Linux-Setup Digest #617, Volume #20 Mon, 12 Feb 01 17:13:07 EST
Contents:
Re: amavis-0.2.1 not work (Somsak Limavongphanee)
Mail & News Clients (Keith O'Connell)
Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone? (Zsolt Zsoldos)
Re: httpd fails on startup (Jim Thomas)
Re: httpd fails on startup ("Rick")
Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone? (Zsolt Zsoldos)
Re: Mail & News Clients (Aaron, just Aaron)
DIALD timeout setting? (Jerry McBride)
Re: Multiboot Win2k and linux ("Stephen M. Williams")
Re: Alsa Driver Question (Gregory Davis)
Re: Linksys PCI (tulip) network card... (Gregory Davis)
Re: linux on a micron transport zx laptop (David Cecere)
Re: DIALD timeout setting? (Craig Wilkie)
Re: Multiboot Win2k and linux (Frederik Himpe)
Re: A7V onboard ata100 install (Frederik Himpe)
Re: Easy Firewall Questions (John Beardmore)
Re: Multiboot Win2k and linux ("david_b")
Re: LILO doesn't boot (Linux1277)
authentication problems... (Keith Rhodes)
Re: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error. ("Ian")
Re: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error. ("Ian")
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From: Somsak Limavongphanee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: amavis-0.2.1 not work
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:14:24 +0700
Rainer Link <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
Hi Link,
: Hum, can you please tell me, why you're asking amavis-related questions
: in comp.os.linux.setup and not in our amavis-user or amavis-bugs mailing
: list?!?
Sorry, if I misunderstood about this news group name. I think it is
about system administration issues. Aiso, cleaning Virus for users is
one of admin work.
I am very careful about subscribe to a mailing list because sometimes I
found a hundred of email in my mail box.
: Well, seems the check of the return values fails here, in most case this
: happens because the binary file "test" (man 1 test) is not installed on
: the system (but in this case ./configure should have stopped with an
: error) or is not the right one (i.e. a simply test script which does
: something completly differant than comparing values). What does "whereis
: test" say?
# whereis test
test: /usr/bin/test /usr/local/bin/test
You are absolutely right. I found 0 byte of /usr/local/bin/test.
Then, I removed /usr/local/bin/test and changed
"test=/usr/bin/test" in scanmails.
Everything seems work as I expect. I will test it more
later.
Thank you very much,
Somsak
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SOMSAK LIMAVONGPHANEE Tel:66-2-4367332
Fuel Business Management and Financial Division
Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand Fax:66-2-4367338
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: Keith O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Mail & News Clients
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:13:00 GMT
Hi,
I am recently moved from Windows to Linux. As a result of this i am
finding my dependence on Newsgroups going way up. I am also finding the
the News/Mail clients under Gnome are not really working out for me.
I have taken to using Emacs as an editor and like it or hate it, people
will have to agree it is solid, full-featured and unlikly to flake on you.
In light of that, can I get some advice on what the "Emacs" of maile
clients and newsreaders is. I am seeing pine, elm, tin, rn and a host of
others, but what is generally held to be the market leader in these
fields. I am looking for stable cli programs that can be happy in an X
window, and will let me define my editor of choice
What do the panel think?
Keith
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[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Keith O'Connell)
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From: Zsolt Zsoldos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:25:04 GMT
Richard Kimber wrote:
>
> >
> > Is this a new trend or I just picked the wrong distribution ?
>
> No, you just installed it wrongly. I've recently installed 7.2 and have
> not had these problems. IMHO the best option is to choose the 'developer'
> installation and then choose exactly which packages you want installed. It
> takes a while to trawl through the list, but it's worth it. You could of
> course choose the 'expert' installation option if you really know what
> you're doing. There is also a 'server' package. These categories are
> somewhat arbitrary - that's why I select individual packages.
>
> - Richard.
