Re: [newbie] nmbd / smbd woes
Have you looked at the Samba FAQ's or better yet, joined the Samba list? They have TONS of information that has most likely been answered. Grab the last 1000 messages and do a search through them. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is not being able to start on bootup. On bootup, I get starting smb --- started starting nmb - failed same happens on shutdown I hate to reinstall since the same thing is likely to happen again but I am about out of options. Sigh! Bryan Gerry Doyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/11/99 07:36:54 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] nmbd / smbd woes Try this. Type the command "ntsysv". Scroll through the list of services and make sure that you have an asterisk in the box to make sure that Samba should start on boot. You can manually start and stop Samba by going to: /etc/rc.d/init/d and typing "./smb start" Good luck. Bryan Moorehead wrote: I have recently set up samba between Mandrake, NT, 98, etc. Has worked fine for a day or so. I have truly enjoyed browsing my linux box through windoze :-o This evening, without my intervention, both nmdb and smbd stopped running, and I am unable (using SWAT) to get them to re-start. I have tried rebooting many times. Even restored earlier working smb.conf. Nothing. Nada. If I look in /var/log/samba/log.nmb I see stuff like "Get_Hostbyname Unknown host [kb01ln.kband.net] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(689) Unable to get my hostname - exiting Same thing with log.smb Don't know why my hostname would suddenly no longer be valid. "hostname" at console returns kb01ln.kband.net I am also getting in SWAT "Couldn't open status file /var/log/samba/STATUS..LCK If posting my smb.conf file would help, please let me know! Whatever the case, it seems that NetBios info is no longer being passed between machines. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Bryan
Re: [newbie] nmbd / smbd woes
Also, what does the /etc/var/samba/log.nmb say for errors? There should be some good information in there. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The problem is not being able to start on bootup. On bootup, I get starting smb --- started starting nmb - failed same happens on shutdown I hate to reinstall since the same thing is likely to happen again but I am about out of options. Sigh! Bryan Gerry Doyon [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 12/11/99 07:36:54 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Bryan Moorehead/Link/Allied Holdings) Subject: Re: [newbie] nmbd / smbd woes Try this. Type the command "ntsysv". Scroll through the list of services and make sure that you have an asterisk in the box to make sure that Samba should start on boot. You can manually start and stop Samba by going to: /etc/rc.d/init/d and typing "./smb start" Good luck. Bryan Moorehead wrote: I have recently set up samba between Mandrake, NT, 98, etc. Has worked fine for a day or so. I have truly enjoyed browsing my linux box through windoze :-o This evening, without my intervention, both nmdb and smbd stopped running, and I am unable (using SWAT) to get them to re-start. I have tried rebooting many times. Even restored earlier working smb.conf. Nothing. Nada. If I look in /var/log/samba/log.nmb I see stuff like "Get_Hostbyname Unknown host [kb01ln.kband.net] nmbd/nmbd.c:main(689) Unable to get my hostname - exiting Same thing with log.smb Don't know why my hostname would suddenly no longer be valid. "hostname" at console returns kb01ln.kband.net I am also getting in SWAT "Couldn't open status file /var/log/samba/STATUS..LCK If posting my smb.conf file would help, please let me know! Whatever the case, it seems that NetBios info is no longer being passed between machines. Any help would be appreciated! Thanks, Bryan
Re: [newbie] installing L-M 6.1 to new Dell Inspiron 7500
Just like the e-mail message you got, use FIPS. I used it on *my* new Dell that had only one WIndows 98 partition. Worked very well. I went the extra mile and removed my Windows cache file and defragged the disk. Used FIPS then re-set the cache. Been working great with no problems. Gregg Carrier wrote: Hi all, Well, I want to install L-M 6.1 on my new laptop and have a question or two before going ahead. The machine comes with Windows installed on the Hard Drive. I want to split the drive into a Windows partition and a Linux partition. Will Disk Druid resize the Windows partition without shredding it? There's only about 1 gig of info on the partition and it's a 10 gig disk. I want to split it half-and-half with Linux. Also, does anyone have experience with installing Linux to an Inspiron 7500 and have advice or things I should be aware of before pressing on? Thanks in advance! Gregg
Re: [newbie] Samba 2.0
Samba does come with it. When you install Mandrake 6.0 it is an optional package to install. If you have already installed Mandrake and never selected the package then you can go back and run the RPM for Samba. Joe Brault wrote: Hello, I am wondering if linux mandrake comes with Samba 2.0? I have version 6.0 of linux-mandrake, and would like to use Samba. If it does ship with it, what do I ahve to do to get it installed and up and running? THanks in advance! Joe :)
Re: [Re: [newbie] Lots of questions, need help!]
