Linux-Misc Digest #402, Volume #20 Sat, 29 May 99 11:13:28 EDT
Contents:
xterm & background proces (NEWS)
groff and fetchmailconf p (NEWS)
Re: Starting X at boot-up (NEWS)
Re: Install help: HD BIOS (NEWS)
Re: "Art Format" images? (NEWS)
Re: Middleware to connect (NEWS)
Re: Port scanner (NEWS)
Still need sHelp with Dell PowerEdge SP 5166-2 (Leslie Smith)
Re: Help with LPR printin (NEWS)
Re: ip forwarding (NEWS)
Re: USB on Linux (NEWS)
UMSDOS question (Ciprian Toader)
Corrupt Superblock (NEWS)
Re: Netscape 4.60 evaluat (NEWS)
Re: FDD Tape Drive--The S (NEWS)
Lilo/ kernel 2.2.9 proble (NEWS)
Re: Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAG (NEWS)
Re: Linux Read win95/98 L (NEWS)
Re: Netscape 4.51 suddenl (NEWS)
Re: NFS Server in Linux 2 (NEWS)
Re: Alpha, PowerPC, Intel (NEWS)
Re: Tools under Linus (NEWS)
Re: Application/PDF in Ne (NEWS)
Re: A Capitalists view of (NEWS)
Re: connecting-computers (NEWS)
Re: Rebuilding SRPMs (NEWS)
Re: SuSE vs Red Hat? (Michael Perry)
Re: PPP under RedHat 6.0 (NEWS)
SMP & RAID Tools (NEWS)
Re: WordPerfect gunzip (NEWS)
Re: choosing an OS for a (NEWS)
What is going on? (Or whois [EMAIL PROTECTED]) (Jonas)
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: xterm & background proces
Date: 27 May 1999 18:17 GMT
Running a terminal and involking a background process, say "foo &"
should invoke foo in the background that is detached from the parent
process. Specifically, when I terminate the parent process, the
xterm, foo should continue to run. As a specific example, I run emacs
in the background and then terminate the xterm from which it runs
should not kill emacs. Is there a setting somewhere that I am
missing? I am running RedHat 6.0 and have noticed this problem since
5.2 although the problem is getting more annoying. I am also running
GNOME and Metro-X. I doubt a GNOME error because it predates my use
of GNOME.
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: groff and fetchmailconf p
Date: 27 May 1999 07:17 GMT
I started removing possible problems, and also started logging
completely out (back to xdm screen) each time.. Previously I had just
been closing the shell.. duh..
Found bash had no problem. So I renamed the .tcshrc file, no problem...
Turns out, I renamed a directory in /usr/bin that I had a path set to in
my .tcshrc file, thus had a path set to a shell script.
I'm surprized more things didn't blow up, but now I know, and maybe the
next time this happens someone searching Deja will see my posts and fix
it themselves without looking stupid.. :)
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Starting X at boot-up
Date: 27 May 1999 01:47 GMT
Matthew Bafford wrote:
> : 3. Are there any potential security compromises associated with booting
> : directly into X.
>
> This just gives an graphical login prompt.
>
+ give you the opportunities to have a rich vocabulary of swear words when
it dies and you can't load another X. The safest way is to boot on the
console. It just take a few seconds to run startx
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install help: HD BIOS
Date: 27 May 1999 11:17 GMT
"Lee Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>You can purchase a EIDE BIOS upgrade card for around $20. DataTechnology
>makes one called DTC 1181. But maybe you could flash the BIOS on the
>motherboard to acheive the same thing.
[...]
You don't need that, if you're solely running Linux on that machine.
Just set the CHS values to something your BIOS allows, and let Linux
detect the whole capacity all by itself later. You just will have to
create a small partition for booting purposes that "fits" with the
BIOS settings (say, a 50 MB partition).
Michael
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "Art Format" images?
