Re: Repost of: module problem: can't load tulip.o with linksys 10/100lnetx V4.1 card

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Adams
On Sun, 06 Aug 2000, Dances with Turtles wrote about, Repost of: module problem: can't load tulip.o with linksys 10/100lnetx V4.1 card: Well, I hope that I said everything that needs to be said. I'll repeat for the sake that it might help, that my system "was" working with the ISA

Re: installing sendmail

2000-08-07 Thread ksemat
Actually if you have fetchmail installed then you can write your own .fetchmailrc in your home directory. On Sat, 5 Aug 2000, Ray Olszewski wrote: Date: Sat, 05 Aug 2000 13:20:22 -0700 From: Ray Olszewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: davidturetsky [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject:

Re: [newbie] Linux resources online

2000-08-07 Thread cr
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, Renaud OLGIATI wrote: I remember working on a machine with 4 k memory; but this was a main-frame (IBM 1620) using vacum tubes; input and output by punched cards, and running Fortran II; Must have been in '68 or '69. This was the "obsolete" machine us students were

Re: ppp working [was:fetchmail/minicom]

2000-08-07 Thread davidturetsky
Wait a minute. I'm already logged in! Why should I be logging in again via fetchmail I will explore pullout out the LOGIN and PASS parameters from .fetchmailrc and see how msn responds then David Aug 6 21:39:55 debian fetchmail[914]: POP3 USER MSN/davidturetsky^M Aug 6 21:39:56 debian

Re: ppp working

2000-08-07 Thread davidturetsky
I'm even lazier, so I've just been using 'poff' Could fetchmail, etc be killing the pid when it aborts? Goodnight, Chet! David - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, August 06, 2000 10:54 PM Subject: Re: ppp working

Re: installing sendmail

2000-08-07 Thread davidturetsky
Yes, that is exactly what I did I've been doing this by hand since fetchmailconf assumes a graphical interface and I'm running from the command line David - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Ray Olszewski [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: davidturetsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL

Oh well, it seemed like a good idea...

2000-08-07 Thread David Turetsky
I commented out the 'login' and 'password' parameters in .fetchmailrc and the system halted asking me for each anyway Oh well, it seemed like a good idea at the time! But should I really be asked to log in twice? Once to get into the ISP, and again when I want to download mail? David - To

Re: fetchmail/minicom

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Spencer
Is it possible I have the same problem? I've just assumed that the ISP was busy, or something? Aug 7 05:13:19 localhost pppd[770]: pppd 2.3.7 started by rks, uid 500 Aug 7 05:13:20 localhost chat[772]: abort on (BUSY) Aug 7 05:13:20 localhost chat[772]: send (ATZ^M) Aug 7 05:13:20 localhost

Re: Oh well, it seemed like a good idea...

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Spencer
Yes. If you want email you connect to an email server, and if you want to surf the Internet, you must be on a LAN or connect via to one via your ISP, and you must do the latter to enjoy the former :-) And by the way, there's no reason to remain 'connected' to an email server; you're really just

Re: installing sendmail

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Spencer
Fetchmail is pretty straightforward, but here's a head start :-) # /home/*/.fetchmailrc defaults proto POP3 fetchall nokeep poll pop3.ISPserver.com user [EMAIL PROTECTED] is systemuser pass secret the first line offers options for one or more accounts; I actually check two accounts, but have

Two default routes?

2000-08-07 Thread Bogdan Taru
Hello everyone, Gotta question: I've got a machine which is connected to 2 ISPs. So, what can I do in order to use both of them? I've tryied two default gateways, but it always uses the last inserted. I've tryied to use 'routed', but something seems to be missing... Any suggestions?

low level format

2000-08-07 Thread Jona Villanueva
hello... just asking if there is a low level format utility in linux.i mean...out of the box...? -jona - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please read the FAQ at http://www.linux-learn.org/faqs

Re: installing sendmail

2000-08-07 Thread ksemat
So you have a file like poll isp.com protocol pop3 nodns localdomains yourhostname user username pass password to root * here On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, davidturetsky wrote: Date: Mon, 7 Aug 2000 04:25:26 -0700 From: davidturetsky [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: installing

imap mail client for KDE??

2000-08-07 Thread Andrew Sands
Hi, Any ideas, thoughts, web URLs for a 'preferably GUI "imap" mail client' that I can run under KDE(1) on RedHat 6.2. thanks Andrew ZL3TCK Christchurch, New Zealand - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe linux-newbie" in the body of a message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Please

Re: [newbie] Linux resources online

2000-08-07 Thread Joe S. Warren
If memory serves me, the 1620 was a decimal machine that didn't have an arithmetic unit, add and multiply was performed by trap routines using table look-up. My first binary machine was an IBM 7094 w/ 32K of 36-bit words, 4 256/512 bpi tape drives, a 300 card/minute card reader and a 300 lpm

Re: imap mail client for KDE??

