Linux-Misc Digest #186, Volume #20 Thu, 13 May 99 13:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: ssh-1.2.26 problem ("Anthony J. Gabrielson")
Re: X-Windows does'nt start anymore ("Anthony J. Gabrielson")
Red Hat 6.0 - SMP and CPU usage problems (Phillip George Geiger)
Kernel version labelling? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 'Find'. what a strange command (Jon Skeet)
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522) (Jon Skeet)
Re: 'Find'. what a strange command (brian moore)
page faults (Bob Tennent)
Re: 'Find'. what a strange command (Glenn)
Re: Proper use of /usr/local (Re: The Best Linux distribution?) (John Fieber)
Re: 'Find'. what a strange command ("Jort Verhoeven")
Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522) (Peter Seebach)
Re: LILO.CONF (TS Stahl)
Re: Printer Help Please (Walter Strong)
Re: Redhat 6 & SSH (Jim Bowlin)
Re: Proper use of /usr/local (Re: The Best Linux distribution?) (Leslie Mikesell)
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From: "Anthony J. Gabrielson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ssh-1.2.26 problem
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:39:35 -0400
Hello,
I'm running ssh 2. whatever and I used to run ssh 1.x. Did you
do a standard build on it and then start it as a deamon. I've never had
that problem - and I've never had to actually hand out a key - my daemon
did it for me.
Anthony
On Thu, 13 May 1999, benjamin wrote:
> Hello ,
> I am runing Linux 2.2.4 and ssh-1.2.26
> I want to configure ssh as described :
> i give a pubkey to my friends so that they can login. the matching
> private keys are in /home/user/.ssh
> i copied the files.pub to authorized_keys and to try it, i made an ssh
> on myself:
> $ ssh my_ip
> Then, it says no hostkey found, and creates one: key_my_ip.pub and puts
> it in ~/.ssh/known_hosts.
> So what is the use of the identity and identity.pub files if anyway a
> pubkey is created when i login ?
>
> I want that someone who doesn't have a pubkey gets a Connection refused.
>
> Thank you for helping.
>
> Benjamin
>
> runing Linux Kernel 2.2.4
> e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
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From: "Anthony J. Gabrielson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X-Windows does'nt start anymore
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 10:33:44 -0400
try reinstalling the fonts.
Anthony
On 12 May 1999, Geert Van Loy wrote:
> This is me again.
>
> I had forgotten to include my X.out file
> So here it is
>
> XFree86 Version 3.3.3.1 / X Window System
> (protocol Version 11, revision 0, vendor release 6300)
> Release Date: January 4 1999
> If the server is older than 6-12 months, or if your card is newer
> than the above date, look for a newer version before reporting
> problems. (see http://www.XFree86.Org/FAQ)
> Operating System: Linux 2.2.1-ac1 i686 [ELF]
> Configured drivers:
> Mach64: accelerated server for ATI Mach64 graphics adaptors (Patchlevel 0)
> (using VT number 7)
>
> XF86Config: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config
> (**) stands for supplied, (--) stands for probed/default values
> (**) XKB: keycodes: "xfree86"
> (**) XKB: types: "default"
> (**) XKB: compat: "default"
> (**) XKB: symbols: "us(pc101)"
> (**) XKB: geometry: "pc"
> (**) XKB: rules: "xfree86"
> (**) XKB: model: "pc101"
> (**) XKB: layout: "be"
> (**) Mouse: type: IntelliMouse, device: /dev/mouse, baudrate: 1200
> (**) Mouse: buttons: 5
> (**) Mouse: zaxismapping: (-)4 (+)5
> (**) Mach64: Graphics device ID: "215CT222"
> (**) Mach64: Monitor ID: "AOC 4N Series"
> (--) Mach64: Mode "640x480" needs hsync freq of 53.01 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 53.51 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 55.84 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 56.48 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 51.02 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "800x600" needs hsync freq of 64.02 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 62.50 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 62.42 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 64.25 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 70.24 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 70.88 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 74.59 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 75.00 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 76.01 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 78.86 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1024x768" needs hsync freq of 80.21 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 81.13 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 87.50 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1152x864" needs hsync freq of 89.62 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 91.15 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 93.75 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1600x1200" needs hsync freq of 105.77 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1280x1024" needs hsync freq of 107.16 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 96.15 kHz. Deleted.
> (--) Mach64: Mode "1800X1440" needs hsync freq of 104.52 kHz. Deleted.
