Re: [expert] Bad CD?

2001-08-24 Thread DM
i get trouble reading CDs that i have written using speed=4 so, for my ISOs, i stick to speed=2. one way to verify is to try to use the same install CD on a another machine and see if you get the same error on the same part of the install process. --- Felix Miata [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I

Re: [expert] adding stuff to Mandrake's kernel

2001-08-20 Thread DM
AFAIK, the .config file that goes with the kernel sources is the one that built the vmlinuz-2.4.3-20mdk kernel. in fact, that is what i used to build 2.4.7 and the kernel i build was much smaller because i disabled some things i didnt need. the file /boot/config-2.4.3-20mdk is the same as the

Re: [expert] rsh - Permission Denied

2001-08-20 Thread DM
when i added rlogin, rexec and rsh on my /etc/securetty file it looks like this: snipped till the end tty10 tty11 rlogin rexec rsh rsh stuff worked after i added those. --- John J. LeMay Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Reply to message from Darcy Brodie, CJL [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, 19

Re: [expert] rsh - Permission Denied

2001-08-19 Thread DM
i think you need to put 'rlogin' as well as 'rexec' --- John J. LeMay Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ** Reply to message from Laurent CREPET [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Sun, 19 Aug 2001 15:21:10 +0200 # For root login to succeed here with pam_securetty, rsh must be # listed in

Re: [expert] /bin/cat initiated by kwrited in KDE

2001-08-16 Thread DM
on it' will suffice. however, if you can provide a fix, it will be better. dianne --- J. C. Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DM wrote: following up on this ... can anybody from MandrakeSoft answer what this /bin/cat is for? why is it initiated by kwrited ? is this a bug? --- DM [EMAIL

Re: [expert] /bin/cat initiated by kwrited in KDE

2001-08-16 Thread DM
Control Center to open without crashing and without using a Terminal (another legacy from the broken default theme from Nautilus/Eazel since our MCC was using GTK+ widgets). It does not appear on kde 2.2. Civileme On Thursday 16 August 2001 11:24, DM wrote: hi mike, thanks

Re: [expert] /bin/cat initiated by kwrited in KDE

2001-08-14 Thread DM
following up on this ... can anybody from MandrakeSoft answer what this /bin/cat is for? why is it initiated by kwrited ? is this a bug? --- DM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi list came across this odd /bin/cat process that is always initiated when i login thru KDE GUI. snipped 'ps -ef

Re: [expert] * does not select all files

2001-08-14 Thread DM
another way to copy ALL files as well as permissions on a directory to another (besides those already mentioned by other listers) is to use 'tar': cd /directory_to_copy tar cf - . | (cd /directory_to_put_the_files; tar xpf - ) what is your program trying to do anyway? just moving files? ---

Re: [expert] Antivirus scanners

2001-08-14 Thread DM
we use procmail filtering for checking viruses on incoming emails. downside of it is, you have to keep updating the filter for new 'signatures'. but overall, its doing what its supposed to do. --- Dave Horsfall [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What are people using for this? I'm looking for a just

Re: [expert] Cable modem.

2001-08-14 Thread DM
your ISP should have supplied to you at least 2 name servers to use. have you put them on /etc/resolv.conf? have you done 'nslookup whateverdomain.com' and get the correct ip for it? can you ping your ISP supplied DNS from that machine? does ifconfig -a give you ips for the cable modem

[expert] /bin/cat initiated by kwrited in KDE

2001-08-13 Thread DM
hi list came across this odd /bin/cat process that is always initiated when i login thru KDE GUI. snipped 'ps -ef' output as follows: rayearth 4630 1 0 Aug13 ?00:00:00 kdeinit: kwrited rayearth 4634 4630 0 Aug13 pts/000:00:00 /bin/cat i heard that /bin/cat is not

Re: [expert] lilo problem?

2001-08-13 Thread DM
--- Lonnie Cumberland [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: lilo.conf --- boot=/dev/sda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=linux keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 message=/boot/message

Re:[expert] MONITOR

2001-08-09 Thread DM
or you can use Xconfigurator as well... --- kk1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am very nervous now. In installation i choose wrong monitor type. When i change now in xf86config doesn`t work whereis somethong like setup with option to choose monitor .?? Is someone can help me now?

Re: [expert] Netfinity 5500

2001-08-08 Thread DM
--- Mike Veltman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Has someone installed mandrake on a IBM netfinity 5500 ? Because he stops installing with me after the packages are being installed. He just freezes. during that time on the install, you can get more info on where it is freezing by pressing

Re: [expert] How to change IRQ number????

