Re: frequent hangs, mysteriously continued by gdb

2003-10-22 Thread gregory mott
On Tue, 2003-10-21 at 20:28, Justin Banks wrote: gregory mott wrote hello redhatters, i'm getting frequent hangs recently.. but get this.. i attach to the process with gdb, then just quit gdb, and it unhangs! what the..? happens in evolution(1.4.4), galeon(1.2.7), gthumb

RE: connecting linux to internet

2003-10-22 Thread gregory mott
On Sat, 2003-09-27 at 03:09, Buck wrote: Try disabling the iptables temporarily. I had that problem on Knology. Once disabled, it worked. I will figure out why later when I have something worth protecting. I am afraid if someone wants to steal Linux they would be better to download the

frequent hangs, mysteriously continued by gdb

2003-10-21 Thread gregory mott
hello redhatters, i'm getting frequent hangs recently.. but get this.. i attach to the process with gdb, then just quit gdb, and it unhangs! what the..? happens in evolution(1.4.4), galeon(1.2.7), gthumb, (and likely others) in either kde or gnome, under redhat 9, all up2date. before 2-4

hangs in evolution, galeon, gthumb

2003-10-04 Thread gregory mott
hello redhatters, seems recently i'm experiencing frequent hangs in evolution, galeon, and gthumb (under rh9/kde). i'm suspicious it's something they all use, like maybe gconf? i always launch evolution first, so that it launches gconf2 before anything else launches gconf1, this used to keep

Re: increase timeout for fetchmail socket error (exitcode=2)?

2003-09-10 Thread gregory mott
On Fri, 2003-09-05 at 23:46, Sean Estabrooks wrote: On 05 Sep 2003 12:32:15 +0100 gregory mott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi redhatters, fetchmail has a parameter for timeout, but apparently that parameter doesn't affect whatever timeout results in exitcode=2, socket error. i bet

Re: increase timeout for fetchmail socket error (exitcode=2)?

2003-09-07 Thread gregory mott
wrote: On 05 Sep 2003 12:32:15 +0100 gregory mott [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: hi redhatters, fetchmail has a parameter for timeout, but apparently that parameter doesn't affect whatever timeout results in exitcode=2, socket error. i bet the relevant timeout is in the kernel

increase timeout for fetchmail socket error (exitcode=2)?

2003-09-05 Thread gregory mott
hi redhatters, fetchmail has a parameter for timeout, but apparently that parameter doesn't affect whatever timeout results in exitcode=2, socket error. i bet the relevant timeout is in the kernel, not fetchmail? this is happening alot when our dialup is busy with other things, like rsync, or

usb port busy, any way to recover?

2003-08-14 Thread gregory mott
hello redhatters, seems both my usb modem, and my usb printer, are incapable of any error recovery? i dunno whether to point the finger at my box's usb hardware, the kernel (2.4.20-18.9), or drivers? two of our phones have dsl filters, the 3rd doesn't. if anyone lifts that 3rd phone, my dsl

Re: fax detection even after human answers?

2003-08-14 Thread gregory mott
On Sat, 2003-08-09 at 18:59, Hal Burgiss wrote: On Sat, Aug 09, 2003 at 06:57:44PM +0100, gregory mott wrote: does a fax product (modem or machine) exist that can detect a fax call even when a human has already answered the call first, without requiring anyone to press any buttons? if so

Re: fax detection even after human answers?

2003-08-14 Thread gregory mott
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 09:41, Edward Dekkers wrote: gregory mott wrote: but.. what happens when the human answers first? does anything exist that can still tell it's a fax without requiring the human to run and press a button? Well, my customers use it, I don't, but think of the scenario

fax detection even after human answers?

2003-08-14 Thread gregory mott
hello redhatters, does a fax product (modem or machine) exist that can detect a fax call even when a human has already answered the call first, without requiring anyone to press any buttons? if so, what product(s)? if not, what fax software exists that makes it very easy to activate it when an

Re: fax detection even after human answers?

