Linux-Misc Digest #208, Volume #19 Sat, 27 Feb 99 13:13:06 EST
Contents:
RH vs SuSE (Jason S Hackney)
Re: Simple text processor (joseph_a_philbrook__iii)
RH5.1 Installation problem - fs type iso9660 not supported by kernel ("Autometic")
Turning 'ping' off, please help. (Chad M. Townsend)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (Rick Onanian)
Re: Going from Win 98 and Office 97 to Linux and ???? (Faheem Mitha)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (GBP)
Re: Overclocking (was: Re: K6-2 and Linux, Are there any Bug?) (GBP)
Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class. (GBP)
Re: Linux/FreeBSD compatability (Was Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?)) (Donn
Miller)
Re: POSTGRES Setup! ("John E. Garrott")
Re: FreeAgent for Linux ("Michael Faurot")
WTerm and number key pad (Justin B Willoughby)
mem=128M hangs system (Chris Menzel)
Re: Kermit on Linux - termcap error. (Frank da Cruz)
iso9660 filesystem not supported? ("Frank Schadt")
The Ace of Penguins for Red Hat Linux (James Bourne)
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From: Jason S Hackney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH vs SuSE
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:19:00 -0500
I am very new to Linux. Just installed two days ago. I saw a copy of
SuSE in the store a while ago, but chose to install Red Hat 4.2 (which I
bought about a year ago). I'm considering switching to SuSE because I
don't care much for the software that shipped with RH 4.2. Can anyone
tell me a bit about SuSE? Is it worth my trouble? Has anyone had any
problems with it? I am also going to need to install my 3c905B NIC --
I've had trouble getting RH to recognize it, but I think that's a user
error on my part.
I would appreciate any advice availalble. I'm sure this has been
discussed in the past so I don't mind if anyone emails me at
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks so much.
-Jason
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (joseph_a_philbrook__iii)
Subject: Re: Simple text processor
Date: 27 Feb 1999 17:10:08 GMT
On Tue, 23 Feb 1999 [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus) said to me:
>> Get your self O'Reilly books. It's the best way.
Sounds like good advice... I'm working on a couple of books now. tho I think
not O'Reily's... I suppose I could add another... could use a sugestion or
two about which one to read 1st... I don't mind reading a book or even two to
learn something. But I do find it frustrateing that almost every time I
need to know something simple I need to read two or three books just to
understand the man page well enough to know which book I need to read to
find out the one two line example I needed to solve the problem that's
stopping me from progressing in the book I was already trying to understand
and have probably spent so much time trying to get past a "simple snag"
that I've forgotten so much that I need to start that book over from page
one And hope I can still find the said example when I make it back to what
was probably chapter 4 or 5 and rediscover the dang snag...
Anybody know why the man pages seam to be written as a refreasher for
true experts. While they just about NEVER have useable examples for
beginner's to extract the information they need to experiment with???
>> [schnibble]
Hmmmnnn does [schnibble] mean the same thing as <<< snip >>> ?????
>> Wait a minute...
>> It's completely doable.
GOOD, I'm not ready to study emacs before I get to learn TeX...
>> 1. Put something along these lines into your .vimrc:
>>
>> let mysyntaxfile="~/.mysyntax.vim"
>> syntax on
<<< snip >>>
Umnnn Hopefully when I get to studying TeX, your instructions will make
more sense to me... One thing though, would it be posible to invoke
TeX <and/or whatever> by :map the commands to an alt keystroke or
something instead of HAVING to associate it with ANY particular filename
extension??? <I HATED that even before win95 made it difficult for me to
save the text I pasted to notepad to tmp.tmp instead of tmptmp~1.txt which
notepad insisted was tmp.tmp.txt...ARGHGH>
I'm not so sure I understand ANYTHING about TeX yet. But I suspect I'd
want to compose ALL the text content with plain old vim before I started
embeding whatever it is that TeX put's in the file to make it print
pretty... So I'd like to open ANY filename toggle ON whatever TeX support
I can get out of vim insert the formatting instructions <or whatevet TeX
calls them> then do a :w filename.tex on the results... or even a
:w filename.tex-in-process if I need to save the changes before they are
complete... But to have to link ANY process to a file extention makes me
feel like I may as well be back in dos...
