[expert] pine netscape

2000-04-30 Thread Ron Johnson
Hi. Somewhere, I read that NS' email client follows RFCblah. Can these 2 share email folders? It sure would be handy to be able to use them both... Ron -- +--+ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA

Re: [expert] Windows managers in init 5

2000-04-30 Thread Gavin Clark
I think I remember seeing a way to set the list of available windows managers in kde in the control center. not sure where though. poke around cheers, GRC -- From: R_Yeo [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hi, I have installed blackbox,(RPM) but when I bootup in level 5, I don't see it as a choice.

Re: [expert] Problem with Boot Loaders...

2000-04-30 Thread Edwin Casimero @PLUG
This is easy. First of all... some guidelines about how to multiboot: Win9x -- must be installed as 1st partition. WinNT -- must start its partition below 2Gig. Linux -- must start its partition below 8Gig. Example of Testing the Limits on your 20Gig /dev/hda1 - from 0 to 1.9Gig Win9x /dev/hda2

[expert] X 4.0 update from Cooker RPM's

2000-04-30 Thread Warren Doney
O.K, I've broken it reinstalled about 5x now, Got it to work in SuSE 6.4 (which has a nice GUI tool to do it), got it to work with Xfree86.org binaries, got it to work with linux.3dfx.com RPM's, but I'm dammed if I can get it to work with the MDK ones. Can anyone tell me how they did it? I

Re: [expert] XFree86-4.0, Voodoo3 dual head - anybody?

2000-04-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, you wrote: I acquired a second Voodoo3-2000 PCI for another box I'm building, but it doesn't need to be done for a while. I would like to try dual head with XFree86-4.0. Is it possible with the Voodoo3 cards? Anyone have a HOWTO about dual head? Thanks, Hoyt Hoyt,

Re: [expert] anyone using toppage ?

2000-04-30 Thread Fabrice SERVANT
Hi I'm using TopPage, which is rather nice compare to Amaya or composer, but it's not a competitor to DreamWeaver; and I only can run it from root. Did you encounter the same problem ? bye fabricio Get Your Private, Free

Re: [expert] anyone using toppage ?

2000-04-30 Thread Sevatio Octavio
I just installed TopPage and it runs fine in regular user mode. DreamWeaver... is it available for Linux? Seve -Original Message- From: Fabrice SERVANT [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sunday, April 30, 2000 4:18 AM Subject: Re: [expert] anyone using

[expert] Samba 2.0.7 rpm?

2000-04-30 Thread Richard Potter
Hello all.. Anyone know where/when we can find a Mandrake rpm for the newest release of Samba 2.0.7? I've looked in the usual places, but no luck. Cheers!, -- Richard Potter Re/Max Team ideal Realty Inc. Kingston, ON CANADA http://www.kingstonhouses.com

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread ptah
Dave Lers wrote: telnet-server this maybe an obvious answer, but where can I find mandrake rpms that were not included in my 7.0 distriubtion? updates or new programs and such. I checked the main ftp server under 7.0 and it was all the stuff I already had.. For example when a program like

Re: [expert] mandrake7.1

2000-04-30 Thread ptah
Ralph wrote: hello all, I downed the beta iso and it starts off good but when it gets to the part of formating the partitions it hangs and says device busy?? Has any one else had this problem?? I burned it in useing easy cd creater. help plz. Thanks, Ralph Well mine doesn't say device

Re: [expert] anyone using toppage ?

2000-04-30 Thread Fabrice SERVANT
No DreamWeaver is not available for Linux That's the only thing that makes me keep a fat partition. I downloaded toppage last week version .90 feb 2000, is your version more recent ? bye fab Get Your Private, Free E-mail

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: Hello, grepping /etc/inetd.conf for telnet says this: telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd and doing "rpm -qa |grep tcp" produces tcp_wrappers-7.6-8mdk tcpdump-3.4-1mdk Where do I look, since I want to make sure that telnetd is

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread Ron Johnson
Dave Lers wrote: telnet-server H. Since I have telnetd, but don't have the telnet-server rpm, where does /usr/sbin/in.telnetd come from? Is there an rpm command to find which rpm contains a certain file? # rpm -qal | grep telnetd /usr/man/man8/in.telnetd.8.bz2

[expert] Re: Mandrake update

2000-04-30 Thread James
ptah wrote: :this maybe an obvious answer, but where can I find mandrake rpms that :were not included in my 7.0 distriubtion? Are you looking for something like the Mandrake Update executable? I click on the Update icon periodically (in X windows) to see if anything new is out. If you don't

Re: [expert] Problem with Boot Loaders...

