[expert] apm support on laptop 340s8 ( fosa - gericom )

2002-05-22 Thread Servei Tècnic, PuntCom Informàtica
Mandrake 8.2 does not install apm on this laptop, but the same distro run apm fine in a HP omnibook I not have /proc/apm on my laptop, but, in MSwin, apm run fine I need, I think , a module called apm.o.gz to run this, but my mandrake not install, & I not locate in the cd, please, any send this

Re: [expert] The tides of time (slightly OT)

2002-05-22 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Tue, May 21, 2002 at 17:30 -0600, FemmeFatale wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > > By this experience I learned that looking over your tea-cup's rim is not > > so bad, sometimes it can be a most pleasurable adventure. > > > > Ahem,...that doesn't mean I will be changing to XP to learn somet

Re: [expert] The tides of time (slightly OT)

2002-05-22 Thread J. Craig Woods
Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > > Be my guest! ;-) > I did not mean all this as a very thorough pice of thinking. But I meant > it as a reminder for all who think the world starts and ends with either > GNOME or KDE. > > wobo > Well I only need to know one thing: is the gnome a flat world or a roun

[expert] About security and iptables

2002-05-22 Thread Thierry TERRIER
Hi, the module is present, what does mean busy in this case ? # iptables -L -v -x /lib/modules/2.4.18-6mdk/kernel/net/ipv4/netfilter/ip_tables.o.gz: init_module: Device or resource busy Hint: insmod errors can be caused by incorrect module parameters, including invalid IO or IRQ parameters modpr

Re: [expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4

2002-05-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tuesday 21 May 2002 07:06 pm, Brian Schroeder wrote: > I recently downloaded OpenOffice.org-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm from cooker, > but when trying to install it, it complains that it needs > libstdc++.so.4. I have had a good look around, but haven't been > able to find it. > > If the cooker version

[expert] Bash the Path

2002-05-22 Thread C.H. Close
Hi I am having a problem persuading Bash to accept a script to add some additional environment variable to a Konsole environment. The script I am using simply adds some stuff to the PATH statement as well as some extra environment variables typically the file contains statements as follo

Re: [expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4

2002-05-22 Thread H. Narfi Stefansson
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 09:02, you wrote: > On Tuesday 21 May 2002 07:06 pm, Brian Schroeder wrote: > > I recently downloaded OpenOffice.org-1.0-3mdk.i586.rpm from cooker, > > but when trying to install it, it complains that it needs > > libstdc++.so.4. I have had a good look around, but haven't

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-22 Thread darklord
On Tuesday 21 May 2002 11:43 pm, you wrote: > Ashley I'm sorry, I must have missed part of this message. What were you trying to say Ashley? Thanks! :-) -- /\

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-22 Thread darklord
On Tuesday 21 May 2002 11:49 pm, you wrote: > I must have hit Ctrl+X instead of Ctrl+C. ;) > > Ashley Ah, so that was it! Will do pronto... :-) -- /\ Da

Re: [expert] The tides of time (slightly OT)

2002-05-22 Thread darklord
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 08:32 am, you wrote: > Well I only need to know one thing: is the gnome a flat world or a round > world? BTW anybody know why the time is alway wrong when you run "uname > -a". I have been working on this issue forever ;-) > > Dr Jung, Er, I thought that "uname -a" shows

Re: [expert] Bash the Path

2002-05-22 Thread Edward Muller
try ... source [pathtoscript/]scriptname (where [pathtoscript/] is the optional path to the script) This is because each script gets it's own bash (or other shell) interpreter, so the environment values go into the sub shells environment, no the shell being run under konsole. BTW: I'm pret

Re: [expert] Bash the Path

2002-05-22 Thread kwan
On Wed, 22 May 2002, C.H. Close wrote: > Hi > > I am having a problem persuading Bash to accept a script to add some > additional environment variable to a Konsole environment. > > The script I am using simply adds some stuff to the PATH statement as > well as some extra environment varia

Re: [expert] A time problem with ps?...

2002-05-22 Thread Randy Kramer
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "ps -auxw" > By the way, this is not a question of confusing START time with > TIME running (see below again). Sorry, my output from ps -auxw looks different than yours. On my Mandrake 8.1 it has columns for a (start) date, and a (total run) time, but they are side

Re: [expert] Bash the Path

2002-05-22 Thread J. Craig Woods
Edward Muller wrote: > try ... > > source [pathtoscript/]scriptname > > (where [pathtoscript/] is the optional path to the script) > > This is because each script gets it's own bash (or other shell) > interpreter, so the environment values go into the sub shells > environment, no the shell b

Re: [expert] convert .ogg => mp3??

