RH51: can't open /lib/modules/preferred/modules.dep

Hi, I just received my RH 51 and installed it without problems. I did recompiled the 2.0.34 kernel from the sources (linux-2.0.34.tar.gz) but now the only thing which I can see strange at boot time is a message: Finding modules dependencies... can't open /lib/modules/preferred/modules.dep I did

Re: NEW INSTALL- NEED HELP!

Michael Jinks wrote: > > Cory T. Lamb wrote: > > > > It sounds like you haven't setup > > apache or installed the ftp server. As root startx then with the > > control-panel run the apache configurator. (The very bottom icon on the > > panel.) > > Minor kvetch: apache configurator isn't always t

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

On Tue, 23 Jun 1998, Richard Sharpe wrote: > At 01:07 PM 6/22/98 -0500, you wrote: > >>Can I read data on a Windows95 generated floppy? If so, how do I do it? I'm > >>running Linux version 5.0 (Red Hat) > > > >Use the mtools suite of programs. Do a "man mtools" for a list of the > >available t

Re: Have y'all seen this?

Maybe try installing communicator 4.05? *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 6/21/98, at 4:40 PM, Patrick O'Neil wrote: >I have RH 5.0 with kernel 2.0.31 installed. I have upgraded >Usernet and installed Netscape Communicator 4.04. When I >start Netscape, the navigator browser starts

Re: qmail ?

Hossein, I assume there aren't RPMS of qmail, especially at RH ftp, because the author of qmail has pretty serious restrictions on distribution. See www.qmail.org. ++ Gregory Fall ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) University of Michigan

Re: NTFS

2.1.89 and above, I THINK...2.1.97 reliably...no write support YET. Woody Security Administrator Localline.com, Oxford, IN [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Paul Fontenot wrote: > Does anyone know, off the top of their heads, what kernel version will > read NTFS? > > -Paul > > > -- >

Re: Relaying

Thus spake RTS ([EMAIL PROTECTED]): > Where is a good spot to find info on stoping relaying?? www.sendmail.org has lots of info for configuring various versions of sendmail. You can also check the Realtime Blackhole List at http://maps.vix.com/rbl Sendmail 8.9 turns off relaying by defau

RE: POP3 server config page?

Hello. You might like to give Eudora's qpopper POP3 server a go. As with most POP3 servers, minimal configuration is required unless U require APOP or support for shadow passwords. ftp://mudflap.cafes.net/pub/redhat5/qpopper*.i386.rpm Just make sure that u've got inetd [/etc/inetd.conf] set up

Re: WP7 Package missing items

Cody Hartley wrote: > > More on WP7 Package: > > Immediately after sending my message to the list I received a reply from > RH. They don't support the bonus CD (disc 3 w/ RH5.1). In my opinion, > asking them to provide the complete program, though it is not part of > the required OS distributi

Re: Best way to configure sound card

>I don't even know for sure if sndconfig has the ability, by itself, to >alter settings in the card; I think you have to match it to whatever the >card is set for. But I may be wrong about this; my Linux-sound >experience ends at the sb16. > >WRT the OSS drivers, I had mixed luck myself. The con

qmail ?

Hi there, Does anyone know where I can find qmail.src.rpm? Couldn't find it on redhat ftp site nor on sunsite mirrors. cheers, Hossein ,---, | ...Mary had a little ram and Windows was so slow... | |-

Failed FTP--even after extraction!

Hello, I ran into a problem today which I have run into before. It usually takes me a MANY attempts at solving a problem like this before I run out of ideas. But this time, I'm about to my end! It has to do with FTP downloads. Maybe some of you have seen it before. It is a read error of some

Re: NTFS

On 22 Jun, Paul Fontenot shaped the bitstream to say: > Does anyone know, off the top of their heads, what kernel version will > read NTFS? > > -Paul > > 2.1.106 I think! -- Chuck Mead [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.moongroup.com/unix/ A bad marriage is like a horse with a broken leg, but you

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

>You mean that all the time that I have simply been mounting my Win 95 >floppies under RedHat Linux 4.0, 4.2, and 5.0, I have been doing it the >wrong way? >Wow! >Richard Sharpe, [EMAIL PROTECTED], NIC-Handle:RJS96 Yep! :-) MB -- System Administrator - Finnigan FT/MS - Madison WI. URL:http://ww

