Linux-Misc Digest #330

2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #330, Volume #24Mon, 1 May 00 01:13:05 EDT

Contents:
  Re: Linux Journal Python supplement (John Scudder)
  ext2_free_inode: bit  already cleared ... (Hal Burgiss)
  Re: true type fonts in linux (Alastair Neil)
  Idiot desktop question ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Running SCO version of Progress DB under linux (Dennis Marti)
  question about linux distributions (Michel Arcenault)
  Re: linux installation problem (Leonard Evens)
  Re: Difference between Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2 ("Richard M. Sugg")
  Has anyone gotten support from Corel?? (Frank Pittel)
  Re: Corel Linux "make install"??? (Christopher Browne)
  Re: database ("Spartacus")
  Re: Can't get 8.1.5 to install on Linux (Dowe Keller)
  Re: Corel Linux "make install"??? (Dowe Keller)
  Re: Idiot desktop question (Dances With Crows)
  Re: true type fonts in linux ("Lam Dang")
  Re: true type fonts in linux ("JDeg")
  Re: crontab hates me (Dowe Keller)
  Numlock ("Andrew J. Hesford")
  Re: Numlock (Hal Burgiss)
  Re: es1371? (Janet)



From: John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux Journal Python supplement
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:47:05 -0500

Allen Ashley wrote:

> John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
>
> >Yes, I thought that was a little unusual for Linux Journal...
> >In keeping with the general Monty Python theme..the cover is from the 70's TV
> >series opening where a similarly attired Michael Palin said " It's"  and
> >then the Monty Python theme started.
>
> My recollection is the piano player was Terry Jones.

You're correct...the segment I was thinking of was a bearded, smoldering  Palin
saying "It's..." right after being blown up.


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Hal Burgiss)
Subject: ext2_free_inode: bit  already cleared ...
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 02:11:39 GMT

Anybody have a clue what this is and what to do about it?

Apr 30 04:24:43 localhost kernel: EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,4)):
ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 191778 

Apr 30 04:24:43 localhost kernel: EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,4)):
ext2_free_blocks: bit already cleared for block 811296 

Apr 30 04:24:43 localhost kernel: EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,4)):
ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 191782 

Apr 30 04:24:43 localhost kernel: EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,4)):
ext2_free_blocks: bit already cleared for block 811291 

Apr 30 04:24:43 localhost kernel: EXT2-fs warning (device ide0(3,4)):
ext2_free_inode: bit already cleared for inode 191777 



I have a weekly cron job that copies my root partition to a backup
partition (both on IDE0/hda). I get these with each run. I ran e2fsck last
week, which found and fixed some errors. But evidently not permaneantly.

I aslo I am having trouble umounting my root partion for maintenance.
Usually:

 #init 1
 #umount -a
 #mount -n -o remount,ro /

works, but today all I get is 'mount: / device busy'. Tried it a zillion
times. I occasionally get this for various partitions on shutdown too.
Seems to come and go, but now I'd like it to just go. This is updated RH6.2
with 2.2.15pre9 kernel.

TIA

-- 
Hal B
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
--

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From: Alastair Neil <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: true type fonts in linux
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 02:18:32 GMT

Gary wrote:
> 
> Anyone who can help will be a saviour i have redhat linux version 6.2 and
> need to use true type fonts is this possible and if so how
> 
> --
> Posted via CNET Help.com
> http://www.help.com/

There is a true-type X font server called xfstt  you should be able
find  on freshmeat.  Also RH 6.2 comes with freetype "a free and
portable TrueType font rendering engine".

--
Those who are mentally and emotionally healthy are those who have
learned
when to say yes, when to say no and when to say whoopee. -- W.S. Krabill
Alastair Neil

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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Idiot desktop question
Date: Mon, 01 May 2000 02:18:31 GMT

I played with Linux Suse KDE for the first time yesterday. Within
minutes, in my own imbecilic way,  I had activated a command that sent
cockroaches crawling all over the screen. Now I can't find the menu
that turned them on -- or how to turn them off!

Help?
Please?


Sent via Deja.com http://www.deja.com/
Before you buy.

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From: Dennis Marti <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Running SCO version of Progress DB under linux
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 22:39:47 -0400

In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
wrote:

> I have a licensed version of Progress for the SCO Open Desktop platform
> that is sitting on a shelf collecting dust and am interested in
> installing and running it under one of the Linux dist's.  I have access
> to most of the Linux dist's all installed on different disk images.
> Has any one had success in installing and r

Linux-Misc Digest #329

2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #329, Volume #24   Sun, 30 Apr 00 22:13:03 EDT

Contents:
  Linux Counter: 143272 registered Linux users ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: hosts.lpd wildcards / was:remote printing... (ljb)
  Re: true type fonts in linux (Olav Fossgaard)
  Re: How to set up an ftp server? ("David ..")
  question about Windows Linux (David Punsalan)
  Re: Mp3 Player for Car (mekros)
  linux installation problem (sourire)
  linux installation problem with Xwindows (sourire)
  Re: true type fonts in linux (Hal Burgiss)
  Re: Good Contact Manager for Linux (root)
  Re: How do I shutdown my PC? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  recompiling the kernel ("SMan")
  Corel Linux "make install"??? ("Carlos Alves")
  Re: X locks up solid, what can I do ?! HELP !!! ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Kernel Build Problem for NFSD ("Keith Smith")



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Linux Counter: 143272 registered Linux users
Date: 1 May 2000 01:00:02 GMT

This is the monthly report from the Linux Usage Counter.
It is posted on the 1st of every month on the newsgroup
comp.os.linux.misc, and on the Linux Counter "announce" list.

Registration and information is available via the World
Wide Web; connect to URL http://counter.li.org/

This is the preferred interface to the counter.

NOTE: You can UPDATE your record in the counter if you have
your registration key, which was sent to you when you registered.

EMAIL:

To enter your registration into the statistics, send an E-mail to
[EMAIL PROTECTED], with the SUBJECT line containing the word "Linux",
such as:

  I use Linux at home
  I use Linux at work
  I use Linux at school

Any questions should be adressed to the maintainer of the counter,
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

Good luck!

=

This is the Linux Counter summary as of Sun Apr 30 17:09:28 2000

There are 143272 persons registerd.
3023 users have been registered by friends.
There are 75216 machines registered.

I guesstimate that between 0.2% and 5% of all Linux users have
registered with the Linux Counter.
So the total number of Linux users is probably between
2,865,440 and 71,636,000 people.

WHERE LINUX USERS LIVE
The table is sorted by number of Linux users divided by population

 NoCountry   Pers  Fri Mach P/Mpop   Mpop
==
  1 IS Iceland2074   96 765.80.3
  2 NO Norway3130   49 1375 714.04.4
  3 FI Finland   3142   55 1614 615.45.1
  4 DK Denmark   3053   17 1145 581.65.2
  5 SE Sweden4859   60 2283 545.98.9
  6 AQ Antarctica   200 486.00.0
  7 NF Norfolk Island   100 452.70.0
  8 FO Faroe Islands   1802 410.40.0
  9 EE Estonia507   16  308 347.41.5
 10 SI Slovenia   6338  164 324.42.0
 11 GI Gibraltar81   11 278.10.0
 12 NL Netherlands   3713   51 1856 238.5   15.6
 13 MS Montserrat   301 234.90.0
 14 CA Canada6028   83 3073 209.2   28.8
 15 AT Austria   1674   31  915 208.68.0
 16 LU Luxembourg  800   38 192.40.4
 17 AU Australia 3239   50 1821 177.4   18.3
 18 NZ New Zealand6093  371 171.63.5
 19 US USA  44177  832 22117 165.8  266.5
 20 CH Switzerland   1155   16  699 160.37.2
 21 IE Ireland5405  248 151.43.6
 22 BE Belgium   1504  525  771 147.9   10.2
 23 HU Hungary   1312   48  730 131.2   10.0
 24 MC Monaco   413 126.10.0
 25 DE Germany  10246  187 5322 122.7   83.5
 26 CY Cyprus  870   12 116.80.7
 27 PT Portugal  9  327 112.69.9
 28 SG Singapore  3757  146 110.43.4
 29 GL Greenland601 103.10.1
 30 ES Spain 3843   32 1072  98.1   39.2
 31 GB Great Britain 5733  109 2926  98.0   58.5
 32 AD Andorra  706  96.20.1
 33 FR France5476  111 2212  93.9   58.3
 34 IL Israel 502   13  236  92.65.4
 35 KR Korea (South) 4197   19  457  92.3   45.5
 36 PL Poland3297   55 1428  85.3   38.6
 37 VG Virgin Islands (British) 100  75.80.0
 38 CZ Czech Republic 724   21  415  70.1   10.3
 39 LI Liechtenstein203  64.30.0
 40 BG 

