RE: RE: [expert] Hot to remove the default route to 0.0.0.0

2002-02-21 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 Should be a line like, GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 Change this or remove the line if you do not have gateway. This is from memory, sOoo check first. HTH Dave Original Message: - From: Stefano POGLIANI [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 20 Feb 2002

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Rob
On Wednesday 20 February 2002 20:57, Alexander Skwar wrote: And while I also very much love PHP (and despise Perl for web development), it's also very easy to switch the DB backend in Perl, thanks to the nice DBI package. Why do you despise Perl then ? No flame wars please. Just intrested.

[expert] sshd refuses any connection

2002-02-21 Thread Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek
I have the configuration created by rpm w/o any modification. I have looked into the config and cant see anything wrong with it. In log I see sshd[number]: refused connect from (127.0.0.1) 127.0.0.1 or wherever I connect from^ I think sshd shouldnt look up the ip but even if it

Re: [expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-21 Thread Dimitri P.Alexandris
Hi. Try at http://www.f-prot.is (or http://www.complex.is/f-prot/) - their dos and linux machines are free (and very efficient to!). According to AMAVIS docs, F-prot is supported - see the docs. I have installed it and use it manually to both mandrake and win9x systems. It is also

Re: [expert] sshd refuses any connection

2002-02-21 Thread jarmo kettunen
On Thursday 21 February 2002 12:02, you wrote: Any ideas what Iam missing? How about adding in /etc/hosts.allow sshd : ALL Jarmo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-21 Thread Rob
Those sound like good solutions for what the original poster was after. An a slightly different but similar note Anyone got any ideas about making a disk image suitable for then putting onto new machines, a bit like norton Ghost, I thining of OEM linux or corprate situations here where you might

Re: [expert] Corrupt Filesystem

2002-02-21 Thread Ashley Reynolds
On Tue, 19 Feb 2002, Mario Michael da Costa wrote: man that gotta hurt. i am still pretty much a newbie, but what i would try to do is put in the mandrake cd and boot from it. when it comes to the disk partitioning part check to see if it recognises the FAT32 partition. if it does then

Re: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-21 Thread Nick Thompson
'dd' is probably you best bet for OEM situations. Here (in a corporation) we use KickStart to install Linux. This basically allows you to boot from a floppy and then load Linux over the network using the standard install program. You can even store machine configs on the network so that

[expert] Mail server on home LAN

2002-02-21 Thread wim
Hello, I'd like to set up a mail server for two users on my home LAN. I have a mail account at my provider and I created two aliasses. Now my questions are: - Can I configure sendmail to send mail to the SMTP server of myISP? - Is it possible use fetchmail to retrieve th email from my

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Thursday 21 February 2002 00:27, you wrote: I'm having a helluva time trying to get xmbase-grok to work correctly. I first tried the 1.5 source install. Try version 1.4.3 Runs fine over here on lesstif -- Michel Clasquin, D Litt et Phil (Unisa) [EMAIL PROTECTED]/unisa.ac.za

Re: [expert] i586 or i686 rpms

2002-02-21 Thread ai4a
Joseph Braddock wrote: K62 chips are i586. On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 19:32:37 -0800 Harold Hartley [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have been trying to figure out and looking up info, but does anyone know if a K6-2 550 mhz is equal to a i686 or a i586. I just want to know so I can download

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Rob« sagte am 2002-02-21 um 09:45:56 + : Why do you despise Perl then ? I simply do not like it. For web applications, I find PHP *way* easier (and with most setups: faster) to use. Most of the time, there isn't mod_perl available, so perl scripts cause a *HUGE* load on the server.

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Joseph Braddock« sagte am 2002-02-20 um 19:16:20 -0600 : I'd have to concur with Rob. Postgres seems to be a very feature rich and stable database. We are looking to moving some of our Oracle databases to it. MySQL seems to get much more press, but it simply lacks many features required

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.17 and supermount LIVE!

2002-02-21 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 23:47:09 -0500 Tom Brinkman [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Wednesday 20 February 2002 10:13 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:32:48 -0800 James [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Could you post a full

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Rob
»Joseph Braddock« sagte am 2002-02-20 um 19:16:20 -0600 : I'd have to concur with Rob. Postgres seems to be a very feature rich and stable database. We are looking to moving some of our Oracle Well, MySQL *has* transactions and stored procedures (not as good as Oracles, though). And I

Re: [expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-21 Thread Mike Leone
According to AMAVIS docs, F-prot is supported - see the docs. I have installed it and use it manually to both mandrake and win9x systems. It is also disinfecting (not deleting) files very well (in win/dos environment). I saw that Amavis was searching for it, so I presumed it was supported.

