Re: RH 5 - Not very stable for me!

1998-06-12 Thread Aaron D. Turner
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Well your running a pre-release kernel, that never helps. Get 2.0.34. Also what hardware do you have? On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Jeremy Domingue wrote: > Well, that's another thing I'm sure it's not I've already tried > replacing all the ram in the machine wit

RE: Best Upgrade (smp or ram)

1998-06-12 Thread Carl Johnson
Actually a second cpu would probably not even be a option because unless first, the software you are using is designed for SMP and the current software is extremley intensive in means of compulation, such as a CAD or SQL server I wouldn't even think about SMP and I would be all for MORE RAM, I al

Re: SplitLogs/LogSplit???

1998-06-12 Thread Perry J. Blalock
Don't respond...I found it. > Hello: > I'm looking for a perl script called either splitlogs or logsplits...can't > remember which. What it does is split indiviual user's logs from the > Apache > access_log, and place the newly created user's log in whatever directory > you > like. > Anyone kn

asclock core dump as user, not as root

1998-06-12 Thread George Toft
I'm using RH5.0 on a Pentium, 48MB RAM using fvwm2 configured to look like AfterStep. I replaced xclock with asclock from the contrib directory (ftp site). Everything worked ok, now asclock core dumps (segmentation fault) as user, but works fine as root. Can anyone help me isolate this? I've b

Re: Linux Bigot??

1998-06-12 Thread Patrick T. Berry
WOW, and all I did was point out that Linux has over 600 things I think are GREAT, but named 15 of them, and asked if he thinks he has any credibility left in the non-M$ world. Dale Leonard wrote: > Here is the message I sent to the idiot columnist>sniped...for > brevity...

SplitLogs/LogSplit???

1998-06-12 Thread Perry J. Blalock
Hello: I'm looking for a perl script called either splitlogs or logsplits...can't remember which. What it does is split indiviual user's logs from the Apache access_log, and place the newly created user's log in whatever directory you like. Anyone know where I can find this script? Thanks ---

Re: Help needed with remote printing

1998-06-12 Thread Ray Curtis
> "g" == getrhd <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: g> ##PRINTTOOL3## REMOTE ljet4 600x600 a4 {} LaserJet4 Default 1 g> lp0:\ g> :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp0:\ g> :mx#0:\ g> :sh:\ g> :rm=terrorist.math.ntu.edu.tw:\ g> :rp=lp:\ g> :if=/var/spool/lpd/lp0/filter: This what you

Help needed with remote printing

1998-06-12 Thread getrhd
Hello, people: Can someone tell me what is wrong about my setup, that I cannot print from one Linux box (RH 5.1, fresh re-install) to another (RH 4.2, has been running 24/7 for most of the last 6 months). As background, it used to be that I could print to a RH 3.0.3 (yes, I was around, that ear

Re: Linux Bigot??

1998-06-12 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Well, I sent email response, polite, and yet as informative as possible, for a newbie of three months. I mentioned "Time" nomination of Linus and the fact that Linux cannot be judged by a comparison to an experimental Kernal like Beowulf, The fact that intelligent folks are too busy studying and

Re: Where are 'sz' and 'rz' commands?

1998-06-12 Thread David E. Fox
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, David L. Martin wrote: >I've run across this problem many times, I wish there was a database on >www.redhat.com that you could query to find out what package you need. I vote for that idea as well. rpm doesn't help much on a local system if the item you're looking for hasn't

Re: Where are 'sz' and 'rz' commands?

1998-06-12 Thread David E. Fox
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Mauricio Teixeira wrote: > As I told in the topic, I cannot find the 'sz' and 'rz' commands >anywhere on my RH4.2 system... Which package owns them? lrzsz-0.12.14-3.i386.rpm (but that's redhat 5.0). >Mauricio Teixeira - Amazonline Internet Provider - Belem/PA/Brazil >

Best Upgrade (smp or ram)

1998-06-12 Thread Chris Frost
I'm about to upgrade my current box and had a question re: what it should be. Short intro: I've got a 166 pentium w/ 80mb's of ram and just about always have netscape open, a nice background picture (32bpp), can often be found compiling stuff, and do a lot of work w/ the gimp (and sometimes play q

