Linux-Misc Digest #965, Volume #24 Wed, 28 Jun 00 09:13:01 EDT
Contents:
monitor problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Sun Sparc faster then intel pentium: is this true???? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
tool for joining various (text) files, editing and splitting them
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How to contact Apache remotely. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
connecting to ISP with linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
need guru's assistance: mail system (postfix) broken ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Modem connects, problems with Netscape, telnet, etc,(Where is my mi
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
VMware and devices ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
copying a newer kernel to an existing installation ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
fonts appear all as black boxes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
choosing between VMWare linux and Windows NT/2000 version
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
is there a port to windows media player? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
LILO command line length limit ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
need guru's assistance: mail system (postfix) broken ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How do I find my tape drive ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
How much memory do I need for this server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Simple questions: Pronounce, FreeBSD, pico etc....*s* ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Handle complements ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
fonts appear all as black boxes ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Who is loading the system and why? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
can't install linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Modem connects, problems with Netscape, telnet, etc,(Where is my mi
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
PCMCIA problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Simple questions: Pronounce, FreeBSD, pico etc....*s* ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: monitor problem
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am trying to set up X windows on Linux Red Hat 6.1. I have
installed
the patches but the problem I am having seems to be with the setup of
the monitor. When I run Xconfigurator the Belina 10 30 20 monitor is
not listed in the monitor setup. I tried choosing custom and then
entering the sync frequencies from the manual. I get the xserver test
working ok but when I try and startx from the command line it tries
but
then returns to the command line saying "waiting for X server too
shut
down".
Any suggestions most welcome
Pete
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Sun Sparc faster then intel pentium: is this true????
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: Peter Koch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi!
"Carl J. Boll" wrote:
> Oh come on now. This is just stupid. 3 years is the norm for
Intel
> systems? I have a Tandy 1000 that stills runs fine, a Tandy 2000
> that runs just fine, several '386 systems that run fine, many '486
> systems that run fine. All of these are over three years old. In
> fact I've only had one Intel based system die on me and I have a
> Sun 3/160 sitting in the garage that is dead. Given the age and
> quantity of machines that I own I'd say that from personal
experience
> that Suns aren't as reliable as the Intel machines >BUT< I know
that
> this isn't true. If you look at my numbers though it would seem
> that way.
>From my experience, Suns are remakably reliable machines. I have
several
Sun3 servers that ran for ten years day and night and did usefull
work.
The usefull period for a Sun is much longer, if you have a hierarchy:
The first three years a machine is used as server, then another three
or
four years as workstation or low-level server and then another three
years as X-terminal for the secretary or a student.
And don't forget that Suns, even the Workstations, usually haven't
been
powered down for the first few years of their lives. PC's are usually
shut down every night.
The real question is: are Suns so much better that you pay four or
five times the amount that a comparable PC would cost?
I'm biased here as most of you know, hehe ;-)
Tschuess
Peter
P.S.: If you don't know, look here:
http://home.k-town.de/~pkoch
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: tool for joining various (text) files, editing and splitting them
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Vid Strpic)
Uwe Brauer said unto us in comp.unix.questions :
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Charles Demas) writes:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
>> Uwe Brauer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >I am looking for a simple tool to join various (text) files
(which say
>> >have the same extension, but are located in various directories)
to a
>> >single file, editing them and finally splitt them again.
>> >Does anybocy know about such a tool,
>>
>> How about an editor, like perhaps ... vi?
>
>I have to confess you I am sticked to emacs/xemacs and don't see the
>charm of vi.
Uh oh, YA flamebait ... >;)
Yes, I do use vi. And love it.
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Vid Strpi�, also known as Martin. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> 0912016642
I don't speak for my employer, just for my humbleself.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How to contact Apache remotely.
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: alan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Would like to know what exactly is involved. I know about localhost
and
127.0.0.1 for local contact. Obviously, for remote contact I need to
know
my own unique IP address (where is that kept?). Then do I simply
enter that
from a remote loaction while this machine is on the internet?? Please
explain?? NB thanks so much for previous Linux help.
--
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: connecting to ISP with linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin P Holland)
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 00:38:35 -0700,
acepea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Thanks for that script. last night while i was looking at
>various options in kppp i found one which passes parameters to
>pppd. i included usepeerdns without the quotes. nothing
>happened. is something else wrong? should i enter the script in
>ip-up.d and then try?
Something did happen! Look in /var/log/messages and you will see
lines like this
Jun 27 10:18:11 emmy pppd[3036]: primary DNS address 195.92.195.95
Jun 27 10:18:11 emmy pppd[3036]: secondary DNS address 195.92.195.94
So pppd is reporting what nameservers your ISP wants you to use.
