Re: [expert] Slightly OT: Supporting Mandrake

to be around in the near future are the ones that can be operated within their means. - - Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Samba file creation problem

mode' to 776. What am I missing here? Completly off-topic, but why are you not using the function of S.A.N.E. to network that scanner so that users can access it via the network and save to their local machine? - - Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. Want to buy your Pack

Re: [expert] Samba file creation problem

in the server room out of end user reach) to run Linux. I keep trying to sneak one in, but always end up needing the hardware elsewhere. :\ You don't have to run Linux to access a S.A.N.E. networked scanner. There are windows clients :) - - Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. Want

Re: [expert] Samba file creation problem

://integramicro.com/winsane/ They would have access to the scanner. The only access they would have to the server is a connection via the client to control the scanner. - - Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [expert] Anyone know about SMTP after POP?

:-) --Dave Its really not that much of a hassle...Postfix was much easier than Sendmail - - Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.1, all security updates.

: sysvsem) What else do I need to do to get the frontpage extension working? Please read the following before you install frontpage extensions on a unix/linux server. There are some pretty serious security concerns. http://www.rtr.com/fpsupport/SERK/security.htm -- Michael Osten

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.1, all security updates.

. :) -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. msg48063/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [expert] SSH

that environment variable. ssh should export your display automagicly. However, if you are su'd as a diffrent user than you originally ssh'd as, you may have to execute a 'xhost +' to get control of the display. --Warning-- 'xhost +' is not very secure. - - Michael Osten Reefedge Inc

Re: [expert] SSH

. - - Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. msg48083/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [expert] off topic... casio qv-11

use a resolution of 480x240... somebody here knows that camera? TIA orlando That was the first digital camera that I ever bought, in what 1996? Truely crappy. I think that it does 640x480 -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. msg46009/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: [expert] Arrrgh - Telnet Problems (Authentication?)

Also, the ssh client for windbloze is $2000, telnet is free. So, if your company, who should know better is still kissing Bill's ass, that is the way to get to the Linux box from thier woofully under utilized (over burdened) system. Free:

Re: [expert] telnet

to stay away from telnet. skidley Hum, I can't think of any legitimate uses for telnet that ssh can not do. -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

Re: [expert] CD not working any more???

a filename.src.rpm you need to do rpm --rebuild filename.src.rpm cd /usr/src/RPM/RPMS/i686/ rpm -Uvh filename.rpm -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

Re: [expert] Cups and a network printer

-- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org mQGhBDuxPdYRBADzFXgIcmDpZXOxYeplGQQdv1HONlLFxis5YiR2R7dQ6KAmZG/X 5xcXPcbrstXPuUJz4DPVaWTF59e1oXFuBFX/BSeyat45diu/cUZVLHjsEDqdodiG

Re: [expert] re; kernel modules compile ...etc

Mandrake system. go to rpmfind.net and get the RH kgcc package. edit /usr/src/Makefile change the two references to gcc to kgcc compile as usual -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

Re: [expert] Stupid Question Time

that on my 8.0 system. Thanks, again, Dennis in Victoria assuming that you have the kernel source installed... /usr/src/linux (or /usr/src/linux-2.4) -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org

Re: [expert] kernel patch questions

the source for 2.4.13 and blow away the source for 2.4.3 when you are done. if this is the first patch you are applying you would use the following: gzip -cd /path/to/patch | patch -p0 -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment

Re: [expert] Xinerama on Mandrake 8.0 with Matrox G400

. Yes, you need to use the driver suppied by Matrox. As far as the XFree86 Config, your doing it the hard way...go to matrox's site and grab the mgadesk utility. Its a nice gtk app that will configure your machine for dualhead. -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK

Re: [expert] Serious bug in linux (I think)

it with this setup. I'll admit this would be a little odd, but still a bug. Since I'm not sure who to report this too, someone please let me know. Julia I've confirmed this is the case on both redhat and mandrake (anyone want to try on Solaris to make sure this isn't just a unix thing?) -- Michael

Re: [expert] Unable to burn SCSI CDR/W using Mandrake 8.1

, and with no ide-cdrom support -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org mQGhBDuxPdYRBADzFXgIcmDpZXOxYeplGQQdv1HONlLFxis5YiR2R7dQ6KAmZG/X 5xcXPcbrstXPuUJz4DPVaWTF59e1oXFuBFX/BSeyat45diu

Re: [expert] export DISPLAY via ssh

: ostate 64 != open X connection to my.MDk.linuxbox:10.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown). Any idea? Thanks in advance. Are you ssh'ing as one user, and then su'ing to a diffrent user? -- Michael Osten Reefedge Inc. -BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK- Version: GnuPG v1.0.6 (GNU