Re: ftp core dumps

1998-03-12 Thread Fred Viles
On 12 Mar 98 at 22:33, Douglas F. Elznic wrote about "ftp core dumps": } I found some curious behaivior with the ftp client installed with redhat } 5.0. I am running redhat 5.0 on an amd k5pr133. I also noticed this } behaivior on a pentium and a pentium II all redhat 5.0. Connect to any ftp

Re: which packages to install

1998-03-12 Thread Chuck Mead
I have to say that after installing my latest WS five times to get it right I agree with Robert! I didn't install it five times because of packages... I did it because I was learning new things and I didn't understand how things worked well enough to "undo" them after screwing up. Get real famil

Re: ftp core dumps

1998-03-12 Thread Paul Fontenot
I have a Pentium 166 with 96 Megs RAM, and I'm sorry I can't verify that for you. -Paul On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Douglas F. Elznic wrote: > Hello, > I found some curious behaivior with the ftp client installed with redhat > 5.0. I am running redhat 5.0 on an amd k5pr133. I also noticed this > beha

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 exe

1998-03-12 Thread Kevin Mernick
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Bug Hunter wrote: > ... Unfortunately, because you did _NOT_ provide > backward compatibility of any sort, I was unable to put 5.0 into > production. I _will_ _not_ put RH 5.1 or 5.2 or 5.x into production unless > I can figure out ways

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 exe

1998-03-12 Thread Mike Wangsmo
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 21:59:06 -0600 (CST), Bug Hunter wrote: > I second and third that. Unfortunately, because you did _NOT_ provide >backward compatibility of any sort, I was unable to put 5.0 into >production. I _will_ _not_ put RH 5.1 or 5.2 or 5.x into production unless >I can figure out wa

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 exe

1998-03-12 Thread Keith Dart
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Bug Hunter wrote: > > > It is my opinion that RH lost sight of its market with 5.0, and will pay > for it (even if just a little) when 5.1 and 5.2 and 5.3 come out. People > will probably start coming back at around 5.4 and above, again IMO. > > So, the good news is 4.2

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 exe

1998-03-12 Thread Bug Hunter
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Adoram Rogel wrote: > The fact that I am disappointed with *this* experience with RH5 is because of > a specific problem that I have, and that I need my production network to keep > on going with upgrading all the machines to glibc because of one machine. > My entire netw

ftp core dumps

1998-03-12 Thread Douglas F. Elznic
Hello, I found some curious behaivior with the ftp client installed with redhat 5.0. I am running redhat 5.0 on an amd k5pr133. I also noticed this behaivior on a pentium and a pentium II all redhat 5.0. Connect to any ftp server and at the login propmt issue: (control)\ and the server responds Q

2 questions, apache SSL and Secure Shell.

1998-03-12 Thread Mark Rogers
Howdy. I'm trying to run apache_1.2.5 with SSLeay-0.8.0 and it compiles fine but when I try to run it I get "No SSL certificate set" I've run the make test certificate command and have it put in my conf dir but it still won't run. What else do I need to do?? And where can I get a very restricted

Re: Problems with SQUID under RH5.0

1998-03-12 Thread Robert Lay
You say it terminates from one to 5 minutes after the PPP connection is activated. The fetchmail process uses a 5 minute timer to decide when to try hitting the mail server. Think there's a connection? 73 de Bob, W9DMK - [PINE 3.96 Mail Client in Red Hat Linux 5.0] -- PLEASE read the Red

Re[2]: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Steve Hazelett
I'd bet if you offered your 5.0 for $35 you would only be out $15, and I'm sure there would be a taker. ... Steve Adoram Rogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Dave Wreski wrote: > > > > > Well, the truth is that I do feel that I wasted the $50, and I am > > > disappointed. > > > > I assume you

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 exe

1998-03-12 Thread jb
At 09:31 PM 3/12/98 -0500, you wrote: >On 12 Mar 98 at 20:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >> > "ar" == Adoram Rogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> >> ar> Dave Wreski wrote: >> >> >> >> > Well, the truth is that I do feel that I wasted the $50, and I am >> >> > disappointed. >> >> >> >> I ass

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 exe

1998-03-12 Thread Adoram Rogel
On 12 Mar 98 at 20:11, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > On Thu, 12 Mar 98 18:54:35 -0500, "Scott Drake" wrote: > > >On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 18:07:14 -0500, Adoram Rogel wrote: > > > >>Scott Drake wrote: > >>> > >>> So what you are saying Mike is that anyone who purchased RH 5.0 and > >needs > >>> to co

Re: STOP THIS CRAP!!!!!!

