Murda

Got it! It works now. Found this by accident. Just had to add a picture to the top left corner (the image that has limits of 140x40 in Horde settings). Then reloaded the page and the menu is back. Now I took the picture away and it's still there. No one hasn't documented this in any FAQ/wiki yet. Too bad.

Hi.

I'm having a problem. I installed Horde application framework (www.horde.org) and it worked nicely out of the box. As you all know, you have to configure it to use a database. That's exactly what I did. After I've set up the database and some other server specific things, the navigation menu disappears. See the attachment.

I've had this problem only on this system (have to set it up for others to use later). It uses FC5, PHP5, Apache 2.2.2 and other stuff that needs to be there. Horde tests seem to be "OK". Has anyone figured out how to get that menu back?

I also installed Horde on a Mandriva box (PHP4, Apache 2.2) and it doesn't seem to have any problems. I already sent and received mail for that box. I've been searching Horde FAQ site and Wiki for this but they aren't helping, because my problem isn't listed there.

I'm able to use Squirrelmail on this box, but my client says that it has to be Horde. Probably because it has more eyecandy. ;)

Thanks in advance.

-Murda

yup .. contact your ISP and ask them to setup a PTR

Thanks paul!

It works now. They made me a PTR and dnsstuff shows it correctly.

Just have to make subdomains now. :)

I'll edit this one to show up as [solved].

does your ip address have a ptr record?

Just found out that I don't have a PTR record by checking that from http://www.dnsstuff.com.

I read things about setting up PTR and found out that I need to contact my ISP to do that. Am I correct?

Just to make things clear, my server is co-located in my ISP's server room, having a static IP assigned by my ISP.

I used these two links as a guide for this.

LinuxReviews - Hostname

CPQLinux - Hostname

And added a line in my /etc/hosts:

xx.xx.xxx.xxx   domain.tld	domain

After that I restarted my network interface:

/sbin/service network restart

Everything seems to be configured correctly, but still no hostname/domainname showing up.

I'm thinking that I may have to reboot, but if I do that, I will lose my uptime record. ;)

And hey, this is Linux. Reboot after every single configuration change is the Windows style. Does someone have any clue/thoughts about this?

check to see if your domain is set in /etc/hostname (i imagine there is a way to do this via the Mandriva Control Center)

Yes, it is configured there (Fedora file is /etc/hosts btw, as I'm currently using Fedora Core on the machine).

There's a line saying

127.0.0.1 murdadomain.tld localhost.localdomain localhost

But do i need to add another line saying something like

my.real.ip.addr murdadomain.tld localhost.localdomain localhost

Or is it something else?

Hi.

I've been thinking that I have to fix this. I have a computer running and I have a domain for it. The problem is, when I make a connection with irssi and do a /whois Murda, it shows murda@xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx (ip address) instead of my domain. What do I have to do? I've been reading a lot of pages on the internet, but I don't know what to search. Does it have something to do with Reverse DNS?

If I type /set hostname mydomain.tld and /connect irc.network.org, it returns an error saying "false argument" (my system is finnish and I translated that false argument stuff).

If I type "ssh mydomain.tld" in terminal, it works just fine, e-mail is received correctly to murda@mydomain.tld, and apache answers correctly if I type http://mydomain.tld/ in a browser, but that irssi thing is bothering me and I want to learn how to do things. So, if someone has an answer for this or knows a web page which can guide me during the process, please help me.

The default Mandriva 2006 kernel (and later versions of Mandriva kernel) should include the driver for at least the D-Link adapter, but here's a guide on how to install the driver manually.

Try that D-Link adapter, it has RT2570 chip inside, so the installation is pretty simple. I also have rt2500 chip in my laptop and Mandriva could use it without any problems. Now I have Fedora, and all I had to do was install the driver and everything runs smooth.

Get the driver from here

Read the installation guide from here

Hope this helps.

EDIT: And yes, my computer crashed all the time before I installed the driver (on Mandriva LE 2005 and FC5). Don't know what's it with these RaLink cards...

That Netgear adapter you have, uses prism54 chip, and I remember that I've seen the driver on some of the Mandriva repos.

And lastly, that Airlink adapter uses Zydas 1211 chip. Search for drivers designed for these and all should be fine.

I had same kind of an error when I installed a wifi driver, which was a dependency problem. Check that you have gcc, make, and devel packages for those installed.

And for scarecrow:

Why shouldn't I run ./configure as root? Never heard before that I shouldn't do that.

Hi.

Why are you using your laptop on a DMZ? You should put it to the LAN side. Otherwise, it might be a bit difficult. Checking your firewall's configuration might also help.

Check this too:

DMZ

Hello.

I'd recommend you to update your kernel first. My wireless card didn't work until I updated to kernel version 2.6.14. Now it even shows the signal strength. It measures the signal strength only on boot, not later anymore. Maybe that feature comes later (or maybe I need to configure something) but I'm happy now. If you need any help updating your kernel, try searching this board, it's full of those urpmi guides.

My wireless card is A-Link WL54PC PCMCIA card. But if you have a wireless adapter already installed in your laptop, don't buy a new one, just keep trying to get that one working.