Linux-Misc Digest #328

2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #328, Volume #24   Sun, 30 Apr 00 21:13:03 EDT

Contents:
  Re: Kill command ("Peter T. Breuer")
  Re: Linux ps (Robert Heller)
  Re: Linux Samba Problem... (Sky Cree)
  Re: Difference between set and export?
  Re: es1371? ("David ..")
  Re: es1371? (Alex Kaufman)
  Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Yanglong Zhu)
  Re: Does anybody know a gzip-compressor in hardware ? (Andre Beck)
  how to define a system call? (Steven)
  true type fonts in linux (Gary)
  Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Todd Knarr)
  Re: Mp3 Player for Car (Adrian Noland)
  Re: Difference between set and export? ("Peter T. Breuer")
  How to set up an ftp server? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: How do I shutdown my PC? (Tandem Guy)
  Re: how to define a system call? (Ben Walker)
  Re: How do I shutdown my PC? ("Nathan Woodhull")
  rebooting wipes loopback interface (lo) (Duane Evenson)
  Running SCO version of Progress DB under linux (Uri Chamish)
  Re: true type fonts in linux (Steffen Kluge)
  Re: Linux woes (Compaq for one) on the horizon (Steffen Kluge)
  Re: Mp3 Player for Car (Tim Hockin)
  cannot remove `/home/jimmy/.gnome//gmc-fHdvBX (Jimmy Navarro)
  Re: Backing up GNOME configuration files ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Passing data to an running application (Penpal International)



From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: linux.dev.kernel,linux,ucla.classes.cs.cs111
Subject: Re: Kill command
Date: 30 Apr 2000 22:20:47 GMT

Steven <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
: Hi,

: Under Redhat 6.0 GNOME, I opened up several terminals.  On one terminal
: I typed "ps" to view all the running processes (I switched to su).  Then
: I tried to kill one of the command:

: /sbin/mingetty tty6

: but when I "ps" again, this command shows up under a different pid. 

Sure. It's respawned from init. It's the "login prompt" on an unused
console.

: What command is this?  This doesn't seem like a command when I try to

man getty.

: When I type "ps" in a terminal not in su mode, a different list of
: processes are shown; I don't see commands such as the one above, why is
: this?

man ps.

: Also, do I need to be in supervisor mode to kill another shell process?

No. You can always kill processes that belong to you.

Peter

--

From: Robert Heller <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux ps
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 22:31:13 GMT

  Galen Menzel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
  In a message on Sun, 30 Apr 2000 13:37:17 -0500, wrote :

GM> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
GM> 
GM> > Man ps? The "w" option?
GM> 
GM> Great!  Another one of those wacky linux "features".  Thanks, Peter.

No wackier than DEC Unix, Ultrix, SunOS, *BSD.  

GM> 
GM> galen
GM> 







-- 
 \/
Robert Heller||InterNet:   [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://vis-www.cs.umass.edu/~heller  ||[EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.deepsoft.com  /\FidoNet:1:321/153

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From: Sky Cree <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Re: Linux Samba Problem...
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:37:06 -0700

>

did you read ENCRYPTION.txt?
I have had the same problems with setting up my samba server.
Did you create the smbpasswd file?  It explains how in ENCRYPTION.txt.
You have to decide if you want to use encrypted passwords or plain text.
Provided with the samba source are some registry settings for plain text
that can be installed.
the login and password that you are using through your win98 box must
be in the smbpasswd file.
Try the samba faq, somewhere in there it explains what the IPC$ is.

>
>
> -Problems
> 1. What is mean by "IPC$" ?
> 2. In Windows 98, I can see the linux server in network neighborhood,
> but when I click on it, it prompts me to enter a password for
> \\Linux\IPC$ to make connection. I never set any password in the Linux
> Samba server, why this happened?
>
> Can anybody know how to solve the problems? Thanks for any helps!
>
> Mark.


--

From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ()
Subject: Re: Difference between set and export?
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 22:45:07 GMT

In article <8ei3s5$6vp$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
"Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:
> Karsten Wutzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>: I've just asked that question in one of the German newsgroups, but all I
>: have received so far was "man bash" Shell Builin Commands, which is like
>: not having answered at all. Since I'm quite new to Linux and managed to
> 
> That's a perfectly good answer, so what's your problem with it? If you aren't
> specific about the reading problem you have here, you can't expect us to help you
> with it. Which word do you not understand? "local"? "global"? "option"?
> 
> Set and export aren't even vaguely comparable. You are asking for

Linux-Misc Digest #327

2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #327, Volume #24   Sun, 30 Apr 00 19:13:04 EDT

Contents:
  Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (Part 6 of 6) 
([EMAIL PROTECTED])



Crossposted-To: news.answers,comp.answers
Subject: Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (Part 6 of 6)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 18:36:39 GMT

Archive-Name: linux/faq/part6
URL: http://www.mainmatter.com/
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Posting-Frequency: weekly
Last-modified: 04/30/2000

   english.au or swedish.au from
   ftp.funet.fi/pub/Linux/PEOPLE/Linus/SillySounds/. If you have a sound
   card or the PC-speaker audio driver you can hear them by typing
   
cat english.au >/dev/audio

   The difference isn't in the pronunciation of Linux but in the language
   Linus uses to say, ``hello.''
   
   For the benefit of those who don't have the equipment or inclination:
   Linus pronounces Linux approximately as Leenus, where the ``ee'' is
   pronounced as in ``feet,'' but rather shorter, and the ``u'' is like a
   much shorter version of the French ``eu'' sound in ``peur''
   (pronouncing it as the ``u'' in ``put'' is probably passable).
 _
   
9.11. Where Is the Linux Food Page?

   It's at http://members.xoom.com/gnulix_guy/geek-gourmet/. It contains
   recipes for dishes like Fusili Chicken Marinara, Speedy Guacamole, and
   Idiot-proof pilaf, as well as hints for cooking things in a hurry. At
   the time of this writing, no recipes for penguin, though.
 _
   
9.12. Where Can I Find Out about Free Software Projects?

   The Free Software Bazaar lists current openings to do work on free
   software projects, and tells how to sponsor free software projects and
   how to make money writing free software. Its URL is
   http://www.csustan.edu/bazaar/.
 _
   
10. Frequently Encountered Error Messages

10.1. Modprobe Can't Locate Module, XXX, and Similar Messages.

   These types of messages mostly occur at boot time or shutdown. If
   modprobe, insmod, or rmmod complain about not being able to find a
   module, add the following to the /etc/modules.conf or
   /etc/modutils/aliases file, whichever is present on your system.
   
alias  off

   And use the name of the module that appears in the error message.
   
   [J.H.M. Dassen]
 _
   
10.2. Unknown Terminal Type ``linux'' and Similar.

   In early kernels the default console terminal type has changed from
   ``console'' to ``linux.'' You must edit /etc/termcap to change the
   line reading:
   
console|con80x25:\

   to
   
linux|console|con80x25:\

   (there may be an additional ``dumb'' in there--if so it should be
   removed.)
   
   To get the editor to work you may need say
   
TERM=console

   (for bash and ksh), or
   
setenv TERM console

for csh or tcsh.

   Some programs use /usr/lib/terminfo instead of /etc/termcap. For these
   programs you should upgrade your terminfo package, which is part of
   ncurses.
   
   The same is true for X terminal displays. If your distribution sets
   the TERM to something strange like xterm-24-color, you can simply
   reset it to a generic value from the command line:
   
# TERM="xterm"; export TERM
 _
   
10.3. INET: Warning: old style ioctl... called!

   You are trying to use the old network configuration utilities. The new
   ones can be found on
   ftp.linux.org.uk/pub/linux/Networking/PROGRAMS/NetTools/ (source
   only, I'm afraid).
   
