Linux-Misc Digest #497, Volume #19 Thu, 18 Mar 99 03:13:18 EST
Contents:
Re: sendmail/pop3 vs. router (DaZZa)
Re: Q: OpenInventor in Linux? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: sendmail/pop3 vs. router (Greg Andrews)
Re: sendmail/pop3 vs. router ("Scott Wells")
Re: Stupid Newbie tricks (Add this to list) (Seth Van Oort)
Re: Is Red Hat 5.2 worth fifty notes? (Bill Unruh)
Re: CD music....HELP! (Juz)
Re: Security/Password Questions ("David Z. Maze")
Re: Site Critque, Please (Juz)
Re: Quake 2 on Linux (Artur Prusinowski)
Re: Are screen savers necessary? (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: """"""""My SoundBlast 16 pnp isn't up yet"""""""""""" (Donovan Rebbechi)
Is Linux Y2K compliant? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
restore solaris ufsdumped tape on linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: debian ftp install? (Michael & Kyrstin Westwind)
Re: US Robotics ISA Modem? (Juz)
Re: Assembler for Linux (Jeremy Nickolet)
Re: Is Linux Y2K compliant? (Matthew Palmer)
Re: pager instead of paperclip for windows maker? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: realplayer 5.0 and RH 5.2 (Jeremy Nickolet)
Ghostscript and HP 882 ("Boisy G. Pitre")
Re: Stupid Newbie tricks (Add this to list) (K Lee)
recover the user root? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CD music....HELP! (Daniel Bowkley)
Re: CD music....HELP! (Daniel Bowkley)
Re: Quake 2 on Linux (Philip Armstrong)
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From: DaZZa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: sendmail/pop3 vs. router
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 15:41:31 +1100
On Thu, 18 Mar 1999, Knut Nilsen wrote:
> I have a linux box running as server on a LAN connected to the rest of the
> world via an ISDN router, set up as the default gateway on the LAN. In order
> to reduce the number of connections, the linux box uses fetchmail to get
> mail from our ISP's mailserver every hour and distributes it to the LAN
> users so that they can fetch it from the local linux server using their
> favourite POP client (normally Outlook). Sendmail is set up to queue mail
> and forward it to the ISP every hour...(hopefully)
>
> My problem is that whenever a local user fetches mail from the local POP
> server, the router for some reason dials up the ISDN connection to the ISP.
> This seems to happen even if I set the POP client (outlook) not to try to
> send mail at the same time as it fetches mail (by changing the SMPT server
> name in Outlook settings).
>
> With a few users setting up their POP client to check for mail every 10
> minutes, the line keeps going up and down all the time - which was what I
> wanted to avoid with this setup.
>
> Has anyone any idea why the POP server insists on firing up the router?
Where is your DNS set to on your clients?
If your clients have DNS set to your ISP's instead of something local,
then they'll attempt to connect to the DNS - which will, of course, cause
the router to call your ISP.
Do you have a local DNS? Is your mail/POP host in it? Does it resolve
properly if you do a PING from the local network {with the ISDN line
disconnected temporarily}?
If the answer to any of these is no, then you've most likely got a name
resolution problem with your clients, and need to look into it.
DaZZa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Q: OpenInventor in Linux?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 05:11:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Mark Blain) wrote:
> On Sun, 14 Mar 1999 09:28:51 -0500, "Andrew Shiue" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to port a modeling program from SGI to my red hat linux. This
> >program needs some functions of OpenInventor. Does anybody know is there any
> >Linux version of Openinventor?
> >
> >Thanks a lot!
> >
> >-- Andy
> >
>
> It was covered in detail in the September 1998 Linux Journal.
> Here is a link to the the complete article:
> http://www.linuxjournal.com/issue53/2903.html
>
> Be sure to explore each of the links at the bottom of the article for
> further web information.
>
>
Check out the following site
http://www.sd.tgs.com/3DMS/openinv.html
You can download Open Inventor 2.5 for Linux somewhere from there. I seem to
recall though that it required Motif 2.0 as well, but I am not totally sure
about that.
