Linux-Misc Digest #987
Linux-Misc Digest #987, Volume #27 Wed, 30 May 01 18:13:02 EDT Contents: Re: Weird problem - Eterm and rxvt use one minute to start up, xterm does not (Jeremiah DeWitt Weiner) Re: upgrading the kernel (Crazydj) Re: Can't see the windows I minimized on the panel! (Aranwen) Re: The problem of a pager (Peter T. Breuer) CUPS and RH 7 (Robert Parnes) Re: Help I must uninstall linux mandrake (Dave Uhring) Re: upgrading the kernel (J Hayward) Re: Editors to develop applications with KDE (Ryan Twomey) Cron problem - what's this message mean? (Dan Donaldson) Re: Why does Linux / OSS community love mailing lists and hate news servers? (Floyd Davidson) Re: Why does Linux / OSS community love mailing lists and hate news servers? Re: linux (Popeye) Re: upgrading the kernel (Peter T. Breuer) Re: Help I must uninstall linux mandrake (Ian Northeast) Login Problems on Red Hat 7.1 Install (Squirrel Police) Re: Can't see the windows I minimized on the panel! (Lee Webb) Re: palm m505 USB Linux (Andre Renaud) Re: Login Problems on Red Hat 7.1 Install (Michael Heiming) Re: Linux on a computer on a PCI card in a computer? (Ian Northeast) From: Jeremiah DeWitt Weiner [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Weird problem - Eterm and rxvt use one minute to start up, xterm does not Date: 30 May 2001 20:16:44 GMT Rune Jacobsen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'm having a weird problem. When I try to start an Eterm or an rxvt (without any special options) on my Linux box, weird things happen. It takes about a minute to start them up! What does 'strace Eterm' or 'strace rxvt' show you? Particularly, what does it show during that minute? The output can be a little hard to understand, but sometimes there are obvious clues. Now, seeing that this is a dual PIII-550MHz box, you'd think opening up a shell window wouldn't be so tough. It works great for everything else. You know, if you make the rest of us jealous, we won't want to help you. :-) JDW -- From: Crazydj [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: upgrading the kernel Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 22:25:46 +0200 Im Artikel 3b153d4a$0$[EMAIL PROTECTED] schrieb Christopher Palmer [EMAIL PROTECTED]: I installed Red Hat Linux release 7.0 on my Compaq i686. I am running kernel 2.2.16-22 and want to upgrade to kernel 2.2.19. When I login to the server, it shows Kernel 2.2.16-22 on an i686. First of all... Why do you want to install a kernel of the older series? Why not choosing a new one like 2.4.3 or higher? Here are my questions: Do I download and install the i368 or the i686 version RPM for the kernel? You should choose the i686 version cause it was build on and for your processor architecture. But why not choosing the sources in a taball? Also, there is an i686 version for the glibc package. Do I match this version to the kernel? To upgrade to the new 2.4.x kernel you need to update your glibc... What are the reasons for choosing one over the other? I would just choose the 2.4.x kernel in a tarball and compile it yourself, cause the new one has closed some important security holes and it's stable, too. Thanks for the help, -Christopher -- From: Aranwen [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: Can't see the windows I minimized on the panel! Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 20:30:08 - Well, click on the main menu of gnome, applets, and select the task applet. -Lady Aranwen -- Posted via CNET Help.com http://www.help.com/ -- From: Peter T. Breuer [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The problem of a pager Date: Wed, 30 May 2001 22:26:02 +0200 Collin E Borrlewyn [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I've looked at the pagers that came with the system. KPager works, but you can't move maximized windows around, and you can't have a grid of desktops Of course you can! How do you get that idea? (only a stack or a row) thus eating in on screen space. The little VWM-like I think you can have a grid. Certainly all other window managers that I know and use allow a grid. It would be strange if kpager were the exception. Use another pager if it doesn't suit. Yes, I've just checked. There's a two row option, at least. thing that I see in AfterStep, which I'm lead to understand LiteStep was based on, doesn't appear to allow dragging and dropping at all. Those are all I can find on-system. A search of groups.google.com reveals many discussions about pagers, but few are ever mentioned by name, and most discussions do not touch on this particular topic. This brings me to my question, after more than enough preamble: Where can I find a Linux program that gives me comparable functionality to that of LiteStep's LSVWM.DLL or SYSVWM.DLL. No idea what they are! As far as I can tell from your description all of the window managers do that. Peter
Linux-Misc Digest #987
Linux-Misc Digest #987, Volume #26 Wed, 31 Jan 01 22:13:04 EST
Contents:
Re: Convert Word-DOC to PostScript (Robert Heller)
Re: Slow Disk Check for Large Drives (Robert Heller)
Re: best internal modem? (Robert Heller)
Re: Selling GPL programs (Robert Heller)
how to upgrade rpm (Rick)
Re: Why no audio gaps between songs with cdrecord in DAO mode (Bill Unruh)
Re: I don't get it...latex, bibtex, bst files (Harlan Grove)
Re: Convert Word-DOC to PostScript (Dances With Crows)
Re: NetZero for Linux ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: I don't get it...latex, bibtex, bst files (Robert Heller)
Re: what is ld-linux.so ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Second NIC question (Warren Bell)
problem with wget ("Wong Ching Kuen Frederick")
From: Robert Heller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Convert Word-DOC to PostScript
Date: 31 Jan 2001 19:32:29 -0600
-ljl- [EMAIL PROTECTED],
In a message on Wed, 31 Jan 2001 13:46:43 GMT, wrote :
- In article 958n7n$g9dan$[EMAIL PROTECTED],
- "[BRDLocutus" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
- Hi,
- can anyone here tell me where to find a Linux-Tool to convert
- Word Documents to PS (PDF would be ok, too) ?
