introductory pages as listed by the EU. I wrote all of these, with a short introduction in Dutch and - I hope you can forgive me for this - quoted verbatim your letter in English (duly attributed to you). Apparently the other 11 MEP`s are not interested in being contacted by their constituentsgo figure. Best regards, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See headers <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/ftnGwC/zk+cxEdMRAqPSAKDZ4bzsUHisb8OBssHdlAVedxg/wQCg0RIW B8fPSrsbmwdP2+5BL9rUKZ0= =dhYR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Renew gpg key
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hello Fajar, On Tue, 30 Sep 2003 08:08:31 +0700, Fajar Priyanto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Renew gpg key: >Dear all, >I've just realized that today my gpg key is expired. >How do I renew it without importing and signing all my friends' key again? gpg --edit-key 0xdeadbeef expire Regards, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See headers... <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/eeXZwC/zk+cxEdMRAqEEAJ4qmIdYZJ/kxfDTwGTTArRe6kLKyACg62ah 4tSDsiM8riSff4NBXw2+uOw= =SbQE -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] keep password broken?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Lance, Richard and others, On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 17:15:54 +0100, RichardA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] keep password broken?: >Don't read man sudoers -- your head will explode. Pardon me for saying so but a/ there is no man sudoers, at least not on my MD 9.1; b/man sudo can be read for sure. If it looks too hard to comprehend remember to visit it at a later stage. IMNSHO I do believe an advice of `Don`t read man...` is not a good advice. I use sudo all the time and it`s a blast. In combination with that I made aliases for all of the sudo commands that I use and put them in my ~/.bashrc, for example: alias sps='sudo /sbin/service prelude status' BTW, don`t be turned off by the fact that /etc/sudoers must be edited with vi. If you are not (yet) familiar with vi, you can try editing with any editor and follow this up by a command `visudo -c` (in /etc) and this will check the syntax for you and report errors, if any. Finally, on a related part of the thread, I would like to point out that whether the `keep password` is flagged or not, the kdesu thread remains resident even if terminated, same with the gnome similar prog (can`t remember the name immy.). Probably the same phenomenon as the hour`s keep in memory that was remarked. As I don`t like zombie threads, I kill them asap. Lately I found it much cleaner to open a terminal window and `su` > pwd > appname& HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See headers ... <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/dVtJwC/zk+cxEdMRAq1iAKCZtAlwMENYL2kRBEcPwlGWAO9vbQCg49cE 7tuXuiIZuEtEJQWe/LnwFLc= =+hG2 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Very basic bash question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Julian, On Sat, 27 Sep 2003 03:49:26 +0100, julian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Very basic bash question: >> Often I am in /home/dvg/foo and want to move files from /home/dvg/foo/bar >> to ~/foo. I can`t find a command shortcut to do this. Until now I have >> had to work around by: >> cd bar >> mv file* .. >> s (=alias for cd ..) >argh, test worked ... didn't think it would. > >Anyway: >mv ~/foo/bar/file ~/foo >-should work from any directory. Clear. >If you were in foo you could use: >mv bar/file . Many thanks! That`s exactly what I was looking for. >- not /bar/file though as this would point to a directory called bar under >/- the . stands for the current directory. Sorry: the first `/` was a typo. >If you are moving files all the time you could do: >export foobar=~/foo/bar >- this sets the variable foobar to hold the path to save having to type it. >from then on you could use: >mv $foobar/file $foobar/.. This is also clear, but I don`t think I`ll be needing that much; see below. >If you wanted to you could edit ~/.bash_profile so that the variable foobar >is set when you start bash. add the following: >foobar=~/foo/bar >export foobar I use the `move from subdir to dir` in many different places - as they arise - - so indeed I could, but would have to set too many variables to be practical. >I'm reading through this basic stuff at the moment. You must be paying better attention than I. Thanks for your answer. Ciao, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See headers... <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/dQyEwC/zk+cxEdMRAmfMAJ4sfFxwXW7bXqummRVfoKhuC511GwCglWUA ENIDWRhwLeSnQNFIYPXdDzE= =in8G -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Very basic bash question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I studied the bash documentation reasonably thoroughly, including man mv and info mv, but I haven`t found the answer to this; so I am hoping for a simple answer here: Often I am in /home/dvg/foo and want to move files from /home/dvg/foo/bar to ~/foo. I can`t find a command shortcut to do this. Until now I have had to work around by: cd bar mv file* .. s (=alias for cd ..) Naturally I could have done: mv /bar/file* ~/foo, but sometimes my current prompt is several levels down and I prefer to keep it short and simple. I`m sure there is an easier way. TIA for your answer. Regards, =Dick Gevers= .> Mandrake visibility? See headers... <. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/dFb8wC/zk+cxEdMRAum9AJ92+9vZGP/8NSxZki68DxnZm83Q6QCgoIif aGogvymnC5ixKS4qwm3Cmk8= =nRjw -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Clearing URL-history in Konqueror Web Browser?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Mogens, Kaj and others, On Fri, 26 Sep 2003 14:06:33 +, Kaj Haulrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Clearing URL-history in Konqueror Web Browser?: >> > I don't seem to be able to clear the list of visited URLs in >> > Konqueror. Can anyone please tell me how to do this? >Right-click the address line, select "Empty content". Or, selectively: PF9 displays the navigation bar, click on the appropriate icon and sanitize what you want and leave at will. HTH Best regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/dFSewC/zk+cxEdMRAj+YAKCo19U6PiiY/vUnWTo8tWH1wVbi4QCgy9Lf gXbzrKZiT80kKxolVVMqFig= =sc2o -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Update to Cooker how-to?
