[newbie] error when using netconf to setup ppp
Greetings, I opened an xTerm and su'd to root then ran netconf. It opened fine. I then clicked on PPP/SLIP/PLIP and in the xTerm I saw: Error message from remadmin : Error message from remadmin :** WARNING **: Curfield: object main-1-3.panel.R0 not found. Error message from remadmin : Any ideas what this error is and how to correct it? BTW, I have never been able to setup a PPP script with netconf and have it work. They always exit with one error or another and if i try to modify the ppp script i setup during installation with netconf it starts exiting with a variety of errors. The only way to correct this is to copy a backup of my /etc directory. Specifically my /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory. Could this error, which i had never noticed until tonight, be the cause of this? Thanks in advance, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Removing a second harddrive...how?
Greetings, I am refurbishing an older computer for a christmas present and would like to take my second harddrive from my linux machine and use it as the primary in the other. How should i go about telling linux that the drive is no longer there? Thanks, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Remote Running
In regards to running VNC with KDE or gnome you will probably run into problems with the newer versions of those window managers. As i understand it (i could be wrong on this:-) they both require XFree4.0 or later and VNC's xserver (XVNC) is not compatable with them. When i setup VNC on my home lan and tried using KDE2.0 i began generating a huge amount of XSession errors. I switched to using icewm and everything is working fine now. To change VNC from its default of twm switch to the hidden .vnc directory in the users directory that is running the vncserver (in my case /home/fireman/.vnc). There will be a file named xstartup. Open that file with your favorite editor and comment out the twm line by putting a # at the beginning of it then enter a new line that says exec starticewm (in my case) without the quotes. If you are using pre-2.x KDE then you should have no problems with it running over VNC, at least i didnt. Ian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Lucas Sent: Saturday, July 07, 2001 4:01 PM To: Linux Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Remote Running Terry, Thanks for this, it's fantastic! I can control any machine on my network as though I were sat right in front of it! One question. When I log into my Linux server all I get is a grey screen. Do I need to tell VNC somewhere to start KDE/Gnome when I log in? If so how do I do it? Mark - Original Message - From: Terry [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark Lucas [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, July 05, 2001 3:03 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Remote Running On Wednesday 04 July 2001 07:19, you wrote: Does anyone know of a program that will enable me to run KDE (or similar) over my network (TCP/IP) in a window on a W2K machine? I can run Linux command prompt over SSH very succesfully but can't seem to run X over SSH. Mark Check out VNC. You can control virtually any OS with any other OS, and even within a web browser. http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ -- Terry Sheltra PC Technician/Network Administrator University of Virginia School of Architecture 434.982.3047 [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Registered Linux User # 218330
RE: [newbie] problem with /sbin/ifup ppp0,modem dials then hangs up (error 17)
Here's the thingThe modem, which is external, was never disconnected so i could not have inadvertantly connected it to the wrong serial port. Right before doing the shutdown command i had been online (checking email). I did /sbin/ifdown ppp0 and waited for the connection to drop and then did shutdown -h now. Then disconnected the monitor and its power cable and set it in the floor and disconnected the power cable from the back of the computer. I then moved the desk with the computer, modem, keyboard, mouse and speakers as one unit to its new location. I rerouted the cabling or the surge protector and plugged the computer back into the same outlet it had been in before and then sat the monitor back on the desk and hooked the cables up for it. I have tried making a new dialup connection with the same results. The modem picks up the line, dials then waits about 3 seconds and hangs up. I made the original connection and the new connection both with netconf. The new connection was setup the exact same way that I set up the old one when it was working. I have made sure that both the connections for the serial cable to the modem are secure and that they are screwed in so that there is no chance of them being lose or anything. I have also reseated the phone lines. The only changes i have made to the system in the past month or so is to configure Bastille with the interactive option but that was about 2 weeks ago and i have been connecting to the internet fine since then up until the computer was moved so this shouldnt be the root of the problem. Thanks for all the responses by the way. :) Still trying to resolve this one, Ian K. Harrell EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of etharp Sent: Saturday, June 30, 2001 8:02 AM To: Fireman71; Newbie Mailing List Mandrake Subject: Re: [newbie] problem with /sbin/ifup ppp0, modem dials then hangs up (error 17) if (as root in a console or xterm) you type (without the quotes) man pppd it will explain that error 17 means the ppp negotiation failed because serial loopback was detected so I would connect the modem back up to the same serial port it was before, if it is external. if it was internal., I would take it out of the slot and reseat it and see if that makes any difference. keep us informed ok? On Saturday 30 June 2001 02:22, Fireman71 wrote: I rearranged my home office today to please my better half who is always complaining about it being cluttered and saying things like This room would look so much better if only.. This reordering involved moving my LM8.0 computer. I did a shutdown -h now as root from an xterm and everything shutdown fine. Moved my desk and plugged my computer back in and tried to connect to the internet with /sbin/ifup ppp0 as root like i have always done and the modem picked up the phone line and dialed the number then almost before the first ring it hung up and linux responded with a somewhat cryptic Failed to connect (error 17). I cant find anything that describes exactly what error 17 is supposed to mean but all the settings have stayed exactly the same. I just shutdown the computer and moved it about 2.5 feet then plugged the power cable back up and turned the power on. Then only two cables i had to disconnect were the monitor and the power cable. Never touched the phone line. Also i can boot the workstation up into winblows and the modem works just fine. My hardware: HP Vectra 5 P120 External USR 56k modem Mandrkae 8.0 (dont think the rest is really relevant to this problem) This one has me really puzzled. Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] problem with /sbin/ifup ppp0,modem dials then hangs up (error 17)
Peter, thanks for the reply. It doesn't really help me solve the problem since I don't have a copy of 7.2 left to copy the scripts over from but at least I now know which directory to backup IF i can get this figured out. I may not fix this problem but at least i have learned something from it. :) What you mentioned though did bring up another rather drastic idea though and I want to ask the list for opinions about it before I attempt it. Should I be able to delete all the scripts in the /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts directory via rpm -e something and then do an rpm -i something to reinstall them? Reason I am saying this is drastic is because I would also lose my eth0 scripts and there is no guarantee that this would fix my problem. I am also not certain which packages to remove and reinstall to make sure that i cover everything. Guidance would be greatly appreciated! The only other solution that i have at the moment is to format the harddrive and reinstall which i really do NOT want to have to do. Thanks again, Ian K. Harrell EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This sort of thing keeps happening to me with Linux-Mandrake 8.0 (reported as a bug). I have 7.2 on another partition and I copied /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts from there to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts-from-7.2 on my 8.0 partition. Whenever I have a problem with /sbin/ifup ppp0, replacing the contents of /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts with the 7.2 set _always_ fixes it. Please don't ask me why - it's a crude and dirty kludge but I have spent hours and hours trying to identify which file caused the problem (by comparing the contents) to no avail. If you don't have such a fallback, I suggest you make a backup of that folder as soon as you get it working. -- Peter Ruskin, Wrexham, Wales. Registered Linux User No. 219434 ( see http://counter.li.org/ ) Linux Mandrake release 8.0 (Traktopel) for i586 Linux 2.4.3-20mdk-win4lin-pnr, KDE: 2.1.2, Qt: 2.3.1 Uptime 15 hours 40 minutes
[newbie] problem with /sbin/ifup ppp0, modem dials then hangs up (error 17)
I rearranged my home office today to please my better half who is always complaining about it being cluttered and saying things like This room would look so much better if only.. This reordering involved moving my LM8.0 computer. I did a shutdown -h now as root from an xterm and everything shutdown fine. Moved my desk and plugged my computer back in and tried to connect to the internet with /sbin/ifup ppp0 as root like i have always done and the modem picked up the phone line and dialed the number then almost before the first ring it hung up and linux responded with a somewhat cryptic Failed to connect (error 17). I cant find anything that describes exactly what error 17 is supposed to mean but all the settings have stayed exactly the same. I just shutdown the computer and moved it about 2.5 feet then plugged the power cable back up and turned the power on. Then only two cables i had to disconnect were the monitor and the power cable. Never touched the phone line. Also i can boot the workstation up into winblows and the modem works just fine. My hardware: HP Vectra 5 P120 External USR 56k modem Mandrkae 8.0 (dont think the rest is really relevant to this problem) This one has me really puzzled. Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Can't access /~username
I have found that you also have to make the /home/username director world
readable and world executable.
