Linux-Misc Digest #301, Volume #25 Tue, 1 Aug 00 00:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Upgrading the Kernel Questions.. (Florian E.J. Fruth)
Re: Learn Unix on which Unix Flavour ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
mounting remote filesystem (root)
Re: Anyone reccommend some good books for newbie ("David ..")
Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship. (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Re: Linux on Mac LC III possible? (Henry Garcia)
Re: Come to my Linux's Website! (WORLOK)
Re: Random Power Shutdown ("Colin Klenner")
HELP: getting OpenSSH working (David Steuber)
Re: Dual NICs of same type? (Dances With Crows)
Re: mounting remote filesystem (Dances With Crows)
Re: I feel bad for RH/Mandrake users. (Alex)
PostScript problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
new GNOME panel? (Potter Wickware)
Re: X-Window must die! What's alternative? (Sergey Gimanov)
Re: Email client (Sergey Gimanov)
Re: Config files gone! (Sergey Gimanov)
Re: I don't have the "MAKE" command (Sergey Gimanov)
Re: diskquota and mail (Sergey Gimanov)
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From: Florian E.J. Fruth <fejf@gmx*/dev/null*.de>
Subject: Re: Upgrading the Kernel Questions..
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 04:04:14 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
[cut]
> (and thank god for menuconfig, i did my first few kernel compiles using
> console only not knowing menuconfig existed!!!)
> mat
lol
fejf
--
the backup of my harddisk only takes the half time it
did yesterday. i started to pipe it to /dev/null
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.solaris.x86,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Learn Unix on which Unix Flavour ?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 01:58:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards) wrote:
<snippage>
> Which, IMO, means that the actual meaning/value of the brand has been
so
> diluted it's worth nothing.
Diluted... no. Adulterated, yes.
A few years ago, there was an interesting company in the wild called
Softway Systems. They developed a complete POSIX subsystem for Windows
NT. If you could afford all their stuff, you could add full P1003.x
compliance to your NT boxen. K&R compiler, vi, cron, X11R5, lotsa good
stuff. Anyway, IIRC, they paid the dues money and joined the OpenGroup,
started passing the conformance tests, got a lot of industry support
behind them, and came damned close to getting branded. That would've
made Windows NT officially UNIX. Trademark and all. Scary thought,
isn't it?
Anyway, Softway jumped on the Linux bandwagon, renamed themselves
Interix, announced they were considering open-sourcing everything, and
then out of the blue got assimilated by.... who else? Microsoft.
Adulterated: If you pour a cup of fine wine into a barrel of shit,
you've still got a barrel of shit. But if you pour a cup of shit into a
barrel of fine wine, then... you've still got a barrel of shit.
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From: root <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
linux.redhat.misc,linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: mounting remote filesystem
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:15:28 GMT
I have a laptop running Linux Mandrake 7.1 and desktop running RedHat
6.1. I setup the exports files on both system. I am able to mount my
desktops exported directory on my laptop, but when I try to mount my
laptop's exported directory on my desktop, it says "mount: RPC: RPC not
registered"
I can't figure out how to fix this. I tried reinstalling knfsd... and
killing and restarting portmap and nfs. I also noticed that a process
called [rpciod] is running on my laptop and not my desktop, don't know
what that means. Please help. Thanks.
If possible, please email responses to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
or post. Thanks.
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From: "David .." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,uk.comp.os.linux,uklinux.help.newbies
Subject: Re: Anyone reccommend some good books for newbie
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 21:08:41 -0500
Vernon wrote:
>
> Guys, I have mandrake 7.1, it is a bit of a pig to setup, so I figure maybe
> a bit of reading wouldn't go amiss, anyone point me in the direction of some
> good books, and or websites?
http://www.enteract.com/~lspitz/linux.html
http://www.linuxdoc.org/
http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~dranch/LINUX/index-linux.html
http://linux-firewall-tools.com/linux/firewall/index.html
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: FWD: Red Hat's CFO abandoning ship.
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar)
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:18:41 GMT
blowfish <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
<snip>
> Red Hat, Debian et al are ALL selling the GNU-GPL stuff for money.
> Sure, you can download them, but in casess like Red Hat, they have extra
> stuff that you can only buy from, not available for free download.
