Re: [newbie] I'never seen this before
On Sunday 06 March 2005 12:01 am, Aron Smith wrote: > I have 2 systems both running Mdk 10.1 > there is one monitor connected with a KVM switch. > tonight it started flipping from one computer to the other on a 4 sec cycle > any body seen this before? Check your KVM switch. Many KVM switches have a key combination to put it in "auto scan" mode, which allows you to cycle through each PC with a delay which you can usually set. It sounds like you might have inadvertently found the key combination needed for that... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Acquire Technology, LLC Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.acquire-technology.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Cannot execute ssh client application
On Wednesday 02 March 2005 07:46 pm, Janis Donald wrote: > Hi, > > I have Mandrake 10.1 installed. When I try to run the > ssh client as a normal user, I get the following > error: > > $ ssh 192.168.0.2 > -bash: /usr/bin/ssh: Permission denied > > When I 'su', I have no problem launching the > application. How do I let regular users access the > ssh client (or any other 'blocked' applications for > that matter. > > I searched everywhere, but have not found any answers. Hi Janis. Typically, /usr/bin/ssh is only executable by root and anyone in the ntools group (if you 'stat /usr/bin/ssh', it should show it's owned by root, and the ntools group, and the permissions are probably 0750). Make sure your normal users are part of that group (as a secondary group), and they should be able to execute ssh without a problem. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Acquire Technology, LLC Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.acquire-technology.com 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: nVidia
On Monday 10 January 2005 02:53 am, Maureen wrote: > Hi all, > I'm fixing to rebuild the puter and have heard horror stories about > nvidia. I have been using the download version of Mandrake 10.1, the > powerpack. Some one said that the download version for club members > doesn't have the nvidia drivers only the pay for pack does. Can anyone > verify this, I don't want to get a mother board with nvidia if it isn't > addressed by the OS. TIA, > > Maureen I can say that I have built some 8 Linux based machines in the past year - most of them running Mandrake Linux. I used NVidia cards in every one of them (nothing cutting edge, but I have an NVidia FX 5200 in this machine, running 8x AGP), and all of them work incredibly well. I've had enough success with NVidia that I know that I will stick with them, if that makes a difference... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Acquire Technology, LLC Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.acquire-technology.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Bandwidth limiting
On Sunday 09 January 2005 08:57 pm, Miark wrote: > I'd like a simple commandline or GUI app to limit > outgoing bandwidth from my FTP server. Any suggestions? > > Miark Hi Miark. I assume from your posts on the expert list that you're running ProFTPd. With that being the case, you're going to need to use the 'TransferRate' directive: http://www.proftpd.org/docs/directives/linked/config_ref_TransferRate.html That directive should do all you need it to and then some... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Acquire Technology, LLC Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.acquire-technology.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for a text editor with the auto-completion feature
On Sunday 02 January 2005 05:15 pm, JoeHill wrote: > There's so many factors involved, tho, if you look at Randall's stats his > OO opens in the same amount of time as mine, and he's got a freakin' > monster. Could be the OO version, could be a lot of things. *But*, with RAM > bein' so stinkin' cheap, why the hell not, eh? Hehe, actually this machine is somewhat weak compared to the ones I get to play with at work. We've got a couple of dual 2.8GHz Xeon's with 2 gigs of ram on'em (dual channel DDR 400), and they're about the same. I think it's mostly due to the fact that OO is just a BIG program, and requires more than a couple of seconds to start. This machine I built has been mostly optimized for file serving anyway. It's got ample storage space available, though I'm about ready to go buy a few more drives for it: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mandrake]$ df FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part5 30G 6.9G 21G 25% / /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 2.0G 36M 1.9G 2% /boot /dev/md/0 294G 246G 33G 89% /home /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part7 20G 5.9G 13G 32% /usr /dev/ide/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part8 19G 422M 17G 3% /var I'm thinking it's about time to build one of those dual Xeon systems for my home PC... Might be nice to play with ;-) -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Acquire Technology, LLC Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.acquire-technology.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Looking for a text editor with the auto-completion feature
On Saturday 01 January 2005 02:51 pm, JoeHill wrote: > I've got a crappy old P3 and OO opens in 7 seconds... > > Do people with faster systems see faster load times for this than I do > (admittedly, relatively slow)? First time through - about 6 seconds. Second time loaded - almost 3 seconds. System specs below: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mp3's]$ cat /proc/cpuinfo processor : 0 vendor_id : AuthenticAMD cpu family : 6 model : 8 model name : AMD Athlon(tm) XP 2400+ stepping: 1 cpu MHz : 1997.448 cache size : 256 KB fdiv_bug: no hlt_bug : no f00f_bug: no coma_bug: no fpu : yes fpu_exception : yes cpuid level : 1 wp : yes flags : fpu vme de pse tsc msr pae mce cx8 apic sep mtrr pge mca cmov pat pse36 mmx fxsr sse syscall mmxext 3dnowext 3dnow bogomips: 3956.73 [EMAIL PROTECTED] mp3's]$ cat /proc/meminfo MemTotal: 1034552 kB MemFree: 4824 kB Buffers: 10308 kB Cached: 598736 kB SwapCached: 57820 kB Active: 810464 kB Inactive:32384 kB HighTotal: 131008 kB HighFree: 252 kB LowTotal: 903544 kB LowFree: 4572 kB SwapTotal: 2097104 kB SwapFree: 1954452 kB Dirty: 512 kB Writeback: 0 kB Mapped: 304128 kB Slab: 170892 kB Committed_AS: 813744 kB PageTables: 2840 kB VmallocTotal: 114680 kB VmallocUsed: 24896 kB VmallocChunk:88184 kB -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Acquire Technology, LLC Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.acquire-technology.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] firewall
On Thursday 30 December 2004 02:31 pm, neo wrote: > could someone tell me a good firewall for mandrake 10.1 thank you I've been using Firehol (http://firehol.sourceforge.net/) successfully for about a year now (on half a dozen Linux machines - some being servers, some being just desktop units, and then my home PC as well). There's no GUI, etc., but it is VERY thorough. It takes one single configuration file, and you can actually do advanced stuff with your firewall (for instance, one of our machines has dual nic cards due to the fact it sits on the internal network AND the external network - I use the same configuration file for 4 servers, and it has a section for eth1 which is only executed IF there is an eth1 - which would be on that one particular server. This way I have scripts that grab the firewall off of the main server when it's changed, and then it restarts Firehol, so we do not have to go in and manually copy the firewall files and restart Firehol, etc.). There are numerous example configuration files, which actually make things look harder than what they have to be, but is also a good way to see what it's capable of. You can also use things like iptables tarpit with it too. The possibilities are endless - but you can have the firewall up and running with 10 minutes of installing it - and if you've created firewalls with it before, then you can have one on a new machine within a minute or so. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Acquire Technology, LLC Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source for 9.2??