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.17 and supermount LIVE!

2002-02-21 Thread James
Thankyou On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 22:13:08 -0500 daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 20 Feb 2002 18:32:48 -0800 James [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Could you post a full list of the RPMS!!! (oh and thanks loads the supermount site doesn't have a patch for

Re: [expert] Antivirus for Linux

2002-02-21 Thread James
Michael, I've had real good results with Sophos. It actually knows of a lot of variants of viruses that McKaffee doesn't detect. (In fact it caught one recently that normally is only seen in Asia sent in a doc our company. Definite quality choice. Installation was smooth and it worked

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.17 and supermount LIVE!

2002-02-21 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 21 February 2002 07:37 am, daRcmaTTeR wrote: FWIW, kernel-headers-2.4.17-22mdk.i586.rpm is matched to glibc-devel-2.2.4-22mdk glibc-2.2.4-22mdk and not to kernel-2.4.17.xxmdk. For more info check the archive http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=mandrake-cooker IIRC,

RE: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Aron Pilhofer
I won't speak for Alexander, but for my part, I find perl syntax to be slightly less confusing than Sanskrit. But, in the interests of full disclosure, I am a total weekend hacker, developing my first big application right now. I tried to learn perl, but I just couldn't. PHP I just... I don't

RE: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Aron Pilhofer
I don't think that's right, Alexander. Transactions, yes, but I have heard a lot of complaining about how they implimented it . (It's not a feature I care about, so I really have not paid a lot of attention...) None of the other stuff is in the current stable version. 3.23.4x. They aren't in the

Re: [expert] DVD (newbie) full screen

2002-02-21 Thread Michael Holt
4:09pm... Sridhar Dhanapalan ran for the door shrieking: 12x is fine for dvds. No, it's not illegal to watch dvds, it's illegal to distribute the code that bypasses encryption. I believe you're talking about 'widescreen'; check the package of the movie you're watching. Don't confuse

Re: [expert] Mail server on home LAN

2002-02-21 Thread Randy Kramer
wim wrote: I'd like to set up a mail server for two users on my home LAN. I have a mail account at my provider and I created two aliasses. Now my questions are: - Can I configure sendmail to send mail to the SMTP server of myISP? Yes. - Is it possible use fetchmail to retrieve th

Re: [expert] Mirror / backup

2002-02-21 Thread Andrew George
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 04:09, Rob wrote: was after. An a slightly different but similar note Anyone got any ideas about making a disk image suitable for then putting onto new machines, a bit like norton Ghost, I thining of OEM linux or corprate situations here where you might have a lot of

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Aron Pilhofer« sagte am 2002-02-21 um 09:44:17 -0500 : I won't speak for Alexander, but for my part, I find perl syntax to be slightly less confusing than Sanskrit. But, in the interests of full ACK right now. I tried to learn perl, but I just couldn't. PHP I just... I don't know... got.

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Aron Pilhofer« sagte am 2002-02-21 um 09:45:54 -0500 : I don't think that's right, Alexander. Transactions, yes, but I have heard a What's not right? Depending on the table there are transactions - but I also haven't used 'em. And stored procedures are available in the form of myperl - which

Re: [expert] DVD (newbie) full screen

2002-02-21 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 06:44:40 -0800 (PST), Michael Holt [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 4:09pm... Sridhar Dhanapalan ran for the door shrieking: 12x is fine for dvds. No, it's not illegal to watch dvds, it's illegal to distribute the code that bypasses encryption. I believe you're talking

Re: [expert] DVD (newbie) full scrren

2002-02-21 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: Hello I have just bought a dvd drive (12x - I hope this is enough for watching DVDs) and have some qustions: a) Is is against the law watching DVDs on linux? b) Full screen - How to get full screen with ogle? I used Crtl-F but the movie doesn't cover

