Linux-Misc Digest #754, Volume #18 Mon, 25 Jan 99 11:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: Lilo boot disk (M Sweger)
Re: swap partition not activated? (Anton Dischner)
Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code ("Netnerd")
Re: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code (Jeremy Mathers)
Re: Sound Problem with Realaudio (TH)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Sven Utcke)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Sven Utcke)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Sven Utcke)
Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use) (Sven Utcke)
sane with mustek scanexpress 12000 sp (Joachim Kunze)
System cannot shutdown if X is running: Why??? (Jeremy Mathers)
Re: Redhat vs Slackware ("Luis A. Montes")
PostgreSQL 6.4.2 redhat RPMs are now available (al)
NEWBIE: rpm, dialup, apache, X-Windows help! (John Robson)
sybase open client (Frank R Callaghan)
Re: What is LINKING? (Dan Nguyen)
Re: sane with mustek scanexpress 12000 sp (Phil Brutsche)
Re: Setup modem on Sony Vaio 505 notebook ("KO")
Re: Basic Home Network Guidance - Please ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: A newbie versus "vi" ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
command ARP (Adresse Resolution Protocol) ? (Chouki Aktouf)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M Sweger)
Subject: Re: Lilo boot disk
Date: 25 Jan 1999 13:04:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Wael Sedky ([EMAIL PROTECTED]*) wrote:
: How can I make Lilo boot disk after I have installed Linux. Before I used to
: get to that menu option whenever I use pkgtool I think.
: I am using slackware 3.6
I've been wondering this myself. I can make the two boot disks the
normal way, but I don't see a HOWTO for the lilo way- that is putting
lilo onto the floppy for booting.
I--
Mike,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Anton Dischner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: swap partition not activated?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 16:02:05 +0100
Hi Eric,
take a look into your /etc/fstab.
You should have an entry like:
/dev/hda3 swap swap defaults 0 0
I use Suse 5.3.
You will -not- see active swap space in df or mount.
See 'man swapon'.
Kind regards,
Toni
...
> I just noticed (when I typed free) that my new setup doesn't seem to
> be
> using my swap partition.
> is this correct? can this be? how do I fix it?
...
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From: "Netnerd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 12:35:18 -0500
Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
Maybe this would be a good way to find enough programmers to fix the Y2K
problems in Linux.
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Crossposted-To:
alt.destroy.microsoft,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.os2.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss,uk.comp.os.linux
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Mathers)
Subject: Re: Criminally Insane Programmers Are Attracted To Open Source Code
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:55:47 GMT
In article <e$dtm$7R#GA.229@upnetnews03>,
Netnerd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Maybe this would be a good way to find enough programmers to fix the Y2K
>problems in Linux.
There are no Y2K problems in Linux (Y2038 probs yes, but that is
another story...)
Netnerd to Supreme Leader Bill: Cover blown. Identity as Troll known
to all. Send lawyers, guns, and money.
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From: TH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Sound Problem with Realaudio
Date: Tue, 26 Jan 1999 02:02:19 +0800
A wrote:
>
> I have a problem with the realaudio plugin. After a few seconds of
> buffering, there is no sound and this will be followed by an Error 1,
> which is too generic to pin down any particular fault.
>
> Anway, when I tried dmesg, I saw:
> Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
> Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
> Sound: DMA (output) timed out - IRQ/DRQ config error?
>
> This message will occur as many times as I try to set up a streaming
> audio thru RealAudio. Seems like a hardware problem but I have no
> problem playing audio CDs with KDE's kscd.
>
> Anybody got any clue what the message means? Thanks in advance.
>
> My sound card is a AWE64 ISA with the following settings:
> interrupt: 10
> DMA: 1, 5
> I/O: 220
> MPU 401 I/O: 330
>
> TH
Made a mistake with the email address. My email addr:
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 24 Jan 1999 16:58:50 +0100
Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | > | a) In English, so few words are capitalised at all, that it makes the
> | > | whole thing rather pointless.
> | >
> | > well, we capitalize proper names.
> |
> | Is this the Norwegian or the English we?
>
> English we. jeg ville ha skrevet p� norsk om det var norsk "vi".
But you are Norwegian, aren't you?
> | Unfortunately it can not (unless you always use a full stop followed by
> | one space for abbreviations and followed by two spaces for sentence
> | endings, as most Emacs-users have learned to do). Thus the need for "\ "
> | and "\@" in TeX.
