Re: [expert] khotkeys in Mandrake 7.2?

2000-11-30 Thread PBone
Perhaps my original message was misleading. I know that khotkeys is installed and I know how to bind hotkeys to the preset window manager functions. I want to know how do you, for example, make control-shift-n launch netscape. Someone on the KDE list replied that I used the kmenueditor but I

Re: [expert] Slow system

2000-11-30 Thread Pj
Tom, Just for the sake of a good discussion, I said "common reasons." There are of course exceptions. The board and RAM I just replaced is a good example. The RAM was recognized in both Windows and Linux, yet 90MB of the 160MB were bad. It was sporadic. When it worked it was great but when it di

Re: [expert] Slow system

2000-11-30 Thread Tom Berkley
I have one stick of atlas precision 128MB ram in this computer and some installations of linux do recognize more than 64MB of it and some do not. Its not shared, nor dirty, nor mismatched Hmm I have to conclude that the following may be some good info but definitely does not measure up to

Re: [expert] Slow system

2000-11-30 Thread Anthony Russello
Someone bythe name of PJ just sent me a private email indicating that unmatched RAM may be incorrectly detected. Mine is unmatched. > I have a Via chip too.. and every version of mandrake found all 1.5 GB of RAM > on it!.. Maybe u guys have one chipset thats broken.. write to the kernel > maili

Re: [expert] looking for suggestions on PRO email server

2000-11-30 Thread Greg A.Bur
Try NeoMail. You can get it from freshmeat. http://neomail.sourceforge.net/ It's only a frontend for users but it works well with postfix. On Thursday 30 November 2000 22:45, you wrote: > > Hi, > > I am going to need to serve 40 - 50 thousand email accounts. > > I need the user to be able to

Re: [expert] Slow system

2000-11-30 Thread Pj
Sorry, I have to disagree. For our new users I'd like to reiterate that the three most common reasons that Linux does NOT recognize the correct amount of memory are: dirty RAM, mis-matched RAM (different manufacturers) and shared RAM. Shared RAM can be corrected with a one line script. Dirty RAM

[expert] looking for suggestions on PRO email server

2000-11-30 Thread Gavin Clark
Hi, I am going to need to serve 40 - 50 thousand email accounts. I need the user to be able to change his own password with some sort of web based interface, hotmail-like functionality would be a nice bonus but not crucial. Low maintenance is the key. Money is not really a problem so I'm lookin

Re: [expert] Slow system

2000-11-30 Thread Sarang Lakare
I have a Via chip too.. and every version of mandrake found all 1.5 GB of RAM on it!.. Maybe u guys have one chipset thats broken.. write to the kernel mailing list to get it fixed! -sarang On Thursday 30 November 2000 18:35, you wrote: > > I'm a newbie just getting started with Linux, but if

Re: [expert] Networking problems

2000-11-30 Thread Lars Nordin
Like I posted before check the links in /etc/rc.d/rc3.d or /etc/rc.5d/ for the script "network" in /etc/rc.d/init.d. I had the same problem upgrading. I was able to get the network running again by simply running "ln -s /etc/rc.d/network/etc/rc.d/rc5.d/SXXnetwork" where 'XX' is some two digi

Re: [expert] Best SCSI Single Channel Controller?

2000-11-30 Thread Anthony Russello
Try initio SCSI cards. They have Linux drivers, their cards are bootable, and their prices are reasonable. I'm using one such card at work, and it's great. I only bought this piece of garbage adaptec non bootable 78xx series card because it was so dirt cheap I couldn't resist. www.initio.com

RE: [expert] Slow system

2000-11-30 Thread Anthony Russello
I have a VIA chipset, and though it only detects 64 MB when installing, I can easily specify that it has the 224 that is in it. After specifying, it works without a hitch. Please note that I've only ever specified it during install time. > I'm a newbie just getting started with Linux, but if p

