Re: [expert] Netconf follow up

2000-11-02 Thread Jean-Michel Dault
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Werner E. Niebel wrote: Can you give me the exact make and model of your card, as well as the driver you were using on previous versions? Jean-Michel Date: Wed, 01 Nov 2000 14:45:35 -0500 From: Werner E. Niebel [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "[EMAIL

Re: [expert] LM 7.1 and PHP Not configed w/ mysql????

2000-11-02 Thread Jean-Michel Dault
On Wed, 1 Nov 2000, Andy Judge wrote: I just changed over to 7.1 from 7 for my server and I wondered why I couldn't connect to mysql with a php script. Come to find out, it appears that PHP hasn't been configured to handle mysql (looking at phpinfo()). Is there a fix to this, other than

Re: [expert] How to config network printer?

2000-11-02 Thread Till Kamppeter
There are two possibilities: 1.) You update to Mandrake 7.2, it supports all protocols of ethernet-connected printers: AppSocket, LPD, IPP, SMB. There are two printer configuration programs: printerdrake and kups. In both you find the correct buttons for using these protocols easily. Look in the

[expert] Web NFS

2000-11-02 Thread faisal
Can anyone tell me what browsers support webnfs Netscape Navigator ? Internet Explorer ? Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] NFS version

2000-11-02 Thread faisal
What version of NFS does Mandrake 7.0 supports ? Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-02 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach Vu Nguyen am Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 01:23:34AM +: ?? Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191 Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe

[expert] Postfix with Cable

2000-11-02 Thread J . A . Magallon
Hi, everyone. A little question about postfix in mdk7.2. I have a modem-cable connection without a fixed IP, and want all my mail that has to go to outer world to be sent as coming from my address at my ISP "user@isp". I can send mail through my ISP smtp server, but From: name is that of the

Re: [expert] root password

2000-11-02 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach rharvey am Wed, Nov 01, 2000 at 04:37:20PM -0600: that is not true! a person that missed the full letter will not know what is being talked about and thus assume the questions and that can be bad. you can jump to what you want to read or read all of it.that is the purpose of

Re: [expert] Web NFS

2000-11-02 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach faisal am Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 04:27:46AM -0800: Can anyone tell me what browsers support webnfs What's webnfs? Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere Mail? Mail an [EMAIL PROTECTED] fuer GnuPG Keys ICQ:7328191

[expert] Disk duping question..

2000-11-02 Thread JorgP
What would be the best way of duping several file systems on a constant basis across a network (100mbit) from one machine to another? Jorg Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] root password

2000-11-02 Thread John Wittkamper
All: Not only that, the new stuff should be at the TOP of the reply rather than the bottom. For the few that need context, it is there, the rest who have been following the thread can see the response without scrolling. John A. Wittkamper :-) - Original Message - From: Alexander Skwar

Re: [expert] Disk duping question..

2000-11-02 Thread pgeorges
[EMAIL PROTECTED] a écrit : What would be the best way of duping several file systems on a constant basis across a network (100mbit) from one machine to another? mirrordir ? Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] what happened to liveupdate in 7.2?

2000-11-02 Thread Son To
Live update on 7.1 actually did a live update from an ftp server, but in 7.2 the only option is updating from CD-ROM. This is a step backwards. why was this done? Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] Mandrake R7.2 DAC960 Install Failure

2000-11-02 Thread Sean . Tibbetts
The installation refuses to detect my DAC960 card and therefore can't find my CD-ROM nor my HD's. I have downloaded the patch.pl file and copied to my boot floppy. I tried 'F1' and then 'patch' or 'linux patch' at the 'boot:' prompt all to no avail. Please help. Sean Tibbetts Web Team CFC-OTS

[expert] Locked dirrectories

2000-11-02 Thread Michael Powell PhD
I just installed 7.2 and found that my /mnt/cdrom , /mnt/cdrom2, /mnt/zip, and mnt/floppy are all locked! I checked the permission on the /dev/XXX's and changed their permission. rebooted and still they are locked. Anybody have any feedback would be appreciated. Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-02 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our LAN. Also, use Windows Explorer Tools|Find|"Files or Folders" to find "hosts", since w98 NT4 put it in different places. Ron Greg Stewart wrote: I think that I have to config the DNS server in order to use the FTP software I don't quite

[expert] hd install

2000-11-02 Thread Michael Powell PhD
Can someone tell me how to do a HD ISO install, I RTFM...but not much info. Thanks Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] WinTV card in 7.2

2000-11-02 Thread pgeorges
Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS a écrit : My question is that I have a Hauppauge WinTV/Radio. In previous versions of Mandrake I loaded the needed modules through rc.local. Mandrake now detects the TV cards and sets them up. I think I need to pass a bttv variable as my video is not right. How

