Linux-Misc Digest #75, Volume #24 Sat, 8 Apr 00 09:13:07 EDT
Contents:
ksh and RH 6.1 problems. (Hemant Shah)
IMAP4 client for Linux? (Hemant Shah)
Re: Netscape 6 (Janet)
Re: Write access on my vfat drives. (wayne rattz)
Re: Why linux will never go beyond geekdom ("Pencil Necked Geek")
Re: Can linux act as apps server? (Gerald Kelly)
Re: News Readers for Linux (short review of Netscape 6 News) (Dowe Keller)
Re: Netscape 6 ("Matt O'Toole")
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (petilon)
Re: how to mount a second hard drive (Lew Pitcher)
Re: fetchmail does not work (Lew Pitcher)
installing linux on umsdos ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix) (David Steuber)
Re: Write access on my vfat drives. (Cameron Hutchison)
Converting Files From Win 98 to Linux ("Michael Matthews")
Question about security ("Calvin")
newbie question (Arun Keswani)
Re: Gnorpm Crashes ("David ..")
Re: problems unzipping a .gz file (Tobias Meyer)
Re: EXT2 partition size limits? Still exist? (Tobias Meyer)
Re: RH 6.1 boot error ? ("Ashish Pandey")
Re: vim and 'c' on exit ("Doug")
Re: How do you remove staroffice icons? (Nosediver)
Unable to change root password. (Nosediver)
Re: Converting Files From Win 98 to Linux ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: newbie question ("Stephen J Howard")
Re: Converting Files From Win 98 to Linux (Hywel Jenkins)
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From: Hemant Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ksh and RH 6.1 problems.
Date: 6 Apr 2000 16:13:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
After I upgraded my Linux to RH 6.1 I found that pdksh is broken in RH 6.1.
I have scripts that I run on AIX, HP-UX, Solaris, Unixware, Linux. At
the begining of the scripts I create readonly variables and assign them
values.
Example:
typeset -r ExeName=${0##*/}
This works on all Unix(s) and RH 6.0, in RH 6.1 I get error message that I
cannot assign value to readonly variables. My work around was to copy ksh
from RH 6.0 system.
Anyone else has same problem?
I reported the problem to RH and today (after few months) I got back following
reply:
=========cut=============cut=============cut=============cut====
http://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=7084
--- shadow/7084 Tue Dec 7 11:29:10 1999
+++ shadow/7084.tmp.18201 Thu Apr 6 11:01:06 2000
@@ -3,8 +3,8 @@
Version: 6.1
Platform: i386
OS/Version: Linux
-Status: NEW
-Resolution:
+Status: RESOLVED
+Resolution: NOTABUG
Severity: high
Priority: normal
Component: pdksh
@@ -53,3 +53,14 @@
+
+------- Additional Comments From [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/06/00 11:01 -------
+I don't think you can assign at the same time you set the "-r" attribute - do it
+like this instead:
+
+ExeName=${0##*/}
+NiceOpt=""
+typeset -r ExeName
+typeset -r NiceOpt
+print $ExeName
+
=========cut=============cut=============cut=============cut====
This seems to a bug to me, but RH says it is not a bug.
--
Hemant Shah /-------------------\ ^~~~~^
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it's backed up on tape somewhere. Others can have their own.
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From: Hemant Shah <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IMAP4 client for Linux?
Date: 6 Apr 2000 16:15:33 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am looking for a good IMAP4 client for Linux. I tried Netscape, and it
seems it will do the job, but the problem is that I cannot cenrtally
configure the netscape client. I would like to use netscape for all
the users in our company, but it is absolutely necessary that I can configure
it from the central config file and lockdown the configuration so that the
users cannot change certain parameters.
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Hemant Shah /-------------------\ ^~~~~^
E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] |TECHNOLOGY | | |
|No place for wimps | o|-OO-|o
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=================[DO NOT SEND UNSOLICITED BULK E=MAIL]==================
I haven't lost my mind, Above opinions are mine only.
it's backed up on tape somewhere. Others can have their own.
