RE: [expert] Kernel 2.4.7

2001-09-08 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Still don't know what you are talking about... Here's a printout... [opjose@bluebox opjose]$ su Password: [root@bluebox opjose]# uname -a Linux bluebox..com 2.4.8-18mdk #1 Tue Sep 4 10:08:58 EDT 2001 i686 unknown [root@bluebox opjose]# ps -aux | grep Z USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ

[expert] Help needed please

2001-09-08 Thread kompukit
I just bought a new system from my company... it's a PII 400 mhz, 128 mg Ram, with 9.1 SCSI HDD Compaq DeskPro EN workstation with a BIOS rompac of 4-14-98 my old system...has a 20 gig HDD from Maxtor IDE I currently have win98 2nd edition FULL version installed... and I wish to utilize the 20

[expert] troels.rsync5.pl release.

2001-09-08 Thread Ron Stodden
Notice to all. troels.rsync5.pl (a Perl script) is an rsync-based free GPL program customised for efficiently and quickly downloading Mandrake trees and iso images. It has the following features over and above raw rsync to speed things up considerably: 1. Local files that match the server

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread joy_ping
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Ron Johnson wrote: Moving from mdk7.2 to 8.0 required a complete reinstall to make sure no ghosts from the past remain to cause problems. this is a mandrake thing i think. cause they have some misteries directory organisation, and they changed it so hard, that it is

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread Michael D. Viron
At 05:01 PM 09/08/2001 +0200, joy_ping wrote: On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Ron Johnson wrote: Moving from mdk7.2 to 8.0 required a complete reinstall to make sure no ghosts from the past remain to cause problems. this is a mandrake thing i think. cause they have some misteries directory

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Michael D. Viron« am 2001-09-08 um 11:38:30 -0500 : work with a Mandrake 7.2 install. What moved directories? As far as I remember there have been no directory changes since 7.0 --the libraries may That's not true. Directory structure nowadays is much more compliant to LSB.

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Saturday 08 September 2001 00:43, you wrote: The constantly changing APIs/libraries. Moving from mdk7.2 to 8.0 required a complete reinstall to make sure no ghosts from the past remain to cause problems. This is because massive amounts of upgraded libraries were introduced, and many

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread etharp
makes you wonder tho.. since dos is gone why not release the source freely? hmmm, maybe some secrets in the closet? better to burn down the neighborhood than to have the skeleton found? On Saturday 08 September 2001 13:09, you had thoughts to the concept of: On Saturday 08 September 2001

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.7

2001-09-08 Thread J. Craig Woods
Jose M. Sanchez wrote: Still don't know what you are talking about... Here's a printout... [opjose@bluebox opjose]$ su Password: [root@bluebox opjose]# uname -a Linux bluebox..com 2.4.8-18mdk #1 Tue Sep 4 10:08:58 EDT 2001 i686 unknown [root@bluebox opjose]# ps -aux | grep

Re: [expert] alias?

2001-09-08 Thread Tom Walsh
Michael Holt wrote: Hello all you experts out there! I just started attending a local linux users group which meets once a month. Last month I learned about using aliases; ll instead of ls -l. I just had my appendix out and so I've had to miss today's meeting and I was hoping that

Re: [expert] alias?

2001-09-08 Thread Michael Holt
Thank you so much Tom! It's funny how logical things can seem after you hear the correct answer! Mike Tom Walsh wrote: Michael Holt wrote: Hello all you experts out there! I just started attending a local linux users group which meets once a month. Last month I learned about using aliases;

Re: [expert] alias?

2001-09-08 Thread Tom Walsh
Michael Holt wrote: Thank you so much Tom! It's funny how logical things can seem after you hear the correct answer! Also, do a 'man alias' for how it works. TomW -- Tom Walsh - WN3L - Embedded Systems Consultant http://openhardware.net, http://cyberiansoftware.com Windows? No thanks,

Re: [expert] alias?

2001-09-08 Thread jipe
Michael Holt wrote: Hello all you experts out there! I just started attending a local linux users group which meets once a month. Last month I learned about using aliases; ll instead of ls -l. I just had my appendix out and so I've had to miss today's meeting and I was hoping that

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread John Haywood
On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:43, you wrote: Just recently, I upgraded from KDE 2.1.1 to 2.2.  *Definitely* not something that non-geeks would ever contemplate or be able to do.  Noone could contemplate it on a dial-up line. poohba!!! Not only have I upgraded to KDE 2.2 via modem, but have also

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread Muzza
On Sun, 9 Sep 2001 07:37, you wrote: On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:43, you wrote: Just recently, I upgraded from KDE 2.1.1 to 2.2.  *Definitely* not something that non-geeks would ever contemplate or be able to do.  Noone could contemplate it on a dial-up line. poohba!!! Not only have I

[expert] What is making a file called cleaned?

