Re: [expert] Dial on Demand

[John Rye]

"Bob Puff@NLE" wrote:
> 
> > I was wondering. What happens to the connection when the app initiating
> > the connection is closed or dies?
> 
> Hey Mark,
> 
> It will connect, probably not transfer any traffic, then disconnect after the idle 
>timeout occurs.
> 
> > Also, for some reason when I tried to start the process of installing this
> > I issued the launch command for the dialer from a terminal window per the
> > instructions and all I was able to get to happen was the modem would
> > continue to dial up the ISP. It wouldn't complete the connection. Any
> > suggestions?
> 
> Sounds like you need to modify the chat script - could be your ISP doesn't use
> the same prompts.  Follow the suggestion of calling your ISP with a basic term
> program, and write down the prompts.  Also check your /var/log/messages file to
> see what is going on.
> 

I think this user has the same problem as I have, that there are NO prompts
from the ISP's interface which waits until pppd sends some LCP packets before
continuing the handshake.

My reading indicates that the PPP session should commence to send the LCP
packets after the chat script exits - which _should_ occur when the modem
returns the CONNECT message -

Are we missing something from the pppd command line?? I have been back and
forth over this countless times, dd if I can find it?

John

[expert] MySql, webmin and learning

[Leopold Palomo]

Hi all,

I have installed Mysql, and more or less, I think that it's working. I
pass all test, and Ok. But, (always but), webmin says that cannot
connect with de mysql. I have looking the config module, and the path of
the commands I think that ok, So, any ideas??


Also, I'm trying to learn something about php, webmin, but I don't know
how to begin. Please, could anyone to try to point me some url with some
interesting tutorial?

Thank's a lot.

Best regards,

Leo



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RE: [expert] XFree86 4.01

[Gil Baron W0MN]

> -Original Message-
> From: Civileme [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 2:38 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01
>
>
>
> -Original Message-
> From: Gil Baron W0MN <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Sunday, July 09, 2000 11:57 PM
> Subject: RE: [expert] XFree86 4.01
>
>
> >
> >> > :~>XFree86 4.01 just came out.
> >> > :~>
> >> > :~>How long will it take for MDK 7.1 RPMs to be made?  I
> need 'em since
> >> > :~>XFree86 4 didn't install like I specifically asked it
> to
> >> when installing
> >> > :~>MDK 7.1.
> >> >
> >> > Look in cooker, I reckon these RPM-s are already there.
> >> >
> >
> >
> >What is COOKER and how do I find it and use it? I also need
> that since the
> >RPM for xfree86 is totally broken in the ISO images that you
> download.
> >TIA
> >
> >
> >>
> >
> >
>
> I think you did not download true copies of the iso images
> because my downloads and those of hundreds of others worked
> fine, and the iso images made it clear that 4.0 was not

I did the download form the official Mandrake page. I ran the MD5SUM on both
iso packs and it passed. I burned at 2 x rather than 4. I tried the install
on two different machines. Both failed in EXACTLY the same way. Version 7
commercial package installed on both with no errors.

I am stumped. I did order the cds form cheapbyte and I will see how it goes.


By the way, I must admit that the install goes MUCH easier that SUSE. That
is one reason I want to try to stay with Mandrake.

> regarded as the one for choice at his time.  But it did
> install on most of my systems and the error was not failure to
> locate the package, but rather that it did not have an
> appropriate driver.
>
> Cooker you can find by navigating to www.linux-mandrake.com
> and clicking on updates or developers list or just about
> anything that brings you eventually to a list of mirrors.
> Most of hem carry a direcory called
>
> Mandrake-devel
>
> Which has the latest and greatest stuff, also the most
> experimental.  DON'T touch those packages if you expect
> finished commercial product--it is for people to find and
> report bugs.
>
> It is in two directories, cooker and contribs.  Cooker
> contains what will be in the next release when it is
> sufficiently debugged.  Either set of packages, cooker or
> contribs, has no warranty,  You break it, you keep the pieces.
> It turns you into a sperm whale, you live on a diet of giant
> squid.
>
> One place you can find cooker is
>
> ftp://ftp.linux.tucows.com/pub/distributions/Mandrake/Mandrake
> -devel
>
> Civileme
>
>
>

[expert] IMP and Horde

[John Smith]

I am thinking of setting up IMP for web mail access for my users.  I see the
post below from the mailing list archives, but it is dated September of
1999.  Also there is a link to install instructions, but it is bad.  Does
any one know the status of these RPMS, and where to find an easy set of
install instructions?  Other suggestions for webmail are also very welcome.


I am planning to include imp and horde as RPMS for the Advanced Extranet
Server. Stay tuned!

Jean-Michel Dault
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Thanks

js

Re: [expert] i810 and MDK 7.0

[vern]

Hi, while not an expert I had my i810 chipset mobo working
in Mdk 6.0, by downloading the two files at Intel's website.
There is a kernel module agpgart.o file which you need to
build, an X server file and a good info file for installing
the two in a Redhat based system. I'm running 3.3.6 XFree now
under Mdk. 7.1, but I don't know about picking out the XFree
rpm from Mdk. 7.1. I have no clue about dependicies and such.
Hope this helps a little, I'm now much of an expert.
Please excuse the Win98 useage as my "real modem" is in the shop! :-)
vern

Lang Zhi wrote:
> 
> Hi.
> (Posted this yesterday,but it doen't seem to went to the list)
> 
> How to get i810 workin Mandrake 7.0?
> Can I use XFree rpm from Mandrake 7.1 and upgrade it? And,which one to use,
> 3.3.6 or 4.0 ?
> 
> Thanks
> -lz
> 
> Get Your Private, Free E-mail from MSN Hotmail at http://www.hotmail.com

RE: [expert] Re: "Upgrade??" to LM7.1

[Gil Baron W0MN]

Same problem here. Using that method is an anachronism in any case. All this
is easy with a Mandrake install or from KDE IF you get that far. I don't
yet. Still waiting for my cds from cheapbyte.
The downloads don't work, even though MD5SUM  is good and even though I
burned at only 2x (can do 4), no change at all.
Good luck, I tried the config and seems you have to go to a 4 year course to
learn it!


> -Original Message-
> From: Denis Havlik [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 1:54 AM
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: Re: [expert] Re: "Upgrade??" to LM7.1
>
>
> :~>> xf86
> :~>> config seems to have a bug as well because it gets to the
> screen where
> :~>> it asks do you want to look at a list of cards and when I
> answer y the
> :~>> program exits to the mc screen.
> :~>
> :~>This happens to me on all my fresh installs of LM 7.1.  I hope
> MDK fixes these problems, they are mighty!
>
> Well, we will take a look at xf86cofig, but why don't you try to
> configure X using XFDrake?
>
> cu
>   Denis
> --
> -
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Re: [expert] More Error Messages!

[Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]]

> kheader is an initscript that creates a dummy header file in /boot if
> you're running a stock mdk kernel.  If you recompiled your kernel
> without an mdk extension and have an older (more than say 2 months)
> version of the initscripts RPM, it erroneously reports failed
> (somebody left off the exit code in the script).

Yes, I did recently recompile the kernel.  That must be it!  Now, how
do I go about fixing the error, or should I just disregard it?

Bob

[expert] My HD doesn't want to spin down !!

[Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]]

> I have installed Mandrake 7.1 on a i586 (intel PIIX ide controler). The purpose of 
>this computer is "just" firewalling and
> forwarding so i would like my hard disk to spin down after a few time but even if i 
>specifie a spin down time of 5 seconds
> (hdparm -S 1 /dev/hda), it doesn't stop.
> I have check my interrupts (cat /proc/interrupts) and i have noticed that every 5 
>seconds, 16, 32 or 40 interrupts are
> added to my ide0 controler (even when i boot using linux -s).

I have the exact same issue.  I did manage to get it to access the HD once per minute 
or so, but it's far from long enough to allow it to spin down.

Please let me know if you come up with anything!

Bob

Re: [expert] Dial on Demand

[Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]]

> Maybe I'm not getting it right, but I went to your information and built
> the files.  I did the ifup ppp0 and it dialed.  I did the ifdown ppp0
> and it disconnected.  I then made chat-isp and modified the options
> files.  I also made the isp file in peers.  When I tried to invoke pppd
> call isp, nothing.  I went back and verified all the files, quotes, etc
> were correct.  The only thing I can think of is that the modem string is
> bad?  I deleted most of the modem string leaving in only the basics for
> it and still, nothing. I would think it would at least make the little
> lights go blinky-blinky.  Nothing still.