-
- While not exactly a tool, StarOffice might do that. Also, can't
- Word produce PS output.
No, messed-Word cannot produce PS by itself. (Messed-Office has NO
PostScript output support.) You need to install a 'PostScript' printer
driver. You don't need an actual postscript printer, just the driver.
Pop in the Win CD, and use the Printer Setup Wizard and telling you are
installing an Apple Laserwriter II, but tell it to direct the output to
a file instead of a printer port.
Even then the result is not really proper PostScript -- it needs some
post processing.
The *better* answer is to buy and install Adobe Acrobat (the full
version with the 'distiller'). This creates a pseudo printer device
(driver?) that feeds into Adobe's PostScript and PDF writing engines
(distiller).
-
- --
- Louis-ljl-{ Louis J. LaBash, Jr. }
-
-
- Sent via Deja.com
- http://www.deja.com/
-
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From: Robert Heller [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Slow Disk Check for Large Drives
Date: 31 Jan 2001 19:32:30 -0600
aflinsch [EMAIL PROTECTED],
In a message on Wed, 31 Jan 2001 08:53:35 -0600, wrote :
a Jean-David Beyer wrote:
a
a [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
a
a I'm leading up the development of a Linux-based product that requires
a alot of storage space. The main problem that we are experiencing comes
a when the system loses power unexpectedly and reboots. The following
a disk check takes forever if the system has 3 or 4 60 Gb disks. We
a really need to speed up this reboot process or we may be forced into
a using Windows 2000 (which I loathe). Even with a UPS connected, we
a have to take into account the fact that some people will just power the
a thing on and off.
a
a If you cannot afford the time it takes to do the fsck's (some of these
a can be done in parallel to speed it up if you have different drives),
a perhaps your system(s) deserve to be run from a UPS that can coast over
a the short-term power interruptions, and cause a controlled shut-down for
a the longer ones. That way, the fsck's can be bypassed.
a
a
a That would help for power failures, but won't stop someone from
a pressing the big red reset switch...
Try good old fashioned duct tape. Or unplug it from the motherboard.
It should also be possible to bypass the power switch too. Of course,
the *best* solution is training.
Note: Windows 2000 will do a scandisk if not properly shutdown, which
will also take 'forever' on those 3-4 60gig disks... And if Windows
2000 *did not* do a scandisk, you might find those 3-4 60gig disks
seriously messed up, which could require days and days of fixing. No
machine should ever be powered down or reset, except as a last resort.
a I think that a better solution would be along the lines of a journaled
a file system like reiserfs/jfs/xfs.
a
a I don't know much about jfs or xfs other than that they exist, but
a reuiser works great on my systems, and is part of the main kernel (as
a
Linux-Misc Digest #987
Linux-Misc Digest #987, Volume #25Mon, 9 Oct 00 09:13:04 EDT
Contents:
Newbie network question (jean christophe godefroy)
Re: HELP: RPM database updating on a package? ("David ..")
