re: cant run X unless root

1998-04-01 Thread George Toft
Hi, Has anyone had trouble running X when not root. As a non root user I get a server crash with the following output (in its entirety) but no X: - Yes, I did. To cure it I had to delete some file (I can't remember its name - fvwm and some numbers) in /tmp

RE: added ram got Ext2 errors

1998-04-01 Thread Mr. Blank
>Are you sure you are using the same chips as were in there already? Have you >tried using only the new chips, to see if you get the same problem? i've tried using a set of RAM, all 32 Meg SIMMS EDO RAM, that were bought at the same time, same speed. i've had them in two different linux boxes

Re: which SCSI controller?

1998-04-01 Thread Larry Lade
>So now I am looking for a better one. I was thinking of the Adaptec 2940 >Ultra, but I am not sure it is the right choice. I also have an eye for the >Buslogic, but I am REALLY not sure which one to buy. >I have 2 SCSI-2 drives: 1 Seagate HD and 1 Jaz drive. >Someone please advise Well, I curren

Configuring BJC-4100

1998-04-01 Thread Michael Cervantes
Hello everyone... I've been lurking on this list for a few months now, and I'd just like to wish you all well... Anyway, here's my question. I have a Canon BJC-4100 printer. I'm running Redhat 5.0, and I configured the printer using printtool (which from my experience isn't really the way to g

GCC Broken?

1998-04-01 Thread hUnTeR
Upon compiling ircd on my linux (v5.0, kernel 2.0.33) box i discovered some errors (see below) and was hoping someone could help me determine what was causing them...is it gcc thats broke? and if so, will the latest RPM fix this? Michael Weiner The UserFriendly Network [RB@niteowl ircu2.9.32

RE: added ram got Ext2 errors

1998-04-01 Thread Dave Wreski
> my current redhat 4.2 system has 64Megs of ram. i upgraded to 128Megs of ram. > then i started to get this error: > > messages:Mar 31 01:03:13 mybox kernel: EXT2-fs error (device 03:03): > ext2_find_e > ntry: bad entry in directory #147458: rec_len % != 0 - offset=500, > inode=147480 > , rec_

added ram got Ext2 errors

1998-04-01 Thread Mr. Blank
i've been happy with linux so far and had not had to catch up with this list. so i don't know if this question was asked. here's my problem: my current redhat 4.2 system has 64Megs of ram. i upgraded to 128Megs of ram. then i started to get this error: messages:Mar 31 01:03:13 mybox kernel:

Re: Red Hat demos at shows (What do I need)

1998-04-01 Thread Patrick T. Berry
Been to about all the computer shows in Central Florida since May 97, and that is Tampa, Melbourne, Kissimmee, Orlando. All MarketpPro. The software folks are great, but two of three usually have one or two distros of Linux in one or two outdated, "dog-eared" boxes. That pathetic showing, alo

Re: Changing X servers

1998-04-01 Thread Paul Fontenot
> Config Error: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config:571 > ViewPort0 0 > ^ > Mode name expected Run xf86config. MetroX and XFree use two different formats for the X config file. -Paul Freedom of Speech... just watch what you say. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, E

Re: Toshiba 100CS

1998-04-01 Thread Cohen Liota
Hi Everyone, Thanks for all of the suggestions! What eventually happened was I did the ftp install over again and everything worked. Sadly I didn't learn anything from this except if at first you don't suceed swear at the blank screen and start again. Cheers, Cohen -- Out the 10Base-T, throu

Re: Changing X servers

1998-04-01 Thread Joe_Ferguson
Did that...this is what I get when typing 'startx' now: Config Error: /usr/X11R6/lib/X11/XF86Config:571 ViewPort0 0 ^ Mode name expected _X11TransSocketUNIXConnect: Can't connect: errno = 111 giving up. xinit: Connection refused (errno 111): unable to connect to X se