> (**) FontPath set to "unix/:-1"
> (--) Mach64: PCI: Mach64 CT rev 9, Aperture @ 0xfe000000, Block I/O @ 0xfc00
> (--) Mach64: Card type: PCI
> (--) Mach64: Memory type: DRAM (1)
> (--) Mach64: Clock type: Internal
> (--) Mach64: Maximum allowed dot-clock: 80.000 MHz
> (**) Mach64: Mode "800x600": mode clock = 50.000
> (--) Mach64: Virtual resolution: 800x600
> (--) Mach64: Video RAM: 1024k
> (--) Mach64: Using hardware cursor
> (--) Mach64: Using 16 MB aperture @ 0xfe000000
> (--) Mach64: Ramdac is Internal
> (--) Mach64: Ramdac speed: 80 MHz
> (**) Mach64: Color weight: 565
> (--) Mach64: Pixmap cache: 0 256x256 slots, 0 128x128 slots, 0 64x64 slots
> (--) Mach64: Font cache: 0 fonts
> _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1'
> Fatal server error:
> could not open default font 'fixed'
>
> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send
> the full server output, not just the last messages
>
>
> Geert Van Loy heeft geschreven in bericht <7h9q8o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Hi,
> >
> >Recently my linux crashed (yes, this is sometimes possible :-)). I was
> >running X-windows at that time. Ctrl+Alt+Back didn't help so I had to use
> >the reset button.
> >
> >After rebooting my X-window doesn't start anymore. I get an error with a
> >font that can't be found. However these X-fonts were loaded fine when
> >booting.
> >
> >And when I shut down my system now, it fails to shut down these X-fonts.
> >
> >Can anyone help me with this problem?
> >
> >Thx anyway
> >
> >Geert
> >
> >
>
>
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Phillip George Geiger)
Subject: Red Hat 6.0 - SMP and CPU usage problems
Date: 13 May 1999 13:20:02 GMT
I had a perfectly running dual Pentium Pro system running
Red Hat 5.2. I wiped the drive and installed Red Hat 6.0
and have had a few problems. It's been so long since I
installed 5.2 or had to tweak it that I can't remember if I
had to do anything "heroic" to get it to work.
#1, the system refused to give any process more than 50% of
the CPU time. With 5.2, I could run two number crunching programs,
check top, and see two processs each using 99.5% or so CPU time.
With 6.0 and one process, I get 50%; with two processes, I get 50%
and 50%; with three processes, I get 33%, 33%, and 33%; etc.
I.e., each process is capped at 50%, and the system doesn't get the
200% it was getting.
#2, it only seems to be aware of one CPU. I switched the
kernel symbolic link in /boot to point to the default 2.2.5
kernel with smp, ran lilo, and rebooted, the login screen
correctly lists the smp kernel. I still get the same behavior
as in #1.
Suggestions? Is the solution obvious (an entry in lilo.conf)?
I've got no web access at the moment, and only occasional telnet
access to this shell account, so I would appreciate (relatively)
specific information posted or emailed to me. Thanks in advance.
--
Phil Geiger
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Kernel version labelling?
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 14:58:09 GMT
hi
sorry but this may sound too obvious, yet I would like to know...
now that the 2.2 series of the kernel have been released, which set (if
any) are the production kernels and which are the development kernels?
I know with linux 2.0.xx, 2.0 were the stable production and there was
also 2.1.xx which were the devel kernels.
So, which of the new kernel sets are stable production versions which I
could get.
Also is there any good place which gives a min/recommended requirements
list of the packages which are required for kernel 2.2.xx? To that,
which distributions are 2.2 ready? All that I know is that the 2.2
kernels require glib2 but thats about it! :-)
Again, I appologise to you if this sounds obscenely obvious, but I've
been out of the linux community for too long and only recently had a
chance to come back(sort of!)
Thanks
fraf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet)
Subject: Re: 'Find'. what a strange command
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:10:08 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I got around the problem by typing 'find / netscape >> find.txt' and
> then using the wonderful grep command to display all the lines with
> 'netscape' in them. Exactly what 'find' should have done in the first
> place.
find / -name netscape
Alternatively, if netscape is on the path, "which netscape" will tell you
where it is loaded from.
In fact, the man page isn't that badly written (at least on my system) -
it says that it evaluates the given expression for each file, and that
the first argument that begins with `-', `(', `)', `,', or `!' is taken
to be the beginning of the expression and that any arguments before the
expression are paths to search.
Under the "expressions" section, it says that the expression is made up
of options, tests and actions.
Given that "netscape" isn't an option, test or action, and it doesn't
begin with "-", "(", ")", "," or "!", it seems reasonably clear that it's
not an expression.
Thus, you gave it / and netscape as paths, and no expression. As it says
in the man page, if no expression is given, the expression '-print' is
used.
This explains all the behaviour you saw...