Re: segmentation (Michael McConnell)
Re: Newbie: How do I Config for Cable Modem (Glitch)
Re: Hey! Newbie on WinLinux 2000 w/Win Me (Glitch)
Remount Ramdisk or what... ("BrainScan")
Re: Sound modules (Glitch)
Re: Syslog accepting messages via TCP? (Stefan Paletta)
Re: Remount Ramdisk or what... (Martin Herrman)
Help for System-Recovery? (Stony777)
Re: Q: Text copy Debian package installed list? (Andreas Kähäri)
Email rejected by aol.com - why? (Anthony Campbell)
Re: Color Blindness (Andreas Kähäri)
Re: How to copy a file to a floppy? (Robert Jones)
grip and cdparanoia problem/query (Ray Fencey)
Re: lilo.conf (Martin Herrman)
Recommendations for "travelling" linux? (Bala)
Re: Hey! Newbie on WinLinux 2000 w/Win Me (Oliver Battenfeld)
Sound gone weird (Mark Seavers)
Re: Recommendations for "travelling" linux? ("David Turley")
Re: Email rejected by aol.com - why? (Edwin Johnson)
From: jean christophe godefroy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Newbie network question
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 11:24:47 +0200
Hi,
I am new to network management and i would like to set the following
network :
Pichu : main server
several clients esteban, zia, chaton running w95, w 2k and linux
Pichu uses ppp to connect to the internet, and i would like to
share the connection with the others clients
I would also like to set Pichu as the DNS for my
local network.
Could you indicate me the corresponding howto's or
"gpl" software i should use in order to set my network ?
Thanks in advance.
--
Jean Christophe Godefroy
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From: "David .." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.x
Subject: Re: HELP: RPM database updating on a package?
Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 04:29:39 -0500
McManus Leo Root DSP Consultant wrote:
I removed my Netscape 4.72 RMP package and installed 4.73 from a .tar
file. Now I cannot install my PLUGGER.RPM file as it cannot see the
Netscape 4.73 in the RPM database. Is there anything I can do about
this?
You could uninstall 4.73 and install 4.75.rpm which is available here:
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2000-054-01.html
Just an idea.
--
Confucius say: He who play in root, eventually kill tree.
Registered with the Linux Counter. http://counter.li.org
ID # 123538
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Michael McConnell)
Subject: Re: segmentation
Date: 9 Oct 2000 09:47:24 GMT
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (fred smith) wrote in
[EMAIL PROTECTED]:
R.Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Could anyone advise me on how to get round a segmentation fault
: E_MAIL [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Yes: Fix the broken program.
...or broken hardware. http://www.bitwizard.nl/sig11/
-- Michael
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Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 05:57:04 -0400
From: Glitch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Newbie: How do I Config for Cable Modem
read the cablemodem howto at linuxdocs.org first and if u have trouble
come back here.
JimOfTheJungle wrote:
I've successfully loaded Redhat 6.2 as a Gnome workstation. Being more
adventurous than smart, I am unable to connect over the internet via Linux
(using Windows now). I've hunted around the windows, help screens, two
books I purchased, and scanned the net, but I have made no progress.
Can one of you please walk me through the steps that I need to follow to
take my fresh Linux system and get it to recognize and utilize my
Roadrunner cable modem (which works fine under Windows).
Thanks for the effort! Peace.
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http://www.help.com/
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Date: Mon, 09 Oct 2000 06:11:43 -0400
From: Glitch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Hey! Newbie on WinLinux 2000 w/Win Me
WinME does not have MSDOS anymore, at least not technically. You can't
boot to DOS anymore and I think the only way to get to it anymore is to
open it once you are already in Windows and if you have any old DOS
programs that need extra memory or whatever and you would normally use a
bootdisk to play them you have to set the configurations up using the
MSDOS shortcut properties in order for the game to be playable. Also,
b/c DOS isn't a boot option, the DOS boot files config.sys and
autoexec.bat are no longer used as well.
I dont know anything about Winlinux but if you have to reboot the PC and
enter DOS mode in order to use winlinux u might as well delete winlinux
as WinME has gotten rid of the option to boot into DOS.
get a real version of Linux like RedHat or SuSE and partition your
drive, or get a small 1 gig drive or something and use it just for
Linux.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I Have win me,
Linux-Misc Digest #987
Linux-Misc Digest #987, Volume #24 Thu, 29 Jun 00 11:13:02 EDT
Contents:
Re: Can't Boot from Compiled Kernel (2.2.13) ("Martin Fitzpatrick")
Re: WuFTP (Johan Kullstam)
Linux Command. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Can't Boot from Compiled Kernel (2.2.13) (smp root)
Re: Linux Command. (Joshua Baker-LePain)
Re: Need clarification: what really is 'MBR' and what is 'BOOT SECTOR'? (Rod Smith)
From: "Martin Fitzpatrick" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Can't Boot from Compiled Kernel (2.2.13)
Date: Thu, 29 Jun 2000 15:30:02 +0100
Well, the obvious possibility is that your .config file is up a gum tree.
