Re: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

I have probably deleted 60 or 70 messages like this before I filtered them to the trash. However I just decided that enough of us put a filter on these and have them forwarded to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] maybe Rich Jones will get the message that something is very wrong. On Mon, 06 Nov

[expert] Where is the 'HOSTNAME'?

In Mandrake 7.2, where is the hostname located? Before it was set in the file 'HOSTNAME' in /etc directory, but in this new version, the file, 'HOSTNAME', does not exist in /etc. Did someone notice this? THX _ Get Your

Re: [expert] Apache 1.3.12 MOD_SSL

The mod_ssl site (www.modssl.org) has info on creating site certificates, there might also be local docs in /usr/doc/mod_ssl* Woody "Bob Puff@NLE" wrote: I'm running the Apache server version 1.3.12 from the MDK 7.1 disk. I want to be able to have secure pages. I installed

Re: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

It's Novell GroupWise's autoreply going berserk, if you look at the headers you can see it. --Dave Aravind Sadagopan typethed the following... What the f*** is this junk Rich Jones wrote: fred expert 11/06/00 22:27 fred expert 11/06/00 21:33 fred expert 11/06/00

Re: [expert] Apache 1.3.12 MOD_SSL

Try this link: http://AdvancedExtranet.com/pub/NEW/SSL/ I don't know if it will work for you or not. You may also consider updating your Apache, if you have not upgraded due to the mod_rewrite secuirty issue that was revealed a few weeks back (http://www.linux-mandrake.com/en/security/). Good

Re: [expert] VMware

Donate your $99 to Plex86. Opensourced and they are funded by Mandrake no less. *^*^*^* Have the courage to take your own thoughts seriously, for they will shape you. -- Albert Einstein On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Rich Jones wrote: fred expert 11/06/00 15:55 So sprach Ian Land am Mon, Nov 06,

Re: [expert] 7.2 Upgrade, floppy drive, and neighbour table overflow

umount /mnt/floppy then comment out the floppy line in /etc/fstab Woody gene wrote: I just upgraded my machine to 7.2. It worked mostly smoothly. The major issue I have right now, is that I get "neighbour table overflow" errors in my logs when I try to connect to the ftp or http

[expert] Unexpected pppd termination

Hi,. I have managed to configure pppd to access both my normal and surftime accounts there is however one problem that being that pppd will unexpetedly die after between 2-5 minutes, this is pre- empted by a 20-30 second period of zero packet transfer. It is very anoying as the same configuraton

[expert] Accelerated X Server / Matrox G400 Configuration

Hi,.. I need some advice in configuring my X windows setup for full performance as i dont think i am getting the best speed possible at this moment. I have a Matrox G400 with 32mb of memory, at the moment i run the svga server in 1600x1200x24, and when i try to play games or mesa/opengl demos

[expert] Monitor Powers Down???

This is for the holder of the knowledge that I seek: I have seen many posts about this and I have to say that I am quite curious about this also. Why does my monitor continually power down after inactivity? I am not using apm, bios is disabled, all relevant entries in my XF86Config are

Re: [expert] Postfix filing up my /VAR!!!

Submitted 06-Nov-00 by Bob Puff@NLE: Hello, My question #1: Why are these here, when I have my mail log as: /VAR/LOG/MAIL.LOG? That has been working fine. Why is there a second location that seems to be keeping log files forever? The culprit is not postfix, it's logrotate. The config

RE: [expert] Postfix filing up my /VAR!!!

-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Bob Puff@NLE Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 8:24 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] Postfix filing up my /VAR!!! Hello, I just had a machine go down on me yesterday. Kept giving me

Re: [expert] Re:Monitorkeepspoweringoff!(Despitepower-offdisabled in controlcenter!)

fred expert 11/06/00 20:56 fred expert 11/06/00 20:32 fred expert 11/06/00 20:00 fred expert 11/06/00 19:09 fred expert 11/06/00 17:34 fred expert 11/06/00 16:07 fred expert 11/06/00 15:23 O.K., I think I found the solution. (I think! I'll have to wait more than 20

[expert] 7.2 and nfs

Hello, Am I hallucinating or does the pre-built kernel shipped with 7.2 not have nfs file type turned on? When I mount an nfs drive I get the error, "fs type nfs not supported by kernel". How can Mandrake ship a kernel without nfs turned on? On top of that, they do not supply the

Re: [expert] Monitor Powers Down???

