Re: [expert] reboot after power failure - solved!

2000-05-21 Thread Gavin Clark
Yes! The 'power up when AC comes back' needed to be set to 'on' in the BIOS Thanks, Gavin PS. while I was poking around in there I found lot's of cool stuff like the current motherboard temp., fan rpms, hardware status and other machine feedback. anyone know of a utility that will show me this

Re: [expert] Mandrake security mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sat, 20 May 2000, Gavin Clark wrote: > > I also wish that Mandrake had a discussion oriented security list that > > we could post to. I'd be more than happy to be reading bugtraq and > > forwarding relevant things to the mandrake-security list and others > > probably would as well. > > Excel

Re: [expert] URGENT! StartX hangs forever

2000-05-21 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Civilme: Thanks so very much for your suggestion. Will take a look at the situation when I back in Linux (using dual Linux-Windows. My Linux is Mandrake 7.0. Thanks again. Civileme wrote: > > Benjamin Sher wrote: > > > > Dear friends: > > > > For some unknown reason, the StartX in the Con

[expert] IE for Linux(Unix)?

2000-05-21 Thread James Little
If you go to Microsoft's download page you'll find a download for Internet Explorer 4.0 written for HP-UX and Solaris. Is it possible that one of these would run on Mandrake? I just don't want to spend an hour downloading for nothing.

Re: [expert] URGENT! StartX hangs forever

2000-05-21 Thread Benjamin Sher
My thanks to Gavin, Don, Civilme and everyone else who responded. Really appreciate the suggestions and help. Gavin Clark wrote: > > I had the same problem when I tryed to change my ipaddres and hostname: type > startx and it goes black. > > X does some stuff on the network so if things are not

[expert] PPP Failed

2000-05-21 Thread Michael Doyle
G'day, Linux-Mandrake V7.0-2 I have setup PPP via netcfg to activate at boot time, but get a message "FAILED trying in background", when in fact the modem has dialed and connected, not a big one but would just like to clean things up. -- Michael Doyle Adelaide, South Australia ICQ #2635762 ht

Re: [expert] IE for Linux(Unix)?

2000-05-21 Thread Warren Doney
Have never heard of anyone getting it to work in Linux exept through vmware ( http://vmware.com ). If anyone had got it working, it would have been shouted from the rooftops by now. -WBD - Original Message - From: "James Little" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday

Re: [expert] IE for Linux(Unix)?

2000-05-21 Thread Armand Nossaint
No but I hear that Redmond is working on a port to Win 3.11 ;>) -- Armand Warren Doney wrote: > > Have never heard of anyone getting it to work in Linux exept through vmware > ( http://vmware.com ). If anyone had got it working, it would have been > shouted from the rooftops by now. > > -W

RE: [expert] Problems downloading files

2000-05-21 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Of course it could be something really simple; like a MTU mismatch... ... which normally results in the symptoms he is seeing... -JMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Civileme Sent: Sunday, May 21, 2000 2:04 AM To: [EM

Re: [expert] CD burner puzzles

2000-05-21 Thread vern
Yeah my experience with the XCDroast package is it will try to calculate the size of the image to be created and go to the disk and the hard drive will start up and never return! I've watched the process with the KDE process management tool, and it will consume all the CPU resources at least 98%!

Re: [expert] Mandrake security mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread vern
Sounds good to me! I presently subscribe to the redhat security list since Mandrake is based on RH. vern Jon wrote: > > On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 01:57:17PM -0700, Gavin Clark wrote: > > > Excellent idea. How do we get this started? Is mandrake open to new lists? > > if not someone on the list c

Re: [expert] reboot after power failure - solved!

