[expert] "locate" command segfaults

2000-06-30 Thread Stephen Boulet
My locate command segfaults. I'm running a 7.1 installation. Anyone have any clue what could be happening? Thanks. -- Stephen

Re: [expert] ipmasq problems on LAN

2000-06-30 Thread Daniel Woods
I am resending this message because I did not see it posted after *12 hours*. My updated message is at the bottom. > So after wasting/playing 4 hours trying to understand > ipchains and correct it to secure it, I've run into a > problem. I have set ipchains to forward MASQ 192.168.1.0 > and de

[expert] lilo fails to read from ttyS1

2000-06-30 Thread John Craig
I am trying to console up a linux box. Everything works great, except lilo. Lilo will write to the console, but will not take input from it, only the keyboard? Here is the statement from my lilo.conf: serial=1,9600n8 any ideas? thanks, --jc - John Craig Prod. Ops. [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAI

Re: [expert] Copy HD to HD

2000-06-30 Thread Dave Lers
On Sat, 24 Jun 2000, Denis HAVLIK wrote: > :~>Is there any command to copy HD to HD ,like command line "diskcopy" under DOS > > yes. > > :~>,my friend tech me > :~>dd if=/dev/hda1 of=/dev/hdb1 bs=1024k,but must run it under single mode. > :~>anyone tell or me? or another good command to use?than

[expert] OLD Tape Colorado 250

2000-06-30 Thread Pedro Cardoso
Hi! I have an old colorado 250 internal tape. It's qic80 compatible. But I'm unablle to use it. I have tried: taper -T ftape taper -T zftape

Re: [expert] Mail Server - Very Interested In Setting Up, But....

2000-06-30 Thread Calvert S Robertson
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Re: [expert] Screen Saver

2000-06-30 Thread Calvert S Robertson
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Re: [expert] ppp dying

2000-06-30 Thread Glyn Millington
On Mon, Jun 26, 2000 at 06:23:26PM -0400, thus spake Phil: > Hi everyone > I have been running Mandrake since 6.0 I have just installed a fresh 7.1 > Its nice :-) > However I configure ppp networking with Linuxconfig and select the user > (de)activate option and it all works fine > BUT ' > after a

Re: [expert] install to scsi drive problems (7.0)

2000-06-30 Thread samuel gendler
Thanks. I will give it a try, but last time I looked, 7.1 wasn't available at any local stores and the only cdrom burner I own is in the machine I can't boot. I guess I could install windows, but that thought sends shivers down my spine. --sam [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > I just built a new

[expert] X and Framebuffer

2000-06-30 Thread Fábio Sato
I'm installing Mandrake 7.1 and I'm trying to use XF86_FBDev because I have a S3 Trio 3D card and can't get it working with the XFree86 SVGA drivers.   I've installed the kernel with framebuffer support and modified my lilo to boot with a vesa mode of 1024x748x32bppp (0x318).   My console lo

Re: [expert] install to scsi drive problems (7.0)

2000-06-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, you wrote: > I just built a new system, which happens to be 100% > SCSI (something I have never attempted before, apparently with good > reason!). The bios recognizes both 18GB drives as well as the scsi > cdrom. It boots the install cd, starts the installation, recognizes t

[expert] Where is the rtl8139 module in 2.2.16?

2000-06-30 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
Hello, In my current kernel 2.2.12, my 10b2 card uses the rtl8139.o module, but I can't find it in the 2.2.16 "make menuconfig". Am I just blind, or has something changed? Sincerely, Ron -- +--+ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTE

Re: [expert] ipmasq problems on LAN

2000-06-30 Thread Daniel Woods
> So after wasting/playing 4 hours trying to understand > ipchains and correct it to secure it, I've run into a > problem. I have set ipchains to forward MASQ 192.168.1.0 > and deny everything else... (/etc/rc.d/rc.firewall) > > start > # Needed to initially load modules > /sbin/depmo

[expert] pppd dies after dialing

2000-06-30 Thread Guillermo Belli
Every time I dial my ISP and the modem makes those horrible noises, the pppd daemon dies for no apparent reason. Then, if I try again, it connects without problems. Im' using MDK 7.0, and my ISP's servers use Cobalt Linux. -- *Guillermo Belli

[expert] /dev/radio ... no such device

2000-06-30 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS
I am trying to get my radio card to work in 7.0. It worked fine in 6.1. I keep getting /dev/radiono such device Although /dev shows the following: lrwxrwxrwx 1 brianbrian 6 Apr 27 22:24 radio -> radio1 crw--- 1 brianroot 81, 64 Sep 21 1999 radio0 crw---