2002-05-22 Thread jipe
On Tue, 21 May 2002 06:41:10 -0700 "Dodd, David J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I used RipperX to rip a cd and it converted the media to .ogg, how do I > change them to mp3 or can that be done.?? > > thanks for your help > > dave > > just type that: ogg123 -b 1 -d wav file.ogg -f

Re: [expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4

2002-05-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 09:17 am, H. Narfi Stefansson wrote: > On Wednesday 22 May 2002 09:02, you wrote: > > Probly, cooker has become very incompatible with 8.2 over > > the last several weeks. Libs, gcc3.1, etc. Try this one, it > > also has a freetype2 fix the cooker version doesn't (f

Re: [expert] A time problem with ps?...

2002-05-22 Thread pineault
>Could the machine have powered down or been suspended due to energy-saving >settings? > >Anyway what does /var/log/syslog have to say round about 16.45 and the >original boot-time? > >Good luck, >Harm Hi: Powering down would cause the machine to reboot, would it not? And that obviously did no

Re: [expert] Hard drives: any thoughts?

2002-05-22 Thread civileme
Ashley Reynolds wrote: >On Sun, 19 May 2002, Sridhar Dhanapalan wrote: > >>I've been looking at the hard drive scene over the last few months in >>preparation for purchasing a new system. I've got most of the hardware details >>sorted out, but there is one area that I'm not quite settled on: hard

[expert] file permissions in secure mandrake

2002-05-22 Thread Jeremy Mereness
When a secure mandrake boots up, it appears to check through the system and set permissions on files and directories throughout the system according to some pre-defined criteria. Where is this criteria set so I can customize it? -- jeremy Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

Re: [expert] What happened to gftp?

2002-05-22 Thread civileme
Hoyt wrote: >Why was gftp dropped from Mandrake 8.2? > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > It wasn't unles you have the PowerPack. It is healthy on my download

Re: [expert] A time problem with ps?...

2002-05-22 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 18:21, you wrote: > >Could the machine have powered down or been suspended due to energy-saving > >settings? > > > >Anyway what does /var/log/syslog have to say round about 16.45 and the > >original boot-time? > > > >Good luck, > >Harm > > Hi: > > Powering down would cause

Re: [expert] The tides of time (slightly OT)

2002-05-22 Thread civileme
J. Craig Woods wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > >> >> Be my guest! ;-) >> I did not mean all this as a very thorough pice of thinking. But I meant >> it as a reminder for all who think the world starts and ends with either >> GNOME or KDE. >> >> wobo >> > > Well I only need to know one thing:

Re: [expert] Bash the Path

2002-05-22 Thread civileme
C.H. Close wrote: >Hi > > I am having a problem persuading Bash to accept a script to add some >additional environment variable to a Konsole environment. > >The script I am using simply adds some stuff to the PATH statement as >well as some extra environment variables typically the file con

Re: [expert] The tides of time (slightly OT)

2002-05-22 Thread David
civileme said onto me: -- |That is the kernel compilation time, and yes Mandrake developers |routinely work that late or early as the case may be, especially in the |fishbowl. | |Civileme

Re: [expert] What happened to gftp?

2002-05-22 Thread Hoyt
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 03:13 pm, you wrote: > Hoyt wrote: > >Why was gftp dropped from Mandrake 8.2? > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? > >Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com > > It wasn't

[expert] WipeInfo - comporable for Linux?

2002-05-22 Thread Albert E. Whale
Norton utilities as a command called Wipe Info. Is there a comparable utility for Linux-Mandrake? -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer & Networking Specialists S

Re: [expert] Bash the Path

2002-05-22 Thread Gary Dunn
On Wed, 2002-05-22 at 04:02, C.H. Close wrote: > Hi > > I am having a problem persuading Bash to accept a script to add some > additional environment variable to a Konsole environment. > > The script I am using simply adds some stuff to the PATH statement as > well as some extra environmen

Re: [expert] What happened to gftp? make it URPMI?

