Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread David Guntner
civileme grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > David Guntner wrote: > > >KevinO grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > >> > >>During bootup the kernel needs to read /etc/fstab to know what other > >>filesystems (partitions) to mount where. If /etc/fstab is not in the > >>root filesystem, the system will ne

Re: [expert] pptp - some problems

2002-06-18 Thread Jerry Kreps
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 01:44 am, hans schneidhofer wrote: > hi, > > have an adsl-connection via eth0 and an internal network via eth1, both > ethercards are now 3Com3c905 (10/100) > > but the process of opening a connecton to the internet is very slow. Not > the speed itself. > > sometimes it tak

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread daRcmaTTeR
James wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:33:24 -0600 > FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > > >>Lyvim Xaphir wrote: >> >>>Jes** Chr*** on a blue crutch !! >>> >>>-- tying jaw to head !!! -- >>> >>>On Mon, 2002-06-17 at 12:35, Peter Ruskin wrote: >>> On Monday 17 Jun 2

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread daRcmaTTeR
civileme wrote: > David Guntner wrote: > >> KevinO grabbed a keyboard and wrote: >> >>> David Guntner wrote: >>> I tried to create a separate /etc filesystem ... >>> Somebody please correct me if I'm wrong ... >>> >>> During bootup the kernel needs to read /etc/fstab to know what other

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread James
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 07:17:37 -0400 daRcmaTTeR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > James wrote: > > On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:33:24 -0600 > > FemmeFatale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > > > > > >>Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > >> > >>>Jes** Chr*** on a blue crutch !! > >>

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread Randy Kramer
et wrote: > the "moving target" that a (IMHO) good Linux Distro should be is one of the > greatest problems with creating "book" documentation, I would guess. by the > time the reasearch and writting and printing and distribution of the paper > goes out, it would be time for the next distro, with

Re: [expert] Postfix and gnu_pop3d

2002-06-18 Thread Richard Bonebrake
>Jeferson Lopes Zacco wrote: >>I believe your solution will also remove a valid lockfile, ain't it? > >actually because it's specific to the file you're looking for "it" is only >looking for a file which is so named in the variable. If that variable >happens to be a lock file and there is no pr

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 23:33:40 -0800 civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > suppose you are typing > > rm -r /somepath/.somecorruptedconfigdir -f > > and at the point where you have typed > > rm -r / > > The cat jumps up to get your attention and lands a paw on . Here's one I did many years ago

[expert] USB 2 Support in MDK 8.2

2002-06-18 Thread Andy
Hi, I'm trying to get USB 2 working under Mandrake 8.2, so far it fails to operate correctly when I use -- "alias usb-interface ehci-hcd" in modules.conf. Motherboard has a VIA VT8235 southbridge. If I use "alias usb-interface usb-uhci" then USB works fine as USB ver 1.0 @ 12 MB/s. With 3 root

Re: [expert] wireless and pcmcia scripts/settings

2002-06-18 Thread Nicolas ROBAUX
Hi there ! Any feedback ? Does it work now ? N. Le lun 17/06/2002 à 11:49, Nicolas ROBAUX a écrit : > > > Hi ! > > I'm just like you : my dektop is Mdk 8.2/WinXP, and it was my gateway to > the net for my laptop (under MDK 8.1/WinME) > > Le dim 16/06/2002 à 22:13, Praedor Tempus a écrit : >

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread Randy Kramer
I added a 3rd note to http://twiki.org/cgi-bin/view/Wikilearn/HowYouCanHelp, as follows, to explicitly address the point of information becoming obsolete. The procedure is just one possibility, it is not cast in concrete. 3. As information goes out of date, and new information applies to new re

Re: [expert] Postfix and gnu_pop3d

2002-06-18 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Richard Bonebrake wrote: > > >Jeferson Lopes Zacco wrote: > >>I believe your solution will also remove a valid lockfile, ain't it? > > > >actually because it's specific to the file you're looking for "it" is only > >looking for a file which is so named in the variable. If t

[expert] Error with a large File

2002-06-18 Thread INGNAR ALEJANDRO FREY ROS
I am using dd and netcat to save the image of cd from one computer to another. on the machine with the cd I do dd if=/dev/cdrom | gzip | nc 192.168.1.1 12300 on the server (which is running Mandrake 8.2)I do nc -l -p 12300 > disc.img But after the server has received about 130megs. The pipe br

Re: [expert] Postfix and gnu_pop3d

2002-06-18 Thread Randy Kramer
daRcmaTTeR wrote: > # > # detecting the running process > # > proc=`ps r|grep ` # the "apostrophe" looking character is > # NOT an apostrophe and is necessary >

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 01:18, James wrote: > > > > > > I'm with LX. Jesus is not quite the statement I'd reach for tho, > > thats too much of an understatement! > > 3 points. > > 1. No answer on the 3com thing yet. > 2. What's LX That I can answer. ;) LX happens to be my initials. I pu

[expert] Qmail auto-forward?