1998-03-12 Thread Douglas F. Elznic
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Aelmans, A.A. (Arjan) wrote: > Can anybody please stop these non-sense replies to the "humor to break > the monotony" message? Apart from being > a total loss of bandwith, it makes absolutely NO sense at all! > Furthermore, I could have been wrong while subscribing, but > I a

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 exe

1998-03-12 Thread Adoram Rogel
On 12 Mar 98 at 20:40, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > "ar" == Adoram Rogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > > ar> Dave Wreski wrote: > >> > >> > Well, the truth is that I do feel that I wasted the $50, and I am > >> > disappointed. > >> > >> I assume you meant do _not_ feel that you wasted the

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread mark
> Anyway, 4.1 -> 4.2 was a series of bug/security fixes. I must also mention that > anyone who is either going to install 4.2 or is currently running it, please > check the errata and incorporate all of the security fixes that are posted > there. There have been major security issues that have

jdk 1.1.3 rpm

1998-03-12 Thread Dan Hughes
Hi, I recently downloded the jdk 1.1.3-3 rpm from ftp.redhat.com. I currently have the jdk 1.0.2 installed with the matching version of Kaffe and Kaffe-Bissawt. When I went to install the version of the jdk I downloaded from ftp.redhat.com in the contrib directory I could not get the jdk

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Ray Curtis
> "ar" == Adoram Rogel <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: ar> Dave Wreski wrote: >> >> > Well, the truth is that I do feel that I wasted the $50, and I am >> > disappointed. >> >> I assume you meant do _not_ feel that you wasted the $50... ar> Actualy, I meant that I *do* feel that I wasted the $

Re: CD ROM problems With Creative Labs Infra 1800

1998-03-12 Thread Esteban Molano
Thanks alot for your help, this was really bugging me, i curently have my infra 1800 hooked up to the 2nd EIDE device, ill change it right away! THanks -Original Message- From: Vidiot <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Date: Wednesday, March 11, 1998 8:11 PM Sub

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Mike Wangsmo
On Thu, 12 Mar 98 18:54:35 -0500, "Scott Drake" wrote: >On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 18:07:14 -0500, Adoram Rogel wrote: > >>Scott Drake wrote: >>> >>> So what you are saying Mike is that anyone who purchased RH 5.0 and >needs >>> to compile libc5 programs WASTED their Hard Earned Money on it since >R

RE: CD ROM problems With Creative Labs Infra 1800

1998-03-12 Thread Andre Wiradarma
Where did you connect the CD-ROM drive ? If you connect it to the slave of 1st IDE, use : boot: linux hdb=cdrom Then just mount it, that's it. I also use Creative Labs Infra 1800 for my RHL 3.0.3, no problems at all Andre Wiradarma -Original Message- From: Esteban Molano [SMTP:[EMAIL P

Problems with SQUID under RH5.0

1998-03-12 Thread Brett Olsen - 8080
Dear Linuxer's I am currently having some problems with Squid under RH5.0, previously using slakware i have not had any problems. The first problem i have solved, it would not run as nobody cause, and i quote "Another problem is that RedHat 5.0 Linux seems to have a broken setresui

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Scott Drake
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 18:07:14 -0500, Adoram Rogel wrote: >Scott Drake wrote: >> >> On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:40:01 -0500, Mike Wangsmo wrote: >> >> >>So, the question is: Can I install RH 5.0 without glibc ? >> >>I just want libc-5. >> >>Can I remove glibc now and have just libc-5 ? >> > >> >Nope.

