[expert] MD 7.2 Server crashes twice a week

2001-01-22 Thread michael . patschull
Hello! I have a Intel 500 MHz Celeron (Apollo Chipset) with 128 MB RAM and a 20 GB EIDE Hardisk (IBM-DJNA-352500) running as mailserver. I use Mandrake 7.2 as operating system and Exim 3.20 as MTA. There are no other services running on the system else the required system-services, sshd and

Re: [expert] MD 7.2 Server crashes twice a week

2001-01-22 Thread michael . patschull
Hm, Exim is written as single file according to its documetation. There seem to be no modules there. We had exim running on a Sparc under RH 6.1 before and it was OK (Well, ist locked up every two month, but there were much more services running on it :-). The modules file in /proc is empty.

Re: [expert] Adding a new CDRW to a Mandrake box

2001-01-22 Thread David Hallam a Storm Linux User
With 7.2 my hp 9100 worked out of the box. I know that doesn't help you but I waws impressed. I expected to do all kinds of /etc hacking. /dlh. On Mon, 22 Jan 2001 10:38, you wrote: ello folks; I must install a new CDRW Sony CR-X140E in the computer of a friend of mine. After install y

[expert] First Impressions

2001-01-22 Thread Stephen Carville
I recently installed Mandrake 7.2. All essential services were back up in a couple of hours (despite forgetting to backup my named data files :-(. Even postfix is similar enough to sendmail that it only held me up for a few minutes. As a server everything is working OK. However (you knew that

[expert] Using a mic with a Thinkpad A20

2001-01-22 Thread Laurent Duperval
Hi, Has anyone ever used a microphone on a Thinkad? I'm trying to get mine to work but nothing I do seems to have an effect. When I speak into the mike and I listen thru headphones at the same time, I can her my voice perfectly. But No matter what I do, I can't seem to record voice input

RE: [expert] USR 3CP5610A - Modem won't work

2001-01-22 Thread Galicic, Joseph R.
I use a USR 3CP5610A modem on 7.2 and it works fine. You will need to use 2.4.x kernel. I cant get it to work on 2.2.x kernel. USR also says this modem requires 2.3.x kernel. Joe -Original Message- From: Andrew Judge [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Saturday, January 20, 2001 11:32

[expert] linux an ghost 2001

2001-01-22 Thread Jack Malone
I'm fixing to upgrade my linux box hd to a bigger one, going from a 6.4 gig to a 10 gig drive.I noticed that ghost wanted to expand the partitions that i had setup when it copied the old drive to new one. I'm wondering if this will work an how safe will it be. Any thing that I should lookout for

[expert] Linux Server hardware sizing / designing

2001-01-22 Thread Istvan Bereti
HI, I would like to run a Apach WWW server with JServ servlets on LM7.2. Could someone point me a link how to build my server to support my users? Total users are 1000 so simultanously it might be about 100... ? I don't know how to calculate the hardware needs... Any link would be great, BR,

[expert] Mandrake 7.2 and DNS Server

2001-01-22 Thread Martin, Debi (REO)
Hi, I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on a Pentium III pc and need to configure the machine as a DNS server. Can anyone here help ? I've configured the DNS server settings in Linuxconf but if i type nslookup on the command line, an error message appears that says 'server unavailable'. Its not

RE: Re: [expert] Adding a new CDRW to a Mandrake box

2001-01-22 Thread falcaraz
But in fact this Sony works fine; under windows you could use RawWrite applications, as CloneCd and BlindWrite; I have a similar Sony drive (CR-X160E) and it is fine under linux also. Well, an upgrade is a solution, but I would like to learn how to install by hand. Thanks a lot for your

Re: [expert] netscape problem

2001-01-22 Thread Mike Rambo
Bug Hunter wrote: I have had similar wierdness. Sometimes it was related to a plug in. Removing the plug in using 'rm' would fix it. Sometimes the files in ~/.netscape got hosed. Removing the entire directory would fix that. On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, root wrote: I came in this

RE: Re: [expert] Adding a new CDRW to a Mandrake box

2001-01-22 Thread Jason Stegman
At 08:18 AM 1/22/01 -0600, you wrote: Well, an upgrade is a solution, but I would like to learn how to install by hand. He couldn't get a better drive than a Sony ? ; Boot the install CD and choose 'upgrade' NO, you don't need to do an 'upgrade' install. goto the CD-writing HOWTO

