Re: [expert] Need Help aboyt hardware - off Topic...

2002-08-16 Thread Isaac Curtis
(response below quote) On Thursday 15 August 2002 12:08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I work at an institute of physics here in Argentina. We will receive some money from a foundation in Germany to buy some machines to use in numerical simulations and we want to build a cluster with them.

[expert] tar.bz2 - how to ?

2002-08-16 Thread hans schneidhofer
hi, was looking in man tar for that, but doesn't find anything about. how can I do a tar xvfz a bz2 file ? thanks for helping bye hans Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] tar.bz2 - how to ?

2002-08-16 Thread giancarlo
Alle 11:32, venerdì 16 agosto 2002, hai scritto: hi, was looking in man tar for that, but doesn't find anything about. how can I do a tar xvfz a bz2 file ? thanks for helping bye hans tar xvfj file.tar.bz2 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[expert] using mesa, glut and mindseye

2002-08-16 Thread hans schneidhofer
hi, am sorry about having one more question, but cannot get useable and uptodate informations about mesa, glut and mindseye. have downloaded mesa both versions mesa3.4.2 and mesa4.0.3, and glut3.7 and cannot configure mesa because running ./configure --with-glut=/usr/lib/ results in :

Re: [expert] tar.bz2 - how to ?

2002-08-16 Thread Martin Fahrendorf
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Am Freitag, 16. August 2002 11:32 schrieb hans schneidhofer: Hi, use 'j' instead of the 'z' for bz2 tar archives Martin hi, was looking in man tar for that, but doesn't find anything about. how can I do a tar xvfz a bz2 file ? thanks for

[expert] Why no amanda packages?

2002-08-16 Thread mandrake
Just out of curiosity, does anyone know why Mandrake does not ship the amanda backup software ( amanda.org )? The license is BSD and not GPL, but surely, there's got to be other BSD licensed software bundled in the recent releases. Just wondering... -Charlie -- GPG Key fingerprint = 4F36 EC4F

Re: [expert] tar.bz2 - how to ?

2002-08-16 Thread Mohand Talanana
Hi, We can also use -y option, in total there are two ways doing that: 1- tar -jxvf filename.tar.gz 2- tar -yxvf filename.tar.gz bye, Muhend aginies wrote: hi, was looking in man tar for that, but doesn't find anything about. how can I do a tar xvfz a bz2 file ? i you want

Re: [expert] Why no amanda packages?

2002-08-16 Thread Scott
I second that as well as including slocate :) On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 02:47, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Just out of curiosity, does anyone know why Mandrake does not ship the amanda backup software ( amanda.org )? The license is BSD and not GPL, but surely, there's got to be other BSD licensed

Re: [expert] Why no amanda packages?

2002-08-16 Thread Jason Guidry
On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 08:04, Scott wrote: I second that as well as including slocate :) [jason@orpheus jason]$ which slocate /usr/bin/slocate [jason@orpheus jason]$ it might depend on your install-time options. try: [jason@orpheus jason]$ sudo slocate -u -- jason gmaestro.org

[expert] Passwd file conversion?

2002-08-16 Thread Albert E. Whale
Does anyone know if you can transport a Solaris Passwd file to a Linux Server? If so How? -- Albert E. Whale - CISSP http://www.abs-comptech.com -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - ESM, Computer Networking Specialists Sr.

[expert] Highpoint Windows Raid in Mandrake

2002-08-16 Thread Gregorio Pérez Aguilera
Hi! I recently saw that there is some Linux open source drivers for the HPT370/370A Raid controllers from Highpoint. (http://www.highpoint-tech.com/370drivers_down.htm and scroll down the page). Do this support will be included in Mandrake 9.X? Regards, Gregorio

Re: [expert] Why no amanda packages?

2002-08-16 Thread David Relson
At 08:17 AM 8/16/02, you wrote: On Fri, 2002-08-16 at 08:04, Scott wrote: I second that as well as including slocate :) [jason@orpheus jason]$ which slocate /usr/bin/slocate [jason@orpheus jason]$ it might depend on your install-time options. try: [jason@orpheus jason]$ sudo slocate -u

[expert] VIA KT266 and Promise FastTrack 100 Lite

2002-08-16 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
Hi, a german user (probably a non-english speaker) asked me: --quote I'd like to install Mandrake Linux 8.2 but at the start of the installation process the machine hangs with these last lines: VP_IDE : VIA vt8233 (rev 00) IDE UDMA100

Re: [expert] Passwd file conversion?

2002-08-16 Thread kwan
On Fri, 16 Aug 2002, Albert E. Whale wrote: Does anyone know if you can transport a Solaris Passwd file to a Linux Server? If so How? Not directly since the password hashes use different systems. The best thing may be to use awk or some similar script utility to create the new logins. Let me

RE: [expert] Wireless NICs

2002-08-16 Thread Dodd, David J
I have a linksys access point and it has good transmission but if you want to measure it use wavmon. You can set up an omni dir antenna to get a little more range. Setup a VPN for security would be a good measure. I just bought the house across the street from my current home. HouseA has

[expert] Remote Telnet Session Disconnects

2002-08-16 Thread JOHN HEMMER
There is a remote Linux system that I telnet into. If I leave the session idle for more than 5 minutes, I get logged out or disconnected. I have read the manual pages for telnetd and have searched through Running Linux by O'Reilly, but I cannot find any reference to where the idle time is set

Re[2]: [expert] Passwd file conversion?

2002-08-16 Thread Clayton Knight
Are you sure?? I have a Linux box getting users and passwords via NIS off a Solaris server and have no problems using the same password on the Linux box and the Sun's as well. I think I have even just copied the hashed passwords from one system to another without problems but am not sure if my

Re: [expert] Passwd file conversion?

2002-08-16 Thread Albert E. Whale
Clayton, Please check your memory. I tried the copy process, but I'm almost certain that the crypt functions, Salts, Hashes are different. BTW, the original files did not work for me, but if you can get them to work, then I'm interested in the contents of your /etc/pam.d directory.

[expert] Some weird routes..

2002-08-16 Thread Ricardo Castanho de O. Freitas
Hi, I've got this recently and I would like some input on what this could be... I hope it isn't an intrusion...;-( Tabela de Roteamento IP do Kernel Destino RoteadorMáscaraGen.Opções MSS Janela irtt Iface 211.200.31.150 - 255.255.255.255 !H- -

Re: [expert] Wireless NICs

2002-08-16 Thread Isaac Curtis
On Friday 16 August 2002 16:59, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have a linksys access point and it has good transmission but if you want to measure it use wavmon. You can set up an omni dir antenna to get a little more range. Setup a VPN for security would be a good measure. I just bought