Re: [newbie] [OT] Dumbest question ever asked
According to an article on /. a while back, if you connect a virgin XP install to the web using a wideband connection, the break in attempts can start within a minute or two. Scary. Very scary. I recently did a fresh install of xp (slipstreamed with SP1) on a machine for a client (like some of the other posters, I love M$ because I make a lot of money fixing spyware / virii / etc. infected machines). I am on dial up at home, and I _forgot_ to turn on the xp firewall before connecting. I was literally infected with sasser 10 seconds after connection. I suppose it was my own fault, but it does go to show the level of vulnerability in a windows xp box. You really can't even patch them without getting infected first, unless you are carefully firewalled. Jeff 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] Domain name expired...stupid me
I've had good luck with www.registerfly.com , and I feel comfortable giving them a good recommendation. Jeff - Original Message - From: Tony S. Sykes To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 8:30 AM Subject: RE: [newbie] [OT] Domain name expired...stupid me I have had a bad experience with godaddy so I could not recommend them myself. -Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]On Behalf Of Dennis DuffnerSent: Tuesday, July 27, 2004 4:51 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [newbie] [OT] Domain name expired...stupid meI didn't put in the registrar I use on my previous post, but www.godaddy.com is a great outfit to work with and the price is not out of this world either!At 09:57 PM 7/26/2004, you wrote: JoeHill wrote: I went and let my domain name expire, and I can't remember who I originallyregistered it with.Even the 'whois' info is already gone :-(It comes up as unavailable at Network Solutions, any way to get it back?Or is it so stupid and inscrutable that I should just choose a new one?'fuckmicrosoft' is, unfortunately, taken ;-)/joehill opens hisself up to all the Don Rickles on the list...Joe; try "http://dotcanuck.com" . based out of Victoria, and they know their stuff. Extremely helpful guys. I use them for all my domains and for clients domains. Been 100% on the ball for 5 years.See? No Rickles! Maybe some Wrinkles, but No Rickles!LanmanWant to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.comJoin the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Dennis Duffner[EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #362232Not yet M$ free-but getting closer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+ Business Computer Projects - Disclaimer -+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-+-This message, and any associated attachment is confidential. If you have receivedit in error, please delete it from your system, do not use or disclose the informationin any way, and notify either the sender or [EMAIL PROTECTED] immediately.The contents of this message may contain personal views which are not necessarily the views of Business Computer Projects Ltd., unless specifically stated. Whilst everyeffort has been made to ensure that emails and their attachments are virus free, it is the responsibility of the recipient(s) to verify the integrity of such emails.Business Computer Projects LtdBCP House151 Charles StreetStockportCheshireSK1 3JYTel: +44 (0)161 355-3000Fax: +44 (0)161 355-3001Web: http://www.bcpsoftware.com
Re: [newbie] OT; An alternative to windows
I downloaded the OpenCD yesterday, and I'm looking forward to checking it out! Jeff - Original Message - From: Lanman [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, July 26, 2004 8:25 PM Subject: [newbie] OT; An alternative to windows I don't know how many of the list-members are aware of this, so I'll pass it along as an FYI bit. There are a number of sites offering ISO images of CD's containing Open-Sourced programs for Microsoft Windows. These are the 3 that I've found so far. Of the 3, the fist has the nicest installer and a good lineup of software, while the second seems to have the most software. http://gnuwin.epfl.ch/ http://theopencd.sunsite.dk/ http://osscd.sunsite.dk/ For Windows users who haven't tried Open-Source (OS) software yet, one of these CD's is a good eye-opener to Linux and Open-Source apps, and it gives Windows users the ability to try typical Open-Source software before venturing into Linux. Once they're familiar with these, trying Linux probably won't be as difficult to try, especially if they see the same apps in Linux when they launch their desktops for the first time. Just thought you should know about them. Lanman 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
Re: [newbie] Finally - an ad we can enjoy.
I LOVE IT!! :-) Thanks for the laugh! Jeff - Original Message - From: Kaj Haulrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 5:10 PM Subject: [newbie] Finally - an ad we can enjoy. Friends, although it is Linspire, it´s still Linux : http://www.linspire.com/RunLinspireFlash.php Turn your sound volume up and have a good laugh. Kaj Haulrich. -- *sent from a 100% Microsoft-free workstation* * http://haulrich.net * *Running Linux (Mandrake 10.0) - kernel 2.6.7* 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
Re: Re[4]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem
Sorry for the long silence. I have been following the messages in this group with interest, but I took a break from trying to get Linux to work. I'm interested in trying the OS and have been for quite a while, but I dread the learning curve. I have a love/hate relationship with Windows. I love it for its ease of use, and I don't think Linux can compete well in that area yet, but I could be wrong. It may just be an issue of familiarity. I don't often have to think about how to do something in Windows. I just do it. It's second nature after 14 years. On the other hand, I HATE Windows for its instability, flakiness, lack of security, etc. and I have the grey hairs to prove it! :-) Anyway, I ran that cat command, and this is what's in that configuration file: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp BROADCAST=151.164.1.255 ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes WIRELESS_ENC_KEY= I ran the tail command, and got this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jeff]# tail /var/log/messages Jul 23 17:11:34 localhost kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Jul 23 17:11:34 localhost kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 Jul 23 17:11:37 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18 Jul 23 17:11:55 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16 Jul 23 17:12:11 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 Jul 23 17:12:14 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received. Jul 23 17:12:14 localhost ifup: failed. Jul 23 17:12:14 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed Jul 23 17:12:22 localhost kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Jul 23 17:12:22 localhost kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] jeff]# Any idea what's wrong with my setup? I'm beginning to wonder if I just have a bad Mandrake install. I booted the system up into Linux, left the room for a few minutes to go take care of something else, and when I came back, my computer had locked up, something it NEVER does in Windows, so it has to be a software issue, I would think. BTW, I tried vi and emacs, and was lost, although I'm sure both are great programs once you know how to use them. I then tried gedit, and was greeted with a reasonably familiar interface that I could use right away without having to think too much about how to do what I needed to do. Again, the familiarity issue. Familiar is GOOD. :-) Thanks, Jeff - Original Message - From: Justin Grote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 11:54 PM Subject: Re[4]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR Okay, I have the network card set to DHCP. I have the IP addresses that I JR got from SBC entered in to the ADSL connection screen. The network card is JR not finding an IP address via DHCP. I'm also getting an error that says JR something like, SIOCDELRT not found. I don't think those are the actual JR words to the error message, but the general idea. What is SIOCDELRT? JR I tried going to 192.168.0.1, but I got a connection refused error in JR Mozilla. JR Thanks, JR Jeff JR - Original Message - JR From: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] JR To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] JR Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 8:51 PM JR Subject: Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem Is it necessary to specify IP addresses anywhere at all? I'm not sucessfully online in Linux yet. Don't know what I'm missing. Thanks, Jeff - Original Message - From: Justin Grote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:40 PM Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR Hey Justin, JR They use PPoE. Do I have to give the network card an IP or anything at all? JR I have been specifying PPoE when setting up the internet connection. Right JR now, the network card is set for static with an IP address JR specified - the JR primary IP that SBC gave me. JR I apologize in advance for any stupid questions. This is very new to JR me. JR Thanks, JR Jeff JR P.S. Also, I apologize for posting my message in HTML. Ooops! JR - Original Message - JR From: Justin Grote [EMAIL PROTECTED] JR To: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] JR Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:20 PM JR Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR Hello, JR JR I downloaded Mandrake 10 recently, and it works fine except JR for sound issues and an inability to get on the Net with it. My JR primary concern right now is getting online. JR JR I have SBC Yahoo! DSL, and I am using a Speedstream 5100 JR modem. What do my settings need to be in the Network setup? I have JR the IP addresses that SBC gave me, but they made it clear that JR they do not support Linux. JR JR I assigned the primary IP address to my NIC, so it no longer JR complains about not being about to find an IP, but there does JR appear to be a program missing at boot that has to do with the JR Internet
Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem
Okay, I formatted the Linux partitions, and did a fresh reinstall. I have the SAME PROBLEM. I have given up on trying to get Mandrake to work with my DSL modem. It simply will not do so. I have a Linksys (Network Everywhere NR041) router that I wasn't using, but I have now installed it. I can get online with it just fine in Windows, but NOT in Linux. Every time I try to configure the network in Linux, the program crashes. I forgot to mention it earlier (sorry, because I know that was an important detail), but this has always been the case. I tried setting up the network as a LAN connection, and it asked me if I wanted DHCP or manual, I think it was. I chose DHCP and got asked for information that I don't have, such as a host name. I have no idea. All I know is that I have SBC Yahoo! DSL that works flawlessly in Windows and not at all in Linux. I left this project alone for a while because I got frustrated with it. This should be simple, but it's not. I'm almost ready to give up on Mandrake completely if it won't even connect to the Net on my machine and either try another distribution after I take some time away from this again or just put the I think I'll try Linux because I've heard great things about it and I'm curious project on the backburner again indefinitely. My frustration isn't, of course, directed towards anyone on the list. Everyone has been very helpful, and I really sincerely appreciate it. I just wish I could get this to work! Arrhhh!!! BTW, my NIC is being identified as a Realtek 8139 (I think that number is correct). Is that actually supported hardware in Linux? Thanks, Jeff - Original Message - From: Hoyt Bailey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem On Friday 23 July 2004 17:49, Jeff Reid wrote: Sorry for the long silence. I have been following the messages in this group with interest, but I took a break from trying to get Linux to work. I'm interested in trying the OS and have been for quite a while, but I dread the learning curve. I have a love/hate relationship with Windows. I love it for its ease of use, and I don't think Linux can compete well in that area yet, but I could be wrong. It may just be an issue of familiarity. I don't often have to think about how to do something in Windows. I just do it. It's second nature after 14 years. On the other hand, I HATE Windows for its instability, flakiness, lack of security, etc. and I have the grey hairs to prove it! :-) Anyway, I ran that cat command, and this is what's in that configuration file: DEVICE=eth0 BOOTPROTO=dhcp BROADCAST=151.164.1.255 ONBOOT=yes MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes WIRELESS_ENC_KEY= I ran the tail command, and got this: [EMAIL PROTECTED] jeff]# tail /var/log/messages Jul 23 17:11:34 localhost kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Jul 23 17:11:34 localhost kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 Jul 23 17:11:37 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 18 Jul 23 17:11:55 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 16 Jul 23 17:12:11 localhost dhclient: DHCPDISCOVER on eth0 to 255.255.255.255 port 67 interval 3 Jul 23 17:12:14 localhost dhclient: No DHCPOFFERS received. Jul 23 17:12:14 localhost ifup: failed. Jul 23 17:12:14 localhost network: Bringing up interface eth0: failed Jul 23 17:12:22 localhost kernel: NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out Jul 23 17:12:22 localhost kernel: eth0: link up, 100Mbps, full-duplex, lpa 0x41E1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] jeff]# Any idea what's wrong with my setup? I'm beginning to wonder if I just have a bad Mandrake install. I booted the system up into Linux, left the room for a few minutes to go take care of something else, and when I came back, my computer had locked up, something it NEVER does in Windows, so it has to be a software issue, I would think. BTW, I tried vi and emacs, and was lost, although I'm sure both are great programs once you know how to use them. I then tried gedit, and was greeted with a reasonably familiar interface that I could use right away without having to think too much about how to do what I needed to do. Again, the familiarity issue. Familiar is GOOD. :-) Thanks, Jeff - Original Message - From: Justin Grote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 11:54 PM Subject: Re[4]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR Okay, I have the network card set to DHCP. I have the IP addresses that I JR got from SBC entered in to the ADSL connection screen. The network card is JR not finding an IP address via DHCP. I'm also getting an error that says JR something like, SIOCDELRT not found. I don't think those are the actual JR words to the error message, but the general
Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem
Thanks! I will give it a shot tomorrow. The dialup settings wouldn't be an issue. I do have a fax/modem in the system, but I just use it very occasionally for sending faxes. Jeff - Original Message - From: Chris [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, July 23, 2004 10:59 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem On Friday 23 July 2004 10:44 pm, Jeff Reid wrote: I tried setting up the network as a LAN connection, and it asked me if I wanted DHCP or manual, I think it was. I chose DHCP and got asked for information that I don't have, such as a host name. I have no idea. All I know is that I have SBC Yahoo! DSL that works flawlessly in Windows and not at all in Linux. Jeff, this may or may not help you, but try this: Open MCC Network Internet Connecton My host name is chris.localdomain Connection type is lan Interface is eth0 IP is 192.168.1.2 Protocol is dhcp Driver is 8139too I vagely remember way back about two years ago when setting up my dsl I had a conflict with my setup because I still had the dial-up settings in place. This may or may not be a factor, I don't know as I haven't followed the thread close enough. I just saw you giving up and thought I'd throw the above out for you to try. If it works great, if not I'm sure others have an idea. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 10:52pm up 25 days, 4:14, 2 users, load average: 0.55, 0.73, 1.47 101 USES FOR A DEAD MICROPROCESSOR (1) Scarecrow for centipedes (2) Dead cat brush (3) Hair barrettes (4) Cleats (5) Self-piercing earrings (6) Fungus trellis (7) False eyelashes (8) Prosthetic dog claws . . . (99) Window garden harrow (pulled behind Tonka tractors) (100) Killer velcro (101) Currency Live - From Virgin Radio UK Virgin Radio Classic Tracks - The original classic rock station 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
Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem
Hey Justin, They use PPoE. Do I have to give the network card an IP or anything at all? I have been specifying PPoE when setting up the internet connection. Right now, the network card is set for static with an IP address specified - the primary IP that SBC gave me. I apologize in advance for any stupid questions. This is very new to me. Thanks, Jeff P.S. Also, I apologize for posting my message in HTML. Ooops! - Original Message - From: Justin Grote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:20 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR Hello, JR JR I downloaded Mandrake 10 recently, and it works fine except JR for sound issues and an inability to get on the Net with it. My JR primary concern right now is getting online. JR JR I have SBC Yahoo! DSL, and I am using a Speedstream 5100 JR modem. What do my settings need to be in the Network setup? I have JR the IP addresses that SBC gave me, but they made it clear that JR they do not support Linux. JR JR I assigned the primary IP address to my NIC, so it no longer JR complains about not being about to find an IP, but there does JR appear to be a program missing at boot that has to do with the JR Internet connection. I do recall a notice that the download JR version may not work with some DSL modems due to not having JR commercial software included with it. Is this the issue I am JR having, and is it possible to get online with the free download JR version over a DSL connection? JR JR Thanks very much, JR Jeff JR Does your ISP use PPoE or PPoA (Point-To-Point over Ethernet/ATM)? Many DSL providers do, in which case you'll have to set up your DSL modem for PPoE (DrakConnect should make this easy). A Google Groups post: http://groups.google.com/groups?q=mandrake+speedstream+5100+supporthl=enlr=lang_enie=UTF-8selm=jK-dnc4Z2flGHrbdRVn-tw%40giganews.comrnum=1 mentions that the hardware should work out of the box, so the issue regarding DSL modem interoperability shouldn't be a problem. I'll bet that you have it set up for plain ol' ethernet and DHCP and the ISP requires either PPoE or PPoA. Again, drakconnect should make this real easy. __ Justin Grote Network Architect, CCNA The Whistlepunk Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) Phone: (208) 631-5440 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem
Is it necessary to specify IP addresses anywhere at all? I'm not sucessfully online in Linux yet. Don't know what I'm missing. Thanks, Jeff - Original Message - From: Justin Grote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:40 PM Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR Hey Justin, JR They use PPoE. Do I have to give the network card an IP or anything at all? JR I have been specifying PPoE when setting up the internet connection. Right JR now, the network card is set for static with an IP address specified - the JR primary IP that SBC gave me. JR I apologize in advance for any stupid questions. This is very new to me. JR Thanks, JR Jeff JR P.S. Also, I apologize for posting my message in HTML. Ooops! JR - Original Message - JR From: Justin Grote [EMAIL PROTECTED] JR To: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] JR Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:20 PM JR Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR Hello, JR JR I downloaded Mandrake 10 recently, and it works fine except JR for sound issues and an inability to get on the Net with it. My JR primary concern right now is getting online. JR JR I have SBC Yahoo! DSL, and I am using a Speedstream 5100 JR modem. What do my settings need to be in the Network setup? I have JR the IP addresses that SBC gave me, but they made it clear that JR they do not support Linux. JR JR I assigned the primary IP address to my NIC, so it no longer JR complains about not being about to find an IP, but there does JR appear to be a program missing at boot that has to do with the JR Internet connection. I do recall a notice that the download JR version may not work with some DSL modems due to not having JR commercial software included with it. Is this the issue I am JR having, and is it possible to get online with the free download JR version over a DSL connection? JR JR Thanks very much, JR Jeff JR JR Does your ISP use PPoE or PPoA (Point-To-Point over Ethernet/ATM)? Many DSL JR providers do, in which case you'll have to set up your DSL modem for PPoE JR (DrakConnect should make this easy). JR A Google Groups post: JR http://groups.google.com/groups?q=mandrake+speedstream+5100+supporthl=enlr=lang_enie=UTF-8selm=jK-dnc4Z2flGHrbdRVn-tw%40giganews.comrnum=1 JR mentions that the hardware should work out of the box, so the issue JR regarding DSL modem interoperability shouldn't be a problem. I'll bet that JR you have it set up for plain ol' ethernet and DHCP and the ISP requires JR either PPoE or PPoA. JR Again, drakconnect should make this real easy. JR __ JR Justin Grote JR Network Architect, CCNA JR The Whistlepunk JR Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) JR SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) JR Phone: (208) 631-5440 This DSLReports FAQ should help if you lost the instructions: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8720 __ Justin Grote Network Architect, CCNA The Whistlepunk Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) Phone: (208) 631-5440 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem
Okay, I have the network card set to DHCP. I have the IP addresses that I got from SBC entered in to the ADSL connection screen. The network card is not finding an IP address via DHCP. I'm also getting an error that says something like, SIOCDELRT not found. I don't think those are the actual words to the error message, but the general idea. What is SIOCDELRT? I tried going to 192.168.0.1, but I got a connection refused error in Mozilla. Thanks, Jeff - Original Message - From: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 8:51 PM Subject: Re: Re[2]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem Is it necessary to specify IP addresses anywhere at all? I'm not sucessfully online in Linux yet. Don't know what I'm missing. Thanks, Jeff - Original Message - From: Justin Grote [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:40 PM Subject: Re[2]: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR Hey Justin, JR They use PPoE. Do I have to give the network card an IP or anything at all? JR I have been specifying PPoE when setting up the internet connection. Right JR now, the network card is set for static with an IP address specified - the JR primary IP that SBC gave me. JR I apologize in advance for any stupid questions. This is very new to me. JR Thanks, JR Jeff JR P.S. Also, I apologize for posting my message in HTML. Ooops! JR - Original Message - JR From: Justin Grote [EMAIL PROTECTED] JR To: Jeff Reid [EMAIL PROTECTED] JR Sent: Saturday, July 03, 2004 7:20 PM JR Subject: Re: [newbie] Getting online with DSL modem JR Hello, JR JR I downloaded Mandrake 10 recently, and it works fine except JR for sound issues and an inability to get on the Net with it. My JR primary concern right now is getting online. JR JR I have SBC Yahoo! DSL, and I am using a Speedstream 5100 JR modem. What do my settings need to be in the Network setup? I have JR the IP addresses that SBC gave me, but they made it clear that JR they do not support Linux. JR JR I assigned the primary IP address to my NIC, so it no longer JR complains about not being about to find an IP, but there does JR appear to be a program missing at boot that has to do with the JR Internet connection. I do recall a notice that the download JR version may not work with some DSL modems due to not having JR commercial software included with it. Is this the issue I am JR having, and is it possible to get online with the free download JR version over a DSL connection? JR JR Thanks very much, JR Jeff JR JR Does your ISP use PPoE or PPoA (Point-To-Point over Ethernet/ATM)? Many DSL JR providers do, in which case you'll have to set up your DSL modem for PPoE JR (DrakConnect should make this easy). JR A Google Groups post: JR http://groups.google.com/groups?q=mandrake+speedstream+5100+supporthl=enlr=lang_enie=UTF-8selm=jK-dnc4Z2flGHrbdRVn-tw%40giganews.comrnum=1 JR mentions that the hardware should work out of the box, so the issue JR regarding DSL modem interoperability shouldn't be a problem. I'll bet that JR you have it set up for plain ol' ethernet and DHCP and the ISP requires JR either PPoE or PPoA. JR Again, drakconnect should make this real easy. JR __ JR Justin Grote JR Network Architect, CCNA JR The Whistlepunk JR Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) JR SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) JR Phone: (208) 631-5440 This DSLReports FAQ should help if you lost the instructions: http://www.dslreports.com/faq/8720 __ Justin Grote Network Architect, CCNA The Whistlepunk Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) SMS: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (remove nospam-) Phone: (208) 631-5440 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
Re: [newbie] Installing PCMCIA Wireless (Linksys A+G) on 10.0
You may try using ndiswrapper and the windows drivers from the linksys site, that worked for mine. On Mon, 31 May 2004 11:53:25 -0400, Thinker [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello All, I have a Linksys Dual Band Wireless A+G PCMCIA card that I am trying to get to work with a new installation of 10.0 official. Should I try to install this card during installation or should I finish the installation and then worry about configuring this card later? Also, this card is not listed in the network driver section of the installation. Any ideas as to which driver I should use? Thanks in advance... .:Thinker -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Autostart of Network Drivers through ndiswrapper
I finally got my wireless linksys card working with ndiswrapper. My problem is that I have to set it up every time I login. I have the alias wlan0 ndiswrapper in /etc/modprobe.conf, and I setup an ifcfg-wlan0 in the network-scripts dir. After boot up I have to log in as root and do: modprobe ndiswrapper iwconfig wlan0 key restricted key here ifup wlan0 Its not that big of deal, but what am I missing that would do this for me? Thanks Jeff -- Using Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Remote Desktop Sharing
You could use VNC which is free. On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 20:21:47 +0300, manolis [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there a way to connect to my linux desktop via windows remote desktop connection? Any Software? web sites ? thank you in advance -- Using M2, Opera's revolutionary e-mail client: http://www.opera.com/m2/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] SSH Session tasks dying
I'm trying to start a server and log off and leave it running on the server, if there is a different way I can do it and leave the processes running without being local to the box I'd like to know. Thanks Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Todd Slater Sent: Saturday, August 02, 2003 10:00 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, Aug 02, 2003 at 09:58:39PM -0700, Jeff wrote: In Mandrake I'm having trouble running tasks remotely. I connect using SSH and I start a background task normally, with the on the end and as long as I don't log off its fine. If I log off, everything I started dies. This does not happen in other flavors of linux and its driving me to madness! Madness I say. Thanks Jeff When you exit a shell, don't the child processes die too? Todd -- Zinn-Chomsky 2004 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] PHP nuke 6.0 post install
Hello Everyone, I am trying to find the 'Password' that needs changing in /usr/share/doc/PHP-nuke-6.0/nuke.sql following the directions from /usr/share/doc/PHP-nuke-6.0/README.first and it's just not there. I am using nano and a ^W yields nothing for password, Password, or PASSWORD. I looked through the file and even tried grep but can't find anything like a password. Any ideas? I really don't think proceeding without a password would yield good results. TIA Jeff __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] dyndns setup and apache
