control-panel

1998-05-25 Thread Steve Ki-Won Lee
Greetings! I can't start my control-panel and can somebody help please? I get this error message when I try to open it: [root@(none) /root]# control-panel ** WARNING **: Creating pixmap from xpm with NULL window and colormap control-panel: error in loading shared libraries : undefined symbol:

RE: Why I'm not running RedHat.

1998-05-25 Thread Dave Wreski
On 25-May-98 Chris \"Cranky Spice\" Harshman wrote: Use insmod and the module name, like "insmod driver.o". Doesn't that work? What type of error does it produce? Perhaps it depends on other modules to be loaded as well? I couldn't even get the disk to mount (no shell seemed to be

Laptop / ethernet

1998-05-25 Thread Dave Price
Hello, I have set up redhat 5 on a clone notebook - the config went fine, except for ethernet and modem. I have a fujitsu FM10304/8 ethernet card that works fine under wind0ze, is this supported under linux - if so where can i find a driver? Since the config networking failed, how do i go back

RE: Adaptec 1502/1515 SCSI controllers?

1998-05-25 Thread Maxwell Smart
On 25-May-98 Adam Neat wrote: Hello A few months back we posted a message regarding (I think this is the right model number) an Adaptec 1502/1515 Non-Bios based SCSI controller. A few people responded saying that had them working under Linux 2.0.x with no problems as the Adaptec

Re: Adding Users

1998-05-25 Thread Leston Buell
I'm having a related problem. I can get into X as a non-root user, but i can't open crucial applications such as the file manager and Netscape. ¿Could someone tell me how to fix this? Leston Leston Buell 7135 Hollywood Blvd., Apt. 1008 Los Angeles, CA 90046-3250 USA

RE: Adaptec 1502/1515 SCSI controllers?

1998-05-25 Thread Dave Wreski
On 25-May-98 Adam Neat wrote: Hello A few months back we posted a message regarding (I think this is the right model number) an Adaptec 1502/1515 Non-Bios based SCSI controller. A few people responded saying that had them working under Linux 2.0.x with no problems as the Adaptec 154x

Re: Adding Users

1998-05-25 Thread Maxwell Smart
On 25-May-98 Leston Buell wrote: I'm having a related problem. I can get into X as a non-root user, but i can't open crucial applications such as the file manager and Netscape. ¿Could someone tell me how to fix this? Make sure: 1. The path(s) is/are in the user's path. It can be set in

RE: Laptop / ethernet

1998-05-25 Thread Dave Wreski
On 25-May-98 Dave Price wrote: Hello, I have set up redhat 5 on a clone notebook - the config went fine, except for ethernet and modem. I would say it didn't go too well, then ;) I have a fujitsu FM10304/8 ethernet card that works fine under wind0ze, is this supported under linux - if

test ignore

1998-05-25 Thread Chris Fenton
-- 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.

LI instead of LILO

1998-05-25 Thread Marcantonio Magnarapa
I am trying to launch the linux partition (without success). To do that, I created a LILO disk, but it hangs displaying just "LI". What can I do? Marcantonio -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata

[Q] Kernel Messages Meaning

1998-05-25 Thread Raj Singh
Hi, Why should I be getting the following kind of messages. This happens once in a while and seems to have no effect on the working of the system which is RedHat Linux 4.2 with all updates applied. The eth0 Tx FIFO error perhaps indicates some problem in communication on the ethernet. The RedHat

RE: Why I'm not running RedHat.

1998-05-25 Thread Dave Wreski
On 25-May-98 Chris \"Cranky Spice\" Harshman wrote: But when I (as root) type 'liloconfig' I don't get anything. If it's there I can't find it. That's because, as I typed, it's called /usr/doc/lilo-0.20/QuickInst. Slackware just copied it to /usr/bin as `liloconfig'. Maybe a

RE: all of these emails

1998-05-25 Thread David . LANDGREN
I am curious as to how all of you manage these emails in this list. Heh, well, I am reading this using MS-Exchange on NT. It has an "inbox assistant", that lets me move redhat messages to their own folder. Other rules check for text strings in the subject header; messages which match any of

Re: LI instead of LILO

1998-05-25 Thread Aperiodic
In a message dated 98-05-25 07:47:51 EDT, you write: I am trying to launch the linux partition (without success). To do that, I created a LILO disk, but it hangs displaying just "LI". What can I do? Marcantonio Sounds as if when you installed LILO, you selected it to be installed to the

Re: DhcpcD!

