Re: [expert] Trying to install linux on a screwed up 486 ;-)

2000-01-11 Thread Andrew Mitchell
Nick Kay wrote: At 21:00 10/01/00 +1300, you wrote: I've got an old 486 here that my friend wants to use as a firewall/proxy, but I can't install either mandrake or redhat on it due to the lack of ram (8mb) and it being a 486. On both, it stops at loading 2nd stage ramdisk. It's quite

Re: [expert] DVD for Linux

2000-01-11 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Civileme wrote: Actualy there is. 7.0 has everything we can give you without haveing to retain (another) lawyer. The two missing pieces are the css-auth, and a decoder. css-auth unlocks the disk so the data can be read, it does not actualy

Re: [expert] Listening port for Sendmail

2000-01-11 Thread Nick Kay
At 12:01 10/01/00 -0700, you wrote: Nick; Qmail, Postfix and sendmail all talk the SMTP protocol on port 25 - shutting that off will stop them working. All these mailers envoke /usr/lib/sendmail for each message sent. Port 25 is only used when sendmail is running as a daemon and therfore

Re: [expert] Unsuccessful Reinstall of L-M 6.1

2000-01-11 Thread Nick Kay
At 14:22 10/01/00 -0500, you wrote: I have been unsuccessfully trying to reinstall L-M 6.1 on my computer the last two days. About halfway through the format of hdb1 (my second and designated Linux HD) I repeatedly receive this message install exited abnormally... received signal 7...

Re: [expert] Listening port for Sendmail

2000-01-11 Thread Derek Simkowiak
Corporate IT is clamping down on smtp servers due to spammers. I understand that policy is policy, but be aware that Sendmail comes pre-configured to not allow forwarding for non-specified domains. In other words, people should not be able to forward Spam from your

Re: [expert] DVD for Linux

2000-01-11 Thread Derek Simkowiak
Actualy there is. 7.0 has everything we can give you without haveing to retain (another) lawyer. The two missing pieces are the css-auth, and a decoder. [...] Their case is total crap, the only way it will standup is if the person to actualy do the reverse engineering at one time actualy

[expert] Stable kernel LM 6.1 source?

2000-01-11 Thread Schiavon, Jose
I upgraded from LM 6.0 to 6.1 last week and had some problems with my laptop. The problem was with the pcmcia support. After booting with a rescue floppy, disabling pcmcia support and upgrading to 2.2.13-22mdk RPMS I was able to get almost everything back running. Now I need to recompile the

Re: [expert] Video Card Setup Help Needed

2000-01-11 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Thanks so much for your reply. Luckily I was able to get a Riva TNT to work. Despite this, I'm just glad the soundcard ran without tampering. Thanks again. seve -Original Message- From: S. Newhouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Monday, January 10,

Re: [expert] Trying to install linux on a screwed up 486 ;-)

2000-01-11 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, you wrote: If you hadn't noticed, Mandrake is optimized for i586 architecture. It's not supposed to be run on 486's. However, put Redhat or one of the mini-router distribs on it and I wouldn't be surprised if it would run

Re: [expert] Trying to install linux on a screwed up 486 ;-)

2000-01-11 Thread ibi
Axalon, Please tell me Linux does not literally "burst into flames". Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Restoring kernel 2.2.13-7 -- How?

2000-01-11 Thread Davor Cengija
On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: It looks like Mandrake's latest kernel 2.2.13-22 is incompatible with VMware. I need therefore to restore the old kernel. It is listed as follows: [sher@adsl-77-232-210 sher]$ rpm -q kernel kernel-2.2.13-7mdk kernel-2.2.13-22mdk

Re: [expert] Restoring kernel 2.2.13-7 -- How?

2000-01-11 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 09:22 PM 1/9/00 -0600, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: It looks like Mandrake's latest kernel 2.2.13-22 is incompatible with VMware. this is not correct, as it is working for me. i do remember having a couple of hassles getting things built okay, but i've been running vmware on

Re: [expert] Restoring kernel 2.2.13-7 -- How?

2000-01-11 Thread Rich Clark
One thing that I notice is that everyone is forgetting the kernel-headers package. Are you certain that the problem wouldn't be relieved by also reinstalling the headers packages? Rich On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Davor Cengija wrote: On Sun, 9 Jan 2000, Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: It

Re: [expert] Strange X-server behavior after dialing out

2000-01-11 Thread minnrp01
I've seen as well. I think the DISPLAY variable gets changed after dialing out. I am interested in a solution to this as well. On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Stephen Clingerman wrote: Whenever I reboot, the splash screen dutifully reports that I am localhost. After logging in I am able to bring up

[expert] re-Problem Reinstalling L-M 6.1

2000-01-11 Thread John Connell
Just FYI I finally got L-M 6.1 reinstalled. I had to disconnect my new Iomega CDR-W and reconnect my Toshiba 32X CD-ROM before it would install. Go figure, don't know what's up with that! Thanks for your feedback, must be an easier way..? John Connell

Re: [expert] Trying to install linux on a screwed up 486 ;-)

2000-01-11 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, you wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, you wrote: If you hadn't noticed, Mandrake is optimized for i586 architecture. It's not supposed to be run on 486's. However, put Redhat or one of the mini-router distribs on it and I

[expert] boot sequence?

