Linux-Misc Digest #637, Volume #20 Mon, 14 Jun 99 23:13:06 EDT
Contents:
Re: PCI SCSI card driver? (Rod Smith)
Re: first/second/third world (Matthias Warkus)
Newbie: recommendations for Linux study and reference materials (Gravot)
Changing mouse cursors. . . (Norvell Spearman)
Re: LILO hangs at LI - SOLUTION! ("Dennis J. Sylvester")
Re: Linux and @home (Neil Cherry)
Need compiled version of imm module for Zip drive ("Mike Jones")
sendmail hang, cant mail (Samuel Bridgeland)
Re: Name For Distribution (Peter Polman)
kernel panic: No init found. THANKS STAROFFICE! (The Damons)
Re: editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: backup with tar (Zoran Cutura)
Re: Commercially speaking....? (Bill Unruh)
scsi adapter problem in Openlinux 2.2 (Matthew Chan)
Re: editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks (Rich)
Re: LILO hangs at LI - SOLUTION! (Bill Unruh)
Re: /etc/termcap question ("T.E.Dickey")
Re: RH 6.0: pam_rhosts_auth -> rlogind: Out of ptys ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Soundblaster Live and Linux (Richard Henderson)
Re: StarOffice on RedHat 6.0 (The Damons)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: PCI SCSI card driver?
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:28:06 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
[Added cross-post to comp.os.linux.powerpc]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Raymond B. Kropp, M .D.) writes:
> Trying to get into Linux. VERY new.
>
> Red-Hat will not recognize an ultra-wide SCSI HD that's running off of a
> PCI adapter on a 333 mH PowerPC (MacOS). Any suggesions as to how I can
> get an install? My OS is on a different drive (IDE).
First, Red Hat isn't available for PowerPC, AFAIK. Do you perhaps mean
LinuxPPC (which is partly based on Red Hat)? Which revision? R4? R5?
Pre-R5?
Also, what SCSI card is it? They're not all alike, and nobody can say
anything definitive unless you post this information.
Finally, I've cross-posted this to comp.os.linux.powerpc, where the
LinuxPPC knowledge is concentrated. If you're not already subscribed to
that group, I suggest you subscribe to it immediately.
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matthias Warkus)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,gnu.misc.discuss
Subject: Re: first/second/third world
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 00:06:53 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It was the 13 Jun 1999 18:17:38 GMT...
..and Mark Hahn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > First World largely refers to Exploiter nations (eg, USA) and Third
> > World to their colonies (eg, Mexico, Brazil, Columbia, Saudi Arabia).
>
> this is the most impressively patronizing, ivory-tower, silly,
> academic attitude I've heard in a long time. it sounds like something
> that a wild-eyed leftist prof would have said in about 1960.
Well, that being said, have you got any actual proof that his
assessment was wrong?
mawa
--
We must not forget that these ridiculous and tyrannical laws were not
imposed [...] -- they were voted by [...] free agreement [...] -- and
that their mores were even more austere and puritanical than their
laws. -- Alexis de Tocqueville, Democracy in America, 1838
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From: Gravot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Newbie: recommendations for Linux study and reference materials
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 13:53:02 GMT
I am very new to Linux, and would like to hear recommendations for good
Linux books or study/reference materials. Also, does anyone know of an
accurate and authoritative computer dictionary that doesn't skew the
facts in an M$-centric way? Thanks.
Gravot
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Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Norvell Spearman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Changing mouse cursors. . .
Date: Sun, 13 Jun 1999 14:00:17 -0500
How do I change the default mouse cursors in X? I'm using KDE, if it matters.
When I first installed KDE, I noticed the cursor changed to a different type of
hand over links, but every time after that it changes to the default hand
pointing left.
Thanks for any help with this.
---Norvell Spearman
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From: "Dennis J. Sylvester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: LILO hangs at LI - SOLUTION!
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 19:02:01 -0700
patman wrote:
>
> I have been tearing my hair out on a LILO "LI" hang problem for a few
> days now, but ***I have just fixed it***
>
> I searched through countless archives and news articles without
> finding this solution mentioned, so I am posting this info in the hopes
> that it will save someone else from the same fate...
