Linux-Misc Digest #846, Volume #24 Sun, 18 Jun 00 02:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Problem with LILO and 2 hard drive configuration (Robert Heller)
keyboard mappings (Kenneth Mankoff)
Re: Netscape problems ("Bob Billing (AKA Uncle Bob)")
Re: MS word and linux
Running a.out? (Stephen Speicher)
gnome file manager question..please help ("Kent A. Signorini")
using kde panel in gnome ("Kent A. Signorini")
X hard crashes? (Janet)
ANN: "Spiritual Robots" Webcasts Online ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: [Help:] Problems with NFS Daemon under 2.2.16 kernel (Kaz Kylheku)
Fwd: Re: Why Linux suck!
Re: RedHat vs Slackware (John Hasler)
Re: ()()()()FLASHIN' SCREEN()()()() ("Tom Hoffmann")
Re: ipportfw ("mrauscher")
Re: Mandrake 7.1: is it fixed yet? (Joeri Sebrechts)
Re: Linux article in PC world (jj2me)
Re: Time sync problem in Cron (Greg McLaughlin)
Re: ipportfw ("mrauscher")
Annoying oddities after kernel compile... (MH)
moving the kernel and modules... ("mrauscher")
Re: kppp? (TomG)
Re: Blocking news servers? (Ken Yasuda)
How do you connect to an Intranet? (John)
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:30:54 -0400
From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with LILO and 2 hard drive configuration
"Nelson Vieira" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
In a message on Tue, 13 Jun 2000 13:06:01 -0500, wrote :
"V> Hi there,
"V>
"V> Here's my setup. I have an old 486 motherboard with a BIOS that does not
"V> support large hard drive > 504MB. I have one 504MB drive (hda) with a 500mb
"V> primary extfs2 partition (hda1) that dos NOT cross over the 1024 cylinder. I
"V> also have one 10GB drive (hdb) with one 10GB primary extf2 partition (hdb2).
"V> Booting Linux (Redhat 6.2) off the floppy disk that was created during the
"V> installation of Redhat works fine, albeit very slow. I would like to be able
"V> to boot my Linux system off the 500MB partition (hda1). I tried to install
"V> LILO on the MBR of the 500MB and boot off hda1 but all I get when it tries
"V> to boot off the hard drive is one letter 'L' (I'm guessing its the beginning
"V> on 'LILO') and then the system just hangs there.
"V>
"V> Here's my setup:
"V>
"V> I have copied the following files to the 500MB partition from the 10GB
"V> (hdb2).
"V>
"V> /boot/boot.b
"V> /boot/map
"V> /boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
Presumably the 500meg partition is mounted as '/boot'?
"V>
"V> /etc/lilo.conf
"V>
"V> This is what the lilo.conf looks like
"V>
"V> boot=/dev/hda
"V> map=/boot/map
"V> install=/boot/boot.b
"V> prompt
"V> timeout=50
"V> linear
"V> default=linux
"V> image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-5.0
"V> label=linux
"V> read-only
"V> root=/dev/hdb2
"V> vga = 1
"V>
"V>
"V> Can anyone give me any suggestions?
After copying the files and mounting /dev/hda1 as /boot, did you run lilo?
"V>
"V> Thanks.
"V>
"V> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"V> --
"V>
"V> - "PGP encryption encouraged and used."
"V>
"V>
"V>
"V>
"V>
--
\/
Robert Heller ||InterNet: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller || [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.deepsoft.com /\FidoNet: 1:321/153
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:59:41 -0400
From: Kenneth Mankoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: keyboard mappings
Hi all,
I have figured out how to remap my keyboard at the console, but
whenever i enter X windows, it reverts to the original layout (with some
keys in bad locations). I would like my re-mapped board to continue to be
re-mapped even when i'm in X.
any help will be appreciated.
system: redhat 6.2 with a gateway keyboard.
thanks,
ken.
