Re: Shell Programming Book

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> Anyone know of a good Linux shell programming book (or a general shell > programming book if that is better)? UNIX Applications Programming: Mastering the Shell, by Ray Swartz, ISBN: 0-672-22715-0. and UNIX Shell Programming, by Stephen G. Kochan and Patrick H. Wood. ISBN: 0-672-48448-X. T

Shell Programming Book

1998-03-16 Thread Muad'Dib
Anyone know of a good Linux shell programming book (or a general shell programming book if that is better)? Brian Homepage: http://www.olemiss.edu/~usul/ Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /R

Re: Triggering Sendmail ?

1998-03-16 Thread Miroslaw Wodniak
If they use static IP's you could use MX in DNS Mike bchaffin wrote: > Does anyone have information on how to configure sendmail to store email and > then allow the client to trigger delivery of there domain? I have clients > who want to use Microsoft Exchange with a dial-up connection to picku

Re: Unauthorized access

1998-03-16 Thread Dave G.
> So, someone has a program that connects to the 'auth' port and overflows > some buffer to gain a root shell. This exploit is either in inetd or > identd (I am thinking it is in inetd, because identd is run as > 'nobody'). If anyone would like to check out inetd for any holes, > please do so a

Triggering Sendmail ?

1998-03-16 Thread bchaffin
Does anyone have information on how to configure sendmail to store email and then allow the client to trigger delivery of there domain? I have clients who want to use Microsoft Exchange with a dial-up connection to pickup and deliver email. Thanks Brian -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tip

Unauthorized access

1998-03-16 Thread Jeff Hansen
This message is important to anyone running RedHat Linux 5.0!! There is a serious security problem that I don't believe anyone knows about!! I recently had someone in Moscow, Russia, gain unauthorized access to my system via the auth port. Here is the line from netstat (he hacked my netstat,

Re: Keep the program running..

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> But for those cases where nohup just won't work, there's always > 'detach'. Detach isn't but should be a part of every unix/linux > distribution. I got it from a usenet posting several years ago, use it > on many different unix and unix-like systems (SCO, AIX, Linux, Coherent) > where it always

Re: adding icons to X

1998-03-16 Thread Billy Bushong - Concord, NH
-Original Message- From: K. FRAZIER <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Monday, March 16, 1998 16:13 PM Subject: adding icons to X >I am a new user, and I was wondering how to add a program icon to X. For >example; I just installed netscape and would like

Diamond DM975 video question

1998-03-16 Thread Ed Jackson
Can someone tell me what X server to use with a Diamond DM975 video board with a Trident 3DImage 9750 chipset on it?? Thanks muchly ed. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /m

Re: Keep the program running..

1998-03-16 Thread Fred Smith
On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 03:33:14PM -0500, Michael Ivey wrote: > On Monday, March 16, 1998 3:28 PM, Vidiot [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > > Ah, but when you log off the program will probably die, as it is still > > attached to the executing terminal. > > Sometimes...if so, use nohup(1) to make

Problems with TCP

1998-03-16 Thread Me !!
I'm running Redhat 5.0, 2.0.32 linux kernel, with a ne2000 compatible network card. Tcp is for some reason broken on my machine. The routing and network device are configured correctly, but for some reason TCP doesn't do anything. To test that this was the problem, I wrote both tcp and

Re: locate dumps core ...

1998-03-16 Thread Billy Bushong - Concord, NH
-Original Message- From: Richard Lindner <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Sunday, March 15, 1998 6:42 AM Subject: locate dumps core ... >i've been experiencing problems with 'locate' under both 4.2 amd 5.0 - the >command works as expected, but dumps cor

Re: PGP for Linux

1998-03-16 Thread John D. Hardin
> Is there a version of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) for linux? > > If so, where would I find it and is it available in a rpm format? PGP and many other privacy tools are available in RPM format from http://www.replay.com -- John Hardin KA7OHZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpk

Re: applix-ware 4.2 monochrome?

