system clock 30 min fast after reboot

1999-12-01 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
My system clock always reads 30 minutes fast after a reboot. I set my system clock daily using rdate, followed by setclock to set the hardware clock. I don't experience any significant time slippage when the system is running normally. However, after any reboot, the time is always around 30

Re: Some basic installation questions

1999-12-01 Thread Thomas Ribbrock \(Design/DEG\)
On Tue, Nov 30, 1999 at 08:08:46PM -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Nelson Little wrote: It's going to be difficult to partition this system, because 6.1 takes up around 1.1 GB for a full install. You might pare it down to around 900 if you know what to avoid installing, but

Re: 6.1 ISO image

1999-12-01 Thread Patrick Colbeck
Yes should be no problem, I downloaded the ISO image and burnt it on a Win98 machine at work. Works fine. An ISO image is what it says an image so you should be able to blow it on any OS. Pat -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

rh6.1 installation problem

1999-12-01 Thread Nelson Little
Hi,, I just got the rh6.1 CD and I proceeded to do the install, everything went fine and then it just stopped! It had about 81 packages left to install but it just stopped. I am installing rh on my second HDD (IDE) my primary HDD contains win98. Has anyone had this problem? Can anyone offer a

building ping

1999-12-01 Thread hUnTeR
I am trying an rpm rebuild of a newer netkit-base and when it goes to build ping i get the following error: /usr/src/redhat/BUILD/netkit-base-0.10/ping/ make gcc -pipe -D__USE_BSD_SIGNAL -Wall -W -Wpointer-arith -Wbad-function-cast -Wcas t-qual -Wstrict-prototypes -Wmissing-prototypes

Printing under RH 6.1

1999-12-01 Thread Valmir C. Barbosa
Yesterday I was advised to do this for /dev/lp0 to get online: Insert at /etc/conf.modules alias parport_lowlevel parport_pc It worked (thank you!) and I then generated the following printcap entry with printtool: ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL ljet4 600x600 a4 {} LaserJet4 Default 1 lp:\

strange syslogd messages

1999-12-01 Thread Charles Galpin
Can anyone tell me what this mean? It got broadcast to all the consoles on my 6.1 server. I think I might have had pcket logging turned on at the time (had been running mason) Message from syslogd@pooh at Tue Nov 30 08:18:35 1999 ... pooh kernel: T=109 (#1) thanks -- To unsubscribe:

Re: Printing under RH 6.1

1999-12-01 Thread Marek Antozi
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Valmir C. Barbosa wrote: It worked (thank you!) and I then generated the following printcap entry with printtool: ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL ljet4 600x600 a4 {} LaserJet4 Default 1 lp:\ :sd=/var/spool/lpd/lp:\ :mx#0:\ :sh:\ :lp=/dev/lp0:\

Re: how to control $HOSTNAME Please Help!

1999-12-01 Thread a mole
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Tom Savage wrote: This little problem is driving me crazy! I'm the original poster of this question and have not got an answer yet!!! In a nutshell here is my problem: When I connect to my ISP via modem my $HOSTNAME changes. Can this be prevented, and if not what is

Re: rh6.1 installation problem

1999-12-01 Thread Charles Galpin
I can try help you determine what went wrong. When this happens, access the other virtual consoles (the graphical install runs on virtual console 7) to see what the installer was doing at the time. To do this, press the CTRL, ALT and Fnumber keys simultaneously to access the number virtual

Re: Help configuring mail relaying

1999-12-01 Thread Greg W
Every domain that you will accept mail for relaying must be in the access file IPS1.domain.com RELAY ISP2.domain.com RELAY your.domain.com RELAY localhost RELAY etc the only time this may not work is if one of the other mail servers reject the mail, which may or may not be the

Sticky bit (wasL RE: LOGIN program)

1999-12-01 Thread Pieckiel, Kevin A
Would someone please clearify what the purpose of the "sticky" bit is and how it is used? I understand the concept of the set{u,g}id bits, but this one is strange. I don't see how saving a program on the swap device would be beneficial unless the swap device was faster than the media on which

