[newbie] If you want to unsubscribe from the list READ THIS
Please follow the accompanying instructions to unsubscribe from the Mandrake Mailing List. To unsubscribe send a mail to sympa\@linux-mandrake.com and put in the subject : unsubscribe newbie. or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 This mail is sent out to the list every other day. You can use a filter to filter off this mail. If you use procmail here is the configuration you have to add to your .procmailrc to filter this mail. :0: *^Subject:.*\[newbie\] If you want to unsubscribe from the list READ THIS /dev/null --Start Comments-- This is the first mail I am sending to the list to help people trying to unsubscribe. I am planning to send this mail out every other day. Please mail me PRIVATELY (so as not to add load to the mailing list) if you hate it or love the idea so I can get a general feel of how many people will be affected by it. --End Comments--
Re: [newbie] unsubscribe requests.
I am trying not to nit-pick but I was going through my mailbox and I noticed that one of the favorite subject line for unsubscribing to the list also happpens to be Subject: Please get me off the list Subject: HELP how do i get off this damn list ...etc ... Boy it is going to be difficult to filter that! (Assuming that we have enough say/permission/authority to do things on the listserver end ... BTW are the listowners even ON this list?) On Thu, Feb 24, 2000 at 01:58:53PM +, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: One answer which should kill /most/ of the unsub requests is a procmail filter at the server which catches requests with unsubscribe in the title, zaps the posting and sends back instructions (or even sends the correct unsubscribe request to sympa). Obviously, it won't kill ALL requests but it should cut the number down with no human intervention. If all the "I want to be here" users agree to not use the "unsubscribe" word in their posts., then we could extend the filter to catch that word /anywhere/ in the message. Steve Flynn IBM MVS Operations Analyst James Mellema [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/02/2000 06:34:02 Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Steve Flynn/UK/Contr/IBM) Subject: Re: [newbie] unsubscribe requests. Jeanette Russo wrote: This has been suggested many times but MandrakeSoft has not taken action to incorporate this feature. Jeanette snip I belong to a couple of other lists that use the 'unsubscribe' appended to the end of each message and still have people trying to unsubscribe incorrectly. I think it all boils down to the concept that ignorant is repairable and stupid is for life. The person who finds the answer to this seemingly insurmountable problem will be doing a great service to humanity. -- James Mellema, CRNA MA --- Linux User # 71650 ICQ # 19685870 == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Public GPG Key : http://germany.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xA5D29407 A truly great man will neither trample on a worm nor sneak to an emperor. -- B. Franklin ===
Re: [newbie] compiling details
I hope I can help but I can only guess ... -I did ./config, make and make install with all of them, no problem with the smaller programs, but the big ones have either, - module dependencies, wich shouldn't be there cause the asked modules are allready installed (MICO asked for Qt for instance, but Qt definately is installed (what ever Qt is... I'm not shure about,but it shows as installed in the RPmanager)) That's funny .. usually if you download the source to sompile and they use autoconf then the script to run is ./configure then make then make install. Anyway ... that aside ... very often the place that RedHat and hence Mandrake place the library files is not in the place that the source normally looks for it ... my suggestion is to either look for the rpm for the program you want to compile (rpmfind.net should be a good start) or find out which are the library files that it needs and look through the README (or readme or Readme whatever) and INSTALL (install, Install, etc) to see how to specify the location of library files during either the configure or make stage. or - PERMISSION ERROR And yes..., I did run ./config etc... as root! I think I allready know the direction the problem is commin from: I do run the installation as root, but I do install in an users account. I have to, because there is not that much space left in /usr/bin IS THAT THE PROBLEM? The permission problem is a bit trickier ... usually if you are running as root, the script would have the permission to write stuff anywhere ... the only thing I can think of is that the file you are trying to run does not have executable permissions ... I am not sure whether this is any help but I hope I have given you some glimmer of hope in solving your problem... == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Public GPG Key : http://germany.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xA5D29407 People's Action Rules: (1) Some people who can, shouldn't. (2) Some people who should, won't. (3) Some people who shouldn't, will. (4) Some people who can't, will try, regardless. (5) Some people who shouldn't, but try, will then blame others. ===
[newbie] Information of unsubscribing to the list
