Linux-Misc Digest #496, Volume #18 Wed, 6 Jan 99 21:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Shall I wait for a new release? (Gary Momarison)
Re: QMAIL question - Where is my email disappearing to? (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: Single Floppy Linux on HD-less PC ?? (Douglas I-Hsi Chen)
Re: Stupid Wordperfect Question ("Jeff")
Linux and FreeBsd Compatibility (Rjack2)
Re: Anti-Linux FUD (David Damerell)
Re: ghostscript & samba & win95 (Sam E. Trenholme)
Re: WP8/Linux language modules? (Wolfhardt Lotz)
Re: Why I choose HP-UX over Linux (Bryan D. McMeen)
Shell scripts ("Rick Glunt")
help with afterstep & RedHat 5.1 (JaWz)
Re: euro support in kernel 2.0 (Rob van der Putten)
Re: Complimenting WP8 for Linux (Phillip Deackes)
Connection refused from remote X-Windows ("Jim Orfanakos")
Re: Vietnamese keyboard map for Linux and XFree86 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux drivers for IOMEGA zip drive (Stephen Richard FREELAND)
Re: ttyS2 -or- cua2....what's the difference??? (M. Buchenrieder)
Can't reboot at root from "xdm" ("Jon D. Slater")
Re: need help installing KDE (John P Grimes)
Re: possible show-stopper? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RH5.2 "you have new mail" (Ian Briggs)
Can RedHat 5.1 install "onto"itself ("Teo Chun Lip")
Re: Linux FREEZES! (Sam E. Trenholme)
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Shall I wait for a new release?
Date: 06 Jan 1999 16:36:58 -0800
"Javier Minero" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Somewhere I heard that kernel 2.1 will soon be ready for a production
> release. Is this true? I don't want to buy a set of CDs and then find out
> that I should patch up my kernel in the next week. But neither do I want to
> wait another 6 months before I can get my hands on the new release.
Don't worry about it. Upgrade your OS. If you're a Slackware type wanting
to change, try Debian, though that might be worth a short wait for the new
version.
You should only need the latest kernel if you need the latest kernel !!
Few do. If you're unlucky enough to need one, it'll be very easy to build
the latest kernel on the latest OS. Don't be afraid to try it.
--
And try Gary's Encyclopedia at http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/index.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: QMAIL question - Where is my email disappearing to?
Date: 6 Jan 1999 16:39:04 -0800
First of all, I wonder *which* qmail RPM you installed? There are a few
floating around, including some on my site at
ftp://www.samiam.org/pub/blackdragon
Qmail error message are nortoriously vague. I have had to look at the
source code on more than one occasion to find out what the !@#$ Qmail is
doing.
I see three possible problems here:
1) The directory /var/qmail/queue doesn't exist, or has the wrong perms
2) Qmail doesn't like the name localhost.localdomain. Give your machine
another name, and make sure that name is present in /etc/hosts
3) You have nosuid partitions. This is a good security percaution, but
at least one qmail binary needs to be suid for qmail to work properly.
You can get a lot of information from http://www.qmail.org
- Sam
>ian 3 10:37:25 localhost qmail: 915377845.624940 alert: cannot start:
>unable to switch to queue directory
>Jan 3 12:39:58 localhost qmail: 915385198.683298 alert: cannot start:
>unable to switch to queue directory
>Jan 4 18:17:45 localhost qmail: 915491865.412881 alert: cannot start:
>unable to switch to queue directory >
>
>
>I'm still busily reading up on it. Feels like I'm getting closer - thanks!
>
>Chip Rose.
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Douglas I-Hsi Chen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Single Floppy Linux on HD-less PC ??
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 23:44:23 GMT
Hi,
(thanks for the quick reply!!)
I've been trying to setup both HAL91 and Trinux without success. Let me
describe my situation again so that we're wasting time here misleading
each other.
I have two PCs, one 486 and one 586. The 586 is a complete Linux box
running RH5.2. The 486 one has no HD at all. Both have a NE2000
compatible network card and the physical network is working fine before
the 486 become diskless. None of them have bootroms and I only have 1.44
MB version of floppy drive.
The problem I've encountered with the two distribution is that, they
couldn't boot. I've tried to find disks with no bad blocks, but still no
luck. So now, I'd like to know if I'm at the right direction before
giving them up and find other sources.
