Linux-Misc Digest #826, Volume #24 Thu, 15 Jun 00 18:13:01 EDT
Contents:
Re: Troubles reading Real Time Clock (Bill Unruh)
Re: ansiTime library: mktime() inconsistencies across platforms? (Morris M. Keesan)
Re: reconstruct software RAID 1
Name Server Setup (Gilson Wilson)
DOS for Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: how to surf net on red hat linux (Tijmen Stam)
Netscape problems (Mark Gary)
Re: pci?? (Jan Johansson)
Re: DOS for Linux (Big Daddy)
How to Uinstall StarOffice? (Larry)
Re: spontaneous read-only mailbox folders (adam jay)
Strange telnet behavior from win98 (Dave Rolfe)
Re: how to surf net on red hat linux (Roger Blake)
Re: Install RH on 2nd HD or new partition? (Spike)
problem installing gnome (Steve)
Re: DOS for Linux (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: Installing Linux past 1024 cylinder ("Ray Moody")
Re: shell scripts (Dances With Crows)
Re: Name Server Setup (Bob Hauck)
Re: Day planner for linux? (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Re: Strange telnet behavior from win98 (Dances With Crows)
Re: Strange telnet behavior from win98 (Paul Kimoto)
Sparc Linux in SF Bay Area? (Pjtg0707)
Re: how to surf net on red hat linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Troubles reading Real Time Clock
Date: 15 Jun 2000 20:15:34 GMT
In <8hfomn$71s$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Cristiano Marini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
]My Linux 6.0 read incorrectly the real time clock when during startup calls
]hwclock
Well, it might help if you told us how it read the wrong time? How is
the time wrong? How much is it wrong?
One suggestion-- get chrony to maintain your clock against network based
atomic clocks-- and also to control your rtc as well.
]In my system is arc=false and uts=false and I tried both hwclock &
]hwclock --directisa
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Morris M. Keesan)
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.c,comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.portable
Subject: Re: ansiTime library: mktime() inconsistencies across platforms?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:10:32 GMT
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000 21:04:54 GMT, Mark Law <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>#### If replying, please cc "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" ###
Posted and mailed.
>I'm running some test code that calls mktime() with varying inputs,
>where the inputs are predominantly around daylight savings start and end
>transitions; ie. the hour before DST starts, the hour DST starts, the
>hour after DST started, etc. On all but Win NT 4.0, I'm setting the TZ
>environment variable with the DST start and end times so my test results
>should be consistent across systems. I'm using strftime() to format
>then print the results.
...
>My first question is more general. Where is a complete description of
>how mktime() is supposed to behave?
You've posted this to newsgroups where the correct answers may be different, but
since you're asking about Win NT, among others, I think the correct answer is
that the description is in the ISO C standard. There may be a different answer
for Linux. The ISO C standard will cost you almost $200, but we're told that it
should be available soon from ANSI for about $20, downloadable.
You can find the final (pre-standard) draft of C99 at
http://anubis.dkuug.dk/JTC1/SC22/WG14/www/docs/n869/
>There are other test result diffs that follow the same pattern, where
>the pattern is for times given on the boundary of transitioning from
>daylight savings to standard time, SunOS treats tm_isdst = -1 as if its
>a "1" and the resulting time is a daylight savings time and Win NT
>treats tm_isdst = -1 as if its a "0" and the resulting time is NOT a
>daylight savings time.
>
>Which behavior is correct?
What the standards say is that an input value of is_dst < 0 causes mktime "to
attempt to determine whether Daylight Saving Time is in effect for the specified
time." Unfortunately, the language standard doesn't address how the
implementation determines whether DST is in effect, so both of these results
seem to be correct from the language standard viewpoint.
And the language doesn't say anything at all about the TZ environment variable,
or define the effects of any environment variables. All C90 says about
environment variables is that they can be retrieved using getenv(), that the set
of environment names and the method for altering the environment list are
implementation-defined, and that the implementation shall behave as if no
library function calls the getenv function.