You never said what you inteneded to do with the Linux software. I assume you want to create a partition on your Windows 98 drive to make room for a Linux install. I did this myself. Yes, I sweated it for a bit but it all came out okay. I use a floppy to boot into Linux instead of using LILO to dual-boot. If your entire hard disk is currently in use for Windows 98 then need to creat a partition for Linux. I used a program, which eludes me, that did this. I did the following: 1. Deleted my Windows 98 swap file. 2. Ran Windows scandisk and defrag. 3. Ran the DOS utility to create a 500MB partition 4. Boot back in to Windows 98 and re-enabled my swap file. 5. Popped in the Linux CD and ran the install on to my new partition Bingo! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am running Windows 95 on a PC of mine and just recently received LINUX I am kinda worried about the affects of screwing LINUX up and causing problems with Windows, is this a hazarded?
[newbie] Innstalling Linux: CRC Error
Howdy all, I am attempting to load Mandrake v6.0 off a CD that I have used a dozen times before. I for the most part get an error as follow: Uncompressing... CRC error --System halted. Sometimes I've gotten almost all the way through the install. Now I don;t get any further than pressing the Enter key to begin the install. I started with 32MB of ram and added another 32MB. Thinking that the RAM might be bad I backed that out. I added a second hard drive. Thinking that might be causing a problem I backed THAT out. Now I am left with the original comonents. Any ideas? Maybe it is the RAM. Maybe it is the CD? Maybe it is the CD-ROM drive? Any suggestions? Thanks in advance! - Gerry Doyon
Re: [newbie] Samba
It is was a friend of mine calls the "cancer pipeline". :-) It allows any Windows 9x or Windows NT computer to connect to your Linux PC as if it actually were a Windows NT server. Check out http://www.samba.org coin wrote: wat is exactly samba Luff (x3) coin
[newbie] Re:
Bad manners is bad manners across the board young man. It doesn't matter how old you are. Your age does not give you permission to get away with things like that. You see, since we only have your words to look at we would never have known how old you were. Corresponding by e-mail is the great equalizer. Writing flame messages either advertises you age or immaturity. By the way, if you don't like the answers that people have been giving you, or they are not responding at all, don't go out "in a blaze of glory" by writing an angry message. You may regret it later and want to join back up. Good luck with Linux. I hope that you can find your answers. "Mike J. Kesow" wrote: At least someone has some common courtesy(Joseph S. Gardner.) For all of yinz out there, yinz should know that i'm only 14 years old, so pick on someone your own age.
Re: [newbie] Samba Perl
Try this web link: http://www.sfu.ca/~yzhang/linux/samba/index.html Mark Ramsey wrote: You mentioned you has Samba running correctly to where your Linux box was seen in your network neighborhood. Any suggestions as to where to find the best info on getting this set right?
Re: [newbie] SQL systems comparison?
