Re: [expert] Printer problem in mdk 7.0

2000-03-17 Thread Rich Clark
> pre-install plip modprobe parport_pc ; echo 7 > /proc/parport/0/irq > > I've seen similar problems with my HP Deskjet 670C. I found it was related to the bios assigning irq 7 to my SB AWE 64 after booting into Winsuck then returning to 'drake. Reserving irq 5 in bios to

Re: [expert] XFREE86 4.0 is out

2000-03-09 Thread Rich Clark
> OUT! > > Raja > Let the slashdot effect begin. Gentlemen, to your ftp clients! -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] List Bitching

2000-03-09 Thread Rich Clark
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Hoyt wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: Rich Clark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Thursday, March 09, 2000 6:04 AM > Subject: Re: [expert] List Bitching > > > > > Maybe what the list n

Re: [expert] List Bitching

2000-03-09 Thread Rich Clark
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000, Ramon Gandia wrote: > Rich Clark wrote: > > > > Maybe what the list needs is a FAQ page posted somewhere. Someone > > subscribes to the list, they get the nice new welcome note from the list > > manager that gives them pointers about how to p

Re: [expert] List Bitching

2000-03-09 Thread Rich Clark
r that gives them pointers about how to post, what to post and where to look for answers *before* they post the same question that's been asked and answered countless times before. Everyone else has a FAQ, why don't we? -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] ISO Image Downloads

2000-03-08 Thread Rich Clark
I'd give this a shot since I've got tons of disk space. I gzipped a copy of mandrake61-1.iso that was laying around my ftp server hard drive. It gzipped okay; however, gunzipping it caused a "format violated" error and wouldn't decompress it. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] OT (possibly) Linux and SMP

2000-03-08 Thread Rich Clark
to your supplier and let them know you intend to do SMP. They'll get it if they've attended any Intel Dealer training. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: lack of documentation (was Re: [expert] Removing supermount)

2000-03-08 Thread Rich Clark
ss than 45 seconds with a browser and search engine and I came up with a link to a rather nice README on supermount here: http://mops.uci.agh.edu.pl/mopsy-linux/Documentation/filesystems/supermount.txt I could suggest a little less caffeine in your diet while I'm at it. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Problems mounting floppy disks

2000-03-07 Thread Rich Clark
e in the case of supermount, if > only it worked. Roll on LM7.1. > Dennis, have you tried the following set of commands? umount /dev/fd0 mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy With fstab being set this way: /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 I'd think that if you

Re: [expert] Removing supermount

2000-03-06 Thread Rich Clark
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Richard Potter wrote: > On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Rich Clark wrote: > > > Supermount works fine here. I think what we have here is a bit of FUD > > about a new feature that is not well-documented. > > > And then there's us old guys...

Re: [expert] Removing supermount

2000-03-06 Thread Rich Clark
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Civileme wrote: > On Mon, 06 Mar 2000, you wrote: > > Larry Sword wrote: > > > > > > Rich Clark wrote: > > > > > > > On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Larry Sword wrote: > > > > > > > > > Trevor Farrell wrote:

Re: [expert] Removing supermount

2000-03-06 Thread Rich Clark
On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, alann wrote: > Larry Sword wrote: > > > > Rich Clark wrote: > > > > > On Mon, 6 Mar 2000, Larry Sword wrote: > > > > > > > Trevor Farrell wrote: > > > > > > > > > How do I completely remove superm

Re: [expert] Removing supermount

2000-03-06 Thread Rich Clark
ith auto and vice-versa depending on the arguments "enable" and "disable". The supermount command makes no other changes. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Same Problem but Mounting CDROM

2000-03-06 Thread Rich Clark
; installed the system. I didn't changed the fstab and yet one of the > component is not working properly. Supermount works fine for the floppy > disk. I still think the problem is from somewhere else > > Rich Clark wrote: > > > Here's what he's lookin'

Re: [expert] Same Problem but Mounting CDROM

2000-03-05 Thread Rich Clark
,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/cdrom2 /mnt/cdrom2 supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom2 0 0 Those are the pertinent lines that were done by Mandrake 7.0 install back when it was cooker and I first put it up on my machine. /mnt/cdrom is my burner, cdrom2 is my reader. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Freakin' Netscape...

