Re: [newbie] Linuxconf... where is it?
hi! why don't you just try mcc or drakeconnect instead of linuxconf.Les noms de domaine les moins chers du marché : 6,49 euros HT sur www.lycos.fr/pro. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linuxconf... where is it?
On Wednesday 10 Dec 2003 10:42 pm, Eric Geater 11/26/03 wrote: > Hello, all! > > I have Mandrake 9.2. It's up and running, works very well, relatively > few problems. However, I have been instructed to use Linuxconf to > configure my external modem for dialing out. I type it in as root, but > "no package named linuxconf" appears. I then do "urpmi -y linuxconf", > but it also declares it an unknown package. I just got through with > 139mb of updates from mirror.secsup.org and did my updatedb, but STILL > no knowledge about linuxconf. And everything I read on Google says it > should already be part of a working package in Linux. > > Care to enlighten a newbie? I really need to know if linuxconf is > necessary for working on a modem, or whatever else I'd ever need it for, > and also how to get it if I can't RPM it. > > Thanks! > > Eric linuxconf is in the contrib folder of any mandrake mirror. The reason it is hidden away in contrib is because it is not recommended for use in Mandrake anymore. It is a RedHat tool. The reason why it is not recommended was discussed recently (on the expert list I think) check the archives for details. If you want to configure your external modem just run the wizard in Mandrake control Centre>Networking and then to dial run kppp (assuming you have kdenetwork-kppp installed) derek -- -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Linuxconf... where is it?
On Wednesday 10 December 2003 23:42, Eric Geater 11/26/03 wrote: > Hello, all! > > I have Mandrake 9.2. It's up and running, works very well, relatively > few problems. However, I have been instructed to use Linuxconf to > configure my external modem for dialing out. I type it in as root, but > "no package named linuxconf" appears. I then do "urpmi -y linuxconf", > but it also declares it an unknown package. I just got through with > 139mb of updates from mirror.secsup.org and did my updatedb, but STILL > no knowledge about linuxconf. And everything I read on Google says it > should already be part of a working package in Linux. > > Care to enlighten a newbie? I really need to know if linuxconf is > necessary for working on a modem, or whatever else I'd ever need it for, > and also how to get it if I can't RPM it. > > Thanks! > > Eric Go to the plf site http://plf.zarb.org/ and use easy-urpmi to set up a "contrib" source (and a plf one while you're there:)). That's where you'll find the linuxconf rpms and lots more to boot:) Good luck, HarM -- Registered Linux User #197998 FSF Associate Member #901 ICQ #146191606 Mandrake HowTo's & more: http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linuxconf... where is it?
Hello, all! I have Mandrake 9.2. It's up and running, works very well, relatively few problems. However, I have been instructed to use Linuxconf to configure my external modem for dialing out. I type it in as root, but "no package named linuxconf" appears. I then do "urpmi -y linuxconf", but it also declares it an unknown package. I just got through with 139mb of updates from mirror.secsup.org and did my updatedb, but STILL no knowledge about linuxconf. And everything I read on Google says it should already be part of a working package in Linux. Care to enlighten a newbie? I really need to know if linuxconf is necessary for working on a modem, or whatever else I'd ever need it for, and also how to get it if I can't RPM it. Thanks! Eric Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linuxconf error
I'm running LM 9.0 and whenever I do something in Linuxconf and go to
effect the changes by clicking "Do it", I get the error message below.
The changes always seem to go through, but I'm wondering why I get this
message and how to stop it. I've looked at the file in question but I
don't really know how to edit it.
