Linux-Misc Digest #864, Volume #23 Thu, 16 Mar 00 13:13:05 EST
Contents:
Re: remove lilo from logical fat disk (Leonard Evens)
Re: Help with Linux advocacy (Leonard Evens)
Re: urgent: /dev/st0 readonly !! (Leonard Evens)
Re: learning to compile (Andreas Kahari)
Re: Whats best way to set up dial-in to the linux box ppp? (M. Buchenrieder)
telnet, keyboard-mappings, emulations.. (Patrick Erler)
Re: Linux emulation on WinNT? (Luke)
Re: StarOffice network installation ("Lee Baxter")
Re: unkillable linux box (Vincent C. Jones)
Re: unix commands (Ewan Dunbar)
Print to HP4050N ("Nottingham Rob")
Update: SuSe 6.3 rescue disk not working (Rick Wessman)
Re: unix commands (James Silverton)
Re: XFree86 on Redhat Linux 6.1 (Bob Tennent)
Re: scsi tape compatibility problem? (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: Old dos game for Linux (Hans Dumbrajs)
PostgreSQL ("Aaron Walsh")
Re: AOpen .. Lothar ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: new version of RPM ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help installing Libs.. ("Jobath")
Re: What are frame errors? (Steve)
Linux/Win2K dual-boot issues? (Steve D. Perkins)
Cant detect printer port ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Linux emulation on WinNT? (Andrew J. Perrin)
Re: Opinion on Windows emulators? (Andrew J. Perrin)
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: remove lilo from logical fat disk
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:59:14 -0600
scott_wu wrote:
>
> Dear all:
> I install LILO in a logcal FAT disk
> which cause my data missing, LILO can'y work too
> How can I save my FAT disk back
>
> Partiton table like this
> Primary --- NT 2039MB
> Primary --- 98 500MB
> Extend --- 3500MB
> logical ---2039 MB FAT ===> LILO install here cause data missing,
> LILO can't work too
> logoial ---500MB Linux swap ===> Another LILO ,work properly
> logical ---1000MB Linux native
>
> How can I save the data at logical disk which under extend partition back
>
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/
I'm not sure exactly what you did, but
lilo -u
should undo whatever you did the first time you ran lilo.
More specifically, you should find a file or files of the
form boot.XXXX in /boot where XXXX is a numerical code indicating
which partition it came from. lilo -u is supposed to write this
back, but you can also do it directly with a dd command
dd if=/boot/boot.XXXX /dev/YYYY bs=512 count=1
where XXXX is the proper number and YYYY is the device for the
logical partition. But you shouldn't use dd unless you thoroughly
understand what you are doing. The above command does a
direct copy of 512 bytes from one location to the other
and count=1 tells it to do it once. You have to make sure
you have the if and of right or you could thoroughly mess
things up. Also, if you leave out count=1, you run the
risk of overwriting your whole disk.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Linux advocacy
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 09:52:18 -0600
John Loukidels wrote:
>
> I work in the corporate world where Linux is only a far off rumour, at
> least as far as the vast majority of users are concerned. To help me
> illustrate the power of Linux to my colleagues, if I were so
> inclined, I though I could give the following example.
>
> Let's assume I want to set up a small office computer system. Let's
> say there will be two consultants in the office and one secretary. It
> seems to me that I have two alternatives:
>
> 1. I could go out and buy three standard desktops loaded with the
> usual suspects when it comes to software (Win NT with MS Office).
> Total cost: about CDN$9,000. I'd have to network them, and because
> I'm not that technologically sophisticated, I would hire a
> consultant to do it for me. I don't know how much that would cost,
> but let's say it would be another CDN$1,000.
>
> 2. As an alternative, I could go out and buy one kick-ass machine, a
> Linux distribution that includes Netscape and StarOffice 5.1 and
> two legacy machines (say 486 66's with 24MB RAM each etc). My
> guess is that that would cost me about CDN$4,000. I would hire a
> Linux consultant to network the machines (also for CDN$1,000?) so
> that the legacy boxes would be X terminals used by the consultants.
