Re: [expert] mdk 8.0 on a laptop

2001-07-19 Thread Al Baker
I had Mandrake 8 on my Dell Inspiron 8000 (256 ram, GForce2 chip, DVD, etc). You'll probably have a few gotchas: - Nvidia drivers (obviously), search mandrakeforum.com for Nvidia, I wrote the instructions for setting it up (specifically for the Go chip on this laptop) - Sound (for some reason if y

RE: [expert] Nvidia Drivers 1.0 and X 4.1.0

2001-07-16 Thread Al Baker
You can upgrade your kernel, it will just require you to uninstall/reinstall the drivers (just did it last night). --- "Jose M. Sanchez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Did you perform a FULL power off after setting up > the > /etc/X11/XF86config-4 file first? > > I.E. your system must be COLD

[expert] Problem after Update

2001-06-28 Thread Al Baker
Hi all, I used the software manager to update XFree86 to 4.1 (Everything went smoothly for X), except I'm having some command line/compiler related problems (it insisted on upgrading glibc, perl, and gcc as well). Everything seems to work on, I even tested a quick compile of apache. The one pro

[expert] Accessing Secure pages with Mozilla/Galeon

2001-06-23 Thread Al Baker
Hi All, Quick question, Mozilla/Gaelon always seem to get rejected by server messages when trying to goto a secure page (as if the browser is going to http:// instead of https://). Anyone know what the problem is or how to fix it? Thanks, Aj __

Re: [expert] 2.2.19 kernel with Mandrake 8.0?

2001-05-29 Thread Al Baker
Goto the flat package list during install, I believe kernel2.2 is one of the options. --- "Aaron J. Ginn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm not really trying to back out of the 2.4 kernel. > If I have to, I > will simply reinstall Mandrake 8.0. If nothing > else, I'll go back to > 7.2. What I

Re: [expert] What happened?

2001-05-28 Thread Al Baker
It was replaced by xinetd, (/etc/xinetd.conf) Al --- Bill Beauchemin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What Happened to the /etc/inetd.conf file in LM8.0? > I went to edit it to > install Qpopper after setting up LM8.0 for the first > time and no can > find. > > ___

Re: [expert] Problems with LM8.0 and The Gimp 1.2

2001-05-28 Thread Al Baker
Little more information? What window manager, what user are you running it as, do you have any plugins installed? I run pure enlightenment, with only the perl plugins that come with LM8.0. I also run under a standard user as opposed root... no problems. Al --- Darrell Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: [expert] Mandrake going under

2001-05-22 Thread Al Baker
(at least in terms of working on cool stuff, dunno how pay is). Al Baker --- Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 22 May 2001 06:10, Lars Roland > Kristiansen wrote: > > Hi > > > > Just read some wired things about mandrake at > newsforge and slashdot

[expert] Linux PDAs?

2001-05-22 Thread Al Baker
Hi All, I've been wondering if anyone uses a Linux PDA with their Mandrake desktop and what kind of impression they have with that? Specifically, I've been looking at 3: Compaq's iPaq (which you can reload with linux) Agenda's V3R (monochrome :( ) Yoppy (can only get in developer version) : ht

Re: [expert] RE: Word97 in Linux using Wine -- official word from Codeweavers

2001-05-22 Thread Al Baker
ted a link to http://www.vistasource.com/products/axware/more They claim to have compatibility with MSWord documents. Has any tried this? Thanks, Al Baker --- Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Monday 21 May 2001 11:59, Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Dear friends: > > &g

[expert] remote X Windows?

2001-05-18 Thread Al Baker
Hi All, @ Work, Sun workstations and remote X windows is very popular, most windows users use exceed to connect and use CDE. Is there anything similiar in Linux? There are many graphical utilities that require you to be on a solaris machine Aj _

Re: [expert] Stability Concerns

2001-05-18 Thread Al Baker
Just to clarify, the kapm-idled problem is just for kernel2.4.3? I hate seeing gkrellm going nuts on CPU while I'm just sitting there in a VI terminal. --- Orlin Damyanov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > For me Mandrake 8 has been quite stable and runs > smoother than Mandrake > 7. I had 7 install

[expert] Red Carpet

2001-04-26 Thread Al Baker
and remove software, including Ximian GNOME 1.4 and third-party applications from their systems." Thanks, Al Baker __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - buy the things you want at great prices http://auctions.yahoo.com/