Troy Otter
EMAIL : ottertm at vianet.net.au
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Greg Andrews)
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: sendmail/pop3 vs. router
Date: 17 Mar 1999 21:51:12 -0800
"Knut Nilsen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>Has anyone any idea why the POP server insists on firing up the router?
>
Are you sure it's the POP server? The usual reason for this is
the client trying to do DNS lookups on the server's hostname
when they try to connect. I guess it could be the server doing
reverse lookups on the clients when they connect as well.
-Greg
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From: "Scott Wells" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: sendmail/pop3 vs. router
Date: 18 Mar 1999 05:52:23 GMT
DNS?
--
- Scott Wells
- Shadow Systems
- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
- (502) 737-6449
Knut Nilsen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<7cpgen$jak$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> I have a linux box running as server on a LAN connected to the rest of
the
> world via an ISDN router, set up as the default gateway on the LAN. In
order
> to reduce the number of connections, the linux box uses fetchmail to get
> mail from our ISP's mailserver every hour and distributes it to the LAN
> users so that they can fetch it from the local linux server using their
> favourite POP client (normally Outlook). Sendmail is set up to queue mail
> and forward it to the ISP every hour...(hopefully)
>
> My problem is that whenever a local user fetches mail from the local POP
> server, the router for some reason dials up the ISDN connection to the
ISP.
> This seems to happen even if I set the POP client (outlook) not to try to
> send mail at the same time as it fetches mail (by changing the SMPT
server
> name in Outlook settings).
>
> With a few users setting up their POP client to check for mail every 10
> minutes, the line keeps going up and down all the time - which was what
I
> wanted to avoid with this setup.
>
> Has anyone any idea why the POP server insists on firing up the router?
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
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From: Seth Van Oort <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Stupid Newbie tricks (Add this to list)
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 05:27:33 +0000
Sascha Bohnenkamp wrote:
>
> >>And, with the same computer, I wanted to compile a new kernel (1.2.13)..
> >>But it gave me a message sayng virtual memory exhausted.. and.. since I
> >>didn't have a swappartition (read above.. ;), and I didn't know about
> >>swapfiles under Linux., I substitued all /dev/hda1 to /dev/fd0 in the
> >>instructions about swappartitions ;) .. and. . It worked.. but
> >>slooooow.. ;)..
> >
>
> i used my floppy as swap too sometimes ... i want to check if it works:)
Hey if you want real performance you're gonna have to do raid0 data
striping on those floppies :-)
Seth
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Is Red Hat 5.2 worth fifty notes?
Date: 18 Mar 1999 06:09:10 GMT
In <7cp6mt$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (E. Frank Ball) writes:
>On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 11:35:05 -0500 Harry ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) @
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>} > Linux Central<
>} Is that the full product? (Ie not littered with crashing betas?) Wot
>} about the manuals - are they worth the hard-earned?
>The Offical RedHat is a 3 CD set plus a manual and "support". The 3 CDs
>are the "binaray", "source", and "commercial" CDs. The binary cd has
>the full linux operating system. This is exactly what you get for $2.
They key thing you are buying for the $50 is the manual (printing it out
at 5cents a page will cost you about $15 anyway), the installation
support (purely for installation, not setup. If you are a complete
computer newbe it may be worth it. Otherwise it tends not to be). The
manual can be useful-- but again purely for installation.
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From: Juz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: CD music....HELP!
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:25:10 -0500
Eric Price wrote:
> Only one problem : I cannot play ANY audio CDs....they play all
> right...but no music comes out of my speakers... Anyone have ANY tips?
>
What player are you using to play those cd's?
If you are using a X Window System player you may not see error messages
outputed from the player.
- make sure you have read access to you cd-rom device (i.e. /dev/hdc)
especially if you are not root.
- your player may use a link (generally /dev/cdrom) pointing to your
cdrom device. Make sure this link is there.
