[newbie-it] dns

2001-12-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Qualche esperto di reti riesce a spiegarmi come configurare la risoluzione dei nomi host sotto la 8.0 e una rete ethernet? Impostando il server DNS di rete risolvo i nomi di internet, ma non quelli della LAN! resolv.conf ok rete ok dhcp ok! i ping agli ip arrivano e comunico con le altre

[newbie-it] grip

2001-12-15 Thread lori cava
Ciao a tutti. Ho provato a rippare e a codificare dei brani da cd a mp3 con grip (mdk8.1), ma il risultato è un file inascoltabile, sembra un disco fatto girare al doppio della velocità, ho provato anche con mp3c, ma il risultato è lo stesso. Con mdk8.0 tutto andava bene anche se l'encoder era

[newbie-it] SAMBA

2001-12-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Ho appena downloadato la v. 2.2.2 dal sito www.samba.org! C'è modo di farla girare sotto Mandrake 8.0? Ho provato di tutto... la compilazione RPM non va a buon fine! Allora al solito sono andato in sources e configure/make/make install! Ma il servizio? Non me lo attiva da solo? Se avete qualche

Re: [newbie-it] dns

2001-12-15 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hosts lo conosco, era proprio un discorso per aggirare questa menata... la mia rete è piccina, ma quella aziendale ENORME! Samba lo sto provando proprio in questi gg con risultati decisamente poco confortanti :( anzi, se hai consigli (leggi mio ultimo post) thanx anche a te. Cu s%N!

Re: [newbie] RE: Sendmail - Enable Relay Control

2001-12-15 Thread Miark
Stan, I did that exact thing this past week. Here's how. Step 1: Ditch Sendmail--for the love of God! Step 2: Install Postfix. Step 3: In the one and only config file, /etc/postfix/main.cf, add a line line identifying which machines or networks to allow relaying for.

Re: [newbie] vi - ?

2001-12-15 Thread SKLIM
Thank Q Best Regards, SKLIM - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:32 AM Subject: Re: [newbie] vi - ? ctrl-g displays the current line number... Jason At 09:32 AM 12/15/01 +0800, you wrote: Hi! What is the

RE: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible

2001-12-15 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
- SEEING THE LIGHT with Samba - -- Snip --- I thought of it as a duh, an obvious feature, and that I was overlooking the obvious, but apparently not. The more I think about it, it demonstrates the philosophical difference between Microsoft (the KISS principle) and Unix (the long rope - you

Re: [newbie] Yet another question on Bastille iptables

2001-12-15 Thread Lance Dow
Hi Mark You posted this URL on the 'newbie' list yesterday. I tried using it but it fails with 'unknown host'. Can I ask you to check it again, to see if there are any typos in it. Normally, I don't get too excited about broken links - I just move on - but your description of this tutorial

Re: [newbie] Latest cooker kernel

2001-12-15 Thread Stewart Taylor
Hi Been running it for awhile with no problems showing up. Stewart Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[newbie] User Icons

2001-12-15 Thread Jason Jesso
Which package contains those user icons when you login? You know the penguin with boxing gloves, with a chef hat, etc... Thanks Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] Edit lilo

2001-12-15 Thread David
On Saturday 15 December 2001 04:41, you wrote: I could use some help with two problems: 1.) How do I edit lilo.conf? I can find it in a console, but how do I open it and edit or change it? And, 2.) Is there an inherent problem with using a boo loader such as Lilo with Windows XP. Would it be

Re: [newbie] cd's from mp3's

2001-12-15 Thread A V Flinsch
On Friday 14 December 2001 18:14, you wrote: Hi, This is sure to get something going. I am trying to find a good utility for burning music cd's from mp3 files. Something like mp3cd in win. Anyone got a favorite? try xmp3burn -- it should be on one of your Mandrake distro disks --

Re: [newbie] Edit lilo

2001-12-15 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Friday 14 December 2001 23:41, Robert L Sprowls wrote: I could use some help with two problems: 1.) How do I edit lilo.conf? I can find it in a console, try locate lilo.conf it's at /etc/lilo.conf but how do I open it and edit or change it? vi lilo.conf And, 2.) Is there an inherent

[newbie] Missing Task Bar

2001-12-15 Thread Rich
I recently had to reconfigure my KDE desktop (using Mandrake 8.1) due to a dumb error on my part. It went well and everything went back to normal until I rebooted my computer the next day. Every thing was normal except the task bar was missing! Without the task bar I'm unable to access the