Re: NTFS

The 2.1.x kernels (not sure as of what though) read ntfs. Just get 2.1.106, and stay pretty-current w/ them. Chris <- Visit Me At http://home.hiwaay.net/~jfrost -> <-- For My Public PGP Key Visit http://home.hiwaay.net/~jfrost/pgp_key.txt --> -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and

Web Database

Slowly building up my systems knowlage now :) Next thing to get under my belt, I want to be able to have a form based database take entries, insert into the database, and be able to do key searches in each catagory, keywords, etc... Then generate result. Projects to "play" with this - a produ

POP3 server config page?

hi Everyone, Finally got around to trying to setup a POP3 server on red hat anyone know where that might be? Finished off the bat book 'SENDMAIL' but since it delivers from queue on a set time basis i would like to perhaps use both SMTP and POP3. This is because POP3 allows the users

RE: Sendmail [Fetchmail] woes

Hello, Kevin. Hmm.. your sendmail woes seem more like fetchmail woes :=) Just to share some observations from setting up fetchmail mutidrop configuration. By default, fetchmail identities the intended recipient from the first Received: line in the mail header, so unless your the first Received:

NTFS

Does anyone know, off the top of their heads, what kernel version will read NTFS? -Paul -- 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

Soundcard ESS1868 config. help.

I've been using R.H. Linux 5.1 for a few days. The good folks at Redhat Installation Support deemed this not worthy of their attention (said it was not an installation issue, but I disagree). They said I should post the question to this list, so here goes: State the installation problem: I have

Re: NEW INSTALL- NEED HELP!

bennett lauber wrote: > > thanks cory- No I cannot telnet in from another workstation--it times > out What is the output of this line: $ ps aux | grep inet ? -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat

Re: Have y'all seen this?

Patrick O'Neil wrote: > > It is as if the Navigator screen refresh/ > repaint isn't working while everything else is fines I can't add much except that I've seen very similar behavior, under slightly different curcumstances. I've never had it happen in mail, but sometimes when a (poorly desig

Real Audio

I just installed Red Hat 5.1. Is the Real Audio application supposed to work out of the box? I ask this because mine doesn't. I read the included documentation and the files are not in a subdirectory of /root as the documentation states. Additional configuration instructions are erroneous. >From

Re: Ensoniq Soundscape & RedHat 5.1

Congratulations Dirk, I believe you are the first person that actual got an Ensoniq SoundCard to work! Sorry it went belly up. It seems the only soltuion is to use the driver from 4front ($20) -- robert Dirk Muders wrote: > > Hello, > > after upgrading RH 4.0 to 5.1 my Ensoniq Soundscape

Re: NEW INSTALL- NEED HELP!

thanks cory- No I cannot telnet in from another workstation--it times out ---"Cory T. Lamb" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Can you telnet in from any other box? It sounds like you haven't setup > apache or installed the ftp server. As root startx then with the > control-panel run the apache

Re: Best way to configure sound card

Scott wrote: > > I treid this > once before using sndconfig and I either messed up my irq/dma settings or > the program itself is buggy becasue after rebooting my adaptec 1540 scsi > card was non functional. Note that no matter which utility you use, you'll still need to watch out for IRQ confli

Aztech Sound Card solved!!!!!

Just as an info. in case if someone needs it... I downloaded a driver made by a company, this is the address:ftp.hardtarjet.nu There is still a version for 5.1 , then I made the instalation just taking off everyting related about sound from the kernel, by the way, during the intallation you been a

Sendmail failing with regularity

Hi, We have a RedHat Linux 5.0 system with very few of the errata patches installed. Sendmail is failing with regularity. It simply fails, and seems not to leave a core file nor does it seem to place a message in any of the log files. Has anyone seen this problem before? I have a cron job th

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

At 01:07 PM 6/22/98 -0500, you wrote: >>Can I read data on a Windows95 generated floppy? If so, how do I do it? I'm >>running Linux version 5.0 (Red Hat) > >Use the mtools suite of programs. Do a "man mtools" for a list of the >available tools. Once you see the list, you'll see just how easy it

Relaying

Where is a good spot to find info on stoping relaying?? Randy RTS [EMAIL PROTECTED] Director of Operations *The box said "Windows 95, Windows NT4.0 or better".. so I installed Linux* Always Looking For A Better Way. Oh Yea...Found a better way RaDaR Computer Solutions (rdr.net)

Re: OS Fuss (IRT: What Good is Linux)

Great answers to the subject line. Thanks, William H. Jackson Jr. -- 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: NEW INSTALL- NEED HELP!