Did you change it (directly, with make config, make xconfig, etc.) before
compiling the new kernel ? I seem to remember that my kernel.HOWTO says
there a 'make config.old' or something similar which I think might be able
to pull out an old version of the .config file. Alternatively, if you still
have the /usr/scr/IBMMCA (or whatever) directory tree, how about pulling the
.config file out of there and trying again ?
Hope this help.
Regards,
Martin.
(These views are my own and nobody else's. Follow my advice at your own risk
!)
"mv" [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:395b3f69$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
I have been battling a wierd boot problem that has me stumped and wondered
if anyone has a solution for this problem.
The problem is that I can't boot from any kernel that I compile on the PC.
However, I
can boot from the IBMMCA.S kernel that came on the Slackware 7.0
distribution.
The symptoms I am experiencing are that the loader starts displaying the
following line and then stops at a blank line below this when I select one
of my
compiled kernels at boot time:
loading linux
If I pick the IBMMCA.S kernel included at installation time, it boots
every
time.
I have tried various options in the lilo.conf file with no success. Below
you will find
the current /etc/lilo.conf and /usr/src/linux/.config files.
My normal sequence for compiling the 2.2.13 kernel is:
make dep
make clean
make bzlilo
make modules
make modules_install
Any help you can provide is much appreciated.
/etc/lilo.conf
# LILO configuration file
# generated by 'liloconfig
#
# Start LILO global section
boot = /dev/sda
message = /boot/boot_message.txt
prompt
timeout = 300
# Normal VGA console
vga = normal
linear
append="mem=256M,noinitrd,mca-pentium"
# End LILO global section
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /ibmmca
root = /dev/sda2
label = IBMMCA
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
# Linux bootable partition config begins
image = /vmlinuz
root = /dev/sda2
label = Linux
read-only
# Linux bootable partition config ends
==
/usr/src/linux/.config
#
# Automatically generated by make menuconfig: don't edit
#
#
# Code maturity level options
#
CONFIG_EXPERIMENTAL=y
#
# Processor type and features
#
CONFIG_M386=y
# CONFIG_M486 is not set
# CONFIG_M586 is not set
# CONFIG_M586TSC is not set
# CONFIG_M686 is not set
CONFIG_1GB=y
# CONFIG_2GB is not set
CONFIG_MATH_EMULATION=y
CONFIG_MTRR=y
CONFIG_SMP=y
#
# Loadable module support
#
CONFIG_MODULES=y
CONFIG_MODVERSIONS=y
CONFIG_KMOD=y
#
# General setup
#
CONFIG_NET=y
CONFIG_PCI=y
# CONFIG_PCI_GOBIOS is not set
# CONFIG_PCI_GODIRECT is not set
CONFIG_PCI_GOANY=y
CONFIG_PCI_BIOS=y
CONFIG_PCI_DIRECT=y
CONFIG_PCI_QUIRKS=y
# CONFIG_PCI_OPTIMIZE is not set
CONFIG_PCI_OLD_PROC=y
CONFIG_MCA=y
# CONFIG_VISWS is not set
CONFIG_X86_IO_APIC=y
CONFIG_X86_LOCAL_APIC=y
CONFIG_SYSVIPC=y
CONFIG_BSD_PROCESS_ACCT=y
CONFIG_SYSCTL=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_AOUT=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_ELF=y
CONFIG_BINFMT_MISC=m
CONFIG_BINFMT_JAVA=m
CONFIG_PARPORT=m
CONFIG_PARPORT_PC=m
# CONFIG_PARPORT_OTHER is not set
# CONFIG_APM is not set
#
# Plug and Play support
#
CONFIG_PNP=y
CONFIG_PNP_PARPORT=m
#
# Block devices
#
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_FD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDE=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HD_IDE is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEDISK=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDECD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDETAPE=m
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEFLOPPY=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDESCSI=m
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_CMD640 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RZ1000 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_IDEPCI is not set
CONFIG_IDE_CHIPSETS=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_4DRIVES=y
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_ALI14XX is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_DTC2278 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_HT6560B is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_QD6580 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_UMC8672 is not set
# CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PDC4030 is not set
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_PS2=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_LOOP=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_NBD=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_MD=y
CONFIG_MD_LINEAR=y
CONFIG_MD_STRIPED=y
CONFIG_MD_MIRRORING=m
