[expert] An interesting definition I came across

2001-12-05 Thread Robin
Something I found in dictionary of computing while looking up something else. http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?evil+and+rude Robin _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com Want to buy yo

[expert] remote display

2001-12-05 Thread Oscar
Hi all, When I conect with ssh to a linux server, I can launch X apps and these apps are displayed in my local computer. But... There are any way to see a X program running in the remote server (not launched from my local computer)? (I have root privileges if neccesary). Thanks, óscar. Want

Re: [expert] remote display

2001-12-05 Thread Nick Thompson
I might be wrong but I think there was a special version of VNC that "connected" to an already running X server for remote display. I haven't heard of any way to do this using only X. Nick. Oscar wrote: > Hi all, > When I conect with ssh to a linux server, I can launch X apps and > these app

[expert] kernel header version

2001-12-05 Thread H McM
Hi all, I just went to a cooker mirror site to download the latest cooker kernel, and have a question about the versioning of the file "kenel-headers". Both the kernel and the kernel source file have the same version number, ie 2.4.16.3mdk-1-1, however the version number on the headers file is s

Re: [expert] An interesting definition I came across

2001-12-05 Thread Dennis Myhand
Too Kewl! Robin wrote: > Something I found in dictionary of computing while looking up something > else. > > http://foldoc.doc.ic.ac.uk/foldoc/foldoc.cgi?evil+and+rude > > Robin > > _ > Do You Yahoo!? > Get your free @yahoo.com address at h

Re: [expert] viruses, worms, trojans, html, pgp sigs

2001-12-05 Thread Randy Kramer
Michael, Thanks! Randy Kramer Michael Leone wrote: > Randy Kramer wrote: > > * X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2653.19) (Maybe this is > >telling me something, but I'm not sure what.) > > It means Exchange 5.5 is the mail server. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?

Re: [expert] MPlayer

2001-12-05 Thread Randy Kramer
Theo Brinkman wrote: > Let me get this straight. Theo, Good luck! These things are very difficult to get straight. I subscribe to at least one mailing list that discusses these type of issues. AFAICT, there are licenses (and combinations of licensed packages) that allow you to build binaries

[expert] help!!

2001-12-05 Thread Brent
I have mandrake 7.2 installed on a machine for the SOLE purpose of serving some games and thus far has worked fine. Recently i tried to installed "tcl/tk" ...i grabbed the RPM's ..and tried to run them doing # rpm -i tcl-8.x.x.rpm    <--this didnt work ..giving me depend errors for RPM ..givi

[expert] Memory limits in Mandrake 7.1

2001-12-05 Thread William A. Mahaffey III
I have a 1000 MHz PIII box running Mandrake 7.1, all stock (no kernel recompiles or other stuff), with 1024 MB of RAM & 2048 MB of swap space in a swap partition. I am having problems running jobs (processes) which want to use large fractions of the RAM (perhaps over 100 %, i.e. more than 1024 MB

[expert] Is there a way...

2001-12-05 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Is there a way to tell if Linux sees both cpu's on a dual cpu mobo and if they are both being used? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Memory limits in Mandrake 7.1

2001-12-05 Thread Michael Viron
What you are describing is the default behavior for the default kernel. There is an option when you re-compile the kernel to allow it to address 1 GB of memory or more. If you were running the newer versions of Mandrake (ie, 8.1), you could simply install the kernel-enterprise rpm. With 7.1, you

Re: [expert] Is there a way...

2001-12-05 Thread George McConnell
Look at what kernel has booted. [root@defiant root]# uname -a Linux defiant.uther.com 2.4.13-10mdksmp #1 SMP Wed Nov 21 17:07:39 CET 2001 i686 If the kernel is not smp, it is not using both of the CPU's. If you want to see the load and usage of the CPU's, run 'top': 10:26am up 12 days, 11:49,

[expert] Just the facts about the Kernel 2.4.16

2001-12-05 Thread Gavin
Help, I have the newest kernel 2.4.16 and I would just like to facts about this kernel before I install it, as of this moment I'm running 2.4.3-20mdk and I've had no problems but I like to stay ontop of things (security/bug fixes) if I can. So if possible can anyone help me out here. I also sh

[expert] difficulties with installs was Is there a way...