   Note that they cannot be used just like the old-style programs. See
   the NET-2 HOWTO for instructions on how to set up the old-style
   networking programs correctly. Even better, see the NET-3 HOWTO and
   upgrade your networking software.
 _
   
10.4. ld: unrecognized option '-m486'

   You have an old version of ld. Install a newer binutils package--this
   will contain an updated ld. Look on tsx-11.mit.edu in
   /pub/linux/packages/GCC/ for binutils-2.6.0.2.bin.tar.gz.
 _
   
10.5. GCC says, ``Internal compiler error.''

   If the fault is repeatable (i.e., it always happens at the same place
   in the same file--even after rebooting and trying again, using a
   stable kernel) you have discovered a bug in GCC. See the GCC Info
   documentation (type F1-i in Emacs, and select GCC from the menu) for
   details on how to report the error--make sure you have the latest
   version, though.
   
   Note that this is probably not a Linux-specific problem. Unless you
   are compiling a program many other Linux users also compile, you
   

Linux-Misc Digest #325

2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #325, Volume #24   Sun, 30 Apr 00 19:13:04 EDT

Contents:
  Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (Part 5 of 6) 
([EMAIL PROTECTED])



Crossposted-To: news.answers,comp.answers
Subject: Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers (Part 5 of 6)
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 18:35:56 GMT

Archive-Name: linux/faq/part5
URL: http://www.mainmatter.com/
Reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Posting-Frequency: weekly
Last-modified: 04/30/2000

   
8.7. How Do I Get Dial-up PPP to Work?

   This information is mainly for people who do not have a wrapper
   utility like kppp or pppconfig, or are not able to get those utilities
   to work correctly. If you need to manually configure PPP to dial in to
   your ISP, you will need the following information:
   
 * The port that your modem is connected to: /dev/ttyS0--/dev/ttyS3,
   which correspond to COM1-COM4 under MS-DOS.
 * The phone number of your ISP's data connection.
 * The user name and password that your ISP gave you.
 * The IP addresses of the primary and possibly secondary Domain Name
   Service that you will use when dialing in to the ISP. This assumes
   that you will not be using a DNS that you installed on your
   system.
   
   When you have all of this information, make sure that the programs
   pppd and chat, at the very minimum, are installed correctly. In most
   current distributions, they are installed in the /usr/sbin/ directory,
   and you will need to be logged in as root to use them. In addition,
   the following programs are also useful for configuring network
   connections, determining network status, and diagnosing problems:
   /sbin/ifconfig, /sbin/route, /bin/ping, /usr/sbin/traceroute.
   
   These are the basic steps that you need to follow to configure PPP.
   You must be logged in as root.
   
 * Make sure that the serial port and modem are operating correctly.
   Using a program like minicomm or kermit, you should be able to
   send AT commands to the modem and receive the OK string in
   response from the modem.
 * Enter the primary and possibly secondary Domain Name Server IP
   addresses in the /etc/resolv.conf file, using dotted quad
   notation, with the nameserver label. For example:
   
order hosts,bind
nameserver 199.182.101.103
nameserver 199.182.101.104

   This tells your networking software, when it resolves network
   domain addresses, to first look in the /etc/hosts file, and then
   use the bind service; i.e., the DNS servers, which are specified
   on the lines that begin with nameserver.
 * Locate the chat script that PPP will use to dial the modem and
   connect to your ISP. In many systems, this is either in the
   /etc/chatscripts or /etc/ppp directory, and will be called
   provider or something similar. You can store a chat script
   anywhere, provided that you tell pppd to use it rather than the
   default script. Refer to the chat and pppd manual pages, and the
   information below, for details. Here is a sample chat script:
   
ABORTBUSY
ABORT"NO CARRIER"
ABORTVOICE
ABORT"NO DIALTONE"
""   ATDT
ogin 
word 

   This is a chat program for a simple, script based login. The chat
   program uses the pair of strings on each line as a match/response
   pair. When it starts, it sends the string
   ``ATDTyour_isp's_phone_number,'' where you have substituted the
   actual phone number of course. It then waits for the string ogin
   (a substring of the word login) and sends your user name. It then
   waits for word (a substring of password) and sends your password.
   If your ISP uses a different login and password prompts, and any
   additional prompts, you will need to edit the script accordingly.
   Again, refer to the chat manual page for details.
   If your ISP uses PAP or CHAP authentication, you will need to edit
   the pap-secrets or chap-secrets files in /etc/ppp directory as
   well. Refer to the manual pages for these files, as well as the
   instruction in the files themselves.
 * The configuration of pppd, the program that maintains the actual
   connection, is usually contained in two or three separate files.
   The first is usually /etc/ppp/options, which contains options that
   all of your system's PPP connections will use. (Yes, you can have
   more than one; as many as your computer has serial ports,
   generally.)
   Here is a sample /etc/ppp/options file:
   
# /etc/ppp/options

asyncmap 0
auth
crtscts
lock
noipx

# --

   The options may be given on one line or each on a separate line.
   Many options files are much longer, and come with a description of
   each option. Here, the options mean, in order, 

Linux-Misc Digest #326

2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #326, Volume #24   Sun, 30 Apr 00 19:13:04 EDT

Contents:
  sony memorystick download under linux (Jon Stahl)
  sony memorystick download under linux (Jon Stahl)
  Re: Kppp and modem busy message (John Todd)
  Re: Linux ps (Yan Seiner)



Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.hardware,comp.os.linux.development.apps
Subject: sony memorystick download under linux
From: Jon Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 22:19:12 GMT


Hi,

Anyone know of a way to download images from the sony
handycam serial port adapter (msac-sr1) under linux.

You plug a memory stick into the adapter and run
"picturegear" software under win95/98 normally.
This is the last thing in the world that I boot
win98 for, and I'd like to stop doing it ...

Thanks,
Jon Stahl


--

Subject: sony memorystick download under linux
From: Jon Stahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 22:21:02 GMT


Hi,

Anyone know of a way to download images from the sony
handycam serial port adapter (msac-sr1) under linux.

You plug a memory stick into the adapter and run
"picturegear" software under win95/98 normally.
This is the last thing in the world that I boot
win98 for, and I'd like to stop doing it ...

Thanks,
Jon Stahl


--

From: John Todd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.os.linux.mandrake,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: Kppp and modem busy message
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 13:32:25 -0700

Possibly an IRQ conflict? If your modem is on ttyS2, you will need to
change the IRQ, since the standard is irq3 which is also what ttyS0 uses. I
changed mine to 5, with:
setserial /dev/ttyS2 irq 5
Read man setserial.


n Fri, 28 Apr 2000, Terence J. Golightly wrote:
>Hi,
>
>I have an annoying problem that I hope somebody on this list can help me
>with.  I am using mandrake 6.0 with kernel 2.2.13.  I am using kppp to
>connect to my ISP.  This fails to work on many occasions.  I select the
>connect button when in kppp and get a popup message :
>
>Looking for modem
>
>then
>
>Sorry modem is busy.
>
>during this interval, I notice that the software attempts to initialize
>the modem but the TR light doesn't flash.  Does this have something to
>do with mgetty not loaded into memory?  Any suggestions?  Sometimes I
>can reset the modem using minicom and then kppp works. Not an elegant
>solution.  Please respond directly as I have cross posted to several
>group.  I will attempt to summarize any help I have received.
>
>Thanks
>
>Terry
>
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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux ps
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 18:32:28 -0400

Not wacky.  Just a reasonable assumption; it you don't know what the
terminal looks like, assume 80 columns.  That way, the display does not
get all bolixed up.

--Yan

Galen Menzel wrote:
> 
> "Peter T. Breuer" wrote:
> 
> > Man ps? The "w" option?
> 
> Great!  Another one of those wacky linux "features".  Thanks, Peter.
> 
> galen

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  es1371? (Janet)
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  Kill command (Steven)



From: Janet <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: es1371?
Date: 30 Apr 2000 15:08:04 -0700

Hi,

I have a Soundblaster card which cat /proc/pci says has an es1371
chipset.  I am able to load the es1371 kernel module fine, but no sound
comes out.  When I run xmms, it looks like it's playing about 50 times as
fast as it should be, but there's still no sound.  I can't get sound from
the CD player either, which is sort of weird.  Both the soundcard and the
cd player work fine under windows though.  Any ideas?

