[newbie] refuse permission

2002-05-25 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Dear ones, i have installed mandrake or is it mad drake?! in its latest avatar and found that even when there is no fire wall it is refusing acceptance of email from outsied users. Say for example I send a mail to my machine which is running sendmail daemon nicely and sending mails to all the

[newbie] Problem with Eudora

2002-05-07 Thread Mr S Ganesan
I have configured a mail server with the latest avatar of Mandrake and the sendmail is running fine. However when I want to see my mails from a Windows machine using Eudora, the server is refusing the connection and mails are not sent or received by the windows client. The same machine works

[newbie] accessing cdrom causes segv

2002-01-27 Thread Mr S Ganesan
There is a possiblity of ur cdrom being an archaic type and the new kernel does not support the same. Try to reload the os once again and then $ mount /mnt/cdrom then try and access the same. Alternatively Search for the folder containing drivers for the CDrom drive and re install the driver

RE: [newbie] Can someone explain to me how to.................

2001-12-23 Thread Mr S Ganesan
When u encounter a tar.gz to tgz file first gunzip it giving th e folowing command at the command line gunzip filename.tar.gz then it will be shortened to .tar file with a lager size we have to now untar it with the command tar -xvf filename.tar the tar will be removed and a directory created

[newbie] Problem in MKL 8.1

2001-11-16 Thread Mr S Ganesan
DEar Linux friends, I am having trouble in loading MKL8.1 on my Adaptec SCSI controller. The machine simply hangs!Have any idea how to proceed? -- S.Ganesan Principal Scientist Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Berasia Road Bhopal 462038, INDIA Phone: 0755-730986 (O)

Re: [newbie] Webmin

2001-10-01 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Yes Samba is esential -- S.Ganesan Principal Scientist Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Berasia Road Bhopal 462038, INDIA Phone: 0755-730986 (O) 0755-732105 (R) Fax:0755-734016 Email[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Address:http://www.ciae.nic.in Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [newbie] LM 8.1

2001-10-01 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Dear Ones using LM8 or earlier. after downloading LK8 and burning the CDS etc, it was not able to load on my computer having SCSI adaptec 7986 adapter. The same was the problem with Redhat 7.1. Anybody having idea of whether LM8.1 is loading on the Adaptec 7986 SCSi adapter based computers? --

Re: [newbie] Devanagari fonts for Mandrake?

2001-09-25 Thread Mr S Ganesan
DEar Sir, There are umpteen devagari fonts available for free from many sites in the ttf, psf and other types. The problem with devnagari fonts is that you have to know the keyboard layout since there are 3 different types of keyboard layouts currently being used. The most common is the Remington

Re: [newbie] Can't 't ping localhost?

2001-09-25 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Pl try to log as the root user. At the # prompt type ifconfig -a and see whether your ethernet eth0 or eth1 and lo are UP. If not make them up by # ifconfit eth1 UP This will also indicatethe IP of the local ethernet card and try the ping command once again after the interfaces are UP. Presto

Re: [newbie] hotmail like platform for linux?

2001-09-02 Thread Mr S Ganesan
try using ocs webmail or twig or squirrelmail. these are available free for the asking at www.screwdriver.net and at www.squirrelmail.org Enable imap in the /etc/inetd.conf file and reboot. You have your own web-based emai which can be accessed from anywhere provided you box is on and running.

Re: [newbie]Using RPM

2001-07-24 Thread Mr S Ganesan
pl go to software.mandrake.com for all your needs! -- S.Ganesan Principal Scientist Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Berasia Road Bhopal 462038, INDIA Phone: 0755-730986 (O) 0755-732105 (R) Fax:0755-734016 Email[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Address:http://www.ciae.nic.in

Re: [newbie] Install Questions

2001-06-22 Thread Mr S Ganesan
DEAr Sir, I have a curious problem. I loaded MKL7.2 on my system and was working properly. It has two SCSI harddisks of 8GB each with AIC Adaptec 7896 adapter and twin PIII500 processors. When I tried to load MKL 8.0 on the same it stops at loading aic7xxx and nothing happens for a long time and

RE: [newbie] No-one uses Linux, says Microsoft

2001-06-15 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Windows and MacOS are relying on the fact that once your box is loaded with it there is nothing to stop them from dictating terms. In India, the Govt is encouraging Linux in all its departments and we shall soon see over 50 percent of Govt machines using Linux!!! -- S.Ganesan Senior Scientist

[newbie] Forwarded mail....

2001-06-11 Thread Mr S Ganesan
2001 17:38:59 +0530 (IST) From: Mr S Ganesan [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Dear Sir, I have downloaded the RH7.1 iso file from the site ftp.redhat.com (63.240.14.62) and burnt both the CDs. These CDs are working fine in ordinary single processor

RE: [newbie] Sendmail.

