Re: [expert] The little operating system that could

2002-03-29 Thread James
On Thu, 28 Mar 2002 23:10:39 -0800 James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and hopefully I read right: On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 13:14:36 -0900 civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and hopefully I read right: David Rankin wrote: You know, I can sympathize. Not because the change is necessarily a

Re: [expert] [Fwd: New Bill attempts to regulate hardware, software development]

2002-03-29 Thread James
On Wed, 27 Mar 2002 03:17:34 -0800 David Guntner [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote and hopefully I read right: Lyvim Xaphir grabbed a keyboard and wrote: On Wed, 2002-03-27 at 03:56, David Guntner wrote: E-Mail is largely ignored, and is an ineffective way to petition most representatives

Re: [expert] Quake3 on 8.2?

2002-03-29 Thread Joan Tur
Es Dijous 28 Març 2002 20:56, en [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: - R_Init - ...loading libGL.so: QGL_Init: Can't load libGL.so from /etc/ld.so.conf I've done a search using rpmdrake and i've found the following rpms to contain that library: libMesaGL1 lsbdev XFree86-devel XFree86-libs

Re: [expert] Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread Guy Zelck
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 07:26, Guy Zelck wrote: ---snip--- Interesting thread I thought to post my troubles with XFS to. When I installed md8.1 on my home system I went from reiserfs, which never gave me trouble, to using xfs which I knew from work having it on our

Re: [expert] Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread civileme
Guy Zelck wrote: Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 07:26, Guy Zelck wrote: ---snip--- Interesting thread I thought to post my troubles with XFS to. When I installed md8.1 on my home system I went from reiserfs, which never gave me trouble, to using xfs which I knew from work

Re: [expert] XFree86-4.2 with Mandrake 8.2

2002-03-29 Thread messmate
A linux port question IMHO. Get the answer from freebsd-questions. mess-mate On 29 Mar 2002 07:43:54 +0300 Serge [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | Hi | | With Mandrake 8.1 [and XFree86-4.1] all the 3D games or programs worked | fine. | After installing Mandrake 8.2, some of these applications do not

Re: [expert] Quake3 on 8.2: NOW RUNING

2002-03-29 Thread falcaraz
Thanks a lot Joan It was XFree86-devel the package not installed; now Quake 3 is runing fine, with sound, DRI activated and full screen ^_^ Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) Es Dijous 28 Març 2002 20:56, en [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: - R_Init - ...loading libGL.so: QGL_Init:

Re: [expert] high load average

2002-03-29 Thread David Savolainen
JOHN HEMMER wrote: On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, David Savolainen wrote: I checked to see if chkrootkit is installed, and it isn't. I just don't see what process could be hung up. Unless I don't know how to fully understand the output of ps. Here is a current ps -ef. Things have not

Re: [expert] Apache on 8.2

2002-03-29 Thread Radek Svoboda
On Wed, Mar 27, 2002 at 09:40:04 -0500, Dave Salovesh [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote (0.8K bytes): I'm subscribed to expert@ few weeks and I can't get out of wonder what the EXPERT mean. IMHO newbie@ is the proper list for over 50% questions on this expert@ list. I'm really disappointed. I

[expert] slightly OT, Asleep at the wheel - XCDROAST problems resolved??

2002-03-29 Thread joe
My apologies for being asleep at the wheel on this one. Was the issue of getting xcdroast to work copying audio CDs ever resolved. A few weeks back the issue arose , I was experiencing the exact problem described by a few of the emails when trying to copy I lost track of this issue. -

Re: [expert] Server performance - OT

2002-03-29 Thread Tim Holmes
Yes. No. Maybe so. To start with the hardware: Last I heard, and read, there was really only one motherboard for dual AMD chips. Tyan makes it. It comes with onboard damn near everything. RAID, IDE controller, and dual 3com NICs. I think it's like $650 or so. This may have changed, I've

Re: [expert] Server performance - OT

2002-03-29 Thread Rob Gillen
Not to sound too harsh on the person who quoted the hardware configuration, but this sounds more like a hackers dream game setup than a low-end server configuration. If you want a stable platform, you might want to ask others who have actually setup servers. AMD might be okay for some

Re: [expert] slightly OT, Asleep at the wheel - XCDROAST problemsresolved??

2002-03-29 Thread kwan
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, joe wrote: Was the issue of getting xcdroast to work copying audio CDs ever resolved. A few weeks back the issue arose , I was experiencing the exact problem described by a few of the emails when trying to copy I don't recall the original thread, but I do make mixes

[expert] Test message

2002-03-29 Thread Gavin
I fixed the problem Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] ACPI

2002-03-29 Thread Al Niessner
To keep the story short, I will assume that you have a strong background with Linux. 1) get and install the kernel source rpm 2) apply the acpi patch acpi-20020308-2.4.17.diff (at sourceforge) 3) apply the failed fixmap.h hunk by hand as a permanent_fixed_address 4) build the kernel and modules

[expert] Memtest floppy, Was: Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread Ken Thompson
memtest-x86.bin is on your CD1 in the images directory and can be sent to floppy with a dd and the floppy can be booted and run to test memory. An initial 512 Mb may not show problems for quite a while, even running linux. I had the unpleasant experience of negotiating a warranty return

