Re: [newbie] Where's the experts??
vern wrote: What has happened to the experts mailing list? No mail for almost 3 days! vern -- Vernon Stilwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hardinsburg, Kentucky[EMAIL PROTECTED] This email was created in a Micro$haft free environment! Silly hacker, root is for administrators! Hi, same for me. Nothing at all. Experts do not exist ! Eric
Re: [newbie] user window-sig
Hi Paul, I know..., also when open an xterm of course we can see the user with the prompt. for this an action must be done. What I mean is: for example a display in the panel displaying the currently user of the workstation same as the time display in the right corner of the panel. Eric Paul wrote: On Sat, 13 May 2000, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Hi, is there a way to see what user is actually running-on ? I mean on the workstation; on the panel or with a little widget/image. Eric HI Eric, I am not sure if I know what you mean, but this might help: run who -H in a terminal and you can see who is logged onto the system and what tty they use. Paul )0(---)0( Nothing is so smiple that it can't get screwed up. )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403
Re: [newbie] Server partitions
Add a /usr/local to preserve own progs. Eric Victor Richardson wrote: I'm doing a custom server install of Mandrake 6.1 for our office and was wondering about some partitions and their sizes. The server will only be accessed by 15 users (Win Mac) for basic fileshare and some scheduling/calendar app (Netscape). Anyway, I have a 9.1 gig drive and have; /boot - 23 meg /- 500 meg /tmp - 200 meg /var - 200 meg /usr -1500 meg /home - 6000 meg /swap - 250 meg My question is, do I need /usr/local or /usr/opt, and if so how big? If I do have /usr/local, does /usr need to be as big as it is? Please feel free to suggest anything, I could use the help. Victor
[newbie] Wrong Charset in KDE
Hi all, why get I always the message 'KCharset: Wrong charset !'. What did I wrong ? Thanks Eric
Re: [newbie] Sound Blaster And Mandrake 7.0
"A.CAnela" wrote: Hi, I'm a new Linux's user and I've installed Mandrake 7.0, but my system doesn't recognize my Sound Blaster AWE 64. How can I install it? Run 'sndconfig' w/c in console. Eric
Re: [[newbie] ISP NETSCAPE]
Look also at your resolv.conf AFTER (while) the connection with your KWvDial. He must be changed by your dialer. See what happen. Eric Michael Scottaline wrote: "Jeffrey Buckley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I finally got my computer to dial out connect to an ISP. I used KWvDial. Then once I connect, Netscape says that I'm not connected. Any Suggestions? Thanks! mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] == Edit your /etc/resolv.conf add: search your isp nameserver dns# nameserver dns# Your ISP should provide you with two dns #'s HTH, Mike ~~~ "I'd rather have a bottle in front of me than a frontal lobotomy." --Tom Waits ~~~ Get your own FREE, personal Netscape WebMail account today at http://webmail.netscape.com.
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Re: [newbie] Keyboard Problem in X
Anders Linden wrote: Ok, I have a problem with X-Windows How can I write the $, ] and } in X? When I try I only get a 4, a 9 and a 0. I'm writing this in the console, and as you can see it works fine there. I just can't get it to work in X (Using KDE). I've already tries to change the usual rows in the XFConfig file, but that obvioustly didn't help. I'm from Sweden, so I'm using the swedish keyboard layout, only if I change to english layout nothing happens either. Help wanted! Anders I had the same trouble and resolved it as follows: In console type X /var/log/x.out 21 ( nothing will be happen so type CTRL-C) Then read this file with your tex editor. Probably there is a message : .. no access to /var/ Because you logged in as user and have no access writing to this. So, set the permissions to the dirs as owner and group.(not to root) Let me now if it worked. Eric Hmm, well, I'm sure it will work, but I havn't got a clue what you mean. Could you explain a little better how I'm suppose to do it? Anders Ok, in console (not in X) type 'X /var/log/x.out 21' w/c. Normally you can't see what it is doing and nothing will be happen (system halted) so press CTRL-C. Now start X (startx). Read the created file '/var/log/x.out' with your tex-editor. Is there a message: The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports: Error Cannot open "/var/tmp/server-.xkm" .. ?? Eric
Re: [newbie] Install Problems
Paul wrote: On Sat, 22 Apr 2000, Matthew Clegg wrote: I'm completely new to Linux and am having difficulties with the Mandrake install program. When it gets to the point where it is supposed to test X no window appears and the install program does not go back to the previous step after a period of time as the manual says it will. I have tried several different resolutions all with the same result so I don't think that is the problem. I am running a Mitsubishi 15fs monitor and a S3 Trio32/64 PCI, and would appreciate any help or links to sites that may help. Sometimes it is better NOT to let the system probe the graphics card. I know that the S3 trio is supported. Try it again, don't let the probing happen. That should work (no warranty though, other things can be messing things up) Paul Right, skip the probe !! I had the same problem with my S3 Trio. Because I installed in TEXT mode, there you can skip it. Eric
Re: [newbie] Keyboard Problem in X
Anders Linden wrote: Ok, I have a problem with X-Windows How can I write the $, ] and } in X? When I try I only get a 4, a 9 and a 0. I'm writing this in the console, and as you can see it works fine there. I just can't get it to work in X (Using KDE). I've already tries to change the usual rows in the XFConfig file, but that obvioustly didn't help. I'm from Sweden, so I'm using the swedish keyboard layout, only if I change to english layout nothing happens either. Help wanted! Anders I had the same trouble and resolved it as follows: In console type X /var/log/x.out 21 ( nothing will be happen so type CTRL-C) Then read this file with your tex editor. Probably there is a message : .. no access to /var/ Because you logged in as user and have no access writing to this. So, set the permissions to the dirs as owner and group.(not to root) Let me now if it worked. Eric
Re: [newbie] Compiling from source - guess I'm just not getting it...
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just downloaded the Linux version of cthugha from the web - in tar.gz form - followed the installation instructions, and as usual, the program doesn't work - Can't seem to find the executable, when I do a Find Files in KDE for " cthugha* ", I don't find an executable that works - the closest thing I find is /usr/local/lib/cthugha-L, which I would assume by it's location is a library file - anyway, out of desperation, I tried running that file and got a segmentation error... This sort of thing happens every time I compile stuff from source - I guess I'm just not comprehending things here... I used to write c++ code in DOS, so this really shouldn't be such a problem for me - What am I missing I'm coming from C/C++ in DOS but it seems easier (see the makefile) There are some differences when compiling in Linux. Get a good book as 'Programming Linux' (ex.) When compiling are there some errors reported ??? Eric
Re: [newbie] Netscape
Hi all. Wondering why Netscape never goes to my home page upon loading. It always seems to go to some sort of internal 'about' screen. I HAVE set the preferred home page in preferences. If I click anywhere on the 'about' screen, then it goes to the home page. I don't know if it's the same under linux and Windows, but in Windows, in addition to specifying the home page, one must also select "Navigator starts with: Home page" ELB -- Eric L. Brine | Chicken: The egg's way of making more eggs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do you always hit the nail on the thumb? ICQ# 4629314 | An optimist thinks thorn bushes have roses.
