Linux-Misc Digest #828, Volume #26 Mon, 15 Jan 01 22:13:01 EST
Contents:
Re: FW : To All Stores ("Gene Heskett")
PPP Doesn't wait anymore on init (Bob Slaughter)
Re: newbie rpm question (Steve)
Re: can't get hard drive to work ("D. Stimits")
Re: Help: New SCSI Card, Old can still scanned (freedman)
Re: ppp problem with ISP (Bill Unruh)
Re: Simple Firewall (Cory Councilman)
RPM listing, categorized (S P Arif Sahari Wibowo)
Re: What starts Configure Desktop in KDE? How to Restore Control Center? (Paul
Pygeon)
Re: "xset dpms force off" Doesn't work with Multi Head? (M.Knight)
Re: Softball newbie question(s) (Donald Arseneau)
Re: Difference between XF86Config & XF86Config-4 ? (Andrew Purugganan)
Re: Enter escape charcter in vi or another editor ("Bill M Leagans")
mpeg_encode questions ("Gary Eckhardt")
Re: fax-modem how? (Steve)
Re: installing manpages (Steve)
Re: distribution recommendation? (Steve)
Re: Creative Modem Blaster external DE5625; Rockwell/Conexant chip set? w/Linux?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Add a user to a group? (John Hasler)
Re: How do I correct the time on my system? ("Vigil")
IMAP spam filter? (Donald Arseneau)
Re: scripting question ("Dan")
Re: Linux on Athlon ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Term emulator with *real* keypad emulation? (Donald Arseneau)
Re: Opera 40b5 static startup failure, 2.4.0 kernel, libc.so.6 not found; why?
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Migrate to new disk? (E J)
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Date: 15 Jan 2001 19:28:23 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: FW : To All Stores
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.m68k,comp.os.linux.networking
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to gordon ;
Just one question... Why feed the spambots all those addresses.
I'd be willing to bet your client list is absosnotly ecxtatic about
this.
Dumber than dumb.
[snip 96 names for the spammers]
Cheers, Gene
--
Gene Heskett, CET, UHK |Amiga A2k Zeus040, Linux @ 600mhz
email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
#Amiga based X10 home automation program EZHome, see at:#
# <http://www.thirdwave.net/~jimlucia/amigahomeauto> #
ISP's please take note: My spam control policy is explicit!
#Any Class C address# involved in spamming me is added to my killfile
never to be seen again. Message will be automaticly deleted without dl.
This messages reply content, but not any previously quoted material,
is � 2000 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bob Slaughter)
Subject: PPP Doesn't wait anymore on init
Date: 15 Jan 2001 19:47:24 -0500
Well, I did some RPM updates, and now my ppp0 on init doesn't wait to
complete the connection before the init processes move on (It used
to). I need it to wait, because I have fetchmail later in the boot,
and unpredictable results occur if ppp0 isn't up and connected when
that script runs. I'm using Mandrake 7.1.
Anyone have any suggestions on where I should look so the ppp0 start
script waits to connect before OK'ong?
If you want to send email, use the address in the .sig; I haven't
figured out how to fix the one in the news header yet.
--
Bob Slaughter, [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.mindspring.net/~rslau/
North Georgia Modurail: http://www.mindspring.net/~rslau/ngm/
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: newbie rpm question
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 22:09:15 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> I was wondering what command I would use to get the destination of each
> file in the rpm file. Basically, I need something similar to:
>
> tar -tf file.tar
'rpm -qilp <path/package-name/>.rpm'
--
Steve Ackman
http://twovoyagers.com
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Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 17:58:29 -0700
From: "D. Stimits" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: can't get hard drive to work
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> But, if there is a basic problem that the kernel doesn't have the means
> to read SCSI, how come the system DOES work when only 1 internal SCSI
> drive is installed. I only started having the problem after a 2nd SCSI
> internal disk is added.
