[expert-it] Livello di sicurezza e Pass di root!
Ciao a tutti! L'altro giorno stavo verificando delle cose sul livello di sicurezza della Mandrake 7.2. Dopo aver cambiato il level da medio a alto ho fatto un bel logout e ho riavviato la macchina! La cosa geniale e' che ora la password di root non viene piu' riconosciuta mentre l'utente normale che avevo creato in principio funziona con il piccolo particolare che non ho la possibilita' di lanciare nulla, nemmeno startx funziona. Qualcuno ha riscontrato il mio stesso problema!? Come posso fare? Immagino che dovro' re-installare in tutto. Vi sarei grato se poteste rispondermi al piu' presto cosi' magari evito la sbattita!:-) Ciao e Grazie Paolo Barbieri
Re: [expert-it] Livello di sicurezza e Pass di root!
Il 09:46, luned 26 febbraio 2001, scrivesti: Ciao a tutti! L'altro giorno stavo verificando delle cose sul livello di sicurezza della Mandrake 7.2. Dopo aver cambiato il level da medio a alto ho fatto un bel logout e ho riavviato la macchina! La cosa geniale e' che ora la password di root non viene piu' riconosciuta mentre l'utente normale che avevo creato in principio funziona con il piccolo particolare che non ho la possibilita' di lanciare nulla, nemmeno startx funziona. Qualcuno ha riscontrato il mio stesso problema!? Come posso fare? Immagino che dovro' re-installare in tutto. Vi sarei grato se poteste rispondermi al piu' presto cosi' magari evito la sbattita!:-) Calma... sarebbe forse meglio documentarsi un attimo prima di dire che si tratta di un problema.. :-) Se setti il livello di sicurezza alto non ti puoi lamentare se poi la macchina si comporta di conseguenza. Per rimettere le cose a posto puoi entrare come utente, fare su - e diventare root, poi riporti il livello a medio. Credo (anche se sto andando a memoria, non posso controllare, che il livello di sicurezza sia memorizzato in /etc/sysconfig/system, che quello medio sia 3 Ad ogni modo trovi le indicazioni nel manuale di riferimento mandrake, file:/usr/share/doc/mandrake/it/mdkrefguide/index.html -- Fabio Coatti http://www.ferrara.linux.it/members/cova Ferrara Linux Users Group http://ferrara.linux.it GnuPG fp:9765 A5B6 6843 17BC A646 BE8C FA56 373A 5374 C703 Old SysOps never die... they simply forget their password.
Re: [expert-it] Livello di sicurezza e Pass di root!
Il 08:46, luned 26 febbraio 2001, scrivesti: Ciao a tutti! L'altro giorno stavo verificando delle cose sul livello di sicurezza della Mandrake 7.2. Dopo aver cambiato il level da medio a alto ho fatto un bel logout e ho riavviato la macchina! La cosa geniale e' che ora la password di root non viene piu' riconosciuta mentre l'utente normale che avevo creato in principio funziona con il piccolo particolare che non ho la possibilita' di lanciare nulla, nemmeno startx funziona. Qualcuno ha riscontrato il mio stesso problema!? Come posso fare? Immagino che dovro' re-installare in tutto. Vi sarei grato se poteste rispondermi al piu' presto cosi' magari evito la sbattita!:-) Ciao e Grazie Paolo Barbieri Se fai su e poi inserisci la password di root avrai di nuovo accesso come root. Per poter accedere direttamente al boot della tua macchina come utente root, con il livello di sicurezza alto, devi scrivere, nel file /etc/securetty le seguenti righe: /dev/ttys0 /dev/ttys1 /dev/ttys2 /dev/ttys3 ... Per avere il log come root nelle console virtuali 1 2 3 4 ... Omar Schiaratura :-) :I
RE: [expert] Mandrake 7.1
My take on this is that the kernel in the distribution includes compiled in support for i-386, however should Joergen want to just have an i-386 kernel he can recompile then from the sources? regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: 26 February 2001 08:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know were I can downloade Mandrake 7.1 for i386? Joergen Traun Joergenthere are no versions of Linux Mandrake for the i386 as they are all compiled for the i586. However there is an i486 version of Linux Mandrake 7.0-2. Below is one of the locations from which it can be downloaded: ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-iso/i486/mandra ke70-2.i486.iso -- Alan
[expert] Making a Bootdisk with a CD
I was wondering whether it was possible or not to make a CD backup of my drive and then use that CD as a bootdisk? Like having a portable drive. All of the main things would be located on the cdrom and all of the unnecessary stuff would still be on the hard drive. I guess it would be basically all of the base fs would be located on the cdrom like tom's rtbt floppy. Except my whole system would be run of the cdrom. Any ideas? Just curious. Thanks in advance. SA _ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com
RE: [expert] Mandrake 7.1
Actually Mandrakesoft compiles almost everything using the i686 flag. This way everything is optimized for 686 processors. Correct me if I am wrong though. NeoFax -Original Message- From: Daryl Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 My take on this is that the kernel in the distribution includes compiled in support for i-386, however should Joergen want to just have an i-386 kernel he can recompile then from the sources? regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: 26 February 2001 08:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know were I can downloade Mandrake 7.1 for i386? Joergen Traun Joergenthere are no versions of Linux Mandrake for the i386 as they are all compiled for the i586. However there is an i486 version of Linux Mandrake 7.0-2. Below is one of the locations from which it can be downloaded: ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-iso/i486/mandra ke70-2.i486.iso -- Alan
[expert] win32 rpm test?
Hi all, I often download RPMs using my win2000 notebook, for use on my server,, is there any way of testing if an rpm is good on a windows system?? of if it got corrupted... many thanks... Frank Hauptle / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Gshop Network Payment Solutions. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Milnes Terry SSgt 52LSS/LGLOE Sent: Monday, 26 February 2001 6:03 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 Actually Mandrakesoft compiles almost everything using the i686 flag. This way everything is optimized for 686 processors. Correct me if I am wrong though. NeoFax -Original Message- From: Daryl Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:47 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:RE: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 My take on this is that the kernel in the distribution includes compiled in support for i-386, however should Joergen want to just have an i-386 kernel he can recompile then from the sources? regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: 26 February 2001 08:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know were I can downloade Mandrake 7.1 for i386? Joergen Traun Joergenthere are no versions of Linux Mandrake for the i386 as they are all compiled for the i586. However there is an i486 version of Linux Mandrake 7.0-2. Below is one of the locations from which it can be downloaded: ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-iso/i486/mandra ke70-2.i486.iso -- Alan
[expert] Improper login -- can you help?
