Linux-Misc Digest #154, Volume #25 Sun, 16 Jul 00 23:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Telnet and Backspace Problem (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: Installed INN 2.3 beta (July 15, 2000 build), now what? ("Fan")
Re: syslogd going nuts (Robert Schweikert)
Re: PPP compression revisited (Bill Unruh)
Re: mgetty and dial in (Bill Unruh)
Re: mgetty and dial in (Bill Unruh)
Re: Help with cdrecord (Bill Unruh)
error message at xterm (jafgon)
Module(?) question (Todd Lasman)
Re: error message at xterm (ljb)
Re: Help with cdrecord (blowfish)
Re: Creating a newsgroup server (blowfish)
Re: postgres createuser problem (blowfish)
Re: 98 and Linux (Todd Knarr)
Re: E-mail program (blowfish)
Re: E-mail program (blowfish)
Re: How to get pop3 Mail in 'pine'? (blowfish)
Re: mpeg capture from video capture card (blowfish)
Re: RedHat and disk druid (Dave Brown)
Re: mgetty and dial in ("John G. Sandell")
Re: undelete directory? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Looking for the X Servers... ("Peter T. Breuer")
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Subject: Re: Telnet and Backspace Problem
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 00:12:04 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tom Hoffmann) writes:
> When I telnet into our HP-UX and AIX boxes from Linux, neither the
> backspace key or left-arrow key erase the previous character as they do
> when I am in a normal bash shell.
> I have looked in man telnet and did not see anything there that would
> help. I did see a reference to a .telnetrc file, but can not locate
> anything of substance regarding it. It is possible the answer lies
> there. Can someone point me to a source of information that I could
> use to solve this problem. I am getting tired of CTRL-C'ing every time
> I make a typo and having to retype the entire command. Thanks.
Yes, that is the hallmark of a Unix system ;-)
Does the following help you: 'stty erase ^H'
--
Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Fan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: news.software.nntp
Subject: Re: Installed INN 2.3 beta (July 15, 2000 build), now what?
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 16:17:50 -0800
Everything works great now.
Thanks for your help.
"Russ Allbery" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> In news.software.nntp, Fan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> > Ok, I ./configure ; make ; make install'ed it (I also followed the
> > directions in INSTALL for initializing the database, etc). Now what?
> > This is a standalone NNTP service, no propogation to other servers.
> > What's the simplest way to create a group called "MyGroup" and have it
> > be accessible without any IP restrictions? (im not worried about
> > moderation or anything like that)
>
> ctlinnd newgroup MyGroup as the news user. Then edit readers.conf and add
> something like:
>
> auth "everybody" {
> hosts: "*"
> default: "<everybody>"
> }
>
> access "everybody" {
> users: "<everybody>"
> newsgroups: "*"
> }
>
> > p.s. - It seems to work fine (lists groups) from the local Linux machine
> > with Netscape's newsreader. I want to use Outlook Express as the client
> > on my Windows 2000 machine to test it though (currently it says I have
> > no permission).
>
> By default, out of the box, INN 2.3 only allows connections from
> localhost.
>
> --
> Russ Allbery ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) <http://www.eyrie.org/~eagle/>
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From: Robert Schweikert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: syslogd going nuts
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 20:21:27 -0400
No I didn't lopk at the time, went back to Enlightenment as my window manager
and the problem no longer exisits.
"Lonni J. Friedman" wrote:
> Robert Schweikert wrote:
> >
> > My syslogd is going nuts, i.e. using CPU time, when nothing is going on
> > on the machine it uses 20% CPU time, looking at the CPU monitor I can
> > see consistent spices at rgular time intervals. Killing syslogd leaves
> > the cpu monitor at 0 when nothing is going on, jsu as it is supposed to
> > be. However, I don't feel very comfortable running without syslogd.
> >
> > Any ideas what could be going on?