Hi ... I have been following the thread of mails on this list about people not knowing how to unsubscribe from this list. This is what I have to say and my suggestion to solve this problem. A lot of people join this list because they are newbies ... and I expect a great deal of them rely on a ppp connection via whatever means (the point I am trying to make is it may be slow or expensive) ... this list is extremely high volume in my opinion ... this is actually a good sign but not everybody is expecting the sudden fllod of mails coming in to his mailbox ... although I agree with some comments made ont his list that people should keep the subscription mail and read the instructions on it to unsubscribe I also think that we can be more accomodating to newbies having absolutely no idea what they are doing ... so might I suggest that someone (I am willing to do it) sends a short mail to the list every now and then ... (I was thinking one or two days) ... the subject line of this instruction can be made clear to everyone already on this list so that they can procmail or filter it off ... this is just a suggestion .. so try to be calm when you reply with your comments ... Sample mail Subject: Instructions To Unsubscribe From Mandrake Mailing List Please follow the accompanying instructions to unsubscribe from the Mandrake Mailing List. To unsubscribe send a mail to sympa\@linux-mandrake.com and put in the subject : unsubscribe newbie. or go to the web page and unsubscribe via the web interface. http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/flists.php3 End Sample Mail == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Public GPG Key : http://germany.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xA5D29407 I'm not denyin' the women are foolish: God Almighty made 'em to match the men. -- George Eliot ===
[newbie] Problems with ppp (Mandrake7)
I am having problems starting ppp in Mandrake 7. My modem and did not have any problems when I was using Mandrake 6.1 but after the upgrade I cannot use ppp anymore I checked the /var/log/messages and saw a message complaining about module char-major-108 but i have kind of fixed that ... but it is still having problems with a line chat[975]: Can't get terminal parameters: Input/output error any gurus out there know what i can do to fix this ... is it a kernel problem? == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Public GPG Key : http://germany.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xA5D29407 ...One thing is that, unlike any other Western democracy that I know of, this country has operated since its beginnings with a basic distrust of government. We are constituted not for efficient operation of government, but for minimizing the possibility of abuse of power. It took the events of the Roosevelt era -- a catastrophic economic collapse and a world war -- to introduce the strong central government that we now know. But in most parts of the country today, the reluctance to have government is still strong. I think, barring a series of catastrophic events, that we can look to at least another decade during which many of the big problems around this country will have to be addressed by institutions other than federal government. - Bobby R. Inman, Admiral, USN, Retired, former director of Naval Intelligence, vice director of the DIA, former director of the NSA, deputy directory of Central Intelligence, former chairman and CEO of MCC. [the statist opinions expressed herein are not those of the cookie editor -ed.] ===
Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! (fwd)
You probably did it already but did you run lilo after editing the lilo.conf? On Mon, Jan 31, 2000 at 06:36:10AM -0800, MERCATOR GmbH wrote: -- Forwarded message -- Date: Mon, 31 Jan 2000 06:28:39 -0800 (PST) From: MERCATOR GmbH [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: jpgois [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] URGENT! Windows partion has gone! First of all, thanks for your FAST response! I would REALLY appreciate, if you could give me a hand in solving my problem. I will explain at what point I am... DOS is nothing else than SUICIDE if you have ext2 partition on your HD. It already has destroyed some of my partitions while I didn't ask him anything. HOW do I use the Linux fdisk program? Normally, if you let the installation program handle the LILO installation, you should just type DOS at the boot prompt, and it should boot your window partition. I tried this, but it doesn`t work. I can ONLY boot Linux with the floppy and then I have the choice between "Linux" and "rescue"! if it doesn't (and that your windows partition hasn't been destroyed!!!), you have to configure lilo, by editing the /etc/lilo.conf file. PLEASE do NOT say those things... :-)) I hope it has NOT been destroyed!! I have already edited/viewed the lilo.conf file. I will write farther down what I have in this file. PS : if you REALLY urgently need to boot your windows, you can boot with a DOS floppy disk and type fdisk /mbr to restore a windows MBR. But then you'll have to boot your linux with a LILO floppy or something to reinstall lilo and be able to boot both win and linux. I already tried this, but it does NOT work !!! :-(( so, here is what I have in my lilo.conf: __ boot=/dev/hda3 read-only pompt (and so on)... other=/dev/hda1 label=windows table=/dev/hda other=/dev/sda1 label=windows2 table=/dev/hda image=/boot/vmlinuz root=/dev/hda3 label=linux append="" and then the stuff for old_linux,floppy etc. _ so... HOW can I get my Windows to work??? Can I create a new partition from Linux for Windows? I can access and see ALL my files from Linux! I have two icons on my desktop, for hda1 and sda1 (my Linux is on hda3 by teh way..) and clicking on these icons, I see all my Windows stuff. Please help me!! Thanks Marc ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Public GPG Key : http://germany.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xA5D29407 You have a deep appreciation of the arts and music. ===
