Re: [expert] IP Masquerading
Sheridan, Thanks, I'll look at linuxdoc.org. I've downloaded Seattle Firewall as well and am looking at that. Thanks again, Jon *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 11/2/00 at 3:08 PM Sheridan Hawken wrote: Hi Jon, I would use port forwarding. The rule in ipchains looks like this: /usr/sbin/ipmasqadm portfw -a -p tcp -L InternetIP Port -R InternalIP Port /usr/sbin/ipmasqadm portfw -a -p tcp -L xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 80 -R xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 80 ( this allows http through to an internal machine ) There are some good how to docs on Ipchains at www.linuxdoc.org that can tell you more about it. Sheridan Jon Greisz wrote: I'm a linux newbie. I've set up a machine with Mandrake 7.1 that I'm about to convert to 7.2. I want to use it as a firewall between my internal network and my outside T1. I've got a firewall script set up using IPChains that seems to work pretty well. I created and used internal network IP addresses. I've got several machines where I would like certain ports to get through the firewall. I have assigned internet IP addresses for these machines that I would like to translate to my internal IP's, and reverse it going out. But only on certain ports. What is the best approach for this? Thanks, Jon Greisz *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 11/2/00 at 8:45 AM Mark Johnson wrote: Yes, this looks like another eruption of off-topic posts... IMHO, VB should be ported because that is the only way to achieve portability for MS Office documents. StarOffice is really cool but ultimately not feasible if you are exchanging documents with a group of MS Office folks. Unfortunately, VB would bring office products closer to managing that feasiblity. Unfortunately, VB is not an elegant language but it suits it's purpose. Too bad tcl, perl, python, java, or javascript wasn't used for building these dynamic docs. But those languages present quite a learning curve, this was VB strength. Also, it enabled MS to lock in a lot of folks to it's proprietary ways of doing things. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] DNS server
We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our LAN. That'll work, but when using Windows UNC-style names, the lmhosts file is looked at first--if present. If Windows can't find it, it tries the hosts file for an FQDN-style name as a substitute (even if the dots don't exist in the name). True, but since the original posters intention was to use it for FTP, no UNC-naming is involved and Windows will look at the hosts file. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] 7.2 Installation???
I"ve done one successfully from 7.0 - 7.1 but I'll never do another. With my home directory on a separate partition I can do a clean install, make the few modifications/installations I need and be running in less than an hour which is a lot faster than an upgrade What modifications need to be done. I too have my /home, /usr/local and /opt in separate partitions from the rest. What do I need to do in order to clean up my desktop icons and start menus? This was one of the problems I saw with the upgrade process and it's probably especially bad when going to 7.2 because of the KDE jump to 2.0. I don't know any solution other than manually fixing each problem. What exactly are those problems and what needs to be done to fix them? -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] any KVM issues with 7.1?
Christopher, I run a Mux with a Belkin Omni Cube. I have my keyboard, mouse and monitor plugged into it ... On one input I have a linux box running Mandrake 7.1 and the other I have a laptop so that when Im at work I dont have to use the eraser and keyboard without taking up tons of space when at work... It works like a champ Werner Christopher Kolar wrote: I have been happily running mdk 7.1, but want to get my Win98 pc up and running. Problem is that I have no desk space. I have a KVM switch and need to know if there are any issues if I just bring down my linux box and bring it back up with the KVM hooked up. Will it break X or the mouse drivers? Anything special I should do? Thanks in advance, --chris -- /\/\ Christopher G. Kolar Director, Department of Instructional Technology Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- www.aurora.edu/~ckolar [PGP Public Key ID: 0xC6492C72] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Thinkpad A20m , mandrake 7.1
Just a heads-up that IBM Thinkpad A20m hangs 50% of the time during a linux boot, getting stuck at the line where it suppose to load the sound card's driver.. (CS something.. I forgot the number!) Power off is the only remedy.. -turgut EgeNet Internet Services: http://www.egenet.com.tr Find all of Turkey online: http://find.egenet.com.tr Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Sprint Broadband internet
On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 04:11:06 Sridhar Govindarajulu wrote: I am planning to set up a hub/switch. In that case do I need another eth card. Currently I have a win client connected to my server. Perhaps you don't. If you don't want to make an internal network, and just want to connect both clients to the net. The manual in may cable-modem (Samsung) says that you can connect the hub directly to the cable-modem (with a crossover RJ45 cable), and the all the computers to the hub. They boot and request independent DHCP addresses. And a note: in Mandrake I have tested both 'pump' and 'dhcpd', and like very much the first. -- Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta # cd /pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] # more beer Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] any KVM issues with 7.1?
At 02:48 PM 11/2/2000, you wrote: Christopher, I run a Mux with a Belkin Omni Cube. I have my keyboard, mouse and monitor plugged into it ... On one input I have a linux box running Mandrake 7.1 and the other I have a laptop so that when Im at work I dont have to use the eraser and keyboard without taking up tons of space when at work... Thanks Werner, sounds promising. I'm going to have a go at it tonight. --chris -- /\/\ Christopher G. Kolar Director, Department of Instructional Technology Aurora University, Aurora, Illinois [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- www.aurora.edu/~ckolar [PGP Public Key ID: 0xC6492C72] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] VGA parameters at boot
On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 07:37:53 Marco Fioretti wrote: Hello, I am very interested in having my PC booting right into a high resolution mode, because I have a fixed frequency monitor. Right now I have runlevel 5, but this means that I cannot work in text mode, and that if some error message appears during boot I never see it. I know about the Svgatext See /var/log/dmesg, and /var/log/boot.log mode package, but: 1) booting straight with a good VGA mode would give me readable text before than SVGATextmode could ever do, and would also be easier to set up, wouldn't it? I hardocde vga=6 in /etc/lilo.conf. It gives a fine 80x60 standard mode. 2) If this is the case, and assuming that my available mode are something like : 0 0F00 80x25 1 0F01 80x50 2 0F02 80x43 ... how can I figure out which of them is OK for my monitor (of I would try only text modes supported by standard SVGA. If you just want space to see messages and listings, that works fine. If you want to do graphics or many colors in console, try a graphic mode. But text modes will work without any fb support. -- Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta # cd /pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] # more beer Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] IP Masquerading