Cory T. Lamb wrote: > > It sounds like you haven't setup > apache or installed the ftp server. As root startx then with the > control-panel run the apache configurator. (The very bottom icon on the > panel.) Minor kvetch: apache configurator isn't always the bottom one. On mine, it's the top

Re: configuring printer

Kevin Seguin wrote: > > uh..., well i didn't really get any error messages. when i tried printing to > an ip address, i got a message saying "waiting for lp to become ready > (offline ?)". the printer is an HP LaserJet 5 si/NX. i used the "remote unix > queue" option in the printer configurat

Re: IP Masqurading

On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Ed Jaeger wrote: yeah - found that out - works fine now :) added it to rc.local > One thing I don't think is in the mini-howto is that you have to (with RedHat > distributions, and this _is_ the redhat-list) turn on ip forwarding - if your > response is "huh?" I'll

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Can I read data on a Windows95 generated floppy? If so, how do I do it? I'm > running Linux version 5.0 (Red Hat) Use "mtools". The RPM comes on the CD. __ Mauricio Teixeira -

Re: PLZ HELP NOW! var/log/wtmp is growing HUGE

Hey, You might want to do a: strings wtmp to see what's going on here that's causing the logfile to grow so fast. To get rid of the logfile, try: cp /dev/null wtmp as root. If you want to keep the old logfile copy it somewhere else first. Good luck! Deke On Mon, 22 Jun 1

Have y'all seen this?

I have RH 5.0 with kernel 2.0.31 installed. I have upgraded Usernet and installed Netscape Communicator 4.04. When I start Netscape, the navigator browser starts up fine, but when I subsequently start up the communicator mail/news- reader, I run into a bit of a...problem. When I select to sta

Re: IDE Zip no workie - FIXED!!!!!

Richard: >The second method, and the one I use, is SCSI emulation. The advantage of >this is that "eject" will work. > >Compile the kernel with SCSI emulation and SCSI disk support, *NO ATAPI >FLOPPY support*. Then you would mount a SCSI device. > >Hope this helps. Thank you, thank you, thank yo

Re: OS Fuss (IRT: What Good is Linux)

> > This is an honest query from someone who does not > understand how the real world works. In my job, the OS > is totally transparent to the users. It was VMS, now > it's NT (with obvious hardware replacement). What the > user sees (and what my graduate school books say > management sho

Best way to configure sound card

Greetings, I'm a linux newbie (NT is my background) and I'm looking to configure a SoundBlaster AWE 32 card on my RH 5.0 (kernel 2.0.31) box. I treid this once before using sndconfig and I either messed up my irq/dma settings or the program itself is buggy becasue after rebooting my adaptec 1540

Re: Kernel Compilation Problem

Try doing a "make bzImage" or a "make bzLilo" instead of a "make boot". That should work better..."make boot" is usually used for Alphas, not Intels. (I'm assuming you hvae an Intel processor.) Good luck- -Sam On Mon, Jun 22, 1998 at 05:00:40PM -0600, Steve Ki-Won Lee wrote: > Greetings Fellow L

Re: How to remove ,cr> and ^M.

