Linux-Misc Digest #595, Volume #19 Thu, 25 Mar 99 01:13:12 EST
Contents:
Re: Setting up a special proxy/router ("Andrew")
Re: Tar __It won't!?!?! ("J�rgen Exner")
Re: ulimit to stop gimp from crashing my system? ("David H�rdeman")
Re: Fat 32 and linux: can I mount? ("some guy")
Proxy Server Help? ("tel")
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? ("George Georgakis")
Re: GNOME compliant window manager - not (Christopher Browne)
Re: Tar __It won't!?!?! (jik-)
Re: Redhat linux and Iomega Zip 250 drive (Lance Adams)
Re: Reinstalling applications? -- Cnt+Alt+Del -- Aliases -- Multimedia (Kalle Olavi
Niemitalo)
Re: DHCP not working with new 2.2.1 kernel (Mick Costa)
Re: after install Netscape 4.51 ("William H. Pridgen")
problems with mouse ("Scott Murray")
Re: Options for a script (Gary Johnson)
Posting messages with binary attachments to news.vt.edu (James Timberlake)
Re: Linux In Banks? (Timothy J. Lee)
Re: Why Does Mail Break after adding a new Mail user ? (Todd Knarr)
Why Does Mail Break after adding a new Mail user ? ("Kim Knoblauch")
Linux and Exchange Server (Robert Binz)
Re: Terminal not fully functional... Help! ("T.E.Dickey")
Appletalk (Donovan Rebbechi)
Re: gmake exhausting virtual memory? (Peter.vanHelden)
Re: Tape Backup software (Robert Binz)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? ("Richard S")
Re: Modem setup question (Steve Thompson)
How to get X to use modem (Christian D Freet)
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From: "Andrew" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.dial-up,alt.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.networking,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Setting up a special proxy/router
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 16:43:33 -0500
I want full network connectivity, but I'll settle for web/FTP/etc. But it
has to be able to use more than one phone line at a time.
Andrew
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7dbihn$3p7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In linux.redhat.misc Andrew <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> # I want all the clients to be able to connect through the server. The
only
> # way I know to do this is in NT in which case we'd use a product like
> # WinGate. Please tell me there is a way to do this in Linux, I'd rather
go
> # with it for security and stability reasons. Thanks for any help.
>
> are you talking full network connectivity (ie: masquerading), or do you
just
> want a web/ftp/etc proxy server?
>
> I don't know what WinGate is, so I'm not sure which you want to do.
>
> --
> To reply via mail, please remove the obvious from the email address.
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From: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tar __It won't!?!?!
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 18:41:47 -0800
Reply-To: "J�rgen Exner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<Richard Sorak>; Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7dc05t$e38$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
This is one the three most frequently asked question.
> I've got a stock Redhat 5.2 install on a Dell Pent Pro 200 and a SCSI
> HD. I'm trying to get VMware going. I've dl'ed the software and am trying
> to get it Untarred. From the Directory that it's in if I give the command
> tar -x vmware.tar Nothing happes. Well it does go to the next line but I
Using this command you are trying to extract the file vmware.tar from the
default archive, usually /dev/nst0, which is your first SCSI tape drive (tar
stands for _T_ape _AR_chive after all).
> have no prompt. To get a prompt back I have to type Crtl-C. I've waited
> and still nothing. Help?
Well, tar is waiting for you to switch on your tape drive.
To use a different archive (e.g. a file) use the option "f". Details see man
page.
jue
--
J�rgen Exner
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From: "David H�rdeman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ulimit to stop gimp from crashing my system?
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 08:22:12 +0100
Carl Johnson wrote:
>
> David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > I've got a problem where a normal user under Xwin can start a big
> > memoryhogging program (like loading >500 pics in ImageMagick or
> > something), this will make the machine crash as it runs out of memory
> > and NFS then gets desperate. I've been directed to use ulimit to set
> > down the limit of the mem available to a user to maybe 90% of available
> > so that theres always a couple (10) percent left for system critical
> > tasks, but how do I accomplish this!? The doc (help ulimit) is quite
> > limited....