TID Lighter side, sorry couldnt resist

1998-04-01 Thread Phil Risby
> >Something light for you to contemplate : > > > >Remember the Good Old Days When > > from a science fiction show > >A window was something you hated to clean > >And ram was the cousin of a goat. > >Meg was the name of my girlfriend > >And gig was your middle finger upright > >N

screwed up file recovery in emacs

1998-04-01 Thread Greg Fall
Had two files in emacs all afternoon, making occasional changes but didn't bother saving them. Got up to have dinner. Came back, and my X cursor was the "I" cursor usually used for text entry. I could move it around, but I couldn't do anything with keys or with the mouse buttons. This happens

Re: Changing X servers

1998-04-01 Thread Rick L. Mantooth
IF you still have XFree86 installed, You need to: rickdman # ls -al `which X` lrwxrwxrwx 1 root root 6 Mar 22 17:17 /usr/X11R6/bin/X ->Xaccel cd /usr/X11R6/bin rm X ln -s XFserverOFchoice X Probably need to run the X configuration utility that comes with XFree. Don't remember, been on

which SCSI controller?

1998-04-01 Thread Karl Asseily
Hello, I am starting to get sick of my Adaptec AHA-2920 host adapter. It is slow, doesn't support bus mastering. Heck, my IDE hard drive is giving me better performance than my SCSI-2 hard drive! (under Win95, don't know about Linux). So now I am looking for a better one. I was thinking of the A

Re: forwarding/encrypting mail

1998-04-01 Thread Dan Stefura
> On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Dan Stefura wrote: > > Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can automatically pgp encrypt all >incoming mail, forward the encrypted msg to another address, and then delete the msg. > > > > I figure the best tool for the job is either mailagent or procmail. I just >h

RE: New Jersey User Groups?

1998-04-01 Thread Chris Riley
There already is a Linux Users Group. Here's the mailing I just got: Subject: LUNICS MTG Apr 6 Real-To: Peter Fillingham <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: LOCAL NJ Apr LUNICS Mtg. The LUNICS [LINUX, UN*X, COHERENT, Free-BSD,AIX,AUX...] SIG [Special Interest Group] of the ACGNJ [Amateur Computer Gr

Changing X servers

1998-04-01 Thread Joe_Ferguson
Uh...it's me again...sorry. I had installed Metro-X this last go-round, but now would prefer not to use it, and I've since installed XFree86. How do I go about making 'startx' use XFree, rather than Metro-X? -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http:/

Re: Cyberstore with linux?

1998-04-01 Thread Joe Klemmer
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Walt Hsu wrote: > Does anyone know where can I find the application software of buliding > cyberstore with linux? Or, does there have any commercial product? Check out the into on http://www.htmlscript.com. --- "Off the keyboard, thru the router, past the hub, over

Just can't connect - SOLVED

1998-04-01 Thread Joe_Ferguson
I don't know what to say... I reinstalled, again, and paid extremely close attention to the networking info I was plugging in. When it rebooted after the install, I got the same result - unable to ping anything other than myself. So, I re-re-reinstalled, this time botting from the install flopp

Re: redhat-digest Digest V98 #7

1998-04-01 Thread Kevin Ng
Hi, Recently my SGI Indy workstation(running IRIX 5.3) crashed and I had to migrate my application to a Linux box. My data are held in an external Seagate 4G SCSI hard disk. My Linux box detected the SCSI hard disk and label it /dev/sdb. My Questions : 1.What file system option whould I use to

Re: forwarding/encrypting mail

1998-04-01 Thread David L. Martin
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Dan Stefura wrote: > Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can automatically pgp encrypt all >incoming mail, forward the encrypted msg to another address, and then delete the msg. > > I figure the best tool for the job is either mailagent or procmail. I just haven't >f

Re: UPS?