>
> I don't normally use a period after abbreviations. there are exceptions.
> e.g., "i.e." is followed by a disambiguating comma.
Hmm. Other than avoiding ambiguity, I fail to see the sense in that.
> | A bit like reading a long text written in a type without serifs (sp?).
>
> _this_ is quite amusing, though. studies have showed the people do read
> sans-serif fonts faster on low-resolution media like displays
Of course! I'm using 10x20 to read this.
I was referring to paper only (in my comparison above. So maybe not a
particularly good example). However, I still think that capitalised
beginnings of sentences would be helpful on screen too.
> I personally find 300 dpi laser printers too gross to really be
> legible with either serif or sans-serif fonts,
You got a fine eye then. I can hardly tell the difference. Ghee,
most of my colleagues don't even realise the difference when they are
printing the 300DPI-version of a pk-font on a 1200DPI printer (which
looks ghastly).
[very interesting lecture about typography deleted]
Sven
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| |_ __ | |__ Sven Utcke
| | ' \| '_ \ phone: +49 761 203 8274 Am Flughafen 17
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From: Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 24 Jan 1999 18:10:07 +0100
Michael Welsh Duggan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ilya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > That is a true point. A person can choose not to use capitalization, or
> > document his source code, or do whatever eccentric, but the other people who
> > have to deal with their products do not appreciate it. If you write for
> > others, you attempt to communicate an idea. Capitalizing sentences makes the
> > whole presentation more effective. This is factual, not an opinion.
> >
> > But, if this does not persudade you, let's take a poll:
> >
> > [X] I find sentences that begin with capitalized words easier to read.
> >
> > [ ] I do NOT find sentences that begin with capitalized words easier to read.
>
> [X] I find sentences with double spacing after final punctuation in
> non-proportional fonts easier to read.
>
> [X] I find text with ragged right edges, in non-proportional fonts
> easier to read, unlike the above quoted paragraph.
>
> [X] I understand why Erik Naggum writes the way he does, and find
> his text much easier to read than the majority of Usenet posts,
> with their HTML formatting and chronically misspelled words.
>
> [X] I think that a discussion of Emacs and its text-manipulation
> facilities would be much more interesting than this current
> diatribe. (Replace "Emacs" with "Linux", or "UNIX", or
> whatever, depending on newsgroup.)
sustained
Sven
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| |_ __ | |__ Sven Utcke
| | ' \| '_ \ phone: +49 761 203 8274 Am Flughafen 17
|_|_|_|_|_.__/ fax : +49 761 203 8262 79110 Freiburg i. Brsg.
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~utcke
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From: Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 24 Jan 1999 18:07:44 +0100
Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> * Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | But you yourself said it could easily be automated. Why is goint from
> |
> | the words. The extra => the words. the extra
> |
> | any more difficult than vice-versa?
>
> it appears that you posted with a different color than I can display.
> could you try again?
I did? Now that was quite clever of me --- I didn't even know one
could do such a thing...
However, since it is quite readable here (black on white, I might
add), I'm not sure what to change.
Sven
--
_ _ Lehrstuhl fuer Mustererkennung und Bildverarbeitung
| |_ __ | |__ Sven Utcke
| | ' \| '_ \ phone: +49 761 203 8274 Am Flughafen 17
|_|_|_|_|_.__/ fax : +49 761 203 8262 79110 Freiburg i. Brsg.
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~utcke
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From: Sven Utcke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.misc,comp.emacs,comp.editors
Subject: Re: Linux keyboard? (For emacs use)
Date: 24 Jan 1999 18:24:59 +0100
Erik Naggum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> vicinity. so if capitalized nouns actually help Germans read faster,
> which I highly doubt, using capitalization for yet another purpose should
> slow them down, perhaps even by more than is gained by capitalized nouns.
In German, capitalising nouns (and lots of words which aren't "nouns"
according to my Collins dictionary) might not so much be concerned
with increased speed while reading, but with aided understanding.
After all, German is quite famous for sentences which go on and on for
quite a while --- I would say it isn't rare for a reader of Mann
(pretty much any of them, for that matter) to find sentences which go
on for half a page or even a page. Being able to distinguish between
nouns and others words without taking context into consideration sure
could be helpful. Hmm. I wonder what a translation of Mann into
English would look like...
