Linux-Misc Digest #41, Volume #21 Thu, 15 Jul 99 12:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Re: Help with Quake2 on RH6 (Paul Olofsson)
mt-st and DLT4000 tape drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Lilo & EZ-Drive ("WME")
Re: Networking Linux and Windows machines. (NightFever)
Re: Please help urgent win98 network printer set up with Rh6 (Ole Jacob Taraldset)
Question regarding syslogd and syslog.conf (rob)
Shutdown problem/ wont login (root)
tar not packing files starting with "." ("Faisal Nasim")
Anyone successfully configured PPP on a Compaq Presario 2100???
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Max memory linux can use (Jon Skeet)
Re: Shutdown problem/ wont login (Stewart Honsberger)
Re: [Oracle 8.0.5 and SuSE6.1] Install success (Michael Hasenstein)
Re: Good 400mhz portable ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Chmoding directories for �O�thers: x or rx? (Richard Corfield)
Re: Please Help Resolution Change In KDE ("Trey Weaver")
alternate system command (Kurt Hindenburg)
Re: visio... (Johan Kullstam)
Full Paths ("Russ")
Re: Full Paths (Philippe Wautelet)
Re: tar not packing files starting with "." (Villy Kruse)
Re: Is CD-R usuable as backup medium on Linux? (gus)
ftp not working since RH6 upgrade (josh ostroff)
Re: Communicator 4.61 with diald causes temporary X freeze (Curly++)
Re: ASF Player that plays video? (Ketil Froyn)
ftape doesn't compile (Miikka Laakko)
Network unreachable (J.N. Subrahmanyam)
Online Instructors Needed ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Paul Olofsson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Quake2 on RH6
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:15:09 -0400
Randy wrote:
>
> Installed Q2 as pre the how to and when i try to run it says-
>
> Cannot exec default .cfg
> cannot exec config .cfg
>
> recursive shutdown
> error cannot load pics/colormap.pcx
>
> The command i used was /quake2 +set vid_ref softx
> Well i cannot find the default.cfg and the pics is nowhere to be found
> .Have i screwed up something or what ?
> I have had linux all of about 3 weeks now and really don't know what
> the hell i am doing yet ;-(
> Randy
Maybe you are missing the file pak0.pak in your baseq2 dir. The file colormap.pcx is
packed into pak0.pak. Since this is file is about 180 mb it doesn't come with the
q2-packages for linux. You can get it from a windoze-version of q2.
Good luck!
Paul
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: mt-st and DLT4000 tape drive
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 12:23:43 GMT
Hi all,
I have a Quantum PowerStor L200 with a DLT 4000 tape drive. It is used
to backup a Redhat 5.2 (kernel 2.2.9) Linux box.
I use DLTtape IV cartridges.
When I try to backup a big amount of data, it stops at the end of the
tape asking for the next tape.
Problem is that sometimes it stops after 20 GB and somtimes after 35
GB.
I have tried both tar and bru with the same result.
Do you have any idea why?
Should I set up the density with mt? And where should I get the value
for it?
Is it a problem with the BOT of the tape? How can I change it?
Thanks for any hint
F.
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From: "WME" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Lilo & EZ-Drive
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:20:46 -0400
I installed lilo on the MBR, but it didn't make any difference. The system
booted to '98 right after ez-bios. It seems the most appropriate thing to do
is try to remove ez-bios and reinstall everything. The problem is that I
really prefer to put nt, but don't know why it crashes.
i'm using slackware 3.6 and linux's fdisk warns me that the drive parameters
are more than what it recognizes. This is no problem for me because this is
not the hdd that has linux on it. i'm only trying to put lilo on that drive.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NightFever)
Subject: Re: Networking Linux and Windows machines.
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:11:21 GMT
To answer your question....yes, Linux and Windows can see each other.