Will the .tex extention really be nessesary to get TeX to work on a file???
-^- -^-
<?> <?> Joe (theWordy) Philbrook
^
\___/ < [EMAIL PROTECTED] >
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From: "Autometic" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH5.1 Installation problem - fs type iso9660 not supported by kernel
Date: Sun, 28 Feb 1999 01:13:21 -0800
I have repeatedly tried to mount my cdrom drives however the system keeps on
giving me the message:
fs type iso9660 not supported by kernel.
I am using Redhat 5.1 and the installation as such went OK until the point
where I wanted to run the cdrom drive.
I have added the following lines to both the /etc/mtab and /etc/fstab files:
/dev/cdrom /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
/dev/hdc /mnt/cdrom iso9660 noauto,ro 0 0
and then tried the
mount /dev/cdrom and
mount /dev/hdc commands but to no avail, the system returns the above
mentioned message.
I am completely lost. Can anyone help me out please ?
Also, if I would download the updated kernel from the internet, how can i
update my system accordingly ?
Thanks in advance for any help.
M. Sul
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From: Chad M. Townsend <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Turning 'ping' off, please help.
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 17:19:35 GMT
If I _do not_ want my computers to return a ping (besides turning them off)
how to I disable ping?
-chad
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From: Rick Onanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:25:09 -0500
Oh god, I'm joining this thread now. I feel like I'm throwing myself
into a pit of eternal damnation...
Ryan Cumming wrote:
>
> Matthias Warkus wrote:
>
> > > 1. Better GUI
> >
> > Hmph. Depends on how you define a GUI and what kind of GUI you are
> > using on Linux.
>
> I dont't think any UI in Linux even touches Windows ease of use. Some of the new
> fangled desktop enviroments (Gnome, KDE, etc.) come close, but MS has done a good
> job of allowing the newbie be able to use the OS right away,
For an ex-windows-user, there's no really good and easy to use gui for
linux. However, for a brand-new user, I think KDE, for example, is no
more difficult than windoze 95. Even for people who've use win3 but
never 95...I've been upgrading my users from 3.1 to 95, and it might
as well have it's default fonts in chinese and interface from the
Starship Enterprise - they have no clue for 95 at all.
> > > 2. More software
> >
> > Certainly.
> >
> > > 3. More Hardware support
> >
> > Yes, but oh so crappy drivers...
>
> I rather have a Winmodem with crappy drivers than a useless card in Linux
You would only have the winmodem in the first place if you bought it
while you already had windoze. We're talking about quality vs. quantity,
here.
> > > 4. Better gaming platform
> > > (shudder)
> >
> > Not for long anymore <snicker GGI snicker PenguinPlay snicker lots of
> > ports laugh laugh snicker>
I have to say, anyone looking to use a computer for games only, is
prolly better off with Windows for now.
> > > 5. More consistency (see my previous post)
> >
> > Hmph.
I have to agree with the Hmph. Look at my above paragraph about
upgrading my users. I'd say, at the very worst, it's no more or
less consistent than windows.
> > > 6. One word: Microkernel
> >
> > Can mean a performance penalty.
>
> Waiting 15 minute for my kernel to compile for a new driver is a performace penilty
Why in the world would you bother compiling? Modules do everything now.
> > > 7. No mounting
> >
> > This is a disadvantage as it easily can mess up removable media and it
> > means a huge file system throughput penalty.
Also, a disadvantage because IO to a drive takes up major system
resources. Try playing an MP3 and surfing the web while writing
a large file to floppy on a Windows machine. Nope. Try compressing
a large zip file with the same circumstances. Nope.
In Linux, I am constantly amazed by how well this works. The other
day, I was writing a raw image to a floppy in the background, with
some good MP3s playing (background music..led zeppelin..etc..:), and
while I was waiting for the disk, I was bored so I fired up Netscape
and searched for (and found :) some mp3s. On my windows machine, I'd
lose the music and be forced to wait to use netscape until the disk
was done writing - the music would get really choppy, and netscape
would not finish loading until after the disk was done.
