[expert] kdesu or drakConf problems

2001-03-05 Thread Tom Strickland
I can't open configuration tools such as draknet or DrakConf as a normal user. If I start them as super user, then they work fine. When I click the DrakConf icon as a normal user. I tried starting it from the command line, but couldn't get anything to happen - I get: execl() error, errno=13 If

[expert] syslog playing up

2001-03-05 Thread Tom Strickland
Another problem: Recently the computer started freezing at startup unless I did the following: 1) start as single user 2) start syslog: # /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog start 3) carry on the startup (ctrl-d) logrotate isn't working either - it complains: # logrotate /etc/logrotate.conf error:

RE: [expert] CUPS Help

2001-03-05 Thread richard . bown
Hi all, not quite on topic.. Is there a howto on setting up cups with applications,, sorta idiot guide best regards richard -Original Message- From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" [EMAIL PROTECTED] on behalf of"Theo Brinkman" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: 04 March 2001 22:41 To:

[expert] /var/lof fills continually

2001-03-05 Thread Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D.
New installation of Mandrake 7.2 with KDE 2.1. A couple of things, which may, or may not, be related. The HD is thrashing continuously and /var/log/messages and /var/log/syslog keep growing, seemingly exponentially. I also get: filesystem panic Device 16:01 FAT error (it's

RE: [expert] cron jobs question

2001-03-05 Thread jhart
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 How about MAILTO=/dev/null? I think that would work, give it a shot! - -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Thomas Sourmail Sent: Friday, March 02, 2001 12:26 PM To: mandrake user Subject: Re:

Re: [expert] syslog playing up

2001-03-05 Thread Tom Strickland
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 01:06:49PM +0100, Matthias Grund wrote: Another problem: Recently the computer started freezing at startup unless I did the following: 1) start as single user 2) start syslog: # /etc/rc.d/init.d/syslog start 3) carry on the startup (ctrl-d) Change the priority

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Acrobat Reader bug?]

2001-03-05 Thread Norman Carver
Do you have the latest version of the reader? I got the lastest from adobe.com. It fixed the problems I was having with some files. I believe they were the same as what you are encountering. Norm Leopold Palomo wrote: Hi list, I have realize that with the same pdf file, I have

[expert] kde2

2001-03-05 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
hi guys, have some pbs with kde2.1-2. after install. Can no more connect my ISDN with kISDN, versus kcmkisdn=configuration ! error= for security .. use as root, sudo or su1 ! Logged-in as root: same message. Any help fully appreciated. Eric MC

[expert] PC - to - Phone

2001-03-05 Thread David Boles
Is there anything like Net2Phone or DialPad software for Linux? www.net2phone.com www.dialpad.com -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED] My GnuPG Key ID: 78A3ABD0

[expert] adding xfce in kdm

2001-03-05 Thread Clovis Sena
hi people, i want to install xfce in my mdk 7.2 box, so I downloaded xfce and instaled it, and after that i added a entry in kdm, but have no luck in editing the correct file in /etc/X for that it starts xfce when i select it in kdm. what is the file i should change to make this works??

[expert] how to remove/install apache, php and mySQL

2001-03-05 Thread Jamie M. Dyer
this is the story, I installed apache and mySQL, got them working fine. I tried to install php but that gernerated errors. A friend told me to install mySQL first, then follow the instructions in the php manual to install apache and php. I removed the apache, php, and mySQL directories and

Re: [expert] sound cards

2001-03-05 Thread Ken Thompson
On Monday 05 March 2001 08:52 am, you wrote: Hi all, Need input on sound cards. I have a Soundblaster Live card as I want to replace my PCI Ensoniq The Ensoniq is recognized by Mandrake just fine. I just picked up 7.2 Powerpack, and was wondering if the Live card is recognized already

RE: [expert] adding xfce in kdm

2001-03-05 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN
You can add wm entries from within KDE. I forget the point though Brian -Original Message- From: Clovis Sena [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 10:54 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] adding xfce in kdm hi people, i want to install xfce in my mdk 7.2

[expert] sound cards

2001-03-05 Thread Garys
Hi all, Need input on sound cards. I have a Soundblaster Live card as I want to replace my PCI Ensoniq The Ensoniq is recognized by Mandrake just fine. I just picked up 7.2 Powerpack, and was wondering if the Live card is recognized already without any problems.. or does it need separate

