Linux-Misc Digest #429, Volume #18 Fri, 1 Jan 99 16:13:07 EST
Contents:
Mounting floppy (Bob Liesenfeld)
Re: Some X Windows apps not running (Paul Griffiths)
Re: How to replicate a Linux Box? (Peter Bruderer)
Re: Running Linux on AMD or Cyrix microprocessor (Jasper Janssen)
Re: Infringement of the GPL (Rod Smith)
Re: Mounting floppy (Prasanth Kumar)
Re: 2.0.36 boot problem - NatSemi PC87306 FDC doesn't boot (Sydney Weidman)
Re: telnet problem ("mct1")
Re: Installing Slackware 3.6 on a system running Windows NT 4.0 (Michel Catudal)
2.0.36 boot problem - NatSemi PC87306 FDC doesn't boot (David Khait)
Re: Real Player/Netscape problem (zentara)
Re: Good Apache Server Book? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Netscape Communicator Hangs (zentara)
Re: make zImage fails at last step ("PDG")
Re:WordPerfect 8 (John Berezinski)
Re: Linux telephone/talk software? (Gary Momarison)
Re: RH5.2 (Gary Momarison)
Re: Infringement of the GPL (Bill Unruh)
Linux und Creative RivaTNT ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: libdl.so.2? What is it, where is it? (Needed for Oracle 8i) (Bill Unruh)
Please explain nice levels to me. ("J. S. Jensen")
Re: SuSE or RedHat ? (Don Grbac)
Re: Linux und Creative RivaTNT (Dan Nguyen)
Re: Problem with pppd / dialup (Bill Unruh)
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From: Bob Liesenfeld <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mounting floppy
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 12:24:13 -0600
Hi gang,
What is the reason that under linux a floppy disk file system must be mounted
and unmounted, under pain of screwing the fs up, whereas under DOS, you may pop
disks in or out at will with no problem. I guess I'm asking 'what is this
difference between how these two OSs treat a floppy disk?'
Thanks
--
Genuine E-mail From the Land of the Everlasting Icicle...
Bob Liesenfeld
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Paul Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Some X Windows apps not running
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 18:34:25 +0000
Paul Griffiths wrote:
>
> Jeff Myers wrote:
>
> > I have the same problem.
> > tkmc: error in loading shared libraries
> > /usr/lib/libtcl.so undefined symbol: stat
>
> I got the same problem too, if I typed 'tkmc' at the command prompt. I
> typed 'mc' instead, and it works.
Though of course, that's not an X app.
--
Paul Griffiths
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Bruderer)
Subject: Re: How to replicate a Linux Box?
Date: 1 Jan 1999 16:35:26 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Erik Myllymaki) writes:
> I would like to duplicate my linux setup on another machine. If I were to
> install the HD from the new machine into the old machine, and use dd to
> copy EVERYTHING to the blank hard drive and then install that HD back into
> the new machine, would this work?
>
> The hardware is the same for both machines.
It does. I'm using this method for one of my customers to replicate systems.
You simply can do a "dd if=/dev/hda of=/dev/hdb bs=1048576" and
wait a few minutes. If dd has completed run fsck on all filesystems of
/dev/hdb, insert the disk in the other system and there you go. The
number of "bs" is a multiple of 512.
I always used the same disks to copy this way. I do not know what happens if
they have a different geometry.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jasper Janssen)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Running Linux on AMD or Cyrix microprocessor
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 18:51:31 GMT
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 18:27:44 +0000, Hashi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>> My machine runs like a top and registers 599.50 BogoMips. Hello.
My machine runs at 7.94 BogoMIPS. Hello. Shall we arrange for them to
date?
Jasper
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Subject: Re: Infringement of the GPL
Date: 1 Jan 1999 18:51:08 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> Kenneth Corbin writes:
>
>> Rather than initiate some expensive litigation, someone who discoveres
>> obvious and incontrovertable GPL code in a propietory product can simply
>> post the entire product source to some public forum,...
>
> They and everyone who downloaded the package would be infringing the
> copyright on that portion that was created by the infringer. The presence
> in the package of some GPL material would be no defense.
