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  1. when will there be option to list all the iso's not just cd1

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    to manipulate the files you want, you'll have to mount all three isos through three separate mount points and copy the rpm dierctories from cd 2 and 3 to cd1.

    You cannot write in an ISO image. If you wanna create an iso mount the 3 isos then copy-paste the contents of the three isos in a temp directory. Then create an iso with this directory using mkisofs.

     

    And the Mandrake installer should definitively look for the other isos .. that thing drives me nutS!!!!!!!!;paskjdf;rfd But only install KDE (don't select other packages) and that should work). After the first boot mount the three isos (fstab) and tell urpmi too look inthere instead of the cds. This is what I did to install other packages.

     

    If you want more details let me know here .. I'll be glad to help you.

     

    MOttS

  2. ICS for Mail (SMTP/POP) without PostFix/Sendmail or similar

    in Networking

    Posted

    Forgot something.

     

    If you guys wanna share files with the firewall (fw - the machine on which Shorewall is running and ICS is enabled) then /etc/shorewall/policy should look like that

     

    #SOURCE         DEST            POLICY          LOG LEVEL       LIMIT:BURST

#Allow computers to surf the www

masq    net     ACCEPT

fw      net     ACCEPT

#Allow computers on the local network to communicate

masq    fw      ACCEPT

fw      masq    ACCEPT

masq    masq    ACCEPT

#Block all request from the net and everything else not specified above

net     all     DROP

all     all     REJECT

     

    Don't forget that this file is read from the top to the end by the Shorewall binary. So don't put anything below net all DROP and all all REJECT because the line you add will be ignored.

     

    M :P ttS

  3. ICS for Mail (SMTP/POP) without PostFix/Sendmail or similar

    in Networking

    Posted

    You guys have to play with /etc/shorewall/rules or /etc/shorewall/policy if you wanna use Samba. The ICS wizard enable Shorewall (the default firewall .. you know that) and ports 137 to 139 tcp & udp are blocked by default. The best way to configure Shorewall is to allow NOBODY to connect from the net to your network BUT to allow anyone from the local network to connect to another within the local network... to do so read and understant /etc/shorewall/policy. Here is mine:

     

    #SOURCE         DEST            POLICY          LOG LEVEL       LIMIT:BURST

masq    net     ACCEPT

fw      net     ACCEPT

masq    masq    ACCEPT

net     all     DROP

all     all     REJECT

     

    LINE #1 : Allow people on the local network (masq) to access servers on the net (like http site, ftp, ssh, kazaa, etc, etc, etc.)

    LINE #2 : Allow the machine on which Shorewall is running (fw) to access the net like any other machines on the local network (masq)

    LINE #3 : Allow computers on the local network to connect to each other (SAMBA !)

    LINE #4 : Block those from the net who try to connect to your network :twisted:

    LINE #5 : Block anything else you didn't think of.

     

    Now restart shorewall (type 'service shorewall restart') and try to ping a machine on your network .. it's going to work for sure!

     

    :wink:

     

    MOttS

  4. 9.2 rc1 SCREENSHOTS! ->I'm the first<-

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    Thanks, I just thought I read some were they were going to have a 2.6test in there beta, maybe that was someone else??

    Maybe the were talking about this:

    Name: kernel-2.6.0-0.test4.1mdk

    Version: 1-1mdk

    Size: 30051 KB

     

    Summary: The Linux kernel (the core of the Linux operating system).

     

    Description: The kernel package contains the Linux kernel (vmlinuz), the core of your Mandrake Linux operating system.  The kernel handles the basic functions of the operating system:  memory allocation, process allocation, device input and output, etc.

     

    kernel-2.6 This kernel is for development and testing ONLY

  6. more speedtouch problems, it connects but...

    in Networking

    Posted

    I tried to ping google and it worked, from what i have read i have a problem with my  /etc/resolv.conf at the moment it is blank but i think it is the key to getting the web working.

    OH .. you can ping Google. Nice. Your computer isn't able to guess the DNS IP. You have to give it to him. So enter your DNS IP (provided by your ISP) in /etc/resolv.conf. Mine look like that:

     

    [gd@localhost gd]$ cat /etc/resolv.conf

    # search localdomain AEI

    search localdomain aei

    # nameserver 206.123.6.10

    nameserver 206.123.6.11

     

     

    # ppp temp entry

    nameserver 206.123.6.11 # ppp temp entry

    nameserver 206.123.6.10 # ppp temp entry

     

    Don't know why the Wizard in the MCC don't ask for those...

