Re: [expert] Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)

2000-08-23 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 24-Aug-00 by Dennis Robertson: > Ellick and Stephen, > Thank you both - that got KDE to run, but only from startx in the > console. Getting there, though. If I boot to runlevel 5 I still get > the "cannot execute "/etc/X11/prefdm"" I presume you have checked the permissions on the

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Jean-Louis Debert
"Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote: > The K6-3 is a kissing cousin of the K6-2. The only diff is that > on the K6-3, the L1 cache runs at processor speed, whereas on > K6-2, the L1 is slower. The L1 cache _always_ runs at processor speed on any processor that I know of ... To do otherwise would defeat its

Re: [expert] Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)

2000-08-23 Thread Dennis Robertson
- Original Message - From: "Ellick Chan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Thursday, August 24, 2000 9:04 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1) | On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Stephen Bosch wrote: | | > > In your home dir, try to "echo kde > .xinitrc

Re: [expert] Winroute and Linux

2000-08-23 Thread ibi
According to their web site, WinRoute supports Linux too. Pj At 02:36 PM 8/24/00 +1000, you wrote: > >On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Tyler Longren pushed some tiny letters in this order: >> >> Hey everybody, >> >> Does anybody know if there is a tool like WinRoute, only for Linux? You can check winr

[expert] joystick and CMI8330 problems

2000-08-23 Thread Tim Lee
Has anyone gotten a joystick (Gravis Xterminator gamepad, specifically) working with a CMI8330-based sound card? isapnp.conf is setup correctly. 'insmod joystick.o' works fine. But 'insmod joy-gravis.o' doesn't work. I've tried with a MS Sidewinder 3D Pro and the joy-sidewinder module and that

Re: [expert] g++ can't find !

2000-08-23 Thread Mage Grimau
Peter M Aarestad wrote: > > Now, this is weird. I'm trying to compile a program (yudit, in > particular) that has > > #include > > in one of its header files. Pretty normal header file for C++, right? > Well, g++ chokes back that it can't find it! I tried a simple "hello > world" program using

Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgiscript (solved)

2000-08-23 Thread Heinz Wittenbecher
I don't know what "fixed" it. Simply adding -w without making any changes to the script itself. I tried it with a couple of scripts. Remove the -w and it pukes. now if I could just get SSIncludes to work. Heinz > Heinz, > > > The -w option did it. #!/usr/bin/perl -w > > > > Thank you VERY m

Re: [expert] Winroute and Linux

2000-08-23 Thread Tony McGee
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Tyler Longren pushed some tiny letters in this order: > > Hey everybody, > > Does anybody know if there is a tool like WinRoute, only for Linux? You can check >winroute at http://www.winroute.com. Thanks! > Yes, the answer is it's either built into the operating system

Re: [expert] munpack

2000-08-23 Thread Jean-Michel Dault
On Mon, 21 Aug 2000, Steve Young wrote: > i'm looking for a program like munpack, but one that will handle larger > files anyone know of such a program? Try "mimencode -u" Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] g++ can't find !

2000-08-23 Thread Tony McGee
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Peter M Aarestad pushed some tiny letters in this order: > Now, this is weird. I'm trying to compile a program (yudit, in > particular) that has > > #include > > in one of its header files. Pretty normal header file for C++, right? > Well, g++ chokes back that it can't fin

Re: [expert] g++ can't find !

2000-08-23 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 23-Aug-00 by Peter M Aarestad: > Now, this is weird. I'm trying to compile a program (yudit, in > particular) that has > #include > in one of its header files. Pretty normal header file for C++, right? > Well, g++ chokes back that it can't find it! I tried a simple "hello > world" pro

Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions

2000-08-23 Thread Tony McGee
On Thu, 24 Aug 2000, Ron Johnson, Jr. pushed some tiny letters in this order: > > As he said - he wants to log in as root under one, and as a user under > > the other. When I need to do a lot of stuff as root I do the same thing, > > since I don't know much about using linux from the command line.

