[expert] Using Postfix with no network.

Hi, I use Postfix to deliver my mail from mutt on my laptop running Mandrake 9.1. Sometimes I would like to compose mail while offline and have postfix queue it and deliver it when I'm back online. When I try to send mail mutt tells me there's no sendmail/network available. and I can't have the

[expert] Change default editor.

Hi, I would like to globally change the default editor in Mandrake 9.1 (vim I think) to another one. How can that be done? I have been looking around and been asking on IRC, but I am not able to make it work. To be clear: I *never* want vim to open any file. I want another editor to simply

[expert] Wireless woes: New initscript package seems broken, and high loads kills connection.

Hi, after having upgraded to the latest initscript package I suddenly couldn't connect with my wireless card (Linksys) which has worked fine since I installed Mandrake 9.0. I went into Mandrake Control Center and reconfigured it, and the connection was up again. However. when I clicked Apply in

Re: [expert] Harddrake doesn't work in 8.2

which has been very Linux friendly (even the built in win-modem works). | | -- Christian Dysthe http://www.dysthe.net ICQ: 3945810 Registered Linux User #228949 Everybody ought to have a Lower East Side in their life -Irving Berlin- Want

Re: [expert] ppp from user accounts doesn't work

On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 00:05:23 -0500 Pierre Fortin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |On Mon, 18 Mar 2002 21:52:22 -0600 Christian Dysthe |[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: | | Cannot open /dev/modem: Device or resource busy using wvdial | from user accounts. | | What am I missing? | |/dev/modem I did /dev/modem

[expert] Encrypted file system after upgrading from 8.1 to 8.2.

Hi, I have upgraded from 8.1 to 8.2 without any problems at all (wow!). However, I would like to have my file system encrypted since I run Mandrake on a laptop. Is there a way to convert without reformatting? TIA -- Christian Dysthe http://www.dysthe.net ICQ: 3945810 Registered Linux User

[expert] Harddrake doesn't work in 8.2

Hi, harddrake doesn't work (hangs, nothing happens) in 8.2. It worked fine in 8.1. The KDE hardware detection works fine in 8.2. Am I the only one with this problem? -- Christian Dysthe http://www.dysthe.net ICQ: 3945810 Registered Linux User #228949 Everybody ought to have a Lower

Re: [expert] Harddrake doesn't work in 8.2

I kept /home which has it's own partions. Other than that my install was clean. On Tue, 19 Mar 2002 13:35:31 -0600 Joseph Braddock [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: |It works in my 8.2. Did you do a clean install an install without |formatting or an update? | |Joe | -- Christian Dysthe http

Re: [expert] Harddrake doesn't work in 8.2

through 8.2 beta 3 and 4, through RC1, to final which is installed now. When I start harddrake nothing happens at all. My mouse freezes for a second or two, then nothing. I have to kill harddrake from the console. And as I said, no such problem in 8.0 and 8.1.| -- Christian Dysthe http

[expert] ppp from user accounts doesn't work

/tts/LT0 (My Lucent based WinModem) chmod u+s /usr/sbin/pppd but it doesn't work. I get the message: Cannot open /dev/modem: Device or resource busy using wvdial from user accounts. What am I missing? TIA -- Christian Dysthe http://www.dysthe.net ICQ: 3945810 Registered Linux User #228949

[expert] pcmcia problem.

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[expert] DHCP and CUPS

need an IP to connect to a remote printer. Host name alone doesn't seem to be enough. Ideas? TIA -- Christian Dysthe http://www.dysthe.net ICQ: 3945810 Registered Linux User #228949 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http://www.mandrakestore.com

[expert] pcmcia comapct flash adapter umount problem.

, (prevents r/w ops from happening during eject), why doesn't manual ejection cause a cleanup of irq usage. This would make usage run smoother. TIA -- Christian Dysthe http://www.dysthe.net ICQ: 3945810 Registered Linux User #228949 Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft

[expert] Cooker questions.

removing new stuff from fstab and return to a, for me, working kernel. Could anyone try to explain what might be the problem with the Cooker kernels in my case? TIA -- Christian Dysthe http://www.dysthe.net ICQ: 3945810 Registered Linux User #228949 Want to buy your Pack or Services

[expert] Securty upgrade broke my system.

actually installs a new kernel I would think it is glibc or ldconfig, but I am not sure, and I do not want to test it! :) Ideas? TIA -- Kind Regards, Christian Dysthe Registered Linux user #228949 Happiness is good health and bad memory

[expert] Samba, DHCP and CUPS

make printing work somehow. TIA -- Kind Regards, Christian Dysthe Registered Linux user #228949 Happiness is good health and bad memory Ingrid Bergman Want to buy your Pack or Services from MandrakeSoft? Go to http

Re: [expert] Samba, DHCP and CUPS

printers on Winblows workstations. | | Quite convoluted, but it displays the flexibility of Linux/Samba/NCPFS | CUPS. | | -JMS | -- Kind Regards, Christian Dysthe Registered Linux user #228949 Happiness is good health and bad memory Ingrid