2000-08-07 Thread Jim Reimer
How about Netscape? -jdr- Andrew Sands wrote: Hi, Any ideas, thoughts, web URLs for a 'preferably GUI "imap" mail client' that I can run under KDE(1) on RedHat 6.2. thanks Andrew ZL3TCK Christchurch, New Zealand - To unsubscribe from this list: send the line "unsubscribe

Re: installing sendmail

2000-08-07 Thread davidturetsky
Yes, pretty close. I flipped-flopped about dns/nodns (currently omitted both), and don't have 'to root'. In addition to what is shown below, I have pass Here is my latest setup (from fetchmail -v): This is fetchmail release 4.6.4 Linux debian 2.2.12 #2 Thu Aug 26 11:46:26 PDT 1999 i686

Re: installing sendmail

2000-08-07 Thread davidturetsky
Here are my settings: # .fetchmailrc David Turetsky 8.5.00 poll pop3.email.msn.com proto pop3 nodns user MSN/davidturetsky pass secret smtp smtp.email.msn.com keep I'm taking suggestions! David - Original Message - From: Richard Spencer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent:

Re: [newbie] Linux resources online

2000-08-07 Thread davidturetsky
Yes, the 1620 was a decimal machine. Word oriented. We started with machine language, then assembler, then the big move to Fortran II, then the huge 5mg hard drive which eliminated having to create object code on punched cards and resubmitting then to the linker/loader. I believe if you wanted

Re: ethernet not working

2000-08-07 Thread Chuck Gelm
Hi, Ray: Thanks. I'll bet I get a lot further this evening when I get home and try your suggestions. :-) A thought to the module programmers: I wonder why, if ne.o needs 8390.o, it doesn't just go do it its own self! Kernel install. I'm vague on that part because I'm vague on kernel

Re: ethernet not working

2000-08-07 Thread Chuck Gelm
Thanks, Lawson. For the meanings of those alias lines. :-) That is an example of what my favorite tagline refers to: Eschew Obfuscation, Espouse Elucidation! snip Ray has pointed out some other things you should heed. I think he got tired of pointing. Ray did an admirable task of reading

Re: ethernet not working

2000-08-07 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 11:35 AM 8/7/00 -0400, Chuck Gelm wrote: .. A thought to the module programmers: I wonder why, if ne.o needs 8390.o, it doesn't just go do it its own self! Modules don't know anything about installing other modules (if that's what you mean by "just go do it"). Many different NICs use the 8390

Re: ethernet not working

2000-08-07 Thread Chuck Gelm
Hi, Richard: Thanks for those tips. :-) Those two defines: CONFIG_MODVERSIONS CONFIG_FILTER were not in my *HOWTO* and may be new to kernel 2.2.x. :-| http://gelm.org/linuxcfg.doc is my HOWTO-IPMASQ for kernel 2.0.34 to 2.0.39. 2.0.3x is the only kernel that I have used successfully. I've

Re: fetchmail/minicom

2000-08-07 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 06:26 AM 8/7/00 +, Richard Spencer wrote: Is it possible I have the same problem? I've just assumed that the ISP was busy, or something? It's hard to tell from these logs, but I'd read them as saying your end tries to use PAP to authenticate itself and the ISP end doesn't like what you

Re: ethernet not working

2000-08-07 Thread Chuck Gelm
Hi, Ray: Thanks for the hints. :-) Yes, that is what I meant. Then following your suggestion: Do you mean that if I; /sbin/depmod -a /sbin/modprobe ne that 8390.o ne.o will be installed automagically? :-| I found the above by (web) searching for 'depmod' 'modprobe' in a document. I

Re: fetchmail/minicom

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Spencer
I've included a similar output; this time I succeeded to log on. And yes, I changed the password :-) Aug 7 13:43:11 localhost pppd[975]: pppd 2.3.7 started by rks, uid 500 Aug 7 13:43:12 localhost chat[977]: abort on (BUSY) Aug 7 13:43:12 localhost chat[977]: send (ATZ^M) Aug 7 13:43:12

RH 6.2 Install in a Win NT box

2000-08-07 Thread ed c semblantes
Hi everybody! I have a (new) PC running Win NT on 2 partitions (6 Mb and 2MB, respectively) and then I have some unpartitioned area after that (4 Mb). Can I install RH 6.2 directly on the unpartitioned area (get it formatted, etc.) or do I have to partition it first? Also, with respect to

Re: ppp working

2000-08-07 Thread davidturetsky
Makes a ppp connection check man pon poff seems to be the functional equivalent of KILL-blah-blah... They both appear to break the connection with an authentic click of the modem relay David - Original Message - From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: ethernet not working

2000-08-07 Thread Ray Olszewski
At 12:21 PM 8/7/00 -0400, Chuck Gelm wrote: Hi, Ray: Thanks for the hints. :-) Yes, that is what I meant. Then following your suggestion: Do you mean that if I; /sbin/depmod -a /sbin/modprobe ne that 8390.o ne.o will be installed automagically? Yes. Well ... it isn't *really* magic ...

Re: Two default routes?

