Re: [newbie-it] domandina...
bosva wrote: . . All'inizio però le prime partite sono funzionate... bo?? Gli altri giochi (SimCity ecc.) funzionano alla perfezione. Chi sa risolvere il mistero? anche a me succede lo stesso. maelstrom funziona sotto enlightenement ma non su kde e neanche su tutti gli utenti (alcuni dei quali in origine non avevano nessun problema...) bhomi unisco alla tua richiesta di aiuto Provo ad indovinare (non uso questi giochi): non e` che i giochi in questione sono stati terminati bruscamente ed hanno lasciato un file lock o un socket aperto che impediscono di riavviarli? Per esempio, la terminazione brusca di netscape lascia un ./netscape/lock e quella di wine un .wine/qualcosa-socket-qualcosa che impediscono il riavvio degli stessi programmi. Provate a fare find $HOME -name '*lock*' e find $HOME -name '*socket*' per vedere se c'e` in giro qualcosa di sospetto. ciao, Andrea
Re: [newbie-it] bastaaaaaaa
Ale wrote: Vorrei sapere molto gentilmente come si ci disiscrive da questa ml! GRAZIE A QC. MI VOGLIA RISPONDERE! basta leggere gli header completi di un qualsiasi messaggio della lista. ciao, Andrea
Re: [newbie-it] Dove si danno i comandi ?
Il 16:23, domenica 6 gennaio 2002, hai scritto: Grazie luigi, sono riuscito a trovare la shell all'interno della directory da cui lanciare i commandi, Che cosa vuol dire: trovare la shell all'interno della directory?. ma scrivo: make (senza virgolette) e non succede Dove lo scrivi? Dunque, con calma, non esiste nessuna shell all'interno di una qualsiasi directory. Se sei in ambiente grafico devi aprire un terminale o una shell: significa che devi fare un clic sull'icona posta sul pannello inferiore dello schermo - ad esempio in kde l'icona è rappresentata da un monitor con sopra una conchiglia - appunto una shell. A questo punto devi accedere alla directory in cui sono contenuti i file da compilare, con il comando cd, spostandoti dalla posizione corrente - che di solito è quella della tua home. I comandi da dare, genericamente, per conpilare, sono: configure make make install (guarda nel file readme o simile che accompagna il programma da compilare), Genericamente queste operazioni devono essere eseguite come utente Root, in alcuni casi possono essere eseguite anche come utente normale, ma il più delle volte devi essere root per poter compilare e installare. I casi sono due: - o accedi alla sessione di lavoro come root (e fai le operazioni descritte sopra) - oppure, come utente normale, dopo aver aperto la shell, digiti il comando su (senza virgolette e dai Invio - a questo punto ti domanderà la password di root e, dopo averla digitata e dato Invio, acquisirai i diritti di Root per le operazioni - quindi ti sposti nella directory che contiene i file da compilare, ecc, ecc. ringrazio Maro Fortini Spero di aver capito quali sono i tuoi problemi, altrimenti fammi sapere. Ciao Sandro -- Dr. Sandro Porrazzini Linux Mandrake 8.0 Linux Machine: 103048 Linux User: 203143
Re: [newbie-it] domandina...
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 10:04, Andrea Celli wrote: Provo ad indovinare (non uso questi giochi): non e` che i giochi in questione sono stati terminati bruscamente ed hanno lasciato un file lock o un socket aperto che impediscono di riavviarli? Per esempio, la terminazione brusca di netscape lascia un ./netscape/lock e quella di wine un .wine/qualcosa-socket-qualcosa che impediscono il riavvio degli stessi programmi. Provate a fare find $HOME -name '*lock*' e find $HOME -name '*socket*' per vedere se c'e` in giro qualcosa di sospetto. ciao, Andrea Per quanto mi riguarda la risposta è negativa, nonostante Soldiers of Fortune mi si sia interrotto in maniera poco ortodossa (notare che la Demo è la versione 0.5x). E poi rimane il mistero che con IceWM (stesso utente) tutto funzioni alla perfezione. Un saluto.
Re: [newbie-it] Dove si danno i comandi ?
Il giorno 22:23, domenica 6 gennaio 2002 hai scritto: Grazie luigi, sono riuscito a trovare la shell all'interno della directory da cui lanciare i commandi, ma scrivo: make (senza virgolette) e non succede niente, la risposta è: command not found dentro la directory ci sono i files del driver che ho scaricato da rete tra cui un file makefile a forma di ingranaggio. a questo punto cosa può essere che non gli garba ? - forse perchè il file originario del driver tar.gz lo ho dezippato con windows anzichè con Linux ? - oppure non sono l'utente root ? in definitiva non ho mai dovuto mettere password. Insomma cos'altro bisogna verificare prima di assaporare la soddisfazione di eseguire con successo un'altro passo delle laboriose istruzioni di installazione di un driver ? ringrazio Maro Fortini Ciao, make è un comando come gli altri, e dunque un programma. Lo hai installato? Se non lo hai, come credo che sia, usa il Software Manager, cerca make ed installalo. Poi riprova. Daniele
Re: [newbie-it] domandina...
Brunini Alessandro wrote: . Per quanto mi riguarda la risposta è negativa, nonostante Soldiers of Fortune mi si sia interrotto in maniera poco ortodossa (notare che la Demo è la versione 0.5x). E poi rimane il mistero che con IceWM (stesso utente) tutto funzioni alla perfezione. altra cosa da controllare: certi giochini (es. xpenguins, xsnow) hanno la loro uscita direttamente sul desktop. C'e` un'apposita opzione in kde-control per permetterne l'uso. Se non e` impostata, tu lanci xpenguins e non vedi nulla se non per un brevissimo istante al momento del logout. Mi sembra strano che questo valga anche per i tuoi giochi, ma potrebbe essere una spiegazione del perche' girano con un window-manager ma non con dei desktop-manager. ciao, Andrea
[newbie-it] idle per Python
Ciao a tutti (..e buon anno!). Ho deciso di darmi un minimo di decoro e di imparare quindi un linguaggio di programmazione, per l'appunto Python. Ho riscontrato però un problema; l'idle di Python nel momento in cui clicco su "help" - "documentazione Python" mi ritorna un messaggio di errore, non visualizzandomi affatto la ricca documentazione a disposizione. In Winz, dove ho installato pure Python, non ho questo problema, ed il tutto viene visualizzato attraverso IE. Ritengo quindi che in Mandrake dovrebbe essere Konqueror o Netscape a svolgere questo compito. C'è qualcuno che ha riscontrato lo stesso problema e magari lo ha risolto? Ringrazz e rimango in trepida attesa. Fabio
Re: [newbie-it] caratteri ascii
On Monday 07 January 2002 05:26, you wrote:
come si fa ad editare un carattere in codice ascii?
per esempio su win usando jcreator (editor di java) la
{ e` alt +123 mentre } e` alt +125. sulla shell non
funziona.
come faccio?
grazie a chiunque mi venga in aiuto
in modo testo puro funziona come in Dos. In shell sotto X fai
AltGr + tasto, ad es. AltGr + 7 = {, AltGr + 0 = }, ecc.
Il tasto compose (spesso il tasto windows di destra) aggiunge
accenti ecc., come nel caso di compose + ' + o = ó.
g.
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Re: [newbie-it] Mouse e logout
Alle 12:45, venerdì 4 gennaio 2002, hai scritto: Il giorno 06:23, venerdì 4 gennaio 2002 hai scritto: Se eseguo il logout da Kde e tento di entrare in Gnome il mio mouse non dà più segno di vita e se ne sta morto in mezzo allo schermo. Qualcuno sa dirmi dove può essere il problema ? Grazie Prova a riavviare il server X (alt+I) prima di effettuare il nuovo login. Daniele Ho provato, ma non funziona , altre idee ? Grazie
Re: [newbie] Setting up Winmodem/Linmodem under Mandake 8.1
Attached are the config files and results from my attempt to install Linmodem. Modem model details are as follows: InModem 56 Model IN5699 (OEM pack), Model IN5692, Lucent 1646T00/1034AH-J (Mars-2) chipset, Requires Lucent Linmodem driver found the reference at the following site: http://www.idir.net/~gromitkc/20020106a.html Linmodem.config is all the configuration details I could find about the network settings for the modem. scanpci.txt is the results from running the pci scan commands, same for pci_list.txt group well this is the group permissions and definitions. modem will not working. I get the Sorry, the modem doesn't respond. Any idea's, or should I just give up and configure an external modem. Thanks, David Cooper Senior Computer Systems Officer Email : [EMAIL PROTECTED] Work: 08 9486 3157 Fax : 08 9486 3162 This correspondence is for the named person's use only. It may contain confidential or legally privileged information or both. No confidentiality or privilege is waived or lost by any mistransmission. If you receive this correspondence in error, please immediately delete it from your system and notify the sender. You must not disclose, copy or rely on any part of this correspondence if you are not the intended recipient. Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] 4/01/02 10:52:18 David: Sorry that the winmodems site didn't work for you. Not sure why. I just went there and tried some that are related to Lucent (too lazy to try all of them), and they all worked for me. I'm dubious that this is a permissions problem. The modem busy/unavailable messages are what usually happens with unconfigured winmodems. Another suggestion would be to look at the Table (there's a link on the main page) where you can verify that your model number is one of those modems for which there is a cure. (Hint: Use your browser's find command to find the Lucent entries. Otherwise you'll have to scroll through a very long page.) Good luck, Carroll PS: We've violated one of the rules of email etiquette by mixing top and bottom posting. There are some people who have very strong feelings about whether replies should be written above earlier postings or under them. I tend to be a bottom-poster, and you appear to be a topper. Either way, it's best for all if subsequent posters follow the precedent established by the original reply. NBD. -- cmg On Thursday 03 January 2002 03:00 am, David Cooper wrote: The Web address listed does not contain any valid links. However I will try the suggestions from linmodem.org. But will probably be back tomorrow. I am using kppp to establish the dialup connection to iprimus. When attempting the connection I get the message that the modem is busy or unavailable. This might be a permission problem so I will set all tty device entries to 777. Will let you know the results tomorrow. Carroll Grigsby [EMAIL PROTECTED] 3/01/02 12:50:26 On Wednesday 02 January 2002 10:53 pm, you wrote: HI, First time posting to the support list. I have installed Mandrake 8.1 successfully, but can not get it to connect to the internet. My internal modem is a Lucient which has been correctly identified. I have checked this Harddrak. The system complains of no configuration for the modem. I have tried to locate a config script or program. Any help greatly appreciated. Thanks David C David: Try www.idir.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html. You'll find information on installing Lucent modems about halfway down the first page. Elsewhere on the page, there are links to other useful sites (linmodems.org is excellent), as well as other docs and Howto's that will help you understand what you are doing and why you are doing it. (The good news is that at least you have an alternative way of getting access to the web.) HTH, Carroll pci bus 0x0 cardnum 0x00 function 0x: vendor 0x8086 device 0x7190 Intel 82443BX Host pci bus 0x0 cardnum 0x01 function 0x: vendor 0x8086 device 0x7191 Intel 82443BX AGP pci bus 0x0 cardnum 0x07 function 0x: vendor 0x8086 device 0x7110 Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ISA pci bus 0x0 cardnum 0x07 function 0x0001: vendor 0x8086 device 0x7111 Intel 82371AB PIIX4 IDE pci bus 0x0 cardnum 0x07 function 0x0002: vendor 0x8086 device 0x7112 Intel 82371AB PIIX4 USB pci bus 0x0 cardnum 0x07 function 0x0003: vendor 0x8086 device 0x7113 Intel 82371AB PIIX4 ACPI pci bus 0x0 cardnum 0x09 function 0x: vendor 0x1274 device 0x1371 Ensoniq es1371 pci bus 0x0 cardnum 0x0b function 0x: vendor 0x11c1 device 0x0440 Device unknown pci bus 0x1 cardnum 0x00 function 0x: vendor 0x121a device 0x0005 3dfx Interactive Voodoo3 Computer Hardware: Celeron 450 processor 196 Mb Ram 40Gb Disk Modem in Comm port 3 Device settings: modem - ttyS0 lr-xr-xr-x ttyS0 - tts/0 lr-xr-xr-x ttuS1 - tts/1 lr-xr-xr-x ttyS2 crw-rw ttyS3 crw-rw tts/0 resolves to 0 crw-rw tts/1 resolves to 1 crw-rw no device
Re: [newbie] HELP! WinXP