2003-08-14 Thread gregory mott
On Mon, 2003-08-11 at 02:22, Edward Dekkers wrote: I have plenty of customers using this set-up under Windows. If the person does not answer the call after X rings, the software takes over but.. what happens when the human answers first? does anything exist that can still tell it's a fax

RE: POP3 Retrieval

2003-07-29 Thread gregory mott
On Tue, 2003-07-29 at 19:22, Devon Harding - GTHLA wrote: From: Gerry Doris [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], Tue July 29, 2003 2:20 PM From: Devon Harding - GTHLA, Tue July 29, 2003 1:34 PM Besides Fetchmail, what other OpenSource POP3 retrieval software are out there. Any that work with

backup mac server from linux?

2003-07-22 Thread gregory mott
hello redhatters, is there a reasonable way to backup a mac server from linux? or am i betteroff to just get netatalk and originate the copy from the mac? tia, greg -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: Red Hat 9 Time format

2003-07-14 Thread gregory mott
On Mon, 2003-07-14 at 12:04, AJ wrote: Actually, I attempted to change the format to 12-hour in X, and it displays the time properly in 12 hour format in the Window Manager, however when I use command line utils, such as uptime and even date, the time is still in 24 hour format. How can I

Re: .forward ok .cc?

2003-07-12 Thread gregory mott
On Fri, 2003-07-11 at 17:59, Larry Brown wrote: I am aware of the .forward file forwarding mail from one user to another, is there any way to set up a file to cause sendmail to copy another user with the emails? /etc/aliases or /etc/mail/aliases -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe

Re: changing default locale

2003-07-12 Thread gregory mott
On Tue, 2003-07-08 at 07:10, Joo Borsoi Soares wrote: I just want to change my default LANG environment environment from pt_BR.UTF-8 to just pt_BR. I've tried changing /etc/sysconfig/i18n and it worked for the text mode terminals, but it didn't work out on X. you need to put your setting in

Re: Dumb questions about Red Hat support/upgrade paths etc.

2003-07-12 Thread gregory mott
On Sat, 2003-07-12 at 06:55, Lee Flier wrote: If it is in fact different, I also see that one can download the ISO images for 9.0 from RHN... however if I do that, and install 9.0 as an upgrade, will I then have access to the RH9 channel on RHN? Will RHN know that I have upgraded and will my

Re: Help, please- Evolution Questions

2003-07-12 Thread gregory mott
On Thu, 2003-07-10 at 15:13, dch wrote: 1. Does anyone have 1.4 working RELIABLY with KDE? When I had it installed it would crash frequently. when i first installed 1.4 it crashed due to gconfd-1 still running, tho of course the reason was not immediately apparent. there are many other crashes

Re: newbie in RH

2003-07-07 Thread gregory mott
On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 13:03, Robert P. J. Day wrote: On 4 Jul 2003, David Eduardo Gomez Noguera wrote: On Fri, 2003-07-04 at 04:30, snort bsd wrote: under solaris /etc/rcX.d, files start with S will be loaded automatically whne the system starts. so if i don't want some daemons start,

Re: Install IE5.5 or IE6 on RH9?

2003-07-06 Thread gregory mott
On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 15:20, Peter Peltonen wrote: Most easiest way is to buy VMware and install Windows on it. Then you have IE and all other MS thingies you need. On Wed, 2003-07-02 at 18:24, Nick Wilson wrote: Thanks Peter, out of my price range so I'll go try the codeweaver one. Cheers...

Re: Best way to get evolution 1.4 ?

2003-06-30 Thread gregory mott
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 22:13, Bill Anderson wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 06:11, Stphane Jourdan wrote: On Tue, 2003-06-24 at 12:07, Manuel Arstegui Ramirez wrote: Why don't you want to use the Ximian Installer? I had bad experiences on many clients when upgrading a distro with Ximian

RE: Cron/Fetchmail mail

2003-06-30 Thread gregory mott
On Mon, 2003-06-30 at 12:02, Cowles, Steve wrote: From: Edward Dekkers Sent: Monday, June 30, 2003 4:41 AM I have put in a crontab: */30* * * * /usr/bin/fetchmail /dev/null This works great unless there are errors, then they are mailed to the