Dear friends: I have a very minor but annoying configuration problem occasioned by the installation of my new USB 100 meg zip drive. I have configured it correctly, and it works perfectly well using supermount. I had previously installed a Netgear 4 port 10/100 hub. I had no problem with the login until I installed the new zip drive. The problem is simply that when booting into Linux, I cannot automatically get to a login screen. Instead, I get information about my zip drive and hub and then the boot process just stops (hangs). That is, I then need to type Cnt + C, which takes me to a login screen. No big deal, but I am just curious what could be causing this. Here is the data: 1) This is what I get upon booting into Linux (along with the Penguin and the usual LM72 info to the right of the Penguin): LM7.2 for (Odyssey) i586 Kernel 2.2.17-21mdk sher login: scsi0: scsi emulation for USB Mass Storage devices. scsi: host Vendor: IOMEGA Model: Zip100 Rev: 44.w Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02 Detect4ed scsi removable disk sda at scsi0, channel 0, id0, lun0 scsi device sda: hdwr sector=512 bytes, Sectors=196608 [96MB][0.1GB] sda: Write Protect is off sda: unknown partition table hub.c: already running port1 disabled by hub (EMI?), re-enabling... 2) fstab and mtab -- see attached files. [sher@sher sher]$ cd /etc/ [sher@sher /etc]$ cat fstab /dev/hda6 / ext2 defaults 1 1 /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 defaults 1 2 none /dev/pts devpts mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /home ext2 defaults 1 2 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hdc1 /mnt/windows vfat user,exec,umask=0 0 0 none /proc proc defaults 0 0 /dev/hda5 swap swap defaults 0 0 /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=ext2,dev=/dev/sda 0 0 [sher@sher /etc]$ [sher@sher /etc]$ cat mtab /dev/hda6 / ext2 rw 0 0 none /proc proc rw 0 0 /dev/hda1 /boot ext2 rw 0 0 none /dev/pts devpts rw,mode=0620 0 0 /dev/hdb1 /home ext2 rw 0 0 /mnt/cdrom /mnt/cdrom supermount rw,fs=iso9660,dev=/dev/cdrom 0 0 /mnt/floppy /mnt/floppy supermount rw,fs=vfat,dev=/dev/fd0 0 0 /dev/hdc1 /mnt/windows vfat rw,nosuid,nodev,umask=0 0 0 /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount rw,fs=ext2,dev=/dev/sda 0 0 automount(pid544) /misc autofs rw,fd=8,pgrp=544,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0 automount(pid563) /net autofs rw,fd=8,pgrp=563,minproto=2,maxproto=4 0 0 [sher@sher /etc]$ Thank you all so very much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] Installing Mandrake without a boot floppy or bootable CD
Hi all, I'm trying to figure out how to do something which seems simple, but is perhaps deceptively difficult. Let me explain: I have an elderly laptop upon which I have installed Red Hat 6.0. This was an interesting procedure because (a) the laptop has no floppy drive, and (b) it can't boot from a CD-ROM. Which is tricky, given that just about every installation method relies on a bootable CD-ROM or a boot floppy. How exactly I got it working is described at http://www.ar.com.au/~storm/toshsat200cds.html but basically it involved copying the entire Red Hat CD onto the hard drive, rebooting into DOS (it had Win95 installed on it when I obtained it) and using their autoboot.bat utility. OK, that worked fine. But now, I would like to upgrade it to Mandrake 7.2. Same problem - can't boot from CD-ROM, can't boot from a floppy. But I also can't find any pointer to how to kick off the installation from a working Linux system, as I was able to kick off the Red Hat install from a working DOS system. My guess is that maybe if I added a Lilo entry to boot from the hard drive as usual, using the kernel on the hard drive, but with the CD-ROM as the root disk? Would this launch the installation as if it had been booted from the CD? I suppose I probably should experiment a bit before pestering this mailing list, but I'm at work, the laptop is at home, and I figured I'd ask now and see if anyone could save me messing around.. Cheers! David... This e-mail, its content and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the addressee(s) and are confidential and may be legally privileged. Access by any other party is unauthorised without the express prior written permission of the sender. If you have received this e-mail in error you may not copy, disclose to any third party or use the contents, attachments or information in any way. Please destroy it and contact the sender via the Thomson Financial switchboard on (44) 207 369 7000 or via e-mail return. Internet communications are not secure unless protected using strong cryptography. This e-mail has been prepared using information believed by the author to be reliable and accurate, but Thomson Financial does not accept responsibility for the timeliness, accuracy or completeness of the information provided or for any changes to this e-mail, howsoever made, after it was sent. [The content of this e-mail and files transmitted with it is (c) TFSL - 2000]
[expert] timezone
Hello, I have this one system that continues to bug me. I can not get the system time to stay correct. It's always 5 hour behind the correct EST time. I've tried Drakconf, linuxconf, timetool, and I've even set up xntp, but after a reboot it returns itself 5 hour behind. Any ideas??? Thanks, Lou.
[expert] Font/QT problem
Just installed 7.2 (clean from dl iso's). Configured X in xinerama. I use WindowMaker. Ever since then, qt dependant programs (kmail, licq, kppp) attempt to use illegible 1 pixel fonts (they're really really small) The login screen in kdm is readable, but the fonts are wrong. Any suggestions? -- Karim Nassar
Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake without a boot floppy or bootable CD
On Mon Feb 26 2001 10:24, You wrote: Hi all, I'm trying to figure out how to do something which seems simple, but is perhaps deceptively difficult. Let me explain: Did You try FTP install ? I use this way on mine and worked perfectly. -- Best Regards, Pedro Del Medico P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #144076
Re: [expert] timezone
On Mon Feb 26 2001 09:34, You wrote: Hello, I have this one system that continues to bug me. I can not get the system time to stay correct. It's always 5 hour behind the correct EST time. I've tried Drakconf, linuxconf, timetool, and I've even set up xntp, but after a reboot it returns itself 5 hour behind. Any ideas??? Let say that right now is 12:00 M and it is Feb 26 2000 as root and using date you must do: # date 022612002001 next we will transfer the time to the CMOS clock, so: if your machine is UNIX only # hwclock --utc --systohc If your machine is dual boot # hwclock --systohc Thanks, You Welcome -- Best Regards, Pedro Del Medico P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #144076
[expert] Can Pam hose Grub?
I've been a Gnome user for some time (Mandrake 7.1 with original kernel, x 3.3.6) so decided to take a look at the new KDE 2.0.1-stable. In order to install the rpm's with no dependency issues I had to upgrade pam, install arts, etc. Since there were significant changes I decided to (aagghh) reboot. Now I don't even get to a grub boot menu - endless stage1 strings - strung together. Am I correct in thinking that pam could be the culprit? I can't imagine any kde libs or arts doing something like this to grub. On the Gnome side, I've been running Ximian, Evo Nautilus - and that's basically all of the 'cutting edge' testing I'm doing at this time, tho most of my libs have been upgraded to 7.2 stable - no cooker, I'm still with glibc_2.1. Since I've got a dual boot with Win98, I hosed the mbr booted to Win for now. Does any of this rambling give a clue to anyone as to what's going on? begin:vcard n:Piety;Bill x-mozilla-html:FALSE adr:;; version:2.1 email;internet:[EMAIL PROTECTED] fn:Bill Piety end:vcard
Re: [expert] timezone
This is probably a fight between the BIOS clock and the Linux software clock - each is trying to compensate for the other. You have to disable BIOS offsets for daylight saving and different timezones and let Linux do it (or the other way around) hth Mike - Original Message - From: "Lou Baccari" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 1:34 PM Subject: [expert] timezone Hello, I have this one system that continues to bug me. I can not get the system time to stay correct. It's always 5 hour behind the correct EST time. I've tried Drakconf, linuxconf, timetool, and I've even set up xntp, but after a reboot it returns itself 5 hour behind. Any ideas??? Thanks, Lou.
