[expert] OT: CD-ROM woes

Apparently I have a configuration problem with my CD-ROM as it won't boot any data CD at the DOS level. I'm trying to install Mdk 7.0-2. One out of 10 times I can start an install, but generally speaking I get an "CD-ROM Boot Failure" message. I realize that some on this list might feel this is

Re: [expert] ipmasq problems on Mandrake 7.0

Darcyexecute these two lines as root. Theis should enable masquerading, if masquerading was previously not enabled this is probably why you cannot ping past the linux box from your workstations. Are they linux workstations? If not you may also have some issues not settled with the windows s

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > Ok, I found the RPM "setuptool" off the Mdk7.0-2 CD. I installed it and was able to >run the console version "setup". Which gets me > where I want. HOWEVER, when I try to run "drakxconf", I get a bunch of errors in >return: FWIW drakxconf is a pa

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: > Excuse me? I have been talking about drakxconf, not > DrakConf. Please do not tell someone that I am referring to > something other than what I've typed. Mellow out, I realized that and said as much within minutes. There does appear to be a close con

Re: [expert] OT: CD-ROM woes

Pj wrote: > > Apparently I have a configuration problem with my CD-ROM as it won't > boot any data CD at the DOS level. I'm trying to install Mdk 7.0-2. > One out of 10 times I can start an install, but generally speaking I get > an "CD-ROM Boot Failure" message. > > I realize that some on this

[expert] boot problem

I have just installed Mandrake on my machine (an HP Vectra XU). I have both an IDE and SCSI hard drive, and put Mandrake in /dev/sda7. I have had several other Linux distributions, and never had a problem booting. I have LILO in /dev/hda, and have put I made a boot floppy and can boot from it wi

[expert] netscape 4.73 128bit

Where can i get the mandrake rpm for netscape 4.73 128bit ? I installed the netscape 4.73-6mdk from mandrake cooker, but its doesn't work with this site : www.maybank2u.com (click on online banking etc). Thanks -lz Get Yo

Re: [expert] Program for Handling StartUp Services?

** Reply to message from Alan Shoemaker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Sun, 11 Jun 2000 20:43:20 -0700 ntsysv will work from a console to configure system services. Dave David M. Kufta Konsult Ltd. [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] Fetchmail problems

Hi, I have sendmail and fetchmail setup using install-sendmail. When I collect email using fetchmail any mail with multi entries (digests) or attachments are reduced to a line saying multi-mime file and not content. If I by-pass fetchmail and use kmail to collect pop mail it is all there. Until I

[expert] where is the Mandrake 7.0 kernel update?!?!?!

Hello... After a rather large list of alarming security flaws discovered in 2.2.15 (and are apparently in older kernels like 2.2.14) I think a security update for Mandrake 7.0 is very important. While I recompiled the kernel with custom patches on one box, I personally have a box lacking a c

Re: [expert] tcsh, man in Mandrake 7.1

Submitted 11-Jun-00 by Werner E. Niebel: > Hi folks, > > I just installed Mandrake 7.1 on a hard drive on my machine. Ive tried > to do any man from the command line in tcsh like: > > > man ls > > It returns an error with less saying something to the effect of -= not > supported. > > doing th

[expert] files larger than 2 GB

I would appreciate information about the possibility of creating files larger than 2 GB. With the defoult installation of mandrake 7.0 there is this limit. Is it possible to overcome it? Thanks in advance Berta Fernandez

[expert] irq assignment problem (plug'n play)

Hi, Just installed Mandrake 7.1 and have a problem with my ethernet card. (A DEC21140 clone of some sort) The BIOS is giving it irq 11, but when I check /proc/interrupts it says 14. tulip-diag detects the card and reports that the IRQ is not set yet (or somthing like that, don't remember exac

Re: [expert] files larger than 2 GB

This is a Linux Kernel problem and not a mandrake problem. On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Berta Fernandez Rodriguez wrote: > I would appreciate information about the possibility of creating files > larger than 2 GB. With the defoult installation of mandrake 7.0 there is > this limit. Is it possible to ove

[expert] helium - deeper inhalation

Hello experts My initial impression of the installation of Mandrake 7.1 was very positive. I was eagerly interested in testing XFREE86 4.0, Netscape 4.73 and some new additions of KDE. I tried to istall the new kernel 2.2.16 and screwed up so I had to reinstall. My Internet connection is broad

Re: [expert] where is the Mandrake 7.0 kernel update?!?!?!