In my specific case i have /home/fireman with drwxr-xr-x and then i have
/home/fireman/public_html with drwxr-xr-x.
Hope this helps,
Ian K. Harrell
EMail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ross Slade
Sent: Monday, June 25, 2001 9:29 PM
To: Mandrake newbie list
Subject: [newbie] Can't access /~username
This is driving me nuts...
bunyip.apna.org.au is accessable just fine, but attempts to go to
bunyip.apana.org.au/~username fail:
Error 403
Forbidden
You don't have permission to access /~rosco/index.html on this server.
Apache-AdvancedExtranetServer/1.3.19 Server at bunyip.apana.org.au Port 80
Directory/filename permissions are correct:
---
drwxr-xr-x 10 roscousers4096 Jun 17 18:06 public_html/
---
-rw-r--r--1 roscousers 591 Feb 26 23:11 contact_thanks.html
drwxr-xr-x2 roscousers4096 Aug 19 2000 funny/
-rw-r--r--1 roscousers2350 Jun 17 18:06 index.html
--
commonhttpd.conf
IfModule mod_userdir.c
UserDir public_html
/IfModule
Directory /home/*/public_html
AllowOverride All
Options MultiViews Indexes Includes FollowSymLinks
Order allow,deny
Allow from all
/Directory
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Ideas please??
-Ross
--
http://bunyip.apana.org.au [ICQ No.9391313]
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Never let someone who says it cannot be done interrupt the person who is
doing it.
[newbie] Duplicate emails from list
Am I the only one receiving two copies of each email sent to the list? Tried unsubscribing and resubscribing right after this started but it keeps sending me two. Been going on for about a week now. Ian
[newbie] Iomega Ditto Tape Drive
Was wondering if anyone has gotten a Iomega Ditto Tape drive to work with LM 7.x and if they have how they set it up. The tape drive hooks into the parallel port. Thanks in advance, Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] unusual syslog entries can someone help?
was checking my /var/log/messages file earlier and noticed some unusual stuff and thought i would send it out and see what you all thought /var/log/messages #1 Feb 11 04:03:02 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 207.144.156.152:631 255.255.255.255:631 L=117 S=0x00 I=63299 F=0x T=64 (#34) Feb 11 04:03:33 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 207.144.156.152:631 255.255.255.255:631 L=117 S=0x00 I=63304 F=0x T=64 (#34) Feb 11 04:04:04 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 207.144.156.152:631 255.255.255.255:631 L=117 S=0x00 I=63305 F=0x T=64 (#34) Feb 11 04:04:35 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 207.144.156.152:631 255.255.255.255:631 L=117 S=0x00 I=63312 F=0x T=64 (#34) Feb 11 04:05:06 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 207.144.156.152:631 255.255.255.255:631 L=117 S=0x00 I=63313 F=0x T=64 (#34) Feb 11 04:05:37 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 207.144.156.152:631 255.255.255.255:631 L=117 S=0x00 I=63318 F=0x T=64 (#34) Feb 11 04:06:08 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 207.144.156.152:631 255.255.255.255:631 L=117 S=0x00 I=63319 F=0x T=64 (#34) snipthis entry is repeated every 31 seconds until 207.144.156.152:631 255.255.255.255:631 L=117 S=0x00 I=42689 F=0x T=64 (#34) Feb 11 11:32:51 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 207.144.156.152:631 255.255.255.255:631 L=117 S=0x00 I=42690 F=0x T=64 (#34) Feb 11 11:34:16 hp1 ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/modem at 115200 Feb 11 11:34:48 hp1 pppd[9121]: Using interface ppp0 Feb 11 11:34:48 hp1 pppd[9121]: Connect: ppp0 -- /dev/modem Feb 11 11:35:03 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 192.203.230.10:53 207.144.214.27:1024 L=477 S=0x00 I=59322 F=0x4000 T=17 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:04 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 204.116.57.2:53 207.144.214.27:1027 L=148 S=0x00 I=11336 F=0x T=26 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:07 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 192.33.4.12:53 207.144.214.27:1024 L=477 S=0x00 I=34023 F=0x4000 T=244 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:09 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 206.74.254.2:53 207.144.214.27:1027 L=148 S=0x00 I=27220 F=0x4000 T=25 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:11 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 198.41.0.10:53 207.144.214.27:1024 L=477 S=0x00 I=45844 F=0x T=53 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:15 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 128.8.10.90:53 207.144.214.27:1024 L=477 S=0x00 I=10466 F=0x T=56 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:17 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 204.116.57.2:53 207.144.214.27:1027 L=148 S=0x00 I=13973 F=0x T=26 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:19 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 192.5.5.241:53 207.144.214.27:1024 L=477 S=0x00 I=63027 F=0x4000 T=16 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:20 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 206.74.254.2:53 207.144.214.27:1027 L=148 S=0x00 I=30907 F=0x4000 T=25 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:23 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 192.36.148.17:53 207.144.214.27:1024 L=477 S=0x00 I=7447 F=0x T=45 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:27 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 192.112.36.4:53 207.144.214.27:1024 L=477 S=0x00 I=27345 F=0x4000 T=245 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:30 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 204.116.57.2:53 207.144.214.27:1027 L=148 S=0x00 I=16572 F=0x T=26 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:31 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 193.0.14.129:53 207.144.214.27:1024 L=477 S=0x00 I=6240 F=0x T=50 (#34) Feb 11 11:35:35 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 128.9.0.107:53 207.144.214.27:1024 L=477 S=0x00 I=24155 F=0x4000 T=237 (#34) snip i kept getting requests from a variety of ip#s until... Feb 11 13:43:09 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 198.41.0.4:53 207.144.244.100:1024 L=141 S=0x00 I=36954 F=0x T=48 (#34) Feb 11 13:43:16 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 204.116.57.2:53 207.144.244.100:1027 L=148 S=0x00 I=20137 F=0x T=26 (#34) Feb 11 13:43:29 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 206.74.254.2:53 207.144.244.100:1027 L=493 S=0x00 I=37323 F=0x4000 T=25 (#34) Feb 11 13:47:44 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=6 63.66.204.66:2956 207.144.244.100:53 L=60 S=0x00 I=41991 F=0x4000 T=50 SYN (#34) Feb 11 17:07:55 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=6 210.97.4.253:3433 207.144.244.100:98 L=60 S=0x00 I=10780 F=0x4000 T=45 SYN (#34) Feb 11 17:07:58 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=6 210.97.4.253:3433 207.144.244.100:98 L=60 S=0x00 I=14182 F=0x4000 T=45 SYN (#34) Feb 11 17:55:14 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 199.90.74.52:137 207.144.244.100:137 L=78 S=0x00 I=9682 F=0x T=111 (#34) Feb 11 17:55:16 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 199.90.74.52:137 207.144.244.100:137 L=78 S=0x00 I=26066 F=0x T=112 (#34) Feb 11 17:55:17 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 199.90.74.52:137 207.144.244.100:137 L=78 S=0x00 I=29394 F=0x T=112
RE: [newbie] unusual syslog entries can someone help?
