Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread bascule
the ntp stuff in lm now is the ntp4 release whereas xntpd uses ntp3 (4 should be backwards compatible with 3), in normal usage the only difference is that, as bill says, you need to have /etc/init.d./ntpd running and not as before, /xntpd, to all usual intents and purposes, a rename, client

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Charlie Bebber
bascule said: > the ntp stuff in lm now is the ntp4 release whereas xntpd uses ntp3 (4 > should be backwards compatible with 3), in normal usage the only > difference is that, as bill says, you need to have /etc/init.d./ntpd > running and not as before, /xntpd, to all usual intents and > p

RE: [expert]3ware and Samba performance stinks under 8.1 (relative to other things)

2001-12-02 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
I get a vicarious thrill out of the fact that it beats Win2K and WinXP hands down in testing... Yuk, yuk, yuk... -JMS |-Original Message- |From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Franki |Sent: Saturday, December 01, 2001 7:44 PM |To: Linux Mandrake Expert Mailin

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Be aware that some versions of xntpd have a security hole. I think you need to go back and reread the documentation for ntpd - ntpd is a daemon, used to set both the time on your machine and can act as a server for your network (I use it for both). Ntpdate is similar to rdate (which uses the tim

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread joe
I use clockspeed. This package is written by the guy who wrote qmail. Here's a little blurb and the link http://cr.yp.to/clockspeed/clockspeed-0.62.tar.gz "clockspeed uses a hardware tick counter to compensate for a persistently fast or slow system clock. Given a few time measurements from a

[expert] printing

2001-12-02 Thread richard
Hiya, which modules need/must to be compiled to allow norml printing on 2.4.13-7mdk ? I have tried both building the kernel with modules and built in for par port etc, but cups is winging it cant find the device ie /dev/lpr its there and works fine with 2.4.8-26mdk. just checking if I've missed s

[expert] replacing kdm with xdm

2001-12-02 Thread Bill Witherspoon
Hey folks, re the subject, I've tried replacing the line in /etc/inittab so that it tries to respawn /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm but it still starts kdm. I also tried renaming kdm and symlinking to xdm, it still starts kdm! Can anyone give me a tip on how to get xdm going instead of kdm? TIA, Bill W

Re: [expert] replacing kdm with xdm

2001-12-02 Thread Oscar
El Dom 02 Dic 2001 16:19, escribió: > Hey folks, > re the subject, I've tried replacing the line in /etc/inittab so that it > tries to respawn /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm but it still starts kdm. > > I also tried renaming kdm and symlinking to xdm, it still starts kdm! > > Can anyone give me a tip on how t

Re: [expert] Server

2001-12-02 Thread Robert Boggs
Could someone tell me how to make MY files accessable to my network. I have samba working, in that I can mount any ot the other computers drives, however they still cannot see my drives. HILP, Please. I want to use 'Drake almost all of the time, however at this time, I cannot, due to my wife needi

Re: [expert] Slow

2001-12-02 Thread Ed Tharp
I would expect the problem might also be with some server (ie.; "named", "ypbind" "routed") looking for something on a network that is mis-configured, then timing out and working as if it did not need that deamon (since really it did not need that service running and the misconfigureationjust c

Re: [expert] Server

2001-12-02 Thread Asheesh Laroia
open up /etc/xinetd.d/swat in your favorite editor, change "disable = yes" to "disable = no", restart xinetd (service xinetd restart). Now open up http://localhost:901/ in your favorite browser and set the configuration as you like it. When you're done, "service samba restart". -- Asheesh. On

Re: [expert] Server

2001-12-02 Thread Dave Sherman
On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 09:55, Robert Boggs wrote: > Could someone tell me how to make MY files accessable to my network. I have > samba working, in that I can mount any ot the other computers drives, > however they still cannot see my drives. HILP, Please. I want to use 'Drake > almost all of the t

[expert] kernel sources 2.4.13 mdk

2001-12-02 Thread lonnie
Hello All, I have recently tried to install the kernel-2.4.13-12mdk rpm on my Linux Mandrake 8.1 system because I have had compile troubles(it seems that there is a missing aicxx.h file) with the kernwl-2.4.8-26mdk which comes with the distro. The problem is that the 2.4.13 mdk rpm does not in

Re: [expert] Please I need help

2001-12-02 Thread Søren Neigaard
Damn... I tried it all, and nothing works. The Software Manager fails during install of Mozilla. What are my options now? /Søren On Fri, 2001-11-30 at 02:45, Joseph Braddock wrote: > When you reinstalled mozilla, did you use the release that was on your > Mandrake CDs? If not, urpme mozilla (w