try ipchains my sample for ipchains rules set for lan and wan connection begin 2 cut #!/bin/sh # # Variables # # CLASS_A="10.0.0.0/8" CLASS_B="172.16.0.0/12" CLASS_C="192.168.0.0/16" LOOPBACK="127.0.0.0/8" MULTICAST="240.0.0.0/3" BROADCAST_0="0.0.0.0" BROADCAST_1="255.255.255.255" PRIVILEGED_PORTS="0:1023" UNPRIVILEGED_PORTS="1024:65535" SSH_PORTS="1020:1023" # Set the system location of ipchains. # IPCHAINS=`which ipchains` ## # Enter the device you use to connect to the Internet (ppp0, eth0, etc.) for # # your external interface, and the card you use for your internal network. # ## EXTERNAL_INTERFACE="eth0" INTERNAL_INTERFACE="eth1" LOOPBACK_INTERFACE="lo" ANYWHERE="0.0.0.0/0" ## # Media One Servers. # ## DHCP_SERVERS="24.128.0.0/16" SMTP_SERVERS="smtp.ne.mediaone.net/31" POP_SERVER="pop.ne.mediaone.net" NEWS_SERVER="news.ne.mediaone.net" ## # Cut out the IP Address of the machine from the ifconfig listing. We # # assume that this script for the firewall is being run after the Internet # # connection has been made. Therefore, we should already have an IP Address # # at this point. First we grab the Internet IP Address on eth0 ... # ## IP_ADDRESS_0=`ifconfig $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE | grep inet | cut -d : -f 2` IP_ADDRESS_0=`echo $IP_ADDRESS_0 | cut -d \ -f 1` NETMASK_0=`ifconfig $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE | grep Mask | cut -d : -f 4` EXTERNAL_NETWORK="$IP_ADDRESS_0/$NETMASK_0" ## # ... and then we grab the IP Address of our internal network on eth1. The # # nice thing about this script is that even if we make changes to our eth1 # # and how we mask out our internal network, we don't have to amke any# # changes here in the script.# ## IP_ADDRESS_1=`ifconfig $INTERNAL_INTERFACE | grep inet | cut -d : -f 2` IP_ADDRESS_1=`echo $IP_ADDRESS_1 | cut -d \ -f 1` NETMASK_1=`ifconfig $INTERNAL_INTERFACE | grep Mask | cut -d : -f 4` INTERNAL_NETWORK="$IP_ADDRESS_1/$NETMASK_1" ## # Now, grab the IP Addresses of the nameservers and assign them to the # # apprpriate variables. This will make it easy to allow these machines # # through, even if they change. # ## NAMESERVER_1=24.128.232.6 NAMESERVER_2=24.126.16.6 NAMESERVER_3=24.128.1.81 NAMESERVER_4=199.0.65.2 NAMESERVER_5=199.0.65.8 NAMESERVER_6=199.0.65.9 ## # Turn on anti-spoofing on all interfaces because we do not have any # # asymetric routing. # ## for f in /proc/sys/net/ipv4/conf/*/rp_filter; do echo 1 $f; done ## # Flush all of the old rules from the firewall, if any exist. Start with a # # clean slate. # ## $IPCHAINS -F input $IPCHAINS -F output $IPCHAINS -F forward ### # Set the default policy. # ### $IPCHAINS -P input DENY $IPCHAINS -P output ACCEPT $IPCHAINS -P forward DENY ## # Deny any packets claiming to be from one of the non-routable networks. # ## $IPCHAINS -A input -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -s $CLASS_A -j DENY $IPCHAINS -A input -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -d $CLASS_A -j DENY $IPCHAINS -A input -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -s $CLASS_B -j DENY $IPCHAINS -A input -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -d $CLASS_B -j DENY $IPCHAINS -A input -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -s $CLASS_C -j DENY $IPCHAINS -A input -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -d $CLASS_C -j DENY $IPCHAINS -A output -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -s $CLASS_A -j REJECT $IPCHAINS -A output -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -d $CLASS_A -j REJECT $IPCHAINS -A output -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -s $CLASS_B -j REJECT $IPCHAINS -A output -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -d $CLASS_B -j REJECT $IPCHAINS -A output -i $EXTERNAL_INTERFACE -s $CLASS_C -j REJECT
Re: [expert] How can I dial in to my Linux box?
mgetty+sendfax with the AutoPPP option, then use Windows DUN to connect. You'll need to do some reading on setting up PAP. /etc/inittab: d1:12345:respawn:/sbin/mgetty modem /etc/mgetty+sendfax/login.config: /AutoPPP/ - a_ppp /usr/sbin/pppd call dialin /etc/ppp/peers/dialin: -detach asyncmap 0 auth crtscts lock modem +pap -chap debug proxyarp #login 192.168.192.1:192.168.192.100 /etc/ppp/pap-secrets: # Secrets for authentication using PAP # clientserver secret IP addresses myusername* "mypassword" * This will also work Linux-Linux of course. If you need more details holler. Stew Benedict On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, James Little wrote: My Linux box has a dedicated line. Sometimes, I would like very much to login to it remotely and use something. I have the modems set up on either end correctly. I can dial, my modem picks up, astonishingly they connect at 44000 bps. This is even fast enough to run a remote X-session, if I could figure out how to comunicate. I have tried from a Windows machine using hyperterminal, and from a Mac using Smartcom also. The modems connect, and nothing happens. I don't know where to go from here, and I don't even know what HOW-TO to look for. Is there a package I need to install, or is it just something I need to setup. Is there a certain shell that I need? I can ftp and telnet in over my LAN, but coming from outside my LAN is a huge mistery. I'm in the dark! Thanx for your help. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] VGA parameters at boot
"J . A . Magallon" wrote: I cannot work in text mode, and that if some error message appears during boot I never see it. I know about the Svgatext See /var/log/dmesg, and /var/log/boot.log If what fails is X or XDM I never get to do that That's why I need badly readable text from the very start. I hardocde vga=6 in /etc/lilo.conf. It gives a fine 80x60 standard mode. I have a fixed frequency monitor, so I have to be sure that the mode is right before doing that. What I was looking for is explanation/documentation on how to calculate horizontal and vertical frequency from the mode name, i.e.: 80x60 - Resolution 640x80, 60 MHz HSYNC, 76 Hz VSYNC, Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Internationalization--Chinese with mandrake 7.2 CANanyone help?!
I know mandrake has advertised chinese support...and currently I was able to get it in all the titlebars of KDE applications...however... I am not able to get any big5 fonts to appear in my windows... Todd, I don't know anything about this but have you found the document in the "Documentation" how-tos on Chinese? I'm lead to believe that the font included in 7.2 is faulty somehow...but I'm not sure how to get a working ttf, etc If you've got ttf fonts under Windows you can import them into Mandrake using rpmdrake. Cheers --- Larry Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] CL Voodoo Banshee and other 7.2 bugs!
Is sounds like your modelines are messed up - try running xvidtune as root and see if you can't adjust your picture to look normal from there. On Thursday 02 November 2000 20:49, you wrote: I'm posting this in the slim hopes someone's gotta answer.. After running RH 6.2 changing to mdk 7.1 was the most awsome install of linux I ever had, and I posted it here.. However, 7.2's got a few problems ( and I don't think they are Mandrake problems!!! ).. I was running RH 6.2 and tried RH 7 beta.. For 3 days I tried to get my ( mandrake working ) CL Voodoo Banshee and Maxtech 17" monitor working properly in 1280x1024.. I gave up and dloaded mdk 7.1.. ( I used mdk 5.3 as my FIRST PRODUCTIVE linux distro and kept mdk until the 7.0 horror stories appeared ).. Anyway, RH 7 beta contained the ( at the time brand new Xfree 4.0 server )... I tried for 3 days to get my vid/monitor combo to work.. All with the same result, pix, but a terribly distorted pincushion ( curve )... Now since mdk 7.2 has xfree 4.0 I have the SAME problem ( duh, guess its xfree 4.0?? :) ) So, I think it's an Xfree 4.0/Voodoo Banshee problem and I'm so pissed 'cause KDE 2.0 looks so good and as usual MDK installed flawless.. But in the slim hopes someone ELSE is running a CL Voodoo Banshee and has fixed this, please post and better yet email me!! Since I think I will try to go back to a known good ( Matrox ) tomorrow.. Windows, I don't worry about, everything works ( ha! ), but I run BeOS also ( which I like and Matrox G400's and such are supported ).. Any clues and/or drivers are welcome! Thanks! Alan Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -- Jason Straight - NMO.net Senior Network Tech Penguinfarm.com - Personal Page http://www.penguinfarm.com/ ICQ 1796276 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] CL Voodoo Banshee and other 7.2 bugs!
