Linux-Setup Digest #831, Volume #20 Wed, 14 Mar 01 23:13:13 EST
Contents:
Re: vncserver prob (David Efflandt)
Re: Alcatel ADSL USB Speedtouch modem help (poiu@[127.6.6.5])
Re: Compiling GD on Linux failes test? ("Andrew Hamm")
Re: Is it really worth it ? No. ("Gene Heskett")
Re: OK- new question ("ColinR")
Re: RH 7.0 and Java JSDK1.2.2 ("Stig S�rensen")
serial mouse & 486 ("narmer")
Re: Why do we bother again?? (Steve Martin)
Re: compile error - gcc (Steve Martin)
nfs server problem (Brian Jessup)
Re: Sound Stopped Working! (Steve Martin)
Re: serial mouse & 486 ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
Re: Sound Stopped Working! (Victor S. Miller)
__strcpy_small (Victor S. Miller)
What is arkeia? (John Scudder)
Re: Need help with LILO, I think. ("[EMAIL PROTECTED]")
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (David Efflandt)
Subject: Re: vncserver prob
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 01:14:14 +0000 (UTC)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:28:58 GMT, MR_EPOD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>when i try to connect to my vncserver i just get a grey screen with a x
>on it. y wont it work???
>
>thanx
>MR_EPOD
>
>15/03/01 09:19:36 TridiaVNC release 1.4.0
>15/03/01 09:19:36 VNC protocol version 3.3
>15/03/01 09:19:36 Copyright (C) 2000 Tridia Corporation.
>15/03/01 09:19:36 All Rights Reserved.
>15/03/01 09:19:36 Copyright (C) 1999 AT&T Laboratories Cambridge.
>15/03/01 09:19:36 All Rights Reserved.
>15/03/01 09:19:36 See http://www.TridiaVNC.com/ for information on TridiaVNC
>15/03/01 09:19:36 Desktop name 'X' (mandrake.linux.net.au:2)
>15/03/01 09:19:36 Protocol version supported 3.3
>15/03/01 09:19:36 Listening for VNC connections on TCP port 5902
>
>15/03/01 09:19:45 Got connection from client 127.0.0.1
>15/03/01 09:19:45 Protocol version 3.3
>xrdb: Connection refused
>xrdb: Can't open display 'mandrake.linux.net.au:2'
There is a linux.net.au, (apparently part of powerup.com.au), but the name
mandrake.linux.net.au does not resolve, so you apparently have some sort
of DNS problem (see below).
>15/03/01 09:19:48 Pixel format for client 127.0.0.1:
>15/03/01 09:19:48 32 bpp, depth 24, little endian
>15/03/01 09:19:48 true colour: max r 255 g 255 b 255, shift r 16 g 8 b 0
>15/03/01 09:19:48 Using raw encoding for client 127.0.0.1
>xsetroot: unable to open display 'mandrake.linux.net.au:2'
>15/03/01 09:19:52 Client 127.0.0.1 gone
>15/03/01 09:19:52 Statistics:
>15/03/01 09:19:52 key events received 0, pointer events 273
>15/03/01 09:19:52 framebuffer updates 261, rectangles 698, bytes 3614420
>15/03/01 09:19:52 raw rectangles 698, bytes 3614420
>15/03/01 09:19:52 raw user time 0, sys time 0
>15/03/01 09:19:52 raw bytes equivalent 3614420, compression ratio 1.000000
>xterm Xt error: Can't open display: mandrake.linux.net.au:2
See if 'nslookup' can find mandrake.linux.net.au, then try the following
Perl script to see what gethostbyname and gethostbyaddr find:
#!/usr/bin/perl -w
my $host = "mandrake.linux.net.au";
use Socket;
my $ip = join(".",unpack("C4",scalar gethostbyname($host)));
print "IP for $host is $ip\n";
my $rhost = gethostbyaddr(inet_aton($ip), AF_INET);
print "Name for $ip is $rhost\n";
--
David Efflandt [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.de-srv.com/
http://www.autox.chicago.il.us/ http://www.berniesfloral.net/
http://cgi-help.virtualave.net/ http://hammer.prohosting.com/~cgi-wiz/
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From: poiu@[127.6.6.5]
Crossposted-To: btopenworld.broadband.technical.chat
Subject: Re: Alcatel ADSL USB Speedtouch modem help
Date: 15 Mar 2001 01:11:14 +0000
"Chris" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> 1. Has anyone managed to configure this modem with Redhat ?