Re: [expert] Slow

2001-12-02 Thread dfox
> I would expect the problem might also be with some server (ie.; "named", > "ypbind" "routed") looking for something on a network that is mis-configured Hmm. One poster said that the boot time from LILO to login: was 45 minutes when he upgraded to 384 megs recently. I don't remember the details

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Brian
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 03:21:09 -0800 (PST) "Charlie Bebber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Charlie> Charlie> Interesting. I don't know what it is then, but xntp3 works and ntp doesn't. You should be able to get ntp working, too. Charlie> So running ntp will keep running ntpdate every so often to k

Re: [expert] printing

2001-12-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday 02 December 2001 10:04 am, richard wrote: > if not whats the safest known 2.4.15 or 2.4.14 kernel version ?, > thats on the cooker at the moment ? > > cya > Richard kernel-2.4.16.1mdk-1-1mdk seems fine here. I see alot of posts on the Mandrake newsgroup with the same good experi

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Charlie Bebber
Right arm -- I'll have to check that one out. Thanks! -Charlie joe said: > I use clockspeed. This package is written by the guy who wrote qmail. > Here's a little blurb and the link > http://cr.yp.to/clockspeed/clockspeed-0.62.tar.gz > > "clockspeed uses a hardware tick counter to compensate

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Charlie Bebber
Brian said: > > On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 03:21:09 -0800 (PST) > "Charlie Bebber" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Charlie> > Charlie> Interesting. I don't know what it is then, but xntp3 works > and ntp doesn't. > > You should be able to get ntp working, too. It's not the fact that it's not working. I

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Charlie Bebber
Bill Kenworthy said: > Be aware that some versions of xntpd have a security hole. I think you It's running behind a firewall on my local LAN, so I'm not too worried about me cracking my own box :) > need to go back and reread the documentation for ntpd - ntpd is a > daemon, used to set both th

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Brian
check your ntp.conf file for the following line at the end: restrict default ignore if it's there, comment it out (#) and see if local machines can then get time from your 'master clock machine'. It's in there for security - preventing outsiders from wasting your bandwidth getting time from your

Re: [expert] printing

2001-12-02 Thread Asheesh Laroia
Are you thinking of /dev/lp0? -- Asheesh. On 2 Dec 2001, richard wrote: > Hiya, which modules need/must to be compiled to allow norml printing on > 2.4.13-7mdk ? > I have tried both building the kernel with modules and built in for par > port etc, but cups is winging it cant find the device ie

[expert] Scanners! Help!

2001-12-02 Thread Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, There! I'm using mdk8.1 and I have a Microtek SlimScan C3, which is supported by sane (microtek2). Sane needs ppscsi and onscsi modules for this scanner. I don't have them on my sustem. Plain question: Do I have to re-compile my kernel to have t

Re: [expert] kernel sources 2.4.13 mdk

2001-12-02 Thread Asheesh Laroia
The kernel-2.4.x package just installs the kernel itself. kernel-source-2.4.x-xmdk might be more what you are looking for. -- Asheesh. On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello All, > > I have recently tried to install the kernel-2.4.13-12mdk rpm on my Linux > Mandrake 8.1 system bec

Re: [expert] printing

2001-12-02 Thread richard
Hi Tom I've downloaded 2.4.26 from cooker,, where are the kernel headers for this, and the mdk souce TIA richard On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 17:09, Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Sunday 02 December 2001 10:04 am, richard wrote: > > > if not whats the safest known 2.4.15 or 2.4.14 kernel version ?, > > that

Re: [expert] printing

2001-12-02 Thread richard
yes a typo, still cant find it though On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 20:12, Asheesh Laroia wrote: > Are you thinking of /dev/lp0? > > -- Asheesh. > > On 2 Dec 2001, richard wrote: > > > Hiya, which modules need/must to be compiled to allow norml printing on > > 2.4.13-7mdk ? > > I have tried both bui

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Bill Kenworthy
On Mon, 2001-12-03 at 03:02, Charlie Bebber wrote: > > Bill Kenworthy said: > So if you go through your syslog, can you find where ntpdate periodically > syncs on its own with the server you've listed in your ntp.conf? Everything > you've said makes perfect sense and it work{s,ed} for me when t

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Bill Kenworthy
I should have added this: remote refid st t when poll reach delay offset jitter == LOCAL(0)LOCAL(0)10 l 43 64 3770.0000.000 0.015 *core-sw1.wa.iin tictoc.tip.CSIR

Re: [expert] Scanners! Help!

