I've been hacked

2000-10-13 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
It's one of those things... I don't NEED anonymous ftp but I left it on anyway. Either way, I had noticed last week that I had a few anonymous ftp connections which raised my suspicions but I didn't see anything else that alarmed me. But after getting back from a trip, I took a peek at my logs and

Re: mounting cd and cdrw

2000-09-03 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
Okay, so my dmesg does report that it's seeing my Yamaha CD-RW as sr0 but it also sees it as hdc. Is this the conflict? and if so how do I fix it? (I did turn off IDE ATAPI support in the kernel). Either way, when I do a mount -t iso9660 /dev/sr0 /mnt/yamaha, I'm getting the "Wrong fs type..."

Re: Redhat-list digest, Vol 1 #156 - 22 msgs

2000-09-02 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
How do I make my mp3s and mpegs open automatically in xmms and mtv respectively? I went tooling around with mime types but have been unable to figure it out. Thanks, Spunk ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailm

mounting cd and cdrw

2000-09-02 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I just installed a yamaha cdrw which in order to get working, I had to turn off CDROM IDE services in my kernel and use SCSI emulation instead. Well after a lot of work, I got the cdrw working but now I find I can't mount any CDs at all. I changed my /etc/fstab cdrom entry from hdb to scd1 and add

Re: What are good NIC Choices for RH6.2?

2000-08-31 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I had problems with a Lynksys 10/100 card because of a Tulip driver thing so I went down to Frys and bought a $19 D-Link 10/100 card that worked perfectly. Spunk ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listi

How to set default apps via mime type

2000-08-29 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I'm trying to set the default app on .mp3 files to Xmms but setting this in Gnome control center has no effect. I've set the mime types as a user and as root but clicking .mp3 apps are still opened in mp123. I also set them in mailcaps but still nothing. Where do I need to do this? Sp unk

How do I chang my mime type?

2000-08-28 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I have tried changing them in the gnome control center as user and root but to no avail. I also tried to change them in mailcap but still nothing. I'm trying to set my default mp3 player from mp123 to xmms and my mpeg player to mtv. Anyone? Thanks in advance. Spunk ___

Re: [OT] Netscape address book crashes the whole app

2000-08-28 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
So, peicing together some of the tips (none of which totally worked but they got me going n the right direction) I found this solution: Delete the damn thing. Now if I had it to do over again, I'd have saved my bookmarks... oh well. Here's what to do. 1) cd ~/.netscape 2) cp bookmarks.html /../bo

Which CD-R software is best?

2000-08-28 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I spent the better part of my Sunday getting my new Yamaha CD-RW working. After recompiling my kernel without IDE CD support and turning on scsi emulation, I was able to see the drive in cdrecord. I started taking a look at some different software packages and still have yet to find anything great

Re: How to set up number pad

2000-08-28 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
> >> This may be a dumb question but how do I setup my keyboard so I can use >> my numberpad? >> > Use your number pad how? To enter numbers, or the cursor control keys? > Do you want to use it for console based apps, or in X? I want to use it for numbers > For console apps, and in an X term

Re: [OT] Netscape address book crashes the whole app

2000-08-28 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
> Steve Borho wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 28, 2000 at 08:56:05AM -0400, Anthony E . Greene wrote: >>> When I attempt to use the Personal Address book in 4.7x to select addresses >>> for a message, as soon as I double-click on the address or click the "To" >>> button in the address selection dialog,

How to set up number pad

2000-08-27 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
This may be a dumb question but how do I setup my keyboard so I can use my numberpad? ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

CD Error at startup

2000-06-10 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I'm getting an error at startup that I'm guesing is the problem with me playing audio CDs. I ran dmesg and found this: ATAPI device hdb ERROR: Illegal request --(SenseKey=0x05) Parameter list length error -(asa=0x1a)(asa=0x00) The failed "mode sense" packet command was: 5a 00 2a 0

xfree86 4.0 - RH 6.2 - 3dfx voodoo3 1000

2000-06-07 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I've installed xfree86 on my RH 6.2 machine and after a ton of research, I finally got the settings I needed. The problem is after I got everything right (I'm pretty sure) I started up X and got a fatal server error. In the error log, it looks as though it dies when it is in the middle of configur

ouch... xfree86 4.0

2000-06-06 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
Lack of sleep makes you brave... I decided to try installing xfree86 4.0 last night and paid the price. Ouch. Anybody had any luck with this? The install seemed to go alright but I couldn't seem to get my config right, couldn't get into X properly and got a headache. I have a 3dfx voodoo3 1000 car

Inserting Audio CDs makes all CDs unmountable

2000-06-06 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I'm having problems playing audio cds on my system. I'm using: PII/AMD500/128/Acer 50x CD/RH 6.2 (full install)/GNOME 1.2 (as well as the RH6.2 version). After inserting an audio cd, ALL audio cd players fail to see the disc. I've tried this with multiple CDs and every cd player I can find. I've

Mounting CD gets "wrong medium" error

2000-06-03 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I am getting a "Wrong medium" error when I try to mount a cd. I'm not sure what the cause is but I can work around it by restarting (not a great workaround!) I saw a post on RedHat about this but there was no explanation as to how to fix it. Anyone know? Spunk -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PR

Crystal chipset sound card

2000-06-01 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I bought a Crystal chipset 16pnp ISA card to use with my RH 6.2 machine and have been investigating how to set it up. Thus far, I've read that I need to specify the IRQ and turn off PNP in my bios. I have yet to find the IRQ numeber for this exact card but I've read that IRQ 5 is the default for S

RedHat and Apple

2000-05-30 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I've recompiled my kernel to include netatalk but I'm finding it difficult to locate answers to some basic questions. From what I can gather, netatalk is a way to communicate between nfs and hfs via AppleTalk? What I want to do is use my Linux machine as a file server for one of my Macs but I'd pr

Top 5 admin chores

2000-05-30 Thread Spunk S. Spunk III
I'm curious as to what some of the more experienced Linux gurus consider to be their top 5 favorite or most important duties when setting up a machine. They might be tricks or time-savers or security issues or whatever. For instance, when setting up a regular user for yourselves, what group and ho