The best way to configure it is with a 2 by 4.
> 2. The PC i am running linux on does not have a USB port. If I buy a
> standard PCI-USB card, will Redhat linux support the USB ports ? Could
> someone with same configuration let me know...
It will support the USB port, it won't support the modem, until/if the
drivers arrive. When they do, configure the USB modem as in point 1, then
run, don't walk, to somewhere like ebay and buy an ethernet speed touch
home modem. Having drivers for something that is crap, doesn't make it
not crap any more.
Paul
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From: "Andrew Hamm" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.lang.perl.modules
Subject: Re: Compiling GD on Linux failes test?
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 12:29:27 +1100
Ken Williams wrote in message ...
>libgd 1.8.4 compiles and install fine. I tried to match up the LIBS= in
>the makefile's but it constantly fails. ANyone actually get this to
compile?
>I've tried everything...
>
>
I've just installed perl GD 1.32 module with no problems.
I also installed and compiled (non-perl modules, the products themselves)
zlib 1.1.3, jpeg-6b, libpng-1.0.9 and gd-1.8.4
I didn't install the FreeType fonts because I couldn't get it to download
from either site suggested.
RedHat is 7.0, Perl is 5.6
I answered all configure prompts in a no-brainer way, except for adding Xpm
support into the library by editing the Makefile as suggested in the build
of gd.
CFLAGS=-O -DHAVE_LIBXPM -DHAVE_LIBPNG -DHAVE_LIBJPEG
LIBS=-lgd -lpng -lz -ljpeg -lm
After this, perl::GD compiled and tested without event - except it said that
libgd wasn't built with Xpm support during the test, which seems strange.
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Date: 14 Mar 2001 20:17:6 -0500
From: "Gene Heskett" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Is it really worth it ? No.
Gene Heskett sends Greetings to Eric ;
>> Because the fscking installer script on the cd is useless with a
>> non-corel box stock release of linux. Specificly, it checks the
>> kernel version, gets the wrong response from uname, and then goes
>> nuts making empty directories in '/' but failing to put anything in
>> them because the
> in / ?
> What are they doing there?
DamnifIknow...
>> kernel version isn't to their liking.
> Is that all?
> then fake it.
> make a small private uname script that gets executed instead, and
> let it return what the installer expects. It may be dangerous
> though, if you must run this installation as root, I wouldn't try
> this.
Humm, I hadn't thought of that! Next time I get some awake time, I will
give that angle a try, thanks. This week so far has been much too
'real' for my taste.
> I just downloaded WP8 a long time ago and installed it on my RH6
> system No problems found, but that was a while ago, CorelLinux
> didn't exist yet then IIRC I never really used it though.
> Eric
Cheers Eric, Gene
--
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email gene underscore heskett at iolinc dot net
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This messages reply content, but not any previously quoted material,
is � 2001 by Gene Heskett, all rights reserved.
--
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Reply-To: "ColinR" <colinr@DON'TSPAMMEntlworld.com>
From: "ColinR" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: OK- new question
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 01:45:59 -0000
"CD & WL" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:1UTr6.74$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello again.
<snip>
> My question is this- if I cannot logout ,as is my current
> case,is there a way to force logout other than hitting reset?
During my issues of the last couple of days you could try pressing
<Ctrl>+<Alt>+<F1> then type "shutdown now" into the command prompt. But
your problem may run deeper than that.
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From: "Stig S�rensen" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH 7.0 and Java JSDK1.2.2
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 02:59:34 +0100
Try at the IBM linux webpage.
/Stig
"jaak" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:byUr6.6762$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hi Everyone!
>
> The problem:
> I do download from java.sun the jdk-1_2_2_007-linux-i386.tar.gz. Unpack
> the software and don't run never .
> Setting PATH environment without resut.
>
> Now see in the web site of java and found a new version which is
compatible
> with RH 7.0 but is imposible download the file.
>
> Question:
> Where I do find a version of java 100% compatible with RH 7.0
>
> Atte
>
> JAAK
>
>
>
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From: "narmer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: serial mouse & 486
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:17:33 GMT
I just recently did a full install of "Linux Slackware 3.5" on my 486
computer. I tried to configure my system using the gpm and XFree86, but
the mouse don't work.
My system is:
-486DX4 100MHz;
-Linux kernel 2.0.34 on Slackware 3.5;
-3-buttons MouseSystems Serial mouse on ttyS0.
