RE: Cygwin has anyone got it going

2002-03-09 Thread Gregg Morris
Chad == Chad and Doria Skinner [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: If you want to run an X session over ssh, you don't need to 'startx'.=20 That command normally starts an X server on a local console... Just run something like 'sh .xinitrc' He will however have to start

up2date doesn't agree with system profile

2002-02-21 Thread Gregg Morris
I don't know if this is in the nature of a bug or not, but this is what happens. If, from the command line, I run up2date -u --nox, it fails with the error, RPM conflict error. The message was: Test install failed because of package conflicts: package libpng-1.0.12-2 is already installed I've

RE:Newbie - Creating a Cron Job

2002-02-20 Thread Gregg Morris
Alexander == Alexander Shaw [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi all, In the process of making things up as I go along again. I have created a logrotate file on the direction of another person to back up my databases on MySQL. Now I understand that this needs to be called from

RE:Change file extension using bash (OT)

2002-02-12 Thread Gregg Morris
Reuben == Reuben D Budiardja [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi, I need a bit of help with bash here. I try to create a script that would change the extension of files in directory. I have files like xxx.pc that I want a change to xxx.jpg, where xxx is numbers, in a directory.

Re: issues replacing win2k as my desktop

2002-01-23 Thread Gregg Morris
David == David Talkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: And may I just mention that I'm in love with LaTeX? Grab Leslie Lamport's book, which is well organized and easy reading. Spend a bit of time creating a template and a script or two to automate presentation formatting

RE: SSH and file transfer

2002-01-18 Thread Gregg Morris
Burke, == Burke, Thomas G [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I tihnk I see that I need scp2 on my linux box for SSH's client to work. I seem to be having problems finding a copy of the scp2 utility. Anyone know where I can find it? Burke, Scp is included with OpenSsh. Sftp is

Re: Where to store src?

2002-01-17 Thread Gregg Morris
Nick == Nick Wilson [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Well, that sounds reasonable but don't you have to 'make install' as root if you want to make programs availabe to other users? - -- That is why I, also, prefer /usr/local/src for anything I am compiling manually. I make that

RE:SSH and file transfer

2002-01-17 Thread Gregg Morris
Burke, == Burke, Thomas G [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Does anyoneout there know of an SSH term program that supports XYZmodem, besides TT? - especially one that's freeware? Burke, This may be off on a tangent from what you want, but what I did on my Win2k box at my workplace is

RE:I need help with setting up back up

2002-01-17 Thread Gregg Morris
Zbynek == Zbynek Houska [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: Hi there, is it possible to configure my system to automatically back up some files upon log uot without my interference? Zbynek, Sure there is. Just put the commands into your ~/.bash_logout file. Regards, Gregg

RE:Upgrading RPM's

2002-01-16 Thread Gregg Morris
James == James Pifer [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I can't seem to upgrade any RPM's with the -U option. I have never seen this work. Should it work? So I've been using -i --force. Most of the time this works. I've updated OpenSSL because OpenSSH required it. Now I'm trying

Re: uninstalling rpm's

2002-01-15 Thread Gregg Morris
Jack == Jack Bowling [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: I use this stupidly simple bash script. I call it rpmlist rpm -qa --qf '%-20.20{VENDOR} %30.30{BUILDHOST} :: %{NAME}-%{VERSION}.%{ARCH}\n' | sort /home/jb/rpm.lst jb Jack, Thanks for the great idea. I was playing with

RE:Mozilla user plugins

2002-01-12 Thread Gregg Morris
David == David Talkington [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Anyone know if Mozilla looks for a user plugins directory, as Netscape did (.netscape/plugins)? I can't find docs that mention such a configuration. Nope. You have to put

RE:having problems configuring network cards

2002-01-12 Thread Gregg Morris
Zev == Zev [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: its a 3com509 and it is set as a non-plug and play, it params are hard set. and it is and isa card. Is it an Etherlink III card? For some reason there is a separate module listed for 3c509 Etherlink III cards. Choose Etherlink III module and

Re: gnome email monitor

2002-01-10 Thread Gregg Morris
Oscar, Look at xbiff and gbiff. Regards, Gregg Oscar == Oscar Castaneda V [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: On Wed, Jan 09, 2002 at 02:00:27PM -0500, Anthony E. Greene wrote: At 12:46 PM 1/9/2002 -0600, Oscar Castaneda V. wrote: Does anyone know where I can find an email monitor