Re: cd-rom burner software

1999-12-01 Thread Ayman Haidar
Once upon a time Ed Lazor ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) wrote: What's the best cd-rom burner software for linux? Do you have to be root to run this software or can other users use it as well? Thanks in advance =) look at cdrecord and mkisofs commands themselves, I found out

Re: Sticky bit (wasL RE: LOGIN program)

1999-12-01 Thread Charles Galpin
You are misreading the man page. The t switch uses swap, the s switch sets the user or group ID on execution. I'm probably going to do a lousy job of explaining it, but I'll give it a stab anyway. This is the heart of the user provate group scheme being useful. We are all in our own group,

Need help deciding on which Linux Distribution

1999-12-01 Thread Frank Rocco
Hello, I might have asked this before, but having trouble deciding between Red Hat, Caldera and Corel. Corel and Red Hat are about the same price. Caldera is about have the price. Since Corel is the newer release, is it a better choice or will the next release of Red Hat be better? I like the

Re: Need help deciding on which Linux Distribution

1999-12-01 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Frank Rocco wrote: Since Corel is the newer release, is it a better choice No. As mentioned before, Corel Linux actually includes a lot of outdated packages, some are so outdated that they're harmful (believe me, you don't want to run bind 8.1.1 or proftpd 1.2.0pre1

RE: Need help deciding on which Linux Distribution

1999-12-01 Thread Frank Rocco
Thanks fro the tip, I pre-ordered Corel and will call today and cancel. Which do you like better between Caldera and Red Hat? Regards, Frank Rocco -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: PCI audio (es1371) broken??? Kernel 2.2.12

1999-12-01 Thread Eric J. Gerney
Thanks for the info, I will determine if the irq is being shared and then change it if necessary. However, would attempting to share IRQs with other pci devices cause the "dma timing out???" message in the logs? -Eric [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] The opinions expressed herein are

Re: PCI audio (es1371) broken??? Kernel 2.2.12

1999-12-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Thanks for the info, I will determine if the irq is being shared and then change it if necessary. However, would attempting to share IRQs with other pci devices cause the "dma timing out???" message in the logs? Now that you mention it, that is exactly the error message that I saw. The

RE: Need help deciding on which Linux Distribution

1999-12-01 Thread Greg W
Frank you are mailing a Redhat list, we would not be here if we thought another distribution was markedly better, therefore most answers will beget Redhat...right? You run the risk of starting nasty emails with questions along this line, or maybe getting a few yourself ! At the moment

fdisk?? Re: ATI Rage Fury AGP

1999-12-01 Thread Frank Carreiro
I didn't see it. I'll check again this weekend. I'm installing a couple of systems. I really hate disk druid. Not as friendly as I'd like (doesn't do what I want in other words) This was in a RH 6.1 installation Frank Frank Carreiro wrote: But that's another long story and for now I'm

wuftp Q

1999-12-01 Thread Jim Bija
I have a rather frsh lrh 6.1 install, with wuftpd installed. When i ftp in it allows me to go out of my home dir infact letting me go just about anywhere i want. Although it would seem there is SOME security in place as i cant edit delete copy stuff etc, i dont want my users being able to leave

RE: Need help deciding on which Linux Distribution

1999-12-01 Thread Frank Rocco
Frank you are mailing a Redhat list, we would not be here if we thought another distribution was markedly better, therefore most answers will beget Redhat...right? Point taken. Sorry, did not mean to start a flame war. I just wanted experienced opinions on Linux. Regards, Frank Rocco

Re: Help - Installing Linux?

