Linux-Misc Digest #163, Volume #26 Sat, 28 Oct 00 13:13:03 EDT
Contents:
Gnome Panel Crash in RH 6.2 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Backward compatibility of linux libraries? ("Peter T. Breuer")
How to gauge Linux stability? (Arctic Storm)
Re: How to gauge Linux stability? ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: PHP function error (Rafael - LumesITSupport)
SMTP problem (Rafael - LumesITSupport)
KPackage problem ("Vas")
Re: KPackage problem ("Vas")
looking for internic whois.c ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux. (Gregory Spath)
Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux. (Jerry L Kreps,,,)
Re: backspace and delete keys do not function under RH7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: backspace and delete keys do not function under RH7 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: viewing Chinese. ("Edward Lee")
Re: How to gauge Linux stability? (John Hasler)
Modem Setup ("Cosmo")
Re: How to gauge Linux stability? (Arctic Storm)
Re: Changing my profile/user name. (Steve)
Re: How to gauge Linux stability? (Arctic Storm)
problem with rpm installs (Rick)
install from Network ("Bastian Becker")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Gnome Panel Crash in RH 6.2
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 14:01:07 GMT
I have a really annoying crash of the gnome control panel. THis does
not take the X-Server down but will hang some of the apps I may have
running (example is running BlueJ java IDE which was started through the
GNOME menu). I usually have the start panel set to auto hide and when
it crashes it remains visible and I can kill the panel by right clicking
and choosing annihilate. So far looking through the processes (ps -ef)
I have not identified the process which is crashing so I can restart it.
Any ideas on where I should look? Thanks Ray
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Before you buy.
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Backward compatibility of linux libraries?
Date: 28 Oct 2000 14:26:42 GMT
Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: It is supposed to be possible, and it always has been for me, except I
: cannot upgrade glibc-2.1.1-7.6 to glibc-2.1.3-21. When I do that,
: everything works except IBM's DB2 V6.1 UDB which just hangs. It took me a
: week to figure out what was wrong. I just moved back to glibc-2.1.1-7.6 to
The name probably gives it away. Old berkely dbm format is being moved
out of glibc itself. You probably need to redirect the utility to cease
looking in libdb.so.1.85 which was the old external support lib and tell
it to look in libdb2 (or whatever it is).
Peter
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From: Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How to gauge Linux stability?
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 14:33:14 GMT
How to gauge Linux stability?
Of course we know that Linux can run for weeks without reboot,... but
exactly what does that mean?
If I log onto one of the user accounts, and run for a week, then log out
and log onto another acconut, e.g., root, and run for another week, is
that considered two consecutive weeks, or is that two sessions of one
week each?
=====
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to gauge Linux stability?
Date: 28 Oct 2000 14:44:27 GMT
Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: How to gauge Linux stability?
: Of course we know that Linux can run for weeks without reboot,... but
: exactly what does that mean?
It means what it says. Week = week. "without reboot" = "without
reboot".
: If I log onto one of the user accounts, and run for a week, then log out
: and log onto another acconut, e.g., root, and run for another week, is
: that considered two consecutive weeks, or is that two sessions of one
: week each?
No, it's two breakfasts of banana and rye. What do you THINK?
Time is time. If you want to multiply time by the number of people
who came into the room while you were counting, that's your business.
Other people will just laugh.
If, OTOH, you are thinking of integrating time elapsed against the
number of users or processes running, or by the % cpu use, then those
would yield sensible measures. Just not "time". They would be loadhours
and cpuhours respectively.
Peter
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From: Rafael - LumesITSupport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PHP function error
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:07:35 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thank you
I installed mod_php3-mysql-3.0.12-1.i386 and copied mysql.so file to modules
folder and the problem was solved.
NAVARRO, LOPEZ, Jes�s Manuel wrote:
> Rafael - LumesITSupport wrote:
> >
> > Fatal error: Call to unsupported or undefined function mysql_connect()
> > in /home/httpd/html/test.php3 on line 12
> >
> > How to correct it? Where to look for problem?
>
> Most probable is your php has not been compiled with mysql support (a
> call to phpinfo() will tell you this).
> --
> SALUD,
> Jes�s
> ***
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> ***
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From: Rafael - LumesITSupport <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: SMTP problem
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 13:00:14 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I can not configure my qmail server. I can log to it if I telnet
127.0.0.1 25 , but when I telnet using IP address (ex. telnet
130.235.0.234 25 ) I am getting Connection closed by foreign host.
In Host.allow I write down my IP, what I should configure to get my SMTP
working
Rafael
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From: "Vas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: KPackage problem
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:04:11 +0000
I tried to download the new version of the most excellent newsreader Pan.
However it said I needed GTK+ version 1.2.8-7, which I downloaded. When I
try to run this RPM in KPackage it says that only major version numbers
<=3 are supported by this version of KPackage. This also applies to to
the Pan update rpm aswell. I have Mandrake 7.1 installed. Any help out
here.