Did you set the correct ttySx port in the script?  What does /var/log/messages say is 
going on?  Did you try a PING or something?  Remember that even when you have it 
configured correctly, it does not dial out the minute you load pppd... it waits until 
someone wants a packet.

Bob

Re: [expert] how install SO5.2

[Fran Parker]

Hi, here is the message I sent previously about installing
StarOffice 5.2...I was glad I still had it.  It is meant to be
installed by the user in a single user environment like mine.
I did not install it on a server for use by other machines.

Bambi

Previous message text:

Hi Wayne,

Here is the message I sent to Pedro, about StarOffice
when I downloaded it last night ... the chmod I understand
makes the file executable, the *bin file is correct, it is the
StarOffice 5.2 setup/install file and after you chmod, you
can execute it.:

I just downloaded the 97.xx meg file for StarOffice
overnight and installed it with no problems.

I registered when I downloaded and no serial number
is needed for the free version downloaded.

Are you having trouble installing it?

In case you are having trouble, you install it as user,
after chmod 777 
as su or root.

>From there it is smooth sailing ... I had to create a
user accessible directory on my /root partition since
after downloading the file I didn't have enough space
to install it in the /home directory.   I did this as su, then
chown the directory to username.group and chmod
the directory chmod 777 StarOffice (which was the
name of the directory) and off I went.  Real bummer
too, I should have given a whole lot more room in
my /home partition and /root partitions...now I am
down to a measly just under 200 left on my /home
partition (after I delete the StarOffice install file) and
46megs now on /root partition.  I sure home that will
be OK.

When I was prompted for registration in the program,
I checked that I had already registered when downloaded.

I hope that helps some.

Bambi

maiplace wrote:

> - Original Message -
> From: "Fran Parker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: 
> Cc: "John Aldrich" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>; <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Sunday, July 02, 2000 12:03 PM
> Subject: Re: [expert] SO 5.3 REALLY SO5.2
>
> > It is a typo.  newest I saw today
> > was staroffice 5.2...had just gone
> > back for the adabas 16meg download
> > today.  It installed as easily with the
> > .bin file (after chmod 777 so_filename)
> > as the first .bin file from sun.
>
> how do you install so5.2 .bin file again ?(I lost previous emails)
>
> Thanks.
>
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Re: [expert] Dial on Demand

[Sean Middleditch]

toyswins wrote:

> Maybe I'm not getting it right, but I went to your information and built
> the files.  I did the ifup ppp0 and it dialed.  I did the ifdown ppp0
> and it disconnected.  I then made chat-isp and modified the options
> files.  I also made the isp file in peers.  When I tried to invoke pppd
> call isp, nothing.  I went back and verified all the files, quotes, etc
> were correct.  The only thing I can think of is that the modem string is
> bad?  I deleted most of the modem string leaving in only the basics for
> it and still, nothing. I would think it would at least make the little
> lights go blinky-blinky.  Nothing still.
>

Um, no. This is dail-on demand.  It SHOULDN'T do anything.  The pppd daemon should 
just run in the background (check with:
ps -ax | grep pppd
If it's not there, THEN you have a problem.  Otherwise, try to ping an external server 
(like ping www.linux-mandrake.com), and the connection will be brought up.  If
not, you then have a problem.  The connection will be brought down if the link is idle 
for the specified amount of time.

BTW, as a note, for those of you that want to be able to bring down the link at any 
time:
 Go grab the latest pppd (search on freshmeat), and install the daemon binary from 
that.  Then, change the holdoff line in /etc/ppp/options to 0.  Now, if you send a
SIGHUP to pppd, it will close the link, but leave the line up.  If holdoff isn't 0, it 
will dial back in, however (SIGHUP actually means close the link, then
reconnect).  For some reason, the version of pppd that came with Mandrake 7.1 (2.3.11) 
will misbehave if you set holdoff to 0 (i.e., it waits about 5 minutes then dials
in: why, I don't know).  This is nice for those of you that need a way to quickly 
close the connection, but want to leave the daemon running.  I'd suggest a simple
setuid root app that signals pppd, and then set its group to pppusers and its 
permission to 750.  That makes life even easier.  ^,^

Sean Middleditch

[expert] can't recognize UMAX-VistaS6 on AHA1520b

[Didier Galland]

My Mandrake 7.02 can't recognize my Umax Vista-S6 scanner wich is hosted by
a Adaptec aha1520b scsi card. This card works well and is recognized trough
its bios (My CD-burner is found)
- sg driver (generic scsi driver) is installed V.2136
- My scanner is in ready mode when the sytem boots
- scsi chain : terminator (by scsi card' bios) -cd-burner - computer -
scanner terminator (by scsi card's bios)

-cat /proc/scsi/scsi:
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
  Vendor: YAMAHA   Model: CRW6416S Rev: 1.0c
  Type:   CD-ROM   ANSI SCSI revision: 02

- cat /proc/devices
Character devices:
  1 mem
  2 pty
  3 ttyp
  4 ttyS
  5 cua
  7 vcs
 10 misc
 14 sound
 21 sg
 36 netlink
128 ptm
136 pts
162 raw

Block devices:
  1 ramdisk
  2 fd
  3 ide0
  9 md
 11 sr
 22 ide1

- dmesg

Linux version 2.2.14-15mdk ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (gcc version
2.95.2 19991024 (release)) #1 Tue Jan 4 22:24:20 CET 2000
[...]
scsi : 0 hosts.
scsi : detected total.
[...]
aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s)
aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x340, IRQ=11, SCSI ID=7, reconnect=enabled,
parity=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended
translation=disabled
aha152x: trying software interrupt, ok.
scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.7 $
scsi : 1 host.
  Vendor: YAMAHAModel: CRW6416S  Rev: 1.0c
  Type:   CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi CD-ROM sr0 at scsi0, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
sr0: scsi3-mmc drive: 16x/16x writer cd/rw xa/form2 cdda tray

- find-scanner
find-scanner: searching for scanners:
find-scanner: checking /dev/scanner... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg0... open ok
find-scanner: found CD-drive "YAMAHA CRW6416S 1.0c" at device /dev/sg0
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg1... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg2... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg3... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg4... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg5... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg6... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg7... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg8... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sg9... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sga... open ok
find-scanner: found CD-drive "YAMAHA CRW6416S 1.0c" at device /dev/sga
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgb... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgc... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgd... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sge... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgf... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgg... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgh... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgi... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgj... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgk... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgl... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgm... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgn... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgo... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgp... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgq... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgr... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgs... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgt... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgu... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgv... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgw... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgx... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgy... failed to open
find-scanner: checking /dev/sgz... failed to open
find-scanner: done

Thanks for any help

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Re: [expert] CD Burning for all users

[Roberto A. F.]

Sarang Lakare wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I can burn CDs on my machine only as root. Thats very unconvenient. How to
> let any user burn CDs?

suid cd brun prg
as example:

chmod a+s $(which cdrecord)

> Maybe this should be default in the system.

Yes: root processes have some priorities on the user's

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Re: [expert] writing from win to linux

[Roberto A. F.]

Civileme wrote:

> -Original Message-
> From: Oliver L. Plaine Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:01 AM
> Subject: [expert] writing from win to linux
>
> >On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:28:33 -0800, >Civileme wrote:
> >
> >>http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm
> >>
> >>And be sure to read the FAQ and related stuff.  You do not
> >>have to copy the directory to a FAT32 partition to be able
> to
>
> Using Explore2fs to write I am thinking is a tad dangerous to
> partitions, expecially from w95.

Expecially Mandrake's ext2 partition.
Infact Mandrake ext2 partition have strange inode/byte ratio so
explore2fs don't see right name.
Append some tabs to files real name.

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Re: [expert] i810 on Mandrake 7.0

[Roberto A. F.]

Lang Zhi wrote:

> Hi.
> A few questions about i810 with MDK 7.0
>
> 1) Is i810 supported by default in MDK 7.0?

IMHO no.

> 2) If not,how to make it work ?

Download the i810 patch from Intel site.
I just do it and it's works

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[expert] X startup problems

[Vincent Colombo]

Hey there,

My girlfriend's doing an internship at UW-Madison this summer and, as she's
staying in the dorms, I figured I'd give her my computer so she could access
email and everything while she's not at work (ok, so I just wanted to go
visit and download things at extremely fast speeds ;) ). Anyway, I went and
set up the machine, everything was working fine.

