[expert] dns

2000-11-24 Thread xylonite
hi all, is there any posible to make call www.xylonite.com or xylonite.com from client ? my network only for LAN, i was edit *sam file from client but still can't resolve from any browser. yes it can be true from browser if only putting ip address or server name like xylonite it self? is

Re: [expert] Mandrake Auto-Install replication

2000-11-24 Thread Deven Phillips, CISSP
Bill, Again, thanks for the info, but I don't have a problem with LILO during the normal install, but when the automated install runs, LILO doesn't work. I am trying to develop a build procedure for our servers, and that includes running a auto-install. If the auto install can't configure

Re: [expert] dns

2000-11-24 Thread Tib
*sam? I've not heard of any file with that extension on linux, but I'm familiar with a hosts.sam under windows(nt,9x). if you remove the .sam and just make them lmhosts or hosts then they work like /etc/hosts. EOL Tib On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, xylonite wrote: hi all, is there any posible to

Re: Re: [expert] dns

2000-11-24 Thread xylonite
*sam file is under windowxz . my problem is from browser can't reach www.mydom.com but if entering box name it can be done. my question is how to call from client browser(netscape) call my box under LAN somelike www.mybox.com not //mybox nt4 can make it but under linux how? anyone ? regards,

[expert] perl CPAN update

2000-11-24 Thread xylonite
hi all. i was issueing # perl -MCPAN -e 'install Bundle::Interchange' and it will updating perl CPAN automaticly, but my site (ftp) configuration have error. - Issuing "/usr/bin/ftp -n" Local directory now /root/.cpan/sources/authors/id/G/GA/GAAS Digest-MD5-2.11.tar.gz: No such file

Re: Re: [expert] dns

2000-11-24 Thread Tib
Ok, the main issue here is that the two different ways you're calling the box are generating two different requests in DNS. Say your two machines are part of the domain 'thisdom.com', when you put in //mybox, it goes to the nameserver and finds 'mybox.thisdom.com' because the default search

[expert] Urgent! -- Switchdesk -- Trapped in Gnome

2000-11-24 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: Using LM7.2: I cannot begin to tell you how frustrated and bewildered I am by the absence of the old "switchdesk" application in LM7.2. I dowloaded the Red Hat 7.0 switchdesk files as follows: switchdesk-3.6-1.i386.rpm switchdesk-gnome-3.6-1.i386.rpm

Re: [expert] Remote printing to file.

2000-11-24 Thread Buchan Milne
I do the following with samba in our office: (put this in you /etc/smb.conf) CUT HERE [pdfprint] path=/tmp guest ok = No printable = Yes printer driver = HP Color LaserJet 5/5M PS comment = PDF Generator

Re: Re: Re: [expert] dns

2000-11-24 Thread xylonite
ok, you say i can make 'thisdom.com' if i can get //mybox but how? i edited *sam (under windowxyz) and also i try to put dns at tcp/ip (resolved to mybox) but still can't get true. any idea to get it. it's ok if there is no www. but i need mybox.com consider i can get *.com :) nofdx fay At

Re: [expert] Re: [Cooker] kernel-2.4.0-0.4mdk

2000-11-24 Thread Buchan Milne
You might have to make a new initrd image. This is required for upgrading a mandrake kernel when you run ReiserFS. Buchan Salane wrote: I have a question concerining 2.4.0 either the test9 or the rpm source. I have m 7.2 installed with gcc 2.95.3 and full reiserFS. I am trying to compile

Re: [expert] Use of make oldconfig while compiling a new kernel.

2000-11-24 Thread Mark Weaver
But isn't the whole reason for compiling a new kernel so that you can "reconfigure" the kernel more to your liking and needs rather than having the new kernel configured exactly as the one you're currently running? Why even bother if you're going to have it look the same. It will be doing exactly

Re: [expert] Use of make oldconfig while compiling a new kernel.

2000-11-24 Thread Mark Weaver
What is "mr proper"? Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496 */ *REPLY SEPERATOR* On Mon, 20 Nov 2000 Scott Tyson had this to

Re: [expert] Use of make oldconfig while compiling a new kernel.

2000-11-24 Thread Mark Weaver
That's very interesting! I never knew you could do that. I think I will give that a try. Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496 */

Re: [expert] Use of make oldconfig while compiling a new kernel.

2000-11-24 Thread Larry Marshall
What is "mr proper"? Mark, this is a routine in the kernel Makefile that cleans up from a previous compile so you start with a fresh workspace. Cheers --- Larry Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] Use of make oldconfig while compiling a new kernel.

