[techtalk] Mandrake install problems

2001-04-30 Thread A Kozic
Well, Madrake certainly is easy to install... You just sit there watching it auto-configure everything, and hope that it works. So what happens when it doesn't? Do I dare venture my newbie ass into "expert" install? I guess I'll have to. Here's the deal: I picked up the Mandrake 7.2 retail box

Re: [techtalk] Re: Write down while you are modifying the system... (was: [techtalk] New here)

2001-04-30 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 12:42:30PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > Recently discovered tagging 'good' versions so I can try things out, although > > most people considering branches my private work a tiny bit obsessive. > > Why should you treat your private work with any less respect than > y

Re: [techtalk] Re: Write down while you are modifying the system... (was: [techtalk] New here)

2001-04-30 Thread jenn
Mary Gardiner wrote: > 2) I don't share my private work with others much, so I don't need to revision > track so carefully. Nah.. but CVS acts as a bloody useful backup as well. :) Jenn V. -- "Do you ever wonder if there's a whole section of geek culture you miss out on by

Re: [techtalk] Re: Write down while you are modifying the system... (was: [techtalk] New here)

2001-04-30 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 08:02:16PM +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Mary Gardiner wrote: > > > > 2) I don't share my private work with others much, so I don't need to revision > > track so carefully. > > Nah.. but CVS acts as a bloody useful backup as well. :) Yeah. btw can anyone give me a

Re: [techtalk] Re: Write down while you are modifying the system... (was: [techtalk] New here)

2001-04-30 Thread Laurel Fan
Excerpts from linuxchix: 30-Apr-101 Re: [techtalk] Re: Write do.. by Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED] > X outside project (say an open source project) has a cvs tree. I > want to be able to import their CVS tree, whilst at the same time > maintaining my own tree, probably minor, of changes, and resyncing >

Re: [techtalk] Mandrake install problems

2001-04-30 Thread Mandi
XFree86-4 has a new configuration script, Xconfigurator Try running that. Which package of Mandrake did you get? I stumbled across a "Desktop" version and absolutely hated it; I installed a full version of mdk 8 a week later. If you got the desktop version, it probably wants to go into X when

RE: [techtalk] Mandrake install problems

2001-04-30 Thread Davida Schiff
Title: RE: [techtalk] Mandrake install problems Avery, http://www.wam.umd.edu/~zben/Linux/fuji200.html HTH, Davida -Original Message- From: A Kozic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 12:10 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: [techtalk] Mandrake install proble

Re: [techtalk] Mandrake install problems

2001-04-30 Thread A Kozic
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Mandi wrote: > XFree86-4 has a new configuration script, Xconfigurator > > Try running that. Damn. I should have know that. I used that with Red Hat. That runs, but I can't seem to give it a configuration that works. I still get the black screen. > Which package of Mandra

[techtalk] More problems... and questions about the BSDs

2001-04-30 Thread Michelle Murrain
I hope you guys don't get sick of my questions... I have run into a wierd problem - on this box, I'm running debian woody. All of a sudden (no, it probably went along with an apt-get update, apt-get upgrade) sendmail is unable to read or rebuild the aliases database. I get the following error

[techtalk] oops, forgot the questions about BSDs

2001-04-30 Thread Michelle Murrain
I'm interested in learning more about the BSDs - I wondered if anyone had an opinion about what the best of the BSDs is, in terms of hardware and software compatibility and security. I am beginning to explore Darwin (the BSD behind Mac OS X) since I have just installed OS X on a laptop. But I

Re: [techtalk] More problems...

2001-04-30 Thread James Sutherland
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Michelle Murrain wrote: > I hope you guys don't get sick of my questions... Hey, that's what the list's for! > I have run into a wierd problem - on this box, I'm running debian woody. All > of a sudden (no, it probably went along with an apt-get update, apt-get > upgrade) s

Re: [techtalk] More problems... and questions about the BSDs

2001-04-30 Thread Aaron Malone
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:13:15PM -0400, Michelle Murrain wrote: > So, I'm stuck. I can't rebuild the database, or even open it. I'm not sure > exactly what broke it - a new version of something in woody? > > Any solutions? Workarounds, etc.? I've only got about 2 days before mail > starts to

Re: [techtalk] oops, forgot the questions about BSDs

2001-04-30 Thread Aaron Malone
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 02:18:50PM -0400, Michelle Murrain wrote: > I'm interested in learning more about the BSDs - I wondered if anyone had an > opinion about what the best of the BSDs is, in terms of hardware and software > compatibility and security. I am beginning to explore Darwin (the BSD

Re: [techtalk] More problems...

2001-04-30 Thread Michelle Murrain
On Monday 30 April 2001 02:28 pm, James Sutherland wrote: > On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Michelle Murrain wrote: > > I hope you guys don't get sick of my questions... > > Hey, that's what the list's for! > > > I have run into a wierd problem - on this box, I'm running debian woody. > > All of a sudden (no

[techtalk] MS Frontpage Extensions?

2001-04-30 Thread Kath
How secure actually is Microsoft FP Extensions?  I had my co-admin install it on the server so it is easier for him or others to update via Frontpage 2000, but I'm worried about the security ramifications.  I mean, I don't want to end up on attrition.org with a picture of someones grandma r

Re: [techtalk] More problems...

2001-04-30 Thread James Sutherland
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Michelle Murrain wrote: > Wish it were simply a permissions issue. All of the files in /etc/mail are > there, and thier permissions haven't changed (they are all owned by root, and > chmod 744) > > It's a much wierder problem. I think that it has to do with somehow, the > sys

Re: [techtalk] Re: Write down while you are modifying the system... (was: [techtalk] New here)

2001-04-30 Thread Mary Gardiner
On Mon, Apr 30, 2001 at 11:10:42AM -0400, Laurel Fan wrote: > Excerpts from linuxchix: 30-Apr-101 Re: [techtalk] Re: Write do.. by > Mary [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > X outside project (say an open source project) has a cvs tree. I > > want to be able to import their CVS tree, whilst at the same time >

Re: [techtalk] Re: Write down while you are modifying the system... (was: [techtalk] New here)

2001-04-30 Thread jenn
Mary Gardiner wrote: > btw can anyone give me a run down on this situation: > > X outside project (say an open source project) has a cvs tree. I want to be able > to import their CVS tree, whilst at the same time maintaining my own tree, probably > minor, of changes, and resyncing every so ofte

RE: [techtalk] MS Frontpage Extensions?

2001-04-30 Thread Angela Nash
Very insecure.  Just go look at any security site and do a search for FrontPage Extensions.  I won't let them on any server that I expose to the outside world.   Jason -Original Message-From: Kath [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]Sent: Monday, April 30, 2001 4:05 PMTo: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: [techtalk] Mandrake install problems

2001-04-30 Thread A Kozic
On Mon, 30 Apr 2001, Kriselda Jarnsaxa wrote: > I'm > not familiar with the Mandrake 7.2 configuration/setup sequence, but it > sounds a LOT like the "Recommended" mode on Mandrake 8. I've found that > using the "Expert" setting gives me a LOT more control, and it still offers > warnings if you'r