2001-05-04 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Subject: REdhat 7.1 RH 7.1 is amazing, the apps are very stable. RH 7.1 has almost beaten Windows in interfacing. The scrolling and dragging of windows is very smooth. Mandrake 8.0 is supposed to be the best according to rhe reviews. My friend has started to download Mandrake 8.0. Shall I send

Re: [newbie] * * * * * T E L N E T P R O B L E M S * * * * *

2001-01-23 Thread Mr S Ganesan
what exactly do u want to do? -- S.Ganesan Senior Scientist Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Berasia Road Bhopal 462038, INDIA Phone: 0755-730986 (O) 0755-732105 (R) Fax:0755-734016 Email[EMAIL PROTECTED] Web Address:http://www.ciae.nic.in

Re: [newbie] Yamaha SoundCard

2001-01-23 Thread Mr S Ganesan
I also have a Yamaha SC and DrakeConf has beautifully configured it. I am not sure whether you tried DrakeConf as yet. I t certainly gives lower output as compared to its operation on Win9X but is sufficient if you increase the volume on you speakers!!! -- S.Ganesan Senior Scientist Central

Re: [newbie] Compiling source and system speed improvements

2001-01-23 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Dear SD, I have loaded MKL7.2 with just a P 166 with 64 M of RAM and its is working fine though slightly slower. Therefore I donot think that ur processor and the 256 m of RAM is any cause for concern!! Go ahead and reload the system with a swap space inthe hdd of about 500 MB and everything will

Re: [newbie] No hard disk

2001-01-19 Thread Mr S Ganesan
The problem of not sensing the hard disk as aslo faced by me while installing LMK7.2 and i had to completely forget that disk. I downloaded the iso file from Israel mirror site and burnt my CD.Some of the users have said that it is advisable to burn the CD at 4x instead of 6x or 8x as this causes

Re: [newbie]: Webmin usr ID + password forgotten

2001-01-05 Thread Mr S Ganesan
reinstalling webmin wont help either because it will take the original password which is somewhere on the system!!!On Fri, 5 Jan 2001, Alan Smith wrote: Hi All I have linux-mandrake 7.1 - my first linux installation - on my home pc Whilst playing some time ago I went into webmin. I

Re: [newbie] Stop Spaming

2001-01-02 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Please try and load the new version of Sendmail 8.11.2 and the problem will be over. Get the SW on www.sendmail.orgOn Tue, 2 Jan 2001, Holly Henry-Pilkington wrote: Michael Falzon wrote: Hi All ok i have a server at work that is using sendmail 8.9.3/8.8.7 i have stop my one form

Re: [newbie] Fast CPU

2000-12-27 Thread Mr S Ganesan
sorry we in india only prefer intel chipsOn Wed, 27 Dec 2000, John Arkoulis wrote: Can you please point me at a site (independent) that I can compare the new fast CPUs (P4 1.4, Dual G4, Athlon) Yes I know G4 is a MAC. Which one do you think is best for Linux??? Thanks -- S.Ganesan

Re: [newbie] How many partitions?

2000-12-27 Thread Mr S Ganesan
the original linux doc says that it is enough to have about 300 M for the / and as much as u need like 2400M for /usr and about 300 M for /home and any other partition you will like. Having separate partitions help you manage the machine properly and allows easier upgrades and so on. however i

Re: [newbie] help,please...

2000-12-26 Thread Mr S Ganesan
no sir , it will work whether u have a tape drive of the ide or the scsi type since they will be recognised on start up. We only help it to get mounted.On Tue, 26 Dec 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: On Tuesday 26 December 2000 04:16, you wrote: do you have KDE installed? Kde will configure the

Re: [newbie] Using Linux as a router

2000-12-25 Thread Mr S Ganesan
it is possible. but you will need two ethernet cards one for the Internet and the other for the local network. give separate names for the local ethernet and the internet etherenet. -- S.Ganesan Senior Scientist Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Berasia Road Bhopal 462038, INDIA

Re: [newbie] help,please...

