Re: [newbie] Migrating W2K web to MDK 9.1
Dennis Myers wrote: Misko, it has been a while since I did this, but, you should be able to take all of the html pages, such as index.html, page1xx.html etc and all .png, .gif, .jpg, etc save them to a CD or DVD and then install them all in /var/www/html. Then start httpd and Apache should pick them up and bingo you are back on the internet with your web page. Just as an aside though , Dennis, do you mean that web folders structure should remain the same as if it was under Windows? For example, I have some specific folders with pictures made by Picasa software (that makes a kind of a slide show). I also have some FrontPage-made series of slides that also reside in some specific directories. Should I just transfer all that stuff in /var/www/html ? if you used MS FrontPage to do the web site, it will not conform to the W3C standards. Some browsers may not render it properly. It is not to bad to fix if you use Quanta+ and revise some of the html a bit. HTH Ok, will try to do that and report on results. Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Migrating W2K web to MDK 9.1
Gentle folks, I want to migrate my company's intranet web site from Windows platform to Linux. At the moment I run that web on a W2k server and administer it from a W2k client (using MS FrontPage for editing HTM pages and Visual InterDev for ASP). I authenticate my users with a logon.asp page that looks into MS SQL Server database (on the same W2k server) having credentials of my users. What I want to do is to migrate that web server to MDK 9.1 platform that is already installed on the other disk (described in http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+WinNT.html). The next step would be to switch editing that web server by using the client box (also having MDK 9.1 installed as the alternate OS). And, btw, I am not going to upgrade Mdk 9.1 with something newer, don't ask me why. So, what I am wondering now is: - Is it possible to run some Linux tool or something that is capable to 'import' the whole web site from Windows disk (both disks are SCSI disks of the same size) and to make the new Apache site operational quickly? If not, what would be the suitable solution (I wouldn't mind to keep W2k site there for a while, at least for a transitional period of time, until I get some proficiency of administering sites under Linux). - Are there some MDK 9.1 'from-the-box' editing tools for HTM(L) and ASP pages that I may use for remote web server administration and editing the content from my MDK 9.1 client box? If not, what would you suggest to look for? Btw, I run Mozilla 1.7.x under both Win and Lin environments - as the email client and web browser - but I don't have any idea about its Composer quality. - What to use instead of SQL Server - capable to authenticate the users in the similar manner as described above? Of course, instead of the ASP login pages, some other mechanism may be used. Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] KPPP fail in Mdk 9.1
Gentle folks, I use KPPP to dial-in my ISP. Whenever I dial-up for the first time (after the system boot up), the link gets broken and the next time the link is fine. Of course, using the proper username and password both tries. Is there any reason why it doesn't accomplish the negotiation with ISP's systems at first? I don't change any params and just dial-up the second time and then the connection is ok. Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Samba 3.0+ on 9.1
Stephen Kuhn wrote (long ago): Has anyone upgraded the standard Samba 2.2.8 on MDK 9.1 to 3.0+? stephen kuhn - proprietor Hi Stephen, have you managed to do that? I also run 9.1 on a couple of server boxes and might need Samba too. Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Migrating W2K web to MDK 9.1
Gentle folks, I want to migrate an intranet web from Windows platform to Linux. At the moment I run the web on a W2k server and administer it from a W2k client (using MS FrontPage for editing htm pages and VisInterDev for the asp ones). I authenticate my users with a logon.asp page that looks into an SQL Server database (on the same W2k server) having user names and passwords of my users. I also use a part of that database for some other web pages etc. So far - so good. What I want is to switch that web server to a MDK 9.1 platform that is installed on the other disk (described in http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+WinNT.html). The next step would be to switch editing the web server with the client box (also having MDK 9.1 installed as the alternate OS). Btw, I am not going to upgrade Mdk 9.1 to something newer soon, don't ask me why). So, what I am wondering now is: - Is it possible to run a Linux tool that would be capable to 'import' the whole web site from the Windows disk (both are SCSI disks of the same size) and to make it operational quickly? If not, what would be the suitable solution (I wouldn't mind to keep W2k site there for a while, at least for a transitional period of time, until I get some proficiency of administering under Linux). - Are there some MDK 9.1 'from-the-box' editing tools for HTM(L) and ASP pages that I may use for remote administration the web server and editing the content from my MDK 9.1 client box? If not, what would you suggest to read about? Btw, I run Mozilla 1.7.x under both Win and Lin environment - as the email client and web browser - but don't have any idea about its Composer quality. - What to use instead of SQL Server - capable to authenticate the users in the similar manner as described above? Of course, instead of the ASP login pages, some other mechanism may be used. Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: New Computer
