Re: [expert] cron stuff

2000-08-01 Thread Andrew George
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Mike Rambo wrote: Vic wrote: I wonder how you make your cron daemon do things in less increments than just on the hour? I can make my system play a sound (a bong) to strike the hour by putting play bong.wav in my 0anacron file in the cron.hourly directory,

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Ron Stodden
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Sevationot really so. The procedures that install Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the two floppy set. The dos used is not Microsoft MS-DOS but instead is a version of Corel's

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 and SCSI install probs

2000-08-01 Thread Robert Fox
Thanks. Nice to hear I'm not alone in the world! At 11:43 PM 7/31/2000 +0200, you wrote: On Sun, Jul 30, 2000 at 21:49 +0200, Robert Fox wrote: I have the following: Adaptec 2940 UW Mine is a DawiControl with SymbiosLogic chip SCSI ID 3 is a Plextor PX-32TS 32X CD-ROM Mine is a

Re: [expert] LILO doesn't recognize default label

2000-08-01 Thread Ron Stodden
Mark Weaver wrote: This is just a basic partition map for large drives, but the MOST essential partition, and the one that is a MUST is the /boot partition. Not a MUST at all these days. For people with large physical drives set up LBA, and who keep bootable partitions on low logical

[expert] Automatic Dependencies - Purpose Function?

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
When installing LM-7.1 and selecting packages there is an option at the bottom of the screen: "Automatic Dependencies". What is the function of that option? Seve

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ron Stodden wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Sevationot really so. The procedures that install Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the two floppy set. The dos used is not Microsoft MS-DOS but

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
Ron Stodden wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Sevationot really so. The procedures that install Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the two floppy set. The dos used is not Microsoft MS-DOS but

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
Ron Stodden wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Sevationot really so. The procedures that install Partition Magic on two floppies from a running Linux system install a bootable dos environment on the first floppy of the two floppy set. The dos used is not Microsoft MS-DOS but

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Ron Stodden wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Ronagain, not really so. The same shell script and .img files (the .img files contain Partition Magic 5.0 instead of 4.0 of course) are on the 5.0 Partition Magic CD as were on the 4.0 Partition Magic CD. Whoever gave you that

Re: [expert] Automatic Dependencies - Purpose Function?

2000-08-01 Thread Charles A Edwards
- Original Message - From: "Sevatio Octavio" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 4:49 AM Subject: [expert] "Automatic Dependencies" - Purpose Function? When installing LM-7.1 and selecting packages there is an option at the bottom of the screen:

Re: [expert] cron stuff

2000-08-01 Thread Mike Rambo
Vic wrote: OK coolacious, thanks!! Just to verify (sorry) I put 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * play /Data/wavs/bong.wav in my 0anacron file just like you typed it? I'm not familiar with the 0anacron part - perhaps someone more knowledgeable will remark on that. I've always used crontab to

Re: [expert] cron stuff

2000-08-01 Thread Mike Rambo
Andrew George wrote: On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Mike Rambo wrote: 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /path/to/do/something will make something happen every 10 minutes. Just wondering...wouldn't 0-50/10 * * * * /yourcommand Accomplish the same thing? Or do I need to read that MAN page

RE: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread Gilbert Baron
Is there any answer to this yet/ If not, what does one do with LINUX, just say to oneself ahh well, we don't support you modern and common hardware but that is ok, just use an older version. Boy that makes for confidence in this toy. -Original Message- From: Gilbert Baron [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [expert] LILO doesn't recognize default label

2000-08-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, you wrote: it sounds like you have the 1024 syndrome. If you haven't done a lot to your system yet as far as moving in and settling down you may want to re-install Linux. LILO doesn't work well on Large HDD's unless you use a 10-15MB /boot partition. LILO will work

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Ron Stodden
Alan Shoemaker wrote: Ron Stodden wrote: Alan Shoemaker wrote: Ronagain, not really so. The same shell script and .img files (the .img files contain Partition Magic 5.0 instead of 4.0 of course) are on the 5.0 Partition Magic CD as were on the 4.0 Partition Magic CD.