Now since mdk 7.2 has xfree 4.0 I have the SAME problem ( duh, guess its xfree 4.0?? :) ) Why don't you just install using 3.3? When you do an expert install you're asked which you want to use. Any clues and/or drivers are welcome! I would suggest that you reflect on your Linux history. Being on the cutting edge of this distro release stuff is going to generate problems, whether it's RH7.0 or LM7.2. LM7.2 has not only XFree86 4.01 but it's got a new, not completely ready for prime time KDE. If you're having X problems you might consider installing LM7.1. Cheers --- Larry Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Uptime gettting reset
my uptime gets reset once everyday.. Is there anyone who knows why and how can uptime get reset? I'm not sure what's going on but I'd be checking cron.daily as that's probably where the explanation lies. Cheers --- Larry Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Webnfs
Does linux have webnfs ? http://www.sun.com/960710/feature2/webnfs.html Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Networked HP LaserJet 5L
I installed MDK 7.2 last night, and I'm on a Windows 2000 Network. I'm trying to print to a networked HP LaserJet 5L, and for some reason I can't get it to work. Does anyone have any suggestions? Thanks Roland Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Aureal Sound Card and MDK 7.2
Does anyone know where I can get Aureal drivers for 7.2??? Roland Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] One more upgrade problem
After entering the KDE desktop, I did not had any of the terminal tools I had back in 7.1, again why? What do I need to do in order to get my laptop operational again? -- Albert E. Whale - www.hky.com/aewhale.html -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - Computer Networking Specialists Sr. Network, Security and Systems Consultant The Father's Rights Network - http://www.hky.com/frn/frnhome.html The Pennsylvania Parenthood Initiative - PAPI - Children need BOTH Parents - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4688/papi.htm Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] where does this file come from
I installed LM 7.2 the other night, I have been having problems installing some tar files. They fail trying to find files such as qvaluelist.h. I definitely do not have this file on the system, however I did install "Development" package. What file contains above file. I have qt2.2.1-3 and it's devel package and what appears to be all the kde2 and devel packages. Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB (937)257-5773 937-973-3125 (Pager) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Aureal Sound Card and MDK 7.2
Roland, There are open source drivers for the Aureal cards at www.sourceforge.net.. I have them installed in 7.2 and they work perfectly. Darin - - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 12:00 AM Subject: [expert] Aureal Sound Card and MDK 7.2 Does anyone know where I can get Aureal drivers for 7.2??? Roland Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Howto quote (was: Re: [expert] root password)
So sprach John Wittkamper am Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:42:56AM -0800: Not only that, the new stuff should be at the TOP of the reply rather than the bottom. For the few that need context, it is there, And wrong again. The new stuff should be right below what you are quoting, so that the references are as clear as can be. Now compare my message in size to your "bloated" IMO message. It's smaller. Isn't that better? If you need context, go back to the original message. Ain't that hard. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: Howto quote (was: Re: [expert] root password)
Not only that, the new stuff should be at the TOP of the reply rather than the bottom. For the few that need context, it is there, And wrong again. The new stuff should be right below what you are quoting, so that the references are as clear as can be. I'm glad you've got this all figured out Alexander but most folks simply don't do it this way. When bandwidth was tighter people would be dropped from lists for overquoting. As for "at the bottom" responding, that's fine as long as you trim the original response. Ain't that hard. You're right about that. I have a rule. If there's no new text in the first screen of a msg I simply delete it. Cheers --- Larry Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Weirdness with installation
HAs anyone had problems installing LM 7.2 on an IBM 300GL with a 20gb disk? It seems to freeze on detecting the harddrive.. So I booted with a 7.1 CD and it worked fine. So I used a 7.1 cdrom boot disk and the 7.2 CD... and it came up fine.. but could not detect the hard-drive. Does anyone have any suggestion to get around this?. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] Sympa doesn't work
The sympa that comes with LM 7.1. [root@elmo myscripts]# rpm -qa | grep sympa sympa-2.4-3mdk TIA, Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Denis HAVLIK Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 8:46 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Sympa doesn't work Which version of sympa rpm? cu Denis On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, bill wrote: :~Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:32:24 -0500 :~From: bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~Subject: [expert] Sympa doesn't work :~ :~Is sympa suppose to work right without additional software, namely Berkly :~DB? When I try to start sympa i get: :~ :~[root@elmo sympa]# /home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl :~Can't locate DB_File.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/sympa/bin :~/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 :~/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 :~/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at :~/home/sympa/bin/List.pm line 193. :~BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/sympa/bin/List.pm line 193. :~Compilation failed in require at /home/sympa/bin/Commands.pm line 14. :~BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/sympa/bin/Commands.pm line 14. :~Compilation failed in require at /home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl line 17. :~BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl line 17. :~ :~Thanks in advance, :~Bill :~ :~ -- - Dr. Denis Havlik http://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft ||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- The mailserver is on strike. It wants better working conditions, paid days off and a female connector. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] printing - a picture of the devil
Hi I am having problems with part of my printing, specifically a pdf document. When in gv the program makes an empty file and seem to intend to write its result to it, but it cant open it, it says. I have made an extra installation with a change of security from high to medium on order to understand it. High security gives: -rw---1 guranguran 0 Nov 3 19:13 gv_3a030045_1_Securing-Optimizing-L.ps.tmp Medium only changes to -rw-r--r-- c. When in Konqueror (is it incusive of Adobe?), I get no other result than a dialog saying that it had problem. What specific data do I have to give to gv and Adobe? when they ask? I have found lpr, lpr-cups, lpq-cups, lprm-cups, qtcups and lpc-cups. In Adobe the ask for spooler command and environment variable. regards guran Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] VGA parameters at boot
So sprach Marco Fioretti am Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:41:16PM +0100: I have a fixed frequency monitor, so I have to be sure that the mode is right before doing that. What I was looking for is If I'm not totally wrong, the actual resolution (x Pixels by y Pixels) doesn't change at all, no matter what text resolution you choose. IIRC the text resolution just changes the size of a font while always staying at 640 Pixels x 200 Pixels (or something like this). So, if I'm correct, if one text resolution works, all the standards (80x25, 80x40, 80x50) will work. Yeah, just refreshed my memories by reading it up again in the good ol' 92 PC Intern 3.0. Gosh, where has the time gone? '92 Yeah, the good ol' times. sigh Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Promise ATA-100
Note that the suggested method is to let the kernel configure the controller. Pass it "hdX=dma" where X is one of a-h (my HPT366 uses e,f,g,h) Just make sure that your kernel is not being passed "ideY=0x,0x" where Y is 0-3, and h is a hex number. This indicates that the controller is being accessed in non-dma(66/100) mode. Buchan Dovydas Kulvinskas wrote: Gary Morgan wrote: kernel 2.4.0 does but its only in testing phase right now try hdparm, ATA 66 works fine for me. "hdparm -X66 -d1 -u1 -c3 -m16 -p4 -k1 -K1 /dev/hda" Dovydas Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- |--| Buchan MilneMechanical Engineer, Network Manager Cellphone +27824722231 email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Centre for Automotive Engineering http://www.cae.co.za South Africas first satellite:http://sunsat.ee.sun.ac.za Control Models http://www.control.co.za |Registered Linux User #182071-| Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: Howto quote (was: Re: [expert] root password)
