Re: [expert] MDK Install Security Levels

2000-08-19 Thread Tom Massey
Greg Stewart wrote: > Where and what the heck are the config files to change this? I'd rather not > re-install the darn machine. You can change security levels in DrakConf - sounds to me like you chose High, I'm running on Medium with none of these sort of problems.

Re: [expert] will sendmail ?

2000-08-19 Thread Stephen Carville
Sendmail is a Mail Transfer Agent (MTU) meaning it moves mail from one computer to another. It does not enable any kind of access to mail. You will need to install a POP or IMAP server -- depending on your clients' needs -- to serve up the mail to remote machines. On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, faisal wr

Re: [expert] $30 and 2 hours later, NO C++ includes !! (mdk 7.1)

2000-08-19 Thread Ellick Chan
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Bill Hudspeth wrote: > In any case, I have been testing one of the BSD distributions and it > installs without a glitch, while MDK7.1 choked, gagged and did a 'kernel > panic'. I concur with your estimate and I'm going to go get a refund > too! > Just curious, which BSD, Ope

Re: [expert] $30 and 2 hours later, NO C++ includes !! (mdk 7.1)

2000-08-19 Thread Bill Hudspeth
Mallard wrote: > > Thanks for wasting the two hours I had today to do some programming! > > I was compiling just fine in 7.0 after figuring out how to install > everything I needed. now I do a clean install of 7.1 "developer" and > everything else is installed to compile C++ except the libsrcc++

[expert] MDK Install Security Levels

2000-08-19 Thread Greg Stewart
OK, now I've got a question... When I did the install of MDK 71, I think I chose the Medium or High security level, and it it has stuck me in a position that's, well, pissing me off. I cannot execute anything I install in root from any user but root, nor can I ssh out of the box if I've su'd to r

Re: [expert] $30 and 2 hours later, NO C++ includes !! (mdk 7.1)

2000-08-19 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Mallard wrote: > Thanks for wasting the two hours I had today to do some programming! Ay ya yie! Go back to Windows - PLEASE! -Stephen-

Re: [expert] $30 and 2 hours later, NO C++ includes !! (mdk 7.1)

2000-08-19 Thread Bill Hudspeth
Hey Mallard: Welcome back. I was wondering what happened to you after the 'great guru in the sky' threw a tantrum. That was really mature stuff for a semi-professional - NOT! It's called narcissism. In any case, I have been testing one of the BSD distributions and it installs without a glitch,

Re: [expert] $30 and 2 hours later, NO C++ includes !! (mdk 7.1)

2000-08-19 Thread Ellick Chan
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Mallard wrote: > Thanks for wasting the two hours I had today to do some programming! > You always have entertaining e-mails about problems you have. Some are valid, but some others can be solved by having a bit more patience, and checking the documentation more. > I was co

Re: [expert] $30 and 2 hours later, NO C++ includes !! (mdk 7.1)

2000-08-19 Thread maxtor
Yeah, I understand your problem. I guess its time for you to take that pacifier out of your mouth, or are you sucking Bill Gates d@#$, well either way. Take it out of your mouth for a while, stop whining for your sucky toy, and learn a bit..and maybe if you could read you would understand a

[expert] apache problems.................

2000-08-19 Thread faisal
my apache server is taking to long to start i mean really all my computer gets ups withing 30 sec but i takes about 3 minute to stratup apache...what can be wrong ?

Re: [expert] GNOME problems

2000-08-19 Thread Peter M Aarestad
Steve Howes wrote: > > On Sat, 19 Aug 2000 19:25:33 -0500 it was written: > > > Hmmm. I just installed the latest version of GNOME off of the cooker, > > and all was working fine for a while, until GNOME crashed once. Then, > > when I came back, both the top and bottom bars were gone! Now, it's

[expert] $30 and 2 hours later, NO C++ includes !! (mdk 7.1)

2000-08-19 Thread Mallard
Thanks for wasting the two hours I had today to do some programming! I was compiling just fine in 7.0 after figuring out how to install everything I needed. now I do a clean install of 7.1 "developer" and everything else is installed to compile C++ except the libsrcc++ or whatever you call it. M

[expert] will sendmail ?

2000-08-19 Thread faisal
will sendmail work as a pop3 server or do we have to install some other pop3 deamon ? also does anyone knows any mailing list of sendmail i can subscribe to i cant seem to find it on sendmail.org,sendmail.net .?

[expert] verifying packages

2000-08-19 Thread faisal
some of my pakages installed are not working how do i verify them like for eg restore there files from the cdrom if they missing also does linux files system gets fragmentated ? so is there a FS defragmentator ?

[expert] Custom batch file startup

2000-08-19 Thread faisal
Can i have linux show my customly made batch file in the startup services like it shows sendmail,httpd etdc etc ?

