Re: [expert] Installing SMP Kernel

2000-04-27 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
You either did make; make bzlilo without doing make modules ; make modules_install OR vice-versa. OR you failed to notice that (for some reason) the make bzlilo &c. put the newly-built kernel in a different place from where the default /etc/lilo.conf is looking for it. I solve this probl

Re: [expert] Easy CD burning for GUI lovers

2000-04-27 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
Warning: The mkisofs that came with MDK 7.0 will corrupt certain data streams. See my web page for a test program; it should be straightfoward to adapt it to see if gcombust somehow fixes the corruption. Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > Having read some mails about probs with CD-R and CD-RW burn

Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server

2000-04-27 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
Just use a custom install and click twice on the X stuff to select & the de-select it all. I have a non-X server running. On the other hand, it would be safer to keep the existing Celeron266 for a firewall/router (it's more than sufficient) and use another (possibly higher-powered) box for the

Re: [expert] anyone using toppage ?

2000-04-27 Thread John Murphy
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote: > hi, > > have downloaded toppage, but how can I give it a chance to try out ? > calling toppage_wine /usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e results in > > wine : can't exec '/usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e' : error=0 > wine : no executable file found. When you down

Ynt: [expert] anyone using toppage ?

2000-04-27 Thread Raif Tolga KORKUNÇKAYA
I did not use it but are you sure you ve downloaded the RPM package? ftp://ftp.software.ibm.com/software/TopPage/linux/beta/toppage-0.9-2.i386.rp m >-> have downloaded toppage, but how can I give it a chance to try out ? >-> calling toppage_wine /usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e results in >->

[expert] KDE desktop and menu

2000-04-27 Thread Guillermo Belli
Hi everyone: I have customized the KDE desktop, and I would like that every new user has this customized desktop. How do I do that? The same goes for the menu and other KDE settings (such as font size, lnguage, etc). Thank you. -- *Guillermo

Re: [expert] Cannot open printer description file

2000-04-27 Thread fpons
Steve Philp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello all! > > I've just installed Mandrake 7. Chose "high security" during > installation and maybe that was a bad choice. > > Attempting to print as a normal user via either command line or the > Print button in Netscape gets me the error: > >

Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server

2000-04-27 Thread Monte Milanuk
Tried that... It insists on installing drakconf or some such gui tool, and I presume the requisite X environment. Monte "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > Monte Milanuk wrote: > > > O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an ISDN line put in, > > and will get a terminal adapter ISDN m

Re: [expert] [OT] NIC problem

2000-04-27 Thread Steve Philp
Christopher Quale wrote: > > Sorry to go off topic, but I greatly respect > the general knowledge of this newsgroup. > > I have a 3com 3c589 pcmcia network card > that has recently been acting really strange. > I know that it is configured correctly > (/etc/sysconfig/network and ifcfg-eth0, etc.

[expert] Cannot open printer description file

2000-04-27 Thread Steve Philp
Hello all! I've just installed Mandrake 7. Chose "high security" during installation and maybe that was a bad choice. Attempting to print as a normal user via either command line or the Print button in Netscape gets me the error: [sphilp@tippy sphilp]$ lpr trans.txt lpr: cannot

Re: [expert] how do i run the 7.0 drakx installer from an existing installation?

2000-04-27 Thread Pixel
"Joseph Cheek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > i want to test some custom changes. in particular, i want to force it to > install a custom kernel, rather than kernel-{linus|smp|fb|secure|younameit}. > > do i just chroot /my/root/dir /usr/bin/perl-install/install2 or is there > more to it? > > wh

Re: [expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-27 Thread Steve Philp
"Bruce E. Harris" wrote: > > Thanks for the advice, Linux is back, firewall is working, life if good. > > I did get an email from my ISP telling me I am running at the max home user DSL > speed the offer. Still, why would a 300K file take 30 sec to d/l if my speed is > suppose to be running at o

[expert] [OT] NIC problem

2000-04-27 Thread Christopher Quale
Sorry to go off topic, but I greatly respect the general knowledge of this newsgroup. I have a 3com 3c589 pcmcia network card that has recently been acting really strange. I know that it is configured correctly (/etc/sysconfig/network and ifcfg-eth0, etc..) but here is the problem: it is assig

