[expert-it] C'e' qualcuno? Boh io ci provo.

1999-10-19 Thread Marco Ciampa
Ho problemi a far funzionare rsync con l'auth abilitato con Mandrake 6.1. -- Marco Ciampa c:\winnt secure_nt.exe Securing NT. Insert Linux boot disk to continue..

RE: [expert] Disallowing ping requests to a specific machine

1999-10-19 Thread Marc . MOURIER
Well, quite frankly, if the T1 is located in front of the firewall (as it should be ;-)) I can't see how this firewall could prevent that T1 from being saturated...The best thing to do would, IMHO, be to act on the source(s) of the ping... -Message d'origine- De: Lee Wilson

[expert] rsync

1999-10-19 Thread Marco Ciampa
I'm not able to make rsync work with authentication enabled. Without auth it works fine. I've enabled rsh and rlogin daemons and configured in the hope to resolve the problem but it seems it does not change much. Rsync of a rh6.0 works out-of-the-box ... Any hint? -- Marco Ciampa c:\winnt

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.2.13-4mdk compile

1999-10-19 Thread Alex V Flinsch
On Mon, 18 Oct 1999, you wrote: my attempts to compile the with ' make bzImage' result in the following error: cc1: Invalid option `preferred-stack-boundary=2'! I got this also, but while in the make xconfig stage make menuconfig stages. -- Alex

Re: [expert] HTML editor

1999-10-19 Thread Hillibillymöfödi
"Olivier DUGEON - FT.CNET/BD/DAC/ARP" wrote: Hi, We search a good HTML editor under Mdk 6.1. (i.e. an html editor that produce a clean code for the Mdk6.1 apache server) Thank's for reply Olivier -- _\\|//_ ( O-O )

Re: [expert] A realy puzzling problem.

1999-10-19 Thread Mike Hill
I recently switched isp's and got a static ip now a very strange problem has surfaced on my box. I am running pretty much stock 6.1. now all of a sudden when I try to download a file from an ftp site , it will die at 144k every time no mater what ftp program I use or what user

Re: [expert] cdrw drive

1999-10-19 Thread Marco Ciampa
On ven, 15 ott 1999, Wes Morriston wrote: I'm going to but a cdrw drive for my linux Mandrake (6.1) box. I want to be sure to buy one that will be problem free when I install it. Does anyone have any experience with this? WM I use a Waitec 4x4x24 ide cd rw and it works like a damned! 40 cd

Re: [expert] HTML editor

1999-10-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Olivier: I am a newbie but try Amaya at: http://www.w3.org/Amaya/ and try Bluefish: http://bluefish.linuxbox.com/ Both of these are professional HTML editors. Amaya is also an HTML browser/editor. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web

[expert] boot up

1999-10-19 Thread Möfödi
Howdy When i boot up mdk 6.1 it always starts with a penguin and something about kernel 2.2.13. How to do so that not come up. I delete /etc/rc.d/rc.local but it dident help. I know that this is not a big prob.. but but (sorry 4 bady eng) Skruvhuvet

Re: [expert] cdrw drive

1999-10-19 Thread jack malone
Did u have to use scsi emulation or did it just recognize it an u added a mount point. are you using roast for the writting. I have a sony cdrw ide drive an want to try it in linux to. thanks for info. jack I use a Waitec 4x4x24 ide cd rw and it works like a damned! 40 cd written 0 cd

[expert] How can I suppress this network message?

1999-10-19 Thread lakicsv
Hi everybody, I have just installed MDK6.1 at work, and succesfully get the network (LAN and Internet as well) working. I have only one problem. If I am at the console, I have this error message: IP address sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast. Because this message appears million

Re: [expert] boot up

1999-10-19 Thread Ian Douglas
to get rid of the penguin, delete the following file: /etc/issue --- Ian Douglas, System Administration [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] anacron

1999-10-19 Thread Möfödi
Howdy Most i use both cron and anacron on my mdk 6.1(client) Have a litle slower computer and trying to free up some mem here and there :) Skruvhuvet

[expert] Playing RealG2 in Console?

