Linux-Misc Digest #750, Volume #21 Fri, 10 Sep 99 11:13:13 EDT
Contents:
POP problem - ERR being read already /usr/spool/mail..... (Guy van Baalen)
Re: URGENT!! Need Netscape to work! (kev)
SupraMax PCI Modem under Red Hat 5.2 (Marco Costa)
Re: [Q] hp printer problem (Jan Houtsma)
Re: Win98 PC confused by computer name!!?? (Robert W. Curry)
Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Cannot open root (Sasa Ostrouska)
Floppy disk problem (Torben Hoffmann)
bad magic number on boot ("Robert")
Re: screen capture (Thomas Boggs)
Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Cannot open root ("Ricardo Wagner")
Re: how to set up news server easily (Michael Teo)
Re: "autoexec.bat"-type service in Linux? (Stan Barr)
Re: I broke my system! (again) ("G. Pollack")
Cannot find libstc++-libc6.1-1.so.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Boot Problems/Dumb Terminal -- (T. Garay)
Re: "autoexec.bat"-type service in Linux? (Jeffrey C. Dege)
Re: How do I delete mail from Netscape? (John Soltow)
Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie (K. Bjarnason)
Re: Looking for the kernel... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
SupraMAX 56k PCI Modem and Red Hat 5.2 (Marco Costa)
Re: POP problem - ERR being read already /usr/spool/mail..... ("Luke Th. Bullock")
Re: CDR software for linux (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Looking for the kernel... (r d ramey)
Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie (K. Bjarnason)
How do you pronounce Linux? (otto)
Re: Figure Out The MS Source Code Yourself (Philip W. Darnowsky)
Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie (K. Bjarnason)
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From: Guy van Baalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: POP problem - ERR being read already /usr/spool/mail.....
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 21:26:08 +1000
I know there's going to be an easy answer to this, but.....
My POP server / mail host is returning the error message:
-ERR being read already /usr/spool/mail/mymailfilename
when my mail client tries to check for new mail. Anyone have any ideas
on how to fix this? Here's some relevant points:
. The problem happens with any POP client, running on any OS.
. I can also reproduce the problem by telnetting to port 110 on the
mail host and issuing the USER and PASS commands by hand.
. I can run elm and pine locally on the mail host and read my mail
without a problem.
. I've deleted the file, waited for new mail to come in, same
problem.
. I've deleted & recreated my account on the host, same problem.
. I've deleted my account on the host, created a few dummy users then
recreated my account (therefore my account = new UID), same problem.
. All machines being used are on the same ethernet.
. Rebooting the host also doesn't help. (I thought maybe a rogue
process holding the file locked open).
. I've deleted all / any .lck files I can find, no difference.
. If I cp /usr/spool/mail/mymailfile to /usr/spool/mail/root, then
modify the client to check root's mail (or telnet to port 110, as
above), I get the ERR message. This is after the three delete & recreate
steps described above.
Any ideas gratefully received,
Guy
========================================================================
Guy van Baalen [EMAIL PROTECTED]
JB IT Services P/L
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From: kev <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: URGENT!! Need Netscape to work!
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:31:02 +0100
Well, I've just moved my Sent file, and Netscape works OK now. The file was
almost 30Mb.
Has anyone else encountered Netscape not being able to handle 30Mb files?
- Kev
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From: Marco Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: SupraMax PCI Modem under Red Hat 5.2
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:25:28 +0100
Hi.
I bought a SupraMax 56k PCI and it works fine under Windows 9x/NT.
I tried to use it under Red Hat Linux 5.2 and I could not get the modem
to work.
Before I bought it, I checked
http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/intel/52/rh52-hardware-intel-14.html#ss14.3
and it says that the following (among others) are incompatible modems:
- Plug-and-Play (PNP) modems (these may be set up via isapnptools and
setserial).
- Modems that require software drivers for compression, error
correction, high-speed operation, etc.
- PCI Memory Mapped Modems (these do not act like serial ports)
- Internal SupraExpress 56k
- Internal SupraSonic 56k
- ...
But is says nothing about SupraMax. So I assumed it would work.