1999-12-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Frank, The only thing that I would recommend pm for is resizing windows partitions. Don't install it on the hard drive; Don't use it to create "linux" partitions. I've seen pm do some really wacky stuff to people's partition tables. And for that matter, you could just skip pm and use the

Mouse copy/paste problems

1999-12-01 Thread Julian Thomas
RH 6.0 Gnome, Enlightenment. 3 button mouse. Can't get X cut and paste to work. If I mark (using LMB), then move the cursor, center MB has no effect even when there is a Buttons 3 in the pointer section of XF86Config. Without Buttons 3, any attempt to use LMB/RMB brings up a menu with New

Re: Need help deciding on which Linux Distribution

1999-12-01 Thread pp_mm
I think THE RedHat almost the best distribution Now! But you have another choose, "SuSE Linux 6.3 Arrives December 1st! " Today? I think It's Okay too. Frank Rocco wrote: Thanks fro the tip, I pre-ordered Corel and will call today and cancel. Which do you like better between

RE: Need help deciding on which Linux Distribution

1999-12-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Frank, I don't think that anybody sent a single flame. You asked a very valid question as a prospective linux user, and all that responeded gave you their own opinions. I think that all most folks wanted you to realize is that this is a Red Hat list, and that most users will probably be

OT--I'Net Cafe

1999-12-01 Thread David
Hello Everyone, Sorry for the OT topic here, but what better place to turn for tech info. Presently I'm in the process of setting up a Cafe, Computer Books and Accessory store, which there will also be public surfing available. Right now I'm planning on having 2, 7 MB ADSL connections, 1 of

RE: Need help deciding on which Linux Distribution

1999-12-01 Thread Chris Morton
I believe that Red Hat will remain the superior server distribution. What I think will eventually happen is that Corel will sort itself out and become a very popular workstation distribution for less sophisticated users, as easy or easier to deal with than Win9x, with the added benefits of the

Kernel - aic7xxx

1999-12-01 Thread Toni Guedes
Hi, My computer (Via MVP3.5 chipset + aha-2940 + C.Labs awe32) hangs when playing sounds under X/gnome with the original rh6.1 kernel (2.2.12)...it seens to be a problem with the Via chipset or ISA DMAs...I don't know...so I decided to compile a new kernel (2.2.13) and it gave me a new problem!

Fonts - Type 1 - help!

1999-12-01 Thread Julian Thomas
I'm trying to make some sense out of the mess of type 1 fonts on my RH 6.0 system. Doing a find on font turns up (among other stuff), the following: /usr/share/X11R6/lib/X11/fonts/Type1 /usr/share/fonts/default/Type1 /home/jt/star51/fonts/type1 /home/jt/wperfect/shlib10 and then there are

Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread Frank Rocco
Hello, Which modem works best with Linux. 56K V.90 Regards, Frank Rocco -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread Steve Dixon
your best bet would be to get any external modem. Frank Rocco wrote: Hello, Which modem works best with Linux. 56K V.90 Regards, Frank Rocco -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject. -- Steve Dixon Dpn, Incorporated System Administrator Phone -

Re: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread Scott Skrogstad
I use a 3Com "USR" Sportster 56k External and it works great. It will do V90 or X2. Scott Skrogstad Computer Integration Inc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-522-3475 Phone On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Frank Rocco wrote: Hello, Which modem works best with Linux. 56K V.90 Regards, Frank Rocco --

Re: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread Greg W
Cant tell you a brand to buy Frank, but you might want to look here http://support.ausit.com/index.htm at some pages I started..the page probably reflects some others opinions as welland may narrow your choices down. *** REPLY SEPARATOR *** On 1/12/99 at 11:46

Re: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread jack wallen jr
i bought a Viking external and it lasted me less than 6 months. go with US robotics! or cable modem. ;-) On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Scott Skrogstad wrote: I use a 3Com "USR" Sportster 56k External and it works great. It will do V90 or X2. Scott Skrogstad Computer Integration Inc, [EMAIL

Ethernet PCMCIA?