Moreover:
-with gpm in use with the "MouseSystems" protocol, mouse don't work;
-XFree86 don't work with "Mouse device" on /dev/ttyS0 in XF86Config,
even if gpm is killed;
-XFree86 crashes if selected mouse protocol 'Auto' in XF86Config;
-gpm and XFree86 don't works with the "Microsoft" and others protocols;
-Serial ports are know at boot system:
ttyS0 at 0x03f8, irq=4, UART 16550A
ttyS1 at 0x02f8, irq=3, UART 16550A;
-There isn't any modem installed on system;
-There isn't any /dev/modem or others linked to /dev/ttyS0;
-Mouse don't work even with Slackware 7.0 installed;
-In file /proc/interrupts appear IRQ 4 serial if gpm is in use and don't
have irq conflicts;
-In file /proc/ioports don't have conflicts;
-Same software configuration on Pentium 150 and Slackware 3.5 or 7.0 and
with same mouse don't have any problem, because mouse work fine;
-On Pentium 150 same mouse work with gpm and Xfree with "MouseSystems"
protocol;
-I have already consult man pages and howto's docs for gpm, XFree86,
serial ports, 3-buttons mouses, ..., without obtain solutions to my
problem.
Does anyone know how I can get Slackware to recognize that a mouse
is on my system?
Thanks, Narmer
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Why do we bother again??
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:27:48 -0500
Richard Steiner wrote:
> >I am a newbie to the worlds most awe inspiring O/S
>
> That would be OS/2...? :-)
He said "awe-inspiring", not "aaawwwwww-inspiring". ;-)
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.misc
Subject: Re: compile error - gcc
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:46:59 -0500
Nick Traxler wrote:
>
> I am trying to replace the compiler packaged with redhat
> 7 (gcc 2.96) with the current stable release, 2.95.2.
> But, the compile dies with what appears to be incorrect
> code.
Don't know if this is a factor (I'm just guessing here),
but you might try using the "other" compiler shipped
with RH7, i.e. "kgcc". Go ahead and do the "configure"
step, then edit the generated top-level Makefile and replace
the line
CC = gcc
with
CC = kgcc
This should tell the Makefile to use the 2.91.66 compiler
that Red Hat put in the distro for kernel compilations.
(The only good thing I've ever heard about 2.96 was from
Red Hat's propaganda; the FSF says this version should
not be used for production code and that it shouldn't have
been included in any distros, as it is purely an internally-
used development branch of GCC.)
Hope this helps.
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From: Brian Jessup <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: nfs server problem
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 02:32:57 GMT
I am having a NFS server problem that I hope someone has seen before.
I spent some time looking at all the linux newsgroups and haven't seen
my problem.
The setup:
Redhat 6.2
host 192.168.0.1
client 192.168.0.2
subnet 255.255.255.0
no gateway
no dns
both have a host file as above.
problem:
I can mount the directory I have exported from the host no problem.
I can cat a file with no problem.
I can vi a file but I CAN'T save it.
It seems I can't write at all. The client just hang on the write. The
strange thing is when I "touch" a file it gets created on the host
but the touch command never comes back like the return path
back to the client is not known.
Anyone ever see this.
Brian
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From: Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Sound Stopped Working!
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 21:53:33 -0500
"Victor S. Miller" wrote:
>
> I'm running RH 7.0 on a Pentium MMX 166Mhz. I have a soundblaster 16.
> Up until a few days ago, sound was working fine. Suddenly I can't get
> any sound output in Linux, though when I boot the computer to use
> Windows '98, sounds works just fine.
> PS. I did check with the sound controller (the little speaker icond
> on the taskbar in Gnome) and mute is NOT on.
Okay, pardon the stupid question, but... did you run gmix (or kmix)
and visually verify the level settings? Your sound source isn't
just mixed all the way down, is it? I think settings get saved
between boots, so perhaps something's turned down. (If this isn't
it, forgive me, but I've found sometimes it's best to dispose
of silly-simple questions up front.)
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: serial mouse & 486
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 03:01:16 GMT
narmer wrote:
> I just recently did a full install of "Linux Slackware 3.5" on my 486
> computer. I tried to configure my system using the gpm and XFree86, but
> the mouse don't work.
>
> My system is:
> -486DX4 100MHz;
> -Linux kernel 2.0.34 on Slackware 3.5;
> -3-buttons MouseSystems Serial mouse on ttyS0.