The language of the GPL is such that derivative works are also covered by
the GPL. Therefore, including GPLed code in a product automatically
makes the larger work GPLed. At least, that appears to be the intent of
the GPL, and it's how it's generally considered in the open source
community. I'm certainly not a lawyer, though, and whether the courts
would see it that way is another matter. There's also the question of
HOW MUCH GPL code is necessary to "free" a larger program. If Microsoft
were to steal, say, three lines from a Linux driver, would that be enough
to "free" all of Windows? What about one source code .c file? Half the
kernel?
Personally, I wouldn't be willing to release a larger work against the
owner's permission and risk losing the lawsuit that would surely follow.
Better to sue the company that includes the code and argue that the
company should be required to release it under GPL. If you win, the end
result is the same (though a bit later), and there's less chance that
it'll be portrayed as a "lawless hacker stunt" by the media or the
company's lawyers. Such a portrayal could seriously damage the
reputation of open source software as a whole, unfair though that would
be.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the digit and following word from my address to mail me
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From: Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mounting floppy
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 18:32:59 GMT
Part of the reason for this mount/unmount stuff is because Linux is a
multi-user system and more than one user could be using a device at the
same time without the knowledge of the user at the console. Thus the
explicit procedure to mount and unmount which will identify it is okay
to do this. It is also partially following Unix tradition for doing it.
The easiest way around this is to use the "mtools" utilities for accesing
msdos floppies. There are commands like mdir, mcopy, mrename, mdel which
work like the msdos commands and you don't need to do mounting and
unmounting as it writes immediately to the drive. The other solution is
to use autofs or one of these automounters to unmount after a few seconds
of no use of the device.
Bob Liesenfeld wrote:
>
> Hi gang,
>
> What is the reason that under linux a floppy disk file system must be mounted
> and unmounted, under pain of screwing the fs up, whereas under DOS, you may pop
> disks in or out at will with no problem. I guess I'm asking 'what is this
> difference between how these two OSs treat a floppy disk?'
>
> Thanks
>
>
> --
> Genuine E-mail From the Land of the Everlasting Icicle...
> Bob Liesenfeld
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Sydney Weidman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: 2.0.36 boot problem - NatSemi PC87306 FDC doesn't boot
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 18:56:12 GMT
David Khait wrote:
> Hi!
>
> I've been running a 2.0.34-06 (Red Hat 5.1) kernel on my laptop without
> major problems. Then I've tried to compile a 2.0.36. 2.0.36 fails
> after printing this line:
>
> Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
>
> where 2.0.34-06 goes on to print
>
> FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
>
> I presume that 2.0.36 kernel does not have support for my floppy disk
> controller. Is there a patch?
>
> Please help!
>
> Boris
Good news and bad news. The good news is that a National Semiconductor
PC87306 should boot no problem with 2.0.36. I've got the very same and
have never had a problem. The bad news is you still have a problem.
I assume this problem occurs when you try and use the new kernel, not when
you compile it. If you compiled floppy support as a module and didn't do
make modules_install, that may be the problem.
Hope this helps
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From: "mct1" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: telnet problem
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 18:21:54 GMT
Chris Poultney wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>When I try to telnet to my machine, I keep having the same problem:
**Are you logging in as root...?
check the /etc/securetty file. Look for :
ttyp0
ttyp1
ttyp2
Verify that /etc/ttys has the following:
vt100 ttyp0
vt100 ttyp1
vt100 ttyp2
Veify that /etc/inetd.conf has an entry for 'telnet'
>I get the login and password prompts, but after entering username and
>password, I get the 'login incorrect' message. I've tried enough times
>with enough different logins that I know I'm not making a mistake. Is
>there a telnet settings file somewhere of which I'm ignorant? Please
>help!
>
>-Chris P.
>
>
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Installing Slackware 3.6 on a system running Windows NT 4.0
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 17:19:51 +0000
mike burrell wrote:
>
> >
> >I thought that ntfs support is read only. I compiled the kernel
> >2.2.0 this afternoon and noticed that. What is the fstab command
> >to recognize my ntfs partition?
>
> read-write ntfs support is in 2.1 (2.3 yet?)
> and putting something like this:
> /dev/hda5 /nt-drive ntfs defaults 1 1
> should work in your fstab
>
This is what I entered the first time I enabled it on a 2.1.xxx
kernel. Linux crashed on boot and the next day I reinstalled NT.
I assumed that I goofed in the line. When I read the documentation
coming with Kernel 2.2.0 they say that ntfs is supported only in
read mode.
