[expert] Mosfets Liquid doesn't configure - can't find QT

2002-12-19 Thread Jim C
OK this is probably a simple fix having to do with where Redhat keeps it's QT libraries as opposed to where Mandrake does. It is probably just the insertion of a link since I did find QT. Question is where? Clues? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrak

Re: [expert] MySQL not starting at boot

2002-12-19 Thread Martin Fahrendorf
Am Samstag, 19. Oktober 2002 21:51 schrieb David Guntner: > This question was asked by someone else earlier, but I never saw a > response. Sorry if one was given and I was just being blind... :-) > > I've done "chkconfig --add mysql" so I know it should be starting. When > checking the comments a

Re: [expert] [Attn Todd] MySQL not starting at boot

2002-12-19 Thread David Guntner
Todd, this person found what may have been causing the problem originally. You might want to fix the LSB comments part of the init script for MySQL and have it fixed for future releases. Now, on to replying to Martin Martin Fahrendorf grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > Am Samstag, 19. Oktob

Re: [expert] mail client

2002-12-19 Thread Praedor Atrebates
On Thursday 19 December 2002 02:31 am, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > That is very strange... > Although I use Evolution, both my wife and my mother are running Kmail, > my wife has to see a crash yet. > My mother did have prolbems with the kmail package build by SuSE (it was > the KDE 3.0.4 upgrade). Th

Re: [expert] mail client

2002-12-19 Thread Steffen Barszus
On Thursday 19 December 2002 12:00, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > On Thursday 19 December 2002 02:31 am, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > > That is very strange... > > Although I use Evolution, both my wife and my mother are running Kmail, > > my wife has to see a crash yet. > > My mother did have prolbems wit

Re: [expert] Using Red-Carpet for Evolution 1.2?

2002-12-19 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Thursday 19 December 2002 01:15, Jack Coates wrote: There is also this site: http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php very useful for us urpmi junkies! > urpmi.addmedia Texstar > http://ftp.ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/contrib/texstar/linu >x/distributions/mandrake/9.0/rpms with ./hd

Re: [expert] Using Red-Carpet for Evolution 1.2?

2002-12-19 Thread Mark Williamson
Hi, On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 21:24, Michel Clasquin wrote: > On Thursday 19 December 2002 01:15, Jack Coates wrote: > > There is also this site: > http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon/urpmiweb.php > > very useful for us urpmi junkies! I love the way the urpmi works.. have for sometime.. that is an e

[expert] exporting/importing address books

2002-12-19 Thread David Robertson
I'd like to move my contact/address info from evolution to sylpheed - any suggestions as to the best way of doing this? Thanks. David -- "The only reason some people get lost in thought is because it's unfamiliar territory." (Paul Fix) Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [expert] mail client

2002-12-19 Thread Jack Coates
On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 03:00, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > On Thursday 19 December 2002 02:31 am, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > > That is very strange... > > Although I use Evolution, both my wife and my mother are running Kmail, > > my wife has to see a crash yet. > > My mother did have prolbems with the k

Re: [expert] Problems in shuttind down

2002-12-19 Thread Manuel Soto
Cat you give me your fstab, supermount does not work to me. In case of cdroms it do nothing and in case of floppies it works until I need to extract the media. I have 2 different lines y my fstab but I can't setup it correctly. Thanks, MS On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 19:39, Miark wrote: > Stefano, > >

[expert] Please, How can I install OpenGL

2002-12-19 Thread Manuel Soto
I have Mdk 9.0 and my hardware is 3d capable. As I see in opengl.org the opengl should be part of mdk but 3d games works very slow. The question is, how can I install opengl or where can I find how-to? parts of my /proc/pci Bus 0, device 2, function 0: PCI bridge: Silicon Integrated Sy

Re: [expert] mail client

2002-12-19 Thread Narfi Stefansson
On Thursday 19 December 2002 05:00, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > On Thursday 19 December 2002 02:31 am, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > > That is very strange... > > Although I use Evolution, both my wife and my mother are running Kmail, > > my wife has to see a crash yet. > > My mother did have prolbems wit