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From: Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 6
Date: 07 Apr 2000 22:20:40 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Len Philpot) writes:
> I do hope it has a better interface than the Windows version. I
> downloaded, installed and promptly removed it (despite the fact there's
> no uninstaller). Ugly as homemade sin - Looks _like_ a web page, not a
> browser. *Way* too much fluff. You can't pare it down to the essentials.
Hrm, like what? I promptly took away everything except the navigation
toolbar (especially that sidebar; it takes up too much of my screen!). At
any rate, it doesn't seem to be running much faster on my computer; in
fact, it seems a bit slower. I wonder if it's because it's a debug
release.
Janet
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From: wayne rattz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Write access on my vfat drives.
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 05:30:22 GMT
HELLO: Try adding the option rw for read write to the fstab file entry
and make sure to save before you exit.good luck wayne!
Brad wrote:
>
>
> Hi all
>
> I have setup my fstab file to mount my two windows (vfat) drives...
>
> /dev/hda1 /mnt/winc vfat auto,user 0 0
> /dev/hda5 /mnt/wind vfat auto,user 0 0
>
> I read the man page for fstab and it says that by having the 'user'
> option set, that a user would be able to mount the vfat drives.
>
> Well, the drives get mounted but there is a problem.
>
> Problem is that when i am logged on as a user I only have 'read' access
> to the vfat drives. I want 'write' access.
>
> Is this possible?? If so how?
>
> Thanks
>
> Brad
>
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From: "Pencil Necked Geek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Why linux will never go beyond geekdom
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 00:41:44 -0500
Reply-To: "Pencil Necked Geek" <....>
Hi, troll!
Couldn't get it to work?
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Purely because it sucks the big one, no games ! no word !
> KDE....it stinks....Gnome.....amateur hacks with pretty graphics
>
> --
> Doh
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From: Gerald Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Can linux act as apps server?
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 22:54:14 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Sure, Linux can be a good application server. IBM is offering DB2,
Domino and WebSphere Application Server for Linux. If you're a member
of the IBM Developer's program you can get these for free.
I don't think MS is going to have a SQL server for Linux anytime soon.
Sim Grant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi,
> Can linux act as apps server let say for M$SQL 7 or something
>? Else what is the main advantage for Samba ?
>
>Thanks
>Falcon
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dowe Keller)
Subject: Re: News Readers for Linux (short review of Netscape 6 News)
Date: 7 Apr 2000 22:38:37 -0700
On 08 Apr 2000 04:35:10 GMT, termite <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>By the way, the news server that comes with the new Netscape 6 is horrible -
Netscape 6 comes with a news server?!?! 4.7 just had a reader. ;-)
>MUCH worse than the 4.7 version.
>
>If you turn Javascript off, (as you should on Usenet), then you can't access
>the dialog that lets you subscribe to groups. I've yet to figure out how
>to download the active list of groups - there's no option for that, seemingly,
>and if you type a newsgroup name wrong, it'll "subscribe" you to it, and you
>won't be able to delete it without going into the text configuration files and
>hand editing them. Furthermore, you have to save binary pictures to view them,
>as far as I've been able to figure out. It's also clunky, unstable and slow.
>
>Stay away.
>
>I do think it's a good web browser, though; better so far than 4.7.
IMHO: anybody that uses the news-reader that comes with a www-client
*deserves* to loose.
I have never seen any web-browser/news-reader that could stand up to
slrn (my personal favorite). using Netscrape's news-reader or
M$ Lookout^WOutlook is comparable to using a microwave to dry your
close.
It may be doable but it's no substitute for the real thing.
--
dowe [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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"Virtual" means never knowing where your next byte is coming from.
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Reply-To: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Matt O'Toole" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape 6
Date: Fri, 7 Apr 2000 23:17:54 -0700
"Len Philpot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I do hope it has a better interface than the Windows version. I
> downloaded, installed and promptly removed it (despite the fact there's
> no uninstaller). Ugly as homemade sin - Looks _like_ a web page, not a
> browser. *Way* too much fluff. You can't pare it down to the essentials.