Re: [newbie] Question on floppy

2001-12-15 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Saturday 15 December 2001 03:38, Mithrilhall2000 wrote: How would you unmount it and is this doable from the desktop (GUI) or just through shell? to mount an msdos floppy mount /dev/fd0 -t msdos /mnt/floppy the do ld /mnt/floppy to see the files umount /dev/ffd0 or umount /mnt/floppy

Re: [newbie] Question on floppy

2001-12-15 Thread Gerald Waugh
On Saturday 15 December 2001 09:55, Gerald Waugh wrote: On Saturday 15 December 2001 03:38, Mithrilhall2000 wrote: How would you unmount it and is this doable from the desktop (GUI) or just through shell? to mount an msdos floppy mount /dev/fd0 -t msdos /mnt/floppy the do ld /mnt/floppy

[newbie] menu editing

2001-12-15 Thread David Reynolds
There is a rogue entry in my KDE menu. I cannot locate the entry for it on Menudrake because it is on the 'main' listing, below the subdir for Terminals. It simply has the unknown application icon, and clicking with either button results in Sorry - KDE Panel couldn't launch. I cannot find a

Re: [newbie] font viewer

2001-12-15 Thread Michel Clasquin
On Saturday 15 December 2001 16:10, you wrote: In the DrakConf menu there is a Font Utility (I can't think of the name of it, but it might be DrakFont) that will manage your fonts and even grab Windows fonts off a Windows partition. I haven't used it personally, but I believe that you could

Re: [newbie] Question on floppy

2001-12-15 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 15 December 2001 09:50, you wrote: Using LM 8.1 - Original Message - From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mithrilhall2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, December 14, 2001 8:41 PM Subject: Re: [newbie] Question on floppy On Saturday 15 December 2001 01:53, you

Re: [newbie] Missing Task Bar

2001-12-15 Thread Rich
Never mind, it came back all by itself!??! On Sat, 2001-12-15 at 09:46, Rich wrote: I recently had to reconfigure my KDE desktop (using Mandrake 8.1) due to a dumb error on my part. It went well and everything went back to normal until I rebooted my computer the next day. Every thing was

RE: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible

2001-12-15 Thread Julian Opificius
Um, thanks for the rant ... 1) I'm not badmouthing Linux, Samba, or anyone, Mr Sanchez. My comparison of KISS vs the rope was a recognition of the power of Linux, while acknowledging that it requires skill. The last letter of KISS stands for Stupid. The point is, as you eloquently pointed

Re: [newbie] Missing Task Bar

2001-12-15 Thread David McGlone
if it ever happens again, open a console and type kicker (without quotes) David M. On Saturday 15 December 2001 10:37 am, you wrote: Never mind, it came back all by itself!??! On Sat, 2001-12-15 at 09:46, Rich wrote: I recently had to reconfigure my KDE desktop (using Mandrake 8.1) due to

[newbie] host name look up failure

2001-12-15 Thread lee
Hi folks, Ok..running 8.1 here,using the box as a proxy (squid),at present trying to connect another box (also 8.1). I can ping the proxy ( vice versa) but can't surf thru it (dns?). X does not start auto. So I enter my login info enter the command to start x. All well up TO this point. Now

Re: [newbie] font viewer

2001-12-15 Thread Michel Clasquin
Thanks, Ivan, but that one only previews already *installed* fonts. Now if I have a cdrom with a 1000 fonts on it I suppose I could install them all, pray that the fontserver can take the load, and uninstall the ones I don't want. A font viewer for *uninstalled* fonts seems a kinder,

[newbie] StarOffice FYI

2001-12-15 Thread Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC)
Just picked this link up and knew it would be of interest. Sun Considers Charging for StarOffice http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D19928,00.asp Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

RE: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible

2001-12-15 Thread Julian Opificius
Thanks very much for taking the trouble to write, Dave. Yes, I understand what [homes] does, and I am using it for private directory structures. The problems with [homes] are that :- 1) It defines a directory mapping (and browse visibility) on a user basis, not a group basis, and gives the

[newbie] HSE sympatico DSL

2001-12-15 Thread Vicious Diablo
I just wanna know, before I install Linux, can i connect to teh internet with my HSE DSL modem from Bell Canada (Quebec)? _ Chat with friends online, try MSN Messenger: http://messenger.msn.com Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] StarOffice FYI

2001-12-15 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Saturday 15 December 2001 12:11 pm, Hylton Conacher (ZR1HPC) wrote: Just picked this link up and knew it would be of interest. Sun Considers Charging for StarOffice http://www.eweek.com/article/0,3658,s%253D1884%2526a%253D19928,00.asp but there's http://www.openoffice.org/ --