2000-11-24 Thread John Rye
Mark Weaver wrote: What is "mr proper"? Mark / * Sometimes it becomes necessary to rock the boat * in order to get the rats up from below decks * so they can be kicked over the side and drowned! * * REGISTERED LINUX USER # 182496 */ *REPLY SEPERATOR* On Mon, 20

RE: [expert] Laptop config issues

2000-11-24 Thread Declan Moriarty
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, you wrote: I dug a little deeper and for some reason whe it gets to APM it hangs, I thought it was a network issue but it doesn't appear that way. I don't know why every time I install apparently 'smoothly', it hangs on reboot at the apm stage. It makes a few clicking

Re: [expert] Use of make oldconfig while compiling a new kernel.

2000-11-24 Thread Andrew George
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 00:49, Mark Weaver wrote: But isn't the whole reason for compiling a new kernel so that you can "reconfigure" the kernel more to your liking and needs rather than having the new kernel configured exactly as the one you're currently running? Why even bother if you're

[expert] network on laptop

2000-11-24 Thread S. Newhouse
What are the outputs of the two commands ifconfig and route Matthias Höppner writes: Hey, after varies test with no name cards I got a FIBERLINE PCMCIA fast Ethernet card. It's now known by the system and work properly BUT I can only reach computers from the local network. I had

[expert] glibc2.2

2000-11-24 Thread skidley
Can anyone tell me how i could upgrade to glibc2.2 to overcome the long list dependencies? I'd like to be able to gte some rpograms the need glibc2.2. Would I get all the new pkgs glibc2.2 needs which require glibc2.2 to satisfy deps but wouldn't glibc have to already be installed to install

Re: [expert] network on laptop

2000-11-24 Thread Dave
Well, for starters, what are your network settings: What's your subnet mask? If it is 255.255.255.0 (typical class C subnet), then you won't see your school server unless you have the correct default gateway set. What is the IP of your default gateway? Obviously, the gateway _must_ be in the

Re: [expert] numlock

2000-11-24 Thread skidley
On Thu, 23 Nov 2000, Jeff Malka wrote: In my /etc/sysconfig/ there is no "numlock" file at all. The problem in 7.2's numlock is that unlike 7.1 where the command "numlock" activated numlock, in 7.2 the command is "/usr/X11R6/bin/enable_X11_numlock" (without the quotes). That is what

[expert] pam_ldap

2000-11-24 Thread Morten Lund
In older versions of Mandrake ther e used to be a pam_ldap RPM. It is not contained in the new 7.2 distribution. So i was wondering: Does the current version of pamshipped with 7.2 support ldap, or do I have to download pam_ldap and compile it myself. Anyone else had success with Mandrake 7.2

Re: [expert] Urgent! -- Switchdesk -- Trapped in Gnome

2000-11-24 Thread A V Flinsch
On Friday 24 November 2000 06:53, you wrote: Can someone please help me get back to KDE 2.0, and please be specific with your suggestions. I have wasted hours on this and I can't for the life of me figure out why Mandrake had dropped "switchdesk" and left us in the lurch. Or have I missed

Re: [expert] low fps of gears

2000-11-24 Thread Rial Juan
On Nov 19 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sunday 19 November 2000 08:42 am, you wrote: pgeorges wrote: eric a écrit : Try to launch gears : I have more than 800 fps with PIII / 533. my laptop have PIII 648 or 650 MHz, but I run gears : it reponse only about 92.9 fps

Re: [expert] Use of make oldconfig while compiling a new kernel.

2000-11-24 Thread Scott Walker
vmlinuz = compressed with gzip bzImage = compressed with bzip2 - smallest foot print, but slower to load... John Rye [EMAIL PROTECTED] on 24/11/2000 09:43:40 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Scott

Re: [expert] Use of make oldconfig while compiling a new kernel.

2000-11-24 Thread John Rye
Scott Walker wrote: vmlinuz = compressed with gzip bzImage = compressed with bzip2 - smallest foot print, but slower to load... So, there is an option 'somewhere' to select the gzip or bzip2 footprint? Can you show me the commandline? or point me to where I find those compiler options?

Re: [expert] Urgent! -- Switchdesk -- Trapped in Gnome

2000-11-24 Thread Richard Chase
Hi Benjamin, I am a newbie, and for the most part have no idea what I am talking about. Nevertheless, I had a couple of thoughts: One, when you install a fresh installation, you have the option to keep the same partitions. When you select this option during the installation, all of your files are

Re: [expert] pam_ldap

2000-11-24 Thread pgeorges
Morten Lund a écrit : In older versions of Mandrake ther e used to be a pam_ldap RPM. It is not contained in the new 7.2 distribution. It is there : nss_ldap-107-2mdk.i586.rpm So i was wondering: Does the current version of pamshipped with 7.2 support ldap, or do I have to download

Re: [expert] Use of make oldconfig while compiling a new kernel.