Well you are not the only XP user to show here. We had one whose Microsoft keyboard and mouse disappeared after an upgrade.. and also after a fresh install of XP. This disappearance suggests a likely hardware problem. If you can give us the make and model of computer, we may be able to get the right contact point for you if it is hardware. Generally any computer manufacturer has a vested interest in solving your problem the first time you call, because three calls kill all the profit in selling you the system. It is not possible to make a dual-boot linux with windows XP running ntfs and having the whole disk to start with. If you want to try linux you will either have to reinstall XP with FAT32 or install it on a partition less than the whole disk leaving a space unpartitioned or use partition magic or a similar tool to work with the partitions. One of the disadvantages of using free software is that it deals mostly with formats that are not secret or priprietary or for which one must sign a Non-Disclosure Agreement to obtain information. With all of that said, yes we are willing to help anyone with any system here, but some systems we know more about than others. The more we know about your hardware setup and system, the better positined we will be to help you. Civileme In case you missed it, I posted how the keyboard and mouse disappearing problem only seems to happen with PS/2 keyboards and mouses. In the case I speak of they were either-or and were tried bioth USB and PS/2 in all four possible combinations. Moreover they were Microsoft brand peripherals--the natural Keyboard and the optical mouse. A different PS/2 Mouse actually worked, so I believe this may also be dependent on the system (Dell Dimension in this case), I must certainly agree with the profit motive. You should join the reiserFS list (highly recommended!) where you will find a tech support fee of $25 requested by none other by Hans Reiser himself (although he will answer some free on list). It is not possible to create a real boot disk for XP; the sys command of Win95/98 is not available because 2000 and XP don't fit on a disk (setup takes 4 high density floppies). However, you CAN create an Emergency Boot Disk with Microsoft Backup and that MIGHT help. Otherwise, the Recovery Console might be of value. Why isn't it possible to dual boot linux with win XP running NTFS? NTFS wouldn't have changed much if at all from Win2000, and I run Linux (yes, Mandrake 8.0), dual boot Windows 2000 on NTFS with LILO. It _is_ possible, but you cannot use the diskdrake tool to install linux on the disk if all of it is partitioned NTFS because we cannot shrink it. I said you have to use some altternative strategies, not that you cannot do it. But FYI the XP NTFS is different from the NTFS5 W2k NTFS which is different from previous NTFS setups. We can read and experimentally write NTFS for winNT4, but not NTFS5 for Win2k nor the WinXP version of NTFS. Microsoft has made the format a trade secret. Regards, _nasturtium Civileme NTFS5 for win2k is actually an inaccurate description of the type used in the samba client help pages. The NTFS5 for win2k is acutally available in NT4, service pack 6. Not that anyone would install all those service packs, but it sets the record straight... The only major difference in XP NTFS is another implementation of dynamic volumes, equivalent to md in linux, but W2k had it already. W2k can be installed on an NT4 partition, and will actually have a smaller cluster size than is possible in W2k setup. The reiserFS list at www.namesys.com was discussing NTFS, reiser and other filesystems. It's an excellent mailing list that i would recommend to anyone. My knowledge went from zilch to close to nothing ;-) Also, you tend to get responses VERY quickly (try the When will reiser be ready thread, started by yada stuf) Regards, _nasturtium Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] missing PostScript fonts
On Sat, 8 Dec 2001, Derek Jennings wrote: Len. Search the list archives. This one came up a month or so back. I think it was Cilvileme who have a URL for some neat fonts, and also where to find Microsoft fonts on their web site. HTH Derek On Saturday 08 December 2001 06:50, you wrote: Dear fellow explorers Under Mandrake 7.2 I had access to certain fonts which seemed to have disappeared from my 8.1 system. These were Hershey, Antiqua and English Gothic. No idea where they came from but suspect they might be available on Windows systems. I don't have Windows installed so cannot check this. Can these fonts be downloaded from somewhere? Thanks Derek for the suggestions. They started me off on a long quest which has only been partially successful. In short, no problem with importing a hundred or so free TrueType fonts and converting them to Type1. X can display them fine. StarOffice imports them and also prints them, but PostScript still cannot find them. I have at least one homegrown application which needs to print from a PostScript file. This is an address label database written in Tcl/Tk and C which uses a canvas to display a preview of the printed page - on screen the typefaces show up fine. The postscript option is then used to capture the canvas and place it in a file. In the file the font is correctly identified: e.g. %%IncludeResource: font Antsypants /Antsypants findfont . What comes out of the printer using lpr (CUPS) is some default typeface, probably Courier, indicating that PostScript has failed to find the resource. Earlier I had used x2gs to process the .pfa and .afm files generated from the TrueType font files. This set up symbolic links in the /usr/share/fonts/default/ghostscript directory back to the source directory for the .pfa, .afm files. It was also supposed to place entries in the Fontmap file for all the new fonts but in fact only wrote a couple of comments, so I added the entries by hand following the format of the standard entries. That made no difference. Further to this, I also noticed that the missing fonts which originally prompted this post are in fact defined as entries in Fontmap, and the files these reference do indeed exist, in the same directory, but, unlike in Mandrake 7.2, they are no longer accessible to PostScript. Why? Am I wrong in assuming that PostScript looks to the Ghostscript directories for its resources? There is no documentation for Ghostscript on my system, and none of the information on the net has helped me understand how PostScript locates its resources. By the way, I would not expect you to answer these questions. Just hoping there might be one or two experts reading this list. -- Len Lawrence @ The Thistle Foundation Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Linux distro
Hello Randy. In the past when I have sent things like that abroad, I have added to the contents description: Of no commercial value This, I think, helps to make things as clear as possible to customs. I have never had any problems. Hope that helps. Keith On Sunday 06 January 2002 8:11, you wrote: Tom wrote: I recently sent 8.1 CD's to New Zealand. You'll need to fill out a little green US Customs form, and it was about $2 postage. The only info the form asks for is sender, receiver, and a contents declaration. -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Tom, Thanks very much! Some followups -- what value did you declare, how did you describe the contents, and, to your knowledge, did your declarations and descriptions cause any problems for the addressee? Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Suggested /home size?
Hi Wes, Having a /home partition seperate to your / (root) partition is a good idea it will save you great headaches if ever you decide to re-install Mandrake. The size of the partition depends on how many users you will have on your system. If you are going to be the only user with an account on the system, then 250Mb should suffice, perhaps a little more. It doesn't matter what filesystem you use for the /home partition, nope. It's all a matter of preference. ;) Linux, unlike Windows does not care whether the partition is primary or extended, so you can safely not select anything. I hope this helps. Kindest Regards, Ashley (aka ze0). |--| | Ashley Reynolds (aka ze0)[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.botepidemic.com Ph: +61 404 140 163 | | | | Registered Linux User: #254073 | |--| On Sun, 6 Jan 2002, Wes Gregg wrote: Hello, I was installing linux to an approximately 8 gig partition (reiserfs) and that seemed to give some stability in the case of my numerous stabs at the reset switch. But now I have a somewhat stable system but have to reinstall linux due to video driver issues. It has been suggested that I shrink this partition down a little bit in order to create a separate smaller partition for my /home directories. This in case I ever have to reinstall (after this next time) I won't lose all of our email/personal files/configuration settings. What is a good size for the /home directory? I know I don't need the whole 8 gigs for my main linux partition - I think when I installed Mandrake it only took up about 3.5 gigs, maybe even a little bit less. Does it matter what file system I use for the separate partition? Should I just make it reiserfs also? And while I'm wondering about partitions, somewhere I had the option to tell it whether a partition shouold be primary, extended, or not pick anything. Not knowing what I should pick, I didn't pick any option. Does it matter in linux if I choose an option or not? Thanks, Wes G. (Temporarily) from Windows Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] certs, semi -OT
Hello. There sure is! Red Hat offers a certification, appropriately titled: RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engingeer). As I understand it, you can pay for the course or do self-study. The exam, however, is rather costly in comparison to the MCSE exam. You should check out this link if you are interested: http://www.redhat.com/training/rhce/courses/ I wish MandrakeSoft would implement a certification like this. :) I hope this helps. Kindest Regards, Ashley (aka ze0). |--| | Ashley Reynolds (aka ze0)[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.botepidemic.com Ph: +61 404 140 163 | | | | Registered Linux User: #254073 | |--| On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Anuerin G. Diaz wrote: i heard there is a red hat equivalent of the MSCE. sure sounds fun. ;-) ciao! shane wrote: well this isn't really on topic, but close. ;) i used to be a network admin for a school system before becoming a stay at home dad for a few years. anyway, i am hoping to keep up on some of my computer knowledge in the between jobs years by doing some studies in my huge amounts of free time. (other parents heard the sarcasm in my voice) i have (sadly) been reading through the MS certs. but they are pretty simple, and empty of useful learning, so i am wondering about certifications for linux. linux being decentralized as it is, i am more worried about learning than actually get a paper that says i can pass a test. so anyone out there have some experience in the area? who teaches a linux course worth taking? online/home/do it yourself type learning only, i can't take the 2 kids with me to classes. thanks all. -- Windows: Where do you want to go today? MacOS: Where do you want to be tomorrow? Linux: Are you coming or what? -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Configuration of SNF and ADSL
Hi ! I'm trying to get my new ADSL connection and SNF 7.2 working together. I have no problems getting the eth0 (for the internal network..) up and running, but it's impossible to get the connection to my ISP to work. Does anyone have any experience from the config of eth1 (ext network) and an Alcatel Speed Touch ADSL modem? My ISP is Telia in Sweden. Should I use the ADSL-config or the Cable/LAN-config (some other similar S/W's like Smoothwall use LAN as I/F for this ADSL-modem connected to my second NIC eth1..)? Any comments much appreciated !! Thanks ! BR, Jan-Erik Persson ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] nVidia nForce 420D chipset
Has anyone tried the nVidia nForce 420D chipset with GNU/Linux, and with Mandrake in particular? I am thinking of purchasing a new computer [before RAM prices rise too high :-) ], and the integrated solution offered by the nForce is tempting. Nvidia have GNU/Linux drivers on their web site, but it seems like these are only for the integrated graphics, despite their claims of having Complete Linux Drivers. Are the built-in ethernet, Dolby Digital audio and HomePNA usable in Mandrake? The ethernet is based on a Realtek RTL 8139 chip, which is well supported in Linux (I have such a card now). I'm not a fan of closed source drivers, but this chipset looks too good to pass up :-) -- Sridhar Dhanapalan ... the main beneficiaries of mergers in the computer industry have been competitors -- Ben Rosen, Chairman of Compaq Computer Corp., 1991. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Linux distro
Keith Powell wrote: In the past when I have sent things like that abroad, I have added to the contents description: Of no commercial value Keith, Thanks, I'll probably try that! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] The last three posts are not on the list?