2000-05-21 Thread Don
I use a program called health-0.03.tar.gz and should be attached to this e-mail Don Gavin Clark wrote: > > Yes! > The 'power up when AC comes back' needed to be set to 'on' in the BIOS > > Thanks, > > Gavin > > PS. while I was poking around in there I found lot's of cool stuff like the

Re: [expert] Problems downloading files

2000-05-21 Thread vern
WOW! Thanks Civileme! That's the best explaination of what's going on here at my place. I have had the same experiences here. I use D4X and a USR modem, but knew nothing of "anti-spoofing software" or the port 139 business. The note about the hardware timing was also great. It's neat to learn the

Re: [expert] Mandrake security mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread vern
Is the Mandrake security list on the Mandrake site no longer functioning? I subscribed to it month's ago and it has little or no traffic. It may be only a "one way" announcement type list (I don't know). vern Vincent Danen wrote: > > On Sat, 20 May 2000, Gavin Clark wrote: > > > > I also wish t

Re: [expert] IE for Linux(Unix)?

2000-05-21 Thread vern
EGAD! Beware the darkside Luke! Got any good CPM emulators to run on my CRAY?? vern James Little wrote: > > If you go to Microsoft's download page you'll find a download for Internet > Explorer 4.0 written for HP-UX and Solaris. Is it possible that one of > these would run on Mandrake? I just

[expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread SGT_ROCK
How do I install Quake on a Linux box. I have the CD, but when I click the Setup.exe nothing happens.   Help!!!

Re: [expert] Mandrake security mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sun, 21 May 2000, vern wrote: > Sounds good to me! I presently subscribe to the redhat security list > since Mandrake is based on RH. Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and join up! -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net Freezer Burn BBS: telnet://bbs.freezer-bur

Re: [expert] Mandrake security mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread Ken Thompson
>snip< I'll host it... it would be something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] with an archive online as well. - Let me know what you (and anyone else) think appropriate so I can put a little blurb in the subscription message that is sent back to welcome people to the list. I'll set som

[expert] Support large HD ( larger 45GB ) in Mandrake

2000-05-21 Thread Dinosw Wong
I bought a IBM 46GB IDE HD for my linux file server. But I use fdisk to partition this drive. It only report a 11GB space!!! My kernel is 2.2.15-6mdk which is the latest version in rpmfind.net... When I want to use hackkernel-2.3.99pre6-1.2mdk for my server, it cannot boot up with my HPT366 IDE co

Re: [expert] reboot after power failure - solved!

2000-05-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: > Yes! > The 'power up when AC comes back' needed to be set to 'on' in the BIOS > > Thanks, > > Gavin > > PS. while I was poking around in there I found lot's of cool stuff like the > current motherboard temp., fan rpms, hardware status and other machine > feedba

[expert] Network Frustration

2000-05-21 Thread Ken Thompson
Hello all. I've been lurking for several months soaking up info as fast as I can but still have a problem with networking my linux boxes together. It seems that no matter which distro I use (RH 6.2 - LM 7.0 - LM 7.1b) I set it up as well as I can following the instructions in NET4 HOWTO and always

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread Bruce E. Harris
Hummm, setup.exe? Sounds like you have a windows version. Unless you get it working thru wine or VMWare, you are out of luck. You need the Linux version. Check the package to see if a Linux version is included. On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: > > How do I install Quake on a Linux box. I have th

[expert] Welcome to new expert list

2000-05-21 Thread Denis HAVLIK
Hi folks Sorry for leaving you alone such a long time - we had a 7.1 to work at, and I can tell you one: It was a hell of a work for all of us here, but the product is really cute. Life has returned to somewhat more normal tempo now, so that I can spend some more time reading the mailing lists,

Re: [expert] IE for Linux(Unix)?

2000-05-21 Thread Civileme
James Little wrote: > > If you go to Microsoft's download page you'll find a download for Internet > Explorer 4.0 written for HP-UX and Solaris. Is it possible that one of > these would run on Mandrake? I just don't want to spend an hour downloading > for nothing. Absolutely not Not unless you

Re: [expert] IE for Linux(Unix)?

