Linux-Misc Digest #526, Volume #20 Sun, 6 Jun 99 23:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: Linux (RH 6.0) & Seti error ? (Ed Flinn)
Re: Two Questions From experienced Linux User ("David Means")
Re: HELP! How to get out when netscape 4.5 freezes? (Alex Lam)
Linux/gcc Newbie Question: (Salvador)
Re: HELP! How to get out when netscape 4.5 freezes? (Alex Lam)
Re: GCC Compatibility (brian moore)
Re: Newbie kPPP (modem problem) (Rafael Lepra)
Re: Linux won't find my Motherboard sound. (Mircea)
Re: DOSEMU can't find font 'vga' trying 9x18... (Colin Watson)
FS: Sun SPARCServer 4/670MP (some 470 boards included) ; $500 US ("Kent Rankin")
Re: Anyone know "Workstation 2000" people? (Christopher B. Browne)
Re: Accounting software (quicken type) for LINUX? (Christopher B. Browne)
Re: HELP! How to get out when netscape 4.5 freezes? (Alex Lam)
Re: You can earn $50,000 40686 (Frank v Waveren)
mt ... fsf not working (Paul Smicker)
Re: How can I boot RedHat Linux in Single User mode (DJ)
Re: Any body runnung dual Intel's Celerons cpus with Linux?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Warning against Announce Communications web hosting (agner)
Re: antivirus (Martin Ritter)
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the (Clarence
Riddle)
Mounting joliet CDROM media (Scott Gravenhorst (see sig for reply))
Re: How big can swap partition be? (Mark Grosberg)
Re: MicrogarfX Designer 4.1 (Martin Schreck)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ed Flinn)
Subject: Re: Linux (RH 6.0) & Seti error ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.sci.seti,linux.redhat.misc
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 21:06:27 -0400
On Sun, 06 Jun 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hello,
>
>I have setiathome running on a new server install I completed Friday
>night (runs great). After getting past adding ./ to my command to start
>setiathome (./setiathome from /usr/share/seti) I noticed an odd message
>when the work unit was complete. The ppp0 interface was not up or
>connected so the display reported that it would try "...connecting in an
>hour". I started my ppp0 connection ala usernet, closed the xterm
>setiathome was using, opened another xterm and ran ./setiathome -email.
>The connect to server message appeared (contacted the server) and the
>next message appeared (that I'm curious about):
>
>found data file: no found result header file: no
>
>receiving... <appeared like normal from here>
>
>Can anyone assist in diagnosing what looks to a new Linux/Unix user like
>me to be an error ? Of course if my seti stats rise another work unit
>then I know it's not an error.
>
I think that's a normal message, I've certainly seen it, and my stats
look correct to me.
I _think_ what's happening is that, having finished uploading the
results of the work unit, the program loops back to the intialization
routine, where it determines that there's no outstanding work, and goes
off to download the next work unit.
--
Ed Flinn, mainframe dinosaur | OS/390, AIX & Tru64 for a living,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] | Linux for the heck of it
SETI@Home: An idle processor is an unhappy processor
http://www.setiathome.ssl.berkeley.edu/
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From: "David Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Two Questions From experienced Linux User
Date: Sun, 6 Jun 1999 17:53:36 -0700
Can't help with the first problem, but it sounds like ftpd is either
not where it should be, or not executable, or is dying for some other
reason. You get the initial connection through inetd, who wants to
hand it off to ftpd, but stubs its toe in the process.
Brian D Sutterfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7jafes$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> #1: I have just installed RH 5.2 on an older P-100 with 2GB IDE drive
> installed. It has Ontrack's disk manager software installed which looks
for
> and tries to load (DOS equivalent/Win95/Win98) off of the first partition.
> I have installed lilo, done an FDISK /MBR, reinstalled lilo, read the FAQs
> and tried to un-install the disk loader with the Ontrack manager with no
> luck, currently am booting off of a floppy. Any Ideas without low level
> formatting?
>
> #2: I have probably done something really stupid, but just can't put my
> finger on it. The above box hostname is burt. I can ftp from burt to my
> other RH5.2 boxes, no problem. Telnet both directions, ping all
directions.
