Re: Sun Hardware?

My employer has several surplus Sun SpacStations, Models 5, 10 and 20, specifically, all about 6 years old. I may acquire one or more of them. Can anyone report their results using this hardware? I have never used the 5, but I have had no trouble with Red Hat 6.0, 6.1, and 6.2 on the 10 or

Re: Samba and NT4 WS

I hate to ask this, but did you start the server? (smbd, nmbd) Without nmbd running at the least, the machine would not show up in the network neighborhood. :) Matt - Matt Housh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Academic System Administrator - ___ Redhat-list

Re: [newbie] .zip files...

i got some xmms skins and they are in .zip files. what do i use to unzip them? i tried gunzip -S .zip filename but it doesn't work... Use the "unzip" utility, similar to gunzip, but without the g and a different format. :) "unzip file.zip"... Matt

Re: info on DVD

on software decoding currently... Matt - Matt Housh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Academic System Administrator - ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: usb mouse

how do i get a usb mouse to work in linux? http://www.linux-usb.org/ --- all the info you need is here. I use a logitech USB gaming mouse on my laptop with linux, works flawlessly in both console and X. Matt ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL

Anyone use a 3M Volition Fibre NIC?

and emailed them, but have not yet received a response. So, I ask here, has anyone used one of these, and gotten it working with a recent or the current 2.2.x kernel? Matt - Matt Housh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Morpheus.Net Co-Founder/Admin/Evil Overlord

Re: identd with masquerading

What clone of identd works with kernel 2.4.0 test 10 final? I tried masqidentd-1.2.1, but the author stated isn't compatible with kernel 2.4 due to some fluke with ip_conntrack etc.. Try oidentd or midentd, both available from freshmeat. Matt

Re: rarp/tftp for net install

a sun via tftp, so add the rarp line, just as the arp line: [root@gaea /root] rarp -s pallas 08:00:20:1a:4a:92 That should get you going. There is no need for bootp whatsoever. Matt - Matt Housh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Academic System Administrator

Re: DF oddness. Can you explain this?

by default, when you create a new ext2 filesystem, 10% of that space is reserved for various things like inodes and such. so, for a 20 gig drive, that is ~2 gig. if you run this command: Actually, the amount reserved is 5% by default. The rest applies, though. Matt Housh ([EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Fwd: stupid linux tricks??

I should have been more explicit. I understand how to have a static motd displayed (of course one could edit the /etc/motd file to change the message) - but that falls under the heading of useful linux tricks. The slack box seems to dynamically pull quotes from a 'quote' server. I've

Re: [OT]WEB PAGE DESIGN PROBLEM

I think what you want might be accomplished with a simple javascript popup window. It's pretty straightforward, here's an example: script language="javascript" function popupwin(URL) { window.open(URL, 'title',

Re: unsubscribe -can someone at least bother to reply 4 the firsttime

, to Rev David P. Giffen, this is not directed at you, this is to everyone, I just used your email to reply. Matt -- Matt Housh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Morpheus.Net Co-Founder/Admin ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https

Re: Streaming media

is also a video/audio format? Is this wrong? Someone feel free to correct me if it is... -- Matt Housh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Morpheus.Net Co-Founder/Admin ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat

Re: Streaming media

Ok, I was close. :) Thanks for clearing that up, guys. Matt -- Matt Housh ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) Morpheus.Net Co-Founder/Admin ___ Redhat-list mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/redhat-list

Re: cat infile | translate all occurences of NOT NULL to

what command do I use to substitute all occurences of a certain string (say, "NOT NULL") with another arbitrary string, (e.g. "")? I've tried grep and tr, but can't figure it out. Give this one a try: cat infile | sed -s 's/NOT NULL//g' Matt

Re: Starting X in a second console

tty2, then do "startx --:1 to start a _second_ xsession - both running at the same time. However in red hat this does not work. Last time I checked, this worked fine, but I was doing "startx -- :1" - perhaps the space between the "--" and ":1" is required to make it work? Matt

Re: simple samba question

This time, i am in need of the command, the exact command, if possible, to mount a share on a win98 machine from my linux rh6.2 machine. You need to compile samba with smbmount support (./configure --with-smbmount), as it is NOT compiled in by default. If you're using RPMS, I'm not sure if

Re: Samba stuff

You are right, according to your comments in smb.conf, you should read ENCRYPTION.txt, Win95.txt and WinNT.txt in the samba documentation before you set encrypt passwords = yes by uncommenting the line in samba.conf Unfortunately, with that particular setup, it's a little complicated.

