Linux-Misc Digest #908, Volume #20 Sat, 3 Jul 99 22:13:11 EDT
Contents:
Re: seg fault running RealPlayer G2 (Mircea)
RH 6.0 vs DIAMOND MX300 ("Jean-Francois Fortin")
RedHat 6.0 - Problem printing on my HP5P Laserjet printer ("Wayne Blethen")
shell script (Arie Gerszt)
x on rlogin (Franck Aguado)
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote! (Peter Chant)
Linux Partition Question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help!! need official redhat boot disk(Release 6.0) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
blocking Hotmail for spam?, Re: AOL Instant Messanger for UNIX (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Re: Abit BP6 (dual Celeron) ATA66-Controller? ("Gunther Huygens")
Re: open systems?!? Re: Why does Apple not cooperate with Be? (Lawrence D�Oliveiro)
Re: Cron Files (Tracy Williams)
Re: An "ls" question (Bryan)
Re: Anyone know a good linux book (Owler)
Re: Backspace in Linux app (Dave Brown)
451 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... unresolvable host name...... (Nicolas
Anquetil)
Re: HELP PLEASE: can't play CDs under Linux (Kwan Lowe)
Re: Help!! need official redhat boot disk(Release 6.0) (Frederic L. W. Meunier)
Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop? (Dave Brown)
Re: An "ls" question (James Knowles)
Re: Remote login problems in custom RedHat env... (Bryan)
Re: Printing (apsfilter?) problems with SuSE 6.1 (Tim Sanders)
Re: Visual programming languages for Linux (S. Lockwood)
Re: lpr print fails with "official name" error (L J Bayuk)
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From: Mircea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: seg fault running RealPlayer G2
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 18:45:00 -0400
You need libstdc++-2.8.0-14 (the one that comes with RedHat 5.2).
MST
Ronald Haynes wrote:
>
> Hi, I downloaded the G2 realplayer this morning
> and installed it... I can run the realplayer
> (that is get the realplayer but when I try to play
> a file, either a local file or across the net from
> within netscape I get a segmentation fault. Any ideas?
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From: "Jean-Francois Fortin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH 6.0 vs DIAMOND MX300
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 11:01:47 -0400
I want to know if someone (and how) have successfuly install a Diamond
Monster II MX300 Sound card.
I have RedHat 6.0
--
JF Fortin
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From: "Wayne Blethen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RedHat 6.0 - Problem printing on my HP5P Laserjet printer
Date: Sat, 3 Jul 1999 18:32:14 -0500
Whenever I try to print with my HP5P I get the following error message under
RH 6.0:
Error printing --- to queue lp0.
Error reason:lpr Connect: Connection refused. Jobs queued, but
cannot start daemon.
Output of the " lsmod command shows"
Module Size Used
lp 4412 0 (autoclean)
Output ot the "cat /proc/devices command shows"
Character Devices
6 lp
During shutdown I see a message saying "shutting down lpd".
I haven't been able to see printer messages during bootup!
How do I start and/or keep the printer daemon running??
Thanks in advance,
Wayne Blethen
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From: Arie Gerszt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: shell script
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 17:01:16 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hi
has anybody done a shellscript which enables a user to search
for a string in the files contents. so for example
ffind * STRING
would search through all files in the parent dir for the STRING and if
a match is found would display the filename for example. i was trying
around with, find, grep and more but i did not bring out any thing
useful
thanks for your help
arie
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From: Franck Aguado <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: x on rlogin
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 21:53:33 GMT
Hi,
i rlogin from a mac onto a pc and can work fine but how can i have x to run
from server on client ? running linuxconf on server gives graphical interface
on client. can anybody help and explain ? Thanks
franck
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Chant)
Crossposted-To: alt.tv.red-dwarf
Subject: Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - your vote!
Date: 4 Jul 1999 00:26:15 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Jim V." <vman AT toast.net> writes:
>
> Wow, irony of ironies. My name USED to be Luxury Yacht, but
> was pronounced Throat-Wobbler-Mangrove. I've since changed
> it to SmokeTooMuch.
>
you'd better cut down then...
--
Boom .....
Boom .....
Boom .....
Roar. - Petezilla
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux Partition Question
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 00:52:57 GMT
New Linux user question:
If I partition a 1GB hard disk to have MS-DOS and Linux partitions is
the Linux partition usable for MS-DOS and Windows applications or
should I have a small partition for Linux to avoid wasting space?