> Now when I ftp from any other box to burt, I receive a connection, but no
> completion, never even get the chance to enter a user. The ftp will time
> out and be disconnected. I have updated my host tables, host.allow and
> ftpaccess files as well as the inetd.conf just in case ftp was commented
> out. Nothing seems substantially different from my other Linux boxes on
the
> network. The only error in the /var/log/messages log other than time-outs
> is one upon a reboot:
>
> burt ftpd[3284]: getpeername (in.ftpd): Socket operation on non-socket.
>
> NIC:SMC ultra 8216 ISA
> IP:192.168.50.10
>
> Thanks in advance for any help.
>
> Brian S.
>
>
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP! How to get out when netscape 4.5 freezes?
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 17:46:19 -0700
Ray wrote:
>
> On Sat, 05 Jun 1999 16:19:07 -0700, Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi,
> > I'm using SuSE 6.0, netscape 4.5 came with it. Everything runs
> >fine until
> >I was browsing a web site, and suddenly all data transfer stopped and
> >netscape frozen
> >up. All the keys and mouse are disabled.
>
> The only thing I've ever seen lock up Linux this bad is a hardware problem
> (ie a dead cpu fan etc).
>
No, the fans are all blowing fine. I have two extra 8mm fans inside
the case as well; as well as a big heatsink/fan on the cpu. And this
box is only two months old.
> > <ctrl><alt><del> had no
> >effect either. I was forced to power off (without shutdown command) to
> >reboot. Fortunity, linux lived through the process.
>
> <Ctrl><Alt><Del> shouldn't do anything in X. <Ctrl><Alt><Backspace> should
> kill X however.
>
> >
> > What should I do if this happen again?
>
> Just to gather some data, try hitting <CapsLock> or <NumLock> and see if the
> LEDs on your keyboard respond, if not then chances are very good that you
> have a hardware problem. If you are on the net when this happens maybe you
> could go to a friend's house or maybe a Net Cafe and try to telnet in from
> there? Alternativly you could set up your machine to answer the phone and
> then dial in from somewhere else.
>
No, nothing work. I tried those already.
> The bottom line is that while Netscape is not as stable is it should be, it
> should NEVER lock up Linux and I've never seen it even take out X. If it
> does then there is something VERY wrong.
>
That's why I am trying, and want to find out why. Everything else has
been running beautifully. Now I've turned off java.
Alex Lam.
> --
> Ray
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From: Salvador <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux/gcc Newbie Question:
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 19:02:22 -0600
Hi,
I recently migrated from Win 9x to Linux. After getting my OS's set up
(I am running RedHat 5.2 on a laptop and S.u.S.E 6.1 on a desktop), I
set about testing the gcc compiler. I compiled a HelloWorld script
using g++ -o file file.C. The compile went okay. I then executed the
program with exec /path/to/file
The program executed, but after executing, it kicked me out of my login
shell and I was forced to login again. I tested this on the system
running RedHat, and the system running S.u.S.E. It did it in both
cases.
The profiles that I was logged in as had ownership over the directory
(/home/user), it did it both when logged in with a user account, and
when logged in to root.
For the record, I have looked in the comp.c.lang faq index, and there
was no reference to this problem, I looked in the tw.bbs.linux faq, and
there was no reference. I did a few searches on DejaNews, and though I
found 1 reference to this problem, there was no resolution offered.
Does anyone know what the cause could be, and how I can remedy it?
I appreciate any help that people might have to offer.
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP! How to get out when netscape 4.5 freezes?
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 17:39:39 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> In his obvious haste, Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
> : Hi,
> : I'm using SuSE 6.0, netscape 4.5 came with it. Everything runs
> : fine until
> : I was browsing a web site, and suddenly all data transfer stopped and
> : netscape frozen up.
>
> I think that's a common problem with all versions of Netscape.
> (It happens on Netscape 3 on this Sun Station under Solaris as well.)
>
> Unless you're networked to another machine and can rlogin or telnet to the
> crashed machine, there's not much you can do, I don't think.
>
> If you ARE lucky enough to be networked, then telnet in as tha same user
> that started netscape, and kill it. This should free up X and everything
> will be working again.
>
Yes, I'm networked... but the hub expired a couple days before, and
because it's only my SOHO small LAN. I didn't replace the bub right
away.
Alex Lam.
