[expert] CD-ROM Problems with Mandrake 8.0

I have both a Kenwood 52x TRUE-X ide cdrom and a Creative 6424 CDRW ide writer. These drives worked fine under Mandrake 7.2, which also set up my ide-scsi configuration. When I tried to do an install for 8.0 I kept getting error messages saying that second stage install couldn't load, when t

[expert] Sound is only coming out of one speaker

Ok, ok, i didn't get any response to my last post for help with the various libsafe packages i have installed. I can understand that, it's a tricky problem that most people probably don't encounter. I have another one that must be more common: I have sound coming out of only one speaker. I'm usin

Re: [expert] cout/cerr don't work when using c++ in mandrake 8

#include > anyone else have this problem? i did an : > > #include > > in my source file, and it compiled fine, but nothing gets outputted to the > buffer. > > any ideas? > > - eric >

[expert] Reboot/shutdown freeze error

Dear friends: Looks like I've solved the Winbod Detection logon error message by shutting down certain services in Startup Services (#ntsysv). When I reboot now, LM 8.0 boots up correctly and properly to my logon screen in the console with the prompt waiting for me. The last serious problem has

[expert] TV Tuner Install

I'm trying to get my tv tuner working in Linux. I tried the following command as root under the /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/ directory: /sbin/modprobe bttv.o then I get this error: modprobe: Can't locate module /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdk/misc/bttv.o I'm not quite sure why I get this erro

[expert] Mandrake 7.2 was cool with games, 8.0 is impossible

I was running a 7.2 system not too long ago and with this system, I was able to play Myth II, Heretic II, and Terminus under linux. Since upgrading to 8.0, I find it impossible to play any of my linux games. Under 8.0: I was able to play a short while with heretic2 IF I didn't login to a wind

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.2 was cool with games, 8.0 is impossible

On Sunday 06 May 2001 17:14, Praedor Tempus wrote: > I was running a 7.2 system not too long ago and with this system, I was > able to play Myth II, Heretic II, and Terminus under linux. Since > upgrading to 8.0, I find it impossible to play any of my linux games. > Under 8.0: > > I was able to

Re: [expert] konquerer no long works...

I don't think there is anything that it cannot access; it seems more like some sort of configuration problem in that it used to work just fine. I am bothered by having to become root to run it, because I shouldn't be root just to web browse... Also the behavoir is flakey; last night, I was abl

Re: [expert] LM 8.0 -- Forced shutdown and reboot

Civileme wrote: > > On Sunday 06 May 2001 10:20, Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Dear friends: > > > > [Using Lm 8.0] > > > > Would appreciate your help with the following problem: > > > > Sometimes LM 8.0 will reboot properly and sometimes it won't. And > > sometimes it will shutdown properly and somet

Re: [expert] Ownership of devices

One of the alternatives, and a simple one in a case like this, is to use sudo. j --- "David E. Fox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I've just been trying to use KFloppy to format a floppy disk from > > within the K Desktop Environment. As I was logged in as an > > ordinary user (jmorley) and a

Re: [expert] reiserfs

On Mon, 7 May 2001 06:28, you wrote: > Hi > > I use reiserfs, but when i compiled the kernel > i couldent bot Mandrake any more... > It was something about couldent mount root fs.. > Hmm what did i wrong..i dident find anything about > reiserfs when i compiled > > Tommi After you compile the Ker

[expert] Kernel 2.4.4

Isn't 2.4.4 experimental, and for brave souls only? Won't the next stable kernel be named 2.4.5? -- -m-

Re: [expert] LM 8.0 -- Forced shutdown and reboot

On Sunday 06 May 2001 10:20, Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > [Using Lm 8.0] > > Would appreciate your help with the following problem: > > Sometimes LM 8.0 will reboot properly and sometimes it won't. And > sometimes it will shutdown properly and sometimes it won't. When it > doesn't, Lin

[expert] Fetchmail Question

OK, first a little background information: Up until recently I have been running the fetchmail service along with postfix. Since I am just running a one user workstation this seems to be a little overkill. Thus I am trying to run fetchmail without using postfix. I have chowned /etc/fetchmailrc

Re: [expert] Samba 2.0.8 - Error

For someone who is concerned somewhat about security, how would I change that reference to /tmp or something else that would keep this from happening? Thanks > I have been struggling with the exact same problem. I got it to work > just yesterday. I looked in /var/log/samba/X.log (X) be

[expert] cout/cerr don't work when using c++ in mandrake 8

anyone else have this problem? i did an : #include in my source file, and it compiled fine, but nothing gets outputted to the buffer. any ideas? - eric

