[expert] MDK9.2 package arrived - Qs and comments

2003-11-12 Thread stefmit
Hi, fellow MDK-ers. I may be repeating myself, but I am not as much of a MDK geek, as a network person trying to use (and paying for it!) the MDK solution as underlying system for my network and security tools ... this as an introduction (to point my end-user status, if you will, and how many

Re: [expert] Draksync with subdirs

2003-11-08 Thread stefmit
On Friday 07 November 2003 12:51 pm, Jack Coates wrote: On Fri, 2003-11-07 at 10:33, stefmit wrote: I can't seem to be able to figure this one out: local structure: dir_1 file_1 file_n subdir_1

[expert] Draksync with subdirs

2003-11-07 Thread stefmit
I can't seem to be able to figure this one out: local structure: dir_1 file_1 file_n subdir_1 file_subdir_1 ... subdir_2 other_files

[expert] Re: [OT] Geomagnetic storm alert

2003-10-24 Thread stefmit
Is it true that the effects of this related to the gravitational forces may make the aurora effect appear in the sky more proeminent further South than usual? On Thursday 23 October 2003 09:17 pm, Lyvim Xaphir wrote: I just heard on Fox news that a pseudo-solar flare has erupted on the sun,

[expert] [Q] Time to marry 9.2 with a new laptop ... + semi-rant

2003-10-24 Thread stefmit
In anticipation of the early bird pre-order MDK 9.2 package arrival, I am also looking into indulging myself with a new laptop (the one I have right now is running 9.1, but it is at a stage where it can hardly manage all the stuff I want) ... so, the obvious formal step I thought of taking

[expert] Burning bin/cue files

2003-10-20 Thread stefmit
Anybody having ever tried and succeeded in burning bin/cue files? I am getting the following error (I have google-d for it, obviously, but nothing came out of relevance to my problem, as a possible answer ... just some similar complaints ... ): System --- K3b Version: 0.10

Re: [expert] Burning bin/cue files

2003-10-20 Thread stefmit
On Monday 20 October 2003 08:01 pm, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Monday 20 October 2003 08:21 pm, stefmit wrote: Anybody having ever tried and succeeded in burning bin/cue files? Yes, repeatedly. Using K3B amongst others. ... what others?!? It looks to me that k3b is just a frontend to cdrdao

[expert] Re: [SOLVED] Burning bin/cue files

2003-10-20 Thread stefmit
/downloads/my_bin_file.bin Left to figure out: how do I make k3b to produce the above? ... though it sounds really stupid to even attempt that (i.e. emulating the GUI to produce a one-liner)... Stef On Monday 20 October 2003 08:53 pm, stefmit wrote: On Monday 20 October 2003 08:01 pm, Bryan

Re: [expert] pcmcia nic weirdness - more ;(

2003-09-29 Thread stefmit
On Sunday 28 September 2003 11:00 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sun, 2003-09-28 at 19:56, stefmit wrote: Sorry to interject, but I'll grasp on the opportunity: I just lost my previous PCMCIA card (broke a pin, by stepping on the cable), which was a Xircom Realport NIC+modem

Re: [expert] pcmcia nic weirdness - more ;(

2003-09-28 Thread stefmit
On Saturday 27 September 2003 08:18 pm, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 17:45, James Sparenberg wrote: On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 14:40, Joe Sprankle wrote: Hi all, I have just installed Mandrake 9.1 on a Toshiba Protege 7140 laptop. The laptop doesn't have a cdrom so I

Re: [expert] How can I make a RPM source after installed ?

