Re: Kernel upgrade: 2.2.14 to 2.4.9

2001-08-21 Thread Keith Antoine
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:39, Tim Wunder orated thus: > > Did you bother to look in the 2.4.9 changes Doc to see where they > > reccomend ?? ftp://ftp.samba.org/pub/ppp/ppp-2.4.0.tar.gz > > > > Um. > > Well, no. Hadn't even downloaded the kernel sources, yet. I was following

Re: bootable partition

2001-08-21 Thread Ken Moffat
Thanks, I agree about BM, but it came with COL2.3 and 2.4, so became accustomed. I'll install lilo to mbr tomorrow, and let you know what happens. Ken On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:55:35 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just to make sure that we're on the same page here. You want

Re: bootable partition

2001-08-21 Thread Net Llama
Just to make sure that we're on the same page here. You want to make LILO your primary bootloader (what appears when you power on the PC)? If so then you need to change the boot= line to the following: boot=/dev/hda then run "/sbin/lilo" and reboot, and you should have LILO. As for the locatio

no su in path error under KDE

2001-08-21 Thread Shawn Tayler
While the subject of KDE is fresh, I've been having this slightly annoying problem when in KDE as myself. Once in a while I need to do something su'ish and KDE complains that it can't find su, saying its not in the path. Its right there in /bin so I am wondering, where does one find the path var

Re: Mandrake, anyone?

2001-08-21 Thread Geof Steichen
I am running mdk 8.0 and like it a lot. I previously used COL 2.3 and eDesktop 2.4 . Easy install and has been quite stable. Mdk 8.0 uses both CUPS and lpr for printing. The distro comes with a good selection of software and pretty complete set of the usual utilities. ***

Re: KDE 2.2 and Font Problems, a fix?

2001-08-21 Thread Douglas J. Hunley
On Tuesday 21 August 2001 22:08, Shawn Tayler babbled: > Just spent a bit of time on IRC with a guy in the #kde channel. Seems > there is a problem with Anti-Alias fonts and XF86 4.0.2 as shipped with > OL3.1 He had me turn it off, and alot of the strangness and > instability I was getting has

Error during make bzImage, kernel 2.4.9

2001-08-21 Thread Tim Wunder
Trying to compile the 2.4.9 kernel on my eD2.4 box. I'm going from the 2.2.14 kernel, so I had to do a lot of updating: modutils, e2fsprogs, ppp, bison, byacc, reiserfs-utils. Some from tarball (modutils, e2fsprog, ppp), some from eW3.1 SRPM (bison, byacc, reiserfs-utils). I managed to get thr

Re: Samba/Windows98 printer problem

2001-08-21 Thread Bill Day
Joel, jsut a suggestion but try installing it as a "local" printer versus a network printer. then using the capture printer port(as long as its viewable in NN) select the printer the browse out of the printer properties. Otherwise go back to where you had the 850. I love just being able to d

KDE 2.2 and Font Problems, a fix?

2001-08-21 Thread Shawn Tayler
First, I apologize in advance for the cross post, but this topic has been brought up on both lists and I think it is of interest to all parties. Just spent a bit of time on IRC with a guy in the #kde channel. Seems there is a problem with Anti-Alias fonts and XF86 4.0.2 as shipped with OL3.1 He

Fwd: IrDA semiremote vulnerability, or fun games linux users can play with their windows-using friends

2001-08-21 Thread dep
-- Forwarded Message -- Subject: IrDA semiremote vulnerability Date: Tue, 21 Aug 2001 21:38:01 +0100 (BST) From: Paul Millar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [ Win2k semi-remote DoS via IrDA Synopsis: There exists a "semi-remote" vulnerability against Windows

Re: Mandrake, anyone?

