[expert] Making the power button a hybernate button

2002-07-14 Thread Raider
Hello! I recently upgraded my computer from a k6-2 to a Duron and moved on from an AT power source to an ATX power source. I've seen that you can suspend your computer by just hitting the power button... and turn it back on by hitting the same button. I've seen this on an Win2k box. Can this

Re: [expert] Making the power button a hybernate button

2002-07-14 Thread kwan
On 14 Jul 2002, Raider wrote: I've seen that you can suspend your computer by just hitting the power button... and turn it back on by hitting the same button. I've seen this on an Win2k box. Can this be done on my MDK8.2 as well? I don't need all the reboot as I rarely change anything

[expert] problem with WIN2k system directories

2002-07-14 Thread W. Kasberg
After installing Mdk 8.2 I cannot look or go into windows system directories like winnt or programs. Those directories are shown to be empty (but they exist with subdirectories). This strange effect shows with a WIN2k and a Win98 partition both formatted with FAT32. And ther is no difference

[expert] no desktop anymore, no MIME types found

2002-07-14 Thread W. Kasberg
I am using KDE302. After trying to install Codeweaver-Wine my desktop icons vanished. While booting to KDE3 a lot of messages appear like could not find mime type application/octet-stream no mime types installed . These errors hold on still after de-installing Codeweaver and also after

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

2002-07-14 Thread Bill Randle
Last I checked, RAV Anti-Virus (http://www.ravantivirus.com) had the best price for features for a commercial product. I am using it (RAV for Linux Mail Servers - sendmail milter version) on three different mail servers and have been very happy with the results. -Bill On Fri, 2002-07-12

[expert] FTP Installl of 8.2 Has Issues

2002-07-14 Thread nDiScReEt
My Mandrake Control Center is broken and so is my urpmi. The Mandrake Control Center will not run until just now! I don't understand. I had something similiar on cooker with konqueror and galeon, as well. Neither of those programs wouldn't work no matter how many times I reran the program

[expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread J. Craig Woods
Greetings, It has been awhile since I built new rpm binaries from the kernel source rpm package. After building kernel rpm packages from the kernel-2.4.18.8.2mdk-1-3mdk.src.rpm, I have noticed that there is no kernel headers rpm package. Is this something new, and is it by design? If the kernel

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread James
oops let me correct that last one. the kernel headers are for 2.4.18 yet nothing can find them. Like AFS etc. James On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 13:57:52 -0500 J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] said with temporary authority Greetings, It has been awhile since I built new rpm binaries from the

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread James
Dr, I've got the same trouble here when I try to build something (like AFS) against them it says it can't find them or that they don't match the kernel I'm using I'd like to know what gives as well. It turns out the only Kernel headers I have are for 2.2.19... James On Sun, 14 Jul

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach J. Craig Woods am 2002-07-14 um 13:57:52 -0500 : kernel headers rpm package. Is this something new, and is it by design? Yes, yes. If the kernel headers component comes from another package, other than the kernel src rpm, would some kind soul please advise.. [askwar@klama askwar]$

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread Dave Sherman
On Sun, 2002-07-14 at 13:57, J. Craig Woods wrote: Greetings, It has been awhile since I built new rpm binaries from the kernel source rpm package. After building kernel rpm packages from the kernel-2.4.18.8.2mdk-1-3mdk.src.rpm, I have noticed that there is no kernel headers rpm package.

Re: [expert] FTP Installl of 8.2 Has Issues

2002-07-14 Thread daRcmaTTeR
nDiScReEt wrote: My Mandrake Control Center is broken and so is my urpmi. The Mandrake Control Center will not run until just now! I don't understand. I had something similiar on cooker with konqueror and galeon, as well. Neither of those programs wouldn't work no matter how many

RE: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread Dean S. Messing
Brian D. Klar writes: :: 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.

