Linux-Misc Digest #882, Volume #24 Wed, 21 Jun 00 14:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Re: External Modem`s (Richard Watson)
Re: mounting ISO image through loopback hangs system (Rock Ridge problem?)
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: GNU/LINUX at city of Boston Public Library departments ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: Windows Utility to Read Linux Formatted Disks: Does One Exist? ("D F")
Re: Source code for TOP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Label of CDROM (fred smith)
Re: Windows Utility to Read Linux Formatted Disks: Does One Exist? (Robert Hampf)
Re: VMware under SuSE 6.1 Problem :-( ("Christopher R. Carlen")
segmentation fault ? (Daniel Wetzler)
Re: Athlon problems (Jim Chisholm)
Re: Windows Utility to Read Linux Formatted Disks: Does One Exist? (Cory)
Web based room booking system ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Label of CDROM (PoD)
Re: Source code for TOP (Andreas Schweitzer)
redirect chops lines at 80 cols ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: redirect chops lines at 80 cols (PoD)
Re: segmentation fault ? (Nicholas Murison)
Re: How to tell which linux I'm in (James Lee)
Linux Faxserver - Windows NT Faxclient (Martin Heppner)
Re: X3270 Configuration Question (Ken MacFarlane)
Re: Athlon problems (Ray)
looking for backup software ("Wen-Yen Lin")
Re: External Modem`s (Ray)
Re: Telnet from Windows (James Lee)
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From: Richard Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: External Modem`s
Date: 21 Jun 2000 16:13:55 +0100
Michael McConnell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> The Motorola L7089 cellphone (using the data cable) is an external winmodem.
>
> (oddly enough, when used over infrared it's a hardware modem, though with
> fewer features)
But I take it that it's not a serial port modem?
I'd like to know of a winmodem that operates entirely on a serial
connection.
--
Richard Watson email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Pentagon Web Design Ltd ICQ: 65274884
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: mounting ISO image through loopback hangs system (Rock Ridge problem?)
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:04:19 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Alexander Roalter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
---snip---
> mount -o loop -t iso9660 cdrom.img /cdrom
>
> My system always hangs up. Running processes will run, but no new
---snip---
> Thanks
> Alexander Roalter
> Technical University Munich
try adding -o ro
That is "mount -o ro -o loop -t iso9660 cdrom.img /cdrom
// WoC
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: ne.internet.services
Subject: Re: GNU/LINUX at city of Boston Public Library departments
Date: 21 Jun 2000 16:04:13 GMT
David Gallardo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
:> I personally have no idea what "office needs" are.
: Exactly. That's exactly my point. People who are highly focused on technology
: frequently have little idea of (nor do they usually care) what average people's
: mundane needs and concerns are.
Absolutely. And they often don't have any until you tell them what they
are. Marketing exists for that purpose. The average person (my mother)
doesn't think she needs a mobile telephone, or the internet, or email,
or a word processor, or an electronic calculator, come to that.
:> The secretaries at
:> my old institution used to write all their letters in latex, using vi
:> (the admin used to take it away every so often, and they used to ask me
:> for a copy again).
: Which again points out that your experience is exceptional. If my mother, who has
: been _productive_ with a pc for 15 years, mostly with MS products had only the
: option of vi and latex, she probably would've (and should've) stuck with a
: typewriter.
She has the option of whatever whe wants to use, which includes msword,
wordperfect, vi, emacs and latex, lyx, etc. The point is that an
ordinarily intelligent person usually prefers vi/emacs and latex if they
like to make things like that look good and they prefer to have things
easy. I don't find word easier (just the opposite!). If you're talking
about a person who can't write a letter and can't type, sure, let them
use something that writes the letter for them. But a professional
letter-writer (which is what offices consist of, surely?) will go for
speed and control, which amounts to vi+latex. Particularly I expect and
hope that a technologically oriented company will have secretaries whose
abilities are compatible with the image and the aims of the company!