Re: Problems Building Lesstif under RH5 (longish)

1998-03-12 Thread Scott Drake
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 22:48:41 +, Gary Gale wrote: >Has anyone had any problems building Lesstif under Redhat 5? I'm using >the latest (as of last week) version of Lesstif, obtained straight from >www.lesstif.org. Sounds like you got bit by the libc5 bug in RH 5.0 like the rest of us and it w

Re: Linux ISP

1998-03-12 Thread Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, E Kelly Bond wrote: >At one time there was a LinuxISP mailing list up and operational. > >Does anyone know if it is still operational and if so, where it >is currently housed? [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- Steve Coile [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips,

Re: Developer Questions

1998-03-12 Thread Alfonso Barreto Lopez
I have done some aplications with sockets, probably I can help __ Alfonso Barreto Lopez Inst. de Inv. de Matematicas U.N.A.M On Thu, 12 Mar 1998, Bruce Tong wrote: > Where's a good place for a Linux developer to a

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Adoram Rogel
Dave Wreski wrote: > > > Well, the truth is that I do feel that I wasted the $50, and I am > > disappointed. > > I assume you meant do _not_ feel that you wasted the $50... Actualy, I meant that I *do* feel that I wasted the $50, as I cant use RH 5.0 > > I should have bought the 4.2 distributi

Re: New Strategy for Linux

1998-03-12 Thread Josh McNutt
Keith Dart said in Re: New Strategy for Linux at 11/Mar/1998 13:25:26. a good place to look for all that stuff may be http://www.onsale.com/computers.htm here is what i'd guess- $35-55 486 motherboard (with 486) $20-35 8 mb $25 3.5"drive $25-40 4X cd-rom drive $25-40 SVGA Video card (1 or 2 mb)

Re: libforms.so.0.88

1998-03-12 Thread Paul Fontenot
Nevermind I found it. > Where is this package? I've got to be overlooking it by know. Any help is, > as usual, greatly appreciated. > > -Paul -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-l

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Dave Wreski
> Well, the truth is that I do feel that I wasted the $50, and I am > disappointed. I assume you meant do _not_ feel that you wasted the $50... > I should have bought the 4.2 distribution, if at all (I have 4.1). The differences between 4.1 and 4.2 were basically bugfixes -- no real improvemen

Re: TTY on COM1.

1998-03-12 Thread Rick L. Mantooth
Dave, I browsed thru the /usr/doc/HOWTO/mini/Consoles file (Consoles?, ya gotta be flexible...) and noticed the reference to /dev/ttySx for Terminals. Used uppercase ttyS . Don't know, but I thought I remembered this needing to be the case several years ago. Now? # Serial lines s1:45:respawn:/

libforms.so.0.88

1998-03-12 Thread Paul Fontenot
Where is this package? I've got to be overlooking it by know. Any help is, as usual, greatly appreciated. -Paul -- 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: ma

Re: mounting problem

1998-03-12 Thread Paul Fontenot
This is not ment to sound snippy, but could you be a little more specific. What does the error say, what is the device name of the cdrom, and i am assuming (though it makes an as* out of u and me) the floppy is /dev/fd0. Try this: mount -t iso9660 /dev/hdc /cdrom <--My system cd is /dev/

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Adoram Rogel
Scott Drake wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:40:01 -0500, Mike Wangsmo wrote: > > >>So, the question is: Can I install RH 5.0 without glibc ? > >>I just want libc-5. > >>Can I remove glibc now and have just libc-5 ? > > > >Nope. Every bin on a RH5.0 system (minus a very small number) is linked

SCSI Card Configuration

1998-03-12 Thread Jeffrey Fearn
I have a Quantum 200S SCSI Controller that I am trying to get working with RedHat 5. This card does not appear to be supported, is there any way of configuring this card? Perhaps a driver or such? The card has a Future Domain chip on it, and several jumpers. I assume to change IRQ's & on board

Re: mounting problem

1998-03-12 Thread Vidiot
>Hey guys, >When I try to mount a disk whether it's a CD or a floppy I get a message >about fstab. >How do I then go about getting this media mounted? Specifics, supply specifics. We are not mind readers and have no idea what you typed on the command line and definately do not know what the erro

Re: RH4.2/2.0.33 web server performance...