2000-04-30 Thread Fran Parker
I am relatively new to Linux also, but am also not a newbi when it comes to OSs. I also have been computers DOS 3.3 days and CoCo2 with OS9 before that. However, I would not be able to normally have a clue on this one, except I heard Leo on Screensavers mention this problem. He said something

[expert] Http Security

2000-04-30 Thread Edwin Casimero @PLUG
Guys, I placed my Bulletin Board Service on my Firewall. This BBS uses CGI scripts to start. How can I password protect this so that only my employees will see the BBS? -Edwin-

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread Ron Johnson
John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: Hello, grepping /etc/inetd.conf for telnet says this: telnet stream tcp nowait root /usr/sbin/tcpd in.telnetd and doing "rpm -qa |grep tcp" produces tcp_wrappers-7.6-8mdk tcpdump-3.4-1mdk Where do I look, since I want

[expert] install - can't find CDROM

2000-04-30 Thread Gavin Clark
Hi, I'm trying to upgrade a box running redhat 6.0 with mandrake 7 aside I asmume this is possible and it should work fine. /aside the bios on this old box can't boot from CD so I popped in the boot diskette. linux booted then said it couldn't find the CDROM device. (the redhat installer had no

Re: [expert] add 2nd HDD and Colorado 350?

2000-04-30 Thread Charles Curley
On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 07:23:21PM -0400, David G. Thiessen wrote: - i picked up a Colorado 350 and a Western Digital 540MB HDD. - - i would like to add these to my box, but, I can find no info - for how to hook up the Colorado Drive. It came with a cable - that - has a part labeled TO TAPE

Re: [expert] install - can't find CDROM

2000-04-30 Thread Greg Gray
I had the same problem with an older BIOS and an early Creative CD-ROM. I found that if you re-boot with the install diskette eventually the CD-ROM would be recognized. Sometimes 10-15 attempts were necessary, but it did work. I also found that once the CD-ROM recognition had failed, trying to

Re: [expert] VCD Player

2000-04-30 Thread Cecil Watson
Wayne Petherick wrote: Anyone know of a good FREE vcd player for linux? I am trying to use an unregistered MTV at the moment but the audio cuts out until it is registered. THanks, Wayne Don't know of a free one. Why not register? It is only $10.00, support those that support Linux.

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: Dave Lers wrote: telnet-server this maybe an obvious answer, but where can I find mandrake rpms that were not included in my 7.0 distriubtion? updates or new programs and such. I checked the main ftp server under 7.0 and it was all the stuff I already

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: That was the 1st thing I tried. Those results were in my original post. Only the client rpms showed up... Then you don't have the telnet-server RPM installed. Go to your CD and install the server rpm. Or, even better install SSH instead. SSH isn't as

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread Steve Philp
Ron Johnson wrote: Dave Lers wrote: telnet-server H. Since I have telnetd, but don't have the telnet-server rpm, where does /usr/sbin/in.telnetd come from? Is there an rpm command to find which rpm contains a certain file? Try: rpm -qf filename -- Steve Philp,

Re: [expert] Http Security

2000-04-30 Thread Steve Philp
"Edwin Casimero @PLUG" wrote: Guys, I placed my Bulletin Board Service on my Firewall. This BBS uses CGI scripts to start. How can I password protect this so that only my employees will see the BBS? -Edwin- Use .htaccess files in the BBS directory along with the appropriate

[expert] initrd problem

2000-04-30 Thread Shelby Brumelle
Hello experts, I'm trying to update my kernel by using kernel-smp-2.2.14-15mdk.i586.rpm which I have installed. I also installed modutils-2.1.121-16mdk.i586.rpm The problem comes when I try to make an initrd to include SCSI support. Here is what I tried first. [root@brumelle pkg]#

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread Ron Johnson
John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: That was the 1st thing I tried. Those results were in my original post. Only the client rpms showed up... Then you don't have the telnet-server RPM installed. Go to your CD and install the server rpm. Or, even better install But

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread Ron Johnson
Steve Philp wrote: Ron Johnson wrote: Dave Lers wrote: telnet-server H. Since I have telnetd, but don't have the telnet-server rpm, where does /usr/sbin/in.telnetd come from? Is there an rpm command to find which rpm contains a certain file? Try: rpm

Re: [expert] mandrake7.1

2000-04-30 Thread Ralph
Thanks alot maybe they will get it together soon :-)

RE: connection speeds--was: Re: [expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-30 Thread Bill Shirley
This has been my experiance. Maybe you don't live at my house!! Maybe you don't use my ISP!! Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of ptah Sent: Friday, April 28, 2000 2:49 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: connection speeds--was: Re:

[expert] Exec format error?

