Re: [expert] quake - was: Disk drives

2000-05-04 Thread Gavin Clark
Is there any way to change the name of a DOS_hda1 drive to something easyer? And where can i get Linux Games like Quake on the net? it took me 14 seconds to find this with a search engine: http://www.cse.dmu.ac.uk/~rl/Quake/ http://charter.linuxberg.com/

Re: [expert] ] Can't connect to the internet....

2000-05-04 Thread Kirk McElhearn
On 3/05/00, at 16:02, Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Open your /etc/ppp/options file and add the line "noauth" without the quotes. OK, this works, but only under root. I can't do it as another user. If you are unable to surf after connecting, open /etc/resolv.conf and comment all the

Re: [expert] Re: Repost: [newbie] Problems with boot disk.

2000-05-04 Thread Pj
I must be the luckiest newbie alive. I boot with my floppy by choice and the rescue disk takes me straight to my CD. I don't have a perfect system--I wish I did. Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Piero wrote: On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote: No one answered my original query. Thought I would try again.

[expert] Re: [newbie] modem/internet/connection/cdrom2

2000-05-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Wadewhen you decided that your modem was on com2 and therefore changed the configuration to ttys1, did you disable the motherboard com2 in the system bios? Alan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I am still without a connection to the internet. I am starting to wonder if I perhaps

RE: [expert] Problem with postfix virtual domains

2000-05-04 Thread Bill Shirley
If what you're are saying it true, registering all combos of mixed case domain would be rather expensive. Try: TrIb.CoM trib.COM Trib.coM TRib.com TRIb.com TRIB.com TRIB.Com They all work. Domain names are not case sensitive. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Problem with postfix virtual domains

2000-05-04 Thread myrhillion
actually domains are not case-sensitive. A lookup for VooDOOextREME.com is the exact same thing as voodooextreme.com to DNS. And any whois will return the same information no matter how it's typed. J. Douglas Smith ISP tech monkey - Original Message - From: "Ron Stodden" [EMAIL

RE: [expert] compiling qt-2.0.2 : lstdc++ can't be found??

2000-05-04 Thread Hans Schneidhofer
hi Bill, have exact the same problems with this and a lot of other not found libs although I have installed it. If you get some solutions, can you post them to me ? Thanks in advance Hans Schneidhofer Am Don, 04 Mai 2000 schrieben Sie: Donno. From mandrake 7.2: [root@bugsbunny /lib]#

RE: [expert] ] Can't connect to the internet....

2000-05-04 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS
With Kppp I had to add a Gateway address in the setup to surf. With my ISP my Gateway is the same as my IP. In Win I typed winipcfg, took the value and plugged it in Kppp. Still I cant surf as other than root. I am about ready to reinstall pppd from 6.1, it worked without all the hassle.

Re: [expert] Problem with postfix virtual domains

2000-05-04 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Ron Stodden wrote: Charles Curley wrote: While Linux and Unix are both case sensitive and case preserving, domain names are neither, as a simple experiment will show: Name:trib.com Address: 12.10.153.72 Name:TRIB.COM Address: 12.10.153.72 This does not verify your

Re: [expert] Removing Sendmail completely

2000-05-04 Thread Vic
What I would like to do is find the rpm for q mail instead of the stupid tarball I don't have enough room to compile. On Thu, 04 May 2000, James wrote: I have decided to drop sendmail and go with qmail. I am using Mandrake 7.02 and I wish to wipe sendmail from my system completely. How can I

Re: [expert] ] Can't connect to the internet....

2000-05-04 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: On 3/05/00, at 16:02, Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Open your /etc/ppp/options file and add the line "noauth" without the quotes. OK, this works, but only under root. I can't do it as another user. If you are unable to surf after connecting, open

Re(2): [expert] ] Can't connect to the internet....