1998-04-01 Thread Howard Holm
I haven't had a lot of experience with it yet, but I'm using an MGE Pulsar ES2 (aka Pulsar Desktop 220+), which I aquired at CompUSA. It was pretty cheap (as UPS go), and MGE has a Linux version of the control software on their web page. It comes with a serial cable, so you don't have to build y

forwarding/encrypting mail

1998-04-01 Thread Dan Stefura
Does anyone have any suggestions for how I can automatically pgp encrypt all incoming mail, forward the encrypted msg to another address, and then delete the msg. I figure the best tool for the job is either mailagent or procmail. I just haven't figured out how yet. Thanks, -dan -- PLEAS

Apache Configurator

1998-04-01 Thread Jim Garvin
Inside the Apache configurator in the Main area there is a Server Type which gives you a choce of standalone and inetd what are these and are there any benefits for running virtual hosts? Thanks -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.co

Re: telnet

1998-04-01 Thread 최호진
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Re: Exporting serial ports?

1998-04-01 Thread Antonomasia
David L. Martin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > > If machine 'A' has four serial ports, and machine 'B' has none, is there a > > method to allow machine 'B' to use machine 'A's ports? > > > > > > David L. Martin<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> "Eugen Constantinescu" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Yes. But I kno

Re: Encrypting backups

1998-04-01 Thread Antonomasia
In X-Mailing-List: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> archive/latest/68 Nikita ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) writes: > I have a root account's password guarded, and fixed the security of > the systems generally. Now, how do I encrypt my backup tapes? Are you sure you want to bother encrypting tapes _specificall

Re: RE[2]: Commercial use of Red Hat

1998-04-01 Thread Damond Walker
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Fred Lenk wrote: > Having spent a number of years in a very bureaucratic environment > (civil service), I can tell you the reason for "choosing" anything > from Microsoft is that the person who makes the "decision" to use > Microsoft products can never be wrong in his choi

Re: Red Hat demos at shows (What do I need)

1998-04-01 Thread Brian
> There is a computer show on an nearly monthly basis that comes > to the area where I live. I could get a small plot for free or nearly > so (I know the manager) for demonstrating Linux to the crowd but I would > know what to > show off. so that basic cheep people would want to buy it > Check o

Re: Do I need a bigger swap partition?

1998-04-01 Thread Drachen
I could have sworn that the code that makes this clear is in ./linux/mm/page_alloc.c but I can't find it. I'm sure that it's in ./linux/mm . Anyway, I don't remember which platform we found out (the hard way) that this was the case -- we run alpha and intel..but we aren't insane enough to run macs

Re: Joystick support in XFree

1998-04-01 Thread Paul Kim
Greg Fall wrote: > > The usual RPMS for XFree86 are not compiled for joystick support. I > managed to get an RPM with joystick support built a while back, then > discarded the whole works for two reasons: 1) it didn't result in any > improvements over the kernel module, in my case at least, and

Red Hat demos at shows (What do I need)

1998-04-01 Thread Enki
There is a computer show on an nearly monthly basis that comes to the area where I live. I could get a small plot for free or nearly so (I know the manager) for demonstrating Linux to the crowd but I would know what to show off. so that basic cheep people would want to buy it One good thing about

Re: SRPMS question

1998-04-01 Thread John J. Donohue
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Eduardo Egues wrote: > Does anybody know what SRPMS means and what is its use? > Sorry i'm linux novice and i'd like know what can i do with it > R)edhat P)ackage M)anagement, to grossly oversimplify, it's an archive. However, as Ronco of Redhat would say, "But wait, there

X11R6.4 going commercial

1998-04-01 Thread Greg Kucharo
For anyone that hasn't been following this on the Linux newsgroups, the Open Group is going to start charging license fees for the X11R6.4 release of X. This could have potential repocussions for Xfree86 and Linux in general. You can start learning about it here; http://www.camb.opengroup.

Apache/Cgi/Named Errors

1998-04-01 Thread J. Nick Koston
I'm getting similar errors when I restart named (or start it for that matter) and run cgi scripts on apache (1.2.5) Apache says: couldn't spawn child process Named says: No Proccesses Avalibe Any insight would be helpful Thanks Ni

XFree86 for OS/2

1998-04-01 Thread poneil
This is only loosely associated with Linux but thus far I have failed to gain help elsewhere. Hopefully, there are some OS/2 users in this group who can help me out? I have recently installed XFree86 for OS/2 as well as emxrt. The XFree86 version is 3.3.1 and emx is 0.99c with fix 4. All seems

Re: bru: [E134] internal error 100 - .....

