Linux-Misc Digest #453, Volume #24 Sat, 13 May 00 07:13:02 EDT
Contents:
how to setup ppp in Redhad6.2 (Charlie Troot)
how to mount a dos floppy to /mnt/floppy ("bear")
Re: how to mount a dos floppy to /mnt/floppy (Hal Burgiss)
how to limit memory usage with pam_limits.so ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Mounting Windows Partitions (Lester)
Re: Need solid facts: Why Linux over NT (softrat)
Re: how to setup ppp in Redhad6.2 (Bob Martin)
ReiserFS Chk ("Jo")
Re: CD-writing utility ("Turbo alberta")
Re: Security and small systems ("Y. Ohgaki")
Re: klogd ("Y. Ohgaki")
Re: Module loading (Bob Martin)
Re: RHLinux 6.2 FTP install problems (Yanglong Zhu)
Re: Linux is cool! (was: Wierd SuSE6.4 problem) (Tim Haynes)
Re: Linux is cool! (was: Wierd SuSE6.4 problem) ("Anthony W. Youngman")
Newbie Query (Terry Filby)
Unexpected load on server ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: Security and small systems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
Re: connect LINUX to Free ISPs??? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
QPOP-Error ("Christian Hartmann")
Re: linux: my display is too large (Duane Evenson)
Re: FreeBSD and Linux (Richard Steiner)
Re: Help->Colourised Login (Steve)
Re: Should apps be installed as root? (Steve)
Re: ipop3d: Connection time out ... ? (Steve)
Re: awe64 midi (Steve)
Re: Compiling FlightGear 0.7.1 (Steve)
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From: Charlie Troot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to setup ppp in Redhad6.2
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 14:14:06 +1000
Dear all,
I jsut got Redhad6.2 installed in my Gateway notebook. I am using pcmcia
card to do the dailing, and have found /dev/cua0 to cua3 available. How
do I set up ppp in version 6.2?
Thanks
Sam.
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From: "bear" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: how to mount a dos floppy to /mnt/floppy
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 16:22:53 +1200
Hi, all
I am just a newer of Linux. I want to mount a dos format floppy to Linux.
I use follow command:
mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
But Liunx display that I must special a filesystem. What should I do?
Thanks
Bear
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: Re: how to mount a dos floppy to /mnt/floppy
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 04:32:11 GMT
On Sat, 13 May 2000 16:22:53 +1200, bear <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>I am just a newer of Linux. I want to mount a dos format floppy to
>Linux.
>
>I use follow command:
>
>mount /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy
>
>But Liunx display that I must special a filesystem. What should I do?
Use a text editor, and edit the file /etc/fstab. Change the line for fd0
(or add it if not there):
/dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy auto noauto,user,suid 0 0
Then try again. Back this file up first, if not comfortable with a text
editor. 'auto' should auto detect the filesystem type.
--
Hal B
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: how to limit memory usage with pam_limits.so
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 04:26:19 GMT
pam_limits supports placing limits on a variety of "items" relating to
memory: memlock, rss, stack, as. However, I can't seem to use them to
place a simple limit on memory usage for a user. For example, if I set
"as" to some value some where under 2500 for the user, the user can't
log in at all. If I set it to 2500, then the user can log in and run as
many programs as he likes (eg, many copies of bash), which suggests
there is no limit on memory usage at all.
Could any kind soul please an example on how to set a limit on memory
usage?
Thanks a lot!!!
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From: Lester <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Mounting Windows Partitions
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 01:35:04 -0400
Hi Everybody,
I'm trying to mount my Windows partition under Linux so that an ordinary
user will be able to read/write to it. I modified /etc/fstab like so:
/dev/hda1 /mnt/win vfat defaults 0 0
This allows the root operator to read/write but only read access for
every other user. I assume this is some form of security precaution.
However, there must be some sort of workaround.
How can I arrange it so that an ordinary user can read/write to a
mounted Windows partition?
Also, at the end of the above example, there are two consecutive 0's.