Date: 28 May 1999 09:47 GMT
In article <7il3ue$rbs$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Jim Osborn wrote:
>D. Vrabel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> replied:
>>On 27 May 1999, Jim Osborn wrote:
>>
>>> The web page's author, on AOL, says they're "in art format which
>>> displays well in MSIE."... I thought I'd ask around if anyone
>>> knows about this format, and what we Linux folks can use to view it.
>>
>>Run file(1) on them. That should tell you what they are.
>
>...And the answer is "data" as is usual for most things binary in Unix.
run `strings foo.art | head`
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Middleware to connect
Date: 27 May 1999 10:17 GMT
Cameron Spitzer wrote:
>
> More importantly to my purpose, the commercial middleware packages
> let you describe the logic of your database application in very
> high level terms, and generate from that description *working code*
> that will implement it.
>
And most commercial products only let you do it THEIR way. And
generate appallingly bad code.
> The concept is that most Web-enabled database apps do pretty much
> the same thing, and we have better things to do than write the same
> logic in Perl or C over and over.
>
PHP is a lot easier to write than Perl or C.
>
> I want a Design Compiler for my shared database app, and what
> I'm hearing here is there is no such thing in the free software
> world.
>
So write one.
>
> Oh well. I can draw the gates and count the nanoseconds if
> I have to. Or write the SQL calls and HTML forms, line by line.
>
So use an HTML editor for the HTML. And if you want to have any
idea what your application is doing, you will have to write the
SQL code anyway. Or you will end up with something so top heavy
it won't ever run properly.
Cliff
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Port scanner
Date: 28 May 1999 00:47 GMT
Bill Unruh wrote:
>
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Kerry J. Cox" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> ]Okay, dumb questions and I'm sure I already know the answer. We have a
> ]customer who wants to have a static IP address, but we are concerned
> ]that he would try to run a server on his side and with a simple dial-up
> ]account, that falls into a different payment bracket. To make sure that
> ]he doesn't run a server on his end and stays compliant with the
> ]agreement, I'd like to know a useful port scanner application out there
> ]that would check the ports on an IP address. A GUI interface would work
> ]well, but it doesn't have to be GUI.
> In certain jurisdicitons your attempt to portscan him would be
> considered a criminal offense.
Please name a jurisdiciton where port scanning -your own- IP, leased out
to a customer, is a criminal offense.
I.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Leslie Smith)
Subject: Still need sHelp with Dell PowerEdge SP 5166-2
Date: 29 May 1999 14:10:16 +0100
Can help me out here, I have got a Dell PowerEdge server
SP 5166-2 Dual CPU.
I'm using Red Hat 5.2, when I am using the boot disk to boot
the machine. It seems to load the boot.img OK, but when it
tries to load initrd.img the system seems to hang at ... .
This also happens with Red Hat 5.1 too. I am able to load Red
Hat 5.0 OK.
Machine Spec:
CPU = 2 x 166
SCSI Controller = NCR 53c810
SCSI HD = 4 x 2GB
SCSI CD = x32
MEM = 128MB
Display = 1 x Vodoo 4MB
REgards
Leslie...UK:-)
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with LPR printin
Date: 27 May 1999 06:32 GMT
Also run lpc stat instead of lpq
--John
Brian Lane wrote in message ...
>On Tue, 25 May 1999 21:24:55 +0000, Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>>1) When trying to print ASCII directly to port... "Can only print
>>directly to a LOCAL printer."
>>2) When trying to print either ASCII or postscript to lpr, it doesn't
>>do anything. I do an lpq, and there is nothing queued. However, when I
>>go into /var/spool/lpd/... there are the queued jobs! Why won't they
>>show when I do lpq, or in the RedHat printtool, or in klpq?
>
>
> Check your permissions on /var/spool/* also try printing as root instead
>of as a user and see if that makes a difference. Did you use printtool to
do
>the install or do it by hand? I let printtool handle things the last time I
>did a printer install and it worked out pretty well.
