Linux-Misc Digest #865, Volume #20 Wed, 30 Jun 99 19:13:12 EDT
Contents:
garbled terminal (Neil Zanella)
Re: Where does this core dump come from? (Juergen Heinzl)
Re: SuSE 6.1 anyone? (Alex Lam)
RH6.0: mouse problem in text mode (Neno)
Re: gpm and mouse wierdness (Neno)
Re: Command Line Interface For Linuxconf?? ("Ricky J. Sethi")
Re: Unmovable Files and Partitioning (Jeremiah)
HDD very slow ? ("Casteyde")
Re: NT the best web platform? (Steve Mading)
Listener problem on RH 6 and Oracle 8 (Pierre Miquel)
hot mount of parallel zip drive? ("G. Pollack")
Re: How to make numlock key stay on (Scott Lanning)
AGP, how? ("Walter")
Re: Oops. Locked out :( (Thomas Ruedas)
Re: Linux systems- Poor security (Neil Helsley)
Max file size with EXT2? (Ron Holt)
Re: Problem with a library ("Bob Law")
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (James Lee)
Re: Command Line Interface For Linuxconf?? (Jonathan Epstein)
Linux whips NT in new tests (Clarence Riddle)
Re: Strange problem with internal zip drive! (Clarence Riddle)
Caldera 1.3 Installation {Help Please} Partitioning ("Shaun")
Printer Setup??? ("Devon Harding")
UPS (Compaq) for NT and Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: NT the best web platform? (Steve Mading)
Oops. Locked out :(
Unmovable Files and Partitioning (Jeff Kirchman)
Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft Retest
News (Darren Winsper)
Re: Netscape bus error (Bob Bacus)
Re: Unmovable Files and Partitioning (Anita Lewis)
Re: Modem problem :-( ("Lord Byron")
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From: Neil Zanella <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: garbled terminal
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:47:25 -0230
Hello,
How do I fix a garbled terminal?
My terminal gets garbled when I do something like:
$ cat ~/.Xauthority
on Red Hat systems.
Thanks,
Neil Zanella
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Juergen Heinzl)
Subject: Re: Where does this core dump come from?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 19:59:53 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jamie Webb wrote:
>Every time I boot into Linux, I find a new 'core' file in my home directory,
>persumably being put there during bootup or the previous shutdown. I have no
>idea what is leaving it there though. I have tried looking through it, but
>can't find any program name.
>Are core dumps logged somewhere?
In the home directories ;-)
>Is there some other way of identifying the deceased program?
>I can't fix it if I don't know what it is!
Yes, file core. It should tell at least who was the bummer. If not, not a
usual case but for instance if A starts B and both core (believe me, this
happens) a strings -a core | less might reveal something. Strange though,
I cannot think of what it could be.
Ta',
Juergen
--
\ Real name : J�rgen Heinzl \ no flames /
\ EMail Private : [EMAIL PROTECTED] \ send money instead /
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From: Alex Lam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: SuSE 6.1 anyone?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 10:26:19 -0700
Ted Sikora wrote:
>
> > with either RedHat or Slackware.
> >
> > If I had known about SuSE before I wouldn't have bothered with
> > RedHat or Slackware. I paid $30 at CompUSA and it comes with
> > a nice book and 5 CDs.
>
> I agree except don't lump Slackware with RedHat. Slack and SuSE are
> probably the most stable distributions available anywhere. Slackware is
> the server workhorse for Linux. Extremely stable out of the box I have
> setup literally hundreds. SuSE probably has more apps and features than
> any distribution out and is just as cutting edge as RedHat with one
> exception..it works. See how much time you spend screwing around with
> RedHat instead of working. I swear everytime I have installed it
> something did not work as it should.
> I do not want to put it(RedHat) down but that is how it stands.
> As for free downloads Slack is available in many places. SuSE is
> available free from ftp.suse.com or ftp.cc.gatech.edu. SuSE is (5) cds
> so if you do not have a T1 or cable modem don't bother, get the cd.
>
Amen.
Redhat="Empty vessel makes most noise."
Slackware and SuSE="Runs silence. Runs deep."
Alex Lam. :0
> --
> Ted Sikora
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://tsikora.tiac.net
--
*remove all the Xs (upper case X) if reply by e mail.
