>
>
>
>I'm still confused on the same point:
>Some people talk about copying the boot record (the first 512 bytes from the
>linux partition) and copying it to the windows partition. Other people seem
>to be saying that linux will "sort out the booting" and never mention copying
>the boot recor
I've already posted an article about this at PCLinuxOnline:
http://www.pclinuxonline.com/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=2886
I suggest that you make your feelings heard by posting a comment about it. If
you still want a petition, I can post an article about it.
Sridhar (AKA Yama)
On
On Tuesday 30 July 2002 09:06 am, you wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 July 2002 02:00 am, Kenneth wrote:
> > I recommend not dual booting XP and Mandrake.. You have to remember
> > Microsoft is not too friendly.. I had a hard enough time with Windows
> > ME and Mandrake 8.2
>
> In the case of Mandrake 8.1,
If you read the newsletter and more of the info at mandrake.com you will find
that mandrake is claiming inproved financial status from a increase in sales and a
cut in operating expenses part of witch involves cutting the number of employes.
A company can not operate at a loss even a smal
On Tuesday 30 July 2002 03:27 pm, you wrote:
> hello,
>
> my head is truly spinning after spending a couple of days reading the modem
> howto, setserial, isapnp etc. and i seem no closer to an answer! this is a
> hardware modem and has worked on linux redhat and slackware. there was a
> reference
On Tuesday 30 July 2002 07:38 pm, you wrote:
> On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:26:35 -0500
>
> Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > AMC makes some good ups
>
> Don't you mean APC
>
>
> Charles
>
> --
> "Why must you tell me all your secrets when it's hard enough to love
> you knowing
El mar, 30-07-2002 a las 14:55, John Richard Smith escribió:
> Thanks for that reply
> I am still not familiar with the term --
>
> combo UPS/line conditioner
It's not a technical term; I referred to the fact that the UPS I have is
designed to also serve as a line conditioner. It's a model Trip
Since no one could answer this question, I spent several hours looking for
the solution. My problem stems from the plugger.so plug-in having already
registered the pdf mime type to xpdf.
Here is what I found about how to fix it and make Adobe Acrobat the default
app for opening *.pdf files wi
How can I "turn off" devfs?
TIA
-Chuck
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
John Rigby wrote:
Linux is still a ^%$#$%^&*&^^ of a product to install and setup in a
business-workable format.
--
John, I am tired of hearing you say this. I have no idea of what
problems you have (please don't bother telling me).
I have a dual boot machine
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 19:26:35 -0500
Dennis Myers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> AMC makes some good ups
Don't you mean APC
Charles
--
"Why must you tell me all your secrets when it's hard enough to love
you knowing nothing?"
-- Lloyd Cole and the Commotions
-
> Is there any point at all in keeping Linux Format disks that are over a
year
> old? Seems to me that at the rate things change it is unlikely that they
> will ever get used.
Here's a thought, if you want to give it that much credit. Linux runs
fine on machines that otherwise would fail to
On Tuesday 30 July 2002 04:14 pm, you wrote:
> > Thanks for that reply
> > I am still not familiar with the term --
> >
> > combo UPS/line conditioner
>
> A UPS is an uninterruptible power supply. It's basically
> a battery that lies between your computer and your power
> outlet. If the power goes
I'm slowly learning about email services, but it would help if someone
could answer / confirm the following:
I am running the MandrakeFreq version of Mandrake 7.2.
Scenario 1:
* When I run "service inetd status" I get "inetd: unrecognized
service".
* When I run "service xinetd status" I
Give 'em away. A lot of non profit groups have older machines that can't
run Microsoft's latest but could run an older Mandrake release just
fine. Help your community and promote Linux at the same time.
I received my first set of disks from a kind member of this list who
sent them to me instead o
On Tuesday 30 Jul 2002 3:07 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 Jul 2002 5:13 am, civileme wrote:
> > Well, the problem is bugs in the current revision and it is up to
> > Mandrakesoft to fix them. My involvement with the fixing process is
> > becoming distant as I struggle to complete a few mo
OK for best results with menuanalyze
Start a desktop with a full menu set like IceWM or (shudder) KDE or
GNOME (IceWM recommended for this)
ctrl-alt-f2
login as a user, any user
su to root
startup menuanalyze or whatever name you gave it
When it asks about the menu checking:
ctrl-alt-f7
lo
7/30/02 5:55:06 PM, John Rigby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>At 01:56 AM 31/07/02, you did spake with authority thus (but kindly):
>
>COMMENT #1
>Hello,
>What I don't understand is how we receive the newsletter boasting of
>such great news regarding their financial status etc. and then when it
>com
Thank you very much for writing.
