Linux-Misc Digest #50, Volume #26 Mon, 16 Oct 00 13:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Double click rate (Leonard Evens)
RH6.2 + Travan tape drive (gkrpan)
Smurf music with AC97 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: test ("G�rek")
Re: Crontab PPP problem (David)
test ("G�rek")
Re: Are you happy with RH 7.0? (Leonard Evens)
Re: sound card problems ... (David)
RH7 Compatibility with stuff ("Alim")
Re: What is System.map ? (Steve Wampler)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: kgcc and RH7 (Hal Burgiss)
Re: How can one app crashing bring down whole system? (John Thompson)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (John Thompson)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (John Thompson)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (jazz)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (jazz)
environment variables in xterm ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
Software Raid creation problem ("Horst Lederhaas")
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: RH6.2 + Travan tape drive ("Andrew E. Schulman")
Re: Telnet and Root
Re: What is a good graphical mail client? (John Thompson)
Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux? (Jan Schaumann)
Re: RH7 Compatibility with stuff ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: compiling trouble
Re: RH6.2 + Travan tape drive (David)
Re: environment variables in xterm (Martin Herrman)
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: redhat.general
Subject: Re: Double click rate
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:55:07 -0500
Peer Hebing wrote:
>
> Hi
> I am not sure , my suggestion is to open a shell and type in :
> mouse-properties-capplet .
> This should alse be found under a menu point called conifuguration ->
> peripherie -> mouse
> Cu
> P.Hebing
> Leonard Evens schrieb:
>
> > I am running the gnome desktop under RedHat 6.2. I feel stupid,
> > but I can't seem to find a way to change the click interval between
> > the clicks when one double clicks on a choice. It is a bit fast,
> > and has been that way for a while, and I would like to slow it
> > down. I've tried everything I could find in the Gnome tool box.
> >
> > --
> >
> > Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
> > Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
mouse-properties-capplet just gives you the mouse entry in the
gnome toolbox. That controls acceleration, which is the rate at
which the mouse moves across the screen and threshhold which controls
when acceleration takes effect. There is no setting for the
interval between clicks for double clicking.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: gkrpan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH6.2 + Travan tape drive
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 15:26:19 GMT
I've got a machine running RH6.2 and am trying to configure a Travan
tape drive on it. I don't have entry in /dev for /dev/tape, so any
utilities I try fail. There are entries for rmt8 and rmt16, but I get
invalid device when I try using them. Does anyone know what major/minor
numbers I'd need to create a tape device of this type, or has anyone
else had any experience setting one up? Any help/ideas would be
appreciated.
Thanks in advance,
Greg.
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Smurf music with AC97
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 16 Oct 2000 17:29:26 +0200
I've got a funny little problem here. I've got a PII/733 with an i815
chipset. I've installed sound drivers first with 4front OSS, then with
alsa 0.5.9d.
Both aproaches gave me sound, but not perfectly:
When playing mp3's the speed is always 10-20% to high. Resulting in a
high pitch smurf sound. Any ideas?
Sincerely
Ketil Klepsvik
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From: "G�rek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: test
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:38:56 +0200
this is only test,too.
U�ytkownik "asd" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> napisa� w wiadomo�ci
news:8sf2ak$br3$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> sorry, it's only test...
>
>
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Crontab PPP problem
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:09:32 -0500
Micer wrote:
>
> I have a ppp-on script that works perfectly, dialing my ISP on system
> startup of Redhat 6.0. I've used it successfully just about every day for
> months.
>
> But occasionally it drops the line, and using the PERSIST option in PPP
> doesn't help. So I added an entry in crontab to run /usr/local/bin/ppp-on
> every minute all the time. This way, if the line ever drops, it will be up
> again within one minute. But even though the script works fine at system
> startup or even when I type it manually, it doesn't work in crontab.
>
> Here is the error from /var/log/messages:
>
> pppd 2.3.7 started by root, uid0
> Connect script failed
> Exit
>
> Can anyone explain? What can I do to fix it?
I use "persist & holdoff" in my ifcfp-ppp0 file like this.
/etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-ppp0
PERSIST=yes
HOLDOFF=70
Place them just below the "ONBOOT=" line. The "HOLDOFF=" is the delay in
seconds which is needed for the phone line to be reset before I can
redial which may vary some depending on the ISP and phone company.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "G�rek" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: test
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 17:41:39 +0200
test,too
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From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Are you happy with RH 7.0?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:23:23 -0500
Carl Benson wrote:
>
> I finally got all my systems upgraded to RH 6.2 plus patches,
> some with kernel 2.2.16. Along came RH 7.0, and I thought I
> ought to get cracking and try it out.
