Re: NO $#@^*% MAIL!
Hey, Bruce: Great idea! g Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994 Amateur radio packeteer - since 1988 - Original Message - From: Bruce Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 1:41 PM Subject: Re: NO $#@^*% MAIL! On Wednesday 06 February 2002 13:38 pm, Glenn Williams wrote: If you'd like more information on becoming a licensed ham radio operator, or about ham radio in general, please contact me off-list. /commercial message 73 de Glenn Oh help next thing you know he's going to propose a linux.nf net net. :o) de KJ1B ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: WAY OT NO MAIL!
- Original Message - From: Jay Nugent [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 3:06 PM Subject: Re: NO $#@^*% MAIL! [snip] Glenn (et al), The Internet was clearly the ruination of Packet Radio. [snip] I was proud to have donated my time having produced the schematics for the TNC-1 (which Heathkit later copied and used in their HD-4040 TNC kit, with some minor changes) and also helped with PCB design issues. The packet radio community owes you and many other selfless hams a great debt of gratitude for pioneering the development of the TNC to its present state. [snip] TPRS (Texas Packet Radio Society) produced their TexNet boards. Truely the BEST designed routing hub I had ever seen for packet radio networking. Amen to that. For a few years, west Texas and southeastern New Mexico had a really good network, with an interface to the TexNet. Unfortunately, there was a class of packeteers that drove packet right into the ground, with hourly broadcasts of *tons* of ALLNM, ALLTX, ALLUSA and WW bulletins, the content of which impressed me about as much as some of Rush Limbaugh's monologues, (and sounded strangely similar, to me). This is the kind of traffic that killed the keyboard-to-keyboard facet of this hobby, IMNSHO. I mean, 'Pardon me, sir or ma'am, as the case may be, but you obviously mistook me for someone who gives a sh*t.' Did anyone actually read all that crap? [snip] Sure it was nice knowing you could send data over the air, but it was tedious, slow, and often very congested. As more Hams found the Internet they abandoned their packet Radio stations and many of the community-wide networks fell apart. Yeah, and APRS pretty well put the finishing touches on the eradication of packet radio as we knew it. I had an APRS station for a while. It was an exhilarating activity, in the same category as watching paint dry. ;o( Even my home Packet station hasn't been on the air in years. There just isn't a decent network any longer and there's certainly nothing out there of interest (to me, anyway) anymore... :-( Sadly, I must agree with just everything you've said. Keeping a station on the air today is little more than an exercise in futility (or the epitome of hope.) VBG But my F6FBB BBS station has been on the air here in ABQ for the 19 months I have lived here, and my JNOS BBS was active from 1990 until I moved here from Roswell. Work is now in progress to add a node in the east mountains, which will (hopefully) re-establish the path to southeastern New Mexico and west Texas. I preferred the JNOS (TCP/IP) BBS system, but the JNOS support mail list has apparently evaporated or gone underground. (If anyone knows where the list has moved, please let me know, off-list.) So Glenn, though I expect Packet Radio did fair better in Oz, it didn't do so well in most places. I'm sure it will never be a replacement for the Internet should MS/TCP come to pass ;-) Nice thought, though... --- Jay Nugent WB8TKL He speaketh the truth. sigh I can't remember who asked the question that started this thread, but I guess the *real* answer is, Maybe - if you are prepared for a lot of work, (and all of it uphill). And that's probably not even realistic. Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: NO MAIL
Hi, Group: Thanks to all who responded with yeah, it made it this far, etc. For whatever reason, I did not get any 'linux-users mail list' mail for about 48 hours. I had a catastrophic failure here. Sad to say, it was all my own doing. I sure am getting a lot of experience, though. This next incident is entirely unrelated to the mail famine. I downloaded ISO images of ELX, burned the 2 install CDs, and installed ELX on this machine (to co-exist with Windows XP Pro). Don't mess with the MBR, says I, but I guess the ELX install program thought it knew better. It fubarred the MBR. I tried to boot the Win XP install CD so I could run the fix MBR command from the Recovery Console, but the CD would not boot. Here's where I should have tried to boot the CD in a different CD drive. Instead, I went around the mulberry bush a couple of times before I decided to try booting the Win XP CD in my CD-Writer drive. It booted OK, but by that time, I had already deleted all partitions - so too late to fix the original MBR. Don't ask why I didn't think to try a different CD drive sooner. Dumb, dumb, dumb. So now I am back up and running again in Win XP Pro. Anyone know why I can't open and read mail attachments from linux-users' mail list in Outlook Express? I will install SuSE 7.3 Pro after lunch. Things will go better after my belly is full, right? Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer - since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: NO $#@^*% MAIL!
Actually, I got 6 or 7 replies. Thanks to all. commercial message Amateur packet radio, one mode of operation of many available to licensed amateur radio operators throughout the world, is ***about*** networked computers! Each time a packet operator connects to another packet station via HF or VHF/UHF radio signal, he/she becomes part of a packet LAN. Some years ago, before the World Wide Web was a household word, there were many packet LANs across the US, Canada and the UK. At that time, TCP/IP (adapted for packet radio by networking genius Phil Karn, KA9Q) was very popular, and operators could connect to packet stations around the world by merely entering an IP address. I corresponded daily with a packet station in North Wales (UK), very close to where linux-users lister Peter Ruskin lives, in the 1990s. If you'd like more information on becoming a licensed ham radio operator, or about ham radio in general, please contact me off-list. /commercial message 73 de Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer - since 1988 - Original Message - From: R. Quenett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Glenn Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 8:07 AM Subject: Re: NO $#@^*% MAIL! from Glenn Williams: Would some kind soul please e-mail me off-list if you see this message? How many gadzillion replies did you get?g Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 /yasl(yet another stupid look:) Is packet radio at all/likely to ever be suitable/cheap enough for computer networking? I ask out of idle curiosity while wondering vaguely what the rest of us will do if/when buddy bill completes his takeover of the existing internet and puts the boots to us rabble. /yasl (yes, it does occasionally go away;) R [snip] ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: NO MAIL
Michael: Thanks for sharing your ELX experience, and the url for another distro. I will have a look. Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer - since 1988 - Original Message - From: Michael Hipp [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, February 06, 2002 11:38 AM Subject: Re: NO MAIL [snip] Elx did the same to me. Fortunately with 3 other Linux partitions to choose from, it wasn't hard to get into one of them and re-install GRUB (I use it as my boot selector). Elx also crashed several different times during install. Found out there are several places not to click on the screen while installing. Took near 10 tries just to get an install. Promising distro, but not there yet. Check out Lycoris Desktop/LX: http://www.lycoris.com. Appears to be similar philosophy to Elx but more stable at this moment. Michael ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
NO $#@^*% MAIL!
Would some kind soul please e-mail me off-list if you see this message? Thanks. Regards, Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: ISO image files
- Original Message - From: Dave Anselmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, January 27, 2002 8:33 PM Subject: Re: ISO image files Ken Moffat wrote: [...] The command I use to burn a cd from an iso image is: cdrecord -v speed=4 dev=0,0,0 -data filename.iso Of course you need to be root, and use the proper device, determined by 'cdrecord -scanbus', and set your preferred speed and the appropriate filename. Works for me, ymmv. Any second opinions? This is what I use, too. You can play with the speed - I have a cheap writer that should go higher than 4x but doesn't. Try it out with -dummy to see whether you'll have buffer underruns or other problems, and to time the actual writing. You don't have to be root to do this, assuming your device permissions are acceptable. cdrecord will complain in that case - it tries to set its priority and such to prevent underruns and only root can do those things. But it seems harmless, despite the warnings. Dave My thanks to all who responded with instruction and advice. I hope to get to try this out later in the day. Best regards to all. Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
ISO image files
Hi, Group: I have looked in all the familiar sources of info, and have come up empty. I have a binary file in .iso image format. What do I need to do to install it? The file is in my download directory, but I want to burn a CD and install it from that. I did this some time back, but my memory has deserted me on this one. Can someone help? TIA Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: ISO image files
Hi: I forgot to mention in my recent post, that I checked the iso file against the published md5 checksum using md5sum, and it matches okay. Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: New Address, Job OT
- Original Message - From: Kurt Wall [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux Users [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 22, 2002 7:07 AM Subject: New Address, Job OT Hi, list, As hinted in other threads, I'm no longer a Hoosier. I accepted a position with a Linux startup based in Pittsburgh, PA, TimeSys Corporation, http://www.timesys.com/. [snip] Kurt: Congrats, and best of luck in your new venture. Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Thanks
Hi, Andrew: I got your message about cybermesa.com bouncing the mail. Thanks for sending that info. I've forwarded it to cybermesa and they are working with it. In the meantime, I went to the mailing list archives to see what mail I've missed, and when I finished one message in a thread, and attempted to move to the next one in the sequence, the site went down (apparently) because no matter which message I tried to read, I got a this page cannot be displayed error, even after reconnecting and re-navigating. I'm sending a CC: of this message to the list, so you will receive two copies of this. Thanks for your help. Regards, Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Fw: Problem Identified