2001-12-05 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Im really having some diffaculties loading MDK 8.0. Here is the system. ASUS P2B-DS mobo w/1024mb sdram Two 450MHz Intel PII cpu's Matrox G400 dual head video card Intel 10/100 NIC 24X10X40 IDE CD-RW Seagate ST32171W SCSI UW /dev/sdc Two Seagate ST34371WC SCSI SCA Drives /dev/sda and /dev/s

Re: [expert] Memory limits in Mandrake 7.1

2001-12-05 Thread Daniel Woods
> I have a 1000 MHz PIII box running Mandrake 7.1, all stock (no kernel > recompiles or other stuff), with 1024 MB of RAM & 2048 MB of swap space > in a swap partition. I am having problems running jobs (processes) which > want to use large fractions of the RAM (perhaps over 100 %, i.e. more > tha

Re: [expert] MPlayer

2001-12-05 Thread Will
Yes, because you are linking GPL to non-GPL code, which you *may* do for your own use, becasue the GPL only comes into effect. However, distributing the binary indicates you agree to the terms of the GPL, including the prohibition against linking non-free code to GPL code. (at least that's my

Re: [expert] Is there a way...

2001-12-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Bill Beauchemin« am 2001-12-05 um 06:45:09 -0800 : > Is there a way to tell if Linux sees both cpu's on a dual cpu mobo and if > they are both being used? top cat /proc/cpuinfo Alexander Skwar -- >> Wohnung in Gelsenkirchen und Umgebung gesucht! <<

Re: [expert] Just the facts about the Kernel 2.4.16

2001-12-05 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Gavin« am 2001-12-06 um 01:06:09 +0900 : > Help, > > I have the newest kernel 2.4.16 and I would just like to facts about this > kernel before I install it, as of this moment I'm running 2.4.3-20mdk and > I've had no problems but I like to stay ontop of things (security/bug fixes)

Re: [expert] Memory limits in Mandrake 7.1

2001-12-05 Thread civileme
On Wednesday 05 December 2001 07:24 am, Daniel Woods wrote: > > I have a 1000 MHz PIII box running Mandrake 7.1, all stock (no kernel > > recompiles or other stuff), with 1024 MB of RAM & 2048 MB of swap space > > in a swap partition. I am having problems running jobs (processes) which > > want to

Re: [expert] remote display

2001-12-05 Thread Charlie Bebber
Let remote server = Server1 Let local comptuer = Server2 - ssh from Server2 to Server1 - on Server1, do an 'export DISPLAY=:0' - on Server2, do a 'xhost +Server1' - on Server1, run app - if that's all you want to run, I'd suggest then running 'xhost -Server1' to reduce the risk of anyone else on

[expert] Is there a good 3D/CAD app. for linux?

2001-12-05 Thread Søren Neigaard
Does anybody know of a good easy to use 3D/CAD drawing prog. for Linux? I need it to make blueprints with, is dosn't need to be able to draw surfaces. -- .. Med venlig hilsen/Best regards Søren Neigaard Registered Linux User #239437 Want to buy your Pack or Service

[expert] Bastille question

2001-12-05 Thread Florian Struck
Hi i get the following errors after doing a bastille-firewall-reset: # bastille-firewall-reset Setting up IP spoofing protection... done. Allowing traffic from trusted interfaces... done. Loading NAT modules... done. Setting up masquerading rules... done. Loading masquerading modules...insmod: ip

[expert] difficulties with installs

2001-12-05 Thread Bill Beauchemin
Im really having some diffaculties loading MDK 8.0. Here is the system. ASUS P2B-DS mobo w/1024mb sdram Two 450MHz Intel PII cpu's Matrox G400 dual head video card Intel 10/100 NIC 24X10X40 IDE CD-RW Seagate ST32171W SCSI UW /dev/sdc Two Seagate ST34371WC SCSI SCA Drives /dev/sda and /de

Re: [expert] Is there a good 3D/CAD app. for linux?

2001-12-05 Thread Pierre Fortin
Søren Neigaard wrote: > > Does anybody know of a good easy to use 3D/CAD drawing prog. for Linux? > I need it to make blueprints with, is dosn't need to be able to draw > surfaces. Don't have time to see if these are still valid; so here's my complete list of CAD sites (not all Linux -- sorry)

Re: [expert] help!!

2001-12-05 Thread civileme
On Wednesday 05 December 2001 04:35 am, Brent wrote: > I have mandrake 7.2 installed on a machine for the SOLE purpose of serving > some games and thus far has worked fine. Recently i tried to installed > "tcl/tk" ...i grabbed the RPM's ..and tried to run them doing # rpm -i > tcl-8.x.x.rpm<--

[expert] update pakages help

2001-12-05 Thread Brent
I have mandrake 7.2 installed on a machine for the SOLE purpose of serving some games and thus far has worked fine. Recently i tried to installed "tcl/tk" ...i grabbed the RPM's ..and tried to run them doing # rpm -i tcl-8.x.x.rpm    <--this didnt work ..giving me depend errors for RPM ..giv

Re: [expert] Is there a good 3D/CAD app. for linux?