What should I do to stop this error message?:
Executing some Sysv init scripts
? The following command told me something had to be done
? /etc/rc5.d/S10network probe
Executing: /etc/rc5.d/S10network Usage: /etc/rc5.d/S10network
{start|stop|restart|reload|status}
* sh: line 1: restart: command not found
* sh: line 1: stop: command not found
* sh: line 1: reload: command not found
* sh: line 1: status}: command not found
* return 127
? The following command told me something had to be done
? /etc/rc5.d/S14nfslock probe
Executing: /etc/rc5.d/S14nfslock restart
> Stopping NFS lockd:
> Stopping NFS statd: [ OK ]
> Starting NFS lockd: [ OK ]
> Starting NFS statd: [ OK ]
? Service saslauthd is not running
Executing: /etc/rc5.d/S40saslauthd start
> saslauthd already running
* return 1
? Service httpd is not running
Executing: /etc/rc5.d/S85httpd start
Checking kernel configuration
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[newbie] linuxconf
hi all I'm still using Mandrake 6.1, and now i have finding fun in my linuxconf have a look at this only 2 main menus ? ,if so one know how to fix this it wound help :-> + Linuxconf 1.16 (subrev 2-1) + ¦ ¦ ¦ +--+¦ ¦ ¦ - Config ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - Networking ¦¦ ¦ ¦ - Client tasks ¦¦ ¦ ¦ Basic host information ¦¦ ¦ ¦ Name server specification (DNS) ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ++ +---+ ++ ¦¦ ¦ +--¦Quit¦-¦Act/Changes¦-¦Help¦-+¦ ¦ ++ +---+ ++ ¦ +-+ Michael FalzonLast Of The BBs SysopMozy's Swamp BBs & Red Dwarf BBshttp://mozysswamp.yi.orgRegistered Linux user #204397
Re: [newbie] linuxconf
On Fri, 2 Mar 2001, Bob Schmidt wrote: > Hi All, > > I installed ver 7.2 and down loaded the updates. But I have a small problem, > while attempting to install linuxconf it errors out saying "libgd.so.1 > required". Well I looked on my cd's and didn't see that anywhere. Does > anyone have any ideas. > > Thanks, > Bob Hi Bob This one keeps coming up. Go to rpmfind.net and search on libgd. You will get a list of alternative packages, including libgd-1.3-4.i386.rpm. Download that and you should be OK. Worked for me. Libgd is Tom Boutell's library for manipulating GIF images. -- Len Lawrence @ The Thistle Foundation
Re: [newbie] Linuxconf in DrakConf does nothing
On Thursday 14 December 2000 08:28, you wrote: > > > -- > > > Eric (the Deacon remix) > > > http://www.firekite.com > > > > Flames spewing from his pointy little head -michael- warns all who read > > that the > > > above url points to a website which won't allow entry without IE 5.5 > > service > > > pack 1 whatever that is! > > Heh...nah, it's just recommended because NS chokes on the tables (and other > basic settings like setting the page margins to 0px). Anyone with a minute > or two and a will is more than welcome to take a look at it and see wth it > is that so many others have been unable to find that's tripping it up... > The only *known* issue: it uses an iframe, which is fine for NS6 and IE > 5.5sp1. Oh well... > Konqueror off of KDE 2.0.1 sees most of it... Civileme > -- > Eric (the Deacon remix) > http://www.firekite.com
Re: [newbie] Linuxconf in DrakConf does nothing
> > -- > > Eric (the Deacon remix) > > http://www.firekite.com > > Flames spewing from his pointy little head -michael- warns all who read that the > above url points to a website which won't allow entry without IE 5.5 service > pack 1 whatever that is! Heh...nah, it's just recommended because NS chokes on the tables (and other basic settings like setting the page margins to 0px). Anyone with a minute or two and a will is more than welcome to take a look at it and see wth it is that so many others have been unable to find that's tripping it up... The only *known* issue: it uses an iframe, which is fine for NS6 and IE 5.5sp1. Oh well... -- Eric (the Deacon remix) http://www.firekite.com
[newbie] Linuxconf in DrakConf does nothing
Hey, y'all...new to Linux and this list, but not to computing. Quick question: regardless of the user I'm logged in as (root, for instance), clicking Linuxconf in DrakConf greys it out for a split second before returning to it's normal state. All the other options in DrakConf work just fine... Running linuxconf/userconf at the command line works fine (though it's pretty clumsy). I'd much rather use the GUI tools from what I've been surprised to find is a great GUI desktop (KDE--system was installed from the "Server" packages, which I customized a little). Any help would be much appreciated. -- Eric (the Deacon remix) http://www.firekite.com
