Re: [expert] I don't get it. You want bug reports or not!?!?!?!

2002-09-09 Thread et
On Saturday 07 September 2002 06:33 pm, you wrote: > Vincent Danen wrote: > > I'm sure you're annoyed at me and probably don't like me much, but > > really, let's not start making things up. > > Never, never! We love you, and appreciate all that you do to keep > documentation up to date on the man

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.1 Install Problem with SCSI Adaptec APA-1480A

2002-08-22 Thread et
On Wednesday 21 August 2002 07:54 pm, you wrote: > Hi there, > > I own a notebook Compaq 1650 P-II 266MHz 96MB of RAM with a cardbus > Xircom CE-II 100Mb/s network card, 4.1GB internal IDE disk and 40GB > external SCSI disk connected via CARDBUS Adaptec APA-1480A. > I have tried to install Linux M

Re: [expert] Anybody using Soyo SY-P4S-645DX DRAGON Ultra MB?

2002-08-22 Thread et
On Wednesday 21 August 2002 11:26 am, you wrote: > I'm thinking about a new system, and at the moment I'm leaning towards > the Soyo SY-P4S-645DX DRAGON Ultra motherboard. The chipset is > SiS 645DX with a SiS 961B "southbridge". The Mandrake "hardware > compatibility" database doesn't have thes

Re: [expert] 8.2 Won't run on my machine

2002-08-21 Thread et
On Wednesday 21 August 2002 10:42 pm, you wrote: > John Wheat wrote on Wed, Aug 21, 2002 at 06:07:33PM -0700 : > > > so what does (as root, in a text console, without the quotes) > > > "cat /proc/interrupts" say and can you disable apic in bios? > > > > ACPI has been disabled in the BIOS already

Re: [expert] What to use to analyse Apache logs?

2002-08-21 Thread et
On Tuesday 20 August 2002 10:24 pm, you wrote: > David Relson wrote: > > At 05:40 PM 8/20/02, you wrote: > > >Hi guys, > > >the title pretty much says it all. > > >I want to look at total traffic and be able to analyse the logs for > > > intrusion attempts > > >any suggestions? > > >-- > > > > Hav

Re: [expert] Third Hard Drive

2002-08-20 Thread et
On Tuesday 20 August 2002 07:23 pm, you wrote: > I'm in the process of downloading the 9.0 beta for a look. I'd like to put > it on a third drive I have on this, my principle, system rather than on an > ancillary system I'd typically use for testing. I'd be better able to keep > an eye on it that

Re: [expert] graphics-workstation ...

2002-08-13 Thread et
On Tuesday 13 August 2002 02:27 pm, you wrote: > AMIGA VIDEOTOASTER! > > too bad they went belly up...played with back in the old days (94?) > had A/B/C tape editor control, transition effects, 3D animation with a > whole sh*&load of models and sets, character generator, stereo sound etc > etc etc

Re: [expert] Thanks Civileme (was Mandrake Club advocates: PostPo sitive)

2002-08-13 Thread et
On Tuesday 13 August 2002 04:38 pm, you wrote: > Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > >But one does have to wonder how much Civileme's attitude will change. ;) > >In the past, we could always count on his level-headedness in defending > > some of Mandrakesofts decisions, and to point out the "good business > >

Re: [expert] /bin/su Segmentation fault

2002-08-12 Thread et
On Sunday 11 August 2002 11:25 pm, you wrote: > Not sure what has happened, but I seemed to have a new > problem after upgrading to the newest kernel put out > by Mandrake to fix security holes. ou, oh, not supposed to ever "upgrade" the kernel, allways install a new kernel. > Regular users ca

Re: [expert] setting IRQ on a pci card

2002-08-08 Thread et
do you have a cd or floppy that came with either the mother board, or the sound card? can you move the sound card to a different slot on the motherboard? On Thursday 08 August 2002 06:41 pm, you wrote: > How can I set the IRQ on a pci card? I have a conflict between an on-board > ethernet devic

Re: [expert] One Command -- Four Types

2002-08-04 Thread et
On Sunday 04 August 2002 06:38 am, you wrote: > I tried several ways to force the command ln to create a link with > an option attached . . . it wouldn't work. > > How are there four (/bin/dnsdomainname /bin/domainname > /bin/nisdomainname /bin/ypdomainname) different types of hostname > links wit

