On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:52:18 -0400
Dan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could someone piont me to a link or such on how to set up a two
> computer network with samba on Mandrake 9.1 and windows 98se ? The win
> computer
Ok i finaly got it working, turns out i had to enable wins host on the
sa
On Friday 24 October 2003 10:30, Russ wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> What would cause Mozilla (1.3.1) not to load a page (resolving host) but
> Konq goes right there? These are pages I go to all the time (in
> Mozilla). Suddenly it wants to be stubborn and refuses to open the pages
> (plural, more than one).
Hi All,
What would cause Mozilla (1.3.1) not to load a page (resolving host) but
Konq goes right there? These are pages I go to all the time (in
Mozilla). Suddenly it wants to be stubborn and refuses to open the pages
(plural, more than one). Yet other pages open fine. In Windows there was
a f
On Friday 24 October 2003 02:36 pm, HaywireMac wrote:
> P.S. do *not* download Reign of Fire, sux big time. Movie about dragons
> and ya get to see about 3... :-\
Ah man, I liked that movie...
--
On Friday 24 October 2003 08:01 pm, Johan wrote:
> Hi,
> The result of uname -a...
> Linux localhost 2.4.22-10mdk #1 Thu Sep 18 12:30:58 CEST 2003 i686
> unknown unknown GNU/Linux
> Since the above kernel source is not on any of the 4 discs I have where
> can this exact kernel be found.
> I need th
10/24/03
Hello Adam,
I'm now running my Zoom Model 3025 V.92 PCI FaxModem at V.92
speeds.
Check out www.linuxant.com
They have drivers for most of the Winmodems with Conexant
chipsets. You can get the utilities you need from their website
to determine exactly what Winmodem chipset you have and
10/24/03
Hello John,
What do you mean by cache-ing up audio files? Do you mean you
want to play something on the hifi CD player and record it to
hard disk or audio tape? Or do you just want to listen to it
through your computer sound card and computer speakers?
Dennis' suggestion of getting a
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 22:04, Scott Naylor wrote:
> I've run into a wierd error while trying to perform make install on a program.
> It says this:
>
> /bin/sh ../mkinstalldirs /usr/local/bin
> @LIBTOOL@ --mode=install /usr/bin/install -c VisualBoyAdvance
> /usr/local/bin/VisualBoyAdvance
> /bi
On Friday 24 October 2003 09:25 pm, Dan Gordon wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:52:18 -0400
>
> Dan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Could someone piont me to a link or such on how to set up a two
> > computer network with samba on Mandrake 9.1 and windows 98se ? The win
> > computer was alread
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 10:52:18 -0400
Dan Gordon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Could someone piont me to a link or such on how to set up a two
> computer network with samba on Mandrake 9.1 and windows 98se ? The win
> computer was already set up for networking in a windows enviroment
> (maybe thats the
hey
gang get a load of this .Like we figgured Balmer is FOS (full of sh*T)
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I've been trying to install VisualBoyAdvance from source lately and I've been
having a problem. Every time I try to configure I get this error
checking lex output file root... ./configure: line 1402: lex: command not
found
configure: error: cannot find output from lex; giving up
I think I need
Hi Derek,
This did the trick.
Also, I could not find the rpm on Texstar's page. What did he call it?
Well anyway, I got it working on mine.
It will not print in landscape mode either (bummer dude). However, I did
get a workaround with this one that the others choked on. I was able to
rotate t
After resolving some hardware issues, i have re-installed md9.1 and
removed win. I am trying to update using easy urpmi at plf.zarb.org for
mirror setup. Kppp keeps cutting off after about 5 minutes at one mirror
and 30 min at another. Message is kppp daemon has timed out. I am
running direct m
Hi Dennis,
After I untared it, I read the README file and it said "run the INSTALL
script". End of help. It sort of left me hanging.
