Re: [expert] Bastille:How to allos icmp echo request?

On Monday, Jun 04, 2001, mp wrote: But I need to allow icmp echo requests from my proxy server (if i dont answer the ping requests downloads get slower and slower with time, and smtp is blocked for 5 seconds if the ping isnt answered). So in the config file I have:

Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 Security Levels

On Monday, Jun 04, 2001, Ric Tibbetts wrote: Just what is the little GUI pick between security levels actually doing? What is it setting, and what are the overall effects of each of the settings? More directly, I guess I need to know just where this is documented. I'll gladly do the

Re: [expert] grip in Mandrake 8.0

On Saturday, Jun 02, 2001, Hoyt wrote: It worked in older Mandrakes, but in 8.0, none of the mp3 encoders are installed and aren't available on the CD at all, and not in cooker. A fewe xamples : lame, bladeenc I beleive it's because of patent issues with the .mp3 format. I think mp3

Re: [expert] Quick Help locating a file

On Friday, Jun 01, 2001, Mitch Thompson wrote: Got it, thanks. The problem was that, trying to ride the wave of mdk updates, I had installed crontabs-1.7-13mdk from cooker, and /usr/bin/run-parts is missing from the RPM. Problem was reported to the creator of the RPM. FYI, it was moved

Re: [expert] ifup in LM 8.0

On Sunday, May 27, 2001, Luis Chardon wrote: I recently installed mandrake 8.0 on my box. After I configured the ppp dialup connection using linuxconf, I do an ifup ppp0 and it does not connect. After I do the command, it hangs up for some 15 seconds and then returns an error code 6, which

Re: [expert] MDK v8 Powerpack

On Monday, May 21, 2001, Rusty Carruth wrote: Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I have 7.2 installed now, and want to know what others have done, in terms of a fresh install, or an upgrade. Anyone found problems with upgrading, or will it be okay. This is my production box, and would

Re: [expert] Mozilla problems -- Solved (and this time I mean it!)

On Sunday, May 20, 2001, Brian Hartman wrote: On Sunday 20 May 2001 10:39 pm, David Joham wrote: I think I had this problem too but derned if I can remember what I did to solve it. I seem to recall I had it only on the modern theme. Try using the classic theme and see if that helps. If

RE: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 Voodoo DRI

I get the same using MDK7.2 and Xfree4.0.3 and KDE2.1 Fugz -Original Message- From: Joerg Mertin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: 02 May 2001 22:14 To: Francisco Alcaraz Ariza; Will Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 8.0 Voodoo DRI Hi Folks, I got similar Setup -

[expert] Firewire card

Hi all, Could anybody recommend a firewire card that will work with linux so that I can download digital video from a camcorder? Thanks -- regards Paul This message has been sent using Mandrake Linux and kmail

[expert] Re: [MandrakeForum] ISDN DOD with script-based auth not PAP or CHAP

It was Thu, 22 Mar 2001 07:42:38 -0800 when [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Check out www.wurtel.demon.nl There is a lot of info on ISDN on Linux there, and I am sure there is info or a link on DOD. Can't help further, my ISP supports PAP. Good luck Paul New story on (http://www.mandrakeforum.com

[expert] Any way to disable Internet Connection Sharing?

Connection Sharing I am told is incompatible with kernel 2.4. All I want to do is turn it off. If I have to, I'll figure out a way to set up routing and iptables on my own, but for now I just want my system back the way it was. Thanks for your help, Paul

Re: [expert] Any way to disable Internet Connection Sharing?

er turned on this feature, seeing as it's apparently impossible to turn it off. Please, if anyone knows how to turn it off, I would be extremely grateful if they would share this secret! Thank you, Paul --- Luis Chardon [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 7.2 I did my configuration with drakgw, and then it

Re: [expert] Internet connection sharing, VMware and kernel 2.4

would like to enable it or cancel (do nothing). Has anyone else managed to figure out how to disable Internet connection sharing? I'm beginning to think that Mandrakesoft forgot to include this vital feature!! Paul --- civileme [EMAIL PROTECTED] Uh huh. Internet connection sharing uses

[expert] Internet connection sharing, VMware and kernel 2.4

connection to share for VMware? I don't have a real LAN which I want to share the connection with, it's a virtual one. Is it possible that Mandrake doesn't support this yet? And is it also possible that the Internet Connection Sharing is incompatible with kernel 2.4? Thanks for your help, Paul

