Re: [expert] /var/log/news and /var/log/mail directory corruption?
On Fri, 29 Sep 2000, Vincent Danen wrote: > On Thu Sep 28, 2000 at 08:47:32PM -0500, Michael wrote: > > > Is there any non-X version of MandrakeUpdate? > > No. But you can do a mirror of an updates directory for your version > and then use rpm -Fvh yourself if you need to do such updates. The > only problem is you will have to keep an eye on things (either by > subscribing to announce and security-announce) to see when there are > new updates to install. Problem is that information is mailed out hours or even days after the new rpm is released. -- Henrik Edlund (HE2914-RIPE) http://www.edlund.org/ "Fellas, coincidence and fate figure largely in our lives." -- FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.
Re: [expert] Multiple Distros on One Harddrive
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > I would like to be able to 'try' a distro while not affecting my > original. For those of you that are running a system that has at least > two Linuxes on one drive... What's your method for achieving this? Have one / (root) partition for every distribution. Have one /home (home) partition that all distributions share. -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "Nothing happens in contradiciton to nature, only in contradiction to what we know of it." -- Special Agent Dana Katherine Scully, "The X-Files"
Re: [expert] Mandrake netscape 4.74?
ftp://ftp.free.fr/pub/Distributions_Linux/Mandrake/updates/ On Tue, 1 Aug 2000, lorne schachter wrote: > Where is there an RPM for Netscape 4.74? > > Thanks, > > Lorne -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "No! Try not. Do. Or do not. There is no try." -- Yoda, Jedi Master
Re: [expert] Deleted /tmp now X won't start
On Tue, 4 Jul 2000, John Aldrich wrote: > On Tue, 04 Jul 2000, you wrote: > > > > Yes, /tmp should be for temporary stuff. And this "stuff" is > > sockets, in this case, in a hidden directory. In 7.1 the use of > > /tmp for these sockets has been discontinued. Now they use > > /root/tmp which most people leave alone. > > > Has there ever been a satisfactory explanation of WHY they > put PERMANENT stuff in a temporary directory? It seems > rather loco to me to put ANYTHING you want to keep in a > TEMP directory... :-) Actually they are temporary sockets (files), but they are more persistent than other temporary files so /var/tmp would have been a better location. /root/tmp seems quite illogical. -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "In the grand design, women were definitely drawn from a different set of blueprints." -- FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper
Re: [expert] Alt-F7 = crash!
On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Ron Johnson wrote: > Civileme wrote: > > > [snip] > > use ctrl-alt-fx where x is in the range 2-5 f1 brings you to the > > console which X is running on top of and anything you do there is likely > > to break X. > > Once I've pressed ctrl-alt-f1, how do I get back to X ? Most likely ctrl-alt-f7. -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "One is truly wise who has travelled far and knows the ways of the world."
Re: [expert] Netscape 6 pr1 Feedback Requested
Slow, slow, slow, slow, and slow. On Wed, 5 Apr 2000, Sevatio Octavio wrote: > Has anyone tried out Netscape 6 pr1 yet? If so, please share. > > Seve > > -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "One is truly wise who has travelled far and knows the ways of the world."
Re: [expert] netscape 4.70-1mdk.i586.rpm seg faults
There seem to be some fault with Mandrake's RPM and its handling of multiple files at the same time. Try installing the Netscape RPMs one by one. On Wed, 5 Jan 2000, Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote: > I downloaded netscape 4.70-1mdk.i586.rpm (all three files, commun., Navi., > common) twice now and rpm just seg faults on me. I downloaded other rpm > files i.e. lpr-0.46-1mdk.i586.rpm and it installed fine. I even downloaded > netscape from two mandrake update sites, with the same results. What gives > here, and where can I get a good copy of 4.7 at ?? > > > Brian D. Klar - CVE > OTS > WPAFB > (937)257-5773 > 937-973-3125 (Pager) > -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes." Leia Organa of Alderaan, Senator
[expert] Back to Red Hat
Looks like I am heading back to Red Hat Linux. I am getting tired of Mandrake not releasing security updates. Sigh. Mandrake was good, but they seem to have lost the edge now... -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes." Leia Organa of Alderaan, Senator
[expert] Pine vunerability fixed packages, WHEN?