The kernel-2.2.16-2mdk is available by ftp from most of the mandrake mirrors in the cooker directory. I wish it was an update for 7.0 but I managed to get it working anyway. Does anyone here know the correct way to upgrade a kernel by rpm? I got mine working but I don't think I did it the recommen

[expert] Another Mandrake source.

Here's another source for 7.1 CDROM's. vern o Mandrake Linux 7.1 CDROM (pre-order) http://linuxcentral.com/catalog/index.php3?prod_code=L000-071 The new Linux-Mandrake 7.1 (Helium) has just been released and is now available as a pre-order for $1.95 on CD-ROM. Linux-Mandrak

[expert] Neighbour Table Overflow

Ok, I was running Mandrake 7.1 but didn't like the GUI and XWindows wasn't the way I'm used to. I was going to try and get used to it, but I kept getting "Neighbour Table Overflow" in my console every once in a while... sometimes 6 or 7 at a time. Any thoughts? Matt

Re: [expert] files larger than 2 GB

The 32 bit OS has 2.1GB limit. Once going to 64 bit OS, this limit is much larger. Some of Linux are 64 bit OS (differnet kernel). Wei Quan Tian On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Eugene Grimsdell wrote: > This is a Linux Kernel problem and not a mandrake problem. > > > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Berta Fernan

Re: [expert] Another Mandrake source.

http://www.lsl.com . The 7.1 is 99 cents plus shipping. The turn around time is very good. Pj

[expert] Java Connecting to X-Server Problem

I have a web server that does dynamic image generation (testing on win32 working good), but when I load it in linux (SUN JDK1.2.2) I get: java.lang.NoClassDefFoundError: sun/awt/X11GraphicsEnvironment at org.apache.jserv.JServConnection.processRequest(JServConnection.java, Compile

[expert] 7.1 Beta-3 VS. The official 7.1

I've been happly using 7.1 beta-3 for a couple of weeks while waithing for the official release of 7.1. So as soon as it was made avail, I downloard it and installed. And to my surprise, it actually seemed not as good as beta-3. There were seg-fault upon closing the control centre in GNOME,

Re: [expert] Upgrade to 7.1 breaks my PCI modem.

On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 01:30:25AM -0400, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: -> -> Yes, Linux should autodetect it. -> -> More correctly, Linux adjusts it's device database during hardware detection -> so that the PCI/PNP drivers/modules can initialize the cards properly. -> -> Without this, the card "hint

RE: [expert] Another Mandrake source.

ftp://carroll.cac.psu.edu/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/iso/ The 7.1 is free and no cost for shipping and handling. The turn around time is about an hour on a t-1 :) PS. Do you think the Unsparc Distro would work on some older sun IPX boxes or just Ultra Sparcs? Cheers, --

[expert] Mandrake 7.1

Hello listmembers, Can anyone tell me if 7.1 installs KDE2 and Kongueror? I'm so tired of Netscape I could spit! Thanks, Gene

Re: [expert] 7.1 Beta-3 VS. The official 7.1

"TK Kim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I've been happly using 7.1 beta-3 for a couple of weeks while waithing > for the official release of 7.1. So as soon as it was made avail, I > downloard it and installed. And to my surprise, it actually seemed > not as good as beta-3. There were seg-fault

[expert] Mandrake 7.1 fail to install/upgrade (SCSI disk partition unrecognized)

Hi all, My setup : -- - Zeos Pentium 90, 64 Mb ram, Stealth VRAM 64, built nov 94. - no IDE disk, 1 IDE CD-ROM (Acer 50x) - controller BusLogic BT-946C (PCI to SCSI-2) (firmware 4.21, BIOS 4.84) - 1 internal SCSI disk IBM DDRS-34560 (firmware S71D) This system ran RedHat 5.0 for years w

Re: [expert] files larger than 2 GB

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > I would appreciate information about the possibility of creating files > larger than 2 GB. With the defoult installation of mandrake 7.0 there is > this limit. Is it possible to overcome it? > AFAIK, this is a *linux kernel* limitation, not a Mandrake limitation.