** no more M$ Windoze.
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From: Neno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH6.0: mouse problem in text mode
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 22:45:38 +0200
I am running RH6.0 and have a normal serial logitech mouse (3 buttons)
on /dev/ttyS0 configured by mouseconfig as "Microsoft" type. (I guess it
is an alias for "ms").
In X mode my mouse works perfectly.
In text mode with the gpm daemon running, I see the mouse moving as I
want and the copy & paste feature works too.
The problem is when I run Midnight Commander. The buttons don't work (I
cannot pull down the menus, moving through the directories and so on).
Something much strange happen when using Lynx. The left button doesn't
work and pressing the middle one, lynx seems to enter in a loop moving
everywhere, changing url, saving configurations (???).
Running the mev utility I can see the mouse events are trapped correctly
(each button is identified, press and release events too, movements too
and so on).
Before using RH6.0 I have used for a few days a Debian distribution and
in that case the mouse was working correctly both in text and X modes.
Another thing I don't understand:
Running linuxconf (both in text mode or within KDE and with my mouse
moving on the screen), and quitting without making any change, it says
the status is not in sync with the current configuration and when I ask
to see what is to be updated it says that '/etc/rc.d/rc3.d/S85gpm start'
is to be executed.
Is out there someone with a suggestion ?
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From: Neno <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: gpm and mouse wierdness
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 18:46:11 +0200
"Lyndon F. Bartels" wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I have a RH6.0 machine. I put a few of the patch rpms onto it.
>
> I'm experiencing a couple weird anomolies. Hopefully y'all can point in the
> right direction.
> First, whenever I go into linuxconf, even when I make no changes, I cannot
> quit out without wanting to start gpm. Why?
>
I have the same problem. The mouse clicks don't work only in text mode.
Everything is fine in X mode. I have a logitech serial mouse, 3 buttons on
ttyS0. Can you tell me if you find a solution to this thing? I will do the same
if I find what is wrong.
Bye.
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From: "Ricky J. Sethi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Command Line Interface For Linuxconf??
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:15:42 -0700
Hi Jonathan,
Thanks for the links but this was the server that I couldn't reach. I've
been trying to get to it all day but it looks like they're having major
problems. I'm not sure how long they've been down since I just checked for
it today but I've also been scouring the web (in vain) for any mirrors to
that document or the info itself (hence the posting here :).
Thanks for responding,
Rick.
Jonathan Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> The docs indicate so...
>
> http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/features.html
> http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/
>
> - Jonathan
>
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Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeremiah)
Subject: Re: Unmovable Files and Partitioning
Crossposted-To: mot.comp.os.linux
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:29:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jeff Kirchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
> I've been trying to install Red Hat on a laptop (that already contains
> WIN95) by creating another partion, but I have been unable to allocate
> enough contiguous hard disk space. There is almost 200 MB of free disk space
> I can use, but I have a read-only/hidden file somewhere near the bottom of
> the hard disk space that prevents me to create a partition larger than 20MB.
> When I use MS's defrag I can see the "unmovable" block near the end of the
> hard disk, but I don't know what file it is. Is there any utilities out
> there that could help me determine what file it is so I could either move it
> or delete it?
You can use ShowFat 3.0 to determine what the files are. You
can grab it from:
http://www8.pair.com/dmurdoch/programs/showfat.htm
Another note: when using Windows98's defragger, make sure the
box labelled "let windows move files around" is UNCHECKED. Otherwise,
you'll get random files moved to the last cylinder of your partition.
Brian
--
email to bmeloon1 at twcny dot rr dot com. evilquaker is a spam collector
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From: "Casteyde" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: HDD very slow ?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:39:03 +0200
Hi
I've made a simple test to see if my Linux I've just installed is well
configured : copy of a big directory from one drive to another.
I compared the results with W98 and I found that my Linux takes twice W98's
time to perform the operation (1,7 Go : 10 mn with W98 & 21 mn with Linux).
I thought that this could be :
- W98 CopyFile uses asynchronous IO or is threaded ;
- the 2 disks are on different IDE controller.