Hey, Group: Here's the latest on the mail delivery problem. It should be resolved soon. Thanks for you help and patience. Regards, Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 - Original Message - From: Jane M. Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Glenn Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:23 AM Subject: Problem Identified Dear Glenn, As it turns out, as a result of the new Spam Control, the abq-nm.com domain is not working. We asked Gordon and the Postini people to figure it out. It could be typo in a mail configuration or a server, but I don't know for sure. Very sorry. This is really maddening. Hope we can fix it quick. At 09:41 AM 1/21/2002, you wrote: Dear Jane: I appreciate your willingness to work with me on resolving this e-mail problem. I am attaching 2 files from a 'returned mail notification' message I received yesterday from a subscriber of one of the mail reflectors I mentioned earlier, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in hopes that this information will be useful. Still no mail from the above mentioned mailing list. [snip] ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: Problem Identified
Yes, I am. I resemble that remark. VBG Regards, Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 - Original Message - From: Tyler Regas [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 2:06 PM Subject: RE: Problem Identified Is someone from this list in the ABQ area? Hey, Group: Here's the latest on the mail delivery problem. It should be resolved soon. Thanks for you help and patience. Regards, Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 - Original Message - From: Jane M. Hill [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Glenn Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 10:23 AM Subject: Problem Identified Dear Glenn, As it turns out, as a result of the new Spam Control, the abq-nm.com domain is not working. We asked Gordon and the Postini people to figure it out. It could be typo in a mail configuration or a server, but I don't know for sure. Very sorry. This is really maddening. Hope we can fix it quick. At 09:41 AM 1/21/2002, you wrote: Dear Jane: I appreciate your willingness to work with me on resolving this e-mail problem. I am attaching 2 files from a 'returned mail notification' message I received yesterday from a subscriber of one of the mail reflectors I mentioned earlier, ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) in hopes that this information will be useful. Still no mail from the above mentioned mailing list. [snip] ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: OT ABQ List Members
- Original Message - From: Andrew Mathews [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 21, 2002 5:09 PM Subject: Re: OT ABQ List Members Tyler Regas wrote: I guess I should have said that I am too G How nice. I've been work-related anti-social for quite some time now. Might be time to change that. Tyler snip Why give up a good thing? g That makes at least 3 of us then, though I actually commute from Ponderosa to Santa Fe. It's 80 miles each way and Bernalillo is about halfway. I'm now working as Systems Administrator for the State Supreme Court's Judicial Information Division there. Had to do a crash course in AIX but IBM has some good tools to run linux on AIX. We're at 4.3.x, not 5L though. But bash, ssh, webmin, gcc, fileutils and many others seem to build and work properly. Is there an Abq. LUG? -- Andrew Mathews 4:55pm up 7:34, 4 users, load average: 1.25, 1.07, 1.02 What good is a ticket to the good life, if you can't find the entrance? ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL. There is a ABQ LUG, and I joined it some time ago, but it's not very active (and I certainly contributed to that inactivity). I lost the info I had about web site, reflector (if any), etc. I'll do a search and see what surfaces. Letcha know. 73 de Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Albuquerque LUG
Here's some info on the New Mexico Linux Users' Group: New Mexico Linux Users Group Contact James Hamilton [EMAIL PROTECTED] Postal address NMLUG c/o James Hamilton 5021 Indian School NE STE 600 Albuquerque NM 87110 USA Started on 1999-06-14 Size 130 Status informal Last changed on 2001-01-02 Editor's access (password protected) FWIW Regards, Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
No mail
I have had NO mail from the list during the past 72 hours. Will someone please drop a note to me off-list, if this message appears in the linux-users mail (and explain to me what the hell's going on, if possible)? TIA Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list - http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Subscribe/Unsubscribe info, Archives,and Digests are located at the above URL.
Re: Test
Hi, Ron: Yep, it made it this time. 73 de Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 - Original Message - From: Ron White [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux users group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 12:26 PM Subject: Test Can't get email sent to list. Hope this one made it. Ron Ron White Amateur Radio WA0MWW God answers all knee mail ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Copying boot disk
Hello, Lee: I don't wish to belabor this point. Evidently I was misunderstood, or perhaps there were errors in what I wrote. Four or 5 months ago, I tried to make a copy of the LILO boot floppy that was created when I installed SuSE Linux 7.2 I discovered it was impossible to do so. I later read that the reason it can't be copied has to do with the unique file system installed on the floppy disk before the boot info is copied to the disk. Ron White related a similar experience, IIRC. I believe he wrote to SuSE to ask why he was unable to copy his LILO boot floppy. As I recall, he did not get a satisfactory explanation. I sent a more detailed message to you privately in hopes it would be clearer than the vague procedure I outlined in my first reply to you. Moments ago, to prove (again) to myself that it could be done, I duplicated that procedure, and created a LILO boot floppy, not an installation boot disk. Here's what I did: Click the YaST2 icon in the panel. Click Control Center=System=Configure Boot Mode. A Custom LILO Installation dialog appears. There are 4 radio buttons; click the 2nd button (Create boot floppy). You may not be prompted to insert a (IBM) formatted floppy; do so anyway. I was lucky - several nights ago, we had a 1 hour power outage, complete with surges and sags. Both my Linux/Windows XP machines were running. When the dust settled, I could not boot into this Linux automatically using the LILO on the hard drive. I whipped out my handy-dandy LILO boot floppy, repaired LILO on the hard disk and went merrily on my way. Best regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Copying boot disk
- Original Message - From: Dave Anselmi [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Friday, January 11, 2002 7:17 PM Subject: Re: Copying boot disk [whole lotta snippin'] I'm not sure what you mean by a boot floppy. If you mean a floppy that boots a kernel it contains (and probably mounts / as a ramdisk contained on another floppy) then what you did or dd are both good ways to make another. Well, as I said, I was unable to read the LILO floppy by any means I knew of, back then. I *assume* there's a copy of LILO on the disk, and it simply runs LILO to boot the installed system(s). In SuSE 7.2 and 7.3, creating the LILO floppy is an option offered during the installation. Sometimes it is *not* an option - it is done by default. In just such a case, that was initially the reason I wanted to copy it (to a file on the hard drive) - so I could then use a readable copy to build my /etc/lilo.conf on the hard drive, which the installation failed to create on my hard drive. I didn't try the method Bruce suggested - but I am sure I will do so at my next opportunity, since it's a little easier than the YaST2 method. [snip] Regards, Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Copying Boot disk.
- Original Message - From: Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 10, 2002 12:08 PM Subject: Copying Boot disk. Recently built a quad boot (Win98/Mandrake 8.0/W3.1b/SuSe 7.2) box. To keep down traffic congestion in the mbr I boot into the SuSe using a floppy boot disk. For safety's sake I want to make a few duplicate boot disks. No matter how I try to go about it I get an error message that says the floppy drive can't recognize the file system on the floppy boot disk, except in Win where the error messages claims that the floppy boot disk isn't formatted. How do you make a copy of a linux boot floppy in general and SuSe in particular. Lee ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users I have run into this problem, as well. I finally found out that the distro I was using, installed a Minix file system on the floppy before copying the boot data to the disk. YMMV. I think I was running a SuSE distro at the time. Seems to me they used the minix fs to save space on the floppy. If you are running SuSE 7.2 or 7.3 Pro, check the Reference Manual - look in the index for boot disks or rescue disks. Sorry I can't give you more specific information. OTOH, since you *are* running a recent SuSE distro, you should be able to make a duplicate in YaST 2. Look at YaST 2=Control Center=System, and then under boot disks or rescue disks - I'm kinda hazy on the last stop, there. HTH 73 de Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Maxtor 80 meg drive
- Original Message - From: Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Monday, January 07, 2002 7:08 PM Subject: Re: Maxtor 80 meg drive I want to use this drive to boot several versions of linux. If I can get a cheap copy of XP, I will want to put that on there, too. [schnippen] Hi, Joel: Take a look at: www.bcd2000.com They have XP Home (full version) for 99 bux, but their XP Pro is priced at $159. FWIW Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Hi there
- Original Message - From: Bill Parker [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 6:39 PM Subject: Hi there Thought I would check this list out Well, then... Hey! and welcome! Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Memory lapse
Hi, Group: Thanks to all for the many helpful suggestions and ideas. I will make the lilo boot floppy first and then follow the original plan. I should have thought of that - I have a lilo boot floppy on my other Linux box. I did a little research on restoring the MBR in WinXP, and discovered that the Windows XP installation CD can be used to enter a recovery mode from which a DOS prompt allows the user to run the fixmbr command, which accomplishes the same thing as fdisk /mbr in earlier versions of DOS. If all is as it appears, (assuming the boot loader is in the /boot partition and not the mbr) it won't be necessary to modify or restore the mbr. But then, we have no use for fire insurance until the house burns down. Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 - Original Message - From: Collins Richey [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, January 03, 2002 4:47 AM Subject: Re: Memory lapse [snip] dd if=/boot/boot.0300 of=/dev/hda bs=446 count=1 Pardon a detail improvement, but I believe it actually is bs=512. This can be checked by simply doing ls -l /boot/boot.0300. The MBR is 512 bytes long, so the memory creaks out. Before you try anything, first create a working lilo boot disk with your existing and functional ilo.confby changing the root=/dev/hda to root=/dev/fd0 and then /sbin/lio. Verify that the boot disk works, then make your attempts to modify the mbr. -- Collins Richey - Denver Area ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Will they recommend LINUX????