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Date: Thu, 15 Jun 2000 18:02:11 -0400
From: "Bob Billing (AKA Uncle Bob)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Netscape problems
Mark Gary wrote:
> 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
It is attempting to perform a DNS lookup and waiting for it to time
out. On this machine it triggers a demand-dial on an ISDN line and the
lookup completes. You can suppress this by arranging that it gets an
immediate "network unreachable" error to the lookup attempt. Basically
if you do an
ifdown <interface>
then it will get an immediate error as the DNS query cannot be routed
and your troubles will softly and suddenly vanish away. Doing an ifup on
the same interface will restore normal service.
For the server was a boojum you see...[1]
[1] No prizes for identifying the quotation.
--
I am Robert Billing, Christian, inventor, traveller, cook and animal
lover, I live near 0:46W 51:22N. http://www.tnglwood.demon.co.uk/
"It burned me from within. It quickened; I was with book as a woman
is with child." CS Lewis - Till we have faces, Ch 21.
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 16:37:25 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: MS word and linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 13 Jun 2000 14:09:25 GMT, Wouter Verhelst
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>> "Wouter Verhelst" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>>
>> ' That is true: +-65Mb.
>> ' But IMHO it's worth it.
>>
>> Isn't that about half the size of MS Office?
>
>Which version?
>Office 4.5 is 31 1.44" disks (have it hanging around here somewhere)
>Office 97 is half a CD-ROM
>Office 2000 is 2 CDs (at least, I heard)
>
>Looks like M$ has got shares in a Harddisk company too, or something ;)
I'm sure they're all drooling at the number of stupid animations they can
bloat the software with if they move their install media to DVDs.
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From: Stephen Speicher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Running a.out?
Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 00:50:56 -0700
I have an executable from an older machine in a.out format, and
when I try to run it on a Redhat 6.1 system I get the error
message:
Exec format error. Binary file not executable.
Is there any way to run these a.out executables on the newer
RH 6.1 system?
Stephen
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
You can always tell a pioneer by the arrows in his back.
Printed using 100% recycled electrons.
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:32:10 -0400
From: "Kent A. Signorini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: gnome file manager question..please help
When I double-click a .zip file using gnome file manager that was created
with Windows WinZip, the file manager "goes into" the file, but nothing
shows up. Much like if it were an unmounted file system.
Why is this? Is there a way around it? The gnome file manager must be
aware of .zip type files because it displays them with their own icon. I
can't find anything in the mime types or elsewhere to help me out.
Please respond via e-mail if possible. Thank you very much.
Kent A. Signorini
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:22:17 -0400
From: "Kent A. Signorini" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: using kde panel in gnome
Is it possible to run a KDE panel in a GNOME session? I have a KDE panel
app that I want to use, but I don't want to run KDE.
Unless someone knows of a good mailcheck for gnome that does more than one
account...
Please e-mail responses. Thank you.
Kent A. Signorini
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 13:47:51 -0400
From: Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: X hard crashes?
Hi,
I am running XFree 4.0 with the nvidia beta drivers, and I seem to get hard
crashes very frequently (at least once a day). This doesn't seem to
happen if I use only fvwm, but it does with other window managers (Gnome
with Sawfish, WindowMaker, etc.). Here's what /var/log/messages had to
say about it:
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: **** Verifying we have an AGP graphics card
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: *** found AGP device at slot 0x28
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: *** init AGP
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: *** init chipsets
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: *** disabling AGP
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: *** AGP disabled
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: chipset[0]: 0x20301
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: chipset[0]: 0x20301
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: setup AGP config
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: *** Checking for AMD chipsets
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: nvchipset: 0xf000100
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: updating AGP config
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: setting AGP rate
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: setting rate to 2
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: status is 0x0f000203
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: command is 0x00000002
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: nvchipset: 0xf000102
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: *** enabling AGP
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: AGP Phys Base: 0xd8000000