1999-12-01 Thread Martin R. Gonzalez
Hi there, I have recently installed linux (finally) in my notebook. And as I needed to use an Ethernet connection with it, and the only card I had was an IBM Etherjet pccard, I gave it a try. But it seems that linux does not support this card yet. So I would appreciate if anybody gave

Problem printing on Laserjet 1100

1999-12-01 Thread Valmir C. Barbosa
Let me expand a bit on my previous question. I have a Laserjet 1100 attached to /dev/lp0. Accessing the port directly makes the printer work, but not through lpr. The printcap entry I have was generated by printtool and reads ##PRINTTOOL3## LOCAL ljet4 600x600 a4 {} LaserJet4 Default 1 lp:\

RE: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread Frank Rocco
Thanks, Does it have to be an external modem? Regards, Frank Rocco -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

RE: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread Scott Skrogstad
It does not have to be but it make it much easier to trouble shoot if it is. Scott Skrogstad Computer Integration Inc, [EMAIL PROTECTED] 800-522-3475 Phone On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Frank Rocco wrote: Thanks, Does it have to be an external modem? Regards, Frank Rocco -- To

RE: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread jack wallen jr
external modems are just more reliable (well, except that darn Viking modem). pluse they have an on/off switch that allows you to manually 'pull the plug' if there are problems - so you don't end up having to reboot your machine (coming from much experience there). On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Frank

Re: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread Dave Reed
Resent-Cc: MBOX-Line: From [EMAIL PROTECTED] Wed Dec 1 12:10:30 1999 From: "Frank Rocco" [EMAIL PROTECTED] Thanks, Does it have to be an external modem? Regards, Frank Rocco It doesn't have to be, but some internal modems (and most of the ones in the stores these days) will not

Re: Kernel - aic7xxx

1999-12-01 Thread Eric Sisler
Toni Guedes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, My computer (Via MVP3.5 chipset + aha-2940 + C.Labs awe32) hangs when playing sounds under X/gnome with the original rh6.1 kernel (2.2.12)...it seens to be a problem with the Via chipset or ISA DMAs...I don't know...so I decided to compile a new kernel

RE: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread Frank Rocco
Is there any problem leaving the win modem installed and adding an external modem? Regards, Frank Rocco -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

RE: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
What kind of winmodem do you have? Lucent recently released a binary only driver for *some* lucent winmodems. There is some news on lwn about it: http://www.lwn.net/daily/ --Matt -- Matt Galgoci Job title: export title=`dd if=/dev/random bs=24 count=1` echo $title On Wed, 1

RE: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread jack wallen jr
no prob cause you'll set your external modem as the modem your dialer uses. On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Frank Rocco wrote: Is there any problem leaving the win modem installed and adding an external modem? Regards, Frank Rocco -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe"

RE: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread Scott Skrogstad
No but you only have two available COM ports in most machines. Why leave the internal if you have an External ? Win Modems are exactly that WINDoze modems and are not the quality of a sportster or courier modem. Scott Skrogstad -Original Message- From: Frank Rocco [SMTP:[EMAIL

cron

1999-12-01 Thread Adam Getchell
Hello all, On reinstalling, I broke my cron functionality. Running crontab -e, my file looks like: # run-parts 01 * * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.hourly/logcheck.sh 02 4 * * * root run-parts /etc/cron.daily 22 4 * * 0 root run-parts /etc/cron.weekly 42 4 1 * * root run-parts /etc/cron.monthly

Re: Kernel - aic7xxx

1999-12-01 Thread Toni Guedes
Toni Guedes [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, My computer (Via MVP3.5 chipset + aha-2940 + C.Labs awe32) hangs when playing sounds under X/gnome with the original rh6.1 kernel (2.2.12)...it seens to be a problem with the Via chipset or ISA DMAs...I don't know...so I decided to compile a new kernel

Re: Which Modem?

1999-12-01 Thread Andy Thomas
Is there any problem leaving the win modem installed and adding an external modem? My experience with the Lucent and other pci modems (isa as well come to think of it) is that you have to disable the com port which the modem is on, in the CMOS, so if your winmodem is on com1, you need to have

Good Book for beginner?

1999-12-01 Thread Frank Rocco
Hello again, What is a good book for a beginner of Red Hat Linux? I want to progress to programming apps someday. Regards, Frank Rocco -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

PANIC- passwd command not changing passwd

1999-12-01 Thread scott.list
I can change a password on an account created with linuxconf, but not on accounts created with user script from 4.2 box. Password file looks fin. passwd userid asks for passwd, asks for confirmation, says all authentication tokens updated sucessfully. But /etc/passwd although time stamp

RE: Good Book for beginner?