That is a good point. Assuming that the boot sectors and boot kernel
remain on the same drive, and are the same ones that got called before,
then you know that it isn't lack of ability to read a scsi module. But
if the kernel being used has changed in anyway, it may have had this
information left out.
>
> What does the ram disk kernel do? Is it a very basic kernel that gets
> loaded first and then actually loads the real kernel? Could it be that
> the ramdisk kernel could somehow read one internal SCSI disk but gets
> messed up when 2 internal SCSI disks are present? It would have to
> somehow be messed only when a new INTERNAL SCSI disk is added because I
> have no trouble adding external SCSI disks.
I assume that both SCSI drives are LVD; further, that they are probably
both Ultra 160? If only one of them is Ultra 160, they should be able to
exist together if speed is cut back to the slower version; if one is not
LVD, you have a problem at any speed mixing them together.
Assuming they are LVD, whether they are Ultra 160 or not, you can reduce
some of the cable quality requirements temporarily by telling your
adapter to use a slower speed. During bootup, when you can get to the
scsi bios for the scsi controller, try going in and forcing it back to
like 40 MByte/sec to see if it helps. The 15k rpm jobs can push a lot of
data out, a lower spec drive might be having trouble dealing with it (or
the cable).
>
> Thanks for your help,
> Jeremy
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > I didn't see any initial ramdisk listed (see mkinitrd). So if the
> kernel
> > needs to know how to use the adaptec controller, it would probably
> have
> > to be compiled into the kernel, rather than as a module. The old
> > chicken-and-egg dilemma...if the module is on a scsi drive, and it
> needs
> > a module to know how to read the scsi drive...
> >
> > So does the kernel have sufficient driver setup provided to it in some
> > way? If not, lilo is telling it to tie a noose around its neck, and
> jump
> > off the chair. And it is doing it.
> >
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> > >
> > > I just bought a second hard drive (SEAGATE X15, 18GB). I installed
> it
> > > into computer, no problem. It is a SCSI drive. The adaptec BIOS
> sees
> > > drive during boot up. But, when the linux OS is ready to boot, it
> just
> > > stops after the kernel is loaded. It doesn't even start the boot up
> > > process.
> > >
> > > I know that Lilo is working at some level because I can startup
> windows
> > > which is stored on a 2nd partition on the bootup hard drive.
> > > Furthermore because windows can start and read/examine the drive, I
> > > know that the problem must be on the linux side.
> > >
> > > The boot drive is at SCSI 0, and the new 2nd drive is at SCSI 1.
> there
> > > are not SCSI ID conflicts. I have checked all that.
> > >
> > > Can anyone provide any assistance?
> > >
> > > Here is my lilo.conf file:
> > >
> > > #
> > > # /etc/lilo.conf - generated by Lizard
> > > #
> > >
> > > # target
> > >
> > > boot = /dev/sda2
> > > install = /boot/boot.b
> > >
> > > # options
> > >
> > > prompt
> > > delay = 50
> > > timeout = 50
> > > message = /boot/message
> > >
> > > default = linux
> > >
> > > image = /boot/vmlinuz-pc97-2.2.10-modular
> > > label = linux
> > > root = /dev/sda2
> > > vga = 274
> > > read-only
> > > append = "debug=2 noapic nosmp"
> > > initrd = /boot/initrd-2.2.10.gz
> > >
> > > image = /boot/vmlinuz-pc97-2.2.10-modular
> > > label = linux2
> > > root = /dev/sda2
> > > vga = 274
> > > read-only
> > > append = "hdc=ide-scsi"
> > > append = "debug=2 noapic nosmp"
> > > initrd = /boot/initrd-2.2.10.gz
> > >
> > > image = /boot/vmlinuzJ
> > > label = cruft4296
> > > root = /dev/sda2
> > > vga = 274
> > > read-only
> > > append = "debug=2 noapic nosmp"
> > > initrd = /boot/initrd-2.2.10.gz
> > >
> > > other = /dev/sda1
> > > label = windowsNT
> > > table = /dev/sda
> > >
> > > Sent via Deja.com
> > > http://www.deja.com/
> >
>
> Sent via Deja.com
> http://www.deja.com/
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (freedman)
Subject: Re: Help: New SCSI Card, Old can still scanned
Date: 16 Jan 2001 01:05:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On 16 Jan 2001 00:10:03 GMT, freedman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Another thought. Does your lilo.conf have line like initrd=/boot/initrd.img?
