Linux-Misc Digest #111, Volume #24 Tue, 11 Apr 00 13:13:09 EDT
Contents:
Packaging software... (Andre Charbonneau)
Re: some newbie questions ("Peet Grobler")
read and sockets (Bonny Gijzen)
which linux to be used ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help deleting file (Rex00)
Re: Cheap/Free alternatives to Hummingbird eXceed ("Gast Primus")
logging xterm seesions ("Gast Primus")
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Roger Lindsj|)
Staroffice Install Segfault (Ron Gibson)
Re: which linux to be used (Michael Hofmann)
Re: which flavour for a 486 (Kevin Croxen)
Re: Cheap/Free alternatives to Hummingbird eXceed ("F. Michael Orr")
Problem With Internet Connection ("C. Bertilone")
Re: Netscape and newsgroups (SamIam)
TEST ("Jack Cheng")
Re: Help deleting file (Derek Jolly)
Re: Simple networking question. (for some) (LFessen106)
Re: Help deleting file (LFessen106)
overlapping /etc/cron.daily & /etc/cron.weekly (Otavio Exel)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: some newbie questions (Paul Kimoto)
ddns.org presumed dead? ("Robert J. Budzynski")
What do I need to be able to "make config" (Bob)
What the hell...? nmap wont compile (Patrick O'Neil)
Re: Problem With Internet Connection (Nicolas Iselin)
Re: Hard disk on 2nd IDE port (Diethard Ohrt)
Summing Up File Sizes ("Jeff Susanj")
sendmail with attachment (Wolfgang Rupprecht)
Re: crontab configuration (Ron)
Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation (Robert Wiegand)
/home vs /homes (Michael W. Godfrey)
free or not to free... (Mark Cubberley)
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:59:01 -0700
From: Andre Charbonneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Packaging software...
Hi,
I'm currently working on a regional settings control panel protoype
(that works with system-level localization and uses Qt for UI) and I
would like to put it in a nice package so that other linux users can
give it a try. I would like users to be able to do a './configure' to
generate the makefiles according to their system's settings. Can anyone
help me on this one? Where can I find good documentation about this
topic?
Thanks,
--
Andre Charbonneau
Software Engineer
Corel Corporation
728-0826 x5612
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From: "Peet Grobler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: some newbie questions
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:00:30 +0200
Joe M. wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Peet Grobler wrote:
>> >i noticed that i could not run programs in there directories ie
>> >
>> >#cd usr/games/adom
>> >#adom
>>
>> What message do you get?
>i get adom is a directory i also noticed that
>#./adom
>works as well
I don't understand. Eh, you say cd usr/games/adom. That should be fine.
Then, adom. Is that when you get the message? If you do, then you have to cd
/usr/games/adom/adom (probably).
What's ./adom works as well mean?
>
>my man doesn't work i get:
>sh: /usr/bin/gtbl: No such file or directory
>sh: /usr/bin/groff: No such file or directory
>
>i checked and they are not there. Do i need to install these or
>something? by the way i currently only have base installation is this
>why?
>
Probably. I don't know what's included in the "base installation". Probably
the bare minimum. If you've got the space (doesn't need THAT much), install
man. It's worth it.
>>If you can't install LDP, let me know, I'll find the url for you.
>I've got the url thanks
>
:)
>Joe
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From: Bonny Gijzen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: read and sockets
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:52:49 -0400
Hi,
Is there a possibility to use a ReadLN (or some sort of) function when
using sockets???
Now, I use the Read function, but I don't know how many bytes to expect!
Is there a ReadLN function??
Rgs Bonny Gijzen,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: which linux to be used
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:01:24 GMT
hello linux world..
Here at my place, we use redhat for almost all the purposes.. and I
have been shamelessly unaware of other distros.. but now, that I want
to install linux on my machine, I would like to know which would be
the *best* linux to use. best is not the correct word here since all
have different advantages etc.. I want something that is easiest to
install and manage and also has enuf stuff available on the web.
Also, wuld be helpful if someone could tell a few sites to get these
distros.
thanx..
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From: Rex00 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Help deleting file
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:01:01 GMT
I was doing a tar today and made a mistake with the --exclude option.
Now I've got an 80mb --exclude file that I can't get rid of.
