[expert] Usb palm pilot howto?

2001-12-14 Thread falcaraz
Dear folks, I gare my Christmas auto-present; a wonderfull Palm m505 ;-). The installation in windows98 was perfect but., you know!; I prefer to use our favourite OS: linux, specially the Mandrake distribution. Wel, jpilot seems to run fine, but unfortunately is more apropriate to

Re: [expert] HELP: Installing Dual Boot MDK8.1 + FreeBSD 4.4

2001-12-14 Thread Mark Weaver
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:41:25 -0800 Paul Sue [EMAIL PROTECTED] frantically pecked out this message: Hi, I have a computer with 2 20 GB hard disks, one each for mdk and freebsd. How do I go about doing this? For performance, would it be a good idea to use the other disk for the swap

Re: [expert] Installing Mandrake on an old notebook

2001-12-14 Thread civileme
On Thursday 13 December 2001 03:33 pm, Dan Axtell wrote: I've got an old Toshiba portege that lacks both a network adapter and a CD-ROM drive. I'm considering putting LM on. Which option do people think will be easiest with Mandrake? 1) Installing it via PLIP through the parallel port?

RE: [expert] System freezes when copying in second ide channel

2001-12-14 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Do you have any other device on the second channel? I.E. two hard drives? Some hard IDE drives do not co-exist well with others. Your Motherboard supports UDMA 100 speeds. Are you REALLY using a UDMA cable instead of a standard IDE one? Linux cranks the drive speed up, so you really need

Re: [expert] SCSI Tape Issues

2001-12-14 Thread dgssoftware
aic7xxx: Adaptec AHA-294X SCSI host adapter at PCI 0/9/0 aic7xxx: I/O ports already in use, ignoring. st: bufsize 32768, wrt 30720, max buffers 5, s/g segs 16. Detected scsi tape st0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 6, lun 0 Unable to get major 9 for SCSI tapes A long shot, try removing the

Re: [expert] Usb palm pilot howto?

2001-12-14 Thread Jerry Sternesky
Francisco, I am currently using a visor with the USB connection. The only difference should be the kernel module that gets loaded. Check your modules.conf and see if a usb driver is being loaded. For my chipset (intel based mb) I have: alias usb-interface usb-uhci also check in

[expert] System freezes when copying in second ide channel

2001-12-14 Thread Fedneg
Hello: I've problems performing copies from first IDE channel to second one. After a few files copied the system freezes. I wonder if someone else has found similar problems because i cannot find any configuration error in the hardware. The box is an AMD Athlon 1.2 build with a

Re: [expert] SCSI Tape Issues

2001-12-14 Thread Albert E. Whale
Further examination yields the following devices in /dev: [root@access /root]# ls -l /dev/*st0* crw-rw1 root disk 9, 128 Dec 13 15:44 /dev/nrst0 crw-rw1 root disk 9, 128 Sep 27 2000 /dev/nst0 crw-rw1 root disk 9, 224 Sep 27 2000 /dev/nst0a

Re: [expert] What can Mandrake KDE learn from the Mac OS X interface?

2001-12-14 Thread Randy Kramer
J Grant wrote: David Guntner wrote: On Thu, Dec 13, 2001 at 10:58:05AM +0900, J Grant wrote: :Mandrake could you change the software manager application, now when :you have finished installing/upgrading it says Quit that's a little :abrupt, how about Finish $.02: I have not seen (or

[expert] mandrake 8.1

2001-12-14 Thread Harold Hartley
I picked up mandrake 8.1 and found severals faults with it... 1.) Why would one buy the standard version without a video/audio player for the internet such as real player. 2.) I find when you download a rpm file from the internet and want to install it, it won't let you install it because of

Re: [expert] mandrake 8.1

2001-12-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Harold Hartley« am 2001-12-14 um 09:19:01 -0500 : 1.) Why would one buy the standard version without a video/audio player for the internet such as real player. Dunno, but realplayer is easily to install, so I don't see the issue. 2.) I find when you download a rpm file from the

[expert] kernel question

2001-12-14 Thread Greg Sarsons
I need kernel 2.4.13 or greater because of a usb device and was wondering which way I should update it. Is the best update route to go and get the latest stable kernel and compile it or should I grab the rpm from cooker and install it. In case it matters I'm running both xfs and reiserfs for