Would appreciate info about experiences with partitioning between
MS-DOS/Windows and Linux. I'm awaiting delivery of a book that should
help me out on this, but am anxious to get the partitioning and
installation done.
Please email me...Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help!! need official redhat boot disk(Release 6.0)
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 00:11:16 GMT
Hi,
I just accidently erased the official redhat boot disk(release 6.0),
which is used to set up the official redhat linux 6.0, if someone
has that disk, please send me a package of the whole disk in a zip
file or tell me how I can make a new copy? Thanks. By the way, please
give me a reply at my email address so that I can know it, as I am
using this web based news server which I am not very comfortable with.
yang
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Share what you know. Learn what you don't.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron L. Spitzer)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: blocking Hotmail for spam?, Re: AOL Instant Messanger for UNIX
Date: 4 Jul 1999 00:11:02 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, coffee wrote:
>
>--
>* I no longer accept mail from Hotmail because of spam *
>
> coffee at indy dot net * ICQ 1614986
That doesn't make sense to me. I get lots of spam with "hotmail.com"
in its "From:" line, but it is never sent from Hotmail's servers.
It's practically impossible to spam *from* a Hotmail account.
I do get a lot of spam with Hotmail "drop box" reply addresses.
I report them (with full headers) to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and they
are killed fast enough that the spammers don't get the benefit of
the run. Unlike some of Hotmail's competitors (USA.NET) who have a
SEVEN WEEK BACKLOG of spamboxes to kill.
I think Linux advocates and users should support Hotmail.
(That includes reporting Hotmail spamboxes promptly.)
Hotmail is a continuing, expensive embarrassment to Microsoft.
It's the largest email installation in the world, and it runs
on Solaris-2 and Qmail because all Microsoft's attempts to try to
do the same job on NT failed. (Microsoft owns Hotmail.)
We need more demonstrations by Microsoft that Microsoft sucks,
not less.
And besides, HOTMAIL SUES SPAMMERS who use their name in vain.
How many other spambox providers do that?
Cameron
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From: "Gunther Huygens" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.hardware.overclocking,alt.computer,be.comp,be.comp.os.linux,comp.infosystems.www.servers.misc,comp.infosystems.www.servers.ms-windows,comp.infosystems.www.servers.unix,comp.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.misc,nl
Subject: Re: Abit BP6 (dual Celeron) ATA66-Controller?
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 02:26:40 +0200
> : Thank you for the info!
> : Oh just a bit of triva, you've probably heard that Intel is planning on
> : releasing the P-III's in a 370 package later this year....so even if
they
> : do disable the pin on the celerons the Abit board will still be a good
> : investment!
>
> Bad luck, pal. It now seems clear that Intel would like to have
> socket 370 stay in the low-end market, so they will also disable
> the SMP capabilities of socket 370 P-IIIs. A new socket --- 418
> I believe --- will be introduced for SMP P-IIIs.
>
> Therefore I suppose that BP6 will only work with Celerons and
> nothing else. Too bad, isn't it?
>
> -- Chuan-kai Lin
So
lets summarise in my epox kp6-bs or abit BP6 comparison
abit BP6 : up to 3x 256 MB ram <-> epox 1G RAM
abit : ATA 66 <-> epox : ATA 33
(i am going to buy new HD : so Western digital ATA 66 7200 rpm becomes
interesting, yes ??)
epox can take up to PIII 600
than PIII PPGA comes ????? will epox be able to take 2 future PIII with PPGA
or will intel make new socket for dual smp PIII ????
(k7 slot A is dual capable but too different busarchitecture
two k7 on epox with slot1 -> slot A adapter not possible?)
Can abit BP6 take future PIII if they would be PPGA and not socket 418 or
something ?????
I am making the most of it, please correct my mistakes and help me in the
quest
for : epox kp6-bs or abit BP6
thanks in advance (please also mail me)
will be buying new dual cpu system (dual cele at first)
new HD
new monitor
the whole works
ideas for good 2d/3d videocard with good price / quality ratio?
will run redhat 6.0 , winnt sp4
greetings from flanders
gunther
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lawrence D�Oliveiro)
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.mac.programmer.misc,comp.sys.be.misc,comp.unix.misc
Subject: Re: open systems?!? Re: Why does Apple not cooperate with Be?