I have read now "Modems: Traditional, Controller-less and Soft" white
paper
http://www.supra.com/products/white-papers/communications/c-less_paper.html
and now I am afraid that is too late.
Is it possible to get the modem working in a different OS other that
Windows 9x/NT ?
And is it possible to get the modem working under Linux ?
Thank you
Goncalo
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jan Houtsma <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: [Q] hp printer problem
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:30:45 +0200
Suhng ByuhngMunn wrote:
>
> I have connect hp 710c printer to the /dev/lp0.
>
> And, I have executed a command like below:
>
> # cp test.txt /dev/lp0
>
> But, the printer does not print anything.
>
> In the kernel, the lp0 is detected.
>
> How can I solve this problem?
>
> Thanks in advance!
>
> sbmoon.
http://www.httptech.com/ppa/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert W. Curry)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Win98 PC confused by computer name!!??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:38:09 GMT
On Thu, 09 Sep 1999 14:30:20 -0400, Jack Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
The reason you can "net use" is that Samba is using the netbios name
"jacklinux" to make the connection.
To be able to use tcp/ip tools such as ping you need to make the
appropriate entries in the "hosts" file (NOT LMHOSTS) on your win98 pc
Make certain that your hosts file on the win98 machine is set up
correctly, it sounds like this may not be the case.
good luck, Bob
>1. From win98 PC, I do 'ping jacklinux', it should ping the linux pc,
>but it ping the win98 pc itself instead.
>
>2. But also from win98 pc side, I can do 'net use z: \\jacklinux\test'
>to access some resource of linux pc. This time, win98 pc recognize
>'jacklinux' as correct machine.
>
>3. From win98 pc, I can never do 'telnet jacklinux' and 'ftp jacklinux',
>only can do 'telnet 192.168.0.1' and 'ftp 192.168.0.1'. This time the
>win98 pc is confused by names again.
>
>4. From linux pc side, everything related to the win98 pc name is fine,
>such as 'telnet', 'ftp'.
>
>
>I also check out the '/etc/hosts' file of linux pc and
>'\windows\lmhosts',\windows\hosts' of win98 pc, they're absolutely
>correct.
>
>Could anyone give me some idea?
>
>Thanks a lot!!! Please also email me a copy.
>
>Jack
--
Robert W. Curry KC1IB [EMAIL PROTECTED]
MCP / MCSE http://www.thcs.com
PGP RSA key ID:0x7E4A9793
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From: Sasa Ostrouska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Cannot open root
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:01:09 +0200
Have you tried at lilo prompt to tell linux where is root ?
lilo: linux root=/dev/hda1
Sasa
Ricardo Wagner wrote:
> Yes, I think I got into trouble since I do not have a rescue disk...can
> anyone help?
>
> Dist: RH 6.0, PII 400,256 MB Just upgraded from 128.
>
> Everything worked fine after about 6 hours of doing so many things on my
> box, among them, trying to put Squid to work and a lot of Linuxconf commits,
>
> After a hard reboot got the deadly : "VFS: Cannot open root device 30:5b
> Kernel Panic:
> Unable to mount root on 30:5b"
> came into the scene an cannot get rid of it...
>
> any ideas?.. help pls
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From: Torben Hoffmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Floppy disk problem
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 11:44:54 +0000
Hi there,
I use RH6 and have the following problem with floppy disks:
I make backups of certain files to the floopy using "mcopy" and on one
of my two backup floppies (yes I am paranoid about loosing data) gives
me the following error:
Bad FAT entry 2848 at 2847
Bad FAT entry 2848 at 2847
Bad FAT entry 2848 at 2847
Fat error detected
Could this be due to a defect disk? No, I have tried 10+ disks and they
all give me this error.
The one floppy disk that does not give me an error is a very old disk
(of which I have none left).
Why am I experiencing these problems?
Thanks in advance
Torben
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From: "Robert" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: bad magic number on boot
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.admin,linux.redhat.misc
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:20:22 GMT
I recently re-compiled my kernel (2.2.5-15). When the system boots, it gets
to 'Starting NFS daemon' and hangs with the error: kill_fasync: bad magic
number in fasync_struct
The system will eventually come up in run level 5 (my default). I checked
the message log and it has a problem at the point where it installs knfsd.
