[expert] mdk-8 with 2.2.19 - wrong module version

2001-07-02 Thread stephen
i have legacy ISA & PCI modules, but wish to use mdk8. i thought that selecting 2.2.19 would have been sufficient, but trying to insmod gives me compiled for 2.4.3 message. over-riding with -f allows the modules to load and be used. i copied the kernel source tree into /usr/src/linux for the hea

Re: [expert] odd reboots

2001-07-02 Thread Paul Cox
On Monday, Jul 02, 2001, Julia A. Case wrote: > I have a production server co-located in California (I live in NY so it's > not easy to get local access, I do this since my company co-locates it > for free!) Sometimes it re-boots for no apprarent reason, I can't find Rolling blackouts? =) M

Re: [expert] kernel

2001-07-02 Thread mike
On Saturday 30 June 2001 20:10, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > On Sun, Jul 01, 2001 at 01:55 +0200, Maxim Heijndijk wrote: > > The source for LM-8.0 is not clean. Do a "make mrproper" before doing > > anything else. > > This is just one step further on my way, thank you! > > Kernel-compiling-related: >

[expert] Re: Re[2]: [save] ppp help needed

2001-07-02 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Rusty Carruth wrote: :)"Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: :)> On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Maxim Heijndijk wrote: :)> :)> :)* Stardate: 2001-07-01 19:48 :)> :)* Incoming subspace signal from "Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :)> :) :)> :)> I wrote up a chat sc

Re: [expert] Another MD 8.0 issue

2001-07-02 Thread mike
On Monday 02 July 2001 11:05, Praedor Tempus wrote: > I just installed MD 8.0 again on my laptop. I use kde and it works fine > but there is a small annoyance that I would like to make go away forever. > > My kde menu contains an extraneous file icon that contains kcontrol in it. > There is also

Re: [expert] Tape Backup

2001-07-02 Thread Andrew George
On Tue, 3 Jul 2001 08:36, DStevenson wrote: > On Sunday 01 July 2001 15:16, David E. Fox wrote: > > > backup in order to re-instate my old system from tape. I would always > > > backup the directories /root and /home, but if I restored say /usr, > > > would I have all my old programs again...this

RE: [expert] Laptop fun and games...not.

2001-07-02 Thread David Joham
Are you sure you're using the release copy of Mandrake 8? I had a similar problem with PCMCIA with one of the pre-releases but the shipping version has worked just fine for me. David -Original Message- From: Praedor Tempus [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 8:57 AM T

[expert] Laptop fun and games...not.

2001-07-02 Thread Praedor Tempus
Just yesterday (Sunday) I used my IBM Thinkpad running MD 8.0 to try (unsuccessfully) to unlock my desktop system running 8.0 + some cooker stuff after the game, "Terminus" locked up the desktop HARD. It was working perfectly at the time, pcmcia and all. After failing to recover my desktop I

[expert] Another MD 8.0 issue

2001-07-02 Thread Praedor Tempus
I just installed MD 8.0 again on my laptop. I use kde and it works fine but there is a small annoyance that I would like to make go away forever. My kde menu contains an extraneous file icon that contains kcontrol in it. There is also the normal kcontrol icon in the main kde menu. If I enter

[expert] cdrecord won't

2001-07-02 Thread Laura Conrad
I'm trying to run cdrecord 1.10 on Mandrake 8, and it keeps complaining about the arguments I give it, although I'm telling it exactly what cdrecord -scanbus tells me. I get: [root@serpent mstation]# cdrecord -dummy dev=0,6,0 cdimage.fromcdread Cdrecord 1.10 (i586-mandrake-linux-gnu) Copyright (

[expert] Fw: hacker-friendly Windows XP!

2001-07-02 Thread pablito
-Original Message- From: pablito <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:15 AM Subject: hacker-friendly Windows XP! >Forwarding this message of interest in which a Windows programmer had to >switch to a unix-based news server because

Re: [expert] MD 8.0 Who's logged on?

2001-07-02 Thread Leonardo T. de Carvalho
Some .. =o) w who -- Leonardo T. de Carvalho Ibiz Tecnologia Frase aleatória: "Westheimer's Discovery: A couple of months in the laboratory can frequently save a couple of hours in the library. "

Re: [expert] MD 8.0 Who's logged on?

2001-07-02 Thread Rusty Carruth
"Dave Peat" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 X-GWTYPE:USER FN:Peat, Dave EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-GWUSERID:PEATDA ORG:;N410 N:Peat;Dave TEL;WORK:(435)863-4105 TITLE:31257 END:VCARD > Is there a command that will show all users currantly logged on to the sy

[expert] MD 8.0 Who's logged on?