CONFIG_MD_RAID5=m
CONFIG_MD_BOOT=y
CONFIG_BLK_DEV_RAM=y
CONF
Linux-Misc Digest #987
Linux-Misc Digest #987, Volume #23 Wed, 29 Mar 00 08:13:03 EST
Contents:
Re: Here's why linux programs are so insecure ! ("Lange, T. (Thomas)")
i'm an idiot and sorry for wasting your time ("Corry Parrott")
sorry, still an idiot, had to change info about me ("Casey Grzecka")
dhcp : hard problem (nicolas)
Re: Game of Life - I love Vi (was: Do you hate vi?) (Nick Kew)
Apache RedirectMatch ("Simon Lange")
Re: reading ntfs partition (Thomas Hommel)
Re: Problems with Corel WordPerfect (Karel Jansens)
Re: I/O and IRQ port conflicts (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: I/O and IRQ port conflicts (M. Buchenrieder)
Re: recovery from tape ("Marc Redmile-Gordon")
Re: ld missing C++ library (Deja User)
Re: Re-sizing partition -- What's the best tool? (David King)
Re: free isp that support linux ("Roaster")
Video CD playback ("Cyril Y. Nickonorov")
Re: staroffice running slowly (Carl Fink)
Setting default stty settings psuedo ttys (Carl Lawton)
Re: Soundblaster Live problem ("J. C.")
I need gcc-2.7.2 ("Peet Grobler")
NFS cannot mount "/" (Jeremy)
From: "Lange, T. (Thomas)" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux
Subject: Re: Here's why linux programs are so insecure !
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 09:04:50 +0100
Brian wrote:
Hey Thomas:
I have him plonked so the only way I get to view his posts is through the
responses of others.
He may be the alter ego of Charles Henry, whom I recently exposed as a
SPAMer (false email address and email domain). Charles Henry is a Microsoft
Lemming with little or no experience with Linux.
Best regards,
Brian
Cheers, mate!
--
Best Regards
:{) Thomas Lange
Tel: +44 (0)24-7620-4169
Fax: +44 (0)24-7620-4953
I *have* to dream big. I only
have time to get half of it done.
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From: "Corry Parrott" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: i'm an idiot and sorry for wasting your time
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 01:25:47 -0800
well I apologize for asking for help on a modem problem that I had without
checking if my modem was indeed a freak'n win modem. which I found out it
was and I recommend any one who has problems using a PCI modem to make sure
that it is not a win modem. all of my documentation for my modem did not
tell me the in formation I needed. after an extensive search on the
Internet I am now officially an idiot for jumping the gun on the question of
why won't my modem work.
if anyone uses a PCI modem with linux. I would like to know what it
is, how much it cost's, and where I can get that model. or if any of you
have information on a good external modem to use that info would also be a
great help. thanks and later.
-casey
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From: "Casey Grzecka" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: sorry, still an idiot, had to change info about me
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 01:28:25 -0800
well I apologize for asking for help on a modem problem that I had without
checking if my modem was indeed a freak'n win modem. which I found out it
was and I recommend any one who has problems using a PCI modem to make sure
that it is not a win modem. all of my documentation for my modem did not
tell me the in formation I needed. after an extensive search on the
Internet I am now officially an idiot for jumping the gun on the question of
why won't my modem work.
if anyone uses a PCI modem with linux. I would like to know what it
is, how much it cost's, and where I can get that model. or if any of you
have information on a good external modem to use that info would also be a
great help. thanks and later.
-casey
--
From: nicolas [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: dhcp : hard problem
Date: Wed, 29 Mar 2000 10:30:41 +0200
apologizes for the lengh of this message but circonstances are important
to understand the final question...
and apologize for my english
my system :
slackware 7.0
my modem is a cable modem : motorola with ethernet connection
my provider : cybercable ( french society who trust access to cable
modem access in my country )
my dhcpd daemon : 2.0
dhcp client : 1.3.18-pl1.diff.gz
in the night of 3-4 mars I go out and when I return in my home I see the
upload led who works without internet network applications launched
In France we paid for upload traffic ( 50 cents / mo ) and we have a
html page to see our consommation ; In 8 hours I have 500 mo in upload
traffic ;
I have thought that someone had cracking my firewall and I have had the
stupid idea not to log in my firewall script ...
