June 2001 - openSUSE Users - openSUSE Mailing Lists

Tribes2 ---- YES!!!!!
by Ben Rosenberg 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Well, I got Tribes2 today and I am very, very impress with Loki's latest game. After installing various Wintendo games over the last couple weeks..I can safely say this was the easiest game I have installed. After it put the loki updater and uninstaller onto the system..it then did the base install. When it finished with this it fired off the updater and updated my install to the newest patch level. This IS slick. If Loki could get more deals like this..and bring out games of this caliber EVERTIME..man..I'm sold. BTW..it doesn't come in a box...ehhehe...it comes in a DVD case. Save the trees and look cool too. The Windows games never come in anything but a crappy box..Q3A metal tin and no this. Rock! Regards, -- Ben Rosenberg mailto:ben@whack.org ----- If two men agree on everything, you can be sure that only one of them is doing the thinking.

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RE: [SLE] How to undelete files! Please help!
by Martin Mielke 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Surely you meant www.porcupine.org ... :-p [ snip ] > Check out www.porcupone.org/forensics/tct.html The Coroner's Toolkit > includes a tool called 'The Grave Robber' and 'unrm'. >

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Re: [SLE] nvidia drivers
by Wojciech Paszkowski 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Dnia Czw 31. Maj 2001 22:26, Wojciech Paszkowski napisał: > Dnia Czw 31. Maj 2001 09:48, napisałeś: > HI > IT's IT? > Wojtek > > > Hello everyone > > > > I'm installing my nvidia based videocard. I downloaded the 1.0-1251 > > drivers, but in the readme file I found this part: > > > > "This file describes how to install, configure, and use the NVIDIA > > Accelerated Linux Driver Set. Please refer to the following > > additional > > README files as appropriate: > > ALI_USERS_README - for problems with ALI chipsets > > TNT_USERS_README - for problems with TNT card with > > SGRAM/SDRAM > > LAPTOP_README - for instructions on how to set up your > > laptop system > > TWINVIEW_README - for instructions on how to set up > > TwinView > > TVOUT_README - for instructions on connecting a TV " > > > > As my card has a TV-OUT and supports TWINVIEW, I would like to set it > > up... > > Does anyone know the location of these files, I can't seem to find > > them on the Nvidia site... > > > > Thanks > > > > Guy > > > > > > > > > > -- > > To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > > Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the > > archives at http://lists.suse.com > > > > --- > > Bardzo wazne informacje o pracy bezplatnej sieci KKI. > > http://www.kki.pl/kki/kkinet/wylaczenia.htm > > --- ---------------------------------------- Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-2"; name="TWINVIEW_README" Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Description: ---------------------------------------- --- Co 2 sek. ZNIKA jedna wolna domena internetowa, a Ty masz juz swoja >>>>> Sprawdz To nic nie kosztuje! http://new.Domeny.com <<<<< ---

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Slightly OT - MySQL connect
by Peter D Bethke 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Hello all, I've been unable to connect to MySQL from a client on a remote system (both systems behind the firewall) using a username/pw set up locally using the GRANT ALL ON *.* TO user@% identified by "password" command. I know this is a bog security hole, but I'm just trying to connect from anywhere else but locally, which i can do. When trying to connect, I get the "host malacoda.local is not allowed to connect to this MySQL server". Malacoda.local being the remote system that is set up in the local hosts file. Is there any other place, port setting, etc. I need to configure to get this darned thing to work? Best, Peter Bethke

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RE: [SLE] Nice program to make tape backups & mirroring
by tabanna 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

On Fri, 01 Jun 2001, Keith Edmunds wrote: > kbackup is good, its a wrapper around tar/cpio (it's not part of KDE despite > the name). _________________ ~ i never managed to get kbackup to work with Ditto par-port tape-drive, the the australian, Yusuf Nagree's proggie <Taper> worked OK -- best wishes --- ____________ sent on Linux ____________

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Using Matrox G400 dual head under Linux ??
by Linux - User 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Does some one have installed the Matrox G400 Dual Head with Linux using the booth monitors ?