When I shutdown the system, it hangs unmounting the file systems and I have
to power off. This cauces a fsck of the root partition at the next boot.
I had changed some of the kernel parameters with xconfig in order to remove
unneeded options, did I remove something I shouldn't? The only network
stuff I need is to connect to my ISP through a dial-up connection. The
dial-up appears to work, but I couldn't access the news server. Any help
would be appreciated.
Robert Moss
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From: Thomas Boggs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: screen capture
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 07:47:49 -0500
You can simply use 'import' if you have ImageMagick installed.
-thomas
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there a generic facility in X to make a screen (or window) capture,
> or do I need to install a thrid-party program?
>
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From: "Ricardo Wagner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Kernel Panic: VFS Cannot open root
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 07:40:37 -0500
Tks Sasa: Your solution worked but with /dev/hda5 ...but now, I am afraid of
rebooting... what happened,, why Linux lost its root mount point.. Is it
now fixed (after successful reboot and FS check)? or should I rdev -R ?..I
am now in PANIC !!
Sasa Ostrouska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Have you tried at lilo prompt to tell linux where is root ?
>
> lilo: linux root=/dev/hda1
>
> Sasa
>
> Ricardo Wagner wrote:
>
> > Yes, I think I got into trouble since I do not have a rescue disk...can
> > anyone help?
> >
> > Dist: RH 6.0, PII 400,256 MB Just upgraded from 128.
> >
> > Everything worked fine after about 6 hours of doing so many things on my
> > box, among them, trying to put Squid to work and a lot of Linuxconf
commits,
> >
> > After a hard reboot got the deadly : "VFS: Cannot open root device
30:5b
> > Kernel Panic:
> > Unable to mount root on 30:5b"
> > came into the scene an cannot get rid of it...
> >
> > any ideas?.. help pls
>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 20:29:21 +0800
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael Teo)
Subject: Re: how to set up news server easily
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Use leafnode.
On Sat, 4 Sep 1999 03:16:42 +0800, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>What's the fastest and easiest way to set up a news server on my Linux
>machine (for just one person who reads news on that machine)? It's
>connected to the net via PPP over a phone line.
>
>System is RH5.2, KDE, kernel 2.2.
>
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>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stan Barr)
Subject: Re: "autoexec.bat"-type service in Linux?
Date: 10 Sep 1999 12:46:31 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:42:46 GMT,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>An ignorant newbie writes:
We were all ignorant newbies once....I still feel that way ;-)
>
>I have been overcome by the desire to regale all users of my Linux
>system with a welcome text which is to be created by a Perl-script
>and which will change daily.
>
>How can I ensure that the script is called up every time a user logs on?
>Under M$-DrOS it would be simply a case of inserting the command in
>AUTOEXEC.BAT . (Not a very good analogy I know, but it's the best I've
>got). What would be the "equivalent" procedure with Linux?
>
Well, a welcome text would normally be put into /etc/motd (message of the day)
which is displayed as soon as the user logs on. Might be more difficult if
you use xdm, though.
--
Cheers,
Stan Barr [EMAIL PROTECTED]
The future was never like this!
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From: "G. Pollack" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I broke my system! (again)
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 12:39:04 GMT
Dominic Hargreaves wrote:
>
> I tried reinstalling xfstt, but rpm moans about a previous
> installation.
>
> Any suggestions, anyone?
>
Did you use rpm's --force option?
--
Gerald Pollack
Dept. of Biology, McGill University
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cannot find libstc++-libc6.1-1.so.2
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:02:50 GMT
I am running Suse 6.0 distribution of Linux and wanted to install Code
Crusader and Code Medic.
The installation of Code Medic failed saying that one of the library
was missing. The library is libstc++-libc6.1-1.so.2. I checked on my
CDs but haven't been able to find it.
Does anyone have any idea in which rpm package I can find this library?
Thank you very much in advance.
Bertrand Sirodot.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]! (T. Garay)
Subject: Re: Boot Problems/Dumb Terminal --
Date: 10 Sep 1999 13:28:11 GMT
I am having the EXACT same problem. Just started a couple of days
ago, too.
