Telnet and charset

2002-10-06 Thread mailing
Hi, my windows-telnet client cannot display the utf-8 charset right. Is there a way to change to a charset (no unicode) it can? How can I do this? I don't want to use another client. Thanks Rainer

RE: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Ron Jones
I for one see a great deal of humor in it. :) Sometimes I wonder if it's truly an issue of the precious bandwidth (which becomes cheaper with each passing month) or the fact that HTML mail seems to be most prevalent among e-mail clients like Outlook, which is a product of that evil empire in th

Re: Replace a line... with 2 lines

2002-10-06 Thread Ziad Samaha
Marco, The following works fine, it will replace your old file with a new one including the line duplication you are looking for. cat filename | awk '{ if (NF==1 && $1=="test") { print $0 printf("%s","test1\n"); } else { pr

Printtool error dump

2002-10-06 Thread Imanuel Costigan
When i run printconf in a terminal (logged in as su), I get the following error messages: (printconf:1786): GLib-GObject-WARNING **: invalid cast from (NULL) pointer to `GObject' (printconf:1786): GLib-GObject-CRITICAL **: file gobject.c: line 972 (g_object_get): ass

Re: Desparately Seeking Backups

2002-10-06 Thread Bret Hughes
On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 10:39, Richard Worwood wrote: > Can anyone help me with setting up a backup regime with open source software > and the Compaq 16/4Gb Autoloader ? > > Thanks > > _ we use amanda works great and is included with the redhat distro. Very good mailing a couple of y

Re: evolution

2002-10-06 Thread Doug Potter
I found that also. That part works fine, and I can sync with the palm and it will go through the motions, but nothing is synced over. I can no longer find where to activate the conduits, for the contacts, calender, and the to-do lists.. Thanks On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 19:41, Jonathan Gaudette wr

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 06 October 2002 07:19 pm, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > and, more to the point, this issue is not going away any time soon. > as more users come to linux, many of them will be joining the red hat > mailing lists and bringing their bad habits wi

xplanet

2002-10-06 Thread Roger
Has anybody else had problems with xplanet on 8.0? I'm unable to get the satellite track function working with xplanet. It's pretty much a stock installation for both xplanet and 8.0. -- [EMAIL PROTECTED] mostly plain text email -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTE

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Blair MacDonald
Well there you go then. Have at my good fellow and go raise bloody hell, because the only fruit this discussion is bearing is some darn good comedy. Email redhat and see about having that change made and end the madness, and further more I am neither for or against html email. Its just email (chu

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 07-Oct-2002/06:26 +0800, Tim Kehres <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >Wow - people still use elm! :-) Anyway, there is a simple solution to >this - use either POP3 and/or IMAP4 capable clients. SSL is supported on >top of both protocols. I use mutt.

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Keith Winston
On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 19:19, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > and, more to the point, this issue is not going away any time soon. > as more users come to linux, many of them will be joining the red hat > mailing lists and bringing their bad habits with them, including the > monstrosity that is HTML e-m

Re: (no subject)

2002-10-06 Thread Edward Dekkers
> Hi > I installed Linux 7.2 yesterday. I have a Com21 USB cable modem (750k). I don't have a clue about how to install it. I tried the internet settings but that only has > dial-up modems. I tried the network settings but it doesn't detect my modem. This modem also has support for going through a

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Steven G. Taylor
Actually my problem with html email isn't the bandwidth, Its that the text is always too darn small to read. I have my fonts set perfectly for me and when someone slips in an html email I ignore it rather strain eyes trying to read it. On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 19:19, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Su

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Matt Rowley
> automatic reply to the sender as to why. what was it kennedy said? > something about the price being "eternal vigilance", wasn't it? Actually, I'm pretty sure it was Thomas Jefferson. --Matt -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://list

Re: evolution

2002-10-06 Thread Jonathan Gaudette
Are you sure? I'm using Evolution on RH8 and up in the tools menu there is a palm settings option. That launched gnome pilot. Good luck. -Jon On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 15:47, Doug Potter wrote: > Sorry this is off topic. Since installing RedHat 8, I no longer have > the conduits to sync my Palm w

Re: Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Blair MacDonald wrote: > Hi > > I shall be brief because I dont want to be insensitive to your bandwidth > issues. As a result of a 4 KB message posted in html and my 5 KB reply > asking why he should not post in html there was a grand total of about > 77 KB of complaints wh

Linux port forwarding and supplying unwanted gateway!?