Re: [newbie] installing failed :-(
Claus Atzenbeck wrote: I was trying to install Mandrake 7.02 on a Pentium-S machine. I don't get the graphical installer, probably because my memory is to less (16MB) or my graphic card is not good enough. I don't mind. It is running well until the point where Mandrake is supposed to ask me how to format the hard drive. Instead of this dialoge I only get the message: Error An error occurred no available partitions What is wrong?? What can I do? Thanks a lot for your help! Regards, Claus. -- Atzenbeck. Data structures design http://www.atzenbeck.de [He] took me into his library and showed me his books, of which he had a complete set. -- Ring Lardner is there a Linux partition available ? Did you make it ? Eric
Re: [newbie] installing failed :-(
Claus Atzenbeck wrote: On Fri, 21 Apr 2000, J D wrote: did you partition your hdd? or do you have an empty hdd? are you running any other os's? if you can, provide a little more info, and we'll see what we can think of. Thanks for you mail, also to Eric! Yes, there were no partitions available. I had good luck to have also SuSE here in order to format my hard drive. How would I be able to format my hard drive without any tool except Mandrake CD-ROM? The graphical installer provides partitioning hard drives befor installing, not so the text installer... :-( Regards, Claus. -- Atzenbeck. Data structures design http://www.atzenbeck.de 'Martyrdom' is the only way a person can become famous without ability. -- George Bernard Shaw I utilise the TEXT installation of mandrake (redhat) to do anything. In this mode you can partition your HD with FDISK and DISKDRUID : first : FDISK to do the partition; primary and extended. second: DISKDRUID making mount-points. After this go to the next menu who ask what mount-point you'll format; the first time ALL of course. Create at least following partitions and mount-points: /boot (must be primary partition.About 32M, to preserve several kernels, starting under the 1024st cylinder ) /( my case also a primary, +- 600-800M) 1 extended for the rest of your HD divided in: /usr(the big one, my case 3G) /usr/local (needed to preserve own data and programs; no reformat when a reinstallation has to be done) /home (not to be reformat when a reinstallation has to be done, so you preserve your locally work) /reserve (to allocate space for later use) So, this what I had done. Good luck. Eric
Re: [newbie] (newbie) Start-up Screen
Evan Holt wrote: Hi there, I think the start-up screens for Corel Linux and Storm Linux are great, where you get to choose your OS, rather than the cruddy text boot manager. Is there any way to make your own (other than using BootMagic)? Thanks, Evan You are right about Corel, very great choice ! To Mandrake for setup a similar start-up screen. Eric
Re: [newbie] (newbie] Yet Another Programming Question
Evan Holt wrote: Hi there, I'm a newbie to Linux, and I know that this might sound like a silly question, but I was wondering about Visual Basic for Linux. Now I know that VB is a Microsoft product so VB for Linux would be an oxymoron, but still, I'm a college student and would rather run it in Linux rather than Win98. So are there any rumours of development (third-parties)? Running it on Wine will be a chore for another day :-) Thanks in advance. Evan There is no need about a similar item like VB. Do it in 'C/C++'. There is many..many... good stuff for easy programming. Take a look at the 'C/C++ users journal'. Eric
Re: [newbie] Programming
Just some additional comments, mostly on perl. Perl is good, because it can be better than bash for some systems administration tasks. Plus, Perl has much functionality; it's definitely at least considerably powerful, and being a scripting language, you don't need to deal with compiling, which makes or can make it useful for rad (rapid application development). Scripting is very nice for many reasons, and Perl is a mighty scripting language. It is very good at text manipulation. Memory allocation and deallocation is a breeze. Definitely not the hassle it is in C/C++. It has a strong community. It has a huge repository of modules (CPAN). The perl home page: http://www.perl.com The Comprehensive Perl Archive Network perl module repository: (If you need it a module, it's probably there.) http://www.cpan.org - python (haven't done any work with python, but it seems to be used a fair amount - you'll find a fair number of python scripts, which has also been integrated with Perl), I don't know what you mean by it being intergrated with perl. They're two completely seperate languages. I'm just starting to read up on python. It could possibly be better than perl. At that level, though, you'ld want to learn some of the servers, Apache being a core one as far as internet/intranet development would be concerned. Perl has a module for interfacing with the Apache server, now, too. Apache: http://www.apache.org That module is mod_perl. http://perl.apache.org/ I suggest you get a good grip on perl before looking at mod_perl. Basically, it's an extention for the Apache web server that allows one to write extentions for Apache in perl. It's not a language, just an interface to Apache's API. It replaces CGI but does much more. (Actually, CGI scripts can be run over mod_perl provoding they meet some requirements.) mod_perl has an excellent mailing list. There's a fair amount of documentation installed on your Linux system, once Perl is installed. man perl That documentation is a reference, not programming lessens i.e. it assumes you already know how to program, and gives you the specifics of perl. If you're just starting out programming, then bash and Perl should be two good places to begin. If you do want to learn perl, the O'Reilley books (for perl and otherwise) are considered bibles. These should be available jus about anywhere. SQL is a 4GL, 4th generation language, and very English-like; therefore, it's not a monumental feat to learn. It's powerful, but there's much less need for developing programs to access, manipulate and store data. The underlying aspect with respect to data organization or normalization, though, is critical to developing good relational databases. However, it's limited to querying and updating databases. SQL commands are usually issued from other programs, written in C, perl, java, whatever. -- Eric L. Brine | Chicken: The egg's way of making more eggs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do you always hit the nail on the thumb? ICQ# 4629314 | An optimist thinks thorn bushes have roses.
RE: [newbie] HELP!!
To do this, there are several steps as follows: 1. set hidden and read-only files attibutes to 'archive' == attrib -r -s -h *.* You can also output the results to a file: 'attrib -r -s -h foo.txt' for later review. Do this for ALL the dir's. Take care of user.dat user.da0 system.dat and system.da0. Windz reset this files, so don't open windows. Do it in dos. Check some files when click on it and select 'properties'. 2. Defrag your HD with FULL screen, so you can see if files stayed at the end.(Takes several hours) 3. In dos run 'FIPS' (comes with your linux cd !) Now look what space is available. If there is not enough space, repeat all above and SEE IF THERE ARE FILES STAYED AT THE END OF YOUR HD. If so, you forget (or windows does) to set the attibute. Try it. There is no danger with FIPS as long as you don't save anything! And READ the doc of FIPS. The max space to install ALL about MDK linux is about 1.3G. Eric -Original Message- From: Jamey Patrick [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 18, 2000 5:31 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] HELP!! You all are going to laugh at me for doing this or asking this but, I need some kind of software to COMPLETELY erase all my partition info. Some how i manged to screw it up, My hdd is 3.2gb's and i meant to give half to linux and the other half to windows. Well some how i manged to give only 900megs to windows and the rest to linux, so i downloaded a programed to resize it. But somehow it screwed my whole hdd up and now i only have a 900meg hdd! Ive tried Fdisk and it doesnt even show anything! If anyone could help me i would be more than grateful to you! Sorry for such along message. Thanks
Re: [newbie] Accessing NT lan from Linux - SERIOUSLY -Idesperatelyneed help on this, guys...
So, if i want to use the net.. can i use the same gateway/netmask/ dns as i use in NT, or i have to set up samba? The internet doesn't care what OS the machine is running. It should work with the same gateway, netmask, etc. One only needs samba to be able to access NT shares from linux and vice-versa. ELB -- Eric L. Brine | Chicken: The egg's way of making more eggs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do you always hit the nail on the thumb? ICQ# 4629314 | An optimist thinks thorn bushes have roses.
[expert] I figured out how they do FTPd to FTPd xfers!
No, it definately exists. Under Windows you can use a program called "Flash FXP" to transfer directly between 2 FTP-accounts without having to pump all the data through your own machine. You got me thinking, and I figured it out!!! (I'm excited 'cause I didn't believe it was possible.) It relies on these facts: - Data is sent on a different connection than commands. - A different data connection is made for each transfer. - PORT not only specifies a port number, but an IP address. - Data connections can be created by the server (use PORT) or by the client (use PASV). As you can tell, FTP is quite unique. However, it's those unique features that gives it the necessary functionality to achieve server to server transfers. Explanation by Example == Let: Machine 'A' = 131.202.3.6Machine 'A' is the Sender. Machine 'B' = 131.202.3.8Machine 'B' is the Receiver. Machine 'C' = 24.114.125.24 Machine 'C' is the Client. A sample session goes like: - Connect login to machine 'A' from 'C'. - Connect login to machine 'B' from 'C'. - Change directory and whatever on machine 'A'. - Change directory and whatever on machine 'B'. - Setup the server end of the data connection: - CA: PASV - CA: 227 Entering Passive Mode (131,202,3,6,255,147) - Establish the data connection: - CB: PORT 131,202,3,6,255,147 - CB: 200 PORT command successful. - Initiate the transfer: - CB: RETR source_filename - CA: STOR dest_filename - CA: 226 Binary Transfer complete. - CB: 226 Binary Transfer complete. - Do other stuff. - CA: QUIT - CB: QUIT - Close connection to machine 'A'. - Close connection to machine 'B'. A transfer in the other direction is done by switching to which machine 'RETR' and 'STOR' is sent. One could even do this with two telnet windows! wow! ELB -- Eric L. Brine | Chicken: The egg's way of making more eggs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do you always hit the nail on the thumb? ICQ# 4629314 | An optimist thinks thorn bushes have roses.
RE: [newbie] permissions on DOS_hda1
Did you set your 'mount' dir to the right permisions ? Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Cox Family Sent: Monday, April 17, 2000 3:24 PM To: Linux Mandrake, Newbie list Subject: [newbie] permissions on DOS_hda1 another stumper for me? I just wanted to make a new directory on the DOS partition that I could put some WP8 files in (because the apostrophe comes out on the printer as something stupid in Linux right now) and it said I didn't have permission. I checked the "fstab" and hda1 includes "user" in permissions. I checked properties by right-clicking on the icon and it includes user, group and others for both read and write. OK, so I made the directory as super-user, gave it "a+rwx" permissions, and still couldn't save a file in it. Access denied. No permission to write or what ever Again, what am I missing here? Bob
Re: [newbie] Firewall Setup
I'd like to know if there's a way to allow ICQ to function through a firewall on a Linux Machine. So far, I haven't been able to find a solution. I don't know about the linux version, but the Windows version has proxy support. Since ICQ acts as a server, but listens to dynamic port, it requires the use of a SOCKS proxy/firewall. Check your ICQ settings. ELB -- Eric L. Brine | Chicken: The egg's way of making more eggs. [EMAIL PROTECTED] | Do you always hit the nail on the thumb? ICQ# 4629314 | An optimist thinks thorn bushes have roses.