So I remade the test on a single disk (=> Serialization of HDD commands on a
single IDE controler), but Linux is still very slow. So I looked at hdparm
(version
3.3) and found that :
1. 32 bits IO support is disabled by default, but 32 bits doesn't sole the
pb (hdparm -c1) ;
2. DMA is active (chosen by kernel configuration, verified with hdparm) ;
3. X34 hangs my computer => no UDMA.
I think the problem is there, but I didn't managed to activate UDMA. My
chipset is an Intel LX, and I have 2 HDD UDMA (1 WD 4Go, 1 IBM 8Go).
Linux Kernel 2.2.10, distro SuSE.
Does anybody have an idea / similar pb ?
Thanks
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From: Steve Mading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: 30 Jun 1999 21:18:35 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy Stuart Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Handy hint: Starting a post by saying "NT Sucks, I can't get this going"
: isn't the best way to ask for help.
: Seriously though, in the newsgroups I read, people don't just flame others
: when they have a problem with NT. The stories of sustained NT uptimes are
: usually posted when people whinge, bitch and FUD about how their NT server
: blue screens all the time.
If they are telling the truth and it *does* blue screen all the time on
them, then it isn't FUD.
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From: Pierre Miquel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.databases.oracle.server,linux.redhat.misc,,linux.redhat.install,
Subject: Listener problem on RH 6 and Oracle 8
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:35:33 +0200
I try to setup a web server with RH 6.0 (i386) and Oracle 8.0.5.
Installation is succesful after patching the glibcpatch.
The instance is launched and the listener is started succesfully. (see
the http://www.wgs.com/LDP/HOWTO/Oracle-HOWTO-4.html)
However I can't access to the database from my client software (my
database alias is correct). I get in response the ORA 01034 Oracle is
not available.
Usually this ORA 01034 error happens when the instance is not started.
what's the problem ?
--
Pierre Miquel
Responsable Internet Intranet Groupe Eyrolles
61 Bd St Germain 75240 Paris cedex 05
Tel : 01 44 41 11 07 Fax : 01 44 41 11 85
http://www.eyrolles.com
http://www.editions-organisation.com
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From: "G. Pollack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: hot mount of parallel zip drive?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:55:20 GMT
I have SCSI and parallel-port zip drive support compiled into my kernel
(2.2.2). Everything's fine if the drive is connected when I boot the
computer, but if not, and I connect it and attempt to mount it later, I
get the following message:
mount: the kernel does not recognize /dev/sda4 as a block device
(maybe `insmod driver'?)
How can I make the kernel aware of the drive without doing a reboot?
Thanks,
--
Gerald Pollack
Dept. of Biology, McGill University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Scott Lanning)
Subject: Re: How to make numlock key stay on
Date: 30 Jun 1999 21:24:42 GMT
Steve Lawler ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Change what where?
If not now when?
If not me who?
Yoohoo?
cat >> /etc/rc.d/rc.sysinit
for mu in /dev/tty[1-9]*; do
setleds -D +num < $mu
done
^d
P.S. I solved this problem in about 20 seconds by going
to redhat.com and entering numlock in the search field.
No, I'm not bitter that it wasted a minute of my time--
as long as you're happy, Steve.
--
Scott Lanning: [EMAIL PROTECTED], http://physics.bu.edu/~slanning
"Windows was designed to keep the idiots away from Unix so we could
hack in peace. Let's not break that." --Tom Christiansen
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From: "Walter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: AGP, how?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 00:12:34 -0300
Does anyone knows if latest versions of linux accept videocards that
uses AGP conection?
how to configure it?
please answer
to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 23:29:32 +0200
From: Thomas Ruedas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Oops. Locked out :(
Sorry, no solution for your problem. I just want to draw your attention
to the command chsh (change shell), which is made for users to change
their shell. You should use that instead of editing the password file
for that purpose.
Good luck,
--
============================================
Thomas Ruedas
Institute of Meteorology and Geophysics,
J.W. Goethe University Frankfurt/Main
Feldbergstrasse 47 D-60323 Frankfurt/Main, Germany
Phone:+49-(0)69-798-24949 Fax:+49-(0)69-798-23280
e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.geophysik.uni-frankfurt.de/~ruedas/
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From: Neil Helsley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux systems- Poor security
Date: 30 Jun 1999 21:30:54 GMT
Neither Linux or NT comes out of the box secure. If your admins are
thinking that NT is secure out of the box, then they are in for a world of
hurt. Both take time and knowledge to get them to a more secure state.
