[expert] VPN problems to access university

[Daniel Woods]

Having looked into getting VPN to work from my NT at home
thru my LM7.1 firewall/IPmasq, I am annoyed !
I have read the VPN howto and linux VPN masquerade. The
former is if you want to create your own local VPN. The
latter one indicates that you must patch the source and
recompile the kernel.

I am using the Nortel Network Extranet as the VPN client
on NT, which worked before adding in my linux firewall.
This extranet supports IPsec and ISAKMP. IP masq is working.

I went to http://www.wolfenet.com/~jhardin/ip_masq_vpn.html
to get the patch, which is only 2.2.15 and saved as
ip_masq_vpn-2.2.15.patch.gz
except that it appears to not bein gzip format. Yes, I tried
winzip and gunzip/zcat while trying to do
zcat patchfile.gz | patch -l -p0 > vpn.log
I've contacted the author John Hardin on this, but has
anyone else got this working ?
Will the 2.2.15 patch be ok within my 2.2.16 kernel ?

So now I had to look into (learn) how to rebuild the
linux-2.2.16-secure.mdk kernel already installed.
How does the "secure" kernel get built ? Where is the
option or source I need to make sure it's compiled as
secure ?
I got the source and RPM (and installed) after running
MandrakeUpdate.

Thanks... Dan.

Re: [expert] Metro-X

[maiplace]

- Original Message -
From: "Himebaugh, Jon, CON, OASD(HA)/TMA" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, June 28, 2000 9:04 AM
Subject: RE: [expert] Metro-X


> 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.
>
hmm, does not seem to improve on speed.
however, there's a more quantitative,simple and quick measurement of
performance...run the xpilot game which will show at start how many
frames/sec.
i tested on a400mhtz, 8m ati pci, xf 3.3.5 and got 15frames/sec.

dm

> >
> >
> > _NetZero Free Internet Access and Email__
> >http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html
>
>


_NetZero Free Internet Access and Email__
   http://www.netzero.net/download/index.html

Re: [expert] Installing rpm binaries of kde2?

[Hoyt]

- Original Message -
From: "Ron Stodden" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 11:28 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Installing rpm binaries of kde2?


> Phil,
>
> If you want the latest RPMs as built from the latest CVS (updated
> every couple of weeks):
>
> http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~molnarc/index.html
>
> Everything you need is there

Except openssl from the Mandrake crypto directory. Try
ftp://ftp.sunet.se/pub/Linux/distributions/mandrake-crypto/7.1/

>and has been tested by me with Mandrake
> 7.1 (except kdevelop has a missing library).
>

Is this critical? What is it?

> Observe the proper order for adding the RPMs.
>

Please re-state the order for the erudition of the readers.


Thanks,
Hoyt

Re: [expert] PPP Dial on demand, HD, and multiple IPs

[Hoyt]

- Original Message -
From: "Sean Middleditch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 10:48 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] PPP Dial on demand, HD, and multiple IPs


> "Bob Puff@NLE" wrote:
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > #1. I recently got pppd set up to dial on demand (without the aide of
diald).  Seems to be working ok.  However, today, I was just walking into my
room, and I heard the modem dial out.  There was -no- client of any sort
running on either the linux box, or the one computer that is attached to it.
Nothing at all!  Is there a way to fix this?
> >
>
> How do you set up PPPD to do this?  That is cool!  I've been searching for
something like that!  Please tell me how it is done!
>
> >

This turned up #1 on a search at www.google.com/linux.

http://www.nic.com/~cannon/Linux/


Hoyt

Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[Michael Holt]

 
> Socket programming protocols basically form sockets for ONE task
> and then destroy it.  In this case, it appears to be needed at
> boot time as the target of a symlink.
> 
> Civileme

Ok, that makes sense; which brings my next question, what would be a
simpler term for 'socket programming protocols'?  What is a socket?

Thanks, Mike
-- 

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Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: voting for a forums name

[Civileme]

Bill Gerber wrote:
> 
> just http://mdk-forum.com - short and sweet :)
> Bill
> 
> Janar Kokk wrote:
> >
> > www.mandrake-forum.com or something?
> >
> > Regards,
> > Janar Kokk
> > Tel: +372-641-9552  +372-539-13896,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > - Original Message -
> > From: "Denis Havlik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > To: "Expert list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:24 AM
> > Subject: [expert] ANNOUNCE: voting for a forums name
> >
> > > Hi
> > >
> > > Gael thinks that forum.mandrakesoft.com name should be replaced by a
> > > shorter one - easier to remember. You can vote for the one which you find
> > > best/easiest to remember/nicest on the "forum":
> > >
> > > http://forum.mandrakesoft.com
> > >
> > > thx
> > > Denis
> > > --
> > > -
> > > Dr. Denis Havlik
> > > Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > > ---oOO--(_)--OOo-
> > > visit our new discusion forum: http://forum.mandrakesoft.com
> > >


Ummm, folks, the voting booth is at
http://forum.mandrakesoft.com--please remember to voice
preferences there as well.

Civileme

Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[Civileme]

Michael Holt wrote:
> 
> John Aldrich wrote:
> >
> > On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > >
> > > Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff.  And this "stuff" is
> > > sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory.  In 7.1 the use of
> > > /tmp for these sockets has been discontinued.  Now they use
> > > /root/tmp which most people leave alone.
> > >
> > Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they
> > put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems
> > rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a
> > TEMP directory... :-)
> > John
> 
> Is it something that is overwritten at each boot?  Just a thought.
> 
> Mike
> --
> 
> Mike & Tracy Holt
> Kirkland, WA
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 

Socket programming protocols basically form sockets for ONE task
and then destroy it.  In this case, it appears to be needed at
boot time as the target of a symlink.

Civileme

Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: voting for a forums name

[Bill Gerber]

just http://mdk-forum.com - short and sweet :)
Bill

Janar Kokk wrote:
> 
> www.mandrake-forum.com or something?
> 
> Regards,
> Janar Kokk
> Tel: +372-641-9552  +372-539-13896,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> 
> - Original Message -
> From: "Denis Havlik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "Expert list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:24 AM
> Subject: [expert] ANNOUNCE: voting for a forums name
> 
> > Hi
> >
> > Gael thinks that forum.mandrakesoft.com name should be replaced by a
> > shorter one - easier to remember. You can vote for the one which you find
> > best/easiest to remember/nicest on the "forum":
> >
> > http://forum.mandrakesoft.com
> >
> > thx
> > Denis
> > --
> > -
> > Dr. Denis Havlik
> > Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> > ---oOO--(_)--OOo-
> > visit our new discusion forum: http://forum.mandrakesoft.com
> >

Re: [expert] PPP Dial on demand, HD, and multiple IPs

[Sean Middleditch]

"Bob Puff@NLE" wrote:

> Hello,
>
> #1. I recently got pppd set up to dial on demand (without the aide of diald).  Seems 
>to be working ok.  However, today, I was just walking into my room, and I heard the 
>modem dial out.  There was -no- client of any sort running on either the linux box, 
>or the one computer that is attached to it.  Nothing at all!  Is there a way to fix 
>this?
>

How do you set up PPPD to do this?  That is cool!  I've been searching for something 
like that!  Please tell me how it is done!