Re: [newbie] changing gnome to kde

2001-12-15 Thread Michael Leone
clueless newbie wants to switch to KDE. I've got gnome running. How do I change it? Can someone point me to the documentation? If you have kde installed then just logout and click on kde and log back in..thats it :-) IF you log in graphically, yes. However, not everyone does login

Re: [newbie] Yet another question on Bastille iptables

2001-12-15 Thread Mark Weaver
On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 07:40:49 -0600 Ivan Offalich [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: I had that URL come up as unreachable also. I did a search on Linux Google and found the article by the same author on another site. Here is the URL:

[newbie] FYI basic training

2001-12-15 Thread Grant Fraser
If you are a newbie like me but dont want to be anymore, check out this free course. http://www.basiclinux.net/ The next term begins Monday, 7 January 2002. Registration for that class closes Saturday, 5 January 2002; if you're not subscribed to the mailing list by then you will NOT get in

Re: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible

2001-12-15 Thread Michael Viron
and it doesn't like that one. i've even tried the Linux box's root passwd and _that_ doens't work either. the weird thing that got me going this direction was I opened the config file and commented out ALL of the global settings cause i wanted to see how things would react, then attempted

RE: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible

2001-12-15 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Password Encryption? -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] On Behalf Of Mark Weaver Sent: Saturday, December 15, 2001 11:21 PM To: newbie Subject: Re: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible well, I found the file LMHOSTS.SAM on my windows

RE: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible

2001-12-15 Thread Franki
have you checked the samba mailing list archives? its very likely that someone else has wanted to do that at some stage.. rgds Frank -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Julian Opificius Sent: Sunday, 16 December 2001 2:16 AM To: [EMAIL

Re: [newbie] Linmodems

2001-12-15 Thread Bill Winegarden
Hi Roy, I was in the same boat as you. I needed a ltmodem driver for my modem to work. If you could supply a little more information; specifically which modem you are using, which 'rpm' did you use, I might be able to help. There are many on this list who can supply the answers you

RE: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible

2001-12-15 Thread Franki
are you using samba from 8.1??? if so, go to the cooker and get the 2.2.2 rpms,, they are excellent and appear to be very stable, have loaded them on mine when they came out and not restarted since and all is fine.. the default setup, (just starting smb) will make your home directories

Re: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible

2001-12-15 Thread Dennis Myers
On Saturday 15 December 2001 21:10, you wrote: On Sat, 15 Dec 2001 19:44:45 -0600 Julian Opificius [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: I'm a little worried, as I said before, about the users mdw1982 and the alexhome in the valid users list in the above definition.

RE: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible

2001-12-15 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
There are two components to this... 1) Are the user accounts valid. Before trying anything from Windows, you should always... smbclient -L Sambabox -U Windowsuser Where SAMBABOX is the netbios name of the SAMBA server, and Windowuser is the Windows Login name (that you used on the Windows

[newbie] cd rom and cd writer

2001-12-15 Thread Robert Boggs
In harddrake I can see my cdrom and my cd writer, however, they will not mount in root. How do I force them to? These are SCSI. RB

[newbie] Modem causes mouse to be unistalled

2001-12-15 Thread Frank McKenna
Hi All, I want to desperately get my Linux box online but my modem causes my mouse to uninstall and I currently cannot navigate that well in command prompt mode. My latest acquisition is a 1998 Diamond System Multimedia Communications Division 56 K ISA internal modem Maybe someone will be able

Re: [newbie] Samba question - making shares invisible

2001-12-15 Thread Frank McKenna
Hi Michael, To make things easier, you can set up your Linux box as a domain controller and therefore will only have to deal with username / passwords on the Linux side. If you want to pursue that, let me know. Could you please let me know how to do this and why it would be beneficial TIA

Re: [newbie] Modem causes mouse to be unistalled

2001-12-15 Thread Ronald J. Hall
Frank McKenna wrote: Hi All, I want to desperately get my Linux box online but my modem causes my mouse to uninstall and I currently cannot navigate that well in command prompt mode. My latest acquisition is a 1998 Diamond System Multimedia Communications Division 56 K ISA internal

Re: [newbie] Linmodems

2001-12-15 Thread Brian Parish
On Sunday 16 December 2001 3:18 pm, you wrote: ok.. I'm new to this wonderful thing called linux, but i love it. i understand the file system and the fact that everything is a file. i know there is support for some linmodems, including the one i my machine. 8.1 did not autodetect it so i