2003-09-19 Thread stefmit
http://www.digitalhermit.com/linux/rpm/ On Friday 19 September 2003 12:46 am, Luis Duran wrote: Thanks Rolf. I will try ... Best regards Luis Duran snip Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up

2003-09-18 Thread stefmit
Thank you for your help. Savage/MX is my card, and not much of what's been suggested on this list, so far, has helped. Getting used to it, when using Linux, though ... ;( I need my network tools, so I am stuck for now with Linux, until the winpcap developers come up with a production-ready

[expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up

2003-09-15 Thread stefmit
Just worked on my laptop last night, and, while doing other things, decided to check the updates and chose to allow the X update to go through. Of course everything worked fine (update and such), but once shutting it down and restarting it this morning, in the office - X is broken. What do I

Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up

2003-09-15 Thread stefmit
Thank you for the quick answer - this is what I did not know for sure: if I can downgrade to an earlier version of X, after upgrading to the new one (more secure, 'cause I can't use it ;)). I am going right now through XFDrake (which I assume will work even under CLI), to see if I can repair

Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up

2003-09-15 Thread stefmit
Switched to 3.3.6, and everything is OK (except for fonts in KDE, which are very ugly ... ) - still hoping for a 4.x fix ... On Monday 15 September 2003 06:29 am, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Thank you for the quick answer - this is what I did not know for sure: if I can downgrade to an earlier

Re: [expert] Toshiba laptop + updated X = screw-up

2003-09-15 Thread stefmit
I already did that - see my follow-up comments. 4.x completely declined to work properly, regardless of my attempts to reset things, or just change them to something new. I had to choose 3.3.6 for things to work again, which is not only pathetic, but also reminds me of the_other_OS ;( Thx for

Re: [expert] Did someone else get this also?????

2003-09-04 Thread stefmit
On Thursday 04 September 2003 06:28 am, Bryan Phinney wrote: On Thursday 04 September 2003 06:43 am, Anne Wilson wrote: On Thursday 04 Sep 2003 11:36 am, Charlie wrote: I suppose it was quite harmless but naturally it went in the bin. Yes - I got one for both the expert and the newbie

Re: [expert] Print problems

2003-09-01 Thread stefmit
Are you using CUPS? Have you tried replacing lpr with xpp (after installing xpp, of course), in the print -- properties -- print command line? xpp would offer you much more options in regards to margins, etc... Stef On Monday 01 September 2003 07:52 am, Anne Wilson wrote: I'm having some

[expert] http://archives.mandrakelinux.com

2003-08-29 Thread stefmit
To Whom It May Concern: http://archives.mandrakelinux.com -- search engine comes back with: Internal Server Error The server encountered an internal error or misconfiguration and was unable to complete your request. Please contact the server administrator, [EMAIL PROTECTED] and inform them of

Re: [expert] Software to record DVD-R/RW?

2003-08-17 Thread stefmit
I have embarked myself in a search for such things (with the only drawback - so far - consisting of incompatibilities between the DVDs I create, and older DVD readers (I can read them fine on my DVD burner)) ... mainly for the purpose of archiving stuff in Linux. I know you have asked for -R

[expert] [OT]Burning DVDs (not necessarily movies!!!)

2003-08-14 Thread stefmit
I have - finally!!! - bitten the bullet and purchased myself a nice Sony DVD burner (IDE). I would love to hear from other people (probably off-line) using such a device, and their experience with the multitude of options, as well as their success/failure rate. So far - I found growisofs as

[expert] MDK Book - rant ;( - and FYI

2003-08-14 Thread stefmit
To Whom It May Concern In a dual attempt to both obtain what I thought of being advertised as a good reference book for MDK specifics, and to support the MDK developers (as I do by buying their packages) - I have ordered and recently received the MDK Definitive Manual. Do NOT think of spending

[expert] New packages ...

2003-08-14 Thread stefmit
FYI: From a Romanian Linux Users mailing list: Mircea's Ultraupdates are to be found - as of today - at the following address: {http|ftp}://ftp.lug.ro/people/mirceac/mdk-Ultraupdates/ (daily mirror). Stef Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] Oh, and BTW...you guys owe SCO $1399.00

2003-08-08 Thread stefmit
Instead of arguing amongst ourselves, why not taking the complaint directly to SCO? As someone on the Linux Users of Northern Illinois (LUNI) group correctly pointed out ; ... From the Register article we have the number: 1-800-726-8649 where we can call and give SCO our opinions. From a pay

Re: [expert] VMWARE $

2003-08-02 Thread stefmit
, or type - i.e. SMP)? Stef On Saturday 02 August 2003 08:32 am, Joseph Loo wrote: The kernel source is already installed. stefmit wrote: Install kernel-source, and you will be OK. Once doing that, VMWare will find everything it needs, and default the header files to where they are ... Stef

