[expert-it] Come faccia a sapere se sta girando X?

2001-03-28 Thread riccardo . var
Ciao a tutti! avrei bisogno di sapere se esiste un comando che mi dice se é sta girando un server X sulla macchina su cui sto lavorando. Eviterei, se possibile, soluzioni con ps, netstat, grep vari. Grazie per la cortesia, Riccardo Varotto

Re: [expert] where to get kernel upgrades for 7.2

2001-03-28 Thread Dave
PMFJI (a long lost acronym from my Compuserve [gah!] days ... Pardon Me For Jumping In), but.. In the last 12 hours there was discussion on the security-discuss list where Vincent mentionned that, due a security hole in 2.2.18 and below, they were preparing 2.2.19 kernel rpms for LM 7.2. Any

[expert] about Alcaltel SpeedTouch USB

2001-03-28 Thread lqlee
hi, all, Is there anybody who use Alcaltel SpeedTouch usb adsl modem? now I install it under linux 2.4.2. 1) reconfig kernel. add usb support. add preliminary usb device filesystem support add ATM support. 2) make Sarlib 3) make (SpeedTouch package) 4) make install warning:

[expert] USING --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Civileme
The primary circumstance where you might want to use ignorearch is when you know the package is only optimized for another processor, not compiled exclusively for it. A second situation is CPU misrecognition. The orphan CyrixMediaGX is a pentium-class processor that gets recognized as a 486.

Re: [expert] AnonFTP not accepting password.

2001-03-28 Thread Mark Weaver
Um...yes, I'm quite sure there is an "@" symbol in the email address. FreezeR wrote: On Tue, 27 Mar 2001, Mark Weaver wrote: - Looking up mdw1982.dyndns.org Trying mdw1982.dyndns.org:21 Connected to mdw1982.dyndns.org:21 220 mdw1982.dyndns.org FTP server (Version

[expert] test

2001-03-28 Thread Dennis Robertson
-- Dennis Robertson 2/2 Sylvia Street NOOSAVILLE QLD 4566 Phone: 61 7 54742343 Mob: 0419 535539 Well, the handwriting is on the floor. -- Joe E. Lewis

[expert] FONT UGLINESS

2001-03-28 Thread Civileme
Some folks have found fonts too big for the space available (when testing beta2), and others have reported ugly fonts they were unable to change. Most of this might be attributed to anti-aliasing. We set it ON on the Beta2. We are setting it OFF in the Beta3.

Re: [expert] Can't Login as ROOT!, Can SU to ROOT

2001-03-28 Thread Declan Moriarty
I did this to myself too. Someone told me about one of those marvellous files buried somewhere - /etc/securetty (mine is appended at bottom) which lists the places root can log in from. I can log in as root from any of the 6 consoles. On Wed, 28 Mar 2001, David Rankin wrote: I did it to

Re: [expert] where to get kernel upgrades for 7.2

2001-03-28 Thread Steven Taetzsch
Since I'm responsible for starting this, I guess I'll add my comments after seeing the replies. First thanks to all of you for your input. I am a hardware engineer, so I do have an understanding of what goes on inside a PC. I use to re-compile the kernel often, but after it became more modular I

[expert] HELP! Mysterious RPM problem

2001-03-28 Thread Tri D. Hoang
Hi all, I downloaded a bunch of RPMs from cooker and build a system from scratch (i.e. manually install all the required packages). The new system works fine. From there, I recompile some RPM packages using the SRPMs. However, when I try to install these newly compiled packages, RPM complains

WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Chubby Vic
Stop, Mandrake!!! You can't do that!! I still have a AMD K6 I need you guys to leave the i586 rpms IN the installation!! and I don't have the money to just go get a new i686 machine. Please do not exclude the i586 rpms from newer versions. I want to stay with Mandrake, I would hate to

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread george . jones
um The K6 should be recognized as an i686. The Pentium 60-233mmx, Cyrix 6x86/MX, and AMD K5 were all i586 type processors. The PPro 150-200, P2/3, and K6/6-2 would be considered i686. Chubby Vic [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 03/28/2001 10:10:58 AM Please respond to [EMAIL

Re[2]: [expert] AnonFTP not accepting password.

2001-03-28 Thread Rusty Carruth
KompuKit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: when you get the answer to thislet me know...need it also Mark Weaver wrote: ... I've got a RedHat 6.2 machine at work that I used the same HOWTO to setup the AnonFTP service on that I'm trying to use here at home and I assume you are using

[expert] Postfix remote and local delivery

2001-03-28 Thread Lieven Van Acker
Hi, I used to use qmail as mailer and am switching to postfix now. LOcal users used to manage .qmail files to use forwarding. One of the common uses are to deliver locally as well as remotely using a .qmail like this: ~/.qmail: ./Maildir/ [EMAIL PROTECTED] Is there a simple way to achieve the

Re[2]: [expert] where to get kernel upgrades for 7.2

2001-03-28 Thread Rusty Carruth
FreezeR [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i think for a kernel upgrade you should compile the source by ur self not from the rpm... download the new kernel at www.kernel.org unpack the kernel, and go into the kernel directory make menuconfig make dep make clean make bzImage make bzlilo then edit

Re: [expert] where to get kernel upgrades for 7.2

2001-03-28 Thread Marc
For A nice resource of RPM's go to http://rpmfind.net - Original Message - From: "Steven Taetzsch" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March 28, 2001 3:08 PM Subject: Re: [expert] where to get kernel upgrades for 7.2 Since I'm responsible for starting this, I

