Linux-Networking Digest #552, Volume #10 Fri, 19 Mar 99 08:17:43 EST
Contents:
Re: The truth about the Pentium III chip and ID --- **boycott info** (Curt Steger)
Re: The truth about the Pentium III chip and ID --- **boycott info**
([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: For all you Nicrosoft lovers (Richard Steiner)
Re: Recommend Fast Ethernet Card ("Lee Sharp")
Teles 16.3c ISDN card + kernel 2.0.36 (John Wong)
"Network unreachable"..... help!! (Steph Hepburn)
Micron Trek2 PCMCIA trouble? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: PCI modems in linux? ("D. Keith Higgs")
Re: Which SMP Motherboard? (Jason McKnight)
Re: Pinging on a multiple ethernet card system (Paul Tomblin)
Re: For all you Nicrosoft lovers (doole)
Re: Advise please re RedHat 5.2 and my install.... ("SChelvan Ponn")
Re: The truth about the Pentium III chip and ID --- **boycott info** ("Quantum
Leaper")
Re: remote printing (Larry Rivera)
Re: Recommend Fast Ethernet Card ("Daniel Flinkmann")
Re: What is the best Linux to install? (jik-)
Recommend Fast Ethernet Card (Jon Slater)
Re: terminal problem with SCO (from linux) (Villy Kruse)
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From: Curt Steger <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.python,comp.lang.tcl,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: The truth about the Pentium III chip and ID --- **boycott info**
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:41:36 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Quantum Leaper wrote:
> Michael Barnes wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> >Every MODEM has a MAC address also...so your friends pc is nicless, but not
> >macless
>
> Interesting is over 15 years of using modems, 300 baud to 56K modems
> (hopefully a Cable or DSL modem in about a year or so), I have NEVER heard
> that they have a MAC address? So what command or how do you get the MAC
> address of a modem? Does this only apply to Mac modems or all modems? One
> other question, why would a modem need a MAC address?
Only if it is running on an Apple/Mac!
Any here I thought that a MAC address was a special address book that Billy-bum
kept for retaliation if he ever took over the world. ?:^)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.python,comp.lang.tcl,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: The truth about the Pentium III chip and ID --- **boycott info**
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:42:28 GMT
On Wed, 17 Mar 1999 10:20:04 -0700, "Michael Barnes"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
true. but. MAC addresses on your modem go no further than your isp.
in fact, your isp doesn't even use your modems mac address because you
are assigned an ip addres that already has the mac address of the
modem you connected to so yours never goes out into the net.
your network also has a mac address. this address is used only by
your local network. I machine on a different network send you info,
they only know the ip address, this is send to the router the router
only know the mac address and ip address in your local network. If it
cannot find the destination, it forwards it the the next router which
again only know the mac address and ip address if its local network.
it does on the otherhand know which router to send it to based on ip
routing tables. this process is repeated until it finds the router
that knows the destination ip address and sends it to the isp's router
which then looks up the mac address and places the ip packet on th
ethernet with the destination ip and mac address only knowing the
source ip not mac. mac addresses are NOT forwareded accross even
subnets.
and just to show off, ISP equipment like an ascend or 3com total
control that has 48 modems, all 48 modems have the SAME mac address.
the modem server knows which modem to send it out on based on ip
address.
>Every MODEM has a MAC address also...so your friends pc is nicless, but not
>macless
>As far as I know you cannot network anywhere without a mac address since
>IP's map directly to machine addresses at lower levels to identify your
>particular machine on any network. So, if your connected to any network via
>any hardware device (router, switch, modem, nic) those devices must have mac
>addresses.
>
>and modems are easy to replace compared to CPU's also...
>
>
>
>Bill Anderson wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>>Tim Roberts wrote:
>>>
>>> John Lehmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>
>>> >Kano wrote:
>>> >>
>>> >> Oh come on. Many other standard devices (ethernet cards, for example)
>>> >> have their
>>> >> own unique serial numbers that software can use at will. Get over it.
>>> >>
>>> >
>>> >Yes - but ethernet mac cards are only broadcast over the lan, not over
>>> >the net (except by Office98, of course).
>>>
>>> The POINT here is that it is exactly as easy to embed my unique MAC
>address
>>> in an Internet transaction as it is to embed my unique Pentium-III CPU ID
>>> in an Internet transaction. Any software which will go to the trouble to
>>> fetch the unique CPU identifier and send it over the network to identify
>me
>>> could just as easily be written TODAY to use a MAC address for exactly
>the
>>> same purpose. The CPU identifier is not significantly different in
>concept
>>> from the MAC address, and yet there has not been a hue and cry to boycott
>>> NIC manufacturers.