When can we expect new Pine 4.21 packages that have the security issues in < 4.21 fixed? -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes." Leia Organa of Alderaan, Senator
[expert] New Kernel RPMS
Why is the non-SMP kernel RPM containing a SMP kernel? -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes." Leia Organa of Alderaan, Senator
Re: [expert] Request: Pine 4.20
On Thu, 14 Oct 1999, Bero wrote: > On Wed, 13 Oct 1999, Henrik Edlund wrote: > > > Would be nice if MandrakeSoft put out an upgrade rpm for Pine 4.20. Tried > > to rebuild the rpm myself but the patches for 4.10 didn't apply well to > > 4.20, so I rather leave the RPM-rebuilding to the experienced people at > > MandrakeSoft. > > Consider it done. ;) Thanks! Cheers, -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes." Leia Organa of Alderaan, Senator
[expert] Request: Pine 4.20
Would be nice if MandrakeSoft put out an upgrade rpm for Pine 4.20. Tried to rebuild the rpm myself but the patches for 4.10 didn't apply well to 4.20, so I rather leave the RPM-rebuilding to the experienced people at MandrakeSoft. -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ "They were in the wrong place at the wrong time. Naturally they became heroes." Leia Organa of Alderaan, Senator
[expert] RealPlyer G2 Alpha Linux
I couldn't find this on real.com. Anyone got the direct URL to it? TIA. -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ A guy once told me, "Do not have any attachments, do not have anything in your life you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner." -- Neil McCauley, "Heat"
Re: [expert] Beautiful baby girl
It would have been quite horrible if what she delivered would have not been a _baby_ girl... :-) Congratulations, btw... :-) On Thu, 9 Sep 1999, David Rodgers wrote: > a little off the topic but my wife just delivered a beautiful baby girl > > David -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ A guy once told me, "Do not have any attachments, do not have anything in your life you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner." -- Neil McCauley, "Heat"
Re: [expert] Mandrake 5.3 and compiling kernel
Isn't this the expert list anyway? So... On Wed, 4 Aug 1999, Lee Burnside wrote: > On Wed, 04 Aug 1999, your Nibs wrote: > >Well I found the problem, package bin86 wasn't installed which was > >fouling up the works. Thanks for the NON-help that I got from this list. > > Now, anybody who asks usually gets help from me with no demeaning comments, but > in your case I'll make an exception. > > >And on a personal note. I would like to thank everyone that did help me > >with previous problems but as of late this list has not been able to > >assist anyone with any problems. > > Listen cheezhead, I believe one person correctly identified the problem several > hours ago. If I'm wrong and he mis-identified the issue at hand, then I believe > you got exactly what you paid for. Of course, most of us wouldn't have to ask > help in finding one of the most ESSENTIAL components of a development system to > begin with, since indeed most of us can use rpm to find out what package owns > a file, but only you would then sneer about the lack of help from volunteers in > fixing a problem a chimpanzee hopped up on Angel Dust could have figured out in > about thirty seconds. So go drag your ugly, mouth-breathing, knuckle-dragging, > raw-meat-eating self back to the rock you normally live under and let those of > us with IQ's above the average arctic temperature get back to work. > > >I am truly disappointed. > > Most people who fail to achieve sentience _are_ horribly disappointed. Get used > to it. > > > -- > Lee Burnside -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.phys.ttu.edu/~tljlb/ > > "Many a good hanging prevents a bad marriage." > --The Bard > -- Henrik Edlund http://www.edlund.org/ A guy once told me, "Do not have any attachments, do not have anything in your life you are not willing to walk out on in 30 seconds flat if you spot the heat around the corner." -- Neil McCauley, "Heat"
