RE: Re: Re: [expert] latex and wysiwyg

2001-04-03 Thread falcaraz
But Gray, Do you know XTexShell and TeXShell?, they both seem to be integrated front-end for work in latex; TeXShell has ortographic correctos and a text editor specially adaptade for latex. Francisco Alcaraz Murcia (Spain) - Mensaje Original - Remitente: Gary [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [expert] WYSYWYG for latex under linux

2001-04-03 Thread Declan Moriarty
Thanks Gary - Now that I'm running a faster cpu I'll try going back to it. At this point I'm going to make an AWFUL confession: I still keep windoze 95 for the Lotus Wordpro that lives there. As for Emacs, which I heard mentioned, I thought we weren't supposed to bring religion into this? ;-)

Re: [expert] anonymous ftp login

2001-04-03 Thread Mark Weaver
Hi Mike, The first thing you want to do is make sure you have the package anonftp installed on your system. rpm -qa | grep anonftp If you do you will get a response from your system that looks like this; anonftp-3.0-14mdk The next thing you will want to do is read and follow

Re: [expert] telnet/ftp problem into host m/c..

2001-04-03 Thread Mark Weaver
You may also want to make sure that the FTP and Telnet servers have indeed been installed on the system. They do not install by default if the install was anything other then an expert install. And even then sometimes you have to check to make sure that the Telnet server gets installed. Mark

[expert] weirdness with linuxconf

2001-04-03 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
For some reason, samba wasn't starting at bootload, so I check in the linuxconf services. It's listed as "manual" and not running. So I click on the Automatic button for it, do Accept and leave. Later, for some reason, I went back and was looking at some services, and happened to see the

RE: [expert] weirdness with linuxconf

2001-04-03 Thread Klar Brian D Contr MSG SICN
You can use ntsysv to choose what gets started upon bootup. Brian -Original Message- From: Dan Swartzendruber [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 8:58 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [expert] weirdness with linuxconf For some reason, samba wasn't starting at

Re: [expert] weirdness with linuxconf

2001-04-03 Thread Mark Weaver
Have you tried setting this to start at boot using Start Services in Drakeconf yet? Mark Dan Swartzendruber wrote: For some reason, samba wasn't starting at bootload, so I check in the linuxconf services. It's listed as "manual" and not running. So I click on the Automatic button for

[expert] NVidia 2.4.2 fail

2001-04-03 Thread Erik Günther
Hi I'm trying to compile NVidias driver for my Asus7700 card and I have LM 8.0b (with kernel 2.4.2). On top of that I have two processors (SMP). First of all when doing rpm --recompid NVIdia-kernel-0.9-769.src.rpm it works fine but it dosen't add "-D__SMP__" or "-DCONFIG_SMP" when compiling.

[expert] bad address on the list

2001-04-03 Thread Mark Weaver
There appears to be a bad address connected to the expert list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Could one of network gods please fix this? Mark

[expert] mandrakeuser.org password NG

2001-04-03 Thread donald hinds
I signed up for mandrakeuser.org and the password they sent doesn't work! I even used Copy/PASTE in case I misstyped it, and it still doesn't work. And of course if you can't login, you can't send a message to tell them it is F'dUP. Don;-( Don Hinds - photo, motorcycle, misc.

[expert] Fix MandrakeFreq iso with rsync?

2001-04-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Can rsync fix a MandrakeFreq iso with a bad md5sum? (Without re-downloading the entire file?) How? I downloaded MandrakeFreq-i586-20010316.iso from Penn State (carroll.cac.psu.edu) using ncftp. After downloading I checked the md5sum and found it incorrect. I'm hoping to use rsync to correct

Re: [expert] Fix MandrakeFreq iso with rsync?

2001-04-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Oops, spelled Alexander's name wrong, should have been Skwar. Sorry! (Meant to check it before sending, then did something else, and hit send before checking.) Randy Kramer Randy Kramer wrote: I've read the man pages and visited some web sites, but I've had and am still having some trouble

RE: [expert] weirdness with linuxconf

2001-04-03 Thread Jose M. Sanchez
Linuxconf handles this differently than ntsysv. If you use Linuxconf you must ENABLE Linuxconf itself running at boot. Linuxconf reads from the /etc/conf.linuxconf file to then determine what it's supposed to do, which includes turning on those services. If on the other hand you are using

RE: [expert] weirdness with linuxconf

2001-04-03 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 10:46 AM 4/3/2001 -0400, Jose M. Sanchez wrote: Linuxconf handles this differently than ntsysv. If you use Linuxconf you must ENABLE Linuxconf itself running at boot. Linuxconf reads from the /etc/conf.linuxconf file to then determine what it's supposed to do, which includes turning on those

Re: [expert] weirdness with linuxconf

2001-04-03 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 09:25 AM 4/3/2001 -0400, you wrote: Have you tried setting this to start at boot using Start Services in Drakeconf yet? no, i hadn't. i was trying to use the existing (at 6.1) mechanism - linuxconf. is there some reason to prefer one over the other?