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-19 Thread Ellick Chan
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, Vincent Danen wrote: > Does anyone know of such a beastie? Preferrably under $2000 if > possible. It needs to have a CD-ROM, be about 500Mhz with a minimum of > 32MB RAM and a 4GB or higher HDD. Doesn't need to have ethernet or > modem built in, but sound would be nice (pr

[expert] Re: /sbin directory

2000-08-19 Thread Statux
If you're using RedHat, then you should use the RPM (which will install stuff where it was setup to do so). My sendmail binary resides in /usr/sbin/sendmail because that's where the sendmail RPM put it :) There are many other files that get installed with it.. if you build sendmail out of tarbal

Re: [expert] GNOME problems

2000-08-19 Thread Tyler Longren
Peter, What window manager are you using? I've had probs like this too with Helix Gnome. Whenever I log in, my bottom bar is smack dab in the center of my screen. It happens when I use Sawfish. To fix it I change my Window Manager to enlightenment, then back to Sawfish. That probably wasn't

[expert] GNOME problems

2000-08-19 Thread Peter M Aarestad
Hmmm. I just installed the latest version of GNOME off of the cooker, and all was working fine for a while, until GNOME crashed once. Then, when I came back, both the top and bottom bars were gone! Now, it's a rather crippled version of GNOME. How can I get back the bars?? -peter :) -- peter aar

Re: [expert] realy realy wierd....

2000-08-19 Thread Linuxxx
no.. when working localy on those directory's eveything is fine... only when i try to access from the lan. btw - i can ftp to the same place and it work's. seems like it happends only when accessing via samba. --- _|_|_ Best Regard's , ( ) * Amir Tal,

RE: [expert] From Windows'98 to Internet thru Linux Mand. 71.

2000-08-19 Thread cavall_fort
Hello again : "From windows'98 to internet thru Linux !!" :-D No Greg, this schema is different : > Is your windows box the one that connects to the internet? Adn, are you > trying to connect you linux box to the internet using the Windows box as > follows? > > Internet <---

Re: [expert] realy realy wierd....

2000-08-19 Thread Greg Stewart
Does this happen when you try the same thing from the console of the machine doing the sharing? Or only from the laptop? --Greg > hi gang ! > > get this : > 1 mandrake machine shares a directory via samba on my lan. > when i try to mount it from my laptop, it mount's ok, but if i try to > copy\

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-19 Thread Greg Stewart
Try vivisting www.elinux.com I know they sell TnikPads, but they have a lot of experience setting up laptops with Linux. Typically, they use SuSE, but they may be able to help you, or get you on the right track. Also, SuSE seems to have a good development department when it comes to hardware supp

[expert] realy realy wierd....

2000-08-19 Thread Linuxxx
hi gang ! get this : 1 mandrake machine shares a directory via samba on my lan. when i try to mount it from my laptop, it mount's ok, but if i try to copy\delete\change a file in that share, the server (that hold's the share) freezes, the monitor shut's down, and the only way out is to reboot(!)

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-19 Thread Sarang Lakare
try tuxtops.com and checkout this link for a whole list of laptops.. http://www.cs.utexas.edu/users/kharker/linux-laptop/ -sarang

Re: [expert] IBM ThinkPad 1161-210

2000-08-19 Thread Sarang Lakare
try the latest alsa drivers from www.alsa-project.org.. they'll most certainly work! just read the instructions and carefully follow them and u shld be able to get u're card working! -sarang

Re: [expert] GDB probs

2000-08-19 Thread Sarang Lakare
this dosn't mean that GDB won't work.. it still works fine on ur'e code!

[expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-19 Thread Vincent Danen
Aaarg... I just bought (and will be returning) an IBM ThinkPad 1210 as to get X running on it is just a serious pain in the arse. =( I had it working once, installed OSS to get the sound card working, and now X refuses to work. In light of this, I am looking for recomendations of a good laptop

Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions - how about XFree86-4.0?

2000-08-19 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: "Ron Marriage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Saturday, August 19, 2000 8:37 AM Subject: Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions > You can have as many as you have memory and CPU power for. > I like the following method for this. > I put the following

Re: [expert] Netscape 6.0 Installation over Linux

2000-08-19 Thread Craig Woods
Helllo caval_fort, There is a Linux version of Netscape6, and it works pretty good on Linux. I dare say it is working better on Linux than on my NT4 partition. When you install have Netscape6 go into a new folder, do not let it overwrite your existing Netscape folder. On Mandrake, Netscape is usu

Re: [expert] Unable to mount root filesystem - No boot possible

2000-08-19 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 19-Aug-00 by Andreas Bergstrøm: > I was deleting a couple of minor partitions so that I could move > /usr to a larger one, but the root filesystem moved from > /dev/hdc8 to /dev/hdc7 in the process. Realizing that I had not > updated Lilo to this change, I rebooted with the 7.0 rescue di

Re: [expert] IBM ThinkPad 1161-210

2000-08-19 Thread Vincent Danen
On Sat Aug 19, 2000 at 12:03:26PM -0600, Ken Thompson wrote: > > Crystal WDM Audio Codec [..snip..] > Try using sndconfig to detect your Crystal codecs. > I personally have had NO luck at all with LM's hardware detection. > There are many sound cards using the Crystal chip and with a little > e