Thanks
Russ
Dennis Myers wrote:
Russ, more info, I assume you did a 'tar -xvzf adobe.tar.gz" or whatever the
file is. After the untaring is complete did you re
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 14:00, RichardA wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:43:47 -0400, HaywireMac
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > On 24 Oct 2003 11:24:06 -0700
> > Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> >
> > > I have alearted several friends who use win$ux most of them don't
> > > care
>
> Her
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003, HaywireMac wrote:
> On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:21:56 -0700
> Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
> >
> > Well, it'll be good for a little while. My /home is closing in on
> > 700MB, so the complexity of the script will go up. Unless, of
> > course, i start compressing,
More on the subject of home partions,
In my current setup, I have only a / and /swap. I am thinking that I'd
like to seperate /home out. It seems to me that it should be as simple
as shrinking my / partition, creating a new /home, copying everything
over to the new /home, emptying the original
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 06:28:03 -0400
HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> http://zdnet.com.com/2100-1105_2-5094279.html
>
> "Ballmer also disputed the notion that open-source code is more secure
> than Windows. "The data doesn't jibe with that. In the first 150 days
> after the release of Wind
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 14:43:47 -0400, HaywireMac
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 24 Oct 2003 11:24:06 -0700
> Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
> > I have alearted several friends who use win$ux most of them don't
> > care
Here's a scary (true) story: A friend of a friend has some minor
q
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 11:43, HaywireMac wrote:
> On 24 Oct 2003 11:24:06 -0700
> Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
> > I have alearted several friends who use win$ux most of them don't
> > care
>
> You could *make* them care .
>
> Options:
>
> 1. Rubber hose
> 2. Bicycle chain
> 3. Pi
someone asked about MDK for PPC:
http://archives.mandrakelinux.com/cooker-ppc/2003-10/msg00024.php
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
Dennis Myers wrote:
On Friday 24 October 2003 12:03 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
Can you cache up audio files from an external source like an audio CD
player ?
I think I could rig up some sort of audio line from the audio output
socket of my main highfy CD player to the audio imput on my mobo.
HaywireMac wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:47:11 +
John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
Each to their own, but I would not have so much space devoted to one
task. Much more convenient to measure out your hard drive into
practicable spare partitions, with seperate mount points.The
On Friday 24 October 2003 12:03 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
> Can you cache up audio files from an external source like an audio CD
> player ?
>
> I think I could rig up some sort of audio line from the audio output
> socket of my main highfy CD player to the audio imput on my mobo. But
> would i
On 24 Oct 2003 11:24:06 -0700
Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> I have alearted several friends who use win$ux most of them don't
> care
You could *make* them care .
Options:
1. Rubber hose
2. Bicycle chain
3. Piano wire
and for the really stubborn:
4. Cinderblock
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Hi all,
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 13:27:40 -0400, HaywireMac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote about Re: [newbie] Prepare for 9.2 - partitions & backups:
>On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:47:11 +
>John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
>>
>> Each to their ow
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:21:56 -0700
Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
> Well, it'll be good for a little while. My /home is closing in on
> 700MB, so the complexity of the script will go up. Unless, of
> course, i start compressing, too.
700MB?! LOL! Mine is like 25GB, what with all the
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 10:40, Anne Wilson wrote:
> On Friday 24 Oct 2003 4:32 pm, Aron Smith wrote:
> > On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 03:07, HaywireMac wrote:
> > > I really like this guy, a Lin/Mac supporter all the way, but very
> > > realistic when it comes to dealing with that crap called Windows.
> > >
> Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> > nice --18 mkisofs -r $FULLPATH.tar | cdrecord -v -eject fs=6m
> > speed=2 dev=0,0,0 -data -
This should be one line.
> Sure, make us all look like bloody dumbass amateurs... ;-)
:) I am still learning bash, so it took some time...
I love i
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 11:00:33 -0700
Eric Huff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> # root because i backup /etc
>
> if test `whoami` != "root"; then
>echo `whoami`", you have to be root"
>exit
> fi
>
> BACK_PATH="/stuff/backup"
> FILENAME="cudaback"
> FULLPATH=$BACK_PATH/$FILENAME
>
> tar -cf
> > As for the old lilo scripts they can be upgraded as with an
> > upgraded OS, or reinstalled as with a fresh new install. If
> > upgraded, then when on desktop you can wipe the old linux part
> > of the boot script. If you choose to reinstall , then lilo will
> > be renewed completely.