2000-12-25 Thread Mr S Ganesan
do you have KDE installed? Kde will configure the tape drive for you. Try to mount it as /mnt/nt0 or /dev/nt0 and the tape will be recognised. -- S.Ganesan Senior Scientist Central Institute of Agricultural Engineering Berasia Road Bhopal 462038, INDIA Phone: 0755-730986 (O)

Re: [newbie] SIS6326 Video

2000-12-25 Thread Mr S Ganesan
try to use a lower resolution for the X in the initial setup. I also have SiS6326 and have had no problems what so ever. The vram is 8MB and the monitor supports SVGA with 600x800 and above resolutions. Run Xconfig again and see. -- S.Ganesan Senior Scientist Central Institute of Agricultural

Re: [newbie] NEED HELP SETTING UP ROAD RUNNER CONNECTION FOR MANDRAKE 7.0

2000-12-15 Thread Mr S Ganesan
There should not be any problem with the config of eth0. It might fail in the initial stages for u may not have given the proper ip addrress etc.Pl go to DRAKECONFIG and do the needful. Try giving the ip of 127.0.0.1 for the loopback and 192.168.1.1 with netmask 255.255.255.0 Give ilt a local

Re: [newbie] Pine has a problem...

2000-12-15 Thread Mr S Ganesan
please reload pine the prob will be solved On Sat, 16 Dec 2000, Mark Weaver wrote: Hi List, I have a little problem. I'm getting an error message from Pine that I don't understand. I'm hoping someone can help me understand what Pine is trying to tell me. When I attemtp to send a message

Re: [newbie] How to configure pop3 under LM7.2, using xinetd?

2000-12-11 Thread Mr S Ganesan
please edit the file /etc/inetd.conf using the gedit on the Startx or any other editor. Go down the file and u will find an entry pop2 etc etc and another line below it starting with pop3 etc etc These two lines will be commented. Please remove the comment on the line starting with pop3 etc etc

Re: [newbie] A Lil Time Crisis

2000-12-07 Thread Mr S Ganesan
What u have to do is check the time on the CMOS setup which u can access before the machine actually goes up on the OS. Try pressing the DEL key or thee F2 key or what ever it might be for ur machine as shown on the monitor after it checks the RAM . This can be found at the bottom of the

Re: [newbie] Linux-Mandrake 7.2 on Compaq Armada 1750

2000-12-06 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Please use DrakeConf as the root user. It has tools for configuing sound. Click on the configure sound and follow the instructions. These tools are found only if u r using Xwindow systed!On Wed, 6 Dec 2000, Richard F. Galaz wrote: Hello, I'm fairly new to linux and I'm still learning how to

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Locks up when installing.

2000-12-04 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Sirs, I also tried to load MKL7.2 on a Fujitsu HDD of 4.3 GB using a boot floppy made for that purpose. After initially searching for my CDROM drive it said that no hard disk is found on the system. I tried with many utilities to detect the hard disk and none of them could detect it. A similar

Re: Phil / CDRW (was Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake Version 7)

2000-11-30 Thread Mr S Ganesan
At the command prompt, # or $ please type mount /mnt/cdrom If the system says nothing further , then the CD has been mounted. It will go to the CD after u give the command cd /mnt/cdrom Again type ls -l to see the contents of the cd and so on. To remove the CD go to the root directory bytyping

Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake Version 7.2

2000-11-29 Thread Mr S Ganesan
please use theKDE desktop and all the needed info are available. It is important that u have the X properly installed and runningh. On Wed, 29 Nov 2000, Phil Farnham wrote: I have installed Linux Mandrake Version 7.2 but I cannot use my cd rw drive. Also, I have downloaded drivers for my sound

Re: [newbie] Iso image of Linux-Mandrake

2000-11-28 Thread Mr S Ganesan
The iso image is meant for writing to a CD using one of the commercial CD Writers or the utilities on Linux. I tried to install from the HD but could not do for the fact that the iso image is a singhle file and has no other details. Please do that before trying to installOn Tue, 28 Nov 2000, J.

Re: [newbie] Gnome Vs. KDE

2000-11-28 Thread Mr S Ganesan
usually gnome and kde desktops get installed simultaneously. u can use either of them at the time of initial logging in. thereafter Mandrake72 asks u in what desktop u want to start using it. Click on Gnome or KDe ro wm or any other. Presto!On Tue, 28 Nov 2000, Kelly, Christopher wrote: Okay,

[newbie] Loading ML7.2

2000-11-27 Thread Mr S Ganesan
Dear Sir, I downloaded the iso files of mandrake-linux7.2 from the 192.114.47.57 ftp server and have burnt the two cds in the iso format. Now please tell me how I go about loading the software? It only shows one file of the iso extension and nothing happens when I double click it. -- S.Ganesan

Re: [newbie] Mandrake 7.2 Disk image

2000-11-27 Thread Mr S Ganesan
They say that the iso image on the Mandrake site must be used as a cd image and then only burnt on the cd. thereafter everything will be fine. Without a floppy drive, how are u going to put in the bootable files needed to make the CD bootable? On Mon, 27 Nov 2000, Mr Monster wrote: Hi all,