Kelly Edwards wrote: I have seen many posts about this and I have to say that I am quite curious about this also. Why does my monitor continually power down after inactivity? This did the trick for me. (Your identifier might be different). Comment out the power_saver line in

RE: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

Watch the Walmart version, it is not all the same as what you can d/l from web sites. I made that mistake in assuming too. There are a lot of non-final packages in there, and kde2 is pre 2.0 release to name a few Brian -Original Message- From: Alexander Skwar [mailto:[EMAIL

Re: [expert] 7.2 and nfs

Submitted 07-Nov-00 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am I hallucinating or does the pre-built kernel shipped with 7.2 not have nfs file type turned on? It's built as a module (like virtually everything else). When I mount an nfs drive I get the error, "fs type nfs not supported by kernel". Did you

[expert] nscd Error

What can be done to correct the follow error? It was created in /var/log/messages. The /etc/nscd.conf has the log file uncommented like all the other lines. nscd: 339: short write in cache_addhst: Broken pipe Note: When you reply to this message, please include the mailing list and my

[expert] Gnome+Enlightment=blank desktop

I realised that some of the blank desktop was due to my ignorance, some of it still persists. When I do a startx , I get a message saying 'enlightment starting', and then I get a blank screen. I didn't realise I could get an option menu with the MIDDLE button. The options there have most of the

Re: [expert] 7.2 and nfs

Am Dienstag 07 November 2000 14:07 schrieben Sie: Hello, Am I hallucinating or does the pre-built kernel shipped with 7.2 not have nfs file type turned on? When I mount an nfs drive I get the error, "fs type nfs not supported by kernel". How can Mandrake ship a kernel without nfs turned

Re: [expert] 7.2 and nfs

/sbin/modprobe nfs cannot locate the nfs module. The object file is in /lib/modules/fs/nfs.o? I added it to /lib/modules/fs/modules.dep just for the hell of it and then did a modprobe nfs and I got a bunch of unresolved symbol errors? Submitted 07-Nov-00 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: Am I

[expert] problems on X with 7.1

I had mandrake 7.0 on my office machine (IBM PII 350, 64 mb, S3 trio AGP 4 mb onboard) in dual boot with win98. It was running very well until I made de upgrade to Mandrake 7.1. Now, each time I do "startx" I get de X screen visible and working fine after 30 minutes or moore. It does the same

[expert] Rich Jones

Hey Rich Jones, why do you keep sending out multiple replies of e-mails with all that fred expert crap in it? Please learn how to use your email client! I'm trying to find legitimate QA in this mailing list. Thanks, have a nice day. Rich Jones wrote: fred expert 11/06/00 20:18

Re: [expert] Accelerated X Server / Matrox G400 Configuration

"Matthew J Fletcher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi,.. I need some advice in configuring my X windows setup for full performance as i dont think i am getting the best speed possible at this moment. I have a Matrox G400 with 32mb of memory, at the moment i run the svga server in

[expert] Rich Jones' Auto-Responder

On Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 11:38:01PM -0900, Dave Brown wrote: It's Novell GroupWise's autoreply going berserk, if you look at the headers you can see it. --Dave Right. And thiokol.com belongs to Morton Thiokol a US military and NASA contractor company. I expect a note to the administrative

[expert] KDE font problem w/7.2

I have done two installs of 7.2 on two machines, and have encountered several problems (e.g., printer setup during install never produces working printing). However, I now have a rather serious problem with fonts in KDE on one install, and wondered if anyone might have a suggestion Here's

RE: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

Yup - that's correct. For example, there are two samba rpms, but no samba base! no sendmail, and no ncftp. I am sure there are others. QUESTION - now that I have that loaded, how do I update to what's on the websites? Thanks, Ron --- Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

Re: [expert] Rich Jones' Auto-Responder

This is the reply from their IT guy to the email I sent them last night. What a jerk! I was just giving him a valid risk assesment. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: irritating email autoreply on your system. Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 08:46:12 -0700 From: "Dave Peat" [EMAIL