>
> You mean that ImageMagick still hasn't fixed that memory problem? I
> quit using it a long time ago because of that problem. All of the
> other image packages I have used (xv, PBMtools, gimp) check for memory
> before they do anything.
> --
> Carl Johnson [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Well, even if ImageMagick is no good at handling memory it's
discomforting knowing that an ordinary user CAN crash the box
//David
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From: "some guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Fat 32 and linux: can I mount?
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 22:11:34 -0600
Reply-To: "some guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
mount it as a VFAT partition
Christian D Freet wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Does linux recognize FAT 32? I have been unable to mount my second
>partition which uses the FAT 32 file system...
>
>Any help would be greatly appreciated.....
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From: "tel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Proxy Server Help?
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 00:15:22 GMT
I don't know much about UNIX, but I need to have a proxy server running on a
Red Hat Linux box. Is there a good resource for finding UNIX consultants or
does any one here want to help? (I'm not exactly loaded with $$$$)
- tel
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "George Georgakis" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: 25 Mar 1999 00:07:03 GMT
Much as I hate to say it, for ease of use and for those of the "just
install and use it" crowd, I must agree that Win9* is currently ahead of
all flavours of Linux. The problem is also Linux's strength - Open Source,
which means anyone with suitable savvy can knock out a Linux distribution
with its own quirks and foibles. Ergo, almost everything must be made to
suit *your* OS and *your* machine. OTOH, Win9*'s great weakness is also its
strength - it's proprietary and therefore standardised across the board.
This standardisation makes it easy to create install-and-play applications
at the expense of speed and bloat (caused by one item of software
necessarily having to auto-run on a variety of machines).
Just my thoughts. I use Linux as a learning experience (it's on 2 machines
including a gateway server) and Win95 for daily tasks because I don't have
the time to configure *everything* into my Linux boxes. Just yesterday I
dl'ed Enlightenment, but I haven't found the time to install this third WM
on my Linux box. Many others are in the same boat.
Now, if only everyone agreed to support Slackware as the "standard"
distribution... :)
George
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article
<7dbifb$3p7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> In linux.redhat.misc Michael Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> # Windows, it works (after the notorious reboot). When I setup a program
> # in Linux, I have to edit config files and who knows what else. So far,
I
>
> which programs are you talking about? Netscape -- install netscape, up
and
> running. Applixware, install, up and running. No problems.
>
> # screen. Still, Netscape doesn't work and needs to be configured, hours
>
> how so?
>
> # of testing and reading manpages and error reports ahead. In Windows, my
> # Netscape automatically calls the DUN, I hack in the provider #, login,
> # password and there you go. In Linux, you have to become an expert
first.
>
> so you have to setup PPP ... there's no magic here.
>
> --
> To reply via mail, please remove the obvious from the email address.
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Subject: Re: GNOME compliant window manager - not
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 00:29:36 GMT
On Wed, 24 Mar 1999 21:22:10 GMT, lisa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Latest headache:
>GNOME Pager Error (honest, i was only trying it out!)
>
>You are not running a GNOME compliant Window Manager
>Please run a GNOME compliant Window Manager (oh, if I only could)
>For Example:
>Enlightenment (DO-0.15)
>Then start this applet again.
>
>All (parenthesis) are my own comments
>
>Okay, I was under the assumption that I WAS running a GNOME compliant Window
>Manager. I am running Enlightenment (latest version as of last week) and the
>latest version of GNOME also. I've added gnome-session to .Xclients,
>.xinitrc. What have I missed? I understand the window manager takes care of
>all the window stuff. (very technical, huh?) And I know it's just a matter of
>something in the wrong place, or the wrong command in the wrong file. I am
>wracking my brain here.