Mick wrote: It's me again. The guy who keeps sending tests to the list that work, but then a post with a question or comment disappears! They just won't show up on the list!! What gives? Mick, Ok, why don't you send a post to the list with a question and a cc to me -- let's see what happens. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! WinXP
NTFS5 for win2k is actually an inaccurate description of the type used in the samba client help pages. The NTFS5 for win2k is acutally available in NT4, service pack 6. Not that anyone would install all those service packs, but it sets the record straight... EVERYONE should install all those service packs on NT; it's practically the first thing you should do. Somewhat OT. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shoutcast
On Monday 07 January 2002 03:26, you wrote: On Sat, 05 Jan 2002 08:27:17 +0100 Stojs [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: That is exactly what I mean. Just like I can with streamripper in windows. well, then if you can find a stream ripper that runs in Linux, yes. If you can't then no, you can't. I've never heard of ripping the stream, so I'll have to take your word for it that it can be done. Ive heard it can be done also and would like to be able to do it on linux. If you find a prog for it stojs pass me a link to it :) thanks Chris Swain Registered linux user 226399 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nVidia nForce 420D chipset
Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: I'm not a fan of closed source drivers, but this chipset looks too good to pass up :-) Sridhar, I just saw something today about NVidia seizing computer equipment from some hackers who used some amount of deception to collect information presumably in order to write drivers for Linux. Just saw a headline or snippet and haven't read it thoroughly, presumably I'll find it again as I go through mail / daily news updates. Don't know if involves any arrests or anything more than seizing equipment. But, I for one don't plan to reward NVidia by buying anything from them. I'll post again when I find a link to the story. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shell Script
This brings up a question about permissions ... So a script (or any executable, such as a perl script written for cgi) cannot be run by anyone other than root, if it was created by root? I mean, root can't give permission for a root-owned script to be world executable, even if the administrator wanted to? While I can see how doing that would be a very bad idea, in terms of security, I'm just asking in order to learn more about linux file permissions. I had written a perl cgi script, and it wouldn't run from the web page, as it turns out because I had created it as root. mitch hi rich, the script is an _executable_. just create an icon in your desktop and point it to the script of your choice. make sure that you have the proper permissions though as some scripts are for administration (root and its equivalent) use only. ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname
geez ... my mistake ... i should have more coffe before i try to make an ass of myself obviously, i went to dyndns.com, not dyndns.org ... my apologies to the list ... - Original Message - From: kenn@yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname well, i guess i was too late ... i just went to www.dyndns.com and discovered that they no longer offer free accounts ... $50 a year is not an outrageous amount, but i'd still prefer a free service ... does anyone have any other recommendations on where to find a free dns service ? thanks. kennM - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:00 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname yup, that rocks, mine is gshop.kicks-ass.net and I got it from dyndns. rgds frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Kramer Sent: Friday, 4 January 2002 6:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname Dave Sherman wrote: This is partially true. To receive mail, you need to have a domain to which people can send. And to send or relay mail, many servers are set to refuse mail from another server (like yours) to which they can't do a dns lookup and verify your server's fully qualified domain name (fqdn). One workaround for this is to register with dyndns.org or another free dns service, in which you will be given a host name like sildara.dyndns.org (that's mine). Then, if you set up your mail server to use this valid fqdn, you are good to go. I use postfix, and it was quite simple to get going. Dave, Thanks! Randy Kramer -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Shell Script
You (root) can give permission to any file you want. Lets, for example, say root wants to give the ID brian ownership of the file /tmp/tempfile.txt. chown id:group /file chown brian:brian /tmp/tempfile.txt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 9:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Shell Script This brings up a question about permissions ... So a script (or any executable, such as a perl script written for cgi) cannot be run by anyone other than root, if it was created by root? I mean, root can't give permission for a root-owned script to be world executable, even if the administrator wanted to? While I can see how doing that would be a very bad idea, in terms of security, I'm just asking in order to learn more about linux file permissions. I had written a perl cgi script, and it wouldn't run from the web page, as it turns out because I had created it as root. mitch hi rich, the script is an _executable_. just create an icon in your desktop and point it to the script of your choice. make sure that you have the proper permissions though as some scripts are for administration (root and its equivalent) use only. ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname
well, i guess i was too late ... i just went to www.dyndns.com and discovered that they no longer offer free accounts ... $50 a year is not an outrageous amount, but i'd still prefer a free service ... does anyone have any other recommendations on where to find a free dns service ? thanks. kennM - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:00 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname yup, that rocks, mine is gshop.kicks-ass.net and I got it from dyndns. rgds frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Kramer Sent: Friday, 4 January 2002 6:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname Dave Sherman wrote: This is partially true. To receive mail, you need to have a domain to which people can send. And to send or relay mail, many servers are set to refuse mail from another server (like yours) to which they can't do a dns lookup and verify your server's fully qualified domain name (fqdn). One workaround for this is to register with dyndns.org or another free dns service, in which you will be given a host name like sildara.dyndns.org (that's mine). Then, if you set up your mail server to use this valid fqdn, you are good to go. I use postfix, and it was quite simple to get going. Dave, Thanks! Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] OT: reading the future
weird but i think i can see posts from the future ..they are all coming to me with the date as 01/01/2003 and thats from 4 or 5 different guys any one else notice this? _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 08:36, kenn@yahoo wrote: well, i guess i was too late ... i just went to www.dyndns.com and discovered that they no longer offer free accounts ... $50 a year is not an outrageous amount, but i'd still prefer a free service ... does anyone have any other recommendations on where to find a free dns service ? Do a google search on free dns and you will get a bunch of hits. Dave -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is CGI set up ... FIXED
But that's what is weird -- the permissions were set to 755. I just did a test. I ran the script, and it worked. Then I changed ownership to root, and it didn't work. I changed it back to mitch, and it worked. Before, when I had changed the ownership of the file with chown, I didn't stop to then modify the permissions. I just went to my windows machine, loaded the html page in the browser, and clicked on the link to the cgi file. And it worked. The only change I had made was ownership from root to the user account mitch. The file, btw, is in the home directory of mitch. So maybe a file in a user's home directory *must* have permissions to run from the owner of that directory. In other words, root can't give permission to run an executable from a user's home directory? mitch Miark [EMAIL PROTECTED]To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: newbie-owner@linux-maSubject: Re: [newbie] Is CGI set up ... FIXED ndrake.com 01/04/02 06:29 PM Please respond to newbie It's typical of the Linux filesystem, regardless of what the file is, or who it belongs to. It's not a problem that a script is owned by root, but in order for others to run it, the permission for others must be open. That is, a script owned by root can't be run by others if it's 700, but it can if it's 755. Let me know if that doesn't make sense. Miark - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 04, 2002 4:22 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Is CGI set up ... FIXED So is this a security measure or just a normal part of linux file permissions? Is it that no cgi script, anywhere, will run if it has root permissions or is it that it just wouldn't run because it was in a user's home directory? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Shell Script
But can I, as root, give permission to run a file as world executable in a user's home directory? The reason I ask is I tried that and it -- the cgi file -- wouldn't work, until I changed the owner to the user of the home directory ... oh wait. I had changed the group, not the user. I see now. You have to change both. If the file is the group root, but the owner is the user mitch, it won't run because mitch isn't in the root group. So if the file is in the group root, then the user would also have to be the root group for the file to be executable? That makes sense. Duh! Is that right? mitch Scott Thurmond scott.thurmond@pfsfhTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] q.com cc: Sent by: Subject: RE: [newbie] Shell Script newbie-owner@linux-ma ndrake.com 01/07/02 08:54 AM Please respond to newbie You (root) can give permission to any file you want. Lets, for example, say root wants to give the ID brian ownership of the file /tmp/tempfile.txt. chown id:group /file chown brian:brian /tmp/tempfile.txt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 9:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Shell Script This brings up a question about permissions ... So a script (or any executable, such as a perl script written for cgi) cannot be run by anyone other than root, if it was created by root? I mean, root can't give permission for a root-owned script to be world executable, even if the administrator wanted to? While I can see how doing that would be a very bad idea, in terms of security, I'm just asking in order to learn more about linux file permissions. I had written a perl cgi script, and it wouldn't run from the web page, as it turns out because I had created it as root. mitch hi rich, the script is an _executable_. just create an icon in your desktop and point it to the script of your choice. make sure that you have the proper permissions though as some scripts are for administration (root and its equivalent) use only. ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Shell Script
For security reasons I wouldn't recommend adding any user to the root group. Rather, change all the cgi scripts to be owned by user nobody. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 10:40 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [newbie] Shell Script But can I, as root, give permission to run a file as world executable in a user's home directory? The reason I ask is I tried that and it -- the cgi file -- wouldn't work, until I changed the owner to the user of the home directory ... oh wait. I had changed the group, not the user. I see now. You have to change both. If the file is the group root, but the owner is the user mitch, it won't run because mitch isn't in the root group. So if the file is in the group root, then the user would also have to be the root group for the file to be executable? That makes sense. Duh! Is that right? mitch Scott Thurmond scott.thurmond@pfsfhTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED] q.com cc: Sent by: Subject: RE: [newbie] Shell Script newbie-owner@linux-ma ndrake.com 01/07/02 08:54 AM Please respond to newbie You (root) can give permission to any file you want. Lets, for example, say root wants to give the ID brian ownership of the file /tmp/tempfile.txt. chown id:group /file chown brian:brian /tmp/tempfile.txt -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 9:36 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] Shell Script This brings up a question about permissions ... So a script (or any executable, such as a perl script written for cgi) cannot be run by anyone other than root, if it was created by root? I mean, root can't give permission for a root-owned script to be world executable, even if the administrator wanted to? While I can see how doing that would be a very bad idea, in terms of security, I'm just asking in order to learn more about linux file permissions. I had written a perl cgi script, and it wouldn't run from the web page, as it turns out because I had created it as root. mitch hi rich, the script is an _executable_. just create an icon in your desktop and point it to the script of your choice. make sure that you have the proper permissions though as some scripts are for administration (root and its equivalent) use only. ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] KMail Email Backup
