[expert] Need help setting up nfs...

2002-05-13 Thread Neal Lippman
I am using MDK 8.1 with kernel 2.4.17 on an nfs server, and RH 7.2 on a client system. I have tried setting up the nfs server. During the initial install, I included nfs support, and have built the kernel with support for both nfs server and client. I am starting up nfs with '/etc/init.d/nfs

[expert] Autofs doesn't mount my floppy - help wanted.

2002-03-08 Thread Neal Lippman
I am using autofs4 for automounting under MDK 8.1. I have a directory, /mount, which I use for automounting. It works fine for my DVD drive, CDRW drive, a local windows partition, and a remote windows share via smbmount. However, I cannot seem to get my floppy to automount. For instance, if I

[expert] Automount of floppy - any autofs experts on board?

2002-03-05 Thread Neal Lippman
I am hoping that someone can help me out with an automount / autofs problem. I use autofs4, which works just fine for my dvd drive, cdrw drive, an old windows partition on my HD, and an smbmount of a windows partition on another machine on my lan. However, it just doesn't seem to work for my

[expert] Strange KMail problem...

2001-12-19 Thread Neal Lippman
I have noticed that with KMail, periodically when trying to send mail, I will get an error message that KMail cannot connect to my smtp server (mail.attbi.com). This only started after the my @home service, provided locally via ATT, was terminated and I was switched to att broadband over my

[expert] Upgrading to 8.1...

2001-08-20 Thread Neal Lippman
I am currently running 7.2 with 2.4.4 kernel. I passed on upgrading to 8.0 because I am (mostly) happy with my current system, and didn't want to risk breaking things. However, 8.1 seems to include many things I have been waiting for (KOffice 1.1 - maybe KWord won't crash every time I close

[expert] KDE 2.2

2001-08-16 Thread Neal Lippman
Has anyone installed kde 2.2 via the MDK rpms? The Readme on the KDE website suggests using urpm, although I have always used rpm in the past. Any input/thoughts/experiences? Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] kmod

2001-07-06 Thread Neal Lippman
how to clarify this situation? Thanks. Neal On Friday 06 July 2001 11:34, Ron Stodden wrote: Neal Lippman wrote: I have just wasted many hours trying to figure out why my CDRW, configured for scsi emulation, would not let me mount a cd for reading, ... What device are you using to mount

[expert] kmod

2001-07-05 Thread Neal Lippman
Does anyone know how to set things up so that modules are automatically loaded when needed? My understanding was that kmod was supposed to do this, but I don't see it running on ps even though I did request it when configuring my kernel compilation. I have just wasted many hours trying to

[expert] Quanta

2001-07-03 Thread Neal Lippman
Has anyone been successful in getting Quanta (HTML editor) working? My config is: MDK 7.2 installed from the ISO images on the web site, upgraded to kernel 2.4.4. I have also upgraded to KDE 2.1.1 using rpms d/l'd a few months ago from the various Mandrake-related mirror sites. When I run

[expert] What do people use for an address book?

2001-06-11 Thread Neal Lippman
I am wondering what people are finding to be the best option for an address book. I am running a pretty standard Linux Mandrake 7.2 system, with KDE 2.1. I need to do pretty much the standard thing with an address book: I need to store names, addresses, phone numbers, email addresses, web

[expert] Gnome, Helix, KDE?

2001-06-11 Thread Neal Lippman
Looking for input on desktop environment. I am presently running MDK 7.2 with a custom 2.4.4 kernel. I use KDE 2.1, which seems to be working pretty well for me. The major drawback I have is that of not having a great email/addressbook/syncing to Visor client. I have been looking at a switch

[expert] What users do I really need?

2001-05-24 Thread Neal Lippman
My standard MDK 7.2 install created the following users in /etc/passwd (excluding user accounts that I have created): root bin daemon adm lp sync shutdown halt mail news uucp operator games named sympa gopher ftp nobody xfs htdig gdm mysql However, I see that I am actually running processes

[expert] Loadable kernel module question

2001-05-24 Thread Neal Lippman
I was hoping that someone could set me straight with an issue regarding loadable kernel modules. This issue arises as I have switched over to using a HandSpring Visor from a Palm IIIxe, but relates really more towards a more general question on loadable kernel modules. It comes out of the

[expert] USB startup question

2001-05-24 Thread Neal Lippman
I am trying to sort out some USB-related stuff, specifically related to the modules for syncing my Visor. I have all that stuff working, but it is a pain to have to load the modules after each boot so I can sync. I notice that in /etc/init.d there is a script called usb that starts up usb

[expert] Need help with file permissions...