Just as many bugs are found on a NT server as comes out with Linux. I
Believe there have been about 4 devistating bugs found in IIS 4.0 in the
last month or two. The difference seems to be that the Linux community is
more willing to share the fact that "hey we messed up" than MS will (who
seems to be more forced into fixing the problem than dedicated to fixing
the problem).
I am basically repeating what everybody else has said, but security is what
you put into it. A admin's job is to keep the network secure. If they
don't want to take the time to do this, then why bother having network
administrators in the first place?
Neil
Tim Philip Williams wrote:
> A while ago we had a security breach involving multiple linux boxes and
> as a consequence, our IT staff will probably be implementing a ban of
> the use of Linux! I use Linux as a development workstation (although
> I'm not a UNIX expert) ... does anyone know why the security of Linux is
> so bad? I assume that not all distributions are bad, but the ones with
> poor security give Linux a very bad name ... infact they give all free
> software a bad name .. I doubt if the IT staff will let me install
> FreeBSD instead of Linux.
> A very annoyed Tim (who will probably be forced to use Windows NT)
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From: Ron Holt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Max file size with EXT2?
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 15:29:30 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What is the largest partition size supported by EXT2?
What is the largest file support on such a partition?
Does anybody know of any machines where such partitions/files
were actually created?
Thanks,
Ron
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From: "Bob Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: "Bob Law" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with a library
Date: 30 Jun 1999 16:27:20 -0500
The reason why you can run 5.2 binaries on
a 6.0 machine but can't run 6.0 binaries on
a 5.2 machine is that many of the binaries
are updated on the 6.0 release. Frequently
when a new release comes out, it also
contains the prior release libraries of those
libraries that have been updated. This
allows it to run older binaries. But a
binary from a new release can't run on an old
release of the system because the older
system doesn't have the updated libraries.
This is a problem with all distributions not
just RedHat.
"Thierry BUCCO" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>Here my problem :
>
>I have a computer with redhat 6.0 and an
other with a redhat 5.2
>When i compile a program on redhat6.0 he
crashs (SEGMENTATION FAULT) on the
>redhat 5.2.
>
>But when i compile it into redhat5.2 it
works. So i think it's a library
>problem, when i execute "ldd myprogram" :
>
>libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40018000)
>/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2
(0x00000000)
>
>where is the problem ?
>
>Maybe a compilation option to use old
library (redhat 5.2) ??
>
>Thanks a lot for your help.
>
>Thierry - FRANCE
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark?
Date: 30 Jun 1999 15:32:01 -0500
In comp.os.linux.misc John Hughes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Encarta is a Microsoft product. They can edit it as they please.
Does it mean that M$ has the right to revise history,
or change facts?
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From: Jonathan Epstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: Command Line Interface For Linuxconf??
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:26:44 -0500
The docs indicate so...
http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/features.html
http://www.solucorp.qc.ca/linuxconf/
- Jonathan
"Ricky J. Sethi" wrote:
> Hi guys,
>
> Does anyone know if there's a command line interface for linuxconf? <snip>
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From: Clarence Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux whips NT in new tests
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:03:41 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
check out these new tests. http://www.heise.de/ct/english/99/13/186-1/
cgr
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From: Clarence Riddle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.uu.comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Strange problem with internal zip drive!
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:17:32 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
check the permissions of the device driver (/dev/) and if that doesn't do it, the
driver may be corrupt.
cgr
Philippe Wautelet wrote:
> dkmallick wrote:
>
> > I am running Linux-Mandrake 6.0 on a Pentium II 333 which has an IDE zip
> > drive.
> > I can mount and unmount my zip drive just fine. Lately, I am having a
> > strange problem
> > - I lose my rights to write on my zip drive, in my user account as well as
> > root account. I can read from my zip drive but I cannot write to it. I have
> > run control-panel-> access local drive to make sure that I have my
> > /etc/fstab entries for /mnt/zip right (auto,no mount, nosuid,user). I used
> > to be able to write to /mnt/zip before, both in X as well as in command line
> > mode. I have checked my rights of /mnt/zip and its set to rwxrwxrwx.
>
> Do you know that a zip-disk can be protected against writing. From linux, I
> don't know how to do this, but it's possible under windows. So, if you are
> using
> your disk under windows also, you have to remove the write protection.