RE: Email Problems

2002-01-09 Thread Gregg Morris
You'll need to open up the high numbered ports to get your mail from a POP3 server. For example, with ipchains you want something like: ipchains -I input -s my.pop3.server 110 -d my.local.host 1025-65535 -p tcp -i eth0 ! -y -j ACCEPT This will allow connections from your server only when you

RE: Detecting Bringup interface eth0 problem

2002-01-08 Thread Gregg Morris
Stephen, So you took that questionable entry out of /etc/resolv.conf and the entry just came back when you rebooted? This was with your Linux PC connected to your broadband modem? (Who is your provider, btw)? What brand NIC do you have? Do you see an entry for eth0 when you cat

Re: Detecting Bringup interface eth0 problem

2002-01-08 Thread Gregg Morris
Stephen, This suggests that dhcpcd (Dynamic Host Control Protocol Client Daemon) is not running. If you configure RedHat 7.2 using the netconfig tool, it should take care of the details. Become root and do the command netconfig. Select Use dynamic ip configuration by positioning the cursor in

RE:Netscape on x-terminals

2002-01-08 Thread Gregg Morris
Janyne, These options can go in ~/.Xresources. I haven't played with the color options like this, but from what I see on the web page you mention, it should take the form: Netscape.ncols: 256 I think that will work; but if not, try Netscape*ncols: 256 (that doesn't look right to me, but you

RE:Make error: No rule to make target...

2002-01-08 Thread Gregg Morris
Ethan, Red Hat's current kernel is 2.4.9-13. Sources and binaries on their website. I don't know why they seem to be a few versions behind kernel.org... Regards, Gregg Ethan == Ethan Michaels [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: RH 7.2. Gateway E-3400/1000. Using 2.4.7-10 kernel. (By the way,

Re: Detecting Bringup interface eth0 problem

2002-01-07 Thread Gregg Morris
To see if dhcpcd (or any other service) is running, do: ps -A | grep dhcpcd or, alternatively, ps -C dhcpcd To see if dhcpcd will start-up on bootup, look at these files: [root@rigel root]# grep -r dhcp /etc/* /etc/dhcpc/dhcpcd-eth0.info:HOSTNAME=dhcp-73-316

Re: Detecting Bringup interface eth0 problem

2002-01-04 Thread Gregg Morris
Stephen, Three or four minutes to initialize *with* your broadband connection? That's not normal. What type of broadband connection? /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ifcfg-eth0 looks OK to me. Is there a line in your /etc/hosts file that says, 127.0.0.1 localhost ? Preferably the first

RE:What is tripwire?

2002-01-04 Thread Gregg Morris
Stephen, I've been using tripwire on my system for years now. It's kind of like having a fire extinguisher in your kitchen; you hope you never have to use it, but you're glad it's there if you have a problem. Tripwire is an Intrusion Detection System (IDS) that builds a database of your (new,

RE:mass file renaming

2002-01-03 Thread Gregg Morris
Gabriel, The easiest way (if you have less than, say, 1000 files to rename) would be to use the Emacs function in dired, M-x dired-downcase (rename all marked files to lower case -- or use a numerical argument.) If you have lots and lots of files, a bash script or perl script would be better.

Re: converting images to pdf

2002-01-02 Thread Gregg Morris
If you want to use Image Magick's convert command, you want the output format to be epdf. Regards, Gregg How can I believe in God when just last week I got my toungue caught in the roller of an electric typewriter? -- Woody Allen ___ Redhat-list

RE:open SSH problems...

2001-12-31 Thread Gregg Morris
Jim, I think that the Red Hat 7.2 rules are only meant as a starting place, it's better than the old way of leaving just about anything open after a new install. I've been using Open-SSH2 since it has been available (a year or so?) with no problems. I have ipchains set up the way you

RE:A couple of newbie questions

2001-12-31 Thread Gregg Morris
Sarig, You saidAny ideas on how I can get the system to initialize the interface automatically? -- Make sure you have ONBOOT=yes in /etc/sysconfig/networking/devices/ifcfg For the serial ports, the easiest thing to do is use the program minicom. Type the command, minicom -s and choose the