2000-05-04 Thread Kirk McElhearn
On 4/05/00, at 8:02, Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: With Kppp I had to add a Gateway address in the setup to surf. With my ISP my Gateway is the same as my IP. In Win I typed winipcfg, took the value and plugged it in Kppp. Still I cant surf as other than root. I am about

What's so special about postfix? Re: [expert] Problem with postfix virtual domains

2000-05-04 Thread Vic
I removed postfix from my machine. I installed good old fashioned sendmail because postfix was not collecting mail in my personal e mail server. So what is soh special about postfix if it does not do anything/ On Wed, 03 May 2000, Lars Nordin wrote: Ent. - Wrong! but thanks for

Re: [expert] Removing Sendmail completely

2000-05-04 Thread Aaron
There is a very good document on wiping Sendmail and setting up QMAIL. It is called LIFE WITH QMAIL by Dave Sills and it is linked from the Q-Mail site at http://www.qmail.org James wrote: I have decided to drop sendmail and go with qmail. I am using Mandrake 7.02 and I wish to wipe

Re(2): [expert] ] Can't connect to the internet....

2000-05-04 Thread Kirk McElhearn
On 4/05/00, at 10:06, John Aldrich [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: Under KPPP, do you have the box checked: "autoconfigure hostname from this IP"? If so, uncheck it. That MAY fix your problem. Checking it will cause problems like virtually freezing your desktop -- no apps will open, etc because you've

Re: [expert] Removing Sendmail completely

2000-05-04 Thread Aaron
Just a thought Vic, any mail server is going to need some hard drive space...if you don't have enought to compile, you probably wont have enough for an incoming and outgoing mail que or user mailboxes... Again, on www.qmail.org there is a link for an RPM as well as the tarball. Vic

Re: [expert] Ethernet and ReiserFS

2000-05-04 Thread Civileme
Javier Marcet wrote: Hi, I've had a problem with my ethernet card, which I use with an Alcatel ADSL modem. The ethernet card is an Ovislink PCI 10/100 with a Realtek 8139A chip. It is recognized correctly, and even initiated, but no data comes out of it. I found that the

Re: What's so special about postfix? Re: [expert] Problem with postfix virtual domains

2000-05-04 Thread AG
Actually, it works quite well, but your default config file lacks a local transport. If you checked your logs (or /var/spool/postfix/deferred), you'd likely discover that it was indeed picking up the mail, just not delivering it. FYI, neither sendmail or Postfix "collect" mail. Mail is

[expert] Installing Lilo Onto Partition

2000-05-04 Thread John Connell
Hi All! Is it possible to install Lilo onto the partition after removing it from the MBR? If so could someone be so kind as to tell me how it is done? Appreciate it! TIA! John Connell

[expert] OT: CERT virus alert

2000-05-04 Thread Pj
http://www.cert.org/current/current_activity.html#loveletter Pj

[expert] Mandrake on i486

2000-05-04 Thread Vincent Danen
Where can I find the 486 ISO for Mandrake? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net Freezer Burn BBS: telnet://bbs.freezer-burn.org . ICQ: 54924721 Webmaster for the Linux Portal Site Freezer Burn: http://www.freezer-burn.org

Re: [expert] Installing Lilo Onto Partition

2000-05-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Johnsign in as root, edit /etc/lilo.conf's first line to indicate which partition you want to write lilo to (example, change boot=/dev/hda to boot=/dev/hda1), and then execute /sbin/lilo to write lilo to the specified partition. Alan John Connell wrote: Hi All! Is it possible to

Re: [expert] Problem with postfix virtual domains

2000-05-04 Thread ibi
I hate to differ with anyone but according to my ISP if he doesn't set up the mail server to accept both [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] his client will only receive mail at the account address. I don't know, it's only my two cents. Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Limux-Bytes

Re: What's so special about postfix? Re: [expert] Problem with postfix virtual domains

2000-05-04 Thread Vic
OOps, I mean not so much "collect" the mail but to put it in the regular spool, and I guess I was used to seeing it in /var/spool/mail/username file. Hmm I guess Pine did not look where it was used to looking. Thanx for the info. I wonder if qmail comes in an rpm, I would compile, but I only