Re: [expert] Comcast Routing

2003-08-02 Thread stefmit
I'll take a stab at it with a very unusual (though possible) explanation ... just for the kick of it. I will assume that everything you said is correct (the hub/switch part, mainly) First comes first (and you'll see why I am asking this question): what is the IP address of each one of your

Re: [expert] Comcast Routing

2003-08-02 Thread stefmit
for it - it would look for the MAC of the gateway/router. Thus - even if on the same hub/switch - with two different networks the ARP won't ever refer/look for the neighbor... Stef On Saturday 02 August 2003 01:07 pm, Pierre Fortin wrote: On Sat, 2 Aug 2003 11:13:11 -0500 stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote

[expert] www.mandrakesecure.net?!?

2003-07-31 Thread stefmit
Is it just me, or is this site ($subject) having big problems?!? Cannnot reach it for the second day in a row ... Hmmm ... same with archives.mandrakelinux.com?!? Could it be me, from three different locations (CW, Sprint and ATT backbones)?!? Stef Want to buy your Pack or Services from

Re: [expert] www.mandrakesecure.net?!?

2003-07-31 Thread stefmit
On Thursday 31 July 2003 07:11 am, Steffen Barszus wrote: Am Donnerstag, 31. Juli 2003 13:22 schrieb stefmit: Is it just me, or is this site ($subject) having big problems?!? Cannnot reach it for the second day in a row ... Hmmm ... same with archives.mandrakelinux.com?!? Could it be me

Re: [expert] www.mandrakesecure.net?!?

2003-07-31 Thread stefmit
On Thursday 31 July 2003 01:05 pm, Vincent Danen wrote: On Thu Jul 31, 2003 at 06:22:13AM -0500, stefmit wrote: Is it just me, or is this site ($subject) having big problems?!? Cannnot reach it for the second day in a row ... Hmmm ... same with archives.mandrakelinux.com?!? Could it be me

Re: [expert] Making Space - I'm back

2003-07-31 Thread stefmit
On Thursday 31 July 2003 04:14 pm, Bill Mullen wrote: On Thu, 31 Jul 2003, Anne Wilson wrote: /etc/fstab: [snip] /dev/hde10 /holding ext3 user,defaults 1 2 [snip] Yup. Get rid of that user, option. Unmount and remount (as root). Then: rm -fR /holding/* cp -a /usr/* /holding/ That

[expert] Hard drive upgrade

2003-07-29 Thread stefmit
Sorry for the FAQ-like questions, but I can't find my docs handy: I have used in the past some of the instructions from: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html to move a Linux system to a new hard drive, but have not done it in a while. I just got a new one recently (160GB) and

Re: [expert] Hard drive upgrade

2003-07-29 Thread stefmit
, stefmit wrote: Sorry for the FAQ-like questions, but I can't find my docs handy: I have used in the past some of the instructions from: http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Hard-Disk-Upgrade/index.html to move a Linux system to a new hard drive, but have not done it in a while. I just got a new one

[expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel

2003-07-28 Thread stefmit
Three machines running MDK 9.1: one of them prompts me with the existence of a new kernel, the other two don't (via MCC -- Software Management -- Mandrake Update). Is there a setup I may have missed on two machines, to enable kernel updates to show up? TIA, Stef Want to buy your Pack or

Re: [expert] Mandrake Update through MCC and new kernel

2003-07-28 Thread stefmit
On Monday 28 July 2003 09:19 am, Charles A Edwards wrote: On Mon, 28 Jul 2003 07:19:21 -0500 stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Three machines running MDK 9.1: one of them prompts me with the existence of a new kernel, the other two don't (via MCC -- Software Management -- Mandrake Update

Re: [expert] ls

2003-07-22 Thread stefmit
I know this may not be an immediate answer, but has anybody actually googled this thing? http://www.google.com/search?q=intext%3A%22stale+NFS+file+handle%22sourceid=mozilla-searchstart=0start=0 (link may be wrapped) Check it out - it does not look like being related to NFS all the time ...

