Linux-Misc Digest #806, Volume #23 Fri, 10 Mar 00 13:13:06 EST
Contents:
Re: updating kernel (Andy9701)
Re: File length limitation (Dances With Crows)
Re: Nameserver not working (Dances With Crows)
Re: New to linux - need firewall/nat ("Tim Hicks")
Re: Microsoft Intelli Explorer USB Mouse (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express or Pegasus Mail? (Norbert
Lieckfeldt)
Need Proxy software for Linux (Jonathan Lau)
Re: Redhat Versions ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: updating kernel (Dances With Crows)
Re: File length limitation (Lew Pitcher)
Re: Need Proxy software for Linux (John Nelson)
Re: Need Proxy software for Linux (Brian Johnson)
RedHat boot problem (Rob Harper)
Re: Nameserver not working (Andreas Kahari)
Re: win2000 + linux client (Dances With Crows)
Windows95 32 GB drive size limitation (Peter Lu)
Re: best way to make BACKUP image of hard drive (Luke)
Re: Need Proxy software for Linux (Andreas Kahari)
Re: Need Proxy software for Linux ("Tim Haynes")
Re: LIL- (LILO boot error) ("Steve Gage")
Re: RedHat boot problem ("Tim Haynes")
Re: a good freeware mpeg video player for Linux? (Minko Markov)
Want help on linux..Radhat More Go here ("SEATTLE")
Linux for HP (Matthias Honal)
Re: VB to LINUX (Vilmos Soti)
Re: Telnet problems with Linux console (Paul Kimoto)
how to bind to port < 1024 (OT) (thomas park)
Re: how to bind to port < 1024 (OT) ("Paul Lutus")
Re: newbie tries patching (Paul Kimoto)
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From: Andy9701 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: updating kernel
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:04:41 GMT
I think you'll find this url useful:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/compiling/kernelcomp.html
It's a file explaining, in detail, how to compile a new kernel and boot
to it. I found the article extremely helpful - I had no idea to do
this, and had no problems following the steps in the article.
Hope this helps,
Andy
In article <_b8y4.3084$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Norman Zhang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have updated kernel, compile and everything. But I don't know how
to make
> Linux to boot into the new kernel. I have compiled a new kernel in
> /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage. I have a /boot partition. Do I
just
> copy the bzImage into /boot? Every time I boot my system, Redhat
still says
> 2.2.12-20. But I have updated to 2.2.14. Please help. TIA.
>
> Norman
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: File length limitation
Date: 10 Mar 2000 11:11:12 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 9 Mar 2000 14:25:21 +0100, G Caraballo
<<8a88ka$4lq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
> I'm downloading a txt file with almost 3Gb. When I've downloaded 2Gb.
>the ftp exits and says that file is too long. Are there any limitation in
>the length of a file?
If the filesystem is ext2 and the system is 32-bit, there is a maximum
file size of 2G. Kernel developers are working on removing this
limitation for the Intel architecture, and this limitation has never been
present in the Alpha or 64-bit Sparc.
(3G of text? $DEITY, _Moby-Dick_ is about 1.5M, so this is a whopping lot
of text. Probably far too much text for a person to read in 3 years!)
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Nameserver not working
Date: 10 Mar 2000 11:19:41 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 12:29:31 +0100, Torben Hoffmann
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
shouted forth into the ether:
>
>I am using RH 6.1 and I have added two nameservers to my system
>(in /etc/resolv.conf)
>
>nameserver 129.x.y.z
>nameserver 129.a.b.c
[snip]
/etc/resolv.conf must contain another line:
search thisdomain.xxx otherdomain.yyy
nameserver 129.x.y.z
nameserver 129.a.b.c
Without the "search" line, it won't work very well if at all. If your
machine's hostname is foo.bar.com, then the search line would probably
read "search bar.com". Try this in addition to what Andreas said...