RE: [expert] Security

2000-11-30 Thread SIR admin
i have noticed quite a few attempts to FTP to my machine. which is very unusual. i'd be willing to compare logs. matthew -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of bill Sent: Wednesday, November 29, 2000 11:25 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [exp

Re: [expert] Test

2000-11-30 Thread Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno]
On Friday 01 December 2000 02:01, you wrote: > Don't see any of my post on the expert list anymore > > Don Same here, and not on the newbie list either... I have gotten answers, so they do arrive, but I don't get them myself. -- \ Christian A Strømmen / \ Number1/NumeroUno @ Undernet

Re: [expert] Test

2000-11-30 Thread Clayton Nielsen
There's one now. On November 30, 2000 06:01 pm, you wrote: > > Don't see any of my post on the expert list anymore > > Don Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; name="message.footer" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Content-Description: -

[expert] Test

2000-11-30 Thread Don
Don't see any of my post on the expert list anymore Don -- 73 de KK6WJ Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

RE: [expert] Slow system

2000-11-30 Thread Abraham Pinzur
I'm a newbie just getting started with Linux, but if preponderance of evidence is helpful at all, I also have a VIA chipset, and Mandrake 7 hasn't found my RAM above 64MB... - Av - -- Av Pinzur / Crisp Graphics [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.crispgraphics.com/~newav > -Original Message-

Re: [expert] Best SCSI Single Channel Controller?

2000-11-30 Thread Felix Miata
Helsby, James wrote: > From: Eric Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >> In your opinion what would be the best choice for a scsi controller for a >> tape drive, or who has the best drivers so far? > Use an Adaptec controller. Probably a 19160 or something slower. Best driver > compatibility, a

Re: [expert] How to disable graphical login?

2000-11-30 Thread EagleIce
If you want to use a standard text-mode login prompt only the you can edit /etc/inittab should be line 18 where you probably have id:5:initdefault, change the 5 to 3 (Full multiuser mode) save and the next time you boot up the system it will stop at the text-mode login prompt. ei On Thursday

[expert] Networking problems

2000-11-30 Thread Svante Signell
After upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2 networking in non-functional. Any pointers? Everything is a mess, the upgrade did not complete either. Maybe it's time to switch to another distribution, I am using debian and RH on other boxes? This graphical/framebuffer thing is maybe good for newbies, but I feel

Re: [expert] Hack Kernel - which version is it?

2000-11-30 Thread J . A . Magallon
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 16:06:57 Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes wrote: > > Thanks a lot. But I was thinking of the kernel number defined by > kernel.org. something like > kernel.2.4.0..test10.pre99. > Usually kernels supplied by distros are patched by the makers of the distribution and do not mat

Re: [expert] fsck'ing reiserfs

2000-11-30 Thread J . A . Magallon
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 14:15:22 Laurent Duperval wrote: > > Hmmm... maybe I didn't express myself correctly. I've done all this > conversion stuff. I *have* a mountable reiserfs partition which works > correctly. But this weekend, my laptop froze and I had to reboot it. When it > came time to sync

Re: [expert] KNapster - anyone?

2000-11-30 Thread mail
YAY, I tried it, and it worked, but only after I told rpm to ignore dependancies. Maybe I'll try some of the other stuff I wanted too :) Thanks to all. Ali On Sunday 26 November 2000 3:21 pm, you wrote: > > On Wednesday 22 November 2000 07:50 pm, mail wrote: > > Anyone got this to work on

[expert] MAJORDOMO ABORT (majordomo) help!!!

2000-11-30 Thread Mark Weaver
Hi list, is there anyone here that has setup Majordomo that could possibly tell me what this error message from domo means? I've been trying to get domo working for almost 3 weeks now, and it just doesn't seem to want to cooperate. I've never before seen a program more stuborn than majordomo. --

[expert] Re: Graaandes amigos!