2002-10-06 Thread Alistair Nelson
Bump, anyone? -Original Message- Hi, I have been stuck on this for a while, any help really appreciated! I have the following scenario: VPN Client <> Untrusted network <> Firewall (RH) <> VPN Gateway (RH 7.3) <> Windows 2000 Server The default gateway for the Windows 2000 server is the

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Tim Kehres
> I thought this list was to discuss the redhat distro, > not some sort of holy war. Gee, the real slashdot > effect is everywhere now I guess. You're right - let's take this discussion off list, OK? Best Regards, -- Tim -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subje

Here is some math...LOL

2002-10-06 Thread Blair MacDonald
Hi   I shall be brief because I dont want to be insensitive to your bandwidth issues. As a result of a 4 KB message posted in html and my 5 KB reply asking why he should not post in html there was a grand total of about 77 KB of  complaints whos main issue is seems to be bandwidth conservat

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Andrés
I thought this list was to discuss the redhat distro, not some sort of holy war. Gee, the real slashdot effect is everywhere now I guess. Filtering will do I guess. __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.y

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Tim Kehres
> >The majority of email clients today however are HTML aware, and the > >percentage of people using such HTML-aware clients is only increasing. The > >reasons are simple - it is easier to read (typically), and more information > >can be conveyed effectively. Other lists that I'm subscribed to h

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Tim Kehres
> On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 03:14:01AM +0800, Tim Kehres wrote: > > These "rules" (netiquette pertaining to HTML postings) have been around > > since almost before time began (at least in reference to modern email > > usage). At the time they made a lot sense. In terms of current usage, not > > a

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Tim Kehres
> I disagree. If everyone used HTML mail just for things like screenshots > or where an image was essential, then maybe it would be workable. > However, most people use HTML mail to create a fancy border or > background, or to hideously misuse fonts, in most cases communicating > nothing useful a

Re: font problems in 8.0

2002-10-06 Thread Tom Eastep
Michael Fratoni wrote: > > > I've no idea if this will help, but it may. > That solved the original poster's problem -- he contacted me earlier on ICQ and I pointed him to that Release Note. I probably should have been more explicit when I directed him to the Release Notes in my earlier p

Re: font problems in 8.0

2002-10-06 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 06 October 2002 04:54 pm, Emiricol . wrote: > Still having problems. > > I've been told that the problem in which some applications display text > as small squares under 8.0 is addressed in the release notes, with a > workaround. This was gr

Re: font problems in 8.0

2002-10-06 Thread Emiricol .
Still having problems. I've been told that the problem in which some applications display text as small squares under 8.0 is addressed in the release notes, with a workaround. This was great, since it gave me a place to look. I am pretty new to Linux, FYI, but I still didn't see that problem a

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Vidiot
>The majority of email clients today however are HTML aware, and the >percentage of people using such HTML-aware clients is only increasing. The >reasons are simple - it is easier to read (typically), and more information >can be conveyed effectively. Other lists that I'm subscribed to have mad

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Keith Winston
On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 15:14, Tim Kehres wrote: > The majority of email clients today however are HTML aware, and the > percentage of people using such HTML-aware clients is only increasing. The > reasons are simple - it is easier to read (typically), and more information > can be conveyed effecti

RH 8.0 w/sawfish

2002-10-06 Thread Chad Skinner
If I want to set my default window manager to sawfish where would I do it in RH v.8.0 and does anyone know what, in the setup tools, would doing this break? Thanks, Chad -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/lis

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Scott
On Sun, 6 Oct 2002, Hal Burgiss wrote: > I wonder what percentage of those had viruses or other bad things > happen as a result of this brain dead tendency. Text based mail is a > great, free AV tool (for those saddled with MS software). Pine all the way! What I love is the amount of email going

