Linux-Misc Digest #860, Volume #26 Fri, 19 Jan 01 18:13:02 EST
Contents:
Why do I get auto-logged-out of my telnet session? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Help with Mandrake dual boot install (Jimbo)
Re: The Future of Corel Linux (Grant Edwards)
Re: Time to compile a kernel (Grant Edwards)
virtual screen ("Sudhakar R.")
Using Perl to Access DB2 for Linux tutorial ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3c905 at kernel 2.4 (Hugh Lawson)
Re: Modem problem with 2.4.0 (Michael Heiming)
Strange problem with cooledit/VNC ("David Quinn")
Re: Time to compile a kernel ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: 3c905 at kernel 2.4 (Silviu Minut)
Re: semaphores,mutex,spinlocks,rw_lock (Silviu Minut)
Re: 3c905 at kernel 2.4 (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=C5smund_=D8deg=E5rd?=)
Re: 3c905 at kernel 2.4 (Michael Schulz)
Re: Help with Mandrake dual boot install (Robert Wiegand)
How do I change cd-rom from d: to e: (J. Brock Angelo)
German Linux Poral Project - Need content writers (Philipp Schmid)
HELP : Adaptec AHA1505 SCSI-card (Rik Lambrichts)
Re: which mail server for linux? ("Bob Wickberg")
Re: How do I change cd-rom from d: to e: (Paul Lew)
Re: Looking for a solid addressbook/calendar program (David)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,alt.linux
Subject: Why do I get auto-logged-out of my telnet session?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 20:58:38 GMT
I'm running RedHat 6.2 on a PIII-700. Whenever I telnet OR ssh into
that box, then leave the sessions idle for some amount of time (maybe
1.5 - 2 hours), I get auto-logged-out.
Actually, maybe that's not quite it. When I return to the ssh/telnet
window, it doesn't say that I've lost my connection... at least not
yet. But as soon as I begin to type something, it immediately gives me
a "Connection lost" message.
I thought maybe it was a feature of my telnet/ssh client (Tera Term
Pro), but I get the same result with other clients. So it seems to be
server-side.
Next I thought maybe there was some shell setting that was doing it.
But my login shell is tcsh - a version I compiled WITHOUT the auto-
logout feature. (i.e. "echo $version" does NOT show the two
character "al" option, which would indicate auto-logout support). To
be safe, I even "set autologout = 600" (i.e. 10 hours) - but that made
no difference. So I don't think it's tcsh-related.
What else could it be? And how can I disable it, or at least stretch
the inactivity time to something much more suitable to me?
Thanks to anyone who can help.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jimbo)
Subject: Help with Mandrake dual boot install
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:09:26 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Howdy!
I have (had) installed Mandrake 7.0 on an old P100 with 80mg of ram
that I had. I was using this just as a toy install to see about
learning more about Unix and OS's in general. I have had a couple of
problems, though:
A) When I first installed it, occasionally the windows manager would
just plain freeze on me. I have been told that Linux is very stable,
but I didn't know how to get out of the frozen windows manager. I
ended up rebooting, which means I ended up reinstalling linux to get
back up and running.
Q: When the windows manager freezes, how can I get out?
Q: If I do truly crash, what can I do to make sure that Linux can
boot again? When I rebooted it seemed to trash the system. Even the
rescue disk didn't help. (It booted most of the way and gave me a
Kernel Panic error)
B) After reinstalling and using Linux for a spell (and enjoying it) I
was a bit disappointed with the slow speed. (Win95 on the other
partition seemed to handle the entire windowing environment better
than KDE did. Less jerky mouse action, etc.). So I had an Evergreen
200MHz chip that my brother gave me that I was told was totally
compatible with my system. I put it in and Windows boots normally.
Linux, however, again does not boot. I have reformatted its partition
and tried reinstalling, but every time it hangs on the reinstall. This
is getting a bit frustrating. I could (and probably will end up) going
back to the P100, but would like to avoid it if I could.
Any help would be greatly appreciated.
Jimbo
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: The Future of Corel Linux
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:18:14 GMT
In article <hqQ96.2378$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>No, I disagree. Someone that installed Yggdrasil "Plug'n'Pray Linux"
>almost certainly has had to install something newer _from scratch_ at
>a more recent date.
Hey, Yggdrasil was the first distro I installed. Then I
switched to Slackware, then to RedHat 2.1.
>At some point, it's liable to be simpler to do a reinstall than an
>upgrade, when the set of things that break and need to be remedied get
>extensive enough.
Even when going from one RH version to the next, it's sometimes
easier to just install from scratch. I've had particular
problems with RH running out of disk space while upgrading.
--
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at SCHOOLGIRL is FIDGETING
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards)
Subject: Re: Time to compile a kernel
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:20:41 GMT
In article <Op0a6.121595$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
>and "make bzImage > compile.log 2>&1 "
> ^^^^^^
> To redirect error messages as well. You can grep through it later.
> Or is it "2&>1" ? I forget..
I can never remember the traditional bourne syntax either. At
least with bash you can do
make bzImage &> compile.log
I often do it like this
make bzImage &> compile.log &
tail -f compile.log
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at USA?