2000-05-21 Thread Stephen Bosch
On Sun, 21 May 2000, James Little wrote: > If you go to Microsoft's download page you'll find a download for Internet > Explorer 4.0 written for HP-UX and Solaris. Is it possible that one of > these would run on Mandrake? I just don't want to spend an hour downloading > for nothing. Are you

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread Stephen Bosch
On Sun, 21 May 2000, SGT_ROCK wrote: > How do I install Quake on a Linux box. I have the CD, but when I click the Setup.exe >nothing happens. > > Help!!! Oh boy. -Stephen- PS: Okay, okay -- I'll be nice -- go to www.linuxquake.com. You can't use the Windows setup executable to install Qu

RE: [expert] Network Frustration

2000-05-21 Thread Bill Shirley
You said: /common 192,168,1.2(rw,no_root_squash,insecure) shouldn't that read: /common 192.168.1.2(rw,no_root_squash,insecure) I don't think you need the "insecure" param either. The above is on the boss.somewhere.com box. On the client (192.168.1.2) NFS box, you should be using: mount -t nf

Re: [expert] Network Frustration

2000-05-21 Thread Civileme
Ken Thompson wrote: > > Hello all. > I've been lurking for several months soaking up info as fast as I > can but still have a problem with networking my linux boxes > together. It seems that no matter which distro I use (RH 6.2 - > LM 7.0 - LM 7.1b) I set it up as well as I can following the > in

Re: [expert] Network Frustration

2000-05-21 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 10:22:12AM -0600, Ken Thompson wrote: -> Hello all. -> I've been lurking for several months soaking up info as fast as I -> can but still have a problem with networking my linux boxes -> together. It seems that no matter which distro I use (RH 6.2 - -> LM 7.0 - LM 7.1b) I s

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread Barry Marler
Setup.exe?? --on Sunday, May 21, 2000 11:07 AM -0500 SGT_ROCK wrote: > > > How do I install Quake on a Linux box. I have the CD, but when I click > the Setup.exe nothing happens. > > Help!!! /b - Barry Marler Department of Medical Microbiology and Parasitology

Re: [expert] Mandrake security mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread Gavin Clark
-- >From: Ken Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >>snip< > I'll host it... it would be something like [EMAIL PROTECTED] > with an archive online as well. > - > Let me know what you (and anyone else) think appropriate so I can put a > little blurb in the subscription messa

Re: [expert] Welcome to new expert list

2000-05-21 Thread Charles Curley
On Sun, May 21, 2000 at 02:51:12PM -0500, ibi wrote: -> Denis, -> I don't know if deleting two work messages is a good idea, but I think -> filtering swear words in the subject line is great! Maybe you could also -> post a little note that MUG mail should not be submitted in a foreign -> language

[expert] Re: Welcome to new expert list : 7.1

2000-05-21 Thread Gavin Clark
Can you let us in on what's new with 7.1? Gavin -- >From: Denis HAVLIK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sorry for leaving you alone such a long time - we had a 7.1 to work at, > and I can tell you one: It was a hell of a work for all of us here, but > the product is really cute.

[expert] the czech republic has mail problems

2000-05-21 Thread Gavin Clark
Hi, Everything I send to the list comes backa day later as an attachment from the Czech Republic with this message: > This is the Postfix program at host majkl.sh.cvut.cz. > > I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned > below could not be delivered to one or more destinations. > >

[expert] StartX hangs -- Solved!

2000-05-21 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My thanks to everyone who wrote in with suggestions and solutions. Thanks to your advice, I have solved the problem. Yours, Benjamin -- Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net

[expert] network script

2000-05-21 Thread Sridhar Govindarajulu
I installed Mandrake 7.0-2. When I configure my PPP it reports that /etc/sysconfig/network is not available. When is the script installed? Cheers Sridhar

Re: [expert] Mandrake security mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread Ron Marriage
How true is this anymore? I've seen updates to Mandrake that weren't in RH and vice versa. Is there someone that will be on the list that can tell us which are critical to Mandrake and those that are not. So many of these seem distribution specific. Ron - Original Message - From: vern <

Re: [expert] StartX hangs -- Solved!

