Re: [expert] Testing mouse wheel

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Poslavsky
On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 08:30:47 -0400 (EDT) Laurent Duperval <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 17 Sep, Moses Backman III wrote: > >> i couldn't get it to work either with LM8.0 but BETA3 of 8.1 has it > > and it works > > great > > Hmm. Ok, I'll have to wait until I upgrade, I guess. You don't have

Re: [expert] Testing mouse wheel

2001-09-19 Thread James Sparenberg
Is imwheel running? That's needed for my wheel mouse under 8.0 James On Tue, 18 Sep 2001 14:54:43 +0200 (MEST) Gregor Maier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 18-Sep-2001 Laurent Duperval wrote: > > On 17 Sep, Moses Backman III wrote: > >>> i couldn't get it to work either with LM8.0 but BETA

RE: [expert] Sendmail Issues

2001-09-19 Thread Franki
I am assuming that you are refering to the nimda virus,, I know how to ban .exe files in postfix, don't know about sendmail sorry... maybe you should consider postfix.. easier to install, smaller to run, more secure by a long shot, and easy to add things like amavisd email virus checking too.

Re: [expert] what options was my kernel compiled with?

2001-09-19 Thread Miaoling Chiu
Your friend is xconfig, the tool for setting your kernel options. You don't have to recompile the kernel to examine the settings, just look at the menus which are very user-friendly. The menus will show whatever settings are current, either stock kernel or custom-built. When you customize the ker

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.1 RC1

2001-09-19 Thread Scott
At 07:02 PM 9/18/2001 -0400, Felix Miata wrote: >How many are typical, 3 like the betas? Seems like every time I find >time to get a Beta onto a CD a newer version is put up. I think 8.0 went to RC2 and then it was released, but our wonderful Mandrake team seems to be able to crank out code prett

Re: [expert] Sendmail Issues

2001-09-19 Thread Julio Rodriguez
I can't install postfix, I have reasons to get stick to sendmail - Original Message - From: "Franki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 6:17 AM Subject: RE: [expert] Sendmail Issues > I am assuming that you are refering to the nimda vir

Re: [expert] Broken InitSripts 6.27

2001-09-19 Thread Matthew Fletcher
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: >Hi, > >what "reproduceable bug" are you talking about, and do you have any links >to where I could read about it? http://www.reiserfs.com/download.html the big section [DANGER] about 2.4.3 kernels and reiserfs,.. apparently, the VFS has interaction bugs with the dismo

[expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Harold Hartley
Will kde 2.2.1 be one the 8.1 version come release time.. I'd hate to get a release with the kde 2.2.0 thats a bit buggy then having to download all the kde 2.2.1 and install after.. To me, thats just a waste of time as I am busy with other things.. Harold Want to buy your Pack or Services fr

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Harold Hartley« am 2001-09-19 um 10:19:59 -0400 : > Will kde 2.2.1 be one the 8.1 version come release time.. Doesn't look like. RC1 contains KDE 2.2.0. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalp

[expert] JRE 1.4 beta doesn't work with Mozilla nor Netscape

2001-09-19 Thread Jose Orlando T. Ribeiro
Hi! I was trying to use the new Sun's Java JRE 1.4beta as a plugin for Netscape 6.1 and Mozilla 0.94, but when you look at the HELP->ABOUT PLUGINS tab the Java plugin don't appear. If I choose an older version (1.31) everything goes ok... someone knows about why Netscape/Mozilla don't recognize

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Tom Badran
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 3:35 pm, you wrote: > So sprach »Harold Hartley« am 2001-09-19 um 10:19:59 -0400 : > > Will kde 2.2.1 be one the 8.1 version come release time.. > > Doesn't look like. RC1 contains KDE 2.2.0. > > Alexander Skwar RC1 contains 2.2.1 -- Tom "Tomahawk" Badran Depa

[expert] mod_ssl patch released Sep 18 broke mod_ssl

2001-09-19 Thread Paynter, Eric
Title: mod_ssl patch released Sep 18 broke mod_ssl Last night I received a notice of a security update to apache and related packages. I downloaded, MD5'd and installed the appropriate ones for my Mandrake 7.2 box - apache, apache-common, and mod_ssl. All appeared to go well until I attempted