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: AGP Linear Mapping: 0xd18de000 - 0xd38de000
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: AGP GART Base: 0xc7461000
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: AGP GART Bitmap: 0xc421e004
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: NVRM: # of GART Mappings: 0x00001fff
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: status is 0x0f000203
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: command is 0x00000101
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: nvchipset is 0x0f000101
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: allocating 16 AGP pages
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: Bitmap allocated from 0 to 15
Jun 14 13:30:35 durandal kernel: buffer mapped from 0xd8000000 to 0x40310000
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
virtual address 00000068
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 0926c000, %cr3 = 0926c000
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: *pde = 00000000
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: Oops: 0000
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: CPU: 0
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: EIP: 0010:[find_inode+26/56]
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: EFLAGS: 00010203
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 0000000b ecx: c02042c0 edx:
00000000
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: esi: cbfdd000 edi: 0000000b ebp: cbfdd000 esp:
c87a3ec4
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: Process tcsh (pid: 4032, process nr: 31,
stackpage=c87a3000)
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: Stack: c01302bd cbfdd000 0000000b c02042c0 c01e23e0
c01e23e0 cbfdd000 c8df4100
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: c01486a2 cbfdd000 0000000b c01e23e0 cbb5c440
c01c057d c0148d03 cbfdd000
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: 0000000b c01e23e0 fffffff4 c8df4100 cbb5c440
c8df4100 cbb5c440 ffffffea
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: Call Trace: [iget+49/96] [proc_get_inode+62/240]
[cprt+12861/20564] [proc_lookup+139/188] [proc_root_lookup+67/260]
[real_lookup+79/160] [lookup_dentry+296/488]
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: [__namei+40/88] [sys_readlink+32/148]
[system_call+52/56]
Jun 14 13:30:37 durandal kernel: Code: 39 70 68 75 0d 39 58 18 75 08 ff 40 1c eb 0b 8d
76 00 8b 12
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at
virtual address 00000068
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 0ab3f000, %cr3 = 0ab3f000
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: *pde = 00000000
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: Oops: 0000
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: CPU: 0
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: EIP: 0010:[find_inode+26/56]
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: EFLAGS: 00013217
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: eax: 00000000 ebx: 00010854 ecx: c0204288 edx:
00000000
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: esi: cb90ec00 edi: 00010854 ebp: cb90ec00 esp:
c590dedc
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: Process X (pid: 4013, process nr: 24,
stackpage=c590d000)
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: Stack: c01302bd cb90ec00 00010854 c0204288 00010854
c715f660 c8280770 c82807bc
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: c013c43c cb90ec00 00010854 fffffff4 c715f660
c8280770 cb5e9520 c012a5a7
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: c8280770 c715f660 c590df54 00000000 c7ab202d
00000001 c012a7a4 ca3d8ea0
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: Call Trace: [iget+49/96] [ext2_lookup+84/124]
[real_lookup+79/160] [lookup_dentry+296/488] [open_namei+102/748] [filp_open+68/240]
[sys_open+54/148]
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: [system_call+52/56]
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: Code: 39 70 68 75 0d 39 58 18 75 08 ff 40 1c eb 0b 8d
76 00 8b 12
Jun 14 13:32:21 durandal kernel: freeing AGP Pages from 0 to 15
At this point, I can log in remotely but I never get a shell.
Ctrl-alt-del doesn't quit the X server either. Any ideas?
Thanks,
Janet
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Date: Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:32:31 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: ANN: "Spiritual Robots" Webcasts Online
The proceedings of "Will Spiritual Robots Replace Humanity by 2100?", a
symposium organized by Doug Hofstadter and held at Stanford University
on April 1, 2000, are now available online at Dr. Dobb's TechNetCast.
The meeting includes presentations by Doug Hofstadter, Ray Kurzweil,
John Holland, Hans Moravec, John Koza, Kevin Kelly, Bill Joy and Ralph
Merkle. Online presentation includes audio and video versions, and
transcripts.
http://www.technetcast.com
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 00:30:03 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Kaz Kylheku)
Subject: Re: [Help:] Problems with NFS Daemon under 2.2.16 kernel
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 16 Jun 2000 20:58:54 +0200, Jose Manuel Benitez Sanchez
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Jun 14 12:21:46 bahia rpc.nfsd: nfssvc: Function not implemented
Jose, you did not compile the NFS server kernel code! Reconfigure your
kernel, and say yes to be prompted for new, experimental and incomplete
code. Then the NFS server configuration option will be available to you.
