Re: [newbie] real newbie
On Sunday 24 October 2004 23:44, mike wrote: Steve Chase wrote: first attempt at linux here, have 10.0 amd64 up and running,have rpms for video and motherboard on a cd but can not fiigure out how to install them, even have some rpms (bittorrent) on my desktop but cant figure out the basics. amd 3000+ asus k8n-e deluxe (onboard lan not recognized) msi geforce 4 4400ti wd 60 gb on ata (recognized) linux 2 seagate 80gb sata(recognized but not as the mirror the are) xp linksys lan on pci liteon cdrw/dvd Steve what have you done so far to install mandrake? Well one option would be to create a directory, name it what you like, example would be Local_software. Copy your rpms to that directory. Then in terminal window as root type drakrpm-edit-media without quotes and add that directory as local media. Then you can in terminal urpmi name_of_package or use the graphical installer drakrpm (which may be easier if your new to linux) to install the rpms you like. Mike -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] real newbie
On Sunday 24 October 2004 23:44, mike wrote: Steve Chase wrote: first attempt at linux here, have 10.0 amd64 up and running,have rpms for video and motherboard on a cd but can not fiigure out how to install them, even have some rpms (bittorrent) on my desktop but cant figure out the basics. amd 3000+ asus k8n-e deluxe (onboard lan not recognized) msi geforce 4 4400ti wd 60 gb on ata (recognized) linux 2 seagate 80gb sata(recognized but not as the mirror the are) xp is that raid? hardware? software? linksys lan on pci liteon cdrw/dvd Steve Well one option would be to create a directory, name it what you like, example would be Local_software. Copy your rpms to that directory. Then in terminal window as root type drakrpm-edit-media without quotes and add that directory as local media. Then you can in terminal urpmi name_of_package or use the graphical installer drakrpm (which may be easier if your new to linux) to install the rpms you like. Mike -- linux counter #167806 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] real newbie
On Monday 25 Oct 2004 10:23, et wrote: On Sunday 24 October 2004 23:44, mike wrote: Steve Chase wrote: first attempt at linux here, have 10.0 amd64 up and running,have rpms for video and motherboard on a cd but can not fiigure out how to install them, even have some rpms (bittorrent) on my desktop but cant figure out the basics. amd 3000+ asus k8n-e deluxe (onboard lan not recognized) It is here... The gigabit lan uses the sk98lin driver and the mcp network lan uses the forcedeth driver. Hope this helps. Try using the control center/ hardware part and use the drivers mentioned above. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Powered by Mandrake 10 Microsoft Free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] real newbie
first attempt at linux here, have 10.0 amd64 up and running,have rpms for video and motherboard on a cd but can not fiigure out how to install them, even have some rpms (bittorrent) on my desktop but cant figure out the basics. amd 3000+ asus k8n-e deluxe (onboard lan not recognized) msi geforce 4 4400ti wd 60 gb on ata (recognized) linux 2 seagate 80gb sata(recognized but not as the mirror the are) xp linksys lan on pci liteon cdrw/dvd Steve Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] real newbie
Steve Chase wrote: first attempt at linux here, have 10.0 amd64 up and running,have rpms for video and motherboard on a cd but can not fiigure out how to install them, even have some rpms (bittorrent) on my desktop but cant figure out the basics. amd 3000+ asus k8n-e deluxe (onboard lan not recognized) msi geforce 4 4400ti wd 60 gb on ata (recognized) linux 2 seagate 80gb sata(recognized but not as the mirror the are) xp linksys lan on pci liteon cdrw/dvd Steve Well one option would be to create a directory, name it what you like, example would be Local_software. Copy your rpms to that directory. Then in terminal window as root type drakrpm-edit-media without quotes and add that directory as local media. Then you can in terminal urpmi name_of_package or use the graphical installer drakrpm (which may be easier if your new to linux) to install the rpms you like. Mike Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Real newbie stuff
