Michael Schurr wrote:
Hello!
I've been using Mandrake 7.1 for several weeks without any problems.
Suddenly the soundcard, an Ensoniq|ES1371 [AudioPCI-97], stopped working. I didn't
changed anything at the system.
So I started "sndconfig" again, the soundcard was detected, but before
Mike MacCana wrote:
StarOffice is now OpenOffice, so feature requests and comments, as well
as bug reports should go to one of the lists at openoffice.org.
Don't confuse StarOffice with OpenOffice. OpenOffice contains StarOffice
code, but they're still different things.
-Stephen-
Keep
Declan Moriarty wrote:
FWIW, I had a problem with pppd some time back - I downloaded a new kernel, and
it needed a new version of pppd, which I couldn't build. I got onto the
linux-ppp list run by [EMAIL PROTECTED] Some guy writing patches for
pppd wrote a patch for my system, and it got
Hello:
john wrote:
Background:
I am running a 3com 3c905b card. It works fine, dual
boot box. It is installed without errors in the logs.
I have completely and thoroughly gone over setup with
my isp on configuration(twice). dsl-router-hub-me!
Problem:
Still nothing. I am good for
Hi, Vic:
I have my relay controls set to block
unidentified relayers (mostly spammers)
but I have a few pop users (I want
to give a couple of my buddies an
e mail account) but I do not wish to
enable the whole domain to use my
smtp to send mail as they are on
one of those free isp
logos wrote:
Is the list alive??? 100+ messages a day and now nothing for 2 days...hmmm
HA! You are an @Home customer -- there's your answer.
Have you called @Home technical support recently? If you can get
through, they'll tell you... hem... that they've been having problems
with their
Vic wrote:
I'm using sendmail, its the only one I am capable of
using, sorry.
Sendmail 8.10 has a set of SMTP-AUTH features (smtp authentication
features). I don't use sendmail myself, so I wouldn't be able to provide
much help for you on that (personally I find sendmail ridiculously
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Does anyone know where I can get Aureal drivers for 7.2???
You can get Aureal drivers for *Linux* at
http://sourceforge.net/projects/aureal
Enjoy!
-Stephen-
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Alexander Skwar wrote:
So sprach Stephen Bosch am Thu, Oct 26, 2000 at 01:10:10PM -0600:
You can't mount an NTFS partition on the same machine using Samba. Who's
providing the SMB service?
Windows NT running in VMware
Hey, that doesn't count. That solution is just too kludgy
Larry Marshall wrote:
Yep...I don't think conventional machinery need apply. I haven't tweeked
VMware yet but with only 64megs assigned to it on a 500mhz machine, it's
pretty clunky in terms of performance. Still might do what I need to run
a word processor though :-)
Just talking out
Hello:
"D.D.Brierton" wrote:
But now only root can print!
I don't know why---I've read through the printing howto, and checked
the file permissions and everything looks fine:
# ls -l /var/spool/lpd/lp/
total 32
-rwx--1 lp lp 9479 Oct 29 02:51 filter*
Greg Stewart wrote:
Since I'm used to using linuxconf, that's how I'll explain it...
In User Account|Normal|User Accounts add or select the user you want to have
root priveledges, and add that user to the root group You may be prompted to
correct the user's ~/home directory permissions
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I've got Mandrake 7.02 on my laptop and have NT4 on another partition. How
do I go about mounting this partition so that I can write to it?
Use mount.
Then destroy the data on your NTFS partition when you try to write to
it.
NTFS write support is still
Praedor Tempus wrote:
I would appreciate it if someone who has KDE 2.0 installed and
running trying something for me. Running in a user session, right-
click on a mount point/harddrive icon and select "properties".
I have found that if I do this on my system, Mandrake
did it crash
"Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote:
What Mandrake version do u use? Mdk6.0 uses "pump" for dynamicly
assigned addresses. v6.1 also may use pump. Newer versions
use dhcp.