Hello, I would like to make a backup of my email so that when I reinstall Linux I can restore it. I am using KMail. Does anyone know which files ( directory) have my email mail folders in them? Can I just use one of the archive tools in KDE's desktop menu to archive them? I assume I can copy the archive file to my windows partition where it will be (reasonably) safe while I reinstall Mandrake 8.1 and then just copy it back and unarchive it back where it came from? Thanks much, Wes Gregg [EMAIL PROTECTED] In Windows (help me!) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname
Ok. Im using a router here Can I have a hostname or do I have to use the localhost.localhost one? Eric -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of kenn@yahoo Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 9:50 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname geez ... my mistake ... i should have more coffe before i try to make an ass of myself obviously, i went to dyndns.com, not dyndns.org ... my apologies to the list ... - Original Message - From: kenn@yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname well, i guess i was too late ... i just went to www.dyndns.com and discovered that they no longer offer free accounts ... $50 a year is not an outrageous amount, but i'd still prefer a free service ... does anyone have any other recommendations on where to find a free dns service ? thanks. kennM - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:00 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname yup, that rocks, mine is gshop.kicks-ass.net and I got it from dyndns. rgds frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Kramer Sent: Friday, 4 January 2002 6:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname Dave Sherman wrote: This is partially true. To receive mail, you need to have a domain to which people can send. And to send or relay mail, many servers are set to refuse mail from another server (like yours) to which they can't do a dns lookup and verify your server's fully qualified domain name (fqdn). One workaround for this is to register with dyndns.org or another free dns service, in which you will be given a host name like sildara.dyndns.org (that's mine). Then, if you set up your mail server to use this valid fqdn, you are good to go. I use postfix, and it was quite simple to get going. Dave, Thanks! Randy Kramer -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail Email Backup
home/(your user name)/Mail last place anyone would ever look where it belongs. ;-) the address book is in file:/home/shane/.kde/share/apps/kmail On Monday 07 January 2002 07:56, you spoke unto me thusly: Hello, I would like to make a backup of my email so that when I reinstall Linux I can restore it. I am using KMail. Does anyone know which files ( directory) have my email mail folders in them? Can I just use one of the archive tools in KDE's desktop menu to archive them? I assume I can copy the archive file to my windows partition where it will be (reasonably) safe while I reinstall Mandrake 8.1 and then just copy it back and unarchive it back where it came from? Thanks much, Wes Gregg [EMAIL PROTECTED] In Windows (help me!) -- Linux, cause i reboot less often than windows users reinstall. shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! WinXP
while true, do you really think any but the most dedicated can install dozens of packs (some _very_ large) on any number of machines and even pretend to get any other work done? ...been there, done that. On Monday 07 January 2002 06:25, you spoke unto me thusly: EVERYONE should install all those service packs on NT; it's practically the first thing you should do. Somewhat OT. -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. -Juan Jimenez shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail Email Backup
On Monday 07 January 2002 08:56, you wrote: Hello, I would like to make a backup of my email so that when I reinstall Linux I can restore it. I am using KMail. Does anyone know which files ( directory) have my email mail folders in them? Can I just use one of the archive tools in KDE's desktop menu to archive them? I assume I can copy the archive file to my windows partition where it will be (reasonably) safe while I reinstall Mandrake 8.1 and then just copy it back and unarchive it back where it came from? Wes, What I did was copy my Mail folder to my windows partition (as an assumption), it copied all my mail folders, with contents. What I did have to do though, was setup my email accounts again. I did a complete reinstall from 8.0 to 8.1. Bill Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail Email Backup
On Monday 07 January 2002 09:56 am, Wes Gregg wrote: Hello, I would like to make a backup of my email so that when I reinstall Linux I can restore it. I am using KMail. Does anyone know which files ( directory) have my email mail folders in them? Can I just use one of the archive tools in KDE's desktop menu to archive them? I assume I can copy the archive file to my windows partition where it will be (reasonably) safe while I reinstall Mandrake 8.1 and then just copy it back and unarchive it back where it came from? Save your entire /home/user/Mail/ folder, and /home/user/.kde/share/config/kmailrc. I don't bother with savin my address book, I re-create it from my sent mail, reply, and another Kmail folder I made, stor, folders. Good opportunity to clean it out, only takes a minute ;) -- Tom Brinkman Corpus Christi, Texas, USA Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] HELP! WinXP
while true, do you really think any but the most dedicated can install dozens of packs (some _very_ large) on any number of machines and even pretend to get any other work done? Yep. Me. :-) Altho I only have a couple servers; not dozens or hundreds. ...been there, done that. Ditto. On Monday 07 January 2002 06:25, you spoke unto me thusly: EVERYONE should install all those service packs on NT; it's practically the first thing you should do. Somewhat OT. -- If they give you ruled paper, write the other way. -Juan Jimenez shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail Email Backup
On 7 Jan 2002, at 8:19, shane wrote: home/(your user name)/Mail last place anyone would ever look where it belongs. ;-) Err, that makes sense. the address book is in file:/home/shane/.kde/share/apps/kmail Forgot to even ask about that one. Thanks Shane everyone else who's been so helpful. Wes G. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shoutcast
Stream ripper is a plugin for winamp. Can you run winamp in a windows emulator? Then maybe the ripper as well... Thanks in advance, Stojs daRcmaTTeR wrote: well, then if you can find a stream ripper that runs in Linux, yes. If you can't then no, you can't. I've never heard of ripping the stream, so I'll have to take your word for it that it can be done. -- daRcmaTTeR - If at first you don't succeed do what your wife told you to do the first time! Registered Linux User 182496 Mandrake 8.1 - 10:05pm up 12:37, 1 user, load average: 1.47, 0.94, 0.86 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shell Script
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This brings up a question about permissions ... So a script (or any executable, such as a perl script written for cgi) cannot be run by anyone other than root, if it was created by root? I mean, root can't give permission for a root-owned script to be world executable, even if the administrator wanted to? While I can see how doing that would be a very bad idea, in terms of security, I'm just asking in order to learn more about linux file permissions. I had written a perl cgi script, and it wouldn't run from the web page, as it turns out because I had created it as root. In general, root can give permission to other to execute (or read, or write) a file. You should read more on this somewhere, but generally, every file has a set of permission bits, sometimes displayed like 700, 755, or 777 (and sometimes with another leading digit). Of these three digits, the first represents permissions for the owner of the file (which could be root or anybody else), the second gives permissions for a group which owns the file, and the third gives permissions for the world (everybody, or anybody who can log in to the system holding the files). The three digits are octal, and it is helpful to interpret them as the bits representing that octal number. (Like 7=111, 6=110, ... 0=000 (don't know why I did that backwards, it's more natural to start at 0. ;-) In the group of three bits, the first bit represents read permission, the second represents write permission, and the third represents execute permission. So, as an example, if you set the permissions on a file to 751, the owner of the file would have read, write, and execute permission, and the group that owns the file would have read and execute permissions, and the whole world would have read permissions. Read up on chmod and chown. Randy Kramer PS: When you get into CGI, especially on a TWiki, things can get a little more confusing. TWiki stores all revisions in RCS, and as presently set up, the RCS files are locked (separate from the chown / chmod business) so only the Apache user (usually nobody) can modify them. Finally, there is also chattr command which has some similarities to the typical dos / windows way of controlling files (hidden, read-only, etc.). Finally (really!), some of the things you can do with file permissions depend on which filesystem you are using. For example, it is not easy to change the owner or permissions for a file stored on a FAT or FAT32 filesystem. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] KMail Email Backup
On Monday 07 January 2002 08:48, you spoke unto me thusly: home/(your user name)/Mail last place anyone would ever look where it belongs. ;-) Err, that makes sense. tell me about it. spent over an hour first time i installed linux looking for the mail folder in hidden sub directories. there it is in home, big as life. :-) i felt soo smart. -- The only people who like Microsoft are those who don't understand. When people understand what Microsoft is up to, they're outraged. -- Tim O'Reilly shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Copied file is lost?!?
Using Gnome/Midnight Commander I copied a file to a Floppy to work on another computer. The file was corrupted so I went back to the original to find it gone! Did I move it (I think I may have dragged it)? Is there any way to get it back - it's over a days work Please help! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname
On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 10:09, Eric Budinger wrote: Ok. Im using a router here Can I have a hostname or do I have to use the localhost.localhost one? Eric *Everyone* is using a router somewhere ;-) You still want a hostname. Are you behind a DSL router or cable modem/router that does NAT? If so, then you will need to use the IP address of the router, and you will also need to configure your router to forward packets through to your server. Dave -- Do not meddle in the affairs of dragons, for you are crunchy, and good with ketchup. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] install KDE
I have the REdHat7.2 CD's and i want to install KDE (i dont to it when i install my linux) where i can find one howto from the CD? i found only from binary on the web... thank [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname
Do you actually want dynamic DNS, or do you have a static IP? If you want static, I just signed up with granite canyon (www.granitecanyon.com) . It was easy to do, fast, and free (as in no dollars). If you need a domain name, I just registered mine with Go Daddy (www.godaddy.com). You can't beat $8.95 a year. j. = At 08:50 AM 1/7/02 -0600, you wrote: geez ... my mistake ... i should have more coffe before i try to make an ass of myself obviously, i went to dyndns.com, not dyndns.org ... my apologies to the list ... - Original Message - From: kenn@yahoo [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 8:36 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname well, i guess i was too late ... i just went to www.dyndns.com and discovered that they no longer offer free accounts ... $50 a year is not an outrageous amount, but i'd still prefer a free service ... does anyone have any other recommendations on where to find a free dns service ? thanks. kennM - Original Message - From: Franki [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 11:00 PM Subject: RE: [newbie] what to use for hostname yup, that rocks, mine is gshop.kicks-ass.net and I got it from dyndns. rgds frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Randy Kramer Sent: Friday, 4 January 2002 6:39 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] what to use for hostname Dave Sherman wrote: This is partially true. To receive mail, you need to have a domain to which people can send. And to send or relay mail, many servers are set to refuse mail from another server (like yours) to which they can't do a dns lookup and verify your server's fully qualified domain name (fqdn). One workaround for this is to register with dyndns.org or another free dns service, in which you will be given a host name like sildara.dyndns.org (that's mine). Then, if you set up your mail server to use this valid fqdn, you are good to go. I use postfix, and it was quite simple to get going. Dave, Thanks! Randy Kramer -- -- Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Just because I'm paranoid doesn't mean they aren't after me ... Julian Opificius. ICQ 3268206. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] any digest ?