1998-04-01 Thread Eze Ogwuma
Hans Sandsdalen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: > Hello > > I installed BRU2000 last week, and tried it out. It worked out fine, but > when I should tune it this monday (and still) I get this error: > > bru: [E134] internal error 100 - failed self consistency and portability > checks > > I have in

SRPMS question

1998-04-01 Thread Eduardo Egues
Hi all: Does anybody know what SRPMS means and what is its use? Sorry i'm linux novice and i'd like know what can i do with it TIA E. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips

RE: a news server that might actually work?

1998-04-01 Thread Paul Shave
Have you checked out leafsite? A RPM is availble up in the contrib directory at Redhat.. a HOWTO is out there also.. I have been running this on a box with 30 news users daily for 6 months with no admin interaction on my part for 6 months now.. -Original Message- From: Ja

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,

1998-04-01 Thread Robert Hart
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Steve "Stevers!" Coile wrote: > Could you provide some more information on Linuxconf? I'm specifically > interested in whether Linuxconf can be used in a non-graphical > environment (on a system without X installed), whether it can be used > non-interactively (from scripts),

Encrypting backups

1998-04-01 Thread nimennor
Hi, I have a root account's password guarded, and fixed the security of the systems generally. Now, how do I encrypt my backup tapes? Thanks, Nikita. -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHa

No samba password

1998-04-01 Thread nimennor
Hi, Is there a way to login to samba automatically, without password prompts, from Windows 95? All the user has to do is print. -- 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: UPS?

1998-04-01 Thread Beth Gemeny
Yes, we are here. I believe I found a nice package for an APC brand ups at sunsite.unc.edu/pub/Linux that allowed you to set it per the type of serial cable you're using. One note, do be careful that you are using a UPS-specific cable (not a standard serial cable) and that you know what model nu

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,

1998-04-01 Thread Jason Wilson
I have never had this happen. It should have a timeout on all dialogs at bootup (located in the lower right corner of the dialog) that will continue after that period of time. > >The only thing I haven't been able to figure out (after only playing for >an hour) is why it brings up a window at th

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,

1998-04-01 Thread Jason Wilson
Yes it does have a non-graphical interface that is identical to the graphical interface. It also has a browser interface. The latest version can be found at crusher.centralva.net/pub/linuxconf/. Check it out, it is a great software package. >On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Robert Hart wrote: >[...] >>We

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,

1998-04-01 Thread Dave Wreski
> Could you provide some more information on Linuxconf? I'm specifically > interested in whether Linuxconf can be used in a non-graphical > environment (on a system without X installed), whether it can be used > non-interactively (from scripts), and whether it has any support for > remote/distri

Re: telnet

1998-04-01 Thread Joe Nestlerode
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Louis Monacelli wrote: > is there anything i can do to allow a root login via telnet. Wouldn't it be safer to telnet in as a user then `su' to root? --=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=--=-- Joe Nestlerode, DuPont R&D `Powered

RE: Fax Servers

1998-04-01 Thread Dave Wreski
[hmm.. is my reply-to screwed up?] > > Are they any good Linux fax servers? > Look at the mgetty package. Not to start a fax-war, but I think the extra effort required to configure HylaFAX is well worth it. It is developed at a much faster pace, there is a larger user base, it has been around

Re: RE[2]: Commercial use of Red Hat

1998-04-01 Thread Fred Lenk
Having spent a number of years in a very bureaucratic environment (civil service), I can tell you the reason for "choosing" anything from Microsoft is that the person who makes the "decision" to use Microsoft products can never be wrong in his choice, because "everybody" is using MS products.

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,

1998-04-01 Thread Steve \"Stevers!\" Coile
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Robert Hart wrote: [...] >We are supporting Linuxconf - I expect you will see the first fruits of >this in the next version of Red Hat Linux (whenever that occurs :-). I >also expect that Linuxconf will manage only a few things at first... Could you provide some more informati

Cyberstore with linux?