>
> Brian
>
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ip forwarding
Date: 27 May 1999 18:17 GMT
Being a slightly advanced newbie myself, I would have to ask what
modules you have loaded. IIRC, ping does not actually use TCP, (Nor does
FTP). Anyway, AFAIK, the stock standard forwarding utility does only
tcp, and you have to load modules to get the other protocols.
I may be well off base, but it is a clue, right?
If in doubt, use the ipchains check utility. Change the protocol to the
one used by ping. See if ipchains forwards it.
gus
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I am having a lot of problems getting ip forwarding to work with COL
> 2.2. I am hoping someone can help. :) Okay, I checked three things. Is
> support built into the kernel? Yes. Is 1 in ip_forward? Yes. Are there
> any chains that would stop access to and from the computer? No. (This
[Most snipped ... ]
>
> Any clues? Thanks for any help.
>
> ---
> Dustin Puryear
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>
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: USB on Linux
Date: 27 May 1999 08:47 GMT
Brent wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> : I'd like to know peoples experiences using USB devices
> : with Linux. I'd like to know if I would have any problems
> : connected with a USB adapter?
>
> : Greg
>
> Greg, there is no USB support in Linux, as of yet.
>
Not entirely true. There is very rudimentary, emergency-use-only USB
support included in the latest 2.2 kernels (2.2.8 introduced it, IIRC).
Mark.
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From: Ciprian Toader <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: UMSDOS question
Date: Sun, 30 May 1999 02:19:54 +1200
Hi,
I was wondering if UMSDOS supports hard drives compressed with double
space? I assume it doesn't but since I couldn't find anything about it
in the UMSDOS HOWTO (which is dated march 96), I thought I might as well
ask.
I have an old laptop with a small hard drive and I would very much like
to have a use for it, hence I plan to install Linux. I was thinking of
installing DragonLinux, a 20MB distribution that only supports UMSDOS.
Thanks
Ciprian
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Corrupt Superblock
Date: 27 May 1999 07:47 GMT
A couple of days ago I tried to boot linux and to my dismay I got a kernel
panic. After some poking around I realized that I have a corrupt superblock.
Reinstalling is not a problem (been planning on getting SuSE since 6.1 came
out anyway) as most of my important data is backed up but there is some data
that I did not back up. So I am hoping that someone has a great trick to be
able to access the drive so that I can get my data off before formatting the
disk. If anyone has any ideas please send them on to me.
Olivier
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.60 evaluat
Date: 27 May 1999 22:17 GMT
On Thu, 27 May 1999 16:51:05, Michel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > What problems are you having with java sites?
> >
>
> As soon as it is to start loading java stuff netscape vanishes and leaves only
> a lock file. It basically kills netscape. If I go back to Netscape 4.5 it loads
> the java stuff but eventually crashes netscape.
>
> I have RedHat 6.0 with 40M of RAM, two swap partitions of 64M and lotsa hard disk
>space.
> 300-400M, I have a Cyrix 686 230Mhz.
I'm using an old DX4-100, 40 megs ram and 16 megs of swap and I haven't
had that problem. I have a glitch in sending email, but that isn't
really a priority.
I followed the instructions for modifying /etc/profile and used
ns-install to /communicator.
The only different thing I've done was to place a copy of the java*.jar
file (excuse me but I'm currently in OS/2 and don't want to reboot to
give the exact file name) where netscape Gold 3.01 had it,
/usr/local/netscape I believe is the path. I moved the old Java file to
another directory and renamed my /home/.netscape file.
Almost forgot. I updated my lib* files with the netscape fix that
theopolis has on his web page a while back.
ldd /communicator/netscape reports all lib files are present and
accounted for.