--
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take of "_shit_" from address.
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From: "David Z. Maze" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Security/Password Questions
Date: 18 Mar 1999 01:26:24 -0500
Vincent Raffensberger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
VR> I can't answer many of your questions, but I do have a comment:
VR> One great security measure that I recommend is deleting su from
VR> /bin (or is it /sbin?). This will prevent many of the usual
VR> hacking attempts (or at least provide a nice obstacle) and it's
VR> not much of an inconvenience.
I have my doubts on both of the assertions in the last sentence.
AFAICT most break-ins are a result of (a) sniffed passwords and (b)
weaknesses in system services. Having a normal working su is probably
not one of the major holes an attacker will try to use. (If they have
the root password already, maybe by sniffing it, they can use
/bin/login or the like; if not, I doubt there would be holes in su.)
OTOH, it gets you into trouble if you decide for whatever reason that
you want root access to your own machine. Certainly you can do some
(many, all) things with sudo, but The Right Way to get a legitimate
root shell is with su. (And the same arguments that apply to removing
su apply to sudo.) If you do this then you have no good way to go
from normal user to root when you need it.
VR> You can also mess around with the rights for your passwd file. I
VR> haven't done that but I've heard it mentioned before.
The right permissions on /etc/passwd are 0644 owned by root.root, and
on /etc/shadow 0600 root.root. (My system seems to have 0640
root.shadow for the latter.) You can't really make permissions any
stricter on /etc/passwd, since userspace applications (e.g. fingerd)
need to read information out of that file. root-writable makes no
difference. /etc/shadow should be as tight as you feel comfortable
with, since nothing besides login, su, sudo should ever use it, and
they need to be suid root anyways.
--
David Maze [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://donut.mit.edu/dmaze/
"Hey, Doug, do you mind if I push the Emergency Booth Self-Destruct Button?"
"Oh, sure, Dave, whatever...you _do_ know what that does, right?"
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From: Juz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.hackers.malicious,microsoft.public.frontpage.client
Subject: Re: Site Critque, Please
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:28:57 -0500
mickey foley wrote:
You should choose more wisely the groups you post to...
Juz
--
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From: Artur Prusinowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Quake 2 on Linux
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:18:46 -0500
Philip Armstrong wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Artur Prusinowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I have been trying to get Quake to to run on Linux. It actually runs
> >but nothing appears on the screen. It just goes blank and I can't even
> >switch to a different console. when I try to run it under X I get an
> >error
> >
> >Error: VID: Could not get any shared memory
> >
> >and it shuts down. I have an Intel i740 based card and i'm running
> >kernel 2.2
>
> er. have you compiled shm into the kernel?
>
> Phil
> --
> nosig
Sorry but I am not compeltely familiar with shm. Is it a patch, or is
it part of the main kernel?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: Are screen savers necessary?
Date: 18 Mar 1999 04:52:35 GMT
On 14 Mar 1999 17:29:51 -0500, Marc D. Bumble wrote:
>
>Someone at work mentioned that monitor screen phosphors have been
>re-designed so that screen savers are no longer necessary. Is this
>true? For instance, If I run xdm 24 hrs per day, will the login
Screen savers are un necessary, but DPMS ( auto shutdown of your monitor )
is good , because it saves a lot of power.
If you run xdm, you can put
xset dpms 600 1200 1800
in the file /etc/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0 or
/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsetup_0
or whatever it is on your system.
This will auto-power down your monitor when no one is using the machine.
cheers,
--
Donovan Rebbechi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
Web designer for Independence -- Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Re: """"""""My SoundBlast 16 pnp isn't up yet""""""""""""
Date: 18 Mar 1999 04:48:40 GMT
On Tue, 16 Mar 1999 04:29:29 GMT, Escape wrote:
>My machine: P166+mmx, 32mb ram, 4gb HD with Win95 and Win NT 4.0 and
>redhat5.1 co-existed in different partitions.
The sndcfg with RH5.2 automatically chooses the settings.