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread Dean S. Messing
:: Dean, :: :: You need to recompile the kdelibs package. When you are recompiling = :: it,=20 :: 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 Finally! A definite

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 13:57:52 -0500 J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Greetings, It has been awhile since I built new rpm binaries from the kernel source rpm package. After building kernel rpm packages from the kernel-2.4.18.8.2mdk-1-3mdk.src.rpm, I have noticed that there is no

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread J. Craig Woods
Alexander Skwar wrote: So sprach J. Craig Woods am 2002-07-14 um 13:57:52 -0500 : kernel headers rpm package. Is this something new, and is it by design? Yes, yes. If the kernel headers component comes from another package, other than the kernel src rpm, would some kind soul please

Re: [expert] blocking an ip address

2002-07-14 Thread daRcmaTTeR
Michael Viron wrote: This depends. Do you want to block them from services that utilize hosts.deny. If so, add the ip address to /etc/hosts.deny. Do you want to block network traffic from them entirely? If so, use ipchains or iptables (depending on your kernel version) to block them.

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread Dean S. Messing
Thanks Teemu, for your comments. Teemu Torma writes: :: I am running 8.2 with xinerama, and it worked out of the box with kde :: 3.0.2 packages. The X configurator asked me if I wanted xinerama :: version or just plain screen (Matrox G550). :: :: The boxes are of course grayed out if

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread James
Great... this is not good. Why.. I run Win4Lin which means it's a non stock kernel but Mandrake blessed and approved... so no matter what I do I can never have headers that match my kernel. Which means I need to go to RH or some other distro to build an AFS server. Not cool at all

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread J. Craig Woods
James wrote: Dr, I've got the same trouble here when I try to build something (like AFS) against them it says it can't find them or that they don't match the kernel I'm using I'd like to know what gives as well. It turns out the only Kernel headers I have are for 2.2.19...

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 13:49:20 + James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Great... this is not good. Why.. I run Win4Lin which means it's a non stock kernel but Mandrake blessed and approved... so no matter what I do I can never have headers that match my kernel. Which means I need to go

Re: [expert] Making the power button a hybernate button

2002-07-14 Thread civileme
Raider wrote: Hello! I recently upgraded my computer from a k6-2 to a Duron and moved on from an AT power source to an ATX power source. I've seen that you can suspend your computer by just hitting the power button... and turn it back on by hitting the same button. I've seen this on an Win2k

Re: [expert] blocking an ip address

2002-07-14 Thread logic7
cool, thanks a lot. It's been done. as a side note, anyone here seeing a lot of port scans and whatnot from Asian addresses? I'm getting hit an awful lot from Japan. - Original Message - From: daRcmaTTeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, July 14, 2002 4:28 PM

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread J. Craig Woods
Charles A Edwards wrote: kernel headers are now included as part of glibc. You need to install kernel-header-xxxmdk.i586.rpm for your version of glibc unless you also wish to build it from source. Charles Okay, let's try to simplify this situation. As previously stated, I am

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread James
Charles Maybe so... but unfortunately, it doesn't work when building AFS. The probram there can't find the headers. Period. Can on RH can on SuSe can on Gentoo but not mandrake. I have the following. kernel-source-2.4.18-6mdk kernel-headers-2.4.18-25mdk kernel-2.4.18.6mdk-1-1mdk and

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread Teemu Torma
On Sunday 14 July 2002 22:35, Dean S. Messing wrote: Although (as I've stated) I do have xinerama properly working (from X's point of view), i.e., I can move windows across the two screens just fine, it is precisely your 2nd paragraph that is the subject of my problems: intelligent use of

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach J. Craig Woods am 2002-07-14 um 15:37:06 -0500 : Alex, what in the hell are you saying? I should use I said, that the glibc package creates the kernel-headers package. This has been changed some time ago. I don't remember the exact reason, but search the Cooker list and you'll find

Re: [expert] Making the power button a hybernate button

2002-07-14 Thread FemmeFatale
Raider wrote: Hello! I recently upgraded my computer from a k6-2 to a Duron and moved on from an AT power source to an ATX power source. I've seen that you can suspend your computer by just hitting the power button... and turn it back on by hitting the same button. I've seen this on