Re: problem with upgrade

2003-06-29 Thread gregory mott
On Mon, 30 Jun 2003 00:44:38 +0930, Guy Markey wrote: I've just upgraded from redhat 7.2 to redhat 9. It seems to have created a problem with the c++ libs. A project I am writing (in c++) now wont link. It compiled and linked fine before the upgrade but now I just get about 500 lines

Re: graphical interface stopped working :)

2003-06-29 Thread gregory mott
On Sun, 2003-06-29 at 17:48, Michael Schwendt wrote: On Sun, 29 Jun 2003 11:49:52 +0300, samah Ibrahim wrote: I'm using redhat 8.0 since sometime , and on a boring day it occured to me to change some graphical configuration options , something that has to do with the language , and it

Re: sendmail/earthlink conflict?

2003-06-28 Thread gregory mott
i got the answer at [EMAIL PROTECTED] .. On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 10:13, gregory mott wrote: seems something subtle has gone awry with sendmail. i'm getting: 550 relaying to [EMAIL PROTECTED] prohibited by administrator (failed to find host name from IP address) On Fri, 2003-06-20 at 06:07

Re: Daylight savings time problem

2003-06-28 Thread gregory mott
On Mon, 2003-06-23 at 13:36, Ed Wilts wrote: On Mon, Jun 23, 2003 at 09:08:59AM -0300, Shaw, Marco wrote: 2.) Examine /etc/sysconfig/clock Mine reads: ZONE=America/New_York UTC=true ARC=false I would change the ZONE to EST5EDT for the Eastern time zone. Use the traditional time

Re: VPN solutions?

2003-06-28 Thread gregory mott
i'm keeping several customers happy with ultravnc/putty. On Wed, 2003-06-11 at 09:37, Bill Dossett wrote: Hi, www.freeswan.org if you need to interop with the widest variety of other products. I currently have linux freeswan to windows xp, 2000 and cisco routers. Both windows gateways and

sort iso14651 bug

2003-06-28 Thread gregory mott
it seems sort is suffering from some subtle bug. i am wondering, is it just my machine, is it a redhat problem, or is it actually a gnu bug? for example, en_IN seems to produce proper results, but en_AU fails to handle some special characters properly. but both of these locales use the same

color settings?

2003-06-27 Thread gregory mott
hi, when i run vim on a plain virtual terminal, on a vt inside screen, or under konsole, i get three different color schemes. i'd like to learn where each of these color schemes is set originally, and as a separate question, how to change them. who can tell me any of these? tia, greg

sendmail/earthlink conflict?

2003-06-19 Thread gregory mott
seems something subtle has gone awry with sendmail. i'm getting: 550 relaying to [EMAIL PROTECTED] prohibited by administrator (failed to find host name from IP address) mail goes out fine to everybody else. it's only this earthlink recipient that barfs. and it may or not be relevant here

Re: How do I change from gdm to kdm (not gnome to kde)

2003-06-19 Thread gregory mott
the following setting in /etc/sysconfig/desktop will run kdm: DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: sendmail/earthlink conflict?

2003-06-19 Thread gregory mott
On Thu, 2003-06-19 at 18:26, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: OK, there are two things that I dont understand. I dont understand how the same mc file works on 8.0 and not on 9.0 indeed that is the focus of my question (works on 7.3, i skipped 8). and you SAY that you are relaying thru

Re: How do I change display manager from gdm to kdm?

2003-06-13 Thread gregory mott
did rh remove the erstwhile displaymanager switching gui? i don't see it in rh9. anyway who cares just put DISPLAYMANAGER=KDE (or GNOME or XDM) into /etc/sysconfig/desktop -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

findsmb deprecated?

2003-06-12 Thread gregory mott
where did findsmb go? was it deprecated? is there something better replacing it? seems it was missing in rh7.2 and 7.3 but the doc was still there, both gone in rh9. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] https://www.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

does anybody actually download iso's?

