Linux-Networking Digest #94, Volume #11 Sun, 9 May 99 15:13:43 EDT
Contents:
Crossover cable for pc to pc network? ("Jeffrey A. Bell")
Re: ? loopback: ping `hostname` (Rob van der Putten)
Re: Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly (Cokey de Percin)
Re: ?Windows NT dialup to Linux PPP server? (digs)
Re: Debugging PPP connection (Phil Dunn)
Re: Need help : AT1700 card no longer works with kernel 2.2 (Jani Heinonen)
Re: correct syntax of getsockopt()...Linux (Malware)
Re: Where can I get the latest poll.h? (Malware)
Re: Crossover cable for pc to pc network? ("Larry Brasfield")
Re: Problems with looking up hostnames after upgrade (Gambit32)
Re: Using tar as full backup (Villy Kruse)
Network Monitoring Software ("Ken Szeto")
Squid with news and chat servers ("XaosSlaad")
Any pointers on setting up a home network? (Billysara)
deleting old version of netscape (James Smith)
Re: NFS mount trouble RPC: program not registerd (Johannes Nix)
Re: Best Free X Windows Server for Win95/98 Box on Samba/Linux Network? (Jan
Panteltje)
Opinions/Experiences with Solaris7/Intel (wrt Linux 2.2)? (Russ)
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From: "Jeffrey A. Bell" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Crossover cable for pc to pc network?
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 17:36:40 +0000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I'm attempting my first home network. I have an older i486 box (isa
only) and a newer i686 box with isa and pci slots available. I am about
to purchase a Netgear 10/100 fast Ethernet PCI FA310TX card for the
i686 box. I am looking for a net card for the i486 (isa) 10BaseT10.
Would there be any problem connecting a isa Ethernet to a pci Ethernet
card?
My question is: Do I have to use a hub to wire these machines together
or can I just wire the Ethernet cards directly together? I was reading
somewhere that if I wire them directly together I have to either make a
crossover cable or purchase one. Is this correct?
--
Jeffrey A. Bell
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Research is what I'm doing when I don't know what I'm doing.
-- Wernher von Braun --
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From: Rob van der Putten <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: ? loopback: ping `hostname`
Date: Sun, 9 May 1999 19:02:02 +0200
Hi there
On Sat, 8 May 1999, jianhong wrote:
> `ping slackbox` FAILED with the error, "... network unreachable".
Do a `ifconfig' and a `route -n' and post the results.
> By the way, slackware 3.5 doesn't support `ifconfig dummy ...`.
How about ifconfig dummy0 ?
Regards,
Rob
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From: Cokey de Percin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0... the good, the bad, and the ugly
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 17:09:31 +0000
Dave Smith wrote:
>
> James Stafford wrote:
> >
> > Bill Unruh wrote:
> >
> > > In <7go4ns$4oq$[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Robert Brown" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > >
> > > >Where is everyone getting RH6.0? I thought it wasn't available until the
> > > >10th May....
> > >
> > > Nope been out at least a week by now.
> > > www.redhat.com and all its mirrors. The pressing shops probably will not
> > > be shipping for another week however.
> >
> > I was just at Fry's today and they had it there for$79.00 !!! That's more than I
> > paid for Winblows, more worth it... but still!!!
> >
> > jamess
>
> cheapbytes.com $7.14 (US) delivered in two days
Best Buy for 64.95
--
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Cokey de Percin, DBA Email:
Policy Management Systems Corp. Work - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Columbia, South Carolina Home - [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (digs)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: ?Windows NT dialup to Linux PPP server?
Date: 5 May 1999 10:48:36 GMT
Reply-To: nts-online.net
Hi-
give this a shot it works for me.
http://isis.livingston.com/tech/technotes/400/440004.html
On Tue, 04 May 1999 23:52:33 -0700, jianhong <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Hello, Everyone,
>
>I'm trying to network my laptop(Slackware Linux 3.5) with my
>desktop (Windows NT 4.0 SP3) through a Null Modem Cable.
