Linux-Misc Digest #971, Volume #19 Wed, 28 Apr 99 01:13:13 EDT
Contents:
Re: Port 12345 connection attempt? Que? (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: HDD Partitions ("Andrew Wedding")
Redhat 6.0? ("Wally McClure")
Re: Getting GIMP and StarOffice to coexist (Michael McConnell)
how to filter a port number with a firewall ? (cadegenn)
Re: Need help setting up a remote X-term. (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Can SlackWare do it? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Which is better ("Michael")
Re: Linux Sucks as a Java Server, comments??? (Philip Brown)
simple firewall solution (anonww2)
Re: "Make" help needed (Chris Smith)
Deb 2.1 pppd fails leaving modem locked ? ("Cameron Spitzer")
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Ewan Dunbar)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (jik-)
Anyone using an AT&T 730 windowing terminal with Linux? (Jeffrey Young)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (Christopher Browne)
Re: Afterstep (Ben Hopkins)
SB16, /dev/dsp, aarg! (led)
Re: Kppp and DNS ("Giuseppe Macario")
Problem compiling 2.2.6 kernel ("J. Benjamin Hale")
Re: making linux go away ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PPP on Autodial? (Ernesto =?US-ASCII?Q?Hern=E1ndez-Novich?=)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (really) ("Colin R. Day")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: Port 12345 connection attempt? Que?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 22:00:02 GMT
Peter Caffin ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I was just checking through my logs and came across this:
:
: daemon.log:Feb 28 01:20:37 monster tcplogd: port 12345 connection attempt
: from ppp185.dyn112.pacific.net.sg [210.24.112.185]
: daemon.log:Mar 30 19:43:49 monster tcplogd: port 12345 connection attempt
: from Jedi-120.nw.com.au [203.29.88.170]
: daemon.log:Mar 30 19:45:00 monster tcplogd: port 12345 connection attempt
: from Jedi-120.nw.com.au [203.29.88.170]
I think that port number 12345 is the one used by "Back Orifice" (BO), which
is a hack on MS-Windows systems that permits unauthorized access to the
system.
Just be glad you're not running Windows.
Stu
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From: "Andrew Wedding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,aus.computers.linux
Subject: Re: HDD Partitions
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 20:08:14 +1000
Edward,
There is nothing wrong with one big partition, as other users have said.
However there are some issues that do arise when thinking of installing a
new "system".
I have copied a (large) section from
http://www.infocom.cqu.edu.au/Units/aut99/85321/Resources/Print_Resources/Te
xtbook/chap10/index.html
this is part of my systems administration course that I am studying....
I hope that this helps some....
Why would you bother partitioning a disk and using different partitions for
different directories?
The reasons are numerous and include:
Separation Issues
Different directory branches should be kept on different physical partitions
for reasons including:
Certain directories will contain data that will only need to be read, others
will need to be both read and written. It is possible (and good practice) to
mount these partitions restricting such operations.
Directories including /tmp and /var/spool can fill up with files very
quickly, especially if a process becomes unstable or the system is purposely
flooded with email. This can cause problems. For example, let us assume that
the /tmp directory is on the same partition as the /home directory. If the
/tmp directory causes the partition to be filled no user will be able to
write to their /home directory, there is no space. If /tmp and /home are on
separate partitions the filling of the /tmp partition will not influence the
/home directories.
The logical division of system software, local software and home directories
all lend themselves to separate partitions
Backup Issues
These include:
Separating directories like /usr/local onto separate partitions makes the
process of an OS upgrade easier - the new OS version can be installed over
all partition except the partition that the /usr/local system exists on.
Once installation is complete the /usr/local partition can be re-attached.
The actual size of the partition can make it easier to perform backups - it
isn't as easy to backup a single 2.1 Gig partition as it is to backup four
500 Meg partitions. This does depend on the backup medium you are using.
Some medium will handle a 2.1 Gb partition quite easily.