1999-10-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: This is a simple question but in view of the discussion relative to the DISPLAY environment yesterday, I think I ought to present it to the expert list. I was told that if you should use the "export DISPLAY=:0.0" command only manually and NOT put it in .bash_profile (I have already

Re: [expert] TV PCI

1999-10-19 Thread Marc Hudson
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, you wrote: I have an STB Bt878 TV PCI card on my system that I would love to get working in Mandrake. The problem is I have absolutely no idea where to begin to set this thing up. I have dl'd bttv (not installed it) I have read everything I could find in reference to

Re: [expert] cdrw drive

1999-10-19 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, you wrote: Did u have to use scsi emulation or did it just recognize it an u added a mount point. are you using roast for the writting. I have a sony cdrw ide drive an want to try it in linux to. thanks for info. I think it will recognize it as a CDROM drive, but you

Re: [expert] anacron

1999-10-19 Thread Civileme
Möfödi wrote: Howdy Most i use both cron and anacron on my mdk 6.1(client) Have a litle slower computer and trying to free up some mem here and there :) Skruvhuvet anacron is optional, but you will need to edit your references in the cron.daily, cron.weekly . scripts to eliminate

Re: [expert] cdrw drive

1999-10-19 Thread James Michael Keller
I just put in a plextor 8220Te ( 8x CD-r, 2x CD-RW, 20x CD-ROM ) external SCSI ( I assume the internal works just as well ). Using cd-record and my own scripts it's taken over for 3 other 2x burners and a few 1x I was using for several years. As it can burn more disks in the same time then all

[expert] WP8 Preferences fail -- Major flaw?

1999-10-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I have been using WP8 for Linux for over six months. I used to use WP6 for Dos and Windows years ago when, like so many others, I was persuaded to follow the standard (pun intended) and switched to MSword 2, 6 and then even for a while 97. I do not wish to discuss the merits of

Re: [expert] netscape install

1999-10-19 Thread ken nightingale
Hi, I wanted to upgrade from communicator 4.6 to 4.7. The install went fine, but when I try to run it I get the following message: program is ver 4.7 but resources are 4.6 there may be an inappropriate Netscape file installed in the apps-default directory. Also, check these environment

Re: [expert] HTML editor

1999-10-19 Thread Charles Leeds
The HTML editor in Sun's Staroffice is the best I have seen for Linux. From what I have seen, it doesn't use any propriety tags and produces clean HTML. http://www.sun.com/staroffice Fox [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Hillibillymöfödi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [expert] netscape install

1999-10-19 Thread Sergio Korlowsky
ken nightingale wrote: Hi, I wanted to upgrade from communicator 4.6 to 4.7. The install went fine, but when I try to run it I get the following message: program is ver 4.7 but resources are 4.6 there may be an inappropriate Netscape file installed in the apps-default directory.

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.2.13-4mdk compile

1999-10-19 Thread Steve Mitchell
Steve Thornhill wrote: my attempts to compile the with ' make bzImage' result in the following error: cc1: Invalid option `preferred-stack-boundary=2'! Has anyone successfully compiled this kernel ? If so, how? I'm trying to configure a firewall and I need to change

Re: [expert] netscape install

1999-10-19 Thread Larry Sword
ken nightingale wrote: Hi, I wanted to upgrade from communicator 4.6 to 4.7. The install went fine, but when I try to run it I get the following message: program is ver 4.7 but resources are 4.6 there may be an inappropriate Netscape file installed in the apps-default directory.

Re: [expert] netscape install

1999-10-19 Thread Herman Van Keer (softouch)
ken nightingale wrote: Hi, I wanted to upgrade from communicator 4.6 to 4.7. The install went fine, but when I try to run it I get the following message: program is ver 4.7 but resources are 4.6 I had this problem too - but I installed netscape with ns_install, while the previous

[expert] KwinTV

1999-10-19 Thread John Connell
I am sending this post to thank Kirk W. and Marc H. for answering my posting r.e. TVPCI card setup. I kinda followed both of your advice. I tried using xawtv and could not get it to work. I then installed KwinTv and got it going. The video is much better quality than in Win98 (no surprise!) the

Re: [expert] boot up

1999-10-19 Thread sphilp
On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 01:40:59PM -0400, Ian Douglas wrote: to get rid of the penguin, delete the following file: /etc/issue You'd also need to comment or remove the stuff in /etc/rc.d/rc.local that recreates the penguin on each boot. :) -- Steve Philp Network Administrator Advance

Re: [expert] boot up

1999-10-19 Thread sphilp
On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 07:17:48PM +0200, Möfödi wrote: Howdy When i boot up mdk 6.1 it always starts with a penguin and something about kernel 2.2.13. How to do so that not come up. I delete /etc/rc.d/rc.local but it dident help. I know that this is not a big prob.. but but In

Re: [expert] Playing RealG2 in Console?