>The problem is I can't get the Windows NT dialup to work with the
>Linux PPP server. NT dialup complained that "there is an error with
>the modem or other device", while the PPPD complained that
>"LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests,
> Receive serial link is not 8-bit clean:
> Problem: all had bit 7 set to 1"
>
>Can someone help me understant what the error message means?
>
>I know the null modem is working because two machines have
>know problem talking PPP when they all run Linux.
>
>Thanks in advance. Jianhong
>
--
later on,
digs
:wq
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From: Phil Dunn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Debugging PPP connection
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 12:55:07 -0400
On Sat, 08 May 1999, Steve Hall wrote:
>Hi
>
>I'm trying to get my PPP connection working. The modem is dialling and
>making the connection but then after a few seconds it drops it. How can
>I debug this to find out whats going wrong? IE is there a log file or
>debugging utility I can use?
>
If you're running RedHat, try looking in /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts at the
ifcfg-ppp0 file (assuming you only have only one ppp connection) and change
DEBUG=no to yes.
What you're probably going to find is a grammar difference in your ISP prompt
for Password or Username, or that your connect script may need to pass some
additional parameters (some ISP's expect three lowercase ppp's to be
transmitted, for example).
P. Dunn
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jani Heinonen)
Subject: Re: Need help : AT1700 card no longer works with kernel 2.2
Date: 9 May 1999 16:35:18 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sat, 08 May 1999 22:47:26 -0400, Sven Liessem
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I have an AT1700 card that works fine with kernel version 2.0.36.
>After upgrading the kernel to 2.2.7 the card no longer works. It is
>correctly detected at boot time but immediately after that the
>driver seems to turn it off.
I have an AT1700 and have been experiencing problems with 2.2.7 as well,
namely unexplained network timeouts. However, you could try setting the card
to IRQ 15 if you don't have a secondary IDE. That solved some problems for
me long ago, although they were not related to 2.2 kernels.
--
Jani Heinonen
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From: Malware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: correct syntax of getsockopt()...Linux
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 18:33:57 +0200
Hi bdutta,
you wrote:
> if (setsockopt(masterSock->sd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, NULL, 1)
> == -1)
[...]
> what could be wrong in this???
Instead of a pointer to a value you give it a NULL-pointer! I would call
it as following:
int nodelay;
nodelay=1;
if (setsockopt(masterSock->sd, IPPROTO_TCP, TCP_NODELAY, &nodelay,
sizeof nodelay)
...
> also, the server shows incorrect CLIENT IP address with this...
Are you sure to have filled their_addr.sin_addr correctly and left it
network byte-order? Without the context I cannot see an error there.
Malware
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From: Malware <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Where can I get the latest poll.h?
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 18:40:11 +0200
Hi Gerald,
you wrote:
> How do I get the latest header files such as poll.h, as my current Linux
> Redhat 5.2 version does not have POLLRDNORM constant?
Install a newer glibc2 and hope. The glibc2.1 should contain and support
this flag but is experimental.
Malware
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From: "Larry Brasfield" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Crossover cable for pc to pc network?
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 18:07:08 GMT
Jeffrey A. Bell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I'm attempting my first home network. I have an older i486 box (isa
> only) and a newer i686 box with isa and pci slots available. I am about
> to purchase a Netgear 10/100 fast Ethernet PCI FA310TX card for the
> i686 box. I am looking for a net card for the i486 (isa) 10BaseT10.
It's called "10BaseT".
> Would there be any problem connecting a isa Ethernet to a pci Ethernet
> card?
No. The network doesn't know or care what
internal bus its hosts use.
> My question is: Do I have to use a hub to wire these machines together
> or can I just wire the Ethernet cards directly together? I was reading
> somewhere that if I wire them directly together I have to either make a
> crossover cable or purchase one. Is this correct?
