Linux-Misc Digest #670, Volume #19 Wed, 31 Mar 99 11:13:10 EST
Contents:
Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the Linux-equivalents
for these Windoze programs? (NF Stevens)
Re: Newbie FTP Problem (Keith Keller)
Re: Default Editor (crontab -e) (Gay Teen)
Re: Newbie..Hard Drive Question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: cpio+linux+hpux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: libstdc++.so.2.8 needed !! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: lost xterm and login ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Kernel 2.2.5 or 2.2.4? (RH 5.2) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: gnome won't start ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Newbie..Hard Drive Question (Daniel Cave)
Re: FTP through Netscape ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: RPM Errors on installing GNOME. ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Q: S.u.S.E. 6.0 ("Rolf Inge Stangeland Salte")
fetchmail + attachments ? (LETOT Rémi)
Re: Unable to mount hpfs (Daniel Cave)
RedHat Script (Marcelo Mercio Dandrea)
Re: I killed my Linux box ("Fertimport Porto Alegre")
Re: Linux and Netscape 4.51 (tar/gz format) ("Peter DeSimone")
MBR,Lilo,Red Hat 5.2,Installation (Jas Sandhu)
Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT,Redhat 5.2, X Installation (Jas Sandhu)
Re: Linux on a non-state-of-the-art PC ? (Jon Haugsand)
Re: gtk+ 1.2.1 install problem ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: fetchmail + attachments ? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment.... (Jeff Holloway)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (NF Stevens)
Subject: Re: Why Linux still isn't my standard boot-up OS, or what are the
Linux-equivalents for these Windoze programs?
Date: Tue, 30 Mar 1999 22:52:18 GMT
Harry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> The optimum trade-off point between intuitiveness
>> and power is, however, a matter of preference.e
>
>There isn't a trade-off between usability and power. Some really
>great examples of software usability - IBM's VisualAge for Java
>comes to mind - are also the most powerful. By contrast, some of
>the least usable software - vi comes to mind - is also the least
>powerful.
I haven't used Visual Age so I won't comment on it. But vi is
actually a good example of the trade off I mentioned. Vi is not
intuitive and is not meant to be. However it is a very powerful
editor; an experienced vi user will achieve much more in a shorter
time than someone fiddling around with the "intuitive" arrow
keys.
>
>Also, I think a metaphore should be used when it's illustrative
>of a point. Not knowing a language is like not knowing how to use
>software. Perhaps a better example is coding in binary and using
>an IDE?e
All the above paragraph seems to be illustrative of is the
strawman argument.
Norman
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From: Keith Keller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.questions,comp.os.linux.redhat
Subject: Re: Newbie FTP Problem
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 01:15:02 -0800
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Stressed wrote:
>
> I have the typical Linux machine using IP masQ to connect my Windoze LAN to
> the net via cable modem. By typical I mean I used the typical addressing
> scheme (192.168.1.x) for the LAN and I use DHCP to get settings for my
> gateway interface.
>
> I have RHL 5.2 and it runs wu FTP (wu-2.4.2-academ[BETA-18-VR13]).
>
> Whenever I try to connect to a remote (Internet) FTP site from a Windoze
> machine, (going through the Linux masQ machine), I get the connection, but I
> get the following error and I'm unable to see, send or recieve data:
>
> 230 User mojo7 logged in.
> PWD
> 257 "/home/@c/h/c/mojo7" is current directory.
> SYST
> 215 UNIX Type: L8
> Host type (2): UNIX (standard)
> PORT 192,168,1,2,4,47
> 500 Illegal PORT Command
> ! port cmd failed.
> ! DoDirList failed 0
>
> Is this due to my masQing or to my FTP setup or both or what?
Yes. :-) You need to also use the ip_masq_ftp
option in the kernel to allow machines behind the
masquerade ''gateway'' to FTP to the other side
of the masquerade properly. I load it as a module
in my startup files, though I suppose you could
also compile the option directly into the kernel.
-- Keith
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Gay Teen)
Subject: Re: Default Editor (crontab -e)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:47:34 GMT
Thanks. That's done trick!
Ollie
On 30 Mar 1999 21:54:09 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED] () wrote:
>On 30 Mar 1999 20:43:28 GMT, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>>
>>When I try to use crontab -e the default editor is vi. How can I
>>change this to something like joe or pico. Thanks
>>
>>Ollie
>
>set the EDITOR environment variable... such as:
>
>EDITOR=/usr/bin/pico
>
>you can do this from the command line, or put the definition in your
>.bashrc or /etc/profile file...