Hello Everyone, I am attempting to setup a personal website from my SBC Ameritech/Yahoo internet connection. I have a dynamic ip. I am also doing network address translation, but I have access to port forwarding in the router. After signing up for dyndns.org service and starting port forwarding from incoming 80 on the router to incoming 80 on my linux box I was in shock that it seems to work. I thought that Ameritech (or SBC whoever they are now) would block it since all I have is the cheap residential service. Any way I have two questions: Is there any utility bundled with Mandrake 9.1 to update my dynamic ip with dyndns.org (it must get the address from the router). Also is there any gui tools for apache. I am reading the docs now, but I think it will be awhile before I fully grasp it. Yes I know it's a very insecure setup since I don't fully understand what I'm doing, but I must learn somehow. If someone could also check http://www.bustedbox.homelinux.net/ and let me know that it's not just being served in my lan I would also appreciate it. TIA __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dyndns setup and apache
--- cF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That address doesn't work for me. At 01:38 PM 02/04/2003 -0800, you wrote: Hello Everyone, I am attempting to setup a personal website from my SBC Ameritech/Yahoo internet connection. I have a dynamic ip. I am also doing network address translation, but I have access to port forwarding in the router. After signing up for dyndns.org service and starting port forwarding from incoming 80 on the router to incoming 80 on my linux box I was in shock that it seems to work. I thought that Ameritech (or SBC whoever they are now) would block it since all I have is the cheap residential service. Any way I have two questions: Is there any utility bundled with Mandrake 9.1 to update my dynamic ip with dyndns.org (it must get the address from the router). Also is there any gui tools for apache. I am reading the docs now, but I think it will be awhile before I fully grasp it. Yes I know it's a very insecure setup since I don't fully understand what I'm doing, but I must learn somehow. If someone could also check http://www.bustedbox.homelinux.net/ and let me know that it's not just being served in my lan I would also appreciate it. TIA Oops should have been http://bustedbox.homelinux.net __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] dyndns setup and apache
--- Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --- cF [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: That address doesn't work for me. At 01:38 PM 02/04/2003 -0800, you wrote: Hello Everyone, I am attempting to setup a personal website from my SBC Ameritech/Yahoo internet connection. I have a dynamic ip. I am also doing network address translation, but I have access to port forwarding in the router. After signing up for dyndns.org service and starting port forwarding from incoming 80 on the router to incoming 80 on my linux box I was in shock that it seems to work. I thought that Ameritech (or SBC whoever they are now) would block it since all I have is the cheap residential service. Any way I have two questions: Is there any utility bundled with Mandrake 9.1 to update my dynamic ip with dyndns.org (it must get the address from the router). Also is there any gui tools for apache. I am reading the docs now, but I think it will be awhile before I fully grasp it. Yes I know it's a very insecure setup since I don't fully understand what I'm doing, but I must learn somehow. If someone could also check http://www.bustedbox.homelinux.net/ and let me know that it's not just being served in my lan I would also appreciate it. TIA Oops should have been http://bustedbox.homelinux.net Thanks to everyone who replied. I ended up using ddclient. I just grabbed the source from the mirror listed at dyndns.org. The original authors site wasn't up for me to grab the rpm, but the tar file contained the binary and simple install instructions. Now I must learn apache... I can't even find the httpd.conf to edit (I found httpd2.conf but it said you really shouldn't mess with it unless your a guru...) I'm sure I'll be back with questions on apache soon. Anyway thanks to all who responded. Jeff __ Do you Yahoo!? Yahoo! Tax Center - File online, calculators, forms, and more http://tax.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Hard Disks not Recognised on Asus PB533-v Mainboard
I have just built a new PC round the Asus PB533-v mobo, it also has a Promise Ultra card installed with 2 x HD's and 1 x DVD-RAM hanging off the card. Mandrake 8.2 recognises all the devices on the Promise card but none of the devices on the in built IDE controller, i.e. /dev/hda is actually my 'G' drive as far as Windows is concerned but my first drive according to Mandrake. Has anybody come across this? Is there a work round? Regards Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] PS/2 Mouse hiding in corner of screen
I am running Mandrake 8.2 using the Matrox Parhelia Linux drivers and three monitors. I can get into X (using KDE desk top) but my mouse cursor 'hides' in the top right hand corner of the screen. I can remember this happening the last time I installed Linux several years ago but cannot remember how I corrected it. I have run xf86config several times trying ps/2 and ordinary mouse, I have also ensured that XF86Config-4 is in line with xf86config, at least as far as the mouse is concerned. Any suggestions would be appreciated. Regards. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hard Disks not Recognised on Asus PB533-v Mainboard
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 09:49:53 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeff, Please tell me if I understand your set-up correctly. You have a system that is utilitizing both the primary and secondary IDE channels built into the motherboard, and they are using the standard IRQs 14 and 15, I/O addresses 1F0 and 170, respectfully. Your Promise Ultra IDE card has given you another pair of channels, using at least one other IRQ (or two) and two other I/O addesses. Does this sum it up correctly? T - Original Message - From: Jeff Gaines [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 24, 2002 5:18 AM Subject: [newbie] Hard Disks not Recognised on Asus PB533-v Mainboard I have just built a new PC round the Asus PB533-v mobo, it also has a Promise Ultra card installed with 2 x HD's and 1 x DVD-RAM hanging off the card. Mandrake 8.2 recognises all the devices on the Promise card but none of the devices on the in built IDE controller, i.e. /dev/hda is actually my 'G' drive as far as Windows is concerned but my first drive according to Mandrake. Has anybody come across this? Is there a work round? Regards T That's spot on. According to Windows the Promise Ultra uses IRQ 20 but that's after Windows has finished moving things around. It's ironic that Windows only recognises the built in IDE until the Promise drivers are installed and with Mandrake only the Promise Ultra is recognised! I booted to a Slackware CD and that recognises all the disks so it's something a bit odd in Mandrake I think? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Hard Disks not Recognised on Asus PB533-v Mainboard
On Sun, 24 Nov 2002 15:55:00 -, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: [very comprehensive reply snipped] Daniel Regards Daniel Many thanks indeed for a very detailed response! It looks like it is a Mandrake problem which is a pity as it's a nice distribution. I think I'll have to look as SUSE, I don't think I can take the pain of a Slackware install :-( Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] ipchains and Mandrake
unless i'm wrong, the new kernels don't have 'built-in' support for ipchains. which isn't to say you can't use ipchains with the new 2.4 kernels...but you'll probably need to build a new kernel with ipchains support or try loading ipchains as a module. and, i would recommend that you get acquainted with netfilter...which uses iptables. shane chen has some decent (slightly outdated) stuff at: www.knowplace.org - he wrote some nice how-to's on building iptables firewalls. it's a good start. good luck and if you want to try, load ipchains as a module and see what you get - i'm not sure what will happen since i'm a big debian user. as root, modprobe ipchains ; insmod ipchains -jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake security notices
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com The notice comes out when the update is available... Usually at the same time as it is set for reading by the mirrors, so there may be a delay before it appears on your chosen security mirror. Since most of our mirrors are volunteer and since there are still some glitches in SM, (mostly occurring when a download breaks for connection reset reasons) there is not always a single site that will answer your questions or get you your updates. I do not recommend the one you are using and I suggest you delete it, even if it requires reinstalling SM. If you are using 8.0, then update to 8.2 where the SM is finally pretty stable. The most glaring problem in 8.1 is that it still _updates_ kernels and fries the eyebrows off of thoose who don't read the security notice before they hit the button. Civileme Yes, on the kernelsBeen there done thatdoh! I plan on updating from 8.1 to 8.2 when the final version is released. but until then I have to keep current. Thanks for the help. Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake security notices
I posted this a while ago and no one seems to have an answer for me. Yes, I do have the link for ssh update. I am asking if any of the mirrors actually update for these security vulnerabilities? Is there anywhere to get them all at once, or do I have to find a different website for each one? Thanks Jeff On Friday 08 March 2002 08:29 pm, you wrote: I suppose I am not the only one to see the recent security notices on SSH, etc. I have not been able to find a US mirror with the updated packeages yet. I have tried using MandrakeUpdate and manually searching the ftp's for the files. Does anyone out there know where I can find a mirror that is updated more frequently, or anyplace to get the update packages? Thanks, Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake security notices
First of all, we check to see if the vulnerability applies to us at all. Many times it does not. Whether we have an inapplicable situation or a security update to do, the result is that security advisories get posted. You can access these at www.linux-mandrake.com by clicking on the red security banner at the top of the page, then clicking on the distribution you use. When you use MandrakeUpdate / SoftwareManager you get a popup about security sites and you can link to the one of your choice right there, then when you see an advisory, just use Software Manager to do the update (unless it is a kernel, which you must download and _install_. Updating a kernel has a .999 probability of breaking things in your system, so DON'T DO IT! Install the new kernel and link it in to your bootloader --this is mostly automatic). OK I hope that answers your question. Also realize that we have minimal staffing to make a distro and the security team works really hard, but cannot release anything till QA clears it with tests. You may see others release three security updates (one plus two bugfixes) while we do one, but that isn't because we don't care, just that we have a different style. Civileme I should have been more specific...First, Thanks for answering! Second, I have used MandrakeUpdate/SM to try and find the packages. I have also tried to find them manually on the various mirrors on Mandrake Linux's download section. I have ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.mandrake.com/Mandrake/updates/8.1/RPMS listed as my security site in SM. I have tried changing this site as well with no luck. I have searched the ftp mirrors with find files in Konq using the package names supplied in the Sec. notice Emails. My question is, Is there a reliable (i.e. frequently updated mirror) for these packages? I understand that maybe not every advisory applies to me, I like to keep things patched up. After rereading the last paragraph of your answer, I take it to mean that a Sec. notice says, We know about the problem. We are working on fixing it. Here is what it will be called when it is released. If I am wrong in that interpretation please correct me. Thanks, Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shame we live in diff countries and all
jeff worcester MA, USA currently experimenting with: mandrake debian freebsd it's all good... Worcester, Worcester Regional Airport, MA, United States (KORH) 42-16-14N 071-52-23W 304M Mar 12, 2002 - 01:54 PM EST / 2002.03.12 1854 UTC Wind: from the SW (230 degrees) at 17 MPH (15 KT):0 Visibility: 10 mile(s):0 Sky conditions: overcast Weather: light rain Precipitation last hour: A trace Temperature: 37.9 F (3.3 C) Dew Point: 32.0 F (0.0 C) Relative Humidity: 78% Pressure (altimeter): 30.14 in. Hg (1020 hPa) ob: KORH 121854Z 23015KT 10SM -RA BKN018 OVC027 03/00 A3014 RMK AO2 RAB37 SLP219 P T0033 cycle: 19 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] SB Audigy question
On Friday 08 March 2002 09:48 pm, you wrote: FWIW Jeff, I have an SBLive! and it worked fine on LM8.1. On LM8.0, it works great. Btw, IEEE1394 is Firewire. Its for hooking into something that needs a ton of bandwidth, like video cameras. HTH, Femme Jeff wrote: Anyone got it, Gamer, MP3, or Plat versions? How does it work in Linux? LM 8.1 specifically. I mean both hardware and software. Do the fancy extras packed in really work? ( the Mp3 players, etc) How about the connector box? How about the SB 1394? (I believe that's the part that does the 24bit encoding and other extra features of the audigy) Please let me know, as I am going to ditch my acoustic edge and I want to make sure my preffered upgrade will work. Thanks, Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Well, I checked creative labs web site and they do not have drivers for Audigy yet. I wondered if maybe anyone ran the Live driver with Audigy and how it would work. Yes, I didn't think of Firewire when it said SB 1394. Kinda through my off...duh Jeff. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Athalon 1700+ running on Dragon Plus MB