>>
>>Ho wmany home users ar LAN connected to the internet?
>>oh, yeah, that's right, they dial up with a modem; no getting a MAC
>>address from a machine that does not have one.
>>
>>>
>>> >And what do you mean get over it??? This kind of personal information
>>> >is valuable. Business are willing to pay for it. This kind of
>>> >behavior IS DOWNRIGHT THEFT!!!
>>>
>>> But whatever they could do with a CPU ID, they are probably already doing
>>> with a MAC address. It is just as good as a unique identifier. "Get
>over
>>> it" is exactly the right attitude.
>>
>>Can you explain how they would be getting a MAC address from my friends'
>>NIC-less pc?
>>
>>A MAC address is not as good, in any event. NICs get changed mor often
>>than cpus (in most cases). IIRC MAC addresses can be changed, and there
>>have been cases of MAC addresses beinf reused?
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: For all you Nicrosoft lovers
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:43:09 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here in comp.os.linux.setup, [EMAIL PROTECTED] (doole) spake unto us, saying:
>"Rufus V. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> apparently said this:
>
>>The point is that sometimes innocent people need their privacy.
>
>From Authorities? Why??
What happens if that Authority decides to use your information in a
manner which harms you? Or if someone else steals that information
from that Authority?
Blind trust can be foolish.
--
-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + Linux (Slackware+RedHat+SuSE) + FreeBSD + Solaris + BeOS +
WinNT4 + Win95 + PC/GEOS + MacOS + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven!
"Paid off"? What does that mean?"
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From: "Lee Sharp" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Recommend Fast Ethernet Card
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:11:25 GMT
Jon Slater wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
|Can anyone recommend a fast PCI Ethernet card for Linux?
I have heard the Intel PCI cards are the easiest to configure. <Less
variety than the 3com> I have heard the DEC chipsets are the fastest with
the lowest CPU load. I know from experience than the TLAN chips Compaq used
in many DeskPro x000 systems suck green cheese! ISA cards often have PnP
issues... In your position, however, I would get the most recognized brand
of PCI card the local computer store had on sale. :-)
Lee
--
SCSI is *NOT* magic. There are *fundamental technical reasons* why it is
necessary to sacrifice a young goat to your SCSI chain now and then. *
Black holes are where God divided by zero. - I am speaking as an individual,
not as a representative of any company, organization or other entity. I am
solely responsible for my words.
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From: John Wong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Teles 16.3c ISDN card + kernel 2.0.36
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:45:58 GMT
Hi,
Anybody got a Teles 16.3c ISA PnP ISDN card working with
Linux kernel 2.0.36??
I've compiled the ISDN subsystem as a module...
HiSax drivers as modules... here's the relevant section in
the .config file...
CONFIG_ISDN=m
CONFIG_ISDN_PPP=y
CONFIG_ISDN_PPP_VJ=y
CONFIG_ISDN_MPP=y
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_LOOP=m
CONFIG_ISDN_DRV_HISAX=m
CONFIG_HISAX_EURO=y
CONFIG_HISAX_16_0=y
CONFIG_HISAX_16_3=y
CONFIG_HISAX_TELES3C=y
CONFIG_HISAX_TELESPCI=y
CONFIG_HISAX_S0BOX=y
Booted with this kernel... got isapnp to load the following isapnp.conf..
(CONFIGURE TAG2620/209717183 (LD 0
(IO 0 (SIZE 2) (BASE 0x0300))
(INT 0 (IRQ 10 (MODE +E)))
(NAME "TAG2620/209717183[0]{TELES.S0/16.3c Plug&Play}")
(ACT Y)
))
ran isapnp and got ...
Board 1 has Identity 76 04 03 02 01 00 20 32 0d: CIR2000 Serial No 67305985 [checksum
76]
Board 2 has Identity bd 0c 80 07 bf 20 26 27 50: TAG2620 Serial No 209717183
[checksum bd]
TAG2620/209717183[0]{TELES.S0/16.3c Plug&Play}: Port 0x300; IRQ10 --- Enabled OK
BUT when i tried to load the HiSax modules by modprobe... i
got the following errors...
# modprobe hisax type=14 protocol=2 io=0x300 irq=10
Initialization of hisax failed
Initialization of hisax failed
ISDN subsystem Rev: 1.44.2.9/1.41.2.11/1.48.2.27/1.28.2.2/none loaded
Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during init 1
Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during init 2
Teles 16.3c: IRQ(10) getting no interrupts during init 3
HiSax: Card Teles 16.3c not installed !