The problem here (and this may not be as helpful as you'd hope) is that
the GNOME Pager is an example of an application that really does care
what WM you're running. It really does need to be able to "talk to" the
WM, since it is the WM that manages virtual consoles. (And the "Pager"
represents a little application to allow you to look at and select those
virtual consoles...)
I find it surprising that Enlightenment is *not* providing that; it is
the "test bed" application that has been providing the first
implementation of most of the GNOME-specific "hints."
What is most likely to be the case here is that the copy may have been
compiled in such a way as to omit the GNOME support. Did you compile it
yourself? Or did you get it as an "RPM" package?
- If you compiled E yourself, then there's most likely some option that
you forgot to fiddle in the Makefile or some such thing; take a look at
files like "README" or "INSTALL" in the main directory where you
extracted the source code.
- If you installed it as an RPM package, then tell us what version and
where you got it.
You can get that sort of information via:
% rpm -q -i enlightenment
and you could drop that into a file to include in your reply:
% rpm -q -i enlightenment > ~/e.txt
or perhaps "cut and paste" using mouse.
--
"Whenever you find that you are on the side of the majority, it is time
to reform." -- Mark Twain
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 16:42:43 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tar __It won't!?!?!
Richard, Sorak, Jr. wrote:
>
> I've got a stock Redhat 5.2 install on a Dell Pent Pro 200 and a SCSI
> HD. I'm trying to get VMware going. I've dl'ed the software and am trying
> to get it Untarred. From the Directory that it's in if I give the command
> tar -x vmware.tar Nothing happes. Well it does go to the next line but I
> have no prompt. To get a prompt back I have to type Crtl-C. I've waited
> and still nothing. Help?
> Thanks, Rick
man tar
Your using it wrong
tar zxvf file.tgz
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From: Lance Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Redhat linux and Iomega Zip 250 drive
Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 11:39:42 -0500
Hi Subbarao,
It looks like the driver you ran is ok but you need to make a partition on the
zip disk and then format it. This will then give you an sda1 and you then
should be able to mount it. I was doing the same thing you were doing untill I
read about having to partition and format the disk first. Type /sbin/fdisk
/dev/sda to partition the disk and then mkfs -t ext2 /dev/sda1 to format it
using the native linux file system.
Hope this helps. Also if you could tell me where you got the driver from I
would appreciate it. I lost track of where I got the imm driver from.
Regards,
Lance
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> hi!
>
> I am trying to get an Iomega Zip 250 parallel port drive working on a
> Redhat 5.2 linux system (on intel pentium). I do not have any other SCSI
> adapters/devices.
>
> I followed the instructions in the Zip-Drive Howto. I got the imm
> driver, compiled the kernel with support for SCSI, SCSI disk and
> modular lp support.
>
> When I try to insmod imm, it only outputs (from /var/log/messages)
> -------------------------
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: Version 0.18
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: Probing port 03bc
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: Probing port 0378
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: SPP port present
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: PS/2 bidirectional port present
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: EPP 1.7
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: imm: Probing port 0278
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: scsi0 : Iomega ZIP Plus drive
> Mar 14 01:27:57 loon kernel: scsi : 1 host.
> -------------------------
>
> It detected the drive but it's not available as any device. I tried to
> mount /dev/sda* (each of them, separately). But i get error message that
> it does not correspond to a block device and the reason may be that the
> driver is not loaded.
>
> According to the Howto, insmod imm should also output to which device
> file (sda?) the drive is mapped. But in my case, it does not tell me
> the device name.
>
> My kernel version is 2.0.36.
> I tried running insmod imm from /etc/rc.d/rc.local, rc.sysinit (to load
> at boot time) and manually also after booting but none of them worked.
>
> I have seen postings on this group saying they got Zip 250 working perfectly
> in linux. I will greatly appreciate any help in this regard.
