Re: How to be a linux hacker?

1998-05-08 Thread David E. Fox
On Fri, 08 May 1998, Patrick T. Berry wrote: >One thing we would really like is a Lisp to Perl translator so we could run >Autocad R14 on Linux. Unless someone out there knows how it can be done now. >I am s tired of Win95 crashing! hYou know we >would pay for the program. You could make a

Re: Program Locaation Question

1998-05-08 Thread David E. Fox
On Thu, 07 May 1998, Webmaster wrote: >I don' know which of the following locations would is best. Any advice? > >/usr/local/ >/usr/local/etc >/usr/local/src >/usr/local/bin /usr/local is the canonical place to install such things (anything not provided on the base installation). Another possib

Filtering Emails

1998-05-08 Thread Bench
Is there a program that can aid us in filtering emails from the INSIDE so that we can check it first before sending it on the Internet? -- 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

netatalk

1998-05-08 Thread Brian C Hand
Hello I successfully setup netatalk for use by my mac that I have on my personal LAN. I can get the mac to use the linux machine for file/print services. However, how can I reverse this. Can linux mount a shared mac drive and printer? AKA a Color Stylewriter printer. I am more interested in

RE: make dep

1998-05-08 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
I got my kernel source off the linux CD Redhat 5.0 On Sat, 9 May 1998, Hoe-Teck Wee wrote: > > On 09-May-98 Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > > did anyone get my make dep message? > > Yes, we did. I suspect your problem lies with an incomplete set of kernel > source/headers. Anyhow, where did you

Re: BogoMips

1998-05-08 Thread William T Wilson
>Just a little question about BogoMips: when I boot RedHat 5.0 I get >299 BogoMips, and when I boot my other Linux distribution I get >400. Doesn't mean anything. The BogoMips value will vary with the version of the kernel, the options compiled in, the phase of the moon, and is basically meaning

Apache and password protected pages.

1998-05-08 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
Hi, I have a problem with Apache: I used to have a password protected page. When I updated Apache to a new version, it overwrote my access.conf. Nog big deal, but the backup was accedently killed To be short : It doesn't work anymore, and I don't have a clue. Here is my access.conf file :

RE: make dep

1998-05-08 Thread Hoe-Teck Wee
On 09-May-98 Michael S. Dunsavage wrote: > did anyone get my make dep message? Yes, we did. I suspect your problem lies with an incomplete set of kernel source/headers. Anyhow, where did you get your kernel source from? Try using some kernel source from some well-established kernel mirror sites.

Re: PAM and root logins

1998-05-08 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
>I think the permissions have to be 600 or pam >won't use the file. >ls -l /etc/securetty should show: >-rw--- 1 root root 40 Sep 4 1995 /etc/securetty Yep. If you set permission differently, it won't work. Igmar -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAIL

Re: BogoMips

1998-05-08 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
>Hello! >Just a little question about BogoMips: when I boot RedHat 5.0 I get >299 BogoMips, and when I boot my other Linux distribution I get >400. >Everything else in /proc/cpuinfo is identical between the two. Does >this mean that the RedHat system is badly configured in some way? >I've >compil

Re: telnet with zmodem

1998-05-08 Thread John Herrbach
At 02:36 PM 5/8/98 -0300, you wrote: >At 01:21 PM 5/8/98 -0400, you wrote: >>How can I add Zmodem file transfer protocol to telnetd? Win95's >>HyperTerminal PE 3.0 support it, and I would like to add it to my server. >>I have tried it with an OS/2 server and it works well (as well as dial-up). >>

Re: xserver-wrapper

1998-05-08 Thread Hoe-Teck Wee
Hello, everyone. I think I got all of these links and permissions right, except that it still doesn't seem to work. I'm running XFree 3.3.1 and not 3.3.2. Could that be the problem? Thanx again. - hoeteck > xserver-wrapper-1.1-1.rpm > > $ ls -al /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_SVGA > -rwxr-xr-x 1 root

Samba runs sloooow...