- Original Message - From: R. Quenett [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Tuesday, January 01, 2002 4:06 PM Subject: Re: Will they recommend LINUX Perhaps they'll urge Americans to switch to a safer OS ;-) Not likely during the current administration. Or any other. Government doesn't _do_ 'open'. It's poisonous to the culture. R I think that will prove to be an unwarranted assumption. NASA and a number of other government institutions are currently using Linux. Either the Space Lab or the shuttles use Linux - at the moment I cannot remeber which, but possibly both. Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Memory lapse
Hi, Group: I want to delete this Linux and the associated partitions from my hard drive. Currently, I dual-boot SuSE 7.2 and Windows XP. I think LILO was installed in the MBR. IIRC, that's what boot=/dev/hda means. I've attached my /etc/lilo.conf in hopes some kind reader will verify that this is so. I remember that there's a command line exercise that will restore the original MBR, but I can't find it and don't remember it. I suppose if all else fails I can boot with a Windows 9x boot disk and restore the original MBR with fdisk /MBR. Any help? Here's /etc/lilo.conf: # LILO configuration file # Start LILO global Section # If you want to prevent console users to boot with init=/bin/bash, # restrict usage of boot params by setting a passwd and using the option # restricted. #password=bootpwd #restricted append=BOOT_FILE=/boot/vmlinuz hdc=ide-scsi hdd=ide-scsi boot=/dev/hda #compact # faster, but won't work on all systems. vga=771 message=/boot/message menu-scheme=Wg:kw:Wg:Wg read-only prompt timeout=80 # End LILO global Section # image = /boot/vmlinuz root = /dev/hda3 label = linux initrd = /boot/initrd # image = /boot/vmlinuz.suse root = /dev/hda3 label = suse initrd = /boot/initrd.suse optional # other = /dev/hda1 label = windows table = /dev/hda # image = /boot/memtest.bin label = memtest86 Thanks, best regards, and Happy New Year to all who may choose to observe the custom. Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Memory lapse
Thanks, Ian: I want to download elx, and I don't have a large enough staging area on my hard drive to hold the iso files. I plan to install elx on this machine later, but in the meantime I can delete the SuSE partitions and then resize the Windoze partition to accomodate the large download. Thanks for your help. Regards, Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 - Original Message - From: Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 7:42 PM Subject: Re: Memory lapse Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Group: I want to delete this Linux and the associated partitions from my hard drive. Currently, I dual-boot SuSE 7.2 and Windows XP. I think LILO was installed in the MBR. IIRC, that's what boot=/dev/hda means. I've attached my /etc/lilo.conf in hopes some kind reader will verify that this is so. That's what I see in the file you included. I remember that there's a command line exercise that will restore the original MBR, but I can't find it and don't remember it. see 'man lilo'. Read the '-u' and '-s' options. And look for a file in your /boot dir called something like 'boot.0#00' where # is equal to the major number for the device lilo installed to. I suppose if all else fails I can boot with a Windows 9x boot disk and restore the original MBR with fdisk /MBR. The above is quite simple, and something that is good to know. But yes you *could* do that. -- ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Memory lapse
Ian: I simply neglected to change the Windows label in LILO after upgrading to XP, so it still refers to Win98SE. It dual-boots SuSE and WinXP just dandy. Or perhaps I misunderstood your warning? Thanks for your alert! Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 - Original Message - From: Ian [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, January 02, 2002 7:47 PM Subject: Re: Memory lapse Ian wrote: Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Group: I want to delete this Linux and the associated partitions from my hard drive. Currently, I dual-boot SuSE 7.2 and Windows XP. I think LILO was installed in the MBR. SNIP I suppose if all else fails I can boot with a Windows 9x boot disk and restore the original MBR with fdisk /MBR. The above is quite simple, and something that is good to know. But yes you *could* do that. Actually, if this machine is XP don't assume that will work, I realized after my last message blinked off the screen, that 9X is still on top of DOS, XP has left it behind (I think, I only use 98SE and 2K) -- Linux SxS [http://sxs.webhop.net/] ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: elx
Vern: In view of the foregoing, (in this thread) I feel compelled to point out that the plural form of typo is typos and not typo's. FWIW Regards, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user # 135678 since 1994 Amateur Radio Packeteer since 1988 - Original Message - From: Vern W Heesch [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, December 30, 2001 2:48 PM Subject: Re: elx [snip] I am in agreement with Dave. Typo's are unacceptable. It truely shows how much 'true' effort was put into the thing. I see more and more companies putting things out with typo's in them, it's pathetic. ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Windows98: Command prompt?
Joel: Isn't the command prompt simply command.com? Do a search for that filename, or better yet, go to Start=Run and in the window type command.com and hit ENTER. I can't try that here because I have only Windows XP available, where the command prompt is a menu item under Start=Programs=Accesories=MSDOS Prompt (which, come to think of it, that might not be a bad place to look on Win 98). HTH Good luck, Glenn Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux user # 135678 since 1994 - Original Message - From: Joel Hammer [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Saturday, December 22, 2001 8:02 AM Subject: Windows98: Command prompt? A bit OT but: Does anyone know how to get a MSDOS prompt on a window98 computer which doesn't list that option anywhere? My son needs to backup everything from his new laptop which has windows98. It would be easiest just to run ftp from the command line but we can't find a way to get an MSDOS prompt on his fancy HP powerful laptop computer. The fancy windows GUI ftp client doesn't have a way to select all files at the same time. I know, I know, dump windows, but he has to use windows at school. Everytime I work with windows I am astounded by what an awful operating system it is but its what we have to work with. He is tired of windows98 crashing several times per day. So, he is going to install XP professional ($20 [no upgrade] from his school bookstore.) I may be tempted at that price. Joel ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Win95 replacement
Derek: Is it possible that the original owner of the computer and hard drive would have used one of the proprietary hard disk installation overlays to allow use of the entire 6 gigs of real estate on a machine with a BIOS that only recognizes 2 gig? There are several of these overlays around; two that come to mind are Western Digital's EZ-Install utility and Maxtor's Max Blast Plus. I don't recall what Seagate calls their utility, but I have downloaded it from their web site. You must have the utility on a floppy or CD in order to restore the hard drive to its original state. Once this has been done, up to 2 gig will be available for normal use. I don't think you can install Linux on a hard drive on which the utility is still in place. FWIW Regards, Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 - since 1994 - Original Message - Subject: Re: Win95 replacement On Tuesday 18 December 2001 02:18, Derek Blazer enunciated: I could always stand to do some more reading on linux, but I have successfully installed linux before using these disks. Before posing my problem to the list, I did do a brief search in the Caldera users list archive and the step by step site. I would gladly read up on kernel panic errors if somebody would point me to a reference. ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: I'm back
Hi, Ron: Good to hear from you again, and glad you're feeling better. I am typing this on my new computer - Pentium 3, 1 GHz, with 1 GB of RAM. Works pretty good! TTYL 73 de glenn - Original Message - From: Ron White [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: Linux users group [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Sunday, November 25, 2001 9:54 AM Subject: I'm back Had a total hip replacement, but am back at the computer now and it sure feels good. Ron Ron White Amateur Radio WA0MWW God answers all knee mail ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Apology to the list
Hi: I apologize for sending to the list, what was intended as a personal reply; I did not look at the reply address when I hit the 'send' button. sigh slap! Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: OT Volume Down?
Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux uer # 135678 - Original Message - From: Burns MacDonald [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 15, 2001 8:49 PM Subject: OT Volume Down? Is it my imagination, or is the volume on this list way down over what it was just a month or two ago? Did we lose a bunch or people that never re-subbed during the hardware failure crisis? Hi, Burns: To the former: my perception is yes. To the latter: probably. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Lilo Final. Re: Someone has to ask...
On Thursday 01 November 2001 21:08, you wrote: On Friday 02 November 2001 06:39, Glenn Williams wrote: Then I made sure I can boot both Linux and XP with PM 7 Boot Magic. BM this is *not* a flame at you. I have never properly understood why people insist on using $60 flakey software when lilo (or grub) do the job. [snip] the following lilo.conf is a 90% garanteed success. it is THIS SIIMPLE (ignore all #comments) boot =/dev/hda # THE MBR install=/boot/boot.b # THE contents of that mbr map =/boot/map # internal use linear # THE method of disk accces, there are others, this one works. prompt #rubbish timeout=50 #rubbish message=/boot/message #rubbish read-only #yeah yeah #--linux OS fragment image=/boot/vmlinuz_think_of_a_number label=TOMATOES root=/dev/hdb2 # THE disk and THE partition #-- DOS OS fragment other=/dev/hda1#THE disk and THE partition label=PORRIDGE - repeat the above fragments for as many different kernels and OS's that give you a thrill, remembering to mount those fragments prior to issuing /sbin/lilo /sbin/lilo will scream it's head off if any syntax above is wrong, (or if the item ain't mounted), it is THAT simple. It doesn't matter a rat's *rse whether the OS booting to, uses a left knee over toehold, reverse dihedral double dichotomy file system, with pretzels. Whatever that file system 'is', it has no part to play during booting because it can't be implemented in 446 bytes! Whatever the OS, linux included, that file system, and all parephenalia associated with it, is NOT part of the boot process, it is 'somewhere else'. Very instructive... and *way too* funny! ROTFLMAO All that is ever required, is to provide the incredibly imple syntax above, so that lilo can point to 'something else'. Hi, Mike: First of all, let me say that I did not take offense to your comments in the least. They seem to have been written in the same tone as your tutorial on LILO in the SxS - which I think (tone) is very good. Second, your dry, but not-so-suttle, uproariously irreverent sense of humor bleeds through your writing in a most entertaining but immensely instructive way. Third, I learned something from this experience. Most importantly, this time I did *not* panic. I actually had some fun putting things back together. I got helpful suggestions from several list members, and I don't mean to minimize their help, but mostly, I relied on what I already knew (if I would only take the time to think about it), and what I could find in the many good books I have. Reduced to a paragraph or so, here's what I did: I first used YaST2 to make a system boot floppy by writing my existing LILO to a floppy. Â I tested it and it works. Then I used YaST2 (could have done that from the command line) to write the same LILO to the Linux partition of the hard drive. Next, I restored the original MBR using a DOS boot floppy and the DOS fdisk /MBR command. Â Then I installed Partition Magic 7 Boot Magic and made sure that would boot both OSs. Â Finally, I rounded the final turn by disabling Boot Magic and writing LILO to the MBR. Â Which is, of course, where I began. Â ;0) I know that wasn't the best or most straight-forward approach, but it was a worthwhile experience, all in all. Â Everything boots nicely. And I may remember some of this as late as next Wednesday. Thanks for your comments, Mike. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Someone has to ask...
Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Original Message - From: Mike Andrew [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, November 01, 2001 4:20 AM Subject: Re: Someone has to ask... On Wednesday 31 October 2001 02:32, Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Group: I know it's a nasty question, but someone has to ask it; will the current LILO boot Windows XP? it boots the vfat format quite ok, am running so-called xp 'professional' here. I cannot tell you if it works in nTFS format which is what xp will try and do on a clean install. Probably all is ok. Hi, Mike: Thanks for the insight. I upgraded my win98SE to winXP Home Edition and in the process destroyed my LILO. I am working on recovering, now. I used the recipe for making a system boot disk which is found in the SuSE 7.2 Pro Reference Manual, and also the one on SuSE's web site (Knowledge Base), but both failed to boot my installed system. I can boot it OK with the official boot disk and CD # 1 of the boxed set, but that takes a long time and it's a royal PIA. There were several references on the SuSE mailing list to /boot/vmlinuz and /boot/vmlinuz.suse being the same kernel; the second copy is there in the event you destroy your original. Maybe I should try making a boot disk using /boot/vmlinuz.suse. My biggest problem is that I'm not sure how to restore LILO to the MBR, where it used to live. I had to do fdisk /MBR just so I could boot 'something.' Well, I didn't intend to go on like this. Anyway, thanks for responding, Mike. Regards, Glenn - Glenn Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Someone has to ask
On Thursday 01 November 2001 09:34, you wrote: Hi Glenn, something similar happened to my dual boot Win 2K pro and Suse 7.2 Pro box- I booted from the 1st CD like you did, once in, I pulled up and ran the Yast2 module, from there you can rewrite the MBR in system section. Kirk Hi, Kirk: Thanks for the tip - I will give that a try right now. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Someone has to ask...
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 13:46, Bob Brown wrote: I am booting XP (Home Edition) without problems using the current LILO. Regards...Bob ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Hi, Bob and Kirk: Well, there's good news... and GOOD NEWS! First, I used YaST2 to make a system boot disk by copying my existing LILO to a floppy disk. Then I checked it out to be sure I could boot XP and SuSE Linux from the floppy. This is a really cool way to make a system boot disk. Next, I wrote LILO to the Linux root (/) partition, instead of the MBR, which upgrading to XP had destroyed. I used YaST2 to perform this wondrous feat, also. Then I made sure I can boot both Linux and XP with PM 7 Boot Magic. BM isn't my preference, but right now I prefer it to looking at a blank screen. I will work on replacing PM 7 Boot Mgagic with LILO next. Then I'll be back to normal (whatever that might be). Thanks to both of you for your help, suggestions and encouragement. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Someone has to ask...
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 07:26, you wrote: I'm booting Windows XP pro using grub with no problems. Also running it in VMware with no problems. Hi, Ray: Thanks for letting me know. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Someone has to ask...
On Wednesday 31 October 2001 07:26, Ray Russell wrote: I'm booting Windows XP pro using grub with no problems. Also running it in VMware with no problems. Hey, Group: Well, I played with fire and I got burnt! I upgraded win98 to winXP home edition using the upgrade. I *formerly* used LILO to dual-boot SuSE Linux 7.2 Pro and win98. The upgrade over-wrote the MBR. I restored the original MBR (windoze) and completed the upgrade. I tried using PQ 7 BootMagic temporarily to see if *it* would boot Linux, but I got the same thing as when I tied to boot Linux from the SuSE splash screen - LIL_ I might have been able to repair LILO, but instead (probably foolishly) chose to restore the original MBR so I could finish the winXP upgrade. I am composing this message in KMail, having booted into SuSE Linux 7.2 Pro using the boot disk and CD #1. I am feeling pretty sheepish about all this, and my ass is pretty raw - but go ahead - feel free. I deserve it! I could sure use some help on how to proceed. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Someone has to ask...
Hi, Group: I know it's a nasty question, but someone has to ask it; will the current LILO boot Windows XP? Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Someone has to ask...
On Tuesday 30 October 2001 09:17, you wrote: Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Group: I know it's a nasty question, but someone has to ask it; will the current LILO boot Windows XP? Dunno, I have a co-worker named _Milo_ who'd like to _boot_ the XP developers in the arse though...guess that doesn't help though. Sorry. :P I was wrong in my previous email. XP must stand for eXtra Payments. (now and in the future) :o) Hee hee - you got it right that time. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Someone has to ask...
Hey, Bob: Thanks for responding. This is good to know. Regards, Glenn On Tuesday 30 October 2001 13:46, you wrote: [snip] Glenn I am booting XP (Home Edition) without problems using the current LILO. Regards...Bob -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: OTFwd: AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
On Sunday 28 October 2001 17:11, you wrote: oh my god... I would turn around and leave right then and there How did that photo of my ham radio bench get released? Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: linux withdrawal ahead ot
On Thursday 25 October 2001 20:22, you wrote: Well I'm off air until next Wenesday. My 40th high school reunion in Texarkana. Unlike Kurt's traveling, there's no woman involved. grin Although my daughter did say: Dad, are you sure there's not an old girl friend waiting for you? Looks like I'll be back before the snow flies. I don't own a laptop, so I'll have to do without my daily linux fix for a while. Catch up with you next week. Hi, Collins: You will have a blast. I wouldn't worry too much about Linux withdrawal. My 40th was in Chicago 14 years ago. I survived and so will you. My soon-to-be new wife went with me. It was a great time! Have fun! Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ Linux-users mailing list Archives, Digests, etc at http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Barbie.com and KDE 2.1.2
On Tuesday 02 October 2001 16:02, you wrote: [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: When my girls try to visit Barbie.com using Konq the screen won't load. Is this a windows site? They don't have any problems accessing the site in windows (using ie or netscape). Is there anything I can do to get it to load - plugins, settings? Don't know about Kong, but barbi.com isn't a windows-only site. I just checked by going there using nutscrape under Solaris 7 on an UltraSparc 30 here. Hadn't realised it was there, though I should have. This will make my 8 yr old daughter quite happe. rickf Hi, Rick: I just navigated to the Barbie web site - www.barbie.com - and it plays like a Wurlitzer (including sound) for me. I am using Konqueror as my browser, and SuSE 7.2 Pro on a P3 - 450 Mhz machine w/ 256M of RAM. The KDE version is 2.1.2 HTH Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Windows XP
Hi, Group: Is Windows XP a *real* operating system yet, or is it another GUI shell running on top of MS-DOS v X.x??? Does anyone know? Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: I am afraid...
On Friday 21 September 2001 06:52, you wrote: [snip] I just heard on the radio that the FAA has now restricted flying within *3* miles of any outdoor sporting event or assembledge of people.. This would include a high school football game. They didn't mention any altitude with this. This to me would essentially ban all flight. There's no way to let pilots know where these 'restricted areas' are or to easily avoid them even if the pilot did. A real overreaction in my opinion. Right you are. Someone obviously did not think this through. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: [SLE] A gentle request
On Friday 21 September 2001 15:24, you wrote: [snip] To whom that applies When replying to a mail please _DO_NOT CC to the person. As this person is on the list also you are just increasing bandwith usage for both sides. Since the only way you can send an email to any SuSE mailling Lists is only if the person is subscribed what is the benefit of CC'ing to the others who tried to provide an answer unless the original email sender has requested to be CC'ed. Here's the problem (mail-client-specific - in my case, Kmail): Like many of you, I subscribe to 2 Linux mail lists; the SuSE list and the generic list Doug hosts. If I want to reply to something on the linux-users list, I click the 'reply' icon. If I do the same thing on the SuSE list, the reply goes to the *author* and not the list, so then I must open the address book, find the address for the SuSE list, click on it, and then delete the author's address. Big deal! you say. But it is a royal PIA from where I sit. If I remember, (*if*) I can click the 'reply ALL' icon and then remember to delete the extra address. It would be great if they both worked the same way - but they don't. My 2 kopecks... Regards -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: I am afraid...