[newbie] bacspace
Hi everyone, my backspace key do not work in user mode. It do it when logged in as root. Why ? Eric
RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!!
Hi, I have a S3 Virge card to without any problem !! On a mdk 7. Eric -Original Message- From: Mike Perry [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 10, 2000 10:12 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdown on stability!! H, I hear all the time about people having problems with setting up hardware, and hardware that has no support in Linux, but almost NEVER do I hear about Linux instability on good hardware. In fact I had an old system consisting of an Oktec Rhino9 board with a cyrix M2 P200mmx that used to crash all the time in winblows95 that worked perfectly for about 6 months on Linux before it finally bit the dust (overclocked Cyrixes dont last long..) The only real hardware incompatibility that caused me freezes/lockups and problems installing in Mandrake 6.02 was my old S3 Virge card. I managed to get it running reasonably well but in the end slipped an old Matrox in instead and never looked back. Just my 3 cents worth. Michael Perry. RD. Dep. Netafim Magal. Linux -- the Ultimate Windows Service Pack -Original Message- From: Stephen F. Bosch [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Mon 10 April 2000 7:45 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re: [newbie] I thought this was supposed to beat Windowshandsdownon stability!! paul haine wrote: Funny how when Windows doesn't work it's Windows fault, but when Linux doesn't work it MUST be the hardware. *groan* If it bothers you, then be my guest, and dump Linux. Nobody's forcing you to use it. I have no irrational allegiance to any OS. I use Linux because it works, and shun Windows because it doesn't. -Stephen-
RE: [newbie] Netscape files
last year I tryed out and it didn't work for me. Naothing at all, nor the bookmarks ! Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jon Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 11:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Netscape files kiriakos wrote: Hi all, I was wondering if it is possible in a dual boot system (linux, win98) to have Netscape for Linux share the user files with Netscape for windows, in a way of telling the linux version to look for the user directory in /mnt/dos/.../Netscape user folder, effectively sharing mail, bookmarks, browser settings, and cache content between OS's. Is this possible? I haven't noticed any customizable user folder setting in Netscape for windows, but is there such a thing in Netscape for Linux? Or some other way to do it? Thanks in advance, GG I don't think so: I was using netscape for mail in both and the windows version understands the linux mail files but not the other way around. It would try and then it would lose messages. As for the cache sharing, look at the way each is handled, to me the look totally dissimilar. Bookmarks on the other hand will probably work fine. Make a backup copy of bookmarks.htm and try linking the linux one. It might work...
RE: [newbie] Partition disappeared, how do I get them back?
Try it out with 'FIPS' ?? Eric -Original Message- From: Seth Hollen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 7:14 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Partition disappeared, how do I get them back? Classification: UNCLASSIFIED I got the same problem w/ partition magic also. and boot magic won't work too! I'm contacting tech support about it today. will let everyone know what they say... Seth Hollen [EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 10:52 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Partition disappeared, how do I get them back? I can comisserate with you - I installed Linux on my home PC, and now when I run Partition Magic on it there is just a long yellow box where my partitions should be, with text that reads "No Partition - ERROR" across it - Linux and Windows still boot fine, but I'm frantically backing up my data and waiting for the other shoe to drop. "Bob Nagler" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 04/06/2000 04:30:28 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Joe Reynolds/ISSC/Texas Utilities) Subject: [newbie] Partition disappeared, how do I get them back? For a to me unknown reason, my linux partition an two windows partitions are not seen any more when I boot my computer.I still have lilo boot choice but when i try my linux OS, I get a kernel panic because I cant mount the root (/). In windows, which i can still run (with only my C drive, the first partition on my disk), I only see my Windows partition (Fat partition of 2008 MB) and then an unknown partition of 15MB(probably where the boot info of the lilo and linux is), and then 7516 MB of free space. In these 7516MB should be my linux partition an my SWAP partition and my home partition, and aditional dos partitions. I don't have a rescue diskette that works, so I can't get a linux pompt in any way. Is there a way to get my partitions and all the data back? Please help!! Thanks, Bob
RE: [newbie] update to XFree86 4.0
Verify first of all if youve get all the necessary packages related to XFree. See www.rufus.com , go to distributions, mandrakesoft and select the first XFree package you have downloaded. There you'll see what is provided and what is needed by the package, see also the changelog. And so on. Don't forget to download the 'libs' ! The X contribs are of course the X11R6 packages. Check out if there is a new version needed for XFree 4. There is a new X11R6 version 4 on www.xfree.org ! Let me now. Eric -Original Message- From: Claus Atzenbeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 8:59 AM To: Eric MC DECLERCK Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] update to XFree86 4.0 On Thu, 6 Apr 2000, Eric MC DECLERCK wrote: Did you also install the X contrib ? Which X contrib? I was trying to install the following packages: XFree86-100dpi-fonts-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-75dpi-fonts-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-Xnest-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-Xvfb-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-cyrillic-fonts-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-devel-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-doc-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-glide-module-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-libs-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-static-libs-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm XFree86-xfs-4.0-6mdk.i586.rpm These are the packages which are installed currently: XFree86-libs-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-xfs-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-Xnest-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-100dpi-fonts-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-75dpi-fonts-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-devel-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-VGA16-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-XF86Setup-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-Xvfb-3.3.6-4mdk XFree86-Rage128-1.3-2mdk Thanks a lot for your help! Claus -Original Message- From: Claus Atzenbeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 5:09 PM To: Mandrake Listing Subject: [newbie] update to XFree86 4.0 I was downloading XFree86 version 4.0 as RPM. I was trying to upgrade my current version 3.3.6, bu I couldn't: Almost every package had some dependency problem. So I decided to "rpm -e --nodeps all_old_XFree_stuff" and installing the new v4.0 packages. The result: X didn't start up anymore (Error 2). My question: I have the new RPMs here. How can I upgrade my XFree stuff?? Thanks a lot for your help!
RE: [newbie] X11R6-contrib
Go to www.xfree86.org. There you'll find what you need about it. Eric -Original Message- From: wolfen999 [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 3:12 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] X11R6-contrib where can i get this file for X 4.0 and still no luck with libglade3.so.3 or /usr/sbin/install-menu GET THE BEST FREE INTERNET ACCESS * Free Email * Free Support * Software* * No Credit Check * Privacy Guaranteed* GOTO http://www.HomeFreeWeb.com
RE: [newbie] Netscape files
NO NO NO NO Eric -Original Message- From: kiriakos [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 12:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Netscape files Hi all, I was wondering if it is possible in a dual boot system (linux, win98) to have Netscape for Linux share the user files with Netscape for windows, in a way of telling the linux version to look for the user directory in /mnt/dos/.../Netscape user folder, effectively sharing mail, bookmarks, browser settings, and cache content between OS's. Is this possible? I haven't noticed any customizable user folder setting in Netscape for windows, but is there such a thing in Netscape for Linux? Or some other way to do it? Thanks in advance, GG
RE: [newbie] How to change resolution in X
Run Xconfigurator. Eric -Original Message- From: Glen M. Chambers [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, April 08, 2000 12:32 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] How to change resolution in X Hi, I'm using KDE and want to change the resolution to 1280*1024 - Can't figure out how tho' Thanks. Glen -- ~~|| Glen M. Chambers ||~~ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] RPM
Via console of course ! Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Lance Borden Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 1:05 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] RPM wolfen999 wrote: i am downloading the latestest rpms for xwindows 4.0 now i am wondering if they can be installed using kpackage or do they have to be installed via console if so how do you insatll and rpm from the command prompt ? GET THE BEST FREE INTERNET ACCESS * Free Email * Free Support * Software* * No Credit Check * Privacy Guaranteed* GOTO http://www.HomeFreeWeb.com use kpackage lb
RE: [newbie]
Begin making room on your 1st HD. You need 'FIPS' and the doc about it for more security. Eric -Original Message-From: Kevin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 9:52 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: [newbie] Hi gang, Ok, I have just got a copy of mandrake 7.0. At the moment I am running W98se on a PIII450, with 192mb, a master 6.1gb HDD and a slave 2.0gb HDD. I would like to install mandrake on the second (slave) HDD. Can anyone tell me, if this is possible? and if so, how would I go about it. I would like dual boot system between W98 and Mandrake. Thanks all to those who can help me, I am kinda new ;) Kevin
RE: [newbie]
Run 'FDISK', nothing will be done before you give the command 'w' in fdisk ! and you can keep away at any time. So, keep in mind that the linux boot must be below the 1024st cylinder ! You can divide your HD in 4 primary partitions: 1. Linux native or dos (add a swap partition to linux) 2. dos or linux 3. dos 4. dos After that you can setup the 'logical' partitions. Type 'm' in FDISK for the menu. Type 'p' to print what about your HD. etc For dos there is no more need for more than 1 primary partition. In linux there must be at least 1 primary and 1 swap partition. Give linux at least 4-6 G (depends what you install) If you don't trust 'fdisk', run 'FIPS'. Try it out. Eric -Original Message- From: Kino Mondesir [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, April 07, 2000 5:49 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] I'm ready, but I would like to use my Fdisk command inorder to partition my 20 G harddrive into 5 sections 4 Gs each. I would like to have Windows 95, 98, 2000, Linux Mandrake, and Caldera OpenLinux 2.1. Could you explain to me how I would do that. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
[newbie] new isdn4k-utils
Hi, I installed the new isdn4k-utils and isdn4net. (cooker) Mandrake 7.02, kernel 14-15. is there everyone who can tell me what to do with following messages : - configuring kernel with 'IP re-routing' ? (IP routing is configurable in the kernel, but 're routing' ?? - why did modprobe 'ippp0' not found ? So, ippp0 is present in /dev/ippp0. Eric
[newbie] Classic Newbie Questions!