RE: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Aron Pilhofer
I'd call myperl more of a third-party workaround than true stored procedure support, but it looks interesting. Thanks for the tip. That's the one feature I really, truely need. There is no support for subqueries, that I know. -Original Message- From: Alexander Skwar [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Alexander Skwar
»Aron Pilhofer« sagte am 2002-02-21 um 10:41:36 -0500 : I'd call myperl more of a third-party workaround than true stored procedure Yes, that's right. feature I really, truely need. There is no support for subqueries, that I know. Yes, that's also right. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote:

RE: [expert] Remote backup Again

2002-02-21 Thread Belkie, Dan
Hi guys! Thanks for the help, But im looking for something that can remotely back up data from windows and Linux boxes. Maybe just a simple FTP? I need to automate it and would prefer not to have to set up automated FTP clients on each box. Right now I only need data from 4 or 5 boxes (4

RE: [expert] Remote backup Again

2002-02-21 Thread George McConnell
Look into BRU PRO. http://www.tolisgroup.com I use the regular BRU and have been very satisfied with it. Restored a 4 terabyte database that died using BRU about 7 months ago. On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 11:05, Belkie, Dan wrote: Hi guys! Thanks for the help, But im looking for

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.17 and supermount LIVE!

2002-02-21 Thread Mark Weaver
On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 07:59, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday 21 February 2002 07:37 am, daRcmaTTeR wrote: FWIW, kernel-headers-2.4.17-22mdk.i586.rpm is matched to glibc-devel-2.2.4-22mdk glibc-2.2.4-22mdk and not to kernel-2.4.17.xxmdk. For more info check the archive

[expert] SmartMedia read/write works YES

2002-02-21 Thread William Bouterse
Greetings I have a SmartMedia USB device working almost out of the box in Read/Write modeIt was jaw dropping easy after the many hours reading/searches/posts in the past which often led to no success. OmniFlash 'Uno' http://www.omniflashproducts.com/ They even have a penguin along with

[expert] KreateCD Problem

2002-02-21 Thread Robert Goshko
I installed KreateCD yesterday, but I have not been able to get it to work in Data CD mode. When I select that from the start up menu, it jumps right to Calculating ISO 9660 size, and never returns. What is up with that, there have been no files added, so the size should be 0 and return

[expert] printer support

2002-02-21 Thread richard
Hi all my old hp720 printer has died so , its get another time, but I found a hitch in the buying process if it dos.nt say linux on the box, we wont exchange or refund if it dosnt work this was quoted by one of the very large PC chain stores in the UK So I'm looking for recommendations for a

Re: [expert] printer support

2002-02-21 Thread Oscar
I have a Lexmark Z22. Works ok with linux (with the manufacturer's drivers). I know in the new versios (Z23, Z43...) the box says it supports Linux. This is the reason why I recommend you Lexmark. (and the print quality is really good, at least in my Z22) Saludos óscar. El jue, 21-02-2002 a las

Re: [expert] printer support

2002-02-21 Thread richard
Thanks Oscar I'll have a look at those On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 17:46, Oscar wrote: I have a Lexmark Z22. Works ok with linux (with the manufacturer's drivers). I know in the new versios (Z23, Z43...) the box says it supports Linux. This is the reason why I recommend you Lexmark. (and the

[expert] Which CD Burner?

2002-02-21 Thread Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP)
Just got a small windfall, and would like to purchase a CD burner for my Linux-Mandrake 8.1 PowerPack installation on a Celeron 533 with 256 megs memory. Is there a brand that is a fast, b cheap, and c known to work with this Linux configuration? Thanks! ---

Re: [expert] printer support

2002-02-21 Thread Randy Kramer
My Canon BJC-3000 works fine with Linux drivers, even though it is actually connected to a Windows box and I print from Linux over the network. The nice thing about many Canons is that the ink reservoirs are large and easy to refill. (I think refilling it the key to reasonable printing costs.)

