Re: [expert] very simple question about kdm

2003-02-23 Thread Kiran
Try running XFdrake and see if that helps. other wise just start tracing the problems from startx (or your init scripts) to where the script leads. I have had to do this in the past. On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 00:20, Damon Lynch wrote: > On Wed, 2003-02-19 at 18:41, James Sparenberg wrote: > > On Tue,

Re: [expert] Question on KDE

2003-03-02 Thread Kiran
Did you '--force --nodeps' the install?? if so you may need to find a dependency. Or try XFdrake. it may reset something that was broken in the configs with the upgrade. On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 22:34, James Sparenberg wrote: > All, > >I've suddenly lost kde It won't start anything and

Re: [expert] Question on KDE

2003-03-02 Thread Kiran
QT3. Does RC1 use the same QT version?? if not try downgrading to it and see if that helps. Cooker seems to be using libqt-3.1.1.1-13 as of 02/25/03 and rc1 was last updated 02/18/03. -- kiran signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [expert] Re: [newbie] Samba-Only Windows Clients can write toshares

2003-03-02 Thread Kiran
IIRC msec has a reputation for changing ownership/access of a file to what it likes. You may want to check your proper msec config files to see if its causing the problem. Kiran >On Sun, 2003-03-02 at 11:35, Technoslick wrote: > > All boxes are part of the same domain. The

Re: [expert] Phone Line Networking Driver - Linksys HPN200 NIC

2003-03-08 Thread Kiran
I found this on Google.. http://www.ale.org/archive/ale/ale-2002-09/msg00205.html Hope that helps On Fri, 2003-02-28 at 07:40, Dennis Lyon wrote: > Does anyone know of a driver to support this card? (I am running MD 9.0) > And, if so, where would I find the detailed instructions on how to add >

Re: [expert] ReiserFS , JFS or XFS

2003-08-14 Thread Kiran
thing I need. In that it has never > failed any task, even with some extraordinary power outages and outrages. > ReiserFS was only used as a trial, and it works well enough. > > HTH > Charlie -- Kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [expert] camera usb-storage auto mount?

2002-10-05 Thread kiran
mimic this line and play with the options a bit and see if that works this is the first time i've really looked at the supermount listing in /etc/fstab, but the sytax does look slightly different. 'man supermount' seemed to be a waste of time On Wed, 2002-10-02 at 21:48, bascule wr

Re: [expert] /root and /

2002-10-06 Thread Kiran
home". You can always create a "/home" directory on the "/" partition with a backup normal user dir and copy it to the new partition then mount "/home" (other partition) over "/home:" (root partition) and then you would have a "/home" dir for a normal user even if you couldn't mount the "/home" dir (useful (critical even) if you have root logins disabled). --- Kiran Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] New video card advice

2002-10-06 Thread Kiran
older cards. I heard the Radeon 9700 is the fastest card on the market now, but like all things wait a while and its obsolete (see voodoo 3 3000). If I where a rich man I wouldn't have to judge price/performance I would just buy the best when it came out but... --- Kiran On Sun, 2002-10-06 at

Re: [expert] Using Startx instead of kdm

2002-10-13 Thread Kiran
On Sat, 2002-10-12 at 17:38, Ron Stodden wrote: > Bill Witherspoon wrote: > > > I would like to stop using kdm, and have my machine boot > > to a shell prompt. How do I stop using a window manager login? > > As root, edit /etc/inittab to change the initial runlevel from 5 to 3. > > Change the

Re: [expert] Tape backups in Linux?

2002-10-13 Thread Kiran
On Sun, 2002-10-13 at 07:31, David Guntner wrote: > John Haywood grabbed a keyboard and wrote: > > > > > Also, is there a reasonably good backup > > > program (preferably something free, but an inexpensive one would be fine as > > > well) that will use the tape drive? The next time I manage to de

Re: [expert] Dhcp lease mystery

2002-10-15 Thread Kiran
n them statically. But its your system & you know it best .kiran Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] CLI

2002-10-16 Thread Kiran
e to stop the thread before we waist more precious bandwidth and disk space. . Kiran ^ Peace is much more precious than a piece of land... let there be no more wars. -- Mohammed Anwar Sadat, 1918-1981 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Apache and Mandrake 9.0

