Re: [expert] ReiserFS

2000-06-14 Thread Necrotica
In rescue mode type: mount /dev/hdx -t reiserfs /mountpoint -Chris On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > > > Hello! > > Yesterday I started to install Mandrake 7.1. > All went correctly until a choosed in the middle of the installation to check > for PCI devices, ...my system crashed! (freeze

Re: [expert] apache suexec

2000-06-14 Thread Jason Straight
Jason Straight wrote: > Nevermind, I figured it out. The permissions on /usr/bin/suexec were wrong, > needed to be suid root. This has to be the SLOWEST mailing list I have ever seen, anyone know what's up with that? -- Sir, I'm afraid your computer has the Microsoft virus that's been spread

Re: [expert] 7.1 install Caveats

2000-06-14 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Denis HAVLIK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Because Pixel detests ISA. is not the only mdk developer who don't like ISA : -- MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com San Diego, CA USA --Chmouel

Re: [expert] Helix-update in 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Allen Bolderoff
[EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > Don't see a point why the Helixupdate should be included in > distribution. maybe not everyone has a T1 to the net? some people (in australia for example) pay for every MB they receive, *and* have to download over 33.6K modems. That in itself is a good enough reason

[expert] Web sites with ? instead of '

2000-06-14 Thread Civileme
This question pops up now and then--there are web sites that just plain look bad--grammatical errors and run-together text or else ? characters where tothers should be. Her is the fix.. Not for you but for the unfortunate authors of the web sites. http://www.fourmilab.ch/webtools/demoroniser/

[expert] Configuring Postfix

2000-06-14 Thread Sthitaprajna
Hi How do I configure the postfix MTA? I am prety familiar with sendmail after running it on RHL for a long time. Basically, I would like it to send mails from my [EMAIL PROTECTED] rather that user@localhost. I would also need functionality to send mail from a web based address, like say [EMA

[expert] Gkrellm not working

2000-06-14 Thread Werner E. Niebel
Hi folks, Ive tried compiling the latest version of Gkrellm in Mandrake 7.1 and 7.0. this is version 0.9.10. It works in 7.0 but not 7.1. 0.9.7 is what was released from the distribution but it varies a little bit which is why I wanted to upgrade. Ive even tried to intall binary RPMs from the

Re: [expert] idebus

2000-06-14 Thread John D. Kim
the idebus refers to pci/ide bus speed, and it's isn't as same as your system bus speed. The standard is 33Mhz even on the latest of the latest motherboards(my company ships machines with Tyan boards that aren't on the market yet). Normally, if you want to set the idebus, you'd put in:

Re: [expert] vmware problems

2000-06-14 Thread John D. Kim
Your vm gateway shouldn't be set to your linuxbox unless you've configured ip masquerading/chaining on the linuxbox. Try setting your vm gateway to whatever that the linuxbox is using for gateway. John Kim Linux System Engineer @ ASL - visit us as www.aslab.com On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, LinuxMan :-)

Re: [expert] Helix-update in 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Richard Kemp
This is used very sparsely by the mandrake team when there are gaping security holes one of the nice things about helix gnome is its update tool, and I'm pretty disappointed if they didn't include it with the helix gnome updates. Rich --- "LinuxMan :-)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > hi > the

[expert] Mdk71 - su question !

2000-06-14 Thread Andre Steden
Hello, if i login as root an console 1 and want to switch to another user with su frank i get : bash: /dev/tty1: permission denied (with Mandrake 7.1) i tried the same with Mdk7.0 - there is no such message. bye -- Andre Steden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [expert] HP Pavilion 6470Z

2000-06-14 Thread Alex V Flinsch
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Does a driver exist for the sound card? (The modem I could care less about AFAIK No driver exists, it works as a soundblaster clone under windows, so that might help. The 4450, is mostly a windows machine, I have a small 1.2G drive in it that I use for playing wi