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 17:23:52 +1200
In article <yfab3.227$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "William Edward
Woody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>1) MultiFinder showed up in System 5, not System 6. System 6 is the
>first version where Multidohicky (as we lovingly refered to it)
>shows up integrated into the system, rather than as a separate
>extension.
I could never remember what "System 5" is supposed to refer to.
MultiFinder 1.0 came (and worked) with System version 4.2, Finder version
6.0. I suppose that package could have been called "System Tools 5", or
5.something.
In all versions of System 6, MultiFinder was still a separate extension
(actually 3 separate extensions--don't forget "DA Handler", and then
"Backgrounder" to support background printing), and you had the choice of
running with or without it. It wasn't until System 7.0 that it all became
built-in, so that you couldn't turn it off.
Your other comments about MultiFinder seem pretty much on the mark.
>What is particularly galling to me is that Apple did have a
>solution way back in '87, called A/UX. It would run on an
>Mac II, and while it was a Unix environment, it did allow
>multiple Macintosh applications to run in the Unix environment
>using most of the existing Macintosh API. (Think Carbon, but
>12 years ago.)
>
>But Apple, in it's infinite wisdom, never migrated the OS
>towards A/UX. Why?
>
>I suspect it's because Apple's higher level management
>did *not* know that preemptive multitasking was the
>way to go.
I don't think you can blame Apple's management for this--blame the market
instead. The product was out there, it seemed to be promoted vigorously
(certainly we at the University kept being told all about it), and they
kept updating it to track new MacOS versions and encouraging developers to
support it. But I never saw the point of mixing MacOS and UNIX on one box,
and I still don't see the point today. That's why Apple's later MAE
product (MacOS on top of UNIX workstations from HP, possibly even IBM and
DEC, and others) was also a flop, and why NextStep/OpenStep/Rhapsody was a
waste of time, and why I think that renaming it "Mac OS X Server" isn't
going to make any difference.
>What was interesting about the Thread Manager was not that it
>provided multithreading services: nearly anyone can do that
>through the creative use of setjmp/longjmp. What made the
>Thread Manager interesting was that it's developer figured
>out how to disable the Macintosh's stack sniffer.
Nothing magical about this. There was a technote or something I read years
ago that told you how to do this: just set the StkLowPt low-memory global
to zero. That's all it took.
>Ian Ollmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> Also Apple sure doesn't do memory allocation in a cooperative sense. Each
>> program gets its own little walled off memory partition. You can ask for
>> temporary blocks outside of your heap, but you are usually discouraged
>> from using them.
Actually, no. In System 7.0 and later, temporary memory blocks can be
treated just like handles in your own application heap. The main trouble
with temporary memory is that you can't tell various OS servers to do
their allocation there. But you can get around that by using the system
heap instead (which is resizable under MultiFinder/System 7-and-later).
This is officially discouraged by Apple, and there are some real pitfalls
(like if you forget to deallocate something, it never gets freed), but if
you're careful about these, it does work.
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From: Tracy Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc,msn.computingcentral.os.linux
Subject: Re: Cron Files
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 00:36:44 -0500
"Jeff Grossman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Could somebody help me with some cron files that are listed in my cron.d=
aily
>folder. What do these do:
>
>et??
>makewhatis.cron
>slocate.cron
>tmpwatch
>
>I know what the slocate.cron is. Would I be hurting myself if I put tha=
t
>one in my cron.weekly instead of daily?
>
>Thanks,
>Jeff
>
>--
>Jeff Grossman ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
You can view the *.cron files and find out what command they are running.=
Then
do "man commandname" to find out what the command does. In the ones you
listed, all are in the man pages on my system except "makewhatis". But, =
I bet
with a little digging it would be shown to be associated with making a
"whatis" command.
Tracy
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Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 20:28:32 +0000
From: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,utah.linux
Subject: Re: An "ls" question
James Knowles wrote:
>
> > > My actual point was that
> > > Stallman's group should go back to using man pages for their
> > > documentation, instead of the atrocious and near-useless info files.
> >
> > HEAR HEAR! I really dislike emacs and grew up on traditional man pages.
