Re: [expert] Ok question

2001-02-13 Thread Altoine B.
Vic wrote: > > My guess its a server quirk or glitch in the network somewhere > > On Wednesday 14 February 2001 12:03 am, William wrote: > > WHy am i get 3 copies of each message sent to this list? > > > Get your free domain name and

Re: [expert] Umax 1220u scanner

2001-02-13 Thread William Bouterse
On Tuesday 13 February 2001 14:18, you wrote: > Does anyone here have any real experiences with the umax 1220u usb > scanners? > I downloaded at: www.hettich.demon.co.uk/umax/ > but the readme's and (not) deliverd docs leave me in a sort of > limbo; I've got the stuff, and then??? > > > Waiting, >

Re: [expert] Mandrake boot

2001-02-13 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
Hi what you have to do is to boot from the CD. when the you get the first screen (press F1 for help, Enter for install) press F1 and then write 'rescue' and Enter. when the system is up, mount your '/' partition on /mnt/disk (it's there by default, if not create it) and mount the other partit

Re: [expert] Ok question

2001-02-13 Thread Vic
My guess its a server quirk or glitch in the network somewhere On Wednesday 14 February 2001 12:03 am, William wrote: > WHy am i get 3 copies of each message sent to this list?

[expert] Ok question

2001-02-13 Thread William
WHy am i get 3 copies of each message sent to this list?

Re: [expert] Netscape 6 -- Segmentation Fault

2001-02-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: 1) My system is an AMD K6-2 400 with 128 megs of real RAM (and a 256 swap file on LM72). 2) I am using the new Netscape 6.01, which just came out a few days ago. This 6.01 version is based on the stable Mozilla .7, which came out in January, while Netscape 6.0, which came out in No

Re: [expert] Netscape 6 -- Segmentation Fault

2001-02-13 Thread Angus Beath
Not only that, Netscape 6 is very undependable. I've never had it working properly. i.e. I install it, it runs well the first time and then fails to function after that. There was an article on Slashdot about how bad it was not long ago. I recommend waiting until 6.1 (at least) comes out and in

Re: [expert] Netscape 6 -- Segmentation Fault

2001-02-13 Thread Steve Browne
On Tue, 13 Feb 2001 21:42:43 -0600, you wrote: >However, I did manage briefly to see my plugins in Netscape 6 (by typing >about:plugins in the location bar). I saw ALL of my Netscape 4.76 >plugins (which I had copied to /usr/local/netscape) EXCEPT for the >RealPlayer plugin. > >Would appreciate

[expert] Netscape 6 -- Segmentation Fault

2001-02-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: 1) Installation: I reinstalled Netscape 6.01 as ROOT, instead of user. I finally found the netscape directory. See below. I was able to activate Netscape 6 and launch it. However, since the initial launch, all I've been getting are segmentation faults. Besides, I would like to run

Re: [expert] Where is Netscape 6.01 executable?

2001-02-13 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Pierre: Thanks so very much for responding. I really appreciate it. I completely uninstalled Netscape 6.01 and then reinstalled it as root, then changed the ownership to "sher" (using Konqueror). I was, indeed, able to launch Netscape6 the first time around and configure it but have been u

[expert] C-Media CMI8338 sound card....

2001-02-13 Thread Daniel B. Haun
To all, First post here. I posted this on the Newbie list, but I didn't get any takers. Can someone help me figure out how to get this "driver" loaded for my sound card? I have tried to read up on "recompiling" the kernel, but I can't figure out how the Sound Driver wouyld get incorpo

Re: [expert] kdevelop (7.2)

2001-02-13 Thread Phil
On Sunday 11 February 2001 05:38, you wrote: > Hi! > > 1. Does somebody know how to install KDevelop for Mandrake Linux 7.2 > (download edition)? It is not included in the iso-images! > > 2. Which version is the right one for KDE 201? > The latest version of kdevelop is 1.4. It is included with k

Re: [expert] gnome questions

2001-02-13 Thread Jerry Sternesky
For both Nautilus and evolution I tried the update scripts. I started helix-update, connected to the evolution snapshot site. The version they were offering was dated 12/29/00. I get "There were conflicts attempting to install this update: libgtkhtml.so.4- is needed by perl-GTK-GtkHTML-0.70

RE: [expert] TFTP in 7.2 is broken

2001-02-13 Thread Ton Truong
Sorry if this has been known before, but tftp from the Mandrake 7.2 distribution is broken. I work on embedded systems which require TFTP to work correctly. For now I am using tftp from RedHat which works fine.

