Re: [newbie] To Twiki Editors, Welcome to Newbie Manager and List-Members.
Though I do see a lot of the same or similar questions asked on this list, I still tend to read the responses because I often do find out little tips or tricks or tidbits of information that are handy and useful, even if the problem itself is something I could remedy without needing [much] assistance. Maybe gently nudging those FAQ-type questions to a FAQ page/site would be good, but I wouldn't want to see uber-newbie questions simply greeted with a response of RTFM!! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] File undelete utility?
In the process of trying to set up an external hard drive, I misread the Seagate setup instructions and accidentally destroyed the partitions on my laptop so badly that using 'rescue' from the installation CD couldn't do good. (all my partitions were gone) I've since reinstalled Linux and tried to set the partition sizes to what they were before, in the hope that I could run some sort of file restore utility on /dev/hda6, which was where my /home drive was. (my hope was that that portion of the hard drive wouldn't be overwritten by the install) I've tried r-linux, recover and mundelete and none of them have worked. I need something a little more thorough than those three, something that will scan the drive itself instead of only checking the inodes. Any suggestions? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?
Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:33:32 -0500 (EST) cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the process of trying to set up an external hard drive, I misread the Seagate setup instructions and accidentally destroyed the partitions on my laptop so badly that using 'rescue' from the installation CD couldn't do good. (all my partitions were gone) I've since reinstalled Linux and tried to set the partition sizes to what they were before, in the hope that I could run some sort of file restore utility on /dev/hda6, which was where my /home drive was. (my hope was that that portion of the hard drive wouldn't be overwritten by the install) I've tried r-linux, recover and mundelete and none of them have worked. I need something a little more thorough than those three, something that will scan the drive itself instead of only checking the inodes. Any suggestions? have you tried the ultimate boot cd? http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ not sure if it has anything you need, but it has alot on it. The web site list all the programs on it, you might find something useful, if not for now maybe later on. I downloaded magicrescue and managed to restore all the image files that were in my /home partition. The utility isn't comprehensive enough to restore my downloaded tgz/zip/rpm files, so I'll give ultimatebootcd a shot too. Thanx Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] File undelete utility?
Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: Steve Jeppesen wrote: On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 09:33:32 -0500 (EST) cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: In the process of trying to set up an external hard drive, I misread the Seagate setup instructions and accidentally destroyed the partitions on my laptop so badly that using 'rescue' from the installation CD couldn't do good. (all my partitions were gone) I've since reinstalled Linux and tried to set the partition sizes to what they were before, in the hope that I could run some sort of file restore utility on /dev/hda6, which was where my /home drive was. (my hope was that that portion of the hard drive wouldn't be overwritten by the install) I've tried r-linux, recover and mundelete and none of them have worked. I need something a little more thorough than those three, something that will scan the drive itself instead of only checking the inodes. Any suggestions? have you tried the ultimate boot cd? http://www.ultimatebootcd.com/ not sure if it has anything you need, but it has alot on it. The web site list all the programs on it, you might find something useful, if not for now maybe later on. It does have partition recovery tools on it. But I am not sure they will work after doing a re-install. I hate to say it, but it would have been fairly simple to recover before trying to re-install Linux. But it is worth a try... Mikkel OK, I'll bite. If the OS won't boot, the partitions are all gone and rescue complains that it can't find /usr, what would the fairly simple solution be in such a situation? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Window sizing problem
4556At 08:28 PM 1/18/2005, cervixcouch wrote: Sometimes, when I'm in an application (doesn't matter which one) I'll click on a button and the next window that opens will be cropped, I've run into the same problem with my 19inch monitor. I have gone the same route as you and had to compromise with screen resolution and font size. Some of the menus still disappear below the screen. I'm not very computer literate but it seems a solution would be a customized screen resolution menu. I wonder if a video card would offer a solution. If you find an answer please let me in on it. Owen I suspected that it was a problem with either my WindowManager (I was using gdm then switched to kdm then xdm) or XWindows, so I started fiddling with some settings. Well, as a result of doing something very stupid in the control panel, I managed to totally wreck XWindows so it would start at all. I uninstalled xorg, kde, gnome and icewm then reinstalled them, except for kde 'cause I was feeling lazy and short on time. Miraculously, when X started working again everything was fine. I opened up certain windows/dialog boxes that previously consistently appeared cropped and now they all appear as they should. Granted, what I did was extreme, but it seems to rule out a video card or screen resolution problem, since I'd already tried that. I'm still not sure what in the WindowManager caused the problem, though. I was hoping to find a miracle setting in a config file somewhere, but now I'll have to wait until the problem recurs. Also, to Mr. JoeHill: pekwm is a tad minimal for my taste. I do like at least a little butter on my biscuit! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Window sizing problem
Sometimes, when I'm in an application (doesn't matter which one) I'll click on a button and the next window that opens will be cropped, i.e. not all the data inside the window will be visible because a portion of it is cut off. I won't have the option to modify the size of the window or scroll left/right/up/down to view its contents. Since this happens in more than one application (OpenOffice Writer, Mozilla, etc), I figure it must be due to a system setting somewhere. I've gone into kcontrol-Look and Feel-Fonts and reduced the font sizes. I've gone into Gnome Control Panel and reduced the font sizes there. I've also tried increasing and decreasing the screen resolution, but to no avail. It appears to only affect the size of the text, not the form elements like buttons, listbox widths, etc. Is there somewhere else I should make adjustments? Why wouldn't the contents of a window scale down to fit the window frame? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Kernel source for 9.2??