1998-03-12 Thread Gregory Scott Whittier
On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 04:54:48PM -0500, Chad Wagner wrote: > 1. kernel that can exceed 256 file descriptors (is it dynamic, or do you tweak >the kernel?) You can dynamically increase the total number of open file descriptors allowed by doing echo 4096 > /proc/sys/kernel/file-max e

mounting problem

1998-03-12 Thread Cory T. Lamb
Hey guys, When I try to mount a disk whether it's a CD or a floppy I get a message about fstab. How do I then go about getting this media mounted? Thanks. ~cory ~ Cory T. Lamb <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Media Lab Manager Information Media

Re: linux laptops, digest mode

1998-03-12 Thread Gary Gale
I'd like to take you up on your request for a copy of your X config file - I've been trying to get X configured on my new laptop, a Toshiba Satellite 300CDT and have got _exactly_ the same symptoms as ryo described in his original post - almost down to the chipset, mine's a C&T 6 PCI. I've se

Problems Building Lesstif under RH5 (longish)

1998-03-12 Thread Gary Gale
Has anyone had any problems building Lesstif under Redhat 5? I'm using the latest (as of last week) version of Lesstif, obtained straight from www.lesstif.org. I'm using gcc version 2.7.3.2 and half way through the build of lib/Xm, this happens ... gcc -DHAVE_CONFIG_H -I. -I. -I../../include -I.

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Scott Drake
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 14:40:01 -0500, Mike Wangsmo wrote: >>So, the question is: Can I install RH 5.0 without glibc ? >>I just want libc-5. >>Can I remove glibc now and have just libc-5 ? > >Nope. Every bin on a RH5.0 system (minus a very small number) is linked >against glibc. If you want a lib

Re: HELP on a Upgrade

1998-03-12 Thread Josh McNutt
Douglas F. Elznic said in Re: HELP on a Upgrade at 10/Mar/1998 23:20:22. or you can buy the book "Linux for Dummies". It's only $25 and it comes with RedHat 5.0. Crappy book, but good way to get the OS cheap. > On Tue, 10 Mar 1998 [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > > > Hello,I need somebody to help

Re: TTY on COM1.

1998-03-12 Thread Dave Mielke
>Use /dev/cua0 Echoing to cua0, rather than ttys0, no longer yields an input/output error. The output, however, does not appear on the terminal which is plugged into COM1. I have tried with and without a null modem connector in series with the cable. As a point of curriosity, what's the practi

Re: which packages to install

1998-03-12 Thread Robert Lay
None. Wait until you get a system up an running. Using rpm (which I prefer over "glint"), will do the package installation very nicely. In fact, use the Midnight Commander "mc" to find the package that you want to install in /mnt/cdrom/RedHat/RPMS and just hit the "enter" key, and it's almost a

Re: Stupid proposition [ Re: Cool....]

1998-03-12 Thread Robert Lay
Frankly, Gentlemen, I don't see the problem. I have a Win95 PC and my RHL5.0 box sitting almost side by side. I keep DOS formatted diskettes and DOS formatted Zip cartridges handy, and I have Zip 100 drives on each of the two machines and 1.44MB floppy drives on each machine. Whenever I have a

Re: Cent character

1998-03-12 Thread Robert Lay
In my reference the cent symbol is decimal 155. Normally, I can expect to insert special characters, such as the cent sign, by holding down the Alt key while typing in the decimal value on the keypad. However, I note that in VI or VIM editors that doesn't work the way I expected it to. Furthermor

Re: LILO ouch

1998-03-12 Thread Robert Lay
Well, it certainly isn't because of your processor chip. I'm running a brand new installation of RHL5.0 that I just put up last weekend on a 386DX40 with 8MB of RAM and everything is working except sound and I'll be working on that soon. It may be that you will have to simplify your environmen

Re: Rephrasing LILO Boot Problem

1998-03-12 Thread Vidiot
> I suppose I don't understand what is going on here when we are talking > about the 1023 cylinder limit...Is there something you do during the > installation to force the root to be placed before the 1023 limit? > Maybe someone could help me gain some understanding on this one

Re: Installing my Zipplus. How??

1998-03-12 Thread Robert Lay
Let's assume that there is little difference between using my Linux (RHL5.0 - Hurricane 2.3.32) and yours, and let's also assume no difference between the Zip 100 PPA drive that I have and your Zip Plus. I'm a newbie and just got mine working very recently, so I think I can identify with your pro

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Adoram Rogel
Mike Wangsmo wrote: > > On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:11:23 -0500, Adoram Rogel wrote: > > >So, the question is: Can I install RH 5.0 without glibc ? > >I just want libc-5. > >Can I remove glibc now and have just libc-5 ? > > Nope. Every bin on a RH5.0 system (minus a very small number) is linked > a

Re: UNIX/Linux?