> Not only is this solution much cheaper, but I get easier software
> administration, no-headache intra-office email, no-headache net
> access, no-headache file sharing, no-headache printer sharing etc.
> The question is, is it realistic to expect the kick-ass box to be
> able to run three X sessions where each session is running SO 5.1
> and Navigator (these programs are mighty big pigs after all)?
>
> Thoughts anyone?
>
> --
> John Loukidelis
It doesn't make much sense to try to run X terminals under Linux.
But you ought to be able to get a quite reasonable collection
of PCs running Linux for something under $1500 (US) per machine.
I suspect the initial setup for Linux won't differ that much
from the initial cost for Windows machines, but it will be
less because the applications software won't cost as much.
Where you will really save is in the cost of maintaining
the software. Upgrading the OS will be essentially free, and
if you concentrate on freely available applications software,
that will be also.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: urgent: /dev/st0 readonly !!
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:01:58 -0600
peter pilsl wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] told us...
>
> solved !!
> the mechanical write-protection-slider on the front of the
> tapes is a very clever construct. even when you set it on
> writeable it may slide to lock when you dont insert the
> media very careful !!
> it appears that there is also some state in between, cause
> the friday- and saturday- and sundaybackup are written on
> the same tape, cause there is noone to change it on the
> weekend and last week the fridaybackup was ok and the
> following where not !
>
> peter
>
> --
> pilsl@
> goldfisch.atat.at
It is interesting how often the problem is exactly what it
says it is. I'm embarassed to say although exactly this
problem has happened to me before, I didn't immediately
see what the problem was when I read the first posting.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: Andreas Kahari <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: learning to compile
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 15:57:16 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <8aorrt$6oq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Andreas Kahari wrote:
> > In article <8aoo33$a85$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Paul) wrote:
> >> I'm trying to move beyond RPM's and compile my own programs.
>
> > You are welcome to join the comp.lang.c, comp.lang.c++ and
> > alt.comp.lang.learn.c-c++ forums to gain greater knowledge!
>
> I don't know about the others, but comp.lang.c is about "writing
> programs in (standard) C", not "operating your C development
> environment".
>
> --
> Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>
Yes?
That ought to be the first step from just installing programs, to learn
how to program in standard C or C++.
You're right in that the environment (i.e. the OS) is on the list of
topics that these ng's do NOT want to answer questions about.
/A
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (M. Buchenrieder)
Subject: Re: Whats best way to set up dial-in to the linux box ppp?
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:37:18 GMT
"Robert Chalmers" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>What is the best way to set up easy, no fuss dial in to the Linux box, ppp?
mgetty
Michael
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Patrick Erler)
Subject: telnet, keyboard-mappings, emulations..
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:12:45 +0100
hi!
i have permanently problems with my terminal-emulation/keyboard mapping
when i log into my linux-box via telnet. sometimes i can solve it by trial
and error, but most of the time not or at least i'm not sure how i did
it...
so here is what i want to have, maybe someone can tell me in 2 or 3 words
what to do...
when i telnet into my linux-box (via TCP/IP) i would like to see the lines
of the midnight-commander as lines, not as 3$%#. i already had it but lost
it somehow...
i would like to use the keys F1 to F10 and, very important, the numeric
keypad for arrow-moving, and even more important, the enter-key of the
numeric keypad (i had all this too, but i just can't find out how).
the problem is, that it is quite difficult to know, on which side of the
line, at the telnet-client (here CRT (www.vandyke.com)) or at the server
side (here Mandrake 6.1) to change the settings.
what terminal emulation should i use? linux? console? vt220? ansi? (all
this in respect to the fact that i use a windows-based terminal-programm
(CRT))...
should i try to use the standard keymappings of these terminal-emulations
or is it ok to tweak it to achieve the funtionality (especcially of the
numeric keypad) i need?
where should i tweak? i can teach what to send in CRT and i can teach what
to do with the keyboard sequences in midnight commander? what is "the right
way" to do it?
yes i read the keyboard-and-conole-HOWTO... but its coverage of the topic
Telnet-into-the-box is not enough IMHO.
yes i read the text-terminal-HOWTO... but its coverage of the topic Telnet-
into-the-box is not enough IMHO.
thanks in advance!
