Re: Linux: Live Kernel Upgrades - KernelTrap

2002-06-23 Thread Myles Green
On June 22, 2002 06:43 pm, L. Friedman wrote: Interesting stuff. Kinda the last frontier in a way. http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=284 That was awsome stuff, thanks! -- Myles Green Calgary AB Canada Alberta linux-sxs.org Mirror: http://dgtech-solutions.com/sxs/

Problem with a RH7.2 network connection

2002-06-23 Thread James McDonald
Hi all, My main box has a Nvidia nForce embedded network card and runs rh7.2 with a 2.4.18 preempt patched kernel my card driver is the latest from the nvidia.com site. The problem that I am having is if I try to connect to this box from any of the other machines on my LAN using any OS it

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
Most specifically here is that Caldera does the basics, install/package selection, STARTS INSTALLING, then lets you do everything else immediately. Nowhere do you need in insert disk5, or enter information AFTER everything is installed. This is a wonderful thing. I watched a movie with my wife

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
Lizard tops it AFAIC. I find Mandrake's friendly enough, and SuSE's as well, but Lizard is just done right. The only thing I could suggest is that they allow you to check a box at the end that allows it to boot when done, or reboot when done. I believe Caldera released Lizard to the opensource

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
So long as you don't forget certain things and try to use their click on the install item and pray you don't get stuck in a loop feature. But I suppose Caldera's We won't install on this machine, even though Linux 2.4 kernel and software run fine on it and $MAX_SCREWED_UP_X_OPTION don't win it a

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
Yes, but if you look at all those combinations, they overlap, so even though doing the math that way will give you a large amount of possibilities, perhaps removing the duplicate methods will result a little closer to 293. On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 19:41:58 -0500 David A. Bandel [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: IBM's ThinkPad-Linux support project being dropped

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
EWWW! Thank you for that education, Dennis. I did not realize those requirements. YUCK! Having most experience with COL, which puts it in /opt, I have seldom had the chance to experience the difference. But there is definitely something much more clean and flexible about the /opt

Re: Clueless Network Prob

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
So you want to share the same WIRE for both the Internet connection and the protected network? This is generally considered less than optimum for security, since a hacker need only compromise the router to have complete access to your protected network. However, if you ARE going to attempt

Re: Problem with a RH7.2 network connection

2002-06-23 Thread Joel Hammer
I am not sure what you mean by connect. Does connect always mean telnet in your letter below? Can you telnet from your RH machine to the other machines? Here is something to try while you figure this out. This sounds like an arp table problem, that is to say, for some reason there is no path

tcp settings

2002-06-23 Thread m.w.chang
execuse me, what are the corresponding settings in /proc of linux? Next, in DR TCP, Set TCP Rec Window to 100472 Set Window Scaling ON Set Time Stamping ON. Set Selective Acks, Path MTU Discovery, and Black Hole Detection all to default. Set Max Dup Acks and TTL both blank. -- Linux 2.4.18 up

Re: Linux: Live Kernel Upgrades - KernelTrap

2002-06-23 Thread m.w.chang
isn't it no better than a virus? I guess counter-terrorists will love this idea... :) Myles Green wrote: On June 22, 2002 06:43 pm, L. Friedman wrote: Interesting stuff. Kinda the last frontier in a way. http://kerneltrap.org/node.php?id=284 That was awsome stuff, thanks! -- Linux

Re: Which program runs processes /etc/logrotate.d ?

2002-06-23 Thread m.w.chang
exactly... which contain the configuration for rotating the various types of logs. Most likely a cron file. I relocated the entry from /etc/cron.d into the root table /etc/crontab for convinience # logrotate is a daily job 00 00 * * * root /etc/cron.d/scripts.d/logrotate --

Re: slack 8.1

2002-06-23 Thread dep
begin Ken Moffat's quote: | I installed Slack 8.1 from the iso, ran xf86config and startx, | but the (virtual?) screen is too large for my monitor, and scrolls | to the bottom and right when I move my mouse pointer to the edge. | I'm pretty sure it's a /etc/X11/XF86Config issue, but I'm not

Re: Still the best...

