Re: [expert] Linux on a Sun Sparc Machine

2002-07-12 Thread Mandrake Expert Mailinglist
On Thu, 11 Jul 2002 18:55:31 -0800 civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: (c)?(c)? wrote: I just want to know if I can run Linux Mandrake or RedHat on a Sun Sparc Machine? I don't think you will find current systems from either vendor for the Sparc. Mandrake made a version of 7.1 (never

Re: [expert] kernel building questions

2002-07-12 Thread Jason Bowman
Have you tried compiling reiserfs into the kernel instead of a module? I know you can use the mkinitrd to make a ram disk with all of the modules you need to load before the file systems can be mounted, but I have found it easier (sometimes) to just compile it in. - Jason B. On Thursday

[expert] Sound Is Impossible

2002-07-12 Thread Daryl Johnson
It's taken me 4 weeks of fairly constant tinkering, adjustment and experimentation to arrive at the conclusion that it is impossible to configure my sound card - which seems remarkable as in most ways it is getting recognised. Forgive the long post but if anyone has anything constructive to

Re: [expert] Sound Is Impossible

2002-07-12 Thread civileme
Daryl Johnson wrote: It's taken me 4 weeks of fairly constant tinkering, adjustment and experimentation to arrive at the conclusion that it is impossible to configure my sound card - which seems remarkable as in most ways it is getting recognised. Forgive the long post but if anyone has

RE: [expert] Linux on a Sun Sparc Machine

2002-07-12 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN
There is an old version of Mandrake for Sparc. Thereis an even older version of RH for Sparc. Suse however released for free v 7.3 for Sparc and it runs wonderfully on my Ultra 5. I am going to install it this weekend on my two Sparcstations as well. Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB (937) 904-2280

RE: [expert] Linux on a Sun Sparc Machine

2002-07-12 Thread Roland Gabriel
I also run Linux (Mandrake) on my Ultra2, and it runs beautifully. I have been trying with NO success to have it run using my two screens (Creator3D and TurboGX+). Is there any way you can help me set this up? -Original Message- From: Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN [mailto:[EMAIL

RE: [expert] Linux on a Sun Sparc Machine

2002-07-12 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN
Did you install Xfree v4.2. It is the first version to have hw support for the sun boxes. I forget off hand which cards are supported though. With 4.2, you should be able to get xinerama going KDE is getting better at the xinerama displays, and it is available for Sparcs. Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-12 Thread Dean S. Messing
Larry Sword writes: :: Have you looked at the docs: :: file:///usr/share/doc/HOWTO/HTML/en/Xinerama-HOWTO.html :: :: Maybe you need to edit your /etc/X11/xdm/Xservers file as explained in :: the HOWTO in order to start the xinerama extensions. I have read the HOWTO (several times). (a)

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-12 Thread Dean S. Messing
Todd Lyons writes :: Dean S. Messing wrote on Thu, Jul 11, 2002 at 03:41:23PM -0700 : :: :: subset of them. Also, consideration shd be given to the :: question of Is this a big waste of time?. I mean, if the :: Mdk KDE packages are known to be compiled with xinerama support ::

Re: [expert] Sound Is Impossible

2002-07-12 Thread Daryl Johnson
On Friday 12 July 2002 17:55, Larry Sword wrote: Daryl, [...] Since there are a number of SoundBlasters out there can you provide more info on your sound card, the 4.1. Is it a Live or the new Audigy series, or an older card? Larry Al I can tell you is in the posting :o( The box says

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-12 Thread Balaji Ramani
Dean, You need to recompile the kdelibs package. When you are recompiling it, ensure that --enable-xinerama is passed to the configure script. If that does not help, contact me off the list and I will try to help you. Balaji On Friday 12 July 2002 14:34 pm, Dean S. Messing wrote: Todd

RE: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-12 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SICN
I have a Matrox G450. All I can say is I dl'ed the Matrox drivers, and powerdesk from their site. Then I had two separate desktops. With a fast config change, I could have xinerama as you stated two monitors merged to one large desktop. KDE is my DE. Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB -Original