Thanks,
Janet

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Subject: URGENT - PPP Autodial when I start netscape
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:57:22 GMT

Hello,
I am Flavio and I have a problem with PPP protocol.
I can connect on my ISP with a manual dial,(connection with dinamic IP)
an it work O.K.,bat when I start netscape, PPP not start automatically
to connect on internet.
How I can fix my problem?
It si very important to me.
Tanks

Flavio


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Subject: Kill command
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:17:31 -0700

Hi,

Under Redhat 6.0 GNOME, I opened up several terminals.  On one terminal
I typed "ps" to view all the running processes (I switched to su).  Then
I tried to kill one of the command:

/sbin/mingetty tty6

but when I "ps" again, this command shows up under a different pid. 
What command is this?  This doesn't seem like a command when I try to
type it at a shell.  I suspect that this command only appears on the
"ps" list when one of the terminal is in supervisor mode.  

When I type "ps" in a terminal not in su mode, a different list of
processes are shown; I don't see commands such as the one above, why is
this?

Also, do I need to be in supervisor mode to kill another shell process?

Thanks,
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   architecture-specific asm directory--if you have a freshly unpacked
   kernel source tree, you must make symlinks. You'll also find that you
   may need to do `make config' in a newly-unpacked kernel source tree,
   to create linux/autoconf.h.
 _
   
6.11. I Get Errors when I Try to Compile the Kernel.

   See the previous question regarding the header files.
   
   Remember that when you apply a patch to the kernel, you must use the
   ``-p0'' or ``-p1'' option: otherwise, the patch may be misapplied. See
   the patch manual page for details.
   
   ``ld: unrecognized option `-qmagic''' means that you should get a
   newer linker, from ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/, in
   the file binutils-2.8.1.0.1.bin.tar.gz.
 _
   
6.12. How Do I Make a Shared Library?

   For ELF,
   
gcc -fPIC -c *.c
gcc -shared -Wl,-soname,libfoo.so.1 -o libfoo.so.1.0 *.o

   For a.out, get tools-n.nn.tar.gz from
   tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/packages/GCC/src/. It comes with
   documentation that will tell you what to do. Note that a.out shared
   libraries are a very tricky business. Consider upgrading your
   libraries to ELF shared libraries. See the ELF HOWTO, at
   ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/
 _
   
6.13. My Executables Are (Very) Large.

   With an ELF compiler (``What's All This about ELF? glibc?''), the most
   common cause of large executables is the lack of an appropriate .so
   library link for one of the libraries you're using. There should be a
   link like libc.so for every library like libc.so.5.2.18.
   
   With an a.out compiler the most common cause of large executables is
   the -g linker (compiler) flag. This produces (as well as debugging
   information in the output file) a program which is statically
   linked--one which includes a copy of the C library instead of a
   dynamically linked copy.
   
   Other things worth investigating are -O and -O2, which enable
   optimization (check the GCC documentation), and -s (or the strip
   command) which strip the symbol information from the resulting binary
   (making debugging totally impossible).
   
   You may wish to use -N on very small executables (less than 8K with
   the -N), but you shouldn't do this unless you understand its
   performance implications, and definitely never with daemons.
 _
   
6.14. Does Linux Support Threads or Lightweight Processes?

   As well as the Unix multiprocessing model involving heavyweight
   processes, which is of course part of the standard Linux kernel, there
   are several implementations of lightweight processes or threads.
   Recent kernels implement a thread model, kthreads. In addition, there
   are the following packages available for Linux.
   
 * GNU glibc2 for Linux has optional support for threads. The archive
   is available from the same place as glibc2,
   ftp://ftp.gnu.org/pub/gnu/
 * In sipb.mit.edu:/pub/pthread/ or
   ftp.ibp.fr:/pub/unix/threads/pthreads. Documentation isn't in the
   package, but is available on the World Wide Web at
   http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/proven/home_page.html. Newer Linux
   libc's contain the pthreads source. The GNU Ada compiler on
   ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/devel/lang/ada/gnat-3.01-linux+el
   f.tar.gz contains binaries made from that source code.
 * In ftp://ftp.cs.washington.edu:/pub/qt-001.tar.Z is QuickThreads.
   More information can be found in the technical report, available
   on the same site is /tr/1993/05/UW-CSE-93-05-06.PS.Z.
 * In gummo.doc.ic.ac.uk/rex/ is lwp, a very minimal implementation.
 * In ftp://ftp.cs.fsu.edu:/pub/PART/, an Ada implementation. This is
   useful mainly because it has a lot of Postscript papers that
   you'll find useful in learning more about threads. This is not
   directly usable under Linux.
   
   Please contact the authors of the packages in question for details.
 _
   
6.15. Where Can I Get lint for Linux?

   Roughly equivalent functionality is built into GCC. Use the -Wall
   option to turn on most of the useful extra warnings.

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Linux Frequently Asked Questions with Answers

   This is the list of Frequently Asked Questions for Linux, the free,
   POSIX compatible operating system kernel that runs on many modern
   computer systems. Linux uses free, GNU system utilities and
   application software, although commercial programs are available also.
   Originally written for 386/486/586 Intel/ISA bus machines, Linux
   versions exist for Alpha, Sparc, MIPS, ARM, 680x0, PPC, and many other
   platforms. (``What is Linux?'') This FAQ is meant to be read in
   conjunction with the Linux Documentation Project's HOWTO series.
   (``Where Can I Get Linux Material by FTP?'' and, ``Where Can I Get the
   HOWTO's and Other Documentation?'') The INFO-SHEET and META-FAQ also
   list sources of Linux information. Please read them, and, ``You Still
   Haven't Answered My Question!'' before posting to a Usenet news group.
   You can also get Postscript, HTML, and SGML versions of this document.
   (``Formats in Which This FAQ Is Available.'')
 _
   
   Table of Contents
  
   1. Introduction and General Information
  
1.1. What is Linux?

1.2. Where Do I Start?

1.3. What Software Does Linux Support?

1.4. Does Linux Run on My Computer? What Hardware Is Supported?

1.5. What Ports to Other Processors Are There?

1.6. How Much Hard Disk Space Does Linux Need?

1.7. How Much Memory Does Linux Need?

1.8. How Much Memory Can Linux Use?

1.9. Does Linux Support the USB Bus?

1.10. Is Linux Public Domain? Copyrighted?

1.11. Is Linux *nix?

   2. Topics of Current Interest.
  
2.1. What Resources Are There for Linux DeCSS and Other Open
Source DVD Software?

2.2. Where Can I Find Out About Linux and the Millennium (Y2K)
Bug?

2.3. How Is the DocBook Version of the FAQ Produced?

   3. Network Sources and Resources
  
3.1. Where Can I Get the Latest Kernel Version?

3.2. Where Can I Get the HOWTO's and Other Documentation?

3.3. Where Should I Look on the World Wide Web for Linux Stuff?

3.4. What News Groups Are There for Linux?

3.5. What Other FAQ's Are There for Linux?

3.6. Where Can I Get Linux Material by FTP?

3.7. I Don't Have FTP Access. Where Do I Get Linux?

3.8. I Don't Have Usenet Access. Where Do I Get Information?

3.9. What Mailing Lists Are There?

3.10. Where Are Linux Legal Issues Discussed?

3.11. Are the News Groups Archived Anywhere?

3.12. Where Can I Find Out About Security Related Issues?

   4. Compatibility with Other Operating Systems
  
4.1. Can Linux Share My Disk with DOS? OS/2? 386BSD? Win95?

4.2. How Do I Access Files on My DOS Partition Or Floppy?

4.3. Does Linux Support Compressed Ext2 file Systems?

4.4. Can I Use My Stacked/DBLSPC/Etc. DOS Drive?

4.5. Can I Access OS/2 HPFS Partitions from Linux?

4.6. Can Linux Access Amiga File Systems?

4.7. Can Linux Access BSD, SysV, Etc. UFS?

4.8. Can Linux Access SMB File Systems?

4.9. Can Linux Access Macintosh File Systems?

4.10. Can I Run Microsoft Windows Programs under Linux?

4.11. Where Can I Get Information about NFS Compatibility?

4.12. Can I Use True Type Fonts with Linux?

4.13. How Can I Boot Linux from MS-DOS?

4.14. How Can I Boot Linux from OS/2's Boot Manager?

   5. File Systems, Disks, and Drives
  
5.1. How Can I Get Linux to Work with My Disk?

5.2. How Can I Undelete Files?

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3. Network Sources and Resources

3.1. Where Can I Get the Latest Kernel Version?

   Make that versions. The 2.0. series kernels are still available for
   older machines. Following Linus's even/odd versioning scheme, the
   latest production kernel is 2.2.x. The updates to this kernel are bug
   fixes. Active development is proceeding on the 2.3.x versions of the
   kernel, and a feature freeze has recently been announced for the 2.4
   series production kernels.
   