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-02 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:02:42AM -0600, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our LAN. Right. lmhosts is a microsoftism. It is used for SMB name resolution. The "lm" comes from "Lan Manager", IBM's name for the protocol when they first came up with it. You will

Re: [expert] WinTV card in 7.2

2000-11-02 Thread Son To
My WinTV card worked out of the box on mandrake 7.2 on 7.1 I had to do a modprobe msp3400 to get sound to work. has anyone been able to get the radio to work? Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS a écrit : My question is that I have a Hauppauge WinTV/Radio. In previous versions of Mandrake I

RE: [expert] WinTV card in 7.2

2000-11-02 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS
Do you put the tuner=3 just after bttv ? Just curious since the rem statements say that anything after the module name will be ignored. My video is like multiple black lined images across the whole screen. I do get audio, I just cant control it though, and cant get the tar file of .8.4 to make

Re: [expert] WinTV card in 7.2

2000-11-02 Thread pgeorges
Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS a écrit : Do you put the tuner=3 just after bttv ? If I don't put it, I can't change channels. The parameter is used by the module tuner.o, when it is loaded. I don't think order of loading between tuner.o and bttv.o is important, but I usually load bttv at last.

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-02 Thread Ron Johnson, Jr.
Vu said he wanted to use FTP. FTP is *not* an SMB protocol and has nothing to do with Samba nor Lan Manager. Therefore, he needs hosts, not lmhosts. Ron Charles Curley wrote: On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 10:02:42AM -0600, Ron Johnson, Jr. wrote: We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our

Re: [expert] hd install

2000-11-02 Thread guran remberg
Michael Powell PhD wrote: Can someone tell me how to do a HD ISO install, I RTFM...but not much Hi This is how I did it. I created a directory iso on a special partition /mn/library and downloaded the files. To boot I used a disk image called hd.img. When the installation program questioned

[expert] IP Masquerading

2000-11-02 Thread Jon Greisz
I'm a linux newbie. I've set up a machine with Mandrake 7.1 that I'm about to convert to 7.2. I want to use it as a firewall between my internal network and my outside T1. I've got a firewall script set up using IPChains that seems to work pretty well. I created and used internal network

[expert] any KVM issues with 7.1?

2000-11-02 Thread Christopher Kolar
I have been happily running mdk 7.1, but want to get my Win98 pc up and running. Problem is that I have no desk space. I have a KVM switch and need to know if there are any issues if I just bring down my linux box and bring it back up with the KVM hooked up. Will it break X or the mouse

Re: [expert] any KVM issues with 7.1?

2000-11-02 Thread Joseph S. Gardner
Christopher Kolar wrote: I have been happily running mdk 7.1, but want to get my Win98 pc up and running. Problem is that I have no desk space. I have a KVM switch and need to know if there are any issues if I just bring down my linux box and bring it back up with the KVM hooked up. Will

RE: [expert] any KVM issues with 7.1?

2000-11-02 Thread Sean . Tibbetts
I run a Belkin 4 Port switch with a Win2K, FreeBSD, RH 6.2 and NTWKST. Works great, except for the wireless Logitech mouse. The double click action on the side button fails when I plug it into the switch. Not a limitation of any of the OS's or the switch, just the mouse. --Sean "If we weren't

Re: [expert] hd install

2000-11-02 Thread Michael Powell PhD
guran remberg wrote: Michael Powell PhD wrote: Can someone tell me how to do a HD ISO install, I RTFM...but not much Hi This is how I did it. I created a directory iso on a special partition /mn/library and downloaded the files. To boot I used a disk image called hd.img. When the

Re: [expert] IP Masquerading

2000-11-02 Thread Sheridan Hawken
Hi Jon, I would use port forwarding. The rule in ipchains looks like this: /usr/sbin/ipmasqadm portfw -a -p tcp -L InternetIP Port -R InternalIP Port /usr/sbin/ipmasqadm portfw -a -p tcp -L xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 80 -R xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx 80 ( this allows http through to an internal machine ) There

[expert] Sun 3/50 X-Term and Mandrake 7.x?

2000-11-02 Thread Mark Derricutt
Hi, I have sitting under my desk at home an old Sun 3/50 x-term that I used to have running under Debian linux a few years ago, earlier in the year I was running Storm Linux and managed to get it almost booting, but there was a problem with either the nfs or tftpd daemons. Has anyone here set up

Re: [expert] Sprint Broadband internet

2000-11-02 Thread Sridhar Govindarajulu
Due to my apartment regulations sprintbroadband will not be installable. Now I am planning for CAIS internet service. It's a wireless service, with the receiver connected to my ethernet card. I have a eth0 connected to my Win 2000 client. Running LM 7.1 planning to install 7.2 later. My ISP says

Re: [expert] any KVM issues with 7.1?