--
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http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522)
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 16:16:10 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Jon Skeet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Could that not be due to the people you know rather than the system as a
> >whole? It's equally true for me, but only because the circles I'm in
> >don't *tend* to include the unemployed (no bigotry here, just social
> >reality). That doesn't mean the unemployed aren't there, or that they
> >don't need our help.
>
> I'd guess that at least two thirds of the people I know have been unemployed
> long enough to collect EI.
But they haven't been substantially helped by the system?
--
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http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: 'Find'. what a strange command
Date: 13 May 1999 15:20:43 GMT
On Thu, 13 May 1999 16:08:42 +0100,
D. Vrabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Fri, 14 May 1999, Brad wrote:
>
> > I was trying to find where netscape is installed on my newly installed
> > Linux setup. I figured there must be a 'find' command and I wasn't
> > dissapointed. I typed 'man find' and had a read.
> > There was the traditional user friendly syntax guide.......
> >
> > find [path....] [expression]
> >
> > so I typed
> >
> > find / netscape
> No it looked for all files from / upwards and from ./netscape upwards...
> use find / -name netscape
> You need to tell find what criteria to select from.
>
> Or use
> locate netscape
> (provided it is installed and the locate database has been updated.)
And, oddly enough, at the bottom of my 'find' man page:
| SEE ALSO
| locate(1L), locatedb(5L), updatedb(1L), xargs(1L) Finding
| Files (on-line in Info, or printed)
> > I got around the problem by typing 'find / netscape >> find.txt' and
> > then using the wonderful grep command to display all the lines with
> > 'netscape' in them. Exactly what 'find' should have done in the first
> > place.
Nope, 'find' is much more powerful than 'locate'. It's also a lot
slower for simple tasks. Use the proper tools.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: page faults
Date: 13 May 1999 15:57:41 GMT
Reply-To: rdt(a)cs.queensu.ca
I'm getting page faults; here is a typical system message:
kernel: Unable to handle kernel paging request at virtual address 412c2ba0
kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 00101000, %cr3 = 00101000
kernel: *pde = 00000000
kernel: Oops: 0000
kernel: CPU: 0
kernel: EIP: 0010:[dput+14/328]
kernel: EFLAGS: 00010206
kernel: eax: c0d1f31c ebx: 412c2ba0 ecx: c0d1ffa0 edx: c0d1f09c
kernel: esi: c0d1f2a0 edi: 00000000 ebp: fffff338 esp: c0095fa0
kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
kernel: Process kswapd (pid: 4, process nr: 4, stackpage=c0095000)
kernel: Stack: c012f7b4 412c2ba0 00000006 00000006 00000030 c0094000 c012fa06 0000000
0
kernel: c0120e4c 00000006 00000030 00000000 c01d128e c00941c1 c0120eb3 0000003
0
kernel: 00000f00 c0003fa8 c0106000 000000a0 c010813b 00000000 00000f00 c0215fd
8
kernel: Call Trace: [prune_dcache+216/248] [shrink_dcache_memory+14/20] [do_try_to_fr
ee_pages+100/120] [tvecs+7022/32544] [kswapd+83/196] [get_options+0/116]
[kernel_thread+35/48]
It isn't always the same process. What could explain this?
I'm recently added RAM; is it possible I have a bad card
and that this would explain the page faults? How can I tell?
Bob T.
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From: Glenn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'Find'. what a strange command
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:06:41 -0400
Hi,
Try these:
find -iname netscape
or
locate netscape
Glenn
========
Brad wrote:
> I was trying to find where netscape is installed on my newly installed
> Linux setup. I figured there must be a 'find' command and I wasn't
> dissapointed. I typed 'man find' and had a read.
> There was the traditional user friendly syntax guide.......
>
> find [path....] [expression]
>
> so I typed
>
> find / netscape
>
> As the man pages poorly written man pages have no examples, I figured
> that this would search from the root and show me all the occurences of
> 'netscape' on my machine.
> Wrong. This, for a reason I hope someone can explain, listed, I think,
> every file on my machine.
>
> I got around the problem by typing 'find / netscape >> find.txt' and
> then using the wonderful grep command to display all the lines with
> 'netscape' in them. Exactly what 'find' should have done in the first
> place.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Fieber)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Proper use of /usr/local (Re: The Best Linux distribution?)
Date: 13 May 1999 16:11:33 GMT
In article <7hditp$1cng$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell) writes:
> Good point. All I'm really after is the ability to mkfs the system
> partition(s) without losing anything of my own. However, most
> everything you grab in source form wants to install itself in
> /usr/local, so it's extra work to modify the install destination
> of your locally tweaked stuff so you can turn over /usr/local
> to the stock packages.