>
> System:
> HP Vectra (P90) with a 1.05G SCSI drive. No IDE drives. No other OS
> installed, only linux (RedHat 5.2, upgraded to 2.2.9 kernel)
>
> The 'stock' install of LILO (as RedHat install set it up) would just
> leave me with LI. I could boot from diskette just fine, but no matter
> what I tried with the lilo.conf file, I could not get it to boot.
> Everything warned bad things would happen if the /boot area was above
> 1023 cylinders. The disk wasn't that big, so that wasn't possible.
>
> Things I tried without luck:
>
> Reading 'man lilo.conf' and 'man lilo'
> adding 'linear' to lilo.conf
> adding 'bios=0x80' to lilo.conf
> adding 'boot=/dev/sda' to lilo.conf
> adding 'boot=/dev/sda1' to lilo.conf
> Setting the SCSI drive ID to 0, and then to 1
> Reading hundreds(!) of news articles on DejaNews
> Rerunning /sbin/lilo any number of times to refresh the boot image
>
> Nothing worked.
>
> I eventually tried specifying the geometry...problem was that I had the
> geometry WRONG!! The key to this is to get the right geometry specs in
> the /etc/lilo.conf file!!
>
> Checking the HW docs for the drive (ST31230N) gives the 'physical'
> values for c/s/h. Those didn't work. I used /sbin/fdisk and got a
> different set of values for c/s/h that I had trusted. As I would find
> out later (as far as lilo is concerned) they were WRONG!.
>
> I finally downloaded the lilo 0.20 source and read the README file that
> is enclosed. It mentions getting the disk parameters by using a DOS
> program called dparam.com (just run 'make' to build it) I booted the
> system with an MSDOS disk, and ran 'dparam 0x80' to get the specs for
> the first drive. I got back 32 64 1001 (Sect Head Cyl) as the answer.
> Plugging that into my /etc/lilo.conf file and rerunning /sbin/lilo did
> the trick!! I can now boot linux from the SCSI drive!
>
Each letter in LILO stands for a certain state. You can get 'L
error...', 'LI', 'LIL', LIL?', 'LIL-' or 'LILO'. In your case 'LI'
means that the second step in LILO boot was invoked but could not be
started. This is due to faulty disk geometry or the moving of
/boot/boot.b without reinstalling LILO.
Hope this helps in the future...the other "codes" I'll leave as an
exercise.
Dennis
> The solution was running the dparam.com program to get the RIGHT values
> for the geometry specs.
>
> Here's my working lilo.conf file:
> ----------------
> boot=/dev/sda
> disk=/dev/sda
> sectors=32
> heads=64
> cylinders=1001
> bios=0x80
> map=/boot/map
> install=/boot/boot.b
> prompt
> timeout=50
> image=/boot/vmlinuz
> label=linux
> root=/dev/sda1
> read-only
> ----------------
> Good luck, have fun...
> Pat
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Neil Cherry)
Subject: Re: Linux and @home
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 01:41:26 GMT
On Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:07:56 GMT, Michael A. Howard wrote:
>I need some help with Linux & @home cable service.
>
>I cannot connect my PC when it is running Linux (RH5.2), even if I
>manually assign the IP address, subnet mask, gateway and hostname. It
>gets the ip address but will not send any packets to the cable box.
>
>DHCP does not work either.
>
>WIN95 of course works perfectly even though I did nothing other than
>tell it to get a dynamic address.
I would guess that your route table lacks a default route. It may be a
bit more than that. I had a system where 5.2 would not correctly setup
eth1 and I had to add it by hand (I later just added a shell script
and added it to rc.local, I've since loaded 6.0 on a new drive).
