Re: [newbie] security - should I be worried? ["Your internal IP should be hidden"]

2004-11-21 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Dennis Myers wrote: On Sunday 21 November 2004 02:19 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: Hello, someone sent me this site http://www.auditmypc.com/ so I thought I'd have a look; I did the first firewall test and they said: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Notice! Our system d

Re: [newbie] security - should I be worried? ["Your internal IP should be hidden"]

2004-11-21 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 21 November 2004 08:02 pm, JoeHill wrote: > > > > I understood that internal addresses were never observable due to the > > nature of internet addressing. Somebody enlighten us if I'm wrong. > > I was gonna say somethin', but I try not to embarass myself with my > cluelessness more than

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users? Debian NOT.

2004-11-21 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 20:24:12 -0500 Bill Mudry disseminated the following: What's with your line wrap d00d?! Oh, wait, Windows Eudora, that explains it. Anyhow, settle down, like I said to Harm, I only meant to disabuse people of the 'fear' of trying Debian, and the impression that the installat

Re: [newbie] security - should I be worried? ["Your internal IP should be hidden"]

2004-11-21 Thread Chris
On Sunday 21 November 2004 07:02 pm, JoeHill wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:07:32 -0600 > > Dennis Myers disseminated the following: > > > So what should I do about this? > > > What's the difference between an internal and an external IP? > > > And anyhow, I thought I had set my IP to 192.168.0.20

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users? Debian NOT.

2004-11-21 Thread Bill Mudry
At 04:26 PM 11/21/04 -0500, you wrote: On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:12:43 -0800 David E. Fox disseminated the following: > > try plopping a newbie in Debian. Nothing against Debian, I like > > Debian, all 14 discs of Debian, but a newbie is liable to give up and > > never touch Linux again for ten years

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Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-21 Thread JoeHill
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 11:55:57 +1100 Stephen Kühn disseminated the following: > > > so there are flavours of Slack with package management now? If so, > > > that's sweet. > > > > Ya ever hear of "slackget"?:) > > > > Never used it, though. I prefer getting me hands dirtysame way I > > dism

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-21 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
H.J.Bathoorn wrote: On Sunday 21 November 2004 22:26, JoeHill wrote: If any distro is likely to 'scare' a newbie, I'd wager it's Slackware or Gentoo, certainly not Debian. Now you've done it You just touched my first (linux) love; Slackware. I'll beat the daylights out of you given half the c

Re: [newbie] security - should I be worried? ["Your internal IP should be hidden"]

2004-11-21 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 18:07:32 -0600 Dennis Myers disseminated the following: > > So what should I do about this? > > What's the difference between an internal and an external IP? > > And anyhow, I thought I had set my IP to 192.168.0.20??? > I understood that internal addresses were never observ

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-21 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Mon, 2004-11-22 at 11:16, H.J.Bathoorn wrote: > On Monday 22 November 2004 00:03, JoeHill wrote: > > so there are flavours of Slack with package management now? If so, > > that's sweet. > > Ya ever hear of "slackget"?:) > > Never used it, though. I prefer getting me hands dirtysame way

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-21 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Monday 22 November 2004 00:03, JoeHill wrote: > so there are flavours of Slack with package management now? If so, > that's sweet. Ya ever hear of "slackget"?:) Never used it, though. I prefer getting me hands dirtysame way I dismantle car/boat engines: rebuilding is reversed order of

Re: [newbie] security - should I be worried? ["Your internal IP should be hidden"]

2004-11-21 Thread Dennis Myers
On Sunday 21 November 2004 02:19 pm, Merlin Zener wrote: > Hello, > > someone sent me this site > http://www.auditmypc.com/ > > so I thought I'd have a look; I did the first firewall test and they > said: > > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - > Notice! > > Our syst

[newbie] Problem with kino and /raw/dev1394 UPDATE

2004-11-21 Thread Peter Watson
I recently posted a question about a problem using kino in capture mode because I do not have a /dev/raw1394, as I had no replies I have been fiddling about and made some progress. Something I have done is causing my box to use devfs instead of udev, I'm not sure what. However using devfs kino

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-21 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 23:40:49 +0100 H.J.Bathoorn disseminated the following: > > If any distro is likely to 'scare' a newbie, I'd wager it's Slackware or > > Gentoo, certainly not Debian. > > Now you've done it > You just touched my first (linux) love; Slackware. I'll beat the daylights out >

Re: [newbie] Has anybody attempted to re-add their 10.1 distro sources?

