fissy

tries to look up the ipaddress of your hostname and fails?

try adding your hostname kevins...com to /etc/hosts with the ipaddress 127.0.0.1

there should be an entry in there already to show you the format.

edit, an ip address should only be in there once, so append your hostname to the last entry, with a space as a separator:

127.0.0.1 localhost darwin localhost.localdomain

the names localhost, darwin and localhost.localdomain all map to my pc's loopback ip address of 127.0.0.1

seems odd that you're missing that.

you can add the group nobody by editing /etc/groups or using userdrak.

how did you start it, its a service so service proftpd start should do it.

also, punched a hole in your shorewall?

forwarded ports from your router?

the software you're looking for is LTSP - Linux Terminal Server Project ;-)

http://www.ltsp.org/

not quite sure if this can do everything you ask or not, it should do though.

you could also save money by not using windows clients but using windows terminal server if necessary, rdesktop acts as a terminal services client similar to windows "mstmc" (do windows key+ R, type that in to see what i mean.)

i only have obvious suggestions, have you turned your mixer volume down to about half and compensated by turning your speaker volume up? that gets rid of them for me.

If your speakers are expensive, don't use them, those clicks and pops computers make are very damaging i'm told.

i uploaded the files as pngs so you should be able to save them as pngs. Stupid board for thinking they're something else...

i think any desktop in linux can manage using pngs, so that shouldn't be a problem.

to be fair to ATI, their drivers do work, i play UT2004 quite often.

They're just a bitch to install.

Hey,

I'm looking for a single sign on system, akin to Active Directory from the windows world, which would be accessible from 3 different varieties of operating system (linux, OS X, Windows).

I understand that its possible to run samba as a primary domain controller, and authenticate against an ldap server, so that removes the windows problem. How can i set up a system including this and the ability to log into a roaming profile from linux and OS X, in the way that windows will present a login box at boot.

many thanks!

fissy

i swear by this article for configuring the samba server: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/libr...y/l-samba3.html

Once that is setup and samba started, you should be able to access the shares through a windows client computer or konqueror in mandrake. You can also mount the shares as drives.

i have about 30MB of mac osx aqua pngs if they're the type you're after

if you want a theme though, try kde-look

you obviously played a lot once, thats a mean system you've got there!

*sorry only just noticed your sig*

basically:

download the tar

extract to /usr/src/

remove symlink /usr/src/linux

recreate pointing at your kernel

copy my .config into /usr/src/linux

make menuconfig, then check to see how you like the configuration

make && make modules_install to build it

then you have to copy the kernel to /boot, and edit your bootloader

attached is my config for kernel 2.6.5

if you do choose to give it a go, good luck!

.config

i have an nforce 2 also, would you like to download say kernel 2.6.5 and use my kernel configuration?

edit: BTW, i've never compiled my own kernel on mandrake, i don't know how much mandrake will like you for it!

edit2: that means backup! :)

you could try creating your own kernel using sources from kernel.org, its honestly not as scary as it sounds!

what motherboard do you use btw?

woah...that is, like, the greatest thing ever! holy crap! That's like, easier than windoze installing! *stares at massive lines of nearly unprompted actions in terminal*...dude...that is the greatest thing ever! :P

try gentoo B)

as Ix says, logout, then in a console (ctrl-alt-f1) killall <displaymanager> killall X

then locate fglrx

modprobe fglrx

gdm, or which ever environment you use

Radeons are Evil , i have had to make a script that re makes the module and installs it at boot

you can imagine what that does to my boot time.

well i've been speaking to other g3 notebook owners, and they say they love it, everything works in linux.

They were using gentoo on whichever grade of ibook uses a radeon 7500. Thats probably a bit more modern than yours, so i don't know how experiences would compare.

i think you should try os x for a couple of months before deciding, lots of people love it, some people don't. That would be the best way :) not what we think you should use

that sounds like a router problem, try turning off remote access to your router, and change the ports it runs on to say 60000. Come into the boards irc room and i'll try to help you from there also (link at the top of the page)

and heres another, have fun!

heres one

thats not a problem, you can just carry on with the next step

(i think)

you can use the 'hostname' command to set your hostname. man hostname.

Those settings aren't gibberish, they are what enable you to connect to your own computer, although i have absolutely no clue what 'a martian' is, apart from a small green alien...

in a word YES!

go through the forums though, there have been a few people having problems with them, and we've managed to iron quite a few out.

do you have a broadband router, or connect to the internet through another computer?

yes you should

(good luck)