[expert] Serial port/mouse problems - need debugging suggestions

I am having a problem getting a mouse to work on an old machine, which I intend to use as an X-terminal. When I did the network install, I could use the graphical install, but the mouse wouldn't work. At the time I thought that poerhaps the serial cable between the 9 pin port and the

[expert] What is the best software for burning CDs on Linux?

Hi What is the best software for burning CDs on Linux? Do you have any bad experience in burning CDs on Linux to avoid? Thanks Vick _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

Re: [expert] 8.0 Final

On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 02:27:37PM -0700, Rusty Carruth wrote: There was a question a while back on the rsync list (I think) about updating iso images using rsync, thus keeping you from having to load an entire 600meg iso image when you already have the beta just before that one. I don't

Re: [expert] Update Error

On Thu, Apr 19, 2001 at 10:07:12PM -0600, SoloCDM wrote: rpm -Uvh up2date-gnome-2.5.3-0.6.x.i386.rpm error: cannot open Packages index using db3 - Permission denied (13) error: cannot open Packages database in /var/lib/rpm It looks like you're trying to do this as a regular user. Must be

Re: [expert] Serial port/mouse problems - need debugging suggestions

On Friday 20 April 2001 07:35, you wrote: I am having a problem getting a mouse to work on an old machine, which I intend to use as an X-terminal. When I did the network install, I could use the graphical install, but the mouse wouldn't work. At the time I thought that poerhaps the serial

[expert] Problem about apache 1.3.19 install on Mandrake 8.0

Title: ¶ê§Î¹Ï Dear : I haveused linux on Redhat6.2 and 7.0 for a while. But I am new touse Mandrake 8.0, I am happy to use Mandrake 8.0. I have tried successfully installed mysql-3.23.36 + openssl-0.9.6 +mod_ssl-2.8.1-1.3.19 + php4.0.4pl1 on Redhat 6.2 But I got some errors when

[expert] 8.0 on Alpha?

Hi, what's the current state of mandrake alpha port? Is 8.0 for alpha available, if so where? I have seen only i586 on mirrors. One other question: what has happened to MandrakeUpdate? I don't see that package with this name in 8.0 distribution. Or did the upgrade method changed? Best regards

RE: [expert] Can't create a database with Oracle

Marc, Its easier to use dbassist cause the scripts they make sometimes contain errors. You did start svrmgrl and connected as internal I suppose? What's in your logs? Guy. -Original Message- From: Marc Tremblay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: woensdag 18 april 2001 22:03 To:

[expert] RE: [Announce] Linux -Mandrake 8.0 now available for download

Thanks for yout announcement But I've just tried Mandrake 8.0 (beta 3) at the moment, and it has several bugs, as crashing-at-start programs on KDE, such as DrakConf, or unability to set res to 1024*768 at 32 bits, what I could do with my Mandrake 7.2, so I decided to get back to Mandrake 7.2 Are

[expert] Downloading mandrake 8

Hello friends I am downloadin this mandrake 8 from ftp its not an ISO image mainly because i dont have a CD burner burning a CD is a though job for me ... So i am downloading this i586 directory in mandrake cuase i only want the base system not the srmps... am i right here ? also tell me that

[expert] Quick Question

Hi All, I wanted to upgrade my M7.2 to 8.0. I would like to download stuff off the net do the upgrade. When look at the FTP site, i see an install.txt which only talks about installing from CD or floppy. If i had to download upgrade. What exactly should i do. Also there it mentiones

Re: [expert] Update Error

"Permission denied" seems to suggest that maybe you weren't root when you tried to install? Many rpm packages install, by default, into directories which are not writeable by regular users. Could that be it? j --- SoloCDM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Mandrake 7.0, I tried the following and

Re: [expert] What is the best software for burning CDs on Linux?

"vick Julius" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi What is the best software for burning CDs on Linux? Do you have any bad experience in burning CDs on Linux to avoid? Thanks Vick I like xcdroast - even though I usually do things through the command line, "this program rocks" ;-) for me - I've not

[expert] Viking USB Modem

Purchasing note: don't buy a Viking USB Modem, they do not support the USB ACM. 3Com has a couple that do, as does Zoom. There are a couple others. Read the documentation in the kernel source tree, there is a list there that has compatible modems. (I can't remember the exact document, but

Re: [expert] Serial port/mouse problems - need debugging suggestions

Aaron deRozario [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... there is no hardware fault with the serial mouse (standard 2 button serial). Do you have any other 'pure serial' mice you can try on that port? (and on other ports). (I say 'pure serial' just because of the other post about ps/2 to serial adapters