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: "Tim Hicks" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: New to linux - need firewall/nat
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:01:36 GMT
Having read a little on websites and on ng's I was going to go with Corel,
but I wonder whether it provides the options for not installing "more than I
need" that you mention.
tim
"R. Sean Fulton" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Questions:
> >
> > 1) What is the most appropriate distribution for my needs? I have
heard
> > that Corel is designed with ease of use in mind. I know that RedHat
seems
> > to be the most widely recognised.
> >
>
> Any will do. Just don't install more (like X, Gnome, etc.) than you need.
>
> >
> > 2) With my non-existent experience of linux, will I be able to setup
the
> > services that I require on my own (or perhaps, if I'm lucky, with some
help
> > from you guys here!)?
>
> For a quick start use the firewall configuration tool available at
> http://www.linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html . But don't
stop
> there. Read all the appropriate docs so you know what you're getting into.
>
> >
> > 3) Is my 486 up to the task of running this service for a lan that
will
> > normally have just 2 computers, but may need to take up to 4.
>
> Absolutely. You could probably throw a light-traffic web server, e-mail
server
> and squid cache on there too.
>
> -Sean
>
>
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Microsoft Intelli Explorer USB Mouse
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:35:56 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Ok,
>
> I have RH 6.1 installed. I have got a new Miucrosoft Intelli Explorer
> Mouse with a USB port connector. Any ideas on how to hook up this
> one ???
>
> thanks in advance
>
> regards
> beyboo
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Get a 2.4 kernel which presumably has USB support?
--
Jean-David Beyer .~.
/V\
Shrewsbury, New Jersey /( )\
Registered Linux User 85642. ^^-^^
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From: Norbert Lieckfeldt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What's the linux equivalent of Outlook Express or Pegasus Mail?
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:34:57 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>>
>> Hello all,
>> linux (I have installed three different distributions on my PC) is
>> something I love, about which I have learned a lot over the past year
>> or so.
>> I have a single problem though that I don't seem too find a solution
>> for, no matter how hard I have been looking around.....
>> I would like to install a simple program that does what e-mail clients
>> such as Outlook Express and Pegasus Mail used to do for me with Win95,
>> that is, download and send e-mail messages utilizing several pop3/smtp
>> servers. I do not intend to have my own server installed in my linux
>> box, but just a simple client that allows me to use other external
>> servers to handle my mail. People have suggested that I install
>> fetchmail for downloading pop3 and something similar to sendmail for
>> handling smtp.
>> My question is, isn't there a less complicated way to achieve what I
>> want? I mean, I can easily send smtp messages by telnetting to a smtp
>> server and typing a few lines. Downloading pop3 messages should be even
>> simpler than that, so why isn't there a simple client I can easily
>> install, simple to use, designed to do just that as easily as any Win95
>> e-mail client does it?
There is a client called XFmail (I think) that does that. I tried it
briefly, but went back to Pine.
N.
--
Norbert Lieckfeldt
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 11:43:08 -0500
From: Jonathan Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Need Proxy software for Linux
I'm looking for a FREE proxy software for my Redhat Linux 6.1. Basically,
I have a cable modem and I want to share my internet access between 2
computers.
When I run Windows 95, I use WinProxy 3.0 and it does the job of internet
sharing superbly. But it also acts as a firewall and blocks incoming TCP
and UDP connections to all ports.
Is there a similar Proxy/Firewall software for Linux... that is FREE too ?
--
Jonathan Lau
email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Redhat Versions ?
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:36:22 GMT
In article <8aai13$4vp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I want to know whats new from Redhat version 4 to 5 and from 5 to 6.
> Where do i find out ? Or should i just go with the lastest ?
>
4.2 -> 5.0
changed from libc5 to glibc2 (also called libc6). Lots of patches came
out for 5.0 afterwards; definitely avoid it.
5.0 -> 5.1
Bugfixes mostly. I actually had good luck with 5.1 (definitely better
than 5.0), although others still had glibc problems, as I recall.