This is very deja-vu - didn't we go thru all this about how and where to quote not too long ago ? Or was it on the newbie list ? Either way, it was off topic then and is now. Can you give it a rest ? philomena At 04:34 PM 11/3/2000 +0100, you wrote: So sprach John Wittkamper am Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:42:56AM -0800: Not only that, the new stuff should be at the TOP of the reply rather than the bottom. For the few that need context, it is there, And wrong again. The new stuff should be right below what you are quoting, so that the references are as clear as can be. Now compare my message in size to your "bloated" IMO message. It's smaller. Isn't that better? If you need context, go back to the original message. Ain't that hard. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] whois on linux
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 12:55:47PM -0700, Daniel Woods wrote: Linux comes with "fwhois", the finger style whois. Where can I get the RPM or source code for the good old Unix style whois so I can use ... whois [-h whois.host] hostname I use bw-whois, which has the advantage of being a perl script: I could customize it if I wished to. It is available in RPM. ccurley@charlesc # rpm -qa | grep -i whois bw-whois-2.3-1 ccurley@charlesc $ whois BW whois 2.3 by Bill Weinman http://bw.org/ Copyright 1999-2000 William E. Weinman snip The latest on the website is 2.5a, however I could not find any RPMs on the site or in LM7.2 mirrors. Thanks... Dan. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Update problems from 7.1 to 7.2
I would like to ask the $64,000 question. If the update utility does not work (even from one Minor Release Level), why have it in the first place? I think that it goes a long way to say that when there are problems with a Single Vendor (in this case Linux-Mandrake or Mandrake-soft) upgrading from a Minor Release level (in this case 7.1 to 7.2) it puts a significant burden on the rest of the industry to understand why they want to purchase the software in the first place! I've experienced this same issue back in 6.0 to 6.1, and at that time I was told that it was being addressed. I give up, what was addressed? I realize that there are Many different configuration possibilities, however, this is software. As we all know, software is easily configurable. So I'll ask again, when is this upgrade procedure getting fixed? -- Albert E. Whale - www.hky.com/aewhale.html -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - Computer Networking Specialists Sr. Network, Security and Systems Consultant The Father's Rights Network - http://www.hky.com/frn/frnhome.html The Pennsylvania Parenthood Initiative - PAPI - Children need BOTH Parents - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4688/papi.htm Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] makedep error under 7.1
Can anyone explain/correct this error? $ make -C scsi fastdep $ make: Entering directory '/usr/src/linux-2.2.15/drivers/scsi' $ .depend:1659: *** unterminated call to function `wildcard': missing `)'. Stop. $ make: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.2.15/drivers/scsi' Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] VMware and turning on DGA mode
Hello It has been suggested that my question on dga with vmware should be posted to this list, os here it is: I need to turn the option DGA on in XF86Config so as to use vmware. Would someone know how to do it? I checked XF86Config and there is nothing there relating to dga. The video card is an old Cirrus Logic 5465 and my pc is running 7.2. Many thanks Eduardo Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Update problems from 7.1 to 7.2
On Friday 03 November 2000 02:33 pm, Albert E. Whale wrote: I would like to ask the $64,000 question. If the update utility does not work (even from one Minor Release Level), why have it in the first place? Does it or doesn't it? Either as user from the menu, or su'g to root in a console to run it, the app starts. I always get a "cannot retrieve packages, try another mirror" message. Which I have by entering them in 'preferences'. If I choose 'development' updates, it connects to a cooker mirror an lists the available updates. This is with 7.2b3 updated with many 7.2[final] rpms and 7.2b[last], mostly KDE2, XF-4.01, and anything else that appeared to have a problem. My little bit of ftp research of about a dozen mirrors around the world, both with NutScrape and Konqueror, says that while there are lot'sa 7.2/update/rpm/ ftp sites... they're all either empty, or have reached their user quotas (these could be empty also). Mesg's I've seen recently on the cooker list from Mdk developers say 'the rpm's will be available soon'. -- Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] whois on linux
On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 01:02:02PM -0700, Daniel Woods wrote: On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 12:55:47PM -0700, Daniel Woods wrote: Linux comes with "fwhois", the finger style whois. Where can I get the RPM or source code for the good old Unix style whois so I can use ... whois [-h whois.host] hostname I use bw-whois, which has the advantage of being a perl script: I could customize it if I wished to. It is available in RPM. ccurley@charlesc # rpm -qa | grep -i whois bw-whois-2.3-1 ccurley@charlesc $ whois BW whois 2.3 by Bill Weinman http://bw.org/ Copyright 1999-2000 William E. Weinman snip The latest on the website is 2.5a, however I could not find any RPMs on the site or in LM7.2 mirrors. Hmmm, I didn't necessarily get it from Mandrake. Try Red Hat. Try CPAN. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] VMware and turning on DGA mode
Hmmm ... I responded to your post in the cooker list, but I'll respond again: First of all, are you running XFree86 4.0.x or 3.x.x ? If you're running 4.0.x, there's a file named /etc/X11/XF86Config (and possibly another file named /etc/X11/XF86Config-4). If you're running 4.0.x and there's only a file named /etc/X11/XF86Config, then there SHOULD be some lines that look like so: # This loads the miscellaneous extensions module, and disables # initialisation of the XFree86-DGA extension within that module. SubSection "extmod" #Option "omit xfree86-dga" EndSubSection If there's also a file named /etc/X11/XF86Config-4, then those lines will be in that file. Just keep the line that has the "omit xfree86-dga" commented (in either case). That's what works for me. Hope that helps, GenEric "Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" wrote: Hello It has been suggested that my question on dga with vmware should be posted to this list, os here it is: I need to turn the option DGA on in XF86Config so as to use vmware. Would someone know how to do it? I checked XF86Config and there is nothing there relating to dga. The video card is an old Cirrus Logic 5465 and my pc is running 7.2. Many thanks Eduardo -- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Update problems from 7.1 to 7.2
Sorry Tom, I was talking about Upgrades using the Installation CD. My foopa! Tom Brinkman wrote: On Friday 03 November 2000 02:33 pm, Albert E. Whale wrote: I would like to ask the $64,000 question. If the update utility does not work (even from one Minor Release Level), why have it in the first place? Does it or doesn't it? Either as user from the menu, or su'g to root in a console to run it, the app starts. I always get a "cannot retrieve packages, try another mirror" message. Which I have by entering them in 'preferences'. If I choose 'development' updates, it connects to a cooker mirror an lists the available updates. This is with 7.2b3 updated with many 7.2[final] rpms and 7.2b[last], mostly KDE2, XF-4.01, and anything else that appeared to have a problem. My little bit of ftp research of about a dozen mirrors around the world, both with NutScrape and Konqueror, says that while there are lot'sa 7.2/update/rpm/ ftp sites... they're all either empty, or have reached their user quotas (these could be empty also). Mesg's I've seen recently on the cooker list from Mdk developers say 'the rpm's will be available soon'. -- Tom Brinkman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Galveston Bay Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. -- Albert E. Whale - www.hky.com/aewhale.html -- ABS Computer Technology, Inc. - Computer Networking Specialists Sr. Network, Security and Systems Consultant The Father's Rights Network - http://www.hky.com/frn/frnhome.html The Pennsylvania Parenthood Initiative - PAPI - Children need BOTH Parents - http://www.geocities.com/Heartland/4688/papi.htm Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Script, or spec file to generate vmlinuz for install.