2001-08-21 Thread Ronnie Gauthier
I like is for the most part. After undummying it (rm,cp), it's better. It also makes helping friends that are clueless easy. Insert boot disk and cd1, reboot, choose update and viola!, most problems are fixed. I run 7.2 and find it stable. Found and set up everything including a cd-rw and zip disk

Repost: LInux Emergence Bootable CD

2001-08-21 Thread Chang
--- John Hiemenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 21 August 2001 11:04, Net Llama wrote: > > Linuxcare Emergency boot CD (think Tom's RBD on crack). Its a 40MB > > CD the size of a business card that has basically 95% of /sbin, /bin > > & /usr on it, making it a mini-OS on a CD. Anyone

Re: bootable partition

2001-08-21 Thread Ken Moffat
No errors, Nothing except /dev/hda1 (windows) shows in Bootmagic. I haven't used lilo before, just grub. Slack put the kernel in /. Should I move my kernel to /boot? (Sorry, Slack has a learning curve.) On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 16:44:40 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > You still d

Re: bootable partition

2001-08-21 Thread Net Llama
You still didn't say what the problem was. Are you getting errors? The lilo.conf that you quoted below writes LILO to /dev/hda6, and *NOT* the MBR of hda. Also, it indicates that you keep your kernel(s) in / instead of /boot. --- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > OK, here's some inf

Re: SOLVED! Re: I'm in LILO hell

2001-08-21 Thread Net Llama
I thought i posted the URL, but since so many are still asking for it, i'll post it again: ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/lfriedman/disk/ Please let me know if you have any problems downloading and/or burning it to a CD. --- Glenn Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 21 August 200

Re: SOLVED! Re: I'm in LILO hell

2001-08-21 Thread Myles Green
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:37:32 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > --- John Hiemenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Tuesday 21 August 2001 11:04, Net Llama wrote: > > > Linuxcare Emergency boot CD (think Tom's RBD on crack). Its a > 40MB > > > CD the size of a business card tha

Re: bootable partition

2001-08-21 Thread Ken Moffat
OK, here's some info Disk /dev/hda: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 840 cylinders Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes Device BootStart EndBlocks Id System /dev/hda1 * 1 271 2048728+ b Win95 FAT32 /dev/hda2 272 840 43016405 Extended /

Re: Mandrake, anyone?

2001-08-21 Thread John Hiemenz
Thanks for the thoughts. Just finished installing 7.1 (helium?) on the portable and the _first_ thing I noticed was the aliases. Ick. I am hoping to get 8.0 on a DAT later this week, I downloaded it to a co-workers system because he has a leasedline vs my dialup. On Tuesday 21 August 2001

Re: Mandrake, anyone?

2001-08-21 Thread Aaron Grewell
I'm running Mandrake Freq on my workstations, and we use various (released) versions on our servers. I like it because it provides compatibility with redhat-isms without their focus on the bleeding edge. I've had very few compatibility problems when using it, and it's been quite stable. Ther

Mandrake, anyone?

2001-08-21 Thread John Hiemenz
Anyone out there running Mandrake (any version) ? Thoughts, comments? I was thinking about plopping it onto a portable I've got here just for playing around with, but am interested in thoughts of anyone that has run it or is running it.. -John -- The Universal Joint - Connecting Unix, L

Re: SOLVED! Re: I'm in LILO hell

2001-08-21 Thread Glenn Williams
On Tuesday 21 August 2001 10:04 am, Net Llama observed: [snip] So i booted off of a very, very handy > Linuxcare Emergency boot CD (think Tom's RBD on crack). Its a 40MB > CD the size of a business card that has basically 95% of /sbin, /bin > & /usr on it, making it a mini-OS on a CD. Anyone

Re: XFree86 4.1.0 unresolved symbols - crash

2001-08-21 Thread Net Llama
--- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 21 Aug 2001, at 9:07, Net Llama wrote: > > > --- Shawn Tayler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 11:01:02 -0700 (PDT), Net Llama wrote: > > > > Is there enough of an improvement to go from 2.4.2 to > > > 2.4.9? > > > YES. I'd say, hands down