Pump handles dhcp *and* bootp -- if you aren't using pump you need
dhcpcd. Dhcpd is the server daemon -- you need the client.
Alann:
Many people have had difficulties with APC's own BackUPS software. I
would recommend you use the non-APC open source daemon
apcupsd
which you can find by searching for this term at www.google.com/linux.
I am currently using this daemon to support an Oracle server running on
a BackUPS
Gavin Clark wrote:
on 10/11/00 1:56 PM, Stephen Bosch wrote:
GrAnT GaLbRaiTh wrote:
I'm wondering if its possible to burn a CD from an ISO image using a mac
burner (it's all I have at work).
Then, when you're done, you can go and install Yellow Dog Linux on the
Mac
Mark Weaver wrote:
Hi list,
I've been trying to compile kernel 2.2.17 for the past 6 days and I'm
having very little success at doing so. So, I have a few questions.
1) has anyone else been experiencing a lot of trouble
getting this kernel to compile cleanly and
Matthew Persico wrote:
Charles Curley wrote:
Seriously, I don't know why anyone other than a recent Windows refugee
uses Netscape's email client. It's buggy and very limited compared to what
the combination of, say, mutt, fetchmail, procmail and sendmail can do.
Well, there are we
LINK WORLD wrote:
I cannot telnet to my system. I have a rtl100a Compex card which seems to work fine
(because I can telnet to another system on the network). If I try to telnet to this
system from anywhere on the lan (including this system itself) I get:
Trying 192.168.1.2
Connected to
Sorry... just realized that the inetd does have a line for telnet, or it
wouldn't have "picked up the phone"
But it would still be worthwhile to see what's in your /etc/inetd.conf
file...
-Stephen-
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
When you installed this time around did you install and enable apmd?
apmd supports laptop power management only. It causes problems on
desktops with ACPI, which is why ACPI has been added to kernel 2.4.
If you are running apmd, is it starting normally?
I have
"Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote:
Just like anything else: it depends...
All winmodems are PCI-based, but not all PCI-based modems are
winmodems.
Sorry? Not all Winmodems are PCI based. I have several ISA Winmodems.
If it costs more tham $65, it *probably* is a
"hardware" modem, as opposed
to
specify a default group, but the same applies to NT.
Stephen Bosch
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- Original Message -
From: Jeroen Verhoeven [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Thursday, September 21, 2000 1:58 AM
Subject: RE: [expert] Why do all Linux files from FAT32 partition looks
executable?
Hi all,
I have an interesting problem, I could not find the answer
Buchan Milne wrote:
Wherever possible I avoid Microsoft filesystems.
NTFS is not that bad. It supports ACLs which linux does not yet. The
biggest problem is that very few Windows (NT) users know/care about file
permissions.
NT's file access control is, if you ask me, a complete disaster
Okay, but you don't need to build an RPM to do that -- just take a
standard kernel source RPM or a kernel tarball and build a custom kernel
from that. What you are trying to do is a first step into rocket science
-- not for the meek.
As I said, if you have a large organization, and you
Viktor Lakics wrote:
This could be very annoying sometimes eg. when you backup your linux
stuff on FAT32 partition (I use this file system for my data, because
I need to acces this stuff under Windoze as well), install a new linux
version and want to install your linux files again from the
Jeff Groves wrote:
I am trying to build a kernel RPM from a kernel source RPM.
A kernel source SRPM?
I can, for instance, get kernel-source and kernel-header RPMs from
rpmfind.net and compile a kernel from those.
That's not the same as getting a kernel-binary RPM (which do exist) or
Charles Hixson wrote:
It partially depends on just what your purpose is in switching users. The
easiest way is to su to the new id. I'm not really up on Linux, but on
System V all one needed to do was:
su newUser
password:
This works in Linux -- the problem I frequently encounter is
Jeff Groves wrote:
I still have not figured out how to build the kernel from source.
I installed a fresh version of Mandrake 7.1 (Developer option) with all the
standard defaults. The only unusual thing I did was to create ReiserFS
filesystems (except for /boot).