I have a Linux box connected to my DSL line and the Windows machine
connected to the linux box. So that way I can still have my DSL
service and have my server at the same time. The way I have it set up
is that I have two nics on the linux box, one connected to the DSL and
the other connected to a hub. And the Windows machine connnected to
the hub. Now the IP address I set up from the the nic connected to
the hub, I have as the gateway address for the Windows machine in the
newtork control panel. If you want to have a private network going
on, you can use something like 192.168.x.x (class C) as your IP
address. This is usually reserved for private network. Hope this
helps....
On Thu, 15 Jul 1999 05:23:18 -0700, "Robert Koenig"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello, yes I am a first time user. I was wondering if Linux and Windows
>machines can see each other on the network or do I need a gateway of some
>sort. More specifically if I set up wingate or some other proxy on my
>windows mahine can I use linux go through the window machine to the
>internet?
>
>Thanks for you time,
>Robert
>
>
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From: Ole Jacob Taraldset <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Please help urgent win98 network printer set up with Rh6
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:30:08 +0200
Since you use RedHat 6.0 it is easy to just the printconf tool. If you
have installed Samba you just choose to install a SMB/Windows 95/NT
Printer and off you go. I use it all the time and the only drawback is
that you can't see the que with lpq.
Ole Jacob
Monte Phillips wrote:
>
> I use my '98 printer in Linux, it is run via SAMBA.
> This site has a step by step howto for complete setup of samba.
> http://www.sfu.ca/~yzhang/linux/samba/index.html
> and this one as well
> http://home.talkcity.com/MigrationPath/maguai/samba.html
>
> bono <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >I really need to connect to the network printer on win98 peer on the
> >network. It was a simple HPInkjet 4/5/6 series and it was working as a
> >local printer before. I tried to connect to another similar model on
> >the same network that under another linux server and that one works;
> >however the one on the win98 can print much more in a much faster
> >speed...not to mention the other one is about a quarter mile away from
> >me (at least feels like it) I can't swap the printers because none of
> >them belong to me. If anyone out there is successful in setting up
> >network printer on a win98 machine please give me more detail and hints.
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From: rob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,redhat.config
Subject: Question regarding syslogd and syslog.conf
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:31:04 GMT
Hey there, here's a quick one for you. I want to see practically
everything that goes in and out of my machine via syslog. I thought i had
my current syslog.conf file good... but i don't see su attempts or auth
attempts and the like... how would i see *everything?* thanks for your
time.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Shutdown problem/ wont login
Date: 15 Jul 1999 06:38:25 PDT
I had a print job going yesterday, and I needed to leave the computer in
windows for the next person. I told it :
shutdown -r 15
And it gave me the message: system going down for reboot in 15 minutes.
I saw that it was going to take longer than I thought when I was about
to leave, so I did Ctrl-C to break, and it said Shutdown Cancelled.
Then I issued shutdown -r 30.
Nothing was printed to the screen to acknowledge what I had typed, but
the system did go down, because I found it in windows later.
When I went back into linux and tried to login as myself, it told me
System going down for reboot at <<date>><<time>> where the date and
time were what they were when the system went down. Then it told me my
login was incorrect and wouldn't let me in.
I can only login as root.
Any ideas?
-Justin Haynes
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Faisal Nasim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: tar not packing files starting with "."
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 18:02:09 +0500
How to make tar to pack files starting with "." ?
It packs them in the sub-directories, but not in the initial directory where
you started tar.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Anyone successfully configured PPP on a Compaq Presario 2100???
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:49:00 GMT
I'm new to Linux, and I'm trying to setup my PPP connection, but Linux
doesn't seem to be able to find the modem. Any words of widsom? Please
reply to [EMAIL PROTECTED] as well.
Thanks!