This is covered in the Ethernet-HOWTO. If
you have a UTP connection connect pair
1/2 to 3/6 and vice-versa.
--
--Larry Brasfield
Above opinions may be mine alone.
(Humans may reply at unundered [EMAIL PROTECTED] )
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gambit32)
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux.slackware,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.admin,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Problems with looking up hostnames after upgrade
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 17:34:18 GMT
Hrm.... the nsswitch.conf seems fine, as does my /etc/resolv.conf
i made a backup of the /etc/ files. Ill take a look at them now and
see what i can find
...
Went through them. Nothing changed... slack 3.1 doesnt have an
nsswitch file
damn
On Sun, 09 May 1999 12:44:05 -0400, "Frederick W. Reimer, Sr."
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I don't know anything about Slackware 3.6, but you may want to check for
>a nsswitch.conf file in the /etc directory. In later versions of most
>distributions, the nsswitch.conf file is used to tell the resolver
>libraries which name resolution methods it should use and in which
>order. Options include, but are not limited to, DNS, hosts files, and
>NIS. If you have this file, then the bet is that Slackware 3.6 DOES use
>this file. Look for a line starting with hosts: and make sure that it
>has 'files' as one of the options, preferably the first.
>
>Then, check out your /etc/resolv.conf if your nsswitch.conf had that as
>one of the options (your computer wouldn't use DNS at all if it wasn't
>listed). Make sure your domain and nameservers are set appropriately.
>
>Slackware MAY keep backup copies of all configuration files and write
>new "blank" ones when you do an upgrade, much like RedHat saves old
>configs in .rpmsave files. If this is the case, you're computer may
>APPEAR to be working fine, but chances are you will need to do a find of
>all files ending in whatever Slackware may save the old configs as and
>manually upgrade the configs to your old settings...
>
>HTH,
>
>Fred
>
>
>Gambit32 wrote:
>>
>> we recently upgraded from slackware 3.1 to 3.6, and now our machine is
>> having severe problems getting hosts from ips.
>>
>> TCP wrappers should give out the username@host when we connect to our
>> server, but that doesnt work. it gives usernam@ip.
>>
>> In my perl scripts and includes on my web page
>> (http://www.academic.marist.edu/carob/) it should be saying came from
>> host / ip but that doesnt work either.
>>
>> Even more peculiar, we have listings in /etc/hosts like
>> 148.100.215.108 area51.groom-lake.nv.us area51
>> When i connect to the machine, it used to say
>> "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" but it wont even do THAT anymore.
>>
>> I have no idea exactly where the problem is. Ive checked the kernel,
>> my perl scripts, ive recompiled my wrapper program. im just lost!
>>
>> PLEASE anyone who can help. PLEASE.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Villy Kruse)
Subject: Re: Using tar as full backup
Date: 5 May 1999 13:23:15 +0200
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
Bob McLaren <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am testing tar as a full system backup solution.
>I used this to make the backup of the current directory structure: #
>tar -cz . > bobs.tar.gz
>And used this to restore it: # tar -xz < bobs.tar.gz
>
I think that will include the bobs.tar.gz in the archive, and when you
restore, the archive file will be overwritten in the middle of the restore
process with a copy from the archive and the rest of the archive is then lost.
Villy
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From: "Ken Szeto" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
comp.networks,comp.os.ms-windows.nt.admin.networks,microsoft.public.windowsnt
Subject: Network Monitoring Software
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 18:48:12 GMT
I would like to get some feedback from people who are currently using or
used Network Monitoring Tools such as 3COM Transcend, HP Openview, Lanalyzer
and any another network monitoring software. Reason I am asking this is
because my [stupid] supervisor thinks that a 60 users network requires one
and it would greatly improve (his) ability to troubleshoot and pinpoint
where problems are. Does anyone agree to this statement? I just hate to
see the company I am working for have to spend silly money for this kind of
software because I don't think it is necessary for our current network size.