On Monday 17 September 2001 20:07, you wrote: On Monday 17 September 2001 21:07, Chang wrote: | Then find out why Ladden did it? Talk to him before making a | military arrest. :) as i understand it, our arrest of him will be under a provision of british military law, rule .303. we had a version of that, rule .308, but we wimped out and now are stuck with our own rule .223. How about this rule: U.S. Pistol, cal .45, M1911A1 Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
RAM
Hi, Group: Somehow, the answer to this simple question slipped past me during my 'basic' training. All else being equal, can I use PC133 RAM in a machine with a 100 MHz bus? Or even a 66 MHz bus? Any consequences? Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: RAM
On Monday 17 September 2001 08:20, you wrote: On Monday 17 September 2001 07:41 am, you wrote: Hi, Group: Somehow, the answer to this simple question slipped past me during my 'basic' training. All else being equal, can I use PC133 RAM in a machine with a 100 MHz bus? Or even a 66 MHz bus? Any consequences? Regards, Glenn Yes It will default to the slowest memory. I am doing that now on a box. cheers Thanks to Rick and Ron for your answers. Strange - I was sure that this would work, and in fact, without looking to confirm this, I'm sure I am already doing it with at least one other machine. But when the question arose, my between-the-ears memory did a total flameout! Thanks. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: RAM
On Monday 17 September 2001 09:01, you wrote: On Mon, 17 Sep 2001 06:41:35 -0600, Glenn Williams wrote: Somehow, the answer to this simple question slipped past me during my 'basic' training. All else being equal, can I use PC133 RAM in a machine with a 100 MHz bus? Or even a 66 MHz bus? I am. But the only pitfall I have found is that I can't now add a PC100 DIMM to the system The PC133 DIMM disappears Hi, Shawn: The inability to add slower RAM to existing faster memory is duly noted. Thanks! Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: A sad day
Shawn: My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family... Glenn On Saturday 15 September 2001 13:35, you wrote: Its is with a very heavy heart that we must announce the passing of our daughter, Sydney K. Tayler. Sydney was stillborn at 10:26PM, Sept 14, 2001. We do not know the reason why Sydney was taken from us. She was found to have no heart beat during a routine weekly checkup. An ultrasound examination at Washoe Medical Center, confirmed that she had left us. stayler ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Fwd: Miami Herald Editorial
On Thursday 13 September 2001 17:55, you wrote: Glenn Williams wrote: On Thursday 13 September 2001 14:48, you wrote: [snip] Later, we dropped atom bombs on Japan. After the atom bombing, the only sentiment expressed by Americans was joy that the war was over. If you were alive during this time, you sure as hell were NOT paying attention. With indignation, Glenn [snip] ...Skippy replied: I was alive then and aged 12, and like everyone else on the allied side we were just estatic that it was finally over, boy were we paying attention. I don't want to belabor this, but I also prefer not to be misunderstood. What I am trying to convey here, is that as a nation, we were deleriously happy the war finally ended. But that was not the only sentiment expressed by Americans. There was also a national feeling of sadness and despair that the lives of thousands of non-combatants were obliterated so quickly and summarily that in these times the event could be likened to pressing the delete key on a computer keyboard. I was 14 when General MacArthur accepted the surrender of the Japanese. I don't believe we owe the world an apology for using the bomb, but the memory of those times saddens me (and millions of other Americans) deeply. Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: New York WTC
Skippy wrote: All cliques aside, I would like to see a surgical operation, something well planned and executed, similar to Entebbe. One that exorcises the cancer but leaves the good flesh still there. I agree. This seems to me the most sensible approach. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: New York WTC
On Thursday 13 September 2001 22:16, you wrote: Bruce Marshall wrote: It would be great if they allowed people with carry permits to carry weapons on board with prior notification. I think they should do the same for teachers with permits with proper storage of the weapon. Sure would have saved some lives in the past. Let us NOT forget that we are talking not just American Airlines. I shudder to think of some airlines were passengers were allowed to carry guns, you might end up with a flying collander. -- Keith Antoine aka Skippy Skippy: Not a funny topic, but your metaphor is hilarious! ROTFLMAO Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Fwd: Miami Herald Editorial
On Thursday 13 September 2001 14:48, you wrote: [snip] Later, we dropped atom bombs on Japan. After the atom bombing, the only sentiment expressed by Americans was joy that the war was over. If you were alive during this time, you sure as hell were NOT paying attention. With indignation, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Evangelism (dep style)
Hi, Tim: Very informative reply. Mucho gracias. Regards, Glenn On Friday 07 September 2001 06:22, you wrote: Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Tim: What is a mozilla nightly? Thanks. Regards, Glenn Mozilla - the open source development project for Netscape 6 (and some other, lesser known, companies) - builds versions of the browser package every day with the latest changes and calls them nightlies. It's quite different using a nightly than a point release. You get additional bug fixes *and* bugs. Sometimes the thing won't even run (which is what my son found out this morning). Typically, I'll pull a nightly down every couple of days to see how things are coming along. More info can be found at http://www.mozilla.org. Regards, Tim On Thursday 06 September 2001 19:41, you wrote: My son has succumb to pressure from the old man to use linux full time (that and he couldn't get windows to install for some reason and I refused to help him...). So taking in the advice of dep's latest .comment on linuxplanet, I'm trying to be a good guru. Unfortunately, he's asked a question that I don't know the answer to. He's downloaded a couple of mozilla nightlies and has liked what he's seen. His initial comment was something like, wow, that's fast. Of course, the last time he tried Mozilla was probly two months ago. Anyway, I walked him thru downloading a nightly tar binary and extracting it to a local folder to run and he seemed happy with that. Now, though, he wants to automate the process. So he asked me if it could be done and how. I told him that I'm sure it could be done, but I don't know how. SO the task at hand is to downoad the latest mozilla nightly and untar it to a local folder autmatically every night. Any scripting gurus out there wanna share their expertise with a budding 13-year old linux geek? Thanks, Tim ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Personal firewall
Very cool, Bruce: Thanks for posting this. I have it bookmarked. 73 de Glenn On Thursday 06 September 2001 09:30, you wrote: Thought you might want to make a note of this site: http://www.whatismyip.com/ -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Personal firewall
Hi, Joel: Thanks for the firewall tutorial. I'm sure it will be useful, once I've digested all the information in it. I'm grateful to you for taking the time to send this to me. I have some books on TCP/IP and one which specifically covers firewalls and Internet security, but they are obsolete - written in the mid-90s when I was using TCP/IP in amateur packet radio networks. I'm using the SuSE 7.2 Pro personal firewall which is non-configurable. It's either enabled or disabled, and that's about it. However, there's a SuSE Firewall that ships with this distro, and it is *very* configurable. So I will examine that with deeper scrutiny. I'll also check amazon.com for what books are available on-line about firewalls and security. Thanks again for the advice and information. 73 de Glenn On Tuesday 04 September 2001 18:25, you wrote: DENY tcp l- 0xFF 0x00 eth1 0.0.0.0/0 24.182.146.18 * - 1:1023 rule protocol log Who knows NIC any ip my ip from any port to your ports Translation: Deny tcp packets, logging it, Huh??, to my eth1 from any ip on the planet to the ip address of the NIC of my router (which connects to the internet) from any port to my ports 1 to 1023. ip's are in dot quad format with a netmask if needed. 0.0.0.0. is host 0.0.0.0 but 0.0.0.0/0 is any ip. 127.0.0.0/24 is the local host. Firewalls are simple once you have the few rules figured out. Here is a simple rule from my firewall. It denies all requests from any host to my internet facing NIC to access the ports from 1 to 1023 (These are the privileged ports to which various services, like ftp, telnet, printing, and others listen for requests for services. You likely didn't know that port 515 (port for printing local or network files) is ripe for exploitation. You are at a crucial stage. If you don't learn this simple stuff, you will be like those poor souls in Shakespeare, who, not catching the tide at its flood, will wallow in the shallows, etc., at least as far as security. For your own good, and for the good of your security, firewalls are way too important to leave to magic security scripts. You should know which other ports you have to protect, like 6000 (your X server) and make sure to prevent unwanted people from attaching to such services. I just edit my firewall using vi. It is so simple that way. ipchains-save file Edit the file ipchains -F; cat file | ipchains-restore -f Piece of cake. Buy a book or read about firewalls. You have been warned. In addition, if you want to arrange ipmasq or use nonstandard ports for services (Say, to disguise your web page from your ISP which bans such things), knowing about firewalls is essential. Joel ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Personal firewall
Thanks, Tim: Obviously I did not read the info on the grc site carefully. I'll give that a try. Regards, Glenn On Wednesday 05 September 2001 08:57, you wrote: Glenn Williams wrote: snip grc.com was not much help. First of all, I had to switch to windoze and a different firewall. They report my IP address as 10.0.0.2, and then gave me a boilerplate blurb about how IETF in their wisdom set aside a large block of addresses for internal network use (which was rather astute, and all very true, of course). Thanks. snip IIRC, you downloaded and ran IP_agent. That does require windows to run, it's a windows program. grc.com offers a Shields Up scan that tells you you external IP address, the IP that the Internet sees. I just navigated to the shields up page from RedHat, https://grc.com/x/ne.dll?bh0bkyd2, running the scan is not OS-specific. On that screen, just navigate down past the Free IP Agent BS and click on the button for Test My Shields!. There's also a button there for a minimal Port scan. No download of any software should be required. HTH, Tim ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: [SLE] mounting and formating a second Hdd (hdb)
Matt: Could this be due to an older BIOS? What does Windows/DOS fdisk report? What does Linux fdisk or cfdisk report? I confess I have not followed the thread so I amy be way off the target here. Regards, Glenn On Wednesday 05 September 2001 09:29, you wrote: Ahhh spoke to soon... I have seem to have a problem the disk size is 18G however when I run fdisk it seems to only see 130 cylinders which relates to 1044244+ blocks. However there are 4 partitions on the disk 2 x 5G and 3 x 1G all formatted under Windows98. If I fdisk the disk under linux SuSE7.2 I can only create a 1G partition. Any ideas ? Regards Matt Matt wrote: Wow thats great. Question formatting.. mke2fs -cv /dev/hdb1 formats to e2fs. How do you format to vfat ? Regards Matt -Original Message- From: Jostein Berntsen [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, September 05, 2001 2:10 PM To: Matt; suse-linux-e Subject: RE: [SLE] mounting and formating a second Hdd (hdb) Hi, Here is a short and concise explantion: http://www.linuxgazette.com/issue38/cooper.html Jostein = Original Message From Matt [EMAIL PROTECTED] = Hi, I have a removable hdd it is seen by boot but I am unable to mount it. mount -t vfat /dev/hdb1 /hdd2 wrong or bad block device I think was the returning error Question How do I mount it and always mount it when I boot up I think I have to alter the /etc/fstab file. Also I would like to reformat one partition on the drive as linux (it has 3 partitions all vfat at present). Also is there a control center command or tool for this ? Step by step instructions please. Regards Matt -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Personal firewall