2002-06-18 Thread Barry Michels
Is there a way to get qmail to automatically forward everything it receives? I would like qmail to get the incoming mail and pass it on, unaltered to our Exchange Server. Hopefully without adding all the user accounts to our Linux box. Eventually, I would have qmail filter the mail before passing

[expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread Vasiliy Boulytchev
Ladies and Gents,     I'm having the following problem:  Time changes every time I reboot the server.  I keep changing it back, but the problem still persists.  I did work with hwclock, tzselect and all that.  I can do "export TZ=MDT" to change the timezone, but as soon as I log out, it kick

Re: [expert] USB 2 Support in MDK 8.2

2002-06-18 Thread Larry Sword
Since you have both a USB1.0 and a USB2.0 what happens when you use both statements in you modules.conf file? alias usb-interface usb-uhci alias usb-interface ehci-hcd Larry Andy wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to get USB 2 working under Mandrake 8.2, so far it fails to > operate correctly when I

[expert] Winex Benchmarks from Dr Tom

2002-06-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
Thought you guys might be interested in this; it's an evaluation of winex versus native linux games, with Quake 3 Arena as one of the barometers. There are other games tested as well. This was in an older Dr Tom newsletter that I overlooked, I don't usually check the non-list mail on a regular b

Re: [expert] Winex Benchmarks from Dr Tom

2002-06-18 Thread darklord
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 12:48 pm, you wrote: > Thought you guys might be interested in this; it's an evaluation of > winex versus native linux games, with Quake 3 Arena as one of the > barometers. I know I'm certainly interested! Thanks... --

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread Lyvim Xaphir
On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 01:23, James wrote: > In general I couldn't agree more. But when you are moving into the less > than common world of File System changes, Serving Gigs of Data, > Disconnected Users etc. Books do come in handy. The exact feature may > change but the theory and general app

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread Peter Ruskin
On Tuesday 18 Jun 2002 17:34, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: > On Tue, 2002-06-18 at 01:18, James wrote: > > > > > > > > > I'm with LX. Jesus is not quite the statement I'd reach for tho, > > > thats too much of an understatement! > > > > 3 points. > > > > 1. No answer on the 3com thing yet. > > 2. What'

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread g
bill, > Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote: > Time changes every time I reboot the server. a week cmos battery on mainboard _can_ cause bios clock errors during a reboot. a dead cmos battery _will_ cause bios clock to reset every time system is powered down. system time is an root/admin responsibility.

[expert] lost keyboard & mouse

2002-06-18 Thread Ken Hawkins
Just installed 8.2 on a p200MMX machine. Everything installed fine until after reboot. I lose the mouse AND keyboard at graphical login. If I start in maintenance mode, both function normally. I can log in, run linuxconf and other programs no problem. But the moment I go into X, I lose them. An

[expert] wu-ftpd and (import / NFS mount )

2002-06-18 Thread Rodrigo Sanchez Olavarria
Dear Experts.. I made a symbolic link within the anonymous tree, but it doesn't work... (I can't get the directory ..), .. yes, I made a mistake, because the symbolic links are relative to my active root.. so, the solution, following the FAQ's, is: ..." If you want to access files/directori

Re: [expert] Postfix and gnu_pop3d

2002-06-18 Thread Pierre Fortin
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:05:55 -0400 (EDT) daRcmaTTeR <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # > # detecting the running process > # > proc=`ps r|grep ` # the "apostrophe" looking character is ># NOT an

Re: [expert] Postfix and gnu_pop3d

2002-06-18 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Randy Kramer wrote: > daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > # > > # detecting the running process > > # > > proc=`ps r|grep ` # the "apostrophe" looking character is > > # NOT an apostro

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread civileme
Bill Davidson wrote: >On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 11:10:16 +0300 >Chavdar Videff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>Hi all, >>There is something I would like to ask - when I configure my GUI I use >>the Mandrake Control Center - Hardware - Display. >>Everything is fine - my graphics adapter is recognized cor

Re: [expert] Postfix and gnu_pop3d

2002-06-18 Thread daRcmaTTeR
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002, Pierre Fortin wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 11:05:55 -0400 (EDT) daRcmaTTeR > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > # > > # detecting the running process > > # > > proc=`ps r|grep ` # the "apostrophe" look