2002-06-23 Thread Kevin O'Gorman
On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 07:10:52AM -0500, David A. Bandel wrote: On Sat, 22 Jun 2002 18:51:06 -0700 begin Kevin O'Gorman [EMAIL PROTECTED] spewed forth: [snip] In fact, I calculate (this the help of my local friendly Linux machine) that there are exactly 240 ways to do it. It's very

Java

2002-06-23 Thread Joel Hammer
Could someone point me to good and easy documentation on using java with linux? I know I have a java runtime environment somewhere on my Caldera 2.4 system, but when I installed Opera 6.01 it found no java environment. So, I need to know what to do to make my java run time environment, whatever

Can't access printer

2002-06-23 Thread edj
Anyone with a hint why I can't print? CUPS 1.1.10-3, HP 812C printer, ESP Ghostscript 7.05-2. /var/log/cups/errors.log: d [23/Jun/2002:12:21:27 -0500] ProcessIPPRequest(0x402c1008[3]): operation_id = 0002 d [23/Jun/2002:12:21:27 -0500] print_job(0x402c1008[3],

Re: Can't access printer - Never mind

2002-06-23 Thread edj
Sorry to have posted. Solved with lpadmin. -- Ed Jabbour ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux-sxs.org/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.

Re: Linux: Live Kernel Upgrades - KernelTrap

2002-06-23 Thread Myles Green
Eh? did you read the article? Where did the 'virus' reference come from? Dude, I want some of whatever it is you're smoking ;-) Myles On June 23, 2002 07:07 am, m.w.chang wrote: isn't it no better than a virus? I guess counter-terrorists will love this idea... :) Myles Green wrote: On

Re: Java

2002-06-23 Thread Matthew Carpenter
eD24? IIRC, java was installed in /usr/java, just like it is still. The executables are in /usr/java/bin/ What else do you want to know? I don't know of any read-em-up, just my own experience. begin Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Sun, 23 Jun 2002 11:50:19 -0400) Could someone point me to

Re: Linux: Live Kernel Upgrades - KernelTrap

2002-06-23 Thread Net Llama!
I'll 2nd that request. Give me the hooch too, so i can also see viri where there are none. Myles Green wrote: Eh? did you read the article? Where did the 'virus' reference come from? Dude, I want some of whatever it is you're smoking ;-) Myles On June 23, 2002 07:07 am, m.w.chang

Re: Java

2002-06-23 Thread Net Llama!
There is the SxS, ya know. Joel Hammer wrote: Could someone point me to good and easy documentation on using java with linux? I know I have a java runtime environment somewhere on my Caldera 2.4 system, but when I installed Opera 6.01 it found no java environment. So, I need to know what

Re: Can't access printer - Never mind

2002-06-23 Thread Net Llama!
Care to elaborate how, so that others might benefit in the future? edj wrote: Sorry to have posted. Solved with lpadmin. -- ~ L. Friedman[EMAIL PROTECTED] Linux Step-by-step TyGeMo:

Motif-which version for caldera 2.4

2002-06-23 Thread Joel Hammer
I would like to install motif since opera 6.01 seems to need it. (I can't seem to get macromedia Flash to work either, but I don't know if motif is any part of this problem.) Anyway, I tried the source code but it won't compile and I don't have a clue as to why. But, there are various other motif

Re: Clueless Network Prob

2002-06-23 Thread Michael Hipp
It appears there is no way to make it work using tye typical NAT router that can only deal with one subnet. Here's what I wanted because I already have the NAT router: Server 192.168.0.4 || 192.168.0.5 || LAN -- hub --- NAT Router --- Internet

Re: Motif-which version for caldera 2.4

2002-06-23 Thread Joel Hammer
I tried Redhat 6.2 openmotif-2.1.30-5_ICS.i386.rpm and I did install the newest flash macromedia player. And, I did get my java environment recognized by opera by exporting the appropriate environmental variable, but despite all this, the results on web pages with macromedia are not good, some

Re: slack 8.1

2002-06-23 Thread Kurt Wall
Also sprach Ken Moffat: I installed Slack 8.1 from the iso, ran xf86config and startx, but the (virtual?) screen is too large for my monitor, and scrolls to the bottom and right when I move my mouse pointer to the edge. I'm pretty sure it's a /etc/X11/XF86Config issue, but I'm not sure