On a few occasions, I have seen other numerical values in those
positions. Can anybody explain to me what this means?
Thanks,
Lester
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From: softrat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Need solid facts: Why Linux over NT
Date: Fri, 12 May 2000 22:39:46 -0700
Dances With Crows wrote:
> On Wed, 10 May 2000 02:10:48 GMT, Jim Morrissey
> <<[EMAIL PROTECTED]>> shouted forth into the ether:
> >I need to put together a presentation to convince management to use
> >Linux rather than NT. To do this properly and succeed, I need solid
> >facts and figures on why Linux is the better OS. Any help or pointers to
> >URL's that cover this topic would be well appreciated!
>
> I don't know exactly what you mean by "solid facts and figures". Linux is
> so new that it's hard to know where to look for statistics that say "Linux
> saved us $NUMBER amount of money" or "Linux increased productivity by $FOO
> percent."
That is a real problem especially when you have a Dilbert-type boss who
'programmed' in FORTRAN 25 years ago, and knows it all. The salesmen, and Willy
Gates has 'em, have solid facts AND figures even if they just made them up on
their way to the sales meeting. If you guys want Linux to spread, you NEED this
info. to overcome the monster.
the softrat
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: how to setup ppp in Redhad6.2
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 01:26:17 -0500
Charlie Troot wrote:
>
> Dear all,
>
> I jsut got Redhad6.2 installed in my Gateway notebook. I am using pcmcia
> card to do the dailing, and have found /dev/cua0 to cua3 available. How
> do I set up ppp in version 6.2?
>
> Thanks
> Sam.
You should use the ttySx devices for serial ports, the cua devices have
been obsolete for some time. Start with howto for ppp for setup info.
--
Bob Martin
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From: "Jo" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: ReiserFS Chk
Date: Sun, 14 May 2000 00:01:25 +0200
Hey everyone,
i test the reiser fs an get crashed :-((
i try to compile reiserfsck, to check the crashed partion, but i cound´t
compile it.
Can anyone send me the binary running under Suse-Linux ?
Plea mail it to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks a lot,
Jörg
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From: "Turbo alberta" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: CD-writing utility
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 10:50:00 +0100
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (John McKown) wrote:
> On Sat, 13 May 2000 01:27:11 +0100, Turbo alberta <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> wrote:
> ]>I'm looking for some utility that enables me to specify a subdirectory
> and
> ]>creates a new subdirectory with symbolic links to all the files in the
> ]>specified subdirectory.
> ]>
> ]>Does something like this exist? This would be very handy for CDRW
> backups.
> ]>Because of lack of space one could create a directory with links to
> the
> ]>files on the CDRW add some new files switch things a bit around and
> ]>finally throw it in an iso-image. If something like this already
> exists
> ]>let me know, else I will have to write it myself.
> ]>
> ]>Turbo Alberta
> ]>
>
> mkdir dir-containing-symlinks cd dir-containing-symlinks for i in
> /absolute/path/to/dir/with/files/*;do ln -s $i $(basename $i);done
>
> That's it. I even tested it and it looks OK to me. Oh, it does NOT
> traverse subdirectories. That's more complicated, and to be honest, I'm
> too lazy to figure it out right now.
Well that was actually the most important fact for me. It should not link
to subdirectories. Whatever thanks.
Turbo Alberta
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From: "Y. Ohgaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Security and small systems
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 17:46:54 +0900
"root" <root@lugh.> wrote in message news:4p%S4.77091$[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> What is the best way to secure a small internet connected site. By small
> I mean 1 to 4 nodes. Super high security is not the goal. I would like to
> be a good net citizen and prevent my system from being used by neferious
> crackers. I know that I could build a box to act as a firewall. That just
> seems a little extreme in this case. And I really would prefer not to have to
> use up one of my addresses. Any suggestions are welcome
If you can spare a PC dedicated for firewalling, I think, you better to do it.
My firewall logs port scan many times after I set up my small network
a few month ago.
