Re: scsi refuses wide negotiation

scsi0:0:5:0 may be your CD-ROM/tape with a narrow SCSI interface. There's no error. Claudiu -Original Message- From: Michael P. Sale <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, July 01, 1998 4:03 a Subject: scsi refuses wide negotiation >Hi all, > >I'

motif questions

I own Motif 2.0 on a recent 2.0.32 RH5.0 It works well, but randomly it starts behaving strangely: Before windows used to get their focus by clicking anywhere inside their borders. After they only accept title-bar click-to-focus. Before, there was a right-button menu with an exit option. After, i

how to kill a zombie ?

though zombies are already dead, I would like to kill the ones haunting my computer. kill -9 won't work neither 'killall ' nor 'kill -SIGKILL '. rebooting is not an option because I'm trying to prove high up-time. what else? Claudiu -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MA

Re: X stuff

I want to change the font size for the console window as I'm running 1024*728 and the font is just way too small. The WM I'm running for now (until I figure out how to mount the dos partition that holds all the KDE Stuff I have :) ) is the one that comes with redhat FVWM I think it is. install 1

Re: motif

>I was wondering what the size is for red hat motif. Does it come as an >RPM ? > yep, it comes as a rpm motif 2.0 was about 17MB Claudiu -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-list

Fw: Web Database

>>Slowly building up my systems knowlage now :) >> >> >>Next thing to get under my belt, I want to be able to have a form based >>database take entries, insert into the database, and be able to do key >>searches in each catagory, keywords, etc... >> ... > >>I'm looking for some poi

Re: Web Database

>Slowly building up my systems knowlage now :) > > >Next thing to get under my belt, I want to be able to have a form based >database take entries, insert into the database, and be able to do key >searches in each catagory, keywords, etc... > ... >I'm looking for some pointers to

StarOffice 'system' fonts

I'm quite unhappy with StarOffice's "system" fonts (you know, the ones in the menus and stuff) on my 15" 1024x768 monitor. How can I enlarge them ? Claudiu -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips

starting programs when motif starts

how do I start programs when motif mwm starts ? Claudiu -- 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with "unsubs

exmh xauth ?

when I start exmh it keeps sending a error message : BgRegister X server insecure (must use xauth-style authorisation); command ignored then exmh-bg cannot rendez-vous with UI - exiting. Usually this is because Tk send is not working. There's a lot of information in

mwm behavior and pppd

Motif 2.0.1 on rh 5.0 before firing pppd I had cool menus and I could change focus by clicking the window body. after, all menus dissapear (so the only mwm exit is ctrl+alt+backspace) plus I can only change the window focus by clicking the titlebar why ? how can I fix that ? TIA Claudiu --

Re: smp (pre-steps)

>I've decided to make one of my boxes an smp machine, and was wondering >what thing I need to do before I go smp. I know I need to uncomment the >setserial line in rc.local, and of course recompile, but what else do I >need to do (it a p5 box fwiw). uncomment SMP=1 from /usr/src/linux/Makefile >

Re: ppp nightmare

>>I must be missing something simple. If anyone can give me a >> hand, is willing to take a look at my configuration files, anything, please >> let me know. > >Not what you're looking for but, much easier. Try ezppp or xisp. If you >can't find 'em ask. If you can get the rpm version of ezppp to w

Re: setuid ? how ?

>Just a bit more info (for those who wish and/or care to know..) :) > >The 'chmod' (Change Mode) command in the *nix world has two different >methods (modes) of operation. One is known as the 'symbolic' mode, and is >represented by an octal number. >Now here's how these 'octal numbers' can be

Re: Digital Server 3205 - okay for Linux?

>Hello: > >I am considering purchasing a Digital Server 3205. Before I do, I >want to ensure it, including all hardware such as SCSI and Ethernet >interfaces, work with Linux. Here are the specs: > >Digital Server 3205 >- Pentium II 300MhZ >- 288Mb RAM (2 x 16Mb, 4 x 64Mb) >- SCSI 12X CD-ROM dri

setuid ? how? was setuid ? how?