Yes, it does look like a web page: specifically, a cheesy, supercorporate
one, like (surprise) an AOL page. It's a lot like some of the slimier
modern magazines, where you can't tell the difference between the real
articles, the ads, and the "special advertising sections." You can't tell
where the browser stops and the page begins. Is that a button, or a link?
I don't know...
Fluff? It would be nice to have more of the genuinely useful features,
which are sorely lacking, compared to IE. How about a font size button, for
people who actually read stuff on the web? The "send a link" button? How
about a faster, easier way of selecting and managing bookmarks?
The browser does seem faster, especially in rendering tables. I've heard a
lot of hype about the new engine, how the whole thing is more intelligently
written, etc., and I have no reason to doubt it. But user-interface and
feature-wise, it offers nothing new. In fact, it's a step back. I think
this is intentional. As I alluded to above, I really do think the browser
is just a tool to steer users toward Netscape/AOL and partnered content. By
having the browser fade into the background, a user is more likely to click
on the links on the Netscape/AOL/partner page.
I feel like the industry has sunk to a new low, and that I've been slimed.
Matt O.
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Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
From: petilon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Date: Fri, 07 Apr 2000 23:22:47 -0700
"Otto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> Kertzman word against a no name vice-president from Microsoft,
> nice. There's nobody to deny allegations. Depending on one's
> perspective, one might/might not believe the story.
You must be new to this industry. Follow the link below, then
come back and tell us if you still have trouble believing the
story:
http://x25.deja.com/[ST_rn=ps]/getdoc.xp?AN=282694102
>>
>> [ *** Note: Does the above strategy -- tying -- sound familiar
>> to anyone? Is there anyone out there that still thinks
>> Microsoft shouldn't be split up? ]
>
> Let's see.... Buy NT server and the $700.00 Sybase software vs
> just buy NT server. Hmmm... Is there anyone out there that
> still thinks Microsoft should be split up?
This is the kind of ignorance that's typical of Microsoft
customers. They see something bundled with the OS and they
think they are getting something for free.
Nothing could be farther from the truth. For example, people
see IE bundled with Windows and they think Microsoft is helping
them save money. In reality Microsoft indirectly charged you for
IE by cleverly hiding the charge in the form of an "upgrade" to
Windows 95. What people don't realize is that Windows 98 was
nothing but a way for Microsoft to recuperate the development
cost of IE.
Windows 98 is practically the same product as Windows 95, with
some bug fixes. In a competitive market Microsoft could never
have charged $90 for these bug fixes. Thanks to their monopoly
Microsoft was able to get away with this crime.
The bottom line is that unregulated monopolies are a bad idea.
When Microsoft bundles something with the OS it may look like
they are giving you something for free, but once Microsoft
drives the competition out of business they will raise prices
and freeze innovation, as Microsoft has done with their desktop
OS and productivity applications.
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.caldera
Subject: Re: how to mount a second hard drive
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 06:29:35 GMT
Deterrant wrote:
>
> I'm new to Linux in general, and I'm running Openlinux 2.3 with KDE. What I
> can't figure out is how to access my second hard drive - it's like it
> doesn't even exist.
>
> If anyone could e-mail me, and explain in very simple terms how to access or
> mount the hard drive, it'd be much appreciated.
man mount
As the root user, mount your hard drive into a directory ('mount
point') from an xterm or console
This will look like...
mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt
or perhaps
mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /mnt
> Additionally, I'm looking for a way to find out how much space I have on the
> drive(s) - free and used.
man df
For example...