But after this error I have modify my firewall script and I shutdown
every night my cable modem ...
Few days after , and irregularly , BUT NOT ALL DAYS , just afte
Linux-Misc Digest #987
Linux-Misc Digest #987, Volume #20 Sat, 10 Jul 99 06:13:07 EDT
Contents:
Re: Good 400mhz portable (Chris Mahmood)
Re: how to comment /etc/passwd (Chris Mahmood)
Re: Q: where to get base linux source (Chris Mahmood)
Re: KDE Defaukt WM on RH 6.0 (Big Daddy)
Re: postfix and fetchmail (Linux-Mandrake) (John Beppu)
Re: DNS Problems (Adam Przybyla)
installation problem red hat 6 (todas)
Borland posts Linux Development Survey! (Cbuilder67)
Re: Where To Find Non-X Based Linux Apps? ("Ricky J. Sethi")
Re: Hard disk troubles (Matthew W. Roberts)
Re: embedded Linux and I2O... (Stefan Ehlen)
Re: Pronouncing "Linux" - dirty Yank cant pronounce (Christopher B. Browne)
Re: CIA assassinations (Richard Kulisz)
Re: Amiga announces Linux kernel is new Amiga kernal - Opinions? (Stefan Ehlen)
Re: Default permissions/ownership (David Fouts)
Re: X Windows (Chaotic Thought)
Re: Problems getting sendmail to masquerade (Villy Kruse)
From: Chris Mahmood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.portable,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Good 400mhz portable
Date: 09 Jul 1999 20:17:06 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
check the VAR list at www.linux.org -- there are a lot of companies
selling Linux/No OS laptops.
-ckm
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From: Chris Mahmood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: how to comment /etc/passwd
Date: 09 Jul 1999 20:20:12 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
man 5 passwd doesn't mention comments...I'm not sure that you can.
Why would you want to?
-ckm
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From: Chris Mahmood [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Q: where to get base linux source
Date: 09 Jul 1999 20:09:09 -0700
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
there's not much, if any, "Linux" in /sbin, /bin, /lib (except the
modules), etc. Linux is the kernel, the rest of the stuff is GNU.
-ckm
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From: Big Daddy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: KDE Defaukt WM on RH 6.0
Date: 10 Jul 1999 06:49:26 GMT
Al was talking... AGAIN...
: How do I make KDE my default window manager in my Red Hat 6.0 system.
see thread "kde log in" by John E. Hagensieker.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (John Beppu)
Subject: Re: postfix and fetchmail (Linux-Mandrake)
Date: 10 Jul 1999 07:24:05 GMT
In article Gt2h3.6594$[EMAIL PROTECTED],
Greg H [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
Hi all,
By default, Linux-Mandrake enables postfix. Mail
sent _from_ a local user _to_ a local user (e.g. gregh
to root) works just fine. However, when I use fetchmail
to get mail from my ISP's POP server, it seems to get
deferred and never delivered to the queue (specifically,
/var/spool/mail/gregh). I've tried to figure this problem
out on my own, but have met it with no success. The
changes I made to the "RECEIVING MAIL" section of the
main.cf file in /etc/postfix haven't done the trick.
Could someone tell me what I need to do or where I should
look to solve the problem. Oh, sending mail to addresses
outside of the localhost works.
I'm not going to pretend to know anything about
sendmail, but I may have had the same problem
you did. I just installed Mandrake 6.0 (coming
from Redhat 4.1 (I'm slow to upgrade)). I tried
running fetchmail, and it pproceeded to download
the mail, but then muttered:
SMTP ERROR: 451 Sender domain must resolve
I suppose that's an anti-spam measure, but it
fscked me up, because nothing resolved the first
time I ran fetchmail. So I had a lot of shit
sitting in /var/spool/mqueue that couldn't be
delivered to me.
Strangely enough, the next day, fetchmail seemed to
work OK. I can't say I know why.
I guess this was mostly a DNS problem... I did play
around with resolv.conf a little
I do have a real sendmail problem, though.
it seems that procmail isn't running. I don't know
what to do, because this has never happened to me.
I could give it the simplest procmail recipes and
nothing happens. I could put total shit in my
.procmailrc and nothing happens. .forward seems
to work, though. This is troubling.
someone help me?
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From: Adam Przybyla [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: DNS Problems
Date: 10 Jul 1999 07:12:34 GMT
Steven L. Dahlin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
I am unable to solve a problem with DNS. I have tried and tried and
no matter what I do my telnet session from a Windows NT PC cannot
see my nameserver. It can see the IP address fine but not my name-
servers DNS name.