> --
> Richard Kimber
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> http://www.psr.keele.ac.uk
>From your reply (and Vahe Sarkissian's) I realized, that the reason for
all my problems was that I bought the Macmillan 'official' box. Previously,
I've seen those options you mention in 7.1 and I liked them (used the 'expert'
option), but in this distribution (Macmillan Mandrake Linux 7.2 complete)
there IS NO such option! That whole menu does not exist, and the package
selection menu does not let you go into individual selections only offers a
few main categories in 'custom' mode. So appearantly, the 'vanilla' version
still has the proper install system... I should've sticked with the $3.99
cheapbytes CDs. Well, that's a lesson I learned now.
Thanks for your reply!
--
Zsolt Zsoldos
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From: Jim Thomas <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: httpd fails on startup
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:25:33 -0500
Rick wrote:
>
> I have a new istallation of RH7.
> httpd says it failed during boot.
> Looking at my error messages, I get "httpd: cannot determine local host
> name. Use ServerName directive to set it manually".
> I am using a Linksys router as DHCP server.
> Everything else seems to be working.
>
> What can I put in (and where) so that httpd can find a local host name to
> make it happy?
>
> Thanks.
>
> Rick
Search for ServerName in your httpd.conf file (look in
/etc/httpd/conf). Edit the file,filling in this field.
--
Jim Thomas E-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Senior Applications Engineer Web: http://www.bittware.com
Bittware, Inc Tel: (703) 779-7770
Reality continues to ruin my life. - Calvin
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From: "Rick" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: httpd fails on startup
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:29:17 GMT
That did it. Many thanks.
A new kid on the block doesn't stand a chance.
In httpd.conf is a place to eliminate the comment # of the line that says
ServerName localhost
"aflinsch" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Rick wrote:
> >
> > I have a new istallation of RH7.
> > httpd says it failed during boot.
> > Looking at my error messages, I get "httpd: cannot determine local host
> > name. Use ServerName directive to set it manually".
> > I am using a Linksys router as DHCP server.
> > Everything else seems to be working.
> >
> > What can I put in (and where) so that httpd can find a local host name
to
> > make it happy?
> >
>
> Sounds like httpd is starting before you get a new address from dhcpd.
>
> Try changing httpd to start after you get a new address or
> add a ServerName entry in httpd.conf (instructions are in the file)
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From: Zsolt Zsoldos <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Downgrading to Mandrake 7.2 - did Linux become a windoze clone?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:32:39 GMT
Vahe Sarkissian wrote:
>
> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, zsolt-
> [EMAIL PROTECTED] says...
> <SNIP>
>
> Heh. When you're installing, select the "expert" option -- you sound
> like an expert -- and answer "yes" when it asks if you know what you're
> doing. Then select a "developer" installation and you'll get everything.
As I explained above in reply to Chris Coyle, the box I bought (Macmillan
package of Mandrake 7.2 complete) has a stripped-down version of the installer,
it does not offer expert option and does not offer server/developer
choices either. What you describe I've seen and used in 7.1, and I was
surprised why did they get rid of it in 7.2.
> automatically detect my ATA-66 controllers. So far I'm happy with it.
> By the way, you don't have to buy the MacMillan boxes. $3.99 at any
> online Linux store (cheapbytes, linux central) will get you the install
> CD-ROMs, which are all you really need.
>
You are right. In fact I would be better off not buying the box...
I tought I would contribute a bit for the development/packaging in this
form but I was wrong. Next time, I'll be mean and get the cheapest option.
--
Zsolt Zsoldos
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Aaron, just Aaron)
Subject: Re: Mail & News Clients
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:34:37 GMT
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:13:00 GMT, Keith O'Connell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have taken to using Emacs as an editor and like it or hate it, people
>will have to agree it is solid, full-featured and unlikly to flake on you.
>
>In light of that, can I get some advice on what the "Emacs" of maile
>clients and newsreaders is.
Emacs is the Emacs of mail clients and newsreaders.
>I am seeing pine, elm, tin, rn and a host of
>others, but what is generally held to be the market leader in these
>fields. I am looking for stable cli programs that can be happy in an X
>window, and will let me define my editor of choice
I think mutt is the most popular mail client on *nix these days. I _think_
it's available for *doze too.