Also, if you make many small changes and then test them to some files
on a disk, in windows, you constantly wait for it to save, even with
32mb of Smartdrv cache (Yes, I've done it. It helps, some.) In linux,
you can work with it all you want, it updates it and caches it, and
writes when you're not looking.
> > > 8. Better file locking
> >
> > I don't know jack about this one.
>
> For the ill-educated, Unix's file locking has being crappily added on since its
> original design (like multithreading). Therefor, instead of getting an app to lock
> its files using one mechinism, it may break portablity to half of the Unixes. So
> many apps don't bother. I've upgraded X while it was running (stupid dea, BTW) and
> do to crappy file locking it went down in flaming glory instead of warning me.
Although it may be better (no experience with linux file locking here),
I've found windows locking to be restrictive. I often can't read a file
that's open elsewhere, even if I'm not looking to write it.
> > > 9. More multithreaded apps
> >
> > Yes, perhaps, but Linux applications are increasingly based on
> > multithreaded support libraries, too.
> >
> > > 10. Better user support
> >
> > No.
>
> I agree. I was just desperate for a 10th reason. MS has fucked around with me on
> support lines.
I third that motion. User support from MS is awful. User support for
MS products by other than MS is afwul. Even user to user support is
bad - most users are so pissed that it took them so long to get an
answer from MS that they don't share. :)
Linux support - I get right away. On IRC. From experts. Check out
#irchelp on efnet. Or, on newsgroups or by email. Usually, my problem
is resolved within a short time.
> > mawa
> > --
> > "Life: it's been hit or miss since I lost the manual."
> > -- Michael Bonnell
I have been mostly defending Linux. Let me now provide my defense for
Windows.
The major advantage Windows has is that it's easier for the user to
install and administer. Many linux distributions have GREAT install
programs, but the Windows install program really outdoes all of em.
Once it's installed, fixing all the problems in Windows is easier for
the user because of all the available resources - every other joe blow
is a windows expert, and the corner drugstore has a whole corner devoted
to windows books, videos, and pre-paid tech support fone cards. When a
Windows user has a problem, most of them don't want to learn a new
method of communication to get support - they want to wait on hold for
an hour, or they want to bribe joe blow with a pizza. They don't want
to learn to use alt.windows.recovery..<G>
Linux support is faster and
better, but Windows users have known how to use windows support since
they learned to talk. Linux users learned to use newsgroups, then they
discovered Linux...
rick - a guy in search of raw (ISO) cd images of SuSE and Slackware
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From: Faheem Mitha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Going from Win 98 and Office 97 to Linux and ????
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:22:02 -0500
I was wondering if someone would tell me how much HD space Staroffice
occupies. My /usr subdirectory is extremely full (only 22 Meg remaining).
My understanding is that Staroffice provides a spreadsheet facility which
is similar to Excel and is compatible with Excel documents. Correct me if
this is wrong.
Also, does Wordperfect provide spreadsheet facilities? If so, are they
compatible with Excel?
A courtesy e-mail copy of any reply to the address [EMAIL PROTECTED]
would be greatly appreciated. Thanks.
Faheem Mitha.
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From: GBP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:55:31 -0500
>
> 11. An application crash doesn't wipe out the entire OS. No BSOD here.
> (I've heard of rumors of linux panics, but I have never seen one in the
> three years I've used linux.)
I did have my linux box crash once-- thats once in one full year mind
you. The weakness is if X crashes -- which i think is what happened,
you can get locked out. i.e. i think linux was still up but i had no
interface to it since i only have one terminal/monitor.
The solution of coures is the have no X or just keep an extra dumb
terminal logged in... as everyone running a mission critical system does
im sure.
I'd like to add:
12.
Gigabytes of high quality devopment software preloaded and tested.
13.
Powerful CLI shells, and scripting langauges.
14.
Multi user (compare windows 98)
Privacy for people sharing the same computer, different desktops etc.
15.
Security (compare windows 9x)
Viruses dont exist in the Linux community period. Beacause.. in unix a
program (which is what a virus is) is just not allowed to alter files
(which is what your computer is made of) without permission. And no it
can't just grant itself permission either.
16.
Frequent Updates.