I have used the O'Reilly book 'DNS and BIND' to setup everything.
'NSLookup' with respond back with the proper information about oracle1
but from what I have read NSLookup does not use 'nam
Linux-Misc Digest #987
Linux-Misc Digest #987, Volume #19 Thu, 29 Apr 99 16:13:15 EDT
Contents:
Re: WordStar (or equiv.) on LINUX? (Bill Horne)
Re: Redhat 6.0? (Michael McConnell)
Re: Upgrading RH5.2 - RH6.0 (Michael McConnell)
Re: making linux go away ("Christopher W. Aiken")
Re: Problems upgrading to 2.2.6: dip, X, glib ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: equal signs at end of lines in email ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: StarOffice 5.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: StarOffice 5.0 ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: CLI app: *.jpg - thumbnail-*.jpg (jason)
Re: making linux go away (Fred Uloth)
Re: Oversized Windows or Something... (Michael Powe)
Help with window managers... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: DSL modems under Linux (Doug DeJulio)
Re: Simple PICO usage question (Stew Benedict)
Re: Problems upgrading to 2.2.6: dip, X, glib ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: My new Apsfilter-created /etc/printcap - How do I use the "RAW" device with the
Epson Stylus COLOR ESC/P 2 driver on NT via Samba? (Walter Strong)
Re: Stupid $PATH question that I am ashamed to ask, but having no pride, I proceed
(Michael Powe)
multiple X sessions ("JACK")
Re: converting ps to pdf (Neil Zanella)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Horne)
Subject: Re: WordStar (or equiv.) on LINUX?
Date: 29 Apr 1999 14:02:32 GMT
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
It's fairly easy to modify the key mappings in emacs. You can set up
his copy to emulate all the WordStar keys. See the emacs HOWTO for
details.
I think MicroPro went belly up, but don't know for sure.
HTH.
Bill
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
: Help, please.
: I know someone who would like to switch to LINUX. Because he can type 100 WPM
: and knows WordStar for DOS better than his phone number, he would like to know
: if a version of WordStar, with control diamond (Ctrl+S, Ctrl+E, Ctrl+X, and
: Ctrl+D) functionality, exists for LINUX. Or, an equivalent. I looked into
: StarOffice, it looks like it came out of StarWriter.
: Does anyone know what became of WordStar? Has anyone heard of someone buying
: WordStars assets or code or the rights thereto?
: Or, can he just run WordStar in a DOS window? He needs this as an
: honest-to-God word processor, not a text editor.
: I would appreciate any help you can provide.
: THANKS!
: Tom (A newbie and I know it. I appreciate your patience.) Karel
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From: Michael McConnell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Redhat 6.0?
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 19:03:38 +0100
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Sean Yamamoto wrote:
"Gero H. Marten" wrote:
Wally McClure wrote:
where can I download the redhat 6.0 distribution from?
You want to download 1GB of software? Better buy the package with
cd-roms.
Hey, maybe Wally has T3 connectivity. Even if he has something
slower like a cable modem, it would probably be an overnight
download. Anyway, the CD isn't shipping right now.
You sure about that? :) Read my sig ;)
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: Michael McConnell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Upgrading RH5.2 - RH6.0
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 19:05:33 +0100
On Wed, 28 Apr 1999, Bob Angell wrote:
Can anyone point me to some documentation where it
lists what packages I need to go from RH5.2 - 6.0?
Everything. RH6 is based around glibc 2.1
It has compatibility libs for glibc 2.0 and libc-5 so your old apps will
(should!) continue to run.
-- Michael "Soruk" McConnell [Red Hat 6.0 Available!]
Eridani Star System -- The Most Up-to-Date Red Hat Linux CDROMs Available
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.amush.cx/linux/ Fax: +44-8701-600807
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From: "Christopher W. Aiken" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To:
alt.os.linux,alt.os.linux.caldera,comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: making linux go away
Date: Thu, 29 Apr 1999 09:34:44 -0400
You might try the Linux fdisk to change the partition type back
to a dos partition. I think the fdisk command of "l" will list the
types and the "t" command will let you set the partitions back to
dos type of partition.
Fred Uloth [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
No offense is meant here...but if you had read the posting you were
replying to, you woiuld have noticed "fdisk /mbr" which is the DOS/Win
fdisk undocumented option of which you speak.