You can use emacs *and* man pages... Funny that emacs would be hated,
considering ksh, bash, and quite a few other programs use the same CTRL
key sets. :)
> >
> > How difficult would it be to convert the info files back into man
> > pages? Maybe someone should start a project to do that... :-)
>
> Overall I like man pages myself (nice format IMHO -- the content
> sometimes sucks but that's the author's responsibility).
>
> Not knowing the format of info files I assume that they're somewhat
> man-ish, or at least regularly structured. If so, it (theoretically)
> shouldn't be a horrible exercise with some home-rolled Perl to help in
> the conversion. (I've done such things before, making pretty HTML-ised C
> code and creating man-ish HTML documentation for COM objects from IDL
> files but I'm still guessing here. Regardless, it would be somewhat
> time-consuming.) The more the conversion can be automated, the better.
>
> I tried several times to learn emacs, but between the learning curve and
> inconvenience of reaching for the control key constantly convinced me to
> stick with vim. emacs' not loaded on my system. I hear it's great if you
> do learn it, though.
>
> --
> It's coming... http://www.countdown9199.com
Emacs was the first thing I learned, and now it's the only editor I can
stand to use. Trying to move around in word processors is a lot more
difficult than moving around in Emacs (unless you learn each word
processor's command keys; pity they can't all be the same..).
As a web designer and programmer, if you give me Netscape, emacs, and
bash, I'm happy on anything (as long as it's not slow). =)
It does take a while to learn the basics of emacs, though, and there's
still 20 million features that I don't know about....
All this from a question about 'man'ing ls. (Read the Freakin' Man
[page]) Go fig.
-- Bryan Scott
-- CTR Online Systems Administration
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From: Owler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Anyone know a good linux book
Date: Mon, 21 Jun 1999 01:55:07 -0400
My personal favorite is the tao te ching
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: Backspace in Linux app
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 4 Jul 99 00:41:40 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Brown wrote:
But why is it that >some< Xapps work properly, and others do not. And
why does the backspace work "correctly" at the shell prompt in an xterm,
but quit working as soon as an app opens 'stdin' or, fer instance, in
vi running in an xterm?
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: Nicolas Anquetil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: 451 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... unresolvable host name......
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 20:08:13 -0400
HELP !!!
I am trying to send emails from my computer. I have a PPP account with
dynamic IP.
>From what I understand, the PPP server as a name for every IP it
assigns. When I set `hostname' to correspond to that name, everything
works fine, but if I use the name I choose for the computer (`equus')
then the mail hub I am using refuse my mails :
451 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>... unresolvable host name
equus.dial.uottawa.ca, see RFC 1123, sections 5.2.2 and 5.2.18.
This may also be linked to the firewall that the university is using...
Is there a solution to this?
Please help I already spent too much time on this to give up now, but
it's driving me nuts.
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From: Kwan Lowe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HELP PLEASE: can't play CDs under Linux
Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 15:28:58 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
U.V. Ravindra wrote:
>
> I have SuSE 6.1 on a Gateway 2000 PC with a
> Mitsumi 13x/32x CDROM drive.
>
> I'm trying to use xmcd to play audio CDs. The cd is
> recognized by Linux, but there's no sound emanating from
> the speakers.
>
> What's the problem?
>
> PLEEEEEEEEEASE help.
Try the following:
Plug your speakers into the front headphone jack of the CD ROM drive.
If it plays then most likely the internal audio cable from the CDROM to
your sound card is loose or missing.
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From: Frederic L. W. Meunier <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help!! need official redhat boot disk(Release 6.0)
Date: 4 Jul 1999 00:50:36 GMT
I just accidently erased the official redhat boot disk(release 6.0),
which is used to set up the official redhat linux 6.0, if someone
has that disk, please send me a package of the whole disk in a zip
file or tell me how I can make a new copy? Thanks. By the way, please
give me a reply at my email address so that I can know it, as I am
using this web based news server which I am not very comfortable with.
,,,
Go to ftp.redhat.com and search for the boot.img file of RedHat 6.0. After
that use dd if=boot.img of=/dev/fd0 bs=1024 (you're using Linux, right?).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Dell Inspiron compatibility? What is best laptop?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 4 Jul 99 00:55:37 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Serban-Mihai Popescu wrote:
>Philipp Maier wrote:
>>
>> "David J. Topper" wrote:
>> [snip]
>>
>> > I'd love to hear comments / get input from folks. I've already
>> > contacted the OSS folks about audio support, but have yet to hear. I'm
>> > of course concerned about support for various components like the 3com
>> > combo 56k + 10/100 that comes with the Dell. DVD? PCMCIA? Video Card?