Damn ppp connection now no more

1998-06-12 Thread poneil
I run Redhat 5.0 with just the usernet patch so far. I have no idea what went wrong but...I HAD ppp set up to work last week. I setup netcfg with the proper info and was able to get to the web and telnet to my pine mailserver at my ISP (my university). Now, I can't get squat and I KNOW it is no

Re: Help: installing purp-0.3 rpm

1998-06-12 Thread Joe Tseng
>On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Joe Tseng wrote: >> I downloaded a package listed in Freshmeat called Purp. I tried to >> install it and rpm said: >> failed dependencies: >> libncurses.so.4 is needed by purp-0.3.0-1 >> libstdc++.s0.2.8 is needed by purp-0.3.0-1 > >That one is compiled for RH5.1 :-( get t

Help: installing purp-0.3 rpm

1998-06-12 Thread Joe Tseng
I downloaded a package listed in Freshmeat called Purp. I tried to install it and rpm said: failed dependencies: libncurses.so.4 is needed by purp-0.3.0-1 libstdc++.s0.2.8 is needed by purp-0.3.0-1 I do recall you need to have ncurses if you want to run /usr/src/linux/make menuconfig. Since

Re: 5.1 Security Hole

1998-06-12 Thread Steve Frampton
Chris Newbill <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: [crap deleted] Try posting your question in non-HTML encoded crap and maybe somebody will take the time to answer it. --< LINUX: The choice of a GNU generation. >-- Steve Frampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://qlink.queensu.ca/~3sr

Re: MetroX web page

1998-06-12 Thread Kurt Kruegel
i believe its metrolink.com Scott wrote: > Does anyone know the url for MetroX? I cannot locate it. > > Scott > > -- > 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 unsubscri

Re: RH 5 - Not very stable for me!

1998-06-12 Thread Ryan McCowan
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Jeremy Domingue wrote: > Hey all > > I am running RedHat 5.0 with kernel 2.0.34pre11 on a Dual P2 266 w/ 512mb RAM. > After about 5-7 days up, it crashes with a bunch of garbage on the console. > I've look at the messages log, and there is nothing out of the ordinary...

Re: upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1

1998-06-12 Thread redhat
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Wang, Eric wrote: > Could I upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 using rpm instead of the regular 2-disk > installation? Will there be any side effect? > Thanks. I did since the upgrade program crashed *everytime* I ran it at the end of installing linuxconf (which still can't install). A

Re: sample procmailrc files

1998-06-12 Thread John D. Hardin
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Doug Elznic wrote: > I have been getting hit har by the same exact email spam for the last few > days. I went through the procmail stuff which before now was quite alien > to me. I am interested in seeing other people's scripts for doing all > sorts of procmail things. Is thi

SCSI troubleshooting

1998-06-12 Thread Jason Scherbarth
Hello All, I'm having some problems with a RH5.1 system using an Adaptec 7880 controller. I use this machine as a Samba server for a group of 95 machines. Any time I put the machine under any kind of file transfer load (above about 2mb/sec) I see what is apparently the SCSI resetting, causing m

Uninstalling a multiple pacakge

1998-06-12 Thread Steve Ki-Won Lee
Greetings! I have a problem here. I inadvertently installed 2 same named, but different versioned packages: [root@HAL /root]# rpm -q libg++ libg++-2.8.1-2 libg++-2.7.2.8-6 And as a result, when I try to uninstall it, I get this: [root@HAL /root]# rpm -e libg++ "libg++"

Irresponsible comments to John Dodge

1998-06-12 Thread Bozarth
Well Robert and Jeremy, I'm sure Mr. Dodge is rethinking his comment about Linux users being "pretty reasonable" now. Face it: Linux ain't mainstream, and only geeks like us will use it until there's an interface that will totally shield users from the command line (and KDE might actually get th

Re: Emacs problem

1998-06-12 Thread Gene Wilburn
control-a: beginning of line. control-e: end of line. Gene On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Robert Hailman wrote: > Emacs acts that way. I don't know what the command is to go to the beggining > or end of a line, though. > > >How come when I hit the "end" key in emacs, it goes to the end of > >file rathe