Re: [expert] Toshiba laptops

2001-09-19 Thread Darin
Check here: http://www.linux-laptop.net/toshiba.html Their site has all kinds of good info.. Helped me get going on my Dell Laptop. - Original Message - From: "David Robertson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:49 AM Subject: [expert] Toshi

RE: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Charles A Edwards
> -Original Message- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alexander Skwar > Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 11:50 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1 > > > So sprach »Tom Badran« am 2001-09-19 um 16:40:27 +0100 : > > RC1

Fwd: Re: [expert] Single CPU to Dual CPU, what is involved in upgrading

2001-09-19 Thread DStevenson
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [expert] Single CPU to Dual CPU, what is involved in upgrading Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 17:40:45 -0400 From: DStevenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Clovis Sena <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wednesday 19 September 2001 09:54, Clovis S

[expert] kde 2.2.1

2001-09-19 Thread Harold Hartley
Does anyone know if the kde 2.2.1 will make it into the mandrake 8.1 release or will it end up with the buggy kde 2.2.0 I am just curious as I plan to upgrade my whole system with the 8.1 release. Harold Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [expert] Accessing mandrake 8.0 via console server

2001-09-19 Thread Roger Munoz
Thanks for your help !! -Original Message- From: Gregor Maier [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 18 September 2001 13:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Accessing mandrake 8.0 via console server On 18-Sep-2001 Roger Munoz wrote: > > Hello > > I would like to access mandrake

[expert] Toshiba laptops

2001-09-19 Thread David Robertson
Does anyone have any experience of LM 8 on a Satellite - I'm thinking of buying a Satellite 2800-600 and I'm a bit concerned about sound support, not that it's essential. Many thanks David Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Photo Printer Recomendations needed

2001-09-19 Thread Ric Tibbetts
All; I just picked up a decent digital camera, and now I need a photo printer to go along with it. Does anyone have any suggestions for a decent photo printer in the $200-$300 range? (spent all my money on the camera.. :) I've been looking at the following 3: Any comments/sugges

[expert] Single CPU to Dual CPU, what is involved in upgrading

2001-09-19 Thread DStevenson
Hi All, I currently have a Celeron 466 single CPU (256Mb Ram) box running Mandrake 8, Oracle8i, etc...etc. I have the option of gettting hold of another Celeron 466 chip. Does it seem cost effective to buy a dual motherboard and install this in my system? or, Would the benifits be meagre?

Re: [expert] Toshiba laptops

2001-09-19 Thread Theo Brinkman
I've got a Satellite 2805-S402, and I have sound up and working. If you decide to get the 600, I'll see what I can do about helping you. - Theo David Robertson wrote: >Does anyone have any experience of LM 8 on a Satellite - I'm thinking of buying a >Satellite 2800-600 and I'm a bit conc

Re: [expert] what options was my kernel compiled with?

2001-09-19 Thread Arthur H. Johnson II
Yes, its /boot/config. Its standard Mandrake stuff. Just copy /boot/config to /usr/src/linux/.config and run make menuconfig to parse the file to the newer kernel version. On Wed, 19 Sep 2001, Alexander Skwar wrote: > So sprach »[EMAIL PROTECTED]« am 2001-09-18 um 18:01:40 -0400 : > > I am ho

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Oh great ... just rsyncing the beta3 to update it ... What (and where) is the "proper" one (size in bytes perhaps?)? BillK On Thu, 2001-09-20 at 04:19, Tom Badran wrote: > On Wednesday 19 September 2001 4:50 pm, you wrote: > > So sprach »Tom Badran« am 2001-09-19 um 16:40:27 +0100 : > > > RC1 c

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 15:19, you wrote: > On Wednesday 19 September 2001 4:50 pm, you wrote: > > So sprach »Tom Badran« am 2001-09-19 um 16:40:27 +0100 : > > > RC1 contains 2.2.1 > > > > No, it does not. > > > > [root@teich ALT]# find /mnt -name "kdebase*rpm" > > /mnt/loop1/Mandrake/R

