Linux-Misc Digest #753, Volume #20 Wed, 23 Jun 99 12:13:17 EDT
Contents:
apache problems: cant run c programs from scripts (peter marshall)
does anybody use scsi-spin --down ??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to pronounce SuSE? (Matthias Nott)
Re: Problems reading CD created under Win9x (Mark Tranchant)
Linux RAID-5 Problem w/ raidtools-0.90?? ("Matthew Coene")
How to pronounce SuSE? ("John Emmer")
HELP: "Console drivers" option of 'make xconfig' unavailable ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: UNIX / LINUX Compatibility (Jon Skeet)
Re: Unlimited Kernel updates? (Klaas Barends)
Re: Finger... "No Plan" (Pekka Riiali)
Unable to handle kernel?? (Stuart H)
System.map (David L. Bilbey)
Re: Installing from WINNT network (Rod Smith)
Re: 'LI' Syndrome fix needed :( (Edward Ned Harvey)
Re: Newbie: POP account news/mail readers (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: portforwarding problem on RH 6.0 (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: newbie: about tarring (Matthew King)
Re: newbie: about tarring (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Netscape won't connect (Michel Catudal)
Re: telnet into my home box (Raymond Doetjes)
Re: WIN95 -> Linux box on Serial port! (Lyndon Hills)
Certain Differences: RH vs. Debian ("Steve D. Perkins")
problems with gtk+-1.0.4-sol26-sparc-local.gz (Guillermo)
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From: peter marshall <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: apache problems: cant run c programs from scripts
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 16:37:48 +0000
6/22/99
To whom it may concern:
I am having problems configuring my Apache-US-SSL-1.3.3-1 server that
came with my Redhad 5.2 box, running on
an intel platform (pentium pro 150, 125M Ram,two hardrives (hda and hdb
with lots of partitions), matrox millenium II, NE2000 ethernet card,
etc.
The problem:
when the apache server calls a perl script I am able to successfully
call
shell scripts from within the perl script, eg:
$returnme = [back tick]/home/user/bin/shellscript[back tick];
works fine.
But when I try to call a binary compiled in C I get nothing, eg:
$returnme = [back tick]/home/user/bin/cprogram[back tick];
fails.
Please help.
Peter
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Subject: does anybody use scsi-spin --down ???
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 23 Jun 1999 08:49:57 -0400
Asked this in hardware and questions already and didn't see
any answers... Has anybody else besides me tried the scsi-spin
utility from hwtools package (available from Debian)???
=========================================================
I'm among those who would like to occasionally shut the noisy
disks down, so I downloaded and installed hwtools_0.4-1.deb which
contains scsi-spin. It sounded very promising but in reality
produces only this:
kaste:~# scsi-spin --down /dev/sda
/dev/sda is not a generic SCSI device.
or this:
kaste:~# scsi-spin --down /dev/sg0
/dev/sg0 is not a generic SCSI device.
This is so no matter whether I compile generic scsi support in
or load it as a module (and lsmod lists it).
Am I supposed to do something else as well to get this
disk to spin down? There is no documentation and I can't find the
source either (which of course might or might not help given my
pretty limited expertise in this area...). I've looked at
SCSI howto and SCSI Programming Howto and found no clues.
Haven't dared to program it myself yet.
(I've heard about the scsi-idle kernel patch, but would prefer
the above mentioned "solution", if it works somehow, of course.)
Any help or pointers are very appreciated.
Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
P.S.
kaste:~# uname -a
Linux kaste 2.0.34 #3 Sat Jun 12 00:22:30 EDT 1999 i586 unknown
kaste:~# more /proc/scsi/scsi
Attached devices:
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 00 Lun: 00
Vendor: FUJITSU Model: M2915Q-512 Rev: 0127
Type: Direct-Access ANSI SCSI revision: 02
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From: Matthias Nott <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to pronounce SuSE?
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:19:08 +0200
Perhaps like "Sushee"? (just kidding)
Matthias
Am Wed, 23 Jun 1999 hat Villy Kruse geschrieben:
>In article <7kq3r0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>John Emmer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>
>
>>
>> For those of you who may still be wondering, it's pronounced as if the
>>'u' had an umlaut. Or kind of like in John Phillip _Sousa_.
>
>
>If it should be pronounced as u with umlaut it would have been spelled with
>u umlaut, as in S�SE.
>
>There are absolutely no umlaut sound in the name of Sousa. I'm not even
>sure there are any � sound at all in the English language; except maybe
>dej� vu if pronounced the real French way.