On Tuesday 28 December 2004 9:59 am, cervixcouch wrote: > I feel kinda doofy asking this, but where do I find the kernel source from > the installation CDs? I'm trying to install software that needs to find > it in /usr/src/linux. > > I've looked at all three CDs but haven't seen anything that appears to be > the source for my kernel (2.4.22.10mdk). When I went into MCC and did a > search for 'kernel' in the package manager, I got a higher kernel version > than the one I have. > > What is the kernel src called on the disks? Is it called something > obscure, like "bimbos-on-juice.2.4.22.10mdk", and I'm just too braindead > to catch it??? > > Yeah, I know I can download it from various places online, but I assumed > it would be installable from the installation CDs, like it was in 7.2. Actually, 9.2 didn't include the kernel source on the CD's (for whatever reason). Your only option is to download it from the web... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] MPAA goes after BitTorrent
On Thursday 16 December 2004 5:58 am, Anne Wilson wrote: > True - but after a little thought it was agreed that he had not acted > illegally. Of course things have to be challenged in a court of law in > order to set precedences - that's certainly how things work here, anyway. > As for your last remark, who could disagree? It never fails to amaze me > how many good and sensible people I have met all over, yet we all elect > governments and create law systems that make us shake our head with > disbelief. Well, the court system in America does tend to be a little overzealous when it comes to individuals suing others or companies (ie. the woman who sued McDonald's because she spilled a cup of their hot coffee in her lap, or the guy who sued a house owner because he was breaking into it and fell through the roof). The bad part about it is, there are lawyers out there who will try anything, and the court system tends to lean in their favor at times. As long as there are stupid people out there, there will be stupid lawsuits, awarded by stupid politicians. It's one of those "I'll scratch your back if you scratch mine" kind of deals. Since Shawn Fanning got the worlds attention with media sharing agents, there are those who now know the "get rich quick" scheme is to go after the users and the providers - which I don't think solves the problem - it just makes it worse. Those who are sued by the MPAA then all of a sudden feel like they have a reason to share files - they bought it. Ah well, it's one of those things that'll never be totally solved, but there's gotta' be a better solution than making companies like the MPAA even richer... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] mndk 10.1 official root login
On Monday 13 December 2004 08:49 pm, Randall D. Hobbs wrote: > 2) Create a normal user: > > adduser -p password myusername Correction - it's expecting an already encrypted password. Take out the '-p password' above, and set the password form the command line: passwd myusername That should do it for you. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] mndk 10.1 official root login
On Monday 13 December 2004 08:04 pm, Danesh Daroui wrote: > Hi all, > > I have installed mndk 10.1 official and created an account (except > root). I could login with my account, but the only available account to > login at the login window was my account. I don't know how can I login > as root ? In fact, the problem is even worse. I have deleted that > account too and now a window just ask me for password and nothing is > accepted. Noe my system is completely dangled thanks to mndk, anybody > help ? urgent... > > Thanks, > > Danesh 1a) If you know the root password, reboot your system, and when the menu comes up for Grub (it should show your kernel as one of the boot options), hit the letter 'e', and then 'e' again. You will now be editing the options for that particular kernel - add ' init 3' to the line, and then hit enter. Hit 'b' to boot from it. This will put you into command line mode. If that's the case, skip on to #2 1b) If you do NOT know the root password, put the Mandrake 10.1 Official CD in, and reboot your system. Go into rescue mode, and it'll drop you to the command line. Let it find your default installation, and then type: mount /mnt/sysimage This will chroot you into your Linux setup, and you'll be at the command line, ready to add a new user. 2) Create a normal user: adduser -p password myusername Be sure to replace 'myusername' with the username you want to use, and replace password with your new password. 3) Set the root password as well: passwd newrootpassword Now you can reboot the system again (pop out the CD if need be), then type: reboot Once it comes back up, you'll be able to log in as the new user, and you can of course then su to root as necessary. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com 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 10.1
On Tuesday 07 December 2004 11:09 am, Danesh Daroui wrote: > I see... :-) > Well, I hope so, because Mandrake Linux is at least more userfriendly > with nice user interface. But you know, the problem is that I can not > update it at all. It always says that there is problem with contacting > mirror sites and last time it says that update agent should be re-added > again or something like that, however my internet connection is working > fine and I have installed Mandrake 10.1 from an attached DVD to Linux > Format magazine. So, how can I update its kerner and of course other > parts if any update waqs available ? > > Regards, You're going to find that 10.1 is really bleeding edge - it's still very new, so there are going to be issues with it. Luckily, people are reporting the problems they find, so updates will soon render these "issues" a non issue. If you're wanting stability, you're probably better off with 10.0. I myself am a RedHat convert, and love the ease of use of Mandrake, and while other distros have similar package managers and such, I still prefer what I have found with Mandrake Linux, and don't plan on going anywhere else. I'm sure once you get the wrinkles ironed out you'll feel the same way :-) -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)
On Thursday 02 December 2004 01:46 pm, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > i gave mine away to a windows user (where it worked fine [xp]) when it > locked up 9.2 as soon as i plugged it into the usb port. i replaced it > with a kingston data traveller which has never required any special > handling on 9.2 10.0 and 10.1. Understood. I've been using it between Mandrake Linux 10.0, 9.2, and Windows XP. Have one machine that's SuSE that I'd like to try it on. Luckily I've never experienced any problems with it no matter which machine I've used it on, so for that I am thankful. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] (OT) I hate to be asking this... (Windows Related)