>
> #2. I posted some stuff before, but no one has replied to this.  My hard drive is 
>accessed at least once every 3-5 seconds.  Nothing is connected to the web, no 
>clients are accessing anything, and nothing is being logged.  Why is this?  How can 
>this be fixed?
>

Do you have an emu10k1?  Mandrake shipped a version of the driver for that that had 
serious (and I mean SERIOUS) bugs, one that caused a major NMI error to be reported 
about once a second or so (and syslog would grab it, and store it on your hard-drive). 
 Check your /var/log/messages for any line with NMI in it.  If you find a bunch of 
error
messages, there is your problem.

If not, maybe /var/log/messages will have some help anyways.  ~,^

>
> #3. I will be getting a high speed internet connection soon with a handful of IPs.  
>How do I make my machine answer to more than one IP address?  I have one machine set 
>up as a router, and another as a http server.  Both will need to be configured for 
>this.
>
> Thanks
>
> Bob
>
> P.S. Please CC your reply to me directly, as it seems to take 3 days before I can 
>see the reply.  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] 7.1 Gnome with KDE menus

[Vincent Danen]

On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 01:44:35AM +0200, Robert Fox wrote:

> I previously had 7.02 installed with Helix Gnome and Enlightenment 0.16 
> installed - and I got KDE menus in the Gnome menu.
> 
> Now with 7.1 and Gnome, I see a checkbox to show KDE but noting shows up 
> (even when I switched to KDE and then back to Gnome)
> 
> Any hints?

This is due to the new menu system.  If you take a look at it, you'll
notice that the GNOME and KDE menus have merged for the most part,
thus obsoleting the need for two seperate menu types.  The 7.1 menu
system brings the same menu to all WM's.

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Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[Michael Holt]

John Aldrich wrote:
> 
> On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> >
> > Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff.  And this "stuff" is
> > sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory.  In 7.1 the use of
> > /tmp for these sockets has been discontinued.  Now they use
> > /root/tmp which most people leave alone.
> >
> Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they
> put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems
> rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a
> TEMP directory... :-)
> John

Is it something that is overwritten at each boot?  Just a thought.

Mike
-- 

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Kirkland, WA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Install problems with version 7.1

[Civileme]

richard waters wrote:
> 
> I had/have a problem with the install of 7.1
> 
> I downloaded and burned the 2 disks.  I created the cdrom.img bootdisk on  a
> floppy.
> 
> During boot up if I tried to use my scsi CD-Rom drive with the install CD, the
> install failed with a warning that the CD rom could not be initialized.  Also
> the scan of the SCSI controllers failed for the parallel port zip drive.
> 
> When I rebooted and put the install CD in my IDE CD-RW the install worked fine.
> Rather than upgrade from 7.0 I did a full install (including reformatting my
> drive).
> 
> CDrecord (scanbus) shows the two CD drive. XCDRoast finds them (it shows the
> IDE drive under the scsi devices and the IDE devices.  I assume this is due to
> scsi emulation. ) However when I click on the icons on the KDE desktop for CDrom
> or CDrom2, I get KFM errors.
> 
> I tried ls and got the following:
> ls -l /dev/cdrom2
> lrwxrwxrwx1 root root4 Jun 10 17:28 /dev/cdrom2 -> scd0
> ls -l /dev/cdrom
> lrwxrwxrwx1 root root4 Jun 10 17:28 /dev/cdrom -> scd0
> 
> I think the install got confused by the two drives and did some bad linking.
> 
> Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
> 

rm -f /dev/cdrom2
ln -s /dev/scd1 /dev/cdrom2

Civileme

[expert] removing the 2.2.9 kernel RPMs

[Ron Johnson, Jr.]

Hi,

These RPMs were installed when I installed mdk6.0.  Subsequently,
I've installed 2.2.12 & .16 from tarballs.

Will doing an "rpm -e" on these packages ruin my system by
erasing the 2.2.16 files?
kernel-2.2.9-19mdk
kernel-headers-2.2.9-19mdk
kernel-doc-2.2.9-19mdk
kernel-pcmcia-cs-2.2.9-19mdk
kernel-source-2.2.9-19mdk

Sincerely,
Ron
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Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[Michael Holt]

John Aldrich wrote:
> 
> On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > I would like to add a question here if I may; I'm used to Windows where the
> > 'temp' directory is for temporary stuff and should be dumped periodically.
> > What is the /tmp directory in *nix used for and why can't I delete it's
> > contents?
> >
> Generally, it's exactly what you'd think it's for. However,
> Mandrake folks, in their wisdom, have apparently put some
> vital X-related stuff in /tmp. Why in heaven's name, I
> don't know, as most of us are used to thinking EXACTLY what
> you're thinking. This has been a complaint since at least
> 7.02, if not 6.5.
> John

That makes sense, although I remember sometime back dumping the /tmp
folder in either RedHat 6 or SuSE 6.3 (I don't remember which) and
having problems after that.  At that point it was just easier to
reinstall, but I haven't done that since and I just chalked it up to
*nix stuff being different that way.  Is it just Mandrake that puts
stuff in there?  What is safe to clean up on a regular basis?

Thanks, Mike
-- 

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Kirkland, WA
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] Kernel upgrade went badly--Linux is dead

[Bruce E. Harris]

I used the Mandrake 2.2.16 upgrade for my system. There was a hicup with
the install and I had to fix lilo.conf to reflect the kernel...old and new.
Well, I thought I was running 2.2.14secure in the past and 2.2.16secure
now. Wrong! My system is not setup for the secure kernel (??) and when I
added both 2.2.14secure and 2.2.16secure in lilo, I got a kernel panic
during reboot, saying there was a system/kernel mismatch. So, now I can not
start Linux at all.

I have been able to boot using an old Caldera install/boot disk (dummy me
didnot make a proper boot disk). I can access and mount my HDD, however I
can not edit lilo and solve this problem since I can not access any
editors; ed or vi.

Any idead?