Re: [expert] First Impressions

2001-01-22 Thread civileme
On Monday 22 January 2001 14:14, you wrote: I recently installed Mandrake 7.2. All essential services were back up in a couple of hours (despite forgetting to backup my named data files :-(. Even postfix is similar enough to sendmail that it only held me up for a few minutes. As a server

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.2 and DNS Server

2001-01-22 Thread Stephen Carville
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Martin, Debi (REO) wrote: - Hi, - - I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on a Pentium III pc and need to configure the - machine as a DNS - server. - - Can anyone here help ? - - I've configured the DNS server settings in Linuxconf but if i type nslookup - on the command -

Re: [expert] MD 7.2 Server crashes twice a week

2001-01-22 Thread Buchan Milne
If you are running a custom kernel, you need to remove the rmmod cron job. I think it runs every 10 seconds to remove unused modules. If you didn't compile with module support, it generates an error message every 10 seconds. You should be getting a flood of error messages to your root amail

Re: Re: [expert] Adding a new CDRW to a Mandrake box

2001-01-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 22 January 2001 09:06 am, Jason Stegman wrote: At 08:18 AM 1/22/01 -0600, you wrote: Boot the install CD and choose 'upgrade' NO, you don't need to do an 'upgrade' install. goto the CD-writing HOWTO (www.linuxdoc.org). It tells you everything you need to know. In essence, you

Re: [expert] Adding a new CDRW to a Mandrake box

2001-01-22 Thread Buchan Milne
A run of kudzu normally should be able to do most things right: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ello folks; I must install a new CDRW Sony CR-X140E in the computer of a friend of mine. After install y think that I will need to do the next step: a) in /boot/grub/menu.lst ad hdc=ide-scsi (is an

Re: [expert] First Impressions

2001-01-22 Thread Stephen Carville
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, civileme wrote: - On Monday 22 January 2001 14:14, you wrote: - I recently installed Mandrake 7.2. All essential services were back - up in a couple of hours (despite forgetting to backup my named data - files :-(. Even postfix is similar enough to sendmail that it only

[expert] Novell IPX Problem

2001-01-22 Thread complaw
I'm running Mandrake as a client on a Novell network. Fortunately, they also use TCP/IP so that I'm able to get Internet access. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get connected to the Novell servers. I tried to set up IPX using LinuxConf. However, at this point, I'm getting the following error

Re: [expert] Firewall and NIC cards

2001-01-22 Thread Ron Heron
1) the only problem with multiple cards, is that you will have two modules, and if you are using the LRP floppy, it may just take up room. Still shouldn't be a problem, though. 2) the video is a bios setting, where you simply allow the computer to boot without keyboard or video. 3) Check the

Re: [expert] GNapster

2001-01-22 Thread Michèl Alexandre Salim
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 20 January 2001 16:35, Laurent Duperval wrote: Lopster works for me but I can't figure out how searches occur. It seems as though results are cached and you can't do the same query twice. Real annoying. Yes, before doing the next query

Re: [expert] Novell IPX Problem

2001-01-22 Thread Joseph Red
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm running Mandrake as a client on a Novell network. Fortunately, they also use TCP/IP so that I'm able to get Internet access. Unfortunately, I can't seem to get connected to the Novell servers. I tried to set up IPX using LinuxConf. However, at this point,

Re: [expert] GNapster

2001-01-22 Thread Laurent Duperval
On 22 Jan, Michl Alexandre Salim wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Saturday 20 January 2001 16:35, Laurent Duperval wrote: Lopster works for me but I can't figure out how searches occur. It seems as though results are cached and you can't do the same query twice. Real

RE: Re: [expert] Adding a new CDRW to a Mandrake box

2001-01-22 Thread falcaraz
Thanks, I will go to that page and I will try. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: Jason Stegman [EMAIL PROTECTED] Fecha: Lunes, Enero 22, 2001 4:06 pm Asunto: RE: Re: [expert] Adding a new CDRW to a Mandrake box At 08:18 AM 1/22/01 -0600, you wrote:

[expert] samba

2001-01-22 Thread Andri Genio
Hi Does anyone know why my samba server doesn't work in windows 98 but it works in windows 2000 ? does anyone has sample about setting up both in win2k and win98 ? cause in win98 the samba server show up in the workgroup but when i click it, it won't login. both machines i use the same pass and

Re: [expert] Linux Server hardware sizing / designing

2001-01-22 Thread David G.Powers
You should consider using Tomcat - http://jakarta.apache.org Tomcat is purported to be much more robust than JServ (but I've never used JServ so I can't compare). Regarding the size of your server; I hate to say this, but it depends on what your servlets are doing. I assume there is a

