Re: [expert] can't mount root file system and can't fix it

2000-01-09 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ronthat sounds like a sound approach and a good policy, I hope it continues to work for you. Major chaos is an apt term in this case ;o) Alan Ron Stodden wrote: > > On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > > ...disk druid made a type 5 extended partition instead of the > > ttype f

Re: [expert] How does a Linux GUI get launched not from login scripts (automatically)

2000-01-09 Thread Werner Niebel
Shawn To call gnome or enlightenment, you need to edit the .xinitrc file In this file add, gnome-session Hope that helps Werner "Shawn E. Thompson" wrote: Hi all, I recently installed Mandrake Linux 6.1 and KDE.I know I can go into LinuxConfig and change the boot mode to automatical

Re: [expert] can't mount root file system and can't fix it

2000-01-09 Thread Ron Stodden
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > ...disk druid made a type 5 extended partition instead of the > ttype f that was created by PM4 (my fault, I let it happen) back > when I installed 6.1 (the end of September, I believe). There > was never any indication of trouble till Friday night wh

[expert] Video Card Setup Help Needed

2000-01-09 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Okay, this is getting ridiculous. Perhaps one of you can give me some insights for this problem. I have a 400PII with an ASUS motherboard trying to run Mdk 6.1. I've taken videocards that work in other systems and tried it in this 400PII/ASUS box and I can't get XFree86 to work with any video

Re: [expert] How does a Linux GUI get launched not from login scripts (automatically)

2000-01-09 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 09 Jan 2000, you wrote: > Hi all, I recently installed Mandrake Linux 6.1 and KDE.I know I can go into = LinuxConfig and change the boot mode to automatically launch the KDE gui = or to just call upa default shell (bash in my case). Anyway, what part = of my boot process launches th

[expert] DrakConf Security Level

2000-01-09 Thread Jerald A DeLong Jr
Hello All in List,   I was wondering if any one could tell me what processes that take place between the different levels of security with " DrakConf Security Level " or direct me to information explaining it.   Thanks  Jerry DeLong

Re: [expert] can't mount root file system and can't fix it

2000-01-09 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Civilemeyep, but of course I have no conclusive evidence that the partition type was the culprit (Ron Stodden, in fact believes that it's an ok, situation) but I sure will never allow such a situation to occur again on one of my drives. Alan Civileme wrote: > > Alan Shoemaker wrote: > > >

Re: [expert] can't mount root file system and can't fix it

2000-01-09 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ronwell, ok?! A couple of points. When I set up for my new mdk 6.1 installation I only cleared the area I planned to use with PM5 but didn't partition it. When disk druid made the partitions it assigned the partitions as below: Disk /dev/sda: 255 heads, 63 sectors, 1106 cylinders Units = c

Re: [expert] suggestions needed

2000-01-09 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 09 Jan 2000, you wrote: > > Let the young programmers have a subdomain for their programs, > like > > http://sooperkewlproggy.yourlinuxdomain.com > Hmm...don't think that's likely. :-) I'm hosting this on the good graces of the ISP where I work. :-) > > News server whic

[expert] How does a Linux GUI get launched not from login scripts (automatically)

2000-01-09 Thread Shawn E. Thompson
Title: Hi all,   I recently installed Mandrake Linux 6.1 and KDE.I know I can go into LinuxConfig and change the boot mode to automatically launch the KDE gui or to just call upa default shell (bash in my case).  Anyway, what part of my boot process launches this gui?    In Solaris 1.0

[expert] dial-in server

2000-01-09 Thread RNDr. Peter FREIMANN
I have setup a workstation with dial on demand connection to ISP using "demand" option in /etc/ppp/option file. It works fine and now I would like to have dial-in access to this workstation from a notebook. What is the best way to accomplish this ? Do I have to switch to using diald ? thanx p.f.

Re: [expert] win98 smb password..

2000-01-09 Thread alann
Civileme wrote: > > /usr/doc/samba-2.x.y/docs has Plain password registry for 95, 98, NT and 2000. > > But here is my file which I had to earn by trial and error because resources were not > available to me when the newer Windows stopped talking to my Infomagic WorkGroup >Server > (When I was s

Re: [expert] can't mount root file system and can't fix it

2000-01-09 Thread Civileme
Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Hi allI'm back to emailing on a Mandrake 6.1 system, and it > sure feels good!! The problem is it's a new install and I was > not able to recover any part of the old install's root > partition. It appeared to be totally hosed. > > However I do believe that I've disco