On Wednesday 06 March 2002 09:06 pm, you wrote: UMM OK... Don't say I didn't warn you but... Get MASSIVE cooling into that system ASAP If you want to OC an Athy. I kid not... Have at least 3 - 4 80mm Fans going in your PC. No joke, otherwise you do risk frying the CPU. That is definately true for Athlon T-birds, but the newer Xp's have a smaller process, I believe, and therefore are cooler. But, with a T-bird, I suggest you do a LOT of homework on cases, fans, heatsinks, peltier, etc. before proceeding. For example, I have a T-bird 1.33 GHz running at stock speeds ( at the moment). I run 4 Enermax speed variable 80's, 2 in, 2 out, an Antec PCI Sys. cooler ( blows air out a PCI slot), an Enermax 350 W PS with dual fans, an OCZ Gladiator w/80 mm Delta in a Antex 1030 Full tower case. ( That means it is big and has good airflow, and with 6 x 80's and a delta, gets rather loud). Checking Asus probe (which, if you know about MoBo temp sensors, reads from under the core and not actually touching it, which would give more accurate readings) reads my proc at between 40-42 C at boot and climbs about 3-4 deg C after a few hours of use. That is rather cool for an Athlon without major cooling. My previous set up with the same chip, nix the Enermax PS and 2 80's gave 50-55 deg C and unstability after long gaming sessions with temps 60+ deg C. I did a lot of research before first OC'ing my sys and I still f'ed up. I reccommend you look at a few websites, and decide if you can pick up the pieces if it blows up. It is definately not something to do on a whim or without some background knowledge. I am also not sure the purpose of OCing other than 3D gaming, which is not really supported in Linux that much. As a previous poster said, your gain may not be noticable in real world apps. Jeff Oh, don't think I am trying to tell you what to do, or that I trying to talk down to you. I am simply suggesting you do your homework before messing around too much. Good Luck. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mandrake security notices
On Friday 08 March 2002 09:40 pm, you wrote: On Friday 08 March 2002 10:32 pm, you wrote: On Friday 08 March 2002 09:29 pm, you wrote: I suppose I am not the only one to see the recent security notices on SSH, etc. I have not been able to find a US mirror with the updated packeages yet. I have tried using MandrakeUpdate and manually searching the ftp's for the files. Does anyone out there know where I can find a mirror that is updated more frequently, or anyplace to get the update packages? I got it from a New York mirror listed on http://openssh.org ftp://ftp.stealth.net/pub/mirrors/ftp.openssh.com/pub/OpenBSD/OpenSSH/porta ble/openssh-3.1p1.tar.gz to be specific Not to be difficult, but I was asking if any of the mirrors on /www.linux-mandrake.com/en/ftptmp/1015646520.f7faa791a1e9b634712c47f070275f0f.php where you are supposedly able to download the updates, actually had them. There are several more than the ssh one I need to get. I have tried every one listed under 8.1 / US over the past week and not found any that have the newest sec updates. Any help would be appreciated. Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Athalon 1700+ running on Dragon Plus MB
On Wednesday 06 March 2002 01:34 pm, you wrote: This thing is running quite well and seems real snappy running X Now I want to know about fine-tunning it. What are people using for overclocking? and what CPU Freq Multiplier? I have the multiplier on AUTO, so I am not sure what speed the CPU is running at. /proc/cpuinfo says 1.4 Ghz but I think it gets that from the CPU not actual clock. And do I want to fool with the cpu volts? I am not using overclocking, bus is set for 133 MHZ TIA for any info Well, as far as I have heard, the old pencil the bridges maybe a recipe for disaster on the new XP's. So you can't CPU Multi overclock since all Athlons, reg and XP are locked. And 1.4 is the correct clock for a 1700+ XP. So in this case FSB overclocking is your only real option. Of course that can mess up plenty of stuff (PCI bus, etc.) By that I mean, instability as the FSB speed increases, with a small possibility of damage. Most places I have seen place 150MHz as a upper limit that is very hard to acheive. If you really are interested in overclocking, you should look at some hardware oriented sites, such as www.overclockers.com www.arstechnica.com the MaximumPC forums has a decent OC community. In my opinion, to OC you need good cooling, determination, and a fat wallet to replace broken parts! Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Athalon 1700+ running on Dragon Plus MB
And for god sakes, don't over clock... I challenge you to find something which will run NOTICEBLY faster at 1.48 vs 1.46 I must agree, since, at the present time, memory bandwidth is the major bottleneck to system performance. Your proc spends most of its time waiting for something to do. This is alleviated some what by running DDR or Rambus, but it is still where you need to focus you attention. The small gain you get from OC will result in a few frames in Q3 or something. You will only notice the difference in headaches caused by instability issues and buying new parts. Believe me, I know If you really wanted to see some perf. increases, get one of the newer MoBo's that allow the Ram to run at a different bus speed than the rest of the system. Then plunk down some cash for some 'certified' 333 DDR Ram from Crucial or somebody. That way you can ramp you Mem bus to 167/333 Dual pumped and leave the rest at 133 and have less probs. My $.02 Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Mouse pointer
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 04:04 am, you wrote: I just tried the Ctrl-Alt-Esc key combination that i read about from a thread on the list. It is a new one on me. Is the skull and cross bones mouse pointer normal when in this mode? Where do i read up on all these little tricks? I seem to just get them drip fed by following the list. Michael That is the process killer. Click a window after hitting the Ctrl-Alt-Esc and it will shutdown the window. good for hung programs. Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
Re: [newbie] Mouse pointer
On Tuesday 05 March 2002 12:30 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 05 March 2002 05:43 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 05 March 2002 04:04 am, you wrote: I just tried the Ctrl-Alt-Esc key combination that i read about from a thread on the list. It is a new one on me. Is the skull and cross bones mouse pointer normal when in this mode? Where do i read up on all these little tricks? I seem to just get them drip fed by following the list. Michael That is the process killer. Click a window after hitting the Ctrl-Alt-Esc and it will shutdown the window. good for hung programs. my KDE desktop has an XKill.desktop icon, Is that the same thing! It performs the same function, and I must assume KDE calls XKill when you press Ctrl-Alt-Esc . Jeff Feel free to correct me if I am wrong... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
[newbie] pdf printing trouble
I searched the archive and found that many people seem to have this problem, but I did see a good answer Most involved try this or that prog One mentioned xpp which I tried as well So my problem is I can't print pdf I have to go to xpdf and output to postscript and then print it While this works I would like to be able to skip the extra step What I have tried so far: opened with PS and PDF viewer - print (using CUPS, xpp, or lpr) get client-error-bad-request msg opened with Ghostview - print (using lpr) = crash opened with Ghostview - print ( using xpp) = client-error-bad-request msg I have a HP DeskJet 670c that prints doc, ps and lots of others fine If anyone has some advice I would appreciate it Thanks, Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
[newbie] lose mouse on hibernate
Whenever my machine goes into hibernate, I lose the mouse until reboot I use a MS Intellimouse explorer optical USB Strangely I can move the mouse if I Ctrl-Alt-Esc with the arrow keys but it still does not respond to mouse commands Help, anyone? On a related note, is there a way to set up the 2 extra buttons on my mouse in Linux? Thanks, Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
Fwd: Re: [newbie] resizing partitions mishap
thought I posted this to list... -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] resizing partitions mishap Date: Mon, 4 Mar 2002 17:48:23 -0600 From: Jeff Quandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 04 March 2002 04:55 pm, you wrote: On Monday 04 March 2002 13:44, you wrote: Jeff, when you set up the partition did you format it? there is a button on the gui to format. If you didn't it won't see the partition as usable. HTH Actually, I did think of that afterwards. So that would be the problem with the swap, maybe not the new partition though. I think I may have formated it. In either case is there anyway to jump in and stop Linux from mounting them so I can format them? Thanks Jeff Oh man, I have not figured that out, someone with more wizdom than I needs to jump in here. I think it starts with using the first CD and hitting F1 at the splash screen and getting into rescue mode but after that I'm not sure what to do. A little help here, please. You are right. I found a good tutor file on Mnadrakeuser.org Here is the URL http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/admin/index.html Have a look there for lots of cool stuff. I ended up booting from cd and getting everything fixed. Thanks all. Jeff --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] choosing a cable modem
On Thursday 14 February 2002 11:18 am, you wrote: I can finally get cable Internet. I got a list of cable modems from the cable company that they say work with their service. Is the choice of a modem an issue for Mandrake? If so which ones will work? I'm running 8.0, expecting to upgrade to 8.2 when available. Thanks, SW Well, it depends... Most cable modems that I know of run through a NIC, so if your NIC is OK, it matters not which modem you get. If you want to run a USB connected one (why would you?) you should check for compatibility for sure. I personally use an RCA model DCM226 over CAT 6 to my router to my NIC and LM 8.1 couldn't care less. It knows to look at my eth0 to get to the 'Net. BTW: Welcome to the club! You will never go back... Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
Re: [newbie] Sound card install problem
On Friday 01 March 2002 03:20 am, you wrote: You are actually looking in the wrong place. KDE Control CenterSystemKDE System Controlaudio,video and game controllers is where your card should be listed. Where you looked always shows no information (at least on my systems). If your card is not listed in the KDE System Control, you have another problem. e. Actually, I do not see a system control. Under Control Center - System, I have Date Time, Konsole, Linux Kernel Config, Login Manager, Printing Manager, and Session Manager. I am using the version of KDE that comes with 8.1, not sure how to check that, but maybe the area you are refering to is in a newer version. Thanks, Jeff Tech Specs: AMD 1.33 Ghz Asus AVA266 MoBo 1009 BIOS Philips Acoustic Edge Sound Card Geforce 2 MX 400 32 MB Graphics 512 DDR RAM Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
Fwd: Re: [newbie] Sound card install problem
Accidentally didn't send to the list. Sorry -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [newbie] Sound card install problem Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:14:39 -0500 From: Jeff Quandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robin [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Friday 01 March 2002 04:16 am, you wrote: Hi, Jeff The KDE Control Center - Information - Sound may not always be correct. I have working SB 16 and SB live installed, they show up as no info available too. Try to get out of X and login as root in a text console, run sndconfig and see what happens. HTH Okay, I did that. Here is the output I get. The VLSI|unknown device 1004:0307 │ │ is not supported. As I said this is a Philips Acoustic Edge, PC706 I believe. I was able to install it with a generic SB compatible driver under Icepack 1.1. I had many problems with Icepack however, so I switched to Mandrake. If I decided to get a new card that was Linux compatible, do I use sndconfig to install the driver or what? Thanks, Jeff --- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Browsing NTFS partitions
Is it possible to browse NTFS partitions from Mandrake 81? It would save me a lot of time moving things from XP to Linux if I didn't have to reboot all the time to find the files I need Thanks, Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
Re: [newbie] Browsing NTFS partitions
I mount my ntfs partition (usin mandrake 8.1, kde), by: -adding a directory in /mnt/ named /mnt/win2000 (full access permissions) -adding a line in /etc/fstab like: /dev/hdb5 /mnt/win2000 ntfs umask=0 0 0 (where hdb5 is the ntfs partition in my system according to mandrake control center). your system should mount ntfs partition at boot. I think you can't write to it (I posted that question some days ago and it seems you have to recompile the kernel with experimental options to write to ntfs). bye. paolo brusasco Thanks for the tip. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
Re: [newbie] Sound card install problem
On Friday 01 March 2002 10:55 am, you wrote: Actually, mine may be an older version (KDE 2.1.1--control center ver 2.0). Did Control center drop that (very useful) function in the later versions? Or, did they put it under another header? Anyone? e. On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 09:09:35 -0500 Well, I found my version to be 2.2.1, so you do have an older version. I searched for system control, but got nothing. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
[newbie] resizing partitions
How do I resize partitions on an existing install? I allocated way too much space for swap, and with 512MB Ram, I have yet to even touch the swap space So I want to reclaim some of that space Can I resize it without trashing everything? On a related note, if anyone knows of a good tutorial on Linux point, me to it I don't want to waste everyone's time on silly questions like this one, but I have not found the answers in the archives (When I search I seem to hit everything but the archives) To clarify, I don't mean an install tutorial, I handled that fine I mean something that helps with day to day operation and maintainence Thanks a lot Jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom
Re: [newbie] Portmap ?