1998-05-08 Thread David S Edwards
Hello, I was wondering if anyone has had a problem with Win 95 applications (like Excel) running really slow when accessing a samba network drive. Or does anyone have a recommended tweak on samba that might speed things up for my Win 95 clients that access my RH 5.0 server through samba? TIA, d

RE: Ooooh yes, the rush of power

1998-05-08 Thread Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD
Dave and to all those to replied, thanks.I have a system that is now working great and can now move forward after 2 1/2 weeks of messing around... I am proud to be part of the U(Li)ni(u)x community. Linux may not be perfect, Win95 is far less perfect, but with stiff competition between the

Re: Iomega Jaz Drives..

1998-05-08 Thread Chris Fishwick
> Mine works just fine. As far as Linux is concerned, your Jaz drive is > just like any other (removable) SCSI hard disk. Make sure your SCSI > hardware is configured correctly, and make sure you have a working power > connector to the drive. If it's not even spinning up, it's something in > the h

XDM Setup

1998-05-08 Thread James G. Armbruster
I am trying to setup xdm. I want to have xscreensaver run while waiting for a login, so i put the line /usr/local/bin/xscreensaver -timeout 5 in the Xsetup_0 file in /etc/X11/xdm (RedHat 4.2 setup). I modified the inittab file so the computer boots up into X and i am able to login just fine, b

Re: Why can't I install Netscape Communicator well?

1998-05-08 Thread Kunio San-nomiya
Larry Lade wrote: > : > > I'm trying to install Netscape Communicator. But... > : > ***DON'T*** install another version of libc! RedHat 5 is something > : > to see everything that's been modified, although this is time-consuming > and produces a fair amount of output. Thanks

make dep

1998-05-08 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
did anyone get my make dep message? -- 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 Subjec

Re: zombie sendmail

1998-05-08 Thread Alfonso Barreto Lopez
I have the same problem, Any body know the cause, because I had a problem with a server I made and I wasn't using it with the inetd services so it generated zombie process each time a client conected to it, know I made it as a service and I have no problems. Any way I dont think we can modify the

Re: zombie sendmail

1998-05-08 Thread Brian Eith
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > I have a zombie process which is causing problems on my system right now. > Normally, I'd just ignore them but this is a zombie from a route request run > by sendmail. > Have you tried a kill on the zombied processes pid? Just a thought. - --Brian - ---

zombie sendmail

1998-05-08 Thread Michael George
Hello, all! I have a zombie process which is causing problems on my system right now. Normally, I'd just ignore them but this is a zombie from a route request run by sendmail. I have a dial-up network and the server was not functioning correctly when I tried to connect. I could connect, but got

test mail DO NOT READ

1998-05-08 Thread Michael George
-- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHa

make dep

1998-05-08 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
At the end of make dep I get: make[3]: Leaving directory `/u/usr/src/linux/drivers/isdn/icn' make: Entering an unknown directory make: *** teles: No such file or directory. Stop. make: Leaving an unknown directory make[2]: *** [fastdep] Error 2 make[2]: Leaving directory `/u/usr/src/linux/driv

Re: winass 95

1998-05-08 Thread Igmar Palsenberg
>Hello !!! >What's the quickest way to boot in winass '95 (not reboot) from >linux??? >Bye. You can't without rebooting. You just can't swich OS'ses while they are running. Igmar -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com

Re: winass 95

1998-05-08 Thread Stuart Harris
At 05:50 PM 5/8/98 -0400, you wrote: > >> What's the quickest way to boot in winass '95 (not reboot) from linux??? > >What's the quickest way to boot win95? > >- Hold CDROM horizontally in front of you while standing. >- Release grip on CDROM. >- Extend foot in such a motion as to reach the CDROM

Make dep?