1998-03-12 Thread Scott McDermott
Robert Hailman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> on Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 03:30:59PM -0500: > Minix apps, Posix apps, Xenix apps, etc... But my question is... If I > download a plain UNIX app of the 'net, will it run on Linux? If it's available in source form, then you can compile it yourself and if it's writte

Re: RH4.2/2.0.33 web server performance...

1998-03-12 Thread Mike Johnson
At 04:54 PM 3/12/98 -0500, you wrote: >We are running Apache, and 2.0.33 kernel. I will even consider opinions on >other platforms. Check out http://www.qosina.com/~awm/apache/linux-tcp.html and see if that helps. Mike -- Mike Johnson - [EMAIL PROTECTED] Software Engineer/Network Admin/Websi

RH4.2/2.0.33 web server performance...

1998-03-12 Thread Chad Wagner
We are currently running 5 servers that are RH4.2/2.0.33 and 1 server that is FreeBSD 2.2.5-STABLE, and what I am interested in is if anyone has built a kernel that can handle alot of file descriptors (is this dynamic in 2.0.33, like it is in FreeBSD 2.2.5?) and process the listen() backlog faster

Re: StarOffice 4.0/RH5 : install error

1998-03-12 Thread Teresa D. Dodson
Check the replacement script. I had the same problem - I followed the instructions to the letter only to get the same error. I then proofread my script and found that I had a spelling error. Teresa -Original Message- From: Pork E Pigg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROT

Linux ISP

1998-03-12 Thread E Kelly Bond
Off Topic... At one time there was a LinuxISP mailing list up and operational. Does anyone know if it is still operational and if so, where it is currently housed? K -- E Kelly Bond [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Public Key => http://www.gnat.net/~ekbond SSH

Rephrasing LILO Boot Problem

1998-03-12 Thread Robert_Floyd
Sorry, I probably didn't phrase my question properly I suppose I don't understand what is going on here when we are talking about the 1023 cylinder limit...Is there something you do during the installation to force the root to be placed before the 1023 limit?

Test Transmission - Please Ignore

1998-03-12 Thread Gary Gale
Just tryin to see if I can post to this d**n mailing list - please hit "next" in your mail reader to resume normal service ;-) Gary -- Gary Gale / G-Tech Ltd / Chiswick / London Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Web: http:/

Re: TTY on COM1.

1998-03-12 Thread Randy Carpenter
> I connected a terminal to the COM1 port, but could not get it to > respond. > > echo >/dev/ttys0 ... Use /dev/cua0 > yielded "input/output error". What do I need to do to get it to work > correctly? > > P.S.: I eventually want to get to the point where GETTY is running on > COM1, and t

TTY on COM1.

1998-03-12 Thread Dave Mielke
Hi: I have just installed RHL5 as my first ever Linux system. You can get technical with me, however, because I am very familiar with UNIX (being a software designer within the HP-UX and Solaris environments). I connected a terminal to the COM1 port, but could not get it to respond. echo

Developer Questions

1998-03-12 Thread Bruce Tong
Where's a good place for a Linux developer to ask questions about Sockets? Bruce Tong Systems Programmer Electronic Vision / FITNE mailto: [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.ev.net/fitne -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ

RE: StarOffice 4.0/RH5 : install error

1998-03-12 Thread Tempel, Philippe
> > Wish I could say the same. I printed the page and checked off each > item > > as I performed it so I know I got all of the symlinks (even tried it > 3 > > times). Still get the same error. > > Pre-set your LD_LIBRARY_PATH before setup.bin executes. In other > words, > edit the `setup' shell

RE: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Tempel, Philippe
> So, I read how to have both libc-5 and glibc (libc-6). > I don't even want to start with this. > I don't need libc-6 at all, so why go thru all of this ? > > So, the question is: Can I install RH 5.0 without glibc ? > I just want libc-5. > Can I remove glibc now and have just libc-5 ? > > If n

Re: UNIX/Linux?