On Monday 25 February 2002 06:54 pm, you wrote: How long does it stay locked? Do you see any interesting messages in /var/log/messages? Is it configured to use any rpc services? Maybe it is, and rpc is taking a long time to time out. Vijay Marc Oestreicher writes: I have a bit of a problem with a new mandrake 8.1 installation that I have beem fighting for weeks with no success. Wen shutting down or rebooting my machine locks on shutting down portmap services. If I shut off portmap services it locks on shutting down internet services even though a dialup connection has not been made. This is on a P3 450 mhz machine with 64 MB of memory. Does anyone have any idea what is causing this lockup on shutdown? Thanks in advance Marc This sounds like the USB problem i've been having. Does turnig off the USB service eliminate the problem? jeff Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Trying to install Linux-Mandrake
Hey Everyone I need some help I am trying to install Mandrake 8.1 on my laptop. When I get to the screen where it says it is configuring PCMCIA or whatever...hehe...it seems to lock up!!! Does anyone know why it would be doing this? I have a new Toshiba Satellite. Any help would be great later Jeff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] a positive end to OT
damn...that's really nice. especially whereas i do live in the boston (worcester) area and i did notice that for real. people were driving...looking around at each other...a lot. a lot of eye contact and head nods. no mas road rage. very cool peoples. it was...almostweird. no, it was very weird...and very nice. thousands of dead americans is a sh*tty wake up call...but a wake up call nonetheless. it's odd...how American i felt yesterday morning. i felt some of the past shine through in our insane present...just a bunch of hard working blue bloods waging war against traffic so they can make some bucks and head home to be with the wife/kids/tv...typical american fluff. but...i like that. it's weird...i don't think we (here in MA) hate each other at all...we're just too busy trying to fill our lives and pocketswe act like madmen because we haven't stopped to think and really look at each other (sheesh...you bunch o' mugs :) ) in a long, long time. welp, it's a sad day...but at least we get to stop and THINK about stuff...most importantly, how lucky we are to be really FREE. blah blah blah...insert sentimental kaka here :) thanks jen... now, GET BACK TO HACKING! :) On Friday 14 September 2001 21:32, jennifer wrote: Someone from Boston sent these sentiments out that I would like to share. I know that some don't want OT on this list, but lets end our discussions as friends... Subject: For the book... Yesterday's events have had a profound impact on me...especially once I got home last night and had no distraction to take my mind off of it. The 2 main thoughts I've had I thought were worth sharing with my people. One is a somewhat frivolous metaphor, yet it's accurate. The other...a more serious consideration. The metaphor is this. I was driving to work today and thinking about how yesterday Governor Swift said it's important to get back to business as normal. As I looked around at all the people heading into work, I started thinking that we're like the Whos down in Whoville. The terrorists are the grinch that tried to steal Christmas yesterday, but today we're holding hands and singing because we're not going to let them break our spirit. This led me to the second realization... Did any of you notice what I noticed this morning? No road rage. None from within my car and none from without. Today, for the first time in what seems like years, I felt something for my fellow man that was actually positive. I felt a connection as we all try to come to terms with this...as we all are simultaneously experiencing the exact same emotion. Suddenly, letting someone in front of me felt better than speeding up to spite them. Suddenly, the cars around me became more than just faceless enemies. I began to actually look at the faces attached to the souls within each vehicle and I realized they are just like me. Just desperately trying to make it through another day in an increasingly frightening world that sometimes makes us feel more vulnerable than we can deal with admitting. Perhaps if we as a society can hang on to this feeling...perhaps if we can smile at just one stranger today instead of glaring suspiciously at them. Perhaps if we can let just one person out in traffic...or back off the person in front of us by just 10 feet causing us to reach our destination a mere nanosecond later...perhaps then the tens of thousands of people who lost their lives yesterday will not have died in vain. If we can pull just one positive thing out of this staggering nightmare...maybe God...who's up there crying his eyes out right now...can smile again. Just a thought. --- Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- //-- Jeff Reed //-- Co-founder / Odd (Job) Guy //-- Metro West Boston Linux User Group //-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Bash Scripting
On Wednesday 05 September 2001 17:14, NicolĂ¡s GĂ³mez wrote: Hi In the school we are almost in the part of shell scripting, and the chosen one for these purpose is bash. I'd like to know if you can help with any link to some bash scripting tutorial/manual/eBook. therefore, whatever could help to me Thanks a lot NicolĂ¡s GĂ³mez Montevideo, Uruguay Linux Registered User Number #227789 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: here you go my man... http://directory.google.com/Top/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Unix/Shell/Scripting/ good luck!!! -- //-- Jeff Reed //-- Co-founder / Odd (Job) Guy //-- Metro West Boston Linux User Group //-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Uh-Oh! Here's something new???
On Wednesday 29 August 2001 15:09, Lanman wrote: Just caught this on the news. Might be worth watching out for. http://www3.corel.com/cgi-bin/gx.cgi/AppLogic+FTContentSe rver?pagename=Corel/PressRelease/Detailsid=8DJU86H Lanman Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: debian...slackware...freebsd... that's all i have to say... :) -- //-- Jeff Reed //-- Metro West Boston Linux User Group //-- Co-founder / Odd (Job) Guy //-- [EMAIL PROTECTED] //-- http://www.linuxbusca.com/ //-- http://www.blu.org/ //-- http://www.wlug.org/ Windows 95/NT - 32 bit extensions and a graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit operating system originally coded for a 4 bit microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company that can't stand 1 bit of competition! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Integrating Linux and NT network
On Tuesday 31 July 2001 10:17, Marchetti, Peter wrote: I know I sound like a moron...but I'm having trouble finding the info I need. If anyone knows a doc or a website that will help me, let me know. I'm setting up a server to be a web/e-commerce server. Right now I just want it to work on the local network. All the other machines are W2K or WinNT4. I need to be able to talk to them and transfer files. Is the simplest way to transfer the files just to FTP them over? (Note: I can ping everybody from both sides.) The info I have read on sharing drives and such in Linux have confused me. (I think it's just a vocabulary issue.) I don't want to flaunt my ignorance here...but I need some help. ANyone no a really good source for Sys Admins from the M$ world moving to *nix? Thanks in advance... Peter [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Apache-Overview-HOWTO.html http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Windows-LAN-Server-HOWTO.html http://web.oreilly.com/ p.s. your only a moron if you don't do some research. good luck! -- //- Jeff Reed //- One of those Linux People //- Metro West Boston Linux User Group //- [EMAIL PROTECTED] //- (508)792-6070 //- http://www.linuxbusca.com //- http://www.blu.org //- http://www.wlug.org
Re: [newbie] win95 gone
On Monday 30 July 2001 21:02, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I re-installed my computer and decided that I didn't want win95 any more. I was wondering how can I make sure windows is totally gone? Any idea's would be helpful. Get your own FREE E-mail address at http://www.linuxfreemail.com Linux FREE Mail is 100% FREE, 100% Linux, and 100% yours! pop in a 95/98 boot (floppy) disk and boot up. command line...two things: format /mbr format c: /u/q bye bye windows :) good for you -- //- Jeff Reed //- One of those Linux People //- Metro West Boston Linux User Group //- [EMAIL PROTECTED] //- (508)792-6070 //- http://www.linuxbusca.com //- http://www.blu.org //- http://www.wlug.org
Re: [newbie] curious .... My last comment on the subject.. Great suggestion for Mandrake.
http://www.linuxbase.org/ enjoy -- +-- + Jeff Reed + Linux System Administrator + Metro West Boston Linux User Group + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + (508) 792-6070 +-- Check out Linux! It's good for you. http://www.linuxbusca.com http://www.linuxdoc.org http://www.linuxnewbie.org
Re: [newbie] How come the mouse wigs out during install
On Friday 29 June 2001 10:05, Mark Johnson wrote: Have y'all ever noticed that when you are setting up the wheel mouse during the install and disappears off the screen for about 60 seconds, during which time you have to kind move the mouse around till it shows back up? /me thinks you're configuring a generic PS/2 mouse? it's ok. it did that to me too. and now, even after a little paranoia myself, my mousie works fine. i had to twitch mine during the install too. but everything seems to be 100%. p.s. if your mouse doesn't scroll with netscape, invoke the imwheel daemon. it works pretty good. good luck! -- +-- + Jeff Reed + Linux System Administrator + Metro West Boston Linux User Group + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + (508) 792-6070 +-- Check out Linux! It's good for you. http://www.linuxbusca.com http://www.linuxdoc.org http://www.linuxnewbie.org
Re: [newbie] curious .... ADD 'WHAT I LEARNED AT USENIX!'
On Thursday 28 June 2001 23:25, Rita F. Koenigs wrote: There seems to be a lot of talk about Windows (even before the Appeals Court decision) being a competitor of / annoyance to the Linux OS I'm wondering about FreeBSD or MAC OS X any potential competition there? ... any way to combat the OS monopolistic intent of M$? __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ there is no threat. really. i can say that with all honesty. i've just been to the USENIX conference in Boston MA and let me tell you firsthand that there IS NO PLACE for Windows or ANY OTHER PROPRIETARY OS at these shows!, in your workplace, even in your home! WINDOWS IS OLD NEWS! OK? what i saw today was indeed LIVING PROOF that the Linux community at large is very much alive and kicking! there is no competitionthere is harmony...between thousands of programmers and their kindred...even good old end users. no one is left out...everyone who was there today. programmer or not - no one seemed to care about the court decision and no one cares what kind of move M$ makes next! it won't matter. there will still be GNU/Linux being installed on EVERYTHING as i saw today! one of the COOLEST things being a COMPAQ handheld PC with a full blown version of GNU/Linux running on it quite nicely! that's a handheld PCNOT a PDA!!! it had a fully working camera mounted, 64 MB of RAM, and it was THE COOLEST THING!!! gee, funny, i only saw one M$ vendor there. everyone was poking fun at the poor guy because the RAT BASTARD had a STUPID and USELESS shell interface that let's you command a Linux/UNIX box from a Windows GUI. AND, to add to it's uselessness, it only runs for 120 days before you have to purchase it! WHAT KIND OF CRAP IS THAT? there's a free shell program called ttssh for windows and it's FREE and it DOES THE SAME GODAMNED THING! http://www.tucows.com and search for TTSSH! anyway, back to the point. there IS NO THREAT. the beauty of this OS is that it gives you a CHOICE. isn't that nice? do you think the internet runs 100% on M$? BULL. what i saw today has CHANGED MY MIND FOREVER. PROPRIETARY SOFTWARE AND COMPUTER SYSTEMS ARE FOR PEOPLE WHO ONLY CARE ABOUT MONEY!!! everyone understand that? and i'm not saying that there's anything wrong with making money. but THESE GUYS AREN''T JUST MAKING MONEY, they're taking the general population and making us (for those of you who care) STUPID. does it work? yes. is it affordable? sure. but there's MUCH MORE than meets the eye. and, if you like computers even just a LITTLE BIT, you will take heed to what i've said here and REALLY take a good long look at how M$ is MONOPOLIZING THE WAY YOU COMMUNICATE ONLINE. YES, IT IS TRUE. start taking a good long look at how things are...if you don't care? that's fine. but, once in a while i actually enjoy excersising my constitutional rights...i don't need to buy ANYTHING from ANYONE if i don't want to! it's the LAW. and that's all i'm going to say. p.s. USENIX! Boston MA! very very very cool! p.p.s. it was nice to rub elbows with REAL people in a REAL evironment where we didn't have to sit and talk MARKETING BULLSHIT ALL DAY. these were guys who want to discover SOLUTIONS and come up with new and unique ideas in COMPUTING. then, they get paid when the job is done. wow...honest people. scary. -- +-- + Jeff Reed + Linux System Administrator + Metro West Boston Linux User Group + [EMAIL PROTECTED] + (508) 792-6070 +-- Check out Linux! It's good for you. http://www.linuxbusca.com http://www.linuxdoc.org http://www.linuxnewbie.org
[newbie] USB Mouse and Mandrake 8.0
I am new to the list. I have a logitech Optical USB mouse. 1. Is it possible to get it to work during the install? I can use text install and get by without, but would like to get it to work in XWindows. 2. If it is possible to get it to work in XWindows, what do I need to do? It works fine in Redhat 7.1 Thanks Jeff
Re: [newbie] KDE Theme Install
I'm assuming your using kde 2.1.1. After you untar the theme you should have a file with the extention .ktheme Sometimes that will even be the only file in the theme. You then open the Control Center in kde--click look and feel--click theme manager then click Add and select your .ktheme file from wherever. A little note for you though. Do not try using the 1.1.x sersires themes. They don't work (at least I couldnt get them to). I downloaded only the ones that have 2.1 in the filename to avoid wasting all my time. Good luck. Jeff BTW The ones that look like 2.x-style or just have style in the filename are styles not themes. After you untar most of them they will have a script inside them written by the author with instructions on installing it. Most are simply as easy as ./install-theme , but on some you may need to edit the cp ~.kde commands to make them work. --- OOzy Pal [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello How can Install KDE Theme. I have a bunch of them in tar ball. I did untar them but I could install them = Regards, OOzy What is the purpose of life? __ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/
[newbie] /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall.inet_sharing-2.4
The following lines in /etc/rc.d/rc.firewall.inet_sharing-2.4 don't seem to be of use to me and I would like to remove them. # Allow dhcp requests iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp --sport bootpc --dport bootps -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --sport bootpc --dport bootps -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp --sport bootps --dport bootpc -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --sport bootps --dport bootpc -j ACCEPT # Allow dns requests iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p udp --dport domain -j ACCEPT iptables -A INPUT -i eth0 -p tcp --dport domain -j ACCEPT I believe the reason the dhcp requests are allowed is because I thought I would use the mandrake connection sharing wizard at first but decided not to now as it complicates using samba with my windows machine. Correct me if I'm wrong but the dns requests line looks like it's accepting dns requests from eth0 on tcp and udp. I can't for the life of me figure out why I would want to do this. I only have two machines. One is running Mandrake 8.0 (not a dns server) and a windows machine that is sharing the connection of the mandrake box (ppp0). As long as the dns server entries are inside of the windows networking setup then I shouldnt be accepting dns queries for any reason then should I? I'm also writing my own firewall by hand with iptables to learn the in's and out's of how it works. When I finally have it finished can I just place it in /etc/rc.d/rc.firwall to have it executed on boot? __ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] IPchains is missing....