Re: [expert] mandrake 8.1

2001-12-14 Thread Ivan Offalich
I can't answer question #2 for you, but I can answer question #1... At 09:19 AM 12/14/01 -0500, you wrote: I picked up mandrake 8.1 and found severals faults with it... 1.) Why would one buy the standard version without a video/audio player for the internet such as real player. snip Quite

[expert] kernel question

2001-12-14 Thread Greg Sarsons
I need kernel 2.4.13 or greater because of a usb device and was wondering which way I should update it. Is the best update route to go and get the latest stable kernel and compile it or should I grab the rpm from cooker and install it. In case it matters I'm running both xfs and reiserfs for

RE: [expert] mandrake 8.1

2001-12-14 Thread Franki
I am not sure what your problem is, I have loaded heaps of rpms and tarballs on my 8.1 test box and havent had any failures.. and most of the rpm's were not mandrake rpms.. I have also rebuilt rpms for other target types then my default i686 and had no problems... exactly what are your

[expert] compress file into multiple diskettes

2001-12-14 Thread Ashada Karunaratna
Hi, Is there any way to compress a file( zip, tar, etc.) into multiple diskettes such that we can uncompress it in Windows. Ashada Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] compress file into multiple diskettes

2001-12-14 Thread Ashada Karunaratna
Hi, Is there any way to compress a file( zip, tar, etc.) into multiple diskettes such that we can uncompress it in Windows. Ashada Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Interesting, mdk8.1 runs on IBM pc 520 server, but------

2001-12-14 Thread Expert
This you may find interesting, a budd and me got mdk8.1 to run on an old IBM PC 520 server, well sort of. I am not sure if it is a hardware trouble or not, but sometimes, it will say that the system drive is present but not ready. It also does not find the raid array, which I believe is an

Re: [expert] mandrake 8.1

2001-12-14 Thread Oscar
El vie, 14-12-2001 a las 15:19, Harold Hartley escribió: I picked up mandrake 8.1 and found severals faults with it... 1.) Why would one buy the standard version without a video/audio player for the internet such as real player. You can download realplayer from Internet. It's not a GPL

Re: [expert] compress file into multiple diskettes

2001-12-14 Thread Hoyt Duff
On Wednesday 12 December 2001 10:14 pm, Ashada Karunaratna wrote: Hi, Is there any way to compress a file( zip, tar, etc.) into multiple diskettes such that we can uncompress it in Windows. Ashada Look at zipsplit. It should create diskettes that can be re-combined with zip on a Windows

Re: [expert] kernel question

2001-12-14 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach »Greg Sarsons« am 2001-12-14 um 09:38:22 -0500 : I need kernel 2.4.13 or greater because of a usb device and was wondering which way I should update it. Is the best update route to go and get the latest stable kernel and compile it or should I grab the rpm from cooker and install

Fw: Re: [expert] compress file into multiple diskettes

2001-12-14 Thread Charles A Edwards
Begin forwarded message: Date: Fri, 14 Dec 2001 12:16:30 -0500 From: Charles A Edwards [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] compress file into multiple diskettes On Wed, 12 Dec 2001 18:34:01 +0600 Ashada Karunaratna [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Is there any way

[expert] 2.4 Upgrade

2001-12-14 Thread Ken Hawkins
I am running a laptop with 7.2 on it. The questions I have is: Is it worth trying an upgrade of the kernel to 2.4.x? I have a USB port that 7.2 sees, but appears to not be able to use, and I would like to get a webcam working on that port. No need to explain here, please just point me to good

Re: [expert] Uptime in the email

2001-12-14 Thread skidley
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday 13 December 2001 01:35 pm, Scott wrote: Ok, I give up, how are you guys putting your uptime in your email messages? You can create a text file and 'chmod -x' it to run any suitable executable, eg, /usr/bin/uptime. I do this with

[expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Ivan Offalich
I posted this message on the Newbie list and haven't gotten any kind of reply to it yet, which made me wonder if I shouldn't bring it over to this list and see if anyone knew a solution for it over here (or if anyone else had this trouble before). Hopefully, I'm not stepping over any

Re: [expert] telnets on port 992

2001-12-14 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
seems like one of these telnetd backdoors, afaik most rootkits uses patchet version of ps/lsof/netstat etc. run a tools chkrootkit or install new packesgs to check your pc for rootkits Am Donnerstag 13 Dezember 2001 15:17 schrieben Sie: Hi, I just ran nmap on my machine and it shows

