Re: [expert]

2001-03-07 Thread Mark Weaver
John, Give this URL a try. I've always had good results from the this. Mark http://www.arin.net/whois/arinwhois.html John Wolford wrote: > > Thanks, but that doesn't seem to work on my box: > > [john@homer john]$ whois 24.113.229. > [whois.networksolutions.com] > The Data in Network Solution

Re: [expert] Switching from lpd to CUPS

2001-03-07 Thread William Bouterse
Alfredo Cole wrote: > Hello: > > Can anybody point the way to instructions as to how to switch from LPD to > CUPS? Will uninstalling LPD and installing CUPS be sufficient? Thank you. I have both daemons running on my LM 7.2 setup. Whether that is necessary or not is a good question!? Read ove

[expert] MouseWheel Weirdness

2001-03-07 Thread Jeremy Mereness
I've gotten really hooked on using the wheel to scroll. In KDE 2.0/Mandrake 7.2, wheel-scrolling works in Netscape Navigator until the first time I try the same thing in Konqueror. Then it dies. Still works in Konqueror, but no longer in Netscape. Also, I know I set the system up for a Microsoft

Re: [expert] password in KDE 2 screensaver

2001-03-07 Thread Sheridan Hawken
Hi everyone, I found my root account works fine with locking the screen and needing a password to get in. However , all of my user accounts that log in with kde do not need a password to unlock the screen even thought it is set to demand a password. I have tried it on a couple of machine with a

Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 help

2001-03-07 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 05 March 2001 12:47 pm, Neal Lippman wrote: > Two questions on installing KDE 2.1: > > Firstly, I STILL cannot find it in the download sites provided on KDE's > website. Where are people getting it from?      Any cooker mirror in the .../unsupported/./kde2.1/ directory.  I d/l'd a

RE: [expert] MUO Broken

2001-03-07 Thread goldengull.net administrator
i'm not sure if it is maintained by mandrake personell. mg > -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of William Bouterse > Sent: Monday, March 05, 2001 12:31 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] MUO Broken > > > Mandrake user.org h

[expert] best video card for Linux?

2001-03-07 Thread Jeff Malka
My old Matrox Millennium video card just went dead on me. Still works but the reds are gone and everything is blue (me too). I am therefore going to have to get a new video card. What are the good ones to look at for Linux? I am running Mandrake Linux 7.1 Thanks. Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [expert] sorry if OT, hardware experts anyone??

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
Try replacing your network card and see if it works (after you've configured it properly). Could it be a bad network cable, or maybe electromagnetic ineterference somewhere along the line? Just some brainstorming, j --- Vic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An addendum: > This is the kind of crap

Re: [expert] Network Card Problems

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
Maybe if you tell it to use irq 9? In my /etc/modules.conf file i have the following entry alias eth0 3c59x if i wanted to tell it to use irq 9 i believe i would modify it like so: alias eth0 3c59x irq=9 You could try that, but i don't say that it will work for you for sure. Cheers, j --- C

Re: [expert] Cron error

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
Have you browsed your syslog? What does it say? j --- Expert User <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Ever since I have installed LM 7.2 I'm getting this mail to root > with subject: Cron run-parts /etc/cron.daily > (sent by cron Daemon) > > -- Contents of mail --

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

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
I haven't installed the packages you mention, but if you install the binary rpms then you shouldn't have to do any 'make'ing should you? Those packages are available by rpm, from the CD or any mandrake ftp mirror. ?, j --- "Jamie M. Dyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > this is the story, > > I

[expert] RAID installation

2001-03-07 Thread Alfredo Cole
Hi: I have tried to install LM 7.2 and Corporate Server 1.0.1 in my server, with three 20 Gb HD's in a RAID 5 (software) configuration. It always fails at the end of the formatting phase with a "can't take the sqrt of 3," message. RH 7.0 installs without a glitch. I would like to have LM m

Re: [expert] Mozilla 0.8 - Java anyone?

2001-03-07 Thread Guy McArthur
> Has anyone managed to get Java working in Mozilla 0.8 yet? What is general consensus on a solution? > Haven't tried 0.8, but this worked fine in 0.7 with the Blackdown JDK 1.3: ln -s $JAVA_HOME/jre/plugin/i386/javaplugin.so $MOZILLA_HOME/plugins/javaplugin.so setenv NPX_PLUGIN_PATH $JAVA_HOME/

Re: [expert] operating system switch tool?