I don't recommend running any services nor open port on firewall, but if even you must.
It better than nothing. Besides if you use Linux as firewall, you can forward ports
via port forwarding. So you can still use the IP for firewall even if you setup a
firewall.
If you have router that can do packet filtering and you don't run any service
it might be sufficient for your needs. Just block all incoming connection.
BTW, you better to install some kind of file integrity checker to see if
there are unwanted files are there. I've seem a Linux system that have been
used as IRC proxy in root's home directory by some cracker, even if they
are filtered all port(in-bound connection only though) except 20,21,25,80.
You also might interested in libsafe and LIDS(Linux Intrusion Detection System)
And firewall related HOWTOs like ipchains, ipmasquerade and web site like
www.linux-firewall-tools.com/linux
That my comment.
Hope this helps.
--
Yasuo Ohgaki
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From: "Y. Ohgaki" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: klogd
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 17:56:57 +0900
"Alessandro Giachino" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
> Hello,
>
> has anybody experienced a high load due to a daemon 'klogd'
> which seems to run for days, taking up, in my case, 100% of
> one of my CPU's?
Yes. Here is one. It eats most of firewall box's CPU time when
I scan the firewall using nmap.
>
> Where is this daemon controlled, i.e. what starts this?
>
/etc/rc.d/init.d/rc3.d/S*klogd or /etc/rc.d/rc5/S*klogd
if you use RedHat. (Other version? not sure, but probably the
same. FSSTND, right?)
> I read the man page, but can somebody explain briefly a
> bit more about what this does?
Logging kernel messages. like /var/log/messages
>
> If there is a problem with klogd, is there a patch I
> could grab?
if you have older version of sysklogd packages. You should,
old one has security hole. Don't fix the problems, though.
>
> Is it safe to 'disable' klogd?
System works, but you better keep it, since when you have
problems, you might need the log.
I think something wrong on you box. Check /var/log/messages see if
there are tons of error messages. You should fix those errors instead
of just killing klogd.
Hope this helps.
--
Yasuo Ohgaki
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From: Bob Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Module loading
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 04:20:24 -0500
Dances With Crows wrote:
>
>
> Not sure why kmod doesn't show up in a ps auxw... kswapd and such do!
>
kmod doesn't run as a daemon, it's part of the kernel.
--
Bob Martin
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From: Yanglong Zhu <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: RHLinux 6.2 FTP install problems
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 04:34:04 -0700
You are right. But I made the bootnet.img disk using the file from that very site. How
can they mess that up. I am trying to see whether there is a ftp installable
bootnet.img
and everything else. Purely curiosity and a little something else.
"Sam E. Trenholme" wrote:
> >*transferring
> >"ftp://128.105.22.12/pub/mirrors/linux/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/RedHat/base/stage2.img
>
> Hmmm, did you actually look to see if the above file exists. It doesn't
> on the FTP server in question:
>
> ftp> pwd
> 257 "/pub/mirrors/linux/redhat/redhat-6.2/i386/RedHat/base" is current directory.
> ftp> ls
> 200 PORT command successful.
> 150 Opening ASCII mode data connection for /bin/ls.
> total 22224
> drwxrwxr-x 2 mirror 16819 2048 Apr 1 15:15 .
> drwxrwxr-x 4 68552 28552 2048 Apr 1 15:16 ..
> -r--r--r-- 1 mirror 16819 9322 Mar 9 04:51 comps
> -r--r--r-- 1 mirror 16819 7029684 Mar 10 00:34 hdlist
> -r--r--r-- 1 mirror 16819 2135829 Mar 9 02:33 hdstg2.img
> -r--r--r-- 1 mirror 16819 2197746 Mar 9 02:33 netstg2.img
> 226 Transfer complete.
>
> The file is also not on any other mirrors, nor the Official RH 6.2 CD.
>
> However, stage2.img exists on my RH6.1 CD. Conclusion:
>
> * You can't do FTP installs of RH6.2 using RH6.1 boot disks.