Thank you very much,
Douglas
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From: "Jeff" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stupid Wordperfect Question
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 08:26:03 -0500
go to the dir of install.
there is a sub dir of the wordperfect called wpbin
in that dir is xwp
so you can type /usr/progs/wpdir/wpbin/xwp
gfonseca wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>This is a really stupid question...
>
>After installing Wordperfect 8 onto /usr/progs... I can't get it to run!
>
>I'll try to run xwp but all I'll get is a "command unknown" type
>message. Any ideas?
>
>I'm obviously a newcomer to Linux so I'm still figuring out how to do
>many basic things (especially those different from the DOS/Windows
>world).
>
>Gustavo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rjack2)
Subject: Linux and FreeBsd Compatibility
Date: 6 Jan 1999 13:55:38 GMT
Folks,
I work with a ISP that uses FreeBsd. I want to do work on my local machine and
transfer it to the ISP.
Is it feasible to use Linux Locally and then transfer the work to to the ISP
which runs BSD.
The "work" would be perl, html, mysql DB files etc... No executable programs of
course.
Anyone tried this before.
Robert R. Jackson "Are we the masters of our
Software For Humanity fate? Can we reach the
[EMAIL PROTECTED] distance of our past?"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Damerell)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Anti-Linux FUD
Date: 06 Jan 1999 16:23:55 +0000 (GMT)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>David Damerell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>David Damerell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>>>Having sbin directories in a normal users path is not required in
>>>>>order for a normal user to know the system's IP address.
>>>>What's a better way to do it than 'ifconfig', then?
>>>There are at least two ways. The most obvious is to run
>>>ifconfig with a full path name.
>>Yes, yes, you think anyone doesn't know that.
>It appears to be the case. Why else would anyone want to put
>sbin directories into every normal user's path, and then sit
>here and adamantly claim there is no other way to use the progs
>in those directories.
This is an absurd distraction you are putting forward in an attempt to
slur everyone else participating. Let's just assume that our motivations
for placing sbin directories on the PATH are the same as those involved in
placing any direcoty on the PATH.
>>>The most obvious way for normal users to find *any* ip address,
>>>is nslookup.
>>Rubbish. nslookup does something completely different, as you ought to
>>know.
>You need to re-read the stated purpose above.
Since I wrote that, let's assume I know what I meant?
[And the fact that I suggested 'ifconfig' ought to have hinted as to the
information I wanted.]
>It does NOT ask
>how to find the IP address of an interface. It does ask how to
>find the IP address of the "system". That is indeed what
>nslookup is for.
Really? So I am logged into usagi at home, and dialled up to my (dyanmic
IP) provider, and I want to know the IP address the rest of the world
talks to, and nslookup will tell me this how?
[nslookup <DNS name for my dialin line> will do, but the easiest way to
find that out is a reverse lookup on the IP address. :-]
>some of them are not in sbin directories. Of course you clearly
>must by now, finally, understand that a full path name will get
>a normal user access to the sbin directory... ;-)
As I and everyone else has understood all along.
>>>>>But that is NOT a "normal" user
>>>>On a home system - where an increasing proportion of Linux users are -
>>>>that is a normal user. _Anyone_ with physical access to the box can give
>>>No that is NOT a "normal" user.
>>Repeating yourself does no good. Given that it is necessary to trust
>>anyone who lives with the box, in what sense is such a person not a normal
>>user?
>"Normal" user logins do not do systems admin tasks.
Ahh, I see. You are using the term '"normal" user', which means something
completely different to the term 'normal user' which I am using to mean a
user who is typical of users of the system in question and of similar
systems.
Clearly, then, "normal" users don't want sbin directories, but normal
users might very well do (and there might not be any "normal" users,
although there are obviously normal users.)
Shouldn't the system path be set up for normal users, and not for these
_possibly nonexistent_ "normal" users who don't use any sysadmin tools?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: ghostscript & samba & win95
Date: 6 Jan 1999 16:23:14 -0800
[snip. Slightly annoying lines after documents are printed.]
>Step one would be to look at the options that GhostScript
>is started with when spooling.
If all else fails, he could write a sed, Perl, or what-have-you script to
get rid of the offending lines in question.