Re: [expert] Accelerated X Server / Matrox G400 Configuration

Mathew Are you using Xfree 3.3.6 or 4?. The " 3 " offers much better 3d acceleration. On Tuesday 07 November 2000 08:24 am, you wrote: "Matthew J Fletcher" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi,.. I need some advice in configuring my X windows setup for full performance as i dont think i am

Re: [expert] More smp

http://www.linux.org.uk/SMP/title.html --- PatMc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am very happily running a dual Celeron machine. Were can I get info on smp ( basic and otherwise )- how to get the most out of it ...etc. Not having any problems. Just want a better understanding of what is

Re: [expert] 7.2 Upgrade, floppy drive, and neighbour tableoverflow

umount /mnt/floppy then comment out the floppy line in /etc/fstab Woody I did that. It turned out I had to remove the line in /etc/mstab as well. -- -- smalltime industries brings you the latest in games,

Fw: [expert] make dep error under 7.1 (re-send, about to give up)

Have (sadly) made no progress with this, despite painful trial error with configs makefiles. The .depend file ends bizarrely with ppa.o: \ /usr/src/linux/include/linux/blk.h \ /usr/src/linux/include/asm/io.h \ ... $(wildcard /usr/src/linux/include/conf I think it means to

RE: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

When using the updater in Mandrake, at that time none of the Normal update sites had any items. I tried to do the Development updates, it downloaded a bunch of items, but could not install any of them. MDK Complete complained of something of a file signature mismatch on every file. So I

Re: [expert] 7.2 and nfs

Submitted 07-Nov-00 by [EMAIL PROTECTED]: /sbin/modprobe nfs cannot locate the nfs module. The object file is in /lib/modules/fs/nfs.o? That is indeed the module. I added it to /lib/modules/fs/modules.dep just for the hell of it and then did a modprobe nfs and I got a bunch of

Re: [expert] 7.2

So sprach Ran Hooper am Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 11:32:50PM -0800: Can anybody tell me if install Mandrake 7.2, will I end up with Apache, PHP and MySql all working correctly, ie --with mysql_support etc.? Yes, you do - basically. That is, you may need to install php-mysql mysql httpd by hand,

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.2 Install question

Actuall, when I installed in expert mode I got 3 buttons including the Xfree4.0.1 one Luis - Original Message - From: "Francois Pons" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: "Tim Litwiller" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 3:07 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.2

Re: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

So sprach Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS am Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 08:20:24AM -0500: There are a lot of non-final packages in there, and kde2 is pre 2.0 release to name a few Sure, but you just need to update it with MandrakeUpdate to the real final version. -- Homepage:

Re: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

So sprach Ron Heron am Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 08:16:03AM -0800: QUESTION - now that I have that loaded, how do I update to what's on the websites? Use MandrakeUpdate and please learn how to quote Alexander Skwar -- Homepage: http://www.digitalprojects.com | http://www.dp.ath.cx Sichere

Re: [expert] 7.2, Java, and Netscape

Wayne Stout a écrit : Greetings, all... Ok, I've seen the messages about Konquerer not doing Java correctly, and I've seen that the Konquerer website says that the bug should have been fixed with cvs-20001028, but my question is this... I hope Mandrakesoft will make an update (not merely

RE: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

--- Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Part: 1 preWhen using the updater in Mandrake, at that time none of the Normal update sites had any items. I tried to do the Development updates, it downloaded a bunch of items, but could not install any of them. MDK Complete complained

Re: [expert] compiling pci kernel modules - whats changed

- Forwarded message from Mail Delivery Subsystem [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Date: Tue, 7 Nov 2000 18:31:42 GMT From: Mail Delivery Subsystem [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Returned mail: see transcript for details Auto-Submitted: auto-generated (failure)

Re: [expert] whois on linux

On Fri, Nov 03, 2000 at 01:02:02PM -0700, Daniel Woods wrote: On Thu, Nov 02, 2000 at 12:55:47PM -0700, Daniel Woods wrote: 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

[expert] Kimap or Xmodmapi or may be both?

