Re: [expert] daemon scripts

2001-12-26 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
On Wed, 2001-12-26 at 16:18, J. Craig Woods wrote: > At 01:56 PM 12/26/2001 -0800, you wrote: > >Hello all! > > I have a few programs that I've added to my server box running mdk8.1 > >and I'd like to create daemons and startup scripts for them in > >/etc/rc.d/init.d/ so that I can do the

Re: [expert] Xine and mplayer in mandrake 8.1?

2001-12-26 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
On Wed, 2001-12-26 at 19:00, J. Grant wrote: > Do the dvd libs on that site only work with the specific region of your > drive? or can it work with any drive? > > JG That I don't know, but I don't ever recall seeing anything about it. I do know that regions are hardcoded into some (if not all

[expert] Konqueror not working as user, need guidance/help

2001-12-26 Thread Ralph F. De Witt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi: I have Mandrake 8.1 powerpack installed, it was a clean install. I have been able to access the internet sucessfully and view files as user since install. Yesterday, Konqueror and Kfmclient have stopped working. There are no error messages. Kon

[expert] kde3 Beta 1 KDM Login Fails

2001-12-26 Thread Arnab_Ganguly
Hi, I was running MDK 8.0 at home without a hitch till I upgraded KDE to 3.0 beta 1 using the MDK 8.0 RPMs last night. During updrade I did get some dependency problems saying kdebase 3.0 beta 1 requires Menu so and so etc. , but upgraded using --nodeps anyway. The result is: a) I can startkde3

[expert] MandrakeUpdate Exit 232 Seg fault (core dumped)

2001-12-26 Thread Franki
Hi all, does anyone know what the subject means?? I get it whenever I try to use MandrakeUpdate. very annoying. It starts ok, Starts reading the hdlist files then it says found 0 headers in cache. then "removing 0 obsolete headers in cache." then "write config file [/etc/urpmi/urpmi.cfg]"

Re: [expert] help with urpmi please

2001-12-26 Thread Michael Viron
>[root@mycroft RPMS]# urpmi zssh >no package named zssh >[root@mycroft RPMS]# Well, no wonder. There isn't a package named zssh, although there is one called zsh. Try the same command, except use 'zsh' instead. Michael -- Michael Viron Registered Linux User #81978 Senior Systems & Administrat

Re: [expert] unmounting /home

2001-12-26 Thread Tarragon Allen
> Tarragon Allen wrote > > > He should simply try logging in as root from the console, and then umount > > /home. Root's home directory defaults to /root, thus allowing you to > > unmount /home if you're logged in as root (as opposed to using 'su'). On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 15:21, J. Grant wrote: > E

Re: [expert] unmounting /home

2001-12-26 Thread Michael Viron
>He should simply try logging in as root from the console, and then umount >/home. Root's home directory defaults to /root, thus allowing you to unmount >/home if you're logged in as root (as opposed to using 'su'). > >t Depends on what server(s) and what version of Mandrake he is running. If

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread Michael Viron
>For the restore script we need something a little more refined > >first do > >iptables input -L > >to get a list of rules in effect, then make a script implementing all of >those rules and head it with a Flush > >iptables input -F >input rules... >input rules > >This restores the rules with

Re: [expert] unmounting /home

2001-12-26 Thread J. Grant
Edting partition tables when in muti-user mode is never a good idea though. Single user is best for this type of task. Tarragon Allen wrote > He should simply try logging in as root from the console, and then umount > /home. Root's home directory defaults to /root, thus allowing you to unmoun

Re: [expert] kppp == memory HOG == swap the crap out of system!

2001-12-26 Thread Tom Badran
Pierre Fortin wrote: > Update: the graphing is off; but the memory usage keeps climbing nonetheless > indicating a memory leak is likely... Ok, then this is almost certainly the case. Is the memory usage definately kppp, and not pppd? If it is the first, then it is probably quite easy to fix.

