Re: [expert] CLI for comp beep

2002-05-02 Thread Sridhar Dhanapalan
On Fri, 3 May 2002 01:21:59 -0400, Brian York <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What would be a command to make the internal speaker beep? I think you have just answered your own question -- the package is called 'beep', and it contains a command called 'beep' :) -- Sridhar Dhanapalan

Re: [expert] LM8.2: mkisofs pbm (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk) after Mandrake Update

2002-05-02 Thread Damian G
On Thu, 2 May 2002 16:32:42 -0700 James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > So I checked my box. Guess what I found. when I do an rpm -qa | > grep mksiofs I get back. > > mkisofs-1.15-0.a20.1mdk > mkisofs-1.15-0.a20.1mdk > > Ran it twice and both times it replies that the rpm is installed > twice.

Re: [expert] Networking gateway issues and M$ xp and Linux

2002-05-02 Thread Brian Parish
Brian, Because you have such a good name, I'll make you a gift if you like of some scripts which handle this for me. But to use these, you are going to have do to this the RIGHT way. First, the modem goes on the linux box. This is the right place for it! Your linux machine will make a nice fi

[expert] CLI for comp beep

2002-05-02 Thread Brian York
What would be a command to make the internal speaker beep? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Restricting Resourse Usage

2002-05-02 Thread Michael Viron
Pierre, You may also wish to take a look at http://www.findaschool.org/~mviron/faqs/ Not much yet, but will be added to shortly. Michael -- Michael Viron Core Systems Group, Simple End User Linux Registered Linux User #81978 http://findaschool.org/~mviron At 12:28 AM 5/3/2002 -0400, you wrote

Re: [expert] Restricting Resourse Usage

2002-05-02 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Thu, 02 May 2002 21:43:36 -0400 Randy Kramer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Pierre, > > I have quoted this email on this webpage -- > http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/LimitingBandwidthUsage. > > If you have any comments, suggestions, or concerns, please let me know. > At some point i

Re: [expert] Automatically start application on insmod

2002-05-02 Thread David Relson
At 02:20 PM 5/2/02, you wrote: >Anyone here intimately familiar with modules? > >I'm trying to start my application automatically when a Compact Flash >is inserted into a Sandisk CF reader. Is there a facility in the kernel >or in insmod to automatically launch an application when a module is >ins

[expert] Re: [Cooker] Partitioning Advice

2002-05-02 Thread Hoyt
On Wednesday 01 May 2002 07:53 pm, Randy K. Wilson wrote: > > Didn't Richard Stallman have a Question-asking HOWTO? IIRC, the format > > was: > > Ummm, it is ESR. From a post "someone" made to a local list: > > http://www.tuxedo.org/~esr/faqs/smart-questions.html ESR, RMS, KDE, GNOME, LSB, AFAIK

Re: [expert] Kerberos 5 (GSSAPI) and CVS

2002-05-02 Thread J. Craig Woods
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 17:03, José Luis Vázquez González wrote: > Sorry, I didn't understand. > > What spec file? > I just have the source RPM. > Do I have to extract an spec file from it and modify it? > Or... > Do I need to create an spec file? > What do you mean exactly? > Ok, first run a "rp

Re: [expert] Old way of making linux boot floppy?

2002-05-02 Thread Hoyt
On Thursday 02 May 2002 08:17 pm, db wrote: > Before there was the  mkbootdisk command, it was done another way... does > anyone know that command? ' Bootdisk HOWTO? -- Hoyt http://www.maximumhoyt.com Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Restricting Resourse Usage

2002-05-02 Thread Randy Kramer
Pierre, I have quoted this email on this webpage -- http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/LimitingBandwidthUsage. If you have any comments, suggestions, or concerns, please let me know. At some point in the future I would expect to revise the page, put most of your thoughts into my own word

Re: [expert] Mailing List problems

2002-05-02 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Thu, 2 May 2002, Pierre Fortin wrote: > On Thu, 2 May 2002 14:46:23 -0400 "jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I am currently using Mandrake 8.2 (Kernel-secure) running Postfix and > > Imap. I use Imp/horde (horde.org) for webmail. Everything is fine except > > I cannot send mail to the expe

[expert] Old way of making linux boot floppy?