2000-11-02 Thread Charles Curley
On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 01:33:24PM -0600, Christopher Kolar wrote: I have been happily running mdk 7.1, but want to get my Win98 pc up and running. Problem is that I have no desk space. I have a KVM switch and need to know if there are any issues if I just bring down my linux box and

[expert] Gimp very slow

2000-11-02 Thread Jeff Malka
I am trying to learn gimp. Even though I am on a Pentium Pro 200 with 84MB ram, using gimp is so slow it is not of practical use. Cutting an area etc takes about 6-7 seconds to occur. Any advice? Thanks -- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User 348854 Keep in touch with

RE: [expert] any KVM issues with 7.1?

2000-11-02 Thread Daniel Woods
I got a Belkin OmniView SE 4-port (one at home, two at work) and it works well ($225 CDN). This model handles PS/2 and serial mice since you CAN'T use adapters. It is ok to use AT-PS/2 adapters for older PCs. The main thing I found out is that for *real* use, you MUST spend $80 on a hi-res SVGA

Re: [expert] DNS server

2000-11-02 Thread Greg Stewart
We use the "hosts" file, not "lmhosts" in our LAN. That'll work, but when using Windows UNC-style names, the lmhosts file is looked at first--if present. If Windows can't find it, it tries the hosts file for an FQDN-style name as a substitute (even if the dots don't exist in the name).

[expert] Is This a Bug??

2000-11-02 Thread root
Yo All, I am experiencing strange happenings with gcc on Mandrake-7.1 (Mag Cover Version UK) I beleive there is a fault in the pre-processor. I have been trying to build and test gcc-2.95.2 since there was no c++-devel stuff included on the dist disk (I know, I know! this has been

[expert] 7.2 Installation???

2000-11-02 Thread Albert E. Whale
I have been working with Linux Mandrake for quite a while now. I usually find it very well done. I have two comments regarding the New 7.2 software. 1. I chose to perform an Upgrade to my existing 7.1 installation on my laptop. Even though I had selected the Upgrade path, I was presented

Re: [expert] 7.2 Installation???

2000-11-02 Thread Larry Marshall
The installation appeared to take over 2 1/2 hours (not even a cold installation takes that long!). Is this a matter of how the CD was Upgrades take a LOT longer than clean installs because the installer has to check/compare all packages and dependencies rather than simply installing stuff

Re: [expert] Sprint Broadband internet

2000-11-02 Thread Greg Stewart
You will probably want to switch eth0 to your external wireless device, and add another NIC for eth1 on the internal network--just remove the IP assignment and the rest of the info from eth0, and put it into eth1. Make eth0 DHCP configured, and enabled at boot. Also: Either read up on ipchains

Re: [expert] Web NFS

2000-11-02 Thread faisal
WebNFS is a version of NFS that allow nfs mount to be linked to web pages ie avalible to the web. - Original Message - From: "Alexander Skwar" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 5:52 AM Subject: Re: [expert] Web NFS So sprach faisal am Thu, Nov

Re: [expert] Sprint Broadband internet

2000-11-02 Thread Sridhar Govindarajulu
Due to my apartment regulations sprintbroadband will not be installable. Now I am planning for CAIS internet service. It's a wireless service, with the receiver connected to my ethernet card. I have a eth0 connected to my Win 2000 client. Running LM 7.1 planning to install 7.2 later. My ISP says

[expert] WinTV card in 7.2

2000-11-02 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS
I have installed the 2 CD set of Mandrake 7.2. The installation was flawless on my system with one exception, when I chose Microsoft Intellimouse, the mouse shot off the screen. So I just chose standard for installation, then let mouseconfig change it to Intellimouse and all was fine. My

[expert] Internationalization--Chinese with mandrake 7.2 CAN anyone help?!

2000-11-02 Thread Todd Marshall
I know mandrake has advertised chinese support...and currently I was able to get it in all the titlebars of KDE applications...however... I am not able to get any big5 fonts to appear in my windows... and xcin only works after I change the font it loads to "*big5-0" instead of

Re: [expert] Sprint Broadband internet

2000-11-02 Thread Sridhar Govindarajulu
I am planning to set up a hub/switch. In that case do I need another eth card. Currently I have a win client connected to my server. Sridhar - Original Message - From: "Greg Stewart" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 02, 2000 6:07 PM Subject: Re: [expert]

[expert] CL Voodoo Banshee and other 7.2 bugs!