Like the other guy says you could try disabling PNP in your bios if its
enabled. Or you could try installing the newer sndcfg.
>2nd, When I try to mount /dev/cdrom from File Systerm Manager, the
>following error is returned: Can't find /dev/hdb in /etc/mtab or
>/etc/fstab.
try one or all of the following:
(a) mount /dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom
(b) add a line for your CDROM in /etc/fstab
/dev/hdb /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
(c) install autofs so you can just go "cd /misc/cd" to access your
CDROM drive without having to mount
>3nd, When my machine boots, it halts at "Sendmail" for about 3-5 mins
>before it goes to next step. Obviously there isn't any mail system on
>the machine right now because it is a standalone. How can take this
>mail thing out and speed up booting?
>From X, start up tksysv, and change the settings so sendmail doesn't
start at boot. BTW, I think there is probably something wrong with your
HOSTNAME setup or something. I had this problem some time back.
If you read email on linux, you will probably want to have sendmail starting.
>last one, Is my Zoom 56k PCI FaxModem a Windmodem that Linux can't use
>to connect me to my local isp?
There's a fair chance that it will not work ( if it cost less than $80- ,
it probably won't work. )
--
Donovan Rebbechi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://pegasus.rutgers.edu/~elflord/
Web designer for Independence -- Linux for the Masses
http://www.independence.seul.org/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Is Linux Y2K compliant?
Date: 18 Mar 99 17:43:11 +1000
Hi,
I am wondering if linux is y2k compliant.
I am sure this question must have been raised and answered many times. I must
apologize that I am asking it again. I am new to linux and would appreicate if
someone would give me an answer or pointer to the answers.
Thank you very much.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris
Subject: restore solaris ufsdumped tape on linux
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 03:35:13 GMT
Hello,
I have a tape which contains ufsdumped
filesystems from a solaris machine. It was created
using non-rewinding tape device /dev/nrst2.
I tried to restore a particular filesystem
on a red hat linux 5.1 by following the procedure:
$ cd foo
$ mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
$ mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 2 # move to the 3rd filesystem
$ restore rf /dev/nst0
I got the messages
Note: Doing Quad swapping
...
Tape reading error while restoring ...
Is this due to the fact that solaris is a big endian
machine and linux is a little endian machine?
Is the failure due to the different types
(ext2 vs ufs) of disk partitions?
Any one has success story on reading ufsdumped
tapes on linux?
Thanks for any info.
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From: Michael & Kyrstin Westwind <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: debian ftp install?
Date: Wed, 17 Mar 1999 22:54:55 -0800
download the rescue floppy image and create a floppy with it. download the
driver image and download the base as a single file, both to a dos partition
(which can be very small). The install process will allow you to mount the dos
partition and install from it. The only floppy you need is the Rescue floppy.
This will install the base including ppp. Run "pppconfig" after the base is
installed, then use dselect apt or ftp to install the system. It takes all
night for a relatively complete system at modem speeds but it works well.
Peter Granroth wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stefano Ghirlanda) writes:
>
> > Hi,
> > I would like to install debian on a machine with ftp access (and a debian
> > mirror very close by). I am used to install redhat via ftp and I find it
> > good way. However, it seems from the docs I read that this option is not
> > available when installing debian, am I wrong?
> > Thanks for your help
> > Stefano
> >
>
> It's perfectly possible to install Debian via ftp. I did it with Hamm,
> and should not be impossible to do with Slink (current stable release)
> either.
>
> Basically what you have to do is to download the root, rescue and base
> disk images from the debian mirror, and make the floppies (9 in total
> IIRC), then install the base system from these floppies. then point
> apt/dselect (choose the apt method in dselect, as explained in the
> second link below) to the debian ftp mirror and start installing the
> packages you want.
>
> (more complete installation instructions for Debian slink can be found
> at http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/install.html and
> http://www.debian.org/releases/stable/i386/dselect-beginner.html)
>
> HTH
> --
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> + http://193.10.242.45 +
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From: Juz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: US Robotics ISA Modem?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:44:31 -0500
You modem may stop working because the isapnp tools kind of scan your
devices making them irresponsive. It happened to me once.