[newbie] Making use of Win keys
I came across information sometime ago about how to make use of the three silly windows keys that are absolutely useless in linux. However, I cannot remember if it was on this list or somewhere else. Anybody has any ideas how to map win keys to things ike alt or ctrl or other mappings? == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Public GPG Key : http://germany.keyserver.net:11371/pks/lookup?op=getsearch=0xA5D29407 Win98 is called Win98 because no matter how fast your computer is, Windoze will use up 98% of the system resources for itself. ===
Re: [newbie] Books
Boy ... u are going to get a lot mails with differing opinions with a mail like that ... Running Linux by Matt Welsh or Matt Walsh seems to be pretty popular. On Fri, Nov 12, 1999 at 07:18:05AM -0800, jeff wrote: Hello. Now that I have most of my little problems under control. I guess I need to settle down and read a few good books. I'm very use to using dos commands, so this makes me a bit confused at times when it comes to linux. So I guess I need to read a book or two on the commands in linux. What would be the best books to buy? Jeff == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 A day without sunshine is like a day without Anita Bryant. ==
Re: [newbie] Repartitioning utility
Yes fips does do a non-destructive resize. The interface is a quite like the
fdisk (linux) interface. Make sure you read the README first or else you
might not know what you need at different stages of the re-partitioning.
Hope this helps.
On Fri, Oct 29, 1999 at 04:24:00AM +, Ron Marriage wrote:
I am using Version 4 and it is supposed to do a
non-destructive partition changes in windows and linux.
DiskDrake looks nice but does a destructive resize and I
have my linux tweeked and tuned the way I want it. While I
could reinstall, I wanted to avoid that, thus the purchase
of Partition Magic.
Sounds like you had the same problem, it doesn't see my
window partition correctly either.
What did you do with fips to make it see it.
Does fips do a non-destructive resize on windows and linux
partitions?
Ron
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Re: [newbie] DCC
I am not sure about Linux-Windows95 on PILP. The author od the PLIP HOWTO has specifically mentioned that there have been no successful attempts to do PLIP between a Linux and Win95 box. However, things might have changed since then . On Fri, Oct 22, 1999 at 03:40:15AM -0600, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 18 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, Oct 18, 1999 at 09:27:50AM -0600, Guillermo Belli wrote: I need to share some file betweeb two PCs I own, and because the files are big (5 mb or so) it is not possible to do that with floppies. So I connect them via parallel-clable with winsucks' Direct Cable Connection utility. How can I do the same in Linux? If I could do this in Linux I won't need to boot into winsucks from my primary PC, I don't know much more than the name, but look into PLIP. It's something provided by the kernel that allows IP over a parallel cable. It _should_ allow you to do the Linux-Windows transfers with the stuff you've got now. I've always wondered if those two were compatible. :) let me know how it turns out -- MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ --Axalon == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Demand the establishment of the government in its rightful home at Disneyland. ==
Re: [newbie] terminal related lockups
I am not sure if our problems are one and the same but I had this problem on my laptop. Occasionally, the system will lock the keyboard and the mouse and I had to switch it off and on to continue...but a quick look at the clock showed that the system is still running. I was desperate and wrote a script that will reboot the machine if it cannot find a certain file in the /tmp directory. every now and then it checks the directory and removes it if it is present and checks back after an interval...which means every now and then i have to touch the file in the directory...i know it seems stupid but at least the machine can shutdown cleanly without me having to sit through an fsck whenever this happens The wierd thing is that since i implemented this script the problem has been so infrequent that is has almost (touch wood) disappeared! I cannot explain this X-filish phenomenon but this is just my 2 cents... On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 05:57:39AM +, pete moss wrote: i know, i have mentioned this before, but i am still having problems. anytime i open a terminal (xterm, gnome-terminal, etc.) from within X, the computer completely locks up and i have to hit reset. if i start the terminal from a virtual terminal (alt+F2) then it runs fine. i am running mandrake 6.1. i didnt have this problem with 6.0. i have reinstalled several packages that seem to be affected, but no luck. it seems like there is a software problem outside of the affected programs that might be causing this. anyone know how i can track down this problem? it is hindering some of my work in linux. please pass the slightest bit of info! thanks! :P ps - is there a quick way to reinstall all of the currently installed packages from the cdrom? i would like to avoid redoing a fresh install. == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 ==
[newbie] [OT][humour] Evil?