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From: "Sudhakar R." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: virtual screen
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 10:53:37 -0500
everytime i boot up in Rh 7.0 I have to do ctrl+alt+- to get the vitrual
screen to fit in the monitor screen.
How do I get this to work by default.
thanx
-sud
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Using Perl to Access DB2 for Linux tutorial
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:19:52 GMT
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hugh Lawson)
Subject: Re: 3c905 at kernel 2.4
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:20:50 GMT
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Tobias Schenk wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I tried to upgrade to linux kernel 2.4 but a problem occurred. I use
>the 3c905C-TX-NM NIC. But the kernel files from www.kernel.org dont
>support my it (means dont ships a driver ). So I looked at
>www.3com.com and found a linux driver for 2.2.x.
>Now: Can I use this driver on Kernel 2.4? How to compile it and add
>it to my modules?
This may not help, but the 3c59x driver works with some similar
cards. Have you checked for your card in the Ethernet Howto?
--
Hugh Lawson
Greensboro, North Carolina
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:27:28 +0100
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Modem problem with 2.4.0
Scott wrote:
> Hello. I want to pass this by ya'll before I report a bug.
>
> I upgraged to 2.4.0-test6 and my modoem works fine.
> I am using it now. I downloaded 2.4.0, compiled it, and when I run this
> kernal the
> modem says that it is busy.
>
> I used the same configuration building 2.4.0-test6 that I use on 2.4.0.
>
> Is there something different in 2.4.0 than 2.4.0-test6 that I don't know
> about?
>
> Thanks
Hello,
before reporting a bug, have you read /Documentation/Changes and does your
system has
all those things, there is something about ppp if I remember...
Good luck
Michael Heiming
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From: "David Quinn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Strange problem with cooledit/VNC
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:46:02 -0000
I have been trying out cooledit for script editing etc. and so far it seems
great except for one small problem:
Everything works fine if I use cooledit from the Linux box itself, but if I
use it via VNCViewer running on a W98 machine, I can do everything except
type a '#' character. Cooledit will accept all other characters except this
one.
I can type a '#' in a terminal window in VNCViewer Ok so VNC is not blocking
the keystroke, but only cooledit seems to be affected.
Can anyone shed any light on this strange problem.
Thanks in advance
David Quinn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Time to compile a kernel
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:12:00 GMT
In article <9461sa$mdq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Eric Ho <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am still using a K6-2 450 with 128M EDO Ram, running kernel 2.4.0.
> It takes me about 9.5 minutes to compile the kernel :(
> Could some of you running fast machines (Thunderbird, P-III, P-4)
> tell me how long it takes you to compile your kernel ?
Maximum: 486/66 (32 MB RAM), 1.5 hours (2.0.36)
Minimum: Pentium 3/550 MHz (256 MB RAM): about 3 minutes
(2.2.16, 2.4.0)
> By the way, will changing the cpu to K6-2+ 500 or K63+ 450/500
> improve the performance a lot ?
Profile the system and see.
Laura Halliday VE7LDH "Que les nuages soient notre
Grid: CN89mg pied a terre..." - Hospital/Shafte
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c905 at kernel 2.4
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:24:15 -0500
Try this one:
http://www.uow.edu.au/~andrewm/linux/#3c59x-bc
Look under "Patches to the 2.3/2.4 kernel's 3c59x.c driver" and download
the entire driver. Then put it in the 2.4.0 kernel tree (eventually back
up the kernel's 3.c59x.c first) and compile. It worked for me with a
slightly older version (only a few days older).
You can also find a pointer to this driver at http://www.scyld.com.
Tobias Schenk wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I tried to upgrade to linux kernel 2.4 but a problem occurred. I use
> the 3c905C-TX-NM NIC. But the kernel files from www.kernel.org dont
> support my it (means dont ships a driver ). So I looked at
> www.3com.com and found a linux driver for 2.2.x.
> Now: Can I use this driver on Kernel 2.4? How to compile it and add
> it to my modules?
>
> Thank you,
>
> Tobias
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From: Silviu Minut <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: semaphores,mutex,spinlocks,rw_lock
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 17:26:51 -0500
A book called "Pthreads Programming" by Bradford Nichols, Dick Buttlar and
Jacqueline Proulx Farrell, published by O'Reilly.
Massimiliano Caovilla wrote:
> Hi
> I'm porting a filesystem from solaris to linux: I need to find linux's
> equivalent of various semaphores the original code uses, such as mutexes (I
> found them in the linuxthread), rw_lock/rw_entry and rw_exit.
> Can you suggest me at least where to find some docs?
>
> Thanks in advance...
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (=?iso-8859-1?Q?=C5smund_=D8deg=E5rd?=)
Subject: Re: 3c905 at kernel 2.4
Date: 19 Jan 2001 22:29:04 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Fri, 19 Jan 2001 21:48:36 +0100 skrev Tobias Schenk:
>I tried to upgrade to linux kernel 2.4 but a problem occurred. I use
>the 3c905C-TX-NM NIC. But the kernel files from www.kernel.org dont
>support my it (means dont ships a driver ). So I looked at
That must be wrong. I am using the same kernel with 3c905C cards.