Performance Issues
By spreading the file system over several partitions and devices, the IO
load is spread around. It is then possible to have multiple seek operations
occurring simultaneously - this will improve the speed of the system.
While splitting the directory hierarchy over multiple partitions does
address the above issues, it isn't always that simple. A classic example of
this is a system that contained its Web programs and data in the /var/spool
directory. Obviously the correct location for this type of program is the
/usr branch - probably somewhere off the /usr/local system. The reason for
this strange location? ALL the other partitions on the system were full or
nearly full
- this was the only place left to install the software! And the moral of
the story is? When partitions are created for different branches of the
file hierarchy, the future needs of the system must be considered - and even
then, you won't always be able to adhere to what is "the technically
correct" location to place software.
--
Kind Regards,
*************************************
Andrew Wedding
Final year BIT student
Central Queensland University
http://users.bigpond.com/awedding
*************************************
Edward COFFEY <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have recently started to explore Linux and I want to know how my drive
> should be partitioned.
> It is only a small free area, 800meg or so. What is really wrong with
> having just a great big partition at / followed by the swap partition?
> Also, where do applications traditionally go? eg. where should I put
> the GIMP in my tree?
>
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From: "Wally McClure" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Redhat 6.0?
Date: 27 Apr 1999 17:05:49 -0500
where can I download the redhat 6.0 distribution from?
Wally
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From: Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Getting GIMP and StarOffice to coexist
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:20:04 +0100
On 26 Apr 1999, Paul Kimoto wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto) writes:
> >> (Oh, I hear that you can run glibc-2.0.x and glibc-2.1 on the same
> >> system if one is running in a chroot environment, but who wants to
> >> do that?)
>
> > What about using LD_LIBRARY_PATH? Does that stink? Just copy the old
> > libs to the lib-directory of StarOffice and it should find 'em.
>
> Apparently glibc-2.0 and glibc-2.1 each have their own dynamic linker,
> and they don't mix with the other's shared library.
>From my look at the 6.0 RPMs, glibc 2.0 is available as compat-glibc-2.0.7
or something pretty similar. Certainly compat-glibc-somethingorother.
I'm certain that was designed to coexist with 2.1
Give it a shot, it might just work.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: cadegenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to filter a port number with a firewall ?
Date: Thu, 22 Apr 1999 12:08:49 +0000
Hi
I need to filter the port 7000 with my firewall and I don't know
how to do that. Can someone help me ???
Thankx
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To:
aus.computers.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Need help setting up a remote X-term.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 26 Apr 1999 17:08:02 GMT
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999 16:44:02 +0000, "Matthew B. Kennedy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Greetings Linux and X users,
>
>I am using RH Linux 5.2. What I am having trouble with is setting up a
>connection from my Linux machine at home to a remote computer at work in
>order to use X remote applications from home. The idea is that I will
>use my local Linux X server to get allow me to use all the graphical X
>applications on the remote computer.
>
>I can't find any real specific documentation on how to to this, but this
>is what I have tried:
>
>1. I connect to the network using PPP (this all works -- I can access
>other services such mail and WWW for instance).
>
>2. Then I telnet to the remote machine using "telnet
>remote-machine.qut.edu.au" from my xterm prompt in Linux. I can get in
>alright under text mode.
>
>3. Once in the remote machine under telnet, I set the DISPLAY variable
>to be the (dynamically allocated) IP address of my local machine)
>followed by :0.0 (eg. export DISPLAY=131.181.123.456:0.0). Note, I get
>the local IP address information by running traceroute -- is there a
>better/ more direct way?
>
>4. Then I run a graphical X application like xemacs. And it just hangs
>at the prompt.
>
>I have tried using the local "xhost" command to add
>remote-machine.qut.edu.au. But this doesn't seem to make much of a
>difference either.
>
>Note that I have previously been able to connect and access these X
>programs on the remote computer under windows using X server emulator
>like MIX and Xcursion. The technique was similar -- login with telnet,
>configure the DISPLAY variable on the remote machine and then fire up
>the X server emulator.