1998-03-16 Thread Ottavio G. Rizzo
Chris Fenton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > I just paid the 850 NOK for applix-ware suite version 4.3 but it is > colourless. I can not seem to "turn on the colour". I remember seeing a > similar listing in the user lists - probably the same problem. It is not an > urgent prblem but just i

Sendmail rejects letters

1998-03-16 Thread Kenny Melton
Here's some more info I collected about my problem from my email client.   Error number: 550 0x800ccc79 Protocall: SMTP Port: 25 SSL: No Server response: 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> not accepted The user is newly created using "useradd". They have nothing special about them except that they use

To StarOffice 4.0 users only

1998-03-16 Thread Phil Risby
Sorry guys, I am sure someone will point me to a SO mailing list All I found was a german page so far. Simple question for those users profficient in SO How to create a new Addressbook? I can edit the one that came with it. I can create a new one and call it some name I can set it as the 'addresss

Re: usercfg more problems with lots of users.

1998-03-16 Thread Paul Fontenot
grep "x" /etc/passwd -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: SRPM vs RPM ?

1998-03-16 Thread Brian
> What the difference between an SRPM and an RPM ? > He asks very sheepishly. SRPM is the source code for the package RPM is a precompiled binaries (*i386.rpm is precompiled for the Intel architecture) Hope this helps!! -- Brian Eith

Re: password string

1998-03-16 Thread Douglas F. Elznic
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > ehone problem w/ that > hehhe > > at the moment i am running slack > > cuz i was hacked and i put this on. In the future I would suggest only posting things that are semi redhat to this list. A lot of the fixes that you will see listed here

SRPM vs RPM ?

1998-03-16 Thread Alan Bunch
What the difference between an SRPM and an RPM ? He asks very sheepishly. alabun PS please cc me personaly as it is sometimes hard to pick out a response in this high traffic list. TIA At 08:46 PM 3/16/98 -0800, you wrote: <<>> >> Now's a good time to learn how RPM works :) Download the SRPM

Re: password string

1998-03-16 Thread Douglas F. Elznic
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > > i want to know how to change my password strign at login like: > > Enter login: > Enter password: > > well i want Enter password to be different. > > how do i do this? bash$ passwd -- Douglas F. Elznic [EMAIL PROTECTED] "If they give you li

Re: usercfg more problems with lots of users.

1998-03-16 Thread Douglas F. Elznic
On Tue, 17 Mar 1998, S. Lee wrote: > :I am having a problem with usercfg and lots of users. There is no find > :user function. Scrolling through a chaotic /etc/passwd file with 600+ > :users is no fun. If it was arranged alphabetically it would solve the > :problem aslo. Can any one think of a qui

Re: password string

1998-03-16 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
thank you sir. Dave Wreski wrote: > > ehone problem w/ that > > hehhe > > > > at the moment i am running slack > > So just get the source to login.c and edit it until your hearts content. > Again, its in the util-linux package. Check > sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ > > Dave > > -- >

Re: password string

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> ehone problem w/ that > hehhe > > at the moment i am running slack So just get the source to login.c and edit it until your hearts content. Again, its in the util-linux package. Check sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux/system/ Dave -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAIL

Re: password string

1998-03-16 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
ehone problem w/ that hehhe at the moment i am running slack cuz i was hacked and i put this on. Dave Wreski wrote: > > i want to know how to change my password strign at login like: > > > > Enter login: > > Enter password: > > > > well i want Enter password to be different. > > You need

Re: Trouble with Adaptec 2940 and CDROM

1998-03-16 Thread Doug Ledford
David Stone wrote: > >> In addition to not being able to mount the file system, I > >> have attempted to recompile the kernel but the new kernel will not > >> boot...I get a kernel panic when it probes the CD. > Yes, iso9660 support was also included. The Nov05 aic7xxx code that's in the 2.0.33

Re: password string

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> i want to know how to change my password strign at login like: > > Enter login: > Enter password: > > well i want Enter password to be different. You need modify and recompile util-linux, which contains /bin/login. Now's a good time to learn how RPM works :) Download the SRPM, and install i

ppp redialer

1998-03-16 Thread Blake Thornton
could someone tell me how to modify the redialer script so that it works for ppp. i tried replacing the function callnumber with just ppp-on, but that doesn't work. thanks blake -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ

Re: usercfg more problems with lots of users.