[expert] g++ can't find !

2000-08-23 Thread Peter M Aarestad
Now, this is weird. I'm trying to compile a program (yudit, in particular) that has #include in one of its header files. Pretty normal header file for C++, right? Well, g++ chokes back that it can't find it! I tried a simple "hello world" program using iostream.h in the same way, and it wouldn'

[expert] RE: LINUX-MANDRAKE 7.1 for Windows Install

2000-08-23 Thread RT
HELP!    First time user/use of LINUX-MANDRAKE.  Have installed many RH versions.  Purchased the 7.1 for WINDOWS during special offer.  Get through LIN4WIN installation with message of successful installation.  When trying to start LIN4WIN receive the following message:   . AUTORUN D

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-23 Thread Vincent Danen
On Wed Aug 23, 2000 at 05:27:29PM -0700, Don wrote: > I bought it last year in March, and it was the previous years model. > So that makes it a 1998 years model. Actually manufactured in > October 1998. Actually the later model thinkpad i series should > all be able to run any version of Linu

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 23-Aug-00 by Chmouel Boudjnah: > and i'm sure Chris would never want to violate the FHS (and if he > don't care i'm sure some others mdksoft developers care about this > ;). Well I wasn't going to mention that part :p -- Anton GrahamGPG ID: 0x18F78541 <[EM

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Sarang Lakare
I installed as you said.. but then I logged out of GNOME and found a weird login screen.. with kde, gnone, .. failsafe.. all listed on one line.. so i can't select between them.. and then when i login, it be default goes to IceWM.. what do I do? how do i get the login menu back? how do i login t

Re: [expert] re-install, saving passwd/shadow files

2000-08-23 Thread Daniel Woods
> > How do others save their /home/users when doing a new install > > on top of an existing one ? > > Do an 'expert' installation... > and choose the partitions you want to re-format > and those you want to keep ;-) > Sergio I believe I said that in the first paragraph of my message... <> Tha

Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgiscript (solved)

2000-08-23 Thread Daniel Woods
Heinz, > The -w option did it. #!/usr/bin/perl -w > > Thank you VERY much for all the help. For the sake of knowing "what" the problem was, can you report what the '-w' option told you in the error logs that helped you to solve the problem ? I'm guessing you had a Perl syntax problem, which w

[expert] Winroute and Linux

2000-08-23 Thread Tyler Longren
Hey everybody,   Does anybody know if there is a tool like WinRoute, only for Linux?  You can check winroute at http://www.winroute.com.  Thanks!   --Tyler Longren[Web Development]Premier Visual Serviceshttp://www.pvs2000.com

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Chmouel Boudjnah
Anton Graham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > Ah well. Maybe I'll see some more /opt RPMS sometime soon. > You may be able to convince Chris to package some that way, but he's been > very busy lately just keeping on top of the CVS snapshots. and i'm sure Chris would never want to violate the FHS

Re: [expert] Adobe acrobat plugin for netscape on LM 7.1

2000-08-23 Thread Alan Shoemaker
Byron Poland wrote: > > I was wondering if anyone successfully installed the acrobat plugin for > netscape on LM 7.1. I just downloaded the binarie tarball from Adobe, > and acrobat installs to /usr/local/Acrobat4, which is fine with me. > Next I try and run the netscape script in .../Acrobat4/B

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
Vic wrote: > > Sorry, what is a scaled dog? > Does it mean fast? > I've heard of catfish, but not dogfish... Ron -- +--+ | Ron Johnson, Jr.Home: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | Jefferson, LA USA WWW : [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |

Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions

2000-08-23 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
Mage Grimau wrote: > > "Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote: > > > > "Julia A . Case" wrote: > > > > > > 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 l

Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgi script (solved)

2000-08-23 Thread Heinz Wittenbecher
The -w option did it. #!/usr/bin/perl -w Thank you VERY much for all the help. Heinz > I am curious about something. You earlier said: > > > > > > > > Since I can run a standard shellscript, located in the cgi-bin > > directory, is > > > > there a security situation I missed re perl scripts

Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions

2000-08-23 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
Hoyt wrote: > > - Original Message - > From: "Ron Johnson, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 3:17 PM > Subject: Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions > > > "Julia A . Case" wrote: > > > > > > Yes. startx will start a session alt-shift-f7 and st

Re: [expert] KSCD and XMMS

2000-08-23 Thread Jean-Michel Dault
Use XMMS with the esound plugin instead of using the OSS plugin. Seems like the cmpci doesn't like when an application uses /dev/dsp directly. Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, scrapmetaldevil wrote: > Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2000 20:24:47 -0400 > From: scrapmetaldevil <[EMAIL

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
Poodles? I God nolap shark! hoppin hanky hacker!! no thanks. been there done that never wanna do it again. -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** <_||_> in the making of this | ** =\/

RE: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
On second thought now...if that very thing were to happen I'm thinking that the ape might not be running, rather he would be a chasing and doing that with murder in his eyes! That statement is more a oxy-'moron' with heavy emphesis on MORON! :)_ -- Mark -

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
I think it's akin to a raped ape, or shakin like a dog crappin razor-blades. that sorta thing. get the picture? :)_ -- Mark ** =/\= No Penguins were harmed | ICQ#27816299 ** <_||_> in the making of this | *

[expert] qmail Maildir+mutt

2000-08-23 Thread David Kufta
Hello, I'm curious if anyone on the list is using mutt with qmail setup to use Maildir ? I am able to get mutt to read Maildir with no problem but not able to get it to filter messages using procmail to appropriate mail folders/dir's. I would appreciate hearing from anyone who may have a setup wh

Re: [expert] re-install, saving passwd/shadow files

2000-08-23 Thread Jesper Holmberg
Hi Daniel! * On Tuesday, August 22, Daniel Woods wrote: > Re-installing will create new /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and > /etc/group files. Can I copy back the current files after > the install, and place them over the new files ? You should have no problems doing this. Has worked for me numerous t

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Jesper Holmberg
Hi Sarang! Well, get qt-2.2...rpm and kde*-1.93...rpm Then rpm -Uvh in this order: qt-2.2... kdesupport kdelib kdebase kde* This should work. I had some problems with dependencies, so you might rpm -e --nodeps some of the old kde*-1.1...rpm's first. HTH Jesper * On Thursday, August 24, Saran

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Sarang Lakare
can anyone give a short description how to install KDE 2.. I use GNOME (waiting for KDE 2.0 to come out ;) and so want to install KDE 2 on top of KDE 1.1.. and now I am too eager to install the latest beta.. I know from where to get teh rpms.. but how to install them once i get them.. i mean any

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Jesper Holmberg
Well, I've installed it all (kde*-1.93...rpm, koffice-1.93...rpm). Looks incredible! But I can't get KOffice to work. While starting e.g. KWord, I get the following response: koffice (lib kofficecore): WARNING: Office/kword.desktop: no X-KDE-NativeMimeType entry! koffice (lib kofficecore): ERRO

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Alan N
Anton Graham wrote: > > Submitted 23-Aug-00 by Alan N: > > Upon install ( in proper order ) I get upon installing kde-base I > > believe, the rpm requires kde-qt addon. > > But this is SUPPOSED to be supplied by kde-support ( which rpm uvh'ed OK > > ).. > > Know problem. Chris has said to use -

[expert] KSCD and XMMS

2000-08-23 Thread scrapmetaldevil
Are there any known issues with these two programs and c-media chipsets? If I attempt to play anything through them...XMMS just stops playing after 10-30secs. KSCD renders my CD drive useless until I reboot stating a non-specified "I/O error" when I try to umount the cd in the Konsole. There is NO

Re: [expert] Linux Laptop

2000-08-23 Thread Don
I bought it last year in March, and it was the previous years model. So that makes it a 1998 years model. Actually manufactured in October 1998. Actually the later model thinkpad i series should all be able to run any version of Linux with little or no problems. Don On Tue, 22 Aug 2000