~ $ df
Filesystem 1024-blocks Used Available Capacity Mounted on
/dev/hda3 721262 595557 87200 87% /
/dev/hda1 794048 494240 299808 62% /msdos/c
/dev/hdc1 130528 115220 15308 88% /msdos/d
/dev/hda5 794048 79920 714128 10% /msdos/e
/dev/hda6 790016 135824 654192 17% /msdos/f
merlin:/home/lpitcher
1013836 18571 942890 2%
/home/lpitcher/merlin
df: /home/mpitcher/merlin: Permission denied
merlin:/usr/local/netscape
2028544 362645 1561030 19%
/usr/local/netscape
merlin:/usr/local/blender
2028544 362645 1561030 19%
/usr/local/blender
~ $
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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From: Lew Pitcher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: fetchmail does not work
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 06:29:49 GMT
Steve wrote:
>
> On Wed, 05 Apr 2000 22:30:26 +0000, James Franklin wrote:
> >
> >I think you are using a PPP connection and fetchmail did not initiate
> >the connection when trying to retrieve you mail. I am having the same
> >problem but have not figured out the way to get fetchmail to start the
> >connection, get the mail, and close the connection.
> >
> >Can someone help me with that?
>
> I've got a very similar problem here too.
First, enable ppp dial-on-demand to your ISP
Next, ensure that the pppd "idle-disconnect" parameter is set to a
suitable value (say, 5 minutes idle will drop the connection)
Then, set up a cron job that runs your fetchmail at a suitable time
(I do it around 2:30 AM).
At the appointed time,
- cron runs fetchmail,
- fetchmail attempts to connect to your ISP's mail server,
- the TCP traffic generated by fetchmail causes dial-on-demand to
initiate the pppd call to your ISP
- pppd connects to your ISP
- fetchmail connects to your ISP's mail server
- fetchmail siphons your mail from the ISP to your system
- fetchmail terminates,
- there is no traffic over your PPP connection for the selected
"idle-disconnect" time
- pppd disconnects the connection to your ISP, and hangs up the phone.
- All done!!
I usually have fetchmail and leafnode run at the same time (about 2:30
AM), with a five minute "idle disconnect" value, and dial-on-demand
enabled. Works great!
--
Lew Pitcher
Master Codewright and JOAT-in-training
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Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 01:44:27 +0200
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: installing linux on umsdos
how do i do it?
i want to install a copy of linux from scratch, directly on dos. In
other words, i dont want to install linux on an ext2
partition and then set it up to use umsdos.
can it be done? and if so, how?
ali
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Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: Visio (Microsoft vs. Unix)
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 07:00:00 GMT
Anthony Mandic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' David Steuber wrote:
'
' > OK. Why don't we grab our guns and attack Microsoft in a truly
' > effective way?
'
' That's easy enough to do. Just tell God ^H^H^H Charlton Heston
' that Bill Gates is anti-gun and anti-NRL.
<chuckle> Unfortunately, old Moses is older than, well, Moses. Maybe
if we can get Tom Selleck to do the job? He can use that Sharps from
Quigly Down Under. They gave him the rifle, and it does work.
' But for the life of me, I can't understand why companies like
' Borland, Corel, Novell never filed a class action suit against
' MS. Hmmm ... maybe now might be a good time.
What if the judge orders a $3 fine? Remember the AFL vs NFL?
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
http://www.packetphone.org/
Washington [D.C.] is a city of Southern efficiency and Northern charm.
-- John F. Kennedy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Cameron Hutchison)
Subject: Re: Write access on my vfat drives.
Date: 8 Apr 2000 06:11:58 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Brad wrote:
>
>I have setup my fstab file to mount my two windows (vfat) drives...
>
>/dev/hda1 /mnt/winc vfat auto,user 0 0
>/dev/hda5 /mnt/wind vfat auto,user 0 0
Having auto and user together doen't make much sense, as the partition
will be mounted automatically on startup, so a non-root user wont have
to mount it manually. That said, 'user' is useful if a non-root user
wants to unmount the partition and re-mount it later for whatever reason.
>Problem is that when i am logged on as a user I only have 'read' access
>to the vfat drives. I want 'write' access.
That's because (v)fat filesystems dont attach an owner or permissions
to files/inodes. By default, all files on a (v)fat filesystem will be
owned by root.root with permission of 755.
There's (at least) two ways to fix it, the quick way and the proper way.
The quick way is to add the option 'uid=xxx' to /etc/fstab, where xxx
is your userid. This will make the files on the filesystem owned by you.