> in english, we Don't Capitalize verbs, but if we Did, Would it Have
> Helped people Read faster? Would it Result in better comprehension?
> higher reading speed? i Don't Think so.
It might have resulted in more complicated sentences though. Not that
this is necessarily a good thing...
Sven
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| |_ __ | |__ Sven Utcke
| | ' \| '_ \ phone: +49 761 203 8274 Am Flughafen 17
|_|_|_|_|_.__/ fax : +49 761 203 8262 79110 Freiburg i. Brsg.
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] www.informatik.uni-freiburg.de/~utcke
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From: Joachim Kunze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sane with mustek scanexpress 12000 sp
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 18:42:27 +0100
Hi,
i do have problems with getting my scanner recognized by sane or muscan.
In my system are two hostadapters installed 1x adaptec 1505 w/o bios and
1x adaptec 2940uw.
The following lines are the bootup-messages of the scsi-part of the
kernel.
I made a link with ls -s /dev/sg3 /dev/scanner. I set up the correct
rights for my users, but neiher muscan nor sane does recognize my
scanner.
aha152x: processing commandline: ok
aha152x: BIOS test: passed, detected 1 controller(s)
aha152x0: vital data: PORTBASE=0x140, IRQ=9, SCSI ID=5,
reconnect=enabled, parit
y=enabled, synchronous=disabled, delay=100, extended
translation=disabled
aha152x: trying software interrupt, ok.
(scsi1) <Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter> found at PCI 8/0
(scsi1) Wide Channel, SCSI ID=7, 16/255 SCBs
(scsi1) Downloading sequencer code... 419 instructions downloaded
scsi0 : Adaptec 152x SCSI driver; $Revision: 1.18 $
scsi1 : Adaptec AHA274x/284x/294x (EISA/VLB/PCI-Fast SCSI) 5.1.4/3.2.4
<Adaptec AHA-294X Ultra SCSI host adapter>
scsi : 2 hosts.
Vendor: SCANNER Model: Rev: 2.02
Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS
Detected scsi generic sga at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
Vendor: IBM Model: DPES-31080 Rev: S31Q
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sda at scsi1, channel 0, id 0, lun 0
(scsi1:0:0:0) Synchronous at 5.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Vendor: IBM Model: DCAS-32160W Rev: S65A
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Detected scsi disk sdb at scsi1, channel 0, id 1, lun 0
(scsi1:0:1:0) Synchronous at 40.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 8.
Vendor: PIONEER Model: CD-ROM DR-U06S Rev: 1.05
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
(scsi1:0:4:0) Synchronous at 5.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
Vendor: ARCHIVE Model: Python 28388-XXX Rev: 4.98
Type: Sequential-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
(scsi1:0:6:0) Synchronous at 5.0 Mbyte/sec, offset 15.
scsi : detected 2 SCSI disks total.
SCSI device sda: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 2118144 [1034 MB] [1.0
GB]
SCSI device sdb: hdwr sector= 512 bytes. Sectors= 4226725 [2063 MB] [2.1
GB]
I use the binary-version of suse-linux 5.3. What went wrong?
ciao,
Joachim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremy Mathers)
Subject: System cannot shutdown if X is running: Why???
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:35:36 GMT
First, this is not a "I have a problem: Help me" post.
The problem is real and I have a workaround, but I am curious as to
why it is.
Here's the situation: I have an unattended machine, running X on the
console. I setup an "at" job to shutdown the machine at a certain
time. When the "at" job runs, the machine hangs (actually, the
keyboard locks, but the X screensaver continues to run). When I
telnet in from elsewhere and do: killall X, the shutdown finishes and
the machine reboots.
Why is this?
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From: "Luis A. Montes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat vs Slackware
Date: 24 Jan 1999 17:47:05 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Johan Kullstam wrote:
> Iven Connary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Greetings -
> >
>
<snip>
> everything but slackware has a decent package management facility.
> none prevent you from running things `the slackware way' by hand
> editing configs and making and installing from source.
>
> --
> Johan Kullstam [[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Don't Fear the Penguin!
Sort of a newbie question, but I have only known slackware since I
installed it about one year ago, so I guess I don't know what am I missing.
It is got a 'pkgtool' utility that allows to install/uninstall parts of the
distribution, as far as I can tell, without problems. I used it, e.g., to
uninstall emacs and install a new version. That seemed pretty easy. I had
problems setting up my ppp connection and printing, but I don't know wheter
that would be substantially easier with other distribution. Probably I don't
want to change distribution now, but is there really a lot of difference
between the way you install/uninstall packages?