[expert] IP Tables Startup failure

2002-02-21 Thread Albert E. Whale
I am attempting to implement a seemingly simple NAT translation on the LM 8.1 Commercial distribution (Yes, I support Mandrake, and have for several years). HOWEVER, when I attempt the rc.firewall script as described in the Linux IP Masquerade Resource http://www.e-infomax.com/ipmasq/ I get the

[expert] Mandrake 8.2 Beta 3

2002-02-21 Thread Palmer C Byrne
Its out! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] KreateCD Problem

2002-02-21 Thread Robert Goshko
On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 09:53, Robert Goshko wrote: I installed KreateCD yesterday, but I have not been able to get it to work in Data CD mode. When I select that from the start up menu, it jumps right to Calculating ISO 9660 size, and never returns. What is up with that, there have been no

Re: [expert] DVD (newbie) full screen

2002-02-21 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello Thanks a lot for all help. I can now watch DVD movies on my linux box (not illegally as far as I could understand). The movie I've rent was on widescreen (cinemascope) not in the whole screen. I guess if it were it would be distorted. Anyway I came to know that ogle doesn't

Re: [expert] Which CD Burner?

2002-02-21 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002 13:04:35 -0500 Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP) [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just got a small windfall, and would like to purchase a CD burner for my Linux-Mandrake 8.1 PowerPack installation on a Celeron 533 with 256 megs memory. Is there a brand that is a fast, b cheap, and c

Re: [expert] Which CD Burner?

2002-02-21 Thread Mike Leone
Just got a small windfall, and would like to purchase a CD burner for my Linux-Mandrake 8.1 PowerPack installation on a Celeron 533 with 256 megs memory. Is there a brand that is a fast, b cheap, and c known to work with this Linux configuration? Yep. Anything SCSI. :-) Avoids that

RE: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Aron Pilhofer
That's basically right. There's still a feeling out there that MySQL is the faster database for selects and such, though I have seen benchmarks all over the board on that. And it is quite clear that with version 7.1 (I believe) Postgres has at least closed that speed gap considerably. In terms

Re: [expert] DVD (newbie) full screen

2002-02-21 Thread Michael Holt
Tomorrow... Sridhar Dhanapalan ran for the door shrieking: I was actually responding to the same message as you were, not to you directly (there was nothing wrong in your post). Sorry, I guess I should've been a bit clearer about that :-) My bad, I had just woke up ;-) Mike -- Michael Tracy

[expert] How to include a new script (daemon) to the boot process?

2002-02-21 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello I have a script that needs to be started everytime I boot my linux boot. I normally start the daemon but issuing the command /usr/local/sharity/sbin/sharity.init start. How can I include this command (script) together with the other commands that start at boot time. I would like to

[expert] swap partitions on multiple hard drives - what to put in /etc/fstab?

2002-02-21 Thread Brian Henerey
My current /etc/fstab for one of my systems shows this: [root@cmrldata1 /]# more /etc/fstab /dev/hda2 / reiserfsdefaults1 1 /dev/hda5 /data1 ext2defaults1 2 /dev/hdb5 /data2 ext2defaults

Re: [expert] How to include a new script (daemon) to the boot process?

2002-02-21 Thread kwan
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: Hello I have a script that needs to be started everytime I boot my linux boot. I normally start the daemon but issuing the command /usr/local/sharity/sbin/sharity.init start. How can I include this command (script) together with the

[expert] reinstall nightmare

2002-02-21 Thread Ken Nowack
Hi all, I'm having to reinstall my system due to operator error. oops. Anyway, I have an intact /home directory that has important files on it I would like to leave intact during the install. So I simply chose to not format that partition and went through the install as usual. When it came up, I

Re: [expert] reinstall nightmare

2002-02-21 Thread kwan
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Ken Nowack wrote: Hi all, I'm having to reinstall my system due to operator error. oops. Anyway, I have an intact /home directory that has important files on it I would like to leave intact during the install. So I simply chose to not format that partition and went

Re: [expert] Which CD Burner?

2002-02-21 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Vogel, Andrew (VOGELAP) wrote: Just got a small windfall, and would like to purchase a CD burner for my Linux-Mandrake 8.1 PowerPack installation on a Celeron 533 with 256 megs memory. Is there a brand that is a fast, b cheap, and c known to work with this Linux configuration? Thanks!

Re: [expert] reinstall nightmare

2002-02-21 Thread Ken Nowack
It sounds like you don't have the correct permissions on your home directory or the files in it. Did you look at *all* the file permissions, including the hidden files? As root, do: ls -la /home/name_of_user If you see numbers in the username field then this means that the owner

[expert] Beta2 to beta3

2002-02-21 Thread Brandon Dorman
Hello, I've been a fan of Red Hat for almost three years, really diving into it in the past 6 months (recompiled the 2.4.17 kernel, got my ide cd burner working, sound card working now, almost got my printer working) but recently have read some stuff that makes Mandrake sound very

Re: [expert] Which CD Burner?