Bruce: Thanks for the scan and analysis. I found a couple of my old books on TCP/IP (published in '91 and '92 respectively), but could not find the one called 'Internet Security and Firewalls' so I will be browsing amazon.com for something along those lines. If anyone has a favorite title or recommendation, I'd like to hear it while I'm in a browsing mode. Best regards, Glenn On Wednesday 05 September 2001 10:23, you wrote: On Tuesday 04 September 2001 11:30 am, Glenn Williams wrote: Thanks, Tim: Obviously I did not read the info on the grc site carefully. I'll give that a try. Regards, Glenn Here's your NMAP scan: Starting nmap V. 2.53 by [EMAIL PROTECTED] ( www.insecure.org/nmap/ ) RTTVAR has grown to over 2.3 seconds, decreasing to 2.0 Interesting ports on (66.55.21.94): (The 1522 ports scanned but not shown below are in state: filtered) Port State Service 23/tcp opentelnet Nmap run completed -- 1 IP address (1 host up) scanned in 2228 seconds One port open... and just the port you don't want open. And here's what I got when I tried to telnet to it: bmarsh@linux1:~ telnet xxx.xx.21.94 Trying xxx.xx.21.94... Connected to xxx.xx.21.94. Escape character is '^]'. User Access Verification Password:* Password:** Password: Didn't ask for a userid so maybe this is your router responding and it just needs a password. In any event, looks like your pretty well protected. + + + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 09/05/01 12:20 + + + Murphy's Eighth Corollary: It is impossible to make anything foolproof because fools are so ingenious. ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Linuxcare ER CD
Hi, Joseph: Yep - I took note of that when I read the info on the web site - or perhaps it was in the README. Anyhow, thanks for the 'heads-up. Regards, Glenn On Monday 03 September 2001 23:29, you wrote: fyi the original linuxcare BBC developers have left linuxcare and are now updating their product under the LNX BBC name. http://www.lnx-bbc.org/ Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Collins: That's exactly what I was looking for. Mucho gracias. Regards, Glenn [snip] -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Personal firewall
Hi, Joel: I followed your suggestion, and the results are meaningless to me; the output gave a list of sources and destinations, and the IP addresses were all 0.0.0.0s. Port 53 figured prominently in the output also, if that has any significance. I am nearly 8 years away from my amateur packet radio experience with TCP/IP and I have forgotten what little I knew. I am grateful for your reply. Regards, Glenn On Monday 03 September 2001 22:45, you wrote: I set up the Personal Firewall a while ago and now I'm wondering how I can tell if it's working. I edited the appropriate file a la the configuration manual, to enable it. It is non-configurable; it's either on or off. A look at /var/log/boot.msg yielded the following Is this ipchains? If so, there are ways to look at it to tell if it is working. ipchains -L -vn | less for example. Do it in an xterm with font set to medium. Joel ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Personal firewall
Hi, Bruce: I appreciate the offer. However, my ISP uses a DHCP server, so I dunno how we could do that using my IP address. Cann one use the current dynamic address for that purpose? Regards, Glenn On Tuesday 04 September 2001 06:34, you wrote: On Monday 03 September 2001 07:38 am, Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Bruce: Thanks for the info. I went to 'vulnerabilities' web site and initiated a scan of my ISP, not knowing what else to use for a host address to be scanned. It returned the following result: You would want to put in your own IP number as determined by the use of the ifconfig command. However, my scan too timed out. Don't know what their problem is. Next choice would be to get someone else to run the scan for you. I'd be glad to do it if we can coordinate. You'd have to send me your IP address via email and I'd run the scan. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Personal firewall
Hi, Bruce: Busy morning - later getting back to you. Here's the output of 'ifconfig' (long form): eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:47:95:E1:B5 inet addr:10.0.0.2 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 ^^^ inet6 addr: fe80::203:47ff:fe95:e1b5/10 Scope:Link inet6 addr: fe80::3:4795:e1b5/10 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:72619 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8775 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:9553606 (9.1 Mb) TX bytes:1018790 (994.9 Kb) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xf000 Thanks. Regards, Glenn On Tuesday 04 September 2001 09:56, you wrote: On Monday 03 September 2001 10:32 am, Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Bruce: I appreciate the offer. However, my ISP uses a DHCP server, so I dunno how we could do that using my IP address. Cann one use the current dynamic address for that purpose? Yes... you would: 1) Connect up and stay connected. 2) Do an ifconfig to find your current IP address. 3) Send me email with same. 4) I run the scan. + + + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 09/04/01 11:56 + + + Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories... ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Personal firewall
Bruce: Sorry - I guess I neglected to mention - as of last Thursday I am on DSL - hot all the time. No dial-up or dial-on-demand. Anything else I should furnish? Regards, Glenn On Tuesday 04 September 2001 12:03, you wrote: On Tuesday 04 September 2001 01:42 pm, Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Bruce: Busy morning - later getting back to you. Here's the output of 'ifconfig' (long form): Well yes, but don't you dial up on the phone?? I would need the ppp0 part of the ifconfig output. The 10.0.0.2 address must be your local LAN address. eth0 Link encap:Ethernet HWaddr 00:03:47:95:E1:B5 inet addr:10.0.0.2 Bcast:10.0.0.255 Mask:255.255.255.0 ^^^ inet6 addr: fe80::203:47ff:fe95:e1b5/10 Scope:Link inet6 addr: fe80::3:4795:e1b5/10 Scope:Link UP BROADCAST NOTRAILERS RUNNING MTU:1500 Metric:1 RX packets:72619 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 frame:0 TX packets:8775 errors:0 dropped:0 overruns:0 carrier:0 collisions:0 txqueuelen:100 RX bytes:9553606 (9.1 Mb) TX bytes:1018790 (994.9 Kb) Interrupt:10 Base address:0xf000 Thanks. Regards, Glenn On Tuesday 04 September 2001 09:56, you wrote: On Monday 03 September 2001 10:32 am, Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Bruce: I appreciate the offer. However, my ISP uses a DHCP server, so I dunno how we could do that using my IP address. Cann one use the current dynamic address for that purpose? Yes... you would: 1) Connect up and stay connected. 2) Do an ifconfig to find your current IP address. 3) Send me email with same. 4) I run the scan. + + + Bruce S. Marshall [EMAIL PROTECTED] Bellaire, MI 09/04/01 11:56 + + + Whenever I think of the past, it brings back so many memories... ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Personal firewall
Bruce and Tim: Thanks for your help and comments. More info follows, below: On Tuesday 04 September 2001 13:32, you wrote: [snip] Hey Glenn: I assume you have only one nic card in your machine What is the output of your 'route' command? The problem is to find out what your IP address is on the far side of whatever box you have connected to eth0 You might also try:traceroute yourisp.com and see whether we can determine anything from that. Bruce: The 'route' command yields a *totally* blank routing table. 'Traceroute' gives: traceroute to www.cybermesa.com (209.12.73.3), 30 hops max, 40 byte packets 1 10.0.0.1 (10.0.0.1) 2 ms 1 ms 1 ms 2 66.55.21.1 (66.55.21.1) 51 ms 56 ms 56 ms 3 www.cybermesa.com (209.12.73.3) 56 ms 54 ms 56 ms FYI: I rebooted into windoze and downloaded IP Agent (IP_Agent.exe) from grc.com and ran it from windoze. It said that addresses such as mine (10.0.0.2 - current dynamic address) are recyclable, and unreachable from the external public Internet, and thus secure against typical threats and discovery from passing Internet scanners. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Personal firewall
On Tuesday 04 September 2001 16:49, you wrote: Try this sometime: 1) Send me an email that you are about to: 2) telnet bmarsh.com I can then match up the email time with the time that I find someone knocking on my door.. Just for grins Okay, Bruce: Here goes... I don't know what to expect, so I'll just 'wing it.' It is 5:42 MDT. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Linuxcare ER CD
Hi, Collins: That's exactly what I was looking for. Mucho gracias. Regards, Glenn On Sunday 02 September 2001 07:05, you wrote: On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 05:33:56 -0600 Glenn Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Collins: My CD-R/RW is EIDE/ATAPI, but with scsi emulation enabled in LILO. I remember seeing (a long time back (which for my 70 year old memory could mean 'last night')), something about how to find out if my dev=0,0 or what - but I can't remember what I saw or where to find it. I'd like to try the command line version. Enter 'cdrecord --scanbus'. You will get a display similar to this 0,0,0 0) 'HP ' 'CD-Writer+ 9100 ' '1.0c' Removable CD-ROM 0,1,0 1) 'I/OMAGIC' ' 48SB CD-ROM' 'M2.8' Removable CD-ROM 0,2,0 2) * . . . The last two digits in 0,0,0 are the digits to use in dev=0,0. Good luck. - Collins Richey Denver Area jblinux 2.2 xfce sylpheed opera ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Personal firewall
Hi, Group: I am running SuSE 7.2 Pro on an Intell P3 @ 450MHz w/ 128M memory. My DSL ethernet card is an Intel eePro 10/100. DSL is working just dandy, thank you very much. I set up the Personal Firewall a while ago and now I'm wondering how I can tell if it's working. I edited the appropriate file a la the configuration manual, to enable it. It is non-configurable; it's either on or off. A look at /var/log/boot.msg yielded the following line: Starting personal-firewall (initial) [active]done However, the word active is grayed or dimmed. Anyone see anything similar in their lash-up? TIA Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Linuxcare ER CD
Hello, Lonni and the Group: On Sunday 02 September 2001 00:04, you wrote: This is your problem. You didn't burn an ISO image. You burnt the file instead. I followed these steps when when I downloaded the file lxcr-lbt-2_0.iso from the Linuxcare site: Downloaded the file and the MD5 checksum to my Windows/Downloads directory Downloaded the file and MD5 checksum to /home/gaw/ directory in Linux Verified checksums of both downloaded files Copied file in Windows to a CD-R disk using Adaptec's Easy CD Creator ISO9660 format Copied file in Linux to a CD-R disk using Xcdroast ISO9660 file format Verified MD5 checksum on both CD copies. Checked CMOS settings on both Linux boxes to be sure they were set to boot from CD Attemted to boot both machines from Linuxcare Emergency Rescue CD. Both attempts failed. Read SuSE 7.2 Pro Applications Manual pages on Xcdroast. Read CD-Writing HOWTO. I still don't know what I did wrong. Anyone care to offer a step-by-step on how to get this done? I used xcdroast to make the ISO9660 CD on one trial, and I used Adaptec Easy CD Creator v. 3.5 to create another ISO9660 CD (in windoze, of course). If there needs to be boot files added from a boot floppy to the CD to make it bootable, I am sure you would have made that clear earlier. Nothing needs to be added. The ISO has all the files. You just need to burn it correctly. Now I wonder if I have a corrupt image. Possible, but unlikely. THis sounds like user-error to me. [snip] Linux FAQ Step-by-step help:http://netllama.ipfox.com The above link returns a message like 'temporarily unavailable.' [snip] Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Linuxcare ER CD
Hi, Group: Since the file I downloaded was already an .iso file, should I have used the Rock Ridge extensions to transfer the file to the CD with Xcdroast? Just an afterthought. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Linuxcare ER CD
On Sunday 02 September 2001 15:53, Bruce Marshall wrote: I did much the same but didn't mess with the MD5 stuff. Used xcdroast to write the image to a CD. I haven't booted it yet but it looks good when I mount it. Been playing with the floppy you can build to boot it. Anyway, sounds like your method for writing the CD isn't correct. It took me awhile to figure out how to do it with xcdroast. You need to go to the setup...and place the directory where your image is into the HD settings areas. Then save that and go to the main menu and 'create CD' Under CD/image info you should find your image listed on the right. Then go to 'Write Tracks' and 'layout tracks' and select your image and 'add' it. Accept track layout and then under 'write tracks' do a 'write it'. It is NOT intuitive. Hi, Bruce: Thanks for responding. I'm gonna give your suggestions a try right now. I'll letcha know 'was gibt' shortly. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Linuxcare RE CD - SUCCESS!