TIA

Bruce

Re: [expert] X 4, PPP, and Emu10k1

[Manuël Beunder]

On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Seanmay I share with you a short description of my
> approach to running new versions of Linux-Mandrake that I
> believe saves me from the kind of frustration that you are
> experiencing?
> 
> I'm running my computer on 7.1, but my 7.0 installation still
> exists on the same hard drive as 7.1 is on and if something
> happens, even something cataclysmic, with my 7.1 installation
> I can immediately boot up on my old 7.0 installation and
> continue where I left off a month ago.
> 
> When I installed 7.1 I did a new install on fresh partitions,
> not an upgrade over my old 7.0 installation.  Then, after
> testing out the new 7.1 installation, I copied my 7.0 /home
> and /root directories to the 7.1 file system and reinstalled
> any extra software that still didn't work (/user & /opt stuff
> mainly).  
> 
> After that I began to use the new 7.1 installation daily and
> abandoned the old 7.0 installation.  But it's still there in
> case I need it and I'll leave it there till I erase the
> partitions and install 7.2 in its place. 
> 
> It took me a couple of hours to get 7.1 up to speed with my
> personal stuff, but at any time, if a problem would have
> occurred I could have simply gone back to my intact 7.0
> system.  I've been doing it this way (with some refinements)
> since version 5.2.  I've never done an upgrade (too many
> horror stories).

You could always spawn a copy of your distro with dd and 'experiment'
on that copy.. 

(But I still have a copy of SuSE6.1 (which I didn't upgrade from
my SuSE5.3 install) and RedHat 6.0 running as well, very handy when some stuff
doesn't wants to compile etc.. just love locatedb, just hack/copy/steal & go..
;-)

> 
> Alan
> 
> 
> Sean Middleditch wrote:
> [snip]
> [snip]
> > Sorry for attitude, but for the last few days I've been seriously wishing
> > I just kept my Mandrake 7.0 installation.. MDK 7.0 was the best, and 7.1 is
> > really not impressing me.  Again, sorry.  I'll try and calm down a bit next
> > time... :)  Not your guys' fault, I know.
> > 
> > Sean Middleditch

Cheers,
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Re: [expert] ANNOUNCE: voting for a forums name

[Janar Kokk]

www.mandrake-forum.com or something?



Regards,
Janar Kokk
Tel: +372-641-9552  +372-539-13896,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

- Original Message - 
From: "Denis Havlik" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Expert list" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:24 AM
Subject: [expert] ANNOUNCE: voting for a forums name


> Hi
> 
> Gael thinks that forum.mandrakesoft.com name should be replaced by a
> shorter one - easier to remember. You can vote for the one which you find
> best/easiest to remember/nicest on the "forum":
> 
> http://forum.mandrakesoft.com
> 
> thx
> Denis
> -- 
> -
> Dr. Denis Havlik
> Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
> ---oOO--(_)--OOo-
> visit our new discusion forum: http://forum.mandrakesoft.com 
> 

[expert] ANNOUNCE: voting for a forums name

[Denis Havlik]

Hi

Gael thinks that forum.mandrakesoft.com name should be replaced by a
shorter one - easier to remember. You can vote for the one which you find
best/easiest to remember/nicest on the "forum":

http://forum.mandrakesoft.com

thx
Denis
-- 
-
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Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quality Assurance  (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED])
---oOO--(_)--OOo-
visit our new discusion forum: http://forum.mandrakesoft.com 

[expert] Install problems with version 7.1

[richard waters]

I had/have a problem with the install of 7.1

I downloaded and burned the 2 disks.  I created the cdrom.img bootdisk on  a
floppy.

During boot up if I tried to use my scsi CD-Rom drive with the install CD, the
install failed with a warning that the CD rom could not be initialized.  Also
the scan of the SCSI controllers failed for the parallel port zip drive.

When I rebooted and put the install CD in my IDE CD-RW the install worked fine.
Rather than upgrade from 7.0 I did a full install (including reformatting my
drive).

CDrecord (scanbus) shows the two CD drive. XCDRoast finds them (it shows the
IDE drive under the scsi devices and the IDE devices.  I assume this is due to
scsi emulation. ) However when I click on the icons on the KDE desktop for CDrom
or CDrom2, I get KFM errors.

I tried ls and got the following:
ls -l /dev/cdrom2
lrwxrwxrwx1 root root4 Jun 10 17:28 /dev/cdrom2 -> scd0
ls -l /dev/cdrom
lrwxrwxrwx1 root root4 Jun 10 17:28 /dev/cdrom -> scd0

I think the install got confused by the two drives and did some bad linking.

Any suggestions or help would be appreciated.
   

Re: [expert] New Server

[Ron Johnson, Jr.]

Daniel Woods wrote:
> 
> > The only things I'm not sure of is the Dlink DE-538TX 10/100 PCI
> > ethernet card ...
> 
> I have this and the DFE-530TX+ and both work well.  Linux
> sees this as a 'rt18139' driver.
> 
> Thanks... Dan.

Note that it's an "ell" not a "one": rtl8139, not rt18139 driver.
   ^^

Ron
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[expert] PPP Dial on demand, HD, and multiple IPs

[Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]]

Hello,

#1. I recently got pppd set up to dial on demand (without the aide of diald).  Seems 
to be working ok.  However, today, I was just walking into my room, and I heard the 
modem dial out.  There was -no- client of any sort running on either the linux box, or 
the one computer that is attached to it.  Nothing at all!  Is there a way to fix this?

#2. I posted some stuff before, but no one has replied to this.  My hard drive is 
accessed at least once every 3-5 seconds.  Nothing is connected to the web, no clients 
are accessing anything, and nothing is being logged.  Why is this?  How can this be 
fixed?

#3. I will be getting a high speed internet connection soon with a handful of IPs.  
How do I make my machine answer to more than one IP address?  I have one machine set 
up as a router, and another as a http server.  Both will need to be configured for 
this.

Thanks

Bob

P.S. Please CC your reply to me directly, as it seems to take 3 days before I can see 
the reply.  [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] 2.2.17 kernel on Mandrake 7.0--safe?

[Eric MC DECLERCK]

I use the 15-1 without pbs.
17-x cause pbs.

Civileme wrote:
> 
> "Bruce E. Harris" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have never upgraded a kernel using a RPM, always used soruce in the past. But
> > I wonder if Mandrake does something special to the kernel to make a Mandrake
> > specific RPM kernel worth it? In light of this, is the RPM under cooker 2.2.17
> > a safe bet for Mandrake 7.0? I now have two reasons to upgrade my kernel, so
> > guess I will take the plunge.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > BRuce
> 
> Cooker is for BETA.  The rpm checked out is the one at
> MandrakeUpdate  (accessible from the star icon on the desktop).
> It is 2.2.16-xmdk
> 
> And yes, at least one of the 2.2.17 modules is under test and
> definitely beta until Chmouel tells us otherwise.
> 
> Civileme

RE: [expert] 2.2.17 kernel on Mandrake 7.0--safe?

[Russell \"Elik\" Rademacher]

Just out of curiousity if we are not using the Desktop version...but
using it as server setup, where can I locate this new updated RPM of this
kernel?  I am thinking of upgrading it to this version for my 9 Linux
Servers that is deployed so far.

