[expert] Re: MDK 82 - localhost:631 not possible to connect

2002-05-20 Thread Pierfrancesco Tateo
Just to let you know : if I have 2 ethernet cards installed configure IP_FORWARD enable It is not possible to print Best regards Pierfrancesco Tateo Pierfrancesco Tateo wrote: Hi after installation of MDK 82, and configuration of the printer if I try to start the administration tool

[expert] Only tux screensaver in KDE3

2002-05-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
Hi. In KDE3, I only get the tux screensaver. Is this normal? xscreensaver is installed, kde2 not. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage: http://www.iso-top.de |Jabber: [EMAIL PROTECTED] iso-top.de - Die

[expert] realserver libc 5 problems on mandrake 8.2

2002-05-20 Thread Michael Brennen
I have an older version of the realmedia streaming player that is presently running on mandrake 7.1. Its dynamic library configuration on the 7.1 box looks like this: # ldd rmserver rmserver: libdl.so.1 = /lib/libdl.so.1 (0x4001) libc.so.5 =

[expert] lilo question

2002-05-20 Thread Dodd, David J
I had to rebuild my windoz partition on my desktop and the lilo does not point to the proper windoz file. How do I fix this? thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] lilo question

2002-05-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Dodd, David J wrote: I had to rebuild my windoz partition on my desktop and the lilo does not point to the proper windoz file. How do I fix this? thanks Hi David, put the Mandrake 8.2 disk 1 into the CDROM and boot the CD. at the install prompt that comes up

[expert] [Fwd: Linux Installation info.]

2002-05-20 Thread Albert E. Whale
A new Linux user is attempting an Installation on a Dell Latitude. The details are contained in the forwarded message. Thanks for any assistance you can offer. -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com -- ABS

Re: [expert] KDE screen Saver Location

2002-05-20 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Ric Tibbetts am 2002-04-06 um 13:13:57 -0800 : Personally, I like xscreensaver far better than the default KDE unit. ;) Yes, that's right and thanks for your hint - I was looking for this too ;) However, in KDE 3, there's this lock screen button. When I push this button, the ugly

Re: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights

2002-05-20 Thread Ken Nowack
May 18 21:26:17 mdw1982 smbd[9992]: markw logged in as admin user (root privileges) First thing I would check is what groups markw is part of and which group is specified for admin in your smb.conf If nothing else, change the passwords for the samba admin account and markw. It could be

Re: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights

2002-05-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Ken Nowack wrote: May 18 21:26:17 mdw1982 smbd[9992]: markw logged in as admin user (root privileges) First thing I would check is what groups markw is part of and which group is specified for admin in your smb.conf If nothing else, change the passwords

Re: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights

2002-05-20 Thread Carl Lindgren
This is caused by adding the user to the admin users = line in the smb.conf file. If you remove the user from this line you won't see this message anymore. However, all this is doing is giving the user full permissions to that shared directory but not with the system as if the user was logging on

RE: [expert] ssh and X

2002-05-20 Thread JOHAM,DAVID (HP-Boise,ex1)
I can't run DrakConf either in a remote SSH session. I don't seem to recall the reason why, but I ran DrakConf from the console once and it told me. You might try that and see if it works... Also, are you ssh'ing as root or as another user? Just as an idea, you may have better luck ssh'ing in

Re: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights

2002-05-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 20 May 2002, daRcmaTTeR wrote: On Mon, 20 May 2002, Ken Nowack wrote: May 18 21:26:17 mdw1982 smbd[9992]: markw logged in as admin user (root privileges) First thing I would check is what groups markw is part of and which group is specified for admin in your

Re: [expert] Samba user logging in getting root user rights

2002-05-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Carl Lindgren wrote: This is caused by adding the user to the admin users = line in the smb.conf file. If you remove the user from this line you won't see this message anymore. However, all this is doing is giving the user full permissions to that shared directory but

[expert] LM8.2: setting up CVS (cant'create temporary directory/root/tmp/cvs-serv4880)

2002-05-20 Thread Frederic Soulier
Hi I am trying to setup a CVS server on my linux box. /etc/cvs/cvs.conf CVS_REPOS=/home/frederic/cvsroot /etc/xinetd.d/cvs service cvspserver { disable = no socket_type = stream protocol = tcp wait = no user = root server

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Linux Installation info.]