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

no on the kde2 maybe next version kde2 is still in early beta and not real stable yet but getting there On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Hello listmembers, > Can anyone tell me if 7.1 installs KDE2 and Kongueror? I'm so tired of > Netscape I could spit! > Thanks, > Gene

Re: [expert] helium - deeper inhalation

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Hello experts > > My initial impression of the installation of Mandrake 7.1 was very > positive. I was eagerly interested in testing XFREE86 4.0, Netscape > 4.73 and some new additions of KDE. > [clip] > I choose to exclude GNOME, other window-makers, all web s

Re: [expert] ipmasq problems on Mandrake 7.0

Sometimes the " /etc/resolv.conf" file needs to be edited to include the DNS servers that your ISP gave you. If this is not added you probably won't see any thing from the Internet. Below is an example of my /etc/resolv.conf file: search emad nameserver 207.67.165.4 nameserver 209.203.108.24

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

Neither. I am kinda sick of Netscape, too. I am probably gonna have to pay for saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot better browser. >From: "Eugene C. Zesch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 >Date: Mon, 12 Jun 2000 09:46:11 -05

[expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client

Ok, here's the scenario. I'm trying to setup a Linux box here at work. What I'm trying to figure out is what I need to do to log into our network (WinNT Enterprise). Any thoughts?

[expert] 7.1 PCMCIA Install Problem

I am trying to install 7.1 with a network install using the pcmcia.img, everything works fine until the installer tries to bring up X, it gets the following error message: xf86OpenConsole: Cannot open /dev/tty0 (No such file or diretory) Figuring I could manually configure X after, I finished

[expert] ANNOUNCE: Monday @ http://linuxpole.com

Monday topics at http://linuxpole.com - - Blind & Mandrake-Linux? (Bambi): what do we need to make sight-impaired people feel at home? - Simple server (Laurent Saint-Michel): would you buy a package which does only a few server tasks - but does them really g

Re: [expert] netscape 4.73 128bit

Lang Zhi wrote: > Where can i get the mandrake rpm for netscape 4.73 128bit ? > I installed the netscape 4.73-6mdk from mandrake cooker, but its doesn't > work with this site : www.maybank2u.com (click on online banking etc). > > Thanks > -lz > Go to the http://www.linux-mandrake.com sit and un

Re: [expert] where is the Mandrake 7.0 kernel update?!?!?!

Adam wrote: > The kernel-2.2.16-2mdk is available by ftp from most of the mandrake mirrors in > the cooker directory. I wish it was an update for 7.0 but I managed to get it > working anyway. Does anyone here know the correct way to upgrade a kernel by > rpm? I got mine working but I don't think

RE: [expert] ipmasq problems on Mandrake 7.0

use tcpdump -i interface_name IE: tcpdump -i eth0 also, I noticed that tcpdump is not installed by default, it is on the cd distro/ downloaded distro -Ron -Original Message- From: Don [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, June 12, 2000 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [exp

Re: [expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client

samba. George Jones wrote: > > Ok, here's the scenario. I'm trying to setup a Linux box here at work. > What I'm trying to figure out is what I need to do to log into our network > (WinNT Enterprise). Any thoughts? -- Michael H. Collins http://www.linuxlink.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

On 12 Jun, TK Kim wrote: > Neither. > I am kinda sick of Netscape, too. I am probably gonna have to pay for > saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot better browser. > I find it's a genralized feeling, although I've never used it. I prefer Mozilla but it still crashes too much. L -- Laurent Dupe

[expert] ISO images and CD-R with Nero

Hi, I'm about to go home and tomorrow buy the CD's for Linux-Mandrake. So this might seem a little redundant... I noticed the straight forward instructions on the Mandrake site (http://www.linux-mandrake.com/howtos/iso/howtoisoen.html#ECD) about durning the iso images using i) WinOnCD ii)Easy C

Re: [expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Ok, here's the scenario. I'm trying to setup a Linux box here at work. > What I'm trying to figure out is what I need to do to log into our network > (WinNT Enterprise). Any thoughts? > SMBCLIENT/SAMBA. John

Re: [expert] files larger than 2 GB

On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 11:07:38AM -0400, John Aldrich wrote: -> On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: -> > I would appreciate information about the possibility of creating files -> > larger than 2 GB. With the defoult installation of mandrake 7.0 there is -> > this limit. Is it possible to overcome it?

