Linux-Misc Digest #454, Volume #27 Mon, 26 Mar 01 14:13:02 EST
Contents:
Re: Lilo question... (Matt Haley)
Default dir now /usr/bin? ("Darrell Rudmann")
Used Ximian Update, now cannot login at all (Rusty Jewett)
Re: Help please! My root partition's supper block dead (Bosco Yip)
Re: real player 8 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Used Ximian Update, now cannot login at all (Michael Heiming)
Re: Help please! My root partition's supper block dead (Bosco Yip)
Re: switchdesk problem... (aflinsch)
Re: Partitions and Sizes (Floyd Davidson)
Re: Setting up my own News Server ("Andrew Smith")
Re: Partitions and Sizes (B. L. Jilek)
Why is "S" respawing? (Rick Griffiths)
Re: Reporting tools on linux ("Harlan Grove")
Re: LILO vs. loadlin (Chiefy)
PDF Writer (Jon Rook)
Re: PDF Writer ("Davide Bianchi")
Re: PDF Writer (Michael Heiming)
Re: *Good* Office software for linux??? (Lloyd Sumpter)
Re: Losing my confidence in GNU/Linux... (Mark Watson)
Netmax and Port Forwarding ("Matt Stagliano")
Re: PDF Writer (Jan Schaumann)
Re: OMS requires glib but doesnt find it (Markku Kolkka)
Re: X die suddenly... ("Ultra A")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Matt Haley)
Subject: Re: Lilo question...
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:27:57 -0000
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:15:13 +0200,
Ren� Scheibe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I'm testing new kernels on a machine on which I'm just
> logged in over ssh. So no monitor and keyboard connected.
> My question is if I can set up lilo so that when the testing kernel
> fails and I reset the PC by turning it off and back on
> a working kernel is used again.
You should install the new kernel to a floppy and have your
pc configure to boot the floopy first. If there is a problem
you can just remove the floppy and reboot the machine.
HTH
--
Matt Haley ============>| [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Debian 2.2r2 ==========>| Superior package management.
RedHat Linux 6.1 ======>| Easily configured.
FreeBSD 4.2 ===========>| Hardcore.
Windows ME ============>| Games.
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From: "Darrell Rudmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Default dir now /usr/bin?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 16:39:46 GMT
Hello, I have been using RedHat 7 for about 2 weeks now and my default
directory when downloading from Netscape or bringing up a terminal window
HAD been my home directory and is now /usr/bin. How do I get it back to
my home directory?
Thanks,
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Rusty Jewett)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.suse
Subject: Used Ximian Update, now cannot login at all
Date: 26 Mar 2001 08:40:57 -0800
I am using SuSE 7.1, and prefer gnome to KDE (sorry KDE fans). The version
of gnome shipped with SuSE 7.1 is a little older than the latest from Ximian
and, even worse, does not have sound enabled. So, following the advice of
others here on USENET, I tricked the Ximian installer into believing I had
SuSE 7.0 installed, and let the installer do its thing. But I went a little
further, as I like the Gnome Login Manager, as well. I allowed the installer
to replace the KDE login manager with gnome as the default. Now, when I reach
the login manager, it does not accept keyboard input. I can use the mouse to
choose various menu items, but I cannot login without the keyboard input. I
have tried CNTRL-ALT-F1, CNTRL-ALT-BKSPC, but nothing I have tried works.
I know that I brought this on myself, and that Ximian does not yet support
SuSE 7.1. However, I would be thankful for any help or pointers you might
have.
Thanks for your help,
Rusty
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Bosco Yip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help please! My root partition's supper block dead
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 00:52:40 +0800
Seems my situation is more worth,
no matter I use command "e2fsck -b 8193 /dev/hdb2" or
"e2fsck -b 16385 /dev/hdb2" or
"e2fsck -b 24577 /dev/hdb2"
It got this message
e2fsck 1.14, 9-Jan-1999 for EXT2 FS 0.5b, 95/08/09
e2fsck: Bad magic number in super-block while trying to open /dev/hdb2
The superblock could not be read or does not describe a correct ext2
filesystem. If the device is valid and it really contains an ext2
filesystem (and not swap or ufs or something else), then the superblock
is corrupt, and you might try running e2fsck with an alternate
superblock:
e2fsck -b 8193 <device>
So, I don't know what' happen on my system -- no super block backup?