RE: [expert] Installing Mandrake without a boot floppy or bootable CD
Hi Pedro, I'm trying to figure out how to do something which seems simple, but is perhaps deceptively difficult. Let me explain: Did You try FTP install ? I use this way on mine and worked perfectly. I may be misunderstanding what an FTP install involves, but isn't it booting from a floppy and then installing all the packages via FTP? That's the opposite of what I need.. it's the booting I have a problem with, but if I can get the install "kicked off", installing the actual packages from the CD-ROM is no problem.. I couldn't find any mention of FTP install in the documentation on www.mandrake.com though, so if I'm totally off the track, let me know! :-) Cheers, David... This e-mail, its content and any files transmitted with it are intended solely for the addressee(s) and are confidential and may be legally privileged. Access by any other party is unauthorised without the express prior written permission of the sender. If you have received this e-mail in error you may not copy, disclose to any third party or use the contents, attachments or information in any way. Please destroy it and contact the sender via the Thomson Financial switchboard on (44) 207 369 7000 or via e-mail return. Internet communications are not secure unless protected using strong cryptography. This e-mail has been prepared using information believed by the author to be reliable and accurate, but Thomson Financial does not accept responsibility for the timeliness, accuracy or completeness of the information provided or for any changes to this e-mail, howsoever made, after it was sent. [The content of this e-mail and files transmitted with it is (c) TFSL - 2000]
[expert] Two LINUX OS on same computer
Hi: I have LM6.1 on my first hard drive (hda) and recently got a new drive (hdb) and LM7.2. I would like to install LM7.2 on the second hard drive, while keeping LM6.1 on the first drive at least until I have the new system running OK. Is this possible and, if so, what are the tricky points? I use LILO as loader. I would particularly appreciate hearing from those who have successfully done it, but any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Serge Pineault
Re: [expert] timezone
Try going into your bios and checking what the time is there. If it is not correct, correct it. Probably your operating system is setting its clock by the hardware clock (bios). If you don't know how to do that, just ask again :-) Cheers, j --- Lou Baccari [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello, I have this one system that continues to bug me. I can not get the system time to stay correct. It's always 5 hour behind the correct EST time. I've tried Drakconf, linuxconf, timetool, and I've even set up xntp, but after a reboot it returns itself 5 hour behind. Any ideas??? Thanks, Lou. __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[expert] Problem w/ Mandrake 8
I just tried to install Mandrake 8.0 beta on my PC. It gives the error of cannot mount /dev/hda3. I check the other consoles and the complain about a error in /usr/bin/perl-install/us_en.cz or some such. I have tried mounting it on console 2, but I get the same error. I have one large 30gb ATA66 hard drive that I am trying to install it on. NeoFax
RE: [expert] timezone
Sorry Pedro I should have mention that the hwclock has always held the correct EST time. I changed the time this morning at 8:16 AM EST, and when I just check the time the date was 5 hours behind and hwclock command showed the correct EST time. The xntp daemon was no longer active. This problem is a pain, any other ideas??? Thanks, -Original Message- From: Pedro Del Medico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] timezone On Mon Feb 26 2001 09:34, You wrote: Hello, I have this one system that continues to bug me. I can not get the system time to stay correct. It's always 5 hour behind the correct EST time. I've tried Drakconf, linuxconf, timetool, and I've even set up xntp, but after a reboot it returns itself 5 hour behind. Any ideas??? Let say that right now is 12:00 M and it is Feb 26 2000 as root and using date you must do: # date 022612002001 next we will transfer the time to the CMOS clock, so: if your machine is UNIX only # hwclock --utc --systohc If your machine is dual boot # hwclock --systohc Thanks, You Welcome -- Best Regards, Pedro Del Medico P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #144076
[expert] configure error
I`m trying to configure the cronosII email program and this is the following error message I get- checking for gnome-config... no couldnt find gnome checking for gnome-config... no checking for gnome-print-version =0.20.0... no the gnome-config script installed by gnome-libs could not be found if gnome-print was installed in PREFIX make sure PREFIX/bin is in your path or set the gnome_config enviornment variable to the full path to gnome_config checking for gtk-config... no checking for gtk-version 1.2.0... no the gtk-config script installed by GTK could not be found if GTK was installed in PREFIX make sure PREFIX/bin is in your path or set the gtk_config enviornment variable to the full path to gtk_config Now then first question, what is PREFIX/bin ? Second question, I have glib v.1.2.7 installed correctly and GTK+v.1.2.0 installed as well. So what is it looking for and where is it looking ? Should I set up some sort of link or copy certain files to wherever it is looking ? I`m at a loss. What do you all think ? Thank you, chronos -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org owGbwMvMwCR4qefftFRF3XbG01xJLHrpBelWExM+dLixMAgyMbCxMoF4DFycAjBl gl0Ms5g6xKteGCvq3r9VkyhZzmZx0//ySob50Wpd+xqemKZlOOZOfbyg/F6Z3Rxb AA== =tKnY -END PGP SIGNATURE-
[expert] Samba share question
Greetings, every one. Here's a puzzler for you. At my office, we have a linux file server with Samba 2.0.7. Security is set to server, although I've tried domain and user as well. Any pc that logs on and is a member of the NT4 domain can see the shares that they are supposed to be able to see with no problem. We have several pc's that are not part of the domain. If these machines happen to be running NT, everything is fine once I set the user account to "No Password". Here's the really weird part. Win95 machines that are not in the domain are having problems. If I log on to a 95 machine as myself, I can see the files in my personal share, and all the restricted shares that I have access to. But, I cannot see any files in the public share! I can see folders, but there are no files appearing in them. I've tried a ton of different permutations of the /etc/smb.conf file. Nothing seems to change these results. Here's what my current smb.conf shares part looks like: # Share Definitions == [homes] comment = Home Directories path = /s2/%u browseable = no writable = yes [public] path = /s1/public comment = Public Share browseable = yes read only = no case sensitive = yes short preserve case = yes preserve case = yes force group = users guest ok = yes create mask = 0777 directory mask = 0777 [vsiweb] comment = VSI Fax webserver directory path = /usr/vsifax3/webserver valid users = wayne,doug public = no writable = yes printable = no [mis] comment = MIS share path = /s1/mis valid users = @mis public = no writable = yes printable = no [rpt] comment = Reports path = /s1/rpt [sales] path = /s1/sales Does anyone have any suggestions as to what I'm doing wrong here? Thanks in advance, Wayne
[expert] KDE / X display
Hello all!! Could someone point me in the right direction to export my KDE display to another server (similar to XDMCP?) I work from home often and would liek to beable to do somethign to a telnet my box at work (through firewall yada yada) set my display and then startx and have the KDE pop back to me at home Regards, Ron
[expert] Isntall Mdk 7.2 on Vmware V-machine
Has anyone successfully put LM 7.2 on a VMware Virtual Machine? I got up to the Partition Drive Screen, but after taht it complains that the base install package is not there (doing ftp install from local machine running the VM). Does anyone have a pre-built Virtual Machine File (Here's where Mandrake steps in and offers one on their web page, __hint hint__) I am trying the ISO's today. Just an FYI, the reason I'm using a Virtual Machine is because I'm at work and can't use dual-boot, so the only way to get all the linux utilities and power-desktop stuff is a VM, and the SUSE-linux one is not what I'm used too (Plus I want to try KDE 2). Again, anyone with a VMWARE file I can just FTP??? Anyone at Mandrake want to Build one and offer it on there site? Eric
Re: [expert] Two LINUX OS on same computer
Hello, I have done it, and it is quite neat, but can be a little tricky. Basically, you have /boot partitions for each install (among others). In your case, Mandrake Install should do this for you, but if it does not, just follow the following steps: 1) Once the install on hdb (7.2) is complete, you will boot into the new installation. 2) Find the /boot partition in your hda (could be hda11, for example - probably find this beforehand to save time) 3) Create a temp directory to mount to (#mkdir /mnt/boot61) 4) Mount the directory (mount -t ext2 /dev/hda11 /mnt/boot61, and make sure that vmlinuz can be fount. 5) Edit lilo.conf to add a 6.1 entry, and point linux.conf to the /mnt/boot61 directory. example: boot=/dev/hda map=/boot/map install=/boot/boot.b vga=normal default=current keytable=/boot/us.klt lba32 prompt timeout=50 append="mem=256M" message=/boot/message menu-scheme=wb:bw:wb:bw image=/boot/vmlinuz-smp label=Mandrake-7.2 root=/dev/hdb11 vga=788 read-only image=/mnt/boot61/vmlinuz label=Mandrake-6.1 root=/dev/hda11 vga=788 read-only 6) run lilo (#lilo) 7) reboot and test Now, this is only from memory, and I edited the file above to somewhat reflect your question. Obviously, double-check the partions for your installation. If when you run lilo, you get any error messages at all, please let me know what they are. Also, as long as you leave the rest of lilo.conf intact, and only ADD entries, you won't hose up your system terribly. The other thing you can do, is make a boot floppy of your 6.1 before you do the install. Good Luck, Ron --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi: I have LM6.1 on my first hard drive (hda) and recently got a new drive (hdb) and LM7.2. I would like to install LM7.2 on the second hard drive, while keeping LM6.1 on the first drive at least until I have the new system running OK. Is this possible and, if so, what are the tricky points? I use LILO as loader. I would particularly appreciate hearing from those who have successfully done it, but any help will be appreciated. Thanks, Serge Pineault = ^C quit :q exit ? help shit __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
RE: [expert] Mandrake 7.1
No correction required I don't think ;o) I am suggesting though that he should be able to get the system running on a 386 from a standard distribution and then recompile - omitting all the processor options that won't be required. regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Milnes Terry SSgt 52LSS/LGLOE Sent: 26 February 2001 10:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 Actually Mandrakesoft compiles almost everything using the i686 flag. This way everything is optimized for 686 processors. Correct me if I am wrong though. NeoFax -Original Message- From: Daryl Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] My take on this is that the kernel in the distribution includes compiled in support for i-386, however should Joergen want to just have an i-386 kernel he can recompile then from the sources? regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: 26 February 2001 08:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know were I can downloade Mandrake 7.1 for i386? Joergen Traun Joergenthere are no versions of Linux Mandrake for the i386 as they are all compiled for the i586. However there is an i486 version of Linux Mandrake 7.0-2. Below is one of the locations from which it can be downloaded: ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-iso/i486/mandra ke70-2.i486.iso -- Alan
Re: [expert] timezone
On Mon Feb 26 2001 12:24, you Wrote: Sorry Pedro I should have mention that the hwclock has always held the correct EST time. I changed the time this morning at 8:16 AM EST, and when I just check the time the date was 5 hours behind and hwclock command showed the correct EST time. The xntp daemon was no longer active. This problem is a pain, any other ideas??? Lou, what's happening is ok for some bios no matter how old/new they are. In my main server (Pentium III) I can see the same situation You have. Different for an old Pentium 233 mmx (from where I'm writting now) which shows both clock with the same time/hour -- Atentamente, Pedro Del Medico P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #144076
[expert] Wget as a mirroring utility
Hi there all, I'm currently using wget to mirror the Mandrake cooker ftp, but I was wondering... Wget has a lot of functions of a mirroring program, eg time-stamping and stuff, however, what it DOESN'T seem to do, is delete a local file that no longer exists on the mirrored ftp server, is there a way of telling it to do this? Or should I use one of the other mirroring tools... like mirror? :-) Does anyone have an already-set-up mirror config file for the cooker? Thanks for your help. Tom
[expert] Weird stuff from apache and sendmail.. go figure..