>
>
>Villy
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From: Mark Tranchant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Problems reading CD created under Win9x
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 08:06:51 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I had this problem too - although 16MB was as far as I could see. I was
advised to investigate the "cruft" mount option for the iso9660
filesystem, but didn't get around to it as my box is dual-boot, and I
used Win95 to pull it off the CD.
Mark.
Rod Smith wrote:
>
> [Posted and mailed]
>
> In article <GxMb3.365$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> "R Potts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > I recently donwloaded a 140MB file and had some one copy it to a CD for me
> > under Win95. When I look at the CD under Linux I can see 68MB of the file
> > but when I look at it under a Win95 macine I can see the whole thing.
> >
> > What's up with this and how can I see the whole file. I don't have access
> > to a CD-RW under Linux or another UNIX OS.
>
> Chances are the file was copied using a packet writing program. This is a
> program that lets you treat the CD-R drive as if it were a regular hard
> disk. The problem is that Linux doesn't like CDs created in this way.
>
> If the only way you can get this file into Linux is directly off the CD,
> your best bet is to have your friend try again using conventional CD-R
> software like Easy CD Creator, Nero, or whatnot. Alternatively, you might
> have luck if you ran VMWare on Linux and accessed it from Windows under
> VMWare, but then you'd have to install Windows in VMWare, and that's a lot
> of work to get one file.
>
> --
> 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: "Matthew Coene" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux RAID-5 Problem w/ raidtools-0.90??
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:09:18 -0400
I have a Dual-P3-450 Box running RedHat 6.0 and kernel version 2.2.9.
The drives I have are a 2.1 Gb UDMA (only used as a Boot / System Drive)
4 IBM 9.1 GB U2W SCSI Drives w/ 2Mb Cache
I have successfully created all of the partitions across all of the 4
drives, and have properly made the /etc/raidtab file
A sample of this, for my /dev/md0 device is....
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 5
nr-raid-disks 4
nr-spare-disks 0
chunk-size 4
parity algorithm left-symmetric
device /dev/sda1
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sdb1
raid-disk 1
device /dev/sdc1
raid-disk 2
device /dev/sdd1
raid-disk 3
This format worked perfectly under kernel version 2.2.5, athough I found the
raid to be a little flaky.
Under the 2.2.9 kernel ver like I mentioned above, when I do a
"mkraid --really-force /dev/md0", it appears to view the drives correctly,
but the returns "mkraid aborted" for no apparent reason.
I have heard that the raid-tools are kernel-raid-patch specific, and that
some of the ioctl numbers have changed throughout the history.. But so far I
have been unable to track down any version that will work with my setup...
If anyone has any information which could help it would be immensely
appreciated, as I am currently pulling my hair out struggling to comprehend
why nothing is being reported to the syslog and mkraid isn't returning and
useable troubleshooting info...
Please help...
Matthew Coene
-Systems Administrator.
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From: "John Emmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to pronounce SuSE?
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 00:21:45 -0700
Reply-To: "John Emmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Ok, I know this is trivial, but I just did a search on Deja News and
looked at their website, and I can't find the answer. How does one
pronounce SuSE? Is it like 'use' or like 'uzi'?
--
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Sun Certified Java Programmer 1.1, BA, MA, MS, ABD
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Vectrex; 7800, Supercharger, Lynx, Jaguar; NES, SNES, Virtual Boy, N64;
Turbo Duo & Express; SG, SGCD, 32X, Saturn; 3DO; PlayStation, Yaroze;
C64, A600, A1200, P100, P166, K6-2 400; Arcade Centipede, Spy Hunter,
Neo-Geo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: HELP: "Console drivers" option of 'make xconfig' unavailable
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 07:18:58 GMT
When I run 'make xconfig' in /usr/src/linux (for the 2.2.8 version),
my "Console drivers" button is not highlighted (and "QoS and/or
fair queueing", "IrDA subsystem support", "Infrared-port device
drivers" and "Watchdog Cards" aren't as well, besides): so I
can't choose anything here.
How come ?
What makes an option of the /usr/src/linux/scripts/kconfig.tk file
available or not ? (all this because I can't seem to be able to boot
my kernel when I've recompiled it, it fails all the time, and I was
told it might come from the fact I haven't configured any frame
buffer...)
Thanks a lot for any help !!