Re: [expert] PC - to - Phone

2001-03-05 Thread Gabriel Sandor
Hello David, Monday, March 05, 2001, 12:03:21 PM, you wrote: DB Is there anything like Net2Phone or DialPad software for Linux? DB www.net2phone.com DB www.dialpad.com Dialpad should work, as it's an java applet, and works from your web browser -- Best regards, Gabriel

Re: [expert] OT:Cookfire

2001-03-05 Thread Ron Heron
Hi Cecil, I have downloaded and installed Cookfire. You are right, not too many docs or descriptions on it. I will try to describe. 1) The install It is a basic system installation, with a graphical install. You will need between 300 and 1200 MB available, and around 32M RAM. It will install

Re: [expert] how to remove/install apache, php and mySQL

2001-03-05 Thread Mike Rambo
"Jamie M. Dyer" wrote: this is the story, I installed apache and mySQL, got them working fine. I tried to install php but that gernerated errors. A friend told me to install mySQL first, then follow the instructions in the php manual to install apache and php. I removed the apache,

[expert] Strange Ethernet Interrupt error

2001-03-05 Thread complaw
I keep getting a strange infomrational message on tty1 when I'm logged off. The message is: "eth0: Too much work in interrupt, status ec01" I'm running Mandrake 7.2 on a Dell Optiplex GXPro (1 200 MHz PPro with 64 MB RAM). I think it is running a standard Intel NIC. The machine is running on

Re: [expert] PC - to - Phone

2001-03-05 Thread KompuKit
yes there is one for linux...go here: http://www.angelfire.com/biz/WebWatch/ it's called: freewebphone Matthew Micene wrote: On Monday 05 March 2001 11:17 am, Gabriel Sandor wrote: Dialpad should work, as it's an java applet, and works from your web browser There was actually a

[expert] Checkbook package for Linux

2001-03-05 Thread Neal Lippman
A few weeks (?months) ago, I recall reading an announcement on, I think, slashdot, about a company that was producing a quicken-like financial management / checkbook program for Linux. While not a quicken clone per se, looking at their website strongly suggested it was going to be a quicken

[expert] Does anyone have the Mandrake 7.1 or 7.0 install disk?

2001-03-05 Thread jeff lang
I need the vmlinuz from the /boot directory of either mandrake 7.0 or 7.1 install CD. Also, does anyone know if i need to do anything special to use the blank.img, and my own kernel when installing? Jeff

Re: [expert] Checkbook package for Linux

2001-03-05 Thread David Boles
You are looking for Kapitol - It is supposed to be like Quicken only for Linux. There is NO "try before you buy" version. http://www.thekompany.com/products/kapital/?dhtml_ok=1 -Original Message - From: Neal Lippman To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 13:59:27 -0500 Subject:

[expert] CD-ROM connected to LP1

2001-03-05 Thread Jaime
Hello: I´m trying to install Madrake 7.0 in my laptop. It´s an old device with no internal CD so I´ve connected a CD-ROM device to its paralell port. Is works under Windows but when I´m installing Madrake t doesn´t found any CDROM devices. How can I fix this problem? Thanks a lot

[expert] linux device driver

2001-03-05 Thread Michael
Hi all my friends: where can I find some stuff about how to develop Linux device driver? thank you in advance. have a nice day!

Re: [expert] PC - to - Phone

2001-03-05 Thread Joseph Red
There's a yahoo group INetphone_Project, but there's not too much traffic on there currently. The last I heard it was going forward... Joseph Red [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: "Matthew Micene" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Gabriel Sandor" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "expert" [EMAIL

Re: [expert] sound cards

2001-03-05 Thread Tom Badran
I had to set it up manually on a machine, which is better anyway cos then you use the alsa drivers. Just add: snd-card-emu10k1 (or similar - i cant remeber exact) snd-pcm-oss To your /etc/modules It will work, i have one mysself and it works nice, and was autodetected, but like i say, i

Re: [expert] sound cards

2001-03-05 Thread philomena
I have that card and 7.2 worked great for me - card was recognized and I didn't need any driver updates. cheers, philomena Garys wrote: Hi all, Need input on sound cards. I have a Soundblaster Live card as I want to replace my PCI Ensoniq The Ensoniq is recognized by Mandrake just

[expert] alsa-need to find info on soundcard

2001-03-05 Thread mwinold
hi im trying to configure my sound card to work in linux, alsa has recently released a compatible driver for my sound card however i need to find info on the i/o port and dma channels to update /etc/conf.modules, i am using a crystal fusion cs4281 pci soundcard in a toshiba satellite laptop.