Red Hat and Debian are the best of the bunch. In the case of Red Hat
the only thing of theirs you cannot download are those few with patent
restrictions (ie Apache w/ SSL) or what they don't own (ie
Oracle). When they bought up Cygnus, they open sourced the Source
Navigator program. Whey they bought up this other company, they open
sourced the CCVS system. Much of the GNU compiler work is done by
their Cygnus team. On the contrary, look at the restrictions
SuSe(installer/configurator), Caldera(opendos) and Turbo
Linux(clustering) put on many of their products.
<snip>
> I know exactly what free software are. But my reason of using "free
> software" is not because they're free, I always BUY the "official
> CDs/DVD releases," because I WANT TO SUPPORT the good stuff, and hope
> the pipe line will not be broken. Sure, I also download the stuff, but
> because I'm impatient, I want to try them out asap, and usually the
> official CDs/DVD releases won't be available after the release is on
> line, sometimes, even before the ISO image is ready. (A good example is
> the FreeBSD 4.1-RELEASE. The ISO will be out on August 1. But I've
> downloaded all the source and compiled them, and have the whole thing
> functioning already by last Friday late afternoon. And I'm going to send
> in my order for the official CD release tomorrow.)
<snip>
If you wish to support free software, support those companies which
have consistently contributed back to free software. For example, when
is the last time Slackware contributed a major piece of work to free
software. (I would like to know this also...)
--
Prasanth Kumar
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From: Henry Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.powerpc
Subject: Re: Linux on Mac LC III possible?
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 22:40:45 -0400
Tony Mantler wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Henry Garcia <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> : Jeff Pierce wrote:
> :
> : > I was recently given a Mac LC III with a CRT< 500 meg hard drive,
> : > external CD and eerything else. Is there a Linux distro for it??
> : >
> : > I would like to use it as a networking gateway/Ip masqurade syestem if
> : > possible. If not I plan to either try to sell it at a hamfest, and
> : > failing at that, donate it to a local Community College.
> : >
> : > P.S. I a not a Mac person...
> : >
> : > Please reply via Email also...
> [...]
> : No built in FPU with the LCIII. Get an FPU or sell it. Though FPU
> : emulation is written into the Slink and the Potato kernel of Debian,
> : neither system will boot Linux without the FPU. Be nice if FPU emulation
> : would work!
>
> FPU emulation works just fine. Slow, but fine.
>
> If you have experienced a specific bug that's preventing FPUE for
> working for you, please post to the Linux-Mac68k list with the details.
>
> Cheers - Tony :)
>
> --
> Tony Mantler Renaissance Nerd Extraordinaire [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada http://www.escape.ca/~eek
What machine do you have a working linux without an FPU?
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From: WORLOK <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.powerpc,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: Come to my Linux's Website!
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:48:59 GMT
I hate to be critical, but not a very original site. Looks like a
grammar school project. ...but he gets a B for effort I guess.
STOP using that WINDOWS crap, Sam Tang!
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In article <8m4lfr$2hk8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Maarten W.G. Andriessen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>
> "Sam Tang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8m2ktk$27o$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Come to my Linux's Website!
> > http://www.asia-comp.net/linuxcity/
>
> ....he said while posting in Windows with Microsoft Outlook Express
;-)))
>
> X-Newsreader: Microsoft Outlook Express 4.72.3110.5
> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.3110.3
>
> *busted*
>
> Maarten
>
>
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From: "Colin Klenner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Random Power Shutdown
Date: Tue, 1 Aug 2000 14:39:11 +1200
WHOA!!
Hold on tha...
I have not the whole message but...
The only place you have not looked is at the HDD and settings for this. Make
absolutely sure the BIOS settings for the drive do not apply power savings.
One of the prime reasons for lockup is when the drive is spun down, and does
not get/acknowledge from some OS/BIOS configurations the spin-up signal.
This is between the BIOS and the OS, not the fault of the disk itself. The
simple way to avoid it is to ensure the disk is always available.
How do I know? Years of bloody pain with crappy mismatches, that's how. And,
yes, it does affect almost any OS I have encountered with some form of power
saving interaction with the BIOS.