>
> Regards
>
> Philippe
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From: "Shaun" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Caldera 1.3 Installation {Help Please} Partitioning
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:43:56 +0100
Here as an exercise, prior to installing Caldera 1.3 ran Fips2.0 to create
2GHZ space for the Linux install.
However, fips2.0 README Word documents para 8. refers as follows "If you
wish to use the partition under Linux, you may now
[1] Change the system indicator byte with Linux FDISK
then
[2] Use MFKS.
As anticipated, having run LISA without implementing [1] and [2] above, Lisa
was unable to locate my newly created partition
/dev/hda2....................
returning
Disk /dev/hda:255.63sectors,788 cyl
Units+cylinders of 16065*512 bytes
Device Active Start Size ID System
/dev/hda1 * 1 4281291 C FAT32(LBA)
/dev/hda2 534 2048287 C FAT32(LBA)
when running Verbose System Analysis
Therefore can anyone advise on [1] and [2] above.
Having created the space to install Linux,I cannot get my system to
recognise my newly created partition /dev/hda2 Help please.
Thankyou in anticipation, the time taken out is much appreciated.
Shaun. Uk
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From: "Devon Harding" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Printer Setup???
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:16:41 -0400
How can I setup a printer using a tool like print-tool for the bash env. Is
it in Linuxconf ?
-Devon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: UPS (Compaq) for NT and Linux
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 21:30:29 GMT
Hello
Does anyone know of a Management/Slave agent combination for both Linux and NT
that can utilise a Compaq brand Uninterupted Power Supply?
I want to 'hang' a NT server and 2 Linux Servers off this UPS. Any advice/help
approeciated.
Also, I'd approeciate replies via E-Mail as our ISP's news feed seems to drop
numerous contributions...
E-Mail to: hden /AT/ kcbbs /DOT/ gen /DOT/ nz
TIA
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: Steve Mading <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: NT the best web platform?
Date: 30 Jun 1999 21:34:41 GMT
In comp.os.linux.advocacy [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: I disagree with your comment "The linux community
: isn't in the business of performing sleazy
: stunts"
: Last time I checked there were more than a few
: Linux fanatics maintaining web sites devoted to
: blasting Windows NT. Are these not members of
: the linux community? Are these not sleazy
: tatics? The goal is the same, the packaging is
: just different....
Whether they are sleezy or not depends entirely on whether they are
being honest. Dishonest bashing of Windows NT would be sleeze, but
honest bashing of Windows NT is not. Without telling what these
sites are, your claim is unsubstantiated.
Example: "I dislike Windows NT because it isn't as good at remote
graphical usage as Unix". == not sleeze.
"I dislike Windows NT because it sometimes murders random passersby
on the street with no warning." == sleeze.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Oops. Locked out :(
Date: 30 Jun 1999 21:03:33 GMT
I pulled a D'oh! There is only one user on my system (root). I edited the
passwd file to change my shell to tcsh and apparently I had a typo because
when I now try to log in, it quickly flashes "Last Login... file not
found" and spits me back to the login prompt.
I tried to telnet over from another host and it simply says "Login
incorrect", which isn't correct.
I tried booting with a boot disk and choosing rescue, but apparently I
don't have a root disk image to load into ram.
I am runnning Redhat 6 on an x86. Any suggestions? Although I've just
recently loaded everything, I wouldn't want to do it again. Thanks!
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From: Jeff Kirchman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: mot.comp.os.linux
Subject: Unmovable Files and Partitioning
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 14:54:14 -0500
I haven't been able to find a solution to my problem, so I hope someone here
might be able to lead me in the right direction.
I've been trying to install Red Hat on a laptop (that already contains
WIN95) by creating another partion, but I have been unable to allocate
enough contiguous hard disk space. There is almost 200 MB of free disk space
I can use, but I have a read-only/hidden file somewhere near the bottom of
the hard disk space that prevents me to create a partition larger than 20MB.
When I use MS's defrag I can see the "unmovable" block near the end of the
hard disk, but I don't know what file it is. Is there any utilities out
there that could help me determine what file it is so I could either move it
or delete it?
Thanks.