Or anything else instead of corrupt supperblock!
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: real player 8
Crossposted-To: linux.redhat.misc
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 17:08:29 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc * Tong * <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Carl Fink) writes:
>> On Fri, 16 Mar 2001 21:21:40 -0600 Jeffrey S. Kline <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>
>> >I have followed all the instructions and doco's I can find on RP8
>> >under Linux and have not been able to get it going with anything but
>> >local files. It doesn't stream like the Windoz side does.
>>
>> Works fine on this Debian Potato system.
> hey, please give the full story, :-) I just check the realplayer
> that comes with Debian Potato is only 7:
> __ Opt contrib/ realplayer <none> 7.0.2.2 Real Player (installer)
> Hope anyone who posted "mine works" can also post which distro
> you've having and whether it is a standard component or you get it
> from somewhere else, and most important, where. :-) thanks
Mandrake 7.2, using RP8, downloaded using link at Real... This was
the RPM that was there - requires the --ignorearch flag for RPM, but
otherwise installs clean, works well...
Kris
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 19:21:37 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Used Ximian Update, now cannot login at all
Rusty Jewett wrote:
>
> I am using SuSE 7.1, and prefer gnome to KDE (sorry KDE fans). The version
> of gnome shipped with SuSE 7.1 is a little older than the latest from Ximian
> and, even worse, does not have sound enabled. So, following the advice of
> others here on USENET, I tricked the Ximian installer into believing I had
> SuSE 7.0 installed, and let the installer do its thing. But I went a little
> further, as I like the Gnome Login Manager, as well. I allowed the installer
> to replace the KDE login manager with gnome as the default. Now, when I reach
> the login manager, it does not accept keyboard input. I can use the mouse to
> choose various menu items, but I cannot login without the keyboard input. I
> have tried CNTRL-ALT-F1, CNTRL-ALT-BKSPC, but nothing I have tried works.
>
> I know that I brought this on myself, and that Ximian does not yet support
> SuSE 7.1. However, I would be thankful for any help or pointers you might
> have.
You could have written it shorter...
ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet-by-hierarchy/
7.15. I Have Screwed Up My System and Can't Log In to Fix It.
The comp.os.linux.misc FAQ
Good luck
Michael
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From: Bosco Yip <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help please! My root partition's supper block dead
Date: Tue, 27 Mar 2001 01:19:45 +0800
I had dumpe2fs for my hdb4 which is create with hdb2 at the same time
and same method.
The Blocks per group is 8192.
:-( :-( :-(
Any idea?
Anyway, Thanks a lot!
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From: aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: switchdesk problem...
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 12:14:43 -0500
lenny wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "ed" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
>
> > I'm running rh7 and initially installed it with kde as my default
> > desktop manager. I then used switchdesk to change to gnome to try it.
> > I
> > prefer kde and used switchdesk to select kde. I logged out and used
> > startx again but gnome is now my desktop manager. I tried to find a
> > file
> > that I could edit to get back to kde but am having no luck. Can
> > anyone
> > point me to an .rc file or another file that I can access to cure the
> >
> > problem? thanks in advance...
> >
> > Ed
> >
>
> Ed:
> I use Rhat and can set the desktop in the file /etc/sysconfig/desktop
> DESKTOP="KDE" should get you back.
That would be the default desktop
the user's .wm_style overides that
and .xinitrc overides .wm_style
check what is in those files.
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From: Floyd Davidson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Partitions and Sizes
Date: 26 Mar 2001 07:49:28 -0900
Ralph Miguel Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I don't like to do stuff like partitioning twice and I don't like to run
>out of space in let's say /usr and having a lot of space left on /opt.