2002-05-20 Thread J.P. Pasnak
On May 20, 2002 07:12 am, Albert E. Whale wrote: A new Linux user is attempting an Installation on a Dell Latitude. The details are contained in the forwarded message. Thanks for any assistance you can offer. And skip the second CD for now. Get it installed, and then worry about the

[expert] intel proshare video system 500,

2002-05-20 Thread falcaraz
A friend of mine has installed Mandrake 8.2 in his computer, everything has been perfectly configured but he has a Intel Proshare Video System 500 and it was recognized as a tv card !!! I have heard that there are not modules for this card under linux, but in some web pages I have seen that some

Re: [expert] [Fwd: Linux Installation info.]

2002-05-20 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Mon, 20 May 2002, Albert E. Whale wrote: A new Linux user is attempting an Installation on a Dell Latitude. The details are contained in the forwarded message. Thanks for any assistance you can offer. -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com

Re: [expert] Xresources and KDE

2002-05-20 Thread Eric Nodwell
James, I'll give tightvnc a try when I have a bit of time. Looks good from the web site. cheers, Eric On Fri, May 17, 2002 at 03:09:18PM -0700, James wrote: On Fri, 17 May 2002 09:49:17 -0700 Eric Nodwell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Why not use $HOME/.Xresources? I need to set some

Re: [expert] LM8.2: setting up CVS (cant'create temporary directory /root/tmp/cvs-serv4880)

2002-05-20 Thread Tom Badran
On Monday 20 May 2002 8:03 pm, you wrote: Isn't the cvspserver supposed to run as root (user = root) and therefore should not have any trouble writing to /root ? Dont use pserver except for anonymous access as it is insecure. It is much easier to use SHH (try info cvs for more information) as

RE: [expert] intel proshare video system 500,

2002-05-20 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN
Well the Intel Proshare 500 has a BT848 chip on it, so I would think it could be used as video capture card. Seeing as there is no tuner on the card, it cant do TV. You should be able to do modprobe bttv to get it going. Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

[expert] Security Level Mods

2002-05-20 Thread Jay
I had my security level on high and everything worked fine. I changed it to higher and now I cannot ssh into my server. I then changed it to paranoid and I cannot ssh into my server nor does my webbased e-mail work. (using squirrelmail from squirrelmail.org). How do I go about making some minor

Re: [expert] Security Level Mods

2002-05-20 Thread Tim C
On May 19, 2002 19:34, Jay wrote: I had my security level on high and everything worked fine. I changed it to higher and now I cannot ssh into my server. I then changed it to paranoid and I cannot ssh into my server nor does my webbased e-mail work. (using squirrelmail from squirrelmail.org).

RE: [expert] ssh and X

2002-05-20 Thread Brian Parish
Not sure what you mean here David. I have tried it both ways - ssh as root and as a user. One prompts for the root password then does nothing. The other just does nothing. If I type DrakConf into a console locally it works fine. I used to do this in 8.1 Something has changed. Brian On

[expert] Screen capture with tv / xine

2002-05-20 Thread falcaraz
Dear friends, My desktop now with kde3, mosfet-liquid theme and crystal icons look fantastic!; I would like to send a screenshot to Mandrake with xine and xawtv runing but when I try to capture those windows appears just black. Is probably a problem with overlay that xine and xawtv use. I

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-20 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 01:40, dfox wrote: Hmm. Any idea what the set-top boxes might use (tivo, dish network, mp3 players etc.) ? One would seemingly want to have at least as good (if not better) reliability because these drives can easily get more usage (in terms of writes/rewrites) than