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Dennis, On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 14:58:20 -0500, Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Update to Cooker how-to?: >Ya got me there, I don't think it is possible to do a group unless they are > >identified in such a way that you can call " urpme kde.texstar.rpms* " >since I have not used texstar rpms for some time I can not tell you if they > >retain some identifier after install. Somebody jump in here who knows, we >could use a little help here. Heck, I could use a little help everywhere. Do you mean you`d like to know which ones you got there? Didn`t urpmi leave a log? Or didn`t you keep backup copies of the downloads (which have a datestamp)? :-)) I got these on 31st July last: kdeaddons-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kdeadmin-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kdeartwork-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kdeartwork-kde-classic-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kdebase-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm > needs libqt3-3.1.2-9.1 (see below) kdebase-nsplugins-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kdebase-servicemenu-1.0-9mdk.noarch.rpm kdegames-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kdegames-devel-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kdegraphics-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kde-i18n-en_GB-3.1.3-1mdk.noarch.rpm kdelibs-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm > needs libarts-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm > needs libarts-devel-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm > needs libqt3-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm > needs libqt3-common-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm > needs libqt3-devel-3.1.2-9.1tex.i586.rpm kdelibs-common-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm kdelibs-devel-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm kdemultimedia-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kdenetwork-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm kdepim-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm >needs libmal0-0.31 kdesdk-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kdetoys-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm kdeutils-3.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm libopenslp1-1.0.11-3.1tex.i586.rpm openslp-1.0.11-3.1tex.i586.rpm also needed arts-1.1.3-1tex.i586.rpm lisa-3.1.3-2tex.i586.rpm mdkkdm-9.1-27mdk.i586.rpm which was in replacement of the 3.1.2`s I got from ibiblio earlier, as well as a few 9.1 originals/updates. The above is a part from my human-maintained logfile. It offers no warranty for completeness or compatibility with your box. Regards, =Dick Gevers= - -- Mandrake visibility?: see headers. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/bmW0wC/zk+cxEdMRAsziAKCPV5iLuf5d5dePqkS5fL1xaQCt5ACgxNZs 69BsBLRDGmx8mxOutBWgMIA= =9taQ -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Possibly OT - Returned Mail Messages of Unknown Origin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 22:40:19 +1000, Stephen Kuhn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Possibly OT - Returned Mail Messages of Unknown Origin: >There's a rule for that? Dang... >Just when I was going to fire a round of banter at Femme...dang dang >dang... Searchno RFC foundtwiking.nothing there.Anne?? (Hope she isn`t listening; or better yet, getting her bikini...). We have tropical temperatures this side o` the Channel, so.... BFN =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/bbj2wC/zk+cxEdMRAm3NAJ9GrNCHpbu6xfpn2Ynm6cRVLrRbBACeITWy xNiyvgk8O9HJaQ8YxmfY9XM= =thXF -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Possibly OT - Returned Mail Messages of Unknown Origin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Graham, On Sun, 21 Sep 2003 09:06:45 +0100, Graham Watkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Possibly OT - Returned Mail Messages of Unknown Origin: >Dick Gevers wrote: > >> Same here today. A couple early in the morning, and another string in the >> afternoon, all accompanied by fake Microsoft Security updates, and all >> the pairs had similar `return path` and/or `from` and/or `to`. >These aren't what I'm concerned about (although I have been getting them > - those are almost certainly virii). What I've been getting are > delivery failure messages I should`ve been more clear: one half of each pair I got yesterday was also a delivery failure message. But they were bogus ones. At first glance they were from some automated ISP programme but upon closer investigation revealed many discrepancies. Also they always had lots in common with the bogus Microsoft security updates which were sent at approx. the same time. > with no attachments which make me wonder if >I'm being used as a conduit for someone else's junk mail program and >that these return mail