thanks for your suggestions; lucky the problem was right on the desktop:
/root/.xsessions-errorssize: ~1 gig
the file keeps growing, repeating the pattern below.
I tried the correct kbdmodel "microsoft" in XF86cConfig: no effect.
Does anyone know how to fix this?
Thanks.
the pattern :
On Wed, Jun 21, 2000 at 05:40:23PM -0400, Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
Damn, I forgot that !
Being in Canada, we don't worry about such nonsense.
Right Jean-Michel :) ?
Yup, as long as it's open-source, we can import and export almost anything
we want! Where do you think all our crypto
I am very surprised that SSH is not standard in the
distribution, or did I miss something ? I guess it does not
really matter since I will install openSSH anyways.
It can't be included in the pre-packaged Linux distros for legal
reasons.
Ok, so at
The x86 distribution binaries are, by default, compiled for Pentium
(i586). You can always grab the source rpms and do rpm --rebuild
--target=(i386,i486,i586,i686,etc) *.src.rpm
At 12:11 AM 6/22/2000 -0600, you wrote:
I am very surprised that SSH is not standard in the
distribution,
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Daniel Woods wrote:
ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake-crypto/7.1/
I see openssh-2.1.0p2-1mdk.i586.rpm and other files.
The latest openssh is 2.1.1 at http://www.openssh.com
D0H! =) I upgrade tomorrow!
Just for the sake of
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Vincent Danen wrote:
If/When MandrakeSoft opens in Canada, we'll be able to do a distro with
crypto in it. But right now we're only in France (crypto used to be
illegal to *use* not so long ago) and USA (the paranoid country).
I think MandrakeSoft should open an
Here is the exact error message I get when I try to add a user.
[root /home/brian] useradd bdklar
/usr/sbin/useradd: Binary: command not found
Please enter city 3 letter airport code:
It doesn't matter what I use to try to add a user. Drakeconf's useradd don't
work. Button presses and
Since the first command is not found you get an error message after
executing "useradd".
Then the shell parses the second command "bdklar".
Somewhere you have a program with this name!
useradd is part of the shadow-utilities, which you probably did not install
during the initial setup.
-JMS
Mike Tracy Holt wrote:
Hello,
I was wondering if someone wouldn't mind giving me the details on how
to use make initrd? I remember having to do this a month or so ago
upgrading the mandrake kernel from rpms but I've forgotten the syntax
and now I'm having trouble upgrading to
I've got an interesting problem which is a little bit beyond me, and maybe
one of you can give me a few hints.
We use a wireless ISP to connect to the internet, and they way it seems to
work is that the wireless device they supply behaves pretty much like a
repeater and all packets that it sees
I'm looking at setting up a mail server but I'm a bit confused about a few things
(regarding this subject). What's the difference
between SMTP and POP3 servers? Is one dependent on the other? Can they both send and
receive? Are some of the POP3 servers easier
and quicker to setup?
Seve
Go here, it might help you get more info.
http://visualroute.datametrics.com
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Tony Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 5:37 AM
Subject: [expert] How to trace IP packets...
I've got an interesting
On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 02:33:20AM -0400, Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
-
-
- On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Daniel Woods wrote:
-
- ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake-crypto/7.1/
- I see openssh-2.1.0p2-1mdk.i586.rpm and other files.
-
- The latest openssh is 2.1.1 at
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, you wrote:
It's great when everyone takes the time to respond, however getting
4 responses saying the same thing is definitely a mailing list
problem. People don't get to see rsponses that have already been
sent by someone but not yet sent out to everyone on the list.
Hi All,
I'm seeing occasional errors from bind on my Mandrake 7.0 system. They look
like this:
Jun 22 14:07:49 blast named[13158]: bad referral (co.uk ! iacl.co.uk)
Are these normal? If not, what could/should I do about them.
Thanks for your advice!
Tony
===
Tony
BS''D
Hi Andrew,
I've tried it in GCC, Ive tried in in Window manager config and I've tried it
by right clicking on the desktop...smae story every time...it lasts for a
session and then I'm where I was
also..I've just noticed that Gnome-Terminal has started doing the same thing :(
that
On 21 Jun, Jean-Michel Dault wrote:
Yup, as long as it's open-source, we can import and export almost anything
we want! Where do you think all our crypto mirrors get their stuff from by
the way? Sherbrooke, Quebec ;-)
If/When MandrakeSoft opens in Canada, we'll be able to do a distro with
On Thu, Jun 22, 2000 at 12:11:27AM -0600, Daniel Woods wrote:
I am very surprised that SSH is not standard in the
distribution, or did I miss something ? I guess it does not
really matter since I will install openSSH anyways.
