Linux-Misc Digest #157, Volume #25 Mon, 17 Jul 00 10:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: E-mail program ("Thomas Shannon")
Re: Very slow Corel Linux OS Delux problem (Dances With Crows)
Re: wine: ChessMaster 6000 problem (Derek Jolly)
telnet logs?? ("ed johnson")
Hard Linux Crash ("Charlie Pritt")
Re: programming tools and techniques ("Jamie")
Re: squid configuration ("M. Brio")
Re: How to setup dialup account in Corel Linux?? (John Hasler)
Re: Very slow Corel Linux OS Delux problem (John Hasler)
2.2.16 OK, 2.2.17pre "eth0: transmit timed out" (Frank Elsner)
Re: What's the best linux software for cloning audio CD's? (Lew Pitcher)
cdrecord: DVD OK ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Cannot find libjava.so when starting AIM!!!
strange tar behaviour ("Andreas Moroder")
Re: kdm and redhat 6.1 ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: telnet logs?? (Dances With Crows)
Re: squid configuration (Rob van der Putten)
Re: PROBLEM: KERNEL 2.2.14 (Thomas Adams)
Re: vnc help Can't connect: errno = 111 (Matt)
screensaver or similar generating problem (Fernando)
Re: What's the best linux software for cloning audio CD's? (Vlar Schreidlocke)
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From: "Thomas Shannon" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: E-mail program
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 07:47:04 -0600
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
(Donovan Rebbechi) wrote:
> On Fri, 14 Jul 2000 13:39:06 -0400, 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.
>
> For text based email, pine's probably the most usable ( and yes, it
> handles attachements ) . Mutt is also popular, and in some ways more
> powerful than pine. Personally I don't like it that much.
Pine is probably better for beginners.
> For GUI mail clients, kmail is quite good. I guess there's probably a
> decent GNOME mail client nowadays, though I'm not up to date with GNOME
> apps. I suggest sticking with the KDE/GNOME apps for the most part.
IMO GNOME's best email app at present is probably mahoganey:
http://www.wxwindows.org/Mahogany/
Balsa is also getting better. Evolution will be usable soon but
absolutely not yet.
Tom
--
Quote of the day for July 14th, 2000 If you think dogs can't count, try
putting three dog biscuits in your pocket and then giving Fido only two
of them.
- Phil Pastoret
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: Very slow Corel Linux OS Delux problem
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:12:36 GMT
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 04:06:27 -0700, Boomer
<<8kuf26$ed0$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Corel Linux OS works great, however it is very, very slow.
>Is there some way to make Linux OS faster !!!
>Is there some system delays that I can get rid off?
>I have standard 150 MHz Pentium System, with a 13 GB Western Digital
>drive Harddrive. 48 MB of RAM.
Define "slow." On my P-150/32M laptop (running SuSE 6.4 and KDE) it takes
a good 25-30 seconds to start Netscape. If your machine takes longer, you
have a problem somewhere.
Make sure you created a swap partition, and make sure that swap partition
is enabled--"free" should show a line that says "swap" if that's the
case. Make sure that the CPU cache is enabled in the BIOS. Don't run KDE
or GNOME; they're resource hogs--use something lightweight like blackbox
or fvwm2. Comment out some of the lines in /etc/inittab where virtual
consoles are started on tty[1-6] since you probably don't use 6 virtual
consoles... 3 is plenty, and each one eats a bit of memory. Give your
hard drive a boost by executing "hdparm -c1 -u1 -m16 /dev/hda" at boot
time in /sbin/init.d/boot.local or /etc/rc.d/rc.local or wherever Debian
keeps its local bootscript.
If all else fails, buy more RAM. That will certainly speed things up.
--
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] (Derek Jolly)
Subject: Re: wine: ChessMaster 6000 problem
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:42:43 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED], in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
wrote
>jason varsoke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
>> What's wrong?
>
>Wine isn't mature enough to handle a lot of the more complex windows
>software yet. The only thing you can do is keep an eye on updates, try
>them out and keep your fingers crossed that one of them'll eventually
>work.
>
Also, you could try asking in comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine.