messages are a result of junk mails sent to email >addresses that are no longer in existence. > >Having said that, my firewall seems to be secure so far as I can tell. >Stephen suggested that I should have a look at my postfix setup but I >don't use a mailserver as my mail goes to and from my ISP via Mozilla >without any intermediary. Same here ISP <> Sylpheed, so it`s as good as impossible if your firewall is okay and your ports are closed when not needed. You did, of course, look at the message source to check for attachments ? (I don`t know how well Mozilla can hide them, I never used Mozilla mail). >As regards the suggestions for a vigilante organisation, I understand >that most of the big time spammers are based in Florida. I suggest we >start drawing up invasion plans :-) Okay, just give me some coordinates. There`s a co-worker vacationing there now. I could point her in the right direction (she`s very ugly and as strong as a horse). Ciao, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/bWv4wC/zk+cxEdMRAqibAJ44r9/cE3ApYkLPio6USmthi1kJNgCg4Ohs 6hyjkCH2AR8Oo9bMWv8sAUQ= =Mvjr -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Possibly OT - Returned Mail Messages of Unknown Origin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 20 Sep 2003 01:27:40 -0600, "Charlie M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Possibly OT - Returned Mail Messages of Unknown Origin: >> In the last few days, I've received about 20 or so returned mail >> messages that bear no relation to any mails I've sent. . >It's more likely someone that has your address in their Outhouse depressed >address book that has been co-opted by one of the rampant "little friends" >prone to attach themselves to Windows. It looks like a random "From" >generated by a worm I mean. > >If you ain't running the Virus Transport System it's unlikely to be >anything to worry about it. Just filter it. Same here today. A couple early in the morning, and another string in the afternoon, all accompanied by fake Microsoft Security updates, and all the pairs had similar `return path` and/or `from` and/or `to`. My suspicion is that these are directly coming from virus disseminators. They are lousy to filter (I am using `mailfilter`; see Mandrake Club RPM Voting), because each pair has a completely different set of headers, but they all come with the same approximate size (~140-160 Kb), have a windows executable attached and the fake M$ ones also have two .gif type pictures. Although my bandwidth is sufficient, I sure am in a killing mood as well, like some of the other honourable `newbies`. If anyone has a bright idea for a mailfilter rule, I am game. Ciao, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/bI3rwC/zk+cxEdMRArggAJkBKxfHCV/8Rna3tAd8/escEpOaQQCffW9e RosRe0ytDDZmxM31Pz6TVvw= =zuJT -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hostname
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 16:47:26 -0400, Lee Wiggers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Hostname: >How do I change the hostname, with or without webmin. I believe it is in /etc/sysconfig/network. But you can also do it via MCC > Network & Internet > DrakConnect. HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD4DBQE/SX4FwC/zk+cxEdMRArVUAJjQxsoJJ92yJS5zaSE/prfgWHfoAJ414zCo xSZrDzQfy2PKe/DzdATi6w== =P5WV -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] where to find rpm packages
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, On Sun, 24 Aug 2003 05:48:33 -0700 (PDT), Kurniawan Mitchell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] where to find rpm packages : >I have one packages missing in my linux mandrake ie: >lex package. Where can I download this individual >package ? > >I do not want to download the whole iso CD. There is no `lex` package. It is an executable that is part of the flex package. If you do not have it, look in any of the mirrors, e.g. : ftp://ftp.univie.ac.at/systems/linux/Mandrake/updates/9.1/RPMS/ and look for flex-2.54a.20.mdk.i586.rpm HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/SMH/wC/zk+cxEdMRArATAKCDB1sSoWVEquwYy1zhRMxuR+WwNQCZAdY2 WieAAAG6F5CKkMeaqaNpPTQ= =xqNx -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] kde 3.1.3
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Mark, On Sat, 23 Aug 2003 00:32:28 +0100, Mark Annandale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] kde 3.1.3: >Is there an easy way to upgrade my kde to version 3.1.3, assuming its >available for Mandrake 9.1. > >I have had a look at using red-carpet, but not sure it has up to date >sources as the version available appears to be version 3.1.2. RH won`t work under MD, I believe. If they aren`t available via MD itself you can get them from Texstar, these work fine: http://www.ibiblio.org/pub/linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/mandrake/9.1/rpms/ P.S. Please don`t set your `Reply-to` with your own address; I assume others might want to know the answer as well. Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/Rtq+wC/zk+cxEdMRAunyAKCIWKPPPoBN01sAAN5GVpn16jp9igCguMEN 0FncPzulCTMObGeXTRqEIis= =2aNd -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Browsers