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FDD Tape Drive--The S
Date: 27 May 1999 02:47 GMT
Try
tar -cz /home/* > /dev/ftape/hame.tar
Adam J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7ihpj1$o5c$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Thanks for the info. I installed my Colorado 250MB tape drive, but have
> been unsuccessful in getting anything on the tape. I know I should use
tar,
> (the command line I used was "tar -cz /home/* /dev/ftape/hame.tar") but
> whenever I try to use it, I get a bunch of garbage on the screen and my
box
> starts beeping at me. Any advice?
>
> Thanks,
>
>
> Adam J
>
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Lilo/ kernel 2.2.9 proble
Date: 27 May 1999 05:02 GMT
Hi,
Something simple. but I can'f find the solution:
I want to install kernel 2.2.9, but it fails to boot with
'Loading...... wrong loader: giving up.'
No problem, my Lilo is probably old. The problem comes when
lilo-21 does not want to compile:
/home/dev/lilo/device.c:119: undefined reference to `stat'
/home/dev/lilo/device.c:133: undefined reference to `stat'
/home/dev/lilo/device.c:137: undefined reference to `mknod'
/home/dev/lilo/bsect.c:59: undefined reference to `fstat'
and similar.
Those functions as far as I now are not defined in glibc2.x, so I
force it to link against libc5.x, but nothing good happens - it links, but
it dumps core when I try to run it.
So, how to make lilo and boot 2.2.9 ???
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAG
Date: 28 May 1999 05:32 GMT
On Tue, 18 May 1999 08:20:49 +1000,
Jason Mcconochie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I had the same problem under RH6 and gdm. I tried deleting the ~/.Xauthority
> file. That didnt work. I tried deleting the /var/gdm/:0.xauth file. That didnt
> work either.
>
> My temporary fix was to log on. Activate a xterm using a button, and the in
> that window setenv DISPLAY :0.0. Then do a xhost +. The I can bring up xterms
> from wherever.
Ack... you don't want to do that. -ANYONE- can bring up programs from
anywhere, intercept keystrokes, generate keystrokes, read your screen,
and generally do everything you can.
> I still havent found the cause. But I just moved my computer to a different
> subnet and hence a different IP. So, if gdm store the IP address somewhere for
> authentication maybe theres a clue.
It shouldn't, but you may have to restart X to make it notice that. I
do a ctrl-alt-backspace from xdm to do that.
I think the real problem here, though is something else entirely:
>From a fresh reboot, what does 'hostname' say is the name of your
machine? What does it say after you've brought up a PPP connection?
What does it say after you drop the connection?
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Read win95/98 L
Date: 27 May 1999 18:02 GMT
spaten wrote:
>
> Is there a trick or utility to enable Linux to see the full extended file
>
> name used by windows on my FAT partitions instead of cutting it off with a
>
> tilde?
>
> ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
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mount the device using the vfat file system type. For example, a valid
command could be:
mount -t vfat /dev/hda1 /mnt/dosc
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 4.51 suddenl
Date: 27 May 1999 02:02 GMT
Neil Zanella wrote:
>
> Has anyone tried Netscape 4.6?
>
> I heared there were lots of improvements to the code, making Netscape
>
> Java 1.1 compliant, faster, smaller, and with less bugs.
>
> I wonder how it compares to 4.5.
>
Actually it flushes netscape instead of crashing it, as for improvement perhaps
it is, usefull I doubt it.
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NFS Server in Linux 2
Date: 28 May 1999 01:17 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I'm trying to set up a NFS server on my linux machine for AIX users to
>access.
>
>I've set up my hosts.deny and hosts.allow as per documention. I've also
>inserted the two lines according to the nfs howto doc into inetd.conf like
>this:
>
>mount/1-2 dgram rpc/udp wait root /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd rpc.mountd
>mount/1-2 stream rpc/tcp wait root /usr/sbin/rpc.mountd rpc.mountd
>
>I've created my export file that looks like this:
>#
>/home/public (rw,insecure,all
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Alpha, PowerPC, Intel
Date: 28 May 1999 09:17 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne) writes:
>>> Compare to the virtual nonexistence of motherboards for MIPS and StrongARM;
>>Try:
>> http://www.chaltech.com/products.html
> Whoa! 350 UK Pounds for a motherboard, and L700 for a system?!?