2002-05-02 Thread db
Before there was the mkbootdisk command, it was done another way... does anyone know that command? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: Re: [expert] Ad Absurdum (was Linux for Kids)

2002-05-02 Thread Nick Baker
On Wednesday 01 May 2002 11:05 am, you wrote: > I think Douglas Adams had the right idea. (from one of the "Hitchhikers > Guide to the Galaxy" books.) The 'Outside of the Asylum'. > > You build an insane asylum inside out, the 'outside of the asylum'. The > rest of the world is 'in' the asylum (si

Re: [expert] LM8.2: mkisofs pbm (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk) after Mandrake Update

2002-05-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 02 May 2002 01:33 pm, J. Craig Woods wrote: > On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 13:49, Charles A Edwards wrote: > > On 02 May 2002 18:29:24 +0100 > > > > Frederic Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, it seems that not all FTP mirrors have the correct > > > version. I updated from ftp.lip

Re: [expert] LM8.2: mkisofs pbm (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk) after Mandrake Update

2002-05-02 Thread James
So I checked my box. Guess what I found. when I do an rpm -qa | grep mksiofs I get back. mkisofs-1.15-0.a20.1mdk mkisofs-1.15-0.a20.1mdk Ran it twice and both times it replies that the rpm is installed twice. Does anyone else get this? Could this be causing the "mangle" James On Thu,

Re: [expert] Screwball network bug (long)

2002-05-02 Thread James
On Thu, 2 May 2002 10:44:23 -0600 Ken Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'll comment on this one since it was my start. But in another e-mail You noted that all the yellow lights are solid. On my Switch in my house (4 comps) the DX/Collision light is always lit even when only one box is conne

Re: [expert] LM8.2: mkisofs pbm (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk) after Mandrake Update

2002-05-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 02 May 2002 09:28 am, J. Craig Woods wrote: > Tom Brinkman wrote: > >H Update got this one for me, haven't had any > > problems mkisofs-1.15-0.a21.1mdk > I suspect that the original poster, on this issue, is right. > mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk is dooshed. Why else would the

Re: [expert] Sylpheed Claws

2002-05-02 Thread James
Femme, It's a cooker app. you can get it from this link. ftp://ftp.club-internet.fr/pub/unix/linux/distributions/Mandrake-devel/cooker/cooker/Mandrake/RPMS/libpspell4-0.12.2-4mdk.i586.rpm If my e-mail client wraps the link into two lines combine it into one in your browser and it should grab

Re: [expert] NFS-Root disks with Mandrake 8.2?

2002-05-02 Thread kwan
On Thu, 2 May 2002, Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.) wrote: > > Has anyone attempted this or can someone give me some specific areas > to do more research? I've searched linuxdoc.org and mandrakeuser.org > but haven't found enough info to even tell me if I can even do this with > a Mandrake distribution

Re: [expert] LM8.2: mkisofs pbm (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk) after Mandrake Update [OT]

2002-05-02 Thread Carroll Grigsby
On Thursday 02 May 2002 04:13 pm, you wrote: > On 02 May 2002 14:33:20 -0500 > > "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm, that would explain why MandrakeUpdate does not provide the update. > > I recant my criticisms from my earlier post, and add "bad boy, Tom". :-) > > NO, Tom's like

[expert] network card to 10mbps ?

2002-05-02 Thread Rodrigo Sanchez Olavarria
Dear Experts: I had some extrange problems exporting a file system via NFS... well, It seems that my wiring is out of any standart in this "segment" for 100mbps.. so, I want to set my network card ( 10/100 autosensing), to only 10Mbps... is it possible ? Rodrigo Sanchez DGF, U. de Chile

Re: [expert] 8.2 and Sony Vaio FX200

2002-05-02 Thread Gary Dunn
On Wed, 2002-05-01 at 20:36, Alan wrote: > On Friday 07 November 2036 03:21 am, Al Niessner wrote: > > I have Mandrake 8.2 up and running on a twin P3 desktop and now my > > laptop. The desktop went without a hitch because the disk was erased and > > full installation was done. My laptop was much

Re: [expert] Kerberos 5 (GSSAPI) and CVS

2002-05-02 Thread José Luis Vázquez González
Sorry, I didn't understand. What spec file? I just have the source RPM. Do I have to extract an spec file from it and modify it? Or... Do I need to create an spec file? What do you mean exactly? Is there a URL where they explain this? Jose J. Craig Woods wrote: > > Jose, have you looked at ad

[expert] NFS-Root disks with Mandrake 8.2?