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From: al <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PostgreSQL 6.4.2 redhat RPMs are now available
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 11:43:02 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I made the RPMs for PostgreSQL database system.
Redhat RPMs of PostgreSQL 6.4.2 is available at
ftp://ftp.postgresql.org/pub/.incoming
The RPMs include both source and binary rpms.
(The rpms are built on redhat 5.1 libc6 - pentium system).
They will be moved to pub directory later.
You can also get these RPMs from ftp://ftp.redhat.com in near future.
More details about PostgreSQL is at http://www.postgresql.org
al
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Robson)
Subject: NEWBIE: rpm, dialup, apache, X-Windows help!
Date: 24 Jan 1999 17:42:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Robson)
I am new at Linux and I must say that all this power that Linux and its tools
give to a user can be overwhelming to a newbie like me. I tweaked and
changed stuff and often found myself asking : "Now what?" I have
Red Hat 5.2. Can people help me or point me to the right direction on the
following :
1) rpm package: I installed the Corel Wordperfect 8 rpm from the bonus CD.
It ran ok. Now what? Where is Wordperfect? And how do I start it? The
rpm didn't tell me in what directory it was installed. I think the
program is called xwp. Do I have to go into X Windows?
Same problem with other rpm packages. Where the heck were they installed and
how to start them!
2) ppp set up and dialup: I'm sure this question has been asked a
thousand times before by newbies, and I'm still puzzled and frustrated at not
finding good AND consistent information on how to connect to my ISP. So,
I have a 33.6 USR modem, an ISP running freebsd with apache. I tried to
set up my ppp connection through Red Hat's Linuxconf tool. No luck. Can
somebody give me a good lowdown and step-by-step information, faq on how to
proceed and troubleshoot.
3) My own directories: I would like to create my own directory, say
'/john/bin/scripts', and I want to include this directory in my path, so that
I can execute my shell scripts from anywhere. How do I do it?
4) Apache web server: is there a good book or documentation on how to
configure Apache for CGI scripts and mime types and other stuff for my
personal standalone HTML development.
5) X-Windows: I use X11 server and Windowmaker. How do I configure
X11/Windowmaker to show the applications on the drop-down menu and to execute
them?
Oh, one more thing: Are the KDE and GNOME desktops free? and where do I get
them?
I'm having fun, but it can be overwhelming at times, so I would appreciate
very much any help, documentation and detailed pointers. Please reply
with e-mail if you can. Thanks!
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From: Frank R Callaghan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sybase open client
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 13:16:48 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am trying to install and use the sybase linux open-client to access a
sql_anywhere server on an nt system but, I cannot even get the csr_disp
sample to compile with gcc. I saw a part of a message from this
news-group that someone had
got this to work with there makefile ! How? all I get are tons of
'undefined referance'
errors starting with ct_cmd_alloc !
Is there a proper value for $SYBPLATFORM ? the makefile don't seem to
care there is
no option for Linux, LINUX etc only sun4, hp800 .....
Any Help Please.
TIA, Frank.
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What is LINKING?
Date: 24 Jan 1999 17:59:42 GMT
David Sisk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: necessary to make it a native executable. In other words, source code ->
: compile -> object code -> link -> executable.
: So, what is exactly linking in Linux (and other unices)? It seems to be far
: more than my traditional idea of linking. Could anyone offer a brief,
: simple explanation?
Basically you take source code and create object code. The linker then
goes through and resolves all unresolve symbols. Like sin which is in
the math library. The linker will put all libraries and object code
together.
--
Dan Nguyen | There is only one happiness in
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | life, to love and be loved.
http://www.cse.msu.edu/~nguyend7 | -George Sand
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From: Phil Brutsche <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sane with mustek scanexpress 12000 sp
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 11:46:11 -0600
On Sun, 24 Jan 1999, Joachim Kunze wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i do have problems with getting my scanner recognized by sane or muscan.
>
> In my system are two hostadapters installed 1x adaptec 1505 w/o bios and
> 1x adaptec 2940uw.
> The following lines are the bootup-messages of the scsi-part of the
> kernel.
> I made a link with ls -s /dev/sg3 /dev/scanner. I set up the correct
> rights for my users, but neiher muscan nor sane does recognize my
> scanner.