[expert] lost keyboard & mouse

2002-06-18 Thread Ken Hawkins
This is a follow-up on my previous message |Just installed 8.2 on a p200MMX machine. Everything installed fine until |after reboot. I lose the mouse AND keyboard at graphical login. | |If I start in maintenance mode, both function normally. I can log in, |run linuxconf and other programs no prob

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-18 Thread Robert Fargher
On June 18, 2002 12:33 am, civileme wrote: > I don't know about you, but 98% of the time my computer has a problem, > the problem has its hands on my keyboard, That is a well known and ubiquitous phenomenon. Formally, it is called a PEBKAC (Problem Exists Between Keyboard And Chair). -- C

[expert] Using remote x server

2002-06-18 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! I'm planning using old computers (P75) as X terminals of a higher-powered server (XP1600+). I'll have 3 clients connected to this server, all of them with 17" monitors. I'd like to find a tutorial for me to be able to do this... where can I find one (or some help)? 8-? Thanks! ;) -

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread Jerry Kreps
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 18 June 2002 11:01 am, Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote: > Ladies and Gents, > I'm having the following problem: Time changes every time I reboot the > server. I keep changing it back, but the problem still persists. I did > work with hwcloc

Re: [expert] Error with a large File

2002-06-18 Thread Jerry Kreps
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 18 June 2002 10:25 am, INGNAR ALEJANDRO FREY ROS wrote: > I am using dd and netcat to save the image of cd from one computer to > another. > > on the machine with the cd I do > dd if=/dev/cdrom | gzip | nc 192.168.1.1 12300 > > on the serve

[expert] 8.2 msec security issue

2002-06-18 Thread Dodd, David J
Mandrake 8.2 has a default security setting that leaves users' home directories world readable. I just read that you can enter other user's home directories and subdirectories and read the files. The Mandrake msec level by default choice is Standard. If you chmod each user's home dir to 700, up

Re: [expert] Using remote x server

2002-06-18 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Tue 18 Jun 2002 22:29, Joan Tur wrote: > Hallo! > > I'm planning using old computers (P75) as X terminals of a higher-powered > server (XP1600+). I'll have 3 clients connected to this server, all of > them with 17" monitors. > > I'd like to find a tutorial for me to be able to do this... where

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread ollyplaine
On Tue, Jun 18, 2002 at 05:28:35PM +0100, g wrote: > btw, speaking for myself and a couple of others, i filter > _all_ messages for '' and read last or later. some never. > > reason, it seems that most html messages are at a smaller type size > that plain text. to read said messages, i have to ch

[expert] my system locks when shutting down/rebooting w/ error...

2002-06-18 Thread iggy
my system locks when shutting down/rebooting with this error message "umount: /net: device is busy". reinstalled to make sure i didn't have a bad install (it did happen, once). got the same error message. my system is a: amd athlon xp 1700 w/ 256 mb ram, msi motherboard, 40 gb hard drive, c

[expert] An add I just recieved.

2002-06-18 Thread James
All, Just got this in a peice of spam I'll quote only the first two lines Windows XP has arrived... and you need to eliminate the learning curve quickly. So I did .. I only run Linux.*grin* James Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSo

Re: [expert] my system locks when shutting down/rebooting w/ error...

2002-06-18 Thread Gavin Laking
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 18:30:14 -0400 iggy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > my system locks when shutting down/rebooting with this error message "umount: > /net: device is busy". > > reinstalled to make sure i didn't have a bad install (it did happen, once). > got the same error message. Hi, Are y

Re: [expert] An add I just recieved.

2002-06-18 Thread Gavin Laking
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:25:33 -0700 James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Windows XP has arrived... and you need > to eliminate the learning curve quickly. > > So I did .. I only run Linux.*grin* > Hi, You might like to add this to your ~/.procmailrc file: :0 * ^From.*spammeraddress

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread Tom Badran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Tuesday 18 Jun 2002 9:46 pm, ollyplaine wrote: > - > Tue Jun 18 15:40:59 CDT 2002 > > No g, they are telling you the truth...there is no way to disable HTML > in the latest AOL packages...your way of kill filtering i

Re: [expert] An add I just recieved.

2002-06-18 Thread Damian G
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:25:33 -0700 James <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > All, > > >Just got this in a peice of spam I'll quote only the first two > lines > > Windows XP has arrived... and you need > to eliminate the learning curve quickly. > > > So I did ...

Re: [expert] my system locks when shutting down/rebooting w/ error...