--
Linux Home Automation Neil Cherry [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://members.home.net/ncherry (Text only)
http://meltingpot.fortunecity.com/lightsey/52 (Graphics GB)
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From: "Mike Jones" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need compiled version of imm module for Zip drive
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 11:43:21 -0400
Can someone please send me a compiled version of the imm module? I
cannot get it to compile using make
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Samuel Bridgeland)
Subject: sendmail hang, cant mail
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 14:17:27 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have two problems that I am assuming are related. First, when linux
(rh6.0) tries to start sendmail I get about a two minute hang before it does
anything. Next, when I try to send mail (I tried more than one e-mail
client so I don't think that is the problem) it starts to send, but hangs
there. Any help is appreciated. Thanks.
--
Samuel Bridgeland
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.crosswinds.net/~sjb/
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From: Peter Polman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Name For Distribution
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 17:43:30 -0700
FYI
Arctic is the correct spelling and ...
Penguins come from the Antarctic !!!!!!!
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In his obvious haste, -ljl- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
> :> Phat Linux
> :> Lunix
> :> Or Artic Linux ("What the penguins use");
>
> : What about Penny; since the Linux-penguin is named Tux (masculine)
> : he needs a mate, Penny. We don't want to be sex-centric, do we.
>
> Also, Lunix is already being used for a linux-alike on the Commode 64...
> Oooops... Commodore 64...
>
> >*slapped wrist*<
>
> --
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |[EMAIL PROTECTED]| Windows95 (noun): 32 bit extensions and a |
> | | graphical shell for a 16 bit patch to an 8 bit |
> | Andrew Halliwell | operating system originally coded for a 4 bit |
> | Finalist in:- |microprocessor, written by a 2 bit company, that|
> | Computer Science | can't stand 1 bit of competition. |
> -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
> |GCv3.1 GCS/EL>$ d---(dpu) s+/- a- C++ U N++ o+ K- w-- M+/++ PS+++ PE- Y t+ |
> |5++ X+/++ R+ tv+ b+ D G e>PhD h/h+ !r! !y-|I can't say F**K either now! :( |
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From: The Damons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: kernel panic: No init found. THANKS STAROFFICE!
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:39:27 -0400
I am have the same problem as Noah M below, only worse. Right now I
cannot get into my linux system at all. I followed the installation
instructions for StarOffice to the letter, and had the same experience
that Noah M. had.
I do not want to reinstall RH 6.0; I just spent 3 hours with a bunch of
linux gurus at a local linux installfest getting this system to work
right (sound card, zip drive, etc...)
How can I recover from this nightmare without reinstalling linux
completely?
Thanks a lot, STAROFFICE, for providing an installation procedure that
wiped out my system!
Bill Damon, Salem, VA
I have Red Hat Linux 6.0 and would very much like to
use Star Office 5.1
PE. When I tried to run the installation script
thing it said that I needed to
install the glib2c files, so I went in and
tried to install the glib2c files to
/opt/office51/lib and it said some stuff about
can't write to file; log on as root (I was logged
on as root!) and file already exists and a whole
bunch of stuff like that. Then
the system froze and I rebooted, but soon after
Linux started booting it said
kernel panic and froze, so I had to reinstall Linux
again! Does anybody
have any advice, has anybody successfully installed
Star Office?? What the
heck are the glib files (obviously they are
important files). Any help would be
appreciated!!
Thanks,
Noah M.
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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:36:54 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks
Actually, I doubt that will ever happen. I also am an IT person who's
responsible for a number of AS400 computers with a number of my clients. I
could argue that the AS/400 is one of the finest data base machines in
existence. And yep, I'd trust my mission critical data to one of those vs a
Linux/Oracle box any day.
What Mr Amaru has missed though, is where Linux has strengths that the AS/400
lacks.
In the same shops where I have AS/400s, I have installed Linux boxes to be used
as routers, DNS servers, Samba servers (including as an NT PDC) and as simple
5250 terminals using older boxen too small for Windows. I'm finding new uses
for Linux all the time. Frankly, I think that any IT manager who refuses to
investigate Linux is at best someone afraid of change or too lazy to do some
learning; at worst, irresponsible for not taking advantage of some very
inexpensive solutions to many problems.
