[expert] Can't locate module binfmt-0000

2001-03-29 Thread Andreas Grytz
Hello, The erreor message from the subject line was printed every time when I log in as root. In /var/log/messages it ist surrounded by output form PAM so I suggest that a problem with Password Authentication Module. Does anyone know something about this? Thanks a lot, Andreas -- Andreas

Re: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-29 Thread Dennis Robertson
On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 11:02:09PM +0200, Wolfgang Bornath wrote: On Wed, Mar 28, 2001 at 12:02 +, Larry Marshall wrote: It should be. i686 architecture began with the PPro and continued on until the P3. The K6-2 is of that generation of processors. Mandrake doesn't seem to

Re: [expert] RealPlayer8 failes

2001-03-29 Thread Larry Marshall
Benjamin Sher wrote: Just for the record: RealPlayer 8.0-1 rpm will NOT install. No big deal. I'll keep using Real7. Benjamin, hunt down the .bin file for RP8. It works. You'll need it as more and more sites are requiring it for display. Cheers --- Larry

Re: [expert] RealPlayer8 failes

2001-03-29 Thread daddy
Benjamin Sher wrote: Dear Jose: Just for the record: RealPlayer 8.0-1 rpm will NOT install. No big deal. I'll keep using Real7. Benjamin [sher@sher07@sherlantz sher]$ su Password: [root@sher07@sherlantz sher]# rpm -Uvh --nodeps rp8_linux20_libc6_i386_cs1.rpm package

Re[2]: [expert] AnonFTP not accepting password.

2001-03-29 Thread Rusty Carruth
Mark Weaver [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Rusty, As a matter of fact I used all the FTP packages specifically for Mandrake on my machine at home. what's weird about it is that a few weeks ago I had FTP working fine, then something happened and i had to reload or the monitor bought wasn't

[expert] Cannot log into FTP anonymously.

2001-03-29 Thread george . jones
I've got an ftp server running on a laptop at my desk here at work. I tried to configure it to accept anonymous logins, but whenever I try to log into it I get a pw error. Here's the ftpaccess file: # This file was generated by the KDE wu-ftpd configurator. # (c) 2000 by Bernhard Rosenkrnzer

[expert] Urgent: Mandrake Updates hosed?

2001-03-29 Thread Michael O'Henly
Last night I did a clean reinstall of 7.2, installed pmfirewall and KDE 2.1, and then ran MandrakeUpdate to get the security updates. Before running Update, I did an "rpm --rebuilddb" and "update-menus -v". I did the updates a few at a time (6-8 packages), then rebuild the RPM database before

Re: [expert] Can't locate module binfmt-0000

2001-03-29 Thread Michael Leone
Here's an explanation from another group ... when you launch an executable in linux, the kernel identifies the format (elf, aout, etc) of the executable by the first couple of bytes. it then tries to load a module to handle the loading of that executable. if it cant find the appropriate module,

[expert] Kudzu - Unwanted Intervention

2001-03-29 Thread Daryl Johnson
Can anyone suggest why, when I am booting up, kudzu reprots that my printer has been removed from the system? It's where it has always been and it is switched on. The installer was smart enough to recognise it nevertheless I have to go through this farce every time (once/twice a week) I reboot.

Re: [expert] Urgent: Mandrake Updates hosed?

2001-03-29 Thread Jim Nuytens
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001 10:11:16 -0800, Michael O'Henly wrote: (all the sorrid details of Mandrake Update weirdness snipped for brevity) Well, I was going to ask the same question. I've got a similar situation going on with Corporate Server 1.0.1. I did an upgrade from 1.0 to 1.0.1. When it was

RE: [expert] Kudzu - Unwanted Intervention

2001-03-29 Thread Claudio
Maybe good be a good idea to not start kudzu everytime you boot (disable in the init scripts). I guess you do not add new hardware everytime you boot? C. -Oorspronkelijk bericht- Van: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Verzonden:donderdag 29 maart 2001 21:29 Aan:

Re: [expert] Can't locate module binfmt-0000

2001-03-29 Thread Daniel Woods
when you launch an executable in linux, the kernel identifies the format (elf, aout, etc) of the executable by the first couple of bytes. it then tries to load a module to handle the loading of that executable. if it cant find the appropriate module, an error is logged. e.g. % dd

[expert] what has become of mandrakeupdate?