Hi all, I have a curious question... for some reason,, my mail, when generated from perl scripts, is being sent as [EMAIL PROTECTED] instead of the user it was supposed to send from,, (my email address.) 2 questions I have regarding this.. 1. why is it coming up with apache instead of the username? (it always worked before, so it must be the new 7.2 install.(I have upgraded sendmail from the standard 7.2)) secondly, why is it attaching the server name to the email address, it should just be [EMAIL PROTECTED] can anyone make any suggestions on how to rectify this? many thanks kindest regards Frank Hauptle / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Gshop Network Payment Solutions.
Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake without a boot floppy or bootable CD
*** Idea for installing/upgrading below... "Carson, David" wrote: I have an elderly laptop upon which I have installed Red Hat 6.0. This was an interesting procedure because (a) the laptop has no floppy drive, and (b) it can't boot from a CD-ROM. Which is tricky, given that just about every installation method relies on a bootable CD-ROM or a boot floppy. How exactly I got it working is described at http://www.ar.com.au/~storm/toshsat200cds.html but basically it involved copying the entire Red Hat CD onto the hard drive, rebooting into DOS (it had Win95 installed on it when I obtained it) and using their autoboot.bat utility. I fully understand... I finally broke down and ordered a floppy; BUT Toshiba could not get the cabling right -- long story and orthogonal... OK, that worked fine. But now, I would like to upgrade it to Mandrake 7.2. Same problem - can't boot from CD-ROM, can't boot from a floppy. But I also can't find any pointer to how to kick off the installation from a working Linux system, as I was able to kick off the Red Hat install from a working DOS system. Without using the DOS trick again, not sure what to suggest. However, this fits with something I've been contemplating now that I have DSL and can consider participating in Cooker activities... My "Hate List" is ordered this way: - M$ - rebooting - down while installing/upgrading So... anyone know of any catch-22 which would prevent installations/upgrades being done to separate / /usr partitions while the system is live? The idea is to install a new version in background, get all the system parameters from the running system; then rebooting for a minimum of downtime... The next challenge would be to switch to the new version on-the-fly; but I believe that is already being worked on IIRC. My guess is that maybe if I added a Lilo entry to boot from the hard drive as usual, using the kernel on the hard drive, but with the CD-ROM as the root disk? Would this launch the installation as if it had been booted from the CD? I suppose I probably should experiment a bit before pestering this mailing list, but I'm at work, the laptop is at home, and I figured I'd ask now and see if anyone could save me messing around.. Dunno... Would adding a LILO entry pointing to the CD's kernel be possible...? image = /boot/vmlinuz label = cd root = /dev/hdc ?? Cheers! David... Pierre
[expert] Ethernet LAN not working
Recently I installed an 3COM 3C905C Ethernet card in my computer. Using a cross over cable I am attempting to get it to talk to a WIN98 machine with the same NIC. I went into linuxconf and entered a unique IP address for eth0. Problem is it refuses to talk to the other machine. I can find no evidence of network activity and worse my ppp0 interface is now NOT working either (it did prior to this modification). This should be simple. Could someone please help me diagnose this problem? Jon H. Linux 7.2
Re: [expert] timezone
Lou Baccari wrote: Sorry Pedro I should have mention that the hwclock has always held the correct EST time. Doesn't this mean that Linux is assuming your hw clock is GST...? Hence, the double timezone shift...? If nothing else works, why not set the hw clock to GST? I changed the time this morning at 8:16 AM EST, and when I just check the time the date was 5 hours behind and hwclock command showed the correct EST time. The xntp daemon was no longer active. This problem is a pain, any other ideas??? The reason xntpd was no longer active is probably in /var/log/syslog (this is from one of mine today): Feb 26 13:04:02 homer xntpd[14073]: time error 1007.151614 is way too large (set clock manually) ...and it was only off by 20 minutes... Pierre
Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake without a boot floppy or bootable CD
Pedro Del Medico wrote: I'm trying to figure out how to do something which seems simple, but is perhaps deceptively difficult. Let me explain: Did You try FTP install ? I use this way on mine and worked perfectly. But... did you boot without a floppy on a system that won't boot from CD...? This is the dilema of older Toshiba laptops... Pierre
[expert] Content Management
I'm looking for a Linux solution for Web surfing monitoring. I have Squid installed and running, are there any tools that would allow me to use the access.log to find out where a specific host/user was going or do I need another product? I used to use WebSense at my previous job but would like to find a Linux solution if at all possible.
