Linux-Misc Digest #338, Volume #24 Mon, 1 May 00 23:13:05 EDT
Contents:
Re: VT102 or VT220 emulation ("T.E.Dickey")
Can't read or play CD-RW (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Interested in purchasing a Linux OS (Romanator)
Re: Executing own program fails - command not found (Karsten Wutzke)
Re: Gnome for RedHat: is it still there? (lobotomy)
Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS (Alex)
Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS ("David ..")
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Ben Walker)
Re: Gnome for RedHat: is it still there? (Bob Martin)
Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS ("Bracy")
Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Norton Anti-Virus Trashed Your MBR? ("David ..")
Re: rebooting wipes loopback interface (lo) (Frank Hahn)
Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Steven Fosdick)
Re: Saving Real Audio Streams (William Putney)
Re: Question about Gnome editors ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Gnome for RedHat: is it still there? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Newbie Question:Linux and Win98 on different harddrive! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How can I tell Linux-Intel from Linux-Alpha ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Norton Anti-Virus Trashed Your MBR? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How can I tell Linux-Intel from Linux-Alpha (Christopher Browne)
Need some help in choice of mail clients. (Madhusudan Singh)
moving files from windows to linux on same comp
Re: "tail" stops tailing? (Matt Siemens)
Re: "tail" stops tailing? (Matt Siemens)
Re: Need some help in choice of mail clients. ("Jan Schaumann")
losing an hour at reboot (Andy)
Re: moving files from windows to linux on same comp (Andy)
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From: "T.E.Dickey" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: VT102 or VT220 emulation
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:14:33 GMT
Clifton T. Sharp Jr. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Actually, with every one of the *term programs I have to use SHIFT-F4
> to get the PF4 "effect". Just F4 sends something, but it isn't what the
> other end wants to see as PF4.
> Wish I could give you access to the other-end app, but I can't.
There's a couple of ways to get some information anyway. You can run your
application in 'script' to get a copy of all of the characters actually
sent to the terminal. Also, if you configure xterm with the --enable-trace
option, the resulting executable writes a lot of debug information, including
all of the characters written or read from the terminal.
-- but as I noted, most of the problems have been in flushing & detaching
the process that runs the printer (the print won't complete until the
pipe is closed). You may have to help it a little if that's the case.
--
Thomas E. Dickey
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.clark.net/pub/dickey
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Can't read or play CD-RW
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 23:54:27 GMT
Hi,
I can't play audio, nor read data on my newly installed CD-RW
drive. Read below, if you think you could help or if you're
curious.
I recently added a SCSI CD-RW drive to my system, while
keeping my previous CD-ROM drive installed. Audio and data
work fine now on the old CD-ROM drive, except now the read-only
CD-ROM is /dev/scd1, so I had to repoint my /dev/cdrom link
/dev/cdrom -> /dev/scd1
The new drive is /dev/scd0 for reading and /dev/sg0 for
writing. I've only been able to succeed in playing audio
one time on the new /dev/scd0. When /dev/cdrom points at scd0,
audio will no longer function; reboots (to power cycle the
CD-RW drive) don't help. I've never been able to read data
on the new /dev/scd0.
I have verified that the kernel module sr_mod loads when I
try to access /dev/scd0. This is the same module that loads
when I access /dev/sdc1, which works. I've also verified
that kernel module sg loads when I try to write to /dev/sg0.
I think I managed to write a CD just fine with X-CD-Roast
v. 0.96e, but since I wrote audio on a CD-RW disk, and since
I can't play audio on /dev/scd0 I haven't been able confirm
the written data. I started with CD-RW to prevent making a
bunch of CD-R coasters right of the bat.
Does anyone have any ideas that would help me to get the new
drive working for audio playback and data reading?
Thanks...
P.S.: If it matters, SCSI info on the two drives is below.
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 03 Lun: 00
Vendor: HP Model: CD-Writer+ 9200 Rev: 1.0e
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
Host: scsi0 Channel: 00 Id: 06 Lun: 00
Vendor: NEC Model: CD-ROM DRIVE:222 Rev: 3.1k
Type: CD-ROM ANSI SCSI revision: 02
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From: Romanator <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:21:41 GMT
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Hi,
I am very interested in learning and installing a Linux OS on my
computer. However, after checking out various web sites, I seem more
confused than before. I am not sure which Linux OS purchase and install.
As a newbie, can any one recommend a Linux brand name and book for a new
user?