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Re: [SLE] [OT] More info about Windows XP's new Activation scheme
by Harold ! 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Where do I get my "I was running Linux BEFORE Windoze XP!" Bumper stickers and t-shirts? Ambrosius >From: Steven Hatfield <ashari(a)knightswood.net> >Reply-To: ashari(a)knightswood.net >To: wilson(a)claborn.net (Jonathan Wilson), suse-linux-e(a)ns2.suse.com >Subject: Re: [SLE] [OT] More info about Windows XP's new Activation scheme >Date: Fri, 25 May 2001 15:45:42 -0400 >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Received: from [202.58.118.3] by hotmail.com (3.2) with ESMTP id >MHotMailBCD801DA003A4004375FCA3A7603079F0; Fri May 25 12:47:39 2001 >Received: (qmail 28879 invoked by alias); 25 May 2001 19:45:50 -0000 >Received: (qmail 28769 invoked from network); 25 May 2001 19:45:48 -0000 >From suse-linux-e-return-58620-ambrosius1972 Fri May 25 12:48:31 2001 >Mailing-List: contact suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com; run by ezmlm >Precedence: bulk >X-No-Archive: yes >list-help: <mailto:suse-linux-e-help@lists.suse.com> >list-unsubscribe: <mailto:suse-linux-e-unsubscribe@lists.suse.com> >list-post: <mailto:suse-linux-e@suse.com> >X-Mailinglist: suse-linux-e >Delivered-To: mailing list suse-linux-e(a)lists.suse.com >Organization: Symphoni Interactive, LLC >X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.2] >References: <5.1.0.14.0.20010525144742.0277efe0(a)mail.claborn.net> >In-Reply-To: <5.1.0.14.0.20010525144742.0277efe0(a)mail.claborn.net> >Message-Id: <01052515454200.27468@lancelot> > > >Yes! This has been what I've been waiting for... a foolproof >copyright/activation system. The crackers will have a VERY hard time >breaking >this.. it's not simply a "here's the key" deal! > >Now, when people realize that they actually have to PAY for their OS, >they'll >start looking for "free" alternatives... I bet you that we will see a HUGE >insurgance of newbies maybe 1 year after WinXP comes out. > >Why one year? Because it'll be at that point that people start feeling >really >"left behind" by windows.. .Microsoft isn't going to release a lot of the >new >software that will work on anything other than WinXP.. so they'll feel very >left behind and they will be forced to either pay up or look somewhere >else. > >Mark my words -- look for a TON of new users between Oct 25, 2001 and Dec >31, >2002... a TON. > >Laters all, >Steven > >On Friday 25 May 2001 03:48 pm, Jonathan Wilson wrote: > > Sorry I don't have the URL this came from. > > > > >Windows Product Activation: More Details > > >In last month's Windows 2000 Magazine UPDATE Special Edition, I > > >explained what I knew about the new Windows Product Activation feature > > >built into Windows XP Professional, Windows XP Home Edition, and the > > >various flavors of Windows 2002 Server. (In case you missed the > > >fanfare--Microsoft has revealed the product name of what we've been > > >calling "Whistler Server"--Windows 2002 Server.) Many of you--hundreds > > >of you--responded with interesting and helpful insights. A particularly > > >interesting response came from one of the Microsoft folks working on > > >product activation, Allen Nieman. Nieman is a product manager in the > > >Licensing Technologies group. He was kind enough to spend about an hour > > >and a half with me on the phone to fill in more details about how > > >product activation works, and I can't thank him enough for his help. > > >Because I didn't have all of the information about the Windows > > >activation process last month, I had to speculate a bit, so this month > > >I'll pass along what he told me. > > >I'll begin with more specifics about what product activation does. When > > >you install a product that requires activation, it asks that you > > >activate it within 30 days (or that's what the final product will do; > > >it's 14 days in the beta). During the activation process, the OS > > >inventories your hardware and summarizes it as a single 50-digit >string. > > >The hash is, I'm told, a one-way function, meaning that although a > > >particular set of hardware will generate a particular set of digits, > > >reversing it isn't easy, so merely knowing the 50 digits about your > > >system wouldn't tell me what size and type of hard disk you owned. But > > >do you believe that's all that Microsoft is gathering? A capture of the > > >transaction shows that a very small amount of data going over the wire > > >to Microsoft, so it doesn't look as if Bill is uploading your > > >portfolio. > > >Additionally, you can choose to activate your OS by calling Microsoft > > >and reading the 50-digit number to a carbon-based life form (rather >than > > >sending it to a silicon-based server). The recipient will then read a > > >42-digit number to you, which you key in to complete your activation. > > >Unfortunately, that's a one-time-only 42-digit value; should you need >to > > >reinstall the OS on that system, you must call Microsoft to get another > > >code. > > >As I explained last month, a Microsoft server then stores your 50-digit > > >code and your product key in a database. If someone tries to activate a > > >different machine using your product key, the database will see that > > >someone's tried to install the same copy of the OS on two different > > >machines and will refuse to authorize the activation. Additionally, > > >every time you boot that system, the system recomputes the 50-digit > > >value and, if it's too different from the one used to activate the > > >system in the first place, the OS will demand that you once more >connect > > >to the Internet to reactivate your copy. Small hardware changes won't > > >require reactivation. If, however, you lend your neighbor your Windows > > >XP CD-ROM and product key and he installs it on his system and tries to > > >activate it, the Microsoft server will see a radically different set of > > >hardware trying to activate an already activated copy of Windows XP, >and > > >will tell your neighbor's system not to activate itself. > > >But how much hardware difference is "too much"? Nieman wouldn't say > > >because (1) Microsoft hasn't finished Windows XP yet, so anything he'd > > >say might change, and (2) he didn't want to make life easier for > > >pirates. A reasonable answer, but I argued that a