Glint Problem

1998-06-12 Thread Aristotle Zoulas
I have a problem when running Glint on my RH 5.1 system. When clicking on "available" it scans the RPM directory on the CD. It gets up to about 80% and stops. No error message no nothing. Any hints?? TIA Aristotle Zoulas

X11 fix for RH5 question

1998-06-12 Thread Scott
Here's RHs instructions for the X11 problemns for RH 5.0. I'm confused about the text located after the RPM lists (denoted with the "Begin Confusing Part"). Am I to do those steps as well as applying the RPM's? Do I just have to DL and install the 3 RPM's for Intel? If I have to apply these s

Re: MetroX web page

1998-06-12 Thread Aristotle Zoulas
At 03:41 PM 6/12/98 -0700, you wrote: >Does anyone know the url for MetroX? I cannot locate it. > http://www.metrolink.com/ Aristotle Zoulas [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the R

Re: 1023 cylinder clarification

1998-06-12 Thread Vidiot
>I have a QDI motherboard (Intel tx chipset) with a dual ultra DMA 3 Eide >controller and a new maxtor 4.3 gb ultra DMA 3 HDD. >The HDD is patitioned as follows c:\ - 3.0 gb NTFS d:\ 1.2 GB Fat16. Mys >stem boots off the root 3.0 gb partition into NT. I want to put RH 5.0 on >the 1.2 gb fat16 p

Is the Application CD available via FTP?

1998-06-12 Thread Casey Bralla
I see that RH 5.1 comes with an extra CD of applications. Are these things available from the Red Hat ftp site? -- 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: ma

Re: ISP FAQ

1998-06-12 Thread Dan Cyr
Here's the link you want. http://www.buoy.com/isp/ And now afew more useful ones. http://www.valleynet.bc.ca/~dan/autoppp.html Mine =) http://www.anime.net/linuxisp/ http://www.mtiweb.com/isp/ Then there's a mailing list. [EMAIL PROTECTED] Send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with subscribe li

weird entry in wtmp

1998-06-12 Thread Steve Smith
I keep seeing output from 'last' like: d** * * Fri Jun 12 05:15 still logged in xF*@*** otify ***@Thu Jun 11 10:52 - down w or who don't show anyone logged in, either does /var/log/messages. What is this junk? Steve Smith National Renewable

MetroX web page

1998-06-12 Thread Scott
Does anyone know the url for MetroX? I cannot locate it. Scott -- 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

Re: Emacs problem

1998-06-12 Thread Ray Curtis
> "sr" == Sim Robert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: sr> How come when I hit the "end" key in emacs, it goes to the end of sr> file rather than the end of line? Similar with the "home" key. That is because that is the way it was built, however: Start of Line = Ctrl-a End of Line = Ctrl-e Use

1023 cylinder clarification

1998-06-12 Thread Scott
I've read the redhat faq about this issue but I'm stil a bit confused. I have a QDI motherboard (Intel tx chipset) with a dual ultra DMA 3 Eide controller and a new maxtor 4.3 gb ultra DMA 3 HDD. The HDD is patitioned as follows c:\ - 3.0 gb NTFS d:\ 1.2 GB Fat16. Mys stem boots off the root 3.

Re: How to respond to anti-Linux journalists

1998-06-12 Thread Scott Kindley
Shawn McMahon wrote: > You should keep in mind some of Dale Carnegie's principles. (Say what you > like about the man, but he knew people and he knew how to convince them of > things.) (snipped) Very thoughtfull wording Shawn! I agree to a point.IMHO, the best way to respond is not to respond a

Re: Apache 1.3.0 RPM's anywhere?

1998-06-12 Thread Arne Coucheron
/ Thomas Lund wrote: | Has anyone seen some apache 1.3.0 rpm's anywhere? I tried to find them | yesterday but gave up. Yeah, I've uploaded Apache 1.3.0 and PHP 3.0 rpm's to Red Hat several days ago. They've still not made it out of Incoming though I can make them available from somewhere el

5.1 Security Hole

1998-06-12 Thread Chris Newbill
Hopefully people will actually read this since no one seems to be interested in RPMs.   I keep getting Data Type 9 not supported when installing sendmail 8.8.7 on our Linux 4.2 box.  What does this mean?   Chris    

Re: **Strange printing problem.

