[newbie] resolution and switchdesk problem
hello, just got Linux up on my new comp after some problems, but as eager to test out my new monitor, I decided to try out 1024x768 but found out that, that is too small for me and would like to change it to 800x600 and switchdesk on term doesn't seem to work anymore I get bad command or file name I know it's been a while since I was last on Linux but I think that's the command to switch the desktop to gnome from kde
[newbie] 9 hour upgrade!!
hello people, i just upgraded mandrake 7.0 to 7.1 and it took me 9 hours (computer doing all the processing) and i have to ask what happen why did it take so long? i've installed/upgraded different version of linux all the way back from redhat5.1 - 6.2 and a few mandrake versions. it never even came close to this long, 30-75 min's tops can anyone give me any idea why it took this long?
[newbie] suid and guid
can someone tell me what suid is and guid and how they work thanks
[newbie] altrinitive to postfix
what can I use next to postfix??
Re: [newbie] NIC and ADSL installation
is this all on the same computer or do you have a network going on? because if the linux computer also has the adsl modem then u need to get pppoe (ppp over ether-net) http://sympaticousers.org/faq/opsys_software.htm can help u setup pppoe over linux if the adsl modem is not on the same computer as ur linux then, i don't know how to help as for the nic u need to run linuxconf at the console and u have the options there to setup the network card (did it for pci card, not sure if u need to take other steps for ISA) -Original Message- From: Darcy Hobbs [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: June 5, 2000 7:04 PM Subject: [newbie] NIC and ADSL installation Hello everyone. I am completely new to Linux and was hoping someone could help me. I have an ADSL connection on a win98 Amiga box and I would like to set up my Linux box to access it as well. I have a 3com ISA NIC 509b and Drakconf is not recognizing it (I think). In my boot screen it does say the the "eth0: is there and it lists my nic information, yet my link light on the modem does not light up. I am sure that I am missing something yet I am not sure what it is. I can't find this information in the Mandrake manual (maybe I am not looking in the right place). How do I activate my Nic card and after that is it just the networking process in Drake config that I should be following to get it online with the ADSL modem? I apologize if this is a basic question. Thank you for any help that you can offer. Darcy
[newbie] mail problem (can't Send or Receive)
this is the internal mail, i dont' really care to configure it to the outside world, just to the people that use my system. i guess i changed some file or other when i was setting up my adsl, because when i first installed it a few months ago it was working fine. but not sure what file was changed. this is the error i get May 29 18:15:25 localhost postfix/smtpd[749]: connect from localhost[127.0.0.1]May 29 18:15:25 localhost postfix/smtpd[749]: 7FD3234A05: client=localhost[127.0.0.1]May 29 18:15:25 localhost postfix/smtpd[749]: disconnect from localhost[127.0.0.1]May 29 18:15:25 localhost postfix/pickup[609]: C32FA410AB: uid=0 from=[EMAIL PROTECTED]May 29 18:15:25 localhost postfix/cleanup[750]: C32FA410AB: message-id=[EMAIL PROTECTED]May 29 18:15:25 localhost postfix/qmgr[611]: C32FA410AB: from=[EMAIL PROTECTED], size=594 (queue active)May 29 18:15:26 localhost postfix/local[752]: fatal: open database /etc/postfix/aliases.db: No such file or directoryMay 29 18:15:27 localhost postfix/qmgr[611]: warning: mail_scan_any: got EOF; expected: stringMay 29 18:15:27 localhost postfix/qmgr[611]: warning: private/local: malformed responseMay 29 18:15:27 localhost postfix/master[602]: warning: process /usr/lib/postfix/local pid 752 exit status 1May 29 18:15:27 localhost postfix/master[602]: warning: /usr/lib/postfix/local: bad command startup -- throttling that's when i try to mail myself (as root) an email
Re: [newbie] ADSL
http://sympaticousers.org/ i'm on adsl but in canada and that site helped me alot hope it can help u to Juvenal -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: May 29, 2000 11:37 PM Subject: [newbie] ADSL Hi, I will make a Internet Connectivity over ADSL. It's a spezial in Germany called T-DSL. (uses another frequence as ADSL; the reason is are the ISDN frequencys) It needs PPP over Ethernet! I had no problems in the Suse linux distribution, but i will work with Mandrake now. I installed the pppoed.rm (from suse) but it don't work :-( Can someone help please ? thanks Holger
Re: [newbie] ICQ help!!!!