1998-05-08 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
I do make dep and i get ERROR 2. It says entering unkown dir The unknown directories are: /u/usr/src/linux/drivers/ /u/usr/src/linux/drivers/isdn the /u is linked to /usr -- Michael S. Dunsavage --- http://south.bestsites.net/~dunny/index

Re Linux and Joe Sixpack

1998-05-08 Thread jayell
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 05/08/98 at 03:16 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: >There is NO >WAY I could recommend someone install Red Hat 3.0.3 and then connect the >machine to the Internet! This does not mean that Red Hat 3.0.3 was buggy >- it's just that the security holes that no-one knew about

Re: winass 95

1998-05-08 Thread Dave Wreski
> What's the quickest way to boot in winass '95 (not reboot) from linux??? What's the quickest way to boot win95? - Hold CDROM horizontally in front of you while standing. - Release grip on CDROM. - Extend foot in such a motion as to reach the CDROM as its falling. -- PLEASE read the Red

winass 95

1998-05-08 Thread Iztok Polanic
Hello !!! What's the quickest way to boot in winass '95 (not reboot) from linux??? Bye. xx // xx xx ( o o ) xx xx/oOO-O---

syslog/timestamp wierdness

1998-05-08 Thread Alan Sieg
Greetings, please reply direct, as I am post-only subscriber... --- Finding most syslog entries timestamped with local (EDT) timestamp, while others are stamped with UTC. Even from same program. ie: May 8 15:20:41 host ipo

Re: How to build an RPM?

1998-05-08 Thread Dave Wreski
> Greetings. I'm something of a software hack, and occasionally write > something useful. Up until recently, I've been using Slackware and was > content to simply throw up my work (to a website, say) in tarball format. > Anymore, I'd like to do that, as well as provide a RPM that the average >

How to build an RPM?

1998-05-08 Thread Chris \"Cranky Spice\" Harshman
Greetings. I'm something of a software hack, and occasionally write something useful. Up until recently, I've been using Slackware and was content to simply throw up my work (to a website, say) in tarball format. Anymore, I'd like to do that, as well as provide a RPM that the average RedHat (et

Re: How to be a linux hacker?

1998-05-08 Thread Patrick T. Berry
One thing we would really like is a Lisp to Perl translator so we could run Autocad R14 on Linux. Unless someone out there knows how it can be done now. I am s tired of Win95 crashing! hYou know we would pay for the program. You could make a fortune! Dave Wreski wrote: > > Maybe this is a

Make Config

1998-05-08 Thread Michael S. Dunsavage
I have RH 5.0 and I can't run make config.it does rm -f include/ams then stops w/ an error that ams is a directory How can i fix that? Thanx, Mike -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Ti

Elegant wrapper, Re: redhat-digest Digest V98 #268

1998-05-08 Thread Walter B Kulecz, PhD
>I use "plplot" a fairly nice plotting package which enables me to call >graphics from within c or fortran code. With Redhat 4.2 or 5.0 >opposed to Caldera, I get segmentation faults and core dumps upon >closing of the xwindows. The following script solves the problem >in a rather ugly way. ( Th

Re: How to be a linux hacker?

1998-05-08 Thread Dave Wreski
> Maybe this is a little bit off topic, but I was wondering how to > writing codes and packages for a linux distribution? I mean, do > you actually just start writing code yourself and put it out? > Is there a "offical linux wish-list" so duplicate effort won't > happen? How to contact other li

Re: Red Hat is Hiring! (Web Developer Position)

1998-05-08 Thread Vidiot
>Feel free to show off your web authoring talent by putting your resume on the >web. > >--Donnie In my case, my WWW resume would be my expansive web site :-) No need to blab a resume on the web. :-) Nothing like showing the kind of work one can do by doing none other than showing the kind of

sendmail stopped sending

1998-05-08 Thread Pat_Dell'Arena
Hi all, I'll be brief. Upgraded to Redhat 5.0 two months ago on my firewall. My Win 95 box (which sent and received fine prior) received fine but wouldn't send (the old 'do not relay'). I read the Errata made one entry each in ip_allow and relay_allow and it worked well (an occasional error

How to be a linux hacker?

1998-05-08 Thread Kenneth Lo
Well, first of all, "hacker" in the old sense. Anyway, I joined this community for about a year. I was pretty much a very "lite" linux user, until I start reading this mailing list. Maybe this is a little bit off topic, but I was wondering how to writing codes and packages for a linux distribu

Re: What's in my kernel?