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> I am having a problem with usercfg and lots of users. There is no find > user function. Scrolling through a chaotic /etc/passwd file with 600+ > users is no fun. If it was arranged alphabetically it would solve the > problem aslo. Can any one think of a quick way to solve the problem? I > need

password string

1998-03-16 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
Well i want to know how to change my password strign at login like: Enter login: Enter password: well i want Enter password to be different. how do i do this? mike -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata

usercfg more problems with lots of users.

1998-03-16 Thread Douglas F. Elznic
Hello, I am having a problem with usercfg and lots of users. There is no find user function. Scrolling through a chaotic /etc/passwd file with 600+ users is no fun. If it was arranged alphabetically it would solve the problem aslo. Can any one think of a quick way to solve the problem? I need a qu

FW: MSCHAP How to / is there one? Readme?

1998-03-16 Thread Steven Hanley
-Original Message- From: Steven Hanley [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 18, 1998 12:01 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:MSCHAP How to / is there one? Readme? Where do I find the README.MSCHAP80 file mentioned in the PPP How to? I am a newbie and need he

FW: MSCHAP

1998-03-16 Thread Steven Hanley
-Original Message- From: Steven Hanley [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, January 18, 1998 12:11 PM To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' Subject:MSCHAP Hi Steven, If you what me to take a look at your file please send them to me and I'll try to help you. Wayne > How did you fix

Re: Keep the program running..

1998-03-16 Thread Douglas F. Elznic
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Jens B wrote: > Can I keep a program running in the background after I've logged off? > I am using RedHat 5.0. nohup command_name & that will have the program run until it is sent the term signal (rebooting sends all processes the term signal) -- Douglas F. Elznic [EMAIL PRO

Re: ftpd and/or telnetd on multihomed machine

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> >Does anyone know how to configure telnetd and/or ftpd to listen only on > > a specific interface on a machine with multiple interfaces? I want to be > > able to ftp/telnet into IP address 'foo' but not into address 'baz' (both > > on the same RedHat 5.0 box). > > I did this sort of thing

Re: Trouble with Adaptec 2940 and CDROM

1998-03-16 Thread David Stone
At 12:54 PM 3/16/98 -0500, you wrote: > >> I have a 2940UW w/1.25 BIOS. It works fine with the hard drive (Seagate >> Barracuda), but when I switched the CDROM from IDE to SCSI (Toshiba 12X), I >> can no longer mount the CD. The error message is "the iso9660 file system >> is not supported by th

Re: Boot disk doesn't complete

1998-03-16 Thread Sam Ockman
Where does it hang up? What messages do you get? What hardware are you using? What version/where did the boot disk come from? -Sam On Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 06:05:15PM -0500, Quandor wrote: > I am trying to install Linux. The boot disk that comes with it hangs up > during installation. Ev

Re: ftpd and/or telnetd on multihomed machine

1998-03-16 Thread Eric Smith
Brian Landers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Does anyone know how to configure telnetd and/or ftpd to listen only on > a specific interface on a machine with multiple interfaces? I want to be > able to ftp/telnet into IP address 'foo' but not into address 'baz' (both > on the same RedHat 5.0 box)

Re: PPP script

1998-03-16 Thread Erik Ratcliffe
On Sun, Mar 15, 1998 at 04:53:54PM -0500, Maximo B. Salviejo wrote: > Can someone tell me where the URL for getting the PPP script for AT&T or > IBM...I remember reading it from one of this mailing list... For IBM Net: http://www.ibm.net/hlpctr/html/ppp_ppp-linux.html For AT&T WorldNet: http