Re: [expert] LM 8.0 -- Forced shutdown and reboot

> Sometimes LM 8.0 will reboot properly and sometimes it won't. And > sometimes it will shutdown properly and sometimes it won't. When it > doesn't, Linux freezes at "Please wait while Linux reboots" or at the I have *never* been able to get a complete shutdown out of Mandrake, now that you menti

[expert] reiserfs

Hi   I use reiserfs, but when i compiled the kernel i couldent bot Mandrake any more... It was something about couldent mount root fs.. Hmm what did i wrong..i dident find anything about reiserfs when i compiled    Tommi

Re: [expert] Ownership of devices

> working. I can now use the KFloppy icon as it was intended and I > haven't compromised the security of my system. So as workarounds > go it's not a bad one. Yes, it's an ok workaround. Alternatives are making the kfloppy and related tools setgid floppy or setuid root. The latter shouldn't be

[expert] Help needed: sound, modem

I'm trying to use harddrake to install/configure my soundcard. It gives me options of "Terratec Soundsystem Base 1" and "Terratec Soundsystem Base 1/ MIDI", which are ISA and using modules ad1816 and mpu401 respectively. For my card (Shark Predator ISA with Waveblaster) it seems correct. But it

Re: [expert] Samba 2.0.8 - Error

on 5/6/01 7:53 AM, Bruce Endries at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I have been struggling with the exact same problem. I got it to work > just yesterday. I looked in /var/log/samba/X.log (X) being > the netbios name for the machine that was trying to connect) and > found an err pertaining to

[expert] LM 8.0 -- Forced shutdown and reboot

Dear friends: [Using Lm 8.0] Would appreciate your help with the following problem: Sometimes LM 8.0 will reboot properly and sometimes it won't. And sometimes it will shutdown properly and sometimes it won't. When it doesn't, Linux freezes at "Please wait while Linux reboots" or at the very en

[expert] Problem with urpmi

I'm trying to install an rpm using urpmi but it is failing with these errors: unable to parse correctly /var/lib/urpmi/list.updates unable to get source packages, aborting at /usr/bin/urpmi line 254. I've got an /rpm directory which contains all the rpm files from the two main CDs and I've got a

[expert] Security test program

I would like to know if you or anyone else in the expert group have ever used the progeam called JOHN THE RIPPER to I want to install it and do some security checks (passwords for other users) . If you have used it before could you please give me the pro's and con's using this software. A bo

Re: [expert] Mailing list problem

on 5/6/01 7:02 AM, Trevor Farrell at [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Is there a problem with the list server? > > I had to request subscription 3 times before I got a response from this list > server, and I am still waiting for a response from the newbie list server... > > Trevor When I signed up a

[expert] Linux box acces from a windows98 terminal

Samba, samba. :-( Well, in my windows box I can see using the intranet, the icon of my linux box, (I have named it in samba Linuxbox, very occurent!, isn't it But when I try to open Linuxbox, it ask me for a password :-(?? My laptop using windows is named Falcarazpor, but I don't know ho

Re: [expert] upgrade from 7.2 desktop to 8.0

ddcxinfos is your friend Ed Tharp wrote: > > I would also like to add that using a lower horizontal and vertical > frequency and screen resolution than the MAX you believe it might do un less > you are absolutely positive the monitor can handle it. you can easily (voice > of experience here) toa

[expert] ximian 1.4 - evolution and Mandrake 7.2

Has anyone out there been succesfull with getting ximian 1.4 and evolution onto a mandrake 7.2 machine. I got the redcarpet installer, did the install and got ximian to work, minus a few packages that will not install, like gimp. Anyway according to ximian I should have a channel called evolu

Re: [expert] Swat configuration: Solved

Forget it, I found that Swat it is avalaible in the MDK 8 menues, and runs fine. ^_^ El Dom 06 May 2001 11:25, escribiste: > Dear Folks, > I am trying to configure samba in a computer with MDK 8.0 and I have a > problem ( I suppose I'll will have more, now I just starting). > Under kernel

[expert] samba

>Hi ! >I have a domain called EMAGIN, composed of NT workstations and an NT server >called SERVER1.In one of the NT workstations, i have also installed linux >mandrake7.2 in a partition. This machine is called kaoutar. > >I've installed Samba in it, and tried to join the EMAGIN domain, letting >SE

