[expert] W, Finger ytalk ?'s

2000-06-28 Thread Mark
I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? (Mandrake 7.1) W only works as root. I want all users to see who is on. They can do this using Finger, but I'd rather have W work as I'm so used to it. It displays the header for W, but no username or user info. I tried changing the

[expert] security warnings in mdk 7.1

2000-06-28 Thread Patrick Erler
hallo ! its cool to have security checking conjobs to habe now (i had 6.0 before). anyway, what can i do against the following messages. which directories can i safely chmod 755 or whatever? Security Warning: World Writeable files found : - /tmp - /tmp/.X11-unix

[expert] x is not starting anymore

2000-06-28 Thread Patrick Erler
hallo Expert! suddenly xdm behaves strange. i try to login from another pc with x-win32. i start xdm at the console of the linuxbox. after that ps -x brings: =-- cut --- [root@orbit /home/ftp/pub]# ps -x |grep x 25679 ?S 0:00 xdm 25690 ?S 0:00 xdm 25712 ?S

Re: [expert] W, Finger ytalk ?'s

2000-06-28 Thread Jon
On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 12:16:46AM -0700, Mark wrote: I have a few questions, was wondering if anyone could help? (Mandrake 7.1) W only works as root. I want all users to see who is on. They can do this using Finger, but I'd rather have W work as I'm so used to it. It displays the

[expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread Philippe Wautelet
Hi, I've got a WD136BA hard disk on my hpt366 controller. If I try to use DMA for disk access, my system freezes. This problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0, but it appeared when I installed 7.1. I tried to upgrade my bios. Nothing changed. After that, I compiled another kernel (2.3.45). Same

[expert] starting X for remote access only

2000-06-28 Thread Patrick Erler
hallo MANDRAKE! i access my router with X from my pc. for this, i start xdm at the router. when i do this, at the router itself starts an x-session with graphical login and stuff... i don't see this, because the router has neither a monitor nor a keyboard... so, this xsession at the router

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

2000-06-28 Thread Denis Havlik
:~so the question, how can i start the X-server (or client, how you :~like it ;) at the router in serve-mode only? check /etc/X11/xdm dir. -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft|||

RE: [expert] Metro-X

2000-06-28 Thread Himebaugh, Jon, CON, OASD(HA)/TMA
I checked this out this morning and the object in the Morph 3D (GL) screensaver did NOT move smoothly at any setting or speed. It seemed to jump. I have a Diamond Viper 550 with 16 Meg of memory. Jon H. -Original Message- From: maiplace [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

2000-06-28 Thread jlemay
Also check out VNC from ATT. It's free, it's small, and it runs on various platforms. :~so the question, how can i start the X-server (or client, how you :~like it ;) at the router in serve-mode only? check /etc/X11/xdm dir. -- - Dr.

[expert] superstupid question

2000-06-28 Thread Patrick Erler
hallo MANDRAKE! as ist seems, there didn't got gnome installed at my system... because i'd like to try it out, how do i install it "the proper way" so that i can choose it when logging into my server... sorry so much questioning today, but for me it's X day today and my last contact with X

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

2000-06-28 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 11:20:14AM +0200, Patrick Erler wrote: - hallo MANDRAKE! - - i access my router with X from my pc. for this, i start xdm at the - router. when i do this, at the router itself starts an x-session with - graphical login and stuff... i don't see this, because the router has

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: Hi, I've got a WD136BA hard disk on my hpt366 controller. If I try to use DMA for disk access, my system freezes. This problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0, but it appeared when I installed 7.1. I tried to upgrade my bios. Nothing changed. After that, I

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread Norvell Spearman
In what way could the hard drive not be up to spec? The original post said the problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0. Not trying to butt in, but I also have an IDE device which did work with 7.0 but does not with 7.1. ---Norvell Spearman John Aldrich wrote: On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you

[expert] BUG in netconf

2000-06-28 Thread Bill Shirley
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Re: [expert] BUG in netconf

2000-06-28 Thread Jean-Michel Dault
Huh.. I didn't get any of your message can you send it in plain ASCII? Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Bill Shirley wrote: Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 11:16:25 -0400 From: Bill Shirley [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

2000-06-28 Thread Pierre Fortin
I've reported this to "bugs" but don't expect any response from there... I successfully installed 7.1 on my desktop with some issues; but none like trying to install 7.1 on my Tecra500CDT where the install process proceeds quite nicely through the first CD... Then... the prompt to change CDs...

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread Civileme
Philippe Wautelet wrote: Hi, I've got a WD136BA hard disk on my hpt366 controller. If I try to use DMA for disk access, my system freezes. This problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0, but it appeared when I installed 7.1. I tried to upgrade my bios. Nothing changed. After that, I compiled

[expert] problems with drakeconf

2000-06-28 Thread Patrick Erler
hallo MANDRAKE! when i try to install several packages (for instance kutils or ktoys, there is no pattern to see right now), nothing happens. ps -x after pressing install brings 1762 pts/7Z 0:00 [urpmi defunct] did someone experience this too? PAT -- vcard/LDAP/PGP:

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

2000-06-28 Thread Joe St.Clair - KSI Machine Engineering
Just tried that. It starts up some sort of plan Jane X console with one open Xterm. If you try to start X from the term window it starts X on the host machine, not on the X server machine. It was worth the try. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: VNC is nice as you can start a desktop at one site and

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread Civileme
Norvell Spearman wrote: In what way could the hard drive not be up to spec? The original post said the problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0. Not trying to butt in, but I also have an IDE device which did work with 7.0 but does not with 7.1. ---Norvell Spearman John Aldrich wrote:

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

2000-06-28 Thread Civileme
Pierre Fortin wrote: I've reported this to "bugs" but don't expect any response from there... I successfully installed 7.1 on my desktop with some issues; but none like trying to install 7.1 on my Tecra500CDT where the install process proceeds quite nicely through the first CD... Then...