You still have to let your system know what these nameservers are.
At this point you have two choices, you can either copy these
nameservers into kppp (or directly into /etc/resolv.conf) or you
can use a script running from ip-up to automatically update
/etc/resolv.conf.
One word of warning because of the way the resolver library works
(this is what most programs use to do DNS lookups) any programs
that were running _before_ you changed /etc/resolv.conf will not
know about it's new contents. This makes changing resolv.conf
on-the-fly not completely satisfactory. (I personally get around this
problem by running a cacheing-only nameserver and automatically
writing
the forwarders section in named.conf based on the output provided by
usepeerdns.)
I didn't read the script you mention above but the reference to
ip-up.d is debian-centric. If you want a script to run when pppd
goes up then to be sure run it from ip-up (which is guaranteed
to run by man pppd). Distros also run supplementary scripts from
ip-up. I think debian runs scripts under ip-up.d whereas RH
derivatives
run ip-up.local. No doubt SUSE do something else again.
>the other problem (probably related) is that i cannot enter the
>proxy server in netscape->preferences->advanced. if i enter a
>non numerical address like proxy1.myisp.net it says that it is
>not a valid address.
netscape wants to do a lookup on the server you type in but (as you
haven't sorted out your DNS yet) it can't and so this fails.
atb
Martin
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http://www.noether.freeserve.co.uk
http://www.kppp-archive.freeserve.co.uk
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: need guru's assistance: mail system (postfix) broken
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: Dr Teeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
It seems that the problem was in the lookup of my hostname. I am not
using a fully qualified domain name. In fact, on this host I really
only need to be able to send mail to other users on this system and
to
the Internet (through my isp's smtp server). I do not need to
receive
email addressed to user@mymachine.
How do I set postfix to ignore my non-qualified host name (or
understand
it for what it is)? How do I set any mail not sent to my localhost
to
go through my isp? And finally, how do I disable incoming email (not
sure that this is needed).
Thanks again,
Dr Teeth
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Modem connects, problems with Netscape, telnet, etc,(Where is my mi
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:22 GMT
From: Linux-Addict <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
If you have a ethernet card (nic) in your box, your going to have to
run this command at SU , /sbin/ifconfig eth0 down. if the nic is up an
d
running Netscape is looking to the network to run ,not your dialup.
To load in your modem at bootup in /etc/rc.d/rc.serial add the
following
line, this is my settings you will have to run cat /proc/pci to get
your
settings. In /rc.serial , setserial /dev/modem uart 16550A port
0xb800
irq 10. If the /rc.serial doesn't exist use Emacs editor to create
it.
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Eisenberg) wrote:
> Hey! I finally got my a modem to work and connect with my Internet
> Server after using the following line
>
> setserial /dev/ttyS2 auto_irq autoconfig
>
> It then seems to dial fine after putting a # sign in front of auth
on
> the /etc/ppp/options(i think correct path). Now after I connect
and
> it logs in I am unable to use Netscape, telnet, or anything else.
It
> seems like I'm not connected at all. I tried pinging, telnet, etc,
> etc, on many sites. I also used another account besides root since
I
> read Corel disables Internet browsing with the root account. Any
help
> would be great. I also am curious as how to make the setserial
line
> above load up every time? I think I edit the
/etc/rc.boot/0setserial
> but I'm not sure if that is correct, and what to edit. Any help
would
> be great! Thanks! Take Care. Paul
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: VMware and devices
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <8j0ntk$niu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote:
> Does anyone have any experience of VMware causing Linux to 'forget'
a
> device like /dev/lp0 or /dev/eth0? I'm running RedHat6.2 and
VMware
> with NT4 as the guest OS. Athlon 800MHz/mainboard. Linux
mysteriously
> could not detect /dev/lp0 overnight with VMware running.
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/ Before you buy.
Apparently the parallel port can only be used by either the guest or
the
host OS under VMWare, but not both. I'm running a Linux guest under
a
Win2K host and more often than not, the guest OS (Linux) starts up
with
the parallel port disconnected because it sees the parallel port in
use by
Win2K host.
Don
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: copying a newer kernel to an existing installation
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
How do I have to proceed, when I did a Linux (RH 6.1) installation
and I want to exchange the kernel on the hard disk afterwards
(because
the installed kernel 2.2.12 panics - it is an SMP machine and
I have working SMP kernels lying around on other machines)
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Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: fonts appear all as black boxes
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: Christoph Kukulies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Gnome/RH 6.1:
SiS 6326 PCI 4MB 24 bpp (also with 8bpp , IIRC)
XFree86 3.3.5
Several fonts, 75dpi, misc (fixed) appear as single colored
fg=bg solid boxes in Gnome applications and xterms.