> >
> So
> Before upgrading I normally backup on CD-RW and use diff to verify
> the burning process. (diff is a command line program that compares
> two files or directories. I'm sure KDE or Gnome have graphical
> equivalents)
I usu make a tar file of what i want backed up, then burn that.
Only works if y
On Friday 24 Oct 2003 4:32 pm, Aron Smith wrote:
> On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 03:07, HaywireMac wrote:
> > I really like this guy, a Lin/Mac supporter all the way, but very
> > realistic when it comes to dealing with that crap called Windows.
> >
> > Anothere *great column*:
> >
> > http://securityfocus
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 17:47:11 +
John Richard Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
> Each to their own, but I would not have so much space devoted to one
> task. Much more convenient to measure out your hard drive into
> practicable spare partitions, with seperate mount points.Then you can
>
Margot wrote:
Here it is:
[EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]$ df
FilesystemSize Used Avail Use% Mounted on
/dev/hda5 49G 2.2G 44G 5% /
/dev/hda6 8.1G 730M 7.4G 9% /home
[EMAIL PROTECTED] margot]$
As you can see, I've got plenty of space at the moment, but it
Hi all,
I searched freshmeat for trouble ticket programs and
found quite a handful. I would like your
recommendations... Are any of you using a linux/web
based support ticket program? Do you know of any good
ones in 9.1? Something for an IS department to track
problems and search/retrieve later
Scott Naylor wrote:
I'm not sure what old linux is, but I think it's carried over after a fresh
install... it doesn't really have any value. Re-installing Lilo will
immediatly remove that option. As for LinuxNonFB I can't be positive what it
is, but I think it's a more secure form of Linux.
non
Can you cache up audio files from an external source like an audio CD
player ?
I think I could rig up some sort of audio line from the audio output
socket of my main highfy CD player to the audio imput on my mobo. But
would it work, and can you blow something up ?
John
--
John Richard Smith
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 16:17:45 +0100
Margot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> As you can see, I've got plenty of space at the moment, but it seems
> to me it would be more useful to have a larger /home.
Holy shite! You could easily pack your whole /home partition onto one
CD, LOL!
Ya, just tar it all
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 03:07, HaywireMac wrote:
> I really like this guy, a Lin/Mac supporter all the way, but very
> realistic when it comes to dealing with that crap called Windows.
>
> Anothere *great column*:
>
> http://securityfocus.com/columnists/193
What is scary is that most people don't c
On Fri, 2003-10-24 at 01:46, HaywireMac wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:49:45 -0700
> John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
> > Now..onto Linux. Whatever number of vulnerabilities are reported and
> > patched the fact remains that these are often discovered by the
> > development team and pa
HaywireMac wrote:
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:35:29 +0100
Margot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
I know that I should backup /home before installing 9.2, but what is
the best way to do this?
I have a CD-RW drive, but have never used it except as CD-Rom! Would
it be best to do backups on CD-R or CD-RW?
Alt
Before upgrading I normally backup on CD-RW and use diff to verify the
burning process. (diff is a command line program that compares two files
or directories. I'm sure KDE or Gnome have graphical equivalents)
There are several graphical front ends to burn CDs: Gnome-toaster,
Xcdroast, gcombust
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 15:35:29 +0100
Margot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> I know that I should backup /home before installing 9.2, but what is
> the best way to do this?
>
> I have a CD-RW drive, but have never used it except as CD-Rom! Would
> it be best to do backups on CD-R or CD-RW?
>
> Alter
On Friday 24 Oct 2003 3:38 pm, John Richard Smith wrote:
>
> The real questions you need to ask yourself are,
>
> Do I upgrade, or reinstall,
> Do I want to dual linux boot, so your've got your old working linux
> OS to work with while you configure the newer version.
>
> As for the old lilo script
Hello Greg,
Thanks for that,it looks like I will Power Pack at some
point soon.
Drew
- Original Message -
From: "Greg Meyer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Friday, October 24, 2003 2:30 PM
Subject: Re: [newbie]
I know that I should backup /home before installing 9.2, but what is the
best way to do this?
I have a CD-RW drive, but have never used it except as CD-Rom! Would it
be best to do backups on CD-R or CD-RW?