That is exactly why symbolic links exist. Correctly such an unbalance
is trivial.
--
Floyd L. Davidson <http://www.ptialaska.net/~floyd>
Ukpeagvik (Barrow, Alaska) [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Andrew Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Setting up my own News Server
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:48:12 +0100
Reply-To: "Andrew Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Hi
I've just set up noffle - it's a pretty good news server... i think more
info can be found at www.sourceforge.net/projects/noffle
Hope this helps,
Andrew
"Rodger Dusatko" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:99n8bt$sgd$01$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> Hello.
>
> How can I set up a news conference which can be used by, for example,
> Windows Outlook? The server is already connected to the internet
> (www.compaqconfigurator.com) , and the news server has already been
> installed.
>
> If important, the server Linux installed is Cobalt Linux 6.0
> (Shinkansen-Decaf).
>
> Thank you for your help
>
>
> Rodger Dusatko
> --
>
>
>
> Rodger Dusatko Software GmbH
> Rodger Dusatko
> Managing Director
> Tel. 08136-937913
> Fax. 08136-937914
> E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (B. L. Jilek)
Subject: Re: Partitions and Sizes
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 10:45:58 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 26 Mar 2001 14:21:25 +0100, Martin Vonwald <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Ralph Miguel Hansen wrote:
>
>> Tim Thompson wrote:
>>
>>> Can any one give me some advice on what partitions to set up and the size
>>> they should be? From reading the info on the web, there seems to be lots
>>> of conflicting information, but so far I plan to set up the following,
>>>
>>> / 200mb
>>> /usr 850mb
>>> /var 50mb
>>> /boot 10
>>> /home 320
>>> Swap 64mb
>>>
>>> My main concern is that the /home partition is not the correct size. The
>>> book I am using says that you do not need this partition, but a lot of
>>> the stuff on the web says that it is worth setting up and that it should
>>> be "set according to your needs." As I am new to this I do not know what
>>> my needs will be!
>>>
>>> I intend to run Linux on a stand-alone lap-top, single user. I have 64mb
>>> memory and 1.5gb hard-disk.
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>> Why so many partititons ? One for swap (100MB), one / (700-900MB) and one
>> /home should be enough for your 1,5 GB -disk
>>
>> Cheers
>>
>> Ralph Miguel Hansen
>> Using S.u.S.E. 4.3 and SuSE 7.1
>
>I read your message and the replies to it - and have to agree you - even
>more: for a linux beginner who uses a machine only for one person it is
>_completely overkill_ to have more than _one_ partition (+swap).
>Dont think "server" - think "workstation"!
>He will use this machine alone. So why does he need a /usr, /var, .....
>partition???
>Especially on such a small harddisk it will happen for sure, that one of
>his partition is full while on others there is still plenty of room.
>
>For single user machines I cant see any reason for more than two partitions
>(root and swap). When he has gained some experience later on and want to
>setup a _real_ machine he can take a look on his machine and find out how
>many space is used by each directory and then do it the "right way".
>
>I have to say that all my workstations (all single user) have still only
>two partitions - only the servers are done the "right way".
>
I would agree here but don't underestimate the value of a seperate /home.
All my machines except my laptop have seperate /, /boot, /usr, /opt, swap,
/home, /var partitions. My laptop has /, /boot, /home. If I have to
reinstall for some reason I will keep all my personal files and setups
if I leave /home untouched. As a new user he will probably reinstall
a few times and a seperate /home will save much time.
--
B. L. Jilek <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> | Linux user: 163800
GPG key: DSS 420837E6 | Running Debian 2.2
PGP key: DSS 0x59D04FF1 RSA 0x83C89D21 | Slackware 7.1 SuSE 7.0
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From: Rick Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.setup
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Why is "S" respawing?
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:15:35 -0500
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From: Rick Griffiths <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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Subject: Why is Id "S" respawning too fast?