2002-05-22 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 22 May 2002 22:24, you wrote: > On Wednesday 22 May 2002 03:13 pm, you wrote: > > Hoyt wrote: > > >Why was gftp dropped from Mandrake 8.2? > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >Want to buy your Pack or Services from Mandra

Re: [expert] The tides of time (slightly OT)

2002-05-22 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Thu, May 23, 2002 at 04:22 -0400, David wrote: > > > civileme said onto me: > -- > > |That is the kernel compilation time, and yes Mandrake developers > |routinely work that late or early as the case may be, especially in t

Re: [expert] WipeInfo - comporable for Linux?

2002-05-22 Thread Alastair Scott
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 22 May 2002 9:31 pm, Albert E. Whale wrote: > Norton utilities as a command called Wipe Info. Is there a > comparable utility for Linux-Mandrake? I don't know about standalone utilities, but Krusader is an excellent dual-pane file man

Re: [expert] WipeInfo - comporable for Linux?

2002-05-22 Thread Albert E. Whale
Well, that would take care of the file. But is there a utlity which will clear the unused space? Alastair Scott wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Wednesday 22 May 2002 9:31 pm, Albert E. Whale wrote: > > > Norton utilities as a command called Wipe Info. Is there a

Re: [expert] The tides of time (slightly OT)

2002-05-22 Thread J. Craig Woods
civileme wrote: > J. Craig Woods wrote: >> >> Well I only need to know one thing: is the gnome a flat world or a >> round world? BTW anybody know why the time is alway wrong when you run >> "uname -a". I have been working on this issue forever ;-) >> >> Dr Jung, >> > You are serious??? > > [tes

Re: [expert] A time problem with ps?...

2002-05-22 Thread FemmeFatale
"H.J.Bathoorn" wrote: > > > > Anyhow here is an excerpt from /var/log/syslog from boot time to shutdown > > time on May 20. I also include /etc/crontab and a listing of the /etc/cron* > > directories in case they are relevant. Reminder: I am running LM 7.2. > > I asked because a reboot would be

Re: [expert] WipeInfo - comporable for Linux?

2002-05-22 Thread FemmeFatale
"Albert E. Whale" wrote: > > Norton utilities as a command called Wipe Info. Is there a comparable > utility for Linux-Mandrake? > > -- > Albert E. Whale - CISSP closest I found was "Shred" iirc -- Femme Good Decisions You boss Made: "We'll do as you suggest and go with Linux. I've alway

Re: [expert] The tides of time (slightly OT)

2002-05-22 Thread civileme
J. Craig Woods wrote: > civileme wrote: > >> J. Craig Woods wrote: >> >>> >>> Well I only need to know one thing: is the gnome a flat world or a >>> round world? BTW anybody know why the time is alway wrong when you >>> run "uname -a". I have been working on this issue forever ;-) >>> >>> Dr Ju

Re: [expert] Bash the Path

2002-05-22 Thread C.H. Close
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > On Wed, 22 May 2002, C.H. Close wrote: > > > Hi > > > > I am having a problem persuading Bash to accept a script to add some > > additional environment variable to a Konsole environment. > > > > The script I am using simply adds some stuff to the PATH statem

[expert] Wlan HowTo

2002-05-22 Thread Jason Guidry
I'm running 8.2 kernel secure and I'm looking for a quick and dirty how to on installing (getting MDK to see) my linksys PCI wireless nic. if someone could point me to one, i'd be grateful much thanks -- Jason Guidry http://www.gmaestro.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from Ma

Re: [expert] OpenOffice and libstdc++.so.4

2002-05-22 Thread Brian Schroeder
Does this mean Mandrake are standardizing on GCC 3.1 now? >From: Bjarne Thomsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >rpm -qf /usr/lib/libstdc++.so.4 >libstdc++3.1-3.1-1mdk >Actually you need the gcc-3.1: >gcc-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm >gcc-c++-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm >gcc-colorgcc-3.1-1mdk.i586.rpm >gcc-cpp-3.1-1mdk.i586.rp

[expert] USB Storage Device -> /dev/sd?? mappings

2002-05-22 Thread Theo Brinkman
I've got a new digital camera which shows up as a standard USB Storage Device, and works wonderfully, showing up on /dev/sda1. However, I've been thinking of picking up a USB Zip drive, and I've realized something. I think both of these devices are standard USB Storage Devices. How can I be