2000-11-24 Thread Larry Marshall
John Rye wrote: Scott Walker wrote: vmlinuz = compressed with gzip bzImage = compressed with bzip2 - smallest foot print, but slower to load... So, there is an option 'somewhere' to select the gzip or bzip2 footprint? I don't think so. I sent John my opinion via email but rethought

Re: [expert] MandrakeUpdate

2000-11-24 Thread Vincent Danen
On Thu Nov 23, 2000 at 09:13:46AM -0800, Jean Meloche wrote: I've already replied to Jean personally on this, but I will write here for the benefit of everyone else. The ld.so update was removed because the problem we were encountering wasn't in the ld.so package. Jean obviously got in there in

Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?

2000-11-24 Thread skidley
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Alex Yung wrote: I need to recompile the kernel and I would like build it as an rpm file. Does anyone have any suggestion where it is? Thanks. I hate kernel rpms and think thye shouln't exist as rpm, it sucks, get the tarball and do a "real" kernel compile. -- Chad

Re: [expert] nVidia drivers on Asus A7V mb

2000-11-24 Thread Daniel Woods
I have now been working on the installation of the nVidia drivers for XFree86-4.0.1 for a week. And I believe, I am close to have it made working. BUT: First my system: Athlon (Thunderbird) 800Mhz on Asus AV7 (KT133 based) 380 MB RAM WinFast Geforce 256 DDR graphics

Re: [expert] Wheelmouse Functions

2000-11-24 Thread mark
On Thursday 23 November 2000 19:03, you wrote: I have been noticing that indeed my wheelmouse functions sometimes in netscape and sometimes not. However, when I start Konqueror first and then go to netscape for my mail, then the wheel works in netscape. If I start netscape mail first, forget

Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?

2000-11-24 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach skidley am Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 02:44:02PM -0400: I hate kernel rpms and think thye shouln't exist as rpm, it sucks, get the tarball and do a "real" kernel compile. Any particular reason why you don't like the enhancements and bugfixes done by the Mdk people? Also, what's bad about

Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?

2000-11-24 Thread Larry Marshall
Alexander Skwar wrote: So sprach skidley am Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 02:44:02PM -0400: I hate kernel rpms and think thye shouln't exist as rpm, it sucks, get the tarball and do a "real" kernel compile. Any particular reason why you don't like the enhancements and bugfixes done Alexander,

[expert] LM7.2 and Quake3 Arena

2000-11-24 Thread Armisis Aieoln
Why is Q3A so slow and chunky with LM7.2? and what can i do about it? dave -- -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Linux - Cause I dont do windows or ovens! [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Urgent! -- Switchdesk -- Trapped in Gnome

2000-11-24 Thread Jasenko Blazevic
On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 01:59, you wrote: On Friday 24 November 2000 06:53, you wrote: Can someone please help me get back to KDE 2.0, and please be specific with your suggestions. I have wasted hours on this and I can't for the life of me figure out why Mandrake had dropped "switchdesk" and

Re: [expert] NetaTalk RPM dependencies problems.....

2000-11-24 Thread Richard Chase
It sounds to me as if you are missing libcrypto.so.0. Find an RPM file on the net (or maybe on Mandrake disk). Install that RPM, and then retry your NetaTalk RPM. BTW, maybe the problem is that you are confused about the actual file name? Search the net for 'libcrypto.so.0 AND rpm'. Rich Chase

[expert] win4lin w/ mdk 7.2

2000-11-24 Thread alann
Has anyone got win4lin to work with 7.2.. I just found this today and tried it.. However, upon install, it stated I was using a non-standard kernal ( yea, 2.2.17-mdk ).. I would appreciate any help from anyone who has done this.. Alan Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe

[expert] Fwd: Cron root@arrival run-parts /etc/cron.hourly

2000-11-24 Thread Armisis Aieoln
How do i fix this please? -- Forwarded Message -- Subject: Cron root@arrival run-parts /etc/cron.hourly Date: Fri, 24 Nov 2000 23:01:03 + (GMT) From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cron Daemon) To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] touch: /var/log/news/nntpsend.log: Permission denied chmod:

Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?