I tried renaming it, moving it, copying it, chmoding it, removing it,
etc. etc. etc.
It will not go away.
Is there any way I can get rid of it permenantly. Just totally anilate
it????
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Before you buy.
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From: "Gast Primus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Cheap/Free alternatives to Hummingbird eXceed
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:28:55 +0100
Putty works fine.
Thanks alot,
Iain
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From: "Gast Primus" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: logging xterm seesions
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:27:48 +0100
I've noticed that the logging of xterms is not supported by linux - the menu
option does not exist and the xterm help states that it is unsupported. How
do I log my xterm sessions.
Thanks in anticipation,
Iain
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Lindsj|)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: 11 Apr 2000 13:13:02 GMT
I tried that, but I couldn't find anywhere where I could upgrade my
Windows 98 to Windows 2000. Could you specify a more specific url?
I assume that by free upgrade you ment actually upgrade between
versions, not just fix bugs in the version I currently have ;)
Roger Lindsj�
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ron Gibson)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Staroffice Install Segfault
Date: 11 Apr 2000 13:14:15 GMT
When invoking "Install" with Staroffice I get a segfault.
Anybody know what will cause that.
PII-400, 64 MB ram, ATA66 patch on kernel 2.2.14.
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
ICQ: 56576008
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From: Michael Hofmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which linux to be used
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 15:21:26 +0200
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> hello linux world..
>
> Here at my place, we use redhat for almost all the purposes.. and I
> have been shamelessly unaware of other distros.. but now, that I want
> to install linux on my machine, I would like to know which would be
> the *best* linux to use. best is not the correct word here since all
> have different advantages etc.. I want something that is easiest to
> install and manage and also has enuf stuff available on the web.
The Linux Distribution HOWTO
http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/Distribution-HOWTO.html
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin Croxen)
Subject: Re: which flavour for a 486
Date: 11 Apr 2000 13:06:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Ed Hurst wrote:
>Peet Grobler wrote:
>
>> I bought the Caldera Openlinux CD... Installed fine on my 486, though a bit
>> slow (but what would you expect?)
>> It actually supports 386 as well. (Don't go there - I did. Too damn slow)
>>
>> see www.calderasystems.com
>>
>> Dafydd Prichard wrote in message ...
>> >I want to try out Linux on an old 486 (I 'normally' use Mac OS and a little
>> >Windows). I've tried both Corel and Mandrake and neither will install from
>> >the CDs I have as they don't appear to support 486s'. Is Slack the answer?
>> >Will I have any difficulty buying/downloading a compatible version? Pls
>> >advise many thanks
>> >>Daf
>> >>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>There are some people out there with Linux distros based on the 2.0.x series
>kernel, which would be packaged with software from the same era as 486's. For
>example, I have a copy of RedHat 5.2, but I won't part with it yet. You may be
>able to download the whole thing, or buy a CD from some vendors still. I'm
>pretty sure you could get it piecemeal from www.rufus.w3.org .
>
>Ed
>
One example of an older 2.0.x distro that I used to be perfectly satisfied
with on a 386 is Slackware 3.4, which I happen to notice that Cheapbytes has
available for the hard-to-beat price of $0.00 (plus postage = $5.00) for the
CD
www.cheapbytes.com under their "Closeouts and free stuff" link.
--Kevin
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From: "F. Michael Orr" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development
Subject: Re: Cheap/Free alternatives to Hummingbird eXceed
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 09:33:49 -0400
Koos Pol wrote:
>
> | On Tue, 11 Apr 2000 09:38:06 +0100, Gast Primus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> | wrote:
> | >Hi
> | >
> | >I have been testing an evaluation copy of exceed but my boss says it's too
> | >expensive and telnet sessions are next to useless for what we want to do.
> | >Does anybody know of a cheap / free alternative to exceed bearing in mind I
> | >really only want xterms.
>
> Vnc is what you want. It a free product of AT&T and it is a complete X
> server/client product.
> More stable than Exceed, a bit slower, but better from architectual point of
> view: The client (viewer) is completely separated from the X environment.
> Your PC may crash but after a restart your vnc client can re-attach to the X
> session as if nothing happened.
>
> Koos Pol
Do you have a URL to get it from? I looked on AT&T's site, but couldn't
find any software links.