Re: [expert] Screen capture with tv / xine

2002-05-20 Thread Larry Sword
Question: Which program / command are you presently using to attempt to capture the screen? Have you tried Gimp, ImageMagick's import? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear friends, My desktop now with kde3, mosfet-liquid theme and crystal icons look fantastic!; I would like to send a

Re: [expert] Boot Shutdown problems on Gigabyte mobo

2002-05-20 Thread Ron Stodden
John Haywood wrote: I've just transferred my setup into a new case/motherboard - a GA-5AX, and a couple of problems have arisen: 1. I can only boot into Linux via floppy or failsafe (worked fine on another board - Gigabyte GA-5AA). Oh, I'm running MDK 8.1 with a few upgrades, including

Re: [expert] Boot Shutdown problems on Gigabyte mobo

2002-05-20 Thread John Haywood
On Tuesday 21 May 2002 12:18, you wrote: John Haywood wrote:    I've just transferred my setup into a new case/motherboard - a GA-5AX, and a couple of problems have arisen:    1. I can only boot into Linux via floppy or failsafe (worked fine on another board - Gigabyte GA-5AA). Oh, I'm

Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-20 Thread Josef Lowder
Perhaps it would be helpful to rename the two lists: basic and advanced instead of newbie and expert with a published list of topics that might be considered most suitable for each list. i.e. a basic list focusing on topics that have most to do with how to get linux set up and running, not

Re: [expert] Screen capture with tv / xine

2002-05-20 Thread D. Olson
The same thing happens to me. I tried with Gimp, does the same thing. On Monday 20 May 2002 10:16 pm, you wrote: Question: Which program / command are you presently using to attempt to capture the screen? Have you tried Gimp, ImageMagick's import? Larry [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-20 Thread darklord
On Monday 20 May 2002 09:56 pm, you wrote: The other day I opened up a store bought system, and was bowled over to see an oem fujitsu drive inside. Very interesting. I don't like assembly line systems; the custom approach is much better. But this looked like at least one thing they did

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-20 Thread FemmeFatale
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 01:40, dfox wrote: Hmm. Any idea what the set-top boxes might use (tivo, dish network, mp3 players etc.) ? One would seemingly want to have at least as good (if not better) reliability because these drives can easily get more usage (in terms

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-20 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 22:57, darklord wrote: Can't comment about the Tivo (although I think they look interesting!) but my old 1992 Atari Falcon 030 computer used to use a Fujitsu (80 megs! Wow!) 2.5 inch IDE drive...never had a problem out of it... Still rather use it than use a

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-20 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Mon, 2002-05-20 at 23:13, FemmeFatale wrote: I have a pic of one I can scan that was opened like a can of beans if you want it... offlist of course. -- Femme Yes...very interested. Master Jedi Dfox may be interested as well. ;) Thanks, Femme! LX --

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-20 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Was that one of those Atari's that came with pc-compatible slots? And a motorola processor, maybe? LX It did have a Motorola 68030 CPU... but no PC slots, I'm afraid. Very proprietary hardware but I loved it. I ran Atari computers for years...even ran an Atari based BBS

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-20 Thread dfox
Yes...very interested. Master Jedi Dfox may be interested as well. ;) Yeah, it might prove interesting. I've heard people network to them and control them from Linux. I wouldn't be suprised to see a regular PC like drive in there. My brother recently took apart a spare Dish Network controller

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-20 Thread dfox
Most of those links (and others) refer to IBM HDD's over 40GB havin problems. I just recently had a 10 month old, IBM 30GB 7200rpm ata/100 2mb drive fail. My Linux drive ;( Mechanical problem. The Ouch... Mine's the same drive, from about Oct 2000. Here's to crossing fingers :).

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-20 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2002-05-21 at 00:01, Ronald J. Hall wrote: Lyvim Xaphir wrote: Was that one of those Atari's that came with pc-compatible slots? And a motorola processor, maybe? LX It did have a Motorola 68030 CPU... but no PC slots, I'm afraid. Very proprietary hardware but I loved it. I