Linux-Misc Digest #771, Volume #26 Wed, 10 Jan 01 12:13:04 EST
Contents:
which mail server for linux? (TM)
Re: php4 problems on suse 7.0 (DC)
Re: latest XFree and TNT. (Cathy Gramze)
Re: How to print? (r1ckey)
Re: help please with linux server speed. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
ping problems ("Sudhakar R.")
Re: konqueror and home key. (Roberto Alsina)
Re: Simple Firewall (Noname)
Re: Sun/HP Gnome support (freedman)
Re: Simple Firewall ("Tom")
Re: How to print? (Lew Pitcher)
Re: redirect stderr output (Jean-David Beyer)
Palm data to gnome-cal, gnome-card? (Cathy Gramze)
I need an advice for Zip USB, ("ME")
Re: Dumping Novell for Linux (almost).. ("Lam Dang")
Re: php4 problems on suse 7.0 (Michael Heiming)
Problems installing updates (Don)
Re: which mail server for linux? (Michael Heiming)
Re: Problems installing updates (David)
Re: ping problems (Michael Heiming)
Re: HELP! : mysterious ext2 undeletable directory (aflinsch)
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From: TM <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: which mail server for linux?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:16:59 +0100
Hi,
what are the mail servers available for the linux platform. Either
IMAP or POP.
Thanks
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From: DC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: php4 problems on suse 7.0
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:08:28 +0000
Michael Heiming wrote:
>
> DC wrote:
>
> > I've installed php4 as a module for apache 1.3.12 on suse 7
> >
> > When it apachectl start i get an error stating
> > "Cannot load /usr/local/apache_1.3.12/libexec/lipphp4.so into server:
> > /usr/local/apache_1.3.12/libexec/lipphp4.so: undefined symbol: isfinite"
> >
> > The file exists in the appropriate directory with rwx permissions for
> > root.
> > If I remove the "LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so" line from my
> > httpd.conf file the httpd starts without a problem.
> >
> Hello,
>
> I would consider downloading the latest PHP (4.0.4) from www.php.net and
> compile/install it,
> as there are some problems with earlier versions.
>
> The INSTALL file gives you enough info to get it done.
>
> Good luck
Ok I'm now on php-4.0.4 but httpd still wont start it's now saying that
"libphp4.so is garbled - perhaps this is not an apache module DSO?". It
seemed to configure and make fine.
Any Ideas?
--
_______________________________________________
DC
"You can not reason a man out of a position he did not reach through
reason"
"Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice."
Have you visited the hunger site today?
http://www.hungersite.com/index.html
Your visit donates grain to the United Nations world food program.
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From: Cathy Gramze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake
Subject: Re: latest XFree and TNT.
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:21:57 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Thaddeus L
Olczyk) wrote:
>
> Now that XFree has been upgraded ( to XFree 4.0 as I understand )
> is there still driver support for TNT in there?
>
Okay, here's the deal. I am running XFree 4.0.2 with a 16 meg NVidia TNT. The drivers
that come with XFree work just fine. They DO NOT support the 3D capabilities of the
card, though. If you want to play Quake or Tux Racer, you need to use the NVidia
drivers. Be happy that you can do the XFree upgrade and have a working system before
you do the NVidia driver thing!
*sigh* I really need to install them myself for better play in SimCity3000...
cathyy
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From: r1ckey <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to print?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:28:03 GMT
"Andr�" wrote:
>
> Hi
>
> I have a printer connected to lp0. When I try
>
> # echo "TEST" > /dev/lp0
>
> it hangs. It does print but it looks like if it was printing. I really
> need to make my linux print. Any ideas?
> --
>
> � Andr� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
I suggest you use Printtool (try "printtool &" at a command prompt) to
configure your printer. Once you've configured it the command is "lpr
-P <printername> <file>"
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: help please with linux server speed.
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:19:30 +0000
Reply-To: no_replyto@oursite
This message has been posted by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dave Ewart)
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 09:20:49 -0500, Kenny@BUI
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hello,
>i really need some input from you guys on this one. we have a basic
>linux 6.2 redhat server that is runnung extremely slow in an nt4.0
>enviourment. when the server was in a non nt enviourment it was running
>pretty fast.
>telnet connections take 30 sec. to 90 sec. to prompt for login.
>everything at the console takes 30 sec. to 1.5 min. to run. i launched
>netscape and it took 1.5 min. to start. even typing the chmod command
>took 30 sec. to excute.
>we looked at everything in the nt4.0 box that could affect it but could
>not find any reason why. every computer is running tcp-ip only.