Re: [expert] Trouble reading mail in IMAP mode with Netscape

://www.ximian.com/apps/evolution.php3 . It apparently supports multiple IMAP and POP accounts as well. It's also aimed at being very user-friendly. In fact, I think I'd like to try it out myself now. ;) Paul --- =?iso-8859-1?Q?Jorge_Ram=EDrez_Llaca?= [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've been using IMAP

Re: [expert] Asus P2B-D SMP and Promise UDMA66

UDMA66 disks. After the installation I installed the 7.2 kernel 2.2.15 from Mandrake and I now have UDMA66 disks working properly. Let me know how you get on -- regards Paul This message has been sent using Mandrake Linux and kmail

[expert] More info on install problem

ressing F1 but I end up with the same result. Please help if you can I would love to get Mandrake working again with KDE2. Thanks in advance Paul

Re: [expert] pain in the arse?

I would like to be a tester, I am disabled and at home most of the time. This would give me a new chalange. If I can get Mandrake 7.2 working (see previous posts) Let me know how I can help regards Paul On Saturday 06 January 2001 12:26, you wrote: On Saturday 06 January 2001 02:08, you

[expert] IT's INSTALLED!!!!

, please confirm that you received my request to help with testing. -- regards Paul This message has been sent using Mandrake Linux and kmail

Re: [expert] For all of you with One BIG anoying Pain in the A**

connector of cable2 of ultra66 controller scsiIBM 2.2GB sda1swap sda2/home Thanks for any input or advice Paul On Friday 05 January 2001 7:41, you wrote: On Thursday 04 January 2001 20:44, you wrote: Paul Stear wrote: Hi all, Something seriously

Re: [expert] For all of you with One BIG anoying Pain in the A**

I could get it to load. -- regards Paul This message has been sent using Linux and kmail

[expert] Mandrake 7.2 upgrade problem

using my old kernal and it worked. However, I am now in KDE2 and cannot even run the file manager - I get the error - Konqueror - The Crash Handler saying:- The application Konqueror crashed and caused the signal 11 (SIGSEGV) Can any body help me please Thanks Paul Keep in touch with http

Re: [expert] FlashPath adaptor

saying that Flashpath setup has failed. Have you got this program working? I wonder if the problem is in the differences between redhat and mandrake, the trouble is I don't know what the differences are, if any. Can you help please? Thanks again regards Paul I don't know if it helps, but I

Re: [expert] Monitor Powers Down???

#Option "sw_cursor" #Option "power_saver" EndSection -- Paul F. Lankow/ mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] 419-730-0870 ( o o ) http://paul.lankow.net .oooO~~(_)~~Oooo.~~~ Keep in

[expert] FlashPath adaptor

in the right direction? Thanks in advance for any help, regards Paul --This message has been sent using Mandrake Linux and kmail Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

RE: [expert] Building an AMD Duron System

for sure. Paul -Original Message-From: Nathan Kennedy [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Saturday, 14 October 2000 11:51 AMTo: [EMAIL PROTECTED]Subject: Re: [expert] Building an AMD Duron SystemI tend to build my Linux systems primarily on AMD chips. I have found them

[expert] Load a module during installation (DPT Raid)

to reboot This is really driving me up the wall, if I can't find a solution I'm going to go back to RedHat :( Thanks for any help, John-Paul Smith Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Procmail filter commands?

/dev/null Paul Lee http://www.weycrest.com [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] ip networking

servers and clients no problem. This info is lost upon reboot, how do I store this so I do not have to keep entering it. Also why does the linuxconf not seem to enter this info as I tried using this before typing in the commands and it did not work. Thanks for any help Paul

[expert] samba

All, Could anyone point me in the right direction so I can setup samba, either as a client or server, the samba web site is unclear. Thanks again for any help. _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at

RE: [expert] ps restrictions

Stephen F. Bosch [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: Have you tried writing a shell script called "ps" and put it in your path? You could try setting it SUID root and have it in directory that appears early in your path (before the path where the real ps is located If you're going to shoot

[expert] Pine in X

rry Rosler Paul Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] ISP OS

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Re: [expert] Pine in X

On Sun, 3 Sep 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, 3 Sep 2000, paul wrote: This is the output of Pine's help for the enable-mouse-in-xterm option: FEATURE: enable-mouse-in-xterm This feature controls whether or not an X terminal mouse can be used with Pine. If set

[expert] Mylex DAC960 root device

work, because I'm sure it used to! Any ideas? John-Paul Smith

Unresolved symbols (was: RE: [expert] Mylex DAC960 root device)

in advance :-) John-Paul Smith -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of John-Paul Smith Sent: 30 August 2000 11:12 To: Mandrake Expert List Subject: [expert] Mylex DAC960 root device Hi, I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.1 on a machine with a Mylex