Yes, I like the AS/400 and IBM has done a wonderful job of making a formerly
closed system incredibly open -- in terms of access via other operating systems
and networking protocols. It's about as bullet-proof as you're going to get.
But is it the best solution for all problems? Nope. It never will be. It only
makes business sense for IBM to make changes that a majority of users are
clamoring for.
All it takes to add features to Linux is for one user, who has the need and
talent, to make the change. And besides, after 20 years in this business I find
that for the first time in a long time, I'm having fun again. What more could
you want?
Barry
Brian wrote:
> Just wait until he looks back and wonders why his AS400 has been replaced by
> Linux and Oracle.
>
> Brian
>
> Brian wrote in message ...
> >Fortunately for Mr Amaru there is no IQ test required when
> >putting words to screen.
> >
> >It is unfortunate that Mr Amaru has such limited
> >understanding and vision in his relationship with reality.
> >
> >Best regards,
> >
> >Brian
> >
> >
> >Gabriel/TSS! wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >>While I work on AS/400's and lovethe system, I think this
> >guy needs his
> >>head slapped around for a while! This guy obviously is
> >part of M$'s FUD
> >>squad!
> >
> >>=================================
> >>editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks
> >
> >>By Chris Amaru
> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >>MidrangeSystems
> >>Monday, June 07, 1999
> >
> >>I ought to have my head examined. blah blah blah
> >
> >
> >
> >
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From: Zoran Cutura <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: backup with tar
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 15:38:45 +0000
peter wrote:
>
> I used to backup my system-files/homedirs ... with tar to another
> machine. a few days ago I had a diskfailure and had to reinstall my linux
> and save back the tar-files.
>
> I ran into two major problems:
>
> * tar didnt restore the file-permissions
to restore with original permissions use -p-Option on tar!
> * I ran into a ^M-problem in every configuration-file.
> (a problem with the LF/CR or such thing. All tools said, that there is an
> error in its configuration-file and when I openend it and replaced all
> newlines with 'new' newlines all was running fine)
>
> my question :
>
> is this a common thing or is this a special problem of my way of taring:
>
> for tar I use:
> tar czvhf tarfile ...
>
> for untar I used winzip (which can handle .tar.gz-files) on a nt-machine
> and burned the whole thing on cd, cause I didnt had enough space on the
> remaining harddisk to put the whole tar-file there.
Winzip seems to be your problem! It opens the text-files and saves them
in
DOS-Style (CR/LF) in Unix only LF is used!
I would not use winzip to write them to a cdrom! advice: write the
tar-file
to cdrom as it is! Do not unzip!
Restore the files with tar itself!
>
> peter
>
> -----------------
> pilsl@
> ANTISPAM
> goldfisch.atat.at
Hope this helps.
Bye
Zoran
--
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will have when you finally get it; that experience will make you a
better programmer for the rest of your days. Eric S. Raymond
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Commercially speaking....?
Date: 15 Jun 1999 02:12:43 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> mlw <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> My point exactly - Microsoft should have put multitasking (and a lot of
>> the other things that windows does) in DOS, instead of in Windows.
>They did, in a way. The Windows virtual machine manager is the beast
>that does the DOS multitasking, virtual memory management, etc. I'm not
>sure if it can be done in '95, but, in 3.1 one could copy command.com in
>place of win.com and have a full DPMI version of DOS with VxD drivers.
DOS is not reentrant. Ie if one program is using an operating system
call, no other program can use that call. There is no space set aside to
store the variables.
DOS was a primative single user Disk Operating System. It was primarily
there to interface a single program with the screen/disks/etc. It was
never intended as a multitasking OS.
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Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 10:20:08 +0800
From: Matthew Chan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: scsi adapter problem in Openlinux 2.2
I use the IOI 9100UW with Ricoh 6200S CDRW.
The scsi adapter cannot be detected after bootup from cd.
However, i checked in Caldera web site h/w compatiblity
list b4 i bought these things.
Does anyone using same scsi card already solve the problem?