Hello! I'm working on making Azerbaijani compatible keyboard based on trq_latin5 ( for my personal purposes for this time : why? for translating ). I worked on Xmodmap files (thanks Pablo). But result was not so fine. KDE settings seems better. And I decieded to try on KDE files. But

[expert] PIO 33 to ATA-66 in Mdk 7.2

I having problems getting 7.2 to recognize that my hard drive is a ATA66 drive. The BIOS has the configuration. Thanks Leo Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

[expert] Fwd: access from outside the network

--- Sridhar G [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: From Sridhar G Sun Nov 5 22:29:24 2000 Received: from [63.109.16.196] by web117.yahoomail.com; Sun, 05 Nov 2000 22:29:24 PST Date: Sun, 5 Nov 2000 22:29:24 -0800 (PST) From: Sridhar G [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: access from outside the network To:

Re: [expert] Where is the 'HOSTNAME'?

TK Kim wrote: In Mandrake 7.2, where is the hostname located? Before it was set in the file 'HOSTNAME' in /etc directory, but in this new version, the file, 'HOSTNAME', does not exist in /etc. Did someone notice this? THX I found that too. My network appears fine but no /etc/HOSTNAME.

Re: [expert] Where is the 'HOSTNAME'?

I'm looking for it too and cannot find it. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: TK Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 9:37 PM Subject: [expert] Where is the 'HOSTNAME'? In Mandrake 7.2, where is

Re: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

Use MandrakeUpdate and please learn how to quote Alexander Skwar -- Thanks, but three people before you had said the same. So, unless you just wanted to start another "quote crusade" maybe you should start at the top of your inbox. As for quoting, please read the following:

Re: [expert] Rich Jones' Auto-Responder The Final Word

Just to set the record stratght. Now you know "The rest of the story" This email exchange took place BEFORE he posted the message of what a "jerk" I was. It sounds like he is on some kind of a crusade. You be the judge! From me to Douglas Douglas, Chill out- I don't believe I was getting

Re: [expert] 7.2 Install Problems

Jerry Sternesky wrote: On Sat, 04 Nov 2000 15:55:16 +0100 you wrote: Thanks for replying, I finally tossed caution to the wind and tried the cdrom.img also. It seemed to find the 7.1 installation without a problem, so I choose upgrade. BIG OUCH there, I started it at 8pm on Friday

Re: [expert] VMware

What is Plex86? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Michael [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, November 07, 2000 3:10 AM Subject: Re: [expert] VMware Donate your $99 to Plex86. Opensourced and they are funded by

Re: [expert] mandrake 7.2 wont start kernel boot

Thank you for replying! I found out this was fixed by taking out the lba32 from lilo.conf. Jay pgeorges wrote: Jay Harbeston a écrit : greetings! I have an HP Vectra VL that has a Pentium Pro 180 mhz processor, 192 meg ram, and a Matrox MGA Millenium video card with 4 mb of ram.

Re: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

So sprach Ron Heron am Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 12:20:16PM -0800: Thanks, but three people before you had said the same. No, I just found two other people who said the same, and it seems they all posted AFTER me. inbox. As for quoting, please read the following:

Re: [expert] VMware

--- Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: What is Plex86? Plex86 is formally FreeMWare. It is an open-source attempt at virtualization. I guess it will eventually be as capable as VMWare. I have been following for a year and a half, and not much progress has been made (from a user

Re: [expert] VMware

On Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 03:01:53PM -0500, Jeff Malka wrote: What is Plex86? Hint: try a search on http://www.freshmeat.net/. -- -- C^2 No windows were crashed in the making of this email. Looking for fine software and/or web pages? http://w3.trib.com/~ccurley Keep in

Re: [expert] Where is the 'HOSTNAME'?