1998-05-08 Thread Michael Jinks
Jyan-Min Fang wrote: > > > Dave Wreski once posted a program on this list which basically let you > look into a kernel what is in it. compile the program and run the follwing > command will tell you the Linux version. just grep whatever configuration > you want to know if your specific kernel has

Re: BogoMips

1998-05-08 Thread Ed Jaeger
I've got a 200MMX with a straight from the CD 2.0.32 kernel and it gives me 400. Strange... -- Ed Jaeger, CFO, Bohlender Graebener Corporation [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.bgcorp.com -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ

Seeking Document Mgmt Solution

1998-05-08 Thread Lane J. Bryson
Hello, I've done all the research but haven't been able to come up with a viable Document Management Solution for my company that runs on Linux. My basic need is to take an image file and read a barcode from a given location in the image. The rest I believe I can do. I just need the part

Re: RedHat FTP site arrangement and RPM info

1998-05-08 Thread Bryan C. Andregg
On Thu, 7 May 1998 23:10:01 -0700 (PDT), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I'm surprised no one has suggested to RedHat a simple batch job to > make it easier for people to find packages of interest. Off the cuff, > if they could run a batch job like below, that would be really nice: An ftp site

Read: redhat-digest Digest V98 #265

1998-05-08 Thread Meffan, Rob
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Re: BogoMips

1998-05-08 Thread John H Darrah
On Fri, 8 May 1998, [iso-8859-1] Linus Åkerlund wrote: > Just a little question about BogoMips: when I boot RedHat 5.0 I get > 299 BogoMips, and when I boot my other Linux distribution I get 400. > Everything else in /proc/cpuinfo is identical between the two. Does > this mean that the RedHat sys

Re: PAM and root logins

1998-05-08 Thread John H Darrah
On Fri, 8 May 1998, Randy Smith (at work) wrote: > Hello, > After installing redhat 5.0 on my "server" computer here, > I found I could not logon as "root" from an ethernet port. > After reading some docs on this, I realized that the PAM > software was looking at /etc/securetty file and thu

Re: What's in my kernel?

1998-05-08 Thread Dave Wreski
> Sometimes when I'm doing lots of reconfiguration on several machines, or > if it's been a while since I've tinkered with a particular box, it can > be easy to forget how a particular machine's kernel was configured. Is > there a way to get a kernel to spit out something that vaguely resembles

Re: What's in my kernel?

1998-05-08 Thread Jyan-Min Fang
On Fri, 8 May 1998, Michael Jinks wrote: > Sometimes when I'm doing lots of reconfiguration on several machines, or > if it's been a while since I've tinkered with a particular box, it can > be easy to forget how a particular machine's kernel was configured. Is > there a way to get a kernel to s

Re: / patition full

1998-05-08 Thread Chris \"Cranky Spice\" Harshman
(assuming you've fdisk'd a new partition for Linux; call it /dev/hdb1)... # mke2fs /dev/hdb1 # mkdir /mnt/tmp # mount /dev/hdb1 /mnt/tmp # cd /local # tar cf - * | (cd /mnt/tmp; tar xv) This will transfer all the files in your existing /local to a new partition. Then, edit /etc/fstab appropriate

telnet with zmodem

1998-05-08 Thread John Herrbach
How can I add Zmodem file transfer protocol to telnetd? Win95's HyperTerminal PE 3.0 support it, and I would like to add it to my server. I have tried it with an OS/2 server and it works well (as well as dial-up). How do I do this? Thank you for your time. John Herrbach, Lansing, MI [EMAIL P

Mutt and PGP

1998-05-08 Thread Brian Eith
I've been playing around with mutt, and it's built in pgp features, but I'm having a few problems. I can get mutt to pgp sign my mail, but it will only send my signature as an attatchment (ie it won't show up with the original email). Does anyone know how to get this to work. As you can see, my