2000-02-26 Thread Rich Clark
On Sat, 26 Feb 2000, Ramon Gandia wrote: > Rich Clark wrote: > > > > I'm pissed. I downloaded the v4.72 rpm's from the cooker archives on > > rpmfind and attempted to do an upgrade. I started out doing a simple rpm > > -Uvh netscape-common*rpm, rpm -Uvh

[expert] Re: Friggin' Netscape

2000-02-26 Thread Rich Clark
Disregard my last... I got it unscrewed. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

[expert] Freakin' Netscape...

2000-02-26 Thread Rich Clark
start over from scratch? -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] tar -- what does it stand for?

2000-02-25 Thread Rich Clark
On Fri, 25 Feb 2000, Bug Hunter wrote: > > strange question... > > does tar stand for "Tape ARchive" utility? AFAIR, it does, but I'm > checking with the experts. :) > > U yeah, it do. Even says so on the man page. -- Rich Clark Sign the

Re: [expert] fdisk error, interesting.

2000-02-25 Thread Rich Clark
o Western Dig's site, download wddiag.exe, boot DOS and run it. It will perform a rather exhaustive check and report back via a numeric code the status of your drive. If it needs replacing, it will tell you. Thank goodness that WD's drives all carry a 3 year warranty. Any further questions

Re: [expert] mdk 6.1 mirrors?

2000-02-24 Thread Rich Clark
Clean up after yourself and you should be set. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] No email delivery

2000-02-24 Thread Rich Clark
net) with > no additional configuration. > > I would be very grateful for any ideas about what to do. > > Joe > > I've seen this happen when both postfix and sendmail rpm's were installed. My suggestion would be to remove both postfix and sendmail rpm&#

Re: [expert] Getting the eepro100 pci to work

2000-02-23 Thread Rich Clark
hich lets the BIOS choose. > Another thing about the BIOS: if you have some option like "assign > IRQ to VGA card" or something like that, UNcheck it and see what > it assigned (or didn't) to the AGP card. I believe that it was the MVP3 and it's odd IRQ assignment features that prompted some mobo manufacturers to ask for and ship the interrupt-sharing patch for Winblows 95. The only thing I'd be worried about is that if you disable the irq for the AGP, it often screws up the display. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Getting the eepro100 pci to work

2000-02-23 Thread Rich Clark
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Jeremy Kersenbrock wrote: > What does USB have to do with this? I understand how diabling USB would free > up an IRQ, but this Intel nic will always take IRQ11 unless I find a way to get > the DOS setup program to run. It doesn't even run when I shutdown and reboot > in MS-

Re: [expert] Getting the eepro100 pci to work

2000-02-23 Thread Rich Clark
On Wed, 23 Feb 2000, Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > Rich Clark wrote: > > > > On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > > Re-read the thread *carefully*. He's already told us that it's not > > jumpered and there's no software config available. >

Re: [expert] Getting the eepro100 pci to work

2000-02-22 Thread Rich Clark
On Tue, 22 Feb 2000, Jean-Louis Debert wrote: > Rich Clark wrote: > > Jeremy, > > > > If your BIOS supports it, you should be able to specify which card is > > assigned what IRQ. Reboot, press delete when prompted, then look for > > PnP/PCI setup. > >

Re: [expert] Getting the eepro100 pci to work

2000-02-22 Thread Rich Clark
gestions, > but I think I'll be looking for a different nic (a 3com 3c905-TX; I've heard > that they're the best). 3+ weeks of trying to get this piece of junk to work is > more than enough. > > Jeremy > > Jeremy, If your BIOS supports it, you should be ab

[expert] Intermittent problems while compiling...