2000-11-30 Thread SpiderMan
   Quero todos os senhores no camping...        Flá        Esse material que o Má quer ler tema ver com aqueles papos de viajem astral. No momento ele se encontra em algum lugar do meu HD que não tenho certeza exatamente aonde fica.            Por isso peço ao Rô que mande para vc e para o

Re: [expert] Installing Driver Fro Adaptec AHA-1542CP

2000-11-30 Thread J . A . Magallon
On Thu, 30 Nov 2000 10:28:50 root wrote: > > Thanks for your reply. I tried this but unfortunately isapnp does not > scan the address I am using or in fact any of the other adrresses that > my card can use(I guess my card is pre-proper isapnp). Your reply was a I don't know if that makes

RE: [expert] Best scsi single chan controller?

2000-11-30 Thread Helsby, James
Use an Adaptec controller. Probably a 19160 or something slower. Best driver compatibility, and best speed, and probably some of the best prices. -Original Message- From: Eric Peters [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, November 30, 2000 4:14 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject: [ex

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

2000-11-30 Thread Larry Marshall
> rpm --root $HOME ... > > allows you to put it anywhere you want. If you intend to do everything as user, Thanks Alex, this is one that I missed and it sure changes my view of rpms. > you probably should consider adding "--dbpath" option so that you don't mix your > system rpm database. Mos

[expert] Best scsi single chan controller?

2000-11-30 Thread Eric Peters
In your opinion what would be the best choice for a scsi controller for a tape drive, or who has the best drivers so far? Cheers, Eric Peters Mail:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

RE: [expert] Can't get VMware to configure on my system.

2000-11-30 Thread Sheldon Lee Wen
Hi, I've found in the past that Mandrake has shipped the kernel source and headers configured for the uni-processor kernel. Then, when you go to use vmware on an smp system you get errors installing it about mismatched headers. What you need to do is get the .config from /usr/share/doc/kernel-sm

[expert] How to disable graphical login?

2000-11-30 Thread Svante Signell
After upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2 the graphical login is even slower to start :( What package is running the graphical shell? Got rid of gdm, but kdm is still there. The problem is that kdm is in kdebase and not easily removed. How to disable? I'd like to configure from scratch again. (Don't like linu

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

2000-11-30 Thread Alex Yung
rpm --root $HOME ... allows you to put it anywhere you want. If you intend to do everything as user, you probably should consider adding "--dbpath" option so that you don't mix your system rpm database. Larry Marshall wrote: > > Alexander...maybe it's just my ignorance when it comes to rpms bu

Re: [expert] Slow system

2000-11-30 Thread Christian A Strømmen [Number1/NumeroUno]
On Thursday 30 November 2000 21:39, you wrote: > In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... > Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of freezing the > system, until I reverted it ... > > The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the memory, even > i

[expert] Slow FTP login?

2000-11-30 Thread Peter Loron
I have LM 7.2 beta 3, running wu-ftpd-2.6.1-7mdk and xinetd 2.1.8.9pre12-2mdk. When I connect to the machine with FTP, it takes several seconds for the connection to finally be set up. Once connected, it's very fast. On a previous incarnation of the machine running LM6.2, FTP would connect almost

Re: [expert] reiserfs

2000-11-30 Thread pablito
Not the hdreiser image file! space on the hard disk big enough to copy two cds onto it. actually I could make space but I have stuff sitting on it that I'd have to put somewhere else. The hdreiser boot image doesn't work with my CDs. The same problem applies to installing from cooker. I'm goin

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

2000-11-30 Thread Larry Marshall
> holds true for normal packages, but also for the kernel RPM. There isn't > any mystic involved in a kernel RPM, so a rpm -qpi kernel.rpm will tell you > exactly where everything is going to end. > Now with tarballs I often have a hard time figuring out where everything is > placed after a make

Re: [expert] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses

2000-11-30 Thread Anthony Russello
> You mean you are scanned thru the ports in the 2100 range and/or the > 2400 range? > Huh. At first, I thought you meant ports 21-24, which would make > obvious sense > but I am not clear on the intent for checking out the 2100s or 2400s. 2100's and 2400's ranges. > I have been running differ

Re: [expert] Hack Kernel - which version is it?