1998-05-25 Thread Chris Tyler
Abdullah Al-Molah [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Anyone got any ideas on how to configure DHCPCD to work in redhat 5.0 running kernel 2.1.102?, I successfully installed the latest 2.X version of the deamon, read it's docs, but, it wasn't very clear on how to get it to work!, any help will be

Symbolic Link and Majordomo

1998-05-25 Thread Jim Garvin
I need yo create a symlink and am a bit confused. I am running Majordomo 1.94 and I get this error "I get "sh: wrapper not available for sendmail programs" I need to do the following to get it to work but am not sure how to. I am running Redhat 5.0 and sendmail 8.8.7 You're on a system which uses

RE: redhat-digest Digest V98 #357

1998-05-25 Thread Troy D. Taylor
So, Did you guys hear about how Microsoft is changing how they access the hard drive under the upcoming 64-bit windows OS? They are not opening closing files as in the past but accessing the entire drive (capability of 1Terabyte) with a file system that we have all come to love Yep, they

Re: Serious hard disk corruption problem.

1998-05-25 Thread Tony Wells
Hi, I'm having some serious hard disk problems and I was hoping someone could help. Perhaps you could explain what the problems are... Kind regards Tony Wells Phenomenal Books "I have made this letter longer than usual because I lack the time to make it shorter" - Blaise Pascal. [EMAIL

RE: problems with configuring my xserver on rh5

1998-05-25 Thread Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD
Tom: Are you using metro-x and how did you get it to recognize the TGUI9660 ? Mike Michael Hatzakis, Jr MD Resident Physiatrist - R3 Thomas Jefferson University Hospital Department of Rehabilitation Medicine Philadelphia, PA, 19026 E-Mail Address: [EMAIL PROTECTED] -Original

Re: /dev/dsp, /dev/audio etc.

1998-05-25 Thread Iztok Polanic
Hello !!! On Mon, 25 May 1998, Igmar Palsenberg wrote: It is not a matter of CPU burn. It is a matter of the design of the ISA bus. Apparently you have an ISA sound card that uses DMA channels. The problem is that ISA DMA channels can only access the bottom 1M of memory, I don't agree on

memory hog?

1998-05-25 Thread Matt
Hello, I'm brand stinkin new to this list, and couldn't really find much on the linux faq to explain what is happening to my redhat 5 install. I'm not a linux pro, but i'm not too shabby(kinda new to all this) here's the machine: dual ppro 200 512 ram 18 gig drive space This server's main

Re: Now, how can I start it?

1998-05-25 Thread John J. Donohue
On Mon, 25 May 1998, Marcantonio Magnarapa wrote: I have intalled RH5 on a win95 box. Everything went beautifully, except the network card wasn't recognized. (this is not my problem right now, but anyway, how do I set up that card? it's a cheap PCI ethernet card, nothing special).

RAM size as a boot parameter

1998-05-25 Thread John Ohrt
On page 38 of the RedHat Installation Guide, they give an example of using "linux mem=128M" to tell the kernel to use all 128M of ram. Having 128 M of ram, I found this interesting, but can't find any further discussion on the subject Why would the kernel not use all available ram? By

LILO: Can't boot dos any more

1998-05-25 Thread Goran Brostrom
I have installed LILO on the MBR, I get the prompt LILO boot: and can choose between 'linux' and 'dos'. This has worked nicely since I installed RedHat 5.0 some months ago. However, since yesterday, the machine hangs after printing 'Loading dos', if my choice is 'dos'. 'linux' still works as

