[expert] Re: [newbie] duplicate messages

2000-05-05 Thread bascule
je suis un idiot, moi! yes, there IS a difference between 'to' and 'reply-to' but hey, i'm behind on my embarrassment quota for the month so this'll do nicely the fool wot rote: > > am i the only one getting emails on my netscape 'inbox' folder as well > as the one that i set up a filter for t

[expert] [newbie] scsi drives

2000-05-05 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
Hello, I'm getting ready to put together a new system and I'm considering using a scsi hard drive; can anybody tell me if there is much or any performance gain by doing this? I've seen quite a few posts on these lists about problems with scsi cards / scsi devices with Linux; is this normal or

[expert] resetting X

2000-05-05 Thread Wizaerd
Here's a strange situation that hopefully somebody can assist me in trying to fix... Recently I've moved my /usr directories to /home/usr to free up space. Then I created a symbolic link to point /usr to /home/usr. However now I cannot seem to load the xserver (startx), it states: _FontTransS

[expert] Lexmark 1100 printer and Mandrake 7.02

2000-05-05 Thread Juhis
Hi there all Linux people :)   I just installed Mandrake 7.02 and everything works fine, but printer.   I have Lexmark 1100 printer. I cant get test pages out. What printer should i choose from printer install menu??     I used Slackware Linux between 1994-1997. And i'm back again using Linu

[expert] Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes

2000-05-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
vickyit's probably an illusion since you're more than likely used to windows method of echoing an asterisk for each keystroke at a password prompt. Unlike windows, Linux echos nothing, so it may appear to you that it is not accepting your keystrokes, but it is. Just type your password and hi

[expert] Re: [newbie] Color QuickCam

2000-05-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Billwhat makes you think that it's supported under Linux? I have a Color Quickcam too and I've never gotten any inkling (I've been running various Linux distributions since January, 1999) that it has any support under Linux. First off, mine's a usb and until Mandrake 7.0 was released there w

Re: [expert] Sound Blaster Help!

2000-05-05 Thread Mage Grimau
The driver is emu10k1. It's on the iso image from Mandrakesoft - I never bought the set. Probably CD1 from any of the sets. I'm not sure if there's an easy way to copy it over - I just did a fake upgrade and it worked fine. :) --- vern <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello Mage, > I have to confes

Re: [expert] Permissions

2000-05-05 Thread Matt Stegman
On Fri, 5 May 2000, Wizaerd wrote: > Coming from a MS background, the hardest thing I've had to deal with in > trying to learn Linux is the file permissions stuff. In MS, everything is > open until you specify permisssions for it, but in Linux it's completely > opposite of that. Everything is lo

Re: [expert] Good-bye.

2000-05-05 Thread Michael Holt
Well, I'll be sorry to see you go Brian. You've offered some really good advise on this list. Take care, Mike "Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote: > > I don't know what the deal is, but I'm getting inudated with messges > from *all* the Mandrake lists (devel, newbie, cookier, expert) even > though

[expert] Good-bye.

2000-05-05 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
I don't know what the deal is, but I'm getting inudated with messges from *all* the Mandrake lists (devel, newbie, cookier, expert) even though I'm only subscribed to a couple. This situation is intolerable, so I'm off of the list. If Mandrake gets the lists problems fixed, maybe some individua

Re: [expert] Permissions

2000-05-05 Thread AG
What about giving the directory they will be created inside to nobody? (i.e. chown nobody ) On Fri, 05 May 2000, Steve Philp wrote: | Wizaerd wrote: | > | > Coming from a MS background, the hardest thing I've had to deal with in | > trying to learn Linux is the file permissions stuff. In MS,

[expert] Printing to SMB printer LM 7.0

2000-05-05 Thread Jim Ockers
Having problems printing to a printer via Samba in Mandrake 7.0. Able to print with same settings in earlier version of Mandrake (6.?) Connected a printer to the parallel port and succesfully configured with printtool. Is there any way to figure out the IP address of a printer on a SMB network?