Kenneth wrote: Does anyone have any experience with the specic HP model mentioned above, or have any comments about the Linux compatibilty of the HP mass market computers? I don't know eaxactly what do you mean by HP 'mass market' computers, but anyway - a couple of year's old model HP Vectra VL420 runs Mdk 9.1 here, without significant problems. I have a couple of such Vectra's, some of which having IDE disks, some others with SCSI disks; having from 256 to 512 megs of RAM, HP72 17 monitors, various display cards, using USB flash memories etc. I plan to start an intranet web server on one of them. HP's laptop Omnibook 6000 also runs fine with Mdk 9.1 here (though it is not Bamboo but the other Mdk distro intended for HP's stuff. The only problems with Omnibook I have faced to, is that its included (probably win-)modem doesn't work within Linux and the other things is that it doesn't respect LAN's DHCP server (I mean, it doesn't get a dynamic address from the DHCP box, but I suppose that's my config fault). I also plan to try Mdk 9.1 on some old HP Netservers LH+ running Pentium I and 64-128 megs of RAM (probably without GUI) - to use them as a firewall, mail server etc. Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] HC85E (was: Re: digikam Sony P73 set up)
Hello folks, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: As su/root run tail -f /var/log/messages in a console. Then plug in your camera and you should see what adress it gets appointed in /etc/fstab i.e. sda1 or sdb1 or whatever. I did the same for my Sony HC85E and got the following: Dec 5 17:49:31 server kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-2, assigned address 3 Dec 5 17:49:31 server kernel: usb.c: USB device 3 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x2e) is not claimed by any active driver. Dec 5 17:49:36 server /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 54c/2e/500 Than I unplugged it and plug it again: Dec 5 18:03:22 server kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-2, assigned address 4 Dec 5 18:03:22 server kernel: usb.c: USB device 4 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x2e) is not claimed by any active driver. Dec 5 18:03:26 server /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 54c/2e/500 ... and once more time: Dec 5 18:05:13 server kernel: hub.c: new USB device 00:02.2-2, assigned address 5 Dec 5 18:05:13 server kernel: usb.c: USB device 5 (vend/prod 0x54c/0x2e) is not claimed by any active driver. Dec 5 18:05:18 server /etc/hotplug/usb.agent: ... no modules for USB product 54c/2e/500 Seems that only the 'address 3' changed to 4, 5 ... What should I do next to mount my cam? I run Mdk 9.1 and it does not list Sony HC85E. Due to the older hardware I am not going to upgrade Mdk to something newer. Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] The Bat - Mozilla ?
Gentle folks, I have a dual-boot system (Mdk 9.1 and W2k - both having their own partitions). I also have a spare FAT partition for downloading etc. At the moment my email client in Mdk is Mozilla suite 1.6 and for W2k is TheBat! Well, I think of migrating from The Bat! to Mozilla for Win in order to use it in the same manner as I use Mozilla under Linux. Besides that, I would like to share the same FAT partition between both OS's - so to being capable to read/send the same mail from either environment. The problem is that now I have lots of email and addresses in address book within The Bat! and I need a way to transfer them from TheBat to Mozilla. Does anybody know how to migrate from The Bat to Mozilla (what should I export or backup, restore and how)? I have lots of mail and would like to have them all when start with Mozilla (at the moment, under Linux I run Mozilla 1.6 combo and suppose the same version to use in Windows when I begin with it). Any suggestion? Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] The Bat - Mozilla ?
Gentle folks, I think of migrating from The Bat! to Mozilla (under Windoze) in order to use it as I use Mozilla under Linux. Does anybody know how to migrate from The Bat to Mozilla (what to export or backup, restore and how)? I have lots of mail and address book within The Bat! and would like to have them all when start with Mozilla (at the moment, under Linux I run Mozilla 1.6 combo and suppose the same version to use in Windows). Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake 9.1 and Sony camcorders ?