I use pine for email, like it a lot, it lets me use my editor of choice, and
it's available on *doze too (a required feature for me). I used to use elm,
liked that better but it's not available on *doze.
I don't know what the most popular newsreader is. I like trn, but it's not
available on *doze, so I use slrn (available everywhere).
--
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
"An urban legend in his own mind."
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Subject: DIALD timeout setting?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:35:00 GMT
I'm currently using diald and pppd to call into my isp. It works well, no
complaints or problems...
But I have one configuration question to ask...
Currently, after finishing my net-surfing... diald will hold the modem
connected for about 10 minutes before it actually hangs up the phone connection.
I would like to alter this to something more useful to me, like 5 minutes...
Does anyone, know, which switch or switches have to be twiddled to make this
happen? I've tried a hundred permutations, learning a great deal about pppd and
diald in the process too, but to no avail.
If I can't find the correct switch ... I'm ready to hack the source code. Some
where, there's a setting to shorten up the timeout period... and I'll be damned
if I know where. :')
Thank you, in advance.
--
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* Registered Linux User Number 185956 *
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From: "Stephen M. Williams" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiboot Win2k and linux
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 19:43:14 GMT
Try editing the boot.ini file.
Steve
In article <969c2d$3125$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Costas Gavardinas"
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I have Linux installed in the secondary partition of my first hard disk. I
> also have installed Windows 2000 pro and win98. I am using the Win2k boot
> selector for windows and I boot linux from a boot disk. Is there perhaps a
> way to integrate a "Linux" option to the win2k boot menu, so that I don't
> have to use a boot disk. Thank you for your help!
>
>
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Alsa Driver Question
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:09:47 -0500
Gary Daniels wrote:
> While installing alsa-driver using configure I get the error:
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> [root@localhost alsa-driver-0.4.1e]# ./configure
> loading cache ./config.cache
> cheching for gcc... gcc
> checking whether the C compiler (gcc ) works... no
> configure: error: installation or configuration problem: C compiler
> cannot create executables.
>
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------
>
> I using Mandrake 7.0 an did a recommend install.
> Was C compiler (gcc ) not installed?
> How can I check to see if it was?
> Or is my troubles somewhere else?
type gcc at the prompt. if you don't get a "file or command not found"
error, type gcc -V or gcc --version to get the version. I think the latest
and most recognized is 2.95.2. if you don't have gcc, get it at
ftp.gnu.org.
Greg
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From: Gregory Davis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linksys PCI (tulip) network card...
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 15:12:42 -0500
Dominic Vernius wrote:
> Has anyone had success getting one of these
> buggers working?
>
> The card worked fine in Win98 (when this box
> was once a dual-boot).
>
> I need to install an ISA SB AWE32 card.
> Only one ISA slot in this PackardHell box.
>
> Thanx in advance.
There has been posts over the last year about this card in
comp.os.linux.networking. If you can't figure out things from looking
at previous posts, post another one there. Tip: find out you specific
revision of the card by visiting the linksys homepage. Different
revisions (using different chipsets) need different linux drivers.
Greg
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From: David Cecere <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux on a micron transport zx laptop
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:23:21 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I have 7.0 running on my TransPort TREK 2 and have full video support.
I also own a ZX with Win 98. I'll bet that the 6.1 distrib. doesn't
have the right drivers or the ATI Rage Pro LT card, or you're not
specifying that the card has 8MB RAM. You might do best to upgrade to
7.0 from the CDs.
On Fri, 19 Jan 2001 07:02:24 -0800, Elmer T. Noid <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
wrote:
>Anyone else here running linux on the transport zx laptop? It's
>working great (RH 6.1), but I still can't get 24 bit color - fiddled
>around quite a bit with the xf86config file, with no luck so far.
>I know it's possible 'cause I tested some commercial drivers.......
>Anyone have a working 24 bit config? Thanks....
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From: Craig Wilkie <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: DIALD timeout setting?
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:45:04 GMT
Jerry McBride wrote:
>
> I'm currently using diald and pppd to call into my isp. It works well, no
> complaints or problems...