2003-06-05 Thread gregory mott
is it all a ruse? can rh9 not be installed from anything other than cd? hey, i've got adsl now. so why not download the iso's, right? it gets exactly as far as 10240 bytes, then craps out, that's why. no matter if i use rsync or gFTP (from an up2date'd rh7.3 box). i tried redhat and two

redhat-config-xfree86 bogus?

2003-06-05 Thread gregory mott
hi listfolk, any guesses for me what might actually be amiss? rh73 X window drives my sis 6326 nicely. rh9 won't? we're talking 2 year old hardware here. i get: init: Id x respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes XFree86.setup.log says:

Fatal server error:could not open default font 'fixed'?

2003-06-03 Thread gregory mott
hi, can anyone tell me the magic needed to make the rh9 X server happy? i installed rh9, and mostly it comes up and hums happily (server type stuff, eg kernel, network, adsl, named, dhcp...) but X won't go. X still works great under rh7.3. i notice Xconfigurator is gone in rh9. i tried

Fatal server error:could not open default font 'fixed'?

2003-06-02 Thread gregory mott
hi, i installed rh9, and much of it comes up and hums happily (server type stuff, eg kernel, network, adsl, named, dhcp...) but X won't go. X still works great under rh7.3. i notice Xconfigurator is gone. i tried redhat-config-xfree86, got: * ddcprobe returned bogus values: ID:

hack in progress from babble-on.systems.:ircd

2003-04-05 Thread gregory mott
well la ti da, i've joined the esteemed company of those who have been hacked. and according to netstat, a connection to babble-on.systems.:ircd is still active. i'm curious if there's any point in trying to find the other end of this connection, and how to do that, or is it pointless? a web

better diff?

2003-04-03 Thread gregory mott
is there a better version of (something like) diff out there somewhere that's more capable of noticing the same lines in a new ordering (closer say to the capability of norton file compare)? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]

prevent clear text passwords?

2003-03-31 Thread gregory mott
i'm looking for how to prevent users from submitting clear text passwords, and i'm stumbling.. closing port 110 might force pop clients to use port 995, but i've read that tls is preferred over ssl, and tls uses port 110? i've also got openwebmail set up, and i tried tweaking httpd.conf so that

rsync, leave files compressed?

2003-03-31 Thread gregory mott
i have just discovered rsync (thanks to a redhat-list poster for pointing it out) and it is very good.. actually it is half of what i've been wanting.. the other half is (an option) to compress (preferably bzip2) each file on transmission (iff that results in a reduction in size) and store it

outgoing ASMTP?

2003-03-21 Thread gregory mott
how do i send outgoing mail using SMTP AUTH? and no, not just from an interactive client, but from programs, eg a script that mails me the new ip address the machine has connected at. in my perusals of sendmail and postfix docs i only found mention of incoming or relaying ASMTP, but not how to

Re: rewrite From: address (for verizon)?

2003-03-15 Thread gregory mott
On Thu, 2003-03-13 at 14:36, William Warren wrote: On Thu, Mar 13, 2003 at 09:13:26AM +, gregory mott wrote: anyway, i got outgoing smtp working through verizon, turns out the From: doesn't matter, what was needed was define(`SMART_HOST',`smtp.verizon.net') MASQUERADE_AS

Re: rewrite From: address (for verizon)?

2003-03-13 Thread gregory mott
On Wed, 2003-03-12 at 22:27, William Warren wrote: On Wed, Mar 12, 2003 at 02:28:47PM +, gregory mott wrote: it appears verizon won't send out mail unless From: contains [EMAIL PROTECTED] so i gather if [EMAIL PROTECTED] wants to send mail, it has to be translated somehow. [snip

rewrite From: address (for verizon)?

2003-03-12 Thread gregory mott
it appears verizon won't send out mail unless From: contains [EMAIL PROTECTED] so i gather if [EMAIL PROTECTED] wants to send mail, it has to be translated somehow. i've been using sendmail up to now, although i've been wondering about switching to postfix, as part of a plan to dump uw-imap.

only owner (and root) can change attributes?