>
> -subbarao
>
> -----------== Posted via Deja News, The Discussion Network ==----------
> http://www.dejanews.com/ Search, Read, Discuss, or Start Your Own
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From: Kalle Olavi Niemitalo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reinstalling applications? -- Cnt+Alt+Del -- Aliases -- Multimedia
Date: 15 Mar 1999 11:36:27 +0200
mist <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> As with most things in Linux, CTRL-ALT-DEL can be configured to do
> pretty much whatever you want it to do. Entries in /etc/rc.d/rc.local
> and /etc/inittab configuration files combine to tell the computer what
> to do when the buttons are pressed.. There'll be lines starting with
> ca and ctrlaltdel.
Another approach is to undefine CTRL-ALT-DEL and perhaps bind
some other key combo to the "Boot" action it normally executes.
I'm using CTRL+ALT+SHIFT+BREAK, since that's rather impossible to
press by accident. There's some more info on my keymapping page:
http://stekt.oulu.fi/~tosi/kbd/
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From: Mick Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DHCP not working with new 2.2.1 kernel
Date: Mon, 15 Mar 1999 09:34:03 -0500
This was the reason why I went back to 2.0.36... I had everything
working fine, except I knew that I needed a different version of
dhcpcd. The problem is that the only one I found is based on glibc (and
I'm still libc5). So I started through the whole process of getting
glibc onto my machine so I could compile dhcpcd (Slackware 3.6 only has
the run-time libraries). Anyway, through some of my own ignorance and
impatience, it didn't work out for me (I screwed something up with
having both libc5 and glibc on the system). I am now happily back to
2.0.36 until I figure out what to do.
Mick Costa
Dan Nguyen wrote:
>
> Erica Vogle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : I recently compiled kernel version 2.2.1 on my RedHat 5.2 system. This
> : machine is using DHCP to obtain its IP info. After installing the new
> : kernel, DHCP client stopped working. When I was running kernel version
> : 2.0.36, DHCP was working fine. Does anyone know what option needs to be
> : compiled in for DHCP client to work? I'm sure I missed it.
>
> The network model for 2.2.x kernels is different from 2.0 kernels.
> You will need to get a newer version of DHCPc. But this new version
> only works with the 2.2 kernels.
>
> --
> 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: "William H. Pridgen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: after install Netscape 4.51
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 19:25:34 -0600
bio13 wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am using the Red Hat 5.2, which come with Netscape 4.07. Something wrong
> after
> I tried to install 4.51 version. When login as root,
> it says that ulimit can not been found. The prompt goes
> wierd and the Backspace does not show well in nxterm (it functions well
> though.)
>
> I used the command "./ns-install" to setup it up. Apparently,
> it has not been integrated into Redhat, cause it still recognize
> browser in /usr/bin/netscape, not the /usr/local/netscape/netscape, where I
> installed.
>
> Any idea? Thanks in advance,
>
> Brandon
>
> **** Posted from RemarQ - http://www.remarq.com - Discussions Start Here (tm) ****
Run Netscape 4.51 from the command line.
--
Bill Pridgen
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED] *** Linux: Platform for a new millennium
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From: "Scott Murray" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems with mouse
Date: Sun, 14 Mar 1999 23:49:15 -0600
I have a Fujitsu Lifebook 520d. I think that I have everything configured
right except for the mouse. The mouse is a ps/2 alps glidepoint. When I am
in x windows the mouse will only move in the upper right 2/3 of the screen.
I have tried every option in the mouse configuration program (even the
serial mouse options which do not allow it to move but the pointer still
starts in the wrong spot) but it is the same for all of them. What can I
do?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gary Johnson)
Subject: Re: Options for a script
Date: 25 Mar 1999 05:07:12 GMT
Jaze ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
> I am currently unable to access any documentation due to my limited
> resources but I need to know how I can pipe the output of multiple
> commands to a single command. Basically, what I'm trying to do is pipe
> echo, date, and cat commands to sendmail to automate a certain message.
> Doing echo "Blah"; date -R | sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED] executes the echo and
> then pipes only the date to sendmail. How can I pipe a full command line?