Re: [expert] mail client

2002-12-19 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 19 December 2002 10:22 am, Narfi Stefansson wrote: > On Thursday 19 December 2002 05:00, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > > On Thursday 19 December 2002 02:31 am, Guy Van Sanden wrote: > > > That is very strange... > > > Although I use Evolution,

[expert] hosts.allow format question

2002-12-19 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I have been running a security check against my system (Nessus) and among the messages in my attacked system are messages indicating an error in my /etc/hosts.allow: Dec 19 10:31:10 localhost xinetd[28607]: warning: /etc/hosts.allow, line 7: missin

Re: [expert] Mosfets Liquid doesn't configure - can't find QT

2002-12-19 Thread Simon Ree
Jim C ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > OK this is probably a simple fix having to do with where Redhat keeps > it's QT libraries as opposed to where Mandrake does. It is probably > just the insertion of a link since I did find QT. Question is where? > Clues? > > > > Want to buy your Pack or Ser

[expert] Parallel Compact flash

2002-12-19 Thread Manuel Soto
Is there a way to read Parallel Compact Flash in Linux? Thanks, -- Manuel Soto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] timestamp info in bash script

2002-12-19 Thread kwan
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, bascule wrote: > is there a way to obtain the time and date of a file without having to parse > the ls command output? You can try using the stat(2) call. Just make the call then print only the information that you require. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeS

[expert] possible bug in kernel

2002-12-19 Thread Jack Coates
Sony VX88 laptop, Mandrake 9.0, XFRee86 4.2.1-3mdk, cooker kernel 2.4.20-2mdk (as well as 2.4.20-1mdk, 2.4.19-19mdk, 2.4.19-17mdk). I can semi-reliably produce a kernel panic by having a cable plugged into the integrated eepro100 interface when logging out of X or shutting down from GDM. Unpluggi

Re: [expert] Problems in shuttind down

2002-12-19 Thread Miark
Manuel: /dev/hda6 / xfs defaults 1 1 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hda8 /home xfs defaults 1 2 none /mnt/cdrom supermount dev=/dev/scd0,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,umask=0 0 0 none /mnt/cdrom2 supermount dev=/dev/scd1,fs=auto,ro,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,codepage=850,um

Re: [expert] hosts.allow format question

2002-12-19 Thread JM5379
"man /etc/hosts.allow" should give you everything you need --- Original Message --- From: Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Mandrake Expert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [expert] hosts.allow format question >-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- >Hash: SHA1 > >I have been running a security

Re: [expert] Problems in shuttind down

2002-12-19 Thread Miark
Stefano, It's not actually a service--it's a kernel thang. Miark On Wed, 18 Dec 2002 21:04:09 +0100 Stefano Pogliani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks a lot, Miark. > > Last one: which is the service associated to "supermount" ? > > /stefano > > Miark wrote: > > >Stefano, > > > > > >

Re: [expert] hosts.allow format question

2002-12-19 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 19 December 2002 01:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > "man /etc/hosts.allow" should give you everything you need > Err...all that does is display my current hosts.allow file in man format. A simple "man hosts.allow" produces the message

Re: [expert] hosts.allow format question

2002-12-19 Thread J. Grant
there is a pdf on linuxsecurity.com that lists all this and more Praedor Atrebates wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Thursday 19 December 2002 01:09 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: "man /etc/hosts.allow" should give you everything you need Err...all that does is display

Re: [expert] hosts.allow format question

2002-12-19 Thread JM5379
it shouold have been just hosts.allow. it brings up a manpage for me, must be a difference in distros or versions. Here's a small sampling from my man output... /etc/hosts.allow: ALL: LOCAL @some_netgroup ALL: .foobar.edu EXCEPT terminalserver.foobar.edu hope this hel

[expert] chksession bug

2002-12-19 Thread SainTiss
Hi there, I've found a bug in the /usr/sbin/chksession script: line 75 should say next if /.*\.rpm(save|old)/; instead of next if /.*\\.rpm(save|old)/; As it is now, the *.rpmsave and *.rpmold files don't get ignored... The above will fix it... Cheers, Hans Schippers signature.asc Descripti

[expert] Enable vesafb console-only DPMS?