[expert] Checking Mail with Netscape instead of Kmail?

2001-04-03 Thread David Rankin
How do I set up Netscape to check the system mail? I have Mandrake 7.2 and Netscape 4.75. I currently have to login to the server and check the system mail with Kmail. I would like to be able to check the system mail from Netscape running on a WinXX box to make this task quicker. My FQDN is:

[expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread aortiz
i am tryint o reconnect my home LAN but I can't getmy machines to ping each other. Everything is fine. IP configuration is right, HUB is working, cables are new and connected. Don;t know what the problem may be

Re: [expert] Checking Mail with Netscape instead of Kmail?

2001-04-03 Thread Craig Sprout
At 10:50 AM 4/3/2001 -0500, you wrote: How do I set up Netscape to check the system mail? I have Mandrake 7.2 and Netscape 4.75. I currently have to login to the server and check the system mail with Kmail. I would like to be able to check the system mail from Netscape running on a WinXX box to

Re: [expert] nvidia,opengl and tuxracer

2001-04-03 Thread Steven Taetzsch
Does tuxracer work on 7.2 with a Nvidia Opengl driver? As previously posted, I have installed the drivers and verified that they are loaded with lsmod. I had a suggestion to run a nv_check script. I ran it last night and it says everything is installed correctly. It checks for the files being

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 09:24 AM 4/3/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: i am tryint o reconnect my home LAN but I can't getmy machines to ping each other. Everything is fine. IP configuration is right, HUB is working, cables are new and connected. Don;t know what the problem may be? what does 'route -n' show?

Re: [expert] Checking Mail with Netscape instead of Kmail?

2001-04-03 Thread David Rankin
Craig Sprout wrote: At 10:50 AM 4/3/2001 -0500, you wrote: How do I set up Netscape to check the system mail? I have Mandrake 7.2 and Netscape 4.75. I currently have to login to the server and check the system mail with Kmail. I would like to be able to check the system mail from Netscape

[expert] linkage of JPEG library

2001-04-03 Thread beysa romerotero
I've developed an applicattion on wxGTK (C++ with gtk) and now I've a problem to install it in a PC with a different linux distribution (Mandrake 7.2(new) vs Red Hat 7.0(mine)). The problem is the linkage of the module "escritor_sensores.c" that writes JPEG images on hard disk. The compilation

[expert] linkage of JPEG library

2001-04-03 Thread beysa romerotero
I've developed an applicattion on wxGTK (C++ with gtk) and now I've a problem to install it in a PC with a different linux distribution (Mandrake 7.2(new) vs Red Hat 7.0(mine)). The problem is the linkage of the module "escritor_sensores.c" that writes JPEG images on hard disk. The compilation

Re: [expert] Open Relay ?

2001-04-03 Thread Michael Leone
On Tuesday 13 March 2001 14:33, you wrote: Another machine at 10.0.0.30 running a php program used 10.0.0.100's smtp to sent a email to an external address and the message got thru. Kind of dated reply, oh well :). This seems strange because as far as I know, all 10.*.*.* addresses

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Also, have each machine try pinging itself, in other words: ping 127.0.0.1 ping localhost If those don't work, there is something wrong with the networking software on each machine. (I can't help you with the next step, but someone can -- post your results.) Randy Kramer Dan Swartzendruber

Re: [expert] NVidia 2.4.2 fail

2001-04-03 Thread Stefaans Mostert
Erik Gnther wrote: Hi I'm trying to compile NVidias driver for my Asus7700 card and I have LM 8.0b (with kernel 2.4.2). On top of that I have two processors (SMP). First of all when doing rpm --recompid NVIdia-kernel-0.9-769.src.rpm it works fine but it dosen't add "-D__SMP__" or

Re: [expert] WYSYWYG for latex under linux

2001-04-03 Thread Gary
On Tue, Apr 03, 2001 at 09:15:20AM + or thereabouts, Declan Moriarty wrote: Thanks Gary - Now that I'm running a faster cpu I'll try going back to it. At this point I'm going to make an AWFUL confession: I still keep windoze 95 for the Lotus Wordpro that lives there. At times, I am

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread aortiz
I tried that and each machine can ping itseld and gets responses, but can't ping the other machine. In other words, win95 can ping itself but not linux and linux can ping itself but not win95. Randy Kramer wrote: Also, have each machine try pinging itself, in other words: ping 127.0.0.1

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 11:57 AM 4/3/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried that and each machine can ping itseld and gets responses, but can't ping the other machine. In other words, win95 can ping itself but not linux and linux can ping itself but not win95. and the routing tables?