--
F. Michael Orr
Sr. Systems Engineer
Norfolk Public Schools, Norfolk, VA, USA
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Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 21:22:46 -0700
From: "C. Bertilone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Problem With Internet Connection
I have been trying for three weeks to get a connection to my ISP via my
Linux Red hat 6.1 configuration using a 33.6K analog modem. I have
followed the ISP's instructions to a tee but the furtherest I get is the
modems handshaking and connection to the ISP server, before I get a
"connect script failed" message when the CHAT script attempts to input
my logon and password (according to info in var/log/messages).
The CHAT script seems to fail at the following steps:
ogin: \d\q***** <==== where ***** is my username
>ssword: \q****** <==== where ****** is my password
>$: 1
>"" \d\c
/var/log/messages says:
send (ATZ^M)
expect (OK)
ATZ^M^M
OK
-- got it
send (ATDT*******^M) <==== where ******* is the dial in number
expect (CONNECT ")
^M
ATDT********^M^M
CONNECT 28800^M
^M^M
ISP Unix Server^M
^M
alarm
Failed
Connect script failed
Exit
Any help would be much appreciated
Thanks
Charlie Bertilone
Perth, Western Australia
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From: SamIam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Netscape and newsgroups
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:41:37 -0500
Try upgrading to a more recent version. I'm currently running 4.71 and
it seems pretty stable, although crashes are still there.
Thats one of my biggest complaints with Linux. The web browsing
experience is very subpar especially with an unstable browser.
Hopefully, Mozilla will be much improved. I'm currently trying out the
pre-release of Netscape 6.0 and I like it except for the memory leaks.
But those should be fixed by the release version.
Silviu Minut wrote:
>
> Lately I've been experienced the following weird thing.
> Netscape crashes (bus error) when I try to read comp.os.linux.setup.
> Every single time I try. I open "communicator",
> it lists the groups I'm subscribed to, starts to download the headers
> and then it disappears. The problem started about
> a week ago. Has anybody experienced this? I know about bus errors and I
> know netscape sometimes does that. I just don't understand how it
> consistently crashes on comp.os.linux.setup while the other newsgroups
> are fine. Any suggestions? I'm running 4.07-1. The system is RedHat 6.0
> with kernel 2.2.14.
>
> Thanks!
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From: "Jack Cheng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: TEST
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:55:36 +0800
test
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Derek Jolly)
Subject: Re: Help deleting file
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 13:58:20 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rex00), in message
<8cv7m7$iad$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, wrote
>I was doing a tar today and made a mistake with the --exclude option.
>
>Now I've got an 80mb --exclude file that I can't get rid of.
>
>I tried renaming it, moving it, copying it, chmoding it, removing it,
>etc. etc. etc.
>
>It will not go away.
>
>Is there any way I can get rid of it permenantly. Just totally anilate
>it????
Yep. Put the pathname in front of it.
Change to the directory with the file in and enter "rm ./--exclude"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (LFessen106)
Subject: Re: Simple networking question. (for some)
Date: 11 Apr 2000 13:59:48 GMT
>I would like to be able to get at the files on either machine. Possibly
>'mount' the drives on the other machine. Like I said I don't know much
>about networking but I am willing to learn.
>
>What should I do next? What commands should I play around with. What
>HowTo's should I read? What is possible with this setup of mine?
>
>Thanks.
>
>Brad
Well Brad, you can share files and dir's via NFS by just setting them up in
your /etc/exports file.
Find out how by 'man exports' or:
on MACHINE #1 change that file to be '/ (rw)' (without quotes) reboot it, and
on MACHINE #2 do a 'mount -a 192.168.0.1:/ /mnt/stuff' this will mount your
NFS exported filesystem from MACHINE #1 to /mnt/stuff on your MACHINE #2 where
you can browse it, write to it, share files, etc..
You can also telnet from one machine to the other, you could rlogin, rsh, ftp,
etcetera..
Quick tip: if you want to go from machine to machine without using the actual
IP addresses, just set up the /etc/hosts files on your machines to include the
IP addresses you use and their respective hostnames. (man hosts will help ya)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (LFessen106)
Subject: Re: Help deleting file
Date: 11 Apr 2000 14:01:20 GMT
>I was doing a tar today and made a mistake with the --exclude option.
>
>Now I've got an 80mb --exclude file that I can't get rid of.