Suse Linux comes out about every 8 months, Debian too. (ok this one is
debatable)
17.
A learning experience-- the perfect hackers box... Isn't compiling a
Kernel kinda fun??
18.
Better system information.
I have a program in X that tells me exactly how much memory and sawp
space is being used at the moment. Also says if the memory is allocated
for Cache buffers or programs. Top also shows what CPU % and Memory K
each program is using. I was able to us these toold to figure out
exactly how much more RAM my system needed. I was going to buy 128M but
it never uses more than about 50M memory+sawp... so 64M is more than
enough, saved me $100.
I'm sure we could get this list up to 40 or 50... but I have work to
do...
gbp
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From: GBP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Overclocking (was: Re: K6-2 and Linux, Are there any Bug?)
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 13:31:54 -0500
why do you suggest that it will burn out
> quicker than a comparable Pentium II at the same speed?
>
I don't know what he's thinking. The opposite should be true. Celerons
now use 18 micron technology, i think those P2-300's would be 25 micron
tech.
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From: GBP <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux is not even in Windows 9X's class.
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 12:32:21 -0500
This threas is a mess so i just decided to jump in.
I just wanted to tell something to the people who seem to hate linux.
I'm not going to touch the issue of what OS is technically better. Let
me just tell you why I use Linux, more than I do my Windows Partition.
Linux has Emacs, Linux has gcc, the C/C++ compiler. I have to use both
of these products for school. In addition GNU Emacs is by far THE most
powerfull text editor out there. (OK just trust me on that one it kicks
ass).
Linux comes with
-Make
-RCS- revision control sys
-very powerfull shells
...This helps me organize large projects very fast.
example delete all .jpegs i made last tuesday over 100K, in one shell
commmand save 20 minutes
example give the clients a report of all the file on their site
ls -Faskr >report.txt saved 30 minutes, can be revised in 3
saeconds
Emacs example, I really had to do this...
Reformat a large list of names given to me, about 100 by enclosing them
with <LI></LI> for each name. I was able to do the in 5 minutes with
emacs macros. Show me a web editor to do the in Windows without typing
the damn thing out. Saved 1+ hours.
I have to telnet into the manframe at school to do work. IN liux i just
type telnet eve.albany.edu i dont have to fool around which windows.
toolbars etc. i can be logged in in 3 seconds. The linux console kicks
any telnet clients ass. The free cleint tera term pro for windwos is
ugly and has no features.
I have hundreds of usefull tools like ftp ping graphical ftp netscape,
all set up and ready to go. If i know what a file is i can just type
"ftp eve.albany.edu get /~myclass/homework/assignment2.txt" if i want
to see if the professor is online i can type "telnet eve.albany edu
(then user id, then password) then w, then ctrl-c" if heres online his
name shows up on the listing.
Time saved downloading tools i want... many hours. Saved frustration
with amatur freeware and shareware.
I have to learn Lisp in a class this year, prolog too. If i want to
play with them i dont have to tie up the phone line telnetting to
school. They are already installed on my linux box.
If i have a paper to write I'll reboot and run Word97-- the best
wordprocessor ever made. If i want to play a cool game I'll reboot and
play Simcity3000. But 80% the machine runs Linux.
Yes the hardware support sucks... 2/3rds of the video card that came out
in the last 4 months don't work. BUt you know what... I'm buying a new
video card this week, all i did was checked the cards i liked against
the hardware compatibility list and choose one. I'm getting a riva
TNT for manufacturor Y--- the riva TNT from manufacturer X isn't
supported yet. So what???
gbp
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From: Donn Miller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.unix.questions,comp.unix.advocacy,comp.unix.misc,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Linux/FreeBSD compatability (Was Re: Best Free Unix? (why FreeBSD?))
Date: Fri, 26 Feb 1999 10:01:24 -0500
Mike Willett LADS LDN X7563 wrote:
> With all this talk about FreeBSD/Linux issues, I was thinking
> about compatability issues with the two system.
>
> Is it possible to have both a FreeBSD kernel and a Linux
> kernel on the same system ?
>
> Can a FreedBSD kernel be compiled on a Linux system ?
> (and vica-versa) ?