2000-11-02 Thread Alan N.
I'm posting this in the slim hopes someone's gotta answer.. After running RH 6.2 changing to mdk 7.1 was the most awsome install of linux I ever had, and I posted it here.. However, 7.2's got a few problems ( and I don't think they are Mandrake problems!!! ).. I was running RH 6.2 and tried RH

[expert] 7.2 2.2.17 kernel question

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Roberto
Hi everybody! I just got 7.2 running, very nice. What I wonder is how I can check what emu10k1 (Sound Blaster Sound Driver) that the Mandrake x86 kernel has incorporated -- is it the one that comes with the standard kernel, or the one from http://opensource.creative.com , which runs much

[expert] tulip, DHCP

2000-11-02 Thread Mike Roberto
Is anyone by chance using a tulip driver (Netgear 310TX to be exact), and connecting DHCP? My connection keeps going dead, and I have to restart the network a lot since I got 7.2, it's getting quite aggravating. I might consider going back to my old DHCPCD package taht i was using before, but

Re: [expert] Uptime gettting reset

2000-11-02 Thread Sarang Lakare
my uptime gets reset once everyday.. Is there anyone who knows why and how can uptime get reset? -sarang On Wednesday 01 November 2000 21:16, you wrote: On Wed Nov 01, 2000 at 02:28:22PM -0500, Sarang Lakare wrote: This is the 2nd time i am posting this.. My uptime is getting reset w/o

Re: [expert] Locked dirrectories

2000-11-02 Thread Ken Thompson
If there is no media in the drives, they have a locked symbol on them. Try inserting a disk and see if it changes, mine does... On Thu, 02 Nov 2000, you wrote: I just installed 7.2 and found that my /mnt/cdrom , /mnt/cdrom2, /mnt/zip, and mnt/floppy are all locked! I checked the permission

[expert] Telnet restrictions

2000-11-02 Thread Maximo Monsalvo
How make restrict for all some users and other no Maximo Monsalvo Guspamar S.A Responsable Sistemas Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Web NFS

2000-11-02 Thread Ken Thompson
Where can it be aquired?? Sounds very interesting. WebNFS is a version of NFS that allow nfs mount to be linked to web pages ie avalible to the web. -- Ken Thompson Electrocom Computer Services, Payette, Idaho 1-888-642-7101 (toll free) 642-7101 (local) E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ# 988809

[expert] XFree 4.0.1 on Sparc

2000-11-02 Thread Danish Qadri
Hey! I finally got LM 7.1 running on Sparc, and it was refreshing indeed... my question is anyone get this running and working (multiheaded) on an Ultra 5 box? I'm getting some kernel oopses (with a nice smiley face) in my /var/logs/messages... - Danish Qadri Keep in touch with

[expert] VGA parameters at boot

2000-11-02 Thread Marco Fioretti
Hello, I am very interested in having my PC booting right into a high resolution mode, because I have a fixed frequency monitor. Right now I have runlevel 5, but this means that I cannot work in text mode, and that if some error message appears during boot I never see it. I know about the

[expert] whois on linux

2000-11-02 Thread Daniel Woods
Linux comes with "fwhois", the finger style whois. Where can I get the RPM or source code for the good old Unix style whois so I can use ... whois [-h whois.host] hostname Thanks... Dan. Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Promise ATA-100

2000-11-02 Thread Dovydas Kulvinskas
Gary Morgan wrote: kernel 2.4.0 does but its only in testing phase right now try hdparm, ATA 66 works fine for me. "hdparm -X66 -d1 -u1 -c3 -m16 -p4 -k1 -K1 /dev/hda" Dovydas Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] How can I dial in to my Linux box?

2000-11-02 Thread Nikolay V. Kursov
My Linux box has a dedicated line. Sometimes, I would like very much to login to it remotely and use something. I have the modems set up on either end correctly. I can dial, my modem picks up, astonishingly they connect at 44000 bps. This is even fast enough to run a remote X-session, if I

[expert] Sympa doesn't work

2000-11-02 Thread bill
Title: Is sympa suppose to work right without additional software, namely Berkly DB? When I try to start sympa i get: [root@elmo sympa]# /home/sympa/bin/sympa.pl Can't locate DB_File.pm in @INC (@INC contains: /home/sympa/bin /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0/i386-linux /usr/lib/perl5/5.6.0

[expert] 7.2 xmms menu's not working

2000-11-02 Thread Jason Straight
I am using KDE2, and xmms won't let me select anything from the menu's via the letter buttons on the left of the LCD display, the menu comes up but I can't select anything, however if I right click on xmms somewhere to bring up the other menu things work fine. -- Jason Straight - NMO.net

[expert] How can I dial in to my Linux box?

2000-11-02 Thread James Little
My Linux box has a dedicated line. Sometimes, I would like very much to login to it remotely and use something. I have the modems set up on either end correctly. I can dial, my modem picks up, astonishingly they connect at 44000 bps. This is even fast enough to run a remote X-session, if I