2001-03-07 Thread Craig Sprout
John Wolford wrote: > > What you're looking for, if you want to run two operating systems simultaneously, is >VMWare, at > www.vmware.com. There is another, FREE, piece of software that does the same thing >and is very > good at it. I think it was recently featured on slashdot.org (in the last

[expert] Switching from lpd to CUPS

2001-03-07 Thread Alfredo Cole
Hello: Can anybody point the way to instructions as to how to switch from LPD to CUPS? Will uninstalling LPD and installing CUPS be sufficient? Thank you. -- Alfredo J. Cole [EMAIL PROTECTED] Tegucigalpa, Honduras

[expert] Double Messages Again

2001-03-07 Thread Larry Blodgett
Are we going through another period when we all get double messsages? Just thought I would ask. -- Thanks, Larry Blodgett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ --- Linux, WinNT, MS-DOS - also kno

[expert] IP_MASQ_IPSEC Module

2001-03-07 Thread Chris Spencer
Hello, I am wanting to use the ip_masq_vpn module from a stock 7.2 kernel. If I do a make xconfig and look at the configuration I can see that it was compiled as a module. However, doing a modprobe ip_masq_ipsec results in an error saying it can't find the specified module. If it already compi

Re: [expert] Network Card Problems

2001-03-07 Thread Rial Juan
I had a similar problem lately. I had a defective mobo replaced, and after that the soundblaster didn't work. After switching the soundblaster and the NIC from their respective slots, the NIC didn't work... Then I put the NIC in a different PCI-slot, assuming the previous slot must have been bro

Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 help

2001-03-07 Thread Rial Juan
try `rpm -q qt2` qt 1.xx is listed 'qt' in the DB; qt 2.xx is listed 'qt2'. As for where to fond it. Sorry; I don't use KDE; perhaps someone else can help you out on this one. On 2001.03.05 19:47 Neal Lippman wrote: > Two questions on installing KDE 2.1: > > Firstly, I STILL cannot find it in

Re: [expert] Linux Certification

2001-03-07 Thread mdk
you can also take sair certification at any prometric test center. - Original Message - From: "Dave" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, March 06, 2001 9:03 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Linux Certification > Redhat has a set of certifications, from basic to advanced.

Re: [expert] Cron error

2001-03-07 Thread Chris Spackman
On Mon, Mar 05, 2001 at 09:11:47AM -0800, Expert User wrote: > Ever since I have installed LM 7.2 I'm getting this mail to root > with subject: Cron run-parts /etc/cron.daily > (sent by cron Daemon) > > -- Contents of mail - > DB2 problem...: missi

Re: [expert] duplicate bootup floppy

2001-03-07 Thread Pierre Fortin
Daniel Woods wrote: > > Someone asked me a question I was not able to answer properly. > They have a server with disk problems, and could only boot up > again by using the bootup floppy. They wanted to know how to > make a duplicate of that floppy, as a backup. > > I could not think of an easy

Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 help

2001-03-07 Thread Michael O'Henly
On Monday 05 March 2001 10:47, Neal Lippman wrote: > Two questions on installing KDE 2.1: > Firstly, I STILL cannot find it in the download sites provided on KDE's > website. Where are people getting it from? ftp://ftp.kde.org/pub/kde/stable/latest/distribution/rpm/Mandrake/7.2/i586/ > Secondl

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

2001-03-07 Thread Ken Thompson
On Monday 05 March 2001 12:35 pm, you wrote: > 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 I can build you one if you want. I hav

Re: [expert] Linux box as printer server?

2001-03-07 Thread Stephen Carville
On Tue, 6 Mar 2001, Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP) wrote: - I've got three machines at home -- one of which is a Linux box. All three - are networked together and it's working well. - - What I would like to do is to hook our printer up to the Linux box (which is - always on anyway) to have it act as a p

[expert] ADSL

2001-03-07 Thread Lucas Petri Bernardes
Hi all ! I have an static IP ADSL connection. I have an IP add and a gateway. My ADSL modem is connected in a HUB and my network card is connected in that HUB. I use this config in Win2k and worked fine, i just give the IP with the correct netmask and the gateway. In LM 7.2 my networ

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

2001-03-07 Thread Lucas Petri Bernardes
i dont much about mdk dude, but i use HDPARM and i always get good results, may be u cant try it Gerry wrote: > 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 pr

Re: [expert] Linux box as printer server?