I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on my Dell XPS T500 last week. I've used various flavors of *n*x in the past, but this is my first experience with Linux. So far, I'm very pleased, but I have a few questions. 1) Is there a way to get the KDE terminal icon to bring up a terminal with tcsh instead of bash? 2) I've tried installing various rpms from various network sites, but the installer always tells me there some component or other missing. Is there anything like cpan, where installing will automatically install all the required software? I installed nmh 1.1 RC3 by hand, but I'm trying to get sylpheed-claws, SpamAssassin, and various other things. 3) How come there's no link -s? All I can find is plain link. Is this a hard or soft link? Thanks. I'm sure there will be thousands more as I proceed. -pd -- Peter Davis Funny stuff at http://www.pfdstudio.com The artwork formerly shown as prints List of resources for children's writers and illustrators at: http://www.pfdstudio.com/cwrl.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Real newbie stuff
W licie z ro, 25-08-2004, godz. 16:30, Peter Davis pisze: I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on my Dell XPS T500 last week. I've used various flavors of *n*x in the past, but this is my first experience with Linux. So far, I'm very pleased, but I have a few questions. Then welcome to Linux community. I've switched to Linux in May so it's kinda newbie-to-newbie :) 2) I've tried installing various rpms from various network sites, but the installer always tells me there some component or other missing. Is there anything like cpan, where installing will automatically install all the required software? I installed nmh 1.1 RC3 by hand, but I'm trying to get sylpheed-claws, SpamAssassin, and various other things. Use http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php to add sources for your urpmi (you've used urpmi for installation, right? If not type 'man urpmi' for more details) 3) How come there's no link -s? All I can find is plain link. Is this a hard or soft link? try ln -s or symlink (http://www.ss64.com/bash/) -- Cezary 'Thereidos' Morga [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User No. 362185 http://counter.li.org GG# 169903 ICQ# 328-700-565 Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Real newbie stuff
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 17:30, Peter Davis wrote: I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on my Dell XPS T500 last week. I've used various flavors of *n*x in the past, but this is my first experience with Linux. So far, I'm very pleased, but I have a few questions. 1) Is there a way to get the KDE terminal icon to bring up a terminal with tcsh instead of bash? 2) I've tried installing various rpms from various network sites, but the installer always tells me there some component or other missing. Is there anything like cpan, where installing will automatically install all the required software? I installed nmh 1.1 RC3 by hand, but I'm trying to get sylpheed-claws, SpamAssassin, and various other things. 3) How come there's no link -s? All I can find is plain link. Is this a hard or soft link? Thanks. I'm sure there will be thousands more as I proceed. -pd 1. From the k menu - system - configuration - KDE - components - component chooser - terminal emulator 2. check out urpmi once it's set up instead of rpm -i xxx.rpm use urpmi xxx (there are options but save them for later). urpmi can be set up easily from http://urpmi.org/easyurpmi/index.php 3. You can create a symbolic link with the command ln -s -- pm The enemy is anybody who's going to get you killed, no matter which side he's on. Joseph Heller, Catch 22 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Real newbie stuff
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 15:30, Peter Davis wrote: I just installed Mandrake 10.0 on my Dell XPS T500 last week. I've used various flavors of *n*x in the past, but this is my first experience with Linux. So far, I'm very pleased, but I have a few questions. 1) Is there a way to get the KDE terminal icon to bring up a terminal with tcsh instead of bash? 2) I've tried installing various rpms from various network sites, but the installer always tells me there some component or other missing. Is there anything like cpan, where installing will automatically install all the required software? I installed nmh 1.1 RC3 by hand, but I'm trying to get sylpheed-claws, SpamAssassin, and various other things. 3) How come there's no link -s? All I can find is plain link. Is this a hard or soft link? Thanks. I'm sure there will be thousands more as I proceed. -pd Welcome I hope you have fun with your new experience. Pull up userdrake from the Mandrake ControlCentreSystem to choose the login shell for your user. I do not know the relative merits of the shells, but if you like tcsh then you can have it.You may need to install an RPM first) Installation in Mandrake is by 'urpmi' It allows you to get packages from all over the internet and resolves all dependencies and fetches the deppendencies for you. All you need to do is define some online urpmi sources. Read about urpmi on the Wiki from my sig. Make sure you add sources for Charles Edwards download site. He has up to date spamassassin and other stuff. (Really good quality) http://www.eslrahc.com/ It is a good idea for a newbie to stick to RPMs made for the distro you are running. Have fun derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Real newbie stuff