Any help would be appreciated.
Roman
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From: Karsten Wutzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Executing own program fails - command not found
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 02:38:24 +0200
> From a security standpoint, I would NOT recommend putting "." in your PATH.
> Rather put you program in a directory that is in your PATH, like
> /usr/local/bin
>
May I ask why?
Karsten
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (lobotomy)
Subject: Re: Gnome for RedHat: is it still there?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:43:17 GMT
Red Hat doesn't have anything to do with GNOME, other than bundling it
with their distribution. It is still under development, and improves
constantly. Go to www.gnome.org to get the latest version, find out
more, etc. If you don't want to download it, you can upgrade to Red
Hat 6.2, which should come with a fairly new version.
On Mon, 01 May 2000 07:42:29 -0400, Yan Seiner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I know this has been rehashed many times, but I have a more up-to-date
>question:
>
>Has Red Hat fixed most of the bugs in gnome since the 6.0 release? Or
>is gnome still around? No real mention of it on the RedHat website.
>
>I am about to set up my first production end user installation of Linux,
>so I have to install a windowing system as well.... I'd prefer the
>out-of-the-box solution since it's easier and quicker and cheaper to
>replicate.
>
>I know Red Hat, I feel comfortable with Red Hat, so I really don't want
>to change distros nor start a holy war.
>
>Thanks for any comments.
>
>--Yan
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From: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 20:46:10 -0400
I would recommand Red Hat, Mandrake, or SuSE. I started with Red Hat. I
have used RedHat 5.2 and 6.0. I won't say it is the best, but it is pretty
good. I have heard that Mandrake is pretty easy to setup. Personally, I
want to try Suse sometime. Other distro... Don't know... BUT, it's really
up to you and also depends on your hardware.
Good luck.
I hope you will enjoy Linux as I do.
Hope this helps.
Alex.
Romanator wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I am very interested in learning and installing a Linux OS on my
> computer. However, after checking out various web sites, I seem more
> confused than before. I am not sure which Linux OS purchase and install.
> As a newbie, can any one recommend a Linux brand name and book for a new
> user?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Roman
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 19:43:38 -0500
Romanator wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am very interested in learning and installing a Linux OS on my
> computer. However, after checking out various web sites, I seem more
> confused than before. I am not sure which Linux OS purchase and install.
> As a newbie, can any one recommend a Linux brand name and book for a new
> user?
>
> Any help would be appreciated.
>
> Roman
I use Red Hat, but used Slackware back when Red Hat wasn't as easily
installed. Once linux is installed "Linux is Linux" basically. You can
download it for FREE!
ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/redhat-6.2/
--
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ben Walker)
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: 1 May 2000 18:19:46 -0600
The Compaq Presario, to put it mildly as I can, is a piece of crap. Someone
at work bought a couple 4508's Pentium systems a couple of years back. These
motherboards only have 1 PCI slot, and 2 or 3 ISA slots. With the 1 PCI slot
available, we had to make a choice between using 10/100 PCI NIC and using the
dreadful on board 8 bit color display adapter, or using a decent display
adapter and a slow 10 Mbps ISA NIC card. Trying to get the video adapter to
work in anything but VGA mode was impossible in Linux. For one machine we
ended up just buying a new motherboard with several ISA and PCI slots, and
a new case, and putting the hard drive, CD ROM, CPU and RAM in this new machine.
This cost an additional $150 or so, but at least it could be set up like a real
workstation, with a fast ethernet card and decent display adapter. What's
left of the Compaq does, however, make a nice book end. I always advise
people to stay away from Presarios. These are almost as bad as the old
Packard Bell computers.
As far as not being able to boot the Redhat install disk from the floppy, I
never encountered this. I have had corrupted floppies, though, even when
using brand new floppies and dd not reporting any errors. I would get the
initial screen and then the boot would die. Using a new floppy fixed this.
You might check your boot device order in the system BIOS. You may be trying
to boot off the CD ROM or hard drive first.
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Gnome for RedHat: is it still there?
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 18:48:17 -0500
Yan Seiner wrote:
>
> I know this has been rehashed many times, but I have a more up-to-date
> question:
>
> Has Red Hat fixed most of the bugs in gnome since the 6.0 release? Or
> is gnome still around? No real mention of it on the RedHat website.