We run Sybase at work for our in-house apps. But, if your application does not need to do "fancy" transactions or stored procedures than MySQL is my choice. The speed blows Sybase away because it doesn't have all that "overhead". John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 01 Nov 1999, you wrote: On Mon, Nov 01, 1999 at 02:40:03PM -0500, Damien Mc Kenna wrote: For doing a pretty large databased web site for a college department (with all the cool stuff in PHP), which would people recommend I use: PostreSQL or MySQL? I've noticed that a lot of the PHP packages I'm looking at seem to favor MySQL, but PostgreSQL is getting more support these days. Should I just read through their respective documentations and figure it out for myself, or does anyone have a recommendation, or are there any good comparisons of them on the net? I'm rather partial to MySQL, but only because it seemed easier to deal with to me. PostgreSQL seems to do alot of things _outside_ the database, rather than dealing with them inside normal tables. Some of the decision will depend on what sorts of things you need to do with the database. I know that MySQL doesn't handle straight transactions, nor can it do table or row locking. I don't recall whether PostgreSQL handles those normally. I do know there was a rather lengthy discussion about this very topic on Slashdot awhile ago. You might try there. http://slashdot.org Try Sybase... :-) It rocks!!! At the ISP where I work, we are hosting the FIRST authorized electronic check conversion system (authorized by the Feds and by the banking industry!) and it has a HUGE database, and is being run off a couple Sybase servers. :-) John
Re: [newbie] How do U edit smb.conf?
Also, you NEVER want to use a Windows or DOS text editor to edit the smb.conf. Use "vi" instead. SWAT is very good as well. "Eric L. Damron" wrote: Sevatio, Samba comes with a really nice utility called SWAT. (Samba Web Administration Tool) It is run through your Web browser. Type http:// Your IP Address:901 -Original Message- From: Sevatio Octavio [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Saturday, September 25, 1999 9:11 PM Subject: [newbie] How do U edit smb.conf? What program do you use to edit smb.conf? I used a text editor and it looked like a bunch of gibberish. Seve
Re: [newbie] Maximum Linux magazine
By the way, I saw the magazine at Boarders Books. It was almost $6.00. Pretty hefty price. Cindy Pearce wrote: Thanks for the info. BTW, noticed a mistake in the url, s/b www.maximumlinuxmag.com Sorry! Cindy -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Philp Sent: Saturday, September 25, 1999 9:18 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Maximum Linux magazine Cindy Pearce wrote: There is a list of places that carry the magazine at www.maximumlunuxmag.com. I wouldn't classify myself as a complete newbie. I have installed and configured four different distros before settling on Mandrake. I have also updated a few kernels but only via rpm packages. I have recompiled the kernels on both my Mandrake machines and I have also installed support for various hardware not supported in the Mandrake release. I am presently trying to find out how I can make certain things load at startup so I don't have to type in the commands each time. /etc/rc.d/rc.local is your friend! Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] Here goes.
Howdy Cayment, I am currently running Linux Mandrake on my Road Runner account with no problems. They critical points are to: A) Get DHCP working B) Get, compile and run the Linux "rrlogin" program. Here is a link for you to help with those two points. Have fun ! http://people.qualcomm.com/karn/rr/linux.html Caymen wrote: I am getting ready to install Linux on my PC. Last time I installed Linux it was on a PC I was putting together a PC for a friend. I tried to install linux usisg the CD to boot up, but it didnt. I had to use me Win98 startup disk to load drivers for the CD-ROM. I forget the command to load Linux. Anybody know what it is? I forget where I found it and where I wrote it down. Another question.How do I install a program in Linux. I have TRIED to read a book, but I cant learn that way. I will need to get files for my ISP (Roadrunner) and I need to know how to install it so I can get it to work. I know this is something I should know.but I dont. I am waiting for your responce before I start the install. Thank you for your help. Tom Who cant wait to be a Linux user.
[newbie] True Type Fonts using Windows 98 fonts ?
Can I use the Windows 98 TT Fonts on a linux machine, or, do I have to get some that were "prepared" a different way ? Thanks !
Re: [newbie] How daunting is a kernel upgrade?
