Linux-Setup Digest #487, Volume #19 Sun, 27 Aug 00 09:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: SCSI cdrom player pauses when playing audio (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: Linux, XML, and assalting Windows (Darren Winsper)
Taking the plunge... ("Edward")
Re: Bug in dynamic linker (Charles Ju)
Re: can't activate netcfg ("Jack Kessler")
Dialer dials, sends UID & password, starts ppp, hangs. ("Jack Kessler")
another kppp-problem (Frank Geschner)
Re: Firewall for Linux ("Kai")
FE575C-3COM Card (Vinayak S Prabhu)
Help Installing Redhat 6.2 via Hard Disk ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Help for newbie stuck with linux boot floppy ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Latest Linux ("Rafael Zabar")
DUAL BOOT (Mark Messiha)
Members of root group (Oscar Rau)
Re: another kppp-problem ("Noble Pepper")
Re: BIOS-->hdb-->LILO-->{linux(hdb);windows(hda)} ("Dan Jacobson")
Re: Help Installing Redhat 6.2 via Hard Disk ("Benno")
Re: Please Help !! (Mart Rootamm)
Delay when connecting via telnet/ftp to linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Bug in dynamic linker (Peter Petersen)
[Q] How to compile kernel in Debian / Storm (Jerome Mrozak)
Partition question ("Stephen Banner")
Re: install a mng plug in netscape? (brian)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stuart R. Fuller)
Subject: Re: SCSI cdrom player pauses when playing audio
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 06:10:12 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Hi,
:
: I have an Adaptec SCSI card (pretty sure it is an AIC-7892) on my NEC
: cdrom drive, running RH linux 6.2 I have used the drive successfully
: to load several large applications. (My way of saying I know its
: working.) However, when I put in an audio CD and run either gtcd or
: kscd I get about 1 second of audio, then the program pauses. On gtcd
: if I go into loop mode, it plays a brief sample (< 1 sec) over and over
: without difficulty. The rest of the sounds I have setup in linuxconf
: work fine.
:
: My cdrom is actually mapped to /mnt/cdrom1->/dev/cdrom1->/dev/scd0
Hmmm. /mnt/cdrom1 you say? That smells like the CDROM is mounted as a
filesystem. Doing so is not commonly done.
Use the "mount" command to determine if the CDROM drive is truly mounted. If
so, then "umount /mnt/cdrom1" (or whatever it's mounted to), and try playing
the audio CD again.
Stu
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Darren Winsper)
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.text.xml,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Linux, XML, and assalting Windows
Date: 27 Aug 2000 06:11:58 GMT
On 26 Aug 2000 10:36:22 -0600, Craig Kelley <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> With bundles, you can pop in a CD and drag it to wherever you want to
> put it, and it will all work. I hope Apple hasn't screwed them up in
> MacOS X, but we'll see.
RISC OS used bundles which were called Applications. ROXFiler
(rox.sourceforge.net) has support for a similar system.
--
Darren Winsper (El Capitano)
ICQ #8899775 - AIM: Ikibawa - MSNIM: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stellar Legacy project member - http://stellarlegacy.sourceforge.net
DVD boycotts. Are you doing your bit?
This message was typed before a live studio audience.
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From: "Edward" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Taking the plunge...
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 06:49:57 GMT
Hi all,
I've been running win2k for a while now, and I'd like to see what linux is
all about.
I got the Redhat6 distribution CD from a friend (burned, no manual or
anything). How would I go about installing? I haven't tried anythign yet. I
have a 5 gb partition (is this enough?) reserved for linux....
Does redhat automatically install a interface like Gnome KDE or E?
For me, someone who has no experience with Unix/Linux, is this the best
version for me? I've read of Caldera commandless type? I want to start slow
but slowly learn... I dont' mind paying a few bucks for a boxed distribution
that comes with a good manual.
Thanks,
Edward
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 02:54:08 -0400
From: Charles Ju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Bug in dynamic linker
Kevin Henry wrote
> I have a similar situation problem, with RH 6.2 on a Sun Ultra 5. What's
> your platform?
I'm using Dell Inspiron 5000, RedHat 6.2.