     

    You can also enter them is /etc/pppoe.conf (if you are using ADSL connection). Here is the section for me:

     

    #Obtain DNS server addresses from the peer (recent versions of pppd only)

    # In old config files, this used to be called USEPEERDNS.  Changed to

    # PEERDNS for better Red Hat compatibility

    PEERDNS=no

     

    DNS1=

    DNS2=

     

    MOttS

  7. media Keys

    in Software

    Posted

    I guess it depends which desktop you are using· In KDE simply open KDE Control Center (kcontrol) and do:

     

    Accessibility->Keyboard Shortcuts

     

    Now select the Command Shortcuts and browse through the menu to find your app. Then clic Presonnalize and hit the key you want. Don't forget to clic Apply!

     

    As simple as that.

     

    You can probably do that with MenuDrake but I'm not sure here..

     

    MOttS

  8. more speedtouch problems, it connects but...

    in Networking

    Posted

    Hi eska

     

    Welcome!!!!!!!!!!

     

    1. My ethernet adaptor does not show up as an option in the mandrake control panel. I have complied the driver and added it in with the rest in /lib/modules/ it is a 3com 3c2000.o driver. I can add it with the insmod but how do i get mandrake to do it for me at boot.

    You have to add it to the file /etc/modules.

     

    2. in the can get the speedtouch to connect and when i do an ifconfig i can see it and the looopback. The problem is i cant access any web sites through browsers, the firewall is off. How do i get round this.

    The MDK firewall is tricky. If you install it and enable it, it usually act ok. But then, if you disable it from the Mandrake Control Center (MCC), everything is blocked. So you could do 2 things:

     

    1) Enable the firewall in the MCC

    2) Read and understand the file /etc/shorewall/routestopped. At the end of this file you should add something like this (your mileage may vary depending of your setup):

    eth0    -

    so that when you stop the firewall, you still can access the web via your internet interface.

     

    Hope this help

     

    MOttS

  10. ICS for Mail (SMTP/POP) without PostFix/Sendmail or similar

    in Networking

    Posted

    Why did you use Squid? In the Mandrake Control Center (formely known as MCC) you can clic Network&Internet and then Internet Connection Sharing (ICS). This way, all the clients behind your linux machine would have access to the net (port 80) and all the others (port 25 and 110 as well).

     

    It's either I don't understand your setup or you didn't know about the ICS wizard in the MCC.

     

    :? Trying to understand

     

    MOttS

  11. 9.2 rc1 SCREENSHOTS! ->I'm the first<-

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    OK, you had time toplay.

    What else is new ?

    Well, not much

    1) The display manager selection (KDM, MdkKDM, GDM, etc.) is now done in System in the MCC rather than Material .. still the wrong place to me. Other than that the MCC hasn't changed.

    2) All the apps are updated (Shorewall 1.4.6b, KDE 3.1.3, Apache 2.0.45-5mdk, OpenOffice 1.0.3-2mdk, etc...)

     

    The suspend to disk etc. I guess could all be done with urpmi kde ??

    It was all set at first boot. But it is not working .. maybe have a problem with my hardware I don't know. The whole thing is done from scripts (+ a patch in the kernel). The script is suspend-scripts-1.6-1mdk. From rpmdrake-remove:

    /etc/acpi/events/lid

    /etc/acpi/events/power

    /etc/pam.d/pmsuspend

    /etc/security/console.apps/pmsuspend

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.control

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/anacron

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/beep

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/clock

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/hddisks

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/modules

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/network

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/pcmcia

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/services

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/sound

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/usb

    /etc/sysconfig/suspend-scripts/suspend.d/xfree

    /usr/bin/pmsuspend

    /usr/sbin/pmsuspend

    /usr/share/doc/suspend-scripts-1.6

    /usr/share/doc/suspend-scripts-1.6/ChangeLog

    /usr/share/doc/suspend-scripts-1.6/README.scripts

    /usr/share/doc/suspend-scripts-1.6/acpi.sh

    /usr/share/doc/suspend-scripts-1.6/battery.sh

    /usr/share/doc/suspend-scripts-1.6/suspend.sh

    /var/run/pm

    So from the KDE menu nothing happens (don't know why). If I open a console and type pmsuspend the monitor goes crazy for a sec or two and then the hard drive goes off. However the CPU fan still turns. If I move the mouse, the screen reapear as it was before (with all app and such). If I press the reset button it just reboot as normal .. no the suspend to disk thing does not really work for me (for now). I have read somewhere we have to append something in lilo for it to work (append="resume /dev/hdaX") but this isn't there as we talk. Well, to me they still have to work a bit on that feature.