1999-12-01 Thread Chris Morton
There's a difference between what you need to know to use and administer Linux, and what you need to know to program. Two good books are "Running Linux" by Welsh and Kaufman and "Linux Network Servers" by Craig Hunt. "Linux in a Nutshell" is also good, but somewhat cryptic for a beginner.

Re: Need help deciding on which Linux Distribution

1999-12-01 Thread David Filion
I would not use SUSE yet. I was running RH 6.0, decided to try SUSE 6.2 and just reinstalled RH 60. Here is why: - I found there were still language problems (unless you know German!). - SUSE haa alot of their own configuration files along with the normal Linux files that only their utils

RE: OT home wiring for 100baseT ethernet

1999-12-01 Thread Scott Skrogstad
Charles I have installed CAT5 in many homes including my own. Because you are not going to be running a bandwidth intensive network at home. Most of the CAT5 rules don't apply. Just be careful to use CAT5 jacks and CAT5 approved boxes. Of course don't run your CAT5 Wiring along the

Re: how to control $HOSTNAME Please Help!

1999-12-01 Thread JWALSH
It is as simple as setting it in the /etc/sysconfig/network file. J. On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, a mole wrote: On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, Tom Savage wrote: This little problem is driving me crazy! I'm the original poster of this question and have not got an answer yet!!! In a nutshell here is my

Re: PANIC- passwd command not changing passwd

1999-12-01 Thread Brad 'GreyBear' Davis
You probably should post your script, as it will almost certainly reveal the problem. Brad 'GreyBear' Davis Ronin Coder/Bithead at Large --- 'Don't crush that dwarf, hand me the pliers!' - Original Message - From: scott.list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Good Book for beginner?

1999-12-01 Thread Brad 'GreyBear' Davis
If you are looking for a book to help you learn Linux programming specifically, I'd recommend _Beginning Linux Programming_ , from Wrox. It's a big red book, and does a good job of introducing several methods of writing exectuables under Linux. If you're looking for a book to help you learn

RE: OT home wiring for 100baseT ethernet

1999-12-01 Thread Charles Galpin
Hi Scott. Ok, but when you say don't run the wiring on the same path, what do you mean? They have already run the wiring prallel to house wiring in several plcase - most of the time about 12 inches apart. This is difficult to avoid. Is this problematic? Also, what do you consider bandwidth

RE: Sticky bit (wasL RE: LOGIN program)

1999-12-01 Thread Pieckiel, Kevin A
Yes, that was informative. It made sense to me. Can you take it a step further and explain the deal with the t switch? What's the purpose of that and how and when is it beneficial? Kevin -Original Message- From: Charles Galpin [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Wednesday, December 01,

Auto starting Red Hat Login in GUI mode?

1999-12-01 Thread Frank Rocco
Hello, How can I set Red Hat at Boot time to present the GUI login instead of the text base version? Similar to Caldera. Thanks in advance. Remember I'm new to Linux.g Regards, Frank Rocco -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

On a new install, use GNOME or KDE

1999-12-01 Thread Frank Rocco
Hello again, Which is a better choice when installing Red Hat? GNOME or KDE? Regards, Frank Rocco -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

RE: OT home wiring for 100baseT ethernet

1999-12-01 Thread Scott Skrogstad
Like a database server that would be accessed by several data entry people at one time. Things like that. Or very busy ecommerce server. What I mean by the same path is don't run the wires in the same holes or conduit. Also don't twist the CAT5 wire around the electrical wire this can

Re: Your Web Site

1999-12-01 Thread Chris Worth
:) I'm using Warp myself... And I'm learning this wonderful thing called Linux. ABW, is a good policy for people trying to get something useful accomplished. chris On Thu, 25 Nov 1999 09:19:44 +0100, Gustav Schaffter wrote: No harm, Fred. :-) The Warped guys (used to be Warped myself,