Qmail? was Re: [expert] Removing Sendmail completely

2000-05-04 Thread Vic
Ok many thanks. On Thu, 04 May 2000, you wrote: Just a thought Vic, any mail server is going to need some hard drive space...if you don't have enought to compile, you probably wont have enough for an incoming and outgoing mail que or user mailboxes... Again, on www.qmail.org there

[expert] MTAs--Sendmail vs Postfix vs Qmail

2000-05-04 Thread Bruce E. Harris
Ok, I know I just pulled a pin on this gernade, but please hear me out, and pse no flames. I am trying to learn how MTAs work, and it seems to me Sendmail would be the best choice since is it everywhere. I want to develop a marketable skill for when I retire from the USAF in a little over a

Re: [expert] OT: CERT virus alert

2000-05-04 Thread Mage Grimau
Don't really need to post those alerts here - 90+ % of viruses are written for windows and don't affect linux at all. The Loveletter virus is one - it depends on the Windows Scripting Host (otherwise known as the Windows Security Hole). --- Pj [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

[expert] Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 7.0 with Packard Bell Monitor

2000-05-04 Thread David G. Thiessen
i have a Packard Bell 1020 monitor. I used Generic MultiSync monitor when setting up my monitor for X. I may have done some tweaking, but as I recall all the info I needed was in my booklet for the monitor. Write to me directly if you need further help. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi,

[expert] Re: [newbie] Video Cards - Any Recomendations?

2000-05-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Marktry the below url and choose 'video cards' from the list on your left. The Phoebe Micro PCI TV Master will show up in a list on the screen for $49. That's the one I'd try as I've got a modem made by them and it's really been excellent, especially for the price I paid.

[expert] Re(2): [newbie] Can't connect to the internet....

2000-05-04 Thread Kirk McElhearn
On 3/05/00, at 22:36, Dean Jenkins [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: You need to add the keyword "noauth" (without quotes) to kppp script and remove "auth" if present. I think this can also be done in the GUI. This should turn off the request to the remote system for authentication. I tried this, but was

[expert] Re: [newbie] Video Cards - Any Recomendations?

2000-05-04 Thread Wayne Petherick
Joe, you could always try the various TNT cards that are out there. Most of them will come in PCI and AGP so you should shop around. Wayne At 02:47 PM 5/3/00 -0400, you wrote: The only decent PCI video cards on the market are the 3DFX  VooDoo cards but even with those I don't think you can get

[expert] [newbie] Two Questions

2000-05-04 Thread Monty Malik
Hi all, Just a few questions. But first my configuration. I am running Mandrake 7.02 on a PII 400 with 128M Ram, using enlightenment as a windows manager. Now down to the questions: Samba Problems: I am trying to consistently connect to a directory on a win98 machine. I can connect fine

Re: [expert] OT: CERT virus alert

2000-05-04 Thread Alan N.
Mage Grimau wrote: Don't really need to post those alerts here - 90+ % of viruses are written for windows and don't affect linux at all. The Loveletter virus is one - it depends on the Windows Scripting Host (otherwise known as the Windows Security Hole). I get a chuckle out of all

Re: [expert] Problem with postfix virtual domains

2000-05-04 Thread Bug Hunter
Then this is a problem with his MTA. It is a trivial problem, and I'm sure he is handling it. On Thu, 4 May 2000, ibi wrote: I hate to differ with anyone but according to my ISP if he doesn't set up the mail server to accept both [EMAIL PROTECTED] and [EMAIL PROTECTED] his client will

Re: [expert] Installing Lilo Onto Partition

2000-05-04 Thread Don
John Connell wrote: Hi All! Is it possible to install Lilo onto the partition after removing it from the MBR? If so could someone be so kind as to tell me how it is done? Appreciate it! TIA! John Connell Check the /etc/lilo.config file to insure that the parameters are correct and you have the