Re: [expert] Encrypted Filesystems

2002-03-29 Thread Larry Sword
Rob Gillen wrote: Has anyone had a chance to play with encrypted filesystems yet? I can't seem to find any information regarding them, but there is a lot of mention of them in the press releases for 8.2. I tried to set up an ext3 encrypted partition, but whenever I try to mount the

Re: [expert] 8.2 Install

2002-03-29 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
--- Ric Tibbetts [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: YEA! The RicMan is happy again :-) Aw.. I'm most always happy, an da Linux supporter in arenas that you wouldn't believe! Sometimes I just drink a bit too much coffee. ;) heh! dont blame it on coffee ... i love coffee and frankly, i am hurt by

Re: [expert] Encrypted Filesystems

2002-03-29 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
hmmm interesting. i havent tried encrypted filesystems yet ... but according to the kernel config help, you can use loopback device support for it: The loop device driver can also be used to hide a file system in a disk partition, floppy, or regular file, either using encryption (scrambling

Re: [expert] Memtest floppy, Was: Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread civileme
Ken Thompson wrote: memtest-x86.bin is on your CD1 in the images directory and can be sent to floppy with a dd and the floppy can be booted and run to test memory. An initial 512 Mb may not show problems for quite a while, even running linux. I had the unpleasant experience of negotiating a

Re: [expert] Module Compile Errors in 2.4.18-6mdk

2002-03-29 Thread K Montgomery
I just updated an 8.2-RC1 machine to the 8.2 official release, and I'm seeing the problem again myself. My .config, for anyone interested, is attached. Here are the kernel packages installed (rpm -qa | grep kernel), just after I did the update: kernel-secure-2.4.18.6mdk-1-1mdk

Re: [expert] LM8.2 - Nessus (cannot login...)

2002-03-29 Thread Thorsten Gecks
Have you tried the nessus-adduser script ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Memtest floppy, Was: Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread Guy Zelck
Ken Thompson wrote: memtest-x86.bin is on your CD1 in the images directory and can be sent to floppy with a dd and the floppy can be booted and run to test memory. An initial 512 Mb may not show problems for quite a while, even running linux. I had the unpleasant experience of negotiating a

Re: [expert] Memtest floppy, Was: Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread Jan Wilson
* Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [020329 12:14]: Can you outline the operation to make a memtest bootable floppy for us? Thanks, Mount the first CD. Change to the images directory. Put in a floppy. We're assuming your floppy is /dev/fd0: dd if=memtest-x86.bin of=/dev/fd0 It's not a very

Re: [expert] Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread Guy Zelck
civileme wrote: Guy Zelck wrote: Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 07:26, Guy Zelck wrote: ---snip--- Interesting thread I thought to post my troubles with XFS to. When I installed md8.1 on my home system I went from reiserfs, which never gave me trouble, to using xfs which

Re: [expert] Quake3 on 8.2: NOW RUNING

2002-03-29 Thread Joan Tur
Es Divendres 29 Març 2002 12:06, en [EMAIL PROTECTED] va escriure: Thanks a lot Joan De nada ;) -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain AOL quini2k ICQ 11407395 www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] msec and xsane

2002-03-29 Thread gikoreno
--- On Thu 03/28, Rob Gillen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > If you aren't sure which kernel you are using, trying running 'uname > -r' on the command line. You are using the secure kernel if it turns up > 2.4.18-6mdk-secure. If msec doesn't change it, then it may have been an >

[expert] RealPlayer8 LM8.2 - Freezing on Startup

2002-03-29 Thread Sevatio
(on LM8.2) Realplayer8 freezes up right after it starts up and right before it plays the introduction soundclip. I've tried uninstalling and reinstalling using both the bin and rpm versions. But still it freezes when the player starts up and does not get to the part where it plays sound.

Re: [expert] Module Compile Errors in 2.4.18-6mdk

2002-03-29 Thread Kathy Montgomery
Problem solved -- for me, anyway. I saved my .config to a separate area, did a make mrproper, then started the whole process over again -- loaded my config, then repeated the whole compilation. Worked fine, modules and all, no nasty errors. - Kathy I wrote: I just updated an 8.2-RC1 machine

[expert] novell client trust

2002-03-29 Thread ajax
Does anyone know if it is possible to log into a novell network and access the internet through the novell client trust? I believe it is some sort of firewall setup at the hospital I work at. They set up my windows 98 partition but I would rather use linux. It looks like there is a lot of

Re: [expert] Memtest floppy, Was: Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread Ken Thompson
On Friday 29 March 2002 11:40 am, you wrote: Ken Thompson wrote: memtest-x86.bin is on your CD1 in the images directory and can be sent to floppy with a dd and the floppy can be booted and run to test memory. An initial 512 Mb may not show problems for quite a while, even running linux. I

Re: [expert] Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread civileme
SNIP I've installed it and ran it for 6H without any errors popping up. I personally don't believe it's the memory which is in fault. As if the devil was involved I had a freeze again just after boot-up. I followed the Alt-SysRq-... sequence to finally reboot but then again I had my KDE

Re: [expert] LM8.2 - Nessus (cannot login...)