1998-04-01 Thread Walt Hsu
Does anyone know where can I find the application software of buliding cyberstore with linux? Or, does there have any commercial product? Thanks! -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHat-Tips /mailing

RE: Fax Servers

1998-04-01 Thread Tom Diehl
On Thu, 2 Apr 1998, Cheng hui wrote: > OS: Redhat 5.0 Sys: PII-200mhz 128Mb Ram > > Are they any good Linux fax servers? > > Do i to mnt drivers for my Zyxel modem pool? > > Thanx in advance Look at the mgetty package. ..Tom "Do not meddle in the affairs of wizards,

Re: BRU on Infomagic

1998-04-01 Thread Tom Diehl
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Rob Goodwin wrote: > > hi there, > > can somebody tell me if the BRU software is included on the redhat > distribution which appears on the infomagic 6 cd development kit? January > 98. No! You have to buy the redhat official boxed set or get it directely from the bru peopl

Re: Sysadmin comments

1998-04-01 Thread Tom Diehl
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Dave Wreski wrote: > > > > SysAdmin has had several articles about Linux in it so far. My only > > > complaint is that its pretty thin. :) > > > > But the content more than makes up for the lack of size. > > Isn't it like $80/yr? No, only like $39.00 for 1 yr. St

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,

1998-04-01 Thread Robert Hart
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Dave Wreski wrote: > Well, I think all but the most high level management (and perhaps even > high-level management) would understand something like: > > Src IPDst IP Service Time Host > ---

Re: DHCP and Redhat 4.2?

1998-04-01 Thread Dan Cyr
http://www.isc.org/dhcp.html They have a mailing list and everything. Dan At 02:19 PM 4/1/98 -0500, Brett Charbeneau wrote: > > Anyone out there successfully using DHCP and RH 4.2? I'd really >like to setup a Linux DHCP *server* for my network. > I am having a devil of a time find

DHCP and Redhat 4.2?

1998-04-01 Thread Brett Charbeneau
Anyone out there successfully using DHCP and RH 4.2? I'd really like to setup a Linux DHCP *server* for my network. I am having a devil of a time finding all the libraries and documentation for this. I've scoured all the resources I know about. Any help would be appreciate

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,

1998-04-01 Thread Dave Wreski
> > - Presentation. What am I supposed to use to show management what rules > > we have? Write it out on paper each time? Surely you can't expect an > > upper-level manager to view ipfwadm source to figure out what the rules > > are? > > Having sold security services as a consultant, my expe

UPS?

1998-04-01 Thread Alfonso Barreto Lopez
Is there some one who is using an ups software under Linux? __ Alfonso Barreto Lopez Inst. de Inv. de Matematicas U.N.A.M -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.r

Converting WebServer to WorkStation( Advice Needed)

1998-04-01 Thread John Kennedy
I have a 486 PC with Redhat 4.2 installed which I had previously used as a webserver. I am trying to decide whether I can convert it to a workstation (w/ dialup to a national ISP)... and still keep Apache available (but of course not alive unless I'm offline) so I can play with a web/database

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,So

1998-04-01 Thread Joe Klemmer
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Dave Wreski wrote: > > > SysAdmin has had several articles about Linux in it so far. My only > > > complaint is that its pretty thin. :) > > > > But the content more than makes up for the lack of size. > > Isn't it like $80/yr? It's $39.00 according to the

Re: BRU on Infomagic

1998-04-01 Thread Brian Baggett
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Rob Goodwin wrote: > hi there, > > can somebody tell me if the BRU software is included on the redhat > distribution which appears on the infomagic 6 cd development kit? January > 98. I'm not sure, but probably not as they usually just sell the basic stuff. -- Brian --

Re: Pine or Sendmail problem

1998-04-01 Thread Miroslaw Wodniak
When you use verbose mode and get: 250 Message accepted for delivery it means your mail reached other server and the problem probably is with their setting. Would they filter pine (just a guess)? Mike -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.