Looking for XISP RPM that works with xforms .88

1998-03-16 Thread Bernie Borenstein
I'm looking for a XISP binary that works with Xforms .88. The ones I could find required Xforms .86. Could someone please direct me to a site that has one. Bernie Borenstein

Re: Calling Procmail from a Rule in Sendmail

1998-03-16 Thread Scott McDermott
[EMAIL PROTECTED] on Mon, Mar 16, 1998 at 03:00:16PM +: > (with .forward, .procmailrc etc). However, I *can't > call procmail from a rule in Sendmail to use Procmail as a > general purpose mail filter (ie. before mail is passed on to > .procmailrc to users). > > ps. It's the rule in sendmai

Re: EMacs?

1998-03-16 Thread Paul Fontenot
> I know I really should learn vi or emacs, so I won't look foolish if I ever > encounter a machine without pico on it, but I don't do much editing under > linux, since for the most part, Win95 is my actual production environment > at work Linux is more like a hobby at the moment, unless I can con

Boot disk doesn't complete

1998-03-16 Thread Quandor
I am trying to install Linux. The boot disk that comes with it hangs up during installation. Even when I choose expert mode. What am I supposed to do? -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Ti

Re: PPP/LSP connections problems AAAARGH

1998-03-16 Thread Keith Dart
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Ismael wrote: > Mar 16 19:56:54 Icecube pppd[1373]: pppd 2.3.3 started by penguin, uid 0 > Mar 16 19:56:54 Icecube pppd[1373]: Using interface ppp0 > Mar 16 19:56:54 Icecube pppd[1373]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem > Mar 16 19:57:24 Icecube pppd[1373]: LCP: timeout sendin

Re: PGP for Linux

1998-03-16 Thread David S.
Look at PGP under Linux http://mercury.chem.pitt.edu/ ~angel/LinuxFocus/English/November1997/article7.html Later -Dave - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you never try - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

unresolved symbols in iBCS

1998-03-16 Thread Felix Frey
Hello list, I built a kernel & modules normally(using RedHat 5.0), but depmod -ae now produces the following error: /lib/modules/2.0.31/misc/iBCS: unresolved symbol(s) kill_fasync_R1ace6ddf Any use of iBCS reports the following error in the system logfiles: /lib/modules/2.0.31

Unidentified subject!

1998-03-16 Thread Felix Frey
Hello list, I built a kernel & modules normally(using RedHat 5.0), but depmod -ae now produces the following error: /lib/modules/2.0.31/misc/iBCS: unresolved symbol(s) kill_fasync_R1ace6ddf Any use of iBCS reports the following error in the system logfiles: /lib/modules/2.0.31

filesystem modules and kerneld

1998-03-16 Thread Paul Kim
I installed a HFS module (http://www-sccm.stanford.edu/~hargrove/HFS/) and stuck it in my /lib/modules/2.0.33 dir (I upgraded my kernel). It seems that mount will not mount a HFS filesystem until I do an explicit modprobe on the hfs module. Sure enough, /proc/filesystems shows that the HFS fs mod

Matrox Mystique

1998-03-16 Thread CyberMan
How can I change the refresh rate in Xwindows for a Matrox Mystique 4Mb card and a normal 1024x768 SVGA monitor. Xconfigurator detects the card and installs the SVGA server and defaults to 1024x768 32bit colors. That's OK, but when I start X the screen is out of sync and I think it's bec

PGP for Linux

1998-03-16 Thread K. FRAZIER
Is there a version of Pretty Good Privacy (PGP) for linux? If so, where would I find it and is it available in a rpm format? Thanks, Kent -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists

adding icons to X

1998-03-16 Thread K. FRAZIER
I am a new user, and I was wondering how to add a program icon to X. For example; I just installed netscape and would like to have its icon appear on the desktop. Is the process the same for all windows managers, i.e. Fvwm95, Afterstep, KDE, etc. I am running Redhat 4.2 with the default manager