2001-03-07 Thread Jerry Sternesky
Install and set up samba. Then your linux box can act as a print and file server for windows clients. On Tuesday 06 March 2001 11:05, Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP) wrote: > I've got three machines at home -- one of which is a Linux box. All three > are networked together and it's working well. > > Wh

Re: [expert] kde2.1

2001-03-07 Thread Eric MC DECLERCK
I've installed this one without difficulties and the 2.4.2-7 kernel. Very nice . On Tuesday 06 March 2001 09:14, you wrote: | OK on some servers (kde) the final 2.1-2 is out. | Now i was wondering if i can use those for the mandrake8beta cause they are | signed for 7.2 does anyone have a clue if

Re: [expert] duplicate bootup floppy

2001-03-07 Thread James W. McComas
3/6/01 2:39:53 AM, Daniel Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Someone asked me a question I was not able to answer properly. >They have a server with disk problems, and could only boot up >again by using the bootup floppy. They wanted to know how to >make a duplicate of that floppy, as a backup. >

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

2001-03-07 Thread mwinold
well using lspcidrake it gave me cirrus logic|crystal cs4281 pci audio (multimedia_audio unknown) vendor=0x127a device=0x2013 (unknown unknown) i also rebooted my linux box and then tried to get a listing of modules using cat /proc/modules and all of the snd modules were gone, tried reinstallin

RE: [expert] operating system switch tool?

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
What you're looking for, if you want to run two operating systems simultaneously, is VMWare, at www.vmware.com. There is another, FREE, piece of software that does the same thing and is very good at it. I think it was recently featured on slashdot.org (in the last 2 weeks). I forget the name.

Re: [expert]

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
That's true, nslookup will give that - SOMETIMES. In this case, it wouldn't give that information, yet SamSpade did. I've also tried dig -x ip.ad.dr.ess with various options but with no success. j --- Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 04 March 2001 16:24, you wrote: > > On Sat, 3 Mar

RE: [expert] Cron error

2001-03-07 Thread Franki
I would also be interested in this answer, I have the same message and I am running security level 4. Reading active file failed, exiting (see syslog for more information). Has fetchnews been run? Frank Hauptle / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/

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

2001-03-07 Thread Leopold Palomo
Hi, Norman Carver wrote: > Do you have the latest version of the reader? > I have the Acroread 4.05. I have test twice the version from adobe and the other from the powerpack of mdk 7.2. > I got the lastest from adobe.com. Which one? Which version? > It fixed the > problems I was having

RE: [expert] i just don't want to have to move from one computer to the other

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
VNC ehi'll be looking into that :-) Thanks! j --- "Sean, Sharon & Kyle Harbour" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Of course, there is always SSH for command line and VNC for X, plus VNC > works on Windows too. > Just think, all the functionality of Windows Terminal Server running on > Linux, and

Re: [expert]

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
Thanks, but that doesn't seem to work on my box: [john@homer john]$ whois 24.113.229. [whois.networksolutions.com] The Data in Network Solutions' WHOIS database is provided by Network Solutions for information purposes, and to assist persons in obtaining information about or related to a domain n

[expert] message

2001-03-07 Thread Robert Boggs
For some reason, my messages are not getting to the list. I have a reverse ip problem. My localhost is comming up with my isp, and their give ip add of the day. Does anyone know how to fix this? R B

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

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
I have the 7.1 CDs. Email me if you haven't got what you're looking for already and i'll give you a copy. I don't know anything about the blank.img etc. j --- jeff lang <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I need the vmlinuz from the /boot directory of either mandrake 7.0 or 7.1 > install CD. Also,

Re: [expert]

2001-03-07 Thread John Wolford
Ok, i'll do that. Thanks, Mark. j --- Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > John Wolford wrote: > > > > That's true, Mark. And you know, i'm much less of a Windows basher than i used to >be, > especially > > with 2000, but still i just don't want to have to move from one computer to the >ot

Re: [expert] Linux Certification

2001-03-07 Thread Dave
Redhat has a set of certifications, from basic to advanced. I have read that they are probably the best around, but the classes don't come cheap... Dave At 06:21 PM 3/5/01 -0800, you wrote: >Hi, > Does anybody know of a reputable Linux certification test? I am >interestedin getting mor

Re: [expert] operating system switch tool?