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Hal Burgiss
On Sun, Oct 06, 2002 at 03:37:00PM -0400, Robert P. J. Day wrote: > On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Tim Kehres wrote: > > > The majority of email clients today however are HTML aware, and the > > percentage of people using such HTML-aware clients is only increasing. > > 9x% of the world uses Microsoft softw

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread jkinz
On Mon, Oct 07, 2002 at 03:14:01AM +0800, Tim Kehres wrote: > These "rules" (netiquette pertaining to HTML postings) have been around > since almost before time began (at least in reference to modern email > usage). At the time they made a lot sense. In terms of current usage, not > as much, IM

Red Hat advanced server

2002-10-06 Thread Sergey Gribov
Hello, Does somebody knows a good forum to discuss issues regarding RH Advanced Server? I'm interested to hear if anybody really using it in production enviroment with Oracle etc. Thanks, __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances,

evolution

2002-10-06 Thread Doug Potter
Sorry this is off topic. Since installing RedHat 8, I no longer have the conduits to sync my Palm with Evolution. Has anyone else encountered this? Thanks for any advice. Doug -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/m

Re: RH 8.0.... What do you think...

2002-10-06 Thread Joe Giles
I agree. I installed it in VMWare and it looks pretty good. Still looking around, but first impressions are good... Thanks -- Joe Giles [EMAIL PROTECTED] AOL: mcigiles Edward Dekkers said: >> Again, if the moderators (or anyone else) does not like me to request >> this information on this list,

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Robert P. J. Day
On Mon, 7 Oct 2002, Tim Kehres wrote: > The majority of email clients today however are HTML aware, and the > percentage of people using such HTML-aware clients is only increasing. 9x% of the world uses Microsoft software. This does not make it a good thing. rday -- redhat-list mailing li

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
Tim Kehres wrote: > These "rules" (netiquette pertaining to HTML postings) have been around > since almost before time began (at least in reference to modern email > usage). At the time they made a lot sense. In terms of current usage, not > as much, IMHO. When sending content that can be sent

Re: HTML Mail / Netiquette

2002-10-06 Thread Tim Kehres
These "rules" (netiquette pertaining to HTML postings) have been around since almost before time began (at least in reference to modern email usage). At the time they made a lot sense. In terms of current usage, not as much, IMHO. When sending content that can be sent either way, it's always a

DVD burner

2002-10-06 Thread Ben Donahue
I am running Redhat 7.3 and I was wondering if its possible to install a dvd burner on it. If so where can i get some information on that? Ben __ Do you Yahoo!? Faith Hill - Exclusive Performances, Videos & More http://faith.yahoo.com -- redha

Re: logcheck

2002-10-06 Thread Anthony E. Greene
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On 06-Oct-2002/11:06 -0700, Ronald J Roy <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >My logs are full of attempts from this address. What is this person >trying to do? How can I pull an address from this? And is there any way >to completely block it? [snip] Accordin

Re: RH 7.3 mounting NFS 3

2002-10-06 Thread Gordon Messmer
On Sun, 2002-10-06 at 09:04, Leonard den Ottolander wrote: > > Portmap running on the client too? needs to be I believe. > > No. Portmap is necessary on the server side, not on the client side. Portmap is required on both the client and server. rpc.statd and rpc.lockd require it on the client.

Re: (no subject)

2002-10-06 Thread Joseph A Nagy Jr
Blair MacDonald wrote: > says who. I didnt see that rule posted any where on the redhat site > > Blair > - Original Message - > From: "Vidiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 10:36 AM > Subject: Re: (no subject) > > > >>Repost your message

Re: (no subject)

2002-10-06 Thread Vidiot
It is a netiquette rule that postings to mail list be done in plain text. It wastes space, not everyone runs a mail program for HTML, etc. I'm accessing my home linux box via ssh. I use elm to read my mail. While elm will display HTML e-mail in plain text, IFF you do both plain and HTML. When I

logcheck

2002-10-06 Thread Ronald J Roy
My logs are full of attempts from this address. What is this person trying to do? How can I pull an address from this? And is there any way to completely block it? Security Violations =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Oct 6 10:45:03 ralone kernel: Packet log: input DENY ppp0 PROTO=6 +209.244.215.12:1934 66.12