I feel kinda doofy asking this, but where do I find the kernel source from the installation CDs? I'm trying to install software that needs to find it in /usr/src/linux. I've looked at all three CDs but haven't seen anything that appears to be the source for my kernel (2.4.22.10mdk). When I went into MCC and did a search for 'kernel' in the package manager, I got a higher kernel version than the one I have. What is the kernel src called on the disks? Is it called something obscure, like bimbos-on-juice.2.4.22.10mdk, and I'm just too braindead to catch it??? Yeah, I know I can download it from various places online, but I assumed it would be installable from the installation CDs, like it was in 7.2. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] init level 3 and odd screen display
Stephen Kühn wrote: On Wed, 2004-11-03 at 15:33, cervixcouch wrote: I went into /etc/inittab and changed the runlevel to 3. Now when I boot up, the non-graphical login prompt appears and the upper 8/10ths of the screen is black, but the bottom portion has the blue background that appears during runlevel 5 startup and I can see the word Mandraklinux with a star next to it, as well as the last line displayed in the boot process that says, Starting kheader: OK. This is odd, because I've done this before in MDK9.2 and this never happened. I'm using 10.1 now and don't know what the problem is. Any ideas on what might be causing this? I would tend to think that you still have either a theme-able console login or the theme is taking over - you can disable that in MCC = Boot Tried that. Didn't do me a lick of good. When I rebooted, the options display theme under console and use graphical boot were reenabled. I did notice that I got an error message about rxvt not being able to display UTF-8. I have Icewm set as the default desktop in /etc/sysconfig/desktop and have rxvt set as the terminal application in the toolbar, so I went to /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/icewm and changed the entry from rxvt to konsole. For whatever reason, this worked. I don't see why it would, or why Linux would care what terminal I have in the toolbar. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] init level 3 and odd screen display
I went into /etc/inittab and changed the runlevel to 3. Now when I boot up, the non-graphical login prompt appears and the upper 8/10ths of the screen is black, but the bottom portion has the blue background that appears during runlevel 5 startup and I can see the word Mandraklinux with a star next to it, as well as the last line displayed in the boot process that says, Starting kheader: OK. This is odd, because I've done this before in MDK9.2 and this never happened. I'm using 10.1 now and don't know what the problem is. Any ideas on what might be causing this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Linux Fact or Fiction
On Friday 22 Oct 2004 05:31, Mikkel L. Ellertson wrote: John Wilson wrote: - snip John, I think you did a great job of summing it up. But one thing I have never seen talked about as a way to get a virus into a Linux system is to include it in an RPM. Lets face it, how many people actualy check the scripts that are run when an rpm is installed? Do you check that it is signed properly? (I know urpmi will check, but I also remember problem with package signitures talked about on the lists...) Remember, almost all RPMs are installed by root, so any scripts an RPM runs are also run by root. And all that is needed is to hack an update mirror site to infect a large number of machines... Which is why you should be extremely careful about any software that does not come from known and trusted sources. Reputable sources do have checks built in to make sure they start with safe packages and their boxes are not cracked. As always, the ultimate check is your own care and common sense. Anne So how exactly does one safeguard against a trojan when installing an RPM? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] eth0 won't initialize on startup
Maybe I should qualify my previous statements. After boot, ifconfig indeed, shows that ETH0 is UP, however it does not get an IP address from the DHCP server. I have not yet tried it with a static IP address. In order for me to do any network communication, I must su to root and execute an 'ifup eth0' in order for it to get an ip address. This is definately not a huge issue, especially since this is a play machine for me, but it is annoying nonetheles. As for my replyto: address, what should it be set for? It is currently set to be this e-mail address and that's the way I usually set it on my mail accounts... Thanks This has happened to me with both 10.0 and 10.1 on my Dell Latitude CPiA. eth0 would come up if I did ifup eth0, but without an IP and with no static routes. If I tried to set a static IP during install, or if I tried to set it via MCC once I logged in, eth0 initialization would fail on subsequent boots and could not be reset via MCC. I found that if I manually place the necessary network info in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (and add MII_NOT_SUPPORTED=yes), make sure to add the hostname to /etc/sysconfig/network, and place the DNS entries in /etc/resolv.conf then eth0 would initialize on boot. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Problem with my web site