[snip]
> Vendor: SCANNER Model: Rev: 2.02
> Type: Scanner ANSI SCSI revision: 01 CCS
> Detected scsi generic sga at scsi0, channel 0, id 3, lun 0
[snip drives]
It looks like /dev/scanner should be a symbolic link /dev/sg0.
======================================================================
Phil Brutsche [EMAIL PROTECTED] | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Microsoft: "Where do you want to to today?"
Linux: "Where do you want to go tomorrow?"
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From: "KO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Setup modem on Sony Vaio 505 notebook
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 20:01:06 +0200
Felix Lam wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>hi there,
>
>I have been trying to setup the 56K internal modem with
>redhat 5.1 and tried to make call using minicom.
>
>ATDTxxxxxxxx
>NO DIAL TONE
>
>I have fiddled with the init string (ATZ, AT&FX3 ...etc)
>but still no luck. I checked the IRQ and stuff with setserial
>and appear fine (com2, i.e. on /dev/cua1).
>
>This modem works fine on my win98 setup.
>
>Thanks a lot in advance. This has been bugging me for
>nights now ... :(
I had the same problem. My problem was caused by plug'n'play modem.
I copied modem settings on paper (from win98), set p'n'p off by modems
jumpers
and then set the modem to match those settings I wrote on paper. Now I had
to
re-install the driver on win98 that it worked over there again, but now it
worked on Linux also.
So plug'n'play was the problem for me.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Basic Home Network Guidance - Please
Date: Sun, 24 Jan 1999 17:33:59 GMT
RH 5.1/2.0.35
PPP works great from x using activate/deactivate. I also have a w95 station
that I would like to connect to the linux dial-up, but..
The IP masq how-to suggests that the kernel must be re-compiled with some new
options. What I would like to know is how to determine the options that are
currently selected since it will ask for each of them during the
configuration.
I tried 'make menuconfig' to get around all that, but it reports 'curses.h'
is missing. I have ncurses installed - is that the same deal? There doesn't
appear to be a curses.h anywhere on my system.
Thanks,
FF
In article <78d5nl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Byron A Jeff) wrote:
> In article <f7nq2.204$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> David Francis <david@no-spam,dcf.net> wrote:
> -Hello:
> -
> -I have just torn down a dedicated PPP internet connection with a block of
> -assigned IP addresses and moved the server to my office. Now, back at the
> -homefront, I have set up a brand-new RedHat 5.2 LINUX system...
> -
> -My only Internet access now is a dynamicaly assigned IP address through a
> -dial-up connection. I want to set-up my LINUX box to dial-out on demand from
my
> -Win9* boxes on the home LAN.
> -
> -LINUX Box= 192.168.0.1
> -Win9* Box= 192.168.0.2
> -
> -I don't need to be "spoon fed" the steps. I'd just like to get others input
on
> -how they handle this routing scenario, security considerations, various
> -options, etc...
>
> Isn't too hard. Configure the Linux box to have dial on demand PPP. the 2.3.5
> PPP version does this. Then set up the box to masqerade throught the PPP link.
> This will change the outgoing addresses to the PPP IP.
>
> Securitywise there isn't much to worry about beyond the standard stuff, like
> checking the RH secuity pages and turning off any non-essential servies on the
> Linux box.
>
> Thanks about it. Hope this helps. There are PPP and Masquerading HOWTOs in
> the standard places like http://www.linux.org.
>
> BAJ
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: A newbie versus "vi"
Date: 24 Jan 1999 17:43:32 GMT
In the sacred domain of comp.os.linux.misc didst brian moore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
eloquently scribe:
:> Oh yeah, well when I started college, we had to punch the
:> cards with flint knives & rocks...;)
: Oh, you had knives and rocks? When I was young, we had to use our
: teeth.
Punch Cards?
Luxury. When I were a lad, we 'ad to enter the code in binary by manually
manipulating the edge connector with a piece of wire.
And you tell the kids today, and they don't believe you.
:)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chouki Aktouf)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: command ARP (Adresse Resolution Protocol) ?
Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 15:26:30 +0200
Hi,
I installed Linux (RedHat 5.1) and I have typed arp (to analyse
Ethernet/IP addresses). It works but
FEW minutes after typing the command?!
Is there a way to configure the time in order to ensure a fast ARP answer?
Thanks in advance
Chouki
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