> (The system itself hasn't crashed, just Netscape, unfortunately taking all
> X event processing with it)
> --
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> | |can't move, with no hope of rescue. |
> | Andrew Halliwell |Consider how lucky you are that life has been |
> | Finalist in:- |good to you so far... |
> | Computer Science | -The BOOK, Hitch-hiker's guide to the galaxy.|
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
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** no more M$ Windoze.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (brian moore)
Subject: Re: GCC Compatibility
Date: 7 Jun 1999 01:48:09 GMT
On Sun, 06 Jun 1999 09:03:19 GMT,
Andrea Peri <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Sat, 05 Jun 1999 22:07:19 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrea Peri) wrote:
>
> >Hi!
> >
> >I have compiled a little program on a Linux Machine with RedHat 5.2
> >using gcc
> >i.e: gcc -i test.c -o test.execute
> >
> >and it work fine.
> >
> >But if I try to execute same executable on a Linux Machine with a
> >older Linux, it is refused to execute, saying
> >
> >"file not found."
> >
> >Someone can help me ?
> >
> >thanks in advance.
> >
> >Andrea.
> >
>
> Hi !
>
> I have make other tests
>
> and I see some interesting (for me) thinks:
>
> If I make a static linked library
>
> ie:
>
> gcc -i test.c -o test.execute -static
>
> the test.execute ( obviously with the right permission) is executed
> on the older linux
>
> but the size il about 500K !!!
> against 22K of the version without the option "-static"
Yes, that's what a static binary is. That's why God made dynamic
linking, you know.
> so the problem is in the library used to make the executable
No, the problem is that you're trying to run a glibc2 program on a
machine that doesn't have it.
> now i need force the version used in my redhat gcc to use the same
> version available in the older linux.
Why not upgrade the older machine?
> it is:
>
> (in the older linux)
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i486-linux/2.7.2/specs
> gcc version 2.7.2
>
> against the library:
>
> /usr/lib/gcc-lib/i386-redhat-linux/2.7.2.3/specs
> gcc version 2.7.2.3
>
> used in the redhat version.
Nope, try the 'ldd' command.
> Someone know how ?
Add glibc2 to the older machine.
libc5 is dead and unsupported.
--
Brian Moore | "The Zen nature of a spammer resembles
Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | a cockroach, except that the cockroach
Usenet Vandal | is higher up on the evolutionary chain."
Netscum, Bane of Elves. Peter Olson, Delphi Postmaster
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From: Rafael Lepra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie kPPP (modem problem)
Date: 7 Jun 1999 01:31:16 GMT
Robert Lynch wrote:
> Jay Daniels wrote:
> >
> > tpage wrote:
> > >
> > > I went into kPPP and set up an account (for my ISP). When I go to
query my
> > > modem I get a message "sorry, modem is busy" but my modem is not in
use (to
> > > my knowledge). I've tried all the device settings (/dev/modem,
> > > /dev/tty...) and none of them seem to work. Any help greatly
> > > appreciated...
> > >
> > > thanks,
> > >
> > > TC
> > >
> > > ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> > > http://www.searchlinux.com
> >
> > Do this
> >
> > ln -s /dev/ttyS0 /dev/modem
> >
> > ttyS0 (S as in Snake, that's zero for com 1, use 1 for com 2, etc.)
>
> I would also check out the man pages for setserial; I use (obviously for
> my modem config, yours may differ):
>
> /bin/setserial /dev/cua0 port 0x3f8 irq 4 uart 16550A spd_vhi
>
> (this is with a 2.0.36 kernel, which still uses the cua* devices; if you
> have the 2.2.x kernel, use ttyS*.)
>
> I'm not currently using kppp, but set it up recently and this fixed the
> "busy" problem.
>
> HTH.
>
> Bob L.
> --
> Robert Lynch-Berkeley CA [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.best.com/~rmlynch/
I think it is important to know if you have a PNP modem, in that case you
should check the isapnp man page, cause you will need to run it in orther
to set your modem properly, before to be able to use setserial.
I got the same message until I set up my modem first with isapnp and then
with setserial.
Regards,
Rafael
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http://www.searchlinux.com
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux won't find my Motherboard sound.
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 20:52:16 -0400
Maybe if you care pointing out what chipset the on-board sound uses.
Same for video. Chances are it does, but you have to be more explicit.
MST
Vikinsey wrote:
>
> I have an amd266 motherboard with 3dsound support built-in, and NO soundcard.