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Tom Badran
On Thursday 20 September 2001 12:18 am, you wrote: > Oh great ... just rsyncing the beta3 to update it ... > > What (and where) is the "proper" one (size in bytes perhaps?)? > I have no idea, they re-release RC1 very shortly after the first release cos of some major problem which i now forget. I

Re: [expert] rsync mirrors for 8.1 RC1

2001-09-19 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 07:05, you wrote: > I have just looked at some of the rsync mirrors and cannot find mdk8.1 > RC1 on the ones I normally use. Can someone list some rsync mirrors for > this version please. > > BillK I know of a couple places that support rsync and I use myself: ftp

Re: [expert] rsync mirrors for 8.1 RC1

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Sergio P.Korlowsky« am 2001-09-19 um 10:47:33 -0500 : > On Wednesday 19 September 2001 07:05, you wrote: > > I have just looked at some of the rsync mirrors and cannot find mdk8.1 > > RC1 on the ones I normally use. Can someone list some rsync mirrors for > > this version please. > > >

Re: [expert] path in /etc/profile

2001-09-19 Thread Sridhar Govindarajulu
I tried rebooting my system and still the same. - Original Message - From: "Alexander Skwar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 3:09 PM Subject: Re: [expert] path in /etc/profile So sprach »Sridhar Govindarajulu« am 2001-09-19 um 14:44:51 -0

Re: [expert] KDE 2.2.1

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Gary A. Garibaldi« am 2001-09-19 um 11:34:20 -0700 : > Does anyone know if Mandrake is going to provide an KDE 2.2.1 update or > should I just download the source and go from there? I doubt that they will provide KDE 2.2.1 for older distributions. They never did something like this u

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Tom Badran« am 2001-09-19 um 21:19:15 +0100 : > There are actually 2 versions of RC1 across the mirrors, the proper one does > contain it Ah, does it? I'm still getting the RC1 SE, so I can't tell yet. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Tom Badran« am 2001-09-19 um 16:40:27 +0100 : > RC1 contains 2.2.1 No, it does not. [root@teich ALT]# find /mnt -name "kdebase*rpm" /mnt/loop1/Mandrake/RPMS/kdebase-devel-2.2-64mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/loop1/Mandrake/RPMS/kdebase-nsplugins-2.2-64mdk.i586.rpm /mnt/loop1/Mandrake/RPMS/kdeb

[expert] xsetbg fails on Mandrake 8.0

2001-09-19 Thread Richard -Gilligan- Uschold
I recently installed Mandrake 8.0 and it is missing a feature I liked in 7.0. Namely, the Symmetrical Mirrored wallpaper background mode, on KDE. So, I figured I just use xv to set my background image, but N, KDE overwrites the xroot image with it's own background. I tried Gnome, but it doe

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread hardcorepush
linux is not vulnerable to this nasty little guy. it exploits IIS and outlook vulnerabilites, is spread like code red and by outlook mail. MS bites it again On Thu, 20 Sep 2001 11:42:16 +1000 "Brett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I've read some posts from other lists that from dists of Linux c

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Michael D. Viron
Brett, To the best of my knowledge, no linux distribution is vulnerable to the Nimba virus. It tries to infect you via 4 different methods: 1. E-mail - since you can't run .exe / .com / .pif files under linux (except under wine) you are not susceptible to them. If you have users connecting fr

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1

2001-09-19 Thread Bill Thompson
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/ reports that mandrake 8.1 rc1 has been upgraded to include KDE 2.2.1 on Mandrake sites. Apparently, no change in the filename was used. Bill On Wednesday 19 September 2001 20:21, you wrote: > Does anyone know if the kde 2.2.1 will make it into the mandrake 8.1 > re

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 20:42, you wrote: > I've read some posts from other lists that from dists of Linux can be > vulnerable to this new "nimda" virus. > > Should I have any concern? > > I'm running 7.2 and 8.0 > > > Regards, > Brett > > Nop... its aimed to harm Win_M$ systems ;-) same

[expert] filescan for root kits?