I found some references of the mentioned error in internet search, but no
solution yet.
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From: "Jack Kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: can't activate netcfg
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 08:18:54 -0700
He means that you should open X Windows with the command: startx Then
open a command line session. (In Gnome it is the little monitor screen icon
on the task bar at the bottom of the screen.) It seems a little crazy,
using X Windows to get to a command line when you already were at a command
line, but he's right - that's what you should do.
Elhanan Maayan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:8o8ui6$elm$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> what do u mean run it from a desktop?
> the first message is :
> file: "/usr/lib/rhs/netcfg//netcfg.py", line 24 in ? from rhtkinter
import
> *
>
> "Elhanan Maayan" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8o3mbb$fs8$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > i have redhat 6.2 which i installed with the gnome config package...
> > when i try to activate the netcfg i get
> > traceback (innermost last):
> > and then a lot of messages like:
> > file "path/filename" , line "line number" in ?
> > ""
> > ""
> >
> > and in the end:
> > tclError: no display name and no $DISPLAY Envioment variable.
> >
> >
> >
> >
>
>
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From: "Jack Kessler" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Dialer dials, sends UID & password, starts ppp, hangs.
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 08:39:37 -0700
When Redhat 6.1 starts, among the endless lines that rush up the screen are
"ttyS0 is a 16550", followed by "ttyS1 is a 16550". I associate the number
16550 with a UART, which has something to do with the modem. When I run
wvdial, it reports finding a modem at ttyS3. The system dials, sends UID
and password, starts ppp and then stalls.
What is going wrong? Does the system think there is more than one modem.
How do I persuade the system that there is only one modem (if that is what
it thinks) and that it is in only one place?
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From: Frank Geschner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: another kppp-problem
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 10:56:33 +0200
Hi,
i cant use the kppp program. The connection is up but i can't do
anything (not netscape or
telnet or ping ...). In the kppp-window i've set the DNS IP-adress but
it dosn't work. What can i do?
Maybe can anybody help me?
Bye Frank
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From: "Kai" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.misc,comp.os.linux.networking,uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Firewall for Linux
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 02:00:02 -0700
I just installed pmfirewall from www.pmfirewall.com . The install script
just askes you a few questions to set up the firewall. It took me several
tries to get it work. Make sure to read the README and other documentation
first. The mistake I made was not enabling port 6000( for X server) and
7101(for true type font server). That caused KDE not running. you may also
need to exclude some ports that are reqired some internet applications. For
example, if you use ICQ, you need to exclude port "4000".
Good luck
Kai
"Patrick Lambe" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:JXNo5.1790$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>
> "Jason Ng" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:8nvg72$oiu$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I would like to install a firewall on my Linux box. Does anyone have any
> > suggestions?
> > I am a newbie for this and I want to know which one is good...
>
> You might want to check out the book building linux and openBSD firewalls,
> probably tells you more than you want to know right now, but it will make
> you think about what you want out of your firewall, which as others have
> said is probably the most difficult part of building any firewall.
>
> P. (Considering how frequently I recommend this book, I ought to be on
> commission ;o)
>
>
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From: Vinayak S Prabhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: FE575C-3COM Card
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 02:30:21 -0700
Hi,
I have laptop with a 3com card ref. : FE575C (10/100 Lan Card Bus
Fast Ethernet) ; the card is not in the list of defined cards in the
Mandrake 7.1 distribution.
Does anybody know how to make it work?
Thanks
Vinayak
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Help Installing Redhat 6.2 via Hard Disk
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:40:41 +0100
I am trying to install Redhat 6.2 via the hard disk method as I can
not get CDROM recognised. The install gets as far as identifying the
disk where rpms and base are located, the next screen takes me into
loading ramdisk and just hangs up. I am try to work out why this is
and what is ramdisk?
Thanks for any help given.
Bill
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Help for newbie stuck with linux boot floppy
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 19:12:03 +0800
Well, thanx but it didn't work. When i check the lilo version it was version
22. Currently, it's still stop at "LI..."
I am using 3 harddisks. 2 x IBM ATA66 2M @ 13.6G and 1 x Matrox ATA66 2M @
15G. The worst part is that my DOS partition (at drive C:, mine's dual
bootable) always get corrupted after i run /sbin/lilo and i have to fdisk
delete the partition and reformat it.