Re: [expert] lpr disfunctional

2001-01-22 Thread Stephen Horton
On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Kyle Hargraves wrote: On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Stephen Horton wrote: I too have had problems with CUPS on 7.2 - I've gone back to lpd but cannot get kmail to print either. Thankfully, I normally use pine and have had no probs printing with it. what permissions

Re: [expert] samba

2001-01-22 Thread Ron Heron
Hello, I use both W2k and W98 on my Samba box. I use encrypted passwords, though. What have you set up? AFAIK Windows 2000 will only work with samba using encrypted, or at least that's the only way I could get both flavors working on the same lan. Ron --- Andri Genio [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] mandrake for SPARC

2001-01-22 Thread Martin A. Marques
HI, we are thinking about changing our Solaris based SPARCs to Linux (we have used for the pased 5 years linux on intel), and we have found that RedHat is not supporting the SPARC version anymore. I, as an rpm lover, went to search the other distros that used rpms, and I got here. My questions

[expert] Keyboard layouts

2001-01-22 Thread Zeljko Vukman
Hi, can anyone tell me how to change keyboard layout to croatian. I run Mandrake 7.1, XFree 4.01 and KDE 2.1 beta1. KeyboardDrake doesn't work because (I think so) KDE overrides DrakConf's setting. I have installed ISO-8859-2 fonts (eastern european fonts. Best regards,

[expert] CUPS problems

2001-01-22 Thread falcaraz
Hello again. I have an Epson Stylus 760 connected to my linux box. Every time I start linux the printer doesn't work, I need to go to printerdrake and edit the connected printer options; there are two drivers for my printer; always it is selected the first one; if I select the second one and I

[expert] fs fs=iso9660 not supported by kernel

2001-01-22 Thread Donald Hinds
I'm getting that error when I try to mount /mnt/cdrom same for the floppy. (MD 7.2) The same error occurs during the graphical boot process. In 'filesystems' the list of devices is correct. Any other file I can check? Don

Re: [expert] RealPlay 8 rpm doesn't work in LM72

2001-01-22 Thread Kelley Terry
On Monday 22 January 2001 02:44 pm, you wrote: Dear friends: The latest RealPlay 8 rpm (more specifically 8.01) from RealPlayer will not install on LM72. I keep getting the error message to the effect that this RealPlayer 8 rpm (4.8 meg) is for a different architecture. What does this mean,

[expert] rp8.bin works for me

2001-01-22 Thread william bouterse
rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1.bin works fine for me on a LM7.2 system. I just had to change the appropriate settings in netscape to point to the new binary instead of pluggers rp7 and it comes up fine with verson rp8 as well ! the "weird" rpm did NOT work for me with the same "error" message as

Re: [expert] RealPlay 8 rpm doesn't work in LM72

2001-01-22 Thread Larry Sword
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear friends: The latest RealPlay 8 rpm (more specifically 8.01) from RealPlayer will not install on LM72. I keep getting the error message to the effect that this RealPlayer 8 rpm (4.8 meg) is for a different architecture. What does this mean, please? The file is for

Re: [expert] RealPlay 8 rpm doesn't work in LM72

2001-01-22 Thread Praedor Tempus
I just downloaded and installed 8.0 too. Works fine for me on my (modified) LM7.2 system. I suggest going to the download location again and double checking what you downloaded. There is no Redhat i386 rpm. The only Redhat rpms I saw were for Redhat/sparc or Redhat/alpha. Near the bottom

[expert] hdparm permanent settings?

2001-01-22 Thread Tim Lee
Hi, Does anyone know how to make settings with the utility hdparm become permanent? I can set them in one of the init scripts but I would like my settings enabled as soon as possible in the boot process since they might affect boot performance. Regards, --

Re: [expert] hdparm permanent settings?

2001-01-22 Thread Salane King
On Monday 22 January 2001 20:28, Tim Lee wrote: Hi, Does anyone know how to make settings with the utility hdparm become permanent? I can set them in one of the init scripts but I would like my settings enabled as soon as possible in the boot process since they might affect boot

[expert] LM 7.2 installation onto an ata 100 drive

2001-01-22 Thread Richard Yevchak
Hi, I want to make sure I have this right. I want to install LM 7.2 onto an ASUS motherboard with an ata 100 controller. I need to install LM first with the hd hooked up to the ata 66 controller (just non ata 100 right?). After the system is installed and working, I install say the

Re: [expert] hdparm permanent settings?