>
> The L350 figure translates to a sum of close to $800 USD for a
> motherboard and CPU.
Yeah, the boards certainly exist but the pricing is nuts.
Netwinder is similar: last year I bought one (complete machine with
275 MHz StrongArm, 64 MB RAM, 3 GB disk, 2 MB video, ethernet,
shipping to Europe etc) for under $800. Now the same Netwinder would
cost something like $1200 or $1300. What's up with that???
Rob.
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Tools under Linus
Date: 27 May 1999 07:32 GMT
I Ching Hsueh wrote:
>
> Hallo,
> A good question for Linus people.
> I want to know, how many well-known tools now run under Linus, or which webside
> I should visit to get this.
>
> Regards
its called Linux, not Linus. Linux is the guy who created it.
And many tools are available. You can try www.linux.org or
www.linuxresources.com or www.linux.com for info. Many commerical apps
are even available such as office suites.
And it has many built in tools whihc are free
Brandon
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Application/PDF in Ne
Date: 28 May 1999 05:32 GMT
Gerald Willmann wrote:
>
> On Thu, 27 May 1999, Kaya Imre wrote:
>
> > I downloaded and installed Acrobat4 and set it as an
> > application to Netscape4.51. When I call a pdf file
> > the acroread comes up but it cannot find the downloaded
> > pdf file. If I search the cache directory and find it
> > in a subdirectory there the I can read it fine.
> > How could I do this automatically?
>
> when you set it up did you remember to append %s so that it actually
> starts up with the file you download?
> Gerald
Apparently not. Thanks. That solved my problem.
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A Capitalists view of
Date: 28 May 1999 09:02 GMT
In article <7if33v$a58$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Craig Dowell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>The original point made was that it was foolish to think that a bunch
>of people with small arms could stand up against a modern army. Histor
>has shown that they can. What difference does it make where the small
Only if the "modern army" is *deeply* stupid. Even as we speak, the US
Army is setting up programs on "urban warfare". What do you think that's
for?
>>> Life's a lot simpler when you assume you're smarter than everybody
>>> else.
>
>Are you trying to make some kind of relevant point here, or are you just
>reduced to this as your response?
He's saying that, just like absurd US Army promotional materials, you
assume the enemy is a bunch of idiots.
>> Most of those folks who fought against huge odds are corpses.
>
>Sure. The body counts were huge. The big guns eventually tired and
>went home, though, when mommies started getting flags back instead of
>their little boys. I think casualties at Khe San during the Tet
>Offensive were 200 Americans KIA vs. 15,000 NVA. Who runs the country
>now, though? Why?
I'm sure you find it incredibly inspirational to think that it will
take *only* 45 deaths on your side to inflict a single casualty on the
other. There's a problem though; the US army could pull out of Vietnam,
how the hell is it supposed to pull out of the USA?
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: connecting-computers
Date: 27 May 1999 02:02 GMT
Samba to support the windows machines and Netatalk for the Macs.
ch
Fran�ois Patte <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'd like to connect another computer (pc under windows or mac) with mine
> (linux red-hat) in order to copy or install files exactly in the same
> way as I do on my hard disk beetween linux partition and windows
> partition. Is that possible? and how?
>
> Could you give me details?
>
> Thank you.
>
> -- Fran�ois Patte. UFR de math�matiques et informatique.
> 45 rue des St P�res. 75270 Paris Cedex 06
> Tel: 01 44 55 35 59 -- Fax: 01 44 55 35 35
> http://www.math-info.univ-paris5.fr/~patte
>
>
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Rebuilding SRPMs
Date: 27 May 1999 20:47 GMT
On 26-Maj-99 21:59:47, Johan Kullstam wrote about Re: Rebuilding SRPMs
>"Thomas Svenson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> Do you have any suggestions about the best default option for K6, Pentium
>> and Pentium II/III?
