[expert] Using SMB shared printer from LM 8.1

2001-11-12 Thread Amit Bapat
I am having trouble using a printer connected to my w2k machine from my lm 8.1 machine. I used the printerdrake and selected SAMBA printer and all the other screens. It says it has configured the printer right but when I try to print a test page nothing happens I can see the printer using

Re: [expert] Telnet

2001-01-26 Thread Amit Bapat
Welcome to hostname Linux Mandrake release 7.2 (Odyssey) for i586 Kernel 2.4.0 on an i686 login: This message comes from /etc/issue.net. After login is successful you see /etc/motd. amit _ Get your FREE download of MSN

Re: [expert] Stop X11 and KDM from listening

2001-01-10 Thread Amit Bapat
Not really. Start your X server with -nolisten tcp and it won't listen on the tcp port anymore. This you can accomplish by modifying your startx script(bad idea!) or writing a global xserverrc file and putting right commands to start X there. Look man pages for startx and X for more info. I

Re: [expert] Kernel 2.4.0 and ReiserFS Patch

2001-01-08 Thread Amit Bapat
You have to enable "Prompt for Experimental Modules" or something to that effect. I don't remember the exact text of that option. You find that at the very biginning. Original Message Follows From: "Tony K. Olsen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Netmeeting and ip masquerading

2001-01-02 Thread Amit Bapat
Look here: http://www.coritel.it/projects/sofia/nat.html Original Message Follows From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "expert mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Netmeeting and ip masquerading Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 12:57:25 - Hi, Does anyone know if

[expert] Konqueror samba share

2000-12-29 Thread Amit Bapat
I tried to access my windows share on local network with Konqueror and I see some problem with Long File names and file names with mixed case names. For example, if I enter a URL smb:/win1/ in Konq. location bar, it asks me for user name and password. When I enter that it shows me the windows

[expert] Mounting samba shares at boot time

2000-12-28 Thread Amit Bapat
I have a small local network with some windoz boxes. I want to mount the shared disk of Windoz box when Linux mounts all other disks. So I put the following line in my /etc/fstab /win1/cdrive /winshare/c1 smbfs user=winuser,password=passwd,gid=503 0 0 But I never see that samba share mounted

Re: [expert] /dev/sr0 and IDE Burner problems

2000-12-26 Thread Amit Bapat
cdrecord -scanbus will only show CD-R/W devices not CDROM. Original Message Follows From: john [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] /dev/sr0 and IDE Burner problems Date: Sun, 24 Dec 2000 17:24:11 -0600 I installed Mandrake7.2 from ISO

[expert] Netscape 4.76 with LM Update

2000-12-26 Thread Amit Bapat
I see Netscape-4.76 listed on the update list when I use MandrakeUpdate but it always fails to update. I tried downloading the packages manually and then upgrading, but rpm -k tells the package is not OK. Looks like there is something wrong with the package. Original Message Follows

[expert] Certificate for secure site.

2000-12-26 Thread Amit Bapat
I have installed apache-ssl and openssl. I see that there is a default ssl certificate and key generated in /etc/httpd/conf/ssl* directory. I want to generate a new certificate that has my host name and my name in it and not just localhost as host name. How do I do that? I don't need the

Re: [expert] Moving my hard drive

2000-12-26 Thread Amit Bapat
Also you have to change /etc/lilo.conf and rerun lilo after you are done changing devices. Keep a boot/rescue disk handy before you do the change. Original Message Follows From: Holly Henry-Pilkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re:

Re: [expert] How to run script at X-login - xsession doesn't work

2000-12-22 Thread Amit Bapat
try to put the script in $HOME/.xinitrc or $HOME/.Xclients. Look the X startup scripts and you'll find that it looks first for .xinitrc in your home dir and then looks for .Xclients. You can use either of them but not both. Make sure the file is executable. Original Message Follows

Re: [expert] 7.2 upgrade: can't reach host (xinetd?)

2000-12-21 Thread Amit Bapat
Look into your /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow files. Original Message Follows From: Christopher Kolar [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] 7.2 upgrade: can't reach host (xinetd?) Date: Wed, 20 Dec 2000 17:54:17 -0600 Hi all. I

Re: [expert] 'Use hard drive optimizations' does what?