Initialization of hisax failed
ISDN-subsystem unloaded
What could be the problem? any ideas?
regards,
John Wong
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steph Hepburn)
Subject: "Network unreachable"..... help!!
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 99 13:14:46 GMT
Hi, I've come to grief with my new installation of Slack 3.6 -- I'd appreciate
it if anyone had any ideas.
My ethernet network works absolutely fine, set that one up no probs.
But in dialing up to my ISP nothing happens
I used a shell script my ISP gave me to set up dial-up which worked ok -- it
dialed up but then PAP kicked me off.
I got PAP to work by changing my /etc/ppp/pap-secrets file from:
username ppp0 password
to
username * password
I guess that means the comp didn't have a ppp connection in mind... (pardon
the non-technical lingo, you know what I mean).
in /var/log/messages I got:
connect ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
Local IP address 12.34.56.78
Remote IP address 23.45.67.89 -- or something like that anyway
I can't ping anything at all outside my local network. I get a "network
unreachable" error -- even if I try and ping the remote IP address (although
the local IP address that appears in the log works ok)
I checked /sbin/ifconfig, but there was no ppp0 entry as I guess there should
be. Theres "lo" and "eth0" , but no PPP.
I checked that PPP was all compiled into the kernel, and that chat and ppp
were all installed -- they were.
Well... I'm absolutely lost -- and I don't really want to continue using
Windows for the internet --
anyone have any ideas? thanks in advance --
Steph
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Micron Trek2 PCMCIA trouble?
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 05:12:06 GMT
I followed the instruction on the page
http://www.atd.ucar.edu/homes/oncley/micron/micron.html to try to install
linux in my Micron Transport Trek2 laptop. I succeeded in installing X.
However, I have no luck to install my 3COM 3CXEM556 multifunction
card (56k modem + 10baseT LAN). The PCMCIA card is supported under linux
because I installed the same card in other laptop before. The laptop
simply do not see the PCMCIA card. I tried to upgrade redhat linux 5.1
with supplementary floppy so that I can enable PCMCIA support in the process.
The procedure stucked when starting "starting PCMCIA services" .
The existing redhat 5.1 linux was installed before without enabling PCMCIA
in the installation. Can you help me? How can I make the laptop see the
PCMCIA card?
I updated the linux system with latest update file from redhat, including
kernel, kernel-pcmcia-cs, X, etc.
Henry
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From: "D. Keith Higgs" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: PCI modems in linux?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:43:01 GMT
Sounds like you may want to invest in a book on Linux device drivers. I just
saw one in the O'Reilly catalog <http://www.oreilly.com> for a seemingly
reasonable price.
Keith
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> All PCI modems are NOT "winmodems"... winmodems can be ISA or PCI.
> The reason they are windows only modems is not because of the BUS type,
> but because the engineers who designed them found a way to eliminate
> some of the hardware components of the modem and burden the processor
> with those chores. In other words, they bog your CPU down because they
> wanted to save a few dollars on parts! This type of implementation only
> works under Windows because it takes special drivers to make the CPU do
> the work.
>
> There are non-winmodem PCI modems. Whether or not they can be made to
> work under Linux is a different story...
>
> In article <7c6hcr$ont$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
> Richard Nelson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > Actually, that is incorrect
> >
> > Hello,
> >
> > My name is Richard Nelson, and I am a Technical support engineer for
> > Actiontec Electronics, INC
> >
> > We do have a PCI modem that is NOT a "Win" modem, it is controller based,
> > and uses the Lucent Venus chipset.
> >
> > I need as much help as I can possibly get for this, as I would like it to
> > become the first officially supported PCI modem for Linux, and I repeat,
> > it IS CONTROLLER based, NOT windows based, etc....
> >
> > My direct number is 408-548-4772
> > and my email address is [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> >
> > Thank you
> >
> > Eugene wrote:
> > >
> > > AFAIK all PCI modems are winmodems
> > >
> > > Doug wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
> > > >Can a PCI modem be used in linux? If so how? Something called a modem
> > > >enumerator is installed in windows along with the modem itself and i
> > > >dont know what that is. Its creative modmeblaster DI5630 v.90. Its
> > > >being used as PnP right now but there are jumpers on it I dont have the
> > > >manual so im trying to find out if com and irq can be hard set..
> > > >Thanks for any help and please email me a response if possible at
> > > >ratchet at tir dot com
> > > >Doug
> > > >
> > >
> > >
> >
> > ------------------ Posted via SearchLinux ------------------
> > http://www.searchlinux.com
> >
>
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Kelvin Smith Library, 11055 Euclid Avenue, Cleveland Ohio 44106-7151
=====================================================================
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Have you rebooted Windows today?