2002-12-19 Thread Mark Chou
I have a console-only server (no X), and I'm using vesafb (built in standard mdk distro kernel). It blanks the screen, but does not not turn the monitor to a low power state. In BIOS I've tried DPMS, V/H blank, all to no avail. I've also tried setterm, but I don't think that works with fb

[expert] Setting www.Cups admin to be acessable from netowrk

2002-12-19 Thread Brent Hasty
the cups admin tool will not let itself be administered by any browser acessing it that does not originate on local host. How can I set the cups admin tool to allow managment and administration from any terminal on the lan? -- 1:04pm up 16:07, 8 users, load average: 0.05, 0.04, 0.08 Wan

Re: [expert] test command

2002-12-19 Thread milosh
On Thu, Dec 19, 2002 at 12:44:30PM +0900, ath1410 wrote: > $test -z "" this tests whether the string is empty. in this example it is, therefor exit code 0. > > But it returns different value after followings. > > $test -n ""-- echo$? returns 1 > $test -n -- " " 0 this tests

Re: [expert] Problems in shuttind down

2002-12-19 Thread Manuel Soto
It works to me, the differences was that I have dev-name instead none in cdrom lines, but your floppy line break my kernel. I have and it does work (except when retire floppy before end of apps operations like open file): none /mnt/floppy supermount dev=/dev/fd0,fs=vfat,--,iocharset=iso8859-1,sync,

[expert] ntpdate use

2002-12-19 Thread Phil
Hello All, I have just tried ntpdate for the first time and I receive the following error message. How do I overcome this? [root@localhost phil]# ntpdate 128.250.36.2 20 Dec 08:10:16 ntpdate[3180]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting -- Regards, Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED] Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [expert] Setting www.Cups admin to be acessable from netowrk

2002-12-19 Thread Brent Hasty
On Thursday 19 December 2002 01:06 pm, Brent Hasty wrote: With your editor open /etc/cups/cupsd.conf about half way down is a place where you set the username of the allowed remote nework administrator. default is remroot, set this as desired and uncomment the field next near the very bottom is

Re: [expert] ntpdate use

2002-12-19 Thread milosh
On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 08:14:36AM +, Phil wrote: > 20 Dec 08:10:16 ntpdate[3180]: the NTP socket is in use, exiting your ntp daemon is already running. try: /etc/init.d/(x)ntpd stop or: pkill *ntp but at all, why not use xntpd? its easy to configure, in /etc u'll find the file ntpd.conf and

Re: [expert] ntpdate use

2002-12-19 Thread Jason Greenwood
Yes, I had the same problem. I use Mandrake so under Mandrake Control Center>System>Services, I just stopped the process (ntpd) and then ran ntpdate. Worked like a charm. Cheers J [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Fri, Dec 20, 2002 at 08:14:36AM +, Phil wrote: 20 Dec 08:10:16 ntp

[expert] image editor for postscript?

2002-12-19 Thread Praedor Atrebates
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I am having a major problem trying to edit a postscript image. I have a journal article, pdf format, that I've converted to postscript. There is a figure in this paper that I need. I cannot extract it with tools like pdfimages (don't know why thi

Re: [expert] image editor for postscript?

2002-12-19 Thread H. Narfi Stefansson
Quoting Praedor Atrebates <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I am having a major problem trying to edit a postscript image. I have a > journal article, pdf format, that I've converted to postscript. There is a > > figure in this paper that I need. I ca

[expert] Mozilla problem - can't delete message

2002-12-19 Thread Jason Greenwood
Hi All, I am running a vanilla 9.0 install with Mozilla on my work laptop. I got an email with some motorcycle pics attached to it yesterday. I had requested it from someone and now that I have it, I cannot delete it. Mozilla won't let me. I try right click>delete and the delete key, no matter

Re: [expert] image editor for postscript?