Re: Motif-which version for caldera 2.4

2002-06-23 Thread dep
begin Joel Hammer's quote: | I would like to install motif since opera 6.01 seems to need it. i think that if you have qt aboard, you should be fine. is this something you've encountered with the 6.01 upgrade, while 6.0 worked okay? -- dep http://www.linuxandmain.com -- outside the box,

Re: slack 8.1

2002-06-23 Thread Michael Hipp
I have never liked the virtual desktop thing. Makes me dizzy. To turn it off: Virtual 0 0 Michael On Sunday 23 June 2002 03:59 pm, Kurt Wall wrote: [snip] Second, if you want to use multiple modes, use the Virtual keyword in the Screen section to limit the size of the virtual desktop

Virus Scanning for Linux Email Downloader

2002-06-23 Thread Michael Hipp
I will be configuring a Linux box to download email from the ISP for a bunch of Outhouse clients. Can anyone recommend a virus scanner that would catch anyting coming into the Linux box before it can be downloaded to the clients? Can I layer Spamassassin on top of that yet? Thanks, Michael

Re: slack 8.1

2002-06-23 Thread Ken Moffat
Kurt Wall wrote: Second, if you want to use multiple modes, use the Virtual keyword in the Screen section to limit the size of the virtual desktop to the size of the mode you want: SubSection Display Depth 24 Modes 1600x1200 1280x1024 Virtual 1600x1200 EndSubSection Kurt

rpm -ra

2002-06-23 Thread Keith Antoine
when using this command to make from a tar file what is the correct syntax ? I used it as rpm -ra xine-lib-0.9.12.tar.gz and it told me that the arguments were wrong. -- Keith Antoine (GANDALF) aka 'skippy' 18 Arkana St, The Gap, Queensland 4061 Australia PH:61733002161 Retired Geriatric,

Re: slack 8.1

2002-06-23 Thread Ken Moffat
Michael Hipp wrote: I have never liked the virtual desktop thing. Makes me dizzy. To turn it off: Virtual 0 0 Can you tell me where that should go? Here is what I assume to be the relevant section: Section Screen Identifier Screen 1 Device NVIDIA GeForce Monitor

Re: Virus Scanning for Linux Email Downloader

2002-06-23 Thread Gerry Doris
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002, Michael Hipp wrote: I will be configuring a Linux box to download email from the ISP for a bunch of Outhouse clients. Can anyone recommend a virus scanner that would catch anyting coming into the Linux box before it can be downloaded to the clients? Can I layer

Re: rpm -ra

2002-06-23 Thread Myles Green
On June 23, 2002 04:28 pm, Keith Antoine wrote: when using this command to make from a tar file what is the correct syntax ? I used it as rpm -ra xine-lib-0.9.12.tar.gz and it told me that the arguments were wrong. That's because 'rpm -ra' is incorrect, it's 'rpm -ta' if you want to build

Re: OT TID Re: Noteworthy News Item

2002-06-23 Thread Bob Hemus
Lee wrote: Ronnie Gauthier wrote: snip This marked start of religion's declaration of war on rational thought and science. I thought this happened with the first decision to rule people through fear of a/some diety(ies)? Bob -- A wise man can see more from the bottom of a well, than a

Cups help

2002-06-23 Thread Richard R. Sivernell
List I havelost my printing thru cups. The log says it can not bind with port 631. Does anyone know what would cause this? Appreciate any help here. EW 3.1.1 latest cups kde3 with xfce desktop. cheers -- Rick Sivernell Dallas, Texas 75287 972 306-2296 [EMAIL PROTECTED] Caldera Open

Re: OT TID Re: Noteworthy News Item

2002-06-23 Thread Lee
Bob Hems wrote: Lee wrote: Ronnie Gauthier wrote: snip This marked start of religion's declaration of war on rational thought and science. I thought this happened with the first decision to rule people through fear of a/some diety(ies)? Bob -- Not really. Most ancient