>the classic pentium requires some bizzare scheduling stunts.
>compiling for a pentium target will hurt performance on the
>p-pro/ii/iii and vice versa. if you want the *same* binary to run on
>*both* classic pentium and ppro, just compile for i486.
Well, I don't have a Ppro. Right now the machines used for Linux is one K6-200
(the first model) and a P120. I will probably add other boxes later, and those
will either be PII/III or K6-x.
Right now I just use i586 -O2 as optflags for the compiling.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Perry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: SuSE vs Red Hat?
Date: 29 May 1999 14:24:48 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 28 May 1999 20:48:44 -0700, Syed Mujtaba
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello folks,
> i am currently in the market to buy Linux, and cannot decide whether
>to get SuSE 6.1 or Red Hat Linux 6? any input on the matter would be
>most appreciated.
>thanks
I prefer SuSE overall. Try both. You can get cheap cd's at
www.cheapbytes.com. Check both out.
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PPP under RedHat 6.0
Date: 28 May 1999 06:17 GMT
Nick Birkett wrote:
>
> I upgraded RH5.2 -> RH6.0 . My bro did a complete new install to RH6.0.
> We both have the same problem. PPP thoughput has gone down from
> 4.5Kbyte/s (byte not bit) to
> 0.9 Kbyte/s.
>
> Had a play with changing cua01 -> ttyS1 etc. Recompiled kernel to 2.2.9.
> Recompiled ppp (drastic I know).
> Played with setserial, pppd options etc etc.
> Everthing else is same as before (under RH5.2).
>
> We use kppp (KDE app) to setup ppp connections (is this the problem ?).
>
So you managed to get this thing to work!
I used control-panel and my ftp downloads varies between 3.9k to 10k with
a 33k modem. If you were on winblows we could blame the winmodem but here
it is strange indeed. Maybe your scripts are connecting you at 1200 bauds,
who knows! I set mine to the 115k and it works down from there.
Did you compile the kernel with PPP in the kernel or modules? I never got my
PPP to work very well when it is in the kernel. I find out that it works best
as a module.
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SMP & RAID Tools
Date: 27 May 1999 16:47 GMT
I have a couple of questions for a future project;
1. Is there a set of RAID tools that are written to support SMP?
2. I assume future kernels will support ATA-66?
moonie ;)
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: WordPerfect gunzip
Date: 28 May 1999 04:32 GMT
Under "Edit/Preferences/Navigator/Application" look for the entry
"ZIP Compressed Data". Under "Suffixes" fill in "zip,gz,tgz" and
finally under "Handled By" mark the button "Unknown:Prompt User".
Voila.
--
Gero H. Marten
<http://www.provi.de/gmarten/index.html>
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From: NEWS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: choosing an OS for a
Date: 27 May 1999 23:02 GMT
Mikhail Teterin wrote:
>
> Students can also get cheap (or free?) Solaris, AFAIK...
It's probably an ELC or SLC. I would deffinately NOT install Solaris on
it.
I installed Solaris 7 on a SPARCstation 2 with 96MB of ram and, while
useable, it was practically unbearable.
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From: Jonas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What is going on? (Or whois [EMAIL PROTECTED])
Date: 29 May 1999 13:28:11 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Is everyone getting these multiple re-postings of old articles by
[EMAIL PROTECTED]? The newsfeed coming into Bradford Uni here in the UK is
having most of the messages from the past couple of days re-posted to
this group by [EMAIL PROTECTED] All of the messages have their subject
lines truncated.
It is very wierd. bbc.org seems to be part of the islandnet.com
ISP. All of the reposted articles are coming from host
139.142.115.249.
--
Giles Paterson
4th Year MEng Software Engineering Student,
"... Nowadays it is hard to die young, no matter how stupid, slow or
myopic you are." Dr Richard Dawkins
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