Re: [newbie] Linuxconf not working
Brian P. Trotter wrote: > OK, > Linuxconf was selected, but linuxconf-web was not. I > selected linuxconf-web to start, rebooted, and it still > does not want to run. > > I tried to go to a command prompt and run linuxconf, and it > does work from the terminal. Just not from the GUI. > > Any more suggestions? > > Brian BrianDuring bootup, does linuxconf show as successfully starting up? Unselect linuxconf-web and reinstall the linuxconf rpm from your installation CD. -- Alan
RE: [newbie] Linuxconf not working
I tried the same thing with the parameter --guiproto and got the error Version 3 Invalid GUI protocol version If the linuxconf in 7.2 too old? /Dennis > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Brian P. Trotter > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 1:39 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: [newbie] Linuxconf not working > > > OK, > Linuxconf was selected, but linuxconf-web was not. I selected > linuxconf-web to start, rebooted, and it still does not want to run. > > I tried to go to a command prompt and run linuxconf, and it does work from > the terminal. Just not from the GUI. > > Any more suggestions? > > Brian > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker > Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 2:51 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [newbie] Linuxconf not working > > Brian P. Trotter wrote: > > I am running Mandrake 7.2. From KDE, I keep trying to > > launch Linuxconf from the Drakconf window, but when I click > > on it, I hear the hard drives spin up, the icon goes gray > > for a second, but comes back, and nothing happens. I have > > uninstalled the linuxconf-1.21r5-5mdk RPM and reinstalled > > it, but it still does nothing. > > > > Can anyone recommend some more courses of action to fix > > this problem? > > > > Thank you, > > Brian > > Briancheck in Startup Services and see if Linuxconf is > selected. > -- > Alan > > > >
RE: [newbie] Linuxconf not working
OK, Linuxconf was selected, but linuxconf-web was not. I selected linuxconf-web to start, rebooted, and it still does not want to run. I tried to go to a command prompt and run linuxconf, and it does work from the terminal. Just not from the GUI. Any more suggestions? Brian -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: Thursday, November 23, 2000 2:51 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Linuxconf not working Brian P. Trotter wrote: > I am running Mandrake 7.2. From KDE, I keep trying to > launch Linuxconf from the Drakconf window, but when I click > on it, I hear the hard drives spin up, the icon goes gray > for a second, but comes back, and nothing happens. I have > uninstalled the linuxconf-1.21r5-5mdk RPM and reinstalled > it, but it still does nothing. > > Can anyone recommend some more courses of action to fix > this problem? > > Thank you, > Brian Briancheck in Startup Services and see if Linuxconf is selected. -- Alan
[newbie] Linuxconf not working
I am running Mandrake 7.2. From KDE, I keep trying to launch Linuxconf from the Drakconf window, but when I click on it, I hear the hard drives spin up, the icon goes gray for a second, but comes back, and nothing happens. I have uninstalled the linuxconf-1.21r5-5mdk RPM and reinstalled it, but it still does nothing. Can anyone recommend some more courses of action to fix this problem? Thank you, Brian
[newbie] linuxconf gui
I have installed mdk7.1 on a 233MMX, 128mb, 15gb Intel platform. KDE works great. Got a home network, access router, cable modem, works pretty darn well, easy to set up, Webmin works from G4mac and WIN98 machines on the local net. Even though I've never messed with Linux before this, I thought it was pretty easy and straightforward, with a lot of info learned from reading everyone's messages here. One minor irritation: Whenever I run linuxconf, it comes up in a window as a sort of menu-driven text interface. Does anyone know how to allow/it/force it to run in the cool-looking gui featured in all the screen shots on the Mandrake Web site? In linuxconf, under "features" I have enabled the gui, and I have tried the command line "linuxconf --gui" without any success. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
[newbie] LinuxConf & Sendmail.cf
