Linux-Misc Digest #797, Volume #26 Sat, 13 Jan 01 10:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: Enter escape charcter in vi or another editor ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
buying computers ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: How to tell HW problem from SW problem? (Jean-David Beyer)
Re: Where is my memory? (Jean-David Beyer)
Info? ("flappo")
Re: Upgrading kernel 2.2.12 to kernel 2.2.16, keeping same options (Karen Rosin)
Re: Upgrading glibc using rpm (Karen Rosin)
problem installing webmin with RPM
Re: Software Recomendation (Jerry Kreps)
Re: 2.4 and I have no modules? (Jerry Kreps)
Re: 'AntiTrust' review on Salon.com (Jerry Kreps)
Re: Warning : Win2000 defragments not as linux communauty will expect. (Jerry Kreps)
Browser madness.... (Daren Russell)
kernel 2.2.18: problem connecting to ISP ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Enter escape charcter in vi or another editor ("Peter T. Breuer")
Re: 'AntiTrust' review on Salon.com (Jeremy Heilman)
Re: Where is my memory? (Kathrin Geilmann)
NFS mount problem with kernel 2.2.18 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Unreliable deliverance of Linux Journal ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
NIS Services ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PostScript quality? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Enter escape charcter in vi or another editor
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:19:32 +0000
"Joe (mvjap3) Philbrook III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
>> But compared to joe, it IS cumbersome.
>> Why would I want to have an editor that allows you to type a number of lines
>> of text unhindered but then prevents you from going back up to change
>> something in a previous line without hitting some obscure key combinations?
> Did I not say they improved the classic vi with vim...
> which <if and only if it finds a .vimrc> it will let you move around with
> the cursor keys without having to esc back to command mode...
Ahhh, but you can't delete previous lines while in insert mode, can you?
Oh, you can add to them, but you can't overwrite or remove text already
there. THAT'S what I meant by obscure key combinations.
>> OK, joe might not have all the features touted by VIM, but it's a hell of a
>> lot easier to use and has all the festures more people would want.
> Easier is, like beauty, in the mind of the beholder <err in this case
> keypuncher> As for me, vi is <now> easy... joe isn't <even if my name is
> Joe...> But that is probably because I already used vi long enough to
> become used to it's not all that obscure key combinations, before I even
> found out about the much improved vim... Though I will admit I did
> used to have a cheat sheet pasted up next to my keyboard while I was
> learning them...
Ah. Well in joe, the "cheat sheet" is available on screen as you type by
simply pressing ^K H (toggle help).
> To make vim easy for most people I'd recommend at least the following 3
> lines in that .vimrc file
> <put the next 3 lines in ~/.vimrc>
> :set ai
> :set smd
> :set textwidth=74
I tried that before I posted about the problems with deletion. It made
navigation easier, but that doesn't help in anything else...
Give me a modeless editor any day.
> The 1st will set autoindent which makes any new lines start with the same
> cursor position as the 1st non-white character of the line the cursor was
> just on...
Joe auto-indents on certain file extentions... Like .c.
(Or you can turn it on with a couple of key presses... simple).
> the 3rd effectively sets a right margin with word-wrapping on...
Sorry, but I'm really not interested in the cheat sheet being as the only
time I use VIM are when I'm in a rescue disk based system...
(And I think joe should replace VIM in that as well, because it's smaller
and has enough versatility to mimic 3 other editors).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: buying computers
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 12:07:04 GMT
Newbie looking to buy computers and IT equipment
online. Can anyone recommend a good site? It would be good if they
ship internationally as well.
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How to tell HW problem from SW problem?
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:39:25 -0500
John Hasler wrote:
>
> Jean-David Beyer writes:
> > X Window System locks up solid (Running GNOME/Enlightenment).
>
> Has it ever crashed when you are not running X?
No, but I do not think that proves much, since I normally run X, I would
guess 99% of the time. I do not recall that I have ever dialed up the
internet except from within X. (I use a lot of xterms, but I assume you
do not count that.)
valinux:jdbeyer[~]$ rpm -q XFree86
XFree86-3.3.5-1.6.0
valinux:jdbeyer[~]$
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/V\ Registered Machine 73926.
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^^-^^ 7:25am up 13:48, 2 users, load average: 2.16, 2.09, 2.03
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From: Jean-David Beyer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is my memory?