Alberto
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jon Skeet)
Subject: Re: Max memory linux can use
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:10:42 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> My question is what is the recommended way to have linux determine
> memory and what is the max memory that people know linux will run
> reliably with??? Should we never allow linux to autodect memory and
> always utilize a mem=xxxm statement??? This whole process really hurt
> since the company was convinced to go Linux instead of NT (mainly
> people lost email downloads to their local microsoft pst files). I am
> guessing I must have run into some memory problem most people don't see
> since I am sure very few people have this much memory.
Just as a guess - have you tried checking that all the memory is actually
okay? If you're now only using a quarter of the memory, it seems
reasonable to suspect that some of the now unused memory may be duff.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger)
Subject: Re: Shutdown problem/ wont login
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:01:28 GMT
On 15 Jul 1999 06:38:25 PDT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>System going down for reboot at <<date>><<time>> where the date and
>time were what they were when the system went down. Then it told me my
>login was incorrect and wouldn't let me in.
>
>I can only login as root.
See "man shutdown".
You had two active shutdowns - so you'll need to run shutdown -c to cancel
the running shutdown.
--
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Humming along under SuSE Linux 6.0 / OS/2 Warp 4
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From: Michael Hasenstein <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.databases.oracle.tools,comp.databases.oracle.server,comp.databases.oracle.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: [Oracle 8.0.5 and SuSE6.1] Install success
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:40:18 +0200
Keith Montgomery wrote:
>
> Congratulations on what you've done so far.
> I had it a bit easier installing onto RH 6.0:
> loaded the required compatibility rpms from the cd,
> created my oracle user and dba group,
> downloaded the umpteen tar files,
> unzip/tared them and ran orainst,
> downloaded the glibzpatch, untarred that and ran it to replace the make
> files and relink,
> and finally fired up orainst to creat my db.
That's not less, but more than is necessary on SuSE Linux. Install
ftp://ftp.suse.com/pub/suse_update/suse60/a1/opatch6.rpm (info is from
the SuSE support database, search was for 'oracle') and read
/usr/doc/packages/oracle/README.SuSE.english
Also contains /etc/rc.d/rc?.d/S..oracle init scripts.
Of course, it's not really more or less you have to do on either redhat
or suse, it really comes down to the same steps. You have to follow the
Oracle Installation guide for Linux, and twice you have to make a manual
adjustment - once for linking something with -ltcl (which doesn't exist
on SuSE because there's a -ltcl7.6 and a -ltcl8.0 because there are
still Tcl7.6 apps out there) - can be solved by creating a link in
/usr/lib temporarily or in the Oracle Makefile - and once for
/usr/bin/sh (create link -> /bin/sh), which is an unusual place for sh
(because /usr is often a separate partition and the very basic system
tools like the standard shell belong on the root-partition in /bin, for
those who don't know).
> Then I tried to install the web server.
> TILT!! According to Oracle Support, this only runs with the old (RH5.2)
> kernel.
> Damn and blast.
> I'm still looking and hoping (this was only over this past week), but past
> experience with Oracle makes me fear.
Fear what?
Michael Hasenstein, who once worked at Oracle HQ (Redwood City) and now
feels a bit responsible for Oracle issues here at SuSE
--
Michael Hasenstein
http://www.csn.tu-chemnitz.de/~mha/
Private Pilot (ASEL) since 1998
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Good 400mhz portable
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 13:16:20 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"David J. Topper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey folks,
>
> I have yet to find a good 400mhz laptop that has a Crystal
semiconductor
> chip (which is needed for audio support). Most have Neomagic, which
is
> not supported.
>
> Anyone out there have some new information? I'm getting desperate for
a
> laptop.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Dave Topper
> --
> Technical Director, Virginia Center for Computer Music
> Programmer / Analyst, Dean's Office (School of A&S)
> http://www.people.virginia.edu/~djt7p
> (804) 924-6887
>
I've installed RH5.2 on Toshisba Satelites and Tecra 8000 and everything
worked almost out the box (well with a little help, thanks linux
community!). On the Tecra RH5.2 installed well and a only a little
tuning was needed to get xwindows working. As far as sound, I really
had to experiment, but I got it to work (I believe the tecra 8000 uses
crystal, or yamaha)
I really liked the Toshiba's. I'm currently using a Dell Inspiron 7000
running RH5.2, it took a little more work to get xwindows to work, but
its running really well right now. Unfortunatally, no sound. The
current workaround (as far as I know) is to run a DOS app to "turn on"
the card.