I have just noticed a very troublesome problem with my web site and was hoping that someone here could point me in the right direction. I am using Postnuke CMS version .750 Gold, MySQL server and PHP 4.3.8. The site displays in IE, Opera fine but whenever I hit it from a Mozilla browser, including Firefox, Mozilla or Netscape, I get a really strange corrupted display. Another interesting item, if you go to the site as the root site using http://kislinux.org/ You get the corrupted display within Mozilla. If you go to http://kislinux.org/linux/ which is an alias for the same directory, the site comes up just fine. It is really bugging the crap out of me. I open both using Mozilla (1.4) and they look fine. It opened fine in Konqueror too. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] ssh: read from socket failed in a fresh 10.1
Its a shot in the dark, but besides ensuring that ssh connections are allowed at the firewall, have you tried going into the hidden directory .ssh in your home directory and deleting or emptying the file known_hosts? bumping my own thread and hopping that someone could shed some light on this? Thanks On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 18:02 +0300, GV wrote: I do run it from cmd with the -v flag and it stops at: debug1: SSH2_MSG_KEXINIT sent I can ping the server and it can find the server but that's all is doing!!! It doesn't even come to the point to check for the keys! When I boot the PC with a Knoppix Live CD I don't face this problem. So I assume that is something to do with the Mandrake distro??? Thanks On Tue, 2004-10-05 at 16:50 +0200, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Tuesday 05 October 2004 16:33, GV wrote: Hi, I just installed the 10.1 and when I try to ssh to remote BSD server having a dynamic IP accessible from the Internet, I get the following: Read from socket failed: Connection reset by peer Please note that I can ssh this server from a WINXP PC without any problem!!! Thanks try logging in from the commandline. Remember that with the new installation your keys have changed and you'll have to remove the old ones. Plain text document attachment (message.footer) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com Plain text document attachment (message.footer) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com -- GV [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Apache
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 21:57:48 -0400 (EDT) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: there is an file index.html at http://www.mysite.org/mypage and it loads fine without the trailing / There is also an index.php file under /mypage. When I type in http://www.mysite.org, the browser appends a / in the address bar when the page loads. On another server, I have Squirrelmail running and can access that by typing http://www.mysite.org/squirrelmail. Same story, the browser appends a / in the address bar when the page loads But when I try type in http://www.mysite.org/mypage I get the error message. Obviously, something is happening on the other server if I can type the directory name without the trailing / and apache knows to look for the index.php file in that directory. sorry no fix, just saying what happens on my end; http://www.mysite.org/mypage shows what appears to be your complete web page (rm-rf) - with all the images and one link. The Unix Manual link is red. If I hold my cursor over it, it disappears (the words Unix Manual disappears, but the link still works) and; http://www.mysite.org/mypage/ shows the same web page at first glance, except it is missing the Apache, PHP and mod_ssl images. Sun's is still working though. And the Unix Manual link is blue, underlined and does not disappear when hovering over it. Not sure if any of this is caused by my browsers settings though. which is Epiphany 1.0.7. Actually, that's not my website at all. I just used http://www.mysite.org/mypage as a generic example to illustrate the problem I'm having with the trailing / in the URL. I guess I should have first verified that there wasn't an actuall site called http://www.mysite.org/mypage before I used it as an example. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Apache
Does anyone happen to know what needs to be configured in Apache so that the trailing / doesn't need to be in a URL in order for the page to load? currently, if I type in http://www.mysite.org/mypage, I get an error message saying that I don't have access to /mypage. If I type in http://www.mysite.org/mypage/ the page loads just fine. Any ideas on how to fix this? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Apache