1998-03-12 Thread Paul Anderson
Robert Hailman wrote: > > This is a bit like my Linux/Xenix question earlier, but I'm new, so don't > laugh. I have heard of Linux apps, and I have heard of Unix apps, as well as > Minix apps, Posix apps, Xenix apps, etc... But my question is... If I > download a plain UNIX app of the 'net, will

UNIX/Linux?

1998-03-12 Thread Robert Hailman
This is a bit like my Linux/Xenix question earlier, but I'm new, so don't laugh. I have heard of Linux apps, and I have heard of Unix apps, as well as Minix apps, Posix apps, Xenix apps, etc... But my question is... If I download a plain UNIX app of the 'net, will it run on Linux? /---

Re: Stupid proposition [ Re: Cool....]

1998-03-12 Thread Alan Shutko
> "K" == Krzysztof Zaraska <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: K> What about PostScript import filters for documents for both Win K> soft and Applixware? You print to a PostScript file on Win machine K> and then load it into editor on Linux machine and vice-versa? When a document is converted into p

Re: LILO Question/Problem

1998-03-12 Thread Vidiot
> My friend has just started his installation of RH 5.0. He tells me > everytime he tries to run LILO, his whole screen starts scrolling 'LO' > and he has to shut off the computer. He's tried alternate methods the > the HOWTO's have shown but to no avail...any suggestions???

Re: StarOffice 4.0/RH5 : install error

1998-03-12 Thread Dave Wreski
> > By following EXACTLY http://www.waldherr.org/soffice4.shtml it works > > flowlessly... > > > > Thanks to all > > Wish I could say the same. I printed the page and checked off each item > as I performed it so I know I got all of the symlinks (even tried it 3 > times). Still get the same erro

Re: multiplatform organizer

1998-03-12 Thread Ray Curtis
> "so" == Sam Ockman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: so> Ical (part of Red Hat) springs immediately to mind for managing your so> calendar. There are quite a few others as well. Try poking around so> sunsite.unc.edu. Or there is also the calendar function already in Emacs, just another reaso

Re: RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Mike Wangsmo
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 13:11:23 -0500, Adoram Rogel wrote: >So, the question is: Can I install RH 5.0 without glibc ? >I just want libc-5. >Can I remove glibc now and have just libc-5 ? Nope. Every bin on a RH5.0 system (minus a very small number) is linked against glibc. If you want a libc5 sy

Linux Video Capture/TV

1998-03-12 Thread Frederick D. Kass
I am sure this question has been anwsered before, however since the arcive search isn't working I was forced to ask it again, sorry. I am looking for a video capture card to take a snapshot of a video signal and dump it to .gif or .jpg every 5 min. or so for web access. The signal is currently o

Is gcc-2.7.2.3 compatible with RH 4.2?

1998-03-12 Thread Ramin Sina
Hi all, I have RH 4.2 on my pentium machine and since I need g77 along with gcc, I upgraded (via rpm) to gcc-2.7.2.3-5 and installed the same version of gcc-g77 rpm as well. There was no error during the upgrade other than that there was an incompatibility between g77 and f2c and I had to uninstal

Re: StarOffice 4.0/RH5 : install error

1998-03-12 Thread Pork E Pigg
Jean-Christophe Praud wrote: > > It works !!! > > I would have missed some symlinks for the libs. > > By following EXACTLY http://www.waldherr.org/soffice4.shtml it works > flowlessly... > > Thanks to all Wish I could say the same. I printed the page and checked off each item as I performed i

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Chuck Mead
On 12-Mar-98 Matt Woodbridge wrote: > As yet, the GIMP can never be a full replacement of Adobe Photoshop. In > comparison, the GIMP is slow, handles memory poorly, I disagree... I don't think it renders any slower (or faster) than any other image tool I've used (i.e. Mo' RAM, mo' processor...