I can recommend both, but if you need sound from a portable Toshiba or
maybe an Apple. BTW - RH6.0 with the new kernel may work with more
sound cards.
Good Luck and happy linuxing,
Tom De.
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From: Richard Corfield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Chmoding directories for �O�thers: x or rx?
Date: 15 Jul 1999 12:46:10 +0100
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Winters) writes:
> It doesn't say that not granting "r" jeopardizes security - it just
> says it leads to some strange effects (which it does).
They're not that strange when you are used to them (you can access files
in the directory with "x" but not read the directory list itself "r").
They can be useful. One example is when you have a web server with user
home page support. The user places the pages in ~/public_html which
must be world readable and accessible. Therefore the home directory
needs at least "x" access but by not granting "r" you can stop
other people seeing what you have in your home directry whilst still
allowing them at public_html.
If public_html has "rx" permission then people can list it. For example:
bob$ cd ~joe
bob$ ls
Permission Denied
bob$ cd public_html
bob$ ls
index.html
blah.gif
...
- Richard.
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From: "Trey Weaver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.2600,linux.redhat.announce,linux.redhat.development,linux.redhat.install,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Please Help Resolution Change In KDE
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 14:25:46 GMT
Being a newbie myself and "finally" figuring out how to do this so I can
help.
Press Alt+Ctrl+F3 to get to a terminal and log in as root. Run "XF86Setup".
Change you monitor resolution here be sure to run xvidmon (sp?) to get
refresh/size/position right and then save it. Once complete press Alt+F7 to
go back to the KDE. Sometimes your KDE may be blank because you have
changed your resolution so press Alt+Ctrl+F3 again and enter "reboot".
Trey Weaver
John Clarke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have the same problem and Ctrl + Alt + "+" ("-") does nothing. Any
> ideas?
>
> John
>
> Jim Porter wrote:
> >
> > Ctrl + Alt + "+" or
> > Ctrl + Alt + "+"
> >
> > On Mon, 28 Jun 1999 03:48:03 GMT, "Intro Technologies"
> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >
> > >I have installed Linux for the 1st time in my life, it boots into
something
> > >called KDE...after I login I see a nice pretty screen but the fonts are
HUGE
> > >and all the windows are HUGE not allowing me to do anything, can
someone
> > >please tell me how I could change the resolution easily, I have a Viper
V550
> > >16MB AGP Card and Panasonic P110 (21inch) monitor. Again, when Linux
boots
> > >all I see is a login screen and after I login everything is HUGE.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kurt Hindenburg)
Subject: alternate system command
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:16:37 GMT
Hello,
I'm looking for a system call which syntax would be
similar to system (or exec..) but that the output would be returned
in a string (ie not send to stdout)...Is this possible? If not, what
would you suggest?
For example, say I want to gather the output in my program of 'ls -l
somefile'.
Any help appreciated,
Kurt ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Johan Kullstam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: visio...
Date: 15 Jul 1999 10:19:41 -0400
Morris <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> does anyone know some program like visio for linux????
> I already tried Dia, but do you know any different???
xfig
it's not exactly the same user interface but xfig will make drawings.
--
johan kullstam
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From: "Russ" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Full Paths
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 09:32:33 -0500
Slackware Linux version 2.2.6
Hello,
I recently went to 2.2.6 and have noticed that all the programs I run
have to have full paths or they don't work.
This would not work.
"cd /usr/bin/"
"myprogram "
This would work.