On Thu, 9 Sep 2004 18:19:03 -0400 JoeHill disseminated the following: Does anyone happen to know what needs to be configured in Apache so that the trailing / doesn't need to be in a URL in order for the page to load? currently, if I type in http://www.mysite.org/mypage, I get an error message saying that I don't have access to /mypage. If I type in http://www.mysite.org/mypage/ the page loads just fine. Any ideas on how to fix this? You need to have a default page to load, probably. Should be called 'index.html', off the root of the server, ie. /var/www/html/index.html (or .php or whatever). there is an file index.html at http://www.mysite.org/mypage and it loads fine without the trailing / There is also an index.php file under /mypage. ...sorry, not off the root of the server...me not reading good :-\ The thing is, http://www.mysite.org/mypage is looking for a page to load called 'mypage', which of course does not exist, it's a directory. Loading www.mysite.org automagically looks for 'index.html' or the like, but as soon as you add a dir off the root, you need to add that trailing /. I'm not sure this is something to be 'fixed', I believe it is normal behaviour. Blast me to hell if I am wrong ;-) When I type in http://www.mysite.org, the browser appends a / in the address bar when the page loads. On another server, I have Squirrelmail running and can access that by typing http://www.mysite.org/squirrelmail. Same story, the browser appends a / in the address bar when the page loads But when I try type in http://www.mysite.org/mypage I get the error message. Obviously, something is happening on the other server if I can type the directory name without the trailing / and apache knows to look for the index.php file in that directory. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Re: OT? win2k clients are printing via Samba/CUPS-Printer but ...
Harald T ZIPKO wrote: ... if the printers are just highlighted in the win2k printer-window, there's a message similar like 'Access denied, No connection to Printer' But printing _is_ possible ;-) (Printers are defined via samba as guest OK...) It's not very important but I would like to know why win2k is complaining about a denied access to the linuxed network printer access although printing is possible -- (o Best regards //\Harald T ZIPKO V_/_ please no html - mails -- I had the same error message several times after setting up Samba. Some people can print, other not. Probably you can print because of guest = OK This is from my log: Printer problems: 1) Description: Printer on Windows shows: Access Denied, Unable to Connect Solution: a) guest ok = yes b) Add Windows user via SWAT to Samba. For example when connection from Windows as root add user root. Use identical passwords on Windows and Samba. When a Windows 2000 client installs printer drivers locally the client thinks the printer is local as well. To fix this problem, set use client driver to yes. This is a generic printer setting: under SWAT select printers, advanced settings, set use client driver to yes. That's interesting. I had the same problem, despite guest ok = yes. I fixed it by using security = share Now the printer status is opening instead of Access Denied, Unable to Connect and all computers on my network can print without a problem. This is fine for my current situation, but I would have prefered to have security = user, but still have the printer be publicly available. I couldn't get it to work that way, though. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
Re: [newbie] Book recommendations?
On Friday 27 August 2004 23:15, Peter Davis wrote: I know this is heresy, but I'd love to get recommendations for a book on becoming a Linux power user. It's heresy because I'm supposed to get everything I need from man pages, Google, or reading source code. However, frankly, I don't have the patience for that anymore. I like the orderly explanations that a good book can offer. Unfortunately, I'm finding that my *n*x experience (DEC Ultrix, SGI Irix, etc.) is too far in the past, and too dissimilar to Mandrake, to be helping me much. Thanks, -pd Running Linux by Matt Welsh et. al. - O'Reilly Books Linux in a Nutshell by Ellen Siever et. al. - O'Reilly Books Rute User's Tutorial and Exposition by Paul Sheer - Prentice Hall HTH Kaj Haulrich. I'm quite impressed with Linux Administration Handbook by Evi Nemeth, Garth Snyder, et al. Its an excellent reference book. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] server security
I recently manage to get an Apache and imap server running on an old box of mine at home. The servers work, but I feel that I should make the effort to make them secure. I am behind a router/firewall and also have shorewall running on the computer. This is basically the same situation with my other home computers, but I was wondering if there's more I can do to prevent either server from being broken into from the Internet? From within my LAN, I can't ping or ftp the computer, though I can mount samba shares, which requires a password. I'm not sure how I could test this from outside the LAN. If I do telnet serverIP http I get a response, but I don't know if this is a bad thing or not. Is there a way to thoroughly test the security of my servers? Or better yet, how would I go about hacking them so I can make sure nobody else can? Since big corporate servers manned by trained professionals get hacked, I'm concerned that mine may be sitting ducks right now, this being my first foray into the world of server administration. -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com
[newbie] Pine and subfolders
I'm hoping someone here can quickly answer this question.