2002-05-02 Thread Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)
I have several machines that I would like to be pseudo-diskless. I have no desire to buy a EPROM burner for my NIC's (plus learn the intracies of BOOTP) to make them truly diskless. Having to boot from a NFS-Root floppy that references a central Linux box for it's root partition is good enoug

Re: [expert] Mailing List problems

2002-05-02 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Thu, 2 May 2002 14:46:23 -0400 "jay" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I am currently using Mandrake 8.2 (Kernel-secure) running Postfix and > Imap. I use Imp/horde (horde.org) for webmail. Everything is fine except > I cannot send mail to the expert/newbie mailing lists. Here is the error > I get.

Re: [expert] Mailing List problems

2002-05-02 Thread J. Craig Woods
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 14:37, Oscar wrote: > I get this error *sometimes*, too. > When I get this error, I must send the messages using a smtp server from > my ISP. > > > El jue, 02-05-2002 a las 20:46, jay escribió: > > I am currently using Mandrake 8.2 (Kernel-secure) running Postfix and Imap.

Re: [expert] Sylpheed Claws

2002-05-02 Thread David Rankin
Femme wrote: > On Thu, 2 May 2002 08:14:14 -0700 > James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Thu, 02 May 2002 01:09:41 -0600 > > FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > sylpheed-claws-0.7.2claws-1mdk > > sylpheed-0.7.3-1mdk > > > > were the first ones to offer spell checking are thes

RE: [expert] Changing msec level via command line?

2002-05-02 Thread gikoreno
Hey, I found this article very useful: http://www.mandrakesecure.net/en/docs/msec.php So the command would have to be executed as root: msec -o log=stderr So to change to level 3 you would type msec -o log=stderr 3 I hope that helps. gikoreno --- On Thu 05/02, David Rankin <[

Re: [expert] LM8.2: mkisofs pbm (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk) after Mandrake Update

2002-05-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
On 02 May 2002 14:33:20 -0500 "J. Craig Woods" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hmmm, that would explain why MandrakeUpdate does not provide the update. > I recant my criticisms from my earlier post, and add "bad boy, Tom". :-) NO, Tom's like me. We make a mistake/miscue on occasion hiding our

Re: [expert] Changing msec level via command line?

2002-05-02 Thread Damian G
On Thu, 02 May 2002 13:55:56 -0500 David Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Well, I still can't get X going, but someone suggested that selecting > high security level during install may be preventing me from connecting > to the server somehow. (Doesn't make much sense since I'm setting up and >

Re: [expert] Changing msec level via command line?

2002-05-02 Thread Oscar
El jue, 02-05-2002 a las 20:55, David Rankin escribió: > Well, I still can't get X going, but someone suggested that selecting > high security level during install may be preventing me from connecting > to the server somehow. (Doesn't make much sense since I'm setting up and > testing the X config

Re: [expert] Sylpheed Claws

2002-05-02 Thread Femme
On Thu, 2 May 2002 08:14:14 -0700 James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thu, 02 May 2002 01:09:41 -0600 > FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > sylpheed-claws-0.7.2claws-1mdk > sylpheed-0.7.3-1mdk > > were the first ones to offer spell checking are these the versions > you have? > > Ja

Re: [expert] LM8.2: mkisofs pbm (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk) after Mandrake Update

2002-05-02 Thread J. Craig Woods
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 13:49, Charles A Edwards wrote: > On 02 May 2002 18:29:24 +0100 > Frederic Soulier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Well, it seems that not all FTP mirrors have the correct version. > > I updated from ftp.lip6.fr and it's got the mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk... > > Tom is probabl

Re: [expert] Changing msec level via command line?

2002-05-02 Thread Alastair Scott
On Thursday 02 May 2002 7:55 pm, David Rankin wrote: > Well, I still can't get X going, but someone suggested that selecting > high security level during install may be preventing me from > connecting to the server somehow. (Doesn't make much sense since I'm > setting up and testing the X config

Re: [expert] Mailing List problems

2002-05-02 Thread Oscar
I get this error *sometimes*, too. When I get this error, I must send the messages using a smtp server from my ISP. El jue, 02-05-2002 a las 20:46, jay escribió: > I am currently using Mandrake 8.2 (Kernel-secure) running Postfix and Imap. I use >Imp/horde (horde.org) for webmail. Everything is

[expert] i can't install my mga_vid.o.... why?