Mandrake-group: Is there any digest alternative for this group ? If there isnt any, could you, please, implement one ? I for one would be more than happy to receive all daily traffic in one message. Cheers, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [Ø©Eªnº - þªT®iª - NØsT®ª] Monday, January 07, 2002, 18:55:13 [Islas Canarias, GMT]. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can I connect to netzero from my linux box???
On 06 Jan 2002 23:45:18 -0500 Noah Swint [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumbled this: You can dialin and view only netzero pages but they have configured the dns servers to only work with their software to prevent users from getting around it. and they use an encrypted password too. On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 22:39, Roberto Armenteros wrote: During my winter breaks I am away from my school network and my only internet access is through netzero. Is there a way to connect my linux box through netzero? Can I share my netzero internet connection from my Windos XP box with my linux box? This may be nonsense, but you never know ;) Please if anyone gives me a hand on this I would really appreciate it. Roberto... If your run the linux box through the widnows box and use ICS(internet connection sharing) on the window box, Netzero won't know the difference. -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.1 Kernel Panic on Boot - new Dell C400 laptop
On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 20:50:19 -0600 John O'Shaughnessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, In the past, I've successfully installed Mandrake Linux 7.2, 8.0, and 8.1 on a different PC. I recently purchased a new Dell C400 laptop http://www.dell.com/us/en/bsd/products/model_latit_3_latit_c400.htm The installation process went smoothly. After I restarted the machine, LILO starts up, and I selected the Linux installation. I saw one text line with Loading Linux Followed by the following: 0 Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! e2 03 23 04 95 c0 f6 26 ] [ c0105000 ] The machine needs to be powered off to get beyond that point. The Dell C400 has an 866 MHz PIII-M 512 Mb RAM. It also has Intel 830M Integrated UMA Graphics (shared with system memory). Any suggestions? Any other information that I can provide? Thanks! John -- John M. O'Shaughnessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] Maybe the 'shared with system memory' graphics is the problem? My suggestion: when booting, when the splash screen comes up, press ESC and at the prompt type 'linux mem=xyzM', without quotes of course, where xyz is the amount of RAM minus video memory. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] fdisk, installation assistance
Does Mandrake 8.1 have a partition manager utility similar to fdisk or disk druid? I am attempting to load Mandrake 8.1 on a PC that I previously loaded RedHat 7.0, which didn't like my video card. So, before loading Mandrake 8.1, I went in with the fdisk utility from RedHat and deleted the LINUX partition I had created. when trying to install 8.1 I get the following kernel panic: RAMDISK: compressed image found at block 0 Uncompressing.3crc errordone. Freeing initrd memory:507k freed VFS:Cannot open root device ram3 or 01:03 Please append a correct root= boot option Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 01:03 Has anyone seen this before? Thanks! __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shell Script
Right. I got all that. But the question is this: whatever the permissions might be, can root give permission -- and it work -- for a file to be world executable from within the public_html directory within a user's home directory? It seems like, sure, of course ... But it didn't work for me. I had a Perl file, with a cgi extension, in the cgi-bin of a user's home directory. And it would not run from a web browser. It just wouldn't. The permissions were 755. I checked them a million times. I set them with root. I set them with the user account (I am root and the user). Nothing would get the file to execute as long as it was in the root group. Chmod did nothing. Chown, however, fixed it by switching the file to the group of the user. (Yes, I had made a group just for the user.) It wasn't a matter of me not understanding chmod. I wish :). It was weird, which is why I'm trying to find out what was going on. Everyone seems to be saying, As long as it has 755 permssions, it WILL run. But, no, it wouldn't. So there's something else going on, which has to do with which *group* the file belonged to. Because as soon as I changed the group from root to mitch the file would run from a web browser. Anyone have an explanation? If not, I'm just glad the file runs, finally, and sometime later maybe I'll understand why it wouldn't run before -- even when I, as root, gave 755 permissions. mitch Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: cc: newbie-owner@linux-maSubject: Re: [newbie] Shell Script ndrake.com 01/07/02 11:09 AM Please respond to newbie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This brings up a question about permissions ... So a script (or any executable, such as a perl script written for cgi) cannot be run by anyone other than root, if it was created by root? I mean, root can't give permission for a root-owned script to be world executable, even if the administrator wanted to? While I can see how doing that would be a very bad idea, in terms of security, I'm just asking in order to learn more about linux file permissions. I had written a perl cgi script, and it wouldn't run from the web page, as it turns out because I had created it as root. In general, root can give permission to other to execute (or read, or write) a file. You should read more on this somewhere, but generally, every file has a set of permission bits, sometimes displayed like 700, 755, or 777 (and sometimes with another leading digit). Of these three digits, the first represents permissions for the owner of the file (which could be root or anybody else), the second gives permissions for a group which owns the file, and the third gives permissions for the world (everybody, or anybody who can log in to the system holding the files). The three digits are octal, and it is helpful to interpret them as the bits representing that octal number. (Like 7=111, 6=110, ... 0=000 (don't know why I did that backwards, it's more natural to start at 0. ;-) In the group of three bits, the first bit represents read permission, the second represents write permission, and the third represents execute permission. So, as an example, if you set the permissions on a file to 751, the owner of the file would have read, write, and execute permission, and the group that owns the file would have read and execute permissions, and the whole world would have read permissions. Read up on chmod and chown. Randy Kramer PS: When you get into CGI, especially on a TWiki, things can get a little more confusing. TWiki stores all revisions in RCS, and as presently set up, the RCS
Re: [newbie] deleted partition HELP!
Ok, I read the faqs but I did not detect anywhere about recovering partitions, I even tested the little prog out, but I did not know what to type, or what button to press. Please help more. __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] certs, semi -OT
Shane, You (and others) might want to check this out. Basic Linux Training course, at http://www.basiclinux.net I signed up for it, and it just started today. He only accepts new students at the start of the course, which is just starting -- if you're interested write to him, you might still be able to get in. It is free and on-line, but it might be more basic than you're looking for. Randy Kramer shane wrote: well this isn't really on topic, but close. ;) i used to be a network admin for a school system before becoming a stay at home dad for a few years. anyway, i am hoping to keep up on some of my computer knowledge in the between jobs years by doing some studies in my huge amounts of free time. (other parents heard the sarcasm in my voice) i have (sadly) been reading through the MS certs. but they are pretty simple, and empty of useful learning, so i am wondering about certifications for linux. linux being decentralized as it is, i am more worried about learning than actually get a paper that says i can pass a test. so anyone out there have some experience in the area? who teaches a linux course worth taking? online/home/do it yourself type learning only, i can't take the 2 kids with me to classes. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Tried findpart.exe, can't figure out text output to restore partition.
Here is what a dos app spit out, I know the /home partition is in there somewhere but I can't figure it out. The partitions were as follows, but I don't know their sizes. /boot / /home /usr swap I only need what was in the /home one, none others. . __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] sorry forgot to include output file for deleted partition
I hope this thing does not phunk up the file so it can be read. Otherwise will have to include it as an attachment. Findpart, version 4.15. Copyright Svend Olaf Mikkelsen, 2001. Searches for partitions type 01, 04, 06, 07, 0B, 0C, 0E, 82, 83, plus Fdisk F6 and Lilo sectors. Information based on bootsectors is marked B. If the disk is larger than supported by BIOS, the supported part of the disk is examined. Disks are numbered from 1. OS: DOS 6.22 All Disk: 1 Cylinders: 2501 Heads: 255 Sectors: 63 MB: 19618 -PCyl N ID -Rel -Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS 0+1 83 6396264470 2 15 254 63 OK OK 0+2 0596327 2040255 9966 0 1 132 254 63 --- OK 6 1 83 63 2040192 9966 1 1 132 254 63 OK OK 6 2 05 2136582 18426555 8997 133 0 1 1279*254 63 --- OK 133 1 83 63 18426492 8997 133 1 1 1279*254 63 OK OK 133 2 05 30635955 9156987 4471 1023 1 1 1592*254 63 -627 NB 0 - 83 20563200 10072755 4918 1280 0 1 1906 254 63 B0 OK 1907+1 83 63 9301509 4541 1907* 2 1 2485*254 63 OK OK 1907+2 05 39937590 240912 117 1023 1 1 1037*254 63 +2486NB 0 - 83 30636081 9301509 4541 1907 2 1 2485 254 63 B0 OK 2485 1 82 63 256977 125 2485# 1 1 2500*254 63 OK There were sectors, which could not be read. No FATs found. Partitions according to partition tables on first harddisk: -PCyl N ID -Rel -Num ---MB -Start CHS- --End CHS-- BS CHS 0 1 83 20563200 10072755 4918 1280* 0 1 1906*254 63 OK OK __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fdisk, installation assistance
The Mandrake installer uses a graphical program called DiskDrake, you can scrap all of the partitions there, and try re-installing it. It sounds like it could be a swap partition related problem? I hope this helps. Kindest Regards, Ashley (aka ze0). |--| | Ashley Reynolds (aka ze0)[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.botepidemic.com Ph: +61 404 140 163 | | | | Registered Linux User: #254073 | |--| On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Derek Kitzelman wrote: Does Mandrake 8.1 have a partition manager utility similar to fdisk or disk druid? I am attempting to load Mandrake 8.1 on a PC that I previously loaded RedHat 7.0, which didn't like my video card. So, before loading Mandrake 8.1, I went in with the fdisk utility from RedHat and deleted the LINUX partition I had created. when trying to install 8.1 I get the following kernel panic: RAMDISK: compressed image found at block 0 Uncompressing.3crc errordone. Freeing initrd memory:507k freed VFS:Cannot open root device ram3 or 01:03 Please append a correct root= boot option Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 01:03 Has anyone seen this before? Thanks! __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fdisk, installation assistance
Ashley, Is there a way to access DiskDrake without launching the install? Is there away to initiate DiskDrake from the gui? Your help is definitely appreciated! Regards,, Derek --- Ashley Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Mandrake installer uses a graphical program called DiskDrake, you can scrap all of the partitions there, and try re-installing it. It sounds like it could be a swap partition related problem? I hope this helps. Kindest Regards, Ashley (aka ze0). |--| | Ashley Reynolds (aka ze0) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.botepidemic.com Ph: +61 404 140 163 | | | | Registered Linux User: #254073 | |--| On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Derek Kitzelman wrote: Does Mandrake 8.1 have a partition manager utility similar to fdisk or disk druid? I am attempting to load Mandrake 8.1 on a PC that I previously loaded RedHat 7.0, which didn't like my video card. So, before loading Mandrake 8.1, I went in with the fdisk utility from RedHat and deleted the LINUX partition I had created. when trying to install 8.1 I get the following kernel panic: RAMDISK: compressed image found at block 0 Uncompressing.3crc errordone. Freeing initrd memory:507k freed VFS:Cannot open root device ram3 or 01:03 Please append a correct root= boot option Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 01:03 Has anyone seen this before? Thanks! __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shell Script
