Re: [expert] Mouse Woes on a 486

1999-12-22 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi! > > With mixed feedback to my question to this list last week.I went > > ahead and installed LM 5.3 on an old 486 with 16RAM, 350MB HDD and a > > 33mHz CPU. Install went fine, but very minimal and VERY slow! Takes > > forever for X to load. I am having a small problem tho.' I cannot get

Re: [expert] Looking for ReflextionX equilavent software in LINUX

1999-11-23 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Denis Havlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :~> Yes VNC can be slow. > How fast is it compared to X (i.e. exporting the whole screen with XDMCP)? I found VNC client on Windows + VNC server on Linux + X clients on Linux to be dreadfully slow compared to X server on Windows + X clients on Linux

Re: [expert] Looking for ReflextionX equilavent software in LINUX

1999-11-23 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi, this is probably off topic. Bug Hunter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Check out http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/ > This program runs on windows and many flavors of Un*x, including linux. > It is GPL. Source code on the web site. > I use it extensively. It is very good, and performs

Re: [expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

1999-11-21 Thread Tima Vaisburd
"phobet-winterchan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > No bother at all. First of all, thank you. At the moment I found the solution for my problem (i.e. proper Linux mail configuration with dial-up PPP ), what remains is to understand it ;-) Just in the case it will be useful for someone els

Re: [expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

1999-11-14 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi, sorry for bothering you again. "phobet-winterchan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > The file you need to modify is "/etc/sendmail.cf". You need to define "DS" > in it. So, if your ISP's relay machine was "relay.isp.com", then you would > have the following line: > # "Smart" relay host (m

[expert] Re: compilation problem with asmodem-0.6

1999-11-12 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi, I answer to my own question - what is '__u32' in . I found it, it's in , unsigned 32-bit integer ( of course! ). The side notes: 1) shouldn't #include ? 2) asmodem-0.6 compiles cleanly, and shows a very stable behavior - crashes a couple of seconds after start without dumping core. Does a

Re: [expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

1999-11-10 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi, Great many thanks to all who responded to my question. Meanwhile I set my hostname into sendmail.cf according to Alex Kirillov's advice: # my official domain name # ... define this only if sendmail cannot automatically determine your domain Djvaisburd.Foo.COM and it seems to work with me.

Re: [expert] [i have no name!@deadpixel.com]$

1999-11-08 Thread Tima Vaisburd
metronumic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I added 2 users, and i put their name and all that jazz in, > and yet i cant get their usernames. It wont accept them. What do you mean? How did you added your users? ( I use useradd for this purpouse, for instance ) > Any ideas? Being root, add the p

Re: [expert] Is kfm broken?

1999-11-08 Thread Tima Vaisburd
> Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Larry Sword <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > Me wrote: > > > On my machine ( stock Mandrake 6.1 ) kfm could not open tar archive > > > (or tar.gz) in the form of usual file/directory subtree... > > > Instead, it shows many fake folders. > > Yes the s

Re: [expert] Is kfm broken?

1999-11-07 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Larry Sword <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On my machine ( stock Mandrake 6.1 ) kfm could not open tar archive > > (or tar.gz) in the form of usual file/directory subtree ( a nice and useful > > feature, I think ). Instead, it shows many fake folders, which he couldn't > > open then. > Yes the s

[expert] Is kfm broken?

1999-11-07 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi! On my machine ( stock Mandrake 6.1 ) kfm could not open tar archive (or tar.gz) in the form of usual file/directory subtree ( a nice and useful feature, I think ). Instead, it shows many fake folders, which he couldn't open then. Does anybody experience such behavior? Tima.

[expert] Compilation problem on LM 6.1

1999-11-07 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi! I had a problem compiling asmodem-0.6. asmodem #include's , and my gcc seems to be confused by '__u32' indentifier which is present in that file. The name '__u32' is used in the lot of places in /usr/include/linux directory where the type name is required ( unsigned 32-bit integer ? ), but

Re: [expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

1999-11-03 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Alexander Kirillov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > # my official domain name > # ... define this only if sendmail cannot automatically determine yourdomain > Djislip.math.sunysb.edu > thus making it believe that my machine's name is islip.math.sunysb.edu > (which does exist, which anyone on the net

Re: [expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

1999-11-03 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Axalon Bloodstone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > "localhost.localdomain" - server domain must exist > inform sendmail that you have a new hostname when your ppp connection > comes up. > echo "/etc/rc.d/init.d/sendmail restart" >> /etc/ppp/ip-up.local > chmod +x /etc/ppp/ip-up.local Hi

Re: [expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

1999-11-03 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi, > > "localhost.localdomain" - server domain must exist > It sounds like you're running into a feature of sendmail. That is, it > won't accept mail from a system that doesn't resolve correctly both ways. > One way you can get around this is use the "smart relay" feature of > sendmail... Th

Re: [expert] Russian fonts in KMail

1999-11-01 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Alexander Kirillov on Mon, 1 Nov 1999 wrote: > No, I was never able to get this damn font selector utility to > select koi8-r fonts right either. I believe it was reported as a bug > in KDE bug system long ago (I do not remeber details)-- apparently it > was never properly fixed. Or maybe,

[expert] Russian fonts in KMail

1999-10-31 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi experts, One more question: did anybody succeed in using cyrillic fonts with KMail in Mandrake 6.1? On my machine something strange happens.. I wonder whether this feature is not supported yet or this is a bug in my own configuration. Tima.

[expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

1999-10-31 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Dear experts, I recently upgraded my system from 6.0 to 6.1 ( clean reinstall ) and have some configuration problems. My quiestion is about mail configuration. I use standard ppp-on script and fetchmail, MTA is sendmail, MUA is kmail. Sometimes, my attemts to send a mail to sertain addresses fa

Re: [expert] Where is the C++ compiler in Mandrake?