Hey, Group: Thanks to Lonni, Collins, and others, and especially to Bruce, whose suggestions were just what I needed to see where I went wrong. I made two copies (just because I *could*!!! very broad grin). They work on both machines. Prolly something about my HP writer, but X-cdroast would not work with the Disk-At-Once option; I had to choose Track-At-Once to light the pilot light. Way to go, guys. Thanks again. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Linuxcare ER CD
Hi, Collins: My CD-R/RW is EIDE/ATAPI, but with scsi emulation enabled in LILO. I remember seeing (a long time back (which for my 70 year old memory could mean 'last night')), something about how to find out if my dev=0,0 or what - but I can't remember what I saw or where to find it. I'd like to try the command line version. Can you help? Regards, Glenn On Sunday 02 September 2001 03:58, you wrote: On Mon, 3 Sep 2001 03:39:48 -0600 Glenn Williams [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Group: Since the file I downloaded was already an .iso file, should I have used the Rock Ridge extensions to transfer the file to the CD with Xcdroast? All that gui stuff is complications you don't need. All I did was download the iso file (Opera), su, cd to the directory with the iso file, and 'cdrecord -v speed=2 dev=0,0 xxx.iso', and success. With my HP cd-writer, I get toasters if I use speed faster than 2. My CD-RW is 0,0; yours may vary. You may even have a true scsi; mine's an ide jobber. Good luck. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Linuxcare RE CD - SUCCESS!
Dyslexics of the world, UNTIE! Subject line in last message should have read: ER CD - SUCCESS! instead of: RE CD - SUCCESS! Sorry. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Linuxcare ER CD
Hi, Lonni: I am at a different machine, so this is a new message, not a reply generated by Kmail. Yes, I can boot both Linux machines from a CD, and I had that option enabled in CMOS setup when I tried the CD in each machine. I can mount the CD and list the contents with ls -l or the Konqueror file manager in su mode. It shows a single file - ER-iso. I used xcdroast to make the ISO9660 CD on one trial, and I used Adaptec Easy CD Creator v. 3.5 to create another ISO9660 CD (in windoze, of course). If there needs to be boot files added from a boot floppy to the CD to make it bootable, I am sure you would have made that clear earlier. Now I wonder if I have a corrupt image. Can you tell me where you originally downloaded the image? Maybe I should try to get a fresh, clean copy, and begin anew. Thanks. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Linuxcare ER CD
Hi, Group: Just before supper, I went to the web and did a Google search for Linuxcare, and found a downloadable image of the ER CD, and the MD5 checksum for same. I downloaded them during supper. Tomorrow I will burn the CD using the new image and post the results here. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Linux Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: mouse help please
Hi, Ron: I did not see any answers to the three questions you posed in this post. I'm not sure I can answer them, either. I am posting the relevant sections of /etc/X11/XF86Config, and /etc.XF86Config from the /etc/X11XF86Config file: Section InputDevice Drivermouse IdentifierMouse[1] OptionDevice/dev/mouse OptionProtocol imps/2 EndSection and from the /etc/XF86Config file: Section Pointer Device/dev/psaux ZAxisMapping 4 5 Protocol imps/2 EndSection Now I am wondering if you'll have to go back to the Installation routine to see if you can change the mouse (without doing a complete re-install. Your mouse is a USB device, and mine is a PS/2, so the entries in the config file will be different, of course. (Did your mouse come with a USB/PS/2 cable adapter?) My hunch is that the /etc/XF86Config is the one you want to edit, since it was automatically generated by SaX during the installation. Sorry I can't help. Regards, Glenn On Wednesday 22 August 2001 06:33 pm, Ron White observed: Hi, I installed SuSE 7.2 a few days ago while I was using an older serial mouse. I later got a Logitech usb optical mouse and I have been trying to install it without success. [snip] Question 1 - Which of the two XF86Config files do I change to install this mouse - /etc/X11/XF86Config or /etc/XF86Config? Question 2 - Can I add a second Section InputDevice for the new mouse so the old mouse will still work in case I goof up the new section? Question 3 - What should be in the Section InputDevice for the new mouse? Thank you for any help you can give me. Ron Ron White Amateur Radio WA0MWW ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: SOLVED! Re: I'm in LILO hell
Hi, Lonni: Well, it took a long time to download, but that's the least of my problems. Now I can't find it. When I clicked the URL, it just began the file transfer in a small dialog box with a progress bar. I never did see a file name, but I assumed it would go to my home directory, and rationalized that a 47.5 M file shouldn't be too hard to identify. Maybe I'll just download it again tonight over the faster of the 2 phone lines, when there's no chance anyone will be using the phone. Anyway, thanks for making it available. Regards, Glemm On Tuesday 21 August 2001 05:36 pm, Net Llama observed: I thought i posted the URL, but since so many are still asking for it, i'll post it again: ftp://ftp.valinux.com/pub/support/lfriedman/disk/ Please let me know if you have any problems downloading and/or burning it to a CD. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: SOLVED! Re: I'm in LILO hell
On Tuesday 21 August 2001 10:04 am, Net Llama observed: [snip] So i booted off of a very, very handy Linuxcare Emergency boot CD (think Tom's RBD on crack). Its a 40MB CD the size of a business card that has basically 95% of /sbin, /bin /usr on it, making it a mini-OS on a CD. Anyone interested in getting an ISO of this CD, let me know, and i will gladly post it somewhere publicly accessible. Granted, you'd not be able to squeeze it onto the business card shaped CD, but it would still be a life saver. I personally find TRBD a royal PITA, since it has very limited tools on it. anyway, i digress... [mehr schnippen] Hi, Lonnie: Glad you are up and running again. I would like a copy of the Linuxcare Emergency Boot CD. I won't have broadband service for another 2 weeks or so, but I ought to be able to download 40MB with a dialup modem okay - so I am definitely interested. TIA Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE Linux 7.2 Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: I'm in LILO hell
Hi, Jerry: I wonder if there's a way to get this info into the SxS. If you have the URL handy, send it to me and I'll take a look at it with that in mind. I'll check google.com in the meantime. I'd have to know more about the rules for SxS vis-avis copyright, plagiarism, etc. I think it would be nice to put the information where is't most accessible. Regards, Glenn On Sunday 19 August 2001 10:19 pm, Jerry McBride observed: There's a HARD DISK UPGRADE MINI-HOW-TO on the linux documentation project website that goes into detail how to copy one hard drive to another... making the target harddrive bootable. It covers how to fool lilo into writing the boot info where you want it, on the newly created disk... Makes for great reading and a neat way to mirror linux harddrives. You can commit the process to a bash script if you wish even. :') Cheers, Jerry. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: you guys see this?
Hi, Group: I read it - but did not understand half of what I read. I suppose it's unfortunate that I never studied CommerSpeak; I am intellectually challenged in that area. His Desktop seems to have taken on a meaning that's diametrically opposed to the traditional meaning, or at least vastly different from my understanding of the term. FWIW - my 2 kopecks' worth. Regards, Glenn On Friday 17 August 2001 08:41 pm, dep observed: http://www.zdnet.com/zdnn/stories/news/0,4586,2805330,00.html ransome on the desktop. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Administrivia - Everyone please read!
