[expert] Errors in /var/log/messages on LM7.2

2002-07-10 Thread John LeMay
for cyclops.njmc.com Jul 10 09:08:30 cyclops rpc.statd[713]: STAT_FAIL to cyclops.njmc.com for SM_MON of 192.168.2.51 John LeMay Senior Consultant NJMC, LLC. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 for Sparc

2001-08-09 Thread John LeMay
I can be! -- John LeMay Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC, LLC.

Re: [expert] How is 8.0 on laptops?

2001-08-09 Thread John LeMay
. Anyone out there running Mandrake 8.0 on one of these laptops? Did you get X working? It would be great here on my Thinkpad T20 if it supported my wireless ethernet controller. -- John LeMay Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC, LLC.

Re: [expert] Anti-virus software

2001-07-27 Thread John LeMay
in case one of my Windows machines has become infected and is storing viruses on the server. Of course since I am running McAfee on the Windows clients as well, I haven't had a problem yet! -- John LeMay Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC, LLC.

[expert] Keyboard Problems with X and LM80f1

2001-07-22 Thread John LeMay
and had to change the keyboard def from 105 key to 101, but it didn't seem to make a difference. help! -- John LeMay Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC

Re: [expert] linux/unix administrator

2001-07-19 Thread John LeMay
rarely use ls without using the -l switch, so it's easy for me to remember. Like coding, you will tend to associate blocks of characters with a given task. For example, how many times did you have to read the rm man page before learning that rm -rf / is a bad thing (most of the time)? -- John

[expert] Looking for Wireless Support

2001-07-17 Thread John LeMay
to integrate, so I may give it a shot. Just curious as to when we could see an out of the box solution. BTW, I was quite impressed when lilo was automatically configured to also boot my existing Windows 2000 partition. -- John LeMay Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC

Re: [expert] One-time passwd -- how?

2001-07-06 Thread John LeMay
the user to set a password at next login. -- John LeMay Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC

[expert] theme-selector-applet still Segfaulting with LM7.2

2001-06-10 Thread John LeMay Jr
I've rerolled my machine back to LM7.2, however I maintained my home directory. Just like in LM8, the Gnome theme-selector-applet causes a segfault as soon as it is selected. Could someone point me to what file – most likely in my ~/ - may be causing this? I've tried doing an ls -Rl out

[expert] Script Errors with LM7.2 8 with ksh

2001-06-10 Thread John LeMay Jr
Has anyone else noticed the script problem when using ksh as the login shell with either LM7.2 or 8? Is there an explanation for this? I can provide more details if needed, however I believe anyone with ksh as their login shell has probably seen this.

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 and aic7xxx

2001-06-05 Thread John LeMay Jr
If I run the install with an IDE CDROM, I would like to switch back to my SCSI cdrom at some point. Has a later version of the kernel been Drake-packaged with a good fix yet? Thanks for the input so far folks! Original Message On 6/5/2001, 2:55:06 PM, Civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

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

2001-02-05 Thread John LeMay
You didn't miss anything, but I was reading between the lines a bit. - Original Message - From: "Wolfgang Bornath" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 8:17 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Article about Mandrakesoft's "new direction" Did I miss

Re: [expert] Having problems with Napster clients

2001-01-14 Thread John LeMay
I was on with Gnapster last night myself, so it seems to be working here. You could try logging in a few times - Napster uses dns round robin for loab balancing, so if one of the servers was down a timeout could occur that may not happen the next time you try. On Sun, 14 Jan 2001, Vincent Danen

Re: [expert] Printer Problem

2000-12-31 Thread John LeMay
Sounds like lpr is trying to use lp instead of lp0. Try lpr -Plp0 test.txt. On Sun, 31 Dec 2000, mcoady wrote: Installed Mandrake 7.1 along with HPLaserjet 4l printer (non-postscript). WordPerfect runs the printer without a problem. But, when I try to print a test.txt file $lpr

[expert] Newbie Question

1999-11-21 Thread John LeMay
I'm actually not a newbie, and this is embarrasing to ask, but here goes. I added the following to /etc/rc.d/rc.local: PILOTRATE=115200 export PILOTRATE However env does not show this var as being set after I login. Why??? Shouldn't this var now be set for every user unless it is overwritten by

Re: [expert] info needed

1999-11-21 Thread John LeMay
Either download a network analyzer such as Ethereal for Linux or Sniffer Pro (nai.com) for Windows and drop it on the appropriate box. Either should tell you exactly what you need to know! Jack Malone wrote: Ok i installed corel linux yesterday an when it booted I get lots of traffic

Re: [expert] High level SMP systems...