1999-10-12 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi! > configure: error: no acceptable C++-compiler found in $PATH > Where is the c++ compiler in MAndrake, and what it is called? It is called 'c++' or 'g++'; the program 'gcc' or 'cc' will compile C++ code too ( for linking you will need to explicitly add c++ library to gcc ). They should be i

Re: [expert] Couple of little problems...

1999-10-06 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi, Fabien Deschodt wrote: > If I look at text-editors, I would recommend nedit Agree. May be it would be a good idea to include it into next Mandrake (with Lessfiff, I mean) ? The one thing I do *not* like in nedit is that it always opens a new window for a new buffer - emacs is wiser by dis

Re: [expert] Packages

1999-10-05 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi, list, > > There is already 4 term progs in Mandrake : xterm, rxvt, konsole, and > > gnome-terminal. For the moment, if you need transparent background, > > gnome-term has this feature and rxvt has pixmapped bg too. If Eterm is > > added we will have 5 packages for the same fonctionnality don

Re: [expert] Couple of little problems...

1999-10-05 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi, list, > > There is already 4 term progs in Mandrake : xterm, rxvt, konsole, and > > gnome-terminal. For the moment, if you need transparent background, > > gnome-term has this feature and rxvt has pixmapped bg too. If Eterm is > > added we will have 5 packages for the same fonctionnality don

Re: [expert] rpm installations

1999-09-29 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi! > I was wondering - is there a way of inserting a RPM CD (Like the install > CD) and loading up a RPM installer and when you select install new RPM's > only have it display what's not on the system already? I think there is a RPM installer that does exactly that, it's called 'glint' (graphi

RE: [expert] using laptop as dumb terminal?

1999-09-07 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Title: RE: [expert] using laptop as dumb terminal? Hi, duncan hall wrote: > > Thanks, > > Using a serial port would be fine. > > Unfortunately using a crossover cable and the network card is not possible. > > Can someone point me in the right direction for some documentation and or > pro

RE: [expert] The gcc compiler for 'C' and open/read/fscanf/scanf

1999-08-25 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Title: RE: [expert] The gcc compiler for 'C' and open/read/fscanf/scanf Hi Mike, This test program works for me, for instance: /* begin */ #include int main() {    int a=0;    printf("Enter integer number: ");    scanf("%d", &a);    printf("a=%d\n", a);    return 0; } /*end*/ I think it

[expert] A PLIP problem

1999-08-09 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Title: A PLIP problem Dear Experts! I try to make a PLIP connection between two Linuxes. I already browsed through mailing-list archives, found a PLIP mini-HOWTO and try to do what's written there. Computer "one" is pentuim with Mandrake 6.0, computer "two" is 486 with RedHat 5.2. The pro

RE: [expert] C Header files ????

1999-08-08 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Title: RE: [expert] C Header files There are various "development" packages - C development, C++ development etc. Headers should be there. Tima. > -Original Message- > From: Jan Rocho [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Sunday, August 08, 1999 7:09 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >

RE: [expert] Switch default Windows Manager

1999-08-04 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Title: RE: [expert] Switch default Windows Manager On 04-Aug-99 Lang Zhi wrote: > Hi, > How to change the default Windows Manager from KDE to other like > Gnome, AnotherLevel etc ? > which file to edit ? > BTW, i still love KDE, but this just for fun :P Hi, I boot Mandrake 6.0 directly i

[expert] A problem with ppp configuration?

1999-06-27 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Hi dear experts, I use for ppp setting the scripts taken from /usr/doc/ppp-2.7.3 (Mandrake-6.0) On my machine the pppd daemon writes its pid-file ( ppp0.pid in my case ) into directory /etc/ppp, where 'ppp-on' resides. I would expect it to write into /var/run, and so do the script 'ppp-off'. Pr

Re: [expert] unixODBC Qt C++

1999-01-16 Thread Tima Vaisburd
> First I got messages about 'cpp not found' and now I am finally giving > up, on the error 'cannot execute cc1plus' It seems your c++ is not installed properly. Can you compile and link any c++ program at all? If not, do you have pgcc-c++ and libstdc++ packages installed? Do you have developm

Re: [expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

1999-01-02 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Denis Havlik <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > :~>>> do I (or should I) have a new hostname when ppp connection established? > :~>>> What is this name? > :~>>> What part of software and when sets it? > PPP-connected machines receive a IP-address from the server. Usually this > IP-address is given dy

Re: [expert] PPP+sendmail

1999-01-02 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Alexander Kirillov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I did specify "smart relay host" (my ISP, that is, my department mail > server) in sendmail.cf. It did accept all my e-mails and relayed them > further. However, my outgoing e-mails still had this > "localhost.localdomain" somewhere in it, so the

Re: [expert] Please Help I can't install Linux Mandrake 6.0

1999-01-02 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Tejinder Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Recently I thought I'd put it onto an older PC. Spec: > Cyrix 486 DLC 33 MHZ processor > 8 MBytes DRAM The latest version I installed successfully on such machine was Redhat 5.2. Even X worked ( in the most basic configuration, fvwm2, rxvt < no xterm/

Re: [expert] Sendmail configuration and PPP

1999-01-02 Thread Tima Vaisburd
Axalon wrote: > *sigh* I had forgotten that. > X needs restarted when you change the hostname (only work around i know > is with xauth, thats secure that is)... Ok, ok, thank you, Axalon. I believe X security could be disabled somehow... My biggest problem is with: >> do I (or should I) ha