Re: [expert] Easy way to switch Mandrake X subsystems

2000-08-01 Thread Brian L. Juergensmeyer
Thanks, Allen! I initially set up XFree86 4.0 to be the default X server, but, upon reboot, I found a gorgeous graphical screen without a mouse. I want to be able to troubleshoot the 4.0 version without killing what I currently have. Thanks again, Brian - Original Message - From:

RE: [expert] How-to on Yamaha QS3000A

2000-08-01 Thread Aldrin
I installed the ALSA driver and did some config on it (stuff like that) for my Yamaha QS3000A. It didn't work. How should I install it? __ Do You Yahoo!? Kick off your party with Yahoo! Invites. http://invites.yahoo.com/

RE: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: Is there any answer to this yet/ If not, what does one do with LINUX, just say to oneself ahh well, we don't support you modern and common hardware but that is ok, just use an older version. Boy that makes for confidence in this toy. This could be the

Re: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 01-Aug-00 by Gilbert Baron: Is there any answer to this yet/ If not, what does one do with LINUX, just say to oneself ahh well, we don't support you modern and common hardware but that is ok, just use an older version. Boy that makes for confidence in this toy. The ext2 filesystem

RE: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread Jay Summet
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Most likely Partition Magic didn't set up the Linux partitions as expected by Linux. I'd suggest you boot with a Linux floppy (or mandrake install CD) and use the Linux partitioning tools. (ie, just have your Windows partition, and a big blank area on the disk

RE: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread kf
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Gilbert Baron wrote: = Is there any answer to this yet/ If not, what does one do with LINUX, just = say to oneself ahh well, we don't support you modern and common hardware but = that is ok, just use an older version. Boy that makes for confidence in this = toy. I've been

[expert] Mouse on ps2

2000-08-01 Thread Rob Benson
kf wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Fran Parker wrote: = I was wondering if you couldn't make a copy of the etc directory in another = partition and copy it back or would it not be compatible after the upgrade? There's a lot of files in and under /etc. Some would be compatible, others

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Rob Benson
vern wrote: Has anyone seen the Netscape ver. 4.74 yet?? I've seen the i386 version at losthope, and wondered if it is worth waiting for the i586 version to come out?? This is almost as much fun as scouring the web for the Carnivore source code!! :-) Maybe we should scan Janet Reno's hard

[expert] How to use JDK 1.2.2 with StarOffice52

2000-08-01 Thread Ken Thompson
Hello all, I have been trying to answer this question for several weeks without success. Here's hoping it gets through. Assuming you have JDK 1.2.2 or JRE 1.2.2 installed try this. Go to your install directory (/home/anyuser/so52), locate the "javarc" file and look for the "exclude" entry.

Re: [expert] LILO doesn't recognize default label

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Weaver
That's wonderful if you happen to be running the new version of LILO, however the new version of LILO isn't shipping with any of the latest distros of either RedHat, or Mandrake. Instead it looks as if they're offering Grub instead. I personally prefer LILO. That's just what I'm used to and if it

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Steven Boothe
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, you wrote: vern wrote: Has anyone seen the Netscape ver. 4.74 yet?? I've seen the i386 version at losthope, and wondered if it is worth waiting for the i586 version to come out?? This is almost as much fun as scouring the web for the Carnivore source code!! :-)

Re: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread Austin L. Denyer (SysAdmin.) as root
Hi. Gilbert Baron wrote: Is there any answer to this yet/ If not, what does one do with LINUX, just say to oneself ahh well, we don't support you modern and common hardware but that is ok, just use an older version. Boy that makes for confidence in this toy. I have a great deal of

RE: [expert] I'll be back

2000-08-01 Thread Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)
-Original Message- From: Denis Havlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 12:57 PM To: Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.) Subject: RE: [expert] I'll be back :~My understanding is that IMAP4 is a DL ownly protocol. I need SMTP :~available if I want to send out from