Re: [expert] alsa-need to find info on soundcard

2001-03-05 Thread Dale Kosan
Try lspci or lspcidarake.Let me know if you get it working, would like to get mine working and I too have the same chip on a Toshiba Satellite 1715.

RE: [expert] CUPS Help

2001-03-05 Thread Clovis Sena
as i know there is some good papers in http://www.mandrakeuser.org, but now it is closed for repairs. By now, take a look at http://cups.sourceforge.net/ for some intro and search at http://www.linuxworld.com for articles about cups. enjoy. Clovis. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Acrobat Reader bug?]

2001-03-05 Thread Clovis Sena
I have used acrobat with no trouble. Are they the same version?? the file is a comun file ( ex: downloaded from web ) or did you created it?? maybe some clunsky options/conversion software...?? Clovis. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 05/03/01 at 00:11 Leopold Palomo wrote:

Re: [expert] Checkbook package for Linux

2001-03-05 Thread Richard T. Waters
Check out moneydance at: http://moneydance.com/ or gnucash at: http://www.gnucash.org/ Neal Lippman wrote: A few weeks (?months) ago, I recall reading an announcement on, I think, slashdot, about a company that was producing a quicken-like financial management / checkbook program for Linux.

Re: [expert] syslog playing up

2001-03-05 Thread Chris Spackman
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 12:59:49PM +, Tom Strickland wrote: On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 01:06:49PM +0100, Matthias Grund wrote: Another problem: Recently the computer started freezing at startup unless I did the following: 1) start as single user 2) start syslog: #

[expert] I don't like CUPS

2001-03-05 Thread WORLOK
I used to be happy with Redhat Printtool and lpr. I used to be able to connect to my dept printer, which is running off an NT/W2K domain PDC. Since installing Mandrake 7.2, this CUPS thing just won't communicate. It's weird since from the same machine I can mount Windows shares using mount -t

RE: [expert] OT:Cookfire

2001-03-05 Thread Doug Gough
I have looked on the mandrake site, but can't find it. I would like to download and try it. Can someone point me in the right direction? -Original Message- From: Ron Heron [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 9:21 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:Re:

Re: [expert] PC - to - Phone

2001-03-05 Thread Praedor Tempus
I was involved in the original discussion on this topic. Dialpad doesn't work as is because it pointlessly queries the user system to make sure it is running windows. If it is not running windows, an error message is presented (even though it is strictly java - and not a perverse M$ java).

Re: [expert] alsa-need to find info on soundcard

2001-03-05 Thread Tom Badran
On Monday 05 March 2001 8:40 pm, you wrote: hi im trying to configure my sound card to work in linux, alsa has recently released a compatible driver for my sound card however i need to find info on the i/o port and dma channels to update /etc/conf.modules, i am using a crystal fusion cs4281

RE: [expert] OT:Cookfire

2001-03-05 Thread Ron Heron
You can't find it? Look under "MandrakeSecurity for i386 processors and more" in the Download section. Ok, here let me do it for you :) ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/Mandrake-iso/i386/ Good Luck, Ron --- Doug Gough [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have looked on the mandrake site, but can't find it. I

Re: [expert] sound cards

2001-03-05 Thread Jerry Sternesky
emu10k1 driver for the soudblaster live is a module in the 7.2 kernel. The install found and configured mine with no problems. On Monday 05 March 2001 10:52, Garys wrote: Hi all, Need input on sound cards. I have a Soundblaster Live card as I want to replace my PCI Ensoniq The Ensoniq is

[expert] operating system switch tool?

2001-03-05 Thread Michael
I have installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,sometimes I want to run the two systems simultaneously,and switch between the two systems ,I wonder if there is such a tool. thank you in advance!