2001-07-02 Thread Dave Peat
Is there a command that will show all users currantly logged on to the system? Thanks, Dave Registered Linux User #184784 BEGIN:VCARD VERSION:2.1 X-GWTYPE:USER FN:Peat, Dave EMAIL;WORK;PREF;NGW:[EMAIL PROTECTED] X-GWUSERID:PEATDA ORG:;N410 N:Peat;Dave TEL;WORK:(435)863-4105 TITLE:31257 END:VCA

RE: [expert] Switched to ATI Xpert2000; now Xwindows won't start

2001-07-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Steve Browne > Sent: Monday, July 02, 2001 11:27 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: [expert] Switched to ATI Xpert2000; now Xwindows won't start > > > I switched my video card from an ATI Xpert

Re: [expert] Tape Backup

2001-07-02 Thread DStevenson
On Sunday 01 July 2001 15:16, David E. Fox wrote: > > backup in order to re-instate my old system from tape. I would always > > backup the directories /root and /home, but if I restored say /usr, > > would I have all my old programs again...this is what I would like, but > > is this correct. > >

[expert] RE: [newbie] CGI

2001-07-02 Thread Dave Peat
ASP - Yes, with ChilisoftASP, http://www.chilisoft.net/Dave>>> "Philip Mayer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 07/02/01 10:44AM >>>Try PHP: http://www.php.netI think you can use ASP too ... but I don't know how ... anyone ?phil-Original Message-From: [EMAIL PROTECTED][mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On

Re: [expert] odd reboots

2001-07-02 Thread civileme
On Monday 02 July 2001 14:33, Julia A. Case wrote: > I have a production server co-located in California (I live in NY > so it's not easy to get local access, I do this since my company > co-locates it for free!) Sometimes it re-boots for no apprarent > reason, I can't find anything in the logs t

Re: [expert] odd reboots

2001-07-02 Thread Andre LABBE
When you say reboot do you mean shutdown/reboot or 'reset'/reboot. If it is the second case you can have a main power problem or earth problem. I have seen systems rebooting themself with 'spike' on the main supply or when connected a Serial cable with earth problem or even static electricity when

Re: [expert] Config file provided with Mandrake 8.0?

2001-07-02 Thread Rusty Carruth
Steve Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's a question that should affect a lot of people. Suppose I want > to recompile the kernel, 2.4.3-xxx, that came with Mandrake 8.0. > Suppose I just want to change ONE item, enabled, disable, load as > module. > > When I "make config" on the supplied

Re: Re[2]: [expert] ppp help needed

2001-07-02 Thread Hoyt
On Monday 02 July 2001 10:30 am, you methodically organized electrons to state: > > it there and disable 'usepeerdns' in /etc/ppp/options. > > Disabling usepeerdns may make things better or worse, depending. Try it > both ways and use the way that works ;-) (how's THAT for a scientific > metho

Re: [expert] MD 8 - WEBMIN

2001-07-02 Thread Craig Sprout
At 08:10 AM 7/2/2001 -0600, Dave Peat wrote: >Hello, >I am trying to get webmin to run, but it will not. I open the browser, >type http://localhost:1/ and I get: Try https://localhost:1/ Webmin runs over a secure connection. HTH. --- Craig Sprout Network Adm

[Fwd: Re: [expert] RE: [Expert] How to fix an X lockup]

2001-07-02 Thread Andre LABBE
Sorry if I was not clear enough. If you want to use telnet, you need another PC, and network setup to connect to the 'lock one'. If you can ping it and did enable telnet server before to run the 'doggy' program, you should be able to logon as you then do 'su' enter the root pwd, and now you can ps

[expert] cron job runs twice

2001-07-02 Thread David Horky
Hello, I have problems with some cron jobs on Mandrake 7.2. Sometimes - once, twice a week, but not regularly, some of the cron jobs are run more then once. it is especially annoying during log-rotating. here is the example of cron log which demonstrates is well - cron.daily jobs are excuted twic

[expert] Switched to ATI Xpert2000; now Xwindows won't start

2001-07-02 Thread Steve Browne
I switched my video card from an ATI Xpert98 (8Mb PCI) to an Xpert2000 (32Mb AGP). Prior to this, Mandrake 8.0 was running fine. Now Xwindows won't start. First I get an error message during the GUI bootup at the point of running harddrake: "Checking for new hardware: Failed to open terminal." T

Re: [expert] cron job runs twice

2001-07-02 Thread Rusty Carruth
David Horky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello, > > I have problems with some cron jobs on Mandrake 7.2. Sometimes - once, twice a > week, but not regularly, some of the cron jobs are run more then once. it is > especially annoying during log-rotating. here is the example of cron log which > demo