>
>HTH
>
>>Please remove the LXEYJX before replying by email.
>>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Newbie..Hard Drive Question
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 12:42:55 GMT
Dear Joan,
I'm trying hard to understand why you would want a help desk job right now,
especially when LINUX is GPL. Just look at the posts and answers to them and
maybe you can get an idea or two....
As for your original question, I take from 'proprietary PC' that you mean
IDE. If it can be done in DOS to hardware, it can be done in just about any
other OS that can run on a PC. To wit, you can partition a hard drive to boot
more than one operating system. Mocrosoft does this with their own "Operating
Systems" like WindowsNT, Windows98, Windows95, and the like with the options
of booting the "old DOS", or using thrid party software such as System
Commander. NT Bootloader allows multiple OS's on a single drive when
partitioned, much as LILO or System Commander does.
Surfing the net: in a word, yes. Depending on what distribution of LINUX you
use, it may come on the installation media. You may also download the most
current version of Netscape for LINUX from their website.
Sorry to hear about your 'challenge', and I hope this helps you on your way to
your goal, what ever that may be. Good luck in your endeavours.
In article <7ds9tj$chn$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"slick7" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hi Group:
> I have just installed a 6gb om AST Advantage 622 which I purchased in 1996.
> I was told because it is a proprietory PC, the hard disk can't be partioned.
> Can I run W98 and Linux on my system? Can I also surf the NET and what
> browser will I need? By the way, I have recently become handicapped and I am
> wondering if there are jobs out there for people with Linux knowledge, like
> a help desk tech.
>
> Anyway, thank you all for your responce..........Joan
>
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: cpio+linux+hpux
Date: 31 Mar 1999 15:42:57 +0800
You are also reminded to check that whether the tape is hardware compressed.
If so, you have to set you tape drive hardware compression on. But I don't
know how to do it in Linux, in other SVR4 machines, I use:
tsioctl -c compress /dev/rmt/c1d0n
something like that. You may also check for the jumpers in the tape drive
to turn to hardware compress on by default. Hope this help.
BEA-Conseil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Hello,
> I just installed Red-hat 5.2 on an I386 platform, with an Adaptec AHA2940
> and a HP 4mm DAT.
> The device is recognized by the system, the hardware seems to be ok. (device
> = st0)
> The question is :
> somebody gave me a DAP where data where backed up from an HP3000 runing
> under HPUX (MPEX version ???) The command used for the backup was cpio.
> Now, I would like to restore the data from the tape and into Linux.
> What is the syntax ?
> I tried cpio -i </dev/st0 but i had the message '...end of tape...'
> Does anybody experienced this procedure and is able to help me.
> Thank you very much for your help.
> Bruno ETIENNE
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: libstdc++.so.2.8 needed !!
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:26:25 GMT
Len Cuff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> I am trying to upgrade xosview to work with the 2.2.3 kernel. I have the
> rpm but I need this library file to install it. Does anyone know where I
libcstdc++-2.8 comes with the main redhat-5.2 dist.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: lost xterm and login
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:30:56 GMT
Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> [root@portia /root]# xterm: error in loading shared libraries
> /usr/i486-linux-libc5/lib/libXt.so.6: undefined symbol: _Xsetlocale
What does ldd on xterm give you ? Here:
# ldd /usr/X11R6/bin/xterm
libXaw.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXaw.so.6 (0x40003000)
libXmu.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXmu.so.6 (0x4003b000)
libXt.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXt.so.6 (0x4004f000)
libSM.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libSM.so.6 (0x40097000)
libICE.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libICE.so.6 (0x400a0000)
libXext.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6 (0x400b5000)
libX11.so.6 => /usr/X11R6/lib/libX11.so.6 (0x400c1000)
libtermcap.so.2 => /lib/libtermcap.so.2 (0x40164000)
libc.so.6 => /lib/libc.so.6 (0x40168000)
/lib/ld-linux.so.2 => /lib/ld-linux.so.2 (0x2aaaa000)
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Kernel 2.2.5 or 2.2.4? (RH 5.2)
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:32:54 GMT
Seyed Razavi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> After spending hours trying to compile 2.2.5 on my RedHat 5.2 system I
> wondered if there were any known problems with this version and should I
No obvious ones.