>If so, you probable need to make a new initrd.img using mkinitrd command. The
>initrd.img lets you use your scsi drives during boot and has info about the
>seagate drive in it. If you don't boot from a scsi drive, just deleting the
>initrd= line from lilo.conf should also work.
>
>--
>Dick Freedman
Also, you have to run lilo after either changing lilo.conf OR making a new
initrd.img file.
--
Dick Freedman
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: ppp problem with ISP
Date: 16 Jan 2001 01:13:52 GMT
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Glitch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>Yes, im running 2.4.0-test5 and I'm using pppd 2.3.10 I believe. And I
You need 2.4.0
linuxcare.com.au/pub/ppp
>knew there was a possiblity i'd have to update my pppd but I didnt know,
>and couldnt find, the doc file that lists what the requirements are. I
...
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From: Cory Councilman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: Simple Firewall
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 01:07:27 +0000 (UTC)
There are some front-ends to ip-chains line PMFirewall, GShield, and
then there are some GUI to these scripts too!
www.pmfirewall.com
muse.linuxmafia.org
Cory Councilman
In alt.os.linux.slackware Noname <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: I forgot to mention I'm using Slackware 7
: 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?
:>
:> I don't want to spend too much time on this, but I recommended it to
: my
:> boss (until we find a better solution) because recently our windows NT
:> network has been hacked.
:>
:> Thanks
:> Please post only
:>
:> --
:>
:> Sent via Deja.com
:> http://www.deja.com/
:>
: --
: Sent via Deja.com
: http://www.deja.com/
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From: S P Arif Sahari Wibowo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.rpm,linux.redhat,comp.lang.perl.modules
Subject: RPM listing, categorized
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 19:34:43 -0600
Hi!
Do you know if there any tool that let me list every rpm installed, sorted
by group / category, maybe with other information listed as well?
Basically something like what you see in gnorpm (list mode), but output to
a file, so I can printed out later.
Or probably you know a perl module that let me access the rpm database
using perl?
Thanks!
--
S P Arif Sahari Wibowo
_____ _____ _____ _____
/____ /____/ /____/ /____ [EMAIL PROTECTED]
_____/ / / / _____/ http://www.arifsaha.com/
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From: Paul Pygeon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: What starts Configure Desktop in KDE? How to Restore Control Center?
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:31:21 -0500
Jason Bond wrote:
> I've hosed my Control Center in KDE 2...I've erased something(s) and now
>
> the control center window pops up but there are no entires in it. How
> does one restore this? The line that I see when I start kcontrol is:
>
> [jbond ~/.kde/share/config (.2 M)] kcontrol -noxim
> kcontrol: WARNING: No K menu group with X-KDE-KControl-Base=true found !
> Defaulting to Settings/
>
Hi,
I don't if it will help but I had a similar problem three times a few days
ago. Just erase all files in /.kde/share/applnk and restart kde2. I don't
know why but Kcontrol retreive all his modules after that.
So If you have made some modifications to your menu listing, all we be lost.
Bye.
--
Kernel 2.4, LM-7.2
XFree 4.0.2, KDE2.1
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From: M.Knight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: "xset dpms force off" Doesn't work with Multi Head?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 01:22:05 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Jason Bond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> It used to with 1 monitor...then I put in another video card and am
> using multi head and it no longer works. Thanks much for any help,
>
You might check to make sure you have Option "DPMS" specified in the
"Monitor" section of your XF86Config. I had nearly the same problem and
for some reason the old monitor worked fine without that option, but the
new one needed it.