determined bunch of > > >people with a closet full of hardware and a day or two to play around > > >could (and would) soon figure that out, so why not just release the > > >information anyway? He demurred, but told me to stay tuned, because > > >Microsoft might publish that information come shipping time anyway. > > >But what about when I buy a new machine, FDISK the old one, and put my > > >copy of Windows XP on it--won't Microsoft refuse to activate Windows XP > > >on that new system, thinking that I'm already running it on my old > > >system? No, Nieman said--Microsoft will trust you and approve >activating > > >Windows XP on the new system, deactivating it on the old. > > >Rampant piracy among American small businesses and home users motivates > > >the whole approach, according to Nieman. Microsoft believes that on the > > >average, those folks use four copies of a given piece of software but > > >pay for only one. (The company reckons the ratio outside of the United > > >States to be even higher.) Microsoft acquired those numbers from the > > >Business Software Alliance (BSA--see the URL listed at the end of the > > >column), an organization that finds and fines software pirates. I've > > >never seen the methodology that led the BSA to those numbers (which >have > > >been floating around for some time), and I personally don't believe > > >them. That 75 percent of the small office/home office (SOHO) software >is > > >pirated seems a bit farfetched and, I think, insulting. And if >Microsoft > > >truly believes that its home users--you know, the evening and weekend > > >versions of the people who use its commercial products by day--are > > >stealing 75 percent of the Microsoft products they use, that degree of > > >piracy would be pretty important news to Microsoft's stockholders, > > >wouldn't you think? "Here at Microsoft, we have great products, but > > >before you invest, you really ought to know that three out of four > > >people who use our products don't actually pay for them." Shouldn't >that > > >information be in the company's annual report or Securities and >Exchange > > >Commission (SEC) filings? > > >Actually, beyond what you or I think, it's a matter of law: If >Microsoft > > >believes in those piracy figures, the company must disclose that > > >information in its SEC filings. But other than one vague reference to > > >piracy in its 10-K filing for 2000, Microsoft is silent about >piracy--no > > >numbers, percentages, or damages to the bottom line are cited. > > >No, I'm not suggesting that Microsoft's in violation of investment > > >regulations for not writing "The Prospectus of Penzance"--because I > > >believe that the four-to-one ratio is no more than an exaggeration that > > >provides a convenient bit of self-justification for some industry > > >pundits. But we are talking legal issues here. After all, I pay for all > > >of my software because the law tells me to, not necessarily because I > > >want to. And if the irritation of activation will become part of my >life > > >because of a wave of piracy of that supposed magnitude, surely >Microsoft > > >should alert its investors to that piracy, by law. > > >And thinking about finances led to another question: What happens if > > >Microsoft goes out of business? No one could activate copies of Windows > > >XP. If Microsoft disappeared, so would your ability to use its software > > >during the inevitable reinstalls. And no, I don't think Microsoft is > > >going belly-up any time soon (unless it keeps up this product >activation > > >stuff), but Nieman said that he hoped that this product-activation > > >approach would turn out to be an effective way to protect software > > >companies of all kinds, including many not as sturdy as Microsoft. I'd > > >hate to think that if Intuit disappeared, all of a sudden I wouldn't be > > >able to get to my checkbook or portfolio information! > > >Despite the many other things to consider, I'm about out of space. I > > >don't want to sign off, however, without answering a frequent reader > > >question generated by last month's column. I explained last month that > > >product activation wouldn't apply to those using Open, Select, or > > >Enterprise copies, but many of you disagreed, telling me that your >Open, > > >Select, or Enterprise Beta 2 copies require it. According to Microsoft, > > >that's an issue with the beta only. Nieman said that the final copies >of > > >Windows XP and Windows Server 2002 won't require activation--so >scripts, > > >Ghost, Remote Installation Services (RIS), and the other rollout tools > > >that we know and love will work without a hitch in Windows NT's latest > > >incarnation. And when asked whether Windows XP would target SOHOs as a > > >preparatory step to visiting the activation process on bigger customers > > >next time, Nieman STRONGLY maintained that Microsoft had no intention >of > > >doing that. The company feels that it has the piracy issues pretty much > > >under control in large organizations. > > >I repeat in closing that I fully agree that Microsoft has a right to > > >defend its copyrighted works; and I hope that the company will continue > > >to do so. But placing a burden of annoyance on its existing customers > > >seems unreasonable, particularly when the only reason that Microsoft >can > > >impose product activation is its pre-eminence in the market. As I said > > >last month, could Microsoft have made such a move when Windows 3.1 came > > >out? Sure. But we'd have all bought OS/2 instead. And that's the point: > > >when you've got competition, then you can do a lot of things that you > > >CAN'T--or at least shouldn't--do once you're a monopoly. > > >http://www.bsa.org > > >Mark Minasi > > >Senior Contributing Editor, Windows 2000 Magazine > > >help(a)minasi.com > > > > ---------------------------------------------------- > > Jonathan Wilson > > System Administrator > > > > Cedar Creek Software http://www.cedarcreeksoftware.com > > Central Texas IT http://www.centraltexasit.com > >-- >To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com >For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com >Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the >archives at http://lists.suse.com > _________________________________________________________________ Get your FREE download of MSN Explorer at http://explorer.msn.com