You can type "TERM=linux" (caps matter) and that will fix it until the
next reboot. Or "TERM=vt100" and so on depending on what it really
should be for your system.
-Tim
On Wed, 08 Sep 1999 11:37:28 -0400, Dave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
>
> Working with RedHat 6.0 when booting I find that the 'system logger'
>fails to load, and a 'execvp no such file or directory' message is
>displayed, then AMD also fails to load. After boot is complete and I
>telnet into the box I am consistantly hounded by messages like these =
>
> 1.$>pine
> Your terminal of type "dumb", is lacking functions needed to run pine.
>
> 2.$>pico temp
> Incomplete terminfo entry
>
> 3.$>elm
> Your terminal does not support the "clear screen" function (cl)
> Your terminal does not support the "clear to end of line function (ce)
> Your terminal does not support the "clear to end of desplay function
>(cd)
> Your terminal does not support the "cursor motion" function (cm)
> your terminal does not support the "move cursor up" function (cm)
> your terminal does not support the "move cursor right" function (nd)
>
>
> 4.$>info term
> info: Terminal type "dumb" is not smart enough to run info.
>
> When logging in directly from the terminal I have no problems. This
>only happens when I telnet to the system from a remote location.
>This problem was not happening for the first month of activity, and I am
>not aware of doing anything that could have caused it except having to
>restart due to the system not accepting requests for login via telnet,
>from the terminal it would telnet out but wouldn't accept request for
>connection from outside.
>
> $>set term=vt100
> does nothing to help
>
> Could this be related to the System Logger, and AMD failing on boot or
>the execvp file not being found? How would I over come these type of
>failures on boot, and or correct the "dumb" terminal faults?
>
> Any help or suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Reply to
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] Thank you in advance. Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jeffrey C. Dege)
Subject: Re: "autoexec.bat"-type service in Linux?
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:29:53 GMT
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 08:42:46 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>An ignorant newbie writes:
>
>I have been overcome by the desire to regale all users of my Linux
>system with a welcome text which is to be created by a Perl-script
>and which will change daily.
>
>How can I ensure that the script is called up every time a user logs on?
>Under M$-DrOS it would be simply a case of inserting the command in
>AUTOEXEC.BAT . (Not a very good analogy I know, but it's the best I've
>got). What would be the "equivalent" procedure with Linux?
>
>Yours in anticipatory gratitude
Others have pointed you to /etc/motd. The contents of this are displayed
at login (via console or telnet, anyway.)
What I'd like to add is that versions of Redhat prior to 6.0 would
overwrite the contents of /etc/motd at boot. This was done in
/etc/rc.d/rc.local, if I remember correctly. You'll have to comment
out the commands that do this if you are running an older Redhat version
and you want your changes to motd to stick.
--
As I understand it, deconstructionism is a form of literary criticism that
is intended to demonstrate the fundamental meaninglessness of literature.
IMO, what it demonstrates is the fundamental meaninglessness of literary
criticism.
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From: John Soltow <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: How do I delete mail from Netscape?
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:51:06 -0400
kev wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I've been right through some of my mail folders in order to delete the
> ones I don't need (Netscape kept crashing with large mail folders).
> However, the size of the folders on disk has not changed. And, because
> deleting something moves it to the Trash folder (then I deleted it from
> there), my Trash mail file is now 68Mb, even though there is 'nothing'
> in there when viewing the Trash folder in Messenger. How do I make
> Netscape delete the messages it reckons are already deleted?
>
> Thanks,
>
> - Kev
Click "File", click "Compact all folders"
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From: K. Bjarnason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 06:22:48 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> It was the Wed, 8 Sep 1999 09:11:54 -0700...
> ..and K. Bjarnason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Leeching fractals is worse, because you could simply fetch the data
> > > and generate the graphics yourself.
> > >
> > > In fact, leeching fractals could be one of the dumbest-yet ways of
> > > replacing computational power by bandwidth.
> >
> >
> > I'll remember that. I've run several fractals which, even at 1024x768
> > have taken several days to generate. Compared to (for my setup, at any
> > rate) about a second and a half to download the .gif, this makes my mind
> > boggle.