I'm trying to configure pine as an mail client. I have an IMAP account
here at fastmail and am able to access my inbox, but none of my other
folders, such as the folders are visible.
My inbox path is set as:
{fastmail.fm/user=cervixcouch}INBOX
and in the Collections screen, I have:
server= fastmail.fm/service=imap/user=cervixcouch
Folder= Inbox.[]
but I get an invalid mailbox error message with this syntax.
I have enabled incoming folders as well as dot folders.
It must be something simple that I'm missing. Does anyone have a clue
how I can view my other folders?
Thanx
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Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 02:58:49 -0500, s [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Thursday 18 September 2003 08:30 pm, cervixcouch wrote: I've tried mke2fs /dev/fd0 AND fdformat /dev/fd0 both of which appear to have worked, i.e. no error messages. make sure supermount is disabled, and the the floppy isn't mounted. fdformat first, then mkdosfs. really vfat should be used on floppies, even if it's for linux files. I tried formatting the floppy as a DOS floppy and was able to copy files to it. But why does it make a difference? I formatted my zip drive as ext2 and it works fine. And if/since it does make a difference, why is Linux even offered as a file system option in KFloppy? In what situations would that work? -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Or how I learned to stop worrying and love email again Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] formatting a floppy
On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 18:23:05 +0100, Azrael [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: cervixcouch wrote: On Fri, 19 Sep 2003 02:58:49 -0500, s [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Thursday 18 September 2003 08:30 pm, cervixcouch wrote: I've tried mke2fs /dev/fd0 AND fdformat /dev/fd0 both of which appear to have worked, i.e. no error messages. make sure supermount is disabled, and the the floppy isn't mounted. fdformat first, then mkdosfs. really vfat should be used on floppies, even if it's for linux files. I tried formatting the floppy as a DOS floppy and was able to copy files to it. But why does it make a difference? I formatted my zip drive as ext2 and it works fine. And if/since it does make a difference, why is Linux even offered as a file system option in KFloppy? In what situations would that work? It's more the case that linux as an option wouldn't work on a windows machine if you wanted to use your files there as well. Hence use a format that can be accessed from a windows PC should it ever be necessary. I figured as much, as far as a Windows machine goes, but I was only using Linux machines to try to save to the floppies I'd formatted as Linux floppies. I've gotten the same error message on three Linux machines now. No biggie. I can just format them as DOS floppies, but it does seem silly to need to do so. -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - mmm... Fastmail... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] formatting a floppy
This seems like it should be so simple, but it just won't work. Using 'Gnome Floppy' and 'Floppy Formater' completely hangs my system, so I've been trying to format a linux floppy so I can save some files. I've tried mke2fs /dev/fd0 AND fdformat /dev/fd0 both of which appear to have worked, i.e. no error messages. I can umount /mnt/floppy then mount /mnt/floppy without a problem. Yet when I try to copy anything to the floppy, using cp testfile.txt /mnt/floppy, I get the error message: cp: cannot stat '/mnt/floppy/testfile.txt': Input/Output error What does 'cannot stat' mean? What am I doing wrong? -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - One of many happy users: http://www.fastmail.fm/docs/quotes.html Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I need more info before I do it ( Ice cube)
On Wed, 3 Sep 2003 21:00:43 -0500, Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Wednesday 03 September 2003 07:07 pm, cervixcouch wrote: On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 09:17:22 +1000, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 06:20, Josenildo Marques wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 01 September 2003 20:13, Richard Urwin wrote: I ran through it no problem. You do need to do it with X stopped: ctrl-Alt-F2, login as root and telinit 3. Run the script and then read the README and edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to suit the new driver; (one line to change, one line to comment out.) Before you can get back to the GUI. But if that all makes sense then it's dead easy. Hint: I used startx to check it was all working, telinit 5 doesn't give you the console error messages. I seem to have lost anti-aliasing in the GUI, so I think I'll be visiting the driver options sometime soon. Ok, I'm getting ready to do it. I think I've gathered most of the info I need. Still, I have a question: How can you edit the XF86Config-4 file ? Using cat ? Use vi to do the editing - but make a backup copy first! Once you've pressed Ctrl+Alt+F2 and (re-)logged in, how do you restart the previous X session? When I type 'startx', I get an error message that its already running. -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can hit ctl-alt-F7 and it should return to the xserver screen you had been in. HTH AHH Thanks a lot! -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Email service worth paying for. Try it for free Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] I need more info before I do it ( Ice cube)