--
* Derek Jolly ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) (Remove the 'x' for e-mail) *
* UGVP FAQ: http://www.beatbawx.f9.co.uk/stuff/ugvp/ *
* For 50/60Hz PSX Action Replay switch codes and some Speccy stuff *
* check out my homepage on http://www.redrival.com/rivet/ *
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From: "ed johnson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: telnet logs??
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:52:59 +0100
Hi
Does anyone know which log I look in to see what a specific user has done
when he telnets in. he uses bash as his shell ???
ed
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From: "Charlie Pritt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Hard Linux Crash
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:00:36 -0400
I have a serious problem with my Red Hat 6.0 Linux. I was using Gnome
last night, when the power flickered and my computer rebooted. When it came
back on, Linux would not complete the boot process. The last message shown
was "Freeing unused kernel mem: 60K freed" then it stopped. I am new to
linux and do not know what to do now. Please send me some suggestions.
Thanks,
Charlie Pritt
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From: "Jamie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.apps,comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.programming
Subject: Re: programming tools and techniques
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:47:25 +0200
Reply-To: "Jamie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
to excel in your course, wy not read the text book??
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8krrgp$ihl$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I am taking a beginner C language course.
> Could you kindly share your experience with me?
> Where can information be found about the following topics:
>
> When, why and how to use a debugger?
> What is it used for?
>
> When, why and how to use a Make?
> What is it used for?
>
> Additionally:
> What is a target?
> What is build?
> What is a makefile?
> What is a project file?
>
> Your advise, tips, comments, suggestions are welcome. I look forward to
> hearing from you. Thank you.
>
>
> --
> http://www.pucho.com
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
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From: "M. Brio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: squid configuration
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:11:34 GMT
squid is not a program that makes a connection to between internet and
network (though I thought that also at first). Squid is a cache program, it
does the same as "Temporary internet files" does for IE. You should try to
connect to the internet and network with 'linuxconf' (under Xwindows), for
more info see ethernet-howto. If this works you can add a cache for
web-pages.
Mark Brio
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> schreef in berichtnieuws
8kupd2$gbu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Hello all
>
> I have been using Microsoft Proxy server to connect my existing Lan to
> Internet.
>
> Now i want to switch to Linux. I tried squid to connect to internet,
> but it is not working. I am using RH6.2
>
> Where can i get a stuff on topics like " How to connect Network to
> internet by using Linux proxies (Squid or apache etc.).I come across
> various topics but all i found complex and confussing.
> Can anyone suggest step-by-step methos availble on web.Thanks in advance
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to setup dialup account in Corel Linux??
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:11:20 GMT
Ernie writes:
> Yeah, you may be correct...however, coming from the "Old School", if it's
> in their (Corel's) product/distro it's their problem too as far as I'm
> concerned.
Yes, of course it is.
> If you are going to sell a product aimed at inducing new users why
> ham-string them right out of the starting block!
As I've observed elsewhere, Corel's mission seems to be to bring the
attitudes and practices of the Windows world to Linux.
> It just doesn't make good business sense.
Apparently to Corel consistency of the GUI is more important then
functionality. A pretty good (IMHO) ppp configurator called pppconfig is
standard in Debian (on which Corel is based). However it is not a KDE
program so they took it out.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Very slow Corel Linux OS Delux problem
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 12:14:34 GMT
Bob Whitman writes:
> I am running Corel Linux OS Delux. Corel Linux is powered by Debian
> Linux distribution...
It is derived from Debian, but they made many changes, most not for the
better.
> Corel Linux OS works great, however it is very, very slow. Is there some
> way to make Linux OS faster !
Get better hardware or quit using KDE.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: Frank Elsner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: 2.2.16 OK, 2.2.17pre "eth0: transmit timed out"
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:21:22 +0200
Hi,
Subject says it all ...
With kernel 2.2.16 I've no problems with my ethernet card
(3Com 3c900 Boomerang 10Mbps Combo)
but when using one of the 2.2.17pre kernels I get many
"eth0: transmit timed out, tx_status 00 status e000." messages.
What's behind ? The kernel configuration is identical.