RE: Unresolved symbols (was: RE: [expert] Mylex DAC960 rootdevice)

] Mylex DAC960 rootdevice) on 8/30/00 5:57 AM, Jean-Louis Debert wrote: John-Paul Smith wrote: Now here's a problem which I've always wanted to know the answer to. Whenever I try to compile a kernel with modules, it never works properly. Basically, none of the modules will load due to unresolved

[expert] Problem mounting CDROM

results. I've just added an Iomega zip parallel drive and a similar thing happens when I try to mount that too... Any clues? I'd re-install something if I knew what! My apologies if this has been covered before. Thanks in advance Best Wishes Paul

Re: [expert] Problem mounting CDROM

, mounting read-only Then it hangs for ever. Is this a clue? [root@saturn /root]# df /mnt/cdrom Filesystem 1k-blocks Used Available Use% Mounted on /dev/hda5 385891 87940278020 24% / Which is my / partition Cheers Paul

[expert] Installation problem DB2 7.1 on Mandrake 7.1

Hi, I've been trying to install IBM DB2 V7.1 on a pretty much clean installation of Mandrake 7.1, and hitting a few problems. Initially, the install (db2setup) failed because it couldn't find db2. I manually added the /usr/IBMdb2/V7.1/bin directory to the path, then re-ran the installer. The

Re: [expert] modprobe: Can't locate module binfmt-0

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RE: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

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Re: [expert] Netscape Corrupting the mailrules file?

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RE: [expert] Download managers !

What is a Download manager? I wasn't aware that downloading files was complex. FTP is pretty much a universal standard and there are plenty of Linux/Unix clients. Can you be more specific about what special features a Download manager provides? -Original Message- From: Michael H.

RE: [expert] RPM content list before installing

You can definitely do it. Check the man page. I think you have to add "-p filename" in addition to the "-ql". I'm not sure that "p" is the right option though. -Original Message- From: Daniel Woods [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, August 10, 2000 03:54 PM To: Expert Linux

[expert] Sites for FTP/HTTP install (for UltraSparc)

I posted a question to the list recently about not being able to install LM7 on an Ultra Enterprise 1 because part way into the install it tries to mount the CD from /dev/scd0 instead of /dev/sdb where it really is. I haven't been able to find any way around this problem, so apparently I can't

[expert] SCSI CD install problem on UltraSparc

I'm trying to install Mandrake 7.0 on an Ultra Enterprise 1 with a SCSI CD-ROM drive. At the ok prompt I type 'boot cdrom' and it begins the boot process. At the boot prompt on the "Welcome to Linux-Mandrake 7.0" screen I press enter or type 'expert' and press enter. It continues the boot

RE: [expert] SCSI CD install problem on UltraSparc

Could you try to put your CD-ROM at a higher ID (say, 3 or 4) just to check ??? Any idea how to do this? I don't really know anything about Sun hardware. To the best of my knowledge, this is a standard Ultra Enterprise 1 with internal hard drive and CD-ROM drive. I haven't opened the case. Is

RE: [expert] SCSI CD install problem on UltraSparc

Could you try to put your CD-ROM at a higher ID (say, 3 or 4) just to check ??? Any idea how to do this? I don't really know anything about Sun hardware. To the best of my knowledge, this is a standard Ultra Enterprise 1 with internal hard drive and CD-ROM drive. I haven't opened the case.

RE: [expert] SCSI CD install problem on UltraSparc

Well, for myself it was on a PC not a Sparc, but it looks like your symptoms are the same: look above, it says "detected scsi disk ...". Also, /dev/sdb is specifically for _hard disk_ in linux, _not_ for CD-ROM. The boot messages definitely showed sdb being detected as a Toshiba CD-ROM.

RE: [expert] Root Password problem

I have 2 machines running Mandrake 7.0, one of which refuses to allow a login as root. Any password, even the correct one, is "Incorrect". You have to log in as a user, then su to root. This woks reliably. The machine in question is an AMD

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 and BP6 hard drive optimizations

the USB module and it looks like kheader doesn't work but otherwise everything else seems to work fine. Paul On Tue, 20 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hi all, I hope this doesn't cover too well trod ground but I couldn't find any good answer to it in the archives. I recently decided to switch