I would not reenable the write mode under any circumstance, at least
not until RedHat certifies that it works flawlessly.
--
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history, electronics and genealogy pages.
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From: David Khait <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: 2.0.36 boot problem - NatSemi PC87306 FDC doesn't boot
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 18:18:54 GMT
Hi!
I've been running a 2.0.34-06 (Red Hat 5.1) kernel on my laptop without
major problems. Then I've tried to compile a 2.0.36. 2.0.36 fails
after printing this line:
Floppy drive(s): fd0 is 1.44M
where 2.0.34-06 goes on to print
FDC 0 is a National Semiconductor PC87306
I presume that 2.0.36 kernel does not have support for my floppy disk
controller. Is there a patch?
Please help!
Boris
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (zentara)
Subject: Re: Real Player/Netscape problem
Reply-To: ""
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 19:38:11 GMT
On Thu, 31 Dec 1998 18:39:37 -0500, Juhani Vanhala
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I just installed Red Hat 5.2 to my computer, and so far everything has
>gone quite smoothly. Now I have just one problem with Real Player or
>Netscape. (I'm not sure which to blame)
>Netscape Application properties are:
>
> Description: RealPlayer 5.0 Beta2
> MIMEType: audio/x-pn-realaudio
> Suffixes: .rm,.ra,.ram
>
> [x] Handled By Application: /usr/bin/rvplayer %s
>
>rvpayer works just fine when I run it from command line, and I'm able to
>open .ram files both from my own HD and remotely.
>
>The problem is that when I click on some audio/vide link in Netscape,
>nothing seems to happen. Netscape just accesses the web page for a
Hi, there is also an entry for Netscape applications called
MiMeType: audio/x-pn-realaudio-plugin
And that has to be setup, and the plugins and links has to
be made in your $HOME/.netscape/plugins.
It's detailed in the installation instructions for the Realplayer5.0,
maybe they forgot to include those instructions in the beta.
It's in a set of html docs.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Good Apache Server Book?
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.isp
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 18:27:03 +0100
Check out O'Reilly. They usually publish very good computer books.
http://www.oreilly.com
Cliff Etzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am looking for a book or other documentation that explains the setup
> and various configurations of Apache server. My only requirement is
> that it is written and explains the information in terminology someone
> who is not that experienced (yet) with can understand.
> Any suggestions who greatly be appreciated.
--
Anders Gulden Olstad @ Brinkley | * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * *
RedHat 5.2 Linux kernel 2.0.36 | "Penguins are generally nice creatures"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (zentara)
Subject: Re: Netscape Communicator Hangs
Reply-To: ""
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 19:38:32 GMT
On Fri, 01 Jan 1999 08:37:18 -0700, Jack Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I'm having trouble with Netscape communicator 4.5 occasionally hanging
>when
>reading pages from the web. Certain files (e.g. Barnes and Noble's
>magazine
>list) will hang it every time. It is not a random event. Communicator
>is then
>crashed. I had similar trouble with an earlier version (maybe 4.08),
>but in
>that case the problem could always be fixed by turning off the Java
>Script
>capability. Now if have it (Java) off and still have trouble.
>
>I'm using Slakware 3.4 with the 2.0.30 kernel and the libc5 library.
>
>Has anyone see behavior like this? Any ideas?
There is one thing to do for sure, it is a security flaw, and
it is described on Netscapes website.
In edit/preferences/navigator/applications there is an entry
called * and it's setup to be handled by "default plugin"???
I don't remember for sure; BUT it should be changed to
"Unknown: Prompt User".
I'm recalling this from memory, so I may be wrong. Check out
Netscape's site for yourself.
I have seen some weird behavior with 4.5.
My problem used to be a complete netscape shutdown,
when clicking on a "mailto:", with the message only
saying "bus error".
That problem has disappeared after some upgrading,
I don't know why.
So far I've been lucky with this install. :-)
Knock on wood.
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From: "PDG" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.dev.kernel,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,alt.linux,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: make zImage fails at last step
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 14:50:16 -0500
especially if you're compiling 2.2
--
PDG--"We bring bad things to life"
For PGP Public key-- http://webcrush.com/pgp.htm
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From: John Berezinski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re:WordPerfect 8
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 12:51:45 -0600
I've just down loaded Wordperfect 8. When I try to unzip the file(s), gunzip says
the last file is missing (the one that has header info?) and if I use unzip, it
says its not in zip format. I am using a recent version of Slakware.