1998-06-12 Thread William T Wilson
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Sim Robert wrote: > I used lpr to print a dvi file, but while the printer was printing, > I switched the printer off and then shut down the Linux. Thereafter, Well, don't do that again. :) Print queues on Unix are stubborn, er, especially reliable. :) > how. Is there a

Re: Emacs problem

1998-06-12 Thread Robert Hailman
Emacs acts that way. I don't know what the command is to go to the beggining or end of a line, though. >How come when I hit the "end" key in emacs, it goes to the end of >file rather than the end of line? Similar with the "home" key. > > >Thanks a lot. > > >-- > PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, T

Re: under the 1024th cylander ??

1998-06-12 Thread Robert Hailman
>> I have a p166 lying around with a 2gig hard drive that I've been >>meaning to get linux and (*gasp*) win95 (for games and such ;). Now what >>I have been looking around for is the cut off point in megs that the >>1024th cylander is on. If I were to make a dos-fat partition how big >>

Redhat 5.1 dealers in the Northern VA area?

1998-06-12 Thread Robert Nicholson
Would like to pick up 5.1 locally since I'm in hurry. Does anybody know any retailers in the NoVA/DC area? -- 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 [EM

Emacs problem

1998-06-12 Thread Sim Robert
How come when I hit the "end" key in emacs, it goes to the end of file rather than the end of line? Similar with the "home" key. Thanks a lot. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-

**Strange printing problem.

1998-06-12 Thread Sim Robert
I used lpr to print a dvi file, but while the printer was printing, I switched the printer off and then shut down the Linux. Thereafter, every time I reboot again, the printer would insist on printing that dvi file. However, all I get was garbage letters. Page after page. I really want to sto

[GENERAL] PostgreSQL Database and PgAccess

1998-06-12 Thread Bruce Tong
I just had to say I downloaded PgAccess v0.88 today, unpacked the tar ball on my RedHat Linux 5.1 system running PostgreSQL v6.3.2 and it worked first time with no hassals. I didn't have to rebuild anything. Very Nice. For those in a similar situation as I, (new to PostgreSQL), PgAccess is a vis

upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1

1998-06-12 Thread Wang, Eric
Could I upgrade from 5.0 to 5.1 using rpm instead of the regular 2-disk installation? Will there be any side effect? Thanks. -- 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 uns

Bash and Redhat 5.1

1998-06-12 Thread Nima Mortazavi
Hi When my users run som program in background and just loging out,the background program just keep runing and are left in 'con'! WHY ??? Regards, Nima Mortazavi -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata

Looking for a sample program for port translation

1998-06-12 Thread Rich Man
Hi, I have a task to write a program to change a TCP port number to a different port meaning that I 'd like to redirect a http request on port 80 to https port 443 and responses from port 443 to 80. The reason to do this way is that we have some of customers must use http, but we like to use

Installing from Jaz drive....

1998-06-12 Thread Robert Nicholson
Eons ago I installed Redhat 4.0 from a Jaz drive using the boot floppys worked fine then but now I dn't have the luxury of converting the tar I download to a linux filesystem in order for the boot floppys to be able to mount the linux filesystem. So, I'd like to know if it's possible to ftp onto

Re: just a quick "does this ?????? work with xwindows?"

1998-06-12 Thread GateKeepeR News
I'm using the FireGL but I had to get a diff X server.. I used Xfree with the permedia2 from SuSE and it works great.. On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Tim Larkins (EUKSHEL1PO) wrote: | I'm about to upgrade my graphic's accel board and i've got it down |to either a FireGL Pro 1000 or a Millenium II..

Re: under the 1024th cylander ??

1998-06-12 Thread Vidiot
> I have a p166 lying around with a 2gig hard drive that I've been >meaning to get linux and (*gasp*) win95 (for games and such ;). Now what >I have been looking around for is the cut off point in megs that the >1024th cylander is on. If I were to make a dos-fat partition how big >shou

What's so great about Linux.

