[SLUG] ksirc in mandrake 9.0

Hi all, tried to run ksirc; immediately after 'connecting to (server) port 6667..' I have a line that reads Bad arg length for Socket::pack_sockaddr_in, length is 0, should be 4 at /usr/bin/dsirc line 182 I know nothing of programming, so below is line 179-183 with c/r cause i can't type

[SLUG] char block majors

is there a list of *.majors on Redhat 7.3? doesn't appear to be a /documentation/devices.txt file . thanks bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] kernel annoucement

20mnins for a patch? surely your not on a 28.8 modem? 56k..download didn't come under 4.1k/s Having just 1 full source tree for a kernel and then using patches each time to get that source upgraded is quick n easy if you don't want to download the full tar source for each release.

Re: [SLUG] kernel annoucement

Grant Byers wrote: How are you applying the patch? You only need to cd to the top level kernel source directory and do a patch -p1 patchfile Cheers, Grant thanks Grant , it was me that did it wrong! as usual!!! bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More

Re: [SLUG] (no subject)

Graeme Robinson wrote: Which is why I recommend SME Server - you can admin it yourself with minimal instruction calling on a tech only if you need hardware. Security fixes are easy to monitor and install from the web-manager that you also use to add users/fileshares/virtual domains, etc.

[SLUG] one way ping

hi all, I have at this moment 2 boxes on the net via a server/gateway, (3rd box) before I came on line I tried to ping from one box to the other. works fine, one way only. they identify each other ,by name and ip, everything looks the same in the printout, but no losses one way, 100% the other.

Re: [SLUG] one way ping

Patrick Kelso wrote: Is the box that doesnt return the pings running a firewall? Patrick no it's not (just checked), relying on the server firewall to keep things kleen. they are explicitly allowed to talk in /etc/hosts.allow as well. bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group -

[SLUG] mozilla

where does mozilla hide the mailboxes?? i.e. inbox, drafts, sent . tia bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] Hidden NIC's

Hi all, Is there a way to clear network files, so I can start again? or do I re-install ? I started with fixed IP's, then went dhcp, but since I tried to go back, I can no longer contact the server, and the nics aren't recognized. I thought I'd killed the nic's, until I discovered one still

[SLUG] Hidden NIC's

Hi all, Is there a way to clear network files, so I can start again? or do I re-install ? I started with fixed IP's, then went dhcp, but since I tried to go back, I can no longer contact the server, and the nic's aren't recognized. I thought I'd killed the nic's, until I discovered one still

Re: [SLUG] top level kernel source directory

Brad Thomson wrote: The top level directory, once the source has been uncompressed will be /usr/src/kernel-source-2.4.19. thanks to all, Brad had the answer, I hadn't uncompressed. David Fitch wrote: You know 2.4.18 is prepackaged in woody? yes David, I have rh 7.3 on the same box, with

[SLUG] top level kernel source directory

hi all, I'm trying to change my kernel. (woody - 2.4.19) I have tried to run make-kpkg in a number of directories which I thought _may_ have been appropriate. Could someone define top level kernel source directory please? tia Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/

[SLUG] mount points

Hi all, Is it possible to make a new partition mount directly under '/' in rh7.3 ? It is recognised during boot, proclaimed clean, then a few lines later I get a message 'no mount point defined'. The partition is in /etc/fstab, was in /etc/mtab but it is written out at boot. There is probably

[SLUG] man pages

Hi all, I'm running rh 7.3, and woody. I wanted to view 'man mkfs.ext3' but I keep getting mke2fs instead. I started on rh, went to woody, and get the same result. The tar file /usr/share/man/man8 /mkfs.ext3 exists, but when I open it with emacs the contents are mke2fs,; in rh at least the

Re: [SLUG] man pages

Howard Lowndes wrote: On Sat, 27 Jul 2002, Bill Taylor wrote: Hi all, I'm running rh 7.3, and woody. I wanted to view 'man mkfs.ext3' but I keep getting mke2fs instead. I started on rh, went to woody, and get the same result. The tar file /usr/share/man/man8 /mkfs.ext3 exists, but when I open

Re: [SLUG] Toshiba Satilite 2710 Series

Hi Dennis, I hope your cdrom is 1st (or 2nd after the floppy) boot drive in the bios setup? cheers Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] path to sme server