Re: wuftp Q

1999-12-01 Thread Brian
I posted how to do this a while back so its in the archives. Also their should be some howtos on how to do this, search for wuftpd and "chroot". Brian On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Jim Bija wrote: I have a rather frsh lrh 6.1 install, with wuftpd installed. When i ftp in it allows me to go out of

Re: Sendmail Timeout Question

1999-12-01 Thread Edward Marczak
on 29/11/99 11:35 PM, also sprach Edward Marczak: on 29/11/99 5:30 PM, also sprach Duncan Hill: If it hiccups on the MAIL or RCPT, check DNS is my suggestion. Make sure hosts can reverse and forard lookup. Thanks for the tip. I am able to manually send mail from mail.example1.com (the

Best AVI player

1999-12-01 Thread Brian
What is the best AVI player for Redhat 6.1? I have xanim, but I find it IMPOSSIBLE to find an rpm that has all the different CODECS bundled with it, so that I have an avi player that will play any avi. I would pay for a commercial player that could play well. Brian

Re: PANIC- passwd command not changing passwd

1999-12-01 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, scott.list wrote: I can change a password on an account created with linuxconf, but not on accounts created with user script from 4.2 box. Seems you're trying to use tools that are not compatible with PAM and shadow passwords on a box that needs them (4.2 didn't have PAM,

2 IPs on 1 NIC and SSH

1999-12-01 Thread Todd Dunbebin
Anyone point me to a how to or something for putting two IPs on one NIC and maybe to add a secondary gateway witha higher metric As well as point me to where I can get SSH and a readme for it. I've been looking for several days and hitting ded links and dead ends and then frustrated. Thanks,

printing gone to hell?

1999-12-01 Thread Michael George
Oh boy, I've really stepped in it this time. I just upgraded a client's machine from 5.2 to 6.1 and now it doesn't print. I've *never had a problem with printing failing on upgrade before!... Anyway, when I send a job to lp, it goes into the queue, but the system just sits there, acting like

Re: Auto starting Red Hat Login in GUI mode?

1999-12-01 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Frank Rocco wrote: How can I set Red Hat at Boot time to present the GUI login instead of the text base version? Similar to Caldera. If you're using 6.0 or 6.1, the easiest way is to just tell it to boot into graphical mode while you install it. After installation, you can

Re: 2 IPs on 1 NIC and SSH

1999-12-01 Thread Bernhard Rosenkraenzer
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Todd Dunbebin wrote: Anyone point me to a how to or something for putting two IPs on one NIC Linuxconf should do that for you. If you want to do it manually, cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts cp ifcfg-eth0 ifcfg-eth0:0 Then use your favorite editor to modify the settings

Re: PANIC- passwd command not changing passwd

1999-12-01 Thread scott.list
actually, 4.2 had pam and shadow. And i'm not using shadow so the accounts don't have to be in /etc/shadow. The problem it turned out was and "*" or nothing in the password field. passwd won't change them. I made them nologin, then password worked again. Thanks for the stab at it anyway.

Re: OT home wiring for 100baseT ethernet

1999-12-01 Thread J. Scott Kasten
Sounds like you're off to a good start. On Wed, Dec 01, 1999 at 01:57:26PM -0500, Charles Galpin wrote: My current understanding is that you want to keep the cat5 12 or more inches away from the electrical wiring, and if you have to cross wires, do it at 90 degrees (rigth angles) -- J.

RE: OT home wiring for 100baseT ethernet

1999-12-01 Thread Juha Saarinen
Never heard of it being a problem before. What's your source on this? You could always invest in shielded LAN cabling, I suppose... or use coax ;-. -- Juha I am trying to find definitive information on the topic of wiring a house for a 100baseT network. I have concerns about the effects of

Re: Auto starting Red Hat Login in GUI mode?