>
>Any help with this would be greatly appreciated. I thought using the
>dinki-di X server that comes with Linux would make it a breeze --
>obviously I'm doing something simple wrong...
>
Two possibilities...
1) Are you waiting long enough? X is bandwidth-hungry unless you're using something
like LBX (Low Bandwidth X). Some X clients have taken minutes to start up when I've
tried this trick (but they do start up).
2) Is there a filtering firewall between your Linux box and the x client machine? If
so,
does it filter (refuse to forward) packets destined for your X ports? IIRC, X
clients
talk to ports 7000+ on the X server IIRC.
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Can SlackWare do it?
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 03:00:48 GMT
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 13:36:21 +0000, "Alan W. Jurgensen"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an older OPTi 82C929 sound card with proprietary panasonic CR-562
>CD-ROM...
>
>I'm tring to install Red-Hat 5.2 ... no dice. Have tried
>soundblaster/panasonic CD-ROM type... but wont detect it.
Why don't you copy files onto harddrive and install from there ?
it is a good idea to have two partitions anyway.
Vladimir Dergachev
PS Slackware is good if you don't mind reading manuals, reading
more manuals and doing everything by hand. Suits me, because once
you read'em you know'em..
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From: "Michael" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Which is better
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 22:48:57 -0400
Hi,
I am new to linux. I plan to buy a set of linux software to install
into my PC (HP8240). Which linux is better and definitely
supports the modem (56k data fax voice) on HP8240?
Thanks a lot.
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip Brown)
Subject: Re: Linux Sucks as a Java Server, comments???
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 27 Apr 1999 23:08:40 GMT
On Mon, 26 Apr 1999 14:01:17 -0700, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> Phil Brown wrote
>> [what kind of people use java?]
>> people who aren't doing things that belong in a scripting language like
>> perl.
>>
>> Try writing a GUI based program in perl, and you'll see how badly it sucks
>> compared to java in that reguard.
>>
>> Note: I said **in perl**. not "perl+tk", not "perl+XXX".
>
>Heheh, ok then,.....do it in Java without AWT or Swing.
No, java IS AWT, plus I/O libs, plus...
The simple difference of how to decide "what is XXX", is
"If you have XXX installed on your system, my program will run".
>> Plus, I greatly doubt they were using any decent java runtime, since it
>> was 30 times slower.
>> If you are *really* testing the langauge, not
>> 'How efficient is your system("cmd") implementation', then java should
>> be very close to perl in speed. Sometimes, faster.
>
>Wrote a program once in Java that had to hunt through a 5000 entry (6
>lines per entry) for a specific query. I used Perl to create that
>database from merged text files which were made to be human readable,
>not for machines. The Perl script was about 20 lines if, and the java
>class required to do a line by line search was about equal. The perl
>script was doing more, but thats besides the point because it was also
>very much faster.
are you complaining java is much slower, or that java can take longer to write
than perl?
If the former, you don't know how to write efficient java.
If the latter, I already made the point that scripting is best left to
scripting languages, and java is not a scripting langauge.
>Also, the memory residence of Java is just plain out of hand. I
>honestly don't see how server admins can find this system a viable
>platform for development, but whatever.
I can agree with you there.
>And with Swing, well there is really no point in using java at all with
>swing because it makes a P200 act like a 386.
and there.
which is why I don't use swing.
--
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From: anonww2 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: simple firewall solution
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 23:14:56 GMT
I'm looking a simple linux-centric firewall solution. Requirments: out
bound port 80 (www) and pop in/outbound. Will ipchains do the trick?
thanks.
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From: Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Make" help needed
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 18:45:53 -0500
nobody wrote:
> I am having a difficult time finding a make utility howto or any
> reference other than man pages on the web. I want to grasp the basics
> concerning makefiles and the built in rules etc... For example when
> would one use one of the following:
Those aren't built-in rules. They are what's known as "phony targets".