I would say that as long as you have a good boot disk and/or have a copy of the old kernel on the hard disk that you should go ahead and crank yourself a new kernel. I was also a little intimidated my first couple tries. After all I thought to myself, I don't want to have to re-install the whole dang operating system if I can' boot anymore ! The "toughest" part of the whole thing was running configure to set up what options you want rolled in to the kernel. And, is it better to make it part of the kernel itself or make it a loadable module? Practice makes perfect. Or, in my case, competent I think. On Thu, 02 Sep 1999, you wrote: Hi all- There's been lots of discussion here about kernel upgrades, and it seems to be a pretty daunting task to me, as a relatively new linux user but a pretty confident and competent computer user in general. My case is that I'm running Mandrake 6.0 and would like to upgrade the kernel to get rid of some of those mount/unmount errors that have been described here already. Is the best upgrade for me the one at cooker (kernel-2.2.11-2mdk.src.rpm), as opposed to the multitude of files I find at kernel.org? Is it preferable for me to stick to a Mandrake release of any given kernel? I guess what I'm looking for is a slightly more hands-on howto (I have read the kernel howtos, and what keeps me from simply following the directions is that, knowing how crucial the kernel is, I just don't want to botch it), and at this point, there seem to be an awful lot of starting places (cooker, kernel.org, the new cassini test, and so on). Those of you who are familiar with this, can you offer a little guidance? I don't need hand-holding so much as just an indication that if I, for example, start with the cooker kernel, I'll be on the right track. Thanks much- - alan / note my new email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] /
Re: [newbie] KDE graphical login
Thanks ! Bill Moshier wrote: Gerry - log in as root, and edit the /etc/inittab file. There is a line, about 17 lines down, that says id:5:initdefault: Change the 5 to a 3, and you will boot to the command line interface. It should look like: id:3:initdefault: To only do it once, from the LILO: prompt, just do LILO: linux 3 where the 3 specifies the run level. (The 5 runlevel specifies that you want the graphical login.) Bill -Original Message- From: Gerry Doyon [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 4:13 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] KDE graphical login Howdy all. Anyone know how to STOP Linux from booting straight in to KDE's graphical login ? I'm at home, not work, so I can't check Lilo, which I presume is where it starts ? Maybe the rc.local ? Thanks !
Re: [newbie] need to set up simple network
Jim, you'll be needing Samba. Check out their web site at http://www.samba.org. You can install it via an RPM, or tar file. Using an RPM *should* set everything up for you. I *think* it will also put the two daemons in your inetd.conf but am not sure. You can then use "smbclient" to connect to all the PC's. I just bought and EXCELLENT book yesterday called "Teach Yourself Samba in 24 Hours" bys Sam's. I've already read the whole thing and am starting through it again. Jim Snyder wrote: Hi I need to connect my 2 Mandrake Linux 6.0 machines to a Windows 95/98 network. Is there a simple way to do this? The Windows machines are set up to share files and printers only; no IP addresses are involved. P.S. Please no negative comments about MS as I still need them for AutoCAD and SoftDesk! Many thanks in advance. Jim
Re: [newbie] GUI for RPM installs ?
You might be thinking og Kpackage for KDE. It is a *very* nice RPM front end. Kpackage should already be installed. Just look off of your menu bar in System I think. Webmaster wrote: Is there anyway to install RPM's from the command line using a GUI ? I remember there being a GUI when I first installed Mandrake that gave you the options of installing packages, but I don't know how to get back to this (or another) GUI. I would like to install the KDE invironment, but I get lost with the long file names (and so many of them) that are needed to install all of this. Can anyone help ? Thanks, Ken
Re: [newbie] booting to GUI
I would be interested to know the answer. I believe that you updated LILO with the Mandrake Update utility like I did ? I did the same thing to both my home and office PC. :-) Stephan Rex wrote: Hi all,I updated some files yesterday, and now linux only boots to the command line login prompt and not the KDE login. Some which file and what options do i need to change to fix this? TIA Stephan
Re: [newbie] Saving Window Positions
Have your heard about the new partion utility from Mandrake called "DiskDrake" ? Take a look at it at this location: http://www.linux-mandrake.com/diskdrake Traci Collins wrote: Kenton Riley wrote: Hi! I am new to Mandrake, and only slightly more experienced with gnome. The single most irritating feature of graphical environments under Linux is that apps don't seem to remember their screen position the next time they are opened. Is there a way to configure gnome under mandrake so that my apps will remember where I put them? I know I can save a workspace but I don't think that is what I want. I don't want these apps to begin execution when I login to my account, which is what I think would happen if I saved the workspace when I logged off the account. All I want them to do is remember where I put them and always open to that location no matter when I launch them. Is that possible? If so, can you point me toward a faq where I can learn how to do it? Thanks. -- Traci Collins, MA Professor of Computer Education Colorado Mountain College http://www.rof.net/wp/tcollins/traci.html
Re: [newbie] cable modems NY /Woodbury
I have Road Runner. WHat I had to do was: a) Make sure I had the latest DHCP modules, etc. b) Download and install the special login software unique to Road Runner for Linux c) Put in my DNS address for my provider. Bingo ! Frank Imbroto wrote: Does anybody have a cable modem connection that works. I am having trouble setting it up and don't even know where to start. Does anybody have advice on how to hook up the modem.