I suspect it could have something to do with glyphs and the Xserver.
Any ideas? Known problem?
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Chris Christoph P. U. Kukulies [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: choosing between VMWare linux and Windows NT/2000 version
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: "Donald E. Stidwell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <8j2h78$o26$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Gijs Calis"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I want to use VMWare to access my future other operating systems.
For
> research and experimentation I'm installing Windows 98/ Windows NT
/
> Windows
> 2000 and Linux (Mandrake or Storm) on my computer (which is up to
the
> task hardware wise).
>
> So my questions are Which option is faster, Windows 2000 or Linux?
(if
> there is any difference at all) Wich version is more stable? (more
> important of course)
>
> I'd be very glad is someone could helpl me out,
>
> Gijs Calis
>
>
I can't address using VMWare on Linux as I run it under Windows 2000
with
a Linux Mandrake 7.1 guest. Hardware is AMD K6-2/350 with 256M RAM,
of
which I'm using 64M for VMWare.
Stability is a non-issue: neither Win2K nor the Linux VM have ever
crashed
on me. Performance of the VM is noticeably slower than native but
not
objectionably so by any means. I have Caldera eDesktop 2.4 running on
a
Pentium 100 with 64 Megs and the VM virtual machine under Win2K is at
least as fast as that machine.
Don
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: is there a port to windows media player?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: max barwell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Maybe you could try realplayer, or freeamp?
max
Daniel Klimkowski wrote:
> I need to know if there is a port of Windows media player to Linux
or
> anything that emulates it. I'm wanting it so that I can stream
audio from
> online radio stations and most of them require Windows Media
Player.
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- Max Barwell - - powered by -
- [EMAIL PROTECTED] - - Redhat 6.2 -
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: LILO command line length limit
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: John in SD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
RedHat 6.2 does not have this bugfix.
--John Coffman
On Sun, 25 Jun 2000 06:05:51 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Thanks for the reply. I have downloaded the latest source and
compiled
>it, and it has sorted out the lilo problem. I was using lilo as
>provided under RedHat 6.1, so I will be looking at the 6.2 RPMS's to
>see if they have this lilo version.
>
>Shaddy Baddah
>
LILO version 21.4.3 (06-May-2000) source at
ftp: sd.dynhost.com dir: /pub/linux/lilo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: need guru's assistance: mail system (postfix) broken
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Koos Pol)
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 10:26:31 GMT, Dr Teeth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
| It seems that the problem was in the lookup of my hostname. I am
not
| using a fully qualified domain name. In fact, on this host I
really
| only need to be able to send mail to other users on this system and
to
| the Internet (through my isp's smtp server). I do not need to
receive
| email addressed to user@mymachine.
|
| How do I set postfix to ignore my non-qualified host name (or
understand
| it for what it is)? How do I set any mail not sent to my localhost
to
| go through my isp? And finally, how do I disable incoming email
(not
| sure that this is needed).
Based on your description you don't seem to need postfix at all.
Might as
well deinstall it. Have your mail program point to your ISP's mail
host and
you can send mail.
Koos Pol
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How do I find my tape drive
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: "Jeff Malka" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I have TurboLinux 6 workstatrion installed and am just learning to
use it.
I have a tape drive installed on my machine. How do I find it under
Linux
and how would I do a complete backup of Linux to tape?
Thanks.
--
Jeff Malka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: How much memory do I need for this server
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: David Rolfe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I am putting together a linux box that will sit on the internet that
students can telnet to do their programming assignments. We want to
support 30 students. They will be only running telnet sessions in
line
mode and compiling and running simple programs. The machine we have
is a
450 MHZ machine with 64 Megs of memory. Does anyone know if this is
enough memory to support the application? In addition, is there some
configuration file somewhere that limits the number of telnet
sessions?
If there is I need to set this up. Finally can anyone point me to
something I can read about securty issues. This machine will be very
simple. It will not be any kind of web server. Just a "compile
server".
Thanks, Dave
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Simple questions: Pronounce, FreeBSD, pico etc....*s*
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: Fro-Man <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000, Hendrix wrote:
> 1. vi --- Is it spelled out or spoken "Veye"...
Looks good. Or if you use vim, you just call it vim.
> 2. GNU --- Is it spelled out, or pronounced "New"...
I usually pronouce it G-N-U, like the letters.
> 3. Linux --- Leee-nucks, Len-nucks, or Lie-nucks(How does Linus
say
> it?)..
lynn-ucks. Like how you pronouce the woman's name lynn, and ucks,
like
the latter half of the word you use when describing M$. However, if
you
head to: ftp.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/SillySounds/ there you can
hear
Linus actualyl saying it.
> 4. SQL --- Is it spelled out, or pronounced "Sequel".. I've
heard
> both..
S-Q-L Sequel is M$'s bs.
> 5. Daemon --- Is it demon, or daymon...
Day-mon. I thought this was thuroughly documented on BSD sites!?!
> 6. TCL --- I've heard it called Tickle...???*s*
Only when it is with tk also. It'd be tickle-talk then. Otherwise
it is
just T-C-L.
> 7. pico --- Is it pee-co or pie-co...??? (Hey, I've used it
> too)...*s*
Hey, I actually find this to be a quicker editor than vi. Maybe not
as
commonly used, but considerbly easier. And pee-co.
> 1. Why is Unix-based systems referred to as *nix based systems when
> linux and various other versions end in "ux"...???
Because linux is a type of unix. So, it still is a *nix.
> 2. Is FreeBSD linux or not...??? When I ordered all the
distributions
> from <www.linuxmall.com> I was sent FreeBSD with all the other
> distros...
No, FreeBSD is not linux. FreeBSD is another *nix. ;> It uses a
completely different kernel. Similar ideas, but still different.
You can
run linux binaries on FreeBSD though. I believe slackware's ideas
are
based off of FreeBSD. Or vice verse.
> 3. Does the POSIX standard dictate the directory structure of *nix
based
> systems (usr, home, bin, etc, var et cetera...)...??? If so, where
can
> I get a copy of this POSIX standard...??? What else does the
standard
> dictate...???
No. That has been an issue for a while between distributions. Each
one
think they got it right, but they are all wrong in some way or
another. Tradition is the only think that determines where things
go.
> 4. Does the sysvinit program install the 'login' and 'sulogin'
programs
> when it is installed itself...??? I know the 'init' process
activates
> and respawns these programs, but is the 'login' and 'sulogin'
programs
> part of the sysvinit distribution...???
Dunno. Find the package. Make it, then do a find ./* | grep login
> 5. Does anyone but me use 'pico'...???*smile* Getting used to 'vi'
is
> just killing me...!!!*s*
If I have to I can use vi, but at the soonest reasonable point I
usually
get pico installed and compiled. :>
> Sorry for bombarding you guys with all these questions, but I
figure
> this is the best place to inquire...*smile* Thanks to all you took
the
> time to read and/or respond to this email... Take care...
Hope it helped. Good luck.
# Aaron Day # [EMAIL PROTECTED] # http://www.csis.gvsu.edu/~daya #
The secret to successful programming: Good error messages.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Handle complements
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 09:10:18 +0200, Nikodemus Karlsson
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hi,
>I often have to delete all the files in a directory
>except one file or one kind of files (*.c).
>How can I do this with one command? I want it
>to work like "rm -f * except *.c"
find . -not -name \*.c -exec rm -f {} \;
That's a bit unwieldly, but you can encapsulate that into a shell
function
or something. Be careful with that rm -f though.
--
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]
Subject: fonts appear all as black boxes
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
On 27 Jun 2000 10:47:59 GMT, Christoph Kukulies
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Gnome/RH 6.1:
>SiS 6326 PCI 4MB 24 bpp (also with 8bpp , IIRC)
>XFree86 3.3.5
>
>
>Several fonts, 75dpi, misc (fixed) appear as single colored
>fg=bg solid boxes in Gnome applications and xterms.
>
>I suspect it could have something to do with glyphs and the Xserver.
>
>Any ideas? Known problem?
Have you tried the RH updates? IIRC, there was a problem with this X
server. Check the errata at redhat.com. Also, 24bpp can be squirelly,
Try 16.
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Who is loading the system and why?
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
' Is 'solo' a laptop or a desktop? If a desktop, apmd is mostly
useless.
' 'apmd' is the Automatic Power Management daemon -- it takes care to
' put your system into 'suspend' mode properly when you close the lid
of
' your laptop so you can conserve battery life and still have Linux
be up
' and generally sane.
Solo is a Gateway 2000 Solo 5150 :-)
The screen lamp shuts off when the lid is closed without the help of
apmd. The power switch is set to power off, not suspend in the BIOS.
Going into suspend mode has always been a problem with Linux on this
machine. So I've got my BIOS set to not do that. I'm generaly (
always ) in reach of a power outlet of some variety that I can use
with this machine, so the battery only gets used when the power
fails. Call it a poor man's UPS.
The apm utility still works. I have a script that runs every ten
minutes that uses it to check the power level if solo is running off
of battery. If the battery is too low, it does a shutdown -h 5. I
did once have a case of a power failure lasting long enough for the
battery to die ( I was away ) and ended up with a few files in
lost+found. I also have a script that indexes the file system so
that
if that happens again, I can match the file names to the inode
number.
--
David Steuber | Hi! My name is David Steuber, and I am
NRA Member | a hoploholic.
All bits are significant. Some bits are more significant than
others.
-- Charles Babbage Orwell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: can't install linux
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: Florian E.J. Fruth <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
wrote in <8j9fsg$lgi$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> I have a 13 GB hdd on a quite old computer which bios only
recognizes
> 7.8GB. As soon as I have a partition over 7.8 gb allocated, I can't
> install linux (suse and red hat). the strange thing is, that red
hat
> recognizes all partitions correctly but if I want to partition with
> fdisk, the pc hangs. When partitioning with partition magic in
winnt4.0
> and then mounting the linux partitions in the redhat install
routine and
> pressing next causes again the pc to hang. I know, that some "old"
> or os which call the bios for the size of the hdd have problems
> installing onto a hdd > 8GB (like win9x, winnt4.0 prior sp4 or
os/2). is
> there a way to solve this problem. I don't want to throw away all
the
> data over the 8gb (Beos and win2k caused no problem at all when
> installing). I fussed around almost half a day with OS/2 warp 4 and
> ended up with a second hdd and a primary partition. I really don't
want
> to have to do this with linux too. so please reply, hopefully there
is a
> way,
> claus goettfert
have u tried to set the linux partition below 8gb and windoze above ?
perhaps if u haven't it could solve your problem...
fejf
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Modem connects, problems with Netscape, telnet, etc,(Where is my mi
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
On Tue, 27 Jun 2000 04:45:00 GMT, Paul Eisenberg
<<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Hey! I finally got my a modem to work and connect with my Internet
>Server after using the following line
>
>setserial /dev/ttyS2 auto_irq autoconfig
>
>It then seems to dial fine after putting a # sign in front of auth on
>the /etc/ppp/options(i think correct path). Now after I connect and
>it logs in I am unable to use Netscape, telnet, or anything else.
It
>seems like I'm not connected at all. I tried pinging, telnet, etc,
Can you ping an IP address once connected? For example,
ping 64.28.67.48 (IP of slashdot.org)
should give you something. If it does, then you are connected, you
just
don't have DNS. You can fix that by either manually adding the DNS
lines
in /etc/resolv.conf or having the PPP-up script do that for you.
kppp or
GNOME's PPP dialer have options to fill in the DNS servers. The
format of
the /etc/resolv.conf file is like so:
search
nameserver xxx.yyy.zzz.www
nameserver aaa.bbb.ccc.ddd
Replace those with the actual IP addresses of your ISP's DNS servers,
naturally. Your ISP should be able to tell you those.
--
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]
Subject: PCMCIA problem
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: "Mark Warnes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Can anyone help me sort out my PCMCIA problem?
I am running Linux Mandrake 6.5 (Kernel 2.2.13 I think) on a Dell
Inspiron
3000 laptop but my PCMCIA cards (a Psion Gold v90 56k modem and a
Xircom
10/100 Ethernet) are not available.
I have reinstalled the kernel-pcmcia-cs RPM which appears to have
made
pcmcia services startup correctly at boot time but the cards are not
recognised and don't appear in the PCMCIA control panel.
Does anyone have any ideas or tips about getting these cards working?
I have
a lonely Linux machine that can't talk to anyone...
Thanks,
Mark
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Simple questions: Pronounce, FreeBSD, pico etc....*s*
Date: Wed, 28 Jun 2000 09:46:23 GMT
From: Big Daddy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Scribbling furiously, Fro-Man managed to write....
:> 2. GNU --- Is it spelled out, or pronounced "New"...
: I usually pronouce it G-N-U, like the letters.
as in, "guh-new"? Or "gee-ehn-you"? I always just said "new"... I
believe this is more-or-less correct.... Gnu is a "real word" (an
animal, actually), and is pronounced like that.
:> 7. pico --- Is it pee-co or pie-co...??? (Hey, I've used it
:> too)...*s*
: Hey, I actually find this to be a quicker editor than vi. Maybe
not as
: commonly used, but considerbly easier. And pee-co.
Nay. Pie-co. ;-)
--
Big Daddy
The early bird still has to eat worms.
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