I'm sorry that your secretaries are so dumb.
Yes, we have secretaries here now who can't manage a spreadsheet and
don't know their IP address so we can't configure samba to let them log
in. But this is a third-world technological country. They don't have
the technological atmosphere permeating the ether, so they don't pick it
up by osmosis. Back in silicon glen, or silicon fen, they weren't that
dumb. Weird yes, dumb no. (says he, remembering a lunchtime chat in
dead seriousness in which one of the secretaries revealed that a
friend had spontaneously combusted, over the pot noodles).
:> If you mean "dimwits who can't screw in a lightbulb", please say so.
: There are skills other than technical. It is usually a good a idea to focus on
: one's strengths. A law office, for example, may not find it wise to spend lots of
: their managerial resources building a state of the art IT infrastructure.
Just as I may not find it wise to to spend my time and effort researching
and installing a state of the art culinary preparation apparatus? Are you
saying anything here?
I believe you are sayng something like "there is a large market
consisting of people who would like to believe they are good letter
writers with advanced technological skills, but aren't".
Peter
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From: "D F" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows Utility to Read Linux Formatted Disks: Does One Exist?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 12:19:09 -0400
Travis wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>I tried:
>
>mount -t autofs /dev/fd0
>mount -t msdos /dev/fd0
>mount -t auto /dev/fd0
>
>all of which returned the standard mount error message.
>
>Thanks,
>
>Travis
You have to have msdos support in the kernel and you have to
enable mounting that drive as msdos in your /etc/fstab file
for any of those commands to work. I'll presume that you
have msdos enabled in the kernel since most recent distros
come with it enabled as a module out of the box, unless you
excluded DOS connectivity during the install. Check your
fstab and, if required, change the fstype field to say auto
for your floppy device.
Dave Fluri
North Bay, Ontario Canada
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Source code for TOP
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:07:34 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Anders Gulden Olstad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In comp.os.linux.misc Carl Swanson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Also, what about the solaris, aix, and hp platforms?
> > Will the linux code compile on those platforms?
>
> Most likely - with some adjustments. I have seen 'top'
> for SGI IRIX and SCO OpenServer5
>
> --
> Sing While You May!
I would give my left arm for a pre-compiled top (SCO UNIX 5.0.x)
// WoC
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From: fred smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Label of CDROM
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 10:57:38 GMT
Wolfgang Fiedler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hello,
: how can I find out the label of a CDROM (mounted) in linux?
: (The name next to the drive letter in the Wind*ws Expl*rer)
: TIA
: wolfgang
Wolfgang:
Here's a quick hack I threw together a few years ago which does what
you want. I suppose there is a correct, documented way to do it, and
this is definitely not that, but it does work!
Save this to a file, name it 'getvn.c' then compile with:
cc -o getvn getvn.c
to run it, insert a CD, DO NOT MOUNT IT, then run:
getvn /dev/cdrom (or wherever your CD is located if not there)
==============================================================================
#include <stdio.h>
#include <fcntl.h>
#include <unistd.h>
int main (int argc, char ** argv)
{
int fd;
char buf[12];
if (argc != 2)
{
printf ("Usage: %s <cdrom devicename>\n", argv[0]);
exit (0);
}
fd = open (argv[1], O_RDONLY);
if (fd < 0)
{
printf ("oops! Error opening device %s\n", argv[1]);
exit (1);
}
if (lseek (fd, (long) 0x8028, SEEK_SET) != (long) 0x8028)
{
printf ("oops! Error seeking device %s\n", argv[1]);
exit (1);
}
if (read (fd, buf, 11) != 11)
{
printf ("oops! Error reading device %s\n", argv[1]);
exit (1);
}
close (fd);
printf ("Volume name in device %s: %s\n", argv[1], buf);
return (0);
}
==============================================================================
--
---- Fred Smith -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----------------------------
"And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father,
Prince of Peace. Of the increase of his government there will be no end. He
will reign on David's throne and over his kingdom, establishing and upholding
it with justice and righteousness from that time on and forever."