Actually, the SVGA server after XFree 3.3.2 supports some Neomagic chips--at
least the one in the Inspiron 3200. Mine runs Linux nicely, with X and
WordPerfect7 for Linux.
My 2 complaints about the Inspiron 3200: the "power switch" is not always
active! You have to push it at just the right time (i.e., after it goes
through POST, but before it starts loading the operating system... although
it will power off on shutdown with APM activated. Even then, it's hung up
a couple of times, and I had to eject the battery to get the unit to power
down. Second complaint is the touch-pad mouse. If you have any serious
work to do, you'd better bring a real mouse along. And in some Xwindows
windowmanagers, the touch-pad will drive you crazy.
And my Inspiron 3200 came with a real modem PC card, not a winmodem.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: James Knowles <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,utah.linux
Subject: Re: An "ls" question
Date: Sun, 04 Jul 1999 01:28:16 +0000
Bryan wrote:
> > > > My actual point was that
> > > > Stallman's group should go back to using man pages for their
> > > > documentation, instead of the atrocious and near-useless info files.
> > >
> > > HEAR HEAR! I really dislike emacs and grew up on traditional man pages.
>
> You can use emacs *and* man pages... Funny that emacs would be hated,
> considering ksh, bash, and quite a few other programs use the same CTRL
> key sets. :)
And thus "set -o vi" in bash. :-)
> All this from a question about 'man'ing ls. (Read the Freakin' Man
> [page]) Go fig.
If we can't kid each other about editors, etc. life wou be soooo boring.
:-)
James
(Is this where we start the caffeinated drink flame fest?<g>)
--
It's coming... http://www.countdown9199.com
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Date: Sat, 03 Jul 1999 20:45:10 +0000
From: Bryan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Remote login problems in custom RedHat env...
> DNS is disabled on this box. I've even gone as far as to remove the resolv.conf
> file.
That's what I meant. It can't do a reverse lookup (as mentioned in
another reply).
> Besides, tcpdump shows that the box is able to send acks to whatever
> remote machine is involved.
I would hope so. That's ethernet protocol. ;)
> Also remember that all established connections can
> reach any host via telnet, ftp, rlogin, etc... (as long as they're in the hosts
> table of course).
It may still be trying to perform reverse lookups. There is somewhere
where you tell it how to look up names on the network, and you can
configure the order (hosts, NIS, DNS, etc.) I'm assuming that's been
set to only use /etc/hosts...
> As for the network card, this problem has been replicated on
> three other identical systems to rule out just that.
You're saying you got the exact same problem on the other three
identical computers? Did they use the exact same brand of network card,
or different types? (Different NICs rules out driver problem; different
machines rules out bad NIC problem.) You might have a driver problem if
all NICs are identical. Try to replicate it in unidentical machines,
using the same NIC and drivers, or on identical machines with different
NICs.
> Network traffic is non-existent on this box. I've even prevented misc. services such
>> as sendmail from starting to make sure to no avail. Thanks for your responses
>though.
>
Then it should be easy to tail the logs and watch tcpdump
simultaneously, provided that the aforementioned NIC and driver tests
fail to prove anything.
> Wally
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
-- Bryan Scott
-- CTR Online Systems Administration
> Bryan wrote:
>
> > Jon Skeet wrote:
> > >
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > > I have an unusual problem with telnet, rlogin, ftp and any other
> > > > program which requires logging in remotely. The system specs are: 400Mhz
> > > > Pentium Pro, 256MB RAM, onboard Intel etherexpress pro 10/100Mbs network
> > > > card, 2 serial ports, running a custom Red Hat 5.2 kernel. Four kernel
> > > > header files were modified to allow for a 3072 process limit ( fs.h,
> > > > limits.h, posix_types.h, /usr/include/gnu/types.h ). The machine will
> > > > boot and run fine for about 10 minutes then any form of remote log in
> > > > (even rcp and rsh) will hang after it successfully connects to the
> > > > system just before it gives you the opportunity to provide your login
> > > > name and/or password. On telnet you can even see the "Connected to
> > > > <host>" message. Any connection made before this problem occurs is fine
> > > > and has full capabilities. I can get out of the box using any method I
> > > > choose (telnet, ftp, etc). The oddest thing about this problem is that
> > > > all other inetd services are unaffected. They continue to respond to
> > > > request on their respective ports without fail. A tcpdump on the machine
> > > > will show telnet, rlogin, etc ... activity. They send their initial acks
> > > > and replies but don't complete their initialization procedures.