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When I first installed Debian on my laptop, I did so with my modem and
ethernet cards unplugged, thinking it would make for a *less
complicated* installation. HA. I thought I could just edit config files
later to get everything running. But the Debian Doc Project docs are
mostly blank sections with "do this later" penciled in and the Linux
Doc Project docs mostly refer to Red Hat and the directions don't dync
with the locations of Debian configuration files. I gave up trying to
get my networking working by reading the HOWTOS, the Rute Tutorial and
various other Linux docs and just reinstalled with everything plugged
in.
The networking now works, (Yay!), but now after booting up, every 5
minutes I get a screenfull of text breaking in on whatever I'm doing as
root.
The text says "Usage /sbin/getty [" and then the help text you would
get by issing the "/sbin/getty/ command with no arguments. But I get
this multiple times, then an error line that says
INIT Id "S" respawning too fast: disabled for 5 minutes
So something is wrong with getty, and it has to do with Init. I've read
the manpages for init, and related manpages and for getty and related
manpages. And I'm stumped. Where do I look and what do I change to fix
this respawing problem?
I'm really not in the mood to reinstall the system *again* to tyr to
fix a problem.
Also, is there no place to look for detailed instructions on setting up
Debian by hand if you had to? The installation program is all very
fine, but I don't know what it's doing or why; the configure modules
segment promises a page of description on each module so you can decide
whether to install it, but doesn't deliver. You have to *guess* what
something does and whether you need it.
--
Use reply-to address.
--
Use reply-to address.
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From: "Harlan Grove" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Reporting tools on linux
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:23:38 GMT
Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Bindou wrote:
...
>> Is there any reporting tool on linux such as the crystal report on
windows?
>If you don't mind to tell us what "the crystal report on windows" does, may
be
>someone could help you...
Come on. If you don't know what the product is, don't reply - just like you
wouldn't have if the OP had asked about a compiler for a language you'd
never heard of.
FWIW, Crystal Reports is a GUI report designer/generator for use with
databases that can be used as a scriptable COM object. There's no GUI
equivalent for Linux (well, none I'm aware of, and none on rpmfind.net).
However, there's a lot of perl code, at least, that you could adapt to write
reports in HTML format.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Chiefy)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: LILO vs. loadlin
Date: 26 Mar 2001 18:26:01 GMT
24 Mar 2001 21:45 UTC, Taavi Hein did say to the dudes:
[snip]
> *** The questions are: "If I installed LILO on /dev/hdc1 (currently on
> /dev/hdc (MBR) as installed since the drive was /dev/hda), booted to Linux
> using loadlin.exe, would it first run LILO (for kernel testing etc.) and use
> the kernel image defined there, or would it still use the kernel image on
> /dev/hda1 (W98 drive - for loadlin.exe to find it)? Would it be worth the
> hassle, or should I just copy a new compiled kernel image to the appropriate
> directory on /dev/hda1 and rewrite the startup menu?"
Just wondering if the best thing to do (with loadlin), would be to copy
your kernel to /dev/hda1 and fire up Loadlin with something like;
c:\path\to\kernel compact root=/dev/hdc1 ro
--
Chiefy. <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: Jon Rook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: PDF Writer
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:39:31 -0500
Can anyone direct me to an editor that can output in PDF format. If
that's not available, a utility that can translate a text or word
processing file into PDF would also work. I've been looking all over
with no luck thus far.
Thanks,
Jon
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From: "Davide Bianchi" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PDF Writer
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 13:37:30 -0800
"Jon Rook" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can anyone direct me to an editor that can output in PDF format. If
> that's not available, a utility that can translate a text or word
> processing file into PDF would also work. I've been looking all over
> with no luck thus far.
Tex/LaTex have a standard 'filter' that can translate Tex document into
PDF (dvi2pdf). I don't know how advanced is however... see in the
standard tex package.