Re: [expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-27 Thread Bruce E. Harris
I ran linux 3 at the boot prompt, then logged in as root, and discovered by local ip was pounded out (#). I fixed it the started kdm. All seemed ok, then rebooted and now all works. Kinda strange. Bruce On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote: > > ... in the > > process of changing IPs I somehow managed

[expert] Windows 2000 bootloader and Mandrake

2000-04-27 Thread Hawk82
Is there a way to use the Windozes 2000 bootloader to boot into Linux instead of using LILO? I heard there is a HOW-TO on it, but I can't seem to find it. I have a feeling to accomplish this task I would have to edit the boot.ini file in order to get this to work. Thanks for any help. You people

[expert] Mandrake 7 pidentd problem

2000-04-27 Thread jason
Can't get pdidentd to work on a fresh installation of Mandrake 7.0. I've tried other ident servers, none of which work either.. the problem seems to stem from an inability for ident to read the file /proc/net/tcp .. My guess is that there is some sort of security setting that is th

Re: [expert] anyone using toppage ?

2000-04-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 10:32:02PM +0200, Hans Schneidhofer wrote: -> hi, -> -> have downloaded toppage, but how can I give it a chance to try out ? -> calling toppage_wine /usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e results in -> -> wine : can't exec '/usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e' : error=0 -> wine

[expert] Data rates and payload

2000-04-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 05:58:33PM -0400, Bruce E. Harris wrote: -> Thanks for the advice, Linux is back, firewall is working, life if good. -> -> I did get an email from my ISP telling me I am running at the max home user DSL -> speed the offer. Still, why would a 300K file take 30 sec to d/l if

[expert] Anyone Trying ViaVoice?

2000-04-27 Thread Lane Lester
A friend who is not on this list downloaded IBM's ViaVoice for Linux, and is getting seg faults. He's looking for some help. Is there anyone on here who's working with this package? If so, I'll tell him to join the list and post his problems. -- Lane Lane Lester / Madison County, Georgia US

Re: [expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-27 Thread Gavin Clark
> ... in the > process of changing IPs I somehow managed to screw up Linux. > > It will boot, go thru is startup scripts then stick when KDM window should > come up and then do nothing. I can't even get a console to check things > out. If I can get to a consle via a floppy boot, I have no idea w

Re: [expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-27 Thread Bruce E. Harris
Thanks for the advice, Linux is back, firewall is working, life if good. I did get an email from my ISP telling me I am running at the max home user DSL speed the offer. Still, why would a 300K file take 30 sec to d/l if my speed is suppose to be running at over 400kps? Bruce On Thu, 27 Apr 200

[expert] anyone using toppage ?

2000-04-27 Thread Hans Schneidhofer
hi, have downloaded toppage, but how can I give it a chance to try out ? calling toppage_wine /usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e results in wine : can't exec '/usr/local/toppage/bin/toppage -e' : error=0 wine : no executable file found. Unfortunatly the pdf-doc tells only something about windows

Re: [expert] FTP privileges

2000-04-27 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, Apr 27, 2000 at 01:23:28PM -0700, James wrote: -> I am impressed by the security settings for Mandrake which seem to hide -> and disallow certain read functions.. but I wish to make backups of my -> server and I am not allowed direct copy of certain directories to my -> remote computer.

[expert] how do i run the 7.0 drakx installer from an existing installation?

2000-04-27 Thread Joseph Cheek
i want to test some custom changes. in particular, i want to force it to install a custom kernel, rather than kernel-{linus|smp|fb|secure|younameit}. do i just chroot /my/root/dir /usr/bin/perl-install/install2 or is there more to it? what does the environment var PERL_INSTALL_TEST do, and to w