> Does anyone know how I can get RedHat 4.2 to recognize and configure my sound?
> I'm also having the same problem with my onboard 3d video support?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Colin Watson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: DOSEMU can't find font 'vga' trying 9x18...
Date: 7 Jun 1999 01:01:51 GMT
In article <7jf0c3$ct9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
han <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I use rh6.0 with a 2.2.9 kernel.
> dos[emu] exits with:
> ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "vga"...
> ERROR: X: Unable to open font "vga"ERROR: , trying "9x15"...
Have you tried xdos (which is another means of invoking dosemu)? It
works for me, whereas (if I remember correctly) the other two didn't.
--
Colin Watson [cjw44 at cam.ac.uk]
Trinity College, Cambridge, and Computer Science [riva.ucam.org]
"Oh Danny Boy, the pipes, the pipes are calling,
From glen to glen, and down the mountainside ..."
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From: "Kent Rankin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.sys.sun.wanted,misc.forsale.computers.workstation
Subject: FS: Sun SPARCServer 4/670MP (some 470 boards included) ; $500 US
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 12:13:13 GMT
The system is located in Knoxville, TN, 37922-3449.
The 670MP has two SM-100(50MHz) MBUS modules in it at this time, 32MB
RAM, a cg6 accelerated framebuffer, CDROM Drive, ~1GB of Storage, a QIC-150
tape drive, a FDDI(dual) card, and some other toys. =)
The 470 cards that are included are (6) 32MB RAM Cards(192MB of RAM), 3
SCSI interfaces, the CPU board, some data-acquisition board(that I know
*NOTHING* about<drat>), and some framebuffer(I forget which model).
Anyhow, it's a really neat system, and can be beefed up with four
SuperSPARC processors just like a SPARCStation 20. Solaris 2.3 is installed
on it at the moment.
-
Do send any questions that you might have.
-Kent Rankin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher B. Browne)
Subject: Re: Anyone know "Workstation 2000" people?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 01:04:18 GMT
On Sun, 06 Jun 1999 15:07:52 -0700, Robert Lynch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>On comp.os.linux.announce I read about an offer (through Linux Mall) of
>a "Workstation 2000 Developer Station" for $1289.
The price seems a little bit high for the set of components that are on
the list. That's the only criticism I'd consider at all evident...
You can find a big list of other possible sources at the URL below. Some
more expensive; some cheaper. To some extent, you *do* get value for
money; a more expensive machine that happens to use more robust components
may be preferable to a cheaper one where they were "too cheap."
Milage Will Vary...
--
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
-- Henry Spencer <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/linuxvars.html>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - "What have you contributed to free software today?..."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher B. Browne)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Accounting software (quicken type) for LINUX?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 01:04:20 GMT
On Sun, 06 Jun 1999 22:27:29 +0000, DanH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> posted:
>Peter Kerekes wrote:
>>
>> Is there an accounting software made for Linux, similar to Quicken, or can
>> somehow quicken be used with Linux OS?
>
>Here is a link to "Linux Financial Software" maybe you'll find something
>that's right for you. I remember reading about one that can read
>quicken files, but I cannot remember which one.
>
>http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/financelinux.html
cbb has been handling QIF files for many years now.
I've got some Scheme code "in progress" to provide robust QIF handling
for GnuCash. At this point, there's about 3 lines of GnuCash-specific
code; the remainder is not dependent on GnuCash in the slightest, and
could probably be integrated into almost any package. I think I want
to throw quite a few QIF's at it before unleashing it on the world...
--
Those who do not understand Unix are condemned to reinvent it, poorly.
-- Henry Spencer <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] - "What have you contributed to free software today?..."
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: HELP! How to get out when netscape 4.5 freezes?
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 17:34:21 -0700
Bev wrote:
>
> Alex Lam wrote:
> >
> > Bev wrote:
> > >
> > > Alex Lam wrote:
> > > >
> > > > Hi,
> > > > I'm using SuSE 6.0, netscape 4.5 came with it. Everything runs
> > > > fine until
> > > > I was browsing a web site, and suddenly all data transfer stopped and
> > > > netscape frozen
> > > > up. All the keys and mouse are disabled. <ctrl><alt><del> had no
> > >
> > > I think that generally control/alt/delete does nothing in X.
> > >
> > > > effect either. I was forced to power off (without shutdown command) to
> > > > reboot. Fortunity, linux lived through the process.