> >
> > Assuming 3 days and 3 seconds, your method is 86,400 times less
> > efficient. Let me guess; you're an advocate of single-user, single-
> > tasking OSen, too. :)
>
> This is not about efficiency, but about being considerate towards
> other people. *You*'re the one with the single-user mentality here.
> Computational power is yours alone, if your computer computes, no load
> is put on other people's machines. However, the bandwidth you waste
> downloading a 1024x768 image from the Net is shared with other people.
And I should care why?
Put it this way: I download a handful of fractals a week; total traffic
on the order of 5-10Mb per week. Dr. Porn on the other hand, typically
downloads 1-2Mb a minute, when he's on.
Assuming 500Kb/minute for him, and 10Mb/week for me, and assuming he
spends 2 hours a day doing it, his total usage is 420Mb - compared to my
10. You're complaining that I'm having 42 times less impact on things
than Dr. Porn? And your answer to this is to use an approach which is
86,000 times less efficient, in my terms?
Usability isn't a big issue for you, is it? :)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Looking for the kernel...
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:46:12 GMT
In article <7rajd7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <7raere$tss$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
>
> >how can I locate the kernel so I can give LILO something to boot
with?
>
> you deleted the kernel? not good.
Nope, I didn't say I deleted it. I just can't find it. The system as
installed still boots with the help of the installation CD (NB: not
_from_ the CD); the kernel must be there somewhere.
What happened is this: I installed SuSE 6.1 and set up LILO to boot
Linux and Windoze 95.
This was fine; then I started to play around with LILO. Quite what
happened I don't remember, but I became unable to locate the kernel, so
didn't have anything to put in the image = ... line. IIRC correctly the
lilo.conf provided by YaST (which I managed to delete) didn't specify
any kernel image, ie there was nothing following "image = ".
Unfortunately I have very little (ie no) experience of kernels and have
no idea whether it's normal for them not to be where the handbook says
it should be, or what.
> >I was mucking around with a perfectly functioning LILO configuration
> >under SuSE 6.1 and managed to delete the backup of the original
> >lilo.conf (duuuh ;-) ). Now I can't find the kernel location.
According
> >to the SuSE manual it should be /boot/vmlinuz, but I'm darned if I
can
> >find it there or anywhere else.
> >
>
> you do not have a /boot directory either? you deleted that too? not
good.
Nope, I didn't say I haven't got a /boot directory. It's still there
with all the relevant files, except the kernel.
> >So: how can I run the kernel to ground? It must be in there
somewhere,
> >but where?
> >
>
> I do not know what "run kernel to gound" means?
I meant how can I corner the bastard, I know it's in there somewhere.
but to build the
kernel,
> go to /usr/src/linux; and type make zImage. see documentation.
>
Well, there's a first time for everything.
>
> You could always search your whole file system:
>
> cd /; find . -name vmlinuz
>
> \nasser
Thanks.
Schablonski
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From: Marco Costa <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: SupraMAX 56k PCI Modem and Red Hat 5.2
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:29:13 +0100
Hi.
I bought a SupraMax 56k PCI and it works fine under Windows 9x/NT.
I tried to use it under Red Hat Linux 5.2 and I could not get the modem
to work.
Before I bought it, I checked
http://www.redhat.com/corp/support/hardware/intel/52/rh52-hardware-intel-14.html#ss14.3
and it says that the following (among others) are incompatible modems:
- Plug-and-Play (PNP) modems (these may be set up via isapnptools and
setserial).
- Modems that require software drivers for compression, error
correction, high-speed operation, etc.
- PCI Memory Mapped Modems (these do not act like serial ports)
- Internal SupraExpress 56k
- Internal SupraSonic 56k
- ...
But is says nothing about SupraMax. So I assumed it would work.
I have read now "Modems: Traditional, Controller-less and Soft" white
paper
http://www.supra.com/products/white-papers/communications/c-less_paper.html
and now I am afraid that is too late.
Is it possible to get the modem working in a different OS other that
Windows 9x/NT ?
And is it possible to get the modem working under Linux ?
Thank you
Marco Costa
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Luke Th. Bullock" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: POP problem - ERR being read already /usr/spool/mail.....
Date: 10 Sep 1999 14:05:44 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc the GURU Guy van Baalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I know there's going to be an easy answer to this, but.....