If you are wondering...  I enjoyed working with those and they are pretty
solid so far.  As for being solid...the system is currently running 4382
domains on average on each server, with the last three being as Email and
MySQL/Postgres Databases.  Soand in light of the security bugs that is
found in the current kernel, I would like to grab the latest version and
upgrade it.  It would be nice if Mandrake webpage have the urls linked to it
for the older versions of Mandrakes like 7.0.



> -Original Message-
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of
> Civileme
> Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 5:43 PM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] 2.2.17 kernel on Mandrake 7.0--safe?
>
>
> "Bruce E. Harris" wrote:
> >
> > Hi,
> >
> > I have never upgraded a kernel using a RPM, always used soruce
> in the past. But
> > I wonder if Mandrake does something special to the kernel to
> make a Mandrake
> > specific RPM kernel worth it? In light of this, is the RPM
> under cooker 2.2.17
> > a safe bet for Mandrake 7.0? I now have two reasons to upgrade
> my kernel, so
> > guess I will take the plunge.
> >
> > TIA
> >
> > BRuce
>
>
> Cooker is for BETA.  The rpm checked out is the one at
> MandrakeUpdate  (accessible from the star icon on the desktop).
> It is 2.2.16-xmdk
>
> And yes, at least one of the 2.2.17 modules is under test and
> definitely beta until Chmouel tells us otherwise.
>
> Civileme
>
>

[expert] Psedo-graphical boot screen in kernel 2.2.17

[Steve Browne]

To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Pseudo-graphical boot screen in kernel 2.2.17
From: Steve Browne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 04 Jul 2000 15:58:14 -0600

I've installed the 2.2.17mdk kernel from the Mandrake cooker, and the
only complaint I have (so far) is that the boot-up screen switches at
mid-point to an SVGA mode to display the Mandrake logo at the top. I
can do without the logo as I know what I'm installing, and, in fact,
it doesn't work properly on my system anyway, displaying only a
"ghost" image. How do I disable this in favor of the standard boot-up
screen so I can concrentrate on what I'm reading? Thank you.

Steve
Stephen B. Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] adding themes w/sawfish and helixgnome

[Alan N.]

Has anyone had any problems adding new themes to sawfish after
installing helixgnome?

I cannot do this now.. I'm baffled.  The permissions of the files I
wanted to try were different, so I changed them
to be like all of the others. No luck.  The themes show up in the
sawfish selection but simply, do nothing..

I'm at a loss.. If anyone has ran across this, I would appreciate
hearing from you..

Alan

[expert] Pseudo-graphical boot screen in kernel 2.2.17

[Steve Browne]

I've installed the 2.2.17mdk kernel from the Mandrake cooker, and the
only complaint I have (so far) is that the boot-up screen switches at
mid-point to an SVGA mode to display the Mandrake logo at the top. I
can do without the logo as I know what I'm installing, and, in fact,
it doesn't work properly on my system anyway, displaying only a
"ghost" image. How do I disable this in favor of the standard boot-up
screen so I can concrentrate on what I'm reading? Thank you.

Steve
Stephen B. Browne
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] 2.2.17 kernel on Mandrake 7.0--safe?

[Civileme]

"Bruce E. Harris" wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I have never upgraded a kernel using a RPM, always used soruce in the past. But
> I wonder if Mandrake does something special to the kernel to make a Mandrake
> specific RPM kernel worth it? In light of this, is the RPM under cooker 2.2.17
> a safe bet for Mandrake 7.0? I now have two reasons to upgrade my kernel, so
> guess I will take the plunge.
> 
> TIA
> 
> BRuce


Cooker is for BETA.  The rpm checked out is the one at
MandrakeUpdate  (accessible from the star icon on the desktop). 
It is 2.2.16-xmdk

And yes, at least one of the 2.2.17 modules is under test and
definitely beta until Chmouel tells us otherwise.

Civileme

[expert] 2.2.17 kernel on Mandrake 7.0--safe?

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I have never upgraded a kernel using a RPM, always used soruce in the past. But
I wonder if Mandrake does something special to the kernel to make a Mandrake
specific RPM kernel worth it? In light of this, is the RPM under cooker 2.2.17
a safe bet for Mandrake 7.0? I now have two reasons to upgrade my kernel, so
guess I will take the plunge.

TIA

BRuce

Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[Henrik Edlund]

On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, John Aldrich wrote:

> On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > 
> > Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff.  And this "stuff" is
> > sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory.  In 7.1 the use of
> > /tmp for these sockets has been discontinued.  Now they use
> > /root/tmp which most people leave alone.  
> > 
> Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they
> put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems
> rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a
> TEMP directory... :-)

Actually they are temporary sockets (files), but they are more persistent
than other temporary files so /var/tmp would have been a better
location. /root/tmp seems quite illogical.

-- 
Henrik Edlund
http://www.edlund.org/

"In the grand design, women were definitely drawn from a different set of 
blueprints."
-- FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper

Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[John Aldrich]

On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> 
> Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff.  And this "stuff" is
> sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory.  In 7.1 the use of
> /tmp for these sockets has been discontinued.  Now they use
> /root/tmp which most people leave alone.  
> 
Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they
put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems
rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a
TEMP directory... :-)
John

[expert] Support for HP Deskjet 970Cxi

[Alvaro Nunes]

Hi,

I discovered what seems to be support for my printer (HP Deskjet 970 
Cxi). Unfortunately, when I tried install it, DrakeRpm asked for one of 
the extra cds from Mandrake 7.1. Now, my question is if I can find this 
support from any other place.

Thanks
Alvaro

[expert] old sound modules for M6VCX chipset

[Hubert Nachbaur]

Hi,

I bought a new computer and the motherboard is a M7MKE from biostar.
The chipset is M6VCX.
I was very surprised when I saw modules for the Linux kernel on the
CD, _but_ they are only for Redhat 6.0/6.1 and Caldera 2.?. I'm not
able to get them working on my fresh 7.1 installation, they have
wrong dependencies. It seems that they are not in the Kernel 2.2.15
and so I'm not able to hear any sounds, no other soundmodule works.
On the homepage of biostar there are no driver updates and so I want
to ask on this list, if anybody has a similiar motherboard _and_
sound.

Hubert



-- 
Hubert Nachbaur
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Vorarlberg / Austria

Re: [expert] Failed MDK 7.0 Installation

[Sean Middleditch]

«[-®ºmmë£^£ºvë§^£ºµ©4룣ë-]» wrote:

> > Depends.  What partitions did you make using Windoze FDISK?  You didn't
> try to
> > make the Linux partition with it, did you?  My suggestion would be to
> delete
> > any non Windoze partitions, and using the Mandrake install program to
> create
> > them.
>
> Yes, but i wanna have dual boot ... windoze and linux  i'd have to
> install windoze before linux to make it easier for me, right ?
>

Doesn't matter, actually,  The onyl problem is Windoze over-rights the
boot-loader, so you have to boot from a disk after installing Windoze to
reinstall the boot-loader.