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Unreal Tournament Permission Problem???
by Gerry Doris 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

I am trying to run the game Unreal Tournament as a regular user but am having problems. I can run successfully as root though. When I try and run as a regular user I get the following error messages in the startup xterm: <snip> Initializing Glide... gd error (glide): Permission denied Couldn't change I/O priveledge level. <snip> Where would I go to fix this???? Gerry

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Enabling Joystick????
by Gerry Doris 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

I want to enable the joystick that's connected to my sound card. In /var/log/messages I see a kernel message that my sound card is recognized as an es1370 (sound works) but the next line says "es1370: features: joystick off, line in, mic impedance 0". The es1370 is compiled inline not as a module. The joystick driver doc's say that I have to enable the joystick via the sound card and I can't find any way to do this!!! Gerry

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Kernel update
by Eric Schoneveld 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Hi Folks ! I was thinking about upgrading my standard 2.4.0 kernel from Suse 7.1 to 2.4.5. I was wondering though, should I retrieve the source from ftp.kernel.org, or should I use the kernel from the Suse ftp site (people/mantel if I am not mistaken). How different is the 'suse kernel' from the ftp.kernel.org kernel ? Thanx ! Eric -- Bob Dylan Starting Point - http://bobdylan.playhear.com Cd Review - http://www.schoneveld.com/cdreview

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Power saving: BIOS settings vs. KDE settings
by Paul Abrahams 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

KDE has a section in its Control Center for setting various power-saving options. My BIOS also has a collection of options, the main one of which offers the alternatives Enabled / Disabled / UserDefined. There are also options for setting the hard disk shutdown time, etc., which can either be a specific time interval or Disabled. It's clear enough how to set the options in the Control Center, but what's not clear is how to set the ones in the BIOS so that the ones in the Control Center work as advertised. Paul

