[expert] Installing sane-1.04

2001-03-22 Thread Joseph Markham
Dear LM Friends   I'm trying to install sane-1.04-frontend and backend which I downloaded from cooker, but encountering all sort of dependency problems and basically going round in circles... I have LM7.2 with the 2.2 kernel which I have not changed.   For example, I had a dependency problem

[expert] Re: Timeserver sending wrong time to Windows Clients

2001-03-22 Thread Andrew Bartlett
David Rankin wrote: > > Andrew Bartlett wrote: > > > David Rankin wrote: > > > > > > Help Andrew! and whoever else.. > > > > > > I have a Linux Mandrake 7.2 box with Samba 2.07 acting as a timeserver > > > for our local lan. We are in the CST timezone. All windows boxes sync > > > thier time fro

Re: [expert] Re: Timeserver sending wrong time to Windows Clients

2001-03-22 Thread David Rankin
David Rankin wrote: AND YES --- THE TIMEZONE INFO IS CORRECTLY SET TO CST ON MY WIDOWS MACHINES -- David Rankin Nacogdoches, Texas

Re: [expert] Timeserver sending wrong time to Windows Clients

2001-03-22 Thread David Rankin
Kari Suomela wrote: > Thursday March 22 2001 21:12, David Rankin wrote to Andrew Bartlett: > > DR> thier time from the Linux box via: net time \\Nemesis /set /yes. I > DR> would like to have xntp keep the clock on the server updated. > > DR> Problem: > > DR> ntpdate and xntp work great at set

[expert] Re: Timeserver sending wrong time to Windows Clients

2001-03-22 Thread David Rankin
Andrew Bartlett wrote: > David Rankin wrote: > > > > Help Andrew! and whoever else.. > > > > I have a Linux Mandrake 7.2 box with Samba 2.07 acting as a timeserver > > for our local lan. We are in the CST timezone. All windows boxes sync > > thier time from the Linux box via: net time \\Nemesis /

[expert] No mails?

2001-03-22 Thread SJN
How come I received no mails from thi sthread anymore? Joe RLU# 186063

[expert] Timeserver sending wrong time to Windows Clients

2001-03-22 Thread Kari Suomela
Thursday March 22 2001 21:12, David Rankin wrote to Andrew Bartlett: DR> thier time from the Linux box via: net time \\Nemesis /set /yes. I DR> would like to have xntp keep the clock on the server updated. DR> Problem: DR> ntpdate and xntp work great at setting the Linux box hardware DR>

[expert] Re: Timeserver sending wrong time to Windows Clients

2001-03-22 Thread Andrew Bartlett
David Rankin wrote: > > Help Andrew! and whoever else.. > > I have a Linux Mandrake 7.2 box with Samba 2.07 acting as a timeserver > for our local lan. We are in the CST timezone. All windows boxes sync > thier time from the Linux box via: net time \\Nemesis /set /yes. I would > like to have xnt

RE: [expert] localhost address and cups conflict

2001-03-22 Thread b5dave
On 22-Mar-2001 Jeff Malka wrote: [snip] > Anyway when I try to install a printer under kups it won't let me > saying it can detect no parallel ports. Yet in /dev there are files > named lp0, lp1 and lp2. So it is a matter of cups not seeing my > parallel port. Ditto. > Then I had a brainstorm

[expert] Timeserver sending wrong time to Windows Clients

2001-03-22 Thread David Rankin
Help Andrew! and whoever else.. I have a Linux Mandrake 7.2 box with Samba 2.07 acting as a timeserver for our local lan. We are in the CST timezone. All windows boxes sync thier time from the Linux box via: net time \\Nemesis /set /yes. I would like to have xntp keep the clock on the server upda

[expert] Using a different window manager with KDE

2001-03-22 Thread Hoyt
Is it possible to use Sawfish, WindowMaker or Enlightenment as the wm for KDE 2.x instead of kdm? If so, how is it done? I have had no luck finding an answer searching what passes for usenet archives at Google an looking at the KDE and LM mail list archives. My goal is to use a multi-head frie

[expert] apt

2001-03-22 Thread Sheldon Lee Wen
Hi, I was wondering that now that apt has RPM support if there are any plans to incorporate apt and dselect into Mandrake? This, in my estimation would be the last good reason to switch to debian. The reason I'm asking is that redhat and mandrake esp. have great install programs with really nic

Re: [expert] XFCE -- How to close application?

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Larry: Thanks a million. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] HP 9350i Hangs system on bootup, reboot, drive access

2001-03-22 Thread DJW
I just install a HP 9350i (used to have a Memorex 1622) and it has totallymessed up my 7.2.During the boot, it hangs for about 5 minutes during the mnt drives section(with or without a cd init).  When I access the cd in the mnt directory after it finallystarts it locks that program up  for s

Re: [expert] XFCE -- How to close application?