On Thursday 02 December 2004 01:11 pm, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > sandisk mini cruzer's do not work Actually, they do. My boss and I both have Sandisk Mini Cruzers (256 megs), and they work like a charm: [EMAIL PROTECTED] mandrake]$ mount /mnt/sandisk/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] mandrake]$ df /mnt/sandisk/ FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on /dev/scsi/host0/bus0/target0/lun0/part1 245M 60M 185M 25% /mnt/sandisk [EMAIL PROTECTED] mandrake]$ lsusb Bus 003 Device 002: ID 0781:5150 SanDisk Corp. Bus 003 Device 001: ID : Bus 002 Device 002: ID 0458:0007 KYE Systems Corp. (Mouse Systems) Bus 002 Device 001: ID : Bus 001 Device 003: ID 03f0:0401 Hewlett-Packard ScanJet 5200c Bus 001 Device 001: ID : It just needed this one line added to /etc/fstab: /dev/sda1 /mnt/sandisk auto noauto,rw,users 0 0 -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com 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 Linux not yet ready for primetime
On Friday 12 November 2004 10:07 pm, JoeHill wrote: > LOL! Okay, I shouldn't o' had that last hit of acid... Hehehe... Well I'm a wasted rock ranger... I live the life of danger On the road to find a higher high! ;-) -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com 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 Linux not yet ready for primetime
On Thursday 11 November 2004 4:54 pm, Jack wrote: > Okay, I've spent a couple of months playing with Mandrake Linux (10.1 > community) and here are my (unsolicited) impressions: > > 1 - I like the interface a lot. It is very customizable and, well... > downright fun!!! > > 2 - It appears to be rock solid in the programs that it will install, > and incidentally, there are tons of free programs available for it. > > 3 - It avoids that tedious Windows process of having to restart almost > everytime you install a program. > > 4 - Being able to drop down into console mode and having the flexibility > to further drop down into root is awesome! > > 5 - Download speeds seem to be better than in Windows. > > 6 - Security is better than in Windows and pushing the user to create a > non-root account is a wise move. > > > But unfortunately, I still don't think it's ready for primetime and > here's why: > > 1 - It never did "see" my Canon D760 copier/printer. > > 2 - Couldn't get my nvidia video capture to work, despite help from > experts like Anne Wilson. > > 3 - Couldn't upgrade to KDE 3.3, despite having the CD for it and > despite help from experts like Randall. I spent *weeks* on this. > Nothing I tried worked, nor did any suggestions work. > > 4 - I use voice recognition extensively (Dragon NS and IBM ViaVoice). I > don't believe this even exists for Linux. > > 5 - Most damning of all was my attempted upgrade to 10.1 official. I > completely wiped my drive to do a clean install, and after everything > was said and done, the official version could not find the internet, nor > my onboard (Asus P4P800) sound card. > 10.0 had no trouble finding these 2, nor did the community version of > 10.1. Luckily for me, I had imaged the drive beforehand, so I was able > to go back to 10.1 community. > > 6 - I spent the $170 or so bucks to become a silver club member, but not > once have I received an answer from Mandrake when I found myself stuck. > I was also forced to install Bit Torrent to download the new ISO's after > have waited for over 2 weeks (in vain) after my request for FTP access. > (I *hate* peer to peer networks and I didn't appreciate being forced to > use one, even though it did turn out to be pretty fast. I consider peer > to peer a security risk.) > > A mature operating system should not encounter these problems, I have a > pretty standard Intel 2.6 gz system with 512 mb of ram, and Windows has > never had a problem configuring my setup. > > I see great potential in Linux and I will maintain my dual-boot system, > slowly learning to survive in Linux while waiting (and hoping) for the > operating system to mature to a more usable state... > > - Jack This isn't a remark to Jack - this is mostly to those who don't agree with what he said... Remember when you guys were new to Linux? I'm sure about 90% of you thought the same way. I know I did. There is a substantial learning curve to Linux - you cannot go to a software store and buy software for Linux (at least not that I've seen), and when you purchase a printer, video card, or any number of other computer related hardware, it's Windows that they support, not Linux. There are still lots of things that are lacking in Linux - mostly due to the fact that the companies who build the hardware get locked into providing just Windows drivers for it, and so it leaves it to people who have no real knowledge of the hardware to try to write drivers for it in Linux. Yes, Linux has come a long way - but it still doesn't have that "easy installation" and total all around support for hardware that Windows has. That being said, Jack, you ARE on the right track. Getting into the newsgroups and asking is definitely the way to go. For the most part, the Linux community is really good about sharing information, and there are solutions for most of the problems, whether it's just a simple hack or a total recompile. You will also ALWAYS step on someone elses toes with any opinion you make, so don't let that get to you. Everyone else has an opinion too, and it's just human to want to say your part. In my opinion, Linux HAS come a long way. It still has a long ways to go. That's why developers work on it constantly, updating, rewriting apps, etc., to make it better. When you think it is as good as it needs to be, well, you're in the same boat the Microsoft developers are in. See where that gets Windows users? Linux may never have the same "ease of use" that Windows has been incorporated with (for the most part), but therein lies its strength. Once you learn HOW to install something, you are that much more knowledgable for the next go round. You also don't have to worry about software installing itself over the network automatically, as is the case with Windows and worms. That's MY 2 cents worth... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.co
Re: [newbie] virus
On Saturday 23 October 2004 08:04 pm, Tom & Karen Pino wrote: > I keep getting things "from" [EMAIL PROTECTED] I am well aware > that I did not send this and so assume that a lot of the spam I get is > from a bogus adress. Yeah, you're right there. I've had people email me asking why I sent them a virus... I only had to say "I'm running Linux, so I can't send you a virus". That and "check out the headers - that's what tells the truth". I recently had about 10 viruses come into my inbox, and the funny thing is, they were all supposed to be FROM me TO me. Doing a little checking, I found out that one of my contacts had gotten a virus, and of course it was spoofing everything. What happens is, the virus raids their address book, and randomly sends out viruses to everyone in that address book, and it picks a random user from the address book to spoof from. It took all of about 30 seconds to figure out where it was coming from - I ended up going over to her office and cleaning up the system, and the emails disappeared. Funny how that works... > We bought this computer, our first, 6 years ago. I have files, saved > through reformatting, from 3 months in to working with Win98. My > experience prior to that was with just DOS machines. I realize that all > Windaze dose is to work dos for you. A rather silly thing if you ask me. Yep... Actually, in XP (and possibly in 2000), it's the other way around I believe... Everything is run from the within the Windows environment, and the dos prompt is just an emulation of Dos gone by. Either way, it's all about the same in the Windows world... > That said, I