Re: [expert] Mouse on ps2

2000-08-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: Hello All: I am running LM 7.0 in dual boot on my laptop. I have been using a serial mouse up until now with no problems. I am wanting to switch to a ps2 mouse to free up my serial port to use with the Palm Pilot, but when I hook up the ps2, it doesn't

Re: [expert] LILO doesn't recognize default label

2000-08-01 Thread Norman Carver
Right--if you have your IDE drives set up to use LBA mode then the 1024 "limit" is not an issue for LILO (older version). It is only if you are not using LBA that you need to worry about this. Norm Ron Stodden wrote: Mark Weaver wrote: This is just a basic partition map for large drives,

Re: [expert] Does /proc/bus/usb system need to be unmounted onshutdown

2000-08-01 Thread Sundeep Mediratta
kf wrote: On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Sundeep Mediratta wrote: = = The umount -a command in /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt script was hanging my = computer with a iput: inode count wrapped error. I solved this by = removing the /proc/bus/usb entry from /etc/mtab prior to calling the = umount command.

[expert] Running talk program when a remote user logs into my machine

2000-08-01 Thread Vince Barwinski
Hi there.. I have just changed from Red Hat to Mandrake 7.1 after using Red Hat for six months or so. When I installed Mandrake I chose "medium" security. My problem is that when a remote user telnets into my machine, I cannot communicate with him by using the "talk" program, I have to use

Re: [expert] Partitioning Rules - ?

2000-08-01 Thread Alan Shoemaker
[snip] What does that have to do with you disseminating incorrect information? I tell it like it is, Sir. You should broaden your ability to accept facts. My point that you seem to have missed was that the d/l upgrade apparantly is not the same as a PM5 CD. There is no Linux

[expert] i need a faxserver!

2000-08-01 Thread Thorsten Brenner
Hi list,i want to setup a faxserver under Mandrake 7.1, but i dont know which one is the best that comes with the LM7.1.I also want to be able sending faxes over my network.(From a Windows-Box)Can anybody please tell me which is the best i can ake?ThanksThorsten

RE: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Hang in there Mr.Baron. The beginning is usually tough. Shortly, you'll master the faithful penguin. You will never come close to getting this kind of help with OEM Win9X. And if there is a linux problem, it will be consistent. OTOH, Win9X tends to creatively reinvent a new problems on a

[expert] Partition Magic 5.0 - In Search Of A Good Deal

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Where's the best deal on buying Partition Magic 5.0? Seve

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Weaver
what's the address? I wanna get a look. Steven Boothe wrote: On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, you wrote: vern wrote: Has anyone seen the Netscape ver. 4.74 yet?? I've seen the i386 version at losthope, and wondered if it is worth waiting for the i586 version to come out?? This is almost as

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, you wrote: vern wrote: Has anyone seen the Netscape ver. 4.74 yet?? I've seen the i386 version at losthope, and wondered if it is worth waiting for the i586 version to come out?? This is almost as much fun as scouring the web for the Carnivore source

Re: [expert] How to use JDK 1.2.2 with StarOffice52

2000-08-01 Thread Charles A Edwards
- Original Message - From: "Ken Thompson" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Assuming you have JDK 1.2.2 or JRE 1.2.2 installed try this. Go to your install directory (/home/anyuser/so52), locate the "javarc" file and look for the "exclude" entry. Remove the 1.2.2b at he end of the line. Run setup

[expert] 7.1: I want reduced password complexity enforcement

2000-08-01 Thread Heinz Wittenbecher
I like simple passwords on machines that require no security. I use the simple passwords only for my own safeguard against a stupid action. During the installation Mandrake 7.1 was quite happy to accept a simple password but once installed it tries to overprotect. I tried setting security level

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Henrik Edlund
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake/updates/ On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, lorne schachter wrote: Where is there an RPM for Netscape 4.74? Thanks, Lorne -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." --

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/MandrakeCooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS Where is there an RPM for Netscape 4.74? Thanks, Lorne Steven Boothe wrote: On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, you wrote: vern wrote: Has anyone seen the Netscape ver. 4.74 yet?? I've seen the i386

RE: [expert] I'll be back

2000-08-01 Thread Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)
-Original Message- From: Jens Benecke [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 2:26 PM To: Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.) Cc: Denis Havlik; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] I'll be back On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 01:02:32PM -0400, Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)

Re: [expert] Macromedia Director

2000-08-01 Thread Vic
Oh poop. all I found was Flash I already have it but thank you for trying any help is appreciated. Hmm- Persnaps I sould try my hand dis-assembling the windows versin? On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, you wrote: www.shockwave.com, of course. Vic wrote: Say what?