Colin
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message <8m589a$rbg$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>Is RH 6.2 the only OS on the machine? I am going to take for granted it
>is. I had a very similar (or maybe the same exact) problem on my
>computer. I would just be working a long and for no apparent reason at
>all my computer would just lock up. The monitor video would freeze.
>Did it in Windows and Linux. And then when I shut off my compuer, it
>wouldn't start for, sometimes, hours. I replaced my video, took out
>every other card that wasn't necessary, replaced the motherboard, the
>PSU, put new cables in it, put extra cooling fans and none of it did the
>trick.
>Finally I found the problem. I have a Celeron processor that is using
>the 370 socket to Slot 1 convertor. It was that little card that was
>causing the whole trouble. $5 card's problems caused me $100's in
>replacing unnecessary hardware.
>Well you don't have one of those cards, but the next in line would be
>the processor. Or maybe your memory or motherboard is bad. I guess you
>can't rule out the possibility of the Power Supply Unit being bad.
>
>I would recommend pulling any card that is unnecessary for the computer
>to still run, like the sound and network card. This will eliminate any
>problems with the slots making a bad connection. Leave the case open to
>eliminate any problems with over heating. Replace the heatsink and fan
>and put some thermal grease on the processor. Go to a computer store
>and get some of that compressed cans of air and blow out all of the
>little spots in the computer to get rid of all of the dust. Dust could
>be causing overheating or be short circuiting the processor or memory.
>Maybe try a new processor. A 200 MHz processor probably only costs
>about $10 at a used computer store. Re-seat the memory and clean the
>contact points of the memory with an eraser head off a pencil to make
>sure the memory is making good contact.
>Disconnect any IDE drives other than the hard drive and try preplacing
>the IDE cable.
>
>Remember don't spend too much or you might as well buy a new computer.
>That 200 MHz isn't worth too much.
>
>But like I said, mine was the 370 to Slot 1 converter card. So I bet
>your's is the processor or the motherboard, since yours doesn't have
>that converter card.
>
>I hope some of the info helped.
>David
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>
>
>
>
>In article <q9Dd5.45482$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Patrick M Geahan<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Gotta minor problem here I was hpoing someone could help me with. I
>have
>> a RH6.2 system running on a Gateway 2000 P200MMX system. The system
>is
>> configured with a Diamond Fireport 40 SCSI adapter, 1 4.5GB IBM SCSI
>> drive, 32 MB RAM, a 4MB knockoff vid card, and 2 3COM 3c509 Ethernet
>> cards. The system's been mine since last November, running like a
>charm.
>>
>> Recently, however, it's been having this annoying little problem of
>> randomyl shutting off. At completely random times, the machine will
>power
>> off, without going through shutdown process. There is no information
>in
>> the logs to tell me when this happens. If I don't happen to be
>sitting
>> right there when it happens, I have to guesstimate the shutdown time
>based
>> on when the logs stop.
>>
>> I've had it happen during startup, while I'm logged in, and while I'm
>not
>> home. I've come up with several possible scenarios:
>>
>> 1. Power problems in my apartment. POssibility, but unlikely - I
>have
>> several other pieces of equipment plugged into the same outlet, and
>they
>> have no trouble.
>>
>> 2. Problem with the power supply. Distinct possibility.
>>
>> 3. Problem with a daemon that causes shutdown. Doubtful, because the
>> machine SHOULDN'T power off then. If I do a 'shutdown -h now, when
>> shutdown is complete, it will shut itself off. However, in terms of
>a
>> system freeze or crash, I wouldn't think it would do so.
>>
>> 4. Problem with apmd(or other power management that causes the power
>> supply to cycle off. I don't know enough about apmd to make a valid
>guess
>> here.
>>
>> 5. SOme other random problem.
>>
>> Has anyone seen this behavior before? Mainly, I'm looking to see if
>> anyone has heard of this problem occuring with RH6.2. If it's a
>hardware
>> problem, which I'm investigating, I'll take my q somewhere else. Has
>> anyone heard of this behavior before?
>>
>> --
>>
>> -------Patrick M
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]:3784715----------
>> Quote of the Week: "'Do you want to take a look at my regular
>expressions
>> ?' is not a valid chat-up line" - Chris King in the Monastery.