Re: [expert] Sound Is Impossible

2002-07-12 Thread Daryl Johnson
On Friday 12 July 2002 13:46, civileme wrote: Daryl Johnson wrote: [...] 00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) Subsystem: Ensoniq: Unknown device 8001 Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 I/O ports at cc00 [size=64] Capabilities available only to

Re: [expert] Sound Is Impossible

2002-07-12 Thread civileme
Daryl Johnson wrote: On Friday 12 July 2002 13:46, civileme wrote: Daryl Johnson wrote: [...] 00:0b.0 Multimedia audio controller: Ensoniq 5880 AudioPCI (rev 02) Subsystem: Ensoniq: Unknown device 8001 Flags: bus master, slow devsel, latency 64, IRQ 11 I/O ports at cc00 [size=64] Capabilities

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-12 Thread Teemu Torma
On Friday 12 July 2002 20:34, Dean S. Messing wrote: P.S. From stuff I've seen on the web, it does seem to be necessary to have compiled KDE with --enable-xinerama (or some such) but everyone tells me that Mdk comes that way. And, again, I have no idea which packages count

[expert] blocking an ip address

2002-07-12 Thread logic7
My brain isn't working right now... How do I block an IP address or range of IP addys from getting into my server (maybe having port sentry drop 'em off)? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Anti-virus for mail server--best solution for cash-strapped org?

2002-07-12 Thread D. Olson
www.sophos.com has a decent av scanner, that I hear works for this. I installed it in Windows just to scan my partition. For a friend of mine, it picked up two viruses that the most uptodate Norton didn't. On Friday 12 July 2002 09:13 pm, you wrote: Hi, We have a mail server, and for

Re: [expert] blocking an ip address

2002-07-12 Thread J. Craig Woods
logic7 wrote: My brain isn't working right now... How do I block an IP address or range of IP addys from getting into my server (maybe having port sentry drop 'em off)? Depends on your firewall methodology: if using iptables, write iptable rule; if using ipchains, use ipchain rule. Search

[expert] Anti-virus for mail server--best solution for cash-strapped org?

2002-07-12 Thread Damon Lynch
Hi, We have a mail server, and for the moment anyway, windows users (although I'm hoping for a few Linux converts with our new terminal server setup :-) ). We have a setup on the mail server where an anti-virus program can be called from the command line before the IMAP folders receive the

Re: [expert] blocking an ip address

2002-07-12 Thread Damon Lynch
On Sat, 2002-07-13 at 13:36, J. Craig Woods wrote: if using ipchains, use ipchain rule. If using this, the script pmfirewall might come in handy. Don't know if it works with 2.4 kernels though. It may do. Damon -- Damon Lynch Dev-Zone Program Officer http://www.dev-zone.org Jabber

Re: [expert] Anti-virus for mail server--best solution for cash-strapped org?

2002-07-12 Thread Brandon Long
We are using MailScanner with NAI uvscan and are very impressed. MailScanner works well with SpamAssassin, catches 99.9% of all spam that was coming through our mail servers. Packages are available on freshmeat. On Friday 12 July 2002 09:13 pm, Damon Lynch wrote: Hi, We have a mail server,

Re: [expert] blocking an ip address

2002-07-12 Thread J. Craig Woods
Damon Lynch wrote: On Sat, 2002-07-13 at 13:36, J. Craig Woods wrote: if using ipchains, use ipchain rule. If using this, the script pmfirewall might come in handy. Don't know if it works with 2.4 kernels though. It may do. Damon Nope, pmfirewalls does not work with iptables but

[expert] Wireless lan card setup?

2002-07-12 Thread Nelson Bartley
Hi Guys, I'm really rather new to pcmcia and wireless lan in general, however I was recently given a wireless pcmcia card which uses the wvlan_cs driver and thought I would try to get this up and running. However I'm not exactly sure how to do this? Do I: 1) add an entry to modules.conf that