Regards,
Frank Elsner
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: What's the best linux software for cloning audio CD's?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:29:08 GMT
On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 18:02:56 GMT, Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I need to copy some audio CD's to take out to live band gigs for break
>music so I don't scratch up the masters. What's the the best software
>for cloning audio CD's? I have XCDRoast, but I get nothing but digital
>static when I try to copy audio CD's. I have tried various settings
>mentioned in the help file to no avail. Is there some other simple
>software package that will just make an accurate copy of an audio CD?
cdparanoia for ripping audio from the CD
cdrecord for recording audio to a new CD
xcdroast or cdrtoaster for a GUI front end to cdparanioa and cdrecord
Lew Pitcher
Information Technology Consultant
Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: cdrecord: DVD OK ?
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:16:10 GMT
Hello all,
does anybody knows if I will be able to write DVD-RAM and DVD+RW with
cdrecord ?
I tried to look at
http://www.fokus.gmd.de/research/cc/glone/employees/joerg.schilling/priv
ate/cdrecord.html but I didn't saw anything about DVD-RAM or DVD+RW.
Do you know any other linux DVD writer software ?
Regards
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Cannot find libjava.so when starting AIM!!!
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:30:04 GMT
Rasputin wrote:
>
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Does anyone konow why that file cannot be found when I run the aim
script
> >in Linux? I looked in the jre1.1.3/lib/i586 directory and it was in
there.
> >I have a 586.
>
> I heard you the first time :)
>
> Is the extension *exactly* that? Did it used to work, or has it always
> been like this?
>
> You could always try copying the .so to /usr/lib and running ldconfig?
>
> --
>
> Rasputin.
> Jack of All Trades - Master of Nuns.
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From: "Andreas Moroder" <andreas[nospam][EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: strange tar behaviour
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:10:44 +0200
Hello,
If I write two "sessions" to tar session on the norewind scsi device,
ex.
tar cvf /dev/nst0 dir1
tar cvf /dev/nst0 dir2
all works well.
I I want to read the data written, I must call three times
tar tvf /dev/nst0
the first time it reads the dir1
the second simply does nothing
and the 3th reads dir2.
This behaviour is strange and very diffenre ftom our HP-UX machines.
We run Suse Linux with Kernel 2.035.
I know it is old, but "never change a running system ". It's up since 224
days with more than 65 samba users and two oracle instances running.
By
Andreas
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: kdm and redhat 6.1
Date: 17 Jul 2000 13:18:43 GMT
muzh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Stephen Inkpen wrote:
:>
:> I need to get rid of the redhat logo in the top left corner of the X kdm logon
:> screen. How would I go about doing this?
You'd edit the kdm configuration file. Probably kdmrc.
: I don't know about Red Hat, but in SuSE you can change many aspects of
: kdm (including background, pics etc) by selecting (as root) Settings ->
: Applications -> Login Manager.
: Hope this helps --
Interesting. Things are moving along. Does the control panel still not
resize its contents when you resize the window, and still lack a
scrollbar so that one can see the thusly obscured contents in an
800x600 screen?
Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Subject: Re: telnet logs??
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:34:52 GMT
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:52:59 +0100, ed johnson
<<8kuvla$6kd$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
>Does anyone know which log I look in to see what a specific user has done
>when he telnets in. he uses bash as his shell ???
There isn't a true telnet-logger unless you've put one in yourself--check
http://freshmeat.net/ and search for "log" if you really want one, or you
can cobble something together with tcpdump+ethereal if you want to see the
raw TCP/IP packets from all telnet sessions. You can easily look in
~user/.bash_history to see the shell commands the user has executed.
This may not provide enough information for you, but it's a start.
--
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: Rob van der Putten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,alt.os.linux,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: squid configuration
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 15:37:31 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi there
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> Can anyone suggest step-by-step methos availble on web.
First figure out how it works;
Reading the relevant (http and icp) RFC's should help.
Regards,
Rob
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From: Thomas Adams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.comp.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PROBLEM: KERNEL 2.2.14
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 09:50:14 -0400
I am working on kernel 2.2.14 as a new linux user.
Mandrake installed linux version 2.2.14 without any
kernel source files.