PAT
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From: Luke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux emulation on WinNT?
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:18:23 GMT
> It also works the other way around
> (emulate NT on Linux).
Haha, you'd have to be pretty messed up to wanna do that!
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From: "Lee Baxter" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: StarOffice network installation
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:26:10 -0500
I guess it could be made more intuitive than blatant.
(since it IS a GUI-based installation, there could be mention of it during
setup..)
If you're interested in getting several things installed quickly, flipping
through several READMEs doesn't seem like an optimally constructive use of
time.
I've never really been a fan of the "learn everything about the product,
including all the installation idiosynchrasies, THEN install and use it"
philosophy. I know that doesn't necessarily apply in this case, but it
crosses my mind every time I have to install another product and read it's
README.
Lee
Ian Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> StormKrow wrote:
> >
> > Easy Gus,
> >
> > Not everyone is as gifted as you are.
>
> Come on, there is a file called Readme in the distribution. How much
> more blatant could it be?
>
> --
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
--
> Ian Smith
> --------------------------------------------------------------------------
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Subject: Re: unkillable linux box
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vincent C. Jones)
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:29:35 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
cathy gramze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I inherited an old 486 Red Hat 5.2 box, sitting idle on a shelf, with my
>network admin job. I want to make it a Win 95 box (rarely used!) so I can
>swipe the existing Win95 box with a faster CPU and a bigger hard drive. I
>plan to install Red Hat 6.1 and HP OpenMail on the better box.
>
>I can't kill the Red Hat 5.2! No one knows the root password, or any other
>password. I've set the BIOS to boot to the A: drive, rebooted with a
>bootable DOS disk (to trash the partitions with) and watched as Linux
>cheerfully booted from the hard drive. How can I kill this Linux off so I
>can get on with my fiendish plan to create a better Linux box?
>
>cathyy
You have a hardware, diskette orBIOS configuration problem, not a
Linux problem. Linux does not get control until the hard drive MBR
boot loader gets executed, which _should_ be after the A: drive based
on the configuration you have described. Does the floppy boot disk work
in other systems?
PC Bootup sequence is for each "bootable" device configured, look for
the "magic" signature in the boot sector and execute it if found. If the
BIOS is really configured to boot from that floppy drive, then it is not
finding an identifiable boot sector. This has nothing to do with Linux
and if the box was running DOS you'd have an "unkillable DOS box."
FWIW: Redhat 5.2 defaults to requiring the root password to go into
single user mode, but the point is moot. Even if you succeed in wiping
the hard drive clean, until you get boot from floppy working, you'll
just have a box that doesn't run ANYTHING rather than only runs Linux.
--
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Computer Network Consultant for those who want to manage and
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From: Ewan Dunbar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: unix commands
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 11:26:03 -0500
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000, Andreas Kahari wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> dEUS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Who has a large list of all the unix commands with their options?
> > Can you send me a list or a URL where i can find them
> >
> > dEUS
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
> I answered exactly this question some days ago. Pres <tab> twice to see
> all valid commands. Use the "man" command to get info about a particular
> command (e.g. "man ls" or "man man").
>
Also try: "apropos '' | less" (without the double quotes). This will give you a
list not only of every command/standard library function/anything else with
a man page on the system, and a brief description. From there, you can use
"man <command>" (again without the quotes, and replacing <command> with
the name of the manpage you want.
--
There is no sig.