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 23:48, Peter Davis wrote: On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 11:08, Derek Jennings wrote: Welcome I hope you have fun with your new experience. Thanks! I'm having fun so far. Pull up userdrake from the Mandrake ControlCentreSystem to choose the login shell for your user. I do not know the relative merits of the shells, but if you like tcsh then you can have it.You may need to install an RPM first) I'm lost. What's the ControlCentre? I don't see anything like userdrake in any of the KDE menus. Is there a command for this? From your MenuSystemConfigurationConfigureYourComputer Otherwise known as Mandrake control Centre or 'mcc ' from a terminal. If you are running KDE MenuSystemConfigurationConfigureYourDesktop is KDE Control Centre Also a very useful resource. And if you really want to get exotic install the webmin package (Using Mandrake Control Centre) and enter https://IP_address:1or https://localhost:1 in the URL line of any browser and you get another way of configuring your system. Webmin is especially useful for remote server administartion. (You might need to go into Mandrake Control Centre and start the webmin service with MandrakeControlCentreSystemServices ) derek BTW: Could you read the page on mail list etiquette on the Wiki and then remove the Reply To in your Evolution settings please. -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Real newbie stuff
On Wed, 2004-08-25 at 19:01, Derek Jennings wrote: From your MenuSystemConfigurationConfigureYourComputer Otherwise known as Mandrake control Centre or 'mcc ' from a terminal. Aha! Thanks very much. BTW: Could you read the page on mail list etiquette on the Wiki and then remove the Reply To in your Evolution settings please. Sorry. -pd Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Real newbie stuff
On Wednesday 25 August 2004 09:30 am, Peter Davis wrote: 1) Is there a way to get the KDE terminal icon to bring up a terminal with tcsh instead of bash? Not sure if this is what you're looking for but I've changed my terminal from Konsole to Eterm by opening up KDE Control Center, Personalization, Konsole and changed the default terminal to Eterm. 2) I've tried installing various rpms from various network sites, but the installer always tells me there some component or other missing. Is there anything like cpan, where installing will automatically install all the required software? I installed nmh 1.1 RC3 by hand, but I'm trying to get sylpheed-claws, SpamAssassin, and various other things. I had no problems at all installing Spamassassin via CPAN using webmin. It was way too easy and installed without a hitch. -- Chris Registered Linux User 283774 http://counter.li.org 6:28pm up 4 days, 20:02, 2 users, load average: 0.18, 0.21, 0.26 All power corrupts, but we need electricity. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
RE: [newbie] Real Newbie question
Well I've sort of answered my own question, as I looked at the what packages were preinstalled and noticed that the libraries needed to install some of the software were not installed themselves. So used Mandrakes RPM to install the missing libraries and update Linux and voila all work. I think I was looking for a complex solution where an easy one is would suffice. Thanks Adrian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 05 March 2004 15:44, Adrian Earnshaw wrote: Well I've sort of answered my own question, Nice feeling, isn't it? g Anne - -- Registered Linux User No.293302 Have you visited http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org yet? -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.2.2 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFASKHtkFAvMr/nNX8RAvf0AJ4/jbrtR5NIy6GcdVOo50ms1cl4agCeP76j SvxfBNGN9oc9puiSaCuGYe8= =aVM0 -END PGP SIGNATURE- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question