Well, when I run FreeBSD, I sometimes compile "Linux-only" programs like
iptraf, which hasn't been ported to FBSD yet. It wouldn't compile, since it
wanted to link with Linux specific network libs and headers which FreeBSD
doesn't have. So for FreeBSD, it would be nice to have certain Linux
headers and libs in order to ease the porting from Linux to FreeBSD. In
fact, I think there's such a thing for FBSD, called the "Linux development
kit". No, not the standard Linux emulation stuff that runs on FBSD, but an
actual kit that allows you to port Linux programs to FreeBSD and to
cross-compile Linux programs on FreeBSD.
>
>
> Or can we only get executable compatablity ?
> (I assume this isn't a simple yes/no answer ? What level of compatability
> is there and what effort is required to improve this ?)
FreeBSD has Linux emulation. Linux, I heard, can emulate FreeBSD through
the IBCS compatibility module option in the kernel, but it is old and
untested. I talked to other Linuxers, and they all said what's the point in
emulating FreeBSD, since a larger subset of programs are written for Linux
than for FBSD. So FBSD is the OS that needs to emulate Linux, and not vice
versa. Hence, we have an IBCS compatibility module which doesn't work too
much anymore (at least as far as running FBSD programs on Linux).
It's a sad but true fact that there's a lot of Linux -only programs out
there. You very rarely see "FreeBSD-only" stuff out there. The solution to
this is, let's get some kind of add-on to FreeBSD that allows us to include
Linux include files (no pun intended) and link with Linux libs on FreeBSD,
in order to achieve greater interoperability between the two. And let's fix
that IBCS module so we can run FreeBSD programs on Linux. ;)
Donn
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From: "John E. Garrott" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: POSTGRES Setup!
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 09:26:05 -0800
Paolo Proni wrote:
>
> Help! I need to create and use a PostgreSQL db. My version of Postgres
> is shipped in my RedHat 5.0
> If I write: postgres
> I get:
> Postgres does not know where to find the databse system data.
> You must specify the directory that contains the database system either
> by specifying the -D invocation option or by setting the PGDATA
> environment variable
>
> If I write:
> postgres -D /var/lib/pgsql/
> I get:
> Fatal 1: Database 'paolo' does not exist (We know this because the
> directory 'var/lib/pgsql/base/paolo does not exist). You can create a
> database with he SQL command CREATE DATABASE. To see what database
> exist, look at the wubdirectories of 'var/lib/pgsql/base'
>
> If I write postmaster -D /var/lib/pgsql
> I get:
> postmaster dows not find the dataase system.
> Expected to find it in the PGDATA directory 'var/lib/pgsql/' but unable
> to open file with pathname '/var/lib/pgsql/base/template1/pg_class'
>
> But that file exists and I gave all permissions as root to paolo user !
> When I try to use createdb, psql,createuser , I get nothing or other
> messages like 'connectDB() failed: Is the postmaster runnig at
> 'localhost' on port '4322'
>
> What can I do? Are there any other db with pure JDBC access easier to
> use?
> Bye
> Paolo ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
I don't know where it is kept on a RedHat machine but on my Slackware
machine is a tutorial : /usr/local/pgsql/doc/tutorial/tutorial.html
It should answer your questions.
Good luck,
John
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From: "Michael Faurot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FreeAgent for Linux
Date: 26 Feb 1999 17:15:49 GMT
Rudy Taraschi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi folks,
: I want something that doesn't exist, FreeAgent for Linux. Believe it or
: not, it's the only reason I have Windoze95 still installed on my PC.
: (I've sent them an email asking for FreeAgent for Linux, if you're
: interested, maybe you should do the same and create some demand).
: Now here's my question. I still like using 'tin' to read news, but need
: to do my reading offline (ie, at home). Is there a 'news sucker' for
: Linux that will read in all the headers, allow me to wade through them
: and tag what I want, and inhale them onto my computer so I can use tin
: (or whatever) to read them later on? Thanks.
