Fwd: Re: [expert] Internet Connection Sharing

2002-04-03 Thread Jason Pearce
Hi people, sorry this has taken a day or 2 to get back to . I have now set the windows box 192.168.0.16 on the 255.255.255.0 subnet , whilst doing ifconfig I noticed that there were 2 ethernet devices shown on this machine which is bogus ,but it seems widows is trying to call the intermal modem

[expert] Greek Localization and True Type Fonts Problem!

2002-04-03 Thread Thanasis Koutras
Hi! I just installed Mandrake 8.2 on my PC with Greek locale from the scratch. All went fine and I can see KDE 2.2.2 with Greek menus and fonts on the XWindows. However, as the used fonts (misc-fixed I think) are not the best thing you can have, I thought to import some really nice TTF from my

[expert] Problems with 8.2

2002-04-03 Thread Roberto Rosselli Del Turco
Hi all, I recently installed 8.2: great as usual, but I have encountered some small problems: - bash complains about a missing file: bash: /etc/profile.d/color_ls.sh: No such file or directory and actually I get no colorized output for ls etc. I know this file once lived in fileutils, but it

Re: [expert] bootable CD

2002-04-03 Thread Mike Rambo
Jason Guidry wrote: Mike Rambo wrote: jipe wrote: On Tue, 02 Apr 2002 08:23:06 -0500 Mike Rambo [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Maybe I'm just dense but how the heck do you create a bootable CD these days. i assume that the files and directories from which to create your iso image are

Re: Fwd: Re: [expert] /bin/cat initiated by kwrited in KDE

2002-04-03 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
--- J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: nope, none that i know of ... i will be installing 8.2 on a different machine today. if i dont see it (/bin/cat) on the processes initiated, ill just upgrade and forever hold my piece about this issue ;)

Re: Fwd: Re: [expert] /bin/cat initiated by kwrited in KDE

2002-04-03 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
--- Lyvim Xaphir [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: FWIW, it's been interesting to examine this; it's been informative, and now I'm curious myself as to why kdeinit babysits cat continually under pure KDE. I would say it's a handoff, except that it's there before any apps are run. on my original

Re: [expert] Should vfat systematically be checked with dosfsck?

2002-04-03 Thread Brian Parish
On Wed, 2002-04-03 at 08:51, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Fixing a vfat drive from inside linux (a truly unbiased/independent/seperate standpoint) has definite advantages. The only reason I stop short of using the adjective superior is because I haven't conducted rigorous tests to back that view up.

Re: [expert] How to set path in mdk

2002-04-03 Thread Ikhlasul Amal
[Wed, 03 Apr 2002, 15:36:05 +0800 0.7K] Gadir -- menulis (diedit): % How to put a group of folders into my % % - PATH environment % - LD_LIBRARY_PATH environment variable. % - LD_LIBRARY_PATH % - TCL_LIBRARY environmental variable. % ---akhir kutipan--- $

Re: [expert] Re: linuxconf or webmin?

2002-04-03 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 12:44, J. Craig Woods wrote: BTW, I wouldn't use either one of them. They both have a history of screwing up config files. hey, i dont use either of them too . one time i tried linuxconf and boy, it did ruin the config files and that time it even used or moved the

Re: [expert] system upgrade -- moving users

2002-04-03 Thread Dianne Marie Montesa
hi synrat, --- synrat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm setting up a new server for my mail-web-file server setup. While I'm not worried about recreating configuration files for most servers, I don't know what to do with the users home directories and password files. Will it work if I

[expert] 8.2: ps2 wheel mouse crashes: SOLVED

2002-04-03 Thread falcaraz
Actually computers are a mistery! Do you remember my problem in a computer that with 8.2 didn't recognize a ps2 wheel mouse?; it had also problem with lilo to change anything: error: image not found. Whell, today I decided to do an actuallization as expert but not selecting new packages; I

Re: Re: [expert] LM 8.2 xinetd leafnode

2002-04-03 Thread Jim Dawson
I have configured xinted for leafnode as described below and it still doesn't start. I can't even find any indication in the logs that it is even trying to start. leafnode does start from the command prompt. Does anyone know what else may need to be set? Thanks in advance. -Original

Re: Fwd: Re: [expert] /bin/cat initiated by kwrited in KDE

2002-04-03 Thread Vincent Danen
On Wed Apr 03, 2002 at 05:19:38AM -0800, Dianne Marie Montesa wrote: [...] Do not hold your breath, Countess, because you will find the cat skulking about in 8.2 also. ek ... youre right! i wonder if civileme or folks at mandrakesoft had my mails on ignore or filtered to

[expert] X mouse: depends on how X started...

2002-04-03 Thread Pierre Fortin
On LM8.2, I've been chasing a strange problem today... The mouse worked after 8.2 install; but now, I did what I hate most (reboot) after taking my laptop along on a short trip... Under the following conditions, the mouse *works in VC mode* (gdm); but not under X: - booting with or without

Re: Fwd: Re: [expert] /bin/cat initiated by kwrited in KDE

2002-04-03 Thread Jussi Aalto
On Tuesday 02 April 2002 17:19, J. Craig Woods wrote: Do not hold your breath, Countess, because you will find the cat skulking about in 8.2 also. OK, you woke up my curiosity and had to check what's goin' on on my system.. Found sleeping cats on LM 8.1, RH 7.2 and FreeBSD 4.5, when running

[expert] Should vfat systematically be checked with dosfsck?