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 11:25:29AM -0400, TK Kim wrote: -> Neither. -> I am kinda sick of Netscape, too. I am probably gonna have to pay for -> saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot better browser. Cool. Let us know when it is available for Linux. -- -- C^2 No windows were cra

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

I know - I run win4lin which is $49.00 just so that I can run IE5 on my Linux My problems is Plug-ins ie: Macromedia Shockwave & Flash. On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, TK Kim wrote: > Neither. > I am kinda sick of Netscape, too. I am probably gonna have to pay for > saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot bet

Re: [expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client

On Mon, Jun 12, 2000 at 10:29:18AM -0500, George Jones wrote: -> Ok, here's the scenario. I'm trying to setup a Linux box here at work. -> What I'm trying to figure out is what I need to do to log into our network -> (WinNT Enterprise). Any thoughts? The obvious one that comes to mind is, dump

Re: [expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client

Samba >From: George Jones <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: [expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client >Date: 12 Jun 2000 10:29:18 -0500 > >Ok, here's the scenario. I'm trying to setup a Linux box here at work. >What I'm trying to

Re: [expert] netscape 4.73 128bit

Lang Zhi wrote: > > Where can i get the mandrake rpm for netscape 4.73 128bit ? > I installed the netscape 4.73-6mdk from mandrake cooker, but its doesn't > work with this site : www.maybank2u.com (click on online banking etc). > > Thanks > -lz > > _

Re: [expert] .config files for the kernels in the kernel*mdk.*.rpm files?

Short answer: [denis@kenobi /]$ rpm -qd kernel /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.15/kernel-2.2.15-2mdk-i586.config /usr/doc/kernel-2.2.15/kernel-2.2.15-4mdk-i586.config cu Denis -- - Dr. Denis Havlik

[expert] XFree 4.0->3.3.6

I can't take it anymore!! I have been trying to troubleshoot an extremely frustrating problem. For no apparent reason at all, Linux has just been hanging solid on me every now and then. I'm thinking that PERHAPS its not the machine thats hanging (there aren't any mesages in /var/log messages or /

RE: [expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client

I am not 100% sure how to but you need to map the available drives to your system. If your network is set-up with DHCP for the IP assignment the issue the following command as root: [root@localhost /root]#ifup eth0 [ENTER] >From here you will need to map the available drives. I am not 100% sure

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

hi ! nope...no kde 2 on 7.1 , but we are getting there  :-) "Eugene C. Zesch" wrote: Hello listmembers,     Can anyone tell me if 7.1 installs KDE2  and Kongueror?  I'm so tired of Netscape I could spit!     Thanks,     Gene --  -- Best Regard's ,

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

You won't get killed here...I agree! But hopefully Konquerer will be that replacement :) Bambi TK Kim wrote: > Neither. > I am kinda sick of Netscape, too. I am probably gonna have to pay for > saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot better browser. > > >From: "Eugene C. Zesch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

Dear all: Could any body know there is any utility like Defrag under Windows for optimization of Hard disk in Mandrake 6.0 or RPM in higher version? Thanks in advance, Wei Quan Tian

Re: [expert] Urgent Help on configuring Postfix for multiple ISP's

Thanks for the pointer to webmin - didn't realise such a wonderful piece of kit existed! Glyn M. On Sun, Jun 11, 2000 at 10:52:36AM -0800, thus spake Civileme: > And to configure postfix, get it running, then make sure you > install webmin-0.80-4mdk.noarch.rpm and use it to configure > postf

Re: [expert] Another Mandrake source.

On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > http://www.lsl.com . The 7.1 is 99 cents plus shipping. The turn around > time is very good. That's where I got mine from. Ordered Thursday afternoon, arrived in Saturday's mail, installed Saturday evening. -- Alex (Go easy on me, I'm a COBOL programmer in re

Re: [expert] 7.1 Beta-3 VS. The official 7.1

TK Kim wrote: > > I've been happly using 7.1 beta-3 for a couple of weeks while waithing for > the official release of 7.1. So as soon as it was made avail, I downloard > it and installed. And to my surprise, it actually seemed not as good as > beta-3. There were seg-fault upon closing the con

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

"Eugene C. Zesch" wrote: > > Hello listmembers, > Can anyone tell me if 7.1 installs KDE2 and Kongueror? I'm so tired of > Netscape I could spit! > Thanks, > Gene Nope... Go here ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distribution/Mandrake/Mandrake-devel/contrib/RPMS and the

[expert] Auto install boot disk

Hi, I just did a test install of Mandraka 7.1 on a Acer laptop and created the auto install boot disk during that. Almost imediately after that I tried how it works. 1) Is it possible to modify the install options after the disk is created? I plan on having Windows 98 on this same laptop and wo