Here are a couple classic newbie questions I hope someone can help with. I have completed the install of the Mandrake 7.0 without problems. I noticed the source for the kernel was not installed by default (nor was I asked for it...) 1. How can I tell what the default config for the kernel that is currently installed (even if I did not do the compile)? 2. When configuring the kernel for compile, need I only configure the couple items I am interested in (ie lp, scsi) and the rest will be correct or must I step thru every single choice when using make xconfig? 3. Almost everytime I try to compile anything, I get piles of warnings and errors and no docs on what paths, variable etc I have to change in order for the compile to run. Where can I get a good overview of the compilation process including what where and how headers, libs etc are?
RE: [newbie] update to XFree86 4.0
Did you also install the X contrib ? Eric -Original Message- From: Claus Atzenbeck [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2000 5:09 PM To: Mandrake Listing Subject: [newbie] update to XFree86 4.0 I was downloading XFree86 version 4.0 as RPM. I was trying to upgrade my current version 3.3.6, bu I couldn't: Almost every package had some dependency problem. So I decided to "rpm -e --nodeps all_old_XFree_stuff" and installing the new v4.0 packages. The result: X didn't start up anymore (Error 2). My question: I have the new RPMs here. How can I upgrade my XFree stuff?? Thanks a lot for your help! Regards, Claus. -- Atzenbeck. Data structures design http://www.atzenbeck.de It has long been an axiom of mine that the little things are infinitely the most important. -- Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, "A Case of Identity"
[newbie] Important Info for ZIP Parallel Users (PPA)
All, I have been having trouble with ZIP parallel. The ppa driver would detect the drive fine but could never see the partition table. dmesg: parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2,EPP]ppa: Version 2.03 (for Linux 2.2.x)ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 32 bitppa: Communication established with ID 6 using EPP 32 bitscsi1 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interfacescsi : 2 hosts. Vendor: IOMEGA Model: ZIP 100 Rev: D.09 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 6, lun 0SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB]sda: Write Protect is offsda:SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code = 2701scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0unable to read partition table problem! Trying to mount I would get this message. "sda4 is not a valid block device" I changed my BIOS settings from EPP 1.7 to 1.9 and it works. I changed back and it doesnt work. And back to 1.9 once again and it works once again. I hope this information helps some users and developers out there! Long live Linux! Eric
RE: [newbie] Can't mount FAT32 LBA partition: invalid major or mi nor number...
Diod you copy your new vmlinuz to your (win) loadlin dir ? Eric -Original Message- From: Pittman, Merle [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 1:34 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Can't mount FAT32 LBA partition: invalid major or mi nor number... give the me the exact details you go through to try to moun the win partition. I had a problem but I got around it, I want to see if the problem is similar. -Original Message- From: Tim Hammerquist [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 03, 2000 10:06 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:[newbie] Can't mount FAT32 LBA partition: invalid major or minor number... I posted this to [expert] as well, but it went unanswered. Maybe this is too simple for them? But I need help; this is infuriating! Here's my scenario: Running Win98SE on bottom 10GB of 20GB hard drive. Installed Mandrake 6.1 on upper 10GB last December. Worked beautifully. =) Bought Mandrake 7 Complete and formatted and installed over 6.1 (didn't upgrade). Mandrake 7 will not mount the DOS/FAT32 partition (at boot or otherwise). It gives the error "/dev/hda1 has invalid major or minor...". Everything listed in /dev under hda lists major number as 3 and minor number corresponding to partition. Kernel is located on /dev/hda3, FAT32 (LBA) on /dev/hda1. I normally boot from my config.sys using loadlin.exe, but /dev/hda1 can't be mounted even if I use the boot disk. Now when I went back to install 6.1 which worked fine before, it crashes during formatting /dev/hda3 as ext2. Has anyone had this problem? Is there a fix/patch/easy explanation, or do I have to backup my hd and reformat all partitions from scratch? BTW: Win98 on /dev/hda1 still works; no problems. TIA, -Tim
RE: [newbie] Sound Card Problems.
I have a AWE64 and works fine. Try 'sndconfig' in the console (no on X). This would setup your card correctly. Eric -Original Message- From: Oliver Stieber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 04, 2000 11:28 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: RE: [newbie] Sound Card Problems. LOTHAR didn't find my card either, Cretive AWE 64, i just ran sndconfig from console, and things work fine. except LOTHAR still can't find my sound card. -Original Message- From: KompuKit [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 03 April 2000 04:56 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound Card Problems. is your card a PCI...card...? Roy Smith wrote: The sound card is a ESS 1868 I've copied down the IRQ and DMA settings that windows uses and still can't get it to work with Linux. Later... Roy Smith ICQ UIN #265622 -Original Message- From: Seth Hollen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 10:18 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [newbie] Sound Card Problems. Classification: UNCLASSIFIED what's your sound card? have you tried LOTHAR on the command "soundconfig"? -Original Message- From: Roy Smith [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 8:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Sound Card Problems. Hi! I just got Mandrake Linux installed on my PC and am having problems figuring out how to get my sound card to work on the new OS. Any suggestions? Later... Roy Smith ICQ UIN #265622 -- ===KompuKit=== Kit Goins ICQ# 7110071 [EMAIL PROTECTED]Lowell, Mass. Web Designer http://kitdesigns.bizhosting.com WebServer:http://kompukit.dyndns.org (Server Runs between M-F 6pm-12am,S+S 12pm-12am EST) ===KompuKit===
[newbie] rpm trouble
Hi everyone, I lost my rpm database (kpackages.rpm). Is there anyone who can help me to rebuild it ? txs Eric
Re: [newbie] zip drive problem
I too have the exact same problem with BOTH Redhat 6.1 and Mandrake 7.0. sda4 is not a valid block device. Here is my dmesg file where the parport_pc and ppa is loaded at the end. btw the other SCSI I have is the emulation for the CDburner which I have not yet wrestled with... Linux version 2.2.14-15mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Tue Jan 4 22:24:20 snip parport0: PC-style at 0x378 [SPP,PS2,EPP] ppa: Version 2.03 (for Linux 2.2.x) ppa: Found device at ID 6, Attempting to use EPP 32 bit ppa: Communication established with ID 6 using EPP 32 bit scsi1 : Iomega VPI0 (ppa) interface scsi : 2 hosts. Vendor: IOMEGAModel: ZIP 100 Rev: D.09 Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detected scsi removable disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 196608 [96 MB] [0.1 GB] sda: Write Protect is off sda:SCSI disk error : host 1 channel 0 id 6 lun 0 return code = 2701 scsidisk I/O error: dev 08:00, sector 0 unable to read partition table - Original Message - From: "Jon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 02, 2000 1:46 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] zip drive problem Mani Abreu wrote: Nope. Just tried that, here's the result: mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device (maybe 'insmod driver'?) I read that the problem may be that the kernel is loading the drivers for the line printer first, before parport/ppa driver. How do I change the order around? Mani forstfed wrote: On Sun, 02 Apr 2000, you wrote: Well, try just doing the mount now. See if that does anything. Well, I tried that. Here's what I got after typing "insmod ppa": /lib/modules/2.2.14-15mdk/scsi/ppa.o: init_module: Device or resource busy Any ideas? I really want to get this thing resolved. Mani forstfed wrote: On Fri, 31 Mar 2000, you wrote: This is what worked for me: As su in a terminal window: mkdir /mnt/zip insmod parport insmod ppa mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip make sure there is a disk in. You have to umount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip to eject the disk, then mount -t msdos /dev/sda4 /mnt/zip again when you insert another disk. Ed Geez, You guys made me dig my old zip drive out of the closet to test this problem and you know, it didn't work either. Tried it on a RedHat 6.1 and a Mandrake 7.0-2 machine. Hardware works as I made a DOS boot disk with guest.exe on it. Worked fine with Redhat 5.2 and Slackware 3.6 some time ago with the commands listed above. I also looked at modules loaded and tried it without any modules and in init 1 hand loading modules. Since the kernel for Mandrake 7.0 came from Redhat 6.1 (Recompiled) I wonder if perhaps lp (or another parallel port using service) support was built into the kernel instead of as a mod. Question! Does anyone out there have a parallel port ZIP working on Mandrake 7.0-2 or RedHat 6.1? If so, can you please tell us how you did it? Give out with the port setting in the BIOS, Kernel you used and anything else you think might help. I am going to try recompiling a kernel to see if I can get it working.