>
> ok ... my single hard disk which is 8 GB is partitioned into three ... i'd
> like hda1 (C:) to contain windoze; hda2 (D:) to contain all of the Linux
> system (which is logically divided into sub-partitions, for /root, /home,
> ...),  and lastly hda3 (E:) which contains my Mandrake 7.0 Installation
> files (since I dont have any CD ...)
>

Ok, for starts, I'd move the installation files off a 3 GB partition.. that's
kindof a waste... put them on the Windoze partition if you have room.  If
not, make a smaller partition for them (a CD holds 650 MB, so 700 should be
fine)

Now, delete ALL the partition on your drive EXCEPT the Windoze paritition and
the installation partition (if you're using it).  Then, the install program
will let you create partitions using Linux FDISK, which is a much better way
of doing things.

Also, I'd really suggest buying a CD.  Goto www.cheapbytes.com, you can order
CD's for 1.99 (for MDK 7.0) and 3.99 (for MDK 7.1), plus s&h.  The CD is a
lot easier to handle, and wont get erased if Windoze thrashes your hard-drive
like mine keeps doing... (thank the Gods Linux has its own hard-drive on my
machine...)

>
> please help me divide this 8 GB hard disk ... thank you ...

Basically, I'd keep your 3 GB Windoze partition, make a 10 MB boot partition
(if you can't get this within the first 1024 cylinders of your hard-drive, it
won't be useful anyways, so skip that).  I'd then give a third of what's left
to /home, and the rest to /.  Then again, that may not work out too well,
since I'm used to having much larger hard-drives and I have about 12 Linux
partitions for one installation.  Maybe someone else can help with this...
But what I said tends to give good results to others.  Correct me if I'm
wrong, but Mandrake 7.0 should have an option to automatically setup
partitions on your drive that work well.  I'm not sure how that works,
though, since I hand-create my partitions with FDISK.

Sean Middleditch

Re: [expert] Digital camera and pc cards

[Bruce E. Harris]

Nope, this is for my laptop, pc card, (pcmcia). This laptop does not have USB.
My desktop does and I will install a new kernel, etc later tonight, but that
will not solve my problem. I am going on vacation and intend on taking my
laptop and d/l photos to it.

On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> "Bruce E. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > I have a Fuji digital camera and wondering how I can get a pc card loaded with
> > the smart media mounted as a file system? I know for floppy
> > mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy, but how with a pc card?
> 
> USB ?
> 
> -- 
> MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com
> San-Francisco, CA USA --Chmouel

Re: [expert] Failed MDK 7.0 Installation

[«[-®ºmmë£^£ºvë§^£ºµ©4룣ë-]»]

> Depends.  What partitions did you make using Windoze FDISK?  You didn't
try to
> make the Linux partition with it, did you?  My suggestion would be to
delete
> any non Windoze partitions, and using the Mandrake install program to
create
> them.

Yes, but i wanna have dual boot ... windoze and linux  i'd have to
install windoze before linux to make it easier for me, right ?

ok ... my single hard disk which is 8 GB is partitioned into three ... i'd
like hda1 (C:) to contain windoze; hda2 (D:) to contain all of the Linux
system (which is logically divided into sub-partitions, for /root, /home,
...),  and lastly hda3 (E:) which contains my Mandrake 7.0 Installation
files (since I dont have any CD ...)

please help me divide this 8 GB hard disk ... thank you ...

Re: [expert] Installing rpm binaries of kde2?

[Chmouel Boudjnah]

"Hoyt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> Civileme,
> 
> Were those ALSA sound libraries that Guillame mentioned to me required also?

i don't believe so...

-- 
MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com
San-Francisco, CA USA --Chmouel

Re: [expert] Failed MDK 7.0 Installation

[Sean Middleditch]

«[-®ºmmë£^£ºvë§^£ºµ©4룣ë-]» wrote:

> Nope, but I tried installing it on another CPU with AMD K6-2 and 64 MB RAM
> but it still hangs-up on the same part ... could it be the partitioning of
> the hard disk ??

Depends.  What partitions did you make using Windoze FDISK?  You didn't try to
make the Linux partition with it, did you?  My suggestion would be to delete
any non Windoze partitions, and using the Mandrake install program to create
them.  Besides, you're going to want more than one partition for Linux
anyways.  You're going to want a swap space (it's much faster having the
dedicated partition than using the swap-files), and probably a boot partition
as far up the front of the drive as possible, since the version of LILO shipper
with MDK 7.0 (and 7.1) has the 1024 sector limit... which means you'd have to
use a boot disk if you don't have the kernel stuck up 1024 or less to the front
of the hard-drive.  The latest version of LILO doesn't have that problem,
however, so if you download it you can avoid the need for a boot partition (and
boot disk).

Anyways, as to the hanging up, I would say it's possible, but unlikely it'd
freeze where you said it was.  You might also want to check the motherboards
and see if they are Linux compatible (some motherboards are really weird and
thus no drivers work with them yet).  But I'd try the partitioning thing
first.  Just delete any Linux partitions you made with Windoze and recreate
them with the MDK installer, if it lets you

sean Middleditch

Re: [expert] Digital camera and pc cards

[Chmouel Boudjnah]

"Bruce E. Harris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

> I have a Fuji digital camera and wondering how I can get a pc card loaded with
> the smart media mounted as a file system? I know for floppy
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy, but how with a pc card?

USB ?

-- 
MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com
San-Francisco, CA USA --Chmouel

Re: [expert] Failed MDK 7.0 Installation

[«[-®ºmmë£^£ºvë§^£ºµ©4룣ë-]»]

Nope, but I tried installing it on another CPU with AMD K6-2 and 64 MB RAM
but it still hangs-up on the same part ... could it be the partitioning of
the hard disk ??


- Original Message -
From: Sthitaprajna <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 05, 2000 2:25 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] Failed MDK 7.0 Installation


> On 5 Jul 00, at 2:12, «[-®ºmmë£^£ºvë§^£ºµ©4룣ë-]» wrote:
>
>
> > Pentium III - 550e
> > 32 MB RAM
> >  8 GB with 3 partitions:
> > hda1 - (2 GB) contains Windoze 98
> > hda2 - (3 GB) supposed to contain the MDK LINUX
after-install
> > hda3 - (3 GB) contains the MDK LINUX  7.0 installer ... I am
> > only installing via Hard Disk and not CD ROM ...
>
> You are using a PII 550e and only 32 MB RAM!!?? Get yourself a few
> sticks. The reason the install exits is probably due to flaky ram.
> 
> Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com | PGP:619E875D
> Fingerprint:9A4F 8E01 A4A5 EA1A 41D2 AD1E 75BC 6F0B 619E 875D
>
> "So many people, so little purpose."