2001-03-22 Thread Larry Marshall
> How in the world do you close down an application in XFCE that is > frozen? I have tried Cnt +F4. I have tried to click on the X in the >From within a terminal window you could execute xkill. This should change your pointer and you can just click on the frozen app and it'll be gone. Cheers -

[expert] localhost address and cups conflict

2001-03-22 Thread Jeff Malka
I am using Mandrake 7.2 with cups on a standalone pc on which I have not been able to print even though the earlier mdk 7.1 printed fine. HOWEVER I may have a clue to what is wrong but do not know how to fix it and could use some help. When I enter the command kups in a kde konsole as "su" it

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question --i cons

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Larry: What a wonderful response. Thank you for sharing your thoughts with us. For the record, I agree with the Linux folks when I look at it from THEIR point of view, but. as an ordinary user, I agree with the mainstream about the need for a standardized interface, desktop, OS, etc. If L

[expert] CUPS and finding the parallel port

2001-03-22 Thread Jeff Malka
I am running Mandrake 7.2 on a stand alone PC (no network) with cups installed but have been unable to print or even install a printer. Here is a description of the problem: When I enter kups at a kde konsole command line, it correctly opens up the kups configuration program. I then try to a

[expert] XFCE -- How to close application?

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Using XFCE. How in the world do you close down an application in XFCE that is frozen? I have tried Cnt +F4. I have tried to click on the X in the right hand corner. Etc. Etc. Cn+Alt+ Esc does NOT work in XFCE. Only in KDE. Every time an application like Netscape freezes up, I have

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question --i cons

2001-03-22 Thread John W
Sorry on the windows box but check out slashdot article http://slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=01/03/22/1550248&mode=thread Apple seems to have beat everyone to a good *nix. - Original Message - From: "Benjamin Sher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, March 22, 2001 1

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Al: Please see my new message "XFCE Color Scheme Revealed". Set it up and you'll be able to change the color of the XFCE panel (and everything else, by the way). Please try it out. You can always reset it to default. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna S

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question

2001-03-22 Thread Al Baker
But how do you change the color of the XFCE panel? Al --- Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear member: > > Thanks for writing. > > 1) The question about which rectangle stands for > which XFCE component is > the one that got me a very hostile reaction on the > official xfce user > li

Re: [expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] ISDN DOD with script-based auth not PAP or CHAP

2001-03-22 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Am Donnerstag, 22. März 2001 18:39 schrieb Paul: > It was Thu, 22 Mar 2001 07:42:38 -0800 when > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Check out www.wurtel.demon.nl There is a lot of info on ISDN on Linux > there, and I am sure there is info or a link on DOD. Can't help > further, my ISP supports PAP. > Go

[expert] XFCE Color Scheme -- Revealed !

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: As the owner of the new xfce-new mailing-list (actually a Yahoo group) for us ordinary users, I have received a number of messages from newbies and even from experienced users asking for help with XFCE's Setup, Palette color scheme (the eight color rectangles). Each of these rectang

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.2 and SB Live!

2001-03-22 Thread Tom Berkley
I have a Mandrake 7.2 system with an SB Live sound card and it works fine all the time. Suggest that you fire up the mixer and see what the settings are when the sound goes off and see if changing any of them has an effect. tom berkley Arnoud de Jonge wrote: > > I have a Mandrake 7.2 system wi

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question --i cons

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Larry: Thanks so much for responding: Concerning the icons: No, I am not talking about creating icons on the desktop. Though we can add menu items to the pop-up menus that are attached to the XFCE toolbar/panel. I was referring to the icons automatically generated when you launch any appl

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question --i cons

2001-03-22 Thread Larry Marshall
> A diversity of desktops/window manager, not to mention distros may be > great for computer people and Linux aficionados But, I must agree, that > what is great and refreshing for Linux folks may be very intimidating > and confusing for Joe Average. And Linux may be missing a historic What peo

[expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] ISDN DOD with script-based auth not PAP or CHAP

2001-03-22 Thread Paul
It was Thu, 22 Mar 2001 07:42:38 -0800 when [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out www.wurtel.demon.nl There is a lot of info on ISDN on Linux there, and I am sure there is info or a link on DOD. Can't help further, my ISP supports PAP. Good luck Paul >New story on (http://www.mandrakeforum.com) > >

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question --i cons

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Larry: Thanks so much for responding: Concerning the icons: No, I am not talking about creating icons on the desktop. Though we can add menu items to the pop-up menus that are attached to the XFCE toolbar/panel. I was referring to the icons automatically generated when you launch any appl

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question

2001-03-22 Thread Larry Marshall
> I do like XFCE in spite of its shortcomings (e.g. the icons do not line > up properly on the desktop -- some are too larege, others too small). Ah...you mean you can make icons on the desktop (grin)? I couldn't find anything that would allow me to do that. I guess I'm going to have to set as

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question -- menus

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Larry and friends: I forgot to answer the question about the icons on the pop-up menus attached to the XFCE panel. I just simply ignore the icons altogether and let XFCE use its default icon symbol. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Larry: Thank you very kindly for a very informative reply. I really appreciate your historical background on Unix and on the problems having to do with a uniform interface. I do like XFCE in spite of its shortcomings (e.g. the icons do not line up properly on the desktop -- some are too la

