Re: Help - Can't mount cdrom or fd0

On 25-Mar-02 Bill Crawford wrote: > On Mon, 25 Mar 2002, Chip Rose wrote: > >> I can't mount floppies or cdrom now - It suddenly stopped working, after >> years >> of no problems. As root, I type: >> mount /dev/cdrom /mnt >> or >> mount /dev/f

Help - Can't mount cdrom or fd0

I can't mount floppies or cdrom now - It suddenly stopped working, after years of no problems. As root, I type: mount /dev/cdrom /mnt or mount /dev/fd0 /mnt When I do that, I hear my floppy clicking, or my cdrom noise if I'm trying to mount that, but then "mount" freezes up and I have to X out o

How-To -- Flash Player for Netscape 4.77

How do I get the Flash Player for Netscape 4.77 hooked up? I don't particularly want it, but so many webpages call for it, that I guess I'll cave in and get it installed. Thanks, Chip. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED

RE: Port 12345

On 21-Dec-01 Edward Dekkers wrote: > Have been getting a lot of Active System attacks on this port lately. It is > not listed in my /etc/services. > > Does anyone know what uses this port? Or point me in the direction to find > out? > -- I get the same thing - I use PortSentry, whi

dns lookup problem

Hopefully this isn't too off topic, but my portsentry logs show that I've been hit repeatedly by the following dns number this week: 211.119.248.38 I've tried using dns lookup via webpages that offer it, but always get back "no results for this nameserver value." Am I missing something in trying

kppp / DNS suddenly won't resolve

.conf file and putting a new one in with correct permissions, but no cigar. Help IS appreciated! Chip Rose. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: dd = destroy data?

Secure Deletion will allow you to overwrite/wipe the free space on your drive - it has different settings, clear up to "paranoid." "Wipe" is a good utility for deleting and overwriting individual files, etc. Wipe http://gsu.linux.org.tr/wipe/ Secure Deletion 2.3 http://thc.pimmel.com/ Also,

Re: Netscape ( small fonts I cannot reed)

readable ones. After a long time messing with it, I finally hit the jackpot with msttfonts. Chip Rose. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

fetchmail broken - 451 SMTP error

Hi, Can someone tell me why my fetchmail won't work anymore all of a sudden? It worked fine until recently - I don't know what's changed!. I'm getting a 451 SMTP error - mail doesn't get to my mailbox anymore - I can't understand the stuff I've read on the net about this 451 SMTP error. Thanks

How to add a Windowmanager to KDM??

R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession addition I made. #/usr/share/config/kdmrc SessionTypes=kde;gnome;blackbox;WindowMaker;AfterStep;Icewm;default;failsafe; #/usr/X11R6/lib/X11/xdm/Xsession ;; AfterStep) exec /usr/X11R6/bin/afterstep ;; Blackbox) exec /usr/local/bin/blackbox ;; Thanks for any help!

Most stable window manager?

Which window manager is rated as the most stable? I like Blackbox because it's fast and seems a lot more stable than KDE. Any other suggestions? Thanks, Chip Rose. [EMAIL PROTECTED] ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: free internet access with linux

robsmith wrote: > > Is there any free internet access providers who support linux?? I checked out > netzero and upath but they are only for windoze systems. - there used to be www.freewwweb.com, and it was totally awesome for linux, but they just went bankrupt and out of business. _

Re: Has FreeWWWeb.Com been bought out ?

Amazing. They were just campaigning to sell a bunch of those banner ads for many thousands of dollars. I wondered who on earth would have the dough to advertise at that level, and now this. I hope some poor saps haven't lost their money due to the "sudden" bankruptcy - if so, they're up the cre

Re: Help, new user

On Thu, 6 Jul 2000, Johan Lim wrote: > Hi all, > > I'm a new linux user. I use RH 6.1 and right now there are two problems that > bothering me: > > 1. I can't copy files using file manager, why? > > 2. I try to set up Internet connection using Dial up configuration tool and > when I try th

linux system locks up when ripping or encoding CD's

Ripping or encoding mp3's from CD consistently locks up my Linux system. Whenever using the RipperX app (frontend for ripper/encoder apps), or when using a bladeenc, lame, or cdparanoia app alone from the command line, in X or straight from console without X running, the entire system freezes. U

Re: Turning off DPMS under KDE

Jamie Carl wrote: > > Ok, i just upgraded to RH6.1 last nite and everytime i start > up a remote xwindows session from my windows PC i get an error > message saying my X11 server doesn't support DPMS. Well, obviously > considering it's a remote terminal, so how do i turn it off so KDE > doesn't

seg faults during rpm installs

iredby.rpm error getting record libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.0) from //var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm error getting record libc.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) from //var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm error getting record libm.so.6(GLIBC_2.1) from //var/lib/rpm/requiredby.rpm Thanks, Chip Rose. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: m

preventing data loss from power outage

do I manually do a "permanent" save/write of these files, *without* constant rebooting? Can I run a program to make it as if I had just rebooted? Thanks, Chip Rose. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Newbie Question - Install from HardDrive

to download 200-300 megs of RPMs! Do I have to? Thanks for your patience! Chip Rose. [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- 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 [E