> >
> > I am using RH6.2
> >
> > I think the trouble started when I switched to iceWM, but getting rid of
> > iceWM and killing and restarting syslogd doesn't help.
>
> Have you looked to see what is being logged that is so intensive?
--
Robert Schweikert MAY THE SOURCE BE WITH YOU
[EMAIL PROTECTED] LINUX
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: PPP compression revisited
Date: 17 Jul 2000 00:37:12 GMT
In <wUkc5.17705$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Micromans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
]I get the following messages in the RedHat 6.0 'messages' log file when
]using 'pppd', (by the way 'pppd' works successfully ... I use it with squid
]acting as a caching proxy server):
]Can't locate module ppp-compress-21
]Can't locate module ppp-compress-26
]Can't locate module ppp-compress-24
Don;t worry about it.
]This item was addressed in a previous post to this thread (Mathew Nimmo,
]7/4/00, 8:28am) in which it was suggested that some lines be added to the
]'etc/conf.modules', and further, that the user did not share any compression
]types with their ISP.
]QUESTION #1: Why don't I have an 'etc/conf.modules' file on my standard
]RedHat 6.0 installation where pppd is working successfully? (Should I just
]create a 'conf.modules'?).
That is /etc/conf.modules, not etc/conf.modules.
I suspect you do have one, but if not, create it and put nimmo's stuff
in.
]QUESTION #2: How can I tell if I 'share any compression types with my ISP'?
If you use the debug option and you set up syslog properly you can see
the CPP negotiation come to a successful conclusion. Unless your ISP
uses Linux, you will not. It does not matter. You modem compresses
anyway.
]QUESTION #3: How can I ensure that I get some sort (any sort) of compression
]over the dial-up phone line to my ISP when using pppd for the connection?
]Although the pppd works successfully it oftentimes seems much slower that
]when I dial using Windows NT Workstation to my ISP.
See above
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: mgetty and dial in
Date: 17 Jul 2000 00:40:05 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "John G. Sandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
writes:
]07/16 13:37:49 yS0 mgetty: experimental test release 1.1.21-Jul24
]07/16 13:37:49 yS0 check for lockfiles
]07/16 13:37:49 yS0 locking the line
]07/16 13:37:49 yS0 lowering DTR to reset Modem
]07/16 13:37:50 yS0 send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
]07/16 13:37:50 yS0 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
]07/16 13:37:51 yS0 send: ATS0=0Q0&D3&C1[0d]
]07/16 13:37:51 yS0 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
]07/16 13:37:51 yS0 mdm_send: 'ATI'
]07/16 13:37:51 yS0 USR Courier/Sportster 56k detected
]07/16 13:37:51 yS0 mdm_send: 'ATI3'
]07/16 13:37:51 yS0 additional info: 'U.S. Robotics 56K FAX EXT V5.1.4'
]07/16 13:37:51 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FCLASS=2.0' -> OK
]07/16 13:37:51 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FAA=1;+FCR=1' -> OK
]07/16 13:37:52 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FBO=1' -> OK
]07/16 13:37:52 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FNR=1,1,1,0' -> OK
]07/16 13:37:52 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FLI="49 115 xxxxxxxx"' -> OK
]07/16 13:37:52 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FCC=1,5,0,2,0,0,0,0' -> OK
]07/16 13:37:53 yS0 waiting...
And thesee last lines show tht the modem has been switched into fax
mode. Why? You do not want it in fax mode in order to answer the phone.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: mgetty and dial in
Date: 17 Jul 2000 00:41:47 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> John-Paul Stewart <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Sounds right to me. Is the modem internal or external? My USR External modem
>has a light labelled 'AA' for AutoAnswer. If your modem has such a light and it
>is NOT lit, then the modem has not been told to answer.
Using mgetty, the modem should NOT answer. mgetty works by seeing the
RING output of the modem and then answering itself. If the modem
autoanswers, mgetty will not work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Help with cdrecord
Date: 17 Jul 2000 00:43:57 GMT
>[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
>> I've got cdrecord set up on a Linux box, but for the life of me I can't
>> figure out how to tell it to record! What is the correct command?