--
Morris M. Keesan -- [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Lucent Technologies Software Products Group
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: reconstruct software RAID 1
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:30:07 GMT
Well, good news and bad news...you were right, it does require you fdisk
it before and use /dev/sdbX for the reconstruct, but now this is my
problem:
I re-installed from scratch (RedHat 6.2) just so I could see the default
partition structure in fdisk so I could rebuild it if I ever had to, and
this is what it shows for sda and sdb (for sda, it is /dev/sdaX and visa
versa, but everything else is the same):
Device Boot Start End Blocks ID System
==============================================================
/dev/sda1 * 1 255 2048256 fd Linux Raid Array
/dev/sda2 256 1106 6835657+ 5 Extended
/dev/sda5 256 272 136521 fd Linux Raid Array
/dev/sda6 273 1106 6699073 fd Linux Raid Array
First of all, what is that partition on sda2?! how do I make it? also,
what does that '+' mean? also, when creating partitions, fdisk will only
allow you to creat 1-4 (sdX1 - sdX4), so how do I make 5 and 6 (or does it
matter)? I think that covers everything, I hope someone knows what this
means...
Dan
P.S. How do you make your scsi card re-scan your scsi devices under linux?
Howard Cokl wrote:
>
> Did you partition the new disk before you put it in? I think your first
> raidhotadd should be raidhotadd /dev/md0 /dev/sdb1. Don't know for
> certain but I had a similar problem when I was building a RAID system
> w/Slackware. I don't recall what exactly I did but it could have been
> that the disk I was hotadding wasn't fdisk'd right. For / it should be
> type fd (RAID autodetect)
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >
> > I was hoping my first software RAID questions was going to be "how can
I
> > hotswap", but I guess we'll start here:
> >
> > I have two 9.1 gig SCSI drive in a RAID-1 setup under RedHat 6.2. I
have
> > three mounts, /, /home, and my swap partition (md0, md1, and md2). To
> > test out my setup I shutdown, removed the second drive, put in a new
drive
> > and turned the computer back on. I did as I thought I should and ran:
> >
> > raidhotadd /dev/md0 /dev/sdb
> >
> > this worked fine, the drives started humming away, I checked
> > the /proc/mdstat and it told me that md0 was being recovered, how far
it
> > was through the recovery, and aproximately how long it would take to
> > finish the rebuild. At the end of the rebuild of md0, these two lines
> > came up on the screen:
> >
> > md1: no spare disk to reconstruct array! -- continuing in degraded
mode.
> > md2: no spare disk to reconstruct array! -- continuing in degraded
mode.
> >
> > then I try to do what would seem to be the next logical step:
> >
> > raidhotadd /dev/md1 /dev/sdb
> >
> > this command give me the following error:
> >
> > trying to Hotadd sdb to md1...
> > md error: md_input_device() returned -17
> > /dev/md1: cannot hotadd disk: invalid arguement
> >
> > If anyone has any insight as to why this is happening, please share. I
> > can't find a scrap of information online.
> >
> > Dan
> >
> > --
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> > http://www.help.com/
>
> --
> Howard Cokl
> Information Systems - Security Administrator
> Barbara Ann Karmanos Cancer Institute
> Detroit, MI 48201
> 313 833-0715 x2422
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From: Gilson Wilson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Name Server Setup
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:30:08 GMT
Hi there!
I am in the process of setting up a nameserver on my Linux machine. I have
installed BIND 8.0 and it seems to be working perfectly. However, I want
to host a lot of sites on it as well.
1. What changes must I make in resolv.conf for this to happen?
2. If I need to host a.com and b.com on my server, what changes do I make
in my zone files?
I would be very grateful if someone could take some time to help me with
this or atleast point me to some resources I could use .. I have searched
the net for answers , and nothing seems to explain this in plain English!
Thanks,
Gilson Wilson
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: DOS for Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 15 Jun 2000 20:40:04 GMT
Is there a "comercial" DOS emulator that runs under Linux and is able to
share data with other applications (cut & paste) under linux.
To switch to Linux, I need some DOS programs to run that do not run
under DOSEMU. This is an excellent program, but not perfected enough
for my needs.
My programs do run under OS/2 DOS emulation.
Any help??
Paul
For direct email contact remove the "Z" from "Zattglobal.net"
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From: Tijmen Stam <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to surf net on red hat linux
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:58:52 +0200
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bitu wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>hi!
<br>i am a total novice at using linux.i have it on a partoined hard drive.
<br>redhat that is. i can just about use Gimp or the organizer in it.
<br>my sole incentive for installing linux was 'browsing the net will be
a
<br>totally new experience in terms of speed'</blockquote>
Let me be the first one to dissapoint you: Internetting will not very much
faster. The time spent on rendering will (at best) be a little lower, so
you'll might be faster, but you might also not notice this. (but, it won't
be much slower either)
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>where do i get the reqd. software for it and what
details do i need from
<br>my ISP?</blockquote>
The required software is already on your harddisk, (if you installed it,
which is very likely if you answered yes on some internet-questions.).