[expert] Mandrake 8.0 Kudos

Thanks and Kudos to everyone who worked on Mandrake 8.0 Perfect install on an abit kt7a-raid with duron 850, 256 MB pc133, sblive!, and ibm deskstar ata/66 drives. Install finished during the burning of two cd's and part of the 8.0 mandrake extras cd (less than 30 minutes total). Graphical login

[expert] Loki games discount? Yeah, I know this is supposed to be an expert list ;-)

But hey, games are for experts too, right? Anyway: ---quote--- http://slashdot.org/articles/01/04/20/1324216.shtml Loki is giving 50% off to LUGs who order their products in quantity of 10 or more... and free shipping! ---endquote So if you are a member of a LUG, here's a chance to save

[expert] Is that sshd process really serving ssh?

Hi All, I have a question that might be off-topic for this list, but then again maybe not. How can i tell if a given sshd process is serving ssh? Other than trying to connect to it, that is. This situation i'm trying to work with is like this: There is sshd running on a box, and there is a

Re: [expert] Can't create a database with Oracle

Hey Guy, dbassist hangs for the 2 minutes as well and then reports not being able to create the database. Only the crdb1.log (shown below) has anything other than Oracle is not available messages. Using svrmgrl and doing a 'connect internal' works, I get the ORA-00445 aftera 'startup' command.

Re: [expert] mandrax, and lots of random comments... (memory problems, volunteering, etc ;-)

Craig Sprout [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Mandrax does seem to be behaving rather badly. I don't know postfix and sympa well enough, but I strongly suspect that one of them is doing some re-writing on the outbound mails. I had a post this morning that didn't show back up in my inbox for 2-3

RE: [expert] Downloading mandrake 8

On 20-Apr-01 faisal wrote: I am downloadin this mandrake 8 from ftp its not an ISO image mainly because i dont have a CD burner burning a CD is a though job for me ... So i am downloading this i586 directory in mandrake cuase i only want the base system not the srmps... am i right here ?

Re: [expert] Is that sshd process really serving ssh?

John Wolford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi All, I have a question that might be off-topic for this list, but then again maybe not. How can i tell if a given sshd process is serving ssh? Other than trying to connect to it, that is. Well, how about asking netstat -a if there is a process

Re: [expert] Supermount only possible for root

Try adding yourself to the cdrom and zip groups. --- Praedor Tempus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a ppa zip drive and 2 cdroms setup with supermount. Only root is able to mount them. How do I correct this so that I, as a user, can mount the zip and cdroms? -- Against stupidity,

Re: [expert] Is that sshd process really serving ssh?

On Fri, 20 Apr 2001, John Wolford wrote: I have a question that might be off-topic for this list, but then again maybe not. Probably mildly so. Comp.unix.programmer is a good spot for questions like this. How can i tell if a given sshd process is serving ssh? Other than trying to connect

Re: [expert] mandrax, and lots of random comments... (memory problems, volunteering, etc ;-)

On Fri Apr 20, 2001 at 08:59:36AM -0700, Rusty Carruth wrote: I think maybe I'll set up sympa (I plan to use mailman, but maybe I'll check sympa just to see if I'm right here). After the reply-to issues and multiple copy issues I've seen here on mandrake-expert I think I'll probably NOT use

[expert] flashplayer plugin for netscape

Hello all, I'm trying to get flashplayer to work as a plugin for Netscape. I'v got netscape-communicator-4.76-3.3mdk netscape-common-4.76-3.3mdk on my system. I went to the flash site and downloaded the package for linux, followed the (super easy) directions, and so far flash continues to not

[expert] Mdk 7.1 2.2.19 knfsd

I've built and installed Linux 2.2.18 and recently, 2.2.19 (applying the appropriate Reiser filesystem patch to each) from the source tarball, on a Mandrake 7.1 install. This has caused some problems with NFS clients being unable to properly mount NFS exports on my Debian potato web server.

