Re: Problem configuring Xfree with a Matrox Mill-II

1998-05-07 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
GA server Section "Screen" Driver "vga16" Device "Generic VGA" Monitor "Dell 19 inch monitor" Subsection "Display" Modes "640x480" "800x600" ViewPort0 0 Virtual

Re: Help with ypbind?

1998-05-06 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
quot;Binding to the NIS domain... " ### Added by Keith Schoenefeld if [ -r /etc/defaultdomain ] ; then domainname `cat /etc/defaultdomain` fi ### End of additions by Keith Schoenefeld daemon ypbind echo touch /var/lock/subsys/ypbind

Re: Basic C++ on RedHat

1998-04-27 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
oes iostream.h reside? (I looked using find, and it > doesn't exist as a file so I'm guessing that it's part of some other > file?) > > I'm running RH5 with the glibc libraries and gcc/g++, with everything > installed to wherever the default is. > libg++ must

Re: RedHat4.0 and Millenium II

1998-04-27 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
r. It drives my Matrox Mill II at 1600x1200 with 24 bit color. Hope this helps.. -- Keith Schoenefeld ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Workstation Manager(918) 63

Re: NFS Question

1998-04-24 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
n Samba, http://samba.anu.edu.au/samba appears to be a good source. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~ ~ The University of Tulsa[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Keplinger Hall

Re: Compiling Kernel on P-2

1998-04-24 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
ntium and as PPro and have seen no real speed increase nor any problems either which way. -- Keith Schoenefeld ~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Workstation Manager(918) 631-

Re: More than 128 MB swap?

1998-04-23 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
4MB large and create multiple partitions inside of it that are 128MB large. Linux only allows 128MB swap partitions, but it allows multiple partitions. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~

Re: Netscape 4.04 + glibc 2.07

1998-04-23 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
the communicator 4.04 rpm or tar file that would be my recommendation. Another thing that cause my communicator to foul up is the install of gcc-2.8.0... I would recommend against this as well until 2.8.0 is futher tested. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~~~~

Re: Etiquette...

1998-04-23 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
ith a simple email saying thanks.. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~ ~ The University of Tulsa[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Keplinger Hall Room #L1-A (918)

Re: Why can't telnet localhost 110?

1998-04-22 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
.conf (The line will start with pop3, if there is a # in front of it, it's been commented out). If it is commented out, then uncomment it (erase the #) and type: kill -HUP `cat /etc/inetd.pid` Note the direction of the quotes abov

Re: Restarting services automatically

1998-04-22 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
you're done. Maximum of 5 minutes downtime... -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~ ~ The University of Tulsa[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Keplinger Hall Roo

Re: AMD K6

1998-04-22 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
h cache. Write back cache can enhance performance, but there is an extra cache flush that needs to be performed. If this flush is nor performed properly, problems result. NOTE: I could be mostly or totally incorrect about this assesment. If I am wrong or have explained it poorly, please correct

Re: Moving /usr directory?

1998-04-22 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
d? > I believe cp -a works. -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~ ~ The University of Tulsa[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Keplinger Hall Room #L1-A (918) 631-2548 ~ ~ 600 S. College Ave

portmap problems... anyone help?

1998-04-22 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
: Unable to receive; errno = Connection refused Any help is appreciated. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~ ~ The University of Tulsa[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Keplinger

Re: Linux history help...

1998-04-21 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
ory.html to be a great history referance for Linux. It includes quotes from Linus etc. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- 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

Re: RedHat5 & X

1998-04-21 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
t of complex set-ups necessary > in Linux? When you use the control panel in X windows it actually edits the files for you. When you change stuff in the X tools, it is changed (unless you cancel the changes). -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~~~

Re: large 8.3GB drives?

1998-04-20 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
uck with Maxtor... take it back and spend the extra money for Western Digital or IBM. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~ ~ The University of Tulsa[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Kepl

Re: libXm

1998-04-20 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
sstif installs in the past, therefore I would recommend the purchase of Motif from RedHat. I believe Linuxmall (www.linuxmall.com) sells it as well. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~

Re: Netscape install in redhat 5.0

1998-04-20 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
e is a communicator and netscape rpm... grab it! Second suggestion: try changing directory to the directory that contains ns-install, and type ./ns-install -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld

Re: Q: Swap space

1998-04-16 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
efficiency if they get too big??? Anyway, yes you can have multiple swap partitions, in fact I currently have 2 128M partitions on my server. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~ ~ The U

Re: Can I delete /initrd ?

1998-04-16 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
gt; Although it was created during > installation, it wasn't used since then. > What's the this directory for? > Compatibility? > > Thanks, > Nikita. What version are you using? In RedHat 5.0 /boot/initrd is required, but I've

Re: login prompt

1998-04-16 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
t; > "Linux Rules!" Depends on the shell, are you using sh? csh? If you telnet to a SUN machine and your shell is sh, then a .profile file is read, with csh, .cshrc and .login are read. you might try just typing "hostname" at the prompt to see if you are getting proper feedbac

Re: I _WANT_ to damage my file system

1998-04-15 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
ost sure to ruin your fs if you do it enough times... -- K.S. -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~ ~ The University of Tulsa[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Keplinger Hall Room #L1-A

Re: bind and sendmail

1998-04-15 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
> > The bind-4.9.6-7 RPM from ftp://ftp.redhat.com/pub/redhat/updates is perfectly > secure. > It is my opinion that if someone says ANYTHING is "perfectly secure" on any computer system that is attached to the internet, they are not only sadly mistaken but very ignorant.

Re: x

1998-04-14 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
eo card correctly... If it's an old ISA video card I guarantee that's the problem. I would recommend a Matrox Mill. II. It works very well for me on my PII/300. -- K.S. -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Ma

Re: Question on rpm and update files

1998-04-14 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
the Subject. No, rpm -Uhv updates rpms that are already installed, and installs those that are not. I know because all I use is rpm -Uhv to install or update files. my suggestion would be to write a quick script that does a rpm -q and if it returns anything then run rpm -Uhv -- Keith Schoen

Re: Linux in general

1998-04-14 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
ver even used Unix before. Do you suppose I'm biting off more > than I can chew to try to learn such a DIFFERENT operating system at my age? > I don't even have a clue about the nomenclature, even. > My father is 52 and has installed Linux o

Re: Getting rid of LILO

1998-04-14 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
ØZ¶X¬¶·ª¹ë-­çaj×(>­?éì¹»®&ÞjËay+>?ç- >From Win95 type: fdisk /mbr -- K.S. -- ~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld Systems Manager ~ ~ The University of Tulsa[EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Keplinger H

Re: Excel from windows to linux

1998-04-13 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
3.7 from RedHat and it imports xls files. I believe it only supports up to version 5.0 of Excel, but if you are running Office 97 you can always save the xls file as an older version file. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld

mail problems...

1998-04-13 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
t So here's the question... is this is a Sendmail configurable option? Is it only able to be set at compile time? I can't seem to find any mask settings for the permanent mail file in sendmail.cf. Any help is greatly appr

NIS with HPUX 10.20 and Linux

1998-04-10 Thread Keith Schoenefeld
on what my problem might be? Any help would be greatly appreciated. -- Keith Schoenefeld -- ~~~~~~~~~ ~ Keith Schoenefeld [EMAIL PROTECTED] ~ ~ Workstation Manager(918) 631-2548 ~ ~ The University of Tul