Re: telnet with zmodem

1998-05-08 Thread M Taylor
At 01:21 PM 5/8/98 -0400, you wrote: >How can I add Zmodem file transfer protocol to telnetd? Win95's >HyperTerminal PE 3.0 support it, and I would like to add it to my server. >I have tried it with an OS/2 server and it works well (as well as dial-up). > >How do I do this? Don't modify telnetd,

Re: BogoMips

1998-05-08 Thread Chuck Carson
I wondered about this as well before, but I believe this is a measurement of how long it takes to perform an empty loop a million times or something like that. I noticed that accross several different installs on the same hardware that this number varies by 100 points in each direction. I currentl

Re: Newbie question: Directory & File structure

1998-05-08 Thread Chuck Carson
Any respectable Unix/Linux book should cover this. I have one that is a pretty good starting point for new Linux users, it is called: Linux Programming Written by: Neil Matthew & Richard Stones Published by: Wrox I got the book thru a research proffessor but you can probably get it thru Amazon.c

GTimer binary

1998-05-08 Thread Greg Fall
Has anybody built a binary of GTimer they might want to share with some of us who don't want to install gtk+? I could really use it. http://www.radix.net/~cknudsen/gtimer/ --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- Greg Fall [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]

gnumalloc.so need?

1998-05-08 Thread W. J. Kossler
I use "plplot" a fairly nice plotting package which enables me to call graphics from within c or fortran code. With Redhat 4.2 or 5.0 opposed to Caldera, I get segmentation faults and core dumps upon closing of the xwindows. The following script solves the problem in a rather ugly way. ( This sc

Re: RedHat FTP site arrangement and RPM info

1998-05-08 Thread Paul F Almquist
On Thu, May 07, 1998 at 11:10:01PM -0700, David Masterson wrote: > RPM is really great for managing packages under Linux. Its ability to > download the package from an FTP site makes upgrades of individual > packages relatively easy. What I'm surprised about is that the RedHat > FTP site makes

id/password for inbound ftp session?

1998-05-08 Thread John Herrbach
How do I add a password for inbound ftp to specific directories while maintaning anon ftp and allowing open uploads to /incoming ? I admit I am quite new to this, so please be patient with me. John Herrbach, Lansing, MI [EMAIL PROTECTED] (preferred) [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- P

Re: Newbie question: Directory & File structure

1998-05-08 Thread M Taylor
At 10:04 AM 5/8/98 -0400, you wrote: >Does anyone know of a resource that would help me understand the directory >structure and the files used in the Linux operating system. What I am >looking for is a brief description of each directory and what it is used The RedHat User Guide contains this inf

BogoMips

1998-05-08 Thread Linus Åkerlund
Hello! Just a little question about BogoMips: when I boot RedHat 5.0 I get 299 BogoMips, and when I boot my other Linux distribution I get 400. Everything else in /proc/cpuinfo is identical between the two. Does this mean that the RedHat system is badly configured in some way? I've compiled my ow

Re: olvwm in RH5.0 CD

1998-05-08 Thread Vidiot
>Could someone tell me if the window manager olvwm >comes with the RH5.0 CD distribution, as a rpm file ? >If what is the file name ? Nope, you have to get from the 4.2 area of the ftp site. MB -- System Administrator - Finnigan FT/MS - Madison WI. URL:http://www.ftms.com/ e-mail: [EMAIL PROTEC

Re: PAM and root logins

1998-05-08 Thread M Taylor
At 12:58 PM 5/8/98 -0400, you wrote: > Hello, > After installing redhat 5.0 on my "server" computer here, > I found I could not logon as "root" from an ethernet port. 1) Use ssh from and/or and 2) login as a normal use

Re: Upgrading libc.*

1998-05-08 Thread Shawn McMahon
-Original Message- From: Ray Curtis <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, May 08, 1998 2:32 AM Subject: Re: Upgrading libc.* >If you are running the default setup '.' is not in your path therefore >when you want to issue commands like this try: >./se

Re: Updates!!!