Re: [expert] Boot error with 2.4.0-test2 kernel

2000-06-30 Thread Matt Stegman
How about: make config ? Your LILO config looks okay, but I wouldn't suggest copying a .config file from one kernel to the next, _especially_ going from 2.2 to 2.4. I've never tried it myself, but it seems like that's a bad idea; who knows what config options changed names? -Matt Stegman <[EMAI

[expert] Can't Install 7.1--NOT

2000-06-30 Thread Lane Lester
I'm the guy who whined about not being able to install 7.1 because of PS/2 port problems. Well, there was a loose connection in my mouse which was to blame. I apologize for wasting bandwidth and for the ugly thoughts I had about the authors of the install routine. All is not well, of course. I h

Re: [expert] SO 5.3

2000-06-30 Thread Dennis
No problem, just run it. It works. Dennis/sg > I have gone to Suns web site and tried to download Staroffice 5.2. I > click all of the right buttons, and select English Linux (x86) but when I > get to the end and the software can be dl'd the only file that comes up > is a .bin file. Is this

RE: [expert] Laptop, pcmcia, and network

2000-06-30 Thread Eric Peters
James, I got it working I did not have the right kernel module loaded under eth0. hehe works like a champ and the boss is happy. Cheers, Eric Peters Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] System Admin Network Operations Inherent Technologies Inc. offic

Re: [expert] install to scsi drive problems (7.0)

2000-06-30 Thread jlemay
> I just built a new system, which happens to be 100% > SCSI (something I have never attempted before, apparently with good > reason!). The bios recognizes both 18GB drives as well as the scsi > cdrom. It boots the install cd, starts the installation, recognizes the > aic 2940/7980, continues, a

RE: [expert] KDE2

2000-06-30 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS
Hmmm, I never had to do that with my install of Mandrake 7.0 -Original Message- From: Guillaume Rousse [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, June 27, 2000 1:29 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] KDE2 This page just needs a slight correction for mandrake : you also have t

Re: [expert] Boot error with 2.4.0-test2 kernel

2000-06-30 Thread Ken Archer
Swap is on hda2. On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Where's /swap? > > Pj > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > At 09:46 PM 6/26/00 -0500, you wrote: > >Using 7.1, I downloaded the new 2.4.0-test2 kernel and it compiled it with > the > >default 2.2.16 .config file from the 7.1 distribution. When I t

Re: [expert] Mdk7.1 on laptop

2000-06-30 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
OH!! My bad - you're the one corresponding with Civilme on UDMA66, yes? Me thinks you're in good hands, Mike > I am sorry...I should havce changed the subject line...I was responding to > someone with a laptopbut I am getting desperate here...LOL > > Jim > > > > Hey Jim, > > I'm not an 'exp

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-30 Thread Manuël Beunder
On Wed, 28 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Hi, > > I've got a WD136BA hard disk on my hpt366 controller. If I try to use > DMA for disk access, my system freezes. This problem didn't exist with > Mandrake 7.0, but it appeared when I installed 7.1. I tried to upgrade > my bios. Nothing changed. After that,

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme Again

2000-06-30 Thread Civileme
"Jim P." wrote: > > Civileme > for the sake of experiment I completely removed the maxtor drive from the > mix, unplugged both power and ribbon cable and removed it from the bios and > reset the bios. You guessed it same problemthe only drives in the mix > right now are the cdrw, Western Dig

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-30 Thread Manuël Beunder
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: > I am wondering what the normal speed for UDMA66? I just got about > 14M/second, as fast as UDMA33. What do you mean with "normal-speed"? What are the normal speeds of a 5-lane and a 3-lane highway? I dunno.. it depends.. A drive that only supports ATA/33 which

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme Again

2000-06-30 Thread Jim P.
yes I did yet ANOTHER INSTALL grrr! I saw after it posted I didn't say that I had done it...what was that 907 908 LOL I can install Mandrake 7.1 in my sleep now... my problem is that I don't understand why all the equipment works perfectly in other distros and versions.and not

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme Again

2000-06-30 Thread Jim P.
Civileme for the sake of experiment I completely removed the maxtor drive from the mix, unplugged both power and ribbon cable and removed it from the bios and reset the bios. You guessed it same problemthe only drives in the mix right now are the cdrw, Western Digital 10.1 gig and my 1.44 3 1

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme

2000-06-30 Thread Civileme
Dave Lers wrote: > On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Civileme wrote: > > But we > > DO have a 7.1 issue as well... It is not loading in ide-scsi.o UNLESS supermount >is > > enabled. > > FWIW, From my temp install on a box with a burner I rememder there was an > ide-scsi line in lilo/grub conf. Yes, but no

Re: [expert] Metro-X

2000-06-30 Thread Calvert S Robertson
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Re: [expert] Metro-X