>
> Moreover:
> -with gpm in use with the "MouseSystems" protocol, mouse don't work;
> -XFree86 don't work with "Mouse device" on /dev/ttyS0 in XF86Config,
> even if gpm is killed;
> -XFree86 crashes if selected mouse protocol 'Auto' in XF86Config;
> -gpm and XFree86 don't works with the "Microsoft" and others protocols;
> -Serial ports are know at boot system:
> ttyS0 at 0x03f8, irq=4, UART 16550A
> ttyS1 at 0x02f8, irq=3, UART 16550A;
> -There isn't any modem installed on system;
> -There isn't any /dev/modem or others linked to /dev/ttyS0;
> -Mouse don't work even with Slackware 7.0 installed;
> -In file /proc/interrupts appear IRQ 4 serial if gpm is in use and don't
> have irq conflicts;
> -In file /proc/ioports don't have conflicts;
> -Same software configuration on Pentium 150 and Slackware 3.5 or 7.0 and
> with same mouse don't have any problem, because mouse work fine;
> -On Pentium 150 same mouse work with gpm and Xfree with "MouseSystems"
> protocol;
> -I have already consult man pages and howto's docs for gpm, XFree86,
> serial ports, 3-buttons mouses, ..., without obtain solutions to my
> problem.
>
> Does anyone know how I can get Slackware to recognize that a mouse
> is on my system?
> Thanks, Narmer
I have had similar problems in the past with 3-button mice.
The only solution has been to install it as a TWO button mouse and emulate
3 buttons (don't use 'chord middle').
Have you installed the mouse in setup ( On my 486dx-120 I use SuSE 5.2se so
I'm guessing at the equivalent commands from older slakware versions ).
Sometimes there seems to be a conflict due to using the wrong protocol when
setting up Xfree86 using XF86Setup rather than the older console based
xf86config. Try using the Microsoft 2 button serial mouse option, the mouse
device should be /dev/mouse.
Steve Taylor
aka '[EMAIL PROTECTED]'
Linux user # 208472 http://counter.li.org
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Subject: Re: Sound Stopped Working!
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor S. Miller)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 03:30:06 GMT
>>>>> "Steve" == Steve Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
Steve> "Victor S. Miller" wrote:
>> I'm running RH 7.0 on a Pentium MMX 166Mhz. I have a
>> soundblaster 16. Up until a few days ago, sound was working
>> fine. Suddenly I can't get any sound output in Linux, though
>> when I boot the computer to use Windows '98, sounds works just
>> fine.
>> PS. I did check with the sound controller (the little speaker
>> icond on the taskbar in Gnome) and mute is NOT on.
Steve> Okay, pardon the stupid question, but... did you run gmix
Steve> (or kmix) and visually verify the level settings? Your
Steve> sound source isn't just mixed all the way down, is it? I
Steve> think settings get saved between boots, so perhaps
Steve> something's turned down. (If this isn't it, forgive me, but
Steve> I've found sometimes it's best to dispose of silly-simple
Steve> questions up front.)
Ok, I feel a little embarassed, but a little mystified too. I ran
gmix, and the sound was up in a reasonable range. Running plaympeg
still gave no sound. When I ran xmms again (damn the skin that I was
using), I found that volume there was turned down. When I turned it
up, sound not only started working in xmms, but after I quit it it
worked in other applications as well. So why should the volume level
in xmms control everything else?
Victor
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Subject: __strcpy_small
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Victor S. Miller)
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 03:33:41 GMT
I was just trying to build the latest version of avifile using rpm -bb
on the gzipped tar file. It churned a long time doing what it was
supposed to be doing, and it quit with:
/bin/sh ../libtool --silent --mode=link c++ -I../include -I/usr/X11R6/include
-I/usr/lib/qt-2.2.4/include -I/usr/include/SDL -D_REENTRANT
-DSHARE_PATH=\"/usr/share/avifile\" -DWIN32_PATH=\"/usr/lib/win32\" -march=i586
-lpthread -ldl -L/usr/X11R6/lib -lX11 -lXext -L/usr/lib/qt-2.2.4/lib -lqt-mt
-L/usr/lib -lSDL -lpthread -o aviplay main.o renderer.o mywidget_if.o MyConfig.o
MyConfigImpl.o mywidget.o decoder_config.o mmx.o ../lib/libaviplay.la -lXxf86vm
-lXxf86dga
-lpthread -ldl
../lib/.libs/libaviplay.so: undefined reference to `__strcpy_small'
collect2: ld returned 1 exit status
make[1]: *** [aviplay] Error 1
make[1]: Leaving directory `/usr/src/redhat/BUILD/avifile-0.53.5/player'
make: *** [all-recursive] Error 1
Bad exit status from /var/tmp/rpm-tmp.53370 (%build)
So where IS __strcopy_small supposed to be (i.e. in which library?).