[OFF TOPIC] Re: Open Letter to Vo

While you're at it, would you please send a similarly caustic, yet succinct, note to yourself and remind yourself that posting in HTML is considered inconsiderate? Be sure to instruct yourself to go into your mail client and turn off mail formatting and turn on automatic wrap at a nice,

Re: IP Address Blocks

Bought a block of IP's. What IP addresses do I have? 64.184.117.0/28 netmask of 255.255.255.240 Netmask 255.255.255.240 /28 (...) 16 subnets 16 addresses x.x.x.0 x.x.x.15 x.x.x.16 x.x.x.31 x.x.x.32 x.x.x.47 x.x.x.48 x.x.x.63 x.x.x.64

Question of feasibility of loopback install of RH6.2 (or any version)

Hello all. I've become obsessed with the idea of creating an install of RH on a loopback file on my windows98 partition, just for grins. I repeat, for grins. This is just something I want to do for my own education, so please spare me the questions of why, etc. Anyway, my question is this: Does

Re: triple-boot manager?

My question is: Can I install Suse on my computer next to Windows and Redhat? Yes. Do i have to purchase a special bootmanager(www.bootmanager.com) or can Lilo handle 3 operatingsystems? No, and yes, lilo can. And if Lilo can handle 3 operatingsystems, how do i change the

Re: Removing Qmail...

Yep, totally agree with you. However, since I'm considering moving to qmail... can you please let us know what your reasons to move back to sendmail are? It would certainly help me make a decision myself. On the other hand, regarding your own question I assume that you never installed

Re: Removing Qmail...

I apologize for my previous post. I guess I was just caught off guard by your question. If you insrtalled from tarball, all you need to do is remove the qmail users...qmaild, qmailq, qmails etc. If you use tcsh, you could do something similar to the following: # foreach n ( qmaild

Re: Removing Qmail...

Well, I consider moving from qmail to sendmail to be unreasonable, so I would answer "no" to your question... Why in the world would you want to do that? These are not the kind of answers/questions I'm looking for, and as such I will not answer them. If you have a useful answer,

Removing Qmail...

I am not interested in opinions as to whether or not it's a good idea to remove qmail and switch back to sendmail, I am simply asking how to do it. It seems to me that a flame war is unnecessary here. We all have our own opinions, and I happen to be quite fond of qmail. I simply wish to

Re: Starting quotas

I would like to get quotas started for users to limit the amount of diskspace they are entitled to. How do I go about it? The man pages are not very helpful. Is there somewhere a Howto? There is an excellent and easy Mini-Howto available, check out

Re: Kernel recompilation (Former:-How to mount Windows2000)

Make[1]: as86: Command not found Make[1]: *** [bbootsect.o] Error 127 Make[1]: Leaving directory '/usr/src/linux-2.2.14/arch/i386/boot' Make: *** [bzImage] Error 2 Kindly advise which file/files have to be installed to procure Command - 'as86' and to eliminate "[bbootsect.o] Error 127".

Re: lilo problem (no. of cylinders 1023)

Please get back to me for more info. Thanks in advance, Raju Try the info on this page: http://jaeger.morpheus.net/linux/large-disk.html Matt -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubscribe" as the Subject.

Re: lilo problem (no. of cylinders 1023)

line, though. What does it do when you try it? And have you checked in fdisk during the install to see if the geometry is correct then? Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: How to copy floppy disks.

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Re: 18.3 gig drive

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Re: new scsi card not auto-loaded

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Re: Mount CDFS

I think CDFS is used on FreeBSD/NetBSD. Linux calls the same iso9660. If you want CDFS support, you need to grab a file and compile it as a module, but it IS available. Check out http://www.elis.rug.ac.be/~ronsse/cdfs/ for info and files. Matt -- To unsubscribe: mail [EMAIL

Re: NIC for Linux - NetGear FA310tx

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Re: OT-Linux/Winblows/2 Drives/ and Vmware

It's taken me about a year but have finally gotten comfortable enough w/ linux to take this step. I want to put winblows in it's rightful place and run it as an app on my linux box. I have 3 mission critical apps that I have to run on winblows and the rest of my work is now being done

Re: maiing a bootable cd.

