building RPM and installing it

Hi, I'm running RH9. I created a spec file and build the RPMs (rpmbuild -ba spec_file_name ). I wanted to check what I did, so I installed it (rpm -Uvh). When I installed the binaries RPM, all was good, but when I installed the source RPM, it only wrote the tar.gz file and the spec file under

Re: loading moduled at boot time - SOLVED

there is to it. I hope I helped someone with my inquiry, but if not, at least I learned one more thing. Thank you all for your help, David. From: Ira Abramov [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: loading moduled at boot time Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 18:40:19 +0200 Quoting David

Re: kernel compilation

again, David. From: Muli Ben-Yehuda [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Sapir [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: kernel compilation Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 17:33:15 +0200 On Tue, Mar 09, 2004 at 04:34:53PM +0200, David Sapir wrote: How do I know which of the config files

loading moduled at boot time

Hi, I'm looking for a way to load modules at boot time. I have a strong feeling that I should write somethins in /ets/modules.conf . I don't know what to write there and the man page did not help me much. Googling did not help either. I know of the option to use initrd, but I'm trying to avoid

Re: loading moduled at boot time

From: Shlomi Loubaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Sapir [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: loading moduled at boot time Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:35:48 + David Sapir wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a way to load modules at boot time. I have a strong feeling that I should

Re: loading moduled at boot time

From: Shlomi Loubaton [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Sapir [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: loading moduled at boot time Date: Wed, 10 Mar 2004 16:35:48 + David Sapir wrote: Hi, I'm looking for a way to load modules at boot time. I have a strong feeling that I should

kernel compilation

Hi, I have a Linux RH9, and I want to compile the kernel to add support for encrypted file system (using the loop device). My question is: How can I set all the parameters compiled in my current kernel version (2.4.20-8) which came with the distribution? (This way I will only change the

Re: kernel compilation

compile the encryption as a module or into the kernel? Again, thanks for your patience, David. From: Gilad Ben-Yossef [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Sapir [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: kernel compilation Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 15:05:08 +0200 On Tuesday 09 March 2004 14:41, David Sapir

Re: kernel compilation

the encryption as a module or into the kernel? Thanks, David. From: guy keren [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: David Sapir [EMAIL PROTECTED] CC: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: kernel compilation Date: Tue, 9 Mar 2004 16:16:57 +0200 (EET) On Tue, 9 Mar 2004, David Sapir wrote: Thanks for your answer. I found

wireless keyboard and mouse

Hi, I would like to buy a wireless keyboard and mouse for a Linux RH9 machine. Has any of you tried it before? Does anyone know of a problem with this? Are there good and bad models/types? Your answers are highly appreciated. Thanks, David.

RE: Configuring GDM to limit user actions

Hi Arik, Thanks for your answer. How can I disable the RunAs service? How can I modify the menues? Reminder: running Gnome on RH9. David. From: Arik Baratz [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Configuring GDM to limit user actions Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 18:58:11 +0200

security breach in GDM

Hi, I'm running RH9 with Gnome. I found a security breach in GDM: in the login screen, choose failsafe session. login with your username activate one of the system configuration application (like redhat-config-users). I would expect to enter the root password for that, but it never happened. A

Configuring GDM to limit user actions

Hi, I would like to know how to configure Gnome on RH9 for a specific user: * control the menus from the start menu (which item will appear in the menues) * control which application a user can activate (run) * require a root password (or a previledged user password) for certain applications I

encoding/decoding from mime / 1-D MR / 2-D MR / 2-D MMR formats to pdf or tiff

Hi, I'm using Hylafax to receive faxes, and the machine emails the faxes as an attachment. The OS is RH9. My qustion is: can anyone tell my how to convert the received data to pdf files? Can you recommend a utility that does this uuencoding? I hope I've given all the information needed. If not,

Re: *.WML pages encoding

Hi Guys, When you use WML that should be displayed on a cell phone, the protocol HTTP is never used. Instead you used the WAP protocol, which is its equivalent to HTTP, but somehow different. If you want to use header, isuggest you look for them in WAP and not in HTTP. David. From: Tzafrir

Unique identification of a computer

Hi, When I read from /proc/ide/ide0/hda/identify : is it a unique number? Is this the unique ID of the hard disk? (I'm using RH9) Is there another way to get the unique ID from the hard disk, preferably in C/C++ code? Thanks, David. From: David Sapir [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Unique identification of a computer

Hi, I need to identify a computer in a unique way. Can anyone point me to source code in C or C++ that gets from the system: BIOS ID HardDisk ID Volume ID Motherboard ID CPU ID I'm using Linux Red Hat 9.0 This code should work on various hardware configurations. I already looked for it using