2002-05-02 Thread Rui Maia
Anyone can tell me what i have to change in my kernel for sucefull installing my mga_vid.o It gives this error:   [root@localhost drivers] insmod mga_vid.omga_vid.o: unresolved symbol __ioremap_R9eac042amga_vid.o: unresolved symbol register_chrdev_R3b2bdff1mga_vid.o: unresolved symbol unreg

[expert] Kernel panic on PC266 M810 w Athlon

2002-05-02 Thread Bjarne Thomsen
We get kernel panic while trying to install LM8.2 on a pc266 m810 motherboard with an Athlon. The same happens when trying to install RedHat 7.2. But it does install using the 2.2.19 kernel on the LM8.2 install CDROM. A google search gave mixed results: One person had a kernel panic while install

Re: [expert] LM8.2: mkisofs pbm (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk) after Mandrake Update

2002-05-02 Thread J. Craig Woods
On Thu, 2002-05-02 at 12:29, Frederic Soulier wrote: > Well, it seems that not all FTP mirrors have the correct version. > I updated from ftp.lip6.fr and it's got the mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk... > Tom is probably using a different mirror... which leads to the question > of the reliability of the FT

[expert] Changing msec level via command line?

2002-05-02 Thread David Rankin
Well, I still can't get X going, but someone suggested that selecting high security level during install may be preventing me from connecting to the server somehow. (Doesn't make much sense since I'm setting up and testing the X config as root. But after 2 reloads of the X system, its worth a try.

Re: [expert] Kernal panic on laptop with Mdk 8.2

2002-05-02 Thread mick tooher
Hi Armando, No, I'm not using a journalling system. I'm using the standard ext2. Mick --- Armando Navarro <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "mick tooher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 6:50 PM > Subject: [expert] K

Re: [expert] Kernal panic on laptop with Mdk 8.2

2002-05-02 Thread Armando Navarro
- Original Message - From: "mick tooher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, May 02, 2002 6:50 PM Subject: [expert] Kernal panic on laptop with Mdk 8.2 is your root filesystem, XFS or ReiserFS? I'm having experienced a lot of troubles with these journalling root

Re: [expert] Networking gateway issues and M$ xp and Linux

2002-05-02 Thread John King
I'm assuming that the computer dialing out is running XP. I Have done this, but I was using windows 2000. All I had to do was enable internet connection haring, and turn on dial on demand. This will take care of the login process. If you were to set the connection to just time out afte

Re: [expert] Screwball network bug (long)

2002-05-02 Thread Ken Thompson
Kwan, Thanks for the reply, see comments inline. On Wednesday 01 May 2002 12:15 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 1 May 2002, Ken Thompson wrote: > > Hello all, > > I'm working with a 6 computer network that is doing some very wierd > > things. > > First a bit of history: > > Current O/S's Win98, WinME

Re: [expert] browser nazi buster

2002-05-02 Thread daRcmaTTeR
> Truer (and sadder) words have rarely been spoken. Part of the > problem comes from the fact (IMHO) that the Universities teach > languages and WYSIWYG programs instead of theory and analysis. This > alone really does make it hard for them because they don't > understand what they are doing and

[expert] Kernal panic on laptop with Mdk 8.2

2002-05-02 Thread mick tooher
Hi All, I'm trying to update my old gateway laptop from mandrake 7.2 to 8.2. It is a 166 pentium with 128Megs. It has a free partition of 0.92G where I'm trying to install the new version while keeping the old 7.2 version on another partition. When I install everything seems to go fine until i

Re: [expert] Networking gateway issues and M$ xp and Linux

2002-05-02 Thread Martin Ignacio Lange
> I don't know much if it can be done or not. But maybe you could learn > how to disconect the Xp server through shell.. and then telnet from > linux and hung up the phone from the console. Just a though. > > Martin > > Brian York wrote: > >> When i leave college in a few days i will also be lea

Re: [expert] Plugger 4.0, Realplayer & Mozilla - Problem w/ ram links

2002-05-02 Thread jipe
On Wed, 01 May 2002 14:23:28 -0700 Sevatio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > LM8.2 > Plugger4.0 > Realplayer8 > > The problem: using Mozilla and clicking a Realmedia link (ram). Mozilla > then goes to a blank page and the status bar says "Running helper..." > Is there anyway to fix Plugger so that