   Linux kernel version 2.2. was released on January 25, and a bug fix
   version 2.2.1 was released several days later. New versions are always
   being released. The kernel contains numerous improvements in features
   and performance compared to the kernel versions 2.0.x.
   
   Among the 2.2 kernel's many improvements are a video frame buffer,
   faster (although bigger) memory management, support for more hardware
   devices, improved security, and improved POSIX compatibility. The
   Linux kernel, in many of these instances, is superior to commercial
   OS's.
   
   To read more about the features in kernel version 2.2.x, the
   unofficial, draft press releases are located at
   http://www.tip.net.au/~edlang/linux/linux2.2pr.html.
   
   If you want to download the source code, FTP to ftp.xx.kernel.org,
   where "xx" is the two-letter Internet domain abbreviation of your
   country; e.g., "us" for United States, "ca" for Canada, or "de" for
   Germany. Kernel versions 2.2.x are archived in the directory
   pub/linux/kernel/v2.2, as are patches for the prerelease versions. The
   kernel source code is archived as a .tar.gz file, and as a .tar.bz2
   file.
   
   Follow the instructions in any of the standard references to compile
   the 2.2 kernel, as you would with any other custom kernel. The
   Documentation subdirectory also contains information by the authors of
   various subsystems and drivers, and much of that information is not
   documented elsewhere.
   
   If you want to participate in kernel development, the latest 2.3
   version kernels are available from ftp.kernel.org as well. Make sure
   you sign on to the linux-kernel mailing list to find out what people
   are working on. (``What Mailing Lists Are There?'')
   
   There is a story about the features of the 2.4 series kernels at
   http://features.linuxtoday.com/stories/8191.html.
 _
   
3.2. Where Can I Get the HOWTO's and Other Documentation?

   Look in the following places, and the sites that mirror them.
   
 * http://www.linuxdoc.org/
 * ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/OS/Linux/doc/HOWTO/
 * ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO/
 * ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/HOWTO/
   
   For a list of Linux FTP sites, see, (``Where Can I Get Linux Material
   by FTP?'')
   
   If you don't have access to FTP, try the FTP-by-mail servers at
   mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED], or
   mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED].
   
   A complete list of HOWTO's and Mini-HOWTO's is available in the file
   HOWTO-INDEX in the docs/HOWTO directory at the FTP sites, and on the
   Web at http://www.linuxdoc.org/, but here is a (probably incomplete)
   list of topics:
   
   3Dfx AI-Alife AX25
   Access Alpha Assembly
   Bash Prompt Belgian Benchmarking
   Beowulf BootPrompt Bootdisk
   Busmouse CD Writing CDROM
   CVS RCS Chinese Commercial
   Config Consultants Cyrillic
   DNS DOS/Win to Linux DOSEMU
   Danish Diskless Distribution
   Ecology Emacs Beginner Emacspeak
   Esperanto Ethernet Finnish
   Firewall Framebuffer Ftape
   GCC German Glibc2
   HOWTO Hardware Compatibility Hebrew
   Hellenic INFO-SHEET IP Masquerade
   IPCHAINS IPX IR
   ISP Hookup Ingres II Installation
   Intranet Server Italian Java-CGI
   Jaz Drive Kernel KickStart
   Keyboard and Console Kiosk LDAP
   Large Disk LinuxDoc+Emacs+Ispell META-FAQ
   Loopback Encrypted File System MGR
   MILO MIPS MP3
   Mail Mail User Modem
   Majordomo and MajorCool Multi-Disk
   Multicast Mutt GnuPGP Networking
   NIS Networking Overview Optical Disk
   Online Troubleshooting Resources Oracle
   PCI PCMCIA PLIP Install
   PPP PalmOS Plug and Play
   Parallel Processing Polish Portuguese
   PostgreSQL Printing Printing Usage
   Quake Reading List Root RAID
   SCSI Programming SMB SMP
   SRM Security Serbian

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   compile-time option and a module.
   
   See, (``How Do I Upgrade/Recompile My Kernel?'')
 _
   
4.8. Can Linux Access SMB File Systems?

   Linux supports read/write access of Windows for Workgroups and Windows
   NT SMB volumes. See the file Documentation/filesystems/smbfs.txt of
   the Linux kernel source distribution, and (``How Do I
   Upgrade/Recompile My Kernel?'')
   
   There is also a suite of programs called Samba which provide support
   for WfW networked file systems (provided they're for TCP/IP).
   Information is available in the README file at
   metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/network/samba/.
   
   The SMB Web site is http://www.samba.org/, and there is also a Web
   site at samba.anu.edu.au/samba/.
 _
   
4.9. Can Linux Access Macintosh File Systems?

   There is a set of user-level programs that read and write the
   Macintosh Hierarchical File System (HFS). It is available at
   metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/utils/disk-management/.
 _
   
4.10. Can I Run Microsoft Windows Programs under Linux?

   WINE, a MS Windows emulator for Linux, is still not ready for general
   distribution. If you want to contribute to its development, look for
   the status reports in the comp.emulators.ms-windows.wine newsgroup.
   
   There is also a FAQ, compiled by P. David Gardner, at
   ftp://metalab.unc.edu/pub/Linux/docs/faqs/Wine-FAQ/.
   
   In the meantime, if you need to run MS Windows programs, the best
   bet--seriously--is to reboot. LILO, the Linux boot loader, can boot
   one of several operating systems from a menu. See the LILO
   documentation for details.
   
   Also, LOADLIN.EXE (a DOS program to load a Linux, or other OS, kernel
   is one way to make Linux co-exist with DOS. LOADLIN.EXE is
   particularly handy when you want to install Linux on a 3rd or 4th
   drive on a system (or when you're adding a SCSI drive to a system with
   an existing IDE).
   
   In these cases, it is common for LILO's boot loader to be unable to
   find or load the kernel on the "other" drive. So you just create a
   C:\LINUX directory (or whatever), put LOADLIN.EXE in it with a copy of
   your kernel, and use that.
   
   LOADLIN.EXE is a VCPI compliant program. Win95 will want to, "shutdown
   into DOS mode," to run it (as it would with certain other DOS
   protected-mode programs).
   
   Earlier versions of LOADLIN.EXE sometimes required a package called
   REALBIOS.COM, which required a boot procedure on an (almost) blank
   floppy to map the interrupt vectors (prior to the loading of any
   software drivers). (Current versions don't seem to ship with it, and
   don't seem to need it).
   
   [Jim Dennis]
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4.11. Where Can I Get Information about NFS Compatibility?

   This information is partly taken from Nicolai Langfeldt's excellent
   NFS HOWTO, and is current as of 10/1/1999.
   
   Most version 2.2.x kernels need a set of patches to install the knfsd
   subsystem, maintained by H.J. Lu, to communicate efficiently (if at
   all) with Sparc, IBM RS, and Alpha machines, and probably others. This
   package is actually a collection of patches to the kernel sources.
   
   There is also a user-space server. Although it lacks remote file
   locking, it is easier to install. It may be equally efficient.
   
   In the Documentation/Changelog of recent kernel distributions, there
   is a list of URL's for both the knfsd server and the user-space
   server.
   