Now I have a
Lyle wrote:
May I suggest a tool like Ghost or Disk copy to copy the install? Then just
adjust the name IP address...
Ghost from Symantec and Disk Copy from Power Quest is the fastest way, I
know to restore a system.
There has GOT to be a better way to do this than to use those
"Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)" wrote:
XWindows was designed around Unix. Just set the DISPLAY environment
variable at the command (telnet) prompt before starting the program that
uses X. The format is host:session where session is usually 0.
e.g. DISPLAY=192.168.1.5:0
If the X command
Lyle:
From your shell, try
netstat -a
and see what ports are occupied... this might give you a clue about what
is hogging port 23.
-Stephen-
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Brent:
On 8 Sep 2000, Brent Hawkins wrote:
I just compiled Kernel 2.2.17 and found that xconfig had some features grayed
out (like some network cards).
2.2.17 isn't an official kernel patch (i.e., it's a Mandrake patch -- I
should add also that it is a bit buggy... I had problems with
On Sat, 9 Sep 2000, Lyle wrote:
I don't like to talk bad about brands, but Western Digital is one of the few
that I discuss. Western Digital has a wonderfull warrenty and is quite easy
to exchange bad HD's when needed. The problem is that WD hard drives have
to be replaced more often
Hey... this sounds like it could be it -- where are the timer settings, and why
wouldn't it be setting the timer?
-Stephen-
Pierre Fortin wrote:
Looking into the problem (before I saw this thread), it appears the problem is
due to a timer popping early. Looking at the log of a successful
Hello, all:
I want to use /bin/mail to transmit mails generated by an application;
but I don't want them to be from the user that executes the script
(since that e-mail address is invalid; the machine is behind a firewall
and doesn't have a true FQDN).
I have already configured sendmail.cf to
Mark Weaver wrote:
By default Outlook Express composts messages in HTML.
Because, like, WOW - isn't HTML text cool!? Gotta keep Grandma and Grandpa
interested in the Internet! Look, you can have funky fonts and disgusting
backgrounds on your e-mails! Neat, huh?
*vomit*
-Stephen-
- Original Message -
From: Kari Suomela [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Wednesday, August 30, 2000 11:16 AM
Subject: [expert] re-install, saving passwd/shadow files
Tuesday August 22 2000 11:32, Daniel Woods wrote to Expert Linux list:
DW /etc/group files. Can I copy
by Stephen Bosch:
And again -- that SIGHUP is damn peculiar -- who is sending it?
I suspect that that is modem generated. Every modem i have ever owned
generates a SIGHUP when the other end hangs up on it.
That makes sense. If the ISP doesn't like the PPP handshaking for whatever
reason
Okay, gentlepersons...
I selected "Hardware clock set to UTC" when I installed Mandrake 6.1
recently. Upon reboot the system behaves somewhat strangely -- that is,
it assumes the hardware clock is local time and completely buggers up
the time setting and all applications that are dependent on
"Stout, Wayne" wrote:
It's not a static ip, so I know I'll need to run either dhcp or pump. I
gather from past messages that Mandrake defaults to pump, is this correct?
Does it really matter?
Earlier versions of pump were rather flaky, but I think those problems have been
corrected. Just
Ay me!
Dr. Michael Powell
or
Michael Powell, PhD
but *never* the silly-ly redundant
Dr. Michael Powell PhD
Aside from the fact that this attack on Michael is extraordinarily juvenile...
This form of signature is used to distinguish been a medical doctor
On Wed, 30 Aug 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I don't know about French Lists for Experts but there are several members
on this list who are multi-lingual. Denis and Jean-Paul come to mind.
Someone will reply you can be sure of it. I think it's great that we have
so many talented people on
Gavin Clark wrote:
I would also guess that the console doesn't have a font with umlauts
anyway.
It should -- mine does...