>
> After upgrading my desktop system to 7.0, I felt that
>
> (1) "Sawfish" is damned annoying compared to "Enlightenment",
> and I wouldn't want to have to explain it to my user community.
>
> (2) In general, everything seemed to run slower.
>
> (3) There was no huge jump in the kernel version.
>
> Being the fickle guy I am, I pulled the plug on that and
> re-installed RH 6.2. I'm happy again.
>
> What I want to know is, are you happy with RH 7.0? Do you
> feel like it was a substantial and worthwhile improvement
> over 6.2?
>
> If you administer multiple (like 10 or more) Linux systems,
> do you plan to upgrade them to 7.0, or are you maybe going
> to wait for 7.1?
>
> --
> Carl Benson Unix/Linux System Administrator
We have installed RH7 on one system and upgraded to it on another.
So far everything works fine. It has the newer version of lilo,
so we can say goodbye to 1024 cylinder limits. (But the
first boot failed because we needed to change the linear option
in /etc/lilo.conf to lba32. That makes sense because they can't
know in advance whether or not your bios supports the extended call.)
We installed it on a brand new Dell with a fancy 17 flat panel display.
Initially X did not work but after running Xconfigurator and
setting the resolution properly it worked. The version of X11 supplied
even had an entry for that flat screen monitor.
It claims to detect the USB, but we haven't tried any devices.
On the upgraded system, enlightenment came with some additional
annoying features which it took a little bit of effort to remove.
But generally we are quite happy, at least so far.
--
Leonard Evens [EMAIL PROTECTED] 847-491-5537
Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: sound card problems ...
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:12:19 -0500
John Williams wrote:
>
> I have a SoundBlaster PCI128 soundcard installed that
> has been working fine until a recent kernel upgrade
> from 2.2.16 to 2.3.9.
>
> In the new kernel, the kernel recognizes the card
> and the ES1371 driver initializes the card during
> the system boot.
>
> However, when I start up the X KDE environment, the
> card does not work, and I've reviewed all of the
> system setting to make the card work--and I as I
> mentioned the card was working fine in the previous
> version of the kernel.
>
> Can anyone suggest what might be wrong or suggest
> a set of utilities with which I can probe the card
> for info about what might be wrong?
My SB 128PCI card uses the es1370 module.
Also 2.3.9 is not considered a stable kernel.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: "Alim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: RH7 Compatibility with stuff
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:42:39 +0100
I am very lazy, so am asking anyone if they know of any potential problems
with this setup (The computer arrives tomorrow and I'd like to be
prepared...)
RedHat 7, on a
ABIT KT7-RAID
IBM 75GXP (Ultra ATA/100)
GeForce 2 GTS (I know about this anyway, but anyone with experience of
workarounds could give me information if they want)
Netgear FA311 10/100
SB Live! Platinum
Pioneer 105S DVD.
If anyone knows any probs or workarounds, I'd be most grateful to know about
them...
thanks
alim
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From: Steve Wampler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: What is System.map ?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:09:25 -0700
Michael wrote:
>
>
> I was referring to the fact that Steve had said to use the lilo map option
> to point to a System.map, however lilo docs say the map defaults to
> /boot/map, the lilo map file, not the System.map file....
>
> Or does the map file refer to both?
I wasn't refering to the "lilo map option". The append directive
supplies options to pass to the kernel when it starts, so the
reference was to the kernel map option, not lilo.
That being said, I doubt that's useful for non-kernel apps that
need access to the system map.
--
Steve Wampler- SOLIS Project, National Solar Observatory
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:12:32 -0400
Jan Schaumann wrote (in part):
> But I still think that LaTeX (LyX) is the best choice...
I guess it depends on what you are doing. If I want to read an MS-WORD
document, I find Applix words better than LaTex. But for anything not that
primitive, I agree that LaTex works best for me.
> Cheers,
> -Jan
>
> P.S.: You sig has a wrong delimiter - the correct delimiter is "-- " and
> NOT "--"
I know that, but it seems to me that my signature delimiter IS "-- " as you
say. Furthermore, the delimiter is stuck in there by my Netscape 4.75 and
that does not seem to be one of its many faults. Could it have been dropped
somewhere? I am posting this mainly to see if the space gets dropped. In
fact, checking your post, it seems that your delimiter is "--" and not "-- ",
at least in this compose window. Bizarre: it is correct in the received
message window. I wonder what it will be like when they get these computers
perfected?