must say, that I have not been tempted to "upgrade" to a > newer Win version. I abelong to a Win list and have come to the > conclusion that 98, maybe 98SE, are the pinacle of Win developement. I > would like a newer computer that is a bit faster but 98 is doing the > job. When we do it will be linux. I actually prefer 2000 over the rest of the Windows versions, mostly because it LOOKS like 98 but is easier on the eyes. Then again, who's counting votes? Hehe > My son, poor guy, decided that he needed to "improve" and so went to > 2000 and ME (I think that ME was to convince people that they needed > XP). He wants nothing to do with Windoze what so ever. He still does > have an ME machine but I got email from him off his linux machine > (kmail). He did not get his system straightened out throught the > information that I ineptly got from this list but he did find some other > resourses on his computer (documentation) that has helped greatly that > he found through some of the (undoubtedly grabled) info that I tried to > give him over the phone. He has been rooting through your archives > also. Seems to think that there is good stuff there. Actually ME was a version of 98 which they were trying to port over to NT... It came out WAY ahead of time as far as the development goes, and it was just bad all the way around. Windows 2000 was a whole new design (from the ground up) with the look of 98SE, so it worked a lot better. As far as searching through the Mandrake Linux archives, you can't get much better than this. He will find that Google is his friend though (especially Google Linux - http://www.google.com/linux). > I have had the guts to try Mandrake Move. Yes had to change my bios > settings to boot from the CD. Was impressed with the speed working off > a CD. I do have a 3 CD version (download I think of 9.2) and have a > some what older machine that needs only a couple of things to work that > may well get that loaded on to it in the next few months. Sounds good. I think you'll love it when you do switch over... > Back to the virus stuff. I just seent that in because I thought that it > was information that someone may want. I have never had a virus because > we do not have our adress all over the web and I had Norton system Works > installed when we bought this thing and I keep it updated and actually > run it. We also have Spybot Search and Destroy. Between that and not > installing MS Outlook and using Netscape 7.1 with fairly high security > settings, we seem to do all right. Our ISP seems to have a good filter > too which is a fairly new development. Yeah - I do IT work on a bunch of PC's at work, and I always put on Spybot S&D (with the teatime settings), Ad-Aware, and we purchased "CleanMyPC" registry cleaner. With that I've been able to get rid of all the extra unnecssary junk on those systems. The final thing I did was put an actual administrator account on the system, and put the users in a limited account. That prevents quite a bit of garbage from collecting as well. Needless to say, with me running Linux, I never have to worry about any of that. > The biggest security risk we have is a 13 year old with the normal lack > of descretion in where he goes on the web. I know that about half the > sites he "visits" try to install spyware. So far they
Re: [newbie] virus
On Friday 22 October 2004 07:39 pm, Tom & Karen Pino wrote: > A message which was sent to you by "Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> has been > identified by our virus filter as being contaminated with a virus. For your > protection, the original message has been placed into the greymail > quarantine area. To review the text only portion of the message, you may > log into your greymail area and click on the message(s) in red. > > I do not know that this has to do with Russell W. Behne, but I also get > things that claim to come from me inspite of increased security at rangeweb > and constant attention to security by my security guy (me) to virus and > spyware crap (have never had a virus). The subject line is "Re: Hello". > > I am surely not trying to cast any doubt on anyone here. I do think that > this my be something that would need the attention of everyone on the list. > This may be a breach of security at my ISP. I am not calling them this > weekend. Have been sorting cattle for shipment all day and ship tomorow > and Tuesday. Am not up to interigation. > > Decided I did need to send this to you good folks, though. > > By the way, got an e-mail from my son today from his Linux machine. He > will probably be inflicting himself on you directly. I he is happy with > his machine, mine will be heading that way very soon. Hi Tom. I wouldn't seriously worry about it - lots of these viruses nowdays are spoofing their from addresses anyway, and trying to track down the real culprit isn't always easy. The best thing to do is to keep YOUR machines updated (if you're on Windows, install adequate virus protection and don't intentionally open any attachment that comes through, even if it shows to be someone you trust), and if you're having doubts about the integrity of your own machine, then go the extra mile to make sure it's not. If you're wondering about someone elses PC, well, let them take care of that - it's their problem (someone will let them know about it sooner or later, and it'll no doubt be someone who has a little more time on their hands). Most of us on this list run strictly Linux, or at least a dual boot system where they hide out in Linux as often as they can, learning it as they go. I myself have been on nothing but Linux for the past 5 years or so (except for one of my systems at work which I'm required to run XP on, but hey, if it was easy then it wouldn't be work), and frankly, viruses don't even catch a second look from me. Give it some time - I'm sure you and your son will be the same way... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Stuck on a network problem
On Friday 22 October 2004 10:28 am, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > Why not simply use ssh? > > It's very much more secure and allows you total remote control. > With X forwarding enabled (default in MDK) and a fast connection you can > run any app (including VNC-server) on a remote client whereas with a slow > connection the commandline is your friend. > I sometimes monitor and troubleshoot my home-server on a 56K gprs > connection and my treo (palm PDA combined with GSM phone) using ssh:) To add to that, if you start using SSH, you can set your PC aside and not even hook up a monitor, keyboard, or mouse (most motherboards have an entry in their BIOS to halt on all errors, halt on no errors, halt on keyboard,disk, etc. - you'll want to set it to halt on no errors, so that the machine will not halt the bootup process if it can't detect a keyboard, etc.). Once that's done, you can simply plug the box into the wall and plug in a network cable and let it rip... You can then just SSH into the box to make any kind of modifications you need (you can even run the remote desktop from that particular PC using XDMCP or NXServer)... On a decent network, you'll think you were sitting at the box you're working on, and meanwhile your server is just sitting off by itself running like a top. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] kernel-source-2.x.x.rpm versus kernel-2.x.x.src.rpm?