Seb
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet)
Crossposted-To:
alt.unix,alt.unix.geeks,alt.unix.wizards,alt.unix.wizards.free,ca.unix,comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: UNIX / LINUX Compatibility
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:22:17 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >But your question was about compilied languages, like C or C++. I can
> >say only one thing - never write CGI on those. It is much better to
> >invest time into learning perl and Tcl. You see - I've done this and now
> >have enough time to write long messages in Usenet ;-).
>
> Why should you never write CGI in compiled languages like C or C++?
> Wouldn't you get better performance from them over an interpreted
> language like perl?
It depends on what you're doing. I believe that Perl's string handling
routines are tightly coded and likely to be at least as fast as anything
I'll come up with. On the other hand, at one stage I wrote a CGI script
to generate a plasma cloud image on demand - quite a reasonable
application of C in that case.
I suspect that the vast majority of CGI scripts are best performed in
Perl. Unfortunately as a Perl newbie I usually end up writing my CGI
scripts in C for speed of development rather than speed of execution!
--
Jon Skeet - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.pobox.com/~skeet/
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From: Klaas Barends <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Unlimited Kernel updates?
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 09:07:09 +0200
> Is it possible for me to just buy an older version of RH (say, 5.2) and
> then just update the kernel to 2.2.10? I assume that all kernels are
> backwards-compatible, so what are the advantages to buying newer
> versions of distros when you can update from older (and cheaper)
> versions?
Yes this is possible, infact if you read the RedHat errata of 5.2 (it is
in
their support section) they will tell you exactly how it must be done.
You will
have to downlaod a few extra rpm's but it won't hurt ya.
But why spend $80..?? At http://www.cdrom.com/ they'll probably be a lot
cheaper.
--
mvg. Klaas Barends
http://bart.nl/~hapkido/
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From: Pekka Riiali <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Finger... "No Plan"
Date: 17 Jun 1999 11:31:35 +0300
"Nick Codignotto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Thanks Peter. I had to apply the changes to my home directory too. I guess
> this means that other users can now browse, but not write to, my directory.
>
> Peter Caffin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Nick Codignotto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > When I am logged on remotely via telbet and I execute finger on one of
> the
> > > users on the system, the contents of the .plan file do not display.
> [...]
> > > Is this a permissions problem? [...]
> >
> > Yep. `chmod 644 ~/.plan` should fix it.
> >
There must be execute permissions to the other users in your home
directory and read permissions to .plan file. There is no need for read
permissions to your home directory.
chmod 644 ~/.plan
chmod 711 ~
//Beke
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From: Stuart H <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unable to handle kernel??
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:27:23 -0400
Hi, I am trying to install Caldera 2.2 or RH6.0.
PC is a 486dx4-100, 40mb RAM, 2.1 gb Hdd, 32x CD-ROM,
hda is connected via IDE controler on ide1, CD on ide2
Problem,
During boot frm floppy, either a RH6.0 or Caldera 2.2 boot disk, it
de-compresses or loads the kernel then fails giving the error msg
"unable to handle kernel in dereference module 000000"
Oops: 000
CPU: 0
and a whole whack of hex
*the hdd is blank, no partitions have been created. It was wiped clean
using windows fdisk.
Any ideas?????
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From: David L. Bilbey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: System.map
Date: 23 Jun 1999 14:44:11 GMT
I just moved up to kernel 2.2.10 (from the 2.2.5-?? in RH 6). The problem
is on boot: I get a message about System.map being the wrong kernel
version. Does anyone know why? This never used to happen to me when
upgrading my kernel.
Thanks,
Bilbey
--
"One of the worst things you can do as an actor, I think, is to forget
your lines, and then get so flustered you start stabbing the other
actors." --Jack Handey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith)
Crossposted-To: redhat.networking.general,redhat.general
Subject: Re: Installing from WINNT network
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 14:21:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Posted and mailed]
In article <7kqghc$56i$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
sreekumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Hi
> My machine is conneted to a WINNT network where I can acces a CDROM. My
> machine as such do not have a CDROM. How can I install redhat linux 6.0
> using the network CDROM. Currently my OS is WIN98.
If you've got an ftp or NFS server available on any of your systems, you
MIGHT be able to do it that way. The big stumbling block is with
filenames. If you've got a CD that was mastered with Rock Ridge
extensions but not Joliet, the Windows boxes won't be able to read the
long filenames, and you'll be unable to install directly from the CD.
(You could copy the files to hard disk and rename them all according to
the contents of the TRANS.TBL files, but that's a nuissance, at best.)