So, (a) be glad there is autoconf and the extra work usually amounts
to providing a --prefix option to configure or (b) you put your local
stuff (that you spend time tweaking anyway) somewhere else.
Remember, it is the *separation* of OS from 3rd-party from local that
is make administration and upgrades easy, not the actual names.
Seems like software is getting much better about having its location
re-configured but some administrator's brains still have hardwired
paths.
-john
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From: "Jort Verhoeven" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'Find'. what a strange command
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 18:23:31 +0200
Or this
find / -name netscape -print
Glenn wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Hi,
>
>Try these:
>
>find -iname netscape
>or
>locate netscape
>
>Glenn
>--------
>
>Brad wrote:
>
>> I was trying to find where netscape is installed on my newly installed
>> Linux setup. I figured there must be a 'find' command and I wasn't
>> dissapointed. I typed 'man find' and had a read.
>> There was the traditional user friendly syntax guide.......
>>
>> find [path....] [expression]
>>
>> so I typed
>>
>> find / netscape
>>
>> As the man pages poorly written man pages have no examples, I figured
>> that this would search from the root and show me all the occurences of
>> 'netscape' on my machine.
>> Wrong. This, for a reason I hope someone can explain, listed, I think,
>> every file on my machine.
>>
>> I got around the problem by typing 'find / netscape >> find.txt' and
>> then using the wonderful grep command to display all the lines with
>> 'netscape' in them. Exactly what 'find' should have done in the first
>> place.
>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: GNU reeks of Communism (returning to %252522GNU Communism%252522)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Seebach)
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 15:30:19 GMT
In article <MPG.11a4fd15d885c47f989848@news>,
Jon Skeet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>> I'd guess that at least two thirds of the people I know have been unemployed
>> long enough to collect EI.
>But they haven't been substantially helped by the system?
I think all but one of them have ended up behind on the deal. I was paid
something like $250 by the EI system, after having several hundred dollars
taken from my paychecks. I got employed in three weeks anyway; if I'd just
not applied for EI, I would have been nearly as well off, and if I'd never
had to pay for it, I would have been dramatically better off.
Keep in mind the indirect effects. How are people affected by the people who
are encouraged by misdesign of the system to put up with it rather than trying
to get a job, and, thus, who are less productive than they otherwise would be?
Less wealth, same number of people, people are worse off.
-s
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From: TS Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: LILO.CONF
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 11:21:12 -0500
I stand corrected. Fooling the bios is not something I had considered
before.
BTW, I had an advanced beta of the licorice drive, but my 4 year old ate it.
DOH!
Martin Burkhardt wrote:
> Janine:
>
> It's a while back when I did this, but for some reason I had also the
> urge to have my linux disk /dev/hda rather than /dev/hdb. It took me a
> while to figure out how to do this. After lots of searching I found some
> information (probably in some information on lilo or lilo.conf) to remap
> the drives. So my lilo.conf looks like the following:
>
> [root@martinb /root]# more /etc/lilo.conf
> boot=/dev/hda
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.36-0.7
> label=linux
> root=/dev/hda1
> read-only
> other=/dev/hdb1
> label=dos
> table=/dev/hdb
> map-drive=0x80
> to = 0x81
> map-drive=0x81
> to = 0x80
>
> I think the last four lines were the solution to my problem...
>
> I hope this helps
>
> Martin
>
> Janine Roe wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> > I am having some problems with booting into windows with lilo. Here's
> > my situation:
> >
> > Orignally had one 4 gig hard drive partitioned with 1 gig for linux and
> > 3 gig for windows95
> >
> > Added a new 6 gig hard drive and moved windows95 to this drive.
> > Changed the old windows partition to linux native.:
> >
> > Disk /dev/hda: 128 heads, 63 sectors, 1023 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 8064 * 512 bytes
> >
> > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/hda1 1 1 768 3096544+ 83 Linux native
> > #ORIGNALLY DOS-FAT32
> > /dev/hda2 769 769 781 52416 82 Linux swap
> > /dev/hda3 * 782 782 972 770112 83 Linux native
> >
> > New drive info:
> >
> > Disk /dev/hdb: 240 heads, 63 sectors, 839 cylinders
> > Units = cylinders of 15120 * 512 bytes
> >
> > Device Boot Begin Start End Blocks Id System
> > /dev/hdb1 * 1 1 420 3175168+ b Win95 FAT32
> > /dev/hdb2 421 421 838 3160080 5 Extended
> > /dev/hdb5 421 421 838 3160048+ b Win95 FAT32
> >
> > I changed to lilo.conf file to read as follows:
> >
> > boot=/dev/hda
> > map=/boot/map
> > install=/boot/boot.b
> > prompt
> > timeout=50
> > other=/dev/hdb1
> > label=win95
> > table=/dev/hdb
> > loader=/boot/chain.b
> > image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.0.35-1
> > label=linux
> > root=/dev/hda3
> > read-only
>
> > But at the lilo boot prompt I get an i/o error when I attempt to boot
> > into win95.