[expert] FTP privileges

2000-04-27 Thread James
I am impressed by the security settings for Mandrake which seem to hide and disallow certain read functions.. but I wish to make backups of my server and I am not allowed direct copy of certain directories to my remote computer. How do I give myself rights (even if only temporarily) to copy, th

expert@linux-mandrake.com

2000-04-27 Thread ptah
Luca Ognibene wrote: Device: Yamaha DS-XG MIDI port I/O port = 330 IRQ=7 > > I have also an internal modem, i don't know if it is a winmodem but i > think... It's a Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax,Speaker PCI modem. How can i > use it? > > Conexant is a winmodem. Throw it in the trash or put it ba

expert@linux-mandrake.com

2000-04-27 Thread Civileme
Luca Ognibene wrote: > I have mainly 2 problems with Mandrake 7.0. I have a PCI Yamaha YMF-724F > [DS-1 audio controller] but sndconfig tells me that this audio card > isn't supported... How can i configure it? I know this: > Device: Yamaha DS-XG I/O port = 388 > Device: Yamaha DS-XG MIDI port

expert@linux-mandrake.com

2000-04-27 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote: > I have also an internal modem, i don't know if it is a winmodem but i > think... It's a Conexant SoftK56 Data,Fax,Speaker PCI modem. How can i > use it? > Fugedaboudit! It's a WinModem. OR, more properly, a "SoftModem." You don't want to even TRY to use that mod

expert@linux-mandrake.com

2000-04-27 Thread Luca Ognibene
I have mainly 2 problems with Mandrake 7.0. I have a PCI Yamaha YMF-724F [DS-1 audio controller] but sndconfig tells me that this audio card isn't supported... How can i configure it? I know this: Device: Yamaha DS-XG I/O port = 388 Device: Yamaha DS-XG MIDI port I/O port = 330 IRQ=7 I have a

Re: [expert] Setting up a locked down firewall intranet server

2000-04-27 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Monte Milanuk wrote: > O.K. I am going to take the plunge. I am getting an ISDN line put in, > and will get a terminal adapter ISDN modem. Since the local internet > provider's ISDN account has an unlimited access plan, this box will > probably be up and online a lot of the time. Currently I

RE: [expert] Disk Usage

2000-04-27 Thread Wizaerd
thanx... I will be giving this a try this evening... I sure do appreciate it... Joseph E. Sheble a.k.a. Wizaerd Wizaerd's Realm Canvas, 3D, Graphics, ColdFusion http://www.wizaerd.com = Zanova, Inc. http://www.zanova.com Moving Business Forward. ===

Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?

2000-04-27 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
DCH wrote: > Dear Mail-List, > thanks for your immediate response! > I got a question regarding those rpm's: Which RPMS's do I have to > recompile/replace with my config files? I checked most of them using > kpackage, but I couldn't find one containing the default Mandrake config > files... Whew

Re: [expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-27 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000, you wrote: > Even if you can't telnet in, you ought to be able to enter runlevel > one from the LILO prompt: if you use image 'linux', type 'linux 1' at > the LILO prompt. Then, look at rc.local. > Should also be able to type "linux 3" at the LILO prompt to boot (one time)

Re: [expert] Virtual Mail Hosting

2000-04-27 Thread Alberto Passariello
On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 11:54:33 +0200, Jan Dittberner wrote: >I have problems with some Outlook clients which want >to connect to the vpop3 daemon on my Mandrake box. > >They get: > >"-ERR cannot open mailbox /var/spool/vmail/hostname//username" >from the server. > >Is this a known problem? Is there

RE: [expert] empty smb passwords?

2000-04-27 Thread Yacketta,Ronald J
I have a question regarding samba I have a PDC I would like to use to do user/passowrd valaidation to I have the following in my smb.conf that does not work security = SERVER password server = CNGDOM01 name resolve order = wins lmhosts bcast hosts if I change the password server to its known ip

Re: [expert] Howto integrate new settings in homebrew ISO?

2000-04-27 Thread DCH
Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote: > > > > To do *that*, you would either have to re-create the RPMs involved, or > > write a "post-install" script that replaced the relavent files. The > > latter wouldn't be quite as automatic as you want but it would a heck of > > a lo

Re: [expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-27 Thread Christopher Cox
Sounds like an ISDN rate, what is the web site hosting through? Your box sounds sick. If you only disconnected the ISDN, perhaps it is just mechanical problem and you need to remove and re-insert your cards, paying attention to their alignment. Any other ideas would have to come with allot more

Re: [expert] libreadline.so.4.1 - Where is it?