2001-08-05 Thread DM
check if your bios can control the assigning of the IRQ ... some bioses can do that. --- X - A - W - K [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have LM 8.0 on my laptop and I have problems with PCMCIA card. It looks like sound card and PCMCIA card bus have the same IRQ numbre (according to the

Re: [expert] Mouse locks up in KDE

2001-08-05 Thread DM
hi Larry i have a similar problem when i first used mdk8... X hangs up as soon as its loaded... and the keyboard is hanged too. cant ctrl-alt-fX to any console. i have verified that even though X is hanged, i can still login thru the network and make a proper shutdown. i figured that on my

Re: [expert] Re: mysterious incoming packets

2001-08-05 Thread DM
could this be really CODE RED in action? the worm scans the range of ips of an infected machine and verifies if there are MIIS lying around to conquer. i got a lot of those funny default.idaXXX something on my apache logs and they are coming from a variety of ip addresses ... of which when i

Re: [expert] useradd

2001-08-04 Thread DM
... but just the same, have you tried to use it on some other linuxes? can i just install the msec-0.15-14mdk rpm to my other machines? cheers, dianne --- Pete Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i dont think there is way to change the default permission of created

Re: [expert] Problem compiling module...

2001-08-04 Thread DM
are you using 2.2.x? how about getting the bios32.h from here: http://src.openresources.com/linux-2.2.1/I/bios32.h.html see if you can compile from that... --- Joan Tur [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hallo! I'm compiling a module for my pcmcia network card (Conceptronic CON100TC); i follow the

Re: [expert] Ncurses-devel package is missing on LM 8.0

2001-08-04 Thread DM
you can use ncurses from rpmfind.net. i dont think its a good idea to 'force' unless you know which files are being replaced...try this: http://www.rpmfind.net/linux/RPM/mandrake/updates/7.1/RPMS/ncurses-devel-5.2-12.2mdk.i586.html dianne --- Jorge Giménez [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi

Re: [expert] /usr/local/sbin

2001-08-04 Thread DM
hi lars edit the file /etc/profile and add PATH=$PATH:/usr/local/sbin export PATH or if there is an existing path , just add it in as to the question of adding those paths to root, it depends ... what are the commands for? do you need to use them as root? if not, i think its better to leave

Re: [expert] btconnect dialup woes: works with kppp, not CLI

2001-08-02 Thread DM

Re: [expert] kernel compiling

2001-08-01 Thread DM
if you download/installed the Mandrake kernel source rpm, the .config file used to build that kernel is there. its quite interesting to know what is enabled/disabled by default by MDK. but if you download the kernel source from kernel.org, you will have to build .config yourself... i usually

Re: [expert] kernel compiling

2001-08-01 Thread DM
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Wed, 1 Aug 2001, Pete Jordan wrote: DM [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: but if you download the kernel source from kernel.org, you will have to build .config yourself... i usually keep a copy of the .config file from my last stable kernel. Worth noting

Re: [expert] kernel compiling

2001-08-01 Thread DM
hi drjung clarification might be beneficial to all those reading the lists so i addressed it to the list =) --- J. C. Woods [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: DM wrote: if you download/installed the Mandrake kernel source rpm, the .config file used to build that kernel is there. its quite

Re: [expert] allow non-root user to shutdown linux

2001-07-31 Thread DM
hi using 'sudo' is another way to make a user execute commands as root or any other user. all you need to do is add the shutdown command for all the users or groups that are authorized to run it. no need to change permissions, etc on any of the unix binaries. 'sudo' is available in rpms and

Re: [Fwd: Re: [expert] CD Writing]

2001-07-30 Thread DM
have you guys tried burning cds using cdrecord? it works fine for me. i never used windows to write my cds. when copying a cd, i just dd the cd to an iso file and 'cdrecord' it. just curious if you have tried this ... --- Randy Kramer [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ATTACHMENT part TEXT

Re: [expert] OpenSSH Frustrations

2001-07-29 Thread DM
hi Ran, cool down man! take a break from it for a while then continue to work on it once you are cooled. as far as i know, openssh by default installed as base system on mdk8 now. i have the following on my system: openssh-2.5.2p2-3mdk openssh-clients-2.5.2p2-3mdk openssh-server-2.5.2p2-3mdk

Re: [expert] OpenSSH Frustrations

2001-07-29 Thread DM
well, the default install of MDK8 openssh checks on the the hosts access files /etc/hosts.allow and /etc/hosts.deny files ... so, i guess its compiled with libwrappers. dianne --- Julia A. Case [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Quoting DM ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): i think that putting 'sshd: ALL

Re: [expert] KErnel 2.4.7

2001-07-28 Thread DM
how is supermount different from autofs? doesnt autofs/automounter achieve the same thing? and yes, there is really no option for supermount on the new kernel. --- Praedor Tempus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Err...unfortunately, supermount support does not exist in this kernel. I have

Re: [expert] Is this video card supported in LM 8.0?