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 and BP6 hard drive optimizations

ne who has helped me! Paul

[expert] Mandrake 7.1 and BP6 hard drive optimizations

ac00-acfe : aic7xxx b000-b007 : ide2 b402-b402 : ide2 b800-b807 : ide2 b810-b8ff : HPT366 c400-c407 : ide3 c410-c4ff : HPT366 f000-f007 : ide0 f008-f00f : ide1 If anyone can help me with this one I will send you a six pack of your favorite beer (provided you are of age of course :-). Thanks Paul

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 and BP6 hard drive optimizations

de3 c410-c4ff : HPT366 f000-f007 : ide0 f008-f00f : ide1 If anyone can help me with this one I will send you a six pack of your favorite beer (provided you are of age of course :-). Thanks Paul

[expert] please help with lo

the original iso image. Im using the latest freeciv rpm for mandrake. Thanks for you assistance. Paul

Re: [expert] I've been hacked!

change every password on every system connected to it. Finally, I would call in a security expert to look at what happened and make suggestions on what to do next. I wouldn't do partial fixes for a major security breech. Leaving user stuff may leave a hacker's back-door in place! -Paul "Br

[expert] Black widows scanner

Hi, I hope you can help me to get my scanner working. I have a Black widow 9636PRO with their generic SCSI ISA card. I have tried getting it working when using other distributions - Suse 6.1, Red Hat 6.2 etc but to no effect. Just as an aside, this install of Mandrake 7 from PC Plus has been the

[expert] WACOM DIGITIZER II ULTRAPAD A5

Hi all, My Ultrapad is connected to my serial port, com1 and works well under the dreaded windows. I also use a ps2 mouse but would like to have my pen working as well. Can anybody help please. This is a great list, full of useful and interesting comments -- Have a nice day!

[expert] raid...

to this one out there anywhere? Paul -- Paul Robinson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - http://www.best.com/~crash Unix Systems Administrator ---+++--- Access Systems Research Pty. Ltd. Level 10, 20 Berry Street, North Sydney Tel: +61 2 9957 1036 NSW 2060 Australia

Re: [expert] firewall

Limited http://www.weycrest.co.uk--! --Paul On Sat, 1 Apr 2000, Ron Stodden wrote: _=+Richard+=_ wrote: How do you start the firewall? I have comletly no idea what a firewall is but I heard it protects you from hackers

Re: [expert] News reader?

Glyn M. Paul Weycrest Solutions Limited http://www.weycrest.co.uk

Re: [expert] News reader?

ux. Theres other stuff to fetch your news like leafnode and "suckMT." See http://www.go.to/suckmt for this. Paul Weycrest Solutions Limited http://www.weycrest.co.uk

Re: [expert] (OT) What's the best web page design s/w for Mdk 7?

Trevor Hmmm, if you are looking for a WYSIWYG editor in Linux, these are a bit thin on the ground. Do a search on Freshmeat for Bluefish, which is useful and there is Amaya from the WWW consortium. Paul Weycrest Solutions Limited http://www.weycrest.co.uk

Re: [expert] Port 25 / 119 messges

If you are running sendmail as your mailer then you need to edit /etc/sendmail.cf looking for the phrase "is spoken here" and change the line to something like O SmtpGreetingMessage=$j is spoken here; $b Cheers Paul At 11:33 PM 2/25/00 +0100, you wrote: well I just want t

Re: [expert] 2 IP address - 1 nic

I need to do to make samba function only on the private ip# No idea, sorry. Don't use Samba. -- Paul Campbell [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] Kernel 2.2.13-22 packages won't compile

Hi all, I updated my kernel packages, as suggested by MandrakeUpdate: [root@paul linux]# rpm -qa|grep kernel kernel-2.2.13-7mdk kernel-BOOT-2.2.13-7mdk kernelcfg-0.5-6mdk kernel-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-doc-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-headers-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-source-2.2.13-22mdk kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.13

Re: [expert] VNC

Hi Werner, I had a lot of problems with the VNC RPM on the Mandrake 6.1 disk. I was VNCing from work (latest version, 3.3.3 R2) to the VNC server at home. It had a lot of problems, and I finally just downloaded the binaries from the source and it works like a champ. Paul "Werner E. N

Re: [expert] HAPPY NEW YEAR

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[expert] Attrocious background in MandrakeUpdate

ature", so it's not a desktop issue. Does anyone have an idea how to fix this? Thanks. Paul

[expert] Backup software for UNIX. PC's and Mac's

system. Obviously I would prefer something that keeps to the freeware principles, but I would be interested in hearing about commercial possibilities as well. Thanks in advance Paul Stephens IT Manager Macfarlane Burnet Centre for Medical Research Fairfield, Victoria, Australia

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