[expert] D-Link DFE 530TX Network Card Install Error

2002-03-01 Thread Craig Steffler
I've got Mandrake 72 running on a Compaq AMD 475 I tried to install a D-Link Ethernet Card DFE-530TX+ and when I run the insmod command in the /usr/src/linux directory I get the error: Device or resource busy Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including

[expert] How to enable authentication in Postfix?

2002-03-01 Thread David Guntner
With the new update of Postfix that was just released by Mandrake, I made sure to install it as well as the various libsasl rpm files I just tried to connect (manually) to my mail port to see how it looked What I got was: /home/davidg$ telnet {myhost} 25 Trying {my IP} Connected to {myhost}

Re: [expert] Optimum partitioning

2002-03-01 Thread William Kenworthy
Have not seen a method to dynamicly grow the file, but it certainly kills performance once you fill mem, swap and then go to disk file! When 8.2 comes out I will redo the disk layout to something a bit more suited to what I need when I upgrade. With win2000 prof, swap and reiserfs partitions on

[expert] Swap space was - Optimum partitioning

2002-03-01 Thread J. Grant
What are everyones opinions on the the swap issue? like If i have a 1GB swap partiion does it get fragmented? How does this get affected by the new VM in 24 kernels? Does a larger swap file require more management and thus slows down a system if it is bigger than necessary? JG William

[expert] Xservers +bs?!?

2002-03-01 Thread Andy Weller
Dear all, I use my Mandrake 80 box for Image Processing applications and when I obscure a window the image disappears! According to the instruction manual I need to enable the backing-store These are the instructions: In file /use/lib/X11/xdm/Xservers I need to append '+bs' to the line

Re: [expert] D-Link DFE 530TX Network Card Install Error

2002-03-01 Thread Tom Badran
On Friday 01 Mar 2002 8:04 am, you wrote: I've got Mandrake 7.2 running on a Compaq AMD 475 I tried to install a D-Link Ethernet Card DFE-530TX+ and when I run the I have exactly the same card, just do a 'modprobe via-rhine' and all will be well. I did have some issues with older mandrakes,

Re: [expert] DHCP Server + DHCP Client

2002-03-01 Thread Mike Rambo
James wrote: All, So far all the man pages and How to's I've found (linuxdoc and linuxgazette) talk about using a DHCP server OR using DHCP with your cable/dsl modem. What for the life of me I can't find is something that tells me how in the blue blazes to do both. I'm on cable so

Re: [expert] firewall security

2002-03-01 Thread Mike Rambo
Lee Roberts wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've tried tiny firewall, bastille-firewall, and one other (can't remember the name). NONE of them block access to the UDP services no matter what I do. In InteractiveBastille, I don't enter anything for UDP service names

Re: [expert] How to enable authentication in Postfix?

2002-03-01 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Fri, 1 Mar 2002 00:34:12 -0800 David Guntner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: With the new update of Postfix that was just released by Mandrake, I made sure to install it as well as the various libsasl .rpm files. I just tried to connect (manually) to my mail port to see how it looked. What I

[expert] I don't miss NS...

2002-03-01 Thread Pierre Fortin
galeon 0121 sylpheed 072claws I sure there must be a newer galeon version; but just wanted to say that I am very happy with galeon and sylpheed as my replacements for NS47x From ps (galeon): v pfortin 22668 08 82 116232 84364 ? SJan28 377:51 pf

Re: [expert] firewall security

2002-03-01 Thread Lee Roberts
pmfirewall doesn't use iptables. Besides, I used pmfirewall with Mandrake 7.2 and had the same problem. At 07:37 AM 3/1/2002 -0500, Mike Rambo wrote: Lee Roberts wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've tried tiny firewall, bastille-firewall, and one other (can't

Re: [expert] firewall security

2002-03-01 Thread wim
Mike Rambo wrote: Lee Roberts wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I've tried tiny firewall, bastille-firewall, and one other (can't remember the name). NONE of them block access to the UDP services no matter what I do. In InteractiveBastille, I don't enter anything for UDP

Re: [expert] firewall security

2002-03-01 Thread J. Craig Woods
Mike Rambo wrote: Have you tried pmfirewall? My co-worker used it on his box. It was easy to set up and nmap found nothing when I ran it against the box afterward. -- Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED] It seems his is using iptables, and pmfirewall will only work with ipchains.. -- J.

Re: OT: was Re: [expert] Can you block out entire netblocks?

2002-03-01 Thread Mark Weaver
On Thu, 2002-02-28 at 12:31, Pierre Fortin wrote: On Thu, 28 Feb 2002 10:04:17 -0700 Praedor Tempus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Here is a basic question, new to me. I recently bought a few domain names. At this point I am still trying to learn how (or if) I can use them...I have no

Re: OT: was Re: [expert] Can you block out entire netblocks?

2002-03-01 Thread Pierre Fortin
On 01 Mar 2002 10:53:54 -0500 Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Another thing that is helpful are the DNS services. They make it possible to have a mailserver running on a machine that has a dynamic IP address. I've been using one on my home machine now for almost a year. It makes things

Re: [expert] Help - Stuck at '...kernel params..' - SOLVED ???