Now, however, when she attempts to log in she receives the following
message:

startup program /etc/X11/xdm/GiveConsole exited with non-zero status

Anyone able to tell me why this is happening and what I can do to fix it?

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Vince 

P.S. Sorry if anyone receives two copies of this. I sent it yesterday and
have yet to see it go through to the list.

[expert] Netscape's Security Library?

[Craig Woods]

Hi Ya,

Anybody have any notion of what the security library is for netscape? I
am getting an error msg, "the security library has experienced an
error", when attempting to access a web site utilizing SSL. I am,
unfortunately, running netscape 4.73, and what I am really experiencing
is the same old inefficacy of netscape that we all have grown to
love

Thanks,
Craig

Re: [expert] CD burner Howto..

[Hoyt]

No, you substitute the real location for what is shown in the example.

BTW, I have heard (but not investigated) that using this technique on an IDE
CD-ROM will improve transfer speeds.

Hoyt


- Original Message -
From: "Alan N." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Tuesday, July 11, 2000 12:42 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] CD burner Howto..


> Hoyt wrote:
> >
> > Maybe www.linuxforum.org/plug/articles/scsiemu.html will help.
> >
> > Hoyt
> >
>
> This is *EXACTLY* what I was looking for..! Thanks!
>
> However, I do have question for anyone here..
>
> I know that the CD rom is hdc..
>
> This how-to says to add hdd=ide-scsi to lilo..
>
> But, I allready HAVE a hdd, being an atapi zip on ide 2 which is shared
> with cd.
>
> IDE 1 has 2 HD's.. Master ( 8 gig, win/beOS )
>Slave ( 7 gig, linux )
>
> IDE 2, Master ( CD ) , slave zip100.
>
> Do I need to make this say hde=ide-scsi??
>
> Thanks.
> Alan
>
>
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Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start

[Matt Stegman]

That's the /root/tmp directory that's listed, not /tmp.  You're right,
/tmp should have 1777 permissions, but /root/tmp should be 700.

-Matt Stegman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, David Talbot wrote:

> On Fri, 07 Jul 2000, you wrote:
> > > don't delete while running X server but you safely delete them before
> > > running X (and it's what we do in the initscripts).
> > 
> > What should the permissions be inside /root/tmp for X stuff ?
> > Mine looks like this...
> > [root: ~/tmp]# ll -d .
> > drwx--2 root root 2048 Jul  6 11:31 ./
> > [root: ~/tmp]# ll *f
> > -rwx--1 root root   28 Jun 17 16:33 DrakConfdrakboot4HYHxf*
> > -rwx--1 root root   33 Jun 20 00:46 DrakConfdrakfontiYbkff*
> > -rwx--1 root root   28 Jun 27 15:50 DrakConfharddrakehQtGjf*
> > -rwx--1 root root   24 Jun 14 21:21 DrakConflinuxconfgnHUMf*
> > -rwx--1 root root   33 Jun 17 16:29 DrakConfrpmdrake269juf*
> > 
> > Thanks... Dan.
> 
> 
> For /tmp on a system you don't care if it's too insecure, chmod 777 * -R
> -- 
> -David Talbot
> Those who would trade freedom for security deserve neither. -B. Franklin
> 

Re: [expert] CD Burning for all users

[Matt Stegman]

Make cdrecord setuid.

-Matt Stegman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Sarang Lakare wrote:

> Hi,
> 
> I can burn CDs on my machine only as root. Thats very unconvenient. How to
> let any user burn CDs? Maybe this should be default in the system.
> 
> -sarang
> 

Re: [expert] MaximumLinux Magazine CD version of 7.1

[Charles Curley]

On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 10:00:49AM +0200, Denis Havlik wrote:

> 
> And one last tip: think before buying a hardware. Always ask for hardware
> which works problemlessly under linux, if needed write to manufacturer
> before purchasing, and if it does not return it back to shop. This is
> exactly how windows users would react if they buy a piece of hardware
> which does not work, so just do the same and all of the sudden your
> problems become manufacturers problems...

If enough people ask before buying if a product is supported by Linux,
eventually the stores will catch on, and start keeping notes on which ones
are and which are not. Similarly, if enough people return products saying,
sorry, I couldn't get this to work with Linux, the manufacturers will get
the hint and see to it that their products do work with Linux.

It's a chicken and egg problem, and, just like chickens and eggs, the
answer is evolutionary. We just need to evolve the vendors by providing an
environment where Linux-friendly products are rewarded.

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Re: [expert] Re: "Upgrade??" to LM7.1

[Sarang Lakare]

Denis Havlik wrote:
> 
> :~>> xf86
> :~>> config seems to have a bug as well because it gets to the screen where
> :~>> it asks do you want to look at a list of cards and when I answer y the
> :~>> program exits to the mc screen.
> :~>
> :~>This happens to me on all my fresh installs of LM 7.1.  I hope MDK fixes these 
>problems, they are mighty!

happens with me too!  so this is def. a problem in 7.1.. infact I found 7.0
to be much more rock solid.. 7.1 has let me down at more than one place :(

common u mandrake guys.. we expect better things from u.. 7.0 was the only
reason i switched to mandrake!

-sarang

> 
> Well, we will take a look at xf86cofig, but why don't you try to
> configure X using XFDrake?
> 
> cu
> Denis
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Re: [expert] More Error Messages!

[Anton Graham]

Submitted 10-Jul-00 by Bob Puff@NLE:
> Hi Gang,
> 
> I solved a couple of the problems I last reported.  Have two more that I still can't 
>resolve:
> 
> #1. upon bootup, I get the following:
> rc: Starting kheader failed
> 
> Everything else loads OK.  What is KHEADER?  I must have broken this recently, as it 
>worked before.
> 

kheader is an initscript that creates a dummy header file in /boot if
you're running a stock mdk kernel.  If you recompiled your kernel
without an mdk extension and have an older (more than say 2 months)
version of the initscripts RPM, it erroneously reports failed
(somebody left off the exit code in the script).
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Re: [expert] writing from win to linux

[Jeff Malka]

Is it safe to write to a Linux partition using explore2fs from NT too?

Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user  183185

- Original Message - 
From: Civileme <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 3:48 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] writing from win to linux


> 
> -Original Message-
> From: Oliver L. Plaine Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:01 AM
> Subject: [expert] writing from win to linux
> 
> 
> >On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:28:33 -0800, >Civileme wrote:
> >
> >>http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm
> >>
> >>And be sure to read the FAQ and related stuff.  You do not
> >>have to copy the directory to a FAT32 partition to be able
> to
> >>read it from WIN.  I do think that it is singularly
> dangerous
> >>to write anything from win to linux, even with this tool,
> but
> >>reading should be (comparatively) safe.
> >==
> >Sun, 9 Jul 2000  17:42:07
> >
> >Oh my,..Is this really bad to do, Civileme? I have been
> stuffing file
> >after file up into linux for several months..Without any
> tools , just
> >straight from a fileI thought that win would not be
> acceptable to
> >this, but Linux could handle it ok?
> >
> > I have not noticed anything that seems like a problem that I
> >can attribute to this after many megs...with the possible
> exception of
> >some tar.gz files from the internet,(winmodem)  are no longer
> zipped
> >so zxvf will error not a" g zipped file" ... I can untar them
> with xvf
> >and they are ok.
> >
> > Your words "singularly dangerous" makes me think I may be
> >"unwittingly" staggering toward the abyss? don't the floppy's
> write to
> >Linux from vfat without problem?  why would this be
> different?
> >
> > The above seems like a lot of questions, but really it's
> just
> >one "should I cease this practice?".
> >
> >Thanks
> >Olly P
> >Biloxi
> >Mississippi
> >
> >
> 
> Using Explore2fs to write I am thinking is a tad dangerous to
> partitions, expecially from w95.  OTOH, if you are logged into
> linux and read or cp or even dd files from win to linux, that
> should be relatively safe.
> 
> It isn't the exchange of files, just the tool, and then mostly
> for win9x.
> 
> Civileme
> 
> 
> 

[expert] ping

[Christopher Cox]

Testing.
My posts are not showing up.
Ping.