I've had different version of ice for linux but so far i think klicq is the best, but i do have licq installed right now to download it go to www.licq.com or linuxberg.com and search for klicq and licq Juvenal -Original Message- From: joey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: May 25, 2000 4:24 AM Subject: [newbie] ICQ help what is the best ICQ clone for linux that can i use?
Re: [newbie] GET READY FOR A DISCUSSION
I'm new to this list but been using mandrake for a while now. One thing
(well there may be two) I don't like about Linux mandrake is the installing
of multiple programs
that do the same thing, for example I found 2 versions of icq, 20 or 30
games, who knows how many text
editors, and multimedia software, I think more control of what's being
installed should be given.
Juvenal
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From: Denis HAVLIK [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Cc: Gael Duval [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: May 25, 2000 2:42 PM
Subject: [newbie] GET READY FOR A DISCUSSION
Hi, folks!
What follows is probably a single most important letter I ever posted on
these mailing lists, so please read it very carefully!
[ANNOUNCEMENT]
We (Mandrakesoft) are starting internal discussions about future of
our distributions NOW. We want you to take part in the process of
improving our next distro.
- NOW is a time to ask us whatever you want: tell us what you like, tell
us what you hate, tell us what you dream of!
- NOW is a time for you to influence the future company decisions - start
thinking, and if you come up with a briliant idea, post it here.
Starting NOW, I am going to stop sleeping, eating, or doing any other job
which would interfere with currently most important task: Making sure we
make the best decisions based on whatever input we can get.
[RULES]
* Basically everything you can think of is open for discussion, except
question of including non-free software in the core of our distro, which
is absolute NO-NO.
* Listen to what other people have to say. Try keeping the signal/noise
ratio as high as possible.
* One topic per e-mail and informative subject line help us a lot. ("125
Great ideas!!!" is a very bad subject line.)
* Please, try to avoid any kind of flaming on the list for the next 10
days.
* Finaly, If you have time and skills to pick up ideas from long
discussion threads and write a good summary, please do it, it will help us
a lot.
[TOPICS]
Topics we are particularly interested in at this moment include:
1) ergonomics: What should our user interfaces look like in the
future, what should we improve in our desktop configuration, which things
need polishing...
2) install:Which features of our current installation
program (DrakX) do you like, which features are you missing, what is not
clear enough? The same question goes for post-install configuration
tools.
3) packages: which packages to add, what to remove from the distro,
which subset of packages is really nessesary for a minimal install,
and which packages are "just add-ons"?
4) tools: which new tools (packages) should we develop ourselves, or
improve in case we are already developing them? Many great
programs already exist out there, so we really badly need to know
which important linux tools you still miss, in order to
concentrate on them in the future.
5) system policy: We want to make our system "logical" by following the
Linux Standards, and being consistent in the way
"things" (services, settings) are implemented. Tell us where
we need to improve.
6) security policy: Closely related to point "6". You know that we care a
lot about security, don't you? Well, the problem is choosing right
security settings for various situations.
(If you feel that we have forgotten an important topic, just start a
discusion on it, the list should not be taken too strictly)
I am going to spend a lot of time in reading "newbie" and "expert" mailing
lists during next two weeks. Guillaume will do the same on the
"cooker" list, and other members of the company may pop-up and take
part in discussion too, for topics they may be particularly interested in
(and if they get time to do it, our schedule is bursting).
At the end of the discussion cycle (in two weeks), I will try to write a
resume of what has been decided and share it with you.
yours
Denis Havlik
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