Re: [newbie] Squirrelmail and dyndns

2005-02-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/VirtualHost derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Menudrake crashes when starting

2005-02-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
window shows Segmentation fault (core dumped). I have removed menudrake, and reinstalled it, but it still won't run. Thanks much, Hackhound If you run update-menus -v in a terminal as root and then as a user do you see any error messages? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] How to update Kernel

2005-02-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 21 February 2005 08:55, * * wrote: Hi, Do somebody has a nice Tutorial, how to compile Kernel on Mandrake Linux 10.1 ? Thanks! http://doc.mandrakelinux.com/MandrakeLinux/100/en/Command-Line.html/compiling-kernel-chapter.html

Re: [newbie] Bad gateway

2005-02-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, but not using the filepath you list http://www.nlpagan.net/squirrelmail/ gives me a squirrelmail login. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] mount problem

2005-02-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
systems. They cannot be mounted at all. If you want to see a track list open konqueror and select the Services icon in the navigation panel on the left. (You may need to hit F9 to see the navigation panel.) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Courier-imap in xinetd (was Bad gateway)

2005-02-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 21 February 2005 18:39, Paul wrote: Op Mon, 21 Feb 2005 09:40:52 + schreef Derek Jennings: Hi Derek, It seems to be working now, but not using the filepath you list http://www.nlpagan.net/squirrelmail/ gives me a squirrelmail login. *grin* Thanks for trying

Re: [newbie] Courier-imap in xinetd (was Bad gateway)

2005-02-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 21 February 2005 22:30, Paul wrote: Op Mon, 21 Feb 2005 20:33:09 + schreef Derek Jennings: I already set the imapservername in Squirrelmail to the cp4... address. That helps a little. At least I get a welcome screen from Squirrelmail. Now it seems that I have to figure out

Re: [newbie] startx options

2005-02-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
-- :1 Or if you are already in KDE and want another KDE session. MenuStart new session Ctl+Alt+F7, Ctl+Alt+F8 toggles between the sessions derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] startx options

2005-02-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 20 February 2005 21:46, Derek Jennings wrote: On Sunday 20 February 2005 21:38, Paul Kaplan wrote: What is the syntax for startx on tty2 in order to start a 2nd X session when X is already running on tty1? TIA Paul startx -- :1 Or if you wish to use a different Window Manager

Re: [newbie] NTP

2005-02-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
ever need to edit system files you must do it as root user. A simple way to become root user is to hit Alt+F2 end type kdesu konqueror in the box that will appear. This opens a copy of konqueror file manager as root user. Edit your files from there. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] About SpeedStream 5200 router

2005-02-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, and to enable port forwarding to forward port 80 to your local network. See page 63 of this manual http://www.alltel.net/downloads/links/SpeedStream211.pdf derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
a default gateway and DNS server addresses. The router is the 'default gateway', and your ISPs help page will list the IP address of their DNS servers. BTW: If your Mandrake firewall is enabled, it is best to disable it until you get the interfaces working. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 17 February 2005 14:36, Michael Hahn wrote: From: Derek Jennings [EMAIL PROTECTED] Can you try choosing a static address just to eliminate any issue with the DHCP server? Pick a unique address on the same subnet as the router. There should not be any need to alter your

Re: [newbie] Maintenance, what if any?

2005-02-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
, but since most people switch off overnight they never get run. Anacron simply checks to make sure missed jobs are run. If you fail to do your maintenance there will be no noticeable effect until one day you cannot boot because your disc is full. (Just like the poster last week) derek

Re: [newbie] Getting a RTL8139 nic to play nice with Mandrake Linux

2005-02-16 Per discussione Derek Jennings
a terminal window, enter 'su' to become root user and enter 'ifconfig eth0' what do you see? What happens if you type 'service network restart' ? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] supposed thunderbird download

2005-02-15 Per discussione Derek Jennings
with mouse/Press mouse wheel) Your computer will download the list of available applications and you can then install them with the GUI. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] modem problem (still!)