Is there a script, spec file, anything which help me create a vmlinuz exactly like the one on the install disks. I find that the 3ware IDE RAID card is still not supported at the time of install, and I have a number of people asking for a solution. I need to use the blank.img file and a custom vmlinuz, but I don't want to break anything else, as these disks are for a number of different machines and people. I only need to add support for the the 3w scsi driver at install, possibly dropping support for an old obsolete scsi card. Even the config file that is feed to "make config" would be nice. Any suggestions. -- Thanks, Jim Fritz, President FH SoftHouse, Inc. 603 East 16th StreetHolland, MI 49423 Phone: (616) 395-9556 Fax: (616) 395-9557 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] whois on linux
So sprach Daniel Woods am Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 12:55:47PM -0700: Linux comes with "fwhois", the finger style whois. Where can I get the RPM or source code for the good old Unix style whois so I can use ... whois [-h whois.host] hostname Don't know, but try fwhois user@domain Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: Howto quote (was: Re: [expert] root password)
I disagree, put the new text at the top - or see your message end up in trash - most of the time I cant bother scrolling down unless its something I am really interested in, and unless there is enough test within view, how do I know - the subject line is generally too little info? Same deal with quoting (which I presume someone posted too much), dont get too vigorous in deleting, short yes, but leave enough meat so someone can come in on a thread and at least know enough to follow without having to dig up old messages, which may not be available - I often just bulk delete when busy (get approx 150 messages a day, with only short periods to read em!), then sometimes finding something interesting in the middle of a thread. If you take the time to write, at least try and make it easy for your intended audience or your words are wasted. BillK Alexander Skwar wrote: So sprach John Wittkamper am Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:42:56AM -0800: Not only that, the new stuff should be at the TOP of the reply rather than the bottom. For the few that need context, it is there, And wrong again. The new stuff should be right below what you are quoting, so that the references are as clear as can be. Now compare my message in size to your "bloated" IMO message. It's smaller. Isn't that better? If you need context, go back to the original message. Ain't that hard. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Remote printing
Dovydas Kulvinskas wrote: Does anyone know, how to print to remote TCP/IP printer under MDK-7.2 there is now /etc/printcap or /var/spool/lpd is empty also /var/spool/cups is empty Where i could find all configuration files? Dovydas Thaks :) http://localhost:631 Dovydas Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Aureal Sound Card and MDK 7.2
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Does anyone know where I can get Aureal drivers for 7.2??? You can get Aureal drivers for *Linux* at http://sourceforge.net/projects/aureal Enjoy! -Stephen- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] printing - solved
Hi I found the solution, there was no save button on the dialog windows as in printtool, and I had held them open. They probably don't effectuate until closed. regards guran Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Update problems from 7.1 to 7.2
On Sat, 4 Nov 2000 09:57, Larry Marshall wrote: It's not broken. Truthfully, it's simply faster to do clean installs than to do an upgrade and it always will. You're not installing just an operating system but rather a whole bunch of programs and tracing all the dependencies and doing version control at the same time is going to be a time-consuming task. Or to put it another way.unlike the magical word of fixed Operating systems such as Windows or Mac's, where upgrading one individual item is harder than eating one potato chip, and the updates only come around once every couple of years. Linux applications (in particular, Unix based systems in general) are prone to more self-contained upgrades, however sometimes those upgrades are to the deamons that run major parts of the system which other bits rely on. As Larry said...there is nothing magical about a new distribution version that can't be done by an individual given the timeI've heard of people happily motoring along on boxes where the last distribution installed was RedHat 5.2 and they've just upgraded from source when they needed something. PS...the distribution numbers are more chronolgical...all 7.2 means is it's later than 7.1, it dosn't mean its an incremental upgrade and theres nothing to say they have to be sequential (Mandrake used to add a single point when they were doing redhat value adds, RedHat goes x.0 - x.2 in about 9 months then does (x+1).0, Slackware went from 4.2 straight to 7.0 for example) Andrew Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] whois on linux
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 12:55:47PM -0700, Daniel Woods wrote: Linux comes with "fwhois", the finger style whois. Where can I get the RPM or source code for the good old Unix style whois so I can use ... whois [-h whois.host] hostname Thanks... Dan. I use bw-whois, which has the advantage of being a perl script: I could customize it if I wished to. It is available in RPM. ccurley@charlesc # rpm -qa | grep -i whois bw-whois-2.3-1 ccurley@charlesc $ whois BW whois 2.3 by Bill Weinman http://bw.org/ Copyright 1999-2000 William E. Weinman snip -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Re: Aureal Sound Card and MDK 7.2 + 7.1?