Re: Jaz Drive ...Help

1998-03-16 Thread James Hartley
Yoink! wrote: > On Fri, 14 Mar 1997, James Hartley wrote: > > > Hello --- I have reconfigured my system with a new PII board and CPU. In > > addition I added a > > Golen sound card and a Jaz Scsi adaptor card , both of which are plug > > and play ... > > > Of course I did compile the kernal for s

ftpd and/or telnetd on multihomed machine

1998-03-16 Thread Brian Landers
Hi all: Does anyone know how to configure telnetd and/or ftpd to listen only on a specific interface on a machine with multiple interfaces? I want to be able to ftp/telnet into IP address 'foo' but not into address 'baz' (both on the same RedHat 5.0 box). I did not see anything in the telnetd

Re: Zip Zoom SCSI Adapter

1998-03-16 Thread Lawrence Houston
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, John N. Derr wrote: > I recently installed a Zip Zoom adapter for my SCSI external Zip drive > I have rebuilt the kernel making sure SCSI support is installed. > I am runing RH5.0 kernel 2.0.32. Currently I'm using a monolithic > kernel. > The problem is I can't get my SCSI

Re: xpr

1998-03-16 Thread Kevin Mernick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Bob Stanfield wrote: > I have the source code for xpr, and though it compiles it gives corrupted > results on my DEC/Alpha Redhat Ver 4.2. A brief look at the source code leads me to believe that this problem is due to the Alpha being a 64 bit machine. The c

RE: Keep the program running..

1998-03-16 Thread Michael Ivey
On Monday, March 16, 1998 3:28 PM, Vidiot [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] wrote: > Ah, but when you log off the program will probably die, as it is still > attached to the executing terminal. > > It has to unattach. > > Yes, No? Sometimes...if so, use nohup(1) to make it not hangup on terminal detachm

Re: Keep the program running..

1998-03-16 Thread Vidiot
>Usaually > >/...progra & > >will work > >That is if you execute the program as normal and append ' &', without the >quotes it will run in the background. > >Example > >/usr/sbin/named & > >Randy > >At 05:56 PM 3/16/98 +0100, you wrote: >>Can I keep a program running in the background aft

RE: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Robert Hailman
No need to upgrade... Back in the 486 days, there was such thing as a Promise card... Virtually the same as the newfangled dual 2-disk controllers built into a pentium motherboard... I know I'm using one on MY Linux box. Also lets you read beyond 1024 cylinders, if your motherboard wont let you. I

PPP/LSP connections problems AAAARGH

1998-03-16 Thread Ismael
Mar 16 19:56:54 Icecube pppd[1373]: pppd 2.3.3 started by penguin, uid 0 Mar 16 19:56:54 Icecube pppd[1373]: Using interface ppp0 Mar 16 19:56:54 Icecube pppd[1373]: Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/modem Mar 16 19:57:24 Icecube pppd[1373]: LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests Mar 16 19:57:24 Icecube p

Zip Zoom SCSI Adapter

1998-03-16 Thread John N. Derr
I recently installed a Zip Zoom adapter for my SCSI external Zip drive I have rebuilt the kernel making sure SCSI support is installed. I am runing RH5.0 kernel 2.0.32. Currently I'm using a monolithic kernel. The problem is I can't get my SCSI Zip drive to be reognized. Enclosed is a portion of

Re: Keep the program running..

1998-03-16 Thread RTS
Usaually /...progra & will work That is if you execute the program as normal and append ' &', without the quotes it will run in the background. Example /usr/sbin/named & Randy At 05:56 PM 3/16/98 +0100, you wrote: >Can I keep a program running in the background after I've logged of

Re: mpg123 problem

1998-03-16 Thread oleg
> Sometimes when I try to play an mp3 with mpg123 I get the > following error: > High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3. > Version 0.59o (1998/Feb/08). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. > Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer > Can't open /dev/dsp! I

Keep the program running..