Good Luck!
-Michael
--
COMBAT AIRCRAFT: A mix Michael David Knight F-4 |Phantom II
of sharp teeth, cold Gulfstream Aerospace /O\
steel, cosmic warlords, Georgia Tech Aerospace \_______[|(.)|]_______/
and evil spirits Anti-Spam in Effect o ++ O ++ o
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From: Donald Arseneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Softball newbie question(s)
Date: 15 Jan 2001 17:36:56 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards) writes:
> In article <5On76.144$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Johnny Kitchens wrote:
> >Mike, sorry but I can only answer the simple question.
> > "lie-nux" or "lin-ux"?
> >From the Linux community majority I say it's pronounced, "lin-ux"
> >I made the same pronunciation error when first introduced to the product.
> >I thought it was "lie-nux" for a long time.
>
> It is lie-nux. Most people get it wrong...
>
> ;)
It is "lee-nooks". Most people get it wrong...
;)
> The current directory isn't generally in your PATH try this
>
> $ ./a.out
You can set the PATH environment variable to use the current
directory, but this makes you vulnerable to puerile tricks
with discuised programs ("ls" in a public directory that does
something naughty.)
Donald Arseneau [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Andrew Purugganan)
Subject: Re: Difference between XF86Config & XF86Config-4 ?
Date: 16 Jan 2001 01:49:42 GMT
Marian-Nicolae V. ION ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote:
[ On Sat, 13 Jan 2001, Arctic Storm wrote:
[ >Difference between XF86Config & XF86Config-4 ?
[ XF86Config-4 is for XFree 4, while the former is for XFree 3.3.x.
you were provided with a choice just in case your bleeding-edge hardware
grafix card would only work with xfree 3, at least until the manufacturer
supplies the necessary drivers
--
jazz
Registered linux user no. 164098 +--+--+--+ Litestep user no. 386
Doesn't it bother you, that we have to search for intelligent life
--- OUT THERE??
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From: "Bill M Leagans" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Enter escape charcter in vi or another editor
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 20:05:56 -0600
Thats exatly what I was looking for... Thanks!
Bill
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message news:3a5d2382$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Bill M Leagans <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> > How do you enter special charactes in vi or another editor such as ASCII
> > code 27 (escape).
>
> It depends on the editor ... in vi (at least what I am using) (mine is
> linked to elvis) (but this works in vim too) try pressing (after being in
> input mode) CTRL-V and then the key you want, such as CTRL-B (NOT just B,
> but CTRL-B) or CTRL-V and then the ESCape key, etc.
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Reply-To: "Gary Eckhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
From: "Gary Eckhardt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: mpeg_encode questions
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 01:56:15 GMT
Hi all,
In searching through Deja I found that other people have gotten help on this
topic in the past in this group, so hopefully someone will be able to help
me.
I'm trying to use mpeg_encode to create a time-lapse mpeg of the images from
my webcam. The webcam stores the image every 10 minutes, so at the end of
the day I end up with 136 images. I would like to display these images
approximately .5-1 second apart to create the time-lapse effect.
For the life of me, I cannot figure out how to get mpeg_encode to do this
for me!!!
I've tried these parameters, and many others, based on my findings on the
'net, but a curious thing happens when I encode my images. I only get about
1/3 of the way in and suddenly the mpeg is done.
I've even tried repeating my input files to correspond to the framerate and
GOP, trying to repeat the file name 24 times and when I do THAT, the
resulting MPEG is EVEN SHORTER?! What the heck is going on?
Anyhow, hopefully someone will have an answer to my predicament!
Here's a listing of my parameter file:
======================================
OUTPUT movie.mpg
INPUT_DIR .