Re: [expert] StarOffice

2001-04-23 Thread Al Baker
I use StarOffice at work in a dominant Win2000 domain. To be more specific, I use openoffice (6.9?) whatever was available in cooker @ rpmfind.net. Here are my comments on Star/OpenOffice: - General: Handles most word2000 formats very well - sometimes fubar's on large tables when going from ope

Re: [expert] problem starting KDE with 7.2

2001-04-23 Thread Al Baker
I don't believe it's a processor problem. You probably have XFree86 misconfigured, try /usr/X11R6/bin/Xconfigurator --- "V. Boris Camara Castro" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I want to know about compatibility KDE with pentium > I pc's, because > kdesktop crashes when i enter in it,

Re: [expert] 8.0 final --brakes MANY applications (Software Installer is first on that list)

2001-04-23 Thread Al Baker
Actually, I had the same libsafe problem in 7.1! --- "Nima S. Panahi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I believe I have a handle on the problem now. I did > a complete fresh and > minimal install, without using anything from the > second CD except for > kernel source. I then went about recompiling >

[expert] Java Development Environment

2001-04-02 Thread Al Baker
ly looking for my own purposes here, but trying to convince some Java Developers that Linux can compete with their Win2k/WinNT development setups. Thanks, Al Baker __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/?.refer=text

Re: [expert] anyone working enlightenment installation in 8.0b2

2001-03-30 Thread Al Baker
I loaded enlightenment in 8.02b just fine. I did notice the lack of menu generation on the left button, but you can still access the application menu via the middle button (or 2+3). Al --- Al Niessner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I have found the enlightenment installation in 8.0b2 > to be

[expert] 8beta2

2001-03-27 Thread Al Baker
Mandrake 8.0beta2: I love it so far, have my desktop setup perfectly, all hardware detected. Here are my minor gripes: * Install: Had to double click on 'done' when setting Grub/Lilo, compared to one click in previous distributions. * Ximian Gnome: Can't install, says unsupported version of Ma

Re: [expert] Re: [xfce-new] Setup Question

2001-03-22 Thread Al Baker
But how do you change the color of the XFCE panel? Al --- Benjamin Sher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dear member: > > Thanks for writing. > > 1) The question about which rectangle stands for > which XFCE component is > the one that got me a very hostile reaction on the > official xfce user > li

re: [expert] enlightenment in 7.2, e-conf?

2001-03-20 Thread Al Baker
My biggest gripe with 7.2 has been the lack of the e-conf tool in enlightenment. For whatever reason, I can't seem to find this tool with the enlightment install on 7.2, thought it was def. there in 7.1 . Can anyone shed some light on this? That e-conf tool worked wonders. Thanks, Al --- Rial

Re: [expert] Helix-Gnome supports Mandrake! -- Official Word

2001-03-20 Thread Al Baker
I picked up the ximian CD from thinkgeek.com -- I'm all for supporting open source projects with a few bucks to save me time and bandwith. Anyhow, the install went fine, but it actually removed gnome-session from .xinitrc and defaulted back to KDE. Furthermore, it went from a nicely layed out me

Re: [expert] superuser access

2001-03-17 Thread Al Baker
This is an expert from www.enteract.com/~lspitz/linux.html. I got to the link via, linuxguruz.org (Armoring Linux) Here's what yer looking for: For the Truly Paranoid I consider the measures discussed above absolutely essential. By following these steps, you have greatly improved your system'

Re: [expert] LILO problem with LM7.2

2001-03-14 Thread Al Baker
I believe Windows likes to be the first partition on the drive, and then you have to set LILO to the MBR (master boot record). I think FreeBSD defaults it's loader to the master boot record as well. --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I just istalled LM7.2 on my new drive (20GB). It's > got a 13GB Wi

Re: [expert] Good Laptops to Install Mandrake

2001-02-24 Thread Al Baker
I installed Mandrake 7.1 on a Toshiba Satellite 1605 (cheap), works great. Also seen it on those Dell Inspiron ?7500s. Aj --- Larry Blodgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are the preferred laptops for installing > Mandrake? > > -- > Thanks, > > Larry Blodgett ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) ([EMAIL P