1998-06-12 Thread Shawn McMahon
Mr. Dodge, thank you for taking the time to bring up the subject of Linux; and what's more important, to admit that you don't know everything about it, instead of just condemning it on the "if I don't know it, I must not need it" principle. What's so great about Linux? Well, quite a number of th

under the 1024th cylander ??

1998-06-12 Thread Joel Robert Oliveira
Howdy peoples.. I have a p166 lying around with a 2gig hard drive that I've been meaning to get linux and (*gasp*) win95 (for games and such ;). Now what I have been looking around for is the cut off point in megs that the 1024th cylander is on. If I were to make a dos-fat partition

Re: RH 5 - Not very stable for me!

1998-06-12 Thread Eric Wood
Jeremy Domingue wrote: > Anyone have any ideas of what I could try? This is really frustrating, and > also > pretty sad when my NT box which is only a P166 is more stable than my dual P2 > linux box! I have quite the opposite experience. What to do... what to do -eric wood -- PLEASE re

Re: HELP: 5.1 upgrade broke X remote display -> general protection error

1998-06-12 Thread Jon A. Christopher
On Wed, 10 Jun 1998, Jon A. Christopher wrote: > Hello > > After upgrading from 5.0 to 5.1, I can no longer display remote X > applications on my terminal. It's not an xhost problem, as I've got that > set. However, whenever I try to remote-display an X application, it kills > my X session and

Jagged Blue lines

1998-06-12 Thread Jack Hatfield
Anyone have anything for a KFC Smile 17", Trident 9680 video card, and Xwindows. All I get is a jagged blue line at the bottom and a reboot is all I got to get out of it. Can't be doing that either, mission critical system and all. One more question, rcp and remote machine copying. How?? How do

Re: RH 5 - Not very stable for me!

1998-06-12 Thread Jack Hatfield
I had the same problem and it proved to be two things. The power supply and heat, and the ram. Changed the ram chips completely out, installed new and bigger fan and wala. Many days have passed since then with no problems. Try this, ram ain't what it used to be. I know, we build machines all da

Re: RH 5 - Not very stable for me!

1998-06-12 Thread Jeremy Domingue
Well, that's another thing I'm sure it's not I've already tried replacing all the ram in the machine with new ram, and also tried new hard drives and a new net card. And yes, I have downloaded all of the updates to 5.0. It's really odd what it's doing. and it's always after at least 5 day

Re: Linux w/ Netware Support

1998-06-12 Thread Michael Jinks
Steven Ray Lane wrote: > How do I configure the Linux 5.0 server for Netware support? In addition to the IPX support in the kernel, you might also want to look at the mars-nwe package (on the RedHat CD and elsewhere); it's a Netware server emulator and also includes nice tools and docs for makin

Re: RH 5 - Not very stable for me!

1998-06-12 Thread Steve Frampton
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Jeremy Domingue wrote: > I am running RedHat 5.0 with kernel 2.0.34pre11 on a Dual P2 266 w/ 512mb RAM. > After about 5-7 days up, it crashes with a bunch of garbage on the console. Well, it *sounds* like you've got hardware problems. Could be faulty RAM. I take it you've

RH 5 - Not very stable for me!

1998-06-12 Thread Jeremy Domingue
Hey all I am running RedHat 5.0 with kernel 2.0.34pre11 on a Dual P2 266 w/ 512mb RAM. After about 5-7 days up, it crashes with a bunch of garbage on the console. I've look at the messages log, and there is nothing out of the ordinary it just drops off and picks up again when the compute

Re: Alphanumeric Paging for Linux

1998-06-12 Thread Steve Glines
Why would anyone want this when Hylafax does the same thing and is FREE! Geesh! Steve David Coelho wrote: > EtherPage(TM) Now Available on Linux > > We are looking for beta testers for our EtherPage product > running under Linux. If interested, you can download > software and request a

Re: e2fsck in cron

1998-06-12 Thread William T Wilson
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Iztok Polanic wrote: > Why doesn't work this: > > e2fsck -yt /dev/hdx e2fsck won't run on a mounted filesystem, you would have to unmount the filesystem first. Well, it'll run, but I don't think it will do it non-interactively. It will raise quite a fuss. Why are y

Re: e2fsck in cron

1998-06-12 Thread Chris Tyler
> Hello !!! > > Why doesn't work this: > > e2fsck -yt /dev/hdx You should only fsck a filesystem when it's unmounted. > I also tried this: > > echo "y" | e2fsck -t /dev/hdx > > but it also doesn't worked, because e2fsck is aborted. So my question is, > how to make that e2fsck could r

Re: snmpwalk?