A little poking around the include files showed that it's defined
/usr/include/bits/string2.h.
I'm running RH 7.0 and have glibc-2.2-9.
Victor
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From: John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: What is arkeia?
Date: Wed, 14 Mar 2001 22:33:12 -0500
My system loads arkeia at boot. What does that do? I can't find a man or
doc on it.
John
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From: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need help with LILO, I think.
Date: Thu, 15 Mar 2001 03:24:35 GMT
Eric wrote:
> > > Found out about 'linear' and 'compact' in 'man lilo.conf.'
> > > Removed both from current /etc/lilo.conf.
>
> replace "linear" with "lba32"
>
> depending on your version of LILO it may work now
>
> > > /sbin/lilo -v gives me the following:
> > >
> > > Reading boot sector from /dev/hda1
> > > merging with /boot/boot.b
> > > geo-comp-addr: cylinder number is too big (6251 > 1023)
>
> But this is a warning
>
> > > Also, learned I had to log on as 'root' to get fdisk to
> > > work. I was trying to get it to work from a terminal window
> > > inside KDE.
>
> :-)
> be carefull when you work as root
>
> > > fdisk says that large HD's may cause problems with LILO
> > > because of the 1024 thing.
>
> fdisk? Why would fdisk even know about LILO?
> LILO will warn you itself
>
> > > When I installed, I used
> > > whatever RH provides in its installation program which did
> > > not say anything about large HD's and the LILO problem.
>
> Which RedHat? 6.x versions definitely complain, and even prevent
> you from creating /boot above cyl. 1024 (which was very annoying)
>
> > > The question now is:
> > > How do I solve the problem?
>
> update LILO
>
> > > I read something about creating a /boot partition of a few
>
> Just 1 cyl, is usually big enough (approx. 8 MB)
>
> > > megabytes at the very beginning of /dev/hda. Is this possible
> > > now that /dev/hda1 starts at 1?
>
> Only if you resize/move hda1
> Partition magic is very good at this, although non-free.
> A free alternative is GNU's parted.
>
> >
> > Oh dear... Here I go again....
> > I have trashed my linux system so many times by using LILO that I gave
> > up and settlrd for LOADLIN....
>
> It's all *your* fault.
> My system never gets trashed through LILO and I think it's a great
> bootloader
>
> > OK. To answer the question about the boot partition first. The actual
> > boot partition location may be anywhere on the HD. ( mine was hda6 out
> > of the maximum possible 8 partitions per HD ).
>
> But you will need a lilo v21.4.3 or above to boot from a position
> on cyl. 1024 or higher.
>
> > However if I may I would like to offer an alternative.
> >
> > I now use a small DOS6.22 partition and loadlin.exe to boot linux.
>
> I do *not* want to install any MS product to boot linux.
> (Not I don't have one installed, I just don't like using it for this
> purpose)
>
> > my Partition map looks like this:
> >
> > /dev/hda1 A MSDOS
> > /dev/hda2 Extended <<<<< put LILO here, and no MS product will
> touch it
> > /dev/hda5 Linux Swap
> > /dev/hda6 EXT 2
> >
> > Using Partition Magic (version 4 upwards) it is possible to resize EXT2
> > partitions without losing data and make room for additional partitions..
>
> GNU's parted is a free alternative (Not quite so easy to use)
>
> > There are various reasons why I use LOADLIN, but the main two are, I
> > never worry about LILO getting cloberred by Microsoft in multi-os
> > scenarios,
>
> Same here, don't put LILO in the MBR if you are afraid of this.
>
> > and running re-compiled kernels becomes a simple drop-in and
> > go task (if it don't work just rename the old kernel and start again...
>
> Yeah, it's reaaaaaaaaaaaaaally difficult with LILO , Not.
>
> Eric
Yeah and I don't know how to type 'make zlilo' either... Duhhh
It's just an alternative to LILO.. and a quick count of postings to this gruop
alone should convince most open minded individuals that the 'LILO Help?
articles far outnumber almost every other problem on linux systems. I ain't
seen any 'HELP loadlin ones yet..... ;-))
Steve Tayor
Linux User # 208472 http://counter.li.org
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