1998-05-08 Thread Michael Jinks
Tim Larkins (EUKSHEL1PO) wrote: > All I wan't to do is too keep my distiribution upto date with all the latest > patches "All" you want to do, huh? ;-) > to make sure that it runs as smoothly as possible.. but its simply > not possible! Nope. And that's a GOOD(tm) thing. > A new patc

Newbie question: Directory & File structure

1998-05-08 Thread DGM
Sorry if this is an ignorant question but I am new to the UNIX/Linux world so please bear with me... Does anyone know of a resource that would help me understand the directory structure and the files used in the Linux operating system. What I am looking for is a brief description of each director

Project Management Software for Unix

1998-05-08 Thread hartr
Hi Well - I have been receiving quite a few messages about this that want to know what I turn up. It also seems that I didn't explain myself too clearly about what I am looking for. 1) I am looking for software like MS Project - a full featured project management tool (and I realise that MS P

PAM and root logins

1998-05-08 Thread Randy Smith \(at work\)
Hello, After installing redhat 5.0 on my "server" computer here, I found I could not logon as "root" from an ethernet port. After reading some docs on this, I realized that the PAM software was looking at /etc/securetty file and thus not allowing the logon. So, I moved the securetty file to

olvwm in RH5.0 CD

1998-05-08 Thread ivan
Hi, everyone!!! Could someone tell me if the window manager olvwm comes with the RH5.0 CD distribution, as a rpm file ? If what is the file name ? Thanks!!! -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tip

Re: commandline mail

1998-05-08 Thread Lin Baugher
man mail mail -s howdy [EMAIL PROTECTED] < name_of_file this will mail a message to joe w/ subject of howdy. the message is the name_of_file. Robert W. Canary wrote: > I'm trying to find out how do I send mail from a commadline that > includes a particular file as the message text (an attac

Re: commandline mail

1998-05-08 Thread felix k sheng
On Fri, May 08, 1998 at 11:24:25AM -0500, Robert W. Canary wrote: >I'm trying to find out how do I send mail from a commadline that >includes a particular file as the message text (an attachtment would >work just as good). I need to insert this into a script. /bin/mail -s "subject here" [EMAI

Re: commandline mail

1998-05-08 Thread Bryan C. Andregg
On Fri, 08 May 1998 11:24:25 -0500, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hi, > > I'm trying to find out how do I send mail from a commadline that > includes a particular file as the message text (an attachtment would > work just as good). I need to insert this into a script. mail $recipient < $filen

Re: Linux and Joe Sixpack

1998-05-08 Thread Shawn McMahon
-Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, May 07, 1998 1:55 PM Subject: Re: Linux and Joe Sixpack >interfaces do we need. fvwm isn't very pretty but do we really need to >copy win95's look and feel. I have a

Re: Y2k problem with date

1998-05-08 Thread Rick A. Schneider
Thanks, James! You're right, I'm using 4.1. Guess it's time to get off my butt and upgrade... Was just looking for confirmation that it might be fixed in 4.2 or 5.0 Thanks again, Rick -- -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/Red

Re: help for a new user;-)

1998-05-08 Thread alvin148
Alvin Pena wrote: > Alvin Pena wrote: > > > I have like 10 problems the first one is that I have use always Win > > :-( > > and I do not see my Iomega 100 Mb ZIP drive, on LINUX5.0 ,is a > > external parallel port . that is were I put my canon bjc-620, the tinge > > is that when I put t

Re: Upgrading libc.*

1998-05-08 Thread Federico Strati
Hi, this problem has been asked before in this mailing list, i don't remember when, but one answer had a pointing to this URL: http://www.waldherr.org/soffice/ (Stefan Waldherr Homepage) that's just related to howto install staroffice on RH 4.2 / 5 systems, as you can guess... it worked just f

Re: xserver-wrapper

1998-05-08 Thread Federico Strati
Hi Hoe-Teck Wee, as I said previously.. I don't remember well, so i dump in the following my setup: XFree86-3.3.2-5.rpm XFree86-libs-3.3.2-5.rpm etc... gotten at ftp://fpt.redhat.com/pub/home/wanger/..?../XFree86 (Version 3.3.2 Release 5) xserver-wrapper-1.1-1.rpm $ ls -al /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_

commandline mail

1998-05-08 Thread Robert W. Canary
Hi, I'm trying to find out how do I send mail from a commadline that includes a particular file as the message text (an attachtment would work just as good). I need to insert this into a script. Any suggestion would be appreciated thanks in advance -- robert -- PLEASE read the Red Hat