On Tuesday 14 August 2001 22:28, you wrote: Re: Administrivia - Everyone please read! It's truly odd that some folks can be offended (to the point of unsubscribing) by something as natural as the human body, even in the least provactive of poses... while yet others (such as those in the incident outlined above) insist on turning it into something lurid and unclean. People are the funniest of animals. Hi, burns and group: Looked like FINE ART to me... And I am ^not^ too old to give a damn. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User #135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 Professional ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Ode to the Spellchecker OT
This is marvelous, Mike; definitely a keeper! ROFLOL Regards, Glenn On Sunday 12 August 2001 09:10 pm, Mike Andrew observed: You don't deserve this but, for the benefit of our literary genuises on this list (no names but their initials begin with Dep, Kurt, Bandel) I submit the following for their consideration when writing their next book. Ode To The Spell Checker Eye halve a spelling checker It came with my pea sea It plainly marks for my revue Miss steaks eye kin knot sea. Eye strike a key and type a word And weight four it two say Weather eye am wrong oar write It shows me strait a weigh. As soon as a mist ache is maid It nose bee fore two long And eye can put the error rite Its rare lea ever wrong. Eye have run this poem threw it I am shore your pleased two no Its letter perfect awl the weigh My checker tolled me sew. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Ode to the Spellchecker OT
No, it was Andrew Jackson who said that. Regards, Glenn On Monday 13 August 2001 10:45 am, Bill Campbell observed: On Mon, Aug 13, 2001 at 07:38:49AM -0600, Glenn Williams wrote: Wasn't it Mark Twain who said that anybody who could only spell a word one way lacked imagination? Bill [snip] -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: External CD-RW question
Hi, Trevor: Point your browser to: http://www.linux.nf/stepbystep.htm and in the index on the left side of the page you will find a listing for CD Burners. I also suggest you bookmark this site. It's an excellent resource. I don't know about drives connected to the parallel port. That may be a separate issue. But again, I suggest you begin looking at the SxS site. Since you don't say which distro you are running, I don't know where the doc files are on your machine, but you might also look in your /usr directory and subdirectories for anything related to CD-R / CD-RW drives. HTH Regards, Glenn On Wednesday 08 August 2001 03:53 am, Trevor Stuart observed: I have an external HP CD-RW attached to a parallel port. It works under M$ but I'm wanting to move to a linux only environment. So, how do I set this up under linux? Any help would be greatly appreciated. Many thanks in advance. Trevor Stuart ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: adobe pdf virus
The article reference that was posted here (yesterday?) said it does ^^not^^ work in Acrobat Reader - only in the full Acrobat program. FWIW Regards, Glenn On Wednesday 08 August 2001 09:00 am, Stuart Biggerstaff observed: Actually, the way I read this, the script is embedded in the PDF. Not clear on whether it only works with Acrobat full, or if it works in Reader, but you just have to double-click the link instead of just clicking. At 09:56 AM 8/8/01 +0800, you wrote: it uses the PDF extension only so that file association could get the script executed...right? Ronnie Gauthier wrote: not sure if this is real but it sounds like it is. http://www.coderz.net/zulu/outlook.pdfworm.txt _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users Stuart Biggerstaff Linda Hall Library 5109 Cherry Kansas City, MO 64110 Phone: (816) 926-8748 (800) 662-1545 x748 FAX:(816) 926-8785 URL:www.lindahall.org ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Floppy boot disk boot options
On Monday 06 August 2001 11:35 am, Mike Andrew observed: [snip] I don't have much experience with rescue boots fortunate grin The one that works for me is generally via a cd rom boot (any distro) and goes linux number root=/dev/hd?? nointrd Mike: Hmmm. That's interesting. May we have an example of number in the line above, please? Is it the kernel version number, or the distro number, or you fill in the blanks, please. Thanks. Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Floppy boot disk boot options
Hi, Group: I've spent all morning looking for a list of options that will be accepted at the boot: prompt, when booting from a home brew or boxed set boot disk. Can anyone help? Regards, Glenn -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Peculiar email received and backgrounds in kde
Hi, Skippy: Yes, it is one of the current crop of virii and worms. I read the description a few days ago, but did not retain much of what I read. The request for advice is its hallmark. Doubtless someone on the list will furnish all the gory details. Regards, Glenn On Sunday 05 August 2001 03:43 pm, Keith Antoine observed: Umm, I am I guess niave when it comes to virii and worms. Just in case I took a does of combatrin today, just in case I had been infected by worms. After i had installed the WS 3.1 and started it up and got kmail working, I downloaded mail and also sent a message to say i was backup in Linux. I saw a mail notificaion in the list::- slamdunk 1 Sun Aug 52001 The name alerted me, so I looked at it::- (I have only included the text) slamdunk From: 1[EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Sun, 5 Aug 2001 05:25:26 +0900 --168E5737_Outlook_Express_message_boundary Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: message text Hi! How are you=3F I send you this file in order to have your advice See you later=2E Thanks --168E5737_Outlook_Express_message_boundary Content-Type: application/mixed; name=slamdunk.zip.bat Content-Transfer-Encoding: base64 Content-Disposition: attachment; filename=slamdunk.zip.bat After this is a coded area ending with a another:: Outlook_express_message_boundary (comment) It was a bit hard to get rid of and the computer slowed down. I am guessing that its a virus of some type, but seeing it was undone in linux it was not operative, even though it seemed to try. BTW I have not destroyed this as yet. On another tack entirely, I had backgrounds working but saw that they were not those I had listed. They were coming from the same area but it was giving me 'all' and not a selection I had made. I stopped this and now once again no backgrounds, I assume this is a kde problem. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Redhat Tux 2.0 blows away all other webservers
No change, burns. It still looks the same. Are others reporting a strange-looking font? If not, I might need to change my reader config. Regards, Glenn On Thursday 12 July 2001 05:28 am, you wrote: Glenn Williams wrote: The font still looks like that on an xt console here. Just now had time to get back to this. How's this then? -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Stupid newbie network question
It seems to me the SxS is more dynamic, as well as often more specific than the HOW-TOs. Also, they were written to be read by folks. At least, that's my 'take.' Regards, Glenn. On Wednesday 11 July 2001 10:17 am, you wrote: Tim Wunder wrote: SNIP Then again, I wonder if there's a How-To already in existence at LDP... I'll read this, http://www.linuxdoc.org/HOWTO/mini/Remote-X-Apps.html, at first glance it looks promising. Regards, Tim PS Now that the SxS is distro-agnostic, what is the REAL difference between it, and the How-To's? The amount of time it takes to make use of the information. Most of the HOWTO's are long on theory and short on example. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: General question regarding formatting floppies...
Roger, Dodger The /u switch for unconditional format was added with MS-DOS 5.0 Regards Glenn On Monday 09 July 2001 09:48 pm, you wrote: FYI. DOS 6.22 (and 5.0?) also got un-conditional format if I remember corretly. I think /u was added after DOS 4 when unformat become available. Furthermore, I mistakenly stated that DOS 7.0 will not accept format a:/u whereas I just proved to myself that it will. However, DOS 6.22 will not. _ Do You Yahoo!? Get your free @yahoo.com address at http://mail.yahoo.com ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Can't read floppy disk
Hi, Mike: Before I screw around with this SuSE 7.2 boot disk (which is currently my only means to boot the system) I will need to go into YaST2 and make another boot disk. (Does anyone else get the feeling that someone at SuSE has had problems with their Shift or CapsLock keys?) According to fdisk, there are several partitions with different file types, among which are both Unix and Linux. Thanks for the info. Also, thanks to others for their suggestions. Regards, Glenn On Monday 09 July 2001 05:06 pm, you wrote: On Tuesday 10 July 2001 05:41, Tom Wilson wrote: Glenn Williams wrote: Hi, Michael: No, the mount point is actually /media/floppy (see the fstab entry below in my original message). I could edit the fstab and change it to [snip] 'auto' will only work if the module for the detected file system is already loaded. eg vfat, ntfs, whatever. (Bare in mind this statement like all thingz Linux, changes within one week) Seems like you have a catch 22 where you don't know the fs to use in order to load the module grin. use fsck man options or fdisk to 'discover' what this floppy actually is. PS: I didn't understand your reference to read only. -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Can't read floppy disk
Hi, Group: Many thanks to all who responded to the many e-mails on this subject. The problem is with that particular floppy disk. The SuSE install program offers to create a boot floppy and also to write the LILO information to the same disk. The disk was somehow corrupted and had no identifiable file system(s) on it. I made another boot floppy and the system mounted and read it without difficulty. Sheesh! Best regards, Glenn On Monday 09 July 2001 06:57 pm, you wrote: Ok so try this then: mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /media/floppy stayler On Mon, 9 Jul 2001 16:18:43 -0600, Glenn Williams wrote: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy and it produced the following error message: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems I tried it as su also, although that should not have been necessary. Thanks for the suggestion ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: KernelBuild 2.4.6
Hi, Rick: Could this be a problem processing stage 1 (or beyond) of GRUB? Regards, Glenn On Tuesday 10 July 2001 08:28 am, you wrote: On Tuesday 10 July 2001 08:26, you wrote: Collins 2 Quick questions, 1. I have followed you SxS for 2.4.3 Kernel build except I am building 2.4.6. When I issue the following: make dep make clean make bzImage make modules make modules_install a complete compile to objects is performed, but it appears we are linking to a wrong library here, there are a lot of the depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules//old-2.4.2/ listings. I beleive there was a thread about a month or so back about headers for kernels. Could this be my problem here? depmod: *** Unresolved symbols in /lib/modules//old-2.4.2/pcmcia/ide_cs.o depmod: ide_unregister depmod: ide_register Directory containing the source: /projects/src/linux2.4.6off of the root / I am in root 2. Just Installed the e-Workstation 3.1 to a new system. Installed as per ed 2.4 great. Setup system thru Control Panel great Printing Samba telnet all are great. Now reboot system as to come back up on line as normal system. I get the following error message stage 1 Hard Disk Error Any one have a clue. This drive did start with e-server 3.1 beta install ok. Then install new 3.1 release. Thanks List please ignore #1 fixed Thanks -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
Re: Can't read floppy disk
Hi, Lonni: I tried your version of the mount command: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy and it produced the following error message: mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/fd0, or too many mounted file systems I tried it as su also, although that should not have been necessary. Thanks for the suggestion. Regards, Glenn On Monday 09 July 2001 01:28 pm, you wrote: My guess is that that floppy was formatted as ext2, which is why windoze can't read it. Does this work: mount -t ext2 /dev/fd0 /media/floppy [snip] -- Glenn Williams - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Registered Linux User # 135678 Powered by SuSE 7.2 ___ http://linux.nf -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] Archives, Subscribe, Unsubscribe, Digest, Etc -http://linux.nf/mailman/listinfo/linux-users