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From: Jason McKnight <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Which SMP Motherboard?
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:53:45 GMT
I must agree with the other posters. I have an ASUS P2B-DS and have had
no troubles with it. I don't have any Celeron's :) but I would if it was
my system at home. I have 2 PII450's and it is a sweet system.
Hefin James wrote:
> Hi all,
>
> I'm currently specifying a machine for a major Linux based server
> project.
> Has anybody using the Intel L440GX+ motherboard?
> It has a Adaptec AIC7896 U2W and UW channels, and a graphics card on
> board, which is supported by Linux.
>
> It also has Intel EtherExpress PRO 100+ chip onboard but it uses the
> Intel 82559 chip which is not mentioned in the eepro100.c driver. Has
> anybody else got this card? and more importantly does it work?
>
> What SMP motherboard you running?
>
> Cheers,
> Hefin
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Tomblin)
Subject: Re: Pinging on a multiple ethernet card system
Date: 18 Mar 1999 23:59:30 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Paul Tomblin)
In a previous article, "Darrell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said:
>I have two ethernet cards in a Red Hat 5.2 machine. One card is given the
>address 209.198.17.41. If I type ping 209.198.17.41 from the system prompt
>it comes back with all the replies and 0 dropped packets. The second card is
>given the address 192.168.1.1 since it is supposed to be the gateway for an
>internal network. However, if I type ping 192.168.1.1 from the system
>prompts I get no responses and 100% packet loss.
Send us the output from "ifconfig" and "route" so we can see if you're set up
right.
--
Paul Tomblin, not speaking for anybody.
"I'm fairly sure Linux exists principally because writing an operating system
probably seems like a good way to pass the <bignum> months of darkness in
Finland" - Rodger Donaldson
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (doole)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: For all you Nicrosoft lovers
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:59:56 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
"liam toh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> apparently said this:
>
>BTW doole: do you work for the IRS?
>
<g> No, but good question.
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From: "SChelvan Ponn" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.hardware,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Advise please re RedHat 5.2 and my install....
Date: 19 Mar 1999 07:59:58 GMT
I have done a similar setup before with Windows 95 - NT and Redhat 5.1. You
must be really careful when you partition the remaing space for swap and
system for linux.
Linux can coexiit on the same hdd....
Gary wrote in message
>Hi Martin and Greg,
>Thanks for both your replies... I will break the seal and see what
>happens... I'd like to add a 4th question if you don't mind... namely I
>already have Windows NT installed on my dual processor system, and have a
>free partition on my HD... would Linux be able to coexist on the same HD
>with NT, could I stick it in partition 4 and have it leave NT relatively
>untouched? Anyway, while waiting for your reply, I'll be opening the seal
>and trying to figure out which of the 4 enclosed Linux books to try
>reading/printing (thank god for fast autoduplexing laser printers).
>
>Thanks
>
>
>
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From: "Quantum Leaper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.lang.perl.misc,comp.lang.python,comp.lang.tcl,comp.mail.sendmail,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.ms-windows.advocacy
Subject: Re: The truth about the Pentium III chip and ID --- **boycott info**
Date: 19 Mar 1999 12:50:20 GMT
Curt Steger wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>
>
>Quantum Leaper wrote:
>
>> Michael Barnes wrote in message <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>...
>> >Every MODEM has a MAC address also...so your friends pc is nicless, but
not
>> >macless
>>
>> Interesting is over 15 years of using modems, 300 baud to 56K modems
>> (hopefully a Cable or DSL modem in about a year or so), I have NEVER
heard
>> that they have a MAC address? So what command or how do you get the MAC
>> address of a modem? Does this only apply to Mac modems or all modems?
One
>> other question, why would a modem need a MAC address?
>
>Only if it is running on an Apple/Mac!
>
Why would it need a MAC address? MAC address is a unique number so that
NIC card can be found on the network. Unless the modem had a dual propose,
I see no reason why it would ever need a MAC address.
>Any here I thought that a MAC address was a special address book that
Billy-bum
>kept for retaliation if he ever took over the world. ?:^)
>
You do realize you only anwsered one of my questions.
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From: Larry Rivera <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: remote printing
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 08:09:12 -0400
suck wrote:
>
> I have Slackware 3.6 set up on two networked machines. Computer one has
> a HPIIIp laserjet printer attached to its parallel port. Local print
> jobs
> work well on that machine. I have attempted to configure computer two
> to print on computer one's printer. I have read the man pages for all
> printer related tools. I have read the printing how to and did as
> suggested but I can't seem to get remote printing to work.