On Wednesday 20 October 2004 08:57 pm, Sevatio wrote: > What's the difference between kernel-source-2.x.x.rpm and > kernel-2.x.x.src.rpm? Could you make one with the other? > > Thanks, > Sevatio Hi Sevatio. The kernel-source-2.x.x.rpm file is the one you want for building other files which depend on the kernel header files - that's the source code that was actually used to build the kernel, in a ready to install module. What you do with that source is pretty much up to you. The kernel-2.x.x.src.rpm file is used to actually build the RPM's which make up the kernels for your system PLUS the kernel-source RPM. When you rebuild it using rpmbuild, it will generate a regular kernel, an SMP kernel, an enterprise kernel, a kernel capable of handling memory up to 4 gigs, and the RPM file for the kernel-source as well. So, for the sake of simplicity, you want the kernel-source. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)
On Monday 18 October 2004 09:32 pm, Dennis Myers wrote: > > Hi Randall... > > > > My XP partition went "poof". I think it was a faulty mbr. My Drive > > Image 7.0 image backup didn't work so I was forced to unhook my boot > > manager, rebuild XP with the repair function, and then re-install my > > boot manager. All told it took me 2 hours. > > > > This is not the first time fooling around with something in Linux has > > killed my XP partition. (You'd think having each operating system on > > separate disks would prevent these problems but it doesn't apparently.) > > It tends to make me wary but how does one learn without "fooling > > around." :-) > > > > I have now abandoned Drive Image for Paragon Drive Backup 6.0 which > > comes highly recommended. It even uses Linux on it's recovery CD. I do > > *not* want to have to depend on Window's repair function. It takes as > > long as a full install. Paragon DB even images my Linux installation so > > now I should be doubly protected (though I would prefer to never have to > > find out if I truly am). > > > > - Jack Wow, sounds like you had a rough time of it Jack. I have been there done that - my MBR got wiped out on several occasions when I had a dual boot system. The one thing I did that solved that was to completely wipe out the Windows partition and go strictly Linux. Haven't had that problem since! ;-) I won't point fingers and tell you you need to drop Windows altogether though - I think it's just a matter of convenience - you have to have what you need to work AND play. Once you get comfortable enough with Linux, you'll probably drop Windows anyway. It gets to a point where you just can't deal with the gaping security holes and the way Microsoft tries to close them (it's like the little Dutch boy and the hole in the dam - but instead of Microsoft putting their finger in it, they put a boatload of new holes and then they tear down the walkway to get to it). That's just my humble opinion though... > > used to be you could start up in dos and give "fdisk MBR" and it would > reset the windows bootup. Does this no longer work in 10.1? or 10.0? > Anybody know? Dennis, I do believe you are correct there. The trick is to disconnect the Linux drive, and then use fdisk /mbr to fix the master boot record on the main drive. Actually, then you just swap the drives around so that Grub or Lilo and Linux is the main drive (hda), and then let Grub or Lilo reverse map the other drive so that Windows THINKS it's the only operating system on the first drive, while in reality it's the OTHER operating system on the second drive (this enables you to have many boot options, including multiple copies of Windows, etc.) -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Monday 18 October 2004 12:17 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: > I have only one question that has not been clear to me. > uname -r tells me my kernel is 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp > so for the set EXTRAVERSION part would I put > 2.6.8.1-10mdksmp or > -10mdksmp ? Should just be -10mdksmp > Thanks for all your help Randall Not a problem at all... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Sunday 17 October 2004 10:30 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: > Ok I did chmod which alowed me to execute the file but now I get this > error. > unable to build the nvidia kernel module interface, then > unable to add a precompiled kernel interface for the running kernel > BTW I have tryed this in smp and single kernel just to check the errors > and they were both the same. I have also tryed the nvidia 5336 > installer which complains about not finding a matching source for the > kernel. Morning Dan. Sorry for the late reply - but Monday mornings come really early for me, so I've got to get a little rest before coming to the office ;-) OK, do me a favor. Please post the output from the next couple of commands when you have time: $ rpm -qa | grep kernel This should list off the kernel packages you have installed... $ uname -r This will list the kernel version you are currently using. Then, how about also posting the contents of /var/log/nvidia-installer.log as well. This might give us more information than what the installer is giving you (it tends to be a little terse when giving out info, but the log file helps you figure out what's actually going wrong). This should help us find something that might be causing the problem. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Sunday 17 October 2004 09:15 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: > Hi Randall I cant seem to get it to build the new driver. > I do ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run --add-this-kernel > and I get permision denied no matter how I do this as root or user. Hi Dan. Out of curiousity, what's the permissions on the NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run file? Do the following: # stat NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run You should see something like: File: `NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run' Size: 8167999 Blocks: 15984 IO Block: 4096 regular file Device: 900h/2304d Inode: 32778 Links: 1 Access: (0755/-rwxr-xr-x) Uid: ( 501/mandrake) Gid: ( 501/mandrake) Access: 2004-10-17 19:54:32.0 -0500 Modify: 2004-09-30 17:12:18.0 -0500 Change: 2004-10-05 21:55:03.0 -0500 If the executable bit isn't set, you won't be able to execute it, no matter which user you're trying to run it with. To correct it, simply type: # chmod 0755 NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run Then you should be able to execute the file without any problems. Let me know if that's indeed the problem, or if we should dive a little deeper into it. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Installation problem: unable to resolve 'LABEL=/'
On Saturday 16 October 2004 10:08 am, Boyi Zeng wrote: > Hello, > Yesterday I tried to install mandrake linux 10.1 to my notebook. > The installation process is smooth. But I got problem at the startup > after installation. The error message is like that: > checking root partition: > fsck.ext3: unable to resolve 'LABEL=/' > I had windows XP in my notebook before. Now I used Grub to boot both > systems. The configuration of grub is default, and there is no such > string as 'LABEL=/'. Is there any one know what the problem is? > Thank you Hi Boyi... You're saying that the grub configuraion file (menu.lst) has no reference to 'LABEL=/'? How about /etc/fstab? Typically, the root directory is mounted in read only mode first, then remounted in read/write mode. If it's trying to reference a label in fstab that isn't actually on the partition, it would certainly cause this problem. First, check your fstab file for something such as: LABEL=/ / ext3 defaults 1 1 If that shows, then it means it's trying to reference the boot partition by the label. You might have to figure out which partition is actually the boot partition, and then you could either: A) Change the line in fstab to read: /dev/hda5 / ext3 defaults 1 1 (just for example) B) Set the label on the partition: # e2label /dev/hda5 / or # tune2fs -L "/" /dev/hda5 To see if the label was actually set (or what it currently is set to), enter: # e2label /dev/hda5 (or whatever you believe your root partition is) My default installation of Mandrake 10.0 Official made use of the /dev path instead of the label (which I would assume is much safer). I am not sure why yours went sour like that, but maybe you'll be able to fix it wihout reinstalling Mandrake... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)