>>
>
>
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: HELP: getting OpenSSH working
From: David Steuber <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 03:00:02 GMT
It's compiled. Now how do I get it to work?
I've done ssh-keygen -d.
The public key is in $HOME/.ssh/authorized_keys2 on the machine I am
trying to log into. This is what I got:
david@solo:> ssh apostrophe -v
SSH Version OpenSSH_2.1.1, protocol versions 1.5/2.0.
Compiled with SSL (0x0090581f).
debug: Reading configuration data /usr/local/etc/ssh_config
debug: Applying options for *
debug: Seeding random number generator
debug: ssh_connect: getuid 500 geteuid 0 anon 0
debug: Connecting to apostrophe.david-steuber.com [::ffff:10.7.7.11] port 22.
rresvport: af=10 Invalid argument
debug: Connecting to apostrophe.david-steuber.com [10.7.7.11] port 22.
debug: Seeding random number generator
debug: Allocated local port 720.
debug: Connection established.
ssh_exchange_identification: Connection closed by remote host
debug: Calling cleanup 0x805cbb0(0x0)
david@solo:> cat /usr/local/etc/ssh_config
# This is ssh client systemwide configuration file. This file provides
# defaults for users, and the values can be changed in per-user configuration
# files or on the command line.
# Configuration data is parsed as follows:
# 1. command line options
# 2. user-specific file
# 3. system-wide file
# Any configuration value is only changed the first time it is set.
# Thus, host-specific definitions should be at the beginning of the
# configuration file, and defaults at the end.
# Site-wide defaults for various options
# Host *
# ForwardAgent yes
# ForwardX11 yes
# RhostsAuthentication yes
# RhostsRSAAuthentication yes
# RSAAuthentication yes
# PasswordAuthentication yes
# FallBackToRsh no
# UseRsh no
# BatchMode no
# CheckHostIP yes
# StrictHostKeyChecking no
# IdentityFile ~/.ssh/identity
# Port 22
# Protocol 2,1
# Cipher 3des
# EscapeChar ~
# Be paranoid by default
Host *
ForwardAgent no
ForwardX11 no
FallBackToRsh no
david@solo:>
david@apostrophe:~ > cat /usr/local/etc/sshd_config
# This is ssh server systemwide configuration file.
Port 22
Protocol 2,1
HostKey /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_key
HostDsaKey /usr/local/etc/ssh_host_dsa_key
ServerKeyBits 768
LoginGraceTime 60
KeyRegenerationInterval 3600
# Logging
SyslogFacility AUTH
LogLevel INFO
# Authentication
RhostsAuthentication no
RhostsRSAAuthentication no
PermitEmptyPasswords no
PermitRootLogin no
david@apostrophe:~ >
What am I missing? I sure wish there were some simple instructions
for configuring this thing to actaully work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Dual NICs of same type?
Date: 1 Aug 2000 03:04:00 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 01:17:16 GMT, Lola Slade wrote:
>I also have two nics-3com905. I am trying to figure out how to set them
>up. My distro has set up the drivers as loadable modules so I am adding
>the following to /etc/modutils/aliases :
>alias eth0 3c59x
>alias eth1 3c59x
>My question is what "options" line needs to follow this to
>differentiate the irq's and io addresses? What irq's and io should I
>use or should I just use my bios to set this?
>3com recommends irq 10,11,12 and I have 10 and 12 free but I don't know
>what io addresses to use.
3c905s are PCI cards. PCI cards have their IRQs and I/O addresses
auto-configured by the BIOS so they don't step on each other's I/O
ports, assuming you have the BIOS "I have a PnP OS" option set to NO.
PCI cards can share IRQs as well. There's no need for any options=
lines; just attempt to access eth0 and eth1, and everything will be OK.
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http://www.brainbench.com / than freedom.
=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dances With Crows)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: mounting remote filesystem
Date: 1 Aug 2000 03:16:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[NGs trimmed]
On Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:15:28 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
0. Don't crosspost to so many bloody groups.
1. Don't do non-root things as root. Reading Usenet is a non-root
thing.