> Resent-Cc: recipient list not shown:;@redhat.com > Mbox-Line: From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Mon Jun 22 18:42:55 1998 > Date: Tue, 23 Jun 1998 00:19:33 +0200 > From: Ignacio Rodriguez <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Dave Parker wrote: > > > >If you're alredy looking for dos2unix command it is in redhat's con

Re: having to ethernet interfaces

Igmar Palsenberg wrote: > >i want to be able to use two ip addresses on two different networks. >i > >tried using the network configuration in the control panel and adding >a > >second ethernet interface. when i tried to activate the ethernet > >interface, i couldn't get it to work. does anyon

Re: has anyone got a compaq modem working with redhat5.0

If your able to get to X, you should be able to run "modemtool", which will set up where /dev/modem is pointing to. You can either find "modemtool" on the control panel or just run the command 'modemtool' from a shell window inside X I hope this is helpful > > > hello

Kernel Compilation Problem

Greetings Fellow List Members, I just tried to compile my kernel (kernel, kernel-headers and kernel-source all being 2.0.34.i386.rpm) and I got as far as the make clean part just fine after having used menuconfig and doing a "make dep". But, when I tried "make boot" it immediately would just han

Re: OS Fuss (IRT: What Good is Linux)

> Big Questions: > 1. Why such an uproar over OS's when most problems > are in the applications (except when NT munched > itself one week after I took over). But for a server platform - even an errant application SHOULD NOT BE ABLE to crash the server. > 2b. Do companies call Microsoft or

Re: OS Fuss (IRT: What Good is Linux)

>Big Questions: >1. Why such an uproar over OS's when most problems >are in the applications (except when NT munched >itself one week after I took over). Because, IMHO, you have been misled. It is the underlying OS that is a majority of the problem when it comes to Win95 and NT. Why? Bec

Re: OS Fuss (IRT: What Good is Linux)

On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, George Toft wrote: > This is an honest query from someone who does not > understand how the real world works. In my job, the OS You're being sarcastic... right? > If our computers don't work right, our first step is > reboot Win95 (clients) or NT (server), wherever the

Re: configuring printer

uh..., well i didn't really get any error messages. when i tried printing to an ip address, i got a message saying "waiting for lp to become ready (offline ?)". the printer is an HP LaserJet 5 si/NX. i used the "remote unix queue" option in the printer configuration. i don't even know if this

PLZ HELP NOW! var/log/wtmp is growing HUGE

/var/log/wtmp has grown 1.5 meg overnight! how do i pare this down or what do i do with it!!?!?!?! HELP! Jann Jann Linder Web Developer/CH2M Hill - SFO [EMAIL PROTECTED] Home Page: http://www.jann.com/ CalendarPlus Web Site: http://www.calendarplus.com/ -- PLEASE read the

Re: How to remove ,cr> and ^M.

Dave Parker wrote: > >If you're alredy looking for dos2unix command it is in redhat's contrib > >directory! > > You might also take a look at /usr/bin/tr. > -- Do you know where I could find the source code of dos2unix and unix2dos? Just to know how they work and what they can and cannot do. T

OS Fuss (IRT: What Good is Linux)

Isolated Government Leech asks: This is an honest query from someone who does not understand how the real world works. In my job, the OS is totally transparent to the users. It was VMS, now it's NT (with obvious hardware replacement). What the user sees (and what my graduate school books sa

Re: IP Masqurading

One thing I don't think is in the mini-howto is that you have to (with RedHat distributions, and this _is_ the redhat-list) turn on ip forwarding - if your response is "huh?" I'll give you thhe details. James Michael Keller wrote: > > On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Matt Housh wrote: > > > > Check out the

RE: sound.o missing

Yes, I did all steps - configure module support,configure sound as module, make zImage, make modules, make modules_install. but sound.o is still missing. On 22 Jun 98 at 14:28, Patrick M. Ferdig wrote: > just a couple of 'duh' questions, but... > > did you compile sound as a module? > did you

Re: having to ethernet interfaces

I too would like this information. I use my box on 2 completely different networks and with NT its a simple re-boot (if this is simple). I want to see if I can get linux to do the same thing. Scott *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 6/22/98, at 1:55 PM, Kevin Seguin wrote: >i want t

Re: NEW INSTALL- NEED HELP!

Can you telnet in from any other box? It sounds like you haven't setup apache or installed the ftp server. As root startx then with the control-panel run the apache configurator. (The very bottom icon on the panel.) Set it up there and if you have questions e-mail me off the list. This may be

Upgrading ncurses...