>
> --
> Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
>
> Please add smileys where appropriate.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 12:05pm up 6 days, 17:43, 2 users, load average: 3.61, 3.56, 3.17
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: kgcc and RH7
Reply-To: Hal Burgiss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:14:30 GMT
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 10:42:57 -0400, Alex Deucher <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have redhat 7 installed and am trying to get the test kernels to
>compile. I have heard that there are issues with gcc 2.96. I have kgcc
>installed, but I'm not sure how to use it. I have tried the following
>and it still seems to be using gcc. Also when I do use gcc (not kgcc),
>the kernel compiles but it takes about 4-5 times as long as it did under
>RH 6.1. The kernel even boots, but several modules fail to work.
>
>Here's what I have tried:
>
>1. Changing "hostcc" in the top level Makefile to kgcc
Not the right place.
http://www.redhat.com/support/docs/gotchas/7.0/gotchas-7-6.html (gcc)
--
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How can one app crashing bring down whole system?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:28:11 -0500
Tony Lawrence wrote:
> Hartmann Schaffer wrote:
> >
> > In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > Tony Lawrence <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > ...
> > >You need to have run "savetextmode" BEFORE you have a problem.
> >
> > is that part of some package? if not where can i find it?
>
> It sems to be part of Svgalib - rpm doesn't know about it, and
> the man page admits to not knowing its origin..
It is part of svgalib, and here at least rpm knows about it:
[john@starfleet john]$ locate savetextmode
/usr/bin/savetextmode
/usr/man/man1/savetextmode.1
[john@starfleet john]$ rpm -qf /usr/bin/savetextmode
svgalib-1.4.0-2
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:41:44 -0500
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> There is ABSOLUTELY NOTHING in the Linux world that will 100 percent
> emulate MSOffice. Nothing at all.
The same thing could be said for MSOffice itself. You have no
guarantee that documents created using earlier versions of
MSWord/Excel/whatever will transfer cleanly into the latest
version, or vice-versa. Microsoft has no incentive to ensure
anything but minimal backwards compatibility. Quite the
contrary: as each new version of MSOffice comes out and is
pre-loaded onto new PC's, the deficiencies in interoperability
force users of earlier versions to buy the newest version whether
they want to or not. In my view, this is only possible because
of the virtual monopoly position MS holds in office suite
software. By keeping MSOffice document formats proprietary and
constantly changing, achieving full MSOffice interoperability is
akin to shooting at a moving target. In the dark. Why anybody
would want to buy into this is beyond me.
But all this is really moot, as the original poster asked
specifically about linux software. There's really no reason for
you to extoll the virtues of MS software in a linux newsgroup.
Troll.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 08:44:08 -0500
jazz wrote:
> All I ask for is the ability to import Star Office files into Word. Possible?
Yes.
Just save the document as MSWord format from StarOffice. I've
had no problems.
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jazz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:16:32 -0400
In article <8se33h$94e$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> jazz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> ...
> >
> >
> >Well, the problem is that everyone I work with uses word, so I have to
> >give them documents in word. Even professional journals in my field prefer
> >to receive articles in word attachments, though some still accept Latex.
> >
> >Thanks for your help.
> >
> >Jim
>
>
>
> I have written articles with other people--them using Word and me using
> StarOffice. It worked pretty well. Certainly having StarOffice
> was a tremendous help for me, even with the few glitches.
>
> The equations did not survive the transfer back and forth very well.
> Thankfully, we only had a handful, so I waited till I prepared the
> final version using Word and put them in then.
Thanks......
Jim
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (jazz)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:18:08 -0400
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> On Sun, 15 Oct 2000 23:11:06 -0400 jazz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >Erp...I checked it out and am sorry I didn't make clear I'm currently a
> >Mac/Unix guy thinking about dumping my Mac for Linux (the Unix is our
> >supercomputer, which I am not allowed to take home).
>
> Well, if you run Linux on your Mac, you could use Mac-on-Linux to run
> MacOS inside Linux natively, and run any Mac software you need
> side-by-side with Linux stuff.
>
> See <http://www.ibrium.se/linux/mac_on_linux.html>.
Now you're talking! Thanks..
Jim
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Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:19:59 -0500
From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: environment variables in xterm
I am running RH6.2, using gnome. Although I set certain environment
variables in the user's profile files, when I open a new xterm for the
same user,they do not transfer. How do I set enviromental variables
(like EDITOR) to automatically apply when I open a new xterm.
Thanks,
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From: "Horst Lederhaas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Software Raid creation problem
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:23:51 +0200
Hy !