2002-12-19 Thread kwan
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, Praedor Atrebates wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > I am having a major problem trying to edit a postscript image. I have a > journal article, pdf format, that I've converted to postscript. There is a > figure in this paper that I need. I canno

Re: [expert] image editor for postscript?

2002-12-19 Thread kwan
On Thu, 19 Dec 2002, H. Narfi Stefansson wrote: > I don't know of any tool that lets you edit postscript files. vi? :) > However, if you > only need the figure, and you don't mind going into a pixel based format, why > not use gs? > gs -sDEVICE=ppmraw -r200 -q -dNOPAUSE -sOutputFile=pic.p

Re: [expert] test command

2002-12-19 Thread ath1410
Tks for reply. I understand the way $test -z "" returns 0 and $test -n "" returns 1. What's puzzling me here is this. $test -z (there is no space after -z, no argment) returns 0 which means 'test command thinks no argment equals to the empty string'. However, $tes

[expert] Help getting Wireless Dlink MA311 Prism 2. 5 based PCI card working

2002-12-19 Thread Mcleod, Ian
Hi, Just brought the Dlink MA311 - trying to get it working on Mandrake 9.0 - any ideas? Installed wireless-tools - iwconfig complains 'on' and 'any' operations not supported. Can't compile wlan-ng (of course - nothing ever frigging compiles on Mandrake - its a damn nightmare) Card shows up in

Re: [expert] timestamp info in bash script

2002-12-19 Thread bascule
thanks guys, stat looks like it, have to work out how to strip all those strange zeros though: 2002-12-20 04:08:37.0 + 2002-12-20 04:08:37.0 + what are those zeros after the seconds? bascule On Thursday 19 Dec 2002 4:57 pm, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 19 Dec 2002,

Re: [expert] Drowning Servers..... Literally.

2002-12-19 Thread James T. Nelson III
A quick google search for 'circuit board cleaner' turned up some results that might help you. On Tue, 2002-12-17 at 08:59, James Sparenberg wrote: > All, > >Ok ... here's one for you As you may or may not know California > is in the middle of a series of torrential downpours... and as luc

[expert] Can't find my D: and E:

2002-12-19 Thread Emily Chan
Hello, I was trying to install winXP in my computer this week. I had win98 then in C: and would want to keep it and install winXP in E:. After install files were copied, the computer was restarted but then an error occured, and I got to know I needed to disable my Goback (made by Roxio)to avo

[expert] can anyone advise on Prism 2.5 based PCI card configuration?

2002-12-19 Thread Mcleod, Ian
Running Mandrake 9.0 any pointers on getting a Dlink MA311 Prism 2.5 PCI based card working under Mandrake? No luck yet - hardware list displays the card - but nothing beyond that.. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Can't find my D: and E:

2002-12-19 Thread David Guntner
I'm completely at a loss for how this has anything to do with Mandrake Linux, or even Linux in general, in any way, shape, or form Emily Chan said: > Hello, > > I was trying to install winXP in my computer this week. I had win98 > then in C: and would want to keep it and install winXP in E:.

RE: [expert] Can't find my D: and E:

2002-12-19 Thread Mcleod, Ian
umm - and this has WHAT to do with LINUX?? -Original Message- From: Emily Chan [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, December 20, 2002 3:59 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Can't find my D: and E: Hello, I was trying to install winXP in my computer this week. I had win98

Re: [expert] Mosfets Liquid doesn't configure - can't find QT

2002-12-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Thu, 2002-12-19 at 00:10, Jim C wrote: > OK this is probably a simple fix having to do with where Redhat keeps > it's QT libraries as opposed to where Mandrake does. It is probably > just the insertion of a link since I did find QT. Question is where? > Clues? > > > Clue yes actual answe