On Thu, 04 Sep 2003 09:17:22 +1000, Stephen Kuhn [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: On Thu, 2003-09-04 at 06:20, Josenildo Marques wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Monday 01 September 2003 20:13, Richard Urwin wrote: I ran through it no problem. You do need to do it with X stopped: ctrl-Alt-F2, login as root and telinit 3. Run the script and then read the README and edit the /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 file to suit the new driver; (one line to change, one line to comment out.) Before you can get back to the GUI. But if that all makes sense then it's dead easy. Hint: I used startx to check it was all working, telinit 5 doesn't give you the console error messages. I seem to have lost anti-aliasing in the GUI, so I think I'll be visiting the driver options sometime soon. Ok, I'm getting ready to do it. I think I've gathered most of the info I need. Still, I have a question: How can you edit the XF86Config-4 file ? Using cat ? Use vi to do the editing - but make a backup copy first! Once you've pressed Ctrl+Alt+F2 and (re-)logged in, how do you restart the previous X session? When I type 'startx', I get an error message that its already running. -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Access all of your messages and folders wherever you are Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] problem with Linuxconf 'Help' window height
For quite a number of the windows in Linuxconf, whenever I click 'Help' to get more information, the window that pops up is several times the height of the screen and there is no scrollbar present to scroll down the information. Maximizing the screen does no good and clicking the 'X' in the upper left hand corner and selecting 'size' does nothing either. Is there a setting somewhere where this window behaviour can be changed? -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://www.fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] problem with Linuxconf 'Help' window height
Right after I sent the email, I figured out that I could use the ALT key to click and drag the window. Figures. ;) Thanks for help regardless, everyone. The odd thing is that this window behaviour isn't consistent for all .help files. Some open up with a scroll bar and some don't. Does anyone know what program is responsible for producing these windows? Nothing in Control Center seems to affect it. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] normal user can delete root owned files!
On Friday 07 March 2003 09:09 am, Raffaele Belardi wrote: You are right, from directories other than the /home/belardi it cannot be deleted (I tried '/' '/etc' '/home'). But still, I think that some time ago I tried to delete a root file from my home, and had to su to manage. On everybody else's system its' the same? i just tried it on my system and the same thing happens. Hadn't noticed before that I could delete a root-owned file if it was in my home directory. very curious... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] COMPLETE Newbie - To Dennis and Jonathan
On Thursday 06 March 2003 04:50 pm, Stephen Kuhn wrote: On Fri, 2003-03-07 at 08:29, Hendrik Boom wrote: kwel? Don't you mean kewl? I know many people can't spell cool correctly, but please, at least spell kewl correctly. -- nitpicking hendrik Different ways: kewl, qooul, kwl, cool, kool, kule, cule, k'l ...maybe they are a student... or maybe a new ywoaka (probably from lahn-guylande) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] normal user can delete root owned files!
On Friday 07 March 2003 09:38 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 06 Mar 2003 2:26 am, cervixcouch wrote: On Friday 07 March 2003 09:09 am, Raffaele Belardi wrote: You are right, from directories other than the /home/belardi it cannot be deleted (I tried '/' '/etc' '/home'). But still, I think that some time ago I tried to delete a root file from my home, and had to su to manage. On everybody else's system its' the same? i just tried it on my system and the same thing happens. Hadn't noticed before that I could delete a root-owned file if it was in my home directory. very curious... Why would you want something in your home directory that you couldn't delete? I'm not being obtuse - is there any reason you can think of that would make root place a file in your home directory but not want you to be able to delete it? Anne Maybe if a sys/net admin wanted to push out a screen saver or have a systems-related feature run on all computers and not allow the end-users to tamper with it.? Just a guessling... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail or Evo Mail program doesn't do what I like... POPmail and Delete
On Wednesday 05 March 2003 05:38 pm, Yoel P. Krigsman wrote: When i leave that mail on the server, when i decide to delete the mail, that copy of that mail is on the server regardless!! I used to use a pop account and when I would delete emails that had been left on the server, the emails would still appear in my inbox for a while. I think it was because the files had been flagged for deletion, but there was a lag before the server actually deleted them.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Kmail or Evo Mail program doesn't do what I like... POPmail and Delete
On Wednesday 05 March 2003 12:52 pm, Yoel P. Krigsman wrote: Todd: Its not IMAP as M$ Outlook has that options to act like an IMAP but in a POP's protocol. My ISP wont enable IMAP for me, IF I am not able to do this with any linux based mail program, I will have to install vmware and run M$ Outlook in that method. In Kmail, when you set up the pop server (under the network tab) there's an option you can select that says, Leave message on server Same with Evolution. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Linuxconf error
I'm running LM 9.0 and whenever I do something in Linuxconf and go to
effect the changes by clicking Do it, I get the error message below.