2005-02-14 Per discussione Derek Jennings
in Mandrake Control centre, but many users of the KDE desktop prefer to use 'kppp' which is in the 'kdenetwork' package. And Yes, you should use automatic IP (DHCP) and DNS parameters. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] how to format using xfs file system

2005-02-14 Per discussione Derek Jennings
partition, and select 'Done' derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] launch applications in termial

2005-02-14 Per discussione Derek Jennings
derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] launch applications in termial

2005-02-14 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. Check the box and click 'Install' Done! (It can take about a minute for the menu item to appear) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] login problem

2005-02-13 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. Then reboot. During the boot sequence you should see a message about using udev. Thats it! Your log in should now be much faster. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] login problem

2005-02-13 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 13 February 2005 20:37, Chuck MATTSEN wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: This is possibly because you upgraded instead of installing. You are still using devfs instead of udev. To fix it. Install udev Edit /etc/lilo.conf and in each stanza in the 'append' line change the devfs

Re: [newbie] Hay-ulp! :) Suddenly no free space on /

2005-02-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
not fill up in the future by ensuring logrotate gets run daily. Once you have X running again fsv (in contrib) is great for visualising where all your disc space has gone. hth derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want

Re: [newbie] Hay-ulp! :) Suddenly no free space on /

2005-02-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
' by a spammer. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Program to download all the files on a http address

2005-02-11 Per discussione Derek Jennings
that you reply to the list. wget -r http://www.gkmweb.com/amarok/10.1/ derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] speedtouch suite

2005-02-07 Per discussione Derek Jennings
pppoa in the UK, and the standard 2.6 kernel. The Mandrake set up script has certainly improved since the last time I installed a speedtouch. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] mandrake 10.0 firewall settings..

2005-02-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. (ppp0 is the name of your dial up interface) Then use the 'Apply Configuration' button in the shorewall main menu to activate the new settings. Your dialup interface should now be protected. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] what video mode?

2005-02-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to choose the correct one. My question, how do I determine what mode I need?? TIA for any help. Best regards. --Angus Ermm Isn't this a question for the Ubuntu list? derek Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] Linux Mandrake 7.1 support

2005-02-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
://www.linuxwarehouse.co.za If cost is important to you it is possible to get CDs of the local South African linux distribution Ubuntu totally free without even postage charges. http://www.ubuntu.com/ I have never tried Ubuntu, but I hear it is very good. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] k3b autostarting on DVD insertion help?

2005-02-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
your DVDs are being detected as blank media, but if you edit those scripts you can make it launch whatever you want. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] RealPlayer

2005-02-05 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to get your recordings right. Rob Here is another simple method. If your sound card is capable of it you can record directly from your sound chip. Install sox and then run sox -c 2 -t ossdsp /dev/dsp testfile.ogg , and your stream will be saved as an ogg file. derek

Re: [newbie] Compile X.org from source in Mandrake 10.1

2005-02-04 Per discussione Derek Jennings
telly. When the compiling is finished you will find a whole bunch of RPMs have appeared in ~/rpm/RPMS/i586 Install them in the usual way. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [newbie] 10.2 Beta 1 and IPW2200 Wireless

2005-02-03 Per discussione Derek Jennings
.sourceforge.net/firmware.php Mandrake cannot distribute it because it is not OpenSource. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] How to downgrade gcc version?

2005-02-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
of touching any sensitive areas in it... Please help...I really would appreciate your help... Thank you... Regards, Vathsala Devi Using your software Install/Uninstall GUIs uninstall the package gcc and install the package gcc2.06 Thats it! Have fun derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. Good-boot!

2005-02-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
install it and put the files to serve in /var/lib/tftpboot I found this article very useful when learning about PXE Its worth reading all the way through. http://www.viaarena.com/Default.aspx?PageID=5ArticleID=52 HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] How to downgrade gcc version?

2005-02-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 02 February 2005 10:33, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 02 February 2005 06:32, Vathsala Devi wrote: Dear All Mandrake Users, I am using Mandrake Linux 9.1 to do my Master degree research project with University of Malaya, Malaysia... My problem is, I have to install

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. Good-boot!

2005-02-02 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the entire file system of the image you want to create and run 'mkcramfs root_dir image_name' Do not use Mandrake's version of mkcramfs It is broken. Use this one. http://www.jennings.homelinux.net/downloads/mkcramfs Hope that all understandable. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] IP refresh command?

2005-02-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
will be automatically 'downed' when you disconnect the NIC (after 20 secs) and will be 'upped' automatically when it is connected again. You should then get a new IP address. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want

Re: [newbie] Looking for Mr. Good-boot!