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 23-Aug-00 by Alan N: > Upon install ( in proper order ) I get upon installing kde-base I > believe, the rpm requires kde-qt addon. > But this is SUPPOSED to be supplied by kde-support ( which rpm uvh'ed OK > ).. Know problem. Chris has said to use --force on it. -- Anton Graham

Re: [expert] cdrom boot

2000-08-23 Thread Alan N
lorne schachter wrote: > > I've got two copies of the Mandrake 7.1 CD, one from Maximum Linux mag > and one from Linux > Labs. In either case, when I try to boot from them, it gets past 2nd > stage ram disk and > config CDROM and then exits with signal 11. I had this with one of my > 7.0 CDs bu

Re: [expert] BSD install

2000-08-23 Thread Mike & Tracy Holt
I would maybe go to www.ask.com and do a search on encryption types. Basically, different ones give you different levels of security. I played with FreeBSD a little but have decided to wait until I've read a little more before continuing with it. I do remember the screens that you're talking abo

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Alan N
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > If you are looking for the latest release I'm not sure if there have been > any significant changes *but* if you are just looking for both versions > there is a great site .. > > http://www.kde.org/kde1-and-kde2.html ... which explains the process for > installing b

[expert] Adobe acrobat plugin for netscape on LM 7.1

2000-08-23 Thread Byron Poland
I was wondering if anyone successfully installed the acrobat plugin for netscape on LM 7.1. I just downloaded the binarie tarball from Adobe, and acrobat installs to /usr/local/Acrobat4, which is fine with me. Next I try and run the netscape script in .../Acrobat4/Browsers/ which is supposed

Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgi script

2000-08-23 Thread Dan Jones
I am curious about something. You earlier said: > > > > > > Since I can run a standard shellscript, located in the cgi-bin > directory, is > > > there a security situation I missed re perl scripts specifically? does this mean that you can access the apache server via a browser and cause a shell

Re: [expert] Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)

2000-08-23 Thread Ellick Chan
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Stephen Bosch wrote: > > In your home dir, try to "echo kde > .xinitrc" > > Won't this overwrite .xinitrc? > > Don't you want > > echo kde >> .xinitrc? But what if .xinitrc reads "gnome", then "echo kde >> .xinitrc" will put kde at the bottom of the file so gnome starts,

Re: [expert] cdrom boot

2000-08-23 Thread Jason
I did see that type of behavior when I was trying to install V7.02 from a slow CDROM, 16X. When I connected a 48X, and ran it from there, all installed fine. Jason lorne schachter wrote: > I've got two copies of the Mandrake 7.1 CD, one from Maximum Linux mag > and one from Linux > Labs. In e

Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgi script

2000-08-23 Thread Heinz Wittenbecher
No change. Still no go: from httpd error_log [Wed Aug 23 15:36:18 2000] [error] (2)No such file or directory: exec of /home/httpd/cgi-bin /whois.cgi failed ls -l /home/httpd/cgi-bin/whois.cgi find the file just fine. heinz Subject: Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgi

Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgi script

2000-08-23 Thread Dan Jones
Try adding "ExecCGI" to your Options like so: AllowOverride None Options ExecCGI Order allow,deny Allow From all Heinz Wittenbecher wrote: > > No luck yet. > > First line in script: and whereis perl confirms that's where it is. > #!/usr/bin/perl > > apache conf sections: > > ScriptAlias /c

[expert] cdrom boot

2000-08-23 Thread lorne schachter
I've got two copies of the Mandrake 7.1 CD, one from Maximum Linux mag and one from Linux Labs. In either case, when I try to boot from them, it gets past 2nd stage ram disk and config CDROM and then exits with signal 11. I had this with one of my 7.0 CDs but the other was OK. Has anyone else s

Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgi script

2000-08-23 Thread Heinz Wittenbecher
No luck yet. First line in script: and whereis perl confirms that's where it is. #!/usr/bin/perl apache conf sections: ScriptAlias /cgi-bin/ /home/httpd/cgi-bin/ ScriptAlias /protected-cgi-bin/ /home/httpd/protected-cgi-bin/ - AllowOverride None Options None Order allow,deny Allow From a

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Vic
This ain't no flame, its just a poodle. Poodles are ok by me so you could say there is one dog I like, hehe. On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Vic wrote: > > > > Sorry, what is a scaled dog? > > Does it mean fast? > > > Sorry, hadn't had my 3 pots of coffee yet. That would be a > scalded dog

RE: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Zaleski, Matthew (M.E.)
Maybe he means it runs like a raped ape. > -Original Message- > From: Vic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 4:22 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux? > > > Sorry, what is a scaled dog? > Does it mean fas

Re: [expert] munpack

2000-08-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
On Mon, Aug 21, 2000 at 12:05:10PM -0400, Steve Young wrote: > i'm looking for a program like munpack, but one that will handle larger > files anyone know of such a program? What's munpack? Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail?

Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions

2000-08-23 Thread Mage Grimau
"Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote: > > "Julia A . Case" wrote: > > > > 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

Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgiscript (repost)

2000-08-23 Thread Dan Jones
If none of the suggestions so far helps, it would probably be helpful to include the contents of the httpd.conf file for people to inspect. (and the access.conf file, if that is separate). My guess would be that you may need to fix a .. section. [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Check the actua

Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgi script (repost)

2000-08-23 Thread lselinger
Check the actual permissions on the directory and also check to see what the options are in the conf file for that specific directory. This will mainly be to see if you can actually execute cgi/perl from this directory (although I suspect that even if you could not run them .. they would print

Re: [expert] smp cpu stuck - solved

2000-08-23 Thread Sarang Lakare
It was waiting on eth0... I was runing "/etc/rc.d/init.d/network restart" simultaneously with a number crunching operation and hence the problem.. it went away after a short while :) -sarang

Re: [expert] BSD install

2000-08-23 Thread Steve Howes
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Is it just me or are there a lot more duplicate messages being produced > lately =o) > lots and not just on this list -- Steve - Cheltenham, UK - In love and light we are In darkness we are no less

Re: [expert] prob detecting ISA devices?

2000-08-23 Thread Sarang Lakare
for modem, just start "kppp" and try changing the device from /dev/modem to any of the COM ports.. /dev/ttyS? where ? is from 0 to 3 indicating COM1 to COM4. for sound, check what sound card they have.. see if its in the h/w support list of mandrake, and if not, then check if its listed at alsa-p

Re: [expert] re-install, saving passwd/shadow files

2000-08-23 Thread Sergio Korlowsky
On Tue, 22 Aug 2000, you wrote: > How do others save their /home/users when doing a new install > on top of an existing one ? > > Thanks... Dan. Do an 'expert' installation... and choose the partitions you want to re-format and those you want to keep ;-) Sergio

Re: [expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgi script (repost)

2000-08-23 Thread David Talbot
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote: > [Apologies in advance if this appears twice but since this post didn't > appear overnight I thought I'd try again] > > I'm trying to execute a simple perl script. Have tried several. > > Web Server complains about "Internal Server" error > and in the apache erro

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Vic wrote: > > Sorry, what is a scaled dog? > Does it mean fast? > Sorry, hadn't had my 3 pots of coffee yet. That would be a scalded dog and yep that thar would be fast... Joe BTW, I love dogs - NO FLAMEs

Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions

2000-08-23 Thread Hoyt
- Original Message - From: "Ron Johnson, Jr." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 3:17 PM Subject: Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions > "Julia A . Case" wrote: > > > > Yes. startx will start a session alt-shift-f7 and start :1 will start one > > on al

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Vic
Sorry, what is a scaled dog? Does it mean fast? On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote: > Vic wrote: > > > > Just curious > > > > I use an AMD K6-3 400. > > > > I know this is an older slower chip, but > > it appears to run decently with 7.0-2. > > Is K6-3 a cousin to the Pentium or Pentium3? > > >