How about exact error messages ?
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: gnome won't start
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:35:19 GMT
Mark Leung <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Recently I removed my old version of GTK+ and installed a new version,
> Now Gnome will not start. Here is the error message:
> libgtk-1.1.so.2: cannot open shared object file: no such file or directory
> I assume that it can't find my new GTK+. What can I do?
1) Re-install an old gtk+
or
2) Get a version of gnome that was built against gtk-1.2
or
3) Build gnome yourself
and
use a packaging system that warns you about breaking dependancies so this
doesn't happen in the future
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From: Daniel Cave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.linux,alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.help,linux.help
Subject: Re: Newbie..Hard Drive Question
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 14:41:32 +0000
Joan
> I have just installed a 6gb om AST Advantage 622 which I purchased in 1996.
> I was told because it is a proprietory PC, the hard disk can't be partioned
I'd try using fdisk within linux's setup/install
# fdisk /dev/hda for ide disk
> .
> Can I run W98 and Linux on my system? Can I also surf the NET and what
> browser will I need?
Yes, by partitioning your disk using fdisk, you can create 3 partitions
/dev/hda1 FAT partition
/dev/hda2 Linux Native (used for /boot partition about 5 Mb )
/dev/hda3 Linux swap swap file 3/4 x system memory
/dev/hda4 Linux Native Rest of disk for /
> By the way, I have recently become handicapped and I am
> wondering if there are jobs out there for people with Linux knowledge, like
> a help desk tech.
>
I would guess so.. but I dont know of any..
--
Regards,
Daniel
_______________________________________________________________________________
Daniel Cave
Unix Systems Administrator & Netcool Omnibus Admin
Cable Internet,
Genesis Business Park
Albert Drive
Woking
Surrey
Great Britian
KT21 5RW
Tel: +44 1483 295 191
Fax: +44 1483 295 810
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FTP through Netscape
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:38:28 GMT
Julian Sanchez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Every time I execute Netscape and I try do download something that is on a
> ftp server, I get the message "For security reasons, this protocol has been
> disabled".
Are you behind some kind of proxy, or firewall by any chance ?
> I can ftp from a terminal with no problems, and I get that message even if i
> login as root.
ftp from the command line isn't quite the same as ftp://
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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.rpm,redhat.rpm.general
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: RPM Errors on installing GNOME.
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 13:43:30 GMT
In comp.os.linux.misc [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> D: Header + Archive: 98136
> D: Expected size: 569988
> error: enlightenment-0.15.3-5.i386.rpm
> Q1. Should the above two numbers match?
yes
> Q2. If so, why do they not match?
your rpm is broken
> Q3. What should be my next course of action?
get it again
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From: "Rolf Inge Stangeland Salte" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Q: S.u.S.E. 6.0
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:01:00 +0200
Any good?
Is it a good Linux too start from scratch with?
Please forward mail to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
--
Mvh.
Rolf Inge Stangeland Salte
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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From: LETOT Rémi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: fetchmail + attachments ?
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 16:29:47 +0200
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hello all,
I try to configure fetchmail at home so that it retrieves mail for
several users on my machine. The server is pop3, and I'm able to
retrieve the mail, but the attachments are not decoded : they are
included as text in the body of the message.
What happens, and more important, what should I do ?
Thanks a lot, and keep linux running,
- Rémi -
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From: Daniel Cave <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Unable to mount hpfs
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 15:37:37 +0000
Himanshu
> I am trying to mount an NT partition (os/2 hpfs) from linux-2.0.36 with
> hpfs kernel support built in.
> When I type
> mount -t hpfs /dev/hda1 /hpfs
> it complains
> mount: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock on /dev/hda1,
> or too many mounted file systems
>
> Is there a way I can mount my NT file system?
> Thanks. Please send a cc to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
yeah,
firstly do a df -k .. see if its not already mounted..
fdisk on /dev/hda and do a p to print the partition table and types to see
what fdisk thinks what format/fstype the disk is.
(you might need to do a 'h' option)
It would appear from the docs in
/usr/src/linux-2.0.35/Documentation/filesystems/hpfs.txt that it will only
read OS/2 partitions.