I d/l'ed the redhat 6.2-beta archive, and set up the directory hierarchy in preparation for burning a cd. I know I've seen teh instructions for burning a bootable cd before, but a search for that info is presently eluding me. I haven't updated the tutorial for Red Hat 6.1 yet (I'm

Re: Adaptec AIC7xxx Problems

he Adaptec 7800 series cards should all work great with linux (every one I've used has)... Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) web: (http://jaeger.mo

Re: XFree86 4.0 packages available

- lacking ANY config tool that actually works I found, after compiling XFree86 4.0 from source, that xf86config worked fine. Is that a fluke? Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator

Re: Using fdisk during install

Thanks. I assume you meant /tmp/sda, instead of /dev/sda. I did, I'm a moron :) Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) web: (http://jaeger.morpheus.net

Re: Using fdisk during install

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Re: OT: fonts in netscape

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Re: OT: fonts in netscape

. I will not respond to this on the list again. If you think it'll get you somewhere to continue this with me, feel free to email me directly. Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email

Re: in.identd where

be in there. Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) web: (http://jaeger.morpheus.net/) -- you played me well, mortal

Re: OT: fonts in netscape

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Re: fTP access

if it does the same thing... Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) web: (http://jaeger.morpheus.net

Re: Last question on RPM (at least for a while, and from me) PROMISE!

rpm -qa | rpm --verify You could also do 'rpm -va' or 'rpm -a --verify'... Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) web: (http://jaeger.morpheus.net

Re: RPMs - Frustration sets in.

, it appears. Tried 'rpm --rebuilddb' ? Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) web: (http://jaeger.morpheus.net

Re: How do I copy my old drive to a new one?

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Re: Missing files

from your Red Hat CD or an ftp mirror... HTH, Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) web: (http://jaeger.morpheus.net

Re: [OT] - Parsing Apache Configuration File with PER

Thanks, Pete, working great now. :) Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) web: (http://jaeger.morpheus.net

External SCSI2 CDRom Problems

any ideas, or ever seen this problem? Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) web: (http://jaeger.morpheus.net

[OT] - Parsing Apache Configuration File with PERL

, but how can I create a loop that will ignore everything until it hits VirtualHost ip, parse everything until it hits /VirtualHost, and start ignoring again? Any assistance appreciated... Matt -- Matt Housh

Re: Problems with multi session cd burning.

That was exactly what I needed! At home over the weekend, I finally (after nearly three years of looking and trying) got my first two sessions read. I think the crux of my problem was there were directories on the first two sessions with the same name. Anyway, I copied all files from all

Re: linux installation woe...

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Re: Linux install woes !

I have a new install of Linux RH 6.1. I choose a Custom / install everything on a 3 GB partition with a 150 meg Swap partition. Everything went smoothly and I had a successful install but on reboot the boot failed at this point Bringing up eth0 Oops: 000 followed by a bunch of

Re: hmmm....

I have a question concerning Linux and USR 56k V90 modems. Now I have heard a lot of people say. When it comes to that modem trash it, it's a PnP modem and you're screwed. There's no way in hell it will work in Linux. On the juxta-position of that I have seen multiple posts in

Re: ASP with Apache

Is there any free software to do ASPs under Apache? We have a few users requesting to use ASPs but really don't want to run an NT server. I've heard of software you can buy to do this, but it is too expensive for a handful of users. I haven't gotten this working yet, so I can't

Re: Truetype fonts in RH6.0

it /etc/X11/fs/config to include the ttf fonts dir) /etc/rc.d/init.d/xfs restart HTH, Matt ------ Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROT

Re: HTML question

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Re: Netmask

. Check out this doc, may help a little bit: http://jaeger.morpheus.net/misc/netmasks.html Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator email: ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) web: (http://jaeger.morpheus.net

Re: Sound Blaster Live on Red Hat 6.1

odule from there, rather than the precompiled one. It works great for me... If anyone needs it and can't find it on the page, email me and I'll send it to you... Matt -- Matt HoushMorpheus.Net Administrator emai

Re: Spurious ` characters

Hey guys, I tried to respond to this, but the redhat list has been eating my mail lately. Hope this one gets thru. Anyway, I have the same problem with our Dell P2/400s here. The guy I talked to at Dell tech support said that one of the two BIOS fixed available for my machine would fix it, but I

Re: Xircom PCMCIA

about your hardware. Toshibas seem to play well with Linux. If you need some help, feel free to ask... HTH, Matt -- --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversit

Re: IP Masqurading

Check out the IP-Masquerading mini-HOWTO. All the steps you need for IP-Masq, laid out plainly :) -- --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa

Re: PCI Sound?

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Re: PCI Sound?