It can't be included in the pre-packaged Linux distros
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote:
I'm looking at setting up a mail server but I'm a bit confused about a few things
(regarding this subject). What's the difference
between SMTP and POP3 servers? Is one dependent on the other? Can they both send
and receive? Are some of the POP3 servers
I saw the discussion awhile back about the tulip drivers (specifically the
Linksys LNE100TX card). However I never really did see a resolution to
this. I am currently trying to get the tulip driver to compile on LM7.1
however it is coming up with many errors. If anyone could shed some light
on
hi !
the difference is simple :
pop3 is the server that you use to get your mail (port 110)
smtp is the one that you are sending mail with(port 25)
in order to have a full factional mail server , you need to install both... :-)
Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I'm looking at setting up a mail
FTP connects to port 21 initially, but when you want to do a "ls" or
transfer a file, it binds another port to build the data connection. If
your firewall restricts ports 1024, this could be the problem.
Solution is to use passive transfers. In Linux, after you login to the ftp
server,
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Daniel Woods wrote:
Daniel Woods wrote:
Since I had to change the memory setting from 126 to 124
(more for onboard video), I changed lilo.conf to set
mem=126M, ran /sbin/lilo and now lilo shows up on bootup.
So how do I reset things to use Grub
Hello everybod...
I'm trying to understand how does the linux kernel works, but it's so
confusing... I don't know where to start... Can anybody sugest me a good
file to start with? Maybe include/linux/ctype.h?
**I kow it's a hard job to do --and I'm not a very good C coder--, but I
would
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sevatio Octavio
Sent: 22 June 2000 13:37
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] Mail Server - Very Interested In Setting Up, But
I'm looking at setting up a mail server but I'm a bit confused
All,
If got more fun here but with my 7.0 boxen. Seems that whenever I try
to upgrade a kernel it gives me the error
sbin/installkernelis needed by kernel
I've checked sbin and installkernel is indeed there. It's chmoded
755 etc. I'm root. I have the same
It's only OpenSSH's sshd that comes with X11 forwarding disabled. Look in
/etc for the config files. The ssh client, however, works fine by
default.
-Matt Stegman
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, Stephen Carville wrote:
Matt Stegman wrote:
It's quite simple, really. The
smtp is simple mail transport protocol.
pop3 is post office protocol (3?)
pop3 picks up mail delivered to a machine.
smtp delivers mail to and from a machine.
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote:
I'm looking at setting up a mail server but I'm a bit confused about a few
BS''D
I'm looking at setting up a mail server but I'm a bit confused about a few things
(regarding this subject). What's the difference
between SMTP and POP3 servers? Is one dependent on the other? Can they both send
and receive? Are some of the POP3 servers easier
and quicker to setup?
Go here, it might help you get more info.
http://visualroute.datametrics.com
??? this link points to nowhere ...
First, we do a rpm -ba --target i586 package.
The manual pages are also bzipped to save space
On most packages, we add the "Mandrake Touch": menu items in all window
managers, icons, and we make sure everything is integrated and ready to
use.
This question would apply to any rpm
Hi folks,
My screen saver power off feature is supposedly turned of in
Gnome/Enlightenment. When I see the screen ssaver kick in, a few
minutes later the monitor looses the signal and goes completely blank...
The power off feature is disabled in Gnome and Im confused what could be
going on...
Hi there,
I had real player working and dont know what is going on in 7.1. If I
go to a site like
www.businesstalkradio.net and try to listen it works fine with the
streaming audio...When I go to something like
www.rushlimbaugh.com
it doesnt work... Real player executes and says "contacting"
Just a quick comment, and I'll probably get blasted for it, but I haven't
found a mail client for Linux that does "View by Thread" as well as MS
Outlook. Netscape is horrible, I don't think Polarbar does it, and I
haven't been happy with other clients I've tried.
On Wed, 21 Jun 2000, you
It's great when everyone takes the time to respond, however getting
4 responses saying the same thing is definitely a mailing list
problem. People don't get to see rsponses that have already been
sent by someone but not yet sent out to everyone on the list.
J-M, is there some reason
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote:
Didn't the rules on exporting crypto change recently? Enough that now,
unless you're one of the so-called "Terrorist countries" you're allowed to
d/l crypto software from US sites.