Re: [expert] vmware problems

2000-06-14 Thread Don
Do you have the DNS servers listed in the /etc/resolv.conf file/ Don On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > hi all ! :-) > > well , here goes : > > a am running mandrake 7.1 on my amd 700mhz box , and i have vmware > installed > running win2k. > samba is working just fine

Re: [expert] Matrox G400 and XFree86 4.0

2000-06-14 Thread Leopold Palomo
Hi, There's an article in the Linux-Magazine of february 2000 written by Lou Grinzo explaining step-by-step how to configure the Millennium G400 Dual Head. I think that the article can be get-it online in www.linux-mag.com because is a old magazine. If not you can wait a few months that they will

Re: [expert] Auto install boot disk

2000-06-14 Thread Petri Lehtonen
Andrew Vogel wrote: > > On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 03:24:20 +0300, you wrote: > > >I just did a test install of Mandraka 7.1 on a Acer laptop and created > >the auto install boot disk during that. > > > In which option set is the "make auto install disk" feature available? I > did a normal SERVER insta

Re: [expert] Boot problems

2000-06-14 Thread Joerg Mertin
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:30:50PM +0200, LinuxMan :-) wrote: > hi all ! > > when booting lilo i am getting : > > li 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 > 04 04 04 > 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 > 04 04 04 >

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

2000-06-14 Thread Frode Haugsgjerd
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? -- Check out the samba smb client, it connects you to win 9x/nt4 shares

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

2000-06-14 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote: > What does "(ext2) is designed properly, so there's no need" mean? > > No filesystem can be designed to eliminate fragmentation. If > you are constantly "churning" on your disk, especially if your > disk is > 80% full, it *will* become fragged. > > Of course,

[expert] Invisible mouse pointer with XFree 4.0

2000-06-14 Thread Tom Wike
Olivier, Hi - have the same video card, same problem after installing Mdk7.1 and using XFree86 4.0 - in the file /etc/X11/XF86config and in the file /etc/X11/XF86config-4, under the 'Device' section there should be a line about 'sw_cursor' - uncomment out this line in these 2 files then restart th

Re: [expert] Can't print from Drake 7.0 to Windows machine since upgrade from Drake 6.1

2000-06-14 Thread Phil Edwards
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Since upgrading from 'Drake 6.1, I have been unable to print from my Linux box > to a printer attached to a Windows machine elsewhere on my network. The printer > does work, other machines can print to it. > I had the exact same problem after doing a fresh inst

[expert] auto_install on LM7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Matthias Grund
Hi, I need to have an automatic installation of LM7.1 with reiserfs. I played with the expert-mode and made an auto_install floppy, I even tried the auto_install.cfg.pl in /root which is the same like using the expert-mode. My problems: - Without kudzu the eth0 interface isn't detected because th

Re: [expert] 7.1 install Caveats

2000-06-14 Thread Civileme
Daniel Woods wrote: > During the install process, LM7.1 only picked up one of my ethernet > cards (PCI D-link DFE-1530TX 10/100) which it recognized as a "Realtek > 8139 10/100 (rt18139)" (I assume that's ok). My regular ISA 3c509 card > was not recognized, why ? > > I want this machine as a fire

Re: [expert] linuxpole

2000-06-14 Thread John Aldrich
By the way, Denis...is it NORMAL to not be able to edit your COMPLETE comments before submitting them? I had to re-do my comments three or four times the other day before I got what I *wanted* because every time I previewed the comment and then wanted to make changes, my comment was either incomp

Re: [expert] Zope superuser password

2000-06-14 Thread Cecil Watson
It has been awhile sine I installed it, if I remember correctly this should prompt you for it. zpasswd /var/share/zope/access - Original Message - From: lnx4fun <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 4:32 PM Subject: [expert] Zope superuser password > I

Re: [expert] apache suexec

2000-06-14 Thread Cecil Watson
You need to install the apache-suexec RPM. http://coruscant.netrevolution.com/pub/AES/Apache-Stable/ISPtools/ - Original Message - From: Jason Straight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 4:31 PM Subject: [expert] apache suexec > What does it take to