2000-06-30 Thread Calvert S Robertson
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[expert] VM error

2000-06-30 Thread Gary DeMontigny
Hello, I am running Mandrake v7.0 and have recently upgraded to the kernel 2.2.17-0.5. I am having problems with swapping and the following error: VM do_try_to_free_pages failed for kswapd... This error is causing xwindows to shutdown when loading large applications. I have more than enough s

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme

2000-06-30 Thread Dave Lers
On Fri, 30 Jun 2000, Civileme wrote: > But we > DO have a 7.1 issue as well... It is not loading in ide-scsi.o UNLESS supermount is > enabled. FWIW, From my temp install on a box with a burner I rememder there was an ide-scsi line in lilo/grub conf.

RE: [expert] FW: X works but kdm not, why?

2000-06-30 Thread Federico Silva
Ok I'll try, I can even edit the file by hand :) ( have done it in a couple of other installations successfully ). I think I've done it before in this (my) machine since the new card came in but can't tell for sure as I tried many things whithin the scope of my knowledge ( not much ). But the

RE: [expert] Metro-X

2000-06-30 Thread John J. LeMay Jr.
I've never used this drive, but are you mounting manually or is supermount handling this? Are you sure it is mounting with the correct filesystem type? What file system types do these drives use? Can I format a type using any FS I want? (ext2fs, fat16, fat32, hpfs, ntfs, etc.) -Original Mess

Re: [expert] Metro-X

2000-06-30 Thread Calvert S Robertson
hi thank you very much but i have sorted out the problem already perhaps you can help me with this one I am installing my Ls120 drive on my computer under linux 7.0 release 15 and is having quite some fun with the thing. I am able to access the drive through hdb but is unable to view the fil

Re: [expert] FW: X works but kdm not, why?

2000-06-30 Thread Calvert S Robertson
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Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme

2000-06-30 Thread Civileme
Ken Thompson wrote: > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > = > [root@speedy /root]# lspcidrake > Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]|M1541 (unknown unknown) > Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]|M5243 (unknown unknown) > Acer Laboratories Inc. [ALi]|M5237

[expert] Fw: a question

2000-06-30 Thread TO. Wilderman Ceren
- Original Message - From: "TO. Wilderman Ceren" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 8:51 AM Subject: a question what i doing for setup SSL in my pop3 service.., i have (GNU POP3 daemon). yesterday i active it the last stable kernel-2.2.17-0.5mdk

Re: [expert] Metro-X

2000-06-30 Thread Ken Thompson
It may be as simple to fix as just opening the /etc/ppp/options file and adding "noauth" without the quotes. Save and close the file and give it a try. You may need to comment out the "lock" entry as well.. On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Calvert, looks like possibly some DNS info is missing on

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme Again

2000-06-30 Thread Civileme
"Jim P." wrote: And as a P.S. to my last message, in order to test the configuration, you will need to install AGAIN But it does make a weird kind of sense--big change between 7.0 and 7.1 relative to IDE was the out of the box UDMA66 support--a code development that would demand performance

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme Again

2000-06-30 Thread Civileme
I have an answer but you aren't going to like it. http://kt.linuxcare.com/kt2214_54.epl 2nd item Try moving (physically)the /dev/hdb to /dev/hdd. We need to get the disks on separate channels. If that cures the problem, then we know it is the same phenomenon. I BTW have independently

Re: [expert] Assigning IRQ to PCI NIC

2000-06-30 Thread Ken Thompson
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > Is there a way to assign an IRQ to a PCI NIC. PnP OS is disabled, but I can't get >the NICs' IRQ recognized / assigned. > Yes, open DrakConf, Network, Basic Host Information and click on the "adapter" tab. You can assign IRQ, I/O and device type there. -

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme

2000-06-30 Thread Ken Thompson
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: > "Jim P." wrote: > > > David Mihm wrote: > > > > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, root wrote: > > > [ SNIP ] > > > > [root@localhost bin]# cat /usr/bin/lspcidrake > > > > #!/usr/bin/perl > > > > > > > > use lib qw(/usr/lib/libDrakX); > > > > > > > > use commands; > > > > co

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-30 Thread Philippe Wautelet
Don wrote: > > OK, When the Blue High Point BIOS screen shows, Does your Drive show > " Mode 4" ? If not then your Hard Drive is not configured correctly.Western > Digital Drives work very well with the BP6 mainboard when set properly. > Western Digital provides a floppy disk to set the drives

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-30 Thread Don
OK, When the Blue High Point BIOS screen shows, Does your Drive show " Mode 4" ? If not then your Hard Drive is not configured correctly.Western Digital Drives work very well with the BP6 mainboard when set properly. Western Digital provides a floppy disk to set the drives in UDMA66 mode. M