2003-01-15 Thread gregory mott
if i understand correctly, only the owner, and root, can change attributes of a file? thus, even though group members may be given permissions to write, and delete, a file, they cannot change attributes, without the workaround of copying and replacing the file? does samba provide any facility,

only owner (and root) can change attributes?

2003-01-15 Thread gregory mott
if i understand correctly, only the owner, and root, can change attributes of a file? thus, even though group members may be given permissions to write, and delete, a file, they cannot change attributes, without the workaround of copying and replacing the file? and do i understand correctly that

pdf viewer with text search?

2002-12-14 Thread gregory mott
is there no pdf viewer with text search? seems to be missing from ghostview and kghostview (rh7.3). i even downloaded Acrobat 5.0.6 Reader with Search and was surprised that Edit-Find.. does nothing. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe

Re: launching additional X sessions?

2002-12-11 Thread gregory mott
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:28, ABrady wrote: On 09 Dec 2002 15:38:41, gregory mott wrote: how do i allow non-root users to launch an additional X session in a virtual terminal? (rh7.3) root can do it like so: xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 but if any other user tries, she gets

Re: launching additional X sessions?

2002-12-11 Thread gregory mott
On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 17:07, Bret Hughes wrote: On Wed, 2002-12-11 at 04:13, gregory mott wrote: On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:28, ABrady wrote: On 09 Dec 2002 15:38:41, gregory mott wrote: how do i allow non-root users to launch an additional X session in a virtual terminal? (rh7.3

Re: launching additional X sessions?

2002-12-10 Thread gregory mott
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:28, ABrady wrote: On 09 Dec 2002 15:38:41, gregory mott wrote: how do i allow non-root users to launch an additional X session in a virtual terminal? (rh7.3) root can do it like so: xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 but if any other user tries, she gets

Re: launching additional X sessions?

2002-12-10 Thread gregory mott
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:28, ABrady wrote: On 09 Dec 2002 15:38:41, gregory mott wrote: how do i allow non-root users to launch an additional X session in a virtual terminal? (rh7.3) root can do it like so: xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 but if any other user tries, she gets

Re: launching additional X sessions?

2002-12-10 Thread gregory mott
On Mon, 2002-12-09 at 16:28, ABrady wrote: On 09 Dec 2002 15:38:41, gregory mott wrote: how do i allow non-root users to launch an additional X session in a virtual terminal? (rh7.3) root can do it like so: xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 but if any other user tries, she gets

launching additional X sessions?

2002-12-09 Thread gregory mott
how do i allow non-root users to launch an additional X session in a virtual terminal? (rh7.3) root can do it like so: xinit /usr/bin/gnome-session -- :1 but if any other user tries, she gets: Fatal server error: PAM authentication failed, cannot start X server. Perhaps you do not have

startkde3?

2002-12-09 Thread gregory mott
pre kde3 i was able to launch kde like so: xinit $KDEDIR/bin/startkde -- :1 what's the new trick for starting, without gdm or kdm? (rh7.3) -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: VPN question!!!!

2002-12-07 Thread gregory mott
cipe. no kernel monkeying. comes with redhat distro. for windoze get http://cipe-win32.sourceforge.net/CIPE-Win32-2.0-pre15.zip the only gotcha i hit was the need to manually start the DKW (cipe) adapter via the win2k services control panel. write me directly if questions, i don't watch the

iptables messages off console?

2002-11-12 Thread gregory mott
is there a way to get iptables log messages in syslog without messing up the console? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: need help with ~/.bash_profile

2002-11-02 Thread gregory mott
the shipped redhat(7.x) arrangement of bashrc's profile's is confusing and incorrectly documented. i evolved to this solution: discard /etc/skel/.bash_profile before creating any users replace /etc/profile and /etc/bashrc i leave /etc/skel/.bashrc in place. it contains merely an invocation of

Re: Default Route Not Sticking

2002-11-01 Thread gregory mott
on my redhat box, the gateway is specified in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0: DEVICE=eth0 ONBOOT=yes BOOTPROTO=static NETMASK=255.255.255.0 NETWORK=192.168.0.0 BROADCAST=192.168.0.255 IPADDR=192.168.0.2 GATEWAY=192.168.0.1 On Thu, 2002-10-31 at 18:02, Xander D Harkness

suggestions for easy backup?