Firewalling performance

1998-04-01 Thread Fred Leeflang
Hi, In the company I work for, we're considering setting up a Linux firewall. I do have some experience with it, know how to create firewall rules and such, but I've never been in the opportunity to see how well Linux holds up as a firewall under high loads. The system we're thinking about wi

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,So

1998-04-01 Thread Miroslaw Wodniak
Nope. Just happend to have renewal form in my hand: Domestic 1yr. $39.002yrs. $73.00 Canada/Mexico 1yr. $58.002yrs. $108.00 Forein 1yr. $69.002yrs. $129.00 Mike Dave Wreski wrote: > > > SysAdmin has had several articles about Linux in it so fa

RE: Fax Servers

1998-04-01 Thread Cheng hui
OS: Redhat 5.0 Sys: PII-200mhz 128Mb Ram Are they any good Linux fax servers? Do i to mnt drivers for my Zyxel modem pool? Thanx in advance -- 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

X SERVER INSTALL

1998-04-01 Thread BURNS,JEREMY
Hi, Dell Optiplex, PII 266, 64M ram, ATI Rage Pro 4 meg video. Trying to install X on it. Kept getting "out of range" monitor errors using various settings through Xconfigurator, so thinking that it might be related to the Mach 64 server problems with Xfree86, I decided to try Metro-X. The GUI

Re: telnet

1998-04-01 Thread Angus Black
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Louis Monacelli wrote: > is there anything i can do to allow a root login via telnet. > i have a RH 5.0 machine that i would like to be able to telnet into as > root. > lou > Add the following to the /etc/securetty file "ttyp0" on a new line by itself.

telnet

1998-04-01 Thread Louis Monacelli
is there anything i can do to allow a root login via telnet. i have a RH 5.0 machine that i would like to be able to telnet into as root. lou -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errata /RedHa

Re: jed

1998-04-01 Thread Bill Nottingham
Patrick Colbeck ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) said: > I am trying to customise the colours in jed and xjed 0.98-42 and getting some > weird results. > > "jed -bg black" will load jed in a colour xterm and load into jed a new file > called black rather than set the background colour ! Same result with "fg

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,

1998-04-01 Thread Robert Hart
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Dave Wreski wrote: > Why not a windows client that uses ssh, or a Linux client from another > workstation that uses ssh, to communicate with the firewall to > add/modify/delete rules? Good - but they don't exist and we won't be writing anything for windows. Ssh also causes us

BRU on Infomagic

1998-04-01 Thread Rob Goodwin
hi there, can somebody tell me if the BRU software is included on the redhat distribution which appears on the infomagic 6 cd development kit? January 98. thanks, rob -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES! http://www.redhat.com/RedHat-FAQ /RedHat-Errat

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,So

1998-04-01 Thread Dave Wreski
> > SysAdmin has had several articles about Linux in it so far. My only > > complaint is that its pretty thin. :) > > But the content more than makes up for the lack of size. Isn't it like $80/yr? Dave -- PLEASE read the Red Hat FAQ, Tips, Errata and the MAILING LIST ARCHIVES

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,

1998-04-01 Thread Dave Wreski
> > X-based utilities aren't always ideally suited for server environments. > > Remember, one of Linux's advantages is that it doesn't suffer the overhead > > NT does because the Linux GUI, X, isn't mandatory. Providing X-based > > tools, while nifty, reduce some of Linux's advantage. I would l

Re: Just can't connect

1998-04-01 Thread Davide Bolcioni
Pardon me for e-mailing directly, but I might be of help. If I understood everything: a) your routing table looks like this 10.254.252.104 * 255.255.255.248 U 001 eth0 127.0.0.0 * 255.0.0.0 U001lo default 10.254.252.110 0.0.0.0 UG

Re: FVWM...

1998-04-01 Thread Pork E. Pigg
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > >In a shell: > > cp new.xinitrc .xinitrc -f > >That will overwrite your settings with the new settings. The one that > >gets used is called '.xinitrc' so the new one won't be seen until it has > >that name. > > OK...this is likely a very rudimentary and dumb question

What happened to rpmcontents.gz?