--
Vas the bubble
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From: "Vas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: KPackage problem
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:10:41 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Vas"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried to download the new version of the most excellent newsreader
> Pan. However it said I needed GTK+ version 1.2.8-7, which I
> downloaded. When I try to run this RPM in KPackage it says that only
> major version numbers
> <=3 are supported by this version of KPackage. This also applies to to
> the Pan update rpm aswell. I have Mandrake 7.1 installed. Any help out
> here.
Slight error, it should say "major version <=3 are supported by this
version of RPM", not KPackage.
--
Vas the bubble
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: looking for internic whois.c
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:19:08 GMT
i'm runing red hat linux and it comes with "fwhois", the finger style whois.
where can i get the source code for the good old style whois so i can do
"whois -h [whoishost] [hostname]?
--binoche
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Before you buy.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gregory Spath)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux.
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:33:55 -0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <YztK5.12013$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Les Mikesell
([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
>
>"Jason" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>news:Ub6K5.310$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>> I disagree with this one sorry. Win2k can be rock solid, mines been up
>and
>> running for 1 month. The only time it goes down is updates and
>> thunderstorms. I might also add the Linux box has been up for 2 weeks.
>> Course that's also how long I've had it running Linux.
>>
>> But come on, you can't be seriously saying that learning Linux is as easy
>to
>> learn as windows?
>
>Linux is much easier. If you learned unix 20 years ago you would realize
>it is all very stable and sensible, while Microsoft changes the way
>windows does things every year or two for no particular reason
>and you have to learn it all over again.
Not to mention that there is no consistency in the way things are
configured/located/run within each windows release itself.
--
Gregory Spath
[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://freefall.homeip.net/
SCHeckler on IRC ----------> http://freefall.homeip.net/javairc/
Team YBR ------------------> http://www.yellowbreechesracing.org/
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From: Jerry L Kreps,,, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: LinkSys betrayed us! Poor prospects for Linux.
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 10:38:58 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jason wrote:
> True, but we have to remember that the vast majority of users were weaned
> on
> Windows of one sort of another. While Windows has a "few" quirks to it,
> for the most part its much more user friendly and less intimidating then
> Linux/Unix can be.
I think the main reason why windows is 'easy' to use is that on
standalones, in effect, eveyone runs as root!
Linux maintains security regardless of the user or environment.
> But Linux is defiantly catching up to Windows in user friendliness. RH7
> was
> a piece of cake to install and just as easy to configure. I must be one
> of the few to feel that way judging by some of the posts though.
>
> Jason
> "Michael Westerman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:39f8f547$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> | depends on your background.
> |
> | if comming from unix then ...
> |
> | but apple os is easyer than all if computer illiterate (my opinion)
> |
> | windows is easy if you upgrade from windows ...
> |
> |
> | Jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> | news:Ub6K5.310$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> | > I disagree with this one sorry. Win2k can be rock solid, mines been
> | > up
> | and
> | > running for 1 month. The only time it goes down is updates and
> | > thunderstorms. I might also add the Linux box has been up for 2
> | > weeks. Course that's also how long I've had it running Linux.
> | >
> | > But come on, you can't be seriously saying that learning Linux is as
> easy
> | to
> | > learn as windows?
> | >
> | > Jason
> | > "John Hasler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> | > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> | > | Arctic Storm writes:
> | > | > Win2K is just as stable, but easy and user-friendly.
> | > |
> | > | A friend of mine (a quite experienced Windows user) just installed
> | Win2K.
> | > | If his experience is any guide, you'll never get it to work.
> | > |
> | > | Buy a machine with Linux pre-installed, like you did your Windows
> | > | box. --
> | > | John Hasler
> | > | [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> | > | Dancing Horse Hill
> | > | Elmwood, Wisconsin
> | >
> | >
> |
> |
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: backspace and delete keys do not function under RH7
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:26:26 GMT
Jon, Check out your /etc/X11/XF86Config settings, specifically the "Keyboard"
section, setting the right keyboard type helped me : ) Good Luck
Rgrds
Darren
In article <Z2HI5.57584$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"yft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just installed RH7 on my PC and for some reason my backspace and
> delete keys do not delete in a shell under X-Window (GNOME). All they do is
> beep everytime I use them. I've tried to tried to configure the keyboard and
> have set it to my locale but to no avail. The two keys work fine without
> X-Window.
>
> Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Jon Tsu
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: backspace and delete keys do not function under RH7
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:30:08 GMT
Jon, Try editing the /etc/X11/XF86Config file (the keyboard section) to
select the right map for X. Hope this helps : ) Rgds D
In article <Z2HI5.57584$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"yft" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi
>
> I have just installed RH7 on my PC and for some reason my backspace and
> delete keys do not delete in a shell under X-Window (GNOME). All they do is
> beep everytime I use them. I've tried to tried to configure the keyboard and
> have set it to my locale but to no avail. The two keys work fine without
> X-Window.
>
> Any ideas on how to fix this?
>
> Cheers.
>
> Jon Tsu
>
>
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Before you buy.
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From: "Edward Lee" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: tw.bbs.comp.linux
Subject: Re: viewing Chinese.
Date: Sun, 29 Oct 2000 00:20:00 +0800
rxvt + xcin + vim + chinese fonts, that's all u need.
ref:
http://xcin.linux.org.tw
�L�W�p�l ���g��峹 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
:I want to view chinese text, not print chinese text.