RE: [expert] ipmasq problems on Mandrake 7.0

If you do not what to install tcpdump just run this script. It will flush your all your rules! Cheers, Eric Peters Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] System Admin Network Operations Inherent Technologies Inc. office (503)224-6751 ext 224 --

Re: [expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client

> Ok, here's the scenario. I'm trying to setup a Linux box here at work. > What I'm trying to figure out is what I need to do to log into our network > (WinNT Enterprise). Any thoughts? > > This depends on what you want to do. To access a file share, and assuming you have the Samba client i

Re: [expert] files larger than 2 GB

Then, what? > > > This is a Linux Kernel problem and not a mandrake problem. > > > > > > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, Berta Fernandez Rodriguez wrote: > > > I would appreciate information about the possibility of creating files > > > larger than 2 GB. With the defoult installation of mandrake 7.0 there

[expert] shaper & mknod

Using Mandrake 7.0.. trying to get the traffic shaper for 2.2.14-15mdk working. I've installed the module, and I've got shapecfg installed, but I can't find anywhere a device for shaper, my guess is Mandrake doesn't install these by default. I can't find much documentation on usi

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On 12 Jun, TK Kim wrote: > > Neither. > > I am kinda sick of Netscape, too. I am probably gonna have to pay for > > saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot better browser. > > Well I have seen people with IE 5.5 trying to uninstall to get back to 5, but the 5 I saw worki

Re: [expert] XFree 4.0->3.3.6

You can relink /usr/X11R6/bin/X (which points to XFree86) so that it points to whichever server you use(ie XF86_SVGA). Or you can run XSetup or Xconfigure(anything but xf86config) should point X back to a 3.3.6 version. But I'd check /var/log/xdm_error.log to see if it is the XFree86. I'm using

Re: [expert] device permission/ownership problem

Suppiluliuma writes: > On Sun, 11 Jun 2000, Jan Dittberner wrote: > > Hello, > > > > I have set the ownership/permission of the > > > > /dev/video* devices to > > > > crw-rw 1 root rvideo > > > > to enable the group rvideo to access these > > devices. > > > > After a

[expert] Newtwork trouble.

Hi . First of all, this new release is REAL optimized. Nice! Some little troubles on some features (like get the /mnt with no permission at all, what frozen my system on the "mount /mnt/cdrom" on one machine), but still a really good performance. But on a machi

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

There isn't one - at least that I know of. Although the ext2 filesystem is not totally completely immune from fragmentation it does much better than any FAT* system. -Chris On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Dear all: > > Could any body know there is any utility like Defrag under Windows for >

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

Far as I know, it does it on its own at a determined number of boots. You probably have seen it at one point or another during boot ... sometimes it takes longer to boot... You will see it looking at each partition and verifying everything and doing some maintenance on some files. Linux takes ca

Re: [expert] Another Mandrake source.

At 04:19 PM 6/12/00 -0400, you wrote: >On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > http://www.lsl.com . The 7.1 is 99 cents plus shipping. The turn around > > time is very good. > >That's where I got mine from. Ordered Thursday afternoon, arrived in >Saturday's >mail, installed Saturday evening. I order

Re: [expert] netscape 4.73 128bit

Go to: ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-crypto/RPMS Download both the netscape common and communicator packages. Mike > Where can i get the mandrake rpm for netscape 4.73 128bit ? > I installed the netscape 4.73-6mdk from mandrake cooker, but its doesn't > work with this sit

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

TK Kim wrote: > Neither. > I am kinda sick of Netscape, too. I am probably gonna have to pay for > saying this, but IE5 is a wholelot better browser. > You wont get an argument from me. I haven't used IE5 yet, I bailed from windows for linux around IE4 and IE4 is still on the kids computer. No

[expert] 7.1 install Caveats

First of all When the CD comes up with the first screen and it says "hit F1 for help". Try it. You will find text install/expert mode at your fingertips, and also graphic installs where you preset the memory, and yes, even how to use the CD as a rescue. I am seeing complaints about leaving out

Re: [expert] 7.1 menus

Jason Straight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > It's based on fvwm - you'll have to edit the menu files there I believe. wrong !! see /usr/doc/menu-*/menu.txt for documentation -- MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com San Diego, CA USA --Chmo

Re: [expert] files larger than 2 GB

I thought it was a kernel/glib/filesystem issue that really didn't have much to do with the word size of the hardware. You would figure that you could have the kernel compensate by doing the pointer/offset math 32-bits at a time and hence enable it to do a lseek on a 64 bit value on IA32 hardware

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

WeiQuan Tian wrote: > > Dear all: > > Could any body know there is any utility like Defrag under Windows for > optimization of Hard disk in Mandrake 6.0 or RPM in higher version? > > Thanks in advance, > > Wei Quan Tian No, the Linux file system is designed properly, so there's no need.