On Sunday 17 October 2004 12:00 am, Jack wrote: > Yes I do. On another matter... > > Is it possible that Konstruct interfered with my winXP setup on c: > drive? I just spent the last 2 hours recovering my windows system. I > might have mentioned that I'm dual-booting. Does konstruct do anything > to the c: drive (hda)? My linux is on hdc and nothing from here should > touch hda. Actually no - not that I can see anyway. I grepped through the source, looking for anything to do with hda, and got nothing. I haven't read any reports of it messing with any other partitions either. What happened to the partition? I take it it was something that was able to be recovered? (no permanent damage?) -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)
On Saturday 16 October 2004 09:32 pm, Jack wrote: > Unfortunately, I do not... OK... You've got binutils installed too, right? (I'm just sorta' reading through posts on Google, and this RPM package has been brought up several times). -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)
On Saturday 16 October 2004 09:01 pm, Jack wrote: > Okay, Randall, till then... Jack - do you have a config.log in your konstruct area anywhere? (namely in the section that failed). If you do, how about post the contents of that file, as it might give us a little more info. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)
On Saturday 16 October 2004 08:19 pm, Jack wrote: > I seem to have more recent versions and I also have Mandrake 10.1 > community. I suppose that could be making a difference also. > > I could remove the later versions of the C compiler and install "your" > versions. Would you suggest that? Hmmm... Not sure if you should remove those RPM's, as there are quite a few dependancies for them. I will do a little checking, and see what else I can find out, and will post back in a few (possibly with a better answer)... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)
On Saturday 16 October 2004 07:53 pm, Jack wrote: > gcc4.0-c++-4.0.0-0.1mdk > libgcc1-3.4.1-3mdk > gcc4.0-4.0.0-0.1mdk > gcc-cpp-3.4.1-3mdk > gcc4.0-cpp-4.0.0-0.1mdk Hmmm... I wonder if it's due to the GCC version? I've got: # rpm -qa | grep gcc libgcc1-3.3.2-6mdk gcc-cpp-3.3.2-6mdk gcc-3.3.2-6mdk gcc-c++-3.3.2-6mdk # gcc -v Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux-gnu/3.3.2/specs Configured with: ../configure --prefix=/usr --libdir=/usr/lib --with-slibdir=/lib --mandir=/usr/share/man --infodir=/usr/share/info --enable-shared --enable-threads=posix --disable-checking --enable-long-long --enable-__cxa_atexit --enable-clocale=gnu --enable-languages=c,c++,ada,f77,objc,java,pascal --host=i586-mandrake-linux-gnu --with-system-zlib Thread model: posix gcc version 3.3.2 (Mandrake Linux 10.0 3.3.2-6mdk) I'll see if I can find some info on that... > First I tried it as unprivileged user (as the readme said I could do). > When that didn't work, I tried it as root. Same result both times... Yeah, theoretically both should work. Sometimes I've seen strange results when not installing as root (just due to permission problems), but this pretty much rules that out. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Make Error
On Friday 15 October 2004 06:53 pm, Elliot Somers wrote: > I issued the make command after the "./configure" command. It did it's > thing but an error came about. I am still new to linux, I am running > Mandrake 10. I am attempting to install the dba.openoffice source tarball. > The error has to do with an "undefined reference." I will just paste my > command line where I see the problem started: > > /bin/sh ../../libtool --mode=link gcc -g -O2 -DSQL -o mdb-sql > mdb-sql.o ../libmdb/libmdb.la ../sql/libmdbsql.la -lglib-2.0 -lfl > gcc -g -O2 -DSQL -o .libs/mdb-sql mdb-sql.o ../libmdb/.libs/libmdb > -lm ../sql/.libs/libmdbsql /usr/lib/libglib-2.0.so -lfl -Wl,--rpath > -Wl,/usr/local/lib > mdb-sql.o(.text+0xb57): In function `main': > /home/elliot/Documents/mdbtools-0.6pre1/src/util/mdb-sql.c:364: undefined > reference to `read_history' > mdb-sql.o(.text+0x10c2):/home/elliot/Documents/mdbtools-0.6pre1/src/util/md >b-sql.c:483: undefined reference to `write_history' > collect2: ld returned 1 exit status > make[2]: *** [mdb-sql] Error 1 > make[2]: Leaving directory > `/home/elliot/Documents/mdbtools-0.6pre1/src/util' make[1]: *** > [all-recursive] Error 1 > make[1]: Leaving directory `/home/elliot/Documents/mdbtools-0.6pre1/src' > make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1 > > I've had problems as a new Mandrake user with libraries not installed > initially for dev purposes. I don't know if this is an extension of that > issue or what. I appreciate any help you may provide. > Thanks again, > Elliot Hi Elliot. I'm not 100% certain, but it looks as if it might be trying to find the headers for SQL (maybe PostGreSQL or MySQL)... the -DSQL in the first line also sorta' points to this. You might want to first do a './configure --help' and see what it mentions about SQL. If it's indeed looking for that, you might need to install the development packages for it. Also, the configure script sets up the prefix as /usr/local - you might want to use './configure --prefix=/usr', as most RPM distributions put things there, and it'll fit in with overall system layout better (IMHO). -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)
On Saturday 16 October 2004 06:29 pm, Jack wrote: > It seemed to download everything and was working for awhile but then I > got a msg: > > ERROR: Installation or Configuration problem: C compiler cannot create > executables > > I have C installed and have compiled things with it before, so I don't > see why I'm getting this msg. Any ideas? > > (Was I supposed to install Konstruct? I just downloaded, unzipped it, > and went to the appropriate directory /meta/everything (after init 3) > and issued the make install command. There were no install instructions > for Konstruct that I could find. The readme seemed to intimate that > there was no need for an individual isolated install for Konstruct > alone.) Just curious - which version of GCC do you have? Post back the results of these two commands: # rpm -qa | grep gcc # gcc -v Also, are you doing the make install as root, or as an unprivileged user? -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)
On Saturday 16 October 2004 05:38 pm, Jack wrote: > If I understand this correctly, I then should *not* use your > configuration file and just accept the defaults that come with perhaps > changing a few settings to optimize my Intel 2.6 CPU, right? That's correct. Use the original gar.conf.mk file, and just uncomment the CFLAGS option that fits your machine... It'll build in ~/kde3.3, and you'll be set. > Randall, thanks again. "You the man!!!" :-) No problem at all. Give me a shout afterwards and let me know how it turns out... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)