Re: (no subject)

2002-10-06 Thread Blair MacDonald
says who. I didnt see that rule posted any where on the redhat site Blair - Original Message - From: "Vidiot" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, October 06, 2002 10:36 AM Subject: Re: (no subject) > Repost your message. No HTML posting here, please. > > MB > > >

test please ignore

2002-10-06 Thread Ronald J Roy
test please ignore -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: (no subject)

2002-10-06 Thread Vidiot
Repost your message. No HTML posting here, please. MB >Hi >I installed Linux 7.2 yesterday. I have a Com21 USB cable modem (750k). I >don't have a clue about how to install it. I tried the internet settings but that >only has dial-up modems. I tried the network settings but it doesn't det

Lost all permissions

2002-10-06 Thread Mark Gillingham
I suddenly lost all user privileges on RH 7.3. I can only login as root. Services (e.g., Apache) have lost their privs too. The passwd file appears to be OK. How can I restore user permissions? For instance, if I attempt to log into my usual account I get this error message: Could not chdir to

test please ignore

2002-10-06 Thread ronald j roy
test please ignore msg90317/pgp0.pgp Description: PGP signature

Re: redhat-list digest, Vol 1 #5479 - 11 msgs

2002-10-06 Thread Andrés
If your windows partition is hdb1, then as root, edit /boot/grub/menu.lst and change root(hd1,1) for root(hd1,0) If that doesn't work, mount your windows partition manually to make sure you know which partition you are using. Then go to grub and basically type the partition number -1 (ie hda2 wou

Re: telnet & ftp does not work

2002-10-06 Thread Tim Kehres
You might want to check the settings under /etc/xinetd.d to make sure that the applicable services have been enabled.   By default, these are usually turned off.   Best Regards,   Tim Kehres International Messaging Associates http://www.ima.com   - Original Message - From: Vik

Re: telnet & ftp does not work

2002-10-06 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Vikram, > I cannot ftp or telnet into the Linux machine from any other machine within the > same LAN segment. > Please help what i am missing in the settings? Have a look at the config files in /etc/xinetd.d. Bye, Leonard. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTE

telnet & ftp does not work

2002-10-06 Thread Vikram Patel
I have installed linux 7.2 with custom and medium firewall options. I have installed all the packages. I have added the host to the  /etc/hosts.allow file. I have a LAN configured within my house using the linksys router and using cable modem for internet access. I cannot ftp or telnet into the Lin

Re: The quest for the holy grail - rescue mode with SCSI tape support...!

2002-10-06 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Jon, > I could, in theory, compile the module for the st.o if I had the kernel > config file that is used to create the rescue / install kernel - but I have yet > been able to locate this file! Check the installer filesystem to see if you can find the necessary module there. If not the modu

Re: Installing Linux using two driver disks

2002-10-06 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Werner, > How can I load a second driver disk? Good question. Can't you go "back" after loading the driver on the first disk? If not, why not submit it as a bug (request for enhancement) on http://bugzilla.redhat.com ? Bye, Leonard. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMA

Re: RH 7.3 mounting NFS 3

2002-10-06 Thread Leonard den Ottolander
Hi Bret, > Portmap running on the client too? needs to be I believe. No. Portmap is necessary on the server side, not on the client side. Bye, Leonard. -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-l

Desparately Seeking Backups

2002-10-06 Thread Richard Worwood
Can anyone help me with setting up a backup regime with open source software and the Compaq 16/4Gb Autoloader ? Thanks Richard Worwood, TDB Networks 4 High Street, Twyford, Berkshire RG10 9AE Office: +44 (0) 118 934 0056 Mobile: +44 (0) 7

Zaurus and syncing to evolution

2002-10-06 Thread David R. Fischer
Question, has anyone gotten their zuarus to sync with evolution?? If so how did you do it?? Thanks David R. Fischer -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: RH 8.0.... What do you think...