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

Hi, Civileme I beg to differ with you. IE 5 with only security upgrades and toys from MS and all the plugins you could want worked great on my machineincluding a MS Agent toy to read me web pages, not the Bonzi Buddy (annoying), just a simple MS Agent script that would open your default Agen

Re: [expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client

> Ok, here's the scenario. I'm trying to setup a Linux box here at work. > What I'm trying to figure out is what I need to do to log into our network > (WinNT Enterprise). Any thoughts? > As several others have pointed out, you need to install Samba. From here, ir really depends on what you're c

Re: [expert] XFree 4.0->3.3.6

Thanks for the information, John. I left my computer turned on tonight while I went out for supper, and sure enough, when I came back it was hung. Well, not quite hung. There was zero activity going on in gkrellm, however when I moved my mouse the pointer moved about 1/2 an inch and then it was d

Re: [expert] ISO images and CD-R with Nero

Submitted 13-Jun-00 by Mark Van De Vyver: > Hi, > I'm about to go home and tomorrow buy the CD's for Linux-Mandrake. So this > might seem a little redundant... > > I noticed the straight forward instructions on the Mandrake site > (http://www.linux-mandrake.com/howtos/iso/howtoisoen.html#ECD) >

Re: [expert] OT: CD-ROM woes

I had the same problem until i replaced the CDROM Drive. I had done many installs prior to this problem showing up. It turns out the Drvie was going bad. I replaced it with a HiVal 56 speed drive and no problem. Jim On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Apparently I have a configuration problem with

Re: [expert] helium - deeper inhalation

I've done many of the same type of installs. If you want to perform this type of install and exclude items, you need to select 'expert' install and make sure individual pkg selection is marked. Jim On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Hello experts > > My initial impression of the installation of

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote: > > No, the Linux file system is designed properly, so there's no need. > The ext2 file system is designed very well so there is probably no need to ever defrag, but a program does exist. The following location has the source for it. ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/l

Re: [expert] How to install firewall?

Yeah, be sure to read _carefully_ the license. What a rip! Try something that is actually free, like Freesco (www.freesco.org). Runs on a floppy, or from the hard drive. Basic floppy install takes less than 10 minutes if you have all the information you need, and no oddball hardware. Otherwis

[expert] Firewire for Linux?

I have 2 computers. A PC that is my main box and, a shiny new G4 mac that dual boots OS 9 and and Yellow Dog Linux. I am at the point of trashing OS 9 and going completely Linux on it. Here's my question. I have a 10 GB external firewire Hard Drive that I'd like to hang off my PC(I know I shou

Re: [expert] Can't mount CDrom and Floppy

I presume you mean you recently compiled your kernel for smp. Double check your config file. Did you make _sure_ that you enable the options for the floppy and cdrom devices? Monte > Vu Nguyen wrote: > > Hi everyone > Before I configured the multi processor, I could mount the CDrom and > Flop

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

there is a program called 'defrag' which does what you want. There are a couple of caveats, though. A) Pretty much un-necesary w/ a decent filesystem like ext2 (what about ReiserFS?) B) You have to unmount the filesystem you want to defrag before yo

Re: [expert] Logging into NT network with Linux client

George Jones wrote: > Ok, here's the scenario. I'm trying to setup a Linux box here at work. > What I'm trying to figure out is what I need to do to log into our network > (WinNT Enterprise). Any thoughts? You cannot "login" like the WinX machines do. To add the Linux computer to the domain, y

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

Not quite,what you are talking about is fsck - file system check, this is analagous to scandisk on the windows platform, it has abolutely nothing to do with fragmentation. It is run if the system has crashed or is shut down incorrectly and is also run as preventative measure every X number of

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

I can't tell you how well it works, but you can try this out: http://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/filesystems/!INDEX.html Let me know what you think, k? Mike WeiQuan Tian wrote: > > Dear all: > > Could any body know there is any utility like Defrag under Windows for > optimization of Har