Re: [newbie] IDE RAID

2000-06-28 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
Mark Weaver wrote: I wasn't aware that was even possible. I was under the impression that RAID could only be accomplished using SCSI devices. Mark On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Michael Lapa wrote: Has anyone gotten an IDE RAID system up and running in Mandrake linux? If so, what card and

[newbie] Cannot execute mkhybrid

2000-06-28 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! It's the first time i write in here... of course i've got a problem, and it is that the mkhybrid command seems not to exist in my Mandrake 7.0. I've downloaded mkisofs 1.12.1 and executed the installation steps without any problem (at least i haven't noticed them). After installing

Re: [newbie] ADSL and PPP DSL Modem with Bell South

2000-06-28 Thread Mike Tracy Holt
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Bell South ADSL is claiming that they can't provide service to Linux. It is a PPP connection with an internal modem specially made for PPP. There is also an external ethernet option that connects to the computer through Ethernet. Does anyone know of a way to

[newbie] W, Finger Ytalk ?'s

2000-06-28 Thread Mark
I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? W only works as root. I want all users to see who is on. They can do this using Finger, but I'd rather have W work as I'm so used to it. It displays the header for W, but no username or user info. I tried changing the permissions on

Re: [newbie] how to install pronto email

2000-06-28 Thread Fran Parker
Hi, Pronto had an RPM on the site...if you are not comfortable with tarballs yet, you might want to go back and get the RPM. Bambi Alan Carpenter wrote: I am a newbie =), and need help installing pronto email. I downloaded the tarball, but that's as far as I have gotten. A step by step

Re: [newbie] W, Finger Ytalk ?'s

2000-06-28 Thread Larry Hignight
You could try to substitute who for w which works for non-root users under the medium security install; however, it isn't quite as detailed as w ... see man who. You must be at a higher security level then medium because w works for my users. Did you try changing the permissions of w? You

[newbie] Razer Boomslang USB Mouse in Mandrake7.0

2000-06-28 Thread Larry Hignight
Hi everyone, I was wondering what settings people are using to get a Razer Boomslang usb mouse to work under Mandrake7.0. I know it will work because I had it working with Mandrake7.0 for about three weeks. Then I reinstalled because I wanted to make some changes . and now I can't

[newbie] Re: Fw: Linux

2000-06-28 Thread John Arkoulis
A couple of days ago I was surfing on the net and went on a Star Trek site. I liked what they had and out of good faith I sent them the message lets port it to Linux I thought that the Linux community had an attitude but I was wrong. This is the answer that I received. Now what would you answer

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ISO image

2000-06-28 Thread Charles A Edwards
Hugo What program will you be using to burn the ISO. Charles - Original Message - From: "Chris Hall" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 8:39 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ISO image Once you burn it its just automatically bootable. I

Re: [newbie] Installing Firewall (pmfirewall)

2000-06-28 Thread Mark Weaver
Dennis, When it asks you for a range for unrestricted access use this range: 127.0.0.1/255.255.255.0 When you want to restrict access use this range: 1.2.3.0./255.255.255.0 You may want to keep open ports 25 and 80. SMTP and HTTP respectively. That's your mail and internet

Re: [[newbie] Lilo MBR]

2000-06-28 Thread Michael Scottaline
"PatMc" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I made the error of installing win98 AFTER I installed Mandrake 7.0. So of cource the Master Boot Record was over writen and linux won't boot. I have read how to fix this but can't remember the details. Can someone point me in the right direction so I don't

Re: [newbie] adaptec scsi

2000-06-28 Thread Joe St.Clair - KSI Machine Engineering
I am having no luck getting Mandrake 7.1 to install with any Adaptect controller. I have tried a 1542, 1542cf and 2940. All seem to find the card but won't hit the devices connected to the card. This is keeping me from getting 7.1 to install. This problem didn't exist with 7.0. Mike Tracy

Re: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux

2000-06-28 Thread Mark Weaver
It appears that you've struck a nerve amoungst these folks. about the only thing you can do for these poor fellas is to hand them a hanky box and show a little sympathy. Not everyone us cut out to run the BEST OS in the known universe. Some are STUCK running the world's worst! Mark On Wed, 28

Re: [newbie] adaptec scsi

2000-06-28 Thread Eric A. Cottrell
"Joe St.Clair - KSI Machine Engineering" wrote: I am having no luck getting Mandrake 7.1 to install with any Adaptect controller. I have tried a 1542, 1542cf and 2940. All seem to find the card but won't hit the devices connected to the card. This is keeping me from getting 7.1 to

[newbie] Silly question - I don't know how to use man

2000-06-28 Thread mendes
Hello I know that this is a rather silly question but I definitely need help. For instance, I installed procmail on my system. The manuals were placed at /usr/man/man1 and /usr/man/man5 as *.1.gz or *1.bz2 and *.5.gz or *.5.bz2. When I type man procmail the sys returns no manual page for