So sprach Jeff Malka am Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 03:04:17PM -0500: If you do not have a local network (just modem connection), is there then no way to change the default "localhost@localdomain"? You can set it in /etc/sysconfig/network HOSTNAME and DOMAINNAME are the relevant settings. I've set

Re: [expert] 7.2 update issue: problem with binary names

gene a écrit : My upgrade to 7.2 was relatively smooth, but there were a few issues that came up. One was with emacs and gcc. When I tried to run emacs after the install, the binary couldn't be found. The same happened with gcc. It turned out that emacs was installed as

Re: [expert] VMware

What is Plex86? Plex86 is an open source (GPL, I think) alternative to VMWare. From the website (www.plex86.org): "The goal of the Plex86 project is to create an extensible open source PC virtualization software program which will allow PC and workstation users to run multiple operating systems

Re: [expert] VMware

So sprach Jeff Malka am Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 03:01:53PM -0500: What is Plex86? An opensource replacement for VMware. Don't really know if it's already usable or not. Alexander Skwar -- How to quote: http://learn.to/quote (german) http://quote.6x.to (english) Homepage:

Re: [expert] PIO 33 to ATA-66 in Mdk 7.2

"Thrush, Leo J. LTC" a écrit : I having problems getting 7.2 to recognize that my hard drive is a ATA66 drive. The BIOS has the configuration. Thanks Leo hdparm doesn't work ? Could you be more precise ? For me /sbin/hdparm -X66 -d1 -u1 -m16 -c3 /dev/hda works. Keep in touch with

[expert] Wine install

When I try and install wine, it fails at the point where the config file is set. It states: /usr/X11R6/bin/wine-config: test: too many arguments sed: -e expression #1, char 28: Unterminated `s' command Any suggestions? -- Thanks, Jim Fritz, President FH SoftHouse, Inc. 603 East 16th

[expert] libqt-mt

I have been trying to get my kwintv (Hauppauge WinTV/Radio) to work in 7.2. I have had no luck with XF4.01 so I am now fresh installed on XF3.3.6. I am trying to install kwintv 0.8.4 and make fails at trying to find libqt-mt someone on kwintv mailing list is using Suse 7.0 qt 2.2.1 and kwintv

Re: [expert] Force Mandrake install to avoid smp?

But on the other hand: it doesn't hurt to run a SMP-kernel on a uniprocessor machine. Some overhead is introduced, so it might slow down a little (don't know if it's noticeable) but it'll run just as fine as if you'd have the UP-kernel loaded. On Nov 6 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: rpm -ivh

Re: [expert] KDE font problem w/7.2

Norman Carver wrote: [snip] I went into the KDE Control Center. It opened using a huge, weird font, which caused the windows to extend outside the desktop. [snip] Any ideas on how to fix?? KDE is not usable right now for root. Thanks, Norm Carver Normrename your ~/.kderc file and

RE: [expert] Unexpected pppd termination

Try using these options for pppd: nodeflate noaccomp noccp nopcomp novj novjccomp I had a problem similar (no pppd crash, pppd just stalled) to yours that was solved by using them. Lots of info on the web about pppd having problems with vj compression. Search for "ppp stall" or "pppd stall".

[expert] all_rsync.pl

Announcement: The older no_rsync.pl Perl script on my web site, which downloaded the 7.2beta tree (which no longer exists), and which was extremely popular, has been replaced by all_rsync.pl. As supplied, the all_rsync.pl Perl script downloads contrib, cooker, 7.2 and the 7.2 CD iso images to a

[expert] switch /usr partition ?

I have a clients machine that curently has a /usr mount point of /dev/hdb1 /dev/hdb1 2.0G 1.5G 527M 74% /usr This client has a partition /dev/hdc1 which is currently mounted as /home2 /dev/hdc1 7.9G 32M 7.8G 0% /home2 I would like to use /dev/hdc1 as /usr and know

Re: [expert] Rich Jones' Auto-Responder

Douglas wrote: This is the reply from their IT guy to the email I sent them last night. What a jerk! I was just giving him a valid risk assesment. -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Re: irritating email autoreply on your system. Date: Tue, 07 Nov 2000 08:46:12 -0700

[expert] X install question 7.2

I found 7.2 after several attempts (It appears that Miami is a little slow to get this in the stores). My first attempt to install went a little rough and I have a question for when it freezes during video driver recognition and xconfiguration. Anyway, how can you fix this? I tried to run

Re: [expert] Gnome+Enlightment=blank desktop

That happened to me once. First I didn't have Midnight Commander installed and it seems that Gnome uses it for the desktop, or a mc package. After I installed mc and that other package that I don't remember it's name, I got ICONS! Luis - Original Message - From: "Turgut Kalfaoglu" [EMAIL

Re: [expert] 7.2 update issue: problem with binary names

I don't meet the same problem with my 7.2 upgrade. It seems rpm scripts were not properly run (/usr/bin/gcc /usr/bin/emacs don't "belong" to any package, so they were set up by script). This is interesting as I've just checked both of my 7.2 installations and these files are right

Re: [expert] Where is the 'HOSTNAME'?