well, to increase the oddness of this there wasnt anything printing and hadnt been anything since the day before all these entries showed up. Also, looking back over the logs for the past two weeks or so this is the only time that these types of entries have appeared. It also dosent explain the entries fron all those different ip#s attempting to contact my port 53 which if i understand the /etc/services file right is the normal port for the nameserver. I have also been keeping a closer check on all the logs since i noticed this and everything looks like it is running normally now. No more attempts to connect to port 631 or 53. Many thanks for all replies, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS - Still puzzled about what caused this, maybe it is computer code for a vacation request? *G* -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Mark Weaver Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 10:56 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] unusual syslog entries can someone help? Fireman71 wrote: was checking my /var/log/messages file earlier and noticed some unusual stuff and thought i would send it out and see what you all thought /var/log/messages #1 Feb 11 04:03:02 hp1 kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=17 207.144.156.152:631 255.255.255.255:631 L=117 S=0x00 I=63299 F=0x T=64 (#34) Ian, it looks to me like you don't have your printer setup correctly cause all the info that is being sent to the printer is hitting your firewall and getting sent to /dev/null. -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful."
RE: [newbie] window managers
Jim, One thing that threw me for a loop was that when I booted up the computer the first time it didn't send me to a login screen it just dumped me into KDE. Before I could switch window managers I had to logout of KDE. After I did that it gave me the expected login screen where I could choose what user I wanted to login as and which window manager I wanted to use. Try logging out of KDE, not shutting down, and see if it doesn't send you to the graphical login screen where you can pick which window manager you want to use. Good luck, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Scuba Sent: Sunday, February 11, 2001 10:27 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] window managers I find the best way it to boot mandrake into a graphical login, which allows you to choose window managers easily and also allows u to revert back to a console login if required Rgds -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jim Skoff Sent: 11 February 2001 17:23 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] window managers Hi, this is a very newbie like question but I just installed Mandrake 7.2 and can't find where I can switch window managers. I wan't to run Window Maker. Can anyone help? Thanks in advance, Jim
RE: [newbie] Problems with 7.2 and external modem
some more info this problem: Feb 4 03:52:47 hp1 ifup-ppp: pppd started for ppp0 on /dev/modem at 115200 Feb 4 03:52:47 hp1 modprobe: modprobe: Can't locate module char-major-108 Feb 4 03:52:47 hp1 kernel: registered device ppp0 Feb 4 03:52:47 hp1 pppd[2157]: pppd 2.4.0 started by root, uid 0 Feb 4 03:52:48 hp1 pppd[2157]: Connect script failed Feb 4 03:52:49 hp1 pppd[2157]: Exit. I am wondering mainly about the modprobe error. Could this be the cause of the problem with ifup not working instead of harddrake's refusal to detect my modem? If so what might i be able to do to fix it? Again, thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Sunday, February 04, 2001 1:57 PM To: Newbie Subject: [newbie] Problems with 7.2 and external modem After putting 7.2 on a machine i got from work (pentium 120, 32meg ram) i decided to put it on my network and replace an older machine that i was using as file/print server and firewall ip masqer. I attached the external 3com/USR 56k Voice Faxmodem Pro Model #525 that i had been using under 7.1 with no problems to ttyS0 on the 7.2 box and when first booting the 7.2 it came up and detected my modem as an external 56K USR just like it did in 7.1 during the "checking for new hardware" phase. I then went to harddrake and let it do its thing. It didn't detect the modem at all but did find everything else. I then used kppp and it was able to find the modem and connect to the Internet just fine. Why isn't harddrake able to find it? In 7.1 harddrake detected this same modem perfectly with no problem at all. What do I need to do to fix this? I cant use kppp to make the connection since i need to be able to start it via telnet from another machine and /sbin/ifup wont work until the modem gets configured. At least i cant get it to work and under 7.1 it didnt work until harddrake had detected the modem. Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie]
In essence all a mount point is is a directory in you file system ie. /mnt/cdrom or /mnt/floppy. they are only empty directories until you mount a device to them. What mounting does is attach the device, in this case you CD-Rom, to that directory in your file system so that you can access it. I'll probably get flamed for using this analogy but oh well :) In windows your CD-Rom is assigned drive D:, you floppy is A: and the harddrive is C: etc. All those letters are just telling windows where to find a particular device at. Linux does basically the same thing except it uses a different naming scheme. In linux the cd-rom is usually /mnt/cdrom and the floppy is /mnt/floppy. Actually in linux your mount points can be almost anything you want them to be. Thats mount points in a nutshell as i understand them. Now for mounting... In windows when you stick a cd in the drive windows automatically mounts it at drive D: while in linux you have to mount it yourself. In windows when you put the cd in, the drive tells windows that "hey, the user stuck a cd in me" while with linux you tell linux "Hey, i stuck a cd in the drive and you can find it here (where you mounted it at)." There is an exception to this in linux though. It is called automount and uses entries in fstab to do all the mounting for you automatically. You will have to talk to someone else to get more info on automount though, i was lucky to understand the above analogy when a friend explained it to me. Hopes this helps, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of mike smalheiser Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 1:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] hey there, i was wondering what the difference is between mounting my cd-rom drive, and creating a mount point for it. and i was wondering if you could tell me how to create a moint point for it. thanks alot mike _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[newbie] Problems with 7.2 and external modem
After putting 7.2 on a machine i got from work (pentium 120, 32meg ram) i decided to put it on my network and replace an older machine that i was using as file/print server and firewall ip masqer. I attached the external 3com/USR 56k Voice Faxmodem Pro Model #525 that i had been using under 7.1 with no problems to ttyS0 on the 7.2 box and when first booting the 7.2 it came up and detected my modem as an external 56K USR just like it did in 7.1 during the "checking for new hardware" phase. I then went to harddrake and let it do its thing. It didn't detect the modem at all but did find everything else. I then used kppp and it was able to find the modem and connect to the Internet just fine. Why isn't harddrake able to find it? In 7.1 harddrake detected this same modem perfectly with no problem at all. What do I need to do to fix this? I cant use kppp to make the connection since i need to be able to start it via telnet from another machine and /sbin/ifup wont work until the modem gets configured. At least i cant get it to work and under 7.1 it didnt work until harddrake had detected the modem. Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] problems printing through samba with cups and HP722c