Re: [expert] One Command -- Four Types

2002-08-04 Thread et
On Sunday 04 August 2002 06:38 am, you wrote: > I tried several ways to force the command ln to create a link with > an option attached . . . it wouldn't work. > > How are there four (/bin/dnsdomainname /bin/domainname > /bin/nisdomainname /bin/ypdomainname) different types of hostname > links wit

Re: [expert] Strange ppp error

2002-08-02 Thread et
On Thursday 01 August 2002 10:20 pm, you wrote: > Greetings: > I've never seen this. All my problems have always been with dialup and > connection. In this case I dailed, connected, got through my terminal login > sequence and then died. I am using kppp and these are the messages printed > to the

Re: [expert] Strange ppp error

2002-08-02 Thread et
On Thursday 01 August 2002 10:20 pm, you wrote: > Greetings: > I've never seen this. All my problems have always been with dialup and > connection. In this case I dailed, connected, got through my terminal login > sequence and then died. I am using kppp and these are the messages printed > to the

Re: [expert] Unmountable Samba mounts and other oddities

2002-07-29 Thread et
can you reboot to run level 1? ie.; at lilo first prompt, type "linux 1" without the quotes? and try the same thing? or post the output from "ps aux | grep sm" or try a "kill -9 {pidofwhatevercomesup}" from theprevious command : "ps aux | grep sm" without the quotes and without "{ }". On Monda

Re: [expert] Deleting printers

2002-07-24 Thread et
On Tuesday 23 July 2002 11:44 pm, you wrote: > Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > >On Tue, Jul 23, 2002 at 06:13 -0800, civileme wrote: > >>Praedor Tempus wrote: > >>>Running Mandrake 8.2 with KDE 3.0.1... > >>> > >>>How does one go about deleting printers? > >>> > >>>praedor > >> > >>Well the easiest way

Re: [expert] Using an XP dialup session from Mandrake

2002-07-04 Thread et
is this xp home? On Wednesday 03 July 2002 08:01 pm, you wrote: > My XP Pro and Mandrake 8.2 boxes are on the same network. I usually telnet > into MD from XP, I have samba set up - theytalk to each other. And my DSL > connection is shared by both. > > Due to the security setup used at my job, I

Re: [expert] Miscellaneous 8.2 Terminal Hangs

2002-07-03 Thread et
what shell are you using? (bash? korn?) what Msec level are you at? On Wednesday 03 July 2002 01:35 pm, you wrote: > I've tried to query all of you gurus before regarding various hangs on > my system, but as far as I can tell, nobody has replied to my question. > So, I'll give it a go again.

Re: [expert] FooBar install, can't mount root from CDROM

2002-07-03 Thread et
On Wednesday 03 July 2002 01:27 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 12:32:04 -0400 > > et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > F1 at the splash screen and at the boot prompt enter > > > > > > linux mem=(total ram-video ram) > > > > > > I

Re: [expert] FooBar install, can't mount root from CDROM

2002-07-03 Thread et
On Wednesday 03 July 2002 12:21 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 3 Jul 2002 10:18:38 -0600 > > Ken Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi All, > > I'm trying to get 8.2 b4 to install on an Amptron *all in 1* board and > > it keeps getting a kernel panic mesage something to the effect of: > > Kernel pa

Re: [expert] Mandrake in an ISP environment

2002-07-02 Thread et
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 05:29 pm, you wrote: > On Tuesday 02 July 2002 09:02 am, you wrote: > > On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 10:01:41 -0400 > > Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > > > > > Has anyone heard of or using Mandrake in an ISP environment? I have > > > taken over operations

Re: [expert] Mandrake in an ISP environment

2002-07-02 Thread et
On Tuesday 02 July 2002 09:02 am, you wrote: > On Tue, 02 Jul 2002 10:01:41 -0400 > Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary authority > > > Has anyone heard of or using Mandrake in an ISP environment? I have > > taken over operations > > for an ISP and the servers in place are running FreeB

Re: [expert] pros and cons of mandrake

2002-06-21 Thread et
On Friday 21 June 2002 12:01 am, you wrote: > > um...whats "defrag"? > > > > Mark > > .. ya know.. it's for taking off the frag. > > Damian heck I wish I coulda figgured out how to take off the frag I was accused of durring Veit Nam, coulda saved a lotta time for me the first day of the Cour

Re: [expert] su to root in bash and lose commands...