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:55:34 + James [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Charles Maybe so... but unfortunately, it doesn't work when building AFS. The probram there can't find the headers. Period. Can on RH can on SuSe can on Gentoo but not mandrake. I have the following. what asf

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread Charles A Edwards
On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 16:40:07 -0500 J. Craig Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Okay, let's try to simplify this situation. As previously stated, I am attempting to upgrade my kernel on a LMDK 8.0 box. The Mandrake security recommendation states to upgrade to kernel-2.4.18.8.2mdk-1-3mdk. OK,

Re: [expert] blocking an ip address

2002-07-14 Thread daRcmaTTeR
logic7 wrote: cool, thanks a lot. It's been done. as a side note, anyone here seeing a lot of port scans and whatnot from Asian addresses? I'm getting hit an awful lot from Japan. yes, actually I have. most of the traffic has been hitting my ftp server though. they're mostly probe

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread J. Craig Woods
Charles A Edwards wrote: kernel-headers Was Not apart of glibc prior to 8.2 kernel-2.4.18.8.2 was an update kernel built specifically for 8.0 and done on an 8.0 system. Absolutely correct, and that is why I was going to use it. I have upgraded my 8.0 kernel once in the past so it is not

Re: [expert] Making the power button a hybernate button

2002-07-14 Thread Gary Dunn
On 14 Jul 2002 14:18:40 +0300, Raider wrote: ... I've seen that you can suspend your computer by just hitting the power button... and turn it back on by hitting the same button. I've seen this on an Win2k box. Can this be done on my MDK8.2 as well? I don't need all the reboot as I rarely

Re: [expert] Assertion failure in journal_unmap_buffer

2002-07-14 Thread tarvid
Got one of these this morning. Assertion failure in journal_unmap_buffer() at transaction.c:1857: transaction == journal-j_running_transaction Linux horace 2.4.18-6mdk #1 Fri Mar 15 02:59:08 CET 2002 i686 unknown Should I update?

[expert] 8.2 and menudrake kill multi-head display and screw up menus and clock

2002-07-14 Thread Hoyt
I'm using 8.2 with the smp kernel (Tyan S2466 2xAthlon MP1600+) and a Matrox G450 for two heads and Voodoo3 PCI for the third head. If I use menudrake to add a program, not only do I immediately drop to the dumbed down menu, I lose displays :0.1 and :0.2 after logging back in and the system

Re: [expert] FTP Installl of 8.2 Has Issues

2002-07-14 Thread nDiScReEt
On Sunday 14 July 2002 3:02 pm, daRcmaTTeR wrote: I'm a little confused here. Are you root when you're attempting to run these programs, and are you running them from the desktop shortcut/menu shortcut, or from the command line? When I start Mandrake Control Center from the Icon either from

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread nDiScReEt
On Sunday 14 July 2002 4:40 pm, J. Craig Woods wrote: Okay, let's try to simplify this situation. As previously stated, I am attempting to upgrade my kernel on a LMDK 8.0 box. The Mandrake security recommendation states to upgrade to kernel-2.4.18.8.2mdk-1-3mdk. OK, simple enough, I wget the

Re: [expert] kde and xinerama question

2002-07-14 Thread nDiScReEt
On Sunday 14 July 2002 4:56 pm, Teemu Torma wrote: - Edit /etc/X11/prefdm to add /opt/kde3/bin at the beginning of the path to get kde3 kdm. - Edit /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 to have proper KDEDIR (/opt/kde3), otherwise it will not call kdmdesktop and will launch xconsole. This happens if you

Re: [expert] kernel header package?

2002-07-14 Thread James
ASF, as in Andrews File System... Its a distributed file system made opensource courtesy of IBM. Sorry for assuming the product was clear. James On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 18:48:45 -0400 Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] said with temporary authority On Sun, 14 Jul 2002 14:55:34 + James