Re: [expert] Mouse on ps2

2000-08-01 Thread Ted Behling
At 09:13 AM 08/01/2000 -0500, Rob Benson wrote: I am running LM 7.0 in dual boot on my laptop. I have been using a serial mouse up until now with no problems. I am wanting to switch to a ps2 mouse to free up my serial port to use with the Palm Pilot, but when I hook up the ps2, it doesn't

[expert] Corrupt drive help needed

2000-08-01 Thread Nightwriter
In desperation because I don't think it has made it to the list I'm sending again. Sorry if it's a dupe. All, got a problem of mega proportions here. I've got a drive given to me by my boss. The attempt had been made to upgrade it to Mandrake from some unknown distro called

Re: [expert] Partition Magic 5.0 - In Search Of A Good Deal

2000-08-01 Thread Charles A Edwards
- Original Message - From: "Sevatio Octavio" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Where's the best deal on buying Partition Magic 5.0? Seve PM 5.0 www.oniva.com$54.26 with free shipping. Several sites offer it in the 49.90s but they all screw you on the shipping charges. Charles

Re: [expert] Macromedia Director

2000-08-01 Thread Vic
Hmm I wonder then where I can find a good disassembler? Maybe I can hack out the code and make a Linux client On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: The only player they offer for Linux is Flash. There is no Shockwave player for Linux. Charles - Original Message - From: "Vic"

Re: [expert] 7.1: I want reduced password complexity enforcement

2000-08-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 02:52:23PM -0500, Vic wrote: Then type linuxconf Thanks, and how does that work without linuxconf? Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191

Re: [expert] Setting up autofs

2000-08-01 Thread Sarang Lakare
Alexander Skwar wrote: On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 04:39:13AM -0400, Sarang Lakare wrote: ya, I know its a link.. mine is an IDE burner.. so its simulated as SCSI.. (i guess its still simulated).. my /dev/cdrom is scd0 and /dev/cdrom1 is /dev/scd0 and /dev/cdrom.old is /dev/hdc I tried

Re: [expert] cron stuff

2000-08-01 Thread Andrew George
On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, Mike Rambo wrote: Andrew George wrote: On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, Mike Rambo wrote: 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * /path/to/do/something will make something happen every 10 minutes. Just wondering...wouldn't 0-50/10 * * * * /yourcommand Accomplish the

Re: [expert] Setting up autofs

2000-08-01 Thread Alexander Skwar
On Thu, Jul 27, 2000 at 05:23:51AM -0400, Sarang Lakare wrote: Alexander Skwar wrote: Try ``mount -t iso9660 /dev/scd0 /some-dir'' and make sure, that /some-dir exists. ya it does.. Okay, so what did you write in your /etc/auto.* files? Pleas post 'em. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage:

[expert] Strange pb with IDE cdrom drive

2000-08-01 Thread Gilles Baudrillard
Since two days, I have a strange problem with my cdrom drive. UNDER KDE, the eject button on the cdrom drive does not work any more and all programs under KDE seem to not see that there is a CD in the drive ( except when I have inserted and mounted the CD before launching KDE ) The funny thing

[expert] Serial Connections

2000-08-01 Thread lselinger
I was just wondering if anyone has ever attempted to make a serial connection to a device using a Linux machine. I have a Cabletron hub I would like to configure using my linux box but am not sure how exactly to get the connection or how to set a serial port up to receive properly. I grabbed

[expert] Diskdrake's Partitions Can't Be Read By Partition Magic - ???