The 30-90 seconds thing sounds like a DNS (or other) timeout. Something
to look at, perhaps ... This is a fairly familiar problem, especially
regarding Netscape.
Check you /etc/resolv.conf, /etc/hosts etc.
Dave.
--
Dave Ewart
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Computing Manager
ICRF Cancer Epidemiology Unit, Oxford UK
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From: "Sudhakar R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ping problems
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 10:26:46 -0500
I'm running RH 7.0 and am connected on a LAN. My network is working fine
and I can telnet and ftp to my machine over the network. But when I try to
ping my machine I get "ping:socket permission denied"
Can anyone help to get this working.
Thanx
-sud
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From: Roberto Alsina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: konqueror and home key.
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:30:16 GMT
In article <93hpo3$nf9$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Roberto Alsina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > On Mon, 08 Jan 2001 20:14:29 GMT, Roberto Alsina <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> > wrote:
> >
> > >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >> Sometimes when I am searching a document, I want to go to the top a
> > >> the document. When i do this I press the home key.
> > >> Unfortunately konqueror takes me to the top of the document.
> > >> Is there any way to change this behaviour?
> > >
> > >Excuse me, but isn't Konqueror doing exactly what you want? ;-)
> > Oops. No that's not what Konqueror does.
> > When you press home it opens the window to your home directory.
> > That's what I get for posting at 7:00am.
>
> At least here, HOME moves to top of the document. In fact, I can't
> find a way to go to the home directory :-)
Well, found it. Ctrl-Home goes to the home directory. Home goes to
top of the page. At least on KDE 2.1beta.
--
Roberto Alsina
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From: Noname <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Simple Firewall
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 15:45:46 GMT
Thanks. I'll try that out.
In article <93g4v4$77b$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"dom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Try Firestarter
>
> http://firestarter.sourceforge.net
>
> so easy to set up and use it should be illegal ;-)
Sent via Deja.com
http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (freedman)
Subject: Re: Sun/HP Gnome support
Date: 10 Jan 2001 16:00:08 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Tue, 09 Jan 2001 19:25:53 -1000, Roger Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Does anyone here have any good inside info (especially from Sun's
>point of view, as I maintain a bunch of Solaris systems) on why
>Sun and HP are going to be offering Gnome desktop support soon,
>but AFAIK haven't said diddly about supporting KDE? Is this a
>GPL vs. Qt license issue, or were there technical reasons?
>
>[ Just thought I'd stoke the ongoing Gnome vs. KDE flamefest a bit.
> ;-> ]
>
>--
>Roger Davis
>University of Hawaii/SOEST
>[EMAIL PROTECTED]
There has been some discussion of this topic on comp.unix.solaris.
--
Dick Freedman
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From: "Tom" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Simple Firewall
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:03:49 GMT
In article <93fioi$g5$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Noname" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
> Hi, I am looking for an easy to use/free firewall for Linux
> (preferrably with a graphical interface, unless there isn't) for my
> company. I'm not a Linux expert, although I reasonably know my way
> around. Can you recommend one for me?
firewall for newbies to experts:
http://www.pointman.org/PMFirewall/
then add portsentry, links and EZ setup guide is here:
http://www.linuxnewbie.org/nhf/intel/security/portsentry1.html
Before d/l'ing and installing, check and see if you don't already
have one or both of these, and/or if your distro provides packages.
Both are very popular, highly regarded, and often included, specially
portsentry.
Tom
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Lew Pitcher)
Subject: Re: How to print?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:08:07 GMT
On Wed, 10 Jan 2001 12:33:41 -0200, Andr� <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hi
>
>I have a printer connected to lp0. When I try
>
># echo "TEST" > /dev/lp0
>
>it hangs. It does print but it looks like if it was printing. I really
>need to make my linux print. Any ideas?
Although direct writing to /dev/lp0 is one way to print, it's not the
best way. You want to install and configure one of the lineprinting
tools, such as 'lpr/lpd', 'lprNG', or 'CUPS'. You'll also probably
want to install a print filter tool, such as 'apsfilter' or
'magicfilter'.
It's not a difficult job; most distros install these tools, leaving
them up to you to configure. You might want to check your distro's
documentation, and you should read the Printing-HOWTO available at the
Linux Documentation Project (http://www.linuxdoc.org/)
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: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: redirect stderr output
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:09:48 -0500
Matthias Kampe wrote:
>
> Hi all,
>
> How can I redirect error messages generated by a perl script into log
> file and still see these messages on the
> terminal?
> I'm able to redirect the messages to a file, for example:
> somescript 2> logfile
> but then I don't see these messages on the terminal anymore.