2004-11-21 Thread Glenn
On Sunday 21 November 2004 12:24, mike wrote: > > If you use -c option for urpmi.removemedia it will clean the headers > cache directory. > > I borked mine up before and had to remove all sources and readd them. > > First I "urpmi.removemedia -a -c" then I had to manually remove > Thanks, Mike.

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-21 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Sunday 21 November 2004 22:26, JoeHill wrote: > If any distro is likely to 'scare' a newbie, I'd wager it's Slackware or > Gentoo, certainly not Debian. Now you've done it You just touched my first (linux) love; Slackware. I'll beat the daylights out of you given half the chance;) Hahh, I

Re: [newbie] rpm doanload

2004-11-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 21 November 2004 20:42, Habib Seifzadeh wrote: > > There are a number of sources to buy Mandrake on > > disks at *very* low cost. > > Which country are you? There's a good chance that > > someone can point you to a > > suitable source. > > Hi again, > I'm persian. in IRAN, there are lots

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-21 Thread JoeHill
On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 12:12:43 -0800 David E. Fox disseminated the following: > > try plopping a newbie in Debian. Nothing against Debian, I like > > Debian, all 14 discs of Debian, but a newbie is liable to give up and > > never touch Linux again for ten years before he even makes it past the > >

[newbie] ClamAV error, help pls?

2004-11-21 Thread Ricardo Castanho de Oliveira Freitas
I started do get this message after a period of use and just after a freshclam command! Any help? I didn´t find anything in the docs or the faqs! = LibClamAV Error: cl_loaddbdir(): Can't open directory X/lib/clamav ERROR: Unable to open file or directory ===

Re: [newbie] rpm doanload

2004-11-21 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 21 Nov 2004 20:42, Habib Seifzadeh wrote: > > There are a number of sources to buy Mandrake on > > disks at *very* low cost. > > Which country are you? There's a good chance that > > someone can point you to a > > suitable source. > > Hi aga

Re: [newbie] rpm doanload

2004-11-21 Thread Habib Seifzadeh
> There are a number of sources to buy Mandrake on > disks at *very* low cost. > Which country are you? There's a good chance that > someone can point you to a > suitable source. Hi again, I'm persian. in IRAN, there are lots of stores which sell mandrake but I was afraid because of I thoght

Re: [newbie] Mandrake Linux not yet ready for primetime

2004-11-21 Thread David E. Fox
On Fri, 12 Nov 2004 14:42:19 -0800 Aron Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Actually windows will not be secure as long as .exe .com and .dll > files can automatically run as root, despite microsoft trying to patent the sudo technology, yet disabling such a feature in XP. Thanks for letting me f

Re: [newbie] rpm doanload

2004-11-21 Thread Anne Wilson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 21 Nov 2004 20:19, Habib Seifzadeh wrote: > > ISO file is the image file for burning into CD. So, > > when 'burned', it will be > > extracted into all the individual files like you > > want it. > > You're right but unfortunately i have a very

Re: [newbie] rpm doanload

2004-11-21 Thread Habib Seifzadeh
> ISO file is the image file for burning into CD. So, > when 'burned', it will be > extracted into all the individual files like you > want it. You're right but unfortunately i have a very slow internet and can't download image files. Regards, Habib

[newbie] security - should I be worried? ["Your internal IP should be hidden"]

2004-11-21 Thread Merlin Zener
Hello, someone sent me this site http://www.auditmypc.com/ so I thought I'd have a look; I did the first firewall test and they said: - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Notice! Our system detects your internal IP address as 203.172.36.52 and your external addr

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-21 Thread David E. Fox
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 08:52:17 -0600 Eric Scott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > try plopping a newbie in Debian. Nothing against Debian, I like > Debian, all 14 discs of Debian, but a newbie is liable to give up and > never touch Linux again for ten years before he even makes it past the > base system

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-21 Thread David E. Fox
On Mon, 15 Nov 2004 08:58:50 -0500 David Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Here's my concern about Live CDs: In older machines with slower CD > drives, they're awful. It takes about 10 minutes for the distros I've True enough. And larger distros like Knoppix tend to try and cram a great dea

Re: [newbie] Mandrake for novice users?