Re: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail.

2003-07-22 Thread stefmit
On Tuesday 22 July 2003 12:18 am, Martin Fahrendorf wrote: Am Montag, 21. Juli 2003 22:18 schrieb JoeHill: Hello, I am on a small internal LAN which does not use a Domain name or even have a DNS server, well, except for the router in a way I suppose. Anyway, I want to try to use my

Re: [expert] Using Postfix to send mail.

2003-07-22 Thread stefmit
On Tuesday 22 July 2003 07:08 am, JoeHill wrote: On Tue, 22 Jul 2003 06:48:07 -0500 stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] uttered: I have the same setup at home (postfix for localhost, and dynamically assigned address), and what I found out from some receiving systems/ISPs was that they were

Re: [expert] [OT]Kmail and default forward as attachment

2003-07-20 Thread stefmit
On Sunday 20 July 2003 02:19 am, charlie wrote: On Fri, 18 Jul 2003 04:39 am, stefmit had this to contribute :- Found this question in the archives, but no answers (there, or anywhere else). I am going to give it a try (first time for me :)): does anyone know the secret of what makes

[expert] [OT]Kmail and default forward as attachment

2003-07-17 Thread stefmit
Found this question in the archives, but no answers (there, or anywhere else). I am going to give it a try (first time for me :)): does anyone know the secret of what makes the forward as attachment default on the forward icon, in Kmail? I am using KMail 1.5 from KDE 3.1.0 TIA, Stef Want to

[expert] Urpmi a non-Mandrake RPM package?

2003-06-15 Thread stefmit
Is it possible to #urpmi XYZ.rpm, where XYZ was not packaged for Mandrake, and a previous version of XYZ exists on the systems and is running? I am specifically interested in IceWM, which has a couple of updates beyond what MDK delivered with 9.1, and those are in RPM format, but not for MDK.

[expert] Ongoing libraries saga (e.g. qtopia, nagios, probably everything non-MDK)

2003-06-15 Thread stefmit
I am making one last attempt with the great hope that someone, somewhere has figured this libraries issue out. Almost any program coming with libraries slightly different version than MDK ones fails to install, regardless of what I attempt to do. Last example is qtopia's RPM, which I NEED like

[expert] Copy/paste between eterm and kmail not working

2003-06-15 Thread stefmit
Very weird situation - didn't pay much attention to it, until now, when - due to some immediate needs to resolve some issues via email - it seems to go beyond a simple nuisance level: I can highlight (thus copy) anything from any window, and then paste by mid-click-ing (does this sound

Re: [expert] Ongoing libraries saga (e.g. qtopia, nagios, probably everything non-MDK)

2003-06-15 Thread stefmit
On Sunday 15 June 2003 08:38 am, Jack Coates wrote: On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 05:27, stefmit wrote: I am making one last attempt with the great hope that someone, somewhere has figured this libraries issue out. Almost any program coming with libraries slightly different version than MDK ones

Re: [expert] Ongoing libraries saga (e.g. qtopia, nagios, probably everything non-MDK)

2003-06-15 Thread stefmit
On Sunday 15 June 2003 10:14 am, Rolf Pedersen wrote: stefmit wrote: I am making one last attempt with the great hope that someone, somewhere has figured this libraries issue out. Almost any program coming with libraries slightly different version than MDK ones fails to install

Re: [expert] Ongoing libraries saga (e.g. qtopia, nagios, probably everything non-MDK)

2003-06-15 Thread stefmit
On Sunday 15 June 2003 11:28 am, Jack Coates wrote: On Sun, 2003-06-15 at 07:40, stefmit wrote: ... no different than what is done with Apache... the compile-from-source package puts everything related to foobar in /usr/local/foobar because that's where it is expected. The came

Re: [expert] Ongoing libraries saga (e.g. qtopia, nagios, probably everything non-MDK)

2003-06-15 Thread stefmit
On Sunday 15 June 2003 03:13 pm, Adrian Golumbovici wrote: Actually I think he has got a point and everybody misunderstood him. IMHO he wasn't bashing Mandrake, but merely stating a Linux general problem. The libraries and dependencies thing is linux is really a big PITA. Each time I want to