I read all replies but I still don't know how to setuid a program. More details on this topic, please . bcd -- 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

Re: Root through telnet

>I'm going away on vacation, and I want to be able to configure my system >from away. How do I enable the root account to be accessable through >telnet? add some ttyp0, ttyp1,... in /etc/securetty >I know I can su, but that doesn't give me access to all the >commands I need (such as useradd).

setuid ? how ?

how do I change the uid under which a program runs ? is it possible for a regular user to run a program that requires root privileges ? (like "shutdown -r now") what is setuid/suid ? bcd -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-

Re: Dual Celerons

>Thanks all for the comments re Celerons. >We have been trialling a single Celeron on the BX motherboard for some >weeks now at the 100Meg bus speed where it was found to outperform the >333Meg PII by a significant margin with a saving of about $800. If we >could have used them in pairs, a saving

motif

I own Motif 2.0 for RH 4.2 Now I upgraded to RH 5.0 and I cannot start Motif any more. It just dumps core. Is there any upgrade or do I have to buy a newer version ? bcd -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Erra

Re: Unidentified subject!

  tty0 tty1  tty2  tty3  tty4  ..  tty8    i still can't login as root from other computers by telnet... It says "Login incorrect"..  I'm sure I have the right password , because I can login with this password from the console..   

Re: Bug using crypt in 5.0

> >I've been trying to write a program in C to do user authentication and >allow them to log into my machine. The problem is that it won't compile >in 5.0. It gives me compile errors in tmp files. >/tmp/cca017411.o(.text+0x356): undefined reference to `crypt' > >The program will compile on 4.2

Re: Samba connection fails

>Hello all ... > >I'm a newbie to Linux and a new subscriber to the hurricane-list (not this >one - so please reply directly!) - but so far I'm glad I have abandoned NT >$erver for Linux. However, I'm having some trouble with samba shares. Can >anyone help, please? > >When attempting to connec

Re: mailtool in RH5.0

>Hi, > >I have two questions (one about mailtool and another about samba):- > >- I was wondering if someone can tell what's the X-mailtool called in linux, > if there's one. Currently I use elm. I'm used to dtmail and mailtool in > solaris, sun environment. Do we have something similar to it

Interbase for RH4.2 - JDBC ??

(Talking about RH5.0) There is JDK for Linux There is Interbase 4.0 for RH4.2 (works fine on 5.0) It is supposed the above can "communicate" through JDBC But where is the InterBase JDBC driver ? I guess I have a problem because the (free) InterBase 4.0 / Linux isn't delivered with an InterBase

Re: shell scripts

> Coul anyone point me to a Howto or something about gnu bash >scripts ? read man pages (man bash) or search for bash-doc-*.rpm (try rufus.w3.org or ftp.redhat.com) Claudiu Balciza -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-F

Re: PostgreSQL 6.3.2 RPM?

>I don't suppose anyone out there has found an rpm version of v6.3.2 of >PostgreSQL? I looked in the contrib directory, but found none... > >Thanks! >Mike > >== try ftp://rufus.w3.org/linux/redhat-contrib/hurricane/i386/postgresql* -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Ti

Re: "DOS FILES=" equivalent in Linux ?

>Sometimes i get this error : >"too many open files in system" >causing my system to fail. >How do I increase the number of files ? > ok, in /usr/src/linux/include/linux/fs.h #define NR_INODE 3072 /* this should be bigger than NR_FILE 8/ #define NR_FILE 1024 /* this can well be larger on a larger

root not allowed to ncpumount !?

I use to mount a novell server in rc.local But when I try to ncpumount it by ncpumount (in /etc/rc.d/init.d/halt) I get the error "you are not allowed to ncpumount" or something. Simply umount returns error codes. It is not big trouble since the novell server clears the connection shortly after, b

dec-tulip netcard problems

RH5.0 I have a Digital SMP server with a built in netcard. It is a 21142/3 chip based card with the last version of the tulip driver (thanks Donald). The card activates but cannot comunicate with the network. I can ping to itself but not from another computer. Any suggestions ? Claudiu -- PL

dosemu .66-7 lredir on ncpmounted dirs ?