2002-06-18 Thread PlugHead
> my system locks when shutting down/rebooting with this error message > "umount: /net: device is busy". I used to get that alot. I think it has something to do with amd/autofs. My solution was to edit /etc/amd.conf--comment out the [ /net ] section and see if that helps. It's not a great s

Re: [expert] my system locks when shutting down/rebooting w/ error...

2002-06-18 Thread Gavin Laking
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 19:11:56 -0400 iggy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 18 June 2002 07:51 pm, you wrote: > i thought the same thing, maybe i was being impatient. so when i was > shutting down earlier today i waited until i got the same error message then > left (took my mower to the r

Re: [expert] my system locks when shutting down/rebooting w/ error...

2002-06-18 Thread et
and do you _NEED_ netfs? what sorta network are you on? maybe the answer would be to turn off services you don't need to have running. and not have them start at bootup On Tuesday 18 June 2002 06:30 pm, you wrote: > my system locks when shutting down/rebooting with this error message > "umount

[expert] Strange error from rpm

2002-06-18 Thread James
When I do rpm -bb --target i586 somfile.spec on my install I get Finding Requires: (using /usr/lib/rpm/find-requires)... sed: -e expression #1, char 4: No previous regular expression sed: -e expression #1, char 4: No previous regular expression sed: -e expression #1, char 4: No previous regu

Re: [expert] lost keyboard & mouse

2002-06-18 Thread et
this could be a plug and pray problem, is plug and pray aware OS set to off in the computer BIOS? post the output from "cat /proc/interrupts" (with out the quotes) On Tuesday 18 June 2002 01:16 pm, you wrote: > This is a follow-up on my previous message > > |Just installed 8.2 on a p200MMX mac

Re: [expert] lost keyboard & mouse

2002-06-18 Thread et
is this an IBM laptop? what is the effect of a "cold and hard" reboot? (shut down, let cool, 10 mins reboot) On Tuesday 18 June 2002 01:16 pm, you wrote: > This is a follow-up on my previous message > > |Just installed 8.2 on a p200MMX machine. Everything installed fine until > |after reboot. I

[expert] Opening URL's in Sylpheed

2002-06-18 Thread Kirtis B
Okay, so i now have the latest version of sylpheed and i want to be able to open URL's in Mozilla 1.0 because manually copying is a PITA. =) Anway i did some research and looked up www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html which says that the command to open up a new URL in a currently open mozilla sess

Re: [expert] my system locks when shutting down/rebooting w/ error...

2002-06-18 Thread iggy
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 07:42 pm, you wrote: thank you for your time. i am a newbie whose been doing research trying to learn by purchasing books and magazines, reading on line, etc... i did not have this problem when using mandrake 8.0 powerpack. started having this problem when i upgraded

Re: [expert] my system locks when shutting down/rebooting w/ error...

2002-06-18 Thread Jerry Kreps
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 05:30 pm, iggy wrote: > my system locks when shutting down/rebooting with this error message > "umount: /net: device is busy". I noticed that when I disabled Supermount and installed my own mount/umount desktop icons, this problem appeared. The cause was related to the b

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread James
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:02:29 +0100 Tom Badran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > On Tuesday 18 Jun 2002 9:46 pm, ollyplaine wrote: > > - > > Tue Jun 18 15:40:59 CDT 2002 > > > > No g, they are te

Re: [expert] 8.2 msec security issue

2002-06-18 Thread Michael Viron
700 is fine as long as you don't want your users to have webpages. If you don't plan to allow them to have a website (or no one uses it but yourself), then you can have it set to 700. If you have the user as a member in the apache group, and have the directory owned by the apache group, then you

Re: [expert] Strange error from rpm

2002-06-18 Thread Jerry Kreps
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 06:26 pm, James wrote: > When I do rpm -bb --target i586 somfile.spec on my install I get > > > Finding Requires: (using /usr/lib/rpm/find-requires)... > sed: -e expression #1, char 4: No previous regular expression > sed: -e expression #1, char 4: No previous regular ex

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread David Rankin
Why not just install xntpd, run it as a daemon, and it will update every few seconds. From what I can tell it has a light footprint or demand on system resources. That doesn't solve the original problem though. Whatever the problem, it sounds like you need to do a: #hwclock --hctosys after you

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread Tom Badran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 19 Jun 2002 1:32 am, James wrote: > In many areas it's the ONLY way to get on the net.. ask my brother. > It's AOL or carrier pigeon for him. Can he not just use any standard dialup isp? What country is this you live in where dialup