Re: [expert] Failed MDK 7.0 Installation

[Sthitaprajna]

On 5 Jul 00, at 2:12, «[-®ºmmë£^£ºvë§^£ºµ©4룣ë-]» wrote:


> Pentium III - 550e
> 32 MB RAM
>  8 GB with 3 partitions:
> hda1 - (2 GB) contains Windoze 98
> hda2 - (3 GB) supposed to contain the MDK LINUX after-install
> hda3 - (3 GB) contains the MDK LINUX  7.0 installer ... I am
> only installing via Hard Disk and not CD ROM ...

You are using a PII 550e and only 32 MB RAM!!?? Get yourself a few 
sticks. The reason the install exits is probably due to flaky ram.

Sthitaprajna | (at)mailandnews(dot)com | PGP:619E875D
Fingerprint:9A4F 8E01 A4A5 EA1A 41D2 AD1E 75BC 6F0B 619E 875D
 
"So many people, so little purpose."

[expert] Failed MDK 7.0 Installation

[«[-®ºmmë£^£ºvë§^£ºµ©4룣ë-]»]

Hello ...

  I'm a newbie with LINUX and I was installing MDK 7.0 on my desktop
computer but the installation hangs up after the message:   "Loading Second
RAM Disk ..." just before the GUI installation of Mandrake ...

Here are the specs of the computer:

Pentium III - 550e
32 MB RAM
 8 GB with 3 partitions:
hda1 - (2 GB) contains Windoze 98
hda2 - (3 GB) supposed to contain the MDK LINUX after-install
hda3 - (3 GB) contains the MDK LINUX  7.0 installer ... I am
only installing via Hard Disk and not CD ROM ...

Is there a problem with my FDISK (Windoze version) partitioning ??
Should I follow the 1024 cylinder thing for the LILO ... is that why it
hangs-up ??  Or must the Windoze and Linux be on physically separate hard
disks ??

ROMMEL

[expert] Cannot install 7.1, why!?!?

[David G. Thiessen]

Xperts -

I have tried every possible way to install 7.1 but every time it
crashes, saying
something to the effect of "Out of memory"

I am using the text install because I don't have a VESA compliant
video card.

I used the text install for 7.0 and it worked fine.

When I do "expert text mem=72M", I am allowed to choose my mouse, then
what
type of keyboard, then a mystery screen comes up with US English
already 
selected, I hit OK and this is where it crashes...

Any solutions for me to install LM 7.1?

Thanx,
Dave

--
David G. Thiessenemail:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yahoo/AIM/MSN: thiessendgICQ: 55163586
King George, VA  http://webpages.kg.hsanet.net/thiessendg

Re: [expert] KPPP problems with Mandrake 7.1

[Dave Lers]

On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, Sean Middleditch wrote:
> Jon Hewitt wrote:

> > I found that
> > going to DrakConf/Network Configuration/PPP/Slip/Plip 

> You have PPP option under DrakConf/Network Configuration?
> 
> Someone please explain then why I _don't_?  Where exactly did I wrong?

DrakConf -> Network Conf  -> Client Tasks near/at bottom.
I actually have 2 PPP options

You can DrakConf -> linuxconf -> Control files -> configure modules
to activate/deactivate modules like PPP

Note: For some reason the graphical linuxconf/netconf isn't
installed by default, you need to install the linuxconf-gnome rpm to
get the much more usable graphical interface.

Re: [expert] "locate" command core dumps

[Stephen Boulet]

Yes, the cooker version fixed the problem. Thanks!

Now, if the XF86Setup command wouldn't core dump... One suggestion for the next
version of DrakConf would be to let you put in multiple video modes.

-- Stephen

On Sat, 01 Jul 2000, you wrote:

> Stephen Boulet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 
> > I have a mandrake 7.1 setup, and ever since I upgraded, "locate" core dumps. I
> > do run "updatedb" 3x a week via cron.
> 
> try the last slocate rpm from  cooker
> http://www.linux-mandrake.com/cooker/>, and let me know if it fix
> your problem.
> 
> -- 
> MandrakeSoft Inchttp://www.mandrakesoft.com
> San-Francisco, CA USA --Chmouel

Re: [expert] Installing rpm binaries of kde2?

[Hoyt]

Civileme,

Were those ALSA sound libraries that Guillame mentioned to me required also?

Hoyt


- Original Message -
From: "Civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 04, 2000 12:27 PM
Subject: Re: [expert] Installing rpm binaries of kde2?


>
ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake-crypto/RPMS/
> openssl-0.9.5a-3mdk.i586.rpm
>
> qt2.1.1 is at ftp://us.mandrakesoft.com/pub/kde
>
> Civileme
>
> Phil wrote:
> >
> > Hi everyone
> > I thought I would give kde2 a try on my Mandrake 7.1
> > I downloaded all the rpm,s except the kde-qt-addons which was missing
> > fromt he ftp site, but I found out that its contents were in
> > kdesupport2.
> >
> > When I get to install kde-libs2 next I get a dependancy error
> > Missing qt2 ( I need to upgrade to qt-2.1.1 I have qt-2.1)
> > failed on libcrypto.so.0
> > failed on libssl.so.0
> >
> > So as I dont appear to have any of these on my system so i cant run the
> > nodeps option can someone please tell me where to find these three items
> >
> > Thanks
> >
> > Phil
>

Re: [expert] root file/dir permission screwup

[Steve Howes]

Sthitaprajna wrote:
> 
> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-
> Hash: SHA1
> 
> On 3 Jul 00, at 13:24, Daniel Woods wrote:
> 
> > *This message was transferred with a trial version of
> > CommuniGate(tm) Pro*
>
> Will someone at the Mandrake mailing lists turn this thing off? This
> is a real PITA and it has been on the newbie list as well. If someone
> tells me that this is from the senders server, then I'm not gonna
> believe it, coz why did all the sender servers choose to use this
> message on this particular day? And another problem, am I the only
> one getting 2 - 3 posts from Sympa?
> 

Because I have had no posts since the 23/06 I re-subscribed (03/07) that
had the post pouring in as usual.  Maybe it was a coincidence that the
'CommuniGate' disappearred on the same day! ;¬) 

> There seems to be just one fix, remove Sympa and get tried and tested
> Majordomo to do the work. Get to the bleeding edge with M'Domo 2 and
> do it. Even though Debian seems to have struck off Majordomo from
> Potato, it remains the best configurable and reliable mail list
> manager. Whatever, fix the bugs. and if indeed this is coming from
> the sender, the filter it out.
> 

As a user I have had less problems from mail lists that use mailman. :¬)

-- 
Steve - Cheltenham, UK
-
In love and light we are
In darkness we are no less

[expert] Digital camera and pc cards

[Bruce E. Harris]

Hi,

I have a Fuji digital camera and wondering how I can get a pc card loaded with
the smart media mounted as a file system? I know for floppy
mount -t msdos /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy, but how with a pc card?