Re: [expert] MD 8 - WEBMIN

2001-07-02 Thread Dave Peat
Thanks!   That was it! Dave Registered Linux User # 184784>>> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 07/02/01 08:27AM >>> You now need to use https://localhost:1 rather than the http you tried.   Hope that helps.   Regards.   Nick. - Original Message - From: Dave Peat To: < Sent: Mo

Re: [expert] Help with Install

2001-07-02 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
* Stardate: 2001-07-01 22:15 * Incoming subspace signal from "Bruce E.Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > Last night we installed Mandrake 8.0 on a friend's computer. He does > not have a CDROM drive, but he does have a cable modem, so we tried > the network install. That is, we booted from a network

Re: [expert] MD 8 - WEBMIN

2001-07-02 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
* Stardate: 2001-07-02 08:10 * Incoming subspace signal from Dave Peat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > Hello, > I am trying to get webmin to run, but it will not. I open the browser, type >http://localhost:1/ and I get: > Netscape: Error > A network error occured while Netscape was receiving data.

Re[2]: [expert] How to fix an X lockup?

2001-07-02 Thread Rusty Carruth
"Praedor S. Tempus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thank you, I forget I have that app. I will try it next time. > > I suppose that since no one has offered a suggestion, that I really am left > with having to reboot the system rather than restarting X? Having to reboot > the system leaves a ba

[expert] odd reboots

2001-07-02 Thread Julia A. Case
I have a production server co-located in California (I live in NY so it's not easy to get local access, I do this since my company co-locates it for free!) Sometimes it re-boots for no apprarent reason, I can't find anything in the logs to help understand why... It was up for over a month st

[expert] MD 8 - WEBMIN

2001-07-02 Thread Dave Peat
Hello, I am trying to get webmin to run, but it will not.  I open the browser, type http://localhost:1/ and I get: Netscape: Error A network error occured while Netscape was receiving data. (Network Error: Connection reset by peer) Try connectiong again.   I have two lines (among many oth

Re: [expert] RE: [Expert] How to fix an X lockup

2001-07-02 Thread Chris Spackman
On Mon, Jul 02, 2001 at 06:45:09AM -0600, Praedor S. Tempus wrote: > I will try the Alt-SysRq-K option and/or the Ctrl-Alt-SysRq-B combos next > time but... > > I am not certain that even this will do anything since when Terminus goes > down, it appears that keyboard and mouse input are no long

Re: [expert] RE: [Expert] How to fix an X lockup

2001-07-02 Thread Praedor S. Tempus
I will try the Alt-SysRq-K option and/or the Ctrl-Alt-SysRq-B combos next time but... I am not certain that even this will do anything since when Terminus goes down, it appears that keyboard and mouse input are no longer accepted - a really major X crash. I am not even able to do a Ctrl-Alt-F

Re: [expert] ppp help needed

2001-07-02 Thread Christopher W. Aiken
On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Maxim Heijndijk wrote: :)* Stardate: 2001-07-01 19:48 :)* Incoming subspace signal from "Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : :) :)> I wrote up a chat script and fired it up. The logfile below :)> shows that I got connected, but I can't "ping" anything. :)> I don't see

Re: [expert] Resizing / partition

2001-07-02 Thread Turgut Kalfaoglu
Partition Magic 5 can resize Linux partitions as well. I use it quite often, for exactly the same reason. -turgut -- EgeNet Internet Services: http://www.egenet.com.tr All of Turkey Online: http://find.egenet.com.tr

Re: [expert] RAS on Linux

2001-07-02 Thread Effendy Kho
The simplest way is to use portslave. http://portslave.linuxrouter.org I have 32 ports dialup server using the Cyclom card (http://www.cyclades.com) if you need more than 2 ports. works fine with or without radius server. Regards, Ase On Monday 02 July 2001 18:31, Edson Donizete do Amaral wr

[expert] RE: [Expert] How to fix an X lockup

2001-07-02 Thread Andre LABBE
HI If you run some software which you know will hang X, One thing work really well for me is to enable the telnet server. In case of problem I connect through telnet and I can kill the proccess or restart X. Now for the DIY people there is an Hw/Sw solution. THis solution date back from OS/2 wh

[expert] Help with Install

2001-07-02 Thread Bruce E.Harris
Last night we installed Mandrake 8.0 on a friend's computer. He does not have a CDROM drive, but he does have a cable modem, so we tried the network install. That is, we booted from a network.img floppy and went through the whole program. It mostly worked, but we had a few problems. Because all we

Re: [expert] ppp help needed

2001-07-02 Thread Maxim Heijndijk
* Stardate: 2001-07-01 19:48 * Incoming subspace signal from "Christopher W. Aiken" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> : > I wrote up a chat script and fired it up. The logfile below > shows that I got connected, but I can't "ping" anything. > I don't seem to be able to pick up my /etc/resolv.conf file. > What