2000-11-24 Thread Alex Yung
There is nothing wrong with the MDK kernel. I have to recompile the kernel because of the WinModem in my boss' laptop. If you follow up on the WinModem HOWTO, it suggested the kernel re-compilation. If I want to get myself fire, I would suggest what sprach skidley said. Alexander Skwar wrote:

Re: [expert] win4lin w/ mdk 7.2

2000-11-24 Thread Larry Marshall
Has anyone got win4lin to work with 7.2.. I just found this today and tried it.. However, upon install, it stated I was using a non-standard kernal ( yea, 2.2.17-mdk ).. I assume you're dealing with the downloadable evaluation copy. What's happening is that the script is verifying the

Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?

2000-11-24 Thread skidley
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, Alexander Skwar wrote: So sprach skidley am Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 02:44:02PM -0400: I hate kernel rpms and think thye shouln't exist as rpm, it sucks, get the tarball and do a "real" kernel compile. Any particular reason why you don't like the enhancements and

[expert] URGENT:X-server produces a system breakdown.

2000-11-24 Thread fabian
Hello, I have a SiS 6326 video card in my system running LM 7.0. It was not very well configured, so I followed the advices posted in the newbie list. I added to the Section "Device" the "pci_burst_on" Option in the XF86Config. At starting the X manager the system broke down.

ld.so+glibc22 [was Re: [expert] MandrakeUpdate]

2000-11-24 Thread J . A . Magallon
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000 18:30:15 Vincent Danen wrote: On Thu Nov 23, 2000 at 09:13:46AM -0800, Jean Meloche wrote: If anyone did manage to download and install the ld.so that was briefly on updates, I would recommend downgrading to the release version of ld.so (ld.so-1.9.11-4mdk) or if you are

RE: [expert] reiserfs

2000-11-24 Thread T. Howell
-original message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (pablito) Sent: Friday, November 24, 2000 1:54 PM Maybe this will sound dumb, but can you experts tell the rest of us, how do you install reiserfs if you have to unmount the partition to do it? Do you create two partitions, install a

Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?

2000-11-24 Thread Andrew George
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:57, you wrote: There is nothing wrong with the MDK kernel. I have to recompile the kernel because of the WinModem in my boss' laptop. If you follow up on the WinModem HOWTO, it suggested the kernel re-compilation. If I

Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?

2000-11-24 Thread Alex Yung
Thanks Andrew. I was under the impression that installing the kernel source would also include the SPEC file. This is how Debian works. Thanks again. On Sat, 25 Nov 2000, Andrew George wrote: On Sat, 25 Nov 2000 10:57, you wrote: There is nothing wrong with the MDK kernel. I have to

[expert] XFree86 hangs during hardward probe

2000-11-24 Thread Richard Chase
I previously used Mandrake 6.0 with no problems. I configured my Rage LT Pro card as a Mach64 with no clock settings. Now, after attempting to install 7.2, my system hangs when the machine attempts to start X. It doesn't actually start the server, and I get a plain, black, empty screen. I must

Re: [expert] URGENT:X-server produces a system breakdown.

2000-11-24 Thread Charles Curley
On Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 06:37:42PM -0600, fabian wrote: When I rebooted the computer and after fixing the file system Linux started the X manager and the system died again. I wish I could let the system know at booting time not to start the X server in order to delete the added line in

Re: [expert] NetaTalk RPM dependencies problems.....

2000-11-24 Thread A V Flinsch
On Friday 24 November 2000 08:01, you wrote: I've been working on an old computer for a friend of mine, I've built an old Pentium 100 with 32 MB of RAM to serve as an internet and a Mac file and print server. I'm running into several problems when attempting to install the NetaTalk+Asun

Re: [expert] URGENT:X-server produces a system breakdown.

2000-11-24 Thread ivan
On Fri, 24 Nov 2000, you wrote: Hello, I have a SiS 6326 video card in my system running LM 7.0. It was not very well configured, so I followed the advices posted in the newbie list. I added to the Section "Device" the "pci_burst_on" Option in the XF86Config. At starting the

Re: [expert] Any pointer to where the kernel SPEC file is?

2000-11-24 Thread Sheldon Lee Wen
/usr/share/doc/kernel-2.2.17/kernel-2.2.17-21mdk-i586.config /usr/share/doc/kernel-smp-2.2.17/kernel-2.2.17-21mdk-i586-smp.config Alex Yung wrote: Thanks Andrew. I was under the impression that installing the kernel source would also include the SPEC file. This is how Debian works.

[expert] soundcard problem...conflicting irq?

2000-11-24 Thread praedor
Lately I have found that my soundcard, an es1371 AudioPCI card, doesn't work properly anymore. I am not sure when it occured but when my audio is playing (system sounds) it is interrupted with cricket-like noises. A screechy-static like sound. Looking at my hardware settings in control-panel

Re: [expert] soundcard problem...conflicting irq?