Are you sure you have to use the isapnp tools? Maybe some jumper
settings on the modem could set the io address and irq so it would work.
Maybe setserial could help to...
Juz
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From: Jeremy Nickolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat,linux.redhat.development
Subject: Re: Assembler for Linux
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 07:04:06 GMT
Fred Donnelly wrote:
> What is the assembler program (is one exist) in Linux?
>
> Fred
I really like NASM, it's free and has great documentation.
http://www.web-sites.co.uk/nasm/index.html
Jeremy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthew Palmer)
Subject: Re: Is Linux Y2K compliant?
Date: 18 Mar 1999 07:05:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 18 Mar 99 17:43:11 +1000, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I am wondering if linux is y2k compliant.
Yes. Linus has made a statement to the effect that Linux is Y2K problem
free.
However, Linux IS just the kernel. All the other apps and shells and so
forth (without which the kernel isn't a whole heap of use) may not be. I
would say that most stuff which the average user runs is either (a) Not date
sensitive (really, what is the point of, say, sed knowing what day it is),
(b) new enough to have been fixed, or (c) both.
Your hardware is more likely to come a cropper in any case, IMHO.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.windows.x,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: pager instead of paperclip for windows maker?
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 22:25:18 GMT
you can use one of the Window Maker configuration utilties like wmconf or
WMPrefs.app (the latter comes with Window Maker) and look for the option to
Disable Clip somewhere.
In article <7clrf4$7a5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <7cjeq9$3ku$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > There is no pager included with WindowMaker, and according to the FAQ, there
> > are no plans to do so. Since WindowMaker is GNOME compliant though, you
> can
> > use the GNOME pager with it, this is what I'm doing. Of course you hvae to
> > have GNOME installed with it.
>
> Would it be posible to have the gnome pager work but *not* have any of the
> other gnome "stuff" (*nothing* against gnome <or kde for that matter> but i
> am just used to/happy with plain ole' windows maker <well with the pager
> exception>)
>
> thank you.
>
> -Gaiko
>
> >
> > In article <7cemgt$7qo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > > Hi, i just installed windows maker on my linux box and am quite happy with
> it
> > > with one exception... having started off with fvwm i have grown quite
> accustom
> > > to having that little 2X2 pager dodad but windows maker has the "paper
clip"
> > > instead. Is there some way i can have a pager (just the 2x2 box nothing
> else)
> > > and not have the paper clip? thank you.
> > >
> > > -Gaiko
> > >
> > > Gaikokujin Kyofusho
> > > Student Extraordinare & UN*X Guru Wannbe
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jeremy Nickolet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: realplayer 5.0 and RH 5.2
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 07:06:20 GMT
Jason Bowen wrote:
> I downloaded it, untarred and unzipped it, followed the directions and
> when I go to install it as a plugin I get the following message when I go
> to about plugins: libm.so.5 : cannot open shared object file: now such
> file or directory. It will replace the filename with librvcore.so
> sometimes. I checked /etc/ld.so.conf and made sure that /usr/i486../lib
> was the first line, nothing seems to help. I can run it from the shell
> but sometimes if gives me a wrong codec error even if I have played the
> file before with no problem. Hints? I have /usr/local/rvplayer5.0 in the
> path and LD_LIBRARY_PATH=/usr/local/rvplayer5.0. I am frustrated because
> everything looks like it should. Why would it be having trouble loading
> the libc5 libraries? I am assuming that this is the problem.
> Thanks in advance
> Jason
I downloaded the RPM from Real Networks and installed that without any
problems. I didn't need to make any other changes (I'm using Red Hat 5.2)
except to tell Netscape how to use it.