Cant help with diald I'm afraid, other than to ask why you use it. I run
pppd 2.4, and it has dial-on-demand functionality. Just use the 'demand'
option. Use the 'idle x' option to control the timeout before the line
is dropped.
--
Craig Wilkie
No Microshaft software was allowed to crash in the production of this
message
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From: Frederik Himpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Multiboot Win2k and linux
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:50:32 GMT
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:02:26 +0200 Costas Gavardinas wrote:
> I have Linux installed in the secondary partition of my first hard disk. I
> also have installed Windows 2000 pro and win98. I am using the Win2k boot
> selector for windows and I boot linux from a boot disk. Is there perhaps a
> way to integrate a "Linux" option to the win2k boot menu, so that I don't
> have to use a boot disk. Thank you for your help!
Read the Linux + NT Loader mini-howto on www.linuxdoc.org
Greetings,
Frederik
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Frederik's Linux-Mandrake Experience Story
http://www.mandrakestory.cjb.net - http://how.to/mandrakestory
Latest article: Playing AVI movies in Mandrake
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From: Frederik Himpe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: A7V onboard ata100 install
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:54:02 GMT
On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 00:14:22 GMT Rogue2000 wrote:
> I had a link (disk drive died) that showed me how to install Redhat7 or
> mandrake7.2 with the hard drive connected to the onboard ata100
> controller. Could some one please post that link again or tell me how to
> do it. Thanks
http://www.mandrakeuser.org/hardware/hbits5.html
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Frederik's Linux-Mandrake Experience Story
http://www.mandrakestory.cjb.net - http://how.to/mandrakestory
Latest article: Playing AVI movies in Mandrake
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From: John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Easy Firewall Questions
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:12:55 +0000
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter T. Breuer
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter T. Breuer
>> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>>>John Beardmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>>>> In article <965mj7$1oo$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, The Spook <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
>>>>>Server and Workstation installs a number of potentially dangerous
>>>>>services/daemons (at least when you run a firewall).
>>>> Such as ? And can't packet filtering on the Internet interface keep you
>>>> safe ?
>>>That's a matter of opinion.
>> Why ? If all the risky packets are excluded, what can the risk be ?
>
>And which ARE the risky packets, in your opinion?
Those for any service you don't need to get through the firewall ?
I can accept that bugs in stacks and services might offer security loop
holes, but is the IP world so ill specified that people don't know what
they need to get through their fire wall ?
>> I was hoping to set up a single Linux machine as a NAT router and
>> firewall, but I was hoping to use the same machine as a mail gateway to
>
>If you are planning to do this, then fine. You'll have to get
>knowledgable, so you might as well start out on that route.
The sendmail documentation is starting to give me that impression.
>> I know many sites use a different security model based on an Internet
>> facing NAT router which talks to a semi-secure LAN which has another
>> packet filtering firewall / gateway into a secure LAN.
>
>> I don't know which way to jump. I have enough kit to implement the two
>> gateway scheme, but unless it's significantly more secure I'd rather not
>> because of the volume and power consumption of the extra kit.
>
>You'll be as safe as the proxies on the firewall are, if there are any.
I was just thinking of a pair of packet filtering firewalls.
>> In a single router / firewall system, how easy to reduce risks by
>> binding potentially risky services to the in house LAN only ?
>
>Well, most services listen on a port. They don't "bind" to anything.
>Whether you make that port accesible to outsiders is up to you in your
>firewalling rules. By default, don't.
OK.
>> I guess what I'm trying to say is that however insecure a service may
>> be, if it's not bound to the Internet interface, can it possibly
>> prevent a threat ?
>
>Well, it can be, indirectly.
If the rules don't block it ?
>> a) how easy is it know what services are running on a box
>
>Do you need to? Why? Just firewall off the whole thing and only let
>those services you want in. Anyone at all can start a service on any
>port above 1024.
OK.
>> b) how easy it to configure what interfaces a service binds to ?
>
>Why should one want to? The whole point of a firewall is that you
>decide which ports are available to whom.