RE: [newbie] Loadlin
-Original Message- From: Eric MC DECLERCK [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 10:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Loadlin STARTING LINUX WITH LOADLIN. Step by step installation: - make a dir in windoz (ex: loadlin) - copy loadlin.exe to your dir. Modif of 'MSDOS.SYS' : -click on this file and disable 'readonly' -open with an editer the file and set BootGUI=0 ( in section [Options](this don't start the logo of windoz. - in the same section set Logo=0 Modif of CONFIG.SYS : -open with a texteditor this file. -insert at top : [menu] menuitem=WIN, Windows 98 menuitem=LINUX, linux menudefault=WIN, 10 #or LINUX as you like ! [WIN] -insert at bottom : [LINUX] # -- sorry I forgot this line !! shell=C:\loadlin\loadlin.exe c:\loadlin\vmlinuz root=/dev/hd (here I suppose your HD = C, replace hd with your root partition in linux) Now go boot-up linux. mount your dos partition and copy 'vmlinuz-2.2x' to the dir 'loadlin' as 'vmlinuz'. That's all. Good luck Eric -Original Message- From: FREMAIN ANDUJAR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Loadlin I am using Windows 2000 and windows 98 ok ,i ahve also linux mnadrake 7.02 install in the same HD y a partition dev/hda3/. ok i notice there is a boot.ini file in windows 2000, that have the menu option for windows make some arrange to the file now i see that linux is in the menu , when windows prompt the menu for choosing OS in DOS , but i cant get to linux from there ok i try loadlin , no luck does anyone hace idea how to make work __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
RE: [newbie] Loadlin
STARTING LINUX WITH LOADLIN. Step by step installation: - make a dir in windoz (ex: loadlin) - copy loadlin.exe to your dir. Modif of 'MSDOS.SYS' : -click on this file and disable 'readonly' -open with an editer the file and set BootGUI=0 ( in section [Options](this don't start the logo of windoz. - in the same section set Logo=0 Modif of CONFIG.SYS : -open with a texteditor this file. -insert at top : [menu] menuitem=WIN, Windows 98 menuitem=LINUX, linux menudefault=WIN, 10 #or LINUX as you like ! [WIN] -insert at bottom : shell=C:\loadlin\loadlin.exe c:\loadlin\vmlinuz root=/dev/hd (here I suppose your HD = C, replace hd with your root partition in linux) Now go boot-up linux. mount your dos partition and copy 'vmlinuz-2.2x' to the dir 'loadlin' as 'vmlinuz'. That's all. Good luck Eric -Original Message- From: FREMAIN ANDUJAR [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, March 29, 2000 7:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Loadlin I am using Windows 2000 and windows 98 ok ,i ahve also linux mnadrake 7.02 install in the same HD y a partition dev/hda3/. ok i notice there is a boot.ini file in windows 2000, that have the menu option for windows make some arrange to the file now i see that linux is in the menu , when windows prompt the menu for choosing OS in DOS , but i cant get to linux from there ok i try loadlin , no luck does anyone hace idea how to make work __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com
[newbie] netscape
Hi, I have mdk 7.0.2 installed and an isdn card. I ustilize kISDN from Millenium to connect to my ISP. It's works fine. Netscape startup fine to. But when trying to connect to a site an error message occurs : 'Can't find ...' Netscape can't find the site I want to connect !! I did not find what goes wrong. Help fully appriciated. Eric
[newbie] FTP daemon not accepting connection
Hello, I'm currently running Linux Mandrake v6.0 with a stock "server" installation. The FTP daemon allows anonymous FTP to log in, but it doesn't allow uploading into a fully writable upload directory. It also doesn't allow users that have accounts on the system to log in. The only way to connect to it is anonymously. Does anyone know what configuration files or settings I can look at to fix either of these problems? I've scanned all the man pages I thought would contain something useful, but can't seem to find the right fix.
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[newbie] Creating POP3 users from console.
Hi, How do I create a POP3 user without using linuxconf? I know how to adduser but that creates a regular user. (Unlike the POP3 users that have only the ability to use the mail system on my server. Thanks.
Re: [newbie] Good Programming Editor
There is a very fine editor that is non-specific language wise called Moonshine. You will find it at: http://www.rednecksoft.com/ Denis Havlik wrote: :~Can anybody recommend a good programming editor. Then key features I am :~looking for are remote editing (open and save through ftp) and syntax :~highlighting. Thanks,
Re: [newbie] Good Programming Editor
I don't know how you would do that with Moonshine unless you had access to your file through NFS or SMB. If the files are on your own server I would recommend configuring one of those to gain access to your files on the server. "Maghera, Gabor" wrote: How do I do remote editing without having to upload the file each time I save? And how do I open it, in the first place, from a remote location, without the help of an FTP program? I heard Agne ftp is the component responsible for this, but I cannot find any documentation on it. Thanks, Gabor
RE: [newbie] compiling problem
Yeah, I came to that same conclusion too. I downloaded the new libs and their dependancies, but now kpackage refuses to uninstall my older version of cpp, so I can install cpp-2.95.1-3. It's driving me crazy! I tried the uninstall command, just to find out i don't have it. i've tried uninstalling it from Kpackage and it gives me the error " 'cpp' specifies multiple packages" and then just stops. Can anyone out there help me? i've also tried the "RPM -e --clean cpp-1.1.1-3, and it gives me the same error as Kpackage does. If someone out there could help me, I'd GREATLY appreciate it! Just some info. I'm running Mandrake 6.0. Thanks! Eric On Thu, 10 Feb 2000, Family ZOMBIE wrote: Hi! I had that problem too. I found out, that I didn't have all nessessary packages installed. Unfortunately I can't remember, whitch RPM package I had to install. It was some header/library package nessessary for compiler. You can try to install some RPM (library/header) and then ./configure again. If error occures again, uninstall that RPM and install another. possible RPM's: glibc-devel-2.1.2-9mdk.i586.rpm glibc-2.1.2-9mdk.i586.rpm libc-5.3.12-32mdk.i586.rpm I try to find out the package. Maybe someone else knows it. -Original Message----- From: Eric Weichmann [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 10. helmikuuta 2000 8:41 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] compiling problem I've been downloading some things in gzip and tar formatts. I can get them to install the files that are waiting to be compiled fine. the problem is, when i type in the command "./configure", it goes through and starts compiling or whatever, but then it gets to a part where it says: "Checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -s) works... no Configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables." I opened up the config.log, and it said: ld: cannot open crtbegin.o: Nosuch file or directory configure: failed program was: #line 1371 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" Thanks, Eric Weichmann
RE: [newbie] compiling problem
thanks for that help, but. when i tried it, it only came back to say that it was already installed, but whenever i try and add some other packages who's dependancies require cpp 2.95.1-3, it still shows it as unsatisfied. On Fri, 11 Feb 2000, Family ZOMBIE wrote: Hi! Try to update instead of uninstall/install. i.e. rpm -Uvh cpp??.rpm (-U is for update) I'm running Mandrake 7.0 and if I wan't to uninstall for example gcc-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm, I usually have to uninstall first some other packages like gcc-cpp-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm, gcc-c++-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm, gcc-colorgcc-2.95.2-3mdk.i586.rpm or/and some others. To uninstall several packages: rpm -e gcc-2.95.2-3mdk.i586 gcc-cpp-2.95.2-3mdk.i586 gcc-c++-2.95.2-3mdk.i586 (I hope -e is for uninstall) for kpackage there is option for multiple selection. By the way - I am using win98 right now, so these instructions are based on "I think that's the way it is". Kari Somby -Original Message----- From: Eric Weichmann [mailto:eweichma@zianet] Sent: 11. helmikuuta 2000 8:07 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] compiling problem Yeah, I came to that same conclusion too. I downloaded the new libs and their dependancies, but now kpackage refuses to uninstall my older version of cpp, so I can install cpp-2.95.1-3. It's driving me crazy! I tried the uninstall command, just to find out i don't have it. i've tried uninstalling it from Kpackage and it gives me the error " 'cpp' specifies multiple packages" and then just stops. Can anyone out there help me? i've also tried the "RPM -e --clean cpp-1.1.1-3, and it gives me the same error as Kpackage does. If someone out there could help me, I'd GREATLY appreciate it! Just some info. I'm running Mandrake 6.0. Thanks! Eric
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[newbie] compiling problem
I've been downloading some things in gzip and tar formatts. I can get them to install the files that are waiting to be compiled fine. the problem is, when i type in the command "./configure", it goes through and starts compiling or whatever, but then it gets to a part where it says: "Checking whether the C++ compiler (g++ -s) works... no Configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C++ compiler cannot create executables." I opened up the config.log, and it said: ld: cannot open crtbegin.o: Nosuch file or directory configure: failed program was: #line 1371 "configure" #include "confdefs.h" Thanks, Eric Weichmann
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Re: [newbie] eth0 problem
I had the same problem. I had to disable the plug and play and then I had to re-enable it. One I did that, it still wouldn't see the network. So I set it up static and each time I boot into linux I have to become SU and type at the prompt "ifup eth0" This worked for me. Good Luck. - Original Message - From: "Nussbaum, George" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 02, 2000 9:51 AM Subject: [newbie] eth0 problem Hi, I'm using a 3c509b card with my mediaone cable modem. I disabled the PnP and STILL can't see the network. I'm running DHCP and don't know what's wrong. IRQ 10 doesn't work so I set the card to IRQ 3 and still nothing. Any ideas? Also can anyone recommend a good FTP server app?