Re: [expert] IBM ThinkPad 1161-210

2000-08-19 Thread Ken Thompson
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote: > I just picked up one of these little beasties and am making some > progress with getting Mandrake 7.1 installed on it. I'm just wondering > if anyone else has tried Linux on one of these laptops. I've got a few > issues with it that maybe someone can help me res

Re: [expert] OT:Dummy Database

2000-08-19 Thread Ken Thompson
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Hi, > > I want to test my sybase setup. I need a reasonably big dummy database to > import into sybase. Can anyone suggest me what I can do to get it. > > Cheers > Sridhar If you have access to MS Access you can get the "Northwind" database. I assume sybase will

[expert] IBM ThinkPad 1161-210

2000-08-19 Thread Vincent Danen
I just picked up one of these little beasties and am making some progress with getting Mandrake 7.1 installed on it. I'm just wondering if anyone else has tried Linux on one of these laptops. I've got a few issues with it that maybe someone can help me resolve... First, the specs: IBM Thinkpad

Re: [expert] ATX Support

2000-08-19 Thread Stephen F. Bosch
Xuejun Liu wrote: > I met problem with MDK7.1. It won't shut down automatically, so I have to > turn off the power by myself, :( Try recompiling your kernel from a fresh source. Make sure that Advanced Power Management support is *enabled* but don't select "shutdown with real mode BIOS". I had

Re: [expert] ATX Support

2000-08-19 Thread Greg Stewart
Now why would you shudtdown in the first place? --Greg > I have a atx system so i want my linux to shutdows automatically i know my > 98 does how to in linux ? > > __ message envoye depuis http://www.ifrance.com emai

Re: [expert] From Windows'98 to Internet thru Linux Mand. 71.

2000-08-19 Thread Greg Stewart
Allright, I don't know if I unstand this any better this time, but I think I can guess at something... Is your windows box the one that connects to the internet? Adn, are you trying to connect you linux box to the internet using the Windows box as follows? Internet <--- Windows Box <---

[expert] Unable to mount root filesystem - No boot possible

2000-08-19 Thread Andreas Bergstrøm
I was deleting a couple of minor partitions so that I could move /usr to a larger one, but the root filesystem moved from /dev/hdc8 to /dev/hdc7 in the process. Realizing that I had not updated Lilo to this change, I rebooted with the 7.0 rescue disk, I was able to create a new Lilo boot disk, I h

Re: [expert] ATX Support

2000-08-19 Thread Xuejun Liu
I met problem with MDK7.1. It won't shut down automatically, so I have to turn off the power by myself, :(

Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions

2000-08-19 Thread Ron Marriage
You can have as many as you have memory and CPU power for. I like the following method for this. I put the following lines into my /etc/bashrc this way I can start a session with X and a second with X2 While I have 6 defined, the only time I ever ran that many was during a demonstration of differ

[expert] Re: /sbin directory

2000-08-19 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
On Sat, 19 Aug 2000, faisal wrote: > i have just built an sendmail on my PC can i place it in my /sbin directory > to make it available always > Is this a good idea ?? > > by the way i am an NT administrator trying my luck in linux ... > > > The usual place is in /usr/sbin. But if you

Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions

2000-08-19 Thread Julia A . Case
Yes. startx will start a session alt-shift-f7 and start :1 will start one on alt-shift-f8 Julie Quoting faisal ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Can i have two Xwindows at once like on shift f1 root > & shift f2 have normal user login ?? > -- [ Julia Anne Case ] [Ships are safe inside the ha

[expert] 2 Xwin sessions

2000-08-19 Thread faisal
Can i have two Xwindows at once like on shift f1 root & shift f2 have normal user login ??

[expert] /sbin directory

2000-08-19 Thread faisal
i have just built an sendmail on my PC can i place it in my /sbin directory to make it available always Is this a good idea ?? by the way i am an NT administrator trying my luck in linux ...

[expert] ATX Support

2000-08-19 Thread faisal
I have a atx system so i want my linux to shutdows automatically i know my 98 does how to in linux ?

[expert] Netscape 6.0 Installation over Linux

2000-08-19 Thread cavall_fort
Hello, forum : Do you know something about the Netscape 6.0 (Beta) on Linux ? I think is a little bit "undocumented". Thank you, expert people. Cavall_forT Linux Català http://perso.wanadoo.es/cavall_fort/index.htm des de l'Eixample de Barcelona

Re: [expert] Scripting- Uppercase to lowercase

2000-08-19 Thread Alexander Skwar
On Thu, Aug 03, 2000 at 03:18:08PM -0500, LINUX_1 wrote: > cat file | sed parameters_i_dont_remember > file If "file" and "file" are the same files, you'll end up with an empty "file". Renaming for NAME in `find www_root -type f` ; do mv $NAME `echo $NAME | tr '[:upper:]' '[:lower:]' do

RE: [expert] From Windows'98 to Internet thru Linux Mand. 71.

2000-08-19 Thread cavall_fort
Hello again, again : I have an icon active : MyPC / Access telephonic to the networks. This is because the windows'98 client was an independent machine (a normal PC) whith an own modem to Internet access. Eight days ago. Of course, please, remember that the W'98 is well co