How about 7.1, do you have Aureal Drivers working under 7.1? I would sure like to have some if there were any available, 7 months of Linux-Mandrake with no sound, would be a great change in my environment to have some. mrweb Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: Howto quote (was: Re: [expert] root password)
So sprach Philomena am Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 02:27:53PM -0500: This is very deja-vu - didn't we go thru all this about how and where to quote not too long ago ? Or was it on the newbie list ? Either way, it was off topic then and is now. Can you give it a rest ? No, it was cooker, I think. But you're right, people like to waste bandwith and make reading hard. BUT: Sadly *g* I'm not gonna change it, so: EOT for me Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] VGA parameters at boot
On Fri, 03 Nov 2000 16:48:53 Alexander Skwar wrote: So sprach Marco Fioretti am Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 12:41:16PM +0100: I have a fixed frequency monitor, so I have to be sure that the mode is right before doing that. What I was looking for is If I'm not totally wrong, the actual resolution (x Pixels by y Pixels) doesn't change at all, no matter what text resolution you choose. IIRC the text resolution just changes the size of a font while always staying at 640 Pixels x 200 Pixels (or something like this). So, if I'm correct, if one text resolution works, all the standards (80x25, 80x40, 80x50) will work. Tricky to find, but got it. The problem is that all that modes are text modes for a fixed standard VESA resolution and refresh rate, I suppose that 640x480x60HZ. If your monitor does not support that rate, don't work (I fighted time ago with a Sony GDM from a Sun attached to a PC..., only worked at 1280x1024x8bits, that gave just the right dot freqs...) Without frame-buffer support, you need to find a VESA mode that fits your mon. Attacched goes the modeDB.txt from XFree sources (hard to find without downloading the 30Mb of sources), which tells the WxHxFreq (line 648) of the standard modes. If the mode supported by your monitor is there, find which VESA mode from ftp://ftp.vesa.org/pub/VBE/vbe3.pdf (also attached) fits, and get the number. Then give this in lilo.conf as vga=mode code. Warning: don't remember if vga= eats mode numbers in hex or dec, prefixed or non with 0x. Check for the correct syntax. If the native (and only mode) for your monitor does not fit any of the VESA modes, you will need full fb support. Compile it in the kernel, and read linux/Documentation/fb/*. There says something about adding 0x200 to feed the mode to lilo. I have more detailed info such as which bit depth is each vesa mode, but only in paper from an oldie S3801. If i can scan it, i'll send you a PNG. Hope this helps you. -- Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta # cd /pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] # more beer Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Remote printing
Does anyone know, how to print to remote TCP/IP printer under MDK-7.2 there is now /etc/printcap or /var/spool/lpd is empty also /var/spool/cups is empty Where i could find all configuration files? Dovydas Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Gimp very slow
Jeff Malka wrote: I am trying to learn gimp. Even though I am on a Pentium Pro 200 with 84MB ram, using gimp is so slow it is not of practical use. Cutting an area etc takes about 6-7 seconds to occur. Any advice? I don't know of anything to 'help' you, it all depends on the size of the picture, or whatever you are working on. Try the gimp user list ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Mogens Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] VGA parameters at boot
Sorry, forgot the files. Here goes modeDB.txt, vbe3.pdf is too big, grab it at ftp://ftp.vesa.prg/pub/VBE/vbe3.pdf -- Juan Antonio Magallon Lacarta # cd /pub mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] # more beer modeDB.txt.gz Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: Howto quote (was: Re: [expert] root password)
BillK wrote: Alexander Skwar wrote: So sprach John Wittkamper am Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 09:42:56AM -0800: Not only that, the new stuff should be at the TOP of the reply rather than the bottom. For the few that need context, it is there, Why do you assume few need it? And wrong again. The new stuff should be right below what you are quoting, so that the references are as clear as can be. Among other reasons. Now compare my message in size to your "bloated" IMO message. It's smaller. Isn't that better? If you need context, go back to the original message. Ain't that hard. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. --- Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list. Any particular reason why you leave the above useless quote bloat? I disagree, put the new text at the top - or see your message end up in trash - most of the time I cant bother scrolling down unless its something I am really interested in, and unless there is enough test within view, how do I know - the subject line is generally too little info? Same deal with quoting (which I presume someone posted too much), dont get too vigorous in deleting, short yes, but leave enough meat so someone can come in on a thread and at least know enough to follow without having to dig up old messages, which may not be available - I often just bulk delete when busy (get approx 150 messages a day, with only short periods to read em!), then sometimes finding something interesting in the middle of a thread. If you take the time to write, at least try and make it easy for your intended audience or your words are wasted. I generally get over 200 a day, and top replies take twice the time to read having to scroll down for the context required to understand what the message is really saying. One cannot remember the whole upthread, if any at all, so beginning at the beginning instead of upside down bass ackwards like on Jeopardy is most efficient. Plus, as pointed out above, bottom reply makes the quoting clearer. Also, one replying at the bottom can see what is replied to immediately above and thereby be reminded to strip out the bloat of quoted .sigs and list instructions. Ideally, one would intersperse point by point so context becomes unmistakable. -- A fool finds no pleasure in understanding, but delights in airing his own opinions.Proverbs 18:2 NKJV Team OS/2 Felix Miata *** http://mrmazda.members.atlantic.net Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] where does this file come from
It's a downloadable file - a google search will bring up a number of sites - originally from www.trolltech.com for their 'QT Professional Edition" as part of the QT Gui Toolkit. -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS Sent: Friday, November 03, 2000 9:21 AM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [expert] where does this file come from I installed LM 7.2 the other night, I have been having problems installing some tar files. They fail trying to find files such as qvaluelist.h. I definitely do not have this file on the system, however I did install "Development" package. What file contains above file. I have qt2.2.1-3 and it's devel package and what appears to be all the kde2 and devel packages. Brian D. Klar - CVE OTS WPAFB (937)257-5773 937-973-3125 (Pager) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Is This a Bug??
Yo All, I am experiencing strange happenings with gcc on Mandrake-7.1 (Mag Cover Version UK) I beleive there is a fault in the pre-processor. I have been trying to build and test gcc-2.95.2 since there was no c++-devel stuff included on the dist disk (I know, I know! this has been flogged to death) as well as the interesting fact that 7.2 has returned to 2.95.2 from 2.95.3 no doubt due to the posting on gnuannouce stating that the 2.95.3 version generates non-portable code. I sucessfully built the compiler using "make bootstrap" using i686-linux-gnu as the target. Bitter experience has taught me that if there are testsuites then they are meant to be run. Although there are only regression tests in 2.95.2 its better than nothing. I ran "make check" and Oh Dear! no dejagnu either loaded or on the dist cd. Not to be discouraged I downloaded dejagnu-1.3 from a server near me and tried to compile it I didn't get that far because it kept bombing "configure". The error messages indicated that xmkmf was improperly configured; feeding configure the X directories cured this and I got a Makefile. Running the Makefile generated the following error messages and a fatal error whcih occurred during the compilation of the tcl libs I have also tried compiling a version (8p2) of tcl which I already have compiled on my USL based svr4 system using gcc-2.95.2 so I know there isn't a problem with the package. ./../generic/tclPosixStr.c:340: duplicate case value ./../generic/tclPosixStr.c:328: this is the first entry for that value ./../generic/tclPosixStr.c: In function `Tcl_ErrnoMsg': ./../generic/tclPosixStr.c:787: duplicate case value ./../generic/tclPosixStr.c:775: this is the first entry for that value Attached are lines 328 to 340 from the appropriate file and as can be seen they are NOT duplicates. 328 case ENOTSUP: return "ENOTSUP"; 329 #endif 330 #ifdef ENOTTY 331 case ENOTTY: return "ENOTTY"; 332 #endif 333 #ifdef ENOTUNIQ 334 case ENOTUNIQ: return "ENOTUNIQ"; 335 #endif 336 #ifdef ENXIO 337 case ENXIO: return "ENXIO"; 338 #endif 339 #ifdef EOPNOTSUPP 340 case EOPNOTSUPP: return "EOPNOTSUPP"; and lines 775 to 787 775 case ENOTSUP: return "operation not supported"; 776 #endif 777 #ifdef ENOTTY 778 case ENOTTY: return "inappropriate device for ioctl"; 779 #endif 780 #ifdef ENOTUNIQ 781 case ENOTUNIQ: return "name not unique on network"; 782 #endif 783 #ifdef ENXIO 784 case ENXIO: return "no such device or address"; 785 #endif 786 #ifdef EOPNOTSUPP 787 case EOPNOTSUPP: return "operation not supported on socket"; I'm not a a great code writer but I can't see a problem here. I have tried to compile the package with both the 2.95.3 and the 2.95.2 compiler and both give the same result. In addition I have tried to compile some c++ code (qcad-1.4.4 src) after downloading some c++ support for the 2.95.3 compiler I get parse errors which have no apparent cause as far as I can see. The same applies to the 2.95.2 compiler. Has anyone else seen problems like these? Would enabling cpplib in gcc help? Yours Perpelexed, Colin Close Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] AHA...found webmin access
Just discovered that webmin under 7.2 uses a secure socket, not the normal one so use https:// rather than http:// (OK admittedly not great news...but it was driving me bananas trying to figure out why it wouldn't work...Do'h) Andrew Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Re: Aureal Sound Card and MDK 7.2 + 7.1?