1999-11-21 Thread John LeMay
Matthew Hart wrote: Does anyone know of any board manufacturer who makes a quad way SMP intel P2/3 motherboard? Thx No luck with Tyan, Asus, Abit, or SuperMicro? They would be my first few to look at. -- John J. LeMay Jr. NJMC, LLC. http://www.njmc.com

[expert] Wierd X Operation

1999-11-20 Thread John LeMay
I just noticed that if I switch from my X session to another virtual console (via ctrl-alt-F2, for example) ALT+F7 no longer returns me to my X session. Instead, I am presented with a plain black screen which appears to be console-like in that mouse movement activates gpm. After about 10 seconds

Re: [expert] Wierd X Operation

1999-11-20 Thread John LeMay
I actually decided to try stopping X properly, stopping everything else I had running, logging out and back in, however this resulted in my not being able to run pine either as my normal self nor as root. No response or error, just a flashing cursor after I typed "pine"enter. Same effect when I

Re: [expert] Switch Hub

1999-11-17 Thread John LeMay
I would guess one of the adapters is incorrectly negotiating it's speed and or duplexity. Try hard coding both cards to 10/hdx or 100/fdx and see if that fixes the problem. Sevatio Octavio wrote: So many more questions... Hi, I just got on this thread because I get tons of collisions using

Re: [expert] Switch Hub

1999-11-15 Thread John LeMay
This is an extremely poor and technically incorrect explanation, however I understand what the writer was attempting. Full duplex is defined as the ability to transmit and receive data simultaneously. Half duplex is defined as the ability to transmit or to receive data at any moment at time.

Re: [expert] Switch Hub

1999-11-15 Thread John LeMay
If you had been keeping up with earlier posts to this thread you should have realized that switches and hubs are two different things. A "switched hub" is an oxymoron, IMHO. Singer XJ Wang wrote: I still havn't gotten answer to my big question: I see Switched HUBS and SWITCHES what's

Re: [expert] printer

1999-11-10 Thread John LeMay
, the driver supplied is so alpha the printer doesn't notice it. 100% unresponsive for BW, Color, and combined drivers. BAsically avoid winprinters and stick to those that http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor lists in his database as "works perfectly" Civileme John LeMay wrot

Re: [expert] Web Benchmarking Software

1999-11-10 Thread John LeMay
Andy, Have you tried Apache Bench? It ships with Apache web server and it provides all the typical web server benchmarking features. Other Windows-based options include WebBench or the Microsoft Webserver Benchmarking tool. Andy Abshagen wrote: I am looking for a program that will benchmark

Re: [expert] fax (fwd)

1999-11-10 Thread John LeMay
By "typical" I meant that once the data was collected (ie who to send the fax to, the number to dial, the cover sheet to add, etc) that it was most likely nothing more than could be done by lpd. Therefore, we need someone with some programming knowledge to check out the data stream sent by a

Re: [expert] Making a new kernel?

1999-11-08 Thread John LeMay
You make no mention of actually moving the new kernel from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot to /boot, but I assume you did that. I do not believe make mrproper or make clean are necessary any longer. Don't forget to run /sbin/lilo after you edit /etc/lilo.conf and move the new kernel. The steps:

Re: [expert] printer

1999-11-07 Thread John LeMay
I'm doing well using the HP1200/1600 filter on a new HP1120C printer. Haven't tried 11x7, but 8.5x11 works well in color and b/w. Alain Ayerra wrote: Im looking for a new inject printer for my computer,but i don know what brand/model work best under Linux. I want to buy a printer that is

[expert] Mandrake 6.1 rev of libpthread-0.8.so questioned relative to IBM JDK

1999-11-06 Thread John LeMay
The following exchange has popped up in ibm.software.java.linux, the group for info about the IBM JDK rev 1.1.8. Could anyone explain this huge difference in file sizes? Perhaps it will help with some of the compatibility issues with the JDK and Mandrake 6.1 which are not apparent in a RedHat 6.0