--
#exclude <windows.h>
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 18:21:21 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Fwd: Re: Why Linux suck!
On Tue Jun 13 07:57:14 2000 "Blah Guy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in alt.linux.sux
[Forwarded message]:
Hi Craig, welcome to the best forum.
Hmm.. interesting.. and you're right.. maybe I haven't give Linux a good
run. And just to set the record straight, I been using linux for about 2
months now.. when I said "days".. I meant a couple hundred days! And as for
you all the task that you use Linux for, can you list the application that
you use? So that way I can test them and prove that the Windows counterpart
is better.
Here's what I use on win2k, and I suggest you try it to prove that they're
not as good as the linux counterpart.
> software development
Visual Studio 6.0 (Visual C++ 6.0)
> web development
Visual InterDev 6.0
> games (inc. Q3A on a RivaTNT2)
Haha.. this list is WAY too long, not like the Linux list of what.. 3 or 4
games.. and it's sad to know that everyone on Linux only plays Q3A.. you
should try Half-Life and the multiplayer mod Counter-Strike for Half-Life.
It MUCH better that Q3A, but ooops.. you'll need win98/win2k to run it...
> databases
Access 2000 (SQL Server 7.0)
Depending on the task, they both work very well.
> word processing
Word 2000
> graphics
Photoshop 5.5 (I think this makes Gimp look like um.. a gimp!)
> internet use
Internet Explorer 5.0 (And this bets Netscape handsdown!)
> scientific study
(I don't)
> mucking about generally
(You have to do this alot because you're using Linux)
> in fact, just about any reason you can think of to run an OS.
>
> And Windows? I use it to, erm.. hold on, I'll get back to you on that one.
I'm sure you use it, I don't think ANY Linux user uses Linux only. You're
just won't admitted.
> Just because you spent what? 3 days messing about with something, you
think
> you know it all. Thats like spending 2 days on a beach in California, get
> sun burnt, and say that Cleethorpes is better for that one reason.
Weird example, but whatever.
> And as for fanatical, irrational defense. You sound like someone who has a
> candle to burn for Windows. Whats wrong with saying "I have tried Linux,
but
> I find I can do more of what I want with Windows". Thats what I said, but
> reverse the OS's.
I think the statement should be.. "I have tried Linux, and it sucks."
> You say you love Visual C++ and Visual InterDev, and thats cool. I use
them
> alot, and they are good (at work that is). Thing is, I prefer CodeCrusader
> and G++ with QT or GTK+. Personal preference.
I will try CodeCrusader and G++ (argh), but I don't believe they'll be more
powerful than Visual C++. And Don't they have CodeWarrior for Linux. I
think you should look into that... much more promise.
> And anyone who says "PERIOD. END OF ARGUMENT" is obviously just scared to
be
> proved wrong by subsequent posts, and wants to nip it in the bud.
I think that "END OF ARGUMENT" is hoping people would respond. I love to
heard what Linux user have to say to defend it. But I still fail to find a
good argument.
> Just my $0.02
Here's mine and your change.
> Craig
--BlahGuy
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 08:28:31 -0400
From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RedHat vs Slackware
Simon Lemieux writes:
> Sound very impressive, but since most applications I use are emacs, g++,
> netscape and top...
About what I use.
> ...this seems useless to me.
'apt-get install emacs20' to upgrade, install, and configure emacs and all
its dependencies while you work is useless? You see no value in being able
to upgrade libc and all its dependencies with a single command?
> I'm not looking for any user-friendly fancy managing program,...
Debian's command line package management tools are very powerful but are
not often accused of being excessively user friendly or fancy.
> ...I'm just looking for a very stable platform for programming, a
> platform that would allow me to configure it Exactly the way I want it
> to,...
That describes Debian.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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Date: Tue, 13 Jun 2000 19:23:03 -0400
From: "Tom Hoffmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ()()()()FLASHIN' SCREEN()()()()
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, N/A
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I go to log into Corel Linux Delux for the first time and suddenly the
> screen begins to flash when it asks me to log in, how can i stop
> this?
Boot to a command prompt and run XF86Setup or Xconfigurator. It owuld
seem from your description that X is not configured correctly for your
monitor/video card combination.
