Re: [newbie] DHCP, Pump commands and Cable Modem Setup

2000-10-18 Thread Dennis Veatch
Another good floppy based Router/Firewall/dhcp/dhclient linux server is the Linux Router Project. It can be run on one floppy or depending on other services you want to run multiple floppies. I have been running the EigerStien2BETA image and has proven to be very stable and no fuss. There are

Re: [newbie] Making DHCP work

2000-10-18 Thread Dennis Veatch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi! I subscribed to Road Runner (cable using DHCP) two weeks ago and am still not able to use it... I got rid of my first problem (making eth0 work) thanks to two Linux angels, Michael and Greg, that I thank again. Now here is what's happening: * Eth0 seems to

Re: [newbie] Lib's of 7.2 Beta

2000-10-17 Thread Dennis Veatch
Burak Acar wrote: Hi, I have recently downloaded Mandrake 7.2 beta version, which I really need to run my GeForce2 GTS video card properly. Installation was OK. However, I need to run matlab (5.3) and it requires 'libdl.so.1' library. But 7.2 has a newer version and I cannot install

Re: [newbie] network problems

2000-10-17 Thread Dennis Veatch
Alex Haun wrote: I just installed Mandrake 7.1 on my system. At first, I installed over 7.0 to keep all of my preferences and such, but because of a recurring problem with the theme manager not changing the colors in the panel and in windows (whereas in root it would work fine) I decided to

Re: [newbie] DHCP, Pump commands and Cable Modem Setup

2000-10-17 Thread Dennis Veatch
"Thomas F. RuBane" wrote: Hi Roman All: I'm using Mandrake 7.1 (With an automatic install) and a Netgear 310tx which is a tulip chipset compatible card. My DSL service uses DHCP, but I haven't gotten that working either. I entered all the information manually (I checked using winipcfg the

Re: [newbie] Linux/Networking/Firewall

2000-10-16 Thread Dennis Veatch
"Wignall, Mark T" wrote: In summary, my question is this. Is this the best/only approach I can take in setting up my environment? Is there a way to accomplish this by setting up my own route tables? The reason I ask is because when everything is "idle" on my network, I see blips on the

Re: [newbie] sound cards

2000-10-16 Thread Dennis Veatch
Larry Marshall wrote: I think the significant thing in this thread (about whether removing Windows drivers would help Linux) is whether Linux can get any information from Windows device drivers. I'd submit the answer is, as I suggested, no. You are correct. If you are dealing with a

Re: [newbie] large hard disk

2000-10-16 Thread Dennis Veatch
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well for one dos fdisk is limited your bios settings will tell it something it cant comprehend, remember how we mention lilo only able to detect so many cylanders well in this case dos has the same limitations, my mom had the same That is why Linux-Mandrake developed

Re: [newbie] large hard disk

2000-10-16 Thread Dennis Veatch
Dennis Veatch wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: well for one dos fdisk is limited your bios settings will tell it something it cant comprehend, remember how we mention lilo only able to detect so many cylanders well in this case dos has the same limitations, my mom had the same

[newbie] Printing in KDE

2000-10-15 Thread Dennis Veatch
With the default install of LM71, I had problems printing from any application. That is could not at all. Running printtool was not problem and could even run the print tests and that confused me. If I could run those tests, why could I not print from Netscape, Abiword or drop a file on the

Re: [newbie] Modem connection question

2000-10-15 Thread Dennis Veatch
You probably do not want to hear this but get a real modem, it will make your life simpler. "Kirby J. Davis" wrote: I have been able to get Linux to recognize my LT Winmodem and dial my ISP. However, as soon as the connection is made it is immediately disconnected with the daemon dying

Re: [newbie] Printing in KDE

2000-10-15 Thread Dennis Veatch
Larry Marshall wrote: Thanks for sharing Dennis. I'd try two things. First, just put "lp:" in front of the label "laserjet". I haven't done this with Linux but other versions of UNIX I've used allow this syntax (multiple labels). If that doesn't work, just replicate the laserjet

Re: [newbie] Modem

2000-10-15 Thread Dennis Veatch
Peter Rodrigues wrote: Everytime I try o connect to the net, it says 'modem is busy'. What can I do to resolve this? _ Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com. Share information about

Re: [newbie] Printing in KDE

2000-10-15 Thread Dennis Veatch
Larry Marshall wrote: Larry, I keep getting double messages from you. I keep getting double msgs of everything :-) I was beginning to think, however, that this had to do with local filtering of inbound msgs but maybe not. Are you not getting dupes from anyone else? Lots of people have

Re: [newbie] OpenSSH sshd

2000-10-14 Thread Dennis Veatch
Tyler Longren wrote: Hi everybody, I recently installed OpenSSH. I want sshd to accept ssh connections. I start sshd by typing sshd. Then, to connect, I do ssh 127.0.0.1 (I'm running as root). It asks for roots password, so I enter root's password, and it says "Permission denied,

Re: [newbie] OpenSSH sshd

2000-10-14 Thread Dennis Veatch
Tyler Longren wrote: I tried connecting to 127.0.0.1, 192.168.1.2, and VectraXW Ah, I should have looked at my sshd.config. Change your listen address to 0.0.0.0. See what that does for you. Below is my sshd.config. I noticed also you do not have a random seed entry. You may want to try

Re: [newbie] OpenSSH sshd

2000-10-14 Thread Dennis Veatch
installed it once, had these problems, so I decided to re-install, and I still have the same problems. :) sorry for all the trouble... Tyler -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Dennis Veatch Sent: Saturday, October 14, 2000 4:08 PM

Re: [newbie] OpenSSH sshd

2000-10-14 Thread Dennis Veatch
Greg Stewart wrote: This is starting to sound like my experience with my MDK server attempt. What security level did you install... you may wish to explore the msec scripts to see if there's something in there that's blocking the login. I spent days ripping the crap out of those scripts and

Re: [newbie] HP Jetdirect printing

2000-10-10 Thread Dennis Veatch
I am doing wrong here? This should be a simple thing to do and yet it has me stumped. This should probably be on the experts list. TIA Dennis Veatch

Re: [newbie] HP Jetdirect printing

2000-10-10 Thread Dennis Veatch
I should have read your reply before sending mine off to Bascule. That was better than my point-point reply. The firewall as I have it set up does most all you mentioned. I opted for the easy way out and used the Linux Router Project, notably Charles Steinkulers diskimages. As for the bad form

[newbie] HP Jetdirect printing

2000-10-09 Thread Dennis Veatch
be a simple thing to do and yet it has me stumped. This should probably be on the experts list. TIA Dennis Veatch