The changes always seem to go through, but I'm wondering why I get this
message and how to stop it. I've looked at the file in question but I
don't really know how to edit it.
What should I do to stop this error message?:
Executing some Sysv init scripts
? The following command told me something had to be done
? /etc/rc5.d/S10network probe
Executing: /etc/rc5.d/S10network Usage: /etc/rc5.d/S10network
{start|stop|restart|reload|status}
* sh: line 1: restart: command not found
* sh: line 1: stop: command not found
* sh: line 1: reload: command not found
* sh: line 1: status}: command not found
* return 127
? The following command told me something had to be done
? /etc/rc5.d/S14nfslock probe
Executing: /etc/rc5.d/S14nfslock restart
Stopping NFS lockd:
Stopping NFS statd: [ OK ]
Starting NFS lockd: [ OK ]
Starting NFS statd: [ OK ]
? Service saslauthd is not running
Executing: /etc/rc5.d/S40saslauthd start
saslauthd already running
* return 1
? Service httpd is not running
Executing: /etc/rc5.d/S85httpd start
Checking kernel configuration
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[newbie] Connecting with Sony NetMD Minidisc
Does anyone know how I would be able to copy music from my Linux box to my minidisc recorder? I have a Sony MZ-N505, connected via USB. The system recognizes it because when I start 'USBview', the minidisc appears correctly as Sony MD. Do I need to make an entry in /etc/fstab and mount the minidisc as a filesystem? If so, what filesystem type should I use? -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Searching 101
/quartet/ rpm searches RPM PBone Search http://rpm.pbone.net/ Rpmfind.Net http://rpmfind.net/ Use RPM to automate customized network-wide upgrades http://www.techrepublic.com/article.jhtml;jsessionid=RGJGPW1WOXATZTQQACQCFFA ?id=r00220021211jdt01.htmpage=1 Easy Urpmi http://plf.zarb.org/%7Enanardon/urpmiweb.php WiFi 802.11 - IPonEverything.Net - GNSI http://iponeverything.net/WiFi.shtml AirSnort Homepage http://airsnort.shmoo.com/ Broadband Wireless Exchange Magazine http://www.bbwexchange.com/ Jason's Web Thingy Wireless 802.11b on Linux, Part 2 http://talk.trekweb.com/%7Ejasonb/articles/linux_wireless2.shtml NoCatNet http://nocat.net/ Antenna on the Cheap (er, Chip) [August 01, 2002] http://www.oreillynet.com/cs/weblog/view/wlg/448 Wireless DevCenter http://www.oreillynet.com/wireless/ Wireless LAN Security A Short History http://www.oreillynet.com/lpt/a/1728 O'Reilly Search http://www.oreillynet.com/search/index.ncsp?sp-q=wirelesssp-k=all remote-exploit.org http://www.remote-exploit.org/ Wellenreiter wireless penetration tool http://sourceforge.net/projects/wellenreiter/ wepcrack http://sourceforge.net/projects/wepcrack Wireless Howto http://www.fatamorgana.com/bertolinux/wireless/english/Wireless-HOWTO.html Wireless Tools for Linux http://www.hpl.hp.com/personal/Jean_Tourrilhes/Linux/Tools.html Penetration Testing on 802.11b Networks http://www.sans.org/rr/wireless/test_80211b.php -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Vi vs Emacs... Not a flamewar!!! Any flames will be ignored
I've tried learning vi but dealing with the modes and such really put me off and the tutorials I found weren't written very well. Maybe I'll try again at some point, since vi seems so universal, but for now I mostly stick with kedit or emacs to do file editing. The main thing I like about emacs is that if I need to type something in Chinese I can do so using a variety of input methods. It isn't so much of an issue for me now that I'm using Mandrake 9.0 but when I had 7.2, emacs was the easiest way for me to read the Chinese newsgroups. -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Vi vs Emacs... Not a flamewar!!! Any flames will be ignored
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 10:32:49 -0600, Robert Wideman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Personally, I love VI. I used PICO first but found VI easier to deal with sometimes. Also, quit trying every text editor out there. Just use one and one only. Thats what i did with VI, and i only know about 10 commands in the program.very small compared to what it actually does. Yo! Put it on ice!!! Don't tell me quit trying every text editor out there. I'll try out as many text editors as I care to and there's NOTHING wrong with that. You tried one and stuck with it? well bully for you! Now why don't you go take a nap or something. -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://fastmail.fm - The way an email service should be Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Vi vs Emacs... Not a flamewar!!! Any flames will be ignored
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:18:59 -0600, Robert Wideman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Dood, your taking it the wrong way. I wasnt telling you what to do. I know how everyone else is and i am the same way. I dont learn something unless i stick with one way to do it. If i try 5 different ways to do something then i can do a basic, if i stick with one way then i understand it a lot more. Its like programming, if you try all languages then you have tried them all, ifyou stick with one then you KNOW one inside and out. I personally just stopped using all editors except for VI. If you want to keep trying them all then go ahead. Have at it. No sweat of my back. fine. most people presumably operate the same way. But like Anne told you earlier, you need to watch your mouth! -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://fastmail.fm - I mean, what is it about a decent email service? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