2000-05-21 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > My thanks to everyone who wrote in with suggestions and solutions. > Thanks to your advice, I have solved the problem. How, though? Tell us! (otherwise, why be on the list?) -Stephen-

Re: [expert] Mandrake security mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sun, 21 May 2000, vern wrote: > Is the Mandrake security list on the Mandrake site no longer functioning? > I subscribed to it month's ago and it has little or no traffic. It may be > only a "one way" announcement type list (I don't know). > vern I'm not even sure, Vern. I had never subscrib

Re: [expert] Mandrake security mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sun, 21 May 2000, Ken Thompson wrote: > I'll set something up by the end of the weekend. I'd also suggest crypto > support as well. >snip< > --- > I would like to see a discussin on beginnes security, most of is > that have made the move from Winderz don't have the foggies

Re: [expert] Mandrake security mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sun, 21 May 2000, Ron Marriage wrote: > How true is this anymore? I've seen updates to Mandrake > that > weren't in RH and vice versa. Very true. Because both distributions do things different ways, security concerns on one may not be entirely valid on the other. But I think being aware of

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread SGT_ROCK
I figured I had to have a Linux version, but I am not sure where to get a copy. I went to the below site and didn't see anything about buying a copy. Do you have a link directly to the section where I could buy a copy??? Thanks, Troy -Original Message- From: Stephen Bosch <[EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [expert] the czech republic has mail problems

2000-05-21 Thread Ken Thompson
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: Hi, Everything I send to the list comes backa day later as an attachment from the Czech Republic with this message: > This is the Postfix program at host majkl.sh.cvut.cz. > > I'm sorry to have to inform you that the message returned > below could not be delivered

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread Michael Holt
I bought my copy from 'electronics boutique' in a mall near where I live. You should be able to find it any serious video game store; I wasn't able to find it at Circuit City and those sorts of stores however. If you want to order online, go to this site: http://store.lokigames.com/dr/v2/ec_MAIN

[expert] What's up with the rest of the Mandrake lists?

2000-05-21 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Hello all; Does anyone know what is up with the rest of the Mandrake Lists? I.E. Mandrake Newbie, Mandrake Cooker, etc. I have not received any messages from those lists in about a week or so... Thanks. -JMS

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
SGT_ROCK wrote: > > I figured I had to have a Linux version, but I am not sure where to get a > copy. I went to the below site and didn't see anything about buying a copy. > Do you have a link directly to the section where I could buy a copy??? That's just it -- you don't buy a copy -- you downl

Re: [expert] the czech republic has mail problems

2000-05-21 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Sometimes I get postcards from the Czech Republic. -Stephen- Ken Thompson wrote: > > On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: > Hi, > Everything I send to the list comes backa day later as an attachment from > the Czech Republic with this message: > > > This is the Postfix program at host majkl.sh.cvut

Re: [expert] OT: test

2000-05-21 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: > This is a test as I am having local mail problems. > > Thanks for your patience, > Received here. John

Re: [expert] IE for Linux(Unix)?

2000-05-21 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: > If you go to Microsoft's download page you'll find a download for Internet > Explorer 4.0 written for HP-UX and Solaris. Is it possible that one of > these would run on Mandrake? I just don't want to spend an hour downloading > for nothing. > Probably not.

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: > > How do I install Quake on a Linux box. I have the CD, but when I click the Setup.exe >nothing happens. > > Help!!! > Content-Type: text/html; name="unnamed" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Descri

Re: [expert] Support large HD ( larger 45GB ) in Mandrake

2000-05-21 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: > I bought a IBM 46GB IDE HD for my linux file server. But I use fdisk to > partition this drive. It only report a 11GB space!!! My kernel is > 2.2.15-6mdk which is the latest version in rpmfind.net... When I want to use > hackkernel-2.3.99pre6-1.2mdk for my server,