Jeremy
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Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 00:45:44 -0600
From: "Boisy G. Pitre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Ghostscript and HP 882
Hi all,
I've recently replaced my NEC Superscript 860 with an HP 882 Inkjet
printer. Like the NEC, the HP is connected to my Windows box, and I use
samba and magicfilter to print to the printer.
In searching for a ghostscript driver for the 882, I've come up totally
short. Is there such a driver available for Ghostscript 5.5.0?
Thanks.
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From: K Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Stupid Newbie tricks (Add this to list)
Date: 18 Mar 1999 07:27:50 GMT
I just might have you all beat. I run Redhat5.1 and once did
"rpm -e --nodeps glibc"...you can guess what happened from there...can we
say, what the hell were you thinking??
steve
In comp.os.linux.misc JACK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: stupid newbie tricks. here 's a few
: -run fdisk /mbr (a win95 command) on a duel boot with out having a
: linux boot floppy
: -fsck a linux drive using fsck.ufs under freebsd (linux has the sense
: not to let you do this)
: -set init default to 6 (i'm still not sure what i was trying to do here)
: i have done many other stupid thing but can'nt remember them at the moment.
: jack
: Pete Tolen wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
: >I'm sure someone is compiling a "Stupid Linux Newbie Tricks" list.
: >Here is an addition:
: >
: >Issuing the 'shutdown now' command from an xterm window while running
: >X.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: recover the user root?
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 02:02:31 -0500
I am in trouble now. I just deleted the user root by mistake. now I can
not login as root any more and there are a bunch of problems associated
with it. but I can login with other user ids. Is it possible to recover
the user root? Or I have to reinstall the system?
I am using mandrake 5.3 and has the kernel 2.2.1. I have a boot disk,
but no root disk.
Thank you for your advices.
digger
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From: Daniel Bowkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: CD music....HELP!
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:40:11 -0500
hello,
Something I often foget when building new systems...make sure that the
audio cable from the cdrom drive to the sound card is present /
connected. It's stupid, yes, and very obvious, but likely your problem.
Dan
Juz wrote:
>
> Eric Price wrote:
> > Only one problem : I cannot play ANY audio CDs....they play all
> > right...but no music comes out of my speakers... Anyone have ANY tips?
> >
>
> What player are you using to play those cd's?
> If you are using a X Window System player you may not see error messages
> outputed from the player.
>
> - make sure you have read access to you cd-rom device (i.e. /dev/hdc)
> especially if you are not root.
> - your player may use a link (generally /dev/cdrom) pointing to your
> cdrom device. Make sure this link is there.
>
> --
> Linux solved my Microsoft problem.
>
> take of "_shit_" from address.
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From: Daniel Bowkley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: CD music....HELP!
Date: Thu, 18 Mar 1999 01:40:30 -0500
hello,
Something I often forget when building new systems...make sure that the
audio cable from the cdrom drive to the sound card is present /
connected. It's stupid, yes, and very obvious, but likely your problem.
Dan
Juz wrote:
>
> Eric Price wrote:
> > Only one problem : I cannot play ANY audio CDs....they play all
> > right...but no music comes out of my speakers... Anyone have ANY tips?
> >
>
> What player are you using to play those cd's?
> If you are using a X Window System player you may not see error messages
> outputed from the player.
>
> - make sure you have read access to you cd-rom device (i.e. /dev/hdc)
> especially if you are not root.
> - your player may use a link (generally /dev/cdrom) pointing to your
> cdrom device. Make sure this link is there.
>
> --
> Linux solved my Microsoft problem.
>
> take of "_shit_" from address.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Armstrong)
Subject: Re: Quake 2 on Linux
Date: 17 Mar 1999 20:59:44 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Artur Prusinowski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have been trying to get Quake to to run on Linux. It actually runs
>but nothing appears on the screen. It just goes blank and I can't even
>switch to a different console. when I try to run it under X I get an
>error
>
>Error: VID: Could not get any shared memory
>
>and it shuts down. I have an Intel i740 based card and i'm running
>kernel 2.2
er. have you compiled shm into the kernel?
Phil
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