> >
> > Additionally, when I changed the id from DOS to Linux native I got the
> > following message:
> >
> > calling ioctl() to re-read partition table.
> > Syncing disks.
> > Re-read table failed with error 16:
> > Device or resource busy.
> > Re-boot your system to ensure the partition table is updated.
> >
> > Also get I/O error dev 16:00, sector 0.
> >
> > Do these errors have something to do with the inablility to boot with
> > lilo? Or is it a combination or errors?
> > I would really appreciate some help on what to do to fix this.....
> >
> > Thanks,
> > J.R.
--
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Illinois Housing Development Authority
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Chicago, IL 60611
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Walter Strong)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Printer Help Please
Date: 13 May 1999 15:39:06 GMT
Brad ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: I want to get my Epson 640 printer working under Linux. I am not asking
: how to do it. What I am asking is 'what do I read?'.
: I know nothing about setting up a printer under LInux and there are tons
: of man pages, info, etc etc. I dont know where to start. Could someone
: suggest what I shoud read and in what order I should read it.
: Thanks.
: Brad
>From http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/pht/printer_list.cgi?make=Epson :
Stylus Color 640 Color
Ink Jet
720x1440 Perfectly
ESC/P 2
uniprint Only works at 360x360 with stcolor and ghostscript 4.03.
Redhat users (and probably others) can upgrade to ghostscript 5.50,
printtool 3.40 and rhs-printfilters 1.50 and use the Epson Stylus
Color modes stc600ih, stc600p and st600pl (1440, 720 and 360 dpi).
4 color CMYK printing with 32 jets per color.
Now, as for getting it working 'perfectly', I'd go with APSfilter. It's
available for download at Freshmeat and many others I'm sure. It's a snap to
setup and use.
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From: Jim Bowlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Redhat 6 & SSH
Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 09:53:33 -0700
Daniel Beckham wrote:
>
> I'm having trouble with both ssh1 and ssh2 myself. ftp.replay.com isn't
> working at the moment... anyone else have a work around for the stupid
> error saying that such and such variable isn't a member of such and such
> struct? Looks like some header file is missing or something...
>
> Irritating... Redhat 6 is totally useless without ssh installed. I'll
> send my first born to hell before I use telnet for anything...
>
> In article <7gcuf8$7vb$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> says...
> > Ron Luman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >Has anybody had any luck installing SSH (1.2 or 2.0) over a vanilla Redhat 6
> > >install?
> >
> > I suspect the RPMs available on ftp.replay.com will work on it (at worst,
> > after recompilation).
> >
> > Ray
> >
I have seen solutions to this problem posted in comp.security.ssh
HTH -- Jim Bowlin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Mikesell)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Proper use of /usr/local (Re: The Best Linux distribution?)
Date: 13 May 1999 11:55:56 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>: How do you know what you want if you don't load them all and try them out?
>
> There are currently 2308 ports publicly available for FreeBSD. Do
> you really think anyone is insane enough to install a few *gigs* of
> software just to "try them out"?!
How else can you do it?
>
> The *system*?! This isn't Microsoft. OS distributions, esp many
> of the Linux ones, have a hard enough time just maintaining the
> *system*, let alone *thousands* of other software packages.
Do you think I want to do that for myself?
> No. *You* expect that and maybe Linux users in general expect that.
> Practically no one else does, however.
I think you have just hit upon the real reason for the popularity of
Linux. I do indeed want someone else to assemble a nice set of
application level software for me every 6 months or so.
>: The things you really need to keep separate are the ones that will always
>: need local tweaks, like amanda with it's patched gnutar and smbclient (at
>: least until someone comes up with useful defaults for binaries),
>
> Have you seen the patch system of ports? Maintaining local patches
> ("tweaks") is trivial *within* the public ports system.
But I don't expect these to remain the same for more than 6 months
at a time either. I don't want to 'maintain' patches that are
maintained elsewhere. I'll always want up-to-date versions put
in during an update or new install.
>: I think of /usr/local as *my* space to install things, and Iexpect things
>: to stay there regardless of distribution updates.
>
> No problem. No distribution of anything we've been talking about
> messes with /usr/local.
So you don't consider ports as part of the distribution?
Les Mikesell
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