5.1 -> 5.2
(this is a sketchy part of my memory) Changed from glibc2.0 to 2.1, I
think. These are different enough that some things break, but that was
a problem with glibc, not RedHat.
5.2 -> 6.0
Kernel changed from 2.0.36 to 2.2.5. Transition was much smoother than
transition from libc5 to glibc. There have been several bugfixes to
this as well, but they weren't nearly as serious as 5.0's, and have come
out over a much longer period of time.
6.0 -> 6.1
Bugfixes, new graphical install program if installing from CD-ROM.
6.1 is DEFINITELY the one you want to get, if you're interested in using
RedHat. Most of the bugfixes since 6.0 are in there, as well as updated
KDE and GNOME.
OTOH, the 6.2 beta is out, so 6.2 probably isn't too far behind...and
Red Hat's stock needs a boost...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: updating kernel
Date: 10 Mar 2000 11:52:26 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 07:18:52 -0800, Norman Zhang
<<_b8y4.3084$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>
>I have updated kernel, compile and everything. But I don't know how to make
>Linux to boot into the new kernel. I have compiled a new kernel in
>/usr/src/linux/arch/i386/boot/bzImage. I have a /boot partition. Do I just
>copy the bzImage into /boot? Every time I boot my system, Redhat still says
>2.2.12-20. But I have updated to 2.2.14. Please help. TIA.
This is a FAQ. Please read them, or at least read the Kernel-Compiling
HOWTO at http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Kernel-Compiling-HOWTO.html
Once you've copied the bzImage and System.map to /boot, you need to edit
/etc/lilo.conf so that it contains the following lines:
image=/boot/bzImage
label=new
root=/dev/hdXX # replace with root device here
Then,
# lilo
and you should see
Added linux *
Added new
Added DOS
...next time you reboot, enter "new" at the LILO prompt. Your new kernel
should boot. There are many things you can do with lilo.conf ; read the
LILO documentation which is probably available in /usr/doc/packages/lilo/
and/or consult the HOWTOs on the site I mentioned above. Make sure you
keep the old kernel around so you can still boot your machine if you
screwed up when making the new kernel! (I did that--compiled ELF binary
support as a module, I did, and absolutely nothing functioned after
bootup...)
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: File length limitation
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:52:41 GMT
On 10 Mar 2000 11:11:12 EST, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances
With Crows) wrote:
>(3G of text? $DEITY, _Moby-Dick_ is about 1.5M, so this is a whopping lot
>of text. Probably far too much text for a person to read in 3 years!)
That's only about 400,000 pages of host print (133 byte lines, 60
lines per page). A weekly report for some mainframe applications would
be greater than that. Perhaps he's FTPing a mainframe report to his
system to be printed or archived?
Lew Pitcher
System Consultant
Toronto Dominion Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nelson)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Need Proxy software for Linux
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 08:54:09 -0800
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you say...
> I'm looking for a FREE proxy software for my Redhat Linux 6.1. Basically,
> I have a cable modem and I want to share my internet access between 2
> computers.
>
> When I run Windows 95, I use WinProxy 3.0 and it does the job of internet
> sharing superbly. But it also acts as a firewall and blocks incoming TCP
> and UDP connections to all ports.
>
> Is there a similar Proxy/Firewall software for Linux... that is FREE too ?
Read up on "ipchains".
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From: Brian Johnson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Need Proxy software for Linux
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:59:45 GMT
you can use ipchains masquerading which I prefer to a proxy personally (read
the ipchains howto at www.linuxdoc.org)
or for a proxy server (which if you use it with ipchains you can make it work
transparantly and get the benifits of both) check out squid (squid.nlanr.net
I believe, if not you can search for it on www.freshmeat.net)
enjoy!
-Brian
Jonathan Lau wrote:
> I'm looking for a FREE proxy software for my Redhat Linux 6.1. Basically,
> I have a cable modem and I want to share my internet access between 2
> computers.