Re: [expert] Slow mailing list/Kernel 2.4 and RieserFS

2001-02-21 Thread Al Baker
2.4.0 needs the ReiserFS patch. 2.4.1 included ReiserFS. Enjoy! --- Mike Chambers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hiyas again all, > > I have 2 questions.. > > 1 - It seems both newbie and this mailing list are > slow, as in slow to > receive email. Is the server outside the US or > something? O

Re: Re[2]: [expert] Article about Mandrakesoft's "new direction"

2001-02-05 Thread Al Baker
Why would Mandrake end their distribution? Besides the article stating that they were continuing, they outsold Redhat this year and are by far one of the most popular distributions around. This is just a way to make some money, like redhat does with their RHN, does that mean Redhat is gonna stop

Re: [expert] There is no net phone for linux, period

2001-02-05 Thread Al Baker
Therefor, you need to get an IP Phone! Aj --- Marsden MacRae <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a quick query > > At 05:12 PM 2/5/2001 -0700, you wrote: > >I just read the man page for ohphone which I got to > via the HOWTO mentioned. > >It does NOT do PC-to-phone. It does IP-to-IP, > voice over

Re: answers, maybe (was Re[2]: [expert] An observation on this Mandrake list)

2001-02-01 Thread Al Baker
For the large file support, look for a 2.2 patch, or I believe it'll be included in the 2.4 kernel, at least that's what I've heard. Aj --- Rusty Carruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > > As a coincidence, a couple of questions my clients > asked me, should qualify: >

Re: [expert] replacement use of inetd & GPIB useage

2001-02-01 Thread Al Baker
1) I believe you're looking for /etc/services Regards, Aj --- richard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, two questions > > 1) inetd appears not to be used with Mandrake , I > use inetd.conf to > redirect incoming telnet on port 23 to another > application, if I start inetd > incoming to port 2

Re: [expert] MandrakeUpdate for servers?

2001-01-19 Thread Al Baker
Just to second this request for a CLI MandrakeUpdate, I administer my own server (MDK 7.1), which I normally don't run X on, though I do have it installed to start up and get an update. Most servers that I run (apache (with php et al), ssh, ..) I compiled myself so I go right to their source for

Re: [expert] problem with gcc

2001-01-19 Thread Al Baker
I would pop in your CD and do an 'update/upgrade' with Development packages, it's most likely the only sure way that you'll have all the necessary tools for compiling various programs. For example, unless you do heavy in depth research, you'd never know that PHP needs Bison to compile. Aj --- T

Re: [expert] Pain in the Arse - Linux Stability

2001-01-08 Thread Al Baker
Well, I speak from a purely development-tuned install (started w/ recommended and went from there). Compiled my own apache/mysql/php/modperl/modssl/openssl/mm just fine. Didn't do much in the way of multimedia on it except for hardware detection. --- duane voth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Re: [expert] mandrake 7.2 trouble

2001-01-08 Thread Al Baker
Hi Jelle, Let's start off by confirming that you have proper install media, whether that be double checking self-burnt CDs, or buying some cheap from a place like linuxcentral.com (all their CDs always worked for me). Secondly, I wouldn't recommend using Aurora, it always seems slow and uninform

Re: [expert] Kde

2001-01-08 Thread Al Baker
First, I would double check that you have the right media to install from (whether it a $2 CD or a self-burnt CD). Second, go for a recommended workstation install, you can customize packages later with a reboot and install cd or your favorite rpm manager (rpmdrake). Even the lm7.2 box set sold

Re: [expert] Pain in the Arse - Linux Stability

2001-01-06 Thread Al Baker
I have always found 7.1 to be completely stable. --- "Bob Puff@NLE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Once again, I am chiming in on requesting a -stable- > version of version 7.1. 7.1 seems to work on a lot > of systems (if you can get past the blasted CDROM > installer lockup bug!), and its updates

Re: [expert] Re-configuriing kernel

2001-01-03 Thread Al Baker
My guess is, you didn't install/get the linux source. --- Leif_Erik_Tronstad_Svanø <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I'm trying to re-configure my kernel, so I tried to > the same as with > redhat as root: > this happend > ..]#cd /usr/src/linux > ..]#make oldconfig > make: *** No rule to make

Re: [expert] For all of you with "One BIG anoying Pain in the A**"