"/usr/bin/myprogram"
Any ideas how to make me not have to use full paths every time I run
something would be greatly appreciated.
Russ Verner
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From: Philippe Wautelet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Full Paths
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:43:36 +0200
Russ wrote:
> Slackware Linux version 2.2.6
>
> Hello,
> I recently went to 2.2.6 and have noticed that all the programs I run
> have to have full paths or they don't work.
>
> This would not work.
> "cd /usr/bin/"
> "myprogram "
>
> This would work.
> "/usr/bin/myprogram"
>
> Any ideas how to make me not have to use full paths every time I run
> something would be greatly appreciated.
>
This works:
cd /usr/bin
./myprogram
Regards
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: tar not packing files starting with "."
Date: 15 Jul 1999 16:44:03 +0200
In article <7mlpei$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Faisal Nasim <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>How to make tar to pack files starting with "." ?
>
>It packs them in the sub-directories, but not in the initial directory where
>you started tar.
>
>
Depends if you do 'tar cf tarfile *' or 'tar cf tarfile .'. Do 'set -x'
and try and see the difference between the two variants. The explanation
ought to be obvious.
Villy
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From: gus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is CD-R usuable as backup medium on Linux?
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 16:08:24 +0100
Calvin Ostrum wrote:
>
> In <7mja94$10j$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink) wrote:
>
> | On Wed, 14 Jul 1999 18:15:26 GMT Calvin Ostrum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> | >
> | >I want to use CD-R as a backup medium on Linux. My
> | >intention is to take my hard drive into one of those
> | >services that write CD-R backups. However, reading the
> | >Linux CDROM HOWTO, it tells me that "one-off" CD's
> | >are generally written in XA format, and that this
> | >format is not generally supported by Linux CDROM drivers
> | >(one supposes especially not the generic ATAPI/IDE
> | >driver that I hope to be able to use).
> |
> | I'm suspecting you have a *really* old HOWTO.
>
> Well, I consulted the master page of the Linux Documentation
> Project (dated July 12, 1999) which led me to the CDROM
> HOWTO, which itself is dated March 24, 1999). This is about
> as recent as one can get. I also looked all over for other
> information and could not find anything. The relevant section
> is http://metalab.unc.edu/LDP/HOWTO/CDROM-HOWTO-6.html#ss6.10
> and it says:
>
> " 6.10 I have a "special" CD that can't be mounted
> "
> " The "special" CD is likely an XA disc (like all Photo CDs or "one-offs"
> " created using CD-R drives). Most of the Linux kernel CD-ROM drivers do
> " not support XA discs, although you may be able to find a patch
> " to add support on one of the archive sites.
>
> However, the author of the HOWTO has since answered my mail
> (very promptly) and told me that it *is* indeed out of date.
> I suspected this because I didn't see my problem reports anywhere
> either. (I thought I had cancelled my article, complete with
> spelling error in subject header, at that point, but I guess
> I was too late).
>
> | I use a CD-RW on my system to do backups. It works fine, it reads
> | all CD formats I care about (including audio and photo CD),
>
> Although, of course, it has its own drivers, no doubt...
>
> I've since been told by someone, who I would expect should know,
> that XA essentially *means* CD-R, but this does not seem to be
> true. For one thing, this is not born out by the info at
> http://recon.mdacc.tmc.edu/Doc/FAQS/cd_faq940.html#27.
> Also, somone else told me that he has a choice in writing his
> CD's whether to write CDROM or CDROM-XA format. He was
> not aware until I asked him that he even had such an option,
> and neither was the backup service I contacted. So tell me,
> do you write your CD's in CDROM format or CDROM-XA format?
> Does it matter? Shall I just let the backup service do
> whatever it wants in this regard?
>
> | and I
> | don't even need to take my hard drive out of the computer and bring
> | to some "place" to get it backed up.
>
> I'm not sure why "place" is in quotes, but no need to rub it in!