Re: [expert] Ongoing libraries saga (e.g. qtopia, nagios, probably everything non-MDK)

2003-06-15 Thread stefmit
On Sunday 15 June 2003 12:14 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: snip The only other issue you cited, AFAICT, is that Mandrake's package of nagios puts files in more than one directory: # rpm -qpl /backup/contrib/nagios-1.0b6-1mdk.i586.rpm /etc/nagios /etc/nagios/cgi.cfg /etc/nagios/checkcommands.cfg

[expert] [OT]Anybody using nagios from MDK9.1?

2003-06-06 Thread stefmit
I have an off-topic question, that I could possibly take off list, eventually, with whom would be kind enough to withstand some questions ;) - is anybody here using nagios as it's been distributed with MDK9.1 power pack? TIA, Stef Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to

[expert] DHCP and /etc/hosts

2003-04-04 Thread stefmit
Mandrake 9.0 (still) - laptop moving all over the place (i.e. IP address obtained via DHCP) - having built some tools (phpMyAdmin, mysqlnavigator, etc.) while connected in one place, with the FQDN (instead of localhost) I am having now problems when trying to use those tools from different

[expert] [OT]9.1 pre-order status?!?

2003-04-04 Thread stefmit
Just checked today my 9.1 pre-order placed on March the 20th, through Mandrakestore, and the status of it is still waiting to be processed, which is level 0. Does anybody know what the status of these orders is? Should I have waited for it to show up in my favorite store, instead (like I

[expert] Beyond Release notes

2003-04-02 Thread stefmit
Having gotten my 9.1 pre-order taken care off, and my test upgrade with the 9.1 iso-s downloaded - done, and while waiting for the official package to show up in the mail, a question came to mind: does anybody know of a site similar to: http://www.gurulabs.com/RedHatLinux9-review.html where

Re: [expert] 9.0--9.1 - successful experience ... and also a minor question

2003-03-28 Thread stefmit
(contrib or unsupported Mandrake-ready) prior install (I have all kind of junk running on that machine, as test, prior to using it on my laptop or other desktops), as someone (and yourself) suggested. Thx, Stef On Thursday 27 March 2003 09:17 pm, Todd Lyons wrote: stefmit wrote on Wed, Mar 26

[expert] 9.0--9.1 - successful experience ... and also a minor question

2003-03-27 Thread stefmit
1. I love Mandrake, and as such I was probably among the first to order (as I learned from this list - better directly from mandrakestore) the 9.1 package, BUT - anxious like everyone here - decided and obtained also the downloadable ISOs ... and ran from work back home to play with them ...

[expert] [1/2OT]BitTorrent, anybody?!?

2003-03-26 Thread stefmit
I was wondering if anyone has tried this, and - obviously - what has been your experience with it: http://bitconjurer.org/BitTorrent/download.html Stef Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

Re: [expert] ISO image from 1.2Gb folder

2003-03-22 Thread stefmit
I am sorry if I won't give you the CD-burning answer, but I can share with you what I am doing: rar vsize[k,b], where size=size of volume, and I give it the CD size, and the program splits the archives for me ... doesn't even really matter where. Then I just burn CDs with each rar file created

[expert] Re:[OT] Copernic equivalent for Linux?!? ... now we're talking search fundamentals!

2003-03-06 Thread stefmit
: http://www.searchlores.org/ Click on the main icon/logo ... and welcome to Fravia's world ... On Thursday 06 March 2003 03:53 am, Michael Adams wrote: On Thu, 06 Mar 2003 14:58, stefmit wrote: Sorry for the OT, but I am feeling so frustrated now ... I meant to ask this question for a while

[expert] [OT] Copernic equivalent for Linux?!?

2003-03-05 Thread stefmit
Sorry for the OT, but I am feeling so frustrated now ... I meant to ask this question for a while (Google didn't turn any positive results), but it is now when I am in dire need of an answer: is there an equivalent multi-site search agent for Linux, as Copernic is for Windows? TIA, Stef Want

[expert] Re: [OT] Why HTML is evil!