2001-05-23 Thread Neal Lippman
I am hoping someone can help me figure out to to properly handle file permissions. Let me outline the situation I am trying to set up. I have just gotten a HandSpring Visor, which connects via a USB port. (This is not a question on USB, or using JPilot, I already have all that stuff up and

[expert] Problem with bash startup files...

2001-05-19 Thread Neal Lippman
I am wondering if someone out there who is a bash expert can help me with a problem with the way that bash startup files are handled. My problem stems from creating an alias for the ls command in my ~/.bashrc, but finding that whenever I open an xterm console, that alias does not seem to take

Re: [expert] konquerer no long works...

2001-05-06 Thread Neal Lippman
someone mentioned that Netscape insists on loading its homepage, and if it can't load it when it is started then it will die/automatically-exit. I know Konqueror doubles as a web-browser, is it possible that it's trying to load something or access something that isn't accessible? ?, j --- Neal

[expert] konqueror doesn't work - f/u

2001-05-05 Thread Neal Lippman
I should also note that if I execute konqueror from a console, it works just fine. In the menu configuration, what is run via the konqueror menu item is kfmclient openProfile webbrowser. I assume that kfmclient is something that chains to konqueror as appropriate, but I don't know why it

[expert] konquerer no long works...

2001-05-05 Thread Neal Lippman
Any help appreciated. I am using konquerer under KDE 2.1 (the MDK rpms). THe underlying system is MDK 7.2 with a self-compiled 2.4.4 kernel. I am unable to get konquerer to run. At first, it would run when I selected it from the panel or the K menu, but if I right-clicked on a link and

Fwd: Re: [expert] Palm Pilot

2001-04-24 Thread Neal Lippman
] Palm Pilot Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:23:31 +0200 From: Kang-Ling Weng [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Robert Goshko [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: MandrakeExpert [EMAIL PROTECTED] Am Dienstag 24 April 2001 03:07 schrieb Robert Goshko: On 23 Apr 2001 19:45:19 -0400, Neal Lippman wrote: What

[expert] Gnome vs KDE

2001-04-23 Thread Neal Lippman
Does anyone have any insights to offer on gnome vs KDE? I have been working mostly with KDE which I am reasonably happy with. However, I find that I must keep the gnone libs installed also, to use things like gnucash, etc. Everytime I try to swtich to gnome I find some bug or something that

[expert] Palm Pilot

2001-04-23 Thread Neal Lippman
What are people using to sync/work with a palm pilot from Linux? Thus far, I have been very disappointed with the available software: JPilot cannot seem to sync; it hangs part way through and then fails. KPilot can sync, but the program is so buggy as to be unusable. For

[expert] StarOffice

2001-04-23 Thread Neal Lippman
Any users of StarOffice out there who can comment on it? I can really use something compatible with MS Word 2000; KWord just cannot cut it at this point and there really is no choice but to be compatible with the MS world from time to time, when I have to bring work home. Neal

[expert] KDE 2.1 installation woes

2001-03-19 Thread Neal Lippman
I am having trouble getting KDE 2.1 installed. My system is a baseline MDK 7.2 install, upgraded to 2.4.2 kernel which I compiled. I downloaded the Mandrake KDE 2.1 rpms from ftp.sourceforge.net, and have the following rpms in my kde-2.1 directory: arts-2.1-2mdk.i586.rpm

[expert] automounting

2001-03-19 Thread Neal Lippman
Recently, I recall seeing some postings regarding supermount failing after upgrading the kernel to the 2.4.x series. I posted here, as did others, a few months ago regarding that; basically, there is code in /etc/rc.d/mandrake-everytime which disables the supermount keywords in /etc/fstab

Re: [expert] cups and the netgear ps110/ps113 printserver

2001-03-14 Thread Neal Lippman
I haven't tried that particular printserver, but I am using cups with a Linksys 3-port printserver. The Linksys unit has a built-in lpr server. Configuring it under cups was just a matter of using the MDK configuration tool to add a new printer. I added a "remote" printer, specified the

Re: [expert]

2001-03-11 Thread Neal Lippman
There have been a number of articles over the past year or two on the boot-up sequence used by redhat-like systems, which includes Mandrake. Look in online sites like www.linuxjournal.com, www.linuxgazette.com, etc. Also see Linux Journal and Linux Magazine back issues. There are also some