2001-12-05 Thread Mark D'voo
blender is good (free also), but has an ugly interface. Moonlight is pretty nice. Of course if you have lots of money there is Maya :) mark On Wednesday 05 December 2001 23:28, you wrote: > Does anybody know of a good easy to use 3D/CAD drawing prog. for Linux? > I need it to make blueprints

[expert] Evolution 1.0

2001-12-05 Thread Jesus Arocho
When trying to resolve the failed dependencies for the evolution install I get additional error messages regarding conflicts with existing libraries. For example, rpm will report conflicts with existing bonobo libraries. Would this require the force option? Want to buy your Pack or

[expert] Evolution 1.0

2001-12-05 Thread Scott Thurmond
Has anyone upgraded to Evolution 1.0? I am thinking about upgrading and wanted to know if you downloaded the binaries from ximian or if you used the Software Manager to upgrade? -Scott Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Evolution 1.0

2001-12-05 Thread Darren King
used red-carpet to upgrade. no problems whatsoever. Darren On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 05:45, Scott Thurmond wrote: > Has anyone upgraded to Evolution 1.0? I am thinking about upgrading and > wanted to know if you downloaded the binaries from ximian or if you used the > Software Manager to upgrade?

Re: [expert] Is there a good 3D/CAD app. for linux?

2001-12-05 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Wednesday 05 December 2001 12:28 pm, Søren Neigaard wrote: > Does anybody know of a good easy to use 3D/CAD drawing prog. for Linux? > I need it to make blueprints with, is dosn't need to be able to draw > surfaces. Soren: I've done some searching in the past for a suitable Linux 2D/3D package

Re: [expert] RPM installation problem!

2001-12-05 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello That package is not broken. It is the exactly same one I have used on LM 8.0. I think that the rpm package on LM 8.1 is somehow different. What do you mean by update? Many thanks Ed - Original Message - From: "Alexander Skwar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent

[expert] Evolution 1.0 - Downloading everything!

2001-12-05 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello I want to try Evolution 1.0 but I have a dial-up connection at home. It is 129 MB! Is there a way to download the whole thing without using the installer. I can download the files using some of Windows Pc (arghh!) on campus and then saving them to a zip disk. Many thanks Ed Wan

Re: [expert] kernel sources 2.4.13 mdk

2001-12-05 Thread Ron Heron
Was there an answer to this? I have been unable to make modules with the kernel sources. The aicxx.h is just the first of many that fail. It seems the full source package is missing. What to do Thanks, ROn --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Hello All, > > I have recently tried to install the

Re: [expert] SAMBA help PLEASE!!!

2001-12-05 Thread Ron Heron
You just need to make sure your share (in the smb.conf file) says browseable = yes, or has NO line for browseable. --- Asheesh Laroia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I recommend either SWAT or webmin for setting up your samba *server*. > > They're both web-based tools. Webmin may be slightly easi

[expert] Evolution 1.0 - Downloading everything!

2001-12-05 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello I want to try Evolution 1.0 but I have a dial-up connection at home. It is 129 MB! Is there a way to download the whole thing without using the installer. I can download the files using some of Windows Pc (arghh!) on campus and then saving them to a zip disk. Many thanks Ed Wa

[expert] Evolution 1.0 - Downloading everything!

2001-12-05 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello I want to try Evolution 1.0 but I have a dial-up connection at home. It is 129 MB! Is there a way to download the whole thing without using the installer. I can download the files using some of Windows Pc (arghh!) on campus and then saving them to a zip disk. Many thanks Ed Wa

Re: [expert] Memory limits in Mandrake 7.1

2001-12-05 Thread William A. Mahaffey III
Daniel Woods wrote: > > I have a 1000 MHz PIII box running Mandrake 7.1, all stock (no kernel > > recompiles or other stuff), with 1024 MB of RAM & 2048 MB of swap space > > in a swap partition. I am having problems running jobs (processes) which > > want to use large fractions of the RAM (perhap

Re: [expert] Evolution 1.0 - Downloading everything!

2001-12-05 Thread Brad Felmey
On Wed, 2001-12-05 at 14:47, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: > I want to try Evolution 1.0 but I have a dial-up connection at home. It is > 129 MB! Is there a way to download the whole thing without using the > installer. I can download the files using some of Windows Pc (arghh!) on > campus

Re: [expert] Is there a good 3D/CAD app. for linux?

2001-12-05 Thread Ken Thompson
On Wednesday 05 December 2001 10:28 am, you wrote: > Does anybody know of a good easy to use 3D/CAD drawing prog. for Linux? > I need it to make blueprints with, is dosn't need to be able to draw > surfaces. QCad should do the trick for ya Should be on the distro CD's if not already installed

Re: [expert] Proper Naming Conventions on Mandrake RPMS?