Re: [expert] Metro-X

2000-06-30 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
John Aldrich wrote: > > On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: > > Hi Jon > > I have a problem can you help. I have set up my internet. Modem is set > > up but netscape refuses to connect to the internet. It is not seeing the > > modem, also i can connect to the internet but cannot browse the ne

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme

2000-06-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: > sorry I didn't completely think out my answerhow do you run md5sum on the > copy? this particular copy is about a week old. > md5sum md5sums (D/L the md5sums file from the FTP site that you D/L the ISO from) > > I am running a cable modem so it is only about

Re: [expert] pppd dies after dialing

2000-06-30 Thread Pierre Fortin
Add "debug" to your /etc/ppp/options and then check /var/log/messages... Pierre Guillermo Belli wrote: > > Every time I dial my ISP and the modem makes those horrible noises, the pppd > daemon dies for no apparent reason. Then, if I try again, it connects without > problems. Im' using MDK 7.0

Re: [expert] Metro-X

2000-06-30 Thread John Aldrich
On Thu, 29 Jun 2000, you wrote: > Hi Jon > I have a problem can you help. I have set up my internet. Modem is set > up but netscape refuses to connect to the internet. It is not seeing the > modem, also i can connect to the internet but cannot browse the net. I > am usin Linux mandrake 7

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme Again

2000-06-30 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS wrote: > > I don't know, but I thought you needed to use > /dev/sr0 for a CDRW, I had to. And insmod ide-scsi.o > > Thats the only way my CDRW would work. This is true for _burning_, i.e. for _writing_ with the CD-RW. For _reading_ OTOH, you can perfectly well use th

Re: [expert] Assigning IRQ to PCI NIC

2000-06-30 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
> Andy Judge wrote: > > Is there a way to assign an IRQ to a PCI NIC. PnP OS is disabled, but > I can't get the NICs' IRQ recognized / assigned. It depends on your BIOS. Some of them allow to assign manually a specific IRQ to a given PCI slot. But you have to know exactly what you are doing, be

RE: [expert] Attn: Civileme Again

2000-06-30 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS
I don't know, but I thought you needed to use /dev/sr0 for a CDRW, I had to. And insmod ide-scsi.o Thats the only way my CDRW would work. -Original Message- From: Jim P. [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Friday, June 30, 2000 7:38 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Attn: Civ

Re: [expert] Assigning IRQ to PCI NIC

2000-06-30 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Andy Judge wrote: > Is there a way to assign an IRQ to a PCI NIC. PnP OS is disabled, but > I can't get the NICs' IRQ recognized / assigned. they get assigned automagically by the PCI controller. -- Joseph S. Gardner Senior Designer / Technical Support Kirby Co., Cleveland, OH [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme Again

2000-06-30 Thread Jim P.
- Original Message - From: "Civileme" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, June 29, 2000 8:55 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Attn: Civileme > "Jim P." wrote: > > > Civileme wrote: > > > > > "Jim P." wrote: > > > > > > > see bottom for latest output > > > > > > > > Civil

Re: [expert] Strange problem with the users with Samba

2000-06-30 Thread Leopold Palomo
Bill Shirley ha escrit: > I don't see anything wrong with your share, but I don't understand it > either. If "produ" is the only user that can access this share, why worry > about user and group attributes? Well, it's a bit complicated. I will try to explain the situation. I have a linux box th

Re: [expert] Strange problem with the users with Samba

2000-06-30 Thread Dan Westlake
I came in on the tail end of this so I don't know if this pertains to your problem or if I'll be of much help. I'm running LM 6.1 with Samba 2.07 and could access the Linux box fine from my wifes Win95 machine but couldn't access it from my Win98 system. I forgot that the encryped password settin

[expert] Install HANGS!

2000-06-30 Thread turgut kalfaoglu
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- A customer just brought a Celeron machine.. 266Mhz.,. they have been using it for six months without problems. It has one IDE, one floppy, one PCI VGA card, and 256M of RAM. I stuck in the Mandrake 7.1 CD, chose CUSTOMISED and then it said: "DrakeX will now att

Re: [expert] UDMA66 problem

2000-06-30 Thread Philippe Wautelet
Hi, To answer your questions about my configuration: ABIT BP6 with HPT366 onboard 2xCel466 (not overclocked) 64MB SDRAM PC100 ATI Mach64 (quite old) 3DFx Voodoo2 Ethernet PCI 10/100 Realtek 8139 SB PCI 128 Modem ISA 56k CDROM Actima 50x on hda CDRW Creative 2224 on hdc WD136BA 7200rpm on hde Ph