>
One way would be to run
somescript 2> logfile & tail -f logfile
If you wish to merge stdout and stderr, you can do something like
somescript 2>&1 | tee logfile
Perhaps your shell can let you pipe stderr somewhere and leave stdout
alone; I have never looked into that.
I will make up a syntax and pretend it works.
somescript 2| tee logfile
But I do not know if any shell accepts something like this.
--
.~. Jean-David Beyer Registered Linux User 85642.
/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
/( )\ Shrewsbury, New Jersey
^^-^^ 11:05am up 1 day, 12:15, 2 users, load average: 2.12, 2.20, 2.17
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From: Cathy Gramze <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Palm data to gnome-cal, gnome-card?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:10:20 GMT
I have my Palm synching, but it simply backs up to a backup directory. How can I get
the PALM data to go into gnome-cal and gnome-card??? I am using gnome-pilot to synch.
cathyy
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From: "ME" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: I need an advice for Zip USB,
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:14:08 GMT
Thanks for reading this,
I am trying to mount (dev/sda4) a Zip 100 USB drive under Kernel 2.2.16
(Suse 7.0). The modules usbcore, usb-ohci and usb-storage are loaded, but
yet the system fails to communicate with the Zip drive. While booting up the
system it finds the Zip drive. The error message is:
sda: Read Capacity failed
sda: status=0, message=00, host=7, driver=00
sda: sense not available
sda: block size assumed 512 bytes, disk size 1 GB
sda: scsidisk I/O Error: dev08:00, sector 0
unable to read partition table.
My USB Sony CD/RW drive is also seen but can not be mounted. I think it is a
SCSI issue, which I have tried to remedy with the insertation of module sg,
but that did not help either. Perhaps somebody has an advice for me, any
input is appreciated.
Thanks,
Bruce
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From: "Lam Dang" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Dumping Novell for Linux (almost)..
Date: 10 Jan 2001 10:18:51 -0500
>From [EMAIL PROTECTED] on Wed, 10 Jan 2001 05:30:09 GMT:
> Hello all,
>
> with samba server how to map a drive letter automatically to win9x
> clients??
>
> in novel/netware i would write a login script like:
>
> "net use G: \\samba_server\samba_folder"
>
> can this be done in samba server directly?? if so, i want to dump
> Novell alltogether in favor of Linux.
Yes, you can.
Here's how I set up a share in my
/etc/smb.conf file on a Linux machine with a
/pub/tmp directory:
# A publicly accessible directory, read/write
# to all users. Note that all files created
# in the directory by users will be owned by
# the default user, so any user with access
# can delete any other user's
# files. Obviously this directory must be
# writable by the default user. Another user
# could of course be specified, in which case
# all files would be owned by that user
# instead.
[tmp]
path = /pub/tmp
public = yes
only guest = yes
writable = yes
printable = no
create mask = 0666
My Linux machine's name is delta, so each
Windows 9X, NT, and 2000 client maps a drive
letter to \\delta\tmp
(I also share the same directory with other
Linux & Solaris boxes via NFS.)
Refer to Samba documentation for a lot more
detail.
--
Lam Dang
dangit AT ix DOT netcom DOT com
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: php4 problems on suse 7.0
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:53:44 +0100
DC wrote:
> Michael Heiming wrote:
> >
> > DC wrote:
> >
> > > I've installed php4 as a module for apache 1.3.12 on suse 7
> > >
> > > When it apachectl start i get an error stating
> > > "Cannot load /usr/local/apache_1.3.12/libexec/lipphp4.so into server:
> > > /usr/local/apache_1.3.12/libexec/lipphp4.so: undefined symbol: isfinite"
> > >
> > > The file exists in the appropriate directory with rwx permissions for
> > > root.
> > > If I remove the "LoadModule php4_module libexec/libphp4.so" line from my
> > > httpd.conf file the httpd starts without a problem.
> > >
>
> > Hello,
> >
> > I would consider downloading the latest PHP (4.0.4) from www.php.net and
> > compile/install it,
> > as there are some problems with earlier versions.
> >
> > The INSTALL file gives you enough info to get it done.
> >
> > Good luck
>
> Ok I'm now on php-4.0.4 but httpd still wont start it's now saying that
> "libphp4.so is garbled - perhaps this is not an apache module DSO?". It
> seemed to configure and make fine.
>
> Any Ideas?
>
> --
> _______________________________________________
>
> DC
>
> "You can not reason a man out of a position he did not reach through
> reason"
>
> "Don't use a big word where a diminutive one will suffice."
>
> Have you visited the hunger site today?
> http://www.hungersite.com/index.html
> Your visit donates grain to the United Nations world food program.