Re: SOLVED! Re: I'm in LILO hell

2001-08-21 Thread Net Llama
--- John Hiemenz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tuesday 21 August 2001 11:04, Net Llama wrote: > > Linuxcare Emergency boot CD (think Tom's RBD on crack). Its a 40MB > > CD the size of a business card that has basically 95% of /sbin, /bin > > & /usr on it, making it a mini-OS on a CD. Anyone i

Re: SOLVED! Re: I'm in LILO hell

2001-08-21 Thread Tim Wunder
Bruce Marshall wrote: > On Tuesday 21 August 2001 12:22, John Hiemenz wrote: > >>On Tuesday 21 August 2001 11:04, Net Llama wrote: >> >>>Linuxcare Emergency boot CD (think Tom's RBD on crack). Its a 40MB >>>CD the size of a business card that has basically 95% of /sbin, /bin >>>& /usr on it, ma

Re: SOLVED! Re: I'm in LILO hell

2001-08-21 Thread Bruce Marshall
On Tuesday 21 August 2001 12:22, John Hiemenz wrote: > On Tuesday 21 August 2001 11:04, Net Llama wrote: > > Linuxcare Emergency boot CD (think Tom's RBD on crack). Its a 40MB > > CD the size of a business card that has basically 95% of /sbin, /bin > > & /usr on it, making it a mini-OS on a CD.

Re: Firewall log 192.168.100.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535

2001-08-21 Thread Ian Marchak
Quoting Joel Hammer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > My suspicion is that we on the @HOME network are in reality on a > private > network where those 192 ip's can be used. I think that would be possible > but > I am just guessing. > Joel Good guess then. You are correct (unless they have changed things).

Re: SOLVED! Re: I'm in LILO hell

2001-08-21 Thread John Hiemenz
On Tuesday 21 August 2001 11:04, Net Llama wrote: > Linuxcare Emergency boot CD (think Tom's RBD on crack). Its a 40MB > CD the size of a business card that has basically 95% of /sbin, /bin > & /usr on it, making it a mini-OS on a CD. Anyone interested in > getting an ISO of this CD, let me know

Re: Kernel upgrade: 2.2.14 to 2.4.9

2001-08-21 Thread Net Llama
--- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Thanks for the link, though. Who's in charge of updating the SxS? THe kernel one, i thought was Keith. Although keith has been rather remiss in updating any part of the SxS these days. = ~~~

Re: Kernel upgrade: 2.2.14 to 2.4.9

2001-08-21 Thread Net Llama
--- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Previously, Net Llama wrote: > > Also, unless you're using ISDN hardware, you don't need isdn4k, and > > unless you have a laptop, you don't need pcmcia either. > > > > But the SxS told me I needed it... > Actually, I knew that they weren't particularly

Re: bootable partition

2001-08-21 Thread Net Llama
--- Ken Moffat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a ext2 partition, hda6, that doesn't show up in Bootmagic. It > has > Slack8 on it, and I can boot it using a boot disk. It's the second > logical > partition on the second primary partition, dual boot system with hda6 ? > win95. > Can I make th

SOLVED! Re: I'm in LILO hell

2001-08-21 Thread Net Llama
Turns out everyone's suggestions were correct. The biggest overall problem was that the ancient version of LILO that I was using just couldn't deal with the newer BIOS & HD that i was using. I upgraded to the latest stable version of LILO, and that got rid of the weird 'invalid partition table'

RE: Firewall log 192.168.100.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535

2001-08-21 Thread Wil McGilvery
My mistake. It is not your machine I was talking about. The IP that is being discussed may be from a multihomed machine. (One external and one internal) I have seen this before where on a Public network the Internal address of the machine is used to identify it instead of the external address.

Re: Firewall log 192.168.100.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535

2001-08-21 Thread Matt . Carpenter
What is the IP address of the external interface of your firewall and it's default gateway? Joel Hammer

RE: Firewall log 192.168.100.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535

2001-08-21 Thread Matt . Carpenter
It would only show up on the FW internal interface, and I thought he said that this was on the external. "Wil McGilvery"

RE: Firewall log 192.168.100.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535

2001-08-21 Thread Wil McGilvery
I have also seen multihomed machines with improperly configured proxies or firewalls be identified by their internal address. This might also be what is happening here. Regards, Wil McGilvery Manager, Digital Media Lynch Technologies Inc. 416-744-7191 1-888-622-3729 416-744-0406 FAX www.