Re: [expert] Mandrake boot

2001-02-13 Thread Larry Marshall
> I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works fine,but > when I reinstalled win98 yesterday,I can not boot into Mandrake any > more, any help? have to install Mendrake once more? What you did was overwrite the master boot record when you reinstalled Windows. Boot into Mandrake usin

Re: [expert] Mandrake boot

2001-02-13 Thread Luis Chardon
what I have done in those cases that I don't have a boot floppy, I boot from CD and specify "Upgrade" and just instal ONE package. Then follow up all the lilo/grub configuration and after it finishes, voila! the boot loader is back!!! Luis - Original Message - From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROT

RE: [expert] Mandrake boot

2001-02-13 Thread Neal Lippman
Your problem is that windows always assumes it is the only software in the world, so when you install windows (95, 98, ME, NT, 2k) it will overwrite your master boot record with its own boot loader, which doesn't know anything about linux type partitions. That is why it is easier, in general

Re: [expert] upgrading from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 now having module problems...

2001-02-13 Thread Praedor Tempus
I just built the 2.4.1-9mdk kernel from cooker, installed it, and now all seems fine. The first time I built it, I did it specifically for my athlon/k7. I had module problems up the ying-yang. I don't know if this was the fix, but I tried again, this time just doing it for 5x86,6x86. I als

Re: [expert] Mandrake boot

2001-02-13 Thread Michael
how to reinstall just grub instead of whole Mandrake using boot disk? thanks, - Original Message - From: H.J.Bathoorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Tuesday, February 13, 2001 6:37 PM Subject: Re: [expert] Mandrake boot > On Wednesday 14 February 2001 00:

Re: [expert] Mandrake boot

2001-02-13 Thread s
And I'll bet you didn't make a boot floppy? If not you can do an update (from like a regular install), then pick out anything to install and lilo (or grub) will rewrite the mbr. You will have linux, and old linux, but you can edit your lilo.conf to cut that down. -s P.S. Could you please pos

Re: [expert] Quicknet phonecard modules - source wont build

2001-02-13 Thread Altoine B.
Praedor Tempus wrote: > > Does anyone here use the quicknet phonecard? I just got one and there are > drivers for it in linux but they are source only. Problem is, not a single > source version I have tried to build WILL build. It persistently craps out > with the same message: > > ixj.c: In

Re: [expert] Mandrake boot

2001-02-13 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
On Wednesday 14 February 2001 00:24, you wrote: > > I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works > fine,but when I reinstalled win98 yesterday,I can not boot into > Mandrake any more, any help? have to install Mendrake once > more? > thanks, > Michael zhao > --

Re: [expert] Printing to a HP 4050TN

2001-02-13 Thread Alfredo Cole
Thank you. This looks like what I needed. Take care. El Martes 13 Febrero 2001 13:14, Till Kamppeter escribió: > Buenos dias, > > Go to > >http://mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups2.html#instpostscript > > and to get the PPD file of the printer to > >http://hp.sourceforge.net/ > > Hasta mas,

Re: [expert] Module

2001-02-13 Thread Bill Kenworthy
Roll your own - I built the kernel (actually just "make modules") using the selections needed and copied the resulting sr_mod.o to the correct modules directory Run depmod -av before using. BillK Don wrote: > > I would like to find a copy of the sr_mod.o that goes with Mandrake 7.2 > > I wan

[expert] Mandrake boot

2001-02-13 Thread Michael
I installed win98 and Mandrake 7 on my computer,it works fine,but when I reinstalled win98 yesterday,I can not boot into Mandrake any more, any help? have to install Mendrake once more?   thanks, Michael zhao  

[expert] Umax 1220u scanner

2001-02-13 Thread H.J.Bathoorn
Does anyone here have any real experiences with the umax 1220u usb scanners? I downloaded at: www.hettich.demon.co.uk/umax/ but the readme's and (not) deliverd docs leave me in a sort of limbo; I've got the stuff, and then??? Waiting, Harm Bathoorn