[expert] KDE 2.1 help

2001-03-06 Thread Neal Lippman
Two questions on installing KDE 2.1: Firstly, I STILL cannot find it in the download sites provided on KDE's website. Where are people getting it from? Secondly, the KDE web site states that qt-2.2.4 is required, but it will probably work with qt-2.2.3. On my system, `rpm -q qt` tells me I

Re: [expert] linux device driver

2001-03-06 Thread Neal Lippman
There is a book from O'Reilly called "Linux Device Drivers" which i have not read, but which is supposed to be the definitive reference in this regard. I am sure the currently published version does not cover kernel 2.4 issues. There is also "Understanding the Linux Kernel" a recent O"Reilly

[expert] Checkbook package for Linux

2001-03-05 Thread Neal Lippman
A few weeks (?months) ago, I recall reading an announcement on, I think, slashdot, about a company that was producing a quicken-like financial management / checkbook program for Linux. While not a quicken clone per se, looking at their website strongly suggested it was going to be a quicken

Re: [expert] suggest printer

2001-02-27 Thread Neal Lippman
I have an HP laserjet 5L. It configured easily under cups, and has worked fine under both Linux and (sorry) Windows. I have it connected to a Linksys printserver on my LAN, which has a built in LPR server. It was actually easier to configure under Linux than windows. Presumably CUPS configured

Re: [expert] X 4.0.2

2001-02-26 Thread Neal Lippman
ry X 3.3.6 RPM you've got. 4. rpm -Uvh the 4.0.2 RPMs 5. change the symlink /etc/X11/X to point to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 Hope any of this might help you Jesper * On Monday, February 26, Neal Lippman wrote: Having trouble getting X 4.0.2 to work. Current system is MDK 7.2, upgrade

[expert] XFree 4.0.2

2001-02-24 Thread Neal Lippman
I am wondering if anyone can provide help on installing XFree 4.0.2. I have d/l'd the cooker rpms: I have what I believe to be a complete set of the 13 rpms, minus the glide rpm which I understand does not work well with my nVidia GeForce II MX card. After d/l'ing all 13 rpms, I tried 'rpm

Re: [expert] menudrake

2001-02-20 Thread Neal Lippman
There have been previous postings to this list regarding menudrake problems. Menudrake IS to make changes to your menu. I can only speak for KDE, which is what I run, but I have found that after making changes with MenuDrake, I need to log out and log back in again for the changes to take

Re: [expert] KOffice very buggy - anyone else having problems?

2001-02-18 Thread Neal Lippman
it off the quote, but I'm running 2.1b2 on this system and it is definitely beta, particularly in the multimedia areas (like basic sound playing). The implementation of the arts deamon needs work before 2.1 is done. Neal Lippman wrote: (As an aside, kudos still go to Linux. I ran DrakConf

Re: [expert] KOffice very buggy - anyone else having problems?

2001-02-18 Thread Neal Lippman
better on the network. On Sunday 18 February 2001 13:09, Michael O'Henly wrote: On Saturday 17 February 2001 20:47, Neal Lippman wrote: 1. Very frequently, I have program crashes, more so that I would have expected for "released software." This occurs in KWord, Konquerer (le

Re: [expert] Root Password

2001-02-18 Thread Neal Lippman
The bottom line is that it is essentially impossible to COMPLETELY secure any pc to which you have physical access. It should be possible to do a reasonably good job, if you are very careful, about securing a computer that others DO NOT have physical access to, by shutting off the appropriate

Re: [expert] new 2.4.1 kernel

2001-02-18 Thread Neal Lippman
One thing I noticed when I did my 2.4.1 compile, is that in the section on USB support, there were a number of places to include / not include support for a variety of USB devices. For instance, there was an item to select if you were planning to use a USB printer. Presumably, without checking

Re: [expert] Moved Display in Linux and in Windows

2001-02-18 Thread Neal Lippman
AHA! Thanks for the tip. I have also noticed this, and never understood why it happens. I, of course, solved the problem by just never booting windows anymore... On Sunday 18 February 2001 22:12, Altoine B. wrote: Joseph Red wrote: Kuldeep Shah wrote: I am having dual operating

[expert] Xwindow display quality. fonts

2001-02-18 Thread Neal Lippman
One thing I have noticed is that the "quality" of my display, by which I mean the sharpness of text on the screen and the quality of the fonts, just doesn't seem as good under X as it does under Windows booted on the same system. (For reference, I am using KDE 2.0, mdk 7.2 with kernel upgraded

[expert] KOffice very buggy - anyone else having problems?