They're declared just like any other rule in the Makefile, and exactly
which ones exist and what they do is up to the maintainer of the package
that the Makefile belongs to. That said, there are some "normal"
meanings for several rules. You'll pretty much always see "all" and
"clean" for example. For a more extensive list, with the meanings as
well, look at the texinfo docs for 'make' under the section "Makefile
Conventions". There's a description of standard targets there, and
that's what you're looking for.
--
Chris Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Cameron Spitzer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Deb 2.1 pppd fails leaving modem locked ?
Date: 28 Apr 1999 03:59:22 GMT
This weekend I replaced my highly upgraded 1994 Slackware
with Debian GNU/Linux 2.1. Debian is truly impressive.
Lots of things worked.
One gripe, I start pppd with their "pon provider" command,
and if it connects the first time it's great. This is the
first Distro where I haven't had to mess with ppp to make it
connect.
But if it gets a busy, pppd exits leaving /dev/ttyS1 locked
in such a way that when I try again no commands are sent
to the (external) modem. setserial /dev/ttyS1 '^session_lockout'
has no effect. I can't unload the serial module, device busy.
I had to reboot to clear it, unacceptable!
Before I jump into the extremely busy debian-user mailing list,
I wonder if anyone else has seen this.
What other way can /dev/ttyS1 be locked but the way I can
see with stty -a ?
And I'd appreciate a pointer to how to interpret the output
of cat /proc/locks . Is there a map from one of the numbers
to a device node? TIA!!
Other little annoyances: cu(1) installs in a non-working state,
and the X setup installs xdm without warning.
And (not debian's fault) why does XFree86 always install with
click-to-focus? Yecch!
Nice surprise: g'zilla! Where did that come from? Neat!
Cameron
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Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy
From: Ewan Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:16:05 -0400
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999, Brandon wrote:
> Filargiropoulos Stavros wrote:
> >
> > Well, despite what you think, communism is a great ideology.
>
> Oh yeah....that's why EVERY single country in the world uses it right?
> Now I see. *yeah right*
Many countries are far too conservative to believe in any such thing.
Many others have seen that, in the past, communism has been exploited so
easily, and opt against it. Some countries fear communism because of FUD
or past experience. Some just don't want it. Other countries are
communist and have used the ideology for greed, or at least corrupted it.
In any case, this thread is going wildly off-topic, so let's try and bring
it to a close.
================================================
Ewan Dunbar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
================================================
Visit Preston Manning: Action Hero at
http://earl.thedunbars.com/pmah/index.html
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Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 17:10:56 -0700
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Brandon wrote:
>
> Filargiropoulos Stavros wrote:
> >
> > Well, despite what you think, communism is a great ideology.
>
> Oh yeah....that's why EVERY single country in the world uses it right?
> Now I see. *yeah right*
No, the reason why every country uses it is because it is so easy for
the people in power to get more power and keep it. Because money is the
sole cause of most ambition in the world, and communism sort of enhances
the use and power of money.
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From: Jeffrey Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Anyone using an AT&T 730 windowing terminal with Linux?
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:25:43 -0400
?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.ms-windows.misc,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 00:20:32 GMT
On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:55:24 +0300, Filargiropoulos Stavros
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Well, despite what you think, communism is a great ideology.
No doubt it's great *ideology.*
Just so long as it stays as such, and people don't try to actually use
it in practice...
--
linux: the choice of a GNU generation
([EMAIL PROTECTED] put this on Tshirts in '93)
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/canada.html>
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From: Ben Hopkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Afterstep
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 04:35:08 +0000
"Edward A. Baron" wrote:
>
> I'm running RH 5.2 kernel 2.2.5
>
> I'm having trouble with afterstep getting overwritten
> every time I start it.
>
> I found one of the startup scripts and it basically
> looked like it didn't test for
>
> [ -d ~/GNUstep ]
>
> before over writing that dir.