Hi, I've been trying to upgrade a ncurses on a 4.2 machine to ncurses-4.1-12.i386.rpm. I get the following error: ncurses unpacking of archive failed on file /usr/lib/terminfo: -2147483639: Operation not permitted error: ncurses-4.1-12.i386.rpm cannot be installed I tri

Re: NEW INSTALL- NEED HELP!

bennett lauber wrote: > > > hi. this is a brand new install. I am an experienced win95/dos > > administrator, learning unix > > > > > > i just did an install from your cd-rom. On my network, I can ping > > the unix box, but when i try to ftp or connected via a browers i get > > socket errors. >

Re: configuring printer

Kevin Seguin wrote: > > i want to configure a printer for my new linux box. i can either use a > printer that is on a netware network or print directly to an ip address > for a printer. does anyone know how to configure either of these. i > tried doing it through the control-panel (printer con

Ensoniq Soundscape & RedHat 5.1

Dirk Muders writes: > Hello, > > after upgrading RH 4.0 to 5.1 my Ensoniq Soundscape Vivo 90 soundcard no > longer works (it worked OK with kernel 2.0.18). I have searched the web but > all I could find were pointers to OSS. Isn't it possible to get the 2.0.18 > code to work again ? (I

Re: has anyone got a compaq modem working with redhat5.0

If it is from a Presario, it is a Winmodem. You don't need to pay anyone anything to find out it won't work under anything but WINDOWS! Lloyd -Original Message- From: Igmar Palsenberg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>

Apache's mod_usertrack (was: Cookies)

Well, again I lost the original post, so this is to the person wanting to enable cookies for tracking of users... First, you need to make the changes in the Configuration file to enable mod_usertrack.o and compile Apache. Then, you need to modify the httpd.conf file to enable it. Here's why my

Re: having to ethernet interfaces

>i want to be able to use two ip addresses on two different networks. >i >tried using the network configuration in the control panel and adding >a >second ethernet interface. when i tried to activate the ethernet >interface, i couldn't get it to work. does anyone know how to do >this??? >thank

Re: second try ->libxview.so.3 is not being found?

>please, anyone have anything about this? That's because the loader can't fnd it. Try a man ldd >i am trying to install cqcam from the rpm but it keeps saying that it >needs libxview.so.3 it install. i have xview-3.2p1.4-1 installed and >can >find the libxview.so.3 file on my drive. am i mi

Re: second try ->libxview.so.3 is not being found?

Brad Wyman writes: > > i am trying to install cqcam from the rpm but it keeps saying that it > needs libxview.so.3 it install. i have xview-3.2p1.4-1 installed and can > find the libxview.so.3 file on my drive. am i missing somthing ealse for > the xview stuff to be seen corectly by cqcam?

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

You can use the vfat filesystem with Windows 95 floppies so you can have long filenames. David Pellegrino wrote: > > Yes, you have to mount the floppy from Linux. The command is: > "mount -t msdos /dev/fdx /mnt" mount let's you access the disk, -t msdos > allows you to use the msdos filesyste

RE: Fetchmail Question

> From: Lance Robertson [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 1:05 PM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: RE: Fetchmail Question > > > On Fri, 19 Jun 1998, Ray Curtis wrote: > > > Put something like this in your .fetchmailrc: > > == > > > > poll mail.lrzon

Re: Good backup solution for two linux boxes on same ethernet.

> "de" == Doug Elznic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: de> We have BRU. I have not found anything about backing up over the de> network... That is because BRU with RedHat is the personal edition and won't handle network backups. They do have a network package for $300 however. de> On Thu, 18 J

Netscape slow as a snail

I tried posting the other night but my ISP has been flakey...I don't know if it made it thru so if this is repetitive, I'm sorry. I have a Netscape question/problem. I am running RH 5.0 with kernel 2.0.31 and recently installed Communicator 4.04 and to connect to my ISP I use Usernet. Thing is

Re: SCSI Zip Drive probs

I have the same hardware, and just recently got it to work. first of all I believe your kernel arg is incorrect. I assume you're giving this argument as an 'append' statement in your lilo.conf file. the line breaks down something like this: append="aha152x=,,," the io address is se

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

>I have a related problem. I have a system like this: > > /dev/hda1 FAT32 (Win95) (1/3) > /dev/hda2 Linux swap > /dev/hda3 Linux native(2/3) > /dev/hda4 WinBook's save-to-disk area > >When I try "mount -t msdos

Ensoniq Soundscape & RedHat 5.1

Hello, after upgrading RH 4.0 to 5.1 my Ensoniq Soundscape Vivo 90 soundcard no longer works (it worked OK with kernel 2.0.18). I have searched the web but all I could find were pointers to OSS. Isn't it possible to get the 2.0.18 code to work again ? (I tried to use it, but ended up with lot

Re: Good backup solution for two linux boxes on same ethernet.