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread James Sparenberg
YEs.. I'm looking just a lot of notes (paper and comp ) to go through On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 15:03:43 -0500 Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 21:36:13 -0800 > James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > > > On Tue, 25 Dec 2001

Re: [expert] unmounting /home

2001-12-26 Thread Tarragon Allen
On Thu, 27 Dec 2001 14:07, J. Grant wrote: > you could try staring in single user mode, there are several ways to do > that type "linux single" at lilo, or "linux init=/bin/bash" or maybe > "init s" at a command prompt, all f these as root. > > then umount /home and see if that works... > JG He s

Re: [expert] Changing SCSI controllers

2001-12-26 Thread Deryk Barker
Thus spake Dave Horsfall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Mandrake 8.1 on Intel 440GX. > > This m/board has two on-board Adaptec controllers. If I'm using say > channel A for boot/root etc, and I want to use channel B instead (it's a > bit slower), would I have to re-install, or can I just swap a few sym

Re: [expert] unmounting /home

2001-12-26 Thread J. Grant
or if those all fail you could just change the fstab to "noauto" and reboot with it not mounted. JG J. Grant wrote: > you could try staring in single user mode, there are several ways to do > that type "linux single" at lilo, or "linux init=/bin/bash" or maybe > "init s" at a command prompt,

[expert] when will 8.2 be released?

2001-12-26 Thread Lee
Does anyone know when 8.2 will be released? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake in low mem machine.

2001-12-26 Thread dfox
> My friend has a pentium 100Mh box with only 16Mb ram. > I need an advice on how to install mandrake 8.1 on He needs to upgrade :). 16 megs is very limited nowadays, and I doubt you can install Mandrake in such a low memory system. However, try the text mode install, and if you can get to a poin

Re: [expert] unmounting /home

2001-12-26 Thread J. Grant
you could try staring in single user mode, there are several ways to do that type "linux single" at lilo, or "linux init=/bin/bash" or maybe "init s" at a command prompt, all f these as root. then umount /home and see if that works... JG [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I want to create 2 smaller p

Re: [expert] Xine and mplayer in mandrake 8.1?

2001-12-26 Thread J. Grant
Do the dvd libs on that site only work with the specific region of your drive? or can it work with any drive? JG Mike & Tracy Holt wrote: > Yes! I've followed the xine and captain css plugins for dvd decryption > for awhile now and even though xine has a cool interface, it's still > choppy and

Re: [expert] kppp == memory HOG == swap the crap out of system!

2001-12-26 Thread Pierre Fortin
Update: the graphing is off; but the memory usage keeps climbing nonetheless indicating a memory leak is likely... Pierre I wrote: > > Tom Badran wrote: > > > > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > > Hash: SHA1 > > > > On Friday 21 Dec 2001 2:01 am, you wrote: > > > Thank you for confirming th

[expert] Gimp Printing Problem.

2001-12-26 Thread Ralph F.De Witt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi: When I try to print from Gimp a jpeg or a png picture I get the following line printed on the page ".Ccking")`KlgU-Y]3hVR5MiU6.%107Hplug-in V4.1.99-b2 - - 08 Sep 2001 for GIMP/Gimp-P" it then spit out a whole mess of blank pages. Question Is th

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread Ron Heron
Hey there, net comando, First, don't cry about bandwidth, that argument got flushed with 14.4 modems. Anyway, the dhcpd.leases file is in /var/lib/dhcp but, that won't help you. Anyone on the net can get an IP, so if you delete, it will be given a new one. Back to the drawing board. The easi

Re: [expert] daemon scripts

2001-12-26 Thread J. Craig Woods
At 01:56 PM 12/26/2001 -0800, you wrote: >Hello all! > I have a few programs that I've added to my server box running mdk8.1 >and I'd like to create daemons and startup scripts for them in >/etc/rc.d/init.d/ so that I can do the 'stop, start, restart, etc.' >thing for them. I'm not a code

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 18:00:27 -0600 "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > At 01:26 PM 12/26/2001 -1000, you wrote: > > I know is got something to do with dhcp.leases file but I couldn't find it > >in /etc > >I got a extended star topology, with a dhcp ser