Xwindows Custumization

1998-05-25 Thread Robert W. Canary
Hi, I am trying to figure out how to custumize the start up of Xwindows. Where are the entries that start the control panel and that first nxterm?I have some other trminal screens that I want started on start up. But I need diferent programs and xterms started for root, (myself), and

RE: Emacs Ver 20 and RedHat 5.0

1998-05-25 Thread Goran Brostrom
On Mon, 25 May 1998, Maxwell Smart wrote: On 25-May-98 Goran Brostrom wrote: I have installed RedHat 5.0 on a Pentium II, and on two other machines I have RedHat 4.2 (i86 and Sparc). My problem occurs only in Version 5.0: In emacs (X11), the cursor hides completely the character

ergonomics, esp. trackerballs, under RedHat

1998-05-25 Thread Hugo Rabson
Out of interest, does anyone here use a trackerball? Linux always leaves me with an aching right-wrist (*no* stupid jokes, please, heh) so I'm investing $50 in a good trackerball. Has anyone else noticed how fiddly the mouse is under Linux compared to Windows NT4, or is it just my imagination?

error starting XFree86 3.3.2

1998-05-25 Thread Ron Golan
I just tried upgrading XFree86 from 3.3.1 to 3.3.2 to take advantage of the acceleration for my video card chipset (AT24). Now when I try to do startx I get the following: xinit: error in loading shared libraries /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6: undefined symbol: _Xglobal_lock I have

Re: ergonomics, esp. trackerballs, under RedHat

1998-05-25 Thread Greg Fall
The mouse isn't necessarily any more fiddly under Linux/X than in some other environment. You can adjust mouse parameters under X just like anywhere else; the GUI tools for doing it just aren't widely distributed yet (and they aren't essential). Look at the man page for xset before you give up

Re: ergonomics, esp. trackerballs, under RedHat

1998-05-25 Thread James Michael Keller
Hugo Rabson wrote: Out of interest, does anyone here use a trackerball? Linux always leaves me with an aching right-wrist (*no* stupid jokes, please, heh) so I'm investing $50 in a good trackerball. Has anyone else noticed how fiddly the mouse is under Linux compared to Windows NT4, or is

Re: mail headings -- making user-name my isp name

1998-05-25 Thread Zoki
On Fri, 22 May 1998, Daniel Goldin wrote: - -The "from" line currently generated by sendmail: - -"From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thu May 21 00:27:45 1998" - -This is all screwed up. "Daniel" is my user name at localhost. -Don't know what "ixmail9" means, but don't like the looks of it -much. - -How

errors starting xfree86

1998-05-25 Thread Ron Golan
I think some more information might help. I am using RH5.0 and have just upgrade xfree86 3.3.1 to 3.3.2. I've gone through the upgrade process and then tried to run XF86Setup. I got the following error message: xinit: error in loading shared libraries /usr/X11R6/lib/libXext.so.6: undefined

Re: partitioning strategy

1998-05-25 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Deryk: I have an ASUS TX97-E Revision 1.12, using the clock chip ICS9147-09 and Bios Rev 4010a-0107e. the web page http://www.asus.com/support/mb/answers/chipset/75or83.asp contains all the info straight from the horses' mouth about running at 83 mhz. I have an Intel Pentium, SL27S series 233.

Sendmail Restricted SHell

1998-05-25 Thread Jim Garvin
Can someone explain to me how to set smrsh so that majordomo will work. I get this message"I get "sh: wrapper not available for sendmail programs" According to the majordomo FAQ I need to :You're on a system which uses smrsh. (sendmail restricted shell). You have to configure smrsh to allow it

errors starting xfree86 Corrected

1998-05-25 Thread Ron Golan
I just decided to throw out the whole /usr/X11R6 directory and start over as if a new installation. No problem this time. The libXext.so.6.3 library included with RH5.0 must be the problem. Thanks. -- Ron Golan [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING

Windows Zip from Linux

1998-05-25 Thread Victoria Stanfield
Is there any way to unzip a file zipped with Windows PKZIP without having to boot into Windows. Sometimes I download files and then copy the unzipped file to a disk. I'd rather not have to reboot twice to accomplish the task and then get back to work in Linux. Have a good day! -Vicki