We have BRU. I have not found anything about backing up over the network... On Thu, 18 Jun 1998, Ray Curtis wrote: > > "de" == Doug Elznic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > de> Hello, > de> I have two linux boxes I would like to backup over the network. One has > de> he tape drive and the o

RE: sound.o missing

just a couple of 'duh' questions, but... did you compile sound as a module? did you run 'make modules' and 'make modules_install'? just checking... Pat > I hope somebody on this list can help. I tried compiling a new > kernel version 2.0.34; everything that I had configure, including > the IDE

Netscape 4.05-6 still doesn't do forms

Greetings, I have 5.1 running on my system with all updates, including the Netscape 4.05 update which (according to the errata) "(10-Jun-1998) Fixes the libBrokenLocale.so preload problem so that forms work correctly." However, forms do not work at all for me with Netscape 4.05, I tried to inst

Symbios Logic SCSI

Hello all, Just wondering if anybody knew if there was work going on for a driver for the Symbios Logic U/W SCSI controller... Thanks, js * Jason Scherbarth * Extreme Networks * (408)863-2842 Gigabit Ethernet? check out http://www.extremenetworks.com -- PLEASE read the

Re: Problems: 2.1.106 development kernel and PPPD

> "J" == J Mark Brooks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: J> The RPM at Redhat is screwed. Try this url/directory: J> ftp://ftp.ulpgc.es/pub/ulpgc/ppp-2.3.5/ J> and you can get either the binary or the source version. I haven't seen J> this anywhere else, and don't know why. Than

having to ethernet interfaces

i want to be able to use two ip addresses on two different networks. i tried using the network configuration in the control panel and adding a second ethernet interface. when i tried to activate the ethernet interface, i couldn't get it to work. does anyone know how to do this??? thanks for an

Re: ftp service??

Matt Teagarden wrote: > > For the life of me, i can't get ftp services running on my rh5 box. I have > both ftp and anonftp packages installed(i hope so) The way to tell for sure is rpm -q packageName If it comes back 'not installed', then you know what to do -- otherwise, try rpm -V packageNa

configuring printer

i want to configure a printer for my new linux box. i can either use a printer that is on a netware network or print directly to an ip address for a printer. does anyone know how to configure either of these. i tried doing it through the control-panel (printer configuration) but i couldn' get i

second try ->libxview.so.3 is not being found?

please, anyone have anything about this? --- Brad Wyman [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Forwarded message -- Date: Fri, 19 Jun 1998 10:52:20 -0500 (CDT) From: Brad Wyman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject

Re: has anyone got a compaq modem working with redhat5.0

>hello, >i'm trying to get linux to recognize my modem. i'm using >the redhat 5.0 distribution and a compaq presario 8712. >the modem is a plug-n-play 33,6 modem. >i called compaq tech support to see if they could provide >information about configuring the compaq modem to be non-PnP. >it turns o

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

Yes, you have to mount the floppy from Linux. The command is: "mount -t msdos /dev/fdx /mnt" mount let's you access the disk, -t msdos allows you to use the msdos filesystem (don't forget to use this, or you can damage the disk as far as windows is concerned.) /dev/fdx, where fdx is your flopp

NEW INSTALL- NEED HELP!