It's called the PPPd package (from Point to Point Protocol Deamon).
<p>A good document on setting up PPP manually is /usr/doc/HOWTO/PPP-HOWTO
(type fele:// prior to that when looking it up in netscape) It'll be a
bit cryptic, bu just read the instructions and you'll get very far, and
will be able to read this newsgroup in linux in no-time.
<br>BTW, nearly every editor is ok when they mean edit this or that file,
just look in your "start"- menu for one.
<p>But if you've got one of the newer versions of Redhat, you'll find a
good ppp-setup prog in one of your menu's. You should have got any information
you need from your provider, but if they didn't, just call them and act
like you're the smart one. (when they say something you don't understand,
just say "I use linux" )
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>sumbody help me :(
<br>bitu</blockquote>
Tijmen Stam
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From: Mark Gary <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Netscape problems
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:53:40 +0100
For some reason, when I run netscape-communicator when my ppp link is
down, it
will hang for about 2
minutes. This is a something that has occured on versions upto and
including
4.72. I have noticed that
when I run Communicator, something callled "dns helper" is also
executed, so I
expect that the problem
lies there. Does anybody know of anyway to switch this "feature" off,
as it is
begining to annoy me,
especially when I only need to using the browser for reading offline
documents.
Thanks
Mark
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jan Johansson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.help
Subject: Re: pci??
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:58:04 GMT
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 02:16:55 -0400, jasbo
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Recently i tired to install redhat or slackware to my p1 laptop but when i
>booth the installation disk i later got the error message
>
>"PCI: Discovered primary peer bus "
>
>Anyone know what it means? Thanks in advance
That message is normal. So whatever is cauing the hang is whatever it
does next, which we cant see because it hangs before it produces
output.
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From: Big Daddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DOS for Linux
Date: 15 Jun 2000 20:57:49 GMT
Scribbling furiously, [EMAIL PROTECTED] managed to write....
: Is there a "comercial" DOS emulator that runs under Linux and is able to
: share data with other applications (cut & paste) under linux.
: To switch to Linux, I need some DOS programs to run that do not run
: under DOSEMU. This is an excellent program, but not perfected enough
: for my needs.
: My programs do run under OS/2 DOS emulation.
: Any help??
Try WINE?
--
Big Daddy
Spotted on the back of a T-shirt worn by LAPD Bomb Squad: If you
see me running, try to keep up.
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From: Larry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: How to Uinstall StarOffice?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 15:35:03 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Where can I find instructions for uninstalling Star Office and all of
its components?
Thanks,
Larry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (adam jay)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: spontaneous read-only mailbox folders
Date: 15 Jun 2000 21:01:21 GMT
I see. Do you know how I could remedy that?
Adam
>
>Sounds like your POP3/IMAP daemon died and left a lock file preventing
>itself from writing to a mailbox file while reading from. You should
>then also check the RedHat site for updates fixing security problems
>imposed by the daemon(s).
>
>
>Malware
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From: Dave Rolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Strange telnet behavior from win98
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:15:35 -0400
I have a win98 machine and start the version of telnet that comes with
win98 and connect just fine to a linux machine. But when I try to vi a
file I get into trouble. Most things seem to be working but when I go
into insert mode and hit enter to create a new line .... I enter the
twilight zone. Instead of a new line, I get a sort of truncated copy of
the current line! Nothing I do lets me create a new line. So what is
going on? Any thoughts?
Thanks, Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Blake)
Subject: Re: how to surf net on red hat linux
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:25:29 GMT
I'm not sure what you mean by "surf." Surfing is something one
does in the ocean. It has nothing to do with computers or
computer networks. (Are you trying to run Red Hat on a notebook
tied to your surfboard? Won't the salt water corrode all the
electrical connections inside?)
--
Roger Blake
(remove second "g" and second "m" from address for email)
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From: Spike <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Install RH on 2nd HD or new partition?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:21:55 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Greetings,
>
> I just had my computer die on me, the short story is that my
> hardrive became corrupt and took my Red Hat Linux 6.1 and Windows 98
> OS's (which were on the same HD) out with it. The drive is shot and
is
> soon to be replaced by a new one (luckily I had everything backed-up
and
> my puter is still under warrenty!).
> The first sign of HD corruption occured when Windows tampered
with
> LILO and thus prevented LILO from working properly. Basically, after
> this happened I could only boot Linux off of a rescue disk--Windows
was
> inaccesible (except through linux). I tried to do a 'fdisk /mbr' off
of
> a windows start-up disk to replace the Master Boot Record, but it
didn't
> work (thus, 1st sign of HD corruption)...the rest was downhill from
> there.