2000-11-30 Thread Larry Sword
"Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" wrote: pgeorges wrote: > > "Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" a écrit : > > > > Hello > > Could someone tell me the exact version of the hack kernl that comes > > with 7.2? > > hackkernel-2.4.0-0.31mdk.i586.rpm Thanks a lot. But I was thinking of the kernel number defined

Re: [expert] Slow system

2000-11-30 Thread Larry Tobos
In my case, Winblows gets the correct amount of memory... Forcing the detection in Lilo as suggested had the impact of freezing the system, until I reverted it ... The problem is hardware related: the kernel does not see the memory, even if it is there. I bet my problem is the VIA chipset support

Re: [expert] 7.2 Install causes segfault

2000-11-30 Thread Anthony Russello
I'm using a Duron, and though CPU detection is incorrect in that it detects the CPU as an AMD Athlon, it still works fine I have no idea why it's detecting a P3 for you though, that's bizarre. Just thought i would confirm that it does work with Duron chips. Wow, that's one heck of a system y

[expert] 7.2 Install causes segfault

2000-11-30 Thread Helsby, James
I have been trying to install Mandrake 7.2 on one of my systems. But every time, I run into the same snag. The system will install just fine, even the boot-loader will be installed correctly. But, the system will seg-fault on the ramdisk image. It will get as far as to try to match up the C

[expert] Printing from kmail

2000-11-30 Thread Ted Wager
Hi.. Have just installed 7.2..The only problem on install was it skipped the create bootdisk and did not allow me to tell it I did not give me the bootloader option but installed grub on /dev/hda1..Anyway I am very pleased with the distroI am writing to ask if anyone else has a print proble

Re: [expert] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses

2000-11-30 Thread Praedor Tempus
You mean you are scanned thru the ports in the 2100 range and/or the 2400 range? Huh. At first, I thought you meant ports 21-24, which would make obvious sense but I am not clear on the intent for checking out the 2100s or 2400s. I have been running different types of scans against 63.98.105.3 a

[expert] Network install using PCMCIA NIC

2000-11-30 Thread Edward Mcdaniel
I'm trying to install via NFS or FTP over a PCMCIA ethernet (which I know works if I install from the HD). If I boot PCMCIA.IMG, the module loads and tries to start the network, but ifup fails because the file is not there. If I boot NETWORK.IMG, I never get a chance to load PCMCIA support (which

Re: [expert] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses

2000-11-30 Thread Praedor Tempus
You mean you are scanned thru the ports in the 2100 range and/or the 2400 range? Huh. At first, I thought you meant ports 21-24, which would make obvious sense but I am not clear on the intent for checking out the 2100s or 2400s. I have been running different types of scans against 63.98.105.3 a

Re: [expert] Compile Help.....

2000-11-30 Thread Laurent Duperval
On 30 Nov, ATL Oledog wrote: > Trying to compile kernel. What could this mean? And how do i fix > it? > > [root@trinity linux]# make bzImage > make: *** No rule to make target `include/linux/autoconf.h', needed by > `include/config/MARKER'. Stop. > [root@trinity linux]# Looks like you didn't

Re: [expert] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses

2000-11-30 Thread Anthony Russello
I'm not getting attacked from this alter.net IP, but I am being constantly scanned on consecutive ports usually ranging in the 21xx or 24xx range. My firewall (a windows based firewall/proxy ap on an NT4 server) blocks both of these ranges, so all I see are requests on port 21xx and each is den