> > > >
> > > > What should I do if this happen again?
> > >
> > > What works for me (slackware 3.4, fvwm95) is (1) kill netscape either with the
> > > little bomb button, or by choosing KILL from the menu of the little N logo in
> > > the upper left of the title bar; (2) delete the 'lock' file from
> > > ~/.netscape/; (3) 'ps aux |grep netscape' and kill whatever PID shows up; (4)
> > > sacrifice a small mammal; (5) restart netscape. Sometimes it takes a long
> > > time to restart if the small mammal is not of the highest quality.
> > >
> > I tried everything, nothing works. The whole keyboard frozen as well,
> > mouse click
> > does not work either. Power off seemed to be the only way out.
>
> I generally have a few Xterm windows open all the time, and I just move into
> one of those to do the murderous deeds. Do you mean that your mouse/KB won't
> work at all, including in other windows?
>
No, nothing works. no mouse click, no key input, nothing.
Alex Lam.
> Whenever I've tried to use alternate consoles I just end up killing X,
> which is not what is supposed to happen.
>
> Cheers,
> Bev
> ====================================================================
> "We thought of one of those discount store caskets, but, frankly, we
> were worried about the quality." -- mortuary commercial
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank v Waveren)
Subject: Re: You can earn $50,000 40686
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.java.programmer,comp.lang.javascript,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.tcl,comp.mail.eudora.ms-windows,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 13:12:07 GMT
In article <7iuvt0$qb1$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Kent Dahl" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> send a reply, filling their e-mail-boxes as they do with ours.... Now, where
> is that virtual memory file and how do I attach it to outgoing e-mail? ;-))
Wouldn't you prefer something that *doesn't* contain all your private info? :-)
How about everybody send them the trailer of the phantom menace? :-)
--
Frank v Waveren
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ# 10074100
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From: Paul Smicker <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: mt ... fsf not working
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 18:10:22 -0700
Hi All--
I'm trying to set up a simple backup dump to an HP Surestore DAT24 DDS3
drive--the backup script consists of:
mt -f /dev/nst0 rewind
/usr/sbin/dump 0fu /dev/nst0 /dev/sda7
/usr/sbin/dump 0fu /dev/nst0 /dev/sda1
/usr/sbin/dump 0fu /dev/nst0 /dev/sda6
mt -f /dev/nst0 rewoffl
Everything seems to write ok but no matter whether I issue:
mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf
mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 1
or
mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf 2
followed by:
restore ivf /dev/nst0
I *always* get sda7's files , never sda1's or sda6's . Even if I issue
multiple instances of 'mt -f /dev/nst0 fsf' I always get sda7.
Am I doing something wrong? thanks in advance for any ideas...
======
Paul Smicker
Computer Specialist
WestEd
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From: DJ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: How can I boot RedHat Linux in Single User mode
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 21:23:51 -0500
Alejandro Isacovich wrote:
>
> My computer hangs up during boot starting the atd daemon.
> I need to boot Linux without those services to fix the problem
>
> I'm using ReadHat Linux 5.2
>
> Could it be an atd bug?
>
> Thanks
> Alejandro Isacovich
at the lilo prompt type linux single
linux = image label
single = single user mode
I have seen people type 'linux 1' to boot single user mode as well
I have always used 'linux single' out of habit
hope that helps :)
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Subject: Re: Any body runnung dual Intel's Celerons cpus with Linux?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 01:38:26 GMT
According to Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:
> Any body runnung dual Intel's Celerons cpus with Linux?
Perhaps you should consider looking at the messages currently archived
on your news server before posting -- this is a regular topic on the
comp.os.linux.* newsgroups.
And yes, a dual celeron system makes a wonderful Linux platform.
-p.
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From: agner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.misc,soc.culture.taiwan,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Warning against Announce Communications web hosting
Date: Tue, 01 Jun 1999 14:22:47 +0200
Since Allen Hoffman of Announce Communications has announced his web
hosting business here I feel it is appropriate to warn you about my bad
experiences with this business.
The business is cheap, but service is extremely poor. Severe errors are
only fixed after many complaints, and less severe errors are never fixed
at all. Most E-mails are never answered. But worst of all: if you are
dissatisfied and want to move to another service provider, you may not
be able to transfer your domain name.