2. Don't munge your address.
>I have a laptop running Linux Mandrake 7.1 and desktop running RedHat
>6.1. I setup the exports files on both system. I am able to mount my
>desktops exported directory on my laptop, but when I try to mount my
>laptop's exported directory on my desktop, it says "mount: RPC: RPC not
>registered"
>I can't figure out how to fix this.
Take a look at /etc/hosts.allow on the laptop. It should have a line
that says something like
ALL : my.desktops.ip
in it. Read the man page for hosts.allow to learn more about how this
file and /etc/hosts.deny can enhance security. /etc/exports on the
laptop should contain a line saying something like:
/directory/to/export desktop.ip.addr(rw,map_daemon)
Also, make sure that portmapper, rpc.nfsd, and rpc.mountd are running on
your laptop.
>If possible, please email responses to [EMAIL PROTECTED] or post.
3. Post here, read here, unless there's a really good reason not to, like
"my newsfeed sucks."
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=============================/ ==Charles Peguy
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From: Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: I feel bad for RH/Mandrake users.
Date: Mon, 31 Jul 2000 23:27:00 -0400
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sun, 30 Jul 2000 22:15:10 -0400, Alex <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> >Robert Krawitz wrote:
> >
> >> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Prasanth A. Kumar) writes:
> >>
> >> > What should it say instead?
> >>
> >> It should print ASCII TeXt, not ASCII TeSt
> >
> >I am running RH 6.1
> >The print out is as follow:
> >
> >/etc/passwd: ASCII text
> > ^^^^
> >It is TEST all right...
>
> In Redhat 6.2 it is "text"
> In Mandrake 7.1 it is "test"
>
> [deletia]
>
I am curious.... Why do you have to feel sorry for RedHat/Mandrake Linux
user? Honestly. I use RedHat. I don't LOVE it but I do like it. I also want
to try some other distros too. I have just setup SuSE on one of my spare
HDD... I know it's just sort of like German's version of RedHat (no offense
to SuSE users who might dislike RedHat)... Well, I don't particularly like it
at this moment. I know I will try Slackware and Debian in the near future.
BUT, I will stick with RedHat at this moment. Why? I am not saying it is
perfect. It's just I have been using it since the first day I started using
Linux. I got used to it... good or bad.
I have customized it to the way I want it to be. I upgrade the software that
need to be upgraded. Why is it bad? Why is it sucks? Many people have trouble
installing RedHat and say it sucks. I am no expert and I had little trouble
setting it up. Today, I had a little trouble setting up Slackware; therefore,
I installed SuSE. I can not say Slackware sucks because I have trouble with
it, can I? I know it's my problem because there are many happy Slackware user
out there.
One is FREE to choose which distro of Linux to use. I think every distro has
it's strong points and weak points.
In fact, this is the beauty of Linux and I love from the very first day of my
Linux journey.
Please forgive me for grammar mistakes since I am not an native English
speaker.
Sincerely.
Alex.
>
> --
> The term "popular" is MEANINGLESS in consumer computing. DOS3
> was more "popular" than contemporary Macintoshes despite the
> likelihood that someone like you would pay the extra money to
> not have to deal with DOS3.
>
> Network effects are everything in computing.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: PostScript problem
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 03:19:38 GMT
I have an old Apple LaserWriter Plus hooked up to my Linux box
running RedHat 5.2. This is a PostScript printer. Files which I
produce using dvips print fine, but those produced using a2ps
don't print for some reason. I see the light on the printer flashing
so I know that the printer is receiving the file, but when the light
stops flashing, nothing happens. It isn't the size of the file
that's the problem -- this happens even for very small files.
I would really appreciate any help!
Thanks in advance,
David W.
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From: Potter Wickware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: new GNOME panel?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 03:33:42 GMT
Hi all --
How do you create a side or bottom panel on the GNOME desktop? Somehow
the one that used to be there went away (and never said goodbye) (OK I
confess, I was fooling around with controls (don't ask me which ones).
Thx
Potter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sergey Gimanov)
Subject: Re: X-Window must die! What's alternative?
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:05:59 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 13:58:37 GMT, Hans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello there,
>
>I read an article "X must die." in www.linux.com.
>Is there X-Window alternative?