2002-10-16 Thread Kiran
> > > > Any other suggestions? > > touch /var/www/html/.htaccess? > oooh that tickles! Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake Festival

2002-10-16 Thread Kiran
If he floats, he's a witch! > Assuming you've heard the latest but just in case. Dmitry is due in > court Oct 21st along with some others from his company. Problem is ... > the state department has denied all of them a visa. So tell me.. does > he get arrested for failure to appear, or for bei

Re: [expert] Has anybody tried to install NVidia Drivers formandrake 9.0?

2002-10-12 Thread Kiran
is probably the best thing to do anyway if you have your kernel source installed. It assures you that it will work with your kernel...especially if your not using the distro's stock kernel. The tarball is a decent second choice (only because RPM will keep track of the install with the rpmdb).

RE: [expert] Consultation

2002-10-28 Thread Kiran
he first 2 lines map the C: to the D: and lines 3 & 4 map the D: to the C:. On Mon, 2002-10-28 at 06:06, Mcleod, Ian wrote: > What is this for? > > map-drive = 0x80 > > to = 0x81 > > map-drive = 0x81 > > to = 0x80 > .Kiran Want to buy your Pac

Re: [expert] Dual video, onboard and PCI ?!

2002-11-03 Thread Kiran
On Sat, 2002-11-02 at 15:57, Sebastien Routier wrote: > Hi, > > Does anybody know if and how can I enable my onboard video card while > also using my normal PCI/AGP video card?? The on board AGP & AGP slot are the same "slot" for video. If you need to add another card use a PCI card. I have neve

Re: [expert] Intruder security questions

2002-11-08 Thread Kiran
On Wed, 2002-11-06 at 22:04, Gonzalo Avaria wrote: > Hi u guys, i need to ask some questions about security > of my PC. > I have the FTP service running, and want to know if > it is safe or i could get a intruder from there, I > have the ssh server running and that's all i need, > because i have a

Re: LAST QUESTION :) Re: [expert] Intruder security questions

2002-11-10 Thread Kiran
are using a 2.4.x kernel Use IPTABLES instead of IPCHAINS and use the features it has to offer to filter out bad packets and deny bad/unused ports/protocols as you need. You can always re-compile your kernel w/ the lsm patch added to it (be very careful). check out security sites and google. -+- ki

RE: [expert] w2k shutdown from mdk

2002-11-21 Thread Kiran
> - It is not scriptable. > - It requires a GUI on the UNIX side either X or frame-buffer. > - It requires a mouse on the UNIX side. That pretty much sums up Windows too sans the UNIX reference (ok ... they do have perl for windows so I guess it is scriptable) Want to buy your Pack or Service

Re: [expert] Multiple Samba Versions

2002-12-09 Thread Kiran
e2.2mdk > samba-common-2.2.6-1.0.pre2.2mdk > samba-2.0.9-1.3mdk > > >rpm -e samba-2.0.9-1.3mdk > error: execution of %trigger scriptlet from samba-2.0.9-1.3mdk failed, exit > status 1 > > > \|/ KIRAN ---+-- /|\ Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Mail alias problem

2003-01-02 Thread Kiran
I was trying to change the mail alias for an account and noticed that the link for /etc/aliases -> /etc/alternatives/mta-etc_aliases is broken (i.e. not there). Am I missing a package from the install or is this a bad link? BTW I'm using MDK90 _ _-_-_ Kiran Want to buy your

Re: [expert] Mail alias problem

2003-01-07 Thread Kiran
You Rock! I like that tool. I would have thought it should run at install though. >>>>> Kiran <<<<< On Mon, 2003-01-06 at 19:12, Todd Lyons wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > Mark Weaver wrote on Mon, Jan 06, 2003 at 07:5

Re: [expert] Gnome+nVidia - slightly OT

2003-01-07 Thread Kiran
Get the source RPMS for NVIDIA_kernel & NVIDIA_GLX then: rpmbuild --rebuild SEE man rpmbuild for more info I always keep the source RPMS around just in case of a kernel/library upgrade. On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 22:46, Chuck Burns wrote: > On Sun, 2003-01-05 at 21:06, Antoine wrote: > > > No, GN