[expert] cgi-bin problems / file not found running perl/cgi script (repost)

2000-08-23 Thread Heinz Wittenbecher
[Apologies in advance if this appears twice but since this post didn't appear overnight I thought I'd try again] I'm trying to execute a simple perl script. Have tried several. Web Server complains about "Internal Server" error and in the apache error_log it's an error 2: File or directory not f

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Sergio Korlowsky
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, you wrote: > I noticed there was a new version of KDE2 beta (version 1.93) available at > KDE.org. I guess it's kalled kooldown because it's the final beta before > the September 4 release. > > Has anyone seen Mandrake RPMS for it? > Sincerely, > > Asheesh Laroia. Those

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
"Ron Johnson, Jr." wrote: > > "Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > > > Vic wrote: > > > > > > Just curious > > > > > > I use an AMD K6-3 400. > > > > > > I know this is an older slower chip, but > > > it appears to run decently with 7.0-2. > > > Is K6-3 a cousin to the Pentium or Pentium3? > > > > > >

Re: [expert] AMD K7 Athelon vs. Intel PIII and Linux?

2000-08-23 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
"Joseph S. Gardner" wrote: > > Vic wrote: > > > > Just curious > > > > I use an AMD K6-3 400. > > > > I know this is an older slower chip, but > > it appears to run decently with 7.0-2. > > Is K6-3 a cousin to the Pentium or Pentium3? > > > > Is the Athlon a totally new architecture or > > more r

Re: [expert] Installation problems on IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 Harddrive

2000-08-23 Thread Steve Browne
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 15:02:10 -0400, you wrote: >Now you guys tell me that my shiny new ATA 100 drive (that I haven't >even installed yet) is not going to work in Linux. Does anybody know >whether a newer kernel is out that will recognize it? Or if there's >a patch, or something? I.e., is the

Re: [expert] 2 Xwin sessions

2000-08-23 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
"Julia A . Case" wrote: > > 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 ?? Unless u are comparing W

Re: [expert] Installation problems on IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 Harddrive

2000-08-23 Thread Doug McGarrett
Now you guys tell me that my shiny new ATA 100 drive (that I haven't even installed yet) is not going to work in Linux. Does anybody know whether a newer kernel is out that will recognize it? Or if there's a patch, or something? I.e., is there a work-around that doesn't require me to fiddle w

Re: [expert] kde2 rpm's

2000-08-23 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 23-Aug-00 by Sheldon: > Does anyone know if the kde2 rpms in cooker can be redirected > to /opt/kde2 instead of /usr? Can it be done? yes. Will they work there? Maybe, but probably not "out of the box". Certain things may be out of whack, like menu entries that point to /usr/bin ins

[expert] kde2 rpm's

2000-08-23 Thread Sheldon
Does anyone know if the kde2 rpms in cooker can be redirected to /opt/kde2 instead of /usr?

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 23-Aug-00 by Asheesh Laroia: >> Mandrake builds what are widely considered to be the best KDE2 rpms around. >> You have to look in the cooker (development) mirrors to find them: > Yes, but these RPMS were compiled with > ./configure --prefix=/usr Actually, it's %configure these days.

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread lselinger
If you are looking for the latest release I'm not sure if there have been any significant changes *but* if you are just looking for both versions there is a great site .. http://www.kde.org/kde1-and-kde2.html ... which explains the process for installing both. Also the page that this is a lin

RE: [expert] BSD install

2000-08-23 Thread Tom Hicks
Well I have seen other questions about BSD and I was just asking. Thanks for the input -Original Message- From: Daniel Woods [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, August 23, 2000 10:36 AM To: Linux List (E-mail) Subject: Re: [expert] BSD install Thomas, > > On the BSD install i

Re: [expert] BSD install

2000-08-23 Thread lselinger
Is it just me or are there a lot more duplicate messages being produced lately =o) Lonny Selinger Daniel Woods <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on 08/23/2000 11:36:16 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] mysql daemon not starting