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Nvidia updates?
by Greek Geek 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

HI all, having just purchased a Asus Nvidia card, I was not head over heels to hear of the many woe's connected with them, hereabouts. But, the old Matrox, was showing its age. I notice, upon checking the SuSE FTP date/time stamps, for "XFree86-4.0.3-SuSE/suse71," they read "Thu May 31 14:00:00 2001" My question is (while down loading 'em), do the errors found applly after updating the XFree bits, as per the online installation guide? *BFN* Greek Geek :-) If Beethoven's Seventh Symphony is not by some means abridged, it will soon fall into disuse. -- Philip Hale, Boston music critic, 1837

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Great news!
by Matthew 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

The Linux desktop is far from dead! Creatures Docking Station is currently in beta test, for screen shots from the Win version go here: http://ds.creatures.net/gallery.pl I have taken a couple of screen shots already in png format for whoever wants them, let me know. For those who do not know, this game is about AL, Artificial Life and Digital DNA. You breed and raise a group of little animals and watch for varience. Check out the link :-). Matt

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Fwd: Re: [SLE] nvidia drivers
by Wojciech Paszkowski 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

---------- Przekazana wiadomość ---------- Subject: Re: [SLE] nvidia drivers Date: Thu, 31 May 2001 22:26:34 +0200 From: Wojciech Paszkowski <wpaszko(a)kki.net.pl> To: Guy Van Sanden <sienix(a)crosswinds.net> Sorry some was wrong in past message? Dnia Czw 31. Maj 2001 09:48, napisałeś: HI IT's IT? Wojtek > Hello everyone > > I'm installing my nvidia based videocard. I downloaded the 1.0-1251 > drivers, but in the readme file I found this part: > > "This file describes how to install, configure, and use the NVIDIA > Accelerated Linux Driver Set. Please refer to the following > additional > README files as appropriate: > ALI_USERS_README - for problems with ALI chipsets > TNT_USERS_README - for problems with TNT card with > SGRAM/SDRAM > LAPTOP_README - for instructions on how to set up your > laptop system > TWINVIEW_README - for instructions on how to set up > TwinView > TVOUT_README - for instructions on connecting a TV " > > As my card has a TV-OUT and supports TWINVIEW, I would like to set it > up... > Does anyone know the location of these files, I can't seem to find > them on the Nvidia site... > > Thanks > > Guy > > > > > -- > To unsubscribe send e-mail to suse-linux-e-unsubscribe(a)suse.com > For additional commands send e-mail to suse-linux-e-help(a)suse.com > Also check the FAQ at http://www.suse.com/support/faq and the > archives at http://lists.suse.com > > --- > Bardzo wazne informacje o pracy bezplatnej sieci KKI. > http://www.kki.pl/kki/kkinet/wylaczenia.htm > --- -------------------------------------------------------

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Linux Blue Screen of Death
by CHAN Kin Poon 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Greetings, I wonder if anyone experienced this. I'm using SuSE 7.1 and Kmail to download emails from my ISP. If I have approx 300 or more emails Kmail will crash out after downloading all the emails. What is left is the Linux blue screen of death! I've to press CTRL+ALT+Backspace keys to get back to the KDE login screen. The happens with RedHat 7.2 and Mandrake 8.0 too. Any help here is greatly appreciated. Tks in adv.

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RE: [SLE] Athlon Processor - Checking the temp under Linux
by Sinan S 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Hi Paul, Goto this link http://www.icrontic.com/faq/index.php3? theme=4&level=2&document_id_select=3 In the left part of the page, select "17. Unix" then "17.2". I havennt checked the program yet since I just found out about it today. Note I pasted the single link into two lines! Sinan __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail - only $35 a year! http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: [SLE] creating rpm packages
by Andrei Verovski 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