The proper way (IMHO) is to add a group called 'fat', 'msdos' or whatever,
add the options 'gid=xxx,umask=002' to /etc/fstab (where xxx is the gid
of the group you created) and then add yourself to the new group. The
options here will set the group owner of the file to the new group
(gid=xxx) and file access permissions of rwx to the group.
This "proper" way allows you to give access to other users. You may
decide to set the umask to 007 so that anyone not in the proper group
will have no access to the files on the (v)fat filesystem.
--
Cameron Hutchison ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) | Beware of the clams
GCS d--@ -p+ c++(++++) l++ u+ e+ m+(-) s n- h++ f? !g w+ t r+
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From: "Michael Matthews" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Converting Files From Win 98 to Linux
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 07:25:14 GMT
Where can I get a program to convert stuff I download in windows to Linux.
I have a "winmodem" and can't aford at the time a "Real" Modem.
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From: "Calvin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Question about security
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 15:27:48 +0800
Hi,
My web site use cgi to do some part of updates because some writers
don't know much about computer. So i have to write a CGI that let them just
input their article, then post the article automatically and add links to
some pages.
THe problem is that to doing this, i have to change those html files to
be global writable. This cause some kinds of security problem i think (THe
server have other users also).
So i am thinking of change back those HTML files to not 644. And use
SUID (chmod u+s script) to those scripts. As i am not a expert in security,
is this action cause any security problem to my site?? Is any good
suggestion in writing those script or overcome the security problem??
Best regards
Calvin
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From: Arun Keswani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: newbie question
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 03:22:54 -0400
I recently acquired cable modem service. I use both Linux and Windows on
my machine
but the cable company does not support their product for Linux. I
proceeded to try
and setup the networking options under Linux. I put in all the
information about
ip addresses, gateways, dns (primary), dns(secondary), netmask etc, but
i cannot get
my machine to see the network.
I tried using ifconfig, but when I use this option, it tells me that the
device
eth0 is not found. Does this mean that Linux (Redhat 6.0) is not
recognizing
my Ethernet card or that I have specified some settings incorrectly. Any
help
would be greatly appreciated.
a.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnorpm Crashes
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 02:51:42 -0500
Greg wrote:
>
> I continue to get core dumps whenever I try to use gnorpm. When I start the
> app 10 min later it dumps. Running Redhat 6.1 Am I missing a patch or
> something ?
>
> Greg
When I was running RH 6.1 I had the same problem and found that the the
"gmc and mc" rpms from the redhat rawhide FTP site stopped a lot of
it.
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From: Tobias Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: problems unzipping a .gz file
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 10:30:41 +0200
I've heard of some Netscape versions unzipping files while they save it. You
might try and see if the files are already unzipped.
It is also possible that your files got corrupted during the download or a
network error occurred and Netscape stopped the download before it was
finished. Try downloading again and use the "save as" feature (right-click
on the link), this should eliminate both problems.
hth,
Tobias
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have downloaded a driver for a graphics tablet
> from www.lepied.com/xfree86. It's in .gz format, but I can't get it
> unzipped. I've tried to gunzip it under Linux and tried all kinds of
> tools under Windows and DOS, but none of them seem to recognize the file
> as a proper .gz file (I get 'unknown file format' or similar messages).
> I have also downloaded the most recent version I could find of gzip
> (1.2.4a), installed it, but this din't help either.
>
> I don't have any problems unzipping the.gz files that were included with
> the Linux distribution, only the downloaded files won't work. I
> downloaded them with Netscape under Windows 98.
>
> I hope someone can give me a clue on this. I'm beginning to get quite
> desperate.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
--
Tobias Meyer, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Tobias Meyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: EXT2 partition size limits? Still exist?
Date: Sat, 08 Apr 2000 10:32:39 +0200
Yes, but do you have a single _File_ > 2GB ?
"David .." wrote:
> I don't think so, I have a 4GB partition and it works fine.
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Tobias Meyer, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Ashish Pandey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 6.1 boot error ?