>
>Cause KDE or GNOME environment is not better than compared with M$
>Windows 9x. They are the clones of M$ Windows 9x. At least Pentium II
>with 128M ram manages KDE application smoothly in my experience. I feel
>Linux in GUI environment seems to go backwards. For example, when I do
>'startx', run Netscape then I suddenly return 1995 before using Windows
>Using Linux in text mode is very nice. I like it. Its Kernel is compact,
>fast, provides manys ways of doing a job (Network, Local, Cluster.)
>under low cost. :)
>
>Is there X-Window alternative?
Well, there's commercial X, called Accelerated X. I've used version
5.0 and I must say it's much faster than generic XFree. But it costs
some money. Look at www,xig.org if you are interested. If you want to
try it without paying money, then mail me.
And concerning you words that it's not fast enough I should say that
using KDE or GNOME is like installing additional brakes on your car.
Personally I use fvwm & WindowMaker and on my AMD 166MHz 32 MB RAM it
works much faster then Windows 95.
CU.
Sergey Gimanov ([EMAIL PROTECTED]).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sergey Gimanov)
Subject: Re: Email client
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:06:11 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 27 Jul 2000 17:13:26 +0100, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
wrote:
>On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 00:07:01 +0100, Stephen J. Thompson wrote:
>>Hello all,
>>
>>I am looking for an email client that can replace outlook for me. I
>>need the following features:
>>
>>1. Pop3 and imap retrieval
>>2. Calendar facilities
>>3. A link to a palm pilot
>>4. Links to Gpg
>>5. To run under X.
>
>Gnus Emacs sounds like what you want, (with the calandar), but
>there are many, mutt, pine, etc. I use Mutt, but don't have the
>calandar requirement.
Actually the question was about MUA, so I think you probably meant VM,
not GNUS :))
As for me, mutt is the best mail client. And calendar can be written
in perl in 10 minutes.
>>And I would like the following:
>>
>>1. To be able to retrieve my email history from an outlook file
>>format.
>
As I said before, may the perl be with you, Luke Skywalker :)))
WBR.
Sergey Gimanov.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sergey Gimanov)
Subject: Re: Config files gone!
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:06:13 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Thu, 27 Jul 2000 05:49:05 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>Last weekend, and I'm not quite sure when it happened, well its hard to
>believe that installing a network install of Star Office did it. But I
>lost all the config files for what I think must have been the group of
>open files that I had at the time. I lost configs for KDE, kmail, krn,
>ksame, kppp/pppd and who knows what else. KDE lost my themes,
>screensaver, and the like. kmail lost my user config, my addressbook and
>my filters, krn lost all my newsgroups, kppp lost all my logins and
>dial-up configuration and ksame lost all my high scores.
>
>Do you folks have any idea what might have happend, and how I can
>prevent this?
>
Backup... (three times) That is the answer for you.
WBR.
Sergey Gimanov.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sergey Gimanov)
Subject: Re: I don't have the "MAKE" command
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:06:17 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Fri, 28 Jul 2000 03:26:53 -0400, Nelson and Satasha Williams
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Can anyone tell me how to get the "make" command added to my Linux box?
>I'm currently running RH 5.2, kernel 2.0.36, on a 486/50 with 24MB RAM.
>I plan on using this PC as my gateway for my DSL in about a month, so
>I'm trying to compile the kernel for optimum efficiency. Thanks in
>advance.
>
>Nelson Williams
>
All you have to do is to assign command:
rpm -i make-<version>.i386.rpm in installation directory on CD.
CU.
Sergey Gimanov.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sergey Gimanov)
Subject: Re: diskquota and mail
Date: Tue, 01 Aug 2000 02:06:07 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 26 Jul 2000 12:19:46 -0400, jtoy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>I have set up several user accounts on my linux box that are only for
>email. Those users theck their mail via IMAP on their NT boxes. Can I
>have setup diskquota to notify people when they login that they are
>reaching their limit of space, but acccording to the documentation, it
>only notifies people when the login. Can I make diskquota send an email
>to the user on the local machine, so they can see the message from their
>mailboxes? If you can't do this could you give me some ideas with
>examples on how to do it? I'm sure you could probably write some bash
>script, but how would you get the script to check if they are voilating
>their disk quota? Thanks
I have such a script for qmail and I can send it to you. Just write me
if you need it.
CU.
Sergey Gimanov.
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