On Thursday 04 Mar 2004 01:13, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:08:02 + Derek Jennings disseminated the following: Erm the lines I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib ring alarm bells in my head. The Glib library is one of the most fundamental libraries on your system. If you mess with it you are almost certain to break your system. (Trust me I have been there) Are you maybe getting glib and glibc mixed up? In any case, doing 'urpmi libglib-devel' will definitely error out if the wrong version of glib is installed. ...but ya, installing any package like glib from somewhere other than 'official' Mandrake channels or from the CD's is to be avoided. Adrian, what is the version of glib you have installed? In a terminal, do: rpm -qa | grep glib You should see libglib1.2-1.2.10-11mdk and libglib2.0_0-2.2.3-1mdk or thereabouts (assuming you are running 9.2). Or was it even an RPM you installed from this Linux Format mag? What is the app you are trying to build with ./configure? Like Derek suggested, there may be Mandrake packages for it, which would save you a lot of time and trouble. Sorry Yes you are correct. I saw Glib and thought glibc. But I still would not advise a brand new newbie to mess with compiling Glib when there is a perfectly good RPM package. Compiling apps can be fun and instructive, but for newbies there are considerably easier ways of getting the applications they want. 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] Real Newbie question
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:20:06 + Derek Jennings disseminated the following: But I still would not advise a brand new newbie to mess with compiling Glib when there is a perfectly good RPM package. I'm just curious still about this glib package from a magazine CD. There should be warnings all over that sucker about 'make sure this is compatible with your distro'. Won't tear you a new one like replacing glibc will, but it would still give you major headaches with any GTK apps, if I understand correctly what glib does. ...building end-user type apps from source is pretty harmless, though it could give a new user the wrong impression about the difficulty of installing software on Linux. BTW (hijack alert!), is it true that on Gentoo you can have two versions of glibc coexist on the same system? -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 12:33:18 up 28 days, 16 min, 6 users, load average: 0.08, 0.19, 0.11 +++ Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 +++ There are literally several levels of SCO being wrong. And even if we were to live in that alternate universe where SCO would be right, they'd still be wrong.-- Linus Torvalds Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question
On Thursday 04 March 2004 09:39 am, JoeHill wrote: On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 09:20:06 + Derek Jennings disseminated the following: But I still would not advise a brand new newbie to mess with compiling Glib when there is a perfectly good RPM package. I'm just curious still about this glib package from a magazine CD. There should be warnings all over that sucker about 'make sure this is compatible with your distro'. Won't tear you a new one like replacing glibc will, but it would still give you major headaches with any GTK apps, if I understand correctly what glib does. Personally I have been able to install only -one- package from Linux Format I quit trying when the only issues on the News Stand is the DVD Edition ...building end-user type apps from source is pretty harmless, though it could give a new user the wrong impression about the difficulty of installing software on Linux. BTW (hijack alert!), is it true that on Gentoo you can have two versions of glibc coexist on the same system? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Real Newbie question
Title: Message I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib. I have followed the instructions in the install file but when I try to ./configure any programs that needGLib it tells me it's not installed properly or it's the wrong version. The GLib is from this months Linux Format magazine so it's upto date. is there any sites I can visit that could help me out in getting my head round what I am doing wrong. Thanks Adrian
Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question
On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 23:20:12 - Adrian Earnshaw disseminated the following: I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib. I have followed the instructions in the install file but when I try to ./configure any programs that need GLib it tells me it's not installed properly or it's the wrong version. The GLib is from this months Linux Format magazine so it's upto date. Probably you need the development libraries. as root: urpmi libglib-devel -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 18:44:05 up 27 days, 6:27, 8 users, load average: 1.76, 1.47, 1.33 +++ Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 +++ I did not have sexual relations with that woman, Miss Lewinsky. Or ... He has weapons of mass destruction -- the world's deadliest weapons -- which pose a direct threat to the United States, our citizens and our friends and allies. One of those lies got a president impeached. -- Michael Moore Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Real Newbie question