2002-10-31 Thread gregory mott
can anyone tell me the backup program i want? i want to includeexclude filesdirectories by clicking checkboxes. then, i want to be able to further edit the selections in a text editor. then, i want to pass the selected files to whatever archiver i want. for the archive, afio/bzip2 would be

NT domain name?

2002-10-30 Thread gregory mott
is there a way to get samba to tell me what NT domain name(s) is/are in use on my lan, and if any domain master browser(s) already exist? (cipe says a domain master browser must be configured, samba says domain master browser cannot be samba if workgroup=NTdomain) -- redhat-list mailing list

vpn masq builtin to kernels yet?

2002-10-28 Thread gregory mott
is vpn masq builtin to any kernels yet, or must one still follow the instructions in the VPN-Masquerade-HOWTO-2? -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:redhat-list-request;redhat.com?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

vpn redhat win2k? ssh? poptop?

2002-10-27 Thread gregory mott
how do we vpn a home win2k laptop through the office redhat firewall? one of the guys in the office is due to have a baby, and wants (try to) to work from home. specifically he wants to reach our snap server from his win2k laptop via our redhat firewall/gateway. i expected this to be a cinch

Re: install via pcmcia nic w/o cd or floppy?

2002-10-15 Thread gregory mott
. The bootnet.img gives you all three options, for installation. On 14 Oct 2002, gregory mott wrote: what do i need to prepare on my working (hence server) box to enable an install onto an old laptop with no cd or floppy? i can put arbitrary stuff onto it's hard disk via the net

install via pcmcia nic w/o cd or floppy?

2002-10-15 Thread gregory mott
i want to put an old laptop to use, but it has neither a working cd nor floppy. it works fine via the pcmcia nic. the crux of the problem is getting the installer to install via that pcmcia nic, with no floppy by which to load the pcmcia drivers. it would seem in principle i should be able to

install via pcmcia nic w/o cd or floppy?

2002-10-14 Thread gregory mott
what do i need to prepare on my working (hence server) box to enable an install onto an old laptop with no cd or floppy? i can put arbitrary stuff onto it's hard disk via the net with windoze. it looks like the tricky part is getting the pcmcia nic going by means other than a driver floppy.

is there a utility to report irq and i/o allocations?

2002-10-10 Thread gregory mott
what utilities exist to survey the irq and i/o resources as linux has allocated them to all my various devices? i have just installed a third ethernet card, and redhat 7.3, and am wondering if that ethernet card is conflicting with anything. could it be a mere coincidence that during bootup i

hp ljet series ii not in printconf?

2002-08-21 Thread gregory mott
i've got a 'hp laserjet series ii' here. works great from winNT. but i was surprised not to find it as a choice in printconf. loads of other laserjets, but not the series ii. so i tried choosing series iii, but that didn't work. the test page came out rather amusing. @PJL ENTER LANGUAGE=PCL

good personal finance app for multiple currencies?

2002-06-21 Thread gregory mott
gnucash can handle multiple currencies, a definite plus, but is still a tad clunky about it. anybody know a personal finance app that does better? ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

what's best for an old laptop?

2002-06-21 Thread gregory mott
16mb is not much these days. many might mutter that the dump is best. no way i'm gonna leave it with lose95. but, what would y'all suggest? RH7.1+ insists on 40+ mb. i can probably get around it by installing on something else, cooking up a slim kernel, and then copying over the disk

pppd won't hangup due to unsolicited packets

2002-05-24 Thread gregory mott
the pppd 'demand' feature won't go idle if there's unsolicited traffic. the unwanted packets are being properly dropped by iptables. but the pppd connection won't hangup. a simple solution might be for pppd to ignore incoming traffic for the purpose of deciding if the connection is idle? is

diald vs wvdial?