Ewan Dunbar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Nottingham Rob" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Print to HP4050N
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 16:38:02 -0000
I am trying to print to a HP4050N printer on our network but I am having
no success. (Using SuSE 6.3)
I have the following entry for the printer in my printcap file:
project|remote-hplj:\
:lp=/dev/null:\
:sh:\
:sd=/var/spool/lpd/project:\
:rm=E009-4050N\
:rp=raw:
E009-4050N is the IP resolvable name of the printer, I have also tried
the IP number with the same result.
If I send a job to the printer (ie try to print a Navigator page) I get
the following message:
lpr: connect: Connection refused
jobs queued, but cannot start daemon.
Can anyone help?
TIA
ROB
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From: Rick Wessman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Update: SuSe 6.3 rescue disk not working
Date: 16 Mar 2000 08:16:15 -0800
This is an update to my post about the rescue disk not working. I got it to
work finally.
The problem turned out to the instructions in the manual. They indicated that
I had to boot from the boot disk. What really needed to be done is the
following:
1. Boot from CD 2 (do NOT use CD 1, it contains YaST 2, which won't work).
2. Follow the instructions as given on page 359.
3. Insert the floppy when prompted.
Thanks,
Rick
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The opinions expressed above are mine and do not necessarily reflect
those of Oracle Corporation.
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From: James Silverton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: unix commands
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 12:07:20 -0500
Andreas Kahari wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> dEUS <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Hi,
> > Who has a large list of all the unix commands with their options?
> > Can you send me a list or a URL where i can find them
> >
> > dEUS
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> >
>
> I answered exactly this question some days ago. Pres <tab> twice to see
> all valid commands. Use the "man" command to get info about a particular
> command (e.g. "man ls" or "man man").
>
I might add one suggestion since the list produced by TAB TAB could be
so large that scrolling back the whole way would not be possible.
Running script previous to the command (and remembering to hit CR twice)
would produce a file (see man script).
Jim.
--
James V. Silverton
Potomac, Maryland.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Tennent)
Subject: Re: XFree86 on Redhat Linux 6.1
Date: 16 Mar 2000 17:02:20 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:03:59 +1100, Scott Bate wrote:
>
>I am running Red Hat Linux 6.1 but have not been able to get 'X' to work. At
>the linux prompt after typing startx I get the following:-
>
>xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority
>
>execve failed for /etc/X11/X (errno 2)
>
>The file or link referred to at etc/X11/X does not seem to be there. That
>may or may not be a cause of problem.
>
If you do
ls -l /etc/X11/X
and don't get output of the form
0 lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 31 Feb 4 04:39 X -> ../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_****
you don't have an X server. If you know which X-server you need, make sure
it's installed and put in the link:
ln -s ../../usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_*** X
If not, you'd better run Xconfigurator or XF86Setup.
Bob T.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: scsi tape compatibility problem?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:10:04 GMT
Ed Franks ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
: Hi,
:
: I am having trouble reading a 4 mm tape which I created on another
: system.
:
: The source system is a Sun E-450 with a 4mm DDS-3 tape drive and is
: running Solaris 2.6. I want to move a 600 Mb CD image file from
: there to another system, which only has modem connectivity to the
: Internet. I dump the file to tape like this:
:
: cd /tmp
: find . -name "cddemo.img" -print | cpio -vocB > /dev/rst11
: mt -f /dev/st0 offline
:
: This dump took about 20 - 30 minutes.
:
: The target system is a PC with a 586-133 CPU, a Archive/Seagate
: Peregrine 4mm DDS-2 drive and runs RedHat 5.2.
: I attempted to read the tape like this:
:
: cpio -vicB < /dev/st0
:
: This yields the following error message:
:
: cpio: read error: Input/output error
:
: What is wrong with this? Is there a density issue? Thanks for
: any help with this.
It smells of a density issue. Written on DDS-3 and trying to read on DDS-2.
Now, the other way around might work.
Check your /var/log/messages for relevant SCSI error messages to get more
details.
Stu
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From: Hans Dumbrajs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Old dos game for Linux
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 19:14:03 +0200
gongtow wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I want to play some old dos game on Linux.
> What package could help?