1998-06-12 Thread Randy Carpenter
cmu-snmp-utils is the package you want... not sure if it requires cmu-snmp as well... How you don't have an alpha, since the snmp packages are horribly broken on alpha... Randy Carpenter - UNIX Systems Admin First Ne

Networking

1998-06-12 Thread GateKeepeR News
I think I may need a good reference for networking. I have my PPP connection running just fine, but I cannot reach anything on my LAN. My network card is working properly, but I do not know how to set it up to access anything locally.. Can someone just give me some quick tips? Thanks.. Br

Re: Root through telnet (Redhat read this!)

1998-06-12 Thread Shawn McMahon
-Original Message- From: RedHat List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 8:46 AM Subject: Re: Root through telnet (Redhat read this!) > i have RedHat 5.1 with shadow 971001 and su suports a wheel >group.. Excellent! Glad to see Red

One more idea about responses

1998-06-12 Thread Shawn McMahon
After reading some of the letters posted gleefully by list readers, I've come up with another suggestion for those of you planning to write responses to journalists who don't understand Linux: Before you send the letter, let your Mom/Girlfriend/Boyfriend/Teacher read it. That's BEFORE you send

Re: rpm

1998-06-12 Thread Eric Wood
Iztok Polanic wrote: > Is there a way how to install in a rpm only selected files not the > whole package and still able to delete it??? I've read the rpm page once before trying to do what you are asking. I think that's a limitation of RPM (along with interactive install scripting and native co

snmpwalk?

1998-06-12 Thread GateKeepeR News
Does anyone know where I can get an rpm with snmpwalk in it? I need it for an MRTG script.. Thanks! Bryan -- 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: m

Re: Digital Server 3205 - okay for Linux?

1998-06-12 Thread Michael Jinks
James Youngman wrote: > > "sf" == Steve Frampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > sf> Mylex DAC960PD - Supported? "Unknown" > If this is a Mylex SCSI controller, I've had great luck with them. They're the same as BusLogic. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING

Re: can't cut and past text in AfterStep

1998-06-12 Thread Steve Smith
> > "3 button emulation" means that by pressing both buttons on a two button > mouse, it will act as if the center button on a two button mouse has been > selected. > > If you have a 3 button mouse don't choose "3 button emulation". > Yes, I know this. I have a 2 button mouse. my original

RPM not working

1998-06-12 Thread Chris Newbill
I keep getting Data Type 9 not supported when installing sendmail 8.8.7 on our Linux 4.2 box.  What does this mean?   Chris

Re: can't cut and past text in AfterStep

1998-06-12 Thread David L. Martin
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Steve Smith wrote: > I installed RH5.1, using XFreeSVGA server with Matrox > Millenium (4MB). I can't cut and paste text using the > mouse, it seems there is nothing mapped to 3rd mouse > button (I chose 3 button emulation in XF86Setup). Did > I do something wrong or is this

Strange RH 5.1 problems

1998-06-12 Thread hcheng
After upgrading from RH 4.2 to RH 5.1 (I actually wiped everything and reinstalled), my computer has been giving me seg faults on many different apps, including: gcc (compiling normal programs) gcc (random deaths while compiling kernels) emacs fvwm2 make I know that this usually ind

Re: Question with regard to 'kde' and RH5

1998-06-12 Thread Ed Jaeger
There is a glibc (libc6) version of kde and qt available as well as the libc5 IIRC. I'm using it (glibc version w/5.0) with no problems - maybe you had the glibc version before? Hossein S. Zadeh wrote: > > Hi there, > After the reinstall I installed the latest 'qt', and kde beta 4 (libc5 > vers

can't cut and past text in AfterStep

1998-06-12 Thread Steve Smith
I installed RH5.1, using XFreeSVGA server with Matrox Millenium (4MB). I can't cut and paste text using the mouse, it seems there is nothing mapped to 3rd mouse button (I chose 3 button emulation in XF86Setup). Did I do something wrong or is this the wm behavior, how to cut and paste? Steve Ste

Sound?