As another poster has already suggested, try leafnode. This will
allow you to continue to use tin, while leafnode will perform the
function of grabbing the various articles that you want providing the
same functionality as Free Agent would. More information on leafnode
can be found here:
http://wpxx02.toxi.uni-wuerzburg.de/~krasel/leafnode.html
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Michael | mfaurot | Don't let people drive you crazy when you know
Faurot | phzzzt.atww.org | it's in walking distance.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Subject: WTerm and number key pad
Date: 27 Feb 1999 17:11:50 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Justin B Willoughby)
Has any one who uses wterm been able to use their number key pad? I did
not have any problems using my number key pad with xterm.
I am using the newest ver of wterm [6.2.6]
Thanks,
- Justin
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From: Chris Menzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: mem=128M hangs system
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 08:58:03 -0600
We have just upgraded a server to a PC-100 Super7 100MHz board with a
K6-2/350 and 128MB of RAM. There is one SCSI drive with an Adaptec
AHA-2940 controller. We are running Redhat 5.2. After booting, we
noticed that the system was only seeing 64MB of RAM. Accordingly, we
added append="mem=128M" to lilo.conf, ran lilo, and rebooted. However,
the system would then hang in the boot process at the point where it is
reading the RAM disk that (for reasons I haven't bothered to understand,
being an IDE guy) is needed as part of the boot process with a SCSI
drive. Removing the append line and rerunning lilo fixes the hang
problem, but of course Linux once again only sees 64MB. The same
problem arises if we simply add mem=128M as an option at the LILO
prompt.
Any help or suggestions appreciate.
Chris Menzel
Texas A&M University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank da Cruz)
Crossposted-To: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Kermit on Linux - termcap error.
Date: 26 Feb 1999 17:57:58 GMT
In article <7b6lbf$j1c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Steve Coleman ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: : When running kermit on red hat linux (new to me) I get the following :
:
: : $ ./kermit
: : "/etc/termcap", line 10445: col 0: terminal 'v3220', //.terminfo:
: : non-existant or permission denied (errno 2)
:
: : If I go superuser then it seems to work ok. Anybody any ideas?
:
: The "superuser" part isn't something I recall. I'm not using Linux
: anymore, but the problem was that the .rpm for ckermit 6.0, available
: from columbia.edu, addressed terminfo libraries that were moved.
:
Perhaps the old library is still there but lacks read permission?
: The beta 7.0 kermit fixes that, but you have to compile your own.
: The old rpm might work if you
: cd /usr/share
: ln -s terminfo ../lib
:
: http://www.columbia.edu/kermit/ck70.html for the new one.
:
Right. This is rapidly becoming our most frequently asked question.
I've updated the website to steer Linux users away from version 6.0.
Thanks.
- Frank
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From: "Frank Schadt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: iso9660 filesystem not supported?
Date: Sat, 27 Feb 1999 18:15:28 +0100
Since a few days my linux (Red Hat 5.1) doesn't support the iso9660
filesystem (CD-Rom driver). What can I do that he does?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (James Bourne)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.announce
Subject: The Ace of Penguins for Red Hat Linux
Date: 26 Feb 1999 17:59:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
We have posted the i386.rpm, src.rpm, and patches on our WWW site at
http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca/software/ for ace-1.1. These should work
on Red Hat 5.0, 5.1, and 5.2 but were compiled under Red Hat 5.2 and Linux
2.2.2 kernel.
Please send bug reports to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here is information on the package:
cafe:bash# rpm -qi ace-rhcn
Name : ace-rhcn Distribution: Red Hat Contrib|Net
Version : 1.1 Vendor: Affinity Systems Inc.
Release : 1 Build Date: Thu Feb 25 11:47:18 1999
Install date: Thu Feb 25 12:00:50 1999 Build Host: cafe.affinity-systems.ab.ca
Group : X11/Games Source RPM: ace-rhcn-1.1-1.src.rpm
Size : 694787 License: GPL
Packager : Red Hat Contrib|Net <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Summary : Ace of penguins
Description :
The Ace of Penguins is a set of Unix/X solitaire games based on the
ones available for Windows(tm) but with a number of enhancements.
and the changelog:
cafe:bash# rpm -q --changelog ace-rhcn
* Thu Feb 25 1999 James Bourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
- built original RPM
Regards,
Jim
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Affinity Systems Inc. | WWW: http://www.affinity-systems.ab.ca
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