- Sam
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Wolfhardt Lotz)
Subject: Re: WP8/Linux language modules?
Date: 6 Jan 1999 14:02:21 GMT
After trying a bit I found the german language module at
ftp://ftp.download.com/pub/win95/business/GUILGDE/GUILGDE0.GZ
^^ ^^
In article <76rbmh$rlo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
John Girash <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|> Hi all,
|> I've been trying to find where Corel has the non-US-English language modules.
|> According to http://linux.corel.com/linux8/download.htm the "instructions for
|> downloading and installing" are in linux.corel.com/linux8/install_instr.htm,
|> but that document mentions nothing about _where_ to find the language module
|> files -- which kinda obviates the promise of "instructions for downloading".
|> Does anyone know? Specifically I'd like to find guilgce0.gz . Thanks!
|>
|> jg
|>
|> ps. WP8's "README.errata" says "The WordPerfect documentation describes multi-
|> language capabilities that will become available over time" but given that
|> instructions are up on the wwwsite, I'm hoping that "over time" has happened.
|>
|> --
|> "don't listen when you're told / about the best days in your life : Spirit of
|> a useless old expression, it means / passing time until you die." : the West
|> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
|> -- John Girash --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] --- http://skyron.harvard.edu/ --
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bryan D. McMeen)
Subject: Re: Why I choose HP-UX over Linux
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 14:25:08 GMT
On 5 Jan 1999 19:36:44 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kim G. S. OEyhus) wrote:
>Ilya wrote:
>
>> OK, I feel cold and need flames to warm me up. I want to list the reasons
>> why I prefer HP-UX over Linux.
>
>As I have singlehandedly administered all the Hp-ux machines for a large
>telecomms company for 3.5 years, as well as making embedded controllers
>with linux, I think I am competent to answer this.
>
snip...
Cool - now all I need is an MRP/ERP/supply-chain management solution
that runs on Linux and I can tell all my clients to replace their HP
9K's with their old 486's and a copy of RedHat... ;-)
As you said, one shouldn't let their emotions drive their preference.
One should use the right tool for the job. We use Linux for web and
mail services, HP-UX for manufacturing software.
Oh, and to someone who posted at the top of this thread, yes, I do
have HPUX running at home - on my own dime. Along with Linux and NT.
Bryan D. McMeen Symtec, Inc.
Consultant & systems/network administrator 315 West Wesley Street
[EMAIL PROTECTED] Wheaton, IL 60187 USA
http://www.symtecinc.com/~bdm http://www.symtecinc.com
Tel: (630) 871-3628 Tel: (630) 871-9700
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From: "Rick Glunt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Shell scripts
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 09:21:21 -0500
The man pages fro sendmail and fetchmail both indicate they return codes
that will tell a script wheter they have completed properly or not. How do
I access these codes from a shell script? I want fetchmail to run, then
have sendmail start after fetchmail completes. Any sample code?
Thanks!
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From: JaWz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: help with afterstep & RedHat 5.1
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 17:39:36 -0700
I'm having a heck of a time trying to get afterstep 1.6.6 installed. My
RedHat came with afterstep 1.4. I "upgraded" the rpm with the 1.6.6 but
then I couldn't get it to run. "startx" boots up with the AnotherLevel
manager, I select afterstep from the WM style and the machines acts like
it's going to reset but anotherlevel just shows back up. If I reinstall
afterstep 1.4 from the CD it works fine.
I did manage to install afterstep 1.5 (beta) from RedHat's 5.2 directory
(actually forced the install) but still the same problem trying to
upgrade to 1.6.6
Thanks for any help, (I've only been running Linux for about two weeks!)
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From: Rob van der Putten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: euro support in kernel 2.0
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 14:26:16 +0100
Hi there
On Tue, 5 Jan 1999, Colin Ling wrote:
> Does anyone know if there is a patch for the Euro support in kernel 2.0 and
> will it be supported in 2.2?
You should get an ISO-8859-15 patch. AFAIK it doesn't exist.
Regards,
Rob
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phillip Deackes)
Subject: Re: Complimenting WP8 for Linux
Date: 1 Jan 1999 15:26:25 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Kerry J. Cox wrote:
>What do you all think? Am I out in left field on this one, or are
>others rejoicing like myself to finally be able to use WP again in a
>Linux environment.