1998-06-12 Thread Alfonso Barreto Lopez
I just wnat to know if what I am doing is correct... I have a Microsoft Sound Card Aztech, I put the module of Microsoft Cards Then I did insmod sound, but it alway put the uart401 module, Then I put the sound configuration on the kernel and it says the de device is busy. I want to do it as a modu

how to develop a port translation program

1998-06-12 Thread James Kim
Hi, Hi, I am involved to write a program, which translation a port number (e.g. port 80 to port 443). Is there a utility already being used or a sample program, which does the similar thing. The program is supposed to redirect http requests (port 80) to https port (443) and https responses (

Re: ISP FAQ

1998-06-12 Thread Chuck Mead
On 12 Jun, Kyle Moore wrote: > About a year ago I came across a great FAQ (or HOW-TO) on starting your own > ISP. It included business plans, hardware and software recommendations and > so much more. Can anyone here point me in the direction to this or > something like this? I'm still searching

REXEC problem with XWinPro

1998-06-12 Thread Karl Asseily
I am using RedHat 5.1 along with XWinPro for WinNT workstation. When I try to use the rexec command in the startup menu to issue a command, I get this: REXEC Error. Can't open socket! Command failed I am going crazy here. I've read the docs, and went to DejaNews, but to no avail. I enabled rexec

Re: ncurses blasted libc5?

1998-06-12 Thread David Wollmann
At 08:34 AM 6/11/98 -0500, you wrote: >[Sorry if this is a "repeat," unless my settings have changed >surreptitiously, I should have received a copy of this the first time it >posted but didn't, so I'm assuming it was lost.] > >Red Hat 5.0 2.0.31 >Installed and compiled 2.1.85 without any problems

Re: partition problem - DUH!

1998-06-12 Thread Shawn McMahon
-Original Message- From: Graham Knopp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Friday, June 12, 1998 3:16 AM Subject: Re: partition problem - DUH! >no other unusual occurrences. So I am left with an unanswered question. > >Why did the partition table get erase

Request for Diald inclusion in RedHat

1998-06-12 Thread Patrick Bauer
hi... a possibility is to include something like Diald... in the RedHat distribution... and configured specifically to work with the RedHat ppp scripts... for people who are on a network... and who have a dynamic inet connection... so that anyone on the local network can bring up the link... on d

RE: How do I burn a RedHat 5.1 cd

1998-06-12 Thread Joseph Doran
Blasphemy :-) We challenge you to a dual at dawn :-). Joe. > -Original Message- > From: Dan Cyr [SMTP:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: 12 June 1998 12:16 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: How do I burn a RedHat 5.1 cd > > > I am asking this for a friend, who has tried many ways to b

Re: Linux Bigot?? (my computer history)

1998-06-12 Thread Robert Hailman
>>And I can honestly say that had my first computer been a >>pentium with windoze, I would not have fallen completely in love with >>technology the way that I did. I couldn't agree more. My history of computer use makes Linux all the more appealing, and that article all the more disturbing. I

rpm

1998-06-12 Thread Iztok Polanic
Hello !!! Is there a way how to install in a rpm only selected files not the whole package and still able to delete it??? Bye. xx // xx xx ( o o )

Alphanumeric Paging for Linux

1998-06-12 Thread David Coelho
EtherPage(TM) Now Available on Linux We are looking for beta testers for our EtherPage product running under Linux. If interested, you can download software and request an evaluation license code from http://www.ppt.com/eval/version30.html EtherPage is the leading client/server based p

Re: Digital Server 3205 - okay for Linux?

1998-06-12 Thread Ray Curtis
> "sf" == Steve Frampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: sf> I called 1-800-Digital and asked about the devices. The RAID controller sf> is a Mylex (probably a DAC960PD but tech wasn't sure). The SCSI sf> controller is an Adaptec 7880. The ethernet card is Digital 21143 sf> chipset-based. sf>

Re: Linux THEN DOS

1998-06-12 Thread Jay Anderson
On 10 Jun 98 at 19:00, you wrote: > As far as I know, there is no > way to install DOS on any other than the first partition/first disk. If > someone knows how, I'd like the answer to this one, as well... > Check out: http://www.vein.hu/~nagyd/mrbooter.html >From the home page: Key Features

Have you registered Your Usage?