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

2000-05-05 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
No, actually, I am trying to connect to my lan (nics and hubs and all) and at the same time connect to the web using my modem (regular dial up connection). I'll take any suggestions though Mike - Original Message - From: Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: F

Re: [expert] Permissions

2000-05-05 Thread Steve Philp
Wizaerd wrote: > > Coming from a MS background, the hardest thing I've had to deal with in > trying to learn Linux is the file permissions stuff. In MS, everything is > open until you specify permisssions for it, but in Linux it's completely > opposite of that. Everything is locked down until y

[expert] Re: [newbie] pilot hotsync with korganizer problem

2000-05-05 Thread bascule
problem fixed, my install wasn't a developer version so i had to install *-devel versions of a few things and ./configure worked, but i still had the error about makeinfo but this doesn't appear to make any difference? mind you, i still can't open my hotsynced datebook in korganizer! bascule ba

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

2000-05-05 Thread Steve Philp
Hash wrote: > > On Fri, 05 May 2000, Steve Philp wrote: > > > * Add the '*' to the /etc/ppp/[chap|pap]secrets files. > > * Add the noauth line to kppp > uncomment the lines in the resolv.conf file, to no avail. > > > ping www.yahoo.com > > ping 216.32.74.51 > > > > works, you've

[expert] Re: [newbie] Over my head(Netscape install)

2000-05-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Robertdon't install it, instead download the MandrakeSoft rpm version from one of the Mandrake mirror sites listed on the below web page (these are the 128 bit encryption version): http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/fcrypto.php3 There are three files (these are the 128 bit encryption version)

[expert] Re: [newbie] Asking questions

2000-05-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Glennsince this list is archived and the search routine looks in the subjects for the search strings, I'd have to say that seperate messages with well thought out subjects is the best way to go for the usability of the archive. But there are a lot of folks using the list who don't even think

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

2000-05-05 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Kirk/Mikeif I'm reading this correctly you guys are both trying to connect to other computers in a private lan and also to connect to the internet via a wide-band connection such as cable or dsl with a single nic card? If that is the case with you, then the problem is that you need a second

Re: [expert] OT: CERT virus alert

2000-05-05 Thread bascule
que? Pj wrote: > > http://www.cert.org/current/current_activity.html#loveletter > > Pj bascule

RE: [expert] OT DNS Server and nslookup Problems

2000-05-05 Thread Bill Shirley
You know, it's amazing how little information you've given us. Although, I'm no DNS guru I have configured my DNS server and, I far as I can tell, it works correctly. If you need help, for starters, post your: /etc/HOSTNAME /etc/resov.conf /etc/named.conf /var/named/localhost (or whatever

[expert] Permissions

2000-05-05 Thread Wizaerd
Coming from a MS background, the hardest thing I've had to deal with in trying to learn Linux is the file permissions stuff. In MS, everything is open until you specify permisssions for it, but in Linux it's completely opposite of that. Everything is locked down until you tell it to be more open

Re: [expert] Sound Blaster Help!

2000-05-05 Thread vern
Hello Mage, I have to confess, I can't find the drivers on the CD! How's that for dense?? What are they called? I tried the "sndconfig rpm" but I don't think that is what you ment. I've got the full set (all 6 CD's) searched them all, please this "blind newbie"! Vern Mage Grimau wrote: > > Tha

[expert] Re: [newbie] SIGHUP?

2000-05-05 Thread Steve Philp
Paul wrote: > > Hi all > > Sometimes I feel like I know a bit about Linux, sometimes I run into > something that stumps me. > > Just now, I found this in a text-file: > > "give qmail-send a SIGHUP" > > Can anyone tell me what a SIGHUP is, and how you give it to a running > process? killall -

[expert] Re: [newbie] Printer fonts

2000-05-05 Thread Steve Philp
Bob wrote: > > On Wed, 03 May 2000, you wrote: > > I am looking for a way to set the fonts in the KDE mail client. An > > "Apperance Tab" is indicated. Haven't locaated that. > > Found GZIP even figured out how to setup Opera for Linux, a few buggs(it's only > an ALPHA) promises to be a very