1998-03-16 Thread Jens B
Can I keep a program running in the background after I've logged off? I am using RedHat 5.0. ///-\\\ Jens Berlips [EMAIL PROTECTED] SWEDEN ///

Re: hosts.allow and hosts.deny

1998-03-16 Thread Michael George
> Try > /etc/hosts.allow: > ALL: 127. > > /etc/hosts.deny > ALL:ALL Ah, this worked great! Reading the man page, I'm not sure why the symbolic names didn't work, but the 127. numeric is quite acceptable. Thanks for this and all suggestions! -Michael -- "They that can give up essential liber

Re: Sendmail error #550

1998-03-16 Thread John J. Donohue
On Fri, 13 Mar 1998, Kenny Melton wrote: > What does this error mean? I recieve it when I attempt to send mail > to my linux box. How do I fix it? I know it's a valid address. > > 550 <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> not accepted > 550 is "negative permanent, file system". Is smtp running? does the account

Re: xconfig (2)

1998-03-16 Thread Dan Cyr
To fix the size problem. hit ctrl-alt + (use the numberpad's + sign) That will change between video modes. If your brave you can manualy edit /etc/X11/XF86Config to get rid of that small screenit's down near the bottom of that file that changes need to be made. Make a backup of that file bef

test - ignore

1998-03-16 Thread Greg Thomas
Greg Thomas, Network Admin Jack Nadel, Inc. 310-815-2638 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsu

Re: Unidentified subject!

1998-03-16 Thread Douglas F. Elznic
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Louis Monacelli wrote: > If I run startx I get the GUI and the shell window but I am unable to > use the shell window. any ideas > I think you need to be a little more specific in your question. What is happening what versions and so on. Have you clicked inside of

Re: mpg123 problem

1998-03-16 Thread Pere Camps
Marco, > Do you have the right permission on /dev/dsp? If not, > chmod 666 /dev/dsp* > chmod 666 /dev/audio* > chmod 666 /dev/mixer* I think I had the right permisions, but I applied the ones you've just given me and I still get the same problem. Sometimes I can't listen to the mp3s.

Re: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> It will be an ISA card... > > Are the Promise cards good? Yes, I had good luck with mine, like five years ago, and several are listed as available in the kernel. Dave -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Er

Re: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Thomas Hubbell
> [PT] I would guess that there should be no problem > if the 4 drive controller is the only IDE controler in > the system. IDE only allows up to two controllers > of two devices each. If you are trying to use this > with another IDE controller, then all bets are

Re: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Hank
I have not as yet purchased a controller...just checking to see if it'll work... It will be an ISA card... Are the Promise cards good? Thanks Hank On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Dave Wreski wrote: > > > I should have stated that I'm using a 486 PC... > > > > Do you think using 4 drive controll

Unidentified subject!

1998-03-16 Thread Louis Monacelli
If I run startx I get the GUI and the shell window but I am unable to use the shell window. any ideas -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lists To unsubscribe: mai

xconfig (2)

1998-03-16 Thread LEBLIN JY
Now everything's ok with my XFree86-SVGA package ( even if i had to uninstall metrox package ) but hh how can i tell you so : when i startx the size of the display is smaller than the screen ( not sure it is clear ) so i have to move the mouse to see the whole screen. Then when i quit xwindows

Re: Trouble with Adaptec 2940 and CDROM

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> I have a 2940UW w/1.25 BIOS. It works fine with the hard drive (Seagate > Barracuda), but when I switched the CDROM from IDE to SCSI (Toshiba 12X), I > can no longer mount the CD. The error message is "the iso9660 file system > is not supported by the kernel." (prior to the switch, I recompi

Re: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> I should have stated that I'm using a 486 PC... > > Do you think using 4 drive controller will be possible with a 486? I don't think it will be a problem at all. Is it one of the 'Promise' cards? Is it a local-bus card? > I understand using fstool to add the additional drives but do I > r