2003-02-28 Thread stefmit
Read this: http://www.georgedillon.com/web/html_email_is_evil.shtml and the links it points to. On Friday 28 February 2003 12:00 pm, Ron Stodden wrote: Simone Riccio wrote: Dear Ron, html is of course nice 2 see and maybe look professional but please consider that not everyone on this list

[expert] [OT] Latest on [MDK/Linux in general] support for DVD writers?!?

2003-02-15 Thread stefmit
Could anybody be kind enough as to provide some info/pointers to what could be better suppported in Mandrake or Linux in general out of the followings: http://www.cdmediaworld.com/hardware/cdrom/cd_writers.shtml#The%20Best%20of%20the%20Best! Are there any others higher quality DVD writers, not

[expert] Re: [OT] Latest on [MDK/Linux in general] support for DVD writers?!?

2003-02-15 Thread stefmit
Thx for the quick info. I think I made a mistake in my initial link ... I had it in another tab (where I started from) in my Mozilla ;) Here is the one I was supposed to post: http://www6.tomshardware.com/storage/20030207/dvd_burner-01.html As it stands now, it is the Sony you mentioned that

[expert] Kernel upgrade failure :(

2003-02-07 Thread stefmit
Hi, everyone, Please bare with me - have not compiled a new kernel since the days of 1st edition of Yggdrasil ;( - so - just recently got the new ...-24mdk source from the updates, happily installed the source from the rpm, and - confident in my ability of getting in trouble - got into the

[expert] Re: Kernel upgrade failure :(

2003-02-07 Thread stefmit
Item 6. in one of the two materials I mentioned in my original email: http://www.justlinux.com/nhf/Compiling_Kernels/20_Steps_to_a_New_Kernel_with_Grub.html (link may be wrapped) Shouldn't I ?!? Thx, Stef On Friday 07 February 2003 07:52 am, et wrote: make mrproper? snip Want to buy your

Re: [expert] Ethernet MTU limit

2003-02-04 Thread stefmit
I was just going to reply to the original message, but I stopped, thinking that a million and one people will jump all over. But now I have to intervene: the statement below (if - taken in the context of the question - may imply that we are still talking about 1500 bytes) is incorrect. The

[expert] Re: OT Will there be a tomorrow?

2003-01-29 Thread stefmit
With all due respect, I may have something to say here: it is also very tempting to generalize about Americans, my friend, but it is almost as dangerous. The fact that some of my compatriots may agree with the bully-ism of Dubya, does not make us all boil in the same pot. I have been so sicken

[expert] Updates with non-mdk packages - e.g. snort

2003-01-29 Thread stefmit
Hello - all experts: What is your recommended/preferred/used methodology for upgrading previously installed mdk packages, with latest non-mdk rpms or even tar balls, with minimal or no effect on existing conifguration and workings? Example: I have 1.8.7 snort, pre-installed from the mdk

[expert] Re: Preliminary HOWTO... Zip Disks

2003-01-21 Thread stefmit
WOW! That was quite good - thank you for the updates. Like many others on this list, I build my own systems, and I learned and worked with this limitation for many years, without having checked again with the new stuff I put together recently ... to me this was almost like a given ... and -

[expert] Re: [OT] Stupid question about Galeon - end of story

2003-01-20 Thread stefmit
in order, and keep thinks in folders, rather than let it run on as a long file. Not the best situation. Ric Rob On Sat, 2003-01-18 at 20:34, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Friday 17 January 2003 11:09 pm, stefmit wrote: Sorry if this is a repeat - tried earlier, and it looked

[expert] Fwd: Re: [OT] Stupid question about Galeon and bookmarks

2003-01-18 Thread stefmit
Sorry if this is a repeat - tried earlier, and it looked as if it failed: -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: [OT] Stupid question about Galeon and bookmarks Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:59:08 -0600 From: stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for your kind

[expert] Re: [OT] Stupid question about Galeon and bookmarks

2003-01-18 Thread stefmit
Thank you for your kind attempt to help ... but have you ever actually tried to open that window (i.e. the bookmarks one), in Galeon? There is no square(s) icon on the right corner (it is not a regular window - please try it, and you'll see what I mean - it is missing the functionality of