>
>I tried renaming it, moving it, copying it, chmoding it, removing it,
>etc. etc. etc.
>
>It will not go away.
>
>Is there any way I can get rid of it permenantly. Just totally anilate
>it????
Yup, try rm -r filename
-Linc.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Otavio Exel)
Subject: overlapping /etc/cron.daily & /etc/cron.weekly
Date: 11 Apr 2000 14:07:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hello all,
I intend to run a very lengthy process in /etc/cron.daily/* and there is
a good chance that it will overlapp with /etc/cron.weekly/*; as I
understand this overlap should be avoided so I'd like to find a way to
run /etc/cron.weekly/* right after /etc/cron.daily/* finishes;
to my knowledge the best way is to comment out the 3 lines from
/etc/crontab and run the following script instead:
run-parts --report /etc/cron.daily
if [ $(date +%w) == 0 ]; then
run-parts --report /etc/cron.weekly
fi
if [ $(date +%d) == 01 ]; then
run-parts --report /etc/cron.monthly
fi
but I really don't like the idea of messing with the system crontab..
what do you think?
will it break something else?
is there a widely accepted way to do this?
TIA!
--
Otavio Exel /<\oo/>\ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:12:21 GMT
In article <OPOqKt4o$GA.351@cpmsnbbsa04>,
<btolder> wrote:
<snip>
> 2) Total abstraction of a wide range of underlying hardware, including
a
> wide range of audio and display technologies (and hardware
accellerators).
The Amiga did that before Windows, and "Multimedia" was used back then
by Commodore Amiga.
> 3) Optical mouse. Doesn't need a special mouse pad and never needs
cleaning.
Don't know about this one, but agreed MS make nice mouse devices. To bad
it doesn't extend to software.
>
> 4) Windows CE. Kernel as small as 300K, killer development tools, wide
range
> of CPUs supported, great story for debugging on remote targets over a
serial
> port.
The greatest story on CE is the number of companies signing up for it
and then leaving it as quick as possible...
> 5) Games. Windows is the first generic OS to make a really compelling
game
> platform. The DirectSound, DirectMusic, DirectPlay, etc. APIs kick
ass.
Again even the first Amiga 1000 surpassed anything PC could do for many
years.
>
> 6) Palm-size PC. MAME game emulator in the pocket. MP3 player in the
pocket.
> DOOM in the pocket. All my mail available via my cellphone in the
pocket.
> Too cool.
>
> 7) Making computers easy and cheap. Mac did beat M$ to making them
easy.
> Others might have been cheaper. Microsoft made them easy and cheap at
the
> same time, which was crucial to mass market acceptance. Nobody else
was
> doing that in 1992.
At that time the Amiga had a real task switching system, plug-n-play
cards (that worked) came with the Amiga 2000, running circles around
anything PC based at the same time.
TH
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: some newbie questions
Date: 11 Apr 2000 10:24:58 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Joe M. wrote:
> #cd usr/games/adom
> #adom
>
> would not work, however entering:
>
> #/usr/games/adom/adom
> would work?? why is this so?
This suggests that "." (the current working directory) is not in your PATH.
This is a feature, to prevent you from running programs you have never
heard of when you are in unfamiliar directories.
(If you must defeat this helpful feature, then put "." *last* to minimize
the danger.)
> also i was wondering if there was a doc on the directory structure and
> what each directory has in it. for example what is usr or home meant to
> have in it and where i should put things.
http://www.pathname.com/fhs/ has an old, technical description.
--
Paul Kimoto <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ("Robert J. Budzynski")
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,pl.comp.os.linux
Subject: ddns.org presumed dead?
Date: 11 Apr 2000 16:20:52 +0200
Hello,
it's been quite a while since I last saw a DNS query for *.ddns.org
resolve correctly (last January perhaps?). ddns.webworks.com.sg is
being reported as not existing. http://www.webworks.com.sg/ now
returns the home page of elinux.com.sg which carries no mention of nor
link to the ddns.org service.
I therefore assume that the ddns.org service has been discontinued,
with no announcement nor notice to users -- not a nice thing to do!
If you are able to clarify the situation in any way, for the benefit
of former users of ddns.org, please do so.
A copy of this message is being posted to (some) relevant Usenet
newsgroups.