Re: [expert] OT: CERT virus alert

2000-05-04 Thread ibi
I did a poll a few months ago and asked the list to reply whether or not they wanted to see the CERT alerts? The overwhelming majority wanted them posted, as an OT topic which I continue to do. I was particularly interested in this post because it lists WuFTP and some server modules as having

Re: [expert] Mandrake on i486

2000-05-04 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Vincenthere (it took me less than a minute to find it): ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/ISO/Mandrake/mandrake70-2.i486.iso Alan Vincent Danen wrote: Where can I find the 486 ISO for Mandrake? -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net Freezer Burn BBS:

Re: [expert] Sound Blaster Help!

2000-05-04 Thread Mage Grimau
That's the same card I just got - I found the drivers that came with Mandrake 7.0 work best. I tried others with little luck, then copied the Mandrake ones from the CD, ran sndconfig, and everything works fine. Next time I need drivers, I'm checking the CD *first*. --- vern [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] OT DNS Server and nslookup Problems

2000-05-04 Thread Brian Schroeder
I am trying to setup a new DNS server under Mandrake 7, to replace our existing one currently running on Solaris 2.6. So far as I can see I have done everything correctly. When I try to ping a node using the new domain name server (via resolv.conf) it works as expected. However, nslookup

Re: [expert] MTAs--Sendmail vs Postfix vs Qmail

2000-05-04 Thread Steve Philp
"Bruce E. Harris" wrote: Ok, I know I just pulled a pin on this gernade, but please hear me out, and pse no flames. I am trying to learn how MTAs work, and it seems to me Sendmail would be the best choice since is it everywhere. I want to develop a marketable skill for when I retire from

Re: [expert] [newbie] Connecting to the Internet - why is it so difficult?

2000-05-04 Thread Steve Philp
Kirk McElhearn wrote: OK, I'm not a real Linux geek... yet. I am a Mac user, and have been successfully using Macs for more than ten years, without any major problems. But for professional reasons, I wanted to get into Linux, and chose Mandrake because it was supposed to be the simplest

Re: [expert] OT: CERT virus alert

2000-05-04 Thread Steve Philp
"Alan N." wrote: Mage Grimau wrote: Don't really need to post those alerts here - 90+ % of viruses are written for windows and don't affect linux at all. The Loveletter virus is one - it depends on the Windows Scripting Host (otherwise known as the Windows Security Hole). I get

[expert] Re: [newbie] Crash after hardware change

2000-05-04 Thread Steve Philp
Mr A V Moisseenkov wrote: Dear experts, I installed Mandrake 7.0 on a powerful computer, where it worked fine. Than I took the hard drive out and inserted it into my home computer, which is a Pentium 120, Cirrus Logic 5446. Now, when Linux boots and goes through all the text-mode

[expert] Re: [newbie] Antivir: libz... libgz...

2000-05-04 Thread Vic
I would like a copy also when you have the time. Don't worry about speed here, T1. On Wed, 03 May 2000, Hugh Semmler wrote: Paul I have installed antivir from cd and it works fine. Could it just be the copy you have? If you think so I will be glad to send you a copy of mine Hugh On

[expert] [newbie] Printer newbie help!

2000-05-04 Thread Andrew Edward McCall
Hi, I am not so much a Linux newbie, but a printer newbie! I have a Epson Stylus Color 740 connected to my parallel port, and I tried setting it up on installation, and couldnt get it toprint either of the example pages. Are there any issues I should be aware of with this? Any advice? I

[expert] Re: [newbie] CD's + burner for audio

2000-05-04 Thread Rial Juan
ok, lame as it sounds: read the CD-Burning HOWTO, it explains everything you'll need. Short version: cdrecord (yes, the command-line tool to which X-CDroast is just a frontend) accepts .wav files as input for audio-CD's too. It's also covered in the cdrecord manpage. I haven't tried burning