2005-02-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/init file. Having received that it asks for a DHCP address again and then boots the kernel it has received and runs the init file. If you want to run a terminal server, then drakTermServ works out all the PXE stuff for you. It works really well. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Hardward Compatability Question

2005-02-01 Per discussione Derek Jennings
page on my website for details. BTW the Linksys 54Mbps 102.11g device is not much more expensive and also works well in Linux, but it does require compiling the latest version of the drivers. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Evolution fails to install

2005-01-29 Per discussione Derek Jennings
with that string in their name. /usr/lib/libgnutls.so.11 is in the package libgnutls11 If you had been installing Evolution with urpmi or the software install GUI then it should have installed libgnutls11 for you. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] need help patching kernel

2005-01-27 Per discussione Derek Jennings
become root user first with the command 'su' (SuperUser). derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

[newbie] ATI Drivers :- Was need help patching kernel

2005-01-27 Per discussione Derek Jennings
easier Mandrake have already compiled drivers and make them available through Mandrake Club. Perhaps an ATI user could comment and tell Mike how to get the correct drivers working either on his existing Mandrake 10.0, or on 10.1? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] need help patching kernel

2005-01-27 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 27 January 2005 12:03, Mike Chalmers wrote: Thank you both. I went to the web site ftp://ftp.rediris.es/pub/linux/distributions/mandrake/10.1/i586/media/main/ , that Derek recomended. I tried to install several of the 2.6.8 kernel's and I get this message- Some package requested

Re: [newbie] Opera and Konqueror

2005-01-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 19:54, Andy Yankovich wrote: Am I correct in thinking that, even tho I use Opera (or Firefox) as my primary web browser, Konqueror remains my primary (only?) file manager? Andy In the Linux world you have a lot of choice. Konqueror is the file Manager supplied with

Re: [newbie] need help patching kernel

2005-01-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
of for you. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Connecting a Linux computer to a MS Windows network

2005-01-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
Linux computer you must open ports 137,138, and 139 to the local network. ) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club

Re: [newbie] the easy way?

2005-01-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] the easy way?

2005-01-26 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Wednesday 26 January 2005 23:10, Ian wrote: On Wednesday 26 Jan 2005 22:48, Derek Jennings wrote: On Wednesday 26 January 2005 22:43, Ian wrote: Since the list is convinced that Home is better if it is in a separate partition, what is the best and easiest way to accomplish

Re: [newbie] [Fwd: Setting up urpmi sources]

2005-01-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
-internet.fr/pub/linux/plf/mandrake/10.1 very reliable. If you cannot connect to any source, then you may be behind an ftp proxy server, and would have configure urpmi to use a proxy using the media management GUI in MandrakeControl CentreSoftware. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] urpmi

2005-01-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the Mandrake Update GUI it will refresh the urpmi database. Earlier releases did not auto update. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] SUSE Pro 9.2 vs. Mandrake 10.1

2005-01-25 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Tuesday 25 January 2005 01:01, Andy Yankovich wrote: On Monday 24 January 2005 06:43 pm, Derek Jennings wrote: On Monday 24 January 2005 23:31, Andy Yankovich wrote: SNIP I have tried to install Opera from The Club and failed miserably - undoubtedly due to my lack of know-how

Re: [newbie] need help patching kernel

2005-01-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. Installing 'Cooker' packages is not advised on a production system as they can have nasty bugs and may require an awful lot of dependencies. derek Derek, I have a Radeon 9800. The driver installs correctly but all the programs go very very slow. I think that upgrading to the latest kernel

Re: [newbie] Alt-F2 Openoffice

2005-01-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
or Charles Edwards' source (http://www.eslrahc.com/) Thunderbird 1.0.4 is on Charles' site. Another site I like is http://norlug.org/?op=rpms derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] IP-forwarding does not work

2005-01-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. If you also require specific ports to be forwarded to your Win98 machine it is simple enough to configure shorewall. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] konqueror help

2005-01-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
are you getting for these sites that are slow ?? Elwyn Try disabling IPver6 by putting the line alias net-pf-10 off in the file /etc/modprobe.conf and reboot. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your

Re: [newbie] SUSE Pro 9.2 vs. Mandrake 10.1

2005-01-24 Per discussione Derek Jennings
That will download Opera 8.0 for Mandrake 10.1 (Its a beta version but it works great) Click on the download with konqueror and it will install. You will be prompted for your root password. Ignore any messages about unknown signatures. That just means it was not packaged by MandrakeSoft. derek

Re: [newbie] Default sounds - changing or turning off

2005-01-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
appropriate ... But perhaps I'm missing the obvious ... Any/all help is appreciated ... Thanks! Adam MenuSystemKDELooknFeelSystemNotifications Highlight the event and choose a sound for it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] What is urpmi?

2005-01-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963 It is Mandrakes Package management system. It can be used on the command line, and is also used by the Mandrake Software Management GUIs. Follow the link to the Wiki in my sig for full details. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] What is urpmi?