2001-03-29 Thread Praedor Tempus
I recently downloaded the mandrakeupdate src rpm for mandrake 8.0 (cooker), built it and installed it. There is no mandrakeupdate in it despite the name. There is only grpmi. In the i586 binary directory there is also mandrakeupdate rpm. What has become of it? I cannot run mandrakeupdate

[expert] Help? HELP ! USB modem HardDrake

2001-03-29 Thread donald hinds
I have a supported (ZOOM USB) modem (linux-USB.org). LM-7.2 sees my TWO USB ports. When I run HardDrake to install a modem, it gives me options of Serial, ISDN and so forth, but not USB. What file to I change (and how do I change it) so the USB will be an option in Hardrake for the modem?

Re: [expert] what has become of mandrakeupdate?

2001-03-29 Thread Civileme
On Thursday 29 March 2001 14:40, you wrote: I recently downloaded the mandrakeupdate src rpm for mandrake 8.0 (cooker), built it and installed it. There is no mandrakeupdate in it despite the name. There is only grpmi. In the i586 binary directory there is also mandrakeupdate rpm. What

Re: [expert] Urgent: Mandrake Updates hosed?

2001-03-29 Thread Michael O'Henly
I've pushed ahead a bit further and this is what I'm finding. The three RPMs that are causing problems for me are gmc, pine, and userdrake. The first time I tried to update them, I got the "hard drive thrashing and X frozen" behaviour. The second time (after rebuilding the RPM database), I got

Re: [expert] Urgent: Mandrake Updates hosed?

2001-03-29 Thread Erik Laxdal
On Thursday 29 March 2001 10:11, Michael O'Henly wrote: Last night I did a clean reinstall of 7.2, installed pmfirewall and KDE 2.1, and then ran MandrakeUpdate to get the security updates. Before running Update, I did an "rpm --rebuilddb" and "update-menus -v". I did the updates a few at a

RE: [expert] Urgent: Mandrake Updates hosed?

2001-03-29 Thread kramer SETH
what is up with the word hosed? What exactly does it mean? -Original Message- From: Erik Laxdal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 3:40 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Urgent: Mandrake Updates hosed? On Thursday 29 March 2001 10:11, Michael

Re: [expert] Urgent: Mandrake Updates hosed?

2001-03-29 Thread Michael O'Henly
Well, it means "hooped" or "messed up" (in Canadian). ;-) M. On Thursday 29 March 2001 13:20, kramer SETH wrote: what is up with the word hosed? What exactly does it mean? -Original Message- From: Erik Laxdal [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 3:40 PM To:

Re: [expert] Urgent: Mandrake Updates hosed?

2001-03-29 Thread Wayne Stout
A common American slang term, like fubar'ed, torked, tweaked, on the fritz, skee-hawed, or my personal favorite, cattywampused. It means they're not functioning properly. HTH Wayne kramer SETH wrote: what is up with the word hosed? What exactly does it mean?

RE: [expert] Urgent: Mandrake Updates hosed?

2001-03-29 Thread kramer SETH
once again roger roger -Original Message- From: Wayne Stout [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Thursday, March 29, 2001 4:38 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [expert] Urgent: Mandrake Updates hosed? A common American slang term, like fubar'ed, torked, tweaked, on the fritz,

Re: [expert] RealPlayer8 failes

2001-03-29 Thread Wolfgang Bornath
On Thu, Mar 29, 2001 at 07:11 +, Larry Marshall wrote: Benjamin Sher wrote: Just for the record: RealPlayer 8.0-1 rpm will NOT install. No big deal. I'll keep using Real7. Benjamin, hunt down the .bin file for RP8. It works. You'll need it as more and more sites are requiring it

Re: [expert] RealPlayer8 failes

2001-03-29 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Wolfgang: Thanks a million. Will do! Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]

[expert] Installing RealPlayer8.bin

2001-03-29 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Wolfgang and friends: A little problem: I am going to try to install the RealPlayer8 .bin file, which I have just downloaded. But how do I UNinstall my RealPlayer7 RPM? I have tried all sorts of combinations: rpm -e realplay rpm -e RealPlayer rpm -e RealPlayer7 None of this works. Very

Re: [expert] AnonFTP not accepting password.