--- root [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where the heck is the ipchains command... Using an install of LM8.0 on medium security. Looked in /usr/sbin and all over the place but seems to be afk... After 'modprobe ipchains' it's in /sbin/ipchains for me. I'm using a pretty stock 8.0 install. iptables is the standard for 2.4 though. It's website is at http://netfilter.samba.org/ I'm pretty sure ipchains will be around for quite awhile though. __ Do You Yahoo!? Spot the hottest trends in music, movies, and more. http://buzz.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Masquerading and IPTables
--- Ross Slade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
1. Is there a howto on Masquerading for Mandrake
8.0? I had it working fine
under 6.0 - 7.1, but not now... I have a static IP
(203.14.156.30) and an
internal LAN using 10.0.2.15 for this box and
10.0.2.16 for a WinME box.
One thing I have found is that a friend's box has
four tabs in netconf, one
being for forwarding and such - I don't have that
tab available so something's
missing - can someone please tell me what package
will add that seemingly
critical tab to netconf?
2. I had a resonable firewall under the older
versions using ipchains - what's
the best way to convertthe old one into iptables?
(since it seems I can no
longer use ipchains?)
Thanks in advance for any help...
-Ross
--
http://bunyip.apana.org.au
[ICQ No.9391313]
{For email change borg to org}
Ok I haven't used netconf before but there is a good
howto (it's really not as cryptic as some of the
others) the webserver is down but you can find it
here: http://netfilter.samba.org/ plus a decent
overveiw of iptables is here:
http://pinehead.com/articles.php?view=371 and another:
http://www.unixreview.com/articles/2001/0104/0104l/0104l.htm
another:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/security/iptables_basics.html
and one more for fun:
http://www.securityportal.com/cover/coverstory20010122.html
but if your really happy with ip chains it should be
available as a module that you can load. Be warned
though that the ICQ, Quake, and raudio modules have
all disappeared in the 2.4 kernel series for now.
There's now an irc module and ftp module but thats it.
Good Luck.
Jeff
__
Do You Yahoo!?
Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35
a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] network sharing
--- * Karel * [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: bind-utils-9.1.1-1mdk. Have you tried the connection sharing that is offered in The Mandrake Control Center? Control Center? I think it's a graphical linux program but I have very small hard drive (540MB) and not installed X at all. Ok well you can always just get masquerading going pretty quickly. http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/ has a 2.4 kernel packet filtering howto. Theres a quick section somewhere in the beginning of the howto that just gets masquerading going for you. I would have linked directly to it but the web server is giving me accesss denied to the howto for some reason. Good Luck. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Newbie questions
Thanks for this! I'll give it a try. Not Command Center (not correct name) or Control Center. If you are using KDE then you click on the Kpanel icon and on the pop up list click on networking remote accessinternet dialer Kppp . All of your connection settings should be configurable from the settings button and tabs there in. Your ISP should show up on the first tab, highlight that name and then modify or edit and you should be able to navigate to the phone number screen to add it. This is from memory so I may be off a step or two, but if you look around in the settings or setup section you will find the place to add the #. Come on back if you don't get where you need to be. Oh, also set the timeout to at least 90 seconds. Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] Newbie questions
When I click on Networking, I get the following submenu, with their submenus: File Transfer Lftp Instant Messenger Gaim Mail Netscape Messenger News Netscape Collabra WWW Bookmark Editor Konqueror Web Browser Links Lynx Netscape Communicator Netscape Composer I don't get anything about remote access, and nothing I click on gives me this or the internet dialer option. Is this all really more trouble than it's worth? Thanks for your help. Not Command Center (not correct name) or Control Center. If you are using KDE then you click on the Kpanel icon and on the pop up list click on networking remote accessinternet dialer Kppp . All of your connection settings should be configurable from the settings button and tabs there in. Your ISP should show up on the first tab, highlight that name and then modify or edit and you should be able to navigate to the phone number screen to add it. This is from memory so I may be off a step or two, but if you look around in the settings or setup section you will find the place to add the #. Come on back if you don't get where you need to be. Oh, also set the timeout to at least 90 seconds. Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842
Re: [newbie] Newbie questions
Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842 Ok, then Kppp must not be installed. you can check that with software manager by doing a find kppp and if it is not installable then you should have it somewhere. I am guessing that it didn't install. So if you have a software manager icon on the desktop click on it , give your root password and then type kppp in the blank for find or search. Once kppp is installed you can follow the above to get it configured. Yes, it is worth it. The learning curve is steep, but the satisfaction gained by learning and the flat stability of the OS are worth the efffort. Once you have everything the way you want it and all is running, you will not be disappointed. Hang in there, help is out there just like the truth. : ) -- Dennis M. registered Linux user # 180842 Thanks much, I shall try it1
[newbie] kde themes/style
I am finally able to get kde themes installed (sourceforge has a mirror of themes.org!), but now I cannot figure out how to get the style's installed. I can't even seem to find any doc's for this. Inside of one of the themes I downloaded I found intructions but they are way different and require alot more work than clicking Add in the theme manager. These same instructions tell me to copy all the files for the theme and style to one of my ~/.kde directories and use some program called 'install_theme' (that whereis cannot find) to get everything working. If anyone knows how to install the styles please do tell (or point me to some docs). Thanks in advance. Jeff __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Samba a no-go
--- s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've got all those files, but who knows what is wrong in them? But let me ask, (I feel so silly) but (a) the netbios name would be the computer's name or the network's name. I believe I have it as the computer's name presently. (b) And in windows, is the host name the same as the netbios name? (c) Netbios name on the linux machine that would be the first part of the variation on localhost.localdomain? I've put all of them on the same workgroup name, I think. (d) The workgroup name would be the second part of the above reference variation? tia, -s Ps. Let me just post my lmhost hosts files and see if they look right to you please. (I know something must be wrong somewhere.) I have four machines with one as a gateway and the samba server. /etc/lmhosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost 192.168.0.1 localmachine -- mandrake gateway Burner'swork Burner'swork -- windows machine Nightrunner Nightrunner -- windows machine tuxmachine tuxmachine -- mandrake workstation /etc/hosts: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 192.168.0.1 localmachine.snetwork localmachine 192.168.0.3 Burner'swork.snetwork Burner'swork 192.168.0.4 Nightrunner.snetworkNightrunner 192.168.0.2 tuxmachine.snetwork tuxmachine thanks again. a) The computers name. My /etc/lmohosts is like: 192.168.0.1 bustedbox 192.168.0.2 graffix b) I think so but I could be wrong. I don't do windows often. I configured it once and backed it up so I'd never have to go through it again :) c) Yep d) Err um no. You set in your windows network tab thingies (--very technical term there) somewhere. For example the howto with my network card said to put all the machines in the linksys workgroup. You set it in the same spot that you set the name of the pc if i remeber correctly. Hey I just realized I too am unable to connect to localhost (127.0.0.1) but I never tried till now. Try smbclient -L localmachine (I'm assuming that localmachine is really the name of the server your setting up) maybe it's just something with localhost. Your /etc/hosts looks cool but the /etc/lmhosts needs to look like mine I think (well mine woorks for me YMMV). Good Luck. BTW testparm is a utility that will check your smb.conf file and tell you if it's good. It has a man page. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Samba a no-go
--- s [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all, I know it's a long shot anyone being able to help on such a project with so many variables, but I need to try... I'm trying to configure it, but it just won't work. I bascally followed the plan layed out at: http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/network/samba/samba1.html with a little: http://us1.samba.org/samba/docs/Samba-HOWTO-Collection.html#AEN209 on the side. However it's a no-go. Anyone seen errors like: error connecting to 127.0.0.1:139 (connection refused) when testing with smbclient -L localhost ? I have tripled checked the all files and such and just can't eyeball the problem. I reconfigured firewall using BastilleInteractive and tried to leave ports 137 139 open to internal interfaces. So if course none of the computers knows too much about the others existance, other than returned ping packets. I hate to lay out all the boring gory details right off the bat. If this rings any bells to anyone and need more info, I'll gladly post it. I would appreciate your help on this. As always, TIA, -s Ok without your config file (/etc/smb.conf) it's pretty difficult to tell what could be wrong. But maybe check to see if localhost is in /etc/lmhosts and check to see if your ip is in the host allow line in your smb.conf file. One more thing, and I know this sounds stupid but I've done it alot; After making changes to the config files make sure you run /etc/rc.d/init.d/smb restart (or start if it's not already running). Good luck and btw theres a really basic howto on mandrakeuser.org that has helped me notice the little thing before. The URL is http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/csamba.html It spans about 5 pages but it normally take five minutes to skim through and check your files for any obvious errors you may have overlooked. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] What is IP chain?