>Thanks for letting me pontificate.
Well I downloaded WP8 and was initially impressed. One thing I hated
though was the look of the screen fonts. Very poor. StarOffice is no
better. I also have Applixware and the fonts look a lot better and are
more easily managed. Applix is able to use True Type Fonts *very* easily
without the need to set up a ttf font server on your system. OK, I know
someone is going to argue that Applix only prints ttf fonts at 300 dpi,
but I am sure many of us don't really want greater resolution than that
anyway. I produce very nice printed documents on my HP690C printer from
Applix which look exactly like anything printed from MS Office in
Windows.
I used each app for a while doing my day to day work and must say I
prefer Applixware over Corel WP8 and StarOffice 5. I made a decision
today to upgrade my Applix to the latest version and get rid of the
others.
I really like the way the various applications in Applix work together.
I like the way it *doesn't* look like a Windows app, I like the font
rendition, I like the configurability and speed of the whole
application. I suppose in the end it is down to personal choice.
--
Phillip Deackes
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian Linux v.2.0
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From: "Jim Orfanakos" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Connection refused from remote X-Windows
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 20:35:56 -0500
I am using X-Win32 on a Win95 PC trying to connect to a RedHat 5.1 system.
Whenever I try to start an X application I get connection refused after I
enter my userid and password. I tried rsh as well as rexec.
If I telnet in, then start the application sending it back to the remote pc
via "-display" it works. If log in directly to the RedHat 5.1 server and
send the application back to the remote pc via "-display" it works.
I have open the system up in /etc/securetty and /etc/security/access.conf
but no luck.
Any Ideas?
Thanks.
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Jim Orfanakos
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/djo3
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.linux
Subject: Re: Vietnamese keyboard map for Linux and XFree86
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 14:29:13 GMT
Please note that the hyperlink contains a minus sign and that link was broken
at that sign in the precious message.
"http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Foothills/4480/Vietnamese-
Linux/vnlinux.html"
Sorry for any inconvenience.
Regards,
Le Hong Boi
In article <76pl0o$521$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Files can be downloaded at
> http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/Foothills/4480/Vietnamese-
> Linux/vnlinux.html.
> Thanks,
> Le Hong Boi
>
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From: Stephen Richard FREELAND <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Linux drivers for IOMEGA zip drive
Date: 6 Jan 1999 14:33:11 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc J�rgen Exner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
:>In article <753i7a$3kd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
:> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark O Thomas) wrote:
:>>
:>> Where can I find drivers for the Zip and Jaz drives?
: You don't need any.
: It's just another drive and all drivers you need are the standard drivers
: as for any other HD.
Um, wrong.
Could be your kernel already has the right driver in there, but it
is *definitely* not your run-of-the-mill IDE hard drive code.
My own ZIP uses the ATAPI-floppy driver. Others uses SCSI drivers,
and there are even weirder setups for the parallel versions of the ZIP.
Don't know about Jaz, but I wouldn't imagine they use standard hard drive
code either. . SNF .
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] | bit of a minimalist.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: ttyS2 -or- cua2....what's the difference???
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 13:35:39 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Barton) writes:
>Hi,
> I have read that the cua* notation is used historically, and that
>ttyS* will be used in the future to refer to serial ports. I have
>also read that one should be used for incoming transactions, and
>the other should be used for outgoing.
The difference is blocking vs. non-blocking . Please see the Serial-HOWTO
for more details .
>I had an unusual occurance
>tonight with the application "mserver", a modem sharing program.
>mserver would not work if I shared the port ttyS2, but it worked
>perfectly if I shared the port cua2.
[...]
You may have to stay with the cua* devices, unless the author rewrites
the program to be running correctly with ttyS* devices.
Michael
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From: "Jon D. Slater" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Can't reboot at root from "xdm"
Date: Thu, 07 Jan 1999 00:24:31 +0000
Once I log in as root using an XDM login, I've noticed if I type
"reboot" or "reboot &" in an xterm my machine does not reboot until I
press <Alt><Ctrl><F1>, switch to a "text based" screen.
Then the machine (running Redhat 5.2) reboots normally.
Why can't I reboot my machine from within an XDM login session?
Or maybe my question sould be "How do I reboot from an xterm run under
an XDM login?"
