[expert] Netscape still dying...

1999-09-01 Thread Andrew Mitchell
I've set MOZILLA_NO_ASYNC_DNS, and MOZILLA_HOME, but neither of these seem to fix the problem for me of netscape hanging when trying to start it offline. I've got about 1800 messages to read through, so hopefully I don't have to connect just to read my email ;-) -- *=

[expert] proxy servers and ip masquerade

1999-09-01 Thread hamkas
hi, in my company we have a proxy server connected to the internet. The server will only allow certain ip addresses to go out. So i set up one linux box to masquerade giving it an ip address which the proxy server will allow to go out. When i change the NT client to point to that linux bo

Re: [expert] More on the Video GUI problem]

1999-09-01 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Alan Shoemaker wrote: > What's the FBDev and where is it available? That's not Mandrake-specific: the FBDev is the X server based on the kernel support (new in linux 2.2) for the frame buffer in the video board. On a PC this usually requires a board with VESA 2+ Bios (which thankfully has been th

[expert] mail loop back to me ?

1999-09-01 Thread Lang Zhi
Hi, I get this error in my maillog : Sep 2 19:37:31 sak sendmail[3686]: TAA03686: from=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, size=555, class=0, pri=30555, nrcpts=1, msgid=<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, proto=SMTP, relay=law2-f96.hotmail.com [216.32.181.96] Sep 2 19:37:32 sak sendmail[3688]: TAA03686: SYSERR(root): cyb

Re: Fw: [expert] Apache and SuExec

1999-09-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, you wrote: > >Hmm...have you tried "chown www" Don't know if that'll > >fix it, but it's worth a shot... > > John > > > That would defeat the purpose of SuExec. The whole idea is to let users run CGI > scripts as themselves, NOT as www (or nobody. as it seems to be insi

[expert] Printer Problems with 6.0

1999-09-01 Thread John LeMay
Ever since upgrading from RH 5.1 to Mandrake 6.0, I have had print problems with my HP Laserjet 4+. When I attempt to print from Star Office 5.x, or Netscape 4.61, or WordPerfect 8, the printer displays a message asking me to load A4 paper. I am in the US and we use "letter" size paper, which is

Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Ron Stodden
Mike Abney wrote: > Now, I don't want to knock the distribution in general. I think it's > great. The (significant) changes from the actual RedHat distro seem very > worthwhile. Agreed. -- Ron Stodden

[expert] Mandrake 6.1b - kudos

1999-09-01 Thread Hoyt
Just finished the install of 6.1b. I actually upgraded over a 6.0 install that had a few cooker rpm's in it. Everything came out correctly and works well. Very nicely done! Hoyt

Re: [expert] ipchains+Quicktime Streaming

1999-09-01 Thread Jean-Michel Dault
RTSP is not supported by ipchains AFAIK. It's not an easy task to implement. However, there is a special RTSP proxy available for QuickTime that is in development by Apple for MacOS X, and it compiles on Linux. I will release it in RPM format within a week or so, as there are a few include confl

[expert] ipchains+Quicktime Streaming

1999-09-01 Thread dbasham
Forgive me, but I'm stuck: I'm running ipchains on Mandrake 6.0 with diald. I'm having a great time with Mandrake, BTW. However, quicktime streaming doesn't pass through the box to my Mac, and virtually everything else passes right through (when the Mac is connected directly to my ISP, Quicktime

Re: Fw: [expert] Apache and SuExec

1999-09-01 Thread Lee Wilson
-Original Message- From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 10:06 AM Subject: Re: Fw: [expert] Apache and SuExec >On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, you wrote: >> OK, I've done that and after a bit of fiddling with the actual

Re: [expert] More on the Video GUI problem]

1999-09-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > > Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > > > > I believe the card will run with the Mach64 Xserver, it will definately > > > work with the FBDev server (far as i can tell you'd have to be a sound > > > card not to work with the FBD

[expert] Re: [Cooker] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Jacques Le Marois
Sam Gentile wrote: > > Ok, now I need the part about getting through the Proxy Server and if not > how to download it all from NT and then how to set up boot disks and where > to go from there. Concerning the Proxy problem you can download from http:// from a lot's of server (you just need to re

Re: Fw: [expert] Apache and SuExec

1999-09-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, you wrote: > OK, I've done that and after a bit of fiddling with the actual source code (it > kept insisting on putting things in /home/httpd/html, I got it to re-compile > and install. Thankyou for the advice. > > However, I still cannot get SuExec to think the webserve

Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Thomas Berger
>Tom Berger wrote: >> >> People don't buy M because it is based on Redhat like ten or >> twenty other distros (else they would buy Redhat, right?) but # >> because it's Mandrake. If we've got a new version ready, we >> release it. I don't see why we should wait for RedHat to catch >> up... > >Um..

Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, you wrote: > > Now that all said, we need not worry about a 7.X compatablility untill > it comes along. 6.1 is being released because we think it's ready. We will > worry about the next major release when it comes along, by then who knows > Maybe it will be Redhat worrying abo

Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for downloadand tests

1999-09-01 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Darin wrote: >I compiled and installed 2.2.12 last week.. The SMP works a little more > efficiently than the 2.2.9 that I was running.. The 6.1pre release has kernel > 2.2.11 which as I recall had a memory leak problem.. It has 2.2.11-ac3, which has no memory leak probl

RE: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for do wnload and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Jean-Michel Dault
The main reason why is switched to Mandrake is the distribution contains the latest releases, and everything is well-integrated. Jean-Michel [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Radde, Timothy P wrote: > Date: Wed, 1 Sep 1999 14:09:11 -0400 > From: "Radde, Timothy P" <[EMA

Fw: [expert] Apache and SuExec

1999-09-01 Thread Lee Wilson
OK, I've done that and after a bit of fiddling with the actual source code (it kept insisting on putting things in /home/httpd/html, I got it to re-compile and install. Thankyou for the advice. However, I still cannot get SuExec to think the webserver should be run by user www instead of nob

RE: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Radde, Timothy P
I tried both Redhat 6.0 and Mandrake 6.0. I preferred Mandrake. I used to use Slackware until recently. -Original Message- From: Mike Abney [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 12:30 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.

Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for downloadand tests

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Darin wrote: > On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, you wrote: > > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, duncan hall wrote: > > > > > How is this different to COOKER? > > > > > > Dunc > > > > Cooker is an on going ever changeing development project. > > > > Cassini is the prerelease of 6.1, containing less

Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Gael Duval
Darin wrote: 'll have to compare version info between cooker cassini and venus by > > hadn cause i'm not gonna cover that.. take to long > > > > Is there time to get the 2.2.12 kernel in before release?? Or is it too late > for that already? we are waiting for Alan to release his patches to 2.2

Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available fordownload and tests

1999-09-01 Thread John J. LeMay Jr.
I have just started running Mandrake here after being a Red Hat user for a couple of years. Most people I know haven't heard of Mandrake, but everyone knows who Red Hat is. Honestly, it feels like Red Hat to me! On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Jean-Michel Daul

RE: [Cooker] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for downlo ad and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Sam Gentile wrote: > What is wwwofle? Is it an application? (devel@jumpstart)(~)> rpm -qp --queryformat '%{name}\n%{summary}\n\n%{description}\n' /ftp/pub/mirrors/cooker/contrib/RPMS/wwwoffle-2.4-1mdk.i586.rpm wwwoffle WWW Offline Explorer - Caching Web Proxy Server A proxy

Re: [expert] More on the Video GUI problem]

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > > I believe the card will run with the Mach64 Xserver, it will definately > > work with the FBDev server (far as i can tell you'd have to be a sound > > card not to work with the FBDev) > > > > -- > > MandrakeSoft

RE: [Cooker] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for downlo ad and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Sam Gentile
What is wwwofle? Is it an application? Let's keep away from the Microsoft bashing. There's plety of good in both operating systems and plenty of bad. Sam -Original Message- From: Axalon Bloodstone [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 01, 1999 10:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECT

[expert] Who use Linux-Mandrake?: Survey results

1999-09-01 Thread François Régnier
For three weeks, we have realized survey about the professional uses of Linux-Mandrake. The results are now available on: htttp://www.linux-mandrake.com/bizcase/ Here a synthesis: - More than 80 different cases of business use - 4 different continents (Usa, Brazil, Malaysia, Australia, Europe)

Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Darin
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, you wrote: > On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, duncan hall wrote: > > > How is this different to COOKER? > > > > Dunc > > Cooker is an on going ever changeing development project. > > Cassini is the prerelease of 6.1, containing less "bleeding edge" software > than cooker. The Cassini t

Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Mike Abney
Tom Berger wrote: > > People don't buy M because it is based on Redhat like ten or twenty other > distros (else they would buy Redhat, right?) but because it's Mandrake. If > we've got a new version ready, we release it. I don't see why we should > wait for RedHat to catch up... Um... actually,

Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available fordownload and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Gael Duval wrote: > Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > > Here's a quick run thru of the versions: > > > > 5.2 = Redhat + kde + all the other stuff (sane, and maxwell to name a few) > > > > 5.3 = Linux Mandrake 5.2 + fixes + updates > > > > 6.0 = Linux Mandrake 5.3 + fixes + Merge w

RE: [Cooker] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for downlo ad and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: [snip] > You could always redirect some ports i imagine. If you can you need to > ditch the over priced firewall/proxy software . [snip] s/can/cant/