[expert] OT, but hopefully humorous

You don't suppose that M$'s pages scan for user-agent, do you? http://www.crownpartsandmachine.com/craig/user-agent.gif It's silly, but hopefully ya'll will get a Friday laugh out of it... -- Craig Sprout Network Administrator Crown Parts and Machine http://www.crownpartsandmachine.com

RE[2]: [expert] Downloading mandrake 8

Marcel Pol [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 20-Apr-01 faisal wrote: I am downloadin this mandrake 8 from ftp its not an ISO image mainly because i dont have a CD burner burning a CD is a though job for me ... Is there a LUG near you? That might be a good alternative. (Of course, buying

Re: [expert] OT, but hopefully humorous

And you're using Netscape 4.x because...??? At least use Opera or Konq, my friend. ;-D TGIF, Eric Eric Krout Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http://www.eg.bucknell.edu/~ekrout (Soon, EricKrout.com) Bucknell Computer

Re: [expert] Root Password

Anyways .. you can secure lilo by adding the following to lilo.conf restricted password= Ofcourse you should run lilo afterwards on the command line and change lilo.conf to read write only for root. Aj Two Pence worth :) On Monday 19 February 2001 5:09 am, you wrote: ** Reply to

[expert] 8.0 Live_update failed

When I try to run live_update on the 8.0 CD, I get past the mouse config, then an error saying base system not found. Anyone else have this problem? -- Stephen Lawrence Jr. - Programmer [EMAIL PROTECTED] California Animal Health Food Safety Laboratory System, UC Davis (530)-752-4614

Re: [expert] Is that sshd process really serving ssh?

You could have your script telnet to port 22 and check for the proper SSH response. Mine answers with: SSH-1.99-OpenSSH_2.3.0p1 Karl Cunningham This situation i'm trying to work with is like this: There is sshd running on a box, and there is a script watching to make sure that it's running.

[expert] Quick Question

Hi All, I wanted to upgrade my M7.2 to 8.0. I would like to download stuff off the net do the upgrade. When look at the FTP site, i see an install.txt which only talks about installing from CD or floppy. If i had to download upgrade. What exactly should i do. Also there it mentiones

Re: [expert] OT, but hopefully humorous

Eric Krout wrote: And you're using Netscape 4.x because...??? At least use Opera or Konq, my friend. ;-D  Konq will be on here as soon as my 8.0 ISO's get themselves percolated over the 'net and burned on to ROM. Hopefully the mirrors will be clear tonight or tomorrow. The way

[expert] Burning Multi-Session CDs

Hi I already know how to write CDs, create images, burn on the fly, and I also burned multi-session CDs. Is there a way of relocating / hiding / renaming files of the first session when creating the second one ? I'm using cdrecord / mkisofs. Robert Kroi

[expert] getting rm files off of the server

Hello all Does anyone know of a way to download and save files in the rtsp or pnm:// type scheme? Lynx can't do it, netscape nor konq, I wish to know of a way to just download and save files from these tyupes of servers. Thank you

[expert] Mandrake 7.1 for Alpha: weird problem with less

I'm running Mandrake 7.1 beta on a DEC alpha, a XP1000. When I try to view text files using less I just get the following output: ESC[36lESC filename line 1/1 (END) If it's a binary file file I see ESC[36lESC on the first line followed by the output of running "strings". Piping into less ("more

[expert] One Mandrake 8.0 problem - kdm

My mandrake 8.0 system is pretty much running perfectly. The only problem I have so far is the kdm login manager displays not just users but all ALL the services on the system. What/where is the file that I need to edit to eliminate everything except real users? -- Against stupidity, the

[expert] 8.0 install hangs

Hey guys, I am having extensive problems with 8.0 in that whenever I try to install, it gets to the language selection option and then locks up. It does this in both graphical and text modes. 8.0beta3 was the last installation I had and it worked fine. RC1 did not

Re: [expert] 8.0 Final

I had asked questions on the expert, newbie, and rsync list about using rsync to correct a bad md5sum on an iso image. I finally got it to work (instructions below). Somebody told me (in an email) that it will not work to upgrade from one version of an iso to another (like Mandrake 8.0 beta 2

Re: [expert] One Mandrake 8.0 problem - kdm

On Fri, Apr 20, 2001 at 19:57 -0600, Praedor Tempus wrote: My mandrake 8.0 system is pretty much running perfectly. The only problem I have so far is the kdm login manager displays not just users but all ALL the services on the system. What/where is the file that I need to edit to

Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] Supermount problems

First of all, I didn't write that.. hahah But the other thing to do is check your symlinks. Make sure the devices are linked properly. I know there is an issue with burners not linking properly. By any chance is one of these cd-roms a burner? A quick way to check for this is to look in your

[newbie] Re: [expert] Supermount problems

Todd Flinders wrote: I cannot access my zip or floppy drives, even when logged in as root. The message I get is "input/output error." While researching this issue, the only hint I found was "try a different disk, you probably have a bad one in the drive." But, the floppy is a Mandrake boot disk,