2001-07-28 Thread DM
i see a lot of Diamond/Speedstar choices when i do Xconfigurator on MDK8. i guess the best way to check is to run SuperProbe to see how MDK recognizes your video card. some cards are using same chipset as the other cards supported. what i meant by this is, your card might not be listed on the

Re: [expert] Anti-virus software

2001-07-28 Thread DM
you can use procmail to filter viruses on emails that gets into your server. procmail is used by sendmail. just create your filters and your mail system will be virus free =) --- John LeMay [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Friday 27 July 2001 20:58, you wrote: Hello, I am looking at getting

Re: [expert] Anti-virus software

2001-07-28 Thread DM
virus on linux? i never heard of such yet that affects linux systems ... there are trojans and vulnerabilities to some hacks but a virus? just curious ... --- Darcy Brodie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I am looking at getting a anti-virus program fo rmy LM8.0 machine. Would it be

Re: [expert] Interactive Voice Response Software for Linux..

2001-07-28 Thread DM
hi franki its really good to know that people are serious in trying the alternative solutions to M$ apps ;-) i dont really know if there are such apps in linux ... however, searching freshmeat.net gave me this: http://freshmeat.net/projects/pytele/ you can try other linux apps sites as well

Re: [expert] KErnel 2.4.7

2001-07-28 Thread DM
ok thanks for the info. i actually have mdk8 on my desktop and i do certainly agree that supermount should be part of the kernel. if there is a group demanding for that ... i would certainly be part of it =) my desktop is running MDK 8 with 2.4.3-20mdk kernel... and supermount is running fine. i

Re: [expert] New user.

2001-07-28 Thread DM
you said on your email that ' Oh, trying to logon as 'linux single' does not work for me.' are you trying to login as 'linux single' from the login prompt? the linux single thingie is typed at the LILO: prompt while linux is booting up. that will get you to single user mode ... then once you

Re: [expert] Compiling Samba

2001-07-27 Thread DM
hi albert what i normally do to see how the package was compiled is get the source RPM and check the config options used to build it. i didnt notice that the MDK8 CDs dont have the source RPM files anymore. too bad i can see how MDK built samba in MDK8. but just to show you how, i downloaded

Re: Re[4]: [expert] Problem with FTP server

2001-07-27 Thread DM
i think DNS is enough. if glen can setup a reverse proxy dns for all the IPs in his network, it should give the server's resolver the proper ip when DNS is queried therefore making it easier for the ftp server to do the look up. --- Rusty Carruth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Gregor Maier [EMAIL

Re: [expert] KErnel 2.4.7

2001-07-27 Thread DM
just curious, did you make modules and make modules_install after the compile of the kernel? --- Leonardo T. de Carvalho [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi all. I've got a 2.4.7 kernel up and runnig yesterday (on the 2nd try! =o) ) and got some odd problems. The sound card

Re: [expert] Soundcard problem

2001-07-27 Thread DM
i have the same card as yours ESS on my desktop. maybe you can check what sound modules are loaded (lsmod). you can rmmod the sblive modules and insmod the ess modules. after deleting the SBlive modules you can sndconfig and see if the system knows about your ess sound card. snd config will load

Re: [expert] KErnel 2.4.7

2001-07-27 Thread DM
hi supermount is a pseudo-filesystem which manages filesystems on removable media like floppy disks and CD-ROMs. i think that enabling support for CONFIG_DEVPTS_FS while compiling the kernel will enable support for such. dianne --- Praedor Tempus [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can't answer the

Re: [expert] Soundcard problem

2001-07-27 Thread DM
, 27 Jul 2001, DM wrote: i have the same card as yours ESS on my desktop. maybe you can check what sound modules are loaded (lsmod). you can rmmod the sblive modules and insmod the ess modules. after deleting the SBlive modules you can sndconfig and see if the system knows about your

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-26 Thread DM
of the 'few lines' you are referring to? maybe that will give us a clue. dm --- Pete Jordan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bill Beauchemin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is nice but i am still unable to get smp to work on my box. Im almost ready to go back to slackware kernel

Re: [expert] rootkit???

2001-07-26 Thread DM
hi olaf this link might give you some ideas on what it does ... well, at least one of those 'rootkits' http://www.securityfocus.com/templates/forum_message.html?forum=2head=4871id=4871 dm --- Ron Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Wednesday

Re: [expert] HOWTO - VMware under Mandrake 8 - SMP 2.4.3

2001-07-26 Thread DM
you can mount the root device to another linux system. take out the root hard disk from that system and connect it to an existing system then mount it. you can check the logs from there. logs where the system is stopping or maybe clues why it is rebooting. i use this method when a system is

Re: [expert] Kernel panic during installation

2001-07-26 Thread DM
what kind of hard disk controller do you have? i had that problem with AIC7000 HD controllers on RH. i needed to get a driver for it at the RH site. i dont know if you are experiencing the same thing. --- Andreas Bergstrøm [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When I attempt to install LM 8.0 on my