> or Where can I find help?
>
> Thanks in advance
Check out www.dosemu.org. Version 1.0 came out just a couple of weeks
ago.
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From: "Aaron Walsh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PostgreSQL
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 12:12:01 -0500
Before you yell at me for being in the wrong spot the only newsgroup i found
n POstgreSQL was empty, and like the everyone else here I am just trying to
expand my knowledge of Linux. I have Redhat 5.2 running solid on a old
laptop (an adventure of it's own) and I have Apache 1.3 going as well. I
have created some cgi scripts and thosework great. I know want to take the
next step and get PostgreSQL going so my web pages can use it (using grep is
fun, but quickly loses its appeal). When I try to create a table, while
logged in as aaronw
createdb mydb
then it yells saying
Connection to database 'template1' failed
FATAL 1: SetUserId: Set user "aaronw" in not in "pg_shadow"
createuser:database access failed
I know that this means that I have to set myself up in the users table,
however when I run the setuser aaronw i get the same thing...what am I to
do???...I should mention that PostgreSQL was intalled during the Redhat 5.2
intstall...is there a way to see who is a registerd user, and change it
etc.......thanks
Aaron Walsh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: AOpen .. Lothar
Date: 16 Mar 2000 11:23:30 -0500
> I am using Mandrake 7 and I have an AOpen FM56-P (which I believe
>is NOT a winmodem) ... the manufacturer says that it's not
>Linux-compatible; however, when I went out to buy anAOpen FM 56K/ITU-2
>ISA internal yesterday, the salesperson told me that he is using the
>FM56-P on Mandrake 7, and it works fine for him!! ... he said he used
>Lothar ... I tried it last night .. but still Lothar shows no modem
>whatsoever ...
>
> Has anyone done it successfully?? .. or do I need a more updated
>Lothar (I have the Jan version)??
I have a AOpen FM56-PVS (or something like that) and I think that it's
great. I've had no problem, just set it for com2 and it works fine. Try using
minicom to see if the modem is working, that way you can change the speed and
port quickly and easily to check.
-John
ps. try /dev/ttyS0 for com1, ttyS1 for com2 not /dev/modem since it may not be
linked correctly, then $ln /dev/ttyS? /dev/modem when you get it working if
you really want to.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: new version of RPM
Date: 16 Mar 2000 11:28:38 -0500
>I'd like to get a newer (3.0) version of rpm in replacement of version 2.5,
>because I can't install new packages (I get a message: Type 9 not supported,
>so I presume that it is caused by the fact that these rpms are made conform
>to a newer version). I guess there even exists an rpm-package of rpm, but
>this one won't install either because of the same reason.
>Can anybody explain to me how to replace rpm with a newer version?
>
Heh heh, yes that's quite a stroke of genius on their part, if I remember
correctly I found a tar.zip or .tgz or the RPM package somewhere... I've yet
to find a .tgz for the DEB package manager, but there is a program called
alien-6.56-1.noarch.rpm that can convert the package types, maybe that can do
RPM to tgz for you??
-John
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From: "Jobath" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help installing Libs..
Date: 16 Mar 2000 11:18:18 -0600
I'm a newbie to linux and this may be a newbie quesiton which I have been
unable
to find help. I am trying to install a the new glib-1.2.7 and gtk+-1.2.7 on
to a fresh install of Redhat 6.1. I am logged in as root.
First I downloaded the new libs untared them into differnent directories.
Working with glib: ./configure, make, make install. All seemed fine so I
tried gtk+ - ./configure it says It cant find the new glib-1.2.7 only
1.2.5. glib 1.2.5 is a RPM from RH. The new glib-config was located(I
think) in /usr/local/lib and an old version in /lib/.
It seems no one have made a new RPM install for Glib-1.2.7 or Gtk+ 1.2.7
(cause I cant find it).
Can someone give me some insight to what I should be doing to get the libs
to install? Should I remove the old glib (1.2.5) or leave it and point a
path to the new location? How do I point it? and Is there a faq, howto or a
place I can get information doing this?