-Stephen-
Gavin
Bonjour, Pierre:
- Original Message -
From: Pierre Taczynski [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sent: Monday, August 28, 2000 6:51 AM
Subject: [expert] Configuration de mon réseau avec DHCP
Bonjour,
j'ai un petit problème avec Mandrake (7.0 ou 7.1 même combat). A
l'installation
My word...
I have been having exactly this same problem, and this is after a whole
month of trouble-free operation... why is the damn thing dropping
connections?
I know this wasn't very helpful, but I want to add my name to the chorus. I
expect to take another stab at this problem later in the
Hi, Doc:
3. The command line I'm using (to get rid of One More Variable -- kppp)
looks like this:
pppd connect 'chat -v "" ATDT3034427097 CONNECT "" name: n7dr word:
password goes here' /dev/modem 115200 debug crtscts defaultroute
The above is all on one line, and seems to give exactly
Hullo:
I have been doing some research. In general, ppp problems fall into four
broad areas:
1. physical installation of modem
wrong serial port, it's a winmodem, setserial config needed, IRQ
conflicts, pnp not set up, linmodem drivers not installed
Modem works fine. It's been
Bonjour, Pierre:
Bonjour Stephen,
après avoir majoritairement essayé de régler le problème via Drakconf,
j'ai mis les mains dans /etc/hosts et il me semble que losrque je
mettais le nom de ma machine je l'accompagnais de son IP. J'ai donc
suivi ton conseil et j'ai donc rajouté le nom de ma
On Fri, 25 Aug 2000, Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote:
I have upgraded recently (Fresh install) to LM 7.1. My girlfriends machine runs
win98.
I had IP Masq'ing running fine on 7.0, and copied the rc.firewall file onto the new
7.1 install.
Routes are fine, I can do anything internally but
Won't this overwrite .xinitrc?
Don't you want
echo kde .xinitrc?
But what if .xinitrc reads "gnome",
then "echo kde .xinitrc" will put kde
at the bottom of the file so gnome starts, then
kde too?
It may read:
"
gnome
kde
"
Right, I am sorry -- I thought he wasn't getting
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Dennis Robertson wrote:
Ellick and Stephen,
Thank you both - that got KDE to run, but only from startx in the
console. Getting there, though. If I boot to runlevel 5 I still get
the "cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm"" and respawning too fast
messages.
The first
Ellick Chan wrote:
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Dennis Robertson wrote:
In your home dir, try to "echo kde .xinitrc"
Won't this overwrite .xinitrc?
Don't you want
echo kde .xinitrc?
-Stephen-
Hello...
There is an ftp line in /etc/inetd.conf:
ftp stream tcp nowait root/usr/sbin/tcpd in.ftpd -l -a
Any other config files I should check?
You'd probably have to explicitly install it, but it really looks like inetd
is working properly, so there's no need to.
I'd say
Do you mean 'Textmode Quake' - http://webpages.mr.net/bobz/ttyquake/?
Basically uses the aalib library to render svga Quake. Very disturbing
stuff ;-) The web page is funny as hell, go read it. Don't actually
try to run this unless you're a 'sick sonofabitch', as the page states.
:-)
My turn for a few problems =)
First:
I recently put together an Oracle server running Mandrake 6.1. I have moved
to a Cooker kernel (2.2.17-0.16mdk) to close some security holes caused by
2.2.13 and because Oracle requires that some of the kernel parameters be
tweaked before compiling.
Nearly
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, you wrote:
No-one is forcing you to use vim. If you don't like it use something else! Can
we kill this thread please? The best thing to come out of it would be for
Mandrakesoft to take the suggestion of a default editor
Oh, and another thing:
This *is* an expert list. Experts usually know how to use a basic editor
and how to change the default editor when they need to.
-Stephen-
On Wed, 16 Aug 2000, Mallard wrote:
So put a big RED sticker on the disk with "WARNING: You may need to go
buy a book to learn how to use the overboard, overdesignedBLA BLA
BLA HOT AIR SNIP
Okay, Mallard - I have a suggestion for you. YOU make new Linux
distribution for non-geeks.