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 13:04:57 +0530
Perhaps the bootloader is not installed properly or corrupted. Try
installing LILO again.
bye...
Ashish.
"RON ROUSE" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:xrUG4.1891$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> After what I thought was a good install of Linux and Xconfigurator the
> system asked me if I wanted to start Xwindows automatically after booting.
I
> said yes.
> The system shut down correctly after "sending termination" messages etc.
It
> went through the normal machine initialization, accessed the harddrive and
> displayed LI on the screen with the cursor flasning after the I
> and the system is hung. Any ideas?
>
>
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From: "Doug" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: vim and 'c' on exit
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 19:01:44 +1000
This seems to be a problem only with the gnome terminal.
??
Thanks,
Doug
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From: Nosediver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do you remove staroffice icons?
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 17:24:15 +0800
Hi Patrick.
I did just this:
backed up work
uninstalled SO
deleted directories (manually)
removed icons(manually)
- in KDE, you just right click on the icon and select remove.
installing SO again, creates this icon again. So no worries. :-)
HTH.
--Su.
On Fri, 7 Apr 2000, Patrick O'Neil wrote:
> I am using KDE 1.2 and recently removed staroffice 5.1
> in favor of the the new 5.2 beta. Doing so, the staroffice
> icons are still on the kmenu, and kmenuedit doesn't offer
> an option to edit that part of the menu. What file is
> responsible for placing those icons on the menu?
>
> Installing staroffice 5.2 did not update them nor add new
> icons. Selecting those staroffice icons still tries to
> start staroffice 5.1.
>
> patrick
>
>
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From: Nosediver <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Unable to change root password.
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 17:34:33 +0800
Hi.
I am unable to change my root password. Whatever I do, it still keeps the
old password. Could someone please help?
I did this:
I invoked 'passwd', typed in the new password twice and it reported
"Password Changed".
Now, when I exited root and tried to login again, I couldn't use the new
password. It still understood only the old one!
Suspecting that the minimum period when you can't change password has not
yet expired, I did this:
# passwd -n 0 root
And repeated the above procedure. No, it did not help either. Permissions
of the /etc/passwd are rw-r--r--. I suppose this is the way it should be,
right?
And yeah, /var/log/messages reported nothing unusual; just that root had
changed password and that it was successful.
Well, then what is wrong?
Rather perplexed,
-- Su.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Converting Files From Win 98 to Linux
Date: 8 Apr 2000 09:34:45 GMT
Michael Matthews <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Where can I get a program to convert stuff I download in windows to Linux.
: I have a "winmodem" and can't aford at the time a "Real" Modem.
No conversion is required. A file is a file.
Peter
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From: "Stephen J Howard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: newbie question
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 08:55:26 +0100
Yup it means the kernel has not recognised your ethernet card. What type is
it? You could then run control-panel and manually insert the kernel module
for the card, then al should be well.
Cheers,
Steve
Arun Keswani <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I recently acquired cable modem service. I use both Linux and Windows on
> my machine
> but the cable company does not support their product for Linux. I
> proceeded to try
> and setup the networking options under Linux. I put in all the
> information about
> ip addresses, gateways, dns (primary), dns(secondary), netmask etc, but
> i cannot get
> my machine to see the network.
>
> I tried using ifconfig, but when I use this option, it tells me that the
> device
> eth0 is not found. Does this mean that Linux (Redhat 6.0) is not
> recognizing
> my Ethernet card or that I have specified some settings incorrectly. Any
> help
> would be greatly appreciated.
>
> a.
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hywel Jenkins)
Subject: Re: Converting Files From Win 98 to Linux
Date: Sat, 8 Apr 2000 09:57:27 +0100
In article <u9BH4.1337$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
says...
> Where can I get a program to convert stuff I download in windows to Linux.
> I have a "winmodem" and can't aford at the time a "Real" Modem.
I'm not a Linux expert by a long shot, but what Windows stuff do you want
to convert? MS Word 2000? Text files? What stuff?
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Hywel
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