On Saturday 16 October 2004 02:11 pm, Jack wrote: > Hi Randall... thanks for the reply. Being a silver member of Mandrake > Club, I already have CD4 with the KDE 3.3 on it. Is there a way of > doing this using the install drake instead? Or failing that, is there a > way of adapting your technique to eliminate the necessity of downloading > the KDE 3.3 and getting if from my cd instead? And finally, I would most > definitely want to see a copy of your gar.conf.mk to make sure I was > doing everything right. Unofortunately, the RPM's wouldn't afford you the ability to build it in another location. They're set up to install system wide, and will overwrite the existing RPM's with the new version (or should I say UPGRADE). You could probably do it with the source RPM's, but you're looking at modifying them much past the point of it being useful, so I would definitely recommend just letting it download the tar.bz2 files and compiling it from scratch. I've also attached the configuration file to this post (hopefully it won't be stripped out). If it is, I'll attach it and send it directly. Note that this configuration file is set up for Athlon XP and system wide install. The default settings should be OK for installing into your home directory, and you might want to uncomment out the optimization that fits your processor type. > (On a minor note, would allowing the default of setting up KDE 3.3 in my > home directory okay? Would that leave the 3.2 alone? Would I then have > the 2 KDE's showing up as desktop options upon logging in?) Sure. Setting it up in your home directory will allow you to go with either version whenever you choose. If you install 3.3.1 and decide you like it, you might then decide to install it system wide - at which point you can just remove the KDE that's in your home directory, and compile it with the proper settings for all users. > PS Sorry for the completely newbie type questions. Having formerly > consulted in the Windows (and Dos) world for years, I'm gaining an > appreciation for how my customers must have felt!!! :-) No problem at all. We all have to learn, in one way or the other. I am just glad I can help out... BTW, I've started a new thread on this (didn't realize it was tagged onto the end of another one, as I had threading off in KMail - so, I turned it back on and hopefully corrected the situation). -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com #-*- mode: Fundamental; tab-width: 4; -*- # ex:ts=4 # $Id: gar.conf.mk.in,v 1.3.2.2 2004/08/07 11:07:25 binner Exp $ # This file contains configuration variables that are global to # the GAR system. Users wishing to make a change on a # per-package basis should edit the category/package/Makefile, or # specify environment variables on the make command-line. # Variables that define the default *actions* (rather than just # default data) of the system will remain in bbc.gar.mk # (bbc.port.mk) # Set this variable if you have at least Qt 3.3 (including moc, uic and headers) # installed and want to skip the installation of the Qt 3.3 package. # Make sure that $QTDIR/bin, $QTDIR/lib and $QTDIR/include are reasonable. #HAVE_QT_3_3_INSTALLED = true # Setting this variable will cause the results of your builds to # be cleaned out after being installed. Uncomment only if you # desire this behavior! #BUILD_CLEAN = true # The GARCHIVEDIR is a directory containing cached files. It can be created # manually, or with 'make garchive' once you've started downloading required # files (say with 'make paranoid-checksum'. Example: GARCHIVEDIR = $(HOME)/kde3.3-sources # These are the standard directory name variables from all GNU # makefiles. They're also used by autoconf, and can be adapted # for a variety of build systems. # # TODO: set $(SYSCONFDIR) and $(LOCALSTATEDIR) to never use # /usr/etc or /usr/var prefix ?= /usr exec_prefix = $(prefix) bindir = $(exec_prefix)/bin sbindir = $(exec_prefix)/sbin libexecdir = $(exec_prefix)/libexec datadir = $(prefix)/share sysconfdir = /etc sharedstatedir = $(prefix)/share localstatedir = /var libdir = $(exec_prefix)/lib infodir = $(BUILD_PREFIX)/info lispdir = $(prefix)/share/emacs/site-lisp includedir = $(BUILD_PREFIX)/include mandir = $(BUILD_PREFIX)/man docdir = $(BUILD_PREFIX)/share/doc sourcedir = $(BUILD_PREFIX)/src # the DESTDIR is used at INSTALL TIME ONLY to determine what the # filesystem root should be. The BUILD_PREFIX is the prefix that # usurps the DESTDIR. It should be considered relative to # $(DESTDIR). Thus, if includedir were set to # $(BUILD_PREFIX)/include, it would expand out at install time # (BUT NO SOONER) to /tmp/gar/../../tmp/build. The /../../ at # the front should be harmless, as .. for / is just / itself. DESTDIR ?= BUILD_PREFIX ?= $(prefix) #BUILD_PREFIX ?= $(ROOTFROMDEST)/tmp/build ifdef HAVE_QT_3_3_INSTALLED # allow us to li
Re: [newbie] KDE 3.3 (without removing 3.2)
On Saturday 16 October 2004 12:14 pm, Jack wrote: > Is there any way of installing KDE 3.3 *without removing KDE 3.2*? I've > read quite a few accounts of a straight KDE upgrade de-stabilizing some > systems. I would like the option of simply logging in back to 3.2 if > this should happen to my system. > > Anyone know how to do this? Hi Jack. You can use Konstruct to do this. Download the latest stable release from here: http://developer.kde.org/build/konstruct/ Make sure you have the following RPM's installed: autoconf2.5 tiff-devel libldap2-devel bzip2-devel With URPMI, just issue the following: # urpmi autoconf2.5 tiff-devel libldap2-devel bzip2-devel Make sure you go into text only mode before you start to build KDE: # init 3 Now, go into the konstruct directory and edit gar.conf.mk, making sure everything is set the way you want it (it defaults to setting up KDE in your home directory, but you can easily put it system wide - if you want to see my copy of the gar.conf.mk to do that, let me know). Now, just go into the meta/everything directory (if you want to build KDE with all of the utilities and whatnot), and just issue a 'make install'. Building KDE from scratch does indeed take awhile, even on a fairly fast machine. I built mine system wide, and I have been VERY impressed with it (I'm running 3.3.1). It took over 8 hours to download and compile (I'm running on an Athlon 2400+XP, with 1 gig of dual channel 333MHz RAM (running at 266MHz, with the compiler optimized for AMD Athlon XP), and a cable connection that nets me a download speed of over 635K per sec. from certain servers). So, as you can see, it'll take awhile no matter what you're using, but it's well worth the wait. The best thing to do is, start it before you go to bed, and when you get up in the morning just check to make sure it's not needing something else - more than likely, if you have those packages installed that I listed above, you won't need anything else. Just be patient and let it build, and then give it a try when it's done. Let us know how it turns out for you if you give it a try... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Friday 15 October 2004 07:58 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: > I tryed this but when trying to install nvidia drivers the error I get is > something about not being able to determin the source version. > I have had these problems with smp before so i think im just going to > reinstall with a regular kernel and source and try again. > Thanks for the info I may try this again soon but right now I need things > running by tomorrow. Hi Dan. After preparing your source code (using the method I sent you earlier), go to your directory where you have the NVidia drivers. Run the file like so: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1.run --add-this-kernal This will add your current kernel to the setup, and it will generate a new NVidia driver file. After that, go into init 3: # init 3 Then run the newly created file: ./NVIDIA-Linux-x86-1.0-6111-pkg1-custom.run This will install the driver, and all you'll need to do is modify the XFree86Config-4 file to load the 'nvidia' module. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Kernel source
On Friday 15 October 2004 04:13 pm, Dan Gordon wrote: > Hello all, > I just installed Mandrake 10.1 community and am running kernel > 2.6.8.1-10smp which is working real well for me this time. I need the > kernel source. Question is I see only a kernel source 2.6.8.1-10 (does not > say smp) is this what i need or should i be looking for something else ? Hi Dan. That's what you need. Grab that, then install it. Then go into the /usr/src/linux directory, and do as follows: # make mrproper # cp /boot/config-`uname -r` .config # make oldconfig # vi Makefile (set the EXTRAVERSION to what you have) Your kernel source should then be properly prepared for your kernel, and you'll be good to go. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] KillBill vol2