2002-06-20 Thread et
I ain't positive why (.bashrc msec) but have you considered "su -" ? to set you up in the root workspace as you login? On Thursday 20 June 2002 09:30 am, you wrote: > Dear all, > > I recently re-installed LM 8.2 onto my PC after the hard-drive went down > (damn Viglen PC's!). I'm not too

Re: [expert] how to shut off modem volume and other modem question

2002-06-18 Thread et
On Tuesday 18 June 2002 09:15 pm, you wrote: > Greetings - > > I use /sbin/ifup ppp0 to start my dialup connection, and I'd like to > figure out how to shut off the modem volume. what a pain in the a$$ to setup, have you tried kppp? > Also, I can only start the connection currently if I switch t

Re: [expert] Mandrake Timezone/Date Problems

2002-06-18 Thread et
ya can't fool us... we know the folks that run the internet... I bet you could get Earthlink any where you can get AOL, execpt the Time -Warner buildings. On Tuesday 18 June 2002 08:32 pm, you wrote: > On Tue, 18 Jun 2002 12:02:29 +0100 > Tom Badran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said with temporary author

Re: [expert] lost keyboard & mouse

2002-06-18 Thread et
is this an IBM laptop? what is the effect of a "cold and hard" reboot? (shut down, let cool, 10 mins reboot) On Tuesday 18 June 2002 01:16 pm, you wrote: > This is a follow-up on my previous message > > |Just installed 8.2 on a p200MMX machine. Everything installed fine until > |after reboot. I

Re: [expert] lost keyboard & mouse

2002-06-18 Thread et
this could be a plug and pray problem, is plug and pray aware OS set to off in the computer BIOS? post the output from "cat /proc/interrupts" (with out the quotes) On Tuesday 18 June 2002 01:16 pm, you wrote: > This is a follow-up on my previous message > > |Just installed 8.2 on a p200MMX mac

Re: [expert] my system locks when shutting down/rebooting w/ error...

2002-06-18 Thread et
and do you _NEED_ netfs? what sorta network are you on? maybe the answer would be to turn off services you don't need to have running. and not have them start at bootup On Tuesday 18 June 2002 06:30 pm, you wrote: > my system locks when shutting down/rebooting with this error message > "umount

Re: [expert] cpp0 not found

2002-06-15 Thread et
ed and so none of the developer packages got installed. as > > always it is my suggestion that if you are trying to install with all > > bells and whistles, to try the "flat" package selection, as opposed to > > the "tree" package selection. > > Hi et. O

Re: [expert] cpp0 not found

2002-06-15 Thread et
deveoler packages not selected durring install processes. (you know where you click for "individule packege selection" the star for developer was not hi-lited and so none of the developer packages got installed. as always it is my suggestion that if you are trying to install with all bells and

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-11 Thread et
On Tuesday 11 June 2002 06:50 am, you wrote: > daRcmaTTeR wrote: > > J. Craig Woods wrote: > >> Well my last post was a most intriguing explication of the quantum > >> theory as it correlates with spectroscopy and singularity. Even when > >> the renown physicist, Stephen Hawking, read it, he comm

Re: [expert] msec doing unsecure things?

2002-06-10 Thread et
On Monday 10 June 2002 04:56 pm, you wrote: > On Mon, Jun 10, 2002 at 15:21 -0400, et wrote: > > On Monday 10 June 2002 08:04 am, you wrote: > > [snip] > > > > Here you go! Isn't that the state of permissions which should have been > > > there from the st

Re: [expert] msec doing unsecure things?

2002-06-10 Thread et
On Monday 10 June 2002 08:04 am, you wrote: > Hi, > > just came back from a trip to the Mandrake newsgroup and I'm still in > terror! I read a thread about the default behaviour of msec concerning > the permissions of home directories. > > So I made a fresh install of MDK 8.2 from the boxed versio

Re: [expert] realtec 8139

2002-06-09 Thread et
how many cards doy you have? what is the 10.0.0.0 stuff from? why do you not have the LO interface (loopback) as 127.0.0.1? (you need this, it has no card) and the "host" 192.168.10.20 is where? if you only have one card, you should have a lo (127.0.0.1) and only one eth0 and not an eth1. On S

Re: [expert] kpackage chrashed

2002-06-09 Thread et
oh duh, I just read more of the error, try adding the path to the command ie.; kpackage /home/banana/whatsthehecknamed.rpm (of course change home/banana/whatsthehecknamed. to what ever is particular to your file setup and where ever the RPM or whatever you are using kpackage for (I recall it