Trouble with Adaptec 2940 and CDROM

1998-03-16 Thread David Stone
I have a 2940UW w/1.25 BIOS. It works fine with the hard drive (Seagate Barracuda), but when I switched the CDROM from IDE to SCSI (Toshiba 12X), I can no longer mount the CD. The error message is "the iso9660 file system is not supported by the kernel." (prior to the switch, I recompiled the k

RE: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Dan Cyr
You can of course get around having two IDE controllers if one of the IDE channles on the dual controller is faulty. All that you would need to do is make a pot of coffee and be prepared to play with pin settings for about an hour or so. =) However that wasn't his question. If there is support

Re: mpg123 problem

1998-03-16 Thread Marco Mellia
On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Pere Camps wrote: > Sometimes when I try to play an mp3 with mpg123 I get the > following error: > > High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3. > Version 0.59o (1998/Feb/08). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. > Sound error: Couldn't allo

RE: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Hank
Philippe Thanks for the additional help. Time to go buy the board and get with the upgrade. hank On Mon, 16 Mar 1998, Tempel, Philippe wrote: > > I should have stated that I'm using a 486 PC... > > > > Do you think using 4 drive controller will be possible with a 486? > > > > I understand us

RE: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Tempel, Philippe
> I should have stated that I'm using a 486 PC... > > Do you think using 4 drive controller will be possible with a 486? > > I understand using fstool to add the additional drives but do I > really need to recompile? > [PT] I would guess that there should be no problem if the

Re: EMacs?

1998-03-16 Thread John Higginbotham
At 10:14 AM 3/16/98 -0600, you wrote: >Well, you can discourage Pico wrom wrapping lines with, I think, the >-w option. It won't stop all wrapping, but I think it'll let you go >out to 1024 characters. Gee, can anyone say "man pico"? :) I didn't even think to look. >Of course, I do believe tha

RE: xpr

1998-03-16 Thread Tempel, Philippe
> Gentlefolk, > > For several years now I have used a Screen Printing utility > called > > -xpr > > that takes the screen dump output of > > -xwd > > and creates a PostScript file for printing. (I have written several > programs > that create graphics from my own routines a

Setting up user disk quotas

1998-03-16 Thread David S Edwards
Hello, Is there a Howto or Faq for setting up disk quotas for users? I've seen a couple man pages, but I'm not quite sure how to go about it. TIA, david -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips

Re: Oracle for Linux/FreeBSD???????

1998-03-16 Thread Paul F Almquist
On Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 02:10:55PM +, Mark Cox wrote: > Is there a version of Oracle (retail or free - preferrably the latter) > available for Linux or FreeBSD? And if so, where can I get it. > SCO version of Oracle has been run on Linux. See: http://www.pauck.de/marco/misc/oracle_on_lin

Re: cohabitation Linux/NT

1998-03-16 Thread Paul F Almquist
On Fri, Mar 13, 1998 at 10:08:32PM +, ryo wrote: > I am trying to install linux on a system with NT already installed on it , > I know that installing lilo may destroy the NT loader. here is the actual > configuration of the 1st HD > > hda1 fat16 partition of 1Go this is the active partition

Re: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Hank
Good morning Thanks for the guidance. I should have stated that I'm using a 486 PC... Do you think using 4 drive controller will be possible with a 486? I understand using fstool to add the additional drives but do I really need to recompile? Thanks again for the advice. Hank On Mon, 1

Re: Booting LILO from Floppy

1998-03-16 Thread Dan Cyr
Your right! I am just a safety freak. There is of course no reason to rerun it after you change it back. Dan At 10:29 AM 3/16/98 -0600, Vidiot wrote: >>then edit /etc/lilo.conf >>back to the way is was and rerun lilo again. > >This part isn't necessary, since the MBR of the hard disk wasn't c

