Re: [expert] Mdk 8.0 and trying to compile new kernel?

2001-09-20 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 22:16, you wrote: > OK.. I have tried to upgrade my kernel in Mandrake 8.0 about 5 times now, > and I just can't get the damn thing to go in correctly.. something always > fails, or doesn't work (internet being the main one) and then it's no > longer stable. > For w

Re: [expert] Nimda

2001-09-19 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 20:42, you wrote: > I've read some posts from other lists that from dists of Linux can be > vulnerable to this new "nimda" virus. > > Should I have any concern? > > I'm running 7.2 and 8.0 > > > Regards, > Brett > > Nop... its aimed to harm Win_M$ systems ;-) same

Re: [expert] rsync mirrors for 8.1 RC1

2001-09-19 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 07:05, you wrote: > I have just looked at some of the rsync mirrors and cannot find mdk8.1 > RC1 on the ones I normally use. Can someone list some rsync mirrors for > this version please. > > BillK I know of a couple places that support rsync and I use myself: ftp

Re: [expert] kde 2.2.1 0n 8.1

2001-09-19 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Wednesday 19 September 2001 15:19, you wrote: > On Wednesday 19 September 2001 4:50 pm, you wrote: > > So sprach »Tom Badran« am 2001-09-19 um 16:40:27 +0100 : > > > RC1 contains 2.2.1 > > > > No, it does not. > > > > [root@teich ALT]# find /mnt -name "kdebase*rpm" > > /mnt/loop1/Mandrake/R

Re: [expert] Changing mounts and partitions

2001-09-15 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Saturday 15 September 2001 15:45, you wrote: > Well by just trying it, the answers seems to be, Yes, Yes you can. > > > I did: > > cd /usr > cp -a . /new > vi /etc fstab > (changed the mount point for hdb3 from /new to /usr) > mv /usr /usr2 > mkdir /usr > > > Then I rebooted and everything came

Re: [expert] Blocking oulook/outlook express

2001-09-15 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Saturday 15 September 2001 13:40, you wrote: > Tom Badran wrote: > > Im running a multipurpose server based on mandrak 8, using postfix and > > the pop3 service in xinetd. However i would really like to block any > > requests (posts or pop downloads) from outlook and outlook express email > > c

Re: [expert] Lilo

2001-09-12 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Wednesday 12 September 2001 12:58, you wrote: > Hi, > > Yesterday I lost my lilo boot sector, so I had to re-install LM8.0. It > installed 6 more menus in it's boot setup. I don't know how to take them > out. I read the lilo manual and there's nothing in there to tell you how to > take them out

Re: [expert] RPM question

2001-09-11 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Tuesday 11 September 2001 14:36, you wrote: > I'm trying to apply the latest security patches to a LM 8.0 system that > doesn't have X installed. I can't use MandrakeUpdate, and rpm -Uvh won't > let me upgrade glibc and glibc-devel because of dependencies. I've tried > using --force but that

Re: [expert] Reiser FS or ext3?

2001-09-10 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Monday 10 September 2001 11:25, you wrote: > On my 8.0 system, I'm using Reiser FS for all partitions except for /boot, > which is ext2. I've seen on the web page about how 8.1 will have support > for ext3 (which I presume is new?) in the kernel. And I've seen comments > here which suggest th

Re: Fwd: Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade

2001-09-10 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Monday 10 September 2001 16:08, you wrote: > >>-- Forwarded Message -- > > Subject: Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade > Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2001 07:50:37 -0700 > From: "David Guntner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > civileme grabbed a keyboard a

Re: [expert] Problem with kernel upgrade

2001-09-09 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Sunday 09 September 2001 01:48, you wrote: > I'm hoping that someone can help me here > > I'm running Mandrake 8.0, and when I ran MandrakeUpdate this morning, I > noticed that there was a new kernel upgrade from my existing 2.4.3-20mdk to > 2.4.7-12.3mdk. I selected the kernel, header, so

Re: [expert] Cannot startx

2001-09-08 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Saturday 08 September 2001 21:26, you wrote: > I have upgraded to XFree86 4.1 via mandrake update. when I try to startx > from run level 3 as a user i recieve the error, > "authentication failed-cannot start X server. Perhpas you do not have > console ownership?" > This started becasue I want

Re: [expert] Fundamental problem with Linux on the mass markey desktop?

2001-09-08 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Saturday 08 September 2001 00:43, you wrote: > The constantly changing APIs/libraries. > > Moving from mdk7.2 to 8.0 required a complete reinstall to make > sure no "ghosts from the past" remain to cause problems. This > is because massive amounts of upgraded libraries were introduced, > and m

[expert] Voodoo3 (Generic) Help w/config.

2001-06-25 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
I had a nVIDIA TNT2 64 with 32 mb and I was able to run Q3 Tuxracer, most other game... I had move this card to a Pentium-IV that I am building... ;-) Now I am using a Voodoo3 (generic) with only 16 mb in vram, but I am not familiar with the procedure to anable acceleration on a voodoo card. I

[expert] Test (Ignore!)

2001-06-19 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
Test to see if my email server is working properly ;-) sk

[expert] Installing NVidia drivers in Mandrake 8.0

2001-06-11 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
"Some of you may be asking, "Why didn't he use the RPM packages?". Well, we don't know which kernel version the RPMs were built with..." - For ALL of you having problems configuring NVidia with Mandrake 8.0 there is a review here (more than review, a w

Re: [expert] ICQ for Linux

2000-08-09 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
On Wed, 09 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Hi. > > Does anyone know of a good ICQ client for Linux? I'm running LICQ at > the moment, but I'm having a lot of trouble with it (crashing, garbage > in messages, etc.) > > Regards, > Ozz. > ICQ 1287648 (when it's working) You can try KIcq but it hasn't upgrad

[Cooker] In-Securities (?)

2000-06-26 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
Taken from: SecurityPortal.com -- June 26, 2000 Weekly Linux Security Roundup - Vendors have finally caught up on the INN and Kernel issues. A lot moreexploit code has been released for a number of packages, so if you are not up to date you might want to spend the weekend installing AutoRPM or

[Cooker] In-Securities (?)

2000-06-26 Thread Sergio P.Korlowsky
Taken from: SecurityPortal.com -- June 26, 2000 Weekly Linux Security Roundup - Vendors have finally caught up on the INN and Kernel issues. A lot moreexploit code has been released for a number of packages, so if you are not up to date you might want to spend the weekend installing AutoRPM o