1998-06-12 Thread Joseph Doran
Is anyone interested in registering their usage of Linux? I have found this link. Maybe some of the Linux Online Mags coud put a link to this site, that way we could get a better indication of how many Linux Users there really is. Anybody know any other links? http://counter.li.org:80/index.h

Red Hat 5.1 trying to be nasty to Taiwanese?

1998-06-12 Thread getrhd
Ladies and Gentlemen: I had previously written to express my displeasure with the Red Hat decision *NOT* to include the standard MULE features in Emacs 20, instead doing horrible Norwegian hacking to get rid of the support for oriental languages. Well, not only that, there is no support

e2fsck in cron

1998-06-12 Thread Iztok Polanic
Hello !!! Why doesn't work this: e2fsck -yt /dev/hdx The "y" command should answer to all question yes, but it doesn't. -y Assume an answer of ``yes'' to all questions; allows e2fsck to be used non-interactively. I also tried this: echo "y" | e2

How to respond to anti-Linux journalists

1998-06-12 Thread Shawn McMahon
You should keep in mind some of Dale Carnegie's principles. (Say what you like about the man, but he knew people and he knew how to convince them of things.) Don't tell them they're wrong. This just makes them defensive. Call attention to their mistakes indirectly. Get them agreeing with you

Re: Linux Bigot??

1998-06-12 Thread Shawn McMahon
-Original Message- From: Robert Hailman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 10:04 PM Subject: Re: Linux Bigot?? >Bere are some quotes from the angry mail I sent the author of that article: >"You write from the point of view of someo

Re: RH 5.0 problems with X-display on UltraSparc (Solaris 2.6)

1998-06-12 Thread Rick L. Mantooth
Pete, This may not even be close, but: There was an article in Linux Journal #43 - 11/97 about GIMP and one of the tips was "gimp --no-xshm" if the remote system does not support the MIT-SHM extension. Check your Sun Box with "xdpyinfo | grep MIT-SHM" We're having to stay at 2.5 due to applicat

Re: Digital Server 3205 - okay for Linux?

1998-06-12 Thread James Youngman
> "sf" == Steve Frampton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: sf> Mylex DAC960PD - Supported? "Unknown" Pass. sf> Adaptec 7880 - not listed Effectively an on-board AHA2940uw. The Dell PowerEdge from which I'm posting has one (plus a 7860 and a real 2940). It works fine with stock Red Hat 5

Digital Server 3205 - okay for Linux?

1998-06-12 Thread Steve Frampton
Hello: I am considering purchasing a Digital Server 3205. Before I do, I want to ensure it, including all hardware such as SCSI and Ethernet interfaces, work with Linux. Here are the specs: Digital Server 3205 - Pentium II 300MhZ - 288Mb RAM (2 x 16Mb, 4 x 64Mb) - SCSI 12X CD-ROM drive, - Inte

Re: gpm stalls shutdown

1998-06-12 Thread Clemens Adler
On Fri, 12 Jun 1998, Tony Garland wrote: > I've noticed that there are times when I initiate a shutdown as root where > the gpm program (mouse support) seems to hang the shutdown process. If I > manually kill gpm prior to initiating shutdown, then things work fine. Any > idea why this is so an

RE: gpm stalls shutdown

1998-06-12 Thread David . LANDGREN
>I've noticed that there are times when I initiate a shutdown as root where >the gpm program (mouse support) seems to hang the shutdown process. If I >manually kill gpm prior to initiating shutdown, then things work fine. Any >idea why this is so and how to correct it? Dunno, but you could expl

Re: Linux Bigot??

1998-06-12 Thread Shawn McMahon
-Original Message- From: Jeremy Hansen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Thursday, June 11, 1998 8:27 PM Subject: Re: Linux Bigot?? >This guy is an idiot. That's not useful at all. He's uninformed about Linux,

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