My story is:
I have bought a domain web site at Announce Communications. In april my
site went down because mr Hoffman failed to pay the Internic bill. All
my complaints remained unanswered. After a month I decided that I had to
move my domain to another ISP. Only after he learned that I was moving
the domain did I hear from mr Hoffman. Do you think it was an apology?
Or an offer to refund what I had paid for a faulty service? No - you
can't guess it. It was a demand that I pay him 70$ for releasing my
domain! My question is now: is it possible to move the domain without
his permission? The internic record has my name as registrant, and his
name as administrative contact.
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From: Martin Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: antivirus
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 23:02:10 +0200
Eric Y. Chang wrote:
>
> Hi. I just had some virus problems. A machine on my intranet running
> Windows 98 passed a macro infected Word document through the Linux
> sendmail server and router/gateway. The virus was caught by a client
> who received the data, causing some damage in reputation. Although the
> Linux machine did not catch the virus, it did act as a vector of
> transmissing, with equally bad consequences. I don't know how to
> prevent this type of transmission, except to place a smarter version
> of sendmail on the Linux gateway.
No, you don�t have to replace sendmail.
Have a look at http://www.hbedv.com (antivirus for Linux) and
http://aachalon.de (a sendmail "plugin").
--
Martin Ritter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
H+BEDV - AntiVirus Solutions
http://www.hbedv.com
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From: Clarence Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Date: Sun, 06 Jun 1999 21:14:38 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I like 'joe'. It is much easier to use for programing.
cgr
W Canedigh wrote:
> You are right, at first vi (and its clones / variants) are not a lot of
> fun. So what? They are not meant to replace anything fancy ... they are
> meant to be down & dirty answers to the problem of how to edit. At that
> level they work just fine. Sheesh ... no one compares "editor" to
> notepad, much less Write or Word, do they? Vi is "editor" in the Linux
> world. Get over it.
>
> Harry wrote:
> >
> > > Oh, why won't you just use the pico editor...
> >
> > Duh! Try following the thread! I've found a perfectly good text
> > editor and have no interest in other text editors. I was expressing
> > an opinion that vi ain't any good and others were leaping to its
> > defence.
> >
> > Harry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Gravenhorst (see sig for reply))
Subject: Mounting joliet CDROM media
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 02:24:04 GMT
I can mount iso9660, but not joliet. If I try 'mount -t joliet...' an
error message is issued regarding no such filesystem.
What is necessary to enable long file name format on joliet CDROM
media?
Thank you all.
-- Scott Gravenhorst
-- FatMan Site: www.teklab.com/~chordman
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From: Mark Grosberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How big can swap partition be?
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 02:22:30 GMT
Justin B Willoughby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I can't really see how two smaller swap partations would be all that much
> faster then one larger. I am sure it its probably not very noticeable.
If you have two physically different hard disks the system performs a lot
better under heavy swapping. With most hard disks (sans mainframe hard
disks), there is one arm with all the heads on it. This means that
requests for blocks on the disk queue against that arm. If you have two
disks, the system can move the two arms (and do actually a lot more stuff
- like parallel waiting for head settling) at the same time.
This is true for any disk usage under most OSes. If I have home
directories for my friends scattered on multiple disks things will go much
quicker when they are all doing things at once because they all aren't
waiting for a single, shared resource (the one and old hard disk).
Of course, this is the same with swapping. Pages will then be scattered
over both disks. Page faults can then be satisfied, in theory, with half
the time when done in parallel.
> I have heard that having too much swap is some times a bad thing (reduces
> performance of the system or the management of swap or some thing like that).
Yeah, but it depends on what you do with your system. For a long time I
had 8MB physical and 42MB swap. I was using close to 80% of my swap when
compiling large programs. So I didn't have much of a choice (although my
system is a lot happier with 32MB now).
L8r,
Mark G.
- http://www.emi.net/~markg
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From: Martin Schreck <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: MicrogarfX Designer 4.1
Date: Mon, 07 Jun 1999 11:02:46 +0900
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I managed to start designer 4.1 under wine. but the dos files I can not
read. I am still trying. Please send me your private email on my address
so I will contact you when I found the solution for all my problem.
One solution could be to save it in postscript and use pstoedit. my
files woked very well. You just have to put a font which is also a
postscript font.
I will keep you uptodate about my aproaches.
Cheers
Martin
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