Yes, I have that script, and for the
most part, it does work, but HOW CAN SOMEONE
Break Through?
It does NOT MAKE SENSE :((
It is just Not Possible.
I don't understand how, that when you
have this script to block an ip, HOW
can it NOT be blocked
Is my
On Monday 29 July 2002 03:54 pm, you wrote:
> Is there any point at all in keeping Linux Format disks that are over a
> year old? Seems to me that at the rate things change it is unlikely that
> they will ever get used.
>
> Anne
I suggest the microwave for them,,, no I taake that back
really
Thanks very much! I spent some time viewing /var/log/syslog, and that
was helpful.
I can't find anything else that is starting imapd (in rc.d, or
elsewhere), yet because of the ready line when I telnet to port 143, I
believe it is starting.
In /var/log/syslog I found that my problem is usually
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 22:57:22 +0800
"frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
> anyone fancy starting a "Save Civilme" petition
>
> Seems a big shame that the guy who fronts to the users more then any
> other Mandrake employee is gettting kicked..
>
> Nuts for mandrake really.. since Civilm
At 01:56 AM 31/07/02, you did spake with authority thus (but kindly):
COMMENT #1
Hello,
What I don't understand is how we receive the newsletter boasting of
such great news regarding their financial status etc. and then when it
comes down to it they are laying off key players. What can you really
Many thanks for the info
Hey, where did it talk about remote shutdown?
I saw no such reference.
But I do like the auto-responder
and e mailing alerter.
I'm trying to figure out how to make it
work.
I will e mail again when I get some results,
I'm still being hit and I don't know how to
st
I was not insinuating that anyone at mandrake was in any way sinister or
"uncaring"
Only that if they had to lay people off, laying off the ones that are in
touch and have established good working relationships with the companies
biggest clients is a bad idea...
Since CEO's and directors are sui
On Mon, 29 Jul 2002, Michael Scottaline wrote:
> On Mon, 29 Jul 2002 15:43:50 -0800
> civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> scribbled intuitively:
>
>
> >Well, the problem is bugs in the current revision and it is up to
> >Mandrakesoft to fix them. My involvement with the fixing process is
> >becomin
> Thanks for that reply
> I am still not familiar with the term --
>
> combo UPS/line conditioner
A UPS is an uninterruptible power supply. It's basically
a battery that lies between your computer and your power
outlet. If the power goes out, you'll still have enough
juice to save your work and
"Vincent A. Primavera" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> saith:
> Hello,
> What I don't understand is how we receive the newsletter boasting of
> such great news regarding their financial status etc. and then when it
> comes down to it they are laying off key players. What can you really
> believe?
For
Warren Post wrote:
>Greetings from the world capital of brownouts, blackouts, spikes, and
>thunderstorms. Here's what I recommend, in order:
>
>FOR FILESYSTEM PROTECTION...
>
>1. Use a journaling file system like XFS. This, alone, would probably
>have avoided your problems.
>
>FOR HARDWARE PROTEC
hello,
my head is truly spinning after spending a couple of days reading the modem
howto, setserial, isapnp etc. and i seem no closer to an answer! this is a
hardware modem and has worked on linux redhat and slackware. there was a
reference to some 'peer' thing in mandrake user (what is it, where
Hello,
What I don't understand is how we receive the newsletter boasting of
such great news regarding their financial status etc. and then when it
comes down to it they are laying off key players. What can you really
believe?
--
Thank you,
Vincent A. Primavera.
On Tue, 2
On Tuesday 30 July 2002 11:23 am, you wrote:
> I'll sign.
Ditto.
--
Jonathan Dlouhy
Tuesday, July 30, 2002
MS Windows -- From the people who brought you "BOB"!
Regis
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 20:12:10 +0100
John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In home directory I have a number of files , all "core.15219", etc
>
> What are these files and is it safe to delete them
>
> John
>
a "core" file is a memory dump made by an application right before it
crashe
Count me too
I have seen civileme has helped a lot to people in this list.
At 30/07/02, Lúcio Costa de Almeida wrote:
>Oh, no...
>
>
>Count me in, too.
>
>He helps me a lot.
>
>=
>[]'s
>Lúcio Costa
>Linux user #204519
>"We do what we can, we give what we have
>Our doubt is our passion an
Klemm wrote:
>Hi
>Need help again
>I have some lost files I do not find anywhere, but I know I just copied
>them there 3 days ago.
>The dir is empty.