   There is a CVS server available for the kernel-space NFS subsystem, as
   well as a NFS WWW page at http://www.linuxnfs.sourceforge.org/,
   although the URL requires a password for access. The relevant URL's
   are listed in the README.nfs file at ftp://ftp.us.kernel.org/, and
   other kernel archive sites, along with login information. Patches are
   at ftp://ftp.varesearch.com/pub/kernel/latest/patches/.
   
   The source archives of the user-space server and utilities currently
   reside on
   ftp://linux.mathematik.tu-darmstadt.de:/pub/linux/people/okir/.
   
   The linux-kernel mailing list has on-and-off discussions of the status
   of the NFS subsystem, which appears to be changing rapidly.
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2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #319, Volume #24   Sun, 30 Apr 00 18:13:02 EDT

Contents:
  Re: changing root username (Bill Unruh)
  Re: Difference between Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2 (Bill Unruh)
  Recover partition after trying to built software raid1 (Henrik Puschmann)



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.setup,comp.os.linux.security
Subject: Re: changing root username
Date: 30 Apr 2000 21:11:03 GMT

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:

>Would anyone know if it is safe (in the sense of "will things still work
>ok") to change the username of the root account by editing /etc/passwd? 

Probably. The OS refers to user ID not names. names are just used for
interacting with people. But why would you want to change root's name?
Note: If you want to you can insert aliases-- ie other user names with
uid of 0, and they will work just as root does.


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bill Unruh)
Subject: Re: Difference between Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2
Date: 30 Apr 2000 21:17:22 GMT

In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Michael Iwaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>I see many auctions for Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2 linux distributions
>on ebay.  What's the differences between the two.  The Mandrake 7.0
>sellers claim their distribution is the easiest to install and is fully
>compatible with RedHat addons..Can someone give some more objective
>information on this?

 Why would anyone buy either on ebay? You can get them for $2 +$6
shipping from say cheapbytes. You can download them for free. You can
get them plus an install manual for $10 on cheapbytes. Why would you buy
them on ebay?

Mandrake's chief claim to fame with 7.0 was the Drax system (
installation, repartitioning-- broken in 7.0 but fixed in 7.0-2,
hardware detection). They are now ( in the next couple o weeks coming
out with 7.1) Both use the rpm database system. mandrake is compiled to
586 machines (pentium) but I have seen at least one post which claims
that 586 "optimisation" is the worst of 386 486 586 686-- have not
tested it myself so do not know if this is true. (Note that the
difference is slight).


>thanks

>Michael Iwaki


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From: Henrik Puschmann <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Recover partition after trying to built software raid1
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:30:04 GMT

Hello,
I have tried to built a software raid-1 one on my linux system. After I 
could not get it to work I found out, that I'm in need of a folder from 
the old partioion /dev/hda4 which I did not backup.
Is there a way to get back to my data?
The answere on a mount try is: wrong fs type, bad option, bad superblock 
on /dev/hda4, or too many mounted file systems.


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Contents:
  Re: RH Linux dist on CompUSA brand PC?  Anyone? (Leonard Evens)
  samba does not join domain ("Axel_Greiner")
  Re: where is com5 in Linux ? ("Peter T. Breuer")
  Winlinux 2000 (CB)
  sb line and linux alsa driver problems ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Counting hard disks ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  fdisk | LILO | reformat ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: crontab hates me (peter pilsl)
  Re: fdisk | LILO | reformat ("David ..")
  Re: fdisk | LILO | reformat ("Robert L.")
  Re: Linux ps (Galen Menzel)
  Re: Good Contact Manager for Linux ("Matt O'Toole")
  Difference between set and export? (Karsten Wutzke)
  Re: Linux & FreeBSD UFS (Files Invisible) ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Kernel compile results in HD: unable to get major 3 (Nobody)
  Can someone tell me how to disable shadow passwords? (redhat 6.1) ...EOM (marge 
schott)
  Re: Difference between set and export? ("Peter T. Breuer")
  Re: lost link - Windows 98 on linux (Yan Seiner)
  Re: Can someone tell me how to disable shadow passwords? (redhat 6.1) ...EOM ("Peter 
T. Breuer")
  OpenLDAP Question (Ken Williams)
  Re: Good Contact Manager for Linux (Colin Holywell)
  Re: Good Contact Manager for Linux (Christopher Browne)



From: Leonard Evens <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: RH Linux dist on CompUSA brand PC?  Anyone?
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 12:55:31 -0500

David Sisk wrote:
> 
> Hi:
> 
> I'm looking for a new PC, and CompUSA's "Work" line of custom-built PC's
> looks like it might be a good deal.  I want one that can run WinNT and Linux
> (dual-boot).  Their "work" line is certified to run NT, but not Linux,
> although most of the hardware they use looks like it's pretty-much
> name-brand standard kind of stuff.  Has anyone had any luck with these for
> Linux, specifically the latest RedHat distribution?
> 
> Or, is their another brand that someone would recommend for both NT and
> Linux?
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> --
> David C. Sisk
> Need tech info on Oracle? Visit The Unofficial ORACLE on NT site at
> http://www.ipass.net/~davesisk/oont.htm
> Like original modern rock?  Listen to song samples and buy a CD at
> http://www.mp3.com/disparityofcult
> Raleigh music compilation!  All $$$ go to NC Food Bank.
> http://www.mp3.com/whisper2ascream

Try for example the RedHat hardware compatibility web page.
It should tell you about specific motherboards, video boards,
etc.  Unfortunately, it does tend to be somewhat out of date.

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Dept. of Mathematics, Northwestern Univ., Evanston, IL 60208

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From: "Axel_Greiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: samba does not join domain
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 20:12:52 +0200
Reply-To: "Axel_Greiner" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

I connected a linux-box to a windows-NT domain, the tcp/ip setup is
working fine, the samba V2.05 works fine.. When I want to join the
domain with the command: smbpasswd -j  -r  I get a
message containing following:
+
change_account_trust_password: failed to change password
unable to join domain 


Can anybody help?

Axel


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From: "Peter T. Breuer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: where is com5 in Linux ?
Date: 30 Apr 2000 18:06:39 GMT

Bob Koss <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

: I just installed a new pcmcia ethernet/modem card in my
: laptop. Ethernet worked fine right out of the box.

: In Win98, the modem is listed under com5. What do I link /dev/modem to 
: in linux to make it work? tty's stop at /dev/ttyS3, which I belive is

Nothing.

: com4.

You are confused about the nature of /dev/foo. These are just names.
You can make as many of them as you like. Even the major/minor numbers
are not always vital .. in the case of the serial driver, they're just
names too. You can hook any irq and ioport to any of them. Man
setserial and read the modem and serial howto.

"com5" usually indicates a winmodem. If a modem was detected by the
serial_cs driver, cardmgr will have linked one of you /dev/ttyS* names
appropriately.


Peter

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From: CB <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Winlinux 2000
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 18:30:05 GMT

Need help setting up netscape. Has anyone setup netscape to connect to
internet using dialup connection thru modem in Winlinux 2000. I would
sure like to know what steps to follow.

 Thanks CB

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Crossposted-To: sfnet.atk.linux,comp.os.linux,comp.sys.ibm.pc.soundcard.misc
Subject: 

Linux-Misc Digest #317

2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #317, Volume #24   Sun, 30 Apr 00 14:13:03 EDT

Contents:
  Re: VT102 or VT220 emulation (Bit Twister)
  Re: Linux Journal Python supplement (Allen Ashley)
  Re: Linux printer driver for HP laserjet III in PCL (Sean Akers)
  Re: Caldera 1.3 vs Caldera 2.3 (Jerry McBride)
  Re: Executing own program fails - command not found (Herb Stein)
  Re: sshd from inside a firewalled net. Wierd problem (Chetan Ahuja)
  Problems Launching X Applications from Desktop Terminal Window (mike)
  Kernel compile results in HD: unable to get major 3 (Nobody)
  Re: Problems Launching X Applications from Desktop Terminal Window ("Peter T. 
Breuer")
  Re: changing root username ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Linux ps (Galen Menzel)
  Re: lost link - Windows 98 on linux ("Jon")
  Re: sshd from inside a firewalled net. Wierd problem (root)
  X locks up solid, what can I do ?! HELP !!! (Dave Phillips)
  Re: Linux ps ("Peter T. Breuer")
  Re: VPN server for linux (root)
  Re: Difference between Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2 ("David ..")
  where is com5 in Linux ? (Bob Koss)