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi David, On Wed, 20 Aug 2003 07:05:19 -0400, David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Browsers: >I though that it supported it by default also. The last time I logged onto >the bank (a week or so ago) everything was alright. Last night I >got: > >Unsupported Browser > >To provide maximum security and protection, Bank of America requires that >you use a browser that supports 128-bit encryption. > >We have determined that you are using Microsoft Internet Explorer Version >msie5.5. If you use Konqueror web browser you can set (per site) your Browser identification as being any version of MSIE 4.1 and up. Moreover Konqueror supports upto 256 bit encryption. I visit microsoft.com to get windows updates for my children and ms is fooled by the setting, so I am pretty sure BoA will be fooled just the same. HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3rc2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/Q30jwC/zk+cxEdMRAtpWAJ9Hd8/4f623f3sKTwjB0KFWeDWt4gCgjY2W FmDdZ7rM62wwuUImxPSViAg= =6k7O -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Missing libraries in M9.1
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tue, 19 Aug 2003 16:13:47 +, John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Missing libraries in M9.1 : > [EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# xcdroast >xcdroast: error while loading shared libraries: libgdk_pixbuf.so.2: >cannot open >shared object file: No such file or directory I once had a similar problem in a different context. Turned out I had /usr/lib/libgdk_pixbuf.so.2.0.0 When I made a softlink to that file under the required name the problem disappeared. >[EMAIL PROTECTED] root]# xsane >xsane: error while loading shared libraries: libpng12.so.0: cannot open >shared object file: No such file or directory There are several versions of this file in my same directory, some softlinked to others. Perhaps you can solve these problems by creating softlinks. HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3rc2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/QlwewC/zk+cxEdMRAuarAKDoStaGRX0yZ5z19292ignVw+Z6jACeIwKi 2vN4GXqwxOZt4ymCqh6iYyM= =Gbyw -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Installing downloaded rpm packages
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Mon, 18 Aug 2003 23:11:28 +0100, Nigel Wilkinson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about Re: [newbie] Installing downloaded rpm packages: >I believe this means there is no signiture in the rpm package. I normally >get a warning message with the option to stop or continue anyway. If there >is no pgp signature in the package you can't check it so either continue >anyway or don't get it. I have always just continued anyway with no problem >so far. Personally I find the programme has one shortcoming: if there is no GPG signature, it does not tell whether or not the MD5 checksum is okay or not. For that reason - when rpmdrake shows there is no GPG signature - I do an rpm -K *.rpm from the console, to at least verify that the checksum is okay. HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3rc2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/QXfowC/zk+cxEdMRAkQ2AJ9Cc7oeAThfmGPHFLRcp4+rVU8tnQCgx/Am 0Q9EN9kKu/EjNzV3S5xH8U4= =QZq9 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Rars & PDF files
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi Femme, On 16 Aug 2003 17:02:57 -0600, Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote about [newbie] Rars & PDF files: >can someone email me on or offlist how to work with these files in linux >pls? RTFM, instructions, URLS ..whatever welcome. I just know it has >been discussed on here but I don't have the time to look through the >archives at the moment. So forgive my laziness, lack of time, jab at me here>. :) .pdf`s can be viewed with xpdf or kghostview. The rpm`s should be on your Mandrake cd`s. Alternatively, www.adobe.com also provides a Linux version (5.0.8) of Adobe Acrobat reader (I was unable to get the Mandrake rpm or the previous versions from Adobe to work). .rar files are really for Windows. They can be extracted with `unrar`. I found unrar-3.2.0-fr1.rpm and IIRC it was on www.sourceforge.net. It works quite easily from the command line, the only odd thing is that the options work without dashes as usual, e.g.: unrar x foo.rar (not ... -x ...). If you don`t manage to find it I can mail it to you. HTH Regards, =Dick Gevers= - -- Registered Linux user # 309037 -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.3rc2 (GNU/Linux) Comment: Encryption is an envelope - the contents are private. iD8DBQE/Puj2wC/zk+cxEdMRAnYcAJoC1i8J1aVaj5M7UqdsZ1yw9htywwCeK7mD eEQ6F/P35FKX36G+DpuSTz4= =S5fR -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