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Hi All, I went to resize a partition after installing 7.1 and found that Diskdrake made partitions that Partition Magic can't alter. Those partitions are seen as type 85 and type 82 for the swap. Are these new for linux? How do you resize them without loss of data? Seve

[expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also, what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive? Seve

[expert] Corporate updates...

2000-08-01 Thread Franck Martin
I have checked the MandrakeUpdate or the helix updater and the tools look great. However for a corporation they seems a waste of bandwidth. If you have 10 computers to upgrade you will have to download 10 times the same package over slow links. It would be more intersting to have a server

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Charles Curley
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 02:43:25PM -0400, Vincent Danen wrote: On Mon, Jul 31, 2000 at 11:21:03PM -0700, vern wrote: Thanks Vincent! On the way to cooker! Go get it, Vern... =) Now have you got a line on that Carnivore source yet?? Then I'll be all set for Y2K! Carnivore? I

[expert] SIS6326 Chipset LM 7.1 - Compatible?

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326 chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1? Seve

[expert] X not starting for non-root user

2000-08-01 Thread Daniel Woods
Re-posting after waiting a week... I am still getting an authentication failed trying to 'startx' as a regular user. I forget the proper way to fix this. I tried to remove .Xauthority and .Xdefaults but only root can use X-windows. I also tried to re-install all the X-windows RPMs with "rpm

[expert] sysrq keys

2000-08-01 Thread Sheldon Lee Wen
Hi, Just wondering from you mandrake guys in the magic sysrq keys option was enabled for the stock kernel on LM7.0 Is so is there anything that needs to be done configuration wise to enable it? Thanks. Sheldon. -- === "... all

[expert] MDK 7.1 and the backspace key

2000-08-01 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
I've installed MDK 7.1 (from scratch--new hard disk). I was previously using 7.0. The backspace is doing that incredibly annoying Linux thing of acting like a del key. Since I use del an interrupt key (so I can map it to SysRq), this is extremely annoying. My /etc/sysconfig/keyboard is

[expert] SIS6326 Chipset LM 7.1 - Compatible?

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326 chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1? Seve

Re: [expert] 7.1: I want reduced password complexity enforcement

2000-08-01 Thread Heinz Wittenbecher
Vic, excellent try but it seems to have no effect at all. Mandrake still insits it's BAD PASSWORD, way too short (even though longer than specified) and also complains if I use names or words it finds as "dictionary words". I'm going to try another install as I seem to recall there may've been

[expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also, what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive? Seve

[expert] Diskdrake's Partitions Can't Be Read By Partition Magic - ???

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Hi All, I went to resize a partition after installing 7.1 and found that Diskdrake made partitions that Partition Magic can't alter. Those partitions are seen as type 85 and type 82 for the swap. Are these new for linux? How do you resize them without loss of data? Seve

[expert] high security server

2000-08-01 Thread rharvey
What do I have to do to get access to my Linux box? I installed the newest version of Linux mandrake. I choose high security. I can get out to the network. I can ping the Linux box. but I cant access the www server or the ftp server or any other services from any where in my network. What

[expert] Diskdrake's Partitions Can't Be Read By Partition Magic - ???

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Hi All, I went to resize a partition after installing 7.1 and found that Diskdrake made partitions that Partition Magic can't alter. Those partitions are seen as type 85 and type 82 for the swap. Are these new for linux? How do you resize them without loss of data? Seve

[expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also, what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive? Seve

[expert] SIS6326 Chipset LM 7.1 - Compatible?