2000-02-22 Thread Rich Clark
occasions, the compilation will bomb out with a parse error. When I look over the sources, I can't find any problem with the code. My initial thought is maybe my RAM is glitching out on me. Any other ideas? Damn it, I don't wanna go spend more cash on RAM. -- Rich Clark

Re: [expert] "Push" Technology and Linux/Apache

2000-02-17 Thread Rich Clark
ll you more than i could. > > Bill > > Seve, I'd like to see a copy of whatever answer you get, please, as I'm interested in one day doing the same thing. First I have to learn a bit more about Apache and html, but what the hell, I can dream... *8) -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Problems with 2.2.14-1mdklinus Kernel

2000-02-14 Thread Rich Clark
On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Axalon Bloodstone wrote: > On Mon, 14 Feb 2000, Rich Clark wrote: > > > On Sun, 13 Feb 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > > > > > I'm trying install the 2.2.14-15 kernel over the one that came with Mdk7.0-2 >(which is 2.2.14-1m

Re: [expert] Problems with 2.2.14-1mdklinus Kernel

2000-02-14 Thread Rich Clark
;problem is I still get the useless > 2.2.14-1mdklinus kernel. > > Should I keep trying or is this a problem with Mdk7.0-2? > > Seve > > Execute "rpm -e kernel-mdklinux" then "rpm -ivh kernel-2.2.14-15mdk.i586.rpm". I think you'll clear your

Re: [expert] Should I?

2000-02-13 Thread Rich Clark
> suggest? Thanks to you all, > John Connell > > It'll be noticeably slow but I think it should work out. If anything, Redhat 6.2 should work, along with Slack, Suse and any other Linux flavor that isn't optimized for >i586. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://

Re: [expert] postfix mail server.

2000-02-13 Thread Rich Clark
uxconf/netconf configure something, it always sets the group back to root on postfix's sendmail, disabling the local smtpd. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Samba 2.0.6

2000-02-13 Thread Rich Clark
or something on that order. Any Ideas? > > Thanks in advance > > M. Hahn > > Try adding your users to the smbpasswd file using addsmbuser. Works for me. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Netsacpe problems

2000-02-07 Thread Rich Clark
ROTECTED]) > > > running Linux Mandrake 6.1 and/or BeOS. > > > > Yes much intrested of answer > > > > Jarmo > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Running LM 7.0 or win9898% LM > > > > I've noticed the same problem, usually happens

Re: [expert] MDK 7.0 Install - Easy as a pie!

2000-02-05 Thread Rich Clark
hear most of all in these complaint posts is each individual's frustration with being unable to find the problems and fix the problems by themselves. I do feel, however, that 7.0 was rushed through to production a bit too quickly. Good product == long beta test period during which all thes

Re: AW: [expert] SMB Trick: Using linux user accounts for SAMBA

2000-02-04 Thread Rich Clark
tem. The only step I had to complete to make it able to use encrypted passwords was to execute "addsmbuser" and add all my users to that file. I also learned that if I use Linuxconf to add users accounts to my machine, it will automatically place the new id and password in the smbpasswd file. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] 128 mb mem

2000-02-04 Thread Rich Clark
25612 kB MemShared:31456 kB Buffers: 3408 kB Cached: 40984 kB BigTotal: 0 kB BigFree: 0 kB SwapTotal: 128484 kB SwapFree: 72412 kB Now, care to repeat that statement without your foot in your mouth? - Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Postfix Question

2000-02-03 Thread Rich Clark
n /etc/postfix, you'll find main.cf. Search on "myhostname" and change that to your FQDN. Save your changes, run "postfix reload". Should take care of the problem. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

RE: [expert] SMB Help Please.

2000-02-03 Thread Rich Clark
on Services \ Voice: (905) 525-9140 x22920 > ABB 132 \ FAX: (905) 528-3773 > McMaster University \ > Hamilton, Ontario, Canada L8S 4M1 \ > > All he needs to do is smbadduser it'll prompt him for each user in his list he w

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 for 486

2000-02-02 Thread Rich Clark
entium version of Mandrake. > > Any questions? > > Hoyt > > > Note to the clueless: read the above with tongue inserted fully in cheek. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] network is unreachable

2000-01-24 Thread Rich Clark
; fine before rebooting!!! Its late ak-time and I must be > missing something obvious > > Read My Lips.."I will always back up all import config files > of a working system before rebooting or altering anything" > > Yeah right, I've heard that before.

Re: [expert] local-mail-warning?