David wrote: On Sun, 10 Oct 2004 17:33:49 -0700 Erylon Hines [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Have you tried GTKam. It downloads the video clips from my still camera. No. Is that GTKam a part of Mdk 9.1 or it is some add-on ? Misko ^ David Taylor Taranaki, New Zealand http://windwand.co.nz Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Mandrake 9.1 and Sony camcorders ?
Erylon Hines wrote: I can't say for sure, since I'm uncertain that the Sony is actually supported. One of my machines (I have several) that mounts my Olympus digital has an /etc/fstab line: In fact, Mdk's 9.1 KDE Control Center Peripherals Digital Camera Add Select Camera Device - doesn't list Sony DCR-HC85E. I tried to fake it with some other models from the list but it didn't help. /dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto user, iocharset=iso8859-1,kudzu,codepage=850,noauto,umask=0,exec 0 0 My other machines have variations of this (/dev/sdb1 /mnt/memory_card) and all seem to mount the camera automatically--but then, the Olympus uses standard USB protocol, so it is known to just work. Before I got it, I checked some other cameras (not Sony, unfortunately), and some strayed from the USB standard, so mounting them was iffy. Do you consider that it would be some use if I try to edit /etc/fstab in order to make something similar you have? As I said, after connecting the camera to USB and reboot the system, it reported that a Sony HandyCam MemoryStick Reader was there but I don't know how to try to mount it. My 9.2 machines seem to do a better job with mounting the digital than 9.1--I'm never sure under what device it will be mounted when I plug it into 9.1, but it is always in the same place on the 9.2 boxes. Kind of weird. My last suggestion, if all else fails, is to get hold of a Knoppix 3.4 disk and see if you can mount it that way. My experience with Knoppix has been that it is amazingly good at identifying hardware, and if Linux can use it, Knoppix will be able to configure it. My old computer hardware is almost not capable to change much OS or other software :-) In fact, Mdk 9.1 I have installed with the help of network, because my CDROM device didn't want to run installation CD's :-) I am afraid that I couldn't do much with Knoppix CD, neither to upgrade to Mdk 9.2 at least :-) Anyway, thanks for help. Seems that I will continue running M$ for using the camcorder :-( Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Mandrake 9.1 and Sony camcorders ?
Erylon Hines wrote: My memory card reader is /dev/sdb1. Every time I've seen /dev/sda4 it was for my zip disks (I have several). If the Sony uses standard usb protocol, it should be recognized. The only suggestion I have is--have you tried a reboot with the camera plugged in? I don't have a camcorder, but my digital is mounted automatically under /mnt/memory_card (I may have created that directory originally, I can't remember) and as /dev/sdb1 in 9.1. Well, after I did it as you have suggested, Mandrake Control Center 9.1 has shown in Detected Hardware, a new group of Unknown/Others, and Sony HandyCam MemoryStick Reader within that group. Details are: Vendor: Sony Corp. Bus: USB Description: Sony HandyCam MemoryStick Reader Module: Removable:memory_card Media class: What should be done next? I manually made /mnt/memory_card folder but don't know how to mount camera's memory card reader. Btw, my desktop's icon for USB flash memory (/mnt/removable, /dev/sda4) has got lost somewhere, although I suppose it should remain there too. In fact, as soon as I connected the camera to the USB connector and rebooted the system, the icon disappeared. After changing the camera with the USB flash stick, and rebooted again, the icon came back. Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mandrake 9.1 and local area connection icon ?
Gentle folks, It makes me wonder if there is something similar to Windows taskbar icon for local area connections (speed: , sent: ___, received: ___ ) but for MDK 9.1 KDE's panel? In fact, I get something like that when a dial up connection is established, but would like to have it with LAN's connections. Any idea? Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mandrake 9.1 and Sony camcorders ?
Gentle folks, I have Sony DCR-HC85E camcorder that came with Picture Package software for Windows. It makes me wonder if there is a software capable to run on Mandrake 9.1 with similar capabilities (to 'see' a camera as an external disk or memory device - that I could mount, to have an automatic or manual download of still pictures from camera's memory stick, to playback mini-DV tape via USB cable etc). Is there a 'generic' driver for camcorders for Linux? I tried to mount the camera as a /dev/sda4 drive (the same that uses my USB flash memory stick but it reported that special device doesn't exist). Any idea? Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Mandrake Club
Derek Jennings wrote: Do not be under any illusion. Mandrake Club membership does not give you many 'monetary' advantages. It is really just a way for people who would otherwise buy boxed sets to use the download edition and still contribute back. Wouldn't be better if Mandrake Club offered boxed CD sets for (less than) 60$. If I wanted to help Mandrake, maybe I'd rather buy directly from them than from local bookstores (and the local bookstores sell for not much more than CD media costs). Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Mdk 9.1 and hostname change with dhcp ?