Re: [expert] VFAT and Evolution

2001-12-26 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 16:34:50 -0500 Michael Scottaline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:23:11 -0900 > tester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intelligently: > > > > Unless you want to spend much time fixing things, avoid evolution as a > > mail

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 13:26:14 -1000 "Julio Gutierrez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > I know is got something to do with dhcp.leases file but I couldn't find it > in /etc > I got a extended star topology, with a dhcp server/router/firewall running > mandrake 8, & I'

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread J. Craig Woods
At 01:26 PM 12/26/2001 -1000, you wrote: > I know is got something to do with dhcp.leases file but I couldn't find it >in /etc >I got a extended star topology, with a dhcp server/router/firewall running >mandrake 8, & I'm also using the built in internet connection sharing & >firewall. I'd this s

[expert] unmounting /home

2001-12-26 Thread hardcorepush
I want to create 2 smaller partitions from /home partition on hda. I currently have / at 5gig, /boot 250mg, /home 27gig. I want to make a blank 5 gig partition to test distributions. Harddrake brings up the nice partition program, but I cant unmount /home to change to size. How do i do it? rob

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread Julio Gutierrez
I know is got something to do with dhcp.leases file but I couldn't find it in /etc I got a extended star topology, with a dhcp server/router/firewall running mandrake 8, & I'm also using the built in internet connection sharing & firewall. I'd this same problem before but I couldn't keep them off

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread J. Craig Woods
At 11:06 AM 12/26/2001 -1000, you wrote: >hi all you all know that when I posted is because I needed help getting that >information about kepping the users off the net, not for smart remarks about >doing something evil to these users, I wanna do it just because sometimes >they "mis-use" their inte

[expert] help with urpmi please

2001-12-26 Thread bascule
i hjave been having problems with urpmi not adding/updating sources so i uninstalled urpmi and gurpmi and rpmdrake, deleted /var/lib/urpmi and /var/cache/urpmi and /etc/urpmi and reinstalled urpmi, gurpmi and rpmdrake and ran - as root- : # urpmi.addmedia localcooker file://mandrake/cooker/ t

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread tester
Julio Gutierrez wrote: >hi all you all know that when I posted is because I needed help getting that >information about kepping the users off the net, not for smart remarks about >doing something evil to these users, I wanna do it just because sometimes >they "mis-use" their internet connection,

[expert] daemon scripts

2001-12-26 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
Hello all! I have a few programs that I've added to my server box running mdk8.1 and I'd like to create daemons and startup scripts for them in /etc/rc.d/init.d/ so that I can do the 'stop, start, restart, etc.' thing for them. I'm not a coder, though I'm trying to pick it up a little, an

Re: [expert] VFAT and Evolution

2001-12-26 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Wed, 26 Dec 2001 12:23:11 -0900 tester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intelligently: > Unless you want to spend much time fixing things, avoid evolution as a > mail client. It still has significant stability problems. Once I had > over 100 messages, the reply button would freeze things, a

RE: [expert] Xine and mplayer in mandrake 8.1?

2001-12-26 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
Yes! I've followed the xine and captain css plugins for dvd decryption for awhile now and even though xine has a cool interface, it's still choppy and freezes while changing chapters on the dvd. Ogle seems to play flawlessly (VERY minor choppyness on occasion). I haven't had time to play with th

Re: [expert] VFAT and Evolution

2001-12-26 Thread tester
Jose Luis Vazquez Gonzalez wrote: >Hi, > >I was trying to migrate from Kmail to evolution and I found the following >problem. > >My mail folders are on a VFAT partition at Kmail and they work fine. I wanted >to do the same with the evolution ones. > >First I needed to migrate ALL my kmail folde

[expert] totally OT - quake 3 arena

2001-12-26 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
I'm sorry! I know this is totally OT - but I've searched google and all the archives I could think of and if I sign up on one more email list, my wife is going to divorce me! Anyway, here's my question: For all you quakers, after a game ends and you see the player rankings, sometimes I see a nu

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread jose orlando t. ribeiro
just a guess... evil intent or not isn't easier to keep to these two computers only the ports 25 (SMTP) and 109 and 110 (POP) trough the firewall??? orlando Mark Weaver wrote: > On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 21:36:13 -0800 > James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder:

Re: [expert] keeping users off the net

2001-12-26 Thread Mark Weaver
On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 21:36:13 -0800 James Sparenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake these words to ponder: > On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 23:57:25 -0500 > Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 25 Dec 2001 13:52:02 -1000 > > "Julio Gutierrez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> studiouisly spake thes

Re: [expert] 8mm to DVD?