--- Goh Huade [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, What is IP chain? How is it been used? IPChains is a utility used in linux to accept, deny, forward, drop, masquerade, eat, and drink tcp packets. Well it's basically just used for masquerading and firewalling but if your using Mandrake 8 then you would want to look into iptables instead. They both have decent man pages (man ipchains and man iptables) but gruesome at first glance. If you want to build a firewall there are many good graphical util's out there that will make your life alot easier. Learning these util's is nice if you want to know how each and every packet that comes in and goes out of your machine will be treated, but it takes some patience. They both also have howto's wich I dont have the url at my fingertips now, but they should be on www.linuxdocs.org __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Orinoco w/Mandrake 8
Has anyone successfully gotten an Orinoco Silver wireless lan card to work under Mandrake 8? I've got an orinoco that wants to talk to an apple airport. I've read the messages on this list, and also the http://lists.samba.org/listinfo/wireless list, but I still don't see the final conclusion that shows how it's done. [Mind you, I was able to get the PCMCIA + PCI adapter all to work in 7.2, with the lucent drivers. Matter of fact, I'm using another machine configured w/7.2+orinoco to write this.] Now, with Mdk8, these seem to be the results others besides just me are experiencing: 1. Orinoco_cs/doesn't install because of unresolved syms. 2. Lucent's drivers don't even compile under the new kernel. 3. wvlan_cs -almost- works. I'm assuming that #3, the driver that ships with Mandrake, is the way to go, correct? I've set it up to the best of my understanding, in a very simple network, but something's wrong. Pings to the AP or outside give 'destination unreachable' errors. Iwconfig states that I've got a link (at least it reports link quality figures, so I'm guessing it found the access point). I've got the ESSID set to the network name and all that. I don't use encryption on this network, so that's not the issue. Managed mode, no tricky ad-hoc stuff. I can insert/eject the card all day long and get the good beeps, etc. But, I'm stuck here: my logfile's full of messages that say NETDEV WATCHDOG: eth0: transmit timed out wvlan_cs: eth0 Tx timed out! resetting card wvlan_cs: MAC address on eth0 is some address wvlan_cs: Found firmware 0x60006 (vendor 1) - Firmware capabilites 1-1-1-1-1 I know that others have seen this problem, from reading the lists. So, what's the magic incantation I'm missing? I assume someone has gotten the Orinoco to work under Mandrake 8. How? Can someone please summarize (Skip Montanaro?) ? thanks, jeff
Re: [newbie] IPChains Rules help
--- Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My firewall won't allow me to connect to my news server or ICQ, can someone help me out with rules I can add to let news and ICQ connect? I'm assuming your still using kernel 2.x with IPChains, but if I'm wrong you may have better luck with IP Tables and kernel 2.4.x. A great tutorial that had my icq up and running quickly came from Mandrakeuser.org. It's for IPChains: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/docs/connect/cipc.html this tutorial won't get the best firewall running but it will show you how to get your ICQ working with IPChains. But if your using MDK 8.0 and kernel 2.4 you may want to try IP Tables for your firewall. http://pinehead.com/articles.php?view=371 http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/security/iptables_basics.html http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/ These are great links for ip tables tutorials and explanations. IP Tables doesn't have all the available modules yet but it is definately the future of firewalling in linux (at least thats what I've read) If you can't find what you need maybe posting your script rules to the list would help and someone could point out the problem. Good Luck. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] Support for IP-Masquerading already compiled
I have it already in my default install. All the modules can be found in /lib/modules/2.4.3-20mdk/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter for my install anyway. The Masquerading is way different with iptables though. Theres a faq http://netfilter.samba.org/netfilter-faq.html and also a howto http://netfilter.samba.org/unreliable-guides/ personally I ended up using the Mandrake control center thing because it was easier. I liked ip chains and ip tables looks like it give you alot more comtrol but it's missing some modules that were for ipchains that I liked to have available (icq, raudio, etc). Good Luck. --- ETSoft [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello is this function already compiled in the standard installation of mandrake 8.0 ?? -- Best regards, ETSoft mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] __ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [newbie] ipchains/iptables in 8.0
Ok I have a bit of an answer to my question :) http://antarctica.penguincomputing.com/~netfilter/unreliable-guides/NAT-HOWTO/index.html Well I found a really super small thing in this how to that got the connection sharing up but I just wonder if everything will work. I still dont see the modules for things like quake, ftp, irc, etc. Ok now same boat basically. I still can't access some things. For example like when trying to get an ftp site I get an error (many different ftp sites not just one, I can't get to even one from the windows box). Here's the script from the NAT how-to: # Load the NAT module (this pulls in all the others). modprobe iptable_nat # In the NAT table (-t nat), Append a rule (-A) after routing # (POSTROUTING) for all packets going out ppp0 (-o ppp0) which says to # MASQUERADE the connection (-j MASQUERADE). iptables -t nat -A POSTROUTING -o ppp0 -j MASQUERADE # Turn on IP forwarding echo 1 /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_forward All I did was copy it though so I'm not familiar with iptables yet. I'll keep reading and hopefully some one can tell me where the modules are (or even one hackish one that 'does it all'). __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] connection sharing (iptables) in 8.0
Ok my setup is Linux Mandrake 8 with a modem connection to the net. I'm using samba to share files through eth0 with a windows 98se box. All is working well and I even have the net connection shared with iptables but... Ok after modprobing ip_conntrack, ip_conntrack_ftp, ip_conntrack_irc, ip_nat_ftp, ip_nat_irc, and ipt_unclean (unclean one being optimistic) I found that I still can't do file trnsfers in AIM or use NetMeeting or play Quake (online). Well these things I really need to do with the windows box so I was thinking of trying a proxy server (squid?) but would that solve my problem? I'm really not familiar with iptables and the man page doesn't seem to say anything about how to get these different protocols going. I even installed the kernel source and looked through the Documentation directy and in the net directory (and read the source files for all the ipv4 modules) but can't find anything... Help would be greatly appreciated. Even ideas? __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] ipchains/iptables in 8.0
I normally share my connection with my windows machine using ipchains and a few modules. I went to attempt this in 8.0 after the connection sharing wizard didn't give me the functionality I needed. The windows box can now surf the web but I cannot transfer files in icq, aim, or use things like Net Meeting. I figured since ipchains was still in the stock kernel the modules that I used to use would be too, but after a look in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ I found them gone. Is there a better way to do this with iptables? I have no clue how to configure it or where to start but I would realy like to give the windows box access to all the things I want to use. If anyone can guide me in the right direction I would appreciate it. Jeff __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Problems With Drakfont
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am unable to get Drakfont to allow me to select fonts from my Windows 2000 partition for impport. The Story: I installed MDK 8.0, all was well. I mounted my W2k partition and pointed Drakfont to it, it installed the fonts fine. The next day, I get a new motherboard and processor, so re-install since I did just a test install before. After this install, I mount the W2k partition, and direct Drakfont to the fonts there, and it shows them in the right side pane. However, I am unable to select any of the fonts for import. I click on them, but nothing happens. I install onto my Thinkpad 600x (whole other issues there, but I resolved those) and the same problem. I tried mounting over SMB, on a burned CD, even a UDF CD, but I cannot even select any of the fonts that show up. What am I doing wrong? Thanks in advance, - - Jeff Lapsley www.keyserver.net -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: PGPfreeware 7.0.3 for non-commercial use http://www.pgp.com iQA/AwUBOu3yehNxOKxRIv/OEQJUNACglmvhZXjV+Bf2Pk2Cz8JaE5wqbfUAoIuE lkrM+T5MPl7bVZ5pnNrOR6LB =eLwz -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[newbie] Mandrake 8.0 announcement where?
When Mandrake 8.0 finally comes out, will it be announced on this newslist? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Tape backup
Todd Flinders wrote: I've read in reviews that Arkeia and Bru are supposed to be good. I use Arkeia - free verion, its nice and easy to use if you're into GUI's, just define your tape drive and media pools and off you go Only thing is this version doesn't support autoloaders, if this is an issue then there is a cool utility called SCU which allows you to send SCSI commands to devices via shell or script file. Are there any similar software apps for ATAPI tape drives? My drive is an ATAPI one not a SCSI. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Tape backup
Really? I ask because the website for Arkeia says that the requirement is that you have a SCSI tapedrive. Does this mean it could work with my ATAPI drive? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: David E. Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 15, 2001 1:31 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Tape backup Are there any similar software apps for ATAPI tape drives? My drive is an ATAPI one not a SCSI. As long as the software allows you to specify the device, there really shouldn't be a difference between IDE tape drives and scsi ones. IDE tape drives use a different device than SCSI ones. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 David E. Fox Thanks for letting me [EMAIL PROTECTED]change magnetic patterns [EMAIL PROTECTED] on your hard disk. ---
Re: [newbie] hostname changed, some processes don't know yet
Sorry to intrude, but I am struggling with the same problem even though I am on a standalone PC. or if you want to add a different name not in DNS, 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant I fell in this conversation late: Do you mean you can have "both" 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost AND also 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant ? How is that possible and how do you do that? Where do you tell Mandrake 7.2 that your PC has 2 names? 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant Can it be just 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant or do you need 2 names here? Also what do you mean by "loopback"? . Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Michael D. Viron [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, April 13, 2001 11:21 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] hostname changed, some processes don't know yet Jay, Regardless of what other names you might have for your machine, you must still have localhost.localdomain. For example, we have a machine called wsdo, which has, in addition to the IP / hostname in DNS, the localhost / 127.0.0.1 loopback. Your host file should therefore look like: 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx actualdns.whatever.com actualdns or if you want to add a different name not in DNS, 127.0.0.1 localhost.localdomain localhost 127.0.0.1 whateveryouwant.net whateveryouwant This must occur because many processes, including ping and telnet reference localhost as the loopback interface (meaning that it points to the same machine you are on). (such as ftp localhost, telnet localhost, etc) If you have additional questions, don't hesitate to let me know, Michael Viron Chief Systems and Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida http://www.webspinners.uwf.org/ At 04:16 PM 04/13/2001 -0400, you wrote: I changed my system's hostname (finding "localhost" far too impersonal). I changed it using the "hostname" command and also manually in /etc/hosts, and in a "host" of other files as their related processes notified me that they were still looking for "localhost". However, ping and telnet keep sending me messages via the cron daemon which still refer to localhost - ping just mentions the name, telnet reports an error because it can't find localhost. Neither of these messages bother me too much, except that I get an awful lot of mail from those two processes. How are ping and telnet getting the name localhost? When I type "hostname" in a terminal, my correct host.domain name string is returned. Thanks! Jay DeKing -- There is a fine line between 'hobby' and 'mental illness'.