> > >
> > > Is it feasible that the problem is in reverse host lookup? I know telnetd
> > > checks that the host that is telnetting to it is valid before going ahead
> > > with the connection; it's possible that rcp does the same. If so,
> > > possibly your DNS is going wrong...
> > >
> >
> > I agree; it could be reverse DNS or no DNS at all.
> >
> > Another idea: Network card burps...
> >
> > How much activity is there once the system is up? I had a Netgear
> > 10/100 card in my box with one of the original DEC tulip chips (they've
> > since created their own proprietary set due to DEC's discontinuation of
> > the 21something series), and it would come up with some overrun problems
> > at high NFS loads. I finally swapped it with a newer one I had bought
> > for a Windows box, and the old card works fine in the Windows box, and
> > the new one works beautifully in the Linux box (gotta love 100Mbps).
> > (Probably some inconsistencies with the tulip driver and that older
> > chipset..)
> > .
> > Which kernel version are you using? You can use the 2.2.x kernel series
> > on Redhat 5.2. A custom RedHat 5.2 kernel sounds like you used th
> > 2.0.36 kernel that came with it.
> >
> > 2.2.5 runs really stable on three of my 5.2 machines. I'm suggesting a
> > kernel and network card driver upgrade because even if you turn off
> > networking, like you said you're doing, the card may still be on the
> > fritz, and there may be a compatibility issue with the EtherExpress
> > Pro. (Is that intel or 3com? 3com's drivers were semi-broken in
> > 2.0.36...)
> >
> > > --
> > > Jon Skeet - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > -- Bryan Scott
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Sanders)
Subject: Re: Printing (apsfilter?) problems with SuSE 6.1
Date: Sun, 4 Jul 1999 02:30:06 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> This may sound stupid, but did you use Yast to set-up that print queue? <snip>
> Also I would personally uninstall LPD and install PLP. <snip>
>
>
> Hope this helps,
> Christopher A. Gaul
> CyberDyne Systems
>
> Tim Sanders wrote:
>
> > <snip>
> > I've recently installed SuSE 6.1 <snip>
> >
> > While logged in as root:-
> > If I enter
> > cat /var/log/boot.msg > /dev/lp0
> > text is output to my printer,<snip>
> > If I execute lpr against the same file, then
> > a) a queued job appears normally, via lpq
> > b) output to the printer is in landscape mode, but only prints a fraction
> > of a vertical column of the text, in varying positions across the page,
> > with occasional garbage added. <snip>
Christopher,
Thank you for the suggestions.
I had initially used Yast, but after problems moved on to apsfilter
setup. Just to be absolutely sure, I followed your advice and
reconfigured my HPLJ4L with Yast. Alas, the problem is still there (
garbage printout with lpr).
What exactly is PLP, and why do you recommend it?
Tim Sanders
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From: S. Lockwood <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Visual programming languages for Linux
Date: 4 Jul 1999 01:30:49 GMT
Ananke wrote:
>
>
>
> Just wondering if anyone can suggest a good visual language for
> developing and using a database online on a Linux box.
>
> Thanks, Ana
Have you looked into some of the commercial products, such as
Applixware Builder (http://www.applix.com)
Coffeeshop (http://www.LinuxMall.com/products/00493.html)
Visual Works (http://www.objectshare.com)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (L J Bayuk)
Subject: Re: lpr print fails with "official name" error
Date: 4 Jul 1999 01:34:33 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>I have an old Slakware release (3.3?) of linux and set up my printer
>according to the HOW-TO. The test pages printed from echoing to the /dev
>entry works fine, and I followed the filters.
>
>When I use lpr to print, I get en error from lpr saying something to the
>effect of "hostname(1): unable to get official name of machine". When I run
>hostname as either root or a user, I get "darkstar" which is the default.
>This machine is standalone, so I haven't done anything as far as networking
>goes.
>
>Any clues?
I think you will need to set at least minimal networking to get
lpr/lpd to work. You don't need a network card; the "loopback"
IP address is enough.
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