[expert] Upgrade from 7.1 to 7.2 fsck'd my box

2000-12-15 Thread Michael
Downloading the list of all RPM's and using kpackage to upgrade individual packages went bad when my box ran out of mem half way through an upgrade and killed X and kpackage. To try to recover I did a manual rpm --nodeps -F * of the RPM's and it only got worse so now that computer has no

[expert] Dumb quick S bit question

2000-12-15 Thread Eric
I've RTFM, and then read it again, I'm missing something OBVIOUS. I'm trying to build a simple script which executes one line, but it needs root permission. So, I built the one line script, did a chown root.system script ; chmod 6755 script. However it acts like the script is running still as

[expert] Cups,lp,Gimp,Epson 900

2000-12-15 Thread bill
Running LM 7.2 I have recently hit a stumbling block printing out of GIMP. I have had sucess with Tills rpms before and after acquiring and setting up a nice Epson 900 it appeared to work fine with default settings, printing fine. However adjusting settings via cups and/or Gimp to utilize the

Re: [expert] Broken cdrom.ing?

2000-12-15 Thread Matthew O. Persico
Simon Cousins wrote: First from the cd, then from downloads, teh 7.2 cdrom.img will not find my Bus Logic SCSI cards, therefore not my CDROM either. 7.1 had no problems. Anyone else had this trouble or any clues as to how to ger around it? I ran a 7.2 install off Macmillan CDs

Re: [expert] Palm Pilot and permissions - pilot-link jpilot

2000-12-15 Thread Daniel Veselka
One of my serial ports is on /dev/cua3. On /dev/cua1, my modem works happily. I would like to use my pilot on the other port, but jpilot says: Pi_bind permission denied Hi, check permissions on /dev/ttyS* (or /dev/cu*) - you rw access as user I have found some info on this in the

[expert] Terminal Server?

2000-12-15 Thread Bob [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello, I have a client, that a vendor is trying to persuade to run Windows 2000 Terminal Server. Right now they are running DOS apps under Win 3.11 or Win95. The vendor is saying that the Terminal Server is the way to go, as all the programs are all run on the server. My questions: 1. Is

[expert] kernel-secure source code

2000-12-15 Thread Amit Bapat
I have installed LM 7.2 with high security setting. It installed kernel-secure. I want to recompile this kernel to add some features. How do I download the sources for this kernel? Are the sources the same as for the regular kernel? or there is different source? In the info of the kernel-secure

Re: [expert] suddenly problems with the soundcard

2000-12-15 Thread Michael Schurr
On Thu, Dec 14, 2000 at 07:31:53AM -0800, Anton Graham wrote: Mandrake doesn't, by default, use sndconfig for this reason. sndconfig writes to /etc/conf.modules, while Mandrake, in compliance with the PTB has deprecated the use of that file. copy the information sndconfig writes to

[expert] ayuda

2000-12-15 Thread Arias
tengo la version de mandrake 7.2 y me parece muy buena. sin embargo, tengo problemas cuando estoy realizando algun archivo de texto ya que el cursor parece tener vida propia, es decir, al seleccionar con las teclas o mouse, continua seleccionando sin detenerse. tengo el mismo problema con

RE: [expert] Terminal Server?

2000-12-15 Thread Andre LABBE
HI 1) With wine you will run some Win9x applications. You will have to try them. but you will only replace an MS box by a Linux box. The gain is pretty nill. Even if you run a Xserver and run some linux WS it will be not the same that TS. 2) Yes there is compatibiliy problem with TS (NT4

[expert]Jbuilder4 foundation fails to install with 7.2

2000-12-15 Thread Andre LABBE
Hi You run the install.bin program and after a while it stops saying that the file is not binary and it cannot expand the VM archive.( it is the same thing for the Docs and samples)I know that it is not the file, because I can install it under Suse 6.4 without any problem. I am sure that