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:42:58 -0500
Paul Kimoto wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tim Brewer wrote:
> > When
> > I boot [or] reboot the computer it will test 128 Mb, when I boot into Windows 98
> > it shows 128 Mb, but
> > when I boot RH Linux 7.0 (2.2.16-22) and look at the log and /proc/meminfo
> > they only show 64 Mb of memory. Why can't Linux see all the memory? Is
> > there a kernel configuration parameter that needs to be changed and
> > recompiled?
>
> You need to boot the appropriate kernel with the argument "mem=128M". How
> do you boot?
>
Why must some people do this and others need not? I have 512 Megabytes
of RAM and I us no such argument when booting. Here is the top of my
/etc/lilo.conf
boot=/dev/sda
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
prompt
linear
timeout=50
image=/boot/vmlinuz-2.2.14-VA.5.1smp
label=linux
root=/dev/sda5
read-only
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^^-^^ 7:40am up 14:03, 2 users, load average: 2.05, 2.08, 2.03
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From: "flappo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Info?
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 13:18:49 -0000
Can anyone suggest a good site on how to configure a system running W2K,
Win98 & Linux?
Thanks in advance.
Mike.
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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 15:19:34 +0200
From: Karen Rosin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Upgrading kernel 2.2.12 to kernel 2.2.16, keeping same options
mike wrote:
>
> Hi,
> I was told that kernel 2.2.16 is more secure than 2.2.12, which
> was part of my Redhat 6.1 distribution.
> I would like to upgrade in a way that all the options that were
> built into the origional kernel that came with Redhat 6.1
> remains the same. I don't know what those options are?
> How to accomplish the task?
>
> Thanks
> Mike
Go to www.aduva.com
Download Aduva Manager and then perform the Kernel Update.
Before it will update you're kernel it will tell you what changes are
needed (if any are needed). It won't do anything without your approval.
Try it. It might solve your problem in the easy way.
cheerio,
Karen
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Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 15:23:25 +0200
From: Karen Rosin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.development.system
Subject: Re: Upgrading glibc using rpm
Pete Lachall wrote:
>
> I'm upgrading glibc from 2.1.1 to 2.1.3 on Redhat 6.2 using the rpm.
> After running 'rpm -U xxx.rpm' I get a bunch of conflicts, all of them
> having to do with the 'localedata' package of my current glibc. Any
> ideas would be greatly appreciated.
>
> - Pete Lachall
Download Aduvizor from www.aduva.com
it will help you with the conflicts, resolve and download.
Karen
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From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: problem installing webmin with RPM
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 13:30:10 -0000
Hi,
I'm running RH Linux 6.2 (shell-mode) on an old P90. I have a problem
installing webmin with an rpm-package using a shell-based rpm
(http://www.webmin.com/webmin/download.html).
When I issue the rpm command "rpm -i webmin-0.83.rpm" the only thing I
get is "error: foo-1.0-1.i386.rpm cannot be installed" without any
previous message with the reason or anything.
What can be the problem? Are there any things I can check for?
Thanx in advance!
greetz, Gert.
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From: Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Software Recomendation
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:33:16 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
David wrote:
> Cubic Meter wrote:
> >
> > Can anyone recomend an image program that can acquire images from my
> > scanner? GIMP doesn't allow me to do it, so is there any other good ones
> > out there?
>
> There is a program named "sane" but you need to check to see if your
> scanner is compatable with it.
>
And if you put a link to xsaneimage in the Gimp plugin directory Gimp will
offer it as a choice of image sources.
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Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or
proven wrong, by experiment.
Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology
were Popper's favorites-
are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.
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From: Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 2.4 and I have no modules?
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:35:26 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> I have a RH6.2 that I upgraded to 2.4 everything looks like it compiles
> but I have no modules? I do an lsmod and nothing is there. I told it
> to load modules and have re xconfig'd several times. I've also make
> modules and modules_install with no luck. It seems to boot fine
> otherwise?
>
> Please help
>
>
> Sent via Deja.com
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You did:
make menuconfig; make dep; make clean; make bzImage; make modules; make
modules_install
???
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Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or
proven wrong, by experiment.
Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology
were Popper's favorites-
are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.
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From: Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'AntiTrust' review on Salon.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:36:57 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
John Harkness wrote:
> On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 22:24:43 -0600, Jerry Kreps
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> >pamela wrote:
> >
> >> "Jan. 12, 2001 | Since geek glamour is an idea whose time has come, it
> >> shouldn't be impossible to make an intelligent and beguiling thriller
> >about
> >> the open-source software movement. Peter Howitt's "AntiTrust" just
isn't
> >> it."