RE: [newbie] Vi vs Emacs... Not a flamewar!!! Any flames will be ignored
On Wed, 5 Feb 2003 11:49:35 -0600, Robert Wideman [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Cant we all just get along instead of misinterpreting suggestions? Rob Fine. An avalanche of un-birthday Linux-kisses for everyone! smmmooc!!! -- cervixcouch [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- http://fastmail.fm - Choose from over 50 domains or use your own Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Is there a way to Powerdown/Off the computer a la Winsucks with a cmd on the CLI or Gui?
On Sun, 2003-02-02 at 18:30, robin wrote: FemmeFatale wrote: Subject says it all. In windows that option exists. Now IIRC Kde can do it with its logout screen no? Or just do it in the K/GDM screen? Yes? Or is there another way if i'm on a term or one of the other shells (IE, ctrl-alt-F1 shell). shutdown -h now (you need to do it as root, or give yourself permission) I've had the same problem, but haven't gotten around to posting a question about it so far. For me, shutdown -h now does the same thing that powering down via the GUI does: the shutdown sequence script shows up on the screen and will get as far as power down, but will not actually power down the computer. I'm running 9.0 on an old Compaq Deskpro. I didn't have this problem with 7.2. So what to do? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Mounting Iomega External 100MB Zip Drive
Ok, I've never used a zip drive before, so I bought one off ebay for $12 ;) The only port it'll fit into is my printer port (the plug has 25 pins). Everything appears to work and I have a zip disk inserted. I've read the HOWTO documentation that says to, among other things, make an entry in fstab for /dev/sda, but I don't see an entry in /dev for this, or anything like it. Is there something else in /dev I could use? I'm running Mandrake 9.0 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Re: Simple (???) email question
Stephen Kuhn writes: On Fri, 2002-12-13 at 09:06, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have two linux boxes connected to an Ethernet hub. In the /etc/hosts file on each computer I have the IP address, fully qualified name (for the local domain) and alias of the other machine. I can ping and FTP the other box without a problem. But if I try to email the other box, the email sits in the queue and eventually I get an error message saying the domain couldn't be found and the message is undeliverable. I thought that by having an entry in /etc/hosts the mail program would query the other computer to see if there was an account on that host to receive the email. Do I really need to set up one of the computers as the server on such a simple network? You have to make sure that POP3 is running as a service. pop3??? my understanding of pop3 was that the emails were held on a remote server until you retrieved them. I wanted to send an email directly from box A to box B. I didn't want client B to have to retrieve email being held on server A. As well, you're going to have to double check your POSTFIX configurations as well. I actually left the postfix configurations at the default, since the comments within the config file said it would get my hostname and domain through system variables ($HOSTNAME and $HOSTDOMAIN or something like that) I guess I could fiddle with the postfix settings too... Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[newbie] Simple (???) email question
I have two linux boxes connected to an Ethernet hub. In the /etc/hosts file on each computer I have the IP address, fully qualified name (for the local domain) and alias of the other machine. I can ping and FTP the other box without a problem. But if I try to email the other box, the email sits in the queue and eventually I get an error message saying the domain couldn't be found and the message is undeliverable. I thought that by having an entry in /etc/hosts the mail program would query the other computer to see if there was an account on that host to receive the email. Do I really need to set up one of the computers as the server on such a simple network? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Re: [newbie] Defrag?
After two weeks of trial and error I began to wonder about defraging my Mandrake dedicated box. I have version 8.2 with a standard installation. Does this version have a defraging utility? TIA, Owen This gets asked a lot but basically, because of the way Linux is setup (superior), you don't have to defrag What is it about Linux's setup that makes defrag unnecessary? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