Any suggestions or redirection to correct news group would be appreciated.
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux telephone/talk software?
Date: 01 Jan 1999 10:01:06 -0800
"Chip & Debby Piller" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Are there any programs for Linux that I can use to talk with someone else on
> the internet? How can I do this, using a microphone and sending/receiving
> audio?
Not much out there. But looks like at least one via Gary's Encyclopedia at
http://www.aa.net/~swear/pedia/misc.html#telephony
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From: Gary Momarison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH5.2
Date: 01 Jan 1999 10:05:43 -0800
Travis Zimmerman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Ok, this is really odd. I have all of the sudden acquired an
> intermittent connection while in my Linux partition. I can always ping
> the network IP, but not the primary nameserver. After first setting up
> the static IP it worked fine, and it continuously works fine in my Win
> partition. It has suddenly begun to work on several occasions, but
> usually fails after reboot, or just lags me off. When it does manage to
> work it is very slow and has a high packet loss. at one point I reset
> the modem and it worked. I tried it another time and it did not. At one
> point I tried to ping the the primary nameserver and it did not work, I
> tried the secondary nameserver and that got through. I then tried the
> primary again and that worked. I had made no changes between tries, in
> fact, they were done consecutively. If anyone has any ideas or
> suggestions I would greatly appreciate them.
I suggest that you direct networking questions to comp.os.linux.networking
and that you provide a more specific "Subject".
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Infringement of the GPL
Date: 1 Jan 1999 20:39:06 GMT
In <76j5es$19p$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith) writes:
>The language of the GPL is such that derivative works are also covered by
>the GPL. Therefore, including GPLed code in a product automatically
Unfortunately the GPL is of dubious valididty. While the user of the GPL
in violation of the license may be in violation of copright, the remedy
is under law, not under license. You cannot violate someone elses
copyright just because they violated yours. (and even less so if the
orginal GPLed work was not yours). The statement that works containing
GPLed code is also GPLed is as valid as if it stated that the user of
the GPLed work therafter became the indentured slave of the original
writer, especially as the terms of the GPL were not agreed to by the
two parties before hand. Ie, just because it is written in a so called
license, does not mean it is legal.
>makes the larger work GPLed. At least, that appears to be the intent of
>the GPL, and it's how it's generally considered in the open source
>community. I'm certainly not a lawyer, though, and whether the courts
>would see it that way is another matter. There's also the question of
>HOW MUCH GPL code is necessary to "free" a larger program. If Microsoft
It does not do so. The use of the code may be in violation of copyright,
but the GPL cannot force its terms on anyone.
>were to steal, say, three lines from a Linux driver, would that be enough
>to "free" all of Windows? What about one source code .c file? Half the
>kernel?
>Personally, I wouldn't be willing to release a larger work against the
>owner's permission and risk losing the lawsuit that would surely follow.
>Better to sue the company that includes the code and argue that the
>company should be required to release it under GPL. If you win, the end
Only the original copyright holder could do that. Your damages might
include release of the companies code. It would be a novel form of
damages, and I would certainly like to see it happen.
>result is the same (though a bit later), and there's less chance that
>it'll be portrayed as a "lawless hacker stunt" by the media or the
>company's lawyers. Such a portrayal could seriously damage the
>reputation of open source software as a whole, unfair though that would
>be.
>--
>Rod Smith
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>http://www.users.fast.net/~rodsmith
>NOTE: Remove the digit and following word from my address to mail me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux und Creative RivaTNT
Date: Fri, 1 Jan 1999 21:40:34 +0100
Wer kann mir helfen?
Ich habe eine Creative RivaTNT 16 MB.
Wie kann ich diese unter Linux betreiben?
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: libdl.so.2? What is it, where is it? (Needed for Oracle 8i)
Date: 1 Jan 1999 20:43:11 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Jerry Lynn Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> I seem to be missing libdl.so.2. Search engine references are not as
>> helpful as I would like. I've got references to libc, libg, and
>> something called "freetype2".
libdl.so.2 is a part of glibc. Is SuSe still libc5?
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From: "J. S. Jensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.misc
Subject: Please explain nice levels to me.
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 13:31:08 -0700
Now it is my understanding of Unix that the nice level is the scheduling
priority for process in the process table to be used to schedule when
the proc is runnable.