>
>I use konqueror as my filemanager and when I have a look at the
>properties of /home
>
>the following makes me wonder:
>
>Size 738,1 M
>Free sp
Greetings from the world capital of brownouts, blackouts, spikes, and
thunderstorms. Here's what I recommend, in order:
FOR FILESYSTEM PROTECTION...
1. Use a journaling file system like XFS. This, alone, would probably
have avoided your problems.
FOR HARDWARE PROTECTION...
2. Make sure your po
In home directory I have a number of files , all "core.15219", etc
What are these files and is it safe to delete them
John
--
John Richard Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Randy,
see below.
raffaele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
>* When I run "service inetd status" I get "inetd: unrecognized
> service".
>
>* When I run "service xinetd status" I get "xinetd (pid 411) is
> running..."
inetd is superseeded by xinetd (eXtended inetd), so one excludes the
oth
Klemm writes:
> I have some lost files I do not find anywhere, but I know I just copied
> them there 3 days ago.
> The dir is empty.
>
> I use konqueror as my filemanager and when I have a look at the
> properties of /home
>
> the following makes me wonder:
>
> Size 738,1 M
> Free space 494,
> Well the real lesson there is don't use Red Carpet unliess you really
> like to do everything with rpm --nodeps. The price you pay for such
> smoothness in the update is excessive.
No kidding--sounds like a horrible mess waiting to happen.
> Right now what I see is that the easy way to an
> Hi
> Need help again
> I have some lost files I do not find anywhere, but I know I just copied
> them there 3 days ago.
> The dir is empty.
>
> I use konqueror as my filemanager and when I have a look at the
> properties of /home
>
> the following makes me wonder:
>
> Size 738,1 M
> Free sp
Hi,
Is it possible to start a program from the command line and get it to open on
a different virtual desktop to the one I am currently using?
Like:
/path/to/program :2
To start it on desktop 2?
Thanks for any help,
Jord
--
Jordan Elver
http://www.jordanelver.co.uk
"640K ought to be enough f
Anybody done a bugzilla install with 8.2? Apache's stuff is set up
differently on linux than on every other OS I'm familiar with so I think
this is where my problem lies.
I can get index.html to view but that's it, for some reason all other *.html
and *.cgi don't work. The error is "the file
Hi
Need help again
I have some lost files I do not find anywhere, but I know I just copied
them there 3 days ago.
The dir is empty.
I use konqueror as my filemanager and when I have a look at the
properties of /home
the following makes me wonder:
Size 738,1 M
Free space 494,1 /2.3 Gb (78%) use
&Sgr;&tgr;&igr;&sfgr; &Tgr;&rgr;&igr; 30 &Igr;&ogr;&ugr;&lgr; 2002 16:38, &ogr;/&eegr; &eacgr;&ggr;&rgr;&agr;&psgr;&egr;:
>Count me in, too.
In it also and wishing you the best civileme!
###
Registered Linux User 271321 http://counter.li.
Title: RE: [newbie] Civilme petition.
OK, but at least you know that you are appreciated and nobody takes your help and advice for granted. Dennis M.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of civileme
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 11:42 AM
To: [
frankie wrote:
>
>anyone fancy starting a "Save Civilme" petition
>
>Seems a big shame that the guy who fronts to the users more then any other
>Mandrake employee is gettting kicked..
>
>Nuts for mandrake really.. since Civilme and Vincent are the two main
>reasons these mailing lists are hel
Oh, no...
Count me in, too.
He helps me a lot.
=
[]'s
Lúcio Costa
Linux user #204519
"We do what we can, we give what we have
Our doubt is our passion and our passion is our task
The rest is the madness of art."
_
On Tuesday 30 July 2002 17:27 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
> On Tuesday 30 Jul 2002 3:07 am, L.V.Gandhi wrote:
> > On Tuesday 30 Jul 2002 5:13 am, civileme wrote:
> > > Well, the problem is bugs in the current revision and it is up
> > > to Mandrakesoft to fix them. My involvement with the fixing
>
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Hash: SHA1
On Tuesday 30 July 2002 9:17 am, Eric McClure did speak unto the huddled
masses, saying:
> I'll sign it also.
me too
there isn't even a petition and it is already filling up. how about some
details, what is happening?
- --
"... and if you drow
Are you accessing the correct port
Try this in a terminal window
echo ath1 > /dev/modem
This should make the modem go off hook and you will hear a 'click'
(ath0 will go back on hook again)
If it does not work try /dev/ttyS0 for serial port 0 or /dev/ttyS1 for serial
port 1 etc
Once you est
I'll sign it also.
On Tuesday, July 30, 2002, at 08:29 AM, Myers, Dennis R NWO wrote:
> Me Too.