Re: [expert] the czech republic has mail problems

2000-05-21 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: > > Anyone else seeing this or are they singling me out? > I'm seeing it to, 'course I just set up a filter rule to send messages from this mailer-daemon to the trash. :-) John

Re: [expert] the czech republic has mail problems

2000-05-21 Thread R_Yeo
On Mon, 22 May 2000, Gavin Clark wrote: > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host service.sh.cvut.cz[147.32.127.214] said: 550 > > ... Sending mail from local domain with non local adress > > is not allowed. You must use official e-mail address. I see it too, but I still see my post on the list. But

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread SGT_ROCK
I think my lack of Linux knowledge might be showing. Okay you got me I am Win guy trying to escape the dark side and join the pure world of Linux. I have been working with Windows NT for seven years so I think by now I am really brainwashed. Any good book or white papers that would help me would

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: > I figured I had to have a Linux version, but I am not sure where to get a > copy. I went to the below site and didn't see anything about buying a copy. > Do you have a link directly to the section where I could buy a copy??? > www.lokigames.com for the Linux vers

Re: [expert] the czech republic has mail problems

2000-05-21 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 21 May 2000, you wrote: > On Mon, 22 May 2000, Gavin Clark wrote: > > > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: host service.sh.cvut.cz[147.32.127.214] said: 550 > > > ... Sending mail from local domain with non local adress > > > is not allowed. You must use official e-mail address. > > I see it

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
SGT_ROCK wrote: > I think my lack of Linux knowledge might be showing. Okay you got me I am > Win guy trying to escape the dark side and join the pure world of Linux. I > have been working with Windows NT for seven years so I think by now I am > really brainwashed. Any good book or white papers

Re: [expert] the czech republic has mail problems

2000-05-21 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
R_Yeo wrote: > > I see it too, but I still see my post on the list. > But, how's mail to the list being re-routed to the czech republic? It's not. Somebody from Czech is on the list. -Stephen-

[expert] Voodoo3, mandrake 7.0, and UT crashes

2000-05-21 Thread Stephen Boulet
I've gotten a voodoo3 2000, and am running mandrake 7.0 with the latest Unreal Tournament (4.13a). UT sometimes works, but sometimes crashes while in the "console" mode (not in a map). Is this a known 3dfx issue, and is there a solution for it yet? The crash is nasty, forcing me to telnet into t

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread SGT_ROCK
I am very familiar with NT I have completed my MCP + I and my MCSE. Now don't get me wrong I now that UNIX is far superior to NT or anything that Microsoft can write. That is why I want to now UNIX as well as NT. I have recently been promoted to IT manager and want to bring UNIX into the shop to r

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
You might want to start out by un-subscribing from the "expert" list and subscribing to the "newbie" list. I realize that you have a high degree of *computer* expertise, and if you get too frustrated over there, feel free to hang out here, but thse lists are really not so much *computer* newbie/

Re: [expert] the czech republic has mail problems

2000-05-21 Thread m . rokos
Hello! I'm so sorry for that. It was my fault. For the first time I installed POSTFIX instead of SENDMAIL. I had BLACK FRIDAY with configuring it for our MAILfirewall. Ones more: I'M REALLY SORRY FOR DISTURBING. I hope it's FIXED now. Michal On Sun, 21

Re: [expert] How do I install QuakeIII on a Linux box

2000-05-21 Thread Warren Doney
O.K., before you run out & buy the Linux version, you *can* run the windows version in Linux. Just dload the latest *Linux* point release from Blues News or planetquake.com & run it by entering "./linuxq3apoint-1.17.x86.run" in the directory it's in. Then link to or copy PAK0PK3 from /baseq3 in wi

[expert] Linux Mandrake Security Announcements and Discussion mailing list

2000-05-21 Thread Vincent Danen
I've taken the liberty of setting up the Linux Mandrake Security Announcements and Discussion mailing list as was being discussed in the expert mailing list. The mailing list is open to everyone and is for announcements of security issues relating to Mandrake, discussion of security on a Mandrake