2002-05-05 Thread gregory mott
i'm curious that diald seems missing from redhat7.2. on first glance to the diald howto, it seems to have features desirable above wvdial. are there problems with diald? ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

diald vs wvdial? ++

2002-05-05 Thread gregory mott
are there problems with diald? i'm looking because pppd is giving me problems: earthlink seems to send a broadcast packet every 30 seconds, so, as a result, pppd never hangs up unless i set the idle timer way down under 30 seconds. i'm curious that diald seems missing from redhat7.2. on first

pppd won't hangup! (was diald vs wvdial)

2002-05-05 Thread gregory mott
woof! i guess they all use pppd! wvdial, kppp, diald.. looks like i'm barking up the wrong tree.. where do i turn if pppd is the problem? specifically, pppd never hangs up, because earthlink is sending some broadcast packet every 30 seconds. 29 second idle timer setting is too short. what

Re: Not SQL but Update daemon problem !!

2002-05-03 Thread gregory mott
Brian Ashe wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: When my laptop with RH7.2 has finishing starting, the laptop keeps doing something according to the sound I hear in the laptop. After a top cmd I saw that the update daemon is causing all this. But my question is: why does it runs when there is nothing

Re: Getting VNC to work.

2002-05-03 Thread gregory mott
on my machines, i get in with ssh, and startup vnc by typing either vk (for KDE) or vg (for gnome). first, i disabled: chkconfig --del vncserver in my ~/.vnc/xstartup i have: ( xrdb $HOME/.Xresources $wm )/var/log/xx/vx$DISPLAY (i never look in the log, but it's there if i want to)

monitor disc/net i/o per process?

2002-05-01 Thread gregory mott
does anyone know of an app useful for monitoring disc and/or network i/o per process? basically i'd like something just like top, but that can show (putting the most recent at the top of the list, of course) how long it's been since each process did some disk i/o, or did some network i/o, etc.

win2k laptop won't connect to redhat7.2

2002-04-30 Thread gregory mott
a customer has a win2k laptop (compaq 1700-365 or something like that) that connected just fine to redhat7.1, but after we upgraded them to 7.2, it complains network cable unplugged. of course, compaq just drones we don't support linux. i found a microsoft support page that tells how to edit

Re: permissions and vfat

2002-04-30 Thread gregory mott
check mount(8), i believe you will find a way to specify what user owns all the vfat partition files at mount time. the ownership and permissions you expect are not available inside vfat.. Caleb Chaplin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi everyone, Please excuse me if this has been asked plenty

pppd won't go idle

2002-04-29 Thread gregory mott
pppd won't ever hangup, unless i set the idle timer under 30 seconds, because earthlink is sending some broadcast packet every 30 seconds. i want to set the idle timer more like 5 minutes. how can i tell pppd to ignore those packets? or will a different dialer program do better? here's those

Re: run files not as root?

2002-04-28 Thread gregory mott
see: su(1) setuid(2) Greg Conway wrote: Hi all, I am wondering if it is possible to run a file as a specific user rather than root... surely this is possible? I am running Inflex, which is called following the arrival of every Email, as root. From within Inflex, I wish to load

sover.net wedges pppd/ssh

2002-04-26 Thread gregory mott
take 2 redhat7.2 boxen, attach one to sover.net, the other to earthlink.net, call to the sover.net box via ssh, get a prompt, do as many ls commands as you want (not much output), but do one ls -la command, and it wedges. it always wedges. but only sometimes, the sover.net-attached box will

Re: .forward?

2002-04-25 Thread gregory mott
/etc/aliases might be a tad easier for this. just put exactly what you put in your .forward file, into an alias instead. con: requires root. Mike Burger wrote: What you're doing wrong is that you're using the .forward file. In this case, you really want to make use of procmail. Greg Conway

sover.net wedges pppd/ssh

2002-04-25 Thread gregory mott
take 2 redhat7.2 boxen, attach one to sover.net, the other to earthlink.net, call to the sover.net box via ssh, get a prompt, do as many ls commands as you want (not much output), but do one ls -la command, and it wedges. it always wedges. but only sometimes, the sover.net-attached box will

Re: Sendmail loooooong pause on boot

2002-04-25 Thread gregory mott
iirc (no guarantee here), sendmail spends a long time timing out if any of your network interface addresses do not properly reverse-resolve to names. i had the problem and found the solution after pouring through /usr/share/doc/sendmail-whatever. in your case if you put your name in /etc/hosts,

Re: Fw: i am connnected, but...