>
> I am about to set up my first production end user installation of Linux,
> so I have to install a windowing system as well.... I'd prefer the
> out-of-the-box solution since it's easier and quicker and cheaper to
> replicate.
>
> I know Red Hat, I feel comfortable with Red Hat, so I really don't want
> to change distros nor start a holy war.
>
> Thanks for any comments.
>
> --Yan
RH doesn't code gnome, it's a standalone package, you can check updates
at www.gnome.org
--
Bob Martin
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From: "Bracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 01:01:51 GMT
I know this won't sound very helpful, but once you get into Linux,
you'll understand:
It doesn't matter which one you choose. If you're like most of us,
you'll try several different distributions anyway before you pick one
to stay with.
Bracy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Interested in purchasing a Linux OS
Date: 2 May 2000 01:05:30 GMT
Romanator wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I am very interested in learning and installing a Linux OS on my
> computer. However, after checking out various web sites, I seem more
> confused than before. I am not sure which Linux OS purchase and install.
> As a newbie, can any one recommend a Linux brand name and book for a new
> user?
If you have a friend who is going to help you get started in Linux
I heartily recommend that you use the same distribution that they do.
Otherwise you might consider joining a local LUG (Linux User Group)
and talk with them about distributions.
If you are from a neighborhood where no one, no where, no how uses
Linux then take your pick of RedHat, Mandrake, or SuSE. These are
probably the easiest on newbies.
You may be frustrated at first. But the view is *definitely* worth
the climb. Best of luck ...
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Norton Anti-Virus Trashed Your MBR?
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 20:05:00 -0500
Just choose Innoculate when Norton gives the warning about the MBR and
it won't warn or bother you again until you change the MBR again which
then just Innoculate it again.
--
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ID # 123538
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Frank Hahn)
Subject: Re: rebooting wipes loopback interface (lo)
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 01:13:01 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 18:01:43 -0600, Duane Evenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>If I reboot, the loopback interface doesn't exist.
>What do I check/do??
>
If you need it, just put the correct commands in one of the startup
scripts. For example, in Slackware, it would go in
/etc/rc.d/rc.inet1.
--
Frank Hahn
Mistakes are often the stepping stones to utter failure.
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From: Steven Fosdick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 02:05:51 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I urge you to try install RHLinux on a Presario 5834 (or some thing similar) to
> verify what I'm saying.
>
> Its not so much a conspiracy against Linux. But this is for their profit, I guess.
I personally doubt if Compaq or any other PC vendor make much money from
technical support even if they do charge premium rate for it. After all they have
to employ people to provide it.
Neither do I think that any computer manufacturer with his head screwed on
would deliberately set up a sittuation that would result in more calls to a
usully overworked (and therefore slow) helpdesk and risk the bad feeling
amongst the customers that it would cause.
Many computer manufacturers probably consider the Linux marked to small
to be worth supporting (or else don't know of it) but any deliberate moves
to stop other OSes running would likely open up the manufactuer to
accusations of anti-competitive conduct and some lawyer would probably
find a way they could be sued.
Now if you can provide more information about what happens when you try to
boot from a Linux floppy like others have asked we may be able to help
diagnose what is going on (even if it is sabotage). "It doesn't work" really
doesn't help anyone solve anything - what is the last thing that appears on
the screen? Are there any error or other suspicious messages?
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From: William Putney <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Saving Real Audio Streams
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 01:37:38 GMT
Thanks! I tried it out and it works. Now my problem is this: vsound
creates a .wav file with a frequency of 11025Hz. I would like to encode
into .mp3 to save hard drive space, but the 2 encoders I've tried (lame
and bladeenc) don't like that frequency and want something along the lines
of 32, 44.1, or 48kHz.
Is there a way to tell vsound to encode in one of these frequencies, or do
you know of an mp3 encoder that will deal with 1102fHz .wav files?
Thanks,
-Bill
Erik de Castro Lopo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: There is if you are willing to listen to them as your save them.
: Check out vsound :
: http://www.zip.com.au/~erikd/vsound/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Question about Gnome editors
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 01:38:48 GMT
In article <y3oP4.3709$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Bracy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Why are Gnome editors so slow? I've tried gEdit and GXEdit, and in both of
> them, I can type out a full paragraph before either of them displays a full
> sentence. Is there some way to edit the buffer sizes in these? Maybe a
> config file to edit? Can't seem to find one, and there are no options in the
> menus.