2005-01-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
Debians 'apt-get' is the best package management system around. IMO urpmi is comparable. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join

Re: [newbie] man, man, man

2005-01-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
be a better way, no? Thanks! If you are using KDE then enter #rpm in the Konqueror URL line and you will see the manual. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] man, man, man

2005-01-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
of any man I am reading... I guess my question is not very clear, and it's not the most important one either... thanks for your help. Hit 'Q' to cancel the man page. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy

Re: [newbie] need help patching kernel

2005-01-23 Per discussione Derek Jennings
or is it just for fun? BTW: The latest Mandrake kernel for 10.1 is 2.6.8.1-12mdk and 2.6.10.1-1-1mdk is on the development 'cooker' mirrors. Installing 'Cooker' packages is not advised on a production system as they can have nasty bugs and may require an awful lot of dependencies. derek

Re: [newbie] Ethereal and mandrakeonline.net

2005-01-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
terms are $21.95 a year, although Mandrake Club Silver members can have one computer for free. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [newbie] How to use the fax?

2005-01-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/fax_cups.html derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Ethereal and mandrakeonline.net

2005-01-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
running? It checks for availability of new updates. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Media sources setup - PLF updated packages not listed as updated?

2005-01-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to refresh the list of packages in all the sources, and then filter on 'All packages : By update availability' You will then see what updates are available from PLF and can choose whether to install them' derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Memory wierdness in X? (Was: Increasing swap partition size in 10.0)

2005-01-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
with 'shutdown -r now' At your lilo prompt you will see a new entry to test your memory. Select that and let it run. You should get **zero** memory errors. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack

Re: [newbie] webmail

2005-01-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. It works great. You need to have an IMAP server installed. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Ethereal and mandrakeonline.net

2005-01-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Thursday 20 January 2005 21:36, Miark wrote: On Thu, 20 Jan 2005 11:30:12 +, Derek wrote: On Thursday 20 January 2005 08:14, Miark wrote: I tinkered a little with Ethereal tonight. I noticed a constant pattern of my box doing a DNS lookup of mandrakeonline.net, but I am

Re: [newbie] Increasing swap partition size in 10.0

2005-01-19 Per discussione Derek Jennings
your physical memory will mean your swap space is used **less**. If it was large enough before, then you do not need to increase it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] Install third-party commercial software

2005-01-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
of it before resorting to compiling the application yourself. In many cases you will discover that the application is already on your CDs or available in online sources such as the 'contrib' folder on any Mandrake mirror site. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Lost DVB interface

2005-01-14 Per discussione Derek Jennings
be active) You may need to install one or the other according to how you did your upgrade. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [newbie] winmodems

2005-01-11 Per discussione Derek Jennings
in the future and will work with all kernels. If you have the choice I would strongly recommend getting an Ethernet connected single port ADSL modem/router. The price is much the same as a USB ADSL modem, and it will not need any driver at all. Just an Ethernet port on your computer. derek

Re: [newbie] Web hosting - dynamic IP address

2005-01-10 Per discussione Derek Jennings
scripts for dealing with Dynamic DNS. Cheers Amala Singh. The download page at http://www.dnsexit.com/Direct.sv?cmd=ipClients lists three other scripts you could use. Don't any of them work? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Is this possible?

2005-01-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
drakTermServ. drakTermServ and mythtv work really well together. One day I'll do a write up on it. For anyone with a digital DVB-T video card the mythtv RPMs from PLF are not compiled with DVB support. I have a set of DVB enabled RPMs of recent myth CVS if anyone is interested. derek

Re: [newbie] need help with /etc/hosts, hosts.config resolv.config files

2005-01-08 Per discussione Derek Jennings
. hosts.config is not familiar to me. I do not have that file. HTH derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Problem with building a rpm from a src.rpm

2005-01-06 Per discussione Derek Jennings
called ~/.rpmrc contains your processor option flags. See here for details http://qa.mandrakesoft.com/twiki/bin/view/Main/RpmHowTo derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] 1)booting failsafe kernel? 2)Openmotif for 10.1 ppc?

2004-12-30 Per discussione Derek Jennings
? Is there an openMotif mdk.ppc.rpm and where can I download it? The 'tar.gz' file wouldn't compile on my system; I want to run snd-7 and it needs openmotif or motif. In MandrakeControlCentreBootBootLoaderNext highlight the entry you want as default, select 'Modify' and set the default tickbox. derek

Re: [newbie] Just installed 10.1 official from 3 ftp'd isos

2004-12-27 Per discussione Derek Jennings
and we can offer more advice. 2/ The package mozilla-firefox can be added using the Software Install GUI in your Mandrake Control Centre (MenuSystemConfigurationConfigureyourComputer) It will take about a minute for the menu item for firefox to appear in your menu list. derek

Re: [newbie] website downloader httrack

2004-12-27 Per discussione Derek Jennings
That command is all on one line, and is assuming you are using Mandrake 10.1 That source in Spain is nice and fast. I can recommend it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [newbie] website downloader httrack

2004-12-27 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Monday 27 December 2004 12:10, Philippe Landau wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: httrack and libhttrack1 are both in contrib. Declare an online source for contrib and you can install them with your software install GUI. To add a contrib source open a terminal, enter 'su' (without quotes

Re: [newbie] Is upgrade == updates? or install?