2001-12-26 Thread Ben de Luca
fyi realy proffesional places will scan your negatives frame by frame. Maybee you should do that too? The loose in quality otherwise is realy going to upset you. Havnt seen any killer editing software for linux yet. Ben de Luca Animal logic Film - Original Message - From: "Scott Thurm

Re: [expert] 8mm to DVD?

2001-12-26 Thread Terry Mathews
The best way I can think of, if it is compatible, is the Dazzle Firewire Bridge and a Firewire card. The Firewire bridge lets you convert composite to firewire, and _back_. I don't know if you can burn a DVD in Linux... While making MPEG2 movies is not difficult, I don't believe there is an open

[expert] 8mm to DVD?

2001-12-26 Thread Scott Thurmond
I have tons of old 8mm film that I want to burn onto a DVD. I have been looking on the net for video houses to do this for me but the cost is enormous. By doing it myself I can but a video card and a DVD burner and still have saved myself a ton of money (and have a DVD burner out of the deal whe

Re: [expert] CPU temperature monitoring

2001-12-26 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Lee Roberts wrote: > > Is there a utility for monitoring the CPU temperature? My bios has this > information as well as info on other CPU stuff (i.e. voltages) so I'd > like to be able to access that info from Linux. I've heard of this kind > of stuff for Windoze. Yes, use something like gkrellm

[expert] VFAT and Evolution

2001-12-26 Thread Jose Luis Vazquez Gonzalez
Hi, I was trying to migrate from Kmail to evolution and I found the following problem. My mail folders are on a VFAT partition at Kmail and they work fine. I wanted to do the same with the evolution ones. First I needed to migrate ALL my kmail folders to evolution which is VERY painfull as y

Re: [expert] Xine and mplayer in mandrake 8.1?

2001-12-26 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 26 December 2001 12:53 am, Steve Kieu wrote: > What should I do? mplayer can not play as well after > ./configure --disable-gcc-checking compile is ok, can > not render anything When I first tried mplayer, I also compiled the tarball as you did, and the program worked, but not

[expert] Strange printing Problem

2001-12-26 Thread Alexander Arzberger
Hi all! I have a strange problem with an Epson LQ 570+ printer. I tried quite all configurations and I get always the same problem when I print tables from a Spreadsheet (Staroffice, Gnumeric). Some of the columns are bad alined. Any idea how to fix this? Alex Want to buy your Pack or Servic

RE: [expert] Xine and mplayer in mandrake 8.1?

2001-12-26 Thread Roger Munoz
Try using ogle ! Roger -Original Message- From: Steve Kieu [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 26 December 2001 05:53 To: maillist Subject: [expert] Xine and mplayer in mandrake 8.1? Hi, I got several problem with xine and mplayer with mdk 8.1 with my friend machine. Xine; compile lat

[expert] Bandwidth Management - MAC Layer

2001-12-26 Thread Allen May
I want to build a Bandwidth Management box for my friends ISP. He tells me he is providing Wireless access and currently controls security by hardcoding the MAC address of each client (he owns the Wireless client hardware). He needs MAC Layer control over his clients. I have not done this before

Re: [expert] SCSI Boot Problem

2001-12-26 Thread DStevenson
On Tuesday 25 December 2001 4:25 pm, C.H. Close wrote: > Larry Sword wrote: > > "C.H. Close" wrote: > > > Hi Larry, > > > > > > Thanks for your reply. Are you saying that the initrd image is > > > run before the cards SCSI bios gets loaded I hadn't thought of this; > > > but then what is