From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Bit Twister)
Subject: Re: VT102 or VT220 emulation
Reply-To: This_news_group
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 16:03:58 GMT

Some xterm setttings require the nunlock on
an pf1-pf4  will be on f1-f4
Be sure to export TERM=vt100 in .bash_profile


On Fri, 28 Apr 2000 23:53:48 -0500, Clifton T. Sharp Jr.
> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>Wife needs either VT102 or VT220 emulation for her real estate comms.
>Seems like all the 'term' things (xterm, gnome-term, rxvt, etc.) sport at 
>least VT102, but:
>
>* only rxvt will print on the requested command (KP-period);
>* only gnome-terminal gives a consistent PF4 for shift-F4 key
>* NONE seems to have any documentation on keyboard mappings
>
>As things stand, I have to boot MS-DOS so she can use her special app
>to access stuff, and do lots of other aggravating tricks on command.
>It would be SO nice if I could just open a terminal window and have her
>work there. Help!
>
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>|  WA9PDM |   |
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Allen Ashley)
Subject: Re: Linux Journal Python supplement
Date: 30 Apr 2000 16:22:06 GMT

John Scudder <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

>Yes, I thought that was a little unusual for Linux Journal...
>In keeping with the general Monty Python theme..the cover is from the 70's TV
>series opening where a similarly attired Michael Palin said " It's"  and
>then the Monty Python theme started.

My recollection is the piano player was Terry Jones.


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From: Sean Akers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Linux printer driver for HP laserjet III in PCL
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:49:48 +0100

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 07:35:55 GMT, Michael Iwaki <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>I have a HP Laserjet III printer printing in PCL mode (without the
>Postscript cartridge). Does Linux support printing on a Laserjet III in
>PCL mode?
>
>Michael Iwaki

Linux supports this printer very well. My old Laserjet III has been
running with Linux for two years, no problem. Linux uses a piece of
software called Ghostscript to turn Postscript output into PCL
commands that the Laserjet understands. Try using apsfilter to set
things up for you and all will be well. 

Sean. 


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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Jerry McBride)
Subject: Re: Caldera 1.3 vs Caldera 2.3
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 23:18:42 -0400

In article <8dterk$hsj$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Shahram Mehdian) wrote:
>I was thinking of installing Caldera 1.3 on my system.  Is Caldera 2.3 a major
>upgrade worth considering or not?
>

Absolutely... 2.30 is a FAR better distro than 1.30... In fact, the just
released last month eDesktop 2.40 is even better than 2.30. You can grab a copy
of the "lite" version off the caldera ftp site... or ask me nicely and I'll
burn you a copy for $1.00 plus shipping...

>Also how difficult is the installation of Caldera1.3 for a double boot system?
>

It was failer easy for me. I used Boot Manager from my other operating system.
It all worked perfectly. Since that time has passed... I'm now running 2.40
and it's lightyears more "pleasing" than 1.30 ever hoped to be... :')

>My system is a very generic pentium200 and I don't know much about Linux
>(actually I dont know anything about Linux).
>


Linux-Misc Digest #316

2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #316, Volume #24   Sun, 30 Apr 00 12:13:02 EDT

Contents:
  Executing own program fails - command not found (Karsten Wutzke)
  lost link - Windows 98 on linux (Yan Seiner)
  Re: Problem with running windows98 and redhat5.2 (jason)
  Re: Executing own program fails - command not found (Michael Kelly)
  Linux Samba Problem... (Mark)
  Re: Converting outlook.pst to unix format ("Tom Hoffmann")
  Backing up GNOME configuration files (J Coleman)
  Re: crontab hates me ("Tom Hoffmann")
  Re: Webcams on Linux (Rod Smith)
  Re: Upgrading the rpm package itself... ("Tom Hoffmann")
  Re: Backing up GNOME configuration files ("jeff")
  Re: Converting outlook.pst to unix format (Howard Powell)
  Re: Executing own program fails - command not found (Karsten Wutzke)
  RH Linux dist on CompUSA brand PC?  Anyone? ("David Sisk")
  Re: Netscape Crashing Problems (Leonard Evens)
  Re: Linux operating system and Windows applications (Leonard Evens)
  Re: Sendmail 8.10.1 RPM ("Jan Schaumann")
  Re: Problem with running windows98 and redhat5.2 (Leonard Evens)
  Re: Problem with ls -lR (Leonard Evens)
  Re: How to add Linux to the NT Loader menu (Leonard Evens)
  Re: How do I shutdown my PC? (Leonard Evens)
  Re: Difference between Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2 (Leonard Evens)



From: Karsten Wutzke <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Executing own program fails - command not found
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:25:37 +0200

Hi all!

I'm new to Linux and I have the following problem:

I've just compiled my first own little test program, it uses OpenGL and
FLTK. OK, as I said, compilation is working, now the program is there
chmod'ded 777, but when I enter the program's name in the shell it tells
me: command not found. huh? I thought the kernel would recognize the "x"
in the file rights? Hmm, so I entered: "objdump --full-contents
--section=.interp ./mytestprogram" to find out which linker the program
needs. Result: elf32-i386 /lib/ld-linux.so.2 . This linker/file is
present, so I'm out of luck - and ideas?

Can anyone tell me what's wrong?

Thanks in advance!

Karsten

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From: Yan Seiner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: lost link - Windows 98 on linux
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 09:33:59 -0400

There was mention here a few weeks ago of a product for linux that would
allow installation of WIndows 9x under linux.  Not vmware, but a
user-space program that would allow the installation of windows and
require a windows license.

It was priced at about $47 if I remember right.

I can't find the link, bookmark, or mention anymore.

Please help!

--Yan

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From: jason <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with running windows98 and redhat5.2
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 13:30:03 GMT

Thank you very much, I was very appreciated your help. Thanks a lot. :)

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From: Michael Kelly <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Executing own program fails - command not found
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 13:36:26 GMT

On Sun, 30 Apr 2000 15:25:37 +0200, Karsten Wutzke
<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:

>Can anyone tell me what's wrong?

Unlike Dos and Windows, in Linux, the current directory is not in the
path.  So, to execute stuff in the current directory do
./command

The '.' refers to the current directory.
If you find this onerous, you can append
'.' to the PATH variabel in one of your
startup scripts.  For instance, if you use
bash shell, your .bashrc file can have
this line
export PATH=dir:dir2:dir3
where each directory is separated by a colon ':'
(not a semicolon like in Windows or Dos.)

If you want to add on to the existing path, try
export PATH=mydir:$PATH
or
export PATH=$PATH:mydir



Mike

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From: Mark <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux.networking
Subject: Linux Samba Problem...
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 21:52:13 +0800

Hi all,

I got some problems when I setup a Samba.

=In Linux
smb status:
smbd and nmbd are running.

smbclient -L myhostname:
SharenameTypeComment
=   ===
homes   Disk  Home Directories
mylinuxDisk
IPC$ IPC IPC Service(Linux Samba)

ServerComment
==  ===
WIN98  Windows 98
Linux  Linux Samba

WorkgroupMaster
=   ==
MYGROUPWIN98

In Windows 98
I used Client for Microsoft Network
I marked Login to Windows NT Domain, and filled with "MYGROUP"
I used IPX/SPX and TCPIP protocol

=Problems
1. What is mean by "IPC$" ?
2. In Windows 98, I can see the linux server in network neighborhood,
but when I click on it, it prompts me to enter a password for

Linux-Misc Digest #315

2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #315, Volume #24   Sun, 30 Apr 00 09:13:04 EDT

Contents:
  Re: Problem with running windows98 and linux5.2 (Michael Powe)
  Re: getting on the internet ("Joe M.")
  Re: How do I shutdown my PC? (Stephen Biggs)
  Re: How do I shutdown my PC? ("vector_sector")
  Can't get 8.1.5 to install on Linux ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: remote printing: lpr: connection refused (Nicolas Eymerich)
  Re: XWindows ("Joe M.")
  Webcams on Linux (GT)
  Re: Disabling the boot logo ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Difference between Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2 (Bastian)
  Fixing a corrupt partition table. (Thaddeus L. Olczyk)
  Re: Fixing a corrupt partition table. ("Peter T. Breuer")
  Converting outlook.pst to unix format ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  fstab mount options for zip drive (Jonathan Mendez)
  problems with Diskless Linux Box (Olivier Ravard)
  Re: Difference between Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2 (YamYam)
  crontab hates me (peter pilsl)
  changing root username ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: VPN server for linux (Yan Seiner)
  Re: changing root username (GC)
  The Server is working slowly ("Alex")
  Good Contact Manager for Linux (root)



From: Michael Powe <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: Problem with running windows98 and linux5.2
Date: 30 Apr 2000 00:34:36 -0700

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> "jason" == jason  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes:

jason> After installing linux5.2, everytime i double click 'my
jason> computer', it takes several minutes to open it. when i use
jason> the internet explorer, it's even worst. it takes ages to
jason> open the site. everytime i click the links, it has the same
jason> problem. i'm using overclocked pentium pro 200mhz, 32mb ram
jason> and 2.4gb quantum hard disk. please help.