Please help. :-)
Matthew Chan
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Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 18:30:24 -0700
From: Rich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.x,comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: editorial: Stupid Linux Tricks
Here is a copy of my reply to Mr. Amaru and his article. I encourage all
AS/400 professionals to show their disdain for this type of ignorance in the
AS/400 community via email and postings.
I tried to post it to the Midrangesystems website, but GOT AN ERROR! Go
figure....
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
I have been developing for and using S/36, S/38, and AS/400 my entire
career. I have been reading Midrange for years. I have never read such
mindless drivel and unsupported ranting as your "Stupid Linux Tricks"
article. "rabid dogs of the Linux lunatic fringe" ?! And what's with
the shot you take at the NRA? Since when did Midrange become a soapbox
for political hacking?
First off, you can not compare Linux to the AS/400. One is an OS, the
other is _HARDWARE_ . Either compare the AS/400 to a PC (equally
foolish) or OS/400 to Linux (still not a good comparison, but I
digress).
As a consultant in the applications and security fields concerning
AS/400's I can assure you that the AS/400 is as vulnerable as any other
system when connected to a network. Your assumption that security holes
result from published OS source code illustrates your ignorance on the
subject. You should at least read the articles in your own mag on the
subject!
I have been installing Linux systems right along AS/400's for the past 5
years. They do extremely well as HTTP servers, FTP servers, Mail
Servers, Proxies, Firewalls, etc. (Do you really want to open up your
AS/400 directly to the 'net? All of my own web sites run on Linux
servers. My Linux servers run for months on end without me having to
touch them. The vast majority of servers on the Internet are powered by
Linux and Apache. In short, you pick the tool appropriate for the job
whether that's OS/400 on the AS/400, AIX on RS, or Linux on PC.
As for your BMW comparison, don't compare WinXX to an ashtray (maybe the
stuff inside) but to some other part that costs 10% of the total. Would
you be willing to pay an extra $2,000 for a radio you don't want? (The
auto makers lost that court battle in the 80's). IBM itself criticized
MS for forcing manufacturers to pay tithe according to the number of
systems sold (regardless of whether MS was installed or not!)
You sound like your late to the game. Your Linux bashing sounds like a
rabid dog of the IBM lunatic fringe and gives us all a bad reputation.
You give no examples, experience, or statistics to support your
ranting. Your comment about not having good judgment is correct. Maybe
you should have a few more self revelations as well. Many AS/400 users
are also avid Linux users and supporters. If you are going to voice an
opinion, try to demonstrate competency in the subject first.
Rich Rijnders
Firstsys Solutions
+++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
"Gabriel/TSS!" wrote:
> While I work on AS/400's and lovethe system, I think this guy needs his
> head slapped around for a while! This guy obviously is part of M$'s FUD
> squad!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: LILO hangs at LI - SOLUTION!
Date: 15 Jun 1999 01:40:19 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Dennis J. Sylvester" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
]Each letter in LILO stands for a certain state. You can get 'L
]error...', 'LI', 'LIL', LIL?', 'LIL-' or 'LILO'. In your case 'LI'
]means that the second step in LILO boot was invoked but could not be
]started. This is due to faulty disk geometry or the moving of
]/boot/boot.b without reinstalling LILO.
]Hope this helps in the future...the other "codes" I'll leave as an
]exercise.
HEY!!!!
One of the nice things about linux is that people are actually willing
to help you learn new things. This is unfair. What do those other
"codes" mean, and what does the 01010101010101.... code mean?
Thanks.
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: /etc/termcap question
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,alt.os.linux,linux.redhat.misc,redhat.general
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 01:50:11 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>> In comp.os.linux.misc Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> > "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> > if it has more than 24 lines it is no longer emulating a vt100.
>>
>> let's not be too pedantic. DEC's vt420 terminal can have page sizes
>> other than 24 lines even when emulating a vt100.
> the point being that since the original vt100 only had 24 line mode
> there are no `how many lines have you got?' escape codes for it.
> anything that resize could use would be an extension to the vt100
> codes and therefore not covered under the rubric of vt100.
uh. no. (Did you bother reading the previous messages, or do you simply
not understand?). 24 lines is irrelevant to the poster's question.