> hi. this is a brand new install. I am an experienced win95/dos > administrator, learning unix > > > i just did an install from your cd-rom. On my network, I can ping > the unix box, but when i try to ftp or connected via a browers i get > socket errors. > > I'm sure this is some little set

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

> Can I read data on a Windows95 generated floppy? If so, how do I do it? I'm > running Linux version 5.0 (Red Hat) > Sure, you can. You are just to compile the kernel with the various FAT filesystems included (ususally this is done in the form of modules). Then say 'mount -t vfat /dev/fd0 /moun

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

>From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Date: Mon, 22 Jun 1998 12:27:46 EDT >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Can I read data on a Windows95 generated floppy? If so, how do I do it? I'm >running Linux version 5.0 (Red Hat) One of two ways... You can do it the hard way... mount -t vfat -w /dev/fd0 /mnt/floppy; ls

RE: SMTP

On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >I know I need to configure SMPT...but where do I find info on this? I >have checked the HOWTO's, but don't seem to find anything that would help >me here. I didn't find a specific SMTP HOWTO. > >quinn > Ok you need to read up on Sendmail. This is

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

>Can I read data on a Windows95 generated floppy? If so, how do I do it? I'm >running Linux version 5.0 (Red Hat) Use the mtools suite of programs. Do a "man mtools" for a list of the available tools. Once you see the list, you'll see just how easy it is to use them. MB -- System Administrato

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

On Mon, 22 Jun 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >Can I read data on a Windows95 generated floppy? If so, how do I do it? I'm >running Linux version 5.0 (Red Hat) > Please look into mtools. try mdir a: mcopy You can read the manual pages by typing man mdir man mcopy If you get file not f

Re: Reading a Windows95 (DOS) floppy

> Can I read data on a Windows95 generated floppy? I don't know about Win95 specifically, but the following works for DOS floppies: # mkdir /mnt/floppy (one-shot...if it doesn't already exist) # mount -t msdos /dev/fd0H1440 /mnt/floppy # ls /mnt/floppy The only gotc

Sendmail woes

I'm quite dumb when it comes to sendmail. That /etc/sendmail.cf file is WAY over my head. It has never been modified. Setting up RHL 5.1 with about 30 active user accounts. It will be an IMAP server internal to my organization and forward mail for a few accounts to a district MS exchange box.

Re: ftp service??

> For the life of me, i can't get ftp services running on my rh5 box. I have > both ftp and anonftp packages installed(i hope so) but the services won't > start and I can't figure out how to fire them up by hand The following document may be of help:

Re: Still crashing...HELP!!! (used to be - Bind processes to a specific processor using SMP?)

Hm, Well, I certainly don't have a problem upgrading the kernel the only thing that's holding me back right now is that I've had quite a few people tell me I'd probably have even more probems with a 2.1.x devel kernel and the last thing I need right now is more problems. What are

Re: IP Masqurading

On Mon, 22 Jun 1998, Matt Housh wrote: > > Check out the IP-Masquerading mini-HOWTO. All the steps you need for > IP-Masq, laid out plainly :) > > -- Well, according to the mini-howto - it should be working fine :) --

Re: X Font path??

I feel for you. I have the same problem. I have had a trouble ticket open with Redhat for several weeks - with no resolution. Verified the packages, checked the XF86Config file, added the X server wrapper, mkfontdir'd the appropriate directories... still no go. If you figure it out, I would ap

RE: SMTP

Isn't sendmail handling SMTP? I did not have to configure SMTP. I run ISDN and have a router so I did not have to do any configuration. I don't think that I even set uap sendmail.cw. However, I haven't tried mail on this last installation. I suspect that I might have to add an entry to sendma

Re: Terms: 5.1 Upgrade

Problem was solved buy reinstalling the ncurses package. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Michael Ghens Small Planet Connections Internet: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Santa Barbara, CA http://www.spconnect.c

Re: Telnetting into

Another possible solution is the perl Telnet package, which will allow you to automate login/password and execute a command. But that requires a little Perl knowledge. :) D At 11:24 AM 6/22/98 -0400, you wrote: >Try "expect". > > _

RE: SMTP

> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Monday, June 22, 1998 6:47 AM > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Subject: SMTP > > > I have a 5.1 box running IMAP and POP3 that lets me read mail > from a pop3 > or imap client fine, but when I try to send mail from these > clients, I get > an e

RE: Virtual Hosting in Apache 1.3

> From: Bench [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Friday, June 19, 1998 7:21 PM > To: Redhat List > Subject: Virtual Hosting in Apache 1.3 > > > > I can't figure out why this doesn't work: > > NameVirtualHost 203.176.5.130 > > > ServerAdmin [EMAIL PROTECTED] > DocumentRoot /home/httpd/virtual

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