Re: [expert] Swat configuration

At 11:25 AM 5/6/2001 -0400, Francisco Alcaraz Ariza wrote: >Dear Folks, >I am trying to configure samba in a computer with MDK 8.0 and I have a >problem ( I suppose I'll will have more, now I just starting). >Under kernel 2.2.x to acced at SWAT we had to add some lines in the file >/etc/inet.conf

Re: [expert] Monitoring UDP

Mitch, Thanks, I'll give that a try also! Randy Kramer Mitch Thompson wrote: > A nifty utility I have been playing with for the past few weeks is called > ngrep. It is a grep for your network link. You give it an expression and an > interface, and it starts sniffing. Worth looking at, anyway

[expert] Bug in KDE-2.1.1 HTML-Index generating

Hoi Folks, don't know if you already had this problem. but if you generate the Help-Files index in the KDe Control-Center/Help/index, the System tends to go crazy: Means, it generates an Endless File-List. This is caused by a linked-Link - e.g. a link pointing to itself. All you have to make h

[expert] Samba 2.0.8 - Error

I have been struggling with the exact same problem. I got it to work just yesterday. I looked in /var/log/samba/X.log (X) being the netbios name for the machine that was trying to connect) and found an err pertaining to trying to access /root/tmp. So I changed permissions on the /root

[newbie]

Hi ! I have a domain called EMAGIN, composed of NT workstations and an NT server called SERVER1.In one of the NT workstations, i have also installed linux mandrake7.2 in a partition. This machine is called kaoutar. I've installed Samba in it, and tried to join the EMAGIN domain, letting SERVER

Re: [expert] Internet connection broken

I would say... " open case, move sound card and network card to different PCI slots, close case and reboot, go into BOIS and disable P_N_P aware OS, boot into LINUX, , As root, run linuxconfig, from a console, and set up hardware and networking from there. then see what's up... maybe you have not

[newbie] RPM

Hi! what does RPM stands for ? what's the difference between RPM and binary ? Thanks _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

[newbie] smbwrapper in samba 2.0.7!

Hi! How can i get smbwrapper? i'm using samba 2.0.7 RPM! Thanks _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

[expert] MS -frome the horses...mouth, or other end??

thought you all would like to see what is the "official MS" thoughts about LINUX etc... http://www.microsoft.com/presspass/exec/craig/05-03sharedsource.asp

[expert] LM 8.0 and Ensonique SoundscapeVIVO

My Ensonique SoundscapeVIVO sound card, which works perfectly under LM 7.2, behaves strangely under LM 8.0 It is not detected by HardDrake, so I use sndconfig to install it. Sndconfig, however, does not offer the correct mpu401 settings, so I edit /etc/modules.conf to the correct values later

[expert] Mailing list problem

Is there a problem with the list server? I had to request subscription 3 times before I got a response from this list server, and I am still waiting for a response from the newbie list server... Trevor

[newbie] resolution && lmhots !

Hi! is it normal to have lomhosts and hosts filled only with 127.0.0.1 localhost? Thanks _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

[newbie] Mounting linux files from windows?

Hi! Is it possible to access linux shared files from while logging in windows ? THanks _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com.

[expert] Lilo Dual-Boot Configuration Trick -- Instructions

Dear friends: Here is a lilo trick taught me by one of our premier gurus. PROBLEM: How do you configure lilo to handle a dual-boot Linux/Windows system, where Windows is NOT on the first drive (hda) but on the second or third (hdb or hdc). In my case, I have a system with Linux installed on hda

Re: [expert] upgrade from 7.2 desktop to 8.0

I would also like to add that using a lower horizontal and vertical frequency and screen resolution than the MAX you believe it might do un less you are absolutely positive the monitor can handle it. you can easily (voice of experience here) toast your monitor by over resolution or freq in X -

[expert] How to print on Novell network from Linux?

Hi I would like to print from Linux (mandrake) to Novell (netware 5.1). What is the information should I put in the configuration file? (full distinguished printer name? or the Novell server IP?...) Any idea? Thanks Vick _ G

[expert] Swat configuration

Dear Folks, I am trying to configure samba in a computer with MDK 8.0 and I have a problem ( I suppose I'll will have more, now I just starting). Under kernel 2.2.x to acced at SWAT we had to add some lines in the file /etc/inet.conf like this: swat stream tcp nowati.400 root /usr/local/samba/

Re: [expert] Internet connection broken, + dmesg output

> > > > The other day I was annoyed to find that AT&T @Home cable had changed > my > > IP > > > > address without my knowledge. I played around in Linuxconf and > > > DrakProfile > > > > to change system settings to reflect that. Next time I booted up, my > > > > internet connection di