=============================== Isaiah 9:7 (niv) ==============================
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Robert Hampf)
Subject: Re: Windows Utility to Read Linux Formatted Disks: Does One Exist?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:27:13 +0300
Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> h�lt �essu fram:
:
: I tried:
:
: mount -t autofs /dev/fd0
: mount -t msdos /dev/fd0
: mount -t auto /dev/fd0
/dev/fd0 is the floppy. Did you want to use that?
: all of which returned the standard mount error message.
... which is...
Usually you can count on that the more accuratly you describe your
problem the more likely it is that somebody can give a accurate
answer. Now I have to guess what you did and what happened and I must
say your information isn't enough for me to help you. Please tell us
a) exactly what you wrote and b) exacly what happened.
rh
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From: "Christopher R. Carlen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: VMware under SuSE 6.1 Problem :-(
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 09:41:13 -0700
iMpU wrote:
>
> Hi,
> Having the hardest time configuring VMware under SuSE 6.1 :(
> Basically, during the installation of VMware (2.0), installer finds
> that none of the module is compatible with running kernel and wants to
> create it. Ask for Kernel header file directory.
> /usr/src/linux/include, but then I can't go further. It doesn't except
> any path. Anybody encountered this problem before?
>
> Impu
Not sure what your problem is, but I can tell you that I run Vmware 2.0
just fine on two different
Suse Linux 6.2 machines.
_______________________
Christopher R. Carlen
Sr. Laser/Optical Tech.
Sandia National Labs
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From: Daniel Wetzler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: segmentation fault ?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 18:42:38 +0200
Hallo,
if I try to start some programs the system shows the error "segmentation
fault"
What does this error mean ?
How can I fix it ?
Greetings,
Daniel
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From: Jim Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Athlon problems
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:49:42 -0300
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James Pearson wrote:
> I'm having problems running Redhat 6.2 on an Athlon box - it freezes
> when I try to run mkfs on a disk partition.
>
> My set up:
>
> Athlon 700Mhz, Gigabyte 7IX mainboard, 256Mb RAM, 2 IBM
> Ultra66 disks (IBM-DTLA-307030).
>
> Redhat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14-12.
>
> The root disk has a 2Gb root partition, 512Mb swap and the rest spare.
>
> I can install RH6.2, but when I try run mkfs on the large spare
> partition, the machine freezes. It also freezes if I try to dd to the
> raw spare partition.
>
> I've also tried:
>
> - installing kernel 2.2.15 + ide.2.2.15.20000509 + raid-2.2.15-A0
>
> - using a Promise Ultra66 PCI controller, instead of the on board IDE
> controller
>
> .. but with no improvement.
>
> However, if I replace the mainboard/CPU with a Intel based mainboard and
> a PII (with or without the Promise controller), it works fine (although
> slower).
>
> Can anyone suggest anything else? Could the Athlon/mainboard be faulty?
>
> Is there any other kernel tweak I could make?
>
> For various reasons, I don't want to use a 2.3 based kernel ...
>
> Thanks
>
> James Pearson
>
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> Before you buy.
Don't happen to have a G400 video card do you?
Athlon700 + G400 = tempermental (IMHO)
Jim
--
=======================================================
Jim Chisholm
Dalhousie University, Dept. Physics Halifax N.S. Canada
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service
Captain/President Bay Road Station 59
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James Pearson wrote:
<blockquote TYPE=CITE>I'm having problems running Redhat 6.2 on an Athlon
box - it freezes
<br>when I try to run mkfs on a disk partition.
<p>My set up:
<p>Athlon 700Mhz, Gigabyte 7IX mainboard, 256Mb RAM, 2 IBM
<br>Ultra66 disks (IBM-DTLA-307030).
<p>Redhat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14-12.
<p>The root disk has a 2Gb root partition, 512Mb swap and the rest spare.