Re: A new HOWTO

1998-03-16 Thread Jean-Christophe Praud
Hi, My company , Ludexpress, has developed a system to build seeker sites, with Linux, Apache, FreeWAIS & MySQL. These search engines look similar to yahoo!, with full text search, categories, news list, etc. see them work on http://www.mangaseeker.com and http://www.cinemacrawler.com We are pl

Pine,fetchmail, but no sendmail

1998-03-16 Thread Hans Feringa
I am looking into configuring my RedHat 4.1 linux using Pine to send and read mails, and fetchmail to retreive them from the popmail server at my ISP at regular intervals. I am looking into the following configuration: 1) Using isdn to connect to the ISP 2) I do not want to keep ipppd running,

Re: Booting LILO from Floppy

1998-03-16 Thread Vidiot
>then edit /etc/lilo.conf >back to the way is was and rerun lilo again. This part isn't necessary, since the MBR of the hard disk wasn't changed. Or am I missing something? MB -- System Administrator - Finnigan FT/MS - Madison WI. URL:http://www.ftms.com/ e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] phone: (608)

Re: Booting LILO from Floppy

1998-03-16 Thread Dan Cyr
edit /etc/lilo.conf change the first line to boot=/dev/fd0 save and exit then run the following with a disk in the floppy drive /sbin/lilo then edit /etc/lilo.conf back to the way is was and rerun lilo again. Dan At 09:18 AM 3/16/98 -0600, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > I think that RH

Re: Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> Redhat 4.2 can handle... > > an IDE controller card which can accomodate 4 IDE devices > (one of which will be my IDE CDROM). You mean like a secondary IDE controller, that is typically built-in to most Pentiums? If so, then yes, and nothing further needs to be done. If not, then it will

Re: xconfig problem too

1998-03-16 Thread Dave Wreski
> I have exactly the same problem, so i've done everything that has been > said. In fact now, the problem is that i need XF86_SVGA and i'm sure it > isn't installed. As i'm not very familiar with the packages, could someone > tell me in which package of RH5 is XF86_SVGA and if i just have to do

mpg123 problem

1998-03-16 Thread Pere Camps
Hi! Sometimes when I try to play an mp3 with mpg123 I get the following error: High Performance MPEG 1.0/2.0/2.5 Audio Player for Layer 1, 2 and 3. Version 0.59o (1998/Feb/08). Written and copyrights by Michael Hipp. Sound error: Couldn't allocate DMA buffer Can't open /dev/dsp!

Can I use 4 HD IDE-Controller w RH-4.2 ?

1998-03-16 Thread Hank
I need to expand the capabilities of my linux box and am wondering if Redhat 4.2 can handle... an IDE controller card which can accomodate 4 IDE devices (one of which will be my IDE CDROM). And... is there anything special (other than just physically installing and rebooting

RE: EMacs?

1998-03-16 Thread Johnny Li
Use joe. It's small, even smaller than vi. It has a pico mode which simulate pico key bindings. Johnny Z. Li, Ph.D Technical Specialist (SYSNOISE SUPPORT) (TEL) (248)952-5664 (FAX) (248)952-1610 -Original Message- From: John Higginbotham [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Monday, March

Re: EMacs?

1998-03-16 Thread Willie Twonk
>I am looking for a replacement for Pico, something that is as simple to >use, that I don't have to remember alot of commands, and is a full screen >editor. Old habits die hard I guess. If I had to, I could learn vi or >emacs, but I want to stick with something that I am familiar with. Any >sugges

xpr

1998-03-16 Thread Bob Stanfield
Gentlefolk, For several years now I have used a Screen Printing utility called -xpr that takes the screen dump output of -xwd and creates a PostScript file for printing. (I have written several programs that create graphics from my own routines and I print them using

xconfig problem too

1998-03-16 Thread LEBLIN JY
A 12:54 15/03/98 -0800, vous avez écrit : >> when in root, i type startx. the following message appears:- >> -- >> xinit: no such file or directory (errno 2): no server "X" on path > >This means that there is no program called X in /u

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