Jeff Kirchman | ph: (847)435-5050
Motorola Multimedia Group | FAX:(847)435-0028
3850 N. Wilke Rd. IL28 |
Arlington Heights, IL 60004 | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Winsper)
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.networking,omp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy,comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix
Subject: Re: Could Microsoft Cheat On The New Mindcraft Benchmark? (was: Mindcraft
Retest News
Date: 30 Jun 1999 20:09:14 GMT
On Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:13:32 GMT, Anthony Ord
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Do they cover the US Army deliberately starving German POWs
> to death immediately after the war?
Jesus Christ, that's disgusting.
BTW, you might like to know that American incompetance helped lead to
the British losing very badly (Over 300 miles lost in around 14 days).
The Americans had signed a deal with the British to share intelligence
before they got involved. In an American base in Egypt, they had an
Italian (Clue Alert!) employee working for them. Every night, that
employee would retrieve that day's reports from the safe and transmit
them to the Germans.
The phrase "How stupid can you get" springs to mind.
--
Darren Winsper - http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/darren.winsper
'"Whaddar we gonna do today Bill?" "The same thing we do every day,
Balmer...."' - Craig Kelly in comp.os.linux.advocacy
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From: Bob Bacus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape bus error
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 16:03:44 -0500
I had this same problem. Here's what I did;
rename .netscape directory to something else. Start netscape.
Netscape then creates a new .netscape directory, as though it's the
first time it's been run. Not sure what's messed up in .netscape,
but I don't get bus errors anymore.
-Bob
Anita Lewis wrote:
> I have looked on deja.com for this and found several articles on it. I
> had the bus error with 4.07 and it was recommended I upgrade to 4.61. I
> did that and still have the error when running from xterm.
>
> Supposedly the library link problem was corrected before 4.07.
>
> I'm thinking it must be a problem with fonts. I know in the fs/config
> there is a listing for 100dpi. I also not that in XF86Config, 100dip is
> commented out. Does this mean I should take it out of fs/config? I
> haven't tried that yet, because in the reading I did, it talked about
> adding 75dpi and 100dpi in to the fs/config. Now I'm thinking that
> maybe in my case I need to take 100 dpi out, because my X config doesn't
> allow for it. Either that or I need to work some more on X config to
> see if I can get 100 dpi. I'm just thankful to have X working.
>
> Anita
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From: Anita Lewis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unmovable Files and Partitioning
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 20:57:45 GMT
I remember the Release Notes or Instructions for FIPS gave the name of
that file.
Here is something from their instructions doc.
But before starting FIPS you _must_ now defragment your Harddisk. All of
the
space that will be used for the new partition must be free. Be aware
that the
Windows Swapfile will not be moved by most defragmentation programs. You
must
uninstall it (in the 386enhanced part of the Windows Control Panel) and
rein-
stall it after using FIPS.
If you use IMAGE or MIRROR, the last sector of the hard disk contains a
hidden system file with a pointer to your mirror files. You _must_
delete this
file before using FIPS (it will be recreated the next time you run
mirror).
Do 'attrib -r -s -h image.idx' or 'attrib -r -s -h mirorsav.fil' in the
root
directory, then delete the file.
Maybe that's it.
Anita
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From: "Lord Byron" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem problem :-(
Date: Wed, 30 Jun 1999 17:17:02 -0500
After you have the PNP stuff set up for your modem, you need to use
setserial to let linux know about your modem. Something like this:
setserial /dev/ttyS2 port 0x03E8 irq 5 uart 16550A
I assume you're using COM3, otherwise substitute one of the following for
/dev/ttyS2:
COM1 = /dev/ttyS0
COM2 = /dev/ttyS1
COM4 = /dev/ttyS3
Put this setserial command in your /etc/rc.d/rc.serial file (create one if
it doesn't exist, make sure it's executable).
After following these steps, your modem should work fine. Don't forget to
link /dev/ttyS2 (or whatever your port is) to /dev/modem.
Sravanthi Cheruku <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Could someone help me setup my modem in Linux? I have an AOpen_FM56PVS-T
> internal ISA modem. The modems list says this should work. I tried doing
> isapnp and it says modem is setup OK. I set the port to 0x3E8 and IRQ 5
> in my isapnp.conf file. However I can't get it to work using
> kppp/kermit/minicom. Please help. Thanks.
>
> Cheruku
>
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