Re: [expert] Anyone using vcr on mdk9?

2003-03-19 Thread Eric Fernandez
I also use mencoder to record tv. This is a script I use : #!/bin/sh case $1 in 1 ) freq=647.25 chaine=tf1 ;; 2 ) freq=687.25 chaine=france2 ;; 3 ) freq=735.25 chaine=france3 ;; 4 ) freq=823.25 chaine=canal+ ;; 5 ) freq=671.25 chaine=arte ;; 6 )

[expert] training resources for Mandrake

2003-03-19 Thread Udo Rader
greets all, I'm a coach for almost all kinds of linux stuff (sysadmin, nwadmin, security, ...) in some of the larger local training centres here in the Tyrolean Alps. So far I had to do the training mainly based on SuSE (and sometimes RedHat), but after continous troubles with SuSE (hardware,

Re: [expert] training resources for Mandrake

2003-03-19 Thread Steffen Barszus
On Wednesday 19 March 2003 12:02, Udo Rader wrote: greets all, I'm a coach for almost all kinds of linux stuff (sysadmin, nwadmin, security, ...) in some of the larger local training centres here in the Tyrolean Alps. So far I had to do the training mainly based on SuSE (and sometimes

[expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Christopher Joseph
First apologies. I have had some problems getting the search function on the mail archives to function properly this morning so I have not been able to trawl for past questions regarding the same topic properly. The problem: I have bought a new 80 Gb ATA133 Hard disk for my desktop running

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread J. Grant
Sounds like you want cp -dpr, info cp gives you more details. cheers JH on the 19/03/03 12:28, Christopher Joseph wrote: First apologies. I have had some problems getting the search function on the mail archives to function properly this morning so I have not been able to trawl for past

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Brian Parish
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 23:28, Christopher Joseph wrote: First apologies. I have had some problems getting the search function on the mail archives to function properly this morning so I have not been able to trawl for past questions regarding the same topic properly. The problem: I have

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread AAW
On Wednesday, March 19, 2003 06:28 am, Christopher Joseph wrote: BUT - the copy process changed a lot of permissions and all kinds of things have errored cp -a should preserve permissions, ownership, etc.. Arn Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

Re: [expert] training resources for Mandrake

2003-03-19 Thread Udo Rader
Am Wed, 19 Mar 2003 12:13:10 + schrieb Steffen Barszus: On Wednesday 19 March 2003 12:02, Udo Rader wrote: greets all, I'm a coach for almost all kinds of linux stuff (sysadmin, nwadmin, security, ...) in some of the larger local training centres here in the Tyrolean Alps. So far I

[expert] Need experienced advice on putting MDK on a Dell Inspiron 4000

2003-03-19 Thread Technoslick
I am replacing the 20 GB hard drive in my 2-1/2 year old Dell Inspiron 4000 laptop that was running Win 2K (under warranty). This seems like the perfect opportunity to try installing MDK and converting it permanently to Linux. However, I have never installed Linux on a portable device. As with

Re: [expert] Need experienced advice on putting MDK on a Dell Inspiron 4000

2003-03-19 Thread Tru64 User
Hi TechnoSlick, Just last night I loaded Mandrake 9.0 on two Dells, one, an Inspiron 8100 which has a swap cd-rom/floppy and an Inspiron 2600. With the OS at the 9.0 level and above(even 8.2, my previous install was OK).it has become a total no-brainer to load this Mandrake. I did not have

Re: [expert] Need experienced advice on putting MDK on a DellInspiron 4000

2003-03-19 Thread Technoslick
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 09:08, Tru64 User wrote: Hi TechnoSlick, Just last night I loaded Mandrake 9.0 on two Dells, one, an Inspiron 8100 which has a swap cd-rom/floppy and an Inspiron 2600. The 8100 is definitely newer than mine. I am not sure about the 2600.. With the OS at the 9.0