2004-11-21 Thread David E. Fox
On Thu, 11 Nov 2004 09:00:04 -0500 David Feldman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I'm evaluating various Linux distros in order to recommend one to > novice users, particularly Windows switchers. Mandrake has been > recommended to me, especially since it can resize NTFS partitions. Speaking of va

Re: [newbie] rpm doanload

2004-11-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 21 November 2004 17:00, Habib Seifzadeh wrote: > Hi all, > > Why there are only iso images in download pages of > mandrake? > Is there any way to download rpms? > > Of course, they may be found in rpmfind.net but first > speed of this site is low and second, it hasn't > complete list of e

Re: [newbie] Has anybody attempted to re-add their 10.1 distro sources?

2004-11-21 Thread mike
John Layt wrote: > On Sun, 21 Nov 2004 10:52, Glenn wrote: > >>Using "urpmi.addmedia --distrib removable://mnt/cdrom" to add my 10.1 >>sources, the CD numbers get screwed up (11, 21, 31, 32, 33, 41, 51, 61, >>etc.) Anybody run into a fix for this? >> >>Glenn > > > I'm not getting that problem,

Re: [newbie] TWiki recovery update

2004-11-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Sunday 21 Nov 2004 18:10, rikona wrote: > Hello Anne, > > AW> One question, Rikona. Why would it be OK to post here as Rikona > AW> but not on the TWiki? > > It might be OK to use it in both places. But I might, for other > reasons, decide to adopt a new identity for my Twiki participation. If

Re: [newbie] TWiki recovery update

2004-11-21 Thread rikona
Hello Anne, Sunday, November 21, 2004, 9:32:05 AM, Anne wrote: AW> On Saturday 20 Nov 2004 21:30, rikona wrote: >> Hello Anne, >> >> Friday, November 19, 2004, 11:52:52 AM, Anne wrote: >> >> AW> Over the past few days some of us have worked very hard to get >> the TWiki back. >> >> Thanks, to you

Re: [newbie] rpm doanload

2004-11-21 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Monday 22 November 2004 12:00 am, Habib Seifzadeh wrote: > Hi all, > > Why there are only iso images in download pages of > mandrake? > Is there any way to download rpms? > > Of course, they may be found in rpmfind.net but first > speed of this site is low and second, it hasn't > complete list o

Re: [newbie] TWiki recovery update

2004-11-21 Thread Anne Wilson
On Saturday 20 Nov 2004 21:30, rikona wrote: > Hello Anne, > > Friday, November 19, 2004, 11:52:52 AM, Anne wrote: > > AW> Over the past few days some of us have worked very hard to get the > AW> TWiki back. > > Thanks, to you all. > > AW> While we're on the subject of registering, please do not re

[newbie] rpm doanload

2004-11-21 Thread Habib Seifzadeh
Hi all, Why there are only iso images in download pages of mandrake? Is there any way to download rpms? Of course, they may be found in rpmfind.net but first speed of this site is low and second, it hasn't complete list of eache CD rpms. __ Do y

Re: [newbie] 10CE Install problem...

2004-11-21 Thread RickSisler
J ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: > > Thanks for the advice Brian... > I have tried urpmi --auto-select, and it indeed tried > to install a lot of stuff. > > However > > Before downloading, it looks through the CD ROM's. It > asked for CD2, no probs. It then asked for CD1, and > thats where the p

Re: [newbie] what can I do ?? Please help - Urgent

2004-11-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 21 November 2004 13:49, Greg Meyer wrote: > On Sunday 21 November 2004 07:21 am, H.ERTAS wrote: > > Dear friends, > > > > I just installed nvidia driver on Mdk 10.1 CE and configured xorg.conf . > > But when I reboot , the system can not go into X ( kde ) . "startx" > > commande fails. I

Re: [newbie] Initial login very slow (10.1 Official)

2004-11-21 Thread Bryan Phinney
On Saturday 20 November 2004 22:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Ok, apologies for pressing send on my email program too soon (see previous > message). And million thanks to everyone who contributed with their ideas. > > The problem is now solved (wait, there is the next problem). I followed the > st

[newbie] 10CE Install problem...