> >>
> >> http://www.salon.com/ent/movies/review/2001/01/12/antitrust/
> >>
> >>
> >
> >Since Salon is owned lock, stock and barrel by Gates would you expect a
> >different review?
> >
> >--
>
> You're thinking of slate.com.
>
> John Harkness
Opps! Your right! Pardon my brain fart....
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Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or
proven wrong, by experiment.
Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology
were Popper's favorites-
are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.
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From: Jerry Kreps <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Warning : Win2000 defragments not as linux communauty will expect.
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 07:38:49 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cathy Gramze wrote:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "S.A."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I have found a new problem, when installing linux on a new computer that
> was delivered with Windows 2000.
>
> The first thing I have done is defragmenting Win2000 partition.
>
> After defragmentation, on a 10Go partition, system files were kept in
> the middle, and more boring : a very few corrupted files data are kept
> at end of the partition . IS IT A NEW FEATURE TO AVOID EASY INSTALL OF
> LINUX OR A NEW BUG ?!
>
> This means, that your partition can not begin, before this data, in my
> case, 800 Mb only !!!
>
> I tried again defragmenting with win2000 utility but did not help.
Odd. I installed Linux on my husband's new Dell laptop that came with W2K
installed. I did a defrag first, and it cleared out the end of the drive
very nicely. I was able to give it 4 or 5 gig of the 20, no loss of
anything on the W2K.
With the new LILO that doesn't need to be within the 1024 cylinder limit it
was simple to do. Just don't put the boot loader in the MBR!!
cathyy
Does your hubby use Linux?
JLK
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Scientific theories, according to Sir Karl Popper, can be "falsified," or
proven wrong, by experiment.
Unscientific theories -Marxist dialectical history and Freudian psychology
were Popper's favorites-
are formed in such a way that they cannot be falsified by data.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Daren Russell)
Subject: Browser madness....
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 13:53:50 +0000
Hi
Something seems to have suddenly happened which is utterly nuts!
It would appear that I am 'blocked' (for want of a better word) from
accessing certain sites while using Linux (any browser)
If, however I boot W98 (which I try not to these days, but it's there
for mad occasions!) I can access them perfectly OK. They are all e-commerce
site BTW (amazon, dvdboxoffice, dvdexpress)
Other regular haunts are fine. This wasn't happening 1 week ago!
Nothing in the logs, no firewall in use anymore.
Any ideas???
Cheers
Daren
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: kernel 2.2.18: problem connecting to ISP
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 14:01:12 GMT
Hi,
When I try to connect to my ISP I get the following errors:
====================== Jan 13 13:38:01 truus pppd[607]: LCP: timeout sending
Config-Requests Jan 13 13:38:01 truus pppd[607]: Receive serial link is not
8-bit clean: Jan 13 13:38:01 truus pppd[607]: Problem: all had bit 7 set to 0
Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer
dereference at virtual address 000005f4 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel:
current->tss.cr3 = 0129d000, %cr3 = 0129d000 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel:
*pde = 00000000 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: Oops: 0000 Jan 13 13:38:01
truus kernel: CPU: 0 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: EIP:
0010:[pcnet_cs:__insmod_pcnet_cs_O/lib/modules/2.2.18/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.o_M3+-3
86111/96] Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: EFLAGS: 00010283 Jan 13 13:38:01
truus kernel: eax: 000005dc ebx: 7fffffff ecx: c3972c00 edx: 00000282 Jan
13 13:38:01 truus kernel: esi: c129e000 edi: 7fffffff ebp: c129ff4c esp:
c129ff18 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jan 13
13:38:01 truus kernel: Process pppd (pid: 607, process nr: 68,
stackpage=c129f000) Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: Stack: c1215000 c129ff4c
c018ad36 c1215000 7fffffff 00000008 00000282 c1215000 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus
kernel: 0806ddb4 0000001a c1215000 c1215000 bffff20c c129e000 c1215964
c127d858 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: c12b5420 ffffffea c0187f39 c1215000
00000000 0000540b 00000002 c1aa3000 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: Call Trace:
[ide_ioctl+174/1784] [init_hwif_data+9/364] [old_readdir+147/184]
[stack_segment+13/16] [error_code+20/64] Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: Code:
83 78 18 00 0f 84 99 00 00 00 8b 71 10 85 f6 0f 84 8e 00 00 Jan 13 13:38:01
truus kernel: Unable to handle kernel NULL pointer dereference at virtual
address 00000014 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: current->tss.cr3 = 00101000,
%cr3 = 00101000 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: *pde = 00000000 Jan 13 13:38:01
truus kernel: Oops: 0000 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: CPU: 0 Jan 13
13:38:01 truus kernel: EIP:
0010:[pcnet_cs:__insmod_pcnet_cs_O/lib/modules/2.2.18/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.o_M3+-3
85928/96] Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: EFLAGS: 00010287 Jan 13 13:38:01
truus kernel: eax: c1215000 ebx: 00000000 ecx: c1215000 edx: c1215000 Jan
13 13:38:01 truus kernel: esi: c1215000 edi: c1215100 ebp: 00000002 esp:
c129fd70 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: ds: 0018 es: 0018 ss: 0018 Jan 13
13:38:01 truus kernel: Process pppd (pid: 607, process nr: 68,
stackpage=c129f000) Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: Stack: c018614c c1215000
c129e000 00000001 c0185fd7 c1215000 0000025f 00000001 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus
kernel: c01e2000 c1215000 c1215970 c121596c 00000000 c1fd9ac0 00000000
00000300 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: c018619c c1215000 000005f4 c1fd9ad8
c012560a c12b51e0 c01f2d44 c01f2d43 Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: Call Trace:
[rpc_register+104/268] [rpc_getport+139/272] [rpc_register+184/268]
[sync_buffers+18/500] [pmap_create+46/104] [copy_files+279/648]
[do_exit+276/680] Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: [sys_wait4+78/760]
[sys_wait4+189/760] [ne2k_pci_open+32/76] [do_int3+99/116]
[ne2k_pci_open+50/76] [loopback_xmit+208/216] [remap_area_pages+25/624]
[ne2k_pci_open+50/76] Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel:
[pcnet_cs:__insmod_pcnet_cs_O/lib/modules/2.2.18/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.o_M3+-391033
/96] [stack_segment+13/16]
[pcnet_cs:__insmod_pcnet_cs_O/lib/modules/2.2.18/pcmcia/pcnet_cs.o_M3+-386111
/96] [ide_ioctl+174/1784] [init_hwif_data+9/364] [old_readdir+147/184]
[stack_segment+13/16] [error_code+20/64] Jan 13 13:38:01 truus kernel: Code:
8b 73 14 50 e8 bb eb ff ff 53 e8 19 e3 ff ff c7 43 40 00 00
=============================
One or two minutes after this happens, my pc blocks completely blocks (hard
reboot is necessary)
When I use my previous kernel (2.2.14) the connection is built up without any
problem.
I have Suse 7.0 distribution
Kernel 2.2.18 and 2.2.14
ppp version 2.3.11
Please help me??
Mike
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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Enter escape charcter in vi or another editor
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 14:15:13 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> "Joe (mvjap3) Philbrook III" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
>>> But compared to joe, it IS cumbersome.
>>> Why would I want to have an editor that allows you to type a number of lines
>>> of text unhindered but then prevents you from going back up to change
>>> something in a previous line without hitting some obscure key combinations?
>> Did I not say they improved the classic vi with vim...
>> which <if and only if it finds a .vimrc> it will let you move around with
>> the cursor keys without having to esc back to command mode...
> Ahhh, but you can't delete previous lines while in insert mode, can you?
backspace and delete should work just fine.
> Oh, you can add to them, but you can't overwrite or remove text already
> there. THAT'S what I meant by obscure key combinations.
Eh? How can vi's key combinations be described as obscure? They're
obvious, and intuitive: "w" means word, for example, and you
precede it by an action (e.g "d", for delete) to get the effect you
want. You compose actions in the natural way.
> Ah. Well in joe, the "cheat sheet" is available on screen as you type by
> simply pressing ^K H (toggle help).
I've never needed a "cheat sheet" in vi.
> I tried that before I posted about the problems with deletion. It made
> navigation easier, but that doesn't help in anything else...
How can navigation be difficult? Just use curser and page up and page
down, or whatever.
> Give me a modeless editor any day.
Shudder. No thanks!
> Sorry, but I'm really not interested in the cheat sheet being as the only
> time I use VIM are when I'm in a rescue disk based system...
I'm not interested in a cheat sheet either! Surely anyone with an IQ
above 20 can pick up how to do things in vi in 2 minutes. What I told
you above is enough (remember that "i" is insert, and "a" is append,
and "d" is delete, "y" is yank, "p" is put; use "w" to act on a word,
double the action to act on a line, use directives like "t$" = to end
when you need more. Or just delineate the text and do something to it -
if you want to be slow).