Gentle folks, Recently I discovered that a system of mine, running Mdk 9.1 is likely to change its own hostname - somehow after it gets IP data by dhcp server. In fact, with using netconf, I gave it a name like xybox for example, but after getting its IP from dhcp server, the name changes to something like dhcpip1 or dhcpip2 or like. What is going on and how to prevent it to change its 'static' hostname (computername)? Otherwise, the box runs ok. Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Mandrake Club
Derek Jennings wrote: Buying a boxed set of CDs is one way of compensating them, but in that case most of the money will go to the retailer and distributor of the boxes. Are there some 'official' sets of CDs by MandrakeSoft that are available in public shops? There is nothing like this in local stores but, the next week I am going to visit Finland and would like to visit their bookshops in Joensuu and Helsinki. Anybody from there to join me? For those who might be interested in, I am going to make a technical paper presentation during the ICALT conference in Joensuu, Finland. Some details in: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/FBB.html Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] NFS server = how?
Gentle folks, The other day I tried to install Mdk 9.1, using a NFS server installation (Windows 2000 Server machine, running haneWin NFS server 1.1.29). Seems that Windows NFS server is OK and Mdk setup recognizes it, but later I get the following error message on the Linux machine: Error: That NFS volume does not seem to contain the Mandrake Linux distribution. ok and when type Alt-F4: 4NFS Warning: Mount version older than kernel That is what I get when trying to use NFS network installation. Btw, the same Windows 2000 box is very good for FTP or HTTP installations of Linux (I mean my LAN is fine), but now I can not use either FTP or HTTP because on the target box I do not have enough RAM for FTP or HTTP setup (don't ask me why, the target box uses proprietary memory chips etc). Looks that the target box recognizes the NFS server at the first step of NFS installation, but a bit later something goes wrong. The second message 4NFS Warning: Mount version older than kernel looks to me as if Mdk 9.1 kernel differs from haneWin NFS server 1.1.29 capabilities. Any idea how to solve that issue? Maybe some other NFS utility for Windows that is compatible with Mdk 9.1 ? Btw, due to having the old hardware I am not going to try installing anything newer than Mdk 9.1 Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Zone Alaram, Blackice, Norton Internet Security, etc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I was running windows, I had all these program just to keep secured. Are these program applicable to Linux? Or is it only for windows? Only for Windows. On Mandrake go to 'Mandrake Control Center', 'Security', Firewall. As long as I can see, that path gives the choices for securing local servers only (like FTP, web, DNS, mail server etc). What I do not see there in control center is how to secure local client machine that is *not* running such kinds of servers. Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Rusty Morse.
Bill Spatz wrote: I am a digital sort of guy, rtty, gtor pactor amtor Nice to see that. Here it is not possible to run rtty, gtor pactor amtor or HF packet without Morse test. That is why I stay on VHF packet only. Anyway, I keep promoting amateur (digital) radio, with my howto: http://tldp.org/HOWTO/FBB.html Regards, Misko YT7MPB Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Rusty Morse.
Keith Powell wrote: Are there any radio amateurs on the list? I am here too. But I am not interested in Morse at all. Packet radio is all I run for years. Regards, Misko YT7MPB http://tldp.org/HOWTO/FBB.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] NFS server = how?