I have a novell server mounted in /mnt/nw /mnt/nw/data /mnt/nw/sys /mnt/nw/ide1 and I try to lredir those to dosemu (0.66-7) [autoexec.bat] lredir d: LINUX\FS/mnt/fat lredir f: LINUX\FS/mnt/nw/sys lredir g: LINUX\FS/mnt/nw

"DOS FILES=" equivalent in Linux ?

Sometimes i get this error : "too many open files in system" causing my system to fail. How do I increase the number of files ? TIA Claudiu -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-list

Fw: too many open files in system error

>Sometimes i get this error : >"too many open files in system" >causing my system to fail. >How do I increase the number of files ? > >Claudiu > > -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailin

Re: Mounting FAT32

>Doesn't RH5.0 allow mounting of FAT32? If so, how do I do this with RH4.2? >Isn't it just the mount program that does the mounting, or does the kernel >have to support it? > for the 2.0.30 there was a 'joliet-kernel-patches-0_2_7-1.i386.rpm' (on hurricane web site I guess) that added vfat32 file

DNS for local network ?

I read DNS-HOWTO and (kind of) understood it, but that is for networks connected to the internet. It tryes to find every mispelled name on the internet root ns. I only need a DNS for the local network (simple, one server, three branches, one DNS on one branch, no internet). Where can I find some m

crypt() function in gcc 2.7.2.3 ?

RH5.0, gcc 2.7.2.3. Trying to compile a program that compiled well with gcc 2.7.2.1. errer: undefined symbol crypt. why ? TIA. Claudiu -- 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

SMP xsysinfo ?

anyone know a multi-processor system accounting utility xosview/xsysinfo like ? Claudiu -- 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 [EMAIL PROTECTED] with

metroX unresolved symbols, and other stuff

My metroX server works smooth, yet the /var/log/Xerrors complains about some unresolved symbols. Is this a real error ? On the other hand, on another computer with a Genius (model 3) serial mouse metroX seems to conflict with gpm. Though it used to work (at least for one X session). The error is

mount: none already mounted or /proc busy

RedHat 5.0 2.0.31 SCSI at boot time i get the message "mount: none already mounted or /proc busy" As I remember the RH 4.2 rc.sysinit used to umount /proc to avoid confusing fsck I think. Is that necessary to RH5.0 ? Then why isn't it included in RH5's rc.sysinit ? Claudiu -- PLEASE read

mars-nwe

Mars-nwe .99pl2 in place and working. I want to print to (novell) network printers attached to dos stations defined with rprinter. How do I define a (mars-nwe) print server to serve the queues defined with pconsole ? Does anybody know where to 'hack' the source for more users ? (Please refer to t

ncurses 4.1

In order to use 'netwatch' I need ncurses 4.1 but when I try to install the ncurses-4.1.i386.rpm it conflicts with files from the ncurses 1.9.9 (RH5 distriburtion). If I --force it fails to remove certain files from /lib/ncurses. what's to be done ? Claudiu -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, T

fat32 filesystem and kernel 2.0.33 ?

as I have some data on a fat32 partition and no way to convert it to ext2, I have been using the joliet-kernel-patches-0_2_7-1_i386.rpm to add fat32 support to kernel 2.0.30 kernel 2.0.33 fails to compile after the same patch. you guessed right, when compiling fat.o or something. is there any jo

question about users, groups and permissions

Let's say I have a directory and I want to set rw- permission for a group (G1), ro- for another (G2) but rw for certain files in the directory for certain users in the second group (G2). How do I do that ? Groups contain users, but can they contain other groups ? Claudiu -- PLEASE read the R

mars-nwe administering

Ok, mars-nwe installed, configured and works on the supervisor account. How do I set up groups, users, rights ? (Novell's syscon ?) How do Unix ownership/permissions impact on mars resources ? Claudiu -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redh

Re: UPS?

>One note, do be careful that you are using a UPS-specific cable (not a >standard serial cable) and that you know what model number your cable is... >you should be fine. > >-Bethg:-) I own an APC UPS model 12501 but I don't know what type of cable to use. Can anyone help ? Claudiu -- PLEAS

DOS clients for (RH) Linux Server ?