Re: [expert] Linux and NT Together

[Gary]

On 14 Jul, Matt Stegman wrote in part:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

>> Matt,
>>  I completely agree with you, but if you must copy things between

> You forgot to mention that the Linux kernel now has read-write NTFS
> drivers, but I still dont recommend using them on a system volume, or, in
> fact, any filesystem that has data you want to keep.  

> -Matt Stegman
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Linux can access more than 80 different types of file systems, including
any NT without problems. 

Regards,
Gary

[expert] cpio

[Christopher Cox]

A very standard utility, cpio, that has existed for decades, is behaving
differently in Mandrake 7.0

If you execute a script like

cat BACKUP.LIST | cpio -ocv >BACKUP.MEDIUM 2>BACKEDUP.LIST

and everything goes well BACKUP.LIST == BACKEDUP.LIST 

This indeed works until 7.0

So. whats up?


Christopher Cox

Re: [expert] Re: "Upgrade??" to LM7.1

[Dennis Robertson]

On Mon, Jul 10, 2000 at 08:54:17AM +0200, Denis Havlik wrote:

> :~>> xf86
> :~>> config seems to have a bug as well because it gets to the screen where
> :~>> it asks do you want to look at a list of cards and when I answer y the
> :~>> program exits to the mc screen.
> :~>
> :~>This happens to me on all my fresh installs of LM 7.1.  I hope MDK fixes these 
>problems, they are mighty!
> 
> Well, we will take a look at xf86cofig, but why don't you try to
> configure X using XFDrake? 
> 
> cu
>   Denis

I, for one (original poster), was so exasperated I reinstalled LM7.0 and the
XFree86 version 4.0
and it works like a charm.  I use some elements of 7.1 while I wait for a less
buggy new release (7.2, 8.0?).
Cheers.

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Re: [expert] FW: xfree86 RPM not found

[Civileme]

Anton Graham wrote:

> Submitted 09-Jul-00 by Gilbert Baron:
> > I used Custom and Development.
> > The error occurs at the Configure X step.
> > This is the gui installation, as plain as I can be.
> > I get this error every time. Xfree code itself is there because I did a
> > select individual packages once just to see and it did not work that time
> > either.
>
> Try skipping the configure X step.  (Just press the star next to the
> next step in the installer)  This will at least get you a working
> console system.  From there, put your CD in the drive and do (as root)
>
> cd /mnt/cdrom/Mandrake/RPMS
> rpm -Uvh 
>XFree[-]{,libs,server-common,xfs,{100,75)dpi-fonts,devel,-VGA16,-XF86Setup,-xnest}-3*
>
> > 4. what Hardware do you have (Graphic Card etc.) ?
> >
> > That is not relevant. I have a Viper II card and a 500 MHz P III if it
> > matters.
>
> Actually, it is highly relevant, because if you have an unsupported
> graphics card you cannot set up X.  Looking through the Card database,
> I do not see a Viper II listed:
>
> $ grep [vV]iper CardsNames
> Other|Interay PMC Viper=>Interay PMC Viper
> Diamond|Viper VLB 2Mb=>Diamond Viper VLB 2Mb *
> Diamond|Viper PCI 2Mb=>Diamond Viper PCI 2Mb *
> Diamond|Viper Pro Video=>Diamond Viper Pro Video
> Diamond|Viper 330=>Diamond Viper 330
> Diamond|Viper 550=>Diamond Viper 550
> Diamond|Viper 770=>Diamond Viper 770
> $
>
> If your card *is* one of the above listed, then you need to rpm -Uvh
> XFree86-SVGA-3* unless your card is one of the two noted with the (*).
> For those you need the P9000 server instead.
>
> If your card is unlisted, you will use the VGA-16 server and get
> 640x480 regular VGA.
>
> > I did my best to provide information. it think this now give all you need.
> > If not, tell me exactly what more you need. As I said, it is just as though
> > I wane tot he store and got the cds except I burned my own from the iso
> > images. The inst and ext.
> >
> > All the code packages load but when It gets to the part o configure x it
> > give that error. There is something wrong with the RPM or it is missing and
>
> There is nothing wrong with the RPM and it is in fact there if you had
> a good burn from a valid image.
>
> > I don't know how to recover. That is what I need OR THEY NEED TO FIX the
> > files. HOW could they release this with obviously no testing.
>
> We did plenty of testing.  As was recently pointed out, our Beta cycle
> for 7.1 was more than 3x longer than for 7.0.  Mandrake cannot forsee every
> possible combination of hardware there is.
>
> > I did the EXACT same thing on version 7 and it installed fine but my video
> > is only VGA so that is why I want 7.1
>

The Viper II is unsupported by XFree86 as yet,  Diamond tells you just exactly this 
much about its
cards so you can write drivers

" "
Windows might have a driver written by diamond, or it might be supplied separately 
with the card.
But know this:  Microsoft blames 25% of its crashes on third-party drivers.



>
> You will probably find the same in 7.1 if your card is not in the
> above list.
>
> > If I sound frustrated, I AM. I guess I am to used to plugging in the windows
> > CD and walking away and coming back 45 minutes later with a new system!
> > Soory about that, bad week I guess.
>

A working system after you finish installing all the third-party drivers not on the 
windows disk.

You will NOT find another distro which will work with the Viper II. All of them use 
XFree86 which
does not yet support the card.   Xi Graphics might have a driver (check their 
accelerated-X
package out), specs available at www.linuxmall.com though I recommend buying the 
package somewhere
else because I have serious doubts about the abilities of EBiz enterprises to offer 
decent
customer service.

Sorry, I should have asked earlier what your card was and saved you some time and 
effort.

>
> Windows doesn't come packed with enough software to do most anything
> at (at least) a basic level.  It can barely handle getting hooked to
> the 'net before running out of bundled software.
>

True...

Props to Anton for diagnosing this one

Civileme

Ugh--VGA16!  I can well imagine your frustration, Gilbert.

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Re: [expert] APC Back-UPS and Network Shutdown

[cristkd]

On Wed, 12 Jul 2000 19:54:34 -0700, JASON SNYDER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> I have two machines running Mandrake (7.1 and 6.1) attached to an APC
> Back-UPS 650.  Before the system drive (recently) crashed on the machine
> running Mandrake 7.1 I got APC's simple signaling daemon (ssd) to work,
> but I had problems getting any other daemons to talk to the UPS over the
> serial port.  (I put another hard drive and recovered most of my data
> off of backups minus my UPS configuration.)
>
> The question that I have is does anyone have experience setting up one
> of the packages to do network shutdown under Linux with Mandrake?  If so
> do you have any tips on setting it up?
>

I have an APC Back-UPS 500.  I found apcupsd-3.5.8-2.i386.rpm at 
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/contrib/libc6/i386/apcupsd-3.5.8-2.i386.html.

It has been several months ago that I set it up but I believe I just followed the 
information that came with the package.  I tested it after installation and several 
thunderstorms have since tested it further.  It has worked well for me.  Give it a 
test ride.

Good luck. 

[expert] xmodmap

[Ben Sugerman]

Dumb question from a former redhat user, but I would like to switch my left crtl
and caps, and I had it working using xmodmap with my redhat isntallation, but I
can't remember where I put the lines.  I've tried putting them in the .xinitrc
but it doesn't look like it is read by anything when the login menu starts up
the x-session I choose (i'm using the rc5.d automatic login menu).  I'd
appreciate a hint as to where to place the commands, or a more convenient way to
do it if possible.

-Ben

p.s. here is what I was using before in the .xinitrc:

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Re: [expert] Fw: [newbie] Minor post install "problems"

[dallard]

Jeff

  I hope this helps.

Stop USB from automatically starting. In X you can click on DrakConf, go
to startup services, and deselect USB. Also make sure USB is turned off in
your bios.
 Check the next time you reboot to see if you still get the same message.