Re: Cups help

2002-06-23 Thread Net Llama!
Richard R. Sivernell wrote: List I havelost my printing thru cups. The log says it can not bind with port 631. Does anyone know what would cause this? Appreciate any help here. EW 3.1.1 latest cups kde3 with xfce desktop. ipchains/tables? --

Re: Cups help

2002-06-23 Thread Richard R. Sivernell
On Sun, 23 Jun 2002 17:29:54 -0700 Net Llama! [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Richard R. Sivernell wrote: List I havelost my printing thru cups. The log says it can not bind with port 631. Does anyone know what would cause this? Appreciate any help here. EW 3.1.1 latest cups kde3 with

Re: Motif-which version for caldera 2.4

2002-06-23 Thread Joel Hammer
I think my last version of opera was 5.x something. qt is installed. The opera web page said I needed to have motif installed. I was getting lots messages about a missing library which stopped after I installed motif. Joel On Sun, Jun 23, 2002 at 05:02:35PM -0400, dep wrote: begin Joel

Re: Java

2002-06-23 Thread James McDonald
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 01:50, Joel Hammer wrote: Could someone point me to good and easy documentation on using java with linux? I know I have a java runtime environment somewhere on my Caldera 2.4 system, but when I installed Opera 6.01 it found no java environment. So, I need to know what

Re: OT TID Re: Noteworthy News Item

2002-06-23 Thread Joel Hammer
-- got established. Along with the burning of the Monk Bruno we have the burning of over two hundred thousand witches. Even Notrodamus was The situation is not quite so clear cut. In Catholic Spain, when witch trials were all the rage in most of Europe, the Spanish Inquisition was brought to

Re: OT TID Re: Noteworthy News Item

2002-06-23 Thread Joel Hammer
Ronnie Gauthier wrote: snip This marked start of religion's declaration of war on rational thought and science. I thought this happened with the first decision to rule people through fear of a/some diety(ies)? I don't think all religions are simply tools to control the

Re: slack 8.1

2002-06-23 Thread Michael Hipp
Here's mine. Note the 1280x1024/85Hz x16bpp is the only one I actually ever use. The others could be deleted. Michael Section Screen Identifier Screen0 Device Card0 Monitor Generic Monitor DefaultDepth 16 Subsection Display Depth 32 Modes

initrd

2002-06-23 Thread Ted Ozolins
On a RH 7.3 when installing and compiling a new kernel issueing: mkinitrd /boot/initrd-new.img 2.4.18-5 fails with All of your loopback devices are in use! What am I doing wrong? -- Ted Ozolins (VE7TVO) Westbank, B. C. ___ Linux-users mailing

Re: Java

2002-06-23 Thread James McDonald
On Mon, 24 Jun 2002 02:36, James McDonald wrote: you need to set to up env vars in you .bash_profile file or /etc/profile JAVA_HOME=JAVA_HOME=/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0 PATH=$PATH:/usr/java/j2sdk1.4.0/bin export JAVA_HOME PATH Correction the JAVA_HOME line should have been

Slackware 8.1 experiences

2002-06-23 Thread Collins
Over the weekend I put up Slackware 8.1 and ran for a couple of days. Pretty uneventful experience. The only real drawback is that they don't package Sylpheed, but at least they do offer Xfce. A few notes: 1) Slackware is still stuck in the Lilo world (some would say right on). I let it

Re: tcp settings

2002-06-23 Thread m.w.chang
ok... found something but not all... http://www.tldp.org/HOWTO/Adv-Routing-HOWTO-13.html /proc\sys/net/ipv4/tcp_window_scaling /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_timestamps /proc/sys/net/ipv4/tcp_sack /proc/sys/net/ipv4/ip_no_pmtu_disc Next, in DR TCP, Set TCP Rec Window to 100472 Set Window Scaling ON

Re: Linux: Live Kernel Upgrades - KernelTrap

2002-06-23 Thread m.w.chang
I glanced over it until the later part which was beyond me. I just worried that it would open another security hole... definitely not smoking anything special. Net Llama! wrote: I'll 2nd that request. Give me the hooch too, so i can also see viri where there are none. isn't it no better