Gentle folks, The other day I tried to install Mdk 9.1, using a NFS server installation (Windows 2000 Server machine, running haneWin NFS server 1.1.29). Seems that Windows NFS server is OK and Mdk setup recognizes it, but later I get the following error message on the Linux machine: Error: That NFS volume does not seem to contain the Mandrake Linux distribution. ok and when type Alt-F4: 4NFS Warning: Mount version older than kernel That is what I get when trying to use NFS network installation. Btw, the same Windows 2000 box is very good for FTP or HTTP installations of Linux (I mean my LAN is fine), but now I can not use either FTP or HTTP because on the target box I do not have enough RAM for FTP or HTTP setup (don't ask me why, the target box uses proprietary memory chips etc). Looks that the target box recognizes the NFS server at the first step of NFS installation, but a bit later something goes wrong. The second message 4NFS Warning: Mount version older than kernel looks to me as if Mdk 9.1 kernel differs from haneWin NFS server 1.1.29 capabilities. Any idea how to solve that issue? Maybe some other NFS utility for Windows that is compatible with Mdk 9.1 ? Btw, due to having the old hardware I am not going to try installing anything newer than Mdk 9.1 Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] NFS server = how?
Gentle folks, I tried to make a network installation of Mdk 9.1 from a Windows 2000 Server mashine, running haneWin NFS server 1.1.29 and I get the following error: Error: That NFS volume does not seem to contain the Mandrake Linux distribution. ok and with Alt-F4: 4NFS Warning: Mount version older than kernel That is what I get when trying to use NFS network installation. Btw, the same Windows 2000 box is very ok for FTP and HTTP installations of Linux, but now I can not use these because on the target box I do not have enough RAM for FTP or HTTP types of setup (don't ask me why). Looks that the target box recognizes the NFS server at the first moment, but something goes wrong then. Any idea? Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] A bug in Mozilla suite 1.6 ?
Whenever I save a message (right click on a message, Save As... etc) from within Mozilla suite 1.6 Mail Newsgroups, I get a window Save Message As, having File name: of the message subject. So far - so good. But if a name has some characters (like -, :, and maybe some more) and when click on Save, there appears a warning complaining on that character(s), following with complete killing of Mozilla suite. Any idea about that bug? Another issue: a File name: of the message subject always want to have an .eml extension and I want it to be with .txt extension. Then I must to change it manually. How to make it to be .txt as default? Misko P.S. Who is about to collect Mozilla bug reports? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts
Stephen Kuhn wrote: Anyway, thanks for suggestions. Case there is a solution for other similar installations (like Netscape or like) for KDE, any pointer would be apreciated. Misko Why not just use MozillaFirebird instead? Looks beautiful mate. stephen kuhn - owner Stephen, because I need both a mailer and browser here. Don't know if Firebird and its counterpart Firefox (or like) are in sum, say to, bigger than Mozilla combo of v 1.6 and regardless of that detail, is that worth of using a couple of them instead one product? Any opinion? Btw, does MozillaFirebird has similar (say xft_version-related) issues as Mozilla combo? What about its new browser? Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: MDK 9.1 and HP Netserver LH+
Mike Fehse wrote (long ago): If you are able to run a Windows operating system on a computer, you should be able to use Linux on it. And you may not tax the system as much, as you can install a Linux distro, and then re-compile the kernel to support only the feature you need. Do you know of some free guide related to re-compile the kernel? I am not much familiar with that. One suggestion, before I go any farther, is to have a look at DistroWatch.com Will look at. Btw, I'd prefer Mdk 9.1 because I also use it at home. My feeling is that you should not dedicate one machine to preforming a number of these functions. A firewall, with logging and tracking features, should be on a machine, by itself, without samba, LDAP, or anything else. If you are making a server available to the public, via the internet, then you will most likely want two DNSs - one for the public to see, and the second just for your private LAN (i.e., inTRAnet). In fact, what I need at first is to have a 'server' box, a domain controller or like, that would contain my users' accounts, their downloads from the net, their W2k clients' Favorites etc. At the moment, they use a couple of 'cloned' W2k Prof. boxes, running in parallel - in order to access the Internet. I have cca 30 user's profiles on both boxes and whenever I am about to add another user, I have to do on both boxes. In addition, it looks like I am going to install a couple of more boxes for the same job - so I'd like to make a domain controller and to store all users' stuff in there. The idea is to avoid NT or W2k DC's with Linux but to allow W2k clients to use such a controller. Would