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Right. I got all that. But the question is this: whatever the permissions might be, can root give permission -- and it work -- for a file to be world executable from within the public_html directory within a user's home directory? Mitch, I can't help you -- I don't know any more at this point in time. I do not understand what goes on with a web server -- there seem to be more gotchas involved. Randy Kramer Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] fdisk, installation assistance
Derek, There most certainly is. Simply run, as root: /usr/sbin/diskdrake I haven't used it from an existing installation before, but I'm sure it is no different than it is in the installer. ;) Have fun! Kindest Regards, Ashley (aka ze0). |--| | Ashley Reynolds (aka ze0)[EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.botepidemic.com Ph: +61 404 140 163 | | | | Registered Linux User: #254073 | |--| On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Derek Kitzelman wrote: Ashley, Is there a way to access DiskDrake without launching the install? Is there away to initiate DiskDrake from the gui? Your help is definitely appreciated! Regards,, Derek --- Ashley Reynolds [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The Mandrake installer uses a graphical program called DiskDrake, you can scrap all of the partitions there, and try re-installing it. It sounds like it could be a swap partition related problem? I hope this helps. Kindest Regards, Ashley (aka ze0). |--| | Ashley Reynolds (aka ze0) [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | http://www.botepidemic.com Ph: +61 404 140 163 | | | | Registered Linux User: #254073 | |--| On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Derek Kitzelman wrote: Does Mandrake 8.1 have a partition manager utility similar to fdisk or disk druid? I am attempting to load Mandrake 8.1 on a PC that I previously loaded RedHat 7.0, which didn't like my video card. So, before loading Mandrake 8.1, I went in with the fdisk utility from RedHat and deleted the LINUX partition I had created. when trying to install 8.1 I get the following kernel panic: RAMDISK: compressed image found at block 0 Uncompressing.3crc errordone. Freeing initrd memory:507k freed VFS:Cannot open root device ram3 or 01:03 Please append a correct root= boot option Kernel panic:VFS:Unable to mount root fs on 01:03 Has anyone seen this before? Thanks! __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] certs, semi -OT
Cool! I've just started the basic linux course too! This site has lots of good links. http://www.worldwidelearn.com/linux.htm As for certification I think that there are only two that I would consider worthwhile. Explore the sites. I haven't made up my mind yet. SAIR Linux which is distro independant http://www.linuxcertification.com/ LPI which looks like it has heavyweight backers. http://www.lpi.org/ Also consider http://www.linuxdoc.org and for inspiration try: http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/hacker-howto.htmlhowto.html Grant On Monday 07 January 2002 13:04, you wrote: Shane, You (and others) might want to check this out. Basic Linux Training course, at http://www.basiclinux.net I signed up for it, and it just started today. He only accepts new students at the start of the course, which is just starting -- if you're interested write to him, you might still be able to get in. It is free and on-line, but it might be more basic than you're looking for. Randy Kramer shane wrote: well this isn't really on topic, but close. ;) i used to be a network admin for a school system before becoming a stay at home dad for a few years. anyway, i am hoping to keep up on some of my computer knowledge in the between jobs years by doing some studies in my huge amounts of free time. (other parents heard the sarcasm in my voice) i have (sadly) been reading through the MS certs. but they are pretty simple, and empty of useful learning, so i am wondering about certifications for linux. linux being decentralized as it is, i am more worried about learning than actually get a paper that says i can pass a test. so anyone out there have some experience in the area? who teaches a linux course worth taking? online/home/do it yourself type learning only, i can't take the 2 kids with me to classes. Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; name=message.footer Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can't read CD for hdlists
I am trying to install 8.1 on a PC (AMD AthlonXP 1700, one IDE drive, one DVD drive, one CD-RW drive) and I get to the point where it wants to display the packages to install. At that point, I get the series of cdrom errors shown in the included dmesg. Sometimes it stops after a few tries and displays the message An error occurred. No hdlists found Other times, it just cycles forever as in the attached dmesg. I have previously installed this version of Mandrake on this machine from these CDs, though with a different monitor. Best guess: do I have a bad CD or a bad CD drive? And what can I do about either? Many thanks, andy ] kernel/system logger ok 4Linux version 2.4.8-24mdkBOOT ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version 2.96 2731 (Mandrake Linux 8.1 2.96-0.62mdk)) #1 Wed Sep 19 16:47:35 CEST 2001 6BIOS-provided physical RAM map: 4 BIOS-e820: - 0009fc00 (usable) 4 BIOS-e820: 0009fc00 - 000a (reserved) 4 BIOS-e820: 000f - 0010 (reserved) 4 BIOS-e820: 0010 - 1fff (usable) 4 BIOS-e820: 1fff - 1fff8000 (ACPI data) 4 BIOS-e820: 1fff8000 - 2000 (ACPI NVS) 4 BIOS-e820: fff8 - 0001 (reserved) 4On node 0 totalpages: 131056 4zone(0): 4096 pages. 4zone(1): 126960 pages. 4zone(2): 0 pages. 4Kernel command line: ramdisk_size=32000 initrd=cdrom.rdz automatic=method:cdrom root=/dev/ram3 vga=788 BOOT_IMAGE=vmlinuz auto 6Initializing CPU#0 4Detected 1466.460 MHz processor. 4Console: colour dummy device 80x25 4Calibrating delay loop... 2922.90 BogoMIPS 4Memory: 513296k/524224k available (759k kernel code, 10540k reserved, 201k data, 92k init, 0k highmem) 4Dentry-cache hash table entries: 65536 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) 4Inode-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 6, 262144 bytes) 4Mount-cache hash table entries: 8192 (order: 4, 65536 bytes) 4Buffer-cache hash table entries: 32768 (order: 5, 131072 bytes) 4Page-cache hash table entries: 131072 (order: 7, 524288 bytes) 7CPU: Before vendor init, caps: 0383f9ff c1cbf9ff , vendor = 2 6Intel machine check architecture supported. 6Intel machine check reporting enabled on CPU#0. 6CPU: L1 I Cache: 64K (64 bytes/line), D cache 64K (64 bytes/line) 6CPU: L2 Cache: 256K (64 bytes/line) 7CPU: After vendor init, caps: 0383f9ff c1cbf9ff 7CPU: After generic, caps: 0383f9ff c1cbf9ff 7CPU: Common caps: 0383f9ff c1cbf9ff 4CPU: AMD Athlon(tm) XP 1700+ stepping 02 6Enabling fast FPU save and restore... done. 6Enabling unmasked SIMD FPU exception support... done. 6Checking 'hlt' instruction... OK. 6Checking for popad bug... OK. 4POSIX conformance testing by UNIFIX 4PCI: PCI BIOS revision 2.10 entry at 0xfdb51, last bus=1 4PCI: Using configuration type 1 4PCI: Probing PCI hardware 6PCI: Using IRQ router default [1106/3074] at 00:11.0 6Linux NET4.0 for Linux 2.4 6Based upon Swansea University Computer Society NET3.039 4Starting kswapd v1.8 6vesafb: framebuffer at 0xd000, mapped to 0xe080, size 65536k 6vesafb: mode is 800x600x16, linelength=1600, pages=3 6vesafb: protected mode interface info at c000:c2c0 6vesafb: scrolling: redraw 6vesafb: directcolor: size=0:5:6:5, shift=0:11:5:0 4Console: switching to colour frame buffer device 100x37 6fb0: VESA VGA frame buffer device 4block: queued sectors max/low 341050kB/209978kB, 1024 slots per queue 4RAMDISK driver initialized: 16 RAM disks of 32000K size 1024 blocksize 6Uniform Multi-Platform E-IDE driver Revision: 6.31 4ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx 4VP_IDE: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 89 4VP_IDE: chipset revision 6 4VP_IDE: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later 4ide: Assuming 33MHz system bus speed for PIO modes; override with idebus=xx 6VP_IDE: VIA vt8233 (rev 00) IDE UDMA100 controller on pci00:11.1 4ide0: BM-DMA at 0xff00-0xff07, BIOS settings: hda:DMA, hdb:pio 4ide1: BM-DMA at 0xff08-0xff0f, BIOS settings: hdc:DMA, hdd:DMA 4hda: WDC WD600AB-00BVA0, ATA DISK drive 4hdc: LITEON DVD-ROM LTD163, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive 4hdd: LITE-ON LTR-16102B, ATAPI CD/DVD-ROM drive 4ide0 at 0x1f0-0x1f7,0x3f6 on irq 14 4ide1 at 0x170-0x177,0x376 on irq 15 6hda: 117231408 sectors (60022 MB) w/2048KiB Cache, CHS=7297/255/63, UDMA(100) 6Partition check: 6 hda: hda1 hda2 hda3 hda5 hda6 hda7 6Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M 6FDC 0 is a post-1991 82077 6NET4: Linux TCP/IP 1.0 for NET4.0 6IP Protocols: ICMP, UDP, TCP 4IP: routing cache hash table of 4096 buckets, 32Kbytes 4TCP: Hash tables configured (established 32768 bind 32768) 6NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0/SMP for Linux NET4.0. 5RAMDISK: Compressed image found at block 0 4Uncompressingdone. 4Freeing initrd memory: 507k freed 4VFS: Mounted root (ext2 filesystem). 4hdc: ATAPI 48X DVD-ROM drive, 512kB Cache, UDMA(33) 6Uniform CD-ROM driver Revision: 3.12 4hdd: ATAPI 40X CD-ROM
[newbie] [OT] For Anuerin G Diaz
Pare I found PLUG! In case you haven't yet, send a subscription to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sorry, I lost your address when I uninstalled Edsamail and that other OS. -- Holy smokes Batman, Robin exclaimed, the Penguin's taken over Gotham! Allen ZERO Hernandez[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] nVidia nForce 420D chipset
On Mon, 07 Jan 2002 09:26:17 -0500, Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: I'm not a fan of closed source drivers, but this chipset looks too good to pass up :-) Sridhar, I just saw something today about NVidia seizing computer equipment from some hackers who used some amount of deception to collect information presumably in order to write drivers for Linux. Just saw a headline or snippet and haven't read it thoroughly, presumably I'll find it again as I go through mail / daily news updates. Don't know if involves any arrests or anything more than seizing equipment. But, I for one don't plan to reward NVidia by buying anything from them. I'll post again when I find a link to the story. Randy Kramer If you mean http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/55/23551.html, then I don't see any problem with it. The crackers were obviously doing something illegal, by posing as employees and Nvidia partners to breach Nvidia's firewall. Nvidia themselves have no right to seize computer equipment, but they would have sought some sort of court order to allow the police to do so. This is a perfectly normal procedure for trials to do with computer cracking. -- Sridhar Dhanapalan But hey, thats just my 31,000 Turkish Lira. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] finding a linux-compatible scanner
Hello I have been trying to find a new scanner to use with M8.0. The problem I'm having is that I can't locate any of the models that are listed at www.mostang.com as linux-compatible. They seem to be older models and no longer in the stores or listed on manufacturer's web sites. ( I should say that I haven't paid much attention to anything over $150.) Can anyone point me in the right direction? I would prefer an Epson. By the way, someone on this list told me that a friend used an Epson 1250u with linux, but on www.mostang.com, the 1250 is singled out as not working with sane. Anyone know the deal with that? Thanks, SW Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Shell Script