2004-12-22 Per discussione Derek Jennings
: When installing packages from Charles' site you may see signature errors. You can either ignore them or follow the instructions in Charles' recent post to prevent them. (The archives will have the post) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] keep losing IP addressing

2004-12-21 Per discussione Derek Jennings
and may well resolve your problem. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] DNS Changes

2004-12-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
corresponds to your connection) derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] DNS Changes

2004-12-20 Per discussione Derek Jennings
NOPEERDNS to /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 (or whatever file corresponds to your connection) derek Shouldn't that be PEERDNS=no? Mikkel You are correct. Thanks derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] Re: The effect of 'chgrp' is not permanent?

2004-12-19 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the directories match the correct permissions and will change them back again. If you do not like what msec is doing you can always turn it off, its not compulsory to have good security. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org

Re: [newbie] MySQL WOn't Start

2004-12-19 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 18 December 2004 20:30, EE wrote: Dears, I can't run MySql it says ERROR 2002: Can't connect to local MySQL server through socket '/var/lib/mysql/mysql.sock' (2) Can you help What do you see in the syslog when you restart the mysql service? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net

Re: [newbie] Re: The effect of 'chgrp' is not permanent?

2004-12-19 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Sunday 19 December 2004 21:54, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thanks, Derek. You say: [...] you are completely ruining security by trying to give a user access to root files. [...] So you mean that security level 2, which gives a user access to *read* all the files of the '/' dir and its

Re: [newbie] Re: The effect of

2004-12-19 Per discussione Derek Jennings
it out by using 'visudo' and adding the line derek ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/konqueror and it worked. I could run 'sudo /usr/bin/konqueror' and it opens up with root privilege. But when I add derek ALL=NOPASSWD: /usr/bin/kfmclient openProfile filemanagement then 'sudo /usr/bin/kfmclient openProfile

Re: [newbie] help on port forwarding

2004-12-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
and will always display the admin page. So just because you see the admin page does not necessarily mean that other people see it. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] help on port forwarding

2004-12-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Saturday 18 December 2004 21:47, amalasingh wrote: Derek Jennings wrote: On Saturday 18 December 2004 17:23, amalasingh wrote: Folks, I am a mdk10.1 user. I am trying to access my localhost by typing my WAN IP address. But it just goes to the Router firewall page. I checked my router

Re: [newbie] CheckInstall works with 10.1?

2004-12-18 Per discussione Derek Jennings
/~izto/checkinstall/ derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Problems with ./configure

2004-12-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
the site you suggested. But I had already installed from source an elderly version of abiword. How can I uninstall it and install the binary one? Thanks, Rodolfo From the directory you used to compile abiword 'make uninstall' (Not all applications support make uninstall) derek

Re: [newbie] About the 'urpmf' command

2004-12-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
and can sometimes be quite cryptic. So you may have to experiment with different strings in urpmf to find the correct package. In this case 'urpmf lncurses' would have found it for you. It's one of the challenges of compiling from source. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http

Re: [newbie] Problems with ./configure

2004-12-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
On Friday 17 December 2004 11:07, Derek Jennings wrote: On Friday 17 December 2004 11:00, Rodolfo Medina wrote: Rodolfo Medina wrote: I'm trying to install abiword. Greg Meyer wrote: Why compile from source? Chalres Edwards has updated abiword packages on eslrahc.com. http

Re: [newbie] Problem in Mdk 10.1 Boot-Up (cd call)

2004-12-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to install packages from your CDs? derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http://www.mandrakeclub.com

Re: [newbie] Two Shorewall questions

2004-12-17 Per discussione Derek Jennings
it ? TIA Kaj Haulrich. http://www.shorewall.net/FAQ.htm#faq4 derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club : http

Re: [newbie] Problems with ./configure

2004-12-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
with Mdk 9.1 and abiword-1.0.6. Thanks, Rodolfo Did you install libglib1.2-devel ? 'urpmf glib-config' is your friend. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go

Re: [newbie] urpmi update database

2004-12-12 Per discussione Derek Jennings
to MCCSoftwareMediaManager and associate the newly imported key with Charles' source. derek -- www.jennings.homelinux.net http://twiki.mdklinuxfaq.org Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com Join the Club

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