2001-09-08 Thread George Petri
[root@tux350 /]# ll total 152 drwxr-xr-x2 root root 4096 Jul 26 02:35 bin/ drwxr-xr-x3 root root 4096 Sep 6 16:40 boot/ -rw-r--r--1 root root0 Sep 5 16:52 cleaned drwxr-xr-x 10 root root98304 Sep 6 16:52 dev/ drwxr-xr-x 59

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread C.H. Close
Ron Johnson wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 The constantly changing APIs/libraries. Moving from mdk7.2 to 8.0 required a complete reinstall to make sure no ghosts from the past remain to cause problems. This is because massive amounts of upgraded libraries were

[expert] Su problems within KDE

2001-09-08 Thread Mark Chou
I can't seem to su from graphical consoles within KDE. I always get a File size limit exceeded error. (kdesu also doesn't work; dialog reports conversation with su failed.) I _can_ however, successfully su on text-based consoles (i.e. I'm not using X locally). About the only thing I did

Re: [expert] alias?

2001-09-08 Thread Gary A. Garibaldi
The file alias.sh is located in /etc/profile.d/ if your using LM8.0 On Saturday 08 September 2001 14:55 pm, you wrote: Michael Holt wrote: Hello all you experts out there! I just started attending a local linux users group which meets once a month. Last month I learned about using

Re: [expert] alias?

2001-09-08 Thread Michael Holt
Thank you. I've found that to be the case (mdk 8.1b3), but I'm not sure where some of the entries are coming from when I type 'alias' at the command line. Gary A. Garibaldi wrote: The file alias.sh is located in /etc/profile.d/ if your using LM8.0 On Saturday 08 September 2001 14:55 pm, you

[expert] Cannot startx

2001-09-08 Thread John W
I have upgraded to XFree86 4.1 via mandrake update. when I try to startx from run level 3 as a user i recieve the error, authentication failed-cannot start X server. Perhpas you do not have console ownership? This started becasue I wanted to isntall tux typing which required libSDL1.2,

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread mike
C.H. You appear to have your head in the sand. I love Linux, I love it more than I tolerate Windows, but changes must be made. This is because I eschew a world run by Microsoft, not because I advocate it. I should be able to *upgrade* to another version of Linux, not because Windows can do

Re: [expert] Cannot startx

2001-09-08 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Saturday 08 September 2001 21:26, you wrote: I have upgraded to XFree86 4.1 via mandrake update. when I try to startx from run level 3 as a user i recieve the error, authentication failed-cannot start X server. Perhpas you do not have console ownership? This started becasue I wanted to

RE: [expert] Cannot startx

2001-09-08 Thread Alan N.
I had the same kinda thing with mdk 7.1. Typing xhost + localhost in a term fixed stuff. Never *did* figure out EXACTLY what was happening.. Love Linux.. Just got SOOO much to learn. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Sergio P.Korlowsky

[expert] alias?

2001-09-08 Thread Michael Holt
Hello all you experts out there! I just started attending a local linux users group which meets once a month. Last month I learned about using aliases; ll instead of ls -l. I just had my appendix out and so I've had to miss today's meeting and I was hoping that someone here could refresh my

[expert] Rpm rebuild

2001-09-08 Thread Bill R
I just installed Linux Mandrake 8.1 beta 3 and now rpm gives me the following error when trying to rebuild rpms. rpm -bb --target=i586 specfile.spec --target=i586: unknown option I have spechelper installed. Any other ideas on what I need to install? Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread civileme
On Saturday 08 September 2001 12:38, Michael D. Viron wrote: At 05:01 PM 09/08/2001 +0200, joy_ping wrote: On Sat, 8 Sep 2001, Ron Johnson wrote: Moving from mdk7.2 to 8.0 required a complete reinstall to make sure no ghosts from the past remain to cause problems. this is a mandrake

Re: [expert] Su problems within KDE

2001-09-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 September 2001 07:58 pm, Mark Chou wrote: I can't seem to su from graphical consoles within KDE. I always get a File size limit exceeded error. (kdesu also doesn't work; dialog reports conversation with su failed.) I _can_

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 08 September 2001 06:37 pm, John Haywood wrote: On Sat, 8 Sep 2001 15:43, you wrote: Just recently, I upgraded from KDE 2.1.1 to 2.2.  *Definitely* not something that non-geeks would ever contemplate or be able to do.  Noone could

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I must agree with mike. The only reason to use the same s/w for 3 years is if it's adequate. For the wife's limited needs, Win98 O97 are adequate. IE4 was not. IE5 was not. IE5.5 is. However, I've installed new programs like digital camera

RE: [expert] Cannot startx

2001-09-08 Thread John W
Entering xhost +localhost added the localhost without problem but I still cannot startx from the console as user. root access only. I am stuck here with what to do. I have ran the software mgr. as it is called and notice that X4.03 is still listed as installed along with X 4.1. I know that X

[expert] upgrading a remote linux system

2001-09-08 Thread Ron Johnson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, all. Only after looking at LDP and Google did I decided to write this, so if you know of a fsking manual for me to read, I'd love to of hear it! (Programs like rsync don't sound like they could update *everything*.) Say I have box1 box2.