[newbie] Cool email client
A few months back someone posted a url to a new cool email client that was due to be released in Dec 99 as I remember. I cannot seem to find the message in the archives. This program seemed to be as elegant as Emailer and full featured as Outlook Express on the Mac, and was supposed to be able to archive messages among other things. Anyone have an idea what I am talking about and the url? Thanks much. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D. .~. /V\ //.\\ /( )\ ^^-^^
Re: [newbie] @home connection
I am on athome and having one hell of a time getting the thing to recognize my 3com509b isa card. HELP... - Original Message - From: "TRUB" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 6:43 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] @home connection I am on @home and have no problems with it. 2 nics 1cable 1 internal if you still have problems let me know I will walk you through it. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Paul Longchamps - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 31, 2000 6:47 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] @home connection If your provider is like mine, you should let DHCP handle the info for the EXTERNAL card(ip, host, etc.). You should only have to configure the internal cards information. If you haven't already, try this and see if that helps. Bryan Raymond Wells [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 01/29/2000 02:23:31 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: [newbie] @home connection I have installed Mandrake 7, expert/normal install... install detected both NIC cards and when asked, I input ip, host, gateway and name servers but I have no joy connecting to my tv/cable internet provider. Anyone have any hints about connecting via a cable modem?? Ray Wells
Re: [newbie] Openint tar files
kwf wrote: I downloaded a file that was "tar.gz" I have no problem getting it unzipped. But I cannot extract it for anything. I can enter: tar -x [filename] Then I can hit return. Then my cursor returns to the next line and won't let me do anything after that. I have to exit the window and try again, getting nowhere. When I try to do it in "Midnight Commander" it tells me the file is not local. I cannot find anything about "local" vs "non-local" files. Any ideas? What am I an idiot about? Alaskan Ken Try tar xfzv [filename]
Re: [newbie] Cable Internet
Raymond Wells wrote: Still trying to connect to Cable internet. Mandrake 7 found NICs for eth0 and eth1 Have input ip, host, domain, gateway and namesserver info but on startup I get message "starting http . failed" this is the only failure message in startup...I am then told it "cannot activate local host name ." do something with "Server Name directive " info scrolls past pretty quickly. Any help to get this machine connected would be much appreciated.. thanks Ray Wells Ray, Do all of the checks that I gave you in my first reply and to be sure that you entered your network information correctly please do the following: 1. Click on Linuxconf icon. 2. Click on Networking button. 3. Click on Basic host information button. 4. Select the Host name tab. 5. Give your computer a name. 6. Click on the Adaptor 1 tab. 7. under IP address, enter the IP address that the cable modem people gave to you. 8. Under Netmask enter the subnet mask that the cable people gave to you. 9. Under Net device enter eth0. (This is the card that connects to your cable modem. 10. Under Kernel Module enter the module that your eth0 card uses. 11. Click on the Adaptor 2 tab (2) 12. Repeat steps 7 - 10 for this adapter. Remember that your 2nd adapter should have a unique IP address. It SHOULD NOT BE THE SAME AS eth0. Also its Net Device should be eth1. and be sure to click in the "Enabled" box. 13. Click the Accept button. 14. On the Network configurator form click the Name Server Specification button. 15. Put your DNS numbers in the "Nameserver 1" and "Nameserver 2" boxes. 16. put your domain name in the "search domain 1" box. example olmpi1.wa.home.com 17. Click the accept button. 18. Click on the Routing and gateways button. 19. Click on the defaults button. 20. Enter your Default gateway's IP address as supplied by your cable company. 21. Click on the accept button. 22. Click the Quit button on the Routes to other networks form. 23. Click on the Quit button on the Network configurator form. 24. Click the Quit button on the Linuxconf form. 25. A "Status of the system" dialog box will come up. Click on Activate the changes button. 26. After the Linuxconf dialog box goes away you may still need to get your eth1 card going. There is a way to do it without rebooting but rebooting works if you don't know how (I don't.). :-) Watch the messages as you reboot to ensure that BOTH cards come up. regards
Re: [newbie] simple question I think?
sean F wrote: Javier, Como en englias? por favor? I understand what you said ;) ps -a shows all services, yes, I am looking for running deamons though. And alot of services I know are running do not show up under ps -a. Sean --- Softec - Javier Matos [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Con ps -A ves todos los servicios ejecutandose en tu maquina. -Mensaje original- De: sean [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Enviado el: viernes 28 de enero de 2000 8:32 Para: Newbie Commands under Linux are case sensitive. Try ps -A (not ps -a) Asunto: [newbie] simple question I think? What is the command to see what services are running? I want to shut off SMTP on my IP MASQ. and see what else is running. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com
Re: [newbie] Hello!!!
root wrote: Hello everybody!!! What 's going on? First of all sorry for my horrible English.I'm a new linux user from Spain,and I'm having a lot of problems in order to install Linux programs. How can I install "tar" files? I'm trying to install Gnome Chess,which contains a file called "gnome -chess-0.2.2.tar" A "tar" file is a file that is made from multiple files and is "balled" together to make it easier to distribute. You must use the tar utility to "un-ball" this file into its original files. i.e. tar xfv [filename] should do the trick. If you see a file with the extension tar.gz or tar.Z then not only is the file balled together but it is compressed. In this case tar xfzv [filename] will decompress the file and "un-ball" it. After doing this you will probably be left with the source code for the Gnome Chess. I'm not sure. I haven't looked. If you are, then look for instructions in a readme file. Usually the procedure is to change into the directory created and issue a ./configure and if that goes ok then issue a make and then a make install. However, read the instructions because this may vary. Regards
Re: [newbie] how do i get off this list
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Re: [newbie] downloading ftp files
"I. M." wrote: Heyla, All! Can ANYBODY tell me how to download a rpm file from a ftp site? I was told to do an anonymous ftp, which is hunky-dory, but the stupid thing wanted a password, which I didn't have. This was using the telnet utility. Then I tried using ftp, but I'm not certain of the syntax. The nine or so books that I tried looking into told me how easy it was to download files from ftp sites on the 'Net, but failed to give me detailed instructions. Either that, or I should have been to bed hours ago, because I'm not seeing straight. -Morrigu = end You are starting to sound reasonable. I guess it's time to up the medication. __ Do You Yahoo!? Talk to your friends online with Yahoo! Messenger. http://im.yahoo.com Ok, 1st, most anonymous sites ask for a password and it is customary to put in your email address. Mandrake comes with a excellent FTP program. You can find it under "Gnome and X Apps | internet | gftp" if you are running KDE. Enter the Hosts IP address or ftp site name in the Host box at the top of the application. For example: If I wanted to go out to the linux-mandrake ftp site I would either enter it's IP address or "ftp.linux-mandrake.com" (No quotes) In the port field enter "21" (No Quotes) 21 is the FTP port. For a user enter anonymous For a password enter your email address. Press enter and it will take you to the site. You will see a list of folders on the left which are located in your home directory on your own computer. On the right will be a folders that are on the host computer. You can highlight files and click on the arrow button that points to your own computer's directories to copy the files. Hope this helps.