[expert] Re: [OT] Stupid question about Galeon and bookmarks

2003-01-18 Thread stefmit
at 20:34, Ronald J. Hall wrote: On Friday 17 January 2003 11:09 pm, stefmit wrote: Subject: Re: [OT] Stupid question about Galeon and bookmarks Date: Fri, 17 Jan 2003 17:59:08 -0600 From: stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you for your kind attempt to help

[expert] Re: Preliminary HOWTO... Zip Disks

2003-01-17 Thread stefmit
If I would dare to jump in (I apologize if this is off, as I have not gotten the chance to read the original FAQ, thus to understand what's beeing suggested there) - but as far as my experience goes, you do not want to combine on the same controller high speed devices (hard drives), and lower

[expert] [OT] Stupid question about Galeon and bookmarks

2003-01-17 Thread stefmit
Sorry for this infantile question, but I am getting really frustrated now: I am trying to use Galeon, instead of Mozilla (mainly because of an advertised slimness of the former), and I imported the bookmarks from Mozilla. Unfortunately I have too many of those, and I can't figure out for the

Re: [expert] Mandrake 9.0 urpmi broken?

2003-01-14 Thread stefmit
Right, right, right!!! After having spent countless hours/days/weeks in tweaking the urpmi myself, I couldn't agree more with the statement below. I have had no problems since running urpmi.addmedia with the recommended sources from nanardon (except for one problem - caused actually by myself:

[expert] Re: Running apps as root from the KDE menu

2003-01-07 Thread stefmit
Great - it worked - thanks! On Saturday 04 January 2003 08:45 pm, Rolf Pedersen wrote: stefmit wrote: snip su -c app, but this didn't work. snip Try: kdesu app Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] Re: dhcp incomplete on mandrake??

2003-01-02 Thread stefmit
By registering to a WINS server on your network, via samba (possible) broadcasts, your Linux will become known to Win machines (NB queries to the broadcast address directed to UDP 137, in the hope of a WINS server existence, would result in the registration of the broadcaster - in this case

[expert] Re:mandrake update failure , some assistance required

2002-12-31 Thread stefmit
I am by no means an urpmi expert, but I have had my share of bad experiences with some of these processes, enough to dare a couple of suggestions, mostly related to the access to the Internet for these updates: - what type of proxying (or are you nat-ing?) are you using? - look up

[expert] Re: mandrake update failure , some assistance required

2002-12-31 Thread stefmit
Now I see you were actually connected - my mistake of not understanding it initially, thus the inappropriate proxy/internet comments ... sorry :) Other options may be: incorrect/incomplete syntax for urpmi (usually missing or using incorrectly with ./bla/bla.cz, etc.). Someone may have already

[expert] [OOT] ... Why my CD ... kdf and SMB mounts ...

2002-12-27 Thread stefmit
Somehow off-original-topic: I have defined SMB share mounts in my /etc/fstab, in the following manner: //server IP address/my_share$ /home/username/homedrive smb noauto,user,username=username,workgroup=domain_name 0 0 and I can easily mount them from the home directory, at a console:

[expert] urpmi.addmedia and urpmi.update - long

2002-12-12 Thread stefmit
After having worked for a while, urpmi seems to be dead again, for no immediately obvious reasons. Here is what I had done until now, way back when, before it even worked the first time: - disabled supermount (the obvious): # supermouont -i disable - commented out the line #passive_ftp=on in

Re: [expert] xine dvd playing

2002-12-04 Thread stefmit
On Tuesday 03 December 2002 04:41 pm, Steffen Barszus wrote: snip # urpmi xine-dvdnav Um die Abhängigkeiten zu erfüllen, werden die folgenden Pakete installiert (0 MB): libdvdnav1-0.1.3-1mdk.i586 xine-dvdnav-0.9.13-1mdk.i586 Hmmm ... tried the same thing, and got a no package named