2002-02-21 Thread Hoyt
On Thursday 21 February 2002 01:47 pm, you wrote: Just got a small windfall, and would like to purchase a CD burner for my Linux-Mandrake 8.1 PowerPack installation on a Celeron 533 with 256 megs memory. Is there a brand that is a fast, b cheap, and c known to work with this Linux

[expert] Re: Beta2 to beta3

2002-02-21 Thread Brandon Dorman
Well, the second cd quit downloading at 612 megabytes out of 648 possible, and wouldn't resume without losing it all, so I guess I answered my own question. I'll start downloading Beta 3, should finish it in 10 days... :-) -Brandon On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 13:45, Brandon Dorman wrote: Hello,

Re: [expert] How to include a new script (daemon) to the boot process?

2002-02-21 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hello Many thanks. I did chkconfig --level 3 sharity.init but nothing happens. What kind of output should I expect? . Many thanks Ed Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] KreateCD Problem

2002-02-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Thursday 21 February 2002 16:53, Robert Goshko wrote: I installed KreateCD yesterday, but I have not been able to get it to work in Data CD mode. When I select that from the start up menu, it jumps right to Calculating ISO 9660 size, and never returns. What is up with that, there have

Re: [expert] Re: Beta2 to beta3

2002-02-21 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Check out rsync. Resumes downloads plus checks and updates what you already have. Note that you can also change beta 2 into beta 3 using it. It checksums the iso file and only downloads changes. I usually just rsync the whole iso (via a modem!), but there is a rsync script that can just

Re: [expert] Re: Beta2 to beta3

2002-02-21 Thread J.P. Pasnak
On Thursday 21 February 2002 17:08, you wrote: Well, the second cd quit downloading at 612 megabytes out of 648 possible, and wouldn't resume without losing it all, so I guess I answered my own question. I'll start downloading Beta 3, should finish it in 10 days... :-) You don't _need_ the

Re: [expert] IP Tables Startup failure

2002-02-21 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Thursday 21 February 2002 13:34, you wrote: I am attempting to implement a seemingly simple NAT translation on the LM 8.1 Commercial distribution (Yes, I support Mandrake, and have for several years). HOWEVER, when I attempt the rc.firewall script as described in the Linux IP Masquerade

Re: [expert] Re: Beta2 to beta3

2002-02-21 Thread Randy Kramer
Brandon Dorman wrote: Well, the second cd quit downloading at 612 megabytes out of 648 possible, and wouldn't resume without losing it all, so I guess I answered my own question. I'll start downloading Beta 3, should finish it in 10 days... :-) Brandon, Sound like jobs for rsync -- see

[expert] need help connection refused ftp server

2002-02-21 Thread Expert
Running Pro ftpd connection refused Unacceptable Please advise how to fix. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] need help connection refused ftp server

2002-02-21 Thread J.P. Pasnak
On Thursday 21 February 2002 18:50, you wrote: Running Pro ftpd connection refused Unacceptable Please advise how to fix. That's nice You provided little to no information Unaccepatable Please don't treat us like your bitch. -- Live fast, die young, you're sucking up my bandwidth.

Re: [expert] How to include a new script (daemon) to the boot process?

2002-02-21 Thread kwan
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: Hello Many thanks. I did chkconfig --level 3 sharity.init but nothing happens. What kind of output should I expect? . Depends on what your script is doing. Your commands should be something like: chkconfig --level 3 sharity.init on

Re: [expert] need help connection refused ftp server

2002-02-21 Thread kwan
On Thu, 21 Feb 2002, Expert wrote: Running Pro ftpd connection refused edit /etc/xinetd.d/proftpd.inetd, s/yes/no/ edit /etc/proftpd.conf, s/standalone/inetd/ service proftpd start Unacceptable Please advise how to fix. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] Beta2 to beta3

2002-02-21 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Thursday 21 February 2002 04:45 pm, you wrote: Hello, I've been a fan of Red Hat for almost three years, really diving into it in the past 6 months (recompiled the 2.4.17 kernel, got my ide cd burner working, sound card working now, almost got my printer working) but recently have

Re: [expert] Re: Beta2 to beta3

2002-02-21 Thread Brandon Dorman
Great, thanks. On rsync, I've seen a ton of mention of it on the K12LTSP listserv which I'm also a part of. I'll be doing that. thanks guys, hopefully I'll be e-mailing you from Mandrake soon. :-)(not that I hate RH, just want to try something new and the whole apt-get-like capabilities of

Re: [expert] reinstall nightmare - resolved sort of

2002-02-21 Thread Ken Nowack
It wasn't about passwords or permissions or directory permissions or any of the other user account files. It turns out that it was mainly a problem of userdrake, the 'tool' I chose for the task. Man what a buggy peice of crap that is. It hosed my /etc/passwd and /etc/group files twice in a row.