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From: Michael Schulz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: 3c905 at kernel 2.4
Date: 19 Jan 2001 22:23:44 GMT
Tobias Schenk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I tried to upgrade to linux kernel 2.4 but a problem occurred. I use
> the 3c905C-TX-NM NIC. But the kernel files from www.kernel.org dont
I use the 3C59x.o for my 3C905 Card. Works fine under 2.4.0.
bye
michael
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From: Robert Wiegand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help with Mandrake dual boot install
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 16:02:20 -0600
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Jimbo wrote:
> A) When I first installed it, occasionally the windows manager would
> just plain freeze on me. I have been told that Linux is very stable,
> but I didn't know how to get out of the frozen windows manager. I
> ended up rebooting, which means I ended up reinstalling linux to get
> back up and running.
You don't say which window manager you are using.
> Q: When the windows manager freezes, how can I get out?
Try pressing Control-Alt-F1 (all three keys at the same time).
Usually this will give you a text-mode login screen.
You can then either try to kill the application that locked
or if all else fails do a clean shutdown of the machine.
Pressing Control-Alt-F7 should get you back to the GUI screen.
--
Regards,
Bob Wiegand [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: J. Brock Angelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: How do I change cd-rom from d: to e:
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 22:37:33 GMT
I've got Win95 and have just installed a very minimal version of Red
Hat 7 to try it out. I'm running a dual-boot. Win95 runs off my C:,
while Linux runs off a second hard drive (not just a second partition)
D:. The problem? When I go into Windows, it is not seeing the D-drive
and is calling the CD-Rom "D".
I wouldn't think that calling the CDRom D when in Win95 should cause
any problem, since Win95 is completely separate, but it does. When I
put CDs in the drive, it will read the folders but none of the files in
the folders, then it crashes Win95. I've run the boot disk with the CD
drivers on it, and each time it reassigns the CD-Rom as D. It seems
that since it is a Linux partition, Win95 thinks that there isn't a
drive there at all and so uses D.
Nothing seems to be working.
Any help?
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From: Philipp Schmid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: German Linux Poral Project - Need content writers
Crossposted-To: de.comp.os.unix.linux,de.comp.os.unix.linux.misc,schule.schueler.linux
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:48:25 +0100
hi,
i started a new german! linux portal.
but i need some traffic and more content writers.
If you want to help, write me an email or submit news at
http://www.glpp.org.
greets philipp
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From: Rik Lambrichts <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: HELP : Adaptec AHA1505 SCSI-card
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:54:58 +0100
Normally the Adaptec Scsi-card AHA1505 is installed
at boot-time by giving bootparameters trough LILO.
I'm using a bootfloppy with the kernel on it to boot
my multihomed system directly and I would like to keep
it that way.
Is there a way to use that card without using LILO and
bootparameters ?
--
Regards.
Rik Lambrichts
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Bob Wickberg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: which mail server for linux?
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 18:02:12 -0500
Guess you don't read PC mag... A couple of months ago they did a review of
SMTP/POP servers, mostly for NT, they had a sidebar entitled So you want to
do it cheap? or something like that, they reviewed CDC's Intrastore Server.
It's a commercial product, but they give it away if you're on Linux/Intel.
Has SMTP/POP/IMAP/LDAP.
Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> 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
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Lew)
Subject: Re: How do I change cd-rom from d: to e:
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:04:41 GMT
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001, J. Brock Angelo <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I've got Win95 and have just installed a very minimal version of Red
>Hat 7 to try it out. I'm running a dual-boot. Win95 runs off my C:,
>while Linux runs off a second hard drive (not just a second partition)
>D:. The problem? When I go into Windows, it is not seeing the D-drive
>and is calling the CD-Rom "D".
>
>I wouldn't think that calling the CDRom D when in Win95 should cause
>any problem, since Win95 is completely separate, but it does. When I
>put CDs in the drive, it will read the folders but none of the files in
>the folders, then it crashes Win95. I've run the boot disk with the CD
>drivers on it, and each time it reassigns the CD-Rom as D. It seems
>that since it is a Linux partition, Win95 thinks that there isn't a
>drive there at all and so uses D.
>
>Nothing seems to be working.
>Any help?
A windows question.....
Check your windows manual/doc/help and/or control panel/"my computer";
somewhere there is a menu/dialoge to allow assignment of the "drive letter"
for the cdrom.
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From: David <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Looking for a solid addressbook/calendar program
Date: Fri, 19 Jan 2001 23:09:20 GMT
Apostata wrote:
>
> Hello,
>
> Are there any solid addressbook/calendar programs out there for Linux?
> At our office (where we use Win 9.x) we use Lotus Organizer. If I were to
> migrate out OS's to Linux we would need to replace that with something just
> as reliable and user-friendly.
>
> Currently, StarOffice doesn't have anything that I would take seriously
> (they really haven't developed their PIM as well as the other parts of the
> suite).
>
> Any ideas? Thanks in advance :)
This might be worth a look??
http://www.bitrot.de/plan.html
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