>
> Solutions:
>
> * Use RAWrite (or dd if you already use Linux) to make a RH6.2 boot disk
>
> * Install RH6.1 via FTP instead
>
> * Make a RH6.2 CD from an ISO image, and boot from the CD (can your
> computer boot from a CD)
>
> * Buy a $2 RH6.2 CD from your choice of (LinuxCentral.com, LinuxMall.com,
> CheapBytes.com, or LSL.com)
>
> * Buy a $30 official RH6.2 set from a local computer store. This also
> comes with a boot disk.
>
> - Sam
>
> --
> I reserve the right to make public email sent to this address
> Emails complaing about this will be posted
> Go to http://samiam.org/cgi-bin/mailme to get my email address
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim Haynes)
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux is cool! (was: Wierd SuSE6.4 problem)
Date: 13 May 2000 10:23:21 +0100
Reply-To: "Tim Haynes" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Peter Dixon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> > There, in one word, you have the reason why hardware is cooler than
> > software.
> > Software never responds to being "wiggled".
>
> Do you think that it would be good if it could? For example, if you
> could take some old software and wiggle it to run well on your brand-new
> linux system?
B...b...but it does respond to being wiggled!!
...if your idea of wiggling is dropping an extra
#include <sys/types.h>
into the top of a .c file to make it compile on linux instead of FleeBSE,
for example... :)
> > "Wiggling" is an essential HW engineering skill though.
>
> Perhaps one day it will be an essential programming skill too.
As distinct from an open-source maintainance skill? It'd be nice if all the
(C-based?) software in the world used the same automake/autoconf/configure
style, it's true ;)
~Tim
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From: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: uk.comp.os.linux
Subject: Re: Linux is cool! (was: Wierd SuSE6.4 problem)
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 10:25:03 +0100
Reply-To: "Anthony W. Youngman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Peter Dixon
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes
>"Liam Friel" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
>> aflinsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote in message
>> news:[EMAIL PROTECTED]...
>>
>> >>It's now much quieter than it was before I bought the second one. Isn't
>> hardware fun?
>> >
>> > noisy fan usually means bad/worn bearings. removing and reinserting it
>> > most likely wiggled the bearings into a slightly different position,
>> > exposing a less worn area.
>>
>> There, in one word, you have the reason why hardware is cooler than
>> software.
>> Software never responds to being "wiggled".
>
>Do you think that it would be good if it could? For example, if you
>could take some old software and wiggle it to run well on your
>brand-new linux system?
>>
Cue the "in my old days..." thread. The first OS I used (Pr1mos) had the
guarantee that ANY program written for ANY 50-series processor, would
run fine on ANY newer (and usually older) 50-series processor. So if you
bought the executable to run on a 250 (first made late 70's?), the self
same executable would still run on the latest 6000s they were making
when they went bust in the 90s. Within limits I think you could also
have compiled an executable on the 6000, copy it to the 250, and watch
it run :-) (Still slightly on topic - Pr1mos was based on multics...)
--
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Witches are curious by definition and inquisitive by nature. She moved in. "Let
me through. I'm a nosey person.", she said, employing both elbows.
Maskerade : (c) 1995 Terry Pratchett
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From: Terry Filby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Newbie Query
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 11:11:07 +0100
I asked for help on how to print my installed file list. I got 2
queries, but didn't have my printer on-line so had to shut down
computer, and, of course, it had been deleted from the Newsgroup when I
switched it on again! Anyhow the kind person who told me to key in dpg
-l | lpr was what I wanted. Problem solved!
Thank you both very much (whoever you were!)