Unfortunately I need to use linuxconf to generate a sendmail.cf file. Linuxconf points to /usr/lib/linuxconf/mailconf to get the info to generate it's sendmail.cf file. Problem is those old files generate a 8.8.7 sendmail.cf file. I have Sendmail 8.10.1; I need to have linuxconf use the correct 8.10.1 files. How do I do this? What files do I use from Sendmail 8.10.1? Where do I place those files? I know this a very basic question, so I appreciate any and all advice I can get. I'm very new to Linux, so I appreciate your patience in replying to my request for help. Thank you in advance!! Joseph work e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] home e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[newbie] linuxconf error: no user "uucp" defined
whenever I run linuxconf or netconf I get an error on exit: No user "uucp" defined on this system in file /usr/lib/linuxconf/redhat/perm/uucp my file /usr/lib/linuxconf/redhat/perm/uucp reads: /var/spool/uucp uucprootd 755 /usr/sbin/uucicouucpuucpf 6555 since I don't use uucp I commented out these two lines. But i still get the same message from linuxconf/netconf. my /etc/passwd file does not have a uucp user defined, nor can i think of why I'd want one. i do have a uucp alias defined in my alias file as well as in /etc/group. can anyone please suggest what to do about this error message? many thanks... -- Keith
[newbie] LinuxConf & Network Config; Plus Installation problems
Hi, My problem has been getting the install to work properly. While installing, it say's it has a problem with the a base file and the file list's for the rpms. I can get it to work right with a little bit of trying this and that... but when I want to use the linuxconf or Network setup in DrakX configuration utility it will not work for me. I downloaded everything from one of the site's that have the dist. except for the dosutils and such other than that everything seems to be there. Does anyone have any thoughts? Oh, I've been using the hd.img for installing (from a floppy). Thanks, Keith
[newbie] Linuxconf via html
Hello, I updated (clean install) from 7.0-2 to 7.1. I am unable to get Linuxconf to respond to port 98. I had no such problems with 7.0-2. If I scan ports from another machine on my LAN, there is to response to port 98. I sort of stumped - I have net access enabled (at least the check box) but no go. I do have appache running with name based virtual domains at the same IP address (192.168.0.200). I tried moving it to another IP address with no change. I don't seem to be having any other access problems, telnet, FTP, SAMBA, appache... all work fine. Thoughts? gerry http://www.gogood.com
Re: [newbie] Linuxconf
hi ! in the linuxconf options you cae select "tree view" unmark this option and you will get the gui version. :-) kevin wrote: > Hi, > > Daft question, when I am in Drakconf, and I pop into linux config, I > have the text version, how can I change it to the gui version? > > Cheers > > Kev
[newbie] Linuxconf question
I'm running Linux-Mandrake 7.02 and I want to give a few other users in my department the ability to create and modify user accounts, but I don't want them logging in as root. I've tried giving them access to Linuxconf I their user accounts, but they still get 'permission denied' errors when they try to run it. I experimented with giving one of them super-user access, but no luck. I'm using the User Accounts module in Linuxconf to modify their permissions. I even tried using chmod to give them access to the Linuxconf files, but all that managed to do was change the error message to 'segmentation fault.' I used DrakConf to set the security settings to high when I installed the OS, but I tried switching to medium and low settings with the same results. Is there some other setting I need to modify? (Sorry if this has been covered here before, I'm pretty new to Linux and this list). Thanks, -Jim
[newbie] LinuxConf Problem
Hello, I have posted this question before and never seemed to of gotten an answer. I am currently using Mandrake 7.0, and installed what I thought was a newer version of LinuxConf, but it was the same version as came with the Distribution. Now when I open it using DrakConf, it opens in a Terminal window, instead of the Graphical KDE interface for X-Windows. [When Running X of course] I am currently in the process of downloading 7.0-2 to see if that cures my problem when installing it, but any help would be greatly appreciated by someone on this list. Thanks, Brad
[newbie] linuxconf
I recently re-installed Linux Mandrake 7.02. When I try to load Linuxconf it only runs in text mode. Before in 7.0 it was using the GUI interface. How can I change it back. Michael D. Seymour Grass America Inc.