2000-04-30 Thread arthur
I just installed mandrake 7.0. Then I installed an old version of maple (mapleV R3, circa 1996), a tool for doing math on the computer. When I try to run maple I get [root@ludwig bin]# ./maple ./maple: /usr/local/maple/bin/mapleV: cannot execute binary file ./maple: /usr/local/maple/bin/mapleV:

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: THANK YOU! Apparently, Mdk6.0 integrated the telnet server and client... $ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/in.telnetd telnet-0.10-8mdk I don't think so. Try again: Current remote directory is /linux/mandrake/stable/current/Mandrake/RPMS. ncftp

Re: [expert] Exec format error?

2000-04-30 Thread Asheesh Laroia
Sounds like the file is in a.out format, instead of the new ELF format. Anyone know how to make sure that can be ran without recompiling the kernel? Maybe 'modprobe aout' or something like that. A recompile of the kernel would also let it work, making sure to include the 'a.out binary format'

[expert] problems with netscape mail

2000-04-30 Thread Bruce E. Harris
Hi All, I am trying out Netscape mail and having problems, with my login and my daughters. I can receive mail, but not send it. If my settings under Preferences--Outging mail (SMTP) with mail.fastpointcom.com I get an error asking for a password, but not taking it (just keeps asking for it).

RE: [expert] empty smb passwords?

2000-04-30 Thread Bill Shirley
Are you running the smbclient command from root or schellenberger? From any account try: smbclient //elmo/apps -U schellenberger -N Of course use a valid //server/share. A null password account from my smbpasswd files looks like:

[expert] What's this process?

2000-04-30 Thread Monte Milanuk
When I go to kpm, I see a process running that I am not familiar w/, i.e. what does it belong to. I have tried looking it up in man, and tried hunting it down w/ locate, all to no avail. I don't recall seeing it before w/ any other distro, though I could be wrong. I assume it is something

RE: [expert] million questions

2000-04-30 Thread Bill Shirley
3.) Changing the group for a user will only affect any NEW files. Change to his directory and run: chmod -R username.librarians * to fix existing files. What is it you want to do with readers librarians? Tell us how you want it to work. Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL

RE: [expert] add 2nd HDD and Colorado 350?

2000-04-30 Thread Bill Shirley
Find where the floppy cable plugs into the motherboard (or ISA card if old machine). Note which side pin 1 is on (pin 1 on the cable has a red stripe). Unplug the floppy cable from the motherboard and plug it into the socket labeled TO FLOPPY DATA. Plug the part labeled TO FLOPPY CONTROLLER

Re: [expert] What's this process?

2000-04-30 Thread Necrotica
Monte, it manages RAID configurations. -Chris On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: When I go to kpm, I see a process running that I am not familiar w/, i.e. what does it belong to. I have tried looking it up in man, and tried hunting it down w/ locate, all to no avail. I don't recall seeing

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread Gary Bunker
Of course the client and server are separate packages. However, telnetd is the telnet Daemon, and is therefore part of the SERVER. You don't need a daemon for a client. On 30 Apr, John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: But then how come I have telnetd but don't have

RE: connection speeds--was: Re: [expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-30 Thread Bruce E. Harris
I checked with my ISP and found that I have a 468kps d/l link (it is rated at 768kps, but 468kps is the max home speed) and kps is bits not bytes. I have seen Netscape showing d/l as fast as 66kps (and this is bytes and falls in line with what my ISP is telling me). So, the 15k remark below

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread Ron Johnson
John Aldrich wrote: On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: THANK YOU! Apparently, Mdk6.0 integrated the telnet server and client... $ rpm -qf /usr/sbin/in.telnetd telnet-0.10-8mdk I don't think so. Try again: Current remote directory is /linux/mandrake/stable/current/Mandrake/RPMS.

Re: [expert] Installing SMP Kernel

2000-04-30 Thread Brian Schroeder
Thanks for your advice, Bill. I have followed what you wrote, but still it doesn't work. I included the SCSI optinos in the kernel (not as modules), but I am getting "unresolved symbol" errors in "/lib/aic7xxx.o", after I am told that linux is Loading the module. Finally the kernel panics,

[expert] Mult-Boot Bootloader Problems

2000-04-30 Thread Steve Olson
All: I'm admittedly a Linux Newbie, but nowhere near a newbie when it comes to machines and software OS'es... I date back to MS-DOS 3.3 Days. I thought I'd prevail upon the experts in the list. I''m trying to get Lilo or Powerquest's Bootmagic to work as a bootloader. Only problem is:

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread Russ Johnson
Um, yes you do. A client without a daemon is like a key without a lock. G Either way. Linux does not use "telnetd", it uses the superserver "inetd" and then that calls "in.telnetd" to start the inbound login session. That is what is installed by the telnet-server rpm. On my systems, the

Re: [expert] Mult-Boot Bootloader Problems

2000-04-30 Thread Tim Kubista
A new version of LILO was released a few days ago which gets rid of the 1024cylinder limit. it now supports disks up to 2TB. http://www.freshmeat.net/news/2000/04/26/956756732.html Best of luck, Tim Kubista From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve Olson) Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 30 Apr

Re: [expert] XFree86-4.0, Voodoo3 dual head - anybody?

2000-04-30 Thread Craig Woods
Hoyt, what Tom is saying is to have a go at your email preferences. Try bringing that "guy" down to a modest 72 characters per line. That allows us to read your posting without scrolling for an hour or two.. Craig Tom Brinkman wrote: On Sat, 29 Apr 2000, you wrote: I acquired a second

Re: connection speeds--was: Re: [expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-30 Thread Eosnet
On the cable modem, I can get 300k/s downloading speed because it is rated at 10mb downstream. DSL is always rated at kbits like any other internet connection. - Original Message - From: "Bill Shirley" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, April 30, 2000 5:44 PM Subject:

Re: [expert] million questions

2000-04-30 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
Jon wrote: On Sat, Apr 29, 2000 at 05:43:03PM +0200, Deim Ágoston wrote: Hi all ! Hello! Since I deleted the buggy linuxconf and don't want to use webmin or any other GUI interface I have some questions. 1.) which config file should I edit if I want that all new users go to

Re: [expert] Mult-Boot Bootloader Problems

2000-04-30 Thread Ken Archer
You can put linux anywhere you want to on your HD, but the /boot partition must be below the 1024 cylinder limit. Many users make a 10-12 mb partition near the front of the drive for /boot and the rest of the linux installation can be anywhere on the drive. On Sun, 30 Apr 2000, you wrote: All:

Re: [expert] decent email client with a good address book

2000-04-30 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
kmail *is* a nice mail program, but he address book is *so* lame that I've finally switched back to Netscape. Is there any address book that lets one construct lists such for kmail? "Ralph F. De Witt" wrote: Kmail does the trick for me. Ralph Gavin Clark, on Fri, 28 Apr 2000, you

Re: [expert] What rpm is telnetd in?

2000-04-30 Thread Gary Bunker
You only need the telnet Daemon running if you intend to telnet into your machine. The Client can run without a local daemon, it just needs a daemon on the server it wishes to communicate with. Therefore, there is no need to install the TelnetD package unless you plan to host telnet services.

Re: [expert] empty smb passwords?

2000-04-30 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
Bill Shirley wrote: Are you running the smbclient command from root or schellenberger? From any account try: smbclient //elmo/apps -U schellenberger -N Of course use a valid //server/share. A null password account from my smbpasswd files looks like:

Re: [expert] pine netscape

2000-04-30 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
Well, the RFC's usually deal with transport format, not storage format. Nonetheless the basic data files *are* compatible, but Netscape makes extra files called ".foo.summary" for each mailbox "foo." If you update mailboxes with pine, netscape will get confused, but if you just wipe out the

Re: connection speeds--was: Re: [expert] X or console wont start

2000-04-30 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
Maybe not!!! But you were making a claim about what *servers* could dish out, not what you could receive, and your information was inaccurate in that regard. I can assure that many servers can dish it out 10 times that fast; I'm lucky enough to be able to get it 10 times that fast (RoadRunner

Re: [expert] problems with netscape mail

2000-04-30 Thread Brian T. Schellenberger
Are you supplying your proper mail password, which may or may not be the same as your login password? You might try an empty password . . . Leaving off mail won't get you the smtp server. And *is* mail the right name for the SMTP server? It's probably *not* the same address as the POP server

Re: [expert] VCD Player

2000-04-30 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Wayne Petherick wrote: Anyone know of a good FREE vcd player for linux? I am trying to use an unregistered MTV at the moment but the audio cuts out until it is registered. THanks, Wayne You can use mtvp freely for personal use and it does _not_ cut audio. This is really the same

Re: [newbie] Re: [expert] VCD Player

2000-04-30 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Wayne Petherick wrote: Sorry. next question! I have tried this but can't locate the actual movie files. This has to be done from the command line and I don't know what they are called. Any help would be appreciated Wayne If I remember well (I'm not home right now) on a true VCD the