Hello,
I just went through the nightmares of installing PHP with ADABAS support today,
every time
there is something different, you have to change in one of the odbc header
files......:-(
Have you read the INSTALL file which comes with PHP?
QUICK INSTALL (DSO)
For this to work your Apache httpd must have mod_so enabled.
Check using httpd -l. You should see something like:
Compiled-in modules:
http_core.c
mod_so.c
Did you set:
--with-apxs=/where_your_apache_sits/bin/apxs ??
Good luck
Michael Heiming
Sysadmin
--
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\ / [__) [__] [ __ Meerbuscher Strasse 64
\/ [__) | | [_./ 40670 Meerbusch
www.vbag.de Michael Heiming ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: Don <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Problems installing updates
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:45:47 -0500
Hi,
I have RedHat 6.2 installed (everything was installed) and I'm trying to
install the security and bug fixes. After d/l the RPM and isssuing a
"rpm -Uvh <rpm module>", I keep getting this error message:
error: <rpm module> cannot be installed
Does anyone know what this means?
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which mail server for linux?
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 18:59:54 +0100
TM wrote:
> Hi,
>
> what are the mail servers available for the linux platform. Either
> IMAP or POP.
>
> Thanks
Hello,
I looked up your website, not much there to consult?
Getting some infos from those dude linux hackers/newsgroup readers and
selling it to your customer?
At least, I don't think that's the way usenet works....
Look for qpopper (eudora) it's a free POP3 server with lot's of
features...
There are many others, search at freshmeat...
Good luck
Michael Heiming
Sysadmin
--
__ __ __ Virtueller Bau-Markt AG
\ / [__) [__] [ __ Meerbuscher Strasse 64
\/ [__) | | [_./ 40670 Meerbusch
www.vbag.de Michael Heiming ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: Problems installing updates
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 16:50:00 GMT
Don wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> I have RedHat 6.2 installed (everything was installed) and I'm trying to
> install the security and bug fixes. After d/l the RPM and isssuing a
> "rpm -Uvh <rpm module>", I keep getting this error message:
>
> error: <rpm module> cannot be installed
>
> Does anyone know what this means?
Did you upgrade the rpm package to 3.0.5-9.6x ?
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
Completed more W/U's than 98.992% of seti users. +/- 0.01%
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From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: ping problems
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 19:05:45 +0100
"Sudhakar R." wrote:
> I'm running RH 7.0 and am connected on a LAN. My network is working fine
> and I can telnet and ftp to my machine over the network. But when I try to
> ping my machine I get "ping:socket permission denied"
>
> Can anyone help to get this working.
> Thanx
> -sud
Hello,
ping uses an privileged port (<1024) only root can use it,
on my distro (SuSE) it's set SUID (4755) to let all user use it.
Good luck
Michael Heiming
Sysadmin
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: HELP! : mysterious ext2 undeletable directory
Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 11:37:00 -0600
Robert Lynch wrote:
>
> Dorin Ioan MARINCA wrote:
> >
> > Hi!
> >
> > I need help for the following problem:
> >
> > Context: RH 6.2 original kernel
> > First symptom: ext2 root filesystem full.
> > I have searched for a big file (+10M).
> > Result: a (mysterious) junkbuster (web browsing filter) log directory:
> > /var/log/junkbuster : size +11M
> > 'drwxr--r-- 2 73 73 11067392 Jan 8 14:04 junkbuster'
> > the directory and not the contents!!!
> > a 'ls' inside blocks...
> > a '# rm -rf /var/log/junkbuster' run in a infinite loop.
> >
> > How can I remove this file?
> >
> > I have tried (forced) fsck without results. No bad blocks also...
> >
> > Thanks for any sugestions...
> >
> > d.i.m.
>
> I had this problem, which I decided was due to junkbuster's
> logrotate being wonky. I filed a bug report at the junkbuster
> site, which was never answered.
>
> When I looked inside the directory (not easy!) I found that it
> was a jungle logrotate .gz's, like:
>
> junkbuster.1.gz.3.gz.1.gz...
I had the same problem, it was about a year ago. I think that the
logrotate entry has been fixed, as I have reinstalled & updated
several times since then and nolonger have the problem
>
> I wish I could give you some hints, but the delete of this
> monster was a nightmare, for example, doing some step on the way
> to delete I hung my system after which I had to boot with a
> recovery disk and my recall of what I did is dim.
>
My favorite method of deleting all entries in a directory (when the
number of entries is very large) is
tar cfv /dev/null /path/of/directory/to/empty --remove-files >
/dev/null
and then just rmdir the directory if required....
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