Yep. But, I'm not sure it's been made "official" yet, or maybe the
change
What about a 3c905c? It seems to work ok, but I have only had it 2
days.
James Sparenberg wrote:
John,
When 3Com added the TX to this card and made the NT net boot option, it
started doing funny things. So much so that it has trouble under
Windows/Linux/FreeBSD/OpenBSD and
The other day I read a mail about some people that had a G400 dual head
and how to configuring it. I have read an article that explain how to
install two graphic card (and the monitor) with win98 with a few steps
and very easy and the only thing that I can say is wooau.
There's some way to
I have installed the man pages in several languages. I have modified the
/etc/man.config with various path in the order that I want and always
use the english version (I have add the /usr/man/es) . If I use "man -M
/usr/man/es ln" it show the spanish version of the ln man page but if I
don't put
All,
I've got a box with Mandrake 7.1 that I'm trying to install Star Office
on. But I've run into the following problem. It seems that whenever I
type the ./setup command after going into the directory on the cdrom it
keeps giving me a Permission denied error. I've checked permissions
BS''D
netscape brings everytime I open a new browser-window:
"netscape is unable to locate the server (no name specified)
please check the server name and try again"
this happens when I use dhcp and/or when the IP is fixed
there is no apache running on my machine
i presume you
This looks like your named server is seeing configuration errors in somebody's
domain set up.
Check a searchable FAQ at www.acmebw.com, choose the "Ask Mr. DNS" page
Otherwise, look at www.isc.org/bind.html and the DNS resources there
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, Tony Smith wrote:
I'm seeing
I just got 7.1 from CheapBytes and installed it. The install went
fine using the expert-development-everything option. However, I would
have liked to unselect some things, but I couldn't figure out how to
do it. Some things I double-clicked, it said I had to have them. Some
things I
At the school where I teach, we are on a T1 and a Win NT server. I
have had Internet access in Linux before, so I know it can be done.
However, for some reason, I can't get it going with my new 7.1
installation. The install found my NIC automatically.
Part of my problem is that I am the only
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote:
BS''D
Hi Andrew,
I've tried it in GCC, Ive tried in in Window manager config and I've tried it
by right clicking on the desktop...smae story every time...it lasts for a
session and then I'm where I was
also..I've just noticed that Gnome-Terminal has
Their system is down for the moment.
Seve
-Original Message-
From: Daniel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thursday, June 22, 2000 2:07 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] How to trace IP packets...
Go here, it might help you get more info.
get it at www.ssh.org I've compiled it on both 7.0 and 7.1 without a hitch.
james
At 10:26 AM 6/22/00, you wrote:
ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake-crypto/7.1/
I see openssh-2.1.0p2-1mdk.i586.rpm and other files.
The latest openssh is 2.1.1 at
I read this on freshmeat today and wondered if it
will have an impact on the way Mandrake does business?
vern
subject: Possible Threat to French Open Source Sites
added by: jeff covey on Jun 21st 2000, 07:40
category: Editorial
body:
John Fremlin writes: Next week, the French National
Werner,
Check your BIOS setting for power management and make sure it is off
there as well.
Cheers,
Eric Peters Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
System Admin Network Operations
Inherent Technologies Inc.
office (503)224-6751 ext 224
Title: KDE2
A simple but important question...
How can I install KDE2 on my MDK 7.1 box?...
The readme files from kde.org are kinda outdated...
Christian M. Punchin
Servicios para Empresas
Soluciones Electrónicas Empresariales
Banco de Crédito del Perú
( 242-5900 x 6325
/ [EMAIL
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
Umm...POP3 is for DOWNLOADING/receiving your mail and SMTP is for
SENDING your mail. Two toally different things. You *must* have both.
Now, one machine can do both jobs.
John
Actually, the pop3 server is in the IMAP package. You have two
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote:
The other day I read a mail about some people that had a G400 dual head
and how to configuring it. I have read an article that explain how to
install two graphic card (and the monitor) with win98 with a few steps
and very easy and the only thing that I can
John Aldrich wrote:
On Thu, 22 Jun 2000, you wrote:
The other day I read a mail about some people that had a G400 dual head
and how to configuring it. I have read an article that explain how to
install two graphic card (and the monitor) with win98 with a few steps
and very easy and
Werner,
There could be a couple of reasons that you can't connect and they
aren't your fault. Since you can connect to the one site that indicates
that your set up correctly (however this could be a bad assumption on my
part I really doubt if it is.)
1. Rush's site is so slow or
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