Peter
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From: Jeremy Heilman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 'AntiTrust' review on Salon.com
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 08:56:35 -0500
On Fri, 12 Jan 2001 22:24:43 -0600, Jerry Kreps
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Since Salon is owned lock, stock and barrel by Gates would you expect a
>different review?
Doesn't Microsoft own Slate.com? I don't think they also own Salon.com
(which I believe is independent)... I think you might be confusing the
two...
Jeremy
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From: Kathrin Geilmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Where is my memory?
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 15:15:56 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> at the log and /proc/meminfo they only show 64 Mb of memory. Why can't
> Linux
> see all the memory? Is there a kernel configuration parameter that needs
> to be
> changed and recompiled? I have looked around and have not come across
You have to pass the actual amount of memory to the kernel at booting time
(if >64MB).
If you use lilo, write
append="128M"
to your lilo.conf or pass this option at the lilo prompt when booting.
Kathrin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: NFS mount problem with kernel 2.2.18
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 14:08:59 GMT
HI, After I updated from kernel 2.2.14 to 2.2.18, I have a problem while
mounting to my NFS server. I get the following error messages:
Jan 12 21:39:39 truus kernel: nfs warning: mount version older than kernel
Jan 12 21:39:44 truus kernel: portmap: too small RPC reply size (0 bytes)
Jan 12 21:39:49 truus kernel: portmap: too small RPC reply size (0 bytes)
Jan 12 21:39:49 truus kernel: lockd_up: makesock failed, error=-5
Jan 12 21:39:54 truus kernel: portmap: too small RPC reply size (0 bytes)
Jan 12 21:40:03 truus kernel: lockd_down: no lockd running.
It takes approx 30 secs before the nfs server is mounted. When I boot whit
kernel 2.2.14, mapping takes place in approx 1 sec.
I have Suse 7.0 distribution
My nfs client is a IBM thinkpad with Ethernet 10 PCMCIA card.
Could someone help me?
Thanks
Mike
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Unreliable deliverance of Linux Journal
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 14:30:45 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Dieter Rohlfing)
writes:
>I'm a subscriber of the Linux Journal since issue #1. During the last
>two years I noticed, that the deliverance of the journal is getting
>more and more unreliable, say: issues got lost. For example: yesterday
>issue #81 (Jan. 2001) arrived, but issue #80 (Dec. 2000) never found
>its way to me.
Well, I got #81 just today and I am missing the September 2000 issue.
>Every time I complained with the publisher (SSC Publication), they sent
>me the lost issue, but I had to order it as a past issue and pay for it
>(US$ 8,00). IMHO that's not user-friendly, because I have no choice
>about the company, which delivers the journal. SSC sends it with US Mail
>from Yamaica, NY (USA), and here in Germany (where I live) it comes with
>Deutsche Post (German Mail).
This changed last year, I think. Before, they mailed from the UK, and
I never lost an issue until September.
>Nobody is perfect, but now my patience reaches its limits. I think about
>stopping my subscription. In addition, I mind the increasing advertising,
>which makes the journal more and more unreadable.
That's the price you have to pay: Linux gets more and more mainstream
and advertising in the US is much more aggressive than in Europe, IMHO.
As long as the standard of the articles remains high, I don't see that
as a problem.
But in general, I share your opinon, but I see it more relaxed than you.
If I would have lost more than one issue, I would complain, but one -
that's only bad luck. Perhaps you should complain to Deutsche Post, too,
they are far away from being perfect.
HTH,
Uli
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: NIS Services
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 14:36:22 GMT
Hello!
I just installed Mandrake 7.0 as a server. I haven't installed
networking yet. Every time I boot and/or reboot, I get the messages:
- Binding to the NIS Domain [Failed]
and during reboot/shut down;
- Shutting down NIS Services [Failed]
I realize that the shutdown message is only a result of the first
message. How can I fix this?
Thank you.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: PostScript quality?
Date: Sat, 13 Jan 2001 15:05:51 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rod Smith) writes:
> Oh, and MacOS supports both Type 1 and TrueType fonts, but MacOS
> favors TrueType fonts. (Apple invented TrueType; they cross-licensed
> it with Microsoft in exchange for some graphics protocol that never
> went anywhere.)
Wouldn't this be better worded as "Apple donated their TrueType organ
to Microsoft in the expectation of some corresponding organ donation
that never went anywhere"? :-)
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