[newbie] X not shutting down cleanly

2002-11-05 Thread tim lentowitz
Hello, i have lm 8.2 and set it up for run level 5, medium security. for one of my user id's whenever I log out the system just hangs. the only thing that works to get the system to respond is ctrl-alt-f1, then i have a logon again, su to root, then reboot the machine (because if i try to do

[newbie] lm 8.2 boot configuration

2002-11-05 Thread tim lentowitz
hello, in the boot section of the mandrake control center i can choose to have the machine auto logon, what user id to use, and have kde be invoked as the window manager. problem: one of my user id's doesn't show up (and wouldn't you know it that is the one i want to use since it is the one

Re: [newbie] swat/telnet not installed

2002-08-21 Thread tim lentowitz
excellent! that is exactly what i needed. i have beem messing with xinetd.conf and everything seems ok. when i did a urmpi telnet the telnet-server-krb5 was the only possible rpm it could find. i didn't see a samba-swat tho. maybe i'll have to look online for that rpm. so you would do a

Re: [newbie] OT: Outlook killers for Windows/Linux

2002-08-21 Thread tim lentowitz
what is the word on the street for Internet Exchange Messanger Server from IMA? http://www.ima.com/documents/release6_0.html From: Dennis Myers [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [newbie] OT: Outlook killers for Windows/Linux Date: Tue, 20 Aug

[newbie] swat/telnet not installed

2002-08-19 Thread tim lentowitz
hello, i was looking in the services section of the mandrake control center and both swat and telnet are set to automatically start when the machine boots. i went hmmm when i saw that the services were stopped. i clicked on the start button and it said it couldnt find swat. same for

[newbie] how do i install wizdrake, or see if it is installed?

2002-08-19 Thread tim lentowitz
i have just done what i thought was a successful installation...but i can't tell if Wizdrake is installed. the documentation, Mandrake Linux 8.1: Reference manual, says it you have Wizdrake installed then you can use the wizards to help configure the Network, Samba, DNS, DHCP, etc. snipThe

[newbie] oops sent wrong msg...how bout: telnet/swat installation

2002-08-19 Thread tim lentowitz
ignore my last msg about wizdrake...it was sent in error...what i meant to ask was: i can't figure out how to install telnet or swat. i look in the services section of the mandrake control center and it says telnet and swat are to start at boot. lo and behold they are stopped. i try to

[newbie] how do i install wizdrake, or see if it is installed?

2002-08-02 Thread tim lentowitz
i have just done what i thought was a successful installation...but i can't tell if Wizdrake is installed. the documentation, Mandrake Linux 8.1: Reference manual, says it you have Wizdrake installed then you can use the wizards to help configure the Network, Samba, DNS, DHCP, etc. snipThe