>
> Is there another Gnome editor that's nicer? I'm looking for something that's
> simple and easy-to-use, so please don't recommend vi or emacs, I'm a newbie
> and am still learning how to use those. :-)
>
> Thanks in advance,
>
> Bracy
The problem is with the pixmap themes ( the ones that look fancy ). One way
to improve the situation at the exense of memory usage is to change the imlib
settings. Go to programs/settings/imlib settings ( or type imlib_config)
and change the size of the the pixmap and image caches and see if you get
an increase in performance. This really helped on my computer. Otherwise
you could try less fancy themes ( try to use the editors with the default theme ),
or try non gtk text editors like any KDE ones .
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Gnome for RedHat: is it still there?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 01:43:39 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Yan Seiner
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I know this has been rehashed many times, but I have a more up-to-date
> question:
>
> Has Red Hat fixed most of the bugs in gnome since the 6.0 release? Or
> is gnome still around? No real mention of it on the RedHat website.
RedHat has not but the GNOME coders have. GNOME has improved
a great deal since RH 6.0. Definiteley go for at least the version
contained in RH 6.2. I always tell people who have problems with GNOME
to upgrade as stablility has greatly improved since the 6.0 days.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Newbie Question:Linux and Win98 on different harddrive!
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 00:50:29 GMT
Partition magic & boot magic are free with most Linux programs . Works
nice & does the same thing as Lilo or so I think.
As far as bootmagic is concerned you can`t lose.
Locust
On Mon, 01 May 2000 15:41:30 -0700, hhk
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for all the answers!
>I am installing RH right now and hope nothing goes wrong!
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: How can I tell Linux-Intel from Linux-Alpha
Date: 2 May 2000 02:03:26 GMT
How about 'file /usr/bin/ldd'?
--J
In comp.os.linux.misc U.V. Ravindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Okay, here's my problem: I want to write a script to tell
: Linux Intel from Linux Alpha, but that's not all I want to do.
: I want the script to be able to detect whether the kernel is
: a 32-bit beast or a 64-bit animal. The first part of the
: task is achieved by looking at the output of 'uname -a'.
: Is there a simple command/way to get at the second?
: Gazillion thanks for the answer!
: -Ravindra.
: Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
: Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Norton Anti-Virus Trashed Your MBR?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 02:11:08 GMT
> Now, to recover your partition table:
>
> Get Tom's root/boot diskette from:
...
> Also, get gpart, which is a partition table recovery tool for Linux
Note, tomsrtbt includes the partition table recovery tool "rescuept",
which is not as fancy-featured as gpart, but may get the job done and
without the need to put a static gpart on another diskette. It isn't
as easy, rescuept will just print out where it thinks the partitions
are, you have to re-enter them with fdisk. But it gets the job done.
-Tom
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Christopher Browne)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: How can I tell Linux-Intel from Linux-Alpha
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 02:21:38 GMT
Centuries ago, Nostradamus foresaw a time when [EMAIL PROTECTED] would say:
>How about 'file /usr/bin/ldd'?
>
>In comp.os.linux.misc U.V. Ravindra <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>
>: Okay, here's my problem: I want to write a script to tell
>: Linux Intel from Linux Alpha, but that's not all I want to do.
>: I want the script to be able to detect whether the kernel is
>: a 32-bit beast or a 64-bit animal. The first part of the
>: task is achieved by looking at the output of 'uname -a'.
>
>: Is there a simple command/way to get at the second?
>
>: Gazillion thanks for the answer!
Take a look at the command "arch," often found as /bin/arch.
That might just report useful information...
--
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] - - <http://www.hex.net/~cbbrowne/lsf.html>
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From: Madhusudan Singh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Need some help in choice of mail clients.
Date: Mon, 1 May 2000 22:27:35 -0400
Hi
I have a university account on a Debian (potato) system. I read my
email currently using pine. However, for entirely non-technical reasons, I
wish to be able to install a GUI based mail client in my own login area. I
do not have or can acquire super user privileges for installation /
running of the mail client.
My local system is a Solaris machine, and my mail boxes are
located on the remote Debian machine. Since I wish to process my mail
entirely on the remote server with a setenv DISPLAY kind of procedure on
the remote machine, I will have to install the mail client on the remote
machine.
Any ideas about the choice of a mail client ? I want it be
functional like kmail (installation of KDE is impossible as parts of it
require super user privileges).