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Re: [newbie] screen resolution
Brett Wolfson wrote: I have installed Mandrake 7.0 with the recomended settings. It sucessfully detected my video card and monitor, however it set the defult resolution extremely high. The hardware does not have a problem with this however I do. All I want to do is change the defult resolution under x-windows. How do I do that without having to enter a bunch of other settings? ___ Get 100% FREE Internet Access powered by Excite Visit http://freeworld.excite.com They tell me that you should be able to press control (or shift-control) and the Plus sign. It has never worked for me. What I do is start a shell and then (as the root user) type "setup" (No quotes) This will bring up the setup utility. On the list is the X Configuration utility. Run this. You will have to pick your video card and monitor again. This time when it asks if you want to use the default or choose your own default resolution, choose your own. Regards.
Re: [newbie] Converting to Linux.
William Howenstine wrote: I just subscirbed to this newletter and i am wondering i am currently running on Windows.And i am wondering when i switch over will i have to re do everything and config. the sound card and the modem?And i am newbieish and i play games alot so would Linux be 4 me?I play games Use ICQ big into MP3's.So would Linux Be the OS for me or should i stick with Windows? -Will Currently there are a lot more professional games written for Windows then for Linux. Linux is also currently harder to configure. Both these issues are being addressed and great strides are being made in both areas. There are ICQ-like programs that run under linux. I use ICQnix which has the look and feel of the Windows ICQ but it is still in beta form and does not have all of the features as it's Windblows counter part. As far as MP3s go there is a very impressive MP3 player that comes with Linux called XMMS. It looks and sounds as good as anything I have seen under Windows. If I were you, I would either wait a few years until Linux is main stream or do a duel boot so that I could boot into Windblows when I wanted to play games that I couldn't find for Linux.
[newbie] Xconfigurator Problems
I'm having a hell of a time trying to get Xconfigurator to work with an IBM Ambra Ispiranti. Along the way I've seen several ways the installation configuration process could be better: 1. If you don't get your X server configuration right, when Linux comes up it loops endlessly trying to start the server, failing, starting,... There seems to be no way to break out at the login prompt and start in terminal mode. It would really be nice if ctrl-C did something useful at this point. 2. During the configuration phase, if you don't pick the correct display adaptor, and get into the monitor configuration, there seems to be no way to back up and choose another display adaptor. I've started the installation process over a dozen times because of this. It would be really nice if the BACK selection at the beginning of Monitor Configuration actually went back. 3. When the window server fails during configuration it gives no indication of what's wrong, so finding the right combination of settings is just a crap shoot. After the system boots the messages from the failing X server fly by so quickly, there's no time to analyse them. Actually I can pause the screen, but the messages are of no use anyway. 4. I once managed to get a usable combination of setting and the X server came up well enough to use, but the vertical sizing was off. Other problems were that the window manager seemed to know KDE manager seemed to know the correct size of the screen, but new windows seemed to think the screen was bigger than it really was. I opened a console window and ran Xconfigurator trying to find a more workable selection of settings, but couldn't find one that ran. When I quit, Xconfigurator stored the new (incorrect) settings without asking me if that's what I wanted to do. Now I'm back to not being able to remember the selection of settings that sort of worked, once again playing hit and miss at configuration time. What's really amazing is I can't seem to get things configured in plain, vanilla, VGA mode. For whoever maintains the configuration part of Mandrake Linux, I'd be grateful if you made some improvements to reduce configuration frustration. By the way, I may be a Linux newbie, but I'm a Solaris expert. Cheers, Eric begin:vcard n:Kolotyluk;Eric tel;fax:+1-604-736-3757 tel;home:+1-604-522-1063 tel;work:+1-604-834-0129 x-mozilla-html:TRUE org:Affable Software Corporation adr:;;6239 Thorne Avenue;Burnaby;British Columbia;V3N 2V2;Canada version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] title:Senior Scientist x-mozilla-cpt:;-6696 fn:Eric Kolotyluk end:vcard
[newbie] Puzzled?
Hi I am a real baby newbie just dipping my toe in the Mandrake waters and experiencing the usual newbie problems, I have installed Mandrake 6.1 from the box on a stand alone PC. I have used kpp and can connect to my ISP. Have my sound configured and my HP Laser 5L printer works soo I guess I have had some success. However! I have several packages in .tgz and .gz formats on a floppy which I wish to install. I would be grateful if some kind expert would advise me clearly the steps I should take to install these. As I am a genealogy nut one of the packages is quite a nice program. Secondly I have installed minicom plus printed off the documents. How do I get the program to run from a terminal window. I have tried various combinations of the options provided but have had no success. Looking forward to somone who can help. ThanksEric Collard. ___ X OLXWin 1.00b X
[newbie] Instant Messenger
Does anyone know if there is an Aol Instant Messenger that works in Linux? Thanks. Eric
[newbie] Dual boot with two hard drives?
I currently have one hard drive partitioned with linux and windows. I would like to remove windows from that disk entirely and use the space only for linux. I have another hard drive that I am putting in where I would like to install windows. How do I go about this transition with totally screwing up something in the process? Suggestions would be greatly appreciated! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D. .~. /V\ //.\\ /( )\ ^^-^^
[newbie] Netscape very unstable...
I'm sure someone has addressed this problem before,(though I haven't been able to fnid any threads on it) Nescape seems very unstable in linux-Mandrake 6.5... I tried using the "auto-update" but run into problems..."Missing libs"...How can I get the newer more stable version of netscape installedThanks for all your help... Eric
[newbie] Canon Printer setup
I've got a Canon BJC-7004 (Nice little printer)I'm sure it worked fine with RH-5 The prob is the printer only uses the top left side of the whole page to print...It prints the entire document nice and neat, but only uses about 25% of the whole page...upper left hand side...It's like seeing the entire doc downsized and pasted in the corner of the pageI've tried different page settings, printer settings, looking in the Manuals for help...Everthing seems to be set up correctlyWhile the Canon drivers do not mention Canon BJC-7004, I've tried all the other Canon settings...Some worked, some didn't..The one's that worked all produced the small document in the upper left hand side of the page...It takes up about 1/4 of the page. It's driving my nuts...I know this printer works with linux, I've used it before with Red Hat...Please tell me what am I missing here Eric
Re: [newbie] Two systems
Unless they are useing one of the internal cablemodems it most likely to work. They general just plug into a ethernet card. They may require extra software however that doesn't have a linux port.. I have a cable modem connnected to the uplink port of an ethernet hub and it works great for my Macs. I haven't configured the linux boxes on my net to use it because I need static IP numbers for them. However, I can see no reason why it would make any difference what kind of machine on the network is going through the cable modem. Of course, then I could be completely wrong :-) Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D. .~. /V\ //.\\ /( )\ ^^-^^
[newbie] Strange messages in my log files.
I found this in my /var/log/messages log: kernel: ip_masq_ftp OUT: got PASV I find no indication that anything was transfered in the xferlog file. This is on a home server and I know for a fact that my family and I haven't been using FTP. In fact no one was logged on at the time of the message. Could this be an indication that someone is using my server as a WAREZ site? Thanks.
Re: [[newbie] Netscape Configuration]
Mike, thanks for the help. Netscape is up and running...The fonts seem to be alittle
hard to read, Smaller, blocky looking..Not as smooth looking as Win-Netscape. I was
supprised
to see that...The rest of the Linux system looks nice...I tried to change the default
font for
Netscape, but it didn't seem to help any...Any how...Thanks again...It's really nice
to have a
source of knowlegable (SP?) people to help...I live in Carson City Nevada...Most
people here
are just starting to learn what a computer is. So almost everything I've learned has
been
through trial and long nights spent trying to figure it out on your ownI read the
books
and manuals and often feel like
" I still have no idea of what your talking about man!!!"
Thanks Alot.
Eric Hanks
Michael Scottaline wrote:
Eric Hanks [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I have my Voodoo3 3000 up running. I got my Modem all plugged in and
happy.
I can not seem to configure Netscape to find or see anything...I typed
in my server,
Pyramid.net, typed in my name and all that other Sh*tShould be
pretty simple...But I must be missing something...I've configured
newsreaders and Browser's a hundred times for windows...What am I
missing here gang?
==
Did you edit your /etc/resolv.conf ?
add:
search your isp
nameserver dns#
nameserver dns#
Your ISP should provide you with two dns #'s
HTH,
Mike
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[newbie] Netscape Configuration
I have my Voodoo3 3000 up running. I got my Modem all plugged in and happy. I can not seem to configure Netscape to find or see anything...I typed in my server, Pyramid.net, typed in my name and all that other Sh*tShould be pretty simple...But I must be missing something...I've configured newsreaders and Browser's a hundred times for windows...What am I missing here gang?