Re: [expert] Two Questions

1999-11-06 Thread John LeMay
You don't mention if you have tried this, so here goes... Have you tried inserting a final "return" or "enter" after the last character in the last line of /etc/fstab? Don't know about the other! "Stephen P. Molnar, Ph.D." wrote: After an abortive two weeks trying to implement v6.1 I have

[expert] Entry in messages file

1999-11-01 Thread John LeMay
Every 20 minutes - to the second - a new entry pops up in /var/log/messages that say simply "MARK", like so: Nov 1 06:17:15 logan -- MARK -- Nov 1 06:37:15 logan -- MARK -- Nov 1 06:57:15 logan -- MARK -- Anyone have any idea what this may be? -- John J. LeMay Jr. NJMC, LLC.

Re: [expert] Entry in messages file

1999-11-01 Thread John LeMay
is wrong. On Mon, 1 Nov 1999, Fred Frigerio wrote: Yes it's a mark. =) Just to let you know that it's logging I guess -Original Message- From: John LeMay [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, November 01, 1999 8:17 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Entry

Re: [expert] IBM JDK 1.1.8 does not run with Mandrake 6.0

1999-10-28 Thread John LeMay
Go to rpmfind.net and grab the latest mdk build of glibc-2.1.2. This fixed it here. Also follow ibm.software.java.linux on news.software.ibm.com. I've documented this fairly well there. Alwyn Schoeman wrote: Same thing happens under Mandrake 6.1 I've just installed the IBM Java

Re: [expert] netscape install

1999-10-28 Thread John LeMay
"Herman Van Keer (softouch)" wrote: ken nightingale wrote: John Aldrich wrote: Has this happened to anyone else? thanks, ken nightingale Yep - unfortunately: netscape quits on me now and then without any reason. It dies - finished I used 4.5, 4.6, 4.7 on different

Re: [expert] Problem compiling kernel

1999-10-28 Thread John LeMay
Are you sure you copied the correct bzImage file from /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot to /boot? Sounds like you may have brought over the wrong file. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I´m running Linux Mdk 6.1 on a Pentium 166 MMX with 128 Mb of RAM and a IDE HD of 3,2 Gb for linux (another 2Gb IDE

Re: [expert] netscape install

1999-10-28 Thread John LeMay
Netscape will tend to freeze when it is trying to resolve a hostname. I see it immediately upon starting Netscape. Once the drowser is up I typically start Messenger by selecting Communicator - Messenger. I get as far as clicking Communicator, then nothing for about 10 seconds while the query

Re: [expert] Re:

1999-10-25 Thread John LeMay
vortex-diag is a great util for monitoring your Vortex chipset based 3Com cards. I just discovered it recently myself, however it has been quite a great util! "Herman Van Keer (softouch)" wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Herman Van Keer (softouch) wrote: There

Re: [expert] Re:

1999-10-25 Thread John LeMay
BTW, the first URL should be: http://cesdis.gsfc.nasa.gov/linux/ follow the "Network Device Diagnostics and Setup Utils" link from there... "Herman Van Keer (softouch)" wrote: Axalon Bloodstone wrote: On Fri, 22 Oct 1999, Herman Van Keer (softouch) wrote: There are Linux

Re: [expert] SCSI Emulation for Burners

1999-10-24 Thread John LeMay
David, While a better explanation would have been helpful, I'll shoot from the hip. su to root and cd to /usr/src/linux (hopefully you installed the kernel source!) execute 'make menuconfig' or, if you are running in X, 'make xconfig' Under "Block Devices", enable 'Enhanced IDE/MFM/RLL

Re: [expert] SCSI hd controler

1999-10-24 Thread John LeMay
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am currently moving from IDE to SCSI and I would like to know which card and eventually hd I should get. Right know I am looking at a Quantum Fireball 4.3 and a Adapted 2940AU (2nd hand). Are these ok? mihnea I have been running on an Adaptec 2940 series with a

Re: [expert] Problem with KDE Upgrade

1999-10-24 Thread John LeMay
I have no clue about the color issue (unless the default setup of X misdetected your video adapter and/or monitor), but as for the sluggishness of the apps problem, does the kernel see all of your memory? Try typing "free" at a console and see how much mem is reported. (Of course I realize this