Re: [expert] Backing everything up

2000-06-14 Thread Cecil Watson
This may be what you are looking for... http://freshmeat.net/appindex/2000/04/24/956600116.html - Original Message - From: James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 11:50 AM Subject: [expert] Backing everything up > I'm trying

RE: [expert] Helix-update in 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Brash, Matthew
Hmmm... why Kde? It's basically windows98 with more options... QT widget set is a resource hog... -Original Message- From: LinuxMan :-) [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 5:35 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Helix-update in 7.1 hi there is mandrake

RE: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

2000-06-14 Thread Brash, Matthew
Supposedly defragging is unnessecary in Linux. The Ext2 file system doesn't get fragmented or something. Can anyone confirm/trash this idea? -Original Message- From: Thompsson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 14, 2000 7:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] De

RE: [expert] Wooow

2000-06-14 Thread Brash, Matthew
I, too, was impressed, but I find that MDK is too childish... what I mean is, the GUI is all bubbly and too much like Windows. I suppose I'm just used to Redhat and Slackware where the GUI is how I want it to be and I can do what I want - easily. Once again, just my opinion. -Original Messag

Re: [expert] Filesystems Primer Or why we don't use defrag

2000-06-14 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Civileme wrote: > > It is relatively simple to prove that the most efficient method > of storing information for lookup is to have it sorted (or where > the individual information objects are large, to have a sorted > index) and to search the index on a binary basis--that is, look > in the middl

[expert] fetchmail/cron

2000-06-14 Thread Michal Kurowski
Hi, I'm facing an annoying problem here that seems to be trival but I cannot find any good explanation. I've got fetchmail running from cron and a .fetchmailrc in my /home directory set up with 'chmod 0600'. The result is there exists a fetchmail process for a root and fetchmail for a user wich w

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

2000-06-14 Thread WeiQuan Tian
Thanks for all discussion! It sounds an interesting issue. As I know the function of fsck is different from that of Defrag. Fsck check the the file system and fix the error. While Defrag optimize the HD further. CPU, RAM, MB, speed of HD,PCI are important for the overall performance of comput

Re: [expert] Helix-update in 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread David Talbot
Should be under system or show up as a soda can on one of your applet panels... but then again I've installed helix gnome on about 6-7 different machines and it seems like the default layout is different on each one (some have the soda can launcher, some dont, some default in with the narrow top P

[expert] ReiserFS

2000-06-14 Thread Jorge_Carminati
Hello! Yesterday I started to install Mandrake 7.1. All went correctly until a choosed in the middle of the installation to check for PCI devices, ...my system crashed! (freeze). So I tryied to restart in rescue mode, but my problem is that I choosed the new reiserFS, and I ´m not able to mo

Re: [expert] Hardware Help Request

2000-06-14 Thread George Jones
Asus, ABit, and Gigabyte make the best Athlon boards. Kerry Waldrip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 06/13/2000 07:27:45 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject:[expert] Hardware Help Request I have to upgrade! I'm running MD 7.0 on a Cyrix 166 chi

Re: [expert] Backing everything up

2000-06-14 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 03:50:56AM -0700, James wrote: -> I'm trying to find the best method for backing up my vital files from my -> server to a writable CD. I am using Mandrake 7.02 and I am wondering if -> there is a common procedure for backing up things like pop3 mail users, -> settings, lin

Re: [expert] Hardware Help Request

2000-06-14 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Kerry Waldrip wrote: > I have to upgrade! I'm running MD 7.0 on a Cyrix 166 chip and an antiquated > video card. I'm going to purchase an Athlon processor, but have no idea for a > good motherboard. I'd really appreciate some good suggestions. Not a techie > just yet. TIA! Kerry, CPUAM

Re: [expert] vmware problems

2000-06-14 Thread Richard Kemp
Here's some things to check for: - IP Masquerading is on - forwarding is on for the address of the virtual machine /sbin/ipchains -A forward -s 192.168.x.x/24 -j MASQ where 192.168.x.x is the IP address given to win2k - Gateway on the win2k vm is set to the vmware IP address (not the external add

Re: [expert] Helix-update in 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread sam feagins
I had to go to the Helixcode.com site and download the package.. Worked fine.. SAM --- Richard Kemp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello all! A couple of questions about Gnome in > Mandrake 7.1. I know > the Helix Gnome improvements have been included, but > I don't see the > helix-update program.