Alternatively, I have some private web space - can I just FTP a copy of
/home temporaril
Margot wrote:
I've taken the plunge, ordered the CDs, and I want to make sure I know
what I'm doing before I move from 9.0 to 9.2 so I don't mess it up
like I did last time! So, before the parcel arrives from France, I
need to know a few things.
On boot, I get the following choices:
linux - I
On Friday 24 October 2003 07:52 am, Derek Jennings wrote:
> You do not need to compile acroread. It is a programme binary.
>
> Al you have to do is make the install script executable with
> chmod +x script_name
>
> and then execute it with
> ./script_name
>
> (Do that all as root)
>
> Or install
On Friday 24 October 2003 08:36 am, Drew Martin wrote:
> Hi All,
> If I buy 9.2 Power Pack from Mandrake,and do a upgrade from 9.2rc2
> will such things as the Nvidia Drivers be install during the upgrade?If not
Only if they are already installed, but since 9.2 will install a new kernel,
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:17:30 -0400
Bryan Phinney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
>
> We know that journalists are bought by advertising dollars and we know
> which software model has the money to buy them. They are respected by
> the public slightly more than politicians and slightly less than
> us
Hi All,
If I buy 9.2 Power Pack from Mandrake,and do a upgrade from 9.2rc2
will such things as the Nvidia Drivers be install during the upgrade?If not
will a full install install the drivers and other bits and pieces?
Drew
Want to buy
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 08:53:02 -0400
Scott Naylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> As for LinuxNonFB I can't be positive what it
> is, but I think it's a more secure form of Linux.
Framebuffer is just high-res text mode, I don't think there's anything
to do with security involved. Most graphics card
On Friday 24 October 2003 12:59 am, Michael Adams wrote:
>
>
> Trouble is Bryan, mainstream press quote these statements verbatim and
> do not quote anything to the contrary alongside it. They are not
> interested in doing any 'investigitive journalism' nowadays when they
> can cut and paste from
On Friday 24 Oct 2003 1:47 pm, Scott Naylor wrote:
> KMidi and Timidity work fine, but I need MIDI's to play on request
> from games such as DOOM Legacy... I thought if KMid worked, they
> would work. How do you get MIDI to work in games?
Not being a game-player, I can't answer that one for certai
On Friday 24 Oct 2003 1:47 pm, Scott Naylor wrote:
> KMidi and Timidity work fine, but I need MIDI's to play on request from
> games such as DOOM Legacy... I thought if KMid worked, they would work. How
> do you get MIDI to work in games?
Is this why you want to use OSS and not Alsa?
Alsa has an
I'm not sure what old linux is, but I think it's carried over after a fresh
install... it doesn't really have any value. Re-installing Lilo will
immediatly remove that option. As for LinuxNonFB I can't be positive what it
is, but I think it's a more secure form of Linux. I've never booted into i
Margot wrote:
I've taken the plunge, ordered the CDs, and I want to make sure I know
what I'm doing before I move from 9.0 to 9.2 so I don't mess it up
like I did last time! So, before the parcel arrives from France, I
need to know a few things.
On boot, I get the following choices:
linux -
The file /usr/share/doc/msec-0.38/security.txt describes the security
features for each level. Levels 4 and 5 disable direct root login.
Disabling direct root login means that somebody has to guess two
passwords to enter as root.
raffaele
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
On Thu, Oct 23, 2003 at 05:30:
I'm not sure what old linux is, but I think it's carried over after a fresh
install... it doesn't really have any value. Re-installing Lilo will
immediatly remove that option. As for LinuxNonFB I can't be positive what it
is, but I think it's a more secure form of Linux. I've never booted into i
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 12:39:58 +0100
Margot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> I've taken the plunge, ordered the CDs, and I want to make sure I know
> what I'm doing before I move from 9.0 to 9.2 so I don't mess it up
> like I did last time! So, before the parcel arrives from France, I
> need to know a
Ok I attached the ReadMe file to the topic Video, but I couldn't edit it
because I'm not the creator of the topic. I hope that helped. And By the way,
I do try to answer questions, but I am completly new at Linux, I've only been
using it for a week or two...