On Friday 03 November 2000 11:45, you wrote: How about 7.1, do you have Aureal Drivers working under 7.1? I would sure like to have some if there were any available, 7 months of Linux-Mandrake with no sound, would be a great change in my environment to have some. The Aureal drivers work fine under 7.1 -Chris Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] CDRW wrong major or minor error
Ok, I cannot believe I am the only one have this problem. I have a CD-R/RW (TDK) IDE drive, which the Mandrake 7.2 installation found and setup properly. It worked until I tried booting with the pre-compiled 4.0 kernel. At that point, Kudzu told me that the drive was removed. If I tried to mount /dev/cdrom, I get "/dev/cdrom has the wrong major or minor number". I have tried several things to correct this. I can mount a CD from /dev/hdc, so that works, but it doesn't seem to want to use the /dev/scd0 device in the 2.4 kernel. I have tried re-compiling the kernel with SCSI support as a module, and built in, and with ATAPI CDROM as a module, built in, and not at all (if it is not compiled in at all, I cannot use the /dev/hdc, and the /dev/scd0 still gives the above error. The actual devices are listed as major "cdwriter" and minor 11. Has anybody seen this, and/or have any suggestions? Thx... HH Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] DNS server
I should have finished reading the thread before writing the first response... FTP is *not* an SMB protocol and has nothing to do with Samba nor Lan Manager Actually, although functional only over IP, neither is FTP a TCP/IP protocol--it is it's own protocol, and relies on name resolution based upon whichever communucation protocol the OS is using. In windows, FTP can be performed through simple IP or SMB (NetBIOS) name resolution. Windows does the name resolution outside of the file transfer protocol, and forwards the resolved name to the FTP client/server. As Charles explained, Windows usually uses a WINS server to resolve NetBIOS names to IP address, when the WINS server is lacking the name to resolve, or non-existent, the lmhosts file is used as a substitute for the server. If no WINS server is specified with the TCP/IP Protocol settings, the lmhosts file is the first to be looked for. And, again, if it doesn't exist, the hosts file is read, if that doesn't contain the name to resolve, then the DNS server is used...and, if that fails--well, we're all accustomed to Windows crashes. :-) I won't get into what Windows does when we involve IPX/SPX. --Greg Stewart, MCP - Original Message - From: "Ron Johnson, Jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED] Vu said he wanted to use FTP. FTP is *not* an SMB protocol and has nothing to do with Samba nor Lan Manager. Therefore, he needs hosts, not lmhosts. Ron Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:02:42AM -0600, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our LAN. Right. lmhosts is a microsoftism. It is used for SMB name resolution. The "lm" comes from "Lan Manager", IBM's name for the protocol when they first came up with it. You will find it on any NT box as Greg describes below. On a W95/98 box it is in c:\windows. hosts is the Unix name and is used to tcp/ip name resolution. So the two files do the same thing, but in the contenxt of different protocols. If you have a Windows client running SMB for file sharing and tpc/ip for net access, it may use both files. I have both on all of my Windows boxes. If you run Samba on your linux box, you have both, in /etc. You still need DNS resolution, although if you have an NT Server WINS will do it as well. I don't know if Samba handles WINS or not. You need DNS for resolving names outside your network. You can use DNS or hosts for name resolution within your network. And you need lmhosts for SMB name resolution in your own network. If you decide to uses hosts for your own network, you can get away with using your ISP's name server directly. Better, use a caching only name server on your firewall and have all your machines use it for name resolution. I do the latter, and I think it speeds up net access over a 56K modem noticably. Also, use Windows Explorer Tools|Find|"Files or Folders" to find "hosts", since w98 NT4 put it in different places. Ron Greg Stewart wrote: I think that I have to config the DNS server in order to use the FTP software I don't quite understand why you'd need to configure a DNS server to use an ftp client on a local LAN. Do you mean that you want to be able to type ftp \\mylinuxbox and connect to the linux box without having to type the IP address? 1st, a DNS server maps IP addresses to FQDNs (fully qualified domain names). Unless you have your domain names configured on your hosts, internally, this is only going to confuse the issue. 2nd If your network is using DHCP to assign IP addresses, things are going to be a little difficult. BUT, 3rd, if your IPs are static, you can enter the IP address of the linux box and the name you want to call that linux box, in the lmhosts file on your windows box's hard drive. If you are running NT, the file exists as "Lmhosts.sam" in the C:\WINNT\system32\drivers\etc folder-- the ".sam" means "sample" and the extension needs to be removed after you edit it. If you are running Win98 or otherwise, use the file find to locate the lmhosts.sam file, and edit it where it lives. The format of the line to add is as follows (and stick it 'before' any comments, as it slows windows down to have to sort through comments first): 192.168.0.1mylinuxbox'sname Since you're on a local LAN, don't add a "dot" and a domain name...all you want to do is define a name by which your windows box will call the linux box. It can be "Fred" if you want, even it the linux box's name is "Marsha"...it don't matter as long as you know what you're looking for. Don't forget to remove the ".sam" --Greg - Original Message - From: "Vu Nguyen" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi I want to use WinFTP from one of the windows machine to access to the Linux 7.1 machine (both of them in one local
[expert] How 2 fix?