[newbie] upgrading wine 386 rpm
The wine that came with my Mandrake distribution is version 0.6 something. The codeweaver site has a version of wine that is 1.0 but it's rpm is a 386. Does that matter much or can I install that rpm into my Mandrake 7.2 installation (which I understand is configured for 586)? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] upgrading wine 386 rpm
Thank you Civileme Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, April 14, 2001 5:07 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] upgrading wine 386 rpm On Saturday 14 April 2001 12:17, you wrote: The wine that came with my Mandrake distribution is version 0.6 something. The codeweaver site has a version of wine that is 1.0 but it's rpm is a 386. Does that matter much or can I install that rpm into my Mandrake 7.2 installation (which I understand is configured for 586)? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 Yes, you can always use 386 type rpms. Civileme
Re: [newbie] Voodoo TV card BT878
Hello, You are going to need to set the card up using bttv. I don't know if that card is supported but the chipset is so here is the info that helped me get a different card but same chipset going. http://linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/mini/BTTV-Mini-HOWTO-0.3.html This is the bttv mini-howto. Bttv is the drivers for the chipset. You won't need to perform many (or any) of these setup steps if your using Mandrake 7.1 or up (at least I didn't). This howto is really badly out dated but gives you a good idea about what your going to need. I found the arguments and such that I needed for my card by searching the newsgroups archives on google. I mailed the list with a copy of the arg's in my modules.conf wich was the only steps I preformed to get an ATI TV Wonder VE setup with the bt787 chipset but your card may have a different tuner and stuff so best to look it up and search around. If would like you could look in the archives for that mail, subject ATI Wonder VE fixed. Good luck with getting your card setup. Jeff --- dooshiant % [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hello I have a Voodoo TVFM tuner card which I am unable to run in KWinTV or XawTV. The scanwizard doesn't find any broadcasts. The chip is a BT878. cheers dooshiant _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] ATI TV Wonder VE Fixed
Ok I posted this question to the list a few days ago with no reply but I was able to find a way to get this card up and running. I looked through the news archives (http://groups.google.com) and found quite a few threads that got me going. The howto is way to outdated for use with Mandrake Freq. Any way all I did was edit /etc/modules.conf the folowing was the needed lines: alias char-major-81 videodev alias char-major-81-0 bttv options tuner type=5 options bttv card=10 post-remove bttvmodprobe -r msp3400; modprobe -r tuner pre-install bttvmodprobe -k msp3400; modprobe -k tuner I'm not 100% sure on what all those things mean but have a general idea (downloaded the bttv tarball just for the readme's). Next I need to get it working well in X (fullscreen) it keeps moving the res and I read somewhere that X needs some tweaking.. Any Ideas? I have XFree86-4.0.2-4mdk right now with a Voodoo3. I have a feeling X is only working through sheer miracle though because my Voodoo card is pci and Mandrake detected an on board chip i810 during install so I had to change that with xf86cfg and drakconf. So I dont think I have 3d excel or anything. Anyone give me a hand getting the tv full screen with my vid card? I can right now but only 640x480 wich I dont want I want 1024x768. TIA Jeff __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Bt878 ATI TV Wonder VE
I have this Tv card and didn't even think it would work in linux but it shows up in HardDrake. So I went looking around and saw that it should work with bttv. It doesn't work with Kwintv as is. Before I start downloading kernel 2.4 and switching around stuff I'd like to make sure that it's not something trivial I need to do to get it to work. Ok HardDrake shows the following: (twice for some strange reson theres two entries for the card) Vendor: Brooktree Corporation Model: Bt878 Kernel Module: bttv Bus Type: PCI and modules.conf has these lines for the card alias char-major-81 bttv alias tvcard0 bttv I just installed Mandrake Freq 3/16/01 on this pc for the first time but I've used linux for awhile. I've never needed to mess with the tv card in it though. If a kernel upgrade and configuring everything by hand will be better than it's no big deal because it's definately going to be needed soon anyway since the net card in this box needs the new tulip and I'd rather use iptables for my network anyway. Thanks in advance for any help with this card. Jeff __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[newbie] Word attachments in emails
I sometimes get attachments of documents in MS Word format. What do I have to do to make such attachments open up in Linux in a form I can see them? I am using Mandrake 7.2 and also have WP for Linux free edition installed. Thank you. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] xinetd failed on shutdown
Does mandrake's (7.2) "update" take days to complete or is it broken? I am running Mandrake 7.2 and because my cups was not working (no printing), I decided as a last resort to try Update from the original CDs. That upgraded some thing and since then cups is working fine. But, after asking for language and keyboard option, the "upgrade" runs forever and seems frozen. Is that normal? In fact I left it running for 6-8 hours while it was "searching for items to upgrade" and finally had to shutoff the PC because I had no other way to stop it and I thought it was frozen (even though the cursor moved with the mouse). When I rebooted into Linux, it checked the files and all seems fine and works fine, but now when I shutdown correctly, xinetd shows "Failed" in the scrolling lists of things it does on shutdown. What is xinetd and how do I correct this? What rpm from the original CDs should I re-install to restore things so xinetd would not fail on shutdown? Thank you. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] Resumable downloads
Hi Alan JeffI dunno, why don't you try it and let us know? Cause I am working in NT4 now:-(. My Mandrake 7.2 got screwed up and I will be re-installing to straighten things out. But only after I come back from a 2 day out of town trip. Just gathering data as I educate myself. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 31, 2001 6:24 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Resumable downloads Jeff Malka wrote: Would it allow you to drag several files over at a time or do you have to wait for each one or two to download before selecting the next one? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 JeffI dunno, why don't you try it and and let us know? -- Alan
[newbie] Where to dl latest kde for Mandrake 7.2
I need to upgrade my kde (presently 2.0) which came with Mandrake 7.2 to the latest version. I have been told that my "DCOP server which depends on libICE" is apparently either hosed or not compatible with the latest cups. Where can I find, and what are the proper files to do so that would not mess up my mdk 7.2 installation? Thanks Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1
I too need to upgrade my LM 7.2 to kde 2.1 Where did you find the proper packages, and what are they. Do you have any tips of things to avoid, etc.? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: msoltys [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:25 PM Subject: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 Hello All, I am running LM 7.2 and recently upgraded from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 . I really like it for the most part but have noticed that since the upgrade, kpackage seems to be broken. I haven't seen much about this in the list archives. Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how did you fix it? Thanks, Mickey Soltys
Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1
the ftp for download for Mandrake. Good Luck. Now you got me worried. Why did you have to add "good luck"? :-) Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg63432.html Jeff the above is pretty good instructions for download and install of KDE 2.1, the only thing I would add is put the qt packages first in your folder so that they install first. Also the www.kde.org website has a link to the ftp for download for Mandrake. Good Luck. Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Malka Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 I too need to upgrade my LM 7.2 to kde 2.1 Where did you find the proper packages, and what are they. Do you have any tips of things to avoid, etc.? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: msoltys [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:25 PM Subject: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 Hello All, I am running LM 7.2 and recently upgraded from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 . I really like it for the most part but have noticed that since the upgrade, kpackage seems to be broken. I haven't seen much about this in the list archives. Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how did you fix it? Thanks, Mickey Soltys
Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1
Thank you. I went to the message and it starts off with the words: "Just remember that koffice will not be available. " Is that the case? Will the koffice I installed with the base mandrake 7.2 no be available if I upgrade to kde 2.1? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Myers, Dennis R NWO [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 4:16 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 http://www.mail-archive.com/newbie@linux-mandrake.com/msg63432.html Jeff the above is pretty good instructions for download and install of KDE 2.1, the only thing I would add is put the qt packages first in your folder so that they install first. Also the www.kde.org website has a link to the ftp for download for Mandrake. Good Luck. Dennis M. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Jeff Malka Sent: Friday, March 30, 2001 12:51 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 I too need to upgrade my LM 7.2 to kde 2.1 Where did you find the proper packages, and what are they. Do you have any tips of things to avoid, etc.? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: msoltys [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:25 PM Subject: [newbie] kpackage in KDE 2.1 Hello All, I am running LM 7.2 and recently upgraded from KDE 2.0 to KDE 2.1 . I really like it for the most part but have noticed that since the upgrade, kpackage seems to be broken. I haven't seen much about this in the list archives. Has anyone else encountered this problem and if so, how did you fix it? Thanks, Mickey Soltys
[newbie] cups only sees installed printer if I am online!
Many weeks into Mandrake 7.2 with cups and I still cannot print. In all my attempts to get cups to work on my system (standalone, not-networked, simple PC with one printer attached to the parallel port), on 2 recent fleeting occasions, kups did show that a local printer was correctly installed at lp0 I knew had indeed installed a printer when I installed Mandrake 7.2 but it just would not show up as present when I start up kups and I could not add a printer in kups because it would tell me that it could not find any parallel ports. At first I did not know what caused the installed printer to correctly show up during those 2 fleeting occasions. But, by dint of trying and trying (and numerous hours wasted), I suddently could reproduce it! If I am connected to the internet via dialup modem on my standalone not networked pc, the printer shows up as installed! However, as soon as I go off line, the installed printer dissappears. So, - my cups system only seems to find the printer if I am connected to the internet but not otherwise. Does this give anyone a hint where it can help me get cups to work? Maybe networking or something was not installed on my system? How do I check that? More important how do I get cups to see my printer without needing to be online all the time? This is extremely frustrating and numerous prior messages have not produced results that would get printing working for me in Mandrake 7.2. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185
[newbie] AOL INstant messenger sounds
I have 7.2 and installed AOL Instatn Messenger. According to the FAQ in need to make links to soem /usr/lib files which I did but the sounds still don't work. has anyone else had this problem and fixed it? Jeff
Re: [newbie] AOL INstant messenger sounds
They are working now, It just took awhile for them too take effect. On Monday 19 March 2001 11:22, you wrote: I have 7.2 and installed AOL Instatn Messenger. According to the FAQ in need to make links to soem /usr/lib files which I did but the sounds still don't work. has anyone else had this problem and fixed it? Jeff
[newbie] How to use WINE?
I installed 7.2 and I saw the package for WINE install, but I can't seem to figure out where it is or how to make it run. I checked the KDE and GNOME menus and its not listed anywhere. Please help. Also and little tricks you have would be welcomed. Thanks. Jeff Davis
Re: [newbie] win98, zone alarm and mandrake 7.2
Brian, Heres what I do, I run a little 14 port hub so each computer is seperate. Also if you call @home tech support and ask for a 2nd level tech they can give you a static IP in a bout 1 minute, and it doesn't cost anyting. Hope this helps. Jeff On Sunday 18 March 2001 17:41, you wrote: Hi all My home network consists of: cable modem -win98 with zone alarm-mandrake 7.2 Currently I have to shut down zone alarm to access the web from the linux box. Not the best solution. I know. I've got it backwards. The linux box should be set up as the firewall but I've only been using it for 8 days and there is a bit of a learning curve. Any and all other suggestions are welcome. Thanks Brian
Re: [newbie] Slowly getting there!
varun The Linux4Win can be installed on your Windows FAT partition by inserting the CD once ME has booted to the desktop. ME will execute the autorun file and give you the option to install Lin4Win on a certain part of your FAT partion. Using a boot disk and the CD will excute an actual LINUX install that requires its own partions on the hard drive. JD - Original Message - From: "Varun Kumar Verma" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 16, 2001 2:48 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] Slowly getting there! Hello friends, Hi! I am facing a problem with my Linux Mandrake 7.2 installation.I have got a laptop with 20gb harddisk and windows ME installed on it.I wanted to install linux using the Linx4win.My comp doesnt boot from the CD so I made a boot floppy.When I start installing LINUX on the compI get three options:1.to erase the entire disk(which i dont want to do)2.use the free space for the installation(i want to do this) 3.expert mode(i am not an expert).. I want to go do the second option.when I do that it shows that there is some error in partiting(i have a single C drive on which I have windows ME) Can u help me on this! bye varun From: James carlson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [newbie] Slowly getting there! Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 23:41:49 -0800 Alright, thanks for the help guys, I am now able to get into the desktop. I used XFdrake, and was able to access the desktop. The only problem is, I can only use it in 256 colors! Whats up with that? All the other settings don't work! I really don't want to be stuck with only 256. Is there anything I missed here? I have a ATI Mach64GX video card. All the settings are available, and I can choose them, but all I can get to work is 256. I know my card is capable of doing more than that, I have it set to 24bit here in (yuck) Window$ and it works flawlessly. Soon, I will stop bugging you guys with questions :) So am I outta luck? Or is there something I can do? Oh ya, also when I boot Mandrake, I get a bug error right away, and all my icons disappear!!! Hmmm Thanks, James -- James carlson, [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 03/15/2001 _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.
[newbie] read/write to and from NTFS/FAT
Hell, Can some one advise me on the best way to allow Mandrake 7.2 to read and write to my FAT NTFS partitions? Thank you
Re: [newbie] 3com card problem
Well it still didn't work. I am at a complete loss. I even tried another 3c509 card I had just in case this one was bad. No diffrence. It just does not see the card. Anyone have any more ideas? - Original Message - From: "Quaylar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, March 12, 2001 3:14 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] 3com card problem At 02:51 12.03.2001 -0500, you wrote: I have a model 3c509b ethernet card. I use a utility from 3com to disable PnP. I get the following error message when using modprobe 3c509 at command prompt: /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o: invalid parameter parm_io /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o: insmod/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o failed /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o: insmod 3c509 failed can anyone advise on how to fix this problem and get my card working ? THanks, Jeff hi jeff, this is what worked for me : 1) enable pnp on your 3com card 2) set irq and io with the 3com utility according to the free resources on your machine 3) set "pnp os=no" in your computers bios 4) on next bootup your bios will init the 3com card and linux will recognize it with the parameters u have set before in your 3com config utility, upon loading the 3c509 module. try this (it HAS to work) and come back if any problems occur...:) regards, quay
RE: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list
Hans, That is a very adult attitude. Now if we could get 'KompuTwit' to figure out how to act, we'd be okay. :) Maybe he's stressed from all the activity on his Website. After all, he's had '62' visitors in the last 1.5 years!!! :) Jeff -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of KompuKit Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 11:45 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list wow Hansdidn't know you had it in you... THATS a start...good for you...Praise God !!! "Hans N." wrote: Banning is a little harsh. Personally, I'd rather let everyone have the freedom to say what they want no matter how inappropriate and just use my freedom to disregard what was said. Sincerely and respectfully, Hans N. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Myers Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 11:01 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list On Sunday 11 March 2001 20:46, you wrote: let's not start banning people.. I might be next... - Original Message - From: "Miark" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, March 11, 2001 1:08 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list Hans! That is an excellent idea! I'm gonna do that immediately, too. Which brings up a question: is there some way to ban people Miark - Original Message - From: "Hans N." [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, March 10, 2001 8:35 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] HOW-TO get off this list Everything you say is so annoying and disrespectful, I'm going to filter you to my trash. Have a great day. Sincerely and respectfully, Hans N. mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Yowie, no banning please, just use your filters if you must, but lt isn't good in an open source community to start banning. Please! -- Dennis M. Registered Linux user # 180842 -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am) (US EST)
[newbie] 3com card problem
I have a model 3c509b ethernet card. I use a utility from 3com to disable PnP. I get the following error message when using modprobe 3c509 at command prompt: /lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o: invalid parameter parm_io/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o:insmod/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o failed/lib/modules/2.2.17-21mdk/net/3c509.o: insmod 3c509 failed can anyone advise on how to fix this problem and get my card working ? THanks, Jeff