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326 chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1? Seve

RE: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread Gilbert Baron
I tried both ways. OBVIOUSLY I am not going to use FDISK or DISK DRAKE on a functional system with WIN2000 because it will destroy it. Even if it could do it non-destructively it would not matter. it does not allow you to get that far, it does not give the option, it just says it can't find any

Re: [expert] Partition Magic 5.0 - In Search Of A Good Deal

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Weaver
why not just use Presize and get it for free? It does the same thing that PM does. The only difference is that Presizer doesn't have a fancy GUI. -- Mark ** =/\=| ** _||_

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:42:19PM -0600, Charles Curley wrote: Thanks Vincent! On the way to cooker! Go get it, Vern... =) Now have you got a line on that Carnivore source yet?? Then I'll be all set for Y2K! Carnivore? I think I'm missing something here... No, no,

Re: [expert] 7.1: I want reduced password complexity enforcement

2000-08-01 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:14:23PM -0700, Heinz Wittenbecher wrote: Vic, excellent try but it seems to have no effect at all. Mandrake still insits it's BAD PASSWORD, way too short (even though longer than specified) and also complains if I use names or words it finds as "dictionary

Re: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Gilbert Baron wrote: I tried both ways. OBVIOUSLY I am not going to use FDISK or DISK DRAKE on a functional system with WIN2000 because it will destroy it. Even if it could do it non-destructively it would not matter. it does not allow you to get that far, it does not give the option, it

RE: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Weaver
This may very well be solely a hardware problem. I have heard that there are. now and then, some HDD's or processors that are just not compatible with Linux. I've heard Celeron chips sometimes have trouble with Linux, and then there are some HDD's that are equally as troublesome. Western Digital

Re: [expert] 7.1: I want reduced password complexity enforcement

2000-08-01 Thread Heinz Wittenbecher
on 08/01/00 2:37 PM, Vincent Danen at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 03:14:23PM -0700, Heinz Wittenbecher wrote: Vic, excellent try but it seems to have no effect at all. Mandrake still insits it's BAD PASSWORD, way too short (even though longer than specified) and

[expert] SIS6326 Chipset LM 7.1 - Compatible?

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Have any of you had success with videocards that contain the SIS6326 chipset when using Linux-Mandrake 7.1? Seve

[expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Also, what is the highest number of partitions you can have on one harddrive? Seve

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread vern
Thanks to all for the lead on the Cooker server, I had checked there a few days ago, but not lately. I see it was uploaded on the 31st. so I didn't miss it by much. So as you can plainly see my little header says 4.74 the only thing I was looking for was the 128 bit encryption, so I won't get

RE: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: I tried both ways. OBVIOUSLY I am not going to use FDISK or DISK DRAKE on a functional system with WIN2000 because it will destroy it. Even if it could do it non-destructively it would not matter. it does not allow you to get that far, it does not give the

Re: [expert] 7.1: I want reduced password complexity enforcement

2000-08-01 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 05:27:02PM -0700, Heinz Wittenbecher wrote: Vic, excellent try but it seems to have no effect at all. Mandrake still insits it's BAD PASSWORD, way too short (even though longer than specified) and also complains if I use names or words it finds as

[expert] Sevatio Octavio's posts

2000-08-01 Thread John Aldrich
Is it just me or is every post by Sevatio getting re-sent several times??? I think it's because his reply-to address is bad. I've sent Denis an email, hopefully he'll fix this and we'll not see any more dupe loops like that... In the meantime, if anyone knows Sevatio, please tell him to fix his

Re: [expert] cron stuff

2000-08-01 Thread Tony McGee
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: Vic wrote: OK coolacious, thanks!! Just to verify (sorry) I put 0,10,20,30,40,50 * * * * play /Data/wavs/bong.wav in my 0anacron file just like you typed it? I'm not familiar with the 0anacron part - perhaps someone more knowledgeable will

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Weaver
H...maybe I should-a got the RPM instead. I downloaded and installed the netscape tarball and it made a royal mess! Nutscrape doesn't work at the moment cause there are bits and peices of the old and newer version here and there and the twain shall never meet! Damnit! should-a left well

Re: [expert] 7.1: I want reduced password complexity enforcement

2000-08-01 Thread Heinz Wittenbecher
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 05:27:02PM -0700, Heinz Wittenbecher wrote: Vic, excellent try but it seems to have no effect at all. Mandrake still insits it's BAD PASSWORD, way too short (even though longer than specified) and also complains if I use names or words it finds as

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Bruce E. Harris
Mark, Dont feel so bad. You shud know "If it aint broke, youre not trying" (from the New Red Green Show). On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: H...maybe I should-a got the RPM instead. I downloaded and installed the netscape tarball and it made a royal mess! Nutscrape doesn't work at

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Harry Flaxman
Mark Weaver wrote: H...maybe I should-a got the RPM instead. I downloaded and installed the netscape tarball and it made a royal mess! Nutscrape doesn't work at the moment cause there are bits and peices of the old and newer version here and there and the twain shall never meet!