1998-04-01 Thread Kenneth Corbin
The RedHat 4.3 release included a file which listed the contents of every RPM on the CD. I found this to be incredibly useful and am somewhat dismayed to find that it isn't in the 5.0 release. I presume that there is some other way this information can be generated and reviewed but have no idea

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,So

1998-04-01 Thread Paul F Almquist
On Wed, Apr 01, 1998 at 01:37:51AM -0600, Miroslaw Wodniak wrote: > I don't know about Unix Review, but January's SysAdmin leading title was > LINUXhttp://www.samag.com/archive/0701/ > Looks like some people know about Linux already > Mike Yesterday I received in a mailing from Learning Tre

Using Loadlin

1998-04-01 Thread Jason Wilson
If anyone has any experience using loadlin I am having some problem using it. I created a dos 6.22 boot disk with loadlin and my zImage on it. I typed "loadlin linuz root=/dev/hda2" where linuz was my zImage. It did not like this at all. Any help would be appreciated. -- PLEASE read the R

Re: Just can't connect (was: sendmail hangs...) -Reply

1998-04-01 Thread Joe_Ferguson
I'm using the same DNS settings as on my Win95 box...*it* doesn't have a problem (networking, anyway...). :o) [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/01/98 02:09 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Joe Ferguson) Subject: Re: Just can't connect (was: sendmail hangs...

Re: Just can't connect (was: sendmail hangs...) -Reply

1998-04-01 Thread Joe_Ferguson
Yes, I've tried...it just sits there, no response at all... [EMAIL PROTECTED] 04/01/98 01:59 AM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc:(bcc: Joe Ferguson) Subject: Re: Just can't connect (was: sendmail hangs...) -Reply Joe, Can you try ping to your gateway

Re: Just can't connect

1998-04-01 Thread Joe_Ferguson
Nope, can't ping it from other machines. The netmask is set correctly, and so is the localhost. I can ping the router by IP. Situation is no different at this point. When I get home again, I'll try swapping NICs again...maybe it has something to do with the 3Com... [EMAIL PROTECTED] 03/3

Re: Exporting serial ports?

1998-04-01 Thread Eugen Constantinescu
Hello! Yes. But I know only a theoretical way. If you have A connected with B into the network, you can set the NFS server to acces free the /dev directory of A. And you can make some links or ... what you want to do. Practical way depends on you, on what you want to do. Good Luck! Eugen Constanti

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,So

1998-04-01 Thread Joe Klemmer
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Damond Walker wrote: > >I don't know about Unix Review, but January's SysAdmin leading title was > >LINUXhttp://www.samag.com/archive/0701/ > >Looks like some people know about Linux already > > SysAdmin has had several articles about Linux in it so far. My only >

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,So

1998-04-01 Thread Joe Klemmer
On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, Miroslaw Wodniak wrote: > I don't know about Unix Review, but January's SysAdmin leading title was > LINUXhttp://www.samag.com/archive/0701/ > Looks like some people know about Linux already > Mike For the last two or three years SysAdmin has dedicated an issue

Re: How many disks?

1998-04-01 Thread Eric L. Green <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
On -1 xxx -1, Vidiot wrote: > I remember reading that there are issues with having two different > speed devices on the same EIDE channel - that the speed of the > channel is that of the slowest device. In the above case, channel 0 The speed of command transmission is the speed of the slowes

RE: Idiot login program

1998-04-01 Thread tb
William T Wilson's message says: ]- Does Red Hat ever plan on fixing the login program so that . is no longer ]- in the path? I don't know. I don't consider it broken and ... You can set the path in the system wide session files sourced by most shells. If it's a non standard shell that burns

Re: FVWM...