Re: [expert] Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key (john)

1999-09-06 Thread John LeMay
I found this very problem to be a major obstacle when I migrated to Mandrake 6.0 from RedHat 5.1. I put "xhost +machine_name" in my .xinitrc file (I only use a single account on this machine - at least relative to X.) and all my problems went away. John Aldrich wrote: On Mon, 06 Sep 1999, you

[expert] Samba and printtool: Mandrake 6.0

1999-09-06 Thread John LeMay
Can anyone tell me why printtool complains that Samba is not installed upon startup (of printtool)? I am running Samba 2.0.5a and it is installed in it's default /usr/local/samba. This was not an rpm install, it was compiled locally and installed. -- John J. LeMay Jr. NJMC, LLC.

[expert] HP Laserjet 4+ Problems

1999-09-06 Thread John LeMay
I seem to have narrowed down my problems with my HP Laserjet 4+ significantly. It appears that enabling the duplex option on the printer (menu - printing menu - duplex = on) has an adverse effect on the ability of the printer to process form feeds. I would assume the printer must be stripping

Re: [Fwd: [expert] Printer Problems with 6.0]

1999-09-05 Thread John LeMay
Just checks those files (actually they are in lp0, not lp here) and two of the files - general.cfg and postscript.cfg - define the papersize variable as "letter". See below: PAPERSIZE=letter That's the only "clue" I found! Steve Philp wrote: John LeMay wrote: I hav

Re: [expert] Updates broken

1999-09-05 Thread John LeMay
I seem to have a problem updating as well, but not exactly the same. Wu-ftpd seems to be a problem. If I attempt to update this package, I receive errors indicating incompatabilities with BeroFTPd. Ken Archer wrote: I seem to have broken Mandrake Updates. I installed 6.0 last week and used

Re: [expert] setting up printers?

1999-09-04 Thread John LeMay
The simplest way is probably to use the gui tool, printtool. You can access this either directly or from the control-panel application, but you need to be root to add a printer either way. John Aldrich wrote: I've got an existing Mandrake 6.0 system I'd like to add a printer to. It's a

[expert] Printer Problems with 6.0

1999-09-01 Thread John LeMay
Ever since upgrading from RH 5.1 to Mandrake 6.0, I have had print problems with my HP Laserjet 4+. When I attempt to print from Star Office 5.x, or Netscape 4.61, or WordPerfect 8, the printer displays a message asking me to load A4 paper. I am in the US and we use "letter" size paper, which is

Re: [expert] KDE with 8 bits display

1999-01-16 Thread John LeMay
That is about the only good thing one can say about CDE. Personally, I find it horribly ugly and not nearly as intuitive as other wm's such as WindowMaker or Afterstep. (I'm not really a KDE fan, either.) "Pastor Torrente, Guillermo" wrote: * Note that CDE is a pretty good few-color

[expert] Re:

1999-01-16 Thread John LeMay
The 6.1 cd image is in the neighborhood of 650 Mbytes, as I recall. The "tree" needed for installation probably isn't that much smaller. Not really something you want to download. You could always grab a cheap 6.1 cd from www.cheapbytes.com. "Jerome SEVEAN (VIAMEDIA)" wrote: Hello, I'm young

Re: [expert] realtech 39 fast eithernet card

1999-01-02 Thread John LeMay
Cisco isn't exactly known for delivering hardware that can perform at line speed. Throw an Extreme, Foundry, HP, or something decent in there and drive it with a Netcom or Ixia box (instead of application traffic) and you'll see a big difference. 100 Mbps full duplex can potentially deliver 200

Re: [expert] fax

1999-01-02 Thread John LeMay
I have a request, since we are talking about fax solutions for Linux. I would like to see a fax client for Linux capable of working with a Winfax Pro 9 fax server. Since this works as the typical "print driver" format of fax client/server, I'm sure it wouldn't be too be of a chore for a skilled

Re: [expert] X and 3Com

1999-01-02 Thread John LeMay
I was going to suggest getting the newer driver. Mandrake 6.1 shipped with version 1.0 of the 3com driver for the late 905b and the 905c, but version 1.1 is available from 3com now. Note this driver replaces Becker's. "S. Newhouse" wrote: Got it fixed! The card is actually a 3c905C, not