2001-09-19 Thread Franki
Hi all, I have amavisd and postfix and filescan setup to block all viri that are in emails,, I just tested it with Nimda, and it found the file even if it was hidden in a zip with the extension renamed.. (much better then the windows version which didn't detect it if the extension was changed to

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Tom Badran
On Thursday 20 September 2001 3:27 am, you wrote: > One post said that Samba (emulating windows file sharing) is vulnerable. This is not true. Only publicly writeable samba shares are vunerable, and only the data stored within the share is (and is vunerable without the worm anway). So as the wo

[expert] Mdk 8.0 and trying to compile new kernel?

2001-09-19 Thread Leif Madsen
OK.. I have tried to upgrade my kernel in Mandrake 8.0 about 5 times now, and I just can't get the damn thing to go in correctly.. something always fails, or doesn't work (internet being the main one) and then it's no longer stable.   I have done it with 2.4.7 and 2.4.9 and neither works.  M

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Brett
Okay then ... big question. How do I ensure my shares are not publicly writable? This probably should be in the newbie list :) Regards, Brett - Original Message - From: "Tom Badran" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:57 PM Subject: Re: [

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Joseph Braddock
You need to scan for *.nws files, too. Micro$oft has service packs and patches out for versions of IE prior to 6. Unfortunately, applying them will break the ability to use netscape plugins with IE (i.e. quicktime, etc). Ironically, M$ has a technical document on the plugins being disabled.

[expert] Replacement for lynx -dump?

2001-09-19 Thread Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I need to fetch a specific URL in a cron job.. but I need it NOT to report an error if it can't get to the URL. I've been using lynx -dump, but it sends root an email each and every time it fails.. I need something that shuts up on errors! Any suggestions? Bob Want to buy your Pa

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Tom Badran
On Thursday 20 September 2001 4:24 am, you wrote: > Okay then ... big question. > > How do I ensure my shares are not publicly writable? If your not sure, then they probably are not - its harder to set them that way. I have never been able to set up a writable share in samba (although i havent

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Charles A Edwards« am 2001-09-19 um 13:51:00 -0400 : > The initially uploaded ISOs for RC1 did include kde-2.2-64 > but the ISOs which where done to fix the installer and Aurora > problem contain kde-2.2-1. Well, I'm sure there's just a typo, but the fixed RC1's contain kde*-2.2.1-1mdk

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Dave Sherman« am 2001-09-19 um 22:18:02 -0500 : > Au contrair, Linux can be susceptible to this, if you are running Samba > with guest-accessible shares. Nimba will try to exploit any SMB network > shares, and create a *.eml file in every directory it can access. I know Well, yes, of c

Re: [expert] path in /etc/profile

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Sridhar Govindarajulu« am 2001-09-19 um 18:12:17 -0700 : > I tried rebooting my system and still the same. Did you export the PATH after you changed it? Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.digitalpr

Re: [expert] Replacement for lynx -dump?

2001-09-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Bob Puff@NLE« am 2001-09-19 um 23:35:21 -0400 : > Hello, > > I need to fetch a specific URL in a cron job.. but I need it NOT to > report an error if it can't get to the URL. I've been using lynx -dump, > but it sends root an email each and every time it fails.. I need > something

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Gregor Maier
On 20-Sep-2001 Tom Badran wrote: > On Thursday 20 September 2001 4:24 am, you wrote: >> Okay then ... big question. >> >> How do I ensure my shares are not publicly writable? > > If your not sure, then they probably are not - its harder to set them that > way. I have never been able to set up a

Re: [expert] path in /etc/profile

2001-09-19 Thread Sridhar Govindarajulu
Yes, i had expoted the path Sridhar - Original Message - From: "Alexander Skwar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, September 19, 2001 10:51 PM Subject: Re: [expert] path in /etc/profile So sprach »Sridhar Govindarajulu« am 2001-09-19 um 18:12:17 -0700 : > I