On 2002.01.07, at 23:36, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This brings up a question about permissions ... So a script (or any executable, such as a perl script written for cgi) cannot be run by anyone other than root, if it was created by root? I mean, root can't give permission for a root-owned script to be world executable, even if the administrator wanted to? While I can see how doing that would be a very bad idea, in terms of security, I'm just asking in order to learn more about linux file permissions. No, you should not confuse permissions and ownership. Ownership and permissions are independent. When you run ls -al from the shell, you have the permission string first and then the owner and the group. As root, you can allow anybody to run anything. Suppose your script is called rootownedscript, you can allow anybody to run it by typing chmod o+x rootownedscript (o means other, x means execute, therefore chmod o+x = make executable for other). Well, if you read the manual (type man chmod from a terminal), you will know everything about chmod. But as a warning, be careful to what you allow to your users... I wouldn't recommend to allow diskdrake or other funny tools to be allowed to all users... I had written a perl cgi script, and it wouldn't run from the web page, as it turns out because I had created it as root. Then chmod o+x your_script. Pascal Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can't read CD for hdlists
got the same error you describe but reburned the cd and had a nice clean install. you might try cleaning the cd first though. best of luck. On Monday 07 January 2002 16:15, you spoke unto me thusly: I am trying to install 8.1 on a PC (AMD AthlonXP 1700, one IDE drive, one DVD drive, one CD-RW drive) and I get to the point where it wants to display the packages to install. At that point, I get the series of cdrom errors shown in the included dmesg. Sometimes it stops after a few tries and displays the message An error occurred. No hdlists found Other times, it just cycles forever as in the attached dmesg. I have previously installed this version of Mandrake on this machine from these CDs, though with a different monitor. Best guess: do I have a bad CD or a bad CD drive? And what can I do about either? Many thanks, andy -- Remember, to a tree being useful is a terminal illness. shane registered linux user #101606 @ http://counter.li.org/ http://www.mystic-light.net/personal/ Proud to be a DMOZ editor since 10-98 http://dmoz.org cause humans do it better! Link different. Profile at: http://dmoz.org/profiles/shen.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] finding a linux-compatible scanner
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 09:18:52 -0500 Scott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello I have been trying to find a new scanner to use with M8.0. The problem I'm having is that I can't locate any of the models that are listed at www.mostang.com as linux-compatible. They seem to be older models and no longer in the stores or listed on manufacturer's web sites. ( I should say that I haven't paid much attention to anything over $150.) Can anyone point me in the right direction? would prefer an Epson. By the way, someone on this list told me that a friend used an Epson 1250u with linux, but on www.mostang.com, the 1250 is singled out as not working with sane. Anyone know the deal with that? Thanks, SW You can also take a look here: http://www.epkowa.co.jp/english/linux_e/linux.html Corrado Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Konqueror https Jsp
When I try to bring up the following URL in konqueror https://pcb.peoples.com/online/defaut.jsp I get the following; People's Online We are sorry our People's Online service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. But when i bring this URL up in IE on win98 I get the proper page. Anyone know why Konqueror is doing this? TIA Gerald P.S. I did set up konqueror to use /usr/local/j2re1.3/bin/java And I can bring up other https URLs. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Konqueror https Jsp
On Monday 07 January 2002 10:05 pm, Gerald Waugh wrote: When I try to bring up the following URL in konqueror https://pcb.peoples.com/online/defaut.jsp I get the following; People's Online We are sorry our People's Online service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. But when i bring this URL up in IE on win98 I get the proper page. Anyone know why Konqueror is doing this? TIA Gerald P.S. I did set up konqueror to use /usr/local/j2re1.3/bin/java And I can bring up other https URLs. Just had some site attempt to load macromedia and got this related error Java VM version: 1.3.0 Java VM vendor: Blackdown Java-Linux Team Unable to load JSSE SSL stream handler, https support not available Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Konqueror https Jsp
On Monday 07 January 2002 22:05, you wrote: When I try to bring up the following URL in konqueror https://pcb.peoples.com/online/defaut.jsp I get the following; People's Online We are sorry our People's Online service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. But when i bring this URL up in IE on win98 I get the proper page. Anyone know why Konqueror is doing this? TIA Gerald P.S. I did set up konqueror to use /usr/local/j2re1.3/bin/java And I can bring up other https URLs. If I were to guess, I would say that the web site was set up with frontpage 2000 or similar and it will not read any browser other than IE Explorer. Just a guess. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Remote Login Access ???
Hi! I like to configure my Linux Server become a remote access. It means ... that I will use others Linux server to dial-in to my office linux server with external 56K modem. The main purpose is to enable the others office to access there email and files tranfer. I need help .. Best Regards,SKLIM+6012 391 3638
Re: [newbie] Re: Konqueror https Jsp
On Monday 07 January 2002 22:14, you wrote: On Monday 07 January 2002 10:05 pm, Gerald Waugh wrote: When I try to bring up the following URL in konqueror https://pcb.peoples.com/online/defaut.jsp I get the following; People's Online We are sorry our People's Online service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. But when i bring this URL up in IE on win98 I get the proper page. Anyone know why Konqueror is doing this? TIA Gerald P.S. I did set up konqueror to use /usr/local/j2re1.3/bin/java And I can bring up other https URLs. Just had some site attempt to load macromedia and got this related error Java VM version: 1.3.0 Java VM vendor: Blackdown Java-Linux Team Unable to load JSSE SSL stream handler, https support not available Oh, also I tried it with Mozilla, Opera , Netscape, none would retrieve the web page. It is definitely filtering browser connections. I have java working in all of the above. Other web pages are not a problem. If you want to see if your java is coming up properly try this : http://spaceflight.nasa.gov/realdata/tracking/index.html Give it a few seconds to load, it may take up to about 30s. The space station should move every 20s or so and you will see the tracking lines and the mercadian globe with night and day shading. HTH -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Re: Konqueror https Jsp
On Monday 07 January 2002 22:14, you wrote: On Monday 07 January 2002 10:05 pm, Gerald Waugh wrote: When I try to bring up the following URL in konqueror https://pcb.peoples.com/online/defaut.jsp I get the following; People's Online We are sorry our People's Online service is temporarily unavailable. Please try again later. But when i bring this URL up in IE on win98 I get the proper page. Anyone know why Konqueror is doing this? TIA Gerald P.S. I did set up konqueror to use /usr/local/j2re1.3/bin/java And I can bring up other https URLs. Just had some site attempt to load macromedia and got this related error Java VM version: 1.3.0 Java VM vendor: Blackdown Java-Linux Team Unable to load JSSE SSL stream handler, https support not available My other guess would be that you need to change the url to the last word being default.jsp notice the 'l' missing in your first post. -- Dennis M. registered linux user # 180842 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] 8.1 Kernel Panic on Boot - new Dell C400 laptop
Good thought -- unfortunately no change in behavior. According to something I found at http://www.linux-laptop.net/ the 830M chipset requires a kernel change, as well as X changes. Unless I free up some more hacking time, I guess I'll wait a bit. Thanks! John On 1/7/02 2:19 PM, Frans Ketelaars [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 6 Jan 2002 20:50:19 -0600 John O'Shaughnessy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Followed by the following: 0 Kernel panic: Attempted to kill init! e2 03 23 04 95 c0 f6 26 ] [ c0105000 ] The machine needs to be powered off to get beyond that point. The Dell C400 has an 866 MHz PIII-M 512 Mb RAM. It also has Intel 830M Integrated UMA Graphics (shared with system memory). Maybe the 'shared with system memory' graphics is the problem? My suggestion: when booting, when the splash screen comes up, press ESC and at the prompt type 'linux mem=xyzM', without quotes of course, where xyz is the amount of RAM minus video memory. HTH, -Frans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- John O'Shaughnessy[EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can I connect to netzero from my linux box???
I was trying to do that my windows networking experiences are not that great. By any chance do u know how to to setup internet sharing from windows, and then what equipment should I need to connect my linux box to the windows one. I have a little netgear switch four ports I would really appreciate your help. Roberto... --- Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 06 Jan 2002 23:45:18 -0500 Noah Swint [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumbled this: You can dialin and view only netzero pages but they have configured the dns servers to only work with their software to prevent users from getting around it. and they use an encrypted password too. On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 22:39, Roberto Armenteros wrote: During my winter breaks I am away from my school network and my only internet access is through netzero. Is there a way to connect my linux box through netzero? Can I share my netzero internet connection from my Windos XP box with my linux box? This may be nonsense, but you never know ;) Please if anyone gives me a hand on this I would really appreciate it. Roberto... If your run the linux box through the widnows box and use ICS(internet connection sharing) on the window box, Netzero won't know the difference. -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can I connect to netzero from my linux box???
windows me, 2k, and xp should have internet sharing built in, if you go to network neighborhood, you should be able to go to the create new network wizard which should give you the option to share your internet, if you have win98 or 95, you'll need a program such as wingate, or the free withgate mark On Tuesday 08 January 2002 09:44 am, you wrote: I was trying to do that my windows networking experiences are not that great. By any chance do u know how to to setup internet sharing from windows, and then what equipment should I need to connect my linux box to the windows one. I have a little netgear switch four ports I would really appreciate your help. Roberto... --- Jon Doe [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 06 Jan 2002 23:45:18 -0500 Noah Swint [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumbled this: You can dialin and view only netzero pages but they have configured the dns servers to only work with their software to prevent users from getting around it. and they use an encrypted password too. On Sun, 2002-01-06 at 22:39, Roberto Armenteros wrote: During my winter breaks I am away from my school network and my only internet access is through netzero. Is there a way to connect my linux box through netzero? Can I share my netzero internet connection from my Windos XP box with my linux box? This may be nonsense, but you never know ;) Please if anyone gives me a hand on this I would really appreciate it. Roberto... If your run the linux box through the widnows box and use ICS(internet connection sharing) on the window box, Netzero won't know the difference. -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ -- 9:58pm up 4:17, 1 user, load average: 0.13, 0.22, 0.30 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] deleted partition HELP!