First you need to make an iso file using mkisofs. Then do something like
cdrecord -speed=4 -dev=3,0 /usr/local/cd/filename.iso
where /usr/local/cd/filename.iso
is to be replaced with the name of the file you made with mkisofs.
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From: jafgon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: error message at xterm
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 19:58:39 -0400
Greetings group,
After entering my user name and password at the login prompt I'm
given an error message that reads the following
[: too many
arguments
[user@localhost
user]$
This also happens when I drop into an xterm from my window manager.
Does anybody know how to get rid of this? Although there is no effect to
the operation of the system it is rather annoying.
Thanks in advance,
jafgon
--
http://www.bright.net/~jafgon
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From: Todd Lasman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Module(?) question
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 18:05:06 -0700
I just had need to upgrade to the 2.4 kernel in order to get my Ultra
ATA66 working. That works fine, but there is some minor wierdness I
can't explain. For example, when I try to use my PPP connection, I get
a complaint that PPP is not installed into the kernel, or no modules are
available. Neither is true. I've compiled the kernel both ways (PPP
included, and then again as a module) but I still get this problem. I'm
assuming that this has something to do with the modules not being loaded
correctly.
Can anyone point me in the right direction?
Thanks.
Todd
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (ljb)
Subject: Re: error message at xterm
Date: 17 Jul 2000 01:07:38 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Greetings group,
>
> After entering my user name and password at the login prompt I'm
>given an error message that reads the following
>
> [: too many
>arguments
> [user@localhost
>user]$
>
> This also happens when I drop into an xterm from my window manager.
>Does anybody know how to get rid of this? Although there is no effect to
>the operation of the system it is rather annoying.
It problem means one of the shell startup files has a command which
either has a syntax error, or is not understood by the shell under which
it is running. It isn't too easy to track down, but you could try
putting "set -x" or "echo ..." commands into the scripts to see where
it turns up. This would include /etc/profile, ~/.profile, and others.
You are looking for a "test" command (which is '['), most likely in
a "if" statement. It might also be caused by use of an unquoted variable
which happens to be empty, like: "if [ $var ... " if var is undefined.
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: Help with cdrecord
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 18:27:33 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I've got cdrecord set up on a Linux box, but for the life of me I can't
> figure out how to tell it to record! What is the correct command?
> Anybody?
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
Get 'krabber' GUI front end, works well with cdrecord,
cdparanoia,lame,gogo,mp3enc,bladeenc,
do data cd, audio cd, cd ripping, recording cd-r, cd-rw,
etc. search for it in google.com, comes with SuSE 6.x
X-CDRoast needs scsi-ide emulation.
It's a freebie for Linux from Germany.
-Alex / blowfish.
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: Creating a newsgroup server
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 18:32:42 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Denis L. Menezes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > Hello friends.
>
> > I am a newbie at linux. My wish is to start a newsgroup on my server at home
> > just like the one that we are viewing now.
>
> > Can I do this on a linux server? Can anyone help me on guidelines on how to
> > go about setting up a newgruop server? Any software available?
>
> What do you want to do with it?
> Do you want to just hold the newsgroups you and your friends read, or do you
> want to handle a fuil newsfeed?
>
> If it's the former, install Leafnode and follow the VERY SIMPLE
> instructions.
>
> If it's the latter, use INN. Of course, you'll also need a few gigs of hard
> disk space and a very high speed connection to do that.
nntp better than inn. ;-)
-Alex / blowfish
> --
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | "I'm alive!!! I can touch! I can taste! |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| I can SMELL!!! KRYTEN!!! Unpack Rachel and |
> | in | get out the puncture repair kit!" |
> | Computer Science | Arnold Judas Rimmer- Red Dwarf |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: postgres createuser problem
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 18:39:54 -0700
"Denis L. Menezes" wrote:
>
> Hello friends.