<p>I can install RH6.2, but when I try run mkfs on the large spare
<br>partition, the machine freezes. It also freezes if I try to dd to the
<br>raw spare partition.
<p>I've also tried:
<p>- installing kernel 2.2.15 + ide.2.2.15.20000509 + raid-2.2.15-A0
<p>- using a Promise Ultra66 PCI controller, instead of the on board IDE
<br>controller
<p>.. but with no improvement.
<p>However, if I replace the mainboard/CPU with a Intel based mainboard
and
<br>a PII (with or without the Promise controller), it works fine (although
<br>slower).
<p>Can anyone suggest anything else? Could the Athlon/mainboard be faulty?
<p>Is there any other kernel tweak I could make?
<p>For various reasons, I don't want to use a 2.3 based kernel ...
<p>Thanks
<p>James Pearson
<p>Sent via Deja.com <a href="http://www.deja.com/">http://www.deja.com/</a>
<br>Before you buy.</blockquote>
Don't happen to have a G400 video card do you?
<br>Athlon700 + G400 = tempermental (IMHO)
<p>Jim
<pre>--
=======================================================
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Chisholm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Dalhousie University, Dept. Physics Halifax N.S. Canada
Halifax Regional Fire and Emergency Service
Captain/President Bay Road Station 59
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From: Cory <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Windows Utility to Read Linux Formatted Disks: Does One Exist?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:51:59 GMT
wrote:
> I tried:
>
> mount -t autofs /dev/fd0
> mount -t msdos /dev/fd0
> mount -t auto /dev/fd0
>
> all of which returned the standard mount error message.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Travis
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> James Lee wrote:
>
> > Travis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Cool, how do I do that write to a DOS disk thing?
> >
> > mtools or mount it as type msdos or as auto (let linux figure it out).
> > All will get you to share things in dos.
> >
> > Also, there is explore2fs that can handle ext2
> > fs inside windows. It's on a permanent beta lists,
> > but seems to be stable.
>
If you're trying to mount a floppy without an
entry in your /etc/fstab, the command you'd use is:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt -t auto
This would mount your floppy to /mnt with FS type
auto. Without an entry in your fstab, Linux
doesn't know where to mount the disk. Also, if it
is in your fstab but you specify a FS type, you
must also supply a mountpoint.
Hope this helps.
Cory ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Web based room booking system
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:45:10 GMT
Hi all,
I am looking for a room booking software that can run on Linux or Sun
Solaris that has web interface for users to access. Our users want to
be able to book meeting rooms / conference rooms from their web
browsers.
If any one knowssuch software either a freeware or with cost, pls let
me know.
Thanks
ennpee
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From: PoD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Label of CDROM
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 02:56:00 +0930
Wolfgang Fiedler wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> how can I find out the label of a CDROM (mounted) in linux?
> (The name next to the drive letter in the Wind*ws Expl*rer)
>
> TIA
>
> wolfgang
head -c 32819 /dev/cdrom | tail -c 11
cheers, PoD.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andreas Schweitzer)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.solaris,comp.os.linux,comp.unix.aix
Subject: Re: Source code for TOP
Date: 21 Jun 2000 17:02:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In article <8ioo4o$b6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Carl Swanson wrote:
>Also, what about the solaris, aix, and hp platforms?
For AIX you should get
http://www.csc.fi/~jmaki/monitor.html
or
ftp://ftp.mesa.nl/pub/monitor/
Andreas
--
Andreas Schweitzer
http://dilbert.physast.uga.edu/~andy/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: redirect chops lines at 80 cols
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 16:56:48 GMT
When I redirect the output of "ps laux >workfile", the output is
chopped at 80 columns. If I don't redirect it, I get a full 100
columns in my terminal emulator. Is there a way to tell the redirect
function NOT to chop off the lines? Running Caldera OpenLinux 1.3,
kernel version 2.0.36.