2002-04-25 Thread gregory mott
On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 22:20, mike wrote: On Thu, 2002-03-28 at 18:43, Hytham Shehab wrote: i am connected to the net, but i cann't ping, i cann't navigate, i cann't do anything, but the net graph show that i am connected, what is happening? no dns servers set up - check that your isps

Too many open files in system!!

2002-04-11 Thread gregory mott
gack! well i'm both proud and disappointed to say this is the first time redhat 7.2 has TOTALLY LOCKED up on me. Too many open files in system was the response to any command, including ps or reboot! how would i gather more information if/when this happens to me again? i really hate having

kdm/gdm energy conserve setting?

2002-03-22 Thread gregory mott
anyone know offhand the trick to make kdm (or gdm) shut off the monitor when not in use? ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: ls case sensitivity

2002-03-18 Thread gregory mott
it case insensitive, tho it does keep the .leadingdot files separate. looks like i can't have both? gregory mott tel 978-386-9986, icq 5856302 i pledge allegiance to the earth and all that lives upon her and the delicate balance in which it all stands one planet alive with spirit in full harmony

Re: General outline of a home mailserver setup

2002-03-18 Thread gregory mott
(+sendmailmasq+)dnl FEATURE(masquerade_envelope)dnl gregory mott tel 978-386-9986, icq 5856302 i pledge allegiance to the earth and all that lives upon her and the delicate balance in which it all stands one planet alive with spirit in full harmony with deep respect for all

ls case sensitivity

2002-03-04 Thread gregory mott
is there a magic setting (eg a locale env var) to make ls case insensitive, without making it intermix .leadingdot files? (and where do i read about the meanings of LC_ALL settings?) ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

internal vs. external dns

2002-03-02 Thread gregory mott
currently we define 'abc.org' on an internal network, while at the same time 'abc.org' is defined for the outside world by the isp, who defines the mx and the webhost seen by the outside world. this framework works for the most part, but is there some way within this framework to define

Re: autoinstall rpm's dependencies?

2002-02-24 Thread gregory mott
Charles Galpin wrote: On Sat, 2002-02-23 at 18:16, gregory mott wrote: if i want to install a .rpm that has unsatisfied dependencies, and those packages in turn are all in the current directory, is there some straghtforward way to tell them to install themselves as necessary? up2date

autoinstall rpm's dependencies?

2002-02-23 Thread gregory mott
if i want to install a .rpm that has unsatisfied dependencies, and those packages in turn are all in the current directory, is there some straghtforward way to tell them to install themselves as necessary? and, same question if the packages are in a ftp directory.

RE: Comparisons

2002-01-16 Thread gregory mott
i got my first few redhats from linux system labs (lsl.com). they only charge a couple bucks for the cd's (the real cost is the shipping, depending on how fast you want it). start yourself out this way, then after you've started to get into things a bit, buy the professional box when you've

ssh via browser?

2002-01-12 Thread gregory mott
if i want to be able to get into my redhat box from the internet via a browser, is there a handy plugin or whatever that provides the same level of security and peace of mind as ssh? ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

ppp auth change betw 7.1 and 7.2?

2002-01-10 Thread gregory mott
what exactly changed regarding ppp authentication between redhat7.1 and 7.2? our 7.1 box was suddenly unable to dial into sover.net anymore after they upgraded their middlebury pop during the first week in december. we've been working around the problem by having that box dial into earthlink

ppp auth change betw 7.1 and 7.2?

2002-01-09 Thread gregory mott
what exactly changed regarding ppp authentication between redhat7.1 and 7.2? our 7.1 box was suddenly unable to dial into sover.net anymore after they upgraded their middlebury pop during the first week in december. we've been working around the problem by having that box dial into earthlink

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