Linux can read, but not write, OS/2 HPFS partitions. ** Doesnt mention NT
**
Mount options are the same as for msdos partitions.
uid=nnn All files in the partition will be owned by user id nnn.
gid=nnn All files in the partition will be in group nnn.
umask=nnn The permission mask (see umask(1)) for the partition.
conv=binary Data is returned exactly as is, with CRLF's. [default]
conv=text (Carriage return, line feed) is replaced with newline.
conv=auto Chooses, file by file, conv=binary or conv=text (by
guessing)
There are mount options unique to HPFS.
case=lower Convert file names to lower case. [default]
case=asis Return file names as is, in mixed case.
nocheck Proceed even if "Improperly stopped flag is set"
Case is not significant in filename matching, like real HPFS.
Command line example
mkdir -p /os2/c
mount -t hpfs -o uid=100,gid=100 /dev/sda6 /os2/c
/etc/fstab example
/dev/sdb5 /d/f hpfs ro,uid=402,gid=402,umask=002
Unless the docs in the 2.0.36 tree differs, Id say that you'd be better
off installing linux on a seperate machine and using smbmount on the linux
box to mount the shared disk on the NT box via tcpip.
This isn't necessarily the case, as Ive not had experience with mounting
NT/OS/2 disks/partitions, but one thing that springs to mind is to cat
/proc/filesystems for the inclusion of the hpfs entry
ext2
minix
msdos
nodev proc
nodev nfs
iso9660
hpfs
^^^^^^^^ -like that..
or do an lsmod if it got loaded as a module. Try modprobing for that
filesystems driver or looking for HPFS in your .config file in
/usr/src/linux/
Thats where I'd start.
Regards,
Daniel
_______________________________________________________________________________
Daniel Cave
Unix Systems Administrator & Netcool Omnibus Admin
Cable Internet,
Genesis Business Park
Albert Drive
Woking
Surrey
Great Britian
KT21 5RW
Tel: +44 1483 295 191
Fax: +44 1483 295 810
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From: Marcelo Mercio Dandrea <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: RedHat Script
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 10:41:56 -0300
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Its possible to define an installation script for RedHat's install
program, so the packages to be installed can be pre-defined ?
Thanks,
Marcelo
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From: "Fertimport Porto Alegre" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: I killed my Linux box
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 11:39:19 -0300
Jef Verdonck wrote:
>The solution is to boot from an independant boot disk (ie not your
>redhat boot disk, but the rescue disk set would do fine I believe)
mount
>your partititions and restore whatever is wrong with your libs and/or
>with your dynamic loader.
Folks,
solved the problem here.
Downloaded the rescue disk available on
http://sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/recovery/tomsrtbt-1???.dos.zip
to create a boot disk fm DOS. (There is a tar.gz file for those who
want to create it fm linux.
Booted fm it, checked the hd partitions, restored the renamed
ld-linux.so.2 and rebooted the equipment.
Back to live! :-)
The steps are very easy! Do it!
Good luck.
Ivan Daudt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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From: "Peter DeSimone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To:
alt.linux,alt.os.linux,apana.lists.os.linux.redhat,comp.os.linux.setup,linux.redhat.install
Subject: Re: Linux and Netscape 4.51 (tar/gz format)
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 07:49:57 -0600
Reply-To: "Peter DeSimone" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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> --
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From: Jas Sandhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: MBR,Lilo,Red Hat 5.2,Installation
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 07:18:28 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi
what exactly is the MBR (Mater Boot Record)?
I am trying to install Redhat 5.2.
When Lilo is installed and asks where to install
the bootloader the 2 options are:
1. MBR
2. 1st sector of boot partition.
if you chose option 1 and have Win 98 already on the
machine, will this mess WIn 98 up in some way??
if you chose option 2 (as i chose) Lilo does not
start up and the PC boots straight to Win 98.
(i have to use the floppy linux boot disk and
reboot to bootup).
so should i chose option 1?
and since i chose option 2, how can i make the
1st sector of the linux boot partition the active
partition.
i've read that running fdisk \mbr will clear the mbr
and then the mbr can be set to the 1st sector of the
linux root partition, but can somebody explain how?
can you please email me as well as the list.
thanks
jas
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From: Jas Sandhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.help,comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT,Redhat 5.2, X Installation
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 07:21:00 -0500
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Hi
I am trying to install Redhat 5.2.