On Wednesday 03 Mar 2004 23:45, JoeHill wrote: On Wed, 3 Mar 2004 23:20:12 - Adrian Earnshaw disseminated the following: I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib. I have followed the instructions in the install file but when I try to ./configure any programs that need GLib it tells me it's not installed properly or it's the wrong version. The GLib is from this months Linux Format magazine so it's upto date. Probably you need the development libraries. as root: urpmi libglib-devel Erm the lines I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib ring alarm bells in my head. The Glib library is one of the most fundamental libraries on your system. If you mess with it you are almost certain to break your system. (Trust me I have been there) If you are new to Linux it is best to stick to RPM packages built for the Mandrake release you are using. There are gazillions of them. You will not get bored. Have a read of the Twiki site in my sig and learn about using urpmi to install apps on line. 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] Real Newbie question
On Thu, 4 Mar 2004 00:08:02 + Derek Jennings disseminated the following: Erm the lines I am extremely new to Linux and have tried to install GLib ring alarm bells in my head. The Glib library is one of the most fundamental libraries on your system. If you mess with it you are almost certain to break your system. (Trust me I have been there) Are you maybe getting glib and glibc mixed up? In any case, doing 'urpmi libglib-devel' will definitely error out if the wrong version of glib is installed. ...but ya, installing any package like glib from somewhere other than 'official' Mandrake channels or from the CD's is to be avoided. Adrian, what is the version of glib you have installed? In a terminal, do: rpm -qa | grep glib You should see libglib1.2-1.2.10-11mdk and libglib2.0_0-2.2.3-1mdk or thereabouts (assuming you are running 9.2). Or was it even an RPM you installed from this Linux Format mag? What is the app you are trying to build with ./configure? Like Derek suggested, there may be Mandrake packages for it, which would save you a lot of time and trouble. -- JoeHill Registered Linux user #282046 Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org +++ 19:59:11 up 27 days, 7:42, 6 users, load average: 1.19, 1.34, 1.41 +++ Mandrake Linux release 9.2 (FiveStar) for i586 +++ It was a crazed and futile effort to somehow explain the extremely twisted nature of my relationship with God, Nixon and the National Football League.''-- Hunter S. Thompson, explaining why he screamed scripture from the 20th-floor balcony of the Houston Hyatt on the morning of Super Bowl VIII Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Real Newbie security questions
Richard, I don't use a dial up setup but did have fierewall issues initally with 9.0. I uninstalled all the stock firewall tools, shorewall, and didn't use the control center drake tools either. instead, I downloaded firestarter and use it. it is very easy for a newbie, and actually works. it even allows NAT connections, so I can share my cable modem with my wife's box. ( again I didn't use the connection sharing tool or firewall tool in control center as it broke my connection to the internet. ) here is the url : http://distro.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake/Mandrake/9.0/contrib/RPMS/ the firestarter there is for LM 9.0 If you have setup any of the built-in firewalling tools, either remove all traces of them, ( unless you can still surf and such ) or don't use them. before someone flames me, I say this because on the four trys to get them to work they kept killing my connection to the internet, or to my LAN and I could not undo them no matter how properly I did it, and would have to reinstall. they even would change my settings to their defaults on reboots. I couldn't find any useful documentation on how I must have set it up improperly or how I may have errors in the settiongs. so I would humbly recommend taking a simple, though not built-in approach. ( my problem maybe hardware or kernel related too ) Anyway, with firestarter, all my ports show stealthed and unwanted packets are rejected, and logged. I send this because I couldn't find any good help for the drake tools and had to figure out myself how to get a running firewall in place. I must say though, that this is the first actually running and secure