Re: [expert]Jbuilder4 foundation fails to install with 7.2

2000-12-15 Thread pgeorges
Andre LABBE a écrit : Hi You run the install.bin program and after a while it stops saying that the file is not binary and it cannot expand the VM archive.( it is the same thing for the Docs and samples) I know that it is not the file, because I can install it under Suse 6.4 without any

Re: [expert] suddenly problems with the soundcard

2000-12-15 Thread Mike MacCana
That's Mandrake's fault - Red Hat fixed the `conf.modules' problem [by renaming it appropriately] in Red Hat version 7, and sndconfig that ships with 7 writes t the correct file. Mandrake should either not include sndconfig if it worn't work properly with their setup or have shipped the Red

Re: [expert] ayuda

2000-12-15 Thread Juan Luis Baptiste
Hola, ese problema se presenta debido a la tarjeta de video y el monitor, a mi me pasa lo mismo. el problema es que la rata de refresco está demasiado baja, y eso puede ser, a) porqué esté mal y se le pueda colocar una más alta, o b) la tarjeta de video no da una mayor. Podria probar poniendo

[expert] ayuda

2000-12-15 Thread Arias
compre una impresora xerox docuprint xj8c pero esta no imprime en colores bajo el sistema operativo linux mandrake 7.2. quiero saber si ustedes tienen los controladores para este sistema operativo. o si es posible, saber donde puedo encontrarlos.

[expert] BitchX and libmysqlclient.so.9

2000-12-15 Thread Support
Why does the BitchX update just released require libmysqlclient.so.9: [root@regulus 7.2]# rpm -Fvh BitchX-1.0-0.c17.1.1mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies libmysqlclient.so.9 is needed by BitchX-1.0-0.c17.1.1mdk S Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com:

[expert] script to change upper to lower case

2000-12-15 Thread Praedor Tempus
Someone once posted a simple script for changing upper case letters to lower case, I believe, in this list. I didn't keep the message but I now have need of this script. Could someone please post such a script? -- Against stupidity, the gods themselves contend in vain --- praedor Keep

[expert] BitchX upgrade and libmysqlclient

2000-12-15 Thread The BOFH
Why does the BitchX update just released require libmysqlclient.so.9: [root@regulus 7.2]# rpm -Fvh BitchX-1.0-0.c17.1.1mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies libmysqlclient.so.9 is needed by BitchX-1.0-0.c17.1.1mdk S Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe

RE: [expert] shell script function to pause / wait

2000-12-15 Thread Bill Shirley
man sleep Bill -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Andy Judge Sent: Thursday, December 14, 2000 5:22 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] shell script function to pause / wait What is the function to have the script pause for n

[expert] Sound on CS1 on sparc

2000-12-15 Thread Scott Parks
Has any one had luck getting sound to work on Corporate Server/ Sparc? Using Ultra Sparc 5, sndconfig runs, use xmms and garbage. Using mixer tells me it can not write. Why in the world I want the sound to work is just me, guess I like tunes when I work :) -Scott Keep in touch with

[expert] Virtual domain for sendmail

2000-12-15 Thread Maximo Monsalvo
I want configure my sendmail for make virtual domain. The linuxconf make very good this, but i want make this by hand ( using the vpop3, the directory created for linuxconf ,etc) in the sendmail.cf linuxconf adds CV my.virtua.ldomain , is this line sufficient? Maximo Monsalvo Guspamar

Re: [expert] Fwd: rpm problems

2000-12-15 Thread tom strickland
What does # rpm --rebuilddb do? Civileme I should have mentioned that I have already tried this. [root@lyra tom]# updatedb [root@lura tom]# rpm --rebuilddb Further checks on the rpm database reveal that some of the packages that I recently updated using MandrakeUpdate seem to be duplicated in

Re: [expert] How is PHP configured?