Good Luck.

btw. in firefox 1.5, you dont need to manually extract the flash plugin, it will inform you that there is a missing plugin and need to be installed... but, you cant install firefox 1.5 on RPM, so you have to download it from firefox download page.. extract the tgz file.. move it to where you will be able to run it.. but really.. correct me if im wrong, but try to avoid browsing as root... :P

btw, you actually can install Firefox 1.5.0.3 as RPM. Check SeerOfSouls and RPM.pbone.net.

Second thing, I thought that Mandriva includes Flashplayer and Java RPMs only on those non-free cds. I mean Powerpack and Powerpack+. So they aren't downloadable from Easy-Urpmi mirrors. Correct me if I'm wrong.

And bilbo, ShockwavePlayer isn't available on Linux at all. Just wanted to mention so you don't start searching it. I've searched it without any results.

Murda, unless you've used other distros like Arch or slack, I suggest you're a little out of depth here. Take as a prime example networking. Under mandriva you've got some fancy wizard that works if it feels like it. Underneath that is a pile of distro relevant scripts that work as a frontend to iwconfig, ifconfig and to an extent wpa_supplicant. They arent the most human friendly things. Other distros have their own scripts, which are designed to be human friendly, and are often just the simplest layer over the base tools, so that you know exactly what is going on.

I have used Arch, but not slack. Arch is just a Linux distro too, there are no elements in it that make it a "advanced user distro". I just keep coming back to Mandriva because of urpmi. No need to fight for 2hrs with my comp to just install a single rpm. And that's what computers are all about. It's not very productive to use an OS (in a big company for example) that requires 1hr of configuration every time you start any application for the first time. That's why we have wizards to do this for us. To get our software to run.

I think the important point is some distro's set out to provide GUI tools to attract noobies and some provide screwed up tools to prevent noobies ever learning and changing distro.

If Fc allows you to use it as you like then that is not like suse or Mandriva which both spend time and effort deliberatly breaking the distro for non their-GUI config.

And.. You mean GUI tools are only for noobies? Advanced/experienced users prefer only CLI then? IMHO GUI tools are there to make your life easier. If they don't have the answer you're looking for, you have to go to the CLI side. Distros like SuSE and Mandriva have great GUI tools and the user can do pretty much via GUI. I think that it's only a good thing. Like always in Linux world, you can choose not to install these tools on both of these distros and do all configuration old-school way.

Of course :) But you *may* not know so much about what is really going on behind those graphical tools.

Yes, but in many cases, you don't even have to know about them. Or if you know about them, you don't need them.

But this conversation started from Linus Torvalds, who says that he uses FC5 on PPC. Why should he use any of those "advanced" (not noob) distributions when FC5 is able to provide the same environment and same tools as any other "advanced" distro. He's a pro in Linux, but it doesn't mean that he has to use some pro distro because of that. :P

http://www.thenetworkadministrator.com/Linus%20Torvalds.htm

 

Thought this was interesting too, he uses such the noob distro...... :huh:

Actually, there are no "noob distros" IMO. Linux is just Linux. If you feel too noobish with your current distro, uninstall all GUI elements from your distro and use the CLI (vi, lynx, pine etc). Linux is made to be an Operating System and using different distros (Gentoo, Slackware, Debian) doesn't mean that you're more intelligent than other people.

I use Mandriva because it's simple and easy to use for everyday web browsing, e-mail, RSS and other things. I don't need to install/set up Mandriva for 2days to get it to work the way I like. That doesn't mean that I don't know a single thing about computers.

Thank you i will look for that kind of files. Thanks to all of you for help me. If anyone knows a site where i could find some games and application in this format, please post a link.(if it is allowed to post link here). Thank you again.

Read my edited post above, you don't actually need any sites. You should also click the link "Easy-Urpmi" on the top of this page and follow the instructions, so you get some more programs and games that you can install.

If you really want one rpm site, http://rpm.pbone.net/ is the place to go. Remember to check only Mandriva 10.x if you use the search function.

You should really consider updating to Mandriva 2006, it's freely available for download from Mandriva website.

Well after ten years using windows, i know about compressed files and a little bit about MS-DOS and scripts,like php, if the terminal is like ms dos i think it would be easy to use, but wich ones are the commands?. If someone could tell me a few steps to compilate a game it would be more easy for me to start. I means, open the console, type this, hit enter,etc. and done. If someone one could expend a little time to explain it here, it will save my day.Thank you any way.

Hello.

If you have used MS-DOS earlier, you get used to Linux console. You can explore your system by going to places like /bin, /usr/bin. There are the executables for each program that is installed on your computer (yes, there are few more places, but you get started with these). You can run them by typing their name in the console. But as you are new to Linux environment, don't run programs from those places as root. You may do some serious damage to your system. Most of the programs have a small help, try typing this into the console (or CLI, if that's the one you want to call it):

lynx --help

Lynx is a text mode www browser. Please note, that you don't need to go to /usr/bin to use this program, you can use it anywhere from the system, even if you are in your home folder.

Next, try this:

lynx

It will open up that browser for you.