 As for your other questions, I have the same numlock problem that you
have.
  I also use a microsoft intellimouse and I have had  problems with it
also (I am using Mandrake 7.0)
  When all esle fails blame M$

Jeff Malka wrote:

> I could not get an answer to this in the newbie list and therefore thought
> to try the Expert list.  I hope you will forgive the cross posting.
>
> Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Registered Linux user  183185
>
> - Original Message -
> From: Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: Linux Newbie Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 6:54 PM
> Subject: [newbie] Minor post install "problems"
>
> > After weeks of fighting to get TurboLinux 6 to work correctly (too many
> > problems to list) I dumped it and went to Mandrake 7.1What a
> difference!
> > In 2 hours, it was installed, the printer was working and I was on the
> > internet without a hiccup.  Now I can spend my time trying to learn Linux
> > instead of trying to debug a distribution.
> >
> > What problems I have are so minor that I could live without solving them
> if
> > I had to.  But here goes:
> >
> > 1  When booting up I get a message about failing to detect the USB
> > interface.  That is because I do not have USB on this PC.  How do I stop
> > Mandrake from looking for the USB?
> >
> > 2. Even though numlock was selected to be on during install (I think), it
> is
> > not on when KDE is up.  How do I correct this?
> >
> > 3. On shutting dows, I get a message that it failed: "saving mixer
> settings:
> > error opening mixer".  What is that?  I do not have sound configured yet.
> > It is the one thing I could not get to work.  I have a Sound Blaster PNP
> Pro
> > 16 with Interrupt 5, DMA 1, DMA 16 5 and MPU 330.  Even though I entered
> > these numbers, still no sound.  Any thoughts?
> >
> > 4. I have a PS/2 microsoft intellimouse.  Yet when I select it as the one
> to
> > chose (both as root and as user), the selection does not "stick" and when
> I
> > reopen the config tool I see that it is still at generic PS/2.  What am I
> > doing wrong?
> >
> > Thanks for any help for these relatively "minor" problems.
> >
> > Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > Registered Linux user  183185
> >
> >
> >


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Re: [expert] ssh vs openssh

[Stephen Carville]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Ben Sugerman wrote:

> I would like to install ssh on Mdk 7.1, but the 2.0 sounce code fails in
> mid-compile with a complaint that it can not find -ltermcap.  I tried using the
> rpm for redhat but it makes a number of complaints during the initialization of
> the host keys, etc.  I've tried installing the openssh rpms from Mandrake, but
> it seems to leave out a *lot* of useful files, like ssh itself!!!
> 
> Anyone played around with this and have some ideas on the easiest way to
> proceed?

If you have perl, openssl-devel, tcp-wrappers, and gnome-devel installed
go to:

http://www.heronforge.net/~stephen/programs/openssh-2.1.0p2-1.src.rpm

I edited the spec file a little on this to be more tolerant.  It has
worked on every Mandrake and Redhat system I have tried it on.  Use 
rpm --rebuild and install as usual.

-- 
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Network Engineer
714-952-5687

Re: [expert] install-menu

[Vincent Danen]

On Fri, Jul 14, 2000 at 10:24:22AM +0100, Steve Howes wrote:

> I have just downloaded  sawfish-0.30-2mdk.rpm from upon upgrading it
> says that I need /usr/sbin/install-menu can anybody tell me where to
> find this file, which rpm to install to provide this file.

It's part of the menu package.

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Re: [expert] Linux and NT Together

[Matt Stegman]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 
> Matt,
>  I completely agree with you, but if you must copy things between
> artitions, you can use the ntfs module in linux to read ntfs partitions,
> and use explore2fs explorer in nt no navigate ext2 filesystem. I don't
> know if mdk 7.1 has it module but I hope! 

Yes, but I'd recommend using a FAT16 partition instead.  Why?  Because it
does not rely on either reverse-engineered drivers nor beta-level code,
but rather uses each operating system's own filesystem drivers to access a
thouroughly understood, well-documented, and simple filesystem.

You forgot to mention that the Linux kernel now has read-write NTFS
drivers, but I still dont recommend using them on a system volume, or, in
fact, any filesystem that has data you want to keep.  Keeping an extra
filesystem around for the specific purpose of transferring files may waste
a little space, but you're not endagering any critical filesystems this
way, either.

-Matt Stegman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

[expert] ssh vs openssh

[Ben Sugerman]

I would like to install ssh on Mdk 7.1, but the 2.0 sounce code fails in
mid-compile with a complaint that it can not find -ltermcap.  I tried using the
rpm for redhat but it makes a number of complaints during the initialization of
the host keys, etc.  I've tried installing the openssh rpms from Mandrake, but
it seems to leave out a *lot* of useful files, like ssh itself!!!

Anyone played around with this and have some ideas on the easiest way to
proceed?

-ben

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[expert] install-menu

[Steve Howes]

I have just downloaded  sawfish-0.30-2mdk.rpm from upon upgrading it
says that I need /usr/sbin/install-menu can anybody tell me where to
find this file, which rpm to install to provide this file.

MTIA

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Re: [expert] Linux and NT Together

[tessonec]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, Matt Stegman wrote:
> 
> I'd suggest using NTFS for the system volume- commonly known as the "C:
> drive.".  NTFS is a much better performer than FAT.  If you need to move
> files between the operating systems, make a small, 200MB-or-so FAT
> partition.  Or however large you want.  Anyhow, I'd definitely avoid using
> FAT on an NT system volume.


Matt,
 I completely agree with you, but if you must copy things between
artitions, you can use the ntfs module in linux to read ntfs partitions,
and use explore2fs explorer in nt no navigate ext2 filesystem. I don't
know if mdk 7.1 has it module but I hope! and the e2fs is downloadable in 

 http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/explore2fs.htm   


Claudio

Re: [expert] Linux and NT Together

[M Thompson]

Hi.

I'm running Windows NT4 Workstation and Linux Mandrake 7.1 on the same PC.

You are free to setup your PC as you please, but here is my setup scheme:
1) I installed NT4 to partition hde1
2) I used partition magic 5.0 and setup my linux partitions
3) I installed BootMagic 2.0 (comes with PM5)
4) I installed Linux Mandrake 7.1 and intalled lilo/grub to the linux 
partition
5) I modified BootMagic to boot LM7.1

Hope that helps,
Matt


>From: "Rogelio E. Martínez Ramírez" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>Subject: [expert] Linux and NT Together
>Date: Thu, 13 Jul 2000 11:08:12 -0500
>
>Hi:
>
>i'm using linux mandrake about 3 month it like me, the firts time install 
>LM in a machine with Win98, now i want to install it with WinNT,
>
>what will consider to do it?
>is the same proccess?
>
>can NT and LM exits in the same machine?
>
>please any tips and warnings is welcome!!!


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Re: [expert] Linux and NT Together

[Matt Stegman]

On Fri, 14 Jul 2000, John D. Lewis wrote:

> Rogelio,
> 
> I assume you're starting on a freshly formatted drive?
> 
> I am currently using Windows NT 4 and Linux Mandrake 7.0.  I installed
> NT first on one partition and Linux Mandrake on another partition.  
> My suggestion is that you install NT *first* and then Linux.  After
> you have installed NT should you start the Linux installation.  Once
> you've installed Linux, you have to boot into Linux, go to LinuxConf
> and add your NT partition to your LILO settings.  Linux Mandrake may
> find it if it's a FAT partition, but, I used the NTFS format instead.  
> Both work flawlessly and I've had no trouble yet.

I'd suggest using NTFS for the system volume- commonly known as the "C:
drive.".  NTFS is a much better performer than FAT.  If you need to move
files between the operating systems, make a small, 200MB-or-so FAT
partition.  Or however large you want.  Anyhow, I'd definitely avoid using
FAT on an NT system volume.

-Matt Stegman
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

RE: [expert] Linux and NT Together

[Maximo Monsalvo]

If you install linux on the second partition ( ntfs) then 
install lilo in the first sector on the second partiion and next 
execute the following program to add the linux to nt boot 
loader
 
Atte:
 
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  - Mensaje original - 
  De: Rogelio E. Martínez 
  Ramírez 
  Para: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Enviado: jueves 13 de julio de 2000 
  13:08
  Asunto: [expert] Linux and NT 
  Together
  
  Hi: 
   
  i'm using linux mandrake about 3 month it like 
  me, the firts time install LM in a machine with Win98, now i want to install 
  it with WinNT,
   
  what will consider to do it?
  is the same proccess?
   
  can NT and LM exits in the same 
  machine?
   
  please any tips and warnings is 
  welcome!!!
 bootpa22.zip

Re: [expert] Linux and NT Together

[Craig Woods]

Hey Rogelio,

NT and LM will run fine together. I have several boxes doing so now.
When you install NT, it will overwrite MBR. If you have lilo here, go
into Linux first, and change to have lilo put on first Linux parition.
Then make a new boot disk so you can boot to Linux off of a floppy.
After you get NT up and running, and can get into linux with boot disc,
post this info here. I will then show you how to do a "dd" argument that
will give you an output that we can make NT's boot.ini file read at time
of booting up system. In this manner you can, at boot time, choose your
OS without using floppy any more. Good luck and, most of all, have some
fun

Craig

"Rogelio E. Martínez Ramírez" wrote:

> Hi: i'm using linux mandrake about 3 month it like me, the firts time
> install LM in a machine with Win98, now i want to install it with
> WinNT, what will consider to do it?is the same proccess? can NT and LM
> exits in the same machine? please any tips and warnings is welcome!!!