Trying to set up a box running LM7.2 as a print server for a couple of win98 machines. Currently i have samba set up correctly as far as i can tell. All the machines can see each other and talk to each other fine. On the windows machines i can open up network neighborhood and see the linux box. Open up the linux box and i can see the shared files and read and write to them perfectly. Now the problem... I see two printers, one named "lp" and the other named "printers" but there is only one printer attached to the linux box. A HP DeskJet 722c. Under LM7.1 without CUPS i only saw one printer and just set up the windows machines to print to it and all was good in the world. Now i have tried to print to both of the printers that samba is showing and havent been able to get anything to come out of the printer but i am fairly certain that the print jobs are being sent to the linux box. Reasons i think this are that all the network lights blink like they did when a print job was being sent under 7.1 and tcpdump is showing that the linux box is receiving packets from the win98 box that is sending the job. So i am fairly certain that windows is sending out the print job and that the linux box is receiving it but nothing is getting printed. Any one have any ideas about what i need to do to solve this one? Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] PS -- Here is my smb.conf file just in case it helps. I didnt configure it manually but used swat to generate it. # Samba config file created using SWAT # from localhost.localdomain (127.0.0.1) # Date: 2001/02/03 02:23:33 # Global parameters [global] workgroup = MYGROUP netbios name = HP1 server string = Samba Server %v interfaces = eth0 encrypt passwords = Yes update encrypted = Yes log file = /var/log/samba/log.%m max log size = 50 socket options = TCP_NODELAY SO_RCVBUF=8192 SO_SNDBUF=8192 printcap name = lpstat dns proxy = No printing = cups print command = /usr/bin/lp -d%p -oraw %s; rm %s lpq command = /usr/bin/lpstat -o%p lprm command = /usr/bin/cancel %p-%j queuepause command = /usr/bin/disable %p queueresume command = /usr/bin/enable %p [homes] comment = Home Directories writeable = Yes browseable = No [printers] comment = All Printers path = /var/spool/samba create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes print command = lpr-cups -P %p %s # using cups own drivers (use generic PostScript on clients). lpq command = lpstat -o %p lprm command = cancel %p-%j [lp] path = /var/spool/samba writeable = Yes create mask = 0700 guest ok = Yes printable = Yes print command = lpr-cups -P %p %s # using cups own drivers (use generic PostScript on clients). lpq command = lpstat -o %p lprm command = cancel %p-%j printer = lp oplocks = No share modes = No
[newbie] LM7.2 questions about telnet and webmin
I was gifted with an old comp from work and tried installing LM7.2 on it.
Everything during the install and all post install configuration went fine.
Started playing around with it since this is the only machine that i have
7.2 on (my others are running 7.1) and ran into a few snags.
The biggest one is that i cannot telnet into the box at all from anywhere. I
cant even telnet localhost. When i try it reports:
{fireman}$ telnet localhost
Trying 127.0.0.1...
telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused
So i am assuming that there is some security setting somewhere that is
stopping me. Anyone have any ideas where or what it might be and how i can
turn it off?
Things i have checked so far:
/etc/inetd.cont -- the telnet line is uncommented here and looks correct
/etc/hosts.deny -- nothing in here except for commented out lines
/etc/hosts.allow -- same as above
ipchains -L -- no rules and all policiesset to accept
security level -- set to medium
Thanks in advance,
Ian K. Harrell
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] A couple of questions...
Firstly, Does the Mandrake 7.2 installation still have X3.36 for those of us who still use older video cards that arent yet supported by X4 and is mandrake going to continue to ship X3 with its next release (due in april or so i read on this list) or are they going to just ship X4 and leave those of us who dont have supported video cards unable to use their product? Second, i am looking for a "web reader" for a friend of mine. By web reader i mean a program that will read a web page to a user who problems seeing the screen. I heard something about a reader for emacs but havent been able to find out much about so far. Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] backup solution wanted
looking for a way to backup my entire linux system to an iso file which i can then transfer over my network to another machine that has a cd burner on it. I would really like for it to meet the following requirements: 1 - free or cheap, this will be used on a small home network and used to backup only one machine so i am not wanting to spend an arm and a leg for it :) 2 - able to write the backup files to ~650meg iso files stored on the linux box which can later be burned to a CDR 3 - able to boot from the backup cd or some type of bootdisk to perform a recovery. This will be used to make full system backups. I really dont care if it has a lot of bells and whistles or nice GUI frontends. I just want a way to backup my entire system and do a simple restore when it becomes neccesary. Anyone have any ideas or recomendations? Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] local lan problem
ok, here is ifconfig output eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:21:6B:90:A5 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xfce0 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 and here is route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.254 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 and finally the resolv.conf file search firepossum.net nameserver 206.74.254.2 nameserver 204.116.57.2 nameserver 192.168.0.2 If anyone sees anything wrong with these let me know i really need to get this problem fixed. Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 02:04 18.01.2001 -0500, you wrote: Post the output of: ifconfig route -n cat /etc/resolv.conf Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem I am using static ip addys on the local network, ppp connection to the isp is dynamic. linux machine is 192.168.0.2 and the windows machines have 192.168.0.1 and .0.3. netmask on all machine is 255.255.255.0 I do not have any other network cards in the machine, 56k modem that is external off of ttyS0. PPP works fine btw. Just the local net isnt doing anything. I setup the local network during installation of LM7.1 as i have seen several people post that it is usually better to do it then and my own personal experience has been that its also easier to do it then as well. I did not setup internet connection during installation though, again in accordance with advice that has been posted here in the past. hostnames are all as follows and seem to be setup correctly: 192.168.0.1 - windows - comp1.possumtrot.net 192.168.0.2 - linux - comp2.possumtrot.net 192.168.0.3 - windows - comp3.possumtrot.net Many thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Istvan Bereti Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 4:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem Hi, Definitely your netcard is not properly configured on Linux. Are you using DHCP or fixed IP-s? Do you have an other netcard in your linx box? Check hostname and IP addresses. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem No, i cannot ping from either of the win 98 machines to the linux box, nor from linux to the windows machines but i can ping from one windows machine to another one fine. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Istvan Bereti Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem Hi, Can you ping from the win98 the network card of the Linux? ping ipaddr. And also vica - versa... BR, Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] local lan problem Trying to setup a linux machine as a firewall and web server on a lan for a friend of mine. He also wants the linux machine to handle IP masqing. Installed LM7.1 on a HP Vectra series 5 machine that he had purchased off the internet to use specifically for Linux. We then put a realtek 8029 PCI network card in, installed LM7.1 and all appeared to be good in the world, until Trying to access anything on the local net is impossible. 100% packet loss, etc, etc. Currently on the lan there are two other machines both running windows 98 and then the LM7.1 machine. Both of the windows machines can see and talk to each other fine but they cant see the linux box. I double and triple checked all the system settings and everything seemed to be fine. Drakconf detected the network card, linuxconf showed that all the values i had entered for IP Addy, netmask, etc were fine. Thinking this might have been caused by a bad cable we tried three other