I hate to post OT stuff to the list but I just could not help it. Goto Google.com and type in "more evil than satan" and see which site comes up tops! I will apologize to anybody who thinks i am wasting bandwidth but i just think the guys at google.com are doing a very good job...my number 1 search engine anytime. == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Murray's Rule: Any country with "democratic" in the title isn't. ==
Re: [newbie] Problem with Lynx
create a tmp directory in your home directory On Wed, Oct 06, 1999 at 10:48:27AM -0400, Ephrem Hugh Bensusan wrote: Can anyone help me? I have installed Mandrake 6.0. When I invoke Lynx it fails with the error message: metamail: Can't open temporary file! I have read the man pages and documentation for both programmes, and can't seem to find the answer. Thanks in advance, Ephrem == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 Haste makes waste. -- John Heywood ==
Re: [newbie] Crontab
the "1" refers to the standard out and "2" refers to the standard error. the "21" directs the messages that go to the standard error to the stadard out (usually screen) On Mon, Oct 04, 1999 at 05:32:28AM -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is the effect of "21" in a crontab? I see many people append that at the end of a script. Thanks. Ken ___ Get your hongkong.com freemail at http://www.hongkong.com Free newsletters center at http://post4u.hongkong.com == E-Mail : [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ No.: 38756924 You will wish you hadn't. ==
RE: [newbie] Apache
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well a good place to start would be the apache documentation that is in the httpd directory unless it was not installed or removed. The next best thing if u cannot find your answer is to go to apache's site http://www.apache.org. The most common use of htaccess is to prompt for a password when someone tries to access a particular page (note not the onnly thing but one of the most common). Mail me directly if u need info on that... On 27-Jul-99 Nichols, Jason wrote: Can anybody point me towards a good explanation of how to use .htaccess files in apache? Thanks! Jason - - PGP Public Key : http://jackal.dhis.org/jackal.txt http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html ICQ # : 38756924 Software production is assumed to be a line function, but it is run like a staff function. -- Paul Licker - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN55W99/tgTsNXrtmEQJgkACgqYzbdcIu8sJtQSsXeTmQ3AAeilsAoJd7 QjQlxzCbRRvgvkpvvgQZBAqA =QPvk -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] Downloading Files
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Well Netscape has to get the blame partially but a big part of the blame has also to go to the guys administering the webserver as well. There is a file called mime.types (it is there in linux systems as well probably under the conf dir in httpd). Soemtimes stuff like rpm and gz tgz etc are not registered there properly thus causing the webserver to send it out as default (which happens to be text) In windows IE does a better job handling stuff that comes in (it think it checks the extension with the associated applications etc) but netscape will take what the webserver gives u. Okay that's my 2 cents... On 22-Jul-99 Matt Stegman wrote: This is a fault of Netscape. It foten thinks that binary files are actually text files, and so loads the binary file into the browser, giving you plenty of gibberish. It has something to do with file extensions and MIME types on the server, and I'm not sure if you can configure Netscape to override them (i.e. specify *.rpm, *.gz, *.bz2, etc. as binaries). Anyway, what you CAN do is hold down SHIFT while you click the link. That will tell Netscape that no matter what, you want to save the target of this link, not display it whether it be binary, text, or unspecified). -Matt