>
> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony S. Sykes
> Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:23 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: RE: [newbie]
7/30/02 9:57:22 AM, "frankie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>anyone fancy starting a "Save Civilme" petition
>
>Seems a big shame that the guy who fronts to the users more then any other
>Mandrake employee is gettting kicked..
>
>Nuts for mandrake really.. since Civilme and Vincent are the t
On Tuesday 30 Jul 2002 5:13 am, civileme wrote:
> Well, the problem is bugs in the current revision and it is up to
> Mandrakesoft to fix them. My involvement with the fixing process is
> becoming distant as I struggle to complete a few more testing tools
> before my lay-off is effective. (two
Me Too.
-Original Message-
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Tony S. Sykes
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 10:23 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: [newbie] Civilme petition.
I'll sign.
-Original Message-
From: frankie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sen
I'll sign.
-Original Message-
From: frankie [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Tuesday, July 30, 2002 3:57 PM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [newbie] Civilme petition.
anyone fancy starting a "Save Civilme" petition
Seems a big shame that the guy who fronts to the users more then a
anyone fancy starting a "Save Civilme" petition
Seems a big shame that the guy who fronts to the users more then any other
Mandrake employee is gettting kicked..
Nuts for mandrake really.. since Civilme and Vincent are the two main
reasons these mailing lists are held in such high esteem.
Oh well. So much for my prediction abilities:-)
I have no idea what those files are, but anything in /tmp is fair game to
delete.
In fact a cron job is run daily to run 'tmpwatch' which will automatically
delete files in /tmp which have not been accessed for more than 240 hours.
derek
On
Hi Derek,
I did what you said. /dev/hda6 is mapped to "/". I did not find an enormous
log file. But I looked in my /tmp directory and saw three files with the
same properties:
-rwxr-xr-x 1 rooms rooms 624 800 000 July 29 name
where name is: magicFKEYm7*,
On Tuesday 30 Jul 2002 6:47 am, Frederic Rooms wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am glad to tell you that you guessed the problem: /dev/hda6 is 100% full.
> Now, my questions are:
>
> 1. How can I free some space ?
> 2. What is /dev/hda6 ?
> 3. Why is full right now ?
>
Lets see if my ability to gu
On Mon, 2002-07-29 at 16:11, civileme wrote:
> Civileme
thanks! you're right it was a hardware problem. It was the SDRAM, it
was not properly inserted in the SODIMM. now my laptop is doin ok.
hey I read ur leavin, what a loss, hope you'll be back soon, but if not
I wish you goodluck on your ne
After loading Mandrake 8.2 for the third time, my USR/3Com 56K FaxModem,
Model 5610 was able to dial the internet. Once. So I believe it's
configured properly. But since then, when I try to dial out, KPPP hangs at
initialization, displaying "Expecting OK".
I'd give up on it and get another m
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Hi I was wondering if there is a rule I can set to drop *all* icmp? if
> so how would I add the rule?
try something like this:
ipchains -A INPUT -p icmp -s 0/0 -j DROP
or
ipchains -A INPUT -p icmp -i $INTERFACE -j DROP
$INTERFACE = your outer inter
Is there any point at all in keeping Linux Format disks that are over a year
old? Seems to me that at the rate things change it is unlikely that they
will ever get used.
Anne
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Charles P. Conrad wrote:
> I presently am dual booting Win98SE and Win2K on a 9 or 10GB HDD. I
> also have a 40GB drive with apps and data, partitioned into 9 1/2 GB
> chunks.
>
> I like Win2K, but it will be my last M$ OS (XP turns me off and
> Palladium scares me) and would like to replace
On Tue, 30 Jul 2002 03:32:48 -0400
"Charles P. Conrad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I presently am dual booting Win98SE and Win2K on a 9 or 10GB HDD. I also
> have a 40GB drive with apps and data, partitioned into 9 1/2 GB chunks.
>
> I like Win2K, but it will be my last M$ OS (XP turns me off
Hi,
I am glad to tell you that you guessed the problem: /dev/hda6 is 100% full.
Now, my questions are:
1. How can I free some space ?
2. What is /dev/hda6 ?
3. Why is full right now ?
Thank you,
fred
- Original Message -
From: "et" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED
I presently am dual booting Win98SE and Win2K on a 9 or 10GB
HDD. I also have a 40GB drive with apps and data, partitioned into
9 1/2 GB chunks.
I like Win2K, but it will be my last M$ OS (XP turns me off and Palladium
scares me) and would like to replace 98SE, which is on the C: portion of
the s
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