[expert] Re: [newbie] monitor and LILO woes

2000-05-05 Thread Steve Philp
WolfRyder wrote: > > I've installed mandrake 7 twice trying to get LILO to work right. Right > now, I boot from the rescue floppy because LILO, which worked the 2nd time, > would hang up my login screen in Win98. I have multiple users on my puter > and where the user name and password goes, the w

[expert] Re: [newbie] to stop the iloveyou virus spreading do this

2000-05-05 Thread Steve Philp
Oliver Stieber wrote: > > if you are running windows nt/98/95 > > make > local_machine\software\microsoft\wab read-only > using regedit32 > > create the following files > c:\winnt\system32\MSKernel32.vbs > c:\winnt\Win32DLL.vbs > c:\winnt\system32\LOVE-LETTER-FOR-YOU.TXT.vbs > > and set the f

[expert] Re: [newbie] Where is CONIO.H

2000-05-05 Thread Steve Philp
"Gunther C. Hebein" wrote: > > Hi all! > Under DOS there is library for C++ called CONIO.H; > There are many functions like "clrscr() etc..). Where's that library > under Linux? Try the ncurses libraries. -- Steve Philp, MCSE/MCP+I Network Administrator Advance Packaging Corporation [EMAIL PRO

[expert] Re: [newbie] Printer newbie help!

2000-05-05 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
I have a Epson Stylus Color 740 connected to my parallel port, and I tried setting it up on installation, and couldnt get it to print either of the example pages. Are there any issues I should be aware of with this? Any advice?   Well, I can't help you with the other stuff, but

[expert] Re: [newbie] GCC...where are you???

2000-05-05 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
I'm doing some learning myself, and someone directed me to 'man gcc' and 'man g++'; that helped me a lot. For a 'hello world' c++ program, save the file as helloworld.cpp then run 'g++ -o helloworld helloworld.cpp' (the first helloworld being the executable file that you want to cr

Re: [expert] OT DNS Server and nslookup Problems

2000-05-05 Thread Chuck Burkins
On 5 May 00, at 13:09, Brian Schroeder wrote: > 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 r

Re: [expert] Problem with postfix virtual domains: Mdk Problem!

2000-05-05 Thread Chuck Burkins
Hi all, I am the other person that Jon is referring to. I'm now convinced that this is a Mandrake-only bug. Perhaps an "error" at compile time. This only happens on virtual hosts, but mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is bounced (actually a 554 reject: will not relay). Mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] is

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

2000-05-05 Thread AG
Of course! His LAN connection is probably set up as the default route/gateway and as a result internet requests are being routed to the Appletalk network. Try doing a '/sbin/route del default' (sans quotes) before dialing and see what happens. In theory, kppp will assign a new default route. I

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

2000-05-05 Thread Hash
On Fri, 05 May 2000, Steve Philp wrote: > * Add the '*' to the /etc/ppp/[chap|pap]secrets files. > * Add the noauth line to kppp uncomment the lines in the resolv.conf file, to no avail. > ping www.yahoo.com > ping 216.32.74.51 > > works, you've got DNS troubles. In that case

Re: [expert] Sound Blaster Help!

2000-05-05 Thread Mage Grimau
Oops - forgot to add: The SB-PCI512 is *not* an SB-PCIxxx card. It's an SBLive! card. --- Mage Grimau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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 >

[expert] [newbie] Sound Blaster Help!

2000-05-05 Thread vern
Well I finally sprang for a new audio card, a brand new Sound Blaster PCI 512. This must be new one as it was the only affordable PCI Sound Blaster card Staples had. So I did all the research on available drivers for Linux and found same at ALSA so attempting my first source code compile I got

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

2000-05-05 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
I don't think I really qualify as a Linux geek yet either... but here's my best shot. As far as your connection with kppp, it really shouldn't be that difficult. One thing I've noticed (and written to this list and the expert list about, nobody seemed to want to answer), is that you can either hav

[expert] Re: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here

2000-05-05 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Isn't the only way to get a virus is to get an attached executable file or macro and you activating it? Seve -Original Message- From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, May 04, 2000 11:31 AM Subject: [newbie] Sorry to be asking on here