RE: [newbie] local lan problem
When pinging from one windows machine to another the lights on the hub do blink. Also, I am not using the uplink port on the hub for the linux machine it is being left open for possible future expansion if we can get this problem figured out. And yes, i have tried a port on the hub that i know is working under windows. In fact i tried every port on the hub with no success. I even went and unplugged the cable from one of the windows machines immediately after i used it to ping to ensure that the network was working and then plugged it into the linux machine and still got nothing. I also tried networking only two of the machins together with a cross-patch cable and linux still cannot ping out to the windows system and windows still cant reach the linux box. I also did a bit of further experimentation and reformatted the harddrive on the linux machine, setup two partitions, one for swap with 100meg and the rest in root and went through and reconfigured everything from scratch. Still getting the same problem. BTW, i did a development/expert installation and setup lan network during the installation and PPP for the isp after the instal. Network card and all were identified fine and setup went smoothly. Could this be something on the windows machines that is preventing them from seeing and communicating with the linux box? Dunno how this could be though since they are both running win98se and a tcp/ip network which works fine from windows machine to windows machine. I appreciate all the assistance by the way folks, its nice to know that there are people out there who are willing to help when these problems crop up. Still banging my head, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bill Shirley Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 1:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem As far as I can see, everything looks ok. Of course, that's what you said but it doesn't hurt to see the output. When you said "On the hub side the light never did come on showing that there was a connection." this could indicate that you may have a dead port on the hub or be plugging it into the uplink port. If you are using the uplink port you need a cross-over cable. Have you tried plugging the LM box into one of the working ports Windows is using? When you ping, do the hub lights blink? I wish I could be of more help, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Friday, January 19, 2001 12:34 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem ok, here is ifconfig output eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:21:6B:90:A5 inet addr:192.168.0.2 Bcast:192.168.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:8 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 Interrupt:11 Base address:0xfce0 loLink encap:Local Loopback inet addr:127.0.0.1 Mask:255.0.0.0 UP LOOPBACK RUNNING MTU:3924 Metric:1 RX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:0 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:0 and here is route -n Kernel IP routing table Destination Gateway Genmask Flags Metric RefUse Iface 192.168.0.2 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.255 UH0 00 eth0 192.168.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.255.255.0 U 0 00 eth0 127.0.0.0 0.0.0.0 255.0.0.0 U 0 00 lo 0.0.0.0 192.168.0.254 0.0.0.0 UG0 00 eth0 and finally the resolv.conf file search firepossum.net nameserver 206.74.254.2 nameserver 204.116.57.2 nameserver 192.168.0.2 If anyone sees anything wrong with these let me know i really need to get this problem fixed. Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] At 02:04 18.01.2001 -0500, you wrote: Post the output of: ifconfig route -n cat /etc/resolv.conf Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 11:50 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem I am using static ip addys on the local network, ppp connection to the isp is dynamic. linux machine is 192.168.0.2 and the windows machines have 192.168.0.1 and .0.3. netmask on all machine is 255.255.255.0 I do not have any other network cards in the machine, 56k modem that is external off of ttyS0. PPP works fine btw. Just the local net isnt doing anything. I setup the local network during installation of LM7.1 as i have seen several people post that it is usually better to do it then and my own personal experience has been that its also easier to do it then as well. I did not setu
RE: [newbie] local lan problem
No, i cannot ping from either of the win 98 machines to the linux box, nor from linux to the windows machines but i can ping from one windows machine to another one fine. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Istvan Bereti Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem Hi, Can you ping from the win98 the network card of the Linux? ping ipaddr. And also vica - versa... BR, Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] local lan problem Trying to setup a linux machine as a firewall and web server on a lan for a friend of mine. He also wants the linux machine to handle IP masqing. Installed LM7.1 on a HP Vectra series 5 machine that he had purchased off the internet to use specifically for Linux. We then put a realtek 8029 PCI network card in, installed LM7.1 and all appeared to be good in the world, until Trying to access anything on the local net is impossible. 100% packet loss, etc, etc. Currently on the lan there are two other machines both running windows 98 and then the LM7.1 machine. Both of the windows machines can see and talk to each other fine but they cant see the linux box. I double and triple checked all the system settings and everything seemed to be fine. Drakconf detected the network card, linuxconf showed that all the values i had entered for IP Addy, netmask, etc were fine. Thinking this might have been caused by a bad cable we tried three other cables with no results and also tried every free spot on the hub with a known good cable from one of the windows machines just to make sure that there wasnt a bad connection or something in the hub. During bootup it shows that eth0 is starting up ok and ifconfig reports that everything seems to be there and working fine as far as i can tell. I am completely lost at what to do to fix this problem and would appreciate any and all advice. One thing i did notice was that when the cable was unplugged from the network card in the linux box or the hub the light on the card showing that the network connection was present went off as you would expect it to. When we plugged the cable back into the hub or the card it returned just like everything was working normally. On the hub side the light never did come on showing that there was a connection. The hub is listed as being *nix compatable and I am using a similar realtek 8029 card in another linux machine at my own home with no problems. Linux machine info in case this helps... HP Vectra Series 5 P133 CPU 16M RAM 2.5Gig HD Realtek 8029 SB AWE16 Generic noname (as far as i can find) SVGA video card Fresh install of Linux Mandrake 7.1 Many thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] local lan problem