Re: [expert] 7.1 menus

2000-06-14 Thread Denis HAVLIK
:~>On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: :~>> 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 :~>> :~> :~>OK, I worked out that if I make an entry in /usr/

Re: [expert] 7.1 menus

2000-06-14 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 13-Jun-00 by Alex V Flinsch: > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > 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 > > > > OK, I worked out th

Re: [expert] apache suexec

2000-06-14 Thread Jason Straight
Nevermind, I figured it out. The permissions on /usr/bin/suexec were wrong, needed to be suid root. Jason Straight wrote: > What does it take to use the suexec wrapper with mandrake 7.1? > > simply putting in apache's config the userid I want to run my cgi's > doesn't seem to work. > > It s

Re: [expert] vmware problems

2000-06-14 Thread Necrotica
Are you using host based networking? If not, and you only have one NIC card, you should be. Then, within the TCP/IP properties in Vmware, make sure the default gateway is set to the IP address of your Linux machine... -Chris On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, LinuxMan :-) wrote: > > hi all ! :-) > > well

Re: [expert] 7.1 install Caveats

2000-06-14 Thread Denis HAVLIK
:~>During the install process, LM7.1 only picked up one of my ethernet :~>cards (PCI D-link DFE-1530TX 10/100) which it recognized as a "Realtek :~>8139 10/100 (rt18139)" (I assume that's ok). My regular ISA 3c509 card :~>was not recognized, why ? Because Pixel detests ISA. --

Re: [expert] Helix-update in 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Gediminas Paulauskas
Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 10:36:46AM -0700 Richard Kemp raðë: > Hello all! A couple of questions about Gnome in Mandrake 7.1. I know > the Helix Gnome improvements have been included, but I don't see the > helix-update program. > > Anyone know where this program is in Mandrake 7.1? Also, are there an

Re: [expert] $5.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

2000-06-14 Thread Denis HAVLIK
:~>As a convenience to this list, I will burn MDK 7.1 onto two CD's at a cost :~>of $5.50 for my time, my CD-R media, and shipping costs. :~> The more the merrier. :~>If interested, just send me an E-mail requesting my mailing address. :~> :~>I'm not trying to make a fortune or get rich. It se

[expert] 7.1 install issues

2000-06-14 Thread Al Potter
Greetings: I've had the following problems in trying to install 7.1 on a couple of notebooks at the office. I've cycled through all combinations of test, expert and the like hoping to hit a combo that worked, but no luck: Digital HiNote Ultra 2000, P266: Keyboard/mouse non-functional after

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

2000-06-14 Thread Pascal Grosse
On Tue, Jun 13, 2000 at 06:50:18PM -0500, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: > > > 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? > > > > No, the Linux file system is designed properly, so there's no need. >

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

2000-06-14 Thread Lee Willis
Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you 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, > > > > > >

Re: [expert] Zope superuser password

2000-06-14 Thread Bruce E. Harris
i dont have zope installed at the moment, but recall it telling me where it was placed during install. zope creates its own passwrd. On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote: > I have installed the Zope package along with Mandrake 7.1. > > What is the default superuser password? I was able to use the roo

Re: [expert] Mousewheel/KDE problems in 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
Hey Joel, This does it for me: chmod a+x /usr/X11R6/bin/imwheel Mike Joel Stanley wrote: > > Hi folks, I was wondering if someone could help me figure out what might > be going on with my recent upgraded to 7.1 from 6.0. > > I'm at runlevel 3. I log in as root and KDE fires up. Mousewh

[expert] Mousewheel/KDE problems in 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Joel Stanley
Hi folks, I was wondering if someone could help me figure out what might be going on with my recent upgraded to 7.1 from 6.0. I'm at runlevel 3. I log in as root and KDE fires up. Mousewheel works flawlessly. But, (still at runlevel 3) I log in as a user and KDE fires up. Mousewheel is broken.

