Re: [expert] Printer Setup HP LaserJet 4

2002-04-14 Thread Andreas Müller
I have a okipage 6e that has a similar problem if I overload the memory. On a graphics intensive page at 600 dpi only a portion prints out then the other pages are garbage. Try lowering the resolution to something like 300 dpi to see if that solves the problem. Thanx, this solved the

Re: [expert] Printer Setup HP LaserJet 4

2002-04-14 Thread Andreas Müller
If you use mdk 8.2 open K-panel-what to do-administer your system- configure your printer(s)... Wel I've found out that reducing the quality to 300 dpi will solve the problem, of course I'd like to print using 600 dpi as the quality change is visible. Any idea what goes wrong? Is it

[expert] Printer Setup HP LaserJet 4

2002-04-08 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, i have a HP LaserJet 4 here and have some setup problems. I used the Mnadrake controll center in order to configure it. The printer is printing fine, except that all is printed too big. It's like the content of the page is zoomed in and printed.On the Testpage with the color wheel I

Re: Re: [expert] LM 8.2 xinetd leafnode

2002-04-03 Thread Andreas Müller
Am Mit, 2002-04-03 um 19.59 schrieb Jim Dawson: I have configured xinted for leafnode as described below and it still doesn't start. I can't even find any indication in the logs that it is even trying to start. leafnode does start from the command prompt. Does anyone know what else may

[expert] LM 8.2 Evolution

2002-03-26 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo, I have a small problem with Evolution. Even with the setting to Empty Trash on exit enabled, Evolution does not delete the messages. It only works when I do it via the menue. So has anyone information about, how to solve this problem? TIA Andreas Want to buy your Pack or Services

Re: [expert] LM 8.2 Evolution

2002-03-26 Thread Andreas Müller
On Mon, 2002-03-25 at 18:40, Andreas M=FCller wrote: Hallo, =20 I have a small problem with Evolution. Even with the setting to Empty Trash on exit enabled, Evolution does not delete the messages. It only works when I do it via the menue. So has anyone information about, how to solve

Re: [expert] LM 8.2 xinetd leafnode

2002-03-26 Thread Andreas Müller
Usually being unable to connect to leafnode with one's nntp client means that xinetd hasn't been setup to allow it. Do you have an entry in xinetd.d for leafnode? It should look like the following: service nntp { flags = REUSE socket_type = stream wait=

[expert] LM 8.2 xinetd leafnode

2002-03-25 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, just installed LM 8.2 and wanted to use leafnode. xinetd is running and leafnode installed all right. But of course I cannot connect to leafnode. I do not have any idea about xinetd, because I always used inetd before. It seems that xinetd is preventing leafnode from running. Can

Re: [expert] interface lo

2001-11-17 Thread Andreas Müller
Am Donnerstag, 15. November 2001 07:20 schrieben Sie: I have a problem that is baffling me. At boot interface lo is not brought up although it is included in the /etc/rc.d/init.d/network script. I am not familiar with the syntax of the script but its in there. Also in the script

[expert] postcript and text printing

2001-09-16 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo, I've finelly managed to make my printer work. But it still does not produce desired results. I'm using cups with a 24dot matrix printer. It prints the postscript printer test page all fine, BUT hwne printing e.g. from StarOffice I get garbage. The same from Netscape or from Kmail. I

[expert] cups PLZ help

2001-09-15 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, I tried to configure cups, but unfortunatly it does not work the way it should. I have a 24dot matrix printer from NEC here and it worked somehow. First I used the printer tool from Mandrake and configured it. I could print a testpage, I think it was a ps page. When starting kups

[expert] realplayer probs

2001-09-15 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, I have some strange problems with the realplayer. It seems that sometimes, I think after a reboot, I'm able to use it. I was able to use it as root, after restarting it, it tells me that the audiodevice is already in use. Then as a normal user the same problem. But sometimes it

[expert] pmfirewall testing?