Re: Y2k problem with date

1998-05-08 Thread James Youngman
> "Rick" == Rick A Schneider <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: Rick> Anyone seen this before? Is it fixed somewhere? Is this a Rick> bug with the date program, or something more worrisome? >> [ras@sfa ras:23]$ date --date '1 year 7 months 24 days 10 hours 5 >> minutes' >> Fri Dec 31 23

Re: Updates!!!

1998-05-08 Thread M Taylor
At 03:51 PM 5/8/98 +0100, you wrote: >I can't do it > >I've tried, I really have.. but in the end it all comes down to the same >thing.. I CAN'T DO IT!! > >All I wan't to do is too keep my distiribution upto date with all the latest >patches to make sure that it runs as smoothly as possib

Re: LILO deleted: HELP!!

1998-05-08 Thread Vidiot
>Okay, i tried this. But it turns out that there's a further complication. >fstool had corrupted the /etc/fstab file, so Linux couldn't mount my floppy >drive. (I was trying to boot Linux to fix precisely this when i realized >that LILO had been deleted.) So, when i try to boot from the diskette,

Re: PGP help?

1998-05-08 Thread John D. Hardin
> You can try grabbing pgp-2.6.2-5.nosrc.rpm from a redhat mirror You could also hop over to http://www.replay.org and get a full RPM. -- John Hardin KA7OHZ [EMAIL PROTECTED] pgpk -a finger://gonzo.wolfenet.com/jhardinPGP key ID: 0x41EA94F5 PGP key fingerpri

Re: LILO deleted: HELP!!

1998-05-08 Thread Leston Buell
Okay, i tried this. But it turns out that there's a further complication. fstool had corrupted the /etc/fstab file, so Linux couldn't mount my floppy drive. (I was trying to boot Linux to fix precisely this when i realized that LILO had been deleted.) So, when i try to boot from the diskette, it g

Re: Updates!!!

1998-05-08 Thread David Spencer
Tim Larkins (EUKSHEL1PO) wrote: > > I can't do it > > All I wan't to do is too keep my distiribution upto date with all the latest > patches to make sure that it runs as smoothly as possible.. but its simply > not possible! A new patch arrives every 2 days! I'm on a dial up Um, if you do

Y2k problem with 'date'

1998-05-08 Thread Rick A. Schneider
Sorry to throw this in, and I'm sure someone has brought this up before, but I can't seem to get any results from the archive search, so here goes: Anyone seen this before? Is it fixed somewhere? Is this a bug with the date program, or something more worrisome? > [ras@sfa ras:23]$ date --date

Re: Updates!!!

1998-05-08 Thread Shawn McMahon
-Original Message- From: Tim Larkins (EUKSHEL1PO) <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, May 08, 1998 10:19 AM Subject: Updates!!! >Is this REALLY to much to ask? Yes, actually. This isn't a monolithic operating system where one company, with billio

test mail - DO NOT READ

1998-05-08 Thread Michael George
-- "They that can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety." -- Benjamin Franklin, 1759 -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHa

Re: logging of telnet connect sessions

1998-05-08 Thread David Spencer
Salil Khamkar wrote: > > Hi , > > Back during the times of my slackware days there use to be a file in the > /var/log directory where i could check if any one has telnetted into my > machine . I use to get an entry like > in.telnetd connect from 200.100.50.1 > I now use RedHat 5 , so now

Re: Help for a prospective newbie.