[expert] xntpd and going offline

2000-06-14 Thread laurent . duperval
Hi, I want to run xntpd on my system. What happens is that I have a laptop which I take offline. When I do that, I usually close the cover and reopen it so I don't have to go thru the whole boot sequence. I've noticed, though, that when I do that, xntpd evenntually dies and I have to restart it m

Re: [expert] HP Pavilion 6470Z

2000-06-14 Thread David Talbot
Does a driver exist for the sound card? (The modem I could care less about as long as I've got ethernet) And was your experience on 7.0 or 7.1? -David Talbot At 04:24 PM 6/14/00 -0400, you wrote: >On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, you wrote: >> I'm looking at potentially installing linux on an HP Pavilion 64

RE: [expert] What monitor to use for a DELL Laptop

2000-06-14 Thread John D. Kim
Yeah, this seems to be the case with the 7.x installations. Just step past the x configuration section and once done installing and rebooted, run XFdrake, and it should configure it fine now(using LCD 1024x768, etc... as monitor setting). John Kim Linux System Engineer @ ASL - visit us as www.as

RE: [expert] What monitor to use for a DELL Laptop

2000-06-14 Thread Eric Peters
N/M It just looks that way during the test :) Eric Peters Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] System Admin Network Operations Inherent Technologies Inc. office (503)224-6751 ext 224 > -Original Message- >

Re: [expert] HP Pavilion 6470Z

2000-06-14 Thread Alex V Flinsch
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, you wrote: > I'm looking at potentially installing linux on an HP Pavilion 6470Z and I > wanted to know how well Mandrake 7.0 or 7.1 load the hardware. Anyone have > any install experience with one of these? Don't know about the 6470Z model, but I had it installed on my 4450.

Re: [expert] apache suexec

2000-06-14 Thread Jean-Michel Dault
do a "chmod 4755 /usr/sbin/suexec". Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, Jason Straight wrote: > Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 11:31:23 -0400 > From: Jason Straight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: [expert]

RE: [expert] What monitor to use for a DELL Laptop

2000-06-14 Thread Eric Peters
Hey gang I'm sitting here installing 7.1 on my boss's laptop which is a dell inspiron 7000 with an ATI Mach64 w/ 4 megs of memory. but when I choose any lcd panel or monitor the test screen dose come up but the panel is acting like the refresh rate is way low (i.e. when you see computer monitors

[expert] HP Pavilion 6470Z

2000-06-14 Thread David Talbot
I'm looking at potentially installing linux on an HP Pavilion 6470Z and I wanted to know how well Mandrake 7.0 or 7.1 load the hardware. Anyone have any install experience with one of these? -David Talbot

[expert]

2000-06-14 Thread linux . damour
Is it possible to buy CDs of Helium in Paris ? Where (FNAC only has the 7.0 PP until yesterday)...

Re: [expert] Helix-update in 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread LinuxMan :-)
hi there is mandrake update from the kde env. doono about gnomeswitch to kde :-) At 10:36 13/06/2000 -0700, you wrote: >Hello all! A couple of questions about Gnome in Mandrake 7.1. I know >the Helix Gnome improvements have been included, but I don't see the >helix-update program. > >Anyone

Re: [expert] 7.1 install Caveats

2000-06-14 Thread RaStuS
Hi Daniel, THIS IS THE THIRD TIME I'VE RESPONDED TO THIS QUESTIONS ON THIS EXACT SUBJECT (3c509) IN THE LAST FOUR DAYS. I HOPE THE MANDRAKE GUYS ARE PAYING ATTENTION. 3com 3c509 is/was one of the most popular NIC's around, something should be done to address this issue at install time. Enough w