2001-01-03 Thread Al Baker
I've found that LM7.1 to be far less troublesome than 7.2, especially during installation (7.2 always gives me a blank screen/freezes during the X part of the install). Then again, I use gnome and enlightenment --which are packaged better on 7.1 as well imho. MandrakeUpdate works fine, after fin

Re: [expert] Boot CD (was Bit-for-bit CD's)

2000-12-31 Thread Al Baker
Are you sure, I believe it depends on your BIOS first and foremost, if you can set it to boot in a priority of cd-rom, floppy,HD. Al --- Tom Berkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You need a cdrom that is bootable. I have never been > able to boot with an > ide cdrom drive, however, my plextor cdro

Re: [expert] A little KDE 2.1 problem

2000-12-30 Thread Al Baker
e is > no program for it to call, but the desktop is > supposed to just open another > kfm (konqueror) window for it. > > > - Original Message - > From: "Al Baker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, December 28, 2000

Re: [expert] Disk partitioning and Disk Drake

2000-12-30 Thread Al Baker
Are you sure, I installed Mandrake 7.1 on a Toshiba Satellite 1605 running windows98.. just popped the CD in while already in windows, installation took care of auto-partitioning and setting up LILO for a dual-boot system, worked like a charm. What I found really screws things up is *BSD->Linux,

Re: [expert] A little KDE 2.1 problem

2000-12-28 Thread Al Baker
Can you right click and look at the properties and make sure it's calling the correct program? --- Robin Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Yesterday I installed the KDE 2.1-0.20001213 > packages from > ftp://ftp.nebsllc.com/pub/KDE_UPDATE/ on my > otherwise stock 7.2 system and > almost everythin

[expert] Your server?

2000-12-22 Thread Al Baker
I was wondering what flavor of linux (or BSD), people run on their home servers (web, mail, etc). I was thinking that a custom install of mandrake7.2 might not be bad for server, then again many run redhat6.2, and there's always the possibility of BSD... -Al

Re: [expert] Error in Apache

2000-12-22 Thread Al Baker
Try it in your cgi-bin? Permissions correct? Execute it from the shell, see what kind of error output there is.. --- Irwan Hadi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm configuring Apache 1.3.14 with Mod Perl 1.24_01 > and PHP 4.0.3pl1, and I > got a problem in which when Apache wants to run a > perl sc

Re: [expert] nekid mandrake?

2000-12-20 Thread Al Baker
It's not like Linux, specifically Mandrake, makes a BAD server, you can make a nice fast server with the right know how. OpenBSD just provides instant out-of-the-box security w/o the configuration [nightmares] you might go through to achieve the same on Mandrake. I choose mandrake over *BSD (Fre

Re: [expert] TCP/IP "stalling" in LM 7.2 -- HELP!!!

2000-12-20 Thread Al Baker
I had a similiar problem with 7.2, it would take 10 full seconds to do a DNS lookup, for every file, everything was slow. I went back to 7.1 with a custom setup. Maybe I'll install kde2 on this 7.1 when kde2.1 comes out. --- George Czerw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I just did a fresh Mandrak

Re: [expert] Mandrake in production

2000-12-19 Thread Al Baker
With enough time and effort, you can cutomized just about any distribution to act as a powerful server, even with a fancy desktop on it! Though, I must admit, I am as intriguied as the next system administrator about running FreeBSD. -Al --- "J . A . Magallon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On

Re: [expert] Xine

2000-12-19 Thread Al Baker
VCD (video CD) was a brief moment between VHS and DVD. DVD players will play yer VCD's, CD players might play VCDs but not DVDs. --- Bill Piety <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi - though I've read about VCD's I've never > actually seen one. It's mpeg-2 based > now, I believe, but doesn't seem to h

Re: [expert] php+apache questions

2000-12-19 Thread Al Baker
Yes, one of the great things about compiling from source is you get to use nifty features such as ./configure --with-mysql :) --- Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I installed mod_php from the mandrake 7.2 > publically available cd set, > and installed mysql from www.mysql.net. > >

expert@linux-mandrake.com

2000-12-14 Thread Al Baker
I'm waiting for KDE 2.1 The .0's are always unstable. --- RedRat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello List! > > After having some trouble with updateing KDE2 to > KDE2.0.1 I uninstalled all > KDE packages and installed the new KDE2.0.1 > packages. Nearly everthing went > fine and I got nearly no