2001-03-29 Thread Mark Weaver
Hi Rusty, Praise be I figured out what the problem was. I had mistakenly place ftp ftpadmin anonymous in the ftpusers file and as soon as I removed those entries from that file the whole thing started working beautifully. thanks for all the help and the info. that

Re: [expert] Postfix remote and local delivery

2001-03-29 Thread Mark Weaver
Lieven, As a matter of fact there is. It's called Procmail. It's quite easy to use, and there should be a fair amount of documentation on your system already about it. However, if you can't find it I can help get you going. As I said it should already be installed on your system, but if it's

[expert] Athlon gcc?

2001-03-29 Thread David E . Fox
Having just been given (yeah, RIGHT!) :) an athlon 1ghz based system, I was wondering about the state of Athlon-based optimizers for gcc on Linux. I did find the Athlon Linux project's home page, and did manage to find patches (albeit old ones) for gcc 2.95.2. The build went reasonably well with

[expert] Lost sight of point (was: WAIT!! STOP!!...)

2001-03-29 Thread Digital Wokan
We've lost sight of one of my original points in similar discussions. If Mandrake is a Pentium optimized distro and NOT a P2+ optimized distro, then i686 RPM's HAVE NO PLACE in the distro. Period. They just shouldn't be there. Never mind us annoyed K6-2 users. What about the kid on his dad's

Re: [expert] Mandrake 7.2 and SB Live!

2001-03-29 Thread David E.Fox
On Wednesday 21 March 2001 07:17, you wrote: I have a Mandrake 7.2 system with a SB Live! card. The sound works fine for about an hour and then suddenly mutes. What can I do to solve this?? Does it happen independently of what you use to play the sounds? Can you un-mute it using the mixer or

RE: [expert] Installing RealPlayer8 .bin -- footnote

2001-03-29 Thread Claudio
First you should chech the exact name of the file: $ su # rpm -qa |grep rp7 (or a bit of the file name you think it's right like 'rpm -qa |grep real) As output you'll get the exact name of the file. Then: # rpm -ev exactname (of course exactname is the name of the file) Greets, C.

[expert] Mystery of RealPlayer7rpm Uninstall

2001-03-29 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Claudio and friends: Thanks so much for your kind advice. Here are the results or rather non-results. Sounds like RealPlayer7 has disappeared into the Bermuda Triangle even while continuing to play as perfectly as always. [root@sher07@sherlantz sher]# rpm -qa |grep rp7

RE: [expert] Mystery of RealPlayer7rpm Uninstall

2001-03-29 Thread Claudio
You should maybe try with 'RealPlayer' or 'realplay' This is the output I get when searching through the www.rpmfind.net atchive: Package Summary Distribution Download RealPlayer-7.0-2-src.html Real Networks Real Player Caldera Technology Preview RealPlayer-7.0-2-src.rpm

[expert] Mystery of RealPlayer7rpm Uninstall -- footnote

2001-03-29 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Claudio and friends: rpm -qa |grep real doesn't yield anything either. See below: [sher@sher07@sherlantz sher]$ rpm -qa |grep real [sher@sher07@sherlantz sher]$ su Password: [root@sher07@sherlantz sher]# rpm -qa |grep real [root@sher07@sherlantz sher]# Thank

[expert] Mystery of RealPlayer7rpm Uninstall -- Solved!

2001-03-29 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear Claudio: You get the credit: It's rpm -e RealPlayer I had tried rpm -e RealPlay but not RealPlayer. Thanks a million. Will now install Real8. Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Lost sight of point (was: WAIT!! STOP!!...)

2001-03-29 Thread Chubby Vic
HEAR!! HEAR!!! Well spoken! On Wednesday 28 March 2001 07:39 pm, so spoke Digital Wokan: We've lost sight of one of my original points in similar discussions. If Mandrake is a Pentium optimized distro and NOT a P2+ optimized distro, then i686 RPM's HAVE NO PLACE in the distro. Period.

[expert] rescue

2001-03-29 Thread Ed Weinberg
I installed Mandrake 7.2 for the first time. I am trying to get "rescue" to work. I can't get it to see my SCSI drives with reiserfs. The good news is that I do not need "rescue" now, but I do need to learn how to use it! When the machine is booted normally it needs the aic7xxx module to see

[expert] Installing Real8.bin -- Success but...