2000-12-21 Thread Amit Bapat
hdparam is not a daemon that runs, it just sets some parameters to be used for your HD Original Message Follows From: b5dave [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] 'Use hard drive optimizations' does what? Date: Thu, 21 Dec 2000 18:32:28

[expert] kernel-secure source code

2000-12-15 Thread Amit Bapat
I have installed LM 7.2 with high security setting. It installed kernel-secure. I want to recompile this kernel to add some features. How do I download the sources for this kernel? Are the sources the same as for the regular kernel? or there is different source? In the info of the kernel-secure

Re: [expert] script to change upper to lower case

2000-12-15 Thread Amit Bapat
Do yo need a script for this? it's one line code. tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]" And use pipe to get input and output! Original Message Follows From: "Praedor Tempus" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] script to change upper to lower case Date:

Re: [expert] Pop3 not working under LM7.2, xinetd

2000-12-13 Thread Amit Bapat
Configure xinetd. Look into /etc/hosts.deny and /etc/hosts.allow. Add your local network in one of these files if necessary. Original Message Follows From: Damon Lynch [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Pop3 not working under LM7.2,

Re: [expert] can't set video refresh

2000-12-13 Thread Amit Bapat
2000 16:48:38 -0800 do those extra mode lines work with version 4.0 or is it just limited to the old versions? I never noticed any difference. -Original Message----- From: Amit Bapat [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Tuesday, December 12, 2000 4:01 PM Subject: R

Re: [expert] can't set video refresh

2000-12-12 Thread Amit Bapat
This is how I did when I had similar problem. Install XF 3.3.6 and then look at the Modeline in the /etc/X11/XF86Config for the 1024x768 @ 100Hz modeline. Cut and paste this Modeline in your XF86Config-4 config file. Other option: Start XF 3.3.6 and fireup xvidtune. Note down all the values.

[expert] LM 7.2 kernel-secure sources

2000-12-08 Thread Amit Bapat
I installed LM7.2 with security setting High. So it installed kernel-secure for me. I want to add a module to kernel for ip_masq_h323 to allow windows clients on the local network to use NetMeeting. I have ip_masq_h323.c. All I want is the kernel-secure sources so that I can recompile the

[expert] LM 7.2 kernel-secure sources

2000-12-08 Thread Amit Bapat
I installed LM7.2 with security setting High. So it installed kernel-secure for me. I want to add a module to kernel for ip_masq_h323 to allow windows clients on the local network to use NetMeeting. I have ip_masq_h323.c. All I want is the kernel-secure sources so that I can recompile the

Re: [expert] Hardware vs System Clock

2000-12-08 Thread Amit Bapat
when you boot into mandrake 7.2 run 'timeconfig' from xterm. Select your time zone and don't forget to uncheck the box saying h/w clock set to GMT. if your are running windows on your machine you should not set h/w clock to GMT. Next time you boot into mandrake you should have right time.

Re: [expert] telnet and ftp services

2000-12-08 Thread Amit Bapat
LM 7.2 uses xinetd by default. So check in the /etc/xinetd.d directory. Original Message Follows From: Bryan Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] telnet and ftp services Date: Fri, 08 Dec 2000 15:42:58 -0500 Hi. I am an experienced

Re: [expert] LM 7.2 kernel-secure sources

2000-12-08 Thread Amit Bapat
Does this also enable NetMeeting to work? Original Message Follows From: Daniel Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Amit Bapat [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] LM 7.2 kernel-secure sources Date: Fri, 8 Dec 2000 12:29:16 -0700 (MST) I installed LM7.2

Re: [expert] FTP from Win NT to Linux Mandrake 7.2

2000-12-07 Thread Amit Bapat
Look in your /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny file. Original Message Follows From: "Bill Shannon" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] FTP from Win NT to Linux Mandrake 7.2 Date: Thu, 7 Dec 2000 08:15:07 -0500 do you have the ip

[expert] sources for kernel-secure2.2.*.rpm

2000-12-06 Thread Amit Bapat
I have installed LM 7.2 with high security setting. It works fine. I am using this Linux box for NAT and need the NAT to be able to work with H323 properly which is used by NetMeeting. There is a ip_masq_h323.c I found on the web. I think if I recompile the kernel with kernel-sources rpm, I'll

Re: [expert] imap on Mandrake 7.2

2000-12-05 Thread Amit Bapat
/group as root.mail. Original Message Follows From: Matthew Micene [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Amit Bapat [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] imap on Mandrake 7.2 Date: Tue, 5 Dec 2000 09:56:24 -0500 On Tuesday 05 December 2000 12:32 am, you wrote: This may sound stupid

[expert] imap on Mandrake 7.2

2000-12-04 Thread Amit Bapat
This may sound stupid. But it is happening. I have installed Mandrake 7.2 with High Security Setting. I edited /etc/xinetd.d/imap file to change the line disable = yes to disable = no and then restarted xinetd with /etc/rc.d/init.d/xinetd reload. Now when I use netstat I see that xinetd is