--
Robert J. Budzy�ski
Computer Center, Dept. of Physics, Warsaw University, Poland
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://Budzynski.ddns.org/
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From: Bob <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What do I need to be able to "make config"
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:21:37 GMT
Dear Linux users:
I just installed Redhat6.2 (used to use 6.0) and tried to "make config"
which I have done many times before using earlier distributions of
Redhat.
But using 6.2 I get the following error message(I use bash and do it
from the correct directory):
make: *** No rule to make target 'config'. Stop.
Could anyone help me with what I need to install to be able to
reconfigure the kernel using Redhat 6.2?
TIA!
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From: Patrick O'Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What the hell...? nmap wont compile
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 08:51:45 -0600
I have recently run into problems compiling nmap, the
portscanner tool. Up to nmap-2.30Beta17 all compiled and
installed fine but since moving up version to, now, Beta20,
I find I cannot compile nmap.
It is bizarre (to me). I download the src.rpm for nmap
from http://www.insecure.org and then, as root, do the
rpm -rebuild routine. It all seems to go fine, with no
errors until it gets to compiling the nmap-frontend,
which also starts fine but then compiling just...stops.
No error messages, no seg fault, no core, nothing. The
build process stops and I am back at the CLI. This is
what I have on my screen when it craps out everytime:
[...]
+ cp -pr docs/nmap.deprecated.txt docs/nmap.usage.txt docs/nmap_doc.html
/var/tmp/nmap-root/usr/doc/nmap-2.30BETA20
+ cp -pr docs/nmap_manpage.html
/var/tmp/nmap-root/usr/doc/nmap-2.30BETA20
+ exit 0
Processing files: nmap-frontend-0.2.30BETA20-1
Finding Provides: (using /usr/lib/rpm/find-provides)...
Finding Requires: (using /usr/lib/rpm/find-requires)...
Requires: nmap gtk+ ld-linux.so.2 libc.so.6 libdl.so.2 libgdk-1.2.so.0
libglib-1.2.so.0 libgmodule-1.2.so.0 libgtk-1.2.so.0 libm.so.6
libX11.so.6 libXext.so.6 libXi.so.6
libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1)
[root@Tempus i686]#
Not a HINT as to what is wrong. If I download the tarball instead and
try compiling that - same thing happens just as above.
I no understand. Can anyone enlighten me as to what might be the
deal here? I am getting an error with no message whatosever associated
with it.
I run Mandrake 7.0+:
rpm-3.0.4 plus devel
gcc-2.95.2 plus all the c/c++ googaws
perl-5.600 plus extras (I mention perl because I saw perl-related
messages during compile)
gtk+-1.2.7 plus devel (I upgraded last night from 1.2.6 but this upgrade
changed nothing - gtk is needed by the frontend)
glibc-2.1.3 plus devel and profile (upgraded from 2.1.2 last night with
same beneficial results)
Help me please!!
patrick
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From: Nicolas Iselin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup,de.comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problem With Internet Connection
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:49:16 +0200
C. Bertilone wrote:
>
> I have been trying for three weeks to get a connection to my ISP via my
> Linux Red hat 6.1 configuration using a 33.6K analog modem. I have
> followed the ISP's instructions to a tee but the furtherest I get is the
> modems handshaking and connection to the ISP server, before I get a
> "connect script failed" message when the CHAT script attempts to input
> my logon and password (according to info in var/log/messages).
>
> The CHAT script seems to fail at the following steps:
>
> ogin: \d\q***** <==== where ***** is my username
> >ssword: \q****** <==== where ****** is my password
> >$: 1
> >"" \d\c
>
Can you execute your chat-script manually ? Try to connect
to the modem directly (eg using cu) and issue the AT commands
manually. It should connect and then offer you the 'login:'
string. If you receive nothing but garbage characters
(usually about 30 characters in one block, some delay, another
30 characters), then your ISP starts ppp immediately after
the connect.
In this case, you should remove the ogin/ssword lines from your
chat script and configure ppp to use pap or chap. I strongly
assume that your provider uses pap/chap, because this is
the preferred method on Windows boxes. You can see some
debugging output of pppd in /var/log/messages (please use
the 'debug' option of pppd and check your /etc/syslog.conf).
Good luck down under !