DOS clients for (RH) Linux Server ? I'm setting up a Linux file/database Server and I would like to know if there are other ways to connect to it from M$DOS than SMB/Novell clients Claudiu -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/R

rc.d init script questions

I'm trying to start/stop the postgres database manager with a SysV init script (RH4.2). The script (following under - line numbers not included into original) correctly starts postgres on runlevel 3 but it won't execute in order to stop it on runlevel 0 and/or 6. The symlinks in /etc/rc.d/rc0.d an

UPS alert for Linux?

I own an APC Back-UPS (Model 1250) which provides power status signaling for various OSes. How do I set it up to work with a Linux server ? If you happen to know, please send me the cable wiring scheme (I don't have the cable any more, and I want to order one) Claudiu -- PLEASE read the Red

Is Digital DE500AA network card supported by Linux ?

Is Digital DE500AA network card supported by Linux ? If yes, then are any special requirements/parameters ? Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel Mare nr.6 5600 Piatra Neamt Romania tel: +40 33 210671 +40 33 210672 fax: +40 33 230817 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED

isapnp and Yamaha opl3 pnp soundcard. How ?

Does anybody know how to configure isapnp to activate a Yamaha OPL3 pnp soundcard ? Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel Mare nr.6 5600 Piatra Neamt Romania tel: +40 33 210671 +40 33 210672 fax: +40 33 230817 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat

dbf2pg where ?

can anyone point me to a ftp location where I to find dbf2pg (XBase to PostGreSQL converter) ? Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel Mare nr.6 5600 Piatra Neamt Romania tel: +40 33 210671 +40 33 210672 fax: +40 33 230817 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read

Re: thanks for the PostGreSQL tips

hing the web should be >a snap ! >Chris Fenton here's the location for some more formats ftp://tsx-11.mit.edu/pub/linux/docs/HOWTO/other-formats/html/PostgreSQL-HOWT O-html.tar.gz Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel Mare nr.6 5600 Piatra Neamt Romania tel: +40 33 210671 +4

Re: PostGreSQL documentation, where ?

>What do you currently have? What I have is the contents of the doc >directory that came with the source code. If that's of interest to you, >send me e-mail and I'll send it. > > I have it too, but I want some more. Thanks anyway Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.

yamaha opl3-sax. Does it work with Linux ?

I have a yamaha opl3-sax soundboard and I can't configure it to work with Linux (RH4.2) Can anyone tell me the on's and off's in kernel sound configuration ? Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel Mare nr.6 5600 Piatra Neamt Romania tel: +40 33 210671 +40 33 210672 fax

PostGreSQL documentation, where ?

where can i find more postgresql documentation ? Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel Mare nr.6 5600 Piatra Neamt Romania tel: +40 33 210671 +40 33 210672 fax: +40 33 230817 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING

Re: Netware client (BASE V1.2) with Redhat 5.0

to get away from >the dreaded GPF. > >-Paul I experience some problems with RH4.2 ncpfs and Novell 4.11 (NDS) Can you tell me what is the 'Novell stuff' RH5.0 comes with and if you happen to know it working with NDS Novell ? Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel Mare

Re: Netscape.

>Hi, >Can somebody tell me th ftp address for getting Netscape from Redhat? >TIA. >Wayne. ftp://rufus.w3.org but it is quite a big package. Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel Mare nr.6 5600 Piatra Neamt Romania tel: +40 33 210671 +40 33 210672 fax: +40 33 230817 e

two processors

how do I compile RedHat4.2's kernel for two processors ? and How do I get disk mirroring or raid ? Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel Mare nr.6 5600 Piatra Neamt Romania tel: +40 33 210671 +40 33 210672 fax: +40 33 230817 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- P

ncpfs, ncpmount

for a while) Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel Mare nr.6 5600 Piatra Neamt Romania tel: +40 33 210671 +40 33 210672 fax: +40 33 230817 email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHa

swap priority

RedHat4.2 I have two swap partitions on two physical disks. At boot time they are assigned priority of -1 and -2. What does that mean and how can I change the priority ? (I need maximum swap priority on the disk containing not the root directory) Claudiu Balciza ALTEX IMPEX srl str.Stefan Cel