Davide
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Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:40:08 +0200
From: Michael Heiming <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: PDF Writer
Jon Rook wrote:
>
> Can anyone direct me to an editor that can output in PDF format. If
> that's not available, a utility that can translate a text or word
> processing file into PDF would also work. I've been looking all over
> with no luck thus far.
Where did you look?
http://freshmeat.net/search/?q=PDF
Michael Heiming
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From: Lloyd Sumpter <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: *Good* Office software for linux???
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:42:21 GMT
John Hong wrote:
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Grant Edwards) writes:
>
> >I've got WP8, Applix 5.0, and SO 5.2. Here's my 2 cents:
>
<snip>
>
> >Applix Office
> >-------------
>
> >Applix is a *very* solid product. Fast, small, with the right
> >features. The word-processor, spreadsheet and other apps are
> >IMO every bit as good as MS-Office. I've not used the
> >presentation program, e-mail client, database front-end, or
> >graphics program much, but I've been using Applix under Solaris
> >and Linux for 5 or 6 years (off and on). The HTML editor
> >seemed to work OK for casual use (the HTML it generated wasn't
> >too bad) but I still edit HTML with Jed.
>
> This is perhaps Linux's best office suite. Applix (or Vista
> something or another) has been in the Linux/Unix office suite business for
> quite some time now. The problem that they face is that it is quite
> unknown to anyone out there in the Windows world. Not to mention they
> have left their Windows version of this product sitting at v4.4.1. That
> is rather unfortunate since it could help bridge the gap between the two.
> I would even rate the word processor to be better than WordPerfect. The
> problem is, it isn't WordPerfect. They have no name recognition
> whatsoever and their filters are, IMO, no where near the quality of SO's
> for Microsoft Word documents. This will make people wary in purchasing
> Applixware.
I'll throw my recommendation for Applix in as well. My only complaint is that
it doesn't convert MS formats well, but that's mainly the fault of MS changing
their formats so often ( Word 95, 98 and 2000 formats are totally different...).
But then, I have version 4.4.2: maybe there are patches or upgrades?
But it runs on my P90 with 48MB, so I like it...
If you don't need MS conversion, I like Abi-word for a WP, and the KDE suite
KOffice is pretty good. The main problems with KDE is that you pretty much have
to install the whole desktop, and the installation is...well, lets say it's "not
ready for primetime".
Lloyd Sumpter
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From: Mark Watson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Losing my confidence in GNU/Linux...
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:46:47 GMT
Hello,
re: sound problems after updating to KDE 2.1:
This happened to me also! (I run SuSE 7.0). I
ended up, as an experiment, doing a fresh install
using Gnome 1.2 (just for fun <grin>).
ALSO: I recommend a commercial package: Drive
Image 4.0. If you have a FAT/FAT32 partition with
lots of extra space, you can boot via a floppy
Caldera/DOS (comes with Drive Image) and save any
Linux or Windows partition (compressed). If you
take a snapshot of your Linux setup before trying
an upgrade, then it is very easy to recover if you
don't like the results.
-Mark
-- Mark Watson
-- Java consulting, Open Source and Content: www.markwatson.com
-- Commercial software: www.knowledgebooks.com
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From: "Matt Stagliano" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Netmax and Port Forwarding
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:55:49 GMT
Hi-
I'm a relative Linux Newbie, but have a strong tech background, and I
purchased Netmax Internet Server a few months back to help set up a home
file/web server. I really didn't want to pay for open source, but I thought
what the hell, it'll be everything I need and it's got a nice GUI, right?
Now, I am noticing Netmax has severe limitations. My problem? I want to
open TWO ports, 8000, 8001 so I can run a Shoutcast server from my internal
network. I run the Shoutcast server on a W2K box with internal IP
192.168.1.3. I also have the Netmax Firewall Retail version which THEIR
tech support advised me to buy. Well, their retail firewall doesn't allow
traffic rerouting, and I WILL NOT pay another $100 for a license just to get
this feature. They also only provide support on a per-issue basis for $150
an issue. WHAT A RIPOFF! I figure there must be a way to modify my
IPCHAINS to allow the open ports and forwarding to the W2K box from the
command line. I would truly appreciate any help. I have read the HOWTO's
and scoured through books, but nothing I try seems to work. The funny thing
is, this used to work when I had a Linksys router, but now I get nada.