Nicolas
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From: Diethard Ohrt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Hard disk on 2nd IDE port
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:53:23 +0200
Martijn Brouwer wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Diethard Ohrt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
> >is the CD), I provided the kernel parameter ide0=ht6560b as suggested in
> >the manual. The kernel boots with no complaining (nor affirmative ...)
> >messages, but the 2nd device is not recognised: E.g. "fdisk /dev/hdc"
> >complains that it cannot connect to the drive.
>
> Just a guess: say ide1=ht6560b??
>
No, in the kernel parameters doc it say that this parameter is allowed
for ide0 only.
I have to admit an error of mine: The chipset is HT6550/6570, so I guess
this is the wrong parameter ...
I guess I have to try various combinations of "ide1=..." (the whole
line, with base address and IRQ and all that stuff ...)
Does it help to remember what the boot screen says about "ide0"? Or, in
which entry of /proc can this be read?
(The main board has a VESA Local Bus)
TIA,
Diethard
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From: "Jeff Susanj" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Summing Up File Sizes
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 14:44:08 GMT
I thought that I could do anything in Linux that I could do in DOS and then
some but now I'm stumped. We have a bunch of files and we would like to
know how many blocks of storage or even better how many Kbytes they consume.
We want to do this fairly often. 'ls' will give me the information for a
single file but it will not provide a summary like the DOS 'dir' command
would. Is there a way to do this that is not too complicated, i.e. that can
be done in one command line?
Jeff S.
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From: Wolfgang Rupprecht <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: sendmail with attachment
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 16:50:56 +0200
Hi,
how can I attach some file when posting mail with
sendmail -t < laber.txt
Thanks,
Wolfgang
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From: Ron <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: crontab configuration
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:56:47 -0400
"Gero H. Marten" wrote:
>
> > mschluetz wrote:
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > we like to setup some crontab-jobs.
> > Where can I find some information about the syntax to define the time?
> >
> > There is one job, who shall run every 5 minutes.
> >
> > Thanks
> > Martin
>
> Did you try "man crontab" already?
>
> --
> Gero H. Marten
> <http://www.provi.de/gmarten/>
> --
He probably did. You need "man 5 crontab" for the file format.
Ron
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.java.advocacy,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.advocacy
Subject: Re: How Microsoft inhibits competition & innovation
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 09:36:37 -0500
btolder wrote:
> 7) Making computers easy and cheap. Mac did beat M$ to making them easy.
> Others might have been cheaper. Microsoft made them easy and cheap at the
> same time, which was crucial to mass market acceptance. Nobody else was
> doing that in 1992.
I am so tired of hearing this nonsense over and over.
Microsoft had *nothing* to do with making computers cheap.
Microsoft doesn't make computers.
Thank IBM for the cheap hardware. They designed the PC using off-the-shelf
parts that anyone could copy. The only difficult part to making a clone
was duplicating the BIOS.
The competition between computer makers is what drove the hardware costs
down so fast.
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Regards,
Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael W. Godfrey)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: /home vs /homes
Date: 11 Apr 2000 14:46:19 GMT
Old habits die hard.
When I installed RH6.2 just the other day, I created a disk partition
labelled /homes; so of course Redhat then installed all of the home
directories under /home within the "/" partition leaving /homes empty.
Suitably chastened, I now want to move the home dirs over to the separate
partition so I can feel free to wipe "/" for complete upgrades etc.
I am happy to rename this partition "/home" if that will make things easier.
What do I need to change to fix everything up?
Any help appreciated.
-- Mike
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From: Mark Cubberley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: free or not to free...
Date: Tue, 11 Apr 2000 10:10:43 -0500
I'm not sure if I'M in the right forum for these types of questions,
so feel free to point (shove) me in the right direction if I'm not...
For the most part, when initially entering into a linux-based OS, do
most people download the software or buy the packages, with the CDs,
manuals, additional software, etc? I understand that the software can
be gotten for free, however, between partitioning the hard drive and
other such installation tasks, is it just worth the $50 to get the CDs
that now come "idiot-proof" with regard to getting linux as an option
when booting up your computer? If it's worth the cash, where's the
cheapest place to buy the software? Are the deluxe packages the way to
go...as opposed to just buying the OS CD which I think you can get for a
couple of bucks?
Thanks for any help anyone can offer,
Mark
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