     

    9.1 also detects my camera etc.  but ...

    and I ain't figured out why, it stops working after some time? like the devices on the desktop. 

     

    It never bothered my cos I actually got the fstab entry so I just make a desktop file and use that ... but I hate it when things stop working and I can't figure out why :D

    I was using Gentoo before installing MDK 9.2 rc1 and this distro didn't detect my camera right away. I had to manually put my stuff in fstab and mount it manually. In MDK this is all done automatically .. no need to actually know what the OS does.. funny.

     

    well, that's it.

     

    MOttS

  12. Is my 3 mth old Antec case/psu/GeForce2 failing? SOLVED

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Have to go to my mothers ...

    :mystilol: You have more than one? :mystilol:

     

    ... but wanted to post that I got a KingWin 350W Dual Fans (adjustable 3 speed) for $50. The least expensive 400W was $120, and the only Antec was out of the box in a basket. It works now, no rebooting and feels/sounds strong. I'll do more testing of ram etc...later tonight. BUT.....

    That was the power supply then. Why can you just bring the Antec back to where you purchased it? Just tell that it's not working anymore and cry a little .. they will replace it for you. Those things usually comes with a warranty don't they? I know you purchased this computer recently so that may worth the try.

     

    ...the monitor is even more wavey. I see what you're saying now Gowator, but no, I didn't ask or think to ask about the trailers grounding (earth as you say?) and I highly doubt the tech/repair guy did more than he had to at 3 in the morning. Why would 50 more watts cause the monitor to be unbarable. B4, you couldn't notice if the fonts were effected, and now you can barely read anything, it's so wavey.

     

    Thanks again! Gotta go.......

    I think your monitor is going bye bye .. NOOOOOOO (sorry). With the money you save by asking to replace your Antec PSU, buy a second hand monitor. I bought mine (17 inches NEC MultiSync E700) about 2 years ago 100$ (Canadian! .. so about 70$ US) and it is still running great!

     

    MOttS

  13. Is my 3 mth old Antec case/psu/GeForce2 failing? SOLVED

    in Hardware

    Posted

    Wow .. it's either the MoBo or the PSU then. But since you got problems with the transfo behind your house I guess it's your PSU. The tranfo is there to transform higher voltage to smaller voltage (120 Volts, 60Hz required by all electronics components like fridg, oven, light .. and computer). Now if the transfo pushed 130 V - 70Hz or 110 V - 50 Hz for a couples of minutes before to burn it may have damaged your PSU. Of couse this is just an idea but that may have happened.

     

    Well, let us know !

     

    MOttS

  16. Samba problem using Windows shares

    in Networking

    Posted

    I would try this from the Linux machine. Knowing the IP of every Win machine, one by one do

     

    nmblookup -A WinIP (list the NAME of the WinIP machine)

     

    smbclient -L NAME -I WinIP (list the shares of the NAME machine at WinIP)

     

    smbclient //NAME/share -I WinIP (Connect to one share on the NAME machine)

     

    If you cannot connect this way, the GUIs will not be able too.

     

    MOttS

  18. Is my 3 mth old Antec case/psu/GeForce2 failing? SOLVED

    in Hardware

    Posted

    hi guys

     

    A computer only need the mobo, ram and a power supply to boot. It does not even need a HD, Cards (sound, video, etc..), cdrom/dvd, etc. So if the computer reboot itself while playing in the bios, the problem is one of those things. I would try to remove all extra stuff first like cdrom/dvd, soundcard and HD. Now reboot and play in the bios. If it does not reboot then the problem is one of those element. If you still have a problem then I would play with the ram (remove one stick etc..). Third I would try another power suply. And finally ... when you have changed the ram and the power supply (just swich with another computer for the test) and nothing is pluged in the mobo, you REALLY have to change the mobo.