>Hello List Members, > >Maybe you can help me. I've started compiling source codes, but I don't know >how to create rpm-packages. I'd prefer to do a 'rpm -i package.rpm' instead >of 'make install' because searching for files and stuff (which file belongs >to which package) is much easier with rpm-database. But some sources aren't >available as srpm and so I don't have the spec-file. I've tried things like >installing suse-rpms replace the source code (and modify the spec-file) >then 'rpm -bb packet.spec'. What I don't know is could this cause problems >(by now it seemed to have worked with xntp). But there're still some >packages that aren't included as srpm source on SuSE CDs how can I rpm them? 1) Install corresponding source RPM, ususally named package-name.spm, or package-name.src.rpm 2) make /usr/src/packages/spec current dir. 3) run rpm -ba spec-file-name 4) if everything will be OK, your rpm will be located in packages/your-cpu-arch directory. with best regards Andrei Verovski http://homepage.mac.com/macgurutemple/

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Re: [SLE] Hard disk performance / hdparm placement
by Alexandr Malusek 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Mark Hounschell <markh(a)compro.net> writes: > "Mark W. Knecht" wrote: > > > > Hello, > > On other Linux distributions I've used hdparm successfully to increase > > hard disk speed: > > > > hdparm -u 1 -d 1 /dev/hda > > If your are using SuSE 7.1 (which comforms to the LSB) then > /etc/init.d/boot.local > would be the place. I don't disagree, but despite of that I think the following should be discussed: The problem with hdparm in /etc/init.d/boot.local or /etc/init.d/rc5.d/S01idedma (the YaST2 way) is that the setting "using_dma" is done after sometimes longlasting fsck. I tested putting "hdparm -d 1 /dev/hda" in the beginning of /etc/init.d/boot on my home computer with a slow disk. The total fsck time on 7 and 5 GB partitions was reduced from 2:55 to 2:14 (23%). It wasn't much, but I expect bigger difference on my computer at work (faster disks, 90 GB). Is there any reason why hdparm is run after fsck during the booting process? (Especially when hdparm settings have been proven to be safe.) -- Alexandr.Malusek(a)imv.liu.se

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creating rpm packages
by Thomas Washeim 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Hello List Members, Maybe you can help me. I've started compiling source codes, but I don't know how to create rpm-packages. I'd prefer to do a 'rpm -i package.rpm' instead of 'make install' because searching for files and stuff (which file belongs to which package) is much easier with rpm-database. But some sources aren't available as srpm and so I don't have the spec-file. I've tried things like installing suse-rpms replace the source code (and modify the spec-file) then 'rpm -bb packet.spec'. What I don't know is could this cause problems (by now it seemed to have worked with xntp). But there're still some packages that aren't included as srpm source on SuSE CDs how can I rpm them? Any ideas (think I can take quick 'n' dirty answers) Thanks in advance -- ___ __ / \ / . | (__ o \_/\_/ \__|| ___) | Machen Sie Ihr Hobby zu Geld bei unserem Partner 1&1! http://profiseller.de/info/index.php3?ac=OM.PS.PS003K00596T0409a -- GMX - Die Kommunikationsplattform im Internet. http://www.gmx.net

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Pine questions: advanced use
by Martin Mielke 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Dear all, quick and painless: a) how do I configure Pine to retrieve email via POP3 from my ISP? b) is it possible to configure it as M$ Exchange client too?? Thanx, Martin

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sendmail and postfix
by Guy Van Sanden 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Hello I'm trying to make a mail-setup for my home network. I was thinking about using postfix, because many claim it's better, and, more important, more secure than sendmail (I don't know if it's true). But I have some difficulties setting both of them up, posfix is completely dead in the water (was like that out of the box), sendmail can deliver local mail. What I want to do is the following: Clients in the network (Win9x and Linux) <--> firewall with sendmail or postfix running <--> internet static IP eth0, DHCP address from ISP - eth1, static IP I have one mailbox with my provider, it's something like guy123(a)isp.com, they have a POP3 and SMTP server: mail-in(a)isp.com and mail-out(a)isp.com The SMTP server of my ISP filters relaying, and access to other external SMTP's is blocked. Ditto for external connections to all my ports below 1023. What I want to do is the following, we have a number of mail address we use at home (like extra flashmail addresses, etc.) I want to set all clients up to send mail via my SMTP server, which sends it further to my ISP, but preserving the original FROM and REPLY-TO fields of the message. And for a number of addresses, I want to receive them on my server and have them delivered to local spools. I got the sending part working once with these parameters (in sendmail) # "Smart" relay host (may be null) DSsmtp:mail-out.pandora.be # who I masquerade as (null for no masquerading) (see also $=M) DMpandora.be It works, but if I send a mail: FROM guy.van.sanden(a)isp.com, it arrives as FROM: gvs(a)isp.com (gvs is my local userid.), and you can't reply to that because the address belongs to someone else. I would also like to send mail like FROM: me(a)flashmail.com or something... At this moment, all my clients are configured to use mail-out(a)isp.com to send mail, but the from header can be whatever I fill in. Can this be done? Thanks for any help! Guy