Do the following:
{
echo "Blah"
date -R
cat some_file
} | sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or on one line:
{ echo "Blah"; date -R; cat some_file; } | sendmail [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Gary
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Timberlake)
Subject: Posting messages with binary attachments to news.vt.edu
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 01:50:55 GMT
Reply-To: �
has anyone had problems posting messages with attachements around the
size of a floppy? i keep getting errors when i try this and i'm not
sure what the cause is. could it be a message size problem or
something else?
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Timothy J. Lee)
Subject: Re: Linux In Banks?
Reply-To: see-signature-for-email-address---junk-not-welcome
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 01:22:13 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (houghi) writes:
|Also make it very clear to them that security holes are solved the
|moment one is found. With other OS this can take a longer time. As
|security is something they as a bank must be interested in.
The BSDs, particularly OpenBSD, may be of interest from a security
standpoint.
--
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Timothy J. Lee timlee@
Unsolicited bulk or commercial email is not welcome. netcom.com
No warranty of any kind is provided with this message.
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From: Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Does Mail Break after adding a new Mail user ?
Date: 25 Mar 1999 05:14:05 GMT
Kim Knoblauch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Unfortunately I do not know what the permissions should be for mail. In
> /var/spool/mail the correct owners names and groups show for the individual
> mail files.
The /var/spool/mail directory itself should be owner root, group mail,
permissions read-write-execute for user and group, read-execute for other,
SGID bit set.
Individual mail files should be owned by the user, group mail, permissions
read-write for the user, no access by other, group either no access or
read-write access depending on whether your mail system is SUID root or
SGID mail.
--
All I want out of the Universe is 10 minutes with the source code and
a quick recompile.
-- unknown
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From: "Kim Knoblauch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Why Does Mail Break after adding a new Mail user ?
Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 23:25:25 GMT
It has happend twice now. Mail worked fine for everyone roto and users.
Then I added a new user while logged in as root. Immediately after that
regular users cannot access there mail they get Permission denied on the own
mail file in /var/spool/mail.
Unfortunately I do not know what the permissions should be for mail. In
/var/spool/mail the correct owners names and groups show for the individual
mail files.
/var/spool mail permissions did show as 'blank' for owner and mail for group
/var/spool/ is shown as root root, should it be mail mail or root mail ?
Help
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From: Robert Binz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux and Exchange Server
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 05:25:17 GMT
Good day all,
I am looking for a Exchange Server Client that will run under Linux. =20
Our office has moved to Exchange 5.5 and the people running the=20
Exchange servers refuse to open up pop or imap. Since I use Linux as=20
my OS at work I have found myself having to logout of Linux and boot=20
into MS OS and do my mail thing and then boot back into Linux.
Does anyone have knowledge of a exchange native client for Linux? =20
Anyone working on one and needs a beta tester?
TIA
Robert Binz
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Terminal not fully functional... Help!
Date: 15 Mar 1999 21:27:43 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Adrian Fretwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have just upgraded from RH5.0 to RH5.2 but I now seem to have a
> terminal type problem.
> If I type "man ls " for example I get a message saying:
> WARNING: terminal is not fully functional - (press RETURN)
> Some of my textmode applications just core dump, I think this may be
> related to the problem.
> Any ideas as to what the problem is or what I can do to fix it?
> Many Thanks
> Adrian Fretwell
terminfo moved from /usr/lib/terminfo to /usr/share/terminfo
Redhat's scripts seem to overlook this. It's in my ncurses faq:
The current version of ncurses is 4.2
There's an faq at
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey/ncurses/ncurses.faq.html
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Donovan Rebbechi)
Subject: Appletalk
Date: 25 Mar 1999 04:41:15 GMT
Hi. I wanted to know how to set up linux so it can act as an apple file
server for the macs in the building. So far, I get a message at boot
informing me that Appletalk is starting up, but there is no trace of any
apple fileserver installed, and the macs on the network can't see my
machine ( well they can telnet and the Xservers work, but I can't server
files )
Anyone have some helpful hints on turning linux into an Apple fileserver
?
thanks,
--
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] (Peter.vanHelden)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: gmake exhausting virtual memory?