1999-12-01 Thread Joseph Wagner
Change the default Runlevel in Linuxconf to Level 5 You could also type "linux 5" at the LILO prompt for a one time boot-up into X only. - Original Message - From: "Frank Rocco" [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, December 01, 1999 1:35 PM Subject: Auto starting Red

htaccess zeroes out passwd file

1999-12-01 Thread Charles Galpin
All of a sudden htaccess is zeroing out the passwd file when changing it (or trying to create a new one). Without complaining at all. Anyone seen this before? thanks charles -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

RE: OT--I'Net Cafe

1999-12-01 Thread Juha Saarinen
Are you sure that ADSL is the right alternative here? It's fine for people doing Web surfing and downloading stuff, but the upstream pipe is a lot narrower than the downstream one, so I don't know how good it is for serving stuff. You might be better off with a lower-bandwidth dedicated

Re: VMware (Was Microsoft Linux? This is a JOKE?)

1999-12-01 Thread Zoki
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Leonid Mamtchenkov wrote: -Hello Zoki, - -Once you wrote about "VMware (Was "Microsoft Linux? This is a JOKE?")": - - Thanks to my NT Admin. who sabotaged the perfectly working Linux box I had - running at work by blocking it's access to the rest of the companies - network

Re: VMware (Was Microsoft Linux? This is a JOKE?)

1999-12-01 Thread Zoki
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, T. S. Collins wrote: -Zoki wrote: - - It's the Mandrake 6.0 distrib which should be equal to RH6. Vmware doesn't - install on it because half way it complains about wrong version of make - (don't have the exact error message). At this point I was wondering if - there's a

Re: printing gone to hell?

1999-12-01 Thread Willy Wittesaele
Hello , I have similar problems with a new RH 6.1 install. Here with : printtool-3.41-2 lpr-0.43-2 I can only start the printing via the "control-panel" select the printer icon - select a printer restart lpd. But when I reboot the machine - same problem again. Never had such problems with

RE: Problem with setting up dual boot?

1999-12-01 Thread Jeff Graves
If you want to REALLY clear the mbr use this: Format a dos disk as a bootup diskette (use /s). Copy debug.exe (or .com, cant quite remember) to the disk Run debug and type these commands: F 9000:0 L 200 0 a Mov dx,9000 Mov es,dx Xor bx,bx Mov cx,0001 Mov dx,0080 Mov ax,0301 Int 13 Int 20 enter

Re: On a new install, use GNOME or KDE

1999-12-01 Thread Rob Saul
Frank Rocco wrote: Which is a better choice when installing Red Hat? GNOME or KDE? If you have the disk space you could install both and see which _you_ like best. -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Need help can't connect to @home Network

1999-12-01 Thread [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am trying to set up my linux box to work with @home cable modem. In CT @ home uses static IP's. I have read the Cable-HOWTO but have not found it helpful. I used linuxconf to set up eth0 and all info is correct. Resolver Config is set to DNS required w/ both servers IP's Under routing and

RE: On a new install, use GNOME or KDE

1999-12-01 Thread Juha Saarinen
Which is a better choice when installing Red Hat? GNOME or KDE? You'll probably find that KDE 1.1.2 is more stable and provides all the functionality you want (even though the KDE terminal apps suck), whereas Enlightenment/GNOME is "niftier" with heaps of cool features, but it's less stable.

Re: system clock 30 min fast after reboot

1999-12-01 Thread Yoink!
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: My system clock always reads 30 minutes fast after a reboot. I set my system clock daily using rdate, followed by setclock to set the hardware clock. I don't experience any significant time slippage when the system is running normally. However, after

RE: OT home wiring for 100baseT ethernet

1999-12-01 Thread Jeff Graves
Well, i wired my house for the 3 pcs and on room has cable, electricity, cat 5, and telephone all running through the same 1 inch hole in a beam in the ceilling. All of the connections are in the same box too. I haven't noticed any problems. Of course, not really using alot of bandwith either

Re: newbie-Help setting up 2 nic's, 2 nets on 1 box

1999-12-01 Thread Todd A. Jacobs
On Tue, 30 Nov 1999, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: address but how do I set up the private domain name or do I use the same domain name as my internet domain? Any other help tips pointers would be greatly appreciated. I'd like to get this working before the turn of the century :) hope this