2001-03-29 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear friends: First, my thanks to everyone who wrote in with their suggestions and advice. One last stickler: I just installed RealPlayer8.bin as instructed by Tom Brinkman. Installation was a complete success EXCEPT... 1) First, in Netscape under plugins, I see the RealPlayer plugin .rpm

RE: [expert] Kudzu - Unwanted Intervention

2001-03-29 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
This happens because as far as the computer is concerned your printer has gone offline during bootup. Every hear that "burp" from the printer when you reboot? You might want to be sure that: A) You have a printer cable that brings out ALL of the pins to the printer, many ground the "useless"

RE: [expert] Lost sight of point (was: WAIT!! STOP!!...)

2001-03-29 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Eh, except 7.2 installs just fine on a P-90 and K5. It's only the 486 and 386's who are left out. The i586 vs i686 worries are somewhat ungrounded. The i586 code works best with the K6, etc. -JMS -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of

Re: [expert] Installing Real8.bin -- Success but...

2001-03-29 Thread s
I'm sure you're familiar with the permissions thing, but in the execute path/line put: kstart /dir/of /where/your/exe/is There's a tutorial at real's site on putting it in netscapes helper applications. I can't remember the procedure myself, but that's where I found it. -s On Thursday 29

RE: WAIT!! STOP!! Re: [expert] DON'T USE --ignorearch!!!

2001-03-29 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
This is normal. As far as Linux is concerned your K6's MTRR registers conform to the i586 specs, not i686 specs... If you set your kernel to use i686 code you'll get a bunch of i686 MTRR errors during bootup. -JMS [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] Lost sight of point (was: WAIT!! STOP!!...)

2001-03-29 Thread Ken Thompson
On Wednesday 28 March 2001 06:39 pm, you wrote: We've lost sight of one of my original points in similar discussions. If Mandrake is a Pentium optimized distro and NOT a P2+ optimized distro, then i686 RPM's HAVE NO PLACE in the distro. Period. They just shouldn't be there. Never mind us

[expert] Running Real8.bin from icon -- Complete success!

2001-03-29 Thread Benjamin Sher
Dear S: Right on target! Problem solved!! Just added kstart to Properties, Execute of RealPlayer icon and, bingo, launches instantly like magic: kstart /usr/local/RealPlayer8/./realplay Benjamin -- Sher's Russian Web http://www.websher.net Benjamin and Anna Sher [EMAIL PROTECTED]

RE: [expert] Lost sight of point (was: WAIT!! STOP!!...)

2001-03-29 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
To begin with, this is not a Mandrake issue, it's a Linux issue. The K6 can execute i686 code, just not optimally for the processor. With the Kernel it's another matter altogether... The MTRR register differences PREVENTs the i686 compiled kernel to operate on a K6 afaik. When I tried it I

[expert] XFree86-libs-4.0.3-2mdk.i586.rpm missing a file

2001-03-29 Thread Digital Wokan
libXft.so.1 is missing from the subject RPM and is required for updating several related packages such as QT 2.2.3. -- Digital Wokan, Tribal Mage of the Electronics Age Guerilla Linux Warrior

RE: [expert] Lost sight of point (was: WAIT!! STOP!!...)

2001-03-29 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Whenever possible this is exactly what I do. Since the recompilation assures compatibility with existing libraries the resulting RPM's are normally far more stable than pre-compiled ones... Yes you've isolated the point of contention... Often the "unsupported" package releases are done by

Re: [expert] RealPlayer8 failes

2001-03-29 Thread Erik Günther
On Thu, 29 Mar 2001, Larry Marshall wrote: Benjamin Sher wrote: Just for the record: RealPlayer 8.0-1 rpm will NOT install. No big deal. I'll keep using Real7. Of topic but where can I get hold of RealPlayer 8? -- /EgU * Erik (EgU) Gnther can be found at: Netch Technologies AB |

Re: [expert] Lost sight of point

2001-03-29 Thread Erik Günther
On Fri, 30 Mar 2001, David Rankin wrote: Okej so LM8 will probobly be for i586. Thats fine for me. But how do I recompile the hole distro to be i686 just for me. I mean if I start to recompile LM8.src on LM8.i586 the hole distro will bi based on a i586 glibc and a i586 kernel... or do I miss