Re: [expert] starting X for remote access only

2000-06-28 Thread Joerg Mertin
On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 11:20:14AM +0200, Patrick Erler wrote: hallo MANDRAKE! i access my router with X from my pc. for this, i start xdm at the router. when i do this, at the router itself starts an x-session with graphical login and stuff... i don't see this, because the router has

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: In what way could the hard drive not be up to spec? The original post said the problem didn't exist with Mandrake 7.0. Not trying to butt in, but I also have an IDE device which did work with 7.0 but does not with 7.1. Hmm...Ok. My bad. I didn't see that

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

2000-06-28 Thread Pierre Fortin
I was getting ready to re-install 6.1; but I'll give this a try... the gotcha is that I have to babysit this install; at least I can enlist the help of my stapler again... sigh The down side of what I've done so far is that every attempt was not given an OK or Cancel, so the system was not

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread Matt Stegman
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, John Aldrich wrote: Further, it's said that you have to have a special cable for DMA transfers. I don't know this from personal experience, again, not having the hardware to test. John You do. An ATA/66 cable has the same 40 pins as any other IDE cable, but has

[expert] hydrogen2

2000-06-28 Thread Pierre Fortin
Since there's a request for beta testers, I'm downloading hydrogen2 to try on my SparcStation2. Any known issues? I ask because the RedHat 6.2 distro would start loading then would panic because it could not mount the root partition. The Sparc is currently running Solaris 2.5.1 which I don't

[expert] BUG in netconf

2000-06-28 Thread Bill Shirley
Title: I don't know what when wrong with the original message. (I'm using Outlook 98, maybe that should be my first clue). But here it is: There is a bug in netconf. Please follow the description of the problem below. I want to forward traffic between my two subnets, 192.168.1.0/24

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread Jim P.
IDE devices seem to be a major problem with 7.1 I have been seeking help with a cdrom/burner for over a month...and it still doesn't workmandrake support has been 0 help as wellI keep saying it's a bug...but seems that word is only associated with mickeysoftbut it's a bug they NEED to

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread Breno F Basilio
What types of problems are we talking about Jim? I haven´t had any problems at all with my HDs, CDROM, and burner under 7.0 or 7.1. My HDs are UDMA66 and the CDs are regular IDEs. Let me know, maybe I can help. B On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: IDE devices seem to be a major problem with 7.1 I

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread John Aldrich
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: IDE devices seem to be a major problem with 7.1 I have been seeking help with a cdrom/burner for over a month...and it still doesn't workmandrake support has been 0 help as wellI keep saying it's a bug...but seems that word is only associated with

[expert] Printing over LAN

2000-06-28 Thread Breno F Basilio
I was wondering if it is possible to print from Linux over a LAN to a ¨Windows¨ printer attached to a Windows machine. I have an HP DeskJet 820 Cse ¨For Windows¨ attached to a Windows machine on my LAN, but I can´t seem to be able to print to it from Linux over the network. I add the printer

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread Civileme
"Jim P." wrote: IDE devices seem to be a major problem with 7.1 I have been seeking help with a cdrom/burner for over a month...and it still doesn't workmandrake support has been 0 help as wellI keep saying it's a bug...but seems that word is only associated with mickeysoftbut

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

2000-06-28 Thread Civileme
"Jim P." wrote: CDROMS are a big problem for 7.1. I have been dealing with a simular issue for a month...still no help...I have been begging mdk support and all the lists for help, and ya know what...most of the time no one even respondsI have found red hat 6.2 to be a viable option

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

2000-06-28 Thread Pierre Fortin
Civileme wrote: Do the first CD in GRAPHICAL install and when it calls for the second, click OK The installation will complete without installing anything from the second CD. "OK" just gives the same dialog; only Cancel is valid here. The install proceeds; but suffers from a MAJOR flaw

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

2000-06-28 Thread Civileme
Pierre Fortin wrote: Civileme wrote: Do the first CD in GRAPHICAL install and when it calls for the second, click OK The installation will complete without installing anything from the second CD. "OK" just gives the same dialog; only Cancel is valid here. The install proceeds; but

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

2000-06-28 Thread Pierre Fortin
Civileme wrote: Actually, nw that you have that much of the install, login as root and use Kpackage to draw the rest from the ext disk. I would love to know what dmesg says... That CD problem is NOT a common report, and they have a lot of trouble fixing what they cannot duplicate. The

Re: [expert] Printing over LAN

2000-06-28 Thread Vincent Danen
On Wed, Jun 28, 2000 at 04:27:42PM -0400, Breno F Basilio wrote: I was wondering if it is possible to print from Linux over a LAN to a ¨Windows¨ printer attached to a Windows machine. I have an HP DeskJet 820 Cse ¨For Windows¨ attached to a Windows machine on my LAN, but I can´t seem to be

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread Civileme
"Jim P." wrote: I saved and printed your message and the next time I decide to abuse myself with 7.1 I'll give that a try. I have reinstalled 7.0 because I got tired of not having a working cd... Jim - Original Message - From: "John Aldrich" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-28 Thread Civileme
"Jim P." wrote: I saved and printed your message and the next time I decide to abuse myself with 7.1 I'll give that a try. I have reinstalled 7.0 because I got tired of not having a working cd... Jim The information that it works in 7.0 and doesn't in 7.1 is suggestive of something