But
Bill Hudspeth wrote:
I agree with you 200%!
I have wasted all kinds of time trying to work with "UNIX"
tools that are outdated and clumsy, except for the geeks who
thought they were cute. They aren't.
Vi will always be around, and Linux/Unix admins will always have to know how
to use it.
On Fri, 11 Aug 2000, Austin L. Denyer (SysAdmin.) as root wrote:
"Stephen F. Bosch" wrote:
Ron Stodden wrote:
I feel sure the original questioner was referring to the ability of
the Windows GetRight downloader to divide the file to be downloaded
into up to 10 (number is
Mark Weaver wrote:
Hi list,
I've been trying, unsuccessfully, for the past week or so to get
connected from my Linux box to the servers where I work. To say I've
been unsuccessful would be a mild understatement.
I've installed the nwclient for Caldera. the installation went
flawlessly
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Mark Weaver wrote:
Well...I got it working, only to find out that I needed a lisence to use
it and the lisence costs a wopping $330 US dollars! I just about
choked! IT's really cool too. I was right there ready to start everything
up...the boss was looking on and I
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Mark Weaver wrote:
sorry about that. I assumed that it was understood that I had Linux
running and was attempting to get vmware installed and running. I was
trying to get it running on my home machine, but today at work I did get
it running only to find out that the
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, lorne schachter wrote:
I'm trying to umount to two windows partitions and umount hungs in an
uninterruptable
state. Anyone have any ideas why?
Are the shares you are trying to unmount on machines that are not
connected or off? That will give a hang.
-Stephen-
On Thu, 3 Aug 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
I understand Lexmarks are "Win-Printers"
General rule:
If it's not HP-PCL or PostScript, you are going to have trouble running it
on Linux. If it's a true Winprinter, you can give up now; at least if it
has some kind of native language you have a hope
Hello, everyone. I am back after a long absence (caused by a rush towards
milestone at work).
I have one of those "classic" problems, but there are some
peculiarities that prevent me from devining the cause of the trouble:
A Mandrake 6.1 machine that I configured in March to run telnet and
I have just changed from Red Hat to Mandrake 7.1 after using Red Hat for
six months or so.
When I installed Mandrake I chose "medium" security.
My problem is that when a remote user telnets into my machine, I cannot
communicate with him by using the "talk" program, I have to use the more
Oh -- and is it entered in /etc/inetd.conf?
Hi there..
I have just changed from Red Hat to Mandrake 7.1 after using Red Hat for
six months or so.
When I installed Mandrake I chose "medium" security.
My problem is that when a remote user telnets into my machine, I cannot
communicate
On Wed, 2 Aug 2000, Gilbert Baron wrote:
I told you. Nobody ever asked before. It is the BIOS that handles this
anyhow is it not. Version 7/1 should not se anything that 7.0 did not.
This message is useless, it does not ell why it is refusing to
accept it.
I think you will find
On Mon, 31 Jul 2000, rharvey wrote:
I have not seen any of my post in the messages.
please let me know if you have seen this or any of my other post.
I did not see this post.
-Stephen-
On Sun, 30 Jul 2000, Mark Weaver wrote:
Ok...all of a sudden as though the heavens have closed and the clouds have
all blown away there isn't any more messages coming from the list. What's
up with that. I'm not getting anything from the Expert, or Newbie lists.
Denis is reconfiguring the
Hello, everyone. I am back after a long absence (caused by a rush towards
milestone at work).
I have one of those "classic" problems, but there are some
peculiarities that prevent me from devining the cause of the trouble:
A Mandrake 6.1 machine that I configured in March to run telnet and ftp
Hi, George:
No, I didn't -- I know it's a lame excuse, but nobody ever answered my
e-mail, so I didn't bother.
But I can tell you how now:
When you install StarOffice, you have to have selected the "PalmPilot
Integration" option. If you haven't yet done this, you must run StarOffice
setup
On Thu, 25 May 2000, ibi wrote:
If I understood the discussion yesterday qmail can't be ported to Linux
because of the language. The developer of said app flatly refuses to
allow qmail to be adapted/adopted/ported or changed inre binary code.