2000-11-24 Thread praedor
On Saturday 25 November 2000 11:29 pm, you wrote: [...] Looking at my hardware settings in control-panel (Mandrake 7.2, kde-2.0) I see that my soundcard is sharing an IRQ with my ethernet card. Me thinks this is part of the problem. I would like to change the A little more information. I

Re: [expert] Hdparm options for a Maxtor

2000-11-24 Thread Tom Berkley
Some interesting numbers to compare with your maxtor. The following is using UDMA-33 with near minimal optimization in Mandrake 7.2: Model=IBM-DPTA-372050: /dev/hda: multcount= 16 (on) I/O support = 0 (default 16-bit) unmaskirq= 0 (off) using_dma= 1 (on) keepsettings = 0

Re: [expert] Wheelmouse Functions

2000-11-24 Thread Tom Berkley
I noticed today that when I started netscape mail first, the mouse wheel worked ok and its still working a half hour later. Hm. Check to see that imwheel is still running before you start imwheel in the shell. ps -ef | grep imwheel If it is you should kill the process first before you

Re: [expert] soundcard problem...conflicting irq?

2000-11-24 Thread jarmo
On Sunday 26 November 2000 08:29, you wrote: irq assignment of either one or the other but don't know how to go about this. I can't change anything on the soundcard with sounddrake. Kudzu won't let me either. Is there a simple means by which I can change the irq or the ethernet card or

Re: [expert] nVidia drivers on Asus A7V mb

2000-11-24 Thread mark
On Friday 24 November 2000 14:00, you wrote: I have now been working on the installation of the nVidia drivers for XFree86-4.0.1 for a week. And I believe, I am close to have it made working. BUT: First my system: Athlon (Thunderbird) 800Mhz on Asus AV7 (KT133 based) 380 MB RAM

Re: [expert] reiserfs

2000-11-24 Thread pablito
Maybe this will sound dumb, but can you experts tell the rest of us, how do you install reiserfs if you have to unmount the partition to do it? Do you create two partitions, install a minimal linux on one, format the other partition, copy all the linux files to it, reboot, change the parms in

Re: [expert] Default routes to internet

2000-11-24 Thread Mark Weaver
Open Linuxconf and click on the basic host button. Here you can define your machine's (hostname) as well as the default "route" (device) by which you connect to the internet. You may also want to check the ppp/slip/plip and make sure everything defined properly for you ppp0 connection. that

[expert] LM7.2 Stability and DHCP/DNS issues

2000-11-24 Thread Robert Fox
I have the following configuration: Main machine: 3Com 3c905 10/100 board, Win2K with Internet sharing enabled and ISDN dialup to Internet Second machine: Realtek 8139 10/100, Linux Mandrake 7.2 using DHCP to connect to main machine and surf . . Problem: If the main machine is off and I

[expert] Importing filters and Addressbook

2000-11-24 Thread Ronald Yeo
Hi, I have just freshly installed MDK 7.2, on an old computer with a new disk. I would like to get my old kmail filters and addressbook from the old installation instead of entering everything by hand. Anybody has any idea where the files are to be found? I could not find any import facility

Re: [expert] Re: [Cooker] kernel-2.4.0-0.4mdk

2000-11-24 Thread Salane
any one got any instructions on how to do this the man initrd is quite uclear on which files i should include in the new image On Friday 24 November 2000 08:14 am, you wrote: You might have to make a new initrd image. This is required for upgrading a mandrake kernel when you run ReiserFS.

[expert] network on laptop

2000-11-24 Thread Matthias Höppner
Hey, after varies test with no name cards I got a FIBERLINE PCMCIA fast Ethernet card. It's now known by the system and work properly BUT I can only reach computers from the local network. I had the IP 141.57.51.57 and a ping to 141.57.51.58 was successfully however there was no connection to

[expert] Trapped in Gnome -- Solved!

2000-11-24 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My thanks to all of you who wrote in with your solutions. The simplest solution, as suggested by one of you, is to delete the .Xclients file in your home directory. This also automatically deletes the .Xclients-default file. When you type startx at the console, you are now

[expert] Where is sndconfig, please? -- Urgent!

2000-11-24 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: I've just reinstalled LM7.2, this time selecting the graphical X boot directly into KDE. Everything seems to be fine, but I can't find the "sndconfig" command and program to configure my sound. Until I do so, I can't listen to RealPlayer. I tried it in the console and in KDE's