2004-11-21 Thread J
Thanks for the advice Brian... I have tried urpmi --auto-select, and it indeed tried to install a lot of stuff. However Before downloading, it looks through the CD ROM's. It asked for CD2, no probs. It then asked for CD1, and thats where the problems started, as half of the stuff it wants, i

Re: [newbie] what can I do ?? Please help - Urgent

2004-11-21 Thread Greg Meyer
On Sunday 21 November 2004 07:21 am, H.ERTAS wrote: > Dear friends, > > I just installed nvidia driver on Mdk 10.1 CE and configured xorg.conf . > But when I reboot , the system can not go into X ( kde ) . "startx" > commande fails. I know I can reedit xorg.conf but I can not do that from > consol

Re: [newbie] 10CE Install Problem

2004-11-21 Thread Brian Parish
On Mon, 22 Nov 2004 12:26 am, J wrote: > Hi all, > > I run 10CE on my machine, for one or two reasons, and recently I suffered a > HDD failure, and had to do a complete reinstall onto a new HDD. > > I had to download a new ISO set, as one of my CD's was damaged, and would > no longer be seen by my

[newbie] 10CE Install Problem

2004-11-21 Thread J
Hi all,   I run 10CE on my machine, for one or two reasons, and recently I suffered a HDD failure, and had to do a complete reinstall onto a new HDD.   I had to download a new ISO set, as one of my CD's was damaged, and would no longer be seen by my CD ROM drive.   Trouble is, The ISO is corr

Re: [newbie] what can I do ?? Please help - Urgent

2004-11-21 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Sunday 21 November 2004 07:34 pm, Paul Kaplan wrote: > can you install mc (midnight commander)? > F4 puts you in edit mode, F2 is save. > P > Or, you can still use vi, for basic file editing, here's the keys (remeber that you'll need to be root to work on /etc/files): - to start editing file:

Re: [newbie] what can I do ?? Please help - Urgent

2004-11-21 Thread Paul Kaplan
can you install mc (midnight commander)? F4 puts you in edit mode, F2 is save. P On Sunday 21 November 2004 07:21 am, H.ERTAS wrote: > Dear friends, > > I just installed nvidia driver on Mdk 10.1 CE and configured xorg.conf . > But when I reboot , the system can not go into X ( kde ) . "startx" >

[newbie] what can I do ?? Please help - Urgent

2004-11-21 Thread H.ERTAS
Dear friends, I just installed nvidia driver on Mdk 10.1 CE and configured xorg.conf . But when I reboot , the system can not go into X ( kde ) . "startx" commande fails. I know I can reedit xorg.conf but I can not do that from console. "jed" the editor is not installe . I dont know to use vi

[OT]Re: [newbie] Interview with X.org honcho

2004-11-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 21 November 2004 11:33, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > On Sunday 21 November 2004 11:48 am, JoeHill wrote: > > > besides, that only means that I have to learn X ALL OVER AGAIN - and > > > install new NVidia drivers...dang dang dang dang dang... > > > > The only new things you are likely to have

Re: [newbie] Initial login very slow (10.1 Official)

2004-11-21 Thread Derek Jennings
On Sunday 21 November 2004 05:05, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 14:57, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Ok, apologies for pressing send on my email program too soon (see > > > previous message). And million thanks to everyone who contributed with > > > their ideas. > > > > > > Th

Re: [newbie] Interview with X.org honcho

2004-11-21 Thread Stephen Kühn
On Sun, 2004-11-21 at 22:33, Fajar Priyanto wrote: > Have you read this? In Singapore Steve Ballmer threathened Asian goverment > officials of using Linux. http://www.technewsworld.com/story/news/38302.html > > Is this the sign of last-gasp effort from MS or is there some truths behind > it? Wh

[newbie] 'Already in UTF8 mode' message appearing

2004-11-21 Thread Rodolfo Medina
Hi. I already posted this message, getting no answer. I'm trying again: maybe this time someone will read it that can provide help. -- When I log into my system (Mandrake Linux 9.1) as root, the following message appears: Already in UTF

Re: [newbie] Interview with X.org honcho

2004-11-21 Thread Fajar Priyanto
On Sunday 21 November 2004 11:48 am, JoeHill wrote: > > besides, that only means that I have to learn X ALL OVER AGAIN - and > > install new NVidia drivers...dang dang dang dang dang... > The only new things you are likely to have to learn is how to enjoy all the > whoop-ass new features, matey. I