2001-12-05 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue Dec 04, 2001 at 02:47:50AM -0500, Theo Brinkman wrote: > As I understand it, the RPM name convention for Mandrake is something > like this: > > package-name--mdk..rpm > > where is the version of the program you're building, > is a builder-maintained version so that a rebuild of the

[expert] 8.1: Removing tinyfirewall

2001-12-05 Thread D. R. Evans
In LM 7.2, I found that setting up ipchains to provide a very flexible firewall was rather easy. Having installed 8.1, I saw the Drakconf option to build a firewall, and stepped through that. It seemed extremely primitive (much too high level; just to give one example: it says things like "do

[expert] automating mount proces

2001-12-05 Thread Grouwels Daniel
Title: Message Hi, How can I automata the mount proces in the mandrake 8.1       I can't find it     thanks

Re: [expert] Evolution 1.0 - Downloading everything!

2001-12-05 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello LM 8.0 and 8.1. Regards Ed - Original Message - From: "Brad Felmey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 05, 2001 5:09 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Evolution 1.0 - Downloading everything! > On Wed, 2001-12-05 at 14:47, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote:

[expert] Draksync Problems

2001-12-05 Thread Tom Badran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have ssh and scp working fine between my two machine. However there is a directory on both i would like to be able to sync, rather than just copying one way. So i thought id give draksysnc a go. I know it used to work fine in mdk 7.1. However no

Re: [expert] automating mount proces

2001-12-05 Thread meta
edit your /etc/fstab add what u wanna mount automatically every booting On Thursday 06 December 2001 07:00, you wrote: > Hi, How can I automata the mount proces in the mandrake 8.1 > > > > I can't find it > > > thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandr

[expert] What might cause partition table corruption.

2001-12-05 Thread Charles Darcy
Hi, My partition table was recently corrupted, and thanks to the help of this list, I managed to repair the table and re-install LM8.1. My main concern now is trying to figure out what I did that might have caused the corruption. The only unsual activities just prior to corruption were:

Re: [expert] Draksync Problems

2001-12-05 Thread Greg Sarsons
I had the same problem. 8.1 running on both computers and I could not get draksync to work ... was getting the same error as you. Don't know what made me try it but I went to the other computer and tried using draksync. Well it worked. Then I went back to my original computer I was trying to d

Re: [expert] What might cause partition table corruption.

2001-12-05 Thread Ben Pearre
> - Copying 3 650MB ISO files from linux reiserfs partition to FAT32 > windows partition. I got my extended partitions trashed after copying about a gig of smaller (1-10 meg or so) files from a reiserfs partition to another partition (I can't recall the destination, but it may well have bee

Re: [expert] What might cause partition table corruption.

2001-12-05 Thread Asheesh Laroia
I've suffered serious partition loss after booting back into Win98 from Linux. Repaired my partition table with gpart, but it was *really* frustrating. -- Asheesh. On 6 Dec 2001, Charles Darcy wrote: > > Hi, > > My partition table was recently corrupted, and thanks to the help of > this li

[expert] Fwd: Samba & DHCP

2001-12-05 Thread Jason Pearce
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Samba & DHCP Date: Thu, 6 Dec 2001 16:22:09 +1100 From: Jason Pearce <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi listmembers, I am running LM8.0 I have a network that is comprised of 2 machines 1 windoze 98 and one LM 8.0 I have set up intern

[expert] HD change...

2001-12-05 Thread Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi, I have to change my HD! It contains only one partition (hdc) which is /home/user... HD are different sizes...any trouble? I'm using ext3, now! How can I safely and reliabily copy all and every files to the new one? I was thinking on making a t

Re: [expert] HD change...

2001-12-05 Thread Michael Viron
If you have any ide connections left, place the new hard drive as whatever you have available (ie, hdd, maybe?). If not, is there a CDROM or CDRW drive that you can temporarily disconnect? If not, then you can do a 'tar -cvjf /path/to/tempdir/home.bz2 /home', which will tar / bzip2 anything on /

Re: [expert] Is there a good 3D/CAD app. for linux?

2001-12-05 Thread Søren Neigaard
Not really as I see it, it dosn't do 3D :) I guess there is no real good replacement for Autodesk Autocad yet...? /Søren On Thu, 2001-12-06 at 00:25, Ken Thompson wrote: > On Wednesday 05 December 2001 10:28 am, you wrote: > > Does anybody know of a good easy to use 3D/CAD drawing prog. for Lin