Thanks in advance,
Madhusudan Singh.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: moving files from windows to linux on same comp
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 02:30:14 GMT
does anyone know of a program(downloadable software) that will move files
from windows to linux while in windows?
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From: Matt Siemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: "tail" stops tailing?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 02:31:44 GMT
Bob Hauck wrote:
> On Mon, 01 May 2000 20:00:35 GMT, Matt Siemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >command "tail -f /var/log/messages >/dev/tty12 &" which outputs the
> >system log to tty12 nicely and everything seems to work fine for a few
> >days... But eventually what always happens is that the tail command
> >stops tailing the log file.
>
> Maybe there's a cron job rotating the log by mv-ing it to a new name and
> creating a new log. Your tail is working but syslogd isn't writing to
> the old file any more.
>
> --
> -| Bob Hauck
> -| Codem Systems, Inc.
> -| http://www.codem.com/
Thanks for the info Bob, that's probably what's doing it. The logs rotate
once a week, which is around the time when tail stops displaying anything.
Thanks again!
--Matt
--Matt
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From: Matt Siemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Re: "tail" stops tailing?
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 02:35:23 GMT
Bjoern Frantzen wrote:
> Matt Siemens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >Here's what I'm trying to do:
> >
> >I'm using tail to output the system log (/var/log/messages) to
> >/dev/tty12 via the /etc/rc.d/rc.local startup script. I'm using the
>
> I don't know the answer to your question, but I think a better approach to
> the same goal is to let syslogd write directly to tty12.
>
> I have the following line in my /etc/syslog.conf;
>
> # Log everything to a free tty.
> *.* /dev/tty12
>
> Be careful to use TAB's and not spaces in syslog.conf.
>
> --
> Bj�rn Frantzen
Hi Bj�rn,
That would work, but then I wouldn't get a cool, colour-coded log that
colortail produces. Thanks anyways!
--Matt
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From: "Jan Schaumann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need some help in choice of mail clients.
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 22:40:58 -0500
It was Monday, May 1, 2000 10:27 PM that Madhusudan Singh
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> uttered the words:
> Hi
> I have a university account on a Debian (potato) system. I read my
> email currently using pine. However, for entirely non-technical reasons,
> I wish to be able to install a GUI based mail client in my own login
> area. I do not have or can acquire super user privileges for installation
> / running of the mail client.
> My local system is a Solaris machine, and my mail boxes are
> located on the remote Debian machine. Since I wish to process my mail
> entirely on the remote server with a setenv DISPLAY kind of procedure on
> the remote machine, I will have to install the mail client on the remote
> machine.
> Any ideas about the choice of a mail client ? I want it be
> functional like kmail (installation of KDE is impossible as parts of it
> require super user privileges).
Why don't you run fetchmail from your machine, for example?
Or why don't you just do all the mail-processing on your machine anyway?
Anyway, depending on how much space you have (qutoa?), you can download and
install any mail-client you like. But surely your Server has netscape
installed and you could use netsacpe's mail-client? It's pretty good.
I do actually preferr pine and have heard good things about mutt, but if
you want a GUI...
But forwarding the X-connection for netscape from the server will only be
satisfactory if you have a *real* good connection with 0 packet-loss and
low pings.
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann
http://www.netmeister.org
The biggest difference between time and space is that you can't reuse time.
-- Merrick Furst
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From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: losing an hour at reboot
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 02:44:11 GMT
Can anyone explain this?
May 1 15:36:52 bear kernel: Kernel log daemon terminating.
May 1 15:36:54 bear syslog: klogd shutdown succeeded
May 1 15:36:54 bear exiting on signal 15
May 1 14:37:18 bear syslogd 1.3-3: restart.
May 1 14:37:19 bear syslog: syslogd startup succeeded
May 1 14:37:19 bear syslog: klogd startup succeeded
If i reboot my computer, it loses an hour. Any ideas why? It went to
EDT correctly when that date arrived, but if i reboot it, the +1 hour is
lost (altho it still knows its EDT). Any ideas?
Andy
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From: Andy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: moving files from windows to linux on same comp
Date: Tue, 02 May 2000 02:45:28 GMT
Yes, explore2fs, which can be found here:
http://uranus.it.swin.edu.au/~jn/linux/Explore2fs.htm
Its a handy program. Of course accessing your linux files like this,
you will lose the security features (since win9x doesn't have any...).
Andy
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> does anyone know of a program(downloadable software) that will move files
> from windows to linux while in windows?
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