When I downloaded version 2.2.14 I ended up with a
lot less 'stuff' than with version 2.2.16. So I am having
a lot of trouble running commands (menuconfig, xconfig)
under 14 that work great under 16. I lacked a lot of
important files under the 'net' subdirectory. For example,
I lacked Config.in in the 'net' subdirectory. You seem
to be bailing out of that directory, so maybe you have
files missing there.
I haven't determined if I'm unpacking things wrong or
if version 2.2.14 is deficient. I need help here myself.
In any event I would compare your files to a later
kernel version and see if you're missing files.
Tom Adams
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From: Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: vnc help Can't connect: errno = 111
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:50:34 +0100
Hi
Done it I had two versions of VNC running one 3.2 and the other 3.3
/usr/X11/bin/vncserver ......
/usr/X11/bin/Xvnc -display xstartup worked (where xstartup are my vnc
settings).
Also I ran the little regedit to enable textpasswords on
Win2000 Advanced Server 2000 to het samba working.
Matt wrote:
> Hi Brian,
>
> Xvnc is in the path.
> so is every thing else, but the connection is still the same
> (Cant get no connection).
>
> Are there any permissions in any .conf files to set
> SAMBA is working fine.
>
> The environment setup is the same too.
>
> Any ideas ?
>
> Regards
>
> Matt
>
> brian moore wrote:
>
> > On Sun, 16 Jul 2000 02:37:24 -0700,
> > Matt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > Hi,
> > >
> > > Please help vnc problem...
> > >
> > > How can I correct these errors in SuSE6.4
> > >
> > > The VNC faq mentions that maybe is because of the
> > > xrdb file but when I do a what on xrdb it returns ok...
> > >
> > > matt:~/.vnc # which xrdb
> > > /usr/X11R6/bin/xrdb
> > >
> > > When I run the server I get the following....
> > >
> > > sh: /usr/local/bin/Xvnc: No such file or directory
> >
> > Perhaps you should fix that?
> >
> > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> > > xrdb: Connection refused
> > > xrdb: Can't open display 'matt:1'
> > > _X11TransSocketINETConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111
> >
> > #define ECONNREFUSED 111 /* Connection refused */
> >
> > Sure looks like you're not running Xvnc.
> >
> > --
> > Brian Moore | Of course vi is God's editor.
> > Sysadmin, C/Perl Hacker | If He used Emacs, He'd still be waiting
> > Usenet Vandal | for it to load on the seventh day.
> > Netscum, Bane of Elves.
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From: Fernando <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: screensaver or similar generating problem
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 10:00:07 -0500
Ok,
This is the scenario. A Linux RedHat 6.1 running an application
started from the inittab as with the command: xinit my_application
I am not using a PC keyboard (actually there is no keyboard connected)
After some minutes, the screen is switched off and there is no way to
recover it (since I have no keyboard to "press any key").
I am becoming crazy because I cannot find what is switching off the
screen.
Any ideas ?
--
These are my personal opinions.
Email: sanabriaf at yahoo dot com
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From: Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What's the best linux software for cloning audio CD's?
Date: Mon, 17 Jul 2000 14:04:18 GMT
Which version? I have xcdroast 96ex and I don't think it uses
cdparanoia.
On Mon, 17 Jul 2000 13:29:08 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew
Pitcher) wrote:
>On Sat, 15 Jul 2000 18:02:56 GMT, Vlar Schreidlocke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>wrote:
>
>>I need to copy some audio CD's to take out to live band gigs for break
>>music so I don't scratch up the masters. What's the the best software
>>for cloning audio CD's? I have XCDRoast, but I get nothing but digital
>>static when I try to copy audio CD's. I have tried various settings
>>mentioned in the help file to no avail. Is there some other simple
>>software package that will just make an accurate copy of an audio CD?
>
>cdparanoia for ripping audio from the CD
>cdrecord for recording audio to a new CD
>xcdroast or cdrtoaster for a GUI front end to cdparanioa and cdrecord
>
>
>Lew Pitcher
>Information Technology Consultant
>Toronto Dominion Bank Financial Group
>
>([EMAIL PROTECTED])
>
>
>(Opinions expressed are my own, not my employer's.)
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