1998-05-08 Thread Patrick T. Berry
This is so simple, once you do it once! Just do the DOS and/or Win install. When you start to load Linux, at some later date, my experience is that you need to know how much disk you have used (or dedicated to) DOS OS(leave some growing room), but make sure that the first cylinder of the Linux wi

Re: Monitors

1998-05-08 Thread Michael
On Fri, 08 May 1998, Phil Risby wrote: >Hi >Somewhile back there was some discussion about video cards and >monitors >Someone was buying a Sony I think? >Anyhow a suggestion came up to purchase a 19" P4500 >it was same price as 17" monitors and had loads of advantages. >I would like some info

Help with kernel rebuild and iBCS

1998-05-08 Thread Bill McClendon
Gang, I've been rebuilding the kernel to include increases in the open files and tasks per process. I hit a snag yesterday. Everything worked but the new kernel did not support iBCS (Intel Binary Compabibility). How do I get this back? The delivered iBCS would not load for me due to unrecogni

Re: The Corel Report

1998-05-08 Thread Michael Jinks
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On 8 May, Michael Jinks wrote: > > Tim Larkins (EUKSHEL1PO) wrote: > > > >> Does this mean GIMP is finaly gona have a bit of competition? :) > > > > Doesn't Java provide most of the GIMP's functionality at the language level? > > > > As I understand it, widespr

Re: Subject: Pentium II eats memory?

1998-05-08 Thread Miguel Garcia Silvente
Yes, it is possible > Hmm... Is everything about twice the size you think it should be? > > Prismatic Booger > Braden N. McDaniel, [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > -- > PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! > http://www.redhat.c

Updates!!!

1998-05-08 Thread Tim Larkins \(EUKSHEL1PO\)
I can't do it I've tried, I really have.. but in the end it all comes down to the same thing.. I CAN'T DO IT!! All I wan't to do is too keep my distiribution upto date with all the latest patches to make sure that it runs as smoothly as possible.. but its simply not possible! A new pa

Re: The Corel Report

1998-05-08 Thread hartr
On 8 May, Michael Jinks wrote: > Tim Larkins (EUKSHEL1PO) wrote: > >> Does this mean GIMP is finaly gona have a bit of competition? :) > > Doesn't Java provide most of the GIMP's functionality at the language level? > > As I understand it, widespread use of Java would make the GIMP irr

Re: LILO deleted: HELP!!

1998-05-08 Thread Vidiot
>¿Can i reinstall LILO without doing a complete reinstall of Red Had? I'm >running Red Hat 5.0 with two hard drives. The primary (first) hard drive is >all Windows 95, the secondary hard drive is all Linux. LILO was on the >primary hard drive. Yes, if you have Linux booted, just rerun the lilo co

Re: LILO deleted: HELP!!

1998-05-08 Thread Matt Housh
Boot up with the RedHat install disk, type "vmlinuz root=/dev/hdbX" where X is the number of Linux's root partition (and hdb is the second hard drive on the primary IDE - hda is first primary, hdb second primary, hdc first secondary, hdd second secondary) when it boots up, login as root a

LILO deleted: HELP!!

1998-05-08 Thread Leston Buell
¡Help me please! I went to do the fixes you outlined and realized something catastrophic had happened. My Norton Antivirus, in Windows 95, had scanned my system and found that the boot record had changedd and prompted me to fix it. I clicked OK, but when i rebooted i found that what it had done wa

Monitors

1998-05-08 Thread Phil Risby
Hi Somewhile back there was some discussion about video cards and monitors Someone was buying a Sony I think? Anyhow a suggestion came up to purchase a 19" P4500 it was same price as 17" monitors and had loads of advantages. I would like some info on what that was. Ive lloked throught he archi

Re: Routing problem..

1998-05-08 Thread Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On Thu, 7 May 1998, Alfonso Barreto Lopez wrote: > I need to connect to a computer that is phisically in other place from my > local network, but it has the same domain that my network, is there a way > to say not to search in the local network but to search directly > out? Do not quite understan

Re: The Corel Report

1998-05-08 Thread Michael Jinks
Tim Larkins (EUKSHEL1PO) wrote: > Does this mean GIMP is finaly gona have a bit of competition? :) Doesn't Java provide most of the GIMP's functionality at the language level? As I understand it, widespread use of Java would make the GIMP irrelevant. Sort of a bummer, in a way (we all

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