I have a Creative Labs Graphics Blaster RIVA TNT
16Mb SDRAM AGP Card.
This card is not supported in the X windows
setup (using Xconfigurator).
I tried a couple of the other options (the memory
only goes upto 8MB max for most of these), but all i get is errors
when i try startx and back to the prompt
Is there a driver for this card in Redhat 5.2.
Does anybody have a solution for this, or am
I missing something in the setup.
can you please email me as well as the list.
Thanks
Jas
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From: Jon Haugsand <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.questions
Subject: Re: Linux on a non-state-of-the-art PC ?
Date: 31 Mar 1999 17:44:36 +0200
* T. Ojala
> On one hand, I found a web site (starting from www.linux.org, under
> something like "Why Linux is better...") stating that Linux is well
> capable of running Netscape on a 486, 8 MB platform. On the other, a
> colleague said that Pentium 133 or better with 64 MB is good (after
> having had some problems with Pentium 233/32).
>
> So, simply: is there somebody out there who is using Linux + Netscape
> on a platform similar to the first one mentioned? Did you spend months
> to get it running? Is it really running smoothly (ie can you really
> surf the net with it)?
I ran Netscape v. 3 guite good on my 386 with 8MB RAM. You should do
well enough with your configuration, but there are two problems:
1. Netscape eats memory. This may be configured in Netscape, but the
problem is not Linux's but Netscape's
2. Netscape has a very bad implementation on their Unix platforms. So
never compare Netscape on Linux with on M$ Win.
I would in any case recommend the version 3 of Netscape unless you
actually need Java and other stuff.
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Norwegian Computing Center, <http://www.nr.no/engelsk/>
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Fax: +47 22697660, Pb 114 Blindern, N-0314 OSLO, Norway
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: gtk+ 1.2.1 install problem
Date: 31 Mar 1999 15:34:42 GMT
In his obvious haste, bio13 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: Hi, all:
: I am trying to setup the gtk+ 1.2.1 on my redhat 5.2 system. I met
: problem I could not solve so far. Wish you give me some suggestion.
: If I use source files, I can compile the glib with no problem. But
: it will stop at compiling gtk+ . It said it could find the glib
: which is required for setup. I must have not make good connection
: for the new library. The trouble is I do not know how to do it, cause
: I am a newbie.
I think there's a small problem in the configuration program.
After you've run the configure script, go down one directory to glib/ and
edit the Makefile.
For some reason, the configuration creates all Makefiles (required for
compilation) correctly, apart from the glib one.
the only thing you need to change is prefix.
It points to /usr/local/lib by default, but if you followed the
instructions, you are able to change this so that configure creates the
Makefiles with the correct prefix. glib/Makefile gets left out, and you
need to change the prefix in Makefile so that it matches all the other
Makefiles....
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: fetchmail + attachments ?
Date: 31 Mar 1999 15:38:07 GMT
In his obvious haste, LETOT Rémi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> babbled thusly:
: Hello all,
: I try to configure fetchmail at home so that it retrieves mail for
: several users on my machine. The server is pop3, and I'm able to
: retrieve the mail, but the attachments are not decoded : they are
: included as text in the body of the message.
: What happens, and more important, what should I do ?
Decoding attachments is not the responsibility of POP3 or fetchmail.
It's the responsibility of the individual e-mail program (the user has the
option NOT to decode).
Elm, for example, calls Metamail to decode Mime encoded attachments.
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| Computer science | vacuum cleaners" - Ernst Jan Plugge |
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|GCv3.12 GCS>$ d-(dpu) s+/- a C++ US++ P L/L+ E-- W+ N++ o+ K PS+ w-- M+/++ |
|PS+++ PE- Y t+ 5++ X+/X++ R+ tv+ b+ DI+ D+ G e>e++ h/h+ !r!| Space for hire |
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From: Jeff Holloway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Using Linux instead of NT Server in home environment....
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: Wed, 31 Mar 1999 07:45:01 -0800
Stuart Fox <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Although this isn't the forum for tech support, you missed a step in your
> procedure.
> You installed the mpri386 after applying SP4. This was a bad idea. SP4 has
> fixes for these features and making changes to the networking components
> without reapplying the service pack will usually cause problems (including
> blue screens)
> My argument still stands - a PROPERLY configured NT box will not blue screen
Care to give me the ip address of YOUR NT server? :)
Jeff
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