If you have anything to share, please let me know. Thank you very much.
Ken Szeto, MCSE
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From: "XaosSlaad" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Squid with news and chat servers
Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 14:15:47 -0400
Hi Everyone,
I got Squid up and running really fast and all that and it works great with
your average web pages but two things i noticed off the bat is it wont work
with things like yahoo chat and news servers. ive been told its possible
but i dont know how to configure it to do so anyone got any pointers or an
example squid.conf that allows for these things? Thanks in
advance --XAOSSLAAD
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From: Billysara <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Any pointers on setting up a home network?
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 14:42:16 GMT
Hi,
I was going to be upgrading my machine sometime this month, but
decided to build a second machine to act as a server instead.
I was just wondreing if anyone can give any advice or experiences
before I plunge in :)
I was planning to have the server hold most of the CPU intensive
tasks (my girlfriends mpg-encoder for instance :) ) and also act as a pro=
xy for
Squid or wwwoffle. Maybe also act as an X-server if it was worth it.
The new system will be a K6-2 400, 128eg ram, 2x3.2gig hard drives. T=
he
current machine (soon to be client) is a K6-200, 64meg ram, 2.1 gig drive=
=2E
Any pointer or advice much appreciated.... (I'm just re-reading the
Network/NFS/Remote X-apps howto's...)
Billy.
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From: James Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.help,linux.redhat.ppp,linux.redhat.misc
Subject: deleting old version of netscape
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 14:51:39 -0400
how do i delete netscape 4.07 now that i have 4.51 installed?
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From: Johannes Nix <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: NFS mount trouble RPC: program not registerd
Date: 05 May 1999 13:22:22 +0200
We have also that kind of error messages (SunOS 4.1.3 1 sun4m and
Linux Kernels 2.0.36 / 2.2.5). (see below). The Sun tends to stuck
when mounting Filesystems from a Linux Box.
Note that linuxbox3 has disallowed access to the sunhost via tcp
wrapper with the aim to reduce blocking.
The error is not present always, but very often - far too often.
It is possible that we have to synchronize the rpc / services tables?
Beetween the Linux boxes, file export with NFS works quite
smooth. Also, there is a Sun with a sligthly newer OS Version (SunOS
4.1.3 7 sun4c) which never has problems. But it is far fewer used
also.
Anyone able to help?
May 1 10:23:27 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 1 10:23:28 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 1 12:00:20 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 1 12:00:20 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 1 12:00:20 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 1 13:45:22 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 1 13:45:22 sunhost last message repeated 2 times
May 1 13:45:22 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 1 13:45:36 sunhost last message repeated 19 times
May 1 19:00:11 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 1 19:00:12 sunhost last message repeated 7 times
May 1 22:13:41 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 1 22:13:41 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 2 01:30:24 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 01:30:25 sunhost last message repeated 3 times
May 2 01:30:25 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 01:30:36 sunhost last message repeated 18 times
May 2 02:54:02 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 02:54:03 sunhost last message repeated 7 times
May 2 10:14:55 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 2 10:14:55 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 2 12:00:19 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 12:00:20 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 12:00:20 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 13:45:20 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 13:45:23 sunhost last message repeated 7 times
May 2 13:45:25 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 13:45:35 sunhost last message repeated 14 times
May 2 15:27:43 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 2 15:27:43 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 2 21:17:07 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 21:17:08 sunhost last message repeated 7 times
May 2 22:02:44 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 2 22:02:45 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 2 22:10:10 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 22:10:11 sunhost last message repeated 7 times
May 2 22:11:17 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 2 22:11:17 sunhost last message repeated 7 times
May 2 23:51:24 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 2 23:51:25 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 3 01:30:25 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 01:30:26 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 3 01:30:26 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 01:30:38 sunhost last message repeated 16 times