1999-10-19 Thread sphilp
On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 05:52:25PM +, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: Is it possible to run RealPlayer in the CONSOLE, NOT In Xwindows. I just tried by typing /usr/bin/realplay and got the standard error messge about needing to specify a DISPLAY environment. I figured I better not

[expert] disk speed with large partition

1999-10-19 Thread David van Balen
I just reinstalled lm-6.1 as my primary OS with the following partitions: hda1 15mb /boot dir hda5 4.1gig vmware directory hda6 32mb swap hdb1 128mb swap hdb5 21.9gig / dir My question is. Will making / so big slow down my access time on that drive? I wanted to avoid trouble later with

Re: [expert] netscape install

1999-10-19 Thread Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
My installation of v 4.7 is in /usr/local/netscape/ At 01:22 PM 10/19/99 -0700, you wrote: Hi, I wanted to upgrade from communicator 4.6 to 4.7. The install went fine, but when I try to run it I get the following message: program is ver 4.7 but resources are 4.6 there may be an

Re: [expert] netscape install

1999-10-19 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, you wrote: ken nightingale wrote: Hi, I wanted to upgrade from communicator 4.6 to 4.7. The install went fine, but when I try to run it I get the following message: program is ver 4.7 but resources are 4.6 I had this problem too - but I installed netscape

Re: [expert] Playing RealG2 in Console?

1999-10-19 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, you wrote: The one thing you could do, given enough processor and memory, is simply leave X and RealPlayer running and switch to a text console to do your work. Or, just do all your "console" work in a Konsole window, maximized. :-) John

[expert] boot up -- syntax error

1999-10-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Steve: I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also got a Failed message during boottime concerning a syntax error in unexpected

Re: [expert] Playing RealG2 in Console?

1999-10-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Steve: That's true but if I am stuck in the console and can't get back into XWindows, then by definition I can't get back to Windows and play RealPlayer :) Thanks for the knowledgable response about the console. I see your point. Some programs just use a GUI wrapper and that's why they can

Re: [expert] disk speed with large partition

1999-10-19 Thread sphilp
On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 05:59:52PM -0500, David van Balen wrote: I just reinstalled lm-6.1 as my primary OS with the following partitions: hda1 15mb /boot dir hda5 4.1gig vmware directory hda6 32mb swap hdb1 128mb swap hdb5 21.9gig / dir My question is. Will making / so big slow

[expert] Configuring PINE -- successfully

1999-10-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Thanks to my good friend Ramon Gandia, here is a very simple way to configure Pine to work with your ISP's Pop3 or Pop2 or Imap mail protocol. I have done it and Pine receives and sends mail beautifully. I received dozens of letters from the list. And Pine is only active when it

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.2.13-4mdk compile

1999-10-19 Thread Steve Thornhill
I submiited a bug report and received the folowing: Please install the 2.2.13-7mdk from official helios version. I thought I had the official helios version since I installed from a boxed 3 cd Linux-Mandrake 6.5 purchased at Borders Book Store I aasumed that all the updates would be

Re: [expert] How can I suppress this network message?

1999-10-19 Thread Stephen Carville
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everybody, I have just installed MDK6.1 at work, and succesfully get the network (LAN and Internet as well) working. I have only one problem. If I am at the console, I have this error message: IP address sent an invalid ICMP error to a broadcast.

Re: [expert] Playing RealG2 in Console?

1999-10-19 Thread sphilp
On Wed, Oct 20, 1999 at 01:32:43AM +, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Steve: That's true but if I am stuck in the console and can't get back into XWindows, then by definition I can't get back to Windows and play RealPlayer :) RealPlayer is available for X Windows. Start X, start RealPlayer,

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

1999-10-19 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Steve: I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also got a Failed message during

Re: [expert] boot up

1999-10-19 Thread Möfödi
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 01:40:59PM -0400, Ian Douglas wrote: to get rid of the penguin, delete the following file: /etc/issue You'd also need to comment or remove the stuff in /etc/rc.d/rc.local that recreates the penguin on each boot. :) -- Steve Philp

[expert] Where is Mandrake boot install source?