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

2000-06-14 Thread Thompsson
> > On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you 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 > > You have de

[expert] Wooow

2000-06-14 Thread Thompsson
Hi all I have just installed MDK 7.1 and i most say that i have never seen better..Ww Now i can skip my damn Windows 98 And be a real LINUX MAN:) Thats was all from me

Re: [expert] $5.50 for MDK 7.1 2-CD set (GPL version)

2000-06-14 Thread Allen Bolderoff
Was that $5.50 Plus Media Plus shipping? or $5.50 all up? -- +++ Allen Bolderoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> LNC - Linux, help and commentary http://linux.netnerve.com CTPC - Caffeine - get it here: http://www.coffee-tea-pots-cup

[expert] Filesystems Primer Or why we don't use defrag

2000-06-14 Thread Civileme
http://step.polymtl.ca/~ldd/ext2fs/ext2fs_toc.html Will give you a great insight into the ext2 filesystem Basically the disk is broken into blocks (logical and physical) and files are broken into blocks and fragments. When enough fragments are available at the tail of a file to fill a (logical)

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Ernest N. Wilcox Jr.
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000 - TK Kim, you 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 simply use KDE's file manager to read web pages. kfm does not do all the tricks the big guys do, but it can

Re: [expert] HP drivers/Outlook

2000-06-14 Thread Necrotica
I don't know if there is an Outlook-compatible email program for Linux or not. However, if you must use Outlook for business reasons, it runs very nice under WINE. -Chris On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Kikta LCpl Jason M wrote: > I have two questions. First, where can I get a good driver for a HP

[expert] HP drivers/Outlook

2000-06-14 Thread Kikta LCpl Jason M
I have two questions. First, where can I get a good driver for a HP LJ 8000 and a HP LJ 4050T? I can't seem to find them on the HP website. Second, my organization uses MS Outlook (unfortunately). Is there a client available that will allow me to access my mail with minimal loss of Outlook

Re: [expert] 7.1 install Caveats

2000-06-14 Thread Daniel Woods
During the install process, LM7.1 only picked up one of my ethernet cards (PCI D-link DFE-1530TX 10/100) which it recognized as a "Realtek 8139 10/100 (rt18139)" (I assume that's ok). My regular ISA 3c509 card was not recognized, why ? I want this machine as a firewall & IP Masq, web and mail se

Re: [expert] 7.1 install Caveats

2000-06-14 Thread Daniel Woods
> 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

[expert] Menu system does not work?

2000-06-14 Thread Gregor Pirnaver
In Mandrake 7.1 "~/.menu/" works only in IceWM?

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Joerg Mertin
> -> > 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. Actually, the Netscape-package as shipped with helium is quite nice. Just make sure the required compat-lib

Re: [expert] Neighbour Table Overflow ERROR

2000-06-14 Thread Civileme
"Brash, Matthew" wrote: > > I sent out an email about this before... my Mandrake 7.1 is giving me a > "Neighbour Table Overflow" message in my console when I either run more than > one user or if I run X on my machine. (Pentium III 450, 128M, 3DFX Voodoo3 > 3000, SCSI burner and CDROM, 2 HDD...

Re: [expert] Hardware Help Request

2000-06-14 Thread Civileme
Kerry Waldrip wrote: > > I have to upgrade! I'm running MD 7.0 on a Cyrix 166 chip and an antiquated > video card. I'm going to purchase an Athlon processor, but have no idea for a > good motherboard. I'd really appreciate some good suggestions. Not a techie > just yet. TIA! It is hard to

Re: [expert] Invisible mouse pointer with XFree 4.0

2000-06-14 Thread Stephen Boulet
I had this problem before. It stemmed from my 7.1 beta install detecting only half of my video RAM. But this may or may not be your problem. ;) I edited the XFree86-4 config file by had with the correct amount of RAM and it worked fine. -- Stephen Bonne chance. On Tue, 13 Jun 2000, you wrote:

Re: [expert] Touchscreen drivers for mandrake.