2002-04-03 Thread Guy Zelck
Hi all, I share a disk with a M$ OS I seldom use. This disk holds a vfat32 partition. Since I nearly allways use my md8.1 and this partition is mounted automatically it should be checked. I don't think the rc.sysinit file takes this into account, it's to say that this calls fsck via Fsck and

Re: [expert] Should vfat systematically be checked with dosfsck?

2002-04-03 Thread Guy Zelck
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Tue, 2002-04-02 at 15:20, Guy Zelck wrote: Hi all, I share a disk with a M$ OS I seldom use. This disk holds a vfat32 partition. Since I nearly allways use my md8.1 and this partition is mounted automatically it should be checked. I don't think the rc.sysinit file

Re: [expert] Konqueror can't display GIFs, other KDE image problems

2002-04-03 Thread Larry Sword
Richard Garand wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Since I installed Mandrake 8.2 two days ago (and then stayed up many hours playing frozen-bubble :), konqueror has been unable to display .gif images, and my desktop background images don't display. I tried using

[expert] gdm won't start since upgrade to 8.2

2002-04-03 Thread Kathy Montgomery
Ever since I upgraded from 8.2 RC1 to the official 8.2 release, gdm won't start. When I come up into runlevel 5, it tries to start, and for a brief moment the X cursor and the greyish background flicker onto the screen, but then they flicker off again. After 5 tries, it gives up and says Failed

Re: [expert] Wizard Documentation?

2002-04-03 Thread Larry Sword
Jeremy Mereness wrote: How can I find out what the various wizards in Mandrake 8.2 do? I can't find any documentation on 8.2 at Mandrake's web site. I'd like to know what files are modified by any given wizard. --j http://www.mandrakelinux.com/harddrake/ Want to buy your Pack or

[expert] RV: irda shutting down failure

2002-04-03 Thread falcaraz
In my laptop (Toshiba Satellite 4090XCDT) if I have the irda service activated it start OK, but shuting down ever give me a [Faiulure]. I have tried to conect my palm to the laptop using the fire port but without succes even using the specific configuration of Guenther Wieser

Re: Re: [expert] LM 8.2 xinetd leafnode

2002-04-03 Thread Andreas Müller
Am Mit, 2002-04-03 um 19.59 schrieb Jim Dawson: I have configured xinted for leafnode as described below and it still doesn't start. I can't even find any indication in the logs that it is even trying to start. leafnode does start from the command prompt. Does anyone know what else may

Re: [expert] bootable CD

2002-04-03 Thread Jason Guidry
Mike Rambo wrote: Hey, Before this thread goes away...where does the image come from. I tried asking a similar question a while back...I wanted to boot several mini-distros off the same disk. any insight on that? To which image do you refer? The floppy image is created using dd (dd

[expert] Mandrake 8.2 Jpilot - Problem

2002-04-03 Thread George Czerw
I upgraded from 8.2 Cooker to 8.2 final. Jpilot was working properly before the upgrade. Now, when attempting to run it as a user, Jpilot ends with segmentation fault, and displays no other error. However when run as root, Jpilot loads properly. Anyone have any ideas? Thanks! George

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

2002-04-03 Thread mike
Yawn! To call Fritz Holling a liberal is as bad as calling George W. Bush a president. Fritz was a Democrat when he was governor of SC and opposed civil rights. Strom was a Democrar when HE was governor of SC and placed the flag on the state house. And George Wallace was also a Democrat.

Re: [expert] RV: irda shutting down failure

2002-04-03 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
Hi Same problem here with a Sony VAIO. Please let know if there is a solution to the problem. Many thanks Ed - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, April 03, 2002 4:26 PM Subject: [expert] RV: irda shutting down failure In my laptop

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

2002-04-03 Thread Robert C. Thyberg
On Wednesday 03 April 2002 08:34 pm, mike wrote: --SNIPPED the BS--- This is a Mandrake list not a podium for FLAMING Liberal crap. RCT Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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

2002-04-03 Thread daRcmaTTeR
A FLAMING Liberal and open source supporter, mg boy! talk about a no brainer...I meant the part about the flaming liberal. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

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

2002-04-03 Thread J. Craig Woods
daRcmaTTeR wrote: A FLAMING Liberal and open source supporter, mg boy! talk about a no brainer...I meant the part about the flaming liberal. I love it! Best thread going in awhile. And lighten up people, variety is good stuff. A big thanks to LX. You are the man... -- J. Craig Woods

[expert] 8.2 and vectra vl600

2002-04-03 Thread ingmar frey
I know this should be a certified linux compatible computer. IT install fine, it detects the matrox card, the sound. But the nic is a diferent story. Drakconf just does cant see the ethernet card. lspci cant find it either. I know that it is a 3c905c, and that it worked with windows

Re: [expert] 8.2 and vectra vl600

2002-04-03 Thread Brian Schroeder
This may help: When I did an upgrade from 7.2 to 8.1, my nic suddenly stopped working - for no apparent reason. The symptoms were similar to what you describe. I tried all sorts of things, including pulling my hair out, but nothing worked. Eventually I removed the card from the box, had a

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.2 Jpilot - Problem

2002-04-03 Thread Michal 'hramrach' Suchanek
George Czerw wrote: I upgraded from 8.2 Cooker to 8.2 final. Jpilot was working properly before the upgrade. Now, when attempting to run it as a user, Jpilot ends with segmentation fault, and displays no other error. However when run as root, Jpilot loads properly. Anyone have any ideas?