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread aortiz
how do I get those? is the route command? Dan Swartzendruber wrote: At 11:57 AM 4/3/2001 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I tried that and each machine can ping itseld and gets responses, but can't ping the other machine. In other words, win95 can ping itself but not linux and linux can

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Well, until someone else chips in: Try having each machine ping itself using its assigned IP address (like 192.168.1.1 or whatever). All of your cables plugged in properly? Do you have a crossover RJ-45 cable by any chance that you could use to connect the two machines, replacing the hub

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread aortiz
cables pluged in properly they ping themselves but not the other machine yes, I had the LAN running but had to reinstall win95 and the lost connection, haven't been able to reconnect ever since yes, hub has LED but nothing happens when i ping the other machine Randy Kramer wrote: Well, until

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread Dan Swartzendruber
At 12:15 PM 4/3/2001 -0700, you wrote: how do I get those? is the route command? route -n

[expert] pnp failure messages - 2nd attempt

2001-04-03 Thread Marsden MacRae
Hi Folks! The list has been quiet lately, so I thought I'd try again to see if any of you can help with this little problem: Thanks! Marsden Dear Friends: Can anybody help with this? After a power failure (hey, it's raining in LA!) we're having boot problems, and while we found one offender,

Re: [expert] RE: Run Level Question

2001-04-03 Thread Ron Heron
Check your font server: #service xfs status if it is stopped, #service xfs start Ron --- Sir Lox Elroy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Dear All, I am trying to edit some things out of my Run Levels to secure a box. I installed Mandrake 8.0 Beta and for some reason something freezes up on

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread John Wolford
I had a problem similar to this awhile back. Everything looked like it *should* be working but it wasn't. Pinging the local ip was fine but pinging the other box was not. After much fiddling of bringing things up down and many rebootings of the Windows box. We finally left it set up so that

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread David C. Hoos, Sr.
What is the result of the command ifconfig? - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, April 03, 2001 11:24 AM Subject: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping i am tryint o reconnect my home LAN but I can't getmy machines to ping each other.

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread Ken Thompson
On Tuesday 03 April 2001 01:46 pm, you wrote: At 12:15 PM 4/3/2001 -0700, you wrote: how do I get those? is the route command? route -n There is a pretty good HOWTO on my website for setting up Linux to Linux networking. A lot of the same info will apply to Linux to Windows setup,

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread Karl Cunningham
Is either machine connected to the Internet? If so, can you ping out to somewhere on the net by IP? And try pinging from a web-based ping engine back to the machine connected to the Internet. At 03:46 PM 4/3/2001 -0400, you wrote: At 12:15 PM 4/3/2001 -0700, you wrote: how do I get those? is

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread aortiz
Indeed, your howto is very good. I have most of te settings in your howto in my network configuration on both machines and don't work. I tried a suggestion someone lelse gave me, but it didn't work ether. I am so tired and i give up Ken Thompson wrote: On Tuesday 03 April 2001 01:46 pm, you

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread aortiz
that sounds interesting. What would that tell me. and where is siuch as web-based pinging machine? Karl Cunningham wrote: Is either machine connected to the Internet? If so, can you ping out to somewhere on the net by IP? And try pinging from a web-based ping engine back to the machine

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread Randy Kramer
Give up today, come back tomorrow or in a few days. Sleep on it, read about it, but also relax. It would be helpful to have another machine that works, and see if you can talk to one of these two machines -- I would be surprised if they both have a problem, I suspect only or the other has the

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread R.J.Peach (personal mail)
On 03,Apr/01 22:40, David C. Hoos, Sr. wrote: all this lot sounds suspiciously familiar. I too originally had a working LAN with a W2K machine talking to this Mandrake box using Samba. Then along came the hard disc failure rebuild from CD backups. I used a Mandrake re-install to alter my

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread Collins Richey
On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:57:35 -0700 (PDT) John Wolford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snips rebooted the linux machine (mdk 7.1). For some CRAZY reason, this worked and all of a sudden we were able to ping accross the network. I"m convinced it had something to do with the network card and linux

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread aortiz
I've tried all of that reboot, manually stopping and restart network, nothing seems to work Collins Richey wrote: On Tue, 3 Apr 2001 14:57:35 -0700 (PDT) John Wolford [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snips rebooted the linux machine (mdk 7.1). For some CRAZY reason, this worked and all of a

Re: [expert] ping, ping, doesn't ping

2001-04-03 Thread David Rankin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've tried all of that reboot, manually stopping and restart network, nothing seems to work OK, tell me what the following files have in them: /etc/sysconfig/network /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-lo /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 /etc/modules.conf

[expert] Editing GUI log-in dialog

2001-04-03 Thread Phil
Hello all, I want to edit the users that appear in the GUI log-in dialog, the one that's headed "Welcome on Localhost". I've seen a menu item that allowed the dialog to be edited but I can't find it now. Can someone refresh my memory? -- Regards, Phil [EMAIL PROTECTED]