:
:"Eric Y. Chang" �g�D�G
:
:> cnprint-2.30.linux.lsm
:>
:> =?iso-8859-1?Q?=B5L=A6W=A4p=A4l?= ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
:> : How can I make Linux able to view chinese text in X windows? I don't
:> : want to change to a chinese interface.
:
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to gauge Linux stability?
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 15:01:40 GMT
Arctic Storm writes:
> How to gauge Linux stability? Of course we know that Linux can run for
> weeks without reboot,...
Make that years.
> ...but exactly what does that mean?
Exactly what it says.
> If I log onto one of the user accounts, and run for a week, then log out
> and log onto another acconut, e.g., root, and run for another week, is
> that considered two consecutive weeks, or is that two sessions of one
> week each?
Linux is running whether you are logged in or not. Most servers have no
one logged in most of the time.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, WI
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From: "Cosmo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Modem Setup
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 12:13:27 -0400
I have a 3com USR Sportster 56k pnp ISA internal modem I have been trying to
get working under Redhat 6.0. Can anyone give me some direction on how to
accomplish this? I have been through all the HOWTO's without any success.
Any help would be appreciated.
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to gauge Linux stability?
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:31:17 GMT
Hey! Thanks for making things more ambiguous.
We all need some confusion and disorder to spice up the day.
Cheers
========================
"Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
>
> Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> : How to gauge Linux stability?
> : Of course we know that Linux can run for weeks without reboot,... but
> : exactly what does that mean?
>
> It means what it says. Week = week. "without reboot" = "without
> reboot".
>
> : If I log onto one of the user accounts, and run for a week, then log out
> : and log onto another acconut, e.g., root, and run for another week, is
> : that considered two consecutive weeks, or is that two sessions of one
> : week each?
>
> No, it's two breakfasts of banana and rye. What do you THINK?
>
> Time is time. If you want to multiply time by the number of people
> who came into the room while you were counting, that's your business.
> Other people will just laugh.
>
> If, OTOH, you are thinking of integrating time elapsed against the
> number of users or processes running, or by the % cpu use, then those
> would yield sensible measures. Just not "time". They would be loadhours
> and cpuhours respectively.
>
> Peter
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Changing my profile/user name.
Date: 28 Oct 2000 17:39:21 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 28 Oct 2000 04:33:07 GMT, mordak wrote:
>Hello,
>When I installed SuSE 7.0 Pro, I had to enter a name "Kenneth M. Gutkowski"
>in Yast2 when I put the user name and password in. My question is how do I
>change my name "Kenneth M. Gutkowski" to just "Ken G."? I have notice under
>Netscape 4.73 when you view the source of a message you send to yourself,
>that it uses your initial profile name not the one entered in Netscape under
>the Preferences/Mail & News Groups/Identity. I have searched the net with
>Google for any discussion threads that might have anything to do with this
>but alas, I have come up empty handed. Any help you all might shed on this
>subject is appreciated.
You can change this in /etc/passwd you'll need to be root to make that
change.
--
Cheers
Steve email mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]
%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.zeropps.uklinux.net/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
2:07pm up 17 days, 15:28, 3 users, load average: 1.00, 1.00, 1.00
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From: Arctic Storm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to gauge Linux stability?
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 16:59:42 GMT
You answered my question.
I thought that logging-off and logging-in was somewhat like
quasi-rebooting.
By the way, I have gotten error messages that puts a yellow bomb in the
user acconut folder. If that happens, should I reboot, to be on the
safe side,...
=====================
John Hasler wrote:
>
> Arctic Storm writes:
> > How to gauge Linux stability? Of course we know that Linux can run for
> > weeks without reboot,...
>
> Make that years.
>
> > ...but exactly what does that mean?
>
> Exactly what it says.
>
> > If I log onto one of the user accounts, and run for a week, then log out
> > and log onto another acconut, e.g., root, and run for another week, is
> > that considered two consecutive weeks, or is that two sessions of one
> > week each?
>
> Linux is running whether you are logged in or not. Most servers have no
> one logged in most of the time.
> --
> John Hasler
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Hasler)
> Dancing Horse Hill
> Elmwood, WI
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From: Rick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: problem with rpm installs
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 13:03:04 -0400
When I try to install qt-2.2.1-4.i386.rpm, I get the following message:
[root@localhost Linux]# rpm -Uvh qt-2.2.1-4.i386.rpm
only packages with major numbers <= 3 are supported by this version of
RPM
error: qt-2.2.1-4.i386.rpm cannot be installed
I have tried to install a new version of rpm also, but I get the same
type of error. What can I do?
Any and all help appreciated.
--
Rick
* To email me remove NOSPAM from my address *
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From: "Bastian Becker" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: install from Network
Date: Sat, 28 Oct 2000 19:05:54 +0200
Hello
I would like to install Suse Linux 7.0 from an FTP server.
Unfortunally there is no driver for my D-Link DFE-530TX Ethernet Adapter on
any of the two modules disks. I found a file called via-rhine.c but what can
I do with it?
Thanks for any Help
-Bastian
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