On Monday 16 August 2004 08:42 am, Ronald J. Hall wrote: > Well dang it all - I can't get this "must see" DVD to work here. I tried: > > Xine > Kaffeine > Mplayer > > and between those 3 its rare that I can't watch a DVD under my Mandrake > v9.2 setup. > > Xine and Kaffeine say there is no plugin for it, and mplayer just says it > can't open it. > > It does behave oddly, I'll admit. I put it in my Toshiba DVD and it the > drive immediately tries to access it for about 30 secs to a minute. After > that, the access light stays on *solid*. Thats not the way it normally > does. > > I did a "lsof -V" for /dev/scd0, /mnt/cdrom but nothing has a hold of it. > > Anyone got it playing? Thanks. Ripped it a couple of days ago - still have a couple of movies to encode before I encode that one... Seemed to rip OK though... Update: just watched about 15 minutes of it using Xine (watching the VOB files that I ripped a couple of days ago). Didn't have a bit of problem with it though... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thursday 24 June 2004 05:49 pm, Amy wrote: > You know, I could get offended that you're implying I'm stupid because > you assume I haven't been reading the posting. Just because I didn't > send off a post right away when I read the first message in the thread > doesn't mean I didn't read that one before all the other posting > happened on the list. > > I has assumed that maybe I'd done something wrong, because I had thought > that this list was safe and friendly and therefore I didn't have to > watch out for underhanded idiots who'd drop links that aren't what they > say they are. > > I suppose that makes me the idiot to try to make sure I hadn't done > something stupid before crying foul on someone who's posted to a list > I'd otherwise gotten a good impression of? And it makes me an idiot > because I couldn't read the messages that hadn't been posted yet at the > time I read the first message? OK, I do apologize... I was the one that didn't fully read your post (and understand it). In the mad rush of things, I had thought you were responding to my post, so I was totally in the wrong. I will slow down next time and try to read what's going on, instead of rushing through the posts and trying to do 10 things at once. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thursday 24 June 2004 05:33 pm, John Drouhard wrote: > Looks like they already figured it out and posted the correct link for > gentoo Well it sorta' hits me as funny, as they had to post the "cheating" link to get it ahead. I would assume that that means they don't have enough faith in their "favorite" operating system to win on its own, either that or Gentoo's fanbase must be comprised by quite a few teenagers who think that's the way to fix the polls... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thursday 24 June 2004 05:25 pm, Amy wrote: > Ah yes, the ol' lower yourself to their level to make up for the wrong > they've done. *shrugs* Oh well, it is ~just~ a /. poll. I'm just annoyed > that I ended up voting for a distribution I've never even run! > > Gotta love stupid human tricks... Ah yes, but if you're intelligent enough to read the posting then you'll KNOW who you're voting for with my post... I shall repost the relevant information so you can see it yet again: >>If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: No flashing or offensively bold text, but I figured it was enough to point out which distribution you were voting for. Sorry if you felt misled, for whatever reason... -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Favorite Linux Distro for 2004?
On Thursday 24 June 2004 04:19 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Thu, 24 Jun 2004 23:47:38 +0300 > > maxxik disseminated the following: > > Hi ppls ! > > > > http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135&aid=2 > > > > what do you think about it ? ) dont you want to support out favorite > > distributive ? ) > > > > PS sorry for offtopic ... > > I'm not so concerned about the offtopic, but the link you posted seems to > automatically enter a vote for Gentoo. If you want to vote for Mandrake Linux, this link will do it: http://slashdot.org/pollBooth.pl?qid=1135§ion=index&aid=7 -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Shame on Adobe
On Thursday 17 June 2004 09:33 am, Alastair Fay wrote: > If you don't like their product, then don't use it - > just because *you* don't think they "put any effort > in" - it might not be everyone's opinion. Why post > such a pointless new-post, flaming a perfectly good > company, with perfectly good products? They may *not* > support Linux so much... but so what? How about using > an alternative? xpdf perhaps? May I remind you, that > they are the creators of Photoshop - which just > happened to be what many regard as the best digital > imaging/manipulation program ever created > > Think before you post, and you will gain more respect > in the community - and what gives you the right to > have a stab at Adobe? I have seen much worse. I didn't take it as a "stab" towards anybody. It was an opinion - one which others share as well. No one was saying Adobe should rot due to the fact they didn't make their Linux client better than the Windows version - it was simply a comment "I don't think they lived up to their reputation on this one". Yes, they did create Photoshop, but that has no significance here. That's another application, geared towards another market, on another platform no less. Most die hard Linux users have probably never used it anyway. -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Need a backup script from an EXPERT!!!
On Thursday 17 June 2004 08:54 am, Stephen Kuhn wrote:
> On Thu, 2004-06-17 at 23:40, Sergio fernandez wrote:
> > I am no expert but I think Dantz Retrospect might be able to help you.
> > Their web site is http://www.dantz.com/ but they charge for the product
>
> Nah - I'm just looking for a script - there's a script that lives on the
> box already - simple - like mine - I might just go so far as to modify
> the existing script so that it burns to CD for the moment - but I'd like
> to delete any "redundant" backup kept on the drive that exceeds four
> weeks...just didn't want to take the time away from my customers (and my
> making money) to fsck with delving into shell scripting any further than
> I really have to. Got bills to pay and food to buy.
What type of script is it currently using for the backups? Perl? Bash? Either
way, here's a simple one liner you can use to remove backups older than 30
days in a given directory:
find /backups -daystart -mtime 30 -type f -maxdepth 1 -name "Backup*.tar.gz"
-exec rm -f {} \;
You'll want to put the directory in that it'll search, and change the name to
fit. You can also change the number of days to keep as well. This is a simple
yet effective way to remove the older backups. Read up on the find command
for more control options.
--
Take care,
Randall Hobbs
Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc.
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Re: [newbie] Did I miss anything?
On Monday 31 May 2004 02:36 pm, frankieh wrote: > Hey, don't knock the Vic-20, I loved my old commodore, one of the first > ever PC's I had.. > followed by a C64, I honed my BASIC skills on that puppy.. > Ironically, its been so long, that the only thing I remember is: > > 10 print "Franki rulez at BASIC" > 20 goto 10 > > :-) > > The first time I tried to learn a "real" language, I couldn't figure out > why they would remove the line numbers. :-) Hehe, I grew up with Commodore's, and loved them. I started out with a Vic-20, went to the C64, then the C128. I finally ended up with a Commodore Amiga. All in all, I learned the most from the C64/128. I learned machine language early on, but the Commodore was the last thing I ever attempted assembly/machine language on (it's easy to deal with an Accumulator, an X and Y register, and 64k of memory, but today's machines are too much to deal with on the low end stuff, at least IMHO). Here's to nostalgia! -- Take care, Randall Hobbs Programmer - System Administrator - Chip Castle Dot Com, Inc. Web Hosting * Programming * Software http://www.chipcastle.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