Date: 24 Mar 1999 12:37:55 GMT
F.R.M.Barnes ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Chris Kerslake ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: : 1. How do I determine my virtual memory size (I assume it's 16 mb)?
: cat /proc/meminfo
: free
: : 2. How do I increase my vm to allow me to complete the make?
: More swap space. 16MB main and 16MB swap isn't really enough -- I've
: got 40MB real and 130MB swap on my system. If you don't have any free
: partition space, use the loopback device (man losetup). You also need
: to have 'loopback device support' enabled in the kernel.
??? Linux can swap to a file.
Peter
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From: Robert Binz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tape Backup software
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 04:28:03 GMT
I would Second the idea of using Arkeia.
> >>Hello,
> >>
> >>I'm looking for a very easy & good DAT tape
> > backup software.
> >>Any idea?
> >>
> >>Regard
> >>Jack Cheng
> A good software especially for DAT and other SCSI tapes is arkeia. Its=
=20
a
> client server based system that you can get for free (for non=20
commercial
> use) for one linux station.
> Look at http://www.arkeia.com/
> Rainer
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From: "Richard S" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: Wed, 24 Mar 1999 20:16:07 -0600
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.redhat.misc
Several months ago I bought the Sams' Linux in 24 hours which came with
RedHat 5.0. After a month or so (24 hours in dog years?) I got many of the
applications working; got the modem to dial but never did connect no sound
either. I heard from an IT manager of one of my clients that I should try
the Linux-Mandrake distribution which was built on RedHat 5.2 and comes with
KDE as the default. It took a couple of loading efforts, but I was on the
internet within half an hour after it first booted using Netscape. I had
Word Perfect 8.0 up the same evening. The next night I had sound. All that
I'm left with is trying to get the AGP card working with an updated XFree86
server. Trust me, I haven't gotten smarter, knowledgeable or lucky; this new
distribution is made for us Newbies! It's not windows drop the CD and play
easy but getting mighty close!
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>Much as I hate to say it, for ease of use and for those of the "just
>install and use it" crowd, I must agree that Win9* is currently ahead of
>all flavours of Linux. The problem is also Linux's strength - Open Source,
>which means anyone with suitable savvy can knock out a Linux distribution
>with its own quirks and foibles. Ergo, almost everything must be made to
>suit *your* OS and *your* machine. OTOH, Win9*'s great weakness is also its
>strength - it's proprietary and therefore standardised across the board.
>This standardisation makes it easy to create install-and-play applications
>at the expense of speed and bloat (caused by one item of software
>necessarily having to auto-run on a variety of machines).
>
>Just my thoughts. I use Linux as a learning experience (it's on 2 machines
>including a gateway server) and Win95 for daily tasks because I don't have
>the time to configure *everything* into my Linux boxes. Just yesterday I
>dl'ed Enlightenment, but I haven't found the time to install this third WM
>on my Linux box. Many others are in the same boat.
>
>Now, if only everyone agreed to support Slackware as the "standard"
>distribution... :)
>
>George
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From: Steve Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Modem setup question
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 05:49:02 +0000
Yeah, it could be becuse your modem is internally set at xon/xoff
software flow control and the ppp connection is trying to use hardware.
try issuing the xonxoff switch in your chat script or set your modem to
software flow control.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christian D Freet)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: How to get X to use modem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 1999 05:54:37 GMT
Those who have answered my previous questions have been a big help,
but please don't get to vague in your responses... please note that
even though I am using Linux, I am new to the platform; I had to
deduce the means by which to implement most of the help I have been
given. THANKS ANY WAY, NEVERTHELESS!!
Now, I need help with the modem. I have a somewhat standard ISA
modem... I don't know how to get X (or Linux in general) to use it...
I tried using the modem dialer in X, but when querying the modem, it
wasn't found.
Please help, and thanks in advance.
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