TIA

Bruce

Re: [expert] Installing rpm binaries of kde2?

[Ron Stodden]

Phil,

If you want the latest RPMs as built from the latest CVS (updated
every couple of weeks):

http://us.mandrakesoft.com/~molnarc/index.html

Everything you need is there and has been tested by me with Mandrake
7.1 (except kdevelop has a missing library).

Observe the proper order for adding the RPMs.

Phil wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone
> I thought I would give kde2 a try on my Mandrake 7.1
> I downloaded all the rpm,s except the kde-qt-addons which was missing
> fromt he ftp site, but I found out that its contents were in
> kdesupport2.
> 
> When I get to install kde-libs2 next I get a dependancy error
> Missing qt2 ( I need to upgrade to qt-2.1.1 I have qt-2.1)
> failed on libcrypto.so.0
> failed on libssl.so.0
> 
> So as I dont appear to have any of these on my system so i cant run the
> nodeps option can someone please tell me where to find these three items

-- 

Regards,

Ron. [AU] - sent by Mandrake Linux.

Re: [expert] Installing rpm binaries of kde2?

[Civileme]

ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake-crypto/RPMS/
openssl-0.9.5a-3mdk.i586.rpm

qt2.1.1 is at ftp://us.mandrakesoft.com/pub/kde

Civileme

Phil wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone
> I thought I would give kde2 a try on my Mandrake 7.1
> I downloaded all the rpm,s except the kde-qt-addons which was missing
> fromt he ftp site, but I found out that its contents were in
> kdesupport2.
> 
> When I get to install kde-libs2 next I get a dependancy error
> Missing qt2 ( I need to upgrade to qt-2.1.1 I have qt-2.1)
> failed on libcrypto.so.0
> failed on libssl.so.0
> 
> So as I dont appear to have any of these on my system so i cant run the
> nodeps option can someone please tell me where to find these three items
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Phil

Re: [expert] KPPP problems with Mandrake 7.1

[Civileme]

Jon Hewitt wrote:
> 
> I guess I better hang my head in shame   :(
> 
> I added 'noauth' to the ppp arguments in KPPP and everything works fine now.  I
> seen this fix several times in this list but the people describing their
> problems didn't seem to fit the problem I was having, so I never checked it out.
> 
> Works like a champ now.. :-)  Gad I feel dumb.
> 
>   -jon-
> 
> On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > Jon Hewitt wrote:
> > >
> > > Heeep!
> > >
> > > After installing MD7.1 I found that KPPP would not work, it would dial,make
> > > the connection and seeminly login, then immediately log off.  I found that
> > > going to DrakConf/Network Configuration/PPP/Slip/Plip I could make the
> > > connection, close everything and reset my modem, THEN I could make the
> > > connection with KPPP and this was good until I rebooted linux again.
> > > Then I would have to go thru the whole routine again.
> > >
> > > In searching everything trying to find why this was happening, something
> > > happened or I set something and now KPPP will not work at all, same thing
> > > dials, makes connection, seeminly logs in then immediately logs out. :(
> > >
> > > I've read every message dealing with KPPP and none of them seem to be having
> > > the same problems that I'm experiencing.
> > >
> > > Has anyone had this problem?  Or does anyone have a solution that will fix it?
> > >
> > > Everything worked great with MD7.0 :(
> > >
> > >  -jon-
> >
> > What security level did you use on 7.1?
> >
> > what is the content of /etc/ppp/options?
> >
> > Civileme

As I tell my users when they call me to their stations with a
non-working password (capslock), "I do this to myself all the
time, that's why I always check it first."

Civileme

[expert] Problems with multiple overlay Flashmovies with Netscape 4.7 & Flash4 plugin (Mandrake 7.0)

[Manuël Beunder]

Hi, 
There seems to be a problem with sites when using Netscape 4.7 (delivered with
Mandrake 4.7) and the Flash4 plugin, when it comes to sites who use multi
Flash-movies in an overlay.. Anyone an idea how to work around this? (If
nessairy, the webmaster can alter the content of the site:
http://www.brothers.nl)

Cheers,
-- 
/* Manuël Beunder. (aka MBr) 
- http://how.to/sblive the SB Live! Linux page -
'You must be the change you wish to see in this world. -Gandi' */

Re: [expert] KPPP problems with Mandrake 7.1

[tal]

and you should  hehe .  :-)

At 08:08 AM 7/4/2000 -0700, you wrote:
>I guess I better hang my head in shame   :(
>
>I added 'noauth' to the ppp arguments in KPPP and everything works fine 
>now.  I
>seen this fix several times in this list but the people describing their
>problems didn't seem to fit the problem I was having, so I never checked 
>it out.
>
>Works like a champ now.. :-)  Gad I feel dumb.
>
>   -jon-
>
>
>
>On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > Jon Hewitt wrote:
> > >
> > > Heeep!
> > >
> > > After installing MD7.1 I found that KPPP would not work, it would 
> dial,make
> > > the connection and seeminly login, then immediately log off.  I found 
> that
> > > going to DrakConf/Network Configuration/PPP/Slip/Plip I could make the
> > > connection, close everything and reset my modem, THEN I could make the
> > > connection with KPPP and this was good until I rebooted linux again.
> > > Then I would have to go thru the whole routine again.
> > >
> > > In searching everything trying to find why this was happening, something
> > > happened or I set something and now KPPP will not work at all, same thing
> > > dials, makes connection, seeminly logs in then immediately logs out. :(
> > >
> > > I've read every message dealing with KPPP and none of them seem to be 
> having
> > > the same problems that I'm experiencing.
> > >
> > > Has anyone had this problem?  Or does anyone have a solution that 
> will fix it?
> > >
> > > Everything worked great with MD7.0 :(
> > >
> > >  -jon-
> >
> > What security level did you use on 7.1?
> >
> > what is the content of /etc/ppp/options?
> >
> > Civileme

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Re: [expert] KPPP problems with Mandrake 7.1

[Jon Hewitt]

I guess I better hang my head in shame   :(

I added 'noauth' to the ppp arguments in KPPP and everything works fine now.  I
seen this fix several times in this list but the people describing their
problems didn't seem to fit the problem I was having, so I never checked it out.

Works like a champ now.. :-)  Gad I feel dumb.