Re: [expert] kpackage chrashed

2002-06-09 Thread et
what was the command you typed to start kpackage? On Sunday 09 June 2002 06:58 pm, you wrote: > Hello folks, > > I have installed Mandrake 8.2 kernel-2.4.18.6mdk-1-1mdk > > kpackage chrashs after start: > > Here the error output on conole: > > KCrash: crashing crashRecursionCounter = 2 > KCr

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-09 Thread et
On Sunday 09 June 2002 06:44 pm, you wrote: > James wrote: > > On Fri, 07 Jun 2002 11:06:58 -0500 > > > > David Rankin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >>You guys got it all wrong, quantum theory is out and string theory is > >>in. > > > > Is this the one also known as the Bikini Theory... (

Re: [expert] realtec 8139

2002-06-09 Thread et
On Sunday 09 June 2002 06:25 pm, you wrote: > hi, > > have discovered some problems with a realtec 8139card. > trying to configure with kudzu is okay to trhe point : > "shall I configure your existing configuration " > > typing okay results in a hanging black screen with no ending loop. have you t

Re: [expert] problem with Slideshow on LM 8.2?

2002-06-09 Thread et
the why is, just how private is it? is it connected to a lan? the internet? what kinda server? why? to be secure thats why, to prevent screwing with files you should not screw with. On Thursday 06 June 2002 09:08 am, you wrote: > Well, yes, you'll have that. But why not use the machine? If th

Re: [expert] Just too strange!!!

2002-06-07 Thread et
On Friday 07 June 2002 01:18 am, you wrote: > On Fri, 2002-06-07 at 13:56, J. Craig Woods wrote: > > Well my last post was a most intriguing explication of the quantum > > theory as it correlates with spectroscopy and singularity. Even when > > the renown physicist, Stephen Hawking, read it, he c

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread et
On Thursday 06 June 2002 08:40 pm, you wrote: > On Thu, 6 Jun 2002, et wrote: > > Msec ain't a service you run, it is a script that sets security > > permissions, and I bet you ran it durring the install. Do you remember a > > question where one of the possible answers w

Re: [expert] A Linux Virus on the loose.

2002-06-06 Thread et
On Thursday 06 June 2002 07:54 pm, you wrote: > On Mon, 2002-06-03 at 18:22, Praedor Tempus wrote: > > This might actually be a useful tool for use when you forget your root > > password...and perhaps the procedure would suggest a fix to prevent it? > > In case this might happen to you a better

Re: [expert] Firewall / Internet sharing with Mandrake 7.2 - how to temporarily turn off?

2002-06-06 Thread et
InteractiveBastile, but have you tried SSH? you prolly turned off telnet, but might have left SSH? On Thursday 06 June 2002 06:12 pm, you wrote: > Hi fellow Mandrake users, > > I installed Mandrake 7.2 in my old office in India. I setup a basic > firewall and Internet sharing using ipchains a

Re: [expert] Testing - Can't get messages on the list.

2002-06-06 Thread et
On Thursday 06 June 2002 06:02 pm, you wrote: > On Thu, 2002-06-06 at 12:59, s wrote: > > On Thursday 06 June 2002 11:52 am, Tibbetts, Ric wrote: > > > Looks like this one made it. > > > Now I'll try the one that counts (the one with the question in it). > > > > > > Ric > > > > Yeah, the test ones

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread et
Msec ain't a service you run, it is a script that sets security permissions, and I bet you ran it durring the install. Do you remember a question where one of the possible answers was "paraniod"? or "open to crackers"? or "should only be used on workstations not connected to a network"? as I un

Re: [expert] X Access Problem

2002-06-06 Thread et
MSEC? level 3 or above? man msec says this: You must be root to run msec . Launch "msec x" to set you security level to x (x=[0-5]). It'll modify your system according to security level x features. For a fine description of each security level, consult the

Re: [expert] Installing 8.2 - not a happy camper

2002-06-02 Thread et
how did you install? upgrade? expert? reformated /? what does dmseg say? On Sunday 02 June 2002 01:58 am, you wrote: > Thought I'd start the upgrade path on the machine whih originally brought > me to Mandrake - my Digital HiNote VP. > > Tarred up the /etc, /home, chucked them on server, installe

Re: [expert] OT - What do you think about United Linux?