>
> The printcap of computer one is as follows (set up by apsfilter):
> ascii|lp1|ljet3-letter-ascii-mono|ljet3 ascii mono:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-ascii-mono:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-ascii-mono/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-ascii-mono/acct:\
> :if=/root/prin/apsfilter/filter/aps-ljet3-letter-ascii-mono:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:
> #
> lp|lp2|ljet3-letter-auto-mono|ljet3 auto mono:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-auto-mono:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-auto-mono/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-letter-auto-mono/acct:\
> :if=/root/prin/apsfilter/filter/aps-ljet3-letter-auto-mono:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:
> #
> raw|lp3|ljet3-letter-raw|ljet3 auto raw:\
> :lp=/dev/lp1:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-raw:\
> :lf=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-raw/log:\
> :af=/var/spool/lpd/ljet3-raw/acct:\
> :if=/root/prin/apsfilter/filter/aps-ljet3-letter-raw:\
> :mx#0:\
> :sh:
>
> Computer two's printcap file is as follows:
> lp|lj|laserjet:\
> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\
> :rm=192.168.122.20:\
> :rp=lp:\
> :lp=/dev/null:\
> :sh:
>
> /etc/hosts.lpd on computer one has the ip address of computer two
> listed. When I try to print on computer two nothing happens. lpc
> status on computer two tells me queuing is enabled, printing is enabled,
> there is an entry in the spool area and waiting for queue to be enabled
> on computer one. lpc status on computer one advises that queuing is
> enabled, printing is enabled, no entries and no daemon present.
> Noprinting occurs. When I lprm - on computer two to remove the job I
> get a message advising your host does not have line printer acces. What
> else must I do?
>
> Later,
> TPF
The syntax for /etc/hosts.lpd is by fully qualified name, not by ip
address, e.g. machine.domain.com (Make sure this machine is listed in
your /etc/hosts file as well)
I agree that the documentation sucks in this regard.
LR
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From: "Daniel Flinkmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Re: Recommend Fast Ethernet Card
Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 12:54:38 +0100
Jon,
DEC TULIP Chipset ... All Types of ... ( Often used in SMC Cards )
Don't use any Realtek, 3Com, etc ... they can't bring the power and are dumb
cards.
Daniel
Jon Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:7ct0no$iap$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Can anyone recommend a fast PCI Ethernet card for Linux?
>
> Thanks!
> --
> Jon D. Slater QualComm Inc.
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] 6150 Lookout Road
> Phone: (303) 247-5037 Boulder, Colorado
> Fax: (303) 247-5167 80301
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Date: Fri, 19 Mar 1999 00:22:14 -0800
From: jik- <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.redhat,alt.os.linux.slackware
Subject: Re: What is the best Linux to install?
)
>
> 2. Sysinit style
>
> BSD, System V, or mix'n'match. Most people say that Slackware is very
> BSDish in sysinit. RedHat is SysV style. Cannot yet speak for other
> distros, but will soon. Got 'em all coming from LinuxMall.
They're all like RedHat in that area, yucky. Not only is that init
setup about 20x slower, it is very un-intuitive as to how to add new
commands to the structure....I looked in verious docs which didn't tell
me, so I gave up...deleted the system and installed slackware, which any
newbie could get into and edit the init (adding new commands or changing
command line) the first try just by looking at it...which is exactly how
I learned how to do it.
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From: Jon Slater <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware
Subject: Recommend Fast Ethernet Card
Date: 19 Mar 1999 08:09:28 GMT
Can anyone recommend a fast PCI Ethernet card for Linux?
Thanks!
--
Jon D. Slater QualComm Inc.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] 6150 Lookout Road
Phone: (303) 247-5037 Boulder, Colorado
Fax: (303) 247-5167 80301
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: terminal problem with SCO (from linux)
Date: 19 Mar 1999 09:22:55 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Ed Weinberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>Can you copy "linux" from the linux termcap and add it to the SCO
>termcap?
>
Sure, but you rather need to copy the terminfo entry as all standard
SCO programs uses terminfo and not termcap. Application programs
might be different, and to make the confusion complete, some of them
uses their own very private termcap like-file.
On linux you can do 'infocmp > /tmp/ticfile'
transfer that file to SCO
run 'tic /tmp/ticfile' on SCO
set TERM=linux on SCO
In an emergency, the vt100 terminal type is not too far from the linux
terminal type althoug it will cause your numeric keypad to be messed up
if you use the vi program.
Villy
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