No, Bernstein flatly refuses to GPL his code
On Thu, 25 May 2000, James wrote:
Pj wrote:
:If I understood the discussion yesterday qmail can't be ported to Linux
:because of the language. The developer of said app flatly refuses to
:allow qmail to be adapted/adopted/ported or changed inre binary code.
Ah.. well then, I guess I
On Thu, 25 May 2000, ibi wrote:
James wrote:
To add to the list of packages.. I think it would be really nice if
Mandrake offered more MTA solutions, namely qmail, which can be chosen
(with a brief definition of each) at install time.
James Franssen
If I understood the
On Thu, 25 May 2000, James wrote:
Since I will now be using Postfix with Mandrake 7.0, I am wondering if the
best way to install Postfix is with the RPM from the Mandrake RPM's, or
download the source from the Postfix page.
*sigh*
Where did people get the idea qmail doesn't run in Linux?
On Fri, 26 May 2000, Wayne Petherick wrote:
I would appreciate some help from anyone who has managed to get their palm
pilot up and running on MDK. I have kpilot running but for some reason,
it is not working.
I can help you, but I'm not in front of my machine right now.
Do you have
On Fri, 26 May 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
First of all, make a link from your serial port (where is connected
the palm) to /dev/pilot. (if i can remember well, cua0 is COM1 in dos,
cua1 is COM2, etc)
I had troubles using kpilot too. (I'm running mdk6.1) It didn't
On Sun, 21 May 2000, James Little wrote:
If you go to Microsoft's download page you'll find a download for Internet
Explorer 4.0 written for HP-UX and Solaris. Is it possible that one of
these would run on Mandrake? I just don't want to spend an hour downloading
for nothing.
Are you
On Sun, 21 May 2000, SGT_ROCK wrote:
How do I install Quake on a Linux box. I have the CD, but when I click the Setup.exe
nothing happens.
Help!!!
Oh boy.
-Stephen-
PS: Okay, okay -- I'll be nice -- go to www.linuxquake.com.
You can't use the Windows setup executable to install Quake
On Sat, 20 May 2000, John Aldrich wrote:
Yeah. My UPS saved the bacon for me this morning -- I woke
up to hear my UPS beeping at me. The power was off, so I
quickly came and shut down the linux box.
Is there Linux support available for serial port auto-shutdown with UPS?
-Stephen-
Well, you could try using MpegTV (www.mpegtv.com). The
unregistered version is
somewhat crippled, but still usefull if you don't need no seeker-bar.
Okay, I take back what I said -- some mpegs play, and some don't. What's the
difference in format?
Is the codec support for xanim built-in, or
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Vic wrote:
I can't beleive they actually did have a version
of aol for linux a long time ago
They did?
-Stephen-
On Thu, 13 Apr 2000, Sean Armstrong wrote:
Sounds like the floppie went bad or for some reason your system is
recognizing the format of the floppy. I had a similar experience with my
boot floppy, all I did was umount the floppy and then remount it with no
tags. The mount command
Hi:
Tell me - has the print server itself been configured properly? Print
servers usually have eeproms which need to be configured, and usually this
can only be done through a Windows or DOS app that is provided with the
server.
The print server has to have an SMB name to be visible, for
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On 4/2/00, 8:36:07 AM, Lane Lester [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote
regarding [expert] Can't Break X Autostart:
When I installed Mandrake 7, I chose the X autostart option. Now I'd
like to
stop that and have a console logon. I changed the inittab line to:
id:3:initdefault:
I am/was running Mandrake 6.1 on 2.2.13-7mdk. In order to add sound support
for my Diamond Monster MX300, I had to compile a kernel. I used the kernel
sources for 2.2.14 to do this.
It compiled just fine. The binary works, and I got my sound running. Things
were great until I discovered that I
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