I am using static ip addys on the local network, ppp connection to the isp is dynamic. linux machine is 192.168.0.2 and the windows machines have 192.168.0.1 and .0.3. netmask on all machine is 255.255.255.0 I do not have any other network cards in the machine, 56k modem that is external off of ttyS0. PPP works fine btw. Just the local net isnt doing anything. I setup the local network during installation of LM7.1 as i have seen several people post that it is usually better to do it then and my own personal experience has been that its also easier to do it then as well. I did not setup internet connection during installation though, again in accordance with advice that has been posted here in the past. hostnames are all as follows and seem to be setup correctly: 192.168.0.1 - windows - comp1.possumtrot.net 192.168.0.2 - linux - comp2.possumtrot.net 192.168.0.3 - windows - comp3.possumtrot.net Many thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Istvan Bereti Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 4:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem Hi, Definitely your netcard is not properly configured on Linux. Are you using DHCP or fixed IP-s? Do you have an other netcard in your linx box? Check hostname and IP addresses. Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 10:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem No, i cannot ping from either of the win 98 machines to the linux box, nor from linux to the windows machines but i can ping from one windows machine to another one fine. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Istvan Bereti Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 3:11 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] local lan problem Hi, Can you ping from the win98 the network card of the Linux? ping ipaddr. And also vica - versa... BR, Steve -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Fireman71 Sent: Wednesday, January 17, 2001 9:56 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] local lan problem Trying to setup a linux machine as a firewall and web server on a lan for a friend of mine. He also wants the linux machine to handle IP masqing. Installed LM7.1 on a HP Vectra series 5 machine that he had purchased off the internet to use specifically for Linux. We then put a realtek 8029 PCI network card in, installed LM7.1 and all appeared to be good in the world, until Trying to access anything on the local net is impossible. 100% packet loss, etc, etc. Currently on the lan there are two other machines both running windows 98 and then the LM7.1 machine. Both of the windows machines can see and talk to each other fine but they cant see the linux box. I double and triple checked all the system settings and everything seemed to be fine. Drakconf detected the network card, linuxconf showed that all the values i had entered for IP Addy, netmask, etc were fine. Thinking this might have been caused by a bad cable we tried three other cables with no results and also tried every free spot on the hub with a known good cable from one of the windows machines just to make sure that there wasnt a bad connection or something in the hub. During bootup it shows that eth0 is starting up ok and ifconfig reports that everything seems to be there and working fine as far as i can tell. I am completely lost at what to do to fix this problem and would appreciate any and all advice. One thing i did notice was that when the cable was unplugged from the network card in the linux box or the hub the light on the card showing that the network connection was present went off as you would expect it to. When we plugged the cable back into the hub or the card it returned just like everything was working normally. On the hub side the light never did come on showing that there was a connection. The hub is listed as being *nix compatable and I am using a similar realtek 8029 card in another linux machine at my own home with no problems. Linux machine info in case this helps... HP Vectra Series 5 P133 CPU 16M RAM 2.5Gig HD Realtek 8029 SB AWE16 Generic noname (as far as i can find) SVGA video card Fresh install of Linux Mandrake 7.1 Many thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] local lan problem
Trying to setup a linux machine as a firewall and web server on a lan for a friend of mine. He also wants the linux machine to handle IP masqing. Installed LM7.1 on a HP Vectra series 5 machine that he had purchased off the internet to use specifically for Linux. We then put a realtek 8029 PCI network card in, installed LM7.1 and all appeared to be good in the world, until Trying to access anything on the local net is impossible. 100% packet loss, etc, etc. Currently on the lan there are two other machines both running windows 98 and then the LM7.1 machine. Both of the windows machines can see and talk to each other fine but they cant see the linux box. I double and triple checked all the system settings and everything seemed to be fine. Drakconf detected the network card, linuxconf showed that all the values i had entered for IP Addy, netmask, etc were fine. Thinking this might have been caused by a bad cable we tried three other cables with no results and also tried every free spot on the hub with a known good cable from one of the windows machines just to make sure that there wasnt a bad connection or something in the hub. During bootup it shows that eth0 is starting up ok and ifconfig reports that everything seems to be there and working fine as far as i can tell. I am completely lost at what to do to fix this problem and would appreciate any and all advice. One thing i did notice was that when the cable was unplugged from the network card in the linux box or the hub the light on the card showing that the network connection was present went off as you would expect it to. When we plugged the cable back into the hub or the card it returned just like everything was working normally. On the hub side the light never did come on showing that there was a connection. The hub is listed as being *nix compatable and I am using a similar realtek 8029 card in another linux machine at my own home with no problems. Linux machine info in case this helps... HP Vectra Series 5 P133 CPU 16M RAM 2.5Gig HD Realtek 8029 SB AWE16 Generic noname (as far as i can find) SVGA video card Fresh install of Linux Mandrake 7.1 Many thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
RE: [newbie] Exporting X
It is possible but for me it was a pain to setup and i wasnt very satisfied with it when i did manage to get it setup but this might have been caused by me not doing something correctly. To make a long story short, i found a program called VNC which basically does the same thing and was much easier to setup and work with. check it out at http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ It also allows you to export windoze desktops to a linux machine as well and they have their own mailing list in case you do have any problems with it. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of James Hallam Sent: Monday, December 18, 2000 6:22 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [newbie] Exporting X hi all, i was wondering if it was possible to export the KDE desktop to an X-Client running on a windows machine i.e. using the MI/X or and equivalent product.. if it is possible would anyone knew of any documentation out there to do it thanks in advance
RE: [newbie] RPM major numbers - 3 problem
Ok, I went and downloaded the new rpm-4.0-4 package and went to do the rpm -Uv on it and it gives me the same message. So I am apparently stuck here. I need to upgrade to rpm v4 to install packages with a major number 3 but can't do that because the rpm package itself has a number 3. Any other suggestions from anyone on this? Many thanks, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, November 21, 2000 2:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] RPM major numbers - 3 problem Fireman71 wrote: When trying to upgrade some packages with "rpm -U packnamehere" I got the following error message only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM This has happened on several upgrades I have tried before but now its become a problem due to it happening on a package that I need to upgrade. Anyone have any ideas on how to get around this problem or fix it? Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] My guess would be that you are trying to update packages that are written for RedHat 7.0, which uses a newer version of RPM. If this is the case, you need to upgrade your RPM proggie, along with some other libraries too. Check out the RedHat site for more info... -- Cheers! == Rune Kallhovd, CORENA Norge AS == = Software Engineer = = P.O.Box 1024, N-3601 Kongsberg, NORWAY = = Tlf: +47 32 73 7448, Fax: +47 32 73 6877 = == CORENA Home Page: http://www.corena.no ==