Oh, almost forgot to mention, but you can list the contents of a directory by using the ls command:

ls -la

This will give you some info about those files too. Try using ls too, with no other attributes and you see the difference.

Moving around in a Linux system is almost like moving in MS-DOS, just type

cd /home

and it will take you to the directory called /home.

I recommend you to explore the graphical side first and then move to the console side so you don't get frustrated. :P

There are lot of things you can do.

I have 10.01, version. I've installed 3 Cds and some packages. I learned to install them'. I installed a package that emulate windows (i just wanted to try some windows programs)but after installed i don't see any icon or shorcut that point to the emulator, i dont know how to find and start it. if it is an apllication that run in the background, i dont know how to run windos programs with it. I downloaded some 3D screensavers for linux but it seems i have to compilate them. Games and screensavers are in .tar .tgk format. I used winrar to open them.

Try searching packages that have .rpm in their name. Even better if you can find a package that says packagename.version.mdk.architecture.rpm. Those packages are meant to be installed in a Mandriva/Mandrake system.

.tar.gz, .tar.bz and .tar.bz2 files are mostly uncompiled software, and as new user, you shouldn't touch them.

If you see an interesting program that is in .tar format, try searching the Mandriva package database if that program can be installed from .rpm. You can do it like this:

urpmq packagename

If the package manager is able to find that application, just install it by using this command:

su root
<root_password>
urpmi packagename

Or use those graphical tools in Mandriva Control Center to do that.

Does the concept of unistalling programs if LINUX exist? How do I do it?

Hello.

Depends on what distribution you are using. If you are using Mandriva, this is the way to do it:

Let's say that I want to uninstall an application called "mandi", so I type this into the console:

su root
<root_pwd>
urpme mandi

and it will do everything for me.

You can also use the Mandriva Control Center (some people call it the MCC) to do it, open up your K -menu (if you are using KDE), go to "System" --> "Settings" --> "Configure your computer". It will ask the root password, supply it and then you get the Control Center. There is a tab called "Package Manager" or "Software Manager" (can't remember the exact one, using Finnish version of Mandriva now). You will find an icon which says "Uninstall packages". Easy way to do it.

Remember that every distro has it's own tools for installing and removing software, so you can't use either of these in Debian or Fedora Core, for example.

Good Luck.

I have exactly the same problem on my laptop. Mandi is the Interactive Firewall software, but it doesn't work anymore. I had some older version and it worked for a while, but now I'm getting the same error. Weird..

I installed a LAN card in my Mandriva machine and connected a lan cable from it to the presently unused Lan outlet in the Windows box. Both boxes have the same model mainboards, namely ASUS A7V600-X. I have tried to make sense of what I read about lan but find it totally confusing.

Maybe someone can walk me through.

1. Mandriva packages that need to be installed so I can check whether I have chosen the correct necessary ones.

2. What if any programs do I need for the Windowbox.

3. Is my setup realistic.

4. A walk through of making settings in both Windows and Mandriva ( Please, no shortcut geek language, just plain simple language. This is all new stuff to me and more than a tad confusing.)

Firstly, I didn't know that you could access internet via USB on speedtough, I thought it was only for console access. But if it works, good for you.

Secondly, there's no way you could make it work with a setup like this and be stable. Someone said that buy a switch/hub to connect them, that's the right way to do it. If you continue with this setup, it may lead to packet collision and lose some data that you are transferring.

Good luck though.

EDIT:

My solution: Remove the USB cable and use Linux box as a router or buy a switch/hub.

If I had your problem, I would uninstall Firefox and reinstall it. Also, you could try another version (like 1.5.0.2) to test if the problem is with the new version. You can get it easily from places like www.seerofsouls.com. Just download and install the rpm, not the whole hdlist.

Post here again if you have problems.

I've been waiting for some updates to be released to see if they get applied (looking for advisories on here). Once these are updated, I'll know for sure if it's working or not, because I'll manually run it, and see if updates get applied. If they don't, then I know it's working, but if they do, then I know it's not been doing anything at 4am in the morning.

You don't need to wait, just execute the script from /etc/cron.daily with ./secupdate.cron and you'll see if it works (it doesn't give any output there) and then check out the logfile at /var/log/urpmi.log. Mine says:

Sun May 7 04:08:11 2006 urpmi called with --auto --auto-select

Mon May 8 04:09:58 2006 urpmi called with --auto --auto-select

Tue May 9 04:14:03 2006 urpmi called with --auto --auto-select

Wed May 10 04:09:33 2006 urpmi called with --auto --auto-select

If you can see the same, you can be sure it's working.

Hello.

I just set up rkhunter to scan my computer every night and mail the output to me via e-mail.

The report says:

Line:

[ Warning! ]

-----------------------------------------------------------------

 

Found warnings:

[04:08:31] WARNING, found: /dev/.udevdb (directory)

 

-----------------------------------------------------------------

This isn't the full log, because it doesn't contain anything interesting (just daily update logs etc).

Has anyone seen this before? I thought that this .udevdb was one of those system files.

Logs get written to /var/log ;)

 

/usr is where most of the apps go.

Thanks for correcting me. I wrote that fast without reading what I wrote. :P