Re: [expert] X not starting for non-root user

2000-08-01 Thread Sarang Lakare
check if xfs is running.. it should be enabled in the startup scripts.. -sarang

Re: [expert] Mandrake looses the console (I think!?)

2000-08-01 Thread Sarang Lakare
Paul Lee wrote: I recently installed Mandrake 7.1 on an aged Dell 100. If mainly runs X, and is on a small network, connecting to the internet through a Linux router. If the machine has been up a few days its often impossible to get back to the console. You can launch an xterm but can't

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Mark Weaver
I know...but I just finished re-installing 4.73 back into the system. Netscape is working again. I think I'll leave it alone now. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ** _||_ in the making of this |

Re: [expert] high security server

2000-08-01 Thread Sarang Lakare
you have to start appropriate services.. for eg, for ssh, you need to run sshd at startup.. similarly httpd for www server. -sarang

Re: [expert] Partition Magic 5.0 - In Search Of A Good Deal

2000-08-01 Thread Sevatio Octavio
Is DiskDrake going have the ability to resize partitions without losing data? seve Original Message On 8/1/00, 3:56:55 PM, Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote regarding Re: [expert] Partition Magic 5.0 - In Search Of A Good Deal: why not just use Presize and get it for free? It does the

Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?

2000-08-01 Thread Bruce E. Harris
Upgrades are not fun. I just got my system working after an attempt in upgrading my kernel...SCSI drivesstaying away from that experement for awhile since I was stuck using only win to ck mail for a week...maybe when I can find the time I will try again. I hate kernel upgrades, IDE was a

Re: [expert] OT: harddrive flashback

2000-08-01 Thread Nightwriter
Mike, Challenge met NRZI Non Return to Zero.. Here are some links hehe http://www.mkp.com/books_catalog/cn/book/node27.htm http://www.optimized.com/COMPENDI/FE-NRZI.htm At 06:37 PM 7/27/00, you wrote: MFM is Modified Frequency Modulation RLL is Run Length Limited They are descriptions

RE: [expert]

2000-08-01 Thread Gilbert Baron
-Original Message- From: John Aldrich [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, August 01, 2000 7:42 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] On Tue, 01 Aug 2000, you wrote: I tried both ways. OBVIOUSLY I am not going to use FDISK or DISK DRAKE on a functional system with

Re: [expert] 7.1: I want reduced password complexity enforcement

2000-08-01 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue, Aug 01, 2000 at 06:06:18PM -0700, Heinz Wittenbecher wrote: I know that's how earlier RedHats and even RH 6.2 behaves. It just "suggests" but 'drake seems to insist. Have you tried using linuxconf instead? Sorry, that's what I thought you were using... I didn't know you were

Re: [expert] Sevatio Octavio's posts

2000-08-01 Thread Muzza
It's not just you. The problem is the lack of a domain name in the "From" field in his mail client's config file. I have a NT server e-mail me a report on a daily basis. The systems admin who set the e-mail client up on the NT sever neglected to fill-in the "From" field completely when setting

[expert] high securiy server

2000-08-01 Thread rharvey
What do I have to do to get access to my Linux box? I installed the newest version of Linux mandrake. I choose high security. I can get out to the network. I can ping the Linux box. but I cant access the www server or the ftp server or any other services from any where in my network. What

[expert] OT: Linux Driver Petition

2000-08-01 Thread blakel
I would like to point everyone over to http://www.libranet.com/petition.html to sign a web petition they have going to get manufacturers of pc devices to provide specifications for their hardware to developers. I believe this is important, as one of the largest obstacles for gaining new

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