Re: Windows Zip from Linux

1998-05-25 Thread Vidiot
Is there any way to unzip a file zipped with Windows PKZIP without having to boot into Windows. Sometimes I download files and then copy the unzipped file to a disk. I'd rather not have to reboot twice to accomplish the task and then get back to work in Linux. -Vicki Check out the "unzip"

Re: Windows Zip from Linux

1998-05-25 Thread James Michael Keller
Victoria Stanfield wrote: zip and unzip should come with RH, they deal with the PKWare format, gzip and gunzip are the unix format zipfile proccessors Is there any way to unzip a file zipped with Windows PKZIP without having to boot into Windows. Sometimes I download files and then copy

Re: redhat-digest Digest V98 #370

1998-05-25 Thread Chris Tyler
Victoria Stanfield [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Is there any way to unzip a file zipped with Windows PKZIP without having to boot into Windows. Sometimes I download files and then copy the unzipped file to a disk. I'd rather not have to reboot twice to accomplish the task and then get back to

Upgrade to XFree86 3.3.2

1998-05-25 Thread Ron Golan
Since upgrading to XF86 3.3.2 my window manager was changed. I used the default fvwm2 from RH5.0 but now it only comes up in twm. How can I go back to the fvwm2 just as it was setup in RH5.0 without breaking the xfree86 3.3.2 upgrade? I tried to reinstall the fvwm and fvwm2 rpms but when trying

network with microsoft clien

1998-05-25 Thread Gary Neff
thanks to all who responded to my ip-masqurade request and I have one more plea for help. Before I set up the ip-masqurade I want to be sure the network is working I have addresed my ether card and it appears to work but of course I can not see it in my win98 network is that possible? Any

Executing Java as a CGI

1998-05-25 Thread Fred Whipple
Hi all, Beating my head here... I'm trying to work my way through the Java-CGI HOWTO, but have run into a more fundamental problem here. I know I have the CGI-BIN and all set up properly, and all should be right. I have a simple Java class: public class test { public static void main

RE: Sanyo CRD-256PA CDROM (still no solution)

1998-05-25 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Hello: I'm having problems getting Linux to recognize the subject CDROM player. I'm using RH 5.0, but the CDROM does not seem to be supported. Anyone know of an alternate driver in RH 5.0 that will work? The CDROM is ATAPI. thanks Date: Mon, 25 May 1998 00:14:02 -0700 From: "Thomas B.

Re: Installing LILO onto a diskette. How?

1998-05-25 Thread Dan Cyr
pop a floppy in the drive edit /etc/lilo.conf and change the first line to point to /dev/fd0 instead of a partition. save and exit that file then run /sbin/lilo This will work out great..once you have lilo to the point that it will boot all your OS's you might just want to install it to your

Re: PATH settings

1998-05-25 Thread David Masterson
"Greg" == Greg Fall [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Sat, 23 May 1998, David Masterson wrote: Set the xdm resources like this in /etc/X11/xdm/xdm-config: DisplayManager._0.userPath: \ /usr/local/bin:/bin:/usr/bin:/usr/X11R6/bin/:\ /usr/bin/mh: DisplayManager._0.systemPath: \

Re: HylaFax on RH5.0?

1998-05-25 Thread Jay Vassos-Libove
Muchas gracias a Carlos! Got it in one! For some reason, faxgetty doesn't work completely right when the "device" specified is a symbolic link. I changed it from /dev/modem to /dev/cua2 and it worked fine. The funny thing is that faxgetty clearly did open the port even when it was directed

Re: /dev/dsp, /dev/audio etc.

1998-05-25 Thread Eric L. Green [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Iztok Polanic [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 23 May 1998, Iztok Polanic wrote: When I am doing something heavily (CPU burn) and I want to listen to a mp3 file or an audio file I get this: /dev/dsp is out of memory Why is this happening??? It is not a matter of CPU burn. It is a matter of

Re: HylaFax on RH5.0?