Re: [expert] mandrake 8.1

2001-12-14 Thread Ed Tharp
On Friday 14 December 2001 09:19, you wrote: I picked up mandrake 8.1 and found severals faults with it... when you determined these to be faults of the OS, did you consider it might be a misconfiguratiion due to lack of installer experance? 1.) Why would one buy the standard version

[expert] USB Scanner Install Help Needed

2001-12-14 Thread Ralph F.De Witt
I have a Epson 640 usb scanner that I need to get installed. I have a open Mandrake Expert incident open but the gent who answered did not know anything about installing usb scanners and sent me instead a list of scanner sites. That was nice if I wanted to see if my scanner was supported, how

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Ken Hawkins
HTH's One of the first To Do's after installing MDK7.2 is to Update the Mandrake Update. When you perform a search for updates, you should see that recommendation (underMandrake Update) I discovered this just a couple of weeks ago after re-installing 7.2 after a failed 8.1 install. Ken

Re: [expert] mandrake 8.1

2001-12-14 Thread Hoyt Duff
On Friday 14 December 2001 03:40 pm, you wrote:  2.) I find when you download a rpm file from the internet and want to  install it, it won't let you install it because of some error with db3  stuff.. You get that error when you try to install software as a regular user. You should be root

RE: [expert] mandrake 8.1

2001-12-14 Thread Smith, Albert C
Hoyt, To do most things such as install RPMS you need to be root. This is explained in the RPM howto section. When at first you fail RTFM. Albert Smith Unix Administrator Quest Diagnostics Inc. Work: 610-454-4320 Pager: 800-946-4646 pin 1723803 Mobile: 215-498-6829 E-Mail: [EMAIL

[expert] Latest Cooker kernel

2001-12-14 Thread NDPTAL85
Whats the latest cooker kernel and if its higher than 2.4.13-12mdk which I am running how is it going for everyone? -- God created a universal solvent, but could not find anything to put it in.

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Ivan Offalich
I was considering re-installing the whole OS from scratch since I really haven't gotten very far with this installation of it yet. That's probably easier than trying to figure out what I messed up and how to correct it. ;) Besides, if my system was compromised, then I won't have to hunt all

Re: [expert] Latest Cooker kernel

2001-12-14 Thread Greg Sarsons
On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 16:18, NDPTAL85 wrote: Whats the latest cooker kernel and if its higher than 2.4.13-12mdk which I am running how is it going for everyone? kernel-2.4.16.9mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Ken Hawkins
Welcome to my heck. I have been EXTREMELY pleased with how well 7.2 has worked on every system where I have installed it. 8.0 and 8.1 seem to be evenly split on the love it/ hate it and ease of installation scale; I refer you to archives for that discussion. I personally didn't have a lot of

[expert] soundblaster audigy

2001-12-14 Thread DelaCruz, Carlo
i checked the archives and other web resources but couldn't find an answer... is soundblaster audigy x-gamer/platinum /platinum ex supported in linux? TIA Carlo Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] soundblaster audigy

2001-12-14 Thread Tom Badran
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Friday 14 Dec 2001 10:32 pm, you wrote: i checked the archives and other web resources but couldn't find an answer... is soundblaster audigy x-gamer/platinum /platinum ex supported in linux? I possibly read somewhere that there are some flakey

Re: [expert] header filtering with Postfix

2001-12-14 Thread Pierre Fortin
Mark Weaver wrote: thank you for the response and the info. below is an example of one of the header_check rules in my header_check postfix file. below that is what posfix is writing in /var/log/syslog. what is it telling me? /^Received: from system.ssu.ac.kr/ REJECT Dec 12 13:29:51

Re: [expert] Latest Cooker kernel

2001-12-14 Thread NDPTAL85
On Friday, December 14, 2001, at 05:01 PM, Greg Sarsons wrote: On Fri, 2001-12-14 at 16:18, NDPTAL85 wrote: Whats the latest cooker kernel and if its higher than 2.4.13-12mdk which I am running how is it going for everyone? kernel-2.4.16.9mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm Want to buy your Pack or

[expert] How to avoid confirm 4f41f8090adbf3217b23cf7ad4522895 from Mdk lists?