[expert] dual displays

2001-03-22 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN
I have a Matrox G450. I have heard (read) that KDE is not capable of doing dual monitor display. Their website names Windowmaker for this use. Is there another window manager that supports dual display? Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB (937) 656-2861 (937) 973-3125 (pager)

Re: [expert] apcupsd 3.8.1 and power on/off

2001-03-22 Thread Karl Cunningham
Your asus mb probably will have a power screen in the BIOS setup where you can tell it what to do when the power comes back on after a failure. The choices usually are 1) Never come back on, 2) Always come back on, or 3) Come back to the previous state. The more sure approach is to remove the

[expert] No Mail

2001-03-22 Thread Expert User
I have not received a single mail from this list in last two days. Is there some problem? I'm receiving other mails. The last mail I received from this list was on Mar 21 at around 10.00am Pacific Time. I checked my mail logs to see if my mail server was rejecting any mails etc. No that is not

Re: [expert] 7.1 kernel upgrade rpm --checksig fails

2001-03-22 Thread Matthew Micene
At 10:51 AM 3/21/2001 -0500, Steven Taetzsch wrote: >Anyway when I run checksig it fails with a message ># rpm --checksig /var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm >exec failed! >Could not run pgp. Use --nopgp to skip PGP checks. >/var/lib/rpm/packages.rpm: PGP NOT OK > >If I use the --nopgp it passes. Am I ok?

Re: [expert] 7.1 kernel upgrade rpm --checksig fails

2001-03-22 Thread Vincent Danen
On Wed Mar 21, 2001 at 10:51:30AM -0500, Steven Taetzsch wrote: > Ok, this zip drive thing has me thinking of upgrading the kernel. I > downloaded the files because Mandrakeupdate doesn't work. The Mandrake > website says to run 'rpm --checksig package.rpm' before upgrading the > kernel. Well it

Re: [expert] ssh on mandrake 8b2

2001-03-22 Thread Lieven Van Acker
Try /etc/hosts.allow: sshd: or sshd:ALL Lieven On 2001.03.22 14:25 Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote: > I have purchased a new hd. 40G. That seems to have solved my installation > of > Mandrake issues. Now my problem is that ssh will let me in from only my > local > machines at home. I acc

[expert] ssh on mandrake 8b2

2001-03-22 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN
I have purchased a new hd. 40G. That seems to have solved my installation of Mandrake issues. Now my problem is that ssh will let me in from only my local machines at home. I access my machine from work as well. When I enter my local IP all is fine (from home laptop) When I enter my inet IP ssh c

[expert] apcupsd 3.8.1 and power on/off

2001-03-22 Thread jason-snyder
I have two linux boxes sharing a APC 650VA back UPS that are networked together. One is an old AT based K5 75MHz that spends its days pushing and mangling packets and dolling out IP addresses. The other is an ATX based Althon system with an ASUS K7V m/b. Communication with the UPSes is good and

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question

2001-03-22 Thread Larry Marshall
> lazy newbie would ask such a question. I find it most ironic that the > very people who created such a wonderful, intuitive user-friendly > desktop as XFCE could be so hostile to the user himself. This is The downside of the Linux community is that it's full of smart, brash and ill-bred kids :

[expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear member: Thanks for writing. 1) The question about which rectangle stands for which XFCE component is the one that got me a very hostile reaction on the official xfce user list. There are NO specific instructions for this in XFCE's User's Manual or anywhere else. When I asked this very same

Re: [expert] Amazing, I'm the ONLY one!

2001-03-22 Thread Bill Thompson
donald hinds wrote: > > Is it really true? > > I'm the ONLY one to try and install a USB modem in LM-7.2? > > Since no one has an answer, it seems it must be so. > > Don ;-( http://www.signalground.com/article/3160886097 is an article on using the D-Link DSB-560 USB modem with L

[expert] Multi-page TIFFs

2001-03-22 Thread Kari Suomela
Is there a Linux graphics viewer capable of printing/viewing multi-page TIFFs? KS KARICO Business Services Toronto, ON Canada http://www.ksbase.com ... Outside every thin woman is a fat man trying to get in ...

[expert] Rectange question in xfce -- footnote

2001-03-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Just a footnote. The reference in my previous post to "rectangel" in response to "Setup Question" has to do with the 8 color rectangles under Palette in XFCE's Setup. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] The Good Old Undefined Symbol ;-)

2001-03-22 Thread Robert Johansson
Hi all! How many times haven't we run into an "undefined symbol" problem? Here is another one... ;-) This all happens when i try to startkde. I have removed all old kde- and qt packages/directories and installed from fresh qt-2.2.4 and kde 2.1 ksplash: error while loading shared libraries: /us

[expert] rpm and " directory not empty" messages

2001-03-22 Thread William Bouterse
At one time I knew the answer to this question but not anymore. When doing a rpm -ivh or -Uvh with or without --nodeps or --force I occasionally get the ; "directory not empty, cannot remove " messages. Ususally it doesn't appear to have any effect on things and I have also tried rm -rf the co