Re: [expert] can't mount root file system and can't fix it

2000-01-09 Thread Ron Stodden
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > But on the subsequent fdisk scans (after the corruption of the > partition table had occurred) I (finally) noticed that the > extended partitiion was a type f, instead of the proper type 5. > Type f is listed as 'Win95 Ext'd (LBA)', whereas a type 5 i

Re: [expert] NFS / root access

2000-01-09 Thread Denis Havlik
:>Sounds good, so root can't get root on the server too. But what is the :>best this is default NFS setting :>way to mount some /export dirs from the server via NFS? Read NFS Howto :>already :>but gives no solution for me.. ;) You use automount? Are there Howtos :>for this? There are two auto

[expert] DrakConf Security Level

2000-01-09 Thread Jerald A DeLong Jr
Hello All in List,   I was wondering if any one could tell me what processes that take place between the different levels of security with " DrakConf Security Level " or direct me to information explaining it.   Thanks  Jerry DeLong

[expert] DrakConf Security Level

2000-01-09 Thread Jerald A DeLong Jr
Hello All in List,   I was wondering if any one could tell me what processes that take place between the different levels of security with " DrakConf Security Level " or direct me to information explaining it.   Thanks  Jerry DeLong

[expert] DrakConf Security Level

2000-01-09 Thread Jerald A DeLong Jr
Hello All in List,   I was wondering if any one could tell me what processes that take place between the different levels of security with " DrakConf Security Level " or direct me to information explaining it.   Thanks  Jerry DeLong

Re: [expert] can't mount root file system and can't fix it

2000-01-09 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Hi allI'm back to emailing on a Mandrake 6.1 system, and it sure feels good!! The problem is it's a new install and I was not able to recover any part of the old install's root partition. It appeared to be totally hosed. However I do believe that I've discovered a probable cause. When I

Re: [expert] NFS / root access

2000-01-09 Thread Mike Fieschko
>>> "Torben" == Torben Tretau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] Torben> solution for me.. ;) You use automount? Are there Howtos Torben> for this? Haven't found a man page for this on my Torben> system. Is it an extra package and what is it called? /usr/doc/amd-utils[version numbe

Re: [expert] splitting /home dir's

2000-01-09 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
It just seemed to me that if I could create several swap partitions all with the name "swap" and linux knows where they are and what to do with them then you ought to be able to create several "home" partitions across several disks / machines, rather like an unlimited home partition. hmmm. - j

[expert] Re: opportunity

2000-01-09 Thread ibi
http://axon.cs.byu.edu/~randy/genealogy.html An opportunity to develop genealogy software. Please see the above link Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] fdformat for ide floppy drives in Mandrake?

2000-01-09 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 11:43 PM 1/8/00 -0500, Andrew Post wrote: Hi, After wrestling with by computer's BIOS, I finally got my Imation Superdisk (LS-120) working on Mandrake Linux 6.1. The only problem is, there seems to be no way to low-level format a standard floppy disk on it. fdformat only works on drives connec

Re: [expert] NFS / root access

2000-01-09 Thread Torben Tretau
Hi Denis, > I have "amd" running with default automount map, i.e. ls /net/MACHINE_NAME > automatically mounts all the directories which are exported from this > machine. If I try it as a root, though it does not work, unles it has been > allready automounted (by a non-priviledged user). I do not

Re: [expert] NFS / root access

2000-01-09 Thread Denis Havlik
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, Mike Fieschko wrote: : "Denis" == Denis Havlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: :> :>[snip] :> :>Denis> This is a rather funny behaviour, but I have noticed it on :>Denis> my network too. It seems that unless an directory is :>Denis> exported with "no_root_squash",

Re: [expert] suggestions needed

2000-01-09 Thread Davor Cengija
On Sat, 8 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote: >I realize this isn't strictly MANDRAKE related, but I thought I'd >post here and see what responses I get. >I have applied for a linux-related domain name which I plan to use >for linux-advocacy, in general. >I am open to some suggestions as to what sort

Re: [expert] win98 smb password..

2000-01-09 Thread Civileme
/usr/doc/samba-2.x.y/docs has Plain password registry for 95, 98, NT and 2000. But here is my file which I had to earn by trial and error because resources were not available to me when the newer Windows stopped talking to my Infomagic WorkGroup Server (When I was still using WGS about a year ago

Re: [expert] win98 smb password..

2000-01-09 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Alanthe registry hack that I believe you're asking about is in the howto in the below url. http://metalab.unc.edu/mdw/HOWTO/SMB-HOWTO-6.html Alan -Original Message- From: alann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, January 09, 2000 12:14 AM Sub