2001-02-17 Thread Neal Lippman
I have been using KOffice for a couple of weeks now, since installing MDK 7.2. I am running the 2.4.1 kernel. I have been surprised at the bugginess of KOffice / KDE 2.0. I don't think this is due to the upgraded kernel, because I was seeing similar behavoir under 2.2.17-21mdk which came on

Re: [expert] /etc/services xinetd

2001-02-14 Thread Neal Lippman
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 07:35, Kevin Tambascio wrote: xinetd uses /etc/xinetd.conf, and /etc/xinetd.d/* -Kevin At 05:33 AM 02.14.2001, you wrote: Hi , I've posted this question before , but no takers. inetd uses /etc/services which file does xinetd use ? thanks Richard

Re: [expert] linux 2.4.1 and another question

2001-02-14 Thread Neal Lippman
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 16:24, William Schwartz wrote: I'm currently running a stock 7.2 mandrake and was wondering if there's a list of recommended rpm's to upgrade to start using the 2.4.1 kernel. thanks, Bill I was able to get to 2.4.1 by d/l'ing the source from www.kernel.org

[expert] XFree 4.0.2 - another question

2001-02-14 Thread Neal Lippman
I am still mentally gyrating over intalling XFree 4.0.2. My system is MDK 7.2, but I am running the 2.4.1 kernel (compiled from the source tars, not taken from the cooker rpms). Any thoughts on whether I am better off d/l'ing the tars from xfree.org, or using the cooker rpms from mandrake

RE: [expert] Mandrake boot

2001-02-13 Thread Neal Lippman
Your problem is that windows always assumes it is the only software in the world, so when you install windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2k) it will overwrite your master boot record with its own boot loader, which doesn't know anything about linux type partitions. That is why it is easier, in

Re: [expert] gnome questions

2001-02-11 Thread Neal Lippman
I tried the Ximian Gnome install too; it was hard to do because the d/l of the files using their automated installer kept hanging and needing to be restarted. Once I had everything d/l'd and installed, I made the ?mistake of telling it to keep my current login manager (kdm); when I tried to

[expert] How does kdm get the list of window managers for login?

2001-02-10 Thread Neal Lippman
Up until a few minutes ago, when I booted my system, kdm would give me an option of several windows managers at login time, including KDE (my default) and gnome. I just installed Helix gnome via the automated installer, and selected the option to keep my current login manager (eg kdm). Now,

RE: [expert] Changes made in fstab at boot

2001-02-08 Thread Neal Lippman
Please see my earlier response, which explains why this is happening. THe code quoted below is what is removing supermount from your fstab, because the supermount module is not being found in /lib/modules/2.4.1/kernel/fs/supermount/supermount.o. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [expert] Linux boot!!

2001-02-07 Thread Neal Lippman
You can configure either to include the additional boot parametes. In lilo, you would edit /etc/lilo.conf, and to the section that boots linux, add the command "append ide2=0x9400,0x9002 ide3=0x8800,0x8402" and then rerun /sbin/lilo to load the lilo.conf data to the mbr. The append command

RE: [expert] Changes made in fstab at boot

2001-02-07 Thread Neal Lippman
I have posted a few times on this already. Basically, the file mandrake_everytime in /etc/rc.d is a script that is run on each bootup. In that script, there is a section that checks for the existance of supermount, and if it cannot find the supermount.o module in the appropriate place for the

RE: [expert] How to limit the ftp service?

2001-02-07 Thread Neal Lippman
Several options (you may wish to implement them all for maximum security, depending on your needs). 1. Use ipchains (now iptables in 2.4.1) to set up your linux system as a firewall. YOu can use ipchains to specifically specify that incoming connections to port 21 (FTP server) can only be

Re: [expert] question

2001-02-06 Thread Neal Lippman
On Monday 05 February 2001 17:53, you wrote: I want to install the new 2.4 kernel on my Mandrake 7.2 laptop,running grub. Do I just use the rpm for the kernel and the 2.4cs rpm? What changes do I make and to what files so I can boot both kernels? I think I tried this once before and could not

Re: [expert] More on 2.4.1 woes...anyone with ideas, please respond

2001-02-06 Thread Neal Lippman
On Tuesday 06 February 2001 02:28, you wrote: Tom Massey wrote: Neal Lippman wrote: I DID NOT compile frame buffer support in (because none of the allowed drivers matched my video card) but I note that in the default MDK install, there are frame buffer devices in /dev so maybe I

Re: [expert] Supermount madness...please help

2001-02-05 Thread Neal Lippman
001 08:38, you wrote: On Sunday 04 February 2001 07:41 pm, Neal Lippman wrote: I looked at fstab, and found that all of the supermount entries were GONE. The timestamp on the file indicated it was edited today, but I know I didn't touch it. Strange. So I tried "supermount -i en

Re: [expert] Problems with 2.4.1 kernel, will not boot.