2000-01-22 Thread Rich Clark
esults in pine freezing while it waits for the connection with smtpd to time out. I check the logs and it's reporting the same error message, that sendmail is setuid root. If I set sendmail's group to postfix, the problem is cured. Location of the file is /usr/sbin. Oh, if I run linuxconf after I've made the change, linuxconf will change the group for sendmail back to root. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.0 printer weirdness?

2000-01-21 Thread Rich Clark
ions included "Fast text printing (non-PS printers only)?" as a default option. I unchecked the selection box, saved the config and it came back to life. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] O.T. personal internet access via employer connection

2000-01-18 Thread Rich Clark
ialup internet account without much to say about it but as far as mini-ISP or anything related... nah. Can I come work for you guys? grin -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] LICQ broke with 7 (AIR)?

2000-01-18 Thread Rich Clark
d fashioned way too, Thanks anyway though ;-) > > > > > > > -- > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > ICQ 1796276 > > > > I've grabbed the qt2 tarball from troll.no and I've run into a fustercluck of bugs in the code. I wish I knew more about C++ though; I'm gu

Re: [expert] Trying to install linux on a screwed up 486 ;-)

2000-01-13 Thread Rich Clark
) (Try it > with an AOL CD ) > John > I can confirm this. Grin -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Restoring kernel 2.2.13-7 -- How?

2000-01-11 Thread Rich Clark
switch too, but be sure to install the wanted > kernel package (or some programs might stop repsonding). > > > > rpm -e kernel-2.2.13-7mdk --nodeps > rpm -e kernel-2.2.13-22mdk --nodeps > rpm -i kernel-2.2.13-7msk.i386.rpm (or whatever the name is) > > -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] Trying to install linux on a screwed up 486 ;-)

2000-01-10 Thread Rich Clark
;s not supposed to be run on 486's. However, put Redhat or one of the mini-router distribs on it and I wouldn't be surprised if it would run like a champ. -- Rich Clark Sign the petition at http://www.libranet.com/petition.html Help bring us more Linux Drivers

Re: [expert] 64 MB limit?

1999-12-21 Thread Rich Clark
Note that the following line added to your /etc/lilo.conf will accomplish the same damned thing: append=`mem=256m` Rich On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, Bug Hunter wrote: > > LILO: linux mem=256M > > note that if your bios copies slow video bios rom into ram, you might > have to enter 255M rather t

Re: [expert] Kernel

1999-12-21 Thread Rich Clark
I've seen this. Happened when I tried to compile 2.2.13-22mdk without SMP enabled. Fix was to reenable SMP. Rich Clark On Tue, 21 Dec 1999, William English wrote: > i need help again now it does this stuff when i am trying to compile it > > > /usr/src/linux-2.2.13/include

Re: [expert] Net uncreachable

1999-12-17 Thread Rich Clark
Dan, It's either fouled up cabling or a rotten network card. Check those two items out and you'll probably correct your problem. Rich On Thu, 16 Dec 1999, Dan Egli wrote: > Question for you all (I'm new to this list, so forgive if this isn't the > usual format or question style) > > I just

Re: [expert] More on Printer problems.

1999-12-13 Thread Rich Clark
Alan, In printtool, did you kill the definition for your old printer? When you print with all these different programs, are you selecting the lp0 definition? It sounds like you've added this printer but haven't told the programs about it. They're all configured to use the original printer on l

Re: [expert] Installing without a floppy drive

1999-12-12 Thread Rich Clark
What some folks seem to miss is the DOSUTILS directory on the installation CD. Start up in DOS with your CDROM drivers installed and mscdex set up so you can access the CD. cd to the DOSUTILS directory, execute AUTOBOOT.BAT and you're be on your way to installing. Rich On Sat, 11 Dec 1999, Ste

Re: [expert] 2.2.13-22mdk is bogus?

1999-12-09 Thread Rich Clark
All, I've run into the exact same problem myself, however I've not come up with a resolution. I, too, am running -22mdk. Rebuilding the kernel and modules thus far hasn't worked. I've pondered possibly deleting my present set of modules, then rebuilding them to see what happens as a depmod pr