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Re: [SLE] Win4Lin vs VMware
by Patriiiiiiiiiick 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

At 07:51 30/05/01 -1100, Internet Niue wrote: >Howdy, > >I'm using VMware, and it's the most amazing thing I've seen since I first saw >a mouse demonstrated in the 70's. It totally blew me away. > >Windows 98, 2000 and NT all run better on VMware over linux than they do in a >real computer. It's fantastic. But it's expensive. Something like $400 I >think. I'm still in the trial mode with it, and it's been flawless for three >weeks....I will have to make a decision in a week or so as the 30 days will >be up. > >On the down side, I tried to install the Vmware Express which is the cheapo >version that will only do w95 and 98, and it's about $79 or something. The >scripts were puking on install and I tried to get support from VMware and >never heard back from them and eventually gave up. > >But for sure the full blown version is killer. > >If you could point me to Win4Lin, I would like to try it just to compare. Very easy: www.win4lin.com. It will forward you to www.netraverse.com. Please keep me informed of the result! Patrick > > Win4Lin too... Errrrr... while I was writing this, I thought about an >-- >Regards, >Richard Saint Clair, >Co-Founder Technical Manager >Internet Users Society Niue >Chairman, Pacific Island Chapter ISOC >-------------------------------------------- >stclair(a)niue.nu www.niue.nu >Voice (68 3) 1157 Fax (68 3) 4237 >Internet Service Provider, Niue Island >-------------------------------------------- >ISP/C, ISOC, APIA, NCOC, ISOCNZ, PICISOC >-------------------------------------------- >No computers were harmed in the making of this message.

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Alphabet soup.
by Geoff Bagley 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

As a newbie I am kept very busy adding to my Linux vocabulary. There are hundreds of filenames, program names, scriptwords, abbreviations, codewords, commands, utilities etc., most of them unintelligible, and many of them copies of one another. Can anyone point me to a comprehensive dictionary of Linux/Unix words that is not peculiar to any one distro ? Best regards. -- Geoff Bagley G3FHL

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root HELP
by A_Johnson-SuseML-e 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Hello, It's the new guy again, first I have to admit I can use Linux like a man who can drive a car but gets into a tank...so it's all in theory, I jus don't know where all the switches and pedals are yet...no what that is out of the way and I have notified everyone that I don't know jack I might get a reply that I can comprehend :) Okay I've (well I think I have) secured my Linux box...with SuSE harden, a few FAQs on disabling services, changing permissions and general stuff....now I want to create a user that has ROOT ablites with out the ROOT name. Sounds Easy, I thought it was but NOPE, none of them work entirely right, kind of like a co-worker of mine ;p Anyway that's my issue. Thanks from A NEWBIE, Aaron, L. Johnson

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kernel compilation and suse kernel
by Oyku Gencay 01 Jun '01

01 Jun '01

Hi, I'm new to SuSE Linux and I'm (actually was) a long time RedHat user. Something very weird is happening. I've succesfully installed Suse sometime ago and I currently need a new module and decided to compile a new kernel. What I did was to be sure that I have installed package called lx_sus24 and compile the kernel cd /usr/src/linux make menuconfig (just select the additional package and leave others as they are) make dep make clean make modules make bzImage make modules_install rename vmlinuz add an entry to lilo.conf and run lilo. When I boot the computer with the new kernel, I got an error saying that a module for the ethernet already exists and is newer. My ethernets do not work as you have guessed, and the kernel module I've decided to install has nothing to do with networking at all When I boot the computer with the old kernel, everything is ok. Question 1: What am I missing? Question 2: What difference there exists in compiling kernel in Suse? Thanks in advance Oyku Gencay

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