The 'resize' program uses the (CPR) cursor-position-report control
sequence, after positioning the cursor (CUP) on the lower-right corner of a
"very large" screen, and then asking where the cursor really got to.
That's vt100 control sequences - which happen to work on virtually all
clones and emulators.
-- now, if you want to start a new thread, I suppose we can start arguing
about whether a vt100 clone has to behave enough like a vt100 to let
us use CUP/CPR. (But there''s no point in arguing with someone who
doesn't know what he's talking about).
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RH 6.0: pam_rhosts_auth -> rlogind: Out of ptys
Date: Tue, 15 Jun 1999 00:19:21 GMT
I have the same problem, following a failed auto-config of xwindows by
RH 6.
How, in terms a poor, idjit RH newbie like myself can understand, create
PTYs. (Pointers to the appropriate documentation would be appreciated).
In article <i4i53.276$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David Means" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7irpa9$vji$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> >
> >
> > RH 6.0 has some really nifty security features, which prevent me
from
> > logging into my machine from a remote site.
> >
> > The remote user gets
> > rlogind: Out of ptys
> > or telnetd: All network ports in use
> >
> > but the /var/log/message log tells me
> >
> > linux pam_rhosts_auth[#]: denied to username@remotemachine for user
> > localuser
> >
> > How come the messages from pam are so informative in telling me the
> > reason why a user has been denied? (E.g., denied because user "xyz"
> > does not appear in file /etc/somewhere.dot.)
> >
> > Now, I know about /etc/hosts.allow, and I do not think this is it.
> > Could anyone please enlighten me?
> >
> A friend of mine had exactly this problem, and we busted our heads
for
> a couple of days on it. Go back and review the installation log,
checking
> for brokenness in the neighborhood of your X installation. In our
case, the
> problem was that the initial fault then caused the installation to
fail to
> declare
> any PTYs (I think), and so they sure weren't available when we tried
to use
> them.
>
>
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From: Richard Henderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Soundblaster Live and Linux
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 21:46:18 -0500
Will the driver from Creative work with any Linux, such as Caldera 2.2
or does it just work with Red Hat 5.2? If not is there some way to
fudge it?
Thanks,
Richard
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From: The Damons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: StarOffice on RedHat 6.0
Date: Mon, 14 Jun 1999 22:27:22 -0400
Yes but the danger is that if you are relatively new to this and you follow the
instructions in the Staroffice download you will end up with a system that will
not boot at all. Now I have a kernel panic: No init found Try passing init=
option to the kernel.
I tried all that. At LILO, linux single init=/bin/sh
nothing worked.
now I guess I have to figure out how to create a rescue disk and see if that will
work. Anyone know what I should do if I can get the rescue disk to work? Then
what do I do?
thanks...
Bill Damon, Salem,VA
Roger Atkinson wrote:
> Shirish Chinchalkar wrote:
> >
> > Has anyone successfully installed StarOffice 5.0 on Redhat 6.0? I
> > have had several problems with it. First off, the shared libraries are
> > different. SO comes with its own shared libraries, which I tried to
> > install. It asked me to type the command "gldrinst force", which
> > tried to rename one of the libraries in /lib causing the entire system
> > to stop functioning (even commands like cp, mv, ls, stopped working).
> > I had to use the rescue disk to get the system back to normal.
> >
> > If I do not do "gldrinst force", then, I get some unresolved
> > name when installing SO.
> >
> > Someone who has successfully installed SO 5.0 on RH6.0, please get in touch
> > with me. I have not tried the more recent SO 5.1, because I have a really
> > slow network connection and it will take too long to download it.
> >
> > Thanks.
> >
> > Shirish.
>
> I know it's a big download but you should really get SO 5.1. Even though
> it still complains aboaut the glibc versions it gives you the option to
> continue anyway. I have had it working for almost a month with no
> problems. They even include the Star Office Icon images so you can
> create your own Gnome Star Office Start button right on the desktop.
>
> HTH, Roger Atkinson Unix Sys Admin
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