>
> When I run Windows 95, I use WinProxy 3.0 and it does the job of internet
> sharing superbly. But it also acts as a firewall and blocks incoming TCP
> and UDP connections to all ports.
>
> Is there a similar Proxy/Firewall software for Linux... that is FREE too ?
>
> --
> Jonathan Lau
> email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Rob Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: RedHat boot problem
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:50:18 +0000
Hi,
Having compiled a new kernel 2.2.5-15 (keeping old one of course), when
booting up it boots fine until "Finding Module dependencies" then it
just freezes. This happens on the old kernel too!!
Anybody know what's going on?
Cheers, Rob
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Nameserver not working
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 16:49:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 12:29:31 +0100, Torben Hoffmann
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>>
> shouted forth into the ether:
> >
> >I am using RH 6.1 and I have added two nameservers to my system
> >(in /etc/resolv.conf)
> >
> >nameserver 129.x.y.z
> >nameserver 129.a.b.c
> [snip]
>
> /etc/resolv.conf must contain another line:
>
> search thisdomain.xxx otherdomain.yyy
> nameserver 129.x.y.z
> nameserver 129.a.b.c
>
> Without the "search" line, it won't work very well if at all. If your
> machine's hostname is foo.bar.com, then the search line would probably
> read "search bar.com". Try this in addition to what Andreas said...
[cut]
I've never used the search list. It only slows the DNS lookups down...
/A
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# Andreas K�h�ri, Uppsala University, Sweden
#
# Hello Echelon!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: win2000 + linux client
Date: 10 Mar 2000 12:11:05 EST
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 07:48:31 +0000, Robin Becker
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I can get the Linux machine to see the local net and even ping the
>win2000 machine which is the gateway, but I can't seem to reach the
>outside world even when the other machine is fully dialled out.
# route add default gw 111.222.333.444 (replace with the IP address of
the Lose2K box, of course.) Did you try that? Also make sure that the
Linux box's DNS servers are set up right. /etc/resolv.conf should look
kind of like this:
search domain.com
nameserver xxx.yyy.zzz.www
nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
You have to replace those with your real DNS addresses, of course.
An alternative would be to configure the Lose2K box as a DHCP server and
run dhclient on the Linux box, but that might be more trouble than it's
worth... especially if "DHCP Server" is a $50 add-on for 2K!
>When the same hardware runs win98 as a client it easily sees the outside
>via the gateway and if the phone isn't dialled will cause a dial out as
>required.
I don't know if the automatic dial-out will work with the Linux client,
but try it and see....
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows \ In the MS-DOStrix,
There is no Darkness in Eternity \----\ there is no fork().
But only Light too dim for us to see \
===== Usenet: ceci n'est pas une guerre des flammes =====
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Peter Lu)
Subject: Windows95 32 GB drive size limitation
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:15:06 GMT
I'm posting this to the Linux group because Linux people may have more
insight into the implementation of Windows95 and FAT32.
Windows95 OSR2 has a 32 GB drive size limitation, per Microsoft Knowledge
Base article Q246818. Does anyone know what "32 GB" really means in
byte count, so that I can partition my 36 GB drive in such a way that the
last FAT32 partition just reaches the boundary. I tried 32 * 1024 * 1024
* 1024 = 34359738368, but this seems too large, as my first partition
gets corrupted when the last FAT32 partition gets written near the
maximum boundary. The number 32 * 1000 * 1000 * 1000 = 32000000000 may
be workable, but does not make sense in light of the binary nature of
file system pointers/counters. Thanks for any insight. I don't want to
go to Windows98 because it is unstable and incompatible to a lot of my
apps.
Peter Lu
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Luke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: best way to make BACKUP image of hard drive
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:19:28 GMT
I'm not so sure my Pop would jump at spending $750 on a home network. :)
> I hate to state the obvious, but a SERVER with NO BACKUP?
>
> Tape drives are a lot cheaper than data or the time it would take to rig
> something that may not work..