Re: [newbie] I want off please.
Visit the Mandrake web site and loacte the link. Flight16 wrote: Um.. how do you get off this list?
Re: [newbie] dvd-rom and turtle beach montego
I have install the Beta sound drivers, as I have the same setup in my Dell system. The CD works great for accessing data and playing music, BUT, the system sounds for the KDE environment sound like chipmunks talking at high speed. Two out of three aint bad ! I would *love* to watch a DVD movie in Linux, though. Sigh. Soon I hope. jsm wrote: The Montego is beta at Open Sound System for Linux . I don't know the URL . I haven't tried it , so I can't tell you if it works . Good Luck ! jsm BTW . Please advice if you get it working . Bert Bullough wrote: Does anyone here know if a Toshiba DVD-Rom (ide) or a Turtle Beach Montego pnp sound card are supported by Mandrake 6.x?
Re: [newbie] giving up
You never said how much RAM you have. If you have just 32MB of memory, in my humble opinion, that is too little for KDE/Netscape. Jimmy Garcia wrote: I've spent a week, unsuccessfully, trying to get Linux-Mandrake 6.0 to work properly. After getting through the install procedure, which went by with no real difficulty, I started Linux and was amazed at how slow it was. It kept accessing my hard drive for almost every little thing I did. I gave it a 3 Gig ext2 partition and a 200MB swap file partition from my 10Gig IBM 7200RPM ide hard drive. All my hardware is supposed to be compatible with it (except for my SB Live). It took like 3 minutes for Netscape to load, it took 3 minutes for a desktop theme to apply, and there was obviously something wrong with it. I tried to shut it down, but then it hung while "preparing a new session." When I rebooted, there were errors on my hard drive and I had to 'run fsck manually'. I did, and when I started it again, some programs wouldn't work like, Netcfg. Some Icons turned black in KDE and I couldn't even click on them. I had the same shutdown problem and decided to re-install it.The same things happened to me. I was told that I have to upgrade some kernal or something. But, I can't even load Linux without having to go through that lengthy fsck procedure at startup. I guess I just stick to windows :( For those Linux experts out there, someone should come up with a site or book that'll help people migrate from Windows to Linux.Just a suggestion. Thanks everyone! James Garcia
Re: [newbie] Samba
Sounds like an "encrypted password" problem. I bet when you click on the sahre in Network Neighborhood it asks for a password for the a share with "$" in it. If so, you must enable password encryption in your Samba setup. Keith wrote: Hi all, I seem to have Samba up and running after many days of pulling my hair out,and now have another problem.I can see my 2 windows machines and my linux files (i am using LinNeighborhood) and can mount and use the windoze file systems no problem.Now on my windoze boxes i can see the linux box but cannot access it,its asking for a password and i cant for the life of me find out where to put this password.Swat has no offering for a password when i set up my shared linux files.Any suggestions welcome. Thanks -- Keith