Could it be a case of BIOS? And my Linux distro is no difference to RH6.2.
Thank you again.
Regards
Damon
TongEng Chiah wrote:
> i think ur hardisk is bigger than 8.4Mb, and linux may have problem
> accessing beyond 1024 cylinders.
>
> to solve the problem, boot up using ur floppy
> edit the file /etc/lilo.conf
>
> there should be a option linear in the file, change it to lba32
> if not, just added lba32 in
> after that, do a
> /sbin/lilo
>
> reboot after that.
>
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > Hi, any help appreciated.......
> >
> > I'm currently using Gentus Linux GPL v3.0 with a dual Celeron ABIT BP-6
> > motherboard. I am using a boot floppy to boot into the system. My
> > regular LILO gets stuck at LI....and died. I'm using ATA66 harddisks
> > (and they are detected properly once we pass the initial boot sequence),
> > and i believe the kernel is already specially compiled in the CD to run
> > with ATA66.
> >
> > Am I missing something? There is also a problem when i use upgrade
> > option in the Gentus CD to upgrade to a higher version Linux(such as
> > from Gentus v1.0 to Gentus v3.0). It always get stuck, i suspect the
> > installer was unable to properly read the harddisk geometry.....and i
> > have to install as fresh. :-(
> >
> > Thank you for any help.
> >
> > Regards
> > Damon
> >
> > P.S. - Gentus distro is very similar to RedHat distro(actually i
> > believe it's exactly alike except with kernel compiled to handle UDMA
> > and some other special drivers).
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From: "Rafael Zabar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Latest Linux
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 17:50:02 +0700
I have problems installing my Linux OS. What I wish is to buy a CDROM of
the latest Linux OS with hardware support for my desktop system with an i810
chipset. I understand that this is available for laptops. Will this work
for desktop systems?
Any suggestions, please?
Thanks and regards.
Lemuel
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From: Mark Messiha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: DUAL BOOT
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 11:29:14 GMT
I have recently insalled Linux RedHat 6.2 GNOME on a partition on my
harddrive.
I now wish to have a Dual Boot process to allow me to select which O?S I
wish to load.
I know Linux has aDual Boot Manager in it but I do not know where it is.
I downloaded BootIT &when I tried to boot up Linux with it, it told me
that the Partition I have installed LInux on is not Bootable.
I use a boot disk to boot up Linux for now.
Please tel me where the Dual Boot Manager is is in Linux & how to fix this
problem of making my Linux Partition Bootable.
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Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 07:33:08 +0000
From: Oscar Rau <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Members of root group
I am planning to add some normal users to root group, so they can
analyze the root logs and later on be able to start some programs that
can be started only by root. If I do so, will this user be the same as root?
Can he/she create and delete filesystems or devices?
Thanks for any input.
--
Oscar Rau
osca003 at attglobal.net
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From: "Noble Pepper" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: another kppp-problem
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 06:36:28 -0600
Can you ping?
Try:
this uses addresses for yahoo, you can use any valid server name and
address.
ping www.yahoo.com -c 3
you should get 3 lines with some transmission
data.
if this does not work the problem may be in your DNS setup.
Try:
ping 216.32.74.53 -c 3
if this works but the first did not you need to fix your DNS addresses
if the second does not work then your connection is not "up"
Frank Geschner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> i cant use the kppp program. The connection is up but i can't do
> anything (not netscape or telnet or ping ...). In the kppp-window i've
> set the DNS IP-adress but it dosn't work. What can i do? Maybe can
> anybody help me?
>
> Bye Frank
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From: "Dan Jacobson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: BIOS-->hdb-->LILO-->{linux(hdb);windows(hda)}
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:07:10 +0800
"Eric" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ????? news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Dan Jacobson wrote:
> >
> > OK, I now have BIOS set to boot from IDE Primary slave (hdb), where I
have
> > a Linux native disk drive with Linux MBR where I'm hoping to have it
ask
> > me the windows or Linux choice.