2000-08-23 Thread Daniel Woods
When trying to start a freshly installed MySQL (first time), and then trying to run the daemon, I get these messages in the error.log ... 000822 10:31:04 mysqld started 000822 10:31:04 Can't start server : Bind on unix socket: Permission denied 000822 10:31:04 Do you already have another mysqld

[expert] re-install, saving passwd/shadow files

2000-08-23 Thread Daniel Woods
I want to do a re-install, or upgrade to a newer version. I know to save /home to keep the current user directories and make sure that it is not re-formatted upon installation. Re-installing will create new /etc/passwd, /etc/shadow and /etc/group files. Can I copy back the current files after the

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Asheesh Laroia
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Anton Graham wrote: > Submitted 23-Aug-00 by Asheesh Laroia: > > > What is a poor little Mandrake user to do? Should I just wait > > () for Mandrake to get the source and compile it with 586 > > optimizations? Should I grab from CVS? Can anyone else (please..?) make > > s

Re: [expert] BSD install

2000-08-23 Thread Daniel Woods
Thomas, > > On the BSD install it asks you what type of encryption you would like to > > use. What is the suggested and what are the reasons for so many? Don't you think you're asking a BSD question on the wrong expert list ?!? Thanks... Dan.

Re: [expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 23-Aug-00 by Asheesh Laroia: > What is a poor little Mandrake user to do? Should I just wait > () for Mandrake to get the source and compile it with 586 > optimizations? Should I grab from CVS? Can anyone else (please..?) make > some packages for it? Mandrake builds what are widely

[expert] KDE2 Beta 4: Kooldown

2000-08-23 Thread Asheesh Laroia
I noticed there was a new version of KDE2 beta (version 1.93) available at KDE.org. I guess it's kalled kooldown because it's the final beta before the September 4 release. Has anyone seen Mandrake RPMS for it? Amazingly enough, there are SUSE 6.4 RPMS available from ftp.kde.org, even though I

[expert] BSD install

2000-08-23 Thread Tom Hicks
> On the BSD install it asks you what type of encryption you would like to > use. What is the suggested and what are the reasons for so many? > > Thomas Hicks > Eng. Innovative Solutions > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Phone (916)649-4548 > >

Re: [expert] Rebooting

2000-08-23 Thread Charles Curley
On Wed, Aug 23, 2000 at 11:27:45AM -0500, Richard Humphrey wrote: > >I am using LM 7.1 in a dual boot scenario with Win98 (for my wife) and >she usually reboots into Windows and checks her email, then restarts >the machine so Linux will boot back up. There are times that I need to >

Re: [expert] Rebooting

2000-08-23 Thread Sarang Lakare
I think simplest would be start sendmail and then use "mail message" to mail you whenever it boot up!

[expert] Rebooting

2000-08-23 Thread Richard Humphrey
Title: Rebooting I am using LM 7.1 in a dual boot scenario with Win98 (for my wife) and she usually reboots into Windows and checks her email, then restarts the machine so Linux will boot back up. There are times that I need to get access from work, and I would like to know if there is a way t

[expert] NIC driver compilation/gcc configuration

2000-08-23 Thread Ian Hogan
Hi all, I'm trying to compile a network driver that I downloaded from www.scyld.com. The driver is natsemi.c, and I'm having a terrible time trying to get it to compile. I've downloaded all the other files it looks like I need (pci-scan.c, pci-scan.h, kern_compat.h), and I'm compiling natsemi.c

Re: [expert] Just some daughts

2000-08-23 Thread Alexander Skwar
On Tue, Aug 22, 2000 at 06:12:21AM -0500, Paul Weber wrote: > I will be out of the office from August 22 through August. 27. I will have limited >opportunity to respond to email until then. > Please remove Paul Weber from the mailing list. His bounces are at least as much a nuissance as any