Your question is not worded very well.  It appears that you have
installed win 98 and linux on the same machine.  This suggests a dual
boot.  If that's the case, and windows has suddenly slowed down, it
may be that you have not left enough free space for virtual memory for
windows.  

If that's not the case, you need to be more precise in your
description of what you have installed and how you have installed it. 

mp

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From: "Joe M." <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: getting on the internet
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 18:51:28 +1000
Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

the install of the network package did fix the problem i realizes after
going back to linux after writing this message that i needed to restart
as it loads daemons at the startup.

Joe.

Joe M. wrote:
> 
> I just installed linux on my system with kde and decided the next step
> was to try and get it to connect to my isp. I went to kppp(i think thats
> what it's called) and it said that my kernel did not support the
> protocol, i thought because i didn't install the network package that
> was why. So i installed that and it still said the same message, not a
> very good start i can't even get past the first screen hehe..
> I don't know what information about my system you need to help me but im
> using slackware 7 with xwindows and kde. I havet installed everything
> because i only have 500 meg to play with so maybe im missing some
> things. Any help would be appreciated
> 
> Joe

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Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How do I shutdown my PC?
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Stephen Biggs)
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 09:18:00 GMT

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in <8egeoa$d0g$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>:

>You may want to look at commands like halt, shutdown and reboot. Do a
>man on those commands...
>
>it is not a good idea to power off a linux comuter without doing
>something like shutdown first.
>
>
The main reason why it's not a good idea is that, even tho you might be 
sitting at the login prompt, this doesn't necessarily mean that all file 
writes have been saved to disk before you cut the power.  Shutting down the 
machine in an orderly fashion insures that all caches are flushed before 
the OS goes away.

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From: "vector_sector" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Subject: Re: How do I shutdown my PC?
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Date: 30 Apr 2000 17:14:51 +0800

shutdown -h now
halt
reboot <- this command of coause does what it says
poweroff or was it power off <- for atx casings you have to compile APM
into the kernal first

[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote in article <8egeoa$d0g$

Linux-Misc Digest #314

2000-04-30 Thread Digestifier

Linux-Misc Digest #314, Volume #24   Sun, 30 Apr 00 04:13:04 EDT

Contents:
  How do I shutdown my PC? (Tandem Guy)
  Re: How do I shutdown my PC? (Prasanth Kumar)
  Re: book of love (Axel)
  Re: How do I shutdown my PC? ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  Re: Cron not working ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
  How to add Linux to the NT Loader menu (YK Lee)
  Re: DVD-ROM drive and Linux (John Larmour)
  Sendmail 8.10.1 RPM (Jeff Workman)
  Re: How to add Linux to the NT Loader menu ("Luke A. Olbrish")
  Re: help installing hp laser jet 1100 (Cevat Ustun)
  Upgrading the rpm package itself... (Cevat Ustun)
  Re: question re hp lserjet 1100 (Cevat Ustun)
  Difference between Mandrake 7.0 and RedHat 6.2 (Michael Iwaki)
  getting on the internet ("Joe M.")
  Linux printer driver for HP laserjet III  in PCL (Michael Iwaki)
  XWindows ("Joe M.")
  Re: Problem with ls -lR (Matthew Haley)



From: Tandem Guy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: How do I shutdown my PC?
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 04:31:52 GMT

Hello,

I'm a new user of Linux in general and Redhad 6.0 in particular.  This
may be a silly question, but what is the safest/best way to turn off my
PC which is running Redhat 6.0 (and only Redhat 6.0).  I've been exiting
out of X-Windows or whatever it is called and then logging off with exit
which puts me back at the login prompt.  Once at the login prompt I kill
the power to the PC.  Should I be doing something more, because when I
turn the PC on I often get errors telling me there are problems with my
filesystem which need to be repaired?  So, should I be doing something
more when I'm ready to power off my PC?  Thanks in advance.

Tandem Guy


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From: Prasanth Kumar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: comp.os.linux,comp.os.linux.setup
Subject: Re: How do I shutdown my PC?
Date: Sun, 30 Apr 2000 04:44:24 GMT

Tandem Guy wrote:
> 
> Hello,
> 
> I'm a new user of Linux in general and Redhad 6.0 in particular.  This
> may be a silly question, but what is the safest/best way to turn off my
> PC which is running Redhat 6.0 (and only Redhat 6.0).  I've been exiting
> out of X-Windows or whatever it is called and then logging off with exit
> which puts me back at the login prompt.  Once at the login prompt I kill
> the power to the PC.  Should I be doing something more, because when I
> turn the PC on I often get errors telling me there are problems with my
> filesystem which need to be repaired?  So, should I be doing something
> more when I'm ready to power off my PC?  Thanks in advance.
> 
> Tandem Guy

You need to do "shutdown -h now" as root to halt properly or
"shutdown -r now" to reboot properly or
do [ctrl]+[alt]+[del] to reboot properly or
if you run xdm/kdm/gdm, there might be a reboot option on that menu.

-- 
Prasanth Kumar
[EMAIL PROTECTED]

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From: Axel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Crossposted-To: alt.non.sequitur,alt.music.joe-carta-band,alt.religion.kibology
Subject: Re: book of love
Date: Sat, 29 Apr 2000 23:56:35 -0700

hoKEy wOLf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> proves the law of fives:

>In article <8eemnj$jmh$[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Axel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
>> hoKEy wOLf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> proves the law of fives:
>> 
>> >In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, 
>> >[EMAIL PROTECTED] (The 
>> >Queen of Cans and Jars) wrote:
>> >
>> >> Beekeeper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> 
>> >> > On Thu, 27 Apr 2000 16:21:10 -0400, "counterpoint: jim carleton"
>> >> > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> > 
>> >> > >This, from Axel:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >>David Castrodale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> proves the law of fives:
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >>>
>> >> > >>>
>> >> > >>>hoKEy wOLf wrote:
>> >> >  
>> >> >  In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David Castrodale
>> >> >  <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >  
>> >> >  > Nealworm wrote:
>> >> >  > >
>> >> >  > > On Mon, 24 Apr 2000 16:15:03 GMT, David Castrodale
>> >> >  > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
>> >> >  > >
>> >> >  > > >
>> >> >  > > >
>> >> >  > > >Fred Levi-Addison wrote: > > David Castrodale
>> >> >  > > ><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> enjoys the great taste of beef: >
>> >> >  > > >> >
>> >> >  > > >> >
>> >> >  > > >> >Nealworm wrote:
>> >> >  > > >> >>
>> >> >  > > >> >> On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 13:36:21 -0400, the portable jim 
>> >> >  > > >> >> carleton
>> >> >  > > >> >> <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> spake thusly:
>> >> >  > > >> >>
>> >> >  > > >> >> >This, from hoKEy wOLf:
>> >> >  > > >> >> >
>> >> >  > > >> >> >>In article <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, David 
>> >> >  > > >> >> >>Castrodale
>> >> >  > > >> >> >><[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> >> >  > > >> >> >>
>> >> >  > > >> >> >>> Nealworm wrote:
>> >> >  > > >> >> >>> >
>> >> >  > > >> >> >>> > On Sun, 23 Apr 2000 04:32:31 GMT, David 
>> >> >  > > >> >> >>> > Castrodale
>> >>