>
> I have just started on Linux and Postgres.
>
> When I am in root, I type "su postgres"
> Then the foll steps
> bash# createuser denis
>
> I get the foll error :
> Connection to database 'template1' failed
> ConnectDB() -- connect failed:connection refused
> Is the postmaster running at 'localhost' and accepting connections on unix
> socket '5432'?
> createuser : databse access failed
>
> Can someone please tell me why I am getting the above rror and what the
> solution is?
>
> Thanks
>
> denis
You didn't tell your smptd for localhost and PostgreSQL which
port/socket to use for connection.
Install webmin (www.webmin.com ), it'll help you to manage a lot of
servers.
You might want to install 'pgaccess' as well, for day to day data
maintainance.
-Alex / blowfish.
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From: Todd Knarr <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 98 and Linux
Date: 17 Jul 2000 01:48:40 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc <jVrc5.14585$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Paul E. Larson
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> That is because there isn't, it is the default format until you go below the
> 540mb line!
Odd, then, that it formatted a 2gig partition as FAT16 instead of FAT32
when I used it. Of course, since I only use Win98 for the games, I've
not dug terribly far into it. I have Linux, it formatted FAT32, Windows
uses it fine, I'm happy.
--
I'm a science officer. It's my job to have a better idea.
-- Dax
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: E-mail program
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 19:09:34 -0700
tvn wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> I am ver new in Linux
> Can someone recommend several popular e-mail program for me ?
> I don't mind running text-based e-mail as long as it can receive and send
> attachments.
>
> Thank you
PINE!!!!!!!!!!
PINE PINE PINE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Get GNUpg and pgp4pine too if you want easy
signing/encrypting/unencrypting email on the fly.
BUT Pine you must compile from source. Its lisence doesn't allow
binaries distribution.
But it's easy to compile. Read the README and FAQ.
:D
-Alex / blowfish.
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: E-mail program
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 19:11:59 -0700
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Grant Edwards <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> >>The Darkener <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> >>> Pine rocks.
> >>
> >>s/rock/suck/
> >>
> >>Elm on the other hand...
>
> > Is a venerated but long-in-the-tooth ancestor of mutt.
>
> > ;)
>
> But still good, better than Pine, and still being maintained.
> :)
> (I'm used to elm [used it for 5 years] and see no reason to change.)
But for total newbies, Pine rules. And you lear a basic simple/easy text
editor "Pico" as well ;-)
-Alex / blowfish.
> --
> ______________________________________________________________________________
> | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | |
> |Andrew Halliwell BSc(hons)| "ARSE! GERLS!! DRINK! DRINK! DRINK!!!" |
> | in | "THAT WOULD BE AN ECUMENICAL MATTER!...FECK!!!! |
> | Computer Science | - Father Jack in "Father Ted" |
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Subject: Re: How to get pop3 Mail in 'pine'?
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 19:20:58 -0700
Roger Blake wrote:
>
> On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 04:33:22 GMT, Timothy J. Lee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> A lot of newbies seem to believe that "thuh web" is the entire Internet.
>
Oh... Roger, Rorger...
No, you're wrong. Al Gore designed it that way. Anything other than
"thuh web" is NOT the "Infofmation Super Highway."
If you don't believe so? Ask AOLers. :P
AARPAnet and nntp are for old hippies only.
- Alex / blowfish.
> --
> Roger Blake
> (remove second "g" and second "m" from address for email)
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From: blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: ..
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.development.system,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: mpeg capture from video capture card
Date: Sun, 16 Jul 2000 19:31:30 -0700
Thierry wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> Do you know an existing program (with sources) wich capture video from a
> video capture card (bt chips) and save it in mpeg or quicktime format.
> Without using Xwindows.
>
> Thanks a lot.
>
> thierry
broadcast2000.
comes with SuSE6.4.