1998-04-01 Thread poneil
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 03/31/98 at 04:40 PM, "Pork E. Pigg" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >Zoki wrote: [...] >> All my customisation is lost when I reboot. Even if I save it to >> new.xinitrc through the menu in X-Windows. >In a shell: > cp new.xinitrc .xinitrc -f >That will overwrite your

Re: Real Audio problems

1998-04-01 Thread Dairin Mckay
On Tue, 31 Mar 1998, quinn coldiron wrote: > but can not get RealAudio going. I get this error: > "File compression not supported. Cannot locate the requested > RealAudio decoder. > Error 38." I received this same error. According to RealAudio's Support page on error messages - http://servic

Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,,Sorry

1998-04-01 Thread poneil
In <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, on 04/01/98 at 01:38 AM, "Mat Serwas" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> said: >-- >| From: Patrick T. Berry <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >| To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >| Subject: Re: Sorry,,,SorrySorry >| Date: Tuesday, March 31, 1998 1:59 PM >| >| I found Linux in

Exporting serial ports?

1998-04-01 Thread David L. Martin
If machine 'A' has four serial ports, and machine 'B' has none, is there a method to allow machine 'B' to use machine 'A's ports? David L. Martin<[EMAIL PROTECTED]> R&D Software Engineer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> http://pluto.njcc.com/~dlmarti Experience varies directly with equipment ruined

Re: Ethernet stats

1998-04-01 Thread kgibson
I got it from /pub/contrib/i386 from RH's ftp site. After you unpack it, you can execute it (as root) with /usr/sbin/netkbd tty3 eth0. or ppp0 if your using point-to-point protocol. -Kris Gibson [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] On Tue, 31 Mar 1998,

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,So

1998-04-01 Thread Damond Walker
>I don't know about Unix Review, but January's SysAdmin leading title was >LINUXhttp://www.samag.com/archive/0701/ >Looks like some people know about Linux already SysAdmin has had several articles about Linux in it so far. My only complaint is that its pretty thin. :)

Re: Commercial use of Red Hat (was Re: Sorry,,,,,,,,,,,So

1998-04-01 Thread Patrick T. Berry
The dealer network is hopefully growing, Computers & Gadgets, Inc in Orlando Florida, opened last week, selling IDE computers with Linux bundled and loaded in them for under $800 each including a monitor, sound, modem. Time and gossip are on the side of Linux, Even almost every article in the tr

Re: X font problem

1998-04-01 Thread Hoe-Teck Wee
Hello. In fact, I used to face similar problems with S3 Virge / MetroX when I run Netscape 4.04 too. The problem was solved when I switched over to XFree 3.3.1. It's apparently a documented bug with the MetroX server for S3 Virge. - HT On 01-Apr-98 Paul Fontenot wrote: >> I have just install

Re: can't run X unless root

1998-04-01 Thread Hoe-Teck Wee
Hello. I'm not sure if this'd solve the problem, but note the error message .. the server must be suid root. [hoeteck@home hoeteck]$ ls -al /usr/X11R6/bin/XF* -rws--x--x 1 root root 1895996 Nov 5 23:52 /usr/X11R6/bin/XF86_S3V Try the same command, and check if your server is indeed

Re: Pine or Sendmail problem

1998-04-01 Thread Jeff Douglass
Perhaps you could run Mail -v (similar to sendmail -v) and read the output. The output of the command might be informative. Mail -v [EMAIL PROTECTED] -s testing -- Jeff Douglass On Wed, 1 Apr 1998, [iso-8859-1] Linus Åkerlund wrote: > Hello! > > > Why don't you run Sendmail in verbose mode (

jed

1998-04-01 Thread Patrick Colbeck
Reply-To: Hi I am trying to customise the colours in jed and xjed 0.98-42 and getting some weird results. "jed -bg black" will load jed in a colour xterm and load into jed a new file called black rather than set the background colour ! Same result with "fg" etc. Also with xjed setting resourc

Re: Just can't connect (was: sendmail hangs...) -Reply

1998-04-01 Thread Kristoffer Stovring
i was having the same problems as you... it took 2 mins for just about any command to execute (on a p166) well it turned out that i had specified a non-existing name server... as soon as i changed it my problems where solved regards kristoffer At 18:01 01-04-98 +0800, you wrote: >Joe, > >Can y

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