2002-05-31 Thread et
On Thursday 30 May 2002 11:26 pm, you wrote: > On Thu, 30 May 2002 19:42:11 -0400 > > et <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thursday 30 May 2002 06:42 pm, you wrote: > > > On Thursday 30 May 2002 06:26 pm, Jeferson Lopes Zacco wrote: > > > > Both in a corp

Re: [expert] OT - What do you think about United Linux?

2002-05-30 Thread et
On Thursday 30 May 2002 06:42 pm, you wrote: > On Thursday 30 May 2002 06:26 pm, Jeferson Lopes Zacco wrote: > > Both in a corporative sense, in how it will/could affect other linux > > distributions, and technically if it will be of any benefit to Linux > > codebase as a whole... > > > > Wooky >

Re: [expert] linux-secure kernel boot problem

2002-05-29 Thread et
post the lilo.conf On Wednesday 29 May 2002 08:36 pm, you wrote: > i cannot get linux-secure to boot, it is version 2.4.18-6mdksecure, from > lilo i choose 'linux-secure', i get: > loading linux.. > and then the machine just reboots, if i choose the or

Re: [expert] X config

2002-05-29 Thread et
and for my .02, I like XFdrake On Wednesday 29 May 2002 01:27 pm, you wrote: > On Wed, 29 May 2002, Larry Sword wrote: > > xf86config > > > > Ref: man xf86config > > > > Bruce Endries wrote: > > > This should be an easy one... > > > > > > I can't remember what the console command is to re-configu

Re: [expert] lots of freezes in LM 8.1SNIPPED

2002-05-27 Thread et
On Monday 27 May 2002 08:29 pm, you wrote: > et wrote: > > I haven't tested the memories yet, but the fact that > > window$ does not freeze (there were some DLL errors as usual of course, > > > >>but no freezes.) makes it unlikely to be a pure hardware p

Re: [expert] lots of freezes in LM 8.1winmodems?

2002-05-27 Thread et
ivers that device mangler will remove, but all instance of HSP and PCtel in the registery for windows. Good luck et Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] lots of freezes in LM 8.1SNIPPED

2002-05-27 Thread et
I haven't tested the memories yet, but the fact that window$ does not freeze (there were some DLL errors as usual of course, > but no freezes.) makes it unlikely to be a pure hardware problem, IMHO. wrong thinking (IMHO) windows only uses ram it needs and will have lots of "wasted" ram, linux

Re: [expert] lots of freezes in LM 8.1

2002-05-27 Thread et
you all aware that 8.2 powerpack comes with an installable 2.2.x kernel? you don't have to download if you want to try a 2.2.x kernal On Monday 27 May 2002 05:26 am, you wrote: > Le Dimanche 26 Mai 2002 01:20, vous avez écrit : > > Double-check the boot to make sure mem=nopentium is in each and

Re: [expert] lots of freezes in LM 8.1

2002-05-26 Thread et
on the other hand, it might be nice to know what happens when you are "froze" what actions do you take to shut down? and what is the results of ctrl+alt+f2? or ctrl+alt+Backspace? might also be related to the IRQ, and maybe the irq for USB (since the default kernal in 8.0 handles USB a little

Re: [expert] xcdroast: does not recognize Mandrake CD

2002-05-26 Thread et
your lilo.conf file does contain scsi=ide for both drives? On Sunday 26 May 2002 11:18 am, you wrote: > On Sun, May 26, 2002 at 08:38 -0400, et wrote: > > sounds like a screwed cd or sumptin, I don't have the "powerpack" I have > > the "prosuite" but to ch

Re: [expert] xcdroast: does not recognize Mandrake CD

2002-05-26 Thread et
sounds like a screwed cd or sumptin, I don't have the "powerpack" I have the "prosuite" but to check I just went to xcdroast and tried to burn disk 1, and had no problem. you should be aware that the "powerpack" has some programs (on disk 3,4,5,) that are not GNU (SO6 for one) and should not b

Re: [expert] newbie vs expert (was Tasks startup time with ps)

2002-05-19 Thread et
well let le do a couple of things with this thread... 1) Top Post...(yea,,, maybe it will kill the thread) 2) it's worth noting that on more than one occasion, in linux related material, not sponsered by MDK, (like reviews of different distros) I have seen these two lists as the reason one sho

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