2001-03-07 Thread Dave
Win4Lin : www.netraverse.com Dave At 08:21 PM 3/5/01 -0500, you wrote: >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! 0101 101

Re: [expert] sorry if OT, hardware experts anyone??

2001-03-07 Thread Vic
An addendum: This is the kind of crap I am getting with when I try to ping out somewhere. [root@kittypuss wavs]# ping rmci.net PING rmci.net (205.162.184.20): 56 octets data 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=1496.0 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xe9 but was 0xe8e8 8e a5 3a

[expert] Problem with konqueror user agent, kde 2.1 final

2001-03-07 Thread Praedor Tempus
I am having a problem with the user agent for konqueror in kde 2.1 final. If I am doing something wrong I would appreciate a notice to that effect. I find that the user agent doesn't work for me at all. I go to the user agent page in Control Center or from the settings menu item in konqueror

Re: [expert] getting gimp to print under cups

2001-03-07 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tuesday 27 February 2001 14:27, you wrote: > I have Mandrake 7.1 with CUPS installed. Gimp refuses to print. > What should I do to make GIMP recognize and print through cups? > > Thanks. > > > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Registered Linux user 183185 Personally I get very good print res

Re: [expert] duplicate bootup floppy

2001-03-07 Thread Rusty Carruth
Daniel Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone asked me a question I was not able to answer properly. > They have a server with disk problems, and could only boot up > again by using the bootup floppy. They wanted to know how to > make a duplicate of that floppy, as a backup. > > I could not

Re: [expert] operating system switch tool?

2001-03-07 Thread Alfredo Cole
Win4Lin http://www.trelos.com Hope it helps. El Lunes 05 Marzo 2001 19:21, Michael escribi¨®: > 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 a

[expert] Plessky KDE 2.1

2001-03-07 Thread Ron Stodden
Vadim Plessky, Here's the result of a test install of your KDE 2.1 RPMs: [ron@big KDE 2.1 Plessky]$ rpm -Uvh --test *.rpm error: failed dependencies: ppp is needed by kdenetwork-2.1-2mdk libmng.so.1 is needed by kdepim-2.1-1mdk apmd is needed by kdeutils-2.1-1mdk

Re: [expert] Linux box as printer server?

2001-03-07 Thread RedRat
Hi! > What configuration do I need to do within Linux to make it work as a > printer server? What configuration needs to be done on the other two > (windoze) machines? You're looking for Samba: http://www.samba.org -redrat

[Fwd: [expert] PostScript fonts]

2001-03-07 Thread Leopold Palomo
Leopold Palomo wrote: > Hi, > > I only can recomend the kfontinst package. You can install psfonts, ttf > fonts in the x, and gv and staroffice. It works well, but I thing that > it has same bugs. > > Best regards, > > Leo > > Bruce Endries wrote: > > > Hello; > > > > Does anyone know how I can a

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

2001-03-07 Thread Leopold Palomo
Hi, I hope that yes, with all the version that i have tested i have the same problem. Maybe it's a question of the pdf file. For example, O'Really has a electronically book of samba in pdf file. I have the error with this file. Try it please. Best regards, Leo Clovis Sena wrote: > I have used

[expert] Re: cds of Mandrake beta 8.0

2001-03-07 Thread pablito
cds of Mandrake beta 8.0 at nominal cost are now available from www.lsl.com (not cookfire, just the first two cds), for those who don't have a fast connection to the net. I assume it's the one from the iso files posted in mid-February on various sites.

[expert] Network Card Problems

2001-03-07 Thread Carl Lafferty
I have an Intel pro 100+ Network card (that's what windows idents it as) and since I upgraded my mobo from an asus p5ab to a p3b-f I can't get it to work in linux at all any more. everything APPEARS to work fine however. it is apparently detected and it did work prior to the mobo change.. .. I