Re: [expert] auto_inst.cfg.pl generation confusion

2000-08-23 Thread bascule
oh well, thanks for letting me know i'l just have to sit at the machine a lot! bascule Pixel wrote: > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (bascule) writes: > > > the 486 version doesn't, it also produces error messages in the > > 'simulated' install routine at the 'setup filesystem' point, is someone > > here

Re: [expert] Installation problems on IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 Harddrive

2000-08-23 Thread Steve Browne
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 16:54:15 +0200, you wrote: > >>UDMA 5 is ATA/100. You need to reset the drive to UDMA 4 (ATA/66), >>which usually is done through the drive manufacturer's proprietary >>software. Or perhaps you have a setting in the bios to make UDMA 4 the >>default. >> >>Steve >>Stephen B. Br

[expert] Unable to start DiskDrake or DrakBoot

2000-08-23 Thread Andreas Bergstrøm
I am having problems starting the DiskDrake and DrakBoot utitilties. I have attached the output when I try to run them. I have tried to reinstall both utilities with luck. Could somebody please point me in the right direction? May you live long and spamless, Andreas Bergstrøm -- HTTP://www.the

Re: [expert] Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)

2000-08-23 Thread Stephen Bosch
Ellick Chan wrote: > On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Dennis Robertson wrote: > > In your home dir, try to "echo kde > .xinitrc" Won't this overwrite .xinitrc? Don't you want echo kde >> .xinitrc? -Stephen-

Re: [expert] Installation problems on IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 Harddrive

2000-08-23 Thread Robert Fox
>UDMA 5 is ATA/100. You need to reset the drive to UDMA 4 (ATA/66), >which usually is done through the drive manufacturer's proprietary >software. Or perhaps you have a setting in the bios to make UDMA 4 the >default. > >Steve >Stephen B. Browne >[EMAIL PROTECTED] Would that mean that UDMA 5 or

[expert] Samba & Win2000 !

2000-08-23 Thread Joachim Holst (QCS)
> Hi ! > > Sorry to bother the list, but I haven't been able to find the answer to my question > anywhere :-( > > I'm sitting at home playing artound with samba. I discovered the nice feature of > login scripts. Got this to work very well with windows98, except that something > has decided to p

Re: [expert] Installation problems on IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 Harddrive

2000-08-23 Thread Steve Browne
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000 08:45:27 -0500, you wrote: >I tried to install Linux MDK 7.1 on a Gateway 2000 with a 900 MHz >Athlon. The Bios version for the Gateway is 0AA SNP05. At boot up time >the message from the Hard Disk is: >IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 > >BTW, this is a 45 GB drive

[expert] Installation problems on IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 Harddrive

2000-08-23 Thread ottffss
I tried to install Linux MDK 7.1 on a Gateway 2000 with a 900 MHz Athlon. The Bios version for the Gateway is 0AA SNP05. At boot up time the message from the Hard Disk is: IBM DTLA-307045 Ultra DMA5 BTW, this is a 45 GB drive. During the installation process everything goes fin

Re: [expert] Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)

2000-08-23 Thread Ellick Chan
On Wed, 23 Aug 2000, Dennis Robertson wrote: In your home dir, try to "echo kde > .xinitrc" > As a further followup I have now got to the stage where I can startx but > only in Twm. If I try to boot normally I still get the cannot execute > /etc/X11/prefdm message. So, can anyone help me to ge

Re: [expert] Fw: Startx - (was Configuring X in LM 7.1)

2000-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
Um...Dennis...what did you do to your Penguin to make him blowup? |:-| That's not very nice and your little buddy doesn't like that, you know... Mark Dennis Robertson wrote: > > Sorry about the repeats. A problem ( fixed, I hope) with Expert vs > expert in my address book in Windows, which I

Re: [expert] Just some daughts

2000-08-23 Thread Mark Weaver
ok...ok! So, do us all a favor and turn OFF the auto-responder you're flooding the list! Mark Paul Weber wrote: > > I will be out of the office from August 22 through August. 27. I will have limited >opportunity to respond to email until then. > > Thank you.

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