> Just add the following to /etc/lilo.conf:
>
> other=/dev/hda
> label=win98
>
> and don't forget to run lilo afterwards.
Doesn't work... must be something about me making the boot sequence in
BIOS now "D, A" [primary slave, floppy] causes windows98 to think it's not
on primary master IDE...
Anyway, it seems that indeed there is no other way than to tamper with MBR
of hda, is that true?
here's my lilo.conf
boot=/dev/hdb
map=/boot/map
install=/boot/boot.b
default=linux
keytable=/boot/us.klt
disk=/dev/hdb bios=0x80 <--is this a clue that it's a special case?
prompt
timeout=130 <--one or the other .. havent studyed up yet, never mind
delay=150
message=/boot/message
other=/dev/fd0
label=floppy
unsafe
#other=/dev/hda none of these worked anyway... at most just hangs...
other=/dev/hda1
label=win
table=/dev/hda use this or not still no go
# unsafe
image=/boot/vmlinuz
label=linux
root=/dev/hdb5
append="hdc=ide-scsi"
read-only
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Tel:+886-4-5854780; starting in year 2001: +886-4-25854780
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From: "Benno" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Help Installing Redhat 6.2 via Hard Disk
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 20:22:30 +0800
Still kinda new to Linux myself after a long absence from the System V of
old.
Not too sure why you are having problems with the install frmo hard drive
(still to try it) but I can explain what a ramdrive is in simple terms.
It is a virtual drive created in the computer's RAM or memory.l (Hence the
name RAMDRIVE!).
The plus is that they are super-quick (access times of 60 to 70 nanoseconds
compared to 100's of milliseconds for hard drives due to mechanical parts.)
and are temporary drives.
The downside is that they chew up some of your RAM (The size of the ramdrive
and a little overhead for the drivers).
At a guess you may be having problems because you may be running out of
memory due to the use of a RAMdrive (telling us how much RAM you have on
your PC may help some of the smarter cookies out there).
If this is the case, you have two ways to go..
1. Get a cheap industry standard CDROM (IDE of course) and do the
installation from the CDROM
or
2. Splash out on some more RAM and persist with the hard drive installation.
Anyway best of luck. I have only just got a decent box together to tinker
with that provides net access and then will manage my faxes in and out some
time down the track.
Happy hacking...
Ben.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message ...
>I am trying to install Redhat 6.2 via the hard disk method as I can
>not get CDROM recognised. The install gets as far as identifying the
>disk where rpms and base are located, the next screen takes me into
>loading ramdisk and just hangs up. I am try to work out why this is
>and what is ramdisk?
>
>Thanks for any help given.
>
>Bill
>
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From: Mart Rootamm <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Please Help !!
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 14:26:24 +0200
> We might need some more info here. The fact that you're at least getting
> that error means Apache is properly installed and working properly. Two
> things to try:
I've noticed these things too: If you can't list the files in a directory
(the file list contents of whitch are forbidden or otherwise protected),
then you get this 403 message. But even in this case it is possible to
create an index.html file (with some simple content) and I am sure the
browser will read it.
I know this from my Internet surfing experiences, when I accessed a certain
file in a long address and then wanted to move up a level or two in that
same address or accesss either the index file or get the file listing. The
result was either the index file of that directory or the default message
that the directory listing was forbidden (in reality stating a missing
index.html file).
-Mart.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Delay when connecting via telnet/ftp to linux
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 12:31:04 GMT
I have installed RedHat 6.1 on my AMD 450 (256MB/10GB with 10/100
ethernet) and it runs great; excellent performance of GNOME and all
server based tasks.
However, when I contact the server from my Windows boxes (either NT,
2000, or 98) I have to wait about 2-3 minutes before I get a login
prompt. This occurs for telnet, ftp, and SWAT.
The really wierd thing is that when I telnet from my NeXT box (old
black slab running NeXTSTEP 3.3) connections are instantaneous. When I
connect to this box from the wintel boxen, I get an immediate
connection, so I know it has to be something in Linux.
I've read all the man pages on telnetd, ftpd, and inetd and can't
figure out what is going on. I'm pretty sure that Microsoft is doing
something funky that inetd doesn't understand, but beyond that, I'm
confused.