It works great for removing LiLo, but you will still have problems
removin
Linux-Misc Digest #987
Linux-Misc Digest #987, Volume #18 Thu, 11 Feb 99 16:13:15 EST
Contents:
Re: editing LILO? (fernando)
FEED Issue on OSS ("William F. O'Shea jr.")
Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters ("Steve Cyr")
XFSTT emacs: No fonts match... ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: KDE is a Memory Hog. (Matthias Warkus)
Re: SiS 530 Graphics Chip, no hair ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
sendmail-rhcn-8.9.3-1 RPM and SRPM for Red Hat 5.1 and 5.2 (James Bourne)
Re: cobalt and linux (Ben Russo)
Re: NT Convert needs security help! (James Youngman)
Re: Display issue on a Linux workstation (Stuart R. Fuller)
Re: Space Station uses 95/NT, disaster imminent (no joke) ("Sean Hayden")
Re: Terminals (sources of used terminals) (Steven Blair)
Re: compile redhat 5.2 (Tim Laursen)
Re: Can Linux share modem with Windows? (Ben Russo)
Linux X on Artist Eton Pro notebook w/ATI chipset?? (Lars Weber)
Re: Terminal Emulators. . . (Rob Clark)
Re: hacked login (Graffiti)
From: fernando [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: editing LILO?
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 14:35:16 +0500
edit /etc/lilo.conf
change what you want (you can man lilo.conf to get more information)
run "lilo" to write the information into the MBR
walt wrote:
Here's a simple question; how can I edit LILO so that I have more time
to hit TAB then type in my selection? Can it be edited to wait
indefinately?All help appreciated!..walt
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From: "William F. O'Shea jr." [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FEED Issue on OSS
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 11:51:41 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
FEED Magazine is featuring a special issue on Free Software and Open
Source. It includes a dialog with Richard Stallman, head of the Free
Software Foundation and MacArthur grant winner; Eric Raymond, author of
"The Cathedral and the Bazaar" and The New Hacker's Dictionary and
proponent of "open source"; and Eric Allman, president of Sendmail, Inc.
The rest of the issue will be unvelied all through next week. It will
include interviews with the creator of GNOME and Perl creator Larry
Wall, an article on free software's evolutionary claims, and a history
of the free software movement.
Check it out: http://www.feedmag.com
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From: "Steve Cyr" [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.advocacy
Subject: Re: Advice for Microsoft-haters
Date: Thu, 11 Feb 1999 11:39:56 -0800
James Ewing wrote in message ...
I love these off-topic threads! Makes linux.misc much more entertaining.
On Wed, 10 Feb 1999, Io wrote:
the
biggest hurdle in the Manhattan Project was likely just figuring out
how
to 1) isolate the pure form of uranium needed, and 2) figiuring out how
to design an enclosure to facilitate said slamming of pieces together).
--
Paul Doherty
It was my understanding the largest issue was the design of the shaped
charges and the critical nature of getting them to detonate at the exact
same time to "crunch" the uranium to critical mass.
The Manhattan project made two kinds of bombs - a Uranium bomb (Fat
Man) and a Plutonium bomb (Little Boy). Evidently a Uranium bomb is easier
to detonate than a Plutonium bomb because it reaches critical mass more
easily (physists are welcome to flame me on this point!).
The Fat Man U235 bomb that was dropped on Hiroshima was described by one
author as 'a stove pipe with a Uranium plug aimed toward a lump of Uranium
in a stove belly' (paraphrased). The Plutonium bomb, which Nagasaki
received, required precise timed detonation of lense shaped charges around
a spherical Plutonium mass.
There is much speculation as to why the US needed to drop two bombs when
one should have sufficed. My opinion is that they wanted to test the
Plutonium bomb. The one live test in New Mexico was of a Uranum 235 bomb
and I think the politicians and scientists were curious if the Plutonium
bomb would work. It answered their questions, but was a bit rough on the
poor residents of Nagasaki...
The justification I heard for the second detonation at Nagasaki was that
the US felt is was necessary to demostrate that they really were capable
of building more than one of these things. But the Nagasaki bomb was the
last one they had--it would take months to make any more, because the
processes for making the U235 Plutonium were so slow.
If only one was needed, why didn't Japan surrender after the first one at
Hiroshima? An argument could be made that they needed a little more
persuading.
Jim Ewing
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.x
Subject: XFSTT emacs: No fonts match...
Date: Wed, 10 Feb 1999 16:28:03 GMT
I've recently installed th