[newbie] Linuxconf not updating my ip aliases
Hi, I guess everyone has heard this so many times now :) I put a new IP alias onto my mandrake 6.1 box using linuxconf yet it's not added to my ifconfig ?? I have installed the initscripts rpm file from the updates section but this does'nt seem to help. Could someone please point me in the right direction. Cheers Brett __ Get your free Australian email account at http://www.start.com.au/
[newbie] Linuxconf not updating my ip aliases
Hi, I guess everyone has heard this so many times now :) I put a new IP alias onto my mandrake 6.1 box using linuxconf yet it's not added to my ifconfig ?? I have installed the initscripts rpm file from the updates section but this does'nt seem to help. Could someone please point me in the right direction. Cheers Brett __ Get your free Australian email account at http://www.start.com.au/
[newbie] linuxconf & installing compiled kernel
I've recompiled my kernel as I've done in years past cept this time I'm trying to use linuxconf to install the newly compiled kernel. I am not provided any partitions in the drop down box where it asks for the root partition and if I tell it /dev/hda1 it says that is not a valid partition (it is what I am using now for my /). Why isn't it accepting my answer? Why am I provided no choices? What should I do? All help is appreciated. Travis Get free email and a permanent address at http://www.netaddress.com/?N=1
[newbie] Linuxconf 1.15 and firewalling
Please help me before I go mad! I'm trying to set up a firewall using Mandrake 6.0 (Venus). I can reach the internet when I'm working on the firewall. The IP has been obtained through DHCP. I started linuxconf and enabled Linuxconf network access for a machine with IP 10.0.0.2. The internal card of the firewall has address 10.0.0.1. This works fine and gives me the advantage I don't have to run from one computer to the other for testing. Then I went into Control files and systems, Configure Linuxconf modules and added firewall rules configuration. default init runlevel configuration and motd - Message Of The Day configuration are the only other checked items. Through the Control panel I restarted linuxconf. Then I started configuring Routing and gateways. Under Set Defaults I enabled Routing. I don't know what to fill in for the default gateway though. On the client machine I would enter 10.0.0.1, but this is the firewall. I tried with my external IP-address to no avail. I also changed the last byte to 0 and to 255. Then I tried with 127.0.0.1 and with leaving the field empty. Always activating the configuration and seeing if I could ping out. This was after I enabled forwarding rules in Firewalling defaults (packet filtering). The rule I set was: Forward firewalling This rule is active: checked Rule's policy: Accept Do masquerading: checked Protocol: all >From Host or Network: 10.0.0.0 Net mask: 255.255.255.0 Port range: empty Other ports: empty Interface: Any To Host or Network: 0.0.0.0 Net mask: again I don't know what to fill in here, so I tried with nothing, class A, class B and Class C net masks Port range: empty Other ports: empty Interface: any The only firewall rules that are active are the forwarding rules. >From the internal workstation I can ping myself: 10.0.0.2, the firewall 10.0.0.1 and the outside card on the address administered by the DHCP server. I can't ping the name servers nor any other host on the subnet. Does anybody have a clue why I can't seem to get this to work. Many thanks in advance, Jo
[newbie] Linuxconf behaviour
Every time I start Linuxconf, even I don't change a thing it sets the following: Changing owner of file /var/spool/mqueue to root.mail Changing permissions of file /usr/sbin/pppd from 104755 to 100755 Executing: /etc/rc.d/rc5.d/S85.gpm start Sorry if someone answered already, but I really don't like this (mainly because I don't fully understand it :) and it didn't happen with the RedHat distro. Any suggestions? I've already updated all the updatable ... Ciao -- Roberto Rosselli Del Turco e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dipartimento di Scienze [EMAIL PROTECTED] del Linguaggio Then spoke the thunder DA Universita' di Torino Datta: what have we given? (TSE) Hige sceal the heardra, heorte the cenre, mod sceal the mare, the ure maegen litlath. (Maldon 312-3)
[newbie] linuxconf errors
Further to my other hassles, Linuxconf gives errors when run: It says my Jaz drive isn't a valid block device (it was under festen). And it (repeatedly) wants to change file permissions: owner of /spool/mqueue to root:mail permissions of /usr/sbin/pppd from 104755 to 100755 owner of /var/spool/mqueue to root:root permissions of /usr/sbin/pppd from 100755 to 104755 Very strange... Martin Cleaver MCTranslations/Spot Softwarephone: +31 20 6162224 fax: +31 20 6838188[EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] home page: http://people.a2000.nl/mcleaver