Re: [expert] Ethernet LAN not working
An absolute minimum of "ifconfig" output would help. While you're at it, from "route" too... and a clue as to the IP address used in the other OS... Of course, if ifconfig gives no eth0 output, try "ifconfig eth0" to be sure. Pierre "Himebaugh, Jon, CON, OASD(HA)/TMA" wrote: Recently I installed an 3COM 3C905C Ethernet card in my computer. Using a cross over cable I am attempting to get it to talk to a WIN98 machine with the same NIC. I went into linuxconf and entered a unique IP address for eth0. Problem is it refuses to talk to the other machine. I can find no evidence of network activity and worse my ppp0 interface is now NOT working either (it did prior to this modification). This should be simple. Could someone please help me diagnose this problem? Jon H. Linux 7.2
RE: [expert] Mandrake 7.1
What ever happened to 7.1?? One day i was browsing through 7.1 RPMS on a mirror site and the next day they were all gone and i couldn't find any mention of 7.1 ANYWHERE. It's like it never existed. (I know it did exist and no i'm not crazy, because i've got a copy of it burned to disk.) Did that not have i386 packages etc? I thought it did, but i don't remember Still, why did 7.1 disappear like that? j --- Daryl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: No correction required I don't think ;o) I am suggesting though that he should be able to get the system running on a 386 from a standard distribution and then recompile - omitting all the processor options that won't be required. regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Milnes Terry SSgt 52LSS/LGLOE Sent: 26 February 2001 10:03 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 Actually Mandrakesoft compiles almost everything using the i686 flag. This way everything is optimized for 686 processors. Correct me if I am wrong though. NeoFax -Original Message- From: Daryl Johnson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] My take on this is that the kernel in the distribution includes compiled in support for i-386, however should Joergen want to just have an i-386 kernel he can recompile then from the sources? regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Alan Shoemaker Sent: 26 February 2001 08:29 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know were I can downloade Mandrake 7.1 for i386? Joergen Traun Joergenthere are no versions of Linux Mandrake for the i386 as they are all compiled for the i586. However there is an i486 version of Linux Mandrake 7.0-2. Below is one of the locations from which it can be downloaded: ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake-iso/i486/mandra ke70-2.i486.iso -- Alan __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
RE: [expert] Ethernet LAN not working
Assuming that your cable is properly configured and not shorting out the card(s). The proto-network has no common communication protocol. Try running Samba. There is a good Howto on the subject. regards Daryl -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Himebaugh, Jon, CON, OASD(HA)/TMA Sent: 26 February 2001 19:48 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Ethernet LAN not working Recently I installed an 3COM 3C905C Ethernet card in my computer. Using a cross over cable I am attempting to get it to talk to a WIN98 machine with the same NIC. I went into linuxconf and entered a unique IP address for eth0. Problem is it refuses to talk to the other machine. I can find no evidence of network activity and worse my ppp0 interface is now NOT working either (it did prior to this modification). This should be simple. Could someone please help me diagnose this problem? Jon H. Linux 7.2
Re: [expert] Isntall Mdk 7.2 on Vmware V-machine
Yep. I had it running quite nicely under Win2k. I did use the ISO's though. Can't go wrong from CD. The whole thing installed nicely, detected video, sound and network and went along very happily. Only gripe is the hard disk it was on died a week later :-( You shouldn't have too much trouble with the ISO's. I would definately try them. Angus On Mon, Feb 26, 2001 at 11:54:37AM -0600, Eric wrote: Has anyone successfully put LM 7.2 on a VMware Virtual Machine? I got up to the Partition Drive Screen, but after taht it complains that the base install package is not there (doing ftp install from local machine running the VM). Does anyone have a pre-built Virtual Machine File (Here's where Mandrake steps in and offers one on their web page, __hint hint__) I am trying the ISO's today. Just an FYI, the reason I'm using a Virtual Machine is because I'm at work and can't use dual-boot, so the only way to get all the linux utilities and power-desktop stuff is a VM, and the SUSE-linux one is not what I'm used too (Plus I want to try KDE 2). Again, anyone with a VMWARE file I can just FTP??? Anyone at Mandrake want to Build one and offer it on there site? Eric -- | Angus Beath | Support Coordinator +61 2 42215600 | | ICQ: 44324120 | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | If you hear someone yell, "Empower THIS!!" try to put some distance between you and whatever happens next. - words from the wise DNRC.
Re: [expert] Ethernet LAN not working
Take a look at the file /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 and see if there's anything that doesn't look right. Try to bring it up: # ifup eth0 #this won't work if the above file is not set up properly. # ifconfig#this is to see what's "up" Is your eth0 up? If it is, and it has the ip address and netmask that you want, then you can try some pinging tests for connectivity: # ping your.ip.address.here # ping your.other.computer's.address If you can ping either from your box to Windows box or the other way around, then you have connectivity. Getting them to "talk" to one-another might involve Samba, depending on what you want them to talk about. Be sure to check the man page for ifconfig. As for your ppp device, i haven't used one in a while so i'm not sure. There should be an ifcfg-ppp0 file in the same place as the ifcfg-eth0 file. I hate to say it but in the past i've fiddled and fiddled and for some funny reason rebooting sometimes seemed to help. I've also had instances where i've had to type # ifconfig eth0 -netmask 255.255.255.0 192.168.1.1 twice in order to get it to work (the first time produced an error message, the second time worked). I dunno. Hope that helps a bit, j --- "Himebaugh, Jon, CON, OASD(HA)/TMA" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Recently I installed an 3COM 3C905C Ethernet card in my computer. Using a cross over cable I am attempting to get it to talk to a WIN98 machine with the same NIC. I went into linuxconf and entered a unique IP address for eth0. Problem is it refuses to talk to the other machine. I can find no evidence of network activity and worse my ppp0 interface is now NOT working either (it did prior to this modification). This should be simple. Could someone please help me diagnose this problem? Jon H. Linux 7.2 __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[expert] USB Zip improper bootup -- Solved!
Dear friends: Thanks to "Gh" I have solved the improper bootup due to my new USB Zip drive. BEGIN To get your USB Zip working use at your own risk: As root, edit /etc/sysconfig/usb file Set storage and usb variables to yes. Reboot. You should see at the boot screen: USB interface USB storage USB file-system As root, in console md mnt/zip Add to fstab /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=vfat,dev=/dev/sda4 0 0 Reboot. Your should be able to use your USB zip now If the USB interface is not activating at boot time: As root add to /etc/modules usb-interface END In addition, I have added the following items at the end of /etc/rc.local: insmod usbcore insmod usb-uhci insmod usb-storage [sher@sher sher]$ And, of course, I add the following entry to /etc/fstab and /etc/mtab: /mnt/zip /mnt/zip supermount fs=ext2,dev=/dev/sda 0 0 (Ploease note that for device I indicated "sda" rather than "sda4" because in my case "sda4" causes an Input/Output error. One last thing: Gh is looking for someone to send him, for a reasonable annual fee, LM updates. I personally do not have a CD-writable machine so I can't do it. However, I am taking the liberty of asking other list members to consider helpling him. Keep me posted I like to keep my mandrake box updated but I lack the bandwidth any suggestions? I am willing to pay a reasonable annual fee for a monthly CD delivery with all the update files for LM7.2. Gh's email address is: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you all so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] failed dependencies for cups
I have Mandrake 7.1 with CUPS installed. Gimp refuses to print. What should I do to make GIMP recognize and print through cups? Thanks. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: John Wolford [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 11:59 AM Subject: Re: [expert] failed dependencies for cups I looks as though you have a file which one of your cups packages wants to overwrite(?). You can check this with # rpm -qpl packagename and see if it's wanting to install a file you already have installed. It also looks like you might already have cups-1.1.4-3mdk package installed. Check this with # rpm -q cups If you do, you might want to try to upgrade it with # rpm -Uvh filename Another thing i notice is that with that wildcard expansion, you're not installing either the libcups or libcups-devel package. You can get all good packages from the numerous mirror sites linked off of mandrake.com. Immediately look for updates also. I hope this helps. j --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Can anyone explains to me how I can resolve this problem installing cups? (I don't find where to get the good package.) [bash]* rpm -ivh cups* error: failed dependencies: /usr/sbin/update-alternatives is needed by cups-1.1.4-3mdk Thanks for any help, Pierre ** This message may contain confidential information and is intended solely for the use of the addressee. If you are not the intended recipient of this message, please notify the sender immediately and do not disclose, use, disseminate or copy this message. The information contained in this message is subject to Systemat's General Terms and Conditions. Any personal opinion expressed in this message reflects the opinion of the sender and not Systemat's opinion. ** __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] timezone
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 look at /etc/sysconfig/clock try setting "UTC=false" and then doing something like... # rdate -s clock-1.cs.cmu.edu hwclock --systohc DP On Monday 26 February 2001 05:34, Lou Baccari wrote: Hello, I have this one system that continues to bug me. I can not get the system time to stay correct. It's always 5 hour behind the correct EST time. I've tried Drakconf, linuxconf, timetool, and I've even set up xntp, but after a reboot it returns itself 5 hour behind. Any ideas??? Thanks, Lou. -BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE- Version: GnuPG v1.0.4 (GNU/Linux) Comment: For info see http://www.gnupg.org iEYEARECAAYFAjqazl8ACgkQCIwrOqxGmNuoiACeKBmqPGE1eM9osN8Jym4cocmG AEcAn27aLVmY4ig9Ektd/8/YNF8g7K9k =MQA6 -END PGP SIGNATURE-
Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake without a boot floppy or bootable CD
On Mon Feb 26 2001 15:40, You wrote: But... did you boot without a floppy on a system that won't boot from CD...? This is the dilema of older Toshiba laptops... Pierre Ok, older Toshiba are like other laptops, and as I said in an earlier message, I have among other laptops one Compaq Armada 1640T which does not have a cdrom but only a floppy. So I followed this approach: 1.- Build a boot diskette with pcmcia image from another Linux computer, but can be done from DoS or WindowsXX. In my network just one computer have a cdrom, so I mounted a first Mandrake cd on it. 2.- Attached a pcmcia card with a net conection in the laptop 3.- Powered up the laptop and when asked from where it would be installed, the answer is ftp, then the program ask for the ip, ftp account ecc. 4.- The rest of the installation is the same as from Cdrom All this worked very fine with all the pcs without cdrom on my net and I remember now to do even a succesfull NFS installation too. Hope this help with the installation and scuse my poor english. -- Best Regards, Pedro Del Medico P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #144076
[expert] [xk]dm and chooser
Hi, I have several Linux boxes out here, all running Mandrake 7.2 and KDE2. I would like to access them from one machine. So my login box should have an extra pulldown menu with the hosts. I know this is possible with xdm and chooser. Is this also possible with kdm?? And can anybody tell me how to do this or point me to some documentation of it. I can't seem to find it anywhere. Greetz, Arnoud.