> Anyways, this computer really belongs to my sister, and although
> everything will be fine soon, I'm wary about repartitioning the new
> drive, reinstalling linux, and having a dual-boot system run by LILO.
> This is only because I will be moving away from this computer soon and
> if something like this happens again to the HD (if LILO gets
corrupted)
> then my sister will have a huge mess on her hands and won't have a
clue
> as to how she should fix it...and the last thing she would want to do
is
> trouble-shoot it over the phone with me. However, I need my linux,
and I
> would like to be able to access the computer remotely when I move
away.
> So, basically I'd rather not use LILO anymore--its great and all, but
> when it gets corrupted, it royally screws things up. My question is
> which method of installation would be safer for me? To buy a second
> hardrive, install linux on that, and then boot it off of a floppy? Or
> repartition the HD to how it was before and just boot off of a floppy
> instead of using LILO? Is one method necessarily safer than the
other?
> Why? Finally, during my Red Hat 6.1 Gnome workstation install I don't
> remember having the option of whether or not I wanted LILO to be
> installed...it just did it. Also, I was not given the option to make
a
> boot disk. Should the installation give me these options? Any advice
> is greatly appreciated...
>
> Thanks in advance to all those who reply.
>
>
Since you are running W9X and Linux, go ahead and put them on the same
disk. But install W9X first, then use a third party software called
PartitionMagic to allocate space upon which you will install Linux.
Partition Magic is by PowerQuest and is often bundled with their other
real winner called BootMagic.
And congratulations on being backed-up. How many people who read your
post do you recon' are saying, "yeah, I've been meaning to do that"
--
Spike Parker
Eastex Crude Company
Newsome, Texas, USA
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem installing gnome
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:30:10 GMT
on a previous questions I had trouble locating rpm's after I installed
them, I am running kde, one personmentioned gnome, I ran into an eror
during install
gdk-WARNING **: locale not supported by c library
Xlib: connection to ":0.0" refused by server
Xlib: Invalid MIT-MAGIC-COOKIE-1 key
gtk-WARNING **: cannot open display: :0
got this after running the gnome script using command
./installer-gnome-latest
thanks again for the help
--
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From: Joshua Baker-LePain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DOS for Linux
Date: 15 Jun 2000 21:44:21 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Is there a "comercial" DOS emulator that runs under Linux and is able to
> share data with other applications (cut & paste) under linux.
> To switch to Linux, I need some DOS programs to run that do not run
> under DOSEMU. This is an excellent program, but not perfected enough
> for my needs.
VMware. It emulates a computer, basically, into which you can install
most any x86 OS. They have a VMware Tools app which runs in the
background of Windows which allows cut and paste between the host OS (Linux)
and the guest. I don't know if they have a DOS only form of these
tools -- get in touch with them.
--
Joshua Baker-LePain
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Duke University
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From: "Ray Moody" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Installing Linux past 1024 cylinder
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:43:49 +0100
Boot from the floppy you made during installation, install the latest lilo
(can't
recall the version or where I got it from), make sure lba32 is in the global
section of /etc/lilo.conf before running "lilo". Provided your system
supports
LBA it should boot fine beyond cyl 1024.
Ray.
"Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 01:54:55 GMT, Kevin Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> >I am trying to install RedHat Linux 6.2 on a 20 gig drive. I put it on
> >the end of the drive past the 1024th out of 2500 cylinders. LILO
> >doesn't seem to like booting from here, it locks up halfway through the
> >printing of the LILO prompt. I have heard that lilo doesn't work past
> >the 1024th cylinder of the drive.
> >
> >I have tried using PowerQuest BootMagic to boot from that partition, but
> >it just locks up.
> >
> >If someone could tell me how to use LILO on this partition with or
> >without BootMagic or some other solution for this problem I would
> >appreciate it very much.
> >
> >Thanks in advance,
> >Kevin
> >[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
> You can also look into using Loadlin. It boots linux from windows 98,
> which actually works out better than you would think (at least if you
> set up a multiconfig autoexec.bat - the icon on the desktop thing just
> seems cheesy to me)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: shell scripts
Date: 15 Jun 2000 17:46:58 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:31:49 GMT, TomG
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Is there a practical way to write a shell script which reboots the system,
>passing parameters etc to LILO?