Re: Install exited abnormally

1998-03-12 Thread Pork E Pigg
Jose Romildo Malaquias wrote: > > When installing RH 5.0 in a Pentium machine, > I got the following error: > > error -2 reading header: Success > install exited abnormally > sending termination signal... done > sending kill signals... done > unmounting fi

Re: Random Password Generator

1998-03-12 Thread John Reynolds
At 10:15 AM 3/12/98 -0800, you wrote: >Actually I believe Red Hat comes with it's own program to generate passwords >(it's part of expect) and called mkpasswd. Give it a try. Here's a little PERL hack I created to do multiple passwords (of your choosing): It's configured to output seven characte

LILO Question/Problem

1998-03-12 Thread Robert_Floyd
My friend has just started his installation of RH 5.0. He tells me everytime he tries to run LILO, his whole screen starts scrolling 'LO' and he has to shut off the computer. He's tried alternate methods the the HOWTO's have shown but to no avail...any suggestions??? --

PCMCIA not detected

1998-03-12 Thread David S. Jackson
Has there been a problem reported with the smc9194 pcmcia ethernet card driver? I was able to detect and use my old Megahertz CC10BT just fine under 4.0 through 4.2. But now I fail with "bad chip signature" error. Any ideas? TIA -- David S. Jackson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Lin

Re: Random Password Generator

1998-03-12 Thread Sam Ockman
Actually I believe Red Hat comes with it's own program to generate passwords (it's part of expect) and called mkpasswd. Give it a try. -Sam On Wed, Mar 11, 1998 at 11:21:53PM -0600, Ryan McCowan wrote: > On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, Wesley W. Owen wrote: > > > Is there a way to get RHL5 to generate a

Re: StarOffice 4.0/RH5 : install error

1998-03-12 Thread Jean-Christophe Praud
It works !!! I would have missed some symlinks for the libs. By following EXACTLY http://www.waldherr.org/soffice4.shtml it works flowlessly... Thanks to all -- Jean-Christophe PRAUD - LUDEXPRESS Game Web: http://www.pbm-chronos.com Perso Web: http://www.brutaltruth.com Ph'nglui mglw'nafh Ct

Re: which packages to install

1998-03-12 Thread Sam Ockman
If you have enough disk space, install them all. It will make your life easier in the long run. -Sam On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 12:28:25PM -0600, Joe Bob wrote: > howdy, > im just installing linux and was wondering if anybody could give me > sugestions on which packages to install to begin with. >

RH 5.0 without glibc (libc-6) (was: Can't execute RH 5.0 executables !!!)

1998-03-12 Thread Adoram Rogel
So, I read how to have both libc-5 and glibc (libc-6). I don't even want to start with this. I don't need libc-6 at all, so why go thru all of this ? So, the question is: Can I install RH 5.0 without glibc ? I just want libc-5. Can I remove glibc now and have just libc-5 ? If not, I'll install R

Re: multiplatform organizer

1998-03-12 Thread Sam Ockman
Ical (part of Red Hat) springs immediately to mind for managing your calendar. There are quite a few others as well. Try poking around sunsite.unc.edu. -Sam On Thu, Mar 12, 1998 at 07:46:28PM +0200, Local knowledgebase wrote: > Hi, > > I don't know is this the right list to write... I'm look

Re: How do you use a DIFF?

1998-03-12 Thread Sam Ockman
Name: patch Distribution: Red Hat Linux Biltmore II Version : 2.1 Vendor: Red Hat Software Release : 5 Build Date: Mon Jun 2 13:46:11 1997 Install date: Tue Nov 25 13:24:06 1997 Build Host: porky.red

Re: Cent character

1998-03-12 Thread Bryan C. Andregg
On Thu, 12 Mar 1998 15:46:53 + (), <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Does anyone know how to insert specific special characters in the vim editor? > I want to make use of the Cent symbol, which I think is character 0242. I > have seen it in mail to me, xterm and vim can display it, but I couldn't

multiplatform organizer

1998-03-12 Thread Local knowledgebase
Hi, I don't know is this the right list to write... I'm looking for a ogranizer-style application for Linux (RH5), like StarFish SideKick98 or Lotus Organizer or MS Outlook 97. Do You know any kind of organizer for Linux? Liivo ([EMAIL PROTECTED]). -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Erra

Re: Cent character

1998-03-12 Thread Michael George
> It's actually ASCII 162, at least in the ISO-8955 Latin-1 Character set > (don't quote me on that ISO number). I'm not even sure you can insert a > char via its numeric representation under vim (although I'd be happy to > stand corrected). You can quote the next char, but that's not quite the >

which packages to install

1998-03-12 Thread Joe Bob
howdy, im just installing linux and was wondering if anybody could give me sugestions on which packages to install to begin with. thanks. nick -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing-lis