Re: [expert] Macmillain lemon -- footnote

2000-11-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Thursday 30 November 2000 11:05 am, Andrew R. Post wrote: > Why does Mandrake continue to use Macmillan? They did the same thing > with Mandrake 6.0. They need a distributor that doesn't make them > look bad. Sometime ago I email'd [EMAIL PROTECTED] and suggested they provide a "Donat

Re: [expert] LM7.2 Macmillain Beta -- details

2000-11-30 Thread Anthony Russello
I always keep all the boxes and manuals for everything. Always good to lok back on if something goes wrong. > > who keeps the box and manuals ? > > > > :-) > > On Wed, Nov 29, 2000 at 03:29:33PM -0600, Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Dear friends: > > > > Here are the details of the 4-CD Macmillain ve

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

2000-11-30 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach skidley am Fri, Nov 24, 2000 at 08:26:09PM -0400: > It's not that I don't like the kernel enhancements and bugfixes done by > the mdk people it's just I don't like the kernel being in .rpm form I > prefer a tarball so I know what I'm getting I wouldn't think of installing > a kernel in a

Re: [expert] reiserfs

2000-11-30 Thread Alexander Skwar
So sprach pablito am Sat, Nov 25, 2000 at 11:14:32AM -0800: > so you don't have to use that hdreiser.img file. that's good. I don't have > that much space on the hard disk and can only get one of the mandrake cds > copied onto it. The hdreiser.img file is 1.44mb small. You don't have that "much

Re: [expert] Macmillain lemon -- footnote

2000-11-30 Thread Andrew R. Post
Why does Mandrake continue to use Macmillan? They did the same thing with Mandrake 6.0. They need a distributor that doesn't make them look bad. Andrew Benjamin Sher wrote: > Dear friends: > > My thanks to all of you who offered to help by sending me a copy of > LM7.2 with KDE 2.0 Final. I ge

[expert] samba

2000-11-30 Thread Lars Roland Kristiansen
when i am using the coomand "smbclient //server/service" i am used to get an prompt like "smb:\>" but this i cant do with mandrake 7.2. how do i make this the default. ___ Mvh./Yours sincerely Lars Lars Roland Kristiansen

Re: [expert] Help with X 4.0.1

2000-11-30 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Wednesday 29 November 2000 04:31 pm, Juliano Soares dos Santos wrote: > Someone: Help me with X in MDK 7.2, please!! > When I start X, my screen shows some colored squares and then the > monitor turns down (like standby, with blinking light). After that > nothing more works (Ctrl+Alt+Fx or Ctrl

Re: [expert] Hack Kernel - which version is it?

2000-11-30 Thread Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes
pgeorges wrote: > > "Eduardo M. A. M. Mendes" a écrit : > > > > Hello > > Could someone tell me the exact version of the hack kernl that comes > > with 7.2? > > hackkernel-2.4.0-0.31mdk.i586.rpm Thanks a lot. But I was thinking of the kernel number defined by kernel.org. something like

Re: [expert] 7.2 upgrade problems

2000-11-30 Thread Lars Nordin
I had the same problems; I ended up having to run XFdrake to configure X; rebuilding the symbolic links in /etc/rc5.d/ for "network" and "portmap" - this was why NFS was failing to start on my system no lo0 or eth0 devices! Be warned if you try to upgrade kdebase that you will get a cpio unlink e

Re: [expert] problem burning CDs with cdrecord

2000-11-30 Thread Michael Powell PhD
>From the quill of Michael Powell, PhD. on Wednesday 29 November 2000 01:59 pm, wrote: This is the correct command to use cdrecord cdrecord --scanbuss to be sure everything is in tack. cdrecord -eject -v speed=2 dev=0,0,0 (from the scan bus) Mandrake72.ext.iso notice no ( -) before speed! mi

[expert] Help with X 4.0.1

2000-11-30 Thread Juliano Soares dos Santos
Someone: Help me with X in MDK 7.2, please!! When I start X, my screen shows some colored squares and then the monitor turns down (like standby, with blinking light). After that nothing more works (Ctrl+Alt+Fx or Ctrl+Alt+Del). I got a Voodoo 3 3000 PCI that works fine with Debian Woody and Redhat