2001-01-22 Thread Steven W. Laird
On Monday 22 January 2001 17:28, Tim Lee wrote: Hi, Does anyone know how to make settings with the utility hdparm become permanent? I can set them in one of the init scripts but I would like my settings enabled as soon as possible in the boot process since they might affect boot

Re: [expert] RealPlay 8 rpm doesn't work in LM72

2001-01-22 Thread Larry Marshall
I have downloaded and installed rp8.linux20.libc6.cs1.i386.rpm. It works fine here. Larry, did you uninstall rp7 before installing it? I just discovered something. Since you guys claimed no problem I downloaded it again. Here's what happens: if "rpm -ivh rp8*.rpm" then "Burp...rp8

Re: [expert] RealPlay 8 rpm doesn't work in LM72

2001-01-22 Thread Clayton Nielsen
On Monday 22 January 2001 03:15:50:pm, you wrote: On Monday 22 January 2001 02:44 pm, you wrote: Dear friends: The latest RealPlay 8 rpm (more specifically 8.01) from RealPlayer will not install on LM72. I keep getting the error message to the effect that this RealPlayer 8 rpm (4.8

Re: [expert] linux and ghost 2001

2001-01-22 Thread Jack Malone
sorry for sending this again, but it seems i lost my subscribtion from the list , could be been when our domain at work was being switched from one service to another an waiting on info to update in the net routers. if anyone responded could you send me them again, thanks jack I'm fixing to

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.2 and DNS Server

2001-01-22 Thread Collins Richey
snips On Monday 22 January 2001 08:15, Stephen Carville wrote: On Mon, 22 Jan 2001, Martin, Debi (REO) wrote: - I have installed Mandrake 7.2 on a Pentium III pc and need to configure the - machine as a DNS - server. - - Can anyone here help ? - Make sure named is running. If not,

Re: [expert] RealPlay 8 rpm doesn't work in LM72

2001-01-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 22 January 2001 08:00 pm, Larry Marshall wrote: if "rpm -ivh rp8*.rpm" then "Burp...rp8 conflicts with rp7...we ain't gonna install" if "rpm -Uvh rp8*.rpm" then "Burp...this sucker is for a different architecture" Opinions? of course ; an ftp search of

Re: [expert] RealPlay 8 rpm doesn't work in LM72

2001-01-22 Thread Robert Barry
On Monday 22 January 2001 18:55, you wrote: On Monday 22 January 2001 08:00 pm, Larry Marshall wrote: if "rpm -ivh rp8*.rpm" then "Burp...rp8 conflicts with rp7...we ain't gonna install" if "rpm -Uvh rp8*.rpm" then "Burp...this sucker is for a different architecture" Opinions?

[expert] menudrake doesn't change menus

2001-01-22 Thread ken lierman 2
Hi all! I just put a CLEAN mandrake 7.2 install on my computer (don't ask... hard drive issues :). Anyway, i'm having trouble with menudrake. Basically, it never changes my menus (in either gnome or icewm). However, menudrake remembers my changes and displays them when i run it again. Has

Re: [expert] RealPlay 8 rpm doesn't work in LM72

2001-01-22 Thread kryton
On Monday 22 January 2001 21:44, you wrote: Dear friends: The latest RealPlay 8 rpm (more specifically 8.01) from RealPlayer will not install on LM72. I keep getting the error message to the effect that this RealPlayer 8 rpm (4.8 meg) is for a different architecture. What does this mean,

Re: [expert] menudrake doesn't change menus

2001-01-22 Thread Kelley Terry
On Monday 22 January 2001 08:18 pm, you wrote: I just put a CLEAN mandrake 7.2 install on my computer (don't ask... hard drive issues :). Anyway, i'm having trouble with menudrake. Basically, it never changes my menus (in either gnome or icewm). However, menudrake remembers my changes and

Re: [expert] RealPlay 8 rpm doesn't work in LM72

2001-01-22 Thread Tom Brinkman
On Monday 22 January 2001 09:18 pm, Robert Barry wrote: On Monday 22 January 2001 18:55, you wrote: then take NutScrape to http://www.worldclassrock.com/index.html choose realplayer in the drop down, listen now get'n rp8 to work with Konq or Mozilla's another story ; Mine

[expert] RealPlayer 8 -- Wrong rpm architecture in LM72!

2001-01-22 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: This is a follow-up to the RealPlayer 8 rpm problem. Our list guru Jose M. Sanchez wrote to me today to explain to me that RealPlayer 8 uses the new rpm 4 version, which is not compatible with the rpm 3 version used in LM72. Therefore, he advises that any rpm program that gives

[expert]

2001-01-22 Thread khork
subscribe