     

    Computers sucks when this kind of thing happens.

     

    Good luck bvc

     

    MOttS

  20. backup data to other PC using eth0

    in Networking

    Posted

    If those 2 pcs have eth0 then they should already have IPs (check with ifconfig as root). Now on the 9.2cooker computer, install SSHD (type 'urpmi ssh-server') and from the 8.0 computer just connect to it: in a console type 'sftp 9.2cookerIP'. Enter your username and password on the 9.2cooker machine and bammm... you are logged in. Now this is just like an FTP session with GET and PUT. If you are using KDE you can even type 'fish://9.2cookerIP' in Konqueror and you should be promted for your username and password on the 9.2cooker machine.

     

    As simple as that.. and secured.

     

    MOttS

  21. 9.2 rc1 SCREENSHOTS! ->I'm the first<-

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    Hey thanks guys for the little SuspendToDisk tut!!

     

    I discovered something new about urpmi. Is this new or I just didn't use RPM distro for too long? .. We can now select which package we want in KDE based package. Let me explain. Usually, if one wants Kmail he has to install kdenetwork. In the same time, he get lots of other shit like korn, kget, etc, etc, etc. But now, we can choose which package we want in the KDE* packages. LOOK:

     

    [root@localhost gd]# urpmi kdenetwork

     

    Pour satisfaire les dépendances, les paquetages suivants vont être installés (9 Mo):

    kdenetwork-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    kdenetwork-kdict-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    kdenetwork-kget-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    kdenetwork-kit-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    kdenetwork-kmail-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    kdenetwork-knode-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    kdenetwork-korn-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    kdenetwork-krfb-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    kdenetwork-ksirc-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    kdenetwork-ktalk-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    kdenetwork-kxmlrpcd-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    libkdenetwork2-ksirc-3.1.3-19mdk.i586

    Est-ce correct ? (O/n)

     

    There we go for Kmail:

    [root@localhost gd]# urpmi kdenetwork-kmail

     

    installation de //mnt/CD2/Mandrake/RPMS2/kdenetwork-kmail-3.1.3-19mdk.i586.rpm

    Préparation...              ##################################################

    1:kdenetwork-kmail    ##################################################

    [root@localhost gd]#

     

    Wow .. finally!

     

    MOttS

  23. 9.2 rc1 SCREENSHOTS! ->I'm the first<-

    in Installing Mandriva

    Posted

    Hey .. WHAZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZUP!

     

    Ok so I did trash Gentoo and replaced it with MDK 9.2 rc1. The install is WOW .. this boot screen is WOW .. and 'till now it is really stable.

     

    I used the hard drive install method .. no need to burn cds. That was fast and easy.

     

    So far pretty much nothing has changed since 9.1 exept the installation and the boot screen. There is also a 'Suspend to disk' option in the KDE menu.. doesn't work right away though. My digital camera was automatically detected my Linux .. even created a /mnt/camera by itself with the entry in fstab... I'm impress really. Look at that:

    dev/sda1 /mnt/camera auto user,codepage=850,kudzu,iocharset=iso8859-15,exec,umask=0,noauto 0 0

    The supermount thing is still f'ed up on my system.. nothing new. So here are 4 screenshots for your pleasure community!

     

    The install screen .. notice the 9.2 rc1

    Install1.jpg

     

    The boot screen .. WOW

    Install2.jpg

     

    KDE 3.1.3 .. bleading edge ;-)

    KDE3.1.3.jpg

     

    Wow .. bleading edge too ..

    SuspendToDisk.jpg

     

    MOttS

  25. Will MSN no longer be compatible with open-source apps?

    in Everything Linux

    Posted

    Starting from TODAY I keep getting this message from messenger@microsoft.com :

     

    [19:07:01] .NET Messenger Service says:

    Votre version de Messenger nécessite une mise à jour de sécurité immédiate. Visitez le site http://messenger.msn.com/Help/Upgrades.aspx?mkt=fr pour effectuer la mise à jour.

     

    This basically say "You Messenger version is outdated. Please visit our site to upgrade". WOW! The open source community have to find a work around because we will not be able to connect soon!

     

    MOttS

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