I've try to install a software - raid :)
I have two scsi disk's
on /dev/sda8 and on /dev/sdb6
i've created this partitions and formated it with ext2.
I've tried following commands:
mkraid /dev/md0
mkraid --configfile /etc/raidtab /dev/md0
with no errors:
I have SuSE Kernel 2.2.16 i think the kernel patch is installed
"mkraid --version" prints 0.90.0
I've send u cat's of "/proc/mdstat" /etc/raidtab" and the output of "mkraid
/dev/md0" (there r no entry's in /var/log/messages)
I hope u will and can help me.
Thank you
Horst Lederhaas
---- mdstat ----
Personalities : [1 linear] [2 raid0] [3 raid1] [4 raid5]
read_ahead not set
md0 : inactive
md1 : inactive
md2 : inactive
md3 : inactive
---- cut ----
---- raidtab ----
# Sample raid-0 configuration
raiddev /dev/md0
raid-level 0 # it's not obvious but this *must* be
# right after raiddev
persistent-superblock 1 # set this to 1 if you want autostart,
#BUT SETTING TO 1 WILL DESTROY
PREVIOUS
# CONTENTS if this is a RAID0 array
created
# by older raidtools (0.40-0.51) or
mdtools!
chunk-size 4
nr-raid-disks 2
nr-spare-disks 0
device /dev/sdb6
raid-disk 0
device /dev/sda8
raid-disk 1
---- cut ----
---- mkraid ----
handling MD device /dev/md0
analyzing super-block
disk 0: /dev/sdb6, 6257317kB, raid superblock at 6257216kB
disk 1: /dev/sda8, 6257286kB, raid superblock at 6257216kB
mkraid: aborted, see the syslog and /proc/mdstat for potential clues.
---- cut ----
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:26:02 -0400
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
> Jan Schaumann wrote (in part):
>
> > P.S.: You sig has a wrong delimiter - the correct delimiter is "-- " and
> > NOT "--"
>
> I know that, but it seems to me that my signature delimiter IS "-- " as you
> say. Furthermore, the delimiter is stuck in there by my Netscape 4.75 and
> that does not seem to be one of its many faults. Could it have been dropped
> somewhere? I am posting this mainly to see if the space gets dropped. In
> fact, checking your post, it seems that your delimiter is "--" and not "-- ",
> at least in this compose window. Bizarre: it is correct in the received
> message window. I wonder what it will be like when they get these computers
> perfected?
>
> >
> > --
> > Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
> >
> > Please add smileys where appropriate.
>
> --
> .~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
> /V\ Registered Machine 73926.
> /( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
> ^^-^^ 12:05pm up 6 days, 17:43, 2 users, load average: 3.61, 3.56, 3.17
It had the required space the instant before I sent it, but I see someone has
deleted it. It is there now, and I will now press "Send".
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 12:20pm up 6 days, 17:58, 2 users, load average: 3.89, 3.66, 3.42
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From: "Andrew E. Schulman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 + Travan tape drive
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 12:27:30 -0400
> I've got a machine running RH6.2 and am trying to configure a Travan
> tape drive on it. I don't have entry in /dev for /dev/tape, so any
> utilities I try fail. There are entries for rmt8 and rmt16, but I get
> invalid device when I try using them. Does anyone know what major/minor
> numbers I'd need to create a tape device of this type, or has anyone
> else had any experience setting one up? Any help/ideas would be
> appreciated.
If it's a SCSI drive, the devices are /dev/st0 (rewinds after use) and
/dev/nst0 (doesn't rewind). Can't remember for IDE.
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Telnet and Root
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:27:50 GMT
Yes, you can...
2 solutions :
- (simple) First you 'll have to create a new user account (not root), then
use the su command to change user as root.
- (advanced) If you want to enable the linux 2.0.X behaviour, you may
recompile your kernel disabling UNIX PTY device (and remove DEVPTS
filesystem from your fstab). You would be able to directly telnet as root.
Regards,
Sylvain Le Briero
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
8seapn$sqc$[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> hi everyone
> Is it possible to logon to Redhat 6.2 Linux server via telent or remote
> login (rlogin) ?
> If so How?
> I tried as a root , but i denied the access.
> thanks in advance
> newlinx
>
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
> Before you buy.
>
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From: John Thompson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.debian.user
Subject: Re: What is a good graphical mail client?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 09:01:26 -0500
Tom Huckstep wrote:
>
> Is there such a thing as a decent graphical mail program for Linux,
> which supports POP3 and SMTP? I have spent all day looking through
> dselect for such a thing.