Now following that logic, a process with a lower nice level (higher
priority) should always be scheduled to run before a higher nice
levelled proc.
Let me assume that these are the only two truly running processes:
(yes >/dev/null &) ; (nice yes >/dev/null &)
Now because generally the kernel will be taking care of sending output
to the bit-bucket /dev/null, `yes' will probably block on i/o
occasionally. However, the first yes process should have the majority
of the CPU and theoretically having an ``effective load'' of 1. The
second nice process should only run when the first yes process is
blocked, right?. Doing this I can sustain a load average of around 2,
because the two yes processes are in the run queue, however the CPU
times of each are for instance:
yes #1 = 12:28
yes #2 = 6:31
The first yes proc has approximately 1.91 times the CPU time. How can
this be? Should not the second yes process /rarely/ run because of the
dominance of the first yes proc?
Now higher nice level procs /should/ be run occasionally because no one
would want a low nice level proc monopolizing the processor, but it
seems that each N successive niced process runs N times as slow as its
successor.
Is this just the OS specific scheduler? This occurs on both AIX 4, and
Linux 2.0.
--
J. S. Jensen
mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.paramin.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Don Grbac)
Subject: Re: SuSE or RedHat ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 01 Jan 1999 20:45:05 GMT
On Tue, 29 Dec 1998 16:54:55 GMT,
Marco Anglesio <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Don Grbac <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The last I heard, the official name of Debian was Debian GNU/Linux.
>> Was there another falling out between Debian and FSF?
>
>It still is, and I don't think there's been a falling-out so much as a
>clarification. I'll try to sum up the rationale for calling it GNU/Linux
>from memory: Linux is the free operating system kernel, which is not
>usable on its own; GNU (well, the FSF and its contributors) provides the
>basic free operating system applications, etcetera, which makes it an
>equal partner.
>
>Debian GNU/Linux, however, isn't endorsed by the FSF, I don't think - it's
>the GNU part is merely recognition of the FSF's role in developing the
>Linux OS.
>
>marco
I know for a fact that there was official cooperation between the
Debian people and the GNU people at one time. There was a falling out
over some terminology about the license, and a subsequent
re-agreement. That's why I asked the question.
Don
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From: Dan Nguyen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux und Creative RivaTNT
Date: 1 Jan 1999 20:47:00 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Wer kann mir helfen?
: Ich habe eine Creative RivaTNT 16 MB.
: Wie kann ich diese unter Linux betreiben?
You'll need to get XFree86 3.3.3 and use the SVGA driver.
--
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: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Problem with pppd / dialup
Date: 1 Jan 1999 20:52:11 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Yan Seiner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]i have a dialup setup on my RH5.1 system. This is a brand new install,
]using an external modem. Everything works fine; I can talk to the
]modem, the system dials, pppd makes the connection, all is well with the
]mechanics of the connection.
]I can ping the IP of the server I am dialed into, and any machine on the
]immediate network. I cannot ping any other machine anywhere on the
]'net. My ISP can see me dialed in, but if they ping my address, they
]get no response.
Sounds like a problem with the default route and perhaps with the
proxyarp on their end.
You need to set up the ppp link as the defaultroute (add defaultroute to
/etc/ppp/options). However I suspect that you have a default route
already defined for the local network that the RH machine is ether
connected to. If so, remove it, and instead put specific subnet
routeing in for that subnet, or specific machine routing for each of the
machines on that subnet.
]I can ping the RH machine from the network, but I cannot see it in
]Network Neighborhood.
]I have been through the HOWTO so many times I am sick of it, and no joy.
]I think the problem lies in how my network is set up: on install, RH
]set up a gateway at 192.168.0.254, a non-existant machine. It also set
]up IP forwarding. I know very little about either gateways or IP
]forwarding.
No need for gateways. I suspect what you mean is that that is the
default route.
Wehn you have connected up with ppp, open an xterm and type route
there should be an entry which looks like
default string 0.0.0.0 UG 0 0 5 ppp0
(in my case string is the remote machine my ppp is connected to) Also
before you bring up ppp, you should have no default route at all.
]I have removed the gateway IP and turned off IP forwarding, but still no
]luck. ANy ideas on how this should be set up are welcome.
IP forwarding is so that your machine can act as a link between machines
on one network and the ppp link. Leave it on. It is not your problem.
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