Re: Antwort: Max number of dasd devices

2002-10-15 Thread Rob van der Heij
At 11:06 14-10-02 +0100, Malcolm Beattie wrote: For the userland issue, I've often wondered why someone hasn't done a version of scsidev for z/Linux (presumably dasddev would be the obvious name). It would simply go look at all the DASD information available via /proc/dasd/devices,

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-15 Thread Vic Cross
Alan Cox wrote: People should be using at least 2.4.19 if they have untrusted local users Is there documentation somewhere that explains the changes to 2.4.19 that make it better for that purpose? Cheers, Vic Cross

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-15 Thread John Summerfield
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 15:04, you wrote: People should be using at least 2.4.19 if they have untrusted local users Is there documentation somewhere that explains the changes to 2.4.19 that make it better for that purpose? I _suppose_ it contains the fixes mentioned at

Re: ReBuild Kernel 2.4.7 with gcc-3.2

2002-10-15 Thread Rob van der Heij
At 15:21 15-10-02 +0800, John Summerfield wrote: Is there documentation somewhere that explains the changes to 2.4.19 that make it better for that purpose? The 2.4.18-5 kernel introduced some safety checks in the VM subsystem that were triggered when exiting an X session while using 3D

Re: Kintana

2002-10-15 Thread Dennis Hamrick
Kintana is a Project Management software package, with a very interactive 'Dashboard'. Dennis Hamrick KUB Post, Mark K mark.post@eds. To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] com cc: Sent by: Linux

Re: Content zone question

2002-10-15 Thread Vic Cross
On 15.10.2002 at 14:51:24, Herve Bonvin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip I have 2 OSA-E ports. One for the content zones and one for the intranet. Is it possible to share a port between the 2 content zones ? Direct communication is of course not permitted. I was not completely clear where the

Re: NO CONSOLE MSGS when IPLing an OFFLINDR-restored system

2002-10-15 Thread Dave Myers
In a message dated 10/15/2002 12:23:51 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I am making the (possibly incorrect) assumption that you have ensured that the LPAR has only necessary devices online, and in particular no 3174s or like (as per previous posts). Good luck, Vic

AW: Content zone question

2002-10-15 Thread Herve Bonvin
Vic, Thanks a lot for your answer. using linux firewalls on z/Series is not an option. Our security people have their own firewalls, networks, procedures ... and we must use them. If I can't turn off the direct connectivity, I will have to try something else. An option would be to buy an

Re: NO CONSOLE MSGS when IPLing an OFFLINDR-restored system

2002-10-15 Thread paultz
I am making the (possibly incorrect) assumption that you have ensured that the LPAR has only necessary devices online, and in particular no 3174s or like (as per previous posts). Good luck, Vic Cross hmmm..yes I do have other devices accessible to this lpar (like 3174s), but that's

RE : gcc make problem

2002-10-15 Thread Monteleone
Thanks a lot Gerard MONTELEONE Ingenieur Systeme Reseau ( 04.95.23.68.09 / 06.87.72.70.32 S.I.T.E.C zi du Vazzio 20090 AJACCIO Cedex -Message d'origine- De : Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] De la part de Ulrich Weigand Envoyé : lundi 14 octobre 2002

DB2 installation

2002-10-15 Thread Funda Karagoz
Hi All, I am trying to install DB2 7.1 on Suse Linux on S/390. I receive the following message Command to be executed: /bin/rpm -ivh /home/sdifkas/DB2/db2/db2conn71-7.1.0-40.s390.rpm Output log of the above command: db2conn71 unpacking of archive failed on file

Re: DIFF Utility for Binary Files?

2002-10-15 Thread Jeffrey C Barnard
I found the utility xdelta. Pretty cool. Allows you to compare 2 file and create a compressed delta file. The delta file has MD5SUMs of both files. The xdelta patch option will apply the delta file to create the new file. This should allow you to send only what changed in a file to a user

Re: Dasd partition disappeared

2002-10-15 Thread Loren Charnley, Jr.
Michael, Have you looked at the definition of the minidisk in the directory? If you have a VM label on the disk, it will be on cylinder 0. The minidisk should start on cylinder 1 or above or the VM label will be overwritten and the next time you IPL (reboot), LINUX will not be able to find the

Re: Kintana

2002-10-15 Thread David Boyes
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:21, you wrote: I've never even heard of it. What is it? I hadn't either, so I hied myself off to www.Kintana.org Looks like a neat hack that will suffer from the same problems as every other integrated package that we've seen -- garbage in, garbage out, and

Re: Kintana

2002-10-15 Thread Hall, Ken (ECSS)
Well, if nothing else, based on their web pages, it's totally buzzword compliant. -Original Message- From: David Boyes [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 11:34 AM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: [LINUX-390] Kintana On Tue, 15 Oct 2002 11:21, you wrote:

Re: Kintana

2002-10-15 Thread Michael Katz
And they have a really good name -Original Message- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On Behalf Of Hall, Ken (ECSS) Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 12:44 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Kintana Well, if nothing else, based on their web pages, it's totally buzzword

Re: DB2 installation

2002-10-15 Thread Post, Mark K
Funda, What output do you get from these commands? rpm --checksig /home/sdifkas/DB2/db2/db2conn71-7.1.0-40.s390.rpm rpm --checksig /home/sdifkas/DB2/db2/db2engn71-7.1.0-40.s390.rpm Mark Post -Original Message- From: Funda Karagoz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 15,

microcode Level for OS/390 Linux

2002-10-15 Thread Greg Evans
I have found out that our 9672 processor is actually a G4 class. Does anyone have any info on microcode levels for a G4? The only thing in the pre-install manual is pertinent to G4/G5 and the Multiprise 3000 series. - Forwarded by Greg Evans/MOIS/Phila on 10/15/02 01:10 PM - Greg

Re: Kintana

2002-10-15 Thread Ann Smith
Thanks to those who replied. I ended looking at the Archictecture and Scalability paper that I found on kintana.com. It looks like Kintana can use Apache webervers. LINUX/390 can provide these. It looks like it also uses Oracle databases but I'm hoping for the webservers. My boss will be back

Re: microcode Level for OS/390 Linux

2002-10-15 Thread Post, Mark K
http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvtype?LINUX-VM.30732 Mark Post -Original Message- From: Greg Evans [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Tuesday, October 15, 2002 1:08 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: microcode Level for OS/390 Linux I have found out that our 9672 processor is actually a G4

MVMRUG Meeting Reminder

2002-10-15 Thread Moore, Terry A.
Cross-posted to MVMRUG-L, VMESA-L, LINUX-390 Time is running short. If you are planning to attend the Midwest VM Regional User Group meeting in Cincinnati on October 25, and you haven't sent in your registration, don't put if off any longer. We do want to have enough chairs, tables, and food

IBM Java 1.3.1 Now Certified for Red Hat Linux for zSeries

2002-10-15 Thread Jim Rich
IBM has now certified their Java 1.3.1 SDK's and JRE's for Red Hat for zSeries: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/tested.html Clicking on that check mark takes you to the detailed requirements: http://www-106.ibm.com/developerworks/java/jdk/linux/zLinuxRHReadMeFirst.html We

Re: IBM Java 1.3.1 Now Certified for Red Hat Linux for zSeries

2002-10-15 Thread Phil Knirsch
Just for information: Unfortunately we have been experiencing problems with one of our colocation machines and haven't been able to push the errata for the kernel-2.4.9-38 yet. As soon as these machines are back online we'll proceed with the push and finish it. I'll post a followup here as

NO CONSOLE MSGS when IPLing an OFFLINDR-restored system - resolved

2002-10-15 Thread Dave Myers
Thanks to Paul, Vic Mark!! Using the MP3000 SE, I configured all unnecessary CHPIDs offline to the Linux LPAR... and I started getting IPL msgs!! Thanks much!!! Lesson learned...I will modify my IODF !! Dave In a message dated 10/15/2002 8:11:45 AM Mountain Daylight Time, [EMAIL

Re: Block Mode Terminal and Terminal Server Programs

2002-10-15 Thread Rengasamy, Samy
Hi Paul, Sorry for the long delay in replying to your query. I was out of the country for last 2 weeks and I just returned to work yesterday. I run a perl server program spawning child processes to run s3270 underneath the child process. Each child process caters to a Perl/TK client on the PC.

SVC's used by L/390

2002-10-15 Thread glen herrmannsfeldt
There is discussion on another list about the ability to run MVS software under L/390. This would seem to me to be similar to what CMS does when running MVS object or load modules. One requirement is to emulate the system SVC's. Two things are needed: that Linux doesn't use the required SVC's

Re: Antwort: Max number of dasd devices

2002-10-15 Thread Mark Perry
I've been trying to understand the headache that Jim mentions relating to the lack of devfs support in SuSE zinux. All that devfs buys you is the ability to refer to the device address rather than some drive letter in non-devfs, and the fact that drive letters get reallocated when device

Kernel errata and Java 1.3.1

2002-10-15 Thread paultz
I was asked today to install Java on my Linux 7.2 2.4.9-17 system. The first thing I saw on the list was Jim Rich's post on the IBM Java 1.3.1. Following his links, I noted that I would need IBM's 2.4.9-38 OCO RPM's along with the kernel errata. What is 'kernel errata', everything at

Re: IBM Java 1.3.1 Now Certified for Red Hat Linux for zSeries

2002-10-15 Thread Phil Knirsch
Just as i promised here the update: Our IS team has managed to get the machines and lines up and running again and the errata has now been completely released. All information about the errata can be looked up here: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2002-198.html Thank you for your patience

Re: SVC's used by L/390

2002-10-15 Thread Ulrich Weigand
Glen Herrmannsfeldt wrote: This would seem to me to be similar to what CMS does when running MVS object or load modules. One requirement is to emulate the system SVC's. Two things are needed: that Linux doesn't use the required SVC's (or can pretend not to), and that an interface is available

FW: Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at th e Numbers!