[expert] MDK anonftp behind iptables

2003-03-19 Thread Tru64 User
Hi, Struggling to setup an anonymous ftp site on a server running iptables. Have no idea what ports to let open for clients coming from all different backgrounds. By turning off firewall, and monitoring connections, i have seen ftp-data on 1471, 1472 and other connections on 37025 or 18002 and

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Ric Tibbetts
Forget cp, it will nearly always choke on some things. To get a reliable copy, that guarentees all permissions, and ownerships will stay in tact: # cd / # find /[old-home] -print | cpio -pdumv /[New-Home] Then make the appropriate changes to /etc/fstab, and you're there. This one has never

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Tru64 User
U know what works best? #cd /from_dir #tar cvf - . | (cd /path/to/new/dir; tar xvpf -) This will preserve everything as is!! Including links and dates! Well, everything. Explanation:: tar c=create v=verbose f==device . ==from here | (pipe) sends out of the section to second section ()

Re: [expert] Anyone using vcr on mdk9?

2003-03-19 Thread Tru64 User
I could not even play DVD on my Mandy 9.1rc2!! using xmovie!! Any pointers? Have to admit i did not perform any tweaking, just installed the OS, with xmovie, popped in the DVD, and expected it to work Any pointers i should be reading to enable this? I might get some time to work on it this

Re: [expert] MDK anonftp behind iptables

2003-03-19 Thread Jack Coates
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 07:13, Tru64 User wrote: Hi, Struggling to setup an anonymous ftp site on a server running iptables. Have no idea what ports to let open for clients coming from all different backgrounds. By turning off firewall, and monitoring connections, i have seen ftp-data

Re: [expert] Anyone using vcr on mdk9?

2003-03-19 Thread Eric Fernandez
Yes, because of DVD regulations, descrambling libraries are not included in Mandrake. However, they are included in PLF packages. You'll want to add a PLF source (and contrib) using, for example, http://plf.zarb.org/~nanardon and install : urpmi libdvdread2 urpmi xine-dvdnav It will also

Re: [expert] training resources for Mandrake

2003-03-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 03:02, Udo Rader wrote: greets all, I'm a coach for almost all kinds of linux stuff (sysadmin, nwadmin, security, ...) in some of the larger local training centres here in the Tyrolean Alps. So far I had to do the training mainly based on SuSE (and sometimes

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 07:17, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Forget cp, it will nearly always choke on some things. To get a reliable copy, that guarentees all permissions, and ownerships will stay in tact: # cd / # find /[old-home] -print | cpio -pdumv /[New-Home] Then make the appropriate changes

Re: [expert] Need experienced advice on putting MDK on a DellInspiron 4000

2003-03-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 06:28, Technoslick wrote: On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 09:08, Tru64 User wrote: Hi TechnoSlick, Just last night I loaded Mandrake 9.0 on two Dells, one, an Inspiron 8100 which has a swap cd-rom/floppy and an Inspiron 2600. The 8100 is definitely newer than mine. I am

Re: [expert] Need experienced advice on putting MDK on a DellInspiron 4000

2003-03-19 Thread Technoslick
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 13:40, James Sparenberg wrote: Two links that should fill what you need. http://www.linux-laptop.net or more specifically http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html There are about 15 links to website from people who have done what you want to do. Then for

[expert] Is there any good disassembler for C/C++ under linux?

