[expert] Civilme: inquiring minds want to know

2001-03-24 Thread Simon Cousins
Hi Listers, I run Mdk 7.2 on a broad range of desktops and servers. I've RTFM and issued appropos, scanned the LDP, and read every HOWTO and FAQ. But I just cannot figure out how to pronounce Civilme. -- :-) Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] MandrakeUpdate tips

2001-02-28 Thread Simon Cousins
time you run MU the item will correctly update and disappear from the list. 6. Run MU from a terminal (issue MandrakeUpdate) rather than from DrakCOnf. Leave the terminal window open so you can see what messages are being written while you update. This can assist debugging. Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] urpmi, apt-get

2001-02-27 Thread Simon Cousins
On Tue, 27 Feb 2001 19:51:15 -0500 Marc Siegel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi all, > > I am a user of Mandrake 7.2 and i would like an easier time upgrading things. > For some reason I've never been able to get MandrakeUpdate to work, btw. Hi Mark, MandrakeUpdate shouldn't be giving you tro

Re: [expert] Good Laptops to Install Mandrake

2001-02-24 Thread Simon Cousins
On Sat, 24 Feb 2001 12:40:48 -0600 Larry Blodgett <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > What are the preferred laptops for installing Mandrake? I love my ThinkPad A21e. 15" LCD @ 1024x768, 512Mb/10Gb, added a Lucent Orinoco wireless card. OSS supports the Intel soundcard and the speakers sound incredi

[expert] Orinoco WaveLan solved

2001-02-22 Thread Simon Cousins
ent kernel (2.2.18). Anthony was quite right about the pcmcia-cs package. pcmcia-cs-3.1.24 from sourceforge works a treat. FWIW, I have the client correctly using an Apple AirPort base station for bridging to my LAN and the net. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] "I have challenged the

Re: [expert] WaveLAN setup guide?

2001-02-22 Thread Simon Cousins
The man page for wvlan_cs suggests to issue #insmod wvlan_cs.o ... but I'm confused about the values for irq_list= (and anyways insmod complains to me that there is no wvlan_cs.o...) 4. I don't completely understand the logged messages: what is the line: + usage: ifup telling me? 5. Am I just completely thick? Am I missing something simple? Sorry for the clueless questions. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] WaveLAN setup guide?

2001-02-21 Thread Simon Cousins
ice is found". Not much help. Any advice is much appreciated before I slice-and-dice my primary working system... Best, -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] "What is this talk of 'release'? Klingons do not make software 'releases'. Our software 'escapes'

Re: [expert] LinuxConf of DrakConf is not working properly

2001-02-10 Thread Simon Cousins
On 2/11/01 1:58 AM, "Kuldeep Shah" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Perhaps someone can assist me on this problem which i am facing with LM 7.2 > > Linuxconf in DrakConf is not working properly. After clicking on LinuxConf - > System Configuration in DrakConf, i am getting a dialog box which is havi

Re: [expert] drakxservices

2001-02-01 Thread Simon Cousins
t it does not appear to be > working. Any Ideas? I've seen similar failure to effect change in services. I've made a habit of running linuxconf from the non-X console white the Mdk developers get drakxservices sorted out. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You people just

[expert] An observation on this Mandrake list

2001-01-30 Thread Simon Cousins
sn't do what I think it should ;-) , THANK YOU. I promise I'll have patience and I'll always try to remember how hard you folks work, for not enough material reward. I'll try to pay you back with my evangelism of your work. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds.

[expert] Mandrake list problems again

2001-01-27 Thread Simon Cousins
Jan 2001 03:19:40 -0800 (PST) From: SYMPA <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > info [EMAIL PROTECTED] List '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' does not exist. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Progress is made by lazy men looking for easier ways to do things." - Robert A. Heinlein.

Re: [expert] winmodems

2001-01-26 Thread Simon Cousins
ds in tears. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] If you do not leave me alone I will replace you with a very small shell script.

[expert] MandrakeUpdate [Q]: cache file?

2001-01-25 Thread Simon Cousins
s in their MandrakeUpdate Apps, which irritates the sysadmin staff and results in lots of bandwidth being wasted by un-necessary patch downloads. I can't find a .conf or cache file, and #rpm --rebuilddb makes no difference. Any pointers? -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] To not

Re: [expert] How dost one mount a Mac drive?

2001-01-23 Thread Simon Cousins
lt, all *nix useraccts have their home dirs shared out to the Mac's Chooser. Encrypted passwords (from client-to-server) are enabled by default. Grab the Webmin netatalk module (netatalk.wbn) and install it. You'll need Webmin 0.83 or better (grab the latest build from the Cooker mir

Re: [expert] Disk drive monitor

2001-01-23 Thread Simon Cousins
ation) data. My favourite monitoring tool.. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] He who dies with the largest RAID wins.

Re: [expert] ADSL -- runs on Win98, NOT on Linux!

2001-01-20 Thread Simon Cousins
tion failed" (which would indicate bad authentication settings). -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] He who dies with the most bandwidth wins.

[expert] What creates /proc/ide/* ?

2001-01-18 Thread Simon Cousins
n OEM brand of Matsushita) -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Teach a man to make fire, and he will be warm for a day. Set a man on fire, and he will be warm for the rest of his life. - John A. Hrastar

Re: [expert] webmin wont work

2000-12-24 Thread Simon Cousins
> Hmm, I've been using Webmin all this time without SSL, > and I can't seem to make it work WITH ssl... I have to > use http://localhost:1 to connect. How do I enable > SSL for Webmin? Bob, You'll find the howto at http://www.webmin.com/webmin/ssl.html Happy ho

[expert] Uh-oh. Helixcode has not exactly improved my Foot menu...

2000-12-23 Thread Simon Cousins
The Helixcode menu util sees only it's menus. Ne'er the twain shall meet. So I can go in with vim and edit all menus by hand back to sanity, but if any lister had a better (ie, easier) solution, I'd be most appreciative. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] "Progress is made by la

Re: [expert] webmin wont work

2000-12-22 Thread Simon Cousins
> Type shttp instead of http. Or even https https://localhost:1/ -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] What's a Debian and where can I buy one?

Re: [expert] RPM simply doesn't work

2000-12-22 Thread Simon Cousins
pdate and grab gprmi first, then quit MandrakeUpdate, then relaunch to update MandrakeUpdate, then quit and #rpm --rebuilddb and then reboot. Then use MandrakeUpdate to patch the rest of the system without the rpm 'hang' condition. YMMV. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] "You people just don't get it, do you? All Linux applications run on Solaris, which is our implementation of Linux." Sun CEO Scott McNealy

Re: [expert] RPM simply doesn't work

2000-12-22 Thread Simon Cousins
t switch. I've seen this behaviour on three different 7.2 boxes that I've set up recently. After updating grpmi (and MandrakeUpdate) to latest versions, the bug has completely disappeared. Always remember to #rpm --rebuilddb after such a crash-out, btw. -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTE

Re: [expert] Broken cdrom.ing?

2000-12-11 Thread Simon Cousins
ight on a P-II and the autoprobe correctly found and identified the BusLogic PCI SCSI adapter. From memory it was a BusLogic LT. Does #lspci or #cat /proc/pci show the hardware? -- Simon Cousins [EMAIL PROTECTED] Do not meddle in the affairs of sysadmins, for they are subtle, and quick to a