2001-12-14 Thread Pierre Fortin
I've just changed my PostFix setup in an attempt to reduce spam which is becoming more brazen... Some of the changes are: 1. resubscribing to all services using the recipient extensions ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) 2. /etc/postfix/header_checks: # Reject *ALL* HTML messages -- I've *had* it!!

[expert] Shopping for Motherboard for Linux

2001-12-14 Thread Felix Miata
Time to move past socket 7. I tried putting Mandrake 8.1 on an Amptron with SiS730. Vendor got that board back in short order. Are there any (other) current Athlon/Duron boards to be avoided or preferred for use with Linux? Are there any good buys with integrated sound and/or network and/or video

RE: [expert] System freezes when copying in second ide channel

2001-12-14 Thread Dwaine Felch
You may want to suspect the VIA chipset they have a know data corruption problem and I don't think they have fixed it yet. One independent software Testing company said a SoundBlaster Live card tended to make it more likely To occur. Your are not the first person I have heard this complain from.

Re: [expert] header filtering with Postfix

2001-12-14 Thread Mark Weaver
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 17:24:51 -0500 Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: Mark Weaver wrote: thank you for the response and the info. below is an example of one of the header_check rules in my header_check postfix file. below that is what posfix is

Re: [expert] Latest Cooker kernel

2001-12-14 Thread Ken Thompson
On Friday 14 December 2001 04:03 pm, you wrote: kernel-2.4.16.9mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm I am using kernel-2.4.16.9mdk-1-1mdk.i586.rpm With good results so far.. -- Ken Thompson, North West Antique Autos Payette, Idaho Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.nwaa.com Sales and brokering of antique

Re: [expert] Shopping for Motherboard for Linux

2001-12-14 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Friday 14 December 2001 06:10 pm, Felix Miata wrote: Time to move past socket 7. I tried putting Mandrake 8.1 on an Amptron with SiS730. Vendor got that board back in short order. Are there any (other) current Athlon/Duron boards to be avoided or preferred for use with Linux? Are there any

RE: [expert] Shopping for Motherboard for Linux

2001-12-14 Thread Franki
If you want a really good Athlon/duron with great upgrade options, then get an MSI K7T266 Pro2 uses DDR, and can take anything up to a AthlonXP2000+ (which isn't out yet) with a bios upgrade, even more. Very fast chipset, (equiv or better then Nforce) onboard sound, (which you don't have to use

Re: [expert] Uptime in the email

2001-12-14 Thread Mark Weaver
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:48:34 -0400 (AST) skidley [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed frantically in their message: On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday 13 December 2001 01:35 pm, Scott wrote: Ok, I give up, how are you guys putting your uptime in your email messages? You

Re: [expert] mandrake 8.1

2001-12-14 Thread nds
Smith, Albert C wrote: Hoyt, To do most things such as install RPMS you need to be root. This is explained in the RPM howto section. When at first you fail RTFM. Albert Smith Unix Administrator Quest Diagnostics Inc. Work: 610-454-4320 Pager: 800-946-4646 pin 1723803 Mobile:

RE: [expert] 2.4 Upgrade

2001-12-14 Thread Franki
if I remember correctly 7.2 had a 2.4 hack kernel included with the distro,, so it shouldn't be that hard to get a newer 2.4 kernel happening... you will probably have to put it together yourself though, and apply the same patchs that mandrake use for the 8 or 8.1 series.. remember 2.4 kernels

RE: [expert] Latest Cooker kernel

2001-12-14 Thread Franki
I have 2.4.16-5mdk been up for nearly a week running postfix/amavis/filescan, samba 2.2.2, gShield, wvdial apache and some other stuff, not been a problem. love this thing. not a problem at all, but I also updated initscripts, setup and iptables to the cooker versions. rgds Frank

RE: [expert] Mandrake Update problems on LM 7.2

2001-12-14 Thread Franki
yeah, I'd love to see mandrake package an update CD, and make it a self installer... ie run a setup file and let it look over your machine and update stuff it finds... the update would have all the packages for security updates and patches for the 7.2 stuff.. maybe even a few new things like

Re: [expert] Uptime in the email

2001-12-14 Thread Hicham A.
On Fri, 14 Dec 2001, Mark Weaver wrote: On Fri, 14 Dec 2001 13:48:34 -0400 (AST) skidley [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed frantically in their message: On Thu, 13 Dec 2001, Tom Brinkman wrote: On Thursday 13 December 2001 01:35 pm, Scott wrote: Ok, I give up, how are you guys putting your