INPUT
`ls ./wcimages/2001/01/14/*.jpg`
END_INPUT
###################################################
#other input statement:
#`ls ./wcimages/2001/01/14/*.jpg | awk -f x24.awk`
###################################################
BASE_FILE_FORMAT JPEG
INPUT_CONVERT *
IQSCALE 8
PQSCALE 10
BQSCALE 25
PATTERN IBBPBBPBBPBBPBBPBBPBBPB
FORCE_ENCODE_LAST_FRAME
GOP_SIZE 24
SLICES_PER_FRAME 1
PIXEL HALF
RANGE 10
PSEARCH_ALG LOGARITHMIC
BSEARCH_ALG SIMPLE
REFERENCE_FRAME ORIGINAL
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: fax-modem how?
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:36:27 +0000
Luben Tuikov wrote:
>
> Hello, (RH7, 2.2.18)
>
> I have a pci fax-modem (3Com model 5690) and would like to set it up as
> a fax.
> It is recognized on the pci bus (/proc/pci).
>
> What do I do?
> TIA.
Put your Red Hat CD in the drive. Do 'ls |grep fax'
to see what kind of fax software Red Hat has included with
version 7.0. Install all of the resulting rpms. Read the
man pages that get installed.
I can say that the efax that came with RH 5.1 wasn't so
simple to get working. It took me an entire afternoon.
I've never tried mgetty-sendfax or mgetty-viewfax, but if
I was doing it today, I'd read up on those first.
--
Steve Ackman
http://twovoyagers.com
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: installing manpages
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:38:17 +0000
Ralf Oberl=E4nder wrote:
> =
> Hi Guru's,
> =
> does anybody know, how can I to create manpages from *.info or *.texi
> Files.
> (I've installed wget but there are no manpages)
wget-1.5.3-6.i386.rpm includes man pages... though they're
somewhat out of date. It seems the GNU crowd is pushing us
to use info more and more.
-- =
Steve Ackman
http://twovoyagers.com
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From: Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: distribution recommendation?
Date: Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:40:52 +0000
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>
> Can someone recommend a distribution that can do this:
>
> firewall
> IP Masq w/VPN support
> apache webserver
> Perl
>
> this is for a DSL circuit.
Red Hat, Debian, Slackware, Caldera, Turbo, SuSE, Mandrake,
and a few others will all be fully capable. Take your pick.
--
Steve Ackman
http://twovoyagers.com
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Creative Modem Blaster external DE5625; Rockwell/Conexant chip set?
w/Linux?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 02:12:22 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave wrote:
> >
> > Would like to know:
> >
> > 1 - Is it a fact the Creative Modem Blaster V90 56K DE5625 external
> > (serial) has a Rockwell/Conexant chio set?
> > 2 - Is it a fact serial (external) modems with Rockwell/Conexant
chip sets
> > are incompatible with Unix/Linux?
> > 3 - Anyone ever been successful using a DE5625 to connect (ppp) to
an I.S.P.?
> >
> An external modem will work fine, it's winmodems that cause
> the problem. Check the database here...
>
> http://www.o2.net/~gromitkc/winmodem.html
> --
>
> Bob Martin
>
Been there, done that, and a few others, which is reason for the
question(s). Said page says 'should work, not confirmed., so (again);
-- Looks to me, from some obscure google hits, that DE5625
external/serial has a R/C chip set. Looking for confirmation.
-- From what I can find, R/C chip-set modems (serial) are not compat.
w/Linux; do you know?
-- Anyone ever made one of these creatures (DE5625 serial external)
work on a Linux system?
Hope to hear form someone who actually knows something, other than just
another URL...
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http://www.deja.com/
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From: John Hasler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Add a user to a group?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 00:38:50 GMT
Jim H writes:
> Yep, unfortunately that's the way it works. You have to type in every
> group you want the user to belong too everytime you want to add a group
> to a user. This could definitely be improved.
And it has been. In Debian I just type
adduser username groupname
and the user username will be added to the group groupname.
Of course, you could also just run vigr.