Please send suggestions to: JSlater<at>Qualcomm<dot>Com
Thanks in advance!!
Jon
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
From: John P Grimes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: need help installing KDE
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 01:32:24 GMT
Hi,
libncurses.so is just a standard library you will need to obtain to
install kde. you can get it at
http://rufus.w3.org/linux/RPM/
John
Sergei Gerasenko wrote:
>
> I have RedHat Linux 5.0 with the 2.0.32 kernel. I'm trying to install KDE on
> it. I downloaded the software from the Kaldera web site. It all goes well
> till the point when I install kdebase-1.0-1.i386.rpm. I get the following
> error:
>
> failed dependencies
> libncurses.so.4 is needed by kdebase-1.0-1.
>
> Can I install KDE on RedHat at all? What is libncurses.so.4 and what can I
> do about the problem? the X server I'm using is X86_SVGA. Also, I downloaded
> the KDE files through NT and naturally the archive names were cut short when
> I transfered them to Linux. Is that the problem?
>
> I would appreciate any advice,
> Sergei
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: possible show-stopper?
Date: Thu, 7 Jan 1999 00:40:42 GMT
steve mcadams writes:
> Perspective 2: Assumes my library uses the "standard" system interface
> and X-interface libraries of Linux. In this case am I not in the same
> situation as company M above with regard to some other GPL library?
None of the standard libraries are GPL. They are LGPL, which is a version
of the GPL designed to permit linkage to proprietary software. Consider
that Corel, Sybase, Oracle, Netscape and Informix, to mention a few,
distribute proprietary software for Linux. You can be sure that they had
their lawyers look into this. The X libraries use a "modified BSD"
license, which lets you do pretty much anything, including selling
proprietary versions as the Unix vendors do.
> If a product runs on top of Linux and uses its provided system and X
> interface libraries, is it then considered a derivative work?
Yes, but that is not a problem for the above stated reasons.
> If it is not, then how popular does my library have to become before it's
> considered one of the "standard" interfaces and therefore available for
> use without any derivative work considerations?
The question makes no sense. Popularity doesn't change the license on a
work.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: Ian Briggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH5.2 "you have new mail"
Date: Wed, 06 Jan 1999 13:40:21 +0000
David Efflandt wrote:
> On 4 Jan 1999 06:42:15 GMT, brian moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > David Efflandt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >> Why does RedHat 5.2 put a dummy email msg in the spool that is not
> >> visible to pine and says it should not be deleted. This gives me a
> >> "you have new mail" every time I logon. Where does this originate and
> >> how do I tell the system (biff?) to ignore this dummy? RH5.0 didn't
> >> do that.
> >
> >PINE puts it there. Stop deleting it and it will stop telling you about
> >new mail.
>
> Actually if I do not touch it, it just says "you have mail" when I login
> and the mail icon appears in X. If cp /dev/null to it, the bogus mail
> notifications stop until it is recreated the next time I get mail. So how
> do I stop mail notification for this bogus message? I never had that
> problem with any earlier version of pine.
I've just started getting a "you have mail" message when I login as root (but not
as myself).
Assuming this message is genuine, where might I look for this mail? (I doesn't
appear in my usual Netscape inbox -- but then it seems to have materialized
without any help from Netscape.)
I'm perplexed.
-- Ian --
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From: "Teo Chun Lip" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Can RedHat 5.1 install "onto"itself
Date: Wed, 6 Jan 1999 19:05:42 +0800
I am dual booting windows95/RH 5.1 now
Actually really experimenting Linux only.
IN windows95 one can install the OS while running the OS itself
At least all setting and configuration are preserved.
Though installation of RH 5.1 is fast ,need <30 minutes to get the system
started aand going,still if setting can be preserved then it is much better
But I do not know of a way to do it
Anyone can highlight it to me ?
Thank you
Will appreciated if reply by e-mail thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sam E. Trenholme)
Subject: Re: Linux FREEZES!
Date: 6 Jan 1999 17:46:00 -0800
>Simply the system (keyboard, mouse, applications) stops responding and I
>must hardware reset.
Sounds like a hardware problem. One way to find out what is going on is
to not be in X, but instead be in text mode. When the problem shows up,
the kernel should flash messages to the screen describing what piece of
hardware is acting up.
- Sam
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