[expert] Re: xine dvd playing

2002-12-04 Thread stefmit
On Wednesday 04 December 2002 08:13 am, Steffen Barszus wrote: snip Yes you don't have a contrib-source defined. What I would do on every mandrake-box (for desktop-use) is: adding an update-mirror for security updates. adding contrib-mirror to my sources adding a plf-mirror to my sources

[expert] Re: urpmi says everything already installed

2002-12-03 Thread stefmit
I had to go into mcc, then software management -- software sources manager and choose and update all the entries there. HTH, Stef On Monday 02 December 2002 10:57 pm, Robert Wohlfarth wrote: snip Running Mandrake 9.0, Mandrake Control Center, Install Software. None of the packages have check

[expert] Libpcap and software based on it

2002-11-27 Thread stefmit
Short of installing libpcap from source, is there any other way to make all the libpcap-dependent software aware of where the Mandrake libraries are? I am talking about arpwatch, ethereal (from source), etc. NOTE: I still like to build packages from source, but - just as a side issue - for

[expert] Fwd: Libpcap and software based on it

2002-11-27 Thread stefmit
Sorry if this gets reposted ... I have been having problems with my email system lately :( -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Libpcap and software based on it Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:19:42 -0600 From: stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ExpertMandrake-List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Short

[expert] Fwd: Libpcap and software based on it

2002-11-26 Thread stefmit
Sorry if this gets reposted ... I have been having problems with my email systems lately :( -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Libpcap and software based on it Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:19:42 -0600 From: stefmit [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: ExpertMandrake-List [EMAIL PROTECTED] Short

Re: [expert] Fwd: Libpcap and software based on it

2002-11-26 Thread stefmit
totally :( Thx, Stef On Tuesday 26 November 2002 04:28 pm, stefmit wrote: Sorry if this gets reposted ... I have been having problems with my email systems lately :( -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Libpcap and software based on it Date: Tue, 26 Nov 2002 13:19:42 -0600 From

[expert] Process of bringing up wireless networking - pointers?!?

2002-11-24 Thread stefmit
Hi, all, I am still struggling to identify the root cause of my wireless problems (for those of you having read my recent Netgear MA401 email, you know what I am talking about) - to recap: I am at the point of having to use two different DHCP servers (at home and at work), with two different

[expert] Re: Process of bringing up wireless networking - pointers?!?

2002-11-24 Thread stefmit
Thank you very much for the speedy answer and help. Comments inline: On Sunday 24 November 2002 10:00 pm, Jack Coates wrote: On Sun, 2002-11-24 at 09:50, stefmit wrote: Hi, all, I am still struggling to identify the root cause of my wireless problems (for those of you having read my

[expert] Re: Process of bringing up wireless networking - pointers?!?

2002-11-24 Thread stefmit
On Monday 25 November 2002 05:18 am, stefmit wrote: snip Here is what I found - pretty disturbing (as I cannot get an understanding on why this happens): a directory /etc/dhcpc, where I found two files: dhcpcd-eth0.info, and dhcpcd-eth0.info.old, both containing my office address (172.x.y.z

[expert] Re: Process of bringing up wireless networking - pointers?!?

2002-11-24 Thread stefmit
On Monday 25 November 2002 12:14 am, Jack Coates wrote: On Mon, 2002-11-25 at 03:28, stefmit wrote: On Monday 25 November 2002 05:18 am, stefmit wrote: snip Here is what I found - pretty disturbing (as I cannot get an understanding on why this happens): a directory /etc/dhcpc, where I

[expert] Netgear MA401 - ongoing saga

2002-11-23 Thread stefmit
Hi, all, I have just recently installed 9.0 and - obviously - my Netgear MA401 wireless card didn't work - so - first thing first, I started searching the 'net. Mandrake expert archive seemed like a good starting point, and - though I found helpful hints and I have it now (somehow) working, I

Re: [expert] Netgear MA401 - ongoing saga

2002-11-23 Thread stefmit
I already did fix that (i.e. commenting out the grep part), as I mentioned in my original message, when talking about the network-functions). Hardware is OK ... tested fine with Win :( Thx for suggestions. Stef Jack Coates wrote: or could people be running MandrakeUpdate and getting the