[expert] RE: [Cooker] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for downlo ad and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Sam Gentile wrote: > Ok, now I need the part about getting through the Proxy Server and if not > how to download it all from NT and then how to set up boot disks and where > to go from there. > > Thanks! Call microsoft tech support, sit on hold for two hours and pay the 25$

Re: [expert] More on the Video GUI problem]

1999-09-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > I believe the card will run with the Mach64 Xserver, it will definately > work with the FBDev server (far as i can tell you'd have to be a sound > card not to work with the FBDev) > > -- > MandrakeSoft http://www.mandrakesoft.com/ >

Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available fordownload and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Gael Duval
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > Here's a quick run thru of the versions: > > 5.2 = Redhat + kde + all the other stuff (sane, and maxwell to name a few) > > 5.3 = Linux Mandrake 5.2 + fixes + updates > > 6.0 = Linux Mandrake 5.3 + fixes + Merge with Redhats core changes + > updates + Another

[Cooker] Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, Jean-Michel Dault wrote: > > Don't you think it's about time that people stop calling us "a better > RedHat than RedHat"? > > Development of Mandrake is not tied to the development of RedHat. Those > are two different distributions, but using the same packaging method. > >

[expert] Re: [Cooker] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Gael Duval
Sam Gentile wrote: > > This is NOT sufficient information to test it. Not all of us are experts but > we NEED the features in Cassini badly. You need to add step by step > instructions on the Cassini page on how to set up fmirror with a sample file > going aggainst a valid MANDRAKE location, not

[Cooker] RE: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and te sts

1999-09-01 Thread Hodrien, John
It depends whether Mandrake's long term plan is to remain as a copy-cat distribution, or if it has more ambitious plans to fill the market it is targetting so effectively now. If you can honestly be described as the best linux distribution for a given group, is it good enough to simply tweak some

Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Jean-Michel Dault
Don't you think it's about time that people stop calling us "a better RedHat than RedHat"? Development of Mandrake is not tied to the development of RedHat. Those are two different distributions, but using the same packaging method. Releasing 6.1 before RedHat proves the point! ;-) Jean-Miche

Re: [expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Tom Berger
Ron Stodden wrote: > > Gael, > > Are you planning to issue a 6.1 BEFORE Red Hat issues its 6.1?Won't > that lead to endless future confusion? > > If your planned 6.1 is still based on Red Hat's 6.0, you would be MUCH > better advised to call it 6.02, or 6.0.2mdk or just Mandrake 2, surely?

Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 01 Sep 1999, you wrote: > John, >I compiled and installed 2.2.12 last week.. The SMP works a little more > efficiently than the 2.2.9 that I was running.. The 6.1pre release has kernel > 2.2.11 which as I recall had a memory leak problem.. > HmmOk. Well, I'll either download the

[expert] Re: ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for download and tests

1999-09-01 Thread Ron Stodden
Gael, Are you planning to issue a 6.1 BEFORE Red Hat issues its 6.1?Won't that lead to endless future confusion? If your planned 6.1 is still based on Red Hat's 6.0, you would be MUCH better advised to call it 6.02, or 6.0.2mdk or just Mandrake 2, surely? -- Ron Stodden Using Virtual Acc

Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for downloadand tests

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 1 Sep 1999, duncan hall wrote: > How is this different to COOKER? > > Dunc Cooker is an on going ever changeing development project. Cassini is the prerelease of 6.1, containing less "bleeding edge" software than cooker. The Cassini team "basicly" took Cooker in one hand Venus in tthe

Re: [expert] Mgetty AutoPPP / pppd dialup server

1999-09-01 Thread Nick Kay
At 04:14 01/09/99 -0600, you wrote: >On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Mike Hill wrote: > >> Hello all, >> >> My first post to this group. Hopefully this qualifies as an expert >> question. >> >> I'm running a couple Linux-Mandrake 6.0-2 boxes at a company I do work for. >> One of them is running 8 modems o

Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: Linux-Mandrake 6.1pre available for downloadand tests

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Jeanette Russo wrote: > Hi Gael, > sounds good sure hope this will be an easy upgrade. I am finding all the > problems in Mandrake 6.0 but its a beaut Hope this one has less bugs. > Jeanette Thats the general plan. PS. I'm hopeing for a bigger turn out than the Mariner bet

Re: [expert] More on the Video GUI problem]

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > TO: Anyone from Mandrakesoft > > I just answered a listmember's question about the ATI Rage Fury. The > answer was that there appears to be no support for it in the list of > suported cards on http://www.xfree86.org/3.3.4/ati3.html, which is the > li

Re: [expert] Mgetty AutoPPP / pppd dialup server

1999-09-01 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Tue, 31 Aug 1999, Mike Hill wrote: > Hello all, > > My first post to this group. Hopefully this qualifies as an expert > question. > > I'm running a couple Linux-Mandrake 6.0-2 boxes at a company I do work for. > One of them is running 8 modems on a dial in pool. Users are calling in > fro