/sbin/lilo -R "command line for next boot here"
/sbin/shutdown -r now
HTH,
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Hauck)
Subject: Re: Name Server Setup
Reply-To: hauck[at]codem{dot}com
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:46:53 GMT
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 20:30:08 GMT, Gilson Wilson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>installed BIND 8.0 and it seems to be working perfectly. However, I want
>to host a lot of sites on it as well.
>
>1. What changes must I make in resolv.conf for this to happen?
None. resolv.conf is not relevant to serving DNS.
>2. If I need to host a.com and b.com on my server, what changes do I make
>in my zone files?
You need to add additonal zone files with A and MX records. Then you
need to mention these files in named.conf and do an "ndc reload". Then
you need to get the root name servers to delegate to you by registering
the domains.
>I would be very grateful if someone could take some time to help me with
>this or atleast point me to some resources I could use ..
The docs that come with bind: /usr/doc/bind-*
The canonical book: "DNS and Bind", published by O'Reilly.
>Posted via CNET Help.com
Who wouldda guessed?
--
-| Bob Hauck
-| Codem Systems, Inc.
-| http://www.codem.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kevin E Cosgrove)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Day planner for linux?
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 21:18:07 GMT
Ical is great.
In article <8i8s5e$igc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
kj0 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> Can anyone recommend a public domain day planner/appointment
> book/calendar for linux?
--
Unless otherwise noted, the statements herein reflect my personal
opinions and not those of any organization with which I may be affiliated.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Strange telnet behavior from win98
Date: 15 Jun 2000 17:53:11 EDT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 15 Jun 2000 17:15:35 -0400, Dave Rolfe
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>I have a win98 machine and start the version of telnet that comes with
>win98 and connect just fine to a linux machine. But when I try to vi a
>file I get into trouble. Most things seem to be working but when I go
>into insert mode and hit enter to create a new line .... I enter the
>twilight zone. Instead of a new line, I get a sort of truncated copy of
>the current line! Nothing I do lets me create a new line. So what is
>going on? Any thoughts?
TELNET.EXE is rather seriously br0ken. It often assumes that the terminal
emulator on the other end is an ANSI terminal, which is almost, but not
quite, entirely unlike a vt100. If you can have the remote host emulate a
vt100 by default, get TELNET.EXE to ask you for the terminal type of the
remote host, and then tell it to emulate a vt100, things will work much
better but still not 100% accurately. Or you can fiddle with /etc/termcap
on the Linux box...
Grab a better Telnet client for Lose9x--there are a bunch out there;
SecureCRT is a pretty good one, as it has support for ssh connections,
colored text, and a scrollback buffer, which TELNET.EXE does not have.
--
Matt G / Dances With Crows /\ "Man could not stare too long at the face
\----[this space for rent]-----/ \ of the Computer or her children and still
\There is no Darkness in Eternity \ remain as Man." --David Zindell "So did
But only Light too dim for us to see\ they become Gods, or Usenetters?" --/me
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Kimoto)
Subject: Re: Strange telnet behavior from win98
Date: 15 Jun 2000 18:00:25 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Dave Rolfe wrote:
> I have a win98 machine and start the version of telnet that comes with
> win98 and connect just fine to a linux machine. But when I try to vi a
> file I get into trouble. Most things seem to be working but when I go
> into insert mode and hit enter to create a new line .... I enter the
> twilight zone. Instead of a new line, I get a sort of truncated copy of
> the current line! Nothing I do lets me create a new line.
What is the TERM environment variable set to?
Most versions of telnet running on Windows have a bad reputation for
terminal emulation. The builtin version may be particularly poor.
--
Paul Kimoto
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Pjtg0707)
Subject: Sparc Linux in SF Bay Area?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 22:02:11 GMT
Does anyone know where I can get a copy of the RH Linux on CDROM for Sparc
in SF Bay Area? I can always order it from RH, but I'd find a local copy
if possible.
I just need it to setup a Sparc 2 as a webserver/archiver..
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: how to surf net on red hat linux
Date: 15 Jun 2000 15:06:54 PST
bitu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> hi!
> i am a total novice at using linux.i have it on a partoined hard drive.
> redhat that is. i can just about use Gimp or the organizer in it.
> my sole incentive for installing linux was 'browsing the net will be a
> totally new experience in terms of speed'
> where do i get the reqd. software for it and what details do i need from
> my ISP?
> sumbody help me :(
> bitu
Linux is just an Operating System so surfing will not be any faster. If faster
surfing is what you seek then talk to your ISP about getting DSL or some other
fast connection to the Internet.
You will surf the Web using Netscape after you have setup PPP which the documents
cover fairly well.
--
Neil
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