Re: [expert] Problem enabling Java in Konqueror 2.1 Beta 2

2001-02-13 Thread Michael O'Henly
You're right (again). Yesterday, my Flash plugin started working correctly for no apparent reason. Today, java does work if I use the path to Java 1.2.2 -- but not to 1.3. I didn't realize that java support was tied so closely to a particular version of the JRE. Thanks for your help. M. On

Re: [expert] Printing to a HP 4050TN

2001-02-13 Thread Till Kamppeter
Buenos dias, Go to http://mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hcups2.html#instpostscript and to get the PPD file of the printer to http://hp.sourceforge.net/ Hasta mas, Till Alfredo Cole wrote: > > Hi: > > This may be OT, but does anybody know how to print to different trays in a HP > 40

Re: [expert] Problem enabling Java in Konqueror 2.1 Beta 2

2001-02-13 Thread Sujeet Bhatt
On Tuesday 13 February 2001 16:34, Michael O'Henly declaimed unto the faithful: > Hi... > > I've installed Sun's Java 2 Dev Kit 1.3 which includes a plugin for > Netscape. Using Netscape 4.7.6 it seems to work properly. > > I've run the command "nspluginscan" as root and user which presumably > s

Re: [expert] Where is Netscape 6.01 executable?

2001-02-13 Thread Pierre Fortin
Benjamin Sher wrote: > > Dear Pierre: > > Thank you so kindly for your detailed instructions. I'll try them, but > they do sound awfully complicated for an ordinary user. Why should it be > so difficult in the first place? My instruction assumed you you might want flexibility. The really simpl

[expert] Problem enabling Java in Konqueror 2.1 Beta 2

2001-02-13 Thread Michael O'Henly
Hi... I've installed Sun's Java 2 Dev Kit 1.3 which includes a plugin for Netscape. Using Netscape 4.7.6 it seems to work properly. I've run the command "nspluginscan" as root and user which presumably should overcome any difficulty Konqueror has finding Netscape's plugins. And I have Konquer

[expert] Module

2001-02-13 Thread Don
I would like to find a copy of the sr_mod.o that goes with Mandrake 7.2 I want to use this module to load my scsi CD-RW drive Thanks Don

[expert] source not found - Here's a Feature

2001-02-13 Thread Albert E. Whale
The Source command found in the /etc/profile.d/tmpdir.sh fails when bash1-14.7-24mdk is loaded. The command does not fail when bash-2.04-12mdk is installed without bash1. I am reporting this issue because /etc/profile.d/tmpdir.sh script is included in the Mandrake distribution. Perhaps someone

Re: [expert] Problem with Telnet, xinetd, and Mandrake 7.2

2001-02-13 Thread Kevin Tambascio
I haven't looked at or edited those files, so they would be the same copies that Mandrake install puts there, unless some application modified them. I'm not at my linux box now, or else I would copy the contents to this email. I can do a ftp localhost, and everything works as expected, as well as

Re: [expert] CUPS problem

2001-02-13 Thread Michael Leone
> You need cups-common. Install cups-common and upgrade cups and you > should be ok (if you do it in one step (ie. use -Uvh) you shouldn't > have any dependency problems). Wasn't the whole point of the second release of the cups update that it came with all dependencies, properly linked? cups-co

[expert] Problem with Telnet, xinetd, and Mandrake 7.2

2001-02-13 Thread Kevin Tambascio
Hello, I want to have the telnet service running under Mandrake 7.2. This box is not used for anything secure, so I don't need to worry about telnet and clear passwords. I read up on xinetd, and added a file called telnet to my /etc/xinetd.d directory. that file looks like this: # default: on #

[expert] Color Chaos in Terminal Mode?

2001-02-13 Thread William Bouterse
XFree86-4.0.1-29mdk kernel-2.2.17-21mdk On one of my Mandrake machines I have a color washout in terminal mode. By this I mean running at any resolution I now notice in the terminal consoles aterm, xterm etc that the usual color schemes now are messed-up. I.e. red rpms,etc are faded blue, the di

RE: [expert] lilo help

2001-02-13 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN
No sir, it is an 11. Here is the layout as it has been for a year [root ~] fdisk -l /dev/hdc Disk /dev/hdc: 15 heads, 63 sectors, 13328 cylinders Units = cylinders of 945 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hdc1 * 1 13328 6297448+ 5 Extend

RE: [expert] Using ADSL and dialup together...