Sme server has been up and running for several weeks, seems to work fine; even blocks most of the pron emails in standard trim. Setup was as simple as Jeff suggested . The laptop went straight onto the web, over the network without any alteration, (w95, netscape) but the other boxes (rh7.2,

[SLUG] CBA's 'Quickline' under wine

Hi all, has anyone tried quickline with wine? I haven't tried yet; no point in trying to re-invent the wheel. tia Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Simple Zipslack/StarOffice Install

hi Justin, I've been subscribed since about Febuary, have received over 5000 postings, most of which are on a box I can't access at this hour. A lot of them go over my head, but I 've found there are some very knowlegble people on the list who are prepared to help at a newbie level. I agree

[SLUG] Debian X

Hi all, Last night (about midnight) I wrote an email to ask whether anyone ever managed to get 'X windows` to install on debian, but was unable to send (Host unknown (name server: mx.inodes. org. : host not found))(isp fault) as I had just spent 5 hours trying to get it to work on woody. I

Re: [SLUG] Gateway/firewall on 150P

Jeff Waugh wrote: You can turn most of SME's features off, from memory, so it wouldn't be overkill. Plus, if you're not a fan of sysadmin, it's easier to set up and administer. - Jeff spot on Jeff, thanks when I finally get all this set up, I want to run the 150 p without monitor,

[SLUG] Gateway/firewall on 150P

I have an old pentium (150) that I want to use as a gateway, firewall, dialup internet, printer scanner server. I was going to use SME, but from a quick read of the docs, it is waay beyond my requirements. I have both potato and woody on cd's, (and redhats galore). Is it more practical to

Re: [SLUG] Re: WAS: Re: can you buy a Woody CD?

thanks Angus, for your earlier postings to others as well as to mine. Humble apologies to deb, I agree Angus Lees wrote: you are underestimating the smarts of apt ;) (assuming there are no bugs) apt/dpkg won't let you install conflicting packages. this is not helped by the fact that i only

Re: WAS: Re: [SLUG] can you buy a Woody CD?

Hi all, I managed to get the 8 CDs (May snapshot) tried to load bf 2.4 off the 4th cd, but it needed the 1st cd for the base system. now i'm stuck in the loop as below Graeme Robinson wrote on 6/5/02:15:22: so far very smooth. On reboot I get prompted for root pw and useraccount

[SLUG] laptop keyboard

Hi all, my optima (dynamis, multimedia portable) has a function key in the lower left corner of the keyboard to activate certain functions on the function keys (12) and a number pad amongst the letter keys. can anyone give any suggestions on where the | pipe went? I get a ~ instead, and

Re: [SLUG] Modem activity

I think very short bursts are network checks, as my network switch is doing at the moment, even though this is the only box currently switched on. My modem also flashes it's LED's, but unless you have your eyes already on them you won't see it, it happens so fast. Bill Alan L Tyree wrote:

Re: [SLUG] harddrive setup

Ken Foskey wrote: I am about to embark on HD recovery (the disk is in the mail literally). How big would you set the relative sizes? (40 gig, double original) Ken, I recently acquired a 40g to add to my current 20g, and had a play with it, as there was nothing wrong with the 20g. I

Re: [SLUG] harddrive setup

missed a bit. sorry he next is a linux extended for the rest of the hd, then two swap files [1] [1] one of the partitioning tools wouldn't make a swap file bigger than 2 g , but it didn't matter as both swap files are available to whichever OS is running at the time. Why would I want more

Re: [SLUG] Can you buy a Woody CD?

is potato -- woody upgrade a big download for those of us on a dialup connection? Bill Richard Hayes wrote: Dear list, It is easy to get a Potato CD and do an upgrade but can you purchase a Woody CD? regards, -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Re: [SLUG] Module Section Keyword Expected

the file referred to when starting is /etc/X11/XF86Config the one that runs the config and generates the above file is /usr/X1186config and also adds a line in /etc/X11/Xserver. I can't see any mention of Module section keyword in the printout of the startup file from rh7.2 hth Bill -- SLUG

Re: [SLUG] Module Section Keyword Expected

the file referred to when starting is /etc/X11/XF86Config the one that runs the config and generates the above file is /usr/X11R6/bin/xf86config and also adds a line in /etc/X11/Xserver. I can't see any mention of Module section keyword in the printout of the startup file from rh7.2 hth Bill