Terry
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Unexpected load on server
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 09:59:30 GMT
hello all,
i have a compaq proliant 5500 server with RH 6.1. its main task is as
the mail server and and some telnetted users. The load on the server
never really go above 0.3 - 0.5, usually.
but about 1 week back i found the system getting frozen for about a
second or two. i quickly checked the 'w' and the load was around 3, From
that time onwads the load shoots up randomly about 3 or 4 times a day.
now i run the xload and i can see that.
i tried to catch the process which was causing this but could not. what
i tried was to run the 'top q' when i suspect the problem but usually by
the time i change the console and issue the command the porblem
vanishes.
does some one has some ideas about this. i will send any further details
required
Cheers!
raj
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Security and small systems
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 10:13:13 GMT
root <root@lugh.> did eloquently scribble:
> What is the best way to secure a small internet connected site. By small
> I mean 1 to 4 nodes. Super high security is not the goal. I would like to
> be a good net citizen and prevent my system from being used by neferious
> crackers. I know that I could build a box to act as a firewall. That just
> seems a little extreme in this case. And I really would prefer not to have to
> use up one of my addresses. Any suggestions are welcome
You don't need a seperate box just for firewalling... Just put up the
firewall on the machine that has the direct connection.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: connect LINUX to Free ISPs???
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 10:13:18 GMT
Steve <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> did eloquently scribble:
> Get the number the modem needs to dial, set yourself up with an id
> do an nslookup to get the DNS servers (I think?), and you're all
> set.
I don't think nslookup works is you DON'T have DNS numbers... Does it?
Any ISP should include DNS numbers on their web sites anyway. Without them,
you can't do anything much even if you DO connect.
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From: "Christian Hartmann" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: QPOP-Error
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 12:16:43 +0200
Hello,
started a POP3-Session with QPOP (2.53) on RedHat I've got the following
error-message after sending a correct userid with "user <name>":
-ERR POP authorization DB has wrong mode (0777)
What is wrong?
Thanx,
Christian
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From: Duane Evenson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: linux: my display is too large
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 04:03:45 -0600
Your desktop is defaulting to the maximum resolution allowed (press Ctrl-+ to
cycle through them). Edit your XF86Config file. In the subsection display,
add the line virtual followed by the size of the desktop you want.
BTW
On the modes line, the first mode listed is the default mode when X is
started, you may just want to place your largest resolution first in the
list.
eg.
SubSection "Display"
Depth 16
Modes "1024x768" "800x600" "640x480"
Virtual 1024 768
ViewPort 0 0
EndSubSection
lionel wrote:
> hi,
> after my first installation, the display screen is so large that
> scrolling is required. even after trying xconfigurator it hasn't worked .
> some help will be appreciated.thanks
>
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard Steiner)
Crossposted-To: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc
Subject: Re: FreeBSD and Linux
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 13 May 2000 04:56:43 -0500
Here in comp.os.linux.misc, "John S. Dyson" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
spake unto us, saying:
>John Hasler wrote:
>
>> There has been discussion on the Debian mailing lists of developing
>> Debian GNU/FreeBSD. I haven't followed it and don't know that anything
>> is actually being done, but it might be worth doing just to make steam
>> come out of John Dyson's ears.
>
>Actually, it would kind of be cool -- further indicating that FreeBSD can
>easily substitute for Linux, and still perform better :-).
I think it would be a neat development (speaking as one who uses both
FreeBSD and Linux here). If one has the same init and toolset and a
different kernel, direct comparisons are much easier. :-)
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-Rich Steiner >>>---> [EMAIL PROTECTED] >>>---> Bloomington, MN
OS/2 + BeOS + Linux + Solaris + Win95 + WinNT4 + FreeBSD + DOS
+ VMWare + Fusion + vMac + Executor = PC Hobbyist Heaven! :-)
Prepositions are not things to end sentences with.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.advocacy,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Help->Colourised Login
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 13 May 2000 11:45:41 GMT
On Sat, 13 May 2000 11:49:50 +0800, Jackie wrote:
>Hi there, I know BLUE="$ESC[44;37m" and NORMAL="$ESC[40;37m". But how about
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
These two that you know have something in common don't they, they both have
a number which is slightly different, experiment and discover.