May 3 02:05:29 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 3 02:05:30 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 3 02:05:31 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 3 02:05:32 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 3 02:56:05 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 02:56:06 sunhost last message repeated 6 times
May 3 02:56:06 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 05:27:51 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 05:27:52 sunhost last message repeated 7 times
May 3 08:08:36 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 3 08:08:37 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 3 09:18:22 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 09:18:23 sunhost last message repeated 7 times
May 3 09:36:13 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 3 09:36:14 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 3 10:29:58 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 3 10:29:58 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 3 11:08:47 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 3 11:08:47 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 3 11:09:21 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 11:09:21 sunhost last message repeated 3 times
May 3 11:09:21 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 11:09:23 sunhost last message repeated 9 times
May 3 11:09:24 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox3:/mnt/d1/home/ane: server not
responding: RPC: Program not registered
May 3 11:09:25 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 3 11:09:40 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox2 not responding
May 3 11:09:41 sunhost last message repeated 6 times
May 3 11:09:41 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox2 not responding
May 3 11:09:58 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 11:09:58 sunhost last message repeated 4 times
May 3 11:09:58 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 11:09:59 sunhost last message repeated 8 times
May 3 11:18:26 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 11:18:27 sunhost last message repeated 7 times
May 3 11:18:32 sunhost automount[136]: host linuxbox1 not responding
May 3 11:18:33 sunhost last message repeated 5 times
May 3 11:19:03 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox4:/home/joerg: server not responding:
RPC: Timed out
May 3 11:20:34 sunhost last message repeated 3 times
May 3 11:20:35 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/home) not responding still trying
May 3 11:21:05 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox4:/home/joerg: server not responding:
RPC: Timed out
May 3 11:22:36 sunhost last message repeated 3 times
May 3 11:22:36 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/vol) not responding still trying
May 3 11:22:36 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/home) ok
May 3 11:22:36 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/vol) ok
May 3 11:22:36 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/home) not responding still trying
May 3 11:23:06 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox4:/home/joerg: server not responding:
RPC: Timed out
May 3 11:23:07 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/vol) not responding still trying
May 3 11:23:07 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/vol) ok
May 3 11:23:37 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox4:/home/joerg: server not responding:
RPC: Timed out
May 3 11:23:37 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/vol) not responding still trying
May 3 11:23:38 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/vol) ok
May 3 11:23:38 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/home) ok
May 3 11:23:38 sunhost vmunix: NFS server (pid136@/home) not responding still trying
May 3 11:24:08 sunhost automount[136]: linuxbox4:/home/joerg: server not responding:
RPC: Timed out
--
Johannes Nix
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jan Panteltje)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Best Free X Windows Server for Win95/98 Box on Samba/Linux Network?
Date: Sun, 09 May 99 19:01:27 GMT
Installed the thing, only got grey screen, then if I want to go back to linux
console nothing but vertical stripes, no keyboard and mouse.
Need to reboot, and that takes a LONG time with large harddisks.
Do not understand the enthousiasm about it.
Deleted it and all docs.
Cheers.
J.
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From: Russ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.sys.sun.hardware,comp.os.linux.admin
Subject: Opinions/Experiences with Solaris7/Intel (wrt Linux 2.2)?
Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 13:36:51 -0400
I am interested in anyone's
opinions/experiences with Solaris7/Intel for
high performance web app servers (in this case:
many small HTTP xactions, each requiring
some serious crunching, and hitting main memory hard).
I have not used the latest and greatest from
Sun for Intel...previous versions have left much to be
desired.
We have been getting tremendous performance
with Linux/Intel (in absolute terms and in comparison
to Sparc/Solaris on similaly priced boxes).
Our client wants us to consider Solaris7, which I
am okay with as long as we don't lose performance
and reliabilty, any thoughts on this switch?
Thanks in advance.
Russ
BTW, I heard Solaris7/Intel had a special HTTP API
to speed up a web server? Is this published?...since
we are using an in-house multi-threaded HTTP server
that might be a sweet thing.
--
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Russell Leighton [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.imake.com
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