--
John Hasler
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dancing Horse Hill
Elmwood, Wisconsin
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From: "Vigil" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: Re: How do I correct the time on my system?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 02:25:02 +0000
Try 'hwclock --hctosys'.
"Don" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> had the audacity to claim:
> Simple question I hope. Using RedHat 6.2 The time on my system reads 5 hours
> too slow yet the time in my BIOS is correct. I'll assume that the system time
> is kept seperately from the BIOS time. How do I correct it please?
--
.
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From: Donald Arseneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: IMAP spam filter?
Date: 15 Jan 2001 18:31:35 -0800
Are there any spam filters (like procmail) that will log onto
an imap server and filter the mail there. I want it to stay
on the remote server.
Donald Arseneau [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Dan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.unix,comp.databases.oracle.misc,linux.redhat
Subject: Re: scripting question
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 11:46:44 +1100
I would look into 'cron'
You don't need to telnet into nothing. Just set up cron to run the sql
script at whatever times you want.
Dan
"Matt Gross" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have a question about building a script. Here is what I need the script
to
> do. First, I need it to login to another unix machine (is this through
> telnet?) and then on that machine I need it to somehow log into sqlplus
and
> execute a *.sql script. Does anyone know how I can do this? Finally, I
will
> need to set this up to run every morning at say around 8 am. Can anyone
help
> with this or at least point me in a direction to search for info?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Matt
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Linux on Athlon
Date: 15 Jan 2001 18:33:06 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Peach) writes:
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Tobias Schenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> |>On Mon, 15 Jan 2001 23:12:19 +1100, Pat Heuvel
> |><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> |>
> |>>Gday Eric,
> |>>
> |>>Eric Headley wrote:
> |>>>
> |>>> I am thinking of buying a new machine with an Athlon chip instead of a
> |>>> Pentium 4. Are there any problems with running Linux on Athlon ?
> |>>>
> |>>
> |>>Absolutely - you'll never want to log off - your SO will crack the sads
> |>>and you'll be in deep doo-doo. The mongrel thing screams.
> |>>
> |>Could you please translate that so that a poor german can understand
> |>it. You talk to me in riddles.
>
> Never mind German; I'm British, living in the US and I don't understand
> it :-(
>
> |>
> |>Thank you
> |>
> |>Tobias.
Well, just in case the original poster doesn't see the followups, I'll
try to help out. He says you'll never want to log off, in other words,
you'll enjoy it so much you'll spend all your time at the computer,
that your SO (SO is "significant other", your girlfriend, boyfriend,
wife, domestic partner, preferred companion of the preferred sex,
whatever) will crack the sads. I must admit I haven't seen "crack the sads"
as an expression before, but it must mean (s)he will become unhappy
due to your neglect, and you will be in deep doo-doo. "doo-doo" is a
kid's word for shit, you know, feces. In other words, you will be in
trouble. What he's really saying is, you'll like using the Athlon.
I have an Athlon and I like it, but I did see that there were other posts
warning of problems with certain configurations. My Asus A7V motherboard
has worked all right for me though.
-- For my real email address, substitute "rahul" for "ragwind.localdomain"
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From: Donald Arseneau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Term emulator with *real* keypad emulation?
Date: 15 Jan 2001 18:41:11 -0800
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Roger Blake) writes:
> Is there a terminal emulator for X that accurately emulates the VT100
> application keypad, including the use of NumLock as the DEC "Gold"
> editing key?
You have to assign a useful meaning to the NUM LOCK key in your x
configuration. If you use xmodemap, then an .Xmodmap file should
contain the lines:
keycode 77 = KP_F1
keycode 112 = KP_F2
keycode 63 = KP_F3
keycode 82 = KP_F4
The List of keysyms is in /usr/X11R6/include/X11/keysymdef.h
Use xev to find keycodes for keys on your keyboard.