Re: Linux/Xenix

1998-03-12 Thread Fred Smith
On Wed, Mar 11, 1998 at 10:45:48PM -0500, Dave Wreski wrote: > > On 12-Mar-98 Robert Hailman wrote: > > Hello. When I get Linux working :o) there are some games I want to import > > from work. At work we have a Xenix network, so could I read a Xenix disk in > > Linux, or would I have to email it

Re: Linux/Xenix

1998-03-12 Thread Fred Smith
On Wed, Mar 11, 1998 at 10:42:27PM -0500, Robert Hailman wrote: > Hello. When I get Linux working :o) there are some games I want to import > from work. At work we have a Xenix network, so could I read a Xenix disk in > Linux, or would I have to email it to my Windows 95 box and transfer it on > d

RE: Cent character

1998-03-12 Thread David . LANDGREN
>>> I want to make use of the Cent symbol, which I think is character 0242. > >David> It's actually ASCII 162 > >You're both right. Duh! Octal is going to be the death of me! -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-

Re: Cent character

1998-03-12 Thread dave-mlist
>> I want to make use of the Cent symbol, which I think is character 0242. David> It's actually ASCII 162 You're both right. Dave -- 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

Re: "mem" command does not work

1998-03-12 Thread Paul F Almquist
On Tue, Mar 10, 1998 at 03:06:07PM -0600, Peter Kulupka wrote: > > On Tue, 10 Mar 1998, Javier Hernandez wrote: > > > > > Hi, > > > I recently installed Red Hat 4.2 in my new notebook, Compaq Armada 4131T > > > I tried to check for the memory with the "mem" command but when I do > > > a "mem" all

Install exited abnormally

1998-03-12 Thread Jose Romildo Malaquias
When installing RH 5.0 in a Pentium machine, I got the following error: error -2 reading header: Success install exited abnormally sending termination signal... done sending kill signals... done unmounting filesystems... /tmp/rhimage /proc

RE: Cent character

1998-03-12 Thread David . LANDGREN
>Does anyone know how to insert specific special characters in the vim editor? >I want to make use of the Cent symbol, which I think is character 0242. I >have seen it in mail to me, xterm and vim can display it, but I couldn't find >any key on my keyboard which would generate it. It's actually A

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread John Higginbotham
At 10:16 AM 3/12/98 -0600, you wrote: >And finally, there is no version of Adobe Photoshop for Linux. The >Application is only available for Windows, Mac OS, SPARC Solaris and >Irix. If you would like this to change, email Adobe. You have to >actually be willing to _pay_ for the software, thou

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Robert Hailman
>On Wed, 11 Mar 1998, David Fisher wrote: > >> > > enough to bite the Dachshund's neck, the Dachshund opened it's >> >> Am I the only one left in the English-speaking world who knows the difference >> between "its" and "it's"? > >"its" is a 3rd person possessive singlular pronoun. "it's" is a >c

Re: Stupid proposition [ Re: Cool....]

1998-03-12 Thread Vidiot
>I've got a very stupid idea, however, a stupid idea is sometimes better >than none... Please don't flame me... No flame, but... >What about PostScript import filters for documents for both Win soft and >Applixware? You print to a PostScript file on Win machine and then load >it into editor on

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Matt Woodbridge
As yet, the GIMP can never be a full replacement of Adobe Photoshop. In comparison, the GIMP is slow, handles memory poorly, is full of bugs and isn't even out of development stages yet. It also lacks a tremendous number of features that are employed every day by Photoshop users. The GIMP does,

Re: wabi worked, now crashes system

1998-03-12 Thread George Toft
David Woodhouse wrote: > ( Grrr. Reply-To is being played with. I'd expect Caldera to know better. > http://www.unicom.com/pw/reply-to-harmful.html ) > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] said: > > Worked fine since installation, now it locks up the system. Program > > loads (showing clouds), but does

Re: A little humor to break the monotony

1998-03-12 Thread Alfonso Barreto Lopez
I think that the point of the messages is not giving a gammatical class but to take off a smile for your seriousness. Don't worry be happy __ Alfonso Barreto Lopez Inst. de Inv. de Matematicas U.N.A.M > -- > PLEA

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