2000-12-15 Thread Vidyut Luther
uncomment the lines.. also look for a Loadmodule phpXXX I'm not sure which version of apache/php mdk ships with so couldn't tell u what the number will be after the loadmodule.. but probably LoadModule but for me it's LoadModule php4_modulelibexec/libphp4.so this needs to be

[expert] distorted sound for user only

2000-12-15 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG/SWS
I just got my sound working (thanks to who ever posted their modules.conf file for me) Now the problem I have is only root has clean sound. If I logout and in as user the sound is terribly distorted. I have the same options checked in KDE 2.0 on this clean install of MDK 7.2. The computer is a

Re: [expert] KDE 2.0.1 Konqueror

2000-12-15 Thread Christopher Molnar
Beta1 is on nebsllc.com in pub/KDE_UPDATE -Chris On Thursday 14 December 2000 21:17, Al Baker wrote: I'm waiting for KDE 2.1 The .0's are always unstable. --- RedRat [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hello List! After having some trouble with updateing KDE2 to KDE2.0.1 I uninstalled all

[expert] RPM packages from cooker

2000-12-15 Thread Buchan Milne
Thanks to whoever made the new packages on mandragon from cooker announced recently. I am happily using Mozilla i586 (was using the i386 version from linuxberg previously). Since it was too much trouble to compile Nuatilus, Evolution etc, maybe you could compile basla 1.0 Thanks Buchan Keep

Re: [expert] script to change upper to lower case

2000-12-15 Thread Amit Bapat
Do yo need a script for this? it's one line code. tr "[a-z]" "[A-Z]" And use pipe to get input and output! Original Message Follows From: "Praedor Tempus" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] script to change upper to lower case Date:

Re: [expert] script to change upper to lower case

2000-12-15 Thread Anton Graham
Submitted 15-Dec-00 by Praedor Tempus: Someone once posted a simple script for changing upper case letters to lower case, I believe, in this list. I didn't keep the message but I now have need of this script. Could someone please post such a script? I use the following function to

[expert] 20 GB HDD UDMA66

2000-12-15 Thread bonky
i've problem to install my 20GB HDD to my Promise UDMA66 ide-slot..(but it's work so fine with 6,4GB HDD), is somebody there can give solutions??? :( .. btw i use mandrake 7.2 Regards chris rubino Keep in touch with http://mandrakeforum.com: Subscribe the "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" mailing list.

Re: [expert] ayuda

2000-12-15 Thread Daniel Velzi
Este es el lugar para buscar datos sobre impresoras y sus drivers: http://www.linuxprinting.org Este lugar te puede ayudar: http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/#4th Por otra parte y según un mail previo, puede ser que tu problema sea debido a que imprimes en staroffice, fijate si con otros

Re: [expert] Dumb quick S bit question

2000-12-15 Thread Craig Van Degrift
Eric, I recall that running scripts with suid set is disallowed. A reference is given in the O'Reilly "Learning the Bash Shell" book, 2nd Ed., page 255. "Modern system administration wisdom says that creating suid shell scripts is a very, very bad idea. In fact, some versions of UNIX

Re: [expert] BitchX and libmysqlclient.so.9

2000-12-15 Thread Vincent Danen
On Fri Dec 15, 2000 at 08:32:09PM -0500, Support wrote: Why does the BitchX update just released require libmysqlclient.so.9: [root@regulus 7.2]# rpm -Fvh BitchX-1.0-0.c17.1.1mdk.i586.rpm error: failed dependencies libmysqlclient.so.9 is needed by BitchX-1.0-0.c17.1.1mdk

[expert] rsynch over ssh automatically

2000-12-15 Thread Vincent Danen
Does anyone know how to use rsynch over ssh so that I can do it from a cron job? I use this script: #!/usr/bin/expect -f log_user 0 spawn /usr/bin/rsync -avP --delete --stats -l -t -e ssh \ user@somehost:/path/to/files /path/to/local expect "password: " send "secret\n" log_user 1 interact