Re: [expert] Uptime in the email

2001-12-14 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 14:57 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: skidley, try this one. check the attached file. it's a little script that I've been using to place my uptime and other thoughts in a little file that my client then reads and uses for a signature line. -- Mark Registered Linux

Re: [expert] Uptime in the email

2001-12-14 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sat Dec 15, 2001 at 03:28:14AM +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: [...] The important thing missing here is the automatic start of the script. The script is nice but I still have to punch 'sig' (or whatever I call the script) into an xterm before I start writing a mail. What I'd like is:

[expert] Mandrake 8.1 USB Scanner Install Help still needed.

2001-12-14 Thread Ralph F.De Witt
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Hi: I have done a clean install of Mandrake on my machine. An ASUS A7V mobo w/Duron chip. For some reason HardDrake does not see the Epson USB scanner and will not configure it. I can see it in USBVIEW and it has worked in the past. I can find no

[expert] Yet another printing question

2001-12-14 Thread robfleet
Greetings all, I have been struggling to get printing to work ever since I installed MDK 8.1. It appears that my printer is recognized (or at least is reflected by name in the configuration files I've checked) leading me to believe I have a CUPS problem. Indeed, when I try (as root) in a

[expert] Proftpd and xinetd

2001-12-14 Thread Fridhar
I am trying to configure Proftpd with xinetd, so far no success. Has anyone configured this way, if so please let me know how. Thanks Sridhar Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Netscape just hangs there...

2001-12-14 Thread Mark Weaver
On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 22:23:42 -0500 Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] studiouisly spake these words to ponder: On Thu, 13 Dec 2001 15:50:53 -0500 (EST) Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] frantically pecked out this message: Mark, Disable the home page (I prefer a blank page), verify your

[expert] Cannot ping localmachine

2001-12-14 Thread Fridhar
Hi, I had set up a firewall following the instructions at boingworld.com. I am unable to ping my local machine. I have the network with 2 clients in the ip range 192.168.10.x. The LM machine is a router with 2 NIC's, this is the machine I am not able to ping. here is the output from iptables -L

Re: [expert] Uptime in the email

2001-12-14 Thread Steve
On Sat, Dec 15, 2001 at 03:28:14AM +0100, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: On Fri, Dec 14, 2001 at 14:57 -0500, Mark Weaver wrote: skidley, try this one. check the attached file. it's a little script that I've been using to place my uptime and other thoughts in a little file that my client

[expert] System freezes when using second ide channel

2001-12-14 Thread Fedneg
Hello: I've problems performing massive copies from first IDE channel to second one. After a few files copied the system freezes. I wonder if someone else has found similar problems because i cannot find any configuration error in the hardware. The box is build with a Soltek mainboard

Re: [expert] Proftpd and xinetd

2001-12-14 Thread J.P. Pasnak
On Friday 14 December 2001 21:39, you wrote: I am trying to configure Proftpd with xinetd, so far no success. Has anyone configured this way, if so please let me know how. Thanks Sridhar Stop proftpd if running in standalone, change 'ServerType standalone' to 'ServerTypeinetd'

[expert] config file where sources are stored for MandrakeUpdate and rpmdrake.

2001-12-14 Thread Franki
Hi all, I want to delete some of the sources defined in my MandrakeUpdate and find new ones, the two times I have tried to do it using the GUI, the whole system locked up, couldnt' even ssh to it to kill rpmdrake. So I need to do it manually.. i have also just unevenfully updated rpm, rpmdrake

Re: [expert] header filtering with Postfix

2001-12-14 Thread Pierre Fortin
Mark Weaver wrote: Then, when I make any changes to my postfix configs, I run this [brute-force] script (not required for header_checks; but it's now a habit) to update the *.db files: #!/bin/sh # ONLY do hash files postmap /etc/postfix/access postmap

Re: [expert] Shopping for Motherboard for Linux

2001-12-14 Thread Hoyt Duff
On Friday 14 December 2001 06:18 pm, you wrote: On Friday 14 December 2001 06:10 pm, Felix Miata wrote: Time to move past socket 7. I Is everyone getting new mobos for Christmas? 8) Hoyt Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com