On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Andrew R. Etzler wrote: I've been trying to download the KxICQ file in Netscape 4.6. Previously this has not been a problem. Just in the last day, instead of asking where it should save the file to, it simply downloads the file into the browser, giving me all sorts of gibberish. Has anyone run into this problem? Any suggestions for how I can correct it? TIA Andy Etzler - - PGP Public Key : http://jackal.dhis.org/jackal.txt http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html ICQ # : 38756924 Q: What do Winnie the Pooh and John the Baptist have in common? A: The same middle name. - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN5e6td/tgTsNXrtmEQKL8wCdFy6WrEthQ66x+NZmcU0XlhXi3yMAniSz jEK8F6qocWfoRygu2g+7bs1g =N+7z -END PGP SIGNATURE-
RE: [newbie] Mandrake... (fwd)
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 There is Yellow Dog Linux for Apple macintosh G3 and then there is LinuxPPC and MkLinux for PowerMacs ... dont know if these fit your hardware ... not very familiar about macs... On 23-Jul-99 hevnsnt wrote: Can anyone answer this question for me? Can you run Mandrake on a Mac? If not can you run ANY version of Linux on a Mac? -Bill -- Forwarded message -- Date: Thu, 22 Jul 1999 20:36:27 -0500 From: Arthur Katz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Mandrake... I'm a Mac nut, and I've heard that linux can be installed on a Mac. True? I attended the Mac expo in New York today, but the nerds running the booth wouldn't talk to me. They were so deep in conversation with other nerds, having a war about which Linux was best. - - PGP Public Key : http://jackal.dhis.org/jackal.txt http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html ICQ # : 38756924 So much depends upon a red wheel barrow glazed with rain water beside the white chickens. -- William Carlos Williams, "The Red Wheel Barrow" - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN5fasd/tgTsNXrtmEQL9KwCgo6RWYNkp7CjUjKNXIiTu+5JObrYAn3wu BJ7J3Za1tiog+EbRopDnisAz =ls8n -END PGP SIGNATURE-
RE: [newbie] Installing
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Put the mandrake cd in and , if your bios supports it, just reboot and let the install program load up from the bootable cdrom. If not then u need a boot disk and then install it. If I am not wrong there is a readme (or install) file in the root directory of the cdrom which gives instructions for the various ways to install it. A word of caution : I came from slackware too initially and it is very tempting to shrug something off as not good because it is not the way we are used to doing things...that's how I started out since slackware and mandrake does have their differences. Keep and open mind and make a air judgement which dist. suits u. They both have their pros and cons I would like to think that each dist. suits diff working styles. Have fun using Linux (whichever distribution)... On 21-Jul-99 J_Cool .. wrote: I just got Linux-Mandrake 6.0 from a friend. I've never used RedHat or Mandrake Linux. I've used Slackware 3.6 and 4.0. I'm not sure how to go about installing Mandrake 6.0. I've looked for help files but nothing really says anything definite. It's as though they're afraid you'll crash your computer and get mad at them. It's a computer...you set it back up and do it again. I was just wondering if somebody could help me get a step-by-step manual to print out. I want to install it from cd because I don't have room on my hd. Thanks for the help. J_Cool ___ Get Free Email and Do More On The Web. Visit http://www.msn.com - - PGP Public Key : http://jackal.dhis.org/jackal.txt http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html ICQ # : 38756924 Some rise by sin and some by virtue fall. - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN5V7x9/tgTsNXrtmEQLnaQCfRcgFWAJk3VIf/Mx42T61HBkCdJUAoMg0 5rENExEaejgKt/0i9WGA/15e =AjGd -END PGP SIGNATURE-
RE: [newbie] how does one.......