2001-07-20 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, I've installed pmfirewall and would like to test it, I'm not sure whether all the ports I wanted to close are truely closed. Is there any way .e.g. a website where I could enter my IP and it would scan my host and give me some information? Any other way to accomplish this? I'm

[expert] PLZ help, probs after kernel update

2001-07-19 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, I've updated my kernel from 2.2.17 2.2.19 with Mandrake's update software. Unfortunatly this did not work the way it should. After rebooting in my logs I've found an entry saying kernel 2.2.17, even with the newer kernel being installed. Then lots of modprobe errors, the modules from

[expert] sendmail and smarthost problems

2001-06-05 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo, I have a dialup account and I'm using sendmail for delivery and header rewriting. My host just has the name localhost and sendmail rewrites the local emailadresses to the correct ones for the internet. Unfortunatly when using procmail for filtering purposes it does not work anymore. I

Re: Re[2]: [expert] sendmail and smarthost problems

2001-06-05 Thread Andreas Müller
Am Dienstag, 5. Juni 2001 16:44 schrieben Sie: Rusty Carruth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: ... My guess is that procmail is not using sendmail to send the mail, but rather going direct. Um, I meant going direct to your ISP... Hallo Rusty, I suppose that procmail IS using sendmail. In the

[expert] /etc/hosts.deny ?

2001-05-30 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo, I just have a dialup account and want to prevent all machines from the internet to connect to mine. As much as I understand it hosts.deny will do this. I have added the following line to /etc/hosts.deny ALL:ALL EXCEPT localhost:DENY This setting worked for me in previous LM releases.

[expert] kmail importing mails

2001-05-30 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo, I'm using kmail and would like to import mails from an older LM installation. Is there any easy way to import the mails or ADD them to the exinting ones? Thanx in advance Andreas

[expert] sendmail permission settings?

2001-05-30 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo, I'm running LM 7.2 with sendmail-8.11.0-3mdk. Now I get some errors when a normal user is trying to use sendmail. Current settings for /usr/sbin/sendmail are: -r-xr-xr-x1 bin bin390172 Okt 3 2000 sendmail* Is this correct? I've read a post that the settings should

[expert] mailforwarding on LM 7.2

2001-05-28 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo, I'm using LM 7.2 with sendmail-8.11.0-3mdk and procmail-3.14-3mdk. Now I just want some mails being forwarded from one user to an other. I created a .procmailrc file but the mails won't be forwarded. I get the following errors in the logs: procmail: Couldn't determine implicit lockfile

[expert] Procmail error while sending to senmail

2001-02-22 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, I just created a .procmailrc and all seems working. Just wanted to forward some mails coming from one address to another. Now the mails get caught by procmail, but somehow do not get processed. I've found the following error in the log files of procmail: procmail: Couldn't

Re: [expert] network probs Solved, seems to be a bug

2001-02-15 Thread Andreas Müller
Check /etc/rc.d/rcN.d/, where N is the run level number you are in (3 is most common for CLI and 5 for x/k/gdmj). Check to make sure that there is a symlink that looks something like S10network - ../init.d/network in that directory. If that symlink is there, check

[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

Re: [expert] LM 7.2 new install and network probs

2001-02-09 Thread Andreas Müller
There needs to be a 7.2 FAQ! This question comes up often... here are some things to check: Thanx Ron, adding the IP did the trick and all services are available. Well, I just do not understand why the lo device is not installed and activated as default like in previous LM versions. The

Re: [expert] LM 7.2 new install and network probs

2001-02-09 Thread Andreas Müller
Am Don, 08 Feb 2001 schrieben Sie: What happens when you type... # ifconfig lo 127.0.0.1 up Are you able to ping now? Hallo, yes, adding the IP did the trick. Now, where to activate the device lo at startup? My old LM 7 box is starting lo, I did not found any entries concerning lo in any

[expert] LM 7.2 new install and network probs

2001-02-08 Thread Andreas Müller
Hi all, I've installed LM 7.2, all seems fine, but I'm not able to connect to any network services. I cannot telnet/ftp into my own box. Cannot connect to port 80 and 119. I just get errors that network is not available. Something is blocking all services I think. I tried it with xined or inetd