2002-10-06 Thread Tom Eastep
Keith Winston wrote: > On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 20:10, Joe Giles wrote: >> >>Anyway, what do you think; do you like it, or would you wait for the next >>release (or any fixes)? > > > There are big improvements I see in 8.0, but some things that that might > bite you also. Along that line, here is

Re: RH 8.0.... What do you think...

2002-10-06 Thread Michael Fratoni
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 On Sunday 06 October 2002 10:05 am, Keith Winston wrote: > Bad: > > Everything is compiled is gcc 3.2. I guess you have to upgrade some > time, but the java plug-ins won't work in mozilla and many other > plug-ins that were compiled with gcc 2.9x.

Re: Hi, new to the list - problem with 8.0 fonts

2002-10-06 Thread Tom Eastep
Emiricol . wrote: > Hi - I've noticed that one of my applications, which ran fine in 7.3, > has a problem in 8.0. The program now displays any text entered as > small squares, rather than, well, text. > > I get no error messages... > > Anyone have an idea what might be causing it or a worka

Re: RH 8.0.... What do you think...

2002-10-06 Thread Keith Winston
On Sat, 2002-10-05 at 20:10, Joe Giles wrote: > This might not be the most appropriate spot for this kind of question, and > I will gladly apologize if someone doesn't like it, but I would like to > know what you all think about the new Red Hat 8.0. I am downloading the > 4th CD now and I was goin

Re: Replace a line... with 2 lines

2002-10-06 Thread Mitchell Wright
I think you can do it with sed, but one trick would be to make sure you are not writing out to the same file as you are reading from. This may be unique to me, but I had a hell of a time trying to figure what was wrong with a similar thing I was working on. It turned out to be that I had to bring

(no subject)

2002-10-06 Thread Fasa k
Hi I installed Linux 7.2 yesterday. I have a Com21 USB cable modem (750k). I don't have a clue about how to install it. I tried the internet settings but that only has dial-up modems. I tried the network settings but it doesn't detect my modem. This modem also has support for going through an Ethe

RE: what's the trend for network authentication these days?

2002-10-06 Thread Richard Worwood
I suspect there would be a lot of people who would be very greatfull if you did, me included. Richard Worwood, TDB Networks 4 High Street, Twyford, Berkshire RG10 9AE Office: +44 (0) 118 934 0056 Mobile: +44 (0) 7771 662880 Email: [EMAIL P

RH8 mpg's

2002-10-06 Thread doug
under 7.3 i could just click on a mpg file and it would load to view.. but now i'm unable to view mpg files. what is the default viewer for RH8? thanks Doug -- redhat-list mailing list unsubscribe mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?subject=unsubscribe https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat

Re: RH8.0 and procmail

2002-10-06 Thread Mike Burger
Get rid of the .forward file, and just let sendmail call procmail, like its default configuration is set up to do. On 5 Oct 2002, Tom wrote: > In RH 7.3, I was happily using spam assassin with fetchmail and > procmail. > > Since I installed RH 8.0, I can't get procmail working - it looks like

Replace a line... with 2 lines

2002-10-06 Thread Shaw, Marco
How can I do the following... A file something like this: Test I want to end up with: Test Test1 So basically, I want to replace "Test" with "TestTest1". Can't seem to do it with sed, and would prefer to stay away from Perl. It won't necessarily be on the same line number all the time

The quest for the holy grail - rescue mode with SCSI tape support...!

2002-10-06 Thread Jon Paterson
Hi, I hope that someone out there has found a answer to this one, it has been bugging me for ages! I would very much like to be able to restore from the rescue mode on the CD, preferably using dump. I am aware that I can create a statically linked version of dump and place this on a floppy, but

Re: RH 8.0.... What do you think...

2002-10-06 Thread Edward Dekkers
> Again, if the moderators (or anyone else) does not like me to request this > information on this list, let me know and I will post elseware... Joe, I've been on this list since RH5.2 and EVERY TIME a new release comes out there's problems and questions. And almost every time somebody asks 'Sho