2003-03-19 Thread Adrian Golumbovici
Also any good tool for converting assembler code into C/C++ or any other readable programming language? Best regards, Adrian Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Tru64 User
Hi, Even for root, tar options given previously and cpio work perfectly. With partimaged, U better make sure your enw root partition is exactly the same size as the old. Slightly bigger new root, and the extra space will be wasted. Slightly smaller new root, and U wont be able to restore to a

Re: [expert] MDK anonftp behind iptables

2003-03-19 Thread Tru64 User
Setting the directive below in proftpd.conf and allowing similar ports to get thru iptables seems to have solved the problem. PassivePorts 6 65535 Iptables settings:: -A INCOM-Rules -d ip_of_server -p tcp -m tcp --dport 6:65000 -j ACCEPT _Thanks Much Richard --- Jack Coates

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Michael Noble
To copy directories and files keeping ownership and permissions, etc the same, use the following: tar cf - dir | (cd path to new location;tar xf -) Do this as root. Mike On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 04:28, Christopher Joseph wrote: First apologies. I have had some problems getting the search

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Greg Meyer
On Wednesday 19 March 2003 08:11 pm, Michael Noble wrote: To copy directories and files keeping ownership and permissions, etc the same, use the following: tar cf - dir | (cd path to new location;tar xf -) Do this as root. I don't understand why you would want to go through the additional

[expert] Update to Cooker?

2003-03-19 Thread Dave Sherman
This is probably a silly question, but I have so far been unsuccessful in finding the info I am looking for... Can anyone tell me how to update Mandrake 9.1rc2 to Cooker? -- Dave Sherman MCSE, MCSA, CCNA If we wanted you to understand it, we wouldn't call it code. Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [expert] Is there any good disassembler for C/C++ under linux?

2003-03-19 Thread Seth Zirin
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 11:27, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: Also any good tool for converting assembler code into C/C++ or any other readable programming language? To convert assembly language in file f.s to a readable programming language run the command: touch f.s Assembly language is a

Re: [expert] Update to Cooker?

2003-03-19 Thread Adolfo Bello
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 22:05, Dave Sherman wrote: This is probably a silly question, but I have so far been unsuccessful in finding the info I am looking for... Can anyone tell me how to update Mandrake 9.1rc2 to Cooker? You have to create a urpmi source with a cooker mirror. Then do:

Re: [expert] Update to Cooker?

2003-03-19 Thread Sascha Noyes
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday 19 March 2003 21:05, Dave Sherman wrote: This is probably a silly question, but I have so far been unsuccessful in finding the info I am looking for... Can anyone tell me how to update Mandrake 9.1rc2 to Cooker? This will basically

Re: [expert] Update to Cooker?

2003-03-19 Thread Vox
This time Dave Sherman [EMAIL PROTECTED] becomes daring and writes: This is probably a silly question, but I have so far been unsuccessful in finding the info I am looking for... Can anyone tell me how to update Mandrake 9.1rc2 to Cooker? Uhm...we just went through this thread :) In

Re: [expert] hard disk duplication and partition growth

2003-03-19 Thread Michael Noble
The command does not create a tar file, it uses STDIN and STDOUT. Mike On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 17:23, Greg Meyer wrote: On Wednesday 19 March 2003 08:11 pm, Michael Noble wrote: To copy directories and files keeping ownership and permissions, etc the same, use the following: tar cf - dir

Re: [expert] Need experienced advice on putting MDK on a DellInspiron 4000

2003-03-19 Thread James Sparenberg
On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 10:52, Technoslick wrote: On Wed, 2003-03-19 at 13:40, James Sparenberg wrote: Two links that should fill what you need. http://www.linux-laptop.net or more specifically http://www.linux-on-laptops.com/dell.html There are about 15 links to website

[expert] failure message

2003-03-19 Thread Skippi
Greetings all. I am running a MDK 7.2 box and get the following message every so often at tty1 - 6: failure for servers telnet 1046406154 localhost Can anyone point me in the direct of the problem? This box is not a server or any such thing, simply a normal single user desktop. Thank you

Re: automatic upgrades via install + drakautoinst WAS: [expert]

2003-03-19 Thread David E. Fox
Don't forget to pick the max mailbox size up for postfix if that's what you're using. By default it's set at 50 Megs, which roughly translates Good idea. I checked, and the settings are at about 50 megs so I should be fine. Still, my incoming mailbox is pretty darned big so I really should