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From: PoD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redirect chops lines at 80 cols
Date: Thu, 22 Jun 2000 03:17:26 +0930
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> When I redirect the output of "ps laux >workfile", the output is
> chopped at 80 columns. If I don't redirect it, I get a full 100
> columns in my terminal emulator. Is there a way to tell the redirect
> function NOT to chop off the lines? Running Caldera OpenLinux 1.3,
> kernel version 2.0.36.
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Try adding w to the ps options.
PoD.
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From: Nicholas Murison <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: segmentation fault ?
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 19:33:49 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Daniel Wetzler wrote:
>
> Hallo,
>
> if I try to start some programs the system shows the error "segmentation
> fault"
>
> What does this error mean ?
> How can I fix it ?
>
> Greetings,
>
> Daniel
"Segmentation fault" usually means a function in the program has
attempted to access an address in memory which is not allocated to it.
I.e. if the program "runme" is given (for example) the memory blocks 550
to 600 by the operating system, and the program tries to change or read
memory block 700, then the OS will tell the program to sod off.
If you downloaded the program already compiled, then it may be the
program was compiled with different versions of some libraries. This
can be fixed by recompiling the program from its source code on your
machine.
--
Nicholas John Murison
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Don't mess with penguins
Registered Linux User #153895 http://counter.li.org
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to tell which linux I'm in
Date: 21 Jun 2000 17:40:58 GMT
I have also seen such stuffs in the /etc/motd file,
although that depends on what the sysadmin put in there.
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From: Martin Heppner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,alt.os.linux.suse,alt.os.linux,alt.linux
Subject: Linux Faxserver - Windows NT Faxclient
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:40:38 GMT
I want to send faxes from my Windows NT Client over a SuSe Linux
Faxserver.
SuSEFax installs without problems on WinNT - unfortunately printer
drivers can not be installed. If i install a new port, it does not work
with hylafax as faxserver and HP Laserjet 4 printer driver. Installing
the Apple Postscript driver it produces just strang characters.
Does anyone know a simple solution for the combination Linux Faxserver
and Windows NT as Faxclient?
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Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 13:47:55 -0400
From: Ken MacFarlane <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X3270 Configuration Question
On Wed, 14 Jun 2000, Larry wrote:
> If you've used X3270 and have modified the colors and keyboard
> mapping, how do you do it? I've tried but can't find the right places
> obviously for it to work.
You might want to have a look at the Resources file in the x3270 docs in
/usr/doc as well as /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/app-defaults/X3270. I haven't done
any keyboard mappings, but here's what I put in my .Xresources for color:
x3270.colorScheme: ksm
x3270.colorScheme.ksm: \
rgb:3b/46/73 rgb:85/ba/d3 rgb:bb/7d/68 rgb:ab/50/0a \
rgb:a6/9d/d3 rgb:c1/d9/e4 rgb:d1/e5/f5 rgb:fe/f9/e4 \
rgb:7e/6b/49 rgb:9a/6a/34 rgb:f5/ea/d4 rgb:52/77/81 \
rgb:b9/c7/e9 rgb:ff/fb/b3 rgb:a4/cb/eb rgb:f9/df/3b \
white rgb:2d/18/05 rgb:54/48/ae \
4 2 1 15
! Color schemes listed on the Options color menu
x3270.schemeList: Default 3279: default\n\
Bright: bright\n\
Reverse: reverse\n\
Green Screen: greenScreen\n\
Ken Colors: ksm
x3270*menuBarContainer.borderColor: rgb:41/34/23
x3270*menuBarContainer.background: rgb:b9/64/19
x3270*fileMenuButton*background: rgb:f8/e1/59
x3270*fileMenuButton*borderColor: rgb:a1/3a/12
x3270*fileMenuButton*foreground: rgb:61/3e/a2
x3270*optionsMenuButton*background: rgb:07/04/06
x3270*optionsMenuButton*borderColor: rgb:61/71/c5
x3270*optionsMenuButton*foreground: rgb:64/63/8d
x3270*optionsMenu*foreground: rgb:5c/5a/c5
x3270*optionsMenu*borderColor: rgb:2d/35/63
x3270*keypadButton*background: rgb:25/30/30
x3270*keypadButton*borderColor: rgb:57/4d/34
x3270*keypadButton*foreground: rgb:54/52/76
x3270*fileMenu*background: rgb:fa/f0/aa
x3270*fileMenu.borderColor: rgb:4a/4b/ba
x3270*fileMenu*foreground: rgb:2f/2f/7b
x3270*exitMenu*background: rgb:fe/f7/ca
x3270*exitMenu*foreground: rgb:33/33/4e
x3270*togglesMenu.borderColor: rgb:6f/9e/af
x3270*keyPad*borderColor: rgb:89/43/8b
--
Ken MacFarlane
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
http://members.dca.net/ksm/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Athlon problems
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:49:26 GMT
On Sun, 18 Jun 2000 11:56:54 GMT, James Pearson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I'm having problems running Redhat 6.2 on an Athlon box - it freezes
>when I try to run mkfs on a disk partition.