be also fine to have an ability to download an AV update from that server and force the workstations to apply a patch or like. For a firewall, I would suggest looking at CensorNet, or even IPCop and SmoothWall. I think CensorNet would better meet your needs, while IPCop can do the job, yet it would need modules/add-ons that the end users have developed. At the moment, the client boxes run their own AV clients and software firewalls. Don't know what would be a solution for a Linux DC if implemented instead of NT/W2k DC. I don't see why you can't replace the NT 4.0 operating system with Linux, save some licensing cost, and go with open standards. Any idea of an on-line manual or guide, related to such a DC implementation for local networks? Just my two cents, before taxes, inflation, and an empty pocket. Mike (a.k.a AWEV) Thanks for help! Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts
Paul Smith wrote: Why do not you consider installing the xft version of mozilla? http://www.scottbolander.com/mozilla-xft.html I did it right now and that version finally appeared ok (as fine as the 'original' v 1.3). According to the site, it has something related to anti-aliasing enabled (or something like that). Seems that was the difference with 'factory' build of 1.6 version. Regardless of that, I checked my KDE's configuration and it seems that anti-aliasing for fonts was enabled as default. What makes me wonder is why it didn't work with the 'factory' build of 1.6 ? In addition, you could import MS Windows truetype fonts (with drakfont), in case you have a dual machine (MS Windows + Linux). Didn't have it here (yet). But on another machine, I imported MS Windows truetype fonts (with drakfont) - before installing xft version of mozilla and new fonts did not help the 1.6 factory build to look better. I hope this helps you! Paul Anyway, thanks for suggestions. Case there is a solution for other similar installations (like Netscape or like) for KDE, any pointer would be apreciated. Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts
John Richard Smith wrote: Now I am not saying that the problem you are experiencing is due to this ongoing problem, but it may be, If you cannot get true trype fonts to work now maybe the problem is that they have fixed the ghostscript to work with the new fonts and in doing so messed up the others, I don't know, but in the back of my mind is a feeling that we are going to have trouble with fonts from now on. Maybe that might be the case. I remember that long ago with Red Hat 6.1 (6.2 or like) I had the similar problem but in the opposite direction. Those distros came with Netscape and I wanted to add some Mozilla to try it. You bet, although the 'original' Netscape looked fine on the screen, the new added Mozilla was capable to execute and run - but looked ugly. Certainly betweenM9.0 and M9.1 my printer had enormous trouble printing almost every font in kde properly, Haven't tested printing yet (at least seems that KDE's initial printer setup test was ok, as long as I remember now). Will check about. Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts
Ron Hunter-Duvar wrote: On windoze 2k (forced to use it by my employer), I installed mozilla, then later netscape (can't remember why I needed netscape). Netscape stomped all over my mozilla settings. Trashed my bookmarks and everything (it grabbed the existing profile without asking me). I was quite upset. Don't know if this is related to your problem, but netscape does not cooperate well with mozilla on the same machine. Haven't tested them both on Windows yet. What is suggested by setup manuals is that Netscape 6/7 and Mozilla should NOT share users' profiles. But I think that is true only when you try to activate both of software in the very same time (i.e. the other while the first is running). Seems that the first program started somehow 'lock' the profile and the other program reports that a specific profile can't be used. I find that resonable and, btw there's no logic to handle incoming email with two mailers in the same time, is it? The other problem might be with the OS. In fact, either Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla 1.6 use different folder paths to be installed under Linux (per default), so if you follow those paths there is low chance to screw up things. In the same time, user's profile(s) shouldn't be changed because they're located in *separate* user's homes. So I don't see reasons something like that to be a problem. Maybe, on Windows installations they *share* a part of 'Program Files' path and that could be a problem. Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts
JoeHill wrote: Nothing, just an a suggestion *if you wanted the TrueType fonts*. Does it mean that the 'original' Mozilla that comes with Mdk 9.1 does not use TrueType fonts? It looks just fine. Anyway, tnx for suggestion. Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts
JoeHill wrote: I did not face any setup complaint during the installation and don't know how to make them look better. I tested them all within KDE and Gnome and it is the same (anyway I prefer KDE). ...must...resist...urge...to...slag...KDE... Don't understand what do you suggest me to do. As I said, additionally installed Mozilla and Netscape clients look poor either under Gnome and KDE versions of Mandrake 9.1 distribution. Actually, you can install the TrueType fonts (which MS did *not* invent, and has no right to claim ownership of) without a dual boot. I know that and in fact I did it once a couple of months ago. I did it as root but somehow it screwed up my user account's behavior that I couldn't resolve withouth complete re-installation from scratch. I don't understand what MS fonts should solve here First install cabextract: urpmi cabextract then download and install/run this RPM: http://www.orderinchaos.org/msttcorefonts-bootstrap-0.1-4brs.noarch.rpm ...then just sit back and watch the magic! Would you be so kind to give me some details on what these two are supposed to do. I still do not understand what the problem is, because the 'original' (but a bit outdated) Mozilla 1.3 looks fine on my screen. It looks to me that whatever is installed onto the original setup of Mdk 9.1 looks poor although being capable to run elsewhere. Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Re: Mozilla fonts
Paul Smith wrote: I run Mdk 9.1 that comes with Moz 1.3 and recently I added Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla 1.6 in additional. Both of them I installed using their own installers and I used their default values. At the end it seems they both run but look ugly and with hard-to-read fonts and, in general, they look worse than the 'original' Mozilla. I did not face any setup complaint during the installation and don't know how to make them look better. I tested them all within KDE and Gnome and it is the same (anyway I prefer KDE). Why do not you consider installing the xft version of mozilla? http://www.scottbolander.com/mozilla-xft.html Will check that site. Btw, does it mean that mozilla.org versions of Mozilla suffer from some problems related to that matter - just wonder? In addition, you could import MS Windows truetype fonts (with drakfont), in case you have a dual machine (MS Windows + Linux). Hey, wait a minute. The 'original' Mozilla 1.3 that comes with Mdk 9.1 looks very nice - regardless I haven't imported MS Windows truetype fonts. What I wanted to do is to upgrade Mozilla and/or to try using Netscape. In fact, it looks to me that what came with Mdk 9.1 appear just fine on the screen, but what is *added* i.e. installed later, looks ugly. As I mentioned, I installed Netscape 7.1 as well as Mozilla 1.6 in their respective default directories (into different paths from the 'original' Moz 1.3 so they couldn't 'fight' in between etc). Nothing complained during the installation, finally both of them run here (of course, not in parallel because I use the same profile) - but just look poor. So I wonder what I should get with importing MS Windows truetype fonts. Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Mozilla fonts
Per-Olof Litby - Reg'l Mgr - Nordic/Baltic - Java System Software - Sun Microsystems wrote: I've noticed that Mozilla ignores the KDE system font settings - it apparently uses its own font settings. The fonts used to display messages are easily specified in the Mozilla preferences, but how do I make Mozilla use the same fonts used by KDE for menus and other stuff? Suppose that you think of Mozilla that is installed as an additional software (not Mozilla that comes with Mandrake). Is that a case? I run Mdk 9.1 that comes with Moz 1.3 and recently I added Netscape 7.1 and Mozilla 1.6 in additional. Both of them I installed using their own installers and I used their default values. At the end it seems they both run but look ugly and with hard-to-read fonts and, in general, they look worse than the 'original' Mozilla. I did not face any setup complaint during the installation and don't know how to make them look better. I tested them all within KDE and Gnome and it is the same (anyway I prefer KDE). Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Re: Installing newer Mozilla on Mandrake 9.1
Anne Wilson wrote: The most important is to make safe the existing email. What should I do? How to backup the email and restore it back? I read somewhere that an older Mozilla should be de-installed before to install the new one. This is harder than it should be. Unless you get the preparation right you will lose all your mail. I have been browsing over the last couple of days, as I have to deal with a windows install where I will have to do this. Two resources I have found that should help are a website with list and description of files in the Mozilla profile directory, at gemal.dk I have looked at gemal site and it seemed to me that it covers Windows version of Mozilla only. an email reply to a mailing list that says that you should copy your profile folder to a safe directory, then allow a new profile to be created by the install. It then says I backup by simply copying the files. If you have the old profile directory intact somewhere just copy those files, without the .msf files, which Mozilla recreates any time they are missing. I have not tested this myself, but it may help you. Anne Although I did backup my profile folder to a safe place, seemed that at Linux such an action is not a must, because as usual a user's