[expert] Mozilla .8 java applet off-center mystery
Dear friends: I have recently installed Java for Mozilla .8. Thanks to the instructions at Bugzilla, I found a workaround for the "java successfully installed but does not work" problem plaguing Mozilla .8 and Java. I have shared this solution with our mailing list in a previous letter. I tested the Java applets and Java seems to work fine. I tested it at the "Hello World" site and the "Telnet applet" site and Mozilla .8 java works fine. However, I have come across one site that really baffles me, and I would appreciate it if you could look at it and see if you get the same results. First, make sure that your Mozilla .8 Java really works. Then please try the following URL: http://www.rollins.edu/Foreign_Lang/Russian/ruspaint.html Please try any of the java applets on the site by clicking on the frame at left. For example, ICONS or 18th century. Etc. You will immediately see the Java applet loading, then a series of images unfolding in succession. A gorgeous and beautifully designed java applet. Only one problem:In Mozilla .8 the Java applet is NOT centered. Instead, it appears at the extreme left of the frame body, while in every other browser it appears CENTERED as it should be. If you look at View, Page Source, you will see that the HTML clearly indicated and correctly indicated that this applet should be centered. And it appears correctly centered in Netscape 4.76 for Linux, in Konqueror (even though the applet doesn't seem to work as yet in KDE 2.0), in Netscape 4.76 for Windows, in Opera 5 for Windows and in Internet Explorer. So, I am baffled by this strange problem. I would very much appreciate your comments. I will also send this message to the Bugzilla team. Thank you. Benjamin - Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: [expert] Wget as a mirroring utility
On 02.26 Tom Eastman wrote: Hi there all, I'm currently using wget to mirror the Mandrake cooker ftp, but I was wondering... Wget has a lot of functions of a mirroring program, eg time-stamping and stuff, however, what it DOESN'T seem to do, is delete a local file that no longer exists on the mirrored ftp server, is there a way of telling it to do this? Or should I use one of the other mirroring tools... like mirror? :-) Does anyone have an already-set-up mirror config file for the cooker? Use lftp. I works fine for mirroring (timestamping, size comparison, mirror over ftp or http and ssl versions, and deletes local files not present in remote source). It is worth a look at. -- J.A. Magallon $ cd pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] $ more beer Linux werewolf 2.4.2-ac4 #2 SMP Mon Feb 26 00:21:23 CET 2001 i686
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1
El Lun 26 Feb 2001 16:46, escribiste: What ever happened to 7.1?? One day i was browsing through 7.1 RPMS on a mirror site and the next day they were all gone and i couldn't find any mention of 7.1 ANYWHERE. It's like it never existed. (I know it did exist Hey my friend, before you go crazy check this: ftp://ftp.linux.com/mounts/u1/mirrors/iso/ I also suggest to do a www.tuxfind.com search and check the .src.rpm / i386.rpm /.noarch.rpm and other rpm buttons and uncheck the others. and try mandrake-release-7.1. May you have luck. -- Best Regards, Pedro Del Medico P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #144076
Re: [expert] Installing (Mac) Type 1 fonts under LM 7.2
Michael O'Henly wrote: Can you help me fill in the blanks? I will try. QUESTION: I'm making up the filenames on the Linux side. Is that OK? Do they have to be lower case? I think that it's not necessary. But it's case sensitive, so the name you write in the file have to been the name you use. QUESTION: What do I do with this? It doesn't contain any POST resources so I can't "unmacify" it. Do I need it on the Linux side? This produces Fontmap, fonts.dir, fonts.scale, and type1inst.log. It tells me that it can't identify the foundry. I manually edit fonts.scale and fonts.dir, replacing "unknown" with the name of the foundry (in lower case). I think that you have to add your file to the fonts.dir. I become the root user and add the path to this directory in the /etc/X11/fs/config catalogue. I restart the fontserver. /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart Now -- according to everything I've read -- my X applications should be able to see this new font family. They don't. I've tried xfontsel and from within various applications. I've rebooted the system, checked permissions, etc. QUESTION: Where am I going wrong? I don't know, why don't you try kfontinst? QUESTION: What are the practical side-effects of adding a large number of fonts to X? Does it slow things down, consume memory, or anything else? I have read that is worst when you use a lot of fonts because you use more memory, but I need a confirmation. QUESTION: Are you aware of any "font managment" packages for Linux that help to organize large collections of fonts? Kfontinst. Best regards, feel free to write me directly, I want to do the same, and probably I would have the same problems. Leo -- Leopold Palomo Avellaneda Linux User 152692 Catalonia
[expert] mandrake 7.2 and lvm
Hi I have just ordered some parts to build my next pc. I am consiering setting up the hd with lvm before i install mandrake from scratch. Has anyone done this will the mandrake installer recognize lvm logical volumes and install onto them, is there anything i need to be aware of. I will be installing a self compiled 2.4.2 kernel with reiserfs and smp to run on an abit vp6 board, but just need to know if i will be able to get the basics running off of a standard install. Regards Mark
[expert] help with g77 installation
--- Aldo Colussi [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, I have Mandrake 7.2, and so I have gcc 2.95 installed. I'm trying to install g77: accordind to the installing instruction I shound run configure, but when I type ./configure I receive a "not found" error. Can somebody help me about it? Does anyone have some clear installation instructions? Thank you, Al __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/ __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] Wget as a mirroring utility
you might also try pavuk (find it at freshmeat) it has tons of options including the ability to remove old and moved files. chuck
Re: [expert] X 4.0.2
Thanks to those who have offerred help on X4.0.2. I am unable to locate "unsupported" rpms, partly because www.mandrakeuser.org seems to be down for the past few days. Clearly the 4.0.2 rpms ARE installed on my system, though, and I was able to locate an old printout of instructions for rearranging the symlinks to point to 4.0.2 and also to remove the GL libraries that the nvidia drivesr cannot handle. My question now: Has anyone tried compiling the X4.0.2 sources available at XFree.org directly under LM 7.2? I wonder if it wouldn't be easier to just do that than to use the rpms...although the cooker RPMS that I have installed are (hopefully) able to work if I just move around the symlinks...I suppose the worst that could happen is that I cannot use X and have to go back to 3.3.6 for a while. Neal On Monday 26 February 2001 03:00, Jesper Holmberg wrote: Hi Neal, I recently did this. I'm not sure what is the reason you're having problems, but perhaps you could try these tips: 1. Make sure you backup your config-files, esp /etc/X11/XF86Config 2. Get the RPMs not from cooker, but from unsupported. These are rebuilt to work with 7.2 3. rpm -e every X 3.3.6 RPM you've got. 4. rpm -Uvh the 4.0.2 RPMs 5. change the symlink /etc/X11/X to point to /usr/X11R6/bin/XFree86 Hope any of this might help you Jesper * On Monday, February 26, Neal Lippman wrote: Having trouble getting X 4.0.2 to work. Current system is MDK 7.2, upgraded to 2.4.1 kernel (self-compiled, not the cooker rpms). I d/l'd the cooker RPMS for XFree 4.0.2 and installed using rpm -Uvh *.rpm. I did not include the glide rpm, because I have an nVidia GeForce II card. I haven't (yet) gotten the nVidia tars for this card, but figured I could at least get Xfree 4 up first, then upgrade to the nvidia drivers for better performance. However, I am still running version 3.3.6. I remember reading somewhere that there were a bunch of symlinks that needed to be redirected to switch over to XFree 4, but I cannot find the reference now. In any case, I assumed the cooker rpm installs would do this, but apparently not. Any help? Thanks. Neal