  -jon-



On Mon, 03 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> Jon Hewitt wrote:
> > 
> > Heeep!
> > 
> > After installing MD7.1 I found that KPPP would not work, it would dial,make
> > the connection and seeminly login, then immediately log off.  I found that
> > going to DrakConf/Network Configuration/PPP/Slip/Plip I could make the
> > connection, close everything and reset my modem, THEN I could make the
> > connection with KPPP and this was good until I rebooted linux again.
> > Then I would have to go thru the whole routine again.
> > 
> > In searching everything trying to find why this was happening, something
> > happened or I set something and now KPPP will not work at all, same thing
> > dials, makes connection, seeminly logs in then immediately logs out. :(
> > 
> > I've read every message dealing with KPPP and none of them seem to be having
> > the same problems that I'm experiencing.
> > 
> > Has anyone had this problem?  Or does anyone have a solution that will fix it?
> > 
> > Everything worked great with MD7.0 :(
> > 
> >  -jon-
> 
> What security level did you use on 7.1?
> 
> what is the content of /etc/ppp/options?
> 
> Civileme

Re: [expert] Installing rpm binaries of kde2?

[Eric MC DECLERCK]

Download 'openssl'

Phil wrote:
> 
> Hi everyone
> I thought I would give kde2 a try on my Mandrake 7.1
> I downloaded all the rpm,s except the kde-qt-addons which was missing
> fromt he ftp site, but I found out that its contents were in
> kdesupport2.
> 
> When I get to install kde-libs2 next I get a dependancy error
> Missing qt2 ( I need to upgrade to qt-2.1.1 I have qt-2.1)
> failed on libcrypto.so.0
> failed on libssl.so.0
> 
> So as I dont appear to have any of these on my system so i cant run the
> nodeps option can someone please tell me where to find these three items
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Phil

[expert] 7.1 Gnome with KDE menus

[Robert Fox]

I previously had 7.02 installed with Helix Gnome and Enlightenment 0.16 
installed - and I got KDE menus in the Gnome menu.

Now with 7.1 and Gnome, I see a checkbox to show KDE but noting shows up 
(even when I switched to KDE and then back to Gnome)

Any hints?

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Re: [expert] 7.1 install

[Turgut Kalfaoglu]

Yes, I agree, Mandrake 7.1 has an amazing install, amazing performance
and amazing graphical look to it!

I still haven;t figured out how to get back to the original list
of programs so I could add more applications.. any ideas?
Thanks, -turgut


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On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, Cecil Watson wrote:

> I finally installed 7.1!  All I can say is EXCELLENT job Mandrake!  SUPERB,
> OUTSTANDING!!!  This past weekend at the OCLUG, I was asked why I prefer
> Mandrake to Redhat.  My respond, Redhat is cake, Mandrake is cake and ice
> cream.
> 
> Cecil
> 
> 

[expert] 7.1 install on HP and IBM Thinkpad

[Turgut Kalfaoglu]

This HP has an IDE CD-ROM (Creative Infra 52) , and during install, it
asked for the 'Ext' CD, but did not eject the install CD..
The button of the CD drive was also inoperative.

I had to hit CANCEL, and it did not create many of the icons, did not
install some stuff from the install CD, even..

Likewise, on IBM Thinkpad, same thing - did not eject the install CD,
the button was inoperative. I used the manual 'hole' on the cd drive
to eject the CD, inserted the ext CD, but installation froze.. 

-turgut


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[expert] Installing rpm binaries of kde2?

[Phil]

Hi everyone
I thought I would give kde2 a try on my Mandrake 7.1
I downloaded all the rpm,s except the kde-qt-addons which was missing
fromt he ftp site, but I found out that its contents were in
kdesupport2.

When I get to install kde-libs2 next I get a dependancy error
Missing qt2 ( I need to upgrade to qt-2.1.1 I have qt-2.1)
failed on libcrypto.so.0
failed on libssl.so.0

So as I dont appear to have any of these on my system so i cant run the
nodeps option can someone please tell me where to find these three items

Thanks


Phil

Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[Charles Curley]

On Mon, Jul 03, 2000 at 05:28:56PM -0700, Mike & Tracy Holt wrote:
> I would like to add a question here if I may; I'm used to Windows where the
> 'temp' directory is for temporary stuff and should be dumped periodically.
> What is the /tmp directory in *nix used for and why can't I delete it's
> contents?

The /tmp directory (and others located around the system) are indeed for
temporaty files. Well behaved programs should remove their own temporary
files, but they don't all do so, and if a program crashes it can leave its
temporary files behind.

You can delete only the files you have permission to delete, which is to
say only the files you made or which have been set to allow other users to
delete. Unix security again. Root can delete anything anywhere, one of
many reasons not to use the root account for day-to-day stuff.


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Re: [expert] Moving /home

[Charles Curley]

On Tue, Jul 04, 2000 at 10:09:09AM +, wayne petherick wrote:
> I want to move my /home directory to another drive.  Someone mentioned and
> article from a linux mag that had this exact procedure in it.  Would
> someone be able to point me in the right direction, or help me out with
> this?  I have tried to do it based on what I know, but I obviously don't
> know enough!!!
> 
> Wayne
> 
> **
> **
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This should do it. No warranties expressed or implied; yer on yer own,
though.

1) Tar/b2zip, etc, the /home directory and back it up as appropriate. Test
the integrity of your archive to be sure you can recover it.

2) Delete the contents of the directory (rm -r /home/*).

3) Prepare the new partition as needed.

4) Create a mount in fstab. Be sure to make it auto so it is mounted at
boot time. Something like:

/dev/sda8   /home   ext2defaults1 2


5) Mount the new partition: "mount /home".

6) Unpack the backed up home directory into the directory.



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Re: [expert] KPPP problems with Mandrake 7.1

[Phil]

Jon Hewitt wrote:

> Heeep!
>
> After installing MD7.1 I found that KPPP would not work, it would dial,make
> the connection and seeminly login, then immediately log off.  I found that
> going to DrakConf/Network Configuration/PPP/Slip/Plip I could make the
> connection, close everything and reset my modem, THEN I could make the
> connection with KPPP and this was good until I rebooted linux again.
> Then I would have to go thru the whole routine again.
>
> In searching everything trying to find why this was happening, something
> happened or I set something and now KPPP will not work at all, same thing
> dials, makes connection, seeminly logs in then immediately logs out. :(
>
> I've read every message dealing with KPPP and none of them seem to be having
> the same problems that I'm experiencing.
>
> Has anyone had this problem?  Or does anyone have a solution that will fix it?
>
> Everything worked great with MD7.0 :(
>
>  -jon-

Did you configure a local network?
I had this problem and found the default route setting messed up kppp
I always received the pppd daemon died message
Disable all other networks then try. Slowy add the other networks after getting
dial up working
Phil

[expert] Sendmail as a secondary mail server

[duncan hall]

Hi all,

How can I set up a mail server so that it will act as a secondary mail server.
ie. it acts as a relay from anyone but only allows relaying to the domains I
specify.

Thanks

Dunc