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 03:20:42 -0400
From: "mrauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ipportfw
Depending on what distro you're running, you may already have it. Here's a
link to get more info and whatever else you might need:
http://www.ox.compsoc.org.uk/~steve/portfw-2.2.html
Iris Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8i6aij$k0r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can someone refer me to a site where I can find ipportfw or if you have
> the rpm file email it to me.
>
> I need it ASAP.
>
> Iris
>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 09:41:41 -0400
From: Joeri Sebrechts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Mandrake 7.1: is it fixed yet?
The question remains if it's actually necessary to do a spindown ?
An actual spindown/spinup causes a lot of wear and tear by itself on a
disk.
And even a good config will probably get you about 5 spindowns/spinups a
day, so maybe it's better to just "leave it running".
It might be interesting to get the manufacturers opinion. Quantum was
very helpful when I got into a discussion about working environment
temperatures with them, so ...
> >' Because there doesn't appear to be any other way to stop crond from reading
> >' the disk every 60 seconds, which it does to see whether its `crontab' has
> >' changed, and because there's no reason for a single-user desktop PC, w/o a
> >' permanent network connection, to be putting mechanical wear on the disk
> >' 24h/day. at is probably better for scheduling such a system anyway; does
> >' it suffer from the same compulsive behavior ? --`kamborg'
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 10:38:40 -0400
From: jj2me <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux article in PC world
Hey - speaking of flying planes, that reminds me of an Operating System
story. Might be an old story, dont't know, but here goes -
UNIX Airways
Everyone brings one piece of the plane along when they come
to the airport. They all go out on the runway and put the
plane together piece by piece, arguing non-stop about what
kind of plane they are supposed to be building.
Air DOS
Everybody pushes the airplane until it glides, then they jump
on and let the plane coast until it hits the ground again.
Then they push again, jump on again, and so on ...
Mac Airlines
All the stewards, captains, baggage handlers, and ticket agents
look and act exactly the same. Every time you ask questions
about details, you are gently but firmly told that you don't
need to know, don't want to know, and everything will be done
for you without you ever having to know, so just shut up.
Windows Air
The terminal is pretty and colorful, with friendly stewards,
easy baggage check and boarding, and a smooth take-off. After
about 10 minutes in the air, the plane explodes with no warning
whatsoever.
Windows NT Air
Just like Windows Air, but costs more, uses much bigger planes,
and takes out all the other aircraft within a 40-mile radius
when it explodes.
Linux Air
Disgruntled employees of all the other OS airlines decide to
start their own airline. They build the planes, ticket counters,
and pave the runways themselves. They charge a small fee to
cover the cost of printing the ticket, but you can also download
and print the ticket yourself. When you board the plane, you
are given a seat, four bolts, a wrench and a copy of the
seat-HOWTO.html. Once settled, the fully adjustable seat is
very comfortable, the plane leaves and arrives on time without
a single problem, the in-flight meal is wonderful. You try to
tell customers of the other airlines about the great trip, but
all they can say is, "You had to do what with the seat?"
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Before you buy.
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 08:45:02 -0400
From: Greg McLaughlin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Time sync problem in Cron
Use xntpd instead of cron and netdate. It'll only update the clock when
it needs to be sync'd up, rather than trying to force it every minute.
Greg
--
Garnet Health Systems Corp.
http://www.garnethealth.com
Toni wrote:
>
> I am trying to run the netdate command each minute on my system
> no matter what user has logged in, to keep my system in sync with my
> windows box that runs a time-server.
>
> When I go to /etc/crontab and enter the following line
> 1 * * * * root netdate 192.168.0.1
> it does nothing, why is this.
> Is there a better approach to this ?
>
> Thanks in advance
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 03:20:42 -0400
From: "mrauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ipportfw
Depending on what distro you're running, you may already have it. Here's a
link to get more info and whatever else you might need:
http://www.ox.compsoc.org.uk/~steve/portfw-2.2.html
Iris Silva <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8i6aij$k0r$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can someone refer me to a site where I can find ipportfw or if you have
> the rpm file email it to me.