2002-03-01 Thread Ashley Moore
yeah, now that you mentioned it once before when I've moved the box, the BIOS complained about HDD being absent. Just opening the cover and pressing the HDD cables in place seemed to make the problem go away! its too scary I'm going to stop at the store first thing to pick up a

[expert] urpmi updating

2002-03-01 Thread skidley
I have urpmi set up with susniteuiono for updates It finds the hdlistcz in /updates/81/base and does add the source but when I try to do an update of a pkg it also tries to fetch the pkg(s) in /updates/81/base while as you know the rpms are in updates/81/RPMS How do I tell it to fetchin the

[expert] Destination Host Unreachable

2002-03-01 Thread Albert E. Whale
I just completed the Installation of LM 81 on a Server which has run LM for 5 Years The Interfaces in use are eth0: 3cSoOHO100-TX Hurricane - Module: 3c59x eth1: 3c905B Cyclone - module: 3c59x As I test out the Network interfaces, there appears to a communications problem with the Network

Re: [expert] Help - Stuck at '...kernel params..' - SOLVED ???

2002-03-01 Thread James
I hear you. Having built custome cables I know these things are a real PIA (pain in the ..) to make line up correctly. Hope it helps. James On 01 Mar 2002 10:43:24 -0800 Ashley Moore [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: yeah, now that you mentioned it once before when I've moved the box, the

Re: [expert] DHCP Server + DHCP Client

2002-03-01 Thread James
Mike if I understand you correctly I need to add. default-lease-time 7200; max-lease-time 82400; option subnet-mask 255.255.255.0; option broadcast-address 12.234.130.255; option routers 12.234.130.1; option domain-name-servers ; option domain-name linuxpda.biz; subnet 12.234.130.0 netmask

[expert] symbole error

2002-03-01 Thread marco
Hello folks, I have problems to start the mc or gmc I get following error message: # mc /usr/bin/mc: relocation error: /usr/bin/mc: undefined symbol: g_snprintf Whats wrong??? Who can help me in this case? I have installed the latest update kernel : kernel-24182mdk I have updated my system

Re: [expert] Destination Host Unreachable

2002-03-01 Thread Albert E. Whale
Actually, I cannot ping outside of the box using either of the interfaces. Yes, I've set my Gateways, and the Default Route. Your problem sounds more like an Internet Connection Sharing problem. My problem is FOOBAR! ngn wrote: M...It seems that we have the same problem that yours. We

Re: [expert] Destination Host Unreachable

2002-03-01 Thread ngn
M...It seems that we have the same problem that yours. We cannot route betweeen two ethernet cards. - Original Message - From: Albert E. Whale [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, March 01, 2002 5:07 PM Subject: [expert] Destination Host Unreachable I just

Re: [expert] Destination Host Unreachable

2002-03-01 Thread ken
Just a thought...I have had this problem, and I had to specify the I/O and IRQ on older cards, even PCI ones (ie io=0x300,irq=5) HTH Ken On Fri, 2002-03-01 at 12:58, Albert E. Whale wrote: Actually, I cannot ping outside of the box using either of the interfaces. Yes, I've set my Gateways,

Re: [expert] GUI tool for floppy diskettes

2002-03-01 Thread g
Jonathan Dlouhy wrote: Is there GUI tool in Mandrake 81 that can be used to copy diskettes? jonathan, there are a lot gui tools that do what can be done at command line, and they make life easier but, what do you do when you are using a system that does not have a gui tool that you are used

RE: [expert] DHCP Server + DHCP Client

2002-03-01 Thread Darwin Gottfried
You need dhcpcd for your cable/dsl and dhcp _if_ your going to server IP's to other machines on your lan deg Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://wwwmandrakestorecom

[expert] Kudos

2002-03-01 Thread James
All, To the developers at Mandrake Kudo's all around I just did the Fvh update of php due to the security problem on my all my Mandrake boxes and one of my RH boxes The update on 71 Mandrake went flawlessly as well as 81 I'll be a couple of hours fixing the RH box *grin* and kudos all

Re: [expert] firewall security

2002-03-01 Thread Lee Roberts
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 It seems that the sygatetechcom scanner is broken I got the AW Security Port Scanner 402 for my windows box and used it to scan my linux box It shows all UDP ports to the public interface blocked I ran the TCP and UDP port scans on a friends linux

Re: [expert] Choosing the right filesystem

2002-03-01 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
ACLs can add increased safety and security to a filesystem, by controlling what can be accessed by whom. NTFS has this feature, and so does XFS. Samba can use XFS's ACL feature to link to NTFS's. Another reason is that ReiserFS has historically had problems with NFS. This apparently has been

Re: [expert] Choosing the right filesystem

2002-03-01 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
Actually, ext3 is almost a total rewrite. While ext2 was designed with various 'hooks' which allows extra functionality via 'plug-ins' (including on-the-fly compression and journalling), the ext3 designers thought it best to start afresh. Ext2 is still a very good filesystem, with an elegant