[newbie] RPM major numbers - 3 problem
When trying to upgrade some packages with "rpm -U packnamehere" I got the following error message only packages with major numbers = 3 are supported by this version of RPM This has happened on several upgrades I have tried before but now its become a problem due to it happening on a package that I need to upgrade. Anyone have any ideas on how to get around this problem or fix it? Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] question about backing up over a network
Ok, here's the deal.we have a small lan consisting of three computers. One of the computers is runing Mandrake 7.1 and serves for IP masquerading, print server and file server along with an intranet web site. The next computer is running Windoze NT4.0 because one of our software suppliers requires it and the third computer is a laptop running dual boot MD-7.1 and windoze 98. I have samba set up and everything is running fine, all the computers talk to all the others and peace fills the world, or at least the office so far. :-) Now the problem, I have been using mondo to backup our linux server since it was being used to store all our critical data. Mondo generates multiple ISO images of our linux system that I can then burn to a CDRW which is installed on the linux box. What I am wanting to do is to generate ISO backup images of the other two computers (the win98 part of the dual booting laptop and the entire hardrive of the NT machine) and then transfer them to the linux server where they will get burned to CDRW. I also would like to be able to use these images to restore the backups without having to go through the tedious process of re-installing all the microsoft stuff first. This means that I want to be able to completely format the harddrives on the windoze machines and then stick in the CDRWs that I made, boot off of them and then restore the whole system (OS, programs and data) from them. I would really love for this to be something fairly simple that I can write into a script and leave alone overnight only having to use the linux machine for the actual CD burning over the weekend. I also need as cheap a solution as possible which is why i put linux on our server machine in the first place. Any advice, tips or comments are GREATLY appreciated. Thanks, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Receiving unusual error when updating RPMs
When using "rpm -Uvv rpm-name-here.rpm" to update any RPM i get the following error message: error getting record /bin/sh from //var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm This only started after i replaced my harddrive and did a fresh instal of 7.1. It did not occur on my old harddrive with 7.1. That harddrive went bad and i replaced it with an exact duplicate (was under the manufacturers warranty). As far as I can remember I did not select anything different during the instal process and and the rpms have been mainly ones I had installed on my old system (ie junkbuster, etc). Like i said, i never had this error on my old 7.1 installation but am getting it everytime i try to install/upgrade and rpm on this installation. Anyone have any idea what the heck this error is? And i do have the file /var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm with the permissions of -rw-r--r--- so everyone should be able to read it. Also, these were the permissions that were on this file after the installation. Many thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] PGP
I know you can get a rpm of the international version at rpmfind.net. Just list the rpms by name and scroll through the "p" section until you see the one for your system (alpha, i386, spac, whatever). The one for i386 that i have is at http://rpmfind.net/linux/dld/5.4/i386/RPMS/i386/pgp-2.6.3i-3.i386.rpm Once you install the rpm login as the user you want to use PGP with and then on a command line type "pgp -kg" without the qutoes and follow the directions provided. Typing "pgp -help" will also give you a brief summary on command line options and as i recall the documentation for pgp is pretty good. Look at the man pages for more command line options and more detailed information on it. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, you wrote: Where do i get PGP from and how do i set it up? Thanks -- Jim Dwyer Registered Linux User# 184760
Re: [newbie] MenuEditor NOT Installed???
Its there but for some reason the link in K - Panel - menu editor dosent point to it and i didnt dig into it real far to see how to change that link so that it will work. Maybe someone else can tell you how to do that. But to get into the menu editor either open a terminal window or whatever to get to a command line and type "kmenuedit " without the quotes. This will let you get into it. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Thu, 27 Jul 2000, you wrote: I am talking about clickin on K, Panel, Edit Menus: "MenuEditor Not Installed!" So, anyone out there know what this is all about? Thanks so very much. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net
[newbie] Mandrake 7.1 handing at IDE detection
I noticed a large number of messages about all the problems people were having with Mandrake 7.1 hanging at the IDE detection phase of installation but I do not remember seeing any work arounds or resolutions for this issue come along. Were there ever any? If so what were they? I am having what is pretty much the same problem on a friends machine. It is a Celeron 450Mhz on an Intel 810 board with a ~13gig maxtor IDE harddrive. My copy of 7.0 installs fine on his machine but none of the copies (4 so far) of 7.1 ever make it past the IDE detection. Anyone know of a fix for this problem please let me know so that i might be able to get him converted from that other o$. Ian K. Harrell email - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] drakfont rpm dependancies question
Downloaded and tried to install the drakfont rpm (both the 13mdk and 14mdk versions) and it fails due to: error: failed dependencies: gtk+mdk is needed by drakfont-0.40-13mdk libgtkmdk-0.1.so.2 is needed by drakfont-0.40-13mdk Does anyone know where i can find these? And on a related but side note, there have ben several times that I have had to deal with a rpm failure in the past due to a dependancy and had no idea what i needed to install to satisfy it. Is there any way, or any where, that people can find out what files are installed with what rpm other then installing it and then querying it? All assistance is greatly appreciated. Ian K. Harrell email - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] hp printer
I have a HP 720c printer myself. The main problem is that HP uses a proprietary driver that is not supported in linux for the 700 and 800 series printers. There iIS a solution though. Go to http://sourceforge.net/projects/pnm2ppa/ This is a website that is beiung maintained by a guy who has written a linux driver to support these printers. You have to install the pnm2ppa and rhs-printfilters rpm for linux mandrake. Currently there is not a version available for Mandrake 7.1 but there are ones for mandrake 7.0. Just download the rpms and then install them with rpm -Uv rpm-name-here then use printtool from a command line. This must be run within xwindows. It will bring up a window that allows you to add a printer, etc. Follow the instructions and all "should" go well. If it dosent feel free to email me or you can make a post on the sourceforge site. One note. the Fast Text Dithering box MUST be unchecked for this driver to work. Like i said, if you have any problems feel free to email me and i will domy best to help you out. Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 17 Jul 2000, you wrote: Hello Everyone, I have a HP DeskJet 712c, and I cant get it to work. I have tried all the install techniques and it recognizes its there, but when I try to print a test page nothing happens. Any Ideas?