>
> You can tarball the whole file system, but why not just get BRU and a
> tape drive? Less than $750 US at today's prices.
>
> --Yan
>
> Luke wrote:
> >
> > After I get a server tuned and running perfectly, I would like to make
> > an image of the disk so that if anything fails or if it gets cracked
> > I'll have a good starting point. I don't have any backup devices (tape
> > drives, cdr, etc...), only a few other win98 computers on the lan.
> > Could I just put the entire filesystem into a tarball and ftp it to
> > another computer? How would one restore this if you had to wipe out the
> > hard disk? Any other better solutions for a simple situation like this?
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Need Proxy software for Linux
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:14:36 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jonathan Lau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm looking for a FREE proxy software for my Redhat Linux 6.1.
Basically,
> I have a cable modem and I want to share my internet access between 2
> computers.
>
> When I run Windows 95, I use WinProxy 3.0 and it does the job of
internet
> sharing superbly. But it also acts as a firewall and blocks incoming
TCP
> and UDP connections to all ports.
>
> Is there a similar Proxy/Firewall software for Linux... that is FREE
too ?
>
> --
> Jonathan Lau
> email : [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
Did you bother to look on the web?
Squid is the answer.
/A
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# Andreas K�h�ri, Uppsala University, Sweden
#
# Hello Echelon!
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From: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Need Proxy software for Linux
Date: 10 Mar 2000 17:19:14 +0000
Reply-To: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Nelson) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, you say...
> > I'm looking for a FREE proxy software for my Redhat Linux 6.1.
> > Basically, I have a cable modem and I want to share my internet access
> > between 2 computers.
> >
> > When I run Windows 95, I use WinProxy 3.0 and it does the job of
> > internet sharing superbly. But it also acts as a firewall and blocks
> > incoming TCP and UDP connections to all ports.
> >
> > Is there a similar Proxy/Firewall software for Linux... that is FREE
> > too ?
>
> Read up on "ipchains".
And squid, too. Squid for proxying, ipchains for firewalling.
~Tim
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From: "Steve Gage" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LIL- (LILO boot error)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:20:49 GMT
"-=sandy=-" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:<952695951.236184730@mxgate>...
>
> >From the Lilo User's Guide.
> >
> >LIL- The descriptor table is corrupt. This can either be caused
> >by a geometry mismatch or by moving /boot/map without running
> >the map installer.
> >
> >You might try removing the lilo package and then reinstalling
> >it.
> >
>
> ive had it happen 2 or 4 time. all times caused by incorrectly configured
or
> incampatible hardware.
> causes ive seen were: faulty FAST PAGE/EDO memory,
> BIOS didnt support the size of hard disk being used.
> installing it one one computer then moving the disk to another computer
> (althought that was related to my second reason)
I've just had this happen to me. I have LILO in the Linux boot partition,
not the MBR. I get there via the win2k boot manager. All was working well
until I recompiled my kernel and ran LILO to get things squared away. On the
next boot, I got LIL-.
What command exactly is the "map installer"?
- Steve
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From: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RedHat boot problem
Date: 10 Mar 2000 17:24:18 +0000
Reply-To: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Rob Harper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Having compiled a new kernel 2.2.5-15 (keeping old one of course), when
> booting up it boots fine until "Finding Module dependencies" then it just
> freezes. This happens on the old kernel too!!
(2.2.5 is not new.)
> Anybody know what's going on?
You need less caffeine. Relax. Slow down. Buy a good book. Reboot before
starting to read it, then by the time you've finished it might have done
the module dependency things.
Goodness knows why it's so slow, but so it goes.
~Tim
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Subject: Re: a good freeware mpeg video player for Linux?
From: Minko Markov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:33:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink) writes:
> On Fri, 10 Mar 2000 07:15:23 GMT Minko Markov <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Under Debian, plaympeg is part of the smpeg package.