Re: [expert] HELP! Mysterious RPM problem

2001-03-28 Thread Altoine B
"Tri D. Hoang" wrote: Hi all, I downloaded a bunch of RPMs from cooker and build a system from scratch (i.e. manually install all the required packages). The new system works fine. From there, I recompile some RPM packages using the SRPMs. However, when I try to install these newly

Re: [expert] Can't Login as ROOT!, Can SU to ROOT

2001-03-28 Thread Marc
Did you check your pam configuration (personal authentication modules). Correct version? Is something changed iin the configuration?? - Original Message - From: "David Rankin" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "mandrake" [EMAIL PROTECTED]; "Andrew Bartlett" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, March

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Ken Thompson
On Wednesday 28 March 2001 07:25 am, you wrote: um The K6 should be recognized as an i686. The Pentium 60-233mmx, Cyrix 6x86/MX, and AMD K5 were all i586 type processors. The PPro 150-200, P2/3, and K6/6-2 would be considered i686. My AMD K6-2 450 is NOT recognized as i686 by

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread george . jones
It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 03/28/2001 11:59:33 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Altoine B
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. Ken Thompson [EMAIL PROTECTED]@linux-mandrake.com on 03/28/2001 11:59:33 AM maybe you have to point your kernel to that family arch

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Larry Marshall
It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. Mandrake doesn't seem to know that :-) I have the same problem Ken has and I'm running an AMD K6-2 500. Cheers --- Larry

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Declan Moriarty
I had this before and ran it down. I was running an authentic AMD '586; this was identified by rpm as a 486. RPM is the problem Now I've two K6/2s also, and investigated a little, being a hardware head. Kernel notes make clear the K6 is an i686. Use --nodeps with rpm and forget it

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread george . jones
The AMD 5x86 is a fast 486, nothing more. It's 100% 486 architecture; they tried to fool a everyone with that. AMD didn't have a true i586 processor until the K5. Declan Moriarty [EMAIL PROTECTED]@ntlworld.ie on 03/28/2029 01:56:38 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL

Re: [expert] AnonFTP not accepting password.

2001-03-28 Thread Mark Weaver
Hi Rusty, As a matter of fact I used all the FTP packages specifically for Mandrake on my machine at home. what's weird about it is that a few weeks ago I had FTP working fine, then something happened and i had to reload or the monitor bought wasn't going to work cause I was running the wrong

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 12:02 +, Larry Marshall wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. Mandrake doesn't seem to know that :-) I have the same problem Ken has and I'm running an AMD K6-2

RE: [expert] HELP! Mysterious RPM problem

2001-03-28 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
RPM checks the dependancies against it's database of installed packages. If you've updated your libs thru some other means the RPM will be unaware of this and issue dependancy errors, even though you may actually have the correct library loaded. Also did you include the entry for any new libs

[expert] Increasing aruments of socket calls

2001-03-28 Thread Nitin A Gupta
Hi, I want to use the listen() socket call but I want to pass extra argument to it. I do know that all socket calls are finally mapped to sys_socketcall(). How do I go about doing i.e. where do i implement the changes. Thanks! Nitin

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Digital Wokan
My K6-2/500 shows up as an i586. My Cyrix M2/PR300 shows up as an i686. There's something about the K6 that prevents it from qualifying as an i686. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread David Rankin
Digital Wokan wrote: My K6-2/500 shows up as an i586. My Cyrix M2/PR300 shows up as an i686. There's something about the K6 that prevents it from qualifying as an i686. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Ken Thompson
On Wednesday 28 March 2001 09:33 am, you wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. I dunno, but if I try to install any i686 rpm's it howls and yowls about being compiled for a different

RE: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-28 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Eh, no. Have you looked at the kernel code? Have you tried recompiling the kernel? (Did you read the HELP about this issue?) Linux utilizes the mtrr registers which differ between the i686 and the K6. The K6 and the i586 are a correct match according to the kernel mtrr handler. If you want

[expert] ProFTPd and IP/interface binding, startup services ordering

2001-03-28 Thread Kevin Venkiteswaran
Im running proftpd-1.2.0rc3-1.1mdk (from rpm). I run 2 ftp servers: the default (port 21) and a virtual host (port 22 -- this isnt the real case, but easier for this discussion). Proftpd is set to start as a service in run level 3 (run level I run in). In proftpd.conf, I have 'VirtualHost

[expert] RealPlayer8 failes

2001-03-28 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Jose: Just for the record: RealPlayer 8.0-1 rpm will NOT install. No big deal. I'll keep using Real7. Benjamin [sher@sher07@sherlantz sher]$ su Password: [root@sher07@sherlantz sher]# rpm -Uvh --nodeps rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1.rpm package RealPlayer-8.0-1 is for a different

[newbie] need mandrake-majordomo

2001-03-28 Thread KompuKit
Does anyone have a copy of the majordomo rpm...that came with version 6.1 of mandrake...? if so, can someone e-mail it to meor tell me where to get it -- Registered Linux User: 167369 = http://www.kompukit.com = [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[Cooker] more on LM8.0 beta2

2001-03-28 Thread Sarang Lakare
Hi, Here are some more impressions/experiences with LM8.0 Beta2 I installed it on SGI's Zx10 worstations (/proc/pci and /proc/scsi/scsi is included at the end of this mail) BUGS: - I could only see first 2/3rd of the installation screen from the top left corner. i.e. this 2/3rd filled up