Re: [expert] Linux and NT Together

[John D. Lewis]

Rogelio,
 
I assume you're starting on a freshly formatted drive?
 
I am currently using Windows NT 4 and Linux Mandrake 7.0.  I installed 
NT first on one partition and Linux Mandrake on another partition.  My 
suggestion is that you install NT *first* and then Linux.  After you have 
installed NT should you start the Linux installation.  Once you've 
installed Linux, you have to boot into Linux, go to LinuxConf and add your NT 
partition to your LILO settings.  Linux Mandrake may find it if it's a FAT 
partition, but, I used the NTFS format instead.  Both work flawlessly and 
I've had no trouble yet.
 
Regards,
 
John D. Lewis
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
 
 
- Original Message - 

  From: 
  Rogelio E. Martínez 
  Ramírez 
  To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
  Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 12:08 
  PM
  Subject: [expert] Linux and NT 
  Together
  
  Hi: 
   
  i'm using linux mandrake about 3 month it like 
  me, the firts time install LM in a machine with Win98, now i want to install 
  it with WinNT,
   
  what will consider to do it?
  is the same proccess?
   
  can NT and LM exits in the same 
  machine?
   
  please any tips and warnings is 
  welcome!!!

[expert] Linux and NT Together

[Rogelio E. Martínez Ramírez]

Hi: 
 
i'm using linux mandrake about 3 month it like me, 
the firts time install LM in a machine with Win98, now i want to install it with 
WinNT,
 
what will consider to do it?
is the same proccess?
 
can NT and LM exits in the same 
machine?
 
please any tips and warnings is 
welcome!!!

RE: [expert] MaximumLinux Magazine CD version of 7.1

[Mark Weaver]

Hey guys...I don't care what anyone says. Linux Mandrake is at the top of
the Linux food chain and has windows beat by a country mile!

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REASON # 2 ...X-windows is just a suedonym.
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On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Denis Havlik wrote:

> :~>True.  The Windows installation is typically easier than *any* linux distro, 
> :~>even the almighty (and it is, IMHO) Mandrake.
> 
> Nop. It is not easier, but it works on more hardware. Though I have seen
> 2 machines where LM would install but Windows would not ;->. 
> 
> :~>Consider the fact that Microsoft spends $$ on employees whose sole 
> :~>purpose is to understand how the computer disinclined people think.  
> :~>Consider the fact that Microsoft founded itself with the purpose of 
> :~>producing an OS that *anyone* can install and use on *any* machine (i386 
> :~>based mostly).
> 
> This is not our real problem: Consider the fact that hardware manufactures
> write their Windows drivers themselves, then PAY microsoft to test these
> drivers and become "certified for windows"... On the other hand, this
> same manufacturers are often reluctant to even publish the specs needed 
> to write linux drivers... You got the picture?   
> 
> :~>Linux is for sure on the way however, and Mandrake (IMHO) is really helping 
> :~>to push this.
> 
> The fact is: ca 50% of our efforts are on "hardware
> support" (kernel-tweaking, recognition, automatic configuration)
> front, but we are still a small company with very limited resources, and
> more often than not we are still sailing against the wind
> 
> Keeping this in mind, our hardware support is asstounding. I know that
> this does not help the people who could not install on their hardware at
> home, but every one is invited to help himself: Subscribe to cooker, talk
> to people, find the reason for your problems and help us solve it.
> 
> And one last tip: think before buying a hardware. Always ask for hardware
> which works problemlessly under linux, if needed write to manufacturer
> before purchasing, and if it does not return it back to shop. This is
> exactly how windows users would react if they buy a piece of hardware
> which does not work, so just do the same and all of the sudden your
> problems become manufacturers problems...
> 
> have fun ;->
> 
>   Denis
> 

Re: [expert] Dial on Demand

[Mark Weaver]

Ok...I'll check that. Thanks Bob. I'll let you know how I make out.

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On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Bob Puff@NLE wrote:

> > I was wondering. What happens to the connection when the app initiating
> > the connection is closed or dies?
> 
> Hey Mark,
> 
> It will connect, probably not transfer any traffic, then disconnect after the idle 
>timeout occurs.
> 
> > Also, for some reason when I tried to start the process of installing this
> > I issued the launch command for the dialer from a terminal window per the
> > instructions and all I was able to get to happen was the modem would
> > continue to dial up the ISP. It wouldn't complete the connection. Any
> > suggestions?
> 
> Sounds like you need to modify the chat script - could be your ISP doesn't use the 
>same prompts.  Follow the suggestion of calling your ISP with a basic term program, 
>and write down the prompts.  Also check your /var/log/messages file to see what is 
>going on.
> 
> Bob
> 
> 

Re: [expert] CD Burning for all users

[Anton Graham]

Submitted 10-Jul-00 by Sarang Lakare:
> I can burn CDs on my machine only as root. Thats very unconvenient. How to
> let any user burn CDs? Maybe this should be default in the system.

It's not default for security reasons.  One of the best solutions is
to set the permissions on /usr/bin/cdrecord to 4710.  It ships as
owned by root, group cdwriter, and SGID.  The intention was,
apparently, to allow members of group cdwriter write cd's, but it
doesn't work that way.  The permissions I specified allow members of
the group cdwriter to use the program as if they were root.

Just add the user(s) you want to be able to burn discs to the cdwriter
group afterward.  (Note that any account logged on when the change is
made will have to log off and back on in order to be able to access
the new group)

HTH

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Re: [expert] CD Burning for all users

[Roberto A. F.]

Sarang Lakare wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I can burn CDs on my machine only as root. Thats very unconvenient. How to
> let any user burn CDs?

suid cd brun prg
as example:

chmod a+s $(which cdrecord)

> Maybe this should be default in the system.

Yes: root processes have some priorities on the user's

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Re: [expert] writing from win to linux

[Roberto A. F.]

Civileme wrote:

> -Original Message-
> From: Oliver L. Plaine Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Date: Monday, July 10, 2000 12:01 AM
> Subject: [expert] writing from win to linux
>
> >On Sun, 9 Jul 2000 09:28:33 -0800, >Civileme wrote:
> >
> >>http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm
> >>
> >>And be sure to read the FAQ and related stuff.  You do not
> >>have to copy the directory to a FAT32 partition to be able
> to
>
> Using Explore2fs to write I am thinking is a tad dangerous to
> partitions, expecially from w95.

Expecially Mandrake's ext2 partition.
Infact Mandrake ext2 partition have strange inode/byte ratio so
explore2fs don't see right name.
Append some tabs to files real name.

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Re: [expert] i810 on Mandrake 7.0

[Roberto A. F.]

Lang Zhi wrote:

> Hi.
> A few questions about i810 with MDK 7.0
>
> 1) Is i810 supported by default in MDK 7.0?

IMHO no.

> 2) If not,how to make it work ?

Download the i810 patch from Intel site.
I just do it and it's works

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Re: [expert] XFree86 4.01

[Civileme]

As I recall, the release of XFree86 4.0 made it just under the wire for the 7.1 code
freeze.  You will find terms not used in a standard manner here.  For example, the
"beta" of development is just frozen code--nothing new to be added, but it does NOT
mean that all the in-house discoverable bugs have been found.  Some beta-testers have
been bitterly critical about that but it was just the most appropriate term to use
which approximately paralleled a radically different development model.  Snapshot is
snapshot--not nightly build, and it means that there was not adequate time before the
code freeze to do anything to the release--so the debugging was short.  If you decide
to hang around, the terms will take on new meanings or perhaps you will invent some
terms for the folks to use which describes the development system and its aspects and
products.