>
>My set up:
>
>Athlon 700Mhz, Gigabyte 7IX mainboard, 256Mb RAM, 2 IBM
>Ultra66 disks (IBM-DTLA-307030).
>
>Redhat 6.2 with kernel 2.2.14-12.
>
>The root disk has a 2Gb root partition, 512Mb swap and the rest spare.
>
>I can install RH6.2, but when I try run mkfs on the large spare
>partition, the machine freezes. It also freezes if I try to dd to the
>raw spare partition.
>
>I've also tried:
>
>- installing kernel 2.2.15 + ide.2.2.15.20000509 + raid-2.2.15-A0
>
>- using a Promise Ultra66 PCI controller, instead of the on board IDE
>controller
>
>.. but with no improvement.
>
>However, if I replace the mainboard/CPU with a Intel based mainboard and
>a PII (with or without the Promise controller), it works fine (although
>slower).
>
>Can anyone suggest anything else? Could the Athlon/mainboard be faulty?
I doubt the Athlon is at fault but the motherboard may be. I'd check
Gigibyte for bios upgrades and also the kernel mailing list for issues with
whatever chipset you're motherboard uses. Presumably you've already checked
for cabling issues etc?
--
Ray
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From: "Wen-Yen Lin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help
Subject: looking for backup software
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:56:41 GMT
Hi,
I am trying to setup automatic backup process for our company's servers. I
was trying to use "dump" for incremental dump, but it seems that it only
work on a single EXT2 filesystem. I need to dump multiple file systems
(includes, NFS and EXT2) into one tape.
I will appreciate any recommendation!!
Regards,
Wen-Yen Lin
Fastrack Information Inc.,
16 S. Oakland Ave., Suite#216
Pasadena, CA 91101
TEL:(626)449-8237
FAX:(626)449-7271
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Ray)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: External Modem`s
Date: Wed, 21 Jun 2000 17:42:45 GMT
On 21 Jun 2000 16:13:55 +0100, Richard Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>But I take it that it's not a serial port modem?
>
>I'd like to know of a winmodem that operates entirely on a serial
>connection.
Back when 14.4 modems were common there were some (even external serial
types) that did data compression and error correction in software. That
didn't last long though since people actually returned the things as
defective rather than just accepting it as normal.
--
Ray
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From: James Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet from Windows
Date: 21 Jun 2000 17:58:39 GMT
Brian Burton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hey there. This is probably a dumb question to ask but I was really
> wondering if anyone knew of any good telnet programs that I can use from
> Windows to telnet into a Red Hat Linux box? The main reason I ask is
> that I really want to find out a way or a program that will let me when
> I telnet in and use vim to work on perl documents to keep all of the
> color coding that it uses.
But vim also has a windows port. Why not run it natively?
> Most programs I have tried just have their own color scheme and don't
> use Linuxes (eg plain old white background with black text).
> Thanks ahead of time.
> Brian
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