Re: [expert] MDK 8.2, IBM ThinkPad 240, 3Com Megahertz 3CXFE575BT -> lossage

2002-05-02 Thread civileme
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Date: Tue, 30 Apr 2002 22:29:33 -0800 >From: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >>[Please reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or I may not see the reply >> in a timely manner. Thanks!] >> >>I recently installed Mandrake 8.2 on a

Re: [expert] LM8.2: mkisofs pbm (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk) after Mandrake Update

2002-05-02 Thread J. Craig Woods
Tom Brinkman wrote: > On Wednesday 01 May 2002 03:18 pm, Frederic Soulier wrote: > >>I believe the mkisofs available through Mandrake Update is not >>working properly (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk). >>I burnt several coasters because of that and had to downgrade back >>to the version in LM8.2 (mkisofs

Re: [expert] Sylpheed Claws

2002-05-02 Thread James
On Thu, 02 May 2002 01:09:41 -0600 FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: sylpheed-claws-0.7.2claws-1mdk sylpheed-0.7.3-1mdk were the first ones to offer spell checking are these the versions you have? James > James wrote: > > > > do you have > > > > libpspell4-0.12.2-4mdk > > pspell-0.12.2

[expert] urpmi [was: Can Someone try to compile this?]

2002-05-02 Thread David Relson
At 10:01 PM 5/1/02, you wrote: >On Wed, 1 May 2002, David Relson wrote: > > > >The above lines indicated a missing header file ( X11/xpm.h ). > > >In this case I knew that the file was part of libxpm so just hunted > > >through the disks with ' ls *xpm*devel* ' until I found a match. > > >If you'r

Re: [expert] LM8.2: mkisofs pbm (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk) after Mandrake Update

2002-05-02 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 01 May 2002 03:18 pm, Frederic Soulier wrote: > I believe the mkisofs available through Mandrake Update is not > working properly (mkisofs-1.15-0.a20-1mdk). > I burnt several coasters because of that and had to downgrade back > to the version in LM8.2 (mkisofs-1.15-0.a15-2mdk) to get

[expert] Networking gateway issues and M$ xp and Linux

2002-05-02 Thread Brian York
When i leave college in a few days i will also be leaving this wonderful T1 connection and the constant connection and looking at 3 months of 56k (ohh lord help me 1MB/s vs 5KB/s) Thus now that i am full time linux user (hurray) it may make my home network not work as smth as it did with XP

Re: [expert] ATA Adapter

2002-05-02 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Thu, 02 May 2002 16:23:09 +1000 Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Charles A Edwards wrote: > > > > On Sun, 28 Apr 2002 22:09:23 +1000 > > Ron Stodden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > That is not the problem. Most BIOSs provide no ability to select > > > beyond HDD0 .. HDD4, if t

Re: [expert] Installing LM 8.2

2002-05-02 Thread Daniel Anderson
Thanks,that got me going! I was afraid I had a bad cd. Dan On Wednesday 01 May 2002 20:07, you wrote: > Daniel, > > This is a known prob with K6 and Pentium 1. See the errata at: > > http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/errata.php3#k6 > > Just download a patch to a floppy and press F1 dring inst

Re: [expert] how to make a hdlist

2002-05-02 Thread Oscar
El jue, 02-05-2002 a las 11:36, Andrew George escribió: > probably a silly question but I'm braindead. > If I coupy a whole bunch of Mandrake RPM's to a directory, how can I make a > hdlist file? > -- > Andrew George > --- > > If you put your supper dish to your ear you can hear

[expert] how to make a hdlist

2002-05-02 Thread Andrew George
probably a silly question but I'm braindead. If I coupy a whole bunch of Mandrake RPM's to a directory, how can I make a hdlist file? -- Andrew George --- If you put your supper dish to your ear you can hear the sounds of a restaurant. -- Snoopy Want to buy yo

Re: [expert] 8.2 and Sony Vaio FX200

2002-05-02 Thread Alan
On Friday 07 November 2036 03:21 am, Al Niessner wrote: > I have Mandrake 8.2 up and running on a twin P3 desktop and now my > laptop. The desktop went without a hitch because the disk was erased and > full installation was done. My laptop was much more difficult. To start > with, I had to use the