RE: OT home wiring for 100baseT ethernet

1999-12-01 Thread Kenneth_W_Fox
I am trying to find definitive information on the topic of wiring a house for a 100baseT network. I have concerns about the effects of the it at 90 degrees (rigth angles) I went to a home depot got some flexible shielding (greenlee) and grounded that to the electrical panels for what ever

RE: OT home wiring for 100baseT Ethernet

1999-12-01 Thread Dan Browning
CAT5 UTP Ethernet: Category Five Unshielded Twisted Pair Ethernet cabling. CAT5 STP Ethernet: Category Five Shielded Twisted Pair Ethernet cabling. STP is when you are worried about other signals interfering. UTP is for everything else, because it's cheaper. There are several

Re: system clock 30 min fast after reboot

1999-12-01 Thread Alan Mead
At 12:18 AM 12/1/99 -0800, Todd A. Jacobs wrote: My system clock always reads 30 minutes fast after a reboot. I set my system clock daily using rdate, followed by setclock to set the hardware clock. I don't experience any significant time slippage when the system is running normally. However,

Re: icon on desktop

1999-12-01 Thread Anthony E. Greene
Bill Jacobs wrote: [snip] My question is how do I put an icon on my desktop for anything I want a "shortcut" for? Mainly for Sun office 5.1 that came with RH6.1. [snip] It depends on the desktop you run. Both KDE and GNOME allow you to right-click to add a new icon. Under GNOME, select

ypserv - rpcinfo: RPC: Timed out

1999-12-01 Thread Larry Kelley
Hi NIS gurus, My first crack at using NIS is proving a little rocky. When I run "/usr/sbin/rpcinfo -u localhost ypserv", I get this: rpcinfo: RPC: Timed out program 14 version 1 is not available rpcinfo: RPC: Timed out program 14 version 2 is not available When I run "/usr/sbin/rpcinfo

script

1999-12-01 Thread Steve Lee
can someone show me a quick script to insert | in place of tabs for example: i have 40 lines with many columns delimited by tabs that require it to be delimited by | but in excel i can't do that. so i would export the excel file as a text delimited by tabs than would like a script to insert |

Re: script

1999-12-01 Thread Jason Hirsch
I wrote a VB program (yes, I know) that you could use i currently delmit tabs to a , - but i could easily add a window that lets you put your character of choice in if you'd like. Let me know- Jason Hirsch -- Make it myself? But I'm a physical organic chemist! Visit the Dorm

Re: script

1999-12-01 Thread Iain Wade
perl -ne 's/\t/|/g; print;' FILENAME - Original Message - From: Steve Lee [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: RedHat Maillist [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 02, 1999 10:12 AM Subject: script can someone show me a quick script to insert | in place of tabs for example: i have 40

Re: script

1999-12-01 Thread Steve Lee
please if you don't mind send me a copy. anything at this point will be of great help. Thanks . On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Jason Hirsch wrote: I wrote a VB program (yes, I know) that you could use i currently delmit tabs to a , - but i could easily add a window that lets you put your character

Re: Printing under RH 6.1

1999-12-01 Thread Paul M. Foster
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Valmir C. Barbosa wrote: snip However, printing with lpr -P lp does nothing! Help will be appreciated. Try lpr -Plp Paul M. Foster -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: Sticky bit (wasL RE: LOGIN program)

1999-12-01 Thread Paul M. Foster
On Wed, 1 Dec 1999, Charles Galpin wrote: You are misreading the man page. The t switch uses swap, the s switch sets the user or group ID on execution. I'm probably going to do a lousy job of explaining it, but I'll give it a stab anyway. This is the heart of the user provate group

OT Question on web email

1999-12-01 Thread Adrian Walters
does anyone know if there is a free web based email program and where i can find it? thanks. -Adrian __ Get Your Private, Free Email at http://www.hotmail.com -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

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