Donald Arseneau [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Opera 40b5 static startup failure, 2.4.0 kernel, libc.so.6 not found; why?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 02:30:07 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Dave
> wrote:
> >
> > Hoping someone can help me diagnose the following error message, issued
> > when I (try to) start Opera 4.0.b5 (static version) on my SuSE Linux 6.3
> > system with a recently installed 2.4.0 kernel. See the log below.
> >
> > Starting opera results in message "/lib/libc.so.6: version `GLIBC_2.1.3'
> > not found (required by /usr/lib/libjpeg.so.62)"; yet the friggin file is
> > *there*
> >
> > Installed the same opera on a Red Hat 7.0 (kernel 2.2) system ok fine no
> > problem, just croaks on this SuSE 6.3 (kernel 2.4.0) system.
> >
> > Anyone know whatz wrong and how to fix it?
> >
> > Many thanks - Dave G.
>
> Usually
> libc.so.6
> is a
> link,
> use
> the
> -la
> option
> with
> ls. If
> it is
> a link
> to an
> older
> version
> of
> libc-2.x.x
> then
> you
> would
> get
> this
> error.
> This
> is why
> it
> works
> on the
> newer
> RH 7
> distro
> and
> fails
> on the
> older
> Suse.
> --
>
> Bob
> Martin
>
Don't look that way to me ....:
dave@daveshouse:/lib >
dave@daveshouse:/lib > pwd
/lib
dave@daveshouse:/lib > ls -la libc*
lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 13 Nov 19 20:48 libc.so.4 ->
libc.so.4.7.6
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 0 Jan 11 06:28 libc.so.4.7.6
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 4223971 Nov 6 1999 libc.so.6
-rwxr-xr-x 1 root root 62497 Nov 6 1999 libcrypt.so.1
dave@daveshouse:/lib >
DaveG>
dave@daveshouse:/lib >
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From: E J <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Migrate to new disk?
Date: Tue, 16 Jan 2001 02:45:36 GMT
I RTFM on http://www.linux.org/docs/ldp/howto/mini/Hard-Disk-Upgrade.html
and I got a 40G harddisk.
After installing Linux on my 40G harddrive, I performed a mount of the old
harddrive under single user mode.
# mount /dev/hdc1 /mnt/harddisk
# cp -a /mnt/harddisk/bin /bin # I continued with all directories under /
except for /boot, /proc
# # it many hang up
with the copy of /lib, but try again, it finally worked for me.
Who Parted?
If I were to do it again, I would use parted from RH7.0, or www.gnu.org.
parted(8) parted(8)
NAME
GNU Parted - a partition manipulation program
SYNOPSIS
parted [options] [device [command [options]]]
DESCRIPTION
This manual page documents briefly the parted command. Complete
documenta�
tion is distributed with the package.
parted is a disk partitioning and partition resizing program. It
allows you
to create, destroy, resize, move and copy ext2, FAT and FAT32
partitions.
This is useful for creating space for new operating systems,
reorganising
disk usage, and copying data to new hard disks.
Steve Withers wrote:
> G'day
>
> I would apreciate some advice on how to migrate my RedHat Linux 6.1
> firewall / DNS / Web server to a larger hard disk. The one it is on now
> is almost 5 years old (1.2GB - so not big) and recently started
> generating error messages when accessing some (so far non-essential and
> rarely accessed) files.
>
> I have a new, 8GB disk to replace it. What I'm not too clear on is how
> to migrate the system to the new drive. I have installed the new disk in
> the system. I have added an ATAPI ZIP floppy drive. I have a regular
> floppy drive.
>
> I had thought I might:
>
> 1. Install the same version of Linux on the new disk.
> 2. Boot off the ZIP floppy and copy all the major directories (/usr,
> /lib, /var, /home, /etc) one at time - in case I hit bad files - to the
> new disk from the old disk.
>
> Reboot.
>
> Sounds simple. Am I missing anything? My original disk remains
> unchanged, so if I get it wrong, I can just boot from it instead.
>
> --
> Regards,
>
> Steve Withers
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> Registered Linux user #24688
> http://counter.li.org
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