>
> How do i make it not reinstall every time at start up
>
Here's the revelant part from my .Xclients:
# First thing - check the user preferences
if [ -f $HOME/.wm_style ] ; then
WMSTYLE=`cat $HOME/.wm_style`
case "$WMSTYLE" in
Afterstep*|AfterStep*)
# we have to start up afterstep
if [ -x /usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep -a -f
/usr/share/afterstep/wmconfig.conf ] ; then
# commented out these next two lines - Sun Jan 10 23:13:54 PST 1999
# mkdir -p $HOME/GNUstep/Library/AfterStep
# wmconfig --output=afterstep
\
--directories/usr/share/afterstep/wmconfig.conf 2>/dev/null
env > "$HOME"/Xrootenv.0
# if this works, we stop here
eval "exec /usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep" >
"$HOME"/.AfterStep-errors 2>&1
fi
;;
esac
fi
See the comment that says "commented out . . ."? That's what I did.
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From: led <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: SB16, /dev/dsp, aarg!
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 04:28:47 GMT
I'll try to be the more specific as possible
Kernel 2.0.34, Slackware 3.5
True SB16...
so the problem is:
First, I compiled the kernel using IRQ 5, DMA 1, IO220
but, receiving Can't open /dev/dsp
Recompiled it, IRQ7, DMA1, IO220
With mpg123 program, received IRQ/DMA, like if I had a conflict
but, the sound was playing with the little game koules(kick ass game
hahaha)
but, now, I tried do do it with the isapnp, and now even with the irq5
or 7, I get nothing
alway Can't open /dev/dsp
I can't figure out the problem
HELP ME !!!!!!!!!!!!
E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Giuseppe Macario" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kppp and DNS
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 16:00:33 +0200
Markus Wandel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in article
<7g2gat$l43$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> In article <01be901a$7b8adc80$a518b7c2@default>,
> Giuseppe Macario <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Hi all,
> >I have Linux Mandrake 5.3 (kernel 2.0.36).
> >I have set the DNS numbers of my provider in Kppp's menu;
> >nevertheless, during the connection to my provider Kppp
> >isn't able to find the DNS server. For example, Netscape
> >blocks up itself with the message: "looking up host: ...".
> >Who can help me?
> >I thank you in advance.
>
> Just a couple of sanity checks...
>
> 1. While dialed up, verify that KPPP has actually put the DNS entry into
place:
>
> cat /etc/resolv.conf
I've found in resolv.conf:
nameserver xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
nameserver yyy.yyy.yyy.yyy
(where xxx and yyy are the correct DNS numbers of my provider)
> 2. Ping the DNS server to ensure that you can reach it.
No, I can't reach it! :-(
> Markus
Giuseppe
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From: "J. Benjamin Hale" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Problem compiling 2.2.6 kernel
Date: Tue, 27 Apr 1999 20:34:55 -0400
I was trying to compile a new kernel. But for some reason I am getting this
error message:
****************************************************************************
**************
make[2]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.6/arch/i386/lib'
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.6/arch/i386/lib'
ld -m elf_i386 -T /usr/src/linux-2.2.6/arch/i386/vmlinux.lds -e stext
arch/i386/kernel/head.o arch/i386/kernel/init_task.o init/main.o
init/version.o \
--start-group \
arch/i386/kernel/kernel.o arch/i386/mm/mm.o kernel/kernel.o mm/mm.o
fs/fs.o ipc/ipc.o \
fs/filesystems.a \
net/network.a \
drivers/block/block.a drivers/char/char.a drivers/misc/misc.a
drivers/net/net.a drivers/scsi/scsi.a drivers/cdrom/cdrom.a
drivers/sound/sound.a drivers/pci/pci.a drivers/pnp/pnp.a
drivers/video/video.a \
/usr/src/linux-2.2.6/arch/i386/lib/lib.a
/usr/src/linux-2.2.6/lib/lib.a /usr/src/linux-2.2.6/arch/i386/lib/lib.a \
--end-group \
-o vmlinux
nm vmlinux | grep -v '\(compiled\)\|\(\.o$\)\|\( [aU]
\)\|\(\.\.ng$\)\|\(LASH[RL]DI\)' | sort > System.map
make[1]: Entering directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.6/arch/i386/boot'
as86 -0 -a -o bbootsect.o bbootsect.s
make[1]: as86: Command not found
make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/linux-2.2.6/arch/i386/boot'
make: *** [bzImage] Error 2
[root@monster linux-2.2.6]#
****************************************************************************
**************
I'm not sure why it is happening. I have upgraded all of the programs that
are needed for a 2.2.x kernel, but I am still getting this. Can anyone
help? Thanx.