Re: [expert] Using remote x server

2002-06-18 Thread James
Joan, try this one. http://www.linuxdocs.org/HOWTOs/Thinclient-HOWTO.html Should at least get you rolling. James On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 22:29:02 +0200 Joan Tur <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > Hallo! > > I'm planning using old computers (P75) as X terminals of a > highe

Re: [expert] Opening URL's in Sylpheed

2002-06-18 Thread Joseph Braddock
I just use mozilla '%s' and right click on the link. Joe On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:41:38 -0400 Kirtis B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, so i now have the latest version of sylpheed and i want to be able to open >URL's in Mozilla 1.0 because manually copying is a PITA. =) > > Anway i did some

Re: [expert] galeon and new mozilla

2002-06-18 Thread Jerry F. Davis
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 12:01 am, James wrote: > On Mon, 17 Jun 2002 15:09:36 -0500 > "Jerry F. Davis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > > > On Sunday 16 June 2002 11:26 pm, James wrote: > > > > thanks james, > > > > ftp'd it down, put it where it wanted to be, but now I get this

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread et
ya can't fool us... we know the folks that run the internet... I bet you could get Earthlink any where you can get AOL, execpt the Time -Warner buildings. On Tuesday 18 June 2002 08:32 pm, you wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:02:29 +0100 > Tom Badran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary author

[expert] how to shut off modem volume and other modem question

2002-06-18 Thread waxmop
Greetings - I use /sbin/ifup ppp0 to start my dialup connection, and I'd like to figure out how to shut off the modem volume. Also, I can only start the connection currently if I switch to root. I'd like to enable other users to stop and start the modem connection. I configured everything dur

Re: [expert] Opening URL's in Sylpheed

2002-06-18 Thread Damian G
On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 20:41:38 -0400 Kirtis B <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Okay, so i now have the latest version of sylpheed and i want to be able to open >URL's in Mozilla 1.0 because manually copying is a PITA. =) > > Anway i did some research and looked up www.mozilla.org/unix/remote.html whi

Re: [expert] Postfix and gnu_pop3d

2002-06-18 Thread Randy Kramer
daRcmaTTeR wrote: > You know Randy...in light of our past conversations about WikiLearn I > don't know why I didn't think of that to begin with. doh! sorry about > that. No problem! > That _is_ a wonderful idea though. I take that heads up and begin to > post the information there. > > by the

Re: [expert] how to shut off modem volume and other modem question

2002-06-18 Thread et
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 09:15 pm, you wrote: > Greetings - > > I use /sbin/ifup ppp0 to start my dialup connection, and I'd like to > figure out how to shut off the modem volume. what a pain in the a$$ to setup, have you tried kppp? > Also, I can only start the connection currently if I switch t

Re: [expert] how to shut off modem volume and other modem question

2002-06-18 Thread Tom Badran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 19 Jun 2002 2:15 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings - > > I use /sbin/ifup ppp0 to start my dialup connection, and I'd like to > figure out how to shut off the modem volume. > > Also, I can only start the connection currently if I s

Re: [expert] 8.2 msec security issue

2002-06-18 Thread Jay
Go into /usr/share/msec and edit the perm.3 file /home/* to whatever permissions you like, 700 for what you are looking to do... or alternatively, use the "higher" security setting in the mandrake control center although using the Mandrake control center will change permissions other than your

Re: [expert] Opening URL's in Sylpheed

2002-06-18 Thread Kirtis B
Ah HA! I figured it out, and it was really stupid too. When i downloaded mozilla i got the full binary install instead of the installer which downloads the necessary files and installs them in the default directories. So i have mozilla installed in /usr/local/mozilla1.0/mozilla/ which, of cou

Re: [expert] how to shut off modem volume and other modem question

2002-06-18 Thread Jerry Kreps
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 08:15 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Greetings - > > I use /sbin/ifup ppp0 to start my dialup connection, and I'd like to > figure out how to shut off the modem volume. > > Also, I can only start the connection currently if I switch to root. I'd > like to enable other user

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread civileme
Vasiliy Boulytchev wrote: > Ladies and Gents, > > I'm having the following problem: Time changes every time I > reboot the server. I keep changing it back, but the problem still > persists. I did work with hwclock, tzselect and all that. I can do > "export TZ=MDT" to change the timezon

Re: [expert] my system locks when shutting down/rebooting w/ error...

2002-06-18 Thread civileme
iggy wrote: >my system locks when shutting down/rebooting with this error message "umount: >/net: device is busy". > >reinstalled to make sure i didn't have a bad install (it did happen, once). >got the same error message. > >my system is a: amd athlon xp 1700 w/ 256 mb ram, msi motherboard,