Re: [expert] timezone
Hi Try to use timeconfig (or timeconf, I don't remember exactly ;) utility and set your real timezone. This utility recreates /etc/localtime file which your time depend on. Igor - Original Message - From: "Lou Baccari" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 9:24 PM Subject: RE: [expert] timezone Sorry Pedro I should have mention that the hwclock has always held the correct EST time. I changed the time this morning at 8:16 AM EST, and when I just check the time the date was 5 hours behind and hwclock command showed the correct EST time. The xntp daemon was no longer active. This problem is a pain, any other ideas??? Thanks, -Original Message- From: Pedro Del Medico [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, February 26, 2001 11:08 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] timezone On Mon Feb 26 2001 09:34, You wrote: Hello, I have this one system that continues to bug me. I can not get the system time to stay correct. It's always 5 hour behind the correct EST time. I've tried Drakconf, linuxconf, timetool, and I've even set up xntp, but after a reboot it returns itself 5 hour behind. Any ideas??? Let say that right now is 12:00 M and it is Feb 26 2000 as root and using date you must do: # date 022612002001 next we will transfer the time to the CMOS clock, so: if your machine is UNIX only # hwclock --utc --systohc If your machine is dual boot # hwclock --systohc Thanks, You Welcome -- Best Regards, Pedro Del Medico P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #144076
Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake without a boot floppy or bootable CD
Pedro Del Medico wrote: On Mon Feb 26 2001 15:40, You wrote: But... did you boot without a floppy on a system that won't boot from CD...? This is the dilema of older Toshiba laptops... Pierre Ok, older Toshiba are like other laptops, and as I said in an earlier message, I have among other laptops one Compaq Armada 1640T which does not have a cdrom but only a floppy. So I followed this approach: ^ Pedro, I think you are missing the point here... The point is that the original poster's laptop does NOT have a floppy drive; only a CD which he can't boot from (the reverse situation). That was also my case when I first wanted to install Linux on my Tecra. 3.- Powered up the laptop and when asked from where it would be installed, the answer is ftp, then the program ask for the ip, ftp account ecc. The original question remains... *how* can you get to the "when asked from where" stage *without* having a floppy _drive_ to insert that wonderful little diskette into..? _That's_ the problem which is being asked here. Hope this help with the installation and scuse my poor english. Not in this case; but you're scused. :^) -- Best Regards, Ditto, Pierre
[expert] New Majordomo mandrakeusers help list
I've created a new domo list for mandrakeusers... it's an unofficial help list... to subscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with in the body of it, send the command: subscribe mandrakeusers please adhere to the server times below, before sending to this list... -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am)
[expert] KDE 2.1 final
KDE 2.1 final in binary form for the various distributions was promised on the KDE site by Monday February 26. It is now 3.5 hours into Tuesday GMT and there is no sign of the KDE 2.1 final update to Mandrake 7.2. Where is it? What is happening? When and where will it appear? -- Regards, Ron. [au]
Re: [expert] sftp? and Mason
Check out PuTTY and Secure iXplorer. A google search will give you their URLs. If you need to tunnel through an http proxy, check out httptunnel. That's the solution I use. -- Asheesh. On Mon, 26 Feb 2001, Franki wrote: Hi all, Can't remember if I asked this or not.. I need app for win32 (2000 pro specifically) that supports file transfers over ssh,, in other words, I really don't want to enable ftp on my server, I have had security problems previously with FTP (resulting in one of my servers getting hacked., and I am now paranoid... So does anyone know of such an app? I use TerraTerm pro with the ssh patch,, but it doesn't support the new ssh standards... can anyone suggest anything? Also, is anyone using Mason firewall? and if so what are your thoughts/opinions...?? kindest regards/many thanx Frank Hauptle / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Gshop Network Payment Solutions. -- "MSDOS didn't get as bad as it is overnight -- it took over ten years of careful development." (By [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [expert] New Majordomo mandrakeusers help list
= http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am) The server runs for these hours WHERE? Wouldn't it make more sense to post these times in UTC or, better yet, just have the mail server available 7x24?
Re: [expert] New Majordomo mandrakeusers help list
Thats why I asked subscribers to only send mail to the list at the specified times... ONLYthat way the turn around rate will always be good. Plus, in a short whileI will be going 24/7 I'll let them know when. thanks for your suggestion Vincent Danen wrote: On Mon Feb 26, 2001 at 09:03:11PM +, KompuKit wrote: I've created a new domo list for mandrakeusers... it's an unofficial help list... to subscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with in the body of it, send the command: subscribe mandrakeusers please adhere to the server times below, before sending to this list... This isn't a very good idea... the mail turn around is going to be slow for a non-24/7 server. And mail might bounce and so forth... you really should get a dedicated mail server if you want to run a mailing list. If you like, I can setup a mailing list here (something like [EMAIL PROTECTED]), but I don't understand the need... is newbie|cooker|expert not enough? I'd be more than happy to host a mailing list on my server (which is available 24/7), if you think there is a real need or desire. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD - Danen Consulting Serviceswww.danen.net, www.freezer-burn.org - MandrakeSoft, Inc. Security www.linux-mandrake.com Current Linux kernel 2.4.1-15mdk uptime: 10 days 4 hours 58 minutes. -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am)
Re: [expert] Wget as a mirroring utility
Tom Eastman wrote: Does anyone have an already-set-up mirror config file for the cooker? Yes. Take a look at my web page: http://members.optushome.com.au/ronst/ for two of them. Preferred is troels.rsync3.pl, which is in beta. Either will download only English components (so saving you 528MB for cooker) and will rename local RPMs so that rsync uses its very fast patch-in-place algorithm. As supplied troels.rsync3.pl will download Mandrake contrib, cooker, 7.2, unsupported, updates, and 7.2 isos. However, you must alter it to configure what you want to download, from where, and to where locally. You must have the local top-level directory structures already set up to match. -- Regards, Ron. [au]
Re: [expert] New Majordomo mandrakeusers help list
On Mon Feb 26, 2001 at 09:03:11PM +, KompuKit wrote: I've created a new domo list for mandrakeusers... it's an unofficial help list... to subscribe: send email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] with in the body of it, send the command: subscribe mandrakeusers please adhere to the server times below, before sending to this list... This isn't a very good idea... the mail turn around is going to be slow for a non-24/7 server. And mail might bounce and so forth... you really should get a dedicated mail server if you want to run a mailing list. If you like, I can setup a mailing list here (something like [EMAIL PROTECTED]), but I don't understand the need... is newbie|cooker|expert not enough? I'd be more than happy to host a mailing list on my server (which is available 24/7), if you think there is a real need or desire. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED], OpenPGP key available on www.keyserver.net 1024D/FE6F2AFD 88D8 0D23 8D4B 3407 5BD7 66F9 2043 D0E5 FE6F 2AFD - Danen Consulting Serviceswww.danen.net, www.freezer-burn.org - MandrakeSoft, Inc. Security www.linux-mandrake.com Current Linux kernel 2.4.1-15mdk uptime: 10 days 4 hours 58 minutes.