2000-06-14 Thread Michael H. Collins
Yes, Microtouch works great.. Denis HAVLIK wrote: > > :~>Does anyone have a touchscreen driver for mandrake linux or know where i > :~>could find one? it would really be appreciated. thank you. > > It comes with your system... > > man XF86Config: > > Elographics (Elographi

[expert] strange net and sound problem

2000-06-14 Thread Jim Hodgers
I have a strange problem, to wit: With a fresh install of Mandrake(7.0 and 7.1) i can install my Western Digital 8013 with "modprobe wd" and my sound card with "sndconfig". When I the reboot for any reason both fail tp come back up, both modprobe and sndconfig give the message "device busy". This

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

2000-06-14 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote: > > 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

Re: [expert] Defrag counterpart in MDK

2000-06-14 Thread Civileme
Necrotica wrote: > 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 utili

Re: [expert] Problems with Rage Pro 128 w/7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Norman Carver
I wrote: > ... > Did an mdk7.1 install on the problem machine and > chose XFree 3.3.6 instead since the owner wanted > less problems. Ho, ho. However, when the machine > boots mdk, it hangs when X is starting. > ... Remembered that we could use the install CD to do a "rescue" boot. Found that

Re: [expert] 7.1 install Caveats

2000-06-14 Thread Daniel Woods
During the install process, LM7.1 only picked up one of my ethernet cards (PCI D-link DFE-1530TX 10/100) which it recognized as a "Realtek 8139 10/100 (rt18139)" (I assume that's ok). My regular ISA 3c509 card was not recognized, why ? I want this machine as a firewall & IP Masq, web and mail se

Re: [expert] 7.1 menus

2000-06-14 Thread Alex V Flinsch
On Mon, 12 Jun 2000, you wrote: > 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 > OK, I worked out that if I make an entry in /usr/lib/menu the application wi

[expert] vmware problems

2000-06-14 Thread LinuxMan :-)
hi all !  :-) well ,  here goes : a am running mandrake 7.1 on my amd 700mhz box , and i have vmware installed running win2k. samba is working just fine and the 2 Os's are pinging each other and sharing files. i can browse from the vm to Linux but i cannot browse from the vm to the internet. i th

Re: [expert] 7.1 install Caveats

2000-06-14 Thread Daniel Woods
> 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

[expert] Can't print from Drake 7.0 to Windows machine since upgrade from Drake 6.1

2000-06-14 Thread John J. LeMay Jr.
Since upgrading from 'Drake 6.1, I have been unable to print from my Linux box to a printer attached to a Windows machine elsewhere on my network. The printer does work, other machines can print to it. I have Samba 2.0.6 installed (not from rpm) in /usr/local/samba and I have changed /usr/lib/rh

Re: [expert] Suggestion

2000-06-14 Thread Cecil Watson
Check linuxdoc.org, I believe there is a Oracle8i HOWTO. - Original Message - From: Irwan Hadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, June 13, 2000 7:55 AM Subject: [expert] Suggestion > My friend wants to make a linux server with Oracle 8i, which can be > accessed fo

[expert] Helix-update in 7.1

2000-06-14 Thread Richard Kemp
Hello all! A couple of questions about Gnome in Mandrake 7.1. I know the Helix Gnome improvements have been included, but I don't see the helix-update program. Anyone know where this program is in Mandrake 7.1? Also, are there any other automated solutions to grab updated packages and install th

Re: [expert] Newtwork trouble.

2000-06-14 Thread RaStuS
Hi Leonardo I have two 3c509's and had init problems with both of them on totally different hardware, so it's not an isolated problem. Luckily the solution is simple, as root edit your /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit file. Goto the line just above the Section for "loading modules for backward compatibility

[expert] Boot problems

2000-06-14 Thread LinuxMan :-)
hi all ! when booting lilo i am getting : li 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 04