>My POP server / mail host is returning the error message:
>-ERR being read already /usr/spool/mail/mymailfilename
delete the lock:
rm /usr/tmp/.pop/<username>
--
/Luke
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: CDR software for linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:44:26 GMT
There are a number of X client front-ends that provide a pretty, GUI interface
to the CD recording commandline tools. Look for "xcdroast" or "cdrtoaster" on
Freshmeat or Linuxburg.
On Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:09:28 -0400, "Couch, George (EXCHANGE:CAR:SC11)"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone know of any software for linux that allows me to write audio
>CDR's, which is user-friendly? So far I've only found programs where
>I have to enter in a long, complicated command with alot of switches.
>Isn't there anything for X-Windows that has a nice user interface?
>
>
>Thanks!
>George Couch
>
>
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant
Toronto Dominion Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: r d ramey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for the kernel...
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 09:11:00 -0500
You might check /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot to see if there is a copy
of the kernel lurking there. It may be called bzImage or zImage. If
you find it, just copy it to /boot as vmlinuz. On the other hand,
re-making it isn't very hard.
Dwayne.
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From: K. Bjarnason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 06:28:49 -0700
[snips]
In article <7r7bhp$coc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> Repeat after me: A CD is not a vinyl record. A CD is not a vinyl record.
> A CD is not a vinyl record.
Nope; and the former is more user-friendly than the latter. Smaller,
easier to store, less prone to sound degradation from scratching.
> Repeat after me: A car is not a horse drawn carriage. A car is not a horse drawn
>carriage. A car is not a horse drawn carriage.
And the former is more user-friendly than the latter. True, both horse
and car "get sick" - but cars are generally more readily and rapidly
repaired. There's no need to carry a poop scoop around. Cars go
considerably faster and considerably further in the same amount of time.
> Repeat after me: An electric fridge is not a box that holds huge slabs
> of ice. An electric fridge is not a box that holds huge slabs of
> ice. An electric fridge is not a box that holds huge slabs of ice.
And the former is more user-friendly than the latter.
> Repeat after me: Linux is not Windows. Linux is not Windows. Linux is not
> Windows.
And the former is...
Oh, yeah, *that's* why it's going to take over. Missed that point, did
you?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (otto)
Subject: How do you pronounce Linux?
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 14:38:41 GMT
Is it Lie-nux or Lynn-ux? I've heard it both ways.
Thanks.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Philip W. Darnowsky)
Subject: Re: Figure Out The MS Source Code Yourself
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.apps,comp.os.linux.development.system
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 13:53:40 GMT
bilge ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: You havent read the digital millennium copyright act. It provides
: for criminal penalties if you even interfere with the normal
: functioning of the software as determined by the copyright holder.
: Then things take a turn for the worse...
This is *truly* disturbing. Does this mean that Microsoft can hold users
responsible for BSODs? After all, despite what we uppity Unix geeks might
think, the "normal functioning" of Microsoft ware is to do stuff, not to
crash. And if it's determined by the copyright holder, all MS has to do
is declare working to be the normal state of affairs.
Talk about a new connotation of "illegal instruction"...
--
===============================================================
Phil Darnowsky [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Remove spam, eggs, bacon, spam, and dot to reply.
"I'd use 'Hitler-Ware' if it would get the job done."
--Terry Fry
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From: K. Bjarnason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: General Rant from a Linux Newbie
Date: Fri, 10 Sep 1999 07:06:35 -0700
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> On Wed, 8 Sep 1999 23:00:49 -0700, K. Bjarnason
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > No, like a car owner wanting to *drive* his car without knowing how the
> > engine works. Why should he? He's not (necessarily) a mechanic. He
> > buys a car as a tool for driving. He buys a computer - which includes
> > the applications and OS - as a tool, to do work.
>
> Funny you should mention that. In most places, you have to get a
> driving license. This usually means lessons and a test.
>
> > By your analogy, nobody should be able to drive a car unless they can
> > rebuild the engine.
>
> The car analogy is flawed, simply because you can't drive a car
> without a license.
Last I checked, that license did _not_ include how to rebuild an engine.
You had a point?
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