2000-08-07 Thread Jos Lemmerling
On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Bogdan Taru wrote: Hello everyone, Gotta question: I've got a machine which is connected to 2 ISPs. So, what can I do in order to use both of them? I've tryied two default gateways, but it always uses the last inserted. I've tryied to use 'routed', but

Re: imap mail client for KDE??

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Adams
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, Andrew Sands wrote about, imap mail client for KDE??: Hi, Any ideas, thoughts, web URLs for a 'preferably GUI "imap" mail client' that I can run under KDE(1) on RedHat 6.2. Have you tryed KDE's "kmail". thanks Andrew ZL3TCK Christchurch, New Zealand 73's. --

Re: ethernet not working

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Adams
On Mon, 07 Aug 2000, Chuck Gelm wrote about, Re: ethernet not working: Hi, Richard: Hi Chuck. Thanks for those tips. :-) No problem. Those two defines: CONFIG_MODVERSIONS CONFIG_FILTER were not in my *HOWTO* and may be new to kernel 2.2.x. :-| The modversions, as far as i know was

pon

2000-08-07 Thread davidturetsky
The script for pon is: /usr/sbin/ppp call ${1:-provider} plog: tail $* /var/log/ppp.log poff: #!/bin/sh # $Id: poff,v 1.4 1998/05/26 14:46:08 phil Exp $ # Written by Phil Hands [EMAIL PROTECTED], distributed under the GNU GPL SIG=TERM DONE=stopped; getopts rdch FLAG case $FLAG

MUMPS Interpreter Error

2000-08-07 Thread Steven . Barrett
I've downloaded a MUMPS/VM interpreter from Dr. Kevin C. O'Kane's web site - http://www.cs.uni.edu/~okane/. When I try to execute the interpreter, I get the following error: mumps: error in loading shared libraries : undefined symbol: __libc_start_main Can someone point me to where I

sound card problem

2000-08-07 Thread ll
i got mandrake 7.1 helium and officially supported s3 sonicvibes sound card. it does work but makes hissing sounds and thats all, when i try to paly a mp3,or wav etc etc file. tried sndconfig already,no use. what do i do? and,how do i compile .c files on linux for use?

/sbin/lilo - segmentation fault

2000-08-07 Thread brownh
When I try to install an alternate version of lilo.conf into MBR, I get a segmentation fault. Here are the details: If root runs $ bin/lilo -v LILO version 2.1 reading boot sector for /dev/hda merging with /boot /boot.b Boot image: /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0 Added linux*

Re: ethernet not working (part 2)

2000-08-07 Thread Charles E. Gelm
On my old working kernel (2.2.13), boot messages were: ... Freeing unused kernel memory: 32k freed. INIT: version 2.76 booting. request_module[net-pf-1] fork failed, errno 11 NET4: Unix domain sockets 1.0 for Linux NET4.0 ... What does the "request_module[net-pf-1] fork failed, errno 11" mean?

Re: /sbin/lilo - segmentation fault

2000-08-07 Thread brownh
As you can see, lilo version 21 has no particular trouble with multiple images. Where did you get lilo version 2.1? I met lilo about 5 years ago at version 18. version 2.1 must have been before Werner Almesberger started working on it. I must say he has done a great job. Lawson

Re: broken C++ compiler

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Spencer
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [000807 23:56]: On Mon, 7 Aug 2000, Richard Spencer wrote: OK, I checked to see if I've got any flavor of libstdc++.so in /usr/lib and, not too hip with scripts yet, so I did: # ls -l /usr/lib |grep libstdc++ -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root

Re: kill gpm

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Spencer
* [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [000807 15:45]: Where does the external mouse plug in (and what kind of plug?) If it is a 6 pin DIN (round) plug my guess is that the mouse and the touchpad both use /dev/psaux, and the BIOS decides at bootup which one to use. I think you're right, I

Re: broken C++ compiler

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Spencer
OK, I checked to see if I've got any flavor of libstdc++.so in /usr/lib and, not too hip with scripts yet, so I did: # ls -l /usr/lib |grep libstdc++ -r-xr-xr-x 1 root root 424201 Mar 23 17:39 libstdc++-3-libc6.1-2-2.10.0.so lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 33 Apr 28 17:15

Re: kill gpm

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Spencer
OK, I tried this, but it didn't seem to work. First, I unplugged the Logitech Mouseman 4-button mouse from my Dell Latitude LM laptop, and the touchpad wouldn't give me a cursor/pointer, and then I tried gpm -k and gpm -m /dev/psaux -t ps2 but no joy. Then, I plugged it back in, and it

Re: broken C++ compiler

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Spencer
OK, I thought we had fixed this thing, but when I tried (as root) to install a console game black_jack-0.1.tar.gz I got the following: # ./configure loading cache ./config.cache checking for a BSD compatible install... /usr/bin/install -c checking whether build environment is sane... yes

Re: broken C++ compiler

2000-08-07 Thread Richard Spencer
Thanks tons! I didn't think to try the -U upgrade option. * [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [000807 05:10]: snip Which tarball is that? There are source tarballs and i386.bin tarballs. I suppose gcc-2.95.2.tar.gz would be the source, wouldn't it? The i386 binary tarball would be called