A little more about my configuration:
I have a two NIC card setup. NIC1 (eth0) runs my internal network and is
not NAT'd. NIC2 (eth1) is my external NIC and NATs incoming traffic. I
would like to forward incoming traffic on "externalIP":8000 to
192.168.1.3:8000, and do the same for port 8001. How can I tell if port
8000 is open? Anybody know of a Netmax support site that has no affiliation
with Netmax?
PLEASE HELP!
Thanks in Advance,
Matt
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Schaumann)
Subject: Re: PDF Writer
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 18:56:06 GMT
* Jon Rook wrote:
> Can anyone direct me to an editor that can output in PDF format. If
> that's not available, a utility that can translate a text or word
> processing file into PDF would also work. I've been looking all over
> with no luck thus far.
man groff
man ps2pdf
-Jan
--
Jan Schaumann <http://www.netmeister.org>
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From: Markku Kolkka <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OMS requires glib but doesnt find it
Date: 26 Mar 2001 21:42:49 +0300
G Tselentis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> configure: error: Cannot find GLIB: Is glib-config in path?
>
> I've got a full Mandrake 7.2 installation (latest one, with latest kernel
> and x windows). I tried to download the GLIB mentioned ... I did, installed
> it and everything and still gave me that error. HOWEVER ... when I'm my
> normal username and i type glib-config ... it runs it! But when im root, it
> doesnt
It's rather obvious that glib-config isn't in root's path (it's
different from regular users'). Find where it's located and change
root's path accordingly (edit /root/.bash_profile).
--
Markku Kolkka
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: "Ultra A" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: X die suddenly...
Date: Mon, 26 Mar 2001 20:25:24 +0100
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
thz
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "E J" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Check $HOME/.xsession-errors to see why X is failing on you.
>
> Alex Chan wrote:
>
>> Hi, I am sorry to trouble you guys but my LM 7.2 drives me to the wall
>> again...
>>
>> When I start my computer, X window didn't start as usual. So I type
>> startX after login. The tty7 became nothing, X server failed. Thus I
>> reboot my computer in tty1 as root and look at the start up message
>> very carefully, I found nothing special, everything returns a [OK]
>> including the 'start X font server'. But still I can't start the X.
>>
>> Thus, I log in as root and run the X config tool 'drakxconf'. When I
>> try to configure XFree86 4.0.1, it exit immediately without prompting
>> or warning. Then I try to configure 3.6.6. After I configure
>> everything, I reboot the computer and try to startX again. No
>> supprise, it fails. the error message listed here:
>> -------------------------
>> The XKEYBOARD keymap compiler (xkbcomp) reports:
>> > Error: bad length in Symbole
>> > Output file "/var/tmp/server-0.xkm" removed
>>
>> Error from xkbcomp are not fatal to the X server Couldn't load XKB
>> ceymap, falling back to pre-XKB keymap
>> _FontTransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't commect: errno=111
>> failed to set default font path 'unix/:-1' Fatal server error: could
>> not open default font 'fixed'
>>
>> When reporting a problem related to a server crash, please send the
>> full server output, not just the last messages.
>>
>> X connection to :0.0 broken (explicit kill or server shutdown.)
>> -------------------------
>>
>> Although it ask me to send whole message, I don't know where can I get
>> it, I looked into the /var/log directory, I can't find this file. after
>> then, I halt it as root and the line "shutdown X Font server" and
>> "shutdown xinetd" would return "fail". Nothing else is extraordinary.
>>
>> My mandrake 7.2 has been up and used everyday. It works very well
>> until yesterday, I don't know why it suddenly has this problem. Does
>> anyone can help? Did I do anything wrong to it?
>
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Cheers!
Alex ^_^
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