Civileme

Sean Middleditch wrote:

> Anton Graham wrote:
>
> > Submitted 10-Jul-00 by Sean Middleditch:
> >
> > > How trustworthy are these RPM's?
> > >
> > > For example, the install on MDK 7.1 said the Xfree86 4.0 is was installing was
> > > only a 'snapshot release.'  The really upsets me if it is, because it sure as
> > > hell wasn't advertised as being so...  If not, then that's just another
> > > example of MDK's poor quality control when it comes to installations.
> >
> > Have you visited www.xfree86.org?  XF4 is not ready for primetime
> > according to them, which is why every other distro oly offers XF3.
> > While many of us, myself included, are able to run it with no
> > difficulty, it is experimental sofware, part of being on Mandrake's
> > "bleeding edge," not poor quality control.
> >
>
> A snapshot release of XF86 4.0 and the fact that 4.0 isn't ready for prime-time are
> two different things altogether... a snapshot would mean either a) based off of
> code before 4.0 was released, which would be unstable, or b) code after 4.0 but
> before 4.01, in between releases, which would be unstable.  Bleeding edge would be
> a non-snapshot of 4.0.  Perhaps they simply mis-used the work snapshot, but it
> worried me none-the-less.
>
> Sean Middleditch

Re: [expert] Dial on Demand

[Civileme]

Sean Middleditch wrote:

> > Ever read the HOWTO HOWTO? For the DocBook unaware, there's a big hurdle to
> > overcome if you want to submit it. If there's a way to submit without
> > DocBook, I'm listening since I will have a few things to contribute or
> > update myself.
> >
> > Hoyt
>
> DocBook converters work quite nicely if you write in text/HTML.  do a search
> on freshmeat for one.
>
> Sean Middleditch

I used SDF to do something in docbook--fortunately the others working on the same
project were able to cover for me--and I did search freshmeat.  I used the best
and discovered there is no substitute for knowledge.

Civileme

Re: [expert] MaximumLinux Magazine CD version of 7.1

[Anton Graham]

Submitted 10-Jul-00 by cllug org:

> I wish I could install this without X, I tried
> "Server" and "Normal", I want to install Mandrake 7.1
> and then the source for XFree86 4.1, I have tried,
> custom and expert install, text and normal. I finally
> just removed the /usr/X11R6 directory (tar -gzed it
> first)
> 
> I choose individual packages, and after it is all said
> and done it tries to put on X.

You can just skip this step.  The little stars on the left that show
where in the install you are are also buttons.  You can simply click
the star for the next step, effectively skipping X.

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Re: [expert] MDK7.0 and CD-Writers

[Civileme]

"Brian T. Schellenberger" wrote:

> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > OK - I have just found the CD-Writing FAQ's on the web.  No doubt I will
> > find my answers in that.
> >
> > Sorry to bother the list, although it would be better in setup if when the
> > CD-Writer was detected (LILO append='hdc=ide-scsi' was set automatically),
> > also to set /etc/fstab to /dev/scd0 rather than /dev/cdrom which is
> > sym-linked to /dev/hdc (in my case)!
>
> . . . or to change the symlink, which seems like the more obvious fix to
> me.
> And one that I suggested to Mandrake for 7.1.  I'm not running 7.1,
> though . . . does anybody know if this got addressed in 7.1?

It was addressed with a vengeance.  Even supermounted drives will burn cds, but it
is a bad(tm) idea to leave a blank in a supermounted burner for a long period of
time--the power saver and the supermount interact to produce a kernel panic in
those circumstances.

However, if supermount is not used, the alias in /etc/conf.modules does not
identify ide-scsi and it isn't modprobed.  This has been identified and will be
dealt with, I have heard from our outstanding developers.

Civileme


Civileme

[expert] Ethernet driver failure in 7.1

[cjayakumar]

Hi guys,

My ethernet card (LinkSys NC100 PCI Ethernet card that came with a 5-Port
Starter Kit) worked under Mandrake 6.0.  I downloaded the ISO images of
Mandrake 7.1 and freshly installed it on the same machine, and the ethernet
driver does not load.

Under Mandrake 6.0, the original Tulip driver that came with the
distribution did not seem to work.  (I'm not sure if the insmod of that
driver revealed unresolved symbols.)  I downloaded the new Tulip driver
source rpm from http://www.scyld.com.  This rpm compiled and installed
tulip.o and pci-scan.o.  I had to insmod pci-scan.o first and then the
insmod of tulip.o worked.  I updated the dependencies with /sbin/depmod -a,
and with the following change to /etc/conf.modules, the driver worked upon
boot.
Change to /etc/conf.modules:
alias eth0 tulip
options tulip options=0 debug=1

Now, in Mandrake 7.1, there is no pci-scan.o module.  This is what happens:
[root@localhost /root]# insmod tulip
Using /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net/tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net/tulip.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy[root@localhost /root]# 

I assumed that the driver needed the IO address and/or IRQ.  Specifying
those gives the following messages:
[root@localhost /root]# insmod tulip io=0xee00 irq=11
Using /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net/tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net/tulip.o: invalid parameter parm_io
[root@localhost /root]# 
...and similarly with the IRQ.

Perchance that the Scyld driver would work, I backed up
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net to /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net2,
and then installed the Scyld rpm with the pci-scan.o in it.  Insmoding
pci-scan.o revealed 11 unresolved dependencies.
c
So, my question is: given the same hardware, why is Mandrake 7.1's Tulip
driver unable to recognize the Ethernet card, while it worked with
Scyld.com's driver in Mandrake 6.0?

Jay

p.s:  
1) Also, a program called HardDrake did not recognize that a Network card
was present on my machine?

2) And, below is the output of /proc/pci.  Note the presence of the Ethernet
controller the second from last.
[root@localhost /root]# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
Host bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C598 Apollo MVP3 (rev 4).
  Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable. 
Latency=64.Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf800 [0xf808].
  Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
PCI bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C598 Apollo MVP3 AGP (rev 0).
  Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=8.
  Bus  0, device   7, function  0:
ISA bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C596 Apollo Mobile (rev 6).
  Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.  
  Bus  0, device   7, function  1:
IDE interface: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE (rev 6).
  Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable. 
Latency=64.I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffa1].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  2:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 2).
  Medium devsel.  IRQ 10.  Master Capable.  Latency=64.  
  I/O at 0xea00 [0xea01].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  3:
Bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 0).
  Vendor id=1106. Device id=3050.
  Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  
  Bus  0, device  19, function  0:
Ethernet controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 17).
  Vendor id=1317. Device id=985.
  Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 11.  Master Capable. 
Latency=64.  Min Gnt=255.Max Lat=255.
  I/O at 0xee00 [0xee01].
  Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebffc00 [0xfebffc00].
  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Unknown device (rev 122).
  Vendor id=1002. Device id=4757.
  Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable. 
Latency=64.  Min Gnt=8.
  Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd00 [0xfd00].
  I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801].
  Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeaff000 [0xfeaff000].
[root@localhost /root]# 






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[expert] Fw: [newbie] Minor post install "problems"

[Jeff Malka]

I could not get an answer to this in the newbie list and therefore thought
to try the Expert list.  I hope you will forgive the cross posting.

Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Registered Linux user  183185

- Original Message -
From: Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: Linux Newbie Mandrake <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Thursday, July 13, 2000 6:54 PM
Subject: [newbie] Minor post install "problems"


> After weeks of fighting to get TurboLinux 6 to work correctly (too many
> problems to list) I dumped it and went to Mandrake 7.1What a
difference!
> In 2 hours, it was installed, the printer was working and I was on the
> internet without a hiccup.  Now I can spend my time trying to learn Linux
> instead of trying to debug a distribution.
>
> What problems I have are so minor that I could live without solving them
if
> I had to.  But here goes:
>
> 1  When booting up I get a message about failing to detect the USB
> interface.  That is because I do not have USB on this PC.  How do I stop
> Mandrake from looking for the USB?
>
> 2. Even though numlock was selected to be on during install (I think), it
is
> not on when KDE is up.  How do I correct this?
>
> 3. On shutting dows, I get a message that it failed: "saving mixer
settings:
> error opening mixer".  What is that?  I do not have sound configured yet.
> It is the one thing I could not get to work.  I have a Sound Blaster PNP
Pro
> 16 with Interrupt 5, DMA 1, DMA 16 5 and MPU 330.  Even though I entered
> these numbers, still no sound.  Any thoughts?
>
> 4. I have a PS/2 microsoft intellimouse.  Yet when I select it as the one
to
> chose (both as root and as user), the selection does not "stick" and when
I
> reopen the config tool I see that it is still at generic PS/2.  What am I
> doing wrong?
>
> Thanks for any help for these relatively "minor" problems.
>
> Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Registered Linux user  183185
>
>
>

[expert] Ethernet driver failure in 7.1

[cjayakumar]

Hi guys,

My ethernet card (LinkSys NC100 PCI Ethernet card that came with a 5-Port
Starter Kit) worked under Mandrake 6.0.  I downloaded the ISO images of
Mandrake 7.1 and freshly installed it on the same machine, and the ethernet
driver does not load.