2000-01-11 Thread Kevin Boylan
Hi, Is there a HOW-TO or a good book that anyone knows of that describes the script files etc. that are run during the process of booting, the sequence they are run in, and what they are for? So far, I've been unable to find a HOW-To that describes this. -- Best regards, Kevin

[expert] atapi zip drive

2000-01-11 Thread Kevin Boylan
Hi, As my system boots I can see that it recognizes my IDE Atapi internal zip drive as hdd. But once booted, I can't find any hdd anywhere. I've looked at the zip drive how-to, but I can't seem to get anything mounted. Does Madrake 6.1 already have what is necessary for me to mount the zip

[expert] DrakConf Security Level 2nd Post

2000-01-11 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. Dose it just turn off services ? Thanks Jerry DeLong

Re: [expert] atapi zip drive

2000-01-11 Thread D HOPP
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, Kevin Boylan wrote: Hi, As my system boots I can see that it recognizes my IDE Atapi internal zip drive as hdd. But once booted, I can't find any hdd anywhere. I've looked at the zip drive how-to, but I can't seem to get anything mounted. Does Madrake 6.1 already

Re: [expert] Strange X-server behavior after dialing out

2000-01-11 Thread Warren Doney
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've seen as well. I think the DISPLAY variable gets changed after dialing out. I am interested in a solution to this as well. On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, Stephen Clingerman wrote: Whenever I reboot, the splash screen dutifully reports that I am localhost. After

Re: [expert] DrakConf Security Level 2nd Post

2000-01-11 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"Jerald A DeLong Jr" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: 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. Dose it just turn off services ?

Re: [expert] Upgraded to XFree86 3.3.6 - now xfs won't start

2000-01-11 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
"Vanco, Donald" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all - My L-M 6.1 system got an upgrade of XFree86 from 3.3.5 to 3.3.6. X seemed to be working fine (far better than 3.3.5) - until I rebooted, now I can't get xfs to start. I did install the latest fonts and font server. I have not tried

Re: [expert] Trying to install linux on a screwed up 486 ;-)

2000-01-11 Thread Jack Coates
Andrew Mitchell wrote: John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 10 Jan 2000, you wrote: I doubt it that 8MB ram is a problem. as it happens, I booted a machine with full M6.1 distribution on it, and only 8MB RAM! (Installing might be another story though). Anyway, there is no need for

Re: [expert] Mail, ADSL, CD-RW, long post

2000-01-11 Thread David
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, you wrote: I'd try editing the /etc/fstab and making the cdrom mount like an IDE hard drive using an IDE hard drive as a template. JOOC, what is the link from /dev/cdrom go to? Which /dev/hdxx? John cd rom is linked too /dev/hdd

Re: [expert] Unsuccessful Reinstall of L-M 6.1

2000-01-11 Thread Michael Doyle
G'day My bet its the CD, I have had this same problem, with and old 8x and a CDRW-6x22 - Original Message - From: "John Connell" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 11, 2000 5:52 AM Subject: [expert] Unsuccessful Reinstall of L-M 6.1 I have been

Re: [expert] Restoring kernel 2.2.13-7 -- How?

2000-01-11 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Davor: Thanks so much. That's exactly what I did. Turned out that the new 1.1.2 VMware is not compatible with either 2.2.13-7 or 2.2.13-22. On the other hand, the old 1.0.x version of VMware found on the 1st Application CD of the Mandrake Power Pack 6.1 IS compatible with 2.2.13-7. BUT, as

Re: [expert] Trying to install linux on a screwed up 486 ;-)

2000-01-11 Thread Axalon Bloodstone
On Tue, 11 Jan 2000, ibi wrote: Axalon, Please tell me Linux does not literally "burst into flames". Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Of course I over exagerated, you get lots of wierd things like sig 7/11 's (pun intended :) and other nice usefull error messages, all though I'm sure theres people

[expert] Linux sound errors ...

2000-01-11 Thread MandrakeBSD
Could someone please help me out with my sound configuration in mandrake 6.1? This is what I see on the screen when I run sndconfig: 1. It detect my sound card Model AZT1008 PnP sound device 2. It then renamed /etc/conf.modules to /etc/conf.modules.bak 3. Every thing is successfully until it