1998-05-25 Thread Eric L. Green [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 24 May 1998, Jay Vassos-Libove wrote: 1. During the configuration of the modem (With 'faxaddmodem'), it complains that my fax phone number of "+1.404.876.8191" does not match my country code (1) or area code (404)... that's wierd. I could only get it to stop saying that by entering

RE: Printcap for Laser Printer

1998-05-25 Thread Eric L. Green [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Sun, 24 May 1998, Dave Wreski wrote: On 24-May-98 Derek Balling wrote: Odd question: Would anyone happen to have a good printcap for a Panasonic KXP-4420 Laser printer? Typically the best thing to do is pick the HP printer that it most closely emulates, such as an HP3, assuming

Re: Serious hard disk corruption problem.

1998-05-25 Thread Eze Ogwuma
"Tony Wells" [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I'm having some serious hard disk problems and I was hoping someone could help. Perhaps you could explain what the problems are... You've already provided a solution to this problem. Thanks -- Eze Ogwuma -- PLEASE read the Red Hat

Re: /dev/dsp, /dev/audio etc.

1998-05-25 Thread David E. Fox
On Mon, 25 May 1998, "Eric L. Green wrote: To: Iztok Polanic [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Sat, 23 May 1998, Iztok Polanic wrote: When I am doing something heavily (CPU burn) and I want to listen to a mp3 file or an audio file I get this: /dev/dsp is out of memory Why is this happening??? It is

Re: /dev/dsp, /dev/audio etc.

1998-05-25 Thread Eric L. Green [EMAIL PROTECTED]
On Mon, 25 May 1998, David E. Fox wrote: Wouldn't it be better to compile the drivers monolithically into the kernel rather than using modules in this case? It seems to me that if this is done, and you've selected a 32K buffer, then that 32K will always be available, and contiguous. The

Re: missing file?

1998-05-25 Thread Rick L. Mantooth
Craig, Belongs to the libc-devel rpm. RH4.1 here: rickdman # locate crt1.o /usr/lib/crt1.o rickdman # rpm -qf /usr/lib/crt1.o libc-devel-5.3.12-17 rpm -qi libc-devel for more info Rick On Mon, 25 May 1998, Craig Kattner wrote: Lately, I've had a few compile fail thanks to a "missing crt1.o"

Re: fax rh42

1998-05-25 Thread Zoki
On Thu, 21 May 1998, Jay Vassos-Libove wrote: - - I did tried to use efax with my US Robotics Courier V.Everything modem - but it did not worked. - I think Courier V.Everything is a Class 2.0 type modem. - - Does someone have experience with this modem an a fax software in - Linux ? - -I have

Re: Windows Zip from Linux

1998-05-25 Thread Mikkel L. Ellertson
Is there any way to unzip a file zipped with Windows PKZIP without having to boot into Windows. Sometimes I download files and then copy the unzipped file to a disk. I'd rather not have to reboot twice to accomplish the task and then get back to work in Linux. Have a good day! -Vicki You can

Re: RH5 ip-up and ip-down trouble

1998-05-25 Thread osama bin zia
It's very simple.Go to the network-scripts prompt and then you will have two options. 1) ./ifup-ppp ifcfg-ppp0 2) ifup ifcfg-ppp0 This works for me very fine. -osama Sean Willson wrote: Hello all, I am having trouble getting the ipconfig scripts to work properly. I am not sure if I am not

Re: RH5 ip-up and ip-down trouble

1998-05-25 Thread osama bin zia
Make group named ppp and add all the users having access to dialout should be in this group.Give group permissions to ppp and execute dialout by different users. -osama Sean Willson wrote: The problem with this is that you have to be root to execute these commands. I am trying to execute them

Problem just don't leave me alone ;-))

1998-05-25 Thread Tony Langdon
It's 26 May 98 01:47:17, We'll return to [EMAIL PROTECTED] and All's discussion of Problem just don't leave me alone ;-)) im Note: I created a group call PPP and I did chown root:PPP pppd and im chmod pppd (according to somebody else's suggestion) but didn't im make any