Re: [newbie] Text v. HTML messages on this list
Just my 2 cents but i prefer plain text. I normally handle around 200 emails a day on a server that limits me to 5meg of space. What this means is that when people start sending me 50 to 100k emails that contain 2 lines of actual text and the rest is html code and midi sounds i get angry because all my other emails get bounced back to the senders. Next, the email client that i use does everything i need it too. Multiple pop accounts, PGP, etc, etc. The only thing that chokes it is HTML. This means that i have to save the message then open it in another client such as netscape to read it. This is another annoyance. Lastly and probably most importantly, i send emails to exchange information with people. Not to send people nice background images and music and border graphics, etc. ---Reply to mail from John Glasscock about [newbie] Text v. HTML messages on this list A correspondent made a plea, not an unreasonable one but one with which I may not entirely agree, that messages be posted in text only and not in HTML. I, for one, find that with HTML one can be more expressive and informative in conveying important information. I also believe that those who limit themselves strictly to text are not able to benefit from the richness that the web and discussion groups have to offer. My analogy is the difference between color TV and black-and-white TV, or a book devoid of illustrations v. a plain typewritten page. Personally I don't understand the reluctance to embrace HTML. However, I am prepared to be guided by the members of the list who may feel strongly about this issue one way or the other. If you would like to send your comments to me over the next 5 days, I will summarize and post the results of this inquiry. -- John Glasscock Administrator Programmer EtherDog MultiMedia 3821 N Sugar Lane Bloomington, IN 47404 tel:+1.812.876.5233 fax:+1.508.256.2413 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User# 183536 on Registered Linux Box# 81201 "Save the world, eschew Microsoft." ---End reply Ian K. Harrell email - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] Suggestions for an email client
Anyone have any suggestions for an email client that can do the following: 1 - is graphical 2 - handles multiple pop accounts 3 - integrates with PGP 4 - handles html fairly well 5 - has a somewhat decent address book 6 - has some scripting abilities for sorting incoming mail 7 - Is fairly intuitive to use so i dont have to spend forever teaching everyone here how to use it Don't ask for much do i? :) Ian K. Harrell email - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] some problems after new install
ok, I reformatted and reinstalled (again) thinking i might have missed something up during the installation. Now the mail problem seems to be fixed but i was still getting a connection refused message when i tried to telnet and ftp into my machine. I checked the /etc/inetd.conf file and telnet and ftp are not commented out so they should be running. One thing i did find was that mandrak apparently didnt set inetd up to be called and run in the /etc/rc.d scripts. I added it to rc3.d and rc5.d so that it would get started up when the computer came up and an now getting: telnet localhost Trying 127.0.0.1... Connected to localhost.localdomain. Escape character is '^]' Connection closed by foreign host. Getting the same thing via ftp as well, connected then disconnected. Is there something else that i need to have running for these services to accept connections? ipchains has no rules in it other then in the forwarding section for masquerading (which works btw) and all policies are set to accept on input and output so the firewall shouldnt be blocking anything. Anyone got any other ideas? All assistance is GREATLY appreciated, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED] ---Reply to mail from Paul about [newbie] some problems after new install On Tue, 30 May 2000, Fireman71 wrote: 1 - when trying to send an email with the mail command i got the message :: "/etc/sendmail.cf: line 0: cannot open: No such file or directory" so i went and checked, sure enough, there is no file there. I then went back to the mandrake cd and tried :: "rpm -Uv sendmail-*" which responded with the reply "sendmail conflicts with postfix-19991231-3mdk" anyone got any ideas on how i can get this one fixed? With "kpackage" first locate and uninstall Postfix. Then install Sendmail. I know these two don't like each other. 2 - I am now no longer able to telnet or ftp in to my computer either via localhost or from another machine on my lan or over the Internet. trying telnet localhost, telnet 127.0.0.1, etc all result in "telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused" ftp localhost gives "ftp: connect: Connection refused" I am able to masq through this Linux box with a comp running win98 for http access. Meaning that i can go to my win machine and tell netscape on it to go to www.mandrake.com and it will bring the page up and that all works fine. I can even access the default web page for apache from my win machine with "http://192.168.0.1" Also telnet and ftp work fine for going out. just when i try to connect in does it refuse it From what I learnt here, you could check if ftp and telnet are allowed in your /etc/inetd.conf file. Of course, I may be wrong... Paul )0(---)0( Friendship: lying awake over someone else's problems )0([[EMAIL PROTECTED]]-)0( http://nlpagan.net - ICQ 147208 Registered Linux User 174403 ---End reply
[newbie] some problems after new install
I reinstalled Mandrake 7.0 after (ashamed to admit this) i missed up and accidentally erased a lot of my binaries and some config files. Now with the new installation i am having some problems. 1 - when trying to send an email with the mail command i got the message :: "/etc/sendmail.cf: line 0: cannot open: No such file or directory" so i went and checked, sure enough, there is no file there. I then went back to the mandrake cd and tried :: "rpm -Uv sendmail-*" which responded with the reply "sendmail conflicts with postfix-19991231-3mdk" anyone got any ideas on how i can get this one fixed? 2 - I am now no longer able to telnet or ftp in to my computer either via localhost or from another machine on my lan or over the Internet. trying telnet localhost, telnet 127.0.0.1, etc all result in "telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused" ftp localhost gives "ftp: connect: Connection refused" I am able to masq through this Linux box with a comp running win98 for http access. Meaning that i can go to my win machine and tell netscape on it to go to www.mandrake.com and it will bring the page up and that all works fine. I can even access the default web page for apache from my win machine with "http://192.168.0.1" Also telnet and ftp work fine for going out. just when i try to connect in does it refuse it Many Thanks in advance, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] cannot telnet or ftp into linux box
I just reinstalled Mandrake 7.0 and now i cannot telnet or ftp into my linux box. It is acting like it is refusing all inbound connections but it still does ip masquerading for the rest of my home network. Just no telnet, ftp or web proxy. telnet localhost responds with --- Trying 127.0.0.1... telnet: Unable to connect to remote host: Connection refused All help is greatly appreciated, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] running a script when reconnecting to internet via ppp connection
Ok, in a nutshell this is my problem: I used to run RH6.2 and under while running it i added the line "ifconfig ppp0 | mail [EMAIL PROTECTED]" to the /etc/ppp/ip-up.local script then would leave my computer connected to the internet while i was at work or away or whatever. Anytime my PPP connection got dropped for whatever reason RH6.2 would try to reconnect and when it did it would email me the new IP address assigned via DHCP by my ISP to my email account. Then i could log in from where ever i was at that time and download files i might need etc. When i installed Mandrake 7.0 I set up my PPP connection by going through DrakeConf---Network Configuration---PPP/SLIP/PLIP---Add and just filled in the blanks. I have it set up to connect at boot time and to automatically attempt to reconnect. The connection and all works great, my problem is that i cannot find where i need to add that line from above so that it will email me my new IP address every time it connects. Any and all help is greatly appreciated, Ian K. Harrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] running a script when reconnecting pppd
I am sort of new to mandrake but have a very little experience with linux. I have set up a ppp connection that connects on boot and reconnects when the connection is lost. This keeps my computer connected to the internet. There are a few scripts that i need to run each time my connection is dropped and reconnects. I set the connection up via DrakConf then Network Config then PPP/SLIP in mandrake 7.0...In RedHat 6.2 all i needed to do was add a few lines to call the scripts i needed run to /etc/ppp/ip-up.local which was called via /etc/ppp/ip-up each time a connection to the internet was made with ppp0 but these scripts arent called under mandrake or at least with the way i have it set up presently. All help on this is greatly appreciated. Ian K. Harrell Instructional Methods [EMAIL PROTECTED] To reply remove the NO and the SPAM from the above address.