2001-12-02 Thread Tom Badran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 > I'm using mdk8.1 and I have a Microtek SlimScan C3, which is supported by > sane (microtek2). > > Sane needs ppscsi and onscsi modules for this scanner. > I don't have them on my sustem. > Plain question: Do I have to re-compile my kernel to have th

Re: [expert] Slow

2001-12-02 Thread Ed Tharp
I think it is safe to suggest that anyone having a :"slow" boot up, to first try and set as many services to "off at boot" as posible. like does the boot up to run level 1 take that long? On Sunday 02 December 2001 12:14, you wrote: > > I would expect the problem might also be with some server

Re: [expert] kernel-2.4.16 (was 'printing')

2001-12-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sunday 02 December 2001 04:36 pm, richard wrote: > Hi Tom I've downloaded 2.4.26 from cooker,, where are the kernel > headers for this, and the mdk souce > On Sun, 2001-12-02 at 17:09, Tom Brinkman wrote: > > On Sunday 02 December 2001 10:04 am, richard wrote: > > > if not whats the safest kno

[expert] kernel question and samba question..

2001-12-02 Thread Franki
Hi all, First of all, I have heard people speak of a 2.4.24 kernel,, I have not seen this.. I looked on the planetmirror cooker site, and the newest was 2.4.13-something... any idea where I would find this kernel? (I'm actually trying to find a kernel that supports the KT266A chipset... so if a

Re: [expert] NTP -- driving me crazy!

2001-12-02 Thread Brian Schroeder
I have had some problems with ntp not working as well, while xntp3 worked perfectly. One thing I found (from trawling through the docs) was that adding a 3 on the line after the server line can help. This is telling the ntp4 client that the server is ntp3. I am still having a few other issues,

RE: [expert] 8.1 Piece of Crap!

2001-12-02 Thread isetia
From: Irwan Setia Hi Arnab, Thank you very much for your tip, now I can access my floppy smoothly. I have another problem. I run Lotus Notes on wine and I can not print using lotus notes, because there is no printer detected on lotus notes. Thanks Arnab_Ganguly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-

Re: [expert] replacing kdm with xdm

2001-12-02 Thread Bill Witherspoon
On Sun, 2 Dec 2001 16:44:14 +0100 Oscar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > El Dom 02 Dic 2001 16:19, escribió: > > Hey folks, > > re the subject, I've tried replacing the line in /etc/inittab so that it > > tries to respawn /usr/X11R6/bin/xdm but it still starts kdm. > > > > I also tried renaming kdm a

Re: [expert] LM 8.1-network-unreachable-addenda

2001-12-02 Thread civileme
On Friday 30 November 2001 03:33 pm, William Bouterse wrote: > civileme wrote; > > > What IRQ is it on? > > Sorry I forgot to add this to the last post. > > Interrupt:5 Base address:0x240 what else is on IRQ5? Sound Blaster perhaps? OK let's look at this another way. If the configs are the sam

Re: [expert] Please I need help

2001-12-02 Thread Paul Rodríguez
As convenient as urpmi and rpmdrake can be sometimes, I have had better experiences just using another browser (even a text one) going to mozilla.org and getting the latest version from there. After installation, it doesn't matter whether it came from Mandrake or not, and Mozilla is fairly easy t

[expert] 8.1: hand calculator?

2001-12-02 Thread Jerry L. Kazdan
Where is the "hand calculator" for Mandrake 8.1? I'm using KDE. Both kcalc and xcalc (which I used to use in earlier versions of Mandrake) are missing. Moreover, although I got a copy of kcalc from the web, when I attempted to install it there was a conflict between a library it needed and th

Re: [expert] 8.1: hand calculator?

2001-12-02 Thread Carroll Grigsby
Jerry: Strange. In my stock 8.0 install (w/ KDE), KCalc is under Applications => Sciences => Mathematics => Calculator. Could this be one of this things that doesn't get installed unless it's specifically chosen? -- cmg On Monday 03 December 2001 12:55 am, Jerry L. Kazdan wrote: > Where is th

Re: [expert] 8.1: hand calculator?

2001-12-02 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Jerry L. Kazdan« am 2001-12-03 um 00:55:37 -0500 : > Where is the "hand calculator" for Mandrake 8.1? hand calculator? Uh? What's that? > > I'm using KDE. Both kcalc and xcalc (which I used to use in earlier > versions of Mandrake) are missing. urpmf kcalc -> kdeutils urpmf xca

RE: [expert] 8.1: hand calculator?

2001-12-02 Thread Rony Shapiro
Of course, if you don't need a GUI calculator, 'bc' should always be available from the shell prompt ('bc -l' for floating point calculations, 'man bc' for the gory details). enjoy, Rony -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Beha