I keep getting warnings that sendmail is running as uid root? I know I have to do a chown but how do I do it so it still works? Regards, Ran Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Sympa doesn't work
I had the same problem getting Sympa to work. Mandrake 7.1 didn't come with the DBfile perl module. I did manage to find it and get it installed, but boy, this should have been packaged with the Sympa RPM!!! I think you can get it from CPAN. Do a GET DB_File Bob On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, bill wrote: :~Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:32:24 -0500 :~From: bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~Subject: [expert] Sympa doesn't work :~ :~Is sympa suppose to work right without additional software, namely Berkly :~DB? When I try to start sympa i get: :~ :~[root@elmo sympa]# /home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl :~Can't locate DB_File.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/sympa/bin :~/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 :~/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 :~/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at :~/home/sympa/bin/List.pm line 193. :~BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/sympa/bin/List.pm line 193. :~Compilation failed in require at /home/sympa/bin/Commands.pm line 14. :~BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/sympa/bin/Commands.pm line 14. :~Compilation failed in require at /home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl line 17. :~BEGIN Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
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Questions re backing up to tape. 1) Which is the correct command tor a full tape backup: tar cvf /dev/ht0 ortar cvf /dev/ht0 / Does it include the "/"? Does this erase the previous backup on the tape or add it after the previous archive on tape? 2) How does one exclude the /mnt partition from the backup? 3) To restore, what would be the command? Does this restore the "system" or does one also need to re-install to restore a working linux system? 4) how to delete the tape contents? Thank you. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Backing up to tape
Questions re backing up to tape. 1) Which is the correct command tor a full tape backup: tar cvf /dev/ht0 ortar cvf /dev/ht0 / Does it include the "/"? Does this erase the previous backup on the tape or add it after the previous archive on tape? 2) How does one exclude the /mnt partition from the backup? 3) To restore, what would be the command? Does this restore the "system" or does one also need to re-install to restore a working linux system? 4) how to delete the tape contents? Thank you. -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] unsubscribing
How can I get of this ML? It seems majordomo is not responding to any of my requests?? Patrick Van der Veken Baan System Engineer Tools Consultant Baan Centre of Expertise - Hewlett Packard Belgium +32.2.778.21.34 (Work) +32.477.63.52.55 (GSM) +32.15.43.69.78 (Home FAX) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] 7.2
Can anybody tell me if install Mandrake 7.2, will I end up with Apache, PHP and MySql all working correctly, ie --with mysql_support etc.? Regards, Ran Hooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Sympa doesn't work
Which version of sympa rpm? cu Denis On Thu, 2 Nov 2000, bill wrote: :~Date: Thu, 2 Nov 2000 17:32:24 -0500 :~From: bill [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] :~Subject: [expert] Sympa doesn't work :~ :~Is sympa suppose to work right without additional software, namely Berkly :~DB? When I try to start sympa i get: :~ :~[root@elmo sympa]# /home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl :~Can't locate DB_File.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/sympa/bin :~/usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0 :~/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.6.0 :~/usr/lib/perl5/site_perl/5.005 /usr/lib/perl5/site_perl .) at :~/home/sympa/bin/List.pm line 193. :~BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/sympa/bin/List.pm line 193. :~Compilation failed in require at /home/sympa/bin/Commands.pm line 14. :~BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/sympa/bin/Commands.pm line 14. :~Compilation failed in require at /home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl line 17. :~BEGIN failed--compilation aborted at /home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl line 17. :~ :~Thanks in advance, :~Bill :~ :~ -- - Dr. Denis Havlikhttp://www.ap.univie.ac.at/users/havlik Mandrakesoft||| e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Quality Assurance (@ @)(private: [EMAIL PROTECTED]) ---oOO--(_)--OOo- The mailserver is on strike. It wants better working conditions, paid days off and a female connector. ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] PCI Grafikkarte
So sprach Matthias Höppner am Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 08:45:03PM +0100: I'm sorry, but I got the email adress from the german LM website and I took no notice about the language. I think the german list is called expert-de. Don't know exactly, go to http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en and see the lists section. It lets you chose between the different languages. However, thanks for the hints - I'll try it and I hope there is a native support in Mandrake 7.2 No, there will be no native support in Mdk 7.2, because nvidia doesn't fully opensource their drivers, and Mdk mainly only includes opensource/GPL programs/drivers. Your best bet is to write a NICE! message to nvidia asking to open source the drivers and maybe "warning" them, that you cannot suggest nvidia cards etc.pp.. Just put a little pressure behinds your words, but don't get rude. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
RE: [expert] 7.2 xmms menu's not working
Mine does the same on 7.2 with kde, if you find a solution let me know! I don't worry about it too much since I can do as you said. -Original Message- From: Jason Straight [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 2:20 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] 7.2 xmms menu's not working I am using KDE2, and xmms won't let me select anything from the menu's via the letter buttons on the left of the LCD display, the menu comes up but I can't select anything, however if I right click on xmms somewhere to bring up the other menu things work fine. -- Jason Straight - NMO.net Senior Network Tech Penguinfarm.com - Personal Page http://www.penguinfarm.com/ ICQ 1796276 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] HPT366 DMA hanging boot on Odyssey
Expert(s), I have an ABIT BP6 dual Celeron mobo with onboard Highpoint Technologies UDMA66 controller. I have two Maxtor 10Gb drives connected, one to each ide bus (34) plus a 6gb boot drive on ide0 and a CDROM on ide1. All drives are bus masters. I started with version 1.07 of the High Point BIOS and then tried upgrading to version 1.25 with the same results. I had a problem with Mandrake 7.1 (helium) where I would have to disable DMA on these controllers or the system would hang anytime they were accesed, but at least the system would boot. After installing Mandrake 7.2 (Odyssey), the system will not even boot. Following is output from the boot process: . . . HPT366: onboard version of chipset, pin1=1 pin2=2 PCI: HPT366 Fixing interrupt 18 pin 2 to ZERO HPT366: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 98 HPT366: chipset revision 1 HPT366: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide2: BM-DMA at 0xb400-0xb407, BIOS settings: hde=DMA, hdf=pio HPT366: IDE controller on PCI bus 00 dev 99 HPT366: chipset revision 1 HPT366: not 100% native mode: will probe irqs later ide2: BM-DMA at 0xc000-0xc007, BIOS settings: hdg=DMA, hdh=pio hda: Maxtor 90648D3 ATA DISK drive hdc: ATAPI CD-ROM DRIVE 40X MAXIMUM, ATAPI CDROM drive hde: Maxtor 91024U3, ATA DISK drive hdg: Maxtor 91024U3, ATA DISK drive This is the last output from the boot process. It will go no further, even after hours of waiting, as in overnight. I disconnected hdg and the boot proceeded a little further outputing the following: . . . partition check: hda: hda1 hda2 hda5 hda6 hda7 hde: timeout waiting for DMA ide_dmaproc: chipset supported ide_dma_timeout func only: 14 and then hangs here. Disconnecting both UDMA66 drives allows the kernel to boot all the way. The kernel that boots from the install CDROM has no problem with these drives but the kernel that is installed during the boot process is not handling DMA correctly. Thanks for any assistance you might provide. -- -- Peter F. Mastren | Houston Chronicle | If you're happy [EMAIL PROTECTED]| [EMAIL PROTECTED] |you're finger me for PGP Public Key | Phone: (713) 220-7689 | successful http://www.Mastren.org/Peter | Fax: (713) 250-3114 | Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
[expert] Compiling things with mandrake?
Hello, It's some times not so good having the latest compilers... I don't speak of gcc-2.96 that I can't understand why RedHat and Mandrake have taken a gcc 2.96 (see http://www.gnu.org/software/gcc/gcc-2.96.html for the way gcc people thinks about that...). Now I have tried 2.96 and I have to say, it was everything but good ;-(( Now I want to go back to 2.95.2 and I said no problem, I have just to grab the rpm and install them... well yes and no: for example, gcc -v now give me: Reading specs from /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i586-mandrake-linux/2.95.3/specs gcc version 2.95.3 19991030 (prerelease) Is there any explaination for doing such thinks (I mean naming things with different names)? I don't find one ;-( What's is the last rpm with the right things in it? I need a true 2.95.2, because I have to compile DVB stuff from www.linuxtv.org I have nothing against 2.95.3 or 2.96 as long as the names are right... Please CC to me any reply (If there are some): I am not on the list ;-) Thanks you very much, Greg http://ulima.unil.ch/greg ICQ:16624071 mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] PCI Grafikkarte
Hey Alexander, Till and Guran, I'm sorry, but I got the email adress from the german LM website and I took no notice about the language. However, thanks for the hints - I'll try it and I hope there is a native support in Mandrake 7.2 Yours Matthias Alexander Skwar schrieb: So sprach Matthias Höppner am Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 10:03:18AM +0100: Hallo Linuxer, Dies ist eine englisch sprachige Mailingliste! Naja, was soll's :] Ich habe auch eine TNT2 M64 Karte, und um die zum laufen zu kriegen, habe ich XFree86 4.0.1 installiert, und mir von www.nvidia.com die Treiber geholt und installiert, also Kernel Treiber und XFree Treiber. Dann, wie auch in der Anleitung beschrieben, habe ich in /etc/X11/XF86Config-4 aus driver "nv" ein driver "nvidia" gemacht, und alles funtkioniert. Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