Can anyone help?
Thanks!
Matt
Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.
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From: Peter Petersen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: Bug in dynamic linker
Date: 27 Aug 2000 14:42:54 +0200
Charles Ju <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Kevin Henry wrote
>
> > I have a similar situation problem, with RH 6.2 on a Sun Ultra 5. What's
> > your platform?
>
> I'm using Dell Inspiron 5000, RedHat 6.2.
> I found some references of the mentioned error in internet search, but no
> solution yet.
Hello!
This "bug in dynamic linker" problem seems to occur when you have
executables compiled with libraries which are (or part of them) no
longer there, which means that you have upgraded them (or part of them).
I once had the same problem with a self-compiled quakeforge (glquake)
executable, and I got aware that I had upgraded the libraries!
So I threw away the quakeforge executable and compiled it again with the
new libraries present.
Worked for me
Good luck
Peter Petersen
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From: Jerome Mrozak <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: [Q] How to compile kernel in Debian / Storm
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 07:47:29 -0500
I'd like to try using Storm Linux on my laptop, a Debian-derived
distro. One problem I'm having is that apmd isn't supported in the
"potato" kernel. I'm having trouble finding the packages to compile it.
For example, the Debian recommened packages for compiling is the combo
of "make-kpkg" and "kernel-package". I can't seem to find them on my
Stormix hail ISO, and wasn't able to coerce the SPS system to find them
on my Debian potato ISO. (I simply mounted the potato disk and told SPS
to Find "kernel". It appeared to use a pre-loaded list of packages,
rather than investigate my newly-loaded CD.)
I also tried to find the files for "make menuconfig", "make xconfig" and
"make config", but with no success (most advice said to look in
/usr/src/linux, which didn't exist in my Stormix "install everything"
installation).
So how can I add apmd support?
TIA,
Jerome.
--
Jerome Mrozak "Never buy a dog and bark for yourself"
[EMAIL PROTECTED] --"Slippery" Jim DiGriz
(the Stainless Steel Rat)
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From: "Stephen Banner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Partition question
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 12:58:48 GMT
Hello
I want to be able to add a 15mb partition to windows for the /boot so lilo
can be inserted into there on the Mandrake 7.0 installation for boot-up.
Is there a partition programme that can do this that will put the partition
at the beginning of the drive, as errors occur if it is not. I have
partition magic4 from mandrake cd's but this will do a 600mb as min
partition and doesn't seem to be at the front of the drive....any ideas?
Primary drive windows 20gb
Secondary drive ..where Mandrake is to be installed 4.3gb
Cheers all.
Stephen Banner
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From: brian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: install a mng plug in netscape?
Date: Sun, 27 Aug 2000 08:04:43 -0500
When did comp.os.linux.setup become a Caldera NG? I must have missed that
along with others who use other distributions and continue to use this site.
Brian
"
L. Friedman" wrote:
> Well, your largest problem at the moment is that you're posting to a
> Caldera NG while using RH. Perhaps you need to figure out which distro
> you want to use, and then ask for assistance in the appropriate forum.
> This isn't it for RedHat.
>
> iks wrote:
> >
> > The instructions everyone seems to be giving to me is not working,
> > because I do not have the menu option in preferences.
> >
> > for instance...
> >
> > Edit->Preferences->Navigator->Applications->
> >
> > I do not have Applications-> in the navigator menu, using 4.73. That
> > menu just sets up a home page. Same thing on my other redhat box.
> >
> > Pardon me for being stupid, but I must be missing something simple here.
> > I installed the file in
> > /opt/netscape/plugins and in ~/.netscape/plugins, but I can't figure out
> > how to see it in help->about plugins.
> >
> > if anyone is interested in mng, chech out
> >
> > http://trolls.troll.no/warwick/mng/
>
> --
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> L. Friedman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
> The alt.os.linux.caldera FAQ:
> http://netllama.ipfox.com/COL_FAQ.html
> Step-by-step help for COL problems:
> http://netllama.ipfox.com/stepbystep.htm
>
> 11:55pm up 14 min, 1 user, load average: 0.12, 0.15, 0.14
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