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread David Guntner
Brett grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > I've read some posts from other lists that from dists of Linux can be > vulnerable to this new "nimda" virus. > > Should I have any concern? You're not vunerable from the stand point of a Windows virus/worm infecting a Linux system. However, I've read at

Re: [expert] Single CPU to Dual CPU, what is involved in upgrading

2001-09-19 Thread Guy McArthur
> I am not in a position where the box is screaming out for an upgrade, but > when I have 2 vmware sessions, Oracle, proxy, NFS daemons running etc, etc it > begins to creak a little. It would be nice to get some feedback from people > that have been in a similar position and see what upgrade path

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Tom Badran
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 4:50 pm, you wrote: > So sprach »Tom Badran« am 2001-09-19 um 16:40:27 +0100 : > > RC1 contains 2.2.1 > > No, it does not. > > [root@teich ALT]# find /mnt -name "kdebase*rpm" > /mnt/loop1/Mandrake/RPMS/kdebase-devel-2.2-64mdk.i586.rpm > /mnt/loop1/Mandrake/RPMS/k

[expert] upgrade from 8.0 to 8.1 query

2001-09-19 Thread bascule
hi, when i upgraded a few months ago from a stock 8.0 to freq2 i found that icons and menus for kde were messed up, i think it was due to a different directory name for menu icons? /usr/share/applnk-mdk as opposed to /usr/share/applnk? anyway, has anyone upgraded from stock 8.0 to any of the 8

[expert] path in /etc/profile

2001-09-19 Thread Sridhar Govindarajulu
I set my path in /etc/profile, opened another console and the path is not being set. ANy reason why it is not set? Cheers Sridhar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Tom Badran
(I think I'll install from cooker) ;o) May as well, its virtually no different to RC1 at all, i think it has one fix for LVMs or something, which is only a minor one anyway -- Tom "Tomahawk" Badran Department of Computing, Imperial College Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeS

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Brett
One post said that Samba (emulating windows file sharing) is vulnerable. Regards, Brett - Original Message - From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, September 20, 2001 12:06 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Nimda linux is not vulnerable to this nasty little guy. it

Re: [expert] IBM PC Camera

2001-09-19 Thread Asheesh Laroia
*Always* use "modprobe" instead of "insmod". Modprobe first checks for dependencies, insmods those, and then insmods the module you asked for. Likely, there's some related module that needs to be installed. Just use: modprobe ibmcam Hope this helps! (Just a warning: if you *know* you want to

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Dave Sherman
Au contrair, Linux can be susceptible to this, if you are running Samba with guest-accessible shares. Nimba will try to exploit any SMB network shares, and create a *.eml file in every directory it can access. I know someone that this has happened to. The damage wasn't great, but he had to write a

RE: [expert] Replacement for lynx -dump?

2001-09-19 Thread Gregor Maier
On 20-Sep-2001 Bob Puff@NLE wrote: > Hello, > > I need to fetch a specific URL in a cron job.. but I need it NOT to > report an error if it can't get to the URL. I've been using lynx -dump, > but it sends root an email each and every time it fails.. I need > something that shuts up on errors

Re: [expert] Testing mouse wheel

2001-09-19 Thread Laurent Duperval
On 19 Sep, Alexander Poslavsky wrote: > You don't have to wait to upgrade to use your wheel mouse, it doesn't > depend on the distro version. You just have to configure them right, I > used my wheel mouse with LM8.0 You need st like: > > Section "InputDevice" > Identifier "Configured

Re: [expert] Virus protection...

2001-09-19 Thread Jose Orlando T. Ribeiro
go to http://www.antivir.de they have a antivirus gateway, very easy to configure (with sendmail or postfix). it´s free for personal use, US$400 for a site license, I think orlando "Vincent A.Primavera" wrote: > > Hello, > We are currently running an IBM F50 RS/6000 at my company's

[expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Brett
I've read some posts from other lists that from dists of Linux can be vulnerable to this new "nimda" virus. Should I have any concern? I'm running 7.2 and 8.0 Regards, Brett - Original Message - From: "Charles A Edwards" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, Se