Under Mandrake 6.0, the original Tulip driver that came with the
distribution did not seem to work.  (I'm not sure if the insmod of that
driver revealed unresolved symbols.)  I downloaded the new Tulip driver
source rpm from http://www.scyld.com.  This rpm compiled and installed
tulip.o and pci-scan.o.  I had to insmod pci-scan.o first and then the
insmod of tulip.o worked.  I updated the dependencies with /sbin/depmod -a,
and with the following change to /etc/conf.modules, the driver worked upon
boot.
Change to /etc/conf.modules:
alias eth0 tulip
options tulip options=0 debug=1

Now, in Mandrake 7.1, there is no pci-scan.o module.  This is what happens:
[root@localhost /root]# insmod tulip
Using /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net/tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net/tulip.o: init_module: Device or resource
busy[root@localhost /root]# 

I assumed that the driver needed the IO address and/or IRQ.  Specifying
those gives the following messages:
[root@localhost /root]# insmod tulip io=0xee00 irq=11
Using /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net/tulip.o
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net/tulip.o: invalid parameter parm_io
[root@localhost /root]# 
...and similarly with the IRQ.

Perchance that the Scyld driver would work, I backed up
/lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net to /lib/modules/2.2.15-4mdksecure/net2,
and then installed the Scyld rpm with the pci-scan.o in it.  Insmoding
pci-scan.o revealed 11 unresolved dependencies.
c
So, my question is: given the same hardware, why is Mandrake 7.1's Tulip
driver unable to recognize the Ethernet card, while it worked with
Scyld.com's driver in Mandrake 6.0?

Jay

p.s:  
1) Also, a program called HardDrake did not recognize that a Network card
was present on my machine?

2) And, below is the output of /proc/pci.  Note the presence of the Ethernet
controller the second from last.
[root@localhost /root]# cat /proc/pci
PCI devices found:
  Bus  0, device   0, function  0:
Host bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C598 Apollo MVP3 (rev 4).
  Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable. 
Latency=64.Prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xf800 [0xf808].
  Bus  0, device   1, function  0:
PCI bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C598 Apollo MVP3 AGP (rev 0).
  Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.  Min Gnt=8.
  Bus  0, device   7, function  0:
ISA bridge: VIA Technologies VT 82C596 Apollo Mobile (rev 6).
  Medium devsel.  Master Capable.  No bursts.  
  Bus  0, device   7, function  1:
IDE interface: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo IDE (rev 6).
  Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable. 
Latency=64.I/O at 0xffa0 [0xffa1].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  2:
USB Controller: VIA Technologies VT 82C586 Apollo USB (rev 2).
  Medium devsel.  IRQ 10.  Master Capable.  Latency=64.  
  I/O at 0xea00 [0xea01].
  Bus  0, device   7, function  3:
Bridge: VIA Technologies Unknown device (rev 0).
  Vendor id=1106. Device id=3050.
  Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  
  Bus  0, device  19, function  0:
Ethernet controller: Unknown vendor Unknown device (rev 17).
  Vendor id=1317. Device id=985.
  Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  IRQ 11.  Master Capable. 
Latency=64.  Min Gnt=255.Max Lat=255.
  I/O at 0xee00 [0xee01].
  Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfebffc00 [0xfebffc00].
  Bus  1, device   0, function  0:
VGA compatible controller: ATI Unknown device (rev 122).
  Vendor id=1002. Device id=4757.
  Medium devsel.  Fast back-to-back capable.  Master Capable. 
Latency=64.  Min Gnt=8.
  Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfd00 [0xfd00].
  I/O at 0xd800 [0xd801].
  Non-prefetchable 32 bit memory at 0xfeaff000 [0xfeaff000].
[root@localhost /root]# 






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Re: [expert] backround processes

[Tony McGee]

AFAIK you can't restrict the running of background processes and if you
could it would create more problems with legitimate processes than it would
solve. Probably the best you can do is display a login message to users
informing them that the use of eggdrops etc. are prohibited with penalties
associated. Unusual happenings can be then monitored using the system logs
and filesystem. Unfortunately no tool ever created can replace the vigilance
of a sysadmin.


- Original Message -
From: Janar Kokk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Wednesday, July 12, 2000 10:36 AM
Subject: Re: [expert] backround processes


> I think you didn't understood my question.
>
> I want to not allow my machine's users to run any backround processes such
> as eggdrop etc
>
>
>
> Regards,
> Janar Kokk
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>

Re: [expert] Installing on SCSI drive problem

[jlemay]

I'm not familiar with the adapter or driver, and the messages don't look 
familiar either. However, I had major SCSI problems with 'Drake 6.1 and 
7.0 that 7.1 fixed. I was using Seagate LVD drives and an Adaptec 2940U2W 
adapter. Not sure how much help that will be.

Of course, check termination!

> I'm not sure if this is a problem of the SCSI card (Tekram 390F with
> newest bios, 3.21), my hard drive, or Mandrake. I own two IBM 
> Ultrastar 2XP SCSI drives.  I've asked Tekram and IBM, so I
> figure I may as well ask the Mandrake experts too... :)
> 
> This is my new problem:
> When I go to install Linux Mandrake 6.1 or 7.0, the installer freezes
> when
> it goes to install the SCSI card driver (ncr53c875 PCI).  This is the
> message that is seen:
> 
> <6> ncr53c875E-0-<3,0>: Phase change 6-7 8@0bx7ccc8 resid=5
> <6> ncr53c875E-0-<3,*>: asynchronous
> <6> ncr53c875E-0-<3,0>: M_REJECT Received (80:8)
> <4> ncr53c875E-0: SCSI Phase Error fixup: CCB already dequeued
> (0xcb87c820)
> <6> ncr53c875E-0: restart (SCSI restart)
> <4> ncr53c875E-0: Downloading SCSI SCRIPTS
> 
> This message repeats until I reboot the machine or turn it off.  I can
> install
> FreeBSD 3.4 on the drives, but I would prefer to use Mandrake.
> Any ideas?  Thanks!
> 
> 
> Socheat
> 



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Re: [expert] FW: [newbie] serial connection

[Stephen Carville]

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- - How do I open a serial connection to the console of a switch or router under
- - linux?

I use minicom.  I crearted a special configuration file for my Cisco
routers so I could also sue the modem.  You will also need the correct
cable and connector but, hopefully, that came with the router :-)

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RE: [expert] i810 on Mandrake 7.0

[Rivera, Oscar]

I installed mandrake 7.1 on an i810e and it detected the network and sound
just fine.
only problem i found was the modem included with my board it is a win modem
with a PCTEL chip
Driver for linux are avilable but only for kernel version 2.2.7. Icould not
make it work with 2.2.15

Oscar 


-Original Message-
From: Lang Zhi [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Monday, July 10, 2000 5:18 AM
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: [expert] i810 on Mandrake 7.0


Hi.
A few questions about i810 with MDK 7.0

1) Is i810 supported by default in MDK 7.0?
2) If not,how to make it work ?
3)I got MDK 7.1 CD, which XFree (3.3.6) or 4.0 do i need to upgrade to,to 
make the i810 works in my MDK 7.0 ? (I don't want to upgrade my machine to 
7.1)

Thanks
-lz

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Re: [expert] php

[Sean Middleditch]

Jean-Michel Dault wrote:

> On Mon, 10 Jul 2000, Sean Middleditch wrote:
>
> > Hi.  Make sure you have PHP configured in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf.
> > For example, when I installed MDK 7.1, PHP was enables, but not for
> > index pages with a .phtml extension, so I had to change that.  Just make
> > sure it is all set up.  Also, check the php3.ini file.
>
> Beware, as .phtml is for PHP/FI (php2), and is not supported anymore. All
> new scripts should have ".php" as their extension.

Really?  I had always thought it the other way around...  My mistake.  ^,^

Sean Middleditch

> Jean-Michel Dault
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]