--
J. Benjamin Hale
85 SE 16th Avenue, F203
Gainesville FL 32601-0504
352/335-6532
http://members.tripod.com/nebhale/bens_public_key.txt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 04:15:39 GMT
In DOS, type fdisk \MBR
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I did an install of Red Hat at one point, and now I just want it gone.
>
> Using FDISK to blow away the partitions though doesn't seem to do the
> trick. The LILO boot still comes up. If I disconnect the drive and put
> another one there even, then the machine just keeps asking me to reboot
> over and over.
>
> How do I get rid of Linux in the boot sector (I guess that's where it
> is) once and for all?
>
> thanks,
> -mike
>
>
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From: Ernesto =?US-ASCII?Q?Hern=E1ndez-Novich?= <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP on Autodial?
Date: 28 Apr 1999 00:30:14 GMT
James Holbrook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I need some help. Please. I just got my Line box to dial and cruise the web.
: Now I would like to have the ppp connection made automatically whenever the
: browser or E-mail tries to connect. What are the ways to accomplish this?
If you are using kernel 2.0.3x, you need diald.
If you are using kernel 2.2.x and pppd 2.3.5 or later, it's built in.
--
Ernesto Hern�ndez-Novich - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - ICQ #9945705
Just another Unix/Perl/Java hacker running Linux 2.2.6
One thing is to be the most popular, and another is to be the best.
Unix: Live free or die! What would yo do without your freedom?
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From: "Colin R. Day" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: talk.politics.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism (really)
Date: Wed, 28 Apr 1999 04:53:26 +0000
"John S. Dyson" wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (The Ghost In The Machine) writes:
> > On Tue, 27 Apr 1999 15:55:24 +0300,
> > Filargiropoulos Stavros <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >>Well, despite what you think, communism is a great ideology.
> >>
> >
> > Yeah, sure it is. That's why the USSR is dominating our butts...
> > oh, wait, it doesn't exist anymore.
> >
> > Hmmm....that should tell you something... :-)
> >
> > The followups should also tell you something. :-)
> >
> A given idealogy might just not be practical. Some idealogies might
> be practical in the short term or regressive (like GPL),
GPL only a short-term thing? Don't be so sure.
> or work
> well in the longer term (practical capitalism and properly compensated
> creativity.) For each person, it depends on timescale or personal
> interest. Some systems elevate a "class" of individuals to take
> advantage of others ("practical communism" and GPL),
GPL? How so? Users can hardly coerce programmers to
write code.
> while others
> are more egalitarian in practice (but not in the communist-like
> theory that ignores true human nature.)
>
> All ideas need to be tolerated, but one needs common sense and
> discipline to stay away from implementing the seductive, but
> damaging ones. Pragmatism needs to be considered for both the
> short and long term. Unfortunately, it is often the idealogues
> that seem to forget *long term* kindness to others, pragmatism
> and the true cost to support an economy.
>
> Recently, it seems that most idealogues have become better at "spin"
> and misinformation, and are indeed much more destructive.
>
> --
> John | Never try to teach a pig to sing,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | it makes one look stupid
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | and it irritates the pig.
--
Colin R. Day [EMAIL PROTECTED] alt.atheist #1500
EAC Cheerleader RAH! RAH! RAH! Go, team, go! (of course, there
is no EAC team)
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