Re: [newbie] Lilo MBR

2000-06-28 Thread Joe St.Clair - KSI Machine Engineering
If you have a Linux boot disk you could also boot from it, mount your Linux partition(s), edit your /etc/lilo.conf, and run lilo to fix the MBR. This way you don't have to worry about running update changing anything you have already go configed under Linux. Rick Murphy wrote: Mike Tracy

Re: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux

2000-06-28 Thread Claudio Henrique de Castro
Hej John, Just forget. They have short mind! Bye CHC --- John Arkoulis [EMAIL PROTECTED] escreveu: A couple of days ago I was surfing on the net and went on a Star Trek site. I liked what they had and out of good faith I sent them the message lets port it to Linux I thought that the

Re: [newbie] Lilo MBR

2000-06-28 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, you wrote: I made the error of installing win98 AFTER I installed Mandrake 7.0. So of cource the Master Boot Record was over writen and linux won't boot. I have read how to fix this but can't remember the details. Can someone point me in the right direction so I don't

Re: [newbie] ADSL and PPP DSL Modem with Bell South

2000-06-28 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, you wrote: Bell South ADSL is claiming that they can't provide service to Linux. It is a PPP connection with an internal modem specially made for PPP. There is also an external ethernet option that connects to the computer through Ethernet. Does anyone know of a

Re: [newbie] Silly question - I don't know how to use man

2000-06-28 Thread Mark Weaver
mendes wrote: Hello I know that this is a rather silly question but I definitely need help. For instance, I installed procmail on my system. The manuals were placed at /usr/man/man1 and /usr/man/man5 as *.1.gz or *1.bz2 and *.5.gz or *.5.bz2. When I type man procmail the sys

RE: [newbie] Weird DarkConf Question

2000-06-28 Thread Alan Carpenter
I see, said the blind man to the deaf boy =). Very interesting. Thanks so much. Alan -Original Message- From: Paul [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 12:53 AM To: Alan Carpenter Subject: Re: [newbie] Weird DarkConf Question On Mon, 26 Jun 2000, Alan Carpenter

Re: [newbie] Silly question - I don't know how to use man

2000-06-28 Thread Joe St.Clair - KSI Machine Engineering
Just type "man procmail". mendes wrote: Hello I know that this is a rather silly question but I definitely need help. For instance, I installed procmail on my system. The manuals were placed at /usr/man/man1 and /usr/man/man5 as *.1.gz or *1.bz2 and *.5.gz or *.5.bz2. When I

Re: [newbie] adaptec scsi

2000-06-28 Thread Joe St.Clair - KSI Machine Engineering
Seems like a big problem with how popular SCSI is with old time UNIX people. This was not a problem with Mandrake 6.0, 6.5 or 7.0. I always down load a iso file and burn my own CD prior to purchasing a full copy. I won't be buying if it won't work on my system(s). I would think someone needs to

RE: [newbie] how to install pronto email

2000-06-28 Thread Alan Carpenter
Thanks for the suggestion. I'm pretty new at this =). I finally untared pronto in a directory, and ran the prontoinstaller.pl. It started to install, and it quit and said you need to be root to install this program. I was like ok no big deal. So I logged in as root and tried it again, only

Re: [newbie] Pronto Mail

2000-06-28 Thread mrc
When I run ProntoInstaller.pl I get the message: bash: ./ProntoInstaller.pl: Permission denied And if I try to run it as root, it simply doesn't recognize the command. Any suggestions? Michael Coady On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Alanyes, it is easy, just download the

RE: [newbie] Mandrake 7.1 ISO image

2000-06-28 Thread Hugo GONZALEZ
I am using HP Easy CD Creator, that according to what I read I did a test file with an ".iso" extension. I double clicked on it and Easy CD Creator executes to burn a ISO image. Thanks everyone!!! I am only twenty-someting hours away from the completion of Mandrake 7.1 ISO image download.

[newbie] Website

2000-06-28 Thread Darryl Gibson
Hi list, A club I belong to wants to create a web site to track it's membership's status, attendance, activity participation etc... The club would like the web site to have the following features: Accessibility to all members, but not the world. (or just the top page open to the world, and the

Re: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1

2000-06-28 Thread Mark Weaver
rebel wrote: Is there a easy way to upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1? I only have a 33.6k modem and tried using update "feature" but it doesn't show any 7.1 rpms. Do I have to download each rpm ? :( TIA Tia, The best and easiest way is to use an installation CD. You can one from

Re: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux

2000-06-28 Thread Denis Havlik
:~A couple of days ago I was surfing on the net and went on a Star Trek site. I :~liked what they had and out of good faith I sent them the message lets port :~it to Linux :~I thought that the Linux community had an attitude but I was wrong. :~This is the answer that I received. :~Now what

Re: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux

2000-06-28 Thread Ed Tharp
John, do not be offended, the real answer would be to ask if all their material was GPL or some other open source and not copyrighted, and you could also explain to them in loving terms (as if talking to a small and ignorant child about the dangers of running in traffic) that the particular

[newbie] whys dis??