Re: [expert] Gigabyte EV-7VKML mobo

2003-01-07 Thread Kiran
IIRC Mandrake 9.0 uses the ALSA drivers by default. On Tue, 2003-01-07 at 19:23, Nelson Bartley wrote: > The 7vklm should work PERFECTLY in mandrake 9.0 and 8.2. I had one for a > short period of time and it performed flawlessly. > > Did Drakx pick it up during install? It should have identified

Re: [expert] KVM doens't work well with Mice

2002-08-10 Thread Kiran
I've been using a USB KVM for some time now and Have had little trouble with it. Omni View & Belkin make them for sure, but I'm sure you can find them at most decent computer stores. On Sun, 2002-08-11 at 00:18, Lorne wrote: > I have recently discovered a KVM switch that actually works on Linux t

Re: [expert] graphics-workstation ...

2002-08-13 Thread Kiran
On Tue, 2002-08-13 at 21:00, Jonathan I. Nori wrote: > Hi! > > Sounds like you want an SGI or Sun Solaris workstation. > > The kinds of tools you seem to be looking for really aren't in a mature (if they >even exist yet) stage on the linux platform. > > If you want to do professional, high-end

Re: [expert] a stooooooooopid question

2002-09-04 Thread kiran
On Wed, 2002-09-04 at 05:59, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: > On Sat, Aug 31, 2002 at 12:31 -0400, Mark Weaver wrote: > > Hi list, > > > > Ok...I've been a wrackin my poor brain for the last few hours and burnin > > up the Google search engine trying to find the answer to this question, > > but I just

Re: [expert] Nvidia Gforce4

2002-10-02 Thread kiran
The real key it to get the .src.rpms or the tar.gz files and compile them. make sure you haven't changed the kernel src/headers from the actual kernel you are running and you should be fine. One downer is that if you do change/upgrade kernels you will have to re-compile the drivers (personal expe

Re: [expert] camera usb-storage auto mount?

2002-10-02 Thread kiran
I think if you just add it to /etc/fstab and use supermount as the fstype you should be in good shape. On Mon, 2002-09-30 at 19:42, bascule wrote: > i've just got my casio exilim camera to be visible using the usb-storage > driver, i have to mount and umount manually though, is there a way to ha

Re: [expert] MP3 to Wave

2003-08-16 Thread Kiran
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Re: [expert] Installed cable --> now host = HWaddr of NIC

2003-08-16 Thread Kiran
ge in the current session. Linux only reads > the hostname during boot and never again during the session. Doing this > forces a re-read so to speak (not actually be effectively.) > > James > -- Kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [expert] Blaster hits and IPCOP..what should I look for???

2003-08-16 Thread Kiran
blaster worm but "I THINK" there is nothing showing..I've got snort active > but I'm not "REALLY" sure what to look for!! if any of you experts are using > ipcop and your logs show hits. could you show me a snip so I know what to > look for.. > > Tha

Re: [expert] Blaster hits and IPCOP..what should I look for???

2003-08-17 Thread Kiran
eally can't know if its a legit/mistaken request or not without the dump. Chances are port 135 requests are, but the dump would help define the attack. On Sun, 2003-08-17 at 00:33, Gavin wrote: > Kiran, > > Thanks for your reply, but I wanted to see an actual snip from someone'

Re: [expert] IPTABLES

2003-08-17 Thread Kiran
established from inside. > > What puzzles me is that things like the SYN packets and NBNS requests cause a > response from my gateway machine, like an ACK or a DNS lookup on the > requesting IP. While these packets are apparently not being forwarded to my > local network, the activity on the PPP connection keeps the connection open > when I'm not using it and causes me some concern about its vulnerability. -- Kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part

Re: [expert] Blaster hits and IPCOP..what should I look for???

2003-08-17 Thread Kiran
> > Wouldn't the IPCop mailing list be a better place for this question? Yes and I have moved the rest of my posts there already. Thank you. End of thread!!! -- Kiran <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> signature.asc Description: This is a digitally signed message part