2001-02-05 Thread Neal Lippman
I am also having problems getting 2.4.1 to boot, and trying has been trashing my system to boot (no pun intended). I've already posted how trying to boot lost my supermount entries in /etc/fstab (which I've figured out; see separate post) and also my ability to mount windows (vfat) file

[expert] More on 2.4.1 woes...anyone with ideas, please respond

2001-02-05 Thread Neal Lippman
Well, I've been working for some time at getting a compile of 2.4.1 up and running, and after a good deal of mucking around, I've figured out the following. When I installed LM 7.2 originally, the grub boot line for the linux kernel included the option "vga=788", so I (of course) blindly

[expert] Supermount madness...please help

2001-02-04 Thread Neal Lippman
I have a rather strange problem with supermount. Here's what happened. Supermount seemed to be working find for both of my installed CD drives: /dev/hdc is a Pioneer DVD 105S and /dev/hdd is an HP CDRW drive. I am pretty sure the last time I put a CD into either drive, it supermounted just

[expert] Kernel source- directory ownership

2001-02-04 Thread Neal Lippman
I am working on compiling the 2.4.1 source. The director /usr/src is root owner and root group, and only root has write access to this directory. I am thinking about changing the group to something like "kernel" (a new group I would define) and giving group full access, and then putting my

RE: [expert] Internet connection sharing...

2001-02-03 Thread Neal Lippman
Assuming you are trying to get rid of Sygate, what you would do is to use the Linux system as the gateway computer - the Linux system would, ideally, have two nics, one connected to your internal LAN and the other to your outside connection, whether cable modem, DSL, dial-up, etc. On the Linux

[expert] 2.4.1 compile with CD-RW - quick question (I hope)

2001-02-03 Thread Neal Lippman
I have just been doing a "make xconfig" for the 2.4.1 kernel (I have MDK 7.2 installed with the default 2.2.18-mdk kernel running). I have to cd devices: at /dev/hdc is a Pioneer DVD-105S DVD drive, and at /dev/hdd is an HP CDRW drive. When I installed MDK, it was smart enough to automatically

[expert] X and monitors - how to switch?

2001-02-01 Thread Neal Lippman
I have a question for the Xperts (sorry, bad joke) on switching monitors under X. I keep reading about the important of properly configuring X for your monitor because setting up the wrong refresh rates, etc, in the x configuration files can "fry" your monitor. I don't know how seriously to take

RE: [expert] menudrake doesn't change menus

2001-01-23 Thread Neal Lippman
Very weird. I haven't used gnome, other than to log in to it once to see what it was like, so I don't know; I certainly have seen the weird behavoir with KDE though. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ken lierman Sent: Tuesday, January

[expert] 2.4 install over LM 7.2

2001-01-23 Thread Neal Lippman
Any tips for installing the 2.4 kernel? I have just done a fresh 7.2 install, and was planning to d/l the rpms for 2.4 from mandrakeuser.org. I notice, however, that 7.2 includes some apparent patches, such as a module for usb support which I presume will be unnecessary with the 2.4 kernel. Has

[expert] kmail bug

2001-01-23 Thread Neal Lippman
I've only been using kmail for a few days now, and at least once/night it crashes. Is that typical behavoir? If so, any pointers on what is going on? I've actually installed the complete system 3 times as I play wiht install parameters before finally getting what I wanted on the current install,

[expert] Need more help with X 4.0.x configuration

2001-01-21 Thread Neal Lippman
Thanks to all who responded to my last posting on X. I have tried reinstalling LM 7.2 several times, and at no time does it prompt me to select whether I want XFree 3.3.x or 4.0.x. I suspect that part of the problem (or maybe the whole problem) is that my video card is a Hercules Geforce II MX,

[expert] XFree 4.0.1 vs 3.3.x

2001-01-20 Thread Neal Lippman
I just did my first install of LM 7.2 from d/l'd iso images. I was surprised in that I seem to be running XFree 3.3.x rather than 4.0.1 which I expected to see. Do I need to do an expert install to get 4.0.1? I had assumed that would be the default, but maybe not. Neal

[expert] Disk partitioning

2001-01-07 Thread Neal Lippman
I am wondering what advice and/or thoughts people might have regarding disk partitioning for a brand new install. I have just finished assembling the hardware, and have a fully blank and unformatted 45GB disk, and I'd like to plan out my partitions before starting on the install. I was figuring