Re: [expert] fsck'ing reiserfs

2000-11-30 Thread Laurent Duperval
On 29 Nov, civileme wrote: > On Wednesday 29 November 2000 15:11, you wrote: >> Last week I converted one of my partitions to use reiserfs. I'm on 7.1 and >> it doesn't have... e... "stadard support" for reiserfs. So I'm >> wondering, besides changing the fstab to use reiserfs, what elle needs

RE: [expert] Multiple attempted unauthorized accesses

2000-11-30 Thread gcobb
I tried resolving the address for 63.98.105.3. Not only could I not do a trace route, there was no ping response. Nothing either exists for that IP or he has a firewall eating (not dropping) ICMP packets. I tried doing a trace route on *.2, *.4 and DNS lookups for several other various IPs on t

[expert] Macmillain lemon -- footnote

2000-11-30 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: My thanks to all of you who offered to help by sending me a copy of LM7.2 with KDE 2.0 Final. I genuinely appreciate it. Fortunately, no need for that. When I ordered LM7.2 Complete from Macmillain, I already knew about the Walmart fiasco and, as insurance, I also ordered the Cheapb

Re: [expert] no appletalk support in 7.2 kernel?

2000-11-30 Thread A V Flinsch
On Thursday 30 November 2000 02:56, you wrote: > > hi mandrake-experts-mailinglist, > > is there no support for appletalk in the 7.2 kernel. it should be > since kernel 2.x.x (?). > when starting netatalk (netatalk-1.4.99-0.20001108mdk.i586.rpm) i get > the error-message (within webmin, in consol

RE: [expert] Mandrake PC shut down

2000-11-30 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Since APM is disabled with SMP your only recourse is to re-compile the kernel and re-enable it. I've done this with previous releases without a single problem... Your mileage may vary. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Vu Nguyen Sen

Re: [expert] Who Is List Maintainer?(time for Sympa retirement?)

2000-11-30 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 30-Nov-00 by Ron Stodden: > Huh? This will plainly break the threading of replies to the message > you dropped! You cannot presume anything about which of the > duplicate messages a respondent will choose to reply to. Not true. Each of the duplicates has an identical Message-Id head

Re: [expert] Apache /PHP4

2000-11-30 Thread Bruno Damour
Thanks to all of you !! I'll try it later on when I'm coming home but no doubt it will work. I still have my problems with phpPgAdmin though. I noticed that since I installed directly apache with my 7.2, apache is now run by the apache user/group (I think it was previously nobody/nogroup) and

RE: [expert] fsck'ing reiserfs

2000-11-30 Thread Zelck, Guy
Hi, Reiserfs doesn't need fsck'ing. They made a special fsck'ish tool that was only needed for very bad situations but was otherwise discouraged to use. So the old non-reiser fsck complained when it was presented with a reiser fs to check. On my LM6.0 sytem I also installed reiserfs myself and ha

Re: [expert] Installing Driver Fro Adaptec AHA-1542CP

2000-11-30 Thread root
"J.A. Magallon" wrote: > > > root said at Ò[expert] Installing Driver Fro Adaptec AHA-1542CPÓ. > [2000-11-28 11:57] > > > Hi, > > Can anyone advise how I might install the driver for my ancient Adaptec > > AHA-1542CP (ISA). The card does not seem to be detected at boot during > > the hard

Re: [expert] Login security flaw or setup problem

2000-11-30 Thread Kelley Terry
On Thursday 30 November 2000 12:33 am, you wrote: > > Hi, > I have noticed something very disturbing. I have just installed MDK > 7.2 on my notebook and whenever I reboot my machine, everything comes up > nicely -- so nicely that I don't even have to login! > Yes my default account has a