Re: [expert] Environment changes

2001-03-14 Thread Bill Barnes
--- Craig Sprout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Bill Barnes wrote: > > I added '/usr/local/bin' to /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit > but > > it doesn't boot that way. > > Your PATH environment variable is re-set in > $HOME/.bashrc (I'm assuming > that yo

[expert] Environment changes

2001-03-13 Thread Bill Barnes
How does one make a bootable change in the environment? I added '/usr/local/bin' to /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit but it doesn't boot that way. Thanks for help. _Bill __ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! Auctions - Buy the things you want at great prices. http://auct

[expert] Apache failed dependencies - jdk

2001-03-08 Thread Bill Barnes
This one last dependency is holding up the build of Apache. Downloaded all the Apache and perl files to a directory ~/apache and as root executed 'rpm -Uvh *.rpm'. The error message is jdk is needed by ApacheJServ-1.1.2-5mdk >From the Blackstone site downloaded jdk-1.2.2-RC4-linux-i3

[expert] dcopserver

2001-03-06 Thread Bill Barnes
Just did a fresh install of 7.2. Then ran the live update from MDK's update 1. Then did Updates for Netscape. Then tried to bring up a terminal and got the message: There was some error setting up inter-process communications for KDE. The message returned by the system was: Could no

RE: [expert] Ethernet LAN not working

2001-03-04 Thread Bill Barnes
Have been working on this same problem and just solved it. My configuration is a firewall on a 486 using CoyoteLinux, 2 Mandrake 7.2 boxes and a Win95 box. Had not tried the ifconfig command until I read this email and here are the results: eth0Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:80:AD:B 8:75:10

[expert] Re-installing grub

2001-03-04 Thread Bill Barnes
Hi All: Went thru drakeconf to configure grub. What rewrites the configuration to hdax. Using linuxconf will write LILO. Thanks, -bill __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

Re: [expert] KDE 2.1 final

2001-02-28 Thread Bill Barnes
Well, part of the rush is for what is hoped to be an acceptable browser. Opera, Netscape6, Netscape 4.76 inevitably crash about the time you get a decent mix of websites up. I expect the browser to be up 24/7. Maybe Konqueror Final can do this. -Bill --- Mark Weaver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

RE: [expert] KDE 2.1 final

2001-02-27 Thread Bill Barnes
Well, that's because the Linux community runs in Sensitivity Severity Mode (SSM). That is, the more desperate your needs the more likely a link or a package will be broken. This is a mysterious sensing program that you will not be able to trace, but it's been in the system for at least 3 years,

[expert] stopping the cups printer

2001-02-27 Thread Bill Barnes
short of reinstalling the system or deleting the printer is there *any* way to stop a runaway printer. lpstat -o reports no jobs. Cups admin says printer idle, accepting jobs no active jobs printer queue is empty lpc status says no entries. I've turned the printer off to kill its

[expert] Installing postgresql-tcl-7.0.3 in Mandrake 7.2

2001-02-11 Thread Bill Barnes
Hello List: Just installed Mandrake 7.2. Followed that with Postgresql 7.0.3 All the rpms seem to install and postmaster is running. The rpm for ~-tcl reports "tcl not finding libtcl8.0.so." This failure apparently triggers failed dependencies libpgtcl.so, libtcl8.0.so, libtk8.0.so for ~-tk-7.

Re: [[expert] CUPS/Epson Stylus 800 gibberish

2000-12-07 Thread Bill Barnes
My own followup. Sorry 'bout the shouting in the subject line of original post. Must have been 3 am and just didn't notice it. Bill Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Well, it's not all gibberish. Actually it is formatting instructions from CUPS. Hello List: Just ins

[expert] CUPS/EPSON STYLUS 800 GIBBERISH

2000-12-07 Thread Bill Barnes
Well, it's not all gibberish. Actually it is formatting instructions from CUPS. Hello List: Just installed LM 7.2 and the only hitch seems to be this printer problem. Reviewed the driver selection; there aren't many choices. Again, it's an Epson Stylus color 800. Got help?

[expert] Coyote firewall connection

2000-10-27 Thread Bill Barnes
: the following hosts are unknown: home.netscape.com home6.netscape.com internic.net I don't know Mandrake well enough to know what files are involved. Debian differs slightly from other distro's. Appreciate your help. B

RE: [expert] Tulip NIC problem

2000-04-07 Thread Bill Barnes
rectories is referenced in /etc/conf.modules? 2. Where can we get a copy of tulip-whatever.o? Then copy that tulip driver to the appropriate .../net directory and edit the /etc/conf.modules file to 'alias eth0 tulip-whatever'. Hope this puts both of us in business. Sure worked on my SuSE

RE: [expert] etho transmit timeout

2000-04-04 Thread Bill Barnes
.0.0 192.168.1.254 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 0eth0 Can ping 192.168.1.11 and localhost. ping 192.168.1.10 hangs. 192.168.1.10 is a windoze/mdk7.0 machine. I have also posted a 'network not reachable' to Linuxcare for the mdk7.0 machine. What's nex

[expert] etho transmit timeout

2000-04-04 Thread Bill Barnes
'eth0: transmit timed out, status e426, CRS12 00ce, resetting...' This is a connection that would ping between windoze/windoze, FreeBSD/FreeBSD, or windoze/FreeBSD. Pointers, please. TIA Bill Barnes This e-mail has be

RE: [expert] mdk7.0 install failure

2000-03-30 Thread Bill Barnes
Someplace in this thread I asked if eLinux.com might not be a reliable vendor for Linux hardware. Take a look at the list of modems in their catalog: USR PCI modems! How many places have I read that PCI modems do not work and, further, recommendations to avoid 3COM/US Robotics. So, whom to

RE: [expert] kppp and Mindspring

2000-03-29 Thread Bill Barnes
Try this link: http://help.mindspring.com/modules/01400/01419.htm Also, I found that after I used linuxconf to establish a connection, kppp worked. If you reboot, though, you have to use linuxconf again. >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >First, unfortunately most isp's are

[expert] RE: mdk7.0 install failure

2000-03-29 Thread Bill Barnes
nal Message From Bill Barnes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> = >Hello all: > >Installation of Mandrake 6.1 runs to completion. > >An install mdk7.0 using \dosutils\autoboot.bat hangs after the display of >'Initializing CDROM'. > >An install with the mdk7 boot diskette fails

RE: [expert] mdk7.0 install failure

2000-03-29 Thread Bill Barnes
Thanks for the tip. And I specifically bought a "hardware" modem. >= Original Message From [EMAIL PROTECTED] = >Bill Barnes wrote: > >> US Robotics 56K Voice PCI* >> *couldn't connect in Mandrake 6.1, doubt that it will in 7.0 > >The pr

[expert] mdk7.0 install failure

2000-03-29 Thread Bill Barnes
Mach64 *couldn't connect in Mandrake 6.1, doubt that it will in 7.0 TIA Bill Barnes This e-mail has been sent to you courtesy of OperaMail, a free web-based service from Opera Software, makers of the awa