2000-04-27 Thread Mike Fieschko
>>> "George" == George Czerw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] George> After drawing many blanks from rpmfind, freshmeat, etc., I George> stumbled on it while doing some searches on Lycos for George> other things. Anyway, the link's below: George>ftp://ftp.sunsite.org.uk/Mirro

[expert] mail & security config problem

2000-04-27 Thread Alberto Passariello
I have installed a mandrake 7.0-2 as server using standard security ( as proposed by installation ) level. this linux acts as mail server for three domains. one domain is configured as the real domain and the users are real accounts. the other two are configured using linuxconf as vpop users. t

[expert] Default Print Margin?

2000-04-27 Thread Lane Lester
In CSCMail, the email client I'm using, a printed message starts too far to the left on the paper, and the first character is lost. I asked the authors to add a margin to the print function, but they said that I should take care of that in printtool or somewhere. There doesn't seem to be such an o

[expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-27 Thread Mike Fieschko
>>> "Bruce" == Bruce E Harris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: [snip] Bruce> It will boot, go thru is startup scripts then stick when Bruce> KDM window should come up and then do nothing. I can't even Bruce> get a console to check things out. If I can get to a consle Bruce> via a flop

RE: [expert] Installing SMP Kernel

2000-04-27 Thread Bill Shirley
First, edit your /usr/src/linux/Makefile and change: INSTALL_PATH= to INSTALL_PATH=/boot Optional step: ADD a new image section to lilo so you can boot the old kernel if needed: Edit /etc/lilo.conf and add a section just like the one label=linux: image = /boot/vmlinuz.old<== change t

Re: [expert] Sun Ultra 1 boot

2000-04-27 Thread Michael R. Batchelor
>I downloaded the ulra iso image of the mandrake and burn it like i always do >for my x86 iso images Will the UltraSparc image boot on an old ordinary Sparc. I've got a couple of sparc station 2s that I'd like to try. Michael

[expert] mail & security config problem

2000-04-27 Thread Alberto Passariello
I have installed a mandrake 7.0-2 as server using standard security ( as proposed by installation ) level. this linux acts as mail server for three domains. one domain is configured as the real domain and the users are real accounts. the other two are configured using linuxconf as vpop users. t

RE: [expert] empty smb passwords?

2000-04-27 Thread Bill Shirley
Yes. Do you have these set in your global section? null passwords = yes # You may wish to use password encryption. Please read # ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the Samba documentation. # Do not enable this option unless you have read those documents encrypt passwords = yes smb

[expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-27 Thread Bruce E. Harris
Seems my DSL connection was never up to promised speed. Lastnight I by-passed my firewall to see it that would chance the speed but in the process of changing IPs I somehow managed to screw up Linux. It will boot, go thru is startup scripts then stick when KDM window should come up and then do no

[expert] Virtual Mail Hosting

2000-04-27 Thread Jan Dittberner
I have problems with some Outlook clients which want to connect to the vpop3 daemon on my Mandrake box. They get: "-ERR cannot open mailbox /var/spool/vmail/hostname//username" from the server. Is this a known problem? Is there a solution? Thanks Jan Dittberner

Re: [expert] Disk Usage

2000-04-27 Thread Matt Stegman
You can hack it: # mv /usr /home # ln -s /home/usr /usr This will move /usr (the bulk) onto your /home partition, and link it so that it appears to be in the same place. This, of course, presumes that /home/usr does not already exist. -Matt Stegman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Wiz

[expert] Sun Ultra 1 boot

2000-04-27 Thread Rodolphe Pineau
I downloaded the ulra iso image of the mandrake and burn it like i always do for my x86 iso images. When i try to boot from the CD (boot cdrom from prompt) I have the line saying that the computer (Sun Ultra 1 200E/128Mb ram) is booting from the cdrom device but nothing happen . I've also tr

Re: [expert] lost bootup disk, recover ?

2000-04-27 Thread Ted Wager
On Wed, 26 Apr 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > A GNU/Linux rescue disk that is made with > newbies in mind. > > http://airmid.netpedia.net/Ted Wager wrote: > > Alan > > P.S. but, in my experience Airmid, like tomsrtbt needs a kernal > update to work completely with the latest distributions. > Bo