firewall I've had running since 8.0. In 8.1 and 8.2 I could only get a less than perfect firewall running. anyway again, try it if you dare, it works for me ;-) Richard Urwin wrote: Hi, OK, I'm a newbie at MDK 9.0 i586 of 5 hours standing. I installed at the higher security setting. I enabled the Firewall and depressed all the (other) checkboxes. I then had two issues: Users (except root) couldn't read the documentation. ie start-Documentation-anything failed with access violation. The documents in question were readable, but the directories in which they sat did not have execute permission for 'other'. The firewall did not appear to let through *any* traffic. I checked with my ISP that I was connected and authorised, and routing was correct, but at least ping (UDP/echo?) and DNS traffic were blocked. I have now reverted to standard security and allow everything firewalling. These issues have gone away. -- Mike McNeese ~ currently triple booting win98lite Mandrake versions 8.0 and 8.2 and testing 9.0 Final - Linux registered user # 248955 ~ If obstacles are all we see, then we've lost sight of our goal! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Real Newbie security questions
On Thursday October 17 2002 03:46 am, Richard Urwin wrote: Hi, OK, I'm a newbie at MDK 9.0 i586 of 5 hours standing. I installed at the higher security setting. It's a good idea, specially with a new install (or upgrade) to set the minimum security level. Then move up later if a higher level is needed. For most all destop systems the 'standard' level is the correct one. Any higher and you only start to lock yourself out of the system. I enabled the Firewall and depressed all the (other) checkboxes. I suppose that'd be shorewall. I couldn't get my head around it. No matter how much I played with it, I couldn't get mail, connect to news, ftp, or surf the web. At least not all at once. I installed guarddog-2.0.0-2mdk and it seems very simple to get a great firewall going, and still be able to use the system ;) All of the scans at http://scan.sygatetech.com/ show me locked up jelly tight, don't even exist ;) FWIW, as I normally do I also have portsentry-1.1-3mdk (compiled from src.rpm) installed and runnin also. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Real Newbie security questions
Richard, I don't use a dial up setup but did have fierewall issues initally with 9.0. Thanks for your reply, when I get back to the machine I'll give your suggestion a try. You seem to be on an ethernet feed from a cable modem? I have an (unconnected) ethernet NIC in the machine. If this was a general problem I would have expected Mandrake to have recognised it, maybe it has something to do with having an ethernet port rather than just a PPP port... -- Richard Urwin, Private No 9000 series computer has ever made a mitsake or corrubiteddatatato. This email has been scanned for all viruses by the MessageLabs SkyScan service. For more information on a proactive anti-virus service working around the clock, around the globe, visit http://www.messagelabs.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Real Newbie quiestion regarding installation
(BTW, thanks for all the answers regarding pronunciation, I think I'll call it 'Fish') I am trying to install V6.0 of Mandrake Linux, and have hit a problem. I go through the install, and it works fine, I can select all the packages, etc. I wait half an hour for it to install, and get to the boot disk creation. It fails miserably. If I skip that and go for the LILO option, that fails aswell. As you can guess, this leaves the install useless, as I haven't got a method of booting. The way I see it, is I've got two options. 1. Find out what going wrong with the install, and fix it. I've been trying it for just short of a week now, with no luck. 2. Leave the install, try and manually boot it, get to the command prompt, and run LILO install from there. It could be that Linear option the install keeps going on about, but the checkbox on the install screen doesn't make any difference. For info, I am loading this from a second hard drive, as the PC I'm running on can't handle CD-ROM's. It's a Pentium 75, running on a biscuit PC. I have found purely by accident an option where I can boot from the install disk and enter vmlinuz root=/dev/hda1, and it seems to boot from the hard drive. However, it gives me the localhost login, and freezes, no keyboard entry is acknowledged. I did see an earlier post regarding run levels (My background is Unix, so I understand the concept), is there any way of forcing it to start RL3 from this Boot: prompt? Thanks for your help, I'm sure as soon as I get it working I'll be able to offer answers to your questions. Simon