Re: Firewall log 192.168.100.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535

2001-08-21 Thread Joel Hammer
My suspicion is that we on the @HOME network are in reality on a private network where those 192 ip's can be used. I think that would be possible but I am just guessing. Joel ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Dig

Re: Firewall log 192.168.100.1:65535 224.0.0.1:65535

2001-08-21 Thread Matt . Carpenter
It doesn't matter whether your IP's are static or dynamic. What matters is whether they are registered or not (if they're in those ranges already listed, they are NOT)

Re: recording video

2001-08-21 Thread rplummer
Keith, check out here for just about any info on CD recordable stuff. http://www.fadden.com/cdrfaq/ There are tons of links to other places for more specific info also. A week or so ago, The Screen Savers had an article about copying movies to CD's you might check there also http://www.te

Re: Kernel upgrade: 2.2.14 to 2.4.9

2001-08-21 Thread Tim Wunder
Previously, Keith Antoine wrote: > On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 12:06, Tim Wunder orated thus: > > Hi, > > I've read thru the SxS written by Mike Andrew regarding upgrading the > > kernel from 2.2.14 to 2.4.x and have managed to download the updates > > required to e2fsprogs, modutils, pcmcia and isdn4k-ut

Re: Kernel upgrade: 2.2.14 to 2.4.9

2001-08-21 Thread Tim Wunder
Previously, Net Llama wrote: > --- Tim Wunder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I've read thru the SxS written by Mike Andrew regarding upgrading the > > kernel > > from 2.2.14 to 2.4.x and have managed to download the updates required > > to > > e2fsprogs, modutils, pcmcia and isdn4k-utils.

Re: I'm in LILO hell

2001-08-21 Thread Jerry McBride
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 20:29:12 -0700 (PDT) Net Llama <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Is "lba32" a new option in a newer version of LILO? The version that > i'm using doesn't seem to recognize it. > Yes. Version 21.7.5 is the latest lilo and it supports that option, if your bios supports the call.

Re: automount not working

2001-08-21 Thread Michael Scottaline
On Mon, 20 Aug 2001 21:17:53 -0400 blumagic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> insightfully noted: > Hi All, > > I have just installed RH7.1 on linux partition of a dual boot system. > I am having a problem with accessing my floppy and zip drives. > I also cant access my windows C D E and F drives either. > My

gimp-print install failure

2001-08-21 Thread Keith Antoine
Umm, seem to be hitting a few problems updating and re-installing with WS 3.1 I used to have gimp-print installed but cannot seem to get it to do so nowit cannot find /usr/bin/ginstall when I make install... never had this before, anyone any ideas. make[1]: Entering directory `/home

Re: recording video

2001-08-21 Thread Keith Antoine
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 15:07, Ronnie Gauthier orated thus: > I use a connectix "quick clip". Works with my TV(S-video), S-VHS unit and > Sony trv-525 digital 8 cam. Mine is parallel version, there is also a usb. > I use it strictly under Win NT, works great. D8 runs about 200M/minute for > .avi's, a

Re: recording video

2001-08-21 Thread Keith Antoine
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 17:32, Roger Oberholtzer orated thus: > Check out Broadcast 2000. It is open source for Linux. It will capture from > a video4linux device. It will even make quicktime from the source. It > looks good. Also, there is a product called 'Main Actor'. It is a > commercial product

Re: recording video

2001-08-21 Thread Roger Oberholtzer
On Tue, 21 Aug 2001 13:37:42 +1000 Keith Antoine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Check out Broadcast 2000. It is open source for Linux. It will capture from a video4linux device. It will even make quicktime from the source. It looks good. Also, there is a product called 'Main Actor'. It is a commerci