> I'd get a CD-R drive if I could afford it. But thanks for your reply.
>
> ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
> Calvin Ostrum [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have been thinking of backup solutions for a little while, and, if you
are willing to remove your hard-drive for the backup, you should be able
to do the following...
buy a "big" but cheap IDE drive. Spend some bucks on a 18 gig, or maybe
a 10gig monster. (If your system is small, then go for even smaller).
plug it in, and back-up and compress the backup to the new disk. This
should allow for a number of backups to the same disk. It is not
necessarily a good thing, but it is better than nothing. Frankly, I am
intending to get a cheapish IDE disk (I use SCSI moslty), just for
backup.
just a thought. you will end up spending a fortune at a third party
backup "place".
gus
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From: josh ostroff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ftp not working since RH6 upgrade
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 10:55:07 -0400
Help!
ftp is no longer working since my upgrade from RH5.2 to RH6. My linux
consultant is stumped, and I'd appreciate help troubleshooting. On my
ftp windows client, when I try to connect, I get a message "connecting
to [host]" then it just hangs. Likewise with DOS. I can get it to work
when I telnet into the box, by running ftp and typing open [host].
He says he can get in using linux from his computer, but neither I nor
another windows client are able to connect. The port is 21 in
etc/services.
Thanks for your suggestions,
Josh
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From: Curly++ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Communicator 4.61 with diald causes temporary X freeze
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:01:29 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> System:
> diald - to automate dialing for my home network.
> Netscape Communicator 4.61 - for browsing.
> AfterStep 1.7.120 - window manager
> RedHat 6.0 - opsys
>
> When I first start Communicator and click on the
> bookmarks, X freezes. After the connection with
> my ISP is established everything goes back to normal
> and works well.
>
> What is causing X to freeze (not respond to mouse
> clicks)?
>
> Why is Communicator starting a network connection
> so early in the game? I may want to only view
> a local manual written in html.
>
> TIA...
If you turn off your modem, start netscape, go for a coffee
(perhaps decaf... <shudder> :) wait patiently while all the
timeouts expire... eventually you will get IIRC 3 different
error messages that tell you important URLs at netscape.com
cannot be contacted from your computer. What're you doing?
Remember how in George Orwell's 1984 the TV was two-way and
accepted typed-in commands? Big Brother could see what you
were doing anytime the TV was on? Cue the music from Jaws!
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<sigh> Do the usual cleanup.
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From: Ketil Froyn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ASF Player that plays video?
Date: 15 Jul 1999 17:05:54 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stewart Honsberger) writes:
>
> I've been searching for an ASF (Microsoft compressed media format) player
> for Linux, and can only find one - but it only plays sound!
> Does anyone know where I can find an ASF player that plays video as well as
> audio? I don't need streaming, local files only.
I think there is one on www.microsoft.com (no kidding!).
Ketil Froyn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Miikka Laakko)
Subject: ftape doesn't compile
Date: 15 Jul 1999 13:47:05 GMT
Once again I tried to compile ftape, but...
fdc-io.c: In function fdc_interrupt_wait':
fdc-io.c:433: structure has no member named timeout'
fdc-io.c:454: structure has no member named timeout'
make[2]: *** [fdc-io.o] Error 1
make[2]: Leaving directory /usr/src/ftape-4.03-pre-2/ftape/lowlevel'
make[1]: *** [modules] Error 2
make[1]: Leaving directory /usr/src/ftape-4.03-pre-2/ftape'
make: *** [all] Error 2
...is all I get out of it. What might be the problem?
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From: J.N. Subrahmanyam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Network unreachable
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:08:37 GMT
Dear friends,
I just installed linux from the redhat CD. Everything except the Network
part is working fine.
When i ping it is saying that network is unreachable. Even
if i ping to the local machine, it is saying network is unreachable.
My Network card is SMC-ultra, eth0.
Could somebody give me solution to this.
Thanks,
subbu
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