Thanks
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: What are frame errors?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 Mar 2000 17:25:52 GMT
On Thu, 16 Mar 2000 10:20:25 GMT, sleddog wrote:
>eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:00:1B:35:91:4E
> inet addr:192.168.2.6 Bcast:192.168.2.255 Mask:255.255.255.0
> UP BROADCAST RUNNING MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:477228 errors:3 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:95
> TX packets:342964 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:3192 txqueuelen:100
> Interrupt:5 Base address:0x340
>
>ppp0 Link encap:Point-to-Point Protocol
> inet addr:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx P-t-P:xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
> Mask:255.255.255.255
> UP POINTOPOINT RUNNING NOARP MULTICAST MTU:1500 Metric:1
> RX packets:6419 errors:54 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:54
> TX packets:6405 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0
> collisions:0 txqueuelen:10
>
>eth0 is a coax connection to an NT4 workstation (Novell NE2000 card in the
>Linux machine, 3com Etherlink 16 in the NT4 machine).
>
>ppp0 is of course a dialup connection to my ISP, via an external USR
>Sportster 33.6 modem.
>
>What are the 'frame' errors? Is it something I should be concerned about,
>and if so how do I correct it?
3 errors out of 477228 packets doesn't sound bad, the higher error rate
on ppp0 is just because it's a much more noisy/unstable link, nothing
you can do about that it's the nature of phone lines everywhere.
If it ain't broken don't fix it.
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Cheers
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From: Steve D. Perkins <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux/Win2K dual-boot issues?
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:19:03 GMT
I'm presently running a Linux / Win98 system controlled by a third-
party dual-boot-application (Linux's LILO is installed on the
superblock of its partition rather than the MBR). I am thinking of
upgrading the Win98 part to Windows 2000... and was wondering if there
are any new issues about dual-booting between that and Linux, or just
the same ones that were true for NT 4.0. Thanks!
Steve
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Cant detect printer port
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:08:13 GMT
I'm trying to set up my (old as hell) laser printer in RH 6.1 . I know
the printer works fine because it works fine when I'm in Win98. When I
had RH6.0 printool could detect the port okay, but I never got the driver
working properly and just used to get PS errors all the time. But now,
linux totally refuses to believe that there is any type of printer
attached to *any* lpt port. I'm stuck for ideas... I think the printer is
something like an old HP laser III or something.
Cheers in advance,
Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew J. Perrin)
Subject: Re: Linux emulation on WinNT?
Date: 16 Mar 2000 09:28:23 -0800
Luke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > It also works the other way around
> > (emulate NT on Linux).
>
> Haha, you'd have to be pretty messed up to wanna do that!
Quite the contrary - it's just what the guy wants. Do his real work on
linux because it's Better, and have a benign little window with NT in
it to do the stuff that can't be done in linux (e.g., his proprietary
NT-only software).
BTW, vmware has two flavors: one to emulate anything under linux, the
other to emulate anything under NT. It's actually a hardware
emulator, so you actually load NT, linux, 95, whatever, onto a
'virtual machine'. A pretty impressive product, IMHO.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew J. Perrin)
Subject: Re: Opinion on Windows emulators?
Date: 16 Mar 2000 09:29:33 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] () writes:
> If I have an interest in emulating Windows applications under Linux, are there
> any choices other than WINE and VMWare? Of these choices, can anybody contrast
> and compare the different products?
To my knowledge, these are the only options; i could be wrong though.
>
> My own understanding is that WINE is still very much in the development
> stage, while VMWare is more advanced and very much a commercial product.
>
I have to agree. Note that they work differently: WINE is trying to
emulate windows itself, while vmware just emulates a standard pc and
you load windows (or whatever else you want) on top of it.
> Thanks,
>
> Ken
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Linux
Date: Thu, 16 Mar 2000 17:34:33 GMT
Does Linux runs on Opti Plex servers?
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