Re: [expert] Beta2 to beta3

2002-02-21 Thread Brandon Dorman
Another point: If stability is important, than you probably shouldn't go messing around with betas. However, if your main interest is just to get a feel for Mandrake, go ahead with Beta2. Right, my main thing is to get a feel of Mandrake. By using the newest beta i can get a feel of how

Re: [expert] LILO error message

2002-02-21 Thread Lee Roberts
At 08:46 AM 2/20/2002 +0200, Haim Ashkenazi wrote: even simpler, man lilo.conf (you can find a description of the problem in one of the files in '/usr/share/doc/lilo...'. if I remember correctly the solution is something like that: disk=/dev/sda bios=0x80 disk=/dev/hda bios=0x81 but I could

Re: [expert] need help connection refused ftp server

2002-02-21 Thread Lee Roberts
At 06:50 PM 2/21/2002 -0600, Expert wrote: Running Pro ftpd connection refused Unacceptable Please advise how to fix. Is the service actually running? Check by typing this at the command line: service proftpd status It'll tell you if the service is running or stopped. If stopped, execute

[expert] How to set System Sound Device Location

2002-02-21 Thread Nexist Xenda'ths
Hello: I have Mandrake 8.1 with Ximian Gnome. All sound applications point to /dev rather than to /dev/sound How do I fix this? Also, does everything that plays sound use esd by default? If not, is there a way I can force them to? Douglas Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [expert] need help connection refused ftp server

2002-02-21 Thread Michael Leone
On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 19:50, Expert wrote: Running Pro ftpd connection refused Unacceptable Please advise how to fix. Run Windows instead of Linux. Then you can go bug some other list. G -- Michael J. Leone Registered Linux user #201348 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] need help connection refused ftp server

2002-02-21 Thread Michael Leone
On Thu, 2002-02-21 at 20:08, J.P. Pasnak wrote: On Thursday 21 February 2002 18:50, you wrote: Running Pro ftpd connection refused Unacceptable Please advise how to fix. That's nice You provided little to no information Unaccepatable Please don't treat us like your

Re: [expert] need help connection refused ftp server

2002-02-21 Thread J. Craig Woods
Michael Leone wrote: Run Windows instead of Linux. Then you can go bug some other list. Michael, Very pithy, and well stated! Advice that should go out to many... Thanks, -- J. Craig Woods UNIX/NT Network/System Administration -Art is the illusion of spontaneity- Want to buy your Pack

Re: [expert] databases for linux

2002-02-21 Thread Joseph Braddock
Could very well be, but at the time we were evaluating, they were in beta and that wasn't an option. Since I haven't had to do any projects with MySQL, lately, I haven't kept up. As such, I should have said that at the time we evaluated it, it didn't meet our needs. Thanks for the update.

[expert] Re: rsync problem (was beta2 to beta3)

2002-02-21 Thread Brandon Dorman
Ok, I got to 515mb this time on Beta3 CD 1 and it failed. So I went to your page. I got stuck when it says about must start with a module, and I can't figure it out. Your explanation isn't the most clear, sorry. my command right now is: rsync -a -vvv --progress

Re: [expert] reinstall nightmare

2002-02-21 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
When you readded yourself, did you specify the old user id using the -u flag to useradd? Well, no I didn't, I just copied the files over and went for it. Looks like that approach won't work though. So now it seems that all that is left is remaking all the user and group accounts by

[expert] Adding SCSI tape backup

2002-02-21 Thread Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I just recently added a SCSI tape backup to my Mandrake 7.1 system. I used an Adaptec 2903 PCI card. What do I need to do in order to be able to access the tape drive? I tried messing with various programs, but no go. Thanks. Bob Want to buy your Pack or Services from