OK.
>> Sorry - I'm not even sure what the localhost interface is really there
>> for ! ( Newbie ! )
>
>So you can talk to yourself.
:) Any why is it good to talk to yourself over the network ?
Is this so you can browse your own www sites etc ?
>>> Sure, you can configure each and
>>>every service every which way you like .. provided you know you have
>>>them, and provided you know what to do with them, and provided you
>>>know how to do it.
>
>> OK, so where can you find out ?
>
>Read their documetation.
OK.
Cheers, J/.
--
John Beardmore
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From: "david_b" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.suse,comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Multiboot Win2k and linux
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 14:23:04 -0700
Try using bootpart instead. It's what I use and it works great. Very
simple to set up, just make sure your read the directions / readme file.
http://www.winimage.com/bootpart.htm
If you need help, let me know.
"Costas Gavardinas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:969c2d$3125$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I have Linux installed in the secondary partition of my first hard disk. I
> also have installed Windows 2000 pro and win98. I am using the Win2k boot
> selector for windows and I boot linux from a boot disk. Is there perhaps a
> way to integrate a "Linux" option to the win2k boot menu, so that I don't
> have to use a boot disk. Thank you for your help!
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Linux1277)
Subject: Re: LILO doesn't boot
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:34:35 GMT
Well have you tried to edit the lilo.conf file to boot up linux ....
see if that works if not let me know .
switch
On Thu, 11 Jan 2001 13:01:38 GMT, "Meul" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>hello,
>I've installed win me on my system, and trying to install linux redhat 7.0
>on top of that. I tried everything but my pc keeps booting win me. I have
>already installed lilo 5 times on MBR and still there comes no lilo while
>booting. Any ideas to install lilo?
>thanks
>
>
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From: Keith Rhodes <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: authentication problems...
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 20:47:09 +0100
This problem has recently cropped up... maybe it's been there all the
time, but I only just noticed it.
I noticed it because I've unwittingly created some files with stupid
names...
Stupid errors like hitting the wrong keys, putting a space in the wrong
place... I've got files with names like --help that I can't delete! If I
try rm --help, of course I just get the usage for rm. But I can't find
the right quotes to protect it...
rm '--help'
rm "--help"
Nothing works! So I tried gmc, but I get:
# gmc
GnomeUI-WARNING **: While connecting to session manager:
Authentication Rejected, reason : None of the authentication protocols
specified are supported and host-based authentication failed.
I remember seeing authentication messages like this from CUPS, too...
Is this a PAM (pluggable authetication modules) problem?
# rpm -qa | grep pam
pam-devel-0.72-13.1mdk
pam-doc-0.72-13.1mdk
pam-0.72-13.1mdk
KR
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error.
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:42:37 GMT
Yes. Licq 0.85 is on the CD. but I want to update it to the newest version
"sandy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:fHJh6.11499$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> I thought LICQ was on the distro CD?
>
> "Mike Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 01:58:11 GMT, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > >
> > >I downloaded LICQ and attempt to install it on my Mandrake 7.2
> > >I tried both method of compiling from the scource code and the rpm
> package.
> > >Both does not work for me. They said they need "libmng.so.0" and
> > >"libstdc++-libc62-2.so.3".
> > >BUt i have downloaded those and installed.
> > >How come they said i don't have them installed?
> > >
> > >And also, do i have to search the net for hours for those dependency
> files
> > >everytime i want to install something? This is so annoying, i couldn't
> waste
> > >hours just to install a simple program.
> > >
> > >Thx for reading this
> > >
> > >
> > Did you install the tarball versions of the libraries? If you install a
> > tarball library and try to rpm a file in; sometimes, since that
particular
> > library is not contained in the rpm database, the rpm application
> dutifully
> > reports a missing dependency. Try locating where you installed these
> files
> > and when you do a tarball install of licq try telling it when running
> > "configure" where the libraries are. The "configure" script takes a
great
> > many switches. Run "configure --help |more" to see what it can do.