[expert] CONNECTION EMGERGENCY HELP
Before my connection fails again and I end up having to re-install again, please help before I disapear again. I am getting [root@kittypuss Napster]# ping rmci.net PING rmci.net (205.162.184.20): 56 octets data 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=1264.0 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xa but was 0x99 29 9b 3a 4c a7 d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=1235.9 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xb but was 0xaa 29 9b 3a 3f 95 d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=1228.1 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xc but was 0xbb 29 9b 3a 8a 95 d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=1227.3 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xd but was 0xcc 29 9b 3a 3f 95 d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=1267.1 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xe but was 0xdd 29 9b 3a 62 9b d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=5 ttl=51 time=1220.8 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xf but was 0xee 29 9b 3a 40 95 d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f --- rmci.net ping statistics --- 7 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 14% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 1220.8/1240.5/1267.1 ms [root@kittypuss I need help NOW please before my server goes down I am suick of rfe installing
Re: [expert] New Majordomo mandrakeusers help list
** Reply to message from KompuKit [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, 26 Feb 2001 22:18:32 + Thats why I asked subscribers to only send mail to the list at the specified times... You still didn't specify WHAT times! You mention hours, but you don't mention if those are UTC, US Eastern, Central, Pacific, Mountain, or some local time zone in the middle of a jungle somewhere! It's a BIG world! John LeMay Jr. Senior Enterprise Consultant NJMC, LLC. [tag] Make it idiot proof and someone will make a better idiot.
[expert] KDE 2.0 and 2.1 final
I'd Like to know just HOW and what specific files to update... when switching from the storebought 7.2 complete KDE 1.99 (KDE2 beta/pre) to the ones on the download version (KDE 2.0 final) I know there's a certain way...to do this... can someone tell me ? -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]ICQ# 7110071 Personal WebServer: http://kompukit.dyndns.org WebDesigner: http://www.kompukit.com/kitdesigns (Personal Server runs: M-F= 7pm-12am S+S=12pm-12am)
Re: [expert] Making a Bootdisk with a CD
Hello Sean, Monday, February 26, 2001, 6:06:37 AM, you wrote: SA I was wondering whether it was possible or not to make a CD backup of my SA drive and then use that CD as a bootdisk? Like having a portable drive. All SA of the main things would be located on the cdrom and all of the unnecessary SA stuff would still be on the hard drive. I guess it would be basically all of SA the base fs would be located on the cdrom like tom's rtbt floppy. Except my SA whole system would be run of the cdrom. Any ideas? Just curious. SA Thanks in advance. I know two distros that runs off from CD. One is "Finnix" and the other, more sofisticated that even run X is "SuSe Live" With "Finnix" you can learn how the manage to run from CD and try to adapt it to your needs. Basically they boot the CD with a kernel image and then create 4 ramdisks, where they mount the CD itself and the images of /home, /etc, /var. In short, they boot the CD, put configuration files in ramdisks and the rest is on the CD. The problem is that every boot, you loose everything. SuSe Live saves your changes to your hd, so it can "remember" your config files if you run it from your computer. SuSe Live, as it run X by default, it is extremly slow.I did't try to change that, but may be possible. -- Best regards, Gabrielmailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[expert] best way to get jsp and database integration?
I've only messed with PHP and MySQL integration which is standard in Linux, but would like to play with jsp and MySQL. What is the best way to get this running? Should I run Apache Jserve and is there a module to integrate MySQL into the mix? Andy
Re: [expert] CONNECTION EMGERGENCY HELP
I really don't know, but have you tried using a different NIC? Perhaps your card is physically damaged or somehow defunct. You might try another network card. But like i said, i don't really know. It appears that some of your packets are corrupt, or the responses are. ?, j --- Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Before my connection fails again and I end up having to re-install again, please help before I disapear again. I am getting [root@kittypuss Napster]# ping rmci.net PING rmci.net (205.162.184.20): 56 octets data 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=0 ttl=51 time=1264.0 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xa but was 0x99 29 9b 3a 4c a7 d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=1 ttl=51 time=1235.9 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xb but was 0xaa 29 9b 3a 3f 95 d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=2 ttl=51 time=1228.1 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xc but was 0xbb 29 9b 3a 8a 95 d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=3 ttl=51 time=1227.3 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xd but was 0xcc 29 9b 3a 3f 95 d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=4 ttl=51 time=1267.1 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xe but was 0xdd 29 9b 3a 62 9b d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f 64 octets from 205.162.184.20: icmp_seq=5 ttl=51 time=1220.8 ms wrong data byte #0 should be 0xf but was 0xee 29 9b 3a 40 95 d 0 8 9 a b c d e f 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 1a 1b 1c 1d 1e 1f 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 2a 2b 2c 2d 2e 2f --- rmci.net ping statistics --- 7 packets transmitted, 6 packets received, 14% packet loss round-trip min/avg/max = 1220.8/1240.5/1267.1 ms [root@kittypuss I need help NOW please before my server goes down I am suick of rfe installing __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.1
Thank you Pedro! I found the iso but apparently www.tuxfind.com doesn't exist! A whois and nslookup claim that tuxfind.com is not a registered host/domain! I'll try again later. Anyway, thanks :-) j --- Pedro Del Medico [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: El Lun 26 Feb 2001 16:46, escribiste: What ever happened to 7.1?? One day i was browsing through 7.1 RPMS on a mirror site and the next day they were all gone and i couldn't find any mention of 7.1 ANYWHERE. It's like it never existed. (I know it did exist Hey my friend, before you go crazy check this: ftp://ftp.linux.com/mounts/u1/mirrors/iso/ I also suggest to do a www.tuxfind.com search and check the .src.rpm / i386.rpm /.noarch.rpm and other rpm buttons and uncheck the others. and try mandrake-release-7.1. May you have luck. -- Best Regards, Pedro Del Medico P. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux User #144076 __ Do You Yahoo!? Get email at your own domain with Yahoo! Mail. http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/
[expert] linuxconf over ssh
Hi all, If I run linuxconf in console mode over ssh,, it works fine,, however, how do I get to the accept, dismiss and help buttons at the bottom of it?? I can wander around and change settings, but I can select accept/dismiss to activate any changes I made.. any help would be most appreciated. many thanks Frank Hauptle / / _ ---/ / (_)__ __ __ --/ /__/ / _ \/ // /\ \/ / -//_/_//_/\_,_/ /_/\_\ Gshop Network Payment Solutions.
[expert] getpeername
Hi all, I've recently installed Mandrake 7.2 and I have a problem : it's not possible to launch any server ( ftp,telnet,rsh,etc.) All of them return similar error : 'getpeername: operation performed on non-socket' . Does it mean I have to upgrade glibc ? Thanks, Uri
[expert] RealPlayer-7 NOT working in Mozilla .8
Dear friends: Any idea why RealPlayer-7 rpm might not be working in Mozilla .8? It worked before, but now it doesn't. Here are my Mozilla .8 plugins: [sher@sher sher]$ cd mozilla/plugins [sher@sher plugins]$ ls ShockwaveFlash.class* libflashplayer.so* nppdf.so* raclass.zip cpPack1.jar* libjavaplugin_oji.so@ nsdejavu.so* rpnp.so* java2/ libnullplugin.so* plugger.so* [sher@sher plugins]$ Works fine in Netscape 4.76 and I did configure the Realplayer embedded mime files under Help. What am I doing wrong, please? Thank you so much. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]