[newbie] Set up for Voodoo3 2000
Any sugestions on how I can install with a voodoo3 2000 vid-card...It's the only card I have and I like it's performance in Win98...I can't see to get linux-mandrake up and running with the Voodoo3 2000 Any help would be greatly appreciated.
[newbie] X window remote access?
I have read some information about x window being a server and client program. I was under the impression the server and client could exist on seperate computers. Is it possible to access a machine across a network as root running K desktop and x windows? I clearly do not fully understand how this works. I have used telnet some but that is pretty limited for what I want. I would like to be able to colocate one of my machines (running Mandrake 6.1 and K desktop) at an ISP and need to know if I can access it for administration across the net with X windows/K desktop. Could someone please clarify this for me. Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Amd?
Under what circumstances is it useful to have amd running? I read the man pages but it still is not clear to me whether I need this running on a machine that will be primarily a web server. I generally access this machine to work on it either directly or via appletalk (no windows network accesses). Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Does PortSentry need to be recomiled after a kernel upgrade?
I will be upgrading my kernel soon and I was wondering if anyone knows if PortSentry will have to be recompiled to work properly? Thanks
[newbie] Memory - what a hoot!
I originally posed the question about where to find good prices on memory. Thanks to everyone who responded! Anyways, as a comparison, the local CompUSA quoted me a price close to $500 for 128 meg PC 100 memory. I just ordered it from Access Micro for $140! I repeatedly asked to make _sure_ the Access Micro memory was PC100 (not 66) and they assured me it is. Amazing to me. There are probably other sources that would have been close to that amount but I wanted to pay by business check instead of plastic (which many others couldn't/wouldn't do). Pays to shop around! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] amd question
Can someone please tell me what this means in the syslog and what needs to be done about it? Thanks! =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Nov 22 16:53:17 tiger amd[508]: Unknown host: .directory Nov 22 16:53:17 tiger amd[508]: Using NFS version 0, protocol udp on host .directory Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] Memory - what a hoot!
Sure, call me lazy, but do you happen to have an URL for Access Micro? I'd like to pick up another 128 for this machine and that's the best price I've seen since I bought this stick 6 months ago. U http://www.accessmicro.com/ ;-) Actually the price they quoted me on the phone was better than what I remember seeing on their website. I would call for a price. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] A little OT- Memory
If anyone has suggestions for places to find the best prices on memory upgrades that I can use for my PIII 450 linux box I would appreciate it. I am going to be using it as a server and need at least PC100 128 meg chips (though I would like to buy 256 if I could find an affordable source). I have looked at several mainstream mailorder places and prices vary widely. Y'all can email me directly if you think this is not of general interest to others. Thanks much. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] ADSL?
No one yet contacted me so I thought I might try again. Anyone out there using a linux box connected to an ISP through ADSL? If so please contact me off list if you are willing to share your experiences of getting it running. Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Sendmail
I was told that if I remove the -bd flag from the script that starts sendmail, it would no longer listen to port 25. This is exactly what I want but I don't know what script I need to edit. (Mandrake 6.0) Does anyone know what script / file I need to edit? Thanks
[newbie] ADSL soon (I hope)
I can almost taste it :-) After months of waiting it appears that I will soon finally get adsl through a local ISP provider (assuming Bell South actually shows up to do their part). In anticipation I had my linux box built with dual ethernet cards. Currently one card connects to my home network and I have connected to the net via a 56k modem. Now instead I will have my other ethernet card connnected to an adsl modem. Has anyone setup a system with adsl connection to the net and might have some pointers about issues I need to consider? For example, I think there is more than one type of adsl modem available and I don't know if it makes a difference which one I choose. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Background jobs
I need to start a job in the background (jobname ) but sometimes I need to bring it back to the forground to "talk to it" and then put it back into the background. Can anyone tell me how to do this? Thanks.
[newbie] What is this?
I asked about this once before under a subject about being concerned regarding a possible scan of my machine. Unfortunately I did not receive a reply as yet. Just recently I have begun to find entries in my syslog such as: Nov 9 21:51:18 tiger kernel: nfs: RPC call returned error 111 Nov 9 21:51:18 tiger kernel: RPC: task of released request still queued! Nov 9 21:51:18 tiger kernel: RPC: (task is on xprt_pending) Can anyone tell me what would likely cause this? I have portsentry now and it doesn't appear to show any violations. The manual would appear to indicate that rpc allows c programs to make c calls across a network. Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Relay test your mail server
Just saw this on a Mac mail server list. You can relay test your mail server by using your mail server machine to telnet to: mail-abuse.org It will automatically relay test your mail server on that machine and provide you the results onscreen as it happens. Pretty cool! Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] APACHE and PHP
Upon searching both the expert and newbie mail list archives as well as the
newsgroups I see several people have asked this questions and none have
recieved an answer.
Has anyone else come up against this...and if so what is the solution?
Yes I have.. and damn I wish I remember exactly what I did. |:-{
The essence of it is that I removed all references to the midgard module
in the apache config file and instead used the regular php3 module which
is also included in the distribution. This works perfectly. I was never
able to comprehend exactly what advantages the midgard module provided
over basic php so I am living happily in my ignorance :-)
Regards,
Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Blocking @HOME with ipchains - Can they tell?
I got tired of @HOME running scans on my system so I blocked them with: ipchains -I input -p TCP -s 24.4.254.140 -d 0/0 80 -j DENY -l ipchains -I input -p TCP -s 24.4.254.141 -d 0/0 80 -j DENY -l Can they tell that they're blocked or does it just look like I'm not running any services? Thanks.
[newbie] Anyone have virtual interfaces coming up at boot?
I am beginning to get very frustrated. Steve has been trying his best to help me, but so far we have not found a solution. I cannot get virtual ethernet interfaces to come up at boot. It seems to be something with the network script in inet.d that does not add the available virtual interface startup scripts to the startup list. I am running Mandrake 6.1 on the problem machine. I have RedHat 6 running on another machine with no such problems. Does anyone out there have virtual interfaces loading successfully at bootup running Mandrake 6.1 ? If so please contact me if you are willing to help me find my problem. Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Blocking access to my web server for a particular IP address... How?
How can I block access to my web server to a particular IP address? Thanks.
[newbie] Still can't get virtual interface up at boot
I posted before about not being able to get the virtual interface eth0:1 to come up at boot since upgrading to Mandrake 6.1 from 6.0. I have investigated the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory and there definitely is a ifcfg-eth0:1 script there along with other scripts. Is there some reason that these scripts are not being properly run at startup? I can easily bring up the virtual interface manually with ifconfig. Thanks. Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
Re: [newbie] Still can't get virtual interface up at boot
Testing the /etc/rc.d/init.d/network script shows it's getting tossed out of the list of interfaces on lines 51-52 or 55. From hacking back through the commands, it looks like it's the ':' in the '(ifcfg-lo|:)'. Try pulling the '|:' out of there and see if it works correctly. Steve, I tried that and unfortunately to no effect. I think you are on the right track though, I believe that area of the script builds the list of interfaces to bring up and does not produce anything but lo , eth0 , eth1 , etc. I think that in an effort to "ingore aliases, alternative configurations, and editor backup files" the script fails to add virtual interfaces and even a ppp interface if they exist. This would also explain why I was never able to get ppp0 to load on boot. Unfortunately, I don't know enough egrep to figure out what is wrong, but it would appear to be a bug in the code. Help? Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] DNS server analysis tool?
On the Mac there is a great commercial DNS server analysis tool called "DNS expert" available that queries a DNS server and looks for misconfigurations and security issues for any given domain name you choose. However, it is a hundred bucks and I cannot justify that for the limited use I have for it since my evaluation time ran out :-( Seems to me there must be some linux tool that can perfrom the same level of analysis of DNS records to make sure they are setup correctly. Any ideas? Regards, Eric Mings Ph.D.
[newbie] Apache fails to start.
When I try starting my Apache web server with: /usr/sbin/httpd -f /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf I get the messages: BUG IN DYNAMIC LINKER ld.so: dynamic-link.h: 57: elf_get_dynamic_info: Assertion `! "bad dynamic tag"' failed! Anyone know what it is trying to tell me?
[newbie] How do I bring eth0 down?
I have a Linux server that I use for IP Masq. I wish to bring the ethernet card to the outside down before lowering my firewall to do work on the server. (I have has a LOT of attacks.) I would just unplug the cable modem but when I do that there are a lot of time out problems (delays) I was hoping that I could avoid these by taking the eth0 card off-line. (It may not help but It's worth a try.) Can someone tell me how to bring this card down (and back up.) without rebooting the server? Thanks