> >
> > Is the rpm file for licq based on another distribution? There are
slight
> > differences between the rpm-based distributions (still) and I have had
> > similar luck trying to do an install of a redhat rpm on a suse system.
> >
> > Best thing; try doing a tarball installation of the libraries, then
> marking
> > where they put things. Usually perhaps in /usr/local/lib. This may not
> be
> > in your /etc/ld.so.conf so the dynamic linker cannot find the libs. Try
> > doing this if that's the case as root:
> >
> > more /etc/ld.so.conf
> >
> > See if there is a /usr/local/lib entry. This is a flat text file. If
> not,
> > open it in an editor and add /usr/local/lib. Now before trying to
> > re-install the program, as root type "ldconfig". Now try again to
install
> > the program. If it still does not install, consult the mages :)
> >
> > On your last question, one could move to debian. That usually fixes the
> > hours spent searching problem :) Sometimes wasting hours is okay. I
> waste
> > hours sometimes dreaming of what I am gonna do next. Best advice;
relax,
> > enjoy the searching and the finding. With Linux, the searching and
> finding
> > is paramount to the learning part.
> >
> >
> > --
> > Michael Perry
> > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > ------------------
>
>
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From: "Ian" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: How to install LICQ? I got many dependency error.
Date: Mon, 12 Feb 2001 21:43:28 GMT
Ya. but i want to update the licq to the newest version..
"Yiu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
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> I got the LICQ come with the Mandrake 7.2.
> It already on the start menu right after install.
>
> sandy wrote:
>
> > I thought LICQ was on the distro CD?
> >
> > "Mike Perry" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
> > news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> > > On Mon, 12 Feb 2001 01:58:11 GMT, Ian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > > >
> > > >I downloaded LICQ and attempt to install it on my Mandrake 7.2
> > > >I tried both method of compiling from the scource code and the rpm
> > package.
> > > >Both does not work for me. They said they need "libmng.so.0" and
> > > >"libstdc++-libc62-2.so.3".
> > > >BUt i have downloaded those and installed.
> > > >How come they said i don't have them installed?
> > > >
> > > >And also, do i have to search the net for hours for those dependency
> > files
> > > >everytime i want to install something? This is so annoying, i
couldn't
> > waste
> > > >hours just to install a simple program.
> > > >
> > > >Thx for reading this
> > > >
> > > >
> > > Did you install the tarball versions of the libraries? If you install
a
> > > tarball library and try to rpm a file in; sometimes, since that
particular
> > > library is not contained in the rpm database, the rpm application
> > dutifully
> > > reports a missing dependency. Try locating where you installed these
> > files
> > > and when you do a tarball install of licq try telling it when running
> > > "configure" where the libraries are. The "configure" script takes a
great
> > > many switches. Run "configure --help |more" to see what it can do.
> > >
> > > Is the rpm file for licq based on another distribution? There are
slight
> > > differences between the rpm-based distributions (still) and I have had
> > > similar luck trying to do an install of a redhat rpm on a suse system.
> > >
> > > Best thing; try doing a tarball installation of the libraries, then
> > marking
> > > where they put things. Usually perhaps in /usr/local/lib. This may
not
> > be
> > > in your /etc/ld.so.conf so the dynamic linker cannot find the libs.
Try
> > > doing this if that's the case as root:
> > >
> > > more /etc/ld.so.conf
> > >
> > > See if there is a /usr/local/lib entry. This is a flat text file. If
> > not,
> > > open it in an editor and add /usr/local/lib. Now before trying to
> > > re-install the program, as root type "ldconfig". Now try again to
install
> > > the program. If it still does not install, consult the mages :)
> > >
> > > On your last question, one could move to debian. That usually fixes
the
> > > hours spent searching problem :) Sometimes wasting hours is okay. I
> > waste
> > > hours sometimes dreaming of what I am gonna do next. Best advice;
relax,
> > > enjoy the searching and the finding. With Linux, the searching and
> > finding
> > > is paramount to the learning part.
> > >
> > >
> > > --
> > > Michael Perry
> > > [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > ------------------
>
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