>
> I need it ASAP.
>
> Iris
>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 12:27:34 -0400
From: MH <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Annoying oddities after kernel compile...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I recompiled the kernel for my workstation leaving out the NFS server
service, but when I boot up I see "nfss FAILED" (or something to that
effect). Evidently, Linux is attempting to start this service even
though it was left out of the kernel. How do I correct this problem?
Also, on a previous compile I chose to configure PPP as a loadable
module, but when I started kpppd (the KDE dial-up utility) I got a
message "either PPP is not compiled into the kernel or the module was
not loaded" (or something to that effect). Nevertheless, the dialer
worked fine and the PPP service was started. I assumed there was a
problem with KDE recognizing the loading of the module, so when I
recompiled as above I also compiled PPP into the kernel to get rid of
the error message. I still get the same error message. Any ideas on
how to correct this?
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Date: Wed, 14 Jun 2000 03:06:43 -0400
From: "mrauscher" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: moving the kernel and modules...
I'm wanting to compile a fresh kernel and modules on one machine, then move
them to another. I've been unable to find documentation on how to do this,
nor can I untangle the makefiles. Can someone give me some tips on how to do
this, or point me to someplace where it's documented?
I guess what I'm looking for is an explanation of what #make modules_install
and #make install do.
Thanx for any help...
Michael Rauscher
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:30:08 -0400
From: TomG <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kppp?
RaySeb wrote:
>
>
> Does anyone know how to fix this problem? I am using mandrake 6.0.
When I
> start kppp on a kde session I get a message that the modem is busy. It
use
> to dial up the ISP and then start netscape for me. I would appreciate
it if
> anyone knows how I can get kppp to again dial up my ISP. Thanks Ray.
>
>
>
>
Have you ever had a dialup connection using Linux with that Modem? If
not, then I have a sneaking suspision that you have a WinModem. If this
is the case, throw it away and get a proper modem.
Otherwise, use lspci -v to determine the port and irq of your modem, and
then setserial /dev/ttySX port <port> irq <irq>
where ttySX is the serial device you are using, <irq> is its irq number
and <port> is the port address.
Test this by typing wvdialconf /dev/null
regards
TomG
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 11:49:46 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ken Yasuda)
Subject: Re: Blocking news servers?
Actually, the reason I ask is because I'm not able to access some news sites
even though I can access others with no problems. The departmental machine is
a Linux box and I'm wanting to familiarize myself with things before I approach
the sysadmin with my access problem.
The exact problem: I can ping news.vmware.com but I can't actually
access for reading with xrn, krn, or Netscape's news program. I always get the
message
"Failed to connect to NNTP server"
I don't have this problem with the local uni sites, so my news access is
definitely site-specific.
Smells to me like the sysadmin has the news.vmware.com site either
blocked out or not explicitly allowed. I want to check my facts first. Things
generally go more smoothly when I can talk specifics...
Any opinions?
Thanks,
Ken
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
The Darkener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
|> Try using ipchains to block out entire IPs. Probably something like:
|>
|> ipchains -A input -s <newsgroupservername/ipaddress> -j DENY
|>
|> That probably isn't the exact context you would use (depending on your
|> existing firewall), but I'm sure that ipchains can block specific
|> hosts. Unless you're talking about specific newsgroups, which I don't
|> think you can do.
|>
|> Ken Yasuda wrote:
|>
|> > Hello fellow users,
|> >
|> > Is it possible to block access to certain news servers?
|> >
|> > Any suggestions on how to do it?
|> >
|> > Thanks,
|> >
|> > Ken
|> >
|> > Remove "nospam" if emailing.
|>
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Date: Sat, 17 Jun 2000 17:58:19 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John )
Subject: How do you connect to an Intranet?
I run SuSE Linux 6.3 and win95. I am
able to connect to my University Intranet
using Win95 through my isp. I was given
instructions by my University on how to
access their Intranet if you are using
Win95. There was no instructions about
if someone was using linux. My University
uses NT as their server. Does any one
know the procedure for setting up a connection
to an intranet using linux.
thanks
john
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