2002-10-15 Thread Post, Mark K
A co-worker sent this out. There's a lot of stuff in here that everyone's heard before, but it's a pretty broad article that covers a lot of territory. It should be good for giving to other people that aren't as up to date as most on this list. Mark Post -Original Message- Sent:

Re: Kernel errata and Java 1.3.1

2002-10-15 Thread paultz
Thanks, Phil. I guess I'll back it up and give it a try you make it sound easy! Thanks again, Paul === Hi Paul. To answer your questions: The rpm you will most likely need is this: kernel-2.4.9-38.s390.rpm and install is as

Re: FW: Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at th e Numbers!

2002-10-15 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine That's screwy. Mark, that decidedly important post of yours was flagged as junk mail by Outlook when it landed here. And I know that the address the list server uses isn't on it's list. On the really peculiar side, it does the same thing to the e-mail from a magazine

Re: FW: Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at th e Numbers!

2002-10-15 Thread John Summerfield
On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Post, Mark K wrote: A co-worker sent this out. There's a lot of stuff in here that everyone's heard before, but it's a pretty broad article that covers a lot of territory. It should be good for giving to other people that aren't as up to date as most on this list.

Re: Samba Quota function works well with SuSE ?

2002-10-15 Thread Michiyasu Takada
Thanks Alan and John. Actually I tested SLES7 with Samba 2.2.0 and Red Hat Linux for S/390 with Samba 2.2.1a-5 yesterday, but no problem occurred. The following description in the Samba web site might not be necessarily true http://us1.samba.org/samba/whatsnew/samba-2.2.5.html Quota

Free Software - triggers junk?

2002-10-15 Thread Henry Schaffer
Hello from Gregg C Levine That's screwy. Mark, that decidedly important post of yours was flagged as junk mail by Outlook when it landed here. ... I'm wondering if the phrase Free Software does it. - Hence this reply is a test of my guess. --henry schaffer P.S. If you are interested in this

Re: Free Software - triggers junk?

2002-10-15 Thread Gregg C Levine
Hello from Gregg C Levine Thanks Henry. One of our correspondents is stuck with a system who is just as illiterate, and the system had the extreme chutzpah to complain to me. I promptly told it off, exactly as it wanted to. I'll refrain from telling the group what I think of such junk. But fir

Movie Revolution OS About OSS and Linux

2002-10-15 Thread Jim Rich
Revolution OS is now showing on the Sundance Channel http://www.sundancechannel.com/ http://us.imdb.com/Title?0308808 http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/stores/detail/-/video/B5JL8M/customer-revie ws/002-1364630-1773634 Regards, Jim

Re: Free Software - triggers junk?

2002-10-15 Thread Mark Earnest
Interestingly, this post triggered the junk mail flag in Mac OSX's Mail client. Mark Earnest On Tuesday, October 15, 2002, at 06:38 PM, Henry Schaffer wrote: Hello from Gregg C Levine That's screwy. Mark, that decidedly important post of yours was flagged as junk mail by Outlook when it

Re: NSS-Support for Linux Kernel under VM

2002-10-15 Thread Rick Troth
Come on Rick. That isn't true with CMS either. Provided you save Well ... I admit, you got me there: CMS is locked in to 190, 19E, with a fondness for 191 and mild affinity for 19D and 192. the NSS early enough it will be before the kernel finds out the virtual machine size etc. If you

Re: Antwort: Max number of dasd devices

2002-10-15 Thread Romney White
World hunger comes to mind. Romney On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 05:21:43 +0800 John Summerfield said: On Tue, 15 Oct 2002, Mark Perry wrote: I've been trying to understand the headache that Jim mentions relating to the lack of devfs support in SuSE zinux. All that devfs buys you is the ability to

Re: FW: Why Open Source Software / Free Software (OSS/FS)? Look at th e Numbers!

2002-10-15 Thread John Summerfield
On Wed, 16 Oct 2002 06:27, you wrote: Hello from Gregg C Levine That's screwy. Mark, that decidedly important post of yours was flagged as junk mail by Outlook when it landed here. And I know that the address the list server uses isn't on it's list. On the really peculiar side, it does the