Want to buy your Pack or Services fr
KMidi and Timidity work fine, but I need MIDI's to play on request from games
such as DOOM Legacy... I thought if KMid worked, they would work. How do you
get MIDI to work in games?
Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft?
Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com
On Friday 24 Oct 2003 1:11 pm, Scott Naylor wrote:
> I still don't have my MIDI in KMid working. Hasn't anybody come
> across the same problem as mine before?
Scott - I replied earlier, but since you had your reply-to wrongly set
it did not get to the list. Please do try to answer questions that
I've taken the plunge, ordered the CDs, and I want to make sure I know
what I'm doing before I move from 9.0 to 9.2 so I don't mess it up like
I did last time! So, before the parcel arrives from France, I need to
know a few things.
On boot, I get the following choices:
linux - I get into this
On Friday 24 Oct 2003 1:09 am, Scott Naylor wrote:
>
> Only one problem with that stratagy. I want my MIDI files to work
> with OSS if that is possible.
Scott - I haven't been following, so sorry if this is off-beam. Have
you tried KMidi (not kmid - they are different)? I had no success
with k
Hello All,
The RPM stuff was about what I expected,it's not a very good
idea to use older RPM when using a more up to date Distro(but it can be done
if careful).
POP 3 was sorted when I managed to get into NTL's account
section and set up so more accounts,I've been trying t
Hi listers !
I have Linux 2.4.21-0.13mdk Mandrake 9.1.
I set up one printer as DEFAULT in CUPS via PrinterDrake, tested it on
the http://localhost:631/printers page and everything is correct. The
other printer I have is also configured correctly and prits.
But lpstat -t command shows that the s
I really like this guy, a Lin/Mac supporter all the way, but very
realistic when it comes to dealing with that crap called Windows.
Anothere *great column*:
http://securityfocus.com/columnists/193
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Homepage: www.orderinchaos.org
+++
On Friday 24 Oct 2003 5:41 am, Michael Adams wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 14:28:38 -0400
>
> Heather/Femme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > I really need to setup a "fuck me!" OS beside my normal install
> > of linux.
> >
> > sigh
> > Femme
>
> It's not as nutty as it sounds. I have three on my "Desk
On Friday 24 Oct 2003 3:08 am, Scott Naylor wrote:
> Hey I just did this a little bit back. You go to NVIDIA.com and
> choose the Drivers section. Look for your card and you should run
> into a driver called
>
> Linux IA32
>
> Go download that file and put it anywhere you like. Then follow the
> in
On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 11:16 pm, Derek Jennings wrote:
> The "user_name:password" is the log in. Naturally it must be a
> valid combination.
>
Duh!That comes of grabbing a quick read between
other unrelated jobs. I didn't read the line, just used it - so, no
username, no password. Silly b*
On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 23:49:45 -0700
John Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> Now..onto Linux. Whatever number of vulnerabilities are reported and
> patched the fact remains that these are often discovered by the
> development team and patched BEFORE any reported attempt to exploit
> the vulnerab
On Fri, 24 Oct 2003 09:14:44 +0100
Derek Jennings <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered:
> 6/ Run the command
> smbpasswd -a user_name
> as root for each user of the Linux computer who needs to view their
> files over samba.
> user_name must be a valid user name in both Linux *and* Windows
> environments. T
On Friday 24 Oct 2003 5:59 am, Dan Gordon wrote:
> On Thu, 23 Oct 2003 21:38:22 +0100
>
> Anne Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Install Webmin, if you don't already have it, and try configuring
> > through that. If you still don't get it right, post your smb.conf
> > file and we'll look at it
On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 4:07 pm, Russ wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I have decided to install Adobe Acrobat to view and print pdf files. So
> I downloaded the newest version for Linux. It is a tar.gz. I figured "no
> problem" I've done a couple of those :-) (ya right).
>
> I extracted it but can't seem to g
On Thursday 23 Oct 2003 2:42 pm, Russ wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> I am trying to print a document (pdf) in landscape mode but it doesn't
> seem to be cooperating.
>
> I am running MD9.1 with a Canon s750 printer with TurboPrint up and
> running. I have tried xpdf, Ghostview, & kghostview and all seem to c
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