Strange - I took a peek out of sheer curiosity and I found it - what release are you referring to? I'm running mandrake 7 EOL Tib I'm looking for it too and cannot find it. Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: TK Kim [EMAIL

Re: [expert] X install question 7.2

and I have a question for when it freezes during video driver recognition and xconfiguration. Anyway, how can you fix this? I tried to run xconfigurator and I couldn't find it. Is there a replacement to this in 7.2? There is a clear warning that the system might freeze so there must be

Re: [expert] Where is the 'HOSTNAME'?

nevermind that :] seems I still need to pry my eyes open. 6pm is too early in my day to be seeing these :] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Fwd: access from outside the network

Yes it is possible. The easiest way is to use rinetd. You can find it by doing a search on Google (I cannot seem to first its homepage...) There is even a webmin module to configure it you can find it here: www.thirdpartymodules.com do a search for rinetd. On Tuesday 07 November 2000 09:07,

[expert] problems compiling pcmcia package on mdk7.2

Hi. I need to compile and install an earlier version of the pcmcia package, because the one given with the 2.2.17mdk kernel has a bug for my network card (it appears that the bug was introduced after pcmcia package 3.1.15). I can succesfully compile the pcmcia package that comes with the kernel

Re: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

fred expert 11/06/00 21:42 OK, enough with the fred, fred, fred. What is with fred? These are redundant, contentless postings. praedor Rich Jones wrote: fred expert 11/06/00 18:15 fred expert 11/06/00 16:07 Check Walmart On Mon, 06 Nov 2000 20:52:36 Andy Judge

Re: [expert] Ping of death ?

fred expert 11/06/00 21:19 The ping of death attack sends a ping (ICMP echo) packet longer than 65,536 bytes. The huge ping packet causes an overflow in the recieving machine and sometimes crashes it. The vulnerability was discovered in 1996, so most operating systems have been patched

Re: [expert] new apache and mod_perl

On Wed, 25 Oct 2000, gene wrote: I tried installing apache-1.3.14-2mdk and apache-mod_perl-1.3.14_1.24-2mdk from cooker 7.2 beta last night. mod-perl is compiled directly into apache-mod_perl which runs as a proxy server alongside vanilla apache in this setup, unlike what I had been

Re: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

fred expert 11/06/00 22:50 fred expert 11/06/00 22:27 fred expert 11/06/00 21:33 fred expert 11/06/00 20:41 fred expert 11/06/00 20:18 fred expert 11/06/00 19:56 fred expert 11/06/00 19:46 fred expert 11/06/00 18:59 fred expert 11/06/00 16:28 Hi, I bought mine

Re: [expert] Postfix filing up my /VAR!!!

fred expert 11/06/00 22:14 fred expert 11/06/00 21:01 fred expert 11/06/00 18:23 Hello, I just had a machine go down on me yesterday. Kept giving me "no free space on drive" errors. It turned out that my /VAR partition was messed up, and after forcing a check, indeed it was full.

RE: [expert] CDRW wrong major or minor error

fred expert 11/06/00 21:22 fred expert 11/06/00 21:12 fred expert 11/06/00 20:02 fred expert 11/06/00 19:53 fred expert 11/06/00 19:40 fred expert 11/06/00 18:53 fred expert 11/06/00 17:17 Here is what I eventually did to fix mine: I compiled a custom kernel (4.0

Re: [expert] apache question regarding virtual host

On Tue, 31 Oct 2000, Andy Judge wrote: is it possible to setup a virtual host on Apache with a dynamic DNS? The NameVirtualHost requires an IP address, but is there another way to get the IP from the correct internet address? Have a look in to the /etc/httpd/conf/vhosts/DynamicVhosts.conf

Re: [expert] Apache 1.3.12 MOD_SSL

On Tue, 7 Nov 2000, Bob Puff@NLE wrote: I'm running the Apache server version 1.3.12 from the MDK 7.1 disk. I want to be able to have secure pages. I installed OpenSSL 0.9.5, but mod_ssl wants a more recent Apache server. 1.3.12 is working really nicely at the moment, and I hate to