Re: [SLUG] Module Section Keyword Expected

sorry Dennis, just read your previous postings; if you are running an older rh, the file to setup your x is /usr/X11R6/ bin/Xconfigurator, and it generates the file /etc/X11/XF86Config Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

[SLUG] epson color stylus from commandline :debian2.2r5

thought I could copy printcap/local from rh, but it doesn't exist in debian. I want to print files so I can get x working. 2)or can I have multiple desktops/terminals from the commandline? tia Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

[SLUG] lynx's homepage?

in the middle of debian configuration it asks for lynx's URL . does anyone know without a lot of trouble? thanks Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] lynx's homepage?

Gee, I'm glad I asked!! Lynx is some sort of browser? thanks all Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

back to this again, sorry. I just don't know enough to figure out what it is telling me. I've just run xf86config again, everything is set much as it is for RH (and windoze) on the same box # startx /usr/bin/X11/xauth: creating new authority file /root/.Xauthority xauth: creating new

[SLUG] debian.potato-X

_X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 (nine times, then:-) Unable to communicate with X server this is looking for something in the box, isn't it? also, how can I read README files? (on the command line?) tia Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List -

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

I was installing. last thing before this it set VGA16 as default. when it does manage to start x it locks the system up, the only way out is to cut the power. cat didn't work last night, unless I did somthing wrong. the particular readme's are .gz .does that make a difference? Bill -- SLUG -

Re: [SLUG] debian.potato-X

I was installing. last thing before this it set VGA16 as default. when it does manage to start x it locks the system up, the only way out is to cut the power. cat didn't work last night, unless I did somthing wrong. the particular readme's are .gz .does that make a difference? Bill they seem to

Re: [SLUG] debian: floppy deviations?

Jeff Waugh wrote: You can always elect to skip the creation of the boot floppy. - Jeff except it is the third OS, (on it's own drive) Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] debian: floppy deviations?

Jamie Wilkinson dribbled 07/03/2002 23:42 ...Quote Pfft, installing Debian is child's play. All it requires is a small amount of literacy and some common sense. Or is that too much to ask? endquote I'm too old to be a child, so I hope thats the problem!! I have at least a base kernel

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake + Linux Workshop [Was: Firewire???]

thanks very much! Could have said this BEFORE I ordered debian! Heracles wrote: Don't do that. It's too east to install ;-) Make 'em suffer like we had to - give 'em Debian! Stay well and happy Heracles -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info:

Re: [SLUG] Mandrake + Linux Workshop [Was: Firewire???]

Jeff Waugh wrote: quote who=Bill Taylor thanks very much! Could have said this BEFORE I ordered debian! Heh. Don't worry, Heracles is just a local troll. :-) - Jeff I also ordered RH7.2 (for the network for my 'ms' users who like the games) hopefully they will also get the functionality

Re: [SLUG] Strange shutdown -h now behaviour

I don't pretend to understand your strange shutdown -h now but since your posting I read something about wake-on lan and wondered whether this could be something to think of? cheers -Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slugorgau/ More Info:

[SLUG] format under another name?

Hi all, just threw in another hard disk, partitioned it with fdisk, then went looking for format! does it have another name under linux? I'm using rh 71 , kde windoze knows it's there, and has claimed it's section Ok tia Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slugorgau/

Re: [SLUG] format under another name?

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Re: [SLUG] intra-internet gateway?

A big THANKYOU to all who responded, you've given me a lot to go on with. I'll now have a play (between work) let you know how it goes. thanks again, Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

[SLUG] intra-internet gateway?

As an old newbie I have spent days (and nights) reading about iptables, masquades, trinityOS, how-to's etc. Question is, have I missed something in all this; do I need a modem that will run from an ethernet card in order to set up a seperator between my home/office network and the internet, or

Re: [SLUG] intra-internet gateway?

Does redhat 7.1 have equivelant? doesn't come up with whereis ipmasq. thanks Jeff Bill -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User Group Mailing List - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug

Re: [SLUG] Installation on a laptop

Go to list of monitors, select generic, lcd panel . there are various resolutions listed. Mine can display 1200 x 1600 in windows, but redhat 7.1 seems not to like it at anything above 768 x 1024 as a definition. I then run 640 x 800. you can test each resolution to see what works for you as you