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%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
web http://www.ndirect.co.uk/~sjlen/
or http://start.at/zero-pps
10:08am up 16 days, 12:09, 4 users, load average: 1.36, 1.13, 1.03
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Should apps be installed as root?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 13 May 2000 11:45:43 GMT
On Sat, 13 May 2000 02:40:00 GMT, Chad Lemmen wrote:
>I'm using Corel Linux on my desktop and I've just downloaded Realplayer.
>Should I install it as root and put it in /usr/local/Realplayer or
>install it logged in as a normal user in which case it would have to be
>installed in the users home dir. If I install it as root the install
>puts an icon on the KDE desktop for me and installs the Netscape plugin.
>These settings then only apply to root. Then do I log in as a normal
>user and manually create the icon on the users desktop and run the
>install again for the Netscape plugin?
Read the instructions. It sounds asthough after the initial install
you need to go into the application dir as the ordinary user and run
a setup program in order to setup for that user.
After initial install the docs will probably bne in /usr/doc and there
should be a trusty man page so something like man realplayer should
give you some info.
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Cheers
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%HAV-A-NICEDAY Error not enough coffee 0 pps.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: ipop3d: Connection time out ... ?
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 13 May 2000 11:45:44 GMT
On Sat, 13 May 2000 02:37:19 GMT, tykq wrote:
>Hi,
>We have a RHat6.0 Linux 2.2.5-15 and a dial up connection to the
>internet no DNS installed. We connect every hour to retrieve our mail
>(our ISP acts our mail relay) The /var/log/maillog is starting to fill
>up with ' Connection timeout errors ' coming up mainly when the server
>is on line. It seems to be random not being linked to any pc in
>particular. We use Outlook 97 as mail client on PCs
In your script does the machine wait after dialing or does it go
straight to the pop server when dialing, may be an idea to put
a bit of a delay in there, (see man sleep), over here I've found
that 45 seconds is the least time thet I can ask it to wait, any
less and it hasn't connected and resolved properly so tells me
that nntp servers arent available etc.
If it's only started recently it could just be your ISP slowing
down, they do this occasionally and then upgrade to accomodate
the increased traffic only when everyone's complaining all the
time. Make a net connection and go surfing for a while and
see if you're getting bad/slow and stalled d/ls (from that linux
box).
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: awe64 midi
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 13 May 2000 11:45:46 GMT
On Fri, 12 May 2000 14:08:42 +0100, Steven Thurgood (1X0S) wrote:
>
>-- Hi, I tried recompiling my kernel to get midi to work with my awe64,
>however it refuses to recognise that it was there( .wav etc. works
>fine). upon startup I get some message about it not being detected. It's
>not pnp (i'm fairly sure, and I have tried both compiling into the
>kernel, and as a module. I also tried setting up isapnp to use the sb,
>but then the wav didn't work either. I have the kernel version 2.2.05,
>and I tried 2.2.15 (the latest?), which still didn't work, and gave me
>problems. I have Redhat 6.0, and have followed the mini howto to no
>avail. And advice?
You shouldn't have to go through all this crap just to get a different
file type to work, use the bogstandar sndconfig that comes with 6.0,
and try a couple of different midi players. It could just be that the
midi player doesn't work.
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Steve)
Subject: Re: Compiling FlightGear 0.7.1
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 13 May 2000 11:45:45 GMT
On Fri, 12 May 2000 20:27:10 -0400, Sylvain Bouchard wrote:
>I need to know how to successfully install. I have it installed on
>Windows and the problem is that I unpack the sceneries into the
>sceneries directory and it keeps shooting me "Looking in
>./Scenery/w120n30/w111n33/..." while the directory it says is not there
>anymore and it works ????
>
>And I want to compile it Linux. Neither FlightGear 0.7.2 nor FlightGear
>
>0.7.1 compiles successfully, I have RedHat 5.2.
Read the README file(s) that come with the source, and if you're still
having problems post back again with the exact error messages you're
getting along with what you're putting on the command line. You may
need to upgrade your glib, but we'll cross that bridge when we come
to it.
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