Re: [expert] Netscape font problem under Kde 2.1

2001-02-08 Thread Andreas Müller
Since upgrading to Kde 2.1 now when I run Netscape I have a completely unintelligible set of fonts on all my menus. The letters all appear as little rectangular boxes. I've now had to switch over to gnome to run Netscape. How do I fix this? Hallo, well someone just replied to Your

Re: [expert] LM 7.2 new install and network probs

2001-02-08 Thread Andreas Müller
Am Don, 08 Feb 2001 schrieben Sie: type ifconfig at the # and see what that says - it sounds like your network card has not been activated or not found. Hallo Mike, well first I do not have a network card at all, just want to use the loopback 127.0.0.1. Now typing ifconfig gives nothing.

[expert] JDK 4 Mandrake?

2000-08-21 Thread Andreas Müller
Hi all, I have Mandrake 7 installed. I could not find the Java rpms. So do they exist for Mandrake? If not, where to get them from and what do I need in order to run Java Apps. e.g. Java ICQ? Thanx in advance Andreas

[expert] kvirc Mandrake?

2000-08-21 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, does anybody have kvirc working on a Mandrake distribution? I suppose that I have all the necessary rpms, but unfortunatly kvirc just crashes. I get some errors, but I have no idea what I'm missing or what to do to make it work, if someone could help plz. It's kvirc 2.0.0.

[expert] fetchmail/sendmail and spam?

2000-03-07 Thread Andreas Müller
Hi all, I'm using Mandrake 7.0 with sendmail and fetchmail. I have given sendmail some adresses to filter. I have a dial up connection to the internet. Now I receive some mails from a spammer and unfortunatly something goes wrong, when filtering. Here are the logs: fetchmail: forwarding to

[expert] Port 25 / 119 messges

2000-02-26 Thread Andreas Müller
Hi all, well I just want to know how to prevent my deamons from giving away their identity. I mean when telnetting to port 25 I get the response that sendmail version etc is running. How to deactivate this message? I do no want the peaople to know that I'm using sendmail or leafnode on port

Re: [expert] Problems with booting from HD

2000-02-23 Thread Andreas Müller
Perhaps is the kernel behond the 1024 border on your disk Hmm - mustn't there be a "boot=/dev/sda5" entry in your lilo.conf, just to be sure that your boot block _is_ on sda5? Well, no it's not the case here. It worked before updating to Air without problems. I suppose, that I'll

Re: [expert] leafnode / telnet problems

2000-02-23 Thread Andreas Müller
Am Son, 20 Feb 2000 schrieben Sie: Andreas Müller [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: is refused. I have no idea why, because it's worked with previous installations of mandrake and leafnode. I suppose that soem security settings don't allow the access. Can someone help? The same aplies to telnet

[expert] leafnode / telnet problems

2000-02-20 Thread Andreas Müller
Hi all, I have installed leafnode here. The problem is that the connection to port 119 is refused. I have no idea why, because it's worked with previous installations of mandrake and leafnode. I suppose that soem security settings don't allow the access. Can someone help? The same aplies to

[expert] Problems with booting from HD

2000-02-20 Thread Andreas Müller
Hi all, I've installed Air, and I'm able to boot from a floppy disk. Then I tried to use LILO. It always worked for me the way I did it before, but with air something's going wrong. I did not chnge anything in /etc/lilo.conf, just started lilo. My lilo.conf looks like this: vga=0x0f02

[expert] Security settings

2000-02-04 Thread Andreas Müller
Hi all, could someoone halp me with the security settings? I have the highest level set. Now I cannot access ftp/http etc. from my local machine. As much as I understand it, this settings can be changed in /etc/hosts.allow /etc/hosts.deny. Unfortunatly all these setting get ignored. Why? Where

[expert] Mandrake 7.0 install/security

2000-02-03 Thread Andreas Müller
Hallo all, I have a question concerning the security settings of Mandrake. I installed the with the user defined and server option and high security setting. Now I'm not able to access any services on my local machine. No telnet/ftp/htpp available. As much as I understand it, this is ONLY due