> I would like a simple interface which will let me save messages in an
> outbox, to be sent when I connect to the internet via my modem. I
> have tried both balsa and spruce, but both seem to be very early in
> development, and I can't get either to work with any degree of
> success. Emacs doesn't seem to offer any easily configured mail
> clients either. I don't want to have to go through exim or sendmail,
> but straight to my ISP's server.
> Ashamed as I am to admit it, Outlook Express does nearly all that I
> want. POP3 and STMP, easy folder management, along with an outbox for
> saving messages when offline, and a sent items folder. (The search
> facility is also excellent).
> If you use a program that has these features, or know of one, please
> let me know. (I will also be happy to use a text-based one, if it is
> any good).
Mail clients are like religion, or editors. You'll probably want
to try a few to see what suits you. Some fairly decent mail
clients I've tried are tkrat, arrow and polarbar (java). The
first two would probably show up in a search on
http://www.freshmeat.net and polarbar can be had from
http://www/polarbar.org
--
-John ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Schaumann)
Crossposted-To: news.software.readers
Subject: Re: Is there a MS Word (or substitute) for Linux?
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:25:36 GMT
Jean-David Beyer wrote:
>Jan Schaumann wrote (in part):
>
>> P.S.: You sig has a wrong delimiter - the correct delimiter is "-- " and
>> NOT "--"
>
>I know that, but it seems to me that my signature delimiter IS "-- " as you
>say. Furthermore, the delimiter is stuck in there by my Netscape 4.75 and
>that does not seem to be one of its many faults. Could it have been dropped
>somewhere? I am posting this mainly to see if the space gets dropped. In
>fact, checking your post, it seems that your delimiter is "--" and not "-- ",
>at least in this compose window. Bizarre: it is correct in the received
>message window. I wonder what it will be like when they get these computers
>perfected?
I've heard of OE chopping off the trailing whitespace of the sig, but never
heard about NS doing that.
Well, tyou might want to get a good (funcitonal) newsreader anyway: I suggest
slrn (console) and pan (gui).
xpost & fup2 nsr
Cheers,
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
Please add smileys where appropriate.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RH7 Compatibility with stuff
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:16:33 GMT
we're very lazy too... do your own research and come back with technical
problems if/when they dont work....
In article <8sf7ru$pa6$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Alim" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am very lazy, so am asking anyone if they know of any potential
problems
> with this setup (The computer arrives tomorrow and I'd like to be
> prepared...)
> RedHat 7, on a
> ABIT KT7-RAID
> IBM 75GXP (Ultra ATA/100)
> GeForce 2 GTS (I know about this anyway, but anyone with experience of
> workarounds could give me information if they want)
> Netgear FA311 10/100
> SB Live! Platinum
> Pioneer 105S DVD.
> If anyone knows any probs or workarounds, I'd be most grateful to know
about
> them...
> thanks
>
> alim
>
>
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: compiling trouble
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 16:32:03 GMT
Why don't you use kernel 2.4.0test9 ? You would have more recent bugfixes
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> a �crit dans le message news:
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> I have RH 6.1 and just installed Kernel version 2.3.8 compiled and
> make bzlilo, moved the System.map and vmlinuz file both to boot. When
> I reboot with the new kernel and it bombs at saying "In swapper task -
> not syncing".
>
> Any one have any idea what I did wrong.
>
> John
>
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH6.2 + Travan tape drive
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:28:24 -0500
gkrpan wrote:
>
> I've got a machine running RH6.2 and am trying to configure a Travan
> tape drive on it. I don't have entry in /dev for /dev/tape, so any
> utilities I try fail. There are entries for rmt8 and rmt16, but I get
> invalid device when I try using them. Does anyone know what major/minor
> numbers I'd need to create a tape device of this type, or has anyone
> else had any experience setting one up? Any help/ideas would be
> appreciated.
>
> Thanks in advance,
> Greg.
I have an SCSI travan drive and it uses "st0" for the device.
I found arkeia to be a very nice backup program though it takes a little
bit to set it up.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Martin Herrman)
Subject: Re: environment variables in xterm
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 16 Oct 2000 18:58:22 +0200
On Mon, 16 Oct 2000 11:19:59 -0500, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am running RH6.2, using gnome. Although I set certain environment
> variables in the user's profile files, when I open a new xterm for the
> same user,they do not transfer. How do I set enviromental variables
> (like EDITOR) to automatically apply when I open a new xterm.
>
> Thanks,
did you do? :
VAR=VALUE
export VAR
? (mabye you forgot the second line?)
Martin
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Western Civilization, that would be a good idea!
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