Assuming you've got an ftp or NFS server available, and assuming you're
working from a CD that was burned with Joliet as well as or instead of
Rock Ridge, you can set it up to make the CD-ROM drive available. Then
create an appropriate net boot floppy (I believe there's a special image
file for this -- check the floppy images directory on the CD), boot the
to-be-Linux machine from that floppy, and tell it to do an ftp or NFS
install, as appropriate.
If you don't have an appropriate CD but are willing to buy one, I know for
a fact that Cheap*Bytes (http://www.cheapbytes.com) sells Red Hat 6.0 CDs
for $2 plus shipping ($5 in the continental US) that are burned with both
Rock Ridge and Joliet. These SHOULD work for your purposes, but I've
never tried it, so I can't guarantee that.
make the
--
Rod Smith
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith
NOTE: Remove the "uce" word from my address to mail me
Author of _Special Edition Using WordPerfect for Linux_, from Que;
see http://www.channel1.com/users/rodsmith/books.html
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From: Edward Ned Harvey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'LI' Syndrome fix needed :(
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 10:17:44 -0400
On Sat, 19 Jun 1999, Tarkaan wrote:
> I've been working on this issue for a good ten hours now. I want linux
> to boot from the hard drive. My disk is ST3660A .. My boot floppy
> reports the geometry as being CHS=1057/16/63. If you happen to have a
> working lilo.conf for this, please mail it to me or post. If you know
> of another fix, I'd be interested in hearing that too.
I had a similar problem on a computer recently. It was a 486, and
required the use of Ontrack. If you're in the same boat, let me know, and
I can help.
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Newbie: POP account news/mail readers
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:10:22 +0200
No problem elm, pine, netscape whatever they can all be configured to
open POP3 mailboxes.
I like pine the best but that;s a matter of taste hehe
Raymond
Steffan O'Sullivan wrote:
> I'm considering to switching to linux on my next computer, coming
> shortly. I currently do not have a POP account, because all Windows
> newsreaders and mail programs suck compared to the unix trn and elm I
> get with my shell account. (Been on the net 12 years, had a POP
> account only two of those years, gave it up. Wasn't worth the extra
> money, since I can read Sluggy at work ...)
>
> What I'm wondering is: if I get linux, can I get a POP account and
> still use trn and elm AND use Netscape to read my daily dose of the
> Sluggy Freelance online comic (www.sluggy.com)?
>
> Thanks,
>
> --
> -Steffan O'Sullivan |
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "Today is the yesterday you won't be able to
> Chapel Hill, NC | remember tomorrow."
> www.io.com/~sos | -Daniel M. Pinkwater
--
=====================
Why use Windows
When
Real Men
Have Invented Doors?
=====================
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: portforwarding problem on RH 6.0
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:13:47 +0200
Well you could use the ipportforward wich is experimental in the 2.2.x kernels
but it;s not very stable yet.
I always use rinetd this is a very easy and reliable piece of software dowload
it make a /etc/rinetd.conf file with this line in it
0.0.0.0 1603 201.101.1.5 23
and you have your redirection.
Raymond
Richard Gintz wrote:
> I have ipchains performing masquerading, but am having a problem with port
> forwarding. What I want to do is setup my Linux box such that when someone
> does "telnet linux1:1603", it actually forwards the packet to another box,
> say 201.101.1.5 port 23; such that the telnet is actually going through the
> Linux box and hitting the other Unix box. Is there a way to do that with
> "ipchains" or do I need something in addition to that?
> thx,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
=====================
Why use Windows
When
Real Men
Have Invented Doors?
=====================
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From: Matthew King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general
Subject: Re: newbie: about tarring
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 16:01:35 +0100
Chris Aiken wrote:
>
> Try this for all the files in /home/mystuff:
>
> tar -cvf mystuff.tar /home/mystuff
>
> ...cwa
Not forgetting, of course, that
tar -czvf mystuff.tar /home/mystuff
will pipe it through gzip and compress it
btw, if you are using this to back up an entire HD, be careful not to
tar the /mnt (or /cdrom, /win, etc.) dir.
I did this once, and once ONLY
Matthew King
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,redhat.general
Subject: Re: newbie: about tarring
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:17:00 GMT
On Wed, 23 Jun 1999 16:01:35 +0100, Matthew King <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Chris Aiken wrote:
>>
>> Try this for all the files in /home/mystuff:
>>
>> tar -cvf mystuff.tar /home/mystuff
>>
>> ...cwa
>
>Not forgetting, of course, that
>
>tar -czvf mystuff.tar /home/mystuff
>
>will pipe it through gzip and compress it
>
>btw, if you are using this to back up an entire HD, be careful not to
>tar the /mnt (or /cdrom, /win, etc.) dir.