[expert] Linux Certification

2001-03-05 Thread Clint Olson
Hi, Does anybody know of a reputable Linux certification test? I am interestedin getting more involved and would like to take one. Clint Olson CO-n-Co. [EMAIL PROTECTED] GET INTERNET ACCESS FROM JUNO! Juno offers FREE or

Re: [expert] adding xfce in kdm

2001-03-05 Thread Collins Richey
On Mon, 05 Mar 2001 12:53:51 -0300 "Clovis Sena" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi people, i want to install xfce in my mdk 7.2 box, so I downloaded xfce and instaled it, and after that i added a entry in kdm, but have no luck in editing the correct file in /etc/X for that it starts xfce when

Re: [expert] Linux Certification

2001-03-05 Thread Pedro Del Medico
On Mon Mar 05 2001 22:21, You wrote: Hi, Does anybody know of a reputable Linux certification test? I am interestedin getting more involved and would like to take one. try www.brainbench.com -- Best Regards, Pedro Del Medico P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #144076

Re: [expert] MandrakeUpdate fails under XFCE

2001-03-05 Thread Collins Richey
Exactly the same results. This isn't really a terminal application. On Mon, 05 Mar 2001 18:59:46 -0300 "Clovis Sena" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: and about if you run it from a terminal, what kind of errors do yout got?? clovis. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 04/03/01 at

Re: [expert] Checkbook package for Linux

2001-03-05 Thread Stephen Carville
On Mon, 5 Mar 2001, Neal Lippman wrote: - A few weeks (?months) ago, I recall reading an announcement on, I think, - slashdot, about a company that was producing a quicken-like financial - management / checkbook program for Linux. While not a quicken clone per se, - looking at their website

Re: [expert] PC - to - Phone

2001-03-05 Thread David Boles
To everone who responded to my question, thank you for the information. -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED] My GnuPG Key ID: 78A3ABD0

RE: [expert] Checkbook package for Linux

2001-03-05 Thread David Boles
Well I will be corrected! The email notice that I got from them did not mention a "demo" version. -Original Message - From: Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN To: "'David Boles'" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Mon, 5 Mar 2001 15:07:47 -0500 Subject: RE: [expert] Checkbook package for Linux There is

[expert] pine

2001-03-05 Thread Robert Boggs
As root, I'm getting a message about a cron. It identifies me as root@24.***-**-***hsacorproot. I guess that means In wormie account, I'm wormie at the same. What I don't understand is, I can send mail out of pine. Robert

[expert] HD Optimization / The Big Secret of ALT-GR

2001-03-05 Thread Gerry
Two questions.. 1. What exactly does the hd optimization-option in the mdk installer do ? How can i know if my hd supports it ? What are the risks ? 2. I've asked about my problem with ALT-GR behaving like ALT in XF86 4 in almost every linux-realted place now, including mandrakeexpert.com,

[expert] Voodoo2 no longer usable with modern linux?

2001-03-05 Thread Praedor Tempus
Until recently, I have been quite happy with my obsolete but perfectly useable voodoo2 card. Since upgrading to a 2.4.x kernel and XFree86-4.0.x, however, I find that I cannot use the card. I have the 3dfx device driver source and have built it with my updated system but it doesn't work -

[expert] Voodoo2 no longer usable with modern linux?

2001-03-05 Thread Praedor Tempus
Until recently, I have been quite happy with my obsolete but perfectly useable voodoo2 card. Since upgrading to a 2.4.x kernel and XFree86-4.0.x, however, I find that I cannot use the card. I have the 3dfx device driver source and have built it with my updated system but it doesn't work -

RE: [expert] operating system switch tool?

2001-03-05 Thread Milnes Terry SSgt 52LSS/LGLOE
Try out GAG. I use it in conjunction with LILO. I install LILO in the boot sector of the /boot partition and then install GAG in the MBR. If you cannot find GAG on the net, let me know and I will email it to you. NeoFax -Original Message- From: Michael [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent:

[expert] where is the Alcatel USB Adsl driver?

2001-03-05 Thread lqlee
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Re: [expert] linux device driver

2001-03-05 Thread stephen
On Mon, 05 Mar 2001, Michael you wrote: Hi all my friends: where can I find some stuff about how to develop Linux device driver? thank you in advance. o'reilly - device drivers book - out of date for 2.2 2.4 2.2 mentioned, 2.4 pipedream in those days kernel hackers guide gives the basics,