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 run "Xconfigurator" and choose 8bpp and 640*480 as one of hte choices of reslution and screen depth when it comes to that stage... u might need to find out information like your monitor's refresh rates etc though...(should find that info in the manual that comes with your monitor... On 16-Jul-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: how does one change the x window system? i was told that i should change my res and color depth to help with the screen turning black. how do i go about doing this in the command promt. i am trying hard to find a site that can anwser my questions so i wont be such a nuscance :) j - - PGP Public Key : http://jackal.dhis.org/jackal.txt http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html ICQ # : 38756924 Desist from enumerating your fowl prior to their emergence from the shell. - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN46MNN/tgTsNXrtmEQK5CQCgwwg57ATSLHaRPjb4TdomU7+qSIYAn3Xs aG9EZk35TH43SXifch0dxvtJ =hMEe -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [newbie] LM installation
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Actually, i think the workstation installation does that as well (qipes out paritions and then creates new ones). I have never used the server nor workstation installation method but I thought that I read it in the manual somewhere. On 14-Jul-99 Civileme wrote: OK You have selected install. One way to avoid the problem is to choose "Workstation" and let the installer worry about the unformatted or non-windows partitions. The second way is to select CUSTOM and use Disk Druid. UNDER NO CIRCUMSTANCES select SERVER, because this installation wipes your disks before putting the server together. Once you are in DD, you will see a screen that identifies current partitions on both disks. If you want to communicate with windows files later, this is a great time to give names like /dos to a windows partition, /dos1 to the next, etc. If you have partitions that you will not otherwise use, delete them all and then begin to add new partitions. Here is a sort of minimal set. /boot of 30 M NON=labeled Linux Swap partition of a size equal to twice your memory, but no larger than 127M. / A root partition to take the rest of the disk. Disk Druid will line up your partitions so they are on CYLINDER boundaries. This means you will often get more Mb than you ask for, but never less. So if you ask for a 127Mb swap partition, Druid might tell you it is too big because the boundary falls at 131Mb. You have to tinker with these sizes a little to get exactly what you want. If you leave a couple Mb at the end of the disk, so much the better. There is a transparent way some filesystems can use this to substitute for bad blocks. This is just about what you would get with the WORKSTATION installation. Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When i get th the section ofstallation that requires me to use fdisk or disk druid, i dont know how to use either. i want to install mandrake on my second hard drive, but i am clueless on how to set it up in disk druid. i always get error messages telling me i have to make more partitions before i can continue the installation. thank you in advince. jerrud - - PGP Public Key : http://jackal.dhis.org/jackal.txt http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html ICQ # : 38756924 Just go with the flow control, roll with the crunches, and, when you get a prompt, type like hell. - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN4xH5N/tgTsNXrtmEQLKoQCgjJVwaH9pYHS4SnGk3w0A+YQ5LZIAoODI ilQl8JqmqjY+kSxHYPqyuw11 =/Tjm -END PGP SIGNATURE-
RE: [newbie] speaking of passwords
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 login as root and change the password for the user (unless it is the root password that u forgot). If it IS the root password that u forgot then u have to rebbot into single mode and change the root passwd from there... On 14-Jul-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i just installed linux and i forgot my password. i know my username, but i was talking on the phone and must have typed in something and now i forgot what it is. what do i do? thanks, jerrud - - PGP Public Key : http://jackal.dhis.org/jackal.txt http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html ICQ # : 38756924 Who are you? - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN40vn9/tgTsNXrtmEQLfCgCfVVAwC0qOoLItEo3Bjrpwj6v5Sk4AoJAx VGpwKDfE2m+ISbkliCMhVhHN =VzoP -END PGP SIGNATURE-
RE: [newbie] Configuration
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I dont really get the apache question but if the website if remote then u can use somehting like wget to mirror the site. If it is local u can set a cron to copy the contents to another directory. Actually come to think of it u can use wget for the local as well just point to the loopback and set a cron to run it at predetermined intervals. As for your email question I think fetchmail and procmail combination is what u might be looking for. I am sorry but I have never used procmail but I know that u can configure it to filter base on headers and strings and stuff and make rules to deliver the matching messge to wherever. U can use fetchmail to pop (or imap) from different pop boxes by configuring the .fetchmailrc file in your home directory. The syntax is really easy to use. Hope I was of some help. Post again if u need more details. On 08-Jul-99 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I've just finished installing mandrake, and need to do some configuration. Can anyone tell me how to set up apache so that I can have my virtual server mirrored locally? Are there any good files explaining how to set up e-mail distribution? I'd like to download e-mail from a variety of POP boxes and divide on x-smtp-envelope: to different users (and some perhaps to launch perl scripts). James. - - PGP Public Key : http://jackal.dhis.org/jackal.txt http://pgp5.ai.mit.edu/pks-commands.html ICQ # : 38756924 Learn from other people's mistakes, you don't have time to make your own. - - -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 5.0i for non-commercial use Charset: noconv iQA/AwUBN4Qkut/tgTsNXrtmEQIw/ACgzdv7pb78qgflWxtfx7GVK0f7t8wAoPOq cYZlD4Ypjclt5o73ocJPOT/5 =Qu/Y -END PGP SIGNATURE-