Besides the obvious dangers of having to restore to a drive of exactly
the same geometry as the backed up driver, do you see any problem with
backing up a drive using something like...
tar -czvf hda1.tar /dev/hda1
(also assuming that cwd is not in the /dev/hda1 drive) ?
>I did this once, and once ONLY
>
>Matthew King
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant, Integration Solutions Architecture
Toronto Dominion Bank
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: Michel Catudal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape won't connect
Date: 22 Jun 1999 18:48:23 -0500
Rick wrote:
>
> I'm using RH6 and the Netscape that came with it. I have PPP
> configured just fine, all my net apps work...except for Netscape. It
> only works every once in a while. Otherwise, probably 95% of the time
> it times out and says it can't connect. I don't have a proxy so use
> direct connect. I don't know what to do. I ping other sites to make
> sure they're OK and then boot into Win98 and the same sites I can't
> get to in Linux/Netscape, I go to immediately in Windows. Help?
> Rick
There are certain garbage sites (winblows only sites) that you
will never access. Name a few sites that we can check to see
if the problem is really with your netscape or just a winblows
site problem.
Check the preferences setup to make sure you have all the informations
entered.
--
use OS/2 for a crash proof work environment
use Linux for safe and quick internet access
use Winblows to test the latest viruses
http://www.netonecom.net/~bbcat/
We have software, food, music, news, search,
history, electronics and genealogy pages.
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From: Raymond Doetjes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: telnet into my home box
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:15:38 +0200
Hmm sounds strange it should not occur, try telneting from your server to
address 127.0.0.1 (loopback) and see what you get.
What shell does your user account use? bash??
Raymond
Michael Powe wrote:
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> I've set up my Slackware box here at home so that I can telnet into
> it. To test the setup I slogin to a shell acct at my ISP and then
> telnet back home. It works, but I get an error message when I log in:
>
> "couldn't get a file descriptor referring to the console"
>
> I don't know if this is because of the way I'm doing the testing or if
> it's because something else is goofy. I can run emacs & do what I
> want to do w/o any problem.
>
> Ideas?
>
> mp
>
> - --
> Michael Powe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Portland, Oregon USA http://www.trollope.org
> "There are certain rights that a woman loses when she becomes a
> wife." -- Farrah Fawcett
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From: Lyndon Hills <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: WIN95 -> Linux box on Serial port!
Date: Tue, 22 Jun 1999 18:47:07 +0100
Ferdinand V. Mendoza wrote:
>
> Folks,
> My problem now is
> how do I configure the Windows
> side to do a null modem networking.
> Someone can help, please.
> TIA.
>
> Ferdinand
This should be an option in Accessories. if it isn't there then it is an
install option from the windows CD. Search help for Direct Connection.
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From: "Steve D. Perkins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Certain Differences: RH vs. Debian
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 15:21:12 +0000
I am looking to very soon wipe my hard drive (except for the
"/home" partition), and install Debian instead of RedHat. I've
been reading information about Debian for the past couple of
weeks, but there are still a couple of questions I am wondering
about (sorry if either of these sound lame!).
I notice that Debian binary applications seem to come in "deb"
format. Of course, 90% of all "binary package versions" for
applications you can download come in RH's "rpm" format. I was
wondering if Debian has any means by which to install "rpm"
packages, or if I'll just have to get used to compiling source
for programs I download?
I'm not sure if "linuxconf" is a linux-thing, or a application
designed by RedHat... but I've really gotten used to it and love
using it for mundane tasks. Is it available for Debian, or does
Debian come with any similar graphical system-management
utility? How about RH's "setup" program for configuring sound
cards and so forth, is there any automatic means for doing this
with Debian?
Thanks!
Steve
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From: Guillermo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problems with gtk+-1.0.4-sol26-sparc-local.gz
Date: Wed, 23 Jun 1999 17:13:25 +0200
I have installed gtk+-1.0.4-sol26-sparc-local.gz in a sparc solaris 2.6
and all was ok during the proces. But whe i go to the examples and I run
make it display me:
ld error fatal
I only have instaled the gcc and make of GNU
Thanks a million
Guillermo
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