2001-02-13 Thread Franki
I am not sure what you mean by a dymanic hosting service... Also, does it help if both the ADSL and the dialup are both with the same ISP, and use the same name servers? and routers? Thanx Frank Perth -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Ste

Re: [expert] firewall

2001-02-13 Thread Jesus Roncero
El Domingo 11 Febrero 2001 01:41, escribiste: > I'll second the suggestion of pmfirewall. It's very easy to set up and does > exactly what it's supposed to do. Thanks to all who replied! -- Saludos desde Sevilla

Re: [expert] SAMBA

2001-02-13 Thread zm
Hmmm, i bought the cds and samba server isnt on the cds just samba client and samba common apps. But since you downloaded it, samba server is part of the download. Ohh, well i got it working now. :-) Thank god for that Update CD. :-) Dave Sherman wrote: > > Samba, both client and server, work

Re: [expert] proftpd-1.2.0rc3-1.1mdk

2001-02-13 Thread Vincent Danen
On Tue Feb 13, 2001 at 05:39:44AM -0900, William Bouterse wrote: > > Our proftpd package is different from that you get from the proftpd > > web site. Instead of having the core, inetd, and standalone package, > > we combined it into one. Your best bet is to backup your > > /etc/proftpd.conf fi

Re: [expert] lilo help

2001-02-13 Thread Larry Marshall
> Here is my lilo.conf file too this is really bugging me as > I want to try out different kernels and the such, and the floppy > boot thing has to go. > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.17-21mdk > root=/dev/hdc11 Is your root REALLY on the 11th partition of channel 2 master or should that be a 1, n

Re: [expert] upgrading from kernel 2.2 to 2.4 now having moduleproblems...

2001-02-13 Thread John MacCallum
On 2/12/01 12:04 PM, "Alan Carpenter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I upgraded my kernel from 2.2 to 2.4. Using the cooker rpm sets. I > installed the kernel,docs,headers, and utils rpms. When I boot into gnome, > and checked out my soundconfig in hard drake I get an error "mod probe: no > pnp-

[expert] *.vcs files

2001-02-13 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! I'm using gnomecal but i'm not very pleased with it... for instance i'm not able to do a search!! 8-( That's why i'm trying to change to korganizer (i'm running MDK 7.2), but i get an error message: This vCalendar file hasn't been created with korganizer. It's being loaded anyway... Th

[expert] 3C575 Ethernet problem

2001-02-13 Thread John Oliver
After leaving my laptop (Compaq Armada M300) running Mandrake 7.2 on for a few days, and then performing a large file transfer, my Ethernet card (a 3C575 PCMCIA) stops working and /var/log/messages starts getting these every 5 seconds: Feb 11 20:59:35 icarus kernel: diagnostics: net 0ce0 media

[expert] X Server Crashing

2001-02-13 Thread Marshall Lake
I have a small network at home consisting of 4 computers. I'm running XDM. On the server I have Mandrake 7.0 installed. I have various other Linux installations running on the other boxes. On a regular basis when I log into the server via the console attached to the server the X server crashe

[expert] Remaining time?

2001-02-13 Thread Joan Tur
Hallo! MDK 7.2 is not showing the remaining time in my laptop. How can i check this?? 8-? Thanxx -- Joan Tur. Ibiza - Spain [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] ICQ 11407395 Joan.Tur.pagina.de www.ClubIbosim.org Linux: usuari registrat 190.783

RE: [expert] lilo help

2001-02-13 Thread Bug Hunter
try going into your bios and enabling LBA for the disk drive mode On Tue, 13 Feb 2001, Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN wrote: > Lilo will not boot my system from the hd. Although I haven't > tried booting from hd for some time, I believe the error is the > 01 01 01 scrolling to fill the screens.

Re: [expert] SAMBA

2001-02-13 Thread Dave Sherman
Samba, both client and server, works fine on my PC. I run MDK 7.2, downloaded from their ftp site several months ago. Dave At 10:04 PM 02/12/2001 -0600, you wrote: >How come Linux Mandrake 7.2 doesnt ship with the Samba Server, only >common and client. It doesnt offer the smbd and nmbd excuteab

Re: [expert] TTF Font Site

2001-02-13 Thread george . jones
Good font site: http://www.1001freefonts.com/index2.html "David Boles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>@linux-mandrake.com on 02/13/2001 09:43:23 AM Please respond to "David Boles" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: [expert] TTF Font Site Sorry if th

Re: [expert] SAMBA help please.