Thanks, I found it for Red Hat as well. But it is exactly the same
as mtvp - play the mpeg with no control. gtv, part of the smpeg
package too, adds the ability to pause and move a frame ahead, but,
unfortunately, no easy way to navigate forward/backward.
--
Minko
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From: "SEATTLE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Want help on linux..Radhat More Go here
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:36:47 GMT
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From: Matthias Honal <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Linux for HP
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 18:39:39 +0100
Hi!
I have two old HP-machines but no operation system for them. Does any
one know, wether there is a LINUX that works together with HP machines.
Or where eles can I get a (free) operating system for them except from
(the very expensive) HP-UX?
Thanks a lot,
Matthias
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Subject: Re: VB to LINUX
From: Vilmos Soti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:38:11 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
> This might look a bit far fetched but I am really intrested in knowing
> if any one out here knows anything about some possibility to port VB
> code to LINUX(or any other UNIX version for that matter).May be some
> cross compiler to convert VB to UNIX/C ?
> Thanks in advance
A couple of years back I have seen something like a runtime library.
Unofortunately I don't remember where i saw it. If I am right, it was
developed by a company.
Vilmos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Telnet problems with Linux console
Date: 10 Mar 2000 12:43:52 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Floyd Davidson wrote:
> with only one variable to set
> there is no real need to use the env command to envoke telnet.
> Just
>
> $ TERM=vt100 telnet host.domain
>
>will do the trick.
There are two advantages to using env(1):
* you don't contaminate the shell's environment with the modified values
* the syntax doesn't depend on sh/csh/bash/zsh/ksh/tcsh
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: thomas park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c++
Subject: how to bind to port < 1024 (OT)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 12:44:09 -0500
Hi -
Apologies in advance, as this is a UNIX-centric question.
I was just wondering if anybody knew of a way to bind a socket to a port
< 1024 when running as an *unpriviledged* user?
So far, I've thought of writing an SUID wrapper, or making the server
itself SUID and then relinquishing root priviledges after bind'ing.
Just curious if anyone knew of another method, or if anyone had a
thought as to which method was "better" in terms of security.
thanks,
thomas
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From: "Paul Lutus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c++
Subject: Re: how to bind to port < 1024 (OT)
Date: Fri, 10 Mar 2000 17:49:13 GMT
> Apologies in advance, as this is a UNIX-centric question.
You know your post is off-topic. Why did you post?
Please post to an appropriate newsgroup.
--
Paul Lutus
www.arachnoid.com
thomas park <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi -
>
> Apologies in advance, as this is a UNIX-centric question.
>
> I was just wondering if anybody knew of a way to bind a socket to a port
> < 1024 when running as an *unpriviledged* user?
>
> So far, I've thought of writing an SUID wrapper, or making the server
> itself SUID and then relinquishing root priviledges after bind'ing.
>
> Just curious if anyone knew of another method, or if anyone had a
> thought as to which method was "better" in terms of security.
>
> thanks,
> thomas
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: newbie tries patching
Date: 10 Mar 2000 12:50:23 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8aae9g$2m7$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> 1. Why does the at the URL below end with .gz?
>
> I tried gunzip-ping this patch and it says its not a gzip file.
>
> http://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v2.0/patch-2.0.33.gz
What does file(1) tell you about the resulting file?
Sometimes web browsers (e.g., netscape) will uncompress the file before
putting it in the filesystem, but (bizarrely) fail to remove the ".gz".
> 2. If I run
>
> patch -p0 < patch-2.0.33.gz
>
> as told in the Kernel-HOWTO, I get an error saying something like
> 'hmm...this appears to be a recursive...(something)'
>
> and basically all my hunks end up failing to patch.
Are you _sure_ that this is the message? It is better to transcribe
the exact text.
Are you trying to apply the patch to the exact, unaltered 2.0.32 source
code as released by Linus Torvalds? Note that your distributor may have
already applied some patches. Also note that the latest 2.0.* version is
2.0.38.
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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