Hello All,
I just upgraded to Mandrake 7.0 and it contains a few
"features" I could do without! On bootup there are several
NFS errors about locking files, and a RPC error 101 that keeps
recycling till it times out (about 10 times I believe) then it
goes on and starts up. I then do my usua
y, March 17, 2000 9:45 AM
Subject: [expert] New "features" in Mandrake 7.0
>Hello All,
> I just upgraded to Mandrake 7.0 and it contains a few
>"features" I could do without! On bootup there are several
>NFS errors about locking files, and a RPC error 101 tha
Seve said:
> Go to DrakConf on your desktop and select Startup Services. Then you
just
> uncheck the stuff you don't need. When you're done, that
> pc should boot up much quicker.
A lot of those names are cryptic to this newbie. Is there an explanation
somewhere of what they do... omigosh, are
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From: Lane Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 8:18 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] New "features" in Mandrake 7.0
> Seve said:
> > Go to DrakConf on your desktop and select Startup Services.
Lane Lester wrote:
>
> Seve said:
> > Go to DrakConf on your desktop and select Startup Services. Then you
> just
> > uncheck the stuff you don't need. When you're done, that
> > pc should boot up much quicker.
>
> A lot of those names are cryptic to this newbie. Is there an explanation
> some
On Sat, Mar 18, 2000 at 08:18 -0500, Lane Lester wrote:
>
> A lot of those names are cryptic to this newbie. Is there an explanation
> somewhere of what they do... omigosh, are you going to say, "man [name]"?
>
Yes.
Open mc (or whatever filemanager you use) and look into
/etc/rc.d/rc5.d (as
> > A lot of those names are cryptic to this newbie. Is there an
explanation
> > somewhere of what they do... omigosh, are you going to say, "man
[name]"?
> >
>
>
> Go here: http://www.linuxforum.com/99/07/0726199.html
>
> Hoyt
That was very helpful, but it still leaves dhcpd, innd, kudzu, ld
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From: Lane Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 12:54 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] New "features" in Mandrake 7.0
> > > A lot of those names are cryptic to this newbie. Is there an
> explan
OK newbie
Here is the most important piece of advice for this stage of your
knowledge adventure
1)man
man dhcpcd
man innd
note this gives not results so,
2)rpm -qfi `locate innd`
or rpm -qfi `which commandname`
(please note that these are backquotes)
3) http://www.linuxdoc.com
4)Look in /u
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000 11:07:35 -0500, you wrote:
>DrakConf didn't function, I had to be root before it showed up in my
>desktop. Read somewhere that it might not be installed, went to the RPMS checker
>and found no mention of it there. Thought I scan the CD's it won't let me do that
>now either no
1. kmail can use plenty of pop accounts. I have no idea why you should
be having any trouble with that. It's very easy.
2. You of course do have to be root before you can stuff like pick
which services to run. If you find this concept unacceptable, and you
like the way it works under Windows,
1. kmail can use plenty of pop accounts. I have no idea why you should
be having any trouble with that. It's very easy.
2. You of course do have to be root before you can stuff like pick
which services to run. If you find this concept unacceptable, and you
like the way it works under Windows,
uters can synchronize with yours.
Hope that helps.
Russ
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> > A lot
Thanks, Russ!
Russ Johnson said:
> innd - "Internet Network News Daemon" Used to send and receive network
news
> (newsgroups).
I presume this is =not= used by Netscape, Pam, and other news readers.
> ldap - "Lightweight Directory Access Protocol" a protocol for accessing
> online directory
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> Thanks, Russ!
>
> Russ Johnson said:
> > innd - "Internet Network News Daemon" Used to send and receive network
> news
> > (newsgroups).
>
> I presume this is =not= used by Netscape, Pam, and other news readers.
>
Correct.
>
> > ldap - "Lightweight Directory
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From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Saturday, March 18, 2000 10:55 PM
Subject: RE: [expert] New "features" in Mandrake 7.0
> >
> > > network - Huh? what are you referring to?
> >
>
>Thanks, Russ!
No problem.
>Russ Johnson said:
>> innd - "Internet Network News Daemon" Used to send and receive network
news
>> (newsgroups).
>I presume this is =not= used by Netscape, Pam, and other news readers.
Not if you are connecting to your ISPs news server. It's only used if you
wan
Vern,
Some comments interspersed in your diatribe:
vern wrote:
>
> I just upgraded to Mandrake 7.0 and it contains a few
> "features" I could do without! On bootup there are several
> NFS errors about locking files, and a RPC error 101 that keeps
> recycling till it times out (about 10 t
Russ Johnson said:
> > network - Huh? what are you referring to?
>
> Beats me, but it's right there in DrakConf's list, between netfs and
> numlock.
>
> Hmm, I don't use drakconf. I use Linuxconf.
Wow! Linuxconf has an even longer list. In it, network is between netstat
and ntalk, and it
John Aldrich said:
> UmmI think "network" is pretty self-explanatory, don't you?
Well, I think it refers to two or more computers hooked together, but since
that presumably includes dialup, it seems like a good service to have
running even on a standalone machine.
--
Lane
Lane Lester
Russ Johnson wrote:
>
> >Thanks, Russ!
>
> No problem.
>
> >Russ Johnson said:
> >> innd - "Internet Network News Daemon" Used to send and receive network
> news
> >> (newsgroups).
>
> >I presume this is =not= used by Netscape, Pam, and other news readers.
>
> Not if you are connecting to y
On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, you wrote:
>
> > >
> > > > network - Huh? what are you referring to?
> > >
> > > Beats me, but it's right there in DrakConf's list, between netfs and
> > > numlock.
> > >
> > UmmI think "network" is pretty self-explanatory, don't you?
>
>
> Not if you don't understand
Hoyt said:
> IMHO, Mandrake by
> default enables too many unnecessary services and exposes the casual
user
> to some security risks, or at least some performance hits.
I agree. Mandrake is my fourth different distribution, and I found its
installation very newbie-friendly. But I could have an
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From: John Aldrich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Sent: Sunday, March 19, 2000 3:23 PM
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> On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, you wrote:
> >
> > > >
> >
My guess is that you're right and it starts the net daemon, but
regardless it's not a clear name.
Nonetheless, if you are on this mailing list, you are using some aspect
of networking so I would not recommend turning that one off.
On Sun, 19 Mar 2000, you wrote:
| On Sat, 18 Mar 2000, you wrote
Heh, maybe when I'm not working 10 to 14 hour days
I hate crunch mode.
Russ
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