2001-02-13 Thread Dave Sherman
Can you find your Linux box from another PC on the network? Have you checked the Samba logs? I ran into a problem where Samba was unable to resolve my host name (the error msg was in the logs). I had to add it to /etc/hosts, and then everything started working fine. Dave At 06:50 AM 02/13/200

Re: [expert] LM 7.2 and still network probs

2001-02-13 Thread Matthew Micene
On Tuesday 13 February 2001 06:10 am, Andreas Müller wrote: > My first question, can inetd and xinetd run at the same time? No, these should not be run together. Xinetd is a replacement for Inetd. Pick one or the other. > Then again I have to start inetd manually to add: Probably related to

[expert] TTF Font Site

2001-02-13 Thread David Boles
Sorry if this shows up twice. I sent it before but it has never been posted. Http://www.getfonts.com Would one, or some, of you Linux Guru(s) take a look at this site and see if these fonts are "for real"? -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED] My GnuPG Key ID: 0FEF4C4F (2001-02-07)

RE: [expert] lilo help

2001-02-13 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN
Lilo will not boot my system from the hd. Although I haven't tried booting from hd for some time, I believe the error is the 01 01 01 scrolling to fill the screens. Here is my lilo.conf file too this is really bugging me as I want to try out different kernels and the such, and the floppy boo

Re[2]: [expert] Xserver unexpected shutdown.

2001-02-13 Thread Rusty Carruth
Pierre Fortin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > AHA!!! So I'm *not* the only one to see this... only on laptop, not on > desktops. > > Tom Cada wrote: > > > > I have installed MDK 7.2 from downloaded CD images. Everything > ... > > > > The issue is that when running an X session, and I attempt to

Re: [expert] proftpd-1.2.0rc3-1.1mdk

2001-02-13 Thread William Bouterse
On Monday 12 February 2001 22:16, Vincet Danen wrote: > Our proftpd package is different from that you get from the proftpd > web site. Instead of having the core, inetd, and standalone package, > we combined it into one. Your best bet is to backup your > /etc/proftpd.conf file, uninstall your

Re: [expert] SAMBA help please.

2001-02-13 Thread Haim Ashkenazi
Hi first, you can check with '/etc/init.d/smb status' to see if they are running (probably not). now go to '/var/log/samba' (as root) and check the logs. chances are that you'll find in the logs why the process doesn't start (e.g. a dns problem). Good Luck On Tue, Feb 13, 2001 at 06:50:05AM

[expert] X memory usage

2001-02-13 Thread Jesper Holmberg
Hi all! Thanks to everyone helping me out with my missing fonts under X. Now I have a related question. Running "ps aux" right after login, this is a typical result: USER PID %CPU %MEM VSZ RSS TTY STAT START TIME COMMAND -- snip --- xfs510 0.2 4.5 4008

[expert] SAMBA help please.

2001-02-13 Thread Sean Armstrong
Sorry if this is the wrong place to discuss this. I'm bringing it up because I don't know if it is because the SAMBA rpm with 7.2 is broken or not. I installed SAMBA and set it up. When I boot up I see SMB and NMB come up ok. But when I run ps -A I don't see the nmbd or smbd daemons running any

[expert] Lilo and Grub

2001-02-13 Thread Mark Weaver
Why does grub say Lilo when the menu comes up at boot? -- Mark "If you don't share your concepts and ideals, they end up being worthless," "Sharing is what makes them powerful."

[expert] LM 7.2 and still network probs

2001-02-13 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, well I have some problems with the network services and LM 7.2. I do not have a network card, just want to use the loopback device lo. I have activated the network service at startup, then I also have activated xinetd and inetd at startup. My first question, can inetd and xinetd run

[expert] TTF Font Site

2001-02-13 Thread David Boles
Http://www.getfonts.com Would one, or some,some of you Linux Guru(s) take a look at this site and see if these fonts are "for real"? -- David Boles [EMAIL PROTECTED] My GnuPG Key ID: 0FEF4C4F (2001-02-07)

Re: [expert] Corel WP-8 won't install

2001-02-13 Thread Franco Oberti
I have never tried WP. I just see the explanation in the web address I sent you. However you could look in the support page for WP8. There is a knowledge base with a search utility. Try searching there. The link is: http://linux.corel.com/support/wp8_linux.htm Franco IOn Monday 12 February