Hmmm, dunno. Worth looking into, I suppose. -- --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural Sciences &q

Re: How to install RedHat via FTP

What you want is the i386 directory. Using that? Matt Cui Jian wrote: I have download redhat from internet. but when I install the OS, The system always report "Can't find Red Hat at indicated directory". Why? I only download these files: | RedHat | RPMS --

Re: in market for new computer; want no problems

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Re: in market for new computer; want no problems

That makes no difference at all. If I want to put Linux on my machine, but have someone else build the hardware, that's completely unrelated. Nothing defines a *REAL* computer but opinion. Matt Jamie D wrote: a real; computer is one that you build, not one that someone builds for you, and

Re: HTML-formatted mail

of information. Read: INFORMATION. Not web pages. --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural Sciences "I

Re: Mouse in X

Have you tried running X without gpm? --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural Sciences &q

Re: Newbie Question : How do I put some wallpaper in X?

in the background. 'xv -root -quit -rmode 5 bg.jpg' would center bg.jpg at its normal size. There are more options, read the xv help. Also, xloadimage will do the same, but I don't know the syntax for it... HTH --- Matt Housh

Re: Swap Problems

Yes, since it hangs at the unmounting every time... --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural

Re: Missing modules- net-pf-4/5

net-pf-4 refers to IPX, net-pf-5 refers to appletalk. You might check out /usr/src/linux/Documentation/modules.txt :) --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer Specialist

Re: windows -- linux fonts?

Check out Xfstt. http://las.ml.org will show you where to find it. --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering

Swap Problems

Anyone know why RH 5.1 won't unmount my swap partition when rebooting, and consequently never reboots? Matt --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity

Re: Linux THEN DOS

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Re: Please help!

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Re: What is the difference between xf86config and Xconfigurator?

As I understand it, Xconfigurator is a RedHat specific proggy, whereas xf86config comes with the X distribution. Xconfigurator also seems to be somewhat limited, comparatively. --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL

Re: Fonts for Linux???

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Re: I give up...help with Communicator?

Manager' Package MIMEType: application/x-rpm Suffixes: rpm (x) Save to disk Should be good to go. Add an entry for anything you want to save in there, like .tgz, etc... HTH, Matt --- Matt Housh email

Re: Changing log-on screen look

Check out /etc/rc.d/rc.local, and /etc/issue /etc/issue.net. The issue files are the ones that control the console login screens, and rc.local changes them at boot, by default, in redhat. --- Matt Housh

Re: I give up...help with Communicator?

I did read it, but apparently no one else did :) --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural

Re: Configure

If you're referring to a configure program/script from some package that you've just downloaded and untarred, try './configure', as the current directory is most likely not in your path. --- Matt Housh email

NT Loader

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RE: Changing log-on screen look

Keep in mind that /etc/motd is displayed AFTER login, not before/during... --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa

Re: GIMP configure problem

Did you make sure you put the GTK directory (/usr/local/lib I think) in /etc/ld.so.conf, and then run ldconfig -v afterwards, checking for GTK in the output? (and glib?) HTH --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL

Re: 2nd cpu?

Seems that stable kernels don't do SMP, iirc. --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural Sciences

Re: e2fsck

. The extended 2 fs is actually pretty interesting, and impressive, comparatively. Check it out sometime :) --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa

BogoMips

. Anyway, the point is that P2 and MMX chips actually print out a decent approximation of CPU speed under most circumstances. HTH, Matt --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer Specialist

Need more linux/redhat help? Want to contribute?

ome of you there :) --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural Sciences "I don't remember yesterday. And today, it rained." -- PLEASE read t

Re: Where is .config for the RH5 kernel?

Looked in /usr/src/linux/arch/i386/defconfig? --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural Sciences

Re: *Anyone* using a VIA MP3 chipset with RH?

I would have gone with Asus either way :) --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural Sciences

Re: 3D accelerator?

other things) linux glquake is slower, but still nice... --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural Sciences

Re: WAV player

splay, bwavplay, wavplay, wavplayer, etc... --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa Engineering and Natural Sciences

Diald + IP-Masquerading problem

...) works. But I can't get it to work when I try to contact something outside the gateway from any of the machines inside the lan. Diald doesn't even get any packets. Anyone know how to fix this? Matt --- Matt Housh

Re: Vt bloking after doing init 3

I find that sometimes killing the process for that getty/mingetty recovers the VT, sometimes not... --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MicroComputer SpecialistUniversity of Tulsa

Re: Users

Remove the user's home dir (/home/user usually), their mail spool (if created, /var/spool/mail/user), and their entries from /etc/passwd and /etc/group (if created). --- Matt Housh email: [EMAIL PROTECTED

Re: Adaptec adapters

" Adaptec AIC7xxx support (NEW)" in the SCSI low-level drivers section of the SCSI support section. That's the one you need. I've got a dell P2/300 here with an onboard 2940UW that this works perfectly for. HTH ---

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