profile is placed at different place (into a 'home') than the Mozilla 'system' files. Anyway thanks for suggestions. Well, there is another issue. Mandrake 9.1 comes with Mozilla 1.3 that is placed within /usr/lib/mozilla-1.3 directory. At first I didn't want to make problems with that original Mozilla, so I installed Mozilla 1.6 to its suggested 'default' directory: /usr/local/mozilla. I did it all as root and later, running under user privileges, Mozilla 1.6 recognized the existing old profile, mail and other settings. So far - so good. The problem is that v 1.6 looks awful i.e. its appearance is worse than v 1.3 including its fonts and others. The similar situation I had a couple of months ago, when I installed Netscape 7.1 to the system (it went to its 'default' /usr/local/netscape directory). Now I thought maybe /usr/lib might be better path than /usr/local (because the original Mozilla 1.3 lives in /usr/lib/mozilla-1.3). So, on the other computer, I made a directory /usr/lib/mozilla-1.6 prior to Mozilla 1.6 installation. All went ok, but the look of Mozilla 1.6 is still awful. Any idea what to do in oder to improve its behavior? Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with installing Windows fonts
Paul Smith wrote: Dear All I am trying to install my MS Windows fonts, by using drakfont. (I have got a dual machine - with MS Windows and Mandrake.) However, I get the following errors. Could somebody here please help me? Paul, did you solve your problem? Some time ago I also tried to import the fonts from my Windows 2000 partition. It seemed to be ok while doing the installation, but after that my user's account lost its 'native' fonts (it got some strange signs instead of the characters). I couldn't resolve that issue, even after re-creating that one user's account from scratch. At the end, I had to re-install the system again. What about your experience? Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Installing newer Mozilla on Mandrake 9.1
Gentle folks, What makes me wonder is if there is some detailed description of the procedure how to install (in fact, to upgrade) Mozilla. Actually, what I want to do is to upgrade Mozilla combo that comes with Mandrake 9.1 distribution. I'd prefer to remain with combo version, although I might be interested in trying new separate mailer and browser. The most important is to make safe the existing email. What should I do? How to backup the email and restore it back? I read somewhere that an older Mozilla should be de-installed before to install the new one. Any pointers about? Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MDK 9.1 and HP Netserver LH+
It makes me wonder if somebody tried to install Mandrake 9.1 on those old HP servers LH+ (Pentium 1 133/166 MHz, 64 MB RAM)? I have a couple of them, at the moment running Windows NT4 Server, serving as PDC/BDC, DNS, WINS, file server etc. In fact, I'd like to use them for the same purpose as mentioned above but with Linux, as well as with proxy function, a firewall, LDAP, squid, Radius or whatever software - suitable to monitor the users of a corporate Internet access (client boxes for the end users are Windows 2000 Prof. machines). What I need is to get some detailed info about users activities when on Internet (ex. IP addresses of the client boxes they access from, date/time of logging a domain account, web pages they visit, amount of megabytes a user download etc. Any pointers on such tasks? The other idea is to install something almost the same, but for an intranet LAN web pages access, not for the Internet. Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Reduce size of Windows partition
Hoyt Bailey wrote: I have been advised to defragment windows. Then boot linux from cd (I assume CD1 with either 9.2 or 10.orc1) then shrink the windows partition. The problem is I dont know how to do that. Could somewone provide some detail? Try: LILO mini-HOWTO Miroslav Misko Skoric, skoric at eunet dot yu v3.18, 2004-01-11 * updated http://tldp.org/HOWTO/LILO.html Linux+WindowsNT mini-HOWTO Miroslav Misko Skoric, skoric at eunet dot yu v2.18, 2004-01-11 * updated http://tldp.org/HOWTO/Linux+WinNT.html Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] MDK 9.1 and HP Netserver LH+
It makes me wonder if somebody tried to install Mandrake 9.1 on those old HP servers LH+ (Pentium 1 133/166 MHz, 64 MB RAM)? I have a couple of them, at the moment running Windows NT4 Server, serving as PDC/BDC, DNS, WINS, file server etc. In fact, I'd like to use them for the same purpose as mentioned above but with Linux, as well as with proxy function, a firewall, LDAP, squid, Radius or whatever software - suitable to monitor the users of a corporate Internet access (client boxes for the end users are Windows 2000 Prof. machines). What I need is to get some detailed info about users activities when on Internet (ex. IP addresses of the client boxes they access from, date/time of logging a domain account, web pages they visit, amount of megabytes a user download etc. Any pointers on such tasks? The other idea is to install something almost the same, but for an intranet LAN web pages access, not for the Internet. Regards, Misko Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