2002-03-29 Thread Frederic Soulier
Yes it worked... thanks. On Fri, 2002-03-29 at 18:51, Thorsten Gecks wrote: Have you tried the nessus-adduser script ? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com -- | ( / \ )

[expert] LM8.2 - SMC Wireless card setup pbm

2002-03-29 Thread Frederic Soulier
Hi Has anyone successfully setup a Wireless card + access point using LM8.2 on a laptop and the wvlan_cs module? Pls I'd like to hear from you ;) Thanks -- | ( / \ ) ( O O ) __oOOo-(

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop pcmcia troubles (with part of syslog)

2002-03-29 Thread Jason Pearce
Thanks to Christian kevin for helping out on this one I got it going last night by excluding port range 0x320-0x33f thanks again jason happy Easter On Friday 29 March 2002 21:24, you wrote: As D.Hinds suggest you to try tulip driver, I think you should try it; but the /etc/pcmcia/config

[expert] Anything else better than NFS in Mandrake 8.2?

2002-03-29 Thread Mark Williamson
Hi Everyone, Just seeing if is there a better Network File system than NFS in the standard Mandrake 8.2 Linux, something like OpenAFS.. http://www.openafs.org/ it sort of bugs me than anyone can walk up and plug a notebook in a NFS network and probably connect to it.. Just some ideas please.

[expert] live_update in 8.2

2002-03-29 Thread Bill Wagner
I've got a remote production 8.0 box that I'd like to upgrade to 8.2 but I'm quite reluctant to touch. To do a test run, I've got an 8.0 vmware install locally, but when I run live_update, I run into all kinds of errors. Here's what I get: --- # ./live_update X Error of failed request: 86

Re: [expert] Anything else better than NFS in Mandrake 8.2?

2002-03-29 Thread Tim Holmes
As there is with anything, there are pros and cons to AFS. Meanwhile I've never used OpenAFS, but I have worked with and have some experience with AFS. If implimented, the security of AFS can be very nice, but AFS is not very stable. It's been known to go down quite often, then closing you and

[expert] Get same error when installing openssh or nessus

2002-03-29 Thread Lars Nordin
I'm trying to instal openssh-server and it complains about msec not being set (see error below) but even after I run msec (msec 2), I get the same error. I noticed that /etc/security/msec/security.conf was missing so I created a link to /etc/sysconfig/msec from that path, but these had no

Re: [expert] Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for thefilesystem

2002-03-29 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Suppose I should put in a bit about reiser - I have had two problems. The minor one was an infinite directory that was fixed by reserfstools, the other more serious. I woke up one morning after leaving the machine happily downloading mdk8.2RC1cd1 overnight to a hung machine. Investigation

Re: [expert] Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread Kyle McDonald
*when I do 8.2 this weekend, it will be reiser on raid 1 across both disks! On Fri, 2002-03-29 at 18:17, Guy Zelck wrote: While RAID 1 is a good idea, it really only protects against hardware failure. If your FS driver scrambles bits on your filesystem, the scrambled bits will be

[expert] THE INFOWORLD SCOOP P.M. EDITION, Friday, March 29, 2002 (fwd)

2002-03-29 Thread JOHN HEMMER
Just thought I would foreward this for anyone interested and who did not see it. John -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 29 Mar 2002 15:30:02 -0600 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: THE INFOWORLD SCOOP P.M. EDITION, Friday,

Re: [expert] high load average

2002-03-29 Thread JOHN HEMMER
On Fri, 29 Mar 2002, David Savolainen wrote: JOHN HEMMER wrote: On Thu, 28 Mar 2002, David Savolainen wrote: I checked to see if chkrootkit is installed, and it isn't. I just don't see what process could be hung up. Unless I don't know how to fully understand the output of

Re: [expert] toshiba laptop (OT)

2002-03-29 Thread Michael Holt
11:15am... John Haywood carefully chose these words: On Friday 29 March 2002 01:46, you wrote: Hey guys, Problem is this; does anyone know if I can just use plain old 144 sodimms for any toshiba in my 315CDT or if I have to go with the ones specifically for that model?  I wouldn't

Re: [expert] Memtest floppy, Was: Which is better choice ext3 or reiserfs for the filesystem

2002-03-29 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 29 March 2002 12:40 pm, civileme wrote: 4.b. dd if=/mnt/cdrom/images/memtest-x86.bin of=/dev/fd0 When the prompt comes back, remove the CD reboot and you will be running memtest. That is, of course assuming your floppy is your first boot device or at least before the HDD or

[expert] OT--And now for the comic relief

2002-03-29 Thread civileme
http://www.itworld.com/Sec/2199/020329nt2000hole/ Why isn't this news exciting? Civileme Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] toshiba laptop (OT)

2002-03-29 Thread civileme
Michael Holt wrote: EDO and SDRAM are fundamentally different in timing, and SDRAM will never work in place of EDO. A few mainboards actually offered slots for both or the same slots for both, but in that case they actually imposed different size limits on the 168 pin memories, like 256M