YES I DID examine the display, it did not say which partition was what, all I know is that it is the third partition, /boot / then /home, but it was not displayed that way because it did not even TRY to read the drive just the damnb partition table, I want something that will scan the entire drive, find the partition barriers, and then re-write the partition table, for your info, I DID study the literature and I DID NOT UNDERSTAND it, it DID NOT TELL ME what I NEEDED TO DO, sorry but I am handicapped and I need EXTRA Help with some things. All it did was display a blank drive and I know that is not what it is, it said the entire 20Gb thing was blank, but you can't blank an entire drive in less than one second, you would have to have a special utility that would go over the whole thing and set the data to all zeros, when a partition is erased, it just erases the card catalogue that tells where all the books in the library are. I'm sorry if you don't know the answer, its ok to not know something, don't be ashamed if you don't know everything, no one does, all you gotta say is I don't know and I will ask someone who does, no problem. If anyone else knows, or would like to try, please I would appreciate some input. If needed, I will email in again and try to re-state the problem in a way that can be understood, I'm sorry I have bad communication skills, I will take as long as I need here until I get the information I need, then I will drop the subject when my drive can once again be accessed, and thank all those who helped or at least tried. Thanks to alex for at least trying. __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Can I connect to netzero from my linux box???
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 19:44:02 -0800 (PST) Roberto Armenteros [EMAIL PROTECTED] grumbled this: I was trying to do that my windows networking experiences are not that great. By any chance do u know how to to setup internet sharing from windows, and then what equipment should I need to connect my linux box to the windows one. I have a little netgear switch four ports I would really appreciate your help. Roberto... This site has step by step instructions for Win9x, Win2000 and WinXP. I beleive it also tells you the hardware you need. I have never personally setup a winbox to share access, my linux box does the sharing for windows, but I am asuming it will work basically the same in reverse. I am pretty new to networking myself, so I hope this works for you. Keep us/me informed on your progress. http://www.annoyances.org/exec/show/ics -- 010101010010010111001101001110001110010100 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] file sharing
Can anyone recommend a good file sharing app? TIA -Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie]
mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Monday 07 January 2002 04:13 am, you wrote: Sort of a off-list question: Did someones send you the disks 'yes' or 'no'. If not I'll happily oblige. Over here in Europe (NL) there are no export restrictions in the sense of data etc. There's 3 of them. Hi, No, no one has yet sent me disks but it seems that everyone it just waiting to send me the disks. All of you are so helpful. I would like to receive the disks. I just want to confirm the version you are going to send. Since I require bascially a version which has kernel 2.4. I am just sticking to this point since my modem workd only on it. My address is Amish K. Munshi, B 306, Rainbow, Raheja Vihar, Mumbai 400072. India. Tel 91-022-8571731. I would be glad to receive any version. I got a mail from someone saying that the 7.2 version does not have a kernel 2.4. So just confirm before hand. Thanks. Bye. -- Amish [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Testing for posting on this mailing list.
Sorry for the trouble but I wasn't able to post messages so I am testing. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Testing for posting on this mailing list.
On Tuesday 08 January 2002 4:47, you wrote: Sorry for the trouble but I wasn't able to post messages so I am testing. You have been received, cheers! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Postfix delivers mail for root to nobody, why?
Hi all, I've got a Md8.1 setup with postfix (I used sendmail before) and discovered I never had mail as root. On doing some research I found the file /var/spool/mail/nobody containing all my root mail from the beginning (cron job results). I searched for a .forward file without luck. I moved the file nobody elsewhere and re-tested mail to root. The file nobody was re-created. How can I rectify this situation and make root's mail land in a file called root like it ought to? Strange also that root's mail went to nobody before I even started postfix! Also, I always read postfix is so easy to configure; is there a gui that comes with it? See ya, Guy. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file sharing
samba, nfs, appletalk, ftp, http, scp, sftp all come immediately to mind -- it all depends on who you want to share it to, between what operating systems, and what it is that you wish to share. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 08:29 PM 01/07/2002 -0800, you wrote: Can anyone recommend a good file sharing app? TIA -Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file sharing
On 07 Jan 2002 20:29:24 -0800 chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone recommend a good file sharing app? TIA -Chuck depends on your needs. if you need to share in your own network then Samba is the preferred choice. if you need to share to users outside your network then consider running a ftp server or anything similar. if you are looking for something with napster like capabilities then you could try kazaa though it still is in beta and lagging from its windows counterpart in terms of usability. ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file sharing
chuck wrote: Can anyone recommend a good file sharing app? TIA -Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com If you are sharing files among linux computers, then nfs is the way to go--not really an app, just define the files/directories on each machine you want ro share, and the machines to share them to. Then on each of the machines which will access the files, define a nfs mount and a directory. It is then transparent--it is mounted at boot usually and is simply like any other mounted partition. You can use linuxconf to set up both server and client sides of the nfs mount, the rest of the capability is built into the kernel, not a separate program at all. The other file sharing system is Samba, This one shares with windows boxes as well as linux boxes but is more of a chore to set up. Many people use webmin to set it up, others try the web browser game to use a setup program called SWAT, and some others say all that is unnecessary, put your favorite text editor on /etc/samba/smb.conf, read and configure as you choose, and save. LinNeighborhood, komba and gnomba are popular as clients of Samba to allow Linboxes to access either winboxes or other linboxes for shared files. Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] .Xdefaults problem
I'm using Mandrake 8.1 and KDE 2?. Something seems to be overriding my .Xdefaults settings for emacs. My Menu bar, status bar and scroll bar are all the correct custom colors, but the font background is the default SlateGrey. Is there another file I need to edit? It's really annoying. - Chris Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file sharing
To be more specific, I am looking for a P2P file sharing client. I have used gtk gnutella and didn't find it to be particularly compelling, mainly because I have difficulty connecting. Are there any other clients for gnutella or fast track that work well. Thanks, -Chuck On Mon, 2002-01-07 at 21:05, Michael Viron wrote: samba, nfs, appletalk, ftp, http, scp, sftp all come immediately to mind -- it all depends on who you want to share it to, between what operating systems, and what it is that you wish to share. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems Administration Consultant Web Spinners, University of West Florida At 08:29 PM 01/07/2002 -0800, you wrote: Can anyone recommend a good file sharing app? TIA -Chuck Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com =_1010466193-11608-4234 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Can I Use Cups and LPD to print with?
Can I use both Cups and LPD to print with or will that cause confusion for my printer? -- http://ld.net/?nswint Registered Linux User Number 254358 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] DHCP configuration to improve detection on dynamic IP
Hi All People, Kindly advise a simple and straightward method to configure network settings in using DHCP to improve the detection on dynamic IP address. Thanks in advance. B.R. Stephen Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] file sharing
On 07 Jan 2002 21:16:24 -0800 chuck [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: To be more specific, I am looking for a P2P file sharing client. I have used gtk gnutella and didn't find it to be particularly compelling, mainly because I have difficulty connecting. Are there any other clients for gnutella or fast track that work well. Thanks, -Chuck in that case you might be successful with the kazaa linux client. there was an open source project for the P2P networks but something changed and I dont think its very active right now. Im still looking for a windows P2P client that I could run with wine. still no luck. ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Cups Only Printing Out Items That Have Color
Cups is only printing out object that have color. Well anything that is not black. How can I make it print things that are black and gray. -- http://ld.net/?nswint Registered Linux User Number 254358 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] GCC, CC Compilers not working
when I try to cuse cc or gcc from a command line, I get no such file or directory. When I go to my usr/bin directory and do an ls cc, I get the following: cc@ I try compiling directly in the /usr/bin directory (which shouldn't be necessary) and I still get the same error. Any ideas? Thanks, Paul PS: g++ works just fine. I would use it but some install programs ask for cc. __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Gnumeric crash
all of a sudden Gnumeric crashes on me. I use it regularly, even yesterday. Today I want to load it and it crashes. I uninstalled and installed it again: crash. Rebooted the machine to make sure that all memory and processes clean: gnumeric crashes. Hi all, I got the problem fixed. The nasty one was that I changed /etc/sysconfig/i18n to reflect information about the Euro currency. After changing that back to US_EN defaults things are working again. Paul -- Silence is one of the hardest things to refute. -Josh Billings http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.7.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] GCC, CC Compilers not working
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 21:53:09 -0800 (PST) Pauljames Dimitriu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when I try to cuse cc or gcc from a command line, I get no such file or directory. When I go to my usr/bin directory and do an ls cc, I get the following: cc@ I try compiling directly in the /usr/bin directory (which shouldn't be necessary) and I still get the same error. Any ideas? Thanks, Paul PS: g++ works just fine. I would use it but some install programs ask for cc. cc is just a link to gcc. im guessing that either something happened with gcc and you lost permission to execute it or it was not installed in the first place. just guessing... -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] GCC, CC Compilers not working
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 21:53:09 -0800 (PST) Pauljames Dimitriu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when I try to cuse cc or gcc from a command line, I get no such file or directory. When I go to my usr/bin directory and do an ls cc, I get the following: cc@ PS: g++ works just fine. I would use it but some install programs ask for cc. do ls -l /usr/bin/cc Where does that point to? Paul -- Silence is one of the hardest things to refute. -Josh Billings http://nlpagan.net - Registered Linux User 174403 Linux Mandrake 8.0 - Sylpheed 0.7.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] CDROM access from the icon?
Hi List (and Randy) I have edited my lilo.conf and fstab files so as my cd burning software can see both cdrom drives and use them as reader and writer. Now when I try to access the cdrom drive through the icon on the desktop it claims two things. First, Unsupported action list dir. Then if you try to click on the icon again, now it really gets mad, Could not mount device, the reported error was: mount dev/scd0 already mounted or mnt/cdrom busy. Okay, why is this? I was kinda hoping this icon access would be an easy way to see data on my disks. Don't say it.I know.nothing is easy! Any help would be great. Mick Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] GCC, CC Compilers not working
Hi, Thanks for the prompt reply. I did an ls -l gcc and all the permissions are set correctly: -rwxrwxrwx . gcc maybe it died. Where can I get another copy w/o reinstalling Linux? --- Anuerin G.Diaz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 21:53:09 -0800 (PST) Pauljames Dimitriu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when I try to cuse cc or gcc from a command line, I get no such file or directory. When I go to my usr/bin directory and do an ls cc, I get the following: cc@ I try compiling directly in the /usr/bin directory (which shouldn't be necessary) and I still get the same error. Any ideas? Thanks, Paul PS: g++ works just fine. I would use it but some install programs ask for cc. cc is just a link to gcc. im guessing that either something happened with gcc and you lost permission to execute it or it was not installed in the first place. just guessing... -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com __ Do You Yahoo!? Send FREE video emails in Yahoo! Mail! http://promo.yahoo.com/videomail/ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] GCC, CC Compilers not working
On Mon, 7 Jan 2002 22:11:11 -0800 (PST) Pauljames Dimitriu [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Thanks for the prompt reply. I did an ls -l gcc and all the permissions are set correctly: -rwxrwxrwx . gcc maybe it died. Where can I get another copy w/o reinstalling Linux? you can try installing it from the CDs but before you do that do you get the correct path when you issue which gcc or do you get an error stating that gcc is not in your path? maybe its just a path problem and its worth a try first... ;-) ciao! -- Programming, an artform that fights back. = Anuerin G. Diaz Design Engineer Millennium Software, Incorporated 2305 B West Tower, Philippines Stocks Exchange Center, Exchange Road, Ortigas Center, Pasig City Tel# 638-3070 loc. 72 Fax# 638-3079 = Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