Re: [expert] Ping of death ?

fred expert 11/06/00 23:07 fred expert 11/06/00 21:39 fred expert 11/06/00 19:32 It is possible to crash, reboot or otherwise kill a large number of systems by sending a ping of a certain size from a remote machine. An IP datagram of 65536 bytes is illegal, but possible to create

Re: [expert] VMware

fred expert 11/06/00 18:27 fred expert 11/06/00 15:55 So sprach Ian Land am Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 05:03:33PM -: Wine is excellent, but limited. VMware have a non-commercial "hobbyist" version for 99 dollars But not for long! I've recently (today?) received a mass mail from

Re: [expert] Perl scripts won't work???

So sprach Jean-Michel Dault am Tue, Nov 07, 2000 at 01:03:14AM -0500: the file? Simply type this: perl -pi -e "s/\015//g;" *.pl even simpler: perl -pi -e "s|\r||g" *.pl \r is carriage return, and the ; isn't needed when the whole command is just one line small Alexander Skwar -- Homepage:

[expert] USB-mouse and 7.2

Hello there, just installed 7.2 over weekend and its really great and nearly all is working except my usb-mouse ( MS Intellieye). Its working during install without any problem, after first reboot its gone. (Good luck Ihave a PS/2 adaptor) Any help please? Regards Burkhard Zombronner --

Re: [expert] Where is the 'HOSTNAME'?

If you do not have a local network (just modem connection), is there then no way to change the default "localhost@localdomain"? Jeff Malka [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user 183185 - Original Message - From: Jean-Michel Dault [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: TK Kim [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc:

Re: [expert] USB-mouse and 7.2

I have a Logitech Optical Wheelmouse and I had the same problem with it. The USB mouse driver would load during boot but Mouse Con fails with a no dev/mouse error so that when I got to the graphical login my mouse would not work. The way I was able to fix mine was to hook-up a PS/2 mouse as

Re: [expert] 7.2 Very disappointed

I too had many problems with my "fresh" install of 7.2 on a previous 7.1 where I kept my /home, /opt and /usr/local and let it format my /. The menu system is a disaster with numerous duplicate entries and many that do not work, Kmail caused all my deleted messages to "re-appear" in the inbox,

[expert] RE: Digest for list expert

Is there a linux email client product that can talk to a Microsoft Exhange email server? Thanks ... Charles Brown -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, November 06, 2000 10:15 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

[expert] Can I use my Mandrake home for Debian?

I have about 9GB of unused space since I uninstalled Be. My home directory its own partition. Do you think it would hurt my Mandrake if I used is as my home in Debian. I have a backup of it on a seperate partition, and a compressed backup on a CD, but I'd like to not use those if possible.

Re: [expert] FlashPath adaptor

On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, Paul Stear wrote: Get the Beta Flashpath drivers from: http://www.smartdisk.com/Downloads/Software/flashpath-0.2.1.tar.gz I use my linux box for most of my computing needs now, especially now I have a working Blackwidow scanner. However, I am unable to transfer pictures

Re: [expert] Where is the 'HOSTNAME'?

On Mon, 6 Nov 2000, TK Kim wrote: In Mandrake 7.2, where is the hostname located? Before it was set in the file 'HOSTNAME' in /etc directory, but in this new version, the file, 'HOSTNAME', does not exist in /etc. Did someone notice this? /etc/HOSTNAME is on my system. It's not created by

Re: [expert] When will 7.2 get to the stores in the US?

fred expert 11/06/00 16:45 fred expert 11/06/00 15:42 So sprach Andy Judge am Mon, Nov 06, 2000 at 05:52:36PM -0800: Does anyone know when 7.2 will be in the stores in the US? I haven't seen any around yet. It's already out! Check out your nearest usual place where you buy computer

Re: [expert] Ping of death ?

fred expert 11/06/00 21:16 fred expert 11/06/00 20:40 fred expert 11/06/00 19:12 fred expert 11/05/00 18:33 Hey anyone know about ping of death ? what does it do ? Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.