2000-06-28 Thread Ed Tharp
why is this ? does anyone know? Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 18:08:45 +0100 (BST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mail Delivery System) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the Postfix program at host localhost.webserver. I'm

[newbie] whys dis 2?

2000-06-28 Thread Ed Tharp
Subject: Undelivered Mail Returned to Sender Date: Mon, 26 Jun 2000 18:09:10 +0100 (BST) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mail Delivery System) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] This is the Postfix program at host localhost.webserver. I'm sorry to have to inform you

Re: [newbie] Re: Fw: Linux

2000-06-28 Thread Ed Tharp
wasn't it the clown who played Kirk (I forget his real name just now ) who said at a stra trek convention "GET A LIFE" F. E. Schaper wrote: Tell the Star Trek freaks to move out of the basement, take off the ears, stop trying to learn to speak Klingon and join the rest of us in a nice place

[newbie] installing an Intel i810 video card under Mandrake 7.0

2000-06-28 Thread A ANELA
I am running a Dell L400c computer as a test pc, it has an onboard video card using a Intel i810 chipset. I went to the Dell site, they have a RedHat 6.2 driver. This doesn't work on Mandrake 7.0, does anybody know how to get it to work? Thanks, Drew Anela

RE: [newbie] IDE RAID

2000-06-28 Thread Michael Lapa
They've come up with a cheap RAID solution for IDE now. Both Promise Technologies and Adaptec have IDE raid products which support 0 1 and 1/0. Michael -Original Message- From: Mark Weaver [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 9:50 PM To: Newbie Subject: Re: [newbie]

Re: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1

2000-06-28 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: Is there a easy way to upgrade from 7.0 to 7.1? I only have a 33.6k modem and tried using update "feature" but it doesn't show any 7.1 rpms. Do I have to download each rpm ? :( TIA I use a 33,6 Phoebe mainly cause out in my neck of the woods, phone

Re: [newbie] Pronto Mail

2000-06-28 Thread Mark Weaver
mrc wrote: When I run ProntoInstaller.pl I get the message: bash: ./ProntoInstaller.pl: Permission denied And if I try to run it as root, it simply doesn't recognize the command. Any suggestions? Michael Coady On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Alan Shoemaker wrote: Alanyes, it is easy,

Re: [newbie] Razer Boomslang USB Mouse in Mandrake7.0

2000-06-28 Thread Dennis
Console or terminal mode, use mouseconfig. Select USB mouse at the bottom of the list. GoodLuck Dennis/sg Hi everyone, I was wondering what settings people are using to get a Razer Boomslang usb mouse to work under Mandrake7.0. I know it will work because I had it working with

Re: [newbie] adaptec scsi

2000-06-28 Thread Anthony Huereca
I have SCSI working fine on my Adaptec 7890. Detected my devices and I can use them and everything. Seems like a big problem with how popular SCSI is with old time UNIX people. This was not a problem with Mandrake 6.0, 6.5 or 7.0. I always down load a iso file and burn my own CD prior to

Re: [newbie] Website

2000-06-28 Thread Ed Tharp
what club is it? a couple of important questions here would be... how many members, will the free website allow cgi and perl scripts? (most free sites do not) how large a "database" are you considering and does the data need to be relational or answer structural queries or will it be a flat

Re: [newbie] Website

2000-06-28 Thread Paul
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Darryl Gibson wrote: The web page will be on a "free" ISP providers machine. Our Oracle guru passed on the project, so being the clubs Linux "guru," and not knowing any better, I volunteered to take on the project. So today I went in search of a Linux database on

Re: [newbie] Website

2000-06-28 Thread Christopher Molnar
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Darryl Gibson wrote: Hi list, A club I belong to wants to create a web site to track it's membership's status, attendance, activity participation etc... The club would like the web site to have the following features: really not that tough. Accessibility to all

Re: [newbie] Upgrading from 7.0 to 7.1

2000-06-28 Thread Christopher Molnar
You probably won't like my answer :-( the update function is within a realease. That's why nothing shows up. You have a few choices, I leave to you to decide which is least painful: 1. Spend 20 bucks and buy the distro. 2. Download the iso's 3. Download each package you need. 4. use rsynce and

[newbie] promise controller

2000-06-28 Thread Larry Hignight
Hello, I was wondering if the Promise ata66 controllers are recognized by the Mandrake 7.1 installation. Anyone had any success? Larry

[newbie] X works but kdm not, why?

2000-06-28 Thread Federico Silva
Hi all, I recently installed a diamond savage4+ card in my system. It works OK. The problem is I can no longer get a graphical login. It just starts flickering ( is this the word? :) ) as if it tries to enter X and gets out and tries again and only ctrl+alt+del