1999-10-19 Thread Jeff Groves
Where can I find the source code to the "install" program used on the Mandrake boot install disk (boot.img)? I'm trying to create custom boot/root install diskettes that contain a SCSI driver (for a DPT SmartRAID V card) and I need to modify the install program in order to make it work. I can't

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

1999-10-19 Thread Geoff Croxson
At 01:24 20/10/99 +, you wrote: Dear Steve: comment out all the lines the error is due to 'fi' being uncommented, as below. The uncommented 'fi' stops the rc.local prematurely. Also comment out the 'echo' lines below that too, this will stop /etc/issue from being re-created [snip] #

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

1999-10-19 Thread Möfödi
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Steve: I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also got a Failed message during boottime concerning a

[expert] boot up -- syntax error -- SOLVED!

1999-10-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: The problem has been solved with Steve Philps' help. Thank you. -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [expert] disk speed with large partition

1999-10-19 Thread David van Balen
yes, just the asnwer i was looking for. thanx On Tue, 19 Oct 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Oct 19, 1999 at 05:59:52PM -0500, David van Balen wrote: I just reinstalled lm-6.1 as my primary OS with the following partitions: hda1 15mb /boot dir hda5 4.1gig vmware directory

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

1999-10-19 Thread Stephen Carville
You didn't comment out the end of the if block. See below. Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Steve: I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

1999-10-19 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Axalon: Thanks so very much to you and others for pointing out the solution. Everything is OK now. Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher Email:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

1999-10-19 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
BTW, you only have to rm -f /bin/linux_logo to be rid of that.. On Wed, 20 Oct 1999, [iso-8859-1] Möfödi wrote: Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Steve: I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of the

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

1999-10-19 Thread Arandir
On Tue, 19 Oct 1999, Benjamin Sher wrote: I would very much appreciate your help with an error which I inadvertently made while using your instructions on how to get rid of the ugly penguin. I got rid of the ugly penguin all right, but I also # else # echo "Kernel

Re: [expert] boot up -- syntax error

1999-10-19 Thread Ramon Gandia
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: BTW, you only have to rm -f /bin/linux_logo to be rid of that.. My custom has been to rename these things rather than delete them. Once deleted, they are gone for good. If you rename things, you can change your mind later. Good names would be: linux_logo.bak

[expert] MandrakeUpdate as normal user

1999-10-19 Thread Alwyn Schoeman
I've just noticed that in order for MandrakeUpdate to work as normal user, you have to do an xhost +localhost before, otherwise it won't work. -- ~~ Alwyn Schoeman Systems Engineer Prism Secure Solutions

Re: [expert] TV PCI

1999-10-19 Thread Marion Krahn
John Connell wrote: I have an STB Bt878 TV PCI card on my system that I would love to get working in Mandrake. Hi, include Bt848 support in the kernel as a module, after booting you have to load these modules (I think it is isp or so, bttv, tuner, msp3400 if you have a stereo tuner) but read

Re: [expert] KwinTV

1999-10-19 Thread Marion Krahn
John Connell wrote: I am sending this post to thank Kirk W. and Marc H. for answering my posting r.e. TVPCI card setup. I kinda followed both of your advice. I tried using xawtv and could not get it to work. I then installed KwinTv and got it going. The video is much better quality than in

[expert] graphic-tablett run with Mandrake

1999-10-19 Thread Marion Krahn
Hi, Which tabletts run under Linux, maybe the Mediax Pro3? Marion

[expert] Kernel for K7

1999-10-19 Thread Marion Krahn
Can anybody tell me, how I configure a kernel for a K7-500? The only way it runs at this time is to chose a 386 CPU in kernelconfiguration. Marion

[expert] BUG: 6.1

1999-10-19 Thread sphilp
Two more bugs to report: 1) By default, Mandrake attempts to turn on DMA for available IDE devices. Attempting to copy the contents of a CDROM to my hard drive, I encountered the following errors: hdd: timeout waiting for DMA hdd: irq timeout: status=0x58 { DriveReady