-Alex / blowfish.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Brown)
Subject: Re: RedHat and disk druid
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 Jul 2000 21:37:06 -0500
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, RetroGrouch wrote:
>OK I give up: where the *&^%! is disk druid?
>
>I'd like to play with it, but I can't find it anywhere....
>
>Or even wht it's called...
RedHat builds disk druid into their installer. The only way you can get
back to it is to reboot with their install CD or diskette.
Similar situation to Caldera's inclusion of Partition Magic into their
installer. You must boot their installer to use it.
--
Dave Brown Austin, TX
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From: "John G. Sandell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: mgetty and dial in
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 02:47:24 GMT
Bill Unruh wrote:
>
> In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "John G. Sandell"
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> ]07/16 13:37:52 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FNR=1,1,1,0' -> OK
> ]07/16 13:37:52 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FLI="49 115 xxxxxxxx"' -> OK
> ]07/16 13:37:52 yS0 mdm_send: 'AT+FCC=1,5,0,2,0,0,0,0' -> OK
> ]07/16 13:37:53 yS0 waiting...
>
> And thesee last lines show tht the modem has been switched into fax
> mode. Why? You do not want it in fax mode in order to answer the phone.
I know I don't want AA lit, and it's not. I know I don't want it to be
in fax mode. What I'm trying to find out is where I configure mgetty to
send it the right codes. I can't find any configuration file to change.
I've looked at all of the files in /etc/mgetty+sendfax and all the docs
I could find, including the greenie web page. It seems to me there's a
chat script somewhere or some defaults are compiled in. It appears to me
that mgetty is querying the modem as to its make and capabilities,
because the laptop modem with the same /etc/mgetty+snedfax configs,
etc., shows this in the log:
07/16 13:18:14 yS1 check for lockfiles
07/16 13:18:14 yS1 locking the line
07/16 13:18:14 yS1 lowering DTR to reset Modem
07/16 13:18:15 yS1 send: \dATQ0V1H0[0d]
07/16 13:18:15 yS1 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
07/16 13:18:15 yS1 send: ATS0=0Q0&D3&C1[0d]
07/16 13:18:15 yS1 waiting for ``OK'' ** found **
07/16 13:18:16 yS1 waiting...
07/16 13:19:29 yS1 wfr: waiting for ``RING''
07/16 13:19:29 yS1 wfr: waiting for ``RING''
07/16 13:19:34 yS1 send: ATA[0d]
07/16 13:19:34 yS1 waiting for ``CONNECT'' ** found **
07/16 13:19:47 yS1 send:
07/16 13:19:47 yS1 waiting for ``_'' ** found **
07/16 13:19:52 ##### data dev=ttyS1, pid=479, caller='none',
conn='115200
V42bis
(Sometimes I think uucp was easier back in 1982 ;))
John Sandell
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: undelete directory?
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 02:50:28 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Marcus Bergmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Is there a way to undelete removed directories? If it is so, how can i
> do it?
>
> Thanks, Marcus
>
I saw your posting and thought you may be interested in
UndeleteIt .Have a look at
http://www.soft-warehouse.net
Hope this helps you solve some problems in the future.
Also get a free Data Recovery tool "Media Test" software.
Determine if you have a physical or logical problem and the best means
of recovery.
Regards,
Robert Burns
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: Looking for the X Servers...
Date: 17 Jul 2000 02:56:16 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc Jianxin Xiong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: It seems that youve already got the X server, so no need to build one.
: The reason why you got "no such file or directory" is not the server
: binary didn't exist, but the required libaries could not be found. You
: need the glibc2.1 libraries, which are not included in Slackware 3.5.
